Théoden is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings. The King of Rohan and Lord of the Mark or of the Riddermark, names used by the Rohirrim for their land, he appears as a supporting character in The Two Towers and The Return of the King. When first introduced, Théoden is weak with age and sorrow and the machinations of his top advisor, Gríma Wormtongue, and he does nothing as his kingdom is crumbling. Once roused by the wizard Gandalf, however, he becomes an instrumental ally in the war against Saruman and Sauron, leading the Rohirrim into the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

Scholars have compared Théoden to Theodoric, King of the Visigoths, and Théoden's death in the battle to Theodoric's in the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields. He has been contrasted, too, with another protagonist in The Lord of the Rings, Denethor Steward of Gondor; where Denethor is harsh, Théoden is open and welcoming.

Fictional biography

The Two Towers

Théoden is introduced in The Two Towers, the second volume of The Lord of the Rings, as King of Rohan. By this point Théoden had grown weak with age, and was largely controlled by his chief advisor Gríma Wormtongue, who was secretly in the employ of the corrupt wizard Saruman. One of the last Hunt for the Ring manuscripts says Wormtongue has "great influence over the king", who is "enthralled by his counsel".
In Unfinished Tales, it is further implied that the failure of the king's health was "...induced or increased by subtle poisons, administered by Gríma". As Théoden sat powerless, Rohan was troubled by Orcs and Dunlendings, who operated under the will of Saruman, ruling from Isengard.

When Gandalf and Aragorn, along with Legolas and Gimli, appeared before him in The Two Towers, Théoden initially rebuffed the wizard's advice to oppose Saruman. When Gandalf revealed Wormtongue for what he was, however, Théoden returned to his senses. He restored his nephew, took up his sword Herugrim, and in spite of his age, led the Riders of Rohan to victory in the Battle of Helm's Deep. He then visited Isengard, saw that it had been destroyed by the Ents of Fangorn forest, and, speaking with the wizard Saruman in the tower of Orthanc, saw Gandalf break Saruman's staff.

The Return of the King

In The Return of the King, Théoden led the Rohirrim to the aid of Gondor at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. In that battle, he routed the Harad cavalry, personally killing their chieftain. He challenged the Witch-king of Angmar, the leader of the Nazgûl, but was mortally wounded when his own horse Snowmane fell upon him. He was avenged by his niece Éowyn and a Hobbit, Merry Brandybuck, who had ridden to war together in secret; together, they destroyed the witch-king. In his last moments, Théoden bade farewell to Merry and Éowyn.

Théoden's body lay in Minas Tirith until it was buried in Rohan after the defeat of Sauron. He was the last of the Second Line of the kings, judging from direct descent from Eorl the Young.

Etymology

Théoden is transliterated directly from the Old English þēoden, "king, prince", in turn from þeod, "a people, a nation". As with other descriptive names in his legendarium, Tolkien uses this name to create the impression that the text is historical. Tolkien mapped the Westron or Common Speech to modern English; the ancestral language of the Rohirrim in his system of invented languages would therefore map to Old English.

Analysis

Images of Northern courage

According to the scholar Elizabeth Solopova, the character of Théoden was inspired by the concept of Northern courage in Norse mythology, particularly in the Beowulf epos: the protagonist of a story shows perseverance while knowing that he is going to be defeated and killed. This is reflected in Théoden's decision to ride against Sauron's far superior army in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. There are also repeated references by Tolkien to a historic account of the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields by the 6th century historian Jordanes. Both battles take place between civilizations of the "East" (Huns) and "West" (Romans and their allies, Visigoths), and like Jordanes, Tolkien describes his battle as one of legendary fame that lasted for several generations. Another apparent similarity is the death of King Theodoric I of the Visigoths on the Catalaunian Fields and that of Théoden on the Pelennor. Jordanes reports that Theodoric was thrown off by his horse and trampled to death by his own men who charged forward. Théoden also rallies his men shortly before he falls and is crushed by his horse. And like Theodoric, Théoden is carried from the battlefield with his knights weeping and singing for him while the battle still goes on.

Numerous scholars have admired Tolkien's simile of Théoden riding into his final battle "like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young". Among them, Steve Walker calls it "almost epic in its amplitude", inviting the reader's imagination by alluding "to unseen complexity", a whole mythology of Middle-earth under the visible text. Fleming Rutledge calls it imitative of the language of myth and saga, and an echo of the messianic prophecy in Malachi 4:1-3. Jason Fisher compares the passage, which links the blowing of all the horns of the host of Rohan, Oromë, dawn, and the Rohirrim, with Beowulfs pairing of aer daege ("before day", i.e. "dawn") and Hygelaces horn ond byman ("Hygelac's horn and trumpet") in lines 2941-2944. Peter Kreeft writes that "it is hard not to feel your heart leap with joy at Théoden's transformation into a warrior", however difficult people find the old Roman view that it is sweet to die for your country, dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey writes that Rohan is directly calqued on Anglo-Saxon England, taking many features from Beowulf, and not only in personal names, place-names, and language. He states that Tolkien's lament for Théoden equally closely echoes the dirge that ends the Old English poem Beowulf. Théoden's warriors and gate-guards behave like Beowulf characters, making their own minds up rather than just saying "I was only obeying orders".

Théoden vs Denethor

Tolkien scholars including Jane Chance contrast Théoden with another "Germanic king", Denethor, the last of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor. In Chance's view, Théoden represents good, Denethor evil; she notes that their names are almost anagrams, and that where Théoden welcomes the hobbit Merry Brandybuck into his service with loving friendship, Denethor accepts Merry's friend, Pippin Took with a harsh contract of fealty. Hilary Wynne, in The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia, writes further that where both Théoden and Denethor had despaired, Théoden, his courage "renewed" by Gandalf, went to a hopeless-seeming battle at Helm's Deep and won, and then again on the Pelennor Fields where "his attack saved the city of Minas Tirith from sack and destruction". Shippey makes the same comparison, extending it to numerous elements of the two Men's stories, writing that Théoden lives by a theory of Northern courage, and dies through Denethor's despair.

In adaptations

In the 1981 BBC Radio 4 version of The Lord of the Rings, Théoden's death is described in song rather than dramatized conventionally; he is voiced by Jack May. In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings, the voice of Théoden was provided by Philip Stone. Théoden also appears in Rankin/Bass's attempt to complete the story left unfinished by Bakshi in their television adaptation of The Return of the King, though he speaks little, and is voiced by Don Messick. His death is narrated by Gandalf (voiced by John Huston); in the animation, he is killed by a cloud, not by the Witch-king.

Théoden is an important character in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The character, played by Bernard Hill, first appears in The Two Towers (2002). However, unlike in the books, the Lord of the Mark is actually possessed and prematurely aged by Saruman (Christopher Lee). Gandalf (Ian McKellen) releases him from the spell, instantly restoring him to his true age, after which Théoden banishes Gríma Wormtongue (Brad Dourif) from Edoras.

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Victor Oliver Agapito  (born October 6, 1973) is a Filipino former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He also briefly played in the Metropolitan Basketball Association.

References
Hardcourt: The Official Philippine Basketball Association Annual

External links
Official website
MYPBA.com
http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php/Category:Philippine_Basketball_Association

1973 births
Living people
Basketball players from Palawan
Centers (basketball)
Benilde Blazers basketball players
People from Puerto Princesa
Philippines men's national basketball team players
Filipino men's basketball players
Tanduay Rhum Masters players
De La Salle Green Archers basketball players
Tanduay Rhum Masters draft picks


The J. C. Daniel Award is the highest award in Malayalam cinema, established by the Government of Kerala, India. It is presented annually by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, a non-profit institution operating under the Department of Cultural Affairs, Kerala. Instituted in 1992, the award recognizes individuals for their "outstanding contributions to Malayalam cinema". Recipients are selected by a jury appointed by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy and the Department of Cultural Affairs. , the honourees receive a statuette, a citation, and a cash prize of . They are honoured at the Kerala State Film Awards ceremony.

The Government of Kerala created the award to commemorate the contribution of Indian filmmaker J. C. Daniel, who is often regarded as the "father of Malayalam cinema". The J. C. Daniel Award was managed by the Department of Cultural Affairs until 1997. In 1998, the Government of Kerala constituted the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, and since that year, the Academy has hosted the award. A cash prize of  was granted with the award until 2002. In 2003, the prize money was doubled and, as part of a technical correction to update it, no award was presented that year. Actor Madhu was the first recipient of the award with the increased monetary prize of  in 2004. Since 2016, the cash prize is .

Since its inception, the J. C. Daniel Award has been bestowed on 30 individuals. The award was first presented to film distributor and producer T. E. Vasudevan in 1992. Actress Aranmula Ponnamma was the first woman to received the honour, in 2005. The 2011 recipient, actor Jose Prakash, died before the award ceremony. His son accepted the award on his behalf. The most recent winner is filmmaker T. V. Chandran.

Recipients

See also
 Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Footnotes

References

External links
 Official website for Kerala State Chalachithra Academy
 Official website for Department of Cultural Affairs

Kerala State Film Awards
Malayalam cinema
Lifetime achievement awards
Lists of Indian award winners


Johann Friedrich Flatt (20 February 1759 – 24 November 1821) was a German Protestant theologian and philosopher.

Life
Johann Friedrich Flatt was born in Tübingen. His brother, Karl Christian Flatt (1772–1813), was also a theologian.
He studied philosophy and theology in Tübingen, afterwards continuing his education in Göttingen. In 1785 he became a professor of philosophy at the University of Tübingen, where in 1792 he was appointed an associate professor of theology. In 1798 he succeeded Gottlob Christian Storr (1746–1805) as a full professor of theology at Tübingen.

He was a disciple of Gottlob Christian Storr, and like his mentor, a representative of the so-called Ältere Tübinger Schule (conservative Tübingen school of theologians) of Biblical Supranaturalism. He is remembered as a defender of Christian moral theology, and for his critical lectures in regard to Kantian philosophy.

Along with Friedrich Gottlieb Süskind, he was an editor of the "Magazin für christliche Dogmatik und Moral" (Magazine of Christian Dogmatics and Morals).

Selected publications
 Briefe über den moralischen Erkenntnisgrund der Religion überhaupt, und besonders in Beziehung auf die Kantische Philosophie (Tübingen 1788).
 Commentatio symbolic in qua Ecclesiae nostrae de deitate Christi sententia probatur et vindicatur, (1788).
 Observationes quaedam ad comparandam Kantianam cum disciplina christiana relevant doctrine, (1792).
 Vorlesungen über Christliche Moral ("Lectures on Christian morals"), 1823.
 Vorlesungen über die Briefe Pauli an den Timotheus und Titus ("Lectures on the letters of Saint Paul to Timothy and Titus"), 1831 (edited and published posthumously by Christian Friedrich Kling).

References
  English translation
 Werner Raupp: Flatt, Johann Friedrich, in: The Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers. General Editors Heiner F. Klemme, Manfred Kuehn, Vol. 1, London/New York 2010, p. 333–334.

1759 births
1821 deaths
People from Tübingen
Academic staff of the University of Tübingen
German philosophers
18th-century German Protestant theologians
19th-century German Protestant theologians
19th-century German male writers
German male non-fiction writers
18th-century German male writers


Michał Gliwa (born 8 April 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for I liga side Resovia.

Club career
On 3 August 2020, he joined Stal Mielec.

Honours
Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski
Ekstraklasa Cup: 2007–08

Sandecja Nowy Sącz
 I liga: 2016–17

Raków Częstochowa
 I liga: 2018–19

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Rzeszów
Polish men's footballers
Poland men's international footballers
Poland men's under-21 international footballers
Polish expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Polonia Warsaw players
Zagłębie Lubin players
CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players
Sandecja Nowy Sącz players
Stal Mielec players
Zagłębie Sosnowiec players
Resovia (football) players
Ekstraklasa players
I liga players
Liga I players
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Polish expatriate sportspeople in Romania


Johann Mészáros von Szoboszló (1737 – 17 November 1801) joined the Habsburg army in 1756 and fought the Prussians, Ottoman Turks, and French during a long military career. During the French Revolutionary Wars, he fought in several campaigns. He commanded a division in the 1796-1797 Italian campaign against the army of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was Proprietor (Inhaber) of an Austrian Uhlan regiment from 1792 to 1797 and a Hussar regiment from 1797 to 1801.

Early career
A Hungarian, Mészáros was born in Kunhegyes in 1737. He entered the Habsburg military service in 1756 as a Cornet in the Desewffy Hussar Regiment # 30. He fought in the Seven Years' War and became a Major on 10 January 1774. He was promoted to Oberst-Leutnant on 1 November 1778 during the War of the Bavarian Succession. On 1 May 1784, he was appointed Oberst (Colonel) of the Kaiser Joseph II Hussar Regiment # 2. During the Austro-Turkish War (1787-1791), he was promoted General-Major as a reward for leading a successful cavalry charge at the Battle of Focsani and other exploits.

French Revolutionary War

Rhine 1792-1796
In 1792, he became proprietor of the Mészáros Uhlan Regiment (this became # 1 in 1798) and held this dignity until 1797. The mounted lancer unit was formed by combining two uhlan squadrons each from the Kaiser, Karaczay, Levenehr, and Lobkowitz Chevauxleger Regiments. On 13 October 1793, he led the 4th column under Dagobert von Wurmser in the First Battle of Wissembourg. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa on 25 October 1793 for his distinguished service. In 1794, he served in Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze's corps. Promotion to Feldmarschall-Leutnant came on 4 March 1796 after more service with the Army of the Upper Rhine under Wurmser and Maximilian Baillet de Latour. He received the Commander's Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa on 11 May. On 5 July 1796, Mészáros and Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg led the Austrian rear guard in action at Rastatt.

Italy 1796-1797
Immediately after Ettlingen, Mészáros went to Italy, where Wurmser had replaced Johann Beaulieu as commander-in-chief. During the first relief of the Siege of Mantua, the army commander assigned Mészáros to lead IV Column. This force moved down the Brenta River valley to Bassano del Grappa at the end of July. From there, he approached Mantua from the northeast via Vicenza. Unfortunately, this left the IV Column remote from the action during a critical phase of operations. When Mészáros' troops finally arrived near Mantua, Wurmser ordered him to observe the French division that had just raised the siege of that fortress. But Pascal Fiorella's division got off to an early start on 5 August and Mészáros was unable to intercept it. Fiorella's attack against the left rear of the Habsburg army helped Bonaparte win the Battle of Castiglione.

At the beginning of the second relief of Mantua, Mészáros lay west of Bassano with a division of 10,673 soldiers. Unexpectedly, Bonaparte defeated Austrian forces at the Battle of Rovereto in the Tyrol. Then the main French army moved east and south down the Brenta valley to defeat Wurmser at the Battle of Bassano on 8 September. Instead of retreating to the east, Wurmser moved southwest to unite with Mészáros and marched hard for Mantua. The Austrians evaded Bonaparte's pursuit and reached the fortress, though the French forced them to fight a costly battle at La Favorita Palace on 15 September. After this, Mészáros and his soldiers suffered through the long Siege of Mantua before Wurmser surrendered to Bonaparte on 2 February 1797.

Later career
In 1797, he became proprietor of Mészáros Hussar Regiment # 35 (it was renumbered # 10 in 1798) and commander of the Hungarian Insurrections, a national militia. Soon after Mantua, he retired from active military service. He died in 1801 at Csomaköz in Hungary.

Footnotes

References

Printed materials
 Boycott-Brown, Martin. The Road to Rivoli. London: Cassell & Co., 2001.
 Chandler, David. Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars. New York: Macmillan, 1979.

 Pivka, Otto von. Armies of the Napoleonic Era. New York: Taplinger Publishing, 1979.
 Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998.

External links
 napoleon-series.org Meszaros by Digby Smith, compiled by Leopold Kudrna
 napoleon-series.org Barco by Digby Smith, compiled by Leopold Kudrna
 napoleon-online.de Meszaros in German by Jens-Florian Ebert

1737 births
1801 deaths
People from Kunhegyes
Austrian generals
Hungarian generals
Hungarian soldiers
Military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars


The Winslow Chemical Laboratory was a laboratory of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus in Troy, New York, United States, which finished construction in 1866. It is named in honor of the 5th President of RPI, John F. Winslow, who donated half of the construction cost. The building is brick with stone trimmings and was originally constructed with butternut, chestnut and black walnut. The whole building was fitted for complete courses in general and analytical chemistry. The design and construction was overseen by Professor Henry B. Nason, head of the department of chemistry at the Institute. The lower story contained the metallurgical laboratory and second story contained the chemical laboratory, store rooms and work rooms. The laboratory could accommodate about 40 students. The third story contained a lecture room, a private study, the library and a recitation room. The library of chemical books was established by a donation of several sets of journals and a gift of three hundred dollars from John F. Winslow.

The laboratory was damaged by a fire in the upper story in 1884 and was rebuilt and enlarged in 1885. The building was again damaged by fire in 1904. It was used as a laboratory until 1907 and then converted into a shop. The building, falling into disrepair, was boarded up in the early 1970s and targeted for demolition. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 4, 1990. As an effort to save the building, it was agreed with the city of Troy that the building would be leased to house a new children's science museum called the Junior Museum. The Junior Museum refurbished the Winslow building and opened its doors in 2000. Since then, the Junior Museum has moved to the Rensselaer Technology Park, and currently the Winslow Building is home to many research groups affiliated to Cognitive Science and Computer science departments of Rensselaer, namely, Rensselaer AI and Reasoning Lab, the Social and Behavioral Research Laboratory, the Tetherless World Constellation (since 2007) etc.

Gallery

References

External links
 Winslow Building on RPI Map
 Winslow Building on Tetherless World Constellation Website

School buildings completed in 1885
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
National Register of Historic Places in Troy, New York
Buildings and structures in Troy, New York


The President of the Assembly of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a leading state official.

List

See also

 Parliament of Yugoslavia
 List of presidents of the Federal Chamber of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia
 List of presidents of the Chamber of Republics and Provinces of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia
 List of presidents of the Chamber of Nationalities of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia
 List of presidents of the Economic Chamber of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia
 List of presidents of the Chamber of Education and Culture of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia
 List of presidents of the Chamber of Health and Social Welfare of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia
 List of presidents of the Socio-Political Chamber of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia
 Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro
 List of presidents of the Chamber of Citizens of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia
 List of presidents of the Chamber of Republics of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia
 List of presidents of the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro
 List of presidents of the People's Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
 President of the Parliament of Montenegro
 List of presidents of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia
 President of the National Assembly of Serbia
 List of speakers of the National Assembly of Slovenia
 President of the Assembly of Vojvodina
 List of presidents of the Assembly of Kosovo
 Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo

Notes

Sources
Yugoslav ministries, etc – Rulers.org

Politics of Yugoslavia
Presidents of the Federal Assembly
Yugoslavia, Federal Assembly


Centroptilum is a genus of mayflies of the family Baetidae.

Species
 Centroptilum luteolum
 Centroptilum pennulatum

Mayflies
Mayfly genera


The 1947 Chicago Rockets season was their second in the All-America Football Conference. The team failed to improve upon their previous output of 5-6-3, winning only one game. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

The team's statistical leaders included Sam Vacanti with 1,571 passing yards, Bill Daley with 447 rushing yards, and Ray Ramsey with 768 receiving yards and 60 points scored (39 extra points, 15 field goals).

Preseason

Schedule

Division standings

References

Chicago Rockets seasons
Chicago Rockets


Cloeon is a cosmopolitan genus of mayflies of the family Baetidae.

Species
 Cloeon degrangei
 Cloeon dipterum (formerly C. cognatum, C. inscriptum)
 Cloeon fluviatile
 Cloeon languidum
 Cloeon nandirum
 Cloeon paradieniense
 Cloeon petropolitanum
 Cloeon praetextum
 Cloeon schoenemundi
 Cloeon simile
 Cloeon tasmaniae
 Cloeon virens

Mayfly genera
Taxa named by William Elford Leach


Procloeon is a genus of small minnow mayflies in the family Baetidae. There are at least 20 described species in Procloeon.

Species

References

Further reading

Mayfly genera


The LG-KM900, or LG Arena, is an LG Electronics flagship multimedia phone for Q1 2009, succeeded by the LG GD900. Announced at the Mobile World Congress on February 16, 2009, the KM900 is the first phone to feature LG’s new 3D S-Class user interface.

The S-Class is a capacitive touch-based 3D UI that lays out menus as if they were on a film reel, enabling the user to drag a finger across the reels to scroll through the available options. Its cube layout provides four home screens that can be customised with different shortcuts. The UI reacts to the orientation of the Arena, switching between portrait and landscape modes.

The Arena is a metal-cased device, available in silver, black Titanium & pink colour schemes. It has a 3-inch WVGA tempered glass multi-touch capable touchscreen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.

The 5-megapixel CMOS Schneider Kreuznach camera with LED flash can record QVGA video at up to 120 frames per second, DVD resolution (720x480) at 30 frames per second or encode H.264 at 15 frames per second. It has both automatic and manual focus options. The camera is thus not as powerful as the one found on the LG Renoir.

The phone has a built in web browser, with HSDPA (7.2 Mbit/s connection) and Wi-Fi capabilities (no WPA-Enterprise). The phone also features multi-touch zooming.

Arena is the first globally released phone to feature Dolby Mobile surround sound. Its FM transmitter can wirelessly feed into car or home stereo systems. Internal memory consists of 8 GB and there is a microSD slot that supports up to a further 32 GB.

In terms of software, Google Mobile Service which includes Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, and Google Blogs is embedded. However, Orange UK have removed these features from the handset.

Firmwares
Although the device is compatible with both Wi-Fi and YouTube, streaming YouTube videos using a wireless network is not possible with most firmware versions, including the newest ones. Some alternative (and older) firmware versions, like V0O_02, implement the solution for this problem, but were not developed by LG and result on device's performance decrease. In September 2009 the V10P_00 version was released and updated the Google Maps version to 2.3.2, as well as some GPS functions, making possible for the handset to find the users' location in under 5 seconds. In older firmware version this would normally take more than 1 minute.

The most user stable and friendly firmware at present is the V10P_00 and V10F_00 which are both open and not locked to any firmware version, it is now possible to unlock the handset to use on any network. Owners of the handset have modded and edited the V10P_00 to allow a windows theme version of the firmware which is impressive.
However, this phone has proven to be very unreliable with a constant tendency to freeze when the user are multi-tasking or try to read a message too quickly after reception.

References

External links
Official LG Arena website
Engadget: video footage of the S-Class UI

KM900 (Arena)
Mobile phones introduced in 2009


Michael Shannon (September 9, 1953 – March 10, 2009) was an American pediatric toxicologist who specialized in the effect of toxins and poisonous substances in children. A dancer since his days in college, Shannon was known as the "dancing doctor".

Biography
Shannon was born September 9, 1953.  He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended that city's Washington University, where he took his first dance classes, and graduated in 1974. In 1977, Shannon was simultaneously awarded a degree in medicine from the Duke University School of Medicine, as well as a Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina. After completing his medical degree, he was an intern at Duke University Hospital, a resident at Boston City Hospital and performed a medical toxicology fellowship at Children's Hospital Boston. He also worked in the associated poison control center.

Medical career
A professor at Harvard Medical School, he was the first African-American to be named a full professor of pediatrics at the institution when he was named to the post in November 2004. Shannon had also been the first African American to serve as a division chief at Children's Hospital Boston and had served as chief of both the emergency medicine and clinical pharmacology departments since being added to the staff of the hospital in 1983. He achieved board certification in medical toxicology, emergency medicine, pediatrics, and pediatric emergency medicine.

He was an expert on the toxicological effects of exposure of children to hazards such as alcohol and drugs, as well as lead paint, becoming a spokesman against the improper use by children of these substances. Shannon testified before Congress regarding cold medicines that could be dangerous for children. He also contributed to the toxicology literature by  investigating different aspects of the toxicity of drugs such as cocaine, theophylline, and tricyclic antidepressants. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and held the position of president of the American College of Medical Toxicology.

With the American Academy of Pediatrics, he wrote a 2003 recommendation that homes and schools within range of nuclear power plants should maintain stockpiles of iodine pills to prevent thyroid cancer in case of an accidental release of radiation. In 2005, his testimony on the effects of lead paint in children led to a verdict against three paint manufacturers which was later overturned on appeal by the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Personal life
He was a professional dancer and was known as the "dancing doctor". He appeared in performances of Black Nativity and starred in the role of Drosselmeier from 2001 to  2008 in the production of the Urban Nutcracker, having appeared in the annual performance for eight years. He ran the Boston Marathon in 1996 and continued running four to five days per week until his death. (wife Elaine Shannon)

On March 10, 2009, Shannon was returning with his wife from a dancing vacation in Argentina.  Arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport he collapsed after leaving the plane and was taken to nearby Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.  Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.  The immediate cause of death has not yet been determined. A resident of Brookline, Massachusetts, Dr. Shannon was 55 years old.

Family
In addition to his wife, Shannon is survived by two children, son Evan and daughter Lila.

References

External links
 http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090312/NEWS/903120326
 http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_state_of_black_america_news/7623

2009 deaths
American pediatricians
Duke University School of Medicine alumni
Harvard Medical School faculty
Physicians from Brookline, Massachusetts
Physicians from St. Louis
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health alumni
Washington University in St. Louis alumni
1953 births


Eugenio Emilio Umanzor Andino  (born 19 October 1973) is a Honduran football coach.

Club career
Umanzor played for hometown side Social Sol in the Honduran second division.

Managerial career
Umanzor brought Real Juventud to the Honduran top division winning two consecutive championships, 2007-08 Apertura and 2007-08 Clausura but was replaced by Edwin Pavón in October 2008 after he left the club citing they owed him wages.

He has been coach of the Honduras U-17 national football team and Honduras U-20 national football team. He is the only coach to qualify two world cups in the same year.

In June 2011 he took charge of second division side Parrillas One but  left them after club president Luis Girón released four players without consulting Umanzor.
In December 2012, Umanzor was named the new manager of Deportes Savio
but he was dismissed in March 2013.

He was appointed manager of Honduran second division outfit Lepaera San Isidro for the 2013 Apertura.

References

External links
Umanzor reads the riot act at fifa.com

1973 births
Living people
People from Yoro Department
Men's association football defenders
Honduran men's footballers
Honduran football managers
Juticalpa F.C. managers


Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. () is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Daewoong Pharmaceutical primarily engages in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products, including prescription and over-the-counter healthcare products.

History
Daewoong Pharmaceutical was established as Kawai Pharmaceutical Company in 1942. Daewoong was officially incorporated in 1945 as Daehan Vitamin Chemical and changed its name to Daehan Vitamin Industrial in 1961. In 1966, Yoon Young-hwan purchased Daehan Vitamin, which was in financial difficulties, and changed its name to the current form, Daewoong Pharmaceutical, in 1978.

References

External links

Pharmaceutical companies of South Korea
Manufacturing companies based in Seoul
Companies listed on the Korea Exchange
Pharmaceutical companies established in 1942
1942 establishments in Korea


The razorback scabbardfish, Assurger anzac, is a rare species of cutlassfish, family Trichiuridae, and the only member of its genus. It has been caught from scattered locations worldwide: in the Atlantic Ocean it is known from off Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and the Walvis Ridge, in the Indian Ocean it is known from off western Australia, and in the Pacific Ocean it is known from off New Guinea, southern Japan, Midway Island, California, and the Nazca and Sala y Gomez Ridges. Adults are thought to be benthopelagic, occurring at a depth of , while juveniles are found near the surface or in midwater.

This fish has a very long and thin body, measuring 25 to 28 times as long as deep and 12 to 14 times as long as the head. The dorsal profile of the head is straight or slightly convex, with a prominent sagittal crest. The eye diameter is about one-eighth the head length. The lower jaw juts out past the upper, and both jaws are tipped with a short dermal process. There are three pairs of fangs at the front of the jaws. The dorsal fin is very long, containing a few weak spines at the front followed by 116-123 soft rays. The origin of the anal fin lies beneath the 42nd to 44th dorsal fin ray; the anal fin contains 74-87 elements but only 14-17 have external rays, led by 2 small spines. The pelvic fins are reduced to only 1 scale-like spine and 1 soft ray, placed beneath the 8th or 9th dorsal fin ray. A tiny forked caudal fin is present. The coloration is silver, with the front of the dorsal fin membrane black until the 3rd or 4th soft ray.

The razorback scabbardfish attains a maximum length of . Its diet consists of fishes, such as the Californian anchovy (Engraulis mordax) and the North Pacific hake (Merluccius productus), and squid. The only known parasite of the razorback scabbardfish is the copepod Avitocaligus assurgericola. Reproduction is presumably oviparous with pelagic eggs and larvae as with other members of the family, though eggs and newly hatched larvae have not been described. Flexion (the bending of the notochord as part of caudal fin formation) occurs at around a length of . Post-flexion larvae have slender bodies and pointed heads, with the pelvic and first dorsal spines elongated. They can be distinguished by the presence of pigment on the top of the head, snout, and opercles. This species is not targeted by fisheries; it is sometimes hooked or netted, or found washed ashore.

References

Trichiuridae
Fish described in 1916
Taxa named by Wilfred Backhouse Alexander


North Noel Road is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in  The Municipality of the District of East Hants in Hants County. The community is named after Noel Doiron.

References
North Noel Road on Destination Nova Scotia

Communities in Hants County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia


The Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film winners:

References

Official website
PRD, Govt. of Kerala: Awardees List

Kerala State Film Awards


East Gore is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in  The Municipality of the District of East Hants in Hants County.

History (from The Hants Journal: July 1, 1981)
"Gore was named after Sir Charles Stephen Gore, who was in Canada as deputy quartermaster general during the rebellion of 1837. Settlement here was begun by disbanded soldiers of the 84th regiment about 1785."

It was settled in 1759 as part of the Douglas Township by the 84th regiment, many of whom came from Pennsylvania, USA.

Courthouse
"The old courthouse standing on Judgement Hill for 90 years or more, was destroyed by fire July 22, 1956." (from The Hants Journal: July 1, 1981)

Blueberry and dairy farming are the main industries.

References
East Gore on Destination Nova Scotia

Communities in Hants County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia


Ecdyonurus is a genus of mayflies of the family Heptageniidae.

Species
These 66 species belong to the genus Ecdyonurus:

 Ecdyonurus adjaricus g
 Ecdyonurus alpinus Hefti, Tomka & Zurwerra, 1987 c g
 Ecdyonurus androsianus Braasch, 1983 c g
 Ecdyonurus angelieri Thomas, 1968 c g
 Ecdyonurus asiaeminoris Demoulin, 1973 c g
 Ecdyonurus aurantiacus (Burmeister, 1839) c g
 Ecdyonurus austriacus Kimmins, 1958 c g
 Ecdyonurus autumnalis Braasch, 1980 c g
 Ecdyonurus baeticus Alba-Tercedor & Derka, 2004 c g
 Ecdyonurus bajkovae Kluge, 1986 c g
 Ecdyonurus belfiorei Haybach & Thomas, 2000 c g
 Ecdyonurus bellieri (Hagen, 1860) c g
 Ecdyonurus bellus (Allen and Cohen, 1977) i c g
 Ecdyonurus bimaculatus Tanatmis & Haybach, 2010 c g
 Ecdyonurus carpathicus Sowa, 1973 c g
 Ecdyonurus codinai Navás, 1924 c g
 Ecdyonurus corsicus Esben-Petersen, 1912 c g
 Ecdyonurus cortensis Belfiore, 1987 c g
 Ecdyonurus criddlei (McDunnough, 1927) i c g b (little slate-winged dun)
 Ecdyonurus dispar (Curtis, 1834) c g
 Ecdyonurus diversus Navas, 1923 g
 Ecdyonurus eatoni Kimmins, 1937 c g
 Ecdyonurus epeorides Demoulin, 1955 c g
 Ecdyonurus excelsus Navas, 1927 g
 Ecdyonurus flavimanus Klapalek, 1905 g
 Ecdyonurus flavus Takahashi, 1929 c g
 Ecdyonurus forcipula (Pictet, 1843) c g
 Ecdyonurus fractus Kang & Yang, 1994 c g
 Ecdyonurus fragilis Tiunova, 2006 c g
 Ecdyonurus graecus Braasch, 1984 c g
 Ecdyonurus groehnorum Godunko, 2007 g
 Ecdyonurus helveticus Eaton, 1883 c g
 Ecdyonurus ifranensis Vitte & Thomas, 1988 c g
 Ecdyonurus insignis (Eaton, 1870) c g
 Ecdyonurus klugei Braasch, 1980 c g
 Ecdyonurus krueperi (Stein, 1863) c g
 Ecdyonurus macani Thomas & Sowa, 1970 c g
 Ecdyonurus moreae Belfiore & Braasch, 1986 c g
 Ecdyonurus muelleri Braasch, 1980 c g
 Ecdyonurus naraensis Gose, 1968 c g
 Ecdyonurus nigrescens (Klapálek, 1908) c g
 Ecdyonurus olgae Alba-Tercedor & Derka, 2004 c g
 Ecdyonurus ornatipennis Tshernova, 1938 c g
 Ecdyonurus pallidus Braasch & Soldán, 1982 c g
 Ecdyonurus parahelveticus Hefti, Tomka & Zurwerra, 1986 c g
 Ecdyonurus picteti (Meyer-Dür, 1864) c g
 Ecdyonurus puma Jacob & Braasch, 1986 c g
 Ecdyonurus rizuni Godunko, Klonowska-Olejnik & Soldán, 2004 c g
 Ecdyonurus rothschildi Navás, 1929 c g
 Ecdyonurus rubrofasciatus Brodsky, 1930 c g
 Ecdyonurus ruffii Grandi, 1953 c g
 Ecdyonurus russevi Braasch & Soldán, 1985 c g
 Ecdyonurus silvaegabretae Soldán & Godunko, 2006 c g
 Ecdyonurus simplicioides (McDunnough, 1924) i c g
 Ecdyonurus siveci Jacob & Braasch, 1984 c g
 Ecdyonurus solus Prokopov & Godunko, 2007 c g
 Ecdyonurus starmachi Sowa, 1971 c g
 Ecdyonurus subalpinus (Klapálek, 1907) c g
 Ecdyonurus submontanus Landa, 1970 c g
 Ecdyonurus taipokauensis (Tong & Dudgeon, 2003) c
 Ecdyonurus tonkinensis (Soldán & Braasch, 1986) c g
 Ecdyonurus torrentis Kimmins, 1942 c g
 Ecdyonurus venosus (Fabricius, 1775) c g
 Ecdyonurus vicinus (Demoulin, 1964) c g
 Ecdyonurus vitoshensis Jacob & Braasch, 1984 c g
 Ecdyonurus zelleri (Eaton, 1885) c g

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

Further reading

External links

Mayflies
Mayfly genera


West Gore is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in  The Municipality of the District of East Hants in Hants County.

West Gore is a rural area. Once a thriving mining community, it is now mostly home to few farms and very few businesses.

References
West Gore on Destination Nova Scotia

Communities in Hants County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia


Black Clouds & Silver Linings is the tenth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on June 23, 2009 through Roadrunner Records. This was the band's last album to feature drummer and founding member Mike Portnoy before his thirteen-year hiatus from Dream Theater, which lasted from September 2010 to October 2023. The album was recorded between October 2008 and March 2009 at Avatar Studios in New York City, where they previously recorded Falling into Infinity (1997) and Systematic Chaos (2007). Black Clouds & Silver Linings was produced by John Petrucci and Portnoy, and was engineered and mixed by Paul Northfield.

Black Clouds & Silver Linings was a major success for Dream Theater, becoming their highest-charting album on the Billboard 200, where it peaked at number six.

History
Dream Theater began to work on the album in October 2008. Mike Portnoy described Black Clouds & Silver Linings as, "a Dream Theater album with 'A Change of Seasons', 'Octavarium', 'Learning to Live', 'Pull Me Under' and 'The Glass Prison' all on one album." Jordan Rudess said at a NAMM Show that Spectrasonics virtual instruments were used on the album.

Lyrical themes
The album's lyrics were written by John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy, and all except one concern personal experiences about disturbing or difficult moments of their lives. Most songs were written by Petrucci, "A Nightmare to Remember" was based on a childhood car incident; "The Count of Tuscany" was about an actual encounter he had in Tuscany; and "Wither" was about the process of songwriting for him. "The Best of Times" was written by Mike Portnoy about his father, who died from cancer. "I just wanted to write something that was a tribute to our life together," said Portnoy, who played the song for his father prior to his death. "The Shattered Fortress" is the final part of Portnoy's Twelve-step Suite, reprising and concluding themes and motifs from the suite that began on 2002's Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence album. The remaining song, "A Rite of Passage", concerns Freemasonry; a video of the edited single was released on May 8, 2009.

"Wither" was released as a single on September 15, 2009. In addition to the album version of the song, the single contained an alternate version featuring only a piano and vocals, a demo version with John Petrucci on vocals, and a demo version of "The Best of Times” with  Mike Portnoy on vocals. There was also a video to follow it which was released on November 18, 2009.

Reception

Initial critical response to Black Clouds & Silver Linings was generally favorable. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 68, based on five reviews. Rich Wilson, author of Lifting Shadows, previewed the album for Metal Hammer, calling the album "Dream Theater’s finest and most balanced album in a decade." Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars writing, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings is still an archetypal Dream Theater album; one that's unlikely to broaden their audience all that much, but is conversely guaranteed to thrill their hardcore converts with its renewed devotion to the most exigent and stimulating facets of the band's chosen musical domain." Similarly David Buchanan of Consequence of Sound, an online music magazine, said: "that this release will not necessarily bring in new fans but will also not disappoint the current flock, and this is very true. There are no improvements, but no sheer letdowns, either." He gave the album four and a half stars out of five. The album was named as one of Classic Rock‘s 10 essential progressive rock albums of the decade.

The album debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200 selling 40,285 copies. It was the first time in the band's history that they had cracked the Top 10 on that chart, and is currently the band's highest single week sales of an album. The album also debuted at #1 on Billboard Top Internet Albums, and #2 on Billboard Top Rock Albums. The album also marked the first time that the band hit the number one spot in Finland.

The album won a 2009 Metal Storm Award for Best Progressive Metal Album.

Track listing

Special edition tracks
The 3-disc Special Edition included a bonus disc of six cover songs, entitled "Uncovered 2008/2009". These tracks were originally released separately, one per week, in the weeks leading up to the album's release. "To Tame a Land" had been previously released on the 2008 Iron Maiden tribute album Maiden Heaven.

Also included in the three disc special edition are instrumental tracks of the songs, without overdubs or solos.

Deluxe collector's edition box set
A deluxe collectors’-edition boxed set of the album was also released. Packaged in a silver foil embossed black velvet box the set includes the 3 Special Edition CDs, a 180-Gram Double LP, a DVD with isolated audio tracks for each instrument, a lithograph of the album cover, with only 100 being signed by Hugh Syme, and a mouse pad. Those who pre-ordered were able to download a newly recorded cover song each week beginning on May 19, 2009 until the album's release. 100 box sets contained a "silver ticket" entitling the purchaser and one guest to a meet-and-greet with the band. This version was also a Limited Edition release, only 14,000 were made.

Personnel

Dream Theater
James LaBrie – lead vocals
John Petrucci – guitars, backing vocals
John Myung – bass
Jordan Rudess – keyboards, Continuum ("A Nightmare to Remember", "The Shattered Fortress"), iPhone app Bebot ("A Rite of Passage"), lap steel guitar ("A Nightmare to Remember")
Mike Portnoy – drums, backing vocals, co-lead vocals ("The Shattered Fortress"), death growl ("A Nightmare to Remember")

Additional Personnel
Jerry Goodman – violin ("The Best of Times", "Odyssey", "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two")

Production
John Petrucci – producer
Mike Portnoy – producer
Paul Northfield – engineering, mixing, vocal track co-producer
Hugh Syme – art direction, design, illustrations
Dr. Rick Kwan – assistant engineering
Leon Zervos – mastering
Dan Mandell – photography

Charts

References

2009 albums
Dream Theater albums
Roadrunner Records albums


Madureira is a lower middle-class neighborhood in the North Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The suburb is the hub to several bus lines that reach several parts of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is famous for being home of the samba schools Portela and Império Serrano, two of the most traditional samba schools of Rio de Janeiro.

Madureira borders other suburbs such as Cascadura, Cavalcanti, Vaz Lobo, Engenheiro Leal, Turiaçu, Campinho and Oswaldo Cruz, and it has approximately 50 thousand inhabitants.

People
 Tia Surica, (1940), samba singer.
 Arlindo Cruz, samba singer.
Gerson King Combo (1943-2020), soul and funk singer.
Jorge Ben, singer.

Sports
 Madureira Esporte Clube is the neighbourhood's football club. They play at Estádio Conselheiro Galvão, also located in the neighbourhood.

External links
 Findarticles

Neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro (city)


The Millerton station is a former New York Central Railroad (NYC) station on the NYC's Harlem Division that served the residents of Millerton, New York.

History
Millerton station was located on the NYC Harlem Division, originally the New York & Harlem Railroad. Tracks first reached Millerton after 1848, and reached the end of the line in Chatham in 1852. The NY&H was acquired by New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864 and eventually became the Upper Harlem Division of the New York Central Railroad. The station included a passenger station and a freight station, and also served the Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad, and even a spur from the Main Line of the Central New England Railway. In 1911, the NY&H passenger station was replaced by a new station built by NYC, but all three station houses still survive to this day. It was one of the stations on the Harlem Line to serve the Berkshire Hills Express and other limited stop trains that went from New York City all the way to Pittsfield, Massachusetts and North Adams, Massachusetts in the Berkshires. Such through trains were replaced by shuttle transfers in 1950. Passenger service ended at Millerton on March 20, 1972 when successor Penn Central won a heated court battle to end its unsubsidized train service north of Dover Plains. Freight service continued, though the station itself was closed permanently by the winter of 1975.

Freight service continued to be provided by Penn Central Railroad until the advent of Conrail on April 1, 1976. All freight service north of Wassaic to Ghent was terminated on this date; however, the New York State Department of Transportation subsidized freight service between Millerton and Wassaic until March 27, 1980 when the line between Wassaic and Millerton was abandoned. The tracks were removed during the summer of 1981, however upon removal of tracks the railroad siding for the old Agway feed store remains in place. The station is currently the home of Steed Real Estate. There are plans to extend the Harlem Valley Rail Trail as far north as Chatham, the original terminus of the NYCRR Harlem Division.

Station layout
Millerton had two tracks previously with a side platform on the west side of the tracks closest to the station house.

References

External links
Tour of the Harlem Line - Photos of Millerton
Existing Railroad Stations of Dutchess County, New York (Including three photos of former Millerton Station Houses)
Steed Real Estate

Former New York Central Railroad stations
North East, New York
Railway stations in Dutchess County, New York
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1852
Railway stations closed in 1972
1852 establishments in New York (state)
Former railway stations in New York (state)
Transportation in Dutchess County, New York
Railway stations in the United States closed in the 1970s


Gil Reyes (born 1952) is an American fitness trainer who spent seventeen years as the strength and conditioning trainer for retired tennis player Andre Agassi, from 1989 until Agassi's retirement in 2006. He was also considered one of Agassi's closest friends and confidants.

Trainer and friend
Gil Reyes was the strength and conditioning coach for the basketball program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas before meeting Agassi in 1989. Reyes was their strength coach when they won the 1990 NCAA championships.

After Agassi lost in the fourth round of the 1998 US Open, he and Reyes recommitted to the training regimen they had established. Soon after returning to Las Vegas, Reyes asked Agassi for the first time to run up and down a 320-yard hill that Reyes calls "Magic Mountain".  The story has become an oft-repeated story of Agassi's commitment and Reyes's motivation. This retooled training regime entailed two hours of court practice, followed by two hours of weight training and then to "Magic Mountain" for a series of sprints. It is believed that Agassi's late career revival would not have been possible without this training regime. Agassi himself  said in 2005, at the age of 35, "Gil is the reason why I've won more Slams after the age of 29 than I did before. He's the reason why I'm still out there playing this sport at a time in my life when I can really understand and appreciate it."

Reyes's approach transformed Agassi into a well-conditioned strong athlete. When they first began working together Agassi could bench press 135 pounds.  Fourteen years later in 2003, he was benchpressing 350 lbs. Reyes described his job as being "to get [Agassi] to be as good to himself as he is to others." The relationship between Reyes and Agassi was so close that Reyes was sometimes called "the core" of Agassi's team of advisors, friends and family.

Reyes's contributions to Agassi's success were often overlooked in favor of the contributions of coaches like Brad Gilbert.

In 2001, Agassi named his child Jaden Gil Agassi after his trainer and friend.

After Agassi
Gil Reyes currently runs the Gil Reyes Fitness Center in Las Vegas. Gil Reyes and Adidas have a contract under which he helps train young athletes, such as  Fernando Verdasco, Sorana Cîrstea, Sania Mirza and Sam Querrey; the program is officially called the Adidas Player Development program. The training employed by Reyes consists of the same combination used for Andre Agassi- a combination of court practice, weight training and runs up "Magic Mountain".
Gil Reyes was credited by Fernando Verdasco for his improved fitness and career-best run to the Australian Open semifinals in January 2009. He is currently working with Eugenie Bouchard since October 2019.

References

External links

1952 births
American exercise instructors
American strength and conditioning coaches
Living people
Sportspeople from Las Vegas
UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball coaches
Place of birth missing (living people)


Sali Mali is a popular Welsh children's book and television character, originally created by author Mary Vaughan Jones and illustrated by Rowena Wyn Jones during the 1960s and 1970s. Many Welsh-speaking children learnt to read by reading Sali Mali books.

Books
Following the death of Mary Vaughan Jones, many of her original books were re-published. The copyright belonged to Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion until the publisher was bought by Gomer Press in 2009.
Characters are:
Sali Mali
Jac Do (Jackdaw)
Jaci Soch
Jac y Jwc
Jini (Sali Mali's sister)
Tomos Caradog (Thomas Caradog)
Nicw Nacw
Pry Bach Tew
Siani Flewog
Dwmplen Malwoden
Morgan and Magi Ann
Mop Golchi Llestri (Dish Washing Mop)
Llwy Bren (Wooden Spoon)
Sosban Fach (Small Saucepan)

Many new titles for children were authored by Dylan Williams and illustrated by Simon Bradbury. One of these books courted controversy in December 2007, when Sali Mali a'r Hwdi Chwim was published, in the story Sali Mali's iPod is stolen by a hoodie. Several bookshops boycotted the book by refusing to stock it.

Television series
An animated Sali Mali series was produced by Siriol Productions and Cymru Cyfru and Calon for S4C in 2000. The theme tune to this was sung by Cerys Matthews (Angharad Bisby in some versions), and the series is narrated by Rhys Ifans, while Robin Lyons of Siriol's daughter Stella provided the sound vocals of Sali Mali. Sali Mali had broadcast in English on Nickelodeon. The show also aired on Channel 4 and has also been sold to Scandinavian countries.

A preschool live-action children's musical television series, Caffi Sali Mali (English: Sali Mali's Cafe), was produced by Siânco for S4C in 1994 and ended in 2001, which was Sali Mali and the others' first television appearance. There are songs every episode, and it was a episodic series, where each episode has a different plot. There was also a spin-off of this series called Slot Syniadau Sali. It was written by Ifana Savill using the characters created by Mary Vaughan Jones, including Sali Mali's pet bird, Jac-do, and her good friend, Jac y Jwc. This series is produced using actors in costumes and puppets. Sali Mali runs a cafe in the small village of "Pentre Bach" (English Little Village). A follow-up soap-opera series, Pentre Bach, which consisted of 52 episodes and aired on 6 September 2004 to 2007, after Caffi Sali Mali was cancelled in 2001, was filmed using a purpose-built village, located in Blaenpennal, which is also a guest centre run by Ifana and Adrian Savill. The rights to the series were bought by Al-Jazeera in April 2006, to be shown across the Middle East in Arabic.

Languages are:

 English
 German
 Danish
 Welsh
 Arabic
 Norwegian
 Spanish
 Polish
 Korean
 Scottish Gaelic
 French
 Italian
 Hebrew
 Swedish

Episodes

 Autumn Leaves
 Little Lamb Lost
 Dirty Feet
 Time Flies
 Windy Day
 Stowaway Guest
 Leaving Home
 Christmas Eve
 Digging for Treasure
 Splash Day
 Wet Paint
 Hot and Bothered
 Playing in the Snow
 Snowed In
 Hide and Eek
 Who Ate The Lettuce?
 Twins
 Hot Day
 Say Cheese
 Lost Friends
 Easter Eggstravaganza
 Blackberry Belly
 A Model Model
 Chimney Weep
 Snow Fun
 Mushroom Madness
 Have An Ice-Day
 Feeding the Birds
 Sing Along A-Sali
 Achoo
 Naughty Day
 Spring Clean
 Mama Jackdaw
 One, Two, Three
 At The Seaside
 Let's Go Camping
 Happy Birthday, Jackdaw
 Falling Leaves
 Bake A Cake
 Balloon Race
 How Does Your Garden Grow
 The Storm
 The Visitors
 Snap!
 Making Music
 The New Teddy
 Sticky Toffee
 Boo!
 Making Masks
 Keep Fit
 All Tied Up
 He's Been Framed

References

A list of the Sali Mali titles currently in print can be found at http://www.gomer.co.uk/index.php/books-for-children/sali-mali.html

Welsh children's literature
British children's animated television shows
Television shows based on children's books
2000s British animated television series
2000s British children's television series
2000s preschool education television series
British preschool education television series
Animated preschool education television series
S4C original programming
Nick Jr. original programming
Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
Channel 4 original programming
English-language television shows
1969 children's books
Children's books set in Wales


Halgerda stricklandi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.

Distribution
Originally described from Ko Ha, Andaman Sea, Thailand. This species has also been found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Myanmar.

Description
This animal can be distinguished by large, conical, bright orange-tipped tubercles scattered over the dorsum. Below each of the orange tips the tubercles is a band of solid white. Many smaller orange tubercles are scattered amongst the larger ones. The rhinophore club is translucent yellow. There is a single black line extending down the length of both the rhinophore club and stalk, on the posterior midline. There is black pigmentation on the anterior side of the club, while the gill has black spots on the anterior sides of the four branchial leaves. The margin of the foot is orange.

References

Discodorididae
Gastropods described in 1999


A Bunch of Amateurs is a 2008 British comedy film directed by Andy Cadiff, and stars Burt Reynolds, Derek Jacobi, Alistair Petrie and Samantha Bond. In November 2008, the premiere in Leicester Square was attended by Elizabeth II. The screenplay was written by Nick Newman, John Ross, Ian Hislop and Jonathan Gershfield.

Plot
A washed-up Hollywood star is flown to England to play the title role in King Lear at "Stratford" believing he will be appearing onstage at the legendary RST in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. Instead he finds he has signed on with the "Stratford Players" in the Suffolk village of Stratford St John. He goes to the United Kingdom with his career deteriorating and having problems with his daughter who is an aspiring actress on the fringes of the New York theatre. The local villagers are somewhat of a motley crew and are naturally delighted to have such an - albeit unsuccessful - star playing with them.  Reynolds plays a typically selfish American with no time for manners, and displays an appalling lack of class, considering himself too big for this lowly setting.  The transition to humble actor, happy to play with the British actors takes some time, but eventually he is reconciled with his estranged daughter and realises that he is no better, in terms of talent and intelligence, than his amateur colleagues.

Cast
 Burt Reynolds as Jefferson Steele
 Samantha Bond as Dorothy Nettle
 Imelda Staunton as Mary
 Derek Jacobi as Nigel Dewberry
 Camilla Arfwedson as Amanda Blacke
 Charles Durning as Charlie Rosenberg
 Lorraine Ashbourne as Janine Jarvis
 Gemma Lawrence as Verity Nettle
 Peter Gunn as Frank Dobbins
 Tony Jayawardena as Kevin Patel
 Alistair Petrie as Rupert Twisk
 Peter Wight as Mike Bell
 Kelly Price as Lauren Bell
 Surendra Kochar as Kevin's Mum
 Kirsty More as School Girl

Release
The film had its UK premiere at the Royal Film Performance, an event held in aid of the Film & TV Charity, on November 17, 2008, at the ODEON Leicester Square. The event was attended by Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. The film chosen for the event was originally supposed to be Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but it was changed when the release date was pushed back.

Reception
The film was panned by critics, with criticism mostly focusing on the film's stale humour and Burt Reynolds's performance.

References

External links

2008 films
2008 comedy films
British comedy films
Films about actors
Films produced by David Parfitt
Films directed by Andy Cadiff
2000s English-language films
2000s British films
Films shot in the Isle of Man


Péter Eckstein-Kovács (born July 5, 1956) is a Romanian lawyer and politician. A former member of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Cluj County from 1990 to 1992 and a member of the Cluj-Napoca city council from 1992 to 1996. That year, he was elected to the Romanian Senate, where he served until 2008, except for a stint as Minister-Delegate for National Minorities in the Radu Vasile cabinet (1999) and a break until he was elected again in November 2000.

He and his wife have three children.

Biography

He was born to ethnic Hungarian parents in Cluj and studied law at the city's Babeş-Bolyai University from 1975 to 1980. From 1980 to 1981, he was a legal adviser in Miercurea-Ciuc, and since 1981 he has worked as a lawyer there and in Cluj-Napoca. He states that he was not a member of the Romanian Communist Party and did not collaborate with the Securitate.

Following the 1989 Revolution, Eckstein-Kovács joined the UDMR as a founding member and represented it in the Chamber from 1990 to 1992. From that year until 1996, he was on the Cluj-Napoca city council, after which he was elected to the Senate, also for Cluj County. In January 1999, following the resignation of György Tokay, he was appointed Minister-Delegate for National Minorities in Radu Vasile's cabinet, serving until the cabinet fell that December. He was elected to the Senate again in November 2000, serving until 2008. While there, his priorities included judicial reform and fighting corruption, as well as the environment and human rights. He lost his seat at the 2008 election to the Democratic Liberal (PDL) candidate Şerban Rădulescu. In January 2009, President Traian Băsescu named Eckstein to the newly created post of Presidential adviser for minorities, an office the creation of which the UDMR had called for since 1990. Eckstein was the only member of his party to vote against the President's 2007 impeachment, a position he reversed some months later, during a crisis over the naming of the Justice Minister. In 2011, following the retirement of Béla Markó, he was one of three candidates who ran to become leader of the UDMR, finishing in second place with 22% of the vote and losing to Hunor Kelemen. He resigned his post of adviser that September, citing his opposition to the Roşia Montană Project, an endeavor strongly backed by Băsescu. At the 2012 local election, he ran for mayor of Cluj-Napoca, finishing third with 8.4% of the vote. He resigned from the UDMR in 2018, after the party voted for changes to the penal code proposed by the governing Social Democrats (PSD).

In the Chamber, Eckstein-Kovács was part of the Human Rights, Religious Affairs and Minorities Committee; in his first Senate term, he was on the equivalent committee in that body, as well as on the Judicial Nomination, Discipline, Immunity and Validation Committee. He also sat on that committee from 2000 to 2004 and headed it from 2004 to March 2008, when he resigned as chairman because his UDMR colleagues did not vote for National Integrity Agency legislation as sponsored by the government. He co-authored a number of legislative proposals and is a founding member of several civic associations. Eckstein has sometimes had an uneasy relationship with the rest of his party, for instance accusing it of being Romania's most misogynistic and calling for serious internal reforms. He headed the UDMR's liberal platform. Controversially, his liberal stance extends to advocating registered partnerships allowing unmarried same-sex and opposite-sex couples a number of rights, a step for which he publicly announced his support in February 2008.

Notes

External links
  Official site

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Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania)
Members of the Senate of Romania
20th-century Romanian lawyers
Romanian presidential advisors
Politicians from Cluj-Napoca
Babeș-Bolyai University alumni
1956 births
Living people


Try and Stop Me (1944) is a best-selling book written by American publisher and writer Bennett Cerf and illustrated by artist Carl Rose. The first of a series of joke books compiled by Cerf, the founder of Random House publishers, Try and Stop Me sold over one million copies in the first two years of publication.

Overview
The book is mainly a compilation of anecdotes, urban legends, jokes, ghost stories, what Cerf calls "shaggy dog stories", and profiles of newsmakers. Celebrities profiled by Cerf include Alexander Woollcott, Gertrude Stein, Robert Emmet Sherwood, Albert Einstein, Herbert Bayard Swope, Dorothy Thompson, Monty Woolley, George Gershwin, and Lucius Beebe.

Reception
While reviewers called the book "a lot of stories some of which practically everybody has read or heard", the book sold well, going into eleven editions with its first publisher, Simon & Schuster, before being released in a condensed form by the magazines Reader's Scope and Omnibook Magazine. A special edition for the armed services was published in 1945; later that same year, it was serialized in the English newspaper the London Evening Chronicle and published in Swedish by publisher A.B. Ljus Forlag. It was later published by Pocket Books in numerous editions and was in print as late as the 1950s.

In 1948, Cerf published a sequel called Shake Well Before Using.

Trivia
A copy of this book can be seen on the bed headboard bookshelf behind Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy episode 14 of season 2, where she has pregnancy cravings and eats pistachio ice cream with hot fudge and sardines. It is visible when Ricky Ricardo/Desi Arnaz serves his TV wife Lucy Ricardo the concoction of the three incongruous ingredients to satisfy her craving. It's also shown on the console table behind the sofa in episode 18 of season 2 in which Lucy develops an Inferiority Complex.

References

Joke books
1944 books


The Haus zum Rüden (or for short: Rüden) building is the assembly hall of the Gesellschaft zur Constaffel and one of the historically notable buildings in Zürich, Switzerland. It is situated at the Limmatquai promenade in Zürich, Switzerland, opposite of the Münsterhof plaza respectively the Zunfthaus zur Meisen, and neighboured by the Zimmerleuten, Kämbel and Saffran guild houses.

Architecture
The building was originally a modest timber structure located at the present Limmatquai promenade those section then was named Reichsstrasse. The former mistress of the city, the princess abbess of the Fraumünster abbey, used the building as mint. By order of the city council, the ground floor was rebuilt in 1348 with stone walls and an open porch hall for use as the city hall. In the second floor there was a drinking club used by the members of the Constaffel society.

On the Murerplan of 1576, the building can be seen on the right shore of the Limmat, south of the Zunfthaus zur Haue, on the so-called Reichsstrasse (imperial street). Its current form dates from the late 17th century, when it was fitted with an additional timber framing floor that protrudes on two sides over the lower stone walls which are about  thick. At the request of the city government, a pedestrian walkway was built under the arches for harmony with the appearance of the surrounding buildings. In addition, exterior renovations were made by the Bräm brothers and a redesign of the interior was undertaken by Andre Ammann, to preserve the Gothic style of the original building and to remove subsequent modifications. Impressive features of the Trinkstube – the Gothic hall of the current eponymous restaurant – include the magnificent, -wide, curved wooden ceiling beams with carved heads, and the rich interior.

History

Building

The Rüden building is first mentioned in 1358 and 1377 in the Fraumünster census. From 1401 when it was sold the Constaffel members, the building was known as the "Trinkstube der Herren zum Rüden". The name "zum Rüden" derives from the wolf hound, which was adopted in the heraldry of the Constaffel as a symbol of aristocratic hunting rights. In 1868 the Rüden building was sold by the then Adelige Gesellschaft (noble society) to the city of Zürich, and in 1937 it was acquired again by the current Gesellschaft zur Constaffel. The building houses also a restaurant of the higher price class.

Gesellschaft zur Constaffel
The origins of the Constaffel society (German: Gesellschaft zur Constaffel) date back to 1336, when it, along with the medieval Zürich guilds was formally founded on occasion of the Brun guild constitution. Although the guilds were associations of various craft associations, at the same time they were economical, political, social and even military organizations that participated the wars of the medieval city republic in independent military formations; however, the Constaffel members originally comprised the knights respectively minsterality of the Fraumünster abbey and wealthy merchants who usually nominated the mayors of Zürich. They constituted also the councillors of the elitary council of the medieval city republic of Zürich, until the French revolutionary troops terminated the guild regime, and the so-called Old Swiss Confederacy collapsed in spring 1798. As the Zürich guilds, except the women members of the Fraumünster society which participate just as "guests" of the Constaffel, the Constaffel members practice Sechseläuten.

Cultural heritage of national importance
The Rüden building is listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class A object of national importance.

References

Literature
 Markus Brühlmeier, Beat Frei: Das Zürcher Zunftwesen. NZZ Buchverlag, Zürich 2005.

External links

Tourist attractions in Zürich
Altstadt (Zürich)
Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Zürich
Guild houses in Zürich


Eudy Simelane (11 March 1977 – 28 April 2008) was a South African footballer who played for the South Africa national team and an LGBT rights activist. She was raped and murdered in her hometown of KwaThema, Springs, Gauteng.

Early life
Simelane was born in KwaThema, Gauteng, South Africa.

Football
Simelane played as a midfielder for Springs Home Sweepers F.C. and the South Africa national team. She also coached four teams and was studying to be a referee.

Death
Simelane's partially clothed body was found in a creek in KwaThema. She had been abducted, gang raped, beaten, and stabbed 25 times in the face, chest, and legs. She had been one of the first women to live openly as a lesbian in KwaThema. A report by the international NGO ActionAid, backed by the South African Human Rights Commission, suggested that her murder was a hate crime committed against her because of her sexual orientation.

According to local gay rights organization The Triangle Project, the practice of "corrective rape" is widespread in South Africa, whereby men rape lesbians purportedly to "cure" them of their sexual orientation.

The trial of four suspected attackers began on 11 February 2009 in Delmas, Mpumalanga. One of the four alleged attackers pleaded guilty to rape and murder and was sentenced to 32 years' imprisonment. In September 2009, another was convicted of murder, rape, and robbery, and sentenced to life plus 35 years, but the remaining two accused were acquitted.

Honours
A miniature bridge was erected in KwaThema, Springs, Gauteng, in her honor in 2009.

References

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2008 deaths
Corrective rape
2008 murders in South Africa
South African LGBT sportspeople
South African LGBT rights activists
South African lesbians
Sportspeople from Springs, Gauteng
Soccer players from Gauteng
People murdered in South Africa
Rape in South Africa
South Africa women's international soccer players
South African women's soccer players
South African murder victims
South African victims of anti-LGBT hate crimes
Lesbian sportswomen
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20th-century South African LGBT people
Violence against women in South Africa


Avoyelles Public Charter School is a K-12 charter school in Mansura, Louisiana, United States.

History
The Avoyelles Public Charter School was founded as a Type 2 charter school open to any student in the state of Louisiana in 2000 by Julie C. Roy (then Julie Durand). It initially consisted of grades kindergarten through fifth, and one grade was added every year until 2008. In 2005, construction, funded through a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, began on the high school building, performing arts building and gymnasium but wasn’t completed until September 2006, postponing the school year. In 2008, the senior class became the first graduating class of the school.

Academics
The Avoyelles Public Charter School offers a rigorous academic curriculum, ensuring that its students will be well prepared for college. Along with the essential subjects, there are several special classes offered. The K-8th grade programs teach French, the middle school teaches an engineering course. High school students are able to take Dual Enrollment classes, allowing students to earn college credits while learning more advanced skills, giving students an advantage upon entering a secondary-education program. Currently offered Dual Enrollment courses include College Algebra, Trigonometry, Pre-calculus, Speech, and two Englishes. More Dual Enrollment courses can be taken online via the Louisiana Virtual School. College credit can also be earned by taking AP courses via the Louisiana Virtual School and taking engineering courses. AP courses require students to score at a certain level on its respectable exam in order to receive college credit. The engineering courses have a similar requirement.

Students enjoy taking classes through the previously mentioned Louisiana Virtual School, because it allows them to pursue their interests in countless courses. Some include psychology, astronomy, computer programming, and video game design.

APCS offers many electives including choir, show choir, musical theatre, art, ceramics, web design, publications, band, percussion, French, Spanish, speech, debate, physical education, health, and, personal fitness.

In 2009, APCS established its edible schoolyard where students are involved in growing organic vegetables and flowers. However, this program was discontinued in 2011.

Data and statistics
The Louisiana Department of Education issues School Performance Scores each year for every school in the state. Four indices are used to calculate the score which are Attendance, Assessment, Dropout, and Graduation. The school received a score of 114 in 2010 earning the school a three star label for the score. The school had a 96.2% attendance rate for the 2009-2010 academic year. 63.5% of the classes were taught by highly qualified teachers in 2009-2010.

Athletics
Avoyelles Public Charter School athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Sports offered:
 Baseball
 Basketball
 Cheerleading
 Cross Country
 Softball

The Charter Vikings boys' basketball team won their first state title on March 10, 2023.

References

Charter schools in Louisiana
Schools in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Public high schools in Louisiana
Public middle schools in Louisiana
Public elementary schools in Louisiana
Educational institutions established in 2000
2000 establishments in Louisiana


Moto Blanco are an English electronic music duo originally consisting of Danny Harrison (a.k.a. Bobby Blanco) and Arthur Smith (a.k.a. Miki Moto). Since 2013, the duo has consisted of Danny Harrison and sound engineer James Hurr. They are also regularly joined by record producer Jon Cohen and guitarist Shane Hill.

History
Harrison and Smith were both born in South London and began dabbling with music production whilst in school. They have been releasing music under various aliases since 1989 before switching to Moto Blanco in 2003 when they moved to mainstream production. Harrison also gained success as one half of speed garage duo 187 Lockdown in the 1990s.

Discography

Releases
 Satisfied (2003)
 3 AM (2004)
 Black Sugar (2005)

Selected remixes
Adele - "Set Fire to the Rain" (2011)
Agnes - "Release Me" (2009)
Akon - "Dangerous" (2008)
Alexandra Burke featuring Flo Rida - "Bad Boys" (2009)
Amanda Morra - "Rebel for Life" (2011)
Amy Grant - "Every Heartbeat" (2014)
Anastacia - "Absolutely Positively" (2009)
Annie Lennox - "Sing" (2007)
Ariana Grande - "no tears left to cry" (2018)
Bananarama - "Move in My Direction" (2005)
Babs Savage - "LaLa" (2016)
Bird - "Girl Can't Decide" (2016)
Booty Luv - "Shine" (2007)
Brandy - "Right Here" (2008)
Brit & Alex - "Let It Go" (2008)
Buzz Junkies featuring Elesha - "Don't Mess with My Man" (2007)
Buzz Junkies featuring Elesha - "If You Love Me" (2007)
Cee Lo Green - "Cry Baby" (2011)
Cheryl Cole - "Fight For This Love" (2009)
Christian Falk featuring Robyn - "Dream On" (2008)
Ciara - "Get Up" (2006)
D.O.N.S featuring Technotronic - "Pump Up The Jam" (2005)
Dalal - "Taste the Night" (2011)
Daniel Merriweather - "Red" (2009)
Dannii Minogue and Soul Seekerz - "Perfection" (2005)
Eighteen featuring Stephanie Mills - "(You're Putting a) Rush on Me" (2007)
Enrique Iglesias - "Can You Hear Me" (2008)
Enrique Iglesias featuring Sean Garrett - "Away" (2009)
Enrique Iglesias featuring Ciara - "Takin' Back My Love" (2009)
Erasure - "Be With You" (2011)
Erika Jayne - "Stars" (2008)
Erika Jayne - "Roller Coaster" (2010)
Esmée Denters - "Outta Here" (2009)
First Ladies Of Disco - "Show Some Love" (2019)
Flipsyde - "When It Was Good" (2009)
Fugative - "Crush" (2010)
Gabriella Cilmi - "Hearts Don't Lie" (2010)
Geneva - "Karma" (2011)
Genevieve Mariko Wilson - "Vertigo" (2013)
George Michael featuring Mutya Buena - "This Is Not Real Love" (2006)
J Latif - "Anonymous" (2011)
JLS - "Proud" (2012)
Janet Jackson - "Make Me" (2009)
Janet Jackson - "Feedback" (2007)
Jennifer Hudson - "Spotlight" (2008)
Jennifer Hudson - "Everybody Needs Love" (2011)
Jennifer Lopez - "Do It Well" (2007)
Jennifer Lopez - "Hold It Don't Drop It" (2007)
Jennifer Lopez - "Louboutins" (2010)
Jessica Jarrell - "Almost Love" (2010)
Jessie Malakouti - "Standing Up for the Lonely" (2010)
Joe Jonas - "Just in Love" (2011)
Kamaliya - "I'm Alive" (2013)
Kat Graham - "Put Your Graffiti on Me" (2012)
Kendra Erica - "Self Control" (2018)
Keri Hilson featuring Ne-Yo & Kanye West - "Knock You Down" (2009)
Kristine W - "Out There" (2016)
Kylie Minogue - "I Was Gonna Cancel" (2014)
Lady Gaga - "Paparazzi" (2009)
Lara Fabian - "Je Suis À Toi" (2019)
Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love" (2007)
Leona Lewis - "Forgive Me" (2008)
Lionel Richie - "I Call It Love" (2006)
Lisa Stansfield - "Can't Dance" (2013)Mariah Carey - "I Want To Know What Love Is" (2009)
Mark Morrison - "Innocent Man" (2008)
Mark Morrison featuring Tanya Stephens - "Dance 4 Me" (2008)
Marlon Roudette - "New Age" (2012)
Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You" (2005)
Mary J. Blige - "Just Fine" (2008)
Mary J. Blige - "I Am" (2010)
Matt Zarley - "WTF" (2011)
Matt Zarley - "Trust Me" (2012)
Matt Zarley - "Somebody 4 Everybody" (2014)
Maverick Sabre - "I Need" (2011)
Michelle Williams - "We Break the Dawn" (2008)
Miley Cyrus - "See You Again" (2008)
Mika - "Love Today" (2007)
Mutya Buena - "Real Girl" (2007)
Natalia Kills - "Mirrors" (2010)
Natalia Kills featuring will.i.am - "Free" (2011)
Natasha Bedingfield - "Angel" (2007)
Nicole Scherzinger - "Run" (2014)
Nikkole - "Zero" (2014)
Novena - "When I'm With You" (2009)
Paloma Faith - "Picking Up the Pieces" (2012)
Parade - "Perfume" (2011)
Peppermint Heaven - "Plenty of Time" (2014)
Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg - "Bottle Pop" (2009)
Pussycat Dolls - "I Hate This Part" (2008)
Pixie Lott - "Boys And Girls" (2009)
Priyanka Chopra featuring Pitbull - "Exotic" (2013)
Rebecca Ferguson - "I Hope" (2012)
Rihanna - "Push Up on Me" (2008)
Rihanna - "SOS" (2006)
Rixton - "We All Want The Same Thing" (2015)
Rizzle Kicks - "Dreamers" (2012)
Robin Thicke featuring Kendrick Lamar - "Give It 2 U" (2013)
Robin Thicke featuring Mary J. Blige - "Magic Touch" (2008)
Robin Thicke - "Sex Therapy" (2010)
September - "Resuscitate Me" (2010)
Sérgio Mendes - "Magalenha" (2010)
Shakira - "She Wolf" (2009)
Shayne Ward - "Gotta Be Somebody" (2010)
Shayne Ward - "If That's OK with You" (2007)
Solange - "I Decided" (2008)
Sofia Carson -"Love Is the Name" (2016)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor - "Catch You" (2007)
Steve Appleton (musician) - "City Won't Sleep" (2009)
Stooshe - "Waterfalls" (2012)
Taio Cruz featuring Pitbull - "There She Goes" (2012)
T2 - "Butterflies" (2008)
Timbaland featuring SoShy and Nelly Furtado - "Morning After Dark" (2009)
Timbaland featuring Ne-Yo - "Hands in the Air" (2012)
The Saturdays - "If This Is Love" (2008)
The Wanted - "Gold Forever" (2011)
Tony Moran featuring Jason Walker - "So Happy" (2016)
Wideboys featuring Clare Evers - "Bomb the Secret" (2007)
Will Young - "Jealousy" (2011)
will.i.am feat. Britney Spears - "Scream and Shout" (2013)
Wretch 32 featuring Example - "Unorthodox" (2011)
Xpress 2 featuring David Byrne - "Lazy" (2008)
Zoe Badwi - "Freefallin'" (2010)

References

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Remixers
DJs from London
English house music duos
Male musical duos
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(English It's the nostalgia) is the 12th studio album by Mexican pop singer Daniela Romo. It was released in 2005.

History
The project followed the luck of its predecessor  since it was largely ignored because Daniela was busy in telenovelas. This time Daniela returns to her roots of romantic ballads under the supervision of Adrián Posse and Tina Galindo, she also count on famous Spanish songwriters like Rudy Pérez with the song "Sería Fácil" (It'd be easy) and the Argentinian singer Jairo with the songs "" and its French version "Quand un oiseau pleure" (When a bird cries), the facility of Daniela to pronounce French made this song to be selected to be part of an album of various French singers like Édith Piaf, Gilbert Bécaud, Charles Trenet, among others, being Daniela the only non-native French speaker.

Track listing
Tracks:
 Simple
 Debilidad
 Sería fácil
 Cuando tú me amas
 Oración
 Mañana será igual
 Qué voy a hacer sin ti
 Amar de este modo
 No supe vivir sin ti
 Para tocar el cielo

 Quand un oiseau pleure

Singles
 Sería fácil
 Simple
 Debilidad

Credits
 Nico Garibotti → Production Assistant
 Joel Numa → Mixing
 Robin Reinfried → Engineer
 Bruce Weeden → Mastering

References

2005 albums
Daniela Romo albums


Burn Halo is the debut album by American rock band Burn Halo. The album was set for release in 2008 through Island Records, but after the album was completed Island elected not to release it. It was released on March 31, 2009, through Rawkhead Rekords. It entered at #129 at the Billboard 200, selling 4,800 copies.

Track listing

Singles

Dirty Little Girl

The album's first single "Dirty Little Girl" was released on November 25, 2008, and features Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates. The song has peaked at #19 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts.

The music video for "Dirty Little Girl" premiered on MTV on February 25, 2009. It was filmed on November 19, 2008, at The Slide Bar in Fullerton, California.

Save Me

"Save Me" was the 2nd single. It was released on radio on January 12, 2010. The song was used in the soundtrack for the WWE videogame WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009.

Chart performance

Album

Singles

Personnel
James Hart  – lead vocals
Neal Tiemann  – lead guitar
Chris Chaney  – bass
Ryan Folden - drums
Daniel Adair  – drums, percussion
Allen Snake Jones Wheeler  – rhythm guitar
Additional musicians
Synyster Gates  – lead guitar/solo on "Dirty Little Girl" and "Anejo"
Joey Cunha  – additional guitar on "So Addicted"
Brian LeBarton  – piano on "Too Late to Tell You Now"
Keith Barney  – strings on "Fallin' Faster"
Stevie Blacke  – strings on "Too Late to Tell You Now" and "Back to the Start"
Zac Maloy  – percussion, additional guitar on "Too Late to Tell You Now" and "Saloon Song", acoustic guitar on "Gasoline", additional vocals on "Dead End Roads & Lost Highways" and "Gasoline"

References

2009 debut albums
Burn Halo albums


Menavli is a village about three kilometres from Wai in the Satara district. The village's claim to fame is due to the palace (wada) built by Nana Fadnavis, 18th century Maratha statesman and the regent of Peshwa Madhavrao II.

Fadnavis Wada
The Nana Phadnavis Wada is a large six-quadrangular, perimeter-protected wada.

History
Bhavan Rao Trymbak Pant Pratinidhi of Aundh and Raghunath Ghanshyam Mantri (Satara) bestowed the village of Menavli to Nana Phadnavis in December 1768.

Nana Phadnavis settled the village and built his residence complex here. It had a Wada (A mansion with an inner courtyard), a Ghat (steps) leading from the mansion to the Krishna river and two temples, one dedicated to Lord Vishnu and another to Meneshwar (मेणेश्वर) Lord Shiva.
The architectural combination of a Wada-type residence, a Ghat on a water-body and a Temple was typical of Peshwa era. This construction was completed around 1780. The Phadnavis wada is one of the very rare places where such a combination is preserved intact. Originally, simple stone steps descending into a river, ghats evolved into an elaborate arrangement of terraces with separate areas for different activities, such as bathing, washing, filling water and performing religious rites. Temples were traditionally built on ghats The Shiva temple on the ghat has a bell which was taken from a Portuguese church inside Vasai Fort  by Chimaji Appa, Maratha general and brother of Bajirao I when he captured the fort from the Portuguese in 1739.

Nana, being the Peshwas' record keeper transcribed and maintained their documents of accounts and administrative letters in the ancient "Modi" script. These documents, known as the famous "Menavli Daptar" were preserved in this Wada at Menavli.The Daptar documents are now preserved at Deccan College, Pune

After Nana's death in 1800, the Peshwa Bajirao II, confiscated the Wada. The British General Arthur Wellesley (the future Duke of Wellington) returned the property to the Nana's wife Jeeubai on 25 March 1804. After her death, Sir Bartle Frere (governor of Bombay) handed over the property to Nana's descendants.

The Wada and the surroundings today
The Nana Phadnavis Wada today remains with his descendants. Having split the major part of his properties between themselves, the Wada is still owned jointly by them all. Wadas are systems of open courtyards of increasing security. The wada here has six courtyards. Nana's corridors on the upper floor are lined with teak-wood lattice work. A concealed escape stairway in the wall leads out of the Wada. Descending the stone steps leads to the ghat on the river Krishna. On descending the steps.
There is a dark musty, narrow, steep staircase concealed in the metre-thick wall to the floor above. The staircase was at once secret and easily secured, admitting only one person at a time into Nana Phadnavis's darbar hall.
The wada contains Murals that have been classified under Maratha painting. A mural here depicts Sita in Marathi saree., Some of the paintings depict Krishna with Gopis

The bell house of the Meneshwar temple houses a six hundred and fifty kilogram bell. This bell was captured by Peshwa Bajirao I’s brother, Chimaji Appa, from a cathedral in the Portuguese fort at Bassein. Dated 1707, the five-alloy bell bears a bas-relief of Mary carrying the infant Jesus Christ cast into it.

An ancient tree, with a massive coniform trunk has a platform constructed around it is as old as the Wada itself. This tree featured in the Bollywood movie Swades. In the movie, the village elders hold a Panchayat on the stone platform around this tree.

Movie location

Several Bollywood movies have been shot, using the wada as an exotic location, notably, Yudh (Jackie Shroff/Tina Munim), Mrityudand (Madhuri Dixit), Goonj Uthi Shehnai, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain (Govinda), Gangaajal (Ajay Devgan), Sarja (Ajinkya Deo), Bajirao Mastani and Swades (Shahrukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi). The film crew of the movie Swades, once camped at the ghat to shoot some footage. The crew cleaned and painted the old stone walls of the ghat and the temples.

References

Villages in Satara district
Maharashtra


Collingwood is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in  Cumberland County.

References
 Collingwood on Destination Nova Scotia

Communities in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia


"Come Around" is the last song on Counting Crows' 2008 album Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings.

Despite never issued as a physical single release, "Come Around" was serviced as an airplay single to the Adult Alternative radio format in summer 2008. It would go on to top the Billboard Triple A chart the week of September 27, 2008  (it remained the #1 single for three weeks) becoming the band's first chart-topper since "Accidentally in Love" in 2005.

Lead singer Adam Duritz reportedly was unhappy with the selection due to his belief that the decidedly more melodic mood of the track did not represent the mood of the album as a whole, preferring that a track from the edgier "Saturday Nights" half of the record be released instead.

Song meaning

In early 2008, Duritz explained the meaning of the song in a live band performance:

However, Duritz has denied forthright the song is about redemption, and rather suggests a lasting heartache from a failed relationship.

References

Counting Crows songs
2008 singles
Songs written by Adam Duritz
Songs written by Dan Vickrey
2008 songs
Geffen Records singles
Song recordings produced by Gil Norton
Songs written by David Bryson
Songs written by Charlie Gillingham
Songs written by David Immerglück
American rock songs


Halgerda is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.

Taxonomy
The genus Halgerda was classified within the family Halgerdidae by Odhner (1934).
Halgerdidae Odhner, 1926, is treated as a synonym of Discodorididae in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005). See also Valdés (2002).
Seven species of Halgerda were described in the years 1880-1905, two species in 1932-1949, four species from 1975-1982, then 22 species in the years 1993-2001. In 2018 another six new species were described from Mozambique, highlighting the number of undescribed species on the African coast of the Indian Ocean. A number of undescribed species are known and many species show considerable variation across their ranges, which may indicate that more cryptic species exist.

Distribution
Species of Halgerda are confined to the Indo-West Pacific Tropical region apart from two species which are found in warm temperate waters of South Africa and Southern Australia and one species from warm temperate Japanese waters.

Species
Species within the genus Halgerda include:

References

Discodorididae


Guinea is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in  Annapolis County.

References

Communities in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia


is a railway station in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Shizuoka Railway (Shizutetsu). It is located within the Shin-Shizuoka Cenova shopping complex.

Lines
Shin-Shizuoka Station is a terminal station of the Shizuoka–Shimizu Line and is 11.0 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Shin-Shimizu Station.

Station layout
The station has two island platforms serving three tracks. The station building has automated ticket machines, and automated turnstiles, which accept the LuLuCa smart card ticketing system as well as the PiTaPa and ICOCA IC cards. The station is staffed.

Adjacent stations

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History
Shin-Shizuoka Station was opened on December 9, 1908 as . It was renamed "Shin-Shizuoka" on October 1, 1954. Shizuoka's city tram system was discontinued in September 1962, and a large bus terminal was established at Shin-Shizuoka Station on May 10, 1966. The Shin-Shizuoka Center department store above the station was opened on May 15, 1966. This was closed and demolished at the end of January 2009, and a new, larger shopping complex called Cenova opened October 5, 2011.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 9,768 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area
Shizuoka Station
Shizuoka Prefectural Offices
Shizuoka City Hall
site of Sunpu Castle

See also
 List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

 Shizuoka Railway official website

Railway stations in Shizuoka Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1908
Railway stations in Shizuoka (city)


The Slap is a 2008 novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas. The narrative is presented through the viewpoints of eight individual characters, and focuses on their reactions after a man controversially reprimands his friend's son by slapping him during a social gathering. The novel won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize in 2009, and was adapted into two miniseries, in Australia and the United States.

Plot summary
At a barbecue in suburban Melbourne, a man slaps a 3-year-old boy across the face. The child, Hugo, has been misbehaving without any intervention by his parents, "the steely-eyed Rosie and the wimpish Gary". The slapper is Harry, cousin of the barbecue host and adulterous businessman whose slightly older son, Rocco, is being threatened by Hugo. This event sends the other characters "into a spiral, agonising and arguing over the notion that striking a child can ever be justified. Some believe a naughty boy should be taught some discipline, others maintain the police ought to be brought in to investigate a common assault" with a range of positions in between.

Themes
A judge of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Nicholas Hasluck, described The Slap as "a controversial and daring novel" which examines "identities and personal relationships in a multicultural society" and "taps into universal tensions and dilemmas around family life and child-rearing."

Structure
The story is told through the voices of eight characters, in third person and each in a chapter of their own. "The reverberations of the slap ... [are told] chronologically through each character's story". The characters range from two Year 12 students to a 71-year-old man, and comprise four males and four females. Reviewer Windsor writes that "As an architectural device, this is inspired. With their narrowed focus, the individual stories, up to 80 pages long, have an intensity to them that a conventional comprehensive narrative could not have come near."

Main characters
(italic print signifies the eight characters whose points of view are given in the novel's different sections.)
Aisha: a 40-something, Anglo-Indian veterinarian, a competent mother and efficient homemaker who runs her own clinic.
Hector: Aisha's Greek husband, Harry's cousin. Host of the barbecue at which the titular "Slap" occurs.
Adam and Melissa: children of Aisha and Hector.
Connie: Year 12 student who works in Aisha's clinic and is having an enigmatic affair with her boss' husband, Hector.
Richie: Connie's best friend, who is gay.
Harry: Hector's cousin, perpetrator of the "Slap". A self-made man who has worked hard to build a large, luxurious home; owns several garages.
Sandi: Harry's Serbian wife. Loyal and devoted to Harry.
Rocco: Son of Harry and Sandi. Around eight years old.
Kelly: An indigent mother-of-several, with whom Harry has an extra-marital affair. Kelly supplies Harry with cocaine; Harry pays Kelly's gas, water, and electricity bills.
Van: a Vietnamese DVD pirate, Kelly's business partner.
Rosie: childhood friend of Aisha, a white Australian, working-class, full-time mother to Hugo. Uses a parenting style similar to attachment parenting, or "gentle discipline". Presses charges against Harry for assaulting her child.
Gary: Rosie's husband and Hugo's alcoholic father.
Hugo: Son of Rosie and Gary. Four years old. Hugo is frustrated while trying to play with the older children, and waves a cricket bat around -  the mother is seen as very responsive and in touch with her sons needs prior to this, but is momentarily distracted and Hugo is struck across his face by Harry  - an adult male.
Anouk: childhood friend of Rosie and Aisha. The only one of the threesome who is single and childless. More career-driven – a soap-opera scriptwriter. In a relationship with Rhys, the star of a soap-opera, who is around 20 years her junior.
Manolis: elderly Greek patriarch, father of Hector. Shares a close relationship with his daughter-in-law Aisha, but takes a diametrically opposed stance to her regarding the slap, supporting his nephew Harry.
Koula: elderly Greek matriarch, mother of Hector. Believes family should be held in higher regard than all other things. Takes an extremely disparate view of her daughter-in-law Aisha. Very gossipy. Fully supports Harry's actions regarding the slap.
Elisavet: Sister of Hector, daughter of Manolis and Koula. Divorced with two young children: Sava and Angeliki.

Awards and nominations
ALS Gold Medal, 2008: winner
Commonwealth Writers' Prize, 2009: winner for Best Book
Miles Franklin Award, 2009: shortlisted
Nielsen BookData Booksellers' Choice Award, 2009: winner
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 2009: winner
Man Booker Prize 2010: long listed

Adaptations
The eight-part television series The Slap is an adaptation of the book. Its filming commenced in January 2011 and first screened on Australian television channel ABC1 from October 2011. An American adaptation of the series, with Melissa George reprising her role as Rosie, the slapped child's mother, premiered on the NBC network in February 2015.
Although not an official adaptation, the 2020 Bollywood film Thappad is similar to The Slap in that its storyline revolves around how a single slap transforms a community.

Notes

Novels by Christos Tsiolkas
2008 Australian novels
Novels set in Melbourne
ALS Gold Medal winning works