East Ramapo Central School District is a school district in Ramapo, New York, United States.  It is headquartered in the Senator Eugene Levy Dr. Jack R. Anderson Education Center.

History

20th century
On March 4, 1952, seven school districts merged to form Ramapo Central School District No.2, due to centralization. On August 22, 1973, this district was renamed the East Ramapo Central School District.

The school district has seen major demographic changes since the late 1990s. In 1997, of the 18,000 children transported by the district, 10,500 were students of yeshiva private schools. Joseph Berger of The New York Times said in an article written during that year that this involved "a proportion of public school money to bus private school students that few American towns can match."

During that year 9,500 of the children within the district were private school students from the Village of New Square, Village of Kaser, and the community of Monsey. A 1997 The New York Times article stated that some East Ramapo school district parents said that the high proportion of private school parents to public school parents could threaten the district. Harvey Katz, an Orthodox Jew who served as a school board member, said that "Just because my children are not in the public schools doesn't mean I don't care about all the children. Children are our future, wherever they may be." The district was one of five districts in New York State where more students were enrolled in private school than in public school due to religious reasons.

21st century

According to reporting by radio show This American Life, which ran an episode in 2014 called "A Not-So-Simple Majority", the Orthodox Jewish population and the remainder of the District had lived under a system of détente, where private Jewish schools, or yeshivas, of the Orthodox would not receive additional scrutiny in meeting state standards, if the Orthodox population would refrain from voting in school district elections.  The Orthodox population broke the détente over special education needs, upset that special education children would not receive public funding at the private schools.  In 2005 the Orthodox Jewish population of the district gained majority control of the school board. This new board began reducing the budget and lowering taxes. The communities using the public schools have opposed these actions.

In a 2007 magazine article Dr. Mitchell Schwartz, the superintendent of the district, said that growing Hasidic yeshivas resulted in private school enrollment within the district increasing by a 3 to 4 percent increment per year.

By 2010, due to lowered taxes and reduced budgets, the district's finances had decreased and services were reduced at the schools, forcing students to take five- and six-year graduation plans instead of four-year plans.

In July 2010 the School Board of the East Ramapo Central School District voted to sell its Hillcrest Elementary School—closed due to budget cuts—to Yeshiva Avir Yakov of New Square. In an official response to an investigation of the sale, New York State Education Commissioner David Steiner stated the East Ramapo board “abused its discretion by hastily approving the sale.” The 12 acre campus, assessed at $10.2 million (market value) by the Assessor’s Office of Clarkstown was given only a $3.2 million appraisal by the school board's own attorney, Albert D’Agostino. On June 8, 2011 the commissioner of the NY State Education Department halted the sale of the building stating the board failed its fiduciary responsibility to the district when it approved the $3.2 million deal. The sale eventually went through for $4.9 million.

In July, the new state Education Commissioner John King put a hold on the district's sale of Colton Elementary to Congregation Bais Malka/Hebrew Academy for Special Children with similar questions over the appraisal and bidding process as dogged the blocked sale of the Hillcrest school.

On August 31, 2011, New York State Office of the Comptroller released an audit of the Board, for the period July 1, 2008 to April 13, 2010. The report criticizes the district for a number of serious lapses including failing to put $2.4 million in professional services contracts out to bid, allowing three senior school board members to receive health care through the school district's insurance pool after they failed to make $15,672 in payments, and failing to maintain proper inventory controls over $2.4 million in textbooks purchased for students not attending public schools, as required under state law. Most unsettling, the audit found that District officials inaccurately projected a June 30, 2010 fund balance of $13 million when preparing District's 2010-11 austerity budget that was presented to the electorate and on which cutbacks and layoffs were based. In fact, the District's audited financial statement showed a June 30, 2010, fund balance of $17,793,047, substantially higher than public estimates. The report states: "The board, along with district officials, failed to fulfill its stewardship, oversight and leadership responsibilities when it failed to establish a proper control environment, implement its own adopted policy and establish policies and procedures required by sound business practices." The report concludes. "The deficiencies exposed district funds and assets to abuse, waste and/or loss." The local paper headline was "East Ramapo bungled millions," and in a scathing editorial, the paper called for a thorough investigation of the board. During the year 2011, an article titled "Regions Aging Schools Crumble as Finances Falter" by Cathey O'Donnell and Gary Stern, was featured in a local newspaper, The Journal News, which is well known throughout the Lower Hudson Valley of Westchester County, New York. The article was about several old school buildings within the region that were in a current state of disrepair, how much it would cost to fix them and which if any might need to be demolished. One of the school districts mentioned was East Ramapo.

The New York State Education Department ("SED") has directed [the] District to post the following letter of non-compliance (Archive), sent to the District by SED on December 19, 2012.

In March 2013 the Associated Press reported that there is much tension in the school district, because the local school board is accused of favoring private schools at the expense of public schools.

In April 2014, the group Rockland Clergy for Social Justice, which includes clerics from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim groups, asked Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo to intervene in the district.

In September 2014, additional attention was brought as the aforementioned episode of This American Life was aired. It was subsequently reaired in June 2017. In November 2014 a state-appointed monitor charged with investigating the district delivered a sharply critical assessment. The monitor, Hank Greenberg, said the board showed favoritism to Jewish students who attend private Orthodox schools in the district, and cut services to the 9,000 district students, mostly black and Hispanic, who attend the district's public schools. Cuts included firing 15 special education teachers in the public school system while increasing funding for special education at the private yeshivas by 33%. It also included an increase of over $5 million in transportation for the private schools that the district was obliged to pay for, per New York State law. Greenberg accused the board of fiscal mismanagement and a lack of transparency in its dealings. In violation of state laws, it held most of its meetings behind closed doors, only let residents speak at the end of meetings, typically late at night, and inappropriately called critics antisemites. Greenberg recommended that the state provide resources that would be delivered more fairly, but stopped short of calling for a state take-over of the district. On June 11, 2015, New York state Assembly members passed a bill that would create a state monitor to oversee the school district.

By 2016, the state legislature and the school board were negotiating a budget compromise, but conflicts continued into 2017.

Lawsuits
In November 2017, a lawsuit was filed against the district in US District Court by parents of public school students, district residents, and the local chapter of the NAACP. The plaintiffs charged that by using at-large voting, it was impossible for minority candidates to win competitive elections in the district. The district president stated the district did not set the election rules and that the lawsuit would cost the district money. U.S. District Court Judge Cathy Seibel denied the districts motion to dismiss the case in April 2018. In 2020, Judge Seibel ruled in favor of the NAACP, finding that the district's election system violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. She then ordered the district to abandon its at-large voting plan in favor of a neighborhood- or ward-based system that would increase the voting power of black and Latino voters. The district appealed the decision in January 2021 and then filed a second appeal.

The report from the state-appointed monitor found that the district had not replaced hundreds of teachers removed in 2008 and that the district has no social workers, despite having more economically disadvantaged students than any other district in Rockland County.

In January 2021, a court subsequently ruled that the district owed over $4.3 million in legal fees to the NYCLU who had brought the original suit. However the board threatened to fire hundreds of teachers in retaliation if the fine was not reduced to one dollar.

Budget
For the 2022-2023 school year, the district proposed a budget of $262 million dollars, a $10 million decrease from the 2021-2022 which was supplemented by federal funds due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget included $90 million for facilities upgrades, using federal funding, of all 14 of the district-owned buildings. However the proposed repairs were planned during the summer vacation, during which the school district had previously rented the buildings to private corporations for summer camps attended by Hasidic and Orthodox Jewish children. The first proposed budget failed on a vote held on May 17, 2022. On June 21, 2022, a second budget proposal was rejected by voters by a 2-1 margin, with a majority of opposed votes from wards with a large Jewish population. Because the proposal did not pass, the school will operate under its budget contingency plan for the 2022-2023 school year that limits the amount of revenue that can be collected and spent by the schools.

The East Ramapo Central School District has a $36 million deficit.

Location and service area
The school district serves areas of eastern Town of Ramapo, and portions of the towns of Clarkstown and Haverstraw. Communities included in the district include:
 The following villages: All of Chestnut Ridge, Kaser, New Hempstead, New Square, Spring Valley (which spans Ramapo and Clarkstown towns), almost all of Village of Pomona (which straddles the borders of Town of Ramapo and Town of Haverstraw), most of Wesley Hills,and portions of Airmont
 The following hamlets: Hillcrest and Monsey, half of Viola, and portions of Nanuet and New City

The district lies just to the east and borders the Suffern Central School District (formerly Ramapo Central), which serves much of the western portion of the Town of Ramapo, including Suffern, Sloatsburg, Hillburn, Montebello, and much of Airmont, excluding the extreme eastern portion of the village.

Demographics
As of 2020, there were approximately 11,000 students attending public schools in the district, with another 27,000 students attending private schools, mostly yeshivas. Approximately 96% of public-school students were black or Latino.

Board of trustees

2022
 Shimon Z. Rose (President)
 Sabrina Charles-Pierre (Vice-President)
 Simon Koth
 Ashley Leveille
 Moshe Samuel Feder
 Sherry McGill
 Yitzchok Gruber
 Harry Grossman
 Ephraim Weissmandl

Schools
All of the schools are in the Town of Ramapo. Some schools are also located within other municipalities.

Elementary schools
(Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten)

 Early Childhood Center (Spring Valley)
(K-3)

 Fleetwood Elementary School (Chestnut Ridge)
 Grandview Elementary School (Monsey)
 Margetts Elementary School (Chestnut Ridge)
 Summit Park Elementary School (New City)

(4-6)

 Eldorado Elementary School (Chestnut Ridge)
 Elmwood Elementary School (Monsey)
 Lime Kiln Elementary School (Wesley Hills)

(K-6)
 Hempstead Elementary School (New Hempstead)

STEAM Academies
Kakiat STEAM Academy (Spring Valley) (4-8)

Middle schools
(7-8)

 Chestnut Ridge Middle School (Chestnut Ridge)
 Pomona Middle School (Pomona)

High schools

 9-12: Spring Valley High School (Spring Valley)
 9-12: Ramapo High School (Spring Valley)

Former schools

 Merrill L. Colton Elementary School (New Hempstead)
 Hillcrest Elementary School (New City)
 Monsey School
Bluefield Elementary School
 South Madison School
 Kakiat Junior High School
 Ramapo Freshman Center

Sale of Hillcrest Elementary School
In July 2010 the School Board of the East Ramapo Central School District voted to sell Hillcrest Elementary School—closed due to budget cuts—to the Hasidic Jewish Congregation Yeshiva Avir Yakov of New Square. The sale was initially blocked by the state due to a dispute of the school's appraisal. According to reporting by This American Life, the school was initially appraised at $6 million and the district board accepted a bid of $3 million. The sale was blocked by the New York State government and a subsequent bid for $4.9 million was approved for sale.

References

Further reading

 Wallace-Wells, Benjamin. "Them and Them." New York magazine. April 21, 2013.
 "Two Worlds, One District" - The Journal News
 "A Not-So-Simple Majority" - "This American Life".

External links

 East Ramapo Central School District

School districts in Rockland County, New York
1952 establishments in New York (state)
School districts established in 1952


Nicholas John Grabowsky (born May 7, 1966) is an American horror/fantasy author and screenwriter.

Writing career
After working as an extra in Hollywood for such films as Masters of the Universe and Night of the Creeps, and pursuing a modelling career, Grabowsky became the acting coach to Walter Koenig, who introduced Nicholas to a New York publisher of mass market paperback novels. His first novel, Pray Serpent's Prey, a Christian allegory of vampires invading a small Montana town which Grabowsky began writing in high school, was accepted and published by Critic's Choice Paperbacks/Lorevan Publishing under the pseudonym Nicholas Randers. Grabowsky published subsequent works under the Randers name including The Rag Man and Tale of the Makeshift Faire before 1990, and romance novels and self-help books under the name Marsena Shane including Sweet Dreams Lady Moon, The Easy Way to Great Legs, Your Heart Belongs to You and June Park up until 1991, when he left his pseudonyms. He also wrote a commissioned sequel to Wes Craven's Shocker, which was never produced. In 1988, he wrote the novelization of Halloween IV, which was published under his real name and became a bestseller.

In 2001, Grabowsky completed his novel The Everborn, which won the award for Science Fiction Novel of the Year (2004) from the American Author's Association. In 2002, he established the small press of Diverse Media, which published a limited edition of his Halloween 4 novelization, followed by Diverse Tales, The Wicked Haze, the children's book Flatty Kat: Tales of an Urban Feline with Phyllis Haupert, and Nick Reads & Reviews. In 2008, he established the small traditional publishing house of Black Bed Sheet Books, which publishes authors mainly in the horror/fantasy category, and Black Bed Sheet Productions, which produces independent feature films. In 2008, he co-wrote the screenplay for Into the Basement with Norm Applegate, based on Applegate's book, for Triad Pictures, scheduled for release in 2009.

Grabowsky's work has also been published in comic form. In 2010 Shot In the Dark Comics, an independent comic book company, acquired the rights to release a set of comics taken from his book Red Wet Dirt. Looks like A Rat To Me was released in August 2010. The follow-up graphic novel The Father Keeper will be released in 2011.

Bibliography

Novels

 (1988) Pray, Serpent's Prey (Nicholas Randers)
 (1988) Halloween IV
 (1988) Sweet Dreams, Lady Moon (Marsena Shane)
 (1989) The Rag Man (AKA 'Tattered,' Nicholas Randers)
 (1989) June Park (Marsena Shane)
 (1990) Tale of the Makeshift Faire (Nicholas Randers)
 (2002) The Everborn
 (2002) Halloween IV: The Special Limited Edition
 (2005) The Wicked Haze

Collections

 (2006) Diverse Tales
 (2008) Red Wet Dirt

Nonfiction

 (1988) The Easy Way to Great Legs (Marsena Shane)
 (1988) Nancy (Biography of the First Lady) (Marsena Shane)
 (1989) Your Heart Belongs to You (Marsena Shane)
 (2008) Nick Reads & Reviews

Anthologies and other publications

 (2005) Embark to Madness (Introduction)
 (2005) War of the Worlds (Introduction)
 (2005) The Invisible Man (Introduction)
 (2006) Buck Alice & the Actor-robot (editor, by author Walter Koenig)
 (2006) Fear: An Anthology of Horror & Suspense (Introduction)
 (2007) Shocking Tales of Murder & Insanity (Editor, by Jake Istre)
 (2007) Echoes of Terror (short story, Looks Like a Rat to Me)
 (2007) Doorways Magazine (Issue #4, short story, The Yuletide Thing)
 (2008) You're Dead Already...Living in Hell (Editor, by Jake Istre)
 (2008) From the Shadows (short story, The Freeway Reaper)

Children's

 (2006) Flatty Kat: Tales of an Urban Feline (with Phyllis Haupert)

Comics
 (2010) "Looks Like A Rat To Me" (Shot In The Dark Comics)
 (2011) "The Father Keeper" Graphic Novel (Shot In The Dark Comics)

References

Fantastic Fiction.co.uk
Encyclopedia of Speculative Fiction
Open Library
American Author's Association
Internet Movie Data Base

External links

Black Bed Sheet Books

See also
 List of horror fiction writers

1966 births
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American fantasy writers
American horror writers
American male novelists
Living people
People from Norwalk, California
American male short story writers
20th-century American short story writers
21st-century American short story writers
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers
Novelists from California


The cap de la Chèvre is the southernmost point of the Crozon peninsula in western Brittany in France. Facing south, it faces the north side of cap Sizun and closes off the baie de Douarnenez.

Consisting of heath, heather and maritime pines, this headland maintains a savage appearance and magnificent countryside, along with several little villages with stone-built houses typical of the region. At the end of the headland, in good weather, one can see cap Sizun, île de sein, the baie de Douarnenez, pointe de Pen-Hir, pointe Saint-Mathieu and the islands of Ushant and Molène.

Sheep will soon be reintroduced into the cap de la Chèvre, to maintain the moors of the Conservatoire du littoral.

External links

Headlands of Brittany
Landforms of Finistère


Bruno Zuppiger (24 February 1952 – 19 February 2016) was a Swiss management consultant and politician. A member of the conservative Swiss People's Party, he served on the Swiss National Council representing the Canton of Zürich.

Born in St. Gallen, Zuppiger graduated from the University of St. Gallen and the Zürich Teachers' Seminary in 1976. After working as a schoolteacher, he served as secretary and then director of the Trade Association of the Canton of Zürich from 1982 to 1995. Since then, he operated an independent consultancy firm and served on the board of several corporations.

Zuppiger was married to Rösli Zuppiger-Stocker, with whom he had five children, and lived in Hinwil. In 2001, he retired with the grade of colonel from militia service in the Swiss Army, where he commanded an aid and rescue regiment (Rttg Rgt 91) since 1997.

He represented the Swiss People's Party in the Hinwil municipal government from 1982 to 1990. From 1988 to 1994 he headed the local party section. He has served on the board of the cantonal party section since 1993. From 1991 to 1999 he represented the People's Party in the cantonal parliament of Zürich. In 1999, he was elected to the National Council. He was chairman of the National Council's Finance Committee and also served on the Security Policy Committee.

In 2011, his party nominated him for a seat on the Federal Council, but his candidacy collapsed after he was indicted and eventually convicted of fraud. Zuppiger resigned from the National Council in 2012 and died in 2016 of heart failure.

References

External links

1952 births
2016 deaths
Members of the National Council (Switzerland)
Swiss People's Party politicians
People from St. Gallen (city)


Heavy Shreddin' is a snowboarding video game that was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990. It was released in Europe with the title Snowboard Challenge.

Gameplay
There are three mountains that the player must overcome in order to complete the game. As the player descends the mountain, the terrain becomes more and more difficult to navigate. There are three degrees of difficulty on each of the mountains. The first is novice (marked by a circle), the second is intermediate (marked by a square), and the third is expert (marked by a diamond).

The player starts out with four lives. There are five different events and a total of 18 levels of play. In order to progress to the next event, the player must first successfully complete the event before it. If the player falls or runs out of time a life is taken away. After completing a trail, the player is rewarded with a bonus life. If the player is able to complete all of the trails and events, they will have completed the game.

Scoring Points
There are several ways in which the player is able to score points in the game. Some of the ways are:
 Avoiding objects, such as trees and flags, by sliding up or down on the screen
 Performing tricks
 Jumping off of ramps and other elevated terrain

The player performs tricks by jumping and then pressing in any direction on the directional pad.

The Events
 downhill: In this event the player must avoid hitting objects and falling. It is a timed run, so if the player takes too long, they will be sent back up to the top of the slope. The same goes for falling and colliding into objects.
 Slalom: The goal of this event is to pass through the flags placed along the slope. If the player fails to get between the pairs of flags they will return to the top of the mountain.
 Half-pipe: This event is all about points. The player must gain up speed and perform tricks at the peak of either side of the half-pipe.
 Moguls: In order to pass this event the player must perform tricks to jump over the moguls (bumps in the snow).
 Backwoods: The last event is mostly a combination of speed, tricks, and survival. It tests everything the player has learned throughout the game. This event is very difficult.

References

External links

“Hasbro Game and Toy Instructions” Hasbro. 2008. Nov. 3, 2008. < http://www.hasbro.com/default.cfm?page=cs_instructions&letter=H>.
 “Heavy Shreddin’” Nintendo Players. 2008 Nov. 3, 2008. < http://www.nintendoplayers.com/nes/gameprofile.php?gameID=260>.
 Muehl William, Game Development Essentials: Game Simulation Development. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning, c2008. pp. 140–160
Heavy Shreddin' at GameFAQs

1990 video games
Nintendo Entertainment System games
Nintendo Entertainment System-only games
Snowboarding video games
Video games scored by Mark Van Hecke
Video games developed in the United States


was a seaplane carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The ship was built at Kawasaki Shipbuilding at Kobe, Japan, and was completed in February 1939.

Design and description
Mizuho was built to a similar design as the seaplane carrier , but with slightly less powerful diesel engines instead of Chitoses turbines.  She carried 24 seaplanes, and was equipped to carry twelve miniature submarines, although she could not carry full loads of both at one time.

Service history
Mizuho participated in invasion support for much of her career; her first mission was with the Fourth Surprise Attack Force. On 1 March 1942, planes from Mizuho and Chitose damaged the American destroyer , which was later sunk by aircraft from the aircraft carrier  and gunfire from the heavy cruisers  and .

Sinking

The American submarine  torpedoed Mizuho at 23:03 hours on 1 May 1942  off Omaezaki, Japan. She capsized and sank at 04:16 hours on 2 May 1942 with the loss of 101 lives. There were 472 survivors, of which 31 were wounded.

Footnotes

External links
Tech info on acepilots.com

Ships built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries
1938 ships
World War II aircraft carriers of Japan
Ships sunk by American submarines
Seaplane tenders of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Maritime incidents in May 1942
World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean


A design-basis event (DBE) is a postulated event used to establish the acceptable performance requirements of the structures, systems, and components, such that a nuclear power plant can withstand the event and not endanger the health or safety of the plant operators or the wider public.  Similar terms are design-basis accident (DBA) and maximum credible accident.

Subtypes of DBEs are:
 design-basis criticality: "A criticality accident that is the most severe design-basis accident of that type applicable to the area under consideration."
 design-basis earthquake (DBE): "That earthquake for which the safety systems are designed to remain functional both during and after the event, thus assuring the ability to shut down and maintain a safe configuration."
 design-basis explosion: "An explosion that is the most severe design-basis accident of that type applicable to the area under consideration."
 design-basis fire: "A fire that is the most severe design-basis accident of this type. In postulating such a fire, failure of automatic and manual fire-suppression provisions shall be assumed except for those safety class items or systems that are specifically designed to remain available (structurally or functionally) through the event."
 design-basis flood: "A flood that is the most severe design-basis accident of that type applicable to the area under consideration."
 design-basis tornado (DBT): "A tornado that is the most severe design-basis accident of that type applicable to the area under consideration."

Circumstances like the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami were not considered within the design basis of the plant, and so the resulting Fukushima I nuclear accidents were described using this terminology as "beyond design basis" or "non-design-basis". However, some have claimed that the design basis for tsunami events at Fukushima was incorrect.

Accidents caused by poor design, failure to follow listed safety procedures, or other forms of human error are not considered to be beyond-design-basis accidents. The terminology can be unclear, however, because a poorly handled design-basis accident can result in conditions beyond what was considered likely, causing a beyond-design-basis accident. For this reason, some industry experts have criticized the use of design-basis terminology. The Three Mile Island accident and the Chernobyl disaster are examples of design-basis accidents becoming non-design-basis accidents because of design deficiencies, inadequate training, procedures inadequate for the conditions (TMI), failure to follow operating procedures (Chernobyl), and control room design shortfalls.

Beyond-design-basis events
Beyond-design-basis events can reduce or eliminate the margin of safety of the structures, systems and components, possibly resulting in a catastrophic failure.

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was caused by a "beyond-design-basis event": the tsunami and associated earthquakes were more powerful than the plant was designed to accommodate.  The plant withstood the earthquake but the tsunami overflowed the seawall. Since then, the possibility of unforeseen beyond design basis events has been a major concern for plant operators.

See also
 Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents

References

Nuclear accidents and incidents
Nuclear reactor safety


The pointe Saint-Mathieu (Lok Mazé in Breton) is a headland located near Le Conquet in the territory of the commune of Plougonvelin in France, flanked by 20m high cliffs.

Village

At present, there are only a few houses on the point, grouped around the abbey ruins. However, in the past the settlement was not limited to the abbey and its dependents. Very soon a village was established along the coast for commercial potential and the possibilities for salvaging wrecks.

Abbey

The abbey held many privileges - right to rushes, right to furnaces, rights to a twelfth of jet, right to markets, right to fairs (Henry IV of France had instituted, in 1602, 5 annual fairs and a weekly market), right to measure wheat and wine, etc...

In 1157 Hervé de Léon accorded the abbey the right of flotsam and jetsam on wrecks in all his fiefdoms; in 1390 the abbey received the right to take 10% of the hull, cargo and rigging of wrecked ships. To this right were added the right of remains, confirmed in 1602 by royal letters patent. He accorded this right to the monks for "all those who perish in the sea, and on the coasts at Saint Mathieu, Plougonvelin and le Conquet".

Today abandoned, the Abbaye Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, was said to have held the skull of the apostle Matthew, now lost in the ocean off the point. Its ruins served as a set for the summer TV saga Dolmen.

Lighthouse

The point also has a 56m high lighthouse, built in 1835.

Signal station
The first signal station near the point was built in 1806, but the present one was built nearer the point in 1906, to give a view of the chenal du Four as the entrance to Brest. Progressively expanded in the 20th century, its top is now 39m above sea level, with lodging for spotters.

The cenotaph (Memorial to sailors who have died for France)

Commissioned by Émile Guépratte and Georges Leygues after the First World War, it was built following the law of 26 July 1923. The stela (representing a sailor's wife) was designed by René Quillivic and inaugurated on 12 June 1927.

Since 2005, it has been open to the public and accompanied by a permanent exhibition of photos of disappeared sailors.

Quotations

External links
 Personal page, with pages on Saint-Mathieu
 Mémorial national des Marins morts pour la France de la Pointe Saint Mathieu

Headlands of Brittany
Landforms of Finistère


A mechanical powder press is a machine press designed to compress powders, commonly used in the production of technical ceramics.

Function-Principles of mechanical presses in the field of Technical Ceramics
The function principles of the mechanic press machines differ in how to ensure the upper punch–main movement by cams, spindles-and friction drives,  eccentric, knuckle-joints or by the round table principle, independent if the die-or lower punch movement is realized by cams- or eccentric systems or other mechanically or hydraulically combined systems.
The executions of auxiliary movements are also not decisive for a term-classification.
These auxiliary movements can also base on pneumatic and hydraulic principles.
In comparison to hydraulic press machines the maximum compaction forces of mechanical  powder presses are limited and are placed in the range >/= 5000 kN.
For the requirements of wet-and dry pressing techniques in the field of Technical Ceramics cams-, eccentric-, knuckle joint- as well as round table presses have proved and tested, whereas cam-presses especially used for wet-press-techniques of pourable materials.
The range of compaction force of mechanical presses for products of the Technical Ceramics is
< 2500 kN, what is caused from the less density of the ceramic materials.
Normally the upper punch-, lower punch- and die systems of mechanical presses don’t work on base of multi-subdivided punches.

Application-Advantages in the field of Technical Ceramics
Adaptable cam-executions, which can be made suitable individually to the concerned products, will meet especially the requirements of wet-press-technique of pourable compounds, while applications of eccentric-, knuckle-joint and round table presses are particularly related on the dry-press-technique of compounds with gliding characteristics.
The sinusoidal movement of eccentric presses offers advantages especially for bigger strokes < 100 strokes per minute and the distorted sinusoidal movement of the knuckle joint is especially used for products, which need a longer time for deairing in the phase of compaction and a longer time for decompression after the bottom dead centre.
For this kind of compaction technology the strokes are limited < 35 strokes per minute, but in contrast to that the compaction speed of round table presses for small and simple shaped products are especially high and quantities < 30,000 pcs per minute can be realized.

Context between ceramic compaction technology and design principles of the mechanical presses
The unit of product–technology–press machine / tooling is characterizing the context between the ceramic compaction technology and the design principles of the mechanical presses.
Distinctions of the die- withdrawal- and the ejection technology of the uniaxial dry- and wet-press- technique in the technical ceramics influence the approachable quality of the compactions in depending on the geometric shape of the products and in depending on the selected type of press.
Because the achievement of a speed-proportional compaction relation with pure mechanical presses is very difficult to realize and high mechanical investments are necessary, more and more combined mechanic-hydraulic function principles on base of subdivided punches will win a higher signification, because the requirements of the high-accuracy-pressing can be met better.
The design principles of particularly mechanical powder presses, explained in a dissertation of Dr.B.Froherz offer some base confrontation of advantages and disadvantages related to technology and presses especially for tool designers.

See also
 Eccentric (mechanism)
 Cold compaction
 Ceramic engineering
 Powder metallurgy

Ceramic engineering
Powders


Babylon is the second album by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John.  In his autobiography, Under A Hoodoo Moon, Dr. John describes the origins of the album in detail:

"Our second album was cut in late 1968—the year of the Tet offensive, and of the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.  It was a heavy time for me:  Not only was the Vietnam War raging in all its insanity, but, as a semioutlaw, I was being pursued by various kinds of heat across L.A.  In its lyrics and music, this album reflects these chaotic days.  At times hard-driving, at other times following a deliberately spacy, disorienting groove, Babylon was the band's attempt to say something about the times—and to do it with a few unusual musical time signatures.  The lead song, "Babylon", sets the tone.  To a 3/4 and 10/4 groove, it lays out my own sick-ass view of the world then—namely, that I felt our number was up.  We were trying to get into something...with visions of the end of the world—as if Hieronymus Bosch had cut an album."

Track listing

Personnel
 Dr. John – vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion
 Richard "Didimus" Washington – guitar, percussion
 Plas Johnson – saxophone
 Moe Bechamin – tenor saxophone
 Alvin Robinson – guitar
 Steve Mann – guitar
 Al Frazier – bass
 John Boudreaux – drums
 Ronnie Barron – organ
 Jessie Hill – backing vocals, percussion
 Shirley Goodman – backing vocals
 Tami Lynn – backing vocals
 John McAlister – quarter-tone piano, gongs, celesta
Technical
 Harold Battiste – producer, arranger
Stanislaw Zagorski - album design

References

1969 albums
Dr. John albums
Atco Records albums
Albums arranged by Harold Battiste
Albums produced by Harold Battiste
Albums recorded at Gold Star Studios
Rhythm and blues albums by American artists


Tomasz Karol Borkowy (born 17 September 1952, Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish actor, but has been working in the United Kingdom since the early 1980s. He often works under the name Tomek Bork and has had many film and television appearances.

He graduated from Theatre college in Kraków in 1977 and first came to the UK the following year, unable to speak English. Before this he had appeared in a number of Polish TV series and films. In 1980 he moved to the UK permanently to continue his career. Since then he has appeared in the films The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Murder on the Moon and Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy. Notable television appearances have included Doctor Who (The Curse of Fenric), The Bill, Love Hurts, Sleepers, Lovejoy and most recently, Doctors. He has also continued to work in Poland, where he is most well known for playing the lead role in the TV drama series, Dom (House) which ran for 7 series over 20 years (1980–2000). Borkowy has also starred in and produced a number of plays at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the past 18 years.

Borkowy now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland and southern Spain. He runs Universal Arts – an international agency and production company for performing arts, while still working as an actor.

Filmography

References

External links

Tomek Bork's Universal Arts' website
Translated Biography at Film Polski.pl

1952 births
Male actors from Warsaw
Living people
Polish male television actors
Polish male stage actors
20th-century Polish male actors
21st-century Polish male actors


GDI is a commercial facility services provider offering a range of services in Canada and the United States to owners and managers of a variety of facility types including office buildings, hotels, shopping centres, industrial facilities, healthcare establishments, distribution facilities, airports and other transportation facilities.

GDI's commercial facility services capabilities include commercial janitorial, installation, maintenance and repair of HVAC-R, mechanical and electrical systems, as well as other complementary services such as damage restoration and janitorial products manufacturing and distribution.

History

The company was founded in 1926 under the name Robertson Janitorial Ltd. In 1987, the company was sold to Jean-Louis Couturier and renamed Distinction Maintenance Service Inc. In 1989 he changed the company's name to Groupe Distinction Inc. so it could operate in both English- and French-speaking markets. In 1992, Groupe Distinction Inc. (now known as GDI) purchased Prestige Maintenance Company Inc. and Conciergerie Vertu.

On August 29, 2007, GDI entered into an arrangement agreement with Dacha Capital Inc. and 9184-0561 Québec Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dacha. The agreement took effect on November 12, 2007, resulting in the formation of Distinction Group Inc.  That same year, GDI was listed as a public company on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Onn Dec. 21, 2007, under the leadership of Claude Bigras, President & CEO, GDI announced that it purchased all outstanding shares of Omni Facility Services Canada Limited, creating a leading North American building services provider with a network of 17 fully staffed offices in Canada and 8000 employees.

In 2011, private equity fund and majority GDI owner Birch Hill Equity Partners IV, L.P. formed Clean Holdings in order to acquire a majority of GDI and privatize the company. The privatization was completed in 2012.

In May 2015, GDI returned to the public markets through a reverse merger with investment and advisory firm Medwell Capital Corp.

On July 24, 2015, GDI announced an agreement to acquire Ainsworth Inc., a Canadian company providing mechanical maintenance, HVACR, electrical, data transport cabling, and high-voltage services through 750 employees and 12 locations. The acquisition closed on November 12, 2015.

On November 2, 2016, GDI announced an agreement to acquire Direct Energy Business Services Limited, doing business under Airtron Canada. Airtron specializes in HVAC, building automation, and energy efficiency services. The acquisition enables GDI to provide remote facility monitoring, energy consumption management, equipment diagnostics and problem resolution, and real-time system performance data analytics.

References

External links
GDI home page

Companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange


The Sexteto Habanero was a Cuban son sextet founded in 1920 in Havana. It played an important part in the early history of the genre, contributing to its popularization all around Cuba. In 1927, the band incorporated a cornet player becoming the Septeto Habanero. Although most original members left in the 1930s, the band has continued to perform and record with different line-ups. Their last album was released in 2010 for their 90th anniversary.

History

Origins
In 1916, tres player and director Ricardo Martínez from Santiago de Cuba founded the Cuarteto Oriental together with Guillermo Castillo (botija), Gerardo Martínez (lead vocals and claves) and Felipe Neri Cabrera (maracas). In 1917, they left Oriente to record four tracks for Columbia Records in Havana. The songs are listed in a Columbia catalog for 1921, but are probably lost. However, the same group expanded to a sextet in 1918, with Castillo now on guitar, Antonio Bacallao on botija and Óscar Sotolongo on bongos. They renamed themselves Sexteto Típico Oriental. Meanwhile, members of the Victor record label decided to make son recordings at the Hotel Inglaterra in Havana, hiring musician Carlos Godínez to organize a band. Only two of the six recordings they made ("Mujer bandolera" and "Rosa, qué linda eres") have been issued on CD. Credited to Sexteto Habanero Godínez, these are the oldest known recordings in the sexteto format. According to Díaz Ayala, the band in these recordings featured Carlos Godínez (tres and director), María Teresa Vera (lead vocals and claves), Manuel Corona (guitar and second vocals), "Sinsonte" (third vocals and maracas), Alfredo Boloña (bongos) and a sixth musician, possibly Rafael Zequeira. In 1919, the discrepancies within the Sexteto Típico Oriental led to the departure of Ricardo Martínez, who was then replaced by Godínez. In 1920, the band renamed itself Sexteto Habanero.

Thus, the founding members of the Sexteto Habanero were Guillermo Castillo (guitar and director), Carlos Godínez (tres), Gerardo Martínez (lead vocals and claves), Antonio Bacallao (botija), Óscar Sotolongo (square bongó) and Felipe Neri Cabrera (maracas). The instrumental set-up is interesting, because they use some of the original instruments of the son, including the botija and a unique "square bongó".

1925 to 1931

The main set of recordings by the Sexteto Habanero were made between 1925 and 1931. The line-up in these recordings was modernized with respect to the original sextet, as the group appreciated that the double bass was a musically more suitable instrument than the botijuela, which was abandoned by them and most other son groups. By 1925 the band's line-up featured Gerardo Martínez as the new leader, also singing and playing double bass; Guillermo Castillo on guitar and vocals; Felipe Neri Cabrera on maracas and vocals; and two new members: Agustín Gutiérrez on bongó (replaced Sotolongo in 1923 and left in 1928), and Abelardo Barroso as lead vocalist and maraquero, both of whom would also play with the Habanero's rival band, Septeto Nacional. Rafael Hernández "El Picher" often replaced Barroso on lead vocals and maracas, while José Manuel Carriera Incharte "El Chino" (bongosero in the Nacional) possibly played instead of Agustín Gutiérrez in some sessions.

The group's recordings in the 1925 to 1931 era were made in New York City and originally released as 78 rpm singles, now available on LP and CD. The music is of high quality, considering the technical limitations of the time. The group won first prize in the Concurso de Sones in 1925 and 1926. On March 21, 1927, Enrique Hernández joined the Habanero on cornet, turning the sexteto into a septeto. Hernández was replaced by trumpeter Félix Chappottín in February 1928. Chappottín would remain with the band until 1930, when he was replaced by José Interián. The Habanero was one of the first septetos, preceded only by the Septeto Apolo (featuring pianist Orestes López) and Septeto Orquídea (featuring Chappottín). In October 1929, a performance of the Septeto was filmed in Ybor City, Florida, for the movie Hell Harbor. This footage, which features Óscar Sotolongo's son, Andrés Sotolongo, on bongos, ranks among the earliest pieces of film documenting son cubano.

Septeto Habanero and Conjunto Típico Habanero
Although de facto a septet since 1927, the band didn't release music as the Septeto Habanero until 1945. Due to the advent of conjuntos and big bands, the band remained largely inactive between 1931 and 1945, making recordings only in a session on September 17, 1940. In the early 1930s the band experienced important line-up changes, with Guillermo Castillo and Carlos Godínez leaving in 1934. The following year, director Gerardo Martínez left the band to form a new group, Conjunto Típico Habanero. Throughout the 1940s, the Conjunto Típico Habanero would remain linked to the Septeto Habanero, as Martínez made recordings with the Septeto in the mid 1940s (there were sessions in 1945, 1946 and 1948). After the death of Martínez in 1958, the Septeto Habanero incorporated a tumbadora, güiro and another trumpet under the direction of Manolo Furé (in the band since 1952), changing its name to Conjunto Típico Habanero.

Re-formation
In 1983, the Conjunto Típico Habanero reverted its name definitively to Septeto Habanero, still with Manolo Furé as lead singer and claves player. In 1995, the band recorded an album for its 75th anniversary entitled 75 Años después. The band was actually as octet (and remains so), featuring Manolo Furé (lead vocals, claves), Germán Pedro Ibáñez (guitar), José Antonio Pérez (vocals and maracas), Digno Marcelino Pérez (vocals and güiro), Felipe Ferrer (tres), Bárbaro Teuntor García (trumpet), Faustino Sánchez Illa (electric bass) and Ricardo Ferro Vicente (bongos).

After the death of Furé, guitarist and singer Germán Pedro "Pedrito" Ibáñez, who joined the band in 1962, became the director until his death in 2007. In November 1997, the band recorded Orgullo de los soneros, an album released by Lusafrica in 1998. The line-up in these recordings featured Germán Pedro Ibáñez (guitar and director), José Antonio Pérez (vocals and claves), Emilio Moret (vocals and güiro), Digno Marcelino Pérez (vocals and maracas), Felipe Ferrer (tres), Servando Arango (trumpet), Faustino Sánchez Illa (double bass) and Ricardo Ferro Vincente (bongos).  Their second album on Lusafrica, Celebrando sus 80 años, was released in March 2000 for the band's 80th anniversary with the same line-up.

In 2010, their 90th anniversary album 90 años: Orgullo de los soneros was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album. The album was recorded between February and March 2009 with the following line-up: Felipe Ferrer (tres and director), Juan A. Jústiz (vocals and güiro), José Antonio Pérez (vocals), Emilio Moret (vocals and maracas), Ernesto Laza (bongó and bell), Ibrahim Aties (baby bass), Digno Marcelino Pérez (vocals and claves), Gilberto Azcuy (trumpet) and Jaime Gracián (manager). The album was dedicated to Pedrito Ibáñez and Servando Arango "El Chino", who had recently died.

Discography
Studio albums
1990: La historia de son cubano: The Roots of Salsa, Volume II (LP, Folklyric): 16 recordings 1926–1931.
1991: Sexteto Habanero (CD, Tumbao Cuban Classics): 14 recordings 1924–1927.
1992: Las raíces del son (CD, Tumbao Cuban Classics): 24 recordings 1925–1931.
1995: 75 Años después (CD, Corazón): 11 new recordings.
1998: Orgullo de los soneros (CD, Lusafrica): 13 new recordings.
1999: Grabaciones completas (CD, Tumbao Cuban Classics): 98 recordings 1925–1931.
2000: Celebrando sus 80 años (CD, Lusafrica): 13 new recordings.
2010: 90 años: Orgullo de los soneros (CD, Colibrí): 13 new recordings.

See also
Early Cuban bands
Septeto Nacional

References

Cuban musical groups
Musical groups established in 1920
Son cubano groups
Sextets


Alexander I Palace in Taganrog is a one-story stone building in Russian classicism style on Grecheskaya Street, 40 where Russian emperor Alexander I died in 1825.

The mansion was built in 1806 and belonged to different owners. The most significant of them was the Governor of Taganrog Pyotr Papkov. Emperor Alexander I of Russia stayed there twice – in 1818 and 1825. After his death the building was bought by his widow empress consort Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden) and the first memorial museum in Russia dedicated to the Emperor was established there. Among the visitors to the palace of Alexander I were the Russian emperors Alexander II of Russia and Alexander III, poets Alexander Pushkin and Vasily Zhukovsky, artist Ivan Aivazovsky, People’s commissar of enlightenment Anatoly Lunacharsky, and many others.

For 12 years beginning in 1864 an amateur choir conducted by Pavel Chekhov (Anton Chekhov's father) sang in the Church of Exaltation of the Cross, which was established within the mansion to honor the emperor. At the end of 1860s – beginning of 1870s Alexander, Nicolas and Anton Chekhov sang there in choral parts of descant and alto. In 1928 the memorial museum was closed and some of the exhibits were moved into the Alferaki Palace.

The building of the Palace of Alexander I houses a children’s sanatorium called “Beryozka”.

Gallery

References
 Taganrog Encyclopedia (Энциклопедия Таганрога), 2nd edition, Taganrog, 2003

Buildings and structures in Taganrog
Houses completed in 1806
Palaces in Russia
Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Rostov Oblast
Cultural heritage monuments in Taganrog


Pterygioteuthis microlampas is a species of squid in the family Pyroteuthidae. They occur from northern New Zealand oceans to the Hawaiian Islands, but they do not overlap with the species P. gemmata, which lives in more southern waters. While there are numerous similarities between these two species, they are separated by the smaller mature size of P. microlampas (maximum mantle length of 23 mm) and the fewer number of hooks on males. The species reproduce sexually during the late autumn to early winter, producing eggs with a diameter of 0.9 mm.

References

External links
Tree of Life web project: Pterygioteuthis microlampas
Luminescent Flashing in the Midwater Squids Pterygioteuthis microlampas and P. giardi

Squid
Molluscs described in 1913
Taxa named by Samuel Stillman Berry


The Abbey of Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre (; ) is a former Breton monastery, whose ruins are found in the territory of what is now the commune of Plougonvelin on Pointe Saint-Mathieu (Breton: Beg Lokmazhe), in the département of Finistère. The Abbey gives the cape its name. It was dedicated to Saint Matthew the Evangelist, whose skull it housed. It was a Benedictine abbey, and was revived and reformed by the Maurists in the mid-17th century.

History

According to legend the first abbey here was founded in the 6th century by Saint Tanguy, chosen for its isolated location among the lands he had inherited, extending from the river of Caprel (haven of Brest) to Penn ar Bed. This allowed the Abbey to be generally cut off from the world but still traversable via being close to the sea.

References

Bibliography

All  unless otherwise noted.
 Dom Yves Chaussy, L'abbaye de Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, Esquisse de son histoire, Bulletin de la Société Archéologique du Finistère, t. CXXII, 1993.
 Y. Chevillotte, Recueil de textes sur l'abbaye de Saint-Mathieu de Fin-de-Terre, Bulletin de l'association Histoires et choses d'autrefois à Plougonvelin, fascicule 17, 1997.
 M-C Cloitre, L'abbaye retrouvée, in Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque, Bannalec, 1995.
 R. Daniel, La mort de l'abbaye bénédictine de Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, Bulletin de la Société Archéologique du Finistère, t. XCII, 1964.
 J-Y Eveillard, La pointe Saint-Mathieu, in Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque, Bannalec, 1995.
 H. Guillotel, Les vicomtes de Léon sont-ils les fondateurs de l'abbaye de Saint-Mathieu ?, in Saint Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque, Bannalec, 1995.
 R. Largillière, Les saints dans l'organisation chrétienne primitive dans l'Armorique bretonne, Crozon, 1995
 G. Le Duc, La Translation de saint Mathieu, in Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque, Bannalec, 1995.
 M. Le Goffic, Du probable agrandissement du collatéral sud de l'abbatiale au XIIIe siècle, in Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque, Bannalec, 1995.
 B. Merdrignac, Les Navigations fabuleuses dans les Vies des saints bretons, in Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque, Bannalec, 1995.
 F. Roudaut, L'abbaye de Saint-Mathieu, de l'introduction de la Réforme mauriste (1656) à la Révolution, in Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque, Bannalec, 1995.
 R. Sanquer, Plougonvelin, Abbaye de Saint-Mathieu, Bulletin de la Société archéologique du Finistère, tome CI, 1973.
 B. Tanguy, Saint-Mathieu, le haut Moyen Âge : légende et histoire, in Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque, Bannalec, 1995.
 A. Villecroux, La "Navigation" des moines de Saint-Mathieu, in Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre, actes du colloque, Bannalec, 1995.

Buildings and structures in Finistère
Benedictine monasteries in France
Ruins in Brittany
Tourist attractions in Finistère
Monuments historiques of Finistère


Saint Tanguy of Locmazhé, or Sant Tangi in Breton,  († 594) was a Breton monk from Gerber (Le Relecq). He founded the abbaye de Saint Matthieu at Le Conquet and is buried at Locmazhé (Finistère). Saint Tanguy is celebrated on 19 November, the day after the festival of his sister Aude de Trémazan, or on 12 March, the same day as the festival of his spiritual father, Saint Pol Aurélien.

References

Medieval Breton saints
594 deaths
Year of birth unknown
French Christian monks
6th-century Breton people
6th-century Christian monks


Frog () is a character in a series of children's picture books created by Dutch author and illustrator Max Velthuijs.

The first Frog title in English was published in 1989, entitled Frog In Love, translated by Klaus Flugge for Andersen Press. Frog books have been translated into more than 50 languages. So far eight titles have been translated from Dutch to English.

In the Netherlands Frog is known as Kikker and has become a well-known and loved book character. Together with his friends Pig, Duck and Hare, Frog lives in an anthropomorphic animal world. He observes daily events from a childlike perspective, offering children insight into social interactions. In Frog's world, there is no status. All the animals are the same size, which gives them absolute equality. Every animal has its own personality and skills. Frog and his friends enjoy life and deal with real life issues, such as fear, love, sadness, and loss, making these difficult subjects and emotions more understandable for children. At the end of each book, there's always a positive solution for the dilemma's the animals face.

In Britain Frog Is A Hero was included in the National Curriculum.

Velthuijs received the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2004 for the illustrations of his own Frog books.

When Max Velthuijs died in January 2005, Carmen Diana Dearden said: ‘like in Frog and the Birdsong, “all his life he sang beautifully for us,” and he will always sing his lovely songs through his books.’

References

Book series introduced in 1989
Books about frogs
Children's books about friendship
Dutch children's books
Dutch picture books
Series of children's books
Fictional frogs


Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the "Lammys") are awarded yearly by the United States-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works that celebrate or explore LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) themes. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the official year of the award; the presentation ceremony is held a year later. The Lambda Literary Foundation states that its mission is "to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians - the whole literary community."

Since their inception in 1989, awards have been given in various categories in fiction and non-fiction. The category for speculative fiction works has changed several times; from science fiction and mystery, to science fiction and fantasy, and finally to LGBT Sci-Fi, fantasy and horror.

Eligibility guidelines
To be eligible for the award, texts must meet the following requirements:

 The book must have been published for the first time in the United States in the previous calendar year between January 1 and December 31.
 The book must be published in English; translations are accepted.
 Self-published books are eligible, though book published on social media platforms (e.g., blogs or Wattpad) are not. If a book formerly published on such platforms is formally published, it is then eligible.

As with other Lambda Literary Awards, the books nominated for the Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror are judged based on literary merit. As such, the gender and/or sexual identity doesn't matter. Furthermore, authors may be in any stage of their career to be eligible for this award.

This category is awarded books that qualify as science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related genres and is open to submissions in the form of novels, novellas, and short stories collections.

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the book's release; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Entries with a yellow background have won the relevant award; those with a white background are the nominees.  Categories are abbreviated, the official category titles are presented in the key.

Key

Recipients
Multi-time winners of the award include Melissa Scott (4), Nicola Griffith (3), Jim Grimsley (2), and Stephen Pagel (2). Nicola Griffith holds the record for most nominations (6), and Perry Brass has the most nominations without winning (4).

Notes
 Also jointly won Gay Men's Small Press Book Award. Also nominated for Gay Men's Mystery. Also jointly won Lesbian Fiction. Also won Lesbian fiction. Also nominated for Drama. Also nominated for Gay Men's Mystery. Also nominated for Gay Men's Anthology-Fiction. Also nominated for Gay Men's Anthology-Fiction. Also nominated for Gay Fiction.

See also

Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
Homosexuality in speculative fiction
Sex and sexuality in speculative fiction

References

External links
Lambda Literary Foundation

Fantasy awards
Horror fiction awards
Science Fiction
LGBT speculative fiction
Lists of LGBT-related award winners and nominees
Lists of speculative fiction-related award winners and nominees
Science fiction awards
English-language literary awards


Grabber may refer to:

 Frame grabber, an electronic device
 Gibson Grabber, a bass guitar
 Grabber arm, a handheld tool
 Grabbers, a monster film
 Jane the Grabber, an American underground figure


Notton and Royston railway station was a railway station that served the village of Royston, South Yorkshire, England. It was situated on the Barnsley Coal Railway between Staincross and Mapplewell and Ryhill.

The first section of the line to open was that from Stairfoot to Applehaigh (just north of Notton and Royston station) in 1870 so that Rosa Colliery could be served. The station opened, along with two others on the line, on 1 September 1882, and was closed to passengers by the LNER on 22 September 1930.

It had flanking platforms and simple buildings to house all the facilities constructed in wood.

References

 Dow, George. "Great Central" Vol 2. (Dominion of Watkin)(1962), Loco. Publishing Co., London.

External links
 Notton and Royston station on navigable O. S. map

Disused railway stations in Barnsley
Former Great Central Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930


The following is a list of churches in Gloucestershire, England.

Gloucester
Catholic
St Peter's Church, Gloucester
English Martyrs RC Church
Church of England
St Barnabas Church, Gloucester
St Georges Church, Gloucester
St James Church, Quedgeley
St Nicholas Church, Hardwicke
St Paul and St Stephen's Church, Gloucester
St Owen's Church, Gloucester

Other:
One Church Gloucester, Banbury Road - Pentecostal
Gloucester Pentecostal Church, Matson, GL46LA

Cheltenham

Church of England parish churches
(Diocese of Gloucester) (not a complete list)
Cheltenham Minster (previously St Mary's) — the original church of the town and the only surviving medieval building.
St Philip and St James Church, Leckhampton (liberal) — part of the South Cheltenham mission area.
Trinity Church (evangelical) — one of the largest Anglican congregations outside London.
 St Matthew's - Clarence St.
 Christ Church - Christchurch
 St Mark's - St. Marks
 All Saints - Pittville Circus
 St Luke's - Sanford
 St Peter's - The Moors
 St Paul's - St. Pauls
 St Andrew's - Montpellier
 St Christopher's - Warden Hill
 St Nicolas' - Wymans Brook
 St Stephen's - Tivoli
 St Mary's - Prestbury
 Holy Apostles - Charlton Park
 St Peter's - Leckhampton
 St Lawrence - Swindon Village

Other denominations
St. Gregory's Church, Cheltenham - RC
 Sacred Hearts - RC, Charlton Kings
 Thomas More's - Hesters Way
 St. Mark's - Methodist
 Bethesda - Montpelier
 Charlton Kings Baptist - Baptist
Gloucester Pentecostal Church-Malayalam

Tewkesbury
 Tewkesbury Abbey

Cirencester
Church of St. John the Baptist, Cirencester

Stroud
The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church - RC

References

Gloucestershire
Churches


Hollywood Be Thy Name is a live album by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. It was produced by producer Bob Ezrin. The recording venue, Willie Purple's Niteclub, was in reality Cherokee Recording Studios with a live audience.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians
 Dr. John – keyboards, vocals
 Ronnie Barron – keyboards, vocals on "Will The Circle Be Broken"
 Steve Hunter – guitar
 Kenny Ascher – keyboards
 Johnny Badanjek – drums
 John Boudreaux – drums
 Tommy Vig – percussion
 Bob Ezrin – keyboards, vocals
 Julius Farmer – bass
 Alvin Robinson – guitar, vocals on "It's All Right With Me"
 James Herb Smith – guitar
 Tommy Bolin - guitar
 Clifford Solomon – tenor saxophone
 Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
 Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone
 Chauncey Welsch – trombone
 Warren Luening – trumpet
 Bobby Torres – conductor

The Creolettes
 Venetta Fields – backing vocals
 Robbie Montgomery – backing vocals
 Tammy Lann – backing vocals

Technical
 Bob Ezrin – producer, engineer, arranger
 Bruce Robb, Colonel Tubby, David Hines, Dee Robb, George Tutko – assistant engineers
 Jim Frank – mixing engineer
 Fred Wesley, Julius Farmer – horn arrangements
 Bob Cato – art direction, design
 Doug Metzler – artwork, photography
 Paul Ruscha – photography

References

Dr. John albums
Albums produced by Bob Ezrin
1975 live albums
United Artists Records live albums


The Soviet Union and some communist states have sponsored international terrorism on numerous occasions, especially during the Cold War. NATO and also the Italian, German and British governments saw violence in the form of "communist fighting organizations" as a serious threat.

State terrorism
While he denounced the terrorism which was employed by the Socialist Revolutionaries, Vladimir Lenin advocated the use of state terrorism since the earliest days of his political activities. At the third congress of the RSDLP in 1905, while he was discussing the revolution in Russia, he argued that mass terror needed to be used in order to prevent anti-revolutionary mutinies. Lenin had been influenced by the writings of radical revolutionary Sergey Nechayev and his manifesto which called for Jacobin style terror, saying that every communist revolutionary should read him. Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder and first director of the Cheka secret police is quoted as saying "We stand for organized terror - this should be frankly admitted. Terror is an absolute necessity during times of revolution. Our aim is to fight against the enemies of the Soviet Government and of the new order of life. We judge quickly. In most cases only a day passes between the apprehension of the criminal and his sentence. When confronted with evidence criminals in almost every case confess; and what argument can have greater weight than a criminal's own confession?"

Support of terrorist organizations
According to Soviet defector Grigori Besedovsky, the NKVD was directly coordinating a number of bombings in Poland as early as in the 1920s. The largest bombing, against Warsaw Citadel on 13 October 1923, destroyed a large military ammunition storage facility, killing 28 and wounding 89 Polish soldiers. Another bombing on 23 May 1923 at Warsaw University killed a number of people, including professor Roman Orzęcki. Further bombings happened in Częstochowa, Kraków and Białystok.

Soviet secret services have been described by GRU defectors Viktor Suvorov and Stanislav Lunev as "the primary instructors of terrorists worldwide." The terrorism was seen by Soviet leadership as the only way to reduce the imbalance between USSR military and economical power against the Western world. According to Ion Mihai Pacepa, KGB General Aleksandr Sakharovsky once said: "In today’s world, when nuclear arms have made military force obsolete, terrorism should become our main weapon." He also claimed that "airplane hijacking is my own invention" and that in 1969 alone, 82 planes were hijacked worldwide by the KGB-financed PLO.

After defeat of Soviet-controlled Arab states in the 1967 Six-Day war, Soviet Union started a widespread undercover campaign against Israel, involving propaganda as well as direct military support (funding, arms, training) to terrorist groups declaring Israel as their enemy. Additionally, the USSR took the decision to increase anti-Israeli sentiment by disseminating anti-Zionist propaganda and even referencing previous anti-Semitic tropes from Western culture, such as the Jewish-Freemason conspiracy theories. The overall goal of the campaign was to spread the idea that the state of Israel was an oppressive, imperialist state which was built on unjust terms, a feeling expressed in the Soviet-crafted UN General Assembly Resolution 3379. Meanwhile, the cause of the Palestinian people who had suffered mass displacement and deportation with the establishment of the state of Israel and the subsequent wars in the region was promoted and the USSR gave active support to certain Palestinian rebel groups whose primary method of struggle is characterised as terrorism, such as the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).

The leader of the PLO, Yasser Arafat, established close collaboration with the Romanian Securitate service and the Soviet KGB in the beginning of the 1970s. The secret training of PLO guerrillas was provided by the KGB. However, the main KGB activities and arms shipments were channeled through Wadie Haddad of the DFLP organization, who usually stayed in a KGB dacha (BARVIKHA-1) during his visits to the Soviet Union. Led by Carlos the Jackal, a group of PFLP fighters accomplished a spectacular raid on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries office in Vienna in 1975. Advance notice of this operation "was almost certainly" given to the KGB. Faisal al-Shammeri credits Soviet special services with sponsoring international terrorist organizations that emerged in Libya in 70-80's, Palestine Liberation Organization, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, as well as continuation of these policies after the fall of the USSR.

The Red Army Faction in Germany was supported by the Stasi, East Germany's security service. In 1978 part of the RAF group (Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Peter Boock, Rolf Wagner, Sieglinde Hoffmann) was hiding in a Służba Bezpieczeństwa (SB) safe house in the Mazury district in Poland, where they escaped through Yugoslavia. During the stay, they were training together with Arab operatives and also hiding from German police during an intensive search for the group's members in West Germany. Carlos the Jackal and other prominent terrorists, such as Abu Nidal, Abu Daoud and Abu Abbas, enjoyed protection at SB safe houses in Poland, especially in the 1980s. Communist Poland was also used as a transit country for money and weapon transfers for these organisations.

A number of notable operations have been conducted by the KGB to support international terrorists with weapons on the orders from the Soviet Communist Party, including:
 Transfer of machine-guns, automatic rifles, Walther pistols, and cartridges to the Official Irish Republican Army by the Soviet intelligence vessel Reduktor (operation SPLASH) in 1972 to fulfill a personal request for arms from Michael O'Riordan.
 Transfer of anti-tank grenade RPG-7 launchers, radio-controlled SNOP mines, pistols with silencers, machine guns, and other weaponry to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine through Wadi Haddad, who was recruited as a KGB agent in 1970 (operation VOSTOK, "East").

Cold War and terrorism

Large-scale sabotage operations may have been prepared by the KGB and GRU in case of war against the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, as alleged by intelligence historian Christopher Andrew in Mitrokhin Archive and in books by former GRU and SVR officers Victor Suvorov and Stanislav Lunev, and Kouzminov. Among the planned operations were the following:
Large arms caches were  hidden in many countries for the planned terrorist acts. They were booby-trapped with "Lightning" explosive devices. One of such cache, which was identified by Mitrokhin, exploded when Swiss authorities tried to remove it from woods near Bern. Several others caches (probably not equipped with the "Lightnings") were removed successfully.
Preparations for nuclear sabotage. Some of the hidden caches could contain portable tactical nuclear weapons known as RA-115 "suitcase bombs" prepared to assassinate US leaders in the event of war, according to GRU defector Stanislav Lunev. Lunev states that he had personally looked for hiding places for weapons caches in the Shenandoah Valley area and that "it is surprisingly easy to smuggle nuclear weapons into the US", either across the Mexican border or using a small transport missile that can slip in undetected when launched from a Russian airplane.
Extensive sabotage plans in London, Washington, Paris, Bonn, Rome, and other Western capitals were revealed by KGB defector Oleg Lyalin in 1971, including a plan to flood the London underground and deliver poison capsules to Whitehall. This disclosure triggered the mass expulsion of Russian spies from London.
FSLN leader Carlos Fonseca Amador was described as "a trusted agent" in KGB files. "Sandinista guerrillas formed the basis for a KGB sabotage and intelligence group established in 1966 on the Mexican US border".
Disruption of the power supply in all of New York State by KGB sabotage teams, which would be based along the Delaware River, in the Big Spring Park.
An "immensely detailed" plan to destroy "oil refineries and oil and gas pipelines across Canada from British Columbia to Montreal" (operation "Cedar") had been prepared, which took twelve years to complete.
A plan for sabotage of Hungry Horse Dam in Montana.
A detailed plan to destroy the port of New York (target GRANIT); the most vulnerable points of the port were marked on maps.

According to Lunev, a probable scenario in the event of war would be poisoning of the Potomac River with chemical or biological weapons, "targeting the residents of Washington, D.C." He also noted that it is "likely" that GRU operatives have placed already "poison supplies near the tributaries to major US reservoirs." This information was confirmed by Alexander Kouzminov, who was responsible for transporting dangerous pathogens from around the world for the Soviet program of biological weapons in the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s. He described a variety of biological terrorist acts that would be carried out on the order of the Russian President in the event of hostilities, including poisoning public drinking-water supplies and food processing plants. At the end of the 1980s, the Soviet Union "was the only country in the world that could start and win a global biological war, something we had already established that the West was not ready for," according to Kouzminov.

See also

Active measures
Left-wing terrorism
Communist terrorism
Iran and state-sponsored terrorism
Israel and state-sponsored terrorism
Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism
Poison laboratory of the Soviet secret services
Qatar and state-sponsored terrorism
Saudi Arabia–United States relations#Allegations of funding terrorism
State-sponsored terrorism#Soviet Union
Terrorism in Russia
United States and state-sponsored terrorism

References

Further reading

Soviet Union
Communist terrorism


Central pain syndrome, also known as central neuropathic pain, is a neurological condition consisting of constant moderate to severe pain due to damage to the central nervous system (CNS) which causes a sensitization of the pain system. The extent of pain and the areas affected are related to the cause of the injury.

Signs and symptoms
Pain can either be relegated to a specific part of the body or spread to the entire body. It is typically constant, and may be moderate to severe in intensity.  Those who are afflicted describe it as being stuck in a loop of pain. It is often made worse by touch, movement, emotions, barometric pressure and temperature changes, usually cold temperatures along with many other similar 'triggers'. Cold temperatures regularly make the burning pain worse in certain body parts. Burning pain is the most common sensation, but patients also report pins and needles, pressing, lacerating, aching, and extreme bursts or constant sharp or unremitting excruciating pain. Individuals may have reduced sensitivity to touch in the areas affected by the pain, as if the part is 'falling asleep'. The burning and loss of sense of touch are usually, but not always, most severe on the distant parts of the body, such as the feet or hands, spreading until it is in some cases felt from head to toe. Usually the burning pain in body parts is a result of old injuries that seem like they should have healed long ago, yet the pain lingers on and even years afterwards. For some patients with intense affliction, there often can be unremitting nausea, causing vomiting. The pain can also bring on hyperventilation. Blood pressure can rise due to the pain.

Cause
Damage to the CNS can be caused by car accidents, limb amputations, trauma, spinal cord injury, tumors, stroke,  immune system disorders or diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, Graves or Addison's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and epilepsy. It may develop months or years after injury or damage to the CNS.

Diagnosis
A diagnosis of central pain syndrome is based upon identification of characteristic symptoms, a detailed patient history, a thorough clinical evaluation and a variety of specialized tests. Central pain syndrome is suspected in individuals who complain of pain or other abnormal sensations following injury to the central nervous system. Other conditions that cause pain may need to be excluded before a diagnosis of central pain syndrome is made.

Treatment
Pain medications often provide some reduction of pain, but not complete relief of pain, for those affected by central pain syndrome. Tricyclic antidepressants such as nortriptyline or anticonvulsants such as neurontin (gabapentin) can be useful, but also provide incomplete relief. Lowering stress levels appears to reduce pain. For regular treatment some people prefer body length heating pads while others rely on warm baths.

Prognosis
Central pain syndrome is not a fatal disorder, but the syndrome causes disabling chronic pain and suffering among the majority of individuals who have it.

See also
 Thalamic syndrome

References

Further reading
Canavero S, & Bonicalzi V (2007) Central pain syndrome. New York: Cambridge university press  (1st ed)  (2011) new edition

External links

 USA National Institute of Neurological disorders and Stroke - Authoritative 4 paragraphs on central pain.

Chronic pain syndromes
Central nervous system disorders


Sir Henry Flemming Hibbert, 1st Baronet  (4 April 1850 – 15 November 1927) was a British Conservative politician.

Hibbert was chairman of the Technical Instruction Committee of the Lancashire County Council. He received the freedom and livery of the Plumbers′ Company in December 1902, and was awarded a knighthood in 1903.

He was elected the Member of Parliament for Chorley following the 1913 by-election and served until 1918. He became deputy lieutenant of the County of Lancaster in 1915. In 1919 he was created a baronet, of Chorley in the County of Lancashire, which became extinct on his death.

He died in 1927, aged 77, and was buried in Chorley cemetery.

Family
Hibbert had married Marion Theresa Reuss (5 March 1851 – 13 September 1942). Their son, Cyril, was killed in action during World War I.

References

External links

1850 births
1927 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1910–1918
Knights Bachelor
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Deputy Lieutenants


Wale  or WALE may refer to:

Places
Wale, Devon, a hamlet in England
Wale, Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, a village in Poland

People
Wale (surname)
Wale (rapper), stage name of American rapper Olubowale Victor Akintimehin

Radio and television stations
WALE-LD, a low-power television station (channel 16, virtual 17) licensed to serve Montgomery, Alabama, United States
WBHU 105.5 FM, a radio station licensed to St. Augustine Beach, Florida, United States, which held the call sign WALE in 2014
WALE (Rhode Island) 990 AM, a defunct radio station licensed to Providence and later Greenville, Rhode Island, United States that held the WALE callsign from 1989 until its deletion on April 1, 2014
WHTB 1440 AM, a radio station licensed to Fall River, Massachusetts that held the callsign WALE until 1989

Other uses
Wale (ship part), a plank around the outside of a ship
Wale (2018 film), a short film with Jamie Sives
Wale, welt or wheal, a type of skin lesion
Wale, a term used to express cord width for corduroy materials
HSwMS Wale, a Royal Swedish Navy destroyer

See also
Wales (disambiguation)
Whale (disambiguation)
Wail (disambiguation)
Wael, Arabic surname


Andersen Press is a British book publishing company. It was founded in 1976 by Klaus Flugge, and was named after Hans Christian Andersen "because it is easier to pronounce and spell than Flugge". Random House has a holding in the company and a strong association with Andersen.

The first book on the list was Goldilocks and the Three Bears by the then newly discovered Tony Ross, who wrote the popular children's series Little Princess. The Andersen list now consists of more than 1000 published titles, the majority of which are still in print.

Andersen Press specialises in picture books and children’s fiction, and the authors it publishes include Melvin Burgess, Max Velthuijs, Ralph Steadman, Quentin Blake, Jeanne Willis and Emma Chichester Clark. Perhaps the most well-known character on the list is Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, created by David McKee.

See also

 UK children's book publishers

References

Sources
 Andersen Company History

External links
 Official site

1976 establishments in the United Kingdom
Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Children's book publishers
Publishing companies established in 1976


Hudugaata () is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language film. It features Ganesh and Rekha Vedavyas in the lead roles. It is based on the 1934 American film It Happened One Night.

Plot
Priya Rao is the daughter of a Bangalore-based business tycoon, S. K. Ananth Rao. She is head-over-heels in love with tennis player Rahul, but Ananth Rao strongly disapproves of their courtship. One night, Priya escapes from her home and hops onto a bus to Kanyakumari to be with Rahul. Meanwhile, Ananth Rao, realizing his daughter has run away, dispatches private detectives to locate her.
Aboard the bus, Priya meets Balu Mahendar aka Balu, a loud-mouth journalist who has just secured a job as a sports reporter. He heads to Kanyakumari to interview Rahul and offers to help Priya in exchange for an exclusive story on her. Priya is forced to agree to his demands, as he threatens to let her father know of her whereabouts should she not comply. After both of them happen to miss the bus, Balu and Priya go through various adventures together and find themselves falling in love with one another.

Balu falls for Priya, but knows that financially he is in no shape to do so. Priya also falls for Balu and decides to go with him, but a misunderstanding leads her to believe that Balu was just looking for a story and not her love. She quits where she returns home and agrees to marry Rahul. However, Ananth Rao learns about Balu when he comes to him to take back his money, spent by Balu on Priya on his way to Kanyakumari. He realizes how Balu has taken care of Priya during the trip. Priya misunderstands Balu and believes that he might have arrived for the reward announced by Ananth Rao. Ananth Rao tells Priya that Balu is the right man for her and that he has not arrived for the reward. On the wedding day she realizes that Balu really loves her and then runs away from the marriage hall to Balu with her Ananth Rao's support.

Cast

Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Jassie Gift, marking his Kannada debut. The song "Mandakiniye" was the same composition as "Lajjavathiye" from the Malayalam film 4 the People. The song "Stylo Stylo" was the same composition as "Bomma Bomma" from the Malayalam film Shambhu. After the success of this film, Gift went on to do more Kannada films.

Reception
A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "If you want to see the film for Ganesh, then you will not be disappointed. But if you have seen the original, the film is sure to disappoint you". A critic from Sify wrote that "The redeeming features of this film are less characters, excellent cinematography and editing. On the downside there are few unwanted scenes which come as speed breakers".

References

External links

2007 films
Indian remakes of American films
2000s Kannada-language films


The 1947 Roussillon Grand Prix (formally the II Grand Prix du Roussillon) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Circuit des Platanes de Perpignan on 8 May 1947.

Entry list

Classification
In the first few laps, Georges Grignard, Philippe Étancelin, Jean Achard and Roger Loyer were involved in a four car accident with no injured but the abandon of Achard on his Delage D6 at lap 7.<ref>Motor Sport, XXIII n°6, June 1947, page 155.</ref> At lap 21, Jean-Pierre Wimille, second behind Sommer had engine trouble and retired. After a pole position and with the fastest lap, Raymond Sommer was still leading the race, but 14 laps from the end he retired. Eugène Chaboud won the race on Talbot-Lago T26, ex-Chiron 4.5l monoposto'' Darracq. Henri Louveau finish second just ahead of Yves Giraud-Cabantous.

Pole position: Raymond Sommer in 1:34.8
Fastest lap: Raymond Sommer in 1:34.2 (96.94 km/h).

References

Roussillon Grand Prix
Roussillon Grand Prix
Roussillon Grand Prix
Roussillon Grand Prix


Vincenzo Anastagi (died 1585) was an Italian Knight of Rhodes who participated in the Siege of Malta (1565).  He had joined the Knights two years before the siege.

Sallying with about a hundred cavalry from Mdina, he led a surprise cavalry charge against the poorly guarded Turkish camp on August 7, while the main Turkish force was engaged in an assault on Birgu and Senglea. The assault would have likely succeeded were it not for the intervention of Anastagi's cavalry that created a confusion in the Turkish rear.

In the words of a modern historian: "Malta survived on 7 August purely through Anastagi's lucky strike".

In 1585 he was nominated as Captain of the Galera Capitana, but then murdered by two fellow knights.
His final resting place is in Venice Italy.

His portrait was painted by El Greco sometime between 1571 and 1576.

References

Knights Hospitaller
1585 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Italian knights


This is a list of seasons completed by the Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team since its conception in 1912. The list documents season-by-season records, conference standings, NCAA appearances, and championships won.

Texas A&M belonged to the Southwest Conference from 1915–1995 before joining the Big 12 Conference in 1996. Texas A&M has competed in the Southeastern Conference since July 1, 2012. The team has 12 regular-season conference championships, 2 conference tournament championships, and 15 NCAA tournament appearances. They have no NCAA championships.

Season-by-season results

      National champion
      Postseason invitational champion

      Conference regular season champion
      Conference regular season and conference tournament champion

      Division regular season champion
      Division regular season and conference tournament champion

      Conference tournament champion

Notes

  Metcalf coached the first 19 games, going 9–10 and 2–3 in conference. Thornton finished the season, going 5–7 and 5–6 in conference.

References

Texas AandM Aggies
Texas AandM Aggies basketball


Felipe VI has received titles, decorations, and honorary appointments as monarch of Spain and before as heir apparent to the throne of Spain: his titles and styles are listed by precedence of rank, nobility, and honour.

Titles and styles

 30 January 19681 November 1977: His Royal Highness Infante Felipe of Spain
 1 November 197719 June 2014: His Royal Highness The Prince of Asturias
In former Crown of Aragon territories: 22 January 197719 June 2014: His Royal Highness The Prince of Girona
In former Kingdom of Navarre territory: 22 January 197719 June 2014: His Royal Highness The Prince of Viana
He was also the Duke of Montblanc, Count of Cervera and Lord of Balaguer from 1977 to 2014.
 19 June 2014present: His Majesty  The King of Spain

Honours

Spanish Honours
 :
 21st Grand Master and 1,182nd Knight of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece
 Grand Master and Knight of the Collar of the Order of Charles III
 De facto Sovereign of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa
 Grand Master of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
 Grand Master of the Order of Civil Merit
 Grand Master of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise
 Grand Master of the Order of St. Raymond of Peñafort
 Grand Master of the Order of Constitutional Merit
 Grand Master of the Royal and Military Order of St. Ferdinand
 Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross with White Decoration of the Order of Military Merit
 Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross with White Decoration of the Order of Naval Merit
 Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross with White Decoration of the Order of Aeronautical Merit
 Grand Master of the Royal Military Order of St. Hermenegild
 Grand Master of the Decoration of Merit of Civil Guards
 Grand Master of the Royal Military Order of Calatrava
 Grand Master of the Royal Military Order of Santiago
 Grand Master of the Royal Military Order of Alcántara
 Grand Master of the Royal Military Order of Montesa
 Plus Ultra Medal – INI.

Foreign honours
 :
 Recipient of the Order of Agostinho Neto (7 February 2023)
 :
 Grand Cross of the Order of May of Military Merit
 Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín
 :
 Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria
 :
 Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
 :
 Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross
 :
 Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit
 :
 Grand Collar of the Order of Boyaca
 :
 Collar of the Order of Christopher Columbus (24 April 1987)
 :
 Grand Cross of the National Order of San Lorenzo
 :
 Grand Cross with Gold Star of the Order of José Matías Delgado
 :
 Member 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
 :
 Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour
 :
 Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (17 October 2022)
 Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (11 November 2002)
 :
 Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
 :
 Grand Cross of the Order of Francisco Morazán
 :
 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
 :
  Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (25 October 2021)
 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (27 June 1996)
  Italian Royal Family:
  Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (27 May 2023)
 :
 Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
 :
 Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance
 :
 Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Three Stars
 :
 Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit
 :
 Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau
:
 Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (26 June 2015)
 Sash of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (25 January 1996)
:
Member Special Class of the Order of Muhammad
:
 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
 Recipient of the King Willem-Alexander Inauguration Medal
:
 Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav
:
 Grand Cross Extraordinary of the Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa
 :
 Grand Cross with Diamonds of the Order of the Sun of Peru (7 July 2015)
 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Service (12 November 2018)
:
 Grand Cross of the Order of Lakandula (3 December 2007)
 Grand Cross of the Order of Sikatuna (2 April 1995)
 :
 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (24 September 2003)
 :
 Grand Collar of the Order of the Tower and Sword (28 November 2016)
 Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword (25 September 2006)
 Grand Officer of the Order of the Tower and Sword (23 May 1996)
 Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (13 October 1988)
 Grand Cross of the Order of Aviz (22 April 1991)
 Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Liberty (15 April 2018)
:
 Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania (26 November 2007)
 :
 Collar of the Order of King Abdulaziz (15 January 2017)
 :
 Grand Gwanghwa Medal of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit (12 February 2007)
 Recipient of the Grand Order of Mugunghwa (15 June 2021)
 :
 Knight later Collar of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (17 December 1991; 24 November 2021)
 Recipient of the 50th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf (30 April 1996)
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 Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (17 October 1988)
 Stranger Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (12 July 2017)
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  Knight of the Collar of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (1 April 2022)
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization
 Serge Lazareff Prize (2 May 2018)

Honorific eponyms

Cáceres: Estadio Príncipe Felipe (Prince Felipe Stadium)
Oviedo: Auditorio-Palacio de Congresos de Oviedo Príncipe Felipe (Prince Felipe Auditorium and Congress Palace of Oviedo)
Valencia: Prince Felipe Museum of Sciences
Valencia: Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, CIPF (Prince Felipe Research Centre)
Zaragoza: Prince Felipe Arena
Spanish aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias (R-11) (Spanish aircraft carrier Prince of Asturias)

Washington, D.C.: Prince of Asturias Chair in Spanish Studies in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
 World Peace & Liberty Award
 New York City: Foreign Policy Association Medal

Other honours

Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore: Protocanon (ex officio) 19 June 2014present
Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura: Protocanon (ex officio) 19 June 2014present
  International Olympic Committee: Recipient of the Gold Olympic Order (18 December 2013)

Scholastic
Spanish Royal Academies
 Spanish Royal Academies Board: High Patron (ex officio) 19 June 2014present

Military Ranks

  28 May 19771 August 1985: Honorary soldier of the 1st King's Inmemorial Infantry Regiment
 1 August 19857 July 1986: Officer Cadet, Spanish Army
 7 July 19867 July 1989: Cadet 2nd Lieutenant, Spanish Army
 10 July 19867 July 1989: Midshipman, Spanish Navy
 10 July 19877 July 1989: Cadet 2nd Lieutenant, Spanish Air Force
 7 July 19891 December 2000: Lieutenant, Spanish Army
 7 July 19891 December 2000: Ensign, Spanish Navy
 7 July 19891 December 2000: Lieutenant, Spanish Air Force
 18 March 199626 June 1996: Qualified Helicopter Pilot, 402 Training Squadron, Spanish Air Force
 1 December 20003 July 2009: Commandant, Spanish Army
 1 December 20003 July 2009: Corvette Captain, Spanish Navy
 1 December 2000  3 July 2009: Commandant, Spanish Air Force
 3 July 200919 June 2014: Lieutenant Colonel, Spanish Army
 3 July 200919 June 2014: Frigate Captain, Spanish Navy
 3 July 200919 June 2014: Lieutenant Colonel, Spanish Air Force
 19 June 2014present: Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces

See also
 List of titles and honours of Queen Letizia of Spain
 List of titles and honours of Leonor, Princess of Asturias
 List of titles and honours of the Spanish Crown
 List of honours of the Spanish Royal Family by country

Notes

References

List of titles and honours of Felipe VI of Spain
Lists of titles by person of Spain
Spanish monarchy

Grand Masters of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain
Grand Masters of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Collars of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Knights of the Order of Alcántara
Grand Crosses of the Royal and Military Order of San Hermenegild
Knights of the Order of Montesa
Knights of Calatrava
Knights of Santiago
Grand Crosses of Military Merit
Grand Crosses of Naval Merit
Crosses of Aeronautical Merit

Grand Cordons of the Order of Merit (Lebanon)
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Grand Crosses of the Order of the Sun of Peru
Grand Crosses of the Order of Aviz
Grand Crosses of the Order of Christ (Portugal)
Grand Crosses of the Order of Lakandula
Grand Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)
Grand Crosses of the Order of the Star of Romania
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
Recipients of the Grand Decoration with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria
Grand Crosses of the Order of José Matías Delgado
Grand Crosses of the Order of Christopher Columbus
Grand Crosses with Diamonds of the Order of the Sun of Peru
Collars of the Order of the Liberator General San Martin
Extra Knights Companion of the Garter


The Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter is a rack mount sound module version of the Roland Jupiter-6 and the Roland Jupiter-8 synthesizers. It is an 8-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer that was manufactured by Roland between 1984 and 1987. It is the only one of the MKS series of synthesizers to have analogue voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) instead of analogue digitally-controlled oscillators (DCOs). The voice architecture is almost identical to the Jupiter-6 synthesizer. The service manual states that "The module board of MKS-80 features the following in addition to that of JP-6, its brother module. 1) HPF. 2) Low boost circuit in the 2nd VCA. 3) DC supply current boost circuit (IC50)." The unit is capable of producing most of the Jupiter-8's signature sounds, in addition to many sounds unique to the MKS-80.

In February 1985, Roland started producing a new revision of MKS-80, known as "Rev 5", with a new generation of both Roland VCO's, VCA's and filter. The Rev 5 filter was also used in JX-8P, JX-10 and MKS-70 synthesizers.

Features
The voice architecture of the MKS-80 is fully analog with 8 polyphonic voices with 2 voltage controlled oscillators (VCO) per voice, using the Curtis CEM3340 VCO integrated circuit. The unit also includes one voltage controlled filter (VCF) and one voltage controlled amplifier (VCA) per voice.

The MKS-80 has a 64 patch internal memory (8 banks of 8 patches each) along with an optional memory cartridge called the M-64C with room for another 128 (2 banks of 64 each). A full MIDI implementation is built into the MKS-80, with MIDI IN, OUT and THRU jacks positioned at the rear of the unit.

External programmer
The MPG-80 is the optional programmer designed specifically for the MKS-80, providing direct access to the majority of the MKS-80's features. The MPG-80 connects to the MKS-80 via the Controller port using a special cable. When used with an MPG-80, the MKS-80's MIDI IN port is not used in favor of the MIDI IN on the MPG-80.

Factory presets
The Factory Presets were created by Eric Persing and Dan Desousa

Notable users
 Andy Whitmore (Record Producer / Keyboard Player, London UK)
 Walter Afanasieff
 Blancmange
 John Carpenter
 Daft Punk
 Hans Zimmer
 Harold Faltermeyer
 Dave Grusin
 Herbie Hancock
 Klaus Schulze
 Tangerine Dream
 Madonna – bass in "Into The Groove", "La Isla Bonita", "Open Your Heart", "Who's That Girl"
 Vince Clarke
 Snap! (Luca Anzilotti a.k.a. John VIRGO Garrett III)
 Pet Shop Boys
 Enigma
 Michael Cretu
 Aphex Twin
 MSTRKRFT
 Talk Talk
 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
 Ulf Langheinrich
 Vangelis
 Mike Oldfield
 Ray Lynch

References

External links
 MKS-80's factory presets demo
 MKS-80 MP3s at www.babic.com
 Owner's manual
 Vintage Synth Explorer MKS-80 page
 MKS-80 Owner's site with numerous images

MKS-80
Analog synthesizers
Polyphonic synthesizers