Registan Desert

The Registan Desert ( Persian : ) , also known as Rigestan Desert , is an extremely arid plateau region located between Helmand and Kandahar provinces in southwestern Afghanistan .

It is a sandy desert consisting of small , red sand hills about 50 to high , sand - covered plains , and open rocky and clay - covered areas .

The underlying base of the hills consists of partly stabilized ancient transverse dunes , reflecting a west - to - east wind and nearly unlimited sand supply .

The desert is very sparsely populated by Baluchi and Pashtun nomads .

The desert is gradually encroaching on surrounding agricultural areas .

A severe drought in 1998 caused the displacement of approximately 100,000 nomadic people from the Registan desert region .

Most of them are now living in temporary settlements between the Arghandab and Helmand Rivers and Registan .

A large number are also being supported by the UN in camps for internally displaced persons ( IDPs ) in Kandahar Province .

The UN is currently seeking strategies to return the nomads to their traditional livelihood of raising livestock in Registan .

The Registan Desert is migrating westward , encroaching on former agricultural areas .

The United Nations Environment Programme team reports that " up to 100 villages have been submerged by windblown dust and sand " .

In the country 's northwest , sand dunes are moving onto agricultural land , their path cleared by the loss of stabilizing vegetation from firewood gathering and overgrazing .

The UNEP team observed sand dunes nearly 50 feet ( 15 meters ) high blocking roads , forcing residents to establish new routes .


U Remind Me

" U Remind Me " is a song by American entertainer Usher .

It was written by Anita McCloud and Edmund Clement and produced by the latter along with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Usher 's third studio album 8701 ( 2001 ) .

A fast - paced mid - tempo contemporary R&B ; track , the song is about a man who meets a woman who seems like a nice catch , but he decides not to enter a relationship with her because she looks too much like an ex - girlfriend with whom he had a bad breakup .

The song served as the lead American single from 8701 following the release of previous single " Pop Ya Collar " which was only included in some editions of the album .

" U Remind Me " topped the US Billboard Hot 100 on July 7 , 2001 and also reached the top five in Australia , Belgium , France , the Netherlands , New Zealand , and the United Kingdom .

The song won Usher his first Grammy Award for Best Male R&B ; Vocal Performance in 2002 .

Its accompanying music video features Chilli of TLC as one the female leads .


Sansa Stark

Sansa Stark is a fictional character created by American author George R. R. Martin .

She is a prominent character in Martin 's award - winning A Song of Ice and Fire series .

Introduced in 1996 's A Game of Thrones , Sansa is the eldest daughter and second child of Lord Eddard Stark and his wife Lady Catelyn Stark .

She subsequently appeared in the following three novels , A Clash of Kings ( 1998 ) , A Storm of Swords ( 2000 ) and A Feast for Crows ( 2005 ) .

While absent from the fifth novel A Dance with Dragons as the books are separated geographically , Sansa is confirmed to return in the forthcoming next book in the series , The Winds of Winter .

In HBO 's adaptation of the series , Game of Thrones , Sansa Stark is portrayed by Sophie Turner .

The character has received critical acclaim , being praised as the 4th greatest character in the series by Rolling Stone .

She and the rest of the cast were nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2012 , 2014 , 2015 and 2016 .


Boisdale, Victoria

Boisdale is a town in the Central Gippsland region of Victoria , Australia , located on Briagolong Road , north of Maffra , in the Shire of Wellington .

At the 2006 census , Boisdale and the surrounding area had a population of 275 .

It is a small town in the heart of Gippsland 's dairying distinct .

Boisdale includes not only the town itself , but the area surrounding the town , comprising mostly dairy and vegetable farms .

It is situated approximately 9 km north of the larger town of Maffra .

Boisdale is 176 km east of Australia 's second largest city , Melbourne , the capital of Victoria .

Boisdale was the run of pioneer grazier Lachlan Macalister and was named after the village on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides , Scotland .

In the 1840s and 1850s , Boisdale was the local headquarters of the Native Police in the Gippsland region .

This force would set out from their barracks , patrol the area and conduct punitive raids on various clans of the Gunai people .

Macalister 's run , being the immediate area around the barracks , was one of the sites of mass aboriginal fatalities due to the Native Police .

Boisdale Post Office opened on 24 September 1889 .

Boisdale has a primary school , Boisdale Consolidated School , a local post office/ general store , mechanic , sporting facilities and the town 's pride and joy , The Boisdale Hall , dating back over a century in age .

The town in conjunction with neighbouring township Briagolong has an Australian Rules football team Boisdale - Briagolong competing in the East Gippsland Football League .


Damaged (EP)

Damaged is a split EP by Japanese bands Boris and Stupid Babies Go Mad .

It was released in 2007 by Diwphalanx Records as a picture disc on 10″ vinyl and limited to 1500 copies .

The cover features a homage to the classic Black Flag logo and takes its name from Black Flag 's debut album Damaged .

Both bands cover each other 's songs for this release ( Stupid Babies Go Mad covers " Ibitsu " and another song twice while Boris covers " Double Vision " ) .

This release also came with a bonus DVD which features live footage of both bands .

Stupid Babies Go Mad 's live footage is done with a stark black - and - white look while Boris ' part has bizarre cut - offs and camera manipulations , although by the second half of their part it 's left alone .

" Evil Stack " is the first iteration released in a series of drone improvisations using the title .

The second appears on Rock Dream , while the third is included on Präparat .


Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn ( born July 23 , 1973 ) is an American actress , fashion model and comedian .

She began her career on television , playing Lily Lebowski in the NBC crime drama series Crossing Jordan ( 2001 – 07 ) .

Hahn went on to appear as a supporting actress in a number of major comedy films , including roles in the films How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ( 2003 ) , ( 2004 ) , Step Brothers ( 2008 ) , Our Idiot Brother ( 2011 ) , We 're the Millers ( 2013 ) , The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 2013 ) , and The Visit ( 2015 ) .

As a lead actress , Hahn starred in the 2013 comedy - drama film Afternoon Delight , directed by Jill Soloway .

She had a starring role in the comedy film Bad Moms ( 2016 ) , and its sequel , A Bad Moms Christmas ( 2017 ) .

She has also appeared in a number of dramatic films , including Revolutionary Road ( 2008 ) , This Is Where I Leave You ( 2014 ) , Tomorrowland ( 2015 ) , The Visit ( 2015 ) , and Captain Fantastic ( 2016 ) .

In 2017 , she received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in Transparent ( 2014–present ) .


Franklin–Nashville Campaign

The Franklin – Nashville Campaign , also known as Hood 's Tennessee Campaign , was a series of battles in the Western Theater , conducted from September 18 to December 27 , 1864 , in Alabama , Tennessee , and northwestern Georgia during the American Civil War .

The Confederate Army of Tennessee under Lt . Gen. John Bell Hood drove north from Atlanta , threatening Maj . Gen. William T. Sherman 's lines of communications and central Tennessee .

After a brief attempt to pursue Hood , Sherman returned to Atlanta and began his March to the Sea , leaving Union forces under Maj . Gen. George H. Thomas to deal with Hood 's threat .

Hood hoped to defeat the Union force under Maj . Gen. John Schofield before it could converge with Thomas 's army and attempted to do so at the Battle of Spring Hill on November 29 , but poorly coordinated Confederate attacks allowed Schofield to escape .

The following day , Hood launched a series of futile frontal assaults against Schofield 's field fortifications in the Battle of Franklin , suffering heavy casualties ; Schofield withdrew his force and successfully linked up with Thomas in Nashville , Tennessee .

On December 15–16 , Thomas 's combined army attacked Hood 's depleted army and routed it in the Battle of Nashville , sending it in retreat to Tupelo , Mississippi .

Hood resigned his commission shortly thereafter and the Army of Tennessee ceased to exist as an effective fighting force .


Bristol, Connecticut

Bristol is a suburban city located in Hartford County , Connecticut , United States , southwest of Hartford .

The city is also 120 miles southwest from Boston , and approximately 100 miles northeast of New York City .

As of the 2010 census , the population of the city was 60,477 .

Bristol is best known as the home of ESPN , whose central studios are in the city .

Bristol is also home to Lake Compounce ( 1846 ) , America 's oldest continuously operating theme park .

Bristol was known as a clock - making city in the 19th century , and is home to the American Clock & Watch Museum .

For silver enthusiasts , Bristol is also known as the site of the former American Silver Company and its predecessor companies ( 1851 – 1935 ) .

Bristol 's nicknames include the " Bell City " , because of a history manufacturing innovative spring - driven doorbells , and the " Mum City " , because it was once a leader in chrysanthemum production and still holds an annual Bristol Mum Festival .

In 2010 , Bristol was ranked 84th on Money magazine 's " Best Places to Live " .

In 2013 , Hartford Magazine ranked Bristol as Greater Hartford 's top municipality in the " Best Bang for the Buck " category .


Luis Jorge Fontana

Luis Jorge Fontana ( born April 19 , 1846 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ; died October 18 , 1920 in San Juan , Argentina ) was an Argentine military officer , explorer , geographer , writer , and politician .

He was the first governor of the national territory of Chubut ( now Chubut Province ) and founder of the city of Formosa .

Fontana was born in Buenos Aires on April 19 , 1846 .

His father was an official in the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas .

When Fontana was young , his family moved to Carmen de Patagones .

At age thirteen , Fontana entered the Military Command of Río Negro as a trainee ; he later fought in the Paraguayan War .

After the war ended , he lived for a time in Buenos Aires , where he studied natural sciences , astronomy , and physics under Hermann Burmeister .

He then returned to the army , and he was deployed on border expeditions exploring the Gran Chaco .

During one expedition , he lost his left arm in a violent encounter with an indigenous group in the region .

In 1879 , Fontana founded the city of Formosa , and he was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel .

He then returned to Patagonia , which he had visited as a child , and in 1884 he was named the first governor of the national territory of Chubut .

There he directed the expedition to the west with an exploratory group named the Chubut Riflement ( Rifleros del Chubut ) , which discovered the October 16 Valley ( Valle 16 de Octubre ) , a fertile area in the foothills that would later be the site of the Welsh colony of Trevelin .

Fontana spent his later years in San Juan , where he held various public and community offices .


The American Association for Nude Recreation ( AANR ) is a naturist organization based in the United States .

The AANR is the largest , longest - established organization of its kind in North America .

It was founded in 1931 under its previous name American Sunbathing Association .

Approximately 200 nudist resorts , clubs , and businesses choose to affiliate with AANR , and AANR serves over 30,000 members in the United States , Canada , Mexico , French West Indies , Virgin Islands , and St. Martin .

The AANR promotes the benefits of wholesome nude family recreation and works to protect the rights of nudists in appropriate settings , such as sanctioned nude beaches and public lands set aside for that use ; as well as homes , private backyards , plus AANR - affiliated clubs , campgrounds and resorts .

The AANR uses a portion of its collected membership fees to be politically active by campaigning and lobbying governments fighting to allow nudism in the US and Canada .


Metropolitan France

Metropolitan France ( or la Métropole ) , also known as European France or Mainland France , is the part of France in Europe .

It comprises mainland France and nearby islands in the Atlantic Ocean , the English Channel ( ) , and the Mediterranean Sea , including Corsica .

Overseas France ( la France d'outre - mer , or l'Outre - mer , or colloquially les DOM - TOM ) is the collective name for the part of France outside Europe : French overseas regions ( départements et régions d'outre - mer or DROM ) , territories ( territoires d'outre - mer or TOM ) , collectivities ( collectivités d'outre - mer or COM ) , and the sui generis collectivity ( collectivité sui generis ) of New Caledonia .

Metropolitan France and Overseas France together form the French Republic .

Metropolitan France accounts for 82.0 % of the land territory , 3.3 % of the exclusive economic zone ( EEZ ) , and 95.9 % of the population of the French Republic .

The five overseas regions ( departments)—Martinique , Guadeloupe , Réunion , French Guiana , and Mayotte — have the same political status as metropolitan France 's regions .

Metropolitan France and these five overseas regions together are sometimes called la France entière ( " the whole of France " ) by the French administration .

But this France entière does not include the French overseas collectivities and territories that have more autonomy than do the overseas departments .

In overseas France , a person from metropolitan France is often called a métro , short for métropolitain .


Pleasantville Public Schools

The Pleasantville Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the City of Pleasantville , in Atlantic County , New Jersey , United States .

The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide , which are now referred to as " SDA Districts " based on the requirement that the state cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority .

As of the 2014 - 15 school year , the district and its seven schools had an enrollment of 4,161 students and 357.3 classroom teachers ( on an FTE basis ) , for a student – teacher ratio of 11.6:1 .

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group " A " , the lowest of eight groupings .

District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts .

From lowest socioeconomic status to highest , the categories are A , B , CD , DE , FG , GH , I and J.

Students from Absecon attend the district 's high school for ninth through twelfth grades as part of a sending / receiving relationship with the Absecon Public School District .


NBCNews.com

NBCNews.com , formerly known as msnbc.com , is a news website owned and operated by NBCUniversal as the online arm of NBC News .

Along with original and wire reporting , it features content from NBC shows such as Today , NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC , the MSNBC cable channel , and partners such as The New York Times .

The site was founded in 1996 as a 50 - 50 venture between NBCUniversal and Microsoft at the same time as the two companies formed a separate joint venture for the cable news network MSNBC .

Although they shared the same name , msnbc.com and MSNBC maintained separate corporate structures and news operations , with msnbc.com headquartered on the West Coast on the Microsoft campus in Redmond , Washington and MSNBC in the NBC headquarters in New York .

Microsoft divested its stake in the MSNBC channel in 2005 , and divested its stake in msnbc.com in July 2012 .

Gregory Gittrich , the former editor - in - chief of NBC Local Integrated Media and , before that , the assistant managing editor of the New York Daily News , was named vice president and executive editor of msnbc.com in October 2012 , and began to reduce the news staff , pulling back from doing original journalism online .

He reported to Vivian Schiller , former chief executive officer of National Public Radio .

By 2014 , with the msnbc.com staff greatly reduced , both Gittrich and Schiller had moved on to Vocativ .


Revolutionary Communist Party of India

The Revolutionary Communist Party of India ( ) ( abbreviated RCPI , ) is a small political party in India .

The party was founded as the Communist League by Saumyendranath Tagore in 1934 , breaking away from the Communist Party of India ( CPI ) .

RCPI led armed uprisings after the independence of India , but later shifted to parliamentary politics .

The party is active in the West Bengal and Assam .

The party was represented in the West Bengal Second United Front Cabinet ( 1969 ) as well as in various state government during the Left Front rule in the state ( 1977 – 2011 ) .

In Assam the party won four Legislative Assembly seats in 1978 , but its political influence has since declined .


Bolt Thrower

Bolt Thrower were a British death metal band from Coventry , England .

They formed in 1986 and released their first album with Vinyl Solution in 1988 .

The band then shifted to a new record label , Earache Records , soon becoming one of the best selling bands on that label .

Their last label was Metal Blade Records .

The band had a succession of members , and had toured Europe , the United States , and Australia .

Over the course of their 30-year career , Bolt Thrower released eight studio albums , three EPs , one live album , two compilation albums and two demos .

On 14 September 2016 the band announced that they were breaking up , following the death of drummer Martin Kearns exactly a year earlier .


T. C. Steele State Historic Site

The T. C. Steele State Historic Site ( also called the Theodore Clement Steele House and Studio , and named the House of the Singing Winds by its original owners ) is located in rural Brown County , Indiana , one and a half miles south of Belmont , between Bloomington and Nashville , Indiana .

The property was the studio and home of Hoosier Group landscape and portrait artist Theodore Clement Steele ( 1847 – 1926 ) and Selma Neubacher Steele ( 1870 – 1945 ) , the artist 's second wife .

Shortly before her death in 1945 , Selma donated the property on of land to the Indiana Department of Conservation ( the present - day Indiana Department of Natural Resources ) to establish a state historic site in memory of her husband .

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as the Theodore Clement Steele House and Studio .

The Indiana State Museum operates the historic site , which is open to the public and offers guided tours of the home and studio .


Stephen IV of Hungary

Stephen IV ( , , ; 113311 April 1165 ) was King of Hungary and Croatia , ascending to the throne between 1163 and 1165 , when he usurped the crown of his nephew , Stephen III .

He was the third son of Béla II of Hungary , and when his conspiracy against his brother failed , Géza II , he was exiled from Hungary in the summer of 1157 .

He first sought refuge in the Holy Roman Empire , but received no support from Emperor Frederick I.

Shortly afterwards he moved to the Byzantine Empire , where he married a niece of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos , Maria Komnene , and converted to the Orthodox Church .

After Géza II died on 31 May 1162 , Emperor Manuel attempted to assist Stephen against his nephew and namesake , Stephen III , in seizing the crown .

Although the Hungarian lords were willing to leave their young monarch , they sharply opposed Stephen and elected his brother , Ladislaus II , king .

Ladislaus II granted the ducatus , or duchy , which included one - third of the kingdom , to Stephen .

Ladislaus II died on 14 January 1163 , and Stephen succeeded him .

Lucas , Archbishop of Esztergom , who remained a staunch supporter of the expelled young Stephen III , denied to crown him and excommunicated him .

Stephen IV remained unpopular among the Hungarian lords , enabling his nephew to muster an army .

In the decisive battle , which was fought at Székesfehérvár on 19 June 1163 , the younger Stephen routed his uncle , forcing him once again to flee Hungary .

Stephen attempted to regain his crown with the assistance of Manuel I and Frederick I , but both emperors abandoned him .

Emperor Manuel settled him in Syrmium , a province acquired from Hungary .

He died of poisoning by his nephew 's partisans during the siege of Zimony ( now Zemun in Serbia ) .


Fred J. Stevenson

Frederick Joseph Stevenson ( December 2 , 1895 - January 5 , 1928 ) was a Canadian bush pilot and aviation pioneer .

Born in Ontario , the family moved to Winnipeg , Manitoba .

In 1916 he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force , and later serving in the British Royal Flying Corps he was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for destruction of enemy aircraft and observation balloons .

After the war he became a commercial pilot for Western Canada Airways , most notably supporting mining development by flying 23 tons of cargo to a remote exploration site .

Flying the material was less costly than packing it in overland , and helped establish the usefulness of aviation for the development of Canada 's North .

For many years the Winnipeg airport was named Stevenson Field .

Stevenson Lake and the Stevenson River in Manitoba are named after him .


Meteos

Gameplay requires the use of a stylus to move colored blocks called " meteos " , which fall from the top of the screen .

The game ends when the blocks fill up the screen ; to prevent this from happening , the player must launch three or more blocks of the same color onto the top of the screen to make them disappear .

Playable characters include thirty - two aliens and their respective planets .

Meteos received critical acclaim and reached number one in DS sales in the UK market during its first week , according to research company Chart - Track .

It was compared to other puzzle games , such as Tetris ( 1984 ) and Lumines ( 2004 ) .

The game received awards and nominations from several publications , including the CESA Game Awards ' Outstanding Performance Award .

Versions were released for mobile phones and the Xbox Live Arcade in 2006 and 2008 , respectively .

A sequel , Meteos : Disney Magic , was released for the Nintendo DS in 2007 .


Mamie Till

Mamie Elizabeth Till - Mobley ( born Mamie Elizabeth Carthan ; November 23 , 1921 – January 6 , 2003 ) was the mother of Emmett Till , who was murdered in Mississippi on August 28 , 1955 , at the age of 14 , after being accused for flirting with a white cashier woman , Carolyn Bryant , at the grocery store .

For her son 's funeral in Chicago , Mamie Till insisted that the casket containing his body be left open , because , in her words , " I wanted the world to see what they did to my baby . "

Born in Mississippi , Till - Mobley moved with her parents to the Chicago area during the Great Migration .

After her son 's murder she became an educator and activist in the Civil Rights Movement .


Olga Yakovlevna Ivanova

Olga Yakovlevna Ivanova ( ) ( born 1945 ) is a career diplomat who is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Mauritius .

Ivanova graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1968 , and worked in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad .

From 19921995 Ivanova worked in the Department of International Humanitarian and Cultural Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs , and from 19951999 was an adviser at the Permanent Mission of Russia to UNESCO in Paris , France .

In February 2004 , Ivanova made history when she was appointed as Ambassador of Russia to Mauritius .

Her posting to Mauritius was the first time in the history of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that a woman was posted as an ambassador to a foreign nation .

Ivanova speaks Russian , English , and Arabic .


Peter Arnoldus Petersen

Peter Arnoldus Petersen ( 21 March 1851 – 12 August 1916 ) was a Norwegian businessman .

He was born in Christiania as a son of a German father and Danish mother ; merchant Johan Gottfried Schmidt and Frederikke Døderlein .

Both his parents died in 1852 , and he was adopted by his mother 's sister , who was married to wealthy businessman Peter J. K. Petersen ( 1821 – 1896 ) .

He was a first cousin of Sigvart Petersen .

His adoptive father died in 1896 , and Petersen inherited the family company Peter Petersen & Co and his father 's title as consul general for the Austro - Hungarian Empire .

His adoptive father had been manager and chair of Nydalens Compagnie , and Peter Arnoldus Petersen served as board member from 1883 to his death in 1916 and chair from 1911 to 1912 .

He backed down from the chairmanship because of declining health .


Toronto South Detention Centre

The Toronto South Detention Centre is a correctional facility in the district of Etobicoke in Toronto , Ontario , Canada .

It is a Government of Ontario - operated maximum - security correctional facility for adult male inmates serving a sentence of 2-years - less - a - day or less , and offenders who have been remanded into custody while awaiting trial .

It is built on the site of the former Mimico Correctional Centre , which closed in 2011 and whose origins dated back to 1887 .

The Toronto South Detention Centre officially opened on January 29 , 2014 replacing the Toronto Jail , the Toronto West Detention Centre , and the demolished Mimico Correctional Centre .

The Toronto South Detention Centre is the second - largest jail in Canada ; The Edmonton Remand Centre being the largest .


Oxana Yablonskaya

Oxana Yablonskaya (; born December 6 , 1938 , Moscow ) is a Russian pianist who has had an active international performance career since the early 1960s .

She began her career in the USSR and , although winning several important competitions in the West , was denied permission by the Soviet government to accept any performance engagements outside of the Soviet bloc .

Frustrated by her career limitations , she emigrated to the United States in 1977 .

Described by The New York Times as an " internationally known virtuoso " and " one of the country 's most distinguished musical residents " , Yablonskaya has toured in concert and recital throughout the world and has made numerous recordings .

She taught as a member of the piano faculty at the Juilliard School for more than 30 years , until 2009 .


Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga

Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga ( born 11 March 1958 ) is a Malian politician who was the Prime Minister of Mali from 8 April 2017 to 29 December 2017 .

Previously he was Minister of Defence since 3 September 2016 .

As Defence Minister he succeeded Tiéman Hubert Coulibaly , who resigned after the takeover of the village of Boni by jihadist forces .

Maïga previously served as Minister of Territorial Administration and Minister for the Environment , Water and Sanitation .

During the 2013 presidential election , he was campaign director of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta , who was elected as President .

On 8 April 2017 President Keïta appointed him as Prime Minister .

A new government headed by Maïga was appointed on 11 April 2017 .

In the new government , Tiéna Coulibaly succeeded Maïga as Minister of Defence .

He surprisingly resigned his position on 29 December 2017 alongside his government .


Charlotte Angus

Charlotte Angus ( February 2 , 1911 – March 2 , 1989 ) was an American artist .

A native of Kansas City , Missouri , Angus moved to Philadelphia when young and grew up in that city .

She studied at the University of the Arts and the Graphic Sketch Club there before taking a job with an advertising agency , which she lost due to the Great Depression .

She then , in 1936 , became involved with the Federal Art Project , beginning by painting sets for the Federal Theater Project and continuing by contributing to the Index of American Design .

At the end of the project in 1942 she studied drafting , taking a position as a draftswoman at the Naval Air Medical Center in Philadelphia .

She also created posters for the Works Progress Administration .

Angus married John Stefanak in 1947 and settled with him in southwestern Pennsylvania , where she continued to exhibit her art .

She died in Pulaski , Pennsylvania , and is buried in Saint Ann 's Cemetery in Hermitage .

A lithograph by Angus , Derelicts , is owned by the Spencer Museum of Art .

Much of the work she produced for the Index of American Design is currently held by the National Gallery of Art .


Johnny Mathis Sings the Music of Bacharach & Kaempfert is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the fall of 1970 by Columbia Records .

While one half of the two - record set was a compilation of tracks from his previous albums that were composed by Burt Bacharach , the other consisted of new recordings of songs composed by Bert Kaempfert , including a new version of " Strangers in the Night " , which Mathis had already recorded in 1966 for his LP Johnny Mathis Sings .

Although the Kaempfert tribute was similar to recent Mathis albums in that he was mainly covering songs made popular by other singers , it was absent of hits from the 12 months previous to its release that had become the pattern of his output at this point .

The latest US chartings of any of the Kaempfert compositions as of this album 's debut came from 1967 recordings of " Lady " by Jack Jones and " The Lady Smiles " by Matt Monro .

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine 's Top LP 's chart in the issue dated January 23 , 1971 , and reached number 169 during its seven weeks there .

Sides one and two of Kaempfert songs had already been released in the UK as Johnny Mathis Sings the Music of Bert Kaempfert in November 1969 .


List of ABC television affiliates (by U.S. state)

The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC ) is an American broadcast television television network owned by the Disney Media Networks subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company , which originated in 1927 as the NBC Blue radio network , and five years after its 1942 divorce from NBC and purchase by Edward J. Noble ( adopting its current name the following year ) , expanded into television in April 1948 . , the network currently has eight owned - and - operated stations , and current affiliation agreements with 238 other television stations .

This article is a listing of current ABC affiliates in the continental United States and U.S. possessions ( including subchannel affiliates , satellite stations and select low - power translators ) , arranged alphabetically by state , and based on the station 's city of license , and followed in parentheses by the Designated Market Area if it differs from the city of license .

There are links to and articles on each of the stations , describing their histories , local programming and technical information , such as broadcast frequencies .

The station 's advertised channel number follows the call letters .

In most cases , this is their virtual channel ( PSIP ) number .

Stations listed in boldface are owned and operated by ABC through its subsidiary ABC Owned Television Stations .


Great Hall of the People

The Great Hall of the People is a state building located at the western edge of Tiananmen Square in Beijing .

It is used for legislative and ceremonial activities by the government of the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) and the ruling Communist Party of China .

The People 's Great Hall functions as the meeting place for the full sessions of the National People 's Congress ( NPC ) , the Chinese legislature , which occurs every year during March along with the national session of the Chinese People 's Political Consultative Conference ( CPPCC ) , a political advisory body .

It is also the meeting place of the National Congress of the Communist Party of China , which , since 1982 , has occurred once every five years and the party 's Central Committee which meets approximately once a year .

The Hall is also used for many special events , including national level meetings of various social and political organisations , large anniversary celebrations , as well as the memorial services for former leaders .

The Great Hall of the People is also a popular attraction in the city frequented by tourists visiting the capital .


Papat Limpad

Papat Limpad ( English : Four Champions ) is a seven - month writing competition in the Javanese - language Wikipedia .

The purpose of this competition is to revitalize the " barely alive " Javanese - language Wikipedia .

Javanese Wikipedia started in January 2003 , began to have a larger number of regular contributors in mid-2006 , and began to see its golden era for seven years in 2008 .

However , the activity decreased and returned to 2006 status , with only 2 to 1 regular contributors for the last two years .

The Javanese language Wikipedia ranked 71 in the number of pages being viewed by 1.2 million viewers a month ( before intervention ) .

Wikimedia Indonesia believes that Javanese Wikipedia has an untapped potential growth and an untapped potential editor base that needs to be reached .


Sound City: Real to Reel

Sound City : Real to Reel is the official soundtrack of the documentary Sound City .

It was officially released on March 12 , 2013 .

The songs " Cut Me Some Slack " , " From Can to Ca n't " , " You Ca n't Fix This " , and " Mantra " were made available on Sound Citys official YouTube channel on December 14 , 2012 , January 15 , 2013 , February 15 , 2013 , and March 8 , 2013 , respectively .

Dave Grohl founded the supergroup Sound City Players with many of the musicians who appear in this movie and who he played with live for the soundtrack .

The soundtrack received two Grammy Awards : Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Rock Song ( for " Cut Me Some Slack " ) .


Mungana affair

The Mungana affair involved the sale to the Government of Queensland , Australia , in 1922 , of some mining properties in the Chillagoe - Mungana districts of northern Queensland , at a grossly inflated price .

At that time , Ted Theodore was Premier of Queensland and William McCormack , Member for Cairns and a former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland ,

In 1927 Theodore entered Federal politics , while McCormack became Premier of Queensland from 1925 to 1929 .

In 1929 the Queensland Government appointed a Royal Commission to investigate the sale .

The Commission found that at the time of the sale in 1922 , Theodore and McCormack each secretly held 25 % ownership of the properties sold .

In July 1930 , the scandal forced Theodore to resign from his role as Treasurer of Australia .

McCormack had already resigned from Queensland Parliament in February 1930 before the adverse findings by the Royal Commission .

The Queensland Government did not charge either man with any offence .


Doublehead

Doublehead ( 1744 – 1807 ) or Incalatanga ( Tal - tsu'tsa in Cherokee ) , was one of the most feared warriors of the Cherokee during the Cherokee – American wars .

In 1788 , his brother , Old Tassel , was chief of the Cherokee people , but was killed under a truce ( negotiating peace ) by frontier rangers .

In 1791 Doublehead was among a delegation of Cherokees who visited U.S. President George Washington in Philadelphia .

After the peace treaty at the Tellico Blockhouse in 1794 , Doublehead served as one of the leaders of the Chickamauga Cherokee ( or " Lower Cherokee " ) .

Upon the death of his nephew , Principal Chief John Watts , in 1802 , Doublehead was chosen as leader of the Chickamauga ( taking on the title Chuqualataque ) .


Tomer Yosef

Tomer Yosef ( in Hebrew תומר יוסף ; born in Kfar Saba , Israel on 8 September 1975 ) is an Israeli singer and lead vocalist for the Israeli - American electronica - world fusion band Balkan Beat Box .

The band founded by Tamir Muskat , Ori Kaplan included Tomer Yosef as a core member of the formation and its lead singer .

Yosef started his career as a stand - up comedian in 1994 , appearing frequently on Israeli radio and television and played roles in a few Israeli television series , writing and directing the TV series Platfus himself .

and appearing in 1998 in series הצל של החיוך שלך ( Ha - Tzel , Shel Hachiuch Shelchah ) and in the film ביקור התזמורת ( in English , The Band 's Visit )

He then moved to New York in 1998 working with Itamar Ziegler in Zion Train .

In 2001 , he participated in the TV show כוכבי השכונה ( Kochvey Hashchuna meaning Pop in the Neighborhood ) as a band drummer .

In 2002 he cooperated with Tamir Muskat to produce his first album , תגידו משהו ( meaning Say Something ) .

He worked as an electronic artist , and written , composed , and produced with Muskat .

In 2004 he started a DJ set and performed all over Israel , before joining Balkan Beat Box as a guest singer on their 2005 debut album also called Balkan Beat Box .

He also continued as a main vocal performer in their live shows .

Yosef released his second album צוחקים מתחת לאדמה ( in English : Laughing Underground ) in 2006 mostly influenced by reggae , dancehall and pop rock , and in 2009 his third album הטרמפולינה עם בן with Balkan Beat Box musician Ben Handler and השחר 35 in 2011 .


Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Tharman Shanmugaratnam (; ; born 25 February 1957 ) is a Singaporean politician and economist .

He is currently Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies .

He is also Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore ( MAS ) , Singapore 's central bank and financial regulator .

In April 2017 , Tharman was appointed to chair a G20 Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance , which was set up to review the system of multilateral financial institutions .

He also succeeded Jean - Claude Trichet as Chairman of the Group of Thirty , an independent global council of leading economic and financial policy - makers from January 1 , 2017 .

He has spent his working life in public service , in roles related to economic policy and education .

He served as Minister for Finance from 2007 to 2015 , and as Minister for Education from 2003 to 2008 .


Surry Mountain Lake

Surry Mountain Lake is a impoundment on the Ashuelot River in Cheshire County in southwestern New Hampshire , United States , in the town of Surry .

The reservoir was built to protect downstream communities , such as Keene , from flooding .

Surry Mountain Dam was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1941 as an earthen rock - fill structure .

Its height is , its length is at the crest , with a maximum capacity of 44,000 acre - feet and a normal capacity of 1,320 acre - feet .

Both dam and reservoir are owned by the Corps of Engineers .

The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery , with observed species including rainbow trout , brown trout , smallmouth and largemouth bass , chain pickerel , horned pout , and black crappie .


Diane de France

Diane de France , suo jure Duchess of Angoulême ( 25 July 1538 – 11 January 1619 ) was the natural ( illegitimate ) daughter of Henry II , King of France , and his Piedmontese mistress Filippa Duci .

Disproven sources claim that she was the daughter of Diane de Poitiers , because the latter was already Henry II 's mistress by the time she brought up the little girl under her care .

Diane was born in Paris during 1538 and was formally legitimised in 1547 .

She was married on 14 February 1552 to Orazio Farnese , Duke of Castro , but was later widowed in 1553 after Orazio was killed in battle at Hesdin .

Diane 's second marriage was to Francis de Montmorency in 1559 , who was the eldest son of Anne , Constable of France .

Diane was widowed for a second time in 1579 , after helping her to make her husband a leader of the politiques , a moderate Roman Catholic group in France .

Diane became a favourite of Henry III , King of France , who made her Duchess of Angoulême in appanage ( during her lifetime only ) during 1582 .

Diane also enjoyed much respect at the court of Henry IV , King of France , and superintended the education of his son Louis XIII .

She was known to sing and could play the lute and other musical instruments .

Diane died on 11 January 1619 in Paris .

Her surviving letters reveal her as a woman of great courage and tolerance .


Rocket Cottage

Rocket Cottage is an album by British folk rock band Steeleye Span .

This was the band 's ninth album , and the second produced by Mike Batt .

It was hoped that the album would cement the band 's popular and commercial success , building on their breakthrough into the UK Top 10 with their previous album All Around My Hat and its title track , which reached # 5 on the UK singles chart .

Unfortunately , Rocket Cottage was a victim of bad timing - by the time it was released , the sudden explosion of the British Punk scene saw audience tastes in the UK rapidly shift away from formerly popular genres like folk rock and progressive rock , and groups that previously been critical favourites , like Steeleye Span and Yes , soon found themselves being derided as " dinosaurs " .

Rocket Cottage failed to break into the Top 40 , and it was the last album recorded by the " classic " mid - Seventies lineup of the group , with Peter Knight and Bob Johnson both subsequently leaving the group .

The album is perhaps the band 's most rock - influenced album , with very prominent guitars and a strong rhythm section .

Some fans consider this one of the band 's best efforts , pointing to strong tracks like " London " , " Fighting for Strangers " , " Sir James the Rose " , and " Orfeo / Nathan 's Reel " , the first three of which became classics of the band and fan favorites .

Others , however , find the album erratic , complaining that the band 's rhythm section tends to overwhelm the vocals , particularly on " Orfeo " , " The Twelve Witches " , and ( to a lesser extent ) " The Brown Girl " .

Oddly for an instrumental piece , " Nathan 's Reel " simply fades out .

The most peculiar decision was the inclusion of an unrehearsed version of " Camptown Racetrack " ; years later Maddy Prior remarked , " I ca n't think what we were thinking of with that . "

This was the band 's ninth album in five years , and many feel that their exhaustion is evident .

Peter Knight has said that the band was being pressured to write and adapt music for the commercial market , which led to considerable dissatisfaction among the band members .

Both he and Bob Johnson were seriously considering leaving the band , particularly because they wanted to work on a musical version of The King of Elfland 's Daughter , Chrysalis Records agreed to allow them to record that album if they agreed to record ' Rocket ' .

Lacking any interest in the album that Knight and Johnson produced , Chrysalis made little effort to promote the album , and Knight and Johnson chose to depart the band after ' Rocket ' was released .


Social Democratic Party (France)

The Social Democratic Party ( , PSD ) was a centrist political party in France .

Originally named Democratic Socialist Movement of France ( Mouvement démocrate socialiste de France , MDSF ) , the party was founded in 1973 , by a split from the Socialist Party ( PS ) .

Its founders ( among them Max Lejeune , André Santini , Pierre - Cristophe Baguet , Charles Baur , Émile Muller , Joseph Klifa and Auguste Locoeur ) opposed to the alliance with the French Communist Party ( PCF ) arranged by François Mitterrand on behalf of the PS based on the Common Programme .

In 1978 , the PSD joined the Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) , the centre - right confederation created in order to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing .

In 1995 , the PSD merged with the Centre of Social Democrats ( CDS ) , the Christian - democratic component of the confederation , to form Democratic Force ( FD ) , which later became the core of a unified UDF in 1998 .


Melado River

The Melado is a river of Linares province , Maule Region , of Chile .

It rises in the " Cordillera de los Andes " with the name of river Guaiquivilo where it is formed by two tributaries , the river Cajón Troncoso , born near the Argentine border and the river Palaleo , from the outflow of Dial lake , located some 70 km upstream from the joining of the two rivers .

The Guaiquivilo flows northwardly along a typical interandean longitudinal valley .

On its left bank the Guaiquivilo is flanked by the Melado sierra , which has peaks that often surpass 2.500 mt and which constitute a natural barrier between the Guaiquivilo basin and those of the rivers Longaví , Achibueno and Ancoa , all tributary of the river Loncomilla , which , in its turn , is the main tributary of river Maule .

On its right bank , the Guaiquivilo is joined by the river San Pedro or La Puente which is born from a glacier related to the San Pedro ( or Las Yeguas ) volcano .

From this point onwards , the river takes the name of Melado .

The river Melado is dammed to generate hydroelectric power in the Pehuenche Hydroelectric Plant .

The Melado joins the river Maule when the latter has already flowed for 75 km .

The Canal Melado transports water from the Melado river through the Guaiquivilo basin and a tunnel of 4,2 km to the Ancoa River .


The Head of Janus

The Head of Janus ( ) is a 1920 German horror silent film directed by F. W. Murnau .

The film was an unauthorized adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson 's novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , but the source material went unrecognized by some of the German media due to changes in the characters ' names .

Released on 17 September 1920 by the Lipow Co. , this is one of Murnau 's lost films .

The screenplay was written by Hans Janowitz , who collaborated with Carl Mayer on the script for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ( 1919 ) .

While the film itself does not survive , the scripts and related production notes do .

Because the film is lost , its full length is unknown .


Owen Murphy

Owen Murphy ( 9 December 1827 – 4 October 1895 ) was a Canadian private banker , insurance agent and politician .

Born in Stoneham , Quebec , the son of Nicholas Murphy and Ellen O'Brien , both of Irish ancestry , he was a member of the Quebec City Council from 1871 to 1874 and was mayor of Quebec City from 1874 to 1878 .

In the 1881 Quebec election , he ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Québec - Ouest .

He was elected in the 1886 election and re - elected in the 1890 election .

He died in Quebec City at the age of 68 .

Before entering business on his own , he was employed in the lumber exporting business .

He was also a director for the Quebec Central Railway .

Murphy married Elizabeth Loughry in 1857 .


Jonatan Berg

Jonatan Berg ( born 9 May 1985 in Torsby ) is a former Swedish footballer .

His natural position was on the central midfield , but he also worked well as a right winger .

After playing for his local club and Torsby IF , he joined IFK Göteborg in 2002 .

After a couple of years his younger brother Marcus Berg ( now being a player for the national team of Sweden ) also joined IFK Göteborg .

Jonatan was n't a pick for the starting line up and therefore he went to loan in 2006 to the Gothenburg rival of GAIS where he played as a starter .

In 2007 , he went on loan to Trelleborgs FF in 2007 .

In 2008 , he stayed at IFK Göteborg but played only 9 games , of which 7 was as a starter .

There , he became an important player with great teamwork and being good on set pieces .

In July 2010 , after having a trial he moved on to Italy and Serie C1 , joining Taranto which are aiming to reach Serie B.


Civil Revolution

Civil Revolution ( , RC ) was a left - wing coalition of political parties in Italy .

The coalition was headed by Antonio Ingroia , a former anti - mafia prosecutor of Palermo from 1992 to 2012 and then director of a UN investigation into illegal drug trade in Guatemala in 2012 .

The foundation of RC was preceded by the manifesto Io ci sto , presented by Ingroia on 21 December in Rome .

Among the signatories of this appeal were Franco Battiato , Fiorella Mannoia , Luigi de Magistris , Leoluca Orlando , Milly Moratti , Massimiliano Bruno , Max Paiella , Sabina Guzzanti , Vauro and Enrico Fierro .

The coalition had an anti - corruption platform .

In the 2013 general election the party obtained 2.2 % of the vote , returning no seats in the Italian Parliament .

Soon after RC was dissolved on 2 April 2013 , and Ingroia launched Civil Action , a non - party association .


The Way You Make Me Feel

" The Way You Make Me Feel " is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson .

It was released by Epic Records on November 9 , 1987 as the third single from his seventh studio album , Bad ( 1987 ) .

It was written and composed by Jackson , and produced by Quincy Jones and Jackson .

Aside from appearing on Jackson 's Bad album , the song has also been featured on the first disc of Jackson 's compilation album in 1995 , Number Ones in 2003 , The Ultimate Collection in 2004 , The Essential Michael Jackson in 2005 , in 2006 and This Is It in 2009 .

" The Way You Make Me Feel " has been covered by multiple recording artists .

The song received positive reviews from contemporary critics .

" The Way You Make Me Feel " became Bad 's third consecutive single to peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 , and charted mainly within the top ten and twenty internationally .

A music video for " The Way You Make Me Feel " was released at the time showing Jackson pursuing and dancing with former model Tatiana Thumbtzen .

Since the music video 's release , it has become influential on other artists ' material .

The song has been performed on all of Jackson 's world concert tours as a solo artist , and was planned to have been performed during the This Is It concerts from 2009 to 2010 . Notable live performances of the song by Jackson include a performance at the 1988 Grammy Awards ceremony .


One weekend a month, two weeks a year

" One weekend a month , two weeks a year " is a former recruiting slogan used by the U.S. Army National Guard .

It indicated the amount of time an individual would need to spend actively in the Guard to be a Guardsman with benefits .

Though never officially , it was also informally used by Air National Guard , U.S. Army Reserve , U.S.

Naval Reserve , U.S. Marine Corps Reserve , U.S. Air Force Reserve and U.S. Coast Guard Reserve personnel in describing their similar military time commitment .

It was dropped during the Iraq War after it became clear that National Guardsmen and Reservists were now serving considerably more time in service , especially on active military duty on extended overseas deployments in the Southwest Asia combat zone .


Hanau-Gelnhausen high-speed railway

The Hanau - Gelnhausen high - speed railway is a planned railway connecting Hanau and Gelnhausen in Germany .

It would start from local tracks in Hanau and connect with the Hanover – Würzburg high - speed railway at Gelnhausen .

The railway would improve journey times for trains travelling from Frankfurt - am - Main to both Berlin and Munich .

Trains travelling to Berlin would be able to reach the Hanover – Würzburg high - speed railway quickly and trains travelling to Munich would , if the connection includes a triangular junction , allow high - speed trains to bypass Aschaffenburg ( where high - speed trains stop on the way to Munich ) and reach Würzburg quicker .

The federal transport minister told parliament in 2010 that construction would not commence prior to 2025 .

Despite this the federal government has allocated funds to continue the planning process .


We Lost the Road

" We Lost the Road " is a song by the Bee Gees , it was written by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb and was released on their 1972 album To Whom It May Concern .

It was originally recorded in Trafalgar sessions on January 28 , 1971 ( and the first song recorded for Trafalgar . )

Lead vocals by Barry , with the lyrics of verse 3 before verse 2 , It is likely that many other songs had alternate vocal tracks that were replaced , most of which are totally gone now unless they survived on acetates or rough mix tapes , but it was dropped from the album , This track was re - recorded with lead vocals by Barry and Robin , and that version was released in 1972 .


Mohamed Abu Samra

Mohamed Abu Samra is the current secretary - general of the Islamic Party , which is the political arm of Egyptian Islamic Jihad .

Abu Samra stated in an interview that the Muslim Brotherhood was not successful in applying Sharia and that he supported the changing of the government .

However , in an interview with Cairo Al - Akhbar , he called for a revolt if President Mohamed Morsy was deposed .

As of September 2013 he was calling for peaceful protests and disavowed the actions of jihadist groups in the Sinai .

He called on Egyptian judges to adhere to the law by stopping their strike that occurred in 2012 .

Abu Sanra said that he would be opposed twords returning Israeli Jews of Egyptian descent to Egypt in response to a comment made by Essam el - Erian , a member of the Freedom and Justice Party and an adviser to then president Mohamed Morsi ; he also stated that according to Sharia law , Jews deserve to be fought and killed by Muslims .


Morean War

The Morean War ( ) is the better - known name for the Sixth Ottoman – Venetian War .

The war was fought between 1684 – 1699 , as part of the wider conflict known as the " Great Turkish War " , between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire .

Military operations ranged from Dalmatia to the Aegean Sea , but the war 's major campaign was the Venetian conquest of the Morea ( Peloponnese ) peninsula in southern Greece .

On the Venetian side , the war was fought to avenge the loss of Crete in the Cretan War ( 1645 – 1669 ) , while the Ottomans were entangled in their northern frontier against the Habsburgs and were unable to concentrate their forces against the Republic .

As such , the Morean War holds the distinction of being the only Ottoman – Venetian conflict from which Venice emerged victorious , gaining significant territory .

Venice 's expansionist revival would be short - lived however , as its gains would be reversed by the Ottomans in 1718 .


Winnie-the-Pooh (book)

Winnie - the - Pooh ( 1926 ) is the first volume of stories about Winnie - the - Pooh , written by A.

A. Milne and illustrated by E. H. Shepard .

It is followed by The House at Pooh Corner .

The book focuses on the adventures of a teddy bear called Winnie - the - Pooh and his friends Piglet , a small toy pig ; Eeyore , a toy donkey ; Owl , a live owl ; and Rabbit , a live rabbit .

The characters of Kanga , a toy kangaroo , and her son Roo are introduced later in the book , in the chapter entitled " In Which Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest and Piglet has a Bath " .

The bouncy toy - tiger character of Tigger is not introduced until the sequel , The House at Pooh Corner .

In 2003 , Winnie the Pooh was listed at number 7 on the BBC 's survey The Big Read .


Sonnet (The Verve song)

Sonnet is a song by Britpop band The Verve and is featured on their third album , Urban Hymns .

It was released 2 March 1998 as the final single from the album ( see 1998 in British music ) .

The song has the same instrumental layout as " The Drugs Do n't Work " , consisting of acoustic and electric guitars backed up with a string section which is mainly made up of violins .

At the start of 1998 , Hut asked The Verve to put out another single from the album , an idea which the band disagreed with .

Unusually , Hut pressed them on this matter , and so the band finally agreed to release " Sonnet " , but only in a format that would make it ineligible for chart recognition .

Consequently , " Sonnet " was released as part of a set of four 12-inch records ( backed by " Stamped " , " So Sister " and " Echo Bass " ) .

The release was limited to just 5000 copies , despite the huge radio coverage it received , and the official chart refused to recognize it as a single because of the extra content , as planned .

The pack was released in a cardboard mailer , and the preceding three singles from the album , all re - released on the same day , fitted into the mailer .

However , sales of an imported format resulted in it charting in the UK at # 74 .

In Australia , " Sonnet " peaked at # 83 on the ARIA singles chart in January 1999 .

" Sonnet " appeared on the MTV animated series Daria in the first episode of the third season , when she starts thinking about using contact lenses .


Take a Look Around (song)

" Take a Look Around " is a song by the American nu metal band Limp Bizkit .

It is the tenth track on their third album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water and was released as the lead single from the album in July 2000 .

The song received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2001 , but lost to Rage Against the Machine 's " Guerrilla Radio " .

Previously in 2000 RATM lost to Bizkit in MTV Video Music Awards , which caused an incident featuring RATM bassist Tim Commerford climb on the set .

The main riff of the song is derived from the original composed by Lalo Schifrin and appears on the soundtrack to the 2000 film .

An instrumental version of " Take a Look Around " was released as a promo and later included as a B - side on some versions of the " Rollin ' " single .


Church of the Presidents (New Jersey)

The Church of the Presidents is a former Episcopal chapel on the Jersey Shore where seven United States presidents worshiped .

It was visited by presidents Chester A. Arthur , James Garfield , Ulysses S. Grant , Benjamin Harrison , Rutherford Hayes , William McKinley , and Woodrow Wilson .

All except Grant were in office when they paid their visits to the church .

For approximately 75 years it was a seasonal summer resort church , located at 1260 Ocean Avenue in Long Branch , Monmouth County , New Jersey , United States , just across the street from the Atlantic Ocean .

In 1953 the Episcopal Diocese deconsecrated the church and slated it for demolition .

Local preservationists stepped in and in 1955 the old chapel was rededicated as the Long Branch Historical Museum .

Today the building is undergoing extensive structural repairs and renovations .


Charles Pattinson

Charles Pattinson ( sometimes credited as Charlie Pattinson ) is a British television producer .

His initial career was in the theatre , where he was an assistant director at the Royal Court Theatre in the mid-1980s .

In 1985 he moved into television , joining the staff of the BBC as a production trainee , before eventually becoming a producer in the drama department .

He produced a variety of series and one - offs for the Corporation during the 1990s , of which the best known are 1996 's Our Friends in the North ( winner of the 1997 Best Drama Serial accolades from both the British Academy Television Awards and the Royal Television Society ) and the 1997 Jimmy McGovern serial The Lakes .

In 1998 , he and fellow producer George Faber set up their own independent production company , Company Pictures .

The company has produced several notable and award - winning series and one - offs , such as Shameless , The Life and Death of Peter Sellers , Skins , Elizabeth I , Talk to Me and Wild At Heart .

In 2014 , he executive produced The Missing for New Pictures .

He is also set to executive produce the upcoming supernatural drama television series Requiem .


Super Robin Hood

Super Robin Hood is a Robin Hood - themed platform game published in November 1985 by Codemasters .

It was reworked as Robin Hood : Legend Quest in 1992 when it was also released for the Amiga and Atari ST .

The Oliver twins developed the game for the Amstrad CPC when they were age 17 ; it was their first game published by Codemasters .

Codemasters offered the brothers £ 10,000 for the game , because the company expected to sell 100,000 copies with royalties of 10p per unit sold .

The twins worked on a single computer in a bedroom of their parents ' house .

Working in shifts , they coded for 18 to 23 hours per day ; they took 30 minute breaks to allow the computer to cool .

Sometimes , one brother coded on paper while the other used the computer .

The game was well - received by critics , and sold well .

After Codemasters asked the brothers to produce another game , they developed Ghost Hunters , which was released in February 1986 .

Codemasters reworked Super Robin Hood for the NES ( also released on the four - in - one NES cartridge Quattro Adventure , published by Camerica in 1993 ) .

This reworked version was also released as Robin Hood : Legend Quest in 1992 and 1993 on both the 8-bit home computers the first game had been released on as well as 16-bit home computers .


Australia–Japan relations

Australia – Japan relations are foreign relations between Australia and Japan .

The relationships are generally warm and have since continued to grown strong over the years , both nations being considerably close , substantial and driven by mutual interests , with both nations having close ties with the Western world .

Japan is one of Australia 's major economic partners : it is Australia 's second " largest trading partner and an increasingly important source of capital investment " .

In recent times the relations have expanded beyond strong economic and commercial links to other spheres , including culture , tourism , defense and scientific cooperation .

There was some tension in the early stage of the relationship , such as World War II , whaling , and Japan 's perceived economic domination during the 1980s and early 1990s .

However , the Australian government and business leaders see Japan as a vital export market and an essential element in Australia 's future growth and prosperity in the Asia - Pacific region .

Japan on its part regards Australia as an important partner , a reliable source of energy , minerals and other primary products , a popular tourist destination , a useful conduit to the West and the only other middle - ranking economic power in the Asia - Pacific .

Australia 's former Prime - Minister Tony Abbott recently hailed Japan as Australia 's closest friend in Asia , and planned on creating a Free Trade Agreement between the two nations in the coming year .

Defence Minister Marise Payne described Japan as a " key partner " in the region , Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida describing the relationship as the linchpin of security in the Asia - Pacific .


The Indian Institute of Planning and Management ( IIPM ) was an unaccredited institute headquartered in New Delhi , which previously had 18 branches across India .

The Institute has been widely criticized for false advertisements and fraudulent practices .

After several controversies , the school 's Honorary Dean Arindam Chaudhuri decided to shut down all campuses across India , except the one in Delhi .

Founded in 1973 , the institute used to offer undergraduate , postgraduate and doctoral programmes in national economic planning and entrepreneurship , and international and fellowship programmes .

Its executive education programmes include non - credit courses and visits to foreign business schools .

IIPM is not accredited by UGC or All India Council for Technical Education ( AICTE ) , and is not affiliated with the public Indian Institutes of Management .

IIPM has been involved in controversies about its advertising .

The University Grants Commission ( UGC)a government organisation responsible for the standards of university education in Indiaand the All India Council for Technical Education ( AICTE ) have repeatedly issued public notices stating that they do not recognise IIPM , and that they deem its technical programmes invalid .

IIPM has responded by stating that it does not issue degrees and that it is not a university .

In September 2014 Delhi High Court censured IIPM for misleading students and restrained it from using words like MBA , BBA , management course , and b - school to describe the programs it offers .

In July 2015 , IIPM announced that it will stop offering education programmes directly , and shut down all its campuses outside Delhi .

It will operate only as a research and training institute in Delhi .


Luv Your Life

" Luv Your Life " is the third single by Australian rock band Silverchair from their fourth album Diorama , which was released in 2002 .

The song was released as a single and a video was made in which the band was portrayed as animated characters .

This is mostly because Daniel Johns was incapacitated by his reactive arthritis , and the band needed to release another song to prevent commercial momentum for the album to come to a complete halt .

When watching the video , one can see that Chris and Ben 's animated characters seem to be more fluid and realistic than Daniel 's .

This may be due to Chris and Ben doing some sort of motion capture for the making of the video .

Chris stated that this song is his favourite off the album .

" Luv Your Life " was dedicated by Johns to " all my ladies " , and was written on piano and featured an orchestral arrangement by Van Dyke Parks .

The single peaked at number 20 on the Australian Recording Industry Association Singles Chart .


Wonder Boys (film)

Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy - drama film directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Steve Kloves .

An international co - production between the United States , the United Kingdom , Germany , and Japan , it is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Chabon .

Michael Douglas stars as professor Grady Tripp , a novelist who teaches creative writing at a university but has been unable to finish his second novel .

The film was shot in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , including locations at Carnegie Mellon University , Chatham University , and Shady Side Academy .

Other Pennsylvania locations included Beaver , Rochester and Rostraver Township .

After the film failed at the box office , there was a second attempt to find an audience with a new marketing campaign and a November 8 , 2000 re - release , which was also a financial disappointment .


Chief Keef discography

The discography of Chief Keef , an American rapper .

Chief Keef released his first studio album Finally Rich in 2012 , which contained several successful singles , including " I Do n't Like " , " Hate Bein ' Sober " , and " Love Sosa " .

The album peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on the Billboard Rap chart .

In 2013 he was featured on several hit songs by other rappers .

In 2014 he released the single " Faneto " , which went on to become a viral phenomenon .

In 2014 he released his mixtape Back from the Dead 2 , which was met with critical acclaim from critics .

In 2015 he was featured on Travis Scott 's debut album Rodeo on the song " Nightcrawler " .

He later released the album Bang 3 in two parts .


Universitetskaya Embankment

Universitetskaya Embankment ( ) is a 1.2 km long embankment on the right bank of the Bolshaya Neva , on Vasilievsky Island in Saint Petersburg , Russia .

Starting at the Spit of Vasilievsky Island , it spans between Palace Bridge and Blagoveshchensky Bridge .

The bank was lined with granite in 1805 - 1810 ( eastern part ) , 1831 - 1834 ( western part ) and the 1850s ( near Blagoveshchensky Bridge ) .

It features an ensemble of Petrine Baroque buildings of the early 18th century , including the Kunstkamera , Twelve Collegia , Menshikov Palace , as well as the neoclassical building of the Academy of Arts .

The embankment was formerly connected to the left bank through Isaakiyevsky Pontone Bridge , constructed in 1819 - 1841 in front of Senate Square .

One of the campuses of Saint Petersburg State University ( hosted in the Twelve Collegia and several other buildings ) , Saint Petersburg branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography ( hosted in the Kunstkamera ) and Zoological Museum are all situated along the embankment .

The embankment was named after the university in 1887 .


Jinghe–Yining–Khorgos railway

The Jingyihuo railway ( ) , short for Jinghe – Yining – Khorgas railway , is the first electrified railway in operation in Xinjiang , China .

The line is 286 km in length and connects Jinghe , Yining and Khorgos .

The Jingyihuo railway branches from the Northern Xinjiang railway at Jinghe in the Junggar Basin , and heads south through the Tian Shan range into the Ili River Valley .

Cities and towns along route include Jinghe , Nilka County , Yining County , Yining , Huocheng County , and Khorgos , on the border with Kazakhstan .

The line opened to trial operation in December 2009 .

Passenger train service to the Yining railway station ( ) began in July 2010 .

One of the three daily Ürümqi - Yining passenger trains ( all running overnight ) was extended to Khorgos in December 2013 .

On its way from the Dzungarian Basin ( where the Northern Xinjiang railway runs ) to the Ili Valley ( where Yining is ) , the railway crosses the Borohoro Mountain Range ( one of the ranges of the Tian Shan ) in the 13-km long North Tianshan Tunnel ( ) .

The Jinghe – Yining section is electrified .


Germinie Lacerteux

Germinie Lacerteux ( 1865 ) is a grim , anti - Romantic novel by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt in which the authors aim to present , as they say , a " clinic of love . "

It is the fourth of six novels they wrote .

The story is that of a poor country girl who comes to Paris , where her temperament renders her peculiarly liable to temptation .

She succumbs to nymphomania , which finally brings her to death on a hospital cot .

The study is based on actual observation by the authors of their own maidservant , Rose Malingre , whose double life they had never suspected .

It was dramatized by Edmond de Goncourt , and produced at the Odéon in 1889 .


Penny Arcade

Penny Arcade is a webcomic focused on video games and video game culture , written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik .

The comic debuted in 1998 on the website loonygames.com .

Since then , Holkins and Krahulik have established their own site , which is typically updated with a new comic strip each Monday , Wednesday , and Friday .

The comics are accompanied by regular updates on the site 's blog .

Penny Arcade is among the most popular and longest running webcomics currently online , listed in 2010 as having 3.5 million readers .

Holkins and Krahulik are among the first webcomic creators successful enough to make a living from their work .

In addition to the comic , Holkins and Krahulik also created Child 's Play , a children 's charity ; PAX , a gaming convention ; Penny Arcade TV , a YouTube channel ; Pinny Arcade , a pin exchange ; and the episodic video game with Hothead Games and Zeboyd Games .


Hurricane Flora

Hurricane Flora is among the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history , with a death total of at least 7,193 .

The seventh tropical storm and sixth hurricane of the 1963 Atlantic hurricane season , Flora developed from a disturbance in the Intertropical Convergence Zone on September 26 while located southwest of the Cape Verde islands .

After remaining a weak depression for several days , it rapidly organized on September 29 to attain tropical storm status .

Flora continued to quickly strengthen to reach Category 3 hurricane status before moving through the Windward Islands and passing over Tobago , and it reached maximum sustained winds of in the Caribbean .

The storm struck southwestern Haiti near peak intensity , turned to the west , and drifted over Cuba for four days before turning to the northeast .

Flora passed over the Bahamas and accelerated northeastward , becoming an extratropical cyclone on October 12 .

Due to its slow movement across Cuba , Flora is the wettest known tropical cyclone for Cuba , Haiti , and the Dominican Republic .

The significant casualties caused by Flora were the most for a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Basin since the 1900 Galveston Hurricane .


Delphine Halgand-Mishra

Delphine Halgand - Mishra ( born 1985 ) is a French journalist and advocate for freedom of the press .

Since November 2017 , she is the Executive Director of The Signals Network , an American 501(c)3 non - profit organization whose aim is to advance the public interest by encouraging and facilitating media investigations that foster the ideals of transparency and public accountability through in - depth reporting and whistleblowing .

She regularly appears on American and foreign media and gives lectures and conferences at U.S. universities on issues of press freedom violations .

She testified at the US Congress and the United Nations in New York .

On January 7 , 2016 , just after the Charlie Hebdo shooting , she was interviewed by Fox News in Paris .


Christina Schmuck

Christina Schmuck ( sometimes listed as Christa Schmuck , born 26 January 1944 ) is a West German luger who competed during the late 1960s and early 1970s .

At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , she originally finished fifth in the women 's singles event , but was awarded the silver medal upon the disqualifications of the East German team of Ortrun Enderlein ( who finished first ) , Anna - Maria Müller ( second ) , and Angela Knösel ( fourth ) when the East Germans were discovered to have their runners being illegally heated .

Schmuck also won two medals in the women 's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver in 1970 and a bronze in 1969 .

Both championships took place in Königssee , West Germany .

She also won two medals the women 's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in 1967 and a bronze in 1970 .


The Best of The Art of Noise

The Best of the Art of Noise is the name of a series of compilation albums with songs by the British synthpop band The Art of Noise .

The first version was released on the China Records label in November 1988 .

The Best of the Art of Noise was released with at least ten different track listing variations from 1988 to 1997 .

The first version was on LP format and contained 7 " single mixes , while the corresponding compact disc release that year contained the extended or 12 " single remixes of all of the tracks .

However , LP releases in territories such as Korea and Argentina featured a combination of both track listings .

A Japanese CD version from 1991 was identical to the standard CD but contained two more mixes of " Kiss " as bonus tracks .

In 1992 , China Records reissued The Best of and added " Yebo , " " Instruments of Darkness " and " Robinson Crusoe , " while omitting the three tracks that were licensed from ZTT Records and included on the 1988 release : " Beatbox , " " Moments in Love " and " Close ( To the Edit ) . "

Once again , a number of different variations were issued .

The United Kingdom and Holland issued a double disc limited edition version with both the standard disc of 7 " mixes and a second disc of extended and 12 " remixes .

The compilation has also been issued with two different color variations on the cover .

All editions prior to 1992 were issued with a blue cover , while most editions afterward had a pink cover .

The German and Australian editions as well as the UK / Holland limited edition two disc set all retained the blue cover .


Pandora (Greek myth)

In Greek mythology , Pandora ( Greek : Πανδώρα , derived from πᾶν , pān , i.e.

" gift " , thus " the all - endowed " , " all - gifted " or " all - giving " ) was the name of the following women :

Pandora , first human woman created by the gods .

Pandora , daughter of King Deucalion and Pyrrha and granddaughter of the above figure .

Pandora , second eldest daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens and Praxithea .

Together with her sister Protogeneia , they sacrificed herself on behalf of their country when an army came from Boeotia during the war between Athens and Eleusis .

Pandora 's other sisters were Procris , Creusa , Oreithyia and Chthonia .


Charles Gaillardot

Joseph Arnaud Charles Gaillardot ( 20 September 1814 , in Lunéville – August 1883 , in Bhamdoun ) was a French physician and naturalist .

In 1837 he was named professor of natural history at the medical school in Cairo , and later on in his career , spent more than twenty years as a physician at a military hospital in Sidon .

In 1863 he became a health specialist in Alexandria , then in 1875 was appointed director of the Cairo medical school .

In addition to his medical duties , he conducted botanical , zoological , geological and archaeological research in Egypt and the Middle East .

The snail genus Gaillardotia (; family Neritidae ) honors his name , as do species with epithet of gaillardotii , an example being Echinops gaillardotii ( Gaillardot 's globe - thistle ) .

His Herbier de Syrie became part of the " Herbarium Haussknecht " , now located at the University of Jena .

In 1854 he became a member of Société botanique de France .


Amanda Sørensen

Amanda Sørensen ( born November 18 , 1985 in Skanderborg ) is a retired Danish amateur BMX cyclist .

Having started her sporting career at the age of seven and been admitted to the Danish national cycling team since 2002 , Sorensen has mounted numerous Nordic regional titles and top - eight finishes in BMX racing at the European Championships , and admittedly , participated in more than 300 BMX circuits across Australia , the United States , Brazil , and Europe .

Before retiring from the sport in September 2009 , Sorensen also represented her nation Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics , and has been training with personal and head coach Christian Munk Poulsen for Skanderborg BMX Klub throughout her cycling career .

Sorensen qualified for the Danish squad in women 's BMX cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving an invitational berth from the Union Cycliste Internationale ( UCI ) based on her best performance at the UCI World Championships in Victoria , British Columbia , Canada .

After she grabbed a twelfth seed on the morning prelims with a time of 38.719 , Sorensen crashed her bike down the field once and scored a total of 20 placing points to mount an eighth spot in the semifinals , thus eliminating her from the tournament .


Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Alan Parsons Project album)

Tales of Mystery and Imagination is the debut studio album by English rock band The Alan Parsons Project .

It was released on 1 May 1976 in the United States by 20th Century Fox Records and on 1 June 1976 in the United Kingdom by Charisma Records .

The lyrical and musical themes of the album , which are retellings of horror stories and poetry by Edgar Allan Poe , attracted a cult audience .

The title of the album is taken from the title of a collection of Poe 's macabre stories of the same name " .

Musicians featured on the album include vocalists Arthur Brown of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown on " The Tell Tale Heart " , John Miles on " The Cask of Amontillado " and " ( The System of ) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether " , and Terry Sylvester of The Hollies on " To One In Paradise " .

The complete line - up of bands Ambrosia and Pilot play on the record , along with keyboardist Francis Monkman of Curved Air and Sky .

Tales of Mystery and Imagination peaked at # 38 on Billboard 's Pop Albums chart , and the song " ( The System Of ) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether " peaked at No .


John Moran Bailey

John Moran Bailey ( November 23 , 1904 – April 10 , 1975 ) was an American politician who played a major role in promoting the New Deal coalition of the Democratic Party and its liberal policy positions .

Bailey dominated Connecticut Democratic politics as a party chairman , from 1946 to his death in 1975 .

He typically had a decisive voice in selecting the party 's candidates for top offices and in coordinating Democrats in the state legislature .

He was even more powerful as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1961 until 1968 , and was one of the main behind - the - scenes backers of John F. Kennedy .

An Irish Catholic , Bailey was educated at The Catholic University of America and Harvard Law School .


Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee

The Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee ( VSaW ) ( meaning : " Sailing house by the Wann Lake Union " ) is the second oldest yacht club in Germany after Segelclub RHE .

It is located on the shores of the Greater Wannsee lake , southwest of Berlin .

The club has mooring space for 250 yachts .

It organizes yearly regatta series with both domestic and international participation .

Together with the Yacht Club of Kiel , the Norddeutscher Regattaverein and the Hamburger Sailing Club , the Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee organizes the Kiel Week .

Taking place in the Bay of Kiel , this annual event is one of the largest and most prestigious sailing regattas in the world .

Members of the Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee have won Olympic , World and European competitions .

The Olympic section of the club consists of six teams .


Tlacochcalcatl

Tlacochcalcatl ( " The man from the house of darts " ) was an Aztec military title or rank ; roughly equivalent to the modern title of General .

In Aztec warfare the tlacochcalcatl was second in command only to the tlatoani and he usually lead the Aztec army into battle when the ruler was otherwise occupied .

Together with the tlacateccatl ( general ) , he was in charge of the Aztec army and undertook all military decisions and planning once the tlatoani had decided to undertake a campaign .

The tlacochcalcatl was also in charge of the tlacochcalco .

Tlacochcalco ( " in the house of darts " ) was the name of four armories placed at the four entries to the ceremonial precinct of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan .

These mains armories were stocked with new weapons every year ( during the festival of Quecholli ) , and one account by the Spanish conquistador Andrés de Tapia estimates the number of weapons found in each of the four armories to be 500 cartloads " )

The tlacochcalcatl was always a member of the military order of the cuachicqueh " the shorn ones " .

The office of tlacochcalcatl was often the last step towards becoming the next tlatoani .

The first tlacochcalcatl was instated under the rule of Huitzilihuitl who appointed his brother Itzcoatl who probably also served during the rule of Chimalpopoca .

When Itzcoatl became tlatoani he appointed Tlacaelel as tlacochcalcatl and Moctezuma Ilhuicamina as tlacateccatl ; when Tlacaelel was appointed cihuacoatl , Moctezuma Ilhuicamina was promoted to tlacochcalcatl .

It is not known who was tlacochcalcatl under the rule of Moctezuma I ; possibly Tlacaelel held a dual office in this period .

Under the rule of Moctezuma Ilhuicamina 's son and successor Axayacatl , the tlacochcalcatl was Tizoc , who in turn became ruler at Axayacatl 's death .

Tizoc who was seen as a weak ruler ; he was disposed of and his tlacochcalcatl Ahuitzotl became ruler .

Ahuitzotl 's tlacochcalcatl was the next ruler : Moctezuma II ( Xocoyotzin ) .

The tlacochcalcatl of Moctezuma II at the arrival of the Spaniards was Quappiatl .


Middletown, Ohio

Middletown is a city located in Butler and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio , about 29 miles northeast of Cincinnati .

Formerly in Lemon , Turtlecreek , and Franklin townships , Middletown was incorporated by the Ohio General Assembly on February 11 , 1833 , and became a city in 1886 .

The population of Middletown as of the 2010 census was 48,694 .

It is part of the Cincinnati - Middletown Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau .

The city was the home of AK Steel Holding Corporation ( formerly Armco ) , a major steel works founded in 1900 until offices were moved to West Chester Township , Ohio in 2007 , but AK Steel 's factory still resides in Middletown .

Middletown contains a small municipal airport known as Hook Field , ( airport code MWO ) , but is no longer served by commercial airlines , only general aviation .

A regional campus of Miami University is located in Middletown .

In 1957 , Middletown was designated as an All - America City .


Test for Echo (song)

" Test for Echo " is the title track and first single from Canadian rock band Rush 's 16th studio album released in 1996 .

The song 's lyrics were written by Neil Peart and Pye Dubois with music written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson .

The song reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart .

The song also peaked at # 6 on the Canadian Singles Chart , which is the band 's highest position on that chart since New World Man peaked at # 1 in 1982 .

It was the band 's fourth consecutive album to yield a chart - topper on this chart , along with " Stick It Out " from Counterparts , " Show Do n't Tell " from Presto and " Dreamline " from Roll the Bones .


Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon

Wrangler : Anatomy of an Icon is a 2008 feature documentary film about the life of Jack Wrangler , produced and directed by Jeffrey Schwarz of Automat Pictures .

It had its premiere at the 2008 New York Lesbian , Gay , Bisexual , & Transgender Film Festival ( Newfest ) and is distributed by TLA Releasing .

The documentary chronicles the life of Jack Wrangler , the professional name of John Robert Stillman in his role as a gay porn star who rapidly became one of the first performers in gay porn to achieve star status and a cult following .

The documentary also features his transitioning to roles such as straight porn star , his romantic relationship with and later marriage to singer Margaret Whiting , his activism in supporting and promoting AIDS charities and his later career as a theatrical producer and director .

The documentary won a GayVNAward in 2009 for Best Alternative Release .

Wrangler died on April 7 , 2009 at the age of 62 due to emphysema .


Jacques Lanxade

Jacques Lanxade ( born 8 September 1934 ) is a French admiral and former navy chief , and co - author of a recent proposed reform of NATO .

He was a private chief of staff of François Mitterrand , President of the French Republic , from 1989 to 1991 , and became chief of defense of the French Armed Forces from 1991 to 1995 .

It was also during this period that the Rwandan Genocide took place in 1994 .

Lanxade is also a former ambassador to Tunisia .

As of 2008 , he is the chairman of the Académie de Marine , and President of the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Research .

He is also a member of the international committee of patronage of the French journal Politique américaine , dedicated to the study of internal and international stratagems of the United States .


Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

Bretton Woods is an area within the town of Carroll , New Hampshire , United States , whose principal points of interest are three leisure and recreation facilities .

Being virtually surrounded by the White Mountain National Forest , the vista from Bretton Woods toward Mount Washington and the Presidential Range includes no significant artificial structures other than the Mount Washington Cog Railway and the Mount Washington Hotel .

Bretton Woods was the site of the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in 1944 which has given its name to the Bretton Woods system and led to the establishment of both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in 1945 .

The Bretton Woods system ended in 1971 .

Bretton Woods is located along U.S. Route 302 , east of the village of Twin Mountain and through scenic Crawford Notch northwest of the town of Bartlett .

In 1772 King George III granted Sir Thomas Wentworth of Bretton Hall , a country house in West Bretton , West Yorkshire , and 82 others , a parcel of of land to be laid out as a plantation in the White Mountains .

The plantation became the town of Carroll , and the southeast corner of the land retained the name " Bretton Woods " , after the estate .


Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings

Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings is the fifth studio album by Counting Crows , released in the United States on March 25 , 2008 .

It is thematically divided into two sides : the rock music of Saturday Nights and the more country - influenced Sunday Mornings .

Vocalist and lyricist Adam Duritz states that the album " is about really wanting to mean something and failing to do it .

You want to be somebody and then what you turn out to be is so much less than what you thought you were going to be . "

The Saturday Nights portion was produced by Gil Norton ( who also produced the band 's second album , Recovering the Satellites ) , while Sunday Mornings was produced by Brian Deck , perhaps best known for his production work on Modest Mouse 's album The Moon and Antarctica .

The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 , the band 's highest peak since Recovering the Satellites and it sold 106,000 copies in first week .

The cover depicts the Empire State Building in New York City .


George Costanza

George Louis Costanza is a character in the American television sitcom Seinfeld ( 1989 – 1998 ) , played by Jason Alexander .

He has variously been described as a " short , stocky , slow - witted , bald man " ( by Elaine Benes and Costanza himself ) and " Lord of the Idiots " ( by Costanza himself ) .

George and Jerry were junior high school friends and remained friends afterwards .

He is friends with Jerry Seinfeld , Cosmo Kramer , and Elaine Benes .

George appears in every episode except " The Pen " ( third season ) .

The character was originally based on Seinfeld co - creator Larry David but is surnamed after Jerry Seinfeld 's real - life New York friend , Mike Costanza .

Alexander reprised his role in an episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee , reuniting with Jerry Seinfeld and Wayne Knight ( also reprising their roles as Jerry and Newman , respectively ) .


James Wilson I (New Hampshire)

James Wilson ( August 16 , 1766 – January 4 , 1839 ) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire , father of James Wilson ( 1797 - 1881 ) .

Born in Peterborough , New Hampshire , Wilson attended Phillips Academy , Andover , Massachusetts , and graduated from Harvard University in 1789 .

He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1792 , commencing practice in Peterborough .

He served as member of the State house of representatives 1803 - 1808 and 1812 - 1814 .

Wilson was elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh Congress ( March 4 , 1809 – March 3 , 1811 ) .

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1810 and resumed the practice of law , moving to Keene , New Hampshire , in 1815 .

He died in Keene , January 4 , 1839 , and was interred in Woodland Cemetery .


Penny Pritzker

Penny Sue Pritzker ( born May 2 , 1959 ) is an American billionaire businesswoman , entrepreneur , and civic leader .

President Barack Obama nominated Pritzker as United States Secretary of Commerce .

After being confirmed by a Senate vote of 97–1 , she became the 38th person to hold that position .

Pritzker spent her early career in business .

She worked her way up through the Pritzker family business , eventually being appointed as one of three successors to her uncle , Jay Pritzker .

She is the founder of PSP Capital Partners and Pritzker Realty Group .

She is also co - founder of Artemis Real Estate Partners .

As of October 2015 , Forbes estimated her net worth at $ 2.4 billion .

In 2009 , Forbes named Pritzker one of the 100 most powerful women in the world .

Before entering government service , Pritzker had been involved in many Chicago organizations , including the Chicago Board of Education , Museum of Contemporary Art , Chicago , and her own foundation , the Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation .

Pritzker was an early supporter of Obama 's presidential candidacy , having been a friend of the Obama family since their time in Chicago .


Neil Marshall

Neil Marshall ( born 25 May 1970 ) is an English film director , editor and screenwriter .

Marshall began his career in editing and in 2002 directed his first feature film Dog Soldiers , a horror - comedy film which became a cult film .

He followed up with the critically acclaimed horror film The Descent in 2005 .

Marshall also directed Doomsday in 2008 , and wrote and directed Centurion in 2010 .

He has also directed two prominent episodes of US television series Game of Thrones : " Blackwater " and " The Watchers on the Wall " , with particular acclaim for his direction on both occasions , as well as a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for " The Watchers on the Wall " .


Mayon

Mayon ( , , ) , also known as Mayon Volcano or Mount Mayon , is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay in Bicol Region , on the large island of Luzon in the Philippines .

Renowned as the " perfect cone " because of its symmetric conical shape , the volcano with its surrounding landscape was declared a national park on July 20 , 1938 , the first in the nation .

It was reclassified a Natural Park and renamed as the Mayon Volcano Natural Park in 2000 .

Local folklore refers to the volcano being named after the legendary princess - heroine Daragang Magayon ( ) .

Numerous festivals and rituals are associated with the volcano and its landscape .

The volcano is the centerpiece of the Albay Biosphere Reserve , declared by UNESCO in 2016 .


Pauline Bonaparte

Pauline Bonaparte ( 20 October 1780 – 9 June 1825 ) was an Italian noblewoman , the first sovereign Duchess of Guastalla in Italy , an imperial French Princess and the Princess consort of Sulmona and Rossano .

She was the sixth child of Letizia Ramolino and Carlo Buonaparte , Corsica 's representative to the court of King Louis XVI of France .

Her elder brother , Napoleon , was the first Emperor of the French .

She married Charles Leclerc , a French general , a union ended by his death in 1802 .

Later , she married Camillo Borghese , 6th Prince of Sulmona .

Her only child , Dermide Leclerc , born from her first marriage , died in childhood .

She was the only Bonaparte sibling to visit Napoleon in exile on his principality , Elba .


Ernest E. Wood

Ernest Edward Wood ( August 24 , 1875 – January 10 , 1952 ) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri .

Born in Chico , California , Wood attended the public schools and was graduated from the Stockton ( California ) High School in 1892 .

He was appointed as a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1893 and remained two years .

After studying law , Wood was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in St. Louis , Missouri .

Wood presented his credentials as a Democratic Member - elect to the Fifty - ninth Congress and served from March 4 , 1905 to June 23 , 1906 , when he was succeeded by Harry M. Coudrey , who contested his election .

Wood moved to Los Angeles , California in 1907 and resumed the practice of law .

He died in Los Angeles on January 10 , 1952 and was interred in Hollywood Cemetery , Hollywood , California .


Winter's Heart

Winter 's Heart a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan , the ninth book of his series Wheel of Time .

It was published by Tor Books and released on November 7 , 2000 .

Upon its release , it immediately rose to the # 1 position on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list , making it the second Wheel of Time book to reach the # 1 position on that list .

It remained on the list for the next two months .

Winter 's Heart consists of a prologue and 35 chapters .

The book 's title is a reference to the increasing coldness of Rand al'Thor 's personality and to the return of winter following the reversal in the previous book , The Path of Daggers , of the unnatural heat caused by the Dark One 's manipulation of climate .

Winter 's Heart was the first Wheel of Time book for which the prologue , entitled " Snow " , was first sold as an ebook in advance of the physical release of the book .

" Snow " was released by the Scribner imprint of Simon & Schuster in September 2000 , two months before the publication of Winter 's Heart .


Gopeng

Gopeng is a town located in Mukim Teja , Kampar District , Perak , Malaysia .

It is situated approximately 20 km south of Ipoh , the state capital .

The town is located on the west side of the North - South Expressway stretch of Tapah - Simpang Pulai .

The limestone hills and the Titiwangsa Mountains are clearly visible ; the expressway penetrates between them and the view of the Tapah - Gopeng stretch is one of the most picturesque areas on the west side of Peninsular Malaysia .

Once this town was bustling with tin miners and locals who busied themselves with the great tin mining industry of Malaysia until the collapse of the tin empire in 1980s .

The name for Gopeng was named by a Chinese called Mo Peng ( 毛兵 ) , but the British changed its name to Go Peng as the name is hard to pronounce .

According to locals , there were once French , British and local tin mining companies developing tin mine industry there .

Among them was called the Osbourne & Chappel which opened its franchise here in one of Gopeng 's rich tin mine .

Both locals and immigrants worked there .

People started to flee the town and seek better opportunities in neighboring towns and cities soon after the collapse of the 1980s .

However , the love towards the town has never been faded and now Gopeng already flourished with heritage , cuisine and eco - tourism attractions developed by the locals themselves .

Gopeng is also well known for limestone caves such as Gua Tempurung , located approximately 5 km from the town centre .