Fallowfield Loop railway line

The Fallowfield Loop railway line was a local railway route in Manchester, England. Trains on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) line (later, the Great Central Railway line) from Sheffield Victoria and Guide Bridge used the Loop to access Manchester Central railway station. Some express trains including the Harwich-Sheffield-Manchester-Liverpool boat train used the line.

The line was fully opened in 1892 and remained in use until 1988, the stations at Hyde Road, Levenshulme South, Fallowfield and Wilbraham Road having closed in 1958 following the withdrawal of passenger services.

Reddish Depot was built adjacent to the line in 1954 to maintain the new fleet of electric trains for the Woodhead Line, and remained open until 1983.

History

The initial section of the Fallowfield Loop line was opened by the MS&LR (Cheshire Lines Committee) between  and Fallowfield on 1 October 1891. The following year, the remaining section between Fallowfield and Fairfield opened on 2 May 1892. The line provided a new route for the MS&LR to run trains from  into Manchester, and local stopping services ran from Fairfield and  on the Hope Valley line to Manchester Central via , Fallowfield and  before joining a section of line from  into Manchester Central.

In 1897, the MS&LR became the Great Central Railway and in 1923 the line was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). Over this period the Fallowfield Loop line suffered from competition from alternative rail services into Manchester provided by the LNER from  and later from the electric trams. By the 1930s the LNER had greatly reduced the stopping services and mostly used the line for express trains. After 1948, the line was under the ownership of the nationalised British Railways. Briefly, consideration was given to electrification of the line, but instead the local stopping services were withdrawn and Fallowfield station closed to passenger services on 7 July 1958. Express services out of Manchester Central continued to use the line until that terminus was closed in 1969 following the Beeching cuts. For another two decades the line was used by freight trains until the line closed completely in 1988.

In 1954, a traction maintenance depot was built alongside the Fallowfield line at Reddish to service the new Class EM1 and EM2 electric locomotives and the Class 506 units on the newly electrified Woodhead Line. After the Woodhead line closed in 1981, the Reddish Depot activity was reduced to servicing trains on the Glossop Line until it was closed in May 1983. Servicing of the Class 506 units was then transferred to Longsight depot, until the Glossop line was converted to 25 kV AC in December 1984. Following closure, Reddish Depot was demolished. The site remained derelict until the late 2000s when the site was redeveloped for housing.

"Chorltonville"
On 7 May 1964, six years after passenger services had been withdrawn from the line, Wilbraham Road railway station featured in a Granada Television music programme, Blues and Gospel Train. Granada transformed the disused buildings into "Chorltonville", a fictional Southern U.S.-style station which was the setting for a televised performance by prominent Blues artists of the day, including Muddy Waters, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Rev. Gary Davis and others. The performers and artists are shown being taken by steam train from  to Wilbraham Road and performances take place on the station platforms.

Project Light Rail
Shortly before its demise, the Fallowfield Loop line played an important role in the early development of the Manchester Metrolink tram network when the stretch of track at Debdale Park on the site of the former Hyde Road railway station was used in 1987 for a public demonstration of "Project Light Rail", the working title for the development of a new light rail/tram network in Manchester. The event made use of a Docklands Light Railway train on loan from GEC Transportation Projects Ltd,  DLR P86 number 11,  prior to its introduction onto the fledgling Docklands system in London, and it was the first ever light rail vehicle seen in operation in Manchester. The event was jointly staged by GMPTE, British Rail, British Rail Engineering Limited, GEC, Balfour Beatty and Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd and was formally opened by David Mitchell MP, Minister of State for Transport, on 10 March 1987.

Demonstrations were held on 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22 March 1987 at a specially-constructed railway station at Debdale Park and ticket holders were treated to a short ride on the DLR vehicle along a  stretch of track, from just north of the Hyde Road junction to just south of the closed Reddish depot. The DLR train was specially fitted with a pantograph and powered by overhead line, and was driven manually rather than in automatic mode, which was to be normal practice when in operation on the Docklands system. The test track was closed to normal heavy rail traffic on demonstration days, and at night the DLR train was stationed in a siding and the line was re-opened to freight trains. An exhibition also exhibited examples of street track, overhead line and platform facilities.

After the public event, Debdale Park station was dismantled and the timber platform was used to build the new Hag Fold railway station near Wigan; and the electric overhead line equipment was taken down and re-used at the Heaton Park Tramway on the lakeside extension. The demonstration train DLR Number 11 was transported to London where it was put into operation on the Docklands Light Railway. It served as the "Royal train", transporting the Queen and Prince Philip on the formal opening of the DLR. In 1991, DLR Number 11 was the first of the P86 fleet to be sold to the City of Essen, Germany, where it is in service today on the Essen Stadtbahn.

Conversion to a cycle track

Following closure in 1988, the Fallowfield Loop line tracks were lifted and the line became derelict and overgrown for several years. Around 2001 a new use was found for the line and the old trackbed was converted into a public rail trail  cycle track. Today the Fallowfield Loop cycle route, run by Sustrans, runs from Debdale Park to St Werburgh's Road Metrolink station and forms part of Routes 6 and 60 of the National Cycle Network.

Metrolink
The Metrolink light rail tram system, first demonstrated on the Fallowfield Line in 1987, eventually came into operation across Greater Manchester in 1992, making use of several former British Rail lines converted for light rail operation. Most of the disused Fallowfield Loop was not included in these plans, except for a short stretch of line between Central Station and St Werburgh's Road. This line was to be developed by re-opening the former Cheshire Lines Committee track which branches off the Fallowfield line south to . It remained disused for many years due to lack of funding until July 2011, when a new Metrolink extension was opened to passengers between Deansgate-Castlefield (adjacent to the former Central Station) and St Werburgh's Road. A further Metrolink extension along the Didsbury line opened in May 2013.

References

External links

British Railways in 1960, The Fallowfield Loop

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Łukasz Żygadło

Łukasz Tomasz Żygadło (born 2 August 1979 in Sulechów) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team (247 presents in the national team) and Qatari club Al Arabi, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, gold medalist of the 2012 World League, silver medalist of the 2006 World Championship and the 2011 World Cup, bronze medalist of the 2011 World League and the 2011 European Championship, 2000 Polish Champion, 2012 and 2015 Italian Champion, three times 2016, 2017, 2018 Iranian Champion, two times winner of AVC Asian Club Championships. He is medalist of leagues: Polish, Greek, Italian, Iranian and Turkish. He is a multiple winner of the CEV Champions League and FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with the Italian club Trentino Volley. He is one of the most successful Polish volleyball players.

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Personal life
Łukasz Żygadło was born in Sulechów, Poland. He attended School of Sports Championship in Rzeszów. He graduated Częstochowa University of Technology with a master's degree in Management and Marketing. He is married to Agnieszka. He is an honorary resident of Trentino, Italy. He speaks Polish, Italian, English, Russian. He graduated in 2015 and receive diploma from Associazione Italiana Sommelier. He is a member of AIS in Italy.

Career

Clubs
He started his career in club Orion Sulechów. When he was 15, he moved to AZS Częstochowa. After graduation, he continued his career at the club from Częstochowa. Between 1997-2001, he won gold, silver and bronze medals in the Polish Championship and Polish Cup of 1998. Then he played for Polish clubs Nordea Czarni Radom and Skra Bełchatów. In the 2003/2004 season, he won the Polish Cup with his club, Polska Energia Sosnowiec. In 2004 he moved to Greece, to play for Panathinaikos Athens. With this club, he won the bronze medal of the Greek Championship. In the next season, 2005/2006, he played for Halkbank Ankara and won the bronze medal of the Turkish Championship. He was awarded the title of best setter of the Turkish League in 2006. In next the two seasons, he played for Polish club, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and Russian club Dinamo Kaliningrad.

In 2008, Żygadło moved to an Italian club, Itas Diatec Trentino, where he played for four seasons. During his time playing in Italy, he won the gold medal at the CEV Champions League three times with his club (2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011) and the bronze medal in 2012. He was chosen as the best setter of Champions League 2010. He won three gold medals in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship (2009, 2010, 2011). With the club from Trentino, he won three silver (2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2011/2012) and one gold medal of the Italian Championship (2010/2011) and two Italian Cups (2010, 2012).

After four years, Żygadło moved to the Russian League, where he played for Fakel Novy Urengoy for one season, 2012/2013. Then he moved to another Russian club, Zenit Kazan. He signed a 2-year contract and replaced Italian setter Valerio Vermiglio. On October 6, 2013 he was injured during training. He lost season 2013/2014, because of injury. He broke his foot, which is after two surgeries and reconstructions of bone. In the club from Kazan he has been replaced by Serbian setter Nikola Grbić. After two surgeries, bone reconstruction and rehabilitation, Żygadło returned to training in March 2014. After the season 2013/2014 Żygadło left Zenit Kazan. The contract was terminated by mutual agreement of both parties. After two seasons spent in Russia Żygadło accepted an offer from Italian club Trentino Volley. He returned to the club, where he won several titles in 2008-2012. His official return to the club from Trentino was announced on July 10, 2014 and the player stated he was glad about his return to the city and the team. On May 13, 2015 he won title of Italian Champion with Trentino Volley.

In July 2015 he decided to leave the Italian team and signed a contract with newly founded Iranian club Sarmayeh Bank Tehran. On March 14, 2016 Iranian Volleyball Federation decided that Sarmayeh Bank Tehran achieved title of Iranian Champion because their opponent in finale Paykan Tehran was not able to attend in the third and the decisive game of the final series. Żygadło was one of the notable players in Iranian League that season and one of the best in his position.
In 2016-2017 season he went on to win second Iranian Championship with his team. On 6th of July he won for second time Asian Club Championship which were held in Vietnam, received Best Setter Award of the tournament.

National team
He debuted in the Polish national team in 2000, when he was appointed to the matches of the World League, European and World Championships. On December 3, 2006, he won with the national team the silver medal of World Championship 2006 in Japan. On July 5, 2010, he gave up his career in the national team, because of the lack of training and lack of competition for his position in the composition.

On March 31, 2011, he returned to the national team after receiving an appointment from coach Andrea Anastasi. In 2011, he won three medals with the Polish national team: silver at World Cup and two bronzes at World League and European Championship. He is a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League - fivb.org - 08-07-2012 Despite his injury and lack of play in the 2013/2014 season, Polish coach Antiga appointed Żygadło to the national team in summer 2014.

Sporting achievements

CEV Champions League

  2008/2009 - with Itas Diates Trentino
  2009/2010 - with Itas Diates Trentino
  2010/2011 - with Itas Diates Trentino
  2011/2012 - with Itas Diates Trentino

CEV Cup
  2014/2015 - with Trentino Volley

FIVB Club World Championship
  2009 - with Itas Diates Trentino
  2010 - with Itas Diates Trentino
  2011 - with Itas Diates Trentino

AVC Asian Club Championship
  2016 - with Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
  2017 - with Sarmayeh Bank Tehran

National championship
 1997/1998  Polish Cup, with AZS Częstochowa
 1999/2000  Polish Championship, with AZS Częstochowa
 2000/2001  Polish Championship, with AZS Częstochowa
 2001/2002  Polish Championship, with AZS Częstochowa
 2003/2004  Polish Cup, with Polska Energia Sosnowiec
 2004/2005  Greek Championship, with Panathinaikos Athens
 2005/2006  Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
 2008/2009  Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
 2009/2010  Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino
 2009/2010  Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
 2010/2011  Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
 2011/2012  Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino
 2011/2012  Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
 2014/2015  Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley
 2015/2016  Iranian Championship, with Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
 2016/2017  Iranian Championship, with Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
 2017/2018  Iranian Championship, with Sarmayeh Bank Tehran

National team
 1995  CEV U19 European Championship
 1997  CEV U19 European Championship
 2006  FIVB World Championship
 2011  FIVB World League
 2011  CEV European Championship
 2011  FIVB World Cup
 2012  FIVB World League

Individually
 2004 Polish Cup – Best Setter
 2006 Turkish League – Best Setter
 2010 CEV Champions League – Best Setter
 2012 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Best Setter
 2017 Asian Club Championship – Best Setter

State awards
 2006  Gold Cross of Merit
 2009''' Honorary citizenship of Trento

References

External links
 Official website
 FIVB Profile

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John Doe (song)

"John Doe" is a song by American rapper B.o.B, featuring guest vocals from American singer-songwriter Priscilla. It was released on December 3, 2013, as the fourth single from B.o.B's third studio album, Underground Luxury (2013). It has since peaked at number 69 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Music video
The song's music video, directed by K. Asher Levin, was released on January 16, 2014. The video features American pornographic actress Skin Diamond, portraying a young lady who has recently moved to Hollywood in hopes of becoming a star. American pornographic actress Allie Haze also makes a cameo appearance.

Remix
On the song's official remix, which was released on May 27, 2014, American singer-songwriter Sevyn Streeter replaces Priscilla on the chorus. This reworked version also features new production.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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SkyOne Federal Credit Union

SkyOne Federal Credit Union is a US credit union, headquartered in Hawthorne, California, it is federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration and is an Equal Housing Lender. It offers financial services to air transportation employees and their families.

History
SkyOne Federal Credit Union was founded in July 1949 as CAA First Federal Credit Union with eight members, to serve the Civil Aeronautics Administration employees and their dependents. In 1978, the credit union changed its name from CAA to FAA and was serving FAA employees in 13 Western states.

In January 2010 FAA First FCU again changed its name to SkyOne FCU in order to reflect as a nationwide brand. The new branding helped the credit union to better identify with its membership open to those working in the air transportation industry. In 2008, SkyOne partnered with the United Insurance Partners to give its members access to purchase auto, homeowner and RV insurance from more than 15 insurance providers at competitive rates.

As of August 2016, SkyOne FCU had more than $383 million in assets, and over 36,000 members worldwide.

Membership
SkyOne's field of membership is set by the National Credit Union Administration. As with all credit unions, membership in SkyOne is limited to individuals sharing the common bond defined in its credit union charter. Membership in SkyOne is limited to air transportation employees and their dependents who live and work in the United States.

Services
SkyOne offers a suite of account services offered by most financial institutions, including checking and savings accounts, individual retirement accounts, money market accounts, auto and motorcycle loans, personal loans, lines of credit options, real estate loans, mortgage loans, home equity loans, certificates, and credit cards. The company also provides online and mobile banking, insurance, financial planning, investment, and online bill pay options.

Awards and recognition
2014- Received the Marketing award from the Internet Marketing Association.
2015- Awarded for outstanding communications by the Marketing Association of Credit Unions
2016- Honored with a Diamond award by the Credit Union National Association.

References

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Oued Cheham

Oued Cheham  is a town and commune in Guelma Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 11,795.

References

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Grogol railway station

Grogol Station (GGL) () is a train station in Grogol, West Jakarta. It is the second station on the Duri-Tangerang branch line Brown Line service. The station is a strategic point for students as it is located within close proximity of Trisakti University and the University of Tarumanegara.

Services

Commuter lines
 Brown Line to Tangerang

References

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The East Pointers

The East Pointers are a Canadian contemporary folk music group from Prince Edward Island, who won the Juno Award for Traditional Roots Album of the Year for their album Secret Victory at the Juno Awards of 2017. The group consists of guitarist Jake Charron, banjoist Koady Chaisson and fiddler Tim Chaisson. They perform celtic-influenced original songs and instrumentals with contemporary influences.

History
The three musicians formed The East Pointers in 2014 and began performing on the east coast and later in Ontario.  They released their debut album, Secret Victory in late 2015, and promoted it through concert performances in Canada, the United States and Australia. They won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Ensemble of the Year at the 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2016, and were nominated for Instrumental Group of the Year. In 2017 they performed in the United Kingdom. The band was nominated again for a Canadian Folk Music Award as Ensemble of the Year in 2018.

Members
Tim Chaisson (vocals, fiddle, drum machine),
Koady Chaisson (banjo, tenor guitar, synthesizer)
Jake Charron (guitar, synthesizer)

Discography

Studio Albums
 Secret Victory (2015)
 What We Leave Behind (2017)
 Yours to Break (2019)

Singles
Wintergreen (2019)

References

External links

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Corinth, Milam County, Texas

Corinth is an unincorporated community in Milam County, Texas, United States. Corinth is located on Farm to Market Road 1915,  west of Cameron. Corinth was established in 1847 and was named for Ancient Corinth. By 1903, Corinth had a school, which was consolidated into the Buckholts school district in 1950.

References

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Inta (given name)

Inta is a feminine Latvian given name and may refer to:
Inta Ezergailis (1932–2005), Latvian American literary critic and poet
Inta Feldmane, (born 1959) Latvian politician
Inta Kļimoviča (born 1951), athlete
Inta Purviņa (born 1940), Latvian politician
Inta Ruka (born 1958), Latvian photographer

References

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Mai Sekiguchi

is a Japanese actress. She played Kaori Minami in Battle Royale.

She is represented with Ohta Production.

References

External links
 Mai Sekiguchi - Ohta Pro

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Kemono Friends

is a Japanese media franchise created by manga artist Mine Yoshizaki. The project first produced a mobile game developed by Nexon, which ran between March 2015 and December 2016. A manga by Furai was serialized in Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace between May 2015 and March 2017. A second game in the series was released by Bushiroad on January 26, 2018. An anime television series produced by Yaoyorozu aired between January and March 2017; the anime was co-financed and licensed by Crunchyroll. A second season by Tomason aired between January to April 2019.

Plot
Japari Park is a large zoo home to extant species, endangered species, extinct species, cryptids and some legendary creatures. Due to a mysterious substance known as "Sandstar", many of the animals have become anthropomorphized into girls known as .

The manga follows a park keeper named Nana who looks after the various Friends in Japari Park. In the first season of the anime, a girl known only as Kaban wakes up in Japari Park with no recollection of who she is or how she got there and encounters a Serval friend. Together, they set out on an adventure to find out what kind of animal Kaban is, passing through multiple regions of Japari Park and meeting new Friends along the way.

Characters

Kemono Friends

Main characters

The main protagonist of the anime series. A young girl who finds herself in Japari Park with no memory of who she is or where she comes from. Her name was given by Serval due to the backpack she carries. Shy yet resourceful, she travels through Japari Park along with Serval to find out her identity while encountering more Friends along the way, eventually discovering that she is a human. She is the only character with whom Lucky Beast will directly communicate. In Kemono Friends 2, she reappears as an adult, working alongside the owls to research the phenomenon of Ceruleans.

A serval cat that was originally from the Savannah Area of Japari Park. She is the first friend to meet Kaban, eager to journey with her in the search for her identity. Energetic and curious, Serval is often amazed by the skills and talents of Kaban and the Friends they encounter on their journey. She reappears as a main character in Kemono Friends 2, though appears to have lost her memory of her time with Kaban.

Key Friends

A fennec fox who accompanies Raccoon as she pursues Kaban and Serval.

A raccoon who is chasing after Kaban and Serval, believing that she stole something from her. In the Japanese version, she calls herself "Arai-san" instead of using a first-person pronoun.

An all-penguin idol group, consisting of , a royal penguin; , an emperor penguin; , a gentoo penguin; , a rockhopper penguin; and , a humboldt penguin.

A reoccurring character in the manga series. An Ezo red fox who is rather lazy and enjoys eating Japari buns.

 and

A northern white-faced owl and eurasian eagle owl - respectively referred to as  and  - who reside in Japari library.

Kemono Friends 2

The main protagonist of Kemono Friends 2, named after the sound of his stomach grumbling. His emerged from a mysterious laboratory in Japari Park, with his only clue home being a sketchbook.

A caracal who appears alongside Serval in Kemono Friends 2.

 and

A giant armadillo and giant pangolin - respectively nicknamed Alma and Sen - who work as detectives who will take on any request in exchange for food.

Other characters

A small, robotic creature also referred to as  by the Friends. While he does not respond to the Friends themselves, he will directly answer questions and statements made by Kaban, providing information on Japari Park, Friends, and needed items when trouble arises.

A park guide who worked at Japari Park when it was still open and adores animals. During her time at the park, she recorded various reports which are played through Lucky Beast. A different Serval () worked alongside Mirai when Japari Park was open.

The main protagonist of the manga, who works as a caretaker at Japari Park.

Media

Video games
The first smartphone app by Nexon launched in Japan in March 2015, running until its service was shut down on December 14, 2016, one month prior to the anime's premiere. Nexon initially stated that there were no plans to restart the service despite the popularity of the anime series, although the company later announced that, while a return is possible, no final decision on a game relaunch has been made.

On April 23, a new game in development by Bushiroad was announced. On August 14, its name was revealed to be , and will be a simulation game. Originally meant to be released in late 2017, the release date was pushed back to January 26, 2018.

Kemono Friends Picross, a picross game developed by Jupiter, was released internationally for Nintendo Switch on October 4, 2018.

The third smartphone app Kemono Friends 3 by Sega launched in Japan on 24 September 2019. The arcade version Kemono Friends 3 Planet Tour was launched on 26 September 2019.

Manga
A manga illustrated by Furai, titled , began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace magazine from May 2015. The first tankōbon volume was released on December 26, 2016. At their panel in Anime Expo, Yen Press announced their license to the manga. In April 2018, Tokyopop released the German version of the manga on July 26, 2018.

Anime

The anime television series, produced by Yaoyorozu, aired in Japan between January 10, 2017, and March 28, 2017; the anime was simulcast by Crunchyroll, which co-financed and licensed the anime series. The opening theme is  by Dōbutsu Biscuits×PPP, while the ending theme is  by Mewhan. Original content for TV Tokyo's AniTele service was released from April 1, 2017. An unofficial "episode 12.1" 2-minute short was uploaded by the director to Niconico and YouTube on April 5, 2017. Additional shorts have been created in collaboration with Japan Racing Association, Animelo Summer Live 2017, and Nissin Foods. Discotek Media will distribute the series for Crunchyroll in North America, and will produce an English dub by Sound Cadence Studios. The full English dub cast has been announced at Otakon 2019, and released on Blu-ray on September 24, 2019.

A second anime season was announced to be greenlit for production on July 26, 2017, and was officially confirmed on September 2, 2018. The second season is animated by Tomason, with Ryuichi Kimura and Takuya Matsumoto replacing Tatsuki as director and writer, respectively. The rest of the cast and staff are reprising their roles. The second season aired from January 14 to April 1, 2019. The opening theme is "Notteke~ Japari Beat," by Dōbutsu Biscuits×PPP. The ending theme from episodes 1-5 is "Hoshi o Tsunagete" by Gothic×Luck. From episode 6-onwards, Gothic×Luck performed the series' second ending theme "Kimi wa Kaeru Basho." A short anime titled Kemono Friends 3 has been greenlit for production.

An original net animation mini-series based on the original mobile game, titled , began streaming on TV Tokyo's AnimeTele service from August 10, 2018. Crunchyroll began streaming the series from October 16, 2018.

Stage play
A stage play adaptation of Kemono Friends with an original storyline ran at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX in Tokyo from 2017 June 14 to 18. Hiroki Murakami directed the play and penned the script while some of the characters were portrayed by the same actors who voiced them in the anime series. It ran again from 2018 January 13 to 21.

Reception

Anime

Season one
Initial criticism often latched onto the 3D CGI animation style and character design. Critic Hiroki Azuma reported on Twitter that he stopped watching partway through the first episode. However, its popularity increased explosively after the release of the fourth episode. Referring to the simplistic and innocent but addictive nature of the show, it has been described by cynical bloggers as "causing one's IQ to melt" and "lowering one's intelligence". Despite its low production quality, the anime series earned praise from critics and viewers in Japan due to its well crafted storyline and characters, becoming a fad in the country. Nick Creamer of Anime News Network gave the series an overall grade of B, praising the worldbuilding and criticizing the visual aspects.

Multiple phrases and exclamations from the anime have become popular keywords on Twitter; Kemono Friends-related phrases have been tweeted by the accounts of Sharp and Warner Bros. Japan.

The first episode of Kemono Friends quickly surpassed the first episode of Is the Order a Rabbit? (9 million views as of September 2017; uploaded on April 16, 2014) as well as other popular shows like Attack on Titan in total views on Niconico Douga. By February 5, it had surpassed 1 million views, by April 4, it had surpassed 5 million views, and by August 24, it had reached a record-breaking 10 million views.

The week after episode 12 and around the time episodes would normally air, demand for an episode 13 reached Twitter's international trends list, and the episode 12.1 short that was uploaded that day (April 5) had reached over 1 million views on both Niconico and YouTube by April 7.

The opening theme song "Yokoso Japari Park e" rose to 3rd place in the iTunes charts upon release. It was revealed on May 20 that "Yokoso Japari Park e" had reached gold status (sales of 100,000+ in Japan). Gen Hoshino has expressed high praise of the song. Hisashi, guitarist of the band Glay, was inspired to create a guitar arrangement of the opening theme song after watching episode 11.

Multiple other Kemono Friends merchandise topped Amazon rankings upon announcement. The unexpected popularity of the show created a shortage in supply and reservations had to be placed on backorder.

It was reported on NHK's News Check 11 that an increase in the number of visits to zoos rose as a direct result of inspired viewers of Kemono Friends. Kemono Friends has also participated in multiple promotional events with zoos and other establishments, such as posting boards in the image of the franchise's anthropomorphized animals near their real-life counterparts. One of the results of this was a Humboldt penguin named Grape-kun () at the Saitama Tobu Zoo that appeared to have fallen in love with its Kemono Friends depiction, display mating behavior towards the board. The popularity of this unusual incident was substantial, such that the penguin was featured on the obi of the fourth guidebook, and the board was not removed after the promotion ended. Grape-kun died on October 12, 2017, beside the cutout.

Season two
Gadget Tsūshin listed both the ninth episode's title and "Gomasuri Kusō Bird" (a fan name referring to the roadrunner) in their 2019 anime buzzwords list.

Accolades
Kemono Friends won in the Television Animation Division at the 2018 Tokyo Anime Award Festival. It also won a Seiun Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 2018.

Controversy

Dispute between Kadokawa and Yaoyorozu
On September 25, 2017, the director of the anime, Tatsuki, revealed on Twitter that Kadokawa had decided to replace him for the production of the second season; fan response included immense condemnation of Kadokawa and widespread support of Tatsuki, as Tatsuki is regarded as being a highly instrumental part of the anime's charm and success. Fans left angry comments en masse towards Kadokawa on Niconico Douga's stream of the first episode, with some declaring that they would cancel their Niconico Douga premium membership with the service in response to Tatsuki's firing, as Dwango [Niconico's owner] and Kadokawa are both child companies of Kadokawa Dwango. The Nikkei reported that stock prices for Kadokawa Dwango fell by 3.3% compared to the previous day at the Tokyo Stock Exchange as a result of the news. In the weeks before this incident animation studio Yaoyorozu had released a free teaser side episode to its fans, pursuant to their agreement with Kadokawa that Yaoyorozu would be allowed full creative freedom in developing Kemono Friends, an agreement made at a time where the Kemono friends IP appeared to be near worthless, an agreement they wished to change in response to the soaring value of the IP. In response to the controversy, production committee of the Kemono Friends anime announced that director Tatsuki and the animation studio Yaoyorozu had been using the Kemono Friends property on its own without consulting all concerned parties and that Yaoyorozu would not agree to a normalization in communication and withdrew from the project as a result. A September 26 Kemono Friends streaming program on Niconico Douga then featured several voice actresses from the anime publicly apologizing for the ongoing controversy, despite having little connection to the corporate decisions made. This led to further backlash against Kadokawa, with accusations that they had used the actresses to deflect blame from the company itself.

On December 27, 2017, Yoshitada Fukuhara, the animation producer, confirmed that Yaoyorozu would ultimately not go on to produce the second season.

References

External links
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Grey tit

The grey tit (Melaniparus afer) is a species of bird in the family Paridae.
It is found in Lesotho and South Africa.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.

The grey tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Melaniparus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade.

References

External links
 (Southern) grey tit - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

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100BaseVG

100BaseVG is a 100 Mbit/s Ethernet standard specified to run over four pairs of category 3 cable (cable also known as voice grade, hence the "VG"). It is also called 100VG-AnyLAN because it was defined to carry both Ethernet and token ring frame types.

100BaseVG was originally proposed by Hewlett-Packard, ratified by the IEEE in 1995 and was practically extinct by 1998.  In 2001 IEEE recorded the status of its 100BaseVG standard as being a "Withdrawn Standard" (defined as "A standard which is no longer maintained and which may contain significant obsolete or erroneous information.")

Standardization
100BaseVG started in the IEEE 802.3 committee as Fast Ethernet. One faction wanted to keep CSMA/CD in order to keep it pure Ethernet, even though the collision domain problem limited the distances to one tenth that of 10BASE-T. Another faction wanted to change to a polling architecture from the hub (they called it "Demand Priority Protocol") in order to maintain the 10BASE-T distances, and also to make it a deterministic protocol. The first faction argued that, since IEEE 802.3 was the Ethernet committee, it was not the place to develop a different protocol. Thus, the IEEE 802.12 committee was formed and standardized 100BaseVG.

Physical layer
The physical layer requires four twisted pairs of "voice-grade" cabling for a link, so category 3 cables or better can be used. While control signaling uses two pairs for each direction simultaneously, all four pairs are switched to a single direction during data transmission, as required and defined during control signaling. This makes 100BaseVG an inherently half-duplex medium like e.g. 10BASE5 (yet faster) but without the CSMA/CD drawbacks.

100BaseVG also supports full-duplex operation over optical fiber or over two pairs of shielded twisted pair.

100VG-AnyLAN vs. Fast Ethernet

Multiplexing
Instead of following the Fast Ethernet standard for twisted pair cabling by using only 2 pairs of wires, 100VG-AnyLAN used all four pairs in either Category 3 or Category 5 twisted pair cable. The design goals were to avoid the radio frequency radiation emitted at the higher frequencies required by Fast Ethernet and to leverage existing wiring installations of Category 3 cabling that most organizations had recently installed to support 10 megabit twisted-pair Ethernet. This had the additional advantage of being less susceptible to external sources of RF interference such as other network cables, fluorescent lights, and high power lines. They multiplexed the signal across all 8 wires thereby lowering the frequency and making it more robust. This presented a problem with early installations that borrowed one unused twisted pair for telephone traffic but those installations were uncommon.

Deterministic
When Ethernet became Fast Ethernet, it continued to use the Carrier Sense Multiple Access With Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) mechanism to manage traffic on the network cable. 100VG took advantage of the token passing concept that made ARCNET and Token Ring popular in order to provide consistent performance no matter how large the network became. It removed the token passing responsibility from the wiring and network nodes and placed it internal to the 100VG-AnyLAN hubs. These hubs contained the rotating token that never left the hub itself. When a node wanted to transmit data, it would raise a bit on its hub port connection that indicating to the hub that it was ready. As the token passed by a ready hub port, it would then open up traffic to that node. Because the token stayed within the hub, it did not have to traverse long cables going to every node as in ARCNET and Token Ring, therefore, becoming faster than those other deterministic networking standards and being less susceptible to cabling problems, network card failures, and line interference. Real-life load testing showed 100VG-AnyLAN reaching 95% of its theoretical network speed instead of about 45% as in Fast Ethernet when using hubs. Fast Ethernet switches were not commonplace at first because of high cost and limited availability so, initially, 100VG had a significant performance advantage.

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Raymond Orpen

Raymond d’Audemar Orpen (31 August 1837 – 9 January 1930) was an Irish cleric in the 20th century.

He was a curate at Rathronan and then Adare before becoming the Incumbent of Tralee. He was Archdeacon of Ardfert until his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe in 1907. He retired in 1921.

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Ansei Purge

was a multi-year event in Japanese history of the Edo period between 1858 and 1860, during which the Tokugawa shogunate imprisoned, executed, or exiled those who did not support its authority and foreign trade policies.

History
The Ansei Purge was ordered by Ii Naosuke on behalf of the bakufu faction. He was the Senior Minister during the period preceding the Meiji Restoration and was part of the kōbu gattai, the movement opposed by the Revere the Emperor, Expel the Foreigner (sonnō jōi) faction. The purge was carried out in an effort to quell opposition to trade treaties with the United States, Russia, Great Britain, France and the Netherlands, particularly under the U.S. - Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce. It involved the removal from power all opposition by way of imprisonment, torture or exile, and execution. The crackdown also targeted those who opposed the succession of Tokugawa Iesada and the kōbu gattai or the policy that attempted to unite the imperial court and the shogunate. Some of the victims included the sonno joi, the group who opposed the Naosuke's appointment of Tokugawa Iemochi over Hitotsubashi Keiki, the candidate of the Mitō clan, which was one of the three branches of the Tokugawa family.

Over 100 influential people were victims of the purge.  Men were forced out of positions within the Bakufu, or from han leadership or from the Imperial Court in Kyoto. Victims of the purge included the following:

Death Penalty
Yoshida Shōin
Hashimoto Sanai
Permanent house arrest
Mito Nariaki<ref>Sansom, George Bailey. (1963). A History of Japan, 1615–1867, p. 239.</ref>
Nagai Naoyuki
Prince Kuni Asahiko
House arrest
Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu
Tokugawa Yoshikatsu
Matsudaira Shungaku
Date Munenari
Yamauchi Yōdō
Hotta Masayoshi

Timeline
 1858 (Ansei 5): Beginning of the Ansei Purge
 1859 (Ansei 6): Arrests and investigations continuing.

 March 24, 1860 (Ansei 7, 3rd day of the 3rd month):  Ii Naosuke was assassinated at the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle. This is also known as the "Sakurada-mon Incident"

References

Further reading
 Kusunoki Sei'ichirō (1991). Nihon shi omoshiro suiri: Nazo no satsujin jiken wo oe''. Tokyo: Futami bunko.

External links
 National Diet Library, photograph of Sakurada-mon (1900)

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Oconto High School

Oconto High School is a public high school in Oconto, Wisconsin, USA. Enrollment is approximately 394 students.

The present school building was constructed in 1969. The school mascot is the Blue Devil and the school colors are blue and gold. The principal of Oconto High School is Bill Slough.

Athletics
Oconto is a member of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. It competes in Division 4 for American football and in Division 3 for volleyball, basketball, track and field, wrestling, baseball and softball. It is a member of the Packerland Conference.

In 1999, the volleyball team advanced to the state semi-finals.

In 2003, the baseball team advanced to the WIAA Division 2 State semi-final game against Milwaukee Lutheran in Fox Cities Stadium. The Blue Devils lost 2-1 to the eventual state champion in the final innings and finished the season 17-8.

In 2009, the Oconto wrestling team won its first Packerland Conference championship since 1980 with a 9-1 record. They took third in the Clintonville regional with a score of 169.

In 2012, the volleyball team advanced to the Division 3 state title game but lost to Oostburg High School.

In 2013, the baseball team won the school's first state title, defeating Westby 4-3.

On April 16, 2014, a fire in the school left the school damaged in the bathroom and main hall. The halls and the bathroom were later cleaned up and remodeled and then resumed classes on May 12, 2014.

Academics
In 2009 the OHS LifeSmarts team won first place at the state, then national levels.

Enrollment
From 2000–2019, high school enrollment declined 33.6%.

Enrollment at Oconto High School, 2000–2019

References

External links
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 Oconto Unified School District website

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The Lark (1959 film)

The Lark is a 1959 Australian TV play. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.

Cast
Beverly Dunn as Joan of Arc
Frank Gatliff as Cauchon
Christopher Hill as Warwick
Robert Peach as the Inquisitor
Jeffrey Hodgson as the Dauphin
John Morgan as the Promoter
Moira Carleton as Joan's mother
Mary Ward as Queen Yolande
Laura Jane Casson as Agnes Sorel
Carol Potter as the little Queen
Brin Newton-John as the Archbishop of Rheims

Production
It was shot in Melbourne using a cast of 24 and seven sets which occupied the entire 60ft by 80 ft of Melbourne's Studio 32, one of the largest studios in Melbourne.

It starred Beverly Dunn as Joan. Dunn had played the role in Melbourne Little Theatre in 1956.

References

External links
The Lark at IMDb

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Ochrota nyassa

Ochrota nyassa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Strand in 1912. It is found in Malawi.

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Sus Baladas

Sus Baladas is the third (second in Mexico) recompilation of hits from Mexican musician Benny Ibarra. It was released in 2007, after Benny left Warner Music, so this is his farewell with that recording and focused only on ballads. Strangely no songs from Así appeared in the compilation.

Track listing
 "Uno" (Bauer, Ibarra) – 3:13
 "Si el Miedo Venciera" (Ray, Ibarra, De Llano) – 4:50
 "Vives en Mi" (Carraz, Mendez Guiu) – 4:15
 "Cielo" (Carraz, Mndez Guiu) – 3:33
 "Cada Mañana" (Mendez Guiu) - 3:30
 "Unico" (Ibarra Mendez Guiu) - 4:01
 "Llueve Luz" (Carraz, Ibarra) – 3:56
 "Carmela" (Benny Ibarra) – 4:57
 "Tonto Corazón" (Carraz, Mendez Guiu) – 4:14
 "María" (Mendez, Mendez Guiu, Ibarra) – 4:33
 "Te Extraño" (García, Gutierrez) – 3:41
 "Azul" (Mendez Guiu) – 3:40
 "Sutil Dolor" (Benny Ibarra) – 3:21
 "Sin Ti" (Mendez Guiu) – 5:34
 "Rincón de Luna" (J. De Llano, L. De Llano, De Llano Palmer) – 2:32
 "Lluvia de Amor" (Sinpoli, Carraz) – 5:01
 "Inspiración" (Memo Mendez Guiu) – 2:59
 "Estoy"(Mendez Guiu, Carraz) – 4:57

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Maggotron

Maggotron (born James McCauley, and also known as DXJ, Maggozulu 2, Planet Detroit and Bass Master Kahn) is one of the pioneers of Bass music. He uses samples from many sources, and is influenced by Parliament, Funkadelic and Earth Wind and Fire among others.  In 2000, he worked together with his former engineer Bass Mekanik on the album Bass Alien – Tales from the Lo-Zone. In 2001, he mixed and compiled a CD featuring Miami bass classics for empirewerks music: Super Bass – Original Old School Booty Shakers. The same year, his compilation Electro Jamz from the Vaults of Jamron Records brought Miami bass and electro tracks from his early days as a producer and performer. Due to pressure from Pandisc Records, the humour in his later work for Pandisc became less notable.

DXJ's earlier work was characterised by its humorous approach, which can also be seen in his use of pseudonyms.
Musically, DXJ's music is characterised by its use of electro/bass beats and rock guitars, as well as vocal samples from all kinds of sources. Cultural and ethnic diversity are also part of the fabric of Maggotron's sound. Men and women of various nationalities have helped work to achieve the sound that Maggotron is noted for.

Internationally known, DXJ'S Contributions to Miami Bass, Electro or Street Music has influenced  Break beat, Crunk, Ghetto Tech and other genres of music. Miami Bass/Electro itself is a hybrid branch of the Hip Hop /Electro Music genre/style.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles, EPs, 12"s, Compilations

On BOUND SOUND RECORDS/JAMRON RECORDS/JAMARC RECORDS.

 OSÉ. Computer Funk. BS 1003–1983.
 MAGGOTRON. Computer Pop. BS 1007 – 1984.
 7¨Single: THE SONARPHONICS.Superbreakers BS 1010 – 1984.
 THE EMPYRE. Raiders Of The Lost Groove. JR 001 – 1984.
 MAGGOTRON. Planet Detroit Vs The Roxanne Plague, Radio Mars, Escape Devoid, Instrumental Devoid.(EP) JR 002 – 1985.
 THE EMPYRE. Strikin Back b/w  Remix Of Raiders of The Lost Groove JR 003 1985.
 THE THIRD DEGREE. Bass It Baby. JR 004 – 1986.
 THE THIRD DEGREE. Bass It Baby (87 Remix) JR 004-87 – 1987.
 SMOKEY DEE & GRANDMASTER L.O.V.E: SUPER BASS JR 005 – 1987.
 MAGGOTRON: Welcome To The Planet Of Bass JM 7729 – 1987.
 D.X.J & THE BASSONLIANS. Bass It Up. JM 7730 – 1987.
 MAGGOTRON. Return To The Planet Of Bass b/w Maggotron's In Your Closet. JM 7731 – 1988.
 BASSADELIC. One Nation Under A Boom b/w Believe Me When I Tell Ya. JM 7732 – 1988.
 D.J EXTRAORDINAIRE & THE BASSADELIC BOOM PATROL. Drop The Bass. JM 7734 – 1988.
 MAGGOTRON. That's My Man Throwing Down. JM 7735 – 1989.
 D.J EXTRAORDIONAIRE. That's Too Hot. JM 7736 – 1989.
 MAGGOTRON. Coming'Back To Bass. JM 7737 – 1990.
 DXJ AND THE BASSONLIANS. Journey To Bassonia (Vinyl Test Pressing). 1987.

On HOT ASSOCIATED LABELS/HOT PRODUCTIONS/PO FUNKY BLAH RECORDS.
 VARIOUS ARTISTS. Mastermixers. HTCD 3336 –  HTLP 3336 – 31 July 1990.

On PANDISC RECORDS.

12" Singles:

 PLANET DETROIT: Invasion From The Planet Detroit. PD 004 – 1984.
 PALMERFORCE TWO. Street Wars. PD 007 – 1984. (Vocal Arrangement By DXJ, Produced By: BO CRANE).
 MAGGOTRON CRUSHING CREW. Bass Rock The Planet. PD 019 – 1986.
 MISSY J AND THE ROLEX SOCIAL CLUB. My Friend Joan (Can We Rap). PD 021 – 1985/1986.
 THE THIRD DEGREE. Say It Loud (I Like Rap And I'm Proud). PD 024 – 1987. (Edited By DYNAMIX II).
 MAGGOZULU TOO. Mix It Baby. PD 025 – 1988.
 THE SONARPHONICS. Attack On The Planet Of Bass. PD 026 – 1988.
 SMOKEY D & D.X.J. All You Need Is Bass These Days. PD 028 – 1988.
 MAGGOTRON CRUSHING CREW. The Bass That Ate Miami. PD 029 – 1988. (Promo Copy).
 SMOKEY D, D.X.J & SUPER JB. Get Hyped. PD  033 – 1989.
 MAGGOTRON CRUSHING CREW b/w D.X.J & THE MIAMI BASS MOB. The Bass That Ate Miami b/w Bass Wars. PD 037 – 1989.
 D.X.J AND THE MIAMI BASS MOB b/w THE LATIN MAGGOTS. Do You Want To Rock? b/w Uh, Uno, Tres, Four. PD 058 – 1990.
 MAGGOTRON CRUSHING CREW Feat SMOKEY D.E.E & MC KASPER. Miami's Rocking´ Baby (Miami Jams). PD 068 – 1991.
 MARK THE 808 BASS QUEEN b/w KNOB SQUAD. 900 Bass Number b/w Poetry is Not A Pretty Little Business. PD 073 – 1991.
 D.J MADNESS & DR BOOM. Smokin'Hot Funk. PD 087 – 1992. 8805 – 1989. (12¨ Only).

On STREET BEAT RECORDS:

 DIGITAL LOVE MUSCLE. Bass Jams For Lovers. SB 1008 – January 1995. (CD Only)
 VARIOUS ARTISTS. Electro Breaks Vol 1. SB 1024 – February 1997. (Track 9: BREAK BEAT EXPRESS – Drop The Beat,  Produced By DXJ). (CD Only).

On JOEY BOY RECORDS:

 DX-J AND THE BASSONLIANS. Bassonlian Attack b/w Bassonlian Conquest. JR 6002 – 1986.
 BPS. You're A Clown b/w BPS On Tour. JR 6003 – 1986.

On 4 SIGHT RECORDS.

 THE MAGGOTRONICS. Radio Mars. FS 1- 84-2 – 1984.
 MC A.D.E. Bass Mechanic. FS 1- 86-13 – 1986. (Drum Programmed By D.X.J).

On ATLANTIC RECORDS:

 MAGGOTRON. Bass Invaders b/w Fresh Beets. ATR 1242 – 1988.
 MAGGOTRON. Return To The Planet Of Bass b/w Maggotron's In Your Closet. DMD 1202 – 1988. (Promo copy).

On ZYX RECORDS:

 MAGGOTRON. Return To The Planet Of Bass b/w Maggotron's In Your Closet. ZYX 5918 – 1988.

On COOMACK RECORDS:

 SILVER PLATINUM. Agent Six Nine. CM 69 – 1986. (Drum Programmed By DXJ).

On CHANCE RECORDS:

 TOTAL INFLUENCE. Stay Don't Go b/w Give It Up. An OO 03 (1987).

On LITTLE LISA RECORDS (distributed by HOT):

 THE SHAFT. Funky Shaft Makossa b/w Funky Dub Makossa. (HAL 12158, HAL 12158/1990) (Produced by Iman Biyaldi aka DXJ)

On ROONEY RECORDS:

 ERNIE RANGLIN. Phantoms Of The Bass. RRI 1500 – 1988. (Produced By D.X.J & Ernest Ranglin)

On DEBONAIRE RECORDS:

 MAGGOTRON: Mission Electro. 2007.

References

External links
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Christopher Blair

Christopher "Maverick" Blair is a fictional character in the science fiction franchise Wing Commander, first appearing in the video game Wing Commander in 1990, although he was only given a canonical name years later. He is a protagonist player character throughout much of the Wing Commander game series and also appears in several Wing Commander novels, notably the novelizations of Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger and Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom, and in the film Wing Commander.

In Wing Commander III, Wing Commander IV, Wing Commander: Prophecy and animated television series Wing Commander Academy, Blair was played and voiced by veteran actor and Star Wars legend Mark Hamill. Blair was one of the best received characters in PC gaming during the 1990s.

Appearances
Blair has no official name for the first two installments of the series; the player is allowed to personalize the character's name and call sign. In Ultimate Strategy Guide for Wing Commander I & II, the character is named Carl T. LaFong, nicknamed "Prankster" (Carl T. LaFong become a separate character in Star*Soldier the manual for Wing Commander Arena). In Super Wing Commander (a remake of the first game made for Macintosh and 3DO), the character is named Jason Armstrong (Jason Armstrong becomes a separate character in Star*Soldier the manual for Wing Commander Arena) (curiously Wing Commander 3 was already in production using the Christopher Blair name when Super Wing Commander was released using Armstrong), and in the Sega Mega-CD version of Wing Commander, he does not have a name, only a call sign, "Hotshot". Origin Systems' in-house "bible" referred to him as "Bluehair", and when the full motion video cut scenes in Wing Commander III required the character be given a name, this tag was shortened to "Blair". "Christopher" is the first name of series creator Chris Roberts.

In Wing Commander III and IV, the player is still allowed to assign Blair a call sign, but William R. Forstchen's novelizations describe him as using the call sign "Maverick". This is confirmed in Wing Commander: Prophecy. The series "bible" indicates that other candidates for Blair's call sign included "Falcon" and "Phoenix", the latter of which saw print in the novel End Run. The "Maverick" call sign is widely used in later publications. Throughout the series Blair was portrayed as competent and cool-headed, though not unemotional, and in the animated TV series his "rebellious" cockpit moniker is assigned him as an ironic reference to his " by-the-book" personality. Finally, during the course of Wing Commander III, Blair finds out that he is the game's titular "Heart of the Tiger", and in the Wing Commander IV novelization uses this as a public call sign. In the second novelization in an abortive trilogy based on the film, Blair adopts the call sign "Pilgrim" in an acknowledgment of his ethnic roots.

In video games
In the original Wing Commander, Blair is a calm, handsome fellow who rarely speaks. Despite his lack of volubility, he rises steadily into the ranks of the TCS Tiger's Claw, eventually leading his flight wing to numerous successes in the Vega Sector campaign, Operation Thor's Hammer and the Firekkan campaign, eventually reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel and being awarded numerous medals, including the Terran Confederation Medal of Honor. When the Claw moves into the K'tithrak Mang sector to deal with a Kilrathi command post, however, his number comes up: with the sole exception of a few pilots who had been transferred to other ships, and Blair himself who is out on patrol, the Claw is lost with all hands; no one can confirm how. Blair's flight data recorder picks up odd signals that appear to be Kilrathi fighters with cloaking devices, but it is stolen when he lands on the TCS Austin. Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn believes that Blair is lying to cover his own treachery, finds him guilty of negligence (due to lack of evidence), demotes him to captain and exiles him to the backwater Caernavon Station. Blair is widely branded the "Coward of K'tithrak Mang" and reviled throughout the Terran Confederation.

Ten years later, in Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi, Blair is still on Caernavon, but when the TCS Concordia, Tolwyn's new flagship, jumps in-system and is ambushed, Blair singlehandedly rescues it. Cognizant of the need to keep the best pilots on the front lines, Tolwyn reluctantly shifts Blair to active service aboard the Concordia, where he serves alongside a number of old friends from the Claw: Jeannette "Angel" Devereaux, Mariko "Spirit" Tanaka, Etienne "Doomsday" Montclair, defected Kilrathi pilot Ralgha "Hobbes" nar Hhallas and Zack "Jazz" Colson.  New to the roster is Dirk "Stingray" Wright, enthusiastic and brash. James "Paladin" Taggart drops in on occasion, but Todd "Maniac" Marshall is far away doing testing on Morningstar-class heavy fighters. To dampen the mood, however, a saboteur is on the Concordia, committing terrorist acts and assassinating Confed personnel. In his time aboard the Concordia, Blair is able to finally record incontrovertible evidence of the Kilrathi Strakha stealth fighters, uncover and defeat the traitor ("Jazz" Colson), destroy the K'Tithrak Mang HQ and avenge the Tiger's Claw, and start a romantic liaison with Angel. He is also promoted to the rank of colonel by a grudgingly respectful Tolwyn. More ominously, he gains the personal attention of Kilrathi Crown Prince Thrakhath nar Kiranka; he is eventually given the Kilrathi warrior name "Heart of the Tiger".

Blair subsequently becomes involved in a number of Secret Ops projects, including the TCS Gettysburg mutiny, the defection of four Kilrathi planets to the Confederation, the testing of the new Morningstar heavy fighter and deployment of the Crossbow prototype bomber, and the destruction of the traitorous Society of Mandarins (culminating in Maverick finally defeating and killing Jazz in single combat). He fights at the Battle of Earth and is grounded with injuries for six months, during which time the Kilrathi push the Confederation to the wall. He resumes active duty just in time for Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger to start.

With the Concordia lost in the Vespus system and his lover, Angel gone MIA, Blair (now portrayed by Mark Hamill) is assigned to the TCS Victory, a carrier twice as old as he is (late 30s) and being kept to the rear lines of the war. Despite the relatively unglamorous nature of his assignment, Blair, along with his wing of pilots including top aces Hobbes and Maniac, is able to provide at least some defense for the TCS Behemoth before its destruction at the hands of a traitor. It is from this point that Blair discovers what truly happened to Angel through a holographic recording. An unstable and vengeful Blair then leads a wing that is responsible for delivering the Temblor Bomb on the Kilrathi home planet, resulting in the death of the Emperor, as well as Prince Thrakhath (engaged and defeated by Blair in the planet's atmosphere) and is able to avenge Angel. The destruction of Kilrah leads to the surrender of the Kilrathi and the signing of a permanent peace treaty, ending the 40-year Terran-Kilrathi War. Blair is now entitled to add a new label to his roster: "Savior of the Confederation".

After the war, Blair attempts to return to his roots on Nephele II and become a farmer. Tolwyn reactivates him at the start of Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom however, to investigate allegations that the Union of Border Worlds has been causing trouble for Confed shipping (claims that Confed is doing the same thing to Border Worlds shipping are ignored). A third faction is eventually implicated, and Blair succeeds in uncovering it, though he is forced to defect to the Union of Border Worlds to do so, since the faction appears to be supported by elements within Confed. This so-called "Black Lance Affair" results in the disgrace and suicide of Space Marshal Tolwyn.

Blair remains in the military for the rest of his life, though he accepts a transfer from Space Forces to Navy. He is the architect and main proponent of the 'mega-carrier' plan, and is aboard the TCS Midway, the first of the new class, on its maiden voyage, detailed in Wing Commander: Prophecy. When the ship unexpectedly encounters invaders from another part of the galaxy (codenamed "Nephilim"), the Midway single-handedly beats them back, mostly led by player character Lieutenant Lance Casey. Commodore Blair is, unfortunately, lost in the action against the Nephilim, missing and presumed dead on a critical mission to assist Casey in destroying the aliens' galaxy-invading wormhole.

In other media
Mark Hamill also voiced Blair in the Wing Commander Academy animated series.

In the 1999 live-action film Wing Commander, Blair was portrayed by actor Freddie Prinze, Jr. This version of Blair was a "Pilgrim" who possessed a superhuman space navigation ability. He was also on much friendlier terms with Admiral Tolwyn.

Blair appears in the following Wing Commander novels: Wing Commander: Heart of the Tiger (WCIII game novelization), Wing Commander: The Price of Freedom (WCIV game novelization), Wing Commander (movie novelization), Wing Commander: Pilgrim Stars (sequel to the movie novel; Blair chooses the callsign "Pilgrim" by novel's end), Wing Commander: Pilgrim Truth (third novel based upon the movie), and Wing Commander: End Run (in this novel his callsign is "Phoenix").

Reception
The character was very well received and was during the series' heydey he has been widely regarded as one of the best in gaming at the time. Computer Gaming World ranked Blair as number one on their 1996 list of the most memorable game heroes, calling him "an unforgettable character, from the old 'blue hair' days to the full-motion video cinematics featuring Mark Hamill." GameSpot included him on their 1999 list of ten best heroes in gaming as "most down to earth of all our selections," describing him as "an ordinary Joe" who is still "a hero in anyone's book" for how he "manages to endure, never forgetting what he's really fighting for," and noting that Blair "shares a lot of characteristics" with Luke Skywalker (who was also played by Mark Hamill in the original Star Wars trilogy) "and invokes similar feelings from gamers." In 2010, Kotaku listed him among the Electronic Arts "stars who would be right at home in two dimensions kicking someone's ass."

References

External links
Christopher 'Maverick' Blair at IMDb

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Fluxinella lenticulosa

Fluxinella lenticulosa is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

Description
The height of the thin, white shell attains 2.3 mm. It is strongly depressed with a width of 6.85 mm. It is umbilicate and translucent nacreous.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand found at depths between 800 m and 1,000 m.

References

External links
 To Encyclopedia of Life
 To World Register of Marine Species

lenticulosa
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Desnyansky

Desnyansky () is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Utynskoye Rural Settlement, Vygonichsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia. The population was 474 as of 2010. There are 6 streets.

References

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TC (musician)

TC (also known as Tommy Boy) is the stage name of drum and bass producer, singer and Bristol DJ Tom Casswell. He left school and started making music inspired by the sounds of the Bristol scene and the music and atmosphere of St. Paul's, the area of Bristol where he grew up.

The first two releases from TC "Get It On" and "Make a Little Space" appeared on Bristol based label BS1 Records. His debut album, Evolution, was released in 2007 on D-Style Recordings. TC also presented the latest edition of Watch the Ride, a compilation CD released several times a year. Scratch Perverts and DJ Zinc have released them previously. His tracks "Deep" (featuring MC Jakes) and "Jump" have achieved critical acclaim in the rave scene. TC has made appearances on shows hosted by Radio 1's Zane Lowe and was regarded as a breath of fresh air in the drum and bass scene.

He is featured as a vocalist and an additional producer in "Plastic World", a song on Pendulum's 2005 album Hold Your Colour (which topped 225,000 sales), along with other featured artist Fats. He was also a vocalist for the Sub Focus song "Follow the Light", which was featured in Douwma's self-titled album, Sub Focus. His follow-up Sub Focus collaboration with Culture Shock, "You Make It Better", also features his vocals and was released on Torus. His 2013 single "Get Down Low" was released through Skrillex's record label Owsla and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 183.

In 2014, DJ Fresh reworked Casswell's previously unreleased song "Make You Bounce" and Little Nikki added vocals. The product, "Make U Bounce", was released on 29 June as the third single from Fresh's forthcoming fourth studio album. Following its chart success, Casswell signed to 3Beat for his next single "Everything for a Reason", released on 26 October. His collaboration with Wilkinson, entitled "Hit the Floor", was released in January 2015 through RAM Records.

TC's sophomore album, Unleash the Wolves, was released on 8 July 2016 via 3Beat, and includes the single "Rep" (featuring Jakes). He was also the featured vocalist on Zomboy's single "Saints and Sinners", released on 7 August 2017.

Discography

Albums
 Evolution – D-Style Recordings – 8 October 2007
 Unleash the Wolves - 3Beat - 8 July 2016
 Circles of Fifths - Don't Play Records- 27 October 2017

Singles and EPs
 Resonator / Get It On (12") – BS1 Records – 2002
 Getcha Some More / Make A Little Space (12") – BS1 Records – 2003
 Jamaica Street / All on Me (12") – Beatz – 2004
 Fire in the Hole (Remixes) (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2005
 Let's Go / New Year (12") – Valve – 2005
 No Escape / Sick & Twisted (12") – Test Recordings – 2005
 Deep / Robots (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2006
 Jump / Flatline (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2006
 Rock Star / Game Over (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2007
 Where's My Money? / Deep (Roni Size VIP) (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2007
 Where's My Money (Clipz Remix) / Drink (Xample Remix) (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2008
 Where's My Money (Caspa Remix) / Tron (12") – D-Style Recordings – 2008
 Borrowed Time VIP / Pornstar (12") D-Style Recordings – 2008
 Concrete / Burning Starlight (12") – Don't Play – 2011
 Tap Ho / Don't Play (12") – Don't Play – 2011
 Bass by the Tonne EP (2×12") – Don't Play – 2012
 No One / Tap Ho (Taxman Remix) (12") – Don't Play – 2012
 Do You Rock? / Drug FuCT (12") – Don't Play – 2012
 Get Down Low (EP) – OWSLA – 2013
 Into the Jungle / Deuces – Don't Play – 2014
 Make U Bounce (DJ Fresh vs. TC) – Ministry of Sound – 2014
 Everything for a Reason – 3Beat – 2014
 Hit the Floor (with Wilkinson) - RAM Records - 2015
 The Countdown - Self-released - 2015
 Show Some Love (featuring Little Grace) - 3Beat - 2015
 Rep (featuring Jakes) - 3Beat - 2015
 Saints and Sinners (With. Zomboy) [Never Say Die] — 2017

Remixes

References

External links
 @TCDNB on Twitter

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Black Museum (Black Mirror)

"Black Museum" is the sixth and final episode of the fourth series of anthology series Black Mirror. It was written by Charlie Brooker, with one part adapted from Penn Jillette's short story "The Pain Addict", and directed by Colm McCarthy. The episode first premiered on Netflix, along with the rest of series four, on 29 December 2017.

The episode is presented as a series of three stories told by Rolo Haynes (Douglas Hodge), proprietor of the remote "Black Museum" to his solitary visitor Nish (Letitia Wright), all involving various exhibits related to cutting edge technological connections and transfers with the human brain that Rolo had developed in his scientific career.

Plot
Nish (Letitia Wright) visits the remote Black Museum while waiting for her car to recharge. The proprietor, Rolo Haynes (Douglas Hodge), offers to show her around the "authentic criminological artefacts", providing histories of some through flashbacks in the episode.

One object ties to Haynes' past as a neurological research recruiter. He persuaded Dr. Peter Dawson (Daniel Lapaine) to get an experimental implant that let him feel the pain of others in order to aid in medical diagnosis. However, Dawson became addicted to using his patients' pain for sexual arousal. Removed from the hospital, Dawson was arrested for torturing and killing a homeless man, but ultimately fell into a coma.

A second object is a stuffed monkey. Haynes had convinced a man named Jack (Aldis Hodge) to transfer the consciousness of his comatose wife Carrie (Alexandra Roach) into his own brain, letting her share his sensations. However, this became a toll: Jack had no privacy and Carrie had no agency, particularly with their child Parker. Jack began dating Emily (Yasha Jackson), who convinced Jack to transfer Carrie into the stuffed monkey, limited to speaking only two phrases. Parker received the monkey, but soon grew tired of it, and Haynes claims Carrie's consciousness is still within the toy.

Haynes shows Nish the museum's centerpiece, a holographic projection of Clayton Leigh (Babs Olusanmokun), a convicted murderer. While Clayton was on death row, Haynes convinced him to sign the rights to his consciousness over as to provide for his family. Haynes demonstrates the ability for visitors to holographically recreate Clayton's execution and create animated copies of his suffering packaged in little souvenirs.

Haynes comments on the temperature in the museum as he begins to asphyxiate. Nish reveals herself as Clayton's daughter; she had sabotaged the museum's air conditioning and given Haynes poisoned water. Nish tells Haynes Clayton was innocent but the state never overturned the conviction, and the exhibit has attracted sadists and racists preying on Clayton's plight. As a result, her mother overdosed on pills and alcohol.

Haynes passes out. Nish transfers his consciousness into Clayton's hologram, then activates the simulated execution to its maximum level, putting her father to rest. She leaves the museum with the stuffed monkey while removing a device from the air conditioner, which shorts out and starts to burn. As the museum is engulfed in flames, Nish drives away and converses with her mother, who shares her consciousness, both happy to have avenged Clayton.

Production
Whilst series one and two of Black Mirror were shown on Channel 4 in the UK, in September 2015 Netflix commissioned the series for 12 episodes, and in March 2016 it outbid Channel 4 for the rights to distribute the third series, with a bid of $40 million. The 12-episode order was divided into two series of six episodes each.

The first story, involving Dr. Dawson, was based on a short story, "The Pain Addict", written by magician Penn Jillette early in his career. Jillette had written the story based on the personal experience of being ill in a Spanish welfare hospital in 1981, where it was difficult to get a diagnosis due to the language barrier. Jillette came up with "The Pain Addict" from this experience, where there would be technology that allowed a doctor to understand what pain a person was suffering, but, as described by Jillette "this guy gets addicted to it and starts beating people to feel their pain. He also goes through S&M and all he wants to do is jack into Jesus on the cross. He wants to feel that pain." The idea was published as a short story in the anthology Would, Could, Should. Jillette had been trying to shop for a better venue for this story, and brought up the idea when he had an opportunity to talk with Charlie Brooker.

Around two years later, Brooker contacted Jillette to explain that "Black Museum" would be an anthology episode, and wanted to use "The Pain Addict" as part of it. Jillette allowed him to use the story, though Brooker did the necessary modifications for his show. Jillette then worked with Brooker to help suggest the idea of a framing story, which would involve a washed-up Las Vegas carny running the Black Museum outside of Vegas. Jillette wanted to audition for the role of the carny, but the production was too far along to change the casting. Brooker still took Jillette's past performances as part of Penn & Teller and his documentary series Bullshit! as inspiration for Rolo. The episode took a month to film; locations include Nevada and Spain.

Brooker had previously looked to cast Letitia Wright in an episode of the third series of Black Mirror, but she became unavailable. During the casting process for "Black Museum", Brooker considered Wright ideal for the run, but at the time she was finishing shooting on Black Panther. She was able to provide a self-tape audition with help from Daniel Kaluuya, who had previously starred in "Fifteen Million Merits" and was co-starring with her in Black Panther.

Daniel Lapaine appears in this episode as Dr. Peter Dawson, after appearing in an unrelated role in the series one episode "The Entire History of You".

The episode is structured similarly to "White Christmas", a previous episode of Black Mirror, as both feature three separately told stories that progress towards an overarching plot by the end.

Marketing
In May 2017, a Reddit post unofficially announced the names and directors of the six episodes in series 4 of Black Mirror. The first trailer for the series was released by Netflix on 25 August 2017, and contained the six episode titles.

Beginning on 24 November 2017, Netflix published a series of posters and trailers for the fourth series of the show, referred to as the "13 Days of Black Mirror". On 6 December Netflix published a trailer featuring an amalgamation of scenes from the fourth series, which announced that the series would be released on 29 December.

Easter eggs
"Black Museum" includes Easter egg references back to each previous Black Mirror episode, according to director Colm McCarthy; many were placed by set designer Joel Collins. Collins said that he wanted to make the set a "hidden celebration of six years of Black Mirror". For example, Jack is seen reading a "Fifteen Million Merits" comic, and the museum's entrance includes a screen showing a picture of Victoria Skillane and later a mannequin with a black balaclava and the white two-pronged symbol from "White Bear". Many museum artefacts are taken from previous episodes, for instance: an autonomous drone insect (ADI) from "Hated in the Nation"; the lollipop Daly uses to clone Walton's son in "USS Callister"; the tablet used by Marie in "Arkangel"; the bloodied bathtub where Shazia's husband was murdered in "Crocodile". The two rats shown to Dawson by Haynes are named Kenny and Hector, referencing the characters from "Shut Up and Dance". The episode also makes multiple allusions to "San Junipero", featuring the company TCKR, naming a hospital Saint Juniper's and showing Yorkie and Kelly's dresses in the museum.

Separately, one wall of the museum includes a number of death masks; Brooker identified these as busts of the various crew that have worked on the show.

Score
Cristobal Tapia de Veer composed the music for the episode, which was released through Lakeshore Records on 19 January 2018. A music sampler was released earlier, on 27 December 2017, on both his YouTube and SoundCloud.

de Veer commented on the score, stating “The beginning, discovering the Black Museum, that was going to set the tone for the rest of the show. The music morphed in many ways throughout the three stories, then goes back to where it started with the Black Museum, although with a sense of accomplishment, but also a sense of doom.”

Critical reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the episode has an approval rating of 73%, based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 6.54/10. The Guardian stated the ending "seemed to retread old ground", but "given that there's nothing like Black Mirror on TV, it's a minor quibble." A review from The A.V. Club called the episode "a dud" that "seems to confirm all of the series' most dismissive criticism". Sophie Gilbert of The Atlantic considered the three narratives to be uninteresting. Entertainment Weekly called it "the only outright stinker of the season". Boston Globe dismissed it as "riddled with needless callbacks to episodes past". The Telegraph stated "the performances are serviceable although seldom spectacular". The Economist stated the narratives "illuminate nothing interesting, settling instead on the claim that everyone enjoys inflicting cruelty, given the chance"; similarly, Variety complained that the episode "hinges on people repeatedly choosing to be stupid and/or evil".

Other critics were more positive. Tasha Robinson of The Verge stated "“Black Museum” keeps a potentially scattered story on track without digressing into generic complaints about modern culture." Jason Parham of Wired commended the episode as "the most important of the season", writing "It’s a victory, and an ending that defies the natural biology of the series." Noel Ransome in Vice judged that the episode provides him and other black viewers a rare sense of "satisfaction". An Independent review stated the three narratives were "engrossing".

NPR labelled the episode "solid", though not as good as "USS Callister" and "Hang the DJ".

Critics were divided on whether they joined in with celebrating Nish's revenge. Parham approved her actions as "a way to fight for what you believe is right", while Gilbert rejected the "eye-for-eye justice" of Nish's deliberate torturing of Haynes.

Awards and accolades

References

External links

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Inversion temperature

The inversion temperature in thermodynamics and cryogenics is the critical temperature below which a non-ideal gas (all gases in reality) that is expanding at constant enthalpy will experience a temperature decrease, and above which will experience a temperature increase. This temperature change is known as the Joule-Thomson effect, and is exploited in the liquefaction of gases. Inversion temperature depends on the nature of the gas.

For a van der Waals gas we can calculate the enthalpy  using statistical mechanics as

where  is the number of molecules,  is volume,  is temperature (in the Kelvin scale),  is Boltzmann's constant, and  and  are constants depending on intermolecular forces and molecular volume, respectively.

From this equation, we note that if we keep enthalpy constant and increase volume, temperature must change depending on the sign of . Therefore, our inversion temperature is given where the sign flips at zero, or

,

where  is the critical temperature of the substance. So for , an expansion at constant enthalpy increases temperature as the work done by the repulsive interactions of the gas is dominant, and so the change in energy is negative. But for , expansion causes temperature to decrease because the work of attractive intermolecular forces dominates, giving a positive change in energy.

See also
 Critical Point
 Phase Transition

References

External links
Thermodynamic Concepts and Processes (Chapter 2) (part of the Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP) Curriculum Development Project at Clark University)

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Rambaan

Rambaan (Rama's Arrow) is a 1948 Indian film with a mythological theme, directed by Vijay Bhatt. Made under the banner of Prakash Pictures, it had music by Shankar Rao Vyas. The story writer was Mohanlal Dave with dialogue by Pandit Girish. The film starred Shobhana Samarth, Prem Adib, Chandra Mohan, Umakant, Amirbai Karnataki and Raj Adib. Bhatt produced several films based on themes from the epic Ramayana, with Shobhana Samarth and Prem Adib. The films proved successful and included Bharat Milap (1942), Ram Rajya (1943) and Rambaan. Shobhana Samarth as Sita and Prem Adib as Rama were extremely popular and accepted by the masses.  Their success had them featuring as Rama and Sita on calendars. Chandra Mohan played the role of Ravana.

Plot
Rama with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman are banished for fourteen years to the forest. Ravana the king of Lanka wants to avenge his sister Surpanakha's humiliation by Lakshman. His plan is to abduct Sita by sending Maricha as a golden-spotted deer. Sita sees the deer and wants Rama to go after it as she wants its skin to make a blouse for Lakshman's wife Urmila. A cry is heard and thinking it is Rama shouting in pain, Sita sends Lakshman in search. Lakshman, who is loath to go as he has promised Rama to take care of Sita, finally leaves after drawing a line, the Lakshmana rekha, round the cottage to keep Sita safe. Ravan kidnaps Sita by making her step on his sandal that he places inside the Lakshman-rekha. This incident leads to Rama and Lakshman's meeting with Sugriva and Hanuman where they help in the war against Ravan to get Sita back.

Review
Ram Baan came in for harsh criticism from Baburao Patel, editor of Filmindia. In his February 1949 issue, he first criticises the director for casting Prem Adib with his "sagging and emaciated muscles" as Rama, and an eight-month pregnant (at the time) Shobhana Samarth as Sita. He then brings out several salient features and scenes in the film that are "sacriligious distortions" as compared to Valmiki's Ramayana. He points out a confused mix of characters and locations. He further mentions that Bhatt's portrayal of Ravana as a drunk with rolling eyes shouting "Main Kaun...? Ravan!" (Who am I...? Ravan!) in every second scene is a contempt which "drags the character down".

Cast
 Shobhana Samarth
 Prem Adib
 Chandra Mohan
 Umakant
 Bhujbal
 Ram Singh
 Raj Adib
 Leela Mishra
 Amirbai Karnataki
 Jankidas

Soundtrack
The film had music composed by Shankar Rao Vyas with the lyrics written by Pandit Indra, Neelkanth Tiwari and Moli. The singers included Rajkumari, Lalita Devulkar, Manna Dey, Saraswati Rane, Phulaji Bua, R. P. Sharma, Shankar Dasgupta and Amirbai Karnataki.

Song List

References

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1957 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 August 1957 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The major parties contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair, the Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier Jack Duggan, and the Country-Liberal coalition led by Frank Nicklin.

The elections, only 15 months into the parliamentary term, were made necessary by the collapse of the nine-term Labor government. Gair had formed the Queensland Labor Party after being expelled from the Labor Party, and attempted to stay in power as a minority government.  However, a request for supply was denied on 12 June, forcing the election.  The Country-Liberal Coalition won a decisive victory, taking 42 seats against only 31 for the two Labor factions combined.

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Key dates

Background
On 18 April 1957, the Queensland Central Executive of the Labor Party passed a vote of no confidence in Premier Gair, and on 24 April, despite having gained a unanimous vote of support from the Cabinet, he was expelled from the Labor Party. On 26 April, Gair and 25 MLAs met and formed the Queensland Labor Party (QLP) with those present, with Gair as leader. Those at the meeting included all of the Cabinet except Deputy Premier Jack Duggan and two ex-Labor Independents.  All these were also expelled from the party. Duggan resigned from the ministry on 29 April and succeeded Gair as leader of the Labor Party, which commanded the support of 22 MLAs.

Gair almost immediately began talks with Nicklin for confidence and supply support in the legislature.  However, Nicklin broke them off on the advice of federal Country Party leader Arthur Fadden, who believed the ructions in Labor gave Nicklin a chance to become Premier himself, ending 22 years in opposition.  On 12 June 1957, Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice of Queensland Alan Mansfield (Governor John Lavarack was indisposed) ordered Parliament to reassemble.  Shortly after 10:30 pm that night, Treasurer Ted Walsh moved that supply be granted to the Gair QLP government.  The motion was defeated after the ALP and Coalition rose to vote against it, bringing the Gair government down.  Gair immediately asked for new elections, which were called for 3 August.

Campaign
On 1 July, Frank Nicklin delivered the Country Party's policy speech at Maroochydore, while Kenneth Morris delivered the Liberal Party's policy speech in Brisbane. The two coalition partners declared to the electorate that only they could deliver unity and effective government, an acceleration of development and civil rights, as well as court supervision of union ballots to limit strike action.

On 4 July, Jack Duggan, the Labor leader, announced Labor's campaign slogan, "A fair go for all", and promised three weeks' annual leave (the issue over which Premier Vince Gair and the party executive had split) would be implemented if his party was elected. On 8 July, Gair, the incumbent Premier representing the Queensland Labor Party (QLP), spent half his speech talking about the dispute that had led to the split, promised an attack upon Communism and a continuance of the previous government's development platform.

Nominations closed on 12 July, with a record total of 219 candidates. Four seats were uncontested, but many seats had both Labor and QLP contestants. Some contests became particularly bitter as the Labor Party accused their QLP opponents of sectarianism and alleged direct interference by ministers of the Catholic Church, despite Archbishop James Duhig's refusal to get involved. The campaigns were strongest in the leaders' and deputy leaders' own seats.

Politicians from around Australia, in particular from the Labor Party, came to Queensland during the campaign, including the federal opposition leader, Dr H. V. Evatt, Arthur Calwell, Clyde Cameron and former Victorian premier John Cain, who died of a stroke on 9 August after giving a speech in Townsville.

Results

When the writs were dropped, the Labor forces were in a precarious position.  Every ALP MP faced a QLP challenger, and every QLP MP faced an ALP challenger.  This created dozens of three-cornered contests, and the first-past-the-post system left them without the option of directing preferences to each other even if they wanted to do so.

The Coalition actually suffered a swing of 1.2 percent against it.  However, the ructions in Labor allowed the Coalition to win a number of three-cornered contests, assuring a comfortable majority for Nicklin, with 42 seats against only 31 for the two Labor factions combined. The ALP lost both Duggan and deputy leader Felix Dittmer, whose seats were won by Liberal candidates. The QLP lost 14 seats (two of them to the ALP), but seven of the ten ministers retained their seats.  This began what would be 32 years of non-Labor government in Queensland.

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 791,719 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but three Country seats representing 30,956 enrolled voters and one Liberal seat representing 13,308 voters were unopposed.

Seats changing party representation

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1957 election.

Party changes before election

The following seats changed party representation before the election due to the split of the ALP.

Seats changing hands at election

 Members in **italics** did not recontest their seats.
 All sitting members of the Queensland Labor Party were elected at the previous election as ALP candidates.
 Sitting member for Gregory, George Devries died before election day. As a result, a supplementary election was held in October for the seat.

Aftermath
The Country Party's win in this election proved to be one of the major turning points in Queensland politics; they remained in power continuously until the 1989 state election.

The ALP elected Les Wood as party leader and Eric Lloyd as deputy leader; neither had previously served in a ministry. Wood, the member for North Toowoomba, died in office on 29 March 1958, and Duggan returned as both a member of Parliament and leader of the party at the by-election on 31 May. Dittmer, meanwhile, was elected to the Australian Senate.

Former Prime Minister Frank Forde, who lost his seat of Flinders by one vote, alleged the wrongful disallowance of some votes and successfully lodged a petition against his opponent's return at the Court of Disputed Returns; however he lost the resulting by-election.

See also
 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1956–1957
 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1957–1960
 Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1957
 Gair Ministry
 Nicklin Ministry

References

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Results breakdown of the 2019 Spanish local elections (Castile and León)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in Castile and León on 26 May 2019. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.

Opinion polls

City control
The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold). Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Municipalities

Ávila

Burgos

León

Palencia

Salamanca

Segovia

Soria

Valladolid

Zamora

See also
2019 Castilian-Leonese regional election

References

Castile and León
Category:Results breakdown of Spanish local elections in Castile and León


The Day the World Turned Upside Down

"The Day The World Turned Upside Down" is a magical realism story by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, first published in 2012 in Dutch as "De Vis in de Fles" (literally, "The Fish in the Bottle"); the English version (translated by Lia Belt) appeared on Lightspeed in 2014.

Synopsis
Shortly after Sophie tells Toby that their relationship is over, the world is devastated by the direction of gravity being reversed, and so he sets out through the wreckage in an attempt to rescue her.

Reception

"De Vis in de Fles" won the 2013 Paul Harland Prize.

"The Day the World Turned Upside Down" won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, having been added to the ballot to replace John C. Wright's "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus", which had been ruled ineligible. Io9 noted that it was the only nominee that year whose presence on the ballot could not be attributed to the Sad Puppies, and emphasized that second place went to "No Award".

Tangent Online lauded the prose as "strange and haunting", but observed that Toby was "too selfish" for the story to be enjoyable, and that although the story was "definitely an interesting concept" (as a literalized metaphor, "Toby's physical world mirror(s) his mental world that is turned upside down by his breakup"), it also "dragged on a bit".

References

External links
Text of the story at Lightspeed

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Chaah

Chaah is a town and mukim in Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia. It is the southernmost mukim in the district, but it is administered as a suburb of Labis.

Chaah consists of Kampung and Taman Chaah Town, C-Block, Kampung Baru (residents are mostly Chinese), Kampung Java (Malay Kampung), Taman Damai Jaya I & II, Taman Sri Chaah, Taman Orkid, and is surrounded by oil palm plantations. Taman Chaah Baru (new Chaah garden) is  from Chaah Town.

About  south of Chaah, there is a village named Desa Temu Jodoh. Established in the early 1970s, Desa Temu Jodoh got its name from the grand wedding ceremony among many couples of early settlers. The number of couples married during the wedding ceremony was said to be the largest at that time in Malaysia.

Name
The name "Cha'ah" or "Chaah" is derived from its geographical location. Chaah is situated between mapping of three rivers. The Mandarin pronunciation of Chaah is "San He Gang" (三合港).
- "San" means three
- "He" means join
- "Gang" means port

There are a rumours about how the name was coined.

It may be named "Chaah" because the early owner of this inner harbour was named Cha Ah Kong.

Further, back in the early 1960s, Chaah villagers lived along the Sungai Chaah (River Chaah). The main transportation was Sampan (small boat). Sampan is used for travelling to other towns, namely Batu Pahat which is the nearest one.

Geography
The mukim has a total area of 184 km2.

Demographics
As of 2010, the mukim has a total population of 15,627 people.

There is a big Indian community in Chaah (about 4000 families). They all originate from the estates. The Indians are well grown people at Chaah. Many of them have own houses and lands, some others doing own business such as farming (bela lembu), contractors and so on. Tamils or Indians mainly live in Taman Muhibbah, Taman Mesra, Taman Mewa, Taman Indah, Taman Damai Jaya and Taman Nesa.

Education

Primary school

Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Bali
Sekolah Kebangsaan Desa Temu Jodoh
Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Cantuman Chaah
Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) Cha'Ah

Secondary school
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Chaah

2. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Bali

See also
 Bekok
 Segamat
 Labis
 Yong Peng

References

External links
 Chinese Chaah BBS

Category:Mukims of Segamat District