The list of North Carolina hurricanes between 1950 and 1979 encompasses 79 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the U.S. state of North Carolina. Collectively, cyclones in North Carolina during that time period resulted in 37 total fatalities during the period, as well as about $3 billion in damage in 2008 USD. A cyclone affected the state in every year during the three decades, and in three seasons a total of five cyclones impacted the state. The strongest hurricane to hit the state during the time period was Hurricane Hazel, which struck the state as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale. Hazel was both the costliest and deadliest cyclone during the period, causing over $1 billion in damage (2008 USD) and 19 deaths. Most storms affected the state in September, though cyclones impacted the state between May and October.

1950s

August 20, 1950 – Hurricane Able brushes the Outer Banks with light winds and rough waves.
September 7, 1950 – Former Hurricane Easy weakens to tropical depression status over Georgia, bringing heavy rainfall to North Carolina which peaks at  in Yancey County.
September 11, 1950 – Hurricane Dog skirts the coastline as it remains well offshore.
May 21, 1951 – Hurricane Able produces high surf along the coastline.
October 4, 1951 – Hurricane How brushes the coastline with heavy surf.
August 31, 1952 – Tropical Storm Able crosses the center portion of the state, causing moderate precipitation and stream flooding.
August 14, 1953 – Hurricane Barbara moves ashore near Morehead City with  wind gusts and rainfall, which causes about $1.1 million in damage (1953 USD, $8.9 million 2008 USD), mostly from crop damage; one person drowned due to the storm.
September 28, 1953 – Moisture from former Hurricane Florence brings moderate rainfall to the state.
August 30, 1954 – Hurricane Carol passes just east of the state, producing  wind gusts and rough waves along the Outer Banks; damage is minor, largely limited to crop damage.
September 10, 1954 – Strong waves from Hurricane Edna cause widespread but minor damage to the Outer Banks.
October 15, 1954 – Hurricane Hazel moves ashore near the South Carolina/North Carolina border as a Category 4 hurricane, destroying 15,000 buildings and damaging 39,000 more. Damage is greatest in Brunswick County, where great coastal damage occurs due to a powerful storm tide. Considered the most destructive hurricane to affect the state at the time, the hurricane causes an estimated damage total of $136 million (1954 USD, $1.09 billion 2008 USD). Hurricane Hazel injures 200 and kills 19 people in the state.
August 12, 1955 – Hurricane Connie strikes the Outer Banks and produces severe beach erosion. It drops up to  of precipitation, which floods large areas of crop lands. No deaths are reported in the state, and damage accrues to $80 million (1955 USD, $640 million 2008 USD).
August 17, 1955 – Hurricane Diane makes landfall near Wilmington, producing further beach erosion and flooding just five days after the previous hurricane. Wind damage is light, and no fatalities or injuries occur in the state.
September 19, 1955 – Moving ashore near Morehead City, Hurricane Ione drops heavy rainfall which peaks at  near Maysville. The combination of high tides and rainfall leaves large portions of eastern North Carolina flooded, including large areas of crop lands. The hurricane kills seven, of which two indirectly due to traffic accidents, and damage totals to $88 million (1955 USD, $708 million 2008 USD).
August 16, 1956 – Hurricane Betsy brushes the coastline with rainfall.
September 8, 1956 – The interaction between a high-pressure system and Tropical Storm Carla produces moderate winds along the coastline.
September 26, 1956 – The extratropical remains of Hurricane Flossy produce moderate rainfall across much of the state, which is beneficial after previous dry conditions.
October, 1956 – A quasi-tropical storm passes over the Outer Banks.
September 9, 1957 – The remnants of Tropical Storm Debbie brings light rainfall to the state.
September 18, 1957 – A weak tropical depression crosses the state.
August 28, 1958 – Hurricane Daisy passes just offshore, producing light winds but little damage.
September 27, 1958 – Hurricane Helene parallels the coastline just offshore with wind gusts reaching . The winds cause moderate structural and crop damage, totaling about $11 million (1958 USD, $82 million 2008 USD).
July 10, 1959 – Tropical Depression Cindy crosses through the state, producing heavy rainfall and some tornadoes.
September 30, 1959 – Former Hurricane Gracie passes through the central portion of the state and causes moderate tides near the coastline, as well as heavy rainfall in the inland mountains region.

1960s

July 29, 1960 – Crossing the eastern portion of the state, Tropical Storm Brenda produces locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds.
September 12, 1960 – Hurricane Donna moves across the Outer Banks, causing heavy damage from the combination of high winds and waves. Up to a distance of 50 miles (80 km) inland, strong winds down trees and crops, and damage in the state totals $56.5 million (1960 USD, $422 million 2008 USD). Across the state, over 100 people are injured, and eight people are killed, of which five directly.
September 14, 1961 – A tropical storm strikes the state, though no serious damage is reported.
September 20, 1961 – Hurricane Esther passes offshore with slightly above normal tides and light winds.
September 28, 1962 – Tropical Storm Alma attains hurricane status near the Outer Banks, though winds on land are minor, and little damage is reported.
October 12, 1962 – The interaction between Hurricane Ella and a high-pressure system produces above normal tides and beach erosion along the coastline.
October, 1963 – Hurricane Ginny affects the coastline for about a week with rough winds, which cause severe beach erosion; the hurricane destroys one house, though overall damage was limited.
August 30, 1964 – Former Hurricane Cleo enters the state as a tropical depression, spawning several tornadoes and dropping heavy rainfall.
September 13, 1964 – Paralleling the coastline just offshore, Tropical Storm Dora causes some beach erosion and precipitation.
September 21, 1964 – Hurricane Gladys causes high tides along the coastline.
October 5, 1964 – The remnants of Hurricane Hilda drop moderate to heavy precipitation across the state.
October 16, 1964 – Hurricane Isbell makes landfall near Morehead City with gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall; damage is minor.
June 16, 1965 – A former tropical storm crosses through the state.
September 12, 1965 – After becoming extratropical over the Ohio Valley, the remnants of Hurricane Betsy bring light rainfall to the state.
June 11, 1966 – Hurricane Alma parallels the coastline offshore, producing above normal tides and moderate precipitation.
August 29, 1966 – Rough seas from Hurricane Faith cause four drownings along the coastline.
September 16, 1967 – Tropical Storm Doria enters the state from the northeast with slightly above normal tides; damage is minor.
June 9, 1968 – Former Hurricane Abby moves across much of the state, dropping moderate precipitation and spawning a tornado near Charlotte.
October 19, 1968 – Hurricane Gladys passes just offshore, bringing moderate to heavy rainfall across the state; the rainfall is beneficial due to previously dry conditions.
August 20, 1969 – The remnants of Hurricane Camille drop light rainfall across the western portion of the state.
September 9, 1969 – Hurricane Gerda brushes the coastline with light winds and rainfall.
September 24, 1969 – A tropical depression brings light precipitation to much of the state.
October 15, 1969 – Originally predicted to strike the Outer Banks, Hurricane Kara passes offshore, only affecting small craft.

1970s

May 26, 1970 – The remnants of Hurricane Alma cross the eastern portion of the state.
August 17, 1970 – An unnamed tropical depression moves across the Outer Banks, bringing locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds.
August 17, 1971 – A tropical depression moving through the southeastern United States drops up to  in the state.
August 27, 1971 – Tropical Storm Doria makes landfall near Morehead City, which causes mudslides from heavy rainfall but overall light damage.
September 12, 1971 – A tropical depression dissipates in the state after entering through South Carolina.
September 19, 1971 – The remnants of Hurricane Edith drop moderate precipitation in the western portion of the state.
September 30, 1971 – Hurricane Ginger makes landfall near Atlantic Beach and slowly moves across the state, dropping heavy rainfall peaking at  at Bodie Island. The precipitation causes severe crop damage totalling $10 million (1971 USD, $53 million 2008 USD).
May 26, 1972 – Subtropical Storm Alpha attains gale-force winds to the southeast of the Outer Banks after dropping  of rainfall at Ocracoke.
June 21, 1972 – The remnants of Hurricane Agnes re-attain tropical storm status over the northeastern portion of the state. The interaction with a low to its west results in heavy rainfall of up to  on Mount Mitchell, which causes record river flooding and severe crop damage. Throughout the state, Agnes causes two deaths and $6.56 million in damage (1972 USD, $33.8 million 2008 USD).
July 12, 1972 – A tropical depression moves ashore near the South Carolina/North Carolina border.
August 31, 1972 – Attaining tropical storm status to the southeast of the state, Tropical Storm Carrie drops light precipitation along the coastline.
September 15, 1972 – The remnants of Hurricane Dawn dissipate offshore of South Carolina, dropping very light rainfall in North Carolina.
October 24, 1973 – The remnants of Tropical Depression Gilda reform into a large subtropical cyclone, which produces gale-force winds and beach erosion along the Outer Banks.
June 26, 1974 – The first subtropical storm of the season brushes the coastline with light rainfall.
June 26, 1974 – A tropical depression transitions into an extratropical cyclone, with its remnants dropping moderate precipitation near the coastline.
October 8, 1974 – The fourth subtropical storm of the season produces rainfall in the eastern portion of the state as it parallels offshore.

June 29, 1975 – A tropical depression intensifies into Tropical Storm Amy, after brushing the Outer Banks with light rainfall.
September 24, 1975 – The remnants of Hurricane Eloise become extratropical over eastern Tennessee, spawning a few tornadoes and dropping moderate precipitation across western North Carolina.
October 2, 1975 – Hurricane Gladys threatens the Outer Banks with rough waves, but remains well offshore.
October 27, 1975– Tropical Storm Hallie brushes the coastline with light precipitation.
May 24, 1976– Subtropical Storm One drops light rainfall near the coastline as parallels the coastline.
August 9, 1976– Hurricane Belle passes just offshore, producing strong wind gusts and a moderate storm tide that left areas flooded.
August 20, 1976 – Tropical Storm Dottie moves ashore along South Carolina, causing beach erosion and locally heavy rainfall in southern North Carolina.
September 15, 1976 – A subtropical depression brings moderate rainfall as it crosses the state.
September 6, 1977 – The tropical depression that later becomes Hurricane Clara brushes the coastline with light precipitation.
September 9, 1977 – The remnants of Hurricane Babe near the South Carolina/North Carolina border, producing rainfall across the entire state that peaks at  in Transylvania County.
August 29, 1978 – Tropical Storm Debra strikes Louisiana, with its remnants producing rainfall in the northern North Carolina.
September 2, 1978 – Hurricane Ella turns northeastward well offshore after threatening the Outer Banks; it causes some beach erosion and loss of tourism during the traditionally busy Labor Day Weekend.
July 15, 1979 – The remnants of Hurricane Bob cross the eastern portion of the state from north to south, exiting into the Atlantic Ocean near Morehead City after dropping light rainfall.
July 31, 1979 – The remnants of Tropical Storm Claudette dissipate after producing light rainfall in the northeastern portion of the state.
September 5, 1979 – Former Hurricane David crosses the central portion of the state, dropping heavy rainfall peaking at  in New Holland. The storm causes flooding and beach erosion, though no significant damage is reported.
September 14, 1979 – Former Hurricane Frederic passes through eastern Tennessee, and drops locally moderate precipitation in western North Carolina.

Monthly statistics

Deadly storms
The table lists hurricanes by death tolls. Direct deaths are those that are directly caused by the storm passage, such as drownings or deaths from being struck by windblown objects. Indirect deaths are those that are related to the storm, but not directly from its storm effects.

See also

Geography of North Carolina
List of North Carolina hurricanes

References

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 1950
North Carolina 1950
Hurricanes 1950


The School of Interactive Computing is an academic unit located within the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). It conducts both research and teaching activities related to interactive computing at the undergraduate and graduate levels. These activities focus on computing's interaction with users and the environment, as well as how computers impact the quality of people's lives.

History
The School of Interactive Computing was formed in February 2007, when the former Interactive & Intelligent Computing Division was renamed and promoted to "School" status. Aaron Bobick was appointed as the school's first chair. Along with its sibling academic unit, the School of Computer Science, the School of Interactive Computing represents the first time a college-level computing program has delineated the field into separate but related bodies of study. In July 2012, Annie Antón, formerly at North Carolina State University, replaced Bobick as school chair.

Degrees offered
The School of Interactive Computing offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees in several fields. These degrees are technically granted by the School's parent organization, the Georgia Tech College of Computing, and often awarded in conjunction with other academic units within Georgia Tech.

Doctoral degrees
 Ph.D. in Computer Science
Ph.D. in Machine Learning
 Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing
 Ph.D. in Robotics

Master's degrees
 M.S. in Computer Science
M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

Bachelor's degrees
 B.S. in Computational Media
 B.S. in Computer Science

Research
The faculty and students of the School conduct a variety of research in areas including cognitive science, computer vision, human-computer interaction, learning sciences, machine learning, natural language processing, and robotics. A common theme across research is an emphasis on interactive computing, which is an increasingly recognized term for describing a class of research problems that sit at the intersection of computing and the human environment.

Notable faculty

Location

The School of Interactive Computing's administrative offices, as well as those of most of its faculty and graduate students, are located in the Technology Square Research Building (TSRB) at Technology Square in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, just east of the Institute's main campus. TSRB also houses the GVU Center and RIM@GT, two interdisciplinary research centers with which many School of Interactive Computing personnel are affiliated.

See also
 Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing
 GVU Center
 RIM@GT

References

External links
 Georgia Institute of Technology School of Interactive Computing

Computing
Human–computer interaction
Information schools


Thalassius may refer to:

 Thalassius (spider), a synonym of Nilus, a genus of nursery web spiders
 Saint Thalassius, a 5th-century Syrian hermit


Dora Bria (19 July 1958 – 22 January 2008) was a Brazilian six-time windsurfing champion.

Bria was known as a pioneer in Brazilian windsurfing. She won the national championship six times between 1990 and 1995. At the time of her death she held three South American championship titles.

Biography
She was born in Rio de Janeiro to a Brazilian mother and Romanian father.

Death
On January 22, 2008, Bria crashed her pick-up truck, on a rainy Tuesday evening, in Minas Gerais (southeastern Brazil), on her way to her native Rio de Janeiro.

References

External links
 Dora Bria Online Tribute

1958 births
2008 deaths
Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian people of Romanian descent
Brazilian windsurfers
Road incident deaths in Brazil
Female windsurfers
20th-century Brazilian women


Tachylalia or tachylogia is extremely rapid speech. Tachylalia by itself is not considered a speech disorder. Tachylalia occurs in many clutterers and many people who have speech disorders.

Tachylalia is a generic term for speaking fast, and does not need to coincide with other speech problems.

Tachylalia may be exhibited as a single stream of rapid speech without prosody, and can be delivered quietly or mumbled.  Tachylalia can be simulated by stimulating the brain electronically.

Tachylalia can occur with Parkinson's disease.

References

Speech disorders


Double Rainbow is an American brand of premium ice cream, sorbets, and frozen desserts based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1976 by two childhood friends, the company has remained a family-owned and operated business for over 40 years. The company distributes locally and nationally at retail stores and grocery outlets nationwide. Dubbed as "The Official Ice Cream of San Francisco" by former Mayor Willie Brown, Double Rainbow has won numerous awards, including "Grand Champion" at the World Dairy Expo. Manufactured products include dairy, non-dairy, and soy-based products. All of their ice creams are certified Kosher by the Orthodox Union.

Information
Double Rainbow was originally founded by Michael Sachar and Steven Fink, two childhood friends from Brooklyn. As kids, they would sell frozen popsicles on the beaches of Coney Island, with the dream of one day opening their own ice cream parlor. On September 28, 1976, they signed their first lease for their first ice cream shop on Castro Street. On that same day, a double rainbow lit up the San Francisco sky, and the name was born.

In 1982, Double Rainbow won the top prize in the "Great American Lick-Off."

The company offers more than 60 flavors in pint, quart, and 2.5 gallon tubs. Seasonal flavors include Pumpkin, Peppermint Cookie Crunch, Eggnog.

Manufacturing took place in the heart of San Francisco's mission district for over 40 years. In 2019, manufacturing re-located to Emeryville, CA.

Misc
Double Rainbow distributes to large grocery chains including Safeway and Whole Foods.
Their Castro Street location was a neighborhood fixture during the heart of the 70s and 80s.
In November 2020 Double Rainbow returned to San Francisco's Castro District opening an ice cream scoop shop close to where the original stood.

References

External links

Ice cream brands
Kosher dairy
Food and drink companies based in San Francisco
Dairy products companies in California
1976 establishments in California


Tịnh Biên is a district-level town (thị xã) of An Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.

As of 2022, the town had a population of 143,098. The town seat lies at Tịnh Biên ward.

The Tịnh Biên frontier market is located here.

Tịnh Biên is about 125 km from Phnom Penh along National Highway 2 (CPC). It is a common route used by tourists between Cambodia and Vietnam. The Khmer population is relatively high, especially in the communes of An Cư, Tân Lợi, An Hảo, Giao Va and Vĩnh Trung. Tịnh Biên district is connected by Highway 91 to Cần Thơ which also connects to Highway 1. and Highway 55 to Hà Tiên, about 80 km.

A village in the district was depicted in Robin Moore's fiction book The Green Berets; chapter 1 described a real-life battle at Tịnh Biên during the Vietnam War in which all of the members of a United States Army Special Forces detachment were injured during the fighting.

Due to its proximity to the border with Cambodia, tobacco and electronic goods are smuggled in Tịnh Biên.

Border crossing
A border crossing with Cambodia, called the Tịnh Biên International Border Gate, is located in this district just outside the town of Xuân Biên. The border crossing connects to the Vietnamese National Highway 91. Besides normal Vietnamese visas, this border crossing is listed as a Vietnamese Evia entry point for foreigners.

The border checkpoint on the Cambodian side is called the Phnom Den International Border Gate, which is leads to the Cambodian National Highway 2 towards Phnom Penh.

References

Districts of An Giang province
An Giang province
Cambodia–Vietnam border crossings


Tri Tôn is a rural district (huyện) of An Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 118,648. The district covers an area of . The district capital lies at Tri Tôn and is  away from Châu Đốc. There is a sacred mountain system named Seven Mountains here where Bửu Sơn Kỳ Hương monks live.

It is the largest and most sparsely populated of the districts in An Giang, being quite mountainous.

It was the location of the Ba Chúc massacre committed by the Khmer Rouge in 1978, which was part of a series of cross-border incursions that prompted a Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia.

Administrative divisions
The district is divided into two townships: Tri Tôn (the district capital) and Ba Chúc, and the communes of Châu Lăng, Lương Phi, Vĩnh Phước, Lương An Trà, Lạc Quới, Vĩnh Gia, Núi Tô, An Tức, Ô Lâm, Cô Tô, Tà Đảnh and Tân Tuyến.

References

Districts of An Giang province
An Giang province


Émile Lesage (February 8, 1904 – July 27, 1963) was a Canadian politician from Quebec.

Background
He was born on February 8, 1904, in Louiseville, Mauricie and was a business person.

Member of the legislature
Lesage ran as a Conservative candidate in the 1935 election for the district of Abitibi, but was defeated by Liberal incumbent Hector Authier.  He was elected as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1936 election.  He lost his bid for re-election in the 1939 election.

Legislative Councillor
He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec in 1956 and represented the division of Montarville until his death.

Mayor
Lesage served as Mayor of Macamic, Quebec, from 1958 to 1961.

Death
He died on July 27, 1963.

Footnotes

1904 births
1963 deaths
Mayors of places in Quebec
Union Nationale (Quebec) MLCs
Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs


The SStB - Gutenburg was a steam locomotive of the Südlichen Staatsbahn (SStB) or Southern National Railway of Austria-Hungary.

The locomotive was the last one ordered by the SStB. It was supplied by Georg Sigl in Vienna in 1857, and was the first locomotive he produced. The name Gutenberg refers to Johannes Gutenberg and results from the fact that Sigl originally built printing machines.

The locomotive was built in 1858 during the course of the privatization of Austrian national railways to the Südbahngesellschaft (SB) or Austrian Southern Railway, which assigned it the number 291 and the class number 12 (starting from 1864, class 17). It was retired from service in 1880.

References

Steam locomotives of Austria
Austrian Southern Railway Company steam locomotives
2-4-0 locomotives
Individual locomotives of Switzerland
Standard gauge locomotives of Austria
Railway locomotives introduced in 1857


Bald Eagle-Nittany High School was a public high school in Mill Hall, Pennsylvania.  After the high school closed, the building was renovated and is now Central Mountain Middle School.

Overview
Bald Eagle-Nittany High School first opened for the 1955–56 school year. Its name originates from the area where its students lived; from both valleys of Mount Nittany and Bald Eagle Mountain. The student body came from Mill Hall, Beech Creek, Pennsylvania, Lamar Township, Pennsylvania, Porter Township, Pennsylvania, and Bald Eagle Township, Pennsylvania. In 1999, after already being joined by the majority of the Sugar Valley High School students two years earlier, Bald Eagle-Nittany merged with Lock Haven High School and the three schools formed Central Mountain High School. After the merger, events such as the homecoming celebration mentioned were lost, along with the rivalry between these schools. Central Mountain students now have their own traditions.

Athletics
Contributions were made through funds raised from the athletic clubs.

Wrestling
The Panther grapplers turned out a record of 450-221-11 over the school's forty-three years earning a .670 win percentage.

Coach George Custer coached seven wrestlers to twelve District 6 individual titles, three wrestlers to four state titles and also had two runners-up. Coach Custer was inducted into the Pennsylvania Wrestling Association Coaches Hall of Fame in 1973.

After Coach Custer, Coach Charles "Biff" Walizer headed the program for the next 25 years, amassing a 294-155-6 mark and ten District 6 titles, winning six straight at the end of his career. Coach Walizer coached thirty-two individual champions to fifty-two total titles at the District 6 tournament.  He also coached four individual champions to eight state-level titles with six runners-up.  Coach Walizer was inducted into the Pennsylvania Wrestling Association Coaches Hall of Fame in 2003.

Along with these coaches, the following associates of the Bald Eagle-Nittany wrestling program have also been inducted into the Pennsylvania Wrestling Association Coaches Hall of Fame: Terry Williams - 1991 (wrestler), Norm Polovcsik - 1999 (Editor), and Frank Eisenhower - 2004 (Wrestler).

Bald Eagle-Nittany wrestling in District 6 earned twelve tournament titles and three duals titles.  The Panthers also had seventy-five champions. The program also had eight members in the District 6 hall of fame; George Custer (inducted 1990), Terry Williams (1992), Frank Eisenhower (1998), Charles "Biff" Walizer (2000), Barry Daniels (2003), Scott Bair (2006), Travis "Trap" McCormick (2006), and Biff Walizer (2006).

While wrestling at the regional level the program secured twenty-six champions, several of them earned honors as Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association state wrestling champions.  Bald Eagle-Nittany wrestling state champions and runners-up are:

                    Champions                             Runners-up
     Frank Eisenhower          145 lbs. 1959     Karl Galbraith 165 lbs. 1963
     Frank Eisenhower          154 lbs. 1960     Barry Daniels  127 lbs. 1966
     Adam Waltz                138 lbs. 1962     Mark Williams  119 lbs. 1975
     Barry Daniels             133 lbs. 1967     Mark Williams  126 lbs. 1976
     Dusty Ream                138 lbs. 1974     Terry Williams 155 lbs. 1979
     Terry Williams            155 lbs. 1977     Casey Koch     119 lbs. 1987
     Terry Williams            155 lbs. 1978     Casey Koch     125 lbs. 1989
     Terry Williams            155 lbs. 1980     Shan Rippey    135 lbs. 1991
     Biff Walizer              125 lbs. 1992     Shawn Weaver   189 lbs. 1997
     Biff Walizer              125 lbs. 1993
     Scott Bair                119 lbs. 1995
     Scott Bair                125 lbs. 1996
    *Travis "Trap" McCormick   112 lbs. 1997
    +Andy Hull                 160 lbs. 1999

 * Also won titles in 1995 and 1996 while wrestling for the Sugar Valley Indians at 103 lbs.
 + Last wrestling match in a Bald Eagle-Nittany singlet.

Track and Field
Although Bald Eagle Nittany never had a track & field team or cross country team, Glenn Stephens coached himself and competed as a middle and long-distance runner in open road races, Nittany Valley Track Club cross country, marathons, and all comers track meets, as an exhibition runner in Lock High High School track meets, and Jersey Shore High School cross country races. Stephens ran the first of several marathons as a sophomore, won the Class B division of the Camptown races as a junior, placed 3rd in Districts (and broke the District record) in the 880 as a junior, and won the West Branch conference 880 as a senior, breaking the Conference record.  In his senior year, Stephens lost one track race and was awarded an honorary letter.

Noted alumni
Howard M. Peters (class of 1958), Silicon Valley (of California) patent attorney, nat. American Chemical Society Board of Directors, 2005-7
 Glenn Stephens (class of 1976), competed for BEN and Millersville University in track and cross country, but later moved into triathlon and aquabike (swim-bike).  Ranked 4th in the United States in his age group in the aquabike division in 2010.  UCLA Ph.D. in Political Science, UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law J.D., former senior counsel to current NLRB Chair Wilma Liebma. Has taught at California State University, Northridge, Pomona College, UCLA, Princeton University, Scripps College, and Penn State.  Blogger - https://ikonoklazt.wordpress.
 Alison Bechdel (class of 1978), American cartoonist; originally best known for the long-running comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, in 2006 she became a best-selling author with her graphic memoir Fun Home.
 Tym Desanto - (class of 1977), Tim (Tym) has enjoyed success as an athlete, artist, designer, and television personality. Desanto is the current host of Style File.

See also
Central Mountain High School

References

External links
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment 1995-1996
Bald Eagle-Nittany wrestling program - District 6 History
Pennsylvania state wrestling championships and past champions
Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association
Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association

High schools in Central Pennsylvania
Defunct schools in Pennsylvania
1955 establishments in Pennsylvania


Anastasiya Nikolayevna Yermakova (, born 8 April 1983 in Moscow) is a Russian competitor in synchronised swimming and four-time Olympic champion.

She won gold medals in the duet competition with Anastasia Davydova at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was part of the Russian gold medal team in 2004 and 2008.

She trained with the Italian synchronized swimming team "Rarinantes Savona", and collaborated with the Italian national synchronized swimming team. She participated in the Italian program "Vite in Apnea", which was a reality show showing the training of the Italian national team of synchronized swimming, before the swimming world cup Barcelona 2013.

References

External links

 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220071053/http://www.rarinantes.sv.it/index.php/newshidden/1056-syncro-campionato-italiano-estivo-junior--la-blu-shelf-carisa-savona-sara-impegnta-dal-18-al-21-luglio-a-busto-arsizio.html
 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235654/http://www.rarinantes.sv.it/index.php/societa/284-syncro-anastasia-ermakova-nuova-allenatrice-biancorossa

1983 births
Living people
Russian synchronized swimmers
Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
Olympic synchronized swimmers for Russia
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Synchronized swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Synchronized swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
Synchronized swimmers at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships
Synchronized swimmers at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships
Synchronized swimmers at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships
Synchronized swimmers at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
Swimmers from Moscow


Being is a 1974 album by the Finnish progressive rock group Wigwam.

Track listing

References

External links
 Album information at Wigwam Nuclear Netclub
 Lyrics

1974 albums
Wigwam (Finnish band) albums


Anastasia Semyonovna Davydova (; born 2 February 1983) is a Russian former synchronised swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist, and current coach.

Biography
Davydova won gold medals in the duet competition with Anastasiya Yermakova at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was part of the Russian gold medal team in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics. After the London Olympics, Anastasia announced that she would retire from competition and take up coaching.

In September 2022, it was confirmed that she had left Russia, without any plans to return.

References

External links

1983 births
Living people
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Russian synchronized swimmers
Olympic synchronized swimmers for Russia
Synchronized swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Synchronized swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Synchronized swimming coaches
Swimmers from Moscow
Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
Synchronized swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
Synchronized swimmers at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Synchronized swimmers at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
Synchronized swimmers at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
Synchronized swimmers at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships
Synchronized swimmers at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships
Synchronized swimmers at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships


Papakura is an electorate for the New Zealand House of Representatives, based in the south Auckland town of Papakura. Historically, the name refers to an electorate that existed between  and , which with the advent of Mixed Member Proportional voting and resulting reduction in the number of constituencies was folded into a new  seat. In  Hunua was modified, pulled northwards and renamed .

In a modern sense, the name refers to a constituency which was fought for the first time at the . This new Papakura seat is the successor to the old Clevedon seat. It also contains a set of towns to the west of Papakura, namely Drury, Karaka and Kingseat. Until 2014 it also included Waiau Pa and Clarks Beach. The current MP is Judith Collins, of the National Party.

Population centres

The 1977 electoral redistribution was the most overtly political since the Representation Commission had been established through an amendment to the Representation Act in 1886, initiated by Muldoon's National Government. As part of the 1976 census, a large number of people failed to fill out an electoral re-registration card, and census staff had not been given the authority to insist on the card being completed. This had little practical effect for people on the general roll, but it transferred Māori to the general roll if the card was not handed in. Together with a northward shift of New Zealand's population, this resulted in five new electorates having to be created in the upper part of the North Island. The electoral redistribution was very disruptive, and 22 electorates were abolished, while 27 electorates were newly created (including Papakura) or re-established. These changes came into effect for the .

History
In the 1978 election, the Papakura electorate was won by National's Merv Wellington, who had been MP for the Manurewa electorate since . When he retired at the , he was succeeded by John Robertson.

Members of Parliament

Key

1Robertson defected to the United party in 1995.

List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Papakura electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.

Key

Election results

2020 election

2017 election

2014 election

Electorate (as at 4 October 2014): 45,992

2011 election

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,164

2008 election

Table footnotes

Notes

References

Politics of the Auckland Region
New Zealand electorates in the Auckland Region
1978 establishments in New Zealand
1996 disestablishments in New Zealand
2008 establishments in New Zealand


WZUN-FM (102.1 MHz "Sunny 102") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Phoenix, New York, and serving the Syracuse metropolitan area. The station is owned by Edward Levine's Galaxy Communications through licensee Galaxy Syracuse Licensee LLC.  It airs a classic hits radio format.

The studios and offices are on Walton Street in Syracuse. The transmitter is off Van Buren Road in Van Buren. Programming is also heard on AM 1070 WZUN in Sandy Creek-Pulaski and a 250-watt translator in Fulton, W291BU at 106.1 MHz.

History
The station first went on the air as WRDS in 1995. The station used the syndicated urban adult contemporary service known as "The Touch" with the syndicated Tom Joyner Show heard in the morning.

On December 20, 2000, the station changed its call sign to WZUN. It aired a soft adult contemporary format, calling itself "Sunny 102." On September 12, 2009, WZUN switched from Soft AC to Classic Hits.

Effective October 1, 2013, Galaxy Communications sold the station to Wayne Mack's WZUN Communications LLC for $1 million. The move was made primarily to address ownership caps in the market.  Oswego and Syracuse are considered to be in the same market in terms of FCC regulations. Galaxy owns two other stations in Syracuse, 100.9 WKRL-FM "K-Rock" and 99.5 WTKW "TK99," as well as two in the Oswego area. This meant Galaxy would have five FM stations in Central New York, one more than allowed. The ownership of these stations was allowed under a grandfather clause, but a restructuring of Galaxy Communications's corporate structure resulted in the station cluster losing its grandfathered status.

In March 2016, Galaxy combined WZUN-FM's DJs with WSEN-FM's on-air staff. The newly merged station at 102.1 was initially expected to carry the "WSEN-FM" call sign. This turned out not to be the case, as Craig Fox, who was purchasing FM 92.1, parked the WSEN call letters on his own rival station on 103.9 FM. WZUN once again came under the ownership of Galaxy Communications, after it got its grandfather clause status reinstated. Galaxy bought the 102.1 license back from Mack on February 29. The move was made as WSEN-FM's previous frequency, 92.1, was traded away to Craig Fox in a three-way station trade that involved Fox, and the religious Family Life Network.

These dealings resulted in Syracuse being a rare radio market with two Classic Hits station, 102.1 WZUN and 103.9 WSEN-FM.

The station began sharing its call sign with its sister station on AM 1070 (formerly WSCP) in June 2018, with 102.1 becoming WZUN-FM and 1070 becoming WZUN. AM 1070 is now part of a simulcast with WZUN-FM.

References

External links

Radio stations established in 1995
ZUN-FM
1995 establishments in New York (state)
Classic hits radio stations in the United States


The automobile salesperson is one of many sales professions. The automobile salesman is a retail salesperson, who sells new or used cars. Unlike traditional retail sales, car sales are sometimes negotiable. Salesmen are employed by new car dealerships or used car dealerships.

Car negotiation
The price of a car, unlike many retail sales, is often negotiable. New cars will often have a factory window sticker (Monroney sticker in the US) listing equipment and options, and the suggested retail price or MSRP. The salesman is traditionally paid a commission rather than a fixed salary, usually based on a combination of profit margin and unit volume.

Popular culture
The automobile salesman, particularly the used car salesman, has often been a source of characters, often negative, in movies, television shows, and cartoons. History and fairy tales often characterize peddlers (people selling goods) as negative influences, or outsiders out to take advantage of people. Such salesmen are often well aware of their occupation's negative public image. As Valerie Biden Owens explained, Joe Biden Sr. left automobile sales for real estate when his son Joe Biden Jr. was elected to the United States Senate in 1972, because "he didn't want a United States senator to have a used-car salesman for a dad." It is a common theme for the "used car salesman" to be cast as a shyster in popular culture.

References

Sales occupations
Auto dealerships


Mike Robinson, CM is the former President & CEO of Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He retired from that job in December 2007 and ran unsuccessfully for the Alberta Liberal Party in Calgary Foothills in the 2008 Alberta general election.

Robinson has been labeled by some as a "star candidate" for the Alberta Liberal Party in a key electoral district in Calgary.

From 1979 to 1986, Robinson worked in the Calgary oil patch for Petro-Canada and Polar Gas as one of the first generation of environmental and social impact assessment professionals. From there, he went to the University of Calgary and the Arctic Institute of North America. In 2000, Robinson became the president and chief executive officer of Glenbow Museum, Canada’s largest non-governmental museum.

Robinson worked with Friends of the Earth Canada, the Canadian Polar Commission, the Alberta Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, imagineCALGARY, the Calgary Olympic Plaza Cultural District and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. He's served on the board of the David Suzuki Foundation and is a founding board member of the Alberta Natural Capital Association.

In 2004, Robinson was awarded the Order of Canada.  The award recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. Robinson also received the 1998 Prix Weaver-Tremblay Award for exceptional contributions to Canadian applied anthropology and was a British Columbia Rhodes Scholar in 1973.

Robinson is a frequent contributor to television and radio programs, including CBC's Wildrose Country.  During his time at Glenbow, Robinson also wrote regular editorials for the Calgary Herald.

References

External links

David Suzuki Foundation site

Businesspeople from Calgary
Politicians from Calgary
Alberta Liberal Party candidates in Alberta provincial elections
Members of the Order of Canada
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


The acute chest syndrome is a vaso-occlusive crisis of the pulmonary vasculature commonly seen in people with sickle cell anemia. This condition commonly manifests with a new opacification of the lung(s) on a chest x-ray.

Signs and symptoms
The crisis is a common complication in sickle-cell patients and can be associated with one or more symptoms including fever, cough, excruciating pain, sputum production, shortness of breath, or low oxygen levels.

Cause
Acute chest syndrome is often precipitated by a lung infection, and the resulting inflammation and loss of oxygen saturation leads to further sickling of red cells, thus exacerbating pulmonary and systemic hypoxemia, sickling, and vaso-occlusion.

Diagnosis
The diagnosis of acute chest syndrome is made difficult by its similarity in presentation with pneumonia.  Both may present with a new opacification of the lung on chest x-ray.  The presence of fevers, low oxygen levels in the blood, increased respiratory rate, chest pain, and cough are also common in acute chest syndrome.  Diagnostic workup includes chest x-ray, complete cell count, reticulocyte count, ECG, and blood and sputum cultures.  Patients may also require additional blood tests or imaging (e.g. a CT scan) to exclude a heart attack or other pulmonary pathology.

Prevention
Hydroxyurea is a medication that can help to prevent acute chest syndrome. It may cause a low white blood cell count, which can predispose the person to some types of infection.

Treatment
Broad spectrum antibiotics to cover common infections such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and mycoplasma, pain control, and blood transfusion. Acute chest syndrome is an indication for exchange transfusion.

Bronchodilators may be useful but have not been well studied.

Prognosis
It may result in death, and it is one of the most common causes of death for people with sickle cell anemia.

References

External links

Red blood cell disorders
Syndromes


The Men's large hill team ski jumping competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Pragelato, Italy. It occurred on 20 February.

Results

References

Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics


The following substances have been commonly used in homeopathy. See :Category:Homeopathic remedies for a list of other notable preparations.

See also

 Bach flower remedies

References


Sam McElroy (born c. 1963) is an American football coach. He served as head football coach at Tarleton State University from 2005 to 2009, compiling a record of 40–15.

McElroy is a 1985 graduate of Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University), where he did not play varsity football but served as student assistant to head coach John O'Hara. Soon after graduation he became assistant coach at Corsicana High School. In 1989, he was hired by Grant Teaff to serve as graduate assistant at Baylor University. He later had short stints at Navarro College and at Alto High School, where he was named 1992 District 22-AA Coach of the Year after winning the district title and earning a state playoff berth.

In 1993, McElroy was hired by Ron Randleman to serve as defensive backs coach at Sam Houston State University. During his seven years on the staff at Sam Houston State, McElroy coached eight players who earned All-Southland Conference honors. In 2000, he left SHSU to join Todd Whitten's coaching staff at Tarleton State as defensive coordinator. While at Tarleton, McElroy guided a defense that improved each year under his direction. His last season with the Texans, his defense allowed opponents just 271 yards of offense and 17.1 points per game to rank second in the Lone Star Conference.

After the 2002 season, McElroy left Tarleton State to join Darrell Dickey's coaching staff at the University of North Texas. In 2005, McElroy returned to Tarleton State, succeeding Todd Whitten as Texans head coach.

On February 3, 2010, McElroy was hired by Texas Tech head coach Tommy Tubberville to coach the defensive line. On December 9, 2011, he was fired from this position.

Head coaching record

College

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Baylor Bears football coaches
Navarro Bulldogs football coaches
North Texas Mean Green football coaches
Sam Houston Bearkats football coaches
Tarleton State Texans football coaches
Texas State Bobcats football coaches
Texas Tech Red Raiders football coaches
High school football coaches in Texas
Texas State University alumni
People from Corsicana, Texas
Sportspeople from Texas


Eat are a British alternative rock band. They were active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and then reformed in 2014.  They have released two albums on The Cure's label Fiction.  The band achieved reasonable success in the UK, but did not attract much attention abroad.

Career
The band started out playing a distinctive mixture of swamp blues, hip hop and funk, showcased on their 1989 album Sell Me A God. At this time they undertook tours of Europe with The Jesus and Mary Chain and Phillip Boa. Band tensions led to the abandonment of a second album in 1990, although they toured in October on the back of an NME single of the week, "Psycho Couch". However, a combination of internal feuds ("It got to the point where we just couldn't bear to be in the same room as each other") led to a complete split and meant that the band was effectively on hiatus from 1990 to 1992.  The band returned with a different line up, a completely different sound - of pop and psychedelia - and the album Epicure in 1993.
Despite positive reviews, a tour in the United States with Medicine, and extensive airplay, Eat had evidently run its course, and in 1995 Dolittle left to join members of The Wonder Stuff in Weknowwhereyoulive, whilst Howard joined The Wonder Stuff's singer Miles Hunt in his new project Vent 414.

Paul and Max Noble formed U.V. Ray who released The Suitcase EP in 1991 and subsequently T.V. Eye in 1992, who featured a pre-'Dennis Pennis' Paul Kaye on lead vocals and recorded Killer Fly (1993), featuring new recordings of two previously unreleased EAT tracks as b-sides, for Go Discs.

Paul Noble and Louis Jones from T.V. Eye went on to form Warm Jets, while Max Noble emerges from time to time with The Blue Aeroplanes.

Eat reformed to play two back to back sell out gigs at The Half Moon, Putney, in October 2014, with Malcolm Treece, formerly of The Wonder Stuff, replacing Max Lavilla on guitar.

In December 2016, Eat released "She Cries Flowers" EP, their first new material for over 20 years.

Discography
Chart placings shown are from the UK Indie Chart.

Albums
Sell Me A God (1989) (#10)
Epicure (1993)

Singles and EPs
"Skin" (Autogift EP) (1989)
"Mr And Mrs Smack" (Plastic Bag EP) (1989)
"Tombstone" (1989)
"Summer In The City" (1989)
"Psycho Couch / Alien Detector" (1990)
"Golden Egg" (1992)
"Shame" (1992)
"Bleed Me White" (1993) UK #73
"She Cries Flowers" (2016)

Official bootlegs
Trabant Tape (1990)

References

External links
Eat biography at TrouserPress.com
Discography
Dolittle - another of Ange Dolittle's bands

English alternative rock groups
English rock music groups
English pop music groups
Fiction Records artists


Charles Daniel French (January 26, 1884 – May 3, 1954) was a Canadian politician and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

Background

He was born in Scotstown, Eastern Townships on January 26, 1884 and married Emily Christina Macaulay in 1914.

Political career

French ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the provincial district of Compton in the 1939 election and was defeated by Liberal incumbent William James Duffy.

Following Duffy's death in 1946, a by-election was called. French successfully ran and became a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). He was re-elected in the 1948 and 1952 elections.

He was appointed to Maurice Duplessis's Cabinet and served as Minister of Mining from 1948 until his death.

Retirement

French died in office on May 3, 1954. He was succeeded by his brother John William French.

References

1884 births
1954 deaths
People from Estrie
Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs


"Downfall" is a single taken from the studio album Hatebreeder by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. The song, originally called "Forevermore", was written by the lead vocalist Alexi Laiho. The video of "Downfall" was directed by Mika Lindberg. Side B contains the cover track "No Commands" by fellow Finnish band Stone.

The single spent a total of 11 weeks on the Finnish charts, two of which were at number 1.

It was usually the last song played live at Children of Bodom gigs. The band sometimes used an extended intro by keyboardist Janne Wirman in which Laiho and guitarist Roope Latvala played the riffs of famous metal songs (such as Dio's Holy Diver and Judas Priest's Breaking the Law) after which they began playing the song's main riff.

Track listing

References

1998 songs
Children of Bodom songs
Nuclear Blast Records singles
Spinefarm Records singles
Songs written by Alexi Laiho


Temoaya is a municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico. It's municipal seat is the town of Temoaya which is the sixth largest town in the municipality.  It is located  from Toluca and  from Mexico City. It is known for its large ethnic Otomi population, the Centro Ceremonial Otomí and its tradition of making Persian style rugs using Mexican designs.

The name “Temoaya” comes from the Nahuatl phrase “Temoayan” which means “place of descending.” The Aztec glyph which depicts the municipality shows footprints descending a mountain.

History
There have been humans in the Temoaya area since the prehistoric period. Remains from this time such as utensils, tools, human figures and mammoth bones have been found in various parts of the municipality. The Otomi have been living in this area since very far back in the pre-Hispanic era as one of the first ethnicities to live in the Valley of Mexico and northern Toluca Valley. There are archeological remains from this culture that date back at least as far as the pre-Classic era. Intense population of the Toluca Valley dates back to the 12th century, with the settlement of the Xiquipilco or Jiquipilco el Viejo site antecedent to modern Temoaya. No documents from this era survive but it is likely that modern Temoaya was the result of a division of Xiquipilco as it existed when the Aztecs came to the area at the end of the 15th century.

The Otomis of this region gained a reputation as fierce warriors over the pre-Hispanic period, fighting off the Toltecs, the Chichimecas under Xolotl and the Aztecs in the 15th century. Among the Aztecs, the Otomi also had a reputation of being barbarous, polygamous and sexually immoral. The Otomis of Xiquipilco fought against the Purépecha in 1462. Oral tradition states that until 1478, Tlilcuetzpalin, lord of the Otomi, defended the area from Aztec invasion, wounding Aztec emperor Axayacatl in battle. The Otomi here were conquered in 1486 by Ahuizotl, but chafed under Aztec rule, occasionally scheming with the Purépecha to try and wrest more Sovereignty.

During the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, the Otomi here sided with the Spanish. The first contact with the Spanish came in 1521, when Gonzalo de Sandoval was fighting against the Matlatzincas. Shortly the conquest, Frair Alonso Antonio Rangel began evangelization efforts in the area. The church established in Temoaya was dedicated to the Saint James. The area became part of the encomienda of Pedro Núñez, who divided much of the land into haciendas for other Spaniards. The Spanish town of Temoaya was officially founded in 1593, although the population center for the area remained at Xiquipilco for some time.

In the mid 16th century, Temoaya belonged to the jurisdiction of Xiquipilco although it had its own town council. By the end of the century, the area became an independent jurisdiction with old Xiquipilco completely abandoned. (The municipality now known as Jiquipilco was known in early colonial times as San Juan. The raising of livestock on large haciendas made the areas one of the more prosperous in the areas, supplying much of the meat consumed in Mexico City. The Buenavista Hacienda alone extended over 4,000 hectares in the 17th century.

Until 1720, Temoaya was grouped ecclesiastically with San Juan (today Jiquipilco) and other towns. During that year, the church in Temoaya was granted parish status. This parish would roughly be the territory the municipality is now.

During the Mexican War of Independence, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla passed through Temoaya after the Battle of Monte de las Cruces. The municipality was erected in 1820 under the Cadiz Constitution. After Independence, authorities were elected by the municipal residents. The municipality was refounded in 1870 when Mexico State lost a significant part of its territory to the states of Guerrero, Morelos and Hidalgo.

Economic and political turmoil during the rule of Porfirio Díaz forced many from Temoaya to move to Toluca, but most would return to Temoaya after the Mexican Revolution . During the Mexican Revolution, a number of armed groups struggled over the territory. In 1914, a Zapatista group sacked areas of the municipality. After this event, 100 volunteers banded together under Higinio Guadarramo and Melesio Arzate to defend the town.

From the end of hostilities through most of the rest of the 20th century, much of the town's public works were undertaken.

The production of hand-knotted rugs began here in 1970.(encmuc) Prior to rugmaking, the municipality had a reputation for weaving, making pre-Hispanic garments such as ayates,  sashes, chincuetes and sarapes on backstrap looms.

Today, Temoaya is considered to be a center of the Otomi people as it has the most people of this ethnicity in Mexico State. In 1980, the Otomi Ceremonial Center was constructed in the municipality to preserve traditions and preserve Otomi identity.

The town

The town and seat of the municipality is the center of commerce for the area, providing basic needs such as food, tools, hardware, paper, sewing supplies, clothes and other items. Much of the commerce is done by sidewalk vendors and the weekly tianguis on Sundays is important, as the seat does not have a permanent market. Local dishes such as barbacoa, chicharrón, carnitas and others are mostly available during the Sunday market. The center of the town in a large plaza, which is surrounded by many old adobe houses with red tile roofs. Away from the main square, many of the buildings date from the 19th century.

The main church or the Sanctuary of Señor Santiago is just north of the plaza. The main nave of the church was begun in the 16th century by the Franciscans who came to evangelize the area. The church suffered a fire at the end of the 16th century. The main feature of the church is a very large equestrian sculpture of Saint James the Moor-slayer, which is the only one of its kind in Latin America, due to its size and age. It was carved by indigenous carvers in the early colonial period and has pre-Hispanic elements. Because of the importance of this image and the pilgrims it attracts, the church received the title of “sanctuary” in 1986 This church is the main one for the municipality, complemented by smaller ones in communities such as San Pedro Arriba, La Magdalena Tenexpan, San Diego Alcalá and San Lorenzo Oyamel.
The lienzo charro or charreada ring is the property of the Asociacion de Charros de Temoaya. It was constructed between 1982 and 1996. The major event to take place here is the annual commemoration of the Day of the Charro on 14 September. In addition to charreada, the ring also hosts events such as lucha libre, boxing and political events

The town has bus service from Cuatro Caminos in Mexico City.

Culture
The base of the culture here is the significant Otomi population. Many of these people can be identified, especially during festivals wearing traditional clothing, which for women is heavily embroidered.

The patron saint of the seat and municipality is Saint James, locally called Señor Santiago, whose feast day is 25 July. Traditional dances featuring locally designed sarapes are performed accompanied by drums and violins. The most common dance is called the Danza de Pastoras, related to the caring of livestock. Pre-Hispanic dance in costume, such as “santigueros” and “concheros” are also performed. On major holidays, charreadas are performed.

Another important commemoration for the Otomi population is the “moshte” which is related to the harvest. It is related to Day of the Dead. During this and other ethnic Otomi celebrations music such as Chimarecú, Naki ma Tosho, Njú and Rosa María are played, but this tradition is in danger of disappearing.

Centro Ceremonial Otomí

Just outside the municipal seat is the Centro Ceremonial Otomí or Otomi Ceremonial Center. This center is the result of efforts to create a recognized space to preserve and promote the Otomi culture. These efforts were begun in 1977 on the part of Otomi elders and some local ejidos. The foundation was formally established in 1980 and construction of the monumental facility began in 1988.

The site and organization aims to recreate Otomi ceremonies of centuries past even though the written and archeological evidence as to what they were is scarce. On the second Sunday of each month, a ritual is performed there to honor the elements of earth, air, fire, and water, as well as to supplicate to the gods with offerings. This ritual is headed by the members of the Otomi Supreme Council.

The complex is constructed on a mountain called Cerro La Catedral. The entrance of the center has a sculpture of a warrior of the Botzanga Otomi who fought against the Aztec emperor Axayacatl. The first plaza is called the Plaza del Coloso (Plaza of the Colossus), and is named after a giant figure of Tahaay, the lord messenger of fire and life. At the back is a mural of Da-mishi, the jaguar that walks and talks done by Luis de Aragón.

Ascending the hill is the Glorieta del Centinela (Roundabout of the Sentinel) to which indications of the four cardinal directions meet. Next is the Plaza del Sagitario, the main one, which is surrounded by 45 enormous sculptures that act as guards. This plaza also features the Assembly Hall, with its seven columns. These total 52, the number of years on the Aztec calendar. This building houses the Otomi Supreme Council, and the seven columns are thought to be associated with the seven musical notes, the seven colors of the rainbow, and the seven days of the week.

At the most elevated spot are twelve silos or cones, each representing a generation of Otomis on which is a sculpture of Tata Jiade, the Sun. While the construction is meant to reflect Otomi culture before the 9th century CE and Nahua influence, this latter influence is acknowledged by an image of Quetzalcoatl.

The Otomi Ceremonial Center has a small teaching museum with a permanent exhibition of artifacts, history of the Otomi people, and past and present crafts. This museum is called the "Nguu Ro Ya Hnhnu" ("Museum of the Otomi Culture").

The complex is located on an ecological reserve called the Otomi-Mexico State Park. This park extends over , most of which is covered in pine, oyamel, and holm oak forest. This part of the ceremonial center has camping and hiking facilities. The complex is notable for having appeared in the James Bond film Licence to Kill (1989), as well as a Sofi Tukker music video for "Swing".

Rug making

The municipality is also known for the making is Persian-style handknotted rugs. The making of these rugs was begun in 1968 with the aim of creating jobs in the region. It was initially sponsored by the Bank of Mexico; later the project was funded by the State of Mexico. This project was later abandoned due to poor management, but families here continued to make the rugs on their own. In 1999, a new organization, Sociedad Cooperativa de Tapetes Anudados a Mano Temoaya (http://tapetestemoaya.com/) took over but remained independent of the government. Although most rugs are made in a community called San Pedro Arriba (5 km from the seat), the cooperative's store, Centro Artesanal “Tapetes Mexicanos” is located in San Pedro Abajo.

While the techniques used are that of Oriental rugs, the designs used are indigenous to Mexico. Most are Otomi but designs from other cultures such as those from Chiapas, Nayarit and Guanajuato are also used. Common themes include birds, flowers, geometric figures, elements from natures, as well as magical and religious signs. Approximately one hundred colors are used in forty four basic designs which have 145 variations.
The rugs are all hand knotted, mostly by women, using virgin wool which is brought into the municipality from other places. Each square meter takes about forty days to complete. The rugs are knotted on wooden frames which have been strung with heavy duty cotton string to serve as the base. Many of these rugs come with certificates of authenticity and a number have serial numbers worked into the edge of the design.

The municipality

Geography and climate
The town of Temoaya is the governing authority for seventy eight other communities, which together cover an area of 199.63km2. Only about four percent (2987) of the municipal population of 77,714 lives in the town proper. The municipality borders the municipalities of Jiquipilco, Nicolás Romero, Toluca, Otzolotepec, Isidro Fabela, Jilotzingo, Ixtlahuaca and Almoloya de Juárez.

The municipality is relatively isolated due to the narrow road leading here from Toluca.  The territory of the municipality is divided into parts. The western part is mountainous, part of the Sierra de Monte Alto. This range contains peaks such as the Cerro Gordo, Cerro Los Lobos, Xitoxi, Nepeni and other.  The other is relatively flat. Surface water consists of small rivers such as the Miranda, Caballero and Temoaya, with the Lerma River forming one of the municipality's boundaries. Another source of water is fresh water springs such as El Capulín, Caballero, Santiago, Tres Ojuelos and Agua Blanca. There is one dam on the Lerma River in this municipality called the Alzate.

The climate is temperate and relatively humid with rains mostly in the summer. Average temperature is 13.4C, ranging between 9 and 35.5C. It is one of the coldest municipalities in the Toluca Valley due to its altitude. Frosts can occur between October and April and morning fog is not uncommon the rest of the year.
In the higher elevations there are forest with pine, cedar, oyamel and other trees. In the lower areas there are some broadleaf trees but there are more areas with grass and shrub. Most of the flat areas are cultivated with both field crops and orchards. Very little wildlife remains due to the degradation of most of the ecosystem here. Some small mammals such as squirrels, rabbits and the like remain as well as some bird species. Aquatic life has completely disappeared from the Lerma River area.

Economy
The main economic activity of the municipality is agriculture, to which about 66% of the territory is dedicated. Eighty eight percent of the land is planted to corn. Other crops include fava beans, maguey, and some fruit trees. Livestock is raised as a complement to agriculture for domestic consumption. The most common animals are turkeys and sheep, especially among the Otomi. This employs about 26.5% of the population.

Industry is limited to the production of handcrafts. Some of the wares produced include cheeses, bread, tortillas, brooms, ironing boards, and various wood products. Textiles are prominent and include chincuetes, sarape, wraps, knitted items and embroidery. The main income producer is the making of Persian-style rugs for the national and international market. A cooperative named “Tapetes Mexicanos” consists of about 300 artisans with another 900 working independently. Another craft in the municipality is the making of large clay pots used for the making of mole This type of industry employs about twenty two percent of the population. The rest, 46% work in commerce and services. The trend overall in the municipality has been away from agriculture and towards commerce.

In some areas of the municipality, there are deposits of sand, gravel and other construction materials. The remaining forest areas still have logging timber but their harvest is heavily regulated. The municipality has 1,089.7 hectares of surface water with some fish farming practiced, mostly producing trout. The municipality has several attractions suitable for tourism such as fresh water springs.

Demographics
Temoaya has the highest population of indigenous people in the state of Mexico, with about 38% of the population speaking an indigenous language. The municipality is losing population, with many leaving to work in nearby Mexico City. However, most of these people keep their ties to their home municipality. Only about one percent of the municipality's residents were born somewhere else. Despite, its proximity to Mexico City and Toluca, the municipality is rural with only limited development.

Important sites outside the seat
The Finca La Venturosa farm was founded by the Colín Castelán family in the 1990s. They acquired the land in 1994, after visiting the area and seeing how ecologically deteriorated it was. They began to rehabilitate the forest area by planting 5,000 trees that first summer. Since then, they have reforested 12.5 of the 14.5 hectares of the farm. They have been working with neighbors to reforest another 21 hectares. This has been sufficient to draw back a number of wild species back to the area. In 1999, they began to build tourist facilities such as a restaurant and cabins as well as playgrounds and a football/basketball court. There are also campgrounds and patrolled hiking paths

The San José Buenavista Hacienda was founded in the 16th century mostly for agricultural purposes. Later it added activities such as cattle raising, and cheese and butter making. This was the site of the first primary school for girls in Temoaya. Today, it can be rented for events with its main house and chapel able to accommodate hundreds of people.  Other haciendas and farms from the colonial era include Rancho de Cordero, and Rancho de Luna.

Xiquilpilco El Viejo (Old Juiquipilco) is an unexplored archeological zone with an ancient teocalli or sacred precinct located from the town of Temoaya. In the area, loose artifacts such as clay figures, arrowheads, pots and more can still be found. It is considered to be the “cradle” of the Otomi by people of the area. The municipality conserves a number of the buildings here as part of the municipality's heritage. The site has the remains of a Catholic church constructed in the 16th century and dedicated to Saint James.

References

External links
 Temoaya municipal govt, official site

Municipalities of the State of Mexico
Populated places in the State of Mexico
Otomi settlements


Lorin Blodget (May 23, 1823 in  Busti, Chautauqua County, New York – 1901), American physicist and writer.  Blodget was born near Jamestown and attended the Jamestown Academy.  He later attended a college now called Hobart College in Geneva, NY.

In 1851, he became assistant professor at the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. He may be said to have laid the foundation of American climatology.  In 1855, he published a quarto volume of climatological observations, and in 1857 Climatology of the United States, a work extensively circulated and very favorably received in Europe.  He was editor of the North American, published in Philadelphia, and secretary of the Philadelphia Board of Trade from 1858 to 1864. He contributed articles on finance to the North American Review in 1866 and 1867, besides making contributions to various other publications.

Besides his work for the Smithsonian, Blodget worked for the War Department to conduct climatological research.  Afterward, he worked for the Treasury Department, preparing statistical and financial reports, and later working in specialized positions in the Customs and Treasury Department.  Subsequently, he moved to Philadelphia to become the secretary of the Board of Trade and editor of the "North American Review." He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1872.

References

Thompson, Kenneth. "The question of climatic stability in America before 1900", Climatic Change, Vol. 3, No. 3, September, 1981.
This article incorporates text from the Universal Cyclopædia & Atlas, 1902, New York, D. Appleton & Co., a publication now in the public domain.

External links
 Lorin Blodget On the climatic conditions of the summer of 1853, most directly affecting its sanatary (sic) character (New York, 1853).
 Lorin Blodget Climatology of the United States: And of the Temperate Latitudes of the North American Continent : Embracing a Full Comparison of These with the Climatology of the Temperate Latitudes of Europe and Asia. (Philadelphia, 1857).

1823 births
1901 deaths
People from Chautauqua County, New York
American physicists
American climatologists
Scientists from New York (state)


Kagbeni is a 2008 Nepali movie, loosely based on W. W. Jacobs's 1902 horror short story The Monkey's Paw. Kagbeni is the directorial debut of Bhusan Dahal. The name of the movie is taken from a tourist place Kagbeni situated in the valley of the Kali Gandaki, which is a 2-hour side trek from Muktinath. Kagbeni is considered to be a movie which changed the way people look at Nepali cinema, because it is seen as first successful non-commercial movie in Nepal which was able to leave its mark in the film industry. In present time, non-commercial movies are often described as 'post- Kagbeni era films' by Nepali critics. Kagbeni was one of the few Nepali films during its time to manifest cinematography as one of the important elements in cinema.

Plot
Krishna returns from Malaysia to the village of Kagbeni to meet his childhood friend Ramesh, who runs a small liquor business. Krishna suggests Ramesh to send his liquor to town to sell for more profit. Ramesh tells Krishna that he's going to a neighboring village Marpha and Krishna tags along to meet Amo, his aunt.

On their way to Marpha, they stop at a cave for the night. A strange hermit appears shortly. Krishna hands him the blanket that he's brought for Amo. In return, the hermit hands him a monkey's paw, which he claims to be magical. The hermit explains that the paw can fulfill the owner's wish but can bring a great disaster if anyone other than its owner uses it.

On the way back from Marpha, they meet a girl called Pema. Krishna shows Pema a photo of the girl with whom his parents are arranging his marriage. Pema tells them that the girl in the photo is Tara and that someone else also wants to marry her.

Ramesh wakes up in the middle of the night, takes the paw from Krishna and makes a wish to get Tara. Sometime later, as Krishna takes the monkey's paw in his hand, he loses his balance and falls off the hill in spite of Ramesh's efforts to save him with a rope.

The story then moves nine years later. Ramesh is married now with Tara and has got a son Bardaan. Their business has grown up. One day, Ramesh is visited by Krishna, who survived the fall. That night, there is a big storm and heavy rainfall, which ruins the apple crop. Ramesh worries that he won't be able to fill his current orders.

Seeing the deteriorating situation at home, Tara makes a wish on the monkey's paw. The next day, their son Bardaan is run over by a tractor and dies. Both Ramesh and Tara are very much saddened by the incident; however, they get 1,50,000 as a compensation from the owner of the tractor. Ramesh is able to give the trader all the money he owes through this.

One day, while going to bed, Tara makes a wish to return their son. Suddenly, there is a tap on the door. But Ramesh struggles to get the paw from her and wishes they don't want their son back. When Tara opens the door, there is no one. As Ramesh decides to get rid of the paw forever, he makes one final wish that he'll never use it again. The paw is picked up by the once-again-alive Bardaan, who disappears with a flash.

Production

The filmmakers brought high-definition digital cameras from Silicon Imaging, an American company that was just starting out. The cast and crew set off to Jomsom in October 2006 and shot for thirty days non-stop in Kagbeni, Jomsom, Marpha, and Shyang in Mustang district of Nepal.

There were some technical problems in the making of the film as it was the first time the film makers were using the camera. They had to walk a few hours to a cyber café to ask the company for instructions.

Cast
Saugat Malla as Ramesh
Deeya Maskey as Tara
Nima Rumba as Krishna
Hanif Mohammed as Bishnu
Pooja Gurung as Pema
Vivek Gurung as Bardaan

Crew

 Director: Bhusan Dahal
 Producer: Nakim Uddin, Rajesh Siddhi, Bhaskar Dhungana
 Script: Achyut Koirala, Samitya Timilsina
 Story: Bhaskar Dhungana
 Screenplay: Prashant Rasaily
 Cinematography: Bidur Pandey
 Background Music: Sharad Gurung
 Location Sound: Jyoti Rana
 Editors: Prabod Shrestha, Prabin Manandhar, Prakash Tuladhar
 Casting: Anup Baral
 Promotional Music: 1974 AD

Critical reception

The film received mostly glowing reviews from critics. The Himalayan Times hailed it "a benchmark for Nepali films." While Kunda Dixit of Nepali Times called it "superbly crafted, seductively acted, meticulously directed," adding, "No longer will we have to be embarrassed about Nepali movies." Bishnu Gautam of The Rising Nepal joining in the choir, wrote, "It is not easy to bring out an impressive film with new faces, but Bhusan did it brilliantly. All the three protagonists, Saugat Malla (Ramesh), Deeya Maskey (Tara) and Nima Rumba (Krishna) are new faces but nowhere in Kagbeni are they seen as novices... It provides you with the taste of western films including the love scenes, which are free from vulgarities." Sanjog Rai of The Kathmandu Post, however, was the sole voice in panning the film, suggesting that it "harbingers the end of the digital delusion," elaborating on the trend of putting it "up for sainthood; it's almost as if the masses believe it is a beacon of ingenuity, and that it will single-handedly save Nepali cinema." His complaints included Quest Entertainment's excessive hype of the film, which had gone for more than a year before the film's release, the sound, which made him jump "even if the scenes were by no means frightening," the editing and the poor adaption, which he writes "hasn't much to sustain anyone's interest besides the naturally gorgeous scenes shot in Kagbeni, Jomsom, Syang and Marpha."

Influence

Kagbeni was expected to be a trend-setting Nepali film with new taste of technology and story for the Nepali audience, which it did to some extent. Although the cinema halls didn't see the response as was expected, it started off really good with a new director and actors. Bhusan Dahal was a music video director and this was his debut film. Saugat Malla and Deeya Maskey are well-known theatre actors. Nima Rumba is a popular Nepali singer. The movie was also hyped for its sizzling kissing scene between the two lead actors.

After Kagbeni, there have been some new movies of the same quality. Sano Sansar by music video director Alok Nembang is based on youths in the city and Mission Paisa is an action movie. Dasdhunga, an investigation-based movie on the mysterious death of Madan Bhandari and Jiv Raj Ashrit in 2050 BS, and 13246, a documentary-cum-movie on the decade-long Maoist conflict in Nepal, followed the trend set by Kagbeni. Dasdhunga was directed by Manoj Pandit and 13246 by Apil Bista.

Box office

The film was released in Nepal on 10 January 2008. The film got a phenomenal response in the urban areas like Kathmandu, Pokhara, Narayangarh, etc. while the rural areas had decent collections. The movie collected Rs 40 lacs in its opening week, thus creating a new history in the Nepali cinema industry. The film grossed about Rs 3 crores from its theatrical run. The film did well in the international market too, especially in the United States, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong where the Nepalese population is in decent number.

Awards

Kagbeni was selected in some of the international film festivals.

 Shanghai International Film Festival 2008: Official Selection
 Mumbai International Film Festival 2008: Official Selection
 Hyderabad International Film Festival 2008: Official Selection

References

External links

2008 horror films
2008 films
2000s Nepali-language films
Films based on works by W. W. Jacobs
Films based on short fiction
2008 directorial debut films
Nepalese coming-of-age films
Nepalese horror films


Rocky Joe Suhayda (born 1952) is an American neo-Nazi and far-right activist, who as
of 2017 was chairman of a fringe group that split from the American Nazi Party. He has held the office since at least 2000. He and his Party are based in Michigan.

Biography
Suhayda graduated from Bentley High School in Livonia, Michigan, in 1969. He worked in the shipping and receiving department of the Garden City Osteopathic Hospital. Suhayda has run unsuccessfully for public office on several occasions, including for the Livonia School District and the Livonia City Council.

Suhayda was a member of the World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists and the National Association for the Advancement of White People, and subsequently founded his own organization under the name of the American Nazi Party. Suhayda's organization claims a connection to the American Nazi Party founded by George Lincoln Rockwell in 1959, but it is officially a separate entity. He was a member of the National White People's Party in 1976, but resigned some point before 1979. As of 1979, he was the Chairman of a 12-member group called The National Front. Suhayda has stated that he represents a Livonia chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.

Shortly after the September 11 attacks, Suhayda stated that "if we were one-tenth as serious as the bin Laden terrorists, we just might start getting somewhere." In 2016, Suhayda stated on his radio show that a Donald Trump presidency could give American Nazis the chance to build a 'pro-white' political caucus similar to the Congressional Black Caucus. He publicly supported the appointment of Steve Bannon to the position of chief strategist in Donald Trump's White House.

References

1952 births
American neo-Nazis
Leaders of political parties in the United States
Living people
People from Livonia, Michigan
Politicians from Detroit
People from Eastpointe, Michigan
American Ku Klux Klan members
American people of Hungarian descent


Giovanni Andrea Cortese (his name in the Benedictine Order was Gregorio) (1483 in Modena – September 21, 1548) was an Italian Cardinal and monastic reformer.

Life
After receiving a training in the Humanities at Modena under the Cistercian Varino of Piacenza, he devoted himself to the study of jurisprudence for five years, first at Bologna, then at Padua, and graduated as doctor of laws at the early age of seventeen. His thorough knowledge of the Latin and Greek languages induced Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici, the future Pope Leo X, to take him into his service and afterwards appoint him legal auditor in the Papal Curia. Desirous of leading a more quiet life, Cortese resigned this office and in 1507 entered the Benedictine monastery of Polirone near Mantua, one of the most flourishing abbeys of the recently founded Cassinese Congregation.

When de' Medici heard that his former auditor had become a monk, he addressed a letter to him expressing his surprise and his displeasure at the step which Cortese had taken and urging him to leave the monastery and resume his former occupation in Rome. In his answer to the cardinal's letter Cortese states that great dangers beset his soul when he was still engaged in worldly pursuits, and speaks of the interior happiness which he experienced while chanting the Divine praises and applying himself to the study of Holy Scripture. When in 1513 de' Medici ascended the papal throne as Leo X, Cortese sent him a letter of congratulation in which, however, he did not omit to remind the new pontiff of his duty to begin at last general reform of the Church. Cortese was deeply grieved at what he saw as the indifference manifested by many ecclesiastical dignitaries towards a wholesome internal reform of the Christian Church. It is due to him that the Benedictine reform, which had recently been inaugurated in Italy by the Cassinese Congregation, was carried through, and that, with the return of monastic discipline, the Benedictine monasteries of Italy again became seats of that learning for which they had been so famous in the past.

In 1516 Augustin de Grimaldi, Bishop of Grasse and abbot of Lérins Abbey, united his monastery with the Cassinese Congregation, and, upon the bishop's request, Cortese and a few others were sent thither to assist in introducing the Cassinese reform. Here Cortese devoted himself to literary pursuits, and in order to promote the study of the Humanities he founded an academy where he and other learned members of the monastery educated the French youth, thus becoming instrumental in transplanting to French soil the literary Humanistic movement. In 1524 Cortese was elected abbot of Lerins. His health, however, was greatly impaired during his sojourn there, so that in 1527 he considered a change of climate indispensable and asked the superior of the congregation for permission to return to Italy. As a result, he was appointed Abbot of St. Peter's at Modena; a year later, Abbot of St. Peter's in Perugia; and in 1537 Abbot of the San Giorgio Monastery in Venice.

Cortese was now considered one of the most learned men in Italy and had regular correspondence with the greatest scholars in Europe. He counted among his friends Gasparo Contarini, Reginald Pole, Jacopo Sadoleto, Pietro Bembo, Gian Matteo Giberti, and many other Humanists and ecclesiastical dignitaries. He served with several of these on the Consilium de Emendanda Ecclesia.

The garden of San Giorgio was the place where discussions were held to which the Florentine scholar Brucciolo refers in his dialogues on moral philosophy. In 1536 Pope Paul III made him a member of the committee of nine ecclesiastics who were to draw up a statement of those ecclesiastical abuses which called most loudly for reform. Soon after, he was appointed Apostolic visitor for the whole of Italy and, somewhat later, was sent to Germany to take part in the theological disputation at Worms in 1540, but became sick on the journey and was obliged to remain in Italy. Meanwhile, (1538) he became Abbot of San Benedetto in Polirone, then the most important monastery of the Cassinese Congregation. A few times, moreover, he was chosen visitor general of his congregation. Finally, on 2 June 1542, Paul III created him cardinal-priest and appointed him a member of the committee of cardinals for the preparation of the Council of Trent. Towards the end of the same year he became Bishop of Urbino. During the five years of his cardinalate he was an esteemed friend and adviser of Paul III, and used all his influence to bring about reform of the Church.

Works

Cortese was one of the best-known writers of his times.  Cardinal Bembo and others did not hesitate to class him among the most elegant Latin writers of the period. His principal works are epistles, poems, a treatise proving that St. Peter was in Rome, a Latin translation of the New Testament from the Greek texts, a historical work on the destruction of Genoa, etc. All his extant works were collected and edited with a biography of the author by the Benedictine Bishop Gradenigo of Ceneda in two volumes (Padua, 1774).

References

Attribution

PRANDI, Elogio storico del Cardinale Gregorio Cortese (Pavia, 1788);
ANSAR, Vie de Grégoire Cortes, bén., évêque d'Urbin et cardinal (Paris, 1786);

External links

16th-century Italian cardinals
1483 births
1548 deaths
Italian Benedictines
16th-century Italian translators


John William French (October 22, 1888 – November 8, 1970) was a Canadian politician and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

Background

He was born in Scotstown, Eastern Townships on October 22, 1888 and married Dorothy Isabella MacLeod in the state of New York in 1935.  He was the brother and political successor of Charles Daniel French.

Local Politics

French served as a city councillor from 1925 to 1935 and as a school board member from 1935 to 1940 in Cookshire, Quebec.

Member of the legislature

His brother Charles, who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the provincial district of Compton died in 1954.  A by-election was called to fill the vacancy and French successfully ran as a Union Nationale candidate to take over his brother's function.  French was defeated by Liberal candidate Fabien Gagnon in the 1956 election.

Death

He died on November 8, 1970.

References

1888 births
1970 deaths
People from Estrie
Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs


Rainbow Bridge is a compilation album by American rock musician Jimi Hendrix. It was the second posthumous album release by his official record company and is mostly composed of recordings Hendrix made in 1969 and 1970 after the breakup of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.  Despite the cover photo and subtitle Original Motion Picture Sound Track, it does not contain any songs recorded during his concert appearance for the 1971 film Rainbow Bridge.

Continuing in the vein of The Cry of Love, the first official posthumous Hendrix album, Rainbow Bridge explores new guitar styles and textures.  All the songs, except for a solo studio version of "The Star-Spangled Banner", are written by Hendrix and mostly performed with Mitch Mitchell on drums and Billy Cox on bass.

Rainbow Bridge contains five songs that Hendrix included on proposed track listings for his fourth studio album: "Dolly Dagger", "Earth Blues", "Room Full of Mirrors", "Hear My Train A Comin'" (also known as "Getting My Heart Back Together Again"), and "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)".  "Room Full of Mirrors" was added to Voodoo Soup in 1995 and all except the live "Hear My Train A Comin'" were included on First Rays of the New Rising Sun in 1997, which were attempts at presenting the double album Hendrix was working on at the time of his death.

Background
Despite the title, Rainbow Bridge was not a soundtrack to the film of the same name but rather a compilation of one live song and studio recordings from a number of sources between 1968 and 1970, including some for his planned but unfinished double album First Rays of the New Rising Sun. "Look Over Yonder" began as "Mr. Bad Luck" while Hendrix was performing in Greenwich Village, New York City, with his group Jimmy James and the Blue Flames in the summer of 1966. The version included on Rainbow Bridge was recorded by the Experience in 1968. "Room Full of Mirrors" had been performed live by the Experience, with one recording appearing on Experience (1971). "Hear My Train A Comin'" is another song that dates back to the Experience.  They had attempted several studio recordings, but these were passed over (along with a version with Cox and Buddy Miles) and a live recording from the first show on May 30, 1970, at the Berkeley Community Theatre was used instead. An edited version appears in the 1971 concert film Jimi Plays Berkeley.

A new studio recording of "Room Full of Mirrors" and "Earth Blues" are two of the few largely completed studio recordings with Cox and Miles, although Mitchell later overdubbed the drum parts on the latter. Two additional songs, "Izabella" and "Stepping Stone" had been released as a single (listed as "Hendrix Band of Gypsys"), but Hendrix wished to rework them for his proposed fourth album.  However, just as "Dolly Dagger" and "Room Full of Mirrors" were withheld from The Cry of Love, these were pulled from the Rainbow Bridge track listing in the final stages. Instead they were used to improve the next posthumous release War Heroes.  "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a 1969 solo studio recording by Hendrix.  The remainder of the songs were recorded with Mitchell and Cox between June and August 1970: "Dolly Dagger", "Pali Gap", and "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)".

The album was the second to be produced by Eddie Kramer and Mitch Mitchell, with John Jansen assisting. It was released in October 1971 in the US, and the following month in the UK where it reached numbers 15 and 16 respectively in the album charts. The album also peaked at No. 9 on the U.S. Best Selling Soul LP's chart.  "Dolly Dagger" with "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the B-side was released as a single in the US in October 1971.  It appeared at number 74 in the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.  In 2014, the original Rainbow Bridge album was reissued in both CD and LP formats.

Critical reception

According to AllMusic's Sean Westergaard, "when Rainbow Bridge was originally released, it was actually among the best of the posthumous Hendrix releases... a mix of excellent, finished studio tracks and a couple of live tracks." In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone magazine, Tony Glover wrote favorably of the songs on side one, particularly the "really majestic version" of "The Star-Spangled Banner". In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said while The Cry of Love (1971) highlighted Hendrix's abilities as a songwriter, Rainbow Bridge showcased his guitar playing:

Track listing
All songs written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

Recording details

Personnel
From the original Reprise LP liner notes (supplemented with details from the First Rays of the New Rising Sun CD booklet):

Band members
Jimi Hendrixlead vocals, guitar, backing vocals on "Dolly Dagger" & "Earth Blues", production, mixing on "Dolly Dagger", "Room Full of Mirrors"
Billy Coxbass guitar on all tracks (except "The Star-Spangled Banner", "Look Over Yonder")
Mitch Mitchelldrums on all tracks (except "The Star-Spangled Banner", "Room Full of Mirrors"), posthumous production

Additional musicians
The Ghetto Fighters  Arthur and Albert Allenbacking vocals on "Dolly Dagger"
Juma Edwards a.k.a. Juma Sultanpercussion on "Dolly Dagger", "Pali Gap", "Hey Baby (The New Rising Sun)"
Buddy Milesdrums on "Room Full of Mirrors", backing vocals on "Earth Blues"
The Ronettes (Veronica Bennett, Estelle Bennett, Nedra Talley)backing vocals on "Earth Blues"
Noel Reddingbass guitar on "Look Over Yonder"

Additional personnel
Michael Jeffreyexecutive production
Eddie Kramerposthumous production, engineering on all tracks (except "Earth Blues", "Look Over Yonder", "Hear My Train A Comin'"), mixing on all tracks
John Jansenposthumous production, mixing on "Earth Blues", "Pali Gap", "Look Over Yonder", "Hey Baby (The New Rising Sun)"
Tony Bongioviengineering on "Room Full of Mirrors"
Angel Balestierengineering on "Look Over Yonder"
Abe Jacobengineering on "Hear My Train A Comin'"
The Pineal Playhousealbum design
Daniel Tahaneystill photography

Notes
Citations

References

External links

1971 compilation albums
Jimi Hendrix compilation albums
Albums produced by Jimi Hendrix
Albums produced by Eddie Kramer
Albums recorded at Electric Lady Studios
Compilation albums published posthumously
Reprise Records compilation albums


Christopher E. Bordano (born December 30, 1974) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons. He played college football at Southern Methodist University.

Early years
Bordano was born in San Antonio, Texas. He attended Southwest High School, where he played as a linebacker. As a senior, he tallied 178 tackles (100 solo) with 3 fumble recoveries. He received All-District 28-5A and Defensive Most Valuable Player honors.

He also competed in the hurdles, 100 meters, 4 × 400 metres relay and in the pole vault.

College career
Bordano accepted a football scholarship from Southern Methodist University. As a freshman in 1993, he missed the first 2 contests and did not enter the starting lineup until the eighth game of the season. He recorded 63 tackles (37 solo). He had 14 tackles (one for loss) in his first
start against Texas A&M University. He made 19 tackles (13 solo), one forced fumble and one pass defensed against Rice University. He had 22 tackles against Texas Tech University.

As a sophomore in 1994, he missed the final 3 games. He led the SWC Conference with an average of 13.9 tackles per game, posting 111 tackles (72 solo), 2 stops for losses and 3 fumble recoveries. He had 17 tackles (10 solo) and one forced fumble against the University of New Mexico. He made 18 tackles (14 solo) and one fumble recovery against the University of North Carolina. He ad 15 tackles (11 solo) against the University of Texas.

In 1995, he was injured during fall drills and was lost for the season. As a junior in 1996, he returned to lead his team and rank fifth in the Western Athletic Conference with 124 tackles. He had 19 tackles (10 solo) against the University of Missouri. He made 17 tackles (8 solo) against Texas Christian University.

As a senior in 1997, he started the first 6 games and the last 3 contests at middle linebacker. He led the team with 120 tackles (67 solo) and was named the Western Athletic Conference Mountain Division Defensive Player of the Year. He left ranked fifth in the SMU's career tackles list (420) and became just the tenth player in school history to be named to three All-conference teams.

Professional career

New Orleans Saints
Bordano was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the sixth round (194th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft. He started 6 games as a rookie at middle linebacker and made 62 tackles (tied for eighth on the team) and 8 special teams tackles (tied for fifth on the team). He had 9 tackles against the San Francisco 49ers.

In 1999, although he was considered slow for the position, he showed enough athletic ability to start 12 games at middle linebacker and register 59 tackles. On April 26, 2000, he was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for cornerback Kevin Mathis.

Dallas Cowboys
In 2000, the Dallas Cowboys had a lot of turnover at linebacker and one of the moves made to improve the depth was trading for Bordano. He was passed on the depth chart by rookie Orantes Grant and was released to make room for cornerback Phillippi Sparks on August 28.

Atlanta Falcons
On September 7, 2000, he was signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Falcons. He appeared in 2 games as a backup, before fracturing a neck vertebra and being placed on the injured reserve list on September 19. He retired after being told by doctors that another injury on the neck could be life-threatening.

References

1974 births
Living people
Players of American football from San Antonio
American football linebackers
SMU Mustangs football players
New Orleans Saints players
Atlanta Falcons players


Damnation of Regiomontum is the debut album by Russian symphonic black metal band Tvangeste. It was released on 13 January 2000 via now-defunct Norwegian record label Valgarder, that was owned by Ásmegin member and multi-instrumentalist Marius Glenn Olaussen. Regiomontum (also Regiomonti or Mons Regius) was the Latin-language name for the now-demolished Königsberg Castle.

The track "Thinking..." was previously featured on their homonymous 1998 demo.

A music video was made for the track "From Nameless Oracle".

As with Firestorm, it is available for free download on Tvangeste's official website.

Track listing

Personnel
 Tvangeste
 Mikhail "Miron" Chirva — vocals, guitar, orchestral arrangements
 Vano Mayorov — bass
 Viktoria Kulbachnaya — keyboards
 Nikolay "Kok" Kazmin — guitar

 Session musicians
 Olaa — female vocals
 Anna — cello, violin

References

External links
 Tvangeste's official website
 Damnation of Regiomontum at Encyclopaedia Metallum

2000 debut albums
Tvangeste albums
Albums free for download by copyright owner


Corker is an occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Bob Corker, American politician
Thomas Corker
Stephen A. Corker
James Corker
John Corker, American football player
Maurus Corker
Yusuf Corker (born 1998), American football player

Occupational surnames
English-language occupational surnames