Larian Studios is a Belgian video game developer and publisher founded in 1996 by Swen Vincke. It focuses on developing role-playing video games and has previously worked on educational games and a number of casino games. It is best known for developing the Divinity series and Baldur's Gate 3.

History
Swen Vincke founded Larian Studios in 1996. As a lead designer in the company, he contributed to all of Larian's early game projects, including the award-winning role-playing game Divine Divinity (2002) and its sequel Beyond Divinity (2004).

Larian's first project was called The Lady, the Mage and the Knight. During that time they also developed The L.E.D. Wars, a strategy game that was developed within 5 months and published by Ionos in 1997. As a result, The Lady, the Mage and the Knight soon evolved into a collaborative project between Larian Studios and Attic Entertainment Software. Due to various problems between the two development studios and its publisher, the project was abandoned in 1999.

In 2002, Larian completed work on Divinity: Sword of Lies which was published under the name Divine Divinity by CDV. In 2004, Beyond Divinity, the sequel to Divine Divinity, was published in two editions: the standard version by Ubisoft Entertainment GmbH and the deluxe version by MediaMix Benelux which contained Divine Divinity, Beyond Divinity and a novella by Rhianna Pratchett called "Son of Chaos".

Also in 2004, KetnetKick, an educational game, was developed for Ketnet and released by Transposia. In 2006, Beyond Divinity was re-released under Gold Games 9 by Ubisoft Entertainment which was a set of 10 games on 6 DVDs.

In March 2008, Adventure Rock, an online virtual world was completed and released. This was followed by the release of KetnetKick 2 in October 2008 by VRT, the national broadcaster in Flanders. In March 2009, GulliLand was published by Jeunesse TV, a French national broadcasting channel. In January 2010, Larian released Divinity II: Ego Draconis - the sequel to Divine Divinity - to the U.S. market on Xbox 360 and Windows simultaneously, after releases in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Russia and Benelux. Larian has also produced Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance, and built a Gold Deluxe version that holds all Divinity II episodes, called Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga.

In August 2013 Larian released Divinity: Dragon Commander, a game mixing strategy and role-playing elements in the Divinity universe, before the events of Divine Divinity. The game has received an overall positive reception and gained attention thanks to its novel approach to strategy.

Larian released Divinity: Original Sin, a turn-based role-playing game set between Dragon Commander and Divine Divinity, in June 2014 after several delays. The game was funded partly thanks to a Kickstarter campaign which pulled in $944,282, more than double its goal of $400,000. Original Sin was originally budgeted at €3 million, twice the amount of cash Larian had on hand, but by the time the game released Larian spent a total of €4.5 million on it; according to Swen Vincke, Larian delayed tax payments and pulled resources from Dragon Commander'''s development in order to fully fund and complete Original Sin, and the company would have gone bankrupt if the game had not been a success. Upon its release, Original Sin became the fastest-selling game in Larian's history. An enhanced edition was launched the 27 October 2015, including all formerly published downloadable content and several improvements.Divinity: Original Sin 2, a sequel to Divinity: Original Sin, was funded through Kickstarter as well, raising the necessary amount to create the game within hours, and reaching all of its stretch goals. The game takes place 1200 years after the events in Divinity: Original Sin and retains many of the gameplay elements that were present in first Original Sin. The game was released into Steam Early Access on 15 September 2016, with its full Version 1.0 release taking place just under one year later on 14 September 2017.

Larian Studios developed Baldur's Gate 3, a role-playing video game for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and PlayStation 5. It is the third main game in the Baldur's Gate series, itself based on the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing system. It released in early access format on PC and Mac through Steam and GOG on 6 October 2020, with a full release on 3 August 2023 to universal acclaim.

Games developed

Cancelled games

Educational games
 Ketnet Kick (2004)
 Adventure Rock (2008)
 Ketnet Kick 2 (2008)
 GulliLand (2009)
 Superia (2009)
 Monkey Labs (2009)
 Monkey Tales'' (2011)

References

External links

 Larian Studios at MobyGames

Video game publishers
Video game companies of Belgium
Video game companies established in 1996
Belgian companies established in 1996
Video game development companies
Companies based in Ghent


Hartmann Schmige is a German screenplay, teleplay writer, and film director.  He is one of the founding members of the Verband Deutscher Drehbuchautoren (German Writers Guild).

Career

Hartmann Schmige studied journalism, sociology, and political science in Freiburg, Munich, and Berlin with a masters final thesis in the montage theories by Eisenstein, Kracauer and Bazin.

In the 1980s Hartmann Schmige became renowned for writing the Dieter Hallervorden feature films together with writer Christian Rateuke.  marks one of Hartmann Schmige's biggest successes. Some of the dialogue lines from the movie have reached cult status.

Hartmann Schmige continues his career as a German Television writer for German crime series and comedies.

Other works

Book: Eisenstein, Bazin, Kracauer |1977| About Film Montage Theory

Schmige also wrote the musical Schlemihl in 1987 together with Christian Rateuke. The music was composed by Wilhelm Dieter Siebert. Schmige and Siebert also wrote the opera libretto Der Untergang der Titanic (The Sinking of the Titanic) in 1980.

Filmography (selection)

Writing

Feature films
 (1983)
 (1984)
 (1985)

Television (episodic)
Wolffs Revier (1992–2000)
 (1995–1998)
 (1996–1997)

Other episodes (since 2000) for popular German crime series such as Sperling, Ein Fall für zwei, Der Ermittler and Tatort.

Television Film
Rotlicht (1992)
Engel sucht Flügel (2001)

Directing
 The Man in Pyjamas (1981)
Der Träumer (1982)

References

External links

Homepage
Verband Deutscher Drehbuchautoren

1944 births
Living people
German mass media people
German male writers
Male screenwriters


Erigeron foliosus, known by the common names leafy daisy and leafy fleabane, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Erigeron foliosus is native to western North America from Oregon, through California, into Baja California.  It can be found in many habitats, including chaparral, oak woodlands, and rocky talus.

Description
In general, Erigeron foliosus is an erect, clumping and branching perennial daisy growing from woody roots to heights of anywhere between  and .

Unlike some other fleabanes, it has leaves evenly spaced all over the stem. They may be thready or wide and flat, and are between  long.

Atop each branch of the leafy stem is an inflorescence of one to several flower heads, each one to  wide. The head has a center of golden yellow disc florets surrounded by a fringe of up to 60 pale to medium purple ray florets.

Varieties
The recognized varieties of Erigeron foliosus include:
 Erigeron foliosus var. confinis (Howell) Jeps. — endemic to Klamath Mountains in northwestern California + southwestern Oregon
 Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus  — California (from Amador + San Mateo Counties south to San Diego County), Baja California
 Erigeron foliosus var. franciscensis G.L.Nesom — endemic to San Francisco Bay Area
 Erigeron foliosus var. hartwegii (Greene) Jeps. — California, Oregon
 Erigeron foliosus var. mendocinus (Greene) G.L.Nesom 	— Mendocino erigeron, Mendocino fleabane; Mendocino and Del Norte County, California

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment of Erigeron foliosus
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile: Erigeron foliosus
Erigeron foliosus — Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California

foliosus
Flora of California
Flora of Oregon
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Plants described in 1840
Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


Vivekananda Degree College (also known as "Vivekananda College of Arts, Science & Commerce" or "VC Puttur") is located in the locality of Nehru Nagar, about 3 km north-east to the center of the city of Puttur in Karnataka state, India.  This college is run by Vivekananda Vidyavardhaka Sangha Puttur (VVS).

The college is accredited at 'A' by National Assessment and Accreditation Council. The college totally has around 2000 students and 100 faculty members in various disciplines.

History

Established in 1965 by a private organization "Puttur Education Society". The college is named after influential spiritual leaders and philosopher Swami Vivekananda.

The visionaries and members of 'Puttur Education Society' (now renamed as 'Vivekananda Vidyavardhaka Sangha') behind the origin of this college are Molahalli Shiva Rao, Baindoor Rama Rao, Dharmastala Manjayya Heggade, Rao Bahadur Raghunatha Rao, Baindoor Prabhakar Rao, Jnanapeeta award winner Dr Kota Shivarama Karanth, and Sri K Rama Bhat..

Academics
The duration of the courses for bachelor's degree is three years. All courses include two mandatory languages: English and either Kannada, Hindi or Sanskrit. Courses award Bachelor of Arts (B.A), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Bachelor of Business Management (B.B.M.) or Bachelor of Computer Application (B.C.A.). In addition there are one year certificate course and two year diploma course in Rural Marketing.

Admissions
The admissions, based on the availability of seats, are open to everyone who has completed Pre University Course (or any other 11th and 12th grade course that is considered equivalent by the Mangalore University). Those seeking admission to B.Sc. should have studied Science in PUC. Those seeking admission to B.Com. and B.B.M. should have studied Business Studies and Accountancy in PUC. Those seeking admission to B.A and B.C.A. could come from any stream.

Campus
Vivekananda College campus is spread over an area of about  located in Nehru Nagar, approximately 3 km from the city of Puttur, Karnataka. A statue of Swami Vivekananda is situated at the entrance of the campus.

Library
The College library is located very close to the main College building. The library follows an open-access system and allows outsiders too to use books of referral worth and this library is considered one of the best libraries under the affiliated Colleges of Mangalore university with more than 77,000 volumes.

Hostels
The hostels for boys and girls are available at a very subsidized rate for students from remote places and are situated within the campus. They also have individual attached vegetarian messes to cater to meals for hostelers.

Vivekananda College Employees Co-operative Society
The campus also houses a Co-operative Society which supplies all the necessary day-to-day items to the inmates at a reasonable price. And the banking section in the Co-operative Society helps the staff and students in the campus to handle their savings bank  accounts.

See also
 Mangalore University

References

External links
 vc.vivekanandaedu.org, Official Website
 Vivekananda Vidyavardhaka Sangha Website

Colleges in Karnataka
Universities and colleges in Dakshina Kannada district
Educational institutions established in 1965
1965 establishments in Mysore State
Colleges of Mangalore University


Venusian , Venerean , or Venereal may refer to:

 Venus, a planet
 Venusians, hypothetical or fictional beings that inhabit the planet Venus
According to the book Women are from Venus, a Venusian is a woman
 Venus (goddess)

See also
 Cytherean, for a discussion of adjectives relating to the planet Venus
 Venus (disambiguation)

Venus


In the central and southern Appalachian Mountains of Eastern North America, a cove is a small valley between two ridge lines that is closed at one or both ends.

Among the places where the word "cove" appears in the name of an Appalachian valley are Morrison Cove in Pennsylvania; Lost Cove, North Carolina; Bumpass Cove, Tennessee; Doran Cove, Grassy Cove, Ladd Cove, in or adjacent to the Sequatchie Valley of Tennessee and Alabama; and numerous locations in the Great Smoky Mountains, including Cades Cove, Greenbrier Cove, Miller Cove, Tuckaleechee Cove, and Wears Cove. Burke's Garden in western Virginia is another example of a cove.

Limestone coves
Geologically, some coves are windows formed by erosion that penetrated through the overlying thrust sheet, exposing the younger limestone beneath. Cades Cove and Wears Cove in Tennessee are examples of limestone coves, in which fertile soils have formed on the limestone parent material in the valley bottoms.

Cove forest

Cove forest is the name for a type of deciduous forest community associated with Appalachian mountain coves. Cove forests, which are unique to the Appalachian Mountains and are a subtype of Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests, are found in protected positions in the landscape at middle to low elevations and are typified by high species richness of both plants and animals. Canopy species in this forest type include American basswood, tulip poplar, sugar maple, red maple, yellow birch, beech, white ash, bigleaf magnolia, bitternut hickory, and eastern hemlock. Carolina silverbell and eastern redbud are important understory trees. Notable flowering shrubs include rhododendron, flame azalea, and mountain laurel. Animals noted for their abundance and diversity in cove forest habitats include salamanders, birds, and small mammals.

The cove forest community is particularly well developed in the Great Smoky Mountains, where some  of cove forest are still old-growth.  The forest there is categorized into three subclasses. The rich montane subclass is found in protected coves with nutrient-rich soils, typically at elevations of , in eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, and southwestern Virginia. Dominant trees may include sugar maple, yellow buckeye, white ash, silverbell, or basswood, but yellow birch and beech are not dominant species. Bitternut hickory and northern red oak also may be common in the canopy. A defining feature of the rich montane association is the presence of lush herbaceous flora, including calciphilic plants whose presence indicates soils of neutral to alkaline pH (typically formed on limestone). The typic montane subclass of cove forest is characterized by the absence or scarcity of calciphilic species and is found on non-limestone soils at elevations of  in the southern Blue Ridge, including the Smoky Mountains, and  in the northern Blue Ridge and adjacent Ridge and Valley. Dominant canopy trees include yellow buckeye, white ash, basswood, cucumber-tree magnolia, tulip poplar, red maple, Eastern hemlock, and black birch. Typical subcanopy trees and shrubs include flowering dogwood, striped maple, sweetshrub, and rosebay rhododendron. In the third subclass, the typic foothills type, tulip poplar is the dominant species, but the canopy also may include basswood, white ash, mockernut hickory, yellow buckeye, silverbell, American beech, white oak, and red maple. Ferns are often common in the herbaceous layer. This subclass, found on protected sites at elevations mostly below , lacks species typical of higher elevation cove forests.

See also

 Appalachian temperate rainforest

References

Valleys of the United States
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian forests
Forest ecology


Hyas (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Clayton No. 333 and Census Division No. 9.

History
Hyas incorporated as a village on May 23, 1919.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hyas had a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Hyas recorded a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a  change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2016.

See also

 List of communities in Saskatchewan
 Villages of Saskatchewan

References

External links

Villages in Saskatchewan
Clayton No. 333, Saskatchewan
Division No. 9, Saskatchewan


The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant is a 1954 novel by Douglass Wallop.  It adapts the Faust theme of a deal with the Devil to the world of American baseball in the 1950s.

Plot summary
The novel's protagonist, mild-mannered, middle-aged Joe Boyd, is depicted as a lifelong fan of the hapless Washington Senators.  As the novel begins, the Senators are losing ground in the American League to their longtime nemesis, the New York Yankees.

The discouraged Boyd runs into an unexpected offer from a fast-talking confidence man, who introduces himself as "Mr. Applegate."  "Applegate" offers to transform Joe Boyd into Joe Hardy, a young baseball superstar, and facilitate his signing with the Senators' front office so that Hardy can help salvage the Senators' lost season.  Boyd, suspicious, negotiates with "Applegate" and extracts a promise that the transformation will only be temporary and, after helping the Senators win a suitable number of games, Hardy will be able to re-transfer himself back to his Joe Boyd personality.

The transformation takes place, Hardy joins the Senators, and all begins to develop as "Applegate" had predicted.  However, the new baseball superstar begins to realize that his deal with "Applegate" may not be so temporary and he may have let himself in for more than he had expected.  As Hardy's doubts grow over his predicament, "Applegate" presents Hardy with love interest Lola, depicted as a glamorous temptress in the style of the 1950s.

Adaptations
The novel was adapted into the 1955 musical Damn Yankees. The musical's book was written by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop; its music and lyrics were written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.  The musical starred Ray Walston as Applegate,  Stephen Douglass as Joe Hardy and Gwen Verdon as Lola.

The 1958 film adaptation featured Tab Hunter as Joe. Hunter was the sole actor who had not been in the stage play.

Reception
Anthony Boucher dismissed the novel as "just another Pact-with-the-Devil story, somewhat brightened by its Major League baseball setting."

See also

 Deal with the Devil
 Deals with the Devil in popular culture

References

1954 American novels
1954 fantasy novels
Baseball novels
Works about the New York Yankees
American fantasy novels adapted into films
Washington Senators (1901–1960)
Works based on the Faust legend
Dark fantasy novels
Fiction about the Devil


Manitook Mountain, also called Manituck Mountain, , is a  long traprock mountain ridge located between the Berkshires and the Connecticut River Valley in north-central Connecticut.  It is an outlying ridge belonging to the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. Manitook Mountain is known for its  ledges and microclimate ecosystems. The mountain has no official trail.

Geography
The Manitook Mountain ridgeline rises steeply to  above the surrounding landscape, with several distinct summits and a high point of  above sea level. Located entirely within Granby, Connecticut, its northern summit abuts the Connecticut/ Massachusetts border near Southwick, Massachusetts. The mountain is particularly prominent as viewed from the Congamond Lakes to the north.

The north side of the mountain drains into the Congamond Lakes then into Great Brook, thence to the Westfield River, the Connecticut River, and Long Island Sound. The remainder of the mountain is of the Salmon Brook watershed, which drains into the Farmington River, thence into the Connecticut River.

Geology and ecology
Manitook Mountain, like much of the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting apart of the North American continent from Africa and Eurasia. Lava welled up from the rift and solidified into sheets of strata hundreds of feet thick. Subsequent faulting and earthquake activity tilted the strata, creating the cliffs and ridgeline of Manitook Mountain. Hot, dry upper slopes, cool, moist ravines, and mineral-rich ledges of basalt talus produce a combination of microclimate ecosystems on the mountain that support plant and animal species uncommon in greater Connecticut. Manitook Mountain is also an important raptor migration path. (See Metacomet Ridge for more information on the geology and ecosystem of Manitook Mountain).

Conservation and recreation
Expanding suburban sprawl presents the greatest threats to the unique ecosystem and landscape of Manitook Mountain. As of 2007, much of the mountain was still wooded and undeveloped. The Granby Land Trust manages several properties on and near the mountain.

References
 Farnsworth, Elizabeth J. "Metacomet-Mattabesett Trail Natural Resource Assessment."  2004. PDF wefile cited November 1, 2007.
 Raymo, Chet and Maureen E. Written in Stone: A Geologic History of the Northeastern United States. Globe Pequot, Chester, Connecticut, 1989.
 DeLorme Topo 6.0 (2006). Mapping software. DeLorme: Yarmouth, Maine

External links
 Granby Land Trust

Landforms of Hartford County, Connecticut
Metacomet Ridge, Connecticut
Mountains of Connecticut
Granby, Connecticut


A.W. Greely was a three-masted wooden schooner that became known for her role in the MacGregor Arctic Expedition, a privately funded expedition to the North Pole between July 1, 1937, and October 3, 1938.

Donald II
She was built as Donald II in 1925 for Hollett and Sons of Newfoundland and measured 200 tons,  long,  in beam. The vessel drew  of water and was specially reinforced for ice conditions.

Donald II was purchased in 1932 by Master Mariner Captain William Trenholm for use as a merchant ship. With only his daughter for crew, he plied the West Indies route taking down lath and returning to Newfoundland with salt for the cod fleet. Captain Trenholm died on his last voyage on Donald II, leaving his daughter to skipper the ship home by herself.

Owned by Ann Trenholm of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, by 1937 Donald II was out of service and needed work to be made seaworthy as she hadn't been under sail since her master's death.

MacGregor Arctic Expedition
Donald II was purchased by Clifford J. MacGregor in 1936 for what would become known as the MacGregor Arctic Expedition. Lieutenant Commander Isaac Schlossbach was tasked with bringing the schooner from Nova Scotia to New Jersey. With “Dusty” Dustin, a veteran of Byrd's Second Antarctic Expedition, Captain Frasier Wilcox and H.L. Fleet, they departed Louisbourg late in 1936, with a cargo destined for Boston.

By the spring of 1937 Donald II was in Port Newark, New Jersey where new motors were installed and the vessel reinforced and reconditioned for the expedition. She was rechristened A.W. Greely on 2 May 1937, in honor of Adolphus Greely, leader of the ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881 and 1882.

The expedition set sail from Port Newark on 1 July 1937. They made two stops in Nova Scotia: Lunenburg and Sydney, and two stops in Greenland, one at Fairhaven and another at Idglorssuit, Umank Fjord. After departing Idgorsuit the ship encountered ice in Baffin Bay. At the lower end of Robertson Channel they were stopped completely by a wall of ice  thick. Unable to proceed further they tried to seek shelter on Ellesmere Island only to find the entire coast blocked with ice. They then drifted south along the coast of Greenland urgently looking for winter quarters as new ice was already forming and there was a danger of being frozen in.

They arrived at Foulke Fiord, near Etah, Greenland, on 31 August 1937. Before the expedition could get settled on land they experienced a series of near disasters which almost settled the expedition at the bottom of the sound. The charts of the area showed  of water. The ship drew , but to their surprise they found themselves aground. By unloading some of the supplies they were able to re-float the ship at the next tide. On 1 September 1937 a severe gale blew the ship out to sea, the anchor being unable to hold on the rocky bottom. On the return to Etah, one of the engines backfired, starting a fire aboard ship. There were anxious moments until the fire was extinguished as there was still gasoline, ammunition and dynamite aboard. After two days they were able to get back to Reindeer Point near Etah, only to find that most of the supplies that they had unloaded earlier to re-float the ship were under water, as a  tide ebbed and flowed there.

As was the practice with this type of wooden vessel, A.W. Greely was intentionally allowed to freeze into the ice for the winter of 1937–38. This facilitated the unloading and loading of supplies and the aircraft. When the ice broke in July 1938, the explorers left Greenland. The winter had damaged the schooner more than had been expected, and an ice jam in Baffin Bay held the ship for weeks, drifting with the ice. Several seams opened up, and constant pumping was required for days before reaching St. John's, where repairs were made. During the voyage from St. John's to Newark off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, on 21 September 1938, they encountered one of the worst hurricanes that had ever moved up the Atlantic Coast, now remembered as the New England Hurricane of 1938. The expedition finally returned to Port Newark on 4 October 1938, having been away fifteen months and four days.

Simon Lake purchased A.W. Greely after the expedition. She ended up in South America, where she was lost during World War II.

References
Inglis, Robert A Scout Goes North, 1938
MacGregor, Cliffort J. Monthly Weather Review, October 1939
Sallach, David L. NJ Historical Commission Newsletter, February 1977
Vogel, Hal Ice Cap News, November–December 1977
Vogel, Hal They Brought Their Own Storms, 1977

Ships built in Newfoundland and Labrador
Schooners
1925 ships
Arctic exploration vessels


Rit is a brand of dye first sold in 1916. , it is owned by Phoenix Brands.

Rit is a commercial dye used for household purposes, including dyeing clothes and wood. It is sold in solid and powdered forms. The items being dyed are soaked with Rit in hot water.

Cloth dyed with Rit can be undyed with Rit Color Remover.

References

Further reading

External links
Official website: https://www.ritdye.com

Dyes


The Yellow Bird is a 2001 short film adapted by Faye Dunaway from the short story by Tennessee Williams, which was itself twice-adapted by Williams from the play Summer and Smoke and its revision The Eccentricities of a Nightingale. The film was directed by Dunaway and includes Dunaway, James Coburn, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Pitt, and Cynthia Watros as Alma Tutwiler.

External links

2001 films
Films directed by Faye Dunaway
2001 drama films


Uc de la Bacalaria (fl. 1206) was a Limousin troubadour from La Bachellerie near Uzerche, the home town of Gaucelm Faidit. According to his vida, he was a jongleur who travelled infrequently and was hardly known. He composed cansos, tensos, one alba, and one descort. Six songs are surviving: one canso, one alba, and four tensos (three partimens and one torneyamen). According to the vida, he was courtly, capable, and learned.

Uc participated in a three-way torneyamen with Savaric de Malleo and Gaucelm Faidit. Savaric posed the dilemma: if a lady with three suitors gazes into the eyes of one, squeezes the hand of the other, and nudges the foot of the third, to whom did she show the truest affection? Uc's answer is that the suitor whose hand was grasped was her true love, for a lady's gaze can rest on anything. Uc wrote another partimen with Gaucelm and two others with Bertran de Sant Felitz.

Uc also wrote an erotic alba, Per grazir la bon' estrena, in which, like his contemporary Guiraut Riquier, he desires the dawn to arrive, in contrast to earlier troubadours, who always dreaded the dawn and the jealous husband. Both troubadours appear to have wished to revive the genre and Uc explicitly writes that vuelh far alb' ab son novelh: "I want to make an alba with a new sound."

Uc's only canso was .

Notes

Sources

Gaucelm, tres jocs enamoratz, with translation by James H. Donalson.
Egan, Margarita (ed. and trans.) The Vidas of the Troubadours. New York: Garland, 1984. .
Harvey, Ruth and Linda M. Paterson. The Troubadour Tensos and Partimens: A Critical Edition. D. S. Brewer, 2010.
Markale, Jean. Courtly Love: The Path of Sexual Initiation. Inner Traditions/Bear & Company, 2000. .
Monson, Don A. "The Troubadour's Lady Reconsidered Again." Speculum, Vol. 70, No. 2. (Apr., 1995), pp. 255–274.
Riquer, Martín de. Los trovadores: historia literaria y textos. 3 vol. Barcelona: Planeta, 1975.

13th-century French troubadours
People from Corrèze


Peter Gingold (8 March 1916 – 29 October 2006) was a figure in the German Resistance and the National Committee for a Free Germany. He was born in a Jewish family in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria. He was a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and its successor the German Communist Party (DKP). He also won the Carl von Ossietzky Medal.

Biographical details
Gingold was born Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia. He fled Germany and went to Paris, where he became active in the German exile movement. After the occupation of Paris, Gingold had to flee again, this time heading to Dijon, where he became active in the Résistance. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943, but managed to escape. In August 1944, he took part in the uprising to liberate Paris. After that, he went to Lorraine, to help liberate that city.

He returned to Frankfurt am Main in August 1945 and resumed his activities with the Communist Party. Though he was honored in both France and Italy for his anti-fascist work, in Germany, he was vilified in his own country because of his political affiliation. He even had to fight to have his German citizenship recognized.

He was politically active in the Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime, the Association of Germans in the Résistance and the International Auschwitz Committee. He was also active in protests against IG Farben, related to their use of slave labor during the Nazi era.

Gingold died in Frankfurt in 2006 and is buried in Paris.

References

1916 births
2006 deaths
People from Aschaffenburg
Politicians from the Kingdom of Bavaria
Jews in the German resistance
Communist Party of Germany politicians
German Communist Party politicians
Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime members
International Auschwitz Committee members
Jewish concentration camp survivors
Communists in the German Resistance
Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany in the Soviet Union


The Jimmy Winkfield Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Aqueduct Racetrack on Long Island, New York at the beginning of each year. The event is for three-year-olds and currently set at a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt.

The Jimmy Winkfield Stakes is named for U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee James Winkfield, the last African American jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. He won it twice: with His Eminence in 1901 and with Alan-a-Dale in 1902.

This race was formerly known as the Best Turn from 1985 to 2004.

Records
Speed record:
 1:25.24 @ 7 furlongs: Haikal (2019)
 1:08.33 @ 6 furlongs: Fort Hughes (2011)

Most wins by a jockey:
 4 - Richard Migliore (1985, 1993, 1996, 2004)

Most wins by a trainer:
 3 - D. Wayne Lukas (1988, 1889, 1891)
 3 - Kiaran McLaughlin (2009, 2011, 2019)

Most wins by an owner:
 2 - Hobeau Farm (1994, 2001)
 2 - Shadwell Stable (2009, 2019)

Winners

References

Flat horse races for three-year-olds
Open sprint category horse races
Horse races in New York City
Recurring sporting events established in 1985
1985 establishments in New York City
Aqueduct Racetrack


According to the 2000 Mexican census, 1,293 Russian citizens were resident in Mexico.

Russian explorers in New Spain and independent Mexico

16th and 17th centuries
1542–43: Juan Cabrillo visits San Diego, Farallon Islands, Cape Mendocino, Cape Blanco, Oregon.
1579–1639: Russian frontiersmen penetrate eastward to Siberia and the Pacific.
1602: S. Viscaino explores to the Columbia River region, naming the Farallon Islands, Point Reyes and the Rio Sebastian (present-day Russian River).

18th century
1728: Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov explore Bering Strait.
1741–42: Bering and Chirikov claim Russian America (Alaska) for Russia.
1769: Gaspar de Portola traveling overland discovers San Francisco Bay.
1775: Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra anchors in outer Bodega Bay, trades with the local Indians.
1784 — Russians Grigory Shelikov and his wife Natalia establish a base on Kodiak Island.
1799 — Russian American Company (with manager Aleksandr Baranov) establishes Novo Arkhangelsk (New Archangel, now Sitka, Alaska).

19th century
1806 — Count Nikolai Rezanov, Imperial Ambassador to Japan and director of the Russian American Company, visits the Presidio of San Francisco.
1806–1813: American ships bring Russians and Alaska Natives on 12 California fur hunts.
1808–1811 — Ivan Kuskov lands in Bodega Bay (Port Rumiantsev), builds structures and hunts in the region.
1812 — March 15, Ivan Kuskov with 25 Russians and 80 Native Alaskans arrives at Port Rumiantsev and proceeds north to establish Fortress Ross.
1812 — September 11, The Fortress is dedicated on the name-day of Emperor Alexander I
1815 — First Russian migrant to California, José Antonio Bolcoff, arrives.
1816 — Russian exploring expedition led by Captain Otto von Kotzebue visits California with naturalists Adelbert von Chamisso, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, and artist Louis Choris.
1817 — Chief Administrator Captain Leonty Gagemeister conducts treaty with local tribal chiefs for possession of property near Fortress Ross. First such treaty conducted with native peoples in California.
1818 — The Rumiantsev, first of four ships built at Fortress Ross. The Buldakov, Volga and Kiahtha follow, as well as several longboats.
1821 — Russian Imperial decree gives Native Alaskans and Creoles civil rights protected by law
1836 — Fr. Veniaminov (St. Innocent) visits Fort Ross, conducts services, and carries out census.
1841 — Rotchev sells Fort Ross and accompanying land to John Sutter.

Migration history
After the anti-Jewish pogroms of 1881, Mexico frequently came under consideration as a possible refuge for Russian Jews seeking to emigrate. In June 1891, Jacob Schiff, an American Jewish businessman with railroad interests in Mexico, wrote to Ernest Cassel to enquire about the possibility for settlement of Russian Jews there. However, Russian Jews would not begin to arrive in significant quantities until the 1920s.

Pryguny in Baja California
From 1905 to 1906, about 50 families of Spiritual Christian Pryguny (colloquially known as Molokans), who arrived in Los Angeles from Russia, sought a rural location, and relocated to  of land they had purchased in Guadalupe, Baja California in Mexico. Theirs would become the most successful Prygun colony cluster in North America. There, they build houses largely in the Russian style, but of adobe rather than wood, and grew a variety of cash crops including mostly wheat, alfalfa, grapes, and tomatoes. Their village was originally quite isolated, reflecting their desire to withdraw from society, but in 1958, road construction in the area resulted in an influx of Mexican and other settlers; some chose to flee encroaching urbanization, and returned to the United States. By the 1990s, only one family remained in the area.

Notable Russian-Mexicans

Artist

Arnold Belkin, Canadian-born Mexican painter to Russian Jewish father and English Jewish mother.
Alberto Kalach, Mexican architect of Russian descent.
Angelina Beloff, Russian-born Mexican artist.
Olga Costa, German-born Mexican painter to Russian parents.
Vlady Kibalchich Russakov, Russian Jewish-born Mexican painter.
Mariana Yampolsky, American-born Mexican photographer to Russian Jewish father and German Jewish mother.

Entertainment

Emmanuel Lubezki - Mexican cinematographer of Russian descent.
Ilya Salkind - Mexican film and television producer of Russian descent.
Noel Schajris, Argentine-born Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist of German, Ukrainian/Russian and Spanish descent.
Fannie Kauffman, Canadian-born Mexican actress and comedian of German, Romanian and Russian descent.
Kristoff Raczyñski, Russian-born Mexican actor, film producer, screenwriter and TV host of Polish origin.
Elias Breeskin, Russian-born Mexican violinist, composer and conductor.
Olga Breeskin, Mexican violinist, dancer and actress of Russian descent.
Arcady Boytler, Russian-born Mexican producer, screenwriter, and director.
Siouzana Melikián, Ukrainian-born Mexican actress of Russian and Armenian descent.
Sergio Olhovich, Indonesian-born Mexican film director and screenwriter of Russian descent.
Vladislav Badiarov, Russian-born Mexican violinist.
Jacques Gelman, Russian-born Mexican film producer
Ana Layevska, Ukrainian-born Mexican singer and actress of Russian origin.
Valentín Pimstein, Chilean-born Mexican producer of telenovelas to Russian-Jewish parents.
José Besprosvany, Mexican dancer, choreographer, director and teacher of Russian Jewish descent.
Claudia Salinas, Mexican model, actress and former ballerina to Russian Ashkenazi mother.
Philip Saltzman, Mexican-born American executive producer and television writer to Russian Jewish parents.

Literature

Margo Glantz - Mexican writer, essayist, critic and academic, daughter of Ukrainian Jews immigrant.
Sara Sefchovich,  Mexican writer of Russian Jewish descent.

Politics

Senya Fleshin - Soviet Russian-born Mexican anarchist and photographer.
Mollie Steimer - Russian-born Mexican anarchist.
Leon Trotsky - Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army.
Emilio Kosterlitzky- Russian born commander of the rurales during the late 19th century.

Science

Marcos Moshinsky - Ukrainian-born Mexican physicist.
Alexander Balankin, Russian-born Mexican scientist.
Pablo Rudomín Zevnovaty, Mexican neuroscientist to Russian parents.
Nora Volkow, Mexican-born American psychiatrist of Russian descent.
Sara Topelson de Grinberg, Polish-born Mexican architect to Russian father and Polish mother.

See also
 Mexico–Russia relations
 Leon Trotsky Museum, Mexico City
 Mexican Orthodox Apostolic Catholic Church
 White Mexicans

References

Bibliography

Further reading

External links
 Los que llegaron - Rusos y Ucranianos from Canal Once (In Spanish)
 Russian Community in Mexico
 Russian Orthodox Church in Mexico City
 Orthodox Church in Mexico
 Russian Mexican Institute "Serguéi Eisenstein".
 Russians in Mexico (In Russian)
 SORUMEX: Consejo Coordinador de los Compatriotas Rusos en Mexico
 Pryguny in Baja California, Mexico, by Andrei Conovaloff, Updated 2015.

Russian diaspora in Mexico


The 1907–08 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Drake University in the 1907–08 college basketball season. The team was led by second year head coach C.A. Pell. This was also Drakes first season as a member of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association. They finished with a 2–1 record the previous season.

Schedule

Notes

Drake Bulldogs
Drake Bulldogs men's basketball seasons
Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
Drake Bulldogs men's basketball


Metropolitan Park is a  urban waterfront park and concert venue located on the north bank of the St. Johns River in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. It is projected to be the eastern terminus of the northbank Jacksonville Riverwalk.

Facility
The multi-purpose facility contains an exhibition mall for art, crafts and boat shows, a family picnic and playground area, and an earthen "bowl" with a performance pavilion which has a capacity of 10,000 persons and is home to many annual events, including The Jacksonville Jazz Festival, World of Nations Celebration, Spring Music Festival, Freedom, Fanfare & Fireworks on July 4, Planetfest and many more. The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra occasionally performs there, as have many nationally known entertainers.

The primary facility is a  reversible stage with seating for 3,000 under the large canopy. There is a green room, production office and dressing rooms for performers. The park has full boat docking facilities with 78 boat slips.
There are 6 covered picnic shelters and 43 picnic tables, 3 permanent restroom facilities and water fountains, a children's play area, grills, benches & bicycle racks, and security lighting for night use.

History
The park is located on what was once a landfill, purchased in May, 1972 for $1 million by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The present park size is the result of several additions since the initial acquisition in 1972.

Development funding was provided by the City of Jacksonville, the State of Florida-Department of Natural Resources, and public broadcasting station WJCT (TV). The project was planned to be completed in two phases. The first phase included an exhibition mall, family picnic area, playgrounds, and the Performance Pavilion. Florida Governor Bob Graham attended the groundbreaking for the first phase, begun on December 8, 1982 by Mayor Jake Godbold. Work on Phase 1 was completed in 1984 at a cost of $1 million. Metropolitan Park was the winner of the 1986 Governor's Design Award.

Phase 2, which included paved walkways, lighting, landscaping, parking, and the entrance, cost another $1 million. Mayor Tommy Hazouri began the enhancements on May 10, 1990 and construction lasted several months.
The Catherine Street Fire Museum was moved to Metro Park property in 1993 but did not open to the public until 2001.

On November 15, 2008, 40 citizens from Jacksonville were joined by landscape architects and professional urban planners in a Charrette, a community visioning exercise for the future direction of Metropolitan Park. JaxPride, a nonprofit citizen coalition, sponsored the workshop, and the process was used previously on the Hemming Park to Hemming Plaza transition and several others. The director of the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission told the participants how his agency viewed the park and afterwards, Mayor John Peyton shared his thoughts:

I am not proud of the quality of this City-owned facility. What we currently have is a grade-A space with grade-D facilities. There's more chain-link fence in that park than anywhere in Jacksonville. People in Seattle would give their right arm to have a riverfront park. I'm going to do everything in my power in the next 31 months until I leave office to make Metropolitan Park a better place for all of us.

The City of Jacksonville contracted with consulting firm HDR, Inc. to submit a preliminary Metropolitan Park Improvement Project Master Plan to the City by the end of January, 2009. HDR staff collected hundreds of pages of suggestions, comments, sketches, drawings and ideas from the charrette to review and use in the plan.

Community leaders created the Metropolitan Park Kids Kampus Task Force in the 1990s to provide input for a new children's play area with physical, intellectual and social benefits. Educators were utilized to design structures and activities that allow children to be curious, explore and manipulate their physical environment.

Construction began on Kids Kampus March 8, 2000, and the 10-acre facility, located beside Metro Park, opened March 6, 2001.
The park included a soccer field with bleachers, 10 Picnic shelters and individual picnic tables, grills, playground equipment, benches, bike racks, security lighting and a restroom. The largest attraction was a bicycle/tricycle driving range, modeled after downtown Jacksonville, including street signs, traffic signals and buildings.
The seasonal water park at Kids Kampus featured "Three Friends", a boat-shaped structure with water cannons and a slide; and "Bayou, Bogs & Frogs" for children under six.

On May 5, 2010, JaxParks announced that the Splash Water Park at Kids Kampus would not open for 2010 due to impending demolition as part of Metropolitan Park renovations.
That announcement did not explicitly state that Kids Kampus would not return, but the Metro Jacksonville website noted that the Metropolitan Park Concept Plan included a small "Children's Discovery" area and the "Green" where the Kids Kampus was previously located. As of September 9, 2011, all traces of Kids Kampus had been removed and the area is now a grassy field.

A meeting was held in January, 2010 between Mayor Peyton and several city councilmen to discuss progress on three major downtown improvement projects, including redevelopment of Metropolitan Park. Legislation was filed to fund these three projects with a price tag of $23 million. $8.2 million was allocated to phase one of the Metropolitan Park redevelopment which included replacing the Kidz Kampus children's play area with better water features and access to the Fire Museum; removing fencing and other barriers to river access; and creating a 4-acre public lawn for a wide array of activities, and to include more picnic pavilions and shade trees. On February 9, 2010 the city council passed the three bills without debate, providing final approval for all three projects.

Gallery

References

External links
Official website

See also
Park page on city website
Metropolitan Park Concept Plan Development
Kids Kampus web page

Culture of Jacksonville, Florida
Parks in Jacksonville, Florida
Music venues in Florida
Geography of Jacksonville, Florida
Downtown Jacksonville
Sports Complex, Jacksonville
1984 establishments in Florida


Franciszek "Frank" Gruszka (21 January 1910 – 18 August 1940), Polish soldier (porucznik), Flying Officer (F/O) of the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. He was one of the first Polish airmen flying the Spitfire and the last pilot of the Battle buried with honors.

Background
He was the second oldest son of a wealthy farmer's family: His father was able to let three of his sons gain higher education: Józef Gruszka (who spent World War II as a prisoner of war in a German camp) was a lawyer, Piotr Gruszka a philologist (during the war fought with the Home Army, the Armia Krajowa), and Franciszek the fighter pilot.

Serving in the Army from 1931, he graduated from the Polish Air Force Academy in Dęblin (8th honorary promotion of 15 August 1934) and was commissioned as a pilot instructor in 111/6 squadron based near Lwów.

After the outbreak of World War II he reportedly shot down a Heinkel He 111 bomber. On 17 September he passed through Romania, Yugoslavia, and Italy to continue fighting in France, arriving in Paris on 7 October 1939. In December 1939 he was one of the first Polish fighter pilots to arrive in Great Britain. He underwent training on the Supermarine Spitfire and was commissioned as Flying Officer (F/O) and posted to No. 65 "East India" Squadron based at RAF Hornchurch.

In his memoirs (in possession of the family in Poland) he described his first flight against a German bomber formation (presumably on 14 August 1940): "Battle of August. I am starting to fight. Many Germans above and just twelve of us (only two Poles are me and Władzio Szulkowski). We attack bombers, German fighters attack us from behind. One of them is closer and closer. I make a sudden turn, get his tail, and send a series (burst of shots). He is going down to the clouds, inertial. I can not go after him, because in the same moment two other 'Jerries' attack me. Have no chance, I hide in clouds..."

On 18 August 1940 he took off in Spitfire R6713 to intercept a German bomber formation. He was seen dog-fighting over Canterbury and Manston and chasing a fleeing German fighter. He never returned to Hornchurch airfield. There were no reports regarding his fate, and his comrades assumed that he was—at best—a prisoner. No news was forthcoming however, and he was classified by the RAF as missing in action.

In the spring of 1975 a World War II aviation archeology group found the remnants of an airplane and its pilot in marshes between Preston Village and Stodmarsh, East Sussex. Because of the swampy nature of the ground, the uniform, Polish airman's emblem, and some personal possessions remained in good condition, even buried after 35 years (these were displayed in the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London). Identification of the body was possible due to a golden fountain pen with an engraved dedication from his fellow pilots.

F/O Franciszek Gruszka was buried with full British military honors at the Polish War Memorial on the outskirts of RAF Northolt, London (grave no. H202) on 17 July 1975. Present at the service were Jeffrey Quill, the former Spitfire test pilot, and Dave Glaser, both of whom had served with Gruszka in 65 Squadron during the Battle of Britain.

He was awarded posthumously with 1939–1945 Star with Battle of Britain clasp, Air Crew Europe Star, and War Medal 1939–1945.

See also
List of people who disappeared

External links
65 "East India" Squadron
Battle of Britain Memorial, London website - participants
Article in Polish
List of Pilots of the Battle of Britain
Men of the Battle of Britain

Sources
Sarkar, Dilip: ''Missing in Action Resting in Peace?, Bayhouse, Worcester 1998.

1910 births
1940 deaths
Aerial disappearances of military personnel in action
The Few
Polish World War II pilots
Polish Air Force officers
Polish military personnel killed in World War II
Missing in action of World War II
Polish Royal Air Force pilots of World War II


Lorida is an unincorporated community in eastern Highlands County, Florida, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 98 between the cities of Sebring and Okeechobee.

In addition to some light industry located along U.S. 98 corridor, Lorida and the surrounding area contains numerous fish camps and lodges on the north and east shore of Lake Istokpoga.

History
Lorida was first named Istokpoga, a Seminole name, but it was afterwards changed because the U.S. postal authorities refused to accept that name, there being another post office in the state with a similar name. It was then named after an abbreviated form of Florida. Lorida, Florida has been noted for its unusual place name.

A post office was established under the name Istokpoga in 1924, and the name was changed to Lorida in 1937.

From time to time, the region has been rumored – with little evidence and more than a dab of joksterism – to be the future home of a “Six Flags over Lorida” theme park.

Notable natives and residents
Ann Davison, first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by herself. During her final years, she resided in a ranch in Lorida where she raised exotic cats with her husband.

References

Unincorporated communities in Highlands County, Florida
Unincorporated communities in Florida


The 1985 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation () was held in January 1986. It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series held in Hong Kong.

Top 10 song awards
The top 10 songs (十大勁歌金曲) of 1985 are as follows.

Additional awards

References
 Top ten songs award 1985, Tvcity.tvb.com
 Additional awards 1985, Tvcity.tvb.com

Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards
Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation, 1985


Wish is the second studio album by Japanese-pop singer Yuna Ito. The album was released on 20 February 2008 on Studioseven Recordings, Sony Music Japan. Wish was released in two versions, CD-only and CD-DVD version. In its first week 49,000 copies were sold. Wish has been certified gold by RIAJ for shipment of 100,000 copies in Japan.

Track listing
 Power of Love
 Alone Again
  (Anata ga Iru Kagiri: A World to Believe In)
 "Urban Mermaid"
 "Heartbeat"
 "Colorful"
 "Unite As One"
 "Mahaloha"
 "A Long Walk"
 "Moon Rabbit"
 "I'm Here"
 "Wish"
 "Tokyo Days"
 "My Heart Will Go On" (Bonus)

DVD
I'm Here PV
Mahaloha PV
Urban Mermaid PV
 (Anata ga Iru Kagiri: A World to Believe In PV)

Tie-ins
"I'm Here" was used as the theme song for  (Unfair: The Movie).
"Urban Mermaid" was used in Japan's Lux shampoo commercial.
 (Anata ga Iru Kagiri: A World to Believe In) was used in au LISMO commercial.
"Tokyo Days" was used in Japan's Proactiv Solution commercial, which featured Yuna Ito.
"Colorful" was used as the theme song for Fuji Television's Mezamashi Doyoubi.
"Unite As One" was used as the ending theme song for Konami's Nintendo DS game  (Time Hollow: Ubawareta Kako wo Motomete).

Chart performance

Oricon sales chart (Japan)

Billboard (Japan)

Singles

References

Oricon Weekly Rankings

2008 albums
Yuna Ito albums


Machine 15 is the seventh studio album by Swedish punk rock band Millencolin.

Release
Machine 15 was made available for streaming on 1 May through the band's Myspace profile. It was released in 2008 on various dates in different regions: 22 March in Australia, 7 April in Europe, 6 May in North America, and 21 May in Japan. Millencolin recorded parts of the album with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra from Örebro. A limited edition version included a DVD of a live performance in Stockholm in 2003. In March 2009, the band went on a tour of North America.

Track listing
All songs written by Nikola Sarcevic, except where noted.
 "Machine 15" - 2:29
 "Done is Done" - 3:50
 "Detox" - 3:37
 "Vicious Circle" - 4:11
 "Broken World" (Mathias Färm) - 3:08
 "Come On" - 3:38
 "Centerpiece" - 0:10
 "Who's Laughing Now" (Färm, Sarcevic) - 3:07
 "Brand New Game" (Färm, Sarcevic) - 3:28
 "Ducks & Drakes" - 3:18
 "Turnkey Paradise" (Färm, Sarcevic) - 3:15
 "Route One" - 3:30
 "Danger for Stranger" - 2:59
 "Saved by Hell" - 3:38
 "End Piece" - 1:32

Bonus tracks
"Machine 15" (acoustic) (Japanese release)
"Farewell My Hell" (acoustic)  (Japanese release)
"Mind the Mice" - 3:32  (iTunes bonus track)

Limited edition DVD track listing
All songs performed live in Stockholm in 2003.
 "No Cigar" - 3:45
 "Bullion" - 1:57
 "Man or Mouse" -  2:58
 "Material Boy" - 2:14
 "Duckpond" - 2:47
 "Kemp" - 4:14

Personnel

Millencolin
Nikola Sarcevic – lead vocals, bass, percussion, keyboards
Erik Ohlsson – guitar, keyboards, album artwork
Mathias Färm – guitar, percussion, keyboards, assistant engineer, editing
Fredrik Larzon – drums, percussion

Additional musicians
Roger Olsson – violin
Hans Elvkull – violin
Linn Elvkull – viola
Hanna Thorell – cello

Production
Lou Giordano – producer and engineer, percussion, keyboards
Michael Libert – mixing at Hansa Mixroom
Jim Brumby – assistant engineer, editing
Thomas Maringer – assistant engineer
George Marino – mastering at Sterlin Sound
Dino Medanhodzic – editing

References

External links

Machine 15 at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

Millencolin albums
2008 albums
Epitaph Records albums
Burning Heart Records albums


Yuan-Shih Chow (; 1 September 1924 – 3 March 2022), also known as Y. S. Chow or Zhou Yuanshen, was a Chinese and American probabilist. He was Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, United States.

Chow served as director-general of the Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, and director of the Center of Applied Statistics, Nankai University (Tianjin). He was an academician of the Academia Sinica.

Life
Chow was born in Zhouwan Village, Zhangnan County, Xiangfan, Hubei Province, China. He entered the (National) Hechuan No.2 Meddile School (). But because of the Japanese invasion, he left his hometown and finished his high school education in Chongqing - the capital of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He became a student of the Department of Mathematics, National Chekiang University (Zhejiang University) and he was a student of Su Buqing. About 1949, he went to Taiwan and taught Mathematics at the National Taiwan University in Taipei.

In July 1954, following the advice of Chung Tao Yang, Chow went to USA. He entered the University of Illinois and studied under the guidance of Joseph Leo Doob. In 1958, he received his PhD. He became a staff member at the IBM Watson Research Laboratory, later at Columbia University till 1962. 1962–1968, he served in the Statistics Department, Purdue University. 1968–1993, he was the Professor of Mathematical Statistics, Columbia University. He was also a visiting professor at different universities including the University of California at Berkeley, the National Central University in Taiwan, the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He was Professor Emeritus, Columbia University.

Chow died in Hubei province on 3 March 2022, at the age of 97.

Membership
 Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1966 election)
 Fellow, International Statistical Institute (1980 election)
 Academician, Academia Sinica (1974 election)

Books by him
 Probability Theory: Independence, Interchangeability, Martingales, (with Henry Teicher), Springer Verlag,
 The Theory of Optimal Stopping, with Herbert Robbins and David Siegmund, 1971

References

External links
 A Conversation with Yuan Shih Chow, abstract (English)
 A Conversation with Yuan Shih Chow pdf version, full biography including photos, by Zhiliang Ying and Cun-Hui Zhang(English)
 Archive at Harvard University (English)
 Chow's biography from the website of East China Normal University(Chinese)
 Chow's résumé (Chinese)

1924 births
2022 deaths
20th-century Chinese  mathematicians
21st-century Chinese  mathematicians
Chinese expatriates in the United States
Zhejiang University alumni
American statisticians
Fellows of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Elected Members of the International Statistical Institute
Chinese statisticians
Academic staff of Nankai University
Columbia University faculty
Educators from Hubei
People from Xiangyang
Academic staff of the National Taiwan University
Mathematicians from Hubei


Pennsylvania State Senate District 27 includes part of Luzerne County and all of Columbia County, Montour County, Northumberland County,  and Snyder County. It is currently represented by Republican Lynda Schlegel Culver.

District profile
The district includes the following areas:

All of Columbia County

Luzerne County

 Black Creek Township
 Butler Township
 Conyngham
 Conyngham Township
 Dorrance Township
 Fairview Township
 Hollenback Township
 Huntington Township
 Nescopeck
 Nescopeck Township
 New Columbus
 Nuangola
 Rice Township
 Salem Township
 Shickshinny
 Slocum Township
 Sugarloaf Township
 Wright Township

All of Montour County

All of Northumberland County

All of Snyder County

Senators

References

Pennsylvania Senate districts
Government of Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Government of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Government of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Government of Montour County, Pennsylvania
Government of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Government of Snyder County, Pennsylvania


James J. Silva (born December 14, 1984) is an American former college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons.  He played college football for Boston College, and earned consensus All-American honors.  He was signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2008.

Early years
Silva was born in East Providence, Rhode Island.  He attended East Providence High School, and was a standout high school football player for the East Providence Townies.

College career
Silva attended Boston College, where he played for the Boston College Eagles from 2003 to 2007.  He redshirted as a true freshman in 2003.  As a senior in 2007, Silva recorded 125 tackles (82 unassisted) and eight interceptions, being the only player in NCAA history to ever accomplish this. For this, he was named a consensus first-team All-America selection, as well as one of three finalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to the nation's top defensive back. He was also named the most valuable player of the 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, in which the Eagles defeated the Michigan State Spartans 24-21; Silva gained 10 tackles and two interceptions.  He played in the 2008 East/West Shrine game and was voted captain by his teammates. He majored in communications.

Professional career

Indianapolis Colts (2008-2011)
Silva went undrafted in the 2008 NFL Draft and was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent on May 2. He recorded seventeen tackles during the 2008 season.

Jamie was a member of the 2009 Indianapolis Colts. He served as a special team specialist as well as the second string free safety. Silva recorded 32 tackles and deflected 2 passes in his second season. As well as 4 post season tackles. Silva and the Colts advanced to Super Bowl XLIV, where they faced the New Orleans Saints. The Colts were defeated 31-17.

During the first preseason game of the 2010 season, Silva sustained a torn ACL, MCL, and crushed knee joint causing him to miss the rest of the year.  The doctors never cleared Silva to play again.

On July 26, 2011, the Colts surrendered the rights to Silva making him an unrestricted free agent.

Personal life
Silva and his wife Theresa reside in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They have 4 daughters and a son. Silva was an assistant coach on the Mt. Lebanon High School football team in the fall of 2016. He is also a cousin of USA Women’s Hockey player Kacey Bellamy.

References

External links
Boston College Eagles bio
Indianapolis Colts bio
NFL Draft Bio

1984 births
Living people
All-American college football players
American people of Portuguese descent
American football safeties
Boston College Eagles football players
People from East Providence, Rhode Island
Indianapolis Colts players
High school football coaches in Pennsylvania


Pennsylvania State Senate District 26 includes part of Delaware County. It is currently represented by Democrat Tim Kearney.

District profile
The district includes the following areas:

Senators

Recent election results

References

Pennsylvania Senate districts
Government of Chester County, Pennsylvania
Government of Delaware County, Pennsylvania


Valley View Winery is a winery in the Applegate Valley AVA in Southern Oregon, United States, founded in 1972.

History
The original Valley View Vineyard was started by photographer Peter Britt in 1854 and was located in the gold rush town of Jacksonville in the Rogue Valley. Britt produced wines under the Valley View label until his death in 1906.

In 1971, Frank Wisnovsky and his family purchased  in the Applegate Valley and planted  of grapes in the spring of 1972. In 1974, Valley View planted  more. The original  of vineyards consisted of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Gewürztraminer. Valley View's first two vintages, which consisted of Cabernet Sauvignon, were produced by Tualatin Vineyard in the Willamette Valley. In 1980, Frank Wisnovsky died in a drowning accident at Lost Creek Lake. He is survived by wife Ann along with their daughter Joanne and their sons Robert, Mark and Michael.

The winery won a Double Gold medal for the 1990 Chardonnay in the World Wine Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia.  With the 1990 vintage, the winery began using the Anna Maria label for its best wines in honor of the founding mother Ann Wisnovsky.

Syrah, Viognier and the Spanish variety Tempranillo are currently the main focus, along with late harvest wines including a port-style wine.

Winemakers
University of California, Davis graduate Guy Ruhland was winemaker for the 1978 and 1979 vintages. John Eagle was winemaker from 1979 to 1982, and Rob Stewart from 1982 to 1984. In 1985, John Guerrero, a new graduate from UC Davis, became Valley View's fourth winemaker in six years and has been with Valley View ever since.

References

Buildings and structures in Jackson County, Oregon
Wineries in Oregon
Food and drink companies established in 1972
1972 establishments in Oregon
Companies based in Jackson County, Oregon


Erigeron glaucus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name seaside fleabane, beach aster, or seaside daisy. It is native to the  West Coast of the United States.

Description
E. glaucus is a perennial daisy reaching heights between  with branching, nodding stems which may be glandular and hairy to hairless. It grows from a stout rhizome and produces thick, firm, rounded to spoon-shaped leaves, sometimes with a few teeth along the edges, each  long. From April to August, its stems bear inflorescences of 1–15 flower heads which vary in size from about  wide. The centers contain golden yellow disc florets and the edges are fringed with about 100 ray florets which may be long or quite short, and are shades of deep blue and purple to nearly white. The fruit is seed-like with many bristles at the tip.

Unusual for its genus (but not for plants near the coast), the plant is somewhat succulent.

Distribution and habitat
The wildflower is native to the coastline of Oregon and California where it grows on beaches, coastal bluffs and dunes. While typical habitats include coastal bluffs, one highly specialised plant association is found within the two Cupressus macrocarpa dominant forests in Monterey County, California.

Ecology
E. glaucus occurs in several different plant associations. One of the specialized habitats is within the Monterey cypress forests of the Central California coast.

Gallery

References

External links

United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California

glaucus
Flora of California
Flora of Oregon
Plants described in 1815
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


and  are long-running prime time television jidaigeki programs that originally aired from 1970 to 1992. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo (Tokyo 12 Channel). The title literally translates as "Oedo Dragnet" ("New Oedo Dragnet" for the second series). Early on, it carried the subtitle "Ōedo Untouchables."

Characters

The central characters are a ninja group who serve as secret police agents in Edo. They work undercover under the direction of a hatamoto, and later, under Matsudaira Sadanobu.

 Jūmonji Koyata, masquerading as a vagrant from Sagami, Sanjirō. The male lead, Koyata was played by Ryōtarō Sugi, Kōtarō Satomi, Hiroki Matsukata, Shirō Namiki, and Jun Hashizume.
 Isaka Jūzō, masquerading as a rōnin of the same name. Tetsurō Sagawa created the role.
 Female leads: Konami (Meiko Kaji), Yūgiri (Miyako Koshiro), Kurenai Ochō (Michiyo Yasuda), Inazuma Oryū (Sanae Tsuchida), Kazaguruma no Okiku (Yōko Natsuki), and others.

A 1979 film Onmitsu Dōshin Ōedo Sōsamō starred Hiroki Matsukata, included Toshiro Mifune in the role of Matsudaira Sadanobu.

TV special

The special episode Onmitsu Doshin: Oedo Sosamo was made in 1979, guest-starring Toshirō Mifune in a rare TV role.

Rebroadcasts
Jidaigeki Senmon Channel has rerun all the other 715 episodes via satellite and cable.

References

External links
 Official website

 Ōedo Sōsamō Museum

1970 Japanese television series debuts
1992 Japanese television series endings
Jidaigeki television series
Ninja fiction
TV Tokyo original programming


The All Points West Music & Arts Festival was an annual music and arts festival held  at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. First held in August 2008, it was hosted by Goldenvoice/AEG Live events, the same company that hosts the similar annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival every year in Indio, California. The event lasts all day, from noon to about midnight, for eleven and a half hours per day. All Points West 2009 was held on July 31, August 1 and 2 featuring both music, comedy and art, much like its counterpart in Indio.

2008 Line-up

Friday, August 8
Radiohead
Andrew Bird
CSS
Duffy
The Duke Spirit
Forro in the Dark
Girl Talk
The Go! Team
Grizzly Bear
Joe Mangrum Art Installation "Pyramid"
Little Brother
Lowry
Mates of State
Michael Franti & Spearhead
The New Pornographers
Underworld
Pawnshop Roses

Saturday, August 9
Radiohead
Alberta Cross
Animal Collective
The Black Angels
Chromeo
Exit 105
The Felice Brothers
Kings of Leon
K'naan
Lily Holbrook
Metric
Nicole Atkins
The Roots
Sia
The Virgins
Your Vegas

Sunday, August 10
Jack Johnson
Amadou & Mariam
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
Ben Jelen
Cat Power
De Novo Dahl
Earl Greyhound
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Jason Isbell
Matt Costa
Neil Halstead
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rogue Wave
The Secret Machines
Trey Anastasio

2009 Line-up

Friday, July 31
Jay-Z
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Vampire Weekend
The National
Fleet Foxes
MSTRKRFT
Q-Tip
The Pharcyde
Organized Konfusion
The Knux
Ra Ra Riot
Seasick Steve
Telepathe
Shearwater
Heartless Bastards
Flying Lotus
College Humor Live
Arj Barker
Eugene Mirman
Bo Burnham

Saturday, August 1
Tool
My Bloody Valentine
Gogol Bordello
Arctic Monkeys
Neko Case
The Ting Tings
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Crystal Castles
St. Vincent
Tokyo Police Club
The Cool Kids
Kool Keith
Cage the Elephant
Chairlift
White Rabbits
Electric Touch
The Postelles
Black Gold
College Humor Live
Tim & Eric
Judah Friedlander
Jim Jefferies

Sunday, August 2

Coldplay
Echo & the Bunnymen
MGMT
The Black Keys
Elbow
Silversun Pickups
Mogwai
We Are Scientists
Ghostland Observatory
Etienne De Crecy
Lykke Li
Akron/Family
College Humor Live
Janeane Garofalo
Todd Barry
La Roux

Due to inclement weather, the doors for the festival were not opened until 4pm on Sunday. All acts scheduled to go on stage prior to 4pm were cancelled, including:

The Gaslight Anthem
Kitty Daisy & Lewis
Steel Train
PT Walkley

References

External links
All Points West Official Website
All Points West Official Facebook Fan Page
All Points West Twitter Page
All Points West MySpace Page
Official Online Store of the 2008 All Points West Music & Arts Festival
APW Official Photo Gallery
APW Newsletter Signup
Metromix.com festival coverage
HonestTune festival coverage
APWphotos.com Photo Gallery

Music festivals established in 2008
Defunct festivals in New Jersey


The 1910–11 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University in the 1910–11 college basketball season. The team was led by first year head coach A. R. Hackett. They finished with a 0–12 (0–8 MVIAA) record the previous season. That had them placing 3rd out of three teams in the MVIAA North Division. During the 1910–11 school year Washington St. Louis did not field a team, so the MVIAA didn't sponsor divisions for this school year.

Schedule

Notes

Drake Bulldogs
Drake Bulldogs men's basketball seasons
Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
Drake Bulldogs men's basketball


Audubon Wildlife Theatre is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television between April 13, 1968 and June 1974. The series presented wildlife footage filmed by many contributors including award winner Dan Gibson and others such as Jack Carey, Wilf Gray, Edgar Jones, William Jahoda, John D. Bulger and Walter Berlet.

Episodes

References

External links
 Audubon Wildlife Theatre at the Canadian Communications Foundation

1968 Canadian television series debuts
1974 Canadian television series endings
CBC Television original programming
1960s Canadian documentary television series
1970s Canadian documentary television series


This is a list of the television stations, radio stations, magazines and newspapers in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Television stations

Radio stations

Major radio broadcasting companies in the Greater Moncton area.
 CBC/Radio-Canada
 Maritime Broadcasting System
 Stingray Radio
 Acadia Broadcasting

Internet Radio
plusfm.ca

Defunct AM radio stations
 CKCW-AM 1220 kHz (1370 kHz - 1934 to 1941) (1400 kHz - 1941 to 1946) (1220 kHz - 1946 to 2001)
AM signal signed off on April 11, 2001, having moved to 94.5 FM as CKCW-FM.
 CBA-AM 1070 kHz (1050 kHz - 1939 to 1941) (1070 kHz - 1941 to 2008)
CBC FM transmitter signed on in January 2008 and the call sign was changed to CBAM-FM.
The 50,000-watt clear-channel station outlet for the Maritimes was the last AM station in eastern New Brunswick (signed off in April 2008). Its transmitter site was on Dover Road in Dieppe.
 CBAF-AM 1300 kHz (1954–1988)
AM transmitter was discontinued in 1988 and after eight years of simulcasting the FM transmitter, it became the station's primary frequency. Its former AM transmitter was located on Amirault Street, Dieppe.
 CHLR-AM 1380 kHz (1981–1985)
French-language radio station which had an effective radiated power of 10,000 watts. Studios located in the former CKCW AM premises at the lobby of the Assomption Place from 1981 to 1985.

Magazines

Monthly
Best Version Media (Moncton) - distributed throughout the Moncton North and Irishtown / Tankville neighbourhoods; anglophone

Newspapers

Dailies
L'Acadie Nouvelle - francophone
Telegraph-Journal (Saint John) - distributed throughout the province;  anglophone
Times & Transcript - anglophone

Weeklies
L'Étoile - Édition Dieppe - francophone

References

Moncton

Media, Moncton


Powelton Club is located between US 9W, Interstate 84, Balmville Road and Chestnut Lane in the hamlet of Balmville, New York, United States, just north of the city of Newburgh, in the Town of Newburgh. Originally established as an archery club, it is one of the five oldest golf courses in the state, and the ten oldest in the U.S. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1999.

History

The property had first been known as Powelton Farm, then Powelton House, after a resort hotel built on it that burned down in 1870. Organized recreational activity, a new development in the Gilded Age, began with the informal establishment of the Powelton Archery Club in 1878. The next year, tennis courts that exist today were built, and the Powelton Lawn Tennis Club of Newburgh was incorporated in 1882, one of the first tennis programs in the U.S. and one of the original 33 recognized by the United States Lawn Tennis Association when it was established later that same year.

Ten years later the organization signed a five-year lease on 1.7 acres (6,800 m2) of land surrounding a newly built clubhouse. Baseball, bowling and croquet facilities were added, and club lore has it that the first five golf holes came almost immediately thereafter, only four years after the first American course was built in Yonkers. It is not known who designed them.

In 1897, additional land purchases allowed for a full nine, designed by James Taylor, a member. A 1903 map of Balmville, a leafy suburban hamlet along the Hudson River where wealthy Newburgh businessmen had built large homes in fashionable architectural styles, showed the club taking up 57 acres (23 ha).

After World War I, the club decided to increase the course to a full 18 holes, and contracted Devereux Emmet, one of the most prolific course designers in the New York metropolitan area, to design a new course in 1921. Two years later, after the club had obtained additional land he said he needed, he began his work and the new course opened in 1926, introducing sand traps, trees (including the catalpas still along Balmville Road) to delineate and shelter the fairways, and fairway grasses meant for golf rather than grazing for the first time at Powelton. The course's topography was also reworked to make it more challenging than the original pastures had been. Its original glory was short-lived as the state announced the next year it would be taking the western portion of the club property to build a new highway, US 9W. Emmet hastily redesigned three holes to accommodate the new layout.

A swimming pool was added to the property at the same time, north of the clubhouse, which burned down in 1929. The current whitewashed brick clubhouse was designed by Francis L. Abreu and opened by the next summer. Other than renovations to the tennis courts which resurfaced them in clay and added another in the 1950s, the property remained unchanged until the 1960s, when the state Department of Transportation once again took a portion off the south end to complete Interstate 84 to the nearby Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. The club negotiated to keep more land this time, thus saving the course from another major alteration. This reduced the club property to its present size of 100 acres (40 ha).

Some renovations were made to the clubhouse, including a small addition in a similar style, around that time, and a wading pool. Thirty years later, a two-story addition was made to the north corner of the building, to create a meeting room and lounge. The groundskeeper's building and a nearby barn, both dating to 1865, are the only ones still standing of several original Powelton Farm buildings on the property (other than a foundation, the others were all razed during the construction of Route 9W). All these buildings, sites and structures except the wading pool are considered contributing properties to the historic value of the club.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, New York

References

External links
Club website

Golf clubs and courses in New York (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, New York
1882 establishments in New York (state)
U.S. Route 9W
Newburgh, New York
Organizations established in 1882
Golf clubs and courses designed by Devereux Emmet
Sports venues on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Golf clubs and courses on the National Register of Historic Places
Buildings and structures in Newburgh, New York


DeMario Pressley (born November 3, 1985) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at North Carolina State.

Pressley was also a member of the Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos, and Carolina Panthers.

Professional career
On February 22, 2011, Pressley was acquired by the Colts after being waived by Houston, but was waived on August 16. He was claimed by Denver the next day but later released. Pressley was promoted to the active roster of the Carolina Panthers on December 30, 2011, played in the final game of the season, then was waived on March 16, 2012.

On April 11, 2012, Pressley signed with the Bears.

On August 21, 2012, Pressley was waived/injured by the Bears, and subsequently reverted to injured reserve on August 22.

References

External links

 DeMario Pressley at the NC State Wolfpack website
 DeMario Pressley at the NFL website

1985 births
Living people
Players of American football from Greensboro, North Carolina
American football defensive tackles
NC State Wolfpack football players
New Orleans Saints players
Houston Texans players
Indianapolis Colts players
Denver Broncos players
Carolina Panthers players
Chicago Bears players


Lyndhurst is a former railway station on the South Gippsland (now Cranbourne) line. In 1979, it had a single platform on the east side of the track, and a loop siding.

The station was served by passenger trains to Leongatha and Yarram until their withdrawal in June 1981, and then by Dandenong to Lang Lang railmotors until their withdrawal in October 1981. Although passenger trains between Melbourne and Leongatha were restored between 1984 and 1993, Lyndhurst station was not re-opened. The platform has been demolished.

In the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan, a new passenger line was proposed linking Frankston and Lyndhurst.

Cement traffic from Waurn Ponds near Geelong, to a siding serving a concrete batching plant operated by Boral, ended in 2009, after Pacific National increased the costs charged to Blue Circle Southern. The siding and the silo were removed in 2021 to make way for the duplication of the Cranbourne line.

References

Disused railway stations in Melbourne
Rail freight terminals in Victoria (state)


The 1986 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation () was held in January 1987. It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series held in Hong Kong.

Top 10 song awards
The top 10 songs (十大勁歌金曲) of 1986 are as follows.

Additional awards

References
 Top ten songs award 1986, Tvcity.tvb.com
 Additional awards 1986, Tvcity.tvb.com

Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards
Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation, 1986


Erigeron inornatus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name California rayless daisy,  California rayless fleabane, rayless fleabane, Lava rayless fleabane

Erigeron inornatus is native to the western United States, primarily in the mountains of Oregon and California but with additional populations in Washington, Idaho, and Nevada.

Erigeron inornatus is a perennial herb variable in appearance, up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall, with hairy or hairless foliage. The leaves extend all the way up the stem and are narrow and several centimeters long. Atop each branch of the stem is an inflorescence of 1-15 flower heads, each about a centimeter (0.4 inches) wide and flat-topped. Each head contains numerous golden yellow to wispy white disc florets but no ray florets.

Varieties
Erigeron inornatus var. inornatus - California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Washington
Erigeron inornatus var. calidipetris G.Nesom - California from Siskiyou Co to Plumas Co
Erigeron inornatus var. keilii G.Nesom - California in Fresno Co + Tulare Co

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California

inornatus
Plants described in 1876
Flora of the Western United States
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


Joseph Anthony "Red" Bryant (born April 18, 1984) is a former American football defensive tackle. He played college football at Texas A&M, and was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Bryant also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bills and Arizona Cardinals.

Early years
Born and raised in Jasper, Texas, Bryant graduated from Jasper High School in 2003. where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball, and track. In football, he was named the District Defensive Player of the Year as well as the Southeast Texas Defensive Player of the Year by The Beaumont Enterprise as a sophomore. As a junior, he made 94 tackles and forced 10 sacks. In his senior year, he earned District and Golden Triangle Defensive MVP honors. He was also selected to the first-team Division 3A All-state team by the Texas Sports Writers Association, and was a finalist for the Willie Ray Smith Award, which is presented to the top offensive and defensive players in Southeast Texas.

Also an standout track & field athlete, Bryant was one of the state's top performers in the throwing events. He captured the state title in the shot put event at the 2003 UIL T&F Championships, recording a career-best throw of 62 ft 10 in (19.20 m). He also competed in the discus throw (top-throw of 158 ft 4 in). In addition, he also ran the 40-yard dash under 5 seconds, bench-pressed 350 pounds and squatted 520.

When it came to college recruiting, Rivals.com gave him a 3-star rating and ranked him No. 83 out of all the Texas players in his 2003 recruiting class. He was recruited for college play by Texas A&M, Arkansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and Texas. He chose to sign with Texas A&M to play for head coach Dennis Franchione.

College career
In his first season at Texas A&M in 2003, though Bryant was redshirted, he was named a team captain. In his freshman season, he became a defensive tackle and started in all games. He earned All-American and All-Big 12 honors from The Gridiron Report after making 34 tackles (3.5 of which led to a loss of nine yards), two deflected passes, and a blocked kick. In 33 defensive plays against the option, he was able to hold the opposing team down to 1.85 yards per carry.

In his sophomore season, he started in 10 games, but saw action in all 11. He produced 28 tackles, 7.5 of which led to a loss of yardage, forced two fumbles and three sacks. In 31 plays against the option, he held opposing teams to a minus-27 yards, or minus-0.87-yard average. The Texas A&M defense, however, finished the 2004 season ranked 107th out of 119 Division I teams, after allowing 443.82 offensive yards per game.

In his junior season, he was voted a permanent team captain. He started in 8 games and played in nine before agreeing to end his season by having surgery on his anterior cruciate ligament that he tore. He produced a total of 19 tackles, 1 sack, 1 blocked kick, and 5 pass blocks. When he was benched in the final five games of the season, the Aggie defense gave up 229.2 rushing yards. However, at the end of the season, the defense improved to a national ranking of 46, after allowing 322.62 offensive yards per game.

In his senior season, Bryant recorded 41 tackles, 1 sack that led to a safety, 1 field goal block that led to a touchdown drive, and six stops for losses of 19 yards. In the team's first ten games, he allowed only 43 rushing yards on 42  plays directed at him. The Aggie defense had allowed 160.9 yards per game overall. Along with eight of his Aggie teammates, Bryant received an all-Big 12 Honorable Mention.

After completing his senior season play, Bryant participated in the 2008 Senior Bowl, playing for the South team. At one of the practices prior to the game, he got into a fight with teammate Chris Williams, causing the coaches to break it up. In the game, he recovered one fumble made by quarterback John David Booty. The South team won the game 17–16.

Professional career

Seattle Seahawks
He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Tim Ruskell, the president of the Seahawks, commented: "We're real happy to get Red Bryant. He fills a need for us. This is a big man that can stuff the middle. Coach (Mike) Holmgren has always looked for that guy, and I think we found him with Red." On July 18, he agreed to a contract with the team.

In late July 2008, Bryant injured cartilage in his left knee during one the Seahawks' training camp practices. He underwent surgery and was able to play in Week 1.

He sprained his ankle in the game against the Philadelphia Eagles on November 2, 2008.

In his rookie season, he recorded 8 total tackles, and was inactive for 12 games. In the 2009 season, he compiled 8 more tackles and was inactive for 10 games. During the 2010 offseason, he was moved to defensive end by head coach Pete Carroll.
In 2010, Bryant was injured during a week 8 contest against the Oakland Raiders in the 1st half of the game. After the game, Bryant was placed on Injured Reserve for the remainder of the season.

In the 2011 season, he blocked four kicks, breaking the franchise single-season record. In week 15 against the Chicago Bears, Bryant had an interception returned for a touchdown after an attempt by Caleb Hanie of the Bears to get the ball away after being pressured. Just before the Seahawks last home game of the season against the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday, December 24 began, Bryant was presented with the club's Steve Largent Award. The Steve Largent Award is given by the Seahawks annually to the team contributor(s) best exemplifying the spirit, dedication, and integrity of former Seahawk wide receiver Steve Largent.

On March 13, 2012, the Seahawks re-signed Bryant to a five-year, $35 million deal with $14.5 million in guaranteed money. In 2012, he started all 16 games making 24 tackles and 3 passes defended. On December 23, in the Seahawks' 42–13 win over the San Francisco 49ers, Bryant blocked a 21-yard field goal attempt by the 49ers' David Akers, and the Seahawks' Richard Sherman returned the blocked kick 90 yards for a touchdown.

Prior to the 2013 season, Bryant adjusted his diet and sleeping habit to become a better player. Bryant was the defensive team captain during the 2012–13 seasons. In 2013, Bryant recorded 1.5 sacks on 34 combines tackles and a pass defended. His efforts helped the Seahawks into Super Bowl XLVIII where their #1 NFL-ranked defense defeated the Denver Broncos 43–8 for their first franchise championship.

Rumors had been circulating for over a week that the Seahawks would release Bryant, and on February 28, 2014, the Seahawks officially announced his release along with wide receiver Sidney Rice. Both moves cleared more than $12 million in cap space for the upcoming season.

Jacksonville Jaguars
On March 8, 2014, Bryant signed a four-year, $17 million contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars, uniting him with his former defensive coordinator Gus Bradley. Starting all 16 games in 2014, he made 23 tackles with 1 sack, and 1 forced fumble. On March 12, 2015, he was released by the Jaguars.

Buffalo Bills
Bryant signed with the Buffalo Bills in August 2015 and was released on September 5, 2015.

Arizona Cardinals
On November 26, 2015, Bryant signed with the Arizona Cardinals. In six games of 2015, he made five tackles. On September 3, 2016, he was released by the Cardinals as part of the final roster cuts.

Personal life
In December 2007, Bryant graduated from Texas A&M, receiving a degree in agricultural leadership and development. He believes that this was his greatest and most fulfilling achievement. He is also the first college graduate in his immediate family. He also overcame dyslexia.

On February 29, 2009, Bryant married Janelle Green, who is the daughter of former Texas A&M and Seattle Seahawks player Jacob Green. Janelle played for the Texas A&M soccer team from 2002 to 2005.

According to Bryant, he got the nickname "Red" because "his mom said that (he) was a red baby."

References

External links

 Seattle Seahawks bio
 Texas A&M Aggies bio
 Pro-Football-Reference.Com
 "Red Bryant On The Special Bond Of The 2013 Seahawks, Leaving Seattle & More," KJ All Day Podcast, YouTube.com, June 12, 2023.

1984 births
Living people
People from Jasper, Texas
Players of American football from Texas
American football defensive tackles
American football defensive ends
Texas A&M University alumni
Texas A&M Aggies football players
Seattle Seahawks players
Jacksonville Jaguars players
Buffalo Bills players
Arizona Cardinals players
Sportspeople with dyslexia


Karl Probst (October 20, 1883 – August 25, 1963) was an American freelance engineer and automotive pioneer, credited with drafting the design drawings of the first prototype of the Bantam Reconnaissance Car, also known as the World War II "jeep" in 1940.

Biography
He was born in Point Pleasant, West Virginia to Charles and Eva (Knight) Probst. He studied engineering at Ohio State University and graduated in 1906.

Probst was recruited by American Bantam Car Company in 1940 to help it win a contract to provide the U.S. Army with a lightweight reconnaissance vehicle that could transport troops and equipment across rugged terrain. Bantam had provided the specifications to the Army, and Probst drafted the design for the Jeep in two days, commencing on June 17, 1940, Bantam's first hand-built prototype was complete and running by September 21, 1940, just meeting the forty-nine-day deadline and was delivered to the Army Quartermaster Corps for testing at Camp Holabird, MD.

He died in Dayton, Ohio on August 25, 1963.

Legacy
The Port Authority of Allegheny County pays homage to Karl Probst by putting his name on one or more of the city buses.

Around 1990, a crescent-shaped street in Caen (France) was named after Karl Probst, both extremities of which open on another street named after Commodore John Hughes-Hallett, in a district close to the Mémorial pour la Paix museum, where a majority of streets commemorate personalities linked with the Second World War, the Résistance, and the subsequent making of the European Community.

References

 WQED Pittsburgh: Pittsburghers of the Century: December 1999:
 Bantam employees invented the Jeep
 Bantam jeep story
 Original WWII Jeep Photograph Archive
In August 2011, the VOA Special English service of the Voice of America broadcast a report on the Bantam Jeep as part of its American Mosaic series. A transcript and MP3 of the program, intended for English learners, can be found at The Jeep – One of the Most Famous Vehicles in the World – is Celebrated at its Birthplace.

People from Point Pleasant, West Virginia
1963 deaths
1883 births
People from Pittsburgh
Engineers from West Virginia
American automotive pioneers
20th-century American engineers
Engineers from Pennsylvania
Inventors from West Virginia


Guided Tour is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Gordon R. Dickson.  It was first published by Tor Books in 1988.  Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Fantasy and Science Fiction, Astounding, Planet Stories, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Future, Science Fiction Stories, If, Galaxy Science Fiction, Imagination, Fantastic Universe and Fantastic Story Magazine.

Contents

 "Guided Tour"
 "The Monkey Wrench"
 "The Star Fool"
 "Hilifter"
 "Counter-Irritant"
 "Last Voyage"
 "An Ounce of Emotion"
 "Rehabilitated"
 "Lulungomeena"
 "Time Grabber"
 "I’ve Been Trying to Tell You"
 "Flat Tiger"
 "The Rebels"
 "The Mousetrap"

References

1988 short story collections
Short story collections by Gordon R. Dickson
Tor Books books


Anuar Manan (born 11 October 1986) is a Malaysian professional cyclist, who last rode for Malaysian amateur team Amskins Cycling Club.

Career

LeTua Cycling Team
Manan started his career with the  and showed his natural talent as a sprinter when he won two stages of the 2007 Jelajah Malaysia and the blue jersey. In the same year, he also won one stage in the Azerbaijan Tour and the Tour of Hainan. In the 2008 Jelajah Malaysia, he retained his blue jersey and won three stages.

Azad University Iran
His steady performance attracted several potential suitors and Manan made a decision to join Iranian team . Manan won three stages in the 2009 Jelajah Malaysia and became first rider to win the blue jersey – for the sprints classification – for three successive years.

Geumsan Ginseng Asia
Manan had to leave Iran because of a visa problem and then signed a contract with Korean team . Manan became the first Malaysian rider to win a stage in the Tour de Langkawi, winning stage five, and also became the first Malaysian rider to win the points classification, in the race. He also won two stages in the Tour of Thailand and one each in the Tour of East Java and the Tour of Ganzhou Songcheng.

Terengganu Cycling Team
Anuar returned to Malaysia and joined the , winning stages in the Jelajah Malaysia, the Tour de Brunei and the Tour of Hainan.

Champion System
For the 2012 season, Manan was signed by Asian team , joining the likes of Jaan Kirsipuu in the team.

Synergy Baku
For the 2013 season, Manan joined . Prior to the end of 2013, he joined  on a loan move ahead of the Tour of Poyang Lake.

Return to Terengganu Cycling Team
He would later rejoin the  for the 2014 season.

Major results

2007
 Jelajah Malaysia
1st Sprints classification
1st Stages 3 & 6
 1st Stage 9 Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)
 1st Stage 5 Tour de East Java
 1st Stage 2 Tour of Hainan
 6th Road race, Southeast Asian Games
2008
 Jelajah Malaysia
1st Sprints classification
1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
 1st Sprints classification Tour de Langkawi
2009
 Jelajah Malaysia
1st  Points classification
1st Stages 4 & 5
2010
 1st Stage 2 Tour de East Java
 Tour de Langkawi
1st  Points classification
1st Stage 5
 Tour of Thailand
1st Stages 3 & 4
2011
 1st Stage 4 Jelajah Malaysia
 1st Stage 2 Tour de Brunei
 1st Stage 5 Tour of Hainan
 8th Melaka Governor's Cup
2013
 Tour of Poyang Lake
1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4
 1st Stage 1 Tour de East Java
 1st  Points classification Tour of Borneo
 5th Melaka Governor's Cup
2015
 Jelajah Malaysia
1st Stages 3 & 5
 3rd  Road race, Southeast Asian Games

References

External links

Anuar Manan Profile

1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Terengganu
Malaysian male cyclists
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Malaysian Muslims
Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games
SEA Games medalists in cycling
SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games
Asian Games competitors for Malaysia
20th-century Malaysian people
21st-century Malaysian people


The Oregon Arts Commission is a governor-appointed body of nine commissioners who allocate grants for artists based in the U.S. state of Oregon. It receives the bulk of its funding through the National Endowment for the Arts, the state, and the Oregon Cultural Trust. The commission provides funding for local artists through their fellowship programs.

History
Established in 1967, the Oregon Arts Commission was initially a stand-alone governmental entity. However, it became a division of the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department in 1993.

From 1980 to 1984, the Commission was chaired by John Frohnmayer, who later became chair of the National Endowment for the Arts and a candidate for the United States Senate.

As of January 18, 2008, the Oregon Arts Commission has added support for film, in addition to the other projects it funds.

References

External links

Art in Oregon
Arts organizations based in Oregon
Arts Commission
Government agencies established in 1967
1967 establishments in Oregon


All Points West may refer to:

 All Points West (monodrama), a 1937 American monodrama by Rodgers and Hart
 All Points West (radio program), a Canadian talk program
 All Points West Music & Arts Festival, a former American annual festival held in Jersey City, New Jersey


Automated system recovery (ASR) is a feature of the Windows XP operating system that can be used to simplify recovery of a computer's system or boot volumes. ASR consists of two parts: an automated backup, and an automated restore. The backup portion can be accessed in the Backup utility under System Tools.

ASR does not back up user files or any other data, only data necessary for restoring the systems configuration state. Other backup systems can be put in place to ensure user's actual data files are also backed up. In the event of a failure, an ASR restore is performed first, which allows user files to then be recovered.

ASR is only available in Windows XP Professional and some editions based on it. It is not available in Windows XP Home Edition or Starter Edition.

References

External links
 Recover with Windows Automated System Recovery

Backup software
Windows administration
Windows XP


Ashley Williams may refer to:

People
 Ashley Williams (footballer) (born 1984), Welsh international footballer
 Ashley Williams (Liberian footballer) (born 2000), Liberian footballer
 Ashley Williams (boxer) (born 1991), Welsh boxer
 Ashley Williams (actress) (born 1978), American actress
 Ashley Williams (designer) (born 1988/89), British fashion designer
 Ashley C. Williams (born 1984), American actress, singer, dancer and producer
 Ashley Jaye Williams, multidisciplinary artist

Characters
 Ashley Williams (Mass Effect), a character in the Mass Effect video game series
 Ash Williams (Ashley Joanna Williams), a character in the Evil Dead film series