Denis R Hall FRSE FIEEE FIEE FInstP is a professor of photonics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. In 2004 he was awarded the Association of Laser Users award for his contributions to the development of industrial lasers and their applications.

Education
Hall graduated in physics at the University of Manchester in 1965, and attained his MPhil in 1967 at London University for research in cell biology. He received a PhD in electrical engineering in 1971 from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, USA. He received an MBA degree at the Edinburgh Business School in 1996.

Academic work
In 1971, Hall was awarded a National Academy of Sciences Fellowship at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center where he worked on for space-based optical communication systems. He then moved to Avco Everett Research Laboratory in Boston, where he worked on electron beam laser technology and high pulse energy modelocked lasers, laser radar and atmospheric optical propagation.

Hall moved to the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment in 1976 working on lasers and infrared systems, before transferring to the University of Hullin 1979. At Hull he led the UK national project to design and construct the Satellite Laser Ranging Facility at Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux. At the same time Hall developed techniques for laser excitation using transverse radiofrequency discharges to produce a range of compact sealed  lasers for medical, industrial and laser radar applications.

Since 1987, Hall has been Professor of Photonics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, where his research interests have continued in laser device physics and applications. He has been concerned with the design of ultracompact high power waveguide lasers, exploiting concurrent research in RF discharge physics and planar optical waveguides to develop new laser concepts based on 2-D laser power scaling and novel laser resonators. Planar waveguide  lasers are now successful products manufactured by major international companies for applications in industry and medicine. More recently, the planar waveguide 'thin laser' concept has been extended to other gas lasers and to solid state lasers pumped by diode bars. This work, part of a general industrial orientation involving partnership in many industry/university collaborative research projects, has resulted in a series of new commercial laser devices and industrial laser-based systems. He has been involved in the creation of three successful start-up companies producing lasers and laser systems.

Awards
Hall is the recipient of the 2004 AILU award for his contribution to the development of industrial lasers and their applications, especially work on the technology of the RF-excited diffusion-cooled  laser.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the IEEE, the UK Institute of Physics, the IEE, and the Optical Society of America. He was Chairman of the UK Institute of Physics Quantum Electronics Group from 1990–93, and was also Chairman of the European Physical Society Quantum Electronics and Optics Division (1998-2000). Currently, he is Deputy Principal (Pro-Vice Chancellor) with special responsibility for Research at Heriot-Watt University, operating on a part-time basis in parallel with research activity as Professor of Photonics in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences. He is also Deputy Director of the Edinburgh Research Partnership between the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.

Sources
http://www.phy.hw.ac.uk/contacts/Denis%20Hall.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20110903124814/http://www.ailu.org.uk/association/awards_and_prizes/ailu_awards/award/2004_denis_hall.html

British physicists
Laser researchers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Academics of Heriot-Watt University
Alumni of the University of Manchester
Case Western Reserve University alumni
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Academics of the University of Hull
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Fellows of the Institute of Physics
Fellows of Optica (society)


The 1998 BMW Open was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tennis tournament held in Munich, Germany. The tournament was held from 27 April to 4 May 1998. Seventh-seeded Thomas Enqvist won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

 Thomas Enqvist defeated  Andre Agassi 6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–3
 It was Enqvist's 2nd title of the year and the 14th of his career.

Doubles

 Todd Woodbridge /  Mark Woodforde defeated  Joshua Eagle /  Andrew Florent 6–0, 6–3
 It was Woodbridge's 4th title of the year and the 57th of his career. It was Woodforde's 4th title of the year and the 60th of his career.

References

External links
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – tournament profile

BMW Open
Bavarian International Tennis Championships
BMW Open
BMW Open


The Overeater (original title: L'Outremangeur) is a 2003 French-language film directed by Thierry Binisti and starring former footballer Éric Cantona.

Plot introduction
Superintendent Richard Selena of Marseille Police, is a compulsive overeater. Obese and awkward, he looks like an ogre. The opening credits overlay a scene of childhood attachment, ending with a young girl being led away. We learn that memories of his girlfriend's death still haunt him. After a heart attack, doctors give him one year to live. As well as being traumatised by the childhood incident and feeling responsible for her death, he falls in love with a murder suspect, Elsa played by Rachida Brakni.

Fascinated by the young and beautiful Elsa whom Richard knows is guilty of murdering her uncle, Victor Lachaume, a leading ship owner of the port, he decides to play a game. He makes a proposition: that he will keep silent about his knowledge on condition that she comes to dine at his place every evening for that one year. Elsa accepts this ritual in spite of the perversity of the proposal.

Cast
 Eric Cantona : Superintendent Séléna
 Rachida Brakni : Elsa
 Jocelyn Quivrin : Marc Brisset
 Richard Bohringer : Emile Lachaume
 Caroline Sihol : Anne Lachaume

Production details
 music by Nicolas Errèra
This crime drama was made in 2003 in France and is 95 minutes long with English subtitles.

References

2003 films
2000s French-language films
2003 crime drama films
Police detective films
Films based on French comics
Live-action films based on comics
Fratricide in fiction
French crime drama films
2000s French films


The Legend of Bruce Lee (Chinese: 李小龍傳奇) is a 2008 Chinese biographical television series based on the life story of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. The 50-episode series was produced and broadcast by CCTV and began airing on October 12, 2008. It was intended to promote Chinese culture alongside the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

It stars Hong Kong actor Danny Chan as Bruce Lee and American actress Michelle Lang as Lee's wife, Linda Lee Cadwell. The production period spanned nine months, with filming taking place in China, Hong Kong, Macau, the United States, Italy, and Thailand, and with a budget of 50 million yuan (US$7.3 million).

Lee's daughter, Shannon Lee, is credited as executive producer of the series. Other martial artists such as Mark Dacascos, Ray Park, Gary Daniels, Ernest Miller, and Michael Jai White are also featured in the series, playing the roles of martial artists prominent throughout Bruce Lee's life and career.

The Legend of Bruce Lee has seen increasing viewership since its debut in 2008. The first 14 episodes broke China's former record held by Chuang Guan Dong. According to the CSM survey held on 26 October 2008, the first 30 episodes of the series received viewership ratings above 10.35%. The finale episode attained a viewership rating of 14.87%, breaking CCTV's all-time high record set in 2003.

The Legend of Bruce Lee has been watched by over  viewers in China, making it the most-watched Chinese television drama series of all time, as of 2017.

Plot

Part One: High School Years in Hong Kong
Bruce Lee (Li Xiao Long) is a high school student in a school with mostly British students, with the Chinese students like him belonging in the minority. Bruce notices to his dismay that there was a subtle discrimination against his race in the school, which urges him to excel in order to prove that Chinese people are also competent and talented. Along with his childhood friend Qin Xiao Man, Bruce participates in a cha-cha competition and wins, much to the annoyance of his British schoolmate Blair Lewis. This competition, in addition to Blair's evident dislike of the Chinese, creates tension between the two, leading to a number of physical fights.

Bruce's previous run-ins with Blair had made him want to learn martial arts. He talks to Uncle Shao about this, and Uncle Shao is reluctant at first but relents to teaching Bruce some fighting techniques. Uncle Shao then also convinces Bruce's parents to have Bruce be taught martial arts by a kung fu master. Bruce meets Yellow Brat, a servant and student of Wang Yunsheng's Kung Fu Center, who he fights and loses to. Bruce's father helps him get admitted to Master Ye's Wing Chun Academy and Bruce begins his training with Master Ye.

The bitter rivalry between Blair Lewis and Bruce Lee worsened when Bruce joined the school boxing team, whose ace boxer was Blair. The two participate in the school boxing competition, and Blair loses to Bruce. Blair then realizes that unlike him, Bruce had a good chance of winning the boxing championship. He decides to help Bruce by teaching him about the three-time champion David Cafeld. This marks the end of the enmity between the two and the start of a friendship that they maintain for many years after. In the boxing championship, Bruce applies the Wing Chun techniques he has learned from Master Ye and beats David Cafeld.

Now adept at fighting, Bruce uses his skills to protect the businessmen in his neighborhood from the extortions of Wang Li Chao's gang. This angers Wang Li Chao, and he orders Ah Liang to kill Bruce. Ah Liang crashes into Bruce's bike with a motorcycle. Bruce survives the crash but goes into a coma. This incident prompts Bruce's parents to send him to America, realizing that staying in Hong Kong will inevitably lead to his death.
Fearing that the attempt on Bruce's life will be traced back to his gang, Wang Li Chao orders Yellow Brat to kill Ah Liang. Meanwhile, Bruce goes to America with Uncle Shao.

Part Two: Late Adolescence in America
Bruce spends the first few weeks living at Uncle Shao's house in San Francisco. Uncle Shao then tells Bruce that he must leave Uncle Shao and have a better life. Bruce accuses Uncle Shao of getting rid of him, but he does as Uncle Shao says and leaves. He meets Jesse, an African American cab driver who cheats Bruce out of some money, but later on becomes a friend and loyal follower after Bruce saves him from some thugs.
Bruce arrives at the restaurant of Ms. Ruby, a fellow Chinese and a friend of Uncle Shao's. Ms. Ruby lets Bruce live in the basement of her restaurant, and employs him as a helper and dish washer. He later quits his job in order to go to school. He enrolls at Edison Technical School, and, with the help of Jesse, was able to rent a small room and get a job of delivering papers. At the school, he meets Arroyo, and the two briefly engage in a romantic relationship. At his school's program, Bruce challenges the karate team with his Chinese Kung Fu. He angers the karate team, and they challenge him to a formal battle. Bruce agrees to fight, but only if Master Kimura, the karate expert of Seattle, will be the one to fight him and if reporters will cover the event. Kimura assents to this. He and Bruce fight, and Bruce defeats him in an astonishing eleven seconds. This makes Kimura question his beliefs about martial arts and become fascinated with Bruce's Kung Fu that he asks to be taught more about it. Bruce declines, but Kimura's persistence soon wears him down and Bruce grudgingly accepts Kimura as his student.
This action of Kimura angers the Karate community. He refuses to quit learning from Bruce, and he is soon considered an outcast. Kimura becomes one of Bruce's closest friends, and they also maintain a student-teacher relationship for many years. Bruce soon shares with Kimura the secret of his Kung Fu, which is actually a mixture of moves from Wing Chun, Boxing, and even from cha-cha. This peculiar style of Bruce stems from his belief that martial arts should be practical and usable in actual combat. He therefore often takes moves from a particular style and adapts them into his own.

Part Three: College Years and Opening a Kung Fu School
Bruce passes the entrance exam at the University of Washington. Unsure of what he should major in, he asks for the advice of Professor Kane. After a lengthy discussion, Bruce decides on taking up philosophy. Bruce later applies many of what he learns at school to his martial arts. He takes a particular interest in the philosophy of Yin Yang. He also starts to teach Kung Fu for free to his schoolmates.

Kimura talks to him about opening a Chinese Kung Fu school. Bruce confesses that while it is his dream to open one, he cannot afford it. Kimura then volunteers to sell his dojo and use the money to help Bruce, but Bruce refuses, saying that he does not want to be indebted to Kimura that way. Kimura sells the dojo anyway. Bruce is enraged at first, but soon accepts Kimura's help, vowing to repay him someday.

Arroyo urges Bruce to come to the Philippines with her, where they can share a life of comfort together. Bruce tells her that he does not want to leave America because of his dream of becoming a Kung Fu master and philosopher. Arroyo expresses her dislike for Kung Fu. Bruce breaks up with her, knowing that she will never understand his passion.
He then meets Linda Emery. The two start dating, and Bruce tells Linda about his dreams. She begins to share his enthusiasm with Kung Fu and even starts to take some Kung Fu lessons from Bruce.

Kimura and Bruce rent a basement for the Kung Fu school, but Linda advises them to delay the opening in order to participate in the Asian Cultural Festival, an event which she believed will serve as a good way to promote the opening of the school. Bruce agrees to this. Their promotion was going well until Bruce was challenged and defeated by Yamamoto, a 6-dan karate master who held a grudge on Bruce for speaking low of karate. Bruce demands a rematch and loses again, but he refuses to stop challenging Yamamoto.

Blair makes a reappearance in Bruce's life. He also enrolls at Bruce's school and becomes a great help to Bruce's improvement by urging his friend Professor Dan Inosanto, a Fil-Am expert on martial arts techniques, to meet with Bruce. Inosanto becomes one of Bruce's closest friends as well as his occasional advisor on martial arts. Wally Jay, a jujitsu master, piques Bruce's interest. He challenges Wally Jay in order to learn more about jujitsu techniques. At the end of the match, it was apparent that Bruce will win, but he chooses to let the duel in a draw so that Wally Jay may keep his prestige. This earns him respect from Wally Jay and the two exchange knowledge on martial arts.

Believing that only in fighting various martial arts masters can he improve his style, Bruce posts a sign at the gate of his school containing a brazen statement of challenge, "No matter the time, place or person, if I am challenged, I'll be there. –Bruce Lee." His display of arrogance angers the martial arts community and they send Yamamoto to defeat Bruce once and for all. However, now equipped with new techniques from jujitsu and wise advice from Inosanto, Bruce defeats Yamamoto.

Yamamoto finally agrees to teach Bruce some of his own karate in exchange for lessons on Bruce's Kung Fu. Bruce teaches everything he knew to Yamamoto, even if he knew that the former wasn't doing the same. This trade was actually a ruse on Yamamoto's part, which allowed another martial artist named Ed Parker to learn all of Bruce's moves. Ed Parker then fights Bruce and uses Bruce's Thrusting Punch to defeat him. Bruce ends up in a hospital due to his injuries. Ed Parker feels guilty for this afterward, realizing that what he did was dishonorable. He visits Bruce in the hospital and formally apologizes. Ed also gives his 20 years' worth of notes on karate to Bruce, which Bruce gladly uses to expand on his martial arts theories.

Linda's mother meets Bruce, and it is clear that she dislikes him. She asks Linda to break up with Bruce, but Linda refuses and leaves their home. Her mother suffers a heart attack. Bruce urges Linda to visit her mother despite their differences. He goes with Linda to the hospital and wins Linda's mother's approval.

Bruce takes part in the California Karate Competition and defeats the three-time champion, Hoffman. After the match, Hoffman approaches Bruce and they teach each other. Hoffman also talks to Bruce about moving his Kung Fu school to Oakland, where Hoffman thinks it will gain more students and attention. Bruce agrees and decides to go to Oakland immediately, to the dismay of his friends. He drops out of college and bids goodbye to Professor Kane. Linda becomes furious with him for not discussing this with her. Bruce asks her to marry him but Linda refuses. Their quarrel ends the next day when Linda realizes how much she loves Bruce and agrees to marry him. Bruce sets up their marriage at once. They have an outdoor wedding, attended by their closest friends and Linda's mother. Linda also decides to leave school. She soon gets pregnant with their first child, Brandon.

Part Four: Oakland
Bruce buys a house for him and Linda and opens a bigger Kung Fu school with the help of his friends Jesse, Kimura and Uncle Shao. The rent, however, was too expensive for Bruce, so Uncle Shao decides to lend him the money.

Meanwhile, the kung fu masters in America become enraged with Bruce for putting up a martial arts school without approaching Master Wang, the president of the Chinese Martial Arts Association in California. On top of this, Bruce also teaches many non-Chinese students, which is strictly prohibited among the Chinese. The masters challenge Bruce to an official match against Yellow Brat. Should he lose, Bruce is either to close down his school or to stop teaching non-Chinese people. But should he win, Bruce will be allowed to continue running his school whichever way he wanted. The two fight fiercely against each other, but the battle is interrupted when Linda unexpectedly goes into labor. The match is stopped, and Yellow Brat allows Bruce 15 days before they will have to fight again.

Bruce goes home to Hong Kong after receiving the grim news that his father has died. He returns to America for his match with Yellow Brat. Master Wang, seeing how the match was going to inevitably end, declares Bruce the winner. This enrages Yellow Brat, and in a fit of fury, strikes Bruce on the back with a large piece of wood. This seriously injures Bruce and paralyzes him from the waist down. He is told by his doctors that he may never walk again, let alone practice martial arts. Horrified by this news, Bruce becomes depressed and withdrawn, claiming that he would rather die than not be able to practice his Kung Fu. However, stern and encouraging words from Linda makes him become determined to walk again even while knowing it would take a miracle for him to heal. Master Wang visits Bruce along with the other Kung Fu masters. Together, they all apologize for what Yellow Brat did and knelt down to beg for Bruce's forgiveness. Bruce bids them all to rise, saying that instead of fighting amongst themselves, the Chinese must stand united. His words earned him profound respect from the masters, especially from Wang.

His paraplegia confines Bruce to a wheelchair. Unable to teach anymore, he ordered his friends to close down the school, and they reluctantly oblige. With Linda's help, Bruce writes a book about his martial arts theories. Linda decides to bring Brandon home, who had been staying with her mother since Bruce injured his back. She makes Brandon stand on his own and tells him to walk to Bruce. To Bruce's horror, Brandon starts falling. Fueled by fear for his son, Bruce reflexively reaches for Brandon, and, to his and Linda's surprise, was able to stand up.
Bruce slowly regains his strength and starts training again. Together with Uncle Shao and Kimura, he decides to call his style "Jeet Kune Do". They reopen the Kung Fu school, and the news of Bruce's miraculous recovery entices many people to become his students. Bruce also decides to join the Karate national championship. Inosanto tells him that Bruce's only true rivals in the competition are Rolex, the defending champion and Piao Zhengyi, a taekwondo genius. Knowing that Bruce's current skills will not be enough to defeat Rolex, Inosanto advises Bruce to spar with Piao and exchange techniques with him. Rolex, on the other hand, was helped by Ed Parker, Yamamoto and Wally Jay.

The two finally meet in the championship match. As Bruce and Rolex are almost evenly skilled, the fight was difficult for them both. Rolex proved to be a formidable opponent, but Bruce prevails in the end. Bruce's fame in the world of martial arts piques the interest of George, a Hollywood producer. He talks to Bruce about making a movie featuring Bruce and his Jeet Kune Do. Bruce is delighted at the notion, for he feels that it was time to change the rather ludicrous portrayals of his people in movies. He saw movies as the medium through which the world would change their impressions of the Chinese.

Part Five: Hollywood
Bruce decides to pursue Hollywood. In order to do so, he leaves Oakland and moves to Los Angeles with Linda and Brandon. He also decides to leave the Kung Fu school to Kimura and Uncle Shao.

George, Bruce and the screenwriter Robert brainstorm over the movie's plot, which they then called Kung Fu. George's boss Mr. William sees the great potential in the movie; however, he was not convinced that a Chinese man like Bruce should play the lead. Without George's knowledge, William arranges for the Hollywood actor Robert Douglas to be taught Kung Fu by Bruce, so that he could be the lead actor for the movie. Bruce and George find out about William's intentions. Bruce is so enraged at the deception that he even accuses George of being in on the lie. Nevertheless, Bruce refuses to go back to Oakland, and makes a living by training Los Angeles police officers instead.

Bruce goes to Hong Kong with Linda and Brandon. He pays a visit to Master Ye, who, as it turns out, was offended when Bruce created Jeet Kune Do. He felt that Bruce was being arrogant and disrespectful. Bruce assures Master Ye that Jeet Kune Do is a practical style of fighting that owes much to Master Ye's Yong Chun Quan.

George once again comes to Bruce with a television project. Still wary of another deception, Bruce meets George with skepticism. However, George gives him a contract and a $2000 deposit upfront. This removes Bruce's doubts and he agrees to work on the TV series The Green Hornet as Kato. The Green Hornet turns into a hit series and a second season is promised, but Mr. William decides to discontinue the show.

Still determined to let Bruce star in a movie, George convinces Bruce to work on the movie Silent Flute. As with their past ideas, Silent Flute will feature kung fu. Mr. William grants George permission to make the movie, with the condition that it will be filmed in India. George and Bruce attempt to satisfy this term; however, they could not find suitable taping locations in India. George tells Mr. William about their predicament, and Mr. William confesses the truth: he has $800,000 deposited in India that he can only use in India. The only reason he had agreed to make the movie was so the money would not be wasted. Mr. William then gives them the choice of either filming in India, or cancelling the project entirely. Bruce refuses to compromise, and the movie is cancelled.

Part Six: Rise to Fame in Hong Kong

The movie industry, however, had not fully closed its doors on Bruce. The Hong Kong film company Golden Harvest seeks him out with a movie project, The Big Boss. The company president, Mr. Chow, saw Bruce Lee as the way to saving Golden Harvest from going into bankruptcy. They travel to Thailand, the shooting location for the movie. While the movie was being made, the master Thai boxer King Charles sends Bruce a letter of challenge. Bruce happily accepts the challenge but spends some time first to learn about Thai Boxing. He also tells King Charles that their duel will be filmed, and if Bruce won, he will get to use the footage in The Big Boss. He and King Charles fight, he is a formidable opponent and for a lot of the match dominated but Bruce wins. In addition to the footage of the fight, King Charles also teaches Bruce about the secret of his ferocious knee technique: heavy iron shoes, of which he gives Bruce a pair.

The Big Boss becomes a box office success and Bruce becomes a famous and sought-after movie star in Hong Kong and in other nearby Asian countries. Though he receives other offers from other companies, Bruce decides to stay with Golden Harvest, to the relief and appreciation of Mr. Chow. Mr. Chow gives Bruce a fully furnished house as a gift, and Linda comes to Hong Kong along with Brandon and Shannon to live with Bruce.

Bruce starts working on his second movie, Fist of Fury, but demanding beforehand that he be given the authority that a director has. Mr. Chow obliges, but this arrangement causes some friction between Bruce and the movie director, Director Ho.

Bruce had been working nonstop on the script of Way of the Dragon, a movie that he planned to direct himself. Mr. Chow is hesitant, in letting Bruce write and direct his own movie, but his doubts disappear upon reading Bruce's script. Mr. Chow also suggests that Bruce start up his own production company under Golden Harvest. This way, Bruce will be able to fulfill all of his visions. Bruce agrees and starts the production of Way of the Dragon.

Part Seven: International Fame and Death
The success of Way of the Dragon far exceeds those of Bruce's previous films, catapulting him into international stardom. Hollywood hears of his success in Asia. Mr. William, realizing his mistake in not pursuing Bruce before, sends George to offer Bruce another movie, Blood and Steel. Wary of yet another possibility of being lied to, in addition to the fact that he is currently making the movie Game of Death, Bruce refuses at first. Bruce talks to Mr. Chow, who then assures him that he may work with Hollywood. He advised Bruce to represent Golden Harvest so that the project will become a joint project between them and Hollywood. Bruce accepts the offer and postpones the making of Game of Death in order to work with Hollywood. He then changes the movie title of Blood and Steel into Enter the Dragon. In the middle of making the movie, Bruce collapses due to overwork and is rushed to a hospital.

A series of prank calls in the middle of the night starts to occur in the Lee household, promptly scaring Linda. Meanwhile, still in the hospital for further examinations, Bruce becomes bored and decides to go home despite his doctor's advice. He then receives a call from Ah Lin saying that Master Ye has died. Bruce attends the wake but does not go to the funeral. He visits Master Ye's grave afterward, expressing his fear that Master Ye is angry at him for creating Jeet Kune Do.

Perhaps influenced by Master Ye's death, Bruce buys a life insurance policy. He then resumes the production of his movie Game of Death. His head aches from time to time, but he refuses to rest, which makes Linda fear for his health.

It is then revealed that it was Yellow Brat who had been harassing Linda with the late-night phone calls. He challenges Bruce to yet another fight. Linda and Bruce talk about the Yellow Brat's challenge. Linda is against it, but Bruce argues that Yellow Brat will continue harassing them if Bruce does not accept the challenge.

Linda, Kimura, Professor Inosanto, along with Bruce's brothers from Yong Chun Quan serve as spectators in the fight. In a totally 1 sided fight where Yellow Brat fails to land a single hit Bruce defeats Yellow Brat but does not deliver a finishing blow. The scene ends with Linda offering a towel to Yellow Brat. Yellow Brat accepts the towel and appears to have a change of heart.

Bruce then visits Xiao Man's home and goes to a meeting with her and Mr. Chow to discuss their upcoming projects. Meanwhile, Linda anxiously waits for Bruce to come home. Bruce suffers another headache and complains of dizziness, so he was made to lie down on a couch. Xiao Man gives him a pain reliever and he falls asleep. He doesn't regain consciousness and was therefore rushed to a hospital, where he is then pronounced to be dead.

The last part of the episode features the original newspaper articles, as well as old footage on the nationwide mourning of Bruce's death. Bruce's grave is visited by Linda and Bruce's friends. A voice narrates how Bruce Lee greatly influenced the world's view on the Chinese and their Kung Fu, along with his contributions to Kung Fu films.
The episode ends with a faint voice whispering, "Shh... don't wake him."

International syndications
Iran: "Afsäneye Bruce Lee" began airing five times on IRIB TV2 in 2012, IRIB Tamasha channel in 2013, IRIB Omid channel in 2017, and again in 2018 and 2019 on IRIB Tamasha. These are without considering several daily repeats of every episode on TamashaTV.
Brazil: "Bruce Lee – A Lenda" began airing on Rede CNT on May 2, 2011. Band reintroduced the series in September 19, 2020, inserting appearances of Jacqueline Sato as a show host before and after commercial breaks.
Italy: "La Leggenda di Bruce Lee" began airing on RAI 4 from April 4.
United States: began airing on KTSF on weeknights at 9:00 pm from April 2009.
Vietnam: aired on HTV2 and DN1-RTV with a translated name Huyền thoại Lý Tiểu Long in 2009.
South Korea: 이소룡 전기 began airing on SBS from May 2009.
Japan: ブルース・リー伝説 began airing on BS NTV from October 3, 2009. It was released on DVD by VAP in 2010.
Canada: The Legend of Bruce Lee began airing on Fairchild Television on March 15, 2010.
Hong Kong: began airing on ATV Home on May 14, 2010 but with episodes trimmed from 45 minutes to just 30 minutes. The first four episodes included interviews with Danny Chan at the start of each episode. Also, the opening theme was replaced by the ending theme and vice versa.
Philippines: Begin airing on Q on June 28, 2010 replacing Idol World: Super Junior.
Taiwan: Begin airing on TTV on September 27, 2010.
Venezuela: "La Leyenda de Bruce Lee" began airing on Televen on October 15, 2012
Netflix in the UK. All 50 episodes are on Netflix in the UK
Indonesia: The Legend of Bruce Lee airs on Hi Indo in 2018.
Also, in the United States, Lions Gate Entertainment edited the series into a 183 minute long film and released it on DVD on September 21, 2010.

Cast

References

External links
The Legend of Bruce Lee (이소룡 전기) – Korean Official Website
The Legend of Bruce Lee (ブルース・リー伝説) – Japanese Official Website
Living up to Bruce Lee's Legend

Bruce lee's Best Quotes – Bruce lee's Best Quotes

Cultural depictions of Bruce Lee
Cultural depictions of Ip Man
Martial arts television series
Chinese action television series
2008 Chinese television series debuts
Mandarin-language television shows
China Central Television original programming


The Door with Seven Locks () is a 1962 German-language crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Heinz Drache. It is an adaptation of the 1926 Edgar Wallace novel of the same name.

Cast
 Heinz Drache as Inspector Richard "Dick" Martin
 Sabine Sesselmann as Sybil Lansdown (as Sabina Sesselmann)
 Eddi Arent as Kriminalassistent Holms
 Pinkas Braun as Dr. Antonio Staletti
 Hans Nielsen as Mr. Haveloc
 Gisela Uhlen as Emely Cody, née Cawler
 Werner Peters as Bertram Cody
 Jan Hendriks as Tom Cawler
 Ady Berber as Peter Cawler / Giacco
 Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John
 Friedrich Joloff as caretaker Burt
 Klaus Kinski as Pheeny
  as announcer at airport (voice) (uncredited)
 Arthur Schilsky as Peter Livingston (uncredited)
 Alfred Vohrer as announcer at airport / onlooker (uncredited)

Production
It is an adaptation of the Edgar Wallace novel The Door with Seven Locks which had previously been made into a 1940 British film of the same title. Cinematography took place between 26 February and 30 March 1962 at the Ufa-Filmatelier, Berlin and at locations like Tempelhof and Pfaueninsel.

Release
The FSK gave the film a rating of 16 and up and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays.

It premiered in France under the title La porte aux sept serrures on 2 June 1962 at the Scarlett/Paris. The German premiere was on 19 June at the Europa-Palast at Frankfurt.

References

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1962 films
1960s mystery films
1960s crime thriller films
German mystery films
German crime thriller films
West German films
1960s German-language films
German black-and-white films
Films directed by Alfred Vohrer
Films based on British novels
Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
Films produced by Horst Wendlandt
Films set in London
Mad scientist films
Remakes of British films
1960s German films


The Farmall 1026 is a row crop tractor with a hydraulic drive system, or hydro, produced by International Harvester from 1970–1971.  Rated at 112 power take off, (PTO) horsepower, the Farmall 1026 was the first 100+ horsepower hydro tractor ever produced.

The 1026 was produced as a hydro only model.  This was unique to this model, as the other hydro models produced by International Harvester at the time were also built as gear drive versions in addition to the hydro versions, while still maintaining the same model number. The Farmall 656 and 826, for example, were available in hydro and gear drive versions.

Production data
Farmall 1026 production lasted only 2 years, with only 2,414 of the Farmall version built.  The International, or standard version production totaled only 158.  These totals are quite low compared to other tractor models built by International Harvester, and today the Farmall 1026 could be considered a rare tractor, and the International 1026 extremely rare.

References

Tractors
International Harvester vehicles
Vehicles introduced in 1970


The Door with Seven Locks may refer to:

 The Door with Seven Locks (novel), a novel by Edgar Wallace
 The Door with Seven Locks (1940 film), a 1940 British film adaptation
 The Door with Seven Locks (1962 film), a 1962 German film adaptation


Screwdriver (born Dalton Lindo, 1960, Saint James Parish, Jamaica) is a reggae artist active since the mid-1980s.

Biography
Born Dalton Lindo in Saint James Parish in 1960, in the mid-1980s, Lindo travelled to Kingston, where he met and was encouraged in his musical career by Beres Hammond. Taking inspiration from the likes of Tenor Saw, Pinchers, Pliers, and Spanner Banner, he began recording in 1986, having hits with "We Rule", "Soundboy Killa", "Family Counsellor", and "Here I Come". He had a Jamaican number one single in 1989 with "No Mama (Sharon Yuh Pregnant?)", which became a major hit throughout the Caribbean. His success led to tours of Canada and the United States, and he eventually settled in Florida in the early 1990s. Further hits followed with "Reggae on Broadway", "Teach Dem", and "HIV", and in the mid-1990s he began to blend hip hop and R&B with dancehall, notably on the Calling Calling album from 1995. 1996 saw the release of Screwdriver's self-produced Let Me Remind You album. Screwdriver made a guest appearance on John Holt's 1997 album All Night Long. Shortly after the release of Let Me Remind You, Screwdriver began working on his next album, Prophecy, which was released in 2001. He said of the album: "Mi try do a little a everything on it...some ska, some jazz, a little merengue. Is a musician album".

In 2007's Road Block mixes new rhythms with old ones and features a new version of his biggest hit, "No Mama", retitled "Sherron".
Since "road Block" Screwdriver released 2 more albums, "Child Of The Universe" in 2009 for Jalpro Records, and "African Union" in 2013 on Upstairs Music label.
Screwdriver wrote the song "Jah Send Him Come" in support of Barack Obama's presidential election campaign. He initially offered the song to Luciano, but when the offer was declined recorded it himself.

Albums
Teach Dem (1992) Imp
Calling Calling (1995) Ikus
Let Me Remind You (1996) (reissued (2002) Jet Star)
Prophecy (2001) Artist Only!
Road Block (2007) VP
Child of the Universe (2009) Jalpro Records
African Union (2013) Upstairs Music

References

External links
Screwdriver on Myspace
Anderson, Rick "[ Prophecy review]", allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
Prophecy review, Reggae-Reviews.com

1960 births
Living people
people from Saint James Parish, Jamaica
Jamaican reggae musicians
Jamaican Rastafarians
VP Records artists


Taxes in Iceland are levied by the state and the municipalities. Property rights are strong and Iceland is one of the few countries where they are applied to fishery management. Taxpayers pay various subsidies to each other, similar to European countries that are welfare states, but the spending is less than in most European countries. Despite low tax rates in relation to European welfare states, overall taxation and consumption is still much higher than in countries such as Ireland. Employment regulations are relatively flexible. The tax is collected by Skatturinn, the Iceland Revenue and Customs Agency and is due in March each year.

Income tax

Income tax is deducted at the source, which is called pay-as-you-earn (PAYE). Each employee has a personal tax credit of 53,895 ISK per month (2018) which is deducted from calculated taxes. Unused credit may be transferred to one's spouse. Mandatory employee pension insurance is 4% of gross income (employer provides a minimum of 8%) and another 4% of total income may be deducted for private pension insurance (if so, the employer is obliged to pay additional 2% premium for the benefit of the employees) .

Before the year 2016 Iceland used a 3-tier income tax system base on the individual's level of income. Since 2016, Iceland uses a 2-tier system.

In 2018 income tax consisted as follows

If the annual income of an individual is below 1,750,782 ISK there must not be any income or municipal tax paid. The annual personal tax credit (646,740 ISK, 2018) equals to non-taxation of the first 1,750,782 ISK

Children under 16 years must pay 6% income tax if their annual income exceeds 180,000 ISK.

Tax on capital gains
Individuals in Iceland pay 22% capital gains tax (2018)

Corporate tax
The corporate income tax rate in Iceland stands at 20% since 2011, one of the lowest in the world. These 20% stand for limited liability companies and limited partnership companies. Corporate income tax for other types of legal entities (e.g. partnerships) is assessed at a rate of 37.6%. Non-resident corporations doing business in Iceland are subject to the same rate as applies to resident corporations.

Value-added tax
The standard rate of value-added tax is 24%. A number of specific consumer goods and services are subject to a reduced VAT rate of 11% (e.g. food, hotels, newspapers, books, and energy like electricity, heating and fuel).

Residence in Iceland
For taxation purposes a resident of Iceland is anyone who is present in Iceland for 183 days during any 12-month period. An individual that stays in Iceland for longer than 183  days is considered to be a resident from the day of arrival. After leaving Iceland tax liability of an individual ends.

Non-residents staying in Iceland for a period shorter than 183 days are subject to national income tax on any income. They are also subject to municipal income tax as well as residents.

References


The 1999 BMW Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay courts in Munich, Germany that was part of the World Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the eighty-third edition of the tournament and was held from 26 April until 3 May 1999. Unseeded Franco Squillari won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

 Franco Squillari defeated  Andrei Pavel, 6–4, 6–3.
 It was Squillari's only title of the year and the 1st of his career.

Doubles

 Daniel Orsanic /  Mariano Puerta defeated  Massimo Bertolini /  Cristian Brandi, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 7–6(7–3).
 It was Orsanic's 1st title of the year and the 6th of his career. It was Puerta's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career.

References

BMW Open
BMW Open
BMW Open
Bavarian International Tennis Championships


XF5 may refer to:

Aviation
Grumman XF5F Skyrocket, experimental twin-engined interceptor
IHI Corporation XF5. turbofan jet engine
Northrop F-5 (experimental designation XF5-A), supersonic light fighter
Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack", experimental disc-winged fighter

Other uses
The X Factor (British series 5), British TV series


The Winchester Star is a daily newspaper (Monday-Friday) based in Winchester, Virginia covering the Shenandoah Valley area.

History
On March 6, 2018, it was announced that The Winchester Star, along with the other Byrd family newspapers, were to be sold to Ogden Newspapers. Members of the Byrd family had been the sole owners of The Winchester Star since 1897.

References

External links

Daily newspapers published in Virginia
Winchester, Virginia
Newspapers established in 1896
1896 establishments in Virginia


The 2000 BMW Open was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the MTTC Iphitos in Munich, Germany. It was the 84th edition of the tournament and was held from 1 May to 8 May 2000. Seventh-seeded Franco Squillari won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

 Franco Squillari defeated  Tommy Haas 6–4, 6–4
 It was Squillari's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Doubles

 David Adams /  John-Laffnie de Jager defeated  Max Mirnyi /  Nenad Zimonjić 6–4, 6–4
 It was Adams's 3rd title of the year and the 16th of his career. It was de Jager's 3rd title of the year and the 7th of his career.

References

External links
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – tournament profile

BMW Open
BMW Open
Bavarian International Tennis Championships


Das Bootleg – Live in Mannheim (Part 1) is the tenth album, and the third live album, by Ezio, recorded live at the Alte Feuerwache in Mannheim, Germany on 14 April 2003 and released in 2008.

Track listing

All songs written by Ezio Lunedei.

"Go" – 4.52
"Wildside" – 3.48
"Mermaid song" – 4.37
"Everybody forgets sometimes" – 4.53
"Waiting for too long"  - 6.11
"Perfect" – 4:23
"Angel song" – 5.46
"Mr Spoons" – 4.36
"One more walk round the dancefloor" – 5.34
"Take me away" – 5.05
"Cancel today" – 3.46
"Sometimes I wish" – 5:18
"The further we stretch / The cowboy song" – 15.28

See also
2008 in music

Ezio (band) albums
2008 live albums


A tidal barrage is an artificial obstruction at the mouth of a tidal watercourse, in contrast to a normal barrage along a river's inland course.

Purpose
The common primary functions of a barrage are:

 Increase the depth of a river (similar to a weir)
 Maintain a separation between fresh and salt water
 Reduce the risk of tidal flooding up the river

Secondary functions may include:

 Tidal power generation
 Artificial whitewater leisure centres
 Form a Coastal reservoir

Notable barrages

 Cardiff Bay Barrage
 Goolwa Barrages
 Marina Barrage
 Prakasham Barrage
 Swansea barrage
 Tees Barrage
 West Sea Barrage

Power Station Barrages
 Rance tidal power plant
 Annapolis Royal Generating Station (Decommissioned)
 Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station
 Kislaya Guba Tidal Power Station
 Jiangxia Tidal Power Station

Proposed barrages
 Severn Barrage across the River Severn between Wales and England
 Mersey Barrage across the Mersey Estuary in England

See also
 Dam
 Floodgate
 Thames Barrier
 Weir

Weirs
Rivers


TV6 was a television channel started by Kinnevik as a channel aimed at women. The channel showed TV shows such as Ricki Lake and Dynasty. During the daytime, the shopping channel TVG would broadcast on the same channel as TV6.

In 1996 Kinnevik started the sports channel Sportkanalen, which broadcast on the same channel as TV6 during the weekend.

On February 2, 1998 the channel was rebranded as Viasat Nature/Crime.

External links
TV Ark

Television stations in Denmark
Defunct television channels in Sweden
Modern Times Group
Television channels and stations established in 1994
Television channels and stations disestablished in 1998


Okpo may refer to:

Okpho, town in Myanmar
 Okpho Township, whose seat is Okpho
Okpo, Madaya, Myanmar
Okpo-dong -South Korea


The Inn on the River (/ The Inn on the Thames) is a 1962 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Eddi Arent and Klaus Kinski. It is part of a cycle of films based on the novels of Edgar Wallace, produced in West Germany in the 1950s and 1960s.

Cast
 Joachim Fuchsberger as Inspector Wade
 Brigitte Grothum as Leila Smith
 Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Nelly Oaks
 Klaus Kinski as Gregor Gubanow
 Eddi Arent as Barnaby
 Richard Münch as Dr. Collins
 Jan Hendriks as Roger Lane
 Heinz Engelmann as Mr. Broen
 Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John
  as Anna Smith
 Hans Paetsch as Solicitor
  as Big Willy

Production
It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt. As with other early entries in the series it was made in black and white.

The script was based on Edgar Wallace's 1929 novel The India-Rubber Men. Cinematography took place at Hamburg from 6 June to 11 July 1962.

Reception
The FSK gave the film a rating of "16 and older" and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays.

References

External links

1962 films
1960s mystery films
1960s crime thriller films
German mystery films
German crime thriller films
West German films
1960s German-language films
German black-and-white films
Films directed by Alfred Vohrer
Films based on British novels
Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
Films produced by Horst Wendlandt
Films set in London
Films shot at Wandsbek Studios
Constantin Film films
Underwater action films
1960s German films


The Auburn Journal is a newspaper based in Auburn, California. The newspaper is the flagship of Gold Country Media, a division of Brehm Communications.

Other publications
Gold Country Media also publishes:
Colfax Record, Colfax (weekly)
Auburn Direct (monthly)
Nevada & Placer County Entertainer (monthly)
The Press-Tribune, Roseville (weekly)
The Folsom Telegraph, Folsom (weekly)
Folsom Lake Entertainer (monthly)
The Placer Herald (serving Rocklin), Roseville (weekly)
Lincoln News Messenger, Lincoln (weekly)
Granite Bay View, Roseville (monthly)
The Loomis News, Roseville (weekly)

References

Daily newspapers published in California
Auburn, California


Cool Boarders Pocket is a Snowboarding video game developed by UEP Systems and published by SNK Playmore for the Neo Geo Pocket Color.

Gameplay
Cool Boarders Pocket differs to other games in the Cool Boarders series. It features an isometric (overhead) view instead of a third-person perspective. The game features two play modes a free-ride mode where the player navigates an obstacle course with no restrictions until they reach the goal, and a survival mode where the player snowboards through the obstacle course until they run out of health. The game allows the player to choose one of two characters; a female or male snowboarder.

External links
Cool Boarders Pocket review at Defunct Games

2000 video games
Neo Geo Pocket Color games
Single-player video games
SNK games
Snowboarding video games
UEP Systems games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games with gender-selectable protagonists


is the sequel to Onna Tachiguishi-Retsuden consisting of six loosely connected short stories. It was released in Japanese theaters November 10, 2007 and on DVD on April 23, 2008.

Production
While the original Tachiguishi was directed by Mamoru Oshii, only two of the short stories will be directed by him in Shin Onna. The remaining four will be directed by Makoto Kamiya, Kenji Kamiyama, Takanori Tsujimoto, and Hiroaki Yuasa. More changes from the original include a change from Oshii's creation of Super-livemation to a mix between live action and CG. Also instead of focusing on male characters, Shin-Onna will feature mainly the female counterparts hence the title which roughly translates as The True-Female Amazing Lives of Fast Food Grifters. The English release will go under the name The Women of Fast Food. Shin Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden is part of the Kerberos Saga under the Tachiguishi Arc.

Short films

Assault Girl: Hinako The Kentucky
Directed by Mamoru Oshii.

The Golden Fish Girl
Directed by Mamoru Oshii.

Dandelion: Mabu of the Dining Hall
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama.

Angel of the Songs
Directed by Makoto Kamiya.

Two Guns
Directed by Takanori Tsujimoto.

Whispers in the Grass: Kumi of the Frozen Strawberries
Directed by Hiroaki Yuasa.

References

External links
Official Website
Shin Onna revealed
Shin Onna premiere

Kerberos saga
2007 films
2000s Japanese-language films
Films scored by Kenji Kawai
Films directed by Mamoru Oshii
2000s Japanese films


The Del Norte Triplicate is an American paid newspaper which serves the city of Crescent City and surrounding Del Norte County. It is published weekly on Fridays.

History
The Del Norte Daily Triplicate traces its roots back to 1879, starting as the Del Norte Record. The Record was established by J. E. Eldredge, edited by George Leon, and was the official paper of Del Norte County.

The name Del Norte Daily Triplicate comes from the names of three papers that united in 1912—the Coast Times, Del Norte Record, and Crescent City News. The term comes not from the term used for carbon copies, but from the original Latin triplicare, meaning "a third thing corresponding to others of the same kind."

In 1913, W.H. McMaster left the Palladium and became editor and manager of the Del Norte Triplicate.

John A. Juza purchased the Triplicate in December 1922, updating the press to a linotype machine. Prior to joining the Triplicate, Juza had been publisher of The Reporter in Oregon. John Juza and his wife Ella Mae ran the paper for 30 years until their retirement.

In 1956, the paper broke with longstanding tradition of withholding names of arrested minors from print, making its policy to print them even for minor infractions.

In 1964, the Triplicate was completely destroyed in the wake of a tidal wave caused by a major Alaskan earthquake. Bill Soberanes of the Petaluma Argus-Courier reported that "The building in which this newspaper had been published (up until the tidal wave) was hit by the full blast of the tidal wave. Every copy of the newspaper printed the day before was washed away. The two linotypes were flooded over and rendered useless by the onrushing ocean waves." The tidal wave, which did significant damage to Crescent City with a 21-foot wave traveling 500 miles per hour, killed 11 people in the city. The Triplicate's editor, James J. Yarbrough recalled, "There was eight feet of water in my office. I watched from up the street and saw the sparks fly when the water hit the Linotype machine. I saw a 900-pound roll of newsprint bobbing around like a spool." After the destruction, the Triplicate moved its printing headquarters to Humboldt County.

The move to Humboldt County called into question the paper's designation as a paper of record for Del Norte County. In 1965, Attorney General Thomas C. Lynch ruled that the paper could still be considered a general circulation paper for Del Norte County, despite its removed printing location.

In 2019, Country Media, Inc. acquired the Triplicate from Western Communications.

Awards
In 2017, the Del Norte Triplicate won 2nd place in the Breaking News category in its division of the California's Better Newspapers Contest.

References

Weekly newspapers published in California
Crescent City, California
Del Norte County, California


Vakulabharanam (pronounced ) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 14th melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Dhātivasantabhairavi or Vātivasantabhairavi in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
Hindustani equivalent of this ragam is raga basant mukhari

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 2nd rāgam in the 3rd chakra Agni. The mnemonic name is Agni-Sri. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gu ma pa dha ni. Its  structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
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:

Shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadham are the swaras used in this scale. As this scale is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of , which is the 50th melakarta scale.

Asampurna Melakarta
Vātivasantabhairavi is the 14th Melakarta in the original list compiled by Venkatamakhin. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the descending scale has notes used in zig-zag manner (vakra prayoga).
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Janya rāgams
Vakulabharanam has a few minor janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it, of which Vasantabhairavi is heard occasionally in concerts. See List of janya rāgams for full list of rāgams associated with Vakulabharanam.

Compositions
Here are a few common compositions sung in concerts, set to Vakulabharanam.
Gowrinatham by Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi
Ye ramuni nammitino by Thyagaraja
Nambinen ayya by Koteeswara Iyer
Rama namamai by Mysore Vasudevachar
KumĀruni valenu kĀvavĒ by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
Saadhu tada, a composition by Maharaja Swati Tirunal of Travancore, tuned by Prince Rama Varma.
Paripaahimaam siddhivinayaka by Mysuru Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar

Film Songs

Language:Tamil

Language:Hindi

Janya:Surya/Srothoswini Ragam
Ascending: S G3 M1 D1 N2 S

Descending:S N2 D1 M1 G3 S

Film Songs:Tamil

Related rāgams
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Vakulabharanam's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 2 major melakarta rāgams, namely Keeravani and Hemavati along with 1 minor melakarta rāgam Kosalam. For further details and an illustration refer Graha bhedam on Keeravani.

Vakulabharanam corresponds to Phrygian dominant scale in Western music.

Notes

References

Melakarta ragas


The United States Army Special Forces are the foundational branch of the larger elite special operations forces.

Army Special Forces may also refer to:

 Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces, the elite military units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
 French Army Special Forces Brigade, the French Army's special forces unit
 People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces, the sub-branch of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force that specialises in rapid reaction combat
 Sri Lanka Army Special Forces Regiment, the elite special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Army


The Squeaker () is a 1963 West German-French crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Heinz Drache. It was part of a very successful series of German films based on the writings of Edgar Wallace and adapted from the 1927 novel of the same name.

Plot
Both Scotland Yard and the criminal community of London are trying to discover the identity of "the Squealer". This mysterious fence forces criminals to sell him their wares for a pittance. When some object, he "squeals" to the police. Those who oppose him are ruthlessly killed, preferably by means of the poison of the Black Mamba. Inspector Elford of Scotland Yard investigates and he has plenty of suspects. The trail leads to the strange Mr. Sutton, owner of a zoological store that also carries predators and poisonous snakes. During his investigation, Elford meets Mrs. Mulford, an older lady who tries to help ex-convicts, and Beryl, her niece, who writes crime stories and works as a court reporter. Inspector Elford discovers a similarity between the typeset of a machine also used by Sutton and letters written by the Squealer. To make Sutton confess, he is tricked by Mrs. Mulford in cooperation with the police into drinking what he believes to be poisoned tea.

Cast

Production
The Squeaker was the 12th of a very successful series of German films made in the late 1950s and 1960s by producer Horst Wendlandt for Rialto Film. This particular installment was co-produced by French company 'Les Films Jaques Willemetz'. The script was adapted by Harald G. Petersson from the 1927 novel The Squeaker or The Sign Of the Leopard (The Squealer in the US). Earlier film versions had been made in 1930 (United Kingdom) and directed by Edgar Wallace himself, 1931 (Germany) and 1937 (again United Kingdom). In 1961, an initial treatment had been written by Egon Eis who had earlier also worked on the script for the 1931 film made in Germany. However, he did not want to copy his own work and refused to do the final script for the new film. Petersson, who so far had only reworked scripts for Rialto, was now tasked with writing an entire script for the first time. His script was much more terse than the novel and it found the approval of producer Wendlandt.

Wendlandt had to compete with films that were increasingly in colour. To boost the black and white film's attraction, it was shot in 'Ultra-Scope' a widescreen method. Alfred Vohrer directed the film. To boost production values, some scenes were shot on location in a wintry London. Additional exteriors were shot in West Berlin. The Spandau Studios were used for interior cinematography—making this the first of a total of 15 films from the series that used Artur Brauner's studios. Filming took place between 22 January and 28 February 1963.

This was the first film of the series to feature the signature beginning with a series of gun shots ringing out followed by a (coloured) bloodstain spreading across the screen as an invisible voice intones "Hello, this is Edgar Wallace!".

The FSK gave the film a rating of 16 and up and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays. It was released on 26 April 1963.

See also
 The Squeaker (1930)
 The Squeaker (1931)
 The Squeaker (1937)

References

External links

1963 films
1960s mystery thriller films
1960s German-language films
German mystery thriller films
German black-and-white films
Films directed by Alfred Vohrer
Films based on British novels
Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
Films produced by Horst Wendlandt
Films set in London
Remakes of British films
Films shot at Spandau Studios
1960s German films


Judy Astley is an English illustrator and author of over 20 novels all published by Black Swan. Her first novel was published in 1994 since when she has published one novel nearly every year. She has also written articles for The Times. as well as short stories for My Weekly and Woman magazines.

Biography
Judy Astley was born in Blackburn, Lancashire though has spent most of her life in Twickenham. Before becoming an author she spent some time as a freelance designer and dressmaker for Liberty. She is married to record producer Jon Astley and has two adult daughters.

Bibliography

Children's books
When One Cat Woke Up: A Cat Counting Book (1990)

Novels
Just for the Summer (1994)
Pleasant Vices (1995)
Seven for a Secret (1996)
Muddy Waters (1997)
Every Good Girl (1998)
The Right Thing (1999)
Excess Baggage (2000)
No Place for a Man (2001)
Unchained Melanie (2002)
Away from It All (2003)
Size Matters (2004)
All Inclusive (2005)
Blowing It (2006)
Laying the Ghost (2007)
Other People's Husbands (2008)
The Look of Love (2011)
I Should Be So Lucky (2012)
In the Summertime (2013)
It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (2014)
A Merry Mistletoe Wedding (2015)

References

External links
Author website
Judy Astley on Fantastic Fiction
Interview with Judy Astley

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
English women novelists
Writers from Blackburn
Artists from Blackburn
People from Twickenham
20th-century English novelists
21st-century English novelists
English short story writers
British women short story writers
20th-century English women writers
21st-century English women writers
20th-century British short story writers
21st-century British short story writers


Hernando Today was a daily newspaper based in Brooksville, Florida covering Hernando  County. It was closed by the Tampa Tribune on November 30, 2014. There are still two newspapers covering Hernando County: Tampa Bay Times and Hernando Sun.

References

Defunct newspapers published in Florida
Hernando County, Florida
2014 disestablishments in Florida
Publications disestablished in 2014


The Hunting Party is a 1971 American-British western film directed by Don Medford for Levy-Gardner-Laven and starring Oliver Reed, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Simon Oakland and Ronald Howard.

The film was shot at studios in Madrid, and on location around Spain including the Tabernas Desert in Andalusia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Enrique Alarcón.

Plot
Relations are strained between sexually sadistic cattle baron Brandt Ruger (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Melissa (Candice Bergen) when he leaves for a two-week hunting trip with some of his wealthy friends.

Mistaking her for a schoolteacher, outlaw Frank Calder (Oliver Reed) and his band of rustlers and thieves kidnap Melissa, not for ransom but because Calder wants to be taught how to read a book.

Traveling by luxurious private train, the hunting party engages in debauchery with women, one of whom Ruger sadistically abuses. While the party dines, Ruger presents them with rifles he describes as the “Sharps-Borchardt Model Creedmoor .54 caliber – finest rifle ever made”. He claims it is “accurate up to 800 yards”. Notified that his wife has been taken captive, he then tells his friends they will pick off the kidnapers from a distance with their new, long-range rifles. They will hunt not for animals but for men.

Calder twice must keep Melissa from being raped by his men. But eventually he overpowers and rapes her himself. Melissa tries to shoot and stab Calder and to flee, each time in vain. She goes on a hunger strike, but cannot resist the temptation of a jar of peaches. She begins to enjoy Calder's company.

Using rifles with telescopic sights that can allow shooting a target at 800 yards, Ruger and his men begin to pick off the outlaws one by one. Melissa also stabs one, Hog Warren (L. Q. Jones), after he attempts a second time to rape her. Calder charges within close range and is able to shoot one of Ruger's men. Two others quit the hunting party when they see Ruger's lack of concern over their friend's death.

Calder's men become upset to discover that they have kidnapped such a powerful man's wife, placing them in danger for no good reason. The men revolt and Calder kills one. When his own best friend, Doc (Mitchell Ryan), is gravely wounded, Calder obeys a last request to put Doc out of his misery.

On his death bed, Hog Warren further angers Ruger by telling him Melissa is now Calder's woman. In yet another ambush, Ruger sees for himself that Melissa, rather than trying to escape, leaps onto Calder's horse voluntarily to ride off with him. Ruger's last remaining ally, Matthew (Simon Oakland), implores him to let her go, but the crazed Ruger pays no mind.

The last of Calder's men are gunned down from long range at a water hole. Alone now, Calder and Melissa are driven out into the desert. Weak from heat and thirst, their horse dead, they stumble toward an inevitable fate. Ruger materializes on foot.  He fatally shoots Calder with his rifle.  As Calder is dying Ruger kills Melissa.  Ruger then collapses beside them.  The credits roll over what appears to be a sepia photograph of three bodies in the sand.

Cast
 Oliver Reed as Frank Calder
 Gene Hackman as Brandt Ruger
 Candice Bergen as Melissa Ruger
 Simon Oakland as Matthew Gunn
 L. Q. Jones as "Hog" Warren
 Mitchell Ryan as Doc Harrison
 Ronald Howard as Watt Nelson
 William Watson as Jim Loring
 G.D. Spradlin as Sam Bayard
 Rayford Barnes as Crimp
 Bernard Kay as Buford King
 Richard Adams as "Owney" Clark
 Dean Selmier as Collins
 Sarah Atkinson as Redhead
 Francesca Tu as Chinese Girl

Reception
The reviews for the movie were unrelentingly negative and hostile. Roger Greenspun wrote in The New York Times that it was "a really stupid movie" in which Bergen had "an utterly thankless role" and that the director "hokes up the action to a degree not required by the story and, with a stunning tactlessness, catches scene after scene at its dramatic limit and pushes it over into helpless banality."  Variety wrote "seldom has so much fake blood been splattered for so little".  Tony Mastroianni wrote in The Cleveland Press that "This movie is no picnic. It is a gory western for audiences with strong stomachs.  It also is pretentious. If D. H. Lawrence had written westerns, he might have turned out some of the plot of "The Hunting Party"".  Leonard Maltin gave it his lowest rating, writing "Fine cast is wasted in repellently violent western that adds nothing new".

Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Riz Ortolani. While in Hollywood to score the film he gave interviews criticizing the trend of low budget movies to recut existing music.

References

External links

1971 films
1970s action films
1970s historical films
1971 independent films
1971 Western (genre) films
1970s action drama films
American historical films
American independent films
British Western (genre) films
Films about kidnapping
British films about revenge
American films about revenge
Films directed by Don Medford
United Artists films
Films shot in Almería
1971 drama films
1970s English-language films
1970s American films
1970s British films


Giovanni Kasebacher (13 December 1910 – 4 June 1987) was an Italian cross-country skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.

In 1936 he was a member of the Italian relay team which finished fourth in the 4x10 km relay competition. In the 50 km event he finished 13th.

Further notable results were:
 1935: 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 46 km
 1936: 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 36 km

References

External links

1910 births
1987 deaths
Italian male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Italy
Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics


Jesse Clegg (born July 25, 1988) is a South African singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist, whose three studio albums, When I Wake Up, his 2011 follow up Life on Mars, and his latest, Things Unseen, have made Clegg a platinum-selling success in his home country. He is the son of Johnny Clegg, who was a prominent musician and anti-apartheid activist.

Biography
The son of Johnny Clegg, Jesse spent the first six years of his life on tour with his father.

After the widespread acclaim of his first album, Clegg's music caught the attention of the Canadian record producer David Bottrill. He subsequently moved to Toronto for four months to work with Bottrill who produced his second album. Life on Mars was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario. Another notable contributor was the recording engineer Bob Ludwig who mastered the album in New York.

In 2014, Clegg brought his music to the international stage. He embarked on a seven-week tour across the United States and Canada, which comprised 32 shows in 31 cities. He has also played numerous high-profile showcase festivals in the US – including the CMJ Music Marathon New Music Seminar, and the CBGB Festival. On 14 June 2014, Clegg performed on the main stage at UK's Isle of Wight Festival.

In 2015, Clegg returned to studio to record new material for his third studio release, entitled Things Unseen. Produced by Dennholm Harding, the first single, "Use Me", was released in July, and immediately started charting on national radio, reaching the No. 1 spot on several stations. It remained in the iTunes Top 40 for three months.

The second single, "Souvenir", was released in December, and the album was launched in June 2016 at a sold-out event in Johannesburg. The album debuted in the iTunes Top 10 albums chart. The latest single, "Breathing", featured a collaboration with Shekhinah. It was met with widespread acclaim and high rotation play-listing on national stations. It was the second No. 1 single off of the album. Clegg has recently returned from his second North American tour, where he played 36 shows across the continent from 17 March to 1 May 2016.

He has released six Top 10 singles and toured extensively throughout South Africa. As an official ambassador for the Nelson Mandela 46664 Foundation, Clegg has been invited to play at Radio City Music Hall in New York for the annual Mandela Day Concert. He has been nominated for three South African Music Awards.

Discography

Albums
 When I Wake Up (2008)
 Life on Mars (2011)
 Jesse Clegg Live & Unplugged (2012)
 Things Unseen (2016)

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
Musicians from Johannesburg
South African musicians
South African people of English-Jewish descent
South African people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
South African people of Polish-Jewish descent
South African people of Scottish descent
South African people of Zimbabwean descent


James Robert "Red" Moore (November 18, 1916 – February 6, 2016) was an American professional baseball first baseman. Moore was a player in the Negro leagues, appearing with several different teams including his hometown Atlanta Black Crackers. He also served with three different All-Star teams and, in 1938, played with the Southern News Services All-American Negro League Baseball Team. In 2006, he was inducted into the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame. Listed at  and , he batted and threw left-handed.

Biography
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Moore began playing baseball professionally after graduating from Booker T. Washington High School in 1933. Over the next six years, Moore moved among the Atlanta Black Crackers, Macon Peaches, Chattanooga Choo-Choos, Schenectady Black Sox, Newark Eagles and Baltimore Elite Giants. He gradually earned a reputation, according to Voices from the Negro Leagues, as perhaps "the best fielding basemen of all time" in his league. Baseball records for his time playing with major Negro league teams (1937–1940) list Moore as accruing a .279 batting average with two home runs and 96 runs batted in. His best offensive season was 1938, when he batted a combined .355 with Atlanta and Newark.

In 1940, after finishing the regular season in Baltimore, Moore played in a winter season in Los Angeles that allowed white and black players to compete against each other, a competition that was first allowed and then halted by Major League Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Moore himself believed that the games were halted because the black players were too successful, stating that "The public, they liked to see the competition, but the commissioner, he didn't have that attitude after he found out that we were drawin' real good crowds and we were beatin' 'em a lot."

Moore registered for the military draft in October 1940, and served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945. After the war, he returned to baseball for three seasons with the minor Negro league Atlanta Black Crackers. At his most highly paid, prior to the war, he earned $250 a month with a $1.50 daily food allowance.

In 2006, Moore was among six individuals inducted into the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame, in its second year of existence. He died at the age of 99 on February 6, 2016; he was survived by his wife, Mary.

Sources

References

Further reading

External links
 and Seamheads

1916 births
2016 deaths
Baseball players from Atlanta
Baseball first basemen
Atlanta Black Crackers players
Baltimore Elite Giants players
Indianapolis ABCs players
Newark Eagles players
United States Army personnel of World War II
African Americans in World War II
20th-century African-American sportspeople
21st-century African-American people
African-American United States Army personnel


Suryakantam or Sooryakantam (pronounced sūryakāntam) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 17th melakarta rāgam (parent scale) in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Chāyāvati in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 5th rāgam in the 3rd chakra Agni. The mnemonic name is Agni-Ma. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gu ma pa dhi nu. Its  structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
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This scale uses the swaras, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadham. As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a  rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Gamanashrama, which is the 53rd melakarta scale.

Asampurna Melakarta
Chāyāvati is the 17th Melakarta in the original list compiled by Venkatamakhin. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the actual ascending scale is different, where-in the panchamam is not used.
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Janya rāgams
Suryakantam has many janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it, of which Vasanta, Sowrashtram and Bhairavam are popular in concerts. See List of janya rāgams for those associated with Suryakantam.

Compositions
Here are a few common compositions sung in concerts, set to Suryakantam.

 Ranga Manege Baro By Sripadaraja
Muddumomu elagu by Thyagaraja
Takkuvemi manaku by Bhadrachala Ramadasu
Sri Sambasivaiyya by Muthiah Bhagavatar
Kanavo ninaivo by Koteeswara Iyer

Related rāgams
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Suryakantam's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 2 melakarta rāgams, namely Senavati and Latangi. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam. For further details and an illustration refer Graha bhedam on Suryakantam.

Notes

References

Melakarta ragas


Saint John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, composed his prayer to Jesus in the 19th century. The prayer reflects Vianney's deep religious feelings, which were praised by Pope John XXIII in his encyclical Sacerdotii nostri primordia in 1959: "The thing that keeps us priests from gaining sanctity"—the Cure of Ars used to say— "is thoughtlessness. It annoys us to turn our minds away from external affairs; we don't know what we really ought to do. What we need is deep reflection, together with prayer and an intimate union with God." The testimony of his life makes it clear that he always remained devoted to his prayers and that not even the duty of hearing confessions or any other pastoral office could cause him to neglect them. "Even in the midst of tremendous labors, he never let up on his conversation with God."

The prayer is quoted in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Words of the prayer
I love You, O my God, and my only desire is to love You until the last breath of my life.
I love You, O my infinitely lovable God, and I would rather die loving You, than live without loving You.
I love You, Lord and the only grace I ask is to love You eternally...
My God, if my tongue cannot say in every moment that I love You,  I want my heart to repeat it to You as often as I draw breath.

Notes

References

Roman Catholic prayers


The Teardrops were an American girl group popular during the 1960s.

Background
The Teardrops were formed in Cincinnati, Ohio around 1963 by two friends, Dorothy Dyer and Linda Schroeder, both age 15. They later recruited Hughes High School student and school friend Pat Strunk as the third voice. The early line up consisted of Linda Schroeder, Pat Strunk, Dorothy Dyer, and Wanda Sheriff.

This group has no relation to The New Jersey group The Teardrops who had Rhonda Franklin as their lead singer.

Career
In the winter of 1963 Linda and Dorothy were with a group of teenage friends at the Tulu Club in Cincinnati. A male singing group called the Squires had been performing at the Tulu Club for several weeks, but failed to show up on the night the group of friends were at the club. Several of the members of the crowd of friends would sing Doo Wop songs (before it was called Doo-Wop) in the neighborhood Inwood Park. When the Squires failed to show, Linda and Dorothy were convinced to sing a cappella to the songs. They were spotted by musician/arranger George Bud Reneau, who then introduced them to his partner, songwriter Paul Trefzger. The trio signed with Bud and Paul's Saxony Records in 1964; along with the deal came fourth member, Wanda Sheriff. The now-quartet recorded "Tonight I'm Gonna Fall In Love" / "That's Why I'll Get By" in the fall of 1964. It received local airplay in Cincinnati, and in other cities across the US. The Teardrops' local success had them opening for The Beach Boys and Sonny and Cher.

In early 1965, they followed up with "Call Me and I'll Be Happy", which featured Schroeder on lead. After the single's release, founding member Dyer decide to leave the group, and was replaced by Tinker Smiddy.  Their third single "Tears Come Tumbling" was granted national distribution by Musicor Records, who also issued their final single, "I Will Love You Dear Forever", in 1966.

By late 1966, other founding members, Sheriff and Strunk both left with Smiddy departing the group the following year. Dyer later returned to the group, rejoining Schroder along with two new members, Bobbie Frost and Susie Leight, for the final incarnation, until marriage and career changes caused the group to break up in 1969.

By the 1980s, all of the Teardrops recordings resurfaced on vinyl in the United Kingdom, including the unreleased track "Here Comes Loneliness" which went on to become a Northern soul favorite along with the B-sides, "Bubblegummer", You Won't Be There, and "I'm Gonna Steal Your Boyfriend". In 2001, Saxony Records released a compact disc of all the Teardrops material.

Linda Schroeder-Milazzo passed in 2003.  Dorothy Dyer-Wethington and her husband still live in Cincinnati.  Pat (Punkin) Strunk-Howard lives near lake Cumberland with her husband. Wanda (Wendy) Sheriff-Engelhardt lives part-time in Cincinnati and part-time at her retirement cabin in Daniel Boone National Forest. They reunited around 1989 for a reunion ball at the Clarion in Cincinnati, and performed various places for a few months.  Author John Clemente included The Teardrops in his book "Girl Groups... Fabulous Females Who Rocked the World", and The Teardrops performed at Yesteryears Club for the premier book signing at the release of his book.  Dorothy remained in Doo-Wop music the longest, still singing with groups in the Cincinnati Area.

Members
 Dorothy Dyer (1961–1965, 1967–1969)
 Linda Schroeder (1961–1969)
 Pat (Punkin) Strunk (1961–1966)
 Wanda Wendy Sheriff (1964–1966)
 Hazel "Tinker" Smiddy (1965–1967)
 Bobbie Frost (1967–1969)
 Susie Leight (1967–1969)

Discography

Singles
 "Tonight I'm Gonna Fall In Love Again" / "That's Why I'll Get By" - Saxony 1007 (1964)
 "I'm Gonna Steal Your Boyfriend" / "Call Me And I'll Be Happy" - Saxony 1008 (1965)
 "Tears Come Tumbling" / "You Won't Be There" - Saxony 1009
 "Tears Come Tumbling" / "You Won't Be There" - Musicor 1139
 "I Will Love You Dear Forever" / "Bubblegummer" - Musicor 1218 (1966)
 "Here Comes Loneliness" (UK only) (1985)
 "I Will Love You Dear Forever" / "Bubblegummer" - Saxony 2002 (1993)
 "Here Comes Loneliness" / "Walking Down Main Street" - Saxony 3003 (2001)

Albums
 Girls About Town (You Won't Be There) (UK) - Impact 006 (1985)
 The Best of The Teardrops - Saxony 101 (2001)

References

Notes

 ^ Clemente, John (2000). Girl Groups—Fabulous Females That Rocked The World. Iola, Wisc. Krause Publications. pp. 276. . ^ Clemente, John (2013). Girl Groups—Fabulous Females Who Rocked The World. Bloomington, IN Authorhouse Publications. pp. 623.  (sc);  (e).

Further reading
 History of Rock - Teardrops

External links
 Spectropop.com

American women singers
American girl groups
Musical groups from Cincinnati


Julie Marie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

 Julie Marie Berman (born 1983), American actress
 Julie Marie Vinter Hansen (1890–1960), Danish astronomer

Compound given names
Feminine given names


Hickory Daily Record is an American, English language daily newspaper based in Hickory, North Carolina, US. It is owned by Lee Enterprises. The newspaper is a member of the North Carolina Press Association.

The newspaper serves the city of Hickory along with Catawba County and Burke, as well as the neighboring Alexander  and Caldwell counties.

In 2019, the circulation was 9,372 (weekend) and 7,853 (daily).

Starting June 6, 2023, the print edition of the newspaper will be reduced to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, the newspaper will transition from being delivered by a traditional newspaper delivery carrier to mail delivery by the U.S. Postal Service.

See also
 List of newspapers in North Carolina

References

External links

1915 establishments in North Carolina
Daily newspapers published in North Carolina
Hickory, North Carolina
Lee Enterprises publications
Newspapers established in 1915


Simon Baker (born 1969) is an Australian actor.

Simon Baker may also refer to:

Simon Baker, Scottish artist, maker of the Saltire Society Literary Awards
 Simon Baker (Canadian actor) (born 1986), Aboriginal Canadian actor
 Simon Baker (pilot), British aviator
 Simon Baker (priest) (born 1957), Archdeacon of Lichfield
 Simon Baker (racewalker) (born 1958), Australian race walker
 Simon Strousse Baker (1866–1932), American president of Washington & Jefferson College


The Black Cobra () is a 1963 Austrian Crime film directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and starring Adrian Hoven.

Cast
 Adrian Hoven - Peter Karner
 Ann Smyrner - Alexa Bergmann
 Wolfgang Preiss - Stanislas Raskin
 Paul Dahlke - Dr.Langhammer, Kommissar
 Hans Richter - Insp. Knecht
 Peter Vogel - Krim.Ass. Dr. Alois Dralle
 Emmerich Schrenk - Freddy
 Klaus Löwitsch - Boogie
 Klaus Kinski - Koks-Charly / Charley 'The Snow'
 Marianne Schönauer - Paola Manuzzo
 Raoul Retzer - Martinez Manuzzo
 Herbert Fux - Marco
 Günter Meisner - Wunderlich ('Mr. Green')
 C. W. Fernbach - Lullaby
 Ady Berber - Punkti
 Hilde Wagener - Baronin Wyspianski
 Michel Ujevic - Goba
 Terry Van Ginderen - Simone, Barfrau

References

External links

1963 films
1963 crime films
1960s German-language films
Austrian black-and-white films
Films directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber
Austrian crime films


Severino Menardi (9 November 1910 – 13 January 1978) was an Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics and in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Biography
In 1932 he finished 21st in the Nordic combined event and 27th in the ski jumping competition. He also participated in the 18 km cross-country skiing event and finished 34th. Four years later he was a member of the Italian relay team which finished fourth in the 4x10 km relay competition. In the 18 km event he finished 16th and in the Nordic combined event he finished 20th.

Achievements

Alpine skiing

National titles
Menardi won five national titles.

Italian Alpine Ski Championships
Downhill: 1931, 1935 (2)
Slalom: 1931 (1)
Combined: 1931, 1935 (2)

Cross-country skiing
 1933: 2nd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km
 1935: 3rd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km
 1938: 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km

Nordic combined
 1933: 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing
 1934: 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing
 1936: 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing

References

External links

1910 births
1978 deaths
Italian male ski jumpers
Italian male cross-country skiers
Italian male Nordic combined skiers
Olympic ski jumpers for Italy
Olympic cross-country skiers for Italy
Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Italy
Ski jumpers at the 1932 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Cortina d'Ampezzo
Skiers from Veneto
Alpine skiers of Fiamme Gialle


Birdbrook railway station was located  to the northeast of the village of Birdbrook, Essex. It was  from London Liverpool Street via Marks Tey. It opened in 1863 as the replacement for Whitley station, and closed in 1962.

References

External links
 Birdbrook station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

 Birdbrook station on Birdbrook Village Website

Disused railway stations in Essex
Former Colne Valley and Halstead Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962


Sportkanalen was a sports channel started by Kinnevik on 23 March 1996 and is considered the predecessor to Viasat Sport. Its main competitor was the sports channel SuperSport.

The channel closed on 30 December 1996.

External links
Sportkanaler kommer og går

Defunct television channels in Norway
Television stations in Denmark
Modern Times Group
Defunct television channels in Sweden
Television channels and stations established in 1996
Television channels and stations disestablished in 1996
1996 establishments in Norway
1996 disestablishments in Norway


This is an (incomplete) list of former equipments used by the Estonian Army (Maavägi:) prior to World War 2.

Armor
Tanks
12 FT-17 light tank
4 Mark V heavy tank
6 TKS tankette
Armored cars
13 Arsenal Crossley armored car
Anti-tank weapons
44 Rheinmetall 37mm Pak 36 L/50 anti-tank gun      (Note:The Estonian Rheinmetall gun had a longer barrel length compared to Wehrmacht standard L/45.)
4 Bohler 47 mm anti-tank gun model 1935
15 Solothurn-Arsenal 20 mm antitank gun
TM-34; TM 37; anti-tank mines: ~12,000

Artillery
Cannons
98 Russian 76 mm divisional gun M1902;
59 British 84mm Ordnance QF 18 pounder;
20 Russian [Schneider] 107 mm gun M1910;
23 British 110 mm QF 4.5 inch Howitzers;
8 German 15 cm sFH 13 howitzers;
29 Russian [Schneider] 152 mm howitzer M1910;
Anti Aircraft Guns
12 M38 Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
16 37mm Rheinmetall-Borsig (Flak 18), 40mm (Bofors M36) anti-aircraft cannon
 8  7.5 cm Krupp (Flak L/60) anti-aircraft cannon
116 tripod mounted anti-aircraft machineguns
Mortars
34 mortars: 81.4mm Brandt mle 27/31

Infantry weapons
Pistols and rifles
Pistols: Nagant M1895: 900, Browning FN Model 1903: ~4,600 (Replaced by ~5,300 Browning Hi-Power P35 in 1938)
Rifles: Russian Mosin–Nagant M1891: 72,000, British Pattern 1914 Enfield: 46,000, Japanese Arisaka Types 30 and 38: 24,000
Submachine guns
Tallinn Model 1923 Arsenal submachine gun: ~600, (Replaced by ~500 Suomi M/31 submachine guns in 1938)
Machine guns
Russian Maxim PM M1910: ~1,600, British Lewis Gun: ~1,200, Danish Madsen machine gun M1920: ~1,700
Grenades
Hand grenades: ~133,000
Electronics
Field Radios: 133

See also
 Military of Estonia
 Equipment of the Maavägi

References

Military equipment of Estonia


Liz Carroll (born September 19, 1956) is an American fiddler and composer. She is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship Award. Carroll and collaborator Irish guitarist John Doyle were nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010. She is considered one of the greatest contemporary Irish fiddlers.

Early life and education

Carroll's parents were born in Ireland; her father Kevin was from Brocca, County Offaly, and her mother Eileen was from Ballyhahill, West Limerick. Her maternal grandfather played the violin and her father played button accordion. Carroll was born September 19, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois and raised on Chicago's south side. She took classical music lessons from nuns at Visitation Catholic School. On Sunday nights, Carroll and her family visited a south side Irish pub that hosted a live radio show featuring traditional Irish music. She earned a degree in social psychology at DePaul University. Carroll's influences include Chicago-born Irish fiddler John McGreevy, Irish button accordionist Joe Cooley, Irish fiddler Sean McGuire, 1983 National Heritage Award-winning uilleann piper Joe Shannon, and pianist Eleanor Neary.

Competition achievement

Carroll won second place in the All-Ireland under 18 fiddle championship at the 1973 Fleadh Cheoil, the Irish music competition run by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann; Frankie Gavin won first. Carroll returned the following year and won first place in the category. In the succeeding year, 1975, at age 18, she won the All-Ireland Senior Fiddle Championship, at the time only the second American to have done so. That same year Carroll and Chicago piano accordionist Jimmy Keane won the senior duet championship. The championships brought recognition of Carroll as one of the most outstanding Irish fiddlers of all time.

Recordings and performances

In 1977, Carroll and button accordionist Tommy Maguire released the album Kiss Me Kate. The following year, Carroll recorded her first solo album A Friend Indeed, accompanied on piano by  Marty Fahey, featuring five of her compositions.

In the early 1980s, Carroll toured with Green Fields of America, the Irish traditional music ensemble led by Irish musician and folklorist Mick Moloney. In 1987 she was asked to join the debut tour of the all-female Irish American ensemble Cherish the Ladies, but  declined for family reasons.

Carroll's second, eponymous solo album was released in 1988, and featured accompaniment by Irish guitarist Dáithí Sproule. In 1992, Carroll, Sproule, and Irish-American button accordionist Billy McComiskey formed Trian and recorded two albums.

In 2000 she performed with Don Henley of the Eagles in his encore, which included an Irish song, for fourteen U.S. concert dates.

Lost in the Loop (2000), Carroll's first solo album in over a decade, featured thirteen original compositions and was produced by Séamus Egan of Solas. Irish traditional music critic Earle Hitchner of MTV wrote of the track The Silver Spear/The Earl's Chair/The Musical Priest:

Carroll's febrile bowing is breathtaking, a model of rolls and triplets executed in fleet, articulate clusters. She sounds almost possessed, yet not once does she lose sight of those traditional reels' melodies in one of the more exhilarating Irish fiddle tracks ever recorded.

In the 2000s, Carroll recorded three albums accompanied by Irish guitarist John Doyle, entitled Lake Effect, In Play and Double Play. A 2005 Carroll and Doyle concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and an interview was collected by  the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. On Saint Patrick's Day 2009 Carroll and Doyle played at the White House for President Barack Obama. The Scotsman, a compact newspaper in Edinburgh, remarked on a 2011 Carroll and Doyle performance in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall:

... Carroll's full-grained, sweet yet sinewy tone and richly lyrical phrasing subtly underscored by Doyle's less-is-more finesse ... Her exceptional playing was distinguished by its muscular, supple lift and swing, immaculately applied ornamentation and fiery attack ...

Carroll is one of the String Sisters and performs on their live album and DVD titled Live which was recorded in 2005 and released in 2007.

Composer

Carroll composed her first reel at age nine, and had composed one hundred and seventy tunes by 2000. In August 2010, two hundred of her compositions, recorded and unrecorded, were published as Collected: Original Irish Tunes. The Irish Echo, a weekly newspaper based in New York City, named Collected the best collection of tunes in 2010.

Carroll is "recognized as a gifted composer of tunes in the Irish idiom," according to the Irish Echo. Her compositions are in the performance and recorded repertoires of other musicians. "Many of her tunes have become modern standards," according to The Scotsman.  Carroll "has composed more than a dozen tunes that have become beloved standards among her peers," according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

She composed the music for The Mai, a play by Irish playwright Marina Carr that opened at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York in 1994. In 2001 Carroll collaborated with Irish-American author Frank McCourt on staged readings from his works, a production developed by the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago. Her compositions have been choreographed  by Irish dance companies including the Dennehy School of Irish Dancing and Trinity Irish Dance.

Honors

In 1994, Carroll received a National Heritage Fellowship, a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts.

At Chicago's Celtic Fest, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley declared September 18, 1999, Liz Carroll Day in Chicago.

The Irish Echo named her traditional musician of the year in 2000, saying: "Carroll has enriched and extended the Irish tradition in music through performing, composing, and teaching."

In 2010, Double Play, Carroll's recording with John Doyle on Compass Records was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album, making Carroll the first American-born traditional Irish musician to be nominated for a Grammy. In 2011, she was the recipient of the Gradam Ceoil TG4 Cumadóir award, Ireland's most significant traditional music prize for composition. She was the first American-born composer honored with the award. In 2015 Carroll said the 2011 composer's award and the 2010 Grammy nomination were the honors of which she was most proud.

Discography
 1978 – Kiss Me Kate (with Tommy Maguire) (Shanachie Records)
 1979 – A Friend Indeed (with Marty Fahey) (solo album #1 - reissued 1995) (Shanachie Records)
 1988 – Liz Carroll (solo album #2 - reissued 1993) (Green Linnet Records)
 1992 – Trian (with Trian) (Flying Fish Records)
 1995 – Trian II (with Trian) (Green Linnet Records)
 2000 – Lost in The Loop (solo album #3) (Green Linnet Records)
 2002 – Lake Effect (solo album #4) (Green Linnet Records)
 2005 – In Play (with John Doyle) (Compass Records)
 2007 – Live (with String Sisters) (Compass Records)
 2009 – Double Play (with John Doyle) (Compass Records) (Grammy nominee)
 2013 – On the Offbeat (solo album #5) (self-released)
 2015 – Ireland, Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840: The Music (co-produced with Liz Knowles) (The Art Institute of Chicago, for the exhibition of the same name)
 2018  – Between Wind and Water (with String Sisters) (self released)
2019  – Half Day Road (with Jake Charron)

Published works

References

External links

1956 births
American fiddlers
American people of Irish descent
Living people
Musicians from Chicago
National Heritage Fellowship winners
Compass Records artists
Shanachie Records artists
20th-century American musicians
DePaul University alumni
String Sisters members
21st-century American violinists
American women violinists
Green Linnet Records artists
Women fiddlers


Airthrey may refer to:

A house at Wallace High School, Stirling
Airthrey Castle, on the grounds of the University of Stirling