The Baroness Redecorates is the second EP by Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist Sarah Slean, released on December 9, 2008. Slean confirmed the EP and two of its tracks on her official website in her journal during Question and Answer periods. The rest of the track listing was confirmed on her website in November.

Track listing
 Parasol
 Lonely Side of the Moon
 Modern Man I & II
 Compatriots
 The Rose
 Hear Me Out
 The "Disarm" Suite

References

External links
 Sarah Slean's official website

2008 EPs
Sarah Slean albums


Björn Anklev (born 13 April 1979) is a Swedish former football player who played as a midfielder.

Career
Anklev started his career at IK Tun in a small community outside of Nyköping. He then switched to Vrena IF to play in their youth squad before moving to Nyköping at the age of 15 where he joined Nyköpings BIS. While he was doing his Military service in 1998-1999 he played for a Division 5 club but returned to Nyköpings BIS afterwards. In the fall of 2003 he was contacted by Halmstads BK assistant manager Janne Andersson who invited him to come and train with them. In 2004, he made the move to Halmstads BK where the club just missed out on the league title in his first season at the club. he missed the entire 2006 season due to an ACL injury. He grew tired of starting most games on the bench so in 2008 he signed for Örgryte IS as a free agent after his contract with Halmstads BK ended.

References

External links

  (archive)
  (archive)

1979 births
Living people
Swedish men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Allsvenskan players
Halmstads BK players
Örgryte IS players
BK Häcken players


Mahakaal () is a 2008 Bengali film directed by Swapan Ghosal.

Background

Mahakaal is a revenge story based on the Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit starring movie Parinda. Indira Dhar, playing the role of a college student who falls in love with Prosenjit (Joy), debuted in this film.

Plot
Prof. Ajoy Mukherjee and his wife Aditi witness a murder, committed by the vociferous criminal Digbijay. In spite of repeated warnings from Digbijay and his right hand Loha the couple testifies against them and they go to jail for seven years. After coming out Djgbibay turns out to be even stronger and proceeds to attack Ajoy's family. He sends a man called Binod Sharma who pretends to be a friend of Joy, Ajoy's brother. Digbijay and Binod conspire against Joy and Ajoy. After sending his own man to rob Joy of two lack rupees, Binod compels Joy to do a murder. In the meantime Digbijay fatally stabs Ajoy frames Joy for the murder. Local inspector Dilip Lahiri also turns out to be a peer of Digbijay. While Joy remains in police custody, Digbijay rapes and murders Joy's younger sister Dia. After all these incidents Aditi commits suicide. Joy teams up with his friends Kanchan and Kumar to seek revenge. They kill Binod, Dilip, Loha, and Digbijay one after the other and are consequently jailed for five years.

Cast
 Prasenjit as Joy Mukherjee
 Indira Dhar as Ratri
 Tapas Paul as Ajay Mukherjee
 Laboni Sarkar as Aditi Mukherjee
 Rajatava Dutta as Vinod Sharma
 Kaushik Banerjee as Digvijay Pradhan
 Pushpita Mukherjee as Dia Mukherjee
  Kanchan Mullick as Kanchan Mallick
 Sumit Gangopadhyay as Loha
 Rajesh Sharma as ACP Dilip Lahiri
 Ashim Roy Chowdhury as Joy's friend
 Ramen Roy Chowdhury as police commissioner

Soundtrack
"Ei Mon Jodi Jeto Go Dekha" - Shreya Ghoshal, Babul Supriyo
"Ektu Dekha" - Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal
"Jiboner Ei Poth" - Shaan, Mahalaxmi Iyer, N/A
"Lachak Machak" - N/A

References

External links
www.telegraphindia.com preview

2008 films
2000s Bengali-language films
Bengali-language Indian films
Bengali remakes of Hindi films


Loquillo may refer to:

 Loquillo (singer), rock singer from Spain
 Loquillo (chief), Taino Cacique (Chief) of the area of Luquillo (named after him) located in the northeastern coast of Puerto Rico

Loquillo may also refer to the following place:
Loquillo National Forest, now El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico


Sri City or Satyavedu Reserve Infracity Pvt. Ltd. is an integrated business city (township) and special economic zone located in Tirupati district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Inaugurated on August 8, 2008 by then-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy, Sri City forms part of Satyavedu and Varadaiahpalem mandals of Tirupati district. It is located along the NH16 of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is spread over 7500 acres, and includes a multiproduct Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a Domestic Tariff Zone (DTZ), a Free Trade & Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) and an Electronics Manufacturing Cluster.

Geography
It is situated between north latitudes of 13°29’50" & 13°34’40" and east longitudes of 79°57’30" & 80°02’50", at an average elevation of about 20 meters above MSL (66 ft) in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh. It is alongside NH 5 which forms part of the Golden Quadrilateral. A creek (Karipeti Kalava) flows through Sri City passing through a number of lakes on the way to joining Pulicat Lake north of Tada. There is a state forest on the western boundary. The Telugu Ganga project carrying Krishna River water to Chennai passes along the western boundary of Sri City.

Languages
Telugu is the official and spoken language. People can also understand Tamil due to the land proximity to the border with Tamilnadu state. Most of the educated populace speak English and are bi-lingual.

Demographics
Sri City forms part of Satyavedu and Varadaiahpalem Mandals of Tirupati District. It is part of the Satyavedu constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and the Tirupati constituency for the Lok Sabha. As per 2011 census the total population of the Satyavedu constituency is 2,77,010, with a literacy rate of 78.98, well over national rate of Literacy in India which stand at 74.04%.

Social organizations
 Krea University
 Sankara Nethralaya (India)
 Institute of Financial Management and Research – IFMR (India)
 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City
 Chinmaya Vidyalaya School (India)

Special Economic Zone

The integrated township includes various zones: Industrial, Residential, Educational, Commercial and Recreational.

The Industrial Zone includes a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for Export Oriented Industry and Domestic Tariff Zone (DTZ) for Domestic Industry. It is a business destination for global companies to establish Manufacturing, Services and Trading operations in India.

The SEZ is administered by Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) & Industrial Area Local Authority (IALA). The Government appointed officer controls the planning and building approval processes. A Commissioner appointed by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce, administers the (SEZ) area.

The SEZ was designed by Jurong Consultants, Singapore, taking into account future dimensions of expansion.

Transport

Sricity is located in close proximity to Asian Highway 45. The Tirupati Airport is the nearest airport (82 km) Tada and Arambakkam railway stations are nearest railway stations to Sricity. Chennai Port and Ennore Ports are the nearest port to the town. While, Krishnapatnam Port is located  to the north of Sri City.

See also
 Satish Dhawan Space Centre

External links

 Sricity website
 Special Economic Zones in India
 City Website for more information about Civic Services & Administrative Offices, Accommodation, Recreation etc

References

Towns in Tirupati district
Industrial parks in India
Special economic zones
Tax resistance
Special Economic Zones of India


The 1976 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 12 September 1976. It was open to racing cars complying with either Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2.

The race was the forty first Australian Grand Prix and doubled as Round 1 of the 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship. John Goss won the race driving a Matich A53 Repco-Holden, and in doing so became the only driver to win both of Australia's highest profile motor races, the Australian Grand Prix and the Bathurst 1000. Goss won the 47 lap race by just half a second from Australian international Vern Schuppan who was driving an Elfin MR8 Chevrolet entered by Ansett Team Elfin. Finishing third, over a lap behind, was John Leffler driving a Lola T400 Chevrolet.

Qualifying results

Race results

References

External links
 1976 Australian Grand Prix Sandown, www.youtube.com

Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix
Motorsport at Sandown
Formula 5000 race reports
Australian Grand Prix


Onychoteuthis meridiopacifica is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. Males become mature at 40 mm, and the species is believed to reach a maximum mantle length of 90 mm, the smallest species in the genus Onychoteuthis. The tentacular club reaches a length of 20-25% of the mantle length, and contains 16-19 club hooks. Arms reach 27-44% of the mantle length, and each contain 50-60 suckers. 8-12 nuchal folds are present on each side of the head. Its short, broad fins and the possession of a small number marginal suckers on the tentacular clubs of adults are distinguishing characteristics of this species. It is found off eastern Australia and probably extends into seas off Indonesia as well as east to Tonga and Vanuatu.

References

Squid
Molluscs described in 1990


"About Last Night…" is the twelfth episode in the twelfth season of the American animated television series South Park. The 179th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 5, 2008.

The episode depicts Barack Obama after winning the presidential election against John McCain. In a satire of American partisan politics, mass hysteria ensues as liberals celebrate with drunken rioting and conservatives experience apocalyptic panic. Meanwhile, Obama, McCain, and their respective campaign staffs are revealed to be a gang of jewel thieves who ran for president as part of a heist. In a parody of the films Ocean's Eleven and Entrapment, Obama and McCain use the hype and fear of Election Night to carry out a high-tech heist from the Smithsonian.

Parker and Stone briefly considered parodying Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight by having then-President George W. Bush gallantly take the blame for the Smithsonian heist. They decided against it, however, as they felt that jokes about President Bush had been "done to death".

Plot
Following the announcement of the 2008 presidential election results, Barack Obama and John McCain address their supporters on national television as the people of South Park watch. The town's Democrats, including Randy and Sharon Marsh and the Broflovskis, express a belief that Obama is the Messiah, crudely taunt their Republican neighbors and begin to celebrate drunkenly in the streets.

Meanwhile, the town's Republicans, including the Stotches, Mr. Garrison and Mr. Mackey, sit despondently inside, certain that a liberal President means that the Apocalypse is at hand. Ike Broflovski, who supported McCain, attempts suicide by jumping out a first-story window. Certain that Ike is badly injured, Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski put him in a child's wagon and try to take him to the hospital.

Meanwhile, Obama and McCain turn out to be friends and the leaders of a jewel heist club known as the "Presidential Crime Syndicate". Furthermore, Michelle Obama is really an ace computer hacker and single mother who has faked marriage to Obama to make him electable. Sarah Palin is secretly an extremely intelligent, poised, and articulate Englishwoman. The Syndicate has conspired to win the election by running Obama and McCain against each other, so that the winner can access a hidden tunnel from the Oval Office, break into the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History, and steal the Hope Diamond.

In South Park, Stan and Kyle vainly search through the partying Democrats to find anyone who can drive Ike to the hospital. They watch as Randy, believing that Obama's win means that he no longer needs a job, punches his equally liberal boss in the face and breaks his nose. When Officer Barbrady attempts to restore order, the drunken crowd assumes that he must be a Republican, loudly boos him, and overturns his police car.

Stan and Kyle find the Stotches building an "ark" while keeping many horrified conservatives from entering due to space limitations. The boys' plea for help leads to a brawl among the terrified Republicans and the boys head for the hospital on foot. They find the emergency room packed with Democrats who have partied too hard and Republicans who have tried to kill themselves.

Obama and Michelle break into the Museum, cross a room full of lasers, and steal the Hope Diamond. Ike, who had been a member of the heist the entire time, blows up a private jet that contains dummies of the criminals and alters hospital records to declare everyone involved legally dead. The next day, as the Syndicate prepares to leave the country, Obama announces that he will not be going with them. Instead, he convinces Michelle to stay behind and "give this President thing a shot".

The following morning, South Park's Republicans emerge from their "ark" and realize that the world has not ended. Realizing that they can vote Obama out later if he does a bad job, the Conservatives decide to give the new President a chance. That same morning, Randy Marsh wakes up on his couch with a severe hangover, his pants missing, and his TV having been stolen by Eric Cartman while he was out partying. Stan delivers a message from Randy's boss, telling him that he has been fired, and Randy—taking this as evidence that Obama lied to the voters—flies into a rage and shouts that he should have voted for McCain.

Themes
An interpretation of the episode summarized its contents as a condemnation of those who care too much about political issues. The episode satirizes the variety of reactions from liberals and conservatives in the aftermath of election returns: "somewhere between a boozy orgy of celebratory puking in the streets and apocalyptic panic". The episode exaggerates their reactions to extremes to illustrate possible absurdity.

Production

The episode's plot originated before the season began, when the writing team began brainstorming episode ideas. Parker and Stone noticed that an episode from the run could air the day following the election, and set their sights on producing an episode. Parker was particularly set on producing the episode after seeing the uproar over a joke from a recent Family Guy episode ("Road to Germany"), in which the character of Stewie, dressed as a Nazi, sports a McCain-Palin button. South Park had previously criticized the program with the 2006 two-parter "Cartoon Wars Part I" and "Cartoon Wars Part II", and Parker intensely disliked the joke. Rather than focus the episode's plot as satiric commentary on modern politics, the duo instead decided to create an absurd, action-movie plot inspired by the film Ocean's Eleven. "We've all heard about everything; we've talked about everything to death," Parker said. "And it's like, let's just put him in a diamond heist movie. They're just diamond thieves, and it's not about the politics at all anymore." After coming up with a neutral plot that would not disclose who would win the election, it gradually became obvious over the season that Obama would emerge the winner.

Parker felt strongly over the course of the election season that Obama would win the election, so much so that he bet money on his victory in October. Parker used a sports betting website, which he normally used to gamble on football games, to predict the outcome; the website placed the odds heavily against McCain. The team initially intended to create an alternate version in case McCain won, but found the prospect too daunting, considering their quick production schedule. In a possible scenario in which McCain was declared the winner, the duo intended to air the completed episode as is and deal with what was termed their "Dewey Defeats Truman" moment later. Possible outcomes included doing a drunken Mystery Science Theater 3000-esque commentary over the completed version, in which lines are poorly dubbed over the dialogue. Rather than partying in the streets, Obama supporters would be rioting, while McCain supporters would hide in the Ark to protect themselves from the riot, rather than a world in which their candidate loses. "There was a really stressful fifteen minutes there where we thought 'Oh man, what if we're wrong?' We really banked on it", said Stone.

In choosing which characters would be liberal or conservative, Stone admitted the choices were sometimes arbitrary. The character of Randy getting inebriated was always something the team found humorous; as a result, it was natural he become a hard-partying Obama supporter. In contrast, Mr. Garrison, who in the series is a "self-hating gay man", is portrayed as a McCain supporter to provide irony. In one possible storyline, then-President George W. Bush would heroically take the blame for the diamond heist, in a parody of The Dark Knight, but it was rejected as jokes about Bush had become overdone. The episode includes details such as excerpts from Obama's victory speech and the stage and podium on which he spoke. For the victory and concession speeches, Parker wrote placeholder lines until after the election's outcome. Following Obama's victory speech, the duo found it remarkable the amount of placeholder material that turned out similar to the actual speech. Comedy Central, as usual, saw few finished sequences before the episode went to air, but raised questions over one scene in which Obama's grandmother "fakes" her death (Obama's real grandmother had passed the day preceding the election).

The episode was completed on the morning of its air date, hours after they typically complete episodes. "We're delivering it right up against the wire every single week. ... Trey and I got home at 10:30 yesterday morning," said Stone to an interviewer the day following the episode's broadcast.

Reception
Sean O'Neal of The A.V. Club commended the episode's apolitical approach, but wished "tonight's inconsequential silliness had been a little funnier across the board". Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger criticized the episode as a "half-hour SNL sketch", commenting that only the first five minutes he felt were humorous. Newsweek criticized the episode as a "lukewarm parody" in a 2010 article criticizing the creative state of the program. "While this episode was perhaps not as funny as it could have been, it manages to feel poignant," said Travis Fickett of IGN.

"Trey Parker and Matt Stone have always turned around South Park episodes with impressive speed, but Wednesday night was ridiculous," said James Hibberd of The Hollywood Reporter.

Home release
"About Last Night...", along with the thirteen other episodes from South Park'''s twelfth season, were released on a three-disc DVD and Blu-ray set in the United States on March 10, 2009. The sets included brief audio commentaries by Parker and Stone for each episode, a collection of deleted scenes, and two special mini-features, The Making of 'Major Boobage and Six Days to South Park.

See also
"Trapper Keeper", a South Park episode about the 2000 U.S. presidential election
"Douche and Turd", a South Park episode about the 2004 U.S. presidential election
"Obama Wins!", a South Park episode about the 2012 U.S. presidential election
"Oh, Jeez", a South Park'' episode about the 2016 U.S. presidential election

References

External links
 "About Last Night..." Full episode at South Park Studios

Cultural depictions of Barack Obama
Cultural depictions of Sarah Palin
Works about John McCain
South Park (season 12) episodes
Television episodes about suicide
Television episodes about elections
Television episodes about theft
2008 United States presidential election in popular culture
Television episodes set in the White House


Hell's Backbone Road is a 38-mile (61 km) gravel road that was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, and connects the towns of Boulder, Utah and Escalante, Utah.  Halfway along the road is Hell's Backbone Bridge, which is  long, and  wide. A  drop is on either side.  Near the bridge are views of the Box-Death Hollow Wilderness.  From late spring to autumn, the road, which climbs to more than 9,000 feet (2,750 m) elevation, is passable by ordinary passenger vehicles, but it is very narrow and winding.

Hell's Backbone Road is a high-country alternative to the paved Utah Scenic Byway 12, which also connects Boulder and Escalante, 27 road miles (44 km) apart.

Images

References

Roads in Utah
Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah
Gravel roads


Manjari Chaturvedi is an Indian Kathak dancer. She belongs to the Lucknow Gharana.

Early life and background
Manjari Chaturvedi was born in a well established family of Lucknow. Her grandfather, Justice Hari Shankar Chaturvedi, was a High Court Judge at The Lucknow bench. Her father, Prof. Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi, was a Geologist and a Geophysics professor at the IIT Roorkee, and a respected Space Scientist who established the Remote Sensing Applications Centre at Lucknow and a visionary in the field of Science & Technology for Rural Development. Her mother Sudha Chaturvedi is a strong, resilient, well read woman who instilled strong values in her children. Manjari spent her early formative years in Lucknow and it is this city that has impacted her work the most. She did her schooling from Carmel Convent and Hoerner School and her higher studies from Lucknow University. She did her Masters (M.Sc.) In Environmental Sciences from the Lucknow University. She trained in the professional category of Kathak Dance at the Kathak Kendra under the UP Sangeet Natak Academy .

She trained initially in the Lucknow gharana of kathak under the guidance of Arjun Mishra. She also studied abhinaya under Kalanidhi Narayan at Protima Bedi’s Nrityagram. She closely studied Baba Bulleh Shah’s contribution to Punjabi Sufi traditions. Mawlana Rumi and Amir Khusro also influenced her.

Career
Chaturvedi began her career as a Kathak dancer. She attempts at building an interface with diverse forms like the music of Rajasthan, Kashmir, Awadh, Punjab, Turkmenistan, Iran and Krygistan. She is particularly drawn to Sufi mysticism and has endeavoured to incorporate movements in her performances that are reminiscent of the meditative practices of the whirling dervishes. She has therefore, chosen to name her dance style as Sufi Kathak.

She performed at the Taj Mahal and Sydney Opera House.

She did a Sufi music video directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and written by Gulzar called as Tere Ishq Mein.

She has performed in more than 300 concerts in more than 22 countries across the world. In the last two decades, Manjari has performed concerts all over the world including Europe (France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, U.K. & Ireland), Armenia, Georgia, the Middle East (Dubai, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Kuwait), South East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka) and Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan) along with Australia and America.

Significant Venues

 India International Centre
 Kalaghoda, Mumbai
 Tagore Auditorium, Chandigarh
 Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad
 Aravali Bio Diversity Park, Gurgaon
 Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai
 Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi
 Symphony Space, New York City
 Judith Wright Centre for Performing Arts – Brisbane
 Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC
 Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London, UK
 Sydney Opera House, Australia
 National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
 Rashtrapati Bhawan
 Parliament House
 Medinat Jumeirah
 Purana Quila
 Jagmandir Palace, Udaipur
 Lake Palace, Udaipur
 Aman-E-Bagh
 Ram Bagh Palace, Jaipur
 Lotus Temple, New Delhi
 Town Hall, Kolkata
 Qutb Minar, New Dlehi
 Murshidabad Palace, Murshidabad
 Neemrana Fort
 Devigarh Fort
 Qila Mubarak, Patiala
 Jagatjit Palace, Kapurthala
 Khajuraho Temple
 Janana Mahal, Udaipur
 Amber Fort, Jaipur
 Fatehpur Sikri
 Arab Ki Sarai, Humayun’s Tomb
 Holkar Palace, Maheshwar
 Taj Mahal, Agra
 Dilkusha Palace, Lucknow

Dance of Mystics
She has been the part of the Sufi Symposium at the prestigious Smithsonian Museum Washington D.C. and of the conference on Living heritage by UNESCO and is the Jury and member of "Think Tank on Asian dance" for the prestigious Asian Dance Committee in Korea. In the past decade Manjari Chaturvedi has collaborated and performed with a wide range of international artists as Global Fusion with Tim Ries (Saxophone, Rolling Stones, USA) And Ustad Shujaat Hussain Khan (Sitar, India), Taufiq Quereshi (India), Kailash Kher (India), Kevin Hays (Piano, USA), Dhaffer Yoseuf (Oudh, Vocals, Tunisia), Rahim Al Hajj ( Oudh, Iraq), Patrick Possey (Saxophone, USA), Firas Shahrstan (Qanun, Syria), Micheal Glenn (Bass, USA).

SHORT FILMS AND VIDEOS She did a Sufi music video directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and written by Gulzar called as Tere Ishq Mein. She has performed in ZARA THAHER JAAO: a Dance sequence on music by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan She has performed in JASHN-E-AWADH: An audio visual for the Taj Group of Hotels She has performed in SOULFUL STRINGS OF SARANGI: A film by Pamela Rooks She has performed in HISTORICAL JOURNEY OF TAJ HOTELS, RESORTS & PALACES: A film directed by Zafar Hai She has performed in AMIR KHUSRAU: A film for National Television directed by Muzaffar Ali She has performed in RAQS-E-DIL: A film for National Television by Muzaffar Ali She has performed in RUMI IN THE LAND OF KHUSRAU: A film on the Sufi traditions across the world She has done dance direction and choreography in HUSN-E-JAANA a television serial by Muzaffar Ali She has performed in THE LEGACY OF AN ERA: A film on Lucknow by Mazhar Kamran.

The Courtesan Project

A brilliant initiative by Manjari Chaturvedi that is dedicated to work towards removing social stigmas associated with Courtesan, the Tawaifs, and thereby giving them much deserved respect and place as artists par excellence. "The Lost Songs and Dance of Courtesans - Gender discrimination in Arts and How it Shapes the Art for Future" is a project that archives and documents the lives and stories of the incredible women performers.

Manjari has undertaken an absolutely new work, it is a lot of research as it brings alive dance and stories of women who were stigmatised by the society for being performers both music and dance and in an unfortunate society ridden by gender discrimination were not even part of the documentation history of the performing arts. Hence it becomes imminent we tell their brilliant stories to the world and show their dance. In the wake of inadequate research and documentation, several myths and misconceptions shroud lives and history of courtesans.

Today, it is not uncommon to have the words ‘courtesan’ and ‘prostitute’ being used inter-changeably. This is the greatest error that has been continually done. In an extremely unfair record of history based on gender inequality, the men pursuing these arts are revered as "Ustads" (Masters) while the women pursuing the same arts became "Nautch Girls" (Dancing Girls). The current generations of erstwhile male court dancers talk about family lineage with a sense of pride extolling the greatness of their forefathers as dancers in royal courts. At the same time, the generations of women court dancers live with a sense of shame never disclosing their lineage or any connection with erstwhile courts. Gender discrimination in the field of arts has never been addressed and today this sect of women are ostracised in the society and considered "lesser" than their contemporary men.

Manjari says, "It is the need of the hour to question and challenge the "disregard" towards these women artists and their traditions. We must think about this as a collective society and a project like this helps to shape up the collective conscience of the society."

Controversy

Qawwali Performance Interrupted
On 17 January 2020, Manjari Chaturvedi claimed that her qawwali performance was “deliberately” stopped midway by officials of the Uttar Pradesh government during an official cultural programme at a private hotel in Lucknow. However, the Department of Culture, Uttar Pradesh, denied the accusation.

See also
 List of Kathak dancers

References

Kathak exponents
Indian female classical dancers
Performers of Indian classical dance
1968 births
Living people
Dancers from Uttar Pradesh
Women artists from Uttar Pradesh
20th-century Indian dancers
20th-century Indian women artists


Leigh Hobbs (born 18 April 1953) is an Australian artist and author. He is best known in Australia and the United Kingdom for the humorous children's books which he has written and illustrated, although he has produced works across a wide range of mediums. His books principally feature the characters Old Tom, Horrible Harriet, Fiona the Pig, Mr Badger and Mr Chicken, and characters from the 4F for FREAKS books. He was the Australian Children's Laureate for 2016–17.

Life and career

Leigh Hobbs was born in Williamstown in Victoria, Australia and grew up in the town of Bairnsdale. After graduating from Caulfield Institute of Technology art school (now Monash University) in 1973, he was employed as an artist at Sydney's Luna Park, an amusement park located adjacent to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. While there he designed the colour scheme for the antique carousel, and created two large three-dimensional characters called Larry and Lizzy Luna, which now reside at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum. Between 1978 and 2002 Hobbs supported his artistic career by working as a secondary school art teacher.

In 1980 Hobbs held a one-man show of caricature sculptures at the Rex Irwin Gallery in Sydney. Between 1985 and 2010 he was a freelance contributing cartoonist for The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Victoria. Since 1999 time a number of major profiles of Hobbs and his work have been published. In 1983 Leigh Hobbs created a series of glazed ceramic tea pots in the shape of Melbourne's Flinders Street Station. These are in the collection of a number of galleries including the National Gallery of Victoria. In 1999 Hobbs designed the colour scheme for the entrance to Melbourne's Luna Park in St. Kilda.  Between 1998 and 2002 a French/Australian co-produced animated cartoon TV series Old Tom was created based on his Old Tom books, and over 50 episodes were broadcast in Australia on ABC TV. In 2013 Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) adapted Hobbs' book Mr Chicken Goes To Paris for the stage and the book is a popular title in the Musée du Louvre bookshop in Paris.

Leigh Hobbs's children's books are often described as working on a number of levels and could be seen as gently subversive. For example, Hobbs's most popular creation, Old Tom, is a grotesque one eyed cat, but the word cat is never used in the books. Old Tom's 'owner' a prim matron like character called Angela Throgmorton thinks of Old Tom as her 'son' and the stories revolve around her efforts to socialise this creature who is in fact like a seven-year-old boy trying to break free of a mothers constraints. Hobbs has frequently been shortlisted for the CBCA's Picture Book of the Year award, his books have won many of the major children's choice awards in Australia, and in 2010 Old Tom was short-listed for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards. In Australia his works are published by Allen & Unwin

Leigh Hobbs's artwork, paintings, drawings, prints, illustrations and ceramics are to be found in numerous private collections, public art galleries, and institutions including the National Gallery of Victoria and the State Libraries of Victoria, and Western Australia. A 1993 photo-portrait by Francis Reiss of Hobbs at work is held in Australia's National Portrait Gallery.

Leigh Hobbs was the Australian Children's Laureate for 2016 & 2017.

In 2019 Australia Post featured Leigh and his character Mr Chicken on an 'Australian Legends of Children's Literature' postage stamp

Personal life
He lives in Melbourne with his partner the writer Dmetri Kakmi.

Bibliography
The following books were written and illustrated by Leigh Hobbs:
 Old Tom (1994)
 Old Tom at the Beach (1995)
 Old Tom goes To Mars (1996)
 Old Tom’s Guide to Being Good (1998)
 Horrible Harriet (2001)
 Old Tom’s Holiday  (2002)
 Old Tom Man of Mystery (2003)
 Fiona The Pig  (2004)
 Hooray For Horrible Harriet (2005)
 4F For Freaks (2006)
 Fiona The Pig’s Big Day (2006)
 Freaks Ahoy (2007)
 Old Tom’s Big Book of Beauty (2007)
 A Friend For Old Tom (2008)
 Mr Chicken Goes To Paris (2009)
 Mr Badger and The Big Surprise (2010)
 Mr Badger and The Missing Ape (2010)
 Mr Badger and The Difficult Duchess (2011)
 Mr Badger and The Magic Mirror (2011)
 Horrible Harriet’s Inheritance (2012)
 Mr Chicken Lands on London (2014)
 Mr Chicken arriva a Roma (2016)
 Mr Chicken All Over Australia (2019)
 Horrible Harriet and The Terrible Tantrum (2021)

References

External links
 Leigh Hobbs' website

1953 births
Living people
Australian children's writers
Australian illustrators
Australian gay writers
Australian gay artists
People from Bairnsdale
Artists from Victoria (state)
Australian cartoonists
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Raja Chaudhary (born 23 July 1975) is an Indian television actor, writer and producer based in Mumbai. He predominantly works in the Bhojpuri cinema. In 2008, Chaudhary participated as a contestant on Colors TV's reality show Bigg Boss, where he emerged as the first runner up.

Career
Chaudhary played a villain role in the Bhojpuri film Saiyyan Hamar Hindustani opposite Shweta Tiwari. He gained fame during his stint at the Hindi reality show Bigg Boss 2 where he was a runner up. He then participated in another reality show Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipe Out.

Chaudhary has also acted in many television serials Your Honour, Daddy Samjha Karo, Chandramukhi, Aane Wala Pal, period Indian fantasy series Kahani Chandrakanta Ki and Adaalat . He was also featured in a TV serial called Black (loosely based on Hollywood Omen) on 9X Channel, directed by Sunil Agnihotri.

Personal life
Chaudhary is an alumnus of Asian Academy of Film & Television. He married television actress, Shweta Tiwari in 1998, the couple had a daughter together, Palak Tiwari. The couple featured together in season 2 of the reality dance show, Nach Baliye. The couple later separated after Tiwari filed for divorce in 2007 ending their 9 years in marriage. In 2015, he married Shveta Sood, a Delhi based corporate professional.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

Indian male television actors
1975 births
Living people
Male actors from Uttar Pradesh
21st-century Indian male actors
Actors from Meerut
Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants


The Playoff Bowl (officially, the Bert Bell Benefit Bowl) was a post-season game for third place in the NFL, played ten times following the 1960-69 seasons. It was abandoned in favor of the current playoff structure with the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that broadcast the Playoff Bowl during its existence.

References

External links
The Playoff Bowl (Bert Bell Benefit Bowl)

Lists of National Football League announcers
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Episcopal Day School of St. Matthew is a private co-educational day school located in San Mateo, California. Until 2021, the school was known as St. Matthew's Episcopal Day school, but the name was changed to Episcopal Day School.It was founded in 1865, by Andrew Lee Brewer, and was previously a military school known as Saint Matthew's Hall or Saint Matthew's School.

Background
The school offers classes from Pre-Kindergarten to 8th grade. The school's pre-school program was terminated in 2019 after more than 50 years of continuous operation. The school is on a small campus, a building completed in 1957, that was expanded in a major construction project that began in 2013 and was completed in 2015 and is shared with St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. The Pre-K and Kindergarten classes are in a separate building a block away. Lay teachers have been used since 1970. The tuition is around $30,000 per year. The main campus is located at 16 Baldwin Avenue, San Mateo, California.

Enrollment
The school had K-8 enrollment of 269 students in the 2019 school year compared to 271 in the prior year. Maximum enrollment capacity is approximately 324 students.  The day school has facilities for two classes per grade.

School history

Founding as a Military School

The day school was founded in 1865 and was previously a military boarding school for boys known as Saint Matthew's Hall or Saint Matthew's School, established as an "English and Classical School for Boys". Military discipline was rigorously maintained - students were required to wear military style uniforms, marched between locations at the school and were awakened by bugle.   Starting in 1872, military instructors of military academies were required to be commissioned Majors in the National Guard, ensuring that military schools maintained adequate discipline.  In the early years of the military school, students, called cadets, were equipped with rifles and a cannon (a Parrott field gun) and conducted military field training.  Approximately 3,000 young men graduated from Saint Matthew's Hall before its closure.  The military school was prestigious, and graduation guaranteed acceptance to the University of California at Berkeley and Stanford.  It was so successful that several similar military-style schools opened in the surrounding area. In the early 1890s, Reverend Brewer decided that the military school required more room and moved to Hillsborough, where it remained until it closure in 1915.

David Kawānanakoa, a nephew of Hawaiian King David Kalākaua, attended the academy from 1884 to 1887.  While studying there Kawānanakoa, and his younger brothers, Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui and Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, are credited with introducing surfing to the United States.

St. Margaret's School for Girls
After the military school moved to Hillsborough, Reverend George Wallace reopened the buildings at the day school's current location on Baldwin Avenue as St. Margaret's School for girls, which continued operation until 1892.

Establishment of Current Day School
The current form of day school was founded in 1953 by the Sisters of the Community of the Transfiguration, an order of Episcopal nuns from Ohio under rector Lesley Wilder Jr. The day school initially included nursery and pre-nursery classes before adding additional classes to become a nursery through 8th grade school in 1963.  The day school completed a $21 million building project in 2015 that increased its building space by 27,000 square feet, adding classroom space and allowing it to double its classes from one class per grade level to two.  Although the school exists within the Episcopal Church, students are not required to ascribe to any religion, and only about 15% are Episcopalian. Sexual abuse crisis

Notable alumni
 Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole - fifth in the line of in succession to the Hawaiian throne
 David Kawananakoa - third  in the line of in succession to the Hawaiian throne
 Edward Keliiahonui - fourth in the line of in succession to the Hawaiian throne
 John F. Madden, U.S. Army brigadier general
 Lincoln Steffens - later a celebrated writer, who was frequently disciplined by Brewer

Sexual Abuse Case

Background
In 2017, the day school experienced a child sexual abuse crisis when one of its pre-school teachers created hundreds of pornographic images and videos of day school students. The teacher targeted as many as 20 five to eight year old students. The illegal pictures and videos were taken during school hours in the pre-school and in the school's after-care program. The teacher acknowledged using the pictures for sexual gratification as part of a bondage fetish. The teacher pled guilty (no contest) to 5 felony charges and was sentenced to 6 years in prison. The case resulted in a number of claims and lawsuits filed against the day school, Head of School Julie Galles and St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and resulted in a great deal of negative publicity for the school.

The California Department of Social Services also found that the day school committed licensing violations as a result of the incidents.

Efforts to Remove Judge
In addition to the very large number of children targeted, the case was notable because of the San Mateo District Attorney's efforts to remove the judge, Judge Donald Ayoob, from the case (as well as two other cases being heard by Judge Ayoob), because of perceptions that the judge was too lenient on sex abuse perpetrators and would not take the case seriously.  Judge Ayoob had sentenced prior perpetrators to a year in county jail rather than state prison as requested by prosecutors including a perpetrator who possessed thousands of pornographic images and videos.  Prosecutors did not file paperwork requesting the removal in time, and another judge refused to remove Ayoob. After the case of Brock Turner, who received a 6 month sentence for raping a Stanford University Student, generating such public outcry over the leniency of the sentence that the judge in the case was recalled and  removed as a judge, the prosecutors' effort to remove the judge reflected prosecutors' determination to ensure that sexual abuse cases are taken seriously, but raised questions of whether prosecutors were trying to politicize cases or influence the outcome by generating a "mob mentality". Although the judge was not removed, the sentence of six years was significantly more severe than Judge Ayoob had given to other perpetrators, and the general perception was that the effort to have these cases taken seriously was, at least in this case, effective.

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church of St. Matthew operates the day school. The church is part of the Diocese of California, located in San Francisco.

On April 24, 1864, Giles Alexander Easton established an Episcopal church named for Saint Matthew on the historic mission trail known as El Camino Real. Services were held in a school until ground could be broken for a building. Two acres of land were donated by Agnes Poett Howard, widow of William Davis Merry Howard, and their son, William Henry Howard. In 1865 a stone church with capacity of about 200 people was built and a two-story school building known as Saint Mathew's Hall for the school. The nave was 48 feet (15 m) by 36 feet (11 m), and the chancel was 12 feet (3.7 m) by 24 feet (7.3 m). The street between the church and school was known as Saint Matthews Avenue. Alfred Lee Brewer (1831–1899) operated the school in English "public school" tradition with strict military discipline. The school campus became part of the city of Burlingame, California.

Three Princes of the Kingdom of Hawaii, brothers Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (1871–1922), David Kawānanakoa (1868–1908) and Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui (1869–1887) attended the school in the 1880s. It advertised itself as "the leading private educational institution for boys on the Pacific Coast" in 1889. It was later taken over by his son William Augustus Brewer (1863–1931). William Brewer became mayor of the new town of Hillsborough, California. By 1902 the school was called "the best known private educational institution upon the west coast."

Neptune Blood William Gallway became rector of the church in 1904. The buildings were damaged in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The old church was replaced by a new one designed by Willis Polk, with many furnishings salvaged from the original building. The new building was consecrated on May 15, 1910. The school was shut down in 1915 when a road was constructed through the campus. A new organ was donated in memory of William H. Crocker in 1938.

See also
William Verbeck

References

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Schools in San Mateo County, California
Episcopal Church in California


First-round selections
The following are the first round picks in the 1989 Major League Baseball draft on June 5.

Supplemental first round selections

Other notable players

 Brian Hunter, 2nd round, 35th overall by the Houston Astros
 Tim Salmon, 3rd round, 69th overall by the California Angels
 Jerry Dipoto, 3rd round, 71st overall by the Cleveland Indians
 Shane Reynolds†, 3rd round, 72nd overall by the Houston Astros
 John Olerud†, 3rd round, 79th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
 Phil Nevin†, 3rd round, 82nd overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign
 Eric Wedge, 3rd round, 83rd overall by the Boston Red Sox
 Brook Fordyce, 3rd round, 84th overall by the New York Mets
 Denny Neagle†, 3rd round, 85th overall by the Minnesota Twins
 Jeff Bagwell‡, 4th round, 110th overall by the Boston Red Sox
 Scott Erickson†, 4th round, 112th overall by the Minnesota Twins
 Ryan Klesko†, 4th round, 116th overall by the Atlanta Braves
 Alan Embree, 5th round, 125th overall by the Cleveland Indians
 J. T. Snow, 5th round, 129th overall by the New York Yankees
 Paul Quantrill†, 6th round, 163rd overall by the Boston Red Sox
 Russ Springer, 7th round, 181st overall by the New York Yankees
 Butch Huskey, 7th round, 190th overall by the New York Mets
 Curt Leskanic, 8th round, 203rd overall by the Cleveland Indians
 Mike Lansing, 9th round, 219th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
 Sterling Hitchcock, 9th round, 233rd overall by the New York Yankees
 Jeffrey Hammonds†, 9th round, 237th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
 Chad Mottola, 10th round, 245th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
 Scot McCloughan, 10th round, 266th overall by the New York Mets
 Marty Cordova, 10th round, 269th overall by the Minnesota Twins
 Kelly Stinnett, 11th round, 281st overall by the Cleveland Indians
 Trevor Hoffman‡, 11th round, 290th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
 Jim Thome‡, 13th round, 333rd overall by the Cleveland Indians
 Mike Trombley, 14th round, 373rd overall by the Minnesota Twins
 Pat Rapp, 15th round, 388th overall by the San Francisco Giants
 Gregg Zaun, 17th round, 427th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
 Brian Giles†, 17th round, 437th overall by the Cleveland Indians
 Mark Grudzielanek†, 17th round, 450th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
 Tim Worrell, 20th round, 520th overall by the San Diego Padres
 Jeff Kent†, 20th round, 523rd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
 Robert Person, 25th round, 645th overall by the Cleveland Indians
 Joe Randa, 30th round, 773rd overall by the California Angels, but did not sign
 Joe Borowski, 32nd round, 823rd overall by the Chicago White Sox
 Dana Brown, 35th round, 898th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
 Hilly Hathaway, 35th round, 903rd overall by the California Angels
 Jorge Posada†, 43rd round, 1,116th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
 Jason Giambi†, 43rd round, 1,118th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers, but did not sign
 Eric Young†, 43rd round, 1,123rd overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
 Chad Curtis, 45th round, 1,157th overall by the California Angels
 Bobby Magallanes, 50th round, 1,260th overall by the Seattle Mariners
 Denny Hocking, 52nd round, 1,314th overall by the Minnesota Twins

† All-Star
‡ Hall of Famer

NBA/NFL players drafted
 Scott Burrell, 1st round, 26th overall by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign
 Jeff Brohm, 7th round, 176th overall by the Montreal Expos, but did not sign
 Rodney Peete, 13th round, 348th overall by the Oakland Athletics, but did not sign
 Marcus Robertson, 19th round, 489th overall by the Cleveland Indians, but did not sign

References

External links
 Complete 1989 draft list from Baseballist.com

Major League Baseball draft
Draft
Major League Baseball draft


Harvey Winson Fellows (11 April 1826 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire – 13 January 1907 in Rickmansworth) was an English amateur cricketer.  He was the brother of Walter Fellows.

Career
Fellows was a right-handed batsman and a roundarm right arm fast bowler.  Having made his name as a schoolboy cricketer at Eton College, where he bowled in tandem with Walter Marcon in 1841 and 1842, Fellows was mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).  He played for several predominantly amateur teams, including I Zingari, and represented the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series.

Fellows was noted for his fearsome pace, especially on rough pitches.  He is said to have reached his peak early and, after he changed his action by raising the height of his arm during delivery, he lost much of his speed and accuracy.

Fellows made 67 known appearances in first-class matches from 1847 to 1869.  His known career bowling record includes a total of 169 wickets at an average of 7.66 with a best performance of 8 wickets in one innings. He is credited with ten wickets in a match on 7 occasions.

References

External links
 CricketArchive record

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Gallium selenide may refer to:

 Gallium(II) selenide
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Roohi Zuberi (born 24 March 1959) is an Indian social worker and women's rights activist. Zuberi has also served as a senior cabinet member at Aligarh Muslim University.

Career
As a university student, she became district president of the National Students' Union of India. Zuberi is an advocate for minority rights. In 1986, she established the Women's Welfare Society in Northern and Central India (महिला कल्याण समिति). In 2000, she ran for mayor of Aligarh on the Indian National Congress' ticket. Zuberi advocated that there was the need for enacting a Muslim matrimonial code including the bride's consent to marriage.

On 30 January 2014, she was appointed to the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee's Executive Committee.

Zuberi is currently president of the Women's Welfare Society in Uttar Pradesh. She is a member of the Executive Committee of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, and of the Minority Cell of the All India Mahila Congress.

Political career history
Distt. President NSUI, 1972–73
Secretary of Abdullah Girls College, 1972–73
Executive Member of Student Union of AMU, 1974–75
Vice President of Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union, 1980
President (ad hoc) of Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union, 1982
Founded Women's Welfare Society, 1986
District President Mahila Congress, Aligarh, 1992
General Secretary Mahila Congress, U.P, 1993
Vice President of the District Congress Committee
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (5 times)
Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, 1996–2008
Congress party Candidate for the post of Mayor (Aligarh), 2001
General Secretary, UPCC

Additional position held
Ex-Member Railway Board
Ex-Member Telephone Advisory Board
Ex-Member Lok Adalat, Aligarh
Ex-Member District Consumer Forum
Vice President Akansha Samiti, Formed by District Magistrate

Awards
 Bhartiya Nari Shakti Award for her role in women empowerment on 29 January 2014 at the Constitutional Club of India, New Delhi
 Rashtriya Gaurav Award, in the field of Social Work by the India International Friendship Society (2014)

Family background

Roohi Zuberi belongs to a family of Marehra in Uttar Pradesh, India. Her father, the late Mr. Bashir Mahmood Zuberi (Advocate) (1921-1993) was a freedom fighter in the Indian Independence Struggle against British Raj. He was also a social worker, a politician, and the Chairman of the Marehra Municipal Board. During his life, he gave much of his personal property up for the development and welfare of the local population. The B. M. Zuberi Hospital in Marehra, a civil government hospital, is named after him.

Mrs. Zuberi is also related to Maulvi Bashir Uddin who spent all of his assets to establish Islamia College in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh in 1888 which was a similar effort to establish another university as happened in the case of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College. He was a Congressite who wore Khadi and also published a highly respected paper al-Bashir. He was awarded Padma Shri, but he did not go to receive it, just as he did not go to receive the title of Khan Bahadur. Former President of India Dr. Zakir Husain was also a student of this institution.

She is also the daughter-in-law of mathematician and former Parliamentarian Dr Sir Ziauddin Ahmad, one of the mentors of the Aligarh Movement and Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, who served as Vice Chancellor for three terms and later became the Rector of Aligarh Muslim University.

Matin Zuberi, was her maternal uncle and a scholar of international relations. Professor Zuberi was born at Marehra in the Etah district of Uttar Pradesh on 15 July 1930. After obtaining his Master's degree from Aligarh Muslim University, he went to St. Anthony's and Balliol colleges at the University of Oxford. On his return, he was appointed senior fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. He joined JNU in 1978 and continued there till 1995.

As a professor of international politics and disarmament studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Prof. Zuberi was an academic observer of international nuclear developments. His contributions went beyond academics. In three stints — 1990–91, 1998–99 and 2000–01 — he was a member of the National Security Advisory Board. On the last occasion, he participated in the preparation of the Draft Indian Nuclear Doctrine. Earlier, he was a member of the Indian delegation to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament and Development. Prof. Zuberi was also a member of the executive council of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and the governing body of the Society of Indian Ocean Studies.

Education qualification
She started her education in her hometown Marehra and thereafter moved to Aligarh for higher education. Her alma mater is Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.

B.A in Political Science from Aligarh Muslim University.
M.A in Political Science from Aligarh Muslim University
L.L.B from Aligarh Muslim University

Personal life and family
Roohi Zuberi is married to Ahmad Zia-ud-din and they have three sons, Md. Zia-ud-din (Rahi), Shahbaz Zia-ud-din, Sheeraz Ahmad  and a daughter, Sadaf Ahmad.

References

External links
 https://books.google.com/books?id=uCsz_CwoxCoC&dq=ruhi+zuberi&pg=PA110

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Walter Bruno was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His career as a writer of plays includes three productions, Shouting for Joy and Hand-to-Hand, and, in collaboration, a translation of Alfred Jarry's Ubu the King, all staged in Toronto, Ontario. He was briefly playwright in residence at Toronto Free Theatre.

In 2004, Bruno translated Two English Girls and the Continent (Cambridge Book Review Press), the first translation into English of Deux Anglaises et le Continent by Henri-Pierre Roché (author of Jules and Jim). Two English Girls was the inspiration for François Truffaut's well-regarded adaptation of 1971 (see Two English Girls).

Bruno's poetry has been awarded prizes by Fiddlehead magazine and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1996, his imprint, Authors Collective, published Long Shot Odyssey. In 2006, it published Cat Walk and Other Poems.

References

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Richard Gynge (born 1 February 1987 in Tyresö) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently playing for AIK of the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv). Former clubs he has represented include Brynäs IF and Växjö Lakers of the SHL, and HC Dynamo Moscow, HC Lev Praha, Admiral Vladivostok, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

After two seasons with Traktor Chelyabinsk, Gynge opted to return to his native Sweden as a free agent, signing for a second stint with the Växjö Lakers in agreeing to a three-year contract on 23 July 2019.

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Palisades Entertainment, LLC, better known as Palisades Toys, was an American manufacturing and distributing toy & collectibles company geared toward the adult collector market. Established in 1994, the company generally worked within the same vein as competitors such as McFarlane Toys and NECA, producing detailed action figures, statues, plushes, and other collectibles of licensed properties up until its bankruptcy in 2006. Palisades also developed the brand Factory X which continues under Limited by CAS Inc.

Public relations and products
Palisades was notable for its close relationship and commonality with toy fans. The official message board served as one of the company's strongest communication platforms where President and CEO Mike Horn and other employees would directly discuss their products with consumers. In fact, polls were often held to let fans decide upcoming products, and news coverage of the company frequently stemmed from Palisades' forum discussion. Horn and his wife, Kate, were also reachable through the buyer's office. The company's concern with adequate distribution of merchandise forced it to introduce Palisades Collector's Club. This offered exclusive figures and came in response to reports of difficulty in obtaining the Vanishing Cream Beaker figure.

In terms of product quality, Palisades set high standards, particularly with its array of action figures. Such attributes included strong attention to detail and likeness, a high rate of joint articulation and bountiful accessories with tedious working functions. The company frequently employed designers from the fan community of each property they licensed and always credited staff and contributors on packages. Palisades also assigned help from various groups such as the painting and sculpting talents of Plan B Toys and accessory work by Industrial Zoo. The Muppet Show collection, celebrating the shows 25th anniversary, would become one of Palisades' flagship licenses. The line lasted nine series through 2002-2005 and included various convention and store exclusive figures as well as expansive playset. Aside from the aforementioned qualities, it also boasted an innovative technique in which a magnet placed inside the figure's head would allow its magnetically equipped hat to sit firmly in place.  This eliminated the need for an unsightly hole in the top the figure's head, which was the traditional way of attaching a hat (via peg).

In 2001, Palisades acquired the license to produce Star Trek figures to commemorate its 35th anniversary. Concept designs were soon being developed and aimed for a style similar to the Playmates Toys' previous Star Trek line. However, due to such comprehensive plans, the figures were never produced.

In October 2003, Fun-4-All unveiled plans to produce Sesame Street action figures but had only developed prototypes before its bankruptcy in mid-2004. A few months later, Palisades obtained the hot license. The debut of this collection was culminated by the 2005 convention exclusive Super Grover with box art by Alex Ross. As one of the most highly anticipated figure lines at the time, the first series of Sesame Street was intended for a mid-2005 release but came to a stirring delay. In fact, two series of figures were planned, and many photos of the fully developed, packaged figure prototypes were released to the public. But according to Horn, the line would ultimately never come to fruition, due to lack of retailer support. This same problem haunted The Muppet Show and led to its cancellation that same year.

Distribution
Palisades products were sold throughout the world at various retail outlets including Toys R Us, KB Toys, Target, Electronics Boutique, Tower Records, Media Play, Sam Goody, Suncoast Video, and various comic shops. Due to the selectivity of the company's products, however, this range of retailers would eventually narrow to a select few and play a significant part in Palisades' floundering success.

On August 1, 2005, Palisades began a partnership with Blister Direct that made them the exclusive distributor of Palisades merchandise in Japan. On September 18, Diamond Comics Distributors became Palisades' sole distributor of North America.

Financial trouble and bankruptcy
While generally praised by the toy community, Palisades' uncompromising devotion to adult collectors proved financially cumbersome. Many products laid within a narrow niche market of passionate fans or were simply unusual in scale or design; an example would be Mega Meatwad, a 5½" tall, non-articulated figure of the simple, limbless character. Yet comprehensive quality and large supply were being exerted on such selective merchandise. Despite such a staggering level of production, Palisades' also offered some of its merchandise at considerably low prices compared to similar high-end products within the industry. A combination of these factors may have attributed to deep expense on behalf of the acclaimed toy company.

Micronauts dilemma
However, the biggest blow to Palisades would be during the production of Micronauts, Series 1. The company initially was given the impression that it would have access to the original Micronauts molds and tooling which would reduce production effort. This would not be the case, however, and plans were scaled back as everything would have to be built from scratch. Curiously, Takara would have no part in this Micronauts revival, so Palisades began seeking out vintage samples from fans to help its development.

Throughout mid-late 2002, according to former Palisades toy designer Bryan Wilkinson, reports from China on the in-development line were positive. However, it would later be discovered that Ken Lilly, who was head of Palisades’ product development, had been deceived by a company acting as Palisades' middleman responsible for subcontracting the factory. By this point, a significant percentage of the commission was paid to the middleman, and the other portion was to be paid after contract fulfillment. This middleman apparently had no intention of ever collecting the rest, and instead, kept most of the money while farming out the production to another facility to develop the toys for a fraction of the cost and with no quality control. The middleman never received the rest of its money and vanished when pursued by Palisades.

With numerous errors and mispackaged and defective parts, employees were appalled at the result, but at this stage, financial losses on the part of Palisades would be inevitable. Not only was the Micronauts line affected, but other lines assigned to the factory at the time, such as part of the early The Muppet Show series, suffered though not as heavily.

Adding to the strain was slow shipment due to the U.S. dock workers' union dispute and lockout in October 2002. Already over-budget Palisades quickly addressed the poor quality but had few resorts and only one employee to handle it. The company could only replace badly damaged returned toys with other poor quality product which, according to Wilkinson, "might have been their worst mistake from a public relations point of view, as some felt that this indicated they were trying to still push and mark up known defective product." Nevertheless, while financial recovery would be impossible, Palisades attempted to salvage their reputation and pride with a second Micronauts series, a retooled Series 1, and a special Series 1.5, working more closely with the manufacturers this time. However, the company lost even more money in doing so, and retailers lost interest. A third series was put in development as a last attempt at redemption but canceled. The Micronauts revival would result in "an albatross for Palisades, their biggest financial loss ever."

Cancellations and demise
Problems with Palisades became evident as early as mid-2005. A forum poll during the prior year let fans choose a Muppet pack-in character or accessory. However, due to a growing retailer disinterest in the line, the winning item, which was a cow, would not be released. Later that year, The Muppet Show was canceled entirely, after which Ken Lilly had posted the tentative series 10 through 14 lineup on their message board. Four items of the series were released while all of the rest never passed the prototype or planning stages. These consisted of basic, Mega, and Mini figures, in addition to playsets such as the massive Muppet Theatre stage.

In November, a press release by President Mike Horn detailed the long-standing delay on Palisades' hotly anticipated Sesame Street action figure line:
"There's not one person on the planet who wants this product line out more than me. It's been alluded to numerous times, but I'll say it here, on the record. The delays on this (and other) lines are directly related to the general lack of retail support. There's simply not enough orders to justify the massive production costs. That said, we are proceeding with production (and likely losing a ton of money in the process) so that we can try to get some momentum started and to satisfy collector desires." In addition, Horn said "I regret to inform you that after more than 11 successful years, Palisades Entertainment, LLC has discontinued its business of manufacturing and selling licensed and proprietary action figures, collectibles, toys and other goods. This development parallels a general trend within the toy industry"

News from the company became scarce in the following months, and it was reported that shortly before Christmas, a large number of key staff members were released. Palisades also did not appear at the 2005 Wizard World Dallas, 2006 UK ToyFair, or 2006 US ToyFair where they would typically have had a significant presence.

Finally, on February 1, 2006, Palisades announced its bankruptcy and subsequent sale of the company to Limited by CAS Inc. Horn discussed the situation in a press release noting, "This development parallels a general trend within the toy industry, including the bankruptcy of one of Palisades’ largest customers." While Limited continued Palisades' Factory X branch of statues and prop replicas, Horn and his wife were not offered positions in the transaction.

Aside from Sesame Street, the sudden disestablishment of Palisades had left several other planned products left unreleased. Those who bought the first series of Aqua Teen Hunger Force figures, for example, would not be able to complete their set with the second series intended for a February 2006 release.

Licenses

References

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Toy companies established in 1994
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Action figures
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Defunct manufacturing companies based in Maryland


Chase the Clouds is the debut and only studio album by American singer Keedy, released through Arista Records on March 12, 1991. The album includes the singles "Save Some Love" and "Wishing on the Same Star". "Save Some Love" peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while "Wishing on the Same Star" charted at No. 86. "Wishing on the Same Star" was later covered in Spanish by Puerto Rican singer Chayanne as "Mi Primer Amor" in 1992, Australian pop group Girlfriend in 1994, American singer Judy Cheeks in 1996, and Japanese singer Namie Amuro in 2002.

Track listing

Personnel
 Keedy – lead and harmony vocals, backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 6, 8)
 Claude Gaudette – keyboards, arrangements (1), keyboard programming (2), drum programming (2), additional drum programming (3)
 Greg Gerard – keyboards, arrangements, keyboard programming (2), drum programming (2), guitars (2), backing vocals (6)
 Teddy Castellucci – guitars (1)
 Michael Thompson – guitars (2, 4)
 James Harrah – guitars (3, 5, 6, 8, 10)
 Mark Leggett – guitars (7)
 Jimmy Johnson – bass (4, 5)
 Randy Jackson – bass (6)
 Michael Jay – drum programming (1, 4, 7, 9), arrangements (1, 4, 7, 9)
 Kevin Gilbert – drum programming (3, 5, 6, 8, 10)
 Pat Mastelotto – drums (3, 5, 6, 8, 10)
 Paulinho da Costa – percussion (4, 7)
 R.U. Kidding – kazoo (1)
 Guy Roche – arrangements (2)
 Chris Gerard – backing vocals (3, 5, 6, 8, 10)
 Sara Gerard – backing vocals (8)
 Lauren Superstein – backing vocals (9)

Production
 Producers – Claude Gaudette (Tracks 1, 2 & 3); Greg Gerard (All Tracks); Michael Jay (Tracks 1, 4, 7 & 9); Brian Malouf (Tracks 5, 6, 8 & 10).
 A&R – Michael Cohen
 Executive Producer on Track 2 – Brian Malouf
 Production Coordinator on Tracks 1, 4, 7 & 9 – Lauren Superstein
 Engineers – Michael McDonald (Tracks 1, 4, 7 & 9); Patrick MacDougall (Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10); Frank Roszak (Track 2); Brian Malouf (Tracks 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10).
 Assistant Engineers – Patrick MacDougall (Tracks 1, 4, 7 & 9); John Jackson (Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10); Lawrence Fried (Tracks 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10)
 Additional Engineer on Track 8 – Bill Gerard
 Recorded at The Zoo (Encino, CA); 41B Studios (Westlake Village, CA); Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, CA); Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Trax Recording Studio (Hollywood, CA).
 Mixed by Brian Malouf at Ameraycan Studios (North Hollywood, CA) and Can-Am Recorders.
 Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
 Art Direction and Design – Elisa Marshall
 Photography – Randee St. Nicholas

References

External links

1991 debut albums
Arista Records albums


The 1977 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Oran Park International Raceway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 6 February 1977. It was the forty second Australian Grand Prix and also the first round of the 1977 Rothmans International Series. The race was open to Australian Formula 1 cars and Australian Formula 2 cars.

The race was won by Warwick Brown (Lola T430), his first and only Australian Grand Prix victory. Alan Jones (Lola T332) actually finished his 58th and final lap 40 seconds ahead of Brown, however officials penalised Jones 60 seconds for jumping the start and he was officially classified in 4th place.

Classification

Results as follows:

Qualifying

Race

Notes
 Pole Position: Warwick Brown – 1:05.7
 Fastest Lap: Alan Jones – 1:06.4
 Average speed of winning car: 138.6 km/h
 Alan Jones was penalised 60 seconds for jumping the start

References

Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix
Formula 5000 race reports
Australian Grand Prix


The Arrows A7 was a Formula One car which the Arrows team used to compete in the 1984 Formula One season. The car made its debut at the 1984 Belgian Grand Prix held that year at Zolder. Driven by versatile Swiss fast man Marc Surer and Belgian Thierry Boutsen, the A7 scored only 3 points when Boutsen and Surer finished 5th and 6th respectively in the 1984 Austrian Grand Prix.

The A7 was the team's first time running a turbocharged engine. This was the same powerful BMW M12 Straight 4 which was also used by the Brabham team, though unlike Brabham who had BMW engineers looking after their engines, the Arrows engines were maintained and developed by Swiss engine guru Heini Mader. This left Arrows with around  while the factory units were developing around

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References

A07


The Arrows A6 was a Formula One car which the Arrows team used to compete in the  and  Formula One seasons. It was designed by Dave Wass and powered by the Cosworth DFY V8 engine. The A6 used a honeycomb monocoque frame, as a carbon fibre chassis was too expensive.

Drivers of the A6 at various times included Marc Surer, Chico Serra, Thierry Boutsen and  World Drivers' Champion Alan Jones.

The A6 was replaced during the  season by the team's first turbocharged car, the A7.

An Arrows A6 was entered by Roger Cowman in the 1985 Formula 3000 championship for Slim Borgudd.

Complete Formula One results
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References

See also
 Historic Formula One Championship
 1983 Race of Champions

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Kevin Daniel Arbouet is an American director, writer and producer. He was born May 29, 1977, in Brooklyn, New York. He and his partner Larry Strong directed the viral video I Got a Crush... on Obama.

Filmography
 2022 : Showrunner, True Love - Wondery/Amazon
 2006 : An  Guide to Kicking Terrorism's Ass! by Amanda Baramki and Yori Tondrowski : Producer
 2007 : Serial with Larry Strong : Co-director, Screenplay
 2007 : I Believe in America by Michael J. Narvaez : Co-Producer
 2008 : Last Day of Summer by Vlad Yudin : Producer
 2014 : Police State (2016 film) by Kevin Arbouet : Director
 2016 : Fair Market Value by Kevin Arbouet : Director, Screenplay

Television
 2008 : Strokes : Co-director and Co-Producer with Larry Strong

References

http://www.ksla.com/2018/09/23/louisiana-film-prize-announces-s-judges-panels/

https://www.moviemaker.com/archives/festivals/bentonville-film-festival-2018/

https://www.screendaily.com/news/arbouet-to-direct-big-screen-benjamin-dove/5106308.article

http://www.playbill.com/article/join-this-free-happy-hour-dance-workout-with-broadway-performers

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/geena-davis-bentonville-film-festival-celebrates_us_590106d4e4b0768c2682e280

https://www.dallasnews.com/life/better-living/2012/08/21/local-bodybuilder-grows-muscle-and-fame-heads-to-mr-olympia-competition

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7784742/garjana-dance-nonprofit-food-tank

https://deadline.com/2013/10/deadline-caption-contest-clooney-photo-bombs-spielberg-and-seinfeld-604433/

External links

1977 births
Living people
Writers from Brooklyn
Film directors from New York City
Film producers from New York (state)
Television personalities from New York City


The Arrows A8 was a Formula One car, designed by Dave Wass, which the Arrows team used to compete in the  and  Formula One seasons. Powered by the BMW M12 turbocharged engine, its best finish was when Thierry Boutsen drove it to second place at the 1985 San Marino Grand Prix.

Design and development
The A8 was designed by Dave Wass and utilised a carbon-composite tub behind which was mounted the BMW M12 turbocharged engine, the team continuing the use of this powerplant from the previous season. The engines were maintained by Swiss engine guru Heini Mader. A total of five A8 cars were built for 1985.

Racing history

1985 season
For , Arrows continued with the Belgian driver Thierry Boutsen while Gerhard Berger was contracted to drive the second entry. A podium finish was achieved by Boutsen at Imola where he placed third but was later moved to second when winner Alain Prost's McLaren was disqualified for being underweight. Boutsen himself was lucky to finish the race having run out of fuel within sight of the flag, though he had enough momentum to be able to coast over the line still in third place. This proved to be the A8's high point as it was never again driven to a podium finish.

The A8 scored 14 points during the 1985 season, placing Arrows eighth in the Constructors' Championship.

1986 season
Arrows continued with the A8 for the  season, with Marc Surer and Christian Danner nominated as drivers. The team could only place tenth in the Constructors' Championship final standings due to Danner scoring a solitary point for sixth place at the 1986 Austrian Grand Prix. The team introduced a new car, the A9, midseason at the Austrian Grand Prix where it was driven by Boutsen. After qualifying 21st, Boutsen retired from the race with turbo failure. After a further two races at which it failed to finish, the A9 was shelved and the team persevered with the A8 for the remainder of the season.

While Heini Mader did a good job in maintaining the team's BMW engines, they lacked the power of the same engines powering the Brabham and later Benetton teams as those particular engines were continually maintained by BMW, giving them access to new parts, information and factory backed development that Mader did not have. This was shown in the results as the Arrows-BMWs rarely out-qualified or out-raced the Brabhams or Benettons.

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Notes

References

A08


The Arrows A2 was a Formula One racing car, designed by Tony Southgate and Dave Wass, was used by the Arrows team in the latter half of the 1979 Formula One season. Powered by a Cosworth DFV V8 engine and driven by Riccardo Patrese and Jochen Mass, it was relatively unsuccessful with its best finish being sixth on two occasions.

Design and development
For the  season, Tony Southgate supervised the design and development of the Arrows A2. Unlike most contemporary cars, the engine, a Cosworth DFV V8 engine, and gearbox of the A2 were set at a four-degree angled incline. This enabled the use of aerodynamic underfloor sections across the full width of the chassis. This had the effect of raising the car's centre of gravity. The A2 generated extensive downforce, but at the expense of handling. Within weeks design work started on the A2's successor, the A3, and the previous year's car, the A1, was brought back for one final entry in the 1979 season.

Race history
The A2 made its debut at the 1979 French Grand Prix but finished well down the field. Mass managed a pair of sixth places, at the German and Dutch Grands Prix.

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 3 points scored using the A1B.

Notes

References

A02


The Arrows A1 was the car with which Arrows Grand Prix International competed in the  and  Formula One seasons. It replaced the Arrows FA1, which was banned by the London High Court on 31 July 1978 after a legal protest from the Shadow team on the grounds that it was a carbon-copy of the Shadow DN9. Arrows anticipated that they would lose against Shadow and designed and built the A1 in under 60 days whilst the court case was being heard. Hence Arrows were able to present the Arrows A1 to the press just three days after the court case ended and did not miss any races.

Given that the FA1 was a carbon-copy of the Shadow DN9, the A1 is the essentially first true F1 car designed and built by Arrows Grand Prix International.

The Arrows A1 was one of the first "ground effects" Formula 1 cars and despite being rushed into service without any testing or development after the FA1 was banned, the Arrows A1 proved competitive. Riccardo Patrese finished 4th in the 1978 Canadian GP. A number of further 4th and 5th places followed in 1979 and that year's Monaco GP could have been the Arrows A1 crowning-glory, with Jochen Mass running as high as third in the race (after qualifying eighth) before brake issues dropped him down to sixth at the chequered flag.

In total six Arrows A1 were built, chassis numbers A1-01 to A1-06.

The first three cars (chassis A1-01, A1-02, and A1-03) were used in 1978 and were all built to the same "initial" 1978 specification. For the first race of 1979 (the Argentine GP) three cars (in effect two race-ready cars and a spare monocoque) had been prepared to an updated specification, known as A1-B specification. The two race cars were chassis A1-03 (which had been updated) and the new chassis A1-05, whilst the spare monocoque was new chassis A1-04. During the Argentine GP warm-up A1-05 was crashed and this chassis was subsequently rebuilt to a further improved A1-C specification alongside the final Arrows A1 chassis built, A1-06. Both A1-05 and A1-06 debuted at the 1979 South African GP and were used by Riccardo Patrese (A1-06) and Jochen Mass (A1-05) till the radical, but unsuccessful, Arrows A2 was introduced. In fact, even after the Arrows A2 had been introduced, Riccardo Patrese chose at times to practice in and race the older Arrows A1 believing it to be a superior car, with more predictable handling.

The A1-B update included stiffening the monocoque and revising the "ground-effects" side-pods. The A1-C update included a new rear wing with a single central support, improved rear-suspension geometry and totally re-designed "ground-effects" side-pods which were more swept-up towards the rear tyre.

As the updated A1-C specification cars (A1-05 and A1-06) were introduced, three older specification Arrows A1's (A1-02, A1-03 and A1-04) were sold to Charles Clowes Racing and A1-01 was put on display in a museum. Charles Clowes Racing competed in the 1979 and 1980 Aurora AFX British Formula One Championships with his three A1's. Rupert Keegan won the championship in 1979 in a Clowes-run Arrows A1 and Guy Edwards finished a very close 3rd in the 1980 season in one of Clowes' Arrows A1 behind two Williams FW07's.

Formula One entries

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* 8 points in  scored using the FA1* 2 points in  scored using the A2

References

A01


The Arrows A4 was the car which the Arrows Formula One team used to compete in the 1982 Formula One season.

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The Arrows A5 was the car which the Arrows Formula One team used to compete in the 1982 Formula One season. The A5 appeared late in the season, and was primarily a development car, with the lessons learned to be applied to the A6 for the upcoming 1983 Formula One season.

Complete Formula One results
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 All points scored with the Arrows A4

References

A05


The Arrows FA1 was a Formula One car used by the Arrows Grand Prix International team during the first half of the 1978 Formula One season.

The FA1 was in reality a Shadow DN9, which Tony Southgate had designed for Shadow whilst working as a consultant for them. Southgate mistakenly believed that because he had designed the Shadow DN9 whilst working as a consultant (and not a Shadow employee) that he owned the intellectual rights to the Shadow DN9 design. Based on this misconception Arrows built the FA1, which was essentially a carbon copy of the DN9.

The FA1 was banned by the London High Courts partway through the 1978 season after a legal protest from the Shadow team, on the grounds was a blatant copy of the DN9. The judgement handed down ruled that over 70% of the FA1 was identical to the DN9 and that all four Arrows FA1's should be broken up by Arrows and their parts handed over to the Shadow team.

Knowing it would lose the case, Arrows hurriedly designed and built a new car, the A1, whilst the court case was being heard and did not miss a race.

Complete Formula One World Championship results
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 3 points scored using the A1.

References

FA1
Formula One controversies
Works involved in plagiarism controversies


The extreme points of Northern Cyprus are the most notable places that are closest to the most northerly, southerly, easterly and westerly areas of North Cyprus, the northern third of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The most easterly and northerly places are the same, due to the north-easterly protrusion of the Karpass Peninsula.

References

Geography of Cyprus
Lists of landforms of Cyprus
Northern Cyprus-related lists
Northern Cyprus


The Type 63A (; also known as the ZTS63A) is an amphibious light tank upgraded from the Type 63, designed for river-crossing operations at inland rivers and lakes. Its industrial designation is WZ213.

The Type 63A is being replaced by the ZTD-05 Amphibious Assault Tank.

Development
Before the mid-1990s, Chinese ground forces relied on the Type 63 amphibious light tank developed in the early 1960s. The low swimming-speed and weak firepower of the Type 63 was insufficient to the needs of modern maritime amphibious assault operations that PLA would conduct. The PLA demanded a replacement for the Type 63 in the early 1990s, which led to the development of the Type 63A in 1997. Reports indicate that over 300 examples has been delivered to the PLA by the end of 2000. The tank is also used by the Tanzanian armed forces.

Compared to the Type 63, the Type 63A featured five major improvements:
The modernised Type 63 to Type 63A has given enhanced sea travelling performance, increased swimming speed, improved fire-control system, ATGM capability, and larger 105 mm rifled gun with dual stabilizers.

Design

Characteristics
The Type 63A is a lightly armoured amphibious light tank with a flat, boat-like hull. Suspension is made up of 6 road wheels and lead or return rollers. A redesigned welded turret from the original Type 63 is mounted center of the hull, with the powerpack positioned in the rear. The Type 63A has 2 additional floating tanks to increase the stability of the vehicle in the water. There are 3 water inlets on both sides of the hull. In the rear of the hull there are to allow 2 large water jets for travelling in water.

Armament
Type 63A introduces an enlarged welded turret replacing the original Type 63 turret, the modernised Type 63A utilises a two-axis stabilised ZPL-98 105 mm rifled gun replacing the 85 mm gun. The 105 mm rifled gun fires armour piercing fin stabilised discarding sabot (APFSDS), high explosive (HE), and high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) ammunitions, and GP105 laser beam riding guided missiles. A total of 45 rounds can be carried inside the vehicle. APFSDS round can penetrates 400 mm RHA armour or destroy a reinforced concrete bunker at a distance of 2,000 m.

To overcome the inaccuracy of firing when swimming, the GP105 gun-launched missile uses laser-beam guidance which is not affected by wave motion while swimming. The missile has a maximum firing range of 4–5 km with a first hit probability of +90% against stationary targets. It can also engage low-flying helicopters. Secondary weapons include QJC-88 roof-mounted machine gun and Type 63 coaxial machine gun.

Mobility
The Type 63A enhance capability allowing the vehicle to conduct amphibious operations from its host amphibious warfare ships at distances from 5–7 km to the shore at a speed of 28 km/h.

Fire control
The FCS includes digital fire-control computer, integrated commander sight with laser rangefinder input, and white-light spotter or image-stabilised gunner's sight w/ passive night vision. The Type 63A night vision is an image intensifier system. Alternatively the gunner sight can be fitted with a thermal imager night vision. It is also equipped with the satellite positioning (GPS/GLONASS) system to allow accurate landing position in harsh weather conditions and night operations. It's also equipped with computerised fire-control to enable accurate firing both on land and at sea.

Operators

 People's Liberation Army Ground Force – 100 as of 2021. Phasing out.

References

Amphibious tanks
Post–Cold War light tanks
Light tanks of the People's Republic of China
Military vehicles introduced in the 1990s


FA1 or FA-1 may refer to :
 Arrows FA1, a racing car
 FA-1 (cable system), a fiber cable crossing the Atlantic
 Fresh Aire, the first album in the Fresh Aire album series
 ALCO FA-1, a diesel-electric locomotive
 Formula Acceleration 1, a formula racing series that started in 2014


Marquis Wu of Cai (蔡武侯) (died 837 BC), born as Ji ? (姬?; his name is lost to history), was the sixth ruler of the State of Cai from 863 BC  to 837 BC during the Gonghe Regency.  He was the only known son of Marquis Lì of Cai (蔡厲侯), his predecessor. His reign lasted for 28 years.  He was succeeded by his son.

References
Shiji
Chinese Wikipedia

Zhou dynasty nobility
Cai (state)
837 BC deaths
9th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Year of birth unknown


The Arrows A9 was a Formula One car which the Arrows team used to compete in the 1986 Formula One season. It was powered by the massively-powerful BMW M12/13 turbocharged inline-four engine. Unlike the BMWs used by the Brabham and Benetton teams whose engines were maintained and updated regularly by BMW, the Arrows engines were maintained by Swiss engine guru Heini Mader and were rated as the least powerful of the BMW runners.

The A9 was supposed to replace the ageing A8 car, but it turned out to be worse than its predecessor. The new car was the team's first carbon composite chassis, built by British Aerospace but delays in manufacture caused the car to be late. Its lack of performance caused Dave Wass to quit Arrows.

Because of this, the team stuck with the A8 from the previous season. As a result, the A9 only saw action at three races, at the German and Austrian Grands Prix, in the hands of Thierry Boutsen, in both of these races the car failed to finish after its turbocharger failed.

At the Hungarian Grand Prix teammate Christian Danner raced the A9 but retired after 7 laps with rear suspension failure.

The Arrows team found that the rear end was the major problem with the A9 and for a couple of races it was run with its new front end joined to the rear end of the A8. While this actually improved the performance of the new car, Arrows soon returned to running the older A8 for the balance of the season.

Arrows finished the season in 10th place, with a single point, earned by Boutsen's teammate Christian Danner in Austria while driving the A8.

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References

Arrows A9 at f1db

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The Arrows A10 was a Formula One car used by the Arrows team  to compete in the  and  Formula One seasons. The car was designed by Ross Brawn and was upgraded slightly in 1988, racing as A10B.

1987
As BMW announced its intention to officially withdraw at the end of , Arrows team boss Jackie Oliver brokered a deal with support from its primary sponsor, USF&G, to continue the use of the upright 4cyl BMW engines under the name of USF&G subsidiary Megatron, Inc., founded by long-time F1 aficionado John J. Schmidt. The engines were serviced by the team's long time engine tuner Heini Mader from Switzerland, the former mechanic of Jo Siffert.

For 1987 the engines were fitted with a FIA approved pop-off valve which was mandatory for all turbo engines in the season with turbo boost restricted to 4.0 bar (previously turbo boost was restricted only by what the engineers felt the engines could handle, though most, including the BMW M12, usually went no further than 5.6 Bar). Power from the engine, which always had the ability to handle high boost settings, was still estimated to be over  for qualifying and around  for races with the cars also restricted to just 195 litres of fuel per race. During the season the team continually experienced problems with the pop-off valve cutting in well below the 4.0 Bar limit in both qualifying and races, with Warwick reporting at the opening race in Brazil that the valve was restricting boost to 3.5 Bar, and sometimes it was cutting in at 2.6 Bar (a loss of around ), a situation that didn't improve throughout the season. Without the resources and financial backing available to the likes of Ferrari or Honda, it would take Mader until the three quarters of the way through the  season to solve the problem.

In 1987 the team improved from its 10th place in 1986 to finish in 7th place in 1987. Englishman Derek Warwick scored 3 points for the year with a 5th in the British Grand Prix, and 6th in Hungary, while his American teammate Eddie Cheever managed to score 8 points from a 4th in Belgium, 6th in Detroit and Portugal and another 4th in Mexico, in what was his comeback year after missing most of the  season when racing Sportscars for Tom Walkinshaw Racing's Silk Cut Jaguar team. His only Formula One race in 1986 was in Detroit for the Haas Lola team.

The car scored 11 points for the season leaving them in 7th place in the Constructors' Championship.

1988
The car, with upgrades to suspension and aerodynamics, was dubbed the A10B and was more successful in 1988 when most teams had converted to running 3.5L naturally aspirated engines in preparation for turbocharged engines being banned from . Arrows continued with the Megatron turbos and finished 5th in the 1988 Constructors' Championship and Eddie Cheever scored the A10's only podium finish with a 3rd placing at the 1988 Italian Grand Prix. Warwick also finished 4th in that race, only 0.582 seconds behind Cheever, in a great result for the team. Warwick finished 8th in the Drivers' Championship with 17 points while Cheever scored 6 points to finish 12th.

During 1988 Arrows were rated as a good chance to pick up points over the naturally aspirated cars due to having more power with the Megatron turbo, reported have around  with the new 2.5 bar turbo limit (down in 1988 from 1987's 4.0 bar limit). The turbos were also restricted to just 150 litres of fuel per race in 1988, while the 'atmo' cars were limited only to what the car designers deemed necessary (the Benetton B188 allegedly had the largest fuel tank at 215 litres). The FIA mandated pop-off valve had a habit of cutting in well before the 2.5 bar limit, which restricted power and often left the cars with plenty of fuel to spare at the end of a race (the team had experienced exactly the same problem in 1987). Quite often the pop-off valve cut in at 2.3 bar or below in both qualifying and races (F1 engineers estimated that each 0.1 bar was worth approximately 20 bhp) leaving Warwick and Cheever with a hard time fighting off the atmos of Benetton, Williams and March, let alone challenging the other leading turbo teams: McLaren-Honda (who won 15 of the 16 races in 1988), Ferrari (who won the race that McLaren did not) and Lotus-Honda.

It took until just before the Italian Grand Prix for Heini Mader to get on top of the pop-off valve problem, which turned out to be the FIA unit being located too high above the engine, resulting in less power, a problem that Honda and Ferrari engineers had long since solved thanks to the resources available to them from their respective factories. By moving the valve closer to the engine, Mader had allowed Warwick and Cheever to finally exploit the raw power of the straight 4 turbo and to be much closer to the front than they had been all season. However, while the pop-off valve issue was finally fixed, the engine's other main problem that had remained since the 4-cylinder BMW had first appeared in F1 back in  still remained, lack of throttle response from turbo lag followed by the power coming on like a light switch. This hampered the team in the final four races of the season, especially at the Spanish Grand Prix held at the tight Circuito de Jerez where the cars are constantly on and off the throttle over the course of a lap and good throttle response counts for more than outright top speed. Warwick could only qualify 17th at Jerez while Cheever started on the back row of the grid in 25th, his worst qualifying performance since he failed to qualify for the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix in a turbocharged V8 Alfa Romeo.

In qualifying at Monza and with its Megatron engine finally exploiting the full 2.5 bar limit, Warwick and Cheever in the A10B were faster through the start/finish line speed trap at , than the McLaren-Hondas which managed . Cheever was also the fastest through the speed trap at the Rettifilo at , comfortably faster than the McLarens and Ferraris which were only trapped at . Despite this Cheever, who qualified the faster of the two drivers in 5th place (Warwick was 6th, only 0.155 slower), was still 1.686 seconds slower than pole man Ayrton Senna (McLaren). The main difference being the downforce of the McLarens as well as the superior acceleration of the Honda V6. This was a considerable improvement for the team who had been some 5.8 seconds slower (Warwick) than the McLarens just three races earlier at Hockenheim in Germany.

During qualifying for the German Grand Prix, Eddie Cheever, on a quick lap, had a close call at almost  on the straight before the circuit's "Stadium" section. On a hot lap, Cheever moved to his left to pass the Eurobrun of Oscar Larrauri, while Ferrari's Gerhard Berger was on his own hot lap and was attempting to pass them both, the problem being Cheever had what was left of the road. Berger put two wheels on the grass which threw his car into a wild spin back across the track and directly between the Arrows and EuroBrun, just missing taking both cars and himself out in a high-speed crash (luckily the Ferrari did not hit the armco and was able to drive away).

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