title: Schopenhauer's Telescope

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Schopenhauer's Telescope is the debut novel of Irish novelist and poet Gerard Donovan. Published in 2003, the book received general acclaim, appearing on the long list for the Man Booker Prize and garnering the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award the following year. In 2005, the novel was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award.

Plot
The novel takes place in an unnamed 20th-century European town. The narrator, known only as the Baker, is digging a hole while another man, the History Teacher, watches. Gradually it becomes clear that the hole is to be a mass grave for the villagers gathered nearby under the guard of a group of soldiers.

The novel focuses mainly on the conversations between the baker and the history teacher while the grave is being dug. Topics include Genghis Khan, the Battle of Little Bighorn, Sun Tzu's The Art of War, and the bombing of Dresden.

After the hole is finished, it is revealed that the History Teacher has elected to be the first man shot, so that he does not have to see the others die. The Baker is allowed to live.

Reception
Isobel Montgomery of The Guardian gave Schopenhauer's Telescope a positive review, writing, "Donovan's ear for dialogue and his sense of pace make it impossible to forget that this discussion [between the Baker and the Teacher] has a deadly serious purpose."

A book reviewer for the Irish Independent wrote, "When I read Schopenhauer's Telescope, it took my breath away with its elegance and intelligence and the profundity of its emotional compass."

Sources

2003 Irish novels
Irish historical novels
2003 debut novels


title: Michael Phelan (billiards player)

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Michael Phelan (April 18, 1819 – October 7, 1871) was an Irish-born American billiards player, manufacturer and owner of billiard parlors. He was the first billiards star in the US. In 1850, he published Billiards Without A Master, the first book published in the US on the science, etiquette, and game rules of billiards.

Early years
Phelan was born in Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1819 (some records say 1816). His father emigrated to the US that same year, and established himself in the billiard business, running as many as three or four rooms in different parts of New York City at the same time. With much success and liking the country, in 1823, the father sent for his family in Ireland. Phelan remembered his arrival to the US, as well as the billiard table in one of his father's rooms, and how captivated he was when allowed to shove the balls around with the mace; and thus he dated his billiard experience from that time. He was not allowed to use the cue until he was 15, and then, almost immediately, became a good player.

Career
His father apprenticed Phelan to learn a trade, manufacturing jewelry. But after attaining the age of majority, and having married (circa 1837), Phelan was determined to adopt the billiards business for a livelihood. As his father had previously died, Phelan became an attendant at a billiard room. By 1850, Phelan had come to be looked upon as the most expert and scientific player in the country; and in the same year he prepared a work entitled "Billiards Without a Master," which enjoyed a large sale, and was the first book published in the US on the science, etiquette, and game rules of billiards.

Phelan was determined to produce an American billiard table that would become the standard model for the whole world. He visited Europe in the fall of 1851, and on his return, in 1852, he had the idea of starting a model billiard-table factory. He left the East Coast in the fall of 1854, and arrived in San Francisco, where he opened an elegant billiard hall which immediately became one of the chief points of interest of the city. Phelan continued his success as a player and was again pronounced unconquerable. In 1854, he invented a new cushion, which was noted for its elastic and lasting qualities. To assist with aim, he added diamonds to the table. Tobias O'Connor and Hugh William Collender manufactured some of the first tables as part of a distinct business, and, in 1854, Phelan gained an interest in the manufacturing business, with the company name changed to Phelan & Collender.
On April 12, 1859, Phelan won the first U.S. national billiards championship. The company was dissolved by Collender in 1871 after Phelan's death.

Phelan died in 1871. Billiards player, manufacturer and owner of billiard parlors, Phelan was the first billiards star in the US. He was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1993.

Personal life
Phelan owned a summer home at Locust Point, Shrewsbury River. He was married to Ann, and they had two daughters, Julia, who married Collender, and Maggie, as well as one son, George, who had been a member of Phelan & Collender. Phelan is buried at Calvary Cemetery.

Selected works
 1850: Billiards without a master (with D. D. Winant)
 1858: The Game of Billiards
 1863: The Illustrated Hand-book of Billiards (with Claudius Berger)
 1864: Billiard almanac and New York guide
 1870: The American billiard record

External links

References

1819 births
1871 deaths
People from Castlecomer
Cue sports equipment manufacturers
American pool players
Businesspeople from County Kilkenny
Sportspeople from County Kilkenny
Irish emigrants to the United States


title: Astroblepus sabalo

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Astroblepus sabalo is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. It can be found on the Ucayali River in Peru.

References

Bibliography
Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. .

Astroblepus
Fish described in 1840
Freshwater fish of Peru


title: Everton Soares

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Everton Sousa Soares (born 22 March 1996), usually known as just Everton () or Everton Cebolinha ("Jimmy Five" in Portuguese), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo and the Brazil national team.

Club career
Everton was born in Maracanaú, Ceará, and joined Grêmio's youth setup in 2012, from Fortaleza. Initially on loan, he signed a permanent contract in October 2013, whilst also being linked to Manchester City in the process.

Promoted to the main squad by Enderson Moreira ahead of the 2014 season, Everton made his first team debut on 19 January of that year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Yuri Mamute in a 1–0 Campeonato Gaúcho away loss against São José-PA. His first goal came on four days later, as he scored the first goal in a 2–1 home win against Lajeadense.

Everton made his Série A debut on 20 April 2014, replacing Pará in a 1–0 away loss against Athletico Paranaense. Rarely used during the tournament, he started to feature more regularly during the 2015 campaign, scoring his first goal in the top tier on 6 September in a 2–1 home success over Goiás.

On 15 August 2016, Everton renewed his contract with Grêmio until 2020. On 23 November, in the first leg of the 2016 Copa do Brasil Finals, he came on as a late substitute for Douglas and scored the 3rd goal in a 3–1 away win against Atlético Mineiro; he was a starter in the second leg, a 1–1 home draw which granted the title to Grêmio.

Everton played his 100th match for Grêmio on 9 March 2017, after coming on for Pedro Rocha in a 2–0 Copa Libertadores away win against Zamora FC.

Benfica
On 14 August 2020, Everton signed for Portuguese side Benfica on a five-year deal.

Flamengo
On 15 June 2022, Everton returned to Brazil and signed for Flamengo.

International career

On 17 August 2018, Everton was called up by coach Tite for friendly matches against United States, and El Salvador. Thus, Everton was in the first list of Brazil after the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

In May 2019, he was included in Brazil's 23-man squad for the 2019 Copa América on home soil. He scored his first ever international goal in Brazil's opening game of the tournament, netting the final goal in a 3–0 win against Bolivia on 15 June. Seven days later, Everton scored his second international goal against Peru, in Brazil's final group stage match, firing in a shot at the near post from outside the box; the match ended in a 5–0 victory to Brazil, which enabled the hosts to advance to the quarter-finals of the tournament.

In the 2019 Copa América Final on 7 July, at the Maracanã Stadium, Everton scored the opening goal in an eventual 3–1 win over Peru, and was named Man of the Match; he also finished the tournament as the top scorer with 3 goals, alongside Peru's Paolo Guerrero, but won the Golden Boot Award due to having played fewer minutes than the Peruvian throughout the tournament.

In June 2021, he was included in Brazil's squad for the 2021 Copa América on home soil.

Everton Soares was not drafted to play the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, however, he still hopes to be drafted for the 2026 World Cup based on his performance in Flamengo.

Personal life

Nickname
Everton got the nickname Cebola (Onion in Portuguese) from his Grêmio teammate Pará, however, with the arrival of Uruguayan new transfer Cristian Rodríguez, who's also known as Cebolla, Everton came to be called Cebolinha in reference to the cartoon character Jimmy Five (Cebolinha in Brazil), of Monica's Gang.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals
Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Everton goal.

Honours
Grêmio
Copa do Brasil: 2016
Copa Libertadores: 2017
Recopa Sudamericana: 2018
Campeonato Gaúcho: 2018, 2019, 2020

Flamengo
 Copa do Brasil: 2022
Copa Libertadores: 2022

Brazil
Copa América: 2019

Individual
Bola de Prata: 2018
Copa América Golden Boot: 2019
Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2019

References

External links

1996 births
Living people
Footballers from Ceará
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazil men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
S.L. Benfica footballers
CR Flamengo footballers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Primeira Liga players
2019 Copa América players
2021 Copa América players
Copa América-winning players
 Copa Libertadores-winning players
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal


title: John Hartcliffe

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John Hartcliffe (1651 – 16 August 1712) was a Canon of Windsor from 1691 to 1712 and Headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood.

Career
He was King's Scholar at Eton College then educated at King's College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1673, MA in 1676, and BD in 1689.

He was appointed:
Headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School 1681 - 1686
Vicar of Twickenham, Middlesex 1708 - 1712

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1691, and held the stall until 1712. He was buried in the chapel.

Publications
He published many of his sermons, and also :

Notes

1651 births
1712 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Burials at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle


title: Astroblepus santanderensis

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Astroblepus santanderensis is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. It can be found in the Magdalena River in Colombia.

References

Bibliography
 Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. .

Astroblepus
Freshwater fish of Colombia
Magdalena River
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Fish described in 1918


title: Bill Sinegal

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Willie Norman Sinegal (or Bill Sinigal; May 13, 1928 – April 14, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American rhythm and blues bass guitarist and songwriter from New Orleans. He is best known for his song Second Line.

Sinegal played tenor saxophone and C melody saxophone. He studied double bass at the Grunewald School of Music. He served in the United States Army during World War II. After the war, he worked in backup bands in New Orleans for musicians including Guitar Slim, Tommy Ridgley and Sugar Boy Crawford. In 1959, he began playing with Earl King.<ref>W. Bruyninckx: 60 Years of Recorded Jazz 1917-1977, Band 6</ref> He toured extensively in the 1960s with Curtis Mayfield and Dee Clark.

In 1964 he released a R&B single with Bill Sinigal and the Skyliners called Second Line, Parts 1 & 2 which featured rhythms from a traditional Second line (parades) brass band song, Joe Avery’s Blues. The song was recorded in the studio of Cosimo Matassa with Milton Batiste on trumpet, James Rivers on tenor saxophone, and Ellis Marsalis on piano. Second Line'' became a Mardi Gras standard.

In the late 1960s, he left the music business to work as a photographer.

References

External links

1928 births
2014 deaths
American rhythm and blues bass guitarists
American male bass guitarists
Rhythm and blues musicians from New Orleans
Songwriters from Louisiana
Guitarists from Louisiana
20th-century American bass guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
American male songwriters


title: 2014 Acceleration at Slovakia Ring

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Acceleration at Slovakia Ring was the fifth weekend of Acceleration 2014, a multi-day festival combining top class car and bike racing with live music and other entertainment. The festival was organised by the International Sport Racing Association (ISRA), based in the Netherlands, to be held six times in 2014, starting 25–27 April in Portimao, Portugal and ending 17–19 October in Assen, Netherlands. The various racing competitions were
Formula Acceleration 1 (FA1), the MW-V6 Pickup Series, the Legend SuperCup (LSC), the European Stock 1000 Series (ACC 1000) and the European Stock 600 Series (ACC 600). However, the FA1 did not compete during this round of the championship.

Every driver entering Acceleration 2014 was eligible for points in the drivers' championship as well as the nations' championship. As for music and entertainment, David Hasselhoff was the host of "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, and others. Saturday evenings were filled with performances of international DJs.

MW-V6 Pickup Series results

Free practices

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1:
 #30, #41, #47 – fastest lap time disallowed for not respecting track limits

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Drivers' championship standings after 15 out of 18 races

Nations' championship standings after 15 out of 18 races

Legend SuperCup results

Free practices

Race 1

 #30 – 25 second time penalty for not complying with drive-through penalty

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Drivers' championship standings after 20 out of 24 races

Nations' championship standings after 20 out of 24 races

European Stock Series results

Free practices

Qualifying sessions

Race

Final Class 1000 riders' championship standings

Final Class 600 riders' championship standings

References

Main source
raceresults.nu

Other references

Slovakia Ring
Acceleration


title: Do It Again (Gabrielle album)

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Do It Again is the seventh studio album by English singer and songwriter Gabrielle. It was released on 5 March 2021 via BMG Rights Management and follows her 2018 collection Under My Skin. Primarily a covers album, Do It Again contains two new original songs and was officially announced on 7 February 2021. It was preceded by the release of lead single "Stop Right Now", which received its radio debut on 8 February during The Radio 2 Breakfast Show hosted by Zoe Ball.

Background
Gabrielle appeared as a contestant on the second series of the reality competition The Masked Singer in early 2021. Under the guise of Harlequin, she performed cover songs each week and was finally "unmasked" during the semi-finals, finishing in fourth place. Shortly after her elimination, Gabrielle released the single "Stop Right Now" and announced that she was intending to release a new album featuring studio recorded versions of five of the six covers that she performed on the show, alongside other selected tracks and the original songs "Stop Right Now" and "Can't Hurry Love".

Of the album, Gabrielle stated: "I have loved putting my own stamp on the songs I sang on The Masked Singer along with some of my favourite covers and two new songs I wrote. The new single 'Stop Right Now' was written with Ben Cullum. It's a song I've wanted to release for a while and I would dance to it in my kitchen. I always felt it needed to see the light of day! I am so happy that day has come. I’m really excited for people to hear this album and I hope they enjoy my take on the covers and the new songs too."

Gabrielle intends to support the album on her Rise Again Tour in November 2021, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of her 1999 album Rise. The tour was originally planned to take place in 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Critical reception
Awarding Do It Again four stars, Retro Pop called Gabrielle "one of Britain's most iconic voices" and noted that, "Classics like Smile, Teardrops and I’ll Be There sit alongside recent hits from Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and Rihanna for a collection that’s undeniably timeless."

Track listing

Charts

See also
List of UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2021
List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2021
List of UK top-ten albums in 2021

References

2021 albums
Gabrielle (singer) albums
BMG Rights Management albums
Covers albums


title: John Foster (canon)

text:
John Foster (died 1773) was a Canon of Windsor from 1772 to 1773 and Headmaster of Eton College from 1765 to 1773.

Career

He was King's Scholar at Eton College then educated at King's College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1753, MA in 1756, and DD in 1766.

He was appointed Headmaster of Eton from 1765 to 1773

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1772, and held the stall until 1773.

Notes

1773 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Head Masters of Eton College
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Year of birth missing
Eton King's Scholars


title: Pakistan Weightlifting Federation

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The Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWLF) is the national governing body to develop and promote the sport of Weightlifting in the Pakistan. The foundation was formed in 1947 and is headquartered in Lahore.

Affiliations
The foundation is affiliated with:
 International Weightlifting Federation
 Asian Weightlifting Federation
 Pakistan Sports Board
 Pakistan Olympic Association

National Championship
Weightlifting is regular part of biannual National Games. The federation organize annual National Weightlifting Championship.

Affiliated Bodies

Provincial
 Punjab weightlifting association
 Sindh weightlifting association
 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa weightlifting association
 Balochistan weightlifting association
 Islamabad
 Azad Kashmir

Departmental
 Pakistan Army
 Pakistan WAPDA
 Pakistan Railways
 Higher education Commission (HEC)

Other
 National Women Weightlifting Commission
 Pakistan Weightlifting Coaches Commission
 Pakistan Weightlifitng Referee Commission

External links
 Official Website

References

Sports governing bodies in Pakistan
National members of the Asian Weightlifting Federation
1947 establishments in Pakistan
Sports organizations established in 1947


The 1996–97 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1996–97. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center. They finished the season 17–10 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 12–6.

Roster

Schedule

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!colspan=9 style=| MAC Tournament

Source:

Statistics

Team Statistics
Final 1996–97 Statistics

Source

Player statistics

Source

References

Final 1997 Division I Men's Basketball Statistics Report
Ohio Record Book

Ohio Bobcats men's basketball seasons
Ohio
Bob
Bob


title: Miss Dominican Republic 2014

text:
Miss República Dominicana 2014 was held on August 17, 2014, in Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Miss Dominican Republic 2013 Yaritza Reyes crowned her successor, Kimberly Castillo, as Miss Dominican Republic 2014 who will represent the Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 2014. The 1st Runner-Up or Miss Hispanoamericana Dominicana is Aletxa Mueses who will represent the country at Reina Hispanoamericana 2014. The 2nd Runner-Up or  is Dhío Moreno who will represent the country at Miss Intercontinental 2014. The 3rd Runner-Up was Maria del Mar López who will compete in Miss Model of the World 2014. The 4th Runner-Up was Analíz de la Cruz who will compete in Miss Globe International 2014. Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler assisted in the crowning of Miss Dominican Republic 2014.

Results

¤ Won the 15th Semifinalist spot through online voting.

Contestants

References

External links
Official website

Miss Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic


title: İrfan in University

text:
İrfan in University is a 2013 Turkish animated short film written and directed by Rıdvan Çevik, and produced by Anadolu University. The film won the Best Balkan Film Award at the 2013 Anibar International Animation Festival.

Plot
One day a boy named İrfan comes into university. He is the last person that could be educated and how would he get out?

References

External links
 Teaser on Vimeo

2010s animated short films
Turkish animated films
Turkish short films
Turkish animated short films
Animated films set in schools


title: Gunsmoke (season 9)

text:
Gunsmoke is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history.

The first episode of season 9 aired in the United States on September 28, 1963, and the final episode aired on June 6, 1964.  All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS.

Season 9 of Gunsmoke was the third season of one hour episodes filmed in black-and-white.  Seasons 1-6 were half-hour episodes, and color episodes were not filmed until season 12.

Synopsis
Gunsmoke is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the post-Civil War era and centers on United States Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) as he enforces law and order in the city. In its original format, the series also focuses on Dillon's friendship with three other citizens of Dodge City: Doctor Galen "Doc" Adams (Milburn Stone), the town's physician; Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake), saloon girl and later owner of the Long Branch Saloon; and Chester Goode (Dennis Weaver), Dillon's assistant. In season eight, a fifth regular character was added to the cast: blacksmith Quint Asper (Burt Reynolds), who remained until the end of season ten. Dennis Weaver left the series during season nine and was replaced by Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen, who became deputy to Marshall Dillon.

Cast and characters

Main

 James Arness as Matt Dillon
 Dennis Weaver as Chester
 Milburn Stone as Doc
 Amanda Blake as Kitty
 Ken Curtis as Festus
 Burt Reynolds as Quint Asper

Production

Season 9 consisted of 36 one hour black-and-white episodes produced by Norman Macdonnell and Frank Paris as associate producer.

Casting
Season 9 incorporated a number of casting changes.  It introduced Burt Reynolds as regular character Quint Asper.  Dennis Weaver left the series after episode 28, "Bently", and his role as Chester was replaced by Ken Curtis as Festus, although Curtis also appears in early in the season as another character in episode 2.  The last credits of recurring character Moss Grimmick (George Selk) was in episode 26, "Caleb".ix appearances in the series.

Episode 10, "Extradition (part 1)" marks the first time a special guest star's name is included in the opening credits.

John Newman is the first black actor to be listed in the closing credits on a Gunsmoke episode, in episode 30, "The Promoter".

Writing
Occasionally, titles were re-used. Season 9 included two such episodes: episode 16, "Prairie Wolfer" was also the title of season 13, episode 10; and episode 34, "Homecoming" was also the title of season 18, episode 16.

Episodes

Release

Broadcast
Season nine aired Saturdays at 10:00-11:00 pm (EST) on CBS.

The episode "Owney Tupper Had a Daughter", which aired April 4, 1964, as episode 27 had originally been scheduled to air on November 23, 1963, but was pre-empted due to the coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Home media
The ninth season was released on DVD by Paramount Home Entertainment in a two volume set on August 6, 2013.

Reception
Gunsmoke season 9 fell to number 20 in the Nielsen ratings.

Footnotes

References

External links
 {{IMDb episodes|0047736|Gunsmoke season 9}}
 Gunsmoke season 9 at TV Guide''

Gunsmoke seasons


title: Kyle Ezell

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Kyle Ezell (born Jonathan Kyle Ezell in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee) is an American urban planning practitioner, writer, and theorist.  Ezell focuses on vibrant downtowns and expressing local culture in the built environment. He is currently a professor and head of the undergraduate planning program of the Knowlton School at Ohio State University.

Ezell received a Master of Science in Geography from South Dakota State University in 1994. Prior to joining Ohio State University's Knowlton School, he practiced as an urban planner in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Dublin, Ohio, and Columbus, Ohio. Most notably he has published a number of urban focused books including: Get Urban!, and Retire Downtown.

Partial bibliography
Ezell, Kyle, 2006. Retire Downtown: The Lifestyle Destination for Active
Retirees and Empty Nesters. Andrews McMeel Publishing

Ezell, Kyle, 2004. Get Urban! The Complete Guide to City Living. Capital
Books.

Notes

External links
  Knowlton School

American urban planners
Living people
Urban theorists
Ohio State University faculty
American male writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee
Writers from Columbus, Ohio


title: Cantor algebra

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In mathematics, a Cantor algebra, named after Georg Cantor, is one of two closely related Boolean algebras, one countable and one complete.

The countable Cantor algebra is the  Boolean algebra of all clopen subsets of the Cantor set. This is the free Boolean algebra on a countable number of generators. Up to isomorphism, this is the only nontrivial Boolean algebra that is both countable and atomless.

The complete Cantor algebra is the complete Boolean algebra of Borel subsets of the reals modulo meager sets . It is isomorphic to the completion of the countable Cantor algebra. (The complete Cantor algebra is sometimes called the Cohen algebra, though "Cohen algebra" usually refers to a different type of Boolean algebra.) The complete Cantor algebra was studied by von Neumann in 1935 (later published as ), who showed that it is not isomorphic to the random algebra of Borel subsets modulo measure zero sets.

References

Forcing (mathematics)
Boolean algebra


title: Darin Hendrickson

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Darin Hendrickson is an American college baseball coach who has been the head coach at Saint Louis since the start of the 2008 season.

Hendrickson has also served as the batting practice pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Playing career
Hendrickson pitched for two seasons (1990–1991) at his alma mater, SIU Edwardsville.  He was named First-Team All-Region both season and ranks among the school's leaders in career winning percentage, with an 18–5 (.783) overall record.

Coaching career
Following his graduation in 1992, Hendrickson served as an assistant at SIU Edwardsville for three seasons (1993–1995) while he earned his master's degree there.  He considered attending law school, but elected to stay in college coaching.

Fontbonne
Hendrickson's first head coaching position came at NCAA Division III Fontbonne, where he helped to start the Griffins' baseball program.  Hendrickson coached there for four seasons (1996–1999).  His best came in 1998, when the Griffins went 41–7 and won the SLIAC regular season and tournament championships to qualify for the NCAA tournament.  At the Central Regional, Fontbonne went 0–2, losing 6–4 to North Central and 17–2 to Carthage.  Hendrickson was named both the 1998 SLIAC and Central Region Coach of the Year.

STLCC–Forest Park
From Fontbonne, Hendrickson moved to NJCAA Division II St. Louis Community College–Forest Park, where he served as both the athletic director and head baseball coach for four seasons (2000–2003).  Forest Park qualified for the NJCAA Tournament in each of his four seasons, reaching the NJCAA World Series in 2001.  That year, Hendrickson was named both District and MCCAC Coach of the Year.

Central Missouri
When Central Missouri State head coach Brad Hill left for Kansas State after the 2003 season, Hendrickson was hired to replace him.  At his introductory press conference, Hendrickson said, "The tradition is something I'm really looking forward to. Looking at their history, it is just amazing. I've only had an opportunity to view it from the outside. I am really excited to be a part of it now."

Hendrickson spent four seasons (2004–2007) at Central Missouri.  Under him, the Mules had three 50-win seasons and won three Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association regular season and tournament titles each.  They appeared in the NCAA tournament in all four of his seasons.  In 2004, the Mules swept through the Central Regional, defeating Wayne State (NE) 22–2 in the regional championship.  At the College World Series, the team lost its opener to Delta State but recovered to finish third.  In 2005, the Mules again swept through the Central Regional and finished third at the College World Series.  In 2006 and 2007, the program reached the NCAA tournament but was eliminated in the Central Regional.  Hendrickson was named the MIAA Coach of the Year in 2004, 2005, and 2007.

In 2005, five Central Missouri pitchers were selected in the first 11 rounds of the MLB Draft.  These included second-round selection Nicholas Webber and tenth-round selection Josh Outman.  Outman, who had begun his career under Hendrickson at Forest Park and followed him to Central Missouri, went on to pitch in Major League Baseball.

Saint Louis
Hendrickson left Central Missouri for the head coaching position at Saint Louis ahead of the 2008 season.

After missing the A-10 tournament in his first two seasons, the Billikens won it in 2010 to qualify for their first NCAA tournament under Hendrickson.  At the Louisville Regional, Saint Louis went 0–2, losing games to host Louisville and Illinois State.

Saint Louis won three straight A-10 regular season titles in 2012, 2013, and 2014.  In 2012, Hendrickson was named the A-10 Coach of the Year.  In 2013, the team went 41–21 and also won the A-10 tournament to qualify for another NCAA tournament.  At the Columbia Regional, the Billikens lost both games, 7–3 to host South Carolina and 10–2 to second-seeded Clemson.

At Saint Louis, Hendrickson has had several major award winners and professional draftees.  Pitcher Alex Alemann won the 2010 A-10 Rookie of the Year Award, and first baseman Mike Vigliarolo was named the league's co-Player of the Year in 2013.  Between 2008–2014, Saint Louis has had eight MLB Draft selections under Hendrickson.  The number includes two top-ten round picks: catcher Grant Nelson, a ninth-round pick of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2013, and pitcher James Norwood, a seventh-round pick of the Chicago Cubs in 2014.

Head coaching record
Below is a table of Hendrickson's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.

See also
 List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches
 Saint Louis Billikens

References

Living people
People from Granite City, Illinois
Central Missouri Mules baseball coaches
Fontbonne Griffins baseball coaches
STLCC Archers baseball coaches
Saint Louis Billikens baseball coaches
SIU Edwardsville Cougars baseball players
SIU Edwardsville Cougars baseball coaches
St. Louis Community College
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Characters of the Final Fantasy Type-0 universe

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Final Fantasy Type-0, an action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix in 2011, revolves around a war between four nations in the world of Orience. An episodic companion game, Final Fantasy Agito, was released in 2014. Type-0 was re-released internationally in 2015 as a high-definition remaster for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The main protagonists are Class Zero, a group of students at the magical academy in Rubrum. The story is told through two new members of Class Zero: Machina Kunagiri and Rem Tokimiya. The main character of Agito is a player-created cadet at the Rubrum magical academy. The world and characters were designed by Yusuke Naora, Yusaku Nakaaki and Tetsuya Nomura. Their stories were created by Hajime Tabata, Hiroki Chiba and Sarah Obake.

The main characters are the twelve members of Class Zero: Ace, Deuce, Trey, Cater, Cinque, Sice, Seven, Eight, Nine, Jack, Queen and King. Alongside them are Machina Kunagiri and Rem Tokimiya, old friends who are assigned to Class Zero shortly after the events of the game begin. A guest character is Kurasame Susaya, Class Zero's tutor and a veteran warrior. Other major characters include Arecia Al-Rashia, head of the Rubrum Academy's magical department and a key figure in Orience's lore; Cid Aulstyne, the leader of Milites Empire and the game's main antagonist; and Joker and Tiz, two characters who observe the events of the games.

The concept, which was set within the mythos of the Fabula Nova Crystallis subseries, was for a much darker scenario than other Final Fantasy games. The main cast were designed by Nomura and Naora, while side characters were handled by Nakaaki. Multiple pieces of merchandise and additional media have been created around the characters, including trading cards and multiple manga. They have been the subject of positive reviews in Japan and import reviews: the main praise has gone to their interactions and writing, while the main criticism was difficulties arising from handling the large cast. Western reviews were also generally positive about the character portrayals, but there were criticisms about dialogue, character interactions, and the quality of the localization.

Concept and creation
The original scenario and concept of Final Fantasy Type-0, originally a mobile title named Final Fantasy Agito XIII, was conceived by Hajime Tabata. He wished for a group-driven story as he felt that a single playable character would not be able to properly convey the scope and themes of the story. Because Tabata wanted to show a history of survival told from the point of view of young people caught in a war, it was decided to set the story during a war between four nations. Much of the original story, which mainly revolved about defying the gods, was drawn from popular anime and manga and did not survive. After the platform change to PlayStation Portable, Tabata adopted a story-telling style similar to a documentary film: a direct inspiration for this was Centuries of Picture, a documentary series broadcast on NHK. Alongside that, multiple war films were used as inspiration. Type-0s script was written by Hiroki Chiba and Sarah Okabe. During the rough draft stage, elements such as extra plot points involving Khalia Chival, a boss fight with Arecia, and a main plot thread involving Joker and Tiz were planned. Most of these elements were cut from the final product, meaning elements such as Joker and Tiz's role needed to be included in written texts found in-game so they were not left hanging. The deaths of Class Zero were planned from an early stage, and to emphasize the state of the world, a large number of the supporting cast were killed off near the end. Tabata wanted to create a story depicting different fates for Type-0s characters, and this decision was supported by both staff members and fans of the original. He also implemented the ability for players to decide the course of the story, which was to have been included in the Type-0 when it was still known as Agito XIII. Final Fantasy Agito was given a more upbeat atmosphere when compared to Type-0, although dark and more dramatic moments were still present. The story grew out of what Tabata originally envisioned for Type-0.

The setting of Type-0 was written around the Fabula Nova Crystallis subseries, which also includes Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XV. The mythos involves how humans are manipulated and controlled by the world's deities. The crystals of Type-0s world were the equivalent of the fal'Cie, demigods serving these deities. Originally, the crystals were to have been called "fal'Cie". The characters Arecia, Gala and Diva were also created to fill the roles of fal'Cie. The approach taken to the incorporation of the mythos was that the world of Orience was part of a shared universe that also contained the worlds of XIII and XV rather than a standalone existence. As opposed to XIII, which told a story directly related to the mythos' deities, Type-0 focused on the human side of the story, depicting the deities' role in world events from a historical standpoint. A key element carried directly from the mythos is the l'Cie, humans chosen by servants of the world's deities to fulfill a pre-determined task called a "Focus". Tabata neglected including elements from the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythos until approximately halfway through the process. Chiba and Obake were the ones responsible for including the elements in the storyline, as well as including the cyclic nature of the game's world to help communicate some aspects of the mythos: originally disliked by Tabata, he later said that it suited the game due to the heavy eastern influences.

Character design
The characters were designed by regular Final Fantasy designer Tetsuya Nomura, art director Yusuke Naora, co-art director Yusaku Nakaaki, and sub-character designer Roberto Ferrari. Naora asked Nomura to contribute to the character designs. Naora and Nomura did the main cast, while Nakaaki and Ferrari handled secondary characters. Each player character was initially given a basic design trait drawn by Nomura. The design was gradually expanded upon during the creative process, working to avoid making them appear similar. Part of this was giving each character a unique weapon: Deuce's flute and Ace's cards were the most difficult to realize from a technical standpoint. After the world and setting were created, the characters' personalities and traits were finalized: for each character, the team planned how each character originated and the events which happened around them. The main cast's naming system, based on playing cards, was chosen because the team liked the idea. Nomura came up with the idea of having fourteen characters, with thirteen main characters and a "Joker". This idea, originally created for Agito XIII, carried over into Type-0. The characters were made of various heights and builds to emphasize both the game's realism and the characters being teenagers.

While portraying the bonds between the members of Class Zero, and between them and their summoned monsters, along with the game's themes of death and war, Naora drew inspiration from when he saw a cat killed by a car surrounded by other cats. Nomura was in charge of choosing the voice cast, which featured several well-known voice actors. When listening to the samples and picking the actors, Nomura focused on whether they could successfully project the characters' personalities. The actors and actresses helped define the characters, adding individual touches during voice recording sessions. Sayoko Hoshino acted as the game's character texture artist. Originally, she was going to put in black voids where a female character's panties would have been due to hardware limitations. However the staff realized that the players would be looking at the backs of characters a lot, so Hoshino designed panties for each female character and worked with the staff to incorporate them into the character models.

After Type-0s release, Tabata resurrected his initial concept for a mobile game as the prequel Agito. Hoshino became the title's art director. As with Type-0, one of the areas she focused on was the female characters' underwear. The characters' facial animations were done using Silicon Studio's Motion Portrait middleware. For Type-0 HD, the characters' original gameplay models were replaced with updated versions of the original cutscene models due to the latter's higher detail. Due to this higher detail, the cutscene models looked older than the gameplay models, so they needed adjustments to look more like the original models. Their appearances were also adjusted to look more "charming". The game's graphical upgrade was only partially done for the game's characters due to time constraints: while the main cast were given the most attention, secondary characters such as Kurasame received less work.

Playable characters

 are the main protagonists and playable cast of Type-0, later revealed to have been chosen for their potential to become saviors referred to as Agito, a group of people created to force open the barrier between the mortal world and the Unseen Realm. Each member of Class Zero also appears in Agito, although the others are in different classes while Ace remains a member of Class Zero. They can also be summoned into battle to assist the Cadet. In Type-0, Machina and Rem were recently transferred to Class Zero but not fully classed with the rest of the group. During their battle with the Rursan Arbiter, Class Zero are fatally wounded, and during their final moments, they imagine their possible post-war lives. Their deaths are instrumental in convincing Arecia to free Orience from its cycle of war.

Ace
 is a cool-headed youth who is one of the first members of Class Zero, able to use cards and with knowledge of magic and warfare. He is one of the few in Orience to be able to sense the raw emotions of the dead and mourn them. He was also a friend of Machina's brother Izana. In Agito, Ace remains a member of Class Zero. First introduced after saving the Cadet from a monster attack, he remains a close ally throughout the game's events. In Agitos second cycle, Ace is chosen to become the Rursan Arbiter and is defeated by the Cadet and the chosen representatives of Agito. In the end credits of Type-0 alternate ending, a character possibly Ace is shown wounded dressed in a samurai outfit at what seems to be the aftermath of a battle. This hints at possible future extensions of the franchise.

Ace later appears as a playable character in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT. Ace is voiced by Jonathon McClendon in English and Yūki Kaji in Japanese.

Other Class Zero members
While they are members of Class Zero in Type-0, they appear in other classes during the events of Agito:
 , the flute-wielding member of the Class, she's the youngest member and focuses on magic, especially for support. In Agito, she is a member of Class Fourth. She is voiced by Bryce Hitchcock in English and Kana Hanazawa in Japanese.
 , the Class' archer. In Agito, he is a member of Class Eleventh. Trey is voiced by Matthew Mercer in English and Yūichi Nakamura in Japanese.
 , one of the two gun-wielding members of the Class, bearing a magic-infused handgun. Through the course of the game, she experiences the highest amount of deja vu, due to her having gone through the cycle of history more times than the others. In Agito, she is a member of Class Tenth. Cater is voiced by Kristen Klabunde in English and Minori Chihara in Japanese.
 , the mace-wielding member of the Class. In Agito, she is a member of Class Third. Cinque is voiced by Cristina Valenzuela in English and Aki Toyosaki in Japanese.
 , the scythe-wielding member of the Class. In Agito, she is a member of Class Sixth. Sice is voiced by Corri English in English and Miyuki Sawashiro in Japanese.
 , the chain whip-wielding member of the Class. In Agito, she is a member of Class Seventh. Seven is voiced by Najarra Townsend in English and Mayuko Aoki in Japanese.
 , the martial artist of the Class. In Agito, he is a member of Class Fifth. Eight is voiced by Jeff Fischer in English and Miyu Irino in Japanese.
 , the spearman of the Class. In Agito, he is a member of Class Second. Tabata called Nine his favorite character due to his straightforward manner and personality. Nine is voiced by Orion Acaba in English and Daisuke Ono in Japanese.
 , the katana-wielding member of the Class. In Agito, he is a member of Class Twelfth. Jack is voiced by Cameron Covell in English and Kenichi Suzumura in Japanese.
 , the swordswoman of the Class. In Agito, she is a member of Class First. Queen is voiced by Heather Hogan in English and Ami Koshimizu in Japanese.
 , the second gun-wielding member of the Class, bearing twin pistols. In Agito, he is a member of Class Ninth. King is voiced by Mike Vaughn in English and Tomokazu Sugita in Japanese.

Machina Kunagiri
 is the thirteenth member of Class Zero and acts as one of the game's narrators. During the events of Type-0, Machina became a Milites l'Cie and was forced to kill Rem before joining her in crystal stasis. He is later revived by Arecia to rebuild Orience once the crystals are removed. In Agito, he is a member of Class Second. Machina is voiced by Bryce Papenbrook in English and Hiroshi Kamiya in Japanese.

Rem Tokimiya
 is the fourteenth member of Class Zero and acts as one of the game's narrators. During the events of Type-0, as Finis begins, Rem becomes a Vermillion Bird l'Cie and is fatally wounded by Machina before entering crystal stasis and later being revived by Arecia to rebuild Orience once the crystals are removed. In Agito, she is a member of Class Seventh. Rem is voiced by Peyton McCormick in English and Ryoko Shiraishi in Japanese.

Cadet
The player-customized  is the playable character of Final Fantasy Agito. The Cadet's gender, appearance, equipment and other aspects are chosen by the player before the game starts. The Cadet is first encountered when they are saved by Ace from a beast attack, and thereafter become part of Rubrum's general effort to fight against the Milites Empire. Their final appearance is at the end of Orience's second cycle, where Tiz and Joker wish them well and vow to free Orience from its cycle.

Supporting characters

Kurasame Susaya
 is Class Zero's mentor and a guest character in battle. He is accompanied by a tonberry, a recurring monster in the Final Fantasy series. In earlier years, he was friends with Kazusa and Emina, and his performance on the battlefield earned him the moniker . A betrayal left his lower face permanently scarred, and he wears a mask to hide it. Kurasame is voiced by Robbie Daymond in English and Takahiro Sakurai in Japanese.

Arecia Al-Rashia
 is the one who established Class Zero. Though she appears human, Arecia is a being who serves the deity Pulse and is responsible for the creation of Orience's crystals. Arecia's purpose was to use the powerful souls among Class Zero to locate Etro's Gate in an endless cycle of conflict, but the events of Type-0 have Arecia end the experiment and depart to points unknown. Before she leaves, she frees Machina and Rem from crystal stasis. Arecia is voiced by Eliza Jane Schneider in English and Atsuko Tanaka in Japanese.

Joker and Tiz
 and  are supporting characters in Type-0. The two are unofficial members of Class Zero, acting as Arecia's agents. As revealed in Agito, their respective real names are  and : Lean was allied with the Milites Empire as a scientist, while Tohno is an antisocial student at Akademeia. During the events of the final chapter of Orience's second cycle, Arecia chooses them to be her immortal agents, retaining their memories of each cycle. During Type-0, Tiz decides to use the accumulated memories of Orience's dead to convince Arecia to abandon the experiment. Joker is voiced by Adam McArthur in English and Kōki Uchiyama in Japanese, while Tiz is voiced by Chelsea Ricketts in English and Hitomi Terakado in Japanese.

Cid Aulstyne
 is Imperial Marshal of the Milites army, having become the empire's acting leader and the main antagonist of Type-0 and Agito. Seeing his people's prayers to the White Tiger Crystal go unanswered, he decided to oust the crystals and others related to the world's deities, bringing Orience under the rule of humans. Enacting a coup d'état against the Militesi Emperor, Cid appointed himself as the ruler of the Empire and took control of the White Tiger Crystal. When Tempus Finis arrives, Cid is confronted by Gala and chosen as the Rursan Arbiter, the being who carries out Gala's will. In a futile attempt to thwart Gala's plan, Cid kills himself. Resurrected by Gala as the Rursan Arbiter, he acts as the game's final antagonist, and is finally defeated by Class Zero. Cid is voiced by Steven Blum in English and Shuichiro Moriyama in Japanese.

Gala and Diva
 and  are minor characters related to the lore of Orience. Gala is a servant of the deity Lindzei and the leader of the Rursus: whenever the balance between Orience's nations is disrupted, he summons his army to slaughter the population. After Arecia abandons the experiment, he falls into a coma. He remains unnamed in the game, being referred to as "the Masked Man", but is named in the Ultimania guide book. Diva is the main narrator of Final Fantasy Type-0. Like Arecia and Gala, she is a being created by the world's deities: her duty is to watch over the world and record the events of each cycle. Diva is voiced by Fleur Saville in English and Maaya Sakamoto in Japanese.

Miyu Kagerohi
 is a supporting character from Final Fantasy Agito. A member of Class Second, she is the representative for the cadets in the Vermillion Peristylium. Her true identity, as revealed with the coming of Tempus Finis, is , a servant of Gala who oversees the Rursan Army. Her defeat signals the coming of Tempus Finis, as the first cycle is deemed a failure. She later appears at the end of the second cycle, pondering with Arecia whether to continue with the experiment. She is voiced by Haruka Tomatsu in Japanese. Miyu as Myuria appears in concept art for Type-0, but was cut from the game.

Other characters

Dominion of Rubrum
  is a supporting character. He is the ruler of the Dominion of Rubrum and the 174th Director of the Vermillion Peristylium. Unlike most of the population of Orience, he is aware of both the nature of the crystals and Arecia's true form. Khalia is voiced by William Bassett in English and Iemasa Kayumi in Japanese.
  is a minor supporting character and Machina's brother. Before the events of Type-0, he was the keeper of the Peristylium chocobo pens and a good friend of Ace. During the assault on the Vermillion Peristylium by Milites, he was sent through the midst of the battle on a mission by Arecia, causing his death. The circumstances behind his death eventually alienate Machina from Class Zero. Izana is voiced by Jason Spisak in English and Keiji Fujiwara in Japanese.
 The  are a group of thirteen moogles. In the world of Orience, the word "moogle" stands for Military Operation Organization Guidance Logistics Expert. One moogle is assigned to each class in the Peirstyrium. The one assigned to Class Zero, Moglin, gives the group missions across Orience (the game's version of side quests). In Agito, a moogle accompanies the Cadet through the Peirstyrium. Chiba was initially to have put in a sequence involving all members of the Knights, but he forgot. Moglin is voiced by Ariel Winter in English and Sumire Morohoshi in Japanese.
  is a minor supporting character. A supervisor of Peristylium cadets, she was a friend of Kurasame and Kazusa during her time as a student. Over the course of the game, it is revealed that she is a spy from Milites who betrayed her handlers after growing to love the people of the academy. She is arrested by the forces of Rubrum as a potential spy and it is implied that she was executed for espionage. Emina is voiced by Ali Hillis in English and Rie Tanaka in Japanese.
  is a minor supporting character. A schoolfriend of Kurasame and Emina, he is a scientific researcher at the Vermillion Peirstyrium. Multiple times, he uses Class Zero to further his work, much to Kurasame's annoyance. After Kurasame's death, he uses a machine to recall memories of him, but neither Emina or Kazusa can remember him any more. He is one of the few senior Peristylium staff to survive Finis and help in Orience's reconstruction. Kazusa was scenario writer's Sarah Obake's favorite character in Type-0. He is voiced by Joel Johnstone in English and Akira Ishida in Japanese.
  is a l'Cie of Rubrum and a minor supporting character. The oldest and one of the most powerful l'Cie in Orience, she specializes in summoning magic. During Rubrum's battle against the united forces of Milites and Concordia, she is deployed in a decisive battle to use her summoning skills. She summons the Verboten Eidolon Alexander with the help of sacrificed energy from Kurasame and other students. The summoning costs all of them, including Caetuna, their lives. Caetuna is voiced by Erin Cotrell in English and Marina Inoue in Japanese.
  is a supporting character in Type-0. Often referred to as "Lord Zhuyu", he is a l'Cie of the Vermillion Bird crystal. During his time serving the crystal, he has been gradually losing his memories: to try to maintain some link to his past, he continues to wear his old Peristylium uniform. Zhuyu is voiced by Marc Worden in English and Hiroki Tōchi in Japanese.
 : A bandana-wearing aloof cadet from Class Ninth who is a self-proclaimed idol and member of the Intelligence Club. He is voiced by Daniel Robaire in English and Showtaro Morikubo in Japanese.
 : A fiery merchant girl from Class Second who offers items and information for outrageous prices. Because of her good grades, she is popular among the faculty. She is voiced by Danielle Judovits in English Aya Hirano in Japanese.
 : A magic researcher from Class Third who has no interest for common spells and is constantly looking for the ultimate magic. He is voiced by Chris Carmack in English Ryōtarō Okiayu in Japanese.
 : Though Class Twelfth's genius inventor, her paranoia and skill in bomb making make her dangerous to even her peers. She is voiced by Cassandra Morris in English and Marika Matsumoto in Japanese.
 : A member of Class Fifth, he is part Lorican on his mother's side and is the grandson of Enkidu. Due to his mixed heritage, he is destined to lose the ability to wield magic. He trains every day to use his strength to protect others. He is voiced by Travis Willingham in English Masahiro Kobayashi in Japanese.

Milites Empire
  is a secondary antagonist. Second-in-command of the Milites Army, he is fiercely loyal to Cid. His primary weapon and means of transport is Gabriel, a flying magitek armor. He often takes part in battles, and consequently fights Class Zero. During Rubrum's final assault on Milites, Qator fights Class Zero again, but sacrifices himself to save Milites when he finds out an Ultima bomb is hidden inside Gabriel. Qator is voiced by Mark Hanson in English and Hideo Ishikawa in Japanese.
  is a minor antagonist. A new l'Cie of the White Tiger crystal, she is given control of the Crystal Jammer mounted on the magitek armor Dainsleif. She faces off against Class Zero, and narrowly escapes after Dainsleif is destroyed. During a later mission, she is trapped in stone, managing to transfer her l'Cie powers to Machina before entering crystal stasis. Qun'mi is voiced by Aimée Castle in English and Megumi Toyoguchi in Japanese.
  is a minor antagonist. A l'Cie of the White Tiger crystal, he has been in its service for a hundred years and has lost all purpose in life apart from obeying its commands. During Rubrum's efforts to repulse Milites, Nimbus and Zhuyu do battle, completely destroying a region of Rubrum. After bringing Cid to Pandaemonium, Nimbus vanishes to points unknown, but it is implied that, after the crystals lose power, he dies. Nimbus is voiced by Kyle Hebert in English and Junichi Suwabe in Japanese.

Kingdom of Concordia
 , often simply called "Queen Andoria", is the ruler of Concordia. In an effort to stop the war, she evokes the Fabula Pact, forcing a ceasefire. During the peace talks, Andoria is assassinated by Militessi and Concordian conspirators, resulting in Class Zero being framed for her murder. Andoria is voiced by Catherine Taber in English and Megumi Hayashibara.
 , often just called "Celestia", is a supporting character in Type-0, being a l'Cie of the Azure Dragon crystal. Celestia is voiced by Kim Mai Guest in English and Nana Mizuki in Japanese.
 The  is a supporting character in Type-0. Appointed after Andoria's death as part of a Milites puppet regime, he is a proud and selfish man who puts his own agenda before the welfare of Concordia. The king is voiced by Piotr Michael in English and Jun Fukuyama in Japanese.

Lorican Alliance
  is a supporting character and minor antagonist in Final Fantasy Type-0. Originally the king of the Lorican Alliance, he became a l'Cie of the Black Tortoise crystal and consequently began losing his memories, eventually forgetting his duty to the crystal. Gilgamesh is voiced by Keith Szarabajka in English and Kazuya Nakai in Japanese.
  is a minor supporting character in Final Fantasy Type-0. A childhood friend of and guide for Gilgamesh, he is a l'Cie of the Black Tortoise crystal. Enkidu is voiced by Liam O'Brien in English and Hiroshi Shirokuma in Japanese.

Cultural impact

Merchandise
Characters from the game, including Ace, Mog, Machina and other members of Class Zero, appeared in the fourth series of releases for the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game. In November 2011, a manga adaptation of Type-0 began serialization. It is illustrated by Takatoshi Shiozawa and published in Young Gangan magazine. The manga has been collected into a tankōbon volume and was released on April 21, 2012. An English translation was released with the Collector's Edition of Type-0 HD in March 2015, exclusive to Square Enix's website. Another manga titled  was also illustrated by Shiozawa, supervised by Tetsuya Nomura and published in Young Gangan magazine from April 2012. The manga ended in January 2014, with a bonus chapter being published in February. It was later released in five compiled volumes. Yen Press began distribution of the manga in the west in July 2015. Two novel adaptations were released by Square Enix in 2012. The first one, titled , was released on April 21. The second novel, titled , was released on June 28. The novels depict an alternate version of Type-0s story.

Reception
The characters of Type-0 have so far received positive reception from video game critics in both local and import reviews. One of the reviewers for Famitsu magazine said that the large number of characters made the game "a very different Final Fantasy". RPG Site's Erren Van Duine was very impressed, saying that certain character interactions were "handled excellently" and that the players get a sense of specific character motivations because of it. He also praised the sympathetic portrayal of Cid Aulstyne, and stated that the game had "so many great moments, [the player will] have to experience each little detail for [themselves]". Heath Hindman, writing for PlayStation Lifestyle, called the characters "pretty strong overall", although she cited some scenes where various characters' inclusion felt like a necessity rather than a useful element to be a fault.

Western reception of the characters has been mixed to positive. IGN's Meghan Sullivan said that the story's focus on young cadets sent into battle is a "reminder that it's the young who die in war, and who are the first to be forgotten". She also praised the comedic side characters, which helped strike a balance with the serious story. Game Informers Matt Miller was fairly critical, saying that the abundance of main characters hampered character development, and found conversations "stilted and melodramatic". Alexa Ray Corriae of GameSpot was pleased with the main cast, enjoyed the romance between Rem and Machina, and praised the reactions of non-playable characters around the Peristylium to Class Zero's achievements during the story. Her main criticism was that she found the supporting cast fell short as the player often needed to remember faces only briefly seen before. Becky Cunningham of GamesRadar said that Class Zero's incerations with the story's political intrigues and interpersonal drama "make a story worth experiencing". GameTrailers' Michael Damiani felt that the character's "awkward" dialogue hampered the otherwise intriguing story, saying that the script relied too much on the player accepting leaps in logic on a character's say-so.

Mollie L. Patterson of Electronic Gaming Monthly enjoyed the game's fresh take on the high school setting so common in Japanese media, while PC Gamers Samuel Roberts found the size of the cast hindered the story and compared the experience to a low-quality anime series. RPGamer's Michael A. Cunningham enjoyed the characters despite being shallow, with him saying Machina and Rem had the best development out of the main cast. Destructoid's Chris Carter said that, as with other Final Fantasy games, players would find favorites among the characters, and was entertained by the conflict between classes and classmates, which worked in the school setting. Most of the reviewers made mixed to negative comments on the quality of the localization; Sullivan drew attention to Nine's incongruous addition of "yo" and "hey" to his sentences, Cunningham found the experience better when she switched to the Japanese voice track, while Cunningham appreciated the effort put into the translation while finding the final product inconsistent with the new platforms. The exception was Carter, who said that the English cast "do a great job".

References

External links

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title: James B. Thompson

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James B. Thompson (1843 – August 31, 1875) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Thompson received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. Thompson's medal was won for capturing the flag of the Confederate's 15th Georgia Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. He was honored with the award on December 1, 1864.

Thompson was born in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, entered service in Perrysville, and was later buried in Port Royal, Pennsylvania.

Medal of Honor citation

See also
List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Battle of Gettysburg
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: T–Z

References

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1875 deaths
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
People from Juniata County, Pennsylvania
People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
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United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
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title: Roger Mostyn (priest)

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Roger Mostyn (1720 - 11 April 1775) was a Canon of Windsor from 1774 to 1775.

Family

He was the son of Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet and Lady Essex Finch, the daughter of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham. His brothers included the naval officer Savage Mostyn and the colonial administrator John Mostyn; one of his sisters became Duchess of Roxburghe.

Career

He was educated at Westminster School and Christ's College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1743, and MA in 1745.

He was appointed:
Rector of Eastling, Kent 1746 - 1752
Rector of Christleton, Cheshire 1752 - 1774
Prebendary of Chester 1760 - 1775

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1774, and held the stall until 1775.

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1775 deaths
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Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
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title: Matt Wilson (jazz drummer)

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Matthew Edward Wilson (born September 27, 1964) is an American jazz drummer.

Early life and education
Wilson was born in Knoxville, Illinois. He studied percussion at Wichita State University.

Career
Wilson moved to New York City in 1992, and has worked with Lee Konitz, Cecil McBee, and Dewey Redman. When asked who influenced him as a performer and educator, Matt responds: "There’s not one person I could point to because there’s a lot of them."

Discography

As leader
 As Wave Follows Wave (Palmetto, 1996)
 Going Once, Going Twice (Palmetto, 1998)
 Smile (Palmetto, 1999)
 Arts and Crafts (Palmetto, 2001)
 Humidity (Palmetto, 2003)
 Wake Up! (Palmetto, 2005)
 The Scenic Route (Palmetto, 2006)
 That's Gonna Leave a Mark (Palmetto, 2009)
 An Attitude for Gratitude (Palmetto, 2011)
 Gathering Call (Palmetto, 2013)
 Honey and Salt (Palmetto, 2017). Matt Wilson recorded this album with Ron Miles.
 Hug! (Palmetto, 2020)

As sideman
With Dena DeRose
 I Can See Clearly Now (Sharp Nine, 2000)
 We Won't Forget You (HighNote, 2014)
 United (HighNote, 2016)

With Either/Orchestra
 The Calculus of Pleasure (Accurate, 1992)
 The Brunt (Accurate, 1994)
 Across the Omniverse (Accurate, 1996)

With Fred Hess
 The Long and Short of It (Tapestry, 2004)
 Crossed Paths (Tapestry, 2005)
 How 'Bout Now (Tapestry, 2006)
 In the Grotto (Alison, 2007)
 Single Moment (Alison, 2008)
 Hold On (Dazzle 2009)

With Bill Mays
 Out in PA (No Blooze Music, 1999)
 Summer Sketches (Palmetto, 2001)
 Going Home (Palmetto, 2003)
 Live at Jazz Standard (Palmetto, 2005)
 Live at COTA (No Blooze Music, 2019)

With Ted Nash
 Sidewalk Meeting (Arabesque, 2001)
 La Espada De La Noche (Palmetto, 2005)
 In the Loop (Palmetto, 2006)
 The Mancini Project (Palmetto, 2008)
 Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Plastic Sax, 2018)

With Mario Pavone
 Remembering Thomas (Knitting Factory, 1999)
 Totem Blues (Knitting Factory, 2000)
 Mythos (Playscape, 2002)
 Boom (Playscape, 2004)
 Trio Arc (Playscape, 2008)

With Denny Zeitlin
 Slick Rock (Maxjazz, 2004)
 In Concert (Sunnyside, 2009)
 Stairway to the Stars (Sunnyside, 2014)
 Wishing On the Moon (Sunnyside, 2018)
 Live at Mezzrow (Sunnyside, 2020)

With others
 Karrin Allyson, Round Midnight (Concord Jazz, 2011)
 Helio Alves, Portrait in Black and White (Reservoir, 2003)
 Jay Anderson, Deepscape (SteepleChase, 2019)
 Steve Beresford, Snodland (Nato, 2011)
 Andy Biskin, Dogmental (GM, 2000)
 Jane Ira Bloom, Mental Weather (Outline, 2008)
 Jane Ira Bloom, Sixteen Sunsets (Outline, 2013)
 Michael Blake, Drift (Intuition, 2000)
 Steve Cardenas, Charlie & Paul (Newvelle, 2018)
 Thomas Chapin, Never Let Me Go (Playscape, 2012)
 Caleb Chapman, A Crescent Christmas Vol 1 (Rlegacy, 2012)
 Allan Chase, Dark Clouds with Silver Linings (Accurate, 1995)
 Alexis Cole, Someday My Prince Will Come (Venus, 2009)
 Georges Delerue, Music from the Films of Francois Truffaut (Nonesuch, 1997)
 Dominique Eade, When the Wind Was Cool (RCA Victor, 1997)
 Marty Ehrlich, A Trumpet in the Morning (New World, 2013)
 Oran Etkin, What's New? Reimaging Benny Goodman (Motema, 2015)
 Jacob Fischer, In New York City (Arbors, 2015)
 Joel Frahm, Sorry, no decaf (Palmetto, 1999)
 Don Friedman, Almost Everything (SteepleChase, 1995)
 Larry Goldings, Quartet (Palmetto, 2006)
 Brad Goode, By Myself (SteepleChase, 2001)
 Charlie Haden, Not in Our Name (Verve, 2005)
 Charlie Haden, Time/Life (Impulse!, 2016)
 Matt Haimovitz, Meeting of the Spirits (Oxingale, 2010)
 Mary Halvorson, Sifter (Relative Pitch, 2013)
 Ron Horton, Subtextures (Fresh Sound, 2003)
 Hank Jones, Alone Together (Edition Longplay, 2012)
 Vic Juris, Pastels (SteepleChase, 1996)
 Frank Kimbrough, Lullabluebye (Palmetto, 2004)
 Frank Kimbrough, Live at Kitano (Palmetto, 2012)
 Lee Konitz, Strings for Holiday (Enja, 1996)
 Lee Konitz, Gong with Wind Suite (SteepleChase, 2002)
 Andy LaVerne, Pianissimo (SteepleChase, 2002)
 David Liebman, Liebman Plays Puccini (Arkadia Jazz 2001)
 Steven Lugerner, For We Have Heard (NoBusiness, 2013)
 Rita Marcotulli, The Very Thought of You (GoFour, 2019)
 Cecil McBee, Unspoken (Palmetto, 1996)
 John McNeil, East Coast Cool (OmniTone, 2006)
 Myra Melford, The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12, 2010)
 Josh Nelson, Let It Go (Omagatoki, 2007)
 Sam Newsome, The Tender Side of Sammy Straighthorn (SteepleChase, 1998)
 The Herbie Nichols Project, Strange City (Palmetto, 2001)
 Fritz Pauer, New York Meeting (Jive Music, 1998)
 Ken Peplowski, Maybe September (Capri, 2013)
 Ken Peplowski, Enrapture (Capri, 2016)
 Noah Preminger, Before the Rain (Palmetto, 2011)
 Bruno Raberg, Lifelines (OrbisMusic, 2008)
 Dewey Redman, In London (Palmetto, 1997)
 Ken Schaphorst, How to Say Goodbye (JCA, 2016)
 Larry Schneider, Jazz (SteepleChase, 2001)
 Janis Siegel, The Tender Trap (Monarch, 1999)
 Gary Smulyan, Bella Napoli (Capri, 2013)
 Mark Soskin, 17 (TCB, 2001)
 Mark Soskin, Everything Old Is New Again (SteepleChase, 2020)
 Bob Stewart, Connections (Sunnyside, 2014)
 Curtis Stigers, You Inspire Me (Concord Jazz, 2003)
 Curtis Stigers, I Think It's Going to Rain Today (Concord Jazz, 2005)
 Mark Taylor, Circle Squared (Mark Taylor, 2002)
 Joris Teepe & Don Braden, Conversations (Creative Perspective Music, 2016)
 Jeremy Udden, Torchsongs (Fresh Sound, 2006)
 Dawn Upshaw, Dawn Upshaw Sings Rodgers & Hart (Nonesuch, 1996)
 Tom Varner, Second Communion (OmniTone, 2001)

References

External links
 Official site

1964 births
Living people
20th-century American drummers
20th-century American male musicians
American jazz drummers
American male drummers
American male jazz musicians
Palmetto Records artists


title: 2012 Country Music Association Awards

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The 2012 Country Music Association Awards, 46th Annual Ceremony, is a music award ceremony that was held on November 1, 2012, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee and was hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood for their fifth time together.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.

Hall of Fame

Performers

Presenters

References

Country Music Association
CMA
Country Music Association Awards
Country Music Association Awards
November 2012 events in the United States
2012 awards in the United States
21st century in Nashville, Tennessee
Events in Nashville, Tennessee


title: Little Boar's Head Historic District

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The Little Boar's Head Historic District encompasses an area of summer resort and beachfront properties in North Hampton, New Hampshire.  Located on New Hampshire's seacoast roughly between North Hampton State Beach and Bass Beach, the district is almost entirely residential, consisting mainly of houses built as summer vacation spots in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with associated beachfront amenities.  The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Description and history
Little Boar's Head is a glacial drumlin (low steep hill) on New Hampshire's coast overlooking the Gulf of Maine. The historic district extends along Ocean Boulevard (New Hampshire Route 1A), which runs along the beach, and includes properties on Sea Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, Willow Avenue, and Chapel Road. Its southern end is a cluster of bathhouses just south of North Hampton State Beach, northward to the southern end of Bass Beach. There are a few older houses, and the district includes the bathhouses along the beach as well as a series of fish houses located just north of the state beach.

Until the mid-19th century, the Little Boar's Head area was a sleepy fishing and agricultural community. In 1845 New Hampshire Senator James Bell purchased coastal land from a local farmer, and in 1862 built Bell's Cottage for his daughter as a summer house; now much enlarged, it stands at 4 Atlantic Avenue, and is the first of the summer properties to be built. Former President Franklin Pierce bought land in the 1860s, which was minimally developed before his death. In 1868 Bachelder's Hotel opened, and became a mainstay of the summer scene until its destruction by fire in 1929. Summer house development continued into the early 20th century, and the area's high-profile visitors included Presidents Chester A. Arthur, William Howard Taft, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller had a significant estate here, its house now demolished, in which he created Fuller Gardens, now a public garden managed by a nonprofit.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

References

Shingle Style architecture in New Hampshire
Colonial Revival architecture in New Hampshire
Historic districts in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
North Hampton, New Hampshire


title: Galvin Park Reserve

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Galvin Park Reserve is a multi-use sporting reserve in Melbourne, Australia. It is mainly used for Australian rules football and Football and is the home ground for Werribee Centrals Sports Club and Werribee City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 1,000 people.

The venue was chosen as the training base for Morocco for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

References

External links
Werribee Centrals official page
Official Website of Werribee City
Soccerway page

Soccer venues in Melbourne
Werribee, Victoria
Sport in the City of Wyndham
Buildings and structures in the City of Wyndham
City of Wyndham


title: John Sumner (priest)

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John Sumner DD (d. 26 February 1772) was an English cleric and academic, Provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1756.

Career
He the son of William Sumner, born in Windsor. He was educated at Eton College and matriculated in 1724 at King's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1729, MA in 1732, and DD in 1744.

Sumner was appointed a Fellow of King's College in 1727. He was ordained deacon in 1730. He was an assistant master and undermaster at Eton College, 1734–1745, and then its Headmaster, 1745–1754.

As a cleric, Sumner was Rector of Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, 1750–1772, and Rector of Castleford, 1753–1772. He served as Canon of Windsor from 1751 to 1772. At the end of his life, he was perpetual curate of St Benet Fink in the City of London, during 1772.

Sumner became Provost of King's College, Cambridge in 1756. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1756–1757, and 1770–1771.

Family
Sumner was married, and had sons including:

 Robert Sumner, a cleric, father of John Bird Sumner and Charles Richard Sumner
 Richard
 Humphrey Sumner

Notes

1772 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Head Masters of Eton College
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Year of birth missing
Provosts of King's College, Cambridge
Fellows of King's College, Cambridge
Clergy from Windsor, Berkshire
18th-century English Anglican priests
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge


title: Peeping Mom

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"Peeping Mom" is the eighteenth episode of the twenty-sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 570th overall episode of the series. The episode was directed by Mark Kirkland and written by John Frink.  It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 19, 2015.

Plot

Returning home with Maggie from errands, Marge discovers that a part of Springfield is now totally destroyed, due to an incident involving a bulldozer and a wrecking ball. As Chief Wiggum announces that Bart could be the culprit, Bart says that he was not involved at all in the incident. This prompts Marge to follow him everywhere until he confesses. However, Bart seems not to know what Marge is talking about, and is frustrated that Marge keeps following him and being overprotective. Marge eventually is fed up and gives up her plan.

Milhouse later meets up with Bart, where it is then revealed that Bart was really the culprit and he plans to create a new incident with the same bulldozer, during the 50th anniversary ceremony of the Springfield Sign. His plan is to knock down all the letters apart from "FIE", in order to create outrage within the residents. However, when he finds some fried chicken Marge cooked for him in his backpack during the ceremony, his conscience eventually wins out. Thinking quickly, he alters the prank so that the letters "F" and "D" remain, as a tribute to the Springfield Fire Department, to a much relieved crowd, and he finally admits his fault to Marge, which almost causes her to strangle him. Wiggum arrests him but allows him to give a hug to Marge.

Meanwhile, Homer learns that Ned Flanders got a new female dog named Baz. Though Homer is not her owner, he eventually bonds with this dog, ignoring Santa's Little Helper. This saddens Ned and he decides to give the dog to his neighbor, much to his and his sons' chagrin. However, Homer advises Ned to keep her since he will be a better owner than Homer, who in Baz's eyes is just another dog with whom she can play.

The end of this episode shows us Santa's Little Helper and Baz preparing to fight in a Far West style, only to end up peacefully taking a nap together.

Reception
The episode received a 1.4 rating and was watched by a total of 3.23 million people.

Dennis Perkins of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B−, stating "’Peeping Mom’, unfortunately, shows what happens when the show dips back into the well without adequate reason...’Peeping Mom’ just doesn't go deep enough to be anything but an example of latter-day, scattershot Simpsons."

Tony Sokol of Den of Geek gave the episode 2.5 out of 5 stars.  He stated that the episode just exists with not much happening.  He said the best scene was Homer and Lisa's grumble fests.

References

External links

 "Peeping Mom" at theSimpsons.com

2015 American television episodes
The Simpsons (season 26) episodes


title: Bart's New Friend

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"Bart's New Friend" is the eleventh episode of the twenty-sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 563rd episode of the series. The episode was directed by Bob Anderson and written by Judd Apatow. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 11, 2015. The episode focuses on Bart's new friendship with his father Homer, who has been hypnotized in order to think he is a young boy.

Plot
Homer learns that the retiring co-safety inspector of Sector 7G Don Bookner has been covering for him for years, which means Homer will actually have to work to keep his job. As he is put under pressure and is unable to take a break, Marge suggests taking the family to a circus. Here, Homer still cannot have fun and even punches a clown who attempts to trick him. Bart suggests that they could see hypnotist Sven Golly. Golly makes Homer believe that he is 10 years old again before evading Chief Wiggum when it is revealed that Golly is a criminal. At the hospital, Dr. Hibbert explains that the only way to bring Homer back is to contact Golly again; or else risk permanent damage to his psyche.

This forces Bart to share his room with Homer, and he is surprised when the new Homer says that when he will grow up, he will not have a job or a family. Bart makes Homer his new best friend and accomplice, to Milhouse's dismay. On the other side, Marge takes up knitting as she begins to miss her husband, despite their children having fun with him: Lisa holds a concert with him and Bart evades bullies due to Homer's protection. Wiggum finally manages to capture Golly and plans to bring him back, but he and Marge discover that Homer and Bart have left the house and run off to Itchy & Scratchy Land for one more day together.

Homer is finally caught and torn between his love for Marge and his new bond with Bart. He chooses the former and says goodbye to his best friend, advising him to be 10 years old forever. Before reversing the hypnotism, Marge asks Golly to make Homer more affectionate; as he refuses to cuddle after sex. Golly then brings Homer back to his old self, but before Marge can explain what happened, Homer assumes that the reason of his presence at Itchy & Scratchy Land was because he was drunk and asks for forgiveness, which Marge gives. Later that night, Homer visits Bart in his room and confides to Bart that he had a special friend as a kid but cannot remember who it is. He also decides not to strangle him again and rather wants to begin a new step with him. Later, after having sex, Homer impulsively offers to cuddle Marge, who then becomes thankful for Golly's help.

Later, in a specially made cell, Golly manages to hypnotize Wiggum into thinking he is the actual prisoner, and leaves Wiggum locked in the cell before being visited by Loki.

Production

"Bart's New Friend" was written by Judd Apatow, better known for films such as Bridesmaids and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. The episode originated as a spec script Apatow had written when he was 22-years-old, in the style of the first episodes of the series. In an interview with TVGuide, Apatow explained that "I also wrote a spec script for the great Chris Elliott show Get a Life. They at least brought me in for a meeting, but that didn't lead to any work, either. Then, all these years later, Al Jean calls and says, 'Hey, we'll make it now!'"

Cultural references
The episode has a scene in remembrance of the victims of the January 7 shootings at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris with a cutscene of Maggie, whose posture resembles Eugène Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People, holding a flag reading Je Suis Charlie. During the theatre scene, silhouettes of Crow and Tom Servo from Mystery Science Theater 3000 are seen in the bottom right of the screen.

Reception
The episode received an audience of 4.28 million, making it the most watched show on Fox that night. It was the third most watched show in its timeslot, led by coverage of the Golden Globe Awards on NBC.

Dennis Perkins of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B, saying "I reject the idea that The Simpsons is out of stories, because there is no end to the stories to be spun out of the relationships and conflicts of the family unit."

Writing for IGN, Jesse Schedeen concluded that while it was a "perfectly decent new chapter of the show", the episode felt typical of the current season instead of resembling the older episodes Apatow had been watching when he first wrote it. He gave it a score of 6.8 out of 10.

Dan Castellaneta's role in the episode as Homer was nominated for the Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, one of three Simpsons actors to be nominated.

References

External links
"Bart's New Friend" at the Internet Movie Database
"Bart's New Friend"  at theSimpsons.com

2015 American television episodes
The Simpsons (season 26) episodes
Fiction about hypnosis
Television episodes set in amusement parks


title: Take My Wife (Family Guy)

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"Take My Wife" is the eighteenth episode and season finale of the thirteenth season of the animated sitcom Family Guy, and the 249th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on May 17, 2015, and is written by Kevin Biggins and directed by John Holmquist.

In the episode, Lois books a vacation for her and Peter in the Bahamas, but when they arrive, Peter learns it is actually a marriage counseling program. Meanwhile, Carter watches the Griffin children, but becomes frustrated that all of them simply want to use electronics instead of playing games the old-fashioned way.

Plot
Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland, and Joe are playing poker in Peter's basement when Lois, Donna, and Bonnie inform them that they have booked a couples-only vacation to the Bahamas, although Quagmire discovers that this leaves him out. To watch the kids, Lois arranges for her father Carter to stay at their home. On departure day, Quagmire shows up with his new girlfriend Kimi, whom he met online, and Lois allows them to come. Upon arriving, they settle in, but discover that the resort is actually a relationship counseling retreat. The men are upset at being tricked and only participate halfheartedly. Noel, the counselor, determines that the couples are poorly matched and decides to change them to new pairings like Peter and Kimi, Lois and Cleveland, Joe and Donna, and Quagmire and Bonnie. This experiment actually works out well for the most part, although some partners get jealous, particularly Lois over Kimi's pairing with Peter.

Meanwhile, the kids are all occupied with their electronic devices and ignore Carter, who takes away their devices and insists on showing them how to have fun the old-fashioned way. He tries to take them swimming, play jacks and exercise, but they are not receptive to the idea. Carter then teaches them pranks, which go well, and they soon adjust to playing the old way.

Displeased with Peter and Kimi's pairing, Lois threatens to leave, considering the counseling trip as a mistake. Just then, a Bahamian rebellion breaks out and Noel is killed sending the couples running, with Peter accidentally shooting down a passing plane with a flare gun when he tries to signal it for help. After that failed, the group flees into the jungle to avoid the rebel Bahamians while trying to make it to a landing strip on the other side of the island. Eventually, they are all captured in various ways like Kimi's phone giving her and Peter away, Quagmire shouting while urinating, and Cleveland stopping to scratch his back on the trees. When Quagmire tries to reason with the Bahamian rebels, the lead rebel states that they have gotten tired of the American tourists and him getting tired of being asked if he's the guy from Captain Phillips. The group is then threatened with execution as they discover they are not as compatible as they believed. They are led out two-by-two with sacks over their heads as gunshots are heard. As Peter and Lois are the last ones left, they admit their love for each other as they are led out and gunshots are heard again. Upon the sacks being removed from their heads, Peter and Lois suddenly find out that it was all staged by Noel (who faked his death) to help couples find their true love. Everything is alright until Noel learned from Peter about how he accidentally shot down a passing plane while trying to get help.

Carter declares that it is Dyngus Day and the Griffin children must find a girl and tap her with a branch. Peter and Lois return from their trip and turn on the TV. The kids resist the lure of the television only momentarily before they are hooked again upon watching a show called "Police Chases That End in Fire". The Griffin family then continues watching "Police Chases That End in Fire" as Carter leaves their house.

Production and cultural references

The episode was written by John Biggins and directed by John Holmquist. Richard Appel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, and Seth MacFarlane served as executive producers. Dominic Bianchi and James Purdum served as supervising directors. Mae Whitman guest starred as Quagmires girlfriend Kimi.

The episode includes numerous cultural references. The title of the episode is derived from the joke "Take my wife, please," associated with Borscht Belt comedian Henny Youngman. The leader of the staged rebels complains about being mistaken for the "Captain Phillips guy," referring to Somali pirate Abduwali Muse, documented in the film Captain Phillips based on the novel A Captain's Duty.

Reception
"Take My Wife" originally aired on Fox in the United States on May 17, 2015, followed by The Simpsons episode "Mathlete's Feat" and the Bob's Burgers episodes "Hawk & Chick" and "The Oeder Games" In its original broadcast, the episode finished 31st for the week of May 11-17, 2015 with a Nielsen rating of 2.85 million viewers. It was the most watched show on Fox that night, beating The Simpsons and Bob's Burgers.

Jesse Schedeen of IGN gave the episode a 4.7 out of 10, saying "Take My Wife" was a fitting finale to Family Guys latest season only in the sense that it's indicative of the show's overall quality. "Family Guy isn't in a solid place right now, what between the unlikable characters, the focus on empty shock humor, and the conflicts that simply rehash what we've seen in the past. There was some entertainment to be had in this episode, but not nearly enough."

References

External links

2015 American television episodes
Family Guy (season 13) episodes
Bahamas in fiction


title: Hall Church, Gotland

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Hall Church () is a 13th-century church in Hall on the Swedish island of Gotland, built in a transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic. Is lies in the Diocese of Visby.

History and architecture

Hall Church dates in its entirety from the 13th century. Oldest are the nave and choir, built in the second quarter of the century. The tower is somewhat later. Stylistically it is transitional between Romanesque and Gothic architecture.

Inside, the church is decorated with murals that were uncovered during a renovation in 1956. The murals on the northern wall of the choir are from the 14th century and depict the tree of life, Mary with Christ, Christ on the cross and Christ in a mandorla. The murals on the southern wall date from 1603 and depict two men in Renaissance clothes kneeling by Christ on the cross. In the nave, additional paintings from the 14th century exist, depicting the Coronation of the Virgin and the weighing of souls.

The triumphal cross is a copy of the original, today found in the Museum of Gotland in Visby. The original, from the 12th century, is supposedly one of the oldest wooden sculptures with still original paint in Europe. Most other furnishings are from post-Reformation times. So for example are the pews from the 17th and 18th centuries, the pulpit from 1619 and an epitaph for Elisabeth Persdotter Lythe (who died in 1652). The church has a votive ship from 1871.

References

Further reading

External links

Romanesque architecture in Sweden
Gothic architecture in Sweden
Churches in Gotland County
Churches in the Diocese of Visby
Church frescos in Sweden
Churches converted from the Roman Catholic Church to the Church of Sweden


title: Montague North

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Montague North DD (1712 – 22 August 1779) was a Canon of Windsor from 1775 to 1779.

Career
He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1734, MA in 1737, and DD in 1767.

He was appointed:
Rector of Sternfield, Suffolk 1767

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1775, and held the stall until 1779.

A memorial was erected in Sternfield church in his memory.

Notes

1712 births
1779 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge


title: Elijah Locke House

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The Elijah Locke House is a historic house at 5 Grove Road in Rye, New Hampshire.  Traditionally ascribed a construction date of 1739, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings in New Hampshire's Seacoast region. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Description and history
The Elijah Locke House stands in a rural residential setting in central southern Rye, at the junction of Grove and Central Roads.  It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. It has a typical Georgian facade, five bays wide with a central entrance, and a rear single-story addition (also an 18th-century structure).  The entrance is a projecting gabled section, with the door framed by pilasters and a gabled pediment.  The interior has been sensitively modernized, retaining some original features.  Outbuildings on the property include a barn and carriage house, both of which appear to date to the second quarter of the 19th century.  Two other outbuildings of 19th century origin have been demolished.

Captain John Locke was one of the earliest settlers of New Hampshire, arriving in 1644.  This house was built either by his son William in 1729, or his grandson Elijah in 1739; the latter date is found incised on one of the original roof beams.  John Locke was killed by Native Americans in 1696; William was a shopkeeper in Portsmouth.  The house has spent many years in (and out of) ownership by Locke's descendants.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Houses completed in 1739
Houses in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Rye, New Hampshire
1739 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies


title: 2014 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open – Singles

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The tournament in Nanchang was a new addition to the WTA 125K series.

Peng Shuai won the tournament, defeating Liu Fangzhou in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3.

Seeds

Main draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

References
 Main draw
 Qualifying draw

Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open - Singles
Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open


title: 2014 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open – Doubles

text:
The tournament in Nanchang was a new addition to the WTA 125K series.

Chuang Chia-jung and Junri Namigata won the title, defeating Chan Chin-wei and Xu Yifan in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–3.

Seeds

Draw

References
 Draw

Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open - Doubles
Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open


title: OKA Direct

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OKA (also known as OKA Direct) is a British furniture and home accessories retailer founded in 1999 by Annabel Astor, Sue Jones, and Lucinda Waterhouse. It is owned by Investindustrial. OKA has 14 shops across the UK, together with British and American websites and a catalogue business.

History
OKA started as a mail-order company in 1999, before opening its first shop in 2000. Annabel Astor, her sister-in-law Sue Jones, and friend Lucinda Waterhouse sold products primarily from East Asia. The initial product range was 'rattan' for the first OKA catalogue – which was photographed in Jane Churchill and Bruce Oldfield's homes – followed by painted wooden furniture, alongside replicas of 18th-century blue and white porcelain and a range of Chinoiserie furniture.

OKA has two flagship shops in the UK: Froxfield, an 8,000 sq. ft showroom and a smaller garden room is between Hungerford and Marlborough; and London's three-floor Fulham Road, OKA's largest shop as of its opening in 2010.

In September 2011, OKA opened a concession in the department store Selfridges on Oxford Street in London, but it closed in February 2013. In May 2016, OKA opened a concession in Hoopers Department Store, Tunbridge Wells.

In 2009, OKA’s warehousing facilities moved from Berinsfield to a larger facility of over 100,000 sq. ft in Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where their head office is also based.

In May 2014, Peter Chappelow was appointed as non-executive chairman, replacing Graham Frost. In October 2014, Octavia Morley was appointed as CEO.

OKA reported a 23% rise in online sales and a 17% rise in overall profit for 2013, taking their annual turnover to £19.9m.

The company was bought by Italian investment firm Investindustrial in January 2018.

OKA made its first acquisition, US-based Wisteria, in September 2018.

References

External links

Furniture retailers of the United Kingdom
Retail companies of the United Kingdom
Shops in London