Savage Nights

Laura has emotional problems too; at one point she erupts at the owner of the dress shop where she works and loses her job. Her feelings reach a boiling point in dealing with Jean's bisexuality, which involves not only Jean's relationship with Samy but anonymous sex with multiple partners in dark cruising spots. In these sex encounters, Jean releases his self-destructive drive and finds refuge from the frustrations brought by his illness and his affairs with Laura and Samy.

As Samy acquires a taste for sadomasochism and violence, he turns to Jean. He moves in with him, leaving Marianne, who angrily berates Jean. After a fight with racist skinheads, Samy finally consummates his relationship with Jean and tells him that he loves him. Laura turns increasingly angry and desperate, disappointed in her relationship with Jean. "Help me to leave you!" is her pathetic cry. Jean is emotionally closed. After a night out of drinking and partying Jean yells "I want to live" to his friends but mostly he seems in denial that he is dying. The next morning Laura finds him in bed not only with Samy but with his ex-girlfriend. Laura throws a big tantrum and from then on, she leaves endless, long messages on Jean's answering machine. In some she begs for love, in others she threatens to ruin his life.

Reaching the breaking point, Laura threatens Jean with committing suicide and tells him that he has infected her with HIV. Only then, Jean intervenes and with Laura's mother they find psychological help for her. Jean repeatedly fails to find meaning in his life. A conversation with his mother is only painful. Returning home, he is involved in car accident. He is as reckless in his sex life as with HIV medication, which he avoids when it interferes with his drinking and partying.

After sometime, Jean looks again for Laura. He finally wants to tell her that he loves her but she has overcome her turbulent relationship with him. Making peace with herself, Laura has a new boyfriend. Jean and Laura have a short conversation, they kiss tenderly and part ways. Jean finally finds peace with his HIV status and with his life.

Cast


Savage Nights

Cast

Collard was not his own first choice for Jean, but the actor he choose ended up in prison before the set, so he took the role. Collard's longtime companion, Corine Blue, plays the role of Laure's mother in the film.

  * Cyril Collard as Jean
  * Romane Bohringer as Laura
  * Carlos López as Samy
  * Corine Blue as Laura's Mother
  * Claude Winter as Jean's Mother
  * René-Marc Bini as Marc
  * Maria Schneider as Noria
  * Clémentine Célarié as Marianne
  * Laura Favali as Karine
  * Jean-Jacques Jauffret as Pierre Olivier
  * Aïssa Djabri as Kader
  * Francisco Giménez as Paco
  * Marine Delterme as Sylvie
  * Diego Porres as Jaime
  * Stephan Lakatos as Jipe
  * Christophe Chantre as Martial
  * Michel Voletti as Mr. André
  * Régine Arniaud as Véro
  * Olivier Chavarot as Olivier
  * Samir Guesmi as Jamel
  * Claudio Zaccai as Doctor
  * Dominique Figaro as Camille

Reception

Released in October 1992, Savage Nights caused an immediate stir across France where it had 2,811,124 admissions and was the 9th highest-grossing film of the year.

Year-end lists

  * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Matt Zoller Seitz, Dallas Observer
  * Top 10 runner-ups (not ranked) – Janet Maslin, The New York Times
  * Honorable mention – Betsy Pickle, Knoxville News-Sentinel

Director's view

"AIDS, like tuberculosis in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, is just a backdrop [in Savage Nights]. Jean's struggle with the illness is also a struggle with stupidity, with all sorts of racism, with tyranny... Jean acts as though nothing were different in his daily life. He continues to drink, laugh, and drive fast. In his own way, he is shattering the taboos. He does not let himself get locked into the status of being HIV-positive, like some people for whom the illness becomes a sort of identity card."

– Cyril Collard, writer/director/actor, Savage Nights

DVD release

Savage Nights is available in Region 2 DVD. It was released in France.


Savage Nights

* Savage Nights at IMDb


Verkhoturye

Not to be confused with Verkhnyaya Tura.

Verkhoturye (Russian: Верхоту́рье) is a historical town and the administrative center of Verkhotursky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the middle Ural Mountains on the left bank of the Tura River 306 kilometers (190 mi) north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 8,820 (2010 Census);2002 Census;8,973 (1989 Census);

History

Verkhoturye was founded in 1598 by Vasily Golovin and Ivan Voyeykov on the site of the Vogul settlement of Neromkar. There were major fires in 1674 and 1738. The railroad arrived in 1906. It lost town status in 1926 and regained it in 1947. Two oil pipelines pass through the area and there are plans to build an oil refinery.

In contrast to the surrounding mining towns, Verkhoturye has been relatively untouched by industrialization and much of its historic appearance has been preserved. Being one of the oldest Russian settlements east of the Urals, and with forty churches in the area, Verkhoturye is considered one of the centers of Russian Christianity. Famous churches include the Trinity Church (1703—1712), Nikolay Monastery (established in 1604) with the Cathedral of Exaltation of the Holy Cross (1905—1913), and Transfiguration Church (1821). In addition, the town houses the oldest female monastery beyond Urals (established in 1621).

The Gateway to Siberia

The Trinity Cathedral was built in 1703-12


Verkhoturye

The Trinity Cathedral was built in 1703-12

The relatively low middle Ural Mountains at the latitude of Verkhoturye form a natural gateway into Siberia from the west. With the Russian conquest of Siberia and the foundation of the trans-Ural Russian towns of Tyumen in 1586 and Tobolsk in 1587 the problem arose of finding the best route to them from European Russia. Around 1580, Yermak Timofeyevich had ascended the Chusovaya River south of Verkhoturye and crossed to the Barancha, a tributary of the Tagil River. This route was abandoned because the upper Tagil was too shallow. Around 1590 a more northerly route was opened from Cherdyn north of Solikamsk up to the Vishera River and down the Lozva River. In 1597 Artemy Babinov pioneered what became the standard route. This Babinsky Road ran overland from Solikamsk on the western slope of the Urals to Verkhoturye. An ostrog (fort) was built at Verkhoturye in 1598 and a customs house in 1600 or 1601. Until about 1763, Babinov's route was the main road into Siberia. All winter sledges would haul goods from Solikamsk to Verkhoturye where they were stockpiled until the spring thaw. Siberian furs collected as yasak (tribute) passed through Verkhoturye en route to the Sable Treasury in Moscow. Privately owned furs leaving Siberia paid a 10% tax unless the merchant could prove that the tax had been paid in Siberia. Goods entering Siberia paid a 4% tax (in addition to the 10% paid when the goods were sold). Goods coming and going were inspected and inventoried to prevent contraband. Guard posts were set up in the region to prevent people from slipping around the custom house.

Verkhoturye in 1910

Around 1600, Turinsk was built downriver and a winter ice-road was built to connect the two settlements. At some point the Irbit Fair downriver became a major trading place. In 1695, all routes from the Kama basin except Verkhoturye were legally closed. Verkhoturye declined from about 1763 when the Siberian Route was built through Yekaterinburg to the south. In the 1770s the toll for crossing into Siberia was abolished or reduced.


Verkhoturye

Other Ural crossings

To the north the three crossing points were the Arctic Ocean, the Usa River, and the Northern Sosva River. These all connected the lower Ob River to the Pechora River and the export port of Arkhangelsk. The routes around Verkhoturye connected Tobolsk to the Kama River tributary of the Volga and on to the Sable Treasury at Moscow. Below Verkhoturye there was an old caravan route which led to the Ufa steppe and the Volga River. This became more important as the Volga population increased, but remained minor because it did not lead to either Moscow or Arkhangelsk.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Verkhoturie.
  * History and culture of the town and the region (in Russian)


Suneh

Suneh (Persian: سونه, also Romanized as Sūneh)Gavork-e Nalin Rural District, Vazineh District, Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 291, in 39 families.


Wings Over Africa

Wings Over Africa is a 1936 British adventure film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Joan Gardner, Ian Colin, James Harcourt and James Carew.

The film is a quota quickie produced for released by RKO.Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. The film score was created by composer Jack Beaver.

Plot

Explorer Tony Cooper and homesick trader Norton find a skeleton in the African jungle with a package intended to be delivered to Victor Wilkins in London. Cooper takes it there and it proves to be from Wilkins' brother - the skeleton was his - with a map showing where he left £100,000 in diamonds for Victor. Cooper agrees to accompany him to Africa and they hire pilots John Trevor and Carol Reed, who all agree to a cut of the profits. On arrival in Africa, they're challenged by three men - Redfern, Collins and Quincey - who claim to have the mineral rights to all gems found in the area, and by Norton, who also wants a share. But Norton is stabbed to death and Trevor fatally wounded: suspicion falls on Cooper, who's in love with Carol. Carol investigates and finds the weapon in the possession of Wilkins, who wanted the diamonds all for himself. He tries to flee in one of the planes but crashes and is killed.

Cast

  * Joan Gardner as Carol Reade
  * Ian Colin as Tony Cooper
  * James Harcourt as Wikins
  * James Carew as Norton
  * James Craven as John Trevor
  * Alan Napier as Redfern
  * Phil Thomas as Quincey
  * Charles Oliver as Collins
  * Rufus Fennell as Saoud
  * Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
  * Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  * Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
  * Wings Over Africa at IMDb


University of Human Environments

University of Human Environments 2

University of Human Environments (人間環境大学, Ningen kankyō daigaku) is a private university in Okazaki, Aichi, Japan, established in 2000. It has an associated private Junior High School and High School.

  * Media related to University of Human Environments at Wikimedia Commons
  * Official website (in Japanese)


The Best So Far (Cindy Morgan album)

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The Best So Far is the sixth album from Contemporary Christian music singer Cindy Morgan. This greatest hits collects tracks from her first five albums, and contains two new recordings.

Track listing

All songs written by Morgan, except where noted.

 1. "Love Is the Answer" Powell, Rundgren, Sulton, Wilcox – 4:20
 2. "Tell Me That You Love Me" – 4:24
 3. "Picture Me in Paradise" Cunningham, Hammond – 5:36
 4. "It's Gonna Be Heaven" Cunningham, Hammond – 4:08
 5. "Sweet Days of Grace" Hammond, Morgan – 3:58
 6. "How Could I Ask For More" – 3:33
 7. "Real Life" Morgan, Thurman, Thurman – 4:14
 8. "Listen" – 3:45
 9. "Let It Be Love" Cunningham, Hammond – 5:36
10. "I Will Be Free" – 4:55
11. "I'll Stand" Hammond, Morgan, Sims – 4:05
12. "Praise the King" – 3:54
13. "I Know You" – 4:38
14. "Take My Life" – 4:38


Reflections (Paul Young album)

Reflections is the sixth studio album by English singer Paul Young, released in 1994. The album is made up of 15 soul covers and is Young's first and only to be released on the UK budget label Vision.The Crossing, Young's final album with Columbia Records.UK Albums Chart.

It was produced by Northern soul moderniser Ian Levine.

Track listing

 1. "Grazing in the Grass" (Stewart Levine) (4:13)
 2. "Until You Come Back to Me" (Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder (3:42)
 3. "That's How Heartaches Are Made" (Bob Halley, Ben Raleigh) (3:40)
 4. "Love Won't Let Me Wait" (Vinnie Barrett, Bobby Eli) (3:15)
 5. "Just a Little Misunderstanding" (Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder) (4:00)
 6. "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" (Ray Whitley) (3:43)
 7. "Baby, Don't Change Your Mind" (Van McCoy) (3:40)
 8. "Reflections" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) (3:04)
 9. "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) (4:01)
10. "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers) (2:35)
11. "Your Precious Love" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) (4:34)
12. "More Love" (Smokey Robinson) (3:52)
13. "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" (Barrett Strong, Cornelius Grant, Rodger Penzabene) (3:17)
14. "Love Makes The World Go Around (Deon Jackson) (3:58)
15. "Reach Out I'll Be There" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) (3:07)


Viola brittoniana

Viola brittoniana, known as coast violet, northern coastal violet and Britton's violet, is a rare, acaulescent blue-flowered violet that is endemic to the eastern United States. It has distinctive leaves with narrow lobes and deep sinuses.perennial.

Conservation status

It is listed as endangered in ConnecticutPennsylvania.Massachusetts and as possibly extirpated in Maine.


Tepidamorphus

Tepidamorphus is a genus of bacteria from the order Hyphomicrobiales.

  * editors, Tulasi Satyanarayana, Jennifer Littlechild, Yutaka Kawarabayasi (2013). Thermophilic microbes in environmental and industrial biotechnology biotechnology of thermophiles (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-94-007-5899-5. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)


Syzygium racemosum

Syzygium racemosum, the wax jambu, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae.Peninsular Malaysia, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and Borneo.37 m (120 ft), it is occasionally harvested for its timber, and a black dye can be made from its bark.

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are accepted:

  * Syzygium racemosum subsp. calcimontanum (P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton – Sarawak
  * Syzygium racemosum subsp. racemosum – Thailand, Malaya, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Borneo


Selangor Labour Party

The Selangor Labour Party (Malay: Parti Buruh Selangor) was a political party in Selangor, Malaya. The party was founded on 22 December 1951. As of 1953, K.C. Chia was the chairman of the party, A. Tharmalingam the secretary and M. Arokiasamy the vice chairman. The party was represented in the Federal Legislative Council by Wong Pak Choy.

The Selangor Labour Party cooperated with the Malayan Trades Union Council, and the party helped the MTUC to build the Mill Workers Union of Selangor and the Shop Workers Union of Selangor. Two party members sat in the Central Committee of MTUC, Wong Pak Choy and Lee Moke Sang (a member of the party Executive). The party had also assigned Lee Moke Sang to build the youth wing of the party.

The party had links with labour parties in Penang, Malacca, Perak and Singapore. On 26 June 1952, these parties formed the Pan-Malayan Labour Party, as a union of statewise labour parties. The Selangor Labour Party became an affiliate of PMLP. Mohamed Soppi had been the secretary of the Selangor Labour Party at the time of its foundation, but left this position to assume chairmanship of the Pan-Malayan Labour Party. Lee Moke Sang became General Secretary of PMLP.Labour Party of Malaya.


Myussera

Myussera (Georgian: მიუსერა, Miusera; Abkhaz: Мысра, Mysra; Russian: Мюссера, Myussera) also spelled as Miuseriurban settlement located in the Gudauta District of Abkhazia, a disputed region on the Black Sea coast.

  * Ambara church
  * Bichvinta-Miuseri Strict Nature Reserve


Suneel Saraf

Suneel SarafMadhya Pradesh legislative assembly. He was elected as MLA from Kotma Assembly constituency.


Wings Museum

The Wings Museum is an aviation museum located in Sussex, United Kingdom. It is housed in a 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) hangar-like former farm building in Brantridge Lane, between Handcross and Balcombe. The museum displays mainly World War II-related flying memorabilia and equipment which have been donated,

History

The museum was originally located at Redhill Aerodrome.

In 2013, the museum hosted a fundraiser for the upkeep of the Bomber Command Memorial in nearby Green Park.

In 2015, volunteers restored a Bristol Beaufighter Mk1f which had crashed 75 years earlier.

Aircraft collection

Visitors to the museum can walk inside a complete fuselage from a Douglas C-47 Dakota which was used on D-DayBand of Brothers.

There are some very rare aircraft from World War II and some of them are the only ones of their type in the UK.

Turbine engine aircraft

  * Hawker Siddeley Kestrel XS694 (under restoration and parts in storage)

Piston engine aircraft

  * North American B-25J-25-NC 44-30861 (under restoration)
  * Bell P-63 King cobra - 43-11137 (under restoration);
  * Douglas A-20 Boston (displayed as found)
  * Nakajima B5N2 Kate (very large fuselage and wing section)
  * Douglas C-47 Dakota (fuselage from Band of Brothers)
  * Hawker Hurricane (wreck)
  * Handley Page Hampden TB.1 P1273 (wreck)

Aircraft cockpits

  * Douglas A-26 Invader 43-22649
  * Bristol Beaufighter 1f
  * Curtis Helldiver SB2C-5 (in storage)
  * Jet Provost XM486 (in storage)
  * English Electric Canberra (in storage)
  * De Havilland Chipmunk WD377
  * North American B-25 Mitchell

Simulators

  * Link trainer

Piston engines

  * Rolls-Royce Merlin ×5 (one running as a living memorial)
  * Junkers Jumo 211
  * Daimler Benz 610
  * List of aerospace museums

Media related to Wings Museum (Sussex) at Wikimedia Commons

  * Official website of the Wings Museum


Wings Museum

* Official website of the Wings Museum

51°03′37″N 0°10′06″W / 51.0603°N 0.1684°W


McCook Braves

The McCook Braves were a minor league baseball team based in McCook, Nebraska. From 1956 to 1959, the McCook Braves played as members of the short-season Class D level Nebraska State League as an affiliate of the Milwaukee Braves for their duration. The Braves won the 1959 league championship and were preceded in minor league play by the McCook Generals of the previous edition of the Nebraska State League from 1928 to 1932. The Braves hosted home games at the Ciabola Field, which was within the Red Willow County Fairgrounds.

Baseball Hall of Fame member Phil Niekro pitched for the 1959 McCook Braves.

The 1959 McCook Braves are featured in the book A False Spring, written by McCook Braves player Pat Jordan.

History

McCook first fielded a minor league team in the 1903. The McCook team was a member of the 1903 Central Nebraska League, an Independent level five–team league that folded after one season. The last known standings were published on July 24, 1903, shortly before the Minden and Giltner teams disbanded. The Red Cloud Indians and McCook would disband shortly thereafter. The last known standings had the Holdrege Silver Aces and McCook tied for in first place with identical 19–7 records.

Based in McCook, Nebraska, the McCook Braves were members of the Nebraska State League from 1956 to 1959, having been preceded in an earlier Nebraska State League by the McCook Generals, who played from 1928 to 1932, winning Nebraska State League Championships in 1928, 1929 and 1930. The eight–team Nebraska State League reformed as a Class D level league in 1956 after a 15 season hiatus.


McCook Braves

In 1956, it was announced that major league baseball had plans to sponsor a new Class D League in Nebraska with affiliate teams. After the announcement, local McCook Baseball Boosters met with the major league owners. Requirements for a franchise in the Nebraska State League included: cities having a lighted ballpark; selling $5,000 in season tickets and providing another $2,500 for incidental expenses, and the ability to provide transportation to away games. Eleven Nebraska cities agreed to these provisions. The eleven names were put into a hat to draw for one of eight franchises. McCook was one of the cities selected for the new league, along with Superior, Grand Island, Hastings, Lexington, Holdrege, North Platte and Kearney. For the required $5,000 in season tickets, McCook hoped to sell 500 at $10 each, McCook instead exceeded that goal in selling 700.

The 1956 McCook Braves began play in the Nebraska State League as an affiliate of the Milwaukee Braves. McCook finished 1956 season with a record of 35–28, placing fourth in the Nebraska State League, 6.0 games behind the first place Lexington Red Sox.Bill Steinecke served as manager and would manage the team for all four seasons. Playing at Cibola Field, McCook had home attendance of 32,224, an average of 1,023 per game.

The McCook Braves finished sixth in the 1957 Nebraska State League.Grand Island Athletics. Home attendance at Cibola Field was 25,844 an average of 923.

In their third season, the 1958 McCook Braves placed second in the Nebraska State League standings. McCook ended the season just 1.0 game behind the champion North Platte Indians in the final standings with a record of 40–23, as Bill Steinecke continued as manager.

In their final season, The McCook Braves won the 1959 Nebraska State League Championship.Holdrege White Sox in the six–team league. Bill Steinecke was manager for the fourth consecutive season.

Phil Niekro, 1974

Baseball Hall of Fame member Phil Niekro pitched for the 1959 McCook Braves, finishing with a 7–1 record and a 3.12 ERA in 23 games.


McCook Braves

The Nebraska State League folded permanently after the completion of the 1959 season. McCook and the other 1959 league franchises, the Hastings Giants, Holdrege White Sox, Grand Island Athletics, Kearney Yankees and North Platte Indians, all permanently folded as well.

(2010) McCook, Nebraska

The ballpark

The McCook Generals were noted to have played at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds. After their demise, the semi-pro McCook Cats of the early 1950s had played in Eastside Park (called Felling Field today). When the McCook Braves franchise was established, a new field was immediately constructed at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds with help from local clubs and organizations. The field was dubbed Cibola Field after the seven cities of Cibola. The ballpark had a capacity of 2,500 (1956) and 1,000 (1959).

Media

The 1959 McCook Braves season is chronicled in the book A False Spring, written by McCook player Pat Jordan. Jordan eventually retired from baseball to become a writer and an author.ISBN 0-80-327626-5

Timeline

Year(s)    # Yrs.  Team             Level             League                   Affiliate
1903       1       McCook           Independent       Central Nebraska League  None
1928–1932  5       McCook Generals  Class D           Nebraska State League
1956–1959  4       McCook Braves    Milwaukee Braves

Year–by–year records

Year  Record  Finish  Manager         Playoffs
1956  35–28   4th     Bill Steinecke  No playoffs held
1957  27–29   6th     Bill Steinecke  No playoffs held
1958  40–23   2nd     Bill Steinecke  No playoffs held
1959  43–19   1st     Bill Steinecke  League Champions

Elrod Hendricks, 1968

Notable alumni

Baseball Hall of Fame alumni

  * Phil Niekro (1959) Inducted 1997

Notable alumni


McCook Braves

Notable alumni

  * Luis Alcaraz (1959)
  * Les Barnhart (1928)
  * Andy Bednar (1929)
  * Doc Bennett (1929–1931, MGR)
  * Bruce Brubaker (1959)
  * Elrod Hendricks (1959) Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame
  * Ron Hunt (1959) 2x MLB All-Star
  * Pat Jordan (1959) Author, A False Spring.
  * Mike Kreevich (1930)
  * Hector Martinez (1957)
  * Harry Matuzak (1931)
  * Hugh Mendez (1959)
  * Spud Owen (1930)
  * Harlan Pyle (1928)
  * Merritt Ranew (1957)
  * Bill Steinecke (1956–1959, MGR)
  * John Stoneham (1928)
  * George Washington (1931)
  * McCook Braves players
  * McCook - Baseball Reference


The Best Thing (Ivy song)

"The Best Thing" is a song by American band Ivy on their second studio album, Apartment Life (1997). Released on September 12, 1997 by Atlantic Records, it was the band's major-label debut single and served as the parent album's lead single. The track was written by Dominique Durand, Adam Schlesinger and Andy Chase, and was produced by the latter two. A pop song, "The Best Thing" is accompanied by several guitars and a keyboard.

It was distributed to radio stations for airplay in September 1997, coinciding with the release of two CD singles. Rumors of a music video for the single circulated during the same month, although one was ultimately never released. "The Best Thing" was also pressed as a 7" jukebox single in Italy, where it was paired with the B-side track "A Nanny in Manhattan", performed by the American band Lilys. music critics praised "The Best Thing", with several calling it one of the catchiest tracks on Apartment Life.

Background and release

"The Best Thing" was taken from Ivy's second studio album, Apartment Life, which was released on October 7, 1997 by Atlantic Records.New York City at three different recording studios.CD single includes the album version of "The Best Thing" while a promotional Italy 7" jukebox single, released by East West Records, used Ivy's song as the A-side and Lilys' "A Nanny in Manhattan" as the B-side.

According to the liner notes of the promotional release, Atlantic Records billed "The Best Thing" as Ivy's official debut single.modern rock and modern adult contemporary radio stations beginning September 12, 1997.Apartment Life was scheduled to be released. Michael Krumper, the vice president of product development for Atlantic Records, predicted this, given that "there are a number of records that have a similar feel to Ivy".

Prior to the scheduled release date for Apartment Life, Ivy was scheduled for a promotional radio tour in September 1997. Around this same time, Billboard announced that a music video for "The Best Thing" would complete filming and production by the end of the same month;Billboard article describing preparations for filming in November of that same year.

Composition and production


The Best Thing (Ivy song)

Composition and production

"The Best Thing" was written by Dominique Durand, Adam Schlesinger and Andy Chase, with the latter two also serving as producers. Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade contributed as the mixers, with Matthew Ellard serving as an assistant mixer; Bob Ludwig finalized the mastering and James Iha contributed backing vocals to the track.New York City in 1997 at three recording studios: The Place, Duotone Studios, and Compositions.pop song,Pixies.triplet-playing keyboard.Nico during the lyrics: "She's driving fast / She took the family car / She's getting high / She's never slipped so far". As the chorus begins, she repeats "It's the best thing / She's ever had" regularly alongside several guitars.

Critical reception

"The Best Thing" was praised by music critics. AllMusic's Jack Rabid was extremely positive, calling it a "true single with a chorus that is to swoon and croon for".Trouser Press described the song as an "engaging opener" and lauded it and album track "I've Got a Feeling" for being catchy.MTV News agreed, and predicted that it would likely "succeed at radio if given a chance".The A.V. Club claimed that the rest of Apartment Life does not match the quality of "The Best Thing", but also stated that the entire album "never slips too far" because the end product includes "impeccably tasteful performances".

Track listings and formats

  * CD single                                * Italy jukebox 7" single
 1. "The Best Thing" – 3:43                A1. "The Best Thing" – 3:38 B1. "A Nanny in Manhattan" (performed by Lilys) – 1:45
  * CD single 2
 1. "The Best Thing (Video Remix)" – 3:43

Credits and personnel


The Best Thing (Ivy song)

Credits and personnel

Management
  * Recorded at The Place, New York City; Duotone Studios, New York City; and Compositions, New York City
Personnel
  * Andy Chase – engineering, executive producer, mixing    * Paul Q. Kolderie – mixing
  * Dominique Durand – lead and background vocals           * Bob Ludwig – mastering
  * Matthew Ellard – assistant mixing                       * Q Prime – management
  * Josh Grier – legal                                      * Adam Schlesinger – engineering, executive producer, mixing
  * James Iha – background vocals, additional production    * Sean Slade – mixing

Credits and personnel adapted from Apartment Life.


Saint Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church

Saint Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church from the northwest

Saint Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church (SPR) is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Saint Paul Area Synod.

The congregation gained national attention in 2001 when it ordained Anita C. Hill (not to be confused with Anita Hill of the Clarence Thomas US Senate confirmation hearings). Hill is a lesbian in a committed relationship. Under ELCA guidelines at the time of her ordination, a candidate who "self-identifi[ed] as a homosexual is expected to refrain from sexual relations." The Saint Paul Area Synod, the local ecclesiastical authority, chose to "censure and admonish" the congregation for a period of time. The congregation continued to contribute the ELCA, attending Synodical gatherings and other meetings, and was formally reinstated to the roster of congregations when the policies of the ELCA were changed in 2009.

The congregation is also notable in that nearly 25% of its membership identifying as LGBT. Liturgy, preaching, and music continue to be exceptionally important to the parish as well as its continued ministries of social justice.

  * SPR home page

44°56′41″N 93°8′37.5″W / 44.94472°N 93.143750°W


1976 in Jordan

Events from the year 1976 in Jordan.

Incumbents

  * Monarch: Hussein
  * Prime Minister: Zaid al-Rifai (until 13 July), Mudar Badran (starting 13 July)

Births

  * Saba Mubarak

Deaths

  * Suleiman Nabulsi
  * Years in Iraq
  * Years in Syria
  * Years in Saudi Arabia


Tepich

Tepich is a town in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, localized in state center, in the municipality of Felipe Carrillo Puerto. The population was 2,753 inhabitants at the 2010 census.


Syzygium scortechinii

Syzygium scortechinii is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is found in Malaysia and Singapore.


Selar

Selar may refer to:

  * Selar (fish), a genus of fishes in the family Carangidae
  * Dr. Selar, a character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation


Myxidiidae

Myxidiidae is a family of myxozoans.

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in the family:

  * Enteromyxum Palenzuela, Redondo & Alvarez-Pellitero, 2002
  * Myxidium Buetschli, 1882
  * Sigmomyxa Karlsbakk & Køie, 2012
  * Zschokkella Auerbach, 1909


MRRC

MRRC may refer to:

  * Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre, a refugee resettlement centre in New Zealand
  * Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, a prison in Sydney, Australia
  * Mystic River Rugby Club, a rugby club in Massachusetts, United States


United Nations Security Council Resolution 257, adopted unanimously on September 11, 1968, after examining the application of Swaziland for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Swaziland be admitted.

  * List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300 (1965–1971)
  * Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
  * Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 257 at Wikisource


McCool Hill

McCool Hill is the tallest of the Columbia Hills in Gusev crater, Mars. It was named in honor of William C. McCool, an astronaut of the Space Shuttle Columbia during its final mission where it disintegrated during atmospheric reentry (see Space Shuttle Columbia disaster).

The hill was to be Spirit rover's next target. She was expected to reach significant north-facing slopes on the hill in mid-April 2006, and spend her second winter on Mars there. However, on the way to the slopes on "McCool Hill" between outcrops nicknamed "Oberth" and "Korolev," Spirit ran into an impassable sandy area. To increase solar power output, Spirit's handlers redirected the rover to a closer north-facing slope in an area known as "Low Ridge" or "Low Ridge Haven," about 20 meters away from the rover's position on sol 802 (April 5, 2006). Spirit spent the rest of the Martian winter here, operating from a fixed position for long periods of time, attempting to observe very small changes that would not be noticeable otherwise because the rover was moving much more often. Mission directors were undecided on where to go in the spring, either to re-attempt the climb of McCool Hill, go back to Home Plate, or elsewhere. In the end they decided to go to Low Ridge Haven.

Husband Hill was originally thought to be the highest of the Columbia Hills as seen from Columbia Memorial Station until surveying by Spirit updated elevation levels, placing McCool as the highest.

  * Husband Hill
  * Geography of Mars
  * Spirit Discovers "New" Highest Peak in "Columbia Hills" (2006-Mar-02)
  * Official Mars Rovers site


The Best Thief in the World

The Best Thief in the World is a comedy-drama film directed by Jacob Kornbluth starring Mary-Louise Parker. The movie was released in 2004 at the Sundance Film Festival, and it aired on Showtime on January 11, 2005.

Plot

The movie is about a kid named Izzy who lives in the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights. His family faces a crisis after his father, Paul, suffers from a stroke. His mother, Sue, is an English teacher whose salary is only enough to pay the rent for their apartment. Izzy is trying to find ways to escape his problems by breaking into people's apartments. Izzy does not steal things from houses, instead he eats food, moves around the furniture, writes words on walls, takes showers, and burn pieces of paper. Izzy hangs out with a group of kids who are hoodlums. When Paul's medical insurance is running out, Sue decides to bring Paul back home and take care of him by herself. When Izzy tries again to break in, he gets caught when the homeowners are at home having sexual intercourse. Izzy is subsequently taken to the local police station.

Cast

  * Mary-Louise Parker as Sue Zaidman
  * Michael Silverman as Izzy Zaidman
  * David Warshofsky as Paul Zaidman
  * Audra McDonald as Ruth
  * Lois Smith as Helen
  * Margo Martindale as Miss Mason
  * Jelani Jeffries as Robbie
  * Chelsea Harkins as Amy Zaidman
  * Jonah Bobo as Sam Zaidman
  * Tom Bloom as Dr. Challop
  * Shortee Red as Edwin "Big Edwin"
  * T.J. Allen as "Dice"
  * Tanya Clarke as Mary
  * Wade Mylius as Harry
  * Trevor Ryan Clegg as Zeke
  * The Best Thief in the World at IMDb


Quingentole

Quingentole (Lower Mantovano: Quingéntuli) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 160 kilometres (99 mi) southeast of Milan and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Mantua.

Quingentole borders the following municipalities: Borgo Mantovano, Quistello, Schivenoglia, Serravalle a Po, Sustinente.


1976 in Dutch television

This is a list of Dutch television related events from 1976.

Events

  * 18 February - Sandra Reemer is selected to represent Netherlands at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "The Party's Over". She is selected to be the twenty-first Dutch Eurovision entry during Nationaal Songfestival held at Congresgebouw in The Hague.
  * 3 April - The 21st Eurovision Song Contest is held at the Nederlands Congrescentrum in The Hague. The United Kingdom wins the contest with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me", performed by Brotherhood of Man.

Debuts

  * 4 January - Sesamstraat (1976–present)

Television shows

1950s

  * NOS Journaal (1956–present)
  * Pipo de Clown (1958–present)

Ending this year

Births

  * 23 July - Mark van Eeuwen, actor
  * 15 August - Koert-Jan de Bruijn, actor & TV presenter
  * 18 November - Lodewijk Hoekstra, TV presenter

Deaths


Tepiti

See also: Tepiti language

The Tepiti (Debidigh) or Teppathiggi were an indigenous Australian tribe of Queensland. They may be the same as the Lotiga (Luthigh).

Country

The Tepiti controlled some 400 square miles (1,000 km2) of territory on the middle Ducie River.

Alternative names

  * Tepithiki.
  * Teyepathiggi, Teppathiggi.
  * ? Teepani.


Syzygium stocksii

Syzygium stocksii is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to India.


Shaposhnikov, Belgorod Oblast

Shaposhnikov (Russian: Шапошников) is a rural locality (a khutor) in Alexeyevsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. The population was 14 in 2010.

Geography

Shaposhnikov is located 15 km southeast of Alexeyevka (the district's administrative centre) by road. Menyaylovo is the nearest rural locality.


V.A. Memorial Stadium

V.A. Memorial Stadium is a baseball stadium located on the grounds of the Veterans Administration Hospital campus off of OH-104, three miles north of Chillicothe, Ohio. It is officially designated as building 244. The stadium is the home field of the Chillicothe Paints, a collegiate wooden bat baseball team in the Prospect League. Though primarily used for baseball, V.A. Memorial Stadium has been used for softball, soccer, and other non-sporting events.

The stadium holds over 3000 people. The main grandstand is covered and constructed of concrete and brick. The seating in the grandstand consists of 12 rows of bench seats with the lower 6 rows having backrests. Additional seating includes metal bleachers along the first and third base lines and a party deck extending from just beyond third base to the left field corner. Until 2006 the playing surface consisted of natural grass and dirt. In 2006, Field Turf was installed.

Stadium history

The stadium was constructed in 1954 with funding from the Blue Star Mothers of America. It was originally used as a field for the patients of the VA Hospital to play softball.

In 1993, the Frontier League began operations with the Chillicothe Paints playing in VA Memorial Stadium as one of the original 8 teams. The Paints organization with cooperation from the Department of Veterans Affairs renovated the stadium for the Paints opening game in June 1993.

In 2006 the Ross County Commissioners and Ross County Convention Facility Authority worked together to further renovate the stadium adding the left field party deck and Field Turf.

Stadium events

  * Chillicothe Paints, a collegiate summer baseball team that plays in the Prospect League
  * Mid-American Conference baseball tournament from 2008 to 2011
  * Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Baseball Tournament, 2009–2011
  * Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Division III District and Regional Baseball Tournament
  * North Coast Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Tournament
  * OHSAA regular season baseball and soccer games
  * Scenes from the 1999 movie A Little Inside were filmed in the stadium
  * Chillicothe Paints.com
  * Prospect League Website
Events and tenants

Preceded by          Host of the FL All-Star Game  Succeeded by
                     V.A. Memorial Stadium
first venue          1993                          Don Edwards Park
Don McBride Stadium  1997                          Don McBride Stadium


Mansbach

For people with the surname, see Mansbach (surname).

Mansbach is a village and a municipal district of Hohenroda in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany.

The church of Mansbach.


United Nations Security Council Resolution 2504

United Nations Security Council resolution 2504 was adopted in 2020.

China, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States abstained from the vote.

  * List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2501 to 2600 (2019–present)
  * Text of the Resolution at undocs.org


McCoole, Maryland

McCoole is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 511.

McCoole is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 220 and the east end of Maryland Route 135. It lies directly across the North Branch Potomac River from Keyser, West Virginia. McCoole had its own post office in operation from 1903 to 1910.

Demographics

Historical population
Census                 Pop.  Note  %±
2020                   449         —
U.S. Decennial Census


Thomas Hearns vs. Michael Olajide

Thomas Hearns vs. Michael Olajide, billed as The Barrage at Trump Taj, was a professional boxing match contested on April 28, 1990 for the WBO super middleweight title.

Background

Following a controversial draw in his previous fight, it was announced that Thomas Hearns would make his second defense of the WBO super middleweight title against Michael Olajide. The bout was set to be the first to be held at the then-newly opened Trump Taj Mahal owned by Donald Trump. Trump was in the midst of his high-profile separation (and eventual divorce) from wife Ivana which overshadowed the pre-fight press conferences.

Olajide had been a top prospect in the middleweight division, becoming the #2 middleweight contender in 1987 and securing a title shot for the vacant IBF middleweight against the #1 ranked Hearns, but Hearns turned down the fight in order to move up to the light heavyweight division.Frank Tate and Iran Barkley had hurt his status as one of the premier up-and-comers. In an effort to resurrect his career, Olajide had parted ways with this father, Michael Olajide, Sr. in favor of legendary trainer Angelo Dundee prior to landing the Hearns fight.

The fight

Hearns cruised to a relatively easy unanimous decision victory. Hearns served as the aggressor for the entire duration of the fight as Olajide took a more defensive approach and offered little offensively in the fight. Hearns would score the fight's lone knockdown after dropping Olajide with a right cross. Olajide would answer the referee's 10-count at 7 and withstood a flurry of punches while against the ropes as Hearns looked to finish the fight. The fight would ultimately go to the judge's scorecards with Hearns winning by large margins on all three; 120–107, 119–107 and 119–110.

Fight card

Weight Class        Weight                        vs.                    Method  Round  Notes
Super Middleweight  168 lbs.  Thomas Hearns (c)   def.  Michael Olajide    UD    12/12
Light Heavyweight   175 lbs.  Michael Moorer (c)  def.  Mario Melo         KO    1/12
Light Heavyweight   175 lbs.  Anthony Hembrick    def.  Lenzie Morgan      UD     8/8


Thomas Hearns vs. Michael Olajide

^Note 1 For WBO Super Middlweight title
^Note 2 For WBO Light Heavyweight title


Quinidius

Quinidius (French: Quenin; died February 15 c. 579) was a French hermit, deacon, and bishop, who acquired the reputation of being a saint. He was born at Vaison-la-Romaine to a noble Christian family. As a young man, he became a hermit near Toulon and then at Lérins Abbey to devote himself to a life of prayer and asceticism.

Esteemed for his piety, he was recalled to his natal town by Theodosius, Bishop of Vaison. He was made an archdeacon. He was himself elected Bishop of Vaison in 556, and achieved a reputation for charity and fairness. He participated in the Councils of Paris of 558 and 573. He resisted the claims of the patrician Mummolus, conqueror of the Lombards.

Death and veneration

At his death, his body was placed under the main altar of the cathedral of Vaison. A sarcophagus was unearthed there in 1950 which may contain the possible relics of Quinidius. He was officially registered in the catalogue of saints during the papacy of Innocent III at the request of Rambaud Flotte, bishop of the city.

The apse of the Church of St. Quenin at Vaison seems to date from the 8th century; it is one of the oldest in France.

  * Saints of February 15: Quinidius
  * (in French) Saint Quenin de Vaison


1976 in Laos

The following lists events that happened during 1976 in Laos.

Incumbents

  * President: Souphanouvong
  * Prime Minister: Kaysone Phomvihane

Events

September

  * September - Lao Airlines is established.


Tepidimonas ignava

Tepidimonas ignava is a gram-negative, slightly thermophilic, motile bacterium with a single polar flagellum from the genus Tepidimonas, which was isolated from the hot spring at São Pedro do Sul in central Portugal.

  * Type strain of Tepidimonas ignava at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase


Syzygium phaeophyllum

Syzygium phaeophyllum is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Fiji.


Shapur (Bavandid ruler)

Shapur (Persian: شاپور یکم) was the seventh ruler of the Bavand dynasty, who ruled briefly in 825. He was the son and successor of Shahriyar I.

Reign

Just when Shapur had ascended the Bavandid throne, the Qarinvand Mazyar, whom Shapur's father Shahriyar I along with Mazyar's uncle Vinda-Umid had expelled from Tabaristan, returned with an Abbasid army, and invaded the territories of Shapur and Vinda-Umid, where he defeated them both. Vinda-Umid was killed, whilst Shapur was taken hostage.

Shapur, knowing that Mazyar planned to have him killed, sent a secret message to the Abbasid governor of Tabaristan, Musa ibn Hafs, willing to pay him 100,000 dirhams if he would assert him as his own prisoner. Musa responded by saying his best shot would be by converting to Islam and become a client of the caliph. Musa, nervous of Mazyar learning of his secret communication with Shapur, asked him how he would react if Shapur converted to Islam and offered to become a client of the caliph. Mazyar gave no answer, but had Shapur beheaded the same day, which greatly angered Musa.

  * Madelung, W. (1975). "The Minor Dynasties of Northern Iran". In Frye, R.N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 198–249. ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6.
  * Ibn Isfandiyar, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan (1905). An Abridged Translation of the History of Tabaristan, Compiled About A.H. 613 (A.D. 1216). Translated by Edward G. Browne. Leyden: E.J. Brill.


Multiple hearth furnace

A sketch of a Herreshoff multiple-hearth furnace

A multiple hearth furnace also known as a vertical calciner, is used for continuous preparation and calcining of materials.

Working

The multiple hearth furnaces consist of several circular hearths or kilns superimposed on each other. Material is fed from the top and is moved by the action of rotating "rabble arms", and the revolving mechanical rabbles attached to the arms move over the surface of each hearth to continuously shift the ore. The arms are attached to a rotating central shaft that passes through the center of the roaster. As the material is moved, the ore that is charged at the top hearth gradually moves downward as it passes through windows in the floor of each hearth or through alternate passages around the shaft and the periphery until it finally emerges at the bottom.

Gas

The oxidizing gases flow upward, i.e., counter-current to the descending charge. In a well-insulated roaster, external heating is unnecessary except when the charge is highly moist. The hearth at the top of the roaster dries and heats the charge. Ignition and oxidation of the charge occur lower down.

Variables

The hearths may be individually heated and the number, temperature, rotation rate, and size of each hearth determine the residence time and conditions for the calcining powder in order to achieve the desired final properties.

Structure of furnace

The individual hearths are lined with refractory brick, and the rabble arms are typically a force-cooled metal alloy. The entire structure is enclosed in a cylindrical brick-lined steel shell.

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Mansart

Mansart may refer to:

  * François Mansart (1598–1666), French architect
  * Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646–1708), French architect, his grandnephew
  * Mansart (crater), a crater on Mercury
  * Mansard roof


United Nations Security Council Resolution 2501

United Nations Security Council resolution 2501 was adopted in 2019.

  * List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2501 to 2600 (2019–2021)
  * Text of the Resolution at undocs.org


McCook Park Beach

McCook Point is a public park and beach located in the village of Niantic in the town of East Lyme. It adjoins the town's Hole in the Wall Beach to its east and the private Crescent Beach to its west. Combined, the two parks encompass 21 acres of land, the bulk of which is within the section known as McCook Point Park.

McCook Park has the following facilities:

  * A covered picnic pavilion that can be rented and reserved for use
  * Two restroom facilities: one at the lower beach area, the other on the bluff near the picnic pavilion
  * Playground equipment on the bluff area
  * Parking by the beach and on the bluff by the pavilion

Geography

McCook Point Park consists of the point itself which stands about 40 feet above sea level, and a beach area that is the easternmost point of the Crescent Beach area. The point represents an example of the geological forces that created the northern shore of the Long Island Sound: a combination of three mountain building events creating bedrock units with a north-south grain, and subsequent glacial action that eroded the softer rock structure to create the existing coastline including McCook Point and adjoining Black Point.

History

McCook Point has been used for fishing and recreation for centuries.

Pre-colonial Period

McCook Point served as a summer camping site for Nehantic Indians. The Nehantics camped along the Niantic River and the Niantic Sound, including McCook Point, during the summer months. They grew corn, beans, and squash, as well as catching fish and shellfish in the sound, the river, and other streams that feed the sound.

Colonial Period

When European settlers arrived, McCook Point along with much of the area surrounding it was left to the Nehantics, as settlers chose to live closer to the King's Highway, now known as the Boston Post Road, in what is now the village of Flanders. At this time McCook Point was known as Champlain's Point.

The Nehantics continued to occupy the area along the Niantic River, McCook Point, and Black Point, and supported the colonists in the Pequot War of 1634 to 1638. The victorious colonists issued land grants to Captain Thomas Bull and four of his soldiers around McCook Point.

Settlement by the McCooks


McCook Park Beach

Settlement by the McCooks

With the construction of the Shore Line Railway that connected New Haven to New London in 1852, the village of Niantic began to grow as it opened up the shoreline to summer tourists. One of those tourists was the Reverend Professor John James McCook, the rector of St. John's Episcopal Church of East Hartford in 1869. He and his family began spending the summer in Niantic for the benefit of their eldest son's health.

State Condemnation Efforts

In the 1920s, the State of Connecticut entered into a legal dispute with the McCook family when the state attempted to condemn a portion of the land to expand its Seaside Sanatorium tuberculosis facility, which had opened in 1919.

The commission members quickly recognized that the facility needed to expand as indicated in their report for 1920 to 1922. In spite of the fact that the Seaside was the first state institution of its kind in America, and that many of the leaders of the medical profession were yet skeptical of the power of continuous sun-baths to cure bone tuberculosis, the success of the institution was immediate, and in a few months a waiting list of patients began to form.

A waiting list is a very serious problem for a state institution that offers the public relief from pain and hope of cure which are not available elsewhere. Even the most enthusiastic of the medical friends of the Seaside lost much of their enthusiasm when they found that they could not secure the admission of their patients to the new institution for months and sometimes a year after his or her application had been filed.

The commission approached the McCooks about their property:

"Before the sitting of the last General Assembly, we approached the owners of this tract of land east of the state property, to learn the price they set on the whole or part of this property. After considerable delay, the owners came together for a conference on our request and replied to us that the land 'was not for sale in whole or in part.'"

The State Commission decided it was imperative that it acquire at least a portion of the McCook property to expand the sanitarium, but the McCooks were living up to their name the "Fighting McCooks." The commission was becoming frustrated by the McCooks' refusal to sell, as expressed in their 1922 to 1924 report:


McCook Park Beach

"The 1923 appropriation of $100,000 for the erection of the proposed new sanatorium building at The Seaside, and of $25,000 for the purchase of the necessary adjoining land and the 1925 appropriation of $30,000 for the purchase of necessary adjoining land; all remain unexpended in the State Treasury. If the owner of this unused land that the State wishes to purchase, and that the last General Assembly directed the Governor to secure "by condemnation or otherwise," succeeds in postponing a legal decision in the matter until after the first of next July, the appropriations of $100,000 for the erection of the building, and of $25,000 for the purchase of land, become null and void."

The McCooks, represented by Attorney Anson McCook, fought the state's efforts to condemn their property.

Town Purchase

The Town of East Lyme purchased the McCook property in 1953 to stave off acquisition by a Hartford real estate firm. The town voted in a town meeting on Dec. 28, 1953 to purchase the property for $87,500.

  * East Lyme Historical Society
  * The Smith-Harris House
  * Internet Archive Search Results on reports of the State of Connecticut Tuberculosis Commission


Thomas Heaton (footballer, born 1897)

Thomas Heaton (2 June 1897–unknown) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Oldham Athletic.


Quinine cartel

Quinine Cartel was a cartel regarding price and territory of producers of quinine and quinidine. There were two separate cartels with different members each time.

From the first isolation of quinine as an API in the year 1792 until the year 1947Malaria until Chloroquine (a comparable but synthetic API) and other drugs in adequate amounts entered the pharma market. Triggers of the cartels were the long cycles of over 10 years from planting until harvest of a tree and very volatile prices at auctions at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

First Cartel (between 1913 and 1942)

The first quinine cartelJapanese invasion of Java. It was a coalition of planters as well as producers of quinine. The headquarters of the quinine bureau was based in Amsterdam,

Second Cartel (between 1958 and 1963)

The second cartel only focused on territory and was only set up by quinine producers again under Dutch leadership.Federal Cartel Office.Defense National Stockpile Center, which were no longer needed. The amount of around 100 tons of quinine for sale in 1958 exceeded the total annual output of all producers and would have led to a serious drop in prices on the world market. As a comparison: in the year 2007 the NDA had a stockpile of only 4 tonnes.

Overall the fine accounted to DM 2 million imposed by the European Commission in 1969. At the time, it was the world's greatest punishment due to competition violations.

Members of the cartel:

 1. Nederlandse Combinatie voor Chemische Industrie
 2. Boehringer Mannheim (Germany) percentage of the penalty payment: 38%
 3. Chininfabrik Braunschweig Buchler & Co.(Germany). percentage of the penalty payment: 13%
 4. Société Chimique Pointet-Girard S.A.(France). percentage of the penalty payment: 3%
 5. Société Nogentaise de Produits Chimiques (France). percentage of the penalty payment: 3%
 6. Pharmacie Centrale de France (France). percentage of the penalty payment: 2%


1989 Temple of the Tooth attack

1989 Temple of the Tooth attack is an attack on the Temple of the Tooth Relic, located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The shrine, which is considered to be important to the Buddhists in Sri Lanka, houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha, and is a UNESCO designated World Heritage Site.

Background

In the late 1980s, the country was under a tense situation with two insurgencies ravaging Northern and Southern parts of Sri Lanka.Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and several Tamil militant groups in 1983, seeking to create an independent Tamil state in Northern and Eastern parts of the country.intervened in the conflict to bring an end to the fighting between the insurgents and the Sri Lankan armed forces. That year, the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was signed between the two countries and Indian Peace Keeping Force was deployed in Northern Sri Lanka to enforce disarmament of militant organizations and to watch over the regional council.

JVP and other nationalist groups viewed this as a proliferation of Indian imperialism.failed insurrection in 1971, against the government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Under these circumstances, the party launched a second insurrection in 1987, seeking to overthrow the then United National Party government.

Incident

As the tension grew, JVP and its military wing, Patriotic People's Movement (Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya) launched attacks on various government and civilian targets.

Account of Adhikari

In 2001, The Sunday Leader, a Sri Lankan English-language weekly, interviewed a former JVP member, Adhikari alias Kosala, who participated in the attack.Pallekele Army Camp attack, 1987 Bogambara prison attack and Digana bank heist.

According to Adhikari, the first meeting to plan the attack was held at the house of a JVP co-ordinator named Sunanda, in Kandy. In that meeting, Sunanda explained the motivation behind the attack. He believed that taking away the relic of the tooth of the Buddha, which had been residing in the country for at least 1,700 years,


1989 Temple of the Tooth attack

Next week, another meeting was held at the same place, with the presence of D.M. Ananda alias Kalu Ajith, the JVP leader of Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces, and Somawansa Amarasinghe alias Sanath, who became the leader of the JVP later and the last surviving politburo member of the party after the rebellion.Queen's Hotel, Kandy around 2.00 – 2.30 pm. There he met Sarath, one of his colleagues in Digana bank heist, who introduced him to 4 boys and 2 girls. The girls, dressed in white lama saris were carrying two trays filled with flowers. Adhikari's task was to bring the group to the Makara Thorana (the entrance to the Temple), where he would meet two gentlemen, who carried pens attached to their pockets, as an aid to recognition. As instructed, after completing his job, he proceeded to the Kundasale town, about 5 km from Kandy. There he was waiting to receive the casket which contained the tooth relic.

But the plan did not succeed. From what he learnt, two girls had gone past the checkpoint near the entrance, without being properly searched, and waited for the others to follow. This has aroused the suspicion of a guard, and he had come towards the girls. By this time, members of the group had arrived in the scene; snatched the guns hidden inside the flowers on the tray; and shot at the guards.

Account of K.G. Sisira

Sisira was employed as a labourer of the Kandy Municipal Council at the time the incident has happened. At that moment, he was travelling on a bus, near the temple.

2001 controversy


1989 Temple of the Tooth attack

2001 controversy

In the run-up to the 2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, the issue of the responsibility of this attack surfaced again. The party leader Somawansa Amarasinghe and then JVP propaganda secretary Wimal Weerawansa, denied the involvement of JVP in the incident.Diyawadana Nilame (the chief lay custodian of Temple of the Tooth), Neranjan Wijeyeratne, and Mahanayaka theros of Malwatte and Asgiriya chapters (chief Buddhist prelates of the country).Sri Dalada Maligawa [Temple of the Tooth] as five persons were killed in the JVP attack".

  * 1998 Temple of the Tooth attack
  * Gunaratna, Rohan (1990). Sri lanka – A Lost Revolution? The Inside Story of the JVP. Colombo: Institute of Fundamental Studies. ISBN 978-955-2600-04-3.


Tepia

Tepia is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in Estonia.


The Charlatan (Mei)

The Charlatan, 1656. 190cm x 135cm

The Charlatan (Italian Il Ciarlatano) is a large 1656 satirical painting by the Italian Baroque artist Bernardino Mei. It shows an aged charlatan seated on an armchair resting on a trestle stage in the Piazza del Campo, the main square of the Tuscan town of Siena.L'olio de filosofi di Straccione (Straccione's Philosopher's oil) lying on the cheap timbre below him. The man is hefty and dressed in old, filthy clothes -he bears a dirty white robe with a blue sash, white leggings and heavy black shoes- and an unkempt beard; Bernardino has unflatteringly portrayed him as a mixture of a second rate Old Testament prophet, tattered alchemical philosopher, and the forbidding Roman god Saturn.

The old man's simple minded audience look up at him with a sense of wonder and awe; one, dressed in a rose coloured gown is so overcome that he seems about to faint and reaches for a sniff of a remedy to regain strength. Mei has abandoned any pretence of perspective, the charlatan is several times larger than the member of his audience, and is seemingly suspended in the air, floating above the rabble below.

Mei utilises mostly dark tones, and although the main figure is hugely imposing to the viewer, the overall mood is sombre and melancholy. Although alchemists were still popular with the middle classes at the time the painting was created, they were maligned figures in the eyes of the educated.

The work was popular as a print in the 18th century, however the relevance of its message was lost soon after.

  * Gambaccini Piero. Mountebanks and Medicasters: A History of Italian Charlatans from the Middle Ages to the Present. McFarland, 2004. ISBN 0-7864-1606-8
  * Gentilcore, David. Medical Charlatanism in Early Modern Italy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.


Rudolf Furmanov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Davydovich and the family name is Furmanov .

Furmanov in 2012, receiving the award of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

Rudolf Davydovich Furmanov (Russian: Рудольф Давыдович Фурманов; 22 October 1938 – 9 April 2021) was a Russian actor and stage director. He was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union on 22 October 1938, the son of a worker at the Goznak factory.

Biography

Furmanov's career began in 1948, eventually appearing in more than 80 film roles, and further appearances in television. Among them was Artyom in The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (1998) and as Igor in I Want to Go to Prison (1998).Andrei Mironov Theatre "Russian Entreprise"People's Artist of Russia.

Furmanov died on 9 April 2021 in Saint Petersburg, Russia at the age of 82 from COVID-19.Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov was among those offering tributes, stating that "Saint Petersburg culture has suffered a heavy loss."


Two Times Blue

"Two Times Blue" is a song by American singer Deborah Harry, released as the lead single from her fifth solo studio album, Necessary Evil (2007). The pop rock song, produced by Super Buddha, finds Harry responding to a critical lover but confessing that she'd be unhappy if she left.Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, becoming Harry's highest-peaking single in 14 years.

Composition

"Two Times Blue" is a pop rock song with a length of three minutes and fifty-eight seconds.

Release

On September 7, 2007, "Two Times Blue" was released as the lead single from Necessary Evil, Harry's fifth solo studio album and first solo release in fourteen years.

The single also spawned a number of dance remixes.extended play of remixes of the song was released via eMusic.Soul Seekerz and Sixx:A.M., a side project of Mötley Crüe member Nikki Sixx.

Critical reception

In a preview of the album for Billboard, Cohen named the song a highlight of Necessary Evil, calling it a "shiny pop-rocker".The Guardian, was negative in her assessment of the song, predicting that it wouldn't attain the success of other comeback singles like Cher's "Believe" because it is "very boring". Swash did, however, praise Harry for being able to "still hit the high notes".Slant Magazine, penned by Sal Cinquemani, commended the song as the "epitome of geek-pop, even making algebra sound sexy".Pitchfork deemed the song a "soaring first single".

Legacy

In a 2011 profile of Harry, New York magazine pointed to the song as evidence of Harry's vocal ability and lyrical focus.Attitude released a list of her ten best songs, and included "Two Times Blue", retrospectively calling it "an A-grade pop song".Idolator, with music journalist Mike Wass naming it one of Harry's "very best" releases and opining that it should have achieved a level of success comparable to that of Cher's "Believe."American Songwriter as one of Harry's 10 best solo songs.

Commercial performance


Two Times Blue

Commercial performance

Upon its release, the song became an international dance hit.Billboard reported that the song had reached the top 20 of the Club Play chart (since renamed the Dance Club Songs chart), thereby becoming Harry's highest-peaking single on that chart in fourteen years.

Track listings

All tracks (Deborah Harry, Barbara Jean-Morrison and Charles W. Nieland)

  * US CD #1 (promo only)
 1. "Two Times Blue" (Original Radio Edit) - 3:57
  * US CD #2 (promo only)
 1. "Two Times Blue" (Original Radio Edit) - 3:57
 2. "Two Times Blue" (Nickel & Dime Mix) - 3:25
  * US CD #3 (promo only)
 1. "Two Times Blue" (Soul Seekerz Club Mix) - 8:23
 2. "Two Times Blue" (Hardino Remix) - 7:09
 3. "Two Times Blue" (Clubstar Remix) - 5:23
 4. "Two Times Blue" (Soul Seekerz Dub) - 8:10
 5. "Two Times Blue" (Original Radio Edit) - 3:57
  * US CD
 1. "Two Times Blue" (Debbie Harry vs Soul Seekerz Vocal) - 8:23
 2. "Two Times Blue" (Debbie Harry vs Soul Seekerz Dub) - 8:10
 3. "Two Times Blue" (Soul Seekerz Extended Vocal) - 8:22
 4. "Two Times Blue" (Soul Seekerz Radio Edit)- 3:43
 5. "Two Times Blue" (Debbie Harry Accapella) - 3:34
  * US 12-inch and CD
 1. "Two Times Blue" (The StoneBridge Vocal) - 8:08
 2. "Two Times Blue" (The StoneBridge Dub) - 8:06
 3. "Two Times Blue" (The StoneBridge Radio Edit) - 4:29

Charts

Chart performance for "Two Times Blue"
Chart (2007)                     Peak
                                 position
Global Dance Songs (Billboard)   34
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)  5


Manseau, Quebec

Manseau is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

  * List of municipalities in Quebec


Willem River

[Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht]

Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht

The Willem River or Willem's River was named during the voyage of the Dutch East India Company ship Mauritius in 1618, under the command of Supercargo Willem Janszoon and captained by Lenaert Jacobszoon, and is one of the few features named on a nautical chart made in 1627.

It seems reasonable that Willem River was almost certainly named after Supercargo Willem Janszoon, the Commander of the ship Mauritius. Janszoon was captain of the Duyfken in 1605–1606, when part of the Gulf of Carpentaria was mapped, during the earliest documented visit to Australia by a vessel from Europe.

Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht ("Chart of the Land of Eendracht") is a 1627 chart made by Hessel Gerritsz and is one of the earliest charts showing the coastline of Western Australia.

[Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht (detail naming the Mauritius as ship used for the discovery of Willem's River) - The text on this close-up cropped image says, Willems revier, besocht by 't volck van 't Schip Mauritius in Iulius A° 1618 (translated Willem's River, visited by the crew of the ship Mauritius in July 1618)]

Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht (detail naming the Mauritius as ship used for the discovery of Willem's River) by Hessel Gerritsz, stating, Willems revier, besocht by 't volck van 't Schip Mauritius in Iulius A° 1618 (translated Willem's River, visited by the crew of the ship Mauritius in July 1618). This cropped image has been reoriented 90 degrees clockwise from the original chart so that north is at the now customary top.

Is Willem River the Ashburton River?

[Map]
Ashburton River is almost exactly at the latitude at which Hessel Gerritsz’ chart shows Willem River.


Willem River

It is believed that the Willem River of 1618 is the Ashburton River in Western Australia.Willems revier, besocht by 't volck van 't Schip Mauritius in Iulius A° 1618 (translated Willem's River, visited by the crew of the ship Mauritius in July 1618).

The detail of the river's position on the chart backs up the claim that this is the Ashburton River, which, being at 21 degrees 40 minutes south and 114 degrees 56 east, is almost exactly the latitude shown on the chart. The chart is oriented with north to the left, showing lines of latitude from 20th parallel south to the 35th parallel south at the base of the map. The lines of latitude appear to be very accurate, matching closely known features through the length of the chart.

Other factors to back up that this is the Ashburton River is that it takes almost a 90 degree turn north-east once in the mouth as shown on the chart, and the northern headland of the river mouth in reality is of the same shape as shown on the chart. However, significant changes to the river delta since 1963 alone have been observed. These changes include channel and mouth movements, and erosion and formation of spits.2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi).

1627 chart accuracy

A note on the chart's accuracy is given by the author Heeres in 1899, from the following excerpt.


Willem River

The 1627 chart is specially interesting. Gerritsz., at the time cartographer in ordinary to the E.I.C., has "put together this chart of the Landt van d'Eendracht from the journals and drawings of the Steersmen", which means that he availed himself of authentic data [***]. He acquitted himself of the task to admiration, and has given a very lucid survey of the (accidental) discoveries made by the Dutch on the west-coast of Australia. In this chart of 1627 the Land of d'Eendracht takes up a good deal of space. To the north it is found bounded by the "Willemsrivier", discovered in July 1618 by the ship Mauritius, commanded by Willem Janszoon [****]. According to the chart this "river" is in about 21° 45' S. Lat., but there are no reliable data concerning this point.

[*** It is evident that he did not use all the data then available. Thus, for instance, he left unused those furnished by the Zeewolf (No. VIII, pp. 10 ff. below), and those of the ship Leiden (No. XV, p. 49).]

[**** See the Documents under No IX (pp. 12f.).]

What Heeres means by the sentence, According to the chart this "river" is in about 21° 45' S. Lat., but there are no reliable data concerning this point, is that in 1899 they had no reliable information about exactly what was at that latitude.

Mauritius at North West Cape

On 31 July 1618, the Mauritius reached North West Cape (west of Exmouth Gulf), where crew members went ashore and saw footprints;indigenous Australians in Western Australia.

Janszoon and Jacobszoon assumed that the cape was an island: the notion later took hold amongst mariners and cartographers, to the extent that it was named "Cloates Island" in 1720 and this misconception lingered until the 19th century.


Willem River

As Willem's River was also named in July it would appear that the Mauritius, which reached Bantam, Indonesia on 22 August 1618, discovered the river on the same day that they reached North West Cape (that is, 31 July 1618, the last day of July).

The 1627 chart was based on a number of voyages, beginning with the 1616 voyage of Dirk Hartog. On that voyage Hartog named Eendrachtsland after his ship, the Eendracht meaning "Unity".Australian mainland.


McCook, Texas

McCook is an unincorporated community in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States.Farm to Market Road 681 30 miles (48 km) northwest of McAllen.

History

McCook was founded circa 1925. By 1936, the community had its own school district, post office, and church; for the next few decades, its population hovered near 40 residents. By 1964, the population had risen to 100. As of 2000, the population was 91; the residents were spread out over a rural area.


Thomas Hebblethwaite

Thomas Hebblethwaite (1629 – June 1668) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1668.

Hebblethwaite was the only son of James Hebblethwaite of Norton and his first wife Anne Hungate, daughter of Thomas Hungate of North Dalton. He was baptised on 19 June 1628. He was educated at Coxwold Grammar School and was a student of St John's College, Cambridge in 1646 and of Middle Temple in 1647. He lived at Norton.

In 1660, Hebblethwaite was elected Member of Parliament for Malton in the Convention Parliament.Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1668.

Hebblethwaite died at the age of 40 and was buried on 21 June 1668.

Hebblethwaite married Barbara Marwood.James succeeded him as MP for Malton.


Rich Reese

Richard Benjamin Reese (born September 29, 1941) is an American former professional baseball player who played first base and outfield in the major leagues from 1964 through 1973 for the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers. Born in Leipsic, Ohio, Reese threw and batted left-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg). He attended Deshler, Ohio, high school.

Reese's pro career began in the Detroit organization and he appeared in 59 games for the Tigers in his final MLB season in 1973, but he spent the bulk of his big-league tenure—807 games played—as a member of the Twins, who drafted him away from the Tigers in November 1962. In his finest season, 1969, Reese batted a career-best .322 in 132 games, with 16 home runs and 69 runs batted in, also personal bests. He tied for the American League lead in pinch hits with 13 in 1967. He is also the co-holder of the major league record for pinch-hit grand slam home runs in a career with three. One of those pinch-hit slams, on August 3, 1969, snapped the Baltimore Orioles' Dave McNally's consecutive win streak at 17, one short of the American League record.

Reese is also in the record books for two strikeouts: as the final out in Catfish Hunter's perfect game on May 8, 1968, and as Nolan Ryan's 383rd strikeout victim of the 1973 season (September 27), the still-standing single-season record, breaking Sandy Koufax's record of 382 in 1965.

In 866 games over ten seasons, Reese compiled a .253 batting average (512-for-2,020) with 248 runs, 73 doubles, 17 triples, 52 home runs, 245 RBI, 158 base on balls, 270 strikeouts, .312 on-base percentage and .384 slugging percentage. Defensively, he recorded a .992 fielding percentage at first base and left field. In the postseason, in the 1969 and 1970 American League Championship Series, he appeared in five games and hit .158 (3-for-19) with two runs batted in.

Reese went on to a career in the distilled spirits industry, retiring in 2003 as CEO of Jim Beam Brands headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Illinois.


Rich Reese

* Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs


1995 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 21st Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1995, were announced on 16 December 1995 and given on 15 January 1996.

Winners

  * Best Picture:
      + Leaving Las Vegas
      + Runner-up: A Little Princess
  * Best Director:
      + Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas
      + Runner-up: Ang Lee – Sense and Sensibility
  * Best Actor:
      + Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas
      + Runner-up: Anthony Hopkins – Nixon
  * Best Actress:
      + Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas
      + Runner-up: Jennifer Jason Leigh – Georgia
  * Best Supporting Actor:
      + Don Cheadle – Devil in a Blue Dress
      + Runner-up: Kevin Spacey – Outbreak, Seven, Swimming with Sharks and The Usual Suspects
  * Best Supporting Actress:
      + Joan Allen – Nixon
      + Runner-up: Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite
  * Best Screenplay:
      + Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility
      + Runner-up: Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas
  * Best Cinematography:
      + Lü Yue – Shanghai Triad
      + Runner-up: Darius Khondji – Seven
  * Best Production Design:
      + Bo Welch - A Little Princess
      + Runner-up: Gary Frutkoff – Devil in a Blue Dress
  * Best Music Score:
      + Patrick Doyle – A Little Princess
      + Runner-up: Howard Shore – Seven
  * Best Foreign-Language Film:
      + Wild Reeds (Les roseaux sauvages) • France
      + Runner-up: The Postman (Il postino) • Italy/France/Belgium
  * Best Non-Fiction Film:
      + Crumb
      + Runner-up: Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
  * Best Animation:
      + Toy Story
  * The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
      + Mark Rappaport – From the Journals of Jean Seberg
  * New Generation Award:
      + Alfonso Cuarón – A Little Princess
  * Career Achievement Award:
      + André de Toth
  * 21st Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards


Many Faces Of Death, Vol. III

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AllMusic

Many Faces Of Death, Vol. III is the third album by Detroit rap group Detroit's Most Wanted. Legalize It and Keep Holding On were released as singles.I Never Had a Good Day is a response to Ice Cube's hit single It Was a Good Day from the previous year. Shortly before the release of this album, The group would break up due to a conflict of interest as MC Hammer wanted to sign DMW to his label Bust It Records but was prevented from doing so only by group leader Motsi Ski who would turn down the offer after disapproving of Hammer's plans for the group which would've involved a name change and a toning down of the group's lyrics.Tricks Of The Trade, Vol. II: The Money is Made.

Critical response

Ron Wynn of Allmusic wrote:

Track listing

 1. "Ratt Trapp"
 2. "Had To Buck Em Down"
 3. "Off The Hook"
 4. "Legalize It"
 5. "Deeper Than The Underground"
 6. "Back On My Block"
 7. "Trying To Get Over"
 8. "Keep Holding On"
 9. "I Never Had a Good Day"
10. "What Truly Is a Mack"
11. "Back On My Block" (Instrumental)


Sympagus buckleyi

Sympagus buckleyi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Bates in 1885.


Shnaim Ohazin

Shnaim Ohazin (Hebrew: שניים אוחזין, lit. Two people holding), was a television show broadcast on the Israeli Educational Television during the 1980s that dealt with teaching basic concepts of the Talmud and Jewish heritage. The concept of the show was Mr. Bar and Mr. Orian meet to study Gemara (Talmud) together. The show was incorporated in the past as part of the 7th-grade curriculum in secondary yeshivas, or 9th-grade curriculum in secular Hebrew-speaking schools, and a study booklet was added in 1989, written and edited by Benjamin Domovitz.

Structure

The show had two hosts, Baruch Bar (The tall one — Itzik Sayedoff) and Ori Orian (The chubby one — Avi Oriah), who used a study room that has been converted to a television studio where they learn different topics in the Talmud while focusing on explaining basic concepts. The hosts are aware of the cameras and audience. After explaining the topic from the writings the two argue among themselves over the explanation of the subject. Then in a fictionalized segment they go back in time to the period of the Mishnah (around 200 CE) and discuss the topic of the day with ordinary people from the era, to try to learn which of their interpretations is correct.

Almost all the chapters addressed interpretation and clarification of basic Talmud concepts.

The meaning of "Shnaim Ohazin"

Baruch Bar and Ori Oriah at their study tables.

The name of the show is Shnaim Ohazin (Two who are holding) with a double meaning: The show speaks of studying the Talmud, and "Shnaim Ohazin" is one of the famous Talmud chapters dealing with a division Principle,Gemara and are learning and teaching it.

The point of this is explained by Dr. Yehuda Schwartz:


Shnaim Ohazin

The point of this is explained by Dr. Yehuda Schwartz:

"The Talmudic study is active with negotiating in a "Havruta" while viewing is passive. The study of the Talmud is mostly textual, while the television medium is not characterized by book and words. On top of that, study of the Talmud involves continual negotiation between the study partners, and this is difficult to present by television. The solution to these problems is found in the broadcast through creation of a dialogue between two participants: "Bar" and "Orian". The broadcast does not come in order to replace the study of Talmud but it is used as a helping instrument along with a guide to the teacher and paper assignments for the student."

The names of the teachers on the show also hold a symbolic meaning: the names of both teachers Baruch Bar and Ori Orian (Hebrew: ברוך בר ואורי אוריין) are an alliteration, their last names put together composes the term "Bar Orian" (Son/Student of the Torah in Aramaic, or "scholar" in Modern Hebrew). The name of Bar and Orian's teacher also suggests of his role: Shlomo Melamed (Hebrew: מלמד, Teaches).

Cast

Director:

  * Arie Ben Tsion

Actors:

  * Baruch Bar: Itsik Sayidoff
  * Ori Orian: Avi Oriah
  * Shlomo Melamed (Teacher of Bar and Orian): Shmulik (Shmuel) Segal

Guest actors:

  * Gabi Amrani
  * Eli Gorenstein
  * Michal Jacob
  * Armando Bismont
  * Eitan Ben-Dov
  * Dudik Smadar
  * Ariel Fridan
  * Gilad Baum

Chapters


Shnaim Ohazin

Chapters

 1. Ha Minei
 2. Problem - Part A
 3. Problem - Part B
 4. Heicah Dami - Part A
 5. Heicah Dami - Part B
 6. Verminehu - Part A
 7. Verminehu - Part B
 8. Mai Tama
 9. Who is afraid of Aramaic
10. Pshita - Part A
11. Pshita - Part B
12. Mena Hani Milei
13. Preciseness
  * Oral Torah
  * Hillel and Shammai
  * Benjamin Domovitz, Shnaim Ohazin - Teacher's guide, Ministry of Education Tel Aviv 5749 (1988-1989).
  * Benjamin Domovitz, Article "Shnaim Ohazin - Television series for teaching of terms, concepts and issues of the Talmud", "Shmaatin" magazine 5750 (1989-1990), Issue 99 pgs. 40-46.
  * Shnaim Ohazin, on Israeli Educational Television.
  * 'Law and Order' by Einat Brazilai, NRG (Maariv) (Article about the show)


Two Thumb Range

The Two Thumb Range

The Two Thumb Range is visible at the top (east) of this satellite view of Lake Tekapo, taken from the International Space Station.

The Two Thumb Range (sometimes called the Two Thumbs Range) is a range of mountains in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located to the east of Lake Tekapo and has several peaks which rise to around 2,500 metres (8,200 ft).Mount Dobson.

Geography

An eastern spur of the Southern Alps, the Two Thumb Range runs in a predominantly north-south direction for approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi). It and the smaller, mostly parallel, Sibbald Range branch from the Southern Alps close to Mount D'Archaic, 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Aoraki / Mount Cook. The two ranges are separated by the valley of the Macauley River and form a barrier between the valleys of the Godley River and Lake Tekapo to the west and the Rangitata River to the east. The Two Thumb Range's peaks diminish in size towards its southern end, immediately to the east of the town of Lake Tekapo, after which it splits into two less significant ranges, the Rollesby and Albury ranges. At the saddle between the Two Thumb Range and these ranges, State Highway 8 crosses Burkes Pass on its route between Lake Tekapo and Fairlie.

The South Opuha, Havelock, and Coal Rivers have their sources within the Two Thumb Range, as do numerous smaller watercourses, the most notable of which is Forest Creek, a tributary of the Rangitata River.

Peaks

Major peaks within the range include (from north to south):


Two Thumb Range

Major peaks within the range include (from north to south):

  * Mount D'Archaic — 2,875 metres (9,432 ft)
  * Mount Alma — 2,510 metres (8,230 ft)
  * Mount Achilles — 2,540 metres (8,330 ft)
  * Mount Myrmidon — 2,474 metres (8,117 ft)
  * The Thumbs — 2,546 metres (8,353 ft)
  * Captains Peak — 2,371 metres (7,779 ft)
  * Mount Hope — 2,086 metres (6,844 ft)
  * Mount Misery — 2,305 metres (7,562 ft)
  * Dobson Peak — 2,095 metres (6,873 ft)

The names of several of the range's peaks, including Mount Achilles and Mount Graf Spee, commemorate New Zealand's involvement in the Battle of the River Plate.

Recreation

Dobson Peak and its surrounding terrain are the home of the Mount Dobson skifield.Roundhill Ski Area is also located within the range.

New Zealand's major north-to-south walking track, Te Araroa Trail, crosses the Rangitata River before following the valley of a tributary, Bush Stream, into the Two Thumb Range. It crosses the range at Stag Saddle — the trail's highest point at 1,925 metres (6,316 ft) — immediately to the north of Mount Hope, before following the eastern shore of Lake Tekapo south.

In popular culture

The Two Thumb Range was the setting for Desmond Bagley's 1975 novel, The Snow Tiger.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Two Thumb Range.

43°45′S 170°45′E / 43.750°S 170.750°E


Mansehra (disambiguation)

Mansehra is a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Mansehra may also refer to:

  * Mansehra District, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  * Mansehra Tehsil, a tehsil of Mansehra district
  * Mansehra (Rural), a union council in Mansehra District
  * Mansehra Rock Edicts, fourteen rock edicts of Mauryan emperor Ashoka
  * Mansehra Jihad training camp, an Afghan jihad camp.
  *
  *


Newspaper Row (Minneapolis)

Newspaper Row in Minneapolis

Newspaper Row was a newspaper district along fourth street in Minneapolis. It served as the headquarters of the Saturday Evening Spectator, the Minneapolis Journal, Minneapolis Tribune, Minneapolis Penny Press, and the Minneapolis Times, and held the Minneapolis offices of the St. Paul Globe and The Pioneer Press.


Muellerina flexialabastra

Muellerina flexialabastra, common name Hoop pine mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic aerial shrub in the family Loranthaceae.

Description

M. flexialabastra is a compact, bushy plant found in high altitude sub-tropical rainforests and the drier rainforests between Queensland and New South Wales. mm long) are a red-blotched yellowish-green.

Ecology

The main host on which M. flexialabastra grows is Hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii).Muellerina flexialabastra is given by Downey.

Muellerina flexialabastra is not known to host any butterflies, but butterfly species using M. celastroides may use this mistletoe as well.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Paul Downey and Carol Wilson in 2004 as Muellerina flexialabastra.

  * AVH: Occurrence data for Muellerina flexialabastra


Thomas Healy (baseball)

Thomas Fitzgerald Healy (October 30, 1895 – January 15, 1974) was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1915 and 1916 seasons. He attended the University of Pittsburgh.

  * Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)


Russian emigration

Russian emigration may refer to:

  * White émigrés : Russians who emigrated from the territory of the former Russian Empire in the wake of the Russian Revolution (1917) and Russian Civil War (1917–1923).
  * Russian emigration following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine


1995 Lipton Championships – Men's doubles

Main article: 1995 Lipton Championships

Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won the title, defeating Jim Grabb and Patrick McEnroe 6–3, 7–6 in the final.

Seeds

 1. [Netherlands] Jacco Eltingh / [Netherlands] Paul Haarhuis (quarterfinals)
 2. [Australia] Todd Woodbridge / [Australia] Mark Woodforde (champions)
 3. [Canada] Grant Connell / [United States] Patrick Galbraith (semifinals)
 4. [Zimbabwe] Byron Black / [United States] Jonathan Stark (semifinals)
 5. [Sweden] Jan Apell / [Sweden] Jonas Björkman (second round)
 6. [United States] Jared Palmer / [United States] Richey Reneberg (quarterfinals)
 7. [South Africa] David Adams / [Russia] Andrei Olhovskiy (third round)
 8. [The Bahamas] Mark Knowles / [Canada] Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
 9. [United States] Jim Grabb / [United States] Patrick McEnroe (final)
10. [Sweden] Nicklas Kulti / [Sweden] Magnus Larsson (second round)
11. [Czech Republic] Cyril Suk / [Czech Republic] Daniel Vacek (second round)
12. [United States] Alex O'Brien / [Australia] Sandon Stolle (third round)
13. [South Africa] Gary Muller / [South Africa] Piet Norval (second round)
14. [United States] Tommy Ho / [New Zealand] Brett Steven (third round)
15. [South Africa] Lan Bale / [South Africa] John-Laffnie de Jager (third round)
16. [Spain] Sergio Casal / [Spain] Emilio Sánchez (second round)

Draw

Key

  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking

Finals

  Semifinals                                                                      Final

  9           [United States] Jim Grabb          6                                6
              [United States] Patrick McEnroe


3           [Canada] Grant Connell             2                                4
              [United States] Patrick Galbraith
              9                                  [United States] Jim Grabb        3                            6
                                                 [United States] Patrick McEnroe

                                                 2                                [Australia] Todd Woodbridge  6  7
                                                                                [Australia] Mark Woodforde
  4           [Zimbabwe] Byron Black             3                                2
              [United States] Jonathan Stark

  2           [Australia] Todd Woodbridge        6                                6
              [Australia] Mark Woodforde

Top half

Section 1

  First round                                    Second round                                                       Third round                                                            Quarterfinals

                                                 1             [Netherlands] J Eltingh    6                         6            6
                                                               [Netherlands] P Haarhuis
               [United States] D Flach        3  6             6                                                                                [United States] S Davis        3              7                           2
               [Venezuela] M Ruah                                                                                [United States] B MacPhie
               [United States] S Davis        6  4             7                                                                                1                           [Netherlands] J Eltingh    6  2  6
               [United States] B MacPhie                                                                                [Netherlands] P Haarhuis
               [United States] L Jensen       2  4                                                                                [United States] R Leach     4                          6  3
               [United States] M Jensen                                                                                [United States] S Melville
               [United States] R Leach        6  6                                                                                [United States] R Leach        6              7
               [United States] S Melville                                                                                [United States] S Melville
                                                 16            [Spain] S Casal            4                         5
                                                               [Spain] E Sánchez
                                                               1                          [Netherlands] J Eltingh   3            6
                                                                                [Netherlands] P Haarhuis
                                                                                9            [United States] J Grabb    6                              7
                                                                                [United States] P McEnroe
                                                 9             [United States] J Grabb    7                         7
                                                               [United States] P McEnroe
               [United States] J Pugh         6  6                                                                                [United States] J Pugh         6              5
               [United States] G Van Emburgh                                                                                [United States] G Van Emburgh
               [United States] F Montana      2  3                                                                                9                           [United States] J Grabb    6  6
               [United States] B Shelton                                                                                [United States] P McEnroe
               [United States] K Jones        7  6                                                                                7              [South Africa] D Adams      4                          2
               [United States] D Pate                                                                                [Russia] A Olhovskiy
               [United States] K Kinnear      6  4                                                                                [United States] K Jones        5              4
               [United States] D Wheaton                                                                                [United States] D Pate
                                                 7             [South Africa] D Adams     7                         6
                                                               [Russia] A Olhovskiy

Section 2


Section 2

  First round                                  Second round                                                            Third round                                                         Quarterfinals

                                               3             [Canada] G Connell           3                            6            6
                                                             [United States] P Galbraith
  WC           [United States] S Humphries  2  7             6                                                                                [South Africa] M Ondruska    6              4                         1
               [Australia] M Philippoussis                                                                                [South Africa] G Stafford
               [South Africa] M Ondruska    6  6             7                                                                                3                         [Canada] G Connell           6  6
               [South Africa] G Stafford                                                                                [United States] P Galbraith
               [Australia] A Florent        2  4                                                                                14             [United States] T Ho      4                            1
               [Australia] P Kilderry                                                                                [New Zealand] B Steven
               [United States] T Kronemann  6  6                                                                                [United States] T Kronemann  5              6                         3
               [Australia] D Macpherson                                                                                [Australia] D Macpherson
                                               14            [United States] T Ho         7                            4            6
                                                             [New Zealand] B Steven
                                                             3                            [Canada] G Connell           w/o
                                                                                [United States] P Galbraith
                                                                                [Czech Republic] P Korda
                                                                                [Spain] J Sánchez
                                               12            [United States] A O'Brien    6                            6            6
                                                             [Australia] S Stolle
  WC           [United States] J Courier    7  6                                                                                WC                        [United States] J Courier    4              7                         3
               [United States] T Martin                                                                                [United States] T Martin
               [United Kingdom] M Petchey   6  2                                                                                12                        [United States] A O'Brien    6  5  3
               [Sweden] M Tillström                                                                                [Australia] S Stolle
               [France] A Boetsch           2  6             6                                                                                [Czech Republic] P Korda  3                            7  6
               [France] O Delaître                                                                                [Spain] J Sánchez
               [Czech Republic] P Korda     6  4             7                                                                                [Czech Republic] P Korda     7              7
               [Spain] J Sánchez                                                                                [Spain] J Sánchez
                                               5             [Sweden] J Apell             6                            6
                                                             [Sweden] J Björkman

Bottom half

Section 3