Tropical Storm Odile was a late season tropical storm that formed during the 2008 Pacific hurricane season and affected parts of southern Mexico. A tropical depression formed on October 8, and became Tropical Storm Odile 18 hours later. The storm paralleled the south coast of Mexico, with the center located only several miles offshore. After peaking in intensity, increasing southeasterly vertical wind shear induced a trend of rapid weakening on the storm. Correspondingly, Odile was downgraded to a tropical depression early on 12 October, subsequently degenerating into a remnant low about 55 mi (85 km) south of Manzanillo, Colima. From thereon, the low proceeded slowly south-southwestward before dissipating on October 13. Since Odile stayed at sea, its effects along coastlines were limited. The most notable damages were caused by flooding along the southern coast of Mexico, mostly in Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero and Michoacán. The exact amount of damage, however, remains unknown, and no fatalities were reported as a result of the storm.

Meteorological history

A tropical wave emerged off the west coast of Africa on September 23, and merged with the southern end of a decaying frontal system over the Caribbean Sea. The combined disturbance gradually split, with the northernmost section eventually becoming Tropical Storm Marco. The southernmost end moved into the eastern Pacific, which then immediately showed signs of organization. The system stalled just south of El Salvador throughout October 5, where it came under the influence of strong vertical wind shear. The circulation slowly drifted east-northeastward and became absorbed by a neighboring tropical wave, with the broad resultant low re-curving to the west-northwest. In response to relaxing shear aloft, convection redeveloped around the newly formed center of circulation. It subsequently acquired a sufficiently organized structure and post-analysis found that a tropical depression formed at around 1200 UTC on October 8. Upon developing, the depression was designated as Sixteen-E about 120 mi (195 km) south-southwest of San Salvador, El Salvador, and operationally, advisories were initiated at 2100 UTC — 9 hours after post-analytic estimates of formation.

Despite being in an area with favorable conditions, lack of inner core organization proved difficult for rapid deepening to occur, and initially, model guidance did not forecast any significant strengthening. Contrary to expectations, satellite imagery showed a gradual increase in organization later that evening. Bands of convection deepened in the southern quadrant, indicating that the storm was steadily strengthening. Located just to the south of a large mid-level ridge over Mexico, the system was steered toward the west-northwest, proceeding within a favorable environment. Based on the improved appearance on satellite imagery, it is estimated the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Odile at 0600 UTC on October 9 about 330 mi (530 km) southeast of Puerto Ángel, Mexico. Shortly after attaining tropical storm status, Odile began to develop a small area of central dense overcast, and upper-level cirrus outflow became well-defined within the western semicircle of the storm. Convective banding organized to the south and southwest of the circulation, leading Dvorak T-numbers to estimate an intensity of at least . Based on this estimate, the NHC noted a high chance of further intensification into a minimal hurricane. Odile maintained its intensity, as upper-level outflow of the circulation was reduced to the northeast. Although wind shear initially dislocated the circulation from the main convection, a large burst of convection allowed Odile to intensify slightly further to peak winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) at around 0600 UTC on October 10.

Odile closely paralleled the Mexican coastline. The intensification did not last long, in fact, the convection associated with Odile diminished in the afternoon and its rainbands became rather distorted. Another cluster of convection sprung up that evening, this time with cloud tops colder than . The circulation center was well embedded within the convection. As a consequence of the slightly improved organization, Odile had a stronger interaction with the easterlies aloft, therefore increasing forward movement speed. Later that day, a reconnaissance aircraft passed through Odile and observed a rather weak and disorganized tropical cyclone, resulting  in meteorologists at the NHC to change its forecasts. Early on October 12, Odile made its closest approach to coastline of Mexico, only about 50 mi (80 km) offshore of Guerrero, Mexico. Increasing southeasterly vertical wind shear took toll on the system. Furthermore, around 0600 UTC, NHC confirmed that Odile weakened into a tropical depression. The last advisory regarding Odile was issued later that day stating that it has subsequently degenerated into a remnant low-pressure area, a swirl of low-level clouds. The remnants of Odile meandered slowly south-southwestward before completely dissipating on October 13.

Preparations and impact

Throughout Odile's existence, the National Weather Service of Mexico declared several tropical storm watches and warnings for the Pacific coast of Mexico spanning from Jalisco to Oaxaca. They were extended and discontinued as Odile progressed westward. On October 11 at around 2 AM PDT, a hurricane watch was declared for the Pacific coast of Mexico from Tecpán de Galeana to Punta San Telmo. Six hours later, the hurricane watch was adjusted and in effect for the coast from Zihuatanejo to Manzanillo. They were all discontinued later that day as the chance of Odile becoming a hurricane diminished.

On October 8, blue alerts were declared for 118 municipalities in Chiapas following the minimal threat of tropical storm-force impact. The civil defense system in the state of Chiapas warned that the storm could leave up to  of rainfall. Shippings were closed in the Port of Chiapas, leaving over 3,000 boats stranded ashore on October 9. Flooding in Acapulco forced officials to close schools on October 10. Meanwhile, the state government reported that 232 police were ready to provide assistance to citizens in advance of Odile. Civil defense officials in the state of Guerrero ordered about 10,000 people to evacuate their homes. On October 11, a yellow alert were declared for the state of Michoacán, where the civil defense committee also announced that the shelters were opened for schools in the municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas and the towns of Playa Azul and Guacamayas. Ports in Lázaro Cárdenas were also closed later that day.

On October 10, about  of rainfall were accumulated in the city of Acapulco. The torrential rainfall caused flooding which damaged more than 100 houses, with two of them completely destroyed. Excess floodwater collapsed walls and covered roads with mud that reached as much as . Nearly 150 homes were inundated with  of water. The flooding is also responsible for causing strong current that had swept away parked vehicles, downing of at least 16 trees and carrying debris to the main streets of the port. Odile also managed to cause damage toward the plumbing and sewage supplies of Acapulco, resulting no clean water access in about fifty communities of the suburban areas of Acapulco for several days. The water levels of Papagayo River reached its maximum capacity, damaging electrical supplies. In Michoacán, strong winds resulted 30 downed trees and the collapse of 5 power poles, leaving 10 minutes without electricity for a large part of the city.

See also

 2008 Pacific hurricane season
 Timeline of the 2008 Pacific hurricane season
 Other storms of the same name

References
* The dates are in UTC

External links

 National Hurricane Center
 National Hurricane Center's advisory archive on Tropical Storm Odile
 National Hurricane Center's graphic archive on Tropical Storm Odile

2008 Pacific hurricane season
Eastern Pacific tropical storms
Odile


Marc-Alain Ouaknin (born 5 March 1957) both a rabbi and a philosopher. He is the son of Rabbi Jacques Ouaknin (b. 1932, Marrakesh, Morocco) and Eliane Erlich Ouaknin (b. 1932, Lille; d. 2007, Marseille.) His father is the Grand Rabbi of the French cities of Reims, Lille, Metz, and Marseille. Ouaknin dedicated his best-known work, The Burnt Book, to "my father, my master, Grand Rabbi Jacques Ouaknin."

Biography

Ouaknin holds a doctorate in philosophy and is the Director of the Centre De Recherches Et D’études Juives in Paris. He is also a professor of comparative literature at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. A major focus of his work since the 1980s has been to comment upon and extend the philosophy of Emmanuel Lévinas by comparing Levinas's writings to other Jewish texts—in particular to those of Hasidism and the Kabbalah. His work is in the continental philosophical tradition and emphasizes concepts current in French intellectual life. Unlike traditional rabbinic discourse, Ouaknin regularly cites thinkers outside the Jewish tradition, such as the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan and the phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty.

Literary works

Ouaknin's books and articles have been translated into more than twenty languages. His best-known book in the English-speaking world is The Burnt Book (Le livre brûlé).

Partial bibliography

 The Burnt Book: Reading the Talmud, translation by Llewellyn Brown of Le livre brûlé, Lire le Talmud, Princeton University Press (1995)
 Le livre brûlé, Lire le Talmud, Lieu Commun (1986); Seuil (1992)
 La bible de l'humour juif, with D. Rotnemer, Ramsay (1995); J'ai lu (2002)
 ''Jean Daviot, Le ciel au bout des doigts, Paris Musées /Actes Sud, (2004)

References

1957 births
Living people
French rabbis
French Orthodox rabbis
21st-century French philosophers
Jewish philosophers
Philosophers of Judaism
French male non-fiction writers
20th-century French rabbis
21st-century French rabbis
Rabbis from Paris
Paris Nanterre University alumni
Academic staff of Bar-Ilan University


The Battle–Friedman House (also known as Battle House or Friedman Home) is an antebellum town home located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  The house was built in 1835 by Alfred Battle and his wife, Millicent Battle.  The house's grounds include the only remaining documented antebellum garden in the state. The house itself is noted for its vernacular use of monumental boxed columns.  The Battle family lived in the house until 1875, when the home was purchased by Bernard Friedman.  The Friedman family continued to reside in the house until Victor Hugo Friedman died in 1965, leaving the house to the city of Tuscaloosa.  The Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society currently maintains the house as a historic house museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

References

Further reading
"Tuscaloosa Scrapbook", Matt Clinton
Past Horizons The Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society
A Belle of the Fifties: Memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, Virginia Clay-Clopton

External links

The Battle-Friedman House at Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society website

National Register of Historic Places in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Houses completed in 1835
Federal architecture in Alabama
Greek Revival houses in Alabama
Historic house museums in Alabama
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
Museums in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Houses in Tuscaloosa, Alabama


John Gallatin Taff (June 3, 1890 – May 15, 1961), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in  with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed. Taff had a 0-1 record with a 6.62 ERA in seven games during his one-year career. He was born in Austin, Texas and died in Houston, Texas.

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The 1996–97 Ukrainian Cup is the sixth annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup.

This season for all amateur clubs was revived separate competition (Amateur Cup) that was discontinued back in 1989. No amateur clubs participated in the competition this season. Two legs rounds were revived for quarterfinals and semifinals. The Cup started with the round of 32, but it also had couple of preliminaries. The qualification rounds of competition started on 14 August 1996 with nine matches.

The cup holder Dynamo Kyiv was eliminated in away game against Nyva Vinnytsia losing on penalty kicks in the Round of 16.

Team allocation
Seventy three teams entered the competition

Distribution

Competition schedule

First preliminary round

Second preliminary round

Third preliminary round

First Elimination Round (1/16)

Second Elimination Round (1/8)

Quarterfinals (1/4)
In this round enter the four winners from the previous round. All the teams are from the Premier League.

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First leg

Second leg

Metalurh won 4–1 on aggregate.

Dnipro won 4–0 on aggregate.

CSKA won 3–1 on aggregate.

Shakhtar won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals (1/2)
In this round enter the four winners from the previous round. All the teams are from the Premier League.

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First leg

Second leg

Shakhtar won 5–1 on aggregate.

Dnipro won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

The final was held at the NSC Olimpiysky on May 25, 1997, in Kyiv.

Top goalscorers

See also
1996–97 Vyshcha Liha

References

External links
Calendar of Matches—Schedule of the Ukrainian Cup on the UkrSoccerHistory.com.

Ukrainian Cup seasons
Cup
Ukrainian Cup


Alasmidonta viridis, the slippershell mussel, is a species of mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is native to the United States.

References

viridis
Bivalves described in 1820
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque


Northend is a village in southern-eastern Warwickshire, England, located roughly halfway between the town of Banbury and the conurbation of Leamington Spa and Warwick. The population taken at the 2011 census can be found under Burton Dassett. Situated at the foot of the Burton Dassett Hills, which contains Burton Dassett Country Park, it is less than a mile east of the M40 motorway. The M40 is about 8 minutes away. There was once a primary school in the village, but this was controversially closed by the LEA due to a claimed lack of pupils, and it has now been converted into a house. There were two churches in the village, a Church of England building, known as the Chapel of Ease, and Northend Methodist Chapel, which has now been converted into a house.

External links

Villages in Warwickshire


To be sinful is to have committed an act that violates a known religious rule.

Sinful may also refer to:

 Sinful (album), a 1979 hard rock album
 Sinful (film), a 1965 Mexican film
 Sinful (album), the 1987 debut solo album by Pete Wylie
 "Sinful" (song), the album's title track and Wylie's debut solo single

See also

 Sin (disambiguation)
 Sinner (disambiguation)
 Sinners (disambiguation)


William Ray Upton (June 18, 1929 – January 2, 1987) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who made two relief appearances in  with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed.

Upton had no decision in either of his appearances, with a 1.80 ERA, allowing one earned run in five innings pitched.

He was born in Esther, Missouri and died in San Diego, California. His brother Tom played in the big leagues from 1950 to 1952.

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The Major League Baseball logo was designed by Jerry Dior in 1968 and was included on all on-field uniforms of Major League Baseball (MLB) employees beginning in the 1969 season.

Creation
The logo was created in a single afternoon. Contrary to popular belief, the silhouette was not modeled on Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, or any specific player but was drawn with reference to photographs of several players. The silhouette was chosen specifically because of its ambiguity: the batter could be right- or left-handed and of any ethnic background.

The MLB "Batter" logo was commissioned by the Major League Baseball Centennial Committee, and was introduced by the new Baseball Commissioner, Bowie Kuhn, to be used in preparations for, and celebration of, the 1869–1969 Professional Baseball Centennial Celebration held July 21, 1969, in Washington, DC.

For many years, the authorship of the logo was a matter of some dispute as two graphic designers laid claim to creating the piece: Jerry Dior (working for the marketing firm of Sandgren & Murtha) and James Sherman, a comic book illustrator. In November 2008, ESPN writer Paul Lukas managed to clear the matter up and Dior's authorship is no longer in doubt. Upon closely examining the logo, Sherman declared:

That's not my logo, and I was totally unaware that it existed... The logo I created was very similar, but I designed it in the early 1980s. All I can say is that I was so sports-unaware that I didn't know about the earlier logo. I feel like a total idiot now that I didn't know about it. I'm flabbergasted.

Popularity and influence
The logo has not been changed in the years since its adoption, except for small variations in the shades of blue and red, and that individual teams sometimes alter the coloring to match their uniform colors. Since its adoption, the basic model of an athlete (or equipment used for the sport) in silhouette flanked by red and blue color blocks has also been incorporated in the logos of the National Basketball Association (with Jerry West as its player model), Minor League Baseball, Women's National Basketball Association, Arena Football League, U.S. Figure Skating, Hockey Canada, American Hockey League, PGA Tour, National Lacrosse League, Indy Racing League, and Major League Gaming. It has also been parodied in Major League Eating.

Alan Siegel, who oversaw Dior's logo, deliberately based his NBA logo design off MLB's in 1969 because NBA Commissioner J. Walter Kennedy wanted a family relationship between the sports seen as being All-American.

References

Symbols introduced in 1969
Trademarks
Silhouettes


"Spaceman" is a song by the Killers. The song was released as the second single from the band's third studio album Day & Age on November 4, 2008, as a digital download on iTunes, and as 7" and promo CD in the US, Canada and the UK. It has been released to radio in Australia and has gone into regular rotation on Triple J. This song was number 17 on Rolling Stones list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008. The song has been used regularly as the opening song during the band's tour.

Live performances
The group began performing the song at shows during their summer 2008 tour and played it as part of a two-song set on the October 4, 2008, episode of Saturday Night Live. On November 4, 2008, they also performed the song on BBC2's Later... with Jools Holland.

Popular culture
The song was featured in the Fringe episode "The No-Brainer", as well as on the trailer of the animated film Planet 51 starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The song was also released as a downloadable track for the music video game series Rock Band on November 25, 2008.

Radio performance
In the Los Angeles market, "Spaceman" was a big radio hit, with radio-airplay longevity into 2010.  On KYSR 98.7 FM, it was their #1 most-played song in June 2010, while KROQ 106.7 FM added the song back into regular rotation in May 2010 due to its regional popularity.

Music video
The music video was directed by American director Ray Tintori, and shows Brandon Flowers walking around a party in progress, happening on a unique tiered structure adorned with long white vertical lights. Many humanoid creatures (all dressed up in very colourful, carnival-like costumes) are dancing, occasionally as a group, but usually individually. The other three band members can also be seen at the party throughout the video. As more of the structure is revealed, it can be seen that it is in the middle of a wide open space, surrounded by the camera crew filming the video.

Track list
Promo CD
"Spaceman" (radio edit) – 4:13
"Spaceman" (album version) – 4:44

UK 7" Picture Disc
"Spaceman" – 4:44
"Tidal Wave" – 4:14

Limited Edition 12" Picture Disc
"Spaceman" – 4:44
"Four Winds" (Conor Oberst) – 3:56

German CD/German iTunes EP
"Spaceman" - 4:44
"Four Winds" (Conor Oberst) - 3:56
"Tidal Wave" - 4:14

Promo Remix CD
"Spaceman" (Bimbo Jones vocal mix) – 8:04
"Spaceman" (Bimbo Jones dub) – 8:03
"Spaceman" (Bimbo Jones radio edit) – 4:33

Promo Remix CD 2
"Spaceman" (Bimbo Jones Radio Mix) – 04:33
"Spaceman" (Bimbo Jones Vocal Mix) – 08:05
"Spaceman" (Lee Dagger Club Mix) – 09:03
"Spaceman" (Max Jackson Dub) – 06:26
"Spaceman" (Sander van Doorn Remix Part 1) – 06:38
"Spacemen" (Sander van Doorn Remix Part 2) – 07:39
"Spaceman" (Tiësto Remix) - 7:07

Chart performance
"Spaceman" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 67 on November 22, 2008.  The song fell off the chart the following week.
On Sunday 16 February 2009, "Spaceman" finally broke into the UK Top 40 at number 40.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links
Music video at youtube.com

2000s Island Records singles
The Killers songs
2008 singles
Songs written by Brandon Flowers
Songs written by Dave Keuning
Songs written by Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
Songs written by Mark Stoermer
Song recordings produced by Stuart Price
2008 songs


The 2009 FIA GT Championship season was the thirteenth and final season of the FIA GT Championship for grand tourer cars competing in the GT1 and GT2 categories. The season began 3 May, and ended 25 October after eight races. This was also the final season of a combined GT1 and GT2 championship before the launch of the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010.

Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati drivers Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini successfully defended their GT1 Championships, pulling clear of the rivals in the final two events of the season after a close battle with the Peka Racing Chevrolet team of Anthony Kumpen and Mike Hezemans. Bartels and Bertolini won races at Adria International Raceway and Hungaroring in the way to the title, a third championship each for the pair. With the assistance of Miguel Ramos and Alex Müller in the team's second Maserati MC12 GT1, Vitaphone Racing Team also secured the Teams Championship.

In the lower specification GT2 category, former Porsche Supercup champion Richard Westbrook won the GT2 championship, driving a Prospeed Competition Porsche. Westbrook won the title by just two points over AF Corse Ferrari pairing of Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander. Controversially Westbrook was split from his season long partner Emmanuel Collard at the final round, swapping cars with Brixia Racing driver Marco Holzer in a successful attempt to maximise Porsche's chances of defeating the Ferrari pairing. AF Corse, with the help of the team's second car of Álvaro Barba and Niki Cadei, did defeat Prospeed in the teams championship. CRS Racing driver Chris Niarchos was awarded the Citation Cup for amateur drivers.

Schedule
The 2009 schedule was initially announced by the FIA on 5 November 2008, with seven events consisting of two-hour races, the Bucharest City Challenge of two separate one-hour races, and the Spa 24 Hours. Adria's event was once again scheduled to take place at night. However at a further meeting of the FIA on 17 March 2009 the calendar was set at eight rounds, with the cancellation of the Potrero de los Funes event and the inclusion of Circuit Paul Ricard. This decreased the number of two-hour races from seven to six.

On 16 June the Bucharest Ring, Romania cancelled their planned FIA GT event. The series therefore replaced the fifth round with an event at the Hungaroring in Hungary which would return to the normal two-hour race format.

Entry list

GT1

GT2

Season results
Overall winners in bold.

Championships
Points were awarded to the top eight finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1. Cars which failed to complete 75% of the winner's distance were not awarded points.  Drivers who did not drive for at least 35 minutes do not receive points.

Driver championships

GT1 standings

GT2 standings

Citation Cup
New for 2009, the Citation Cup involved amateur drivers in the GT2 category rather than the GT1 category used since 2007.  Drivers rated as bronze by the GT Bureau driver classification system were allowed to enter the Citation Cup if they competed in a car which was homologated before 2009.  Points in the Citation Cup were awarded at every FIA GT round except for the Spa 24 Hours.

Team championships

GT1 standings
The Nissan Motorsports entry was not allowed to score championship points due to being run as a factory team.

GT2 standings

Manufacturers Cups

Results of the GT2 Manufacturers’ Cup were as follows.
Although a GT1 Manufacturers’ Cup was listed in the Sporting Regulations for the 2009 FIA GT Championship, no points table for this award was published.  An award was given only for the manufacturers in the GT2 category.

References

External links

 FIA GT Championship
 Official Live Stream Supplier
 Sporting Regulations as archived at www.webcitation.org on 21 December 2009
 Technical Regulations for Grand Touring Cars – GT1 as archived at www.webcitation.org on 21 December 2009
 Technical Regulations for Grand Touring Cars – GT2 as archived at www.webcitation.org on 21 December 2009
 FIA Classifications as archived at www.webcitation.org on 21 December 2009
 2009 FIA GT Championship images

FIA GT Championship seasons


is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines
Shimo-Yamaguchi Station is served by the 4.2 km Seibu Sayama Line from  to , and is located 1.8 km from the starting point of the Sayama Line at Nishi-Tokorozawa. Some through services operate to and from  via the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.

Station layout
The station consists of a ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

History
The station opened on 1 May 1929. It closed on 10 October 1954, but reopened on 4 June 1976.

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Shimo-Yamaguchi Station becoming "SI40".

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was the 72nd busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 8,012 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area
 Tokorozawa Yamaguchi Junior High School

References

External links

 Shimo-Yamaguchi Station information (Seibu)
 Shimo-Yamaguchi Station information (Saitama Prefectural Government)

Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1929
Railway stations in Tokorozawa, Saitama
Seibu Sayama Line


A Vickrey–Clarke–Groves (VCG) auction is a type of sealed-bid auction of multiple items. Bidders submit bids that report their valuations for the items, without knowing the bids of the other bidders. The auction system assigns the items in a socially optimal manner: it charges each individual the harm they cause to other bidders. It gives bidders an incentive to bid their true valuations, by ensuring that the optimal strategy for each bidder is to bid their true valuations of the items; it can be undermined by bidder collusion and in particular in some circumstances by a single bidder making multiple bids under different names. It is a generalization of a Vickrey auction for multiple items.

The auction is named after William Vickrey, Edward H. Clarke, and Theodore Groves for their papers that successively generalized the idea.

The VCG auction is a specific use of the more general VCG mechanism. While the VCG auction tries to make a socially optimal allocation of items, VCG mechanisms allow for the selection of a socially optimal outcome out of a set of possible outcomes. If collusion is likely to occur among bidders, the VCG outperforms the generalized second-price auction for both revenues produced for the seller and allocative efficiency.

Intuitive description

Consider an auction where a set of identical products are being sold. Bidders can take part in the auction by announcing the maximum price they are willing to pay to receive N products. Each buyer is allowed to declare more than one bid, since its willingness-to-pay per unit might be different depending on the total number of units it receives. Bidders cannot see other people's bids at any moment since they are sealed (only visible to the auction system). Once all the bids are made, the auction is closed.

All the possible combinations of bids are then considered by the auction system, and the one maximizing the total sum of bids is kept, with the condition that it does not exceed the total amount of products available and that at most one bid from each bidder can be used. Bidders who have made a successful bid then receive the product quantity specified in their bid. The price they pay in exchange, however, is not the amount they had bid initially but only the marginal harm their bid has caused to other bidders (which is at most as high as their original bid).

This marginal harm caused to other participants (i.e. the final price paid by each individual with a successful bid) can be calculated as: (sum of bids of the auction from the best combination of bids excluding the participant under consideration) − (what other winning bidders have bid in the current (best) combination of bids). If the sum of bids of the second best combination of bids is the same as that of the best combination, then the price paid by the buyers will be the same as their initial bid. In all other cases, the price paid by the buyers will be lower.

At the end of the auction, the total utility has been maximized since all the goods have been attributed to the people with the highest combined willingness-to-pay. If agents are fully rational and in the absence of collusion, we can assume that the willingness to pay have been reported truthfully since only the marginal harm to other bidders will be charged to each participant, making truthful reporting a weakly-dominant strategy. This type of auction, however, will not maximize the seller's revenue unless the sum of bids of the second best combination of bids is equal to the sum of bids of the best combination of bids.

Formal description

Notation
For any set of auctioned items  and any set of bidders , let  be the social value of the VCG auction for a given bid-combination. That is, how much each person values the items they've just won, added up across everyone. The value of the item is zero if they do not win. For a bidder  and item , let the bidder's bid for the item be . The notation  means the set of elements of A which are not elements of B.

Assignment
A bidder  whose bid for an item  is an "overbid", namely , wins the item, but pays , which is the social cost of their winning that is incurred by the rest of the agents.

Explanation
Indeed, the set of bidders other than  is . When item  is available, they could attain welfare  The winning of the item by  reduces the set of available items to , so the attainable welfare is now . The difference between the two levels of welfare is therefore the loss in attainable welfare suffered by the rest of the bidders, as predicted, given the winner  got the item . This quantity depends on the offers of the rest of the agents and is unknown to agent .

Winner's utility
The winning bidder whose bid is the true value  for the item ,  derives maximum utility

Examples

Two items, three bidders
Suppose two apples are being auctioned among three bidders.
 Bidder A wants one apple and is willing to pay $5 for that apple.
 Bidder B wants one apple and is willing to pay $2 for it.
 Bidder C wants two apples and is willing to pay $6 to have both of them but is uninterested in buying only one without the other.

First, the outcome of the auction is determined by maximizing bids: the apples go to bidder A and bidder B, since their combined bid of $5 + $2 = $7 is greater than the bid for two apples by bidder C who is willing to pay only $6. Thus, after the auction, the value achieved by bidder A is $5, by bidder B is $2, and by bidder C is $0 (since bidder C gets nothing). Note that the determination of winners is essentially a knapsack problem.

Next, the formula for deciding payments gives:
 For bidder A: The payment for winning required of A is determined as follows: First, in an auction that excludes bidder A, the social-welfare maximizing outcome would assign both apples to bidder C for a total social value of $6. Next, the total social value of the original auction excluding A's value is computed as $7 − $5 = $2. Finally, subtract the second value from the first value.  Thus, the payment required of A is $6 − $2 = $4.
 For bidder B: Similar to the above, the best outcome for an auction that excludes bidder B assigns both apples to bidder C for $6. The total social value of the original auction minus B's portion is $5. Thus, the payment required of B is $6 − $5 = $1.
 Finally, the payment for bidder C is (($5 + $2) − ($5 + $2)) = $0.

After the auction, A is $1 better off than before (paying $4 to gain $5 of utility), B is $1 better off than before (paying $1 to gain $2 of utility), and C is neutral (having not won anything).

Two bidders
Assume that there are two bidders,  and , two items,  and , and each bidder is allowed to obtain one item. We let  be bidder 's valuation for item . Assume , , , and . We see that both  and  would prefer to receive item ; however, the socially optimal assignment gives item  to bidder  (so their achieved value is ) and item  to bidder  (so their achieved value is ). Hence, the total achieved value is , which is optimal.

If person  were not in the auction, person  would still be assigned to , and hence person  can gain nothing more. The current outcome is ; hence  is charged .

If person  were not in the auction,  would be assigned to , and would have valuation . The current outcome is 3; hence  is charged .

Example #3
Consider an auction of  houses to  bidders, who are to each receive a house. , represents the value player  has for house . Possible outcomes are characterized by bipartite matchings pairing houses with people.
If we know the values, then maximizing social welfare reduces to computing a maximum weight bipartite matching.

If we do not know the values, then we instead solicit bids , asking each player  how much they would wish to bid for house .
Define  if bidder  receives house  in the matching . Now compute , a maximum weight
bipartite matching with respect to the bids, and compute

  .

The first term is another max weight bipartite matching, and the second term can be computed easily from .

Optimality of truthful bidding

The following is a proof that bidding one's true valuations for the auctioned items is optimal.

For each bidder , let  be their true valuation of an item , and suppose (without loss of generality) that  wins  upon submitting their true valuations.
Then the net utility  attained by  is given by their own valuation of the item they've won, minus the price they've paid:

As  is independent of , the maximization of net utility is pursued by the mechanism along with the maximization of corporate gross utility  for the declared bid .

To make it clearer, let us form the difference  between net utility  of  under truthful bidding  gotten item , and net utility  of bidder  under non-truthful bidding  for item  gotten item  on true utility .

 is the corporate gross utility obtained with the non-truthful bidding. But the allocation assigning  to  is different from the allocation assigning  to  which gets maximum (true) gross corporate utility. Hence  and  q.e.d.

See also
 Vickrey–Clarke–Groves mechanism
Vickrey auction
Preference revelation

References

Types of auction


Auchendinny railway station was a station which served Auchendinny, in the Scottish county of Midlothian. It was served by trains on the branch line that terminated at Penicuik.

History
Opened by the Penicuik Railway, then run by the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, only to be closed by British Railways three years later.

The site today
The platform is still there although overgrown and the station building is a dwelling house.

References

External links
 Station on navigable O.S. map
 Picture of Station.

Former North British Railway stations
Disused railway stations in Midlothian
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1872
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951
Penicuik


Individual Speedway Danish Championship is the National competition for Danish speedway riders to determine the champion of Denmark. The event was first held in 1947. From 1947 to 1951 there was no definitive difference between the short track and long track Championship of Denmark resulting in the same winner being recorded for both versions.

Qualification
Riders holding a Danish passport and a valid DMU licence. Riders must submit their entries at least four weeks before the first meeting of the competition. Any riders who competed in the Speedway Grand Prix or World Championship Qualifying rounds during the previous season are seeded directly to the Final. The DMU may also seed other riders directly to the Final at their discretion. Either one or two Semi-Finals are staged depending on the number of riders entering the competition (excluding the seeded riders who go straight through to the Final). Riders are selected for these rounds according to the previous season's Danish averages. If one Semi-Final is held, the highest-placed riders (plus two reserves) qualify the Final. If two Semi-Finals are held, the highest-placed riders (plus one reserve) from each meeting qualify for the Final.

The winner of the Final is awarded a gold medal and declared Danish Individual Champion. The riders finishing second and third are awarded silver and bronze medals respectively.

Previous winners

Medals classification

See also
 Danish Speedway League
 Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship

References

Denmark
Speedway in Denmark


Pet Pals: Animal Doctor is a video game created by Legacy Interactive in which the player is a veterinarian, and must take care of 35 animals brought to their clinic. In the Wii version, the player takes care of 30 animals. It is rated E10+ by the American Entertainment Software Rating Board.

In 2007, it was given the "Silver Honor" award by the Parents' Choice Foundation.

Notes
 If you get 1000 points in a case, you get a perfect score trophy.
 If you do something wrong, incorrectly diagnose the animal, and ask the wrong questions you won't get a trophy.

See also
Zoo Vet

References

External links
Legacy Interactive site

2006 video games
MacOS games
Majesco Entertainment games
Medical video games
Nintendo DS games
Video games developed in the United States
Wii games
Windows games
Virtual pet video games
Legacy Games games


The Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Company, sometimes shortened to O & O, was an American shipping company that operated from 1928 to 1938. The company was a joint venture between Matson Navigation Company and the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.

In 1927, Swayne & Hoyt Lines, a San Francisco-based shipping company, was operating the American-Australian-Orient Line cargo service with ships under charter from the United States Shipping Board (USSB). The American-Australian-Orient Line sailed between ports in the California to ports in Australia, New Zealand, and China. When Swayne & Hoyt's financial difficulties hindered their operation of the USSB ships, the Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Company was formed as a joint venture between the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company and Oceanic-Matson, a subsidiary of Matson Navigation Company, with each company holding a 50% stake in Oceanic and Oriental. Oceanic-Matson operated the California – Australia – New Zealand routes, while the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company operated the routes to China.

By 1938, Oceanic and Oriental had ceased operations.

References

Bibliography

Transport companies established in 1928
Defunct shipping companies of the United States
Companies based in San Francisco
1938 disestablishments in California
Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
1928 establishments in California
Transport companies disestablished in 1938


Flow marks, also known as flow lines, are molding defects that can occur in the manufacturing process of injection molding. They are best described as "off tone" wavy lines/streaks or patterns in the molded part around the injection ports. They commonly occur when there is a large variation between cooling speeds of sections of the material as it flows through the mold.

Prevention Methods
Flow mark causes vary for specific parts and production lines due to the variability in molds, machines, and materials. For the most part they are due to varying cooling speeds of the material as it flows through the mold. The different prevention methods for varying cooling speeds are as follows:

Injection Speed/Pressure
Insufficient Injection speed and pressure can cause the injected material to cool and become stiffer during the injection process which can lead to a dull finish on the surface of the part. Increasing the speed will allow the material shot to fill the mold before it cools.

Material/Mold Temperature
A low temperature will have a similar effect as a slow injection speed due to both causing the material to stiffen before the cycle completes. Increasing the temperature of the material or mold allows the material to flow without stiffening before the cycle completes.

If the temperature is increased too high, there is a chance to cause a different type of injection molding defect referred to as a burn mark.

Mold Design
The design of a mold is one of the most important factors in correcting defects due to it controlling most of the process. For flow marks specifically, some causes that can be addressed are varying wall thicknesses, mold gate locations, and rough flow paths. Prevention for varying wall thicknesses is to round the corner where the thickness varies. This prevents the flow rate from suddenly decreasing or changing direction. Moving the location of mold gates away from mold coolant allows the material to flow more evenly and prevent premature cooling. Flow paths in the mold should allow the material to flow smoothly through the mold to prevent drastic variation in flow rate.

References

Plastics industry


is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. It is located in front of the Seibu Dome, the home field of the Saitama Seibu Lions baseball team owned by Seibu Railway.

Lines
Seibukyūjō-mae Station is the terminus of the 4.2 km Seibu Sayama Line from . Some through services operate to and from  via the Seibu Ikebukuro Line. It is also the terminus of the 2.8 km Seibu Yamaguchi Line "Leo Liner" people mover which runs from .

Station layout

The station consists of a three ground-level terminating platforms serving six tracks for the Sayama Line, and two more platforms for the Yamaguchi Line. Platforms 3 to 6 are normally used only for additional services.

Platforms

History
The station opened on 1 May 1929 as . This was renamed  on 1 March 1933, and  on 1 April 1941. Service was suspended from 28 February 1944, and the station reopened on 7 October 1951 as . It was renamed Seibukyūjō-mae on 25 March 1979, following the opening of the Seibu baseball stadium nearby.

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with this station becoming "SI41" on the Seibu Sayama Line and "SY03" on the Seibu Yamaguchi Line.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was the 62nd busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 13,830 passengers daily.  The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

The passenger figures for the station in previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

 Seibu Dome
 Sayama Ski Slope
 Murayama Reservoir

References

External links

 Seibukyūjō-mae Station information (Seibu)

Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1929
Railway stations in Tokorozawa, Saitama
Stations of Seibu Railway
Seibu Sayama Line


Roberto García may refer to:

 Roberto García (bassist) (born 1972), Spanish bassist for the band WarCry
 Robert Garcia (American boxer) (born 1975), American boxer and trainer
 Roberto García (Mexican boxer) (born 1980), Mexican boxer
 Roberto García (cyclist) (born 1937), Salvadoran Olympic cyclist
 Roberto García (runner) (born 1975), Spanish long-distance runner
 Roberto García Cabello (born 1980), Spanish football (soccer) player
 Roberto García Morillo (1911–2003), Argentine composer, musicologist, and music critic
 Roberto García Orozco (born 1974), Mexican referee
 Roberto García Parrondo (born 1980), Spanish team handball player
 Roberto Alcaide Garcia (born 1978), Spanish cyclist
 Roberto Marcos García (1956–2006), Mexican journalist
 Roberto García Peñuelas, artist

See also
 Robert Garcia (disambiguation)


The NZ Drift Series was a five-round motorsport series organised by Parkside Media, publisher of NZ Performance Car magazine. Competing against D1NZ it achieved greater success because of NZ Performance Car and NZ Performance Car TV's marketing power.

The inaugural season was in 2007 and consisted of two rounds at Manfeild Autocourse and Pukekohe Park Raceway.

The 2008 season expanded the number of rounds to five and the number of tracks to four, including Taupo Motorsport Park, and a round in the South Island at Powerbuilt Tools International Raceway, Ruapuna.

The 2009 season continued with five rounds, including the new Hampton Downs Raceway.

The series helped propel some New Zealand drivers into the world arena, with top drivers such as Carl Ruiterman, Gary Whiter and Mike Whiddett being invited to compete overseas in events such as D1GP World Allstars, Red Bull Drifting World Championship, Formula D and European Drift Championship

Television
NZ Drift Series is shown on the TVNZ network as part of Powerbuilt Tools Motorsport and NZ Performance Car TV, and TVNZ ondemand. Battle highlights are available on NZ Performance Car's Youtube channel.

Technical specifications
All vehicles must be a ‘series production vehicle’ of ‘closed vehicle’ unitary construction, rear-wheel drive only. The engine can be at the front (FR) or mid-mounted (MR).
The type and manufacturer of the vehicle is not restricted. Superchargers and turbochargers are permitted, but nitrous oxide is not. The vehicle's engine does not have to be the original, and significant modifications can be made to the lubrication, cooling and exhaust systems, suspension, brakes and steering as long as series regulations are met, and maximum decibel (dB) levels are not exceeded at the track.
Maximum tyre width is 265.

The cars must comply with Motorsport New Zealand regulations for closed racing cars, including a rollcage, fire extinguisher and safety harness.

Points system
The basic points system is as follows:

Final battles
1st – 200 points,
2nd – 160
3rd – 140
4th – 120
5th – 100
6th – 80
7th – 60
8th – 40
First Round losers – 20 points each

Qualifying
Qualifying works on a descending points system with the top qualifier receiving 32 points and the 32nd qualifier receiving one point.

Event entry
Event Entry 20
Pre-Entered Competitors minus 30 points for non-attendance per event.

Miscellaneous
Hard Yards Award – 5 points
Flag infringements - minus 50 series points
Drifting or speeding outside allocated areas on track – minus 20 series points per infringement.
Burnouts outside allocated areas or specified times – minus 20 series points per infringement.
Bodywork infringement – minus 5 series points

How drifting is judged

Qualifying point scoring
Speed: 0 – 30 Points
Angle: 0 – 30 Points
Line: 0 – 30 Points
Smoke/Noise: 0 – 10 Points

Battle point scoring
Speed – 25 Points
Angle – 25 Points
Chase – 50 Points

2009 season

Dates
Round 1: May 16 - Manfeild
Round 2: July 12 - Pukekohe Park Raceway
Round 3: September 13 - Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
Round 4: October 17 - Taupo Motorsport Park
Round 5 (Grand Final): November 21 - Hampton Downs Motorsport Park

2008 season

Dates
Series dates for the 2008 season:
Round 1: Saturday March 22, Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, Auckland
Round 2: Saturday May 17, Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding, Manawatu
Round 3: Saturday September 20, Powerbuilt Tools International Raceway, Ruapuna, Christchurch
Round 4: Sunday October 12, Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō
Round 5 (Grand Final): Sunday November 23, Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, Auckland

Results

2007 season

Results

Demise
Parkside Media decided in 2009 not to run NZ Drift Series in 2010 and began coverage of D1NZ in NZ Performance Car starting with the final round in August 2009.

NZ Drift Series in popular media
NZ Drift Series is included as one of the country series in the iPhone game Drift Legends

References

External links
NZ Performance Car

Drifting series
Drift Series


The Sensei is a 2008 independent feature film, written, produced and directed by Diana Lee Inosanto (credited as D. Lee Inosanto).

Plot summary
Set in Colorado, the story takes place in 1985 during the rise of the AIDS panic.  McClain Evans is a gay high school student, constantly the target of bullying in his town.  Karen O'Neil is a woman haunted by the death of her pro-boxer fiancé, Mark Corey.  After a five-year absence, she returns to her family, who runs a successful martial arts school. When McClain is attacked by three local teens, his mother, Annie, asks Karen to teach her son martial arts so that he can defend himself.  Karen's family is fearful of anti-gay retaliation, so Karen is forced to secretly teach McClain at night.  When word of this reaches her family, and the small-town community, violence erupts, and family and friendship are challenged, forcing Karen to reveal her own dark and tragic secret to those she loves most.

Cast
Diana Lee Inosanto as Karen Nakano O'Neil
Michael O'Laskey as McClain Evans
Brad Thornton as Larry Blackbelt
Keith David as the Minister
Louis Mandylor as Mark Corey
Sab Shimono as Taky Nakano
Emily Kuroda as Flora Nakano
Michael Yama as Yori Nakano
Tim Lounibos as Simon Nakano O'Neil
Tzi Ma as the Buddhist Monk
Mark McGraw as Rick Beard
Jonathan Camp as Craig Beard
Gina Scalzi as Annie Evans
Bryan Frank as Peter O'Neil
Michael Hake as Gary O'Neil
Ron Balicki as Samurai #1 / Sparring Partner Vince

Awards
Best Feature Writer – La Femme International Film Festival
Honorable Mention, Best Feature Film – Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
Best Screenplay (Feature Film) – Hoboken International Film Festival

References

External links

The Sensei profiled by Jane Mee Wong in Northwest Asian Weekly (Oct. 2008)

American independent films
American LGBT-related films
Films about Japanese Americans
American martial arts films
Films directed by Diana Lee Inosanto
Films set in Colorado
Films set in the 1980s
HIV/AIDS in American films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films


Epioblasma walkeri, common name the tan riffleshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Many scientists now recognize this mussel as synonymous or a subspecies of the presumed extinct Epioblasma florentina due to integrating shell characteristics between them.

At the time of its listing in 1977 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, its range was limited to the lower Red River (Cumberland system), the middle fork of the Holston River, a possible population in the Stones River, the Duck River, where its population was threatened by a proposed Tennessee Valley Authority dam, and the Clinch River.  The population in Indian Creek in the upper Clinch River basin was proposed as a separate subspecies by Jones, Neves, Ahlstedt and Hallerman in 2006.

It is listed under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

References

walkeri
ESA endangered species


Ses Païsses is a Bronze Age talayotic settlement on the southeastern outskirts of Artà in northeastern Majorca. It is one of the most important and best-preserved prehistoric sites in the Balearic Islands, although it is largely overgrown with woodland, mainly Quercus ilex (holm oak), making it impossible to see the site as a whole.

Definition
The talaiots, or talayots, are Bronze Age megalithic structures on the islands of Menorca and Majorca. There are at least 274 of them. Dating from the late second millennium and early first millennium BC (between 1,300–900BC), they are round or square structures built of rough stone, around a central space  at the center of which stood a column. This supported a ceiling of stone slabs which also formed the floor of the next story. Their purpose is not clearly understood: religious or tribal ceremonies, storehouses and distribution centres have been suggested. They are not thought to have been used as dwelling places or as defensive buildings.

These monuments pre-date the taulas, which are usually found nearby. The Talaiotic Culture began some 3,000 years ago and ended with the arrival of the Romans in the Balearic Islands in 123BC.

Development of the settlement
The Ses Païsses settlement is thought to have begun as a cylindrical talaiot, or "turriform", built during the first millennium BC (c900–800BC) on a hillside with a commanding view of the surrounding countryside. Originally it would have stood alone, probably as a territorial marker. The tower is 12m in diameter and still stands 4m tall; there are stairs within the massively thick wall, but the building's central column has not survived. Visitors to the site are not allowed to access this building.

A low passageway, roughly 0.75m high, runs right through the building from one side to the other, linking the central chamber to a later room known as "the hypostyle chamber" adjoining it to the northeast.

The hypostyle chamber is so-called because of the three short columns at the centre of the room and the remains of seven others built into the walls. It has two parallel walls, one square end and a rounded or "apsidal" end. It measures approximately 12m × 8m.

Next to the hypostyle chamber, to the south, and also attached to the central talaiot, is another apsidal horseshoe-shaped chamber. It has been dated to the post-Talayotic period (500–123BC). Excavated in 1959 and 1960, it contained several hearths with fragments of bone, talayotic ceramics and charcoal. A burial and iron tools were also found, indicating later use of the site.

A series of kidney-shaped chambers clustered around the south side of the original talaiot has been excavated. There are indications of other buildings in an elliptical central area measuring roughly 65m × 55m around the talaiot, and others within the massive outer wall of the settlement, also roughly elliptical, which measures some 140m × 105m. Built sometime between 650–540BC, long after the central talaiot and many of its surrounding buildings, this thick wall of cyclopean masonry consists of a base row of huge outer boulders, some weighing around 8 tonnes, with smaller ones (mostly now scattered) above them; it is faced on the inside with rows of smaller rocks.

There seem to have been three entrances in this perimeter wall, which is about 350m long. The main gateway through the outer wall is at the southeast and consists of two vertical boulders with a third balanced on them as a lintel. It opens into a passageway 4.3m long with stairs to either side. There is another similarly-sized entrance to the northeast, though its lintel has disappeared. The southwest gateway, which gave access to a nearby spring, also has no lintel, and is less obvious.

Other notable sites

Other talayotic sites include:
Capocorb Vell, 12 km south of Llucmajor: the most important Talayotic site on Majorca, with five talaiots and ancient village
Son Oleza dolmen, Majorca, discovered in 1999
Talatí de Dalt, Menorca
Trebaluger, Menorca
Trepucó, Menorca
Torre d'en Galmés, Menorca

Similar but not necessarily related are the "nuraghi" of Sardinia, the "torre" of Corsica, and the "sesi" of Pantelleria.

See also
Naveta Cyclopean boat-shaped buildings pre-dating the Talayotic culture

Sources
 The talayotic settlement at Ses Païsses – The gateway to prehistoric Mallorca, 2007 (Official guide booklet by Irene Cabrer Gonzalez & Margalida Castells, translated by Judith Glueck)

External links
 Pictures at The Megalithic Portal
 Official site (in Mallorquí and Catalan)

Archaeological sites in the Balearic Islands
Prehistoric sites in Spain
Megalithic monuments in Spain
Bronze Age Spain
Former populated places in Spain
Prehistory of the Balearic Islands
Indigenous ancient cities in Spain


The first USS Indianapolis was a cargo ship that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.

SS Indianapolis was launched on 4 July 1918 by Pusey and Jones, Gloucester City, Camden County, New Jersey, for the United States Shipping Board. She was delivered to the U.S. Department of the Navy on 12 December 1918 and was commissioned into the U.S. Navy as USS Indianapolis the same day at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Attached to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, Indianapolis departed Philadelphia on 28 December 1918 to carry cargo to England and the Netherlands. She returned to the United States at Norfolk, Virginia, on 23 February 1919. She departed Norfolk on 31 March 1919, carried cargo to France, and returned to Norfolk on 22 June 1919.

Indianapolis decommissioned on 9 July 1919. She was returned to the United States Shipping Board at Norfolk the same day, once again becoming SS Indianapolis.

1918 Photo the "Indianapolis" can be seen under construction from Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE 19807.

References

Ships built in Gloucester City, New Jersey
1918 ships
Cargo ships of the United States Navy
World War I cargo ships of the United States
Gloucester City, New Jersey
Ships built by Pusey and Jones


Johnny Nuñez is a celebrity photographer turned entrepreneur. He is the founder of Nubuzzphoto and Cofounder of Followback.com. He has gained popularity in celebrity circles, including Hollywood actors, musicians, athletes, and other notable stars.

Career
Although Nuñez is sometimes referred to as a paparazzo, most celebrities are happy to see him and consider him a friend. Nuñez is a contributing photographer for Wire Image, which is now owned by Getty Images. A Wire Image executive called him one of their top five connected photographers. In 2002 Nuñez became the personal photographer for the record industry executive Damon Dash, who hired Nunez to travel around the world with him. It was around this time that the story of Nuñez and Dash fighting off a gang in Paris, France occurred.  For over 20 years Nuñez has been hired by and shot for many celebrities. Some of his clients include: Nas, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Drake, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber and LeBron James to name a few.

Nuñez also models in campaigns for LRG, Phat Farm and Rockport. Nuñez is also featured as a character in EA's Def Jam: Icon. In the game, Ludacris orders for the player to dispose of Nuñez, and you must fight him.

Nuñez is often referred to as being tenacious and very dedicated. One of Nuñez's main ethics in the world of photography is not to take any unflattering shots of celebrities. This seems to have garnered him the respect and affection of Hollywood's elite..

The feature documentary Shooting Star (s) - The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nuñez by filmmakers Axel Ebermann and Daniel Frei, was awarded 'Best Documentary' at the San Diego Black Film Festival.

Personal life

Nuñez was born to a Venezuelan and Trinidadian. He was adopted by a Puerto Rican family as an infant.

Nuñez attended Suffolk Community College in Brentwood, Long island.

References

American photographers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people


If I Could See Dallas is the first album by the indie rock band Japancakes, released in 1999.

Critical reception
AllMusic wrote that "for all of the record's cosmic glow, the recurring presence of steel guitar keeps the music rooted in terra firma, a paradox which makes the music that much more difficult to pinpoint in any single time or place." Exclaim! thought that "people inclined to easy classifications will call this post-rock, but unlike the cold air of academia that enshrouds the likes of Tortoise, Japancakes’ music possesses the heart and warmth of the Georgia environs that birthed it." Rolling Stone wrote that the album is "flecked with melodic nuance, subtle turns of phrase that enrich the music's lazy-river flow."

Track listing
 "Now Wait for Last Year"
 "Elevator Headphone"
 "Vocode-Inn"
 "Toomsuba"
 "A Short Mile"
 "Pole Tricks"
 "Elephants"
 "Westworld"
 "Baker Beats"
 "Dallas"
 "Allah Rahka"

References

1999 albums
Japancakes albums