Lake Region Union High School, commonly known as Lake Region, is a secondary school located in Barton, in the U.S. state of Vermont. The school is operated by the Orleans Central Supervisory Union school district.

The school serves students from Barton, Orleans, Irasburg, Albany, Brownington, Glover, Coventry and Westmore.

History
The building was opened in 1967 to replace two high schools in the Town of Barton, Orleans High School and Barton Academy. Each was formerly served by its own school district; the new school by a unified school district encompassed the two former districts.

Administrative
The budget for 2007–08 was $5,886,918. The school board expected this to top $6 million in 2009–2010.

In 2010, the school stood twelfth academically in the state on the NECAP exam, despite being located in the third-poorest school district in the state.

In 2021, the school lunches have been free due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There have also been free take home lunches for remote schooling. Freshman and sophomore classes have been in person Mondays and Thursdays while being remote the rest of the week, upperclassmen are in person Tuesdays and Fridays. None of the grades have in person classes on Wednesdays.

Recognition
 Boys' baseball, division II state champions, 2018
 Boys' soccer, division II state champions, 2016, 2017
 Girls' golf, division II state champions, 2014
 Boys' basketball division III state champions, 2008
 Girls' basketball division III state champions 2009 Girls' basketball, Class I state champions 1974
 Boys' cross country state champions, Class I, 1970
 Boys' cross-country skiing, Division II state champions, 1993-4
 Girls' Field Hockey, Division II state champions, 1992-4
 Golf, Division II state champions, 1995
 Girls' Track, Class I state champions, 1971

In 2008, the school exceeded state averages in every category except science on the standardized NECAP tests. Improvements over 2007 were "notable." The school stood ninth out of 65 high schools in reading, fourteenth in math, and seventeenth in writing.

In 2009, the school had the highest mathematics and reading proficiency of three county high schools on the standardized tests, 65%. The state average was 52%. It also had the highest percentage of students qualifying for free lunch, 49%. The state average was 31%. In 2010 and 2011, the school had the highest grades in the county in reading, and writing. It had the highest percentage of students qualifying for free lunches, 52%.

In 2011, the principal was selected as the state's "Principal of the Year."

In 2013, U.S. News & World Report ranked the high school third in Vermont, up from seventh in 2012.

In 2012, on the standardized NECAP, economically disadvantaged eleventh graders stood higher than those who were better off, contrary to expectations.

Student life
The school holds poetry slams, and offers a variety of musical activities, including chorus, band, jazz band, and select chorus.

Athletics
The school offers boys' and girls' sports teams for the following seasons:
 Fall: soccer, cross country
 Winter: basketball, indoor track,
 Spring: baseball, softball, tennis, track and field

Academics
Classes are conducted during four blocks from 8:15 to 3:00.

There is an after school program.

The school offers Advanced Placement courses.

Starting with the class of 2013, students are required to complete a minimum of 80 hours of community service to graduate.

References

External links
 Official website
 School district
 Information

Public high schools in Vermont
Educational institutions established in 1967
Buildings and structures in Barton, Vermont
Orleans Central Supervisory Union School District
Schools in Orleans County, Vermont


Pyrantel is a medication used to treat a number of parasitic worm infections. This includes ascariasis, hookworm infections, enterobiasis (pinworm infection), trichostrongyliasis, and trichinellosis. It is taken by mouth.

Side effects include nausea, headache, dizziness, trouble sleeping, and rash. A lower dose should be used in people with liver disease. While it does not appear to be harmful during pregnancy, it has not been studied for this use. It is unclear if it is safe for use during breastfeeding. It is in the antihelmintic family of medications. It works by paralyzing worms.

Pyrantel was initially described in 1965. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Pyrantel is available as a generic medication. It may also be used to treat worms in a number of other animals.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Pyrantel pamoate is considered a pregnancy category C drug for use during pregnancy for humans, but is in category A for canines and felines. Pyrantel is considered safe to use in nursing animals.

Mechanism of action
Pyrantel pamoate acts as a depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent, thereby causing sudden contraction, followed by paralysis, of the helminths. This has the result of causing the worm to "lose its grip" on the intestinal wall and be passed out of the system by natural process. Since Pyrantel is poorly absorbed by the host's intestine, the host is unaffected by the small dosage of medication used. Spastic (tetanic) paralyzing agents, in particular pyrantel pamoate, may induce complete intestinal obstruction in a heavy worm load. This obstruction is usually in the form of a worm impaction and happens when a very small, but heavily parasitized animal is treated and tries to pass a large number of dislodged worms at once. Worms usually pass in normal stool or with diarrhea, straining, and occasional vomiting.

Names
There are a number of brands, including "Reese's Pinworm Medicine", "Pin-X", "Pin-Rid","PYRANTRIN", "COMBANTRIN", "Anthel", "Helmintox", "Helmex", "Strongid" and Drontal Cat.

References

External links

Nicotinic agonists
Pyrimidines
Thiophenes
World Health Organization essential medicines
Wikipedia medicine articles ready to translate


Neurotic Records is an independent extreme metal record label based in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

History
Neurotic Records was founded in late 2003 by Ruud Lemmen, who was initially responsible for European distribution for the American label Unique Leader, before deciding to set up his own label.

Between 2004 and 2015, the company organized the annual death metal festival Neurotic Deathfest.

In mid-2007, the label signed a licensing deal with American label Willowtip to distribute previously unavailable Neurotic Records releases and merchandise in North America.

Partial list of bands

Current
 Arsebreed
 Corpus Mortale
 Disavowed
 Flesh Made Sin
 Kronos
 The New Dominion
 Prostitute Disfigurement
 Ruins
 Visceral Bleeding

Former
 Fleshgod Apocalypse
 Panzerchrist
 Psycroptic
 Sauron
 Sickening Horror
 Spawn of Possession
 Ulcerate

Partial list of releases

 Corpus Mortale – With Lewd Demeanor (2003)
 Visceral Bleeding – Transcend Into Ferocity (2004)
 Sauron – For a Dead Race (2004)
 Visceral Bleeding – Remnants Revived (2005)
 Prostitute Disfigurement – Left in Grisly Fashion (2005)
 Ruins – Spun Forth as Dark Nets (2005)
 Arsebreed – Munching the Rotten (2005)
 Psycroptic – Symbols of Failure (2006)
 Spawn of Possession – Noctambulant (2006)
 Panzerchrist – Battalion Beast (2006)
 Ulcerate – Of Fracture and Failure (2006)
 Visceral Bleeding – Absorbing the Disarray (2007)
 Disavowed – Stagnated Existence (2007)
 Sickening Horror – When Landscapes Bled Backwards (2007)
 Corpus Mortale – A New Species of Deviant (2007)
 Prostitute Disfigurement – Descendants of Depravity (2008)

References

Dutch record labels


Chevannes () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Inhabitants of Chevannes are known as Chevannais.

See also
Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Mayors of Essonne Association

Communes of Essonne


is a manhwa by Kim Young-oh. It was first published on September 20, 2006 becoming a huge success in Korea becoming one of the top 10 selling titles in the country and is now published by Dark Horse Comics in the United States.

Outline
Aimed at the age group mainly for 16 and over, the series follows the adventures of the main character Banya, a feisty teenage delivery man with a reputation for being unstoppable. Banya is characterised as being loyal to no-one: to no religion or country, but only to the motto of the Gaya Desert Post Office: "Fast. Precise. Secure." which is the thrust of his delivery work and sets the tone of the action. His apolitical position generally creates the conflict and tension driving the stories. For example, in Volume 3, he "finds himself in the middle of a mysterious dispute at the heart of a sacred temple – trapped between devout warrior-priests" and the vicious, ruthless opponents called the "Torren".

A cross between Dune, Mad Max, and The Lord of the Rings, Banya combines the post-apocalyptic aesthetic with science fiction, action and fantasy genres. From the outset it engages in a desert battle between human soldiers and a horde of Tolkien-esque monsters called Torren. Out of this chaos a lone figure emerges: a brash young mail carrier named Banya who continually outwits the Torren. As the "Postman of the Wastleland" he likes to be paid. and is generally in flat pursuit of his goal, with his own set of rules.

Plot introduction

With a widespread war raging between humans and the monstrous Torren, the young delivery men of the Gaya Desert Post Office do not pledge allegiance to any country or king. They are banded together by the pledge to deliver "Fast. Precise. Secure." Throughout a variety of missions and adventures in the face of overwhelming odds, it is Banya's ingenuity, flexibility and resourcefulness that carries them to successful outcomes.

Characters

Main characters
Banya: Is the main character. In the shōnen style of the savvy boy hero, he is scruffy, wild and a known risk taker, proudly asserting, "There isn't a delivery I can't make!" while the story is told from his point of view.

Mei: Is a female delivery girl and supplies the team's conscience. She knows Banya from a long time ago. In the manhwa it is not clear when exactly but shows her meeting Banya when she was much younger.

Kong: Is the younger delivery boy and Baya's cohort. As a foil for the main character, he is shown to be naive and sometimes arrogant. The source of his confidence is Banya.

Minor characters
Mister: Appearing in Volume 1 and 2, this character's name is not revealed but always referred to as Mister in the manhwa. Mister is a young male soldier found injured in the desert. He was to deliver a scroll to save Gaya, but failed, so Banya takes up the mission. As Banya leaves, the men following Mister find him. With Kong and Mei he tries to fend the men off, but dies in the end.

Jiahn : This character has been imprisoned at a shrine for an unspecified period of time and is released from prison after receiving the scroll Banya promised to deliver, as shown in Chapter 17 of Volume 3.  When introduced, Jiahn is in a robed outfit and appears male, but after defeating enemies attacking the prison, the robe is damaged and Jiahn is revealed to be female.

Torren
The Torren is a fearsome army, who had been fighting with the shrine for years. The Torren had the advantage for many of those years. Their armor was made completely of leather except for the armored chest piece that goes right above their chest. The leather suit of armor they wear consist of leather shorts and leather straps going across the body. Others wore what appeared to be a leather halter top. The Torren are large and bulky. They look monstrous and not human. They were destroyed in Chapter 17 Volume 3.

Production and background
Kim Young-oh's fast-paced action stories of Banya include amusing moments. The comics series is presented in Korean format translated into English by the mother/son team of Taesoon Kang and Derek Kirk Kim and produced by Dark Horse Comics in the United States. Lettering is by Steve Outro.

One reviewer observed that the art is in two styles, one "is the more polished and detailed 'epic' style, like the material in the opening battle and on the cover", and the other more casual for the comedy situations.

There are currently five volumes of Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man. All have been published in English by Dark Horse Manhwa.

Volume list

References

External links

 Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man (manhwa) at Dark Horse Comics

Manhwa titles
Action-adventure comics
Haksan Culture Company titles
Tokyopop titles


Volvi may refer to:

 The edible bulbs of the grape hyacinth
 Lake Volvi in Greece
 Volvi (municipality) in Greece
 "Volví", a 2021 song by Aventura and Bad Bunny


Congerville-Thionville () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Inhabitants of Congerville-Thionville are known as Congervillois-Thionvillois.

Geography

Climate

Congerville-Thionville has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Congerville-Thionville is . The average annual rainfall is  with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Congerville-Thionville was  on 10 August 1998; the coldest temperature ever recorded was  on 17 January 1985.

See also
Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Mayors of Essonne Association

Communes of Essonne


Joanna Lee (April 7, 1931 – October 24, 2003) was an American writer, producer, director and actress.

Early life
Lee was born in Newark, New Jersey.

Career
As an actress, Lee's career was only in small roles, 10 in all, including seven TV series and three feature films, all between 1956 and 1961. The latter included an uncredited appearance in a lesser-known Frank Sinatra film, The Joker Is Wild (1957), plus two low-budget science fiction films. Those two were The Brain Eaters (1958) and a film that in later years would come to be regarded as the quintessential 'so-bad-it's-good' cult classic, Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), in which Lee portrays "Tanna" the space girl.

A serious car accident in 1961 necessitated a career change. By 1962 Lee had landed writing assignments for My Three Sons and The Flintstones. Lee wrote more than 20 episodes of The Flintstones, and is widely credited with creating The Great Gazoo. She wrote an episode of Gilligan's Island (1964–67), entitled "Beauty Is as Beauty Does", which aired on September 23, 1965. Lee also wrote two episodes for the final season of the series, each of which based the plot line on one of the castaways meeting their double. Also in this period (September 1962) she appeared as a contestant on the popular CBS television program What's My Line, describing her work at that point as being a TV comedy writer. In her June 11, 1959 appearance on You Bet Your Life, Joanna Lee describes her career and also wins $3,000 in prize money.

Her writing career stretched from 1962 until 1990, including many dozens of comedic and dramatic television series episodes before writing, producing, and directing various TV movies and "Afterschool Specials." In 1971 she wrote two scripts for the television show, Room 222.

In 1973, she won an Emmy Award for Best Writing in Drama, for a 1972 Thanksgiving episode of The Waltons. The same year, she formed her own production company, which, in 1975, produced the documentary Babe (also written by Lee), about athlete Babe Zaharias's career. The film was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay," and won the Golden Globe for "Best Motion Picture Made for Television."

She wrote the novel and teleplay Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night.

In 1988, she won the Humanitas Prize for The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story.

Personal life
Her son, Craig Lee, then a music director at L. A. Weekly, died of AIDS in 1992. Another son, Christopher Ciampa, appeared in several of her films.

Her autobiography, A Difficult Woman in Hollywood, was published in 1999.

Lee died from bone cancer on October 24, 2003, in Santa Monica, at the age of 72.

References

External links
Appearance On What's My Line 9/9/62 at 10:10 on show

 The Joanna Lee scripts at the American Heritage Center

1931 births
2003 deaths
American television writers
American television producers
American women television producers
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Writers from Newark, New Jersey
Deaths from bone cancer
Deaths from cancer in California
20th-century American actresses
Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Actresses from Newark, New Jersey
Screenwriters from New Jersey
American women television writers
20th-century American screenwriters
21st-century American women


Corbreuse () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Inhabitants of Corbreuse are known as Corbreusois.

See also
Communes of the Essonne department

References
Mayors of Essonne Association

External links

Land use (IAURIF)

Communes of Essonne


The Lane Bryant shooting was an incident of mass murder and armed robbery at a Lane Bryant clothing outlet in the Brookside Marketplace in Tinley Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, that occurred on February 2, 2008. The shooting resulted in five people killed and a sixth injured.

The identity of the shooter remains unknown. Police released a sketch of the suspect on February 11, 2008, receiving two dozen leads in the first 24 hours.

Details
Four customers, a part-time employee and the store manager were taken to the back of the store and shot. Five of them, all women, were killed; the part-time employee was wounded but survived. Police found the victims shortly after receiving an emergency call at 10:45 a.m. The gunman was described as a black man with thick, cornrowed hair and a receding hairline, along with one braid lying over the right side of his face at cheek level and decorated with four light-green beads on the end. Police believe it was a robbery "gone awry".

The five deceased victims were:

 Jennifer L. Bishop, age 34, of South Bend, Indiana;
 Carrie Hudek Chiuso, 33, of Frankfort;
 Rhoda McFarland, 42, of Joliet (the store manager);
 Sarah T. Szafranski, 22, of Oak Forest; and
 Connie R. Woolfolk, 37, of Flossmoor.

The police withheld the age and identity of the surviving victim, the part-time employee of the store.

Aftermath

The shopping center was closed and locked down while being searched. It was reopened after police found that the gunman had left the immediate area.

A $100,000 reward, half of which was donated by Lane Bryant's parent company, Charming Shoppes Inc., was offered for information leading to the gunman's arrest. On February 6, 2008, Lane Bryant announced the establishment of The Lane Bryant Tinley Park Memorial Fund in honor of the five women who were killed. Lane Bryant also offered to pay for the victims' funerals.

The Steve Wilkos Show, being taped in Chicago, profiled the suspect of the shooting at the end of one episode since the incident.

The store building itself remained unused until November 2013, when T.J. Maxx took it over for use as a retail outlet.

See also

 Brown's Chicken massacre, a similar murder of employees on January 8, 1993, in Palatine, Illinois
 List of homicides in Illinois

References

External links
 America's Most Wanted - Unknown Tinley Park Killer
 Sketch of Lane Bryant suspect nets 2 dozen leads

2008 murders in the United States
Mass murder in 2008
2008 mass shootings in the United States
Mass shootings in the United States
Deaths by firearm in Illinois
Murder in Illinois
Unsolved mass murders in the United States
2008 in Illinois
Attacks on shopping malls
Tinley Park, Illinois
Crimes in Illinois
Attacks in the United States in 2008
February 2008 crimes in the United States
Female murder victims
Mass shootings in Illinois
Attacks on buildings and structures in the United States


The Sumter-class attack transport was a class of attack transport built for service with the US Navy in World War II.

Like all attack transports, the purpose of the Sumters 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. Like all the attack transports, the Sumter-class was heavily armed with antiaircraft weaponry to protect itself and its cargo of troops from air attack in the battle zone.

History

The Sumter class ships were based upon the US Maritime Commission's Type C2 merchant ship hull - specifically, the C2-S-E1 type. The class consisted of only four ships - three of them laid down in April 1942, not long after the US entry into the war, and the remaining ship laid down almost a year later, in March 1943. All four ships were built by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, at Chickasaw, Alabama.

The first three ships in the class were originally intended to be plain transports, but on 1 February 1943 they, along with numerous other transports then in service or still on the slipways, were redesignated as attack transports. This entailed fitting extra antiaircraft weaponry, providing the ships with an array of amphibious assault craft and the means to deploy them, and other modifications. The extra work required to upgrade the ships in the class from transports to attack transports was done at either Bethlehem Steel, Maryland Drydock or the Atlantic Basin Iron Works, and delayed their commission by five or six months so that they did not become available for service until August/September 1943. The fourth ship in the class, the , was designated an attack transport from the outset but still had to go through the same refitting process after being built, which also delayed its commission by about the same length of time.

While the four ships of the class were based on the same hull design, they are listed as having somewhat variable troop and cargo capacities and crews. They could carry between 1,433 and 1,563 troops and had crews of between about 450 and 650. The first three ships had a cargo capacity limit of 1,300 tons, but the last, Baxter had a limit of 1,450 tons.

In service
The four ships of the class served exclusively in the Pacific Theatre. The first three arrived in time to participate in much of the American island hopping campaign across the Pacific to its final destination of Japan. Consequently, they had no shortage of action -  in particular earning seven battle stars. The fourth ship, Baxter, was commissioned about twelve months later but still had time to participate in three campaigns and earn three stars.

All four ships were struck from the Naval Register shortly after the war in March/April 1946, and all four went on to have successful careers as commercial cargo vessels. Baxter, renamed La Salle was the first to be scrapped, in 1968. The other three were eventually converted into container ships which prolonged their service by another decade or so, finally being scrapped in 1977-78. The ships thus enjoyed an overall service life of between about 33 to 44 years.

References
See the DANFS entries for the individual ships:
 USS Sumter (APA-52)
 USS Warren (APA-53)
 USS Wayne (APA-54)
 USS Baxter (APA-94)


Courances () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Inhabitants of Courances are known as Courançois.

See also
Château de Courances
Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Mayors of Essonne Association

Communes of Essonne


Stano (born Stanislav Stavitsky, , ; 25 November 1981) is a Russian-Lithuanian singer, songwriter, and author. He is the frontman of the musical group Delfinai. Stavickis has also written two novels, autobiographical Kiek kainuoja ilgesys (How Much Does Longing Cost, 2004), and Neįtikėtinos istorijos (Unbelievable Stories, 2008).

Stavickis was born to a Russian mother and a Lithuanian father. He came to Lithuania in 1992 to study at the Vilnius Secondary School "Lietuvių namai" (now known as Vilnius lietuvių namai), designed for students of Lithuanian heritage from foreign countries. Here he met Viačeslavas Saninas (DJ Sweetas, keyboard) and they established band called Delfinai (dolphins) in 2000. Their debut album Svajonės (Dreams) sold 11,000 copies in nine days and was certified gold. When preparing the album one song was lost due to a computer glitch, Stavickis created another song Viskas bus gerai (Everything is Going to Be Alright), which reached the peak spot at M-1 Top 40 chart. Delfinai received Bravo Awards as Debut of the Year. In 2003, DJ Sweetas left Delfinai to study and work in Russia. Even though Stavickis kept the band name, he in essence continued solo career. Along with Alanas Chošnau and SKAMP, Delfinai warmed up a free concert by The Black Eyed Peas in Vingis Park sponsored by mobile operator Tele2 on May 30, 2005.

In 2002, Stavickis came in second in Akvariumas-2, a celebrity reality show inspired by Big Brother. In 2005, Delfinai took second place in Nacionalinė muzikos lyga (NML), a reality competition by famous musicians. In 2009, Stavickis with Georgian singer Shorena Janiashvili won 3rd place in Žvaigždžių duetai, a reality competitions of musical duos.

Albums
Svajonės (2001)
Dangus (2002)
Krantas (2003)
Vėjas (2004)
Kai tu šalia (2004)
Ačiū tau (2006)
Dabar ir čia (2007)

References

1982 births
Living people
21st-century Lithuanian male singers
Musicians from Vilnius
Lithuanian people of Russian descent
People from Sochi


Tolj is a Croatian surname of a family originating from a small town called Greda in the district of Ljubuški in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The family name may refer to:
 Ivan Tolj (born 1982), Croatian scientist
 Marija Tolj (1999), Croatian athlete
 Maya Tolj (born 1977), American scholar
 Miroslav Tolj, Croatian actor known for his role in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
 Samantha Tolj (born 1982), Australian actress
 Slaven Tolj (born 1964), Croatian multimedia artist
 Tonko Tony Tolj (born 1980), boxing icon, manager, promoter, agent, and matchmaker
Andrea Tolj (Born 1975), a fashion designer in Argentina


Aarnio is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Eero Aarnio (born 1932), Finnish interior designer
Matti Aarnio (1901–1984), Finnish military officer
Reino Aarnio (1912–1988), American architect
Tero Aarnio (born 1984), Finnish motorcycle speedway rider

References

Finnish-language surnames


The 1968 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 5, 1968, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina.  Incumbent Democratic Senator Fritz Hollings easily defeated Republican state senator Marshall Parker in a rematch of the election two years earlier to win his second, (his first full), term.

Democratic primary
Fritz Hollings, the incumbent Senator, easily defeated his primary opponent, John Bolt Culberson.

Republican primary
Marshall Parker, the state senator from Oconee County in the Upstate, was persuaded by South Carolina Republicans to enter the race and he did not face a primary challenge.

General election campaign
After a close election loss to Fritz Hollings in 1966, the Republicans felt that Parker might have a chance at defeating Hollings by riding Nixon's coattails in the general election.  However, the Republicans did not provide Parker with the financial resources to compete and he subsequently lost by a bigger margin to Hollings than two years prior.

Election results

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See also
List of United States senators from South Carolina
United States Senate elections, 1968

References

"Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports and Resolutions of South Carolina to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume II. Columbia, SC: 1969, p. 19.

South Carolina
1968
1968 South Carolina elections


Courdimanche-sur-Essonne (, literally Courdimanche on Essonne) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Inhabitants of Courdimanche-sur-Essonne are known as Courdimanchois.

Geography

Climate

Courdimanche-sur-Essonne has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Courdimanche-sur-Essonne is . The average annual rainfall is  with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Courdimanche-sur-Essonne was  on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was  on 8 January 2010.

See also
Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Official website

Mayors of Essonne Association

Communes of Essonne


Courson-Monteloup () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Residents
Inhabitants of Courson-Monteloup are known as Montelupins.

See also
Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Mayors of Essonne Association

Communes of Essonne


Jeanette Nilsen (born 27 June 1972) is a Norwegian team handball player and World Champion from 1999. She was born in Skien. She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

She currently plays for Njård IL, having joined the team in 2008 from Stabæk. She is also a teacher for physical education at Ullern Vgs in Oslo.

References

External links

1972 births
Living people
Norwegian female handball players
Olympic handball players for Norway
Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Sportspeople from Skien
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
21st-century Norwegian women
21st-century Norwegian people


Crosne () is a commune in the Essonne department, in the Île-de-France region in northern France. It is also a suburb of Paris, located 18 km from the center of Paris.

Climate
Crosne is located in Île-de-France and enjoys a degraded oceanic climate with cool winters and mild summers, and has regular rainfall throughout the year. The annual average temperature is 10.8 °C, with a maximum of 15.2 °C and a minimum of 6.4 °C. The temperatures per month recorded are 24.5 °C in July at the maximum and 0.7 °C in January at the minimum, but the registered records are 38.2 °C on 1 July 1952 and −19.6 °C on 17 January 1985. Due to the lower urban density between Paris and its suburbs, a negative difference of one to two degrees Celsius is felt strongly. The amount of sunshine is comparable to the average for the northern regions of the Loire with 1,798 hours per year. Precipitation is evenly distributed over the year, with a total of 598.3 millimeters of rain and an approximate average of fifty millimeters per month.

Population

Inhabitants of Crosne are known as Crosnois.

Transport
Crosne is served by Montgeron-Crosne station on the Paris RER line D.

Twin towns – sister cities

Crosne is twinned with:
 Belœil, Belgium (1964)
 Schotten, Germany (1964)
 Maybole, Scotland, United Kingdom (1982)
 Rýmařov, Czech Republic (1999)

Politics
The mayor of Crosne is Michaël Damiati from Debout la France, starting from 30 March 2014. The commune of Crosne is located in Essonne's 8th constituency, which includes Vigneux-sur-Seine(The Canton of Vigneux-sur-Seine, includes Crosne), Montgeron, Yerres, and Brunoy. Their member of the National Assembly has been Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the president of Debout la France, since 1997. He was first elected in 1997, followed by getting reelected in 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017.

See also
 Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Official website

Mayors of Essonne Association

Communes of Essonne


Manning's Cafeterias was a chain of about 40 cafeteria-style restaurants in nine western U.S. states.  The chain started in Seattle's Pike Place Market in 1908; that location became Lowell's in 1957 and is still in operation.  Another one in Ballard, a suburb of Seattle, was constructed in 1964 in the futuristic Googie architectural style (of which the Seattle Space Needle is a famous example), reopened as a Denny's in 1984 and was designated a City of Seattle Landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Board on February 20, 2008.

When the Ballard Manning's opened in November 1964, a Seattle Times article appeared with the title: "Manning’s New Restaurant Called ‘Taj Mahal of Ballard.’"  The new restaurant had an unconventional and distinctive appearance prompting the article’s writer to state:  "The newest addition to the firm is the new Manning’s restaurant in Ballard. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Taj Mahal of Ballard,’ because of its delightful and colorful architecture...."   Other articles described it as a "longhouse," referring to its resemblance to a particular type of Old Norse dwelling. This flamboyant mix of sources was calculated to attract attention. The building was declared a Seattle Historical Landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Board in February, 2008. The status was appealed by the owner, Benaroya Companies, who wanted to demolish the historic structure. Just three months after it was declared an Historic Landmark, the Landmarks Preservations Board reversed it decision, the City of Seattle issued a demolition permit, and the building was demolished on June 24, 2008.

References

External links
 Lowell's: Our Story

Cafeteria-style restaurants
Defunct restaurants in Seattle
Defunct restaurant chains in the United States
Pike Place Market
Restaurants established in 1908
1908 establishments in Washington (state)
Central Waterfront, Seattle


D'Huison-Longueville () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Population
Inhabitants of D'Huison-Longueville are known as Huisonnais-Longuevillois.

See also
Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Mayors of Essonne Association

Communes of Essonne


(1544 – December 21, 1607) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period.

Personal life
Born in Mino Province, he first served the Saitō clan of Mino, before submitting to Oda Nobunaga, who assigned him as a yoriki to Shibata Katsuie.

Career
After the Ikkō-ikki revolts in the Hokuriku region were subdued, Norihide was granted Matsutō Castle and a fief of 40,000 koku. Norihide sided with Shibata Katsuie in the Battle of Shizugatake (1583), and lost. He then submitted to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was assigned to serve under Niwa Nagahide. After the death of Nagahide, Norihide was again reassigned, this time under Maeda Toshiie. Under Maeda command, Norihide again saw action, this time at the Siege of Suemori (1584), against the forces of Sassa Narimasa. Just before the Battle of Sekigahara (1600), Norihide left Maeda service and became a retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who gave him a stipend of 5,000 koku. Norihide thus became the founder of a family of hatamoto who served the Tokugawa clan for the entirety of the Edo period.

References
 "Edo no bakushin Tokuyama-shi" on Tokuyama.net (19 Feb. 2008)
 Brief Tokuyama family data on Harimaya.com (19 Feb. 2008)

Samurai
1544 births
1607 deaths
Hatamoto


Daoud Soumain (died February 2, 2008) was the Chadian Chief of Army Staff. While Deputy Chief of Staff he was given in 2003 command of the Chadian contingent sent in the Central African Republic (CAR), which had been sent to consolidate the CAR President François Bozizé's rule as he had just risen to power. Later promoted to Chief of Staff, he was killed in the 2008 Battle of N'Djamena during a war between rebels and the government.

References

Year of birth missing
2008 deaths
Chadian military leaders
Chadian military personnel killed in action
Place of birth missing


Écharcon () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Inhabitants of Écharcon are known as Echarconnais.

See also
Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Mayors of Essonne Association

Communes of Essonne


Égly () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France around 30 km (20 miles) south of Paris.

Population
Inhabitants of Égly are known as Aglatiens in French.

See also
Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Official website

Mayors of Essonne Association

Communes of Essonne


Épinay-sous-Sénart (, literally Épinay under Sénart) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Population
Inhabitants of Épinay-sous-Sénart are known as Spinoliens.

Twin towns

  Peacehaven
  Isernhagen

See also
Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Official website
Mayors of Essonne Association

Communes of Essonne


Timothy A. Boetsch (; born January 28, 1981) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist who fought in the Middleweight and Light Heavyweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional since 2006, Boetsch has formerly competed as an alternate for the New York Pitbulls in the International Fight League and King of the Cage.

Background
Boetsch was born in Lincolnville, Maine, and has a brother, Aaron, who is ten years older than him. Boetsch began wrestling when he was six years old, and had always admired his older brother's wrestling abilities. Boetsch, who also practiced Jeet Kune Do, attended Camden Hills Regional High School, where he was very successful at the local high school level. Boetsch was a four-time state wrestling champion, and won almost every tournament that he participated in. On August 4, 2012, he was inducted into the Maine Wrestling Hall of Fame. He then attended Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania on a wrestling scholarship, but had mixed results in his wrestling career there. Boetsch had trouble settling into the right weight-class, and was not consistent. His college roommate, who was also on the wrestling team, had been training with the legendary Pat Miletich after he left college. Boetsch's roommate then offered Boetsch the opportunity to fight in Iowa, and Boetsch, who was landscaping in Pennsylvania at the time, accepted.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career
Boetsch had his first amateur fight in August 2006, and after dominating the first two opponents he faced in less than two minutes, made his transition to the professional ranks. Boetsch made his IFL debut as a late replacement to fight veteran Vladimir Matyushenko. He was given three days to prepare for the match, and fought the future champion to a decision, his first professional loss.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
After this performance, Boetsch made his UFC debut at UFC 81 as a late replacement to fight David Heath. He was given ten days to prepare for the fight, and won by TKO in the first round. Boetsch received particular acclaim and a fan following for the way he threw Heath onto his head at the end of the fight. Boetsch next made his main card debut in the UFC as a replacement to fight Matt Hamill at UFC Fight Night 13 with six weeks to prepare for the fight. Though he opened a large gash on Hamill's lower lip, he found himself winded in the second round, leading to a TKO loss due to strikes from the ground.

Boetsch fought submission specialist Michael Patt at UFC 88. For the first time in four fights, Boetsch did not enter the bout as a replacement for another fighter. Boetsch won by TKO in the first round.

Boetsch was released from the UFC following his loss to Jason Brilz at UFC 96, ending his four-fight contract with a 2–2 record.

Boetsch earned a record of 3-0 before getting re-signed with the UFC.

Return to the UFC
Boetsch was scheduled to face Thiago Silva on August 7, 2010, at UFC 117, but Silva was forced out of the bout due to an injury.  and replaced by UFC newcomer Todd Brown. Boetsch won a unanimous decision.

Boetsch faced Phil Davis on November 20, 2010, at UFC 123. He lost the fight via submission .

Boetsch subsequently dropped down to the Middleweight division. He faced Kendall Grove on May 28, 2011, at UFC 130 and won the fight via unanimous decision.

Boetsch faced Nick Ring on September 24, 2011, at UFC 135. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Boetsch was victorious in his fight against former UFC title challenger Yushin Okami on February 26, 2012, at UFC 144. Boetsch was badly beaten in the first two rounds before rallying to claim a TKO victory in what is arguably the biggest victory of his career to date. Veteran commentator Joe Rogan stated it as the greatest comeback in UFC history.

Boetsch was expected to face Michael Bisping on July 21, 2012, at UFC 149.  However, Bisping was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by promotional newcomer Héctor Lombard. Boetsch defeated Lombard via split decision.

Boetsch was expected to face Chris Weidman on December 29, 2012, at UFC 155.  However, Weidman was forced out of the bout due citing an injury and was replaced by Costas Philippou. Boetsch had dominated the first round, but he received an eye poke and headbutt later in the fight and was bleeding a significant amount. Boetsch was never able to fully recover and slowed down significantly. He eventually lost the fight via TKO due to strikes, making this his first loss since moving to Middleweight.

Boetsch faced Mark Muñoz on July 6, 2013, at UFC 162, He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Boetsch was expected to face Luke Rockhold on October 19, 2013, at UFC 166.  However, Rockhold was forced out of the bout citing a knee injury and was replaced by C. B. Dollaway. While Dollaway seemingly controlled the action for the majority of the bout, he was docked a point for multiple eye pokes to Boetsch.  Boetsch was declared the winner via split decision.

Boetsch eventually faced Luke Rockhold on April 26, 2014, at UFC 172. He lost the fight via submission in the first round.

Boetsch faced Brad Tavares on August 16, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 47. Boetsch scored a come from behind victory, defeating Tavares via second round TKO.  The win also earned Boetsch his first Performance of the Night bonus award.

Boetsch next faced Thales Leites on January 31, 2015, at UFC 183. He lost the fight via technical submission due to an arm-triangle choke in the second round.  Despite the loss, Boetsch was awarded a Fight of the Night bonus.

Boetsch faced Dan Henderson on June 6, 2015, in the main event at UFC Fight Night 68. He lost the fight via knockout in the first round.

Boetsch faced Ed Herman in a light heavyweight bout on January 17, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 81. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round.

Boetsch next faced Josh Samman on July 13, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 91. He won the fight via TKO in the second round.

Boetsch faced Rafael Natal on November 12, 2016, at UFC 205. He won the fight via TKO in the first round.

In the last fight of his contract, Boetsch faced Ronaldo Souza on February 11, 2017, at UFC 208. He lost the fight via submission in the first round.

Boetsch faced Johny Hendricks on June 25, 2017, at UFC Fight Night 112. He won the fight via TKO due to a head kick and punches early in the second round. The win also earned Boetsch his second Performance of the Night bonus award.

Boetsch faced Antônio Carlos Júnior on April 14, 2018, at UFC on Fox 29. He lost the fight via a rear-naked choke on round one.

Boetsch faced Omari Akhmedov on March 9, 2019, at UFC Fight Night 146. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

In September 2019, Boetsch announced that he had retired.

Personal life
Boetsch is married and has two sons and a daughter.

Boetsch has a degree in Criminal Justice from the Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. He was formerly a social worker with adolescents prior to pursuing his mixed martial arts career, and he now owns a lawn and landscape business.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts
5150 Combat League
5150 Light Heavyweight Championship (One time)
Tequila CAZADORES Spirit Award
Tequila CAZADORES Spirit Award (Two times)
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Fight of the Night (One time) vs. Thales Leites
Performance of the Night (Two times) vs. Brad Tavares and vs. Johny Hendricks

Mixed martial arts record

|-
|Loss
|align=center|21–13
|Omari Akhmedov
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. dos Santos
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Wichita, Kansas, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|21–12
|Antônio Carlos Júnior
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:28
|Glendale, Arizona, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|21–11
|Johny Hendricks
|TKO (head kick and punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|0:46
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|20–11
|Ronaldo Souza
|Submission (kimura)
|UFC 208
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:41
|Brooklyn, New York, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|20–10
|Rafael Natal
|KO (punches)
|UFC 205
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:22
|New York City, New York, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|19–10
|Josh Samman
|TKO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|3:49
|Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|18–10
|Ed Herman
|KO (knee)
|UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|1:39
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|18–9
|Dan Henderson
|KO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:28
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|18–8
|Thales Leites
|Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke)
|UFC 183
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|3:45
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|18–7
|Brad Tavares
|TKO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|3:18
|Bangor, Maine, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|17–7
| Luke Rockhold
|Submission (inverted triangle kimura)
|UFC 172
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:08
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|17–6
| C. B. Dollaway
|Decision (split)
|UFC 166
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Houston, Texas, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|16–6
| Mark Muñoz
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 162
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|16–5
| Costas Philippou
|TKO (punches)
|UFC 155
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|2:11
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 16–4
| Héctor Lombard
| Decision (split)
| UFC 149
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 15–4
| Yushin Okami
| TKO (punches)
| UFC 144
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 0:54
| Saitama, Japan
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 14–4
| Nick Ring
| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 135
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Denver, Colorado, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 13–4
| Kendall Grove
| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 130
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 12–4
| Phil Davis
| Submission (kimura)
| UFC 123
|
| align=center| 2
| align=center| 2:55
| Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|12–3
| Todd Brown
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 117
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Oakland, California, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|11–3
| Reese Shaner
|KO (head kick)
|NAFC: Stand Your Ground
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:05
|West Allis, Wisconsin, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|10–3
| Rudy Lindsey
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|5150 Combat League
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|1:55
|Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|9–3
| Aaron Stark
|Technical Submission (guillotine choke)
|KOTC: Thunderstruck
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|1:18
|Everett, Washington, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center| 8–3
| Jason Brilz
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 96
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Columbus, Ohio, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|8–2
| Michael Patt
|TKO (punches)
|UFC 88
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:03
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|7–2
| Matt Hamill
|TKO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|1:25
|Broomfield, Colorado, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|7–1
| David Heath
|TKO (slam and punches)
|UFC 81
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:52
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|6–1
| Vladimir Matyushenko
|Decision (unanimous)
|IFL: 2007 Semifinals
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|4:00
|East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|6–0
| Brendan Barrett
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|Extreme Challenge 81
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|3:00
|West Orange, New Jersey, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|5–0
| Oleg Savitsky
|TKO (punches)
|Extreme Challenge 78
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:27
|Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|4–0
| Lewis Pascavage
|TKO (punches)
|Reality Fighting 15
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:20
|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|3–0
| Hazim Ibrahim
|TKO (submission to punches)
|Extreme Challenge 75
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:10
|Trenton, New Jersey, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|2–0
| Hazim Ibrahim
|TKO (punches)
|Reality Fighting 14
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:47
|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|1–0
| Demian Decorah
|TKO (submission to punches)
|Madtown Throwdown 9
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|1:27
|Madison, Wisconsin, United States
|
|}

See also
 List of current UFC fighters
 List of male mixed martial artists

References

External links

Official UFC Profile

Official Website

1981 births
Living people
American Jeet Kune Do practitioners
Mixed martial artists from Maine
Mixed martial artists utilizing Jeet Kune Do
Mixed martial artists utilizing collegiate wrestling
American male mixed martial artists
Light heavyweight mixed martial artists
People from Lincolnville, Maine
People from Waldo County, Maine
Middleweight mixed martial artists
Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters


Greyhound Motors, later known as Bristol Greyhound, was an English bus and coach company based in Bristol.

History
Greyhound Motors was formed in February 1921 by Sydney Tom Toogood to operate motor buses in Bristol.

In February 1925, it commenced a long-distance coach service between Bristol and London, which has been claimed to be the first long-distance coach service with scheduled stops en route to pick up and set down passengers.  The journey time was eight hours. It later began services from Bristol to Bournemouth and Paignton, and from London to Bournemouth. It also continued to run local bus services in Bristol, competing fiercely with Bristol Tramways.

In 1928, the company was acquired by Bristol Tramways. Greyhound continued to operate as a separate business, including its bus routes in Bristol until 1936. The new owners expanded the Greyhound coach operations. In 1934 it was one of the founder members of the Associated Motorways consortium of long-distance coach operators, but continued the London service outside the consortium.

At the beginning of 1936, the company's business was absorbed into Bristol Tramways. Bristol Omnibus Company continued to use the Greyhound name for its long-distance coach services until 1972, when the National Bus Company required Bristol to adopt the new National Express brand.

Shortly before its demise, on 9 January 1972 Greyhound Motors commenced operating an express Bristol to London service via the new M4 motorway.

Revival of the name
In August 2009, FirstGroup who had owned the former Bristol Omnibus Company since April 1988, announced the reintroduction of the Greyhound brand in the United Kingdom. The new Greyhound UK was a byproduct of FirstGroup purchasing the Greyhound Lines  business in the United States in February 2007. Greyhound UK  also connected Bristol with Swansea and Bristol Airport until March 2015.  This was the last Greyhound service operated.

References

External links

Further reading
Hulin, P (1974) Bristol's Buses Published by the author
Healey, K (2002) Associated Motorways Venture Publications

Defunct companies based in Bristol
Former coach operators in England
1921 establishments in England
1972 disestablishments in England
Former bus operators in Bristol


Estouches () is a former commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Mérévillois.

Inhabitants of Estouches are known as Estornaciens.

See also

 Communes of the Essonne department

References

Former communes of Essonne
Populated places disestablished in 2019


Étiolles () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France, twenty-seven kilometers southeast of Paris.

Inhabitants of Étiolles are known as Étiollais.

See also
Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Official website

Mayors of Essonne Association

Communes of Essonne


Edward John May (1853–1941) was an English architect.

Career

E.J. May was the last pupil of Decimus Burton. He then went to the assist Eden Nesfield who was at the time working in partnership with Richard Norman Shaw. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1873, and won the RIBA Pugin Prize in 1876.

Shaw commended May as Estate Architect at Bedford Park, London in 1880 and May held that post until 1885. He lived at 6 Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Park from 1881 to 1890.

He was architect to the Church of England Waifs and Strays Society and to the Governesses' Benevolent Institution. His office was at Hart Street, Bloomsbury, London. He retired in 1932.

From the 1890s he was a resident of Chislehurst, Kent, where he was responsible for a wide range of houses. He lived firstly on Willow Grove, before moving to a house of his own design in 1913. At Chislehurst, he was a Church Warden at the Church of the Annunciation, Chislehurst High Street as well as Secretary of the Parish Nurse Fund.

He died at Chislehurst on 16 March 1941.

"To know E. J. May was an exhilarating tonic, the serious and yet lighthearted activity of thought and action, the quick movement to keep an appointment or to see you on your homeward way was characteristic."

Works up to 1900

1870s – 1880s Houses at Bedford Park
1877 No. 1 The Avenue, Bedford Park
1879 Club House, Bedford Park
1880 No 12 Blenheim Drive, Bedford Park (attrib)
1880 Nos 17 – 19 Marlborough Crescent, Bedford Park (attrib)
1881 The Vicarage, Bedford Park
1882 Nos 21 – 39 Marlborough Crescent, Bedford Park (attrib)
1882 Nos 15 – 33 Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Park
1882 Nos 24 – 28 Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Parkga
1882 Nos 2 – 10 Newton Grove, Bedford Park
1882 No 1 Newton Grove, Bedford Park
1882 No 11 South Parade, Bedford Park (attrib)
1882 Master's House, The School, Derby
1883 nos 15 – 25 Queen Anne's Grove, London
1883 New Hotel Bush Hill Park, Enfield
1883 nos 3 – 4 Gainsborough Gardens, Hampstead, London
1883 House for Dr Hogg, Priory Gardens, Bedford Park, London
1884–85 St Margaret's Terrace, Cromer, Norfolk
1884 Swarland Hall, Northumberland
1884 Stables, Swarland Hall
1884 No 5 The Orchard, Bedford Park
1885 House at Wimbledon, London
1885 Club Room, Bedford Park
1886 Herne's Close, Overstrand Road, Cromer, Norfolk
1887 House at Elstree
1889 No 2 The Grange, Wimbledon
1889 Folkton Manor House
1890 Barnsdale Hall, near Oakham, Rutland
1891 House at Hampstead
1892 Kirklevington Grange, North Riding
1892 House in Connecticut, USA
1892 Lyneham, Chislehurst, Kent (his own home)
1895 The Croft, Hindhead, Surrey
1894 West Lodge, Wimbledon
1895 Stables at Shaw Hill, Wiltshire
1895 Houses at Gainsborough Gardens, Hampstead, London
1894-8 Jardine Hall, Drumfrieshire, Scotland
1898 Saxby's St Paul's Cray Road, Chislehurst (alts)

Works 1900 – 1930
1900 Homeside, no 4 South Side, Wimbledon
1901 Norman Cottage, Morley Road, Chislehurst
1902 Falconhurst, no 19 Parkside, Wimbledon
1900–05 Branksome Place (formerly Hilders, then Branksome Hilders), Hindhead Rd, Haselmere, Surrey, for Sir Charles McLaren, bt. (later 1st Baron Aberconway)
1900–05 Honeyhanger, Haselmere, Surrey, for Sir Charles McLaren, bt. (later 1st Baron Aberconway)
1900–05 10 Palace Green, London
1904 Nos 165 – 169 Lower Camden, Chislehurst
1904 New Entrance Lodges, Toddington, Gloucestershire
1905 Ballindune, Weydown Road, Haslemere
1906–07 Saxby's St Paul's Cray Road, Chislehurst (further alts)
1907 Nos 1, 2 and 4 Shepherd's Green, Chislehurst
1907 Dunoran, Park Farm Road, Bickley.
1908 Nos 3 and 5 Shepherd's Green, Chislehurst
1908 House at Webbington, Somerset
1908 Three Firs, Hindhead, Surrey
1909 Western Motor Works, Perry Street, Chislehurst
1909 The Homestead, 9 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst
1910 Waifs and Strays' Home, Pyford, Surrey
1910 Working Men's Club (British Legion), 76 Green Lane, Chislehurst
1910 Nos 1 – 5 Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst
1910 – 11 Guild hall, Sandwich, Kent (alts)
1910 White Riggs, Mead Road, Chislehurst
1910 Sweet Meadows, Mead Road, Chislehurst
1910 Nos 1 5 Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst (attrib)
1911 House at Boyne Park, Tunbridge Wells
1911 No 48 Parkway, Gidea Park, Essex
1911 No 10 Reed Pond Walk, Gidea Park, Essex
1911 House at Toddington, Gloucestershire
1911 Lych Gate at Church of the Annunciation, High Street, Chislehurst
1912 Antokol (formerly Oak House), Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst
1913 Wallings (formerly Lyneham), Heathfield Lane, Chislehurst (own house)
1914 Millfield, Cricketground Road, Chislehurst (demolished)
1915 Red Hatch, 55 Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst (erected 1920)
1920s Elmstead Spinney, no 5 Wood Drive, Chislehurst
1922 Mainstay Lodge, Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst (demolished)
1924 St Anne's Cottage, no 6 The Meadow, Chislehurst
1925 Ada Lewis Governesses' Homes, Southend Road, Beckenham, Kent
1926 Quatre Fils (formerly Harwood), 41 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst
1927 Lockers, Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst
1928 Archway Cottages, Scadbury Estate, Chislehurst
1930 Moorcroft (formerly Exbourne), Wilderness Road, Chislehurst
1930 Tower at Church of the Annunciation, High Street, Chislehurst
 Lychgate to St Mary's Church, Perivale, Middlesex

Other work

Sketch of a Queen Anne Interior (Orchard House)
 Royal Academy Exhibitor annually from 1881–1892 and also 1894, 1898 and 1900.

References

External links
 https://web.archive.org/web/20070220164223/http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/architect_full.php?id=M001656

Architects from London
1941 deaths
1853 births


Aidan Baker (born 1974) is an electronic musician from Toronto, Ontario, Canada who has released numerous records both as a solo artist and as part of various side projects, including Nadja, ARC, Caudal and Mnemosyne. He has also written several books of poetry.

He has toured around the world, and has made appearances at the Unsound Festival, MUTEK, and South by Southwest. He is married to Nadja bandmate, Leah Buckareff.

Style
Baker utilizes a very experimental style of playing guitar, influenced by artists such as Caspar Brötzmann, James Plotkin, Steve Albini, and Justin Broadrick. Influences on his musical structures and sound include Sonic Youth, Swans, Sunn O))), Red House Painters, Godflesh, Codeine, and PJ Harvey.

Discography
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Element (CD-R, Arcolepsy Records, 2000)
I Fall into You (CD-R, Public Eyesore, 2002)
Re-released (CD, Basses Frequences, 2008)
Letters (CD-R, Arcolepsy Records, 2002)
Re-released (LP, Basses Frequences, 2008)
Pretending to Be Fearless (CD-R, Fleshmadeword, 2002)
Repercussion (CD-R, Piehead Records, 2002)
Rural (CD-R, Blade Records, 2002)
Wound Culture (CD-R, Unbound Books, 2002) (soundtrack to his book of the same name)
At the Fountain of Thirst (CD-R, Mystery Sea, 2003)
Black Flowers Blossom (CD-R, Sonic Syrup, 2003)
Cicatrice (CD-R, Dreamland Recordings, 2003)
Concretion (CD-R, DTA Records, 2003)
Re-released (MP3, .Angle.Rec., 2007)
Corpus Callosum (CD-R, Kolorform Records, 2003)
Dreammares (CD-R, Mechanoise Labs, 2003)
Eye of Day (CD-R, Foreign Lands, 2003)
Loop Studies One (CD-R, Laub Records, 2003)
Loop Studies Remixed (CD-R, Arcolepsy Records, 2003)
Métamorphose (En Sept Étages) (CD-R, S'agita Recordings, 2003)
Terza Rima (CD-R, Public Eyesore, 2003)
Threnody One: Lamentation (CD-R, Nulll, 2003)
An Intricate Course of Deception (CD, .Angle.Rec., 2004)
Antithesis (CD-R, petite sono], 2004)
At the Base of the Mind Is Coiled a Serpent (CD, Le Cri de la Harpe, 2004)
Blauserk (CD-R, The Locus of Assemblage, 2004)
Butterfly Bones (CD, Between Existence Productions, 2004)
Field of Drones (CD-R, Arcolepsy Records, 2004)
Ice Against My Skin (CD-R, Arrêt Arrêt Recordings, 2004)
Ichneumon (MP3, TIBProd, 2004)
Same River Twice (7", Drone Records, 2004)
Scouring Thin Bones (MP3, Noiseusse, 2004)
Tense Surfaces (MP3, Panospria, 2004)
The Taste of Summer on Your Skin (CD-R, taâlem, 2004)
24.2.24.4. (MP3, Dark Winter, 2005)
At Home With… (CD, Infraction, 2005)
Candescence (CD-R, Verato Project, 2005)
Figures (CD-R, Transient Frequency, 2005)
Re-released (CD, Volubilis Records, 2007)
Periodic (CD-R, Crucial Bliss, 2005)
Remixes (CD-R, Arcolepsy Records, 2005)
Skein of Veins (MP3, Phoniq, 2005)
Songs of Flowers & Skin (CD-R, Zunior Records, 2005)
Re-released (CD, Beta-lactam Ring Records, 2010)
Still My Beating Heart Beats (CD-R, Pertin_nce, 2005)
The Taste of Summer on Your Skin (CD-R, taâlem, 2004/2005)
1st & 2nd editions released in 2004 & 2005 respectively
Traumerei (CD-R, Evelyn Records, 2005)
Undercurrents (CD/MP3, Zenapolae https://www.zenapolae.com/zen007 (free download), 2005)
Within the Final Circle (MP3, Mirakelmusik, 2005)
030706 (MP3, City of Glass, 2006)
Dog Fox Gone to Ground (CD-R, Afe Records, 2006)
Oneiromancer (CD, 2xCD, Die Stadt, 2006)
2CD version contains a second disc with an Untitled Live Performance
Peau Sensible (MP3, Zenapolæ https://www.zenapolae.com/zen021 (free download), 2006)
Pendulum (CD-R, Gears of Sand, 2006)
Still My Beating Heart Beats (MP3, Pertin_nce, 2006)
The Sea Swells a Bit… (CD, A Silent Place, 2006)
Broken & Remade (CD, Volubilis Records, 2007)
Concretion (MP3, .Angle.Rec., 2007)
Convs. w/ Myself (CD-R, Evelyn Records, 2007)
Dance of Lonely Molecules (CD-R, Blade Records, 2007)
Exoskeleton Heart (CD-R, Crucial Bliss, 2007)
Figures (CD, Volubilis Records, 2007)
Green & Cold (CD-R, Gears of Sand, 2007)
Re-released (CD, Beta-lactam Ring Records, 2008)
I Will Always and Forever Hold You in My Heart and Mind (CD-R, Small Doses, 2007)
 Limited 2nd Edition was released in 2008 with slightly different artwork
 Re-released (CD, Basses Frequences/Small Doses, 2010)
Noise of Silence (CD-R, Hyperblasted, 2007)
Scalpel (CD, The Kora Records, 2007)
Second Week of the Second Month (MP3, Kikapu Net.Label, 2007)
Thoughtspan (CD-R, Tosom, 2007)
Re-released (LP, Blackest Rainbow, 2009)
Fragile Movements in Slow Motion (CD-R, Universal Tongue, 2008)
Suchness #1 (CD-R, Gears of Sand, 2008)
20080307 (3"CD-R, Walnut + locust, 2009)
Blue Figures (CD, Basses Frequences, 2009)
Dry (CD, Install, 2009)
Gathering Blue (2LP, Equation Records, 2009)
Live in Montreal (MP3, Blocks Recording Club, 2009)
PMT#60 Playmytape @ Dom Club (MP3, Play MY Tape, 2009)
Liminoid | Lifeforms (CD, Alien8 Recordings, 2010)
Rictus (CD, OHM Records, 2011) – compilation of the 3" CD-R releases Cicatrice (2003), Blauserk (2004), The Taste of Summer on Your Skin (2004) and Fragile Movements in Slow Motion (2008)
Passing Thru (CD/Book, Beta-lactam Ring Records, forthcoming)
Only Stories (CD, The Kora Records, forthcoming)
Lost in the Rat Maze (CD, ConSouling Sounds, 2011)
Pure Drone (Drone Compendium vol 1) (LP, Beta-Lactam Ring Records, 2011)
The Spectrum of Distraction (2xCD, Robotic Empire, 2012) – Comes with download card containing over 6 hours of extra material / full mixes.
Already Drowning (LP, CD, Gizeh Records, 2013)
Objekts (Cassette, DV, 2016)
Aberration (CD, Cassette, Digital, Somewherecold Records, 2017)

Collaborations
Approaching a Black Hole with DD3 (CD-R, Fargone Records, 2006)
An Open Letter to Franz Kafka with Beta Cloud (CD-R, Laughing Bride Media, 2007)
Nagual with Todd Merrell & Patrick Jordan (CD, aRCHIVE, 2007)
Orange with thisquietarmy (CD-R, thisquietarmy Records, 2007)
Live Collaboration with Leah Buckareff & Datashock (12", Meudiademorte/Hlava Temple, 2007)
Fantasma Parastasie with Tim Hecker (Alien8 Recordings, 2008)
Live 2008-14-11 with Brandon Valdivia (CD, Universal Tongue, 2009)
A Picture of a Picture with thisquietarmy (CD, Album, Killer Pimp, 2009)
White Nights / Drone Fields / DOM with Nadja (2xDVD, 2xCD, Beta-Lactam Ring Records, 2009) – 1 DVD & 1 CD each for Nadja / Aidan Baker solo
Infinite Light Ltd. with Nathan Amundson of Rivulets and Mat Sweet of Boduf Songs. (CD, LP Denovali Records, 2011)
Werl with Tomas Järmyr (Consouling Sounds, 2016)
Noplace with Simon Goff/Thor Harris (CD/LP, Album, Gizeh Records, 2017)
Invisible Cities with Gareth Davis (LP/CDr, Album, Carlrecords, 2018)

Splits
Untitled with Z'EV, John Duncan & Fear Falls Burning (2x7", Die Stadt, 2005)Colorful Disturbances with Noveller (LP, Divorce, 2009)The Sun is Bleeding & Has Black Hands with ARC (2CD, Kokeshidisk, 2009)

With NadjaTouched (Deserted Factory Records, 2003)Skin Turns to Glass (Nothingness Records, 2003)Corrasion (Foreshadow Productions, 2003)
split with Moss (2003)I Have Tasted the Fire Inside Your Mouth (Deserted Factory Records, 2004)Bodycage (Nothingness Records, 2005)Bliss Torn from Emptiness (Fargone Records, 2005)Truth Becomes Death (Alien8 Recordings, 2005)Absorption Split with Methadrone (2005)Trembled (Profound Lore Recordings, 2006)We Have Departed the Circle Blissfully with Fear Falls Burning (Conspiracy Records, 2006)Thaumogenesis (Archive Records, 2007)Guilted by the Sun (Roadburn Records, 2007)Radiance of Shadows (Alien8 Recordings, 2007)12012291920/1414101 with Atavist (Invada Records, 2007)Nadja with Fear Falls Burning (Conspiracy Records, 2007)Desire in Uneasiness (Crucial Blast Records, 2008)Long Dark Twenties 7" (Anthem Records, 2008)Trinity (Die Stadt Musik, 2008)The Bungled & the Botched (ConSouling Sounds, 2008)Autopergamene (Essence Music, 2010)Cystema Solari with Uochi Toki (CORPOC, 2014)

With ARC
Untitled (CD-R, Arcolepsy Records, 2000)Two (CD-R, Arcolepsy Records/Mathbat Records, 2001)13th (CD-R, taâlem, 20022 Songs (MP3, Subverseco, 2002)Repercussion (CD-R, Piehead Records, 2002)Feral (CD-R, Arcolepsy Records/Worthy Records, 2003)Eyes in the Back of Our Heads (CD-R, Worthy Records, 2004)The Circle Is Not Round (CD, A Silent Place, 2005)Periodical II (CD-R, The Ceiling, 2006)

Tracks Appear OnMy Own Wolf: A New Approach [Track titled 'Eitttlane'](a tribute to Ulver, MP3, CD-R, Aspherical Asphyxia Prod., 2007)Resistance Compilation II: In Support of the ACLU (Somewherecold Records, 2020)

With MnemosyneSpiritsized (CD-R, Arcolepsy Records, 2003)The Air Grows Small Fingers (CD-R, Piehead Records, 2004)

BibliographyFingerspelling (Penumbra Press)Wound Culture (Unbound Books)The Adventures of Me & You (Eraserhead Press)Place Name (Wingate Press)Passing Through'' (Wounded Wolf Press, forthcoming)

References

External links
-Any sound can be music- Interview with Aidan Baker (in Spanish)
Free download of Peau Sensible album (Zenapolæ Netlabel)
Free download of Undercurrents album (Zenapolæ Netlabel)

Canadian experimental musicians
Living people
1970s births
Somewherecold Records artists
Alien8 Recordings artists
Important Records artists


Étréchy () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Geography
The village lies on the left bank of the river Juine, which forms all of the commune's eastern border.

Population
Inhabitants of Étréchy are known as Strépiniacois in French.

See also
Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Mayors of Essonne Association

Communes of Essonne


Indonesian Esoteric Buddhism or Esoteric Buddhism in Maritime Southeast Asia refers to the traditions of Esoteric Buddhism found in Maritime Southeast Asia which emerged in the 7th century along the maritime trade routes and port cities of the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra as well as in Malaysia. These esoteric forms were spread by pilgrims and Tantric masters who received royal patronage from royal dynasties like the Sailendras and the Srivijaya. This tradition was also linked by the maritime trade routes with Indian Vajrayana, Tantric Buddhism in Sinhala, Cham and Khmer lands and in China and Japan, to the extent that it is hard to separate them completely and it is better to speak of a complex of "Esoteric Buddhism of Mediaeval Maritime Asia." Many key Indian port cities saw the growth of Esoteric Buddhism, a tradition which coexisted alongside Shaivism.

Java under the Sailendras became a major center of Buddhism in the region, with monumental architecture such as Borobudur and Candi Sukuh. The capital of the Buddhist empire of Srivijaya in Palembang, Sumatra was another major center.

The decline of Buddhist states and the rise of Islamic states in the region during the 13th–16th centuries saw the steep decline of this tradition.

History

The diffusion of Esoteric Buddhism in the region began with the arrival of Indian Buddhist monks in the 7th century. These include the central Indian Atikuta (fl. 650s), the Chinese Punyodaya (fl 650s), Yijing (635-713), the South Indian Dharmaruci/Bodhiruci (d. 727), Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi and Bianhong (the 8th century teacher of Kukai). The Chinese Buddhist monk Yijing reports that in the 7th century there was a Buddhist center in Java named Kalinga (Heling) to which Chinese monks traveled in order to study.

Another source of this Indonesian Tantric tradition was from Sri Lanka's Abhayagiri vihāra, a well known center of Vajrayana study and practice, which even established a branch monastery in Central Java in the 8th century with Sailendra patronage.

A stronghold of Esoteric Buddhism, the empire of Srivijaya (650 CE–1377 CE) patronized Buddhist monks and institutions and thus attracted pilgrims and scholars from other parts of Asia. These included the Chinese monk Yijing, who made several lengthy visits to Sumatra on his way to study at Nalanda University in India in 671 and 695, and the Bengali Buddhist scholar Atisha (982-1054 CE) who played a major role in the development of Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet. Yijing praised the high level of Buddhist scholarship in Srivijaya and advised Chinese monks to study there prior to making the journey to the great institution of learning, Nalanda Vihara, India. He wrote:

Yijing was also responsible for the translation of a large numbers of Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Chinese. He translated more than 60 sutras into Chinese such as the Golden Light Sutra. The Account of Buddhism sent from the South Seas & Buddhist Monks Pilgrimage of Tang Dynasty are two of Yi Jing's best travel diaries, describing his adventurous journey to Srivijaya and India, the society of India and the lifestyles of various local peoples.

In Java, the 8th century Shailendra dynasty promoted large scale Buddhist building projects such as Borobudur. Later central Javanese bronze and silver Buddhist images show Tantric themes such as mandalas and the Five Tathagatas.

In the 13th century Buddhism thrived in Eastern Java, the Singhasari kingdom of King Kertanegara of Singhasari patronized Vajrayana. Buddhism continued to thrive under the Hindu-Buddhist Majapahit Empire (1293–1527). Their capital Trowulan had many annual festivities for Buddhism, Shaivism, and Vaishnavism. Some of their kings were Vajrayana practitioners, such as King Adityawarman (1347–79) whose inscriptions state he was "always concentrated on Hevajra". A feature of Javanese Buddhism was the deification and worship of kings as Buddhas or Bodhisattvas. Important Buddhist deities included Prajnaparamita, Tara, Bhairava and Lokesvara.

The fall of Majapahit and the rise of Muslim states such as the Sultanate of Malacca saw the decline of Buddhism in the region. Many escaped to the island of Bali after the end of Majapahit rule fleeing persecution, where Buddhism was merged into Balinese Hinduism. This process of merging Buddhism and Hinduism predated the fall of the Majapahit however, and many textual sources from the later Hindu-Buddhist kingdom state that Hinduism and Buddhism are both two paths to the same reality and also equate the five Buddhas with five forms of Shiva. Likewise, some Majapahit temples depict both Buddhist and Shaiva elements.

Literature
The oldest extant esoteric Buddhist Mantrayana literature in Old Javanese, a language significantly influenced by Sanskrit, is enshrined in the San Hyan Kamahayanikan (possibly 8th century). The San Hyan Kamahayanikan claims that its teachings come from Dignaga.

The Tibetan Buddhist canon includes translations of texts written by Javanese masters, such as the Durbodhaloka (a commentary on the Abhisamayalamkara) of Suvarnadvipa Dharmakīrti.

Another work by an Indonesian Tantric Buddhist is Bianhong's Ritual Manual for Initiation into the Great Mandala of the Usnisa-Cakravartin which survives in the Chinese Taisho Tripitaka (T. 959). The Japanese master Kukai wrote a biography of Bianhong.

Architecture

Various unique forms of Buddhist architecture developed in Indonesia and Malaysia; the most common of which is the stone Candi which shows Indic influences as has been interpreted as a symbol of Mount Meru.

The Sailendras built many Buddhist structures in Java, including the massive stupa of Borobodur, as well as Candi Sukuh, Candi Mendut, Candi Kalasan and Candi Sewu. The Srivijayans also built Buddhist temple complexes in Sumatra, such as Muara Takus and Bahal temple and also in the Malay Peninsula, such as in their regional capital at Chaiya. Majapahit also built Candis, such as Jabung, and Penataran.

Other architecture types include punden, small terraced sanctuaries built on mountains and pertapaan, hermitages built on mountain slopes.

Borobodur
The largest Buddhist stupa in the world is the 9th-century complex at Borobudur in central Java, built as a Mandala, a giant three-dimensional representation of Esoteric Buddhist cosmology. The temple shows Indian and local influences and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The reliefs depict stories from the Lalitavistara Sutra, Jataka tales and the Gandavyuha sutra.

Borobudur was abandoned sometime in the classic period, whether caused by human activity; of war or political turmoil, or natural disasters, as it lies on a volcanic plain of Merapi and other active volcanoes in central Java. There is no mention of Borobudur in any of Majapahit sources, implies that this structure already forgotten in the last classic-period. A major restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO and the monument is now a World Heritage Site. It is the most visited tourist attraction in Indonesia and it is still used by Buddhists for pilgrimage.

Candi Sukuh
Candi Sukuh is a fifteenth-century Javanese-Hindu-Buddhist temple (candi) that demonstrates strong tantric influence. Candi Sukuh is located on the western slope of Mount Lawu (elev.  above sea level) on the border between Central and East Java provinces. The monument was built around 1437, as written as a chronogram date on the western gate, meaning that the area was under the rule of the Majapahit Kingdom during its end (1293–1500). The distinctive Dancing Ganesha relief in Candi Sukuh has a similarity with the Tantric ritual found in the history of Buddhism in Tibet written by Taranatha. The Tantric ritual is associated with several figures, one of whom is described as the "King of Dogs" (Sanskrit: Kukuraja), the mahasiddha who taught his disciples by day, and by night performed Ganacakra in a burial ground or charnel ground. Importantly, Ganesha also appears in Buddhism, not only in the form of the Buddhist god , but also portrayed as a Hindu demon form also called .  Ganesha's image may be found on Buddhist sculptures of the late Gupta period.  As the Buddhist god , Ganesha is often shown dancing, a form called Nṛtta Ganapati that was popular in North India and adopted in Nepal and then into Tibet.

See also
 A Record of Buddhist Practices Sent Home from the Southern Sea
 Ashin Jinarakkhita
 Buddhism in Indonesia
 Buddhism in Southeast Asia
 Buddhism in the Philippines
 Dharmarakshita
 Kakawin Sutasoma
 Lalitavistara Sūtra
 Prajnaparamita of Java
 Sanghyang Adi Buddha
 Sanghyang Kamahayanikan
 Shailendra dynasty
 Yi Jing
 Chinese Esoteric Buddhism
 Eastern esotericism

References

Further reading
Dutt S., Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India, with the translation of passages (given by Latika Lahiri to S. Dutt, see note 2 p. 311) from Yi Jing's book: Buddhist Pilgrim Monks of Tang Dynasty as an appendix. London, 1952.
 Chinese Monks in India, Biography of Eminent Monks Who Went to the Western World in Search of the Law During the Great tang Dynasty, by I-ching, Translated by Latika Lahiri, Delhi, etc.: Motilal Banarsidass, 1986.
Geshe Sonam Rinchen, Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, Snow Lion Publications.
Ray, Reginald A. Secret of the Vajra World: The Tantric Buddhism of Tibet. Shambhala Publications, Boston: 2001
Stuart-Fox, Martin. A Short History of China and Southeast Asia: Tribute, Trade, and Influence. London: Allen and Unwin, 2003.

External links
Review of the origin of Melayu dialectics based on Srivijayan Inscriptions; site in Indonesian on Old Malay
Atisha Dipamkara in Banglapedia
Tibetan Biography of Atisha
Atisha's work in India and Tibet

Vajrayana Buddhism in Southeast Asia
History of Southeast Asia
Buddhism in Indonesia
Esoteric Buddhism


Ramesh Mishra (, surname also spelled Misra) (Varanasi, India, 2 October 1948 - New York, U.S., 13 March 2017) was an Indian sarangi player.

Mishra comes from a family of sarangi players and studied from an early age from a number of his older relatives. He was a disciple of Ravi Shankar and has made numerous recordings. In addition to his performances of Indian classical music, he has recorded with the American rock band Aerosmith (on the 1997 album Nine Lives). Mishra was awarded a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2008.

Selected discography
Waiting for Love (Shujaat Khan album) 1999

Death
Mishra died of cancer on 13 March 2017 at the age of 68 in New York.

References

External links
Ramesh Mishra official site
"Jugalbandi Divine!", from Times of India, 10 January 2008

1948 births
2017 deaths
Hindustani instrumentalists
Indian male classical musicians
Musicians from Varanasi
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Sarangi players
Place of birth missing


Grand Boulevard or Grand Avenue is a north/south street in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.  Grand runs along the 200 east block in the Kansas City street grid system (2 blocks east of Main Street). In the Downtown and Crown Center areas of Kansas City, it is an arterial route, continuing on the north as the Grand Ave. Viaduct passing through Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park and on the south intersecting with Main Street at about the 2800 South Block.

The street was renamed Grand Boulevard of the Americas from 3rd Street to 22nd Street in honor of the Organization of American States.

In some areas of the city, streets running along the same gridline are known as Warwick Boulevard. Between 60th and 65th, Grand is called Morningside Lane. Then, it joins Rockhill to Gregory. South of 83rd street, Grand is not a through street but appears erratically as the name of various culs-de-sac.

Places
 Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park is near its starting point.
 KC Streetcar starting point is located at 3rd & Grand. RideKC transit center is across the street.
 River Market is located at 3rd & Grand.
 Arabia Steamboat Museum is located at 400 Grand.
 City Market is located at 5th & Grand.
 UMB Bank headquarters is located at 1010 Grand. A branch is at 1010 Grand and 1800 Grand with ATMs seen every couple blocks or miles.
 It passes from 12th Street to I-670 on Grand by the Power & Light District.
 The College Basketball Experience is located at 1301 Grand and connected to the Sprint Center at 1407 Grand.
 United Methodist Church of the Resurrection Downtown campus is located at 1601 Grand.
 The Kansas City Star historic headquarters building is located at 1729 Grand.
 Crown Center is located at 2450 Grand near its ending point.
 Hallmark Crown Center and Halls Crown Center are tenants in Crown Center. Hallmark Visitors Center is at 2450 Grand in Crown Center.
 Legoland Discovery Center Kansas City connected to SEA LIFE Kansas City is located at 2475 Grand.
 Shook, Hardy & Bacon headquarters is at 2555 Grand.
 Grand Boulevard is used by majority of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority | RideKC bus routes.
 Intersects with U.S. Route 71, U.S. Route 40, I-70, I-670, I-35, and US 24.

Notes

Streets in Kansas City, Missouri
Boulevards in the United States


The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse is a historic formerly commercial building at 150 Bay Street in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.  Built as a warehouse for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in 1900, it is the major surviving remnant of a five-building complex of the nation's first major grocery store chain.  It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, and now houses a mix of residences and storage facilities.

Description and history
The former A&P warehouse is located just northeast of the central downtown area of Jersey City, on the west side of Prevost Street between 1st and Bay Streets.  It is nine stories in height, constructed out of steel and reinforced concrete, with some wall sections fashioned from red brick.  It has a footprint of , and had more than  of interior space.  Architecturally, its facades are divided into rectangular sections by vertical piers and horizontal bands of concrete, with most sections housing several sash windows and some brickwork.  All three street-facing facades are crowned by projecting cornices.  Those three sides also originally had ground-level truck bays extending across most of their lengths, and the east side also featured a railroad siding.

The building was built by Turner Construction Company in 1900 for A&P, which had its start in New York City c. 1859 as an importer.  It opened a grocery in Manhattan in 1864, and rapidly expanded, with 67 stores ranging as far west as St. Paul, Minnesota, and more than 15,000 by 1930.  The Jersey City complex included five buildings devoted to the manufacture and distribution of the company's products and inventory.  It was sold by the company in 1929.  The building now houses a mix of residential rental units and a storage facility.

See also
A&P Warehouse (this structure's Manhattan predecessor)
Harsimus
Powerhouse Arts District, Jersey City
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey
List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey
Harsimus Cove Station

References

External links
Official Site

Buildings and structures in Jersey City, New Jersey
Commercial buildings completed in 1900
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Warehouses on the National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places


Kate Mullany (1845–1906) was an American early female labor leader who started the all-women Collar Laundry Union in Troy, New York in February 1864. It was one of the first women's unions that lasted longer than the resolution of a specific issue.

Biography
Kate Mullany was an Irish immigrant born in 1845 who moved to the United States of America at a very young age. With her co-workers Esther Keegan and Sarah McQuillan, she organized approximately 300 women into the first sustained female union in the country, the Collar Laundry Union, in 1864. Mullany went on to be its president and was elected second vice-president of the National Labor Union.

At the age of 19, when her father died, Mullany had to work 12–14 hours a day for $3 a week. She led a successful six-day strike in 1864 with over 300 other women to increase wages and improve working conditions. The strike led to a 25-percent increase in wages.

The National Labor Union saw what Mullany was doing and they appointed her to be assistant secretary of the National Labor Union, a union of which she would later be elected the Vice President.

In 1869 she married John Fogarty and her obituary was listed under her married name. Around that time, Mullany also failed at trying to create new laundry and collar-making cooperatives. She died in 1906 and was buried in the Fogarty family plot in St. Peter's Cemetery, Troy, New York.

The Kate Mullany House, at 350 8th Street in Troy, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1998, and became a National Historic Site in 2008.

In 2000, Mullany was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. She has been honored by the New York State Senate, and her home is on the Women's Heritage Trail.

See also
 Kate Mullany House
 Collar Laundry Union
 Troy, New York
 National Women's Hall of Fame
 National Labor Union

References

Further reading

External links
 The Kate Mullany story at the Public Employees Federation web site
 Connect Kids to Troy History

1845 births
1906 deaths
19th-century American women
Activists from New York (state)
American feminists
American trade union leaders
Irish emigrants to the United States
People from Troy, New York


The Bahr el Ghazal (; also spelled Bahr al Ghazal and Baḩr al Ghazāl) is a river in South Sudan. The South Sudanese region of Bahr el Ghazal takes its name from the river.

The Bahr el Ghazal is the main western tributary of the Nile. It is  long, flowing through the Sudd wetlands to Lake No, where it joins the White Nile.

Hydrology

The Bahr al Ghazal's drainage basin is the largest of any of the Nile's sub-basins, measuring 520,000 km (200,800 mi) in size, but it contributes a relatively small amount of water, about 2 m³/s (70 ft³/s) annually, due to tremendous volumes of water being lost in the Sudd wetlands. Seasonally, the river's discharge ranges from nothing to 48 m³/s (1,700 ft³/s).

According to some sources, the river is formed by the confluence of the Jur River and Bahr al-Arab rivers. However other more recent sources say the river rises in the Sudd wetlands with no definitive source, that the Jur River joins at Lake Ambadi, and the Bahr al-Arab joins below that. The river's drainage basin, including its tributaries, is  and reaches west to the border of the Central African Republic and northwest to the Darfur region.

History
The river was first mapped in 1772 by French geographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, although it was vaguely known to early Greek geographers.

See also
List of rivers of South Sudan

References

External links

 Bahr-el-Ghazal, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
 Baḩr al Ghazāl , GEOnet Names Server

Rivers of South Sudan
Bahr el Ghazal
Nile basin
Tributaries of the Nile
White Nile


Limacia clavigera, sometimes known by the common name orange-clubbed sea slug, is a sea slug, a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.

Distribution
Limacia clavigera is commonly found on the lower shore and in sublittoral algae belts along the Atlantic coast of Europe, including the British Isles, and from Norway to Portugal.  It has been found from the intertidal zone to depths of at least 20 m. It is replaced by Limacia inesae in the Mediterranean Sea.

It has also been reported along the South African coast from Saldanha Bay to Port Alfred. This disjunct distribution was an indication of several related species being included under one name. Some of these South African animals are referable to Limacia lucida and others belong to Limacia jellyi.

Description
Limacia clavigera is a small (up to 20 mm), white-bodied dorid with numerous orange-tipped projections on its body and scattered, raised, orange spots on its notum. Its gills and perfoliate rhinophores are orange-tipped.

Ecology
This species feeds on the encrusting bryozoan Electra pilosa as well as Membranipora membranacea and is often seen on encrusted red algae or kelp. Its egg ribbon is a flat broad spiral of several coils.

References

External links

 Distribution map, NBN UK

Polyceridae
Gastropods described in 1776
Taxa named by Otto Friedrich Müller


Jerome Charles White Jr. (born September 4, 1981), better known by his stage name , is an American enka singer of African-American and Japanese descent who is the first black enka singer in Japanese music history. In 2018, Jero announced that he was taking an indefinite hiatus from his music career to focus on a career in computers.

Biography
Jero began singing Enka at the age of six and continued to study the Japanese language all throughout high school and college. He also studied Japanese for some time at the Kansai Gaidai University school of foreign languages. Jero majored in information science at University of Pittsburgh and graduated in 2003 and moved to Japan in the same year. Two months after arriving in Japan, he entered the NHK Nodo Jiman competition broadcast on TV.

Jero first began pursuing his dream to become an Enka artist because of the influence of his Japanese grandmother Takiko, who had met his grandfather, an African-American serviceman, at a dance during World War II. They married, had a daughter, Harumi - now a department store sales clerk - and eventually moved to his grandfather's hometown, Pittsburgh. His parents divorced when he was young and he was reared amid a strong sense of Japanese culture.

His grandmother, originally from Yokohama, Japan, first introduced Jero to Enka and it was under her guidance that he grew to love the genre as a child. Jero, who majored in information technology at the University of Pittsburgh, did not initially imagine himself in a career as an Enka singer. Rather, after he permanently moved to Japan, his main forms of employment were as an English teacher at NOVA and as a computer engineer. He only began to actively work towards becoming an Enka singer because he had promised his grandmother that one day he would someday perform at the annual Kohaku Uta Gassen song show. As a result, he actively participated in numerous singing contests while he continued to work as a computer engineer and eventually achieved real success after only two months since he had arrived in Japan. His grandmother never was able to see her grandson achieve Enka fame, she died in 2005, three years before he became famous.

His first single, , was released in Japan on February 20, 2008. It entered the Oricon charts at number 4. Umi Yuki, references the Sea of Japan, but Jero has admitted that the only ocean he has ever really seen was in California.

From May 21, 2008, Jero appeared in a Japanese TV commercial for Kirin "Fire" coffee, the first time he had appeared in a TV commercial. In October 2008, he was interviewed on CNN International's TalkAsia.

He won Best New Artist Award in 50th Japan Record Awards on December 30, 2008.

Jero was selected to appear on the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, NHK New Year's Eve musical spectacular, on December 31, 2008. In his participation, he fulfilled a pledge he made to his dying grandmother to appear on the yearly competition. Jero appeared wearing a black and white shirt bearing the image of his grandmother. He also appeared on the following year's show.

Jero made his first major U.S. appearance on March 28, 2009 during the opening ceremony of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. Jero's first official U.S. appearance was a live concert to over 500 fans at the University of Pittsburgh, his alma mater, on August 27, 2008.

Jero completed his first official US concert tour by singing to a sold-out house at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on March 28, 2010 and at the Aratani Japan America Theatre in Los Angeles on March 31, 2010. In addition, he also appeared in the 30th Anniversary Gala Celebration of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles on March 30, 2010.

Appeal
African-American culture has been popular among a segment of young Japanese since the mid-1990s, so many are hoping that he will be able to spark interest in enka in the younger generation. He held a concert on February 20, 2008 in Shibuya, a popular hangout for young people.

Enka, a product of the late 1940s, is often viewed today by the music industry as commercially obsolete. However, there is hope for Enka yet as Jero's fanbase is not limited to older women who grew up with the genre but also a new and emerging younger fanbase who before would never have been thought of as potential fans for the genre. Jero's devotion to the memory of his grandmother and his image as a well-educated individual have helped him to win over the hearts of older fans, while younger fans are drawn to him and his music because of the way he has revitalized the genre by blending it with a dash of hip hop.

From the start, Jero always wanted to keep his hip hop attire, but his record company was a bit hesitant at first. Most Enka singers wear a kimono in their performances, which Jero felt was inappropriate for him. After pleading with his management company, he was allowed to maintain the hip hop image and to great success as it is one of the many factors that contribute to his popularity.

Discography

Singles
 "Umiyuki" (海雪) (2008.02.20)
 "Eisa" (えいさ) (2009.01.28)
 "Yancha michi" (やんちゃ道) (2009.04.15)
 "Tsumeato" (爪跡) (2009.08.19)
 "Usonaki" (嘘泣き) (2010.06.16)
 Usonaki [嘘泣き]
 Otokonaki [男泣き]
 Shiki no uta [四季の歌]
 "Tada...Namida" (ただ...涙) (2011.06.22)
 Tada...Namida [ただ...涙]
 Kaenjyu [火焔樹]

Digital Songs
 "Mezamashi yume ondo" (めざまし夢音頭) (2008.08.13)
 "Shiren" (試練) (2008.12.03)
 "Wakeari ressha" (訳あり列車) (2011.03.30)

Albums
 Covers (カバーズ) (2008.06.25)
 Hisame [氷雨]
 Kimi koishi [君恋し]
 Yozura [夜空]
 Mizukigami [水鏡]
 Honmoku meruhen [本牧メルヘン]
 Pusanko e kaere [釜山港へ帰れ]
 Saraba koibito [さらば恋人]
 Covers (カバーズ) Special Edition (CD + DVD) (2008.06.25)
 Yakusoku (約束) (2009.02.25)
 Eisa [えいさ]
 Tokyo hyouryuu [東京漂流]
 Aruzenchin touhikou [アルゼンチン逃避行]
 Shiren [試練]
 Hare butai [晴れ舞台]
 Kyoko to takashi [キョーコとタカシ]
 Rurou no machi [流浪の街]
 Osaka jewel [大阪ジュエル]
 Nanohana hatake de tsukamae te [菜の花畑でつかまえて]
 Umiyuki [海雪]
 Covers 2 (カバーズ 2) (2009.09.23)
 Matteiru onna [待っている女]
 Shishuuki [思秋期]
 Aijin [愛人]
 Orizuru [折鶴]
 Rashoumon [羅生門]
 Tasogare [黄昏]
 Yukiguni [雪國]
 Hajimeteno machide [初めての街で]
 Covers 3 - Roots of Jero (カバーズ 3) (2010.06.16)
 Echigojishi no uta [越後獅子の唄]
 Tsugaru heiya [津軽平野]
 Amerika bashi [アメリカ橋]
 Chigiri [契り]
 Yozakura oshichi [夜桜お七]
 Tsugaru koionna [津軽恋女]
 J
 Best and Rare (ベスト＆レア) (2011.03.30)
 Umiyuki [海雪]
 Hisame [氷雨]
 Hare butai [晴れ舞台]
 Yurakuchode arimasho [有楽町で逢いましょう]
 Tsuemato [爪跡]
 Shiki no uta [四季の歌]
 Shiren [試練]
 Usonaki [嘘泣き]
 Rurou no machi [流浪の街]
 Hajimeteno machide [初めての街で]
 Eisa [えいさ]
 Mezamashi yume ondo [めざまし夢音頭]
 Yancha michi [やんちゃ道]
 Wakeari ressha [訳あり列車]
 Taitoru mitei [タイトル未定]
 Covers 4 (カバーズ 4) (2011.06.22)
 Soshite Kobe [そして神戸]
 Mado [窓]
 Tasogaremai・rabu [たそがれマイ・ラブ]
 Nora [ノラ]
 Soemoncho blues [宗右衛門町ブルース]
 Itoshiki hibi [愛しき日々]
 Katteni shiyagare [勝手にしやがれ]
 Sakurazaka [桜坂]

Movies
 Donju as Akira. (2009)

Commercial tie-ins
 Hisame for Kirin Fire Cafe Zero (2008)
 Shiren for Fushigi no Dungeon Furai no Shiren DS2-Sabaku no Majō (2008)
 Hare Butai for Minna no Uta (2008)
 Rurō no Machi for Donju (2009)
 Yancha Michi for Crayon Shin-chan: Otakebe! Kasukabe Yasei Ōkoku (2009)
 Kyoko to Takashi for Hokkaidō Railway Company (2009)
 Shiki no uta for Toyo Suisan (2010)

References

External links
 Jero's Official Website
 Jero's Official Page at Victor Entertainment
 Jero's Official Blog
 Jero's Former Official Blog

 Jero - Video interview by the Japanese American National Museum, Discover Nikkei project (March 30, 2010)

1981 births
Living people
Singers from Pittsburgh
20th-century African-American male singers
Japanese-language singers
African-American–Asian-American relations
American musicians of Japanese descent
Enka singers
Japanese male singers
Japanese people of African-American descent
University of Pittsburgh alumni
American expatriates in Japan
21st-century American singers
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century American male singers
21st-century African-American male singers