Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music artist Neal McCoy, released in 1997 on Atlantic Records. The album comprises ten songs, nine of which were previously included on his second through fifth studio albums. "The Shake" was newly recorded for this compilation, and was later reprised on the following album, 1997's Be Good at It.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

Allmusic (see infobox)

1997 greatest hits albums
Neal McCoy albums
Albums produced by Barry Beckett
Atlantic Records compilation albums


Gabriele Castagnola (14 November 1828 – 30 August 1883) was an Italian artist born in Genoa and active in Florence. He worked in oil painting and chromolithography in an academic style. This style of painting and sculpture derived from the Academies where most artists received their formal training, and is characterized by its high finish, use of mythological or historical subject matter, and moralistic tone. Castagnola's paintings are often somewhat sentimental and often focus on themes of love and romance. The romance of the Early Renaissance painter Filippo Lippi with the young novice Lucrezia Buti is a recurring theme in his pieces, as are nuns in general.

His works include: Filippo Lippi e Lucrezia Buti (1863), Scena Romantica (1864), Ciociara, Jeune Fille au Balcon (1865), Faust and Marguerite (1870), Lippi Declaring his Love to the Nun/Lippi with the Nun (1870),  Filippino Lippi and his Mistress (1871), Love or Duty (1871), A Nun Observing Two Butterflies (1872), Reading Together (1872), Rosen (1873), Scena Galante, Couple Romantique Assis Sur un Banc (1873), The Embrace of Fra Filippo Lippi and Lucrezia Buti (1874), The Meeting (1875), Nun Admiring Lovebirds (1875), La Monaca e il Pittore, Amor Cortese  (1876), The Kind Gesture (1876), and The Seduction (1877).

Castagnola died in 1883 in Florence.

Notes

 Franco Dioli, Repertorio illustrato dei pittori, degli scultori e dei ceramisti liguri tra '800 e '900 a cura di IDAL800900 Istututo Documentazione Arte Ligure dell'Ottocento e Novecento, De Ferrari Editore, Genova, 2014 (ad vocem)
www.pittoriliguri.info a cura di IDAL800900 Istituto Documentazione Arte Ligure dell'Ottocento e Novecento di Franco Dioli

19th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
1828 births
1883 deaths
Painters from Tuscany
19th-century Italian male artists


Pinotepa Nacional (formally: Santiago Pinotepa Nacional; in Ñu'savi, Ñuu Ñoko, which means Twenty-House Town) is a city and seat of the municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
It is located in the Jamiltepec District in the west of the Costa Region. The name Pinotepa means "toward the crumbling hill" in Náhuatl.

The town
During colonial times, its name was Pinotepa del Rey, and just after Independence, it was called Pinotepa del Estado. It is located at a height of 200 m above sea level in the Mixteca de la Costa region of the state.

The region has an interesting history.  A high percentage of its population is of African ancestry.  There are two historical theories of how this came about.  The first is that during the colonial period African slaves were brought to this area to work on the various haciendas here.  The second theory is that these people are the descendants of Africans destined for the slave trade whose ship wrecked off the coast of Oaxaca.  This is also the home of the notorious bandit Silverio Petatán, who was captured and executed in 1864. Because of his boss-eye and colourful language, the bandit's head was brought to the town and put on public display for a number of days.

It is one of the few Afro-Mexican areas of the country (African descendants are also historically present in Guerrero, Sinaloa and Veracruz states).  It is also noted for crafts such as knitted items, embroidered items, and, in particular, knives, machetes and saddle making.

On February 16, 2018, a powerful earthquake struck the area.

The municipality
As municipal seat, Pinotepa Nacional has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:
Acuautepec o Agua de la Caña, Agua Dulce, Antonio García Zamora, Antonio Gazga, Arroyo Seco, Carnicería, Cerro de la Esperanza, Charco del Otate, Collantes, Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Colonia de la Libertad, Colonia UCIDEBACC, Colonia Vicente Guerrero, Corralero, La Cruz del Ita Kuán, El Dispensario, El Añil, El Alacrán, El Azicate, El Carrizal (El Toronjil), El Carrizo, El Ciruelo, El Conejo, El Cuachilote, El Jícaro, El Manguito, El Palomar, El Ranchito, El Retén, El Salado, El Tamal, El Tamarindo 1, El Tamarindo 2, El Tanaroa, El Viscaíno, El Zapote, Fraccionamiento San Isidro, Granja Avícola Delia, Guadalupe Victoria, Hornos los Pajaritos, Isaura Rodríguez, José Miguel Fuentes, La Alberca (Arroyo Limón), La Cañada, La Finca, La Ganadera, La Noria y Minindaca, La Palma, La Palma del Coyul, La Raya, Lagunillas, Las Lomas, Las Playitas, Librado Baños Baños, Lo de Candela, Lo de Mejía, Lo de Riaño, Lo de Vera, Loma Larga, Los Cuajilotes, Los Horcones, Los Hornos Grandes, Los Pocitos, Mancuernas, Mango Solo, Mariano Matamoros, Melquíades A. Vargas, Minillahui, Minitán, Las Motillas, Paso de la Garrocha, Pie del Cerro, Piedra Blanca, Playa Banco de Oro, Rancho de la Virgen, Rancho El Santo, Rancho Ramírez, Rose Mary, San Isidro, Santa María Xicaltepec, Willians, La Yerbasanta, Yutacuiñe, Yutacuite and Yuyaquita.

Nearby, is the Laguna de Corralero, which is great for fishing, and bird watching.

References

External links
Pinotepa Nacional
Radio Pacífico

Municipalities of Oaxaca


was a Japanese princess during the Asuka period and Nara period of Japanese history. She was a daughter of Emperor Tenmu and Lady Ōnu, whose father was Soga no Akaye. Prince Hozumi was her older brother, and Princess Ki was her older sister. She was a Saiō.

Life
Tagata took over the Saio'''s work from Princess Izumi on the 29th day of the eighth month in 706. Ten months later she had to resign from the post and left Ise Grand Shrine on the 15th day of the 6th month, 707, due to Emperor Monmu's death. After that she married Prince Mutobe and gave birth to Princess Kasanui , who was later a great court poet. On the 6th day of the 2nd month in 724, the rank of Ni-hon'' was conferred on her.

References

Japanese princesses
728 deaths
8th-century Japanese women
Year of birth unknown
674 births
8th-century Japanese people
Saikū


Kurpie () is one of a number of ethnic regions in Poland, noted for its unique traditional customs, such as its own types of traditional costume, traditional dance and distinctive type of architecture and livelihoods. Kurpie is also the name of the people of this culture.

The Kurpie region is located in Poland on a lowland plain called the Mazovian Region (Mazowsze), which was once covered over by two forests known as the Puszcza Zielona (the Green Wilderness) and the Puszcza Biała (the White Wilderness).

The Green Wilderness (Puszcza Zielona) is usually associated with the White Wilderness (Puszcza Biała), and together the two forests are often referred to as the Kurpie Forest (Puszcza Kurpiowska) because the two forests were populated by inhabitants who, over the centuries of isolation, developed a unique culture of their own, called Kurpie.

On today’s map, the Kurpie region is comprised in Masovian, Podlaskie and, to a small extent, the Warmian-Masurian regions. Populated areas in Kurpie today are generally in the towns of Myszyniec and Ostrołęka and the villages of Czarnia, Dylewo, Jednorożec, Kadzidło, Lipniki, Łyse and Zbójna.

The name Kurpie

The people from this region were originally called people of the wilderness (puszczaki). However, these puszczaki made their shoes from fiber from the linden tree, and these bast shoes, called kurpś, became of a name the outsiders used to describe the inhabitants of this region.

The forests

The first people who settled there found the heavily forested area to be sandy and muddy. Beekeeping, producing pitch, and iron smelting were the principal commercial occupations with beekeeping highly regulated; however, families also hunted and fished, gathered mushrooms, collected fruits and nuts, and generally used the forests to provide them with their daily needs.

At home, amber was polished, and men used forest material to create wood products. The women became very accomplished in weaving linens and cloths.

Until the middle of the 19th century the Kurpie forests remained generally pristine. Soon afterwards, however, forested areas were cleared to allow farming, which, because of the poor soil, was found to be marginal. Cattle breeding was also introduced at this time.

Selective chronology
The Kurpie region was part of Poland from the beginning of Polish history in the 10th century.
 14th Century - Ordered colonized by Masovian Prince Janusz I
1563 – the great plague and fire.
1656 – Kurpies unsuccessfully fought the invasion of the Swedish Army.
1673 – the village of Lipniki was founded. Kurpie population reaches 1,000.
1683 – Villages of Kadzidło, Wach, Zawady and Obierwia now in existence.
1700s – Swedish, Russian, Saxon and Polish troops march through Kurpie during the Great Northern War.
1708 - a battle between the Kurpie people and the Swedish was fought near Kopański Most. King Charles XII of Sweden was placed in a position of danger after Kurpies’ attack.
1735 – Kurpie supported king Stanisław Leszczyński and fought Russian and Saxon troops during time of the Konfederacja Dzikowska. Stach Konwa, a Kurpie hero, was killed during the battle of Jednaczewo.
 1794  - During the Kosciuszkowskie uprising General Antoni Madaliński, organized Kurpie infantry troops.
 1795 – the area was placed under East Prussian governance and now had a population of 51.432.
 1806 – Kurpies fought in the 6th Infantry Regiment of Warsaw Duchy against Austria.
1807 - a battle between the French and the Russian armies was fought near Ostrołęka.
1815 – the Kurpie region reverted to the Kingdom of Poland.
1831 – Kurpies participated in the November uprising in Poland forming partisans troops under Józef Zaliwski.
1863 – Kurpies participated in the January uprising in Poland supporting Zygmunt Padlewski troops.
1880-1910 – numerous Kurpie residents emigrated to America because of the inability of the land to support the growing number of people.
World War II – Kurpies formed resistance movements against the Nazis.

Kurpie traditions

Because of their isolation, Kurpie folks—who were neither serfs nor nobles but reported directly to the king—took on a unique culture all their own.

A Kurpie house

Traditional Kurpie homes were made out of timber and thatched, with crosses or flags mounted on a gable roof. The roof's fascia and bargeboards often featured carved decorative ornaments, and were usually topped with heads of animals at the ridge. The interior of the house was sparse, the floor was wooden, and windows always contained six panes of glass. Shutters and doors were painted. In 1927, Adam Chetnik established an open-air museum in Nowogród which showcases traditional Kurpie homes and other elements of their culture.

Traditional costume

Although their costumes were similar, Kurpies in the north had one type of costume and Kurpies in the southern part of the region had another. For example, in the north, women wore red skirts with a green vest over a white linen blouse with some trim and always a necklace made of amber. Women in the south wore green skirts and employed more elaborate embroidery and needlework in their costume.

Kurpie men in the north wore long brown coats tied around the waist with a red sash. They wore white linen shirts and white trousers which are fastened at the bottom with straps from the Kurpie shoes which they wore. Men from the north can be distinguished from men in the south since men in the north wear dark brown top hats and men from the south wear small black caps.

There is some variation in the costume. For example, a man’s trousers could be grey or white, and women might wear a red or a white blouse.

Folk dance

Kurpie, like other Polish regions, has its own traditional dances, such as the "horse" (konik) where dancing men mimic a horse and rider.

Kurpie Palm Sunday

During this season, Kurpies delighted in making tall Easter Sunday palms out of small trees and decorating them with flowers and other ornaments in order to protect their houses from ghosts.

Easter

Kurpie women were famous for their beautifully decorated Easter eggs, and cookies made in the shape of the Easter lamb.

Cut-outs
Kurpie women have always been famous for their paper cut-outs (wycinanki) of animals, geometric designs, flowers, and so on.

Smigus-Dingus

This custom was characterized by people sprinkling water over each other in celebration. The intent was to show your affection for the person being sprinkled, and therefore men generally took the lead in sprinkling women.

God’s day celebration

A celebration which is still popular today is a religious procession to various altars, with participants wearing their traditional costumes. The leaders of the procession bless the Kurpie lands as they proceed.

Harvest celebration

In August Kurpies collected grain and flowers and took them to church to be blessed.

Winter celebration

On 6 December a celebration was held praising the good fortune that the cattle had not been eaten by the wolves. However, wolves have long since disappeared from Kurpie.

Christmas

An embossed wafer (opłatek), featuring a religious scene, was shared with family members and with the cattle. Women placed hay under the table and children wandered the streets and sang Christmas carols in return for treats.

New Years celebration
Cookies were made in the shape of animals (called "bulls") and other cookies were made in the form of a circle with a bird shown on it (called "years"). Together, these cookies were hung from the ceiling.

Kadzidlańskie Wedding

The traditional Kurpie Kadzidlańskie Wedding is well known throughout Poland and includes dances, songs, chants and wedding ceremonies based on ancient wedding rituals.

Kurpie music

The music of Kurpie is very different from that of its neighbors. Over one thousand original Kurpie songs were recorded by the Polish priest, Władysław Skierkowski, in his book "Puszcza Kurpiowska w pieśni".

In Henryk M. Górecki ‘s third symphony, titled "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs", the first part of the symphony was inspired by Kurpie music.

Kurpie today

From the days of forest living to the days of marginal farming, Kurpie today is vastly different than its traditional past. Since the end of World War II, education, migration, improved methods of farming, improvement of commerce, and infrastructure growth have brought Kurpie into the modern age.

Further reading

A vivid account of the Kurpie region and its people during the 17th-century Swedish invasion can be found in the beginning of Chapter 55 of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s "The Deluge." A brief account of the Kurpie peasant attack on the Swedish army may be found in Chapter 111 (page 554 of volume two).

Sienkiewicz dramatically describes the personal characteristics and activity of the Kurpie people in Chapters XX and XXI of his historical novel "The Teutonic Knights":

Gallery

See also

 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
 Congress Poland
 Culture of Poland

References

Articles and pictures about Kurpie
Kurpie
Kurpie district
Mazovia history
A Brief History of the Kurpie People
KURPIE - the land and people
Kurpie (in Polish)

Masovia
Regions of Poland
Polish traditions
Ethnic groups in Poland
Slavic ethnic groups


William W. Galt may refer to:
 William Wylie Galt (1919–1944), United States Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
 William W. Galt (politician) (1854–1945), American farmer and politician in Minnesota


In the American Region for Rugby World Cup Qualifying, two teams, Canada and USA, qualified directly to the world cup and the third place, Uruguay, entered a playoff against the third place European team and the second place African and Asian teams.

The qualification process started with regional qualification tournaments. First a Caribbean tournament in the Cayman Islands during April 2008, was won by Trinidad and Tobago. South America's Second Division 2008 South American Rugby (division B) was the next tournament to take place. Brazil won on the final day in Paraguay.

The two regional champions advanced to a playoff to decide who would face Uruguay and Chile in Round 3A.  Brazil won both legs of the two-match series for the right to participate in the 2009 South American Rugby Championship A Division, which was won by Uruguay.  Uruguay then faced the United States to determine the Americas 2 seed.

On July 11, 2009, Canada claimed the Americas 1 seed, making them the first team to qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The USA followed on November 21 to claim the Americas 2 seed, sending Uruguay to the playoffs for the final place.

18 teams participated in the qualifying process.  For 2007 there were 19.  Changes in participation levels were due to Argentina earning a spot in the 2011 tournament with their performance in 2007, Saint Lucia not participating, and Mexico making their Rugby World Cup qualifying debut.

Round 1A (Caribbean Regional Tournament) - April 2008
The Caribbean Regional Championships held in the Cayman Islands was the first Qualifying event for the Rugby World Cup 2011.  The Tournament included the nine eligible IRB members from the Caribbean & Central America.  Mexico was competing in their first major international competition as one of the IRB's newest members.  The Mexicans faced Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in a preliminary qualifying match to determine the final eight.  The match was played at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.   In addition to determining a champion, the tournament played out each final position.  The tournament was won by Trinidad and Tobago who advanced to Round 2 of the qualifying process.  The main tournament was hosted by the Cayman Islands, with all matches being played at Truman Bodden Stadium in George Town. Attendance at this tournament varied throughout, but the maximum attendance was calculated at 1,395 during the final.

Teams

 (Team eliminated in the preliminary round)

Round 1B (South American Consur B Championships) - June 2008
This round is also the 2008 South American Rugby Championship B Division, a competition for second tier South American nations. The tournament was played at Colegio de San José in Asuncion, Paraguay in June 2008. The winners were Brazil who beat hosts Paraguay on the final day. They advanced to Round 2 to face Trinidad and Tobago. Brazil and Paraguay were promoted to the Division A of the Consur.

Standings
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Matches

Round 2 (Regional Champions Playoff)
This playoff was between the two regional champions of Round 1. The winner of the playoff progressed to join Uruguay and Chile in Round 3A.

Brazil advanced by winning the series two matches to none.

Round 3A (South America Consur A Championships) - April/May 2009
This round was also the 2009 South American Rugby Championship A Division, a competition for first tier South American nations. The tournament was played in Montevideo, Uruguay (with the exception of the first match played in Viña del Mar, Chile) in April and May 2009. Paraguay participated in the tournament; however, their participation was limited to the Consur A Championship and their results had no bearing on Rugby World Cup qualifying.  Uruguay, who defeated Chile and Brazil, qualified for Round 4 to face the loser of Round 3B.

Standings
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Round 3B (North American Qualification Playoff)
This round was a two legged playoff between the USA and Canada. The winner, Canada, qualified for Pool A of the 2011 Rugby World Cup as Americas 1; the USA moved on to Round 4.

Series drawn 1-1.  Canada won on aggregate 47 - 30.

Round 4 (Final American Qualification Playoff)
This two-legged playoff between Uruguay, the winner of South American Qualification (Round 3A), and the USA, the loser of the North American Playoff (Round 3B) qualified the United States for Pool C of the Rugby World Cup as Americas 2, while Uruguay advanced to the Final Place Playoff as Americas 3 to face Kazakhstan (the second place Asian team) in the semifinal.

USA won the series 2–0 and 54–28 on aggregate.

Uruguay v USA

USA v Uruguay

See also
Rugby World Cup
2011 Rugby World Cup
2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying

External links
Confirmation of draw

References

2011
Americas
2008 in South American rugby union
2009 in South American rugby union
2008 in North American rugby union
2009 in North American rugby union


Boers and Bernstein was an afternoon drive-time sports talk show on Chicago's WSCR hosted by former Chicago Sun-Times columnist Terry Boers and Dan Bernstein.  The pairing debuted in 1999 and originally aired from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., then aired from 10a-2p and 2p-6p until moving to its final 1p-6p time slot in 2009, making it the longest-running sports talk program in Chicago. Boers and Bernstein's final show was officially December 22, 2016.

Segments

"Who Ya Crappin'?"
The program was best known for its signature segment, "Who Ya Crappin'?" that usually aired on Thursdays at 5:00 p.m. unless preempted. The segment took its name from an interview that co-host Terry Boers did with then-Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka, in which Boers criticized Ditka for being resigned to his imminent dismissal, and Ditka responded that Boers previously chided Ditka by saying that having a fiery demeanor was "the wrong thing to do, so who ya crappin?" In the spirit of the initial confrontation, listeners were asked to expose—by calling, emailing, or TEXTING (you have to scream that)—a member of or beyond the sports world who has "lied, misled, told a half-truth, a complete falsehood" or, best capturing the essence of the segment, "engaged in an act of verbal hypocrisy." Participants tried to earn the hosts' tacit or sometimes overt approval through well constructed and presented entries, with the key catch phrase concluding each entry. As in everything else on the show, Terry always deferred to Dan on the callers' statements.  Callers who failed to approach the exercise correctly (callers needed to focus on something someone said, not something someone did) or took too much time to arrive at the conclusion were taken off the air and chided for their inability to complete the task, usually with the gunshot sound effect previously employed during High Noon.

A list of regular "crappers" at one time included, but wasn't limited to: Gary in Evanston, Ten-Foot Midget, Black Physicist, Blind Chauffeur, Stonecutter, Bichiro, Bill Walton's Buck Teeth, Unemployed Lawyer, Government Fromage, North Side Fro Dog, Mr. Mouth, NIU Dave, Steve in Bolingbrook, Quit Playin, K-Man Pilkers in DeKalb, Trash Can Man and Zed.  Gary in Evanston received much publicity from WSCR staff and other local media personnel following his death in July 2013.

First time callers were greeted with the prerecorded "Good luck with your first crap," a quote from the Dennis Franz character, Andy Sipowicz, from NYPD Blue.
The Second Half - A recap of the first half of the show, followed by brief editorial remarks from the hosts read over "Roundup," a Sam Spence musical number familiar to viewers of NFL Films. Each comment is punctuated by a whistle sound effect.
Friday Fung- A Friday segment of varying themes as dictated by the hosts.  The title of the segment is a play on Ozzie Guillén's Venezuelan-accented pronunciation of the word "fun."
High Noon- A defunct, yet still popular (and oft-referred to), segment from their previous mid-day time slot, similar in concept to the later "The Second Half," but with a gunshot sound effect after each item.  High Noon was revived for one segment on May 12, 2009, and again on March 2, 2011, when the show was on location at White Sox spring training.
The Extra Point- The hosts offered opinions on a number of topics being covered in the mainstream media.
Terry's Roar of the Day - Essentially a lengthened editorial-style version of the Extra Point segment, featuring Boers.
Terry's Thought of the Day - Essentially a shortened version of the Roar of the Day.
B&B at one time gave gift certificates for the "Crapper of the Week," the best caller during the segment, and for the "Best First Time Crapper," to a new caller.
Mike in Milwaukee - Mike offered up his college and pro football winners each Friday, and then reviewed his performance on Mondays, usually not in the most sober state. Mike frequently referred to the home of the San Francisco 49ers as "Frisco".
Sit 'em or Bench 'em - Callers gave Dan and Terry two football players at the same position for fantasy football.  Dan and Terry then tell the caller which one they should sit and which one they should bench.  The segment was born from Dan's frustration with people randomly calling in, asking for fantasy football advise.  This segment usually included Dan and Terry reading texts from people who point out that sitting and benching are the same thing.  Dan and Terry then made fun of them for not getting the bit.

Friday Fung
Am I a Bad Guy: listeners call in with stories of moral ambiguity, and Dan and Terry judge whether or not the caller is a "bad guy".
Ask Us Anything: listeners ask the hosts anything. The hosts usually answer, and occasionally a guest calls, such as Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson to clarify how the Chicago White Sox "Pick to Click" works, after a listener asked.
Brushes with Irrelevant Authority
Cheaters Anonymous: listeners tell stories of cheating
Crushing Defeats: listeners' tales of losses in life, sports, and other
Daredevil or Dumbass?: listeners recount dangerous maneuvers which the hosts and producers judge as being exceedingly brave or exceedingly stupid.
Dumb Arguments
Dumb Injuries
Greatest Sports Moments MISSED
Happy Endings: Listeners called in with their unexpected victories and successes.
Imaginary Radio: After various callers started their calls by asserting that the hosts said things they didn't, this segment was created, where callers are encouraged to posit various things they imagined was said on the radio.  An example was several callers saying that Boers and Bernstein said the Tour de France was a sport, contrary to B&B's position, after which another said that B&B never said that bicycling was a sport, but that Sheryl Crow had given Lance Armstrong testicular cancer.
Live Ringers: Listeners retell stories of playing involved in pick-up or amateur level sporting events in which current or professional players are brought in as ringers, thus making the game extremely lopsided.  Former NBA player Dave Corzine is an oft-referenced ringer in this segment.
Mundane Sports Achievements: listeners recount vaguely athletic achievements in venues which can only barely be construed as sports, such as successfully hitting targets with litter from a car window.
Relative Greatness: participants recount tales of their family members' celebrity encounters.  Dave Corzine is a commonly encountered celebrity.
Tales of Laziness: participants describe situations of extreme laziness, sometimes with unexpected vaguely athletic tie-ins along the lines of throwing a tennis ball at a television to successfully change the channel when the remote is out of reach.
Sports Apologies: participants stage mock apologetic press conferences for sports figures.
Ask Brian Urlacher Anything: listeners' questions are answered with a pre-recorded short quip by the Chicago Bears' middle linebacker from a press event where Urlacher responded to questions with monosyllabic answers or said "go to foxsports.com."
Ask Rusty: listeners solicit advice from noted caller "Rusty from Stickney (then Jacksonville, now Cincinnati)," who dispenses uneducated stereotypical blue-collar wisdom. Rusty's association with the show dates to when he called back, saying that he was being kidded at work for being misquoted, until Boers and Bernstein played back the tape.
Sports Collectible Items You Just Can't Get Rid Of
Stupid Putts: Tales of golfing misadventures. Usually done around the Masters or the U.S. Open golf tournaments.
Wild at Heart: listeners recount outrageous attempts at picking up women, usually during Valentine's Day week
Working Rules: listeners' stories of noncompliance with a rule
CTA-Holes: listeners' stories of public transportation misadventures on the CTA, Metra, and other public transportation (began August 31, 2012).
 Inconsequential Brushes With Inconsequential Greatness: listeners' stories of their brushes with inconsequential greatness (began August 2, 2013).

If Who Ya Crappin? is preempted, it often becomes the theme for that week's Friday Fung.

Quote of the Year
Every year, typically in December, they compile a list of the best quotes from that given year.  They also hand out other consolation prizes and the ultimate winner of the quote of the year is inscribed on the 'Larry Horse's Ass Trophy'.

Previous winners of QOTY include:

2002: Dick Jauron
"It's not my show, but I'm on that show."
2003: Tom Skutnik
"We ain't no white trash."
2004: Hawk Harrelson
"Early 90s was an different era than after the early 90s. An entirely different era."
2005: Mary in La Porte
"Well maybe Mike North knows."
2006: Johnny "Red" Kerr
"You know who Szczerbiak reminds me of now? I forgot."
2007: Suzyn Waldman
"Roger Clemens is in George's box, and Roger Clemens is comin' back! Oh my good... goodness gracious!"
2008: George Ofman
"Skip Paray... uh, Skip Caray, whose pappy was the legendary Harry, and whose son is Skip, died in his sleep last night... make that his son, Chip."
2009: Joe in Evanston
"The person who I was honoring was the mother of my best man at my funeral."
2010: Mel Gibson
"Stay on this phone and don't hang up on me, I have plenty of energy to drive over there. Do you understand me? AND I WILL!"
2011: Tyler Hansbrough
"One day he was doing nothing, his usual pastime, when a corn fell from the sky and hit him on the head" (reading from Chicken Little)
2012: Hawk Harrelson
"Sacks packed with Seamen" (reference to the Seattle Mariners)
2013: Chris Rongey
"I know that you've probably been on a plane where you don't get peanuts on that particular day, they're not handing them out.  That's because somebody on that plane has an allergy.  It's really horrible."  (Rongey's enunciation of "peanuts" was close to "penis")
2014: Marc Trestman
"I haven't heard any of that.  I didn't hear all of it.  I heard a lot about most of it, but what I did hear...I didn't hear any of that."
2015: Tim Beckman
"We use the word Oskee not just because of the word Oskee or that it’s a battle cry of the University of Illinois. But it also stands for something. That stance that we use that word for is Our Success equals the Knowledge of being — the K, the knowledge, of being a great student-athlete on and off the football field. Understanding how to be supportive. How to understand to be successful in the classroom. The E stands for Effort, giving all-out effort in everything you do each and every day. And then the last E stands for Energy. Energy, being a positive influence on the people around you. Having that belief and that system as being a teammate, being a brother, the band of brothers."
2016: John Lackey
"Great expectations? I mean, we’re trying to win a World Series. I didn’t come here for a haircut. We’re trying to get it on. I came here for jewelry."

Person of the Year
The Person of the Year award honors the person who had impacted the show the most throughout the past year. The inaugural award, voted on by listeners, was given to Gary from Evanston who had died earlier in the year.

2013: Gary from Evanston

Tournament of Bad
Every year, during the College Basketball tournament, a list of bad events, news stories, etc. are compiled and organized into a bracket that listeners are given the chance to vote on, ultimately selecting the winner. For 2012, the Tournament of Bad used user suggested events/contestants to form the brackets.

Previous winners of the Tournament of Bad include:

2008: People Who Say They Can't Find Work (This became a joke in its own right due to the ironic timing of it occurring shortly before the Great Recession.)
2009: People Who Use Bluetooth When Not Driving
2010: Rod Blagojevich
2011: Hopping on Lake Shore Drive in the middle of a blizzard (A reference to the disastrous mistake made by many motorists during the Groundhog Day Blizzard of that year as their vehicles became trapped in snow and ice.)
2012: The State Of Pennsylvania
2013: The Paterno Family
2014: Wrigley Rooftop Owners (Their opposition to the modernization of Wrigley Field was insufferable; ask anyone.)
2015: Anti-Vaxxers
2016: Jared Fogle

Frequent guests and contributors
Gerry DiNardo
Steve Lavin
Jimmy Piersall
Steve Stone
Hub Arkush
Brian Billick
Matt Bowen
Len Kasper
Ken Rosenthal

Notable events
A caller inadvertently created a new character for the show, when he phoned in and chastised Boers, mistakenly calling him Larry Horse.  Larry Horse, though fictitious, became a "member" of the show, and though he never spoke, was often mentioned, sometimes in skits.
An elderly lady once called Dan Bernstein and Steve Silverman (filling in for a vacationing Boers) asking exasperatedly for the score of Detroit and the Rams.  This was presumably for gambling purposes.  It led to the famous quote "you have the papers damn it".
Dan Bernstein flipped out at a caller when he called to suggest the White Sox sign Dmitri Young rather than try to trade for Adam Dunn.  The scream that Dan made has been replayed on many occasions when a caller frustrates the show's hosts.
A listener to the show edited the Bearforce 1 Wikipedia page to add Dan Bernstein as a "founding member" of the openly gay musical group (Bearforce 1 is also the nickname for the team jet of the Chicago Bears).  Upon learning this, the name of that group, "Bear Force One", has now become a recurring joke on the show. reference
During one show, an audio clip of Tyler Hansbrough reading "Chicken Little" was played (originally recorded for a promotion involving the Indiana Pacers and a local library), in which Hansbrough's terrible reading including his misspeak of "a corn fell" instead of "an acorn fell" has become a show staple when speaking of 'stupid' people or people who were home-schooled.
Multiple media links fell for a hoax in late 2012, reporting Terry Boers had turned 70. Boers was born in 1950.
The beginning of the French National Anthem is played when an unpopular player is traded or released, a coach or manager is fired, or whenever a famous athlete or celebrity dies.
Terry Boers announced his retirement, effective January 5, 2017.

References

External links
Dan Bernstein page on 670TheScore.com
Terry Boers page on 670TheScore.com
Boers and Bernstein Show

American sports radio programs
Chicago radio shows
1999 radio programme debuts
2016 radio programme endings


The Bank of China Building is a development consisting of two skyscrapers located in the central business district of Singapore. It is located on 4 Battery Road, adjacent to 6 Battery Road, Maybank Tower, and roughly 100 metres from the Fullerton Hotel. The Tower serves as the headquarters for the Bank of China.

History
The old block of the Bank of China Building was built in 1954 with a total of 18 floors. It was designed by P & T Architects & Engineers Ltd (otherwise known as Palmer and Turner) of Hong Kong.

The pair of lions guarding the entrance is a work by Rudolfo Nolli. The block was the tallest building in the central business district of Singapore, Raffles Place from 1954 till 1974, when it was overtaken by UOB Plaza Two.

The additional new block was completed in 2000. With 36 floors and a height of 168 metres it is built immediately adjacent to the old block and shares a common podium.

See also
 List of tallest buildings in Singapore
 List of banks in Singapore
 Bank of China

References

Raffles Place
Downtown Core (Singapore)
Bank of China
Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore
Office buildings completed in 1954
Office buildings completed in 2000
20th-century architecture in Singapore


William Bowyer may refer to:

Politicians
William Bowyer (15th century MP), in 1411 MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
William Bowyer (died 1602), MP for Stafford
William Bowyer (Keeper of the Records), MP for Westminster and Keeper of the Records in the Tower
William Bowyer (died 1616), MP for Carlisle, Dunheved and Appleby
William Bowyer (MP) (–1641), MP for Staffordshire
Sir William Bowyer, 1st Baronet (1612–1679), English MP for Buckinghamshire

Others
William Bowyer (1663–1737), British printer
William Bowyer (printer) (1699–1777), his son, British printer
William Bowyer (artist) (1926–2015), British portrait and landscape painter

See also
 Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 11th Baronet (1814–1883), British MP for South Essex
 Bowyer (surname)


Be Good at It is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Neal McCoy. Released in late 1997 on Atlantic Records, it features the singles "If You Can't Be Good, Be Good at It"; "Party On"; "Love Happens Like That"; and "The Shake," which was reprised from McCoy's 1997 Greatest Hits compilation. Of these four singles, only "The Shake" reached Top Ten on the Billboard country charts. "21 to 17" was recorded (under the title "21-17") by Doug Supernaw on his 1999 album Fadin' Renegade.

Track listing

Personnel

 Eddie Bayers - drums
 Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut string guitar, slide guitar
 Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
 Dusty Drake - background vocals
 Paul Franklin - steel guitar
 Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
 Aubrey Haynie - fiddle, mandolin
 Jason Lehning - organ
 Paul Leim - drums
 Chris Leuzinger - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 Neal McCoy - lead vocals
 Terry McMillan - harmonica, percussion
 Brent Mason - 12-string guitar, electric guitar
 Nashville String Machine - strings
 Steve Nathan - keyboards, Hammond organ, piano, Wurlitzer
 Donny Parenteau - fiddle
 Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
 Matt Rollings - Hammond organ, piano
 Brent Rowan - electric guitar
 Russell Terrell - background vocals
 Bergen White - string arrangements
 Dennis Wilson - background vocals
 Curtis Wright - background vocals
 Curtis Young - background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1997 albums
Atlantic Records albums
Neal McCoy albums
Albums produced by Kyle Lehning


John Masouri is one of the world's foremost  reggae music journalist. He's also an author, reviewer and historian for Jamaican music and several of its musical offshoots including dub, roots and dancehall.

Early life and career
He was born in 1953 in Nottingham, England to a working-class family. Between 1964 and 1969 he attended Carlton-Le-Willows Grammar School. His love of music flourished during this period and would encompass rock, blues, soul, folk and Blue Beat, which he discovered during visits to illicit house parties known as "blues" or "shubeens", in an area of Nottingham called the Meadows.

After an early career in art, he began DJing reggae music in Brighton clubs and house parties in the early eighties. This led to him becoming a presenter – again playing reggae music – on Radio Falmer, local pirate station Faze FM and community station Festival Radio, where his fellow presenters included Norman Cook and Carl Cox.

Journalism
His work as a music journalist specialising in all forms of reggae, from ska to bashment began in 1988 when he started writing for Echoes, a UK weekly black music newspaper formerly known as Black Echoes. In 2000 this publication became a monthly magazine, still called Echoes, for which he continues to write full-length features, singles and album reviews on the genre's artists and producers. For the first eight years he worked in tandem with portrait photographer Tim Barrow on location in the UK and Jamaica. John Masouri's extensive list of interviewees from the past thirty years include Jimmy Cliff, Bunny Wailer, Gregory Isaacs, Toots and the Maytals, UB40, Burning Spear, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Sean Paul, Shaggy, Maxi Priest, Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Chronixx, Vybz Kartel, Garnet Silk, Sizzla, Shabba Ranks, Super Cat, Bounty Killer, Capleton, Prince Buster, Augustus Pablo, Alton Ellis and Beres Hammond, among many others.

In 2011 he appeared as a talking head in the film The Story of Lovers Rock directed by Menelik Shabazz. Additionally he has contributed to several radio and television documentaries commissioned by the BBC (The Story Of Jamaican Music, Blood And Fire: Reggae And Rastafari and Arise Black Man: The Peter Tosh Story), Channel 4, and the BBC World Service. In 2015 he was commissioned by VP Records to conduct interviews with leading Reggae artists and producers for two DVDs released as part of their Reggae Anthology series. The first was Gussie Clarke: From The Foundation released in 2015. The second, Bobby Digital: Xtra Wicked was released in 2018. Both these compilations included his extensive liner notes. He has written album liner notes and promotional material for record companies including Virgin, EMI, Island Records, BMG, Sony, Greensleeves, Jet Star, VP Records, Xterminator, Sanctuary, Trojan, Island Jamaica, Charly Records, Maximum Sound and Cherry Red.

As a co-curator of the London Sound System Culture exhibition at the Tabernacle in Notting Hill, London during January 2016 he provided research and wrote all the accompanying text. Later that same month he was a guest speaker at the London Sound System Culture symposium held at Goldsmiths College, New Cross.

He has also been a guest speaker and panellist at events, including the Rototum Festival (in 2008, 2012 and 2017) and the Reggae Symposium of Film and Music held at Nottingham Broadway Arts Centre in 2015.

His articles on reggae have appeared in Mojo, Music Week, The Guardian and NME, as well as magazines in Japan (RM) and Germany (Style Magazine). He is a regular contributor to reggae publications in Germany (Riddim Magazine) and France (Reggae Vibes).

Works
In 1994 he was a contributor to The Guinness Who's Who of Reggae and a follow-up volume, The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae (1998).

In 2008 he completed an authorised biography of Bob Marley and the Wailers called Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers for Omnibus Press.

Work on it began in 1998 when he was approached by Aston "Family Man" Barrett to write an authorised biography of The Wailers, telling of the band's history and their time spent touring and recording with Bob Marley. He accompanied Family Man and The Wailers on tour throughout Europe and the US over the following nine years. The resulting book was described by Marley authority Roger Steffens in US publication The Beat as 'a monumental achievement. Of the nearly two hundred Marley books out there, this may be the best ever, a fan's dream come true.' His next book, also for Omnibus Press, was the first ever biography of reggae star and former Wailer Peter Tosh called Steppin' Razor: The Life of Peter Tosh published in 2013. The trilogy was completed in 2015 with the publication of Simmer Down: The Early Wailers' Story which traces the history of the original vocal trio featuring Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer.

He has written the introduction to several books including the Japanese publication Jamaican Patois Dictionary by Yvonne Goldson 2014, the graphic novel Wake Up & Live! The Life of Bob Marley by Jim McCarthy & Benito Gallego (Omnibus Press 2017) and ECHO / Fuel For Fire by Jamaican poet Oku Onuora (Iroko Books 2018).

He has written introduction to former Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga's CD box set Reggae Golden Jubilee 50th Anniversary. He was the named editor for Asher Senator's book Smiley And Me. He was the ghostwriter for Miss Pat's book Miss Pat - My Reggae Music Journey.

Publications
Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers (2008), Omnibus Press,
Steppin' Razor: The Life of Peter Tosh (2013), Omnibus Press,
Simmer Down: The Early Wailers' Story (2015), Jook Joint Press,
Rebel Frequency: Jamaica's Reggae Revival (2020), Jook Joint Press
The Marley Files: One Foundation (Reggae Chronicles) (2020), Jook Joint Press

Awards
In 2008 he was presented with an award for outstanding services to UK Reggae at a ceremony held at the Brixton O2, London, featuring the Lovers Rock artists Sugar Minott and Errol Dunkley.

References

External links

Living people
Reggae journalists
People educated at Carlton le Willows Academy
1953 births


Choeradodis is a genus of praying mantises with common names such as shield mantis, hood mantis (or hooded mantis), and leaf mantis (or leafy mantis) because of their extended, leaf-like thoraces.  The distinguishing characteristic of Choreododis from which it takes its common names is a laterally expanded thorax. This adaptation for the purpose of camouflage, as well as a rounded wing case and a habit of staying relatively flattened, aid its leaf mimicry. Tiny liverworts, lichens and fungi have been found growing on the pronotum and wing case of many Choeradodis mantids; these appear to be opportunistic growths rather than an example of coevolution with the mantids to afford extra camouflage.

Distribution

Choeradodis is endemic to the Neotropical realm, ranging from tropical South America, through Central America, to Mexico. The similar Asian shield mantis that formerly were included in Choeradodis have been moved to their own genus Asiadodis.

Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Choeradodis:
Choeradodis columbica (Colombian shield mantis)
Choeradodis rhombicollis (Peruvian shield mantis)
Choeradodis rhomboidea (tropical shield mantis, hooded mantis, leaf mantis
Choeradodis stalii (tropical shield mantis, hooded mantis, leaf mantis)
Choeradodis strumaria (leaf mantis, hooded mantis)

See also
List of mantis genera and species
Leaf mantis
Shield mantis

References

Mantidae
Mantodea genera
Mantodea of North America
Mantodea of South America


The Bay City Times is a newspaper published in Bay City, Michigan, United States, published Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, with a Tuesday edition jointly published with The Saginaw News. The paper is published by Booth Newspapers, owned by Advance Publications. The paper is the most widely circulated newspaper in northeastern Michigan. The newspaper began in 1873 and remains one of the oldest newspapers still in circulation.

The paper originally published seven days a week until June 1, 2009, when the Times and its sister papers, The Saginaw News and The Flint Journal, reduced publishing to three times a week (Thursday, Friday and Sunday) while increasing their web presence. The Times, along with the News and the Journal, are published at the Booth-owned Valley Publishing Co. printing plant in Monitor Township, near Bay City.

On March 30, 2010, The Bay City Times and The Saginaw News launched a joint Tuesday print edition, Great Lakes Bay Edition, which is available at selected locations in Bay, Saginaw and Midland Counties.  Both the News and the Times share the same sports section and staff, Hugh Bernreuter, Cory Butzin, Michael Niziolek and Lee Thompson, and the same features sections and staff. Both newspapers and the Flint Journal share the same radio and television writer, Sue White.

References

External links

 The Bay City Times

Newspapers published in Michigan
Bay City, Michigan
Advance Publications
Newspapers established in 1873
1873 establishments in Michigan


All Disco Dance Must End in Broken Bones is the second and final studio album by Swedish band Whale, released in 1998. It peaked at #13 on the weekly charts in its native Sweden, with the single "Four Big Speakers" reaching #50.

Track listing

 "Crying at Airports" – 5:22
 "Deliver the Juice" – 5:11
 "Roadkill" – 4:17
 "Smoke" – 5:25
 "Losing CTRL" – 4:12
 "Four Big Speakers" – 3:52
 "Go Where You’re Feeling Free" – 5:09
 "Into the Strobe" – 6:09
 "Puma Gym" – 2:51
 "No Better" – 4:19
 "2 Cord Song" – 7:19

References

1998 albums
Whale (band) albums
Virgin Records albums
Albums produced by Brad Wood
Albums produced by Chris Potter (record producer)


A. Roberto Frisancho is a biological anthropologist and the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He is the 2008 recipient of the Franz Boas  Distinguished Achievement Award in Anthropology  bestowed by the American Human Biology Association. He is best known for his work on developmental human adaptation to extreme environments such as high altitudes, growth, anthropometry and evaluation of nutritional status. Specifically, he advanced the hypothesis and demonstrated that the origin of adult variability of biological phenotypic traits are function of the effects and adaptations to environmental conditions that the organism makes during the developmental stage. Within this conceptual framework, he has contributed numerous papers on bioenergetics, the nutrition and developmental determinants of pre-natal and post-natal growth including teenage pregnancy. In 2013, he received the Charles Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

Early life
Frisancho was born on February 4, 1939, in Cusco Perú, speaking both Spanish and Quechua as a child. He attended the Tourist Guide School of Cusco, Perú and worked as a tour guide in Cusco and Machu Picchu. That job allowed Frisancho to develop an interest in anthropology and expand his linguistic skills and become fluent in multiple languages (including Spanish, Quechua, English, French and Portuguese). Later in 1962 he graduated with a Bachelor in Humanities from the National University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco, Perú. Upon graduating, he married Hedy G. Moscoso and had two sons, Roberto Javier and Juan Frisancho. In 1963 he won a Fulbright fellowship and went to  Pennsylvania State University to study biological anthropology. During that time, he cultivated his interest in physiological, cultural, and developmental adaptations to extreme environments such as high altitude, cold, heath, under-nutrition and over-nutrition.

Career
In 1969, he received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Pennsylvania State University and subsequently became a Research Scientist at the University of Michigan Center for Human Growth and Development and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Department of Anthropology. In 1972 he was named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

He was the recipient of the LS&A Excellence in Education Award in 1996, 1997, and 1998, and the Amoco Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in 1997. In 1999 he was named the Arthur A. Thurnau Professor of Anthropology. In June 2006, he was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of Anthropology of the National University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco, Perú and in April 2008 received the Franz Boas Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Human Biology Association. In 2013, he received the Charles Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

His research interest focuses on the connection between biology, evolution and culture in determining the expression of biological traits. His approach seeks to evaluate contemporary biological traits as byproducts of past biological adaptations both in contemporary and evolutionary perspective. He is also interested in anthropometric standards for the evaluation of child and adult growth and nutritional status.

References

External links
 publications
 Roberto Frisancho Biography at the University of Michigan

Living people
Physical anthropologists
21st-century American anthropologists
Peruvian anthropologists
Peruvian people of Quechua descent
University of Michigan faculty
Pennsylvania State University alumni
1939 births


Aqqaba () is a Palestinian town located on a slope in the Jordan Valley in the northern West Bank, 15 kilometers northeast of Jenin in the Tubas Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 8,239 inhabitants in the 2017 census.

History
Pottery remains from the Persian, Hellenistic and Byzantine eras have been found here.

'Aqqaba is identified with Iqbin (), mentioned in the 6th-7th century Mosaic of Reḥob as a Jewish settlement in the region of Sebastia inhabited mostly by non-Jews and, therefore, agricultural produce obtained from the area could be taken by Jews without the normal restrictions imposed during the Sabbatical years, or the need for tithing.

Ottoman era
'Aqqaba, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596, the village was located in the Nahiya of Jabal Sami of the Liwa of Nablus. The population was 22 households and 5 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 5,982  akçe.

In 1870 Victor Guérin found the village to have 130 inhabitants, who had a mosque in the eastern part of the village.

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as "a good sized village on the northern slope of Ras el Akra. It is surrounded with brushwood on the hills, but has arable land below."

British  Mandate of Palestine
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, 'Aqqaba had a population of 330; 322 Muslims and 8 Christian Orthodox, increasing in the 1931 census to 411; 9 Christians and 403 Muslims, in a total of 89 houses.

In the 1945 statistics the population was 600; 20 Christians and 580  Muslims, with 8,068 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 1,259 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 4,284 dunams were for cereals, while 54 dunams were built-up (urban) land.

Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, 'Aqqaba came under  Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population had reached 1,164.

Post 1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, 'Aqqaba has been held under Israeli occupation.

'Aqqaba is made up of three main families: Abu Arra, Abu Ghannam and al-Masri. During clear weather, Haifa could be seen from the west on the Mediterranean Sea as well as the summit of Jabal ash-Sheikh in Lebanon, while from the east the mountains of Ajloun in Jordan are clearly seen day and night. 'Aqqaba is the highest point in the Tubas Governorate. 'Aqqaba lies five kilometers east the Arab American University.

References

Bibliography

External links
 Welcome To 'Aqqaba
 Survey of Western Palestine, Map 12:  IAA, Wikimedia commons
 Aqqaba Village Profile,  Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ,  February, 2006
 Aqqaba (Fact Sheet), ARIJ,  February, 2006

Tubas Governorate
Towns in the West Bank
Municipalities of the State of Palestine
Ancient Jewish settlements of Samaria


The Quqites were a group who followed a Samaritan, Iranian type of Gnosticism in 2nd-century AD Erbil and in the vicinity of what is today northern Iraq. The sect was named after their founder Quq, known as "the potter".

The Quqite ideology arose in Edessa, Syria, in the 2nd century, and it is named for the founder Quq, which means "pitcher", or "jug". The Quqites stressed the Hebrew Bible, made changes in the New Testament, associated twelve prophets with twelve apostles, and held that the latter corresponded to the same number of gospels. Their beliefs seem to have been eclectic, with elements of Judaism, Christianity, paganism, astrology, and Gnosticism.

The Jewish Christian group called the Ebionites used a Gospel of the Twelve, which is considered Quqite, and Marcion may have had some dealing with the Quqites. As late as 410, the Armenian bishop Marutha of Maipherkat included the Quqites in his catalogue of heresies, a document he used as ammunition at the Synod of Seleukia-Ktesiphon in that year. Marutha names several characteristics of the Quqites, none of them reflecting particularly Mandaean ideas. A 6th-century presbyter of Nisibis (Syria), Barhad Besabba, also testifies to the Quqites, who, he says, mixed Chaldean wisdom with the Bible. They were likewise listed by Ephrem the Syrian along with Valentinians, followers of Bardaisan, and Manichaeans as local heresies.

Notes

Sources
 Gillman, Ian and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit.  Christians in Asia before 1500. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999), p. 33
 H. J. W. Drijvers, Quq and the Quqites: An Unknown Sect in Edessa in the 2nd century AD., Numen, Vol. 14, Fasc. 2 (Jul., 1967), pp. 104–129; JSTOR's stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3269524

Ancient history of Iraq
Gnosticism
Religion in Iraq


Definition of Real is the second studio album by rapper Plies. It was released on June 10, 2008. Guest appearances include Ne-Yo, J. Holiday, Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz, Jamie Foxx and The-Dream. The album garnered mixed reviews from critics who questioned Plies' lyricism and vocal work. Definition of Real debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and spawned two singles: "Bust It Baby Pt. 2" and "Please Excuse My Hands".

Critical reception

Definition of Real received mixed reviews from music critics who questioned Plies' abilities as a capable rapper. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 59, based on 5 reviews.

Khalid Strickland of IGN gave high praise to the album's hyper-violent gangster material for displaying Plies' growth as a rapper, concluding that "Overall, with its bumping production and street sensibility, Definition of Real is a tight-knit piece of work that stiff-arms the dreaded "sophomore slump." Patrick Taylor of RapReviews said that despite being a transition to his next album and containing lightweight R&B hits that clashed with his thug image, he praised the album for delivering street tracks that we're interlaced with introspection, concluding that "As it stands, Definition of Real may not be an instant classic, but it isn't a sophomore slump either, and there are signs that there could be more to Plies beyond his drawl and his love of female reproductive organs." AllMusic's David Jeffries also criticized the album's inclusion of radio songs but felt that Plies added more lyrical clarity to his goon bravado, saying that "The compelling three-quarters of Definition of Real that seems to have crawled out of the gutter proves that Plies is best off when he does it the ski-mask way."

Jon Caramanica of The New York Times praised Plies for maintaining his charisma when delivering both vindictive vulgarities and conscience sincerity despite the album not being as strong as The Real Testament, saying that it "lacks some of that album's rawness, but is still strong, thanks to his shockingly literal and unforgiving rhymes." Roman Cooper of HipHopDX felt the album's production had a cohesive sound but criticized Plies' inability to move past typical gangsta material and into more introspective tracks like "Somebody Loves You" and "1 Day", saying that "Seemingly incapable of switching up his flow or creating vivid imagery, it's important to realize that in listening to Definition of Real, you won't be getting Ready to Die." Nathan Slavik of DJBooth was mixed on the album, saying that he was put off by the expletive-laden lyrics heard throughout the hardcore tracks and love songs but that it would attract more to the female demographic. In MSN Music, Robert Christgau panned the album's overly violent and misogynistic content.

Sales
Definition of Real debuted on the Billboard 200 at number two selling 214,902 copies in the first week of release, making it his second #2 album and highest first week sales, beating his debut album The Real Testament, which sold 96,000 in its first week. It was released on the same day as Lil Wayne's album Tha Carter III. It had the second best-selling sales for a hip hop album that year at the time of release behind Tha Carter III until it was surpassed by first week sales of The Game's album LAX and Jeezy's album The Recession later in the year . It was the fifth fast-selling hip hop album of 2008, until T.I.'s sixth studio album Paper Trail became the second in 2008, putting the album the sixth fastest selling hip hop album of 2008. In celebration of the album he renamed the date Goon 10th, instead of June 10 As of October 2008, the album has sold approximately 524,000 copies in the United States. It has become the rapper's second album to go gold and is his most successful sales of album to date.

Singles
The first single is "Bust It Baby (Part. 2)" featuring Ne-Yo. It is currently his biggest hit single to date, peaking at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The second single is "Please Excuse My Hands" featuring Jamie Foxx, and The-Dream.

There is also a music video for the song "Who Hotter Than Me", released June 10, 2008.

Track listing

Sample Credits
 "Somebody (Loves You)" contains a sample of "Somebody Loves You Baby", written by Eugene Curry and Walter Sigler, as performed by Patti LaBelle.
 "Bust It Baby (Part 2)" contains a sample of "Come Back to Me", written by Janet Jackson, James Harris, and Terry Lewis, as performed by Janet Jackson.

See also
2008 in hip hop

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

2008 albums
Albums produced by DJ Frank E
Albums produced by Drumma Boy
Albums produced by J. R. Rotem
Albums produced by Kane Beatz
Plies (rapper) albums
Atlantic Records albums


Utricularia humboldtii is a large perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. Peter Taylor lists it as either an "aquatic-epiphyte", a subaquatic or a terrestrial species. U. humboldtii is endemic to South America, where it is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. It was originally published and described by Robert Hermann Schomburgk in 1840. It is usually found growing in the water-filled leaf axils of some species of bromeliad, including Brocchinia micrantha, B. tatei, and B. reducta and also plants in the genus Orectanthe. It also grows as an epiphyte on tree trunks or as a subaquatic or terrestrial species in shallow water or wet soil in open savanna. It is found mostly between altitudes of  and , though it has been found at altitudes as low as . It has been collected in flower throughout every month of the year.

U. humboldtii possess the largest flower of the genus and most likely also the largest bladder traps. As it usually lives within the water-filled leaf axils of bromeliads, it occasionally needs to search for new pools of water, so it sends out upright stolons that find nearby bromeliads, descend into the water, and grow into a new plant.

See also
 List of Utricularia species

References

Carnivorous plants of South America
Flora of Brazil
Flora of Guyana
Flora of Venezuela
humboldtii
Epiphytes
Taxa named by Robert Hermann Schomburgk


A Murphy drip is a rectal infusion apparatus to administer the medical procedure of proctoclysis, also known as rectoclysis. During the procedure, an end of the Murphy drip is inserted into the rectum and large quantities of liquid are infused into the rectum drop by drop. Prior to fluids or medicines being given intravenously, the Murphy drip and hypodermoclysis were the prime routes to administer fluids such as for replacement when patients could not be fed by mouth. American surgeon John Benjamin Murphy introduced the drip method of saline infusion per rectum in the treatment of peritonitis.

History
The Murphy drip was invented by Wisconsin surgeon John Benjamin Murphy, for the purpose of administering a proctoclysis for hydration and replenishment of electrolytes, via a sodium and calcium chloride solution. This would be used when administration by mouth was not possible because of the condition of the patient. The Murphy drip was described in the April 1909 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. By as early as July 1928, the Murphy drip was considered an auxiliary method of injection behind intravenous therapy and subcutaneous injection, the two principal methods of injection at that time.

The Murphy drip can be used for administering drugs by this route and the apparatus is also used in conjunction with a catheter for bladder irrigation.
The term can even be applied to apparatus used to administer fluids intravenously.

A curious anecdote involving the Murphy drip is related by Walter Lord in his book on the Battle of Midway. On 4 June 1942 Pharmacist's Mate Edwin Miller was stationed on Sand Island (part of the Midway Atoll) and was making ready for the expected Japanese attack. Miller prepared undrinkably strong coffee which, he claimed, was to be used in an "old fashioned" treatment for shock – administration of strong coffee through the rectum via a Murphy drip. When the attack got underway, Miller was joined by his commanding officer and doctor in charge, Lieutenant Commander A. E. Ady, who did not appear to know the medical purpose of the coffee and asked for some to be poured. Miller thought that it would be amusing to let his commander drink it, but made the mistake of also drinking some himself. Dr. Ady continued to tell jokes throughout the attack. Miller, however, paid for his practical joke and was sick.

Set-up
A description of a Murphy drip set-up is contained in the 1932 Kansas Supreme Court legal case Ratliffe v. Wesley Hospital and Nurses' Training School:
On February 14, 1929, "Dr. Horn directed the nurse to use the proctoclysis, known as the “Murphy drip.” While the operation was in progress a student nurse in the employ of the hospital prepared the room for the return of the appellant. The proctoclysis set was a part of the equipment of the hospital and was assembled and placed at or near the foot of the bed by the student nurse. The proctoclysis set consists of a standard which is an iron pole setting on a tripod containing hooks at intervals, and on these hooks by means of a chain, tape, string, or piece of gauze is hung a can containing hot water and soda solution. From this can a tube extends which is inserted in the rectum of the patient to whom the proctoclysis is administered. It was necessary to keep the solution hot in order that it would have a body temperature after dropping through the tube and entering the body. ... It was not unusual for the vessel holding the water to be fastened to the standard by gauze, string, or other bandage, although a part of the vessels were equipped with chains."

References

Catheters
Dosage forms
Drug delivery devices
Gastroenterology
Intravenous fluids
Laxatives
Medical equipment


is a passenger railway station on the Keihin-Tohoku Line in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines
Yono Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and is 2.7 kilometers from  and 27.6 kilometers from .

Layout
The station has one island platform serving two tracks, connected by a footbridge to the elevated station building. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History
The station opened on 1 November 1912. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 26,802 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area
Saitama City Chuo-ku Ward Office
Urawanishi High School

See also
List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

JR East station information

Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1912
Railway stations in Saitama (city)


West High School is a public high school located in Bakersfield, California, United States. The school serves about 2,500 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Kern High School District.  Total student enrollment is 2,525.

Notable alumni

 Nikki Blue, former UCLA and WNBA basketball player
 A.J. Jefferson, now known as Anthony Orange, football player; undrafted rookie cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings
 Brock Marion, football players, NFL defensive back, 1993-2004
 Ryan Mathews, football player; first-round selection and 12th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft; San Diego Chargers, NFL running back

References

Educational institutions established in 1965
High schools in Bakersfield, California
Public high schools in California
1965 establishments in California


The Windsor-class attack transport was a class of nine US Navy attack transports. Ships of the class saw service in World War II.

Like all attack transports, the purpose of the Windsors was to transport troops and their equipment to foreign shores in order to execute amphibious invasions using an array of smaller assault boats integral to the attack transport itself. The class was well armed with antiaircraft weaponry to protect itself and its cargo of troops from air attack in the battle zone.

Class history
The Windsor class is inconsistently documented in the US Navy's official Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS). Its class of nine ships were based upon three variants of the Maritime Commission's ubiquitous C3 cargo type; unusually, they appear to be of more than one subtype.  This is probably reflects the class entering service in fits and starts, the first two vessels from June 1943 and the remaining seven between July 1944 and January 1945.

The early Windsors were based upon the C3-S-A1 hull, followed by several on the C3-S-A3; however, the last two,  and , have length, beam and draft specifications which are inconsistent with their listed subtype, but consistent (in larger length and beam) with the C3-S-A2 hull.

Also, Griggs and Grundy were built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where the large majority of C3-S-A2 based ships subsequently modified to s were produced.  The other seven Windsors were built by Bethlehem Steel at its Sparrows Point Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland where few if any Bayfields were built.

Since ships of a given class usually have the same dimensions either the Windsor-class was constructed of three different C3 hull types, which would make it quite unusual, or DANFS has listed the subtype incorrectly.

Other unusual aspects in regards to this class is that they are listed with a variety of different armaments. Early models had two five-inch guns while the later ships had only one; the Leedstown was at least initially fitted with 1.1" antiaircraft guns instead of 40mm; and Griggs is listed with 8 x 40mm guns and no 20mm, whereas the other ships are listed with a maximum of 2 x 40mm and 22 x 20mm. The Windsors also appear to be more lightly armed than most other attack transport classes, particularly with respect to the 40mm weapon which was considered far more effective than the 20mm gun which comprised most of the Windsors armament.

In service
Ships of the Windsor class served exclusively in the Pacific Theatre. The first two ships of the class, the  and , were built and commissioned in mid-1943, much earlier than the later units. Consequently, they saw much more action, both earning at least five battle stars. The next two were not commissioned until at least July 1944 and only saw three combat operations between them. The remaining five ships arrived too late to see combat and served out the war on transport and training missions.

After V-J Day, the Windsors, like virtually all classes of attack transport, were assigned first to transporting fresh troops to occupation missions in Japan and its former occupied territories such as China and Korea, and later to Operation Magic Carpet, the giant sealift organized to bring millions of demobilizing servicemen back to the United States.

The class as a whole was subsequently demobilized in early 1946, and the individual ships sold into commercial service, mostly as cargo ships. Most of the ships were scrapped in the early-to-mid-1970s, having enjoyed overall service lives of approximately 30 years. A notable exception was the .  Following her refurbishment and service as passenger-cargo ship SS Excambion, she was loaned to the Texas Maritime Academy in April 1965 and spent the next 30 years as training ship USTS Texas Clipper. She was finally decommissioned in 1995 and sunk as an artificial reef in 2007.  Another Windsor class ship,  served as passenger-cargo ship  before becoming dormitory ship  for Stevens Institute of Technology in 1967.

Ships in class

Notes

References

See the individual DANFS ship entries (APA numbers 55, 56, 91, 97, 98, 103, 105, 110 and 111) in the DANFS Online amphibious ship index.


The Ohio Channel is a service of Ohio's public broadcasting stations that operates out of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio Channel, on behalf of its parent company Ohio Government Telecommunications, produces gavel-to-gavel, unedited video coverage of official sessions of the Ohio Senate, the Ohio House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of Ohio. In addition to these official sessions, The Ohio Channel covers various Office of the Governor of Ohio events, news conferences and bill signings, other state agency proceedings and events, and public affairs and educational programming.

The mission of the Ohio Channel is to provide the citizens of Ohio with unbiased, unedited, and non-partisan access to public proceedings of the state government and to inform the public about current topics that affect their communities.

Services
The Ohio Channel streams video of official sessions live over the internet and broadcasts those sessions live on over-the-air PBS affiliates across the state of Ohio. Videos are immediately archived on the web for future viewing. Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives sessions from 1996 to the present are available for viewing online, and coverage and archives of the Supreme Court of Ohio oral arguments from 2004 to the present are also available.

Unofficial events are covered by The Ohio Channel on a by-request basis from state organizations and agencies holding the event. Hundreds of Governor's bill signings and news conferences of the Ohio General Assembly, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Ohio Attorney General, Ohio State Treasurer and many administrative agencies are available online.

In addition to providing video coverage of state government, The Ohio Channel also distributes public affairs and educational programming. By partnering with PBS stations around the state, The Ohio Channel broadcasts videos of regional radio talk programs including WOSU-FM's All Sides with Ann Fisher and WKSU's The Sound of Ideas, plus rebroadcasts of WOSU-TV's Columbus On The Record and WVIZ's Ideas. The Ohio Channel also broadcasts its own programming featuring Ohio history, culture and public affairs.

The Ohio Channel updates weekly its broadcast schedule, and the channel locator allows viewers to find the Ohio Channel based on region of the state and distributor.

Early history
The Ohio Channel was created in 1996 upon the completion of the restoration of the Ohio Statehouse. Beginning in 1993 after the restoration of the Senate Building and Atrium, restoration of the Ohio Statehouse included wiring the buildings for video and broadcast coverage.

Current history and growth
The Ohio Channel began tracking video views on its website in 2011 and reached over 6 million total web views in one year. The Ohio Channel began covering all committee hearings for the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate in 2020.

External links

"Ohio Channel Tracks Video Views"

Commercial-free television networks
Television networks in the United States
Legislature broadcasters in the United States
Ohio General Assembly


Zuhra Ramdan Agha Al-Awji (, Zuhra Ramaḍān Āghā al-`Awjī) or "Al-Khowja" originated from Turkey and was of the Turkish people.  She was married to Libyan Muslim resistance leader Omar Shegewi and had three children Mohammed Shegewi, Hassan Shegewi and Idris Shegewi.
Not much is known about her life before the execution of her husband in 1928, but it is known that she later moved from Hun to Tripoli and went on to establish the first private Libyan school in Tripoli "Madrasat Al-Areefa Al-Zuhra" ().

This school started as a simple primary classroom for teaching Libyan females reading, writing and Qur'an.  Later, it grew in size and expanded to include boys and was in direct competition with the other local primary schools that were established by the Italian colonial forces.  Zuhra is known by many to be the first native educator in Libya and most certainly the first female educator in Libya.

References

Libyan educators
Libyan Muslims
People from Hun, Libya
Year of death missing
Year of birth missing


Creepy is a San Francisco, California-based indie rock/pop punk band that formed in 2002.

The Triple EP and Strong Lies Kill Highs
In 2007, the group released a full-length CD entitled "The Triple EP" which was a collection of music from three previously unreleased EP length CDs.

The Triple EP received positive reviews by many critics of independent music because of its illustration of progress as the band evolved their unique sound over the 2003-2007 period. The Triple EP also received radio play on several college and independent music radio showcases.

The band released their fourth EP in 2009 entitled, Strong Lies Kill Highs. It was announced in January 2009 in a blog on Creepy's Myspace that they plan to tour in March and April in support of their newly released EP.

Associated acts
Notably, the original bass guitar player was Dave Chavez from hardcore bands Verbal Abuse and Code of Honor.  Adam Grant was also the drummer for hardcore bands Retching Red, featuring Cinder Block (formerly of Tilt), and Oppressed Logic.

Discography

 "Hungry Like The Wolf EP" (2003/Teeno, mixed by Ryan Greene)
 "The Gloom EP" (2005/Teeno, recorded/mixed/produced by Adam Krammer at Motor Studio SF)
 "The Triple EP" (2007/Teeno, recorded/mixed/produced by Scott Llamas at Popsmear)
 "Strong Lies Kill Highs (2009/Teeno, recorded/mixed/produced by Scott Llamas at Popsmear, mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disk)

References

External links
 Creepy on Myspace
Teeno Record Official site

Musical groups from San Francisco
Pop punk groups from California


Bekka is a superheroine appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily in stories set in Jack Kirby's Fourth World and DC's main shared universe, known as the DC Universe.

As a New God of New Genesis, the daughter of Himon, and the wife of Orion, Bekka made her first appearance in DC Graphic Novel #4: The Hunger Dogs (1985), written by Jack Kirby.

Fictional biography
Bekka is the daughter of Himon, one of the New Gods whose achievements include the invention of the sentient Mother Box computers and the discovery of the "x-element" that fueled his co-creation of the teleporting Metron. For many years, Bekka lived with her father in secret on Apokolips as Himon organized an underground uprising against Darkseid's tyrannical rule. Hunted for his role in this planned insurgence, Himon took extra care to shield Bekka from Darkseid's notice. Himon never imagined that Bekka would fall in love with Orion, Darkseid's own son, when he stumbled into their lives. After healing the wounded Dog of War, Himon and Bekka aided Orion in freeing his mother Tigra from imprisonment. For this act, Himon was seemingly slain by Darkseid. Bekka accompanies Orion and Tigra to New Genesis, where her love continues to soothe the savagery that lurks within the Dog of War.

In the storyline "Torment" in Superman/Batman #37–42 (August 2007–January 2008), Bekka and Batman help Superman escape from a fictional planet called Tartaros, where Superman is being held prisoner by Desaad. During the rescue mission, she and Batman fall in love and her affection causes Batman to reflect on the lack of love he has forced himself to endure. Bekka likens her spell of desire to a siren's call but says that it affects her as well. In the end, she leaves with Orion when he comes to get her. In her home, while thinking that, staying with Orion, she will forget Batman, some unknown person approaches her, and she is then apparently killed as part of Death of the New Gods.

In Death of the New Gods, it is initially revealed that her killer, and the killer of all the New Gods, is none other than her father Himon. However, the killer is later shown to actually be the Infinity Man disguised as Himon.

The New 52
In September 2011, DC Comics rebooted the continuity of its books in an initiative called The New 52. In this new timeline, Bekka was born a daughter of Genesisian scientist Himon and she held a subconscious power over the emotional attraction in others, one so powerful that not only would people uncontrollably fight over her affections or follow her lead to a fault; men and women alike could and would do anything she asked of them, inadvertently making her life rather harsh. Eventually this charm drew the attentions of Izaya, current and longstanding leader of the New Gods. So potent was this charm that, while he was resistant to it, he could see the potential it would have on the battlefield. A charm that would be honed, refined and become more focused with age eventually growing in power and magnitude that it'd enabled her to bolster her lieges armies and could potentially have wrested control of his throne if tested.

Godhead
Bekka is presented within the cities of New Genesis among a council of elite new gods under the direct command of Highfather called "The Council of Eight" serving as a member of his elite warrior guard. When called forth at the command of their monarch Bekka communes secretly with Orion regarding his approach towards recruiting the lanterns and acquisition of The Life Equation, Orion states that they would be stupid to refuse his offer but she retorts that if they refused would they force them to join; the revaluation stuns the latter to silence. After a quick reprimand by the all-hearing Highfather The Council is dispatched all across the Prime Earth universe to retrieve a ring from the various lantern sects.

Bekka being dispatched to New Korugar where the Sinestro Corps reside, after having dispatched Arkillo with lopping off some fingers and taking his ring, she heads back to New Genesis; all while garnering the interests of their leader Thaal Sinestro. After handing her ring in along with the others to Lord Izaya, they head out to test this new power they've acquired in the belief That the Seven Lights will yield the ultimate power he seeks. But when this test fails after trying to convert a gutter slum planet into a vassal for the new gods only to create horrendous monsters in their wake, her sovereign orders the Council to find The White Lantern who is currently in possession of what he desires and to seek out the rest of the Light Wielders to corral as well as contain deeming them too dangerous to be left loose. Bekka and her vanguard are found on the planet Nok laying siege to the Indigo Tribe she begs their leader; Indigo-1 to surrender nearly winning her over using her power only then to be blasted by the oncoming Sinestro Corps. The shock is short lived however and she & her forces soon retake the advantage slaughtering dozens of fear lanterns in the ensuing battle.

Seeking to capitalize on this Sinestro himself detonates his rings and corpsmen from outer orbit ordering his more trusted group to pull out while the rest are used as dirty bombs to cover theirs, the GL stragglers and whats left of the nomadic lanterns of the violet light's escape. Enraged at the callous fear lantern masters tactics and the deaths of her allies and enemies in his service, Bekka swears bloody vengeance against him and his entire corps. In another corner of space She can be seen floating through the debris of ruined pirate ships sent as a distraction and a form of invite to Bekka by the Sinestro Corps leader, who appears to her as a glowing yellow construct to convey a message. Still inflamed by his tactics taunting the fear lantern by stating how the New Gods have all but captured the rest of the light users stating defeat is inevitable.

However, Sinestro only retorts by adding that all they had to do was ask and many of the corps would have willingly offered to help in their quest against Darkseid but instead they went and pressured the various corps into submission causing the conflict in the first place. Bekka orders her men to join in the search for the remaining Lanterns and to seek out the controller on the other end of the apparition speaking to her, after they leave professing their love Sinestro marvels at how she can coax their loyalties the way she does, going onto say that he did not send those space pirates to delay her advance but to profess he liked her influential work. Wondering why the construct Sinestro sent is still following her, he goes onto say that while it would be interesting a face to face encounter is out of the question considering her odd talents when she brought the notion up. Although he also says if Bekka wished to be rid of him she could have just as easily ported away using a Boom Tube by now, when questioned as to why he remained if it was not to broker terms of surrender. The construct elaborates that it is because he sees prime corpsmen material in her as the light form fades away revealing a Qwardian Power Ring.

Back on New Genesis Bekka stands Guard with Hylat as Highfather preps a Boom Tube to Earth readying to conscript its populace into his armies. Bekka professes he underestimates the passions of the human race seeing as how fervently the lantern corps have resisted them to a point, Izaya rebuffed her claims stating they were now invisible with the life equation in hand and wondered if their fears should be more concerned with more internal treachery given Malhedron's turn table antics. As if to quote her fears Sinestro soon appeared within Highfather's war council nodding in compliance with her on the will and grit of earth's people. After Sinestro fled the scene from Highfather's thrashing she claims he is escaping only to hear her war chiefs reassurance that he is heading where the tube's passage will lead him, right to earth.

Sinestro Corps
On the warpath for one who had attacked and desecrated his fellow Korugarians using Ater Clementia (Black Mercies), Sinestro found himself overpowered by the warlord Mongul and his Apex League leaving him at the mercy of the conqueror and Warworld. Having sent a distress beacon to any and all able Yellow Lanterns, Bekka soon arrives into battle brandishing the colors of a fear lantern after having accepted invite into the corps by the Ring given to her. As her rings energies are drained by the weaponized satellite, Bekka resorts to going hand to hand with the despotic Mongul as the other fear lanterns floundered without their power, proving to be on equal footing with the tyrant. Aided by former enemies who're charmed by her siren call among them being the Apex league Members as well as Mongul's own assault forces, but lost her advantage as Mongul gained the upper hand immune to her enchantress abilities. Luckily she found both hers and the powers of the fear lantern corps restored Sinestro showing up binding Mongul and jettisoning him into deep space as a lure for an anti-emotion cult called the Pailing; a form of good will to the Apex League whose home worlds of which were razed by.

Afterwards Bekka had words with Sinestro stating her disapproval of summons, who noted that in spite of this Bekka came anyway of her own accord, as the Corps assembled Bekka laid witness as they took claim of Warworld for their own. After it was disclosed that there was a traitor within the Sinestro Corps, Bekka along with a host of other ring wielders were put onto high alert, As Lyssa Drak retells the various life's stories of members of the Corps present, Bekka snaps angrily at her and Sinestro for invading her privacy only to learn that once a ring finds its host everything about the new wielder of fear becomes known to her; as the lore keeper of Parallax and the Sinestro Corps. On the way to monitoring New Korugar's unstable core, Sinestro was informed that his daughter was scheming behind his back. After a short altercation ending with her introduction into Sinestro's faction of lanterns Bekka is present along with the entire roster of Fear Lanterns as Soranik Natu's initiation, after a while the New God confronted him again on the matter of how and why he initiated her into corps accusing him of garnering weapons in an upcoming war.

Sinestro proclaims while Bekka believes both she and Warworld are but weapons in his arsenal he proclaims neither are really a source of power for him. A trait he intends to show her just as the planet begins to fall apart around them, the irate goddess thinking to herself she could easily kill him and pretend her involvement with the guy never happened. She followed him to the planets core where he showcased the power he boasted of before in the fear entity: Parallax. Using its power Bekka saw first-hand how Sinestro forfeited his ultimate asset to stabilize his new homeworld's core, leaving him vulnerable for the very first time in decades. He showcases it to her as his token of reassurance, giving her an ultimate weapon; a secret to keep to herself or share at her leisure.

Powers and abilities

Pre and Post-Crisis
Like all the New Gods, Bekka has superior Strength, speed, endurance, immortality and is nigh-impervious to physical afflictions including the immunity to diseases. She is also a gifted scientist just like her father, having memorized how to utilize and create her own Mother Box's as well as invent a host of other New Genesis devices like a phase shifter device built into her suit which allows her to become Invisible and Intangible as well as cloak the presence of others around her. Also, she is a skilled warrior and adept at hand-to-hand combat, able to utilize both new Genesisian and apokoliptian weaponry. Her god power being a goddess of love of sorts revolves around emotional manipulation and compulsion, able to draw out and amplify resting or repressed feelings in individual beings around her and move them to act on it as was the case with Orion and Batman. Two largely emotionally repressed beings who denied themselves the embrace of love or compassion in any of its forms. The only way to break the spell of her attractive compulsion is to consummate it in physical union. She also possesses some kind of force projection that knocked over a horde of parademons or badly concuss a mind controlled Superman. Bekka also has a healing touch enabling her to expedite the regeneration process of the fatally wounded variety.

The New 52
In The New 52 initiative, Bekka's power and status as a New God remains relatively the same, though she might be stronger and faster than her previous incarnation, seeing as how she could battle and fend off Mongul of Warworld for a time. Other than that her empathetic abilities are magnified to the point where she can move countless dozens if not thousands of people in accordance with her whims if she sees fit, becoming a sort of Empathetic Beacon who can move and sway' love and devotion directed towards her eliciting complacent obedience. Getting countless others following her lead without question and inadvertently makes them fight over her affections as a consequence. She's also able to fly under her own power and survive in hostile environments like the void of space with ease.

Skills and equipment
Bekka brandishes her skill as a New Genesis warrior in her graceful mastery of the sword, being an able combatant capable of ripping through countless Green Lanterns on the battlefield as well as dispatching some of their more seasoned veterans with ease. She uses her twin Mother Box blades in combat, which can project concussion beams, open Boom Tubes and cut well through most anything their edges meet.

On top of all this, she also wields a Yellow Power Ring, which is functionally similar to those of the Green Lanterns—granting her flight, the ability to survive in any environment, and the ability to create constructs of any shape and size. As with all power rings, it must be regularly recharged with the aid of a power battery that is shaped like a lantern.

In other media

 An alternate universe incarnation of Bekka appears in Justice League: Gods and Monsters, voiced by Tamara Taylor. This version married Orion as part of a peace treaty between their respective families and planets of New Genesis and Apokolips. However, Bekka's family killed Orion and his family, forcing her to escape using a Mother Box that Orion gifted her. After arriving on Earth, she went on to become her universe's Wonder Woman and a founding member of the Justice League before eventually returning to space to face her past.
 The Gods and Monsters incarnation of Bekka appears in the Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles episode "Big", voiced again by Tamara Taylor.

See also
 Himon, Bekka's father
 List of New Gods
 New Genesis, Bekka's home planet
 Orion, Bekka's husband

References

DC Comics deities
New Gods of New Genesis
Comics characters introduced in 1985
Characters created by Jack Kirby
DC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds
DC Comics characters with superhuman strength
DC Comics female superheroes
Female soldier and warrior characters in comics
Fictional empaths