Genshin

Genshin ( 源信 ; 942 – July 6 , 1017 ) , also known as Eshin Sozu , was the most influential of a number of Tendai scholars active during the tenth and eleventh centuries in Japan .

He was not a wandering evangelist as Kūya was , but was an elite cleric who espoused a doctrine of devotion to Amida Buddha which taught that because Japan was thought to have entered mappō , the " degenerate age " of the " latter law , " the only hope for salvation lay in the reliance on the power of Amitabha .

Other doctrines , he claimed , could not aid an individual because they depended on " self - power " ( jiriki ) , which can not prevail during the chaos of the degenerate age , when the power of another ( tariki ) is necessary .

In his approach to rebirth in the Pure Land , Genshin emphasized visual meditation practices , where later Pure Land sects favored verbal recitations such as the nembutsu .

Genshin 's doctrine is documented in his magnum opus , the , which in later copies of the text came complete with graphic depictions of the joy of the blessed and the suffering of those doomed to chaos .

Genshin 's influence in contemporary Japanese culture today is primarily due to his treatise , Ōjōyōshū , particularly the graphic descriptions of the Buddhist hell realms ( 地獄 jigoku ) , which inspired a genre of horror and morality stories .

The 1960 Japanese film Jigoku was influenced by Genshin 's Ōjōyōshū among other works .

In Jodo Shinshu Buddhism , he is considered the Sixth Patriarch .

Genshin is credited as the founder of the Enshin school of Tendai Buddhism , and for espousing the " original enlightenment " teaching , or hongaku ( 本覚 ) , where one is originally enlightened , but unaware of it .

In all , Genshin left more than 30 works which continue to influence Pure Land thought today .

The image of Amida Nyorai in the main building of Yasaka - ji Temple in Shikoku is said to have been made by Genshin in the Heian Period .


Combat box

The Combat Box was a tactical formation used by heavy ( strategic ) bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II .

The combat box was also referred to as a " staggered formation " .

Its defensive purpose was in massing the firepower of the bombers ' guns , while offensively it concentrated the release of bombs on a target .

Initially formations were created in keeping with the pre - war Air Corps doctrine that massed bombers could attack and destroy targets in daylight without fighter escort , relying on interlocking fire from their defensive machine guns , almost exclusively the " light barrel " Browning AN / M2 .50-calibre ( 12.7 mm ) gun .

However the use of high altitudes by USAAF bombers resulted in factors that demanded a tighter bomb pattern and the combat box continued in use even after the advent of fighter escort — and especially starting in the spring of 1944 over Europe , with USAAF fighters flying far ahead of the combat boxes in air supremacy mode instead against the Luftwaffe 's fighters — largely mitigated the threat of fighter interception .

Creation of the concept is credited to Colonel Curtis E. LeMay , commander of the 305th Bombardment Group in England .

However the Eighth Air Force had been experimenting with different tactical formations since its first bombing mission on 17 August 1942 , several of which were also known as " boxes . "

LeMay 's group did create the " Javelin Down " combat box in December 1942 , and that formation became the basis for the numerous variations of combat boxes that followed .

The practice of referring to a concentrated formation as a " box " was the result of diagramming formations in plan , profile and front elevation views , positioning each individual bomber in an invisible boxlike area .


Star Wars: Jedi Knight

Star Wars : Jedi Knight is a first - person shooter and third - person shooter video game series set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe .

The series focuses primarily on Kyle Katarn , a former Imperial officer who becomes a Jedi and an instructor at the Jedi Academy .

The Jedi Knight series began in 1995 with the release of for DOS , Macintosh , and PlayStation .

This was followed in 1997 by for Microsoft Windows , in which Katarn learns the ways of a Jedi .

In 1998 , was released as an expansion pack for Dark Forces II , this time giving the player control of Mara Jade as well as Katarn .

Jedi Outcast was developed by Raven Software and powered by the i d Tech 3 game engine .

It was released for Windows , Mac , Xbox and GameCube .

followed in 2003 on Windows , Mac and Xbox .

It was powered by the same game engine as its predecessor .

Jedi Academy was the first game in the series where the player does not control Katarn at any point , although he is featured prominently in the storyline .

The games in the Jedi Knight series have received generally favorable reviews .

Multiple publications have commented on the quality of the series as a whole .

The use of the lightsaber in the series , a prominent gameplay element in all but the first game , has received specific praise for its implementation .


Louis Jani

Louis Jani ( born December 6 , 1957 in Montreal , Quebec ) is a judoka from Canada , who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics : 1984 and 1988 .

He had unfortunately missed the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to Canada 's boycott .

Louis twice won the gold medal at the Pan American Games ( 1979 and 1983 ) in the middleweight division ( – 86 kg ) .

Competing as a member of Team Canada for 15 years , Louis went on to become the Technical Director for Judo Canada and eventually the National Coach .

As National Coach he led the Canadian team at the 2000 Olympic Summer Games in Sydney , Australia , where Nicolas Gill won a silver medal .

Currently Louis Jani lives in Ottawa , Ontario and works as a Manager of Regional Affairs at the Department of Canadian Heritage .


Fatehpur Sikri

Fatehpur Sikri ( ) is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh , India .

The city itself was founded as the capital of Mughal Empire in 1571 by Emperor Akbar , serving this role from 1571 to 1585 , when Akbar abandoned it due to a campaign in Punjab and was later completely abandoned in 1610 .

The name of the city derives from the village called Sikri which occupied the spot before .

An Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI ) excavation from 1999 - 2000 indicated that there was a habitation , temples and commercial centres here before Akbar built his capital .

It was also a much - loved place of Babur who called it Shukri for its lake of water needed for his armies .

He used it for relaxation and also defeated Rana Sanga on its outskirts .

The khanqah of Sheikh Salim existed earlier at this place .

Akbar 's son Jahangir was born at the village of Sikri in 1569 and that year Akbar began construction of a religious compound to commemorate the Sheikh who had predicted the birth .

After Jahangir 's second birthday , he began the construction of a walled city and imperial palace here .

The city came to be known as Fatehpur Sikri , the " City of Victory " , after Akbar 's victorious Gujarat campaign in 1573 .

After occupying Agra in 1803 , the English established an administrative center here and it remained so until 1850 .

In 1815 , the Marquess of Hastings ordered repairment of monuments at Sikri .


Hide & Seek (TVXQ song)

" Hide & Seek " is a song by South Korean pop duo Tohoshinki , taken from their seventh Japanese studio album , Tree ( 2014 ) .

Serving as Tohoshinki 's 's 40th Japanese single , the song was released as a double A - sided single with " Something " on February 5 , 2014 by Avex Trax .

The fourth and final single release for Tree , the single was released in three editions – a CD+DVD version , a CD only version , and a Bigeast Board edition .

The song served as the theme song for the Japanese television drama , Team Batista 4 , which premiered on January 7 , 2014 .

A restrained rock song with baritone vocal range , the producers of " Hide & Seek " have described the song to be Tohoshinki 's " most intense " song to date .

The song was released onto various radio stations across Japan on January 16 , 2014 .

" Hide & Seek " reached to number two on the Oricon Singles Chart and the Billboard Japan Hot 100 .

Within a week of its release , the single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan ( RIAJ ) for shipments of over 100,000 .


Upgrade (film)

Upgrade is a 2018 science fiction action body horror film written and directed by Leigh Whannell .

It stars Logan Marshall - Green , Betty Gabriel , and Harrison Gilbertson .

The film follows a man who is implanted with a chip that allows him to control his body after a mugging leaves him paralyzed .

The film was produced by Jason Blum , under his Blumhouse Productions banner .

After premiering on 10 March 2018 at South by Southwest , the film was released on 1 June 2018 in the United States by OTL Releasing and Blumhouse Tilt , and on 14 June 2018 in Australia .

The film received positive reviews from critics , who called it " one part The Six Million Dollar Man , one part Death Wish revenge fantasy " , and praised the film 's dark humor and action sequences .


Venus as a Boy

" Venus as a Boy " is a song by Icelandic musician Björk .

It was released as the second single from her 1993 album Debut .

The song was written by Björk and was produced by Nellee Hooper , who produced the majority of her debut album .

The single was released in August 1993 , a month after the release of the album .

The song was inspired by a boy who saw everything from a " beauty point of view " .

" Venus as a Boy " features a musical ensemble made up of Indian instruments like tablas .

The song received mixed reviews from critics , who discussed Björk 's musical shift .

The song did not chart well in any nation but managed to enter the UK Singles Chart top 30 .

The accompanying music video was directed by the British music video director Sophie Muller .

The clip shows Björk in a kitchen while she 's cooking some eggs and was inspired by the singer 's favorite book Story of the Eye .

Björk performed the song on different TV appearances , including Top of the Pops , and sang it during the course of her Debut Tour .

The song was later chosen by fans to be included in her greatest hits album , Greatest Hits and also appeared in her Family Tree Box Set which contained a " greatest hits " disc on which the songs were chosen by Björk .

Cover versions of " Venus as a Boy " were done more than 30 times by other artists .


OutQ (Sirius XM)

OutQ was a news , talk and entertainment channel on Sirius XM Radio , geared for gay , lesbian , bisexual and transgender audiences .

The channel was available to Sirius and XM subscribers in both the United States and Canada .

Personalities associated with the channel included Frank DeCaro , Doria Biddle , Larry Flick , Lance Bass , Derek Hartley , and Romaine Patterson .

Tim Curran served as the channel 's news director , with Xorje Olivares as the lead anchor .

OutQ News changed its schedule on August 4 , 2013 , leaving behind its top - of - the - hour format in favor of a daily news review aired at 6 pm EST .

On November 20 , 2006 , station founder and show host John McMullen was relieved of his duties .

It had been announced that SiriusXM would be closing down OutQ on February 13 , 2016 .


Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule

The Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule ( DVS ) , German Air Transport School , was a covert military - training organization operating as a flying school in Germany .

It began during the Weimar Republic in Staaken , Berlin in 1925 and its head office was transferred in 1929 to Broitzem airfield near Braunschweig .

The DVS was outwardly a flying school for commercial pilots , but in fact became a secret military arm training military aviators for the future Luftwaffe .

This training facility grew in importance in the initial stages of Nazi Germany , while camouflaging as a harmless civilian organization ( Tarnorganisation ) , at the time of Germany 's rearmament in violation of the Versailles Treaty .

On May 31 , 1945 , after Nazi Germany 's defeat in World War II , the American Military Government issued a special law outlawing the Nazi Party and all of its branches .

Known as " Law number five " , this Denazification decree disbanded the Deutsche Verkehrsfliegschule and its facilities were taken over by the occupying forces .

Some flying schools in Germany operatie under the same name in different locations in the country .

All of them were established after the war .


Jaak Jõerüüt

Jaak Jõerüüt ( born 9 December 1947 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian writer and politician .

He was the defense minister of Estonia from November 2004 to 10 October 2005 .

Jõerüüt first came to political prominence when he became one of the voters for the Estonian restoration of Independence .

He was then appointed to be Minister of Defence in November 2004 in Juhan Parts 's government .

When Parts resigned in April 2005 , Jaak Jõerüüt was one of the few ministers retained in Andrus Ansip 's government .

In September 2005 , Jõerüüt resigned voluntarily over the so - called " T - Shirt Affair " .

( A T - shirt was produced with a list of the names of several Estonian politicians , including Jõerüüt , who are former members of the communist party ; it was headed " Commies into the Oven !

" At a soccer match , this was worn by several people who were in the employment of his ministry .

Jõerüüt previously served as Estonia 's ambassador to the United Nations in 2004 .

He served as ambassador to Italy and Malta from 1998 through 2002 , and ambassador to Cyprus from 1999 through 2004 .

From 1993 to 1997 , Jõerüüt was ambassador to Finland and from 2006 to 2010 to Latvia and now to Sweden from 2011 .


José Biriukov

José Biriukov ( born 3 February 1963 ) is a retired Spanish and Soviet professional basketball player .

Born in Moscow , with a Russian father and a mother of Basque origin .

Began playing basketball for Dynamo Moscow basketball team , before moving to Spain to play for Real Madrid .

Played for the Soviet and later Spanish national basketball team .

He played 11 seasons in Real Madrid , 22 games in the USSR national team and 57 for the Spanish one .

He played as shooting guard and was a good three points shooter , using a particular style of shooting the ball flat to the basket .

One of his most famous international games was playing the 1988 McDonald 's Open against Boston Celtics .


Baruch Abuhatzeira

Baruch Abuhatzeira (; born 1941 ) , also known as Baba Baruch , is an Israeli Kabbalist rabbi and spiritual adviser who operates in Netivot , a blue - collar town in southern Israel .

He is the son of the leading Moroccan Sephardic rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira , also known as the Baba Sali .

Baruch was born in Arfoud in the Meknès - Tafilalet of the Maghreb region in eastern Morocco .

During his youth Baruch spent several years in Paris .

In the mid-1960s , Baruch emigrated to Israel with his father , and he decided to pursue a political career .

He was elected deputy mayor in Ashkelon .

Abuhatzeira was later tried and sentenced to five years in prison for corruption and bribery connected to his role as deputy mayor .

After obtaining an early release , Abuhatzeira joined Baba Sali , and was with his father during the last three months of the Rabbi 's life .


Petre Otskheli

Petre Otskheli ( ) ( November 25 , 1907 – December 2 , 1937 ) was a Georgian modernist set and costume designer who designed in theatre in Georgia and briefly in Moscow .

He was put to death during Joseph Stalin ’s Great Purge at the age of 30 , but his scenographic constructivism has had a lasting influence on the Georgian scenic design .

Born in Kutaisi , Otskheli studied at the Kutaisi realschule and the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in the 1920s .

Through most of his career Otskheli had a creative relationship with the director Kote Marjanishvili who invited the young artist to his theatre in Kutaisi in 1928 .

Otskheli ’s visual experiments and skillful use of stage for massive designs with a series of subtle elements earned him recognition , but he soon came under pressure from Stalin ’s lieutenant in the Caucasus , Lavrentiy Beria .

In 1936 , Otskheli fled Beria ’s persecution to Moscow where he was recruited by his fellow countryman Sergo Amaghlobeli , then the director of Moscow Maly Theatre .

In 1937 , both Otskheli and Amaghlobeli were arrested and shot on trumped - up charges of treason .


Jungle Strike

Jungle Strike ( subtitle ' The Sequel to Desert Strike ' , or ' Desert Strike part II ' in Japan ) is a video game developed and published by Electronic Arts in 1993 for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive .

The game was later released on several other consoles such as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( SNES ) , and an upgraded version was made for the Amiga .

The Amiga and other home computer conversions were the responsibility of Ocean Software while the SNES version was that of Gremlin Interactive .

It is the direct sequel to Desert Strike ( a best - seller released the previous year ) and is the second installment in the Strike series .

The game is a helicopter - based shoot 'em up , mixing action and strategy .

The plot concerns two villains intent on destroying Washington , D.C ..

The player must use the helicopter and occasionally other vehicles to thwart their plans .

Its game engine was carried over from a failed attempt at a flight simulator and was inspired by Matchbox toys and Choplifter .

Jungle Strike retained its predecessor 's core mechanics and expanded on the model with additional vehicles and settings .

The game was well received by most critics upon release .

Publications praised its gameplay , strategy , design , controls and graphics , although there were some complaints regarding the interface , difficulty and perceived jingoistic politics .


Kiswarani (Cusco)

Kiswarani ( Aymara kiswara Buddleja incana , -ni a suffix to indicate ownership , " the one with kiswara " , hispanicized spelling Quisuarani ) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru .

Its summit reaches about above sea level .

The mountain is located in the Cusco Region , Calca Province , Lares District , south of Lares .

The village of Kiswarani and the Kiswarani River lie at its feet .

The private conservation area of ' Hatun Qiwña Kiswarani Qullana ' ( Hatun Queuña Quishuarani Collana ) of the rural community of Kiswarani Qullana ( Quishuarani Collana ) lies at the mountain .

The aim of the project is to protect the polylepis pepei .

The small area includes the southern slope of Kiswarani in the north and the lake Qiwñaqucha in the south .


Shoghaken Folk Ensemble

The Shoghaken Folk Ensemble , an Armenian musical group , performs and records Armenian folk and troubador music .

The ensemble was founded in 1995 in Yerevan .

It has since performed in Armenia , France ( including a 2006 performance at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris ) , Germany , Estonia , Russia , the United Arab Emirates , and the U.S. ( including an eighteen - concert 2004 tour and an appearance at the 2002 Folklife Festival as part of the Silk Road project organized by Yo Yo Ma ) .

The music of the Shoghaken Ensemble is featured on the soundtrack of the film Ararat .

In 2008 , Shoghaken gave concerts during their second major tour of the US and Canada ; the tour coincided with the release of the ensemble ’s latest CD , Shoghaken Ensemble : Music From Armenia .

The group includes the singers Hasmik Harutyunyan and Aleksan Harutyunyan .

Its members play traditional Armenian instruments including the duduk , the zurna , the dhol , the kanon , the kamancha , and the shvi .


Nishi-ku

, meaning " Western District " , is a common ward name in many Japanese cities .

Nishi - ku , Fukuoka , in Fukuoka , Fukuoka Prefecture

Nishi - ku , Hamamatsu , in Hamamatsu , Shizuoka Prefecture

Nishi - ku , Hiroshima , in Hiroshima , Hiroshima Prefecture

Nishi - ku , Kōbe , in Kobe , Hyōgo Prefecture

Nishi - ku , Kumamoto , in Kumamoto , Kumamoto Prefecture

Nishi - ku , Nagoya , in Nagoya , Aichi Prefecture

Nishi - ku , Niigata , in Niigata , Niigata Prefecture

Nishi - ku , Ōsaka , in Osaka , Osaka Prefecture

Nishi - ku , Saitama , in Saitama , Saitama Prefecture

Nishi - ku , Sakai , in Sakai , Osaka Prefecture

Nishi - ku , Sapporo , in Sapporo , Hokkaido Prefecture

Nishi - ku , Yokohama , in Yokohama , Kanagawa Prefecture


Curt Smith

Curt Smith ( born 24 June 1961 ) is an English singer , songwriter , musician and founding member of the pop rock band Tears for Fears .

Smith was the initial lead singer and frontman for Tears for Fears , roles he has come to share with fellow member and childhood friend Roland Orzabal , after leaving the band for almost a decade due to Orzabal 's increasing dominance over the band .

As well as playing bass guitar and keyboards , Smith sang the lead vocals on Tears for Fears hits such as " Mad World " , " Pale Shelter " , " Change " , " The Way You Are " and " Everybody Wants to Rule the World " .

After his departure from Tears for Fears in 1991 , Smith pursued a solo career and released his debut album Soul on Board in 1993 .

In total , he has released five studio albums and one EP .


Calhoun Depot

The Calhoun Depot was a railway station of the Western & Atlantic Railroad that was built by the State of Georgia during 1852 - 53 in Calhoun , Georgia .

Unusual for railroads , the Western & Atlantic Railroad was owned and operated by a U.S. state .

Calhoun is on its route built from Atlanta , Georgia to Chattanooga , Tennessee .

Like other brick or stone depots on the line , the Calhoun Depot was involved in but survived the American Civil War .

It was part of the Great Locomotive Chase .

It was deemed significant architecturally " because it represents an antebellum depot designed and built to serve its essential functions .

Its simple lines and fundamental , utilitarian styling exemplifies the early , unpretentious frontier times of North Georgia in which it was created . "

The depot was also deemed significant in transportation history " because it symbolizes the effect the arrival of the railroad had on the area . "

The town of Calhoun , which grew from a settlement known as Oothcalooga , is in area that was taken from the Cherokee Nation in the 1830s .

Its location was in Cass County and then Bartow County .

At some point it became a railroad stop and finally in 1850 it became the first county seat of new Gordon County .

Oothcalooga was soon renamed to Calhoun .

According to its NRHP nomination , " The selection of the site for a railroad stop was a prime factor in its later becoming the county seat .

The railroad served as a major travel artery , as well as a supply line during the Civil War .

It was also part of one of the war 's most famous events , during the Great Locomotive Chase . "

After 1890 , the State - owned W & A Line was leased to the L & N Railroad .

As of 1982 , freight service continued on the line , although passenger service had been discontinued in the 1960s .


Christopher Elder

Chris Elder is a retired diplomat of New Zealand .

Until 1973 Chris Elder was trained as a Chinese linguist .

From 1973 to 1975 he was employed in the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing when it was opened .

From 1993 to 1997 he was ambassador in Beijing .

From 2001 to 2006 he was ambassador in Jakarta .

From 2006 to he was ambassador in the Embassy of New Zealand in Moscow ( Russian Federation ) .

In Wellington , Chris has served as the Deputy Secretary with responsibility for Asian affairs and security policy in the Asia - Pacific region .

From to 2012 he was Chargé d'affaires in Berlin .

In 2012 he retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade ( New Zealand ) .

He has published a range of papers and articles relating to New Zealand 's interaction with China and with Asia .

With Michael Green , he co - authored a historical survey of New Zealand - China relations ( New Zealand and China 1792 - 1972 ) and with Robert Ayson a Centre for Strategic Studies Discussion Paper , China 's Rise and New Zealand 's Interests : A Policy Primer for 2030 .


Octagón

Juan Escalera ( born March 27 , 1961 ) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado ( masked professional wrestler ) better known as Octagón .

He is best known for working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ( AAA ) , having worked for the company since it was founded in 1992 .

In 2011 he was inducted into the promotion 's Hall of Fame .

Octagón formed a tag team with El Hijo Del Santo to take on Los Gringos Locos ( Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr ) in a double mask versus hair match on the first pay - per - view put on by a Mexican wrestling promotion to air in the United States .

Over the years the Octagón gimmick has spawned a Mascot called Octagoncito and an " Evil clone " known as Pentagón .


The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province ( , ad - Dawlah al - Islāmiyah fī ' l-ʿIrāq wa - sh - Shām – Wilayah Khorasan ) , or ISIL - KP , is a branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) , active in Afghanistan and Pakistan .

Some media sources also use ISK , ISISK , IS - KP , or ISIS - K in referring to the group .

The Khorasan group 's area of operations also includes other parts of South Asia , such as India where individuals have pledged allegiance to it .

ISIL announced the group 's formation in January 2015 and appointed former Tehrik - i - Taliban Pakistan militant Hafiz Saeed Khan as its leader , with former Afghan Taliban commander Abdul Rauf Aliza appointed as deputy leader .

Aliza was killed in a U.S. drone strike in February 2015 , while Khan was killed in a U.S. airstrike in July 2016 .


Amtrak Police Department

The Amtrak Police Department ( APD ) is a railroad police agency , security organization that acts as the law enforcement arm of Amtrak ( the National Railroad Passenger Corporation ) , the government - owned passenger train system in the United States .

It is headquartered at Union Station in Washington , D.C. , and has about 428 sworn police officers , most of whom are stationed within the Northeast Corridor , Amtrak 's busiest route .

This quasi - federal agency has primary jurisdiction on Amtrak stations nationwide , trains , rights - of - way , maintenance facilities and crimes committed against Amtrak or its passengers .

Since 1979 , most Amtrak police officers are trained at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers ( FLETC ) although some recruits may be certified through a local police academy .


Yearning for Your Love

" Yearning for Your Love " is a ballad recorded and released by The Gap Band on Mercury Records .

The single was the third release off the band 's fifth album , The Gap Band III .

Four different singles , each with a different B - side , were released in 1981 .

The song became a modest hit on the US and UK charts when it was released ; it arose to number five on the Hot Soul Singles chart and number sixty on the Billboard Hot 100 .

Written by Gap Band backing member / keyboardist Oliver Scott and keyboardist Ronnie Wilson , it was a romantic love song dedicated to Wilson 's wife at the time and was performed by Ronnie 's brother Charlie Wilson .


Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?

" Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep ? "

is the fourth episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe , and the 47th episode overall .

The first half of the third season alternated entire episodes between the parallel universe ( the " Other Side " ) and the prime universe ( " Our Side " ) .

took place in the prime universe , and involved several shapeshifters , including Thomas Jerome Newton ( Sebastian Roché ) , who is eventually captured .

Meanwhile , Fauxlivia ( Anna Torv ) attempts to maintain her cover and minimize the damage .

The episode was written by David Wilcox and Matthew Pitts , while Kenneth Fink served as director for the hour .

It first aired on October 14 , 2010 in the United States to an estimated 5.22 million viewers .

It received mostly positive reviews , as many critics praised the plot 's focus on the shapeshifters .


Hugh McCrae

Hugh Raymond McCrae ( 4 October 1876 – 17 February 1958 ) was an Australian writer .

McCrae was born in Melbourne , the son of the Australian author George Gordon McCrae .

Originally he trained as an architect , but later took up writing and acting , settling eventually in Sydney and later in the New South Wales town of Camden .

His works are notable for a sense of lightness and delicacy , and he had produced , in addition to a volume of memoirs , a considerable body of verse , and a light operetta , an edition of his grandmother 's journal , and a volume of prose pieces .

McCrae starred as Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon in W. J. Lincoln 's 1916 feature film The Life 's Romance of Adam Lindsay Gordon , shot in and around Melbourne .

He wrote a fantasy play The Ship of Heaven which was produced by the Independent Theatre in 1933 , for which Alfred Hill composed and conducted the music .

McCrae was well known to a number of distinguished figures in Australian artistic and literary circles .

He is remembered for his friendships with Norman Lindsay and Kenneth Slessor , but he was also friendly with such figures as Christopher Brennan and Shaw Neilson .

He shared an apartment with Pat Sullivan the creator of Felix the Cat in New York .

' It comes properly as a postscript that in New York McCrae shared a flat with Pat Sullivan , the famed creator of " Felix the Cat . "

When a film about Felix was being planned , Sullivan suggested that McCrae should do the drawings while he ( Sullivan ) supplied the ideas .

McCrae refused and has regretted it ever since . '

In the 1920s , Australian - born composer John Gough ( 1903 - 51 ) set McCrae 's poem " Song of the Rain " ( from the collection Colombine ) to music .


David Tod

David Tod ( February 21 , 1805 – November 13 , 1868 ) was an American politician and industrialist from the U.S. state of Ohio .

As the 25th Governor of Ohio , Tod gained recognition for his forceful and energetic leadership during the American Civil War .

A Democrat who supported the war effort , Tod helped to maintain a fragile alliance between the state 's Republicans and War Democrats and took steps to secure Ohio 's borders .

In 1863 , the state 's pro - Union party failed to nominate Tod for a second term because of his tepid support for the abolition of slavery and his unpopularity among the state 's myriad political factions .

After completing his two - year term as Ohio governor , Tod turned down an invitation to serve in the government of President Abraham Lincoln as Secretary of the Treasury , citing poor health .

Tod died of a stroke in 1868 , three years after the end of the war .


Pugachev's Rebellion

Pugachev 's Rebellion ( Peasants ' War 1773 - 75 , Cossack Rebellion ) of 1773 - 75 was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in the Russian Empire after Catherine II seized power in 1762 .

It began as an organized insurrection of Yaik Cossacks headed by Yemelyan Pugachev , a disaffected ex - lieutenant of the Imperial Russian Army , against a background of profound peasant unrest and war with the Ottoman Empire .

After initial success , Pugachev assumed leadership of an alternative government in the name of the assassinated Tsar Peter III and proclaimed an end to serfdom .

This organized leadership presented a challenge to the imperial administration of Catherine II .

The rebellion managed to consolidate support from various groups including the peasants , the Cossacks , and Old Believers priesthood .

At one point , its administration claimed control over most of the territory between the Volga River and the Urals .

One of the most significant events of the insurrection was the Battle of Kazan in July 1774 .

Government forces failed to respond effectively to the insurrection at first , partly due to logistical difficulties and a failure to appreciate its scale .

However , the revolt was crushed towards the end of 1774 by General Michelsohn at Tsaritsyn .

Pugachev was captured soon after and executed in Moscow in January 1775 .

Further reprisals against rebel areas were carried out by General Peter Panin .

The events have generated many stories in legend and literature , most notably Pushkin 's historical novel The Captain 's Daughter ( 1836 ) .

It was the largest peasant revolt in Russia 's history .


Animositisomina

Animositisomina is the eighth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry , released in 2003 .

It is the group 's first studio album and second overall release through Sanctuary Records , following the live album Sphinctour .

The title is a palindrome , made of the word " animosity " spelled without the final letter and both forward and backward .

It is also very similar to Aoxomoxoa , which is an album by the Grateful Dead .

According to an interview on Fuse 's Uranium , Jourgensen was bored at the time he was coming up with an album title .

It is also worth noting that it is Ministry 's first album to feature lyrics in the album sleeve , in which prior albums did not provide .

" The Light Pours Out of Me " was written and originally recorded by Magazine for their Real Life album in 1978 and it is the only song in the album to have more than one word in the title .

Ministry did perform the song several times in concerts in the late 1980s , but it was never released or recorded officially .

Animositisomina is notable for being the last album with Paul Barker , thus bringing the band 's " Hypo Luxa / Hermes Pan " production duo to an unceremonious end .

In addition , it is also the last album to feature Ministry performing in their traditional industrial metal style before switching to a more thrash - oriented sound on their next album , Houses of the Molé .

In April 2016 , Jourgensen revealed Animositisomina to be his least - favourite Ministry album ( ignoring the band 's first synthpop album With Sympathy ) , declaring it was " not fun to make " as he was forced to quit his heroin habits during the recording sessions .

On top of that , he and Barker were not on good terms anymore , which prompted the latter to leave the band after the Animositisomina tour .

" Leper , " the last song on the album , was left as an instrumental as Jourgensen had left the studio earlier than scheduled and did not care to write any lyrics .

Al considers Animositisomina a " non - album " and left most of the recording responsibilities to Barker .


List of political parties in Egypt

By its constitution , Egypt has a multi - party system .

However , in practice the National Democratic Party was the long - time ruling party and dominated the Egyptian political arena up until the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 , which ousted NDP president Hosni Mubarak .

Under Mubarak , opposition parties were allowed , but were widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power .

As of 8 June 2014 , Abdel Fattah el - Sisi is the president .

On 28 March 2011 , the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces introduced the Political Party Law , which eases restrictions on the legal establishment of new political parties in Egypt .

The legislation has still however been criticized as discriminatory .

Under the law new parties are now required to have at least 5,000 members from at least ten of Egypt 's provinces .

Originally , new parties were only required to have 1,000 members .

This was cited as a barrier for new parties before parliamentary elections which took place at the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012 .

Also , new party leaders are required to raise at least LE1 million to publish the names of the founding members in two widely circulated dailies , seen as favoring wealthier interests .

Also , no parties are able to form on the basis of religion or class , ruling out the formation of Islamic and labor parties .

However , in practice , religious parties have been allowed .

After first being denied a license by the political parties commission , the Supreme Administrative Court allowed Gamaa Islamiya to form the Building and Development Party .

The political parties commission allowed the Al Nour Party to be approved in May 2011 , in part because it does not refer to the hudud in their electoral program .

An article on the Daily News Egypt website states that religious parties have gone around the ban by not explicitly advocating a state based on Islam in their political programs .

The 2014 Egyptian constitution bans parties based on religious grounds , though a similar law that was previously in effect did not bar Islamists from running in the 2012 presidential election or the 2011 – 12 parliamentary elections .


Waylon Smithers

Waylon J. Smithers Jr. , usually referred to as Mr. Smithers or simply Smithers , is a recurring fictional character in the animated sitcom The Simpsons , who is voiced by Harry Shearer .

Smithers first appeared in the episode " Homer 's Odyssey " , although his voice could be heard in the series premiere " Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire " .

He is the consummate executive and personal assistant of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant 's owner Mr. Burns .

Smithers ' devotion to Mr. Burns was inspired from how numerous Fox executives and staff members acted towards Barry Diller .

The idea for Smithers ' ambiguous sexual orientation came from Sam Simon , who proposed that Smithers should be gay , but little attention should be drawn to it .

Smithers ' first name ( Waylon ) was derived from that of puppeteer Wayland Flowers .

Smithers was colourized in his first appearance as black with blue hair .

Matt Groening , in an interview with TMZ , said that this was a mistake but the producers did n't have enough money to correct it .

Smithers is an obedient and sycophantic assistant to Mr. Burns , and the relationship between the two is a frequent running gag on The Simpsons .

In many ways , Smithers represents the stereotype of a closeted gay man , and numerous overt allusions and double entendres concerning his homosexuality are made , though some of the show 's producers instead interpret him as a " Burns - sexual " .

In the season 27 ( 2016 ) episode " The Burns Cage " , he came out as gay .


Gogglebox

Gogglebox is a British reality programme that has aired on Channel 4 since 7 March 2013 .

The programme features a number of families and groups of friends from different places around the United Kingdom who react to British television programmes from their own homes .

The programme won a BAFTA award in 2014 and a National Television Award in 2015 , 2016 , 2017 and 2018 .

A " Brexit Special " episode of Gogglebox aired on 3 August 2016 , in which the families commented on the result of the recent EU referendum and other current events in British politics .

A version of the programme featuring only children , called Gogglesprogs , launched as a Christmas special on Christmas Day 2015 , and was followed by a full - length series , which began airing on 17 June 2016 .

Gogglebox was narrated from its launch on 7 March 2013 until 1 April 2016 by Caroline Aherne .

Aherne was diagnosed with lung cancer in late-2015 , which led to her eventual death on 2 July 2016 .

Craig Cash regularly filled in for Aherne when she was unavailable and took over the role as narrator permanently on 8 April 2016 .

On 30 May 2017 , it was confirmed that a new spin - off series entitled Vlogglebox would air on E4 which features reactions from 16- to 24-year - olds as they watch online content on their smartphones , laptops or tablets .


Antonio Maria Bononcini

Antonio Maria Bononcini ( 18 June 1677 – 8 July 1726 ) was an Italian cellist and composer , the younger brother of the better - known Giovanni Bononcini .

Bononcini was born and died at Modena in Italy .

Like his brother , he studied with Giovanni Paolo Colonna .

Between 1690 and 1693 , he played in the orchestra of Cardinal Pamphili .

In 1698 he composed an allegory , La fama eroica , for performance in Rome .

He worked for some years with his brother , and joined him in the court orchestra at Vienna , where in 1705 he became Kapellmeister to the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI .

In 1713 he returned to Italy , where he worked in Milan , Naples and Modena .

In 1721 he became the maestro di cappella in Modena , where he remained for the rest of his life .

In addition to his stage works , he composed over 40 cantatas ( most of them for solo voice and harpsichord ) , as well as sacred music including a Mass in G minor , a Stabat Mater in C Minor , and a Salve Regina .


Noël Hallé

Noël Hallé ( 2 September 1711 , Paris – 5 June 1781 , Paris ) was a French painter , draftsman and printmaker .

He was born into a family of artists , the son of Claude - Guy Hallé .

He studied at the French Academy in Rome from 1737 until 1744 under the direction of Jean - Francois de Troy .

As a history painter , he received royal commissions for work at the Grand Trianon , Choisy , the Petit Trianon , and for the Batiments ; he worked for the Gobelins Manufactory factory , for the city of Paris and for the King of Poland .

Among his works are Ancient Rome - related The Death of Seneca , Cornelia , Mother of the Gracchi and The Justice of Trajan .

Hallé has had numerous works displayed at the Louvre including La Dispute de Minerve et de Neptune and La fuite en Egypte .


The Related Companies

The Related Companies , L.P. is an American privately owned real estate firm in New York City , with offices and major developments in Boston , Chicago , Los Angeles , Las Vegas , Miami , San Francisco , Abu Dhabi , London , São Paulo and Shanghai .

Related owns more than 8,000 luxury residential rental units in New York City , more than anyone else .

Related manages about $ 4 billion of equity capital on behalf of sovereign wealth funds , public pension plans , multi - managers , endowments , Taft Hartley benefits plans , and family offices .

It has developed mixed - use projects such as Time Warner Center in New York City , as well as CityPlace in West Palm Beach .

Related is currently developing the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project , which comprises in Manhattan ’s Chelsea and Hell 's Kitchen neighborhoods .


Twisted City

Twisted City is a 2006 album by Dublin singer - songwriter Chris Singleton .

A self - engineered and produced album , it took two and a half years to complete .

The album was conceived as a tube journey through London ; every song was a ' stop on the line ' and dealt with Chris ' experiences of the city , both personal and professional .

The album was mastered in May 2006 by well - known engineer Geoff Pesche ( Coldplay , Gorillaz , Kylie Minogue ) at Abbey Road Studios , London and was released in the UK and Ireland in September 2006 by Right Track / Universal Music Operations .

Given the association between the album and the tube , the launch event for the album took place on the London Underground in August 2006 and attracted coverage from ITV News and BBC Radio .

" Twisted City " received a warm welcome from rock critics , receiving positive reviews from The Irish Times , Hotpress , Clash Magazine and The Daily Express amongst others .

Although Chris Singleton is an Irish artist , Twisted City takes as its main influences classic English rock .

Particular influences include The Beatles ( see ' Pieces ' and ' Wherever ' ) , T.Rex ( in particular , ' Gimme Something ' ) , David Bowie ( ' Worry Number One ' ) and The Stone Roses ( ' The Only One ' ) .

As a result of these influences , the album arguably has more of a ' rock band ' sound to it than those of other contemporary Irish singer - songwriters .


James Brown Humphrey

James Brown Humphrey , also known as " Professor Jim " Humphrey ( 1859 -1937 ) was a musician , bandleader , and music instructor in New Orleans , Louisiana , United States and central figure in the formation of jazz as a contemporary musical art form .

Humphrey predates the jazz genre as an active performer and is not himself considered a jazz musician .

However , his involvement in the formal training of large numbers of musicians along the southern plantation belt of the Mississippi River delta during the immediate years following the reconstruction era resulted in many virtuoso performers who would go on to originate jazz as a distinct musical genre .

Consequently , he is regarded by some in the jazz aficionado community to be " the grandfather of jazz " .


Bust of Victor Hugo

The Bust of Victor Hugo is an 1883 patinated plaster sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin of the Romantic writer Victor Hugo .

It is now in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City .

In 1883 the journalist Edmond Bazire advised Rodin to cement his reputation by producing a portrait of a notable personality .

Rodin thus approached Hugo - he agreed to sittings but refused to sit for longer than 30 minutes .

However , he did invite Rodin to stand in the porch of Hugo 's house on Avenue d'Eylau in Paris to make additional drawings from a distance whilst Hugo worked in his living room .

He made these drawings from different angles between February and April 1883 , capturing a range of different angles and expressions .

He later made frontal and three - quarter - view engravings .

The work in Mexico is the first version of the work , cast in bronze in June 1884 and exhibited at the Paris Salon .

Rodin continued to refine the image , producing a second version in 1884 and refining the 1883 work until 1885 , around the time of Hugo 's death .

Rodin used a larger version of the 1883 work to produce his Monument to Victor Hugo in 1887 .


Chains of Gold

Chains of Gold is a 1991 American made - for - television action crime drama film starring and co - written by John Travolta .

It was directed by Rod Holcomb and included one of the early performances of Joseph Lawrence , who was nominated for Young Artist Award for his role in the movie .

The film premiered on Showtime on September 15 , 1991 in United States and was released theatrically in Germany .

It was released to DVD on December 15 , 1998 .

The opening credits state that Chains of Gold is " based on actual events " , though details of the actual events themselves remain difficult to pin down .

The film was shot in Miami , Florida , USA .

It is the only film written by twice - nominated Academy Award actor John Travolta .


Gentle on My Mind (song)

" Gentle on My Mind " is a song written by John Hartford , which won four 1968 Grammy Awards .

Hartford won the award for Best Folk Performance and Best Country & Western Song ( Songwriter ) .

The other two awards Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance , Male and Best Country & Western Recording , went to American country music singer Glen Campbell for his version of Hartford 's song .

The song was released in June 1967 as the only single from the album of the same name .

It was re - released in July 1968 to more success .

Glen Campbell 's version has received over 5 million plays on the radio .

Campbell used " Gentle on My Mind " as the theme to his television variety show , The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour between 1969 and 1972 .

Dean Martin 's version , recorded in 1968 , was a major hit in the United Kingdom ; three versions of the song , Campbell 's , Martin 's and Patti Page 's , all reached the top ten of the U.S. easy listening chart in 1968 .

The song was ranked number 16 on BMI 's Top 100 Songs of the Century .


Southwood National Park

Southwood is a national park in Queensland , Australia , 288 km west of Brisbane .

Brigalow - belah forest remnants are conserved in this park on the western Darling Downs .

Few intact examples of this vegetation type remain on the Downs .

Cypress pine , poplar box , wilga bush , false sandalwood , western teatree and other plant species common throughout the semi - arid lands also grow in the park .

Southwood ’s scrubby forests are a refuge for wildlife .

More than 92 species of birds have been seen in the park .

The wonga pigeon is close to the inland limit of its range here .

Large depressions known as gilgais are scattered through the park .

These form by constant wetting and drying of the heavy clay soils .

This is the traditional land of the Bigambul people .

Explorers Allan Cunningham and Thomas Mitchell passed this way but the surrounding area was slow to attract settlers .

Formerly known as " Wild Horse Paradise " , Southwood became a national park in 1970 .


Georges Renavent

Georges Renavent ( born Georges DeChaux , April 23 , 1892 – January 2 , 1969 ) was a French - American actor in film , Broadway plays and operator of American Grand Guignol .

In 1914 , he immigrated to the United States , crossing the frontier between Canada and Vermont .

He was married to Selena Royle , an actress and daughter of Edwin Milton Royle , author of The Squaw Man , which was adapted for film and starred Cecil B. DeMille .

They left the United States to live in Mexico after Selena was entangled in the McCarthy era Communism investigations and Hollywood blacklist .

While in Mexico , both Selena and Georges continued to be active in the arts and put out various cookbooks , including Pheasants for Peasants , A Gringa 's Guide to Mexican Cooking , and Guadalajara As I Know , Live It , Love It .


PocketStation

The PocketStation is a Memory Card peripheral by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation home video game console .

Categorized by Sony as a combination of a Memory Card and a miniature personal digital assistant , the device features a monochrome liquid crystal display ( LCD ) , infrared communication capability , a real - time clock , built - in flash memory , and sound capability .

To use the device 's memory card functionality , it must be connected to a PlayStation through a memory card slot .

It was released exclusively in Japan on January 23 , 1999 .

Software for the PocketStation was typically distributed as extras for PlayStation games , included in the CD - ROM , enhancing the games with added features .

Stand - alone software could also be downloaded through the PlayStation console .

The software is then transferred to the PocketStation for use .

A built - in infrared data interface allows direct transfer of data such as game saves between PocketStation units , as well as multiplayer gaming .

The original Japanese ship date for the PocketStation was set for December 23 , 1998 , but it was delayed a full month .

Sony only shipped an initial 60,000 units of the peripheral when it was released on January 23 , 1999 .

It was initially available in two case colors : white and clear .

It proved extremely popular , selling out all over the region .

Sony planned to release the PocketStation outside Japan , engaging in promotional activity in Europe and North America , but the release did not occur .

SCEA cited an inability meeting Japanese demand as the reason for the PocketStation 's absence .

Despite this , a few games , such as Final Fantasy VIII and SaGa Frontier 2 , retained PocketStation functionality in their localized versions .

The PocketStation 's most popular game was Dokodemo Issho , which sold over 1.5 million copies in Japan and is the first game to star Sony 's mascot Toro .

The PocketStation was discontinued in July 2002 after having shipped nearly five million units .

On November 5 , 2013 , it was announced that the PocketStation would be revived as an application for the PlayStation Vita , allowing users to play PocketStation format minigames for any classic PlayStation games that they own .

Originally it was only available to PlayStation Plus members , it was later released to the general public .

It remains an exclusive to the Japanese PlayStation Vitas .

The PocketStation also shares similarities with Sega 's VMU for the Dreamcast .


Valerie Agnew

Valerie Agnew is best known for her relationship with the band called the Gits and as the drummer of 7 Year Bitch .

She started out in Ohio , dating Steve Moriarty , the drummer of the Gits .

She was a very close friend of Mia Zapata , the band 's singer .

When the Gits moved to Seattle , Valerie went along with them because of these relationships .

After arriving in Seattle , she met the musicians that would become her future band mates : Selene Vigil ( vocals ) , Elizabeth Davis ( bass ) , and Stefanie Sargent ( lead guitar ) .

They formed the band 7 Year Bitch , and signed with C / Z Records when they made their debut album Sick ' Em in 1992 .

In 1993 , her longtime friend and the Gits frontwoman Mia Zapata was brutally raped and murdered while walking home late at night .

In reaction she and 7 Year Bitch made the album named ¡ Viva Zapata ! , dedicated to Sargent and Zapata .

Later in 1995 the band signed with Atlantic Records , and a year later made their final studio album , Gato Negro .

With the recent departure of their guitarist , Roisin Dunne and the geographical separation between bandmates , Seven Year Bitch 's career came to a close after a final tour with San Francisco 's Lost Goat .


South Salem, New York

South Salem is a hamlet in the Town of Lewisboro , Westchester County , in the U.S. state of New York .

Part of the New York metropolitan area , the town center has a post office , town hall , library , and recycling center .

Notable residents have included the 33rd Vice President of the United States Henry A. Wallace , Major John Andre ( British spy held captive ) , Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards , photographer O. Winston Link , artist Charles Sheeler ( American , 1883 – 1965 ) , pianist Hélène Grimaud , composer and arranger Clare Grundman , singer and musical stage headliner Sally Ann Howes , actress Colleen Dewhurst , and notorious real estate scion Robert Durst .

The Osborn - Bouton - Mead House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 .


Kali River (Karnataka)

The Kali River or Kali nadi is a river flowing through Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state in India .

The river rises near Diggi , a small village in Uttar Kannada district .

The river is the lifeline to some 4 lakh people in the Uttara Kannada district and supports the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people including fishermen on the coast of Karwar .

There are many dams built across this river for the generation of electricity .

One of the important dams build across Kali river is the Supa Dam at Ganeshgudi .

The river runs 184 kilometers before joining Arabian Sea .

Significant and pictureseque , the Sadashivgad fort is now a popular tourist destination located by the coastal highway Kali river bridge , which has been built above the confluence of the river and the Arabian Sea .

The National Highway NH-17 continues on the Kali Bridge built over Kali River and the road continues to split the Sadashivgad granite rock hill to connect Karnataka to Goa .


" The Last of the Famous International Playboys " was the third single released by Morrissey .

It reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart .

The song was not featured on one of Morrissey 's main studio albums , but can be found on the compilation album Bona Drag along with the B - side " Lucky Lisp " .

The artwork for the single features Morrissey , aged 7 , up a tree in Chorlton - on - Medlock , Manchester — literally a boy at play .

" The Last of the Famous International Playboys " is notable for featuring three of Morrissey 's former colleagues in The Smiths — Andy Rourke , Mike Joyce and one - time Smiths rhythm guitarist Craig Gannon — all of whom also appear on the B - side , " Lucky Lisp " .

The song mythologizes the notorious pair of vicious London gangsters known as the Kray twins ( Ronnie and Reggie Kray ) , who held a tight rein on the East End of London during the 1960s .


Grooverville, Georgia

Grooverville is an unincorporated community in Brooks County , Georgia , United States .

It was once known as Key and was located at the crossing of the Thomasville and Madison and Sharpe 's Store Road , which was in Thomas County prior to the creation of Brooks County from Lowndes and Thomas counties in 1858 .

Grooverville was incorporated on December 8 , 1859 ( per the Department of Transportation 's General Highway Map of Brooks County , dated 1980 ) .

The charter of Grooverville was terminated by an act of the Georgia Legislature effective July 1 , 1995 , as codified in the Georgia Code Section 36 - 30 - 7 .

Since then , Grooverville has been granted status as Grooverville Historic Township by State of Georgia , Department of Community Affairs .

Grooverville Methodist Church and Liberty Baptist Church , the later listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 , are located in the area .


Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Jason Goes to Hell : The Final Friday is a 1993 American slasher film directed by Adam Marcus , produced by Sean S. Cunningham , and starring John D. LeMay , Kari Keegan and Allison Smith .

The ninth installment in the Friday the 13th film series , it was preceded by ( 1989 ) and followed by Jason X ( 2001 ) .

Its plot continues the Jason Voorhees narrative from previous films , beginning with an FBI ambush in which Voorhees 's body is detonated ; after , his spirit possesses the coroner examining his remains , and he uses the coroner 's body to continue his killings .

The film was conceived by co - writer and director Marcus under Cunningham , producer of the first film .

After low box - office sales for Part VIII : Jason Takes Manhattan , Paramount Pictures sold the character rights of Jason Voorhees to New Line Cinema , who distributed Jason Goes to Hell .

Cunningham approved of the story co - written by first - time writer - director Marcus , who was hired to direct the project .

Jason Goes to Hell : The Final Friday premiered in the United States on August 13 , 1993 , and grossed $ 15.9 million at the box office .

Several film critics denounced Marcus 's script and direction , and the film polarized fans of the series due to its supernatural elements and elimination of Jason Voorhees as a physical character .

Its conclusion , which references fellow film villain Freddy Krueger , established what would become Freddy vs. Jason , released ten years later in 2003 .


The Order of Myths

The Order of Myths is a 2008 documentary film directed by Margaret Brown .

It focuses on the Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile , Alabama , the oldest in the United States .

It reveals the separate mystic societies established and maintained by black and white groups , and acknowledges the complex racial history of a city with a slaveholding past .

While showing the mystic societies ' ties to economic , class and racial stratification , the film also showed the beginnings of interaction between the black and white courts .

It also tells some of the history of Africatown , a community formed north of Mobile in 1860 by Africans from Ghana , transported illegally as slaves to Mobile decades after the end of the slave trade .

The film competed in the Documentary Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival .

It had a limited release in New York on July 25 , 2008 , and ran on Independent Lens , a PBS series featuring independent films , in 2009 .

It was distributed by The Cinema Guild .


Spacemonkeyz

Spacemonkeyz are a musical group consisting of Darren Galea , Richie Stevens and Gavin Dodds .

They came together when Galea created a dub remix of Gorillaz 's " Tomorrow Comes Today " ( " Tomorrow Dub " , which was released as a B - side on the " Tomorrow Comes Today " single ) , which Gorillaz founder Damon Albarn liked so much that he asked Galea to remix the whole album Gorillaz .

The resulting album , Laika Come Home , was released in July 2002 .

The album 's first and only single " Lil ' Dub Chefin ' " reached # 73 on the UK Singles Chart .

They also wrote an original song with Taiwanese singer Stanley Huang , " Spacemonkeyz Theme " , which appeared as a B - side on " Lil ' Dub Chefin ' " , and did a remix of the Herbert Grönemeyer single " Mensch " .

Darren Galea performed turntables as part of the Gorillaz live band on all of the ' Gorillaz ' & ' Demon Days ' Live dates between 2000 and 2006 .

Like the Gorillaz , they are a virtual band ( though not to the degree that Gorillaz are ) .

According to the fictional Gorillaz biography Rise of the Ogre , the group is an actual team of monkeys used in space tests who had stolen the tracks from an unattended Kong Studios and remixed them without Gorillaz 's permission .

Since the release of Laika Come Home the band has not released any new material .

On the Hallelujah Monkeyz podcast Richie Stevens announced that new Spacemonkeyz material will be releasing soon .


A'isha bint Talhah

A'isha bint Talhah ( ) was , according to a Sunni source , the daughter of the prominent Muslim general Talha ibn Ubayd - Allah and Umm Kulthum bint Abu Bakr .

Umm Kulthum was the daughter of the first Sunni Caliph , Abu Bakr .

Her first husband was her cousin , Abdullah ibn Abdulrahman ibn Abi Bakr .

She then married Musab ibn Al - Zubayr al - Asadi , governor of Basra , who was killed .

Her third husband was Umar ibn Ubaydullah al - Taymi .

The following words are attributed to her about veil , widely recognized dress code for women in Islam .

" Since the Almighty hath put on me the stamp of beauty , it is my wish that the public should view the beauty and thereby recognized His grace unto them .

On no account , therefore , will I veil myself . "


Robert C. Byrd Bridge

The Robert C. Byrd Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that crosses the Ohio River between Huntington , West Virginia and Chesapeake , Ohio .

The crossing was constructed to replace an old , narrow , two - lane structure that was demolished after 69 years of service in a spectacular implosion on July 17 , 1995 .

The previous bridge , opened in 1926 , was Huntington 's first bridge across the Ohio River and was designed in a gothic style , complete with four two - ton spires that rested on top of each peak .

The groundbreaking ceremony for the four - lane bridge was held on April 30 , 1991 .

James Watkins , of the Ohio Department of Transportation , stated that the importance of the new four - lane span would only be heightened by the construction of the Chesapeake - Proctorville State Route 7 bypass that would " begin in 1996 . "

Work on the bypass did not begin until 2000 .

The old 6th Street Bridge closed in the summer of 1993 to allow for the construction of the ramps and approaches in West Virginia and Ohio .

The new bridge was named the Robert C. Byrd Bridge under an executive order from former Governor Gaston Caperton to honor the U.S. senator from West Virginia , who is credited with obtaining the funding for the project that was completed on November 6 , 1994 .

The $ 32.6 million bridge was constructed with $ 1.4 coming from Ohio , $ 5.6 coming from West Virginia , and $ 25.3 in federal funds .

The famous spires which once adorned the top of the former span were saved .

One is currently on display outside of the Chesapeake city hall at the intersection of State Route 7 and the Robert C. Byrd Bridge .

Two others are installed along 9th Street between 3rd and 5th Avenues .


Tyre, Lebanon

Tyre ( Ṣūr ; Phoenician : Ṣūr ; Syriac - Aramaic : ܣܘܪ , Tzór ; Greek : Τύρος Týros ; ; Tir ; ) , sometimes romanized as Sour , is a district capital in the South Governorate of Lebanon .

There were approximately 117,000 inhabitants in 2003 .

However , the government of Lebanon has released only rough estimates of population numbers since 1932 , so an accurate statistical accounting is not possible .

Tyre juts out from the coast of the Mediterranean and is located about south of Beirut .

The name of the city means " rock " after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built .

The adjective for Tyre is Tyrian , and the inhabitants are Tyrians .

Tyre is an ancient Phoenician city and the legendary birthplace of Europa and Dido ( Elissa ) .

Today it is the fourth largest city in Lebanon after Beirut , Tripoli and Sidon .

and houses one of the nation 's major ports .

The city has a number of ancient sites , including its Roman Hippodrome , which was added to UNESCO 's list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 .


Adoption reunion registry

International Soundex Reunion Registry, Inc.

An adoption reunion registry is a formal mechanism where adoptees and their birth family members can be reunited .

Registries may be free or charge fees , be facilitated by non - profit organizations , government agencies or private businesses .

Generally , such adoption registries exist only in countries which practiced closed adoption , i.e.

adoption in which the full identities of the birth parents , birth family members and the adopting family are not readily disclosed .

Some reunion registries are based on mutual consent and do matches from the information provided by the registrants .

Others , run by governmental agencies , have access to the original documents identifying a birth family or adopting family .

In general , adoptees must be adults before they may be given identifying information , or at least age 18 .

In the United States , state law governs whether such an institution may release this identifying information to the interested party .

Some states have an adoption registry , in which both the adopted adult and birthparent must register before information will be provided .

In other states , if the adoptee requests information , the organization will contact the birth parent and request consent for a reunion .

In Canada , adult adoptees from British Columbia , Newfoundland , and Ontario generally have access to their own birth and adoption information provided no disclosure veto has been filed .

In other provinces / territories , limited access to information is allowed ; all jurisdictions have some form of reunion register .

In the United Kingdom , adoption law has been amended to allow for open adoptions , the right to access one 's records , and a state - run adoption reunion registry has been established .

Though many such registries are operated by government agencies , many private registries do exist , and can be found on the Web .

These tend to be owned and/or managed by members of the adoption community and are generally more successful than government - run registries .

The largest such organization is the International Soundex Reunion Registry , Inc. , ( ISRR ) founded in 1975 .

A problem generally with state - run registries has been the lack of publicity surrounding them .

In contrast , in April 2005 , the state - run National Adoption Contact Preference Register was launched in Ireland with a national radio and newspaper advertising campaign , and included an application form for the registry being delivered to every household .

The Irish registry allows a person using it to specify whether or not they want contact and/or reunion , what form that contact should take ( e.g. , letter , phone , e - mail ) , and , if they do not want contact at the time being , still allows for the passing of medical and/or background information to the other party .


Jason Zimmerman

Jason Sheldon Zimmerman ( born February 5 , 1989 ) , known by his gamertag Mew2King , shortened as M2 K , is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player .

He has won more than 70 tournaments during his career , primarily in Super Smash Bros. Melee .

He is one of the " Five Gods " of Melee , along with Juan " Hungrybox " Debiedma , Adam " Armada " Lindgren , Kevin " PPMD " Nanney , and Joseph " Mang0 " Marquez and is also one of the most accomplished Super Smash Bros. Brawl players ever .

He is a skilled player of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Project M as well .

In Melee Mew2King primarily plays Marth , Sheik , and Fox , while he plays Meta Knight in Brawl .

He uses his namesake character Mewtwo , as well as Fox and Mario , in Project M and specializes as Kirby in Super Smash Bros. 64 .

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U , Mew2King 's primary character is Cloud .

Mew2King 's extremely methodical style of play , as well as his knowledge of frame data in Melee , has earned him the nickname The Robot .

He is known to play Melee using a claw - like grip on his controller .

For his skill across every Smash Bros game , he is regarded by some as the greatest smasher of all time .


Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers ( officially the Winnipeg Football Club ) are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg , Manitoba .

They are currently members of the West Division of the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) .

They play their home games at Investors Group Field after many years of playing at the since demolished Canad Inns Stadium .

The Blue Bombers were founded in 1930 as the Winnipeg Football Club , which remains the organization 's legal name today .

Since that time , they have won the league 's Grey Cup championship 10 times , most recently in 1990 .

With 10 wins , they have the third - highest win total in the Grey Cup although they are currently the team with the longest Grey Cup drought .

The Blue Bombers were the first team not located in Ontario or Quebec to win a championship and hold the record for most Grey Cup appearances with 25 .


Exile (Casualty)

" Exile " is the thirty - second episode of the twenty - ninth series of the British medical drama Casualty .

It was written by Kelly Jones , directed by Steve Hughes , and produced by Jonathan Phillips .

" Exile " first aired on 16 May 2015 on BBC One in the United Kingdom .

The plot sees Charlie Fairhead ( Derek Thompson ) and Connie Beauchamp ( Amanda Mealing ) travel to Bucharest to help Charlie 's son Louis ( Gregory Foreman ) , who has become a heroin addict and is planning on selling his kidney to pay his debts .

Executive producer Oliver Kent initially had doubts about taking the show away from its regular setting , as he thought it might appear " odd " .

Unlike other episodes , " Exile " only follows one story , as opposed to multiple plots .

Producers decided that Louis would be central to the story , as putting him in jeopardy meant Charlie had to come to his rescue .

The producers also wanted to send Charlie and Connie on a metaphorical rollercoaster , before reaching pivotal points in their story arcs .

Kent hoped " Exile " would become " a talking point " among viewers in the future .

The episode was filmed on - location in Romania in late 2014 , marking the first time an entire episode of Casualty has been filmed abroad .

Scenes from the episode were first seen in an April 2015 trailer for the show , while two 30-second trailers were released shortly ahead of its broadcast .

" Exile " was seen by 5.28 million viewers , making it the 12th most watched programme on BBC One for the week ending 17 May 2015 .

It received positive reviews from critics , with Alison Graham of Radio Times calling it " a positive thing for the characters " and Sarah Ellis of Inside Soap branding the plot " a heart - wrenching story " .


Sachen Kunga Nyingpo

Sachen Kunga Nyingpo ( ) ( 1092 – 1158 ) was a Tibetan spiritual leader and the first of the Five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet .

Sachen Kunga Nyinpo was the 3rd Sakya Trizin and son of Khon Konchok Gyalpo ( 1034 – 1102 ) who was the first Sakya Trizin and founder of the first Sakya Monastery in Tibet in 1073 .

Sachen Kunga Nyingpo , the son of Khon Konchok Gyalpo and an emanation of Manjushri , was born in 1092 into the prominent Khon clan of Sakya .

From early childhood , Sachen showed great signs of wisdom .

At the age of twelve , Sachen , under the guidance of his guru , Bari Lotsava , performed one - point meditation on Manjushri .

After meditating on this for a continuous period of six months , the bodhisattva appeared in front of him and gave him the teachings on the parting of four attachments as follows :

If you cling to this life , then you are not a dharma practitioner ;

If you cling to the wheel of existence , then you do not possess renunciation ( nekkhamma ) ;

If you look only to your own interests , then you do not possess bodhichitta ;

If clinging ensues , then you do not possess the view .

Sachen realised in an instant that this teaching contained the essence of the Path of Perfection .

He was a strict vegetarian and received teachings and empowerments on sutras and tantras from many great teachers , including his father and Virupa .

Sachen was a man of immense virtue and bodhicitta .

He had immeasurable faith in his practice and was a great teacher of Dharma .

Sachen passed all the doctrines to his two sons , Sonam Tsemo and Drakpa Gyaltsen .


Christina Surer

Christina Surer ( born 26 March 1974 in Basel ) is a Swiss race car driver .

She has been racing for more than a decade , having spent several years in go - karts before participating in the Ford Superseries ( 2002 ) , Alfa 147 Cup ( 2002 ) and the Ford Fiesta Cup ( 2003 ) .

She has participated in two 24 Hours Nürburgring races ( 2004 , 2005 ) and since 2004 , has been racing in the Seat Leon Supercopa .

Surer has modelled for Playboy and was married to Formula One driver Marc Surer from 1997 to 2000 .

In 2012 , she became engaged to DTM racer Martin Tomczyk .

Aside from racing and modelling , she hosts television programs .


I Am (Becoming The Archetype album)

I Am is the fifth studio album by the heavy metal band Becoming the Archetype .

The album was recorded between May 21 and June 17 and was released on September 18 , 2012 through Solid State Records .

This album is a departure from the previous effort , as Seth Hecox says , " gone are the sitars and horns of Celestial Completion .

Instead , we 've crafted an album full of the heaviest and most technical songs we 've ever written . ” It is the first release by the band to feature Chris McCane on vocals , Codey Watkins on bass , and Chris Heaton on drums .

Guitarist / vocalist Seth Hecox is the only original member from the debut album featured on I Am .

The first single to promote the album was the song " The Time Bender " , released on August 28 , 2012 , as well a lyric video and an official video .


Léon Rostan

Léon Louis Rostan ( 17 March 1790 – 4 October 1866 ) was a French internist and a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine .

Rostan was born in Saint - Maximin - la - Sainte - Baume , and studied medicine in Marseilles and Paris .

He was a disciple of Philippe Pinel ( 1745 – 1826 ) , and for much of his professional career was associated with the Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris .

In 1819 Rostan was the author of Recherches sur le ramollissement du cerveau ( Researches on cerebral softening ) , in which he provided the first accurate description of spontaneous cerebral softening .

He documented that the disorder was a specific anatomo - clinic entity that was different from encephalitis and apoplexy .

His findings were harshly criticised by followers of Broussais ' teachings on physiological medicine , who claimed that brain softenings were the result of an inflammation process , and therefore should be depicted as encephalitis .

He also did extensive research of animal magnetism and somnambulism , and wrote a treatise on charlatanism for his graduate thesis .

Rostan performed early studies on the classification of body types , using descriptive terms such as respiratory - cerebral , muscular and digestive in his analysis .

In 1845 , he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences .


Fictionalized portrayals of George W. Bush , the 43rd President of the United States , have become common since his inauguration on January 20 , 2001 .

Many popular TV shows , magazines , books and comics have portrayed or satirized him .

Several comedians and comic actors were known for impressions of Bush during his presidency , including Will Ferrell and Will Forte ( both originally on Saturday Night Live ) , Jon Culshaw , Frank Caliendo , James Adomian and Jon Stewart .

Impressionist Steve Bridges had a notably involved impression that included facial prosthetics to achieve similarity to Bush ; he impersonated Bush in a variety of settings , including once alongside the real President Bush at the 2006 White House Correspondents ' Association dinner .

Actor Timothy Bottoms portrayed Bush fictionally multiple times during the Bush presidency : in the Comedy Central sitcom That 's My Bush ! , as a cameo in the family film , and in a serious role in the telefilm DC 9/11 ( 2003 ) .

Bush was the target of satire for most of his presidency .

Most fictional depictions of the President in popular media tend to emphasize his drawl and tendency to use incorrect grammar and malapropisms in speeches , as well as his sometimes awkward hand and facial gestures .

Bush is often depicted in caricatures with a large nose and ears , and small eyes , giving him a somewhat elfin appearance , or sometimes to look similar to a chimpanzee .

He is also sometimes drawn in political cartoons as being short in stature , although in reality he is taller than the average American .

Most fictionalized portrayals of George W. Bush have been negative , which some conservatives claim is reflective of a leftist media bias .


Thomas Köner

Thomas Köner ( born 1965 in Bochum , Germany ) is a multimedia artist whose main interest lies in combining visual and auditory experiences .

He 's been noted for his use of low frequencies .

The BBC , in a review of Köner 's work in 1997 , calls him a " media artist , " one who works between installation , sound art , ambient music and as one half of Porter Ricks dub techno .

During his exhibition at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal , the museum called him a major innovator in the contemporary music scene , as well as noted his collaborative practice which has led to his working with musicians , filmmakers and visual artists on installations and sound performances , and to his creation of six video works produced in two cycles , starting in 2003 .

2006 Köner produced Station Eismitte , a work inspired by Alfred Wegener 's 1930 arctic expedition and named after the expedition 's site .

2009 Köner created The Futurist Manifesto , a digital opera , to coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the famous manifesto published in 1909 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti .

This work has been performed live several times in festivals across Europe with Carl Faia and Iris Garrelfs .


Arthur Laffer

Arthur Betz Laffer (; born August 14 , 1940 ) is an American economist who first gained prominence during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan 's Economic Policy Advisory Board ( 1981 – 89 ) .

Laffer is best known for the Laffer curve , an illustration of the concept that there exists some tax rate between 0 % and 100 % that will result in maximum tax revenue for governments .

He is the author and co - author of many books and newspaper articles , including Supply Side Economics : Financial Decision - Making for the 80s .

Laffer is Policy Co - Chairman ( with Lawrence " Larry " Kudlow ) of the Free Enterprise Fund and serves on the " Board of Scholars " of the American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ) .

Laffer was one of four economists who acted as advisors to Donald Trump 's successful 2016 campaign for the presidency of the United States .


Turn Left, Turn Right

Turn Left , Turn Right ( ) is a 2003 joint Hong Kong - Singaporean romance film , filmed in Taipei , Taiwan .

Produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka - Fai , the film stars Takeshi Kaneshiro and Gigi Leung .

The story is based on the illustrated book A Chance of Sunshine by Taiwanese author Jimmy Liao , who makes a cameo appearance with his wife and daughter in the film .

It is also the first Chinese - language Asian film ever from produced and distributed by Warner Bros.

The original graphic novel was first published in 1999 .

The characters in the novel were not given names , both characters were only referred to as " him " and " her " .

Chinese title of the book translates to " Turn Left , Turn Right " , A Chance of Sunshine is the original English title of the book , on the newer published editions the English title is shown as " Turn Left , Turn Right " .

The book consists of a series of detailed illustrated images , with a small amount of text in poetry style .

The film has managed to include every single image in the book with a high level of accuracy , although some are fleeting .


Fu River (Jiangxi)

The Fu River , or Fuhe ( ) , is a river in China 's Jiangxi province .

Its basin occupies most of the Fuzhou prefecture of Jiangxi .

The Fu River has it origin on the northwestern slopes of the Wuyi Mountains , from where it flows in the general north - northwestern and northwestern direction .

Via a network of smaller lakes and channels in Nanchang prefecture , the waters of the Fuhe eventually reach the Poyang Lake , to which it is one of the major tributaries , along with the Gan River ( which flows from the south / southwest ) and a number of smaller rivers coming from the east and west .

As the Poyang Lake drains into the Yangtze , the Fu River is part of the Yangtze Basin as well .


Stanley Orr

Stanley Gordon Orr , ( 28 September 1916 – 11 August 2003 ) was the highest scoring fighter ace of the Royal Navy during the Second World War .

Flying with the Fleet Air Arm he was credited with the destruction of 17 aircraft .

His success was recognised by the awards of the Distinguished Service Cross and Two Bars , an Air Force Cross and a Mention in Despatches .

Orr took part in campaigns over Norway and Dunkirk in 1940 and then moved to the Mediterranean aboard .

During this time he was involved in the Battle of Taranto , the defence of Malta , the Battle of Cape Matapan , and land based operations in Egypt .

Later in the war in 1944 , he was involved in the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz .

At the end of the Second World War he remained in the navy , becoming a test pilot at the Empire Test Pilots ' School .

He saw further action during the Korean War , when he served aboard as Commander ( flying ) .

His last job in the navy was in command of the Hovercraft trials unit .

Upon leaving the Royal Navy in 1966 , he became a marine superintendent at Vospers .


Maria Elisabeth Ziesenis

Maria Elisabeth Ziesenis , later Lampe ( July 26 , 1744 – August 24 , 1796 ) was a German painter .

Born in Frankfurt am Main , Ziesenis was the daughter of Johann Georg Ziesenis , who was also her teacher .

In 1776 she married Johann Bodo Lampe ( 1738 – 1802 ) , the königlicher Leibchirurgus who directed the botanical garden in Hanover .

She worked during her career in oils and sometime in pastel , and produced miniature paintings as well .

In 1780 she became a member of the Kassel Akademie ; upon that occasion she exhibited a self - portrait in pastel and was classed as an amateur .

A pair of surviving pastels show a great deal of attention to detail , especially in the depiction of the sitters ' clothing and accessories .

Ziesinis 's sister Margaretha was also a miniature painter .


British Academy Games Award for Performer

The British Academy Video Games Award for Performer is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) .

It is given in honor of " the best performance featured in a game ; from voice artistry through to motion capture " .

The award was first given at the 8th British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony , held in 2012 , with Mark Hamill winning the award for his performance as the Joker in .

Since its inception , the award has been given to five performers .

Ashley Johnson has received the most awards in this category with two wins , both for her portrayal of Ellie in The Last of Us and its expansion .

Troy Baker and Nolan North have both received three nominations each .


József Mindszenty

József Cardinal Mindszenty [ jo : ʒɛf mindsɛnti ] ( 29 March 18926 May 1975 ) was the Prince Primate , Archbishop of Esztergom , cardinal , and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 2 October 1945 to 18 December 1973 .

According to Encyclopædia Britannica , for five decades " he personified uncompromising opposition to fascism and communism in Hungary " .

During World War II , he was imprisoned by the pro - Nazi Arrow Cross Party .

After the war , he opposed communism and the communist persecution in his country .

As a result , he was tortured and given a life sentence in a 1949 show trial that generated worldwide condemnation , including a United Nations resolution .

After eight years in prison , he was freed in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and granted political asylum by the United States embassy in Budapest , where Mindszenty lived for the next fifteen years .

He was finally allowed to leave the country in 1971 .

He died in exile in 1975 in Vienna , Austria .


Tetlin Junction, Alaska

Tetlin Junction ( also Forty Mile , Tetlin Center , or Tetling Junction ) is an unincorporated community in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area , Alaska , United States .

Its elevation is 1,745 feet ( 532 m ) , along the north bank of the Tanana River .

The official spelling of its name has been " Tetlin Junction " since a Board on Geographic Names ruling in 1950 .

The community is named for its location at the junction of the Alaska and Taylor highways : it lies 8 miles ( 13 km ) east of Tok Junction , 13 miles ( 21 km ) north - northwest of Tetlin , and 11 miles ( 18 km ) east - southeast of Tanacross .


History of passenger rail in Chicago

During the heyday of rail transportation in the first half of the 20th century , Chicago , Illinois reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States and was served by six intercity train terminals .

With the decline of rail passenger service many of these facilities disappeared ; today only Union Station remains in use in a substantially original form , and is the only one served by Amtrak trains .

The Chicago and North Western Passenger Terminal has been replaced with a newer station and renamed Ogilvie Transportation Center , and LaSalle Street Station has also been replaced with a newer facility .

Millennium Station is on the site of the pre-1893 Illinois Central Railroad Great Central Station , used since then only for commuter trains .

All four stations are used by Metra commuter service .

The table below shows all lines that have served downtown Chicago and what terminal they used .

A red background indicates that the railroad owned a part or full share of the terminal .

NOTE : The Chicago , Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway , later part of the Chicago , Milwaukee , St. Paul and Pacific Railroad , never had passenger service in the Chicago area .


Human trafficking in Taiwan

Taiwan is primarily a destination for men , women , and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation .

It is also a source of women trafficked to Japan , Australia , the United Kingdom , and the United States .

Women and girls from the People ’s Republic of China ( P.R.C. )

and Southeast Asian countries are trafficked to Taiwan through fraudulent marriages , deceptive employment offers , and illegal smuggling for sexual exploitation and forced labor .

Many trafficking victims are workers from rural areas of Vietnam , Thailand , Indonesia , and the Philippines , employed through recruitment agencies and brokers to perform low skilled work in Taiwan ’s construction , fishing , and manufacturing industries , or to work as domestic servants .

Such workers are often charged high job placement and service fees , up to $ 14,000 , resulting in substantial debt that labor brokers or employers use as a tool for involuntary servitude .

Many foreign workers remain vulnerable to trafficking because legal protections , oversight by authorities and enforcement efforts are inadequate .

Taiwan authorities reported that traffickers continued to use fraudulent marriages to facilitate labor and sex trafficking , despite increased efforts by the authorities to prevent this practice .

Some women who are smuggled onto Taiwan to seek illegal work were sometimes sold in auctions to sex traffickers , and subsequently forced to work in the commercial sex industry .

NGOs reported a sharp increase during the reporting period in the number of boys rescued from prostitution , mainly discovered during police investigations of online social networking sites suspected of being front operations for prostitution rings .

Taiwan authorities made clear progress during the rating period by improving efforts to investigate and prosecute trafficking cases , approving amendments to Taiwan ’s Immigration Act that will significantly enhance legal protections for trafficking victims , and approving a budget plan of $ 12.6 million for victim protection measures .

U.S. State Department 's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in " Tier 1 " in 2017 .


Unix

Unix (; trademarked as UNIX ) is a family of multitasking , multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T ; Unix , development starting in the 1970s at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson , Dennis Ritchie , and others .

Initially intended for use inside the Bell System , AT&T ; licensed Unix to outside parties in the late 1970s , leading to a variety of both academic and commercial Unix variants from vendors including University of California , Berkeley ( BSD ) , Microsoft ( Xenix ) , IBM ( AIX ) , and Sun Microsystems ( Solaris ) .

In the early 1990s , AT&T ; sold its rights in Unix to Novell , which then sold its Unix business to the Santa Cruz Operation ( SCO ) in 1995 .

The UNIX trademark passed to The Open Group , a neutral industry consortium , which allows the use of the mark for certified operating systems that comply with the Single UNIX Specification ( SUS ) .

As of 2014 , the Unix version with the largest installed base is Apple 's macOS .

Unix systems are characterized by a modular design that is sometimes called the " Unix philosophy " .

This concept entails that the operating system provides a set of simple tools that each performs a limited , well - defined function , with a unified filesystem ( the Unix filesystem ) as the main means of communication , and a shell scripting and command language ( the Unix shell ) to combine the tools to perform complex workflows .

Unix distinguishes itself from its predecessors as the first portable operating system : almost the entire operating system is written in the C programming language , thus allowing Unix to reach numerous platforms .


Google Keep

Google Keep is a note - taking service developed by Google .

Launched on March 20 , 2013 , Google Keep is available on the web , and has mobile apps for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems .

Keep offers a variety of tools for taking notes , including text , lists , images , and audio .

Users can set reminders , which are integrated with Google Now .

Text from images can be extracted using optical character recognition , and voice recordings can be transcribed .

The interface allows for a single - column view or a multi - column view .

Notes can be color - coded , and labels can be applied for organization .

Later updates have added functionality to pin notes , and to collaborate on notes with other Keep users in real - time .

Google Keep has received mixed reviews .

A review just after launch in 2013 praised its speed , the quality of voice notes , synchronization , and the widget that could be placed on the Android home screen .

Reviews in 2016 have criticized the lack of formatting options , inability to undo changes , and an interface that only offers two view modes where neither was liked for their handling of long notes .

However , Google Keep received praise for features including universal device access , native integration with other Google services , and the option to turn photos into text through optical character recognition .


Lübecker Yacht-Club

Lübecker Yacht - Club ( Lübeck Yacht Club ) is a yacht club in Germany .

The club is run by two commodores and has four houses .

The oldest one was established in 1898 in Lübeck , one of the former Hanseatic League cities .

This building houses the club 's youth section and the LYC - Marketing GmbH , a company officially registered by the Yacht Club of Lübeck that runs the projects of the club .

There is room for 100 dinghies in its premises as well as the nostalgic 12-footer fleet .

It has three more buildings in nearby Travemünde , a borough of Lübeck located at the mouth of river Trave in Lübeck Bay .

One of these buildings is a restored 1909 boathouse .

It houses the club 's social section and has a reastaurant that is open to the public .

It also has mooring space for visiting yachts as well as facilities for visitors .

There is a ferry service to cross the Trave run by the club .

The other one is located at a place called Mövenstein , on the former premises of a 1925 seaside resort .

It was obtained by the Yacht Club of Lübeck in 1994 and transformed into a building that houses the catamaran and dinghy fleet of the club .

This place has onshore accommodation both for members and guests .

Still there is another building that is a regatta station for the Travemünder Woche , of which the Yacht Club of Lübeck is one of the main organizers .


Good Life (The Braxtons song)

" Good Life " is a 1990 single by The Braxtons , featuring Toni Braxton and her four sisters : Towanda , Trina , Traci Braxton , and Tamar Braxton .

" Good Life " , written by the German songwriting / production team Klarmann / Weber , was Toni Braxton 's first professional recording .

Toni Braxton and her sisters signed with Arista Records as The Braxtons in 1989 .

In 1990 , they released " Good Life " , their first and only single as a fivesome .

The single , backed with " Family " as a B - side , reached # 79 on the Billboard Hot Black Single charts .

The song was n't a major hit but it caught the attention of the songwriting / production team of L.A. Reid and Babyface , who had just formed their own label , LaFace Records ( associated with Arista ) .

Toni Braxton was signed with LaFace as a solo artist .

The Braxtons disbanded as a foursome but would later reunite as a threesome in 1996 , when Trina , Tamar , and Towanda released So Many Ways on Atlantic Records .

Traci was not signed because she was pregnant at the time .

The Braxtons disbanded for good when Tamar left the group for a solo record deal .

" Good Life " is featured on The Essential Toni Braxton .


Mükemmel

Mükemmel is the eleventh studio album by Turkish singer - songwriter - diva Hande Yener , released on June 2 , 2014 , by Poll Production .

In Mukemmel , Yener goes back to her ' popular music combined with electronic elements ' roots reminiscent of her previous albums Ask Kadin Ruhundan Anlamiyor , Apayri and Nasil Delirdim .

The improved quality and sound of her songs have been positively received by her fans and music authorities .

The album reached number 1 in digital sales in iTunes Turkey the day after it was released .

The songs Karar Ver , Naber , Kaybol and the first single Alt Dudak have been the songs standing out initially in the album .

The album includes mostly upbeat dance tracks and some mid - tempo pop and R&B ; beat - driven ballads .

Yener is able to display her full vocal range through all songs in Mukemmel while showing her powerful , rich and emotive voice .


Alan Tew

Alan Tew is a British composer and arranger .

He got his start in the 1950s as the pianist and arranger for the Len Turner Band based in London .

Tew is known as a composer of library music , including the theme tunes for British television programmes , Doctor in the House called " Bond Street Parade " , and ... And Mother Makes Three .

He also composed all the music for the 1975 series , The Hanged Man , some of which was used as incidental music for The Two Ronnies , The Sweeney , the 2009 Blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite , and would eventually become the primary music ( theme , bumpers ) for both iterations of the American television series , The People 's Court .

That same track , entitled " The Big One " , was used in an episode of the British detective show Van der Valk .

Tew also led his own orchestra , The Alan Tew Orchestra , and collaborated with Cat Stevens .

During his career , Tew made a number of orchestral albums with the CBS label such as Tew 's album The Magnificent Westerns ( 1969 ) .


Maxim Zyuzyakin

Maksim Valerevich Zyuzyakin ( Russian : Максим Валерьевич Зюзякин ) ( born 13 January 1991 ) is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently under contract to HC Sarov in the Supreme Hockey League ( VHL ) .

He has played for various KHL , Supreme Hockey League ( VHL ) , and Junior Hockey League ( MHL ) teams .

Zyuzyakin was the only rostered member of the team not aboard the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash .

He had been asked by head coach Brad McCrimmon to stay behind in Yaroslavl to rest and meet with the team in Moscow for their next scheduled game against Spartak , which was never played , as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl cancelled their participation in the 2011–12 KHL season as a result of the crash .

Instead Russian hockey coach Petr Vorobiev led the team as it played part of the 2011 – 2012 season in the VHL , Russia 's equivalent of the American Hockey League .

As the only surviving player , Zyuzyakin later was named captain of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl for the 2011 – 12 VHL season and became a symbol of the team 's revival .

In the 2013 – 14 VHL season he went to the playoffs with Rubin Tyumen .

He played with Metallurg Novokuznetsk for part of the 2013 – 14 KHL season .


United Conservative Party (Chile)

The United Conservative Party ( , PCU ) was a right - wing Chilean political party founded in December 1953 after the merger of the Traditionalist Conservative Party and a faction of the Social Christian Conservative Party , issued from the Conservative Party .

It supported for the 1958 presidential election the candidacy of Jorge Alessandri and participated , along with the Liberal Party and supporters of former president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo , in its government .

In 1962 , it participated in the Democratic Front of Chile center - right coalition which opposed the left - wings FRAP coalition and supported for the 1964 presidential election Eduardo Frei Montalva ( who obtained less than 56 % of the votes ) .

Following the low results obtained at the 1965 parliamentary elections , the United Conservative Party merged in 1966 with the Liberal Party and the National Action ( founded in 1963 by Jorge Prat Echaurren , who had been Minister of Finances in 1954 in Carlos Ibáñez del Campo 's cabinet ) , thus creating the National Party .