David Mead (born David Moore on 4 November 1988) is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a er,  or  for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Papua New Guinea at international level.

Mead previously played for the Gold Coast Titans and the Broncos in the NRL, and the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. He is a New South Wales Country Origin and World All Stars representative, he represented Papua New Guinea at the 2008, 2013 World Cups and was the PNG Kumuls' captain for the 2017 World Cup.

Background
He was born in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea as David Moore on 4 November 1988, and moved to Australia as a 12-year-old where he attended Kadina High School and Trinity Catholic College in Lismore, New South Wales.

As a junior rugby league footballer, he played for Lismore Marist Brothers before being signed by the Gold Coast Titans, and playing in their NYC team in 2008. He later changed his surname to Mead to honour his aunt's family who had raised him when he moved to Australia.

Playing career

2008
He was named in the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup and between the 2008 World Cup and the 2009 NRL season he changed his surname from Moore to Mead.

2009
On 30 January 2009, Mead signed a contract extension with the Gold Coast after turning down an offer from the Sydney Roosters. In round 13 of the 2009 NRL season, Mead made his NRL debut for the Gold Coast against the St. George Illawarra Dragons off the interchange bench in a 28-24 win at Skilled Park. In his next appearance in round 16 against the New Zealand Warriors, Mead made his first appearance in the starting line-up, scoring his first and second NRL career tries in the 28-12 win at Skilled Park. Mead finished his debut year in the NRL with 14 matches and 8 tries. He was part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup, and was named their player of the year by the Rugby League International Federation.

2010
A regular on the wing in 2010, Mead was one of the club's leaders in many statistics before a foot injury saw him miss the rest of the season from round 16 onwards. Mead said, "It is pretty frustrating because I have worked so hard and to get halfway through the year now and it is all just gone, just like that." In Round 12 against the Sydney Roosters, Mead scored a hat trick of tries in the Titans 30-16 loss. Mead played in 15 matches and scored 6 tries during 2010.

2011
Despite the Titans poor record in 2011 where they finished with the Wooden Spoon, Mead played in every match and was the club's top tryscorer with 16 tries from 24 appearances. In round 22 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Mead scored what some considered the best try of the year when he collected a Scott Prince cross-over kick on the fly behind his back one handed to score in the 20-16 win at Toyota Stadium. Assistant coach Steve Murphy said, "I can't believe he caught that ball. It was just one of those freak things, those amazing things. He's got those in him, Dave."

2012
Mead played in 20 matches and scored 10 tries for the Titans in the 2012 NRL season. On 6 December 2012, Mead extended his contract with the Gold Coast for 4 years till the end of the 2016 season.

2013
In round 23 against the North Queensland Cowboys, Mead became the first Gold Coast Titans player to score 50 tries for the club during their 22-10 loss at 1300SMILES Stadium. Mead played in 16 matches and scored 11 tries in 2013. In October, Mead represented Papua New Guinea in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, playing in all 3 matches at .

2014
In January, Mead was selected for the Titans inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad. Mead was selected for the Country Origin team in the annual City vs Country Origin match after sorting out his eligibility for New South Wales. Mead played at  and scored 2 tries in the 26-26 all draw in Dubbo. In round 11 against the New Zealand Warriors, Mead played his 100th NRL career match in the 24-16 loss at Cbus Super Stadium. Mead finished the 2014 NRL season with him playing 18 matches and scoring 4 tries, his worst try-scoring effort to date.

2015
Mead was again a member of the Titans' Auckland Nines squad. He also returned for New South Wales Country, playing at fullback and scoring a try in their 34-22 win at Wagga Wagga. In round 25 against the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Mead eclipsed Kevin Gordon's record as the Gold Coast Titans all-time highest try-scorer with 60 tries, overtaking Gordon's 58 tries for the club by scoring 2 tries in the Gold Coast's 28-26 win at Cbus Super Stadium. He scored 5 tries from 22 matches for the 2015 NRL season.

2016
On 29 January 2016, Mead was named in the Titans 2016 Auckland Nines squad. On 7 May 2015, Mead captained Papua New Guinea in the 2016 Melanesian Cup Test against Fiji, where he played at fullback in the 24-22 win at Parramatta Stadium. On 10 September 2016, it was announced that Mead would sign with the Brisbane Broncos from 2017 on a one-year deal. Mead finished his last year with the Gold Coast Titans with him playing in 18 matches and scoring 7 tries in the 2016 NRL season. On 14 December 2016, Mead was named in the World All Stars team on the wing to play against the Indigenous All Stars on 10 February 2017.

2017
On 10 February 2017, Mead played for the World All Stars against the Indigenous All Stars in the 2017 All Stars match, playing at fullback and scoring a try in the 34-8 loss at Hunter Stadium. On 18 February 2017, Mead made his Broncos debut in the 2017 World Club Series match against the Warrington Wolves where he started on the wing and scored a try in the 27-18 loss at Halliwell Jones Stadium. At the start of the 2017 season, Mead was languishing in the Queensland Cup playing for the Wynnum-Manly Seagulls after coach Wayne Bennett opted to shift Jordan Kahu to the wing and put Broncos new recruit Tautau Moga at centre leaving Mead out of the starting backline. In Round 6 of the 2017 NRL season, Mead made his first appearance in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos against the Sydney Roosters, filling in for an injured Corey Oates on the wing and scoring a try in the 32-8 win at Suncorp Stadium. On 21 April 2017, Mead extended his contract with Brisbane to the end of the 2018 season and also on the same day in round 8 against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Mead played his 150th NRL career match in Brisbane's 25-24 win at ANZ Stadium. Mead finished his year stint at the Brisbane Broncos with him playing in 12 matches and scoring 3 tries in the 2017 NRL season. On 4 October 2017, Mead was named as the Captain of the Papua New Guinea 24-man squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. Mead played in all 4 matches at fullback and scoring 4 tries for the Kumuls, having a great tournament by starting with scoring a hattrick of tries in the 50-6 demolishing victory over Wales in Port Moresby. On 12 December 2017, Mead announced that he had signed a 3-year deal with the Catalans Dragons in the Super League, starting in 2018.

2018

He played in the 2018 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium.

2019
Mead played a total of 17 games for Les Catalans in the Super League XXIV season as the club finished 7th on the table and missed out on the finals.

2020
Mead played 7 games for the Catalans Dragons in the 2020 Super League season including the club's 48-2 semi-final defeat against St Helens.

2021
On 13 January, Mead signed for the Brisbane Broncos.
In round 1 of the 2021 NRL season, he scored a try in his return game to the NRL but Brisbane lost the match 24-16 against Parramatta.

In round 11 against the Sydney Roosters, Mead scored a hat-trick in Brisbane's 34-16 victory.

Statistics

(* denotes season still competing)

Honours

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|colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Gold Coast Titans Most Tries (60)
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Gold Coast Titans Most Tries in a Season (16)

References

External links
Catalans Dragons profile
Brisbane Broncos profile
 Gold Coast Titans profile
2017 RLWC profile
SL profile

1988 births
Living people
Brisbane Broncos players
Catalans Dragons players
Country New South Wales Origin rugby league team players
Gold Coast Titans players
NRL All Stars players
Papua New Guinea national rugby league team captains
Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
Papua New Guinean emigrants to Australia
Papua New Guinean rugby league players
Papua New Guinean sportsmen
Sportspeople from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league wingers
Wynnum Manly Seagulls players


Richard Clarence "Rick" Tippe (born December 21, 1958) is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Music, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest-charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at No. 9 in 1996. He has won more than 25 awards from the British Columbia Country Music Association, including three consecutive Entertainer of the Year wins from 2001 to 2003. Tippe has toured across the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, and opened for artists such as Tracy Byrd, Terri Clark, Mark Chesnutt and Sawyer Brown.

Biography
Rick Tippe is the son of Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and British Columbia Country Music Association Hall of Fame inductee Elmer Tippe. He released his first EP, After All These Years, on Ric'n'Rol Music in 1992. Two years later, he released his first studio album, 1994's Should'a Seen Her Comin'''. The album produced six charting singles, including Tippe's first Top 20 song, "Two Broken Hearted Fools." Its follow-up, 1996's Get Hot or Go Home, produced another five Top 20 singles, including Tippe's highest-charting single, "The Craziest Thing." Tippe was named Male Vocalist of the Year by the BCCMA in 1996, his first of eight consecutive wins in the category.

Tippe's third studio album, Shiver 'n' Shake, was released in 1998. All four of its singles reached the Top 20 on the RPM Canadian country singles chart. Also in 1998, Tippe was named Independent Male Vocalist of the Year by the Canadian Country Music Association. Tippe's first greatest hits collection, The Best of Rick Tippe, was released in 2000. Proceeds from one of the album's singles, "Keepin' the Faith," have raised more than $25,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Tippe swept the 2001 BCCMA Awards, winning Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year (The Best of Rick Tippe), Song of the Year ("Keepin' the Faith"), Single of the Year ("Keepin' the Faith") and the inaugural Video of the Year Award ("Keepin' the Faith").

Following the release of 2002's Singin' a Different Tune, Tippe took a break from recording. During his hiatus, he was commissioned by Mattel to write, produce and perform a song for the 35th anniversary of Hot Wheels. He began work on an album with his father, Elmer, in 2006. When Elmer suffered an unexpected stroke in November 2006, the project was put on hold. While his dad recovered, Tippe began work on his sixth studio album. His first album in six years, The Power of One'' was released in the summer of 2008. Its first single, "Long Way to Paradise," was released in September 2007.

On November 9, 2014, Rick Tippe was inducted into the BCCMA Hall of Fame.

Retirement

On August 12, 2011, Tippe performed his last concert, and one week later he opened a commercial truck repair company, Dynamic PowerTrain, with his two sons, Cameron and Tyler, in Maple Ridge.  In an August 30, 2014 interview with the Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times, Tippe says his auto repair business is currently his main focus, leaving him little time for music.  "I hardly play the guitar, I hardly sing.  I don't have time," he says.  Tippe said he might get back into music again one day, but is unsure if it will happen.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Compilation albums

Singles

1990s

2000s

Notes
A^ "When You Say Jump" peaked at number 16 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

Music videos

References

External links
Official Site
Official YouTube Channel

Canadian male singer-songwriters
Canadian country singer-songwriters
Living people
Musicians from British Columbia
1958 births


Rodney Pora is a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played for Agmark Gurias in Papua New Guinea. He is a Papua New Guinea international.

He has been named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

He was named in the PNG squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

Pora was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup.

References

External links

Living people
Papua New Guinean rugby league players
Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
Mendi Muruks players
Rabaul Gurias players
Rugby league props
Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)


Albert Melville "Mel" Baker (1885 – ?) was a Welsh international, rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and South African regional team Griqualand West. He won three caps for Wales and was selected for the British Lions 1910 tour of South Africa.

Rugby career
Baker first played for Newport in 1907 and was part of the team that faced three the 1910 touring Australian team and scored Newport's only try in the game.

Baker was first capped for Wales on 6 February 1909 when he played against Scotland at Inverleith, under the captaincy of Billy Trew. Wales won the match, and Baker was selected to face France in a match which was at the time not classified as an official part of the Home Nations Championship. Wales beat France 47-5 in a one sided game in Paris, with Baker running in a hat-trick of tries. Wales won the Grand Slam that year but Baker was not part of the first game of the next season's tournament. He was reselected for the second match against Scotland, and scored a fourth international try in a 14-0 win for Wales.

In 1910 Baker was offered a place on the British Isles tour of South Africa under the captaincy of Newport's Tommy Smyth. Baker managed to play in only one of the three test games, but decided to stay in South Africa after the end of the tour. He played for South African regional team Griqualand West and in 1911 was part of the team that won the Currie Cup. He played one more game for Newport, during a visit to Wales in 1922, when he turned out in a game against the Barbarians, scoring one of the tries in a 15-6 win for Newport.

International matches played
Wales
  1909
  1909, 1910

British Isles
  1910

Bibliography

References

Rugby union wings
Wales international rugby union players
Welsh rugby union players
1885 births
Rugby union players from Newport, Wales
Newport RFC players
British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
Year of death unknown


George Moni is a professional rugby league footballer who plays for M & J Muruks in Papua New Guinea. He is a Papua New Guinea international.

He has been named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

He has been named in the PNG squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

He played for Papua New Guinea in the 2010 Four Nations tournament.

References

External links

Living people
Papua New Guinean rugby league players
Papua New Guinean sportsmen
Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
Mendi Muruks players
Rabaul Gurias players
1987 births
Rugby league props
Rugby league second-rows
Place of birth missing (living people)


Charlie Wabo is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who played as a  for the Newcastle Thunder in Kingstone Press League 1. He is a Papua New Guinea international.

Wabo is from the Okapa District of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.

In August 2008, Wabo was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup and in October he was named in the final PNG squad.

Wabo was named in the interchange in each of PNG's three games in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

In 2009 Wabo moved to England to play for Hunslet Hawks in Championship One.

Wabo was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup. He was used as an impact sub playing hooker to great effect. His trademark solid tackling and flamboyant play ensured, along with David Mead, he was one of the crowd favourites for the PNG Kumuls during the Pacific Cup.

He played for Papua New Guinea in the 2010 Four Nations tournament. In 2011 he returned to play in Papua New Guinea. In 2013 he played in the Rugby League World Cup for Papua New Guinea.

In 2014 he played hooker for the Kroton Hela Wigmen and helped the Wigmen win its first premiership after defeating heavily favoured Agmark Rabaul Gurias in Lae. In 2019 he was appointed Assistance Coach for the Hela Wigmen. While appreciating his presence in the team the head coach praised him and said:

When 2020 Digicel Cup competition season was about to begin, he was appointed as the head coach for Kroton Hela Wigmen. During his first year tenure as head coach, he successfully delivered another trophy for the Wigmen after his team defeated the Lae Snax Tigers in the grand final in front of sold-out crowd at the National Football Stadium. To add on to his achievement, he was awarded the Coach of the Year award by the PNGRL.

References

1984 births
Living people
Expatriate rugby league players in England
Hunslet R.L.F.C. players
Mendi Muruks players
Newcastle Thunder players
Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
Papua New Guinean expatriate rugby league players
Papua New Guinean expatriate sportspeople in England
Papua New Guinean rugby league players
Rugby league hookers
People from the Eastern Highlands Province
Papua New Guinean rugby league coaches


Nickson Kolo is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer, a blockbusting forward who plays for the newly formed club Gulf Isapeas in the Digicel Cup in Papua New Guinea, He is a former Papua New Guinea international.

He has represented Papua New Guinea in the Prime Minister's XIII games between Australia and PNG between 2007 and 2010.
His trade mark, blockbusting runs had earned him a place in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

He played for PNG  in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

He has also played for Papua New Guinea in the 2010 Four Nations tournament in New Zealand and Australia.

References

1985 births
Living people
Hagen Eagles players
Masta Mark Rangers players
Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
Papua New Guinean rugby league players
Rugby league locks
Rugby league props
Rugby league second-rows
People from the Western Highlands Province


The 1990 Monte Carlo Open, also known by its sponsored name Volvo Monte Carlo Open, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 84th edition of the Monte Carlo Open, and was part of the ATP Championship Series, Single-Week of the 1990 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco, 23 April until 29 April 1990. The men's field was headlined by Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker. Andrei Chesnokov, who was seeded 12th, won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

 Andrei Chesnokov defeated  Thomas Muster 7–5, 6–3, 6–3
 It was Chesnokov's 1st singles title of the year and his 5th overall. It was his 1st Masters title.

Doubles

 Petr Korda /  Tomáš Šmíd defeated  Andrés Gómez /  Javier Sánchez 6–4, 7–6

References

External links

 ATP tournament profile
 ITF tournament edition details

Monte-Carlo Masters
1990 in Monégasque sport
Monte


Anton Kui is a professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Bingtangor Lahanis in Papua New Guinea. He is a Papua New Guinea international.

Career
Kui was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad, and later in the main squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup.

References

External links

Living people
Goroka Lahanis players
Mendi Muruks players
Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
Papua New Guinean rugby league players
Papua New Guinean sportsmen
Rugby league centres
Windsor Wolves players
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)


In Hopi mythology Nataska (also Nata´aska and variants) is the uncle of the family of "ogre Katsinas" who guard Soyok Wuhti (Monster Woman), and who enforce good behavior among the children.  Nataska is a Mongkatsina (a chief among the Katsinam).  Wiharu (White Nataska) is a similar or identical Katsina with a white rather than black face.

As with other Hopi Katsinam, Nataskas exist in three senses: as spiritual beings, as dancers / characters in the yearly rituals (who are understood as metaphors for and to some extent manifestations of the beings), and as carved wooden figures depicting the beings.  They serve a cultural role of explaining the Hopi way of life, particularly for indoctrinating children in the society's history, behavioral expectations, moral codes, and ritual practices.  They are also part of the ceremony for inducting young children into the Kachina Society.

In both the mask and figure form, Nataska has a large, long snout, and carries a saw or knife in one hand, and a hunting bow in the other.  The mask is sometimes hinged to make a clacking sound as the Katsina dancer moves, which is frightening to children.  Depending on the village, there may be several Nataskas.  They are said to inhabit a series of long caves near Pinon, Arizona.

Nataska appears during the midwinter bean planting ceremony, early in the ceremonial season.  On First Mesa and Second Mesa villages (but not on Third Mesa since 1910) men of the village, dressed as Nataska and other ogres, visit the homes of families with children, demanding gifts of food with a warning that if the gift is unsatisfactory when they return, or if the children have misbehaved, they will return to kidnap or eat the children.  Often, the families have mentioned their children's misbehavior in advance of the visits, so that the children are frightened into thinking the ogres have special powers of observation.  The ogres appear again at the Powamuya (bean dance) accompanying Soyok Wuhti to threaten children against misbehaving.  In some versions of the ceremony, they are vanquished or appeased by the end of the dance so as to spare the children's lives, and return to their caves until next season.

Similar Kachinas
Atoshli is an ogre kachina at Zuni Pueblo.  Cochiti has "River Men" from the Rio Grande who threaten to carry off naughty children in sacks.  The Arizona Tewa also have mythology about cannibalistic ogres who eat children.

References

External links
Nata´aska page - kept by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University

Hopi mythology


Emmanuel Menzie Yere (born 24 October 1983) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Sheffield Eagles whom he  played with in the 2000s and 2010s. He was a Papua New Guinea international. He is also Sheffield Eagles' all-time leading try scorer with 195 tries in 292 games.

Club career
Yere was signed by Sheffield Eagles in 2008 following some impressive performances for Papua New Guinea at the Rugby League World Cup.

Yere is often known as "The Jukebox" because he has so many hits, referring to the large number of heavy tackles he made.

In 2013, he scored a club record 46 tries in one season, comfortably beating the previous record of 35 tries set by Quentin Laulu-Togagae a year earlier. He also surpassed Daryl Powell's career total of 114 tries, making him the club's highest all-time try scorer. In April 2017 Menzie became one of few players to have played 250 games for the Eagles, by taking to the field in an 18-42 League victory over Rochdale Hornets.

At the beginning of 2018, it became apparent Yere would have trouble starting the season for the Eagles. 'Visa issues' meant he could not be part of the playing squad until Gameweek 14. Subsequently, he missed the first half of the regular season. However, Yere's visa was finally cleared in May 2018 thus ending his longest spell without playing in his career.

On 2019 he re-signed for Sheffield and was immediately loaned out to Doncaster where he scored a debut try in their victory over Batley Bulldogs in the Challenge Cup on April 14, 2019.

Personal life
Yere has three sons with his wife Sandy.

In 2010, his club discovered that Yere had been buying kit (particularly boots) and taking unwanted kit to send back to his home country, where kit shortage is a problem. With Yere's support they set up Kits2Kids, a charity that collects kit from companies, clubs, schools and individuals and ships it to PNG.

After his final season with the Eagles it became apparent that Yere was going to struggle to gain British citizenship based on the cost of application. Therefore, the Sheffield Eagles' Supporters Trust began a campaign to raise the sufficient funds for the Yere's to stay in the country. They managed to raise £5,000 in five days.

In April 2019 he was granted permission to reside in the UK and re-signed for the Sheffield Eagles.

Representative career
Yere played for PNG in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, where he scored one try against Australia.

Yere was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup. Papua New Guinea won the tournament with Yere scoring two tries in each the semi-final and the final.

He played for Papua New Guinea in the 2010 Four Nations tournament scoring two tries, taking his total representative tries to 9, the most for any PNG player.

Yere was selected by coach Adrian Lam as part of the train-on squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

References

External links
Sheffield Eagles profile

1983 births
Living people
Doncaster R.L.F.C. players
Expatriate rugby league players in England
Papua New Guinean rugby league players
Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
Papua New Guinean expatriate rugby league players
Papua New Guinean expatriate sportspeople in England
People from Chimbu Province
Rabaul Gurias players
Rugby league centres
Sheffield Eagles players
Sheffield Hawks players
Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
Naturalised sports competitors


Yagapriya (pronounced yāgapriya) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 31st melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Kalāvati in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music. Like many other rāgas, Kalāvati has been adopted in Hindustani music as well.

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 1st rāgam in the 6th chakra Rutu. The mnemonic name is Rutu-Pa. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru gu ma pa dha na. 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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The notes shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and shuddha nishadham are used in this rāgam. As Yagapriya is a melakarta, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Sucharitra, which is the 67th melakarta scale.

Janya rāgams
Yagapriya has a few minor janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of janya rāgams for full list of rāgams associated with Yagapriya.

Compositions
A few compositions set to Yagapriya rāgam are:

Kalavati kamalasyanu by Muthuswami Dikshitar
Shambho sadashiva by Koteeswara Iyer

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

Yagapriya's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, does not yield any melakarta rāgams. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam.

Notes

References

Melakarta ragas


Astragalus acutirostris is a species of milkvetch known by the common name sharpkeel milkvetch. It is native to the Mojave Desert and surroundings of California, Nevada, and Arizona, where it grows in dry, sandy, gravelly areas.

Description
Astragalus acutirostris is an annual legume growing a hairy reddish stem no more than 30 centimeters long along the ground or slightly upright. The small leaves are made up of several pairs of small oblong leaflets, each less than a centimeter long and often with notched tips. The inflorescence contains one to six white or pinkish-tinted pealike flowers, each with a banner that curves back.

The fruit is a slightly curved, narrow legume pod 1 to 3 centimeters long. The pod is thin-walled and coated sparsely in white hairs like the rest of the plant.

References

External links
Jepson Manual - Astragalus acutirostris
USDA Plants Profile: Astragalus acutirostris
Astragalus acutirostris - Photo gallery

acutirostris
Flora of Nevada
Flora of Arizona
Flora of the California desert regions
Plants described in 1885
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


The Henschel-Wegmann Train was an advanced passenger express train operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in Germany, which ran non-stop express services between Berlin and Dresden (see Berlin–Dresden railway) from June 1936 to August 1939. Both the DRG Class 61 steam locomotive at its head as well as the coaches were streamlined.

Emergence

Context
At the beginning of the 1930s, the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft was increasingly striving to introduce express train services. In 1931 it started building express diesel units like the Flying Hamburger and they were introduced with great success from 1933 onwards. As a result, a serious competitor had arisen for the steam locomotive industry. Moreover, the Reichsbahn had hardly procured any locomotives since the start of the Great Depression. Comparative calculations indicated that steam engines could be more cost-effective than the new diesel multiple units, so the head of the locomotive firm, Henschel-Werke, in Kassel, and its manager, Karl Imfeld, decided to develop an engine that could compete with the performance of the new diesel railcars.

Planning
In April 1933, representatives from Henschel and the coach firm of Wegmann & Co. handed a Study Into A High-Speed Steam Train (Studie über einen schnellfahrenden Dampfzug) to the general manager of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft, Julius Dorpmüller. This report envisaged a light, 4-4-2, superheated, tank locomotive with a two-coach unit, whose procurement and maintenance costs were low and which also offered passengers greater comfort. In order to minimise air resistance, the whole train would be streamlined and the double-coach rounded off at both ends. The locomotive, its streamlining extending at the back over the coal tank, would be able to push or pull from either end of the double-coach depending on the direction of travel. The link between engine and coaches would be an automatic coupling with brake and air pipes.

On 10 January 1934, when the Reichsbahn locomotive expert, Friedrich Fuchs, met the representatives of Henschel and Wegmann, he confronted them however with a proposal for a train with four eight-wheeled coaches instead of the two-coach train. To meet this new requirement, Henschel designed a 4-6-4 tank engine and presented the resulting project study report on 27 March 1934 to the Reichsbahn head office. On 28 August, the Reichsbahn officially contracted Henschel and Wegmann to build the train.

Construction
The engine was handed over on 31 May 1935. She was cleared for a top speed of 175 km/h which, with her 2.3 metre diameter driving wheels, was easily attained. In scheduled services the engine ran with a streamlined train, but only at speeds up to 160 km/h. The tapered water tanks gave both driver and fireman a good all-round view of the line and the streamlined shell, officially called a Blechmantel, covered the driving gear fully.

At around 230,000 Reichsmarks the engine was clearly more expensive than initially suggested. But that included all the design changes. By comparison a production version of the DRG Class 03 cost about 200,000 Reichsmarks. On top of that was the cost of the four coaches, 446,800 Reichsmarks. Three years later, a three-coach express unit of the "Köln" type, in series production, cost 600,000 Reichsmarks, the one-off SVT 135 155 as much as a million Reichsmarks.

Shortly after construction had begun on locomotive 61 001, a variant - number 61 002 - was planned, and built in 1939. Locomotive 61 002 was give a three-axle trailing bogie, a third cylinder and larger coal and water tanks, otherwise the design and the components were the same as her predecessor. It also had smoke deflectors above on the chimney, as were also fitted to the streamlined locomotives of DRG Classes 01.10 and 03.10. In May the first factory trial runs were carried out and the locomotive was transferred on 12 June 1939 to the locomotive depot (Bahnbetriebswerk) of Berlin-Grunewald.

Vehicle designation and equipment
The Henschel-Wegmann train comprised the following:
 Steam locomotive 61 001; a streamlined tank locomotive with a 4-6-4 configuration, inside cylinders and 2.30 metre high driving wheels. Permitted top speed: 175 km/h;
A trailer car (SBC 4ü-35) with 24 seats in 2nd and 32 seats in 3rd class, as well as four rotating seats in the panorama section at the end;
Two centre cars (SBC 4ü) with 12 seats in 2nd and 56 seats in 3rd class.
A trailer car (SWRPwPost 4ü) with a compartment for sorting post and packages during the journey as well as a dining area with 23 seats.
Externally the coaches resembled the express multiple units of those years. In order the achieve the desired speed, they were of light construction and were five to ten tonnes lighter than normal passenger coaches.

The short-coupled coaches could only be separated in the workshop. To couple the locomotive and coaches Scharfenberg couplers were fitted that at the same time served to couple the brake air pipes. The trailer cars had rounded ends and sloping roofs. The bogies were of the Görlitz III type, the wheelsets ran on roller bearings. Instead of the usual brake blocks the coaches were given disc brakes, that acted directly on the wheel discs.

Operation

Exhibition of the vehicles
The Henschel-Wegmann train was initially displayed at the Great Exhibition celebrating the centenary of the German Railways from 14 July to 13 October 1935 in Nuremberg and then went to the Kassel shop for further work. On 29 November the vehicles were once again in Nuremberg for the centenary parade, where they hosted a visit to the driver's cab by Hitler. Not until these propaganda events had taken place could the engineers test its performance.

Trial runs
On the Berlin-Hamburg railway it reached its record speed of 185 km/h. At this speed serious juddering occurred due to the imbalance caused by the twin-cylinder configuration. The locomotive reached its scheduled cruising speed of 160 km/h within six minutes. By 14 May 1936 the engine had completed almost 21,000 km of trial runs.

Scheduled Service

As the summer timetable of 1936 came into force, the Henschel-Wegmann train worked the Berlin-Dresden line with two pairs of trains per day. The fastest service took one hour and 40 minutes to cover the distance and broke the previous record by 28 minutes; a record which stands to the present day (2018). In the official calculations the  Reichsbahn only measured its speed between Berlin and Dresden Neustadt, thus ignoring the last kilometres to Dresden Hauptbahnhof. Thus the average speed of the train could be advertised as  111,2 km/h.

The short turn-around time in Dresden between the D 54 and D 57 services was clearly quite tight. As it turned out, the locomotive not only had to run around the train, but also to replenish its supplies. Fortunately it did not have to be turned. This problem with the turn-around time was corrected by the Reichsbahn in the winter timetable of 1936. When locomotive 61 001 or its coaches were not available an engine of DRG Class 01 or DRG Class 03 was used. With their top speeds of 130 and 140 km/h, however they were no match for the 61 001.

Passengers only had to pay an express train supplement, not the higher long-distance (FD) supplementary fare, as in the express multiple units.

End of the Train

In the Second World War
Shortly before the invasion of Poland in August 1939, express services between the two state capitals were withdrawn. The coaches ended up in the Wehrmacht, where they were initially used by high-ranking officers and, later, for transporting the wounded, after their interior fittings had been removed.

Locomotive 61 001 was then used as a heating engine at the Berlin-Grunewald locomotive depot (Bahnbetriebswerk) in Berlin. From December 1940 it was once again being used in Dresden-Altstadt on express services and in November 1942 was given standard train and buffer equipment. Its operating parameters only showed a slight reduction in performance however. From 1943 to the war's end the repair shop (Ausbesserungswerk) at Brunswick was responsible for the engine.

Inspection and licensing for 61 002 was probably carried out around the turn of the year 1939/40, and it was then no longer used in scheduled services in charge of the Henschel-Wegmann train. That affected a fifth coach built around 1940, that was based in Hamburg-Langenfelde in 1946 together with the other four coaches.

After the War

Blauer Enzian (Blue Gentian)

After the Second World War the coaches were taken over by the Deutsche Bundesbahn and, in 1954 after conversion by the firm of Wegmann, operated as a train with second class compartments. Later, following the internationally agreed changeover to a two-class system between 1956 and 1959, the coaches were operated as a first class train under the name Blauer Enzian (Blue Gentian or Gentiana verna), forming the long-distance express service F55/56 between Hamburg and Munich. The train offered the highest levels of comfort. Wegmann converted the former 3rd class compartments in pairs to create larger compartments and the interior was enhanced with swivel chairs. The five coaches of the historic train were only sufficient however for running a single train per day in one direction. The train in the other direction was therefore made up of two saloon cars (one of them from the Hermann Göring train), two unconverted F-Zug dining cars and a trailer car similar to those of the Henschel-Wegmann Train. From April 1959, however, only new, modern coaches were used. Despite all claims that one trailer car remains today, all five original coaches were retired and scrapped in 1962. The trailer car with its observation compartment, which has been incorrectly assumed to be the original trailer car, comes from the second Blauer Enzian train, that had been specifically built for that service. Today it is in the collection of the Nuremberg Transport Museum.

Locomotive 61 001
At the end of the war, locomotive 61 001 found itself in the British Zone and was allocated to the Hanover locomotive depot. Between July 1945 and March 1946 it clocked up  40,000 kilometres in front of passenger trains. In 1947 a general inspection was completed, and on 23 October 1948 the engine was stationed in Bebra, where it was in regular service until May 1949. After a pause, it resumed work from November 1950  covering 3,000 to 10,000 kilometres per month. On 2 November 1951 the engine was badly damaged in an accident at Münster; as a result it was retired on 14 November 1952 and scrapped in 1957.

Locomotive 61 002
Locomotive 61 002 remained in Dresden and was employed on passenger train duties. As a one-off it created problems for traffic operating staff. However, for the Test and Development Centre for Engineering (VES-M under Max Baumberg) it was of interest as a trial engine for speeds over 160 km/h. It was converted in 1961 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany at the workshop in Meiningen into a high-speed trials locomotive with a tender and the running number 18 201. With a new-design boiler, outer cylinders from the trials locomotive, H 45 024, and a new welded inner cylinder (the original cylinders were designed for a steam pressure of 20 bar and had too small a bore for the new, 16 bar boiler) and the carrying axle from the high-pressure locomotive, H 45 024, she attained speeds of up to 180 km/h.

In 2002, number 18 201 was completely overhauled in the Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works and has since been in the possession of Dampf-Plus owned by Christian Goldschagg and Axel Zwingenberger.

Stamps

On 5 October 2006 the German post office, Deutsche Post, issued a charity stamp series of four stamps, which included a stamp of the Henschel-Wegmann train for 145+55 Eurocents depicting locomotive 61 001.

See also
There was another example of a streamlined train rake using the DRG Class 60 and the double-decker, streamlined, push-pull train on the Lübeck-Büchen railway.

References

External links
 Henschel-Wegmann Train (Blog posting)

High-speed trains of Germany
High-speed rail in Germany
Named passenger trains of Germany
German streamliner trains


Statewide primary elections for various state offices were held in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on May 15, 2007. Pennsylvania's general elections were then held statewide on November 6, 2007.

Justice of the Supreme Court

Judge of the Superior Court

Judicial retention

Supreme Court

Superior Court

Commonwealth Court

References

2007 Pennsylvania elections
Pennsylvania


Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre was located on the grounds of Barton Park in Arncliffe, New South Wales in Australia. It was the home ground of the Rockdale Ilinden Football Club, who played in the New South Wales Super League.

A new Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre has been constructed at Bicentennial Park South, 468 West Botany Street, Rockdale.  It is the home of the Rockdale City Suns Football Club.

The old centre is located near St George Stadium, a football ground used by the St. George Saints.  St George Stadium was not used during 2007-2008, but has started to be used again in 2009.  Despite this re-use, Rockdale Ilinden is still used as the venue for many St. George Saints local division finals pending Rockdale Ilinden's move.

The old Ilinden Sports Centre contains the Clubhouse which has hosted numerous functions - of which have included mainly Macedonian-orientated non-soccer related functions. The ground boasts an indoor/outdoor licensed canteen, proper home & away change rooms, ample grass and bitumen parking, two superior playing surfaces (main and training), two other soccer ovals and two makeshift baseball arenas.

Rockdale City Suns
The Rockdale Ilinden Football Club played at the Sports Centre for 40 years after their Australian birth. They won premierships there and developed their mainly Macedonian traditions, and celebrated their 40th anniversary year in 2009 with a minor premiership in the NSW Super League. Over time however, the Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre has become worn out, and the club bought a lease for Bicentennial Park South, which was re-developed in 2009 as the new home of the Rockdale City Suns. The new facilities were officially opened on Saturday, 12 December 2009.

Cook Cove Development
A joint venture between developer John Boyd and Westpac Funds Management has begun construction of a A$1.7 billion dollar project titled the Cook Cove Development near Sydney Airport. The 270,000 square meter area will contain offices, a hotel and a retail precinct on the current Kogarah Golf Club grounds, with the Golf Club relocating nearby south to Barton Park after related Bicentennial and Scarborough Park upgrade takes place, relocating sporting teams further south for this construction to happen. The move is planned to take place in late 2009 to early 2010, after being originally slated for early in 2009.

References

External links
Football NSW
Rockdale City Suns Official Website

Sports venues in Sydney
Soccer venues in Sydney
Rockdale Ilinden FC
Arncliffe, New South Wales


BabelCon was a science fiction and multigenre convention, held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Established in 2006, the convention took place at the Cook Hotel and Lod & Carole Cook Alumni Center on the campus of Louisiana State University. Formerly a project of the non-profit Science & Engineering Education Foundation (SEEF), it was last managed by Babelcon LLC. After a split between the organizers in late 2010, the upcoming convention was postponed then ultimately cancelled.

This convention was typically a three-day event comprising panels, seminars, demonstrations, and workshops.  Guests sometimes include science fiction and fantasy authors, artists, and celebrities from genre television series and movies.  BabelCon was named for the site of a diplomatic conference in the classic Star Trek episode "Journey to Babel".

History
BabelCon was launched in 2006, as a project of a local science fiction and gaming group, Star One Delta (SOD).  The organizers were inspired to create BabelCon after Crescent City Con in New Orleans ended a 20-year run in 2005 and, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, efforts to launch a new convention in New Orleans were stalled. In 2008, BabelCon was legally separated from Star One Delta, and a new non-profit organization, the Science & Engineering Education Foundation (SEEF), was created to run the convention.

Conventions

Past events
BabelCon was held on Saturday, August 5, 2006, at the West Baton Rouge Conference Center in Port Allen, Louisiana.  Notable guests at the one-day event included Lost In Space actor Bob May.

BabelCon 2 was held on Saturday, August 4, 2007 at the West Baton Rouge Conference Center in Port Allen, Louisiana.  Activities included gaming, a fantasy art show, science panels, and celebrity guests.  Notable guests at the one-day event included Star Trek actors Lee Meriwether and Robert O'Reilly as well as several local authors and fan groups.

BabelCon 3 was held on July 19–20, 2008, at the Holiday Inn Select in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  The two-day event featured guest stars Richard Hatch, Suzie Plakson, J. G. Hertzler, and Bob May, paranormal investigators Kalila Katherina Smith and Brad Duplechein, plus several local authors and educators.  Attendance was estimated to be about 1000 fans.

BabelCon 4 was held on July 17–19, 2009, at the Cook Hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Guest stars at the three-day event included Rekha Sharma, Tiffany Grant, Patrick Burns, as well as several local authors and educators. Convention staff said attendance was "down slightly from past years".

BabelCon 4.5 was held on March 19–21, 2010, at the Cook Hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Originally listed as "BabelCon 2010 - the Year We Make Contact" it was changed to a "mini-con" and given the designation of "4.5".  The convention aimed at "a cozy con atmosphere" relying on panels rather than celebrity guests for entertainment.  Scaled back due to economic pressures from the late-2000s recession, the event featured Sal Lizard, the president of Starfleet International, as its headline guest.  As in previous conventions local authors also gave talks and spoke with guests.

Cancelled events
The next BabelCon event was originally scheduled to be held March 25–27, 2011, but was postponed.  After a split in convention management in late 2010, many of the original BabelCon staff and organizers planned their own event after the BabelCon name was registered with the Louisiana Secretary of State by another individual. This event, the Louisiana Science Fiction and Costuming Festival, was first held March 25–27, 2011.

In April 2012, new management acquired the assets of Babelcon LLC to settle existing debts and allow the event to move forward. Due to funding issues and another change in management, Babelcon was tentatively rescheduled for mid-October 2012. The convention was eventually cancelled and the organization dispersed.

References

Defunct science fiction conventions in the United States
Defunct multigenre conventions
Culture of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Recurring events established in 2006
Recurring events disestablished in 2012
Tourist attractions in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Conventions in Louisiana


Gangeyabhushani (pronounced gāngæyabhūshani) is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 33rd Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.

It is called Gangātarangini in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 3rd rāgam in the 6th chakra Rutu. The mnemonic name is Rutu-Go. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru gu ma pa dha nu. Its  structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
:
:

The notes present in this scale are shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kakali nishadham.

As it 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 Dhatuvardani, which is the 69th melakarta.

Janya rāgams
Gangeyabhushani currently has no janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of janya rāgams to look up all janya rāgams.

Compositions
A few compositions set to Gangeyabhooshani are:

Sulabha Poojeya Maadi by Purandara Dasaru
Varadaraja avava by Muthuswami Dikshitar
Ninaikanome by Koteeswara Iyer
Paalayasumam by M. Balamuralikrishna
Evvare ramayya by Tyagaraja

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

Gangeyabhushani's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields Neetimati, a minor melakarta rāgam. 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 Gangeyabhushani.

Notes

References

Melakarta ragas


Bronc Burnett is the central character in a series of 27 football, baseball, and scouting novels for adolescent boys set in Sonora, New Mexico, written by Wilfred McCormick between 1948 and 1967.

List of titles
The Three-Two Pitch (1948)
Legion Tourney (1948)
Fielder's Choice (1949)
Flying Tackle (1949)
Bases Loaded (1950)
Rambling Halfback (1950)
Grand Slam Homer (1951)
Quick Kick (1951)
Eagle Scout (1952)
The Big Ninth (1958)
The Last Put Out (1960)
One O'Clock Hitter (1960)
Stranger In The Backfield (1960)
The Bluffer (1961)
Man In Motion (1961)
Rebel With A Glove (1961)
Too Late To Quit (1962)
Once A Slugger (1963)
Rough Stuff (1963)
The Throwing Catcher (1964)
The Pro Toughback (1964)
The Right-End Option (1964)
The Go-Ahead Runner (1965)
Seven In Front (1965)
Tall At The Plate (1966)
No Place For Heroes (1966)
The Incomplete Pitcher (1967)
One Bounce Too Many (1967)

References

Book series introduced in 1948
Burnett, Bronc
Burnett, Bronc
Novel series
Juvenile series
Characters in children's literature
American sports novels


Defending champion Thomas Muster defeated Albert Costa in the final, 6–3, 5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 Monte Carlo Open.

Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

  Thomas Muster (champion)
  Andre Agassi (third round)
  Michael Chang (second round)
  Boris Becker  (third round)
  Goran Ivanišević (second round)
  Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
  Thomas Enqvist (second round)
  Jim Courier (second round)
  Sergi Bruguera (second round)
  Marc Rosset (first round)
  Arnaud Boetsch (second round)
  Andriy Medvedev (third round)
  Marcelo Ríos (semifinals)
  Todd Martin (first round)
  Renzo Furlan (second round, withdrew)
  Albert Costa (finalist)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

External links
 1996 Monte Carlo Open draw

1996 Monte Carlo Open


Arsène Heitz (27 March 1908 – 1989) was a German-French draughtsman, born in Strasbourg, who worked at the Council of Europe. He is the co-author of the Flag of Europe (in collaboration with Paul M. G. Lévy).

Heitz worked in the postal service of the Council of Europe while the flag was being chosen between 1950 and 1955, and he submitted 21 of the 101 designs that are conserved in the Council of Europe Archives.

He proposed among other drawings a circle of fifteen yellow stars upon a blue background; inspired by the twelve-star halo of the Virgin Mary, the Queen of Heaven of the Book of Revelation, often portrayed in Roman Catholic art, which can be seen in the Rose Window that the Council of Europe donated to Strasbourg Cathedral in 1953. Indeed, he proposed a design with “a crown of 12 golden stars with 5 rays, their points not touching.”

His flag with twelve stars was eventually adopted by the Council, and the design was finalised by Paul M. G. Lévy.

Arsène Heitz, who mainly designed the European flag in 1955, had told Lourdes magazine that his inspiration had been the reference in the Book of Revelation, the New Testament's final section, to "a woman clothed with the sun...and a crown of twelve stars on her head" (Revelation 12:1).

He was a devout Catholic who belonged to the Order of the Miraculous Medal, which may have influenced his views on the symbolism of the 12 stars.

References

History of the European Union
Artists from Strasbourg
French draughtsmen
Council of Europe people
Belgian Roman Catholics
1908 births
1989 deaths
Flag designers


Kārlis Lejnieks (born March 16, 1988) is a retired Latvian tennis player, who now pursues an interest in coaching. Through his career Lejnieks has won one Futures doubles title and has one runner-up in singles.

Lejnieks made his ATP debut in 2008 St. Petersburg Open where he defeated Russian Alexandre Kudryavtsev in the first round. In the second round he lost to Nr.3 seed Fernando Verdasco. After the tournament he reached a career-high 347 position in the ATP rating.
He retired at the age of 23 years on June 27, 2011, stating that lack of motivation and previous injuries forced him to do so.

From 2006 to 2011 he played in the Latvian Davis Cup team.

Career Finals

Singles

Wins

Runners-up

Doubles

Wins

References

External links

 Lejnieks world ranking history

1988 births
Living people
Latvian male tennis players


"When She's Near" is the first single from the Jon Foreman/Sean Watkins collaboration Fiction Family's debut eponymous album. The song was first heard in early performances by Fiction Family, who still went by the name The Real SeanJon at the time. The earliest recorded performance was in December 2007. The finalized studio version was posted on the duo's Myspace on October 7, 2008, and was later made available for free download on the band's website.

Writing and recording
Watkins originally wrote the melodies for the intro, verses, and bridge as the beginnings to one song, and Foreman had written the chorus for a song of his own. "It’s actually the melody to a song I wrote a long time ago called ‘Teaberry.’ I wrote it in ’03 or ’04, and I didn’t like the words, but I liked the melody,” Watkins said. “I brought the melody in and Jon did most of the lyrics." The songs eventually meshed together into the one song it is now. "I feel like it's a good blend of both of our voices," says Foreman.

Music video
Fiction Family shot a music video for the song on October 15, 2008. It was directed by Brandon Dickerson, who had directed many videos for Foreman's band, Switchfoot. Watkins said on their Myspace blog,"I won't say too much about it 'cause I don't want to spoil the plot and ruin it for you but I will say it involved me taped to and pushed around in a dolly and Jon being carried around like some Biblical king in transit for hours on end."

The video was first released Monday, December 15, 2008, on Vimeo.

Chart positions

References

2008 singles
Songs written by Jon Foreman
Songs written by Sean Watkins
2007 songs
ATO Records singles


Shulini (pronounced shūlini) is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 35th melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is also spelled as Sulini, Shoolini or Soolini. It is called Shailadesākshi or Shailadaeshi in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 5th rāgam in the 6th chakra Rutu. The mnemonic name is Rutu-Ma. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru 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):
:
:

The notes used in this scale are shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadham.

As it 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 Kosalam, which is the 71st melakarta scale.

Janya rāgams
Shulini has a couple of minor janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of janya rāgams for list of scales associated with Shulini.

Compositions
A few compositions set to Shulini are:

Prana natha by Thyagaraja
Paramukhamadeno by Koteeswara Iyer
Nalinanarayani by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
Paalayaashumaam Shulini by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna

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

Shulini's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 3 other melakarta rāgams, namely, Shanmukhapriya, Dhenuka and Chitrambari. 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 Shanmukhapriya.

Notes

References

Melakarta ragas


In 1929, Western Australia (WA) celebrated the centenary of the founding of Perth and the establishment of the Swan River Colony, the first permanent European settlement in WA. A variety of events were run in Perth, regional areas throughout the state, and even across Australia such as the Western Australian Centenary Air Race.

Preparations
In 1926, the 25th anniversary of federation passed without much recognition, due in part to the sense of isolation that help to form Western Australia's identity. There was limited acknowledgement from the other states of the unique circumstances of Western Australia's situation, due to what historian Geoffrey Blainey described as "the tyranny of distance". It was this isolation that helped focus the community on celebrating its centenary; later, it would also be the catalyst for a growing secessionist movement.

In 1927, the premier, Philip Collier, asked Hal Colebatch to write a history of the state, and in 1929 A Story of a hundred years : Western Australia, 1829–1929 was published.

A celebration committee began preparations in 1928, and in 1929 produced a number of publications including calendars of events. As 1929 approached, most towns formed their own committees and organised events, these ranged from special race meetings to regional shows, formal dinners, dances and sporting events. Additionally some towns and community organisations also renamed existing local features like parks and buildings, while others set aside an area for a monument which was then unveiled in the presence of dignitaries including the Governor, Premier and descendants of the early settlers.

Other events held in Perth in 1929
In April 1929 there was a demonstration held in Perth of fire brigades from around the country.

In June 1929 there was the Australian national general Methodist conference.

In July 1929 there were interstate football games held in Perth.

Centenary celebrations

Many locations in Western Australia had buildings or locations that became known as Centenary memorials; for example the Municipality of Fremantle built a Centenary Building, the Claremont Showground has a Centenary Pavilion that still stands, and Northam had a Centenary Hill.

Avenues of trees were planted in Kings Park in commemoration of the event as well as honouring people involved in the celebrations.

The Perth Branch of the Royal Mint produced a commemorative medal. Most of the 85,000 medals struck were bronze, and the majority were given to Western Australian school children. 900 silver medals were also made, as were 3 gold medals.

12 August 1929

The Governor Sir William Campion presided at the placement of a plaque in the wall of the Perth Town Hall on Barrack Street that recorded the centenary celebrations in August.

Centenary Celebration Period
The Centenary Celebration Period was designated as 28 September 1929 – 12 October 1929.

Despite a range of events involving various national bodies in the year, the specific main event was the 1929 Centenary Parade, which was held on Wednesday 2 October (which had been made a public holiday) and known as the Historic and Industrial Procession, passing through Perth.

2 October 1929
Wednesday 2 October 1929 was a public holiday in Perth.

The main Centenary procession (1929 Centenary Parade) involved considerable preparation of floats representing commercial and regional attributes of the state. It passed through the streets of Perth.

The Centenary Ball and celebrations at the Perth Oval were also held.

The afternoon at Perth Oval on the same day was the site of a Naval and Military Tournament.

Subsequent events
In September, 1929, a choir of 1,000 voices sang at a Children's Thanksgiving Mass in Victoria Square, and also in a Centenary concert in His Majesty's Theatre.

On 24 November 1929, the Kings Park War Memorial Cenotaph was unveiled by the Governor William Campion to commemorate the fallen of World War I.

Fremantle
One of the events organised was a re-enactment of the 1829 arrival of settlers at Fremantle, attended by Campion.

Prisoner remissions

In October, the Premier, Philip Collier announced that prisoner sentences of more than one month would be reduced at the rate of two days for each month of sentence remaining, after allowing for good conduct.  Prisoners serving sentences during His Majesty's pleasure were excluded from the remissions.

Proximity to Depression
Western Australian historian Geoffrey Bolton ties in the events and the subsequent difficult times due to the economic depression in his book A Fine Country to Starve in (1972). While more recently Annette Davis looked at the popular entertainment values of the era.

Legacy
A significant amount of the organisation of the celebrations was attributed to the librarian James Sykes Battye, whose efforts in organising committees were noted in the celebration year.

Historical Society plaques

The Royal Western Australian Historical Society commissioned plaques that were ceremonially placed upon locations of significance to Western Australia. Locations included:
 The Round House, the oldest building still standing in WA
 All Saints Church, Henley Brook, at the camp site of Captain James Stirling's furthest up-stream exploration in 1827
 Chippers Leap

Publications

See also
Centenary of Albany, Western Australia
The Foundation of Perth 1829, a painting depicting the founding of Perth in 1829
Silver Centenary, a plane built in 1929–1930 and named in honour of the centenary.
WAY 79, the 1979 celebration of the 150th anniversary
Australian Bicentenary, the national event held in 1988
Western Australian 175th Anniversary, in 2004

Notes

Further reading
 Battye, J. S. (1929) The centenary of Western Australia. Mutual Provident Messenger, No. 381, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 3, 1 March 1929.
 Kirwan, John, Sir (1929) The centenary of Western Australia, London: Whitefriars Press

1929 in Western Australia


The 1997 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 April 1997 at the Suzuka Circuit.

500 cc classification

250 cc classification

125 cc classification

References

Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
Japanese
Motorcycle Grand Prix


Guy Callaghan (born 7 September 1970 in Hastings, Hawke's Bay) is a former butterfly swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain for his native country.

His biggest success came in 1995, at the second edition of the FINA World SC Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where Callaghan won the gold medal with the Men's 4x100 Medley Relay Team. This was a New Zealand record time and was the 4th fastest time ever recorded.

See also
 List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)

References

1970 births
Living people
Olympic swimmers for New Zealand
New Zealand male butterfly swimmers
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Swimmers from Auckland
New Zealand male freestyle swimmers
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games


The 1997 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 May 1997 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

500 cc classification

250 cc classification

125 cc classification

References

Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
Spanish
Motorcycle Grand Prix


Catalist is a for-profit corporation based in Washington, D.C., that operates a voter database and works for progressive causes.

History
Catalist was founded as Data Warehouse, LLC.

During the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, Catalist served as the principal repository of Democratic data, working with over 90 liberal groups including the Service Employees International Union, the Democratic National Committee, and the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.

Catalist has engaged in data mining on behalf of clients such as Rock the Vote and EMILY's List. Catalist receives funding from the Democracy Alliance.

In 2015, Catalist received $725,000 from the National Education Association, a major teachers union.

In August 2016, Catalist analyzed records from 10 battleground states through June and found a major influx of new voters, majority-white, were responsible for the record-breaking turnout in the Republican primaries.

The company as of 2018 claims that it has data on 240 million unique individuals in the United States, to be used by "progressive" organizations. Laura Quinn remained chief executive officer.

After the 2020 election, Catalist published an analysis of turnout and votes among various demographic groups that contributed to the Biden / Harris ticket's victory.

In June 2021, 30 workers for Catalist announced that a super majority of workers had signed union authorization cards to be represented by the Communication Workers of America through CODE-CWA, and that Catalist had voluntarily recognized the workers' union. Workers said they did not organize in response to any perceived mistreatment, but rather their belief in the benefits of organizing, to "have a seat at the table" for workplace decisions, and to be in a union as part of their work with labor organizations.

See also

 Blue State Digital
 Civis Analytics
 Data dredging
 Dan Wagner (data scientist)
 The Groundwork
 Harper Reed
 Left-wing politics
 Michael Slaby
 ORCA (computer system)
 Project Houdini
 Project Narwhal
 Predictive analytics

References

2006 establishments in Washington, D.C.
Companies based in Washington, D.C.
Political campaign techniques
Political campaign technology
Progressive organizations in the United States
Technology companies established in 2006
2008 United States presidential election


Chalanata (pronounced chalanāta) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 36th Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is one of the few rāgams referred by the same name in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 6th rāgam in the 6th chakra Rutu. The mnemonic name is Rutu-Sha. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru gu ma pa dhu 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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The notes used in this scale are shadjam, shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, shatsruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadham. As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampurna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Rasikapriya, which is the 72nd (last) melakarta.

Janya Rāgams
Chalanāta (also pronounced Chalanāttai) has two popular janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it, namely Nāta (Nāttai) and Ghambheeranāta (Gambheeranāttai). Nāta ragam compositions are sung often in concerts and it overshadows Chalanāta. See List of Janya Rāgams for list of janya rāgams associated with Chalanāta.

Compositions
A few compositions set to Chalanāta are:

Rājadhirāja (varnam) by Baluswami Dikshitar
Nagātmajā Manōharam by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
Margazhi Thingal by Andal
Madhava Panchakam by Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi
Edayya Gathi by Koteeswara Iyer

Film Songs

Language: Tamil

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

Chalanata's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields a major Melakarta rāgam Shubhapantuvarali. 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 Chalanata.

Notes

References

Melakarta ragas