Urszula Urbaniak (born 27 December 1962) is a Polish filmmaker and television director.

Urszula Urbaniak graduated in directing from the National Film School in Łódź (PWSFTviT) in 1991. She then went on to gain an M.A. in Directing at the National Film and Television School in the United Kingdom. She has directed shorts, documentaries and several dramas for Polish television. Those dramas include Nina (1994), Górski Hotel (from Václav Havel's play, 1995), Myra Gets Married (from F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1996) and Room 303 (1997).

In 1999, her film The Junction (Torowisko) won several awards including First Film Special Distinction at the Montréal World Film Festival, the Jury Prize at the Sarajevo Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema.

She has since worked on several Polish TV productions including Na Wspólnej, Egzamin z Życia and Odwróceni.

References

External links

1962 births
Polish film directors
Polish women film directors
Living people
People from Oświęcim


A molecular probe is a group of atoms or molecules used in molecular biology or chemistry to study the properties of other molecules or structures. If some measurable property of the molecular probe used changes when it interacts with the analyte (such as a change in absorbance), the interactions between the probe and the analyte can be studied. This makes it possible to indirectly study the properties of compounds and structures which may be hard to study directly.

The choice of molecular probe will depend on which compound or structure is being studied as well as on what property is of interest. Radioactive DNA or RNA sequences are used in molecular genetics to detect the presence of a complementary sequence by molecular hybridization.

Common probes
 Digoxigenin
 ANS
 Porphyrin
 BODIPY
 Cyanine
 Hybridization probe

References

External links

Molecular biology
Biochemistry


Jackson Kabiga (born December 1, 1976) is a retired long-distance runner from Kenya, who won the 1998 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking a personal best 2:08:42 on December 6, 1998. He defeated Japan's Nobuyuki Sato (2:08:48). Earlier that year Kabiga triumphed in the Paris Marathon.

Achievements

External links

 1998 Year Ranking

1976 births
Living people
Kenyan male long-distance runners
Place of birth missing (living people)
Paris Marathon male winners
Kenyan male marathon runners
20th-century Kenyan people
21st-century Kenyan people


Daughter of the Night () is a German drama film directed by Richard Eichberg. The film is about a French aristocrat (played by Bela Lugosi) who falls in love with a Russian nightclub singer, and his attraction to her involves him in a Russian revolutionary movement.

The ten-reel film was originally released in two parts: as Sybil Joung () and Der Tod des Großfürsten (). It received positive reviews from German publications Film und Brettl and Deutsche Lichtspiel-Zeitung.

A condensed version of the film was released in the United States in 1921 retitled Daughter of the Night. This shortened American print is within the collection of the George Eastman House.

Cast
Cast adapted from Filmportal.de.

Release
Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan was released in two parts at UFA-Filmpalast   in Germany: as Sybil Joung () and Der Tod des Großfürsten (). It premiered in late February 1920.

A shortened version of the film was released in the United States in 1921 as Daughter of the Night. This American print is in the collection of the George Eastman House.

Reception
From contemporary reviews, a reviewer in Film und Brettl stated that director Richard Eichberg "has unquestionably provided proof of his immense talent as director of this two-part cinematic work" noting that "the plot is full of action and in that respect does justice to the medium of film." The Deutsche Lichtspiel-Zeitung also praised the film, finding it a "large-scale production, which merely constitutes a prelude to Part Two, possesses all the qualities of a good commercial picture with international potential."

See also
 Bela Lugosi filmography
 List of rediscovered films

References

Sources

External links

1920 films
German black-and-white films
German silent feature films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Richard Eichberg
1920s rediscovered films
1920 drama films
Rediscovered German films
Silent German drama films
1920s German films


Delta Air may refer to:

 Delta Air (Germany), German regional airline (1977–1992)
 Delta Air Lines, a major American airline


Stéphane Stoecklin (born 12 January 1969 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a French handball player.

He was voted World Player of the Year 1997 by the International Handball Federation.

With the French national team, he won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the medals at the World Championship: silver in 1993, gold in 1995 and bronze in 1997. In the meanwhile, he has been awarded best right back at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta

With clubs, he won two French Championship in 1991 and 1993 and one Coupe de France in 1994 with USAM Nîmes. Lately he has been Bundesliga top scorer in 1998 as a GWD Minden player. The same year, he decided to go in Japan where he played 5 seasons for Honda Suzuka and won 5 times the Japan League.

References

External links

1969 births
Living people
People from Bourgoin-Jallieu
French male handball players
Olympic handball players for France
Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Isère
Montpellier Handball players
Handball-Bundesliga players


WPMZ (1110 AM, "Poder 1110") is a radio station licensed to serve East Providence, Rhode Island, United States.  The station is owned by Video Mundo Broadcasting Co., LLC.  It airs a Spanish Tropical format. WPMZ is relayed on an FM translator: W271CR on 102.1 MHz. The station has been assigned the callsign WPMZ by the Federal Communications Commission since November 1, 1995.

History

WPMZ was known as WHIM from its inception in 1947 until the 1990s. It was the first radio station to employ Jefferson Kaye as an announcer; Kaye (then known as Jeff Krimm) would move on to stations in Boston, Buffalo and Philadelphia.

As WHIM
A construction permit for a new daytime-only radio station was filed by Inter-City Broadcasting on July 29, 1946, and granted on October 17, 1946. The station's first callsign was WKID, but was changed to WHIM on March 6, 1947, before the station signed on-air. WHIM signed on the air on April 15, 1947 with 1,000 watts of power (daytime only). A license to cover was filed for on June 24, 1947. Intercity Broadcasters would own the station until 1957, when it was sold to Buckley-Jaeger Broadcasting. Buckley-Jaeger owned the station until 1964, when it was sold to Golden Gate Corporation. Golden Gate would also sign on an FM sister station: WHIM-FM (now WHJY). Golden Gate sold WHIM-AM-FM to Culligan Communications Corporation in 1969. WHIM-AM-FM's ownership would change again 2 years later in 1971 to Franks Broadcasting. In 1979, Franks Broadcasting applied to increase the power on WHIM to 5,000 watts daytime & change the community of license to East Providence, Rhode Island. Franks sold WHIM-AM-FM to East Providence Broadcasting in 1980. East Providence Broadcasting sold WHIM to Bear Broadcasting (owner of then-WERI (AM) on March 8, 1989.

As WWRX (AM), back to WHIM, & to WPMZ
The next callsign change would occur on February 22, 1992, when it changed to WWRX. The format would change to a relay of CNN as "1110 CNN". During this time, current WPRI-TV/WNAC-TV anchor Mike Montecalvo would be an anchor on the station. The WHIM callsign would return on June 1, 1993, until changing to WPMZ on November 1, 1995. On the same date, the intellectual property of WHIM would switch to the former WKRI. Bear Broadcasting sold WPMZ to current owner Video Mundo Broadcasting in 1998.

Former personalities
Jefferson Kaye (as Jeff Krimm)
Mike Montecalvo (1992, during the "1110 CNN" era)

Translator

References

External links

Hispanic and Latino American culture in Providence, Rhode Island
PMZ
PMZ
Radio stations established in 1947
East Providence, Rhode Island
1947 establishments in Rhode Island
PMZ


Astro Wars is an electronic table top game made in Great Britain in 1981 by Grandstand under licence from Epoch Co., who sold the game in Japan as Super Galaxian (スーパーギャラクシアン), and in the United States as Galaxy II. The game originally used a red logo on the housing; it was later switched to white.

Overview
Astro Wars was a shoot 'em up, with play involving four phases of dodging enemy missiles and firing back at the squadrons of alien command ships, warships and attacking fighters as well as a docking challenge for additional bonus points.

Hardware
The Astro Wars game runs on six volts DC and can be powered by four 'C' type batteries or alternatively via a low voltage mains adapter (not supplied with the game). As the display is based on VFD technology, it allows bright, multicoloured in-game elements to be rendered but at the cost of a relatively small screen size. The VFD display is manufactured with the pre-formed, immutable in-game objects effectively fixed in place onto a dark background. Each element can be individually lit or unlit during play, giving the illusion of animation and movement. In-game objects cannot touch or superimpose on one another. The screen was slightly magnified to improve gameplay. This electronic table-top game console requires the player to dodge missiles fired by alien ships, destroy the attackers, and launch and recover their space capsule. Four different skill levels are provided with automatic scoring and electronic sound effects.

While the hardware is considered to be generally reliable, the NPN power transistor (D882) is known to fail frequently causing loss of power. Zener diode (S06) fails less frequently but is another component worth checking as failure of the diode has the same effect.

The VFD is vulnerable to damage during repair work as the unit features a glass nipple which can easily be fractured causing the loss of the vacuum necessary for the display to operate.

Maintenance of the hardware is fairly straightforward - isopropyl alcohol can be used to safely clean button and switch contacts, and plastic safe cleaners can be used to clean the exterior.

The battery compartment used on the Astro Wars game was used on a variety of similar systems produced around the same time, including:

 Astro Thunder     (by Epoch, Grandstand, Radio Shack)
 Astro Thunder 7   (by Epoch, Grandstand, Radio Shack)
 Firefox F-7       (by Grandstand)
 Astro Command     (by Epoch, Radio Shack, Gama Tronic)
 Space Defender    (by Epoch, LSI, FL)
 Scramble SCRAMBLE   (by Grandstand)

Gameplay
In concept Astro Wars has similar themes to arcade games Galaxians or Gorf in as much as the player controls a ship (called earth ship) at the bottom of the screen and fires up at rows of ships. Players can select from four difficulty ratings and the controls are a simple digital joystick to move right or left and a fire button. Individual enemy ships can descend the screen to attack the player's ship. The player has to fight through a number of variations of the enemy.

The four skill levels are:

 Level 1 - Alien fighters attack one at a time
 Level 2 - Alien fighters attack one at a time but combat speed is faster
 Level 3 - Alien fighters attack two at a time
 Level 4 - Alien fighters attack two at a time but combat speed is faster

The game ends once either the player loses five ships or exceeds 9,999 points when a special electronic victory tune was played.

References

Shoot 'em ups
1980s toys
Handheld electronic games


The AJAX Football Club (Associated Judaean Athletic Clubs) is an Australian rules football club sited in the inner suburb of St Kilda, Victoria. The squad competes in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA).

Having been established by the Melbourne Jewish community in 1957, Ajax is notable as Australia's first and only fully Jewish club in the sport The club has also a junior section, founded in 1974. Their junior teams compete in the South Metro  Junior Football League (SMJFL).

Club Presidents
Maurice Ashkenazy (1980-1985)

History
Jewish presence in Australia dates back to 1788, with the arrival of Jewish convicts during the penal era. Melbourne's Jewish community embraced Australian Rules football as a way to be integrated into Australian society and share a common activity.

Most of Melbourne's Jewish community initially lived in the inner suburbs of Carlton and Fitzroy, although the Jewish community then spread to St Kilda and Caulfield.

In 1955, Daryl Cohen, a football enthusiast playing for Old Collegians, proposed a new team formed by Jewish members to compete in the VAFA. The club was named Associated Judaean Athletic Clubs (acronym "AJAX") and was admitted into the association in 1957. The club adopted the St Kilda FC's red, white and black colors. St Kilda president donated a set of guernseys for the club. The Christian cross of the St Kilda badge would be replaced by a star of David.

AJAX would be embrace by the Jewish community as their own team, establishing as a strong team in the region.

References

External links
 Official site

Jews and Judaism in Melbourne
Victorian Amateur Football Association clubs
1957 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs established in 1957
Diaspora sports clubs
Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne
Sport in the City of Port Phillip
St Kilda, Victoria


The Morocco Olympic football team represents Morocco in international football competitions in the Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where up to three overage players is allowed. The team is controlled by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF).

History
Morocco's first appearance was in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In a group that consisted of three teams following North Korea's withdrawal. They suffered a heavy 0-6 defeat to Hungary - Morocco's all-time heaviest defeat to date -, then lost 1-3 to Yugoslavia and were eliminated.

Their second appearance was supposed to be during the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico but Morocco refused to allow its team to play against Israel in Group C due to political issues. They were eventually replaced by Ghana which lost 2-3 on aggregate to Morocco in the last qualifying round.

In the 1972 edition in Munich, Morocco reached the second round as runners-up in their group with 3 points following a goalless draw against the United States, a resounding 6-0 win against Malaysia and a 0-3 loss to hosts West Germany. In the second round, The Atlas Lions lost all three games against Denmark, Poland and the Soviet Union. However, it remains the best performance of the Atlas Lions at the Olympic football tournament to date.

Morocco came extremely close to reaching the quarter-finals in the 2004 Summer Olympics, narrowly missing out on goals scored that favored Costa Rica. Morocco were 2-1 ahead in their final group game against already-qualified Iraq thanks to goals scored by Bouabid Bouden and Salaheddine Aqqal. However, in the other game, Costa Rica's Pablo Brenes scored the fourth goal in added time to seal a 4-2 win over Portugal and qualification at Morocco's expense.

During the inaugural 2011 CAF U-23 Championship held in Morocco. The host nation coached by Pim Verbeek, recorded narrow victories against heavy favourites Nigeria and Algeria before losing to Senegal. In the semi-finals, Morocco successfully secured a spot in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by defeating Egypt 3-2 in a tense game which also saw Abdelaziz Barrada scoring the fastest goal in the history of the tournament (as of 2023) after 30 seconds. This marked the return of the Atlas Lions to the Olympic football tournament having missed out on qualifying in 2008. However, they faced a setback when they suffered a 2-1 defeat against the surprising contender, Gabon, in the final held at the Marrakech Stadium.

First continental title
On 7th July 2022, Morocco were awarded the hosting rights of the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, marking the return of the U-23 team to the competition for the first time in 12 years. Their campaign kicked off on a positive note with a hard-fought 2-1 victory against Guinea, followed by a resounding 5-1 triumph over Ghana, emerging as group winners and securing a place in the semifinals with one game to spare. They went on to win the semi-final against Mali and qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games. They defeated Egypt 2-1 in the final to win their first ever continental title. The team was congratulated by King Mohammed VI for their achievement.

Results and fixtures

Legend

2023

Competitive record

Olympic Games record

 Prior to the Barcelona 1992 campaign, the Football at the Summer Olympics was open to full senior national teams.

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations

UNAF U-23 Tournament

Islamic Solidarity Games

Coaching staff

Players

Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations from 24 June to 8 July 2023 in .

Coach: Issame Charaï

The final squad was announced on 9 June 2023.

Previous squads

Football at the Summer Olympics squads
 Olympics 1992 squad
 Olympics 2000 squad
 Olympics 2004 squad
 Olympics 2012 squad

CAF U-23 Championship squads
 CAF U-23 2011 squad

Football at the Islamic Solidarity Games
 Islamic Games 2005
 Islamic Games 2013
 Islamic Games 2017
 Islamic Games 2021

Overage players in Olympic Games

Honours

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Winners (1): 2023
Runners-up (1): 2011

 UNAF U-23 Tournament
Runners-up (1): 2010
Third Place (2): 2007, 2011

Football at the Islamic Solidarity Games
Runners-up (1): 2005

See also

 Morocco national football team
 Morocco national under-20 football team
 Morocco national under-17 football team

References

African national under-23 association football teams
under-23


Champis is a commune of the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Lee Parry (born Mathilde Charlotte Benz, 14 January 1901 – 24 January 1977) was a German film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1919 and 1939.

Biography
Lee Parry was born Mathilde Charlotte Benz on 14 January 1901, daughter of the stage actor, opera tenor, and variety director Josef Friedrich Benz (1863–1928), who was popularly known as "Papa Benz", and the singer Mathilde Benz (1880–1967).

Parry was discovered by director Richard Eichberg in 1919, who she subsequently married. She made her film debut in Jettatore, followed by Sins of the Parents  and Nonne und Tänzerin (all 1919), all of which were directed by Eichberg.

Parry was at the pinnacle of her career when she starred in the historical drama Monna Vanna (1922) opposite Paul Wegener and Hans Stürm. She co-starred in several films with Bela Lugosi during the period in which he lived in Germany, including Hypnosis and The Curse of Man.

In addition to acting in films, Parry also acted on the stage and starred in several Viennese operettas. She also embarked on a successful music career, recording popular songs such as "Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt". Her final screen appearance was in Adieu Vienne (1939).

In 1956, Parry moved to Buenos Aires with her second husband, Siegmund Breslauer, who was a director at the German exile theater Freie Deutsche Bühne. Following a theatrical comeback in the play Manon, she continued to perform for several more years on various stages across South America.

Parry died on 24 January 1977 in Bad Tölz.

Filmography

 Jettatore (1919)
 Sins of the Parents (1919)
 Nonne und Tänzerin (1919)
 The Curse of Man (1920)
 Hypnose: Sklaven fremden Willens (1920)
 Staatsanwalt Briands Abenteuer (1920)
 Sträflingsketten (1920)
 Dance on the Volcano (1920)
 In the Ecstasy of Billions (1920)
 Die Macht des Blutes (1921)
 The Living Propeller (1921)
 Die Bettelgräfin vom Kurfürstendamm (1921)
 Die Ehe der Hedda Olsen oder Die brennende Akrobatin (1921)
 Evelyn's Love Adventures (1921)
 Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin (1922)
 Girl of the Berlin Streets (1922)
 The Romance of a Poor Sinner (1922)
 Monna Vanna (1922)
 The Moneylender's Daughter (1922)
 Fräulein Raffke (1923)
 The Most Beautiful Woman in the World (1924)
 The Motorist Bride (1925)
 The Woman with That Certain Something (1925)
 Women of Luxury (1925)
 The Love Trap (1925)
 Professor Imhof  (1926)
 Fedora (1926)
 Light-Hearted Isabel (1927)
 Regine, die Tragödie einer Frau (1927)
 The Woman Who Couldn't Say No (1927)
 Regine (1927)
 The Woman with the World Record (1927)
 The Strange Night of Helga Wangen (1928)
 Nile Water (1928)
 Anastasia, the False Czar's Daughter (1928)
 Autobus Number Two (1929)
 The Merry Wives of Vienna (1931)
 A Bit of Love (1932)
 Viennese Waltz (1932)
 Love at First Sight (1932)
 The Big Bluff (1933)
 No Day Without You (1933)
 The Gentleman from Maxim's (1933)
 Das Einmaleins der Liebe (1935)
 Goodbye Vienna (1939)

References

External links

Photographs of Lee Parry

1901 births
1977 deaths
German film actresses
German silent film actresses
20th-century German actresses
Actresses from Munich


The Independence Movement (; Harakat Al-Istiklal or Al Haraka)  is a sovereigntist, reformist and secular center-right political party based in  Zgharta (Lebanon), founded in 2006 by Michel René Moawad, son of the assassinated Lebanese President President René Moawad and first lady Nayla Moawad; a formal Member of the Lebanese Parliament.

Origin
The Independence Movement began as a grassroots initiative as part of the Cedar Revolution, before it evolved into a structured political organization that aims to defend Lebanese sovereignty, independence, democracy, state institutions, and liberties. The movement equally advocates human and economic sustainable development, reforms and modernization of state institutions, reinforcement of governmental transparency and accountability, as well as civic engagement and participation in public life.

Chronology of Main Events
The movement is part of the anti-Syrian Qornet Shehwan Gathering and the March 14 Alliance. In the 2005-2009 Parliamentary Elections, it had 3 Maronite MPs for the Zgharta District in the Lebanese Parliament, Nayla Moawad, Jawad Simon Boulos and Samir Frangieh. Since 2009, the movement has been led by Michel Moawad, Jawad Simon Boulos and Youssef Bahaa El Douaihy. They lost the 2009 Parliamentary Elections against Suleiman Frangieh, Jr., Minister Salim Bey Karam and Estephan El Douaihy. However, following the 2018 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections, the Independence Movement gained a seat in Parliament with the arrival of its leader Michel René Moawad; representing Zgharta District in the North III electoral sector.

In 2022, the Independence Movement allied with the Kataeb Party and other Anti-Hezbollah independents to form a list called 'Shamal Al Mouwajaha' to bring down Gebran Bassil's presence in the North III electoral districts.

President of the Movement

Since 2009, the movement has been led by Michel Moawad (). He is a resigned Member of the Lebanese Parliament (Parliament of Lebanon); resigned in protest following the August 4th Beirut Explosion. In May 2018, he was elected for the first time to the Lebanese Parliament representing the Zgharta District in the North-3 electoral sector. Moawad was an active member of the parliamentary budget committee and played a pivotal role in fighting corruption and exposed the illegal partisan employment in the public sector. He is the son of the former Lebanese President President René Moawad, assassinated on the 22 of November 1989.

References

External links
Independence Movement "Harakat Al Istiklal" Official website

2006 establishments in Lebanon
Catholic political parties
Christian political parties in Lebanon
Conservative parties in Lebanon
Lebanese nationalist parties
March 14 Alliance
Political parties established in 2006
Political parties in Lebanon
Secularism in Lebanon


Coux (; ) is a commune of the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


John Leonard "Leon" Lagerlöf (8 April 1870 – 30 November 1951) was a Swedish sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, in the 1920 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

In 1912 he finished 29th in the 600 metre free rifle competition.

Eight years later he won the silver medal as member of the Swedish team in the team small-bore rifle event and the bronze medal in the team 300 metre military rifle, standing competition. In the team free rifle event he finished sixth. He also participated in the 300 metre free rifle, three positions event and in the 50 metre small-bore rifle competition.

In 1924 he finished twelfth in the 50 metre rifle, prone competition.

References

External links
profile

1870 births
1951 deaths
Swedish male sport shooters
ISSF rifle shooters
Olympic shooters for Sweden
Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
Olympic medalists in shooting
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
19th-century Swedish people
20th-century Swedish people


This is a list of scientific equations named after people (eponymous equations).

See also
 Eponym
 List of eponymous laws
 List of laws in science
 List of equations
 Scientific constants named after people
 Scientific phenomena named after people
 Scientific laws named after people

References

Equations named after people
Scientific equations named after people
Equations
Equations


Clitopilus prunulus, commonly known as the miller or the sweetbread mushroom, is an edible pink-spored basidiomycete mushroom found in grasslands in Europe and North America. Growing solitary to gregarious in open areas of conifer/hardwood forests; common under Bishop pine (Pinus muricata) along the coast north of San Francisco; fruiting shortly after the fall rains. It has a grey to white cap and decurrent gills.

Taxonomy
Tyrolean naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli described the miller as Agaricus prunulus in 1772. French mycologist Pierre Bulliard called it Agaricus orcella in 1793. German botanist Paul Kummer erected the genus Clitopilus and gave the miller its current name in 1871. C. prunulus is the type species of the genus, the limits of which have been redefined more than once.

Populations from Yunnan and Taiwan previously considered consistent with C. prunulus were described as a separate species—Clitopilus amygdaliformis—in 2007.

Its common names—the miller, and sweetbread mushroom—are derived from its distinctive smell.

Description
The cap is initially convex when young, but in maturity flattens out, usually with a shallow central depression; the margin is often inrolled. The cap ranges from white to light gray or yellow. It has a characteristic feel similar to the touch of chamois skin, usually being dry, but is sticky when moist. It measures  in diameter. The gills are decurrent in attachment to the stipe, spaced together rather closely, and whitish, although they often develop a pinkish hue in age. The stipe is  long × 4–15 mm thick, and white or sometimes grayish; it may be located off-center or enlarged at the base. The mushroom has a mealy odor, somewhat like cucumber. The spore print is pink. Spores are 9–12 × 5–6.5 µm. Scopoli described it smelling like freshly ground flour. C. prunulus may be found growing on the ground in hardwood and coniferous woods in the summer and autumn.

The variant C. prunulus var. orcellus has a slimy cap and white colors.

Distribution and habitat
C. prunulus has been recorded from Varsey Rhododendron Sanctuary in Sikkim, and from under cork oak in Morocco.

It is found in Valdaysky National Park in Russia.

A specimen identified as C. cf prunulus collected from Kermandie Track in southern Tasmania was related though basal to other collections of the species.

Edibility and volatile compounds

The species is considered edible and choice, but resembles some poisonous species.

The cucumber odor of this species has been attributed to trans-2-nonenal, which is present at a concentration of 17 µg per gram of crushed tissue. C. prunulus contains the volatile compound 1-octen-3-ol, making it unpalatable to the coastal Pacific Northwest banana slug, Ariolimax columbianus.

Similar-looking species

The poisonous Clitocybe rivulosa (fool's funnel) looks similar. The miller has pink spores whereas those of the fools funnel are white, the gills of the miller are more easily pulled away, and the miller smells of raw pastry. The miller also prefers woodland whereas fool's funnel is a grassland species.

The poisonous Clitocybe dealbata has a similar cap color, but a white spore print.

References

External links

Edible fungi
Fungi of Europe
Fungi described in 1772


Monestier (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. This village is extended on 7.414 km². It is located in a mountainous area, between 617m and 1387m elevation.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


is a former long-distance runner from Japan.

Career
He graduated from Komazawa University, during the student has participated in Hakone Ekiden.

He won the 2000 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:06:51 on December 3, 2000 – the second fastest run of 2000 after Antonio Pinto's time at the London Marathon. This also won him the Japanese title and remains the record for the national championship race. Fujita finished in sixth place (2:15:45) at the 1999 World Championships in Seville and twelfth at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.

He also won the 2002 Seoul International Marathon and the 2007 edition of the Beppu-Ōita Marathon.

His career quietly came to an end in 2013, as in his final two performances at the Lake Biwa Marathon and the Nagano Marathon, he did not finish the distance.

In 2015 Fujita returned with a win at the Ishigakijima Marathon in Okinawa.

Achievements

References

External links

 藤田 敦史　Atsushi Fujita at JAAF
 Marathoninfo

1976 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Fukushima Prefecture
Japanese athletics coaches
Japanese male long-distance runners
Japanese male marathon runners
World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
Komazawa University alumni
Fujitsu people
20th-century Japanese people


Ozon (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Nat Pinkerton in the Fight () is a 1920 German film directed by Wolfgang Neff and featuring Béla Lugosi. The film was released in two parts, Das Ende des Artisten Bartolini (1920) and Diebesfallen (1921).

Nat Pinkerton was a character which appeared in the German dime novel Nat Pinkerton, der König der Detectivs published between 1907 and 1915. It was a detective and highly popular in Europe in the 1910s and the 1920s.

Cast
 Olaf Storm
 Sybill de Brée
 Béla Lugosi – Gang Leader
 Eduard van Meghan
 Joe Nestor-Pridum
 Marian Alma

See also
 Béla Lugosi filmography

References

External links

1920 films
German black-and-white films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films


La Rochette (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Yuma Airport may refer to:

 Yuma International Airport in Yuma, Arizona, United States (FAA: NYL)
 Yuma Municipal Airport in Yuma, Colorado, United States (FAA: 2V6)


Rocher (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


WSTL (1220 AM, "La Mega 94.9") is a radio station licensed to serve Providence, Rhode Island.  The station broadcasts a Spanish Tropical format programmed by Radio Sharon Foundation. Its programming is also heard on translator stations in Providence, W229AN (93.7 FM) and W235CN (94.9 FM).

Known as WRIB from 1947–July 7, 2006, the station changed its call sign to WSTL on July 7, 2006.

History

1940s

1947
The station was started as a 250-watt daytimer, WRIB with studios at the old Narragansett Hotel.

1950s

1952
WRIB increased its daytime power to the current 1 kilowatt.  It was still a daytime-only station at this point.

2000s

2006
For many years, WRIB had aired mostly brokered programming, serving as an outlet for primarily ethnic broadcasters. Faith Christian Center, an evangelical megachurch in nearby Seekonk, Massachusetts, bought WRIB in 2005. While the station's time brokers had expected to be forced to find new homes for their programming, Faith Christian took WRIB off the air at 12:30 on July 7, 2006, with no advance warning, angering many of WRIB's former time brokers. The church only gave the time brokers a few hours to get their equipment out of the studios or face charges for trespassing.  Some shows continue on other stations (e.g.: the Armenian Radio Hour is now on WARA) but others disappeared.

2010s

2017
On the morning of Friday, June 23, 2017, the station reported to be going off the air soon; they then went silent. On November 29, 2017 WSTL returned to the air with Spanish tropical, branded as "Mega 94.9" (simulcast on FM translator W235CN 94.9 FM Providence).

Translators

References

External links

Boston Radio essay on Providence radio (incomplete)
Armenian Radio Hour's take on the loss of WRIB
Providence Journal story from September 9, 2006

Radio stations established in 1947
STL
1947 establishments in Rhode Island
STL


is a railway station in the city of Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines
Fujioka Station is served by the JR Central Gotemba Line, and is located  40.6 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at .

Station layout
Fujioka Station has a single island platform. The station was originally located on a switchback, which was eliminated when the line was electrified in 1968, and the platform realigned; a vestigial remnant of the former switchback is retained as a side track to the north of the station.　The original side platform was rebuilt as an island platform in 1989. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a "Midori no Madoguchi" ticket office, and is staffed only during daytime hours. It is connected to the platform with a footbridge.

Platforms

History
Fujioka Station opened on 1 August 1944, to provide access to the  of the Imperial Japanese Army, and usage was restricted only to military personnel. The station was opened to civilian passengers from 11 November 1944. Along with its division and privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control and operation of JR Central.

Station numbering was introduced to the Gotemba Line in March 2018; Fujioka Station was assigned station number CB12.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1071 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area
Fujioka Elementary School
Fujioka Junior High School

See also
 List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

External links

 Official website

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1944
Railway stations in Shizuoka Prefecture
Gotemba Line
Stations of Central Japan Railway Company
Gotemba, Shizuoka


The Hills may refer to:

Popular culture

 "The Hills" (song), a 2015 song by The Weeknd from his second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness
 The Hills (TV series), an American reality television series that aired from 2006–2010
 The Hills: New Beginnings, the sequel series that premiered in 2019

Places

United States
 Neighborhoods within the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles, California
 Bel Air, Los Angeles
 Beverly Hills, California
 Hollywood Hills
 The Hills, New Jersey, a census-designated place
 The Hills, Texas, a village

Australia
 Adelaide Hills, a section of the Mount Lofty Ranges
 Hills District, New South Wales, a district within Sydney
 The Hills Shire, a local government area within Sydney

See also
 The Hill (disambiguation)
 Hills (disambiguation)


Rocles (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


The Knight and Death (Italian: Il cavaliere la morte) is a crime novel by Leonardo Sciascia, published in 1988.

Plot
The protagonist of the novel is a cultured and tenacious detective affected by a deadly disease (which is clearly a cancer, although it is never openly stated).

The detective, whose name we never learn  (he is simply called "il Vice", as "the Vice Chief of Police") investigates the murder of lawyer Sandoz. His chief believes that Sandoz has been killed by a mysterious revolutionary group, but the detective is convinced that powerful businessman Aurispa is involved in the crime, and that the phoney revolutionary group has been invented ad hoc as a scapegoat to cover up the real reasons behind the murder.

The novel is permeated by a sense of impending death, as the increasingly ill and tired "Vice" tries to unravel the mystery.

Significance of title

The title is a reference to the engraving Knight, Death and the Devil by Albrecht Dürer, often observed by the "Vice" as he thinks about his imminent death.

1988 novels
Novels by Leonardo Sciascia
Novels about the Sicilian Mafia


Wolfgang Neff (8 September 1875 – disappeared 1945) was an Austrian film director. He directed 50 films between 1920 and 1930. He was born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic).

Selected filmography

 Nat Pinkerton im Kampf (1920)
 Die verschwundene Million (1921)
 Raid (1921)
 The Queen of Whitechapel  (1922)
 Fratricide (1922)
 The Cigarette Countess (1922)
 Yellow Star (1922)
 The Woman from the Orient (1923)
 The Heart of Lilian Thorland (1924)
 The Old Ballroom (1925)
 The Salesgirl from the Fashion Store (1925)
 People in Need (1925)
 Ash Wednesday (1925)
 German Women - German Faithfulness (1927)
 The Harbour Bride (1927)
 The Girl from Frisco (1927)
 The Lorelei (1927)
 Circus Renz (1927)
 Who Invented Divorce? (1928)
 Dawn (1929)

References

External links

1875 births
Austrian film directors
Year of death unknown
Film directors from Prague


Kapampangan cuisine () differed noticeably from that of other groups in the Philippines. The Kapampangan kitchen is the biggest and most widely used room in the traditional Kapampangan household.
When the Philippines was under Spanish rule, Spanish friars and sailors taught Kapampangans the basics of Spanish cooking. The Kapampangans were able to produce a unique blend that surprised the Spanish palate. Soon Spanish friars and government officials were entertaining foreign guests at the expense of Kapampangan households. In the late 18th century, the Arnedo clan of Apalit were commissioned by the colonial government to entertain foreign dignitaries that included a Cambodian prince and a Russian archduke. Kapampangans were given the task of creating the meal and menu that was served in the proclamation of the First Philippine Republic in Malolos, Bulacan.

Some popular Kapampangan dishes that have won over the Filipino palate across the country include its famous sisig, morcon, menudo, caldereta, estofado, embotido, asado, lengua, lechon, chicharon, afritada, bringhi (paella), tabang talangka (crab meat), the "tocino" or pindang and their native version of the longaniza. A unique Kapampangan dish that is well enjoyed by other ethnic groups is nasing biringyi (chicken saffron rice). Since nasing biringyi is so difficult to prepare, this unique Kapampangan dish can only be enjoyed during fiestas in Pampanga.  It should be compared to the Nasi Briyani dish of Malaysia.

Kapampangan dishes that remain a challenge to other cultures include balo balo or burung bulig (mudfish fermented in rice) of Candaba, betute tugak (stuffed frogs) of Mexico and Magalang, adobung kamaru (mole crickets sautéed in vinegar and garlic), calderetang barag (spicy monitor lizard stew), kubang asu (sweet and spicy dog stew) of Macabebe and tidtad itik (duck stewed in blood) of Masantol.

See also
 Betutu, a Balinese dish.
 Biryani
 Filipino Chinese cuisine
 Kapampangan people
 Macanese cuisine
 Pampanga

References

Bibliography
 Gilda Cordero-Fernando, Philippine Food & Life, Anvil Publishing: 1992, Pasig, Metro Manila.
 Gene R. Gonzales, Cocina Sulipeña: Culinary Gems from Old Pampanga, Anvil Publishing: 2002, Pasig, Metro Manila.
 Larkin, John A. 1972. The Pampangans: Colonial Society in a Philippine Province. 1993 Philippine Edition. Quezon City: New Day Publishers.

External links

 Mangan Ta Na!
 The Pilgrim's Pots and Pans
  Kapampangan Recipes
 Tantingco: Old Kapampangan Eating Habits

Cuisine


Le Roux (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Softhard is a Chinese rap duo from Hong Kong, consisting of DJ Hard "Jan Lamb" and MC Soft "Eric Kot".
The rap duo is widely accredited for pioneering the hip hop act to achieve mainstream minor success during the early 1990s while on an independent label during the late 1980s. The duo appeared in director Wong Jing's live-action City Hunter film, performing the song "Gala Gala Happy."

Discography

Albums
 Softhard self titled debut (1991)
 Softhard Mix I (1993)
 Softhard Mix II (1993)
 The Lost Tapes (1993)
 SH Special (1999)
 Softhard Alliance (2005)
 Softhard Refill (2005)
 Long Time No See (2006)
 Softhard '06 Summer League (2006)

Hong Kong hip hop groups
Hip hop duos
Hong Kong male comedians
Hong Kong boy bands
Cantopop musical groups
Musical groups established in 1988
Musical groups disestablished in 1995
Musical groups reestablished in 2006
Hong Kong idols
Pop music duos
Male musical duos


Saint-Bauzile is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

Kathleen Cavendish (Kennedy) Death

Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (née Kennedy; February 20, 1920 – May 13, 1948), also known as "Kick" Kennedy, was an American socialite and sister to John Fitzgerald Kennedy. She died in a plane crash in 1948, flying to the south of France while on vacation with her new partner, the 8th Earl Fitzwilliam.

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Saint-Clément (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


RASL is a 2013 graphic novel by cartoonist Jeff Smith. A sci-fi noir, it is the story of RASL (Dr. Robert Joseph Johnson), an art thief who jumps to parallel universes in attempts to steal famous paintings, but runs into danger as he is pursued by the government.

RASL draws influences from real-life events, people, and places, including Nikola Tesla, Southwestern Native American culture, and hardboiled crime fiction. The book's central storyline is narrated extensively through the protagonist's thoughts, aided by the use of flashbacks to tell the story of his past. Smith's art style is high-contrast black-and-white, and is notably more detailed and "human" than his previous work Bone.

RASL originally appeared in serial form in an independently published black-and-white comic book published from 2008–2012.

Development

Jeff Smith has stated that RASL came from a desire to do something completely different from his previous work Bone. He came up with the idea in 1999 during the process of inking Bone, inspired by his thoughts of how films like Blade Runner and the Bourne film series could come together. Smith then talked to cartoonists Paul Pope and Frank Miller about the idea and gained support. Smith postponed his idea on RASL as to complete Bone, and came back to it in 2007. He developed an idea of how the story would end and what would happen but needed to organize it into a full-fledged story. He flew out to Arizona, as he knew the story would be set in the desert. He found the quiet and heat helped him develop his ideas for the story and characters. Smith was also interested in the visual aspects of film noir, such as intense angles, heavy shadows, and a sense of discomfort. He then spent a year researching the latest in the theories of physics, M-theory, and string theory from the work of Brian Greene, Stephen Hawking, and Carl Sagan to get a feel of what scientists believe is happening with parallel worlds.

Publication history
Self-published through Smith's publishing company Cartoon Books, the first issue of RASL was released in February 2008. Originally planned for three issues a year at 32 pages, the format was changed as of issue #5 to 24 pages (22 pages of comics, and a two-page letter column titled "RASLetters") for less wait in between. Issue #6 was delayed for an extensively long time, from October 2009 to January 2010. According to creator Jeff Smith's blog, the series was to go bimonthly with issue #7.

Earlier in the series' production, it was unclear whether RASL was supposed to be a limited series or a standard ongoing series. In response to a fan's post on Smith's Facebook page on August 1, 2010, he commented: "I'm not sure how many issues there will be exactly, but you'll probably only have to be collecting RASL for about two more years", confirming that it was in fact an ongoing series, and that Smith estimated the series to end somewhere between 2012 and 2013. Smith hinted in the "RASLetters" section of issue #10 that either issue #15 or #16 would be the final issue of the series. Ultimately, the series ended with issue #15 in August 2012.

Release dates
 Issue #1 - February 27, 2008
 Issue #2 - June 18, 2008
 Issue #3 - October 15, 2008
 Issue #4 - April 29, 2009
 Issue #5 - July 15, 2009
 Issue #6 - January 20, 2010
 Issue #7 - March 31, 2010
 Issue #8 - July 20, 2010
 Issue #9 - November 24, 2010
 Issue #10 - April 20, 2011
 Issue #11 - July 6, 2011
 Issue #12 - October 25, 2011
 Issue #13 - February 2012
 Issue #14 - May 30, 2012
 Issue #15 - August 1, 2012

Plot synopsis

The following synopses are cited directly from the collected editions of RASL, respectively.

Chapter 1 – The Drift
The story opens to RASL, a dimension-jumping art thief with a tattoo of a woman's name (Maya) on his left arm, wandering in a desert battered and bloody. He recollects his memories on a job where he steals a Picasso painting ("The Old Guitarist"). After tagging the location of the painting, RASL escapes from the police by using an immersion suit (resembling 4 airplane turbines strapped to his shoulders and legs and an African mask) to enter "The Drift", a place where he is able to travel to other dimensions.

He comes to a seemingly regular world and hides his suit, then visits a bar where he is the only one present. After some drinks and lighting a cigar, he looks through the songs on the jukebox, noticing that Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde album is instead credited to Robert Zimmerman, which is Bob Dylan's birthname. He realizes he is in the wrong place. As he is about to leave, an eerie assassin with a lizard like face comes in and shoots at RASL; as he escapes his painting is shot.

Outside the assassin chases him and a fight ensues, to which RASL beats and disarms the man. He finds no I.D. and is startled to see a small rectangle block in the man's wrist. Hearing sirens, he decides to go find a quiet place to meditate for a couple of hours (to be put in a more zen-like state of purity so he may enter the Drift again) thinking to himself about how he knew someone could "figure it out eventually". His final lines as he meditates in the light of the moon are "You can fix this. It’s never too late to fix it". The story then cuts back to him one last time wandering in the desert.

Chapter 2 – Annie
RASL drives back into town after having returned to the real world. He comes to his client's house (a prostitute named Annie). Inviting him in, she notices RASL is in bad shape, and asks if he was "time traveling again". He corrects her by explaining that he jumps dimensions using "thermo-magnetic engines to bend the space" around him. Annie notices the painting was shot in the foot and she can never show it to anyone. During a conversation RASL asks if Annie has seen the lizard face assassin (mentioning he was from "The Compound"). It is learned that under the assassin's wrist was a security chip. She has not seen the man. RASL is frustrated that "they" are unable to control him, so they sent an assassin.

Annie shows him a medallion depicting "The Man in the Maze" (a nickname for the I'itoi) which represents the journey of life and its turning points. During the conversation we see his point of view as he travels dimensions, mentioning while he is in the void, there are portals, and he goes through the one he sees. Annie believes that worlds also choose him. Later the two have sex and fall asleep. RASL wakes up later worried he felt something wrong (nervous he might be in the wrong place). However, Bob Dylan exists in this world and RASL decides to go out to a strip club and drink.

He returns later to find that Annie has been murdered, and a heart shape ripped from the painting covered in blood on Annie. RASL knows he must go after the assassin and gets his jeep. As he drives past The Compound he narrates about when he first played with magnets and learned Maxwell's equations to make his immersion suit. He asserts that "nothing is certain in the world of quantum physics". He gives an example of this by stating how electrons are not able to be pinned down in an atom. He narrates: "I can’t remember where I heard the theory that these particles were actually leaking into other dimensions. But I can remember the first time I followed one". He then burns the Picasso painting on a mountain top and uses his immersion suit to enter The Drift in a blast of light.

Chapter 3 – Maya
RASL re-enters the world where "Dylan isn't Dylan" on the same abandoned mountain top from Chapter 2 after having counted to 10. With his jeep gone he walks into town. At a bus stop he sees the Man in the Maze symbol used as an ad for a Maze of Life exhibit for a museum. As he contemplates finding a Jeep, he meets a shady character who introduces himself as "The President of the Street". RASL pays him 40 dollars for his help in finding a vehicle. Soon after, RASL begins his drive to the museum (during this we learn that he counts while drifting so he can focus and not black out). Blacking out is how he came to the current dimension the first time. Assuming Annie's killer is following him, he wonders how he got the technology but admits it wouldn't be hard to master, but he mentions that two people saw his (RASL's) complete designs, and that one of them is dead.

The story flashes back to when he worked for The Compound (a military base). He works with a man named Miles and his wife Maya. RASL's name is revealed to be Robert, and that he and his partners are working on a "St. George Array" (based on ideas by Nikola Tesla). According to Miles it's an anti weapon which serves as a barrier against missiles. RASL feels reluctant going through with the plans, but Miles points out that in the past he supported Robert's teleportation suits (t-suits). At this time, however, they do not function properly. The phone rings and Miles answers the call and tells them the project has now been green-lit and the budget doubled. While he gets a bottle of champagne Maya kisses RASL saying "Even if you could leave him, I know you can't leave me" (indicating an affair between them). Maya tells Miles Robert won't back out, leaving Robert himself unsure of the future.

In the museum he meets the curator who looks exactly like Maya who in this dimension doesn't know him (instead her name is Uma Giles). After showing her the silver medallion to examine she says it looks like Hopi silverwork, though his “friend” (Annie) was part Pima. He leaves the museum shortly after making plans to meet her again, reeling from the experience. He decides to visit Annie's house. As RASL is about to leave (after watching a client walk out of her house), the assassin with the lizard like face pulls up in a car to come kill her. RASL enters and sees the man has her hostage and greets him by his first name telling him: "You have something that belongs to us and we want it back".

RASL takes the gun and points it at the assassin but is startled when the assassin says that there are infinitely many different Annie's but only one of he and Robert. A brutal fight ensues while Annie picks up the gun and aims it at both of them. The assassin runs outside while RASL makes sure Annie is ok. Outside, the assassin (with his own immersion suit) enters The Drift. RASL prepares to do the same telling Annie to get to safety. She asks where he is going, to which he replies "After him!" He enters the Drift, leaving this dimension's Annie with the gun, in awe and bewildered.

Chapter 4 – Opening Doors
The story opens with RASL declaring himself a liar, in a world filled with liars. And that even a liar can find it difficult to tell what is truth and what is legend. During this, a boat spots a life raft holding a dead (and possibly mutated) sailor. It is learned that this is 6 days prior to the Philadelphia Experiment, which is narrated as follows:

In September 1943, a military convoy is leaving from Casablanca bound for Norfolk Virginia via the Atlantic (waters patrolled by German submarines in this era). As the ships pass within 100 miles from Bermuda, an immense flash is seen on the horizon, followed by the muffled sounds of depth charges. A distress call is picked up yet no ships or German subs are seen. 2 days pass and the calls and noises persist. The next day, the dead sailor is found. On the sixth night, a loud succession of explosions is heard and an unknown ship is seen with its stern on fire. Alarm is issued and the traveling boat goes to rescue the other. As they approach, it is gone and not seen nor detected on radar. Going further, the sailors look down into a trench in the shape of a hull. A loud pop of electricity is heard and the sailors look shocked at what is described as "a man-made horror/a travesty of nature". RASL narrates that this incident is the beginning of a series of lies that leads to the current point in his story. A quiet barrio in Tucson.

Re-emerging from the Drift once more in a new dimension with the assassin, another brutal fight ensues at night in the street in a suburb area. The assassin draws his gun and points it at RASL, warning him to stay put. He looks at RASL, stating he looks nothing like his picture (addressing him by his full name, Robert Joseph Johnson). He notices drifting is killing him. The assassin asks if RASL came to "return the stolen property", but RASL has come only because of Annie's murder. The assassin warns RASL that he is meddling with forces he can't control, and that none of the worlds RASL visits are real, which is why he has never met himself. The assassin then reveals his name as Sal, that he is working for the Compound, and that they believe RASL has 2 journals stolen from the navy. He offers a truce for the journals in exchange for not killing RASL's "girlfriends" for 48 hours. RASL tries to make a grab for him but falls on the street, as Sal teleports away. Suddenly, he notices a very eerie and silent little girl who disappears quickly.

He goes to a nearby bar to drink and collect his thoughts. We learn through this that Nikola Tesla was working on magnetic fields for ships to detect German ships and repel mines during World War I. The assistant secretary of the navy at the time is Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR becomes president and discusses the magnetic project with Albert Einstein during the period of the Manhattan Project during World War II. RASL had seen the data of a full-scale test in which a ship blinked in and out of existence several times over 6 days; the experiment had horrific results, making the navy want to "close that door". However, RASL says he opened it again 2 years ago.

He walks out of the bar and sees the eerie girl again, who slaps the ground where he appeared and points to Annie's house. Unsure of what to make of this, RASL puts on his suit and returns once more to the dimension with no Bob Dylan. Checking on Annie, he is worried she doesn't know who he is. She addresses him as Robert, assures him and kisses him. As they do this, RASL slowly shuts the door of her house.

Chapter 5 – Uma
The story continues the morning after Anne and RASL have sex with Annie expressing her disbelief and amazement at RASL's explanation of his drifting technology. His first test was done in a desert of Arizona (where the story takes place) and it took 3 days to realize he was on another world. Knowing that this dimension's Annie saw the suit, Robert plans to leave to pull a new heist to get money while Annie can go somewhere safe. Annie questions RASL about her alternate versions RASL has seen or slept with. Asking why RASL wants to be with her, he simply says it is because they both are there. Keeping in mind that he destroyed The Compound's multibillion-dollar weapons division, he plans to not give the journals to them. Rob leaves, bloody and hurt from Drifting and has a short black out before and during driving.

During the second blackout the story flashes back to Robert coming back in the lab looking ill (the mask of his immersion suit is seen hanging on the wall amongst other objects). RASL confesses that he tested a t-suit, that it worked, and expresses his want to postpone the St. George Array test (and shut down the Tesla Division) to analyze the calculations of his trip. Miles expresses his frustration and wonders if anything has to do with Robert and Maya's trip to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Afterward, Miles picks up the phone and tells RASL to stick to a story, and that the head of security is arriving.

After the blackout, he pulls over and starts walking and sees the strange girl from Chapter 4 holding hands with a woman on the sidewalk (this is the second world he has seen her). Shortly, Maya (the Uma version) drives up to give him a ride to the museum to get his necklace (which Annie gave him). She offers him a private tour. During the drive, the story flashes back to Robert and Maya having sex during the Wright Patt trip (confirming Miles' suspicions). Maya confesses she wishes to be with Robert all the time. They discuss their schedule which includes a research meeting and another meeting with H.A.A.R.P. to discuss Maya's bio-theories on low frequencies. RASL plans to go to the archives to check out U.F.O. conspiracies.

The story returns to RASL staring at Maya as she gives a tour, and notices he isn't listening, smiling seductively. The story then flashes back to when RASL meets Alvin Bester, a man who works in the archives. He tells RASL of his reputation he's been building and also reminds him of his desire to shut down the Tesla Division. Bester gives RASL Nikola Tesla's 2 missing journals. RASL has a look of shock and fright upon reading one of the journals. The story flashes back to Maya and RASL embraced, kissing in the museum.

Chapter 6 – The Mad Scientist
The story continues after the date with Maya with RASL reflecting on his and Miles' fascination with the life of Nikola Tesla and his "electrification" of the world. His exposition includes Tesla's relationship and rivalry with Thomas Edison, which leads into a further explanation of the war of the currents. Halfway through this, RASL is seen breaking into a parallel version of the penthouse from Chapter 1 to obtain a new Old Guitarist painting.

He continues his story of Tesla by emphasizing that he felt electricity was a life force, and made plans to create wireless energy transmissions in a laboratory in the Colorado Rockies. The story then goes back to RASL to show that his job was successful as he receives pay from the owner of a casino (who allows RASL to go and enjoy it). The story jumps back into a further narration of Tesla's competition, specifically Guglielmo Marconi. Meanwhile, the company which Tesla and his partner George Westinghouse ran was in financial trouble, but Tesla temporarily saved it. The story goes to the present in the real world to a scene where RASL brings the painting to his friend Pauly in a casino office. Pauly gives RASL a free pass to enjoy the casino. RASL continues his recollection of Tesla.

Ultimately the residents in the area of Tesla's lab grew tired of the thunder being emitted, and he left to go meet J.P. Morgan. After working for Morgan, he is abandoned for Marconi (being that he became the first to transmit signals over the Atlantic Ocean). RASL for a moment sympathizes with Tesla but lets his story serve as a cautionary tale as he sits at a poker table with a drink. Sal approaches him from behind to confront him, questioning him as to why he does not have the journals. After realizing the casino set him up (because security isn't called to his aide), RASL tries to fight Sal drunk, but is smashed over the head with the butt of his gun.

Chapter 7 – Brighter Than the Sun
The story continues with RASL narrating The Tunguska Event, expressing his belief that Nikola Tesla's attempt at putting his world system on line was the cause. The story then flashes back to The Compound. Robert and Miles' friendship has fallen apart with Robert having left the St. George project but persistent in advising Miles not to test the weapon. Miles is skeptical at RASL's advisions, seeing that he had, without authorization, taken the t-suit and accidentally discovered other worlds. During an exchange, RASL reveals his knowledge of the existence of Tesla's journals. Miles, infuriated that RASL had kept them secret, throws a laptop through a window, ranting in an almost madness-driven manner. Maya comes in worried to break up the fight, to which Miles (reading Robert and Maya's faces) realizes their affair. RASL is taken out of the building by security, stating that after seven years of research, his time at The Compound was done. Three days before the St. George test, however, Robert returns to take his t-suit and drifts, conscious of it for the first time (and jamming the array in the process). Because of the electromagnetic effects drifting and a guilty conscience, RASL develops a drinking habit.

He wakes up in the present after the confrontation with Sal in the casino office from Chapter 6 (located in Las Vegas). Present in the room is Sal, along with Kalani Adams, the security head of the compound. Sal's full name is revealed as Salvador Crow, and that he has undergone training under the authority of The Department of Homeland Security. Also, he is part of a "watchdog group" created by the Patriot Act. In conversation with Kalani, it is learned the department considers the new worlds (if real) a potential security risk. RASL expresses that they are real, to which Sal is disgusted by the thought of considering that so. The St. George array is being rebuilt. RASL reveals his t-suit works because energy is shared in all the universes and that energy is transferred. In addition he states the barrier is thin and trying to create the St. George weapon is ill-advised, because an energy gusher could be opened up causing devastating consequences. Choosing to see this as a way to convince RASL to bring her the journals, Kalani offers an ultimatum to bring them in 24 hours or be locked away.

RASL is taken away by Sal and tossed out on the edge of town, telling him that he is still seeking out Annie. RASL's narration of the past is further revealed as he states that three days after jamming the weapon, he drifted back to Tucson and rented a jeep, knowledgeable of where he hid the journals. After driving out of town, he recalls seeing a flash in the mirror, and witnesses (along with other drivers who had gotten out of their cars) a devastating explosion from The Compound. The story flashes back to the present one last time with RASL standing in the desert where Sal left him, with the eerie girl he'd met earlier right behind him.

Chapter 8 – Romance at the Speed of Light
The story picks up right from the end of the last chapter with RASL reflecting back on his motto, "It's never too late to fix it". He thinks back to a warning that Annie gave him - that he is an addictive personality and would run back to Maya, even if her motives seemed suspect. A flash to a new scene is seen in which Robert breaks off the affair with Maya (much to her dismay), then jumps to RASL watching the news after the explosion at the Compound (talked about at the end of Chapter 7). The entire team which includes Miles is rescued, but not Maya. RASL gets a tattoo in her memory. Two years later in the present, RASL realizes there is the eerie little girl is standing behind him.

RASL tries to communicate with the girl and see if she followed him from a parallel universe, but she motions for RASL to take off his jacket, and then crosses out Maya's name on his arm (to RASL's confusion). She then draws a diagram in the dirt which shocks RASL, as he backs away he bumps into The President of the Street, who recognizes RASL from their last meet (in Chapter 3) despite them not being in the world in which they met. RASL asks if the man knows who the little girl is, and he states that she is God.

Chapter 9 – The Warning
RASL contemplates God, existence and the origins of the universe through various Native American myths and stories. Included is a visual reference to the Man in the Maze who is described as "Elder Brother". RASL walks in the desert to town, along with The President of the Streets and the little girl (who he claims that she is a God). The President is recalling a story of how he saw a UFO when RASL stops momentarily to question the man's claim of the little girl being God. When The President makes references to Nikola Tesla and his downfall, RASL suddenly takes hold of the man angrily, and the little girl calms him down.

RASL explains to her that the drawing she made in the sand in the previous chapter is from Tesla's journals. The diagram/drawing makes reference to his Unified Field Theory which explains the ideas of dimensions and universes overlapping, along with shared energy. RASL explains that in order to tap into those dimensions, high frequencies of energy are needed, which would crack a hole in reality itself (which he states is what happened in The Philadelphia Experiment). He also worries that that is exactly what will happen if the St. George array is activated.

RASL decides to go and get Annie like he planned (after he'd side-tracked in Las Vegas in Chapter 6) and The President and the girl seem to vanish. RASL goes to a parking garage to pick up his Jeep and finds a figure going through his trunk, dressed in a T-Suit. He chases the figure, and is positive it isn't Sal (because of the person's dexterity and height). He almost catches the figure but they drift out of his reach with the T-Suit engines. RASL muses that he'll have to keep his Jeep locked up.

Chapter 10 – Best Laid Plans

Chapter 11 – The Event

Chapter 12 – Synchronicity

Chapter 13 – Miles

Chapter 14 – Closer to the Center

Chapter 15 – Taking the Fall

Characters
Dr. Robert Joseph Johnson/"RASL"
The main character of the series.

Salvador "Sal" Crow/"The Lizard-Faced Man"
An assassin working for The Compound who tried to kill RASL, which sets the initial present story in motion.

Annie
A sex worker and somewhat of a girlfriend of RASL. She seemed to have some knowledge of the Compound and held a relationship with RASL (providing spiritual guidance for him at one point). She is killed in the real world, but an Annie from the world with no Bob Dylan is saved but left bewildered at the events of what happened. She is later visited again by RASL and now knows of his technology and identity. RASL made plans for her to leave her home should he not return at a certain point from pulling a new heist. She is part Pima.

Miles Riley
A scientist and childhood friend whom RASL worked with in the past (appearing in flashbacks) who helped work to make a St. George Array, and was frustrated at RASL's reluctance to go through with the project. From the flashbacks it could be inferred that he and RASL had frequent disagreements because of this. It is revealed in Chapter 7 that Miles was caught in an explosion after attempting to go through with the St. George Array test without the proper equipment and knowledge to do so, resulting in a blast which destroyed the building. Chapter 8, however, reveals that he was apparently found, though his condition was left a mystery.

Maya Riley
Miles' wife whom RASL was having an affair with at the time he was working with them. She appears in a flashback with Miles in Chapter 3 and again in Chapter 5 where she and RASL are on a trip to Wright-Patt. An alternate version exists whose name is Uma Giles working as a museum curator, to whom RASL visits again on a date.  She was also caught in the St George's explosion, but no trace was found of her.

"The Spooky Little Girl"
A nameless, eerie little girl that RASL begins to notice following him beginning in Chapter 4. She is short, wide-eyed, and wears rather ragged clothes and has a fearful and almost mindless expression on her face most times. In Chapter 8, The President of the Street says that she is God.

"The President of the Street"
A homeless, shady character who appeared in Chapter 3 (only in the collection The Drift, not the individual issue). He is characterized by his knowledge of the streets, as his name suggests, and accepts money to do favors for people. He reappears in Chapter 8, recognizing RASL (though this time, it is in a different world) and seems to be friends with The Spooky Little Girl, stating that she is God.

Collected editions
RASL has been collected into the following oversized (10" by 12") trade paperbacks:

The collection of The Drift has been released in a hardcover edition (), limited to 3000 copies. The collection of The Drift also features extra story pages along with bonus material.

The series is also being released in "Pocket Book" format (measuring 8.9 by 6.4 by 0.6 inches). Due to the release of these, the previous oversized collected editions were renamed the RASL Giant Artist Editions. It has been confirmed that despite the release of the pocket books, the RASL Giant Artist Editions will be kept in print and continued. Smith said in the RASLetters of Issue #10 that there would be either one or two more RASL Giant Artist Editions (if one, then the one would contain more pages than usual, while if two, they may contain less pages than usual), while there will be one more RASL Pocket Book Edition:

The entire series was colored and collected as a single 472 page hardcover in September 2013 ().

Film adaptation
RASL has been optioned for a film by Lionel Wigram.

Notes

References

External links
Jeff Smith talks about RASL on It Came Out on Wednesday at comiXology
RASL Preview at boneville.com
Jeff Smith interviewed about RASL on Comicon.com

2013 graphic novels
Comics about parallel universes
Comics set in Arizona


Sainte-Eulalie (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Macadamia integrifolia is a small to medium-sized tree, growing to 15 metres in height. Native to rainforests in south east Queensland and northern New South Wales, Australia.  Common names include macadamia, smooth-shelled macadamia, bush nut, Queensland nut, Bauple nut and nut oak.

Description
Macadamia integrifolia leaves are simple, oblong in shape, glossy, entire with wavy leaf margins and are 20 cm long and 10 cm wide. The flowers are white or pink followed by woody, edible rounded fruits which are 2 to 3.5 cm in diameter.

This tree is rarely cultivated for ornamental purposes.

It has been introduced to Mexico and has done well in the states of Michoacán and Jalisco.

The trees will survive in hardiness zones 10 and 11.

The trees in Australia can be affected by a fungal pathogens from the Neopestalotiopsis genus and the Pestalotiopsis genus (both are within Sporocadaceae family), they both cause flower blight.

See also
Macadamia nuts

References

Other sources

integrifolia
Bushfood
Edible nuts and seeds
Crops originating from Australia
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Queensland
Proteales of Australia
Trees of Australia
Vulnerable flora of Australia


Saint-Pons (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Saint-Priest () is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Hunac Ceel Cauich (fl. late 12th and early 13th centuries) was a Maya general from Telchaquillo who conquered Chichen Itzá and founded the Cocom dynasty. While the rulers of Chichen Itzá were in part descendants of Toltec outsiders who might have been disliked for being foreign oppressors or the war a simple one of conquest, the Maya history attributes the cause of the war to the theft of a wife of a powerful ruler by a power lord. (On the other hand, rulers of both the attackers and the attacked are labeled Itzá.)

According to the history, Hunac Ceel, also known as Cauich, unsuccessfully fought the Itzás, having been taken captive. Ah Mex K'UUK threw him into the sacred cenote of Chichén Itzá as a sacrifice to the gods. However, he survived an entire night in the water and told a prophecy of the rain god Chac about the year's coming harvest and went on, under the sponsorship of Ah Mex Cuc, to become lord of Mayapan, a city which, along with Chichen Itzá and Uxmal, ruled northern Yucatan (Chapter II, "The Rise of Hunac Ceel" in CHILAM BALAM OF CHUMAYEL, see translation here). With the assistance of highland forces, he attacked Chichen Itzá, overthrowing the local ruling elite and establishing Mayapan as the sole ruler of the region. Ralph L. Roys, in his commentary to the Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel posits the interpretation that someone from Chichen Itzá stole away with the bride of Ah Ulil, the ruler of Izamal. Hunac Ceel and his Mexican allies used this as pretext or reason to sack the city in Izamal's name and to go on to profoundly re-order the entire political landscape (Appendix C: "The Hunac Ceel Episode").

Legacy

Hunac Ceel's actions upset not only the political balance of power in north Yucatan but the demographics of Chichen Itzá and the Peten Lake area, where the Itzá were still living at the time of European contact.

The feature film Kings of the Sun begins with Hunac Ceel's forces attacking Chichen Itzá.
He is played by Leo Gordon.

In the year 2000, the Mexican folk dance and music group Hunac-Ceel was founded in San Luis Potosí.

Sources

The main source describing Hunac Ceel's conspiracy and conquest is the Books of Chilam Balam, especially the Books of Chilam Balam of Mani and of Chumayel, which describe Hunac Ceel as using treachery to drive Chac-Xib-Chac out of Chichen Itzá in the year Tun 10 of Katun 8 Ahau, accompanied by the depopulation of the city and of his rise to power resulting from the event at the cenote.

References

Generals
Maya people
12th-century South American people
13th-century South American people

Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown


Saint-Prix (; Vivaro-Alpine: Sent Prech) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Per Erik F. "Pågen" Ohlsson (20 November 1884 – 19 September 1980) was a Swedish sport shooter who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

In 1908 he finished 28th in the 300 metre free rifle competition and 43rd in the 1000 yard free rifle event. Four years later he finished 21st in the 300 metre military rifle, three positions competition and 28th in the 600 metre free rifle event. In 1920 he won the silver medal as member of the Swedish team in the team small-bore rifle competition and the bronze medal in the team 600 metre military rifle, prone.

In the 1920 Summer Olympics he also participated in the following events:

 600 metre military rifle, prone - eighth place
 300 metre military rifle, prone - place unknown
 50 metre small-bore rifle - place unknown

References

External links
profile

1884 births
1980 deaths
Swedish male sport shooters
ISSF rifle shooters
Olympic shooters for Sweden
Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
Olympic medalists in shooting
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Malmö
19th-century Swedish people
20th-century Swedish people


Léonel Beaudoin (September 13, 1924 – July 28, 2021) was a Canadian politician and insurance agent.

Born in Cookshire, Quebec in September 1924, Beaudoin was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 federal election as a Member of the Ralliement Créditiste to represent the riding of Richmond. After that party merged with the Social Credit Party of Canada, he was re-elected as a Social Credit candidate in the 1972 and 1974 federal elections. He ran unsuccessfully in the 1965 election in the riding of Richmond—Wolfe. He was a member of various standing committees.

Beaudoin died in Bromptonville, Quebec in July 2021 at the age of 96.

References

External links

1924 births
2021 deaths
French Quebecers
Canadian Army personnel of World War II
Canadian Army soldiers
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Social Credit Party of Canada MPs
People from Estrie


Chaʼpalaa (also known as Chachi or Cayapa) is a Barbacoan language spoken in northern Ecuador by ca. 9,000 ethnic Chachi people.

"Chaʼpalaa" means "language of the Chachi people." This language was described in part by the missionary P. Alberto Vittadello, who, by the time his description was published in Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1988, had lived for seven years among the tribe.

Chaʼpalaa has agglutinative morphology, with a Subject-Object-Verb word order.

Chaʼpalaa is written using the Latin alphabet, making use of the following graphemes:

A, B, C, CH, D, DY, E, F, G, GU, HU, I, J, L, LL, M, N, Ñ, P, QU, R, S, SH, T, TS, TY, U, V, Y, and .

The writing system includes four simple vowels, and four double vowels:

Phonology
Cha'palaa has four vowels: /a, e, i, u/. Cha'palaa has 22 consonant phonemes.

References

External links
 Native Languages on Cha'palaachi, with links
 Cayapa (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)

Agglutinative languages
Languages of Ecuador
Barbacoan languages
Endangered Barbacoan languages


Saint-Sernin (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Oleg Platov (born 8 April 1983 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who fought in the heavyweight division.

Professional career

Debut fight
After leaving the amateurs ranks Platov was based in Belgium when he became a professional. His first pro bout was in May 2001, winning in Bruges, Belgium, when Platov beat fellow debutant French fighter Jacques Bret with a first round knockout.

Belgian base
Platov fought his first 20 fights in Belgium, suffering only one defeat which was a points defeat to Ludovic Mace. He faced Mace again six months later and avenged the loss, KO'ing Mace in the third round.

First belt
Whilst still based in Belgium, Platov fought for his first title belt against Belarusian Igor Shukala in Brussels, Belgium for the vacant WBC World Youth heavyweight title. Platov knocked the previously unbeaten Shukala out in the first round to take the title.

On November 4, 2006, he fought the former #1 contender Henry Akinwande and won a split decision. This was his greatest achievement, as Akinwande's record at the time was 49–2 and he had fought for the WBC title against Lennox Lewis previously. In December 2007 he fought Danny Williams, another former title contender. The bout ended with a no-decision after Platov was cut over the left eye following an accidental headbutt and the referee stopped the contest.

Platov was then inactive for just over a year, before returning against Jason Gavern, in Zurich, Switzerland. Platov won a clear 8-round decision, flooring Gavern in the sixth round.

Over the next four years, Platov only fought 3 more times, winning them all. His final bout was in November 2012, when he fought in America for the first time, knocking out Harold Sconiers in 2 rounds - his record after this fight was W-30; L-1. D-0; 1 No Contest.

References

External links

1983 births
Living people
Heavyweight boxers
Ukrainian male boxers
Sportspeople from Dnipro


Les Salelles () is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Geography
The commune is traversed by the river Chassezac.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Carex acuta,  the acute sedge, slender tufted-sedge, or slim sedge, can be found growing on the margins of rivers and lakes in the Palaearctic terrestrial ecoregions in beds of wet, alkaline or slightly acid depressions with mineral soil.

Carex acuta does not tolerate prolonged desiccation. The community is distributed, in particular, in northern France, the Low Countries, Central Europe south to the Sava and Drava valleys of Croatia, the northern Morava valley of Serbia and Romania, north to Poland, the Kaliningrad District, Lithuania and Latvia, in southern Scandinavia, in the Dnieper basin of northern Ukraine and southern Belarus, in the lower Volga Valley.

References

External links

acuta
Flora of Asia
Flora of Europe
Flora of North Africa
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus


USS Sevier (APA-233) was a  in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1947. She was scrapped in 1980.

History
Sevier was named after counties in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Utah. She was laid down on 4 October 1944 under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull MCV 679) by Kaiser Shipbuilding of Vancouver, Washington; launched on 16 November 1944, and commissioned on 5 December 1944.

World War II
Sevier departed Seattle, Washington, on 20 December for San Pedro, California, where she underwent shakedown from 27 December 1944 to 26 January 1945. Sailing from Los Angeles on 6 February, she underwent a week of training near Pearl Harbor, and then continued westward to Eniwetok, where on 28 February, she joined a convoy bound for Iwo Jima.

Invasion of Iwo Jima
Sevier was held in a waiting station  off the island of Iwo Jima until 14 March, when she anchored to evacuate marines of the 4th Division who had participated in the assault. Departing Iwo Jima on 20 March, she disembarked the marines at Maui, T. H., on 5 April; and then underwent repairs to her main thrust bearing from 6 to 30 April at Pearl Harbor.

Embarking 1,193 officers and men of the 125th Construction Battalion and 171 marines, Sevier left Pearl on 12 May with a convoy, which, after a brief stop at Eniwetok, arrived at Ulithi on 26 May.

Invasion of Okinawa
Sevier was held at Eniwetok until 13 June; and then ordered to Okinawa, where she arrived on 17 June. During her two days and nights anchored off Okinawa, Sevier worked continuously unloading the Seabees and marines and their equipment. Underway on 19 June, she witnessed the intensive air and sea bombardment of the southern end of the island, before setting course for the United States.

Sevier arrived at San Francisco on 13 July and then proceeded to the Everett Pacific Shipyard near Seattle for repairs to her propeller shaft. Sevier returned to San Francisco on 27 July, sailed for Pearl Harbor on 1 August, and arrived there on 7 August.

Post-war
Sevier joined in the celebration of VJ-Day at Pearl Harbor and, on 26–27 August, embarked troops at Hilo Harbor for the occupation of Japan. Sailing from Pearl on 1 September, she stopped at Saipan from 13 to 16 September and entered Sasebo, Japan, on 22 September where she unloaded her troops and supplies.

Underway three days later, she arrived at Manila on 30 September and then embarked more occupation troops in Lingayen Gulf from 3 to 6 October. Underway on 9 October, the transport arrived at Sasebo on 14 October and disembarked her troops between 20 and 22 October.

Assigned next to Operation Magic Carpet, Sevier sailed from Sasebo on 23 October; and, on 27 and 28 October, embarked servicemen at Saipan for the trip home to the United States. She disembarked them at San Francisco on 10 November, and, after moving to Bremerton, Washington, sailed from there on 24 November to bring home troops from Guam and Manus. Returning to Seattle on 29 December, Sevier remained inactive at Port Angeles from 31 December 1945 to 6 March 1946, when she was assigned further duties supporting occupation troops in the western Pacific.

After a voyage to Pearl Harbor and back, Sevier sailed from San Francisco on 16 April for Yokosuka where she arrived on 29 April. Sailing again on 3 May, she touched at Midway on 9 May; and then arrived at Pearl on 13 May. There, she was assigned the duty of evacuating personnel from Bikini in preparation for the atomic bomb tests.

Departing Pearl on 28 May, she was at Kwajalein and Bikini from 3 to 8 June before sailing for San Francisco, where she arrived on 18 June. She remained on the west coast until sailing on 7 September 1946 from San Diego for Yokosuka, where she arrived on 23 September.

The transport departed Yokosuka on 26 October and spent the next three months at anchor in Chinese ports: at Qingdao from 29 October 1946 to 15 January 1947 and at Chinwangtao from 16 to 22 January. Sailing for home, she stopped at Guam from 27 to 31 January and at Pearl Harbor from 8 to 13 February before arriving at San Francisco on 18 February to prepare for deactivation.

Decommissioning and fate
Sevier was decommissioned at Suisun Bay, California, on 30 April 1947 and delivered to the Maritime Commission's National Defense Reserve Fleet there on the same day. She was struck from the Navy List on 23 June 1947. On 1 January 1969, she was redesignated LPA-233. She was sold for scrapping on 15 February 1980.

Decorations
Sevier received two battle stars for her World War II service.

References

External links

APA/LPA-233 Sevier, Navsource Online.

Haskell-class attack transports
Sevier County, Arkansas
Sevier County, Tennessee
Sevier County, Utah
World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Ships built in Vancouver, Washington
1944 ships


Sarras (; Vivaro-Alpine: Sarràs) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Corneliu Ioan Codreanu (born 11 February 1977) is a Romanian former football right back. Codreanu played in his career mainly for FCM Bacău, but he also spent some periods at teams like: Laminorul Roman, UTA Arad, Aerostar Bacău or Botoşani. In 2011 Codreanu signed with Unirea Mircești, a lower leagues side from Iași County and automatically becoming an important name of the small team. He won afterwards two times Liga IV with Unirea, in 2015 and 2017, but lost in both times the Liga III promotion play-off, in 2015 against Voința Răucești and in 2017 against Oțelul Galați.

Codreanu was badly injured in the left knee in summer of 2003. He was operated in May 2004 at Leverkusen and was out till the end of the year. The German doctor said that the operation made by Romanian doctors was made in mockery.

References

External links

1977 births
Living people
People from Roman, Romania
Romanian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Liga I players
Liga II players
CS Aerostar Bacău players
FCM Bacău players
FC UTA Arad players
FC Botoșani players
Footballers from Neamț County


The 1953 Polish Speedway season was the 1953 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship
The 1953 Individual Speedway Polish Championship was held over four legs.

Rybnik, 14 June 1953
Warsawa, 30 August 1953
Leszno, 13 September 1953
Wrocław, 4 October 1953

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship
The 1953 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the sixth edition of the Team Polish Championship.

Rules

In First League, matches were played with part two teams, without it playing it matches return.  Teams were made up of 6 drivers plus 2 reserves. The score of heat: 3–2–1–0. Mecz consisted of 9 heats. For winning a game a team received 2 points, draw – 1 point, lost – 0 points. The drivers from main squad started in a match three times. The quantity of small points was added up.

Before the season it was established that only 4 full rounds would take place with only the first 8 teams competing in the 5th round. After playing 5 rounds the 4 first teams played in the  "Final Round".

Stal Ostrów Wlkp. was moved to Świętochłowice.

First League

Final Round

References

Poland Individual
Speedway


The Deerslayer and Chingachgook () is the feature-length first part of the two-part 1920 German silent Western film Lederstrumpf (Leatherstocking), directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Bela Lugosi. It is based on the 1841 novel The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper. The second part is called The Last of the Mohicans (Der Letzte der Mohikaner).

Cast
 Emil Mamelok as Deerslayer
 Herta Heden as Judith Hutter
 Bela Lugosi as Chingachgook
 Gottfried Kraus as Tom Hutter
 Edward Eyseneck as Worley
 Margot Sokolowska as Wah-ta-Wah
 Frau Rehberger as Judith Hutter
 Willy Schroeder as Hartherz
 Herr Söhnlein as Col. Munro
 Heddy Sven as Cora Munro
 Frau Wenkhaus as Alice Munro

See also
 Bela Lugosi filmography
 List of rediscovered films

References

External links

1920 films
1920 Western (genre) films
1920s rediscovered films
Films based on American novels
Films based on the Leatherstocking Tales
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films set in New York (state)
Films set in the 1740s
Films set in the Thirteen Colonies
German black-and-white films
Rediscovered German films
Silent German Western (genre) films
Films directed by Arthur Wellin
1920s German films


WWE The Music, Volume 8 is a compilation album released by WWE on March 25, 2008. Unlike Volume 7, which was released exclusively on iTunes, Volume 8 was sold as a CD (much like other WWE music albums) in addition to being offered on iTunes.

Track listing
All tracks were written by Jim Johnston.

Three bonus tracks sold exclusively through Wal-Mart include:

Release history

See also

Music in professional wrestling

References

WWE albums
2008 compilation albums
Rock compilation albums
Hip hop compilation albums
2008 soundtrack albums


Antoni Niemczak (born 17 November 1955) is a retired long-distance runner from Poland, who won the inaugural 1984 edition of the Vienna Marathon, clocking 2:12:17 on March 25, 1984. He finished in eighth place at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany. His best marathon time is 2:09:41, which he ran on October 28, 1990, in the Chicago Marathon. He finished in second place with a margin of less than one second between him and Martin Pitayo. Antoni was ranked seventh in the world for the marathon in 1990, the same year he won the San Francisco Marathon.

Suspension
Niemczak tested positive for the anabolic steroid Nandrolone after finishing second at the 1986 New York City Marathon. Although the steroid was known to have been prescribed following dental surgery and rather than to improve performance, Niemczak received a two-year suspension from the sport.

Achievements

References

 1984 Year Ranking
 1990 Year Ranking

1955 births
Living people
Polish male long-distance runners
Doping cases in athletics
Polish sportspeople in doping cases
Place of birth missing (living people)
Polish male marathon runners
Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland
People from Jarosław County
Athletes from Podkarpackie Voivodeship


Vion () is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. It is known for its ancient church that is dated from the 1400s. There are many local winemakers in this small town.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ardèche department

References

Communes of Ardèche
Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


The following is a list of notable people associated with the old Presidency College, Calcutta.

Administration
 Gurusaday Dutt, ICS, Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health Secretary, Government of Bengal

Academics
 Abhijit Banerjee, professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2019
 Abhijit Basu, professor of geology, Indiana University Bloomington
 Joyoti Basu, cell biologist, N-Bios laureate
 Birendra Bijoy Biswas, Botanist and molecular biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic, holder of University Professor at Columbia University
 Sankar Das Sarma, eminent theoretical condensed matter physicist and Richard E Prange Chaired Professor at University of Maryland, US
Surajit Chandra Sinha, former Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Maharajkumar of Susanga, Bengal
 Amartya Sen, Master, Trinity College, Cambridge (1998–2004); winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1998
 Barun De, Former Chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission and Founder-Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.

Politics
 Bidhan Chandra Roy, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal (1948–1962); 5th Mayor of Kolkata (1931–1933)
 Siddhartha Shankar Ray, 5th Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–77); Education Minister, Government of India; Governor of Punjab; Ambassador to U.S.A.
 Jyoti Basu, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (1977-2000)
 Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal (2000–11)
 Bishnu Ram Medhi, Chief Minister of Assam (1950–57)
 MJ Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India (2016–2018)
 Abdus Salam Khan, Minister of Public Works and Communication (1955–1956) in the East Pakistan provincial cabinet
Md. Hafizur Rahman, Minister of Food and Agriculture of Pakistan (1958–1960); Minister of Commerce of Pakistan (1960–1962); Provincial Minister of Finance and Planning of East Pakistan (1962–1965)
 Amit Mitra, Finance Minister of West Bengal (2011–21)
 Syama Prasad Mukherjee, founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh; Industry and Supply Member, Government of India (1946–50)
 Maharajadhiraja Sir Uday Chand Mahtab, Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937–52), Member, Indian Constituent Assembly, 1946-47 &  Maharajadhiraja Bahadur of Burdwan.
 Subhas Chandra Bose, Freedom Fighter, Commander of INA, First Leader of Free Indian Territory, Mayor of Calcutta; 53rd President of the Indian National Congress; founder of the Forward Bloc ;
 Colonel H.H. Maharaja Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur of Coochbehar

Judiciary
 Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh, I.C.S, Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir.

Writers
 Henry Louis Vivan Derozio, poet

Religious leader
 Swami Vivekananda, the great Nationalist Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian teacher Ramakrishna, key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century and founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.

Faculty Members
 Dipak Banerjee, former Head of the Department of Economics of Presidency College, Kolkata

References

Presidency University, Kolkata alumni
Academic staff of Presidency University, Kolkata
Kolkata Presidencians
Presidency University, Kolkata
University of Calcutta alumni
Kolkata-related lists


Herrenhandtasche (or Herrénhandtasche) – as it says on the album cover – is the fourth studio album by the German punk rock band Wizo, released in 1995, and means "manpurse" in English.

Track listing
 Hello - 0:19
 9247 - 3:15
 Poupée de Cire (cover of the France Gall song Poupée de cire, poupée de son) - 2:27
 Quadrat im Kreis (square in the circle) - 3:27
 Cruising  - 2:16
 Anrufbeantworter (answering machine) - 0:27
 Herrénhandtasche (man-purse) - 4:32
 Closet - 2:42
 Brief/Telefon/Tür (letter/phone/door) - 4:06
 Do You Remember Me? - 2:21

Lineup
 Axel Kurth - vocals, guitars
 Jörn Genserowski - bass, chorus
 Charly Zasko - drums, chorus

Trivia

Herrenhandtasche literally means "manpurse" but it is also used in German referring to a sixpack (as in beer).

References

1995 albums
Wizo albums


Faugères may refer to the following places in France:

 Faugères, Ardèche, a commune in the department of Ardèche
 Faugères, Hérault, a commune in the department of Hérault
 Faugères AOC, an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) wine from Faugères, Hérault