Romantic Comedy is a 1983 American romantic comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen. The screenplay by Bernard Slade is based on his 1979 play of the same title.

Plot
Jason Kramer is a popular New York City playwright in desperate need of a new writing partner who can provide him with inspiration. Phoebe Craddock is a small-town teacher who aspires to be a writer.

On the day Jason is marrying wealthy socialite Allison St. James, he meets Phoebe, stripping naked in front of her when he mistakes her for a masseuse.

The two embark on a professional partnership. Over the course of the next nine years, they produce a string of plays, some flops but mostly hits. They find themselves attracted to each other but manage to avoid becoming involved romantically except for a one-nighter out of town, which the aloof Jason fails to even acknowledge the next morning.  As time passes, Jason's marriage suffers as Allison runs for political office.

His agent Blanche remains a constant, mothering presence as years go by. Jason is still a husband and a father while Phoebe remains a close family friend. But he permanently loses the respect of both his wife and writing partner by having a fling with a pushy Hollywood actress, Kate Mallory, as well as changing a new play at her request.

Jason goes to pieces after his wife divorces him while Phoebe marries newspaper reporter Leo Jessup. Phoebe moves away, ends their professional partnership and becomes a successful author. When they are reunited for the first time in years, Jason picks an argument with Phoebe in a restaurant and has a heart attack.

Upon coming home, Jason does everything in his power to sabotage Phoebe's marriage while she moves in to take care of him. Leo can plainly see that his wife is in love with Jason and possibly always has been, so he leaves her. Phoebe ultimately invites Jason to try a new kind of collaboration.

Cast
Dudley Moore as Jason Kramer
Mary Steenburgen as Phoebe Craddock
Frances Sternhagen as Blanche Dailey
Janet Eilber as Allison St. James
Robyn Douglass as Kate Mallory
Ron Leibman as Leo Jessup

Production
The film was shot on location in New York City. Sutton Square, the cul-de-sac at the end of East 58th Street just east of Sutton Place, is used as the exterior location for the home of the lead character.

The song "Maybe" was written by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Marvin Hamlisch and performed by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack.

Critical reception
Vincent Canby of The New York Times said the film had "remarkably little wit, humor, charm or interest." He added, "Miss Steenburgen is very appealing, suggesting a woman rather like Elaine May, though Miss May wouldn't be caught dead mouthing this dialogue. But Mr. Moore, ordinarily a most winning performer, isn't this time. It's difficult to tell whether the fault is in the material, the production or him."

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated the film three stars and observed, "Not a whole heck of a lot happens in Romantic Comedy, but it happens so charmingly, and with such quick spirit and wit, that it's enough. This is the kind of movie Hollywood used to make to exploit the sheer charm of its great stars - performers like Cary Grant or Katharine Hepburn, who were so wonderful to watch that all you had to do was find something for them to say. The stars this time are Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen. Together, they have the sort of chemistry that might make any dialog work . . . This is a nice movie . . . about smart, witty people who suffer, but not too much, while they work, but not too hard, and break their hearts, but not irreparably. I think you could call it an escapist fantasy."

The movie was reviewed in Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide, was given 1 1/2 stars, stating "Faithful adaptation of Bernard Slade's paper-thin play looks even worse on screen, despite a perfect cast". On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 29% from 14 reviews.

DVD release
The Region 1 DVD was released on December 26, 2001. The film is in anamorphic widescreen format, with audio tracks and subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.

References

External links

1983 films
1983 romantic comedy films
American films based on plays
American romantic comedy films
Films about writers
Films directed by Arthur Hiller
Films produced by Walter Mirisch
Films scored by Marvin Hamlisch
Films set in New York City
Films shot in New York City
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
United Artists films
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
English-language romantic comedy films


Coballes (Asturian: Coballes)  is one of ten parishes (administrative divisions) in Caso, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

Situated at  above sea level, the parroquia is  in size, with a population of 107 (INE 2007).  The postal code is 33995.

Villages and hamlets
 Buspriz
 Coballes

References

Parishes in Caso


Post-literacy or post-literacy education is a concept used in continuing education and adult education programs aimed at recently literate or "neo-literate" adults and communities, largely in the developing world. Unlike continuing education or further education, which covers secondary or vocational topics for adult learners, post-literacy programs provide skills which might otherwise be provided in primary education settings. Post-literacy education aims to solidify literacy education, provide resources and media aimed at the newly literate, and also may create systems of non-formal education to serve these communities. Projects include providing formal continuing education, providing  written materials (the literate environment) relevant to economic development to newly literate members of developing societies, and leveraging radio and other non-written media to increase access to educational material in informal settings.

See also
Education in Mali
History of education in the United States
International Literacy Day
Literacy
Literacy in India
National literacy mission (India)
Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign
UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy
United Nations Literacy Decade

References

Bibliography
Dave, R. H.; And Others. Learning Strategies for Post-Literacy and Continuing Education: A Cross-National Perspective. Second Edition. Outcomes of an International Research Project. Studies on Post-Literacy and Continuing Education 1.  (1988)
Manandhar, Udaya; And Others. Empowering Women and Families through Literacy in Nepal. [and] Participatory Video as a Post-Literacy Activity for Women in Rural Nepal. Convergence v27 n2-3 p102-118 1994
 Muller, Josef, (Ed.). Learning Strategies for Post-Literacy. The Tanzanian Approach. A Reader. German Foundation for International Development, Tanzania Ministry of Education, (1986)
Kothari, B. Same language subtitling: Integrating post literacy development and popular culture on television. Media and Technology for Human Resource Development, 1999
Lasway, Rest B. The Impact of Post-Literacy: A Tanzanian Case Study. International Review of Education, Vol. 35, No. 4, Post-Literacy (1989), pp. 479–489
Ouane, Adama . Rural Newspapers and Radio of Post-Literacy in Mali. Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education v12 n2 p243-53 1982
Ouane, Adama (ed), R. H. Dave (Author), D. A. Perera (Author). Learning Strategies for Post-Literacy and Continuing Education in Mali, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta/U1475 (UIE studies on post-literacy and continuing education)Unesco Inst of Education (July 1986)
Ranaweera, A. M.(Ed.), R. H. Dave (Author), A. Ouane (Author). Learning Strategies for Post-Literacy and Continuing Education in Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica and Venezuela (Uie Studies on Post-Literacy and Continuin). Unesco Inst of Education (August 1987)
Rogers, Alan (ed), Bryan Maddox, Juliet Milligan, Katy Newell Jones, Uta Papen, Anna Robinson-Pant. Re-defining Post-Literacy in a Changing World. Department for International Development, Education Research Report No. 29, London. (1999)
Srivastava, Hari S. Some Innovative Initiatives in Literacy, Post-Literacy and Continuing Education in Asia. International Review of Education, Vol. 30, No. 3, Adult Education in a Rapidly Changing World (1984), pp. 369–375
Zhu, Qing-Ping and Rong-Guang Dai. Institutions of post-literacy in China. International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation. Volume 35, Number 4 / December, 1989

Literacy
Reading (process)
Adult education


La Felguerina is one of ten parishes (administrative divisions) in Caso, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

Situated at  above sea level, the parroquia is  in size, with a population of 101 (INE 2007).  The postal code is 33995.

Villages
 La Felguerina
 Brañafría
 El Burgosu
 El Pandu
 El Vallín
 La Cabañona
 La Cuesta
 La Infiesta
 Peréu
 Ricao
 Valquemáu
 Zamploña

References

Parishes in Caso


Nzulezo is a village located near the village of Beyin, 90 kilometers west of Takoradi, in the Jomoro District jomoro the Western Region of Ghana. Over 500 people live in the community.

Nzulezu overlooks Lake Tadane, and is entirely made up of stilts and platforms. In 2000, it was nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is a major tourist attraction area. The site is increasingly a source of tourism, with tourist coming to experience the village as well as a local alcohol produced in the village.

Etymology
The name "Nzulezo" in the Nzema language means "water surface", and is a village on stilts of "Ewuture" origin situated close to the northwest shore. The "Ewuture" maintained the waterways and transportation of goods and people. According to local legend, the village was built by a group of people from Oualata, a city in the ancient Ghana Empire and in present-day Mauritania, which came about from following a snail.  The snail is therefore a totem and revered by the people of Nzulezo.

Construction

Nzulezu was built over Lake Tadane. The settlement of Nzulezo consists of stilt-supported structures.

The reason Nzulezo was built over water was for protection and safety during attacks in times of war since it lies five miles inland of the Southwest shores.

The main activities of its inhabitants is agriculture, while fishery plays a secondary role. The lake is perceived by the local population to protect against certain risks (e.g. a fire). The village did have some of the houses partially submerged from a flood in 2009.

Services
The village has a limited number of nurses and health care capacity.

There is a primary school and after primary school learners have to leave the village to go for secondary schools and universities. However, as of 2019 there were a shortage of teachers for the community.

World Heritage Status
This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on January 17, 2000,  in the Cultural category.

The village was nominated to become a World Heritage Site for its importance in anthropology: in addition to being one of the few ancient settlements on stilts and platforms left in the world, there is a preserved wealth of local traditions connected with the cult of the lake. Lake Tadane occurs on the banks of all religious rites, and Thursday, is a day sacred to the lake, and it is forbidden to use and work on the lake for any activity throughout the day of Thursday.

In recent times the village has been opened to tourism, but with certain constraints (visitations are allowed only once a week). The village can be reached only by a canoe; the route, which crosses the rain forest, takes about an hour to 5 km away. In the village there is a church and a school. As the village is extremely isolated, Nzulezo suffers from numerous health problems, including the vast spread of malaria.

Nearby sites
Ankasa Nature Reserve
Fort Apollonia
Childhood home of Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of an independent Ghana

Gallery

References

Populated places in the Western Region (Ghana)
Ghanaian culture
Tourism in Ghana
Tourist attractions in Ghana
World Heritage Tentative List


Lake Road is an east–west roadway in western New York in the United States. It extends for  from the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge in the Monroe County town of Webster to New York State Route 14 (NY 14) in the Wayne County village of Sodus Point. As its name implies, it follows the southern shore of Lake Ontario for its entire length. Lake Road serves as the northern terminus of NY 250 and was once the northern terminus of NY 21. The entirety of the roadway east of Bay Road in Webster is part of the Seaway Trail, a National Scenic Byway.

The portion of Lake Road west of NY 250 in Webster became part of NY 18 in the early 1930s. NY 18 never extended eastward from its junction with NY 250. In the early 1970s, NY 18 was truncated to NY 104 in Rochester. The section of Lake Road west of NY 250 remained state-maintained as an unsigned reference route for some time afterward; however, ownership of the roadway was transferred from the state of New York to Monroe County as part of a highway maintenance swap that took effect on November 26, 2007. All of Lake Road west of Sodus Point is now county-maintained as County Route 1 (CR 1) in Monroe County and County Route 101 in Wayne County; however, the road is commonly known by its road name instead. The portion within Sodus Point is locally maintained.

Route description

Lake Road begins at the eastern approach to the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge in the town of Webster. The bridge is a seasonal bridge; it is closed during the summer months to allow boat traffic to pass from Irondequoit Bay to Lake Ontario through the Outlet. During the winter months, it connects to Culver Road on the opposite side of the Outlet. Lake Road heads east as unsigned CR 1 along a narrow peninsula separating the bay from the lake, serving a variety of seaside structures. Just northeast of the end of the peninsula, Lake Road intersects Bay Road (CR 16), a roadway that serves as the primary eastern lakeside highway.

The road continues along the lakeshore to the hamlet of Forest Lawn, a small community in northern Webster. Here, it intersects the northern terminus of NY 250. Past NY 250, Lake Road meets several local north–south roadways before crossing into Wayne County and the town of Ontario. At the county line, Lake Road intersects County Line Road, a highway maintained here by Wayne County as CR 100, a designation signed only on blade signs for the roadway. Meanwhile, Lake Road continues on as CR 101, intersecting with local roads and heading through a small, residential community known as Ontario-on-the-Lake.

East of the community, Lake Road intersects with Lakeside Road (CR 102). This intersection is the northern terminus of the county designation, with Lakeside Road continuing north as a town highway. Lake Road continues through a short residential stretch that has fields along its northern side. After an intersection with North Slocum Road, Lake Road continues through fields, and eventually passes the R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant. The road continues on, intersecting Ontario Center Road (which leads to NY 350), Knickerbocker Road (CR 108) and Furnace Road (CR 110) as it heads along the Lake Ontario shoreline and enters the town of Williamson.

In Williamson, the fields continue, this time to the south of the highway, as lakeside homes run along the northern side. The route begins its way on a northeast stretch, passing by residential homes and fields. It intersects Stoney Lonesome Road (CR 112) on its way to Pultneyville, a large lakeside hamlet. Inside the community, it intersects Hamilton Street (CR 120) at a junction that was once the northern terminus of NY 21.

Outside of Pultneyville, Lake Road continues along the shoreline, intersecting with several roads of local importance. At East Townline Road (CR 118), Lake Road passes into the town of Sodus. East of the town line, the highway curves southeast to follow a more inland routing. It intersects Maple Avenue (CR 134), a north–south highway leading to the village of Sodus, then returns northeastward as it approaches the village of Sodus Point. It intersects North Geneva Road (CR 140) west of the village, then enters Sodus Point. CR 101 ends at the village line, and the final mile (1.6 km) of Lake Road is maintained by the village of Sodus Point. Lake Road continues east through the western portion of the village to NY 14, where Lake Road ends and continues east as Bay Street, which is part of NY 14.

The entirety of Lake Road east of Bay Road in Webster is part of the Seaway Trail, a National Scenic Byway.

History

In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 18 was extended eastward from its original terminus in Buffalo to a new terminus in Rochester. NY 18 was extended again by the following year to end at an intersection with NY 250 in Webster. In between the Irondequoit Bay Outlet and NY 250, NY 18 utilized Lake Road. Although Lake Road continued east to Sodus Point, NY 18 never extended any farther eastward than its junction with NY 250. NY 18 was truncated  to NY 104 in the area of Rochester known as Kodak Park. The former routing of NY 18 east of the north end of the Sea Breeze Expressway became NY 941L, an unsigned reference route. At some point between 2004 and 2007, the definition of NY 941L was altered to include only Lake Road; that is, the portion of NY 18's former routing from the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge to NY 250.

In 2007, ownership and maintenance of NY 941L was transferred from the state of New York to Monroe County as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government. A bill (S4856, 2007) to enact the swap was introduced in the New York State Senate on April 23 and passed by both the Senate and the New York State Assembly on June 20. The act was signed into law by Governor Eliot Spitzer on August 28. Under the terms of the act, it took effect 90 days after it was signed into law; thus, the maintenance swap officially took place on November 26, 2007. The former routing of NY 941L became a westward extension of CR 1.

Major intersections

See also

List of county routes in Monroe County, New York
List of county routes in Wayne County, New York

References

External links

Roads in New York (state)
Transportation in Monroe County, New York
Transportation in Wayne County, New York


"Harvey's Dream" is a short story written by Stephen King, originally published in The New Yorker in June 2003 and later included in King's short story collection Just After Sunset in 2008.

Plot
Harvey and Janet, a middle-aged married couple in a dysfunctional relationship, discuss over breakfast how Harvey woke up screaming from a dream he had: one of their daughters was killed by a truck. Janet soon realizes how the details of the dream are unerringly accurate for that morning, especially in noticing how their neighbor's car has a dent in it, along with what looks like a blood stain and a dark patch of hair. The story ends when Harvey answers a phone call, as he did in his dream, presumably confirming Janet's mounting fears that the events of the dream are true.

Critical reception
In The Independent, Matt Thorne reviews the book Just After Sunset, in which "Harvey's Dream" can be found. He mentions "Harvey's Dream" as being one of the weaker stories in the collection (along with "Graduation Afternoon"), stating that "in both of these stories, which seem to have been written quickly, [King] seems less interested in creating compelling fiction than in transcribing his night terrors."

In The Washington Times, Christian Toto, also reviewing Just After Sunset, says that ""Harvey's Dream" lasts less than 10 pages, but Mr. King needs only a few paragraphs to evoke a wholly relatable nightmare — being stuck in an emotionless marriage."

A review of Just After Sunset in the St. Petersburg Times calls "Harvey's Dream" "a quietly alarming little story", one in Scotland on Sunday calls it "unusually polished" and "quietly eloquent" and one in the Concord Monitor says the story is "a parent's worst nightmare, viewed in slow motion."

See also
Short fiction by Stephen King

References

2003 short stories
Short stories by Stephen King
Works originally published in The New Yorker


Orllé () is one of ten parishes (administrative divisions) in Caso, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

Situated at  above sea level, the parroquia is  in size, with a population of 145 (INE 2006).  The postal code is 33990.

References

External links
 Official website

Parishes in Caso


Sobrecastiellu is one of ten parishes (administrative divisions) in Caso, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The parroquia is  in size, with a population of 469 (INE 2006).  The postal code is 33996.

Villages and hamlets
Sobrecastiellu, which in asturian means uppercastle, is composed by the following villages and hamlets:
Belerda
Bezanes
La Foz
Pendones
Sotu

The day of the Parroquia is celebrated the 6th of august in the village of Bezanes. It is a hard party where alcohol, drugs and emotions flow freely across the mountains. There have been no mortal casualties during the celebrations for the last 23 years (2017). Some of the most legendary bands that have performed there are Juan Luis and su acordeón or Fervinchu de Cáñamo.

Parishes in Caso


Claytonia gypsophiloides, known by the common names gypsum springbeauty and Coast Range claytonia, is a species of wildflower in the family Montiaceae.

Distribution
The annual wildflower is endemic to California, where it grows in the California Coast Ranges from the North Coast Ranges south to the Temblor Range and Figueroa Mountain.

It can usually be found in moist areas with rocky soils, often serpentine, in California chaparral and woodlands habitats.

Description
Claytonia gypsophiloides is an annual herb producing an erect stem 15 to 25 centimeters in maximum height.

The fleshy basal leaves are linear in shape and up to 15 centimeters long. The pair leaves at midpoint on the stem vary in shape. They may be linear and separate, fused along one side, or completely fused into a disc surrounding the stem. The leaves are gray-green, beige, or pinkish in color.

The stalked inflorescence is up to 15 centimeters long and bears up to 30 flowers. Each has 5 pink and white petals which are oval-shaped with a notched tip.  The bloom period is February to April.

References

External links
Calflora Database: Claytonia gypsophiloides (Gypsum spring beauty)
Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Claytonia gypsophiloides
UC CalPhotos gallery of Claytonia gypsophiloides

gypsophiloides
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area


Exastilithoxus fimbriatus is a species of armored catfish endemic to Venezuela where it is found in the Caroni and Matacuni River basins.  This species grows to a length of  SL.

References

Ancistrini
Fish of Venezuela
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Fish described in 1915


A rainy day  or rainy day fund is a reserved amount of money to be used in times when regular income is disrupted or decreased in order for typical operations to continue. In the United States, the term is usually used to apply to the funds maintained by most U.S. states to help deal with budget shortfalls in years where revenues do not match expenditures. This is critical to the operations of most states, which do not permit their governments to take on debt, meaning that services would have to be cut in the absence of reserve funds.

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recommended in March 2010 that the state require that one half of surpluses be deposited into the rainy day fund.  The Massachusetts rainy day fund has been the focus of tussles between the Governor of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts General Court. Some research suggests developing a national rainy day fund for states might improve state credit ratings and reduce capital financing costs for states.

See also
Contingency fund
Emergency fund

References

External links
 Massachusetts 'Rainy Day' Stabilization Fund

Government budgets


Exastilithoxus hoedemani is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Maurauiá River.  This species grows to a length of  SL.

References

Ancistrini
Catfish of South America
Freshwater fish of Brazil
Endemic fauna of Brazil
Fish described in 1985


Tañes () is a parish (administrative division) in Caso, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The parroquia is  in size, with a population of 215 (INE 2006). The postal code is 33994.

Villages and hamlets
Abantru
Prieres
Tañes

References

Parishes in Caso


Antonio Cardarelli (29 March 1831, Civitanova del Sannio – 8 January 1927) was an Italian physician remembered for describing Cardarelli's sign.

Biography
Antonio Cardarelli trained at the Collegio Medico di San Aniello of the University of Naples, graduating with a doctorate in 1853. He worked at the Ospedale degli Incurabili, becoming professor of medical pathology in 1890 and then professor of clinical medicine. In addition to his eponymous sign, the Ospedale Antonio Cardarelli and the Via Antonio Cardarelli in Naples are also named after him.

References

Italian pathologists
1831 births
1927 deaths
People from the Province of Isernia
Deputies of Legislature XIV of the Kingdom of Italy
Deputies of Legislature XV of the Kingdom of Italy
Deputies of Legislature XVI of the Kingdom of Italy
Deputies of Legislature XVII of the Kingdom of Italy
Deputies of Legislature XVIII of the Kingdom of Italy
Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy


In contrast with many Indian religious traditions, Buddhism does not regard the body and the mind or spirit as being two entirely separate entities - there is no sense in Buddhism that the body is a "vessel" that is guided or inhabited by the mind or spirit.  Rather, the body and mind combine and interact in a complex way to constitute an individual.  Buddhist attitudes towards the body itself are complex, combining the distaste for sensual pleasure that characterizes the general Buddhist view towards desire with a recognition of both the individuals dependence on the body, and the utility of the body as an aide in the development of insight.  Issues of gender, the mortification of the body, and the body as a source of troublesome desire are all addressed within the Buddhist scriptural tradition directly, while Buddhist attitudes towards other, more contemporary issues have continued to develop and change in response to the social and material changes in modern society.

Historical and scriptural perspectives

Views

Place
The Buddhist tradition regards the body and the mind as being mutually dependent.  The body or physical form (called Rūpa) is considered as one of the five skandha, the five interdependent components that constitute an individual.  The Buddha taught that there is no separate, permanent, or unchanging self, and that a human being is an impermanent composite of interdependent physical, emotional and cognitive components.  Identifying either the body or the mind as the self is dismissed as a mistaken view by the Buddha; in the Anatta-lakkhana Sutta, it is clearly stated that none of the five skandha should be regarded as the self.

Traditional sources often emphasize the attitude that the body should be subordinate to the mind; scriptures depict the Buddha instructing followers to look beyond physical discomfort and leave their minds undisturbed.

Revulsion
Though perhaps less concerned with issues of purity and pollution than the Brahmanist tradition, certain views of the body recorded in Buddhist scriptures do depict the body as unwholesome and potentially an object of disgust.  This is the “unwantedness” of a body in the tradition of Buddhism identified by some scholars.  Reflecting on the loathsomeness of the body is considered to be a particularly powerful method for countering attachment to sensual pleasures, such as sexuality or pride in appearance.  Stories recorded in scriptures and in the biographies of Buddhist teachers particularly focus on the contemplation of the foulness of the female body as a remedy for sexual desire in a male religious practitioner.

Value
In contrast to views of the body as disgusting or a source of unworthy desire, the Buddhist tradition does speak of the value of the body in the context of the preciousness of human birth, and the value of a healthy body as an aid to pursuing the Buddhist path.  While contemplating the repulsiveness of the body is considered to be a powerful remedy for sensual attachment, this is a therapeutic perspective that is not necessarily intended to be carried over into other areas of life.  In particular, the suitability of the human body for the pursuit of religious practice is praised in traditional sources, comparing favorably with the capacities of birth among the gods or the various chthonic realms.

Meditation
Scriptures and meditation text depict a number of meditation methods that focus particularly on the body.
The passage of the breath through the body is particularly common.  Entire sutras are devoted to contemplating breathing.  Other meditations, used to counter attachment to sensuality, contemplate the frailty of the body - sickness, old age and death - to develop a sense of disgust with it.  Analytic meditations - which break down the body into either its anatomical components or in terms of traditional elements - are intended to develop in the practitioner a knowledge of anatman, the Buddhist principle that no permanent enduring self exists within the individual.

Desire

"the engine for sex exemplifies ignorant craving quintessentially,”. Furthermore, “Sexual desire traps us; it renders us slaves to pleasure, slaves to our partners, slaves to the body itself. And it never brings satisfaction; rather, sex causes conflict, burns the mind, and brings us into bad company.” Sex can be seen as a primary reason of continuing samsara, after all, it did bring us into our discontented existence. Nonetheless, sex is not forbidden and Buddhists are aware that laymen and women will still have sex, so “A symbiotic relationship between the monastic order and lay adherents has characterized Buddhism from the beginning, with a dual sexual ethical track: Buddhism has traditionally held celibate monasticism in the highest regard, but it has also seen marriage and family life as highly suitable for those who cannot commit themselves to celibacy, and as an arena in which many worthwhile qualities are nurtured.” For the laypeople, some guidelines regarding normal, ethical sexual behavior can be found. For example, sex should only be between married couples, it should not be done on religious holidays or within the area of sacred shrines, and there are some examples of sexual misconduct, like oral and anal sex.

Gender

Contemporary Views
There are a number of issues relating to the body that, though given little attention in traditional Buddhist sources, have assumed significant importance in the modern world.  Contemporary Buddhist views on these issues vary greatly between different cultures and individuals, and may combine the reinterpretation of traditional views with a variety of other influences.

Addiction
Buddhist scriptures talk a great deal about the general idea of attachment to sensual pleasures, but do not directly address the issue of substance addiction as it is understood in contemporary society.  Jataka stories and certain rules governing lay and monastic behavior do discuss the use of alcohol and intoxicants.

Suicide

The issue of suicide can be difficult to address since the Buddha never stated what he thought about this topic.  In Buddhism, suicide can be seen as an immoral act or it can be justified under certain circumstances. "The topic of suicide has been chosen not only for its intrinsic factual and historical interest but because it spotlights certain key issues in the field of Buddhist ethics and doctrine". This raises a lot of questions whether suicide is right or wrong in Buddhism or if the Buddha believed that suicide can be condoned. Some Buddhists may say that only the Enlightened can commit suicide. “(suicide) can be either right or wrong depending on the state of mind of the person who suicides: the presence of desire (or fear) makes it wrong, and the absence of desire (or fear) makes it right”. The story of Channa is one of the strongest stories, which question whether suicide can be justified.

“Channa was an unenlightened person (puthujjana) who, afflicted by the pain and distress of a serious illness, took his own life. This story however, raises a lot of questions whether the Buddha condoned suicide.”  “Channa was not an arhat until the point of death those who suggests that suicide is wrong for a non-arhat would have to accept that Channa was wrong to commit the act”. It is said that there are some Buddhists who commit suicide and then become enlightened when they are about to kill themselves. The only person that can commit suicide is a bodhisattva. A bodhisattva might risk life and limb for the good of others.

To seek one's death or to make death one's aim (even when the motive is compassionate, directed toward reducing suffering) is to negate in the most fundamental way the values and final goal of Buddhism by destroying what the traditional sources call the “precious human life” we have the rare good fortune to obtain.  It is also said that a person who commits suicide will simply be reborn with the additional bad karma of the suicide to contend with.

References

Body


Castletown is a north-eastern suburb of Esperance, a town in south-eastern Western Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Esperance.

The suburb was gazetted in 1965.

Geography
Castletown is located  northeast of Esperance's central business district. It is bounded on the west by Norseman Road, on the north by Stable and Fisheries Roads, and on the east by Goldfields and Ormonde Roads.

Demographics
In the , Castletown had a population of 3,113.

Castletown residents had a median age of 34, and the median individual income was $480 per week compared with $454 per week in the Esperance region. The population of Castletown was predominantly Australian-born - 83.5% as at the 2006 census and at the 2006 census, 3.9% of residents identified as Indigenous Australians.

References

Suburbs of Esperance, Western Australia


Tarna is one of ten parishes (administrative divisions) in Caso, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 100 (INE 2006).

Tarna Before the Spanish Civil War

Origins

The origin of Tarna is not completely known, especially because the town has many Jewish surnames. It's believed that it may be an area founded by Sephardim, although its strategic position as a passage between the Cantabrian Coast and the Meseta suggests that the place could have some kind of occupation from the Cantabrian Wars or even in the pre-Roman era. This possibility is supported by the fact that there are nearby Roman influences, such as Campo de Caso and Puente de Arco. Unfortunately, there is no archaeological evidence to confirm this.

The earliest surviving reference to the town of Tarna is a donation letter from 1142 in which Alfonso VII donates the Villa de Tarna to his butler Martín Díaz.

Since the term "villa" was still used in the Roman sense, it's possible that Tarna was some kind of farm or a large house that dominated the area through agricultural exploitation.

Middle Ages

Due to geographical advantages during the High Middle Ages, Tarna was an early territory dominated by the Asturian Monarchy in the Reconquista. During the Late Middle Ages it continued to be a well-known region for agricultural and livestock. An early version of the  existed as a natural route. In historic texts, the town is occasionally called "Villa Tarana"

18th Century

On December 9, 1774, Tarna was devastated after a violent flood. The Nalón River was naturally blocked for days and the reservoir was suddenly released, along with a large accumulation of logs and rocks. It’s documented in a letter sent to King Carlos III.

The request for help was answered through an aid of a thousand reales alms, which is documented in a letter from the Cathedral of Oviedo dated February 6.

A popular legend originated from the flood, saying that the Tarninos threw the image of their patron San Pedro into the river when in reality it was dragged by the flood to La Foz. A chapel was built there in 1786, where it is housed to this day.

The flood, known as “Argayu de los Picones”, was not only catastrophic for the Tarninos, but also had immediate repercussions on the Asturian communications system. The Marqués de Vista Alegre, attorney of the Caso council, wrote to the King in 1775 asking for help, arguing that the Camino Real de Tarna is key and must once again be passable for the greater good. This is evidence that the town was not an isolated place but a busy location that linked the coast and the plateau.

19th Century

In the 19th century, Tarna participated in the Peninsular War against Napoleonic troops. In March 1809, royal troops stationed in Tarna, Maraña, and Sobrecastiello, and received a supply of food and supplies through a brigade made up of a neighbor from each town in the council.

At the start of 1810, Juan Díaz Porlier was part of the army of Asturias with about 1,000 men who made up the flying division called Cantabria. After a recent expedition through the La Rioja area, his group was stationed south of the Cantabrian Mountains, in the port of Tarna, near the border with León. By January 25, General Bonet's division, which had launched an offensive from Cantabria with some 5,300 men, had managed to occupy Llanes, Ribadesella, and Infiesto. In February of the same year, Porlier came from Tarna to Infiesto. He defeated a French detachment capturing many prisoners to cut off enemy communications with Cangas de Onís.

During the war against the French, Las Torres was fortified. In 1816, after the war, representatives of peoples from all over the council met in Tarna to discuss how to claim recognition for the services rendered

The cemetery is dated from 1834, which still exists today. It is located in the lower area of the town next to the river.

The Carlist Wars also had repercussions in Tarna, with the Almansa Regiment stationed there in 1836 Tarna was one of the “locations” of the famous “Gómez Expedition” of that year.

General Espartero tried to catch up with Gómez from the Leonese town of La Uña by crossing the field. Since he was unable to access the right paths to town, he had to withdraw.

A notable event in the mid-nineteenth century is the destruction of the Tarna Inn by an avalanche. The inn, which was located at the entrance of the town, was buried by snow in 1843 with several fatalities. As a result of this catastrophe, locals today refuse to build in the western part of the town.

20th Century

The 20th century is marked by the strong emigration to the Americas that began at the end of the 19th century.

Various neighbors stand out, who managed to make their fortune in several Latin American countries and bring modern ideas to Tarna. From humble beginnings, many Tarninos managed to position themselves in those societies. They grew to be much more sophisticated and wealthy, becoming known as  to Tarna. The residents who remained in the town maintained a modest but plentiful economy, which was supported by four areas:

 Tillage, with special importance of legumes and harvest, on which the livestock depended.
 Livestock, mainly cattle, but also horses, vital for transport, as well as the raising of farm animals such as pigs, chickens, and so on.
 Crafts, with a marked accent on the manufacture of madreñas, a product in which the town became a major exporter, both to other Asturian populations and to areas of the province of León, until well into the 1980s.
 Incipient service sector: Various "winches" that combined the function of bar, grocer, pension, and restaurant.

1916-Villa Lucila - La Casona

One special case of the emigration from Tarna to the Americas and its effect on the town is constituted by the “Villa Lucila” farm built by Los Simones in 1916 in the corral known as “La Casona” (The name of La Casona already appears in documentation from 1758 and has nothing to do with the 1916 house, a popular source of confusion).

Its silhouette stood out in the town. It was a recognizable element that characterized Tarna for 20 years. It was a medium-sized villa, built by José Simón González, who designated it as a summer home. He had started working in a bakery in Cuba and later carried sacks. At that time he was running an important business network with his cousins José Simón Corral (who was nicknamed “Corralín” to differentiate him), Tomás Simón García and Pelayo Simón Santos.

The town was called Villa Lucila in honor of Lucila Simón Torres, wife of José Simón González, and it was commissioned to some builders from Sama. Since the current road dates from 1935, the construction materials were brought through the Camino Real, which in 1916 still acted as a “national highway” between the plateau and Asturias.

The house was notable for its total of five floors, at a time when most of the houses in Tarna had two floors. It was characterized by a strongly symmetrical design with a square plan, and the south face was a three-level gallery. This was a common design at the time, aimed at capturing solar energy and tempering the house.

The purpose of its large size was to accommodate several families at the same time. The Simones spent their summers in their native Tarna, and they even financed infrastructure projects, such as the public laundry and schools.

192?-The Laundry Building
Throughout the 1920s, the Simones built the town's laundry (which still exists, adjacent to Villa Lucila). It is a simple, rectangular facility that allowed the neighbors to wash their clothes nearby, instead of the river.

1929-The Schools

In 1929, Tarna received one of its notable facilities when the schools were built, financed by the Simon families. In the upper part of the town, a plinth of great proportions is terraced by means of a retaining wall in stone, still observable today, and on it, a building with a U-shaped plan is erected. This building suffered strong wear after the civil war when it was used to house the battalions of prisoners. It would be remade in 1957. The original building had a ‘boys wing’ and a ‘girls wing’, an outdoor patio for the summer and interior hall that served as recreation in winter. The 1929 building and the 1957 building can be externally differentiated in the composition of the south façade, facing the town, with a succession of semicircular arches.

1935-The General Highway
In 1935, the general highway opened for traffic, a milestone that shortened and facilitated the connection between Asturias and Castilla. Compared to the Camino Real, this new road is a modern means perfectly suitable for road traffic, after long efforts to save the rugged orography of the area.

Tarna in the Civil War

The Spanish Civil War had significant consequences for the people of Tarna and the physical buildings in town. On July 18, 1936, a part of the Army attempted a coup against the Republic but failed: Civil war broke out in Spain, and in a few days, two zones were clearly defined: One, to the power of the government, and another, to the power of the rebels. Tarna was in the republican zone, while the neighboring province of León fell almost entirely into the hands of the coup plotters. The strategic position of Port of Tarna faced heavy fighting between both armies, which led to the destruction of the town.

Initial stage

During the first days of battle, there was a rapid mobilization of the workers who managed to reduce the coup plotters in Asturias: Faced with the appearance that the coup had already passed, more than 2,000 Asturian militiamen immediately left towards León and Ponferrada, but Aranda, colonel of Oviedo, took advantage of that moment to rebel and launch their forces into the street. As a result, the city of Oviedo became surrounded by Aranda and his army inside.

Consequently, the Republican attempt to conquer León was postponed, and in a matter of weeks, the battlefront became stabilized parallel to the Cantabrian mountain range that included the Port of Tarna.

This line provided geographical advantages:
 Port of Leitariegos
 Vega de los Viejos
 San Pedro de Luna
 Magdalena area
 La Robla
 Tarna
 The Pontoon

Soon the republican forces militarily controlled the area of the Case Council including Tarna. Villa Lucila transitioned into a field hospital and command headquarters.

Throughout 1936, this front line maintained regular battles but remained stable, since both sides were living in the Asturian West. Francoist troops advanced from Galicia with the intention of reaching Oviedo. Republican forces were absorbed by the task of containing this attack from the west, and at the same time, tried to defeat Aranda to take Oviedo before the enemy arrived from the west.

They enacted several attempts to recover Oviedo. The strongest attack took place on October 8, 1936, which encircled the town itself: fighting street by street, but they failed to take control of the city. Finally, the Francoists managed to establish a "corridor" through Grado and conquer Oviedo on the 17th. The Republicans tried to cut this "corridor" on several occasions, with 50,000 men, which included their aviation and a large part of their artillery.  The struggle through the "Corridor of Grado", stopped and resumed three times, consuming enormous efforts on both sides.

Meanwhile, the Tarna area maintained a "containment" role since there was a balance of forces. The most strategic points were fortified. Even today, concrete structures like the Fort of Alboleya, the Fort of Guaranga, and the two forts that remain in the Port of Tarna exist.

These structures resemble a small part of the military deployment of the time, which was characterized by large areas protected by trenches, observation points, barbed wire, and a “no-man's-land” space between the two armies. Each republican battalion (except casualties and wounded) consisted of 500 men, and in Tarna: 252, 228, and 231 This reality altered daily life and culture in the town. During calm seasons, the soldiers would go down from the port to the town and would be served a liquor nicknamed "parapet jumper" similar to brandy. This also created civil problems due to a large concentration of troops in a small area.

The Republican Offensive of May, 1937

Since the start of 1937, the Francoist army prioritized conquering Madrid. The city proved to be well-armed and fortified, making it impossible at the time. Franco decided to change strategy. He redirected his forces to attack the Cantabrian coast, starting with Euskadi.

Franco's army began to concentrate its force against the Basque Country, the Republican side attempted an offensive from Tarna and Pajares that forced the enemy to divert forces.

Certain factors affected the present war:

 The Trubia Arms Factory remained in Republican power
 Russian weapons are unloaded in Santander
 The area has raw materials, such as steel and coal
 It is not possible to import weapons or ammunition from France to Asturias
 The North Front is isolated and surrounded by land
 The Republican Fleet is in the Mediterranean protecting Soviet shipments and the Cantabrian Sea is almost in the hands of the Francoist navy
 The Francoists are greater in number, with 160,000 men compared to 120,000
 Franco received weapons from Hitler and Mussolini, in greater quantities than their enemy, with 400 artillery against 250, and 60 tanks against 40
 Aviation forces between both sides are strongly skewed, with Franco's own 70 planes, 70 Italian planes and 80 German planes, compared to 70 Republican planes

Despite the odds, the Republican offensive was well-planned and started successfully, breaking the balance of forces that existed in the San Isidro-Tarna area. The Republicans advanced through the Cofiñal valley, conquering the Sierra de Rebollares and the opposite bank. They reached Puebla de Lillo. In response, the Francoist command sent 50 trucks with two tanks of regulars and other infantry, to block the advance.

Immediately, from its base in León, the German Condor Legion, tried to dislodge the Republicans by bombarding their positions, while Franco's artillery did the same from the ground. This combination wore them out for 20 days. According to some sources, on June 9, Franco visited the area to give direct instructions. The Republican army suffered from its lack of supplies, and after almost three weeks of combat, it yielded, retreating to San Isidro-Isoba-Cofiñal-Puerto de Tarna.

Tarna, which housed a headquarters and a field hospital for the Republicans, had a direct relationship with the front. The General Command made a request to collect milk from the neighbors for the field hospital from Villa Lucila. At the time, the mayor of the council sent a letter to Tarna asking the cow owners for cooperation:

On June 19, Bilbao fell. On the Tarna front, the “containment” fighting continued, without the line of fire moving until the end of September.

References

Parishes in Caso


The New Meditation Handbook: Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful (Tharpa Publications (2003) ) is a guide to Buddhist philosophy and meditation techniques. It is a compilation of twenty-one concise meditations on Lamrim, or the stages of the path to enlightenment, by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, a Buddhist teacher and author in the West.

The New Meditation Handbook contains twenty-one meditations on Lamrim that are designed to be followed in a cycle, thus covering all of Buddha's teachings every 21 days. The meditations are described as "actual methods to control our mind. Because everyone has different wishes and capacities, many different levels of meditation practice are given."

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, a Tibetan monk, entered the monastery at the age of eight and has spent the past 30 years establishing Buddhist centers throughout the world. He provides 21 contemplative meditations to systematically guide a seeker to enlightenment according to Buddhist philosophy.

The 21 meditations are intended to give a concise overview of essential Buddhist teachings and philosophy with the purpose of increasing peace of mind, positivity, and spiritual wisdom. Foreword Magazine says: "Geshe Kelsang Gyatso's words provide a stimulatingly peaceful perspective.", Kirkus Reviews called it "Clear, inspirational writing"  and Booklist says "The New Meditation Handbook is a simple, sincere guide to Buddhist philosophy and meditation techniques. According to Spirituality and Health Magazine: "This manual provides a succinct and inspiring overview of the many ways in which Buddhism can be applied to the situations and activities of daily life."

The book focuses on Buddha's teaching that all human beings have potential for spiritual growth by overcoming negative minds and increasing positive ones in daily life. Donna Seaman of Booklist suggests: "Geshe Kelsang has a unique gift for simultaneously addressing everyday difficulties--particularly in his useful and inspiring elucidation of how to control anger and practice patience--and bringing into focus the spiritual dimension in which they reverberate."

The author is the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition, which has 1100 Buddhist centers and groups worldwide.

References

2003 non-fiction books
Books about Buddhism
Books about spirituality
New Kadampa Tradition literature


Hypancistrus contradens is a species of armored catfish endemic to Venezuela where it occurs in the Orinoco River.

References

Ancistrini
Fish of Venezuela
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Taxa named by Jonathan W. Armbruster
Taxa named by Nathan Keller Lujan
Taxa named by Donald Charles Taphorn Baechle
Fish  described in 2007


El Tozu () is one of ten parishes (administrative divisions) in Caso, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 75 (INE 2006).

Villages
 El Tozu
 Cabañaderecha

References

Parishes in Caso


Hypancistrus debilittera is a species of armored catfish endemic to Venezuela where it occurs in the Orinoco River.

References

Ancistrini
Fish of Venezuela
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Taxa named by Jonathan W. Armbruster
Taxa named by Nathan Keller Lujan
Taxa named by Donald Charles Taphorn Baechle
Fish described in 2007


The safflower skipper (Pyrgus carthami) is a species of skipper butterfly (family Hesperiidae).

Description
The wingspan is 30–34 mm, the female being on average slightly larger than the male. This species is typical of the genus and it is the largest European Pyrgus. The upperside of the wings is greyish brown. On the upperside of the forewing there are a basal grey and white fringe of hair and variables quadrangular white patches, with a cell spot in the form of a Greek capital sigma (Σ). The upperside hindwing shows a submarginal line of white spots and a postdiscal line of oval whitish spots. The underside of the forewings is lighter, greenish brown with white markings, while in the hindwings there are large brown and white patches bordered with dark grey and a white submarginal area. The caterpillar is mainly olive brown to beige with a blackish chest.

This species is rather similar to Pyrgus alveus, Pyrgus armoricanus, Pyrgus serratulae and Pyrgus malvae. It can be difficult to separate this species from its congeners. It is most often confused with the large grizzled skipper (P. alveus) as the two species are often found in similar habitats. P. carthami can usually be separated from this species by the more closely grouped white spots on the forewing and a band of evenly sized pale spots in the postdiscal area of the hindwing.

Range
Pyrgus carthami is distributed from the Iberian Peninsula to the Balkans and Central Europe (here up to a maximum of 54 degrees of latitude). In the east the distribution extends to the southern Urals and the northwestern Caucasus. This species is absent from North Africa, peninsular Italy, northern France, the British Isles and Scandinavia.

Habitat
It frequents dry, sunny slopes, clearings, meadows and other grassy places. However the main habitats of Pyrgus carthami are mostly dry grasslands. On the Mainfränkische Platten (Bavaria) these are in particular Carex humilis dominated dry grasslands. In many cases, these are also locations with open rocks and gravel heaps on former shell limestone mining areas. In this natural area there are rocky locations, especially on corrugated limestone, in the Franconian Jura on Malm or along dolomite rocks. The imagos stay largely in the larval habitat or in its immediate vicinity.

Ecology
A single generation is produced each year. It overwinters in the caterpillar stage. The adult is on the wing from May until September. However in central Europe the flight period extends from the beginning of May to mid-July, rarely until the beginning of August. The annual flight period of a population is, however, much shorter and extends usually over a period of four weeks. Most of the butterfly observations is in June. The reports decrease towards the end of June.

Typical egg-laying sites and caterpillar sites are exposed to strong sunlight, but are not only found on slopes facing south or west, but can also be on flat surfaces. They have little plant cover with high proportions of raw soil, rocks or weathered gravel. The sparse vegetation consists sometimes only from individual cinquefoil cushions. Also newly created embankments, e.g. in the course of road construction work from lime shards, are used as larval habitat after the host plant has settled. Even in the best of habitats, multiple butterflies are rarely seen. This is due on the one hand to the fast flight and the good camouflage of the butterflies when sitting, which makes them difficult to find, but on the other hand also to the low densities even in optimal habitats. Although in some parts of its range Pyrgus carthami is fairly common. The males show a sitting behavior when looking for a partner and after disturbance occupy their territories again, even if not always at the same seat guard. In their surroundings they regularly fly over sparsely vegetated areas.

So far, only Potentilla incana has been documented as a larval food plant from Bavaria. In addition, oviposition observations have also been made of Potentilla verna agg. and Potentilla heptaphylla, which should also be used as food plants. Within the range of the species the larvae also feed on Alcea, Malva sylvestris, Potentilla pedata, Potentilla neumanniana, Potentilla argentea, Althaea officinalis, Althea hirsuta and Centaurea species.

The egg-laying takes place preferentially on the underside of the leaf of Potentilla incana, which is proven in Bavaria from both main distribution areas in Main Franconia as well as the Middle Franconian Alb. While in Main Franconia pre-imaginal stadiums have so far only been obtained on this cinquefoil, which occurs here in larger populations, in the Middle Franconian Jura evidently Potentilla neumanniana and Potentilla heptaphylla are also used sporadically. In the latter region, Potentilla incana also occurs much less frequently and locally. In the Palatinate, eggs and caterpillars were also detected in an extremely xerothermic location on Potentilla neumanniana. The overwintering usually takes place in the fourth and penultimate caterpillar stage, but this can vary depending on the altitude. It pupates in rolled leaves of host plants or on the ground. The pupal stage last up to 14 days.

The caterpillars can easily be found in suitable places, so that this species can be easily detected by means of a targeted larval search in late summer. Typical is a bag-shaped dwelling, which the caterpillars first build from a leaflet and later from several leaves. This is where the food intake takes place and at the same time it offers good protection against solar radiation and predators. The imagos are regular visitors to flowers and prefer to suckle on yellow-flowering plants such as Hippocrepis comosa and Lotus corniculatus agg.

The altitude distribution in Bavaria extends from approx. 170 m in Main Franconia to around 560 m in the Franconian Jura and should correspond to the height range in which the species also has reproduction habitats. A clear core distribution lies between 200 m and 400 m. Pyrgus carthami thus has a narrow height distribution and is limited to lower altitudes. However it can be found from sea level to 1900 m in the south of its range.

Conservation
The most important protective measure consists in the preservation and promotion of the dry grassland populated by P. carthami. It is also important to ensure that no nutrients are introduced from adjacent areas. In addition, de-bushing in rocky areas and the withdrawal of afforestation can lead to an enlargement of the habitats. Artificial embankments made of stony excavation material, which are created e.g. as part of road construction measures, should not be planted and can then offer a new habitat.

Etymology
Carthamus, distaff thistles.

Taxonomy
Subspecies
Pyrgus carhami carthami (central and northern Germany)
Pyrgus carthami nevadensis (western Germany, France, the Iberian Peninsula)
Pyrgus carthami moeschleri (southern and eastern Europe)
Synonyms:

Papilio fritillarius Poda, 1761

References

Bibliography
Whalley, Paul - Mitchell Beazley Guide to Butterflies (1981, reprinted 1992)
Tom Tolman & Richard Lewington, Guide des papillons d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord, Delachaux et Niestlé, 1997 ()
De Jong, R. 1972. "Systematics and geographic history of the genus Pyrgus in the palearctic region (Lep., Hesp.)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 115 (1): 1-120.

External links
Lepiforum.de
 Butterfly Guide
 Paolo Mazzei, Daniel Morel, Raniero Panfili Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
 Butterflies of Bulgaria

Hesperiidae
Pyrgus
Butterflies described in 1813
Butterflies of Europe
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner


Hypancistrus furunculus is a species of armored catfish endemic to Venezuela where it occurs in the Orinoco River.

References

Ancistrini
Fish of Venezuela
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Taxa named by Jonathan W. Armbruster
Taxa named by Nathan Keller Lujan
Taxa named by Donald Charles Taphorn Baechle
Fish described in 2007


Hypancistrus inspector is a species of armored catfish endemic to Venezuela where it occurs in the upper Negro, Casiquiare and upper Orinoco River basins.  This species grows to a length of  SL.

References

Ancistrini
Fish of Venezuela
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Taxa named by Jonathan W. Armbruster
Fish described in 2002


Waseem Shaikh (born Waseem Hussain Shaikh on 7 November 1984) is a South African actor of South Asian descent, best known for his role as fisherman and lifeguard, Ashwin Pillay on the SABC 1 TV Series Bay of Plenty.

Born in Dubai, U.A.E., and raised in South Africa, Waseem attended college in Texas, South Africa and Canada, where he currently resides. In 2005, he was crowned Mr. India-South Africa. Later that year, he took up an internship at Lotus FM which continued till 2008, when he relocated to Toronto, where he currently resides.

In 2009, he starred alongside Ashmit Patel, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Vipin Sharma in the independent feature Florida Road.

References

External links

South African male television actors
South African male film actors
South African male stage actors
1984 births
Living people
Actors from Dubai


Hypancistrus lunaorum is a species of armored catfish endemic to Venezuela where it occurs in the Orinoco River.

References

Ancistrini
Fish of Venezuela
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Taxa named by Jonathan W. Armbruster
Taxa named by Nathan Keller Lujan
Taxa named by Donald Charles Taphorn Baechle
Fish described in 2007


Jesse Ray Todd (born April 20, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Todd  is  tall and weighs .

The St. Louis Cardinals selected Todd in the second round (82nd overall) of the 2007 MLB Draft out of the University of Arkansas. He made his Major League Baseball debut with the Cardinals in 2009, appearing for them in one game before joining the Cleveland Indians during the midseason.

In 2016, he opened a batting facility in Mount Pleasant, Texas.

Playing career

College
Todd completed his first year of collegiate baseball at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas. He transferred to the University of Arkansas for his sophomore year, where he worked under Dave van Horn. He completed his junior year as a Razorback before being selected 82nd overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.   Todd also played for the Kelowna Falcons, an independent summer baseball team in the West Coast League.

St. Louis Cardinals
Todd was named St. Louis Minor League pitcher of the year, and also achieved Texas League and Florida State League mid-season All-Star status. He played in the 2008 All-Star Futures Game in Yankee Stadium.

He made his major league debut on June 5, 2009, pitching  innings, giving up 2 runs, 3 hits including a home run, walking 2, and striking out 2.

Cleveland Indians
On July 26, 2009, Todd was sent to the Cleveland Indians to complete the June 27 trade that sent Mark DeRosa from the Indians to the St. Louis Cardinals.

After spending most of his time with the Triple-A Columbus Clippers and making limited appearances with the Indians in 2009 and 2010, Todd was designated for assignment on April 30, 2011, to make room on the 40-man roster for Alex White.

New York Yankees
He was claimed off waivers by the New York Yankees on May 6, 2011. However, he was designated for assignment on May 12.

Return to St. Louis
Todd was claimed off waivers by St. Louis on May 16, 2011. He was outrighted to Triple-A on June 11.

Detroit Tigers
Todd played in the Detroit Tigers organization in 2012.

Arizona Diamondbacks
Todd signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks in November 2013.

Boston Red Sox
In February 2015, Todd signed a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox and was assigned to the Triple A Pawtucket Red Sox.

References

External links
, or Retrosheet, or  STL scouting report

1986 births
Living people
Arkansas Razorbacks baseball players
Baseball players from Texas
Batavia Muckdogs players
Cleveland Indians players
Columbus Clippers players
Leones del Caracas players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Major League Baseball pitchers
Memphis Redbirds players
Palm Beach Cardinals players
Pawtucket Red Sox players
Sportspeople from Longview, Texas
Reno Aces players
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees players
Springfield Cardinals players
St. Louis Cardinals players
Toledo Mud Hens players
University of Arkansas alumni


Country Standard Time is a website dedicated to country music and related genres including Americana, bluegrass and rockabilly. It provides news and musical reviews pertaining to the genre. It was established in 1993 by Jeffrey B. Remz as a print magazine, which was first published only in New England but went nationwide in 1995. The magazine has had a website since 1997, and ended its print publication in January 2009.

The web site has features, news and CD, concert and book reviews and attracts about 50,000 page views per month.

References

External links
Country Standard Time

American country music
American music websites
Bluegrass music
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1993
Magazines disestablished in 2009
Online music magazines published in the United States
Online magazines with defunct print editions
Magazines published in Massachusetts


John Guzlowski (born 1948) is a Polish-American author.

Personal life
John Guzlowski was born the son of parents who met in a Nazi slave labor camp in Germany.

His mother Tekla Hanczarek came from a small community west of Lwów in what was then Poland (modern Lviv, Ukraine) where her father was a forest warden. John's father, Jan, was born in a farming community north of Poznań. John was born Zbigniew Guzlowski in a Displaced Persons camp in Vienenburg, Germany in 1948, and changed his name to John when he was naturalized as an American citizen in 1968.

His parents, his sister Donna, and he came to the US as DPs in 1951.  After working on farms in western New York State to pay off their passage to America, they eventually settled in Chicago in the city's old Polish Downtown in the vicinity of St. Fidelis Parish in Humboldt Park.

After attending the University of Illinois in Chicago, he completed a Ph.D. in American literature at Purdue University.  He taught literature and creative writing at Eastern Illinois University and retired in 2005.

He lives in Lynchburg, VA, with his wife Linda Calendrillo and his daughter Lillian Guzlowski and granddaughter Lucy Guzlowski.

Literature
Growing up in Chicago's immigrant and displaced person neighborhoods, Guzlowski regularly interacted “with Jewish hardware store clerks with Auschwitz tattoos on their wrists, Polish Cavalry officers who still mourned for their dead horses, and women who walked from Siberia to Iran to escape the Soviets.” Guzlowski would later write that his written work was composed to "try to remember them and their voices."

Guzlowski earned his Ph.D. in English at Purdue University in 1980, and is now retired from Eastern Illinois University, where he taught contemporary American literature and poetry writing. His poems deal with his parents' experiences as slave laborers in Nazi Germany. He has authored three books about his parents' experiences:  Echoes of Tattered Tongues: Memory Unfolded (Aquila Polonica), Lightning and Ashes (Steel Toe Books), and Third Winter of War: Buchenwald (Finishing Line Press). These books continue the story of his parents that began in his chapbook Language of Mules which was republished as Język Mułów i Inne Wiersze, a Polish-English edition of this chapbook and other poems, and published by Biblioteka Śląska in Katowice, Poland. His poem "What My Father Believed" was read by Garrison Keillor on the Writers Almanac program.  Other poems have appeared in a number of periodicals in the US, Poland, Italy, India, and Hungary, including North American Review, Rattle, Atticus Review, Salon, Margie, Nimrod, Poetry East, Atlanta Review, Crab Orchard Review, Chattahoochee Review, Slask, and Ackent.

Nobel Laureate Czesław Miłosz, in a review of the bilingual edition of Language of Mules, wrote that Guzlowki's work "astonished" him and revealed an "enormous ability for grasping reality."

Professor Thomas Napierkowski has written that "John Guzlowski is arguably the most accomplished Polish-American poet on the contemporary scene, a writer who will figure prominently in any history of Polish-American literature; and 'Lightning and Ashes' firmly establishes Guzlowski's artistic standing not just in Polonia but in the world of American letters."

His essays on contemporary American and Polish authors can be found in such journals as Modern Fiction Studies, Shofar, Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, Polish American Studies, Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, Studies in Jewish American Literature, and The Polish Review.

John Guzlowski received the Benjamin Franklin Award for Poetry from the Independent Book Publishers Association and the Eric Hoffer Foundation's Montaigne Award for Thought Provoking writing for his memoir in prose and poetry Echoes of Tattered Tongues: Memory Unfolded.  He also received an Illinois Arts Council Award in 2001.  In 2012, he received the Polish American Historical Association Creative Arts Award for his writing and contribution to Polish American Letters.

He is also the author of three mystery novels set in a Polish-American neighborhood in Chicago in the 1950s and 1960s: Suitcase Charlie and Little Altar Boys and Murdertown (all from Kasva Press). He has also written Retreat: A Love Story, a novel about two German Lovers separated during World War II.

He recently published three books of poems, True Confessions and Mad Monk Ikkyu and Small Talk . The first book is a collection of memoir poems that trace his life from the 60s to the present.  It is published by Darkhouse Books. The second book follows the adventures of a real zen Buddhist monk as he journeys from the sea to a temple in the mountains of Japan. Finishing Line Press publishes it. His most recent book is the award-winning Small Talk: Poems about God and Writing and Me, published by Snake Nation Press. A collection of his poems, translated into Hindi (Hindi title: यातना शिविर में साथिनें) by Devesh Path Sariya, was published in India in 2023.

Since 2018, Guzlowski has been a columnist for the Dziennik Zwiazkowy, the oldest Polish daily newspaper in America.

References
 Language of Mules.  Charleston, IL: DP Press, 1999.
 Lightning and Ashes.  Bowling Green, KY: Steel Toe Books, 2007.
 Język Mułów i Inne Wiersze.  Katowice, Poland, Biblioteka Śląska, 2002.
 Echoes of Tattered Tongues: Memory Unfolded.  Los Angeles: Aquila Polonica Press, 2016.
 Little Schoolboys: A Hank and Marv Mystery.  Ravenswood Press, 2017.
 Suitcase Charlie: A Hank and Marv Mystery.  Kasva Press, 2018.
 Little Altar Boy: A Hank and Marvin Mystery. Kasva Press, 2019.
 True Confessions: 1965 to Now.  Darkhouse Press, 2019.
 Retreat — A Love Story. Kasva Press, 2021.
 Mad Monk Ikkyu.  Finishing Line Press, 2021.
 Small Talk — poems about God, Writing and Me. Snake Nation Press, 2022.
 Milosz, Czeslaw, "A Son of Prisoners," Review of Bilingual Edition of Language of Mules/Język Mułów i Inne Wiersze.  The Sarmatian Review, Issue no. 3, 2004. <http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/904/243milosz.html>.
 Napierkowski, Thomas, Lightning and Ashes: The Poetry of John Guzlowski. Polish American Studies 65.1 (2008): 25 pars. 8 Jul. 2011 <http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/pas/65.1/napierkowski.html>.
 Guzlowski is also a columnist for the Dziennik Zwiazkowy, the oldest Polish daily newspaper in America. <http://dziennikzwiazkowy.com/category/guzlowski/.

External links
 Article about Lightning and Ashes
 New York Times Review of Suitcase Charlie
 Wall Street Journal Review of Suitcase Charlie
 Guzlowski's personal blog - about his parents and their experiences

American male poets
1948 births
Living people
Purdue University alumni
Poets from Virginia
Polish emigrants to the United States
Polish-American culture in Chicago


These are the Canadian number-one country albums of 1998, per the RPM Country Albums chart.

1998
Canada Country Albums
Number-one country albums


The 1993 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held in Greenville, SC from May 15 through 20. Clemson won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Seeding and format
All nine teams qualified for the conference tournament, with several byes allowing for a nine-team double-elimination tournament.

From TheACC.com :
On Saturday (The Semifinals) of the ACC Baseball Tournament, the match-up between the four remaining teams is determined by previous opponents. If teams have played previously in the tournament, every attempt will be made to avoid a repeat match-up between teams, regardless of seed. If it is impossible to avoid a match-up that already occurred, then the determination is based on avoiding the most recent, current tournament match-up, regardless of seed. If no match-ups have occurred, the team left in the winners bracket will play the lowest seeded team from the losers bracket.

Seeding

Tournament

Bracket

The brackets were set up without an elimination play-in game and several byes, which allowed all 9 teams to play in a double-elimination format. To clarify the brackets above, the match-ups (by round) to the reordered semifinals were as follows:
 1st Round: Maryland vs. Georgia Tech, Clemson vs. Duke, Florida State - bye, N.C. State vs. Virginia, North Carolina vs. Wake Forest
 2nd Round (winner's): Georgia Tech - bye, Clemson vs. Florida State, North Carolina vs. N.C. State
 2nd Round (loser's): Duke vs. Maryland, Virginia vs. Wake Forest
 3rd Round (winner's): Clemson vs. Georgia Tech, North Carolina - bye
 3rd Round (loser's): Duke vs. N.C. State, Florida State vs. Virginia
 4th Round (winner's): Clemson vs. North Carolina
 4th Round (loser's): N.C. State - bye, Florida State vs. Georgia Tech

All-Tournament Team

See also
 College World Series
 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

Sources
 2007 ACC Baseball Media Guide

Tournament
Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament
Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament
Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament
College baseball tournaments in South Carolina
Baseball competitions in Greenville, South Carolina


Lasiancistrus caucanus is a species of armored catfish native to Panama and Colombia.  This species grows to a length of  SL.

References

Ancistrini
Freshwater fish of Colombia
Fish of Panama
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Fish described in 1912


Bandy Creek is a north-eastern suburb of Esperance, a town in south-eastern Western Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Esperance, and it is located  northeast of Esperance's central business district.

In the , Bandy Creek had a population of 223.

References

Suburbs of Esperance, Western Australia


The 2009 New Zealand Warriors season was the 15th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership and finished 14th (out of 16). The coach of the Warriors was Ivan Cleary while Steve Price was the team's captain. In 2009 Warriors games were broadcast on New Zealand's Sky network averaged 107,163 viewers.

Milestones
14 March – Round One: Steve Price played in his 300th National Rugby League game.
14 March – Round One: Four players made their debuts for the Warriors; Denan Kemp, Joel Moon, Jacob Lillyman & Leeson Ah Mau. Ah Mau also made his first grade debut.
22 March – Round Two: Two players made their debuts for the Warriors; Jesse Royal & Ukuma Ta'ai. Ta'ai also made his first grade debut.
5 April – Round Four: Game dedicated to the memory of Sonny Fai, the Warriors lose to the South Sydney Rabbitohs 22–16.
5 April – Round Four: Nathan Fien played in his 100th game for the Warriors.
5 April – Round Four: Daniel O'Regan made his first grade debut, becoming Warrior #150.
3 May – Round Eight: Lewis Brown made his first grade debut.
17 May – Round Ten: Jerome Ropati played in his 100th National Rugby League game and 100th game for the club.
31 May – Round Twelve: Two players made their first grade debuts; Kevin Locke and Aaron Heremaia.
12 June – Round Fourteen: Stacey Jones played in his 250th game for the club.
19 July – Round Nineteen: Isaac John made his first grade debut.
26 July – Round Twenty: Patrick Ah Van played in his 50th National Rugby League game and 50th game for the club.
31 July – Round Twenty One: Evarn Tuimavave played in his 100th National Rugby League game and 100th game for the club. It was also Tuimavave's first game of the season.
15 August – Round Twenty Three: Siuatonga Likiliki made his first grade debut.
5 September – Round Twenty Six: Simon Mannering played in his 100th National Rugby League game and 100th game for the club.
5 September – Round Twenty Six: Stacey Jones played in his last game for the club, the Warriors lost to the Melbourne Storm 30–0.

Jersey and sponsors

Fixtures

The Warriors used Mt Smart Stadium as their home ground in 2009, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.

Trial Matches

Regular season

Ladder

Squad

The Warriors used Twenty Nine players in 2009. Twelve players made their debut for the club, including eight making their National Rugby League debuts.

Staff
Chief Executive Officer: Wayne Scurrah

NRL Staff
NRL Head Coach: Ivan Cleary
NRL Assistant Coach: John Ackland
NRL Head Trainer: Craig Walker
NRL Assistant Trainer: Dayne Norton
NRL Football Manager: Don Mann Jr
NRL Physiotherapist: Jude Spiers
Club Doctor: John Mayhew

NYC Staff
NYC Head Coach: Tony Iro
NYC Assistant Coach: Frank Harold
NYC Team Manager: Dean Bell

Transfers

Gains

Losses

Mid-Season Losses

Contract extensions
Simon Mannering (until 2012)
Jerome Ropati (until 2012)
Lance Hohaia (until 2011, with option)
Patrick Ah Van (until 2011)
Aaron Heremaia (until 2011, with option)
Isaac John (until 2011, with option)
Ian Henderson (until 2011)
Ivan Cleary (until 2012)

Sonny Fai
Warrior Sonny Fai went missing at around 7pm on 4 January 2009, after being caught in a rip current while trying to save some family who had got into difficulty at Te Henga (Bethells Beach), Auckland. His body is yet to be found. The entire team attended his two memorial services, one in a Samoan Methodist Church and one held at Te Henga (Bethells Beach).

The Warriors wore black armbands for their opening NRL match of the 2009 season, as well as jerseys embroidered with Fai's signature and official team number in honour of him.

End of Season awards
Lion Red Player of the Year: Micheal Luck
Canterbury of New Zealand Clubman of the Year: Sam Rapira
Vodafone NRL Young Player of the Year: Russell Packer
Vodafone One Tribe Supporters' Player of the Year: Kevin Locke
Sonny Fai Medal: Elijah Taylor

Other Teams
In 2009 the Junior Warriors again competed in the Toyota Cup while senior players who were not required for the first team played with the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup. The Auckland Vulcans were coached by Bernie Perenara and finished 11th out of eleven teams.

Daniel O'Regan was the Vulcan's player of the year, while Pita Godinet was the runner up and Sione Tongia was the rookie of the year.

2009 Junior Warriors

Siuatonga Likiliki was named in the 2009 Toyota Cup team of the year.

References

External links
Warriors official site
Warriors 2009 season rugby league project

New Zealand Warriors seasons
New Zealand Warriors season
War


Lasiancistrus guacharote is a species of armored catfish native to the Lake Maracaibo basin of Colombia and Venezuela.  This species grows to a length of  TL.

References

Ancistrini
Freshwater fish of Colombia
Fish of Venezuela
Fish described in 1840


Lasiancistrus heteracanthus is a species of armored catfish found in the Napo River of Ecuador and Peru.  This species grows to a length of  SL.

References

Ancistrini
Fish of South America
Freshwater fish of Ecuador
Freshwater fish of Peru
Fish described in 1869
Taxa named by Albert Günther


Lasiancistrus saetiger is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil.  This species grows to a length of  SL.

References

Ancistrini
Fish of South America
Fish of Brazil
Endemic fauna of Brazil
Fish described in 2005


Lasiancistrus schomburgkii is a species of armored catfish native to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru.  This species grows to a length of  SL.

References

Further reading

Ancistrini
Freshwater fish of Brazil
Freshwater fish of Colombia
Freshwater fish of Ecuador
Fish of Guyana
Freshwater fish of Peru
Fish of the Amazon basin
Fish described in 1864
Taxa named by Albert Günther


Lasiancistrus tentaculatus is a species of armored catfish found in the Orinoco River basin of Colombia and Venezuela.  This species grows to a length of  SL.

References

Ancistrini
Freshwater fish of Colombia
Fish of Venezuela
Fish described in 2005


The SST (Sea Scout Twin) class of non-rigid airship or "blimp" was developed in Great Britain during World War I from the earlier SS class airship. The main role of these craft was to escort convoys and scout or search for German U-boats. A secondary purpose was to detect and destroy mines.

Designs were submitted in 1917 for a twin-engined SS class airship, the idea being that should there be an engine failure, the craft would not be rendered helpless and therefore less likely to be lost. The first submission was a failure, but the second showed promise and was put into production. Designated the SST class, the first of 13 examples entered service in June 1918, and the last in May 1919, three of which, S.S.T.9, 11 and 12 were purchased by the US Navy.

The SST used a larger  envelope than any of the other SS class types, and was equipped with a streamlined and waterproofed car that could accommodate a crew of five. Two  Sunbeam or  Rolls-Royce Hawk engines were each mounted on a gantry either side of the car, and drove  diameter four-bladed propellers in pusher configuration. At , the SSTs had a greater top speed than all other SS class types, had the highest useful lift, and could stay airborne for up to two days. They were also cheaper to produce and easier to handle than the successful C Star class airship. Three SST  were transferred to the Navy in June 1919. No Serial Numbers were assigned and there is no evidence they operated by the Navy. The 3 SST's were transferred to the Army in 1919-1920. The Army operated the SST's until late 1923 or early 1924.

Experiments involving SSTs were carried out at the end of the war; one notable example being SSE.3 (SS Experimental) that had an envelope design known as shape "U.271", the shape from which the hulls of both R100 and R101 were derived.

Operators

Royal Naval Air Service / Royal Air Force

United States Army

Specifications

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links
 SS-class airships on the Airship Heritage Trust website
 SST-class airship specifications and logs on the Airship Heritage Trust website

Airships of the United Kingdom
1910s British patrol aircraft
Military airships of World War I
Airships of the United States Navy
Aircraft first flown in 1918


Mahmod Mohamad Hejazi (born 19 July 1984) is a Norwegian football striker.

Career
Hejazi is of Palestinian descent. He started his career in Fet IL, but went to regional greats Lillestrøm SK while still a youth player. In 2003, he was regarded as a great talent. He got three Norwegian Premier League game in 2003, without scoring.

In early 2004 he was loaned out to Ullensaker/Kisa IL. He scored twelve goals in nineteen games. After five months however, he was benched for a game, but did not tolerate this, and the loan contract was terminated. Soon after he was released from Lillestrøm.

After this Hejazi moved abroad. He first tried his luck at Pisa Calcio, then played for FC Väsby United in Sweden, where he saw a good deal of success. He made the list of the top ten players in the league compiled by Aftonbladet. The Palestinian national team expressed interest in his services. He later played for Assyriska FF and Finnish FF Jaro. Ahead of the 2007 season he returned to Norway, signing for Lørenskog IF. In 2008, he played for Skjetten SK.

In 2009, he was reported as having left Skjetten for the United Arab Emirates. He joined Manglerud Star in the summer of 2009, and played briefly for them, before joining Nordstrand IF ahead of the 2010 season. In 2011, he joined Flisbyen BK. After one and a half year he went on to Hasle-Løren IL. In 2014, he moved on to Ullern IF.

References

1984 births
Living people
Norwegian men's footballers
Lillestrøm SK players
Ullensaker/Kisa IL players
AFC Eskilstuna players
FF Jaro players
Skjetten SK players
Lørenskog IF players
Assyriska FF players
Eliteserien players
Veikkausliiga players
Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Norwegian people of Palestinian descent
People from Akershus
Men's association football forwards
Ullern IF players
Lyn Fotball players
Footballers from Viken (county)


Augustus George "Gus" Ganakas (July 3, 1926 – January 11, 2019) was an American sports broadcaster, athletics administrator, and coach of the  Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team.

Early life
Ganakas was born on July 3, 1926, in Mount Morris, New York, to Greek immigrant parents.  He served in World War II in the United States Marine Corps, including service at the Battle of Okinawa, and attended Michigan State University on a G.I. Bill scholarship.

Career
Ganakas taught and coached basketball at East Lansing High School, where he won the 1958  State of Michigan High School Championship, posting an undefeated season. In 1964 he became the Coordinator of the Ralph Young Fund, MSU's athletic fund-raising organization. A passion for sports led him back to the world of basketball when Coach John Benington hired him as his  MSU assistant basketball coach in 1966.  Three years later, with the sudden death of Coach Benington, Ganakas became the head basketball coach for the Spartans, from 1969 to 1976, compiling an 89–84 (.514) record over 7 seasons.

Controversially, a number of black players walked out on coach Ganakas before a key Big Ten game on January 4, 1975, against Indiana.  Ganakas elected to start Jeff Tropf, who was white, 10 black players, led by captain Lindsay Hairston, walked out of the team meeting, returned for the game but were then suspended by Ganakas.  Michigan State lost the game 107-55 with a patchwork roster that included junior varsity players.  Tropf led the team with 21 points. The players would meet with Ganakas the next day, were reinstated after apologizing, and then defeated Ohio State 88-84 the next day.  Tropf would transfer to Central Michigan at the end of the season.

Ganakas was dismissed after the conclusion of the next season on March 16, 1976, but stayed with Michigan State as an Assistant Athletic Director through 1998 and then as an advisor to Spartan Head Coach Tom Izzo through 2000. Ganakas also spent his post-coaching years as a radio analyst on the Spartan Sports Network. He was an active member of the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association.

About Ganakas, Izzo said, “You’ll learn all you need to about Gus when you look at the way he handled being replaced as head coach.  Most of us would have wanted our replacement to fail, hoping it would make us look good. But that wasn’t who Gus was. Instead, he made sure that the local high school superstar Earvin Johnson knew that Michigan State was still the right place for him to attend and that new coach Jud Heathcote was the right guy to play for. As they say, the rest is history. But there is no doubt that Spartan Basketball wouldn’t be what it is today without Gus Ganakas.”

In 2002, Ganakas became the sixth recipient of the Men's Basketball Distinguished Alumnus Award.  The Michigan State team MVP award is named in his honor.

Personal life and death
Ganakas was married to his wife Ruth who died in 2014, and was survived by his children Gail, Gary, Greg, Anne, Amy and Marcy. He died on January 11, 2019.

Head coaching record

College

References

1926 births
2019 deaths
American men's basketball coaches
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from New York (state)
Basketball players from New York (state)
College basketball announcers in the United States
College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
High school basketball coaches in the United States
Michigan State Spartans men's basketball coaches
Michigan State Spartans men's basketball players
Military personnel from New York (state)
People from Mount Morris, New York
American people of Greek descent


Hans von Funck (23 December 1891 – 14 February 1979) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II, who commanded the 7th Panzer Division and the XXXXVII Panzer Corps.

Career
Hans von Funck joined the German army in August 1914 and during World War I he was awarded the Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd Class. Funck was retained in the Reichswehr after the war. In July 1933 he was appointed to the General Staff. In 1936 he served in the Spanish Civil War as a leader of the German National Army in Spain. In 1940 he was appointed as the commander of the 3rd Panzer Brigade.

In 1941 Funck was given command  of the 7th Panzer Division as the successor to Erwin Rommel. Originally he was to have commanded the Afrika Corps, but Hitler loathed von Funck, as he had been a personal staff officer of Werner von Fritsch until von Fritsch was dismissed in 1938. He held this command on the central and southern sections of the Eastern Front. On 15 July 1941 he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

On 1 February 1944 Funck was promoted to General der Panzertruppe and appointed as the commanding general of the XXXXVII Panzer Corps, initially on the eastern and later the western fronts. During the Battle for Normandy he (who was thoroughly disliked) accused Gerhard von Schwerin of passive resistance, cowardice and incompetence over the Vire counterattack on 28 July. Less than four hours before the start of Operation Luttich, Gunther von Kluge received an order from Hitler that Heinrich Eberbach rather than Funck was to lead it, although Kluge managed to persuade OKW to postpone the transfer of command.

On 4 September 1944 he was moved into the reserve of the OKH. Funck was interned as a war criminal in the Soviet Union from August 1945 until his release in 1955.

Awards
 Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (12 June 1915) & 1st Class  (2 December 1917)

 Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class & 1st Class (May 1940)
 German Cross in Gold on 14 March 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 7. Panzer-Division
 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Knight's Cross on 15 July 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of the 7. Panzer-Division
278th Oak Leaves 22 August 1943 on 22 August 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of 7. Panzer-Division

References
Citations

Bibliography

1891 births
1979 deaths
Generals of Panzer Troops
Barons of Germany
German Army personnel of World War I
Condor Legion personnel
Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
Recipients of the Gold German Cross
Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Recipients of the Military Medal (Spain)
German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
Military personnel from the Rhine Province
Prussian Army personnel
Reichswehr personnel
Military personnel from Aachen


Nulsen is a western suburb of Esperance, a town in south-eastern Western Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Esperance.

The suburb was gazetted in 1971, initially including the entire neighbouring suburb of Sinclair, which was separated in 1985. Originally designed as a State Housing Commission (now Homeswest) project, Nulsen was named for state Labor MP Emil Nulsen, who sat in the Legislative Assembly from 1932 until 1962, and represented the Esperance area from 1950 onwards. At the , Nulsen's population was recorded to be 1,083.

Geography
Nulsen is located  northwest of Esperance's central business district. It is bounded on the north by the railway line, on the east by Harbour Road and on the south by Pink Lake Road.

Demographics
In the , Nulsen had a population of 1,536. Nulsen residents had a median age of 29, which was well below the regional average, and the median individual income was $328 per week compared with $454 per week in the Esperance region. 11.7% of residents identified as Indigenous Australians.

References

Suburbs of Esperance, Western Australia


Aillant may refer to several communes in France:
 Aillant-sur-Milleron, in the Loiret department
 Aillant-sur-Tholon, in the Yonne department


The May Bumps 1963 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University in June 1963. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 72nd set of races in the series of May Bumps which have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. In 1963, 129 boats competed in eight men's divisions.

These were the only set of bumps races held at Cambridge University in 1963 as the Lent Bumps of 1963 were cancelled due to the river being frozen.

Head of the River crew

  rowed over untroubled in first position to secure their second headship.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

 Despite being bumped on every day of the competition, Jesus remained the highest-placed 2nd VIII.

Links to races in other years

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts for the men's 1st division.  The bumps chart represents the progress of every crew over all four days of the racing. To follow the progress of any particular crew, simply find the crew's name on the left side of the chart and follow the line to the end-of-the-week finishing position on the right of the chart.

References
 Durack, John; Gilbert, George; Marks, Dr. John (2000). The Bumps: An Account of the Cambridge University Bumping Races 1827-1999

May Bumps results
1963 in English sport
1963 in rowing


"Just Friends" is a song written, produced and performed by American rapper/producer Danny!. Originally a hidden track on the Japanese version of his 2007 Danny Is Dead EP, Definitive Jux Records released the live version of "Just Friends" as a single domestically on March 10, 2009 in anticipation for Where Is Danny?, his debut album for the label. A studio version was originally going to appear on the upcoming album, but was later scrapped in lieu of Where Is Danny? 's new artistic direction. To date, "Just Friends" is Danny!'s sole Def Jux release.

The song is performed over an extended version of "Twilight Mist", which was originally released on Danny!'s 2006 instrumental album Dream, Interrupted. A remix of "Wanderland" (from Danny!'s lauded And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) can be found on the album's B-side. The single was released to little fanfare in the United States, barely cracking the Billboard Hot 100 in its first week at # 88, but managed to pick up steam overseas when it was shipped to the United Kingdom two weeks later. "Just Friends" was later featured as a track on the Definitive Jux compilation album Time Travel, Vol. 1.

"Just Friends"'s cover art, designed by Danny!, pays homage to the cover art found on George Masso and Ken Peplowski's collaborative jazz album, also titled Just Friends.

Track listing

Side A
"Just Friends (live)" 3:08
"Just Friends (instrumental)" 3:18

Side B
"Wanderland (D. Swain Remix)" 4:12
"Wanderland (D. Swain Remix) (instrumental)" 4:12
"Wanderland (acapella)" 4:13

Release history

References

External links
 Danny!: Just Friends 12" single download on Definitive Jux's official website

2009 singles
2009 songs


Miss America 1997, the 70th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 14, 1996 and televised by the NBC Network. Until the 2019 Pageant, this was the last time that NBC aired the Miss America pageant.

Results

Placements

Order of announcements

Top 10

Top 5

Awards

Preliminary awards

Quality of Life awards

Other awards

Delegates
The Miss America 1997 delegates are:

References

External links
 Miss America official website

1997
1996 in the United States
1997 beauty pageants
1996 in New Jersey
September 1996 events in the United States
Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey


The 2002 World Junior AAA Championship was held in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Games were held at Amedée Roy Stadium in Sherbrooke and Julien Morin Stadium in Coaticook.

Final standings

See also

World Junior Baseball Championship

World Junior Baseball Championship
World Junior Baseball Championship
World Junior Baseball Championship
U-18 Baseball World Cup
Sport in Sherbrooke
2002
Baseball in Quebec
2002 in Quebec