title: Jamil Jivani

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Jamil Jivani (born October 24, 1987) is a Canadian radio host, non-practising lawyer, politician, author and political commentator. He is the founder of the Policing Literacy Initiative, co-founder of Teachers Beyond the Classroom, He sat on the Premier's Council on Equality of Opportunity and is the Advocate for Community Opportunities for the Doug Ford government.

Currently he is the Conservative candidate for the Ontario riding of Durham in the upcoming by-election which will be held following the resignation of former Opposition Leader Erin O'Toole.

Early life and education
Jivani was born in Toronto, Ontario to an immigrant father from Keyna and a mother who is Scottish-Irish from the United Kingdom. He grew up with his two sisters, who their mother raised in Brampton. Jivani also has two stepbrothers through his father side.  After attending Fletcher’s Creek Senior Public School then Gordon Graydon Memorial, Jivani attended Humber College and York University. In 2013, he earned his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. Before attending law school, Jivani worked as a dishwasher and line cook in local Toronto area restaurants.

While a student at Yale, Jivani was Program Director of the Yale Chapter of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project and President of the Yale Black Law Students Association. He was also part of the Innovations in Policing Clinic, in which he authored a case study of police-community relations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He also interned at the office of then Cory Booker, then-mayor of Newark, and current Democratic U.S. Senator of New Jersey. At Yale, he was a classmate and best friend of future Republican Senator of Ohio and author of Hillbilly Elegy, J. D. Vance. Jivani was also a 2014-15 articling student at Torys LLP.

Career

Activism
In 2013 Jivani founded the Policing Literacy Initiative (PLI), a youth-driven public education and advocacy group focused on community safety issues. Jivani stated to CBC Metro Morning that the purpose of PLI is to spotlight progressive voices among police and community groups and work with them to find common solutions. Jivani wrote an editorial for the National Post in February 2014 about his experience with Toronto Police and the Office of the Independent Police Review Director and the use of mediated conversations for citizen complaints. In April 2014, Jivani co-produced with Dan Epstein a documentary about police-community relations titled "Crisis of Distrust: Police and Community in Toronto."

Jivani was a 2013-14 Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance DiverseCity Fellow. As a Fellow, he co-founded Teachers Beyond the Classroom, which seeks to "help thousands of unemployed teachers transfer their skills to non-school employment opportunities across the Greater Toronto Area." He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Children's Aid Society of Toronto. On February 13, 2014, Jivani was named Yale Alumni Magazine's Newsmaker of the Week.

Think Tank Fellow
In 2020, he was appointed senior fellow for Diversity and Empowerment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a conservative, libertarian think tank affiliated with the US Atlas Network. His association with the Institute ended in 2023. He later became president of the Canada Strong and Free Network, but stepped down to announce his candidacy for the Conservative nomination in Durham.

Punditry and dismissal from Bell
He has written about youth and equality issues for Huffington Post. and has articles published frequently in Postmedia chains.

On September 8, 2020, Bell Media announced that Jamil Jivani would host a new weekday nightly radio talk show 'Tonight with Jamil Jivani', from 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM. The show would air on NEWSTALK 1010 and across the iHeart Radio Network. In February 2021, Bell Media went under a corporate restructuring within its radio division. It was announced Jamil Jivani would move to the 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM time slot and his show would be rebranded as 'The Jamil Jivani Show'.

Jivani was later fired from Bell Media, which he claimed was due to him not conforming to Black stereotypes. In August 2022, Jamil Jivani sued Bell Media for wrongful dismissal and breach of contract. Bell filed a statement of defence, claiming that Jivani was let go because he showed disdain for concerns raised by Bell management over issues such as avoiding pushing back against COVID-19 misinformation and misgendering Demi Lovato.

Political career
On December 11, 2019, the Government of Ontario appointed Jivani as the province's first Advocate for Community Opportunities. In this role, and as a Special Advisor to the Premier, Mr. Jivani will open lines of communication between communities and the government to empower community members and enable them to increase their participation in government decision-making. Critics, such as his former mentor Neil Price, felt that Jivani used his role to criticized the communities that he was supposed to uplift. He was reappointed on April 1, but resigned on June 9 after criticizing Education Minister Stephen Lecce on social media over the closure of schools and vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jivani moderated the first unofficial debate during the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election where he took aim at Patrick Brown, who skipped the debate by arguing that he was manipulating diaspora politics to boost his campaign. An official working for Brown said that the party should welcome new Canadians to the party.

On April 20, 2023, Jivani announced that he would run for the Conservative nomination in Durham riding, following the resignation of Erin O'Toole. On August 20, 2023, he won the nomination race, defeating Theresa Corless, a former Durham Catholic School Board chair. He will therefore be the party candidate in the by-election.

Political Views

Jivani has been characterized as a black conservative and a leading proponent of national conservatism in Canada. Jivani who has championed national conservatism ideas about nationalism, the role of government, and race has advocated that Canada should return to the ideals of the Reform Party. He has stated that his views were shaped by father who abandoned his family when he was in elementary school by arguing that he was trying to find male role models.

Race and culture
Jivani views U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as a trailblazer for diversity. Jivani has praised American rapper Kayne West and future Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for standing up to what he see as "cancel culture" after West was criticized for wearing a white lives matter shirt and Smith over her views about COVID-19.

In July 2020, Jivani supported the Government of Ontario decision to eliminate academic streaming in Grade 9 and most suspensions that impacted young students in the province. He views Black Lives Matter movement as "anti-family fringe race activists"  that hate the nuclear family and capitalism and has viewed the term “systemic racism" with skepticism.  Jivani has suggested that terms such as systemic criticism as well as "white privilege" has advanced critical race theory which believes is an issue in Canada.

Crime and extremism
In March 2014, Jivani advocated for policy changes to the Toronto Police Services Board for police-community contacts and "carding." He argues that people's identity should not be the reason why they could be stopped by police. He has admitted to facing similar incidents in  He is a critic of the defund the police movement arguing that they do not represented the "Black Community". However, he has advocated for criminal justice reform by admitting that police officers must people with respect, praised then Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders for attempting to reduce Toronto Police budget and that mandate body cameras for the police.

In his book, Why Young Men: Rage Race and the Crisis of Identity he suggested that poverty and lack of "validation in mainstream society" were factors behind the cause of crime. He also added in a later interview that lack of opportunity and inadequate social services as causes behind crime. A few years later, he blamed social media. He also suggested that the hip-hop industry, which he believes is galvanizing "gangster culture" should be investigated for "the role in causing crime." Previously in 2012, when writing for the Huffington Post, Jivani criticized then-Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and then immigration minister Jason Kenney for their remarks on the cause behind Toronto shootings as demeaning. When Ford suggested "immigration law" and Kenney suggested "foreign gangsters" as caused he argued that it was similar to tactics used by the Mitt Romney and criticized then Prime Minister Stephen Harper for failing to condemn them both.

Jivani praised federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, then-Minnesota Democratic congressman Keith Ellison, University of Toronto professor of psychology, Jordan Peterson, as positive inspirations for young males to counter extremism.

Conservatism
Jivani previously described that he held liberal views for a few years after law school but grew out of those views as he grew older and considers conservatism as a form of counterculture. He classified Quebec's Bill 96, which would provide most government and business services to be offered exclusively in French, as an example of National Conservatism being implemented in Canada.

Books
Jivani contributed to the 2012 anthology, Jamaica in the Canadian Experience: A Multiculturalizing Presence, In 2019, he published Why Young Men: The Dangerous Allure of Violent Movements and What We Can Do About It.

Personal life
Jivani resides in Oshawa and is married to a woman named Maya.

References

1987 births
Living people
Journalists from Toronto
Yale Law School alumni
Humber College alumni
York University alumni
Black Canadian broadcasters
Black Canadian journalists
Black Canadian politicians
Lawyers in Ontario
21st-century Canadian lawyers
21st-century Canadian politicians


title: Big Bag (disambiguation)

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Big Bag is a live action television puppet program that aired from 1996 to 1998.

Big Bag may also refer to:

Flexible intermediate bulk container
Big Bag Records, distributor of Genom vatten och eld etc.
Big Bag trap, see Battle of Pszczyna

See also
Big Bags, album by Milt Jackson
BigAirBAG, Dutch enterprise developing cushion
Big Brown Bag


title: Arthur Dupont

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Arthur Dupont (born 1985) is a French actor. He was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France.

Career
In 2006, he starred in Chacun sa nuit (One to another) directed by Jean Marc Barr, alongside Lizzie Brocheré and Karl E. Landler.

Theatre

Filmography

External links

1985 births
French male film actors
Living people
21st-century French male actors
People from Saint-Mandé


title: Fedden Cotswold

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The Cotswold was a turboprop aircraft engine designed by Roy Fedden after the Second World War.

Intended to power airliners for short or medium ranges, cruising at  and , the Cotswold produced , and was meant to be installed within the wings of aircraft in either tractor or pusher configuration. With eleven axial compressor stages and two turbine stages, it was only  in diameter and weighed .

The company making it, Roy Fedden Ltd., went into liquidation in April 1947, and no engines were manufactured.

Notes

Further reading

1940s turboprop engines


title: Parkinsonia (ammonite)

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Parkinsonia is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Parkinsoniidae.

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived from the Bajocian age to the Bathonian age of the Middle Jurassic.

Description
Parkinsonia species have a compressed spiral shell with strong ribbing.

Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic of France, Germany, Iran, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States.

References

Middle Jurassic ammonites of North America
Middle Jurassic ammonites of Asia
Middle Jurassic ammonites of Europe
Ammonitida genera
Perisphinctoidea


title: North Carolina Highway 138

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North Carolina Highway 138 (NC 138) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina.  It serves to connect the community of Aquadale to nearby Oakboro and Albemarle.

Route description

NC 138 is a two-lane rural highway that begins immediately after NC 742 begins in downtown Oakboro. Going east, it crosses over Long Creek, a tributary of the Rocky River, then proceeds northeast to Aquadale. After crossing a railroad track in Aquadale it goes north to end at U.S. Route 52 (US 52) just south of Albemarle.

History
NC 138 was established in 1973 as a new primary routing from NC 742 in Oakboro, through Aquadale, to US 52/NC 24/NC 27/NC 73 in Albemarle. In 2010, NC 138's northern terminus was truncated further south along a new routing of US 52.

Junction list

References

External links

 NCRoads.com: N.C. 138

138
Transportation in Stanly County, North Carolina


title: Pool Academy

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Pool Academy is a mixed secondary school with academy status, located in Pool in the English county of Cornwall.

History
Although other schools had been in the area previously the original Pool School building was opened in 1896. In 1973 work began on a new site across Church Rd and adjacent to Trevenson Church. The school operated between both sites until 2003 when new buildings were added as part of the PFI Schools building scheme. The now listed Victorian school is currently being converted into housing.  The school has been known as Pool Comprehensive School and Pool School and Community College before gaining specialist status when it was renamed Pool Business and Enterprise College. The school was converted to academy status on 1 April 2011 and was renamed Pool Academy.

Pool Academy offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils. The school is also the home ground of Duchy Hockey Club.

In 2016, Dagmara Przybysz, a 16-year-old student of Pool Academy, was found hanged in the school's bathroom.  During an inquest, testimony was reportedly received that she had suffered bullying over her Polish nationality. However the school had received no reports of racism  and the coroner recorded an open verdict concluding that there was no evidence of mental health issues “or any significant racism or bullying issues immediately prior to death"

In January 2019, the Department for Education (DfE) named it among the "Worst Schools In The Country."

References

External links

Secondary schools in Cornwall
Academies in Cornwall


title: Muhammad ibn Muqatil al-Akki

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Muhammad ibn Muqatil ibn Hakim al-Akki () was a provincial governor for the Abbasid Caliphate. Appointed to Ifriqiya in 797, he was the last Provincial governor of that province prior to the establishment of the Aghlabid Governor dynasty in 800.

Career
The son of Muqatil ibn Hakim al-Akki, a supporter of the Abbasid Revolution, Muhammad himself was a foster brother of the caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809). In 797 Harun appointed him to Ifriqiya, as a replacement for Harthamah ibn A'yan. Arriving at the provincial capital al-Qayrawan in late October or early November, his administration quickly ran into problems due to his bad conduct, and his relations with the jund (local army) soon became strained. Eventually a rebellion led by Makhlad ibn Murrah al-Azdi and supported by members of the jund and the local Berbers broke out, but Muhammad dispatched an army which defeated the rebels and killed Makhlad.

In October 799 a new revolt led by Tammam ibn Tamim al-Tamimi was launched in Tunis and quickly gathered a large degree of support. As the rebels marched toward al-Qayrawan, Muhammad went out to meet them, but he was defeated and forced to retreat back into the city. Tammam, however, continued his advance and entered al-Qayrawan. Muhammad was given a guarantee of safety by the rebels on the condition that he departed from Ifriqiya; accepting the arrangement, he departed and made his way to Tripoli.

Shortly after his exile, Muhammad received a letter from Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab, the governor of the Zab, informing him that he had expelled Tammam from al-Qayrawan and inviting him to return to the province; Muhammad consequently was able to resume his governorship. A fresh attempt was soon made by Tammam, who had fled to Tunis, to overthrow Muhammad, but Ibrahim defeated him again and gained his submission.

Muhammad's restored rule over Ifriqiya did not last for long. His continuing unpopularity among his subjects led to Ibrahim writing to Harun al-Rashid, telling him of the hatred for Muhammad and asking to be appointed over Ifriqiya in exchange for certain financial guarantees. Harun granted this request; Muhammad was dismissed and Ibrahim became the first governor of the Aghlabid dynasty.

See also
 Umar ibn Hafs Hazarmard
 Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi
 Isa ibn Musa

Notes

References

Abbasid governors of Ifriqiya
8th-century births
9th-century deaths
8th-century Arab people
8th-century people from Ifriqiya


title: John Stockton (disambiguation)

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John Stockton (born 1962) is an American retired basketball player.

John Stockton may also refer to:

John Stockton (Michigan soldier) (1798–1878), American soldier, pioneer, and territorial legislator
John P. Stockton (1826–1900), American politician from New Jersey
Hust Stockton, full name John Houston "Hust" Stockton (1901–1967), American football player in the National Football League, grandfather of the basketball player

See also
Stockton (surname)


title: Corrour Lodge

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Corrour Lodge is situated at the eastern end of Loch Ossian on the Corrour Estate on Rannoch Moor, Scotland. It is a large modernist residence (also let as luxury holiday accommodation) which opened in 2004 in place of Old Corrour Lodge, which had been destroyed by fire in 1942. The previous lodge had been built in 1896 for John Stirling-Maxwell when he purchased the estate. Earlier still a building now referred to as Corrour Old Lodge had been the estate house and was some three miles to the south. The location is very remote – the entrance drive from the nearest public road is eleven miles long. However, Corrour railway station is only about four miles away.

Corrour Estate

The vast Loch Treig Estates, of which Corrour was a part, were owned by the Macdonalds of Keppoch from the 14th century. In 1834, the Duke of Gordon sold the estates to John Walker of Crawfordton, who died in 1857, for £45,000. There was only  of arable land. An 1842 account of Kilmonivaig parish, stated that "Perhaps there is no part of the Highlands where nature has done more, and landlords so little, for the benefits of the inhabitants as some parts of the parish".

Sir George Gustavus Walker inherited the estate in 1857 at a time when field sports were becoming more popular in the Scottish Highlands following a relaxation in the law. Walker converted Corrour Old Lodge to a shooting lodge but, despite the lodge's inaccessibility, the deer forest was relatively restricted at  in 1883. However, with a decline in sheep farming, the deer forest was extended to  by 1891 and grouse shooting and trout fishing were developed.

Stirling-Maxwell purchased the estate at this time and built a new lodge, the one now called Old Corrour Lodge, on a south-facing slope and at a lower elevation on the eastern shore of Loch Ossian. He undertook forestry planting, in particular attempting upland plantations. As well as planting Scots pine, he experimented with lodgepole pine, European and Japanese larch, and Sitka spruce, the last of which was a particular success. His influential work led to Stirling-Maxwell becoming chairman of the Forestry Commission from 1929 to 1932. World War II led to financial difficulty and most of the land was sold to the Forestry Commission in 1966 with sporting rights retained by the family. The Forestry Commission constructed an access track from the north east in 1972. Following a change in the law in 1981, the family bought back the land.

In 1995, the estate was sold to Corrour Estate Company Ltd of which the beneficial owner was Lisbet Rausing. By 2003, after a number of company transfers, 99% was transferred to the Corrour Trust, whose trustees are Lisbet Rausing and Richard Oldfield. In 2011, the Estate extended to .

Corrour Old Lodge

George Gustavus Walker renovated Corrour Old Lodge () converting it to a shooting lodge, which at  was reputed to be the highest house in Scotland and one of the most inaccessible shooting lodges.  It was beside the historical drove road, the Road to the Isles.  in size, it was set in Choire Odhair on the southwest flank of Càrn Dearg,  south of Loch Ossian.  Now in a ruinous state after its roof had been deliberately removed in the 1930s, it was reputed to have been used as a sanatorium (isolation hospital) in the early 20th century.

Old Corrour Lodge
The next Corrour Lodge (), now called Old Corrour Lodge, was built in 1896 on the shore of Loch Ossian. The architect was Frank College of Wharrie and College, Glasgow and the garden, created in about 1904, was designed by L. and J. Falconer who made structural changes to the lodge at the same time.

Originally, access was by the old drovers' Road to the Isles from Rannoch, but in 1894 the West Highland Line was opened across the estate. Stirling-Maxwell had agreed to the development on the proviso that Corrour railway station was built. He had a track built for pony and trap to travel the one mile () to Loch Ossian and constructed a boat house for his steam yacht Cailleach to sail the three-mile () length of the loch to a jetty beside the lodge. In 1910 a drive was constructed along the south shore of the loch so visitors could have their cars transported by train and could then motor to their destination.  The boat house is now the SYHA Loch Ossian Youth Hostel.

The Stirling-Maxwells created a considerable garden – a sub-alpine garden, a wild garden beside the loch, a rhododendron garden a mile away on the south shore. Stirling-Maxwell used seeds and plants from the plant expeditions he sponsored to Himalaya, China and Frank Kingdon-Ward's expedition to Assam in 1935. Mountain pine and rhododendrons provided shelter.

The lodge was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1942 and Stirling-Maxwell wrote "the new house should be the sort of thing that William Adam might have built for Lord Huntly, then owner of Corrour ...". Instead it was replaced by a temporary wooden bungalow which remained until 1999.

21st-century Corrour Lodge

Corrour Lodge () was rebuilt during 1999 to 2003 on the same site as the previous lodge.
The entrance drive, which leaves the A86 near the (south western) foot of Loch Laggan, is  long. The lodge has been designed in a modernist style by Moshe Safdie and has been built of Portuguese granite, steel and glass at a reported cost of £20 million. The Great Hall is set between a cylindrical and a rectangular tower. To one side on the new building the old lodge's wings house the estate office (once the school house) and two cottages and on the other side is a detached cottage in what used to be the chapel. There is a detached timber sauna, turf-roofed and prefabricated in Norway.

The gardens have mostly been unaltered since they were laid out a century earlier, but since 2003 they have been listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.  They are of , including the alpine garden of one hectare (), and the rhodedendron garden, to the south of Loch Ossian, is .

When not being used by the owners and their guests, the lodge is let as serviced holiday accommodation. There is further holiday accommodation in cottages around the estate as well as adjacent to the main lodge. In addition to being a retreat, the estate advertises itself as being available for activities such as deer stalking, fishing, walking, pony trekking and clay pigeon shooting.
There have been allegations that helicopters and motor vehicles have been used unlawfully to drive deer towards people hunting. However, the estate management denies this has been done and says helicopters are only used to carry people to distant parts of the estate and to retrieve deer carcasses.

Notes

References

Country houses in Highland (council area)
Highland Estates
Residential buildings completed in 2003
Residential buildings completed in 1896
Hunting lodges in Scotland


title: The Friggs

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The Friggs were a garage rock band from Camden, New Jersey active from 1990 to 2000. Its original members were Palmyra Delran (guitar) and Jezebel (singer/songwriter), the latter of whom was later replaced by Lexi Plumm.

History
The band played its first show in Philadelphia on New Year's Eve 1991/1992, and released their first single, a cover of The Troggs' "Come Now," in 1991, before playing any live shows. This was followed by several more singles and an EP, America's Only Rock & Roll Magazine Parody. The cover of this 1994 EP, which was produced by Ben Vaughn, closely mimicked the cover of an old issue of Creem. Late that year, Jezebel left the band, whereupon she was replaced by Lexi Plumm. Delran decided to hire Plumm after she was impressed by the sound of motorcycles on her answering machine. The band released their only album, Rock Candy, in 1997 on E-Vil Records. It was also produced by Vaughn. Rock Candy received positive reviews, which led to the band opening for Beck and Cheap Trick. The band performed at SXSW in 1997 and broke up in 2000.

Film appearances
The Friggs' song "Bad Word for a Good Thing" appeared in both the films Jawbreaker and Fuck. Their cover of Pat Benatar's song Heartbreaker also appeared in Jawbreaker, but was left off the soundtrack. Their song "Shake," from their second single release in 1991, appeared in the film Superbad. On the heels of this exposure, the band decided to reunite in 2008 for a few more performances.

Style
The Friggs themselves have described their style as "trashy pop", and MTV News' Frank Tortorici concurred with this description. The Austin Chronicle has described the Friggs as "an all-female version of The Standells" and their music as "'60's-influenced trash-pop". Similarly, The Morning Call has praised the band for their "danceable retro-'60s sound."

Discography

Singles
 "Bad Word For A Good Thing" /  "Friggs Theme" Telstar Records TR 009 - 1993

Albums
Rock Candy (1997) -E-Vil Records

EPs
America's Only Rock & Roll Magazine Parody (1994) - Sympathy for the Record Industry

Compilations
Today is Tomorrow’s Yesterday (2007) - Apex East

References

Musical groups established in 1990
Musical groups disestablished in 2000
Pop punk groups from New Jersey
Sympathy for the Record Industry artists
1990 establishments in New Jersey
Telstar Records (U.S. label) artists


title: Hold My Hand (Dave Davies song)

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"Hold My Hand" is a song and single recorded and written by Dave Davies. The song is Davies' fourth solo single.

Recording

Like the previous three Dave Davies singles, "Hold My Hand" featured Dave Davies' band members from the Kinks providing the backing. It was recorded in 1968 (in and around the Kinks' critically acclaimed LP, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.) It was also one of the last tracks that featured the Kinks' longtime bassist, Pete Quaife.

Release and reception

Dave Davies said in an interview prior to the song's release, "[I]f 'Hold My Hand' does click, I'll be free to do my own cabaret act if I want. I would use all new material, except maybe, a couple of the Kinks' hit records, but given a different treatment so that it suited a solo voice. Probably work with a small group. I'd love to have a go at this sort of act, but you know how things get talked about, then flop off." The single did indeed flop, receiving scant promotion from PYE and only modest airplay, not helped that the off-shore pirate radio stations had been taken off air by then.

After the disappointment of its predecessor, "Lincoln County", the Kinks management still thought a Dave Davies solo career was viable. Therefore "Hold My Hand" was released in 1969 as a standalone single, backed with "Creeping Jean" (which, although it wasn't released on any Kinks albums, has been a live favourite of Dave Davies' since he started performing solo in the late '90s). "Hold My Hand" did not chart in any country, even in European countries such as Germany and Holland where Kinks sales had historically held up. "Hold My Hand" would have likely appeared on any Dave Davies solo album had it appeared in the second half of the 1960s, but an album was never released. It however has since appeared on numerous compilations including The Album That Never Was and the reissues of Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) from 1997 onwards. Most notably it appeared on 2011's Hidden Treasures in remastered stereo and demo form, this album finally brought the whole tortured saga of the lost 1960s Dave Davies solo album into full public gaze. Dave Davies put his solo career on hold, not releasing any new material non-related to the Kinks until 1980.

Writer Andy Miller named the "Hold My Hand" single "fabulous."

Personnel
According to band researcher Doug Hinman:

Dave Davies lead vocal, electric guitar
Ray Davies piano
Pete Quaife bass
Mick Avory drums

References

Sources

1969 singles
The Kinks songs
Songs written by Dave Davies
Pye Records singles
1969 songs


title: Luciano Lamonarca

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Luciano Lamonarca (born 11 August 1978) is an Italian opera singer, crossover artist, keynote speaker, philanthropist, and event producer. He has performed under the patronage and auspices of the United Nations, UNESCO, the European Union, the Presidency of the Italian Republic, and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Venues in which he has performed include the United Nations General Assembly, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna, and Teatro Politeama in Palermo. Having performed in more than 200 benefit events from 2008 to 2018, his involvement in numerous charitable causes, and his commitment to making art with a purpose have earned Luciano Lamonarca the sobriquet "The Goodwill Tenor."

Personal life and education
Luciano Lamonarca was born in Milan, as the second and youngest son of Pasquale Lamonarca and Anna De Nicolo. His family later moved to Ruvo di Puglia in the southern Province of Bari where he began his musical education. Originally trained as a clarinetist, at age 18 he became devoted to opera after hearing a recording of Mario Del Monaco’s rendition of Un Amore Così Grande. From 1998 to 2008, he participated in several master classes conducted by Salvatore Fisichella, Roberto Scandiuzzi and Daniele Barioni, and he studied with Gino Lo Risso-Toma, Carmen Sensaud, and Ignazio Campisi. In 2008, he moved to the United States.

Artistic accomplishments
In 2008, he appeared twice in April. The first performance was at New York's Madison Square Garden for the opening of the worldwide premiere of the movie Carnera: The Walking Mountain. Among the honored guests at that occasion were the American Actor Burt Young and the Academy Award Winner F. Murray Abraham. Only a few days later, he performed again as a European representative in a concert held at the United Nations General Assembly where he sang before an audience of ambassadors; delegations; the President of the 62nd Session of the General Assembly, H.E. Srgian Kerim; and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Later in that same year, he performed with I Solisti del Teatro Regio di Parma at the Public Service Awards Ceremony, organized by the Department of Public Administration of the United Nations.

In March 2009, he performed in a concert, titled "Mamma," at New York's Merkin Concert Hall. Then in 2010 he performed at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for a concert in honor of tenor Giovanni Consiglio and again in December when he sang at Carnegie Hall in a concert-tribute to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

In 2011 at the Tenth Anniversary of the Attack on the Twin Towers in Westchester County (New York), his featured performance was broadcast by News 12. In November of the same year, he was again the featured performer at "United Academia," a concert celebrating the first anniversary of United Nations Academic Impact.

In 2013, he returned to Merkin Concert Hall as a special performing guest of the United Nations Symphony Orchestra. In May, he performed for the first time in Chisinau, Moldova, at the prestigious Sala Cu Orga in a benefit concert, titled Sing for You, in support of the Regina Pacis Foundation.

From 2014 to 2017, he invested his energy and time in performing in multiple concerts and events in support of the Saint Pio Foundation. On December 7, 2018, he returned to Carnegie Hall where he performed with the Four Phantoms (Brent Barrett, Ciarán Sheehan, Franc D'Ambrosio, and Marcus Lovett).

Albums and digital projects
In March 2009 Luciano Lamonarca released his first album, titled Mamma, dedicated to his mother and launched in a concert at Merkin Concert Hall in New York.

In January 2012, he released his second album The Impossible Dream, a compilation of Italian operatic arias and American pop-operatic hits, made in partnership with the New York Choral Society. In October of the same year and with the approval of stage director Giancarlo Del Monaco, he produced the online music project Ricordano Mario Del Monaco as a tribute to the legendary tenor Mario Del Monaco.

In May 2018, he recorded the single God Bless America in partnership with the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its composition by Irving Berlin. Later that year in October, he recorded the single Volare on the 60th anniversary of its composition by Domenico Modugno.

Media credits
Luciano Lamonarca has been interviewed and featured in numerous articles and television interviews by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, New York Post, Fox News, NBC, CBS, News 12, RAI Uno, RAI Tre, RAI International, The Italian Times, The Italian Tribune, Italia! magazine (in Russian), La Repubblica, America Oggi, Quotidiano.Net, and Il Corriere del Mezzogiorno.

Public recognition
Luciano Lamonarca received a Proclamation for artistic merit from the Westchester County Executive, Hon. Robert Astorino, on October 7, 2013, and from the New York State Comptroller, Hon. Thomas DiNapoli, on October 24, 2013.

Philanthropy and the sobriquet "The Goodwill Tenor"
Because of his involvement in numerous charitable causes, his commitment to making art with a purpose, and having performed in more than two hundred benefit events in the span of a decade, Luciano Lamonarca was nicknamed The Goodwill Tenor. Part of the proceeds from the sales of his first album Mamma in 2009 was donated to the City of Hope in Zambia, a missionary project by Salesian Nuns to help orphan girls and victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence. A portion of the proceeds from his 2012 album The Impossible Dream was donated to the Mini Maestros Program, which enabled New York City public school students and their parents to attend New York Choral Society performances at Carnegie Hall at no cost.

He initiated, organized and performed in United for Abruzzo, an artistic tour of Manhattan, Staten Island, and Pennsylvania that raised funds for the victims of the earthquake in Abruzzo in 2009.
 In the spring of 2011 he introduced two philanthropic projects. The first, An Evening of Italian Opera Arias, was a gift of voice for cancer patients, families,  and friends and a show of support for Musculoskeletal Cancer Research at Wintergarden and for Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, at Columbia University Medical Center. The second was the Concert Luciano Lamonarca and Friends,  in April 2011, at Victor Borge Hall at the Scandinavia House, benefiting  the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.

Luciano Lamonarca has created and performed in numerous other artistic-philanthropic projects to benefit orphans and the poor from various communities in the United States and is a proud supporter of charity and Catholic organizations.

Puglia Center of America
In November 2009, moved by his passion for Apulia, his homeland, Luciano Lamonarca founded the Puglia Center of America, a premiere organization for the promotion of the Apulia region of Italy in all its aspects. The Puglia Center of America fostered the creation and exchange of cultural, tourist, and educational assets between the Apulia region of Italy and the United States.  Other goals and projects included the support of global social objectives, as well as missionary and humanitarian projects aimed at fighting cancer.

Through the Puglia Center of America, Luciano produced the December 2010 concert United for Peace, at Carnegie Hall, as a tribute to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the United Nations Logistics Base located in Brindisi, Apulia.

In 2012, he built working relationships with dignitaries at the highest levels, international officials, academicians, and celebrities and successfully negotiated joint declarations of cooperation between Westchester County (New York) and the Province of Bari and between the State of Connecticut and the Province of Bari. In his capacity as President of the Puglia Center of America, Mr. Lamonarca was a co-signer of those declarations of cooperation.

Among other civil society projects related to the United Nations, the organization launched the project United Academia, an initiative whose goal was to create international partnerships in the academic field and to extend access and membership in United Nations Academic Impact ("UNAI"). Through this initiative, six academic institutions joined UNAI - Fordham University, Hofstra University, and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute from the United States and University of Bari Aldo Moro, Politecnico of Bari and the University of Salento of Lecce from Italy.

As the keynote speaker at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Maestro Lamonarca, in his capacity as President of the Puglia Center of America, shared the platform with Mr. Kiyo Akasaka, Under Secretary of the United Nations Department of Public Information, at the symposium "On the Road to Rio - Making development sustainable."

Saint Pio Foundation
Luciano Lamonarca is a Catholic who has lent his personal support to promoting charitable causes in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. Because of his admiration for Padre Pio and having received the saint's intercession, he founded and assumed the role of President and CEO of the Saint Pio Foundation. The Saint Pio Foundation is an American charitable organization whose mission is to promote awareness of Saint Pio and his charism nationally and internationally. It achieves its mission by working with individuals and American Catholic healthcare, education, social, religious, and cultural partner organizations that use their facilities and influence to advance the public's knowledge of the legacy and importance of Saint Pio.

Personal life
In May 2010, he married Valentina Popa, whom he met immediately after his performance at the United Nations General Assembly on April 15, 2008. Their son, Nicholas Sebastian, was named after Nicholas Nubile, whom Luciano regarded as his "adoptive" father during his first years in the United States.

External links
Luciano Lamonarca website
Puglia Center of America
Saint Pio Foundation

References

1978 births
Living people
Italian opera singers
Italian philanthropists
Musicians from New Rochelle, New York
21st-century Italian singers


title: A Feather on the Breath of God

text:
A Feather on the Breath of God is an album of sacred vocal music written in the 12th century by the German abbess Hildegard of Bingen, and recorded by British vocal ensemble Gothic Voices with English soprano Emma Kirkby. It was released by the Hyperion Records label in 1982.

Production
It was recorded in St. Jude's Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, on 14 September 1981. The music and Latin texts are from a contemporary medieval manuscript (Wiesbaden, Hessische Landesbibliothek M52) edited by Dr. Christopher Page, who also directed the recorded performance itself.

Notes
It is an album of early medieval plainchant of which the title is taken from a passage in Hildegard's writings in which she describes herself:

Listen: there was once a king sitting on his throne. Around him stood great and wonderfully beautiful columns ornamented with ivory, bearing the banners of the king with great honour. Then it pleased the king to raise a small feather from the ground and he commanded it to fly. The feather flew, not because of anything in itself but because the air bore it along. Thus am I '"A feather on the breath of God."

Accolades
The album received the Early-Medieval Gramophone Award for 1982–1983.

Legacy
In 2020, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

The recording of "O Euchari" was sampled on "The Sun Rising" by The Beloved, and "Belfast" by Orbital.

Track listing

All compositions (sequences and hymns) written by Hildegard of Bingen.
“Columba aspexit” (5:18)
“Ave, generosa” (4:36)
“O ignis spiritus” (4:48)
“O Ierusalem” (8:02)
“O Euchari” (5:43)
“O viridissima virga” (3:13)
“O presul vere civitatis” (6:12)
“O Ecclesia” (6:11)

Personnel

Musicians
Emma Kirkby – soprano
Emily Van Evera – soprano
Poppy Holden – soprano
Judith Stell – soprano
Margaret Philpot – contralto
Andrew Parrott – tenor
Kevin Breen – tenor
Howard Milner – tenor
Doreen Muskett – symphony
Robert White – reed drones
Christopher Page – director

Recording and production personnel
Tony Faulkner – recording engineer
Martin Compton – recording producer
Terry Shannon – front design
Edward Perry – executive producer

References

Christian chant albums
Western plainchant
Early music albums
1982 albums
Gramophone Award winners
Hildegard of Bingen
United States National Recording Registry recordings
United States National Recording Registry albums


title: Douglass Crockwell

text:
Spencer Douglass Crockwell (April 29, 1904, Columbus, Ohio – November 30, 1968, Glens Falls, New York) was an American commercial artist and experimental filmmaker. He was most famous for his illustrations and advertisements for The Saturday Evening Post and for murals and posters for the Works Progress Administration.

Education and career

He received a B.Sc. from the Washington University (1926) in St. Louis and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts (1927) and the St. Louis School of Fine Arts (1927–31).

Crockwell's paintings have been featured in advertisements for Friskies dog food and in a poster for the American Relief for Holland. For the latter, he was awarded a gold medal from the Art Director's Club in 1946.

Posters
Crockwell created recruiting and other posters for various branches of the United States government during World War II, and many illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post.

He also created poster art for the MGM film The Yearling (1946).

Murals
Federally commissioned murals were produced from 1934 to 1944 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department.
Crockwell painted three. In 1937 he completed an oil on canvas mural, Vermont Industries, for the post office in White River Junction, Vermont. In 1938, he completed Endicott, 1901- Excavating for the Ideal Factory, also an oil on canvas, for the post office in Endicott, New York. Signing of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was painted in 1944 for the post office in Macon, Mississippi.

Filmmaking
In 1934, Crockwell began experimenting with non-representational films while balancing his career as an illustrator. He initially wanted to create flexible, low-cost animation techniques. In 1936–1937, he collaborated with David Smith, a sculptor, to create surrealistic films.

Clients

Brown & Bigelow
General Electric
General Motors
Welch's
Lederle Laboratories
Wyeth
USO
18 Saturday Evening Post covers
Standard Oil
General Mills
Kraft Foods
Schrafft's Candies
Kolynos Toothpaste
Coca-Cola
Country Gentleman covers
Hiram Walker
Moxie
International Harvester
Grace Lines
110 United States Brewers' Association ads
WPA
Ralston Purina
McCall's magazine
Avondale Mills
American Tobacco Company
Coronet magazine
Curtis Publishing Company
Esquire magazine
Republic Steel
United Artists
Life magazine
Look magazine
Camel Cigarettes
U.S. Marine Corps
Women's Day magazine
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Filmography
Glens Falls Sequence (1937–1946)
Fantasmagoria #1 (1938)
Fantasmagoria #2 (1939)
Simple Destiny Abstractions (1939–1940)
Fantasmagoria #3 (1940)
The Chase (1942)
The Long Bodies (1947)
Mutoscope reels: Red (1949), A Long Body (1950), Random Glow (c. 1950s), Stripes (c. 1950s), Ode to David (c. 1950s), Around the Valley (c. 1950s)

Legacy
Examples of his work are in the collections of the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, the Bangor Public Library, the Hennepin County Library, the George C. Marshall Library, among others.

Over the course of his career, Crockwell drew over four hundred full-page images; more than three billion prints of his works have been made.

See also
Experimental film
The Saturday Evening Post

References

Bibliography
 Crockwell, Spencer Douglass. Douglass Crockwell. 1977.
 Kettlewell, James K. The Art of Douglass Crockwell. Glens Falls, N.Y.: Hyde Collection, 1977.
New York Times obituary (December 2, 1968)

External links

Facebook page on Crockwell
Paper Workers (1934) at Smithsonian American Art website
Glens Falls Sequence at Vimeo
Douglass Crockwell at MoGraphWiki
"Essential Cinema" at Anthology Film Archives
Crockwell entry at WPAMurals
Crockwell at AskArt with Saturday Evening Post cover (April 4, 1942)
Douglass Crockwell

1904 births
1968 deaths
American experimental filmmakers
The Saturday Evening Post people
Washington University in St. Louis alumni
School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni


title: Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

text:
The Women's 200m Individual Medley event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 20–21 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary heats swam in the morning session of 20 July, with the top-16 finishers advancing to semifinal heats that evening. The top-8 finishers from the Semifinals then advanced to swim again in the Final the next evening.

At the start of the event, the World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:
WR: 2:09.72 swum by Yanyan Wu (China) on October 17, 1997 in Shanghai, China.
CR: 2:10.86 swum by Yanyan Wu (China) on January 16, 1998 in Perth, Australia

Results

Final

Semifinals

Preliminaries

References

Women's 200 metre individual medley
Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships
2003 in women's swimming


title: Robert Fabbri

text:
Robert Fabbri may refer to:

 Robby Fabbri (born 1996), Canadian ice hockey player
 Roberto Fabbri (born 1964), Italian guitarist


title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Izcalli

text:
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Izcalli is based in the city of Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico, Mexico.  It is a suffragan see to the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.

History
On 9 June 2014 Pope Francis established the diocese from territory taken from the Diocese of Cuautitlán.

Ordinaries
Francisco González Ramos (2014-)

References

Izcalli
Christian organizations established in 2014
Izcalli
Izcalli
2014 establishments in Mexico


title: Allan R. Millett

text:
Allan R. Millett (born October 22, 1937) is a historian and a retired colonel in U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. He is known for his works on the Korean War, but he has written on other military topics.

Early life
Millett is the son of John D. Millett, who served as the President of Miami University in Ohio, and his wife Catherine.  He has two brothers. He attended DePauw University, graduating in 1959.

Military career
He served as a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.

He is a past president of the Marine Corps Reserve Officers Association (MCROA).

Academic career
He served for 37 years in the history department at Ohio State University.  He currently holds the Stephen E. Ambrose Professorship at the University of New Orleans and is also the director of the university's Eisenhower Center for American Studies.

On television
He has participated in various documentary productions as an expert, including Hold at All Costs: The Story of the Battle of Outpost Harry (2010) and an episode of Greatest Tank Battles (2011).

Publications
Millett has written articles for such publications as International Security, The Americas, Armed Forces & Society, Strategic Review, Journal of Strategic Studies, and Military History Quarterly.

His books include:

with Williamson Murray. Military Innovation in the Interwar Period. Cambridge University Press, 1998.

 A Short History of the Vietnam War. Indiana U. Press, 1985.

Awards

In 2004, Millett was named the recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize from the Society for Military History for lifetime achievement.  He received the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing from the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in 2008.  Millett has been a Fulbright Distinguished Visiting Professor in Korea and a senior fellow of the Korea Foundation.

From the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, he has received both the Wallace M. Greene and O.P. Smith awards.

During his career, Millett had directed over fifty doctoral dissertations.  The Society for Military History named its research fellowship award for doctoral students in Millet's honor, The Allan R. Millett Dissertation Research Fellowship Award.

References

External links

Living people
United States Marine Corps colonels
American military historians
American male non-fiction writers
Historians of the Korean War
Place of birth missing (living people)
1937 births
United States Marine Corps reservists


title: Givira albosignata

text:
Givira albosignata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Chile.

The wingspan is 26.5 mm for females.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Endemic fauna of Chile
Moths described in 1957


title: Givira amanosa

text:
Givira amanosa is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Moths described in 1911
Givira


title: Givira aregentipuncta

text:
Givira aregentipuncta is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Brazil.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1934


title: Givira argenteolaminata

text:
Givira argenteolaminata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Guyana.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1916


title: Givira australis

text:
Givira australis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Chile.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Endemic fauna of Chile
Moths described in 1957


title: Right Field

text:
Right Field can refer to:

 Right field, an outfield position in baseball or softball
 "Right Field", a song on Peter, Paul & Mary's 1986 album No Easy Walk to Freedom


title: Givira binubila

text:
Givira binubila is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Guyana.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1916


title: Givira brunnea

text:
Givira brunnea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Argentina.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1924


title: Givira brunneoguttata

text:
Givira brunneoguttata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Chile.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1989


title: Givira carla

text:
Givira carla is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Arizona.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1923


title: Givira chiclin

text:
Givira chiclin is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Peru.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1905


title: Givira cleopatra

text:
Givira cleopatra is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah.

References

Givira
Moths described in 1912


title: Givira egipan

text:
Givira egipan is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Brazil.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1923


title: Givira difflua

text:
Givira difflua is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Argentina.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1920


title: Givira felicoma

text:
Givira felicoma is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Mexico.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1913


title: Givira fidelis

text:
Givira fidelis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

The wingspan is about 33 mm. The base, costal and inner margins, and median vein on the forewings are lilac brown, crossed by darker brown striae. There is a velvety black line along the inner margin from near the base to beyond the middle. The hindwings are fuscous grey, thinly scaled in the discal and postmedial area and with some indistinct darker striae.

References

External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1911


title: Robert Sellar

text:
Robert Sellar (1828 in Scotland – 1900 in Melbourne, Australia) emigrated from Scotland in 1853 and became a prominent merchant in Melbourne,
Australia where he was the business partner of James McCulloch who went on to become a Premier of the state of Victoria.

Family

Robert Sellar was the fourth son of Patrick Sellar (1780–1851) and Ann Craig.

His father, was unpopular because he took an active part in the Highland Clearances, while employed as factor to the Duke of Sutherland.

Robert's brothers were Thomas, a merchant in New Orleans, Patrick Plenderleath, a farmer in Scotland, William Young, John Alexander, a merchant who moved to England, David Plenderleath, an American merchant, and the youngest Alexander Craig Sellar, Scottish Advocate and MP.

Robert's nephew Walter Carruthers Sellar, son of his brother Patrick, became a school teacher and well known humorist writer.

Robert's elder brother William Young Sellar (1825–1890), an academic, married 1852, Eleanor Mary Dennistoun, daughter of wealthy Glasgow merchant Alexander Dennistoun of Golfhill (1790–1874).

Life

Probably influenced by his sister's marriage into the Dennistoun family, Robert joined the mercantile firm of A J Dennistoun.

In 1853 Robert travelled to Melbourne in the same year as James McCulloch, both in the employment of Alexander and John Dennistoun, to manage a branch of  Dennistoun Brothers and Company in Australia.

The Dennistoun family were shipping and commission agents importing and exporting goods. At one time they had branches in Glasgow, London, Liverpool, France, Melbourne, New York, and New Orleans (from where cotton was exported).

Companies included,
 J & A Dennistoun and Company, Glasgow
 Dennistoun, Cross and Company, London
 Dennistoun, Wood and Company, New York
 A & J Dennistoun and Company, New Orleans

On 2 April 1859 Robert Sellar married Matilda Charlotte Swyer at Christ Church, St Kilda, Melbourne. Matilda's brother Charles Robert Swyer was a civil engineer who had emigrated from Manchester to St Kilda to build Christ Church where construction started about 1854.

McCulloch Sellar and Company

Closure of the Dennistoun Brothers office in Melbourne was announced in the Edinburgh Gazette.

The transcript begins,

So it was, about 1862, following closure of the Dennistoun branch, James McCulloch and Robert Sellar went into business on their own account forming McCulloch, Sellar and Company. Having learnt their trade, by working for the Dennistoun Brothers, they imported goods into the colony, operated warehouses, and exported bales of wool.

The company also leased land for sheep farming from the crown. Sheep farming and the export of Merino wool was then a very profitable business. Even the famous tea clipper the Cutty Sark was at one time transporting bales of wool from Australia to England.

One of the businesses they acquired was a large sheep farming station at Mount Gipps in the outback of New South Wales known as the Mount Gipps Pastoral Company.

The 'Pastoral Possessions of New South Wales' published by William Hanson in 1889 records that circa 1885 the Mount Gipps Pastoral Holding (no 20) extended to  at a rent of £1,307 per annum.

Sometime between 1883 and 1885 silver was discovered near a rocky outcrop on their property, known as the Broken Hill.

In 1885 the Broken Hill Proprietary Company was formed to raise funds to mine the silver, and so it was that the town of Broken Hill was established. It appears that James McCulloch and Robert Sellar did not acquire a mining lease or benefit.

The document 'Pastoral Possessions of New South Wales' suggests James McCulloch, Robert Sellar and James MacPherson also leased another pastoral holding at Illiliwa in New South Wales that extended to  at a rent of £1,292 per annum.

A National Trust of Australia document records Robert Sellar living in 1889 at newly built Northbrook House, 1257 High Street, Malvern, Melbourne. The house was built for Donald Munro, son of  James Munro, Scottish born businessman, temperance leader and politician, who established the Federal Bank and became Premier of Victoria in 1890.

Robert Sellar is described as a merchant, member of the firm McCulloch, Sellar, and Co, wool and commission merchants, agents for Lancashire Fire Insurance Co, and Merchants' Marine Insurance Co, with offices in the St James buildings.

The directories show Sellar in High Street, Malvern in 1890. Following the transfer of the ownership of Northbrook House to the Federal Bank of Australia in 1893, Sellar was listed in Alma Road, Caulfield.

Death

The death of Robert Sellar on 5 September 1900 and an account of his life was reported in the Argus newspaper. Robert Sellar died at home in Malvern, Australia, a suburb of the city of Melbourne in the state of Victoria.

Robert was survived by his daughter Ella Matilda Sellar born 1866 at St Kilda. She married at St Georges Church, Malvern, in 1887, Francis Joseph Fisher who was born 24 Aug 1859 in South Australia. Francis was the son of Joseph Fisher, an accountant and politician who became a Member of the South Australian Legislative Council. Joseph was born Yorkshire, England in 1834, married Anne Wood Farrar in 1857, and died Fullarton, South Australia in 1907.

References

1828 births
1900 deaths
Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia
History of Victoria (state)
Businesspeople from Melbourne
19th-century Australian businesspeople


title: Patoranking

text:
Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie (born 27 May 1990), better known by his stage name Patoranking, is a Nigerian reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Ebute Metta community of Lagos, he grew up sharing one room with his parents and five siblings. His modest upbringing and close relationship with his family instilled a drive and determination to create a better future, and led him to music He started his music career doing underground collaborations, with artists such as XProject, Konga, Slam and Reggie Rockstone. He signed a record deal with K-Solo's Igberaga Records in 2010, releasing "Up in D Club" under the outfit. Patoranking became a protégé of Dem Mama Records after collaborating with Timaya on his song "Alubarika". In February 2014, he signed a record deal with Foston Musik and released "Girlie O", a single that put him in the limelight. On 9 February 2015, Patoranking announced on Instagram that he signed a distribution deal with VP Records. on September 28 Patoranking released a song titled Abule which he released ahead of his album scheduled to be released later in 2020. He once said, in 2020 that he once got inspiration for song on a football pitch while playing football.

Early Life and music career
Patoranking was born and raised in Ijegun-Egba Satellite Town but has family roots in Onicha, Ebonyi State. He attended Citizen Comprehensive College in Epe, Lagos and later enrolled at Jibril Martin Memorial Grammar School in Iponri.

Patoranking moved to Ghana in 2007 to pursue his education after gaining admission to the University of Cape Coast. but dropped out due to financial reasons.

After dropping out of the University, he moved to Osu, a suburb of Accra, Ghana where he met Lanky, an entrepreneur who signed Patoranking to his label, Black Rhythmz Entertainment. Whilst signed to Black Rhythmz Entertainment, he was working at a restaurant opposite Frankies Osu and had another job at Accra Mall. After recording a few songs on Lanky's label, the relationship came to an end and he returned to Nigeria.

Upon his return to Nigeria, Okorie joined K-Solo's Igberaga Records in 2012, where he recorded "Iya Bisi",  featuring Qdot and Kbaj. The Drumphase-produced song is a fusion of dancehall and fuji. Patoranking told Entertainment Express that Qdot and Kbaj helped compose the song by sharing ideas with him. Other singles recorded with K-Solo's label included Tonight, Park Well, and So Nice.

Speaking on the origin of his name in a 2012 interview with Entertainment Express, Patrick said his stage name was given to him by a Jamaican artist whom he met at Alpha Beach in Lagos. Patoranking has cited Buju Banton, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, Lucky Dube, Chaka Demus, Majek Fashek, Blackky, Blackface, Tuface and Marvelous Benjy as his key musical influences. In the aforementioned interview with Entertainment Express, he described his music as a morally inclined variation of dancehall and said it references socio-political issues.

It was not until 12 September 2013, that Okorie's life changed with the release of the audio and video for "Alubarika". The song literally translates to "God's Blessings" and features vocals from Timaya. The music video for "Alubarika" was shot by AJE Films and ran for 4 minutes and 16 seconds. According to an article posted by Victor Akande of The Nation, Patoranking described the song as a summary of his life as a musician and said it opened doors for him in terms of building a fan base and working with established musicians.

In February 2014, Patoranking signed a record deal with Foston Musik and ended his affiliations with Dem Mama Records. During an interview with Toolz on NdaniTV's The Juice, Timaya said Patoranking left his label and was never officially signed. On 4 February 2014, Patoranking released "Girlie O", a song produced by WizzyPro. The music video for the song was shot and directed in London by Moe Musa; it was released on 5 February 2014. In the music video, Patoranking liberates his next-door neighbor from domestic violence by expressing his innate feelings to her.

Foston Musik released the Tiwa Savage-assisted "Girlie O" (Remix) on 19 May 2014 to critical acclaim. It debuted at No. 9 on MTV Base's Official Naija Top 10 chart. Tiwa Savage told Ehiz of MTV Base she admires Patoranking's music and decided to reach out to him to do the remix. The music video for "Girlie O" (Remix) was also shot and directed in London by Moe Musa. Joey Akan of Pulse Nigeria said, "On the new remix, the basic winning elements were not discarded. They were retained and improved. The beat, chorus, and dynamism were held onto, and major work put into the lyrics."

Patoranking was featured on Seyi Shay's "Murda" single alongside Shaydee. The song was produced by Dokta Frabz and released on 1 April 2014. On 11 May 2014, the music video for "Murda" was uploaded onto Vevo. It was directed by Meji Alabi for JM Films.

Patoranking's "Daniella Whine" and "My Woman, My Everything" singles charted on MTV Base Official Naija Top 10 chart. The former debuted at No. 4 in May and topped the chart at No. 1 in June, while the latter "My Woman, My Everything" also appeared on the chart, peaking at No. 2.

In a bid to reconnect with his Ghanaian roots and revive his fanbase in Ghana, returned to Ghana and featured on the remix of Stonebwoy's single, "Pull Up" in 2014.

Managers: Rickie Davies for International  and Chimdinma Maduforo for Africa .

Discography

Albums

God Over Everything (2016)
God Over Everything is Patoranking's debut album that tells a story of his struggles from the streets of Ghana until his eventual breakthrough in 2013. He stated that dropping out of the University of Cape Coast due to financial reasons and returning to Nigeria to serve on Timaya's Dem Mama Records was a tough transition but necessary for his musical development and eventual breakthrough. Leading single "No Kissing Baby" featuring Sarkodie received nominations at the MTV African Music Awards 2016 and the 2016 Headies.

Wilmer (2019)
Wilmer is his second studio album released on May 24, 2019. The album was named after his first daughter who was born in August, the previous year.

Three (2020)
Three is Patoranking's third studio album. It won the Best Reggae Dancehall Album at the Headies in 2022. It features the single Mon Bebe, with Flavour, with the music video starting dating rumours between Patoranking and Yemi Alade, who played a cameo as a bride.

Selected singles

Guest appearances

2019 he did a song with Ugandan Luga flow rapper Fik Fameica that was well received in East Africa, He has collaborated with East African music heavy weights including Only You ft Jose Chameleon, Nyashinski and Diamond Platnumz

Personal life
Away from music, Patoranking maintains a quiet lifestyle.

Past Relationships
He has dated Ghanaian Television personality Joselyn Dumas and Nigerian singer, Yemi Alade. His relationship with Yemi was dubbed a rumour as pictures from their traditional wedding was dubbed a cameo for the music video of his single, Mon Bebe with Flavour.

Family
In August 2018, Patoranking welcomed his first child, Wilmer Okorie with businesswoman, Leila Stone. He also has a second child, Welda Okorie

See also

 List of Nigerian musicians
 List of Igbo people
 List of people from Ebonyi State

References

Living people
1990 births
21st-century Nigerian male singers
Nigerian male singer-songwriters
Nigerian singer-songwriters
Nigerian reggae musicians
Dancehall musicians
Igbo singers
The Headies winners
People from Ebonyi State


title: Tsholofelo

text:
Tsholofelo is the debut studio album by South African hip hop recording artist Cassper Nyovest, released digitally via iTunes on 18 July 2014 and physically released on 31 July 2014 under a distribution deal with AMG Worldmedia owned by Lindsay Jerome Arends, a former & founding member of the R&B group Ashaan.

Tsholofelo, which means "hope", is named after his younger sister. Work on the album began as early as 2011 and continued on through 2014. It features guest appearances from HHP, Okmalumkoolkat, Bucie, iFANi, Riky Rick, Bass Mdlongwa, Ntukza, Kyle Deutschmann, Tshego, Anatii, Skales (credited as Young Skalez), KayGizm from Morafe and Prokid. Prior to its release, the album was supported by three free singles: "Gusheshe", "Doc Shebeleza" and "Phumakim", all of which achieved wide mainstream appeal.

Background, recording and release
The idea to name the album after Nyovest's younger sister came after she gave Cassper her allowance for him to relocate to Johannesburg with: "At the time, I had just quit everything and I didn't have the money to travel and come to Jo'burg to hustle. Ever since that day it has always been about making sure that her sacrifice was not in vain." In September 2013, Nyovest mentioned that the album was 90% percent done: "I've recorded a lot of music, now I just need to conceptualize the story of the album. There's so much music because I'm currently sitting on like 300 songs, so I don't even know what to do." He also mentioned that guest appearances on the album would include Okmalumkoolkat, Masterkraft, Kaygizm, Shag, PRO, Kyle Deutschmann, Skales, Riky Rick, iFani and HHP. In March 2014 a track list of the album was leaked online. Nyovest would later state that the album contained 19 songs and not 16 as shown by the track list. On 10 June 2014, he revealed the cover for the album, along with the release date. On Mandela Day, Nyovest released the album exclusively on iTunes without prior announcement. Within an hour of its debut, Tsholofelo peaked at number 1 on the iTunes South Africa albums chart.

Promotion
In support of the album, many promotional singles were released including "#BMK" and "Wahala" featuring Young Slugz. Both songs were produced by Ganja Beatz and accompanied by music videos. On Valentine's day, 2013, Nyovest released a track titled "Girlfriend" as part of the "TruSSt Thursdays" series. The song features and is produced by Riky Rick. Nyovest also did a string of radio interviews and performances to promote the album. On 2 July 2014, he performed an unreleased song on Metro FM titled, "Alive" which features Durban based vocalist and Idols SA season 10 top 11 finalist Kyle Deutschmann.

Album artwork
The artwork was revealed via Twitter and Facebook by Nyovest on 10 June 2014. The cover, which was designed by Freshboi, is an illustration of Nyovest's portrait.

Singles
In April 2013, the album's lead single "Gusheshe" was released. It features Dirty Paraffin's Okmalumkoolkat.

The second single, "Doc Shebeleza", produced by Sean Craig Beats, was released on 17 January 2014 for free digital downloads. Its music video was directed by Nicky Campos and Nyovest. It has a total runtime of 4 minutes and 2 seconds. The song debuted at number 4 on South Africa's official music chart.

"Phumakim", the album's third single, was released on 3 July 2014 with production from Zimbabwean producer, Brian Soko, who co-produced Drunk in Love by Beyoncé. "Phumakim" which is in Zulu, loosely translates to "Leave me alone". In the song, Nyovest addresses the criticism that celebrities receive on social media and makes a reference to his highly publicized feud with rapper AKA. He also raps about how he only dates women as famous as him. The beat for Phumakim was originally meant for American rapper, Future, who declined it.
"Phumakim" garnered 15,000 downloads within its first minute of release and trended on Twitter in South Africa and in the UK.

"Tsibip", the album's promotional single, was released in August 2014. Two videos were shot for the song to showcase Cassper Nyovest's different alter-egos, "Cassper" and "Nyovest". Both of the videos were shot by Studio Space Pictures. The first video premiered on MTV Base's "Spanking New Premiere". It is a one-take video which shows Nyovest bare chest wearing a wrist watch, a ring and a gold chain around his neck. For the duration of the video, Nyovest tries on and exchanges different caps up until he puts on the cap he is depicted wearing on the Tsholofelo album cover. The second video premiered on Channel O's "Turn Up" on the same day.

Commercial performance
In April 2015, the album was certified Platinum  by the Recording Industry of South Africa, selling over 40,000 copies. To celebrate this, Nyovest released a platinum edition of the album which features new material and old songs which never made the final track list of Tsholofelo.

Critical reception

Upon its release, Tsholofelo received generally positive reviews. Tsepang Tlhapane of Live Mag felt the pitfall of the album was its lengthiness and its production. However, he praised the album's intro, calling it "heartfelt" and commended its drum arrangement. He also praised "Tsibip" for its witty punchlines and "Skeptedaba" for embodying elements of 90s Kwaito music.

Andy Petersen of PLATFORM gave the album a score of 82/100 adding: "This is an artist in motion - one unafraid to exhibit his growth. Tsholofelo is certainly not a perfect album, but it is a very good one. And it hints strongly of someone who is only going to get better."

Track listing

Standard edition

Tsholofelo (platinum edition) track list

Notes
 signifies a co-producer

 signifies an additional producer

Personnel
Credits for Tsholofelo adapted from AllMusic.

Anatii – primary artist
Base – primary artist
Mzondeleli Boltina – composer
Bucie – primary artist
Kgaugelo Goodchild Choabi – composer
Kyle Deutschmann – composer, primary artist
Aashish Gangaram – composer
HHP – primary artist
iFani – primary artist
Kaygizm – primary artist
Khumoetsile Tshegofatso Koobetseng – composer
Rikhado Makhado – composer
MasterKraft – composer, primary artist
Bass Q Mdlongwa – composer
Linda Mkhize – composer
Anathi Mnyango – composer
Busisiwe Nolubabalo – composer
Ntukza – primary artist
Cassper Nyovest – primary artist
Okmalumkoolkat – primary artist
R.M. Phoolo – composer
Tsholofelo Phoolo – composer
Pro – primary artist
Obakeng Ramahali – composer
Riky Rick – primary artist
Jabulani Tsambo – composer
Tshego – primary artist
Uhuru – primary artist
Young Skalez – composer, primary artist
Smiso Zwane – composer
Brian Essence - composer

Certification and sales

Release history

References

2014 debut albums
Cassper Nyovest albums
Albums produced by Masterkraft (producer)
Albums produced by Uhuru (record producer)
Family Tree Records albums
Kalawa Jazmee Records albums


title: Givira gabriel

text:
Givira gabriel is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Mexico.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1913


title: Givira hypomelaleuca

text:
Givira hypomelaleuca is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Peru.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1954


title: Ah Xiu Xupan

text:
Ah Xiu Xupan
(Maya glyphs

) was the last known ruler of the Mayan chiefdom of Tutul-Xiu when it was part of the League of Mayapan.

In 1441, Ah Xiu Xupan, who was the great ruler of Uxmal at that time, was given the task of starting a war with the royal family of Cocom, which founded Tibolón. He managed to kill everyone except for one Cocom survivor.  The war between Uxmal and Cocom plunged the league into chaos; there was segregation in the provinces and several uprisings broke out. By 1461, the league was completely disintegrated.

After the war, Yucatán was divided into sixteen kuchkabals.

References

Chiefs of Tutul-Xiu


title: Givira gnoma

text:
Givira gnoma is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Brazil (Santa Catarina).

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The basal half of the inner margin on the forewings is dark chocolate brown, its outer edge oblique edged with white. The space above it and beyond it is roseate grey. The hindwings are pale grey with some darker striae, and a dark shade medially
below the costa.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1921


title: Givira guata

text:
Givira guata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Guatemala.

The wingspan is about 36 mm. The forewings are pale lilac brown, slightly paler before an oblique brown shade from the middle of the costal margin to the tornus. There are irregular transverse streaks between the veins. The hindwings are pale brownish grey with some slightly darker lines. The inner margin is shaded with greyish brown.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1921


title: Givira isarba

text:
Givira isarba is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Argentina.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1934


title: Givira isolde

text:
Givira isolde is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Brazil.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1934


title: Givira theodori

text:
Givira theodori is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Texas.

The wingspan is about 26 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to September.

Etymology
The species is named in honor of Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, who collected the species.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1893


title: Givira lotta

text:
Givira lotta, the pine carpenterworm moth, is a moth in the family Cossidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1910. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. The habitat consists of pine forests.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are gray with brown markings. They have been recorded on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa. They mine the outer bark of their host plant at the base of the trunk. The larvae are whitish and reach a length of about 30 mm when full grown.

References

Givira
Moths described in 1910


title: Givira marga

text:
Givira marga is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1910. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Arizona.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are gray, with an indistinct darker shade beyond the cell. The forewings are covered with fine black strigae, forming several bands in the outer third. The hindwings are smoky brown, but lighter along the costa. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August.

References

Givira
Moths described in 1910


title: Givira minuta

text:
Givira minuta is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1910. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Arizona.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are light ocherous brown, shaded with fuscous beyond the cell and with a broad creamy costal margin. The hindwings are dark smoky brown, but lighter on the costa. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to June.

References

Givira


title: Givira moche

text:
Givira moche is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Peru.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1905


title: Givira modisma

text:
Givira modisma is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Guatemala and Costa Rica.

The wingspan is about 38 mm. The forewings are purple brown, shading to dull purple outwardly, crossed by numerous broken dull fuscous lines. The costa is somewhat paler with dark brown spots and the inner margin is fuscous grey. The hindwings are whitish yellow.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1921


title: Givira morosa

text:
Givira morosa is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

The wingspan is about 37 mm. The forewings are steel-grey, reticulated with black brown. The hindwings are whitish, reticulated with brown. The inner margin is brownish.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1911


title: Givira obidosa

text:
Givira obidosa is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Brazil (Pará).

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1923


title: Givira onscura

text:
Givira onscura is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Argentina.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Givira
Moths described in 1924


title: Givira platea

text:
Givira platea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1901 and it is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are brown, irrorated (sprinkled) with black and with yellowish veins. The hindwings are brown with a buff costal margin.

References

Givira
Moths described in 1901


title: Yoshi's Woolly World

text:
Yoshi's Woolly World is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Good-Feel and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The game is the seventh main entry in the Yoshi series of games, the first home console title in the series since 1997's Yoshi's Story, as well as the spiritual successor to 2010's Kirby's Epic Yarn. The game was released worldwide throughout 2015. A port for the Nintendo 3DS, known as Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, was released worldwide in early 2017. Both versions received generally favorable reviews, with reviewers praising the art style, gameplay, and innovation, but critiquing the lack of difficulty.

Plot
On a knitted island filled with many Yarn Yoshis of varying patterns, the evil Magikoopa Kamek turns nearly all the Yoshis into bundles of yarn for his master Baby Bowser, scattering them across different worlds. However, two Yoshis manage to avoid being transformed themselves, and they set off to pursue Kamek and rescue their woolly friends. After traveling through six different worlds, Yoshi manages to storm Baby Bowser's castle. When Yoshis reach Baby Bowser, Kamek reveals that he stole the yarn so that he could use it to grow Baby Bowser to a much larger size. After battling Baby Bowser, the Yoshis rescue their friends from Kamek and Baby Bowser. Kamek and Baby Bowser fly away, but crash land on the moon.

Gameplay

Yoshi's Woolly World is a platform game in which players assume the role of Yoshi. Similar to games like Good-Feel's Kirby's Epic Yarn, the game is set in a world where the characters and environment are composed of yarn and cloth. Yoshi retains much of his moveset from the Yoshi's Island series of games, including using his tongue to swallow enemies and using his flutter jump to reach high areas. Many elements such as flowers and mystery clouds also return. However, unlike other games where swallowing enemies would produce eggs which Yoshi could then throw, Yoshi instead produces balls of yarn. These yarn balls have various uses when thrown, such as tying up enemies or filling in certain platforms and objects. Players can also gather white chicks in certain levels, which produce temporary cloud platforms when thrown. The game also supports up to two players cooperatively. With both players able to swallow and throw their partners, allowing them to reach otherwise inaccessible areas. In addition, some sections give Yoshi special transformations, such as a motorbike or umbrella.

Throughout each level, Yoshi can pick up beads, which can be spent on Power Badges. These can support the player during a level, such as granting more powerful attacks, or the ability to recover when falling into bottomless pits. Each level contains five Flowers, five Wonder Wools, and twenty Stamp Patches, which are hidden behind certain beads. Flowers increase the odds of entering a bonus game at the end of the level, and collecting all Flowers within a world opens up a secret level. Finding all the Yarn Bundles within a level unlocks a new pattern of Yoshi, which players can switch to while on the overworld map. Collecting enough Stamp Patches unlocks special stamps that can be used in Miiverse posts; the 3DS version has instead Pencil Patches which gives predefinite models for its exclusive Yoshi customization mode. At any point in the game, players can toggle between Classic Mode and Mellow Mode, the latter of which gives Yoshi a pair of wings, allowing less skilled players to fly indefinitely through a stage. Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World has a unique mode where the player controls Poochy through a level, with only the ability to crouch and jump, running to collect Poochy Pups and beads.

The game features compatibility with Amiibo figures, including a unique knitted Yarn Yoshi Amiibo. Using any Yoshi Amiibo allows players to create a duplicate Yoshi during Solo Play, allowing solo players to replicate actions otherwise only available in Co-op Play. Additionally, the Yarn Yoshi Amiibo can be used to save a design based on another character. Other compatible figures, such as Mario and Donkey Kong, can be used to unlock additional patterns based on the respective character. The game is playable with the Wii U GamePad, Wii Remote, Wii Classic Controller, and Wii U Pro Controller.

Development
Yoshi's Woolly World was first announced by Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata on January 23, 2013 under the tentative title Yarn Yoshi. The game was stated to be in development by Good-Feel with game designer Takashi Tezuka supervising the project. The game was absent from E3 2013, but was playable at E3 2014, where it was given a tentative release time frame of "the first half of 2015." The soundtrack was handled by Good-Feel composers Tomoya Tomita (now freelance) and Misaki Asada, with the exception of the main theme, which was written by Nintendo's Kazumi Totaka.

Release
Special editions of the Wii U's version's retail release bundle the game with the knitted Yarn Yoshi Amiibo, which is available in one of three colors; green, blue, and pink. Bundles included the game with a single Yarn Yoshi Amiibo, or all three. Players who purchased the game on the European Nintendo eShop before July 23, 2015 received a free download code for a Virtual Console version of the Nintendo DS title Yoshi Touch & Go. The 3DS version's retail's release has an accompying Poochy amiibo.

Reception

Yoshi's Woolly World received generally favorable reviews, receiving an aggregated score of 78/100 on Metacritic based on 83 reviews. Critics praised the art style and innovation but criticized the difficulty as too easy.

GameSpot's Rob Crossley gave the game a score of 6/10, saying "Some would say that gives Woolly World its inherent accessibility, in that players aren't forced to take the hard road. But if you want to be fully entertained, the hard road is the only real option. It is your own degree of curiosity, and your compulsive nature, that will determine which route you'll take."

IGN's Daniel Krupa gave the game a moderately positive review, saying "It's incredibly familiar, but the imaginative and attractive art style makes it feel fresh and appealing. Outside of those great few levels, Woolly World is a more forgettable and fragmented experience. Cool mechanics are cooked up, but they're dropped into levels which never realise their full potential and fixate more on unearthing frustrating collectibles."

Nintendo Life's Thomas Whitehead stated that the game featured "some of Nintendo's best co-op platforming" with "clever, witty stage design" and "gorgeous" visuals, but found that boss fights were "repetitive and disappointing".

The 3DS version received similarly positive reception, also receiving an aggregated score of 77/100 on Metacritic, based on 56 reviews. Reviewers applauded the port for being a successful transition of the original game to a handheld, though some complaints were raised over the visual downgrade and lack of local multiplayer, with Whitehead describing it as "certainly a pity if not entirely surprising".

Sales
Yoshi's Woolly World launched in Japan with roughly 31,000 physical copies sold, and after two weeks, 43,000 copies were sold. In the UK, it entered the charts in fourth place. As of March 31, 2016, the game had worldwide sales of 1.37 million copies. The Nintendo 3DS version of the game sold 80 percent of its initial shipment in Japan, but only entered the UK charts in twentieth place.

Legacy
A stage based on the then-unreleased Yoshi's Woolly World appeared in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. An upbeat remix of the music from the game's trailers is also present.

Notes

References

External links

2015 video games
Cooperative video games
Good-Feel games
Fantasy video games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games set on fictional islands
Video games produced by Takashi Tezuka
Video games scored by Kazumi Totaka
Video games that use Amiibo figurines
Wii U eShop games
Wii U games
Yoshi video games


title: Phocibidion erythrocephalum

text:
Phocibidion erythrocephalum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by White in 1855.

References

Neoibidionini
Beetles described in 1855


title: Phocibidion pulcherrimum

text:
Phocibidion pulcherrimum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1962.

References

Neoibidionini
Beetles described in 1962