title: Val de San Vicente

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Val de San Vicente is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain.

Geography
Val de San Vicente is the westernmost municipality of the Cantabrian coast. Its border to the north is the Bay of Biscay, to the west the Asturian council of Ribadedeva, to the south Herrerías and to the east San Vicente de la Barquera.

The town is located at the mouth of the Deva and Nansa rivers, which empty their waters into the sea in the Tina Mayor and Tina Menor estuaries respectively.

Economy, transportation
The main economic activity results from tourism due to the area´s great scenic value. The municipality's other source of income on the other hand is the food industry with "corbatas", a traditional puff pastry shaped like  "bowties" in Unquera or San Vicente de la Barquera. Depending on the area within Cantabria, the pastry is known by different names, like "polkas" in Torrelavega and "sacristanes" in Liérganes.

The town is crossed by the Cantabrian Highway and served by the FEVE Santander-Oviedo railway line. The main road which connects the region of Liébana with the coast and the rest of Cantabria, originates in Unquera.

During the Old Regime, the town belonged to the Marquises of Aguilar de Campoo as a manor.

History
In April 1973 it was announced that "Electra de Viesgo" was going to build the nuclear power plant of Santillán, with four units at four million kilowatts, and an initial cost calculated at 80,000 million pesetas. The company acquired 71.6 hectares of land, the equivalent of 71 soccer fields, in a coastal strip which covered the surface of the municipalities of San Vicente de la Barquera and Val de San Vicente, next to the cove of the beach of La Fuente.  On the cliffs of Santillán-Boria a ditch was constructed to carry out the preliminary surveys for the construction of the nuclear power plant. It was scheduled to begin the production of power in 1982, with an output of 970 megawatts. Finally, due to political and social opposition from Cantabria and Asturias, the power company abandoned the project.

Demographics

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (España) (INE)

Locations
Its 2.670 inhabitant per the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (España) (INE) census from 2006 lived in:
 Abanillas, 81 inhabitants
 Estrada, 22 inhabitants
 Helgueras, 74 inhabitants
 Luey, 179 inhabitants
 Molleda, 187 inhabitants
 Muñorrodero, 95 inhabitants
 Pechón, 215 inhabitants.
 Pesués (Capital), 376inhabitants
 Portillo, 78 inhabitants
 Prellezo, 212 inhabitants
 Prío, 85 inhabitants
 San Pedro de las Baheras, 63 inhabitants
 Serdio, 184 inhabitants
 Unquera, 819 inhabitants

Administration
As of 2015, Roberto Escobedo from the Partido Socialista de Cantabria(PSC-PSOE) has been the mayor of the municipality, succeeding Miguel González Vega, who had resigned in March 2012 because he was elected senator in the 2011 national elections. The following tables show the results of the Elections in Spain held in the year 2003 and 2007. In the elections of 2011, the PSOE was again the winner with 55.6% of the votes and 7 councilors. The PP received 3 council seats and the PRC one.

Heritage
The municipality includes the following sites of cultural interest:
 The 'Torre de Estrada', in Estrada, , a monument.
  'Cueva de la Fuente del Salín,' in Muñorrodero, an archaeological site.
  The Castro de Castillo,' in Prellezo,  an archaeological site.
 'Ruta Lebaniega', which links the Camino de Santiago of the coast with the Camino Francés - connecting, apart from this municipality, those of San Vicente de la Barquera, Herrerias, Lamasón, Cillorigo de Liébana, Potes, Cabezón de Liébana, Camaleño and Vega de Liébana.
In addition, the 'ruins of the old medieval church of the cemetery'in Portillo are a site of local interest.

References

Municipalities in Cantabria


title: Selaya

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Selaya is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain.

References

Municipalities in Cantabria


title: 1963 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 1963 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 4th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 7 and March 9, 1963. All games were played at home team campus sites. By reaching the title game both Denver and North Dakota were invited to participate in the 1963 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format
The top four teams in the WCHA, based upon the conference regular season standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 4. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. The winners advanced to the title game which was to be played at the higher remaining seed's home venue.

Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Bracket

First round

(1) Denver vs. (4) Minnesota

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Michigan Tech

Final

(1) Denver vs. (2) North Dakota

Tournament awards
None

See also
Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions

References

External links
WCHA.com
1962–63 WCHA Standings
1962–63 NCAA Standings
2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide
2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide
2013–14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide

WCHA men's ice hockey tournament
Wcha Men's Ice Hockey Tournament


title: Cebrennus rechenbergi

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Cebrennus rechenbergi, also known as the Moroccan flic-flac spider and cartwheeling spider, is a species of huntsman spider indigenous to the sand dunes of the Erg Chebbi desert in Morocco. If provoked or threatened it can escape by doubling its normal walking speed using forward or backward flips similar to acrobatic flic-flac movements used by gymnasts. C. rechenbergi is the only spider known to use this unique form of rolling locomotion. The discovery of the Moroccan flic-flac spider has influenced biomimetic robot research, resulting in the development of an experimental robot based on the spider's motion.

Etymology
The spider is named after its discoverer, Ingo Rechenberg, bionics professor at the Technische Universität Berlin.  Rechenberg may have first encountered the spider on a trip to Morocco as early as 2006, but it was not until 2008 that he collected the first specimen. It was initially confused with the Tunisian spider Cebrennus villosus, but later identified as a  separate species by Peter Jäger of the Senckenberg Nature Research Society. After observing small variations in the genitalia of the two species and noticing the distinctive flic-flac motion of the spider, Jäger confirmed its status as a new species. The holotype is dated 15 July 2009.

Description
Jäger describes C. rechenbergi as a medium-sized huntsman spider. Male bodies measure  long; female bodies measure  long. Males and females are similarly colored white with black scopulae on their ventral legs, and yellow coloring on their dorsal opisthosoma and femora.

Behavior

The Moroccan flic-flac spider is nocturnal and is known to feed on moths before sunrise. It spends the hot desert days in its cool burrow in the sand protected from the sun and predators. The spider creates its dwelling with its pedipalps (feelers) and bristles, forming long, vertical tubes out of sand and silk. Using a series of rapid, acrobatic flic-flac movements of its legs similar to those used by gymnasts, the spider is able to actively propel itself off the ground, allowing it to move both down and uphill, even at a 40 percent incline. This behavior is different than other huntsman spiders, such as Carparachne aureoflava from the Namib Desert, which uses passive cartwheeling as a form of locomotion. The flic-flac spider can reach speeds of up to 2 m/s using forward or back flips to evade threats.

Distribution

C. rechenbergi lives in the sand dunes of the Erg Chebbi desert located in Errachidia Province in southeastern Morocco near the border with Algeria. It is one of 17 species in the genus Cebrennus, typically found in Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Spider robot
Rechenberg's discovery of the flic-flac spider inspired the development of a biomimetic robot based on the rolling spider locomotion. The design process initially involved at least four generations, with the fourth using six legs in three pairs. Rechenberg named the working machine model Tabbot, based on the Berber word "tabacha", meaning spider. The model, which is approximately 25 cm in length, can both walk in the sand and turn somersaults to move. Rechenberg envisions possible uses for the robot "in agriculture, on the ocean floor, or even on Mars".

Notes

References

External links

 Photographs and video,  Technical University Berlin
 Ingo Rechenberg demonstrating C. rechenbergi movements
 Video Cebrennus rechenbergi – the flic-flac spider
 Video of Tabbot

Sparassidae
Spiders of Africa
Spiders described in 2014
Rolling animals
Endemic fauna of Morocco


title: Beer in Sri Lanka

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Beer has been brewed in Sri Lanka from five hundreds of years. In the 19th century, the British introduced British beer to Ceylon. The most popular beers in Sri Lanka are Lager-style beer.

History
Brewing began in Sri Lanka in 1881 primarily to meet the needs of the colonial tea planters. Despite the country's tropical weather, the preferred beer styles have remained relatively unchanged, with strong stouts remaining popular.

In 2011, Sri Lanka's beer market was estimated to be around 51 million litres per annum, with per capita beer consumption at around 2.7 litres. An increase from 50 million litres and 2.45 litres in 2009. The beer market only represents 39% of the total legitimate alcohol market, the market share however is growing compared to the hard liquor segment. In 2011, the beer industry grew by 23 per cent in volume against 10 per cent growth in the hard liquor segment. Out of the beer consumed in Sri Lanka, 90% is manufactured locally with the remainder imported from Asian markets such as Vietnam, Singapore and India. The local beer market is currently occupied by two main brewers.

The largest of Sri Lanka's brewers is the Lion Brewery, which is also the oldest brewery in the country. It produces over 80% of Sri Lanka's beers. In 1988 it constructed a new brewery at Biyagama to replace the century-old facility at Nuwara Eliya. In 1993 the brewery became a subsidiary of Carson Cumberbatch & Co Ltd, and in 1996 the Carlsberg Group acquired a 25% share of the company. The brewery's portfolio includes lagers, strong beers and stouts, notably Lion, Lion Strong and Lion Stout. The company also brews Carlsberg under licence. The brewery exports its beers to the U.S., Europe, Japan, Australia and the Maldives. Since 2015, the brewery has produced a number of beers that were previously made by Millers Brewery Ltd, which existed from 1962 to 2015.

Sri Lanka's second largest brewer is Heineken Lanka. It started as United Breweries Lanka in 1997, and was later acquired by Asia Pacific Brewery (Lanka) Limited (the former name of Heineken Lanka) in 2005. The brewery's parent company, Heineken Asia Pacific (formerly known as Asia Pacific Breweries), is a Singaporean-based joint venture between Heineken International and Fraser and Neave. The brewery, located in Mawathagama,  produces a range of medium and high-strength beers, including Bison Gold Blend, Tiger Lager, Tiger Black, Anchor Smooth and Anchor Strong.

Brands and breweries
The largest selling Sri Lankan beer brand is Lion. Other major brands are Carlsberg, Royal Pilsner, Three Coins Beer, Carlton & United Breweries, Kings Pilsner.

Sales and consumption
In 2017 the beer market in Sri Lanka grew by 24-25%. According to the Finance Ministry, during the first eight months of 2017, revenue from excise duty on liquor and cigarettes has significantly decreased by 5.9% to LKR 73.7 billion and by 8.1% to LKR 54.6 billion, due to a drop in the volume of sales.

Consumption statistics

See also

 Beer in Asia
 Beer and Breweries in Sri Lanka

References


title: Cebrennus

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Cebrennus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of Cerbalopsis.

The Moroccan flic-flac spider (C. rechenbergi), that uses a flic-flac motion to escape threats, was first described in 2014.

Species
 it contains nineteen species, found in Africa, Asia, on Malta, and in Spain:
Cebrennus aethiopicus Simon, 1880 – Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia
Cebrennus atlas Jäger, 2014 – Morocco
Cebrennus castaneitarsis Simon, 1880 – Algeria to Israel
Cebrennus concolor (Denis, 1947) – Egypt
Cebrennus cultrifer Fage, 1921 – Algeria
Cebrennus flagellatus Jäger, 2014 – Afghanistan
Cebrennus intermedius Jäger, 2000 – Saudi Arabia
Cebrennus kochi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Syria, Israel
Cebrennus laurae Jäger, 2014 – Canary Is.
Cebrennus logunovi Jäger, 2000 – Turkmenistan
Cebrennus mayri Jäger, 2000 – Oman
Cebrennus powelli Fage, 1921 – Morocco
Cebrennus rambodjavani Moradmand, Zamani & Jäger, 2016 – Iran
Cebrennus rechenbergi Jäger, 2014 – Morocco
Cebrennus rungsi Jäger, 2000 – Morocco
Cebrennus sumer Al-Khazali & Jäger, 2019 – Iraq
Cebrennus tunetanus Simon, 1885 – Tunisia
Cebrennus villosus (Jézéquel & Junqua, 1966) – Algeria, Tunisia
Cebrennus wagae (Simon, 1874) (type) – Malta, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya

See also
 List of Sparassidae species

References

Araneomorphae genera
Sparassidae
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia


title: Black Suspension Bridge

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The Black Suspension Bridge (also known as the Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge) spans the Colorado River in the inner canyon of Grand Canyon National Park. The span length is . The bridge is part of the South Kaibab Trail and is the river crossing used by mules going to Phantom Ranch. The Black Bridge and Silver Bridge, located about  downstream, are the only spans in hundreds of river miles.

History

Before 1907, the only way to cross the river was by boat, a dangerous method which cost many lives. Then, outdoorsman David Rust built a privately-operated cableway. The cableway was a  steel cage large enough for one mule or several people that would carry passengers across the river, but the passage was considered precarious. Theodore Roosevelt used the cableway in 1913. The second crossing was a suspension bridge that lacked stiffness. It was built in 1920 and proved to be too flexible to safely carry pedestrians across the river as the number of visitors to the park was increasing.

Black Bridge was designed by Ward Webber and constructed by John Lawrence. The Black Bridge was built in 1928. It would remain the only crossing of the river for hundreds of river miles until the Silver Bridge was built just downstream within the park during the 1960s. As motorized vehicles could not access the construction site, humans and mules transported the 122 tons in materials down the nine miles of trail. Walking single file, 42 Havasupai tribesmen carried the one-ton,  suspension cables.

Recognition
The bridge was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1984. On February 23, 2019, the bridge was recognized as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers, saying, "The Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge is a prime example of engineering innovation. Engineering this bridge at the base of one of the world’s greatest wonders—the Grand Canyon—illustrates the resourcefulness and innovative spirit of the civil engineers responsible for this project." As of 2019, the bridge has remained unchanged since it was constructed 91 years ago.

See also
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Arizona

References

External links

Buildings and structures in Grand Canyon National Park
Bridges in Arizona
Suspension bridges in Arizona
Bridges completed in 1928
1928 establishments in Arizona
Bridges over the Colorado River
Historic American Engineering Record in Arizona
Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks


title: Thayamma

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Thayamma is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Gopi Bhimsingh, starring Pandiyan, Anand Babu and Babu with Geetha and Oru Thalai Ragam Shankar. The film also starred Goundamani as well as Senthil. The film was a remake of Malayalam film Thoovalsparsham which was inspired by the 1987 American film Three Men and a Baby, which itself was based on the 1985 French film Three Men and a Cradle.

Plot

Three young bachelors Pandiyan, Anand and Babu are friends and roommates in an apartment. Rangarajan is their neighbour who is studying for IAS. One day, Pandiyan warns his friends that a parcel will arrive during his absence. The next day, Anand and Babu find a baby before their door. The three bachelors swear that they are not her father. Since then, their lives are completely changed. First, they try to abandon the baby but then they take care of the baby and name her Thayamma. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics written by Gangai Amaran.

References

External links

1990s Tamil-language films
1991 comedy films
1991 films
Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja
Indian comedy films
Indian remakes of French films
Tamil remakes of Malayalam films


title: Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain

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The Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain is an outdoor fountain in Bryant Park, Manhattan, New York memorializing Josephine Shaw Lowell, a social worker active in the late 19th century. The fountain was designed by architect Charles A. Platt and dedicated in 1912.

Description and history

The black granite memorial commemorates social worker Josephine Shaw Lowell, who founded the Charity Organization Society. According to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Shaw was the first female member of the New York State Board of Charities; the fountain marks the "first woman to be honored by a major monument" in the city. It is made of Stony Creek granite and bronze. The fountain was dedicated on May 21, 1912, and installed at the east side of Bryant Park in 1913. It was relocated to the west side of the park in 1936.

In 2009 the fountain was winterized with the installation of an internal electric heating system, enabling it to be left on in subzero temperatures and gather icicles. The fountain is switched off during extended cold spells to prevent enough ice gathering to cause structural damage.

See also
 1912 in art
 Josephine Shaw Lowell

References

External links

 House of Refuge for Women Founder Inspires New York City's First Monument Dedicated to a Woman (December 2, 2011), Prison Public Memory
 From the Archives: Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain (August 16, 2011), Bryant Park Blog

1912 establishments in New York City
1912 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Manhattan
Bryant Park
Fountains in New York City
Granite sculptures in New York City
Monuments and memorials in Manhattan
Monuments and memorials to women
Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan


title: Montgomery County Courthouse (Illinois)

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The Montgomery County Courthouse, located in Courthouse Square in Hillsboro, is the county courthouse serving Montgomery County, Illinois. While the courthouse was originally built in 1833–35, it did not attain its current form until an extensive remodeling in 1868–71. Architect Gurdon P. Randall designed the remodeled courthouse in the Second Empire style. The courthouse's design features two towers: a square tower enclosing a staircase at the southwest corner, and a tower with a mansard roof at the southeast corner. The courthouse's cornice, which runs along the roof line and the bottom of the mansard roof, features decorative brackets. Since the renovated courthouse reopened, it has continuously served as the seat of county government functions.

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1994.

References

Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Second Empire architecture in Illinois
Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Illinois
County courthouses in Illinois
Government buildings completed in 1871
National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Illinois


title: Uppi 2

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Uppi 2 is an 2015 Indian Kannada-language allegorical thriller film  written and directed by Upendra, and produced by Priyanka Upendra. It is a sequel to the 1999 cult film Upendra. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Upendra, Kristina Akheeva, Parul Yadav, Sayaji Shinde, Shobaraj, Satyajit, Bank Janardhan, Vaijanath Biradar and Mimicry Dayanand. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Gurukiran.

Uppi 2 was released on 14 August 2015, coinciding with Indian Independence Day, and received mixed reviews for its convoluted plot and narrative. Despite this, the film became a commercial success and completed 50 days run at the box-office. Upendra won the SIIMA Award for Best Director for the film. It was dubbed in Telugu as Upendra 2 and was released along with the Kannada version.

Plot
Neenu () is a happy and content person, who never thinks about the future and is undisturbed by the past. He hardly earns anything despite his toil since he never takes money from anyone for his services, often menial jobs, asked to him to be done by the people of his locality and the crew of the film production unit. Lakshmi, a psychology student, takes interest in him after she learns from her professor about Naanu (). (The character from the prequel who eventually becomes Neenu) Her constant pursuit of him eventually leads to his discovery. Moved by his happy, unblemished and selfless personality, she eventually falls in love with him, but she fails to take him out of his strange world of selflessness.

Meanwhile, Saleem is a crime boss based in Dubai, who is aided by his trusted aide "Malpe" Bala and his henchmen in finding Neenu, regarding a property worth  belonging to a rich widow named Mandakini, who has become a follower of Neenu, who was formerly an aghori. The aghori is also being shown exploiting Sheela, who comes seeking spiritual advice after being dejected in love. Simultaneously, Neenu is seen being chased by police officer Shinde, who tries to find him and embezzle the property. Unknown about this, some of the officers from the CID interpret Neenu as an undercover agent trying to capture Saleem.

Neenu finally manages to subdue his chasers by instigating the cops against the goons and grips with Lakshmi. It becomes apparent that Mandakini is a "fictional character" imagined by the cops and Neenu is just a normal man. The will made by Mandakini of her property gives a philosophical view that when one stops saying Naanu (), which symbolizes fear, anger, jealousy and selfishness; holds to Neenu  (), which symbolizes gratitude, kindness, selflessness; and when one stops thinking about the past and the future, will khushi (), the "daughter" of Mandakini () would stay with him forever.

Cast

 Upendra as Naanu / Neenu
 Kristina Akheeva as Lakshmi / Khushi
 Parul Yadav as Sheela (extended cameo)
 Sayaji Shinde
 Sathyajith
 Shobaraj as Saleem
 R. N. Sudarshan as a legislator
 Nagaraj Murthy
 Tennis Krishna as HuLa
 Mimicry Dayanand as Swami Akhilanda
 Tanishka Kapoor as Lakshmi's friend
 Sanjay Aryan
 Vinayak Trivedi
 Chethan as a CBI officer
 Tumkur Mohan
 Bank Janardhan
 Vaijanath Biradar as Constable Rajguru
 Saroja Srishailan
 Suvarna Shetty
 Urmila
 Shruthi
 Sri (Crazy Mindz)
 Manjaiah
 Manjunatha Rao in a cameo appearance (uncredited)

Production

Development
Following the massive success of his 1999 film Upendra, Upendra had always wanted to make a sequel to it. Having written the story sometime in the early 2000s, it was ready by 2004. In January 2012, Upendra announced that he is working on the script for the sequel titled Upendra 2. The first posters of Upendra 2 were released on the Internet on 16 September 2012. The posters featured a huge rectangle, with no clear name inside it, but with a heap of mathematical formulae – be it arithmetic, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, calculus and so on – and had a byline – "directed by Upendra". The title of the film was changed to Uppi 2 after he saw it painted on the back of an auto rickshaw. Uppi 2 was launched by Upendra on 18 September 2013 at Kanteerava Studios in Bangalore, amongst thousands of fans gathered to witness the launch. Lathi Charge from the police to control the crowd of fans gathered at the venue was reported.

Casting
As the makers were on the lookout for the female lead for the film, the names of Bollywood actresses Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Vidya Balan made rounds. Eventually, a Russian model-turned-actress Kristina Akheeva landed the role.

Marketing
Right from the time Upendra announced of making the film, posters made by fans began circulating on social media platforms, most of which featured Upendra in costume from his eponymous prequel to Uppi 2. The official first look poster was revealed on 1 November 2014. This was followed by numerous fan-made posters released by Upendra on his Facebook page, which were in turn circulated and received widespread popularity leading up to the film's release. The first teaser trailer of the film was released on 18 September 2014, marking Upendra's 47th birthday. Alongside, fan-made Dubsmash videos and teasers were circulated and shared by the official Facebook and Twitter handles of the film. The first look poster of the film's Telugu version was released in August 2015. Upendra launched an official app of the film and other merchandise including T-shirts featuring the film's title logo, a week prior to its release. The second teaser trailer was released on 10 August 2015. It featured Upendra doing a yoga posture, sirsasana, in the Himalayan region, and sporting the look of an aghori. The cutout poster of this was unveiled by him at a theatre in Bangalore.

Soundtrack

Gurukiran, who scored for the prequel Upendra, composed the soundtrack and background score for Uppi 2 as well. The lyrics for the soundtrack were penned by Upendra, where it also marked the reunion of Gurukiran and Upendra after 16 years. Times Music bought the music rights of the film and was produced under their label Junglee Music. The soundtrack album consists of six tracks. It was released on 17 July 2015 at Ruppis Resort in Bangalore. Simultaneously, the soundtrack was released by fan clubs of Upendra in around 15 districts across Karnataka.

The Telugu version of the album was released on 9 August 2015 in Hyderabad.

Track listing

Ytalkies.com reviewed the album and gave it a mixed review it considering that "Uppi [Upendra] and Gurukiran combo" were coming together after long time and fans having had to wait two years for the album. The reviewer called the track "Baekoo Baekoo Anno" and wrote, "the peppy beats and deep-thinking lyrics are very entertaining." Of the track "Excuse Me Please", he wrote, "This is more of a ‘different style dialogue narration’ song; Uppi takes over the song with some entertaining lyrics, where he explains that time is everything..." He concluded calling it "[a] very average album".

Controversies
Ever since filming began in 2014, Upendra had been accused of plagiarism of the film's story, after similar accusations that followed after his previous directorial decided to take legal action against the accuser. Responding to the controversy, he wrote on his Facebook page, "Deeply disturbed with all these questions about the Uppi 2 script... There is no way we will tolerate any false allegations about the script."

A day after the release of the film's soundtrack album, on 17 July 2015, another controversy came about over the lyrics of the song "No Excuse Me Please", penned and sung by Upendra himself. It features lyrics sung in a conversation tone in the form of a monologue with rhythm, and was reported that it takes a dig at other actors including Shiva Rajkumar and Yash. The media reported the story over Upendra crediting himself over introducing machete-wielding lead actors in Kannada cinema, through Shiva Rajkumar, in his directorial Om (1995).

Release
The film was given the "U/A" (Parental Guidance) certificate by the Regional Censor Board. The Board asked the makers for a "violent visual" and two dialogues to be cut, and muting a couple of other dialogues, adding up to a total of five cuts. It released theatrically on 14 August 2015, on the eve of Indian Independence Day, in over 200 screens in Karnataka, and 400 screens in Telugu in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, adding up to over 685 screens. The Telugu dubbing rights was acquired by film producer Nallamalupu Bujji and the rights for distribution in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were bought by RS Films for 1.08 crore. It was reported that the distribution rights for Karnataka were acquired by Srikanth of Shankar Enterprises for a sum of 100 million. Uppi 2 was also released in the US, Australia among other countries.

Reception
Uppi 2 received mixed to positive reviews from critics who praised its themes, cinematography and Upendra's performance, but criticism directed towards its soundtrack, convoluted plot and "abrupt ending".

Critical response
Archana Nathan of The Hindu called the film a "self-help book" where "Upendra wonders... about the concept of you (neenu) "unearth[ing] theories about the different kinds of people on this planet, their manner of thinking..." and handing down "some life advice." She further wrote, "Upendra theorises about three different kinds of people: those who obsess about the future, those who live in the past and finally, those who live entirely in the present. It is the third kind that he champions and practises in the film. Uppi2 wants to reform you but overdoes it." S. Viswanath of Deccan Herald wrote, "... Upendra takes on a highly philosophical pitch while narrating a convoluted, but cracker of an action plot." He called the film Upendra's "show all the away" and added that "he goes on philosophising about the real and unreal, seen and unseen, the here and now. [the film] climaxes to an unpredictable end, you are in a tizzy, swirled and squished by the storytelling."

Shyam Prasad S. of Bangalore Mirror felt that "[t]he execution of the film does not match the brilliance of the script." He drew comparisons of the protagonist's role and philosophy of life to Eckhart Tolle's work The Power of Now and called the lead character a pale shadow of his trademark eccentric characters in A and Upendra which behaved like Jean-Paul Sartre's Erostratus. A. Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express felt the film was "[H]igh on intrinsic value" and wrote, "It may be an ambitious attempt to teach life lessons to the common man, but that is exactly the reason why Uppi 2 could fall into the category of films which were bold enough to go beyond the obvious. And surely, even with its little puzzles, the film does not disappoint." She further wrote, "As an actor too, he [Upendra] portrays the various shades of life with élan. His different avatars all send a message.  Kristina Akheeva has tried her best to live up to expectations while Parul Yadav’s short and sweet role has a good impact."

Sunayana Suresh of The Times of India felt that it "preach[es] his [Upendra's] brand of pop philosophy, which has far evolved from the one he preached in the decade-old film Upendra". She wrote, "Parul Yadav's cameo is one of the highlights of the film. Upendra is at his vintage best when it comes to acting." She felt that Kristina Akheeva's casting was "debatable" noting that "she doesn't seem to add much weight to the film" with her lip sync also going "awry".

Box office

Domestic
Uppi 2 opened very strongly in theatres and registered a 100% occupancy in most theatres across Karnataka and from screening in the United States. Many theaters scheduled the first show on Friday as early as 6 AM. Advanced bookings which were opened online two days earlier on Wednesday got a huge response. Most of the shows at single screens and multiplexes in Bengaluru were sold out soon. It collected 3.25 crore on its first day from Karnataka alone setting up records for the highest first day for a Kannada movie. The business saw a growth on Saturday due to Independence Day. As a result, the film earned 3.60 crore on the second day taking the two-day total business of the film to 6.85 crore. The film collected a total of 10 crore in its first weekend. It reportedly collected more than 15 crore in 3 weeks from release in Karnataka. The film completed 50 days run in theaters. It collected 80 lakh share in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. According to Bookmyshow website's Best of 2015 survey, Uppi 2 sold the second highest number of tickets on Bookmyshow among Kannada movies in 2015 behind RangiTaranga and ahead of other box-office hits like Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari, Ranna and Rana Vikrama.

Overseas
Upon release in the US in 21 screens, it collected US$31,981 (21.26 lakh) in its first weekend. On course of a successful run in the US, it was further released in over 20 screens and Upendra was invited there in September 2015 to promote the film. After its 8th weekend in the US, the film had collected a total of US$47,347 (30.88 lakh). Uppi 2 is the second highest grossing Kannada film in US behind RangiTaranga (which grossed 2.1 crore) and ahead of the third highest grosser Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari (which grossed 8 lakh in US). It also opened to houseful screenings in Australia (Perth, Melbourne, Sydney), Germany and Singapore.

Awards

See also
 List of Kannada films of 2015

References

External links

2015 films
2010s Kannada-language films
2015 psychological thriller films
Films scored by Gurukiran
Indian psychological thriller films
Films directed by Upendra
Indian sequel films


title: Marcus Eriksson (ice hockey)

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Marcus Eriksson (born April 26, 1976) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player.

Eriksson played six seasons in the Swedish Elite League with Leksands IF and Mora IK.

Personal information
His older brother Niklas Eriksson won a gold medal in ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics with Team Sweden.

References

External links

1976 births
Leksands IF players
Living people
People from Västervik Municipality
Mora IK players
Swedish ice hockey left wingers
Sportspeople from Kalmar County


title: The BFG (2016 film)

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The BFG (titled onscreen as Roald Dahl's The BFG) is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison (her final film before her 2015 death) and based on Roald Dahl's 1982 novel of the same name. The film stars Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill in her film debut, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader. In the film, a ten-year-old orphaned girl named Sophie befriends a benevolent giant dubbed the "Big Friendly Giant", who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.

Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall began development on a live-action adaptation of The BFG back in the 1990s, and various screenwriters were hired to work on the screenplay in the subsequent years. DreamWorks acquired the screen rights to Dahl's book in September 2011, and Marshall and Sam Mercer joined as producers, Mathison as screenwriter and Kennedy as executive producer. Spielberg was announced as director in April 2014, alongside his production company Amblin Entertainment as co-producer. Principal photography commenced in March 2015, marking Spielberg's first directorial film for Walt Disney Pictures, which co-financed the film.

The BFG premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2016, and held its North American debut at the El Capitan Theater on June 21, 2016. The film was released in the United States in Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D, IMAX 3D, and conventional theatrical formats on July 1, 2016, the same year of Dahl's centennial. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for its visuals, direction, performances and entertainment value. However, the film was a box office bomb, grossing $195 million against its $140 million budget.

Plot

Sophie, a ten-year-old girl living in a London orphanage, is often awake at the "witching hour". One night, she shouts at some men in an alleyway. Later, she sees an elderly Giant Man outside her window, who captures her and takes her to his home in Giant Country. He explains that he cannot allow Sophie to return to her world and reveal the existence of giants. If she ventures out alone, she may be eaten by the nine much larger giants.

In his workshop of dreams, the giant fashions a nightmare to convince the sleeping Sophie to stay with him in safety. The Fleshlumpeater, the infantile leader of the man-eating giants, intrudes and demands a "boo-boo" on his finger to be fixed. He smells Sophie, but the elderly giant convinces him to leave upon him nearly eating a disgusting vegetable called a snozzcumber which Sophie briefly hid in. Sophie persuades the friendly giant to take her to visit Dream Country. They accidentally awaken the other giants, and after the Bloodbottler suggests they "frolic", they bully the friendly giant. A thunderstorm drives the man-eating giants into their cave, but the Fleshlumpeater finds Sophie's dropped blanket.

In Dream Country, Sophie and the friendly giant catch good and bad dreams. The giant reveals that his only name – besides "Runt", the other giants' nickname for him – is "the Big Friendly Giant", which leads Sophie to call him "BFG". She accompanies him to London for his nightly work: using his dream trumpet to spread good dreams to sleeping children. They return to Giant Country just as the other giants have departed to go eat the children worldwide. The BFG realizes that Sophie has lost her blanket, exposing her presence to the other giants, and leaves her outside her orphanage. Revealing that his last human companion liked to read, and even taught The BFG how to read, but sadly was discovered and eaten by the giants, he is unwilling to endanger Sophie and departs. Unafraid, Sophie jumps off her balcony hoping he will appear again to catch her, and he does.

They return to the BFG's workshop and the other giants barge in, hunting for Sophie. They destroy much of the BFG's work, but Sophie evades detection and the BFG drives them off with a hot iron. Sophie finds the home of the last human to live with the BFG, with a portrait of Queen Victoria among his belongings. This inspires her to devise a plan: to forge a nightmare for Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom, about giants eating the children of England, the British Army fighting the giants, and Sophie appearing to her.

Sophie and the BFG go to Buckingham Palace and deliver the nightmare to the sleeping Queen. Upon waking, the Queen and members of her staff Mary and Mr Tibbs find Sophie on the windowsill. She introduces them to the BFG, explaining that the child-eating giants are real and must be stopped. At a large breakfast, the BFG shares his favourite drink, flatulence-inducing "frobscottle", and he and Sophie lead the Queen's soldiers to Giant Country.

The BFG plans to ambush the man-eating giants with a nightmare but has forgotten his dream trumpet. Sophie carries the nightmare herself into the midst of the giants and is confronted by the Fleshlumpeater. She releases the nightmare which consumes the giants with guilt, except the unregretful Fleshlumpeater (who intercepts and destroys his), and they are trapped by military helicopters. Carried away to an isolated island, the giants are left with only "snozzcumbers" seeds to plant.

Sophie gets adopted by Mary, comes to live in the Queen's palace, and awakens from a dream of the BFG, who returns to his life at Giant Country and writes the story of their adventure. She speaks to him whenever she feels lonely; at his home, the BFG hears her words and smiles.

Cast
 Mark Rylance as the Big Friendly Giant (BFG), an elderly, benevolent 24-foot giant. He is called "Runt" by the other giants.
 Ruby Barnhill as Sophie, an orphan who befriends The BFG. Dahl named her after his own mother, who was similarly caring and determined.
 Penelope Wilton as Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom.
 Jemaine Clement as The Fleshlumpeater, a 54-foot giant who is the de facto leader of the man-eating giants. He shows no regret for consuming children over the years.
 Rebecca Hall as Mary, Queen Elizabeth's maid and Sophie's adoptive mother.
 Rafe Spall as Mr. Tibbs, Queen Elizabeth's butler.
 Bill Hader as the Bloodbottler, a disheveled 43-foot man-eating giant with cowlick hair who is Fleshlumpeater's advisor and the most intelligent of the group.
 Michael Adamthwaite as the Butcher Boy, an overweight, immature man-eating giant who is the youngest of the group. He collects cars and wears clothes made of circus tents.
 Daniel Bacon as the Bonecruncher, a dark-skinned, bald-headed man-eating giant. As the name suggests, he loves to crunch on the bones of his victims like candy. It's said he can be heard crunching bones for miles.
 Chris Gibbs as the Gizzardgulper, a burly, bearded 39-foot man-eating giant who wears a helmet and is the shortest of the group.
 Adam Godley as the Manhugger, a very tall and slim man-eating giant who wears a vest and shorts. He seems to be the laziest of them all.
 Paul Moniz de Sa as the Meatdripper, a well-groomed man-eating giant with Mohawk hair. He also is the most serious about hunting in the group, clearly more determined than the rest to find Sophie. He doesn't wear a shirt, and has red shorts.
 Jonathan Holmes as the Childchewer, a balding man-eating giant who is Meatdripper's best friend. He obviously enjoys human child the most out of the giants, and eats only children.
 Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as the Maidmasher, a small-headed man-eating giant. He has short thin hair, and as the name suggests, likes to mash maidens. Either with his teeth, hands or feet. It is never expanded on.
 Marilyn Norry as Mrs. Clonkers, the head of the orphanage where Sophie was living.
 Matt Frewer, Chris Shields, and Geoffrey Wade as The Queen's Generals.

Adamthwaite, Bacon, Gibbs, Godley, Holmes, Moniz de Sa, and Ólafsson also make cameos as minor London characters where Adamthwaite appears as a Danish driver, Bacon, Godley, and Moniz de Sa appear as drunken louts, Holmes cameos as a pup landlord, Chris Gibbs appears as a late night walker, and Ólafsson appears as Queen Elizabeth II's cook.

John Emmet Tracy, William Samples, Andy Thomas, and Ruby Barnhill's father Paul Barnhill make cameos as the palace staff members.

Production

Development
Producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy began development on a live-action adaptation of The BFG in 1991, and set the project up at Paramount Pictures. Husband and wife screenwriters Robin Swicord and Nicholas Kazan wrote a screenplay adaptation in 1998, with Robin Williams in negotiations for the title role. Williams attended a read-through, which according to Michael Siegel was "surprisingly disappointing". Williams' trademark improvisational style clashed with the BFG's unique language. Siegel elaborates, "He was sort of improvising on the jumbled language. And it was clunky. It was strangely not working. It was harder than it looks even for Robin. It didn't quite deliver." By 2001, the script had been rewritten by Gwyn Lurie, and was greeted with positive feedback from the Dahl estate. Terry Jones and Ed Solomon also attempted screenplay drafts. While the screenplay lingered in development hell, Paramount subsequently lost the film rights and they reverted to the Dahl estate.

In September 2011, DreamWorks acquired the film rights to the book; Kennedy and Marshall were announced to produce, with screenwriter Melissa Mathison adapting the story. Initially, John Madden was hired to direct; however, in April 2014, Steven Spielberg was announced as the director, with Madden now listed as executive producer with producer Michael Siegel. Kennedy had initially thought of Spielberg as director, but hesitated asking him until a more concrete screenplay was presentable. Spielberg stated, "The BFG has enchanted families and their children for more than three decades. We are honoured that the Roald Dahl estate has entrusted us with this classic story." Walden Media agreed to co-produce and co-finance the film with DreamWorks and Amblin Entertainment in March 2015. A month later, Walt Disney Studios—which was under prior agreement to distribute the film through its Touchstone Pictures banner—also joined the production as a co-producer and co-financier, and shifted the film from a Touchstone release to a Walt Disney Pictures production instead. Consequently, The BFG is the first Disney-branded film directed by Spielberg, though he has previously produced several films for the studio. Similarly, as a result of Amblin Partners' restructuring, DreamWorks did not receive a marquee credit—placement of the studio's production logo on marketing materials and opening titles—and instead, DreamWorks' marquee credit shifted to Amblin. The film is the second adaptation of the novel following the 1989 direct-to-television animated film. It is also Disney's first feature-length adaptation of a Roald Dahl work since 1996, Henry Selick's James and the Giant Peach.

Casting
Mark Rylance was cast as the BFG in October 2014. Spielberg had approached Rylance with the role during the filming of Bridge of Spies. Spielberg was quoted as saying that "Mark Rylance is a transformational actor. I am excited and thrilled that Mark will be making this journey with us to Giant Country. Everything about his career so far is about making the courageous choice and I'm honoured he has chosen The BFG as his next big screen performance." Rylance performed the character through motion capture, a process which he referred to as "liberating". In mid-November 2014, it was revealed that a ten-year-old student of Lower Peover School, Ruby Barnhill, had auditioned for the film. She had to learn six pages of dialogue in preparation for a possible role as the orphan Sophie. After a lengthy search, on December 16, Barnhill was cast in the role, about which she said, "I feel incredibly lucky and I'm so happy." Spielberg stated that they "have discovered a wonderful Sophie in Ruby Barnhill." Bill Hader was set to star in the film in an unspecified role on March 27, 2015. On April 13, 2015, the rest of the cast was announced, which included Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall, Jemaine Clement, Michael David Adamthwaite, Daniel Bacon, Chris Gibbs, Adam Godley, Jonathan Holmes, Paul Moniz de Sa, and Ólafur Ólafsson.

Filming
Principal photography on the film began on March 23, 2015, in Vancouver and concluded on June 12, 2015. Weta Digital worked on the film's visual effects. It is Mathison's final film following her death on November 4, 2015.

Music

John Williams composed and conducted the film's musical score, marking the twenty-seventh collaboration between Spielberg and Williams. Williams was announced as the film's composer in March 2015. During the process of writing the score, Williams compared the film to "a child's ballet where there are dances involved," elaborating, "The BFG tries to capture dreams with his net and does something that almost looks like a Ray Bolger or Fred Astaire dance; it is an amazingly musical and choreographic sequence which required the orchestra to do things that are more associated with musical films." Williams found similarities with the scoring of Home Alone, admitting that writing music for The BFG "was really an opportunity to compose and orchestrate a little children's fantasy for orchestra." The soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on July 1, 2016.

Release

The BFG premiered on May 14, 2016, at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, in an out of competition screening. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributed the film worldwide, except for territories in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, where the film's distribution rights were sold by Amblin's international partner, Mister Smith Entertainment, to independent distributors.

Disney released a teaser trailer on December 9, 2015. A second trailer was released on April 5, 2016. A third trailer was released on May 16, 2016. The film held its North American premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California on June 21, 2016. It was released in the United States on July 1, 2016. Entertainment One distributed the film in the U.K. on July 22, 2016. DreamWorks' financial partner, Reliance Entertainment, released the film in India on July 29, 2016. Huaxia Film Distribution released the film in China.

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released The BFG on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download on November 29, 2016. The film debuted in third of the home media sales chart for the week ending on December 2, 2016. Entertainment One and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released the UK edition on DVD in 2016.

Reception

Box office
The BFG grossed $55.5 million in North America and $139.7 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $195.2 million, against a production budget of $140 million.

In the United States and Canada, The BFG opened alongside The Legend of Tarzan and The Purge: Election Year at 3,357 theaters, and was projected to gross $22–32 million in its opening weekend. The film was notably vying for drawing family audiences with the studio's own Finding Dory. It made $775,000 from its Thursday previews; however, the low figure was not surprising, given how family films tend to attract fewer audiences during late-night showings. This was followed by a $7 million opening day (including previews) and a disappointing $18.6 million opening weekend, which Deadline Hollywood called "an awful start for this film which is estimated to cost $140 million". Forbes noted that Steven Spielberg's films tend to have long runs, irrespective of their opening numbers. However, it also pointed out that the July 4th weekend proves to be a non-leggy release schedule and most films released during this time end up making only twice their holiday total over the course of their domestic theatrical run. The New York Times called the opening figures "a colossal misfire".

Due to the film's poor performance in North America, the film was considered a box office disappointment.
As a result of its low opening numbers in North America, the film needed greater financial success in its international markets, as pointed out by David Hollis, Disney's distribution chief, saying, "we're going to be reliant in a lot of ways on international [audiences]". Internationally—during its opening weekend—where the 4th of July weekend is not a holiday, the film opened to $3.9 million in its opening weekend from two markets, Australia and Russia. In Australia, it opened to $2 million placing third while in Russia it debuted second with $1.9 million, which tops the entire runs of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and War Horse. In the United Kingdom, where the book is more well known, it opened to $6.9 million.

In China, the release was handled by Huaxia Film Distribution. While it benefitted from a robust marketing effort including Spielberg's presence in the country itself, it suffered from a three month long delay after its North American release. It had an estimated $13.8 million opening, debuting at second place behind Operation Mekong. Many Chinese online reviews criticized Spielberg for making the film "too juvenile" for adults.

The BFG is one of the lowest-grossing films of Spielberg's career, specifically in North America and, when accounting for inflation, one of the year's biggest flops, but The Hollywood Reporter noted that Disney would be able to withstand the losses due to the success of Captain America: Civil War and Finding Dory. The site also highlighted that the financial losses for Disney could be $90–100 million based on theatrical returns alone.

Critical response
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 74% based on 308 reviews and an average rating of 6.70/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The BFG minimizes the darker elements of Roald Dahl's classic in favor of a resolutely good-natured, visually stunning, and largely successful family-friendly adventure." On another aggregator, Metacritic, the film has a score of 66 out of 100 based on 47 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.

Justin Chang of Los Angeles Times called Rylance's performance a "brilliant amalgam of performance-capture technology and peerless screen presence." Scott Mendelson of Forbes described the film as "a charming, intelligent, and witty little adventure movie with strong special effects work in the service of a most unassuming story." Mendelson also commended the film's smaller scope in story, as well as Rylance and Barnhill's interaction. Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph called the film "a significant technical accomplishment", adding that "the infinitesimally detailed motion-capture technology alone, which stretches Rylance’s human performance to gargantuan proportions, is river-straddling bounds beyond anything that’s come before it." Critic Matt Zoller Seitz highly appreciated Spielberg's direction of the film, giving the film three and a half out of four stars. Seitz remarks, "I can imagine some adults finding the movie dull; 'Nothing happens', they'll say. 'And it's too nice.' But I can imagine other adults loving the film for helping them remember what it's like to be young enough to hide from a movie monster because he's big and weird-looking and then laugh because he's kind of silly..."

Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter compared the film objectively to Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, as a "conspicuously less captivating, magical and transporting experience than its classic forebear." Peter Debruge of Variety, however, compared the film favorably to E.T., writing, "this splendid Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation makes it possible for audiences of all ages to wrap their heads around one of the unlikeliest friendships in cinema history, resulting in the sort of instant family classic “human beans” once relied upon Disney to deliver." A. O. Scott of The New York Times praised the film's digital effects and visual style as "exquisite", though he felt that the film lacked the excitement found in Spielberg's previous fantasy films.

Richard Brody of The New Yorker stating that it "plays like a forced march of fun, a mandatory strain of magic and a prescribed dose of poetry, like a movie ready-made for screening in classrooms when a teacher is absent." Brody, however, observes that "Spielberg is the BFG who's menaced by bigger and more monstrous giants who aren't interested in edifying their audiences but merely in consuming them—consuming the consumer, so to speak." Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times called the film "technically impressive but listless and tedious... painfully cutesy, silly and gross rather than whimsical and funny." He thought that the film moved far too slowly and was missing a "sense of wonder and adventure", saying that he'd "rather see every one of Spielberg's previous films before having to sit through The BFG again".

Accolades

See also

 The BFG, the 1989 British animated feature

References

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Valderredible is a municipality in Cantabria, Spain.

The Astronomical Observatory of Cantabria is located here.

References

External links
Official website

Municipalities in Cantabria


title: Dual Unity

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Dual Unity is a live album by Annette Peacock and Paul Bley (credited as Annette & Paul Bley) which was released by Freedom Records in 1972.

Reception

Allmusic gave the album two stars, noting, "The madly in love combination of Paul Bley and Annette Peacock, toting all kinds of unstable synthesizer equipment around Europe, and backed by the madcap Han Bennink on drums, adds up to the stuff of musical legend. Sadly enough, this is one of the better musical documents from these encounters".

Track listing
All compositions by Annette Peacock and Paul Bley except as indicated
 "M.J." (Annette Peacock) - 17:22
 "Gargantuan Encounter" - 4:36
 "Richter Scale" - 8:12
 "Dual Unity" - 3:22
Recorded at Club B14 in Rotterdam, Netherlands on March 26, 1971 (tracks 1 & 2) and at Espace Cardin in Paris, France, on November 16, 1971 (tracks 3 & 4)

Personnel
 Annette Peacock – bass guitar, electric piano, piano, vocals
 Paul Bley – electric piano, synthesizer
 Mario Pavone – double bass
 Han Bennink – drums (tracks 1 and 2)
 Laurence Cook – drums (tracks 3 and 4)

References

1972 albums
Paul Bley albums
Annette Peacock albums
Freedom Records albums


title: Suances

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Suances is a municipality in Cantabria Province, Spain.

Geography

Suances is located in the central coast of Cantabria, in the Ría de San Martín de la Arena, where the rivers Saja and Besaya flow to the Cantabric sea. Suances has five beaches: La Tablía, Los Locos, La Concha, La Ribera and La Riberuca; and five islands (Los Conejos, La Pasiega, Casilda, Segunda and Solita), despite the location of these islands (in front of Miengo) they are part of Suances.

Population

Suances has 8.552 inhabitants (INE, 2013) in six villages: Suances (5.034), Hinojedo (1.811), Cortiguera (817), Tagle (516), Ongayo (202) and Puente Avíos (172).

Transport

Roads
Suances is connected to the rest of Cantabria by two main autonomical roads (CA-132 to Viveda and CA-136 to Santillana del Mar), and four minor roads: CA-340, CA-341, CA-342 and CA-351.

Bus
Suances is connected to Torrelavega by the line Ubiarco-Torrelavega of Autobuses Casanova, and to Santander by the line Ubiarco-Santander of Autobuses La Cantábrica.

Administration

Andrés Ruiz Moya (PSOE) has been the mayor of Suances since 2007.

Economy

Due to the beaches and the hotels, Suances is the most important centre of tourism in the central coast of Cantabria. The touristic season starts in June and ends in October.

Sports
Suances and specially Los Locos beach are very popular surfing destinations for both local and international surf riders.

Monuments

A very important monument is the cave of "Las Brujas", an archeological site of paintings made with the hands, from the Palaeolithic era.

The municipality has two listed properties: La Mota de Tres Palacios, a medieval fortification in Hinojedo; and the wall that surrounds the former convent of Trinitarias.

References

Municipalities in Cantabria
Populated coastal places in Spain


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The following are the defunct titles in the Genre-Specific Awards Category given by the Mnet Asian Music Awards.

Best Indie Performance

Best House & Electronic

Best Trot

Best Digital Single

See also
 Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Rap Performance
 Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Dance Performance
 Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Band Performance
 Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Vocal Performance
 Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Ballad/R&B Performance - defunct

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

References

External links
 Mnet Asian Music Awards official website

MAMA Awards


title: Piélagos

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Piélagos is a municipality in Cantabria, Spain.

References

Municipalities in Cantabria


title: MAMA Award for Best Dance Performance

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The MAMA Award for Best Male / Female Dance Performance (Solo or Group) (베스트 댄스 퍼포먼스 (남자/여자 – 솔로/그룹)) is an award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet). Mnet is also the one who choose which group or individual will win to this category as well as other categories in MAMA.

It was first awarded at the 1st Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 1999; Lee Jung-hyun won the award for her dance performance in "Come", and it is given in honor for the artist/s with the best dance performance in the music industry.

History

Winners and nominees

1990s–2000s

2010s

2020s

Gallery of winners

Multiple awards for Best Dance Performance
As of 2022 (22nd MAMA), ten artists received the title two or more times.

Notes

References

External links
 Mnet Asian Music Awards official website

MAMA Awards


title: LiveWire (motorcycle)

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The Harley-Davidson LiveWire is an electric motorcycle by Harley-Davidson, their first electric vehicle. Harley-Davidson says the maximum speed is  with claimed  motor. The LiveWire, released in 2019, targets a different type of customer than their classic V-twin powered motorcycles.

In December 2021, the news was published that LiveWire would be spun-off from parent Harley Davidson, set to go public in the first half of 2022 as a SPAC (special-purpose acquisition company) valued at $1.77 billion.

History

The LiveWire was first displayed to the media in June 2014. Prototypes were made available for public test rides at US Harley-Davidson dealerships later in 2014, then Europe and Canada in 2015. The LiveWire was inspired by the "Mission R" electric superbike, and the powertrains for the prototypes were developed in collaboration with its manufacturer, the electric motorcycle and electric powertrain technology company Mission Motors.

As the prototype was unveiled in 2014, the motor was to be mounted longitudinally, under the frame. A bevel gear was planned to change the direction of rotation 90° to drive a gilmer belt to turn the rear wheel. In the prototypes, the bevel gear gave the drivetrain a unique whirring sound, compared to the sound of a jet turbine, or as a writer for The Verge said, "like an oversized vacuum".  According to Wired magazine in 2014, Mission Motors provided technical assistance on the motor controller.

In January 2018, Harley-Davidson announced that the motorcycle was entering production and would hit the market in 18 months. Preorders were planned for January 2019. The first deliveries were made in September 2019 but were temporarily halted due to an unspecified charging issue which Harley-Davidson resolved as of October 2019.

Harley-Davidson said Swiss rider Michel von Tell rode a LiveWire to an unofficial electric motorcycle distance-ridden-in-24-hours record in March 2020, covering . Von Tell, accompanied by local journalists, began in Zürich, Switzerland and rode to Stuttgart, Germany, continued along Lake Constance, and finished in Ruggell, Liechtenstein, in a total time of 23 hours and 48 minutes. The previous record of  was set in 2018 on an electric Zero S.

In 2020, the streaming video series Long Way Up followed Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman riding LiveWires from South America to North America. They traveled 13,000 miles, through 13 countries over 100 days.

In December 2021, Harley Davidson announced that it would be spinning off its LiveWire division as a separate company, to be called LiveWire, set to go public in the first half of 2022 as a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) valued at $1.77 billion.

Reactions

When the electric motorcycle concept was unveiled in 2014, it was called "the most radical departure in the 111-year history of the brand" by a Fox Sports commentator. Other industry observers see the development of the LiveWire, and the potential development of an electric product or product line, as part of a shift towards "people who might not ordinarily be drawn to Harley's traditional loud, heavy, expensive motorcycles" and "the product of a painful corporate revolution long in the making" as Harley-Davidson uses new technology and markets to a wider customer base. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel compared the LiveWire's styling to that of former Harley-Davidson sport bike subsidiary Buell.

The Hollywood Reporter noted that an electric Harley-Davidson could become a status symbol like the Tesla Model S, and that the new Harley-Davidson had been placed in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Road & Track posted spy shots from the set in 2014, and reported that Harley-Davidson would gauge the reception by the film's audience as a sort of global market test of the product concept.

Powersports Business said that initial customer reactions to test rides in New York in June 2014 were "overwhelmingly positive" but also noted some negative reactions to the tuning of the regenerative braking system.

Jalopnik said the LiveWire, at over $29,000, is "far too expensive" given the performance, range and charge specifications.

TechCrunch writer Jake Bright said the LiveWire pricing “was too damn high” but gave Harley Davidson props for an EV debut that “checked out as a legitimate e-motorcycle entrant” while “passing the sniff test” of the company's traditional chrome and steel clientele -- “who aren’t exactly the Tesla crowd.”

Description
Technical specifications include:
 Motor: , longitudinal design,  torque
 Power transmission:  90 degree gearbox with belt-driven rear wheel
 Cooling system: liquid, shared by motor and controller
 Battery: ,  usable, Samsung cells, with 5-year, unlimited mileage warranty.
 Charging: supports Level 3 DC Fast Charging; comes with Level 1 charger that can be stored under the seat.
 17-inch front & rear wheels *Single disc, 2-piston front brake
 549 lbs in running order
 Cast aluminum frame and swingarm
 LED headlight
 TFT dashboard
 Trellis frame
 single speed powertrain

Performance
  in 3.0 seconds
  +1.9 seconds
 Top speed:
 Range:

Gallery

Further reading

References

External links

Electric motorcycles
Livewire
Motorcycles introduced in 2019


title: 1962 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

text:
The 1962 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 3rd conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 1 and March 3, 1962. All games were played at the Weinberg Coliseum in Ann Arbor, Michigan. By reaching the title game both Michigan Tech and Michigan were invited to participate in the 1962 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format
The top four teams in the WCHA, based upon the conference regular season standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 4. The entire tournament consisted of single-elimination games. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched with winners advanced to the championship game and the losers playing in a third-place game.

Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Michigan State

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Denver

Third-place game

(1) Denver vs. (2) Michigan State

Championship Game

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (2) Michigan

Tournament awards
None

See also
Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions

References

External links
WCHA.com
1961–62 WCHA Standings
1961–62 NCAA Standings
2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide
2013–14 Michigan Wolverines Media Guide; Through the Years
2013–14 Michigan State Spartans Media Guide; Section 5

WCHA men's ice hockey tournament
Wcha Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Sports in Ann Arbor, Michigan


title: William Cullen Bryant Memorial

text:
The William Cullen Bryant Memorial is an outdoor sculpture of William Cullen Bryant, located at Bryant Park in Manhattan, New York. The bronze statue was created by Herbert Adams and installed in 1911, the year the New York Public Library Main Branch building was completed.

The statue of William Cullen Bryant was one of the statues of “Eminent Americans” that surrounded the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California. The William Cullen Bryant Memorial was a bronze of the same work by Herbert Adams.  A portion of Bryant's poem, Thanatopsis, is at the base of the monument behind the New York Public Library which was not a part of the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition work.

Adam's sculpture of Bryant is of an authoritative, elderly man in a conventional business suit with a throw on Bryant's lap suggesting he is a sedentary man, likely to retreat to his books and papers.  He sits on an ancient Greek styled chair that recalls his love of the classics. The Bryant Memorial is an example of the legacy of the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago which spurred the City Beautiful movement in New York. The City Beautiful Movement, includes many of New York's grandest public buildings: the New York Public Library, the Customs House at Bowling Green, Pennsylvania Station and Grand Central Station.

References

External links

 William Cullen Bryant Memorial at Emporis
 The Restoration of Bryant Park New York City (PDF), Koutsomitis Architects PC

1911 establishments in New York City
1911 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in New York City
Bryant Park
Monuments and memorials in Manhattan
Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan
Sculptures of men in New York City
Statues in New York City
Statues of writers


title: 2014 in Irish music

text:
This article lists various songs, albums, festivals, and performances of the year 2014 in Irish music.

Albums/Songs

January

February
Heartbeat (Can-linn song) was released on February 21. It appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark.

March

April
In April, Jedward's single "Free Spirit" was released

May

June

July

August

September
The Coronas's fourth album will be released sometime in September.

October

November

December

Performances/Festivals
Bold indicates that the event occurs in multiple months.

January

February
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 took place on February 28.

March

April

May

June
Lismore Music Festival took place on May 31 and June 1 in Lismore Castle

July
Live at the Marquee will take place from June 21 to July 15.

August
Castlepalooza will take place from August 1–3.
Indiependence, an indie-rock festival, will take place from August 1 to 3 in Mitchelstown, County Cork.
Electric Picnic, an arts and music festival, will take place from August 29–31.

September
Harvest Time Blues will take place from September 5 to 7 in Monaghan town.

October
Cloughtoberfest, a gypsy jazz festival held in Cloughjordan, County Tipperary October 10 to 12.

November

December

News
Emmet Cahill announced that he will be leaving Celtic Thunder in January.

Deaths
Finbarr Dwyer, accordion player, died aged 67 on February 8.
Seán Potts, Irish musician (The Chieftains), died aged 83 on February 11.
Paddy McGuigan, songwriter who wrote ("The Men Behind the Wire", "The Boys of the Old Brigade") and musician (The Barleycorn), died aged 74 on March 17.

See also
2014 in music
Music of Ireland

References

External links
 Irish Music Awards
 IMRO website
 IRMA website
 Hot Press website
 Music at The Irish Times
 Music at the Irish Independent
 Music news and album reviews at RTÉ


title: Sajid Hameed Dar

text:
Sajid Hameed Dar is a Pakistani Paediatric Surgeon and academic who currently serves as the head of the Department of Paediatric  Surgery at Services Hospital in Lahore.

Early life and career
He completed his F.Sc from Government College University, Lahore where he received "Academic Role of Honour". Seeking admission in King Edward Medical University Lahore, he graduated and received his MBBS degree in 1982. He then decided to acquire a career in paediatric surgery, a field much less known at that time to common public. He successfully completed his FCPS in paediatric surgery. He has worked as an assistant professor  and later as associate professor at Mayo Hospital Lahore  and is currently working as a professor and head of department of paediatric surgery, Services Hospital Lahore and Services Institute of Medical Sciences Lahore.

Publications

 Burn out among the paediatric surgeons of Pakistan PMID 31740889
Child with a tail PMCID: PMC3863831

References

Government College University, Lahore alumni


title: M. Rich Building

text:
The M. Rich Building, also known as the M. Rich and Brothers and Company Building and the W. T. Grant Building at 82 Peachtree Street SW (formerly 52-54-56 Whitehall), Atlanta, is a landmark building significant for both architectural and commercial reasons. It housed Rich's department store from the time it was completed in 1907 until it moved into its much larger premises at Broad and Alabama streets in 1924.

In September 1882 Rich's moved to 54-56 Whitehall and in 1906, the adjacent M. Kutz & Co. building at 52 Whitehall was acquired. Both it and the Rich store at 54-56 Whitehall were torn down. Rich's closed its furniture annex and moved its dry goods to that building temporarily, while a new building was built on the site of 52-54-56 Whitehall designed by noted local architectural firm Bruce & Morgan. In April 1907 the new emporium opened for business.

In 1924, Rich's moved to new, much larger Palazzo-style quarters at Broad and Alabama streets. From 1925 to 1974 the W. T. Grant discount department store operated here. Later owners and occupants of the building were:
 1978–1986 Patrick Swindall , Atlanta Furniture Company
 1986–1990 Trion-Winter-MLK Joint Venture
 1990–? Patrick Swindall, The Great Five Points Flea Market
 1998–present The Mall at 82 Peachtree occupies the bottom two floors of the building

Today, most of the building operates as the M. Rich Center for Creative Arts, Media and Technology.

In 2020, the building and surrounding area were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Whitehall Street Retail Historic District.

References

Further reading

 "M. Rich Building", History Atlanta - History of the building including diagram, images, and video
"M. Rich Brothers and Company Complete Great Department Store", Atlanta Constitution - article from building's opening day, large illustration of building

Buildings and structures completed in 1907
Buildings and structures in Atlanta
City of Atlanta-designated historic sites
Historic department store buildings in the United States
Historic district contributing properties


title: Thralled

text:
Thralled is a platform puzzle video game about an 18th-century runaway slave and her baby escaping the Portuguese slave trade. The game began as a senior project in the USC Interactive Media & Games Division and later became an Ouya exclusive after being discovered by Kellee Santiago.

Gameplay
 Thralled is a side-scrolling platform and puzzle game where the player-character is a runaway slave mother escaping the Portuguese slave trade with her baby. The runaway slave, Isaura, escapes from a sugarcane plantation in 18th-century Brazil to find her missing child. She travels through Congo jungles and "colonial New World", and confronts the pains of losing her child and own past. While pursuing freedom and in fear of being caught and returned, she completes puzzles that include moving carts and cutting rope-bridges while temporarily relinquishing the baby. When the baby is placed down to move objects and cross chasms, a dark apparition version of the main character appears and approaches to take the baby. Settings include the plantation, a slave ship, and a castle that stores slaves for trade.  The game has no dialogue, so Isaura expresses herself through movement. The game is played through a sole action button which either comforts the baby or interacts with the environment.

Development
Thralled debuted in mid 2013. It started as a student project by creative director Miguel Oliveira and his peers at the University of Southern California Interactive Media & Games Division— Oliveira's senior thesis. He and animator Tiffanie Mang continued the project after their graduation and planned an iOS release. When Ouya developer relations head Kellee Santiago saw the game, she approached the developers about a deal: funding in exchange for exclusivity. They agreed, and the agreement funded the new development company. The game was shown at the March 2014 Game Developers Conference's Ouya booth and in the IndieCade section at E3 2014. Early feedback said that the game was too difficult, which hurt the level of "tension" upon trying again.

The mother and child element was chosen to "universalize" the horrors of slavery—that the latter could be made easier to understand through the former. The conceit was also a way to not focus on the violence of the era, which Oliveira said he could not accurately or comfortably depict. Thralled is also partially to humanize the tens of millions in modern slavery worldwide. Oliveira has said that he thought the video game medium was young and should be pushed further, as well as that the interactive medium has endless possibilities for self-expression of "intimacy", for broaching hard topics, and for empathizing with victims. He felt that most games focus on "primitive", animal feelings—"aggressiveness and competitiveness"—and was interested in empathetic and humanizing games that focus on "love and caring". The idea of the shadow figure that pursues the unaccompanied baby descends from a Congolese idea of the dead's world as parallel and reverse to ours, as viewable through reflections in bodies of water and mirrors. The developers also integrated their research on period Congolese and Brazilian culture into the game.

It was expected for release in 2016. The developers previously had no plans to release on other platforms and had not said whether the game is a timed exclusive, though Polygon reported that it was one. This changed in 2015 when a PC, Linux, and Mac version was confirmed.

Reception
Pre-release reception praised the game's artwork and concept. Polygon Colin Campbell called the game "emotionally challenging" when citing the baby's cries and Isaura's conspicuous fears. He noted that its gameplay and Ouya exclusivity were likely weak spots. The "chilling experience" made Kotaku Evan Narcisse cry. He said the game made him consider the lengths to which he would go for his own daughter's betterment. Director of antislavery organization Walk Free Debra Rosen praised the game for its role in raising awareness about modern slavery.

References

External links

Upcoming video games
Indie games
MacOS games
Ouya games
Platformers
Puzzle video games
Video games affiliated with the USC Interactive Media & Games Division
Video games about children
Video games about slavery
Video games developed in the United States
Video games featuring female protagonists
Video games set in Brazil
Video games set in the 18th century
Windows games


title: Reocín

text:
Reocín is a municipality in Cantabria, Spain.

References

Municipalities in Cantabria


title: Villafufre

text:
Villafufre is a municipality in Cantabria, Spain.

References

Municipalities in Cantabria


title: Sidney Dekker

text:
Sidney W. A. Dekker (born 1969, "near Amsterdam"), is a professor at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, where he founded the Safety Science Innovation Lab. He is also Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland.

Previously, Dekker was Professor of human factors and system safety at Lund University in Sweden, where he founded the Leonardo da Vinci Laboratory for Complexity and Systems Thinking, and flew as First Officer on Boeing 737s for Sterling and later Cimber Airlines out of Copenhagen. Dekker is a high-profile scholar (h-index = 48) and is known for his work in the fields of human factors and safety.

Publications

Books
 Foundations of Safety Science: A century of understanding accidents and disasters (2019)
 The Safety Anarchist: Relying on human expertise and innovation, reducing bureaucracy and compliance (2017)
 The End of Heaven: Disaster and Suffering in a Scientific Age (2017)
 Just Culture: Restoring Trust and Accountability in your Organization (2016)
 Safety Differently: Human Factors for a New Era (2015)
 The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error''' (2014)
 Second Victim: Error, guilt, trauma and resilience (2013)
 Just Culture: Balancing Safety and Accountability (2012)
 Drift into Failure: From hunting broken components to understanding complex systems (2011)
 Patient Safety: A human factors approach (2011)

DocumentarySafety Differently: The Movie'' – in collaboration with Brisbane-based RideFree Media, Sidney directed and presented his debut documentary in 2017.

References

External links
 Leonardo da Vinci Laboratory for Complexity and Systems Thinking official website

1969 births
Living people
Dutch aviators
Dutch expatriates in Australia
Dutch expatriates in Sweden
Dutch psychologists
Academic staff of Griffith University
Academic staff of Lund University


title: Siphonocryptida

text:
Siphonocryptida is an order of millipedes, comprising the sole family Siphonocryptidae. With only seven described species, the Siphonocryptida is the second smallest millipede order, surpassed only by Siphoniulida, with two species.

Classification
Hirudicryptus Enghoff & Golovatch, 1995
Hirudicryptus canariensis (Loksa, 1967) - Canary Islands
Hirudicryptus taiwanensis Korsós et al., 2008 - Taiwan
Hirudicryptus quintumelementum Korsós et al., 2009 - Tibet
Hirudicryptus abchasicus Golovatch, Evsyukov & Reip, 2015 - NW Caucasus
Siphonocryptus Pocock, 1894
Siphonocryptus compactus Pocock, 1894 - Sumatra
Siphonocryptus latior Enghoff & Golovatch, 1995 - Peninsular Malaysia
Siphonocryptus zigzag Enghoff, 2010 - Pahang

References

Millipede orders
Millipedes of Asia
Monotypic arthropod taxa


title: Ruiloba

text:
Ruiloba is a municipality in Cantabria Province, Spain.

References

Municipalities in Cantabria


title: Litchfield Public Library (Illinois)

text:
The Litchfield Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 400 N. State St. in Litchfield, Illinois. The library was built in 1904-05 through a $10,000 donation from the Carnegie Foundation.

History
Litchfield's library program had been in existence since 1882. Prior to the construction of the library, it had been housed in the Cline Building and later the First National Bank, but by the early 1900s it had outgrown these spaces.

Architect Paul Moratz designed the library building in the Classical Revival style. Litchfield's Women's Club and Chamber of Commerce ran the library for its first few decades and provided funds for improvements such as restrooms.

In addition, a children's library program began in 1914 through the assistance of the public school system. The library still serves Litchfield and holds a collection of 34,000 books.

The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 12, 1999.

References

External links
Official website

Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Neoclassical architecture in Illinois
Library buildings completed in 1905
Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Illinois
Carnegie libraries in Illinois
National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Illinois
1905 establishments in Illinois


title: Ruesga

text:
Ruesga () is a municipality in Cantabria Province, Spain. It includes the following 6 villages: Calseca, Matienzo, Mentera Barruelo, Ogarrio, Riva (capital) and Valle.
As of 2016, a total of 870 people lived in Ruesga.
Its economy is primarily agriculture and forestry; livestock mountain or forestal exploitation of wealth employs 53.1% of the workforce. There were almost 5,000 heads of livestock spread over 198 farms.
The unemployment rate was 14.7%.

References

Municipalities in Cantabria


title: Guadarrama (river)

text:
The Guadarrama is a river in Spain.  A tributary of the Tagus, the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula, Guadarrama has its source in the Siete Picos, part of the Sierra de Guadarrama, in the Community of Madrid, in the central part of the country, at an altitude of .

Course
The Guadarrama flows from north to south for  through the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha and the Province of Toledo, where it empties into the Tagus.

Its middle course is a protected area within the Regional Park of the Middle Course of the Guadarrama River and Its Surroundings (), which is one of the three regional parks within the Community of Madrid.  The basin area is about   Its main tributary is the Aulencia River, which flows entirely within the Community of Madrid and supplies water to the reservoir of Valmayor.

References

External links

Rivers of Spain
Rivers of the Community of Madrid
Rivers of Castilla–La Mancha
Tributaries of the Tagus


title: Lucknow–New Delhi AC Superfast Express

text:
Lucknow–New Delhi AC Superfast Express numbered 12429/30 is an ISO certified premier daily overnight service of AC Superfast Express type running between  and  operated by Northern Railway zone.
It was previously hauled by a Ghaziabad based Indian locomotive class WAP-7 locomotive but due to its short journey and shortage of WAP-7 locomotives, it has been given a diesel link of WDP-4D twin locos of Tughlakabad shed.

It is the fastest train between Delhi and Lucknow on Bareilly- Moradabad route.

Owing to its suitable time and punctuality, it is becoming more popular than Lucknow Mail which runs on the same route but takes 1.15 hours more.

Overview
This is a fully air conditioned Superfast train which connects the Indian capital, New Delhi to the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. It has been introduced in lieu of two trains (Lucknow–New Delhi AC Duronto Express & Lucknow–New Delhi AC Express) that have previously served Lucknow Charbagh & New Delhi from 15 June 2014. The train is the first train of Northern Railway zone to be operated on German Technology LHB coach from 12 April 2016.

Lucknow–New Delhi AC Express (12429/12430) can now accommodate 960 passengers instead of 824. The number of seats in AC-2 coaches has been increased from 44 to 52, while in AC-3 coaches it has been raised from 64 to 72. The new coaches, based on a German technology LHB coach, are made of stainless steel which do not turn turtle during accidents. The light-weight coaches will also improve the train's speed. Bigger windows, lamps at all seats and sound insulation are the other features. Waste from toilets would get discharged only when the train would be in motion.

Rakes
Coach composition are as follows:

Gallery

See also
 Lucknow Mail
 Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi Express
 List of named passenger trains of India

Notes

External links
 https://searchmytrain.com/12429-lucknow-new-delhi-supfast-express-lko-ndls/timetable-route-map Lucknow to New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Up)
 https://searchmytrain.com/12430-new-delhi-lucknow-supfast-express-ndls-lko/timetable-route-map New Delhi to Lucknow Rajdhani Express (Down)

References

 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/New-train-from-Lucknow-to-Delhi-and-back/articleshow/36613952.cms

Passenger trains originating from Lucknow
Rail transport in Delhi
Railway services introduced in 2014
AC Express (Indian Railways) trains
Transport in Delhi


title: 1961 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

text:
The 1961 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 10 and March 11, 1961. All games were played at home team campus sites. By being declared as co-champions, both Minnesota and Denver were invited to participate in the 1961 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Though not official designations, Minnesota is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Denver as the West Regional Champion‡.

Format
The top four teams in the WCHA, based upon the conference regular season standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 4. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched in two-game series where the team with the higher number of goals scored was declared the winner. Rather than decide upon a single tournament champion, the WCHA declared the winners of the two series as co-tournament champions.

Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Finals

(1) Denver vs. (4) Michigan Tech

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Michigan

Tournament awards
None

See also
Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions
1961 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

References

External links
WCHA.com
1960–61 WCHA Standings
1960–61 NCAA Standings
2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide
2013–14 Michigan Wolverines Media Guide; Through the Years
2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide

WCHA men's ice hockey tournament
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament


title: Improvisie

text:
Improvisie is a live album by Paul Bley with Annette Peacock and Han Bennink which was released on the French America label in 1971.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars observing "There are two pieces on the set, the elegiac title cut, which is nearly 14 minutes in length, and the much more adventurous "Touching," which is nearly 24. On "Improvisie," elements of jazz phrasing and harmony usher in the piece haltingly, purposefully, almost reverently... Even 35 years later, "Touching" is still a brave and uncompromising work, one that asks as many questions as it answers, and one that renews its freshness with each repeated listening". The Penguin Guide to Jazz stated "It was Peacock who got Bley interested in synthesisers and even at this early stage their mutual explorations of electronic sounds is extremely impressive".

Track listing
 "Improvisie" (Annette Peacock, Han Bennink, Paul Bley) – 13:53
 "Touching" (Peacock) – 23:43
Recorded at Club B14 in Rotterdam, Holland on March 26, 1971

Personnel
Paul Bley – electric piano, synthesizer
Annette Peacock – electric bass, electric piano, piano, vocals
Han Bennink – drums

References

1971 live albums
Paul Bley live albums
Annette Peacock albums
America Records live albums


title: Philadelphia PGA Championship

text:
The Philadelphia PGA Championship is the annual section championship of the Philadelphia Section of the PGA of America. It has been played since 1922 on courses throughout the Philadelphia area, including courses in Delaware and New Jersey.  The most notable winner of this event is 1959 Masters Tournament champion Art Wall Jr., who won this event five times. In addition, several PGA Tour pros have had victories in this tournament, including Henry Williams, Jr. (three times), Ed Dougherty (three times), Clarence Hackney (two times), Al Besselink (two times), Gene Kunes (two times), Marty Furgol, and noted golf course designer George Fazio.

Winners

External links
 PGA of America – Philadelphia section
 Trenham Golf History: Section Championships 1922–1939
 Trenham Golf History: Section Championships 1940–1956
 Trenham Golf History: Section Championships 1960–1979
 Trenham Golf History: Section Championships 1980–1999
 Trenham Golf History: Section Championships 2000–2012

Golf in Pennsylvania
Golf in Delaware
Golf in New Jersey
Sports in Philadelphia
PGA of America sectional tournaments
Recurring sporting events established in 1922
1922 establishments in Pennsylvania


title: Bičakčić

text:
Bičakčić ( is a family surname, commonly found in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is derived from the Turkish word bıçakçı, meaning "cutler" or "knife-maker". It may refer to:

Ermin Bičakčić (born 1990), Bosnian footballer
Edhem Bičakčić (1884-1941), mayor of Sarajevo (1928–29; 1935–39)

Surnames of Bosnian origin


title: Dresden Government Region

text:
Dresden Government Region () was one of the government regions (Regierungsbezirke) of Saxony from 1991 to 2008.

Geography of Saxony


title: Colin Milne

text:
Colin Milne (c.1743–1815) was a Scottish priest of the Church of England and botanist.

Life
Born at Aberdeen about 1743, Milne was educated at Marischal College there under his uncle, Dr. Campbell, and later received the degree of LL.D. from the university. He moved to Edinburgh, and became tutor to Lord Algernon Percy. Taking Anglican orders, he made a reputation as a preacher.

Milne was appointed evening preacher to the City of London Lying-in Hospital, and lecturer to both the Old and the New Church at Deptford. Subsequently made rector of North Chapel, near Petworth in Sussex, he continued, however, to reside at Deptford where in 1783 he founded the Kent Dispensary, which became the Miller Hospital, Greenwich. He was a prominent promoter of the Royal Humane Society, and several times preached the anniversary sermon for the society.

Milne died at Deptford on 2 October 1815.

Works
Milne published:

 A Botanical Dictionary, or Elements of Systematic and Philosophical Botany, 1770, dedicated to the Duke of Northumberland, 2nd ed. 1778, 3rd ed. 1805.
 Institutes of Botany, a Translation of the Genera Plantarum of Linnæus, pt. i. 1771, pt. ii. 1772, not completed.
 Sermons, 1780. As a botanist Milne was chosen to preach the Fairchild sermon, and sermons which he delivered before the Grand Lodge of Freemasons and at the Maidstone assizes were also printed.
 Indigenous Botany … the result of several Botanical Excursions chiefly in Kent, Middlesex, and the adjacent Counties in 1790, 1791, and 1793, vol. i. only issued, 1793. Written with Alexander Gordon M.D. of Aberdeen, "reader in botany in London", and son of James Gordon, a nurseryman of Mile End who corresponded with Linnæus.

Notes

Attribution

1743 births
1815 deaths
Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
18th-century Scottish Episcopalian priests
19th-century Scottish botanists
Clergy from Aberdeen
19th-century English Anglican priests


title: Shiva Mecchida Kannappa

text:
Shiva Mecchida Kannappa () is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Vijay. The film is a rehashed version of the 1954 film Bedara Kannappa, the debut film of actor Rajkumar. Produced by Raghavendra Rajkumar, the film is about the life of Kannappa, a hunter who becomes a Lord Shiva devotee; Kanappa is played by Puneeth Rajkumar in younger days and Shivarajkumar in adult life. The rest of the cast includes Geetha, Sarala Devi, C. R. Simha and Rajkumar himself playing a brief cameo role in the role of Shiva. The film has musical score by T. G. Lingappa and the dialogues and lyrics written by Chi. Udaya Shankar.

Cast

Soundtrack
The musical score by T. G. Lingappa was positively reviewed.

Release
The film was released on 24 March 1988.

References

External source

1988 films
1980s Kannada-language films
Indian musical films
Indian biographical films
Films scored by T. G. Lingappa
Hindu mythological films
Hindu devotional films
1980s biographical films
1980s musical films
Films directed by Vijay (director)


title: Ludwig van Beethoven (Baerer)

text:
Ludwig van Beethoven is a series of sculptures of Ludwig van Beethoven by German-American sculptor Henry Baerer. Versions are displayed in Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City, as well as Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The sculpture in Central Park was dedicated on July 22, 1884. It includes two bronze statues, including a bust of Beethoven and an allegorical female figure on a polished Barre Granite pedestal.

See also

 1884 in art

References

External links

 Prospect Park: Beethoven Memorial, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

1884 establishments in New York (state)
Allegorical sculptures in the United States
Bronze sculptures in Brooklyn
Bronze sculptures in California
Bronze sculptures in Manhattan
Busts in California
Busts in New York City
Golden Gate Park
Monuments and memorials in Brooklyn
Monuments and memorials in California
Monuments and memorials in Manhattan
Outdoor sculptures in Brooklyn
Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan
Outdoor sculptures in San Francisco
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title: 1960 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 1960 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 1st conference playoff in league history. Additionally it is the first conference tournament ever held for an American college ice hockey conference. The tournament was played between March 11 and March 12, 1960. All games were played at home team campus sites. By being declared as co-champions, both Michigan Tech and Denver were invited to participate in the 1960 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Though not official designations, Michigan Tech is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Denver as the West Regional Champion‡.

Format
The top four teams in the WCHA, based upon the conference regular season standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 4. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched in two-game series where the team with the higher number of goals scored was declared the winner. Rather than decide upon a single tournament champion, the WCHA declared the winners of the two series as co-tournament champions.

Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Finals

(1) Denver vs. (4) Colorado College

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) North Dakota

Tournament awards
None

See also
Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions
1960 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

References

External links
WCHA.com
1959–60 WCHA Standings
1959–60 NCAA Standings
2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide
2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide
2013–14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide

WCHA men's ice hockey tournament
Wcha Men's Ice Hockey Tournament