Just Dance 2016

Just Dance 2016 is a dance video game developed and published by Ubisoft. Unveiled on June 15, 2015, during its E3 press conference, it was released in October 2015 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, and Wii U. A sequel, Just Dance 2017, was released on October 25, 2016.

2016 notably placed an emphasis on the use of a smartphone mobile app for motion detection, and introduced a subscription-based service which offers streaming access to a back catalogue of songs from previous entries in the franchise, as well as additional content that is exclusive to the service.

Gameplay

As with previous installments, players select a song, and then follow the motions of on-screen dancer(s) and their choreographed routine. Players are judged on a ranking scale for the accuracy of each of their moves in comparison to that of the on-screen dancer. The game supports the use of each console's motion controller accessories (Kinect on Xbox 360 and One, PlayStation Camera on PS4, PlayStation Move on PS3 and PS4, and Wii Remotes on Wii and Wii U); alternatively, players can utilize a smartphone app for motion tracking.

Standard gameplay has been re-organized under the banner of "Dance Party" mode—encompassing competitive and co-operative multiplayer modes, and the ability to send recordings of performances alongside challenges to other players. In the "Dance Quests" mode, players compete against a computer opponent across three randomly selected songs. Versions for eighth-generation consoles also include "Showtime", which allows players to record short lip sync music videos to songs with themed visual effects.

Ubisoft ended online services for the Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 versions of the game on November 19, 2018.

Soundtrack
The following songs appear on Just Dance 2016:

Just Dance Unlimited
Versions of the game on eighth-generation consoles support Just Dance Unlimited, which offers subscription-based access to a streaming library of songs from previous Just Dance games, and new songs that are exclusive to the service. Ubisoft stated that the service would offer at least 150 songs on-launch. A three-month subscription to Just Dance Unlimited is included as part of a higher-priced version of Just Dance 2016 known as the "Gold Edition".

Songs exclusive to this service include:

Reception
Steve Hannley of Hardcore Gamer criticised Just Dance 2016 for its lack of differentiation from previous versions, especially for a franchise described as having reached "Guitar Hero levels of saturation". Although the Dance Quest mode was partially praised for being a new feature at all, it was declared redundant to manually picking three songs to play in a row, and all of the new modes in 2016 were panned for being "glorified ways to play the game in exactly the same way". The soundtrack was considered to be worse than that of Just Dance 2015 (which he had previously described as having the worst in series history), citing "terrible" songs, lacking "underground" electronic dance music, and containing too many older songs (noting that only 8 of the 44 on-disc songs were released within the year). The Just Dance Now service was speculated as being the potential future of the franchise, noting that "at $39.99 a year (or the insane $6.99 a month), it's priced just under the cost of the game at retail and considering the gameplay hasn't changed the past three years, it makes sense to simply phase this in as the complete replacement of annual releases." In conclusion, Hannley gave Just Dance 2016 a 2.5 out of 5, concluding that "while the core gameplay remains fun despite some questionable choreography, the overall package reeks of complete and utter apathy. Basic Kinect features have been stripped, there's an unnecessary focus on smartphone use and only eight licensed songs of the over forty included in total are from this year, which is a huge issue considering that the series has devolved into a glorified track pack."

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2000 United States rugby union tour of Scotland and Wales

The 2000 United States rugby union tour was a series of matches played in November 2000 in Wales and Scotland by United States national rugby union team.

Results
'Scores and results list United States's points tally first.

United States
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Live at Rio ArtRock Festival '97 (DVD)

Live at Rio ArtRock Festival '97 is a live video by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released by Voiceprint Records in 2015. It contains the footage of the band's performance at the Rio ArtRock Festival, in Rio de Janeiro, in 1997.

Tracks

"Astronomy Domine"
"Mulher na Montanha"
"Outro Lado"
"Dia Eterno"
"Eclipse"
"Noturno Deserto"
"Faces"
"Sombras Flutuantes"
"Declínio de Maio"
"Tomorrow Never Knows"
"Em Toda Parte"

Personnel
 Fabio Golfetti – vocals, guitar
 Cláudio Souza – drums
 Angelo Pastorello – bass

 Additional musician
 Fábio Ribeiro – keyboards

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Poul Richard Høj Jensen

Poul Richard Høj Jensen "PRHJ" (born 2 June 1944) is a Danish sailor, boatbuilder, sailmaker and Olympic champion. PRHJ lives with his wife Sophia alternating in Burnham on Crouch and Freetown, Antigua and Barbuda.

Personal life
Married with two children, two step children; seven grand children to date.
Trained in mechanical engineering.

Professional career
After completing National Service in the Danish Navy, PRHJ worked for Paul Elvstrøm and Hans Fogh in the sail, mast and boatbuilding business. Left the company 15 years later to set up sail making business with Hans Fogh and subsequently started his own Company "Hoj Jensen Design" which became the North Sails Scandinavia franchise.  In 1989 the sailmaking business merged with Petticrows in Burnham on Crouch UK and he concentrated on building One Design Boats; Dragons mainly. As PRHJ was involved in the nautical business, he was for many years formally (rules of International Olympic Committee & World Sailing)considered a professional sailor.  However he was he never paid to sail, he also worked during his four Olympic Campaigns with little or no sponsorship. PRHJ considers himself to be a gifted amateur!

Olympics
PRHJ participated in four consecutive Olympics from 1968. He won a gold medal in the Soling class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and again at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Palmarès
The Palmarès of PRHJ is extensive. Therefor the following criteria are used (with the exception of the Olympics were all results are listed):
 International championships with 45 boats or more
 National (country) championships as sanctioned by National Authorities.
 World, European Championships and Gold Cups as sanctioned by World Sailing.
 Only first places are noted, except for World, European and Championships where some 2nd and 3rd places are included.

Honours
Knighted by the Queen of Denmark in 2001.
German Dragon Class, Gold Dragon presented by Queen Silvia of Sweden 15th July 2009.
KDY 1976 Sportsman of the year Scandinavia
RYS Yachtsman of the year 2009.
Honorable Member Danish Dragon Club.
 Olympic Games
 7th, 1968 Olympics, Acapulco,  – FD (Where he replaced Hans Fogh in race 7). With Niels Jensen.
 7th, 1972 Olympics, Kiel-Schilksee,  – Dragon. With Frank Hoj-Jensen and Gunner Dahlgaard.
 Gold, 1976 Olympics, Kingston,  – Soling. With Erik Hansen and Valdemar Bandolowski.
 Gold, 1980 Olympics, Tallinn,  – Soling. With Erik Hansen and Valdemar Bandolowski.
World Championships
Half Ton
1st, 1972 . With Paul Elvstrom (helm), Strit Johanssen, Valdemar Bandolowski, Jan Kjærulff
Quarter Ton
1st, 1987. With Bent Folke Larsen, Steen Larsen and Erik Lund
1st, 1988. With Bent Folke Larsen, Steen Larsen and Theis Palm
2nd, 1986. With Bent Folke Larsen, Steen Larsen and Theis Palm
Etchells
1st, 1997 . With Paul Blowers and Steve Mitchell
3rd, 2001 . With Paul Blowers and Steve Mitchell
Dragon
1st, 1989 . With Erik Hansen, Jan Persson
1st, 2009 , Medemblik. With Theis Palm, Lars Jensen
2nd, 1993 . With Theis Palm, Lars Jensen
2nd, 1995 , Perth. With Claus Hoj Jensen, Richie Goldsmith
2nd, 1997 , Marstrand
3rd, 1985 , Douarnenez
H-Boat
1st, 1980 . With Henrik Reese and Theis Palm
1st, 1983 . With Henrik Reese and Henrik Montin Sorenson
2nd, 1981. With Henrik Reese and Theis Palm
Soling
2nd, 1973
2nd, 1979
Master World Championships
Etchells
1st, 2001 , Lymington. With Paul Blowers and Steve Mitchell
Corinthian World Championships
Dragon
1st, 2013 , Weymouth. With Hamish McKay and Andrew Norden
European Championships
6 Metre
2nd Classic Division, 2016 , Brunnen. With Colin Murray, Alexea Barrier, Hamish McKay and Jana Zimmerhalk
Etchells
1st, 1997 , Lake Garda. With Paul Blowers and Steve Mitchell
1st, 1999 , Douarnenez. With Paul Blowers and Steve Mitchell
Dragon
1st, 1969 , Lake Thun. With Axel Holm (helm)
1st, 1988 , Skovshoved. With Erik Hansen and Finn Jorgenson
1st, 1992 , Hanko. With Ebbe Elmer and Carsten Errebo
1st, 1996 , Pwllheli. With Morton Nielson and Chris Brittain
1st, 2000 , Laredo. With Claus Hoj Jensen and Morteon Harmson
2nd, 1994 , Cazaux. With Claus Hoj Jensen and Hamish McKay
2nd, 2005 , La Trinite sur Mer. With Phillipe Skate Holm and Chris Brittain
3rd, 1987 , Helsinki. With Prince Henrik (helm) and Jacob Johanssen
H-Boat
1st, 1978. With Henrik Reese and Flemming Ipsen
1st, 1979
Soling
1st, 1982 , Dragør. With Hans Fogh (helm) and John Kerr
Gold Cups
Dragon
1st, 1990 , Dublin. With Erik Hansen
1st, 1992 , Ostend
1st, 1994 , Rungsted
1st, 1997 , Dublin. With Hamish McKay and Chris Britten
1st, 2008 , Cascais. With Theis Palm and Andrew Norden
Corinthian Dragon Gold Cups
1st, 2014 , Medemblik. With Hamish McKay and Andrew Norden
Asia Pacific Championships Etchells
 1st, 1995 , Hong Kong. With Claus Hoj Jensen and Nick Geaves
One Ton Cup
1st, 1990 , Marstrand. With Henrik Søderlund (skipper)
Nordic Championships
IF-Boat (previously International Folkboat)
1st, 1975
Soling
1st, 1981. With Theis Palm and Lille Keld Christensen
H-Boat
1st, 1977. With Henrik Reese and Flemming Ipsen
1st, 1978
1st, 1982
Dragon
1st, 1972
1st, 1991 , Alesund. With Steen Larson and Jan Eld
Star
2nd, 1982
Finn
2nd, 1968
National Championships
Antigua and Barbuda
2008, 2009, Dragon
Danish
1972, Trapeze
1976, Spackhugger
1973, 1979, 1980, 1982, Soling
1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1985, H-Boat
1963, 1966, 1968, OK Dinghy
1987, 1988, 1991, Dragon
Egypt
1998, Dragon
Finland
1980, H-Boat
France
1991, 1995, 1997, Dragon
German
1984, H-Boat
1992, 1994, 1995, Dragon
Great Britain
1998, 1995, Etchells
1993, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2006, Dragon
Italy
 1999, Etchells
Ireland
1970, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2012, Dragon
Japan
 1986, Half Ton
 1992, Dragon Prince Henrik (helm)
The Netherlands
1997, 2001, 2011, Dragon
Russia
1994, 2000, Dragon
Sweden
1992, Dragon
Other Major Regatta's per Class
115' Bruce Farr ketch
2011, Nelson Trophy
Dragon
1969, 2003, 2008, 2012, Princess Sophia, Spain, Mallorca
1972, 1999, Kieler Woche, Germany
1991, 1992, 2001, 2003,Regatte Royale, France, Cannes
1995, 1996, 1997, Grand Prix Samsonite, Spain, Blanes
1995, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, Henrique Navigator, Portugal, Vilamoura/Lisboa
1999, Cowes Week, UK
2000, 2011, 2012, La Baule Derby, France
2001, Baltic Regatta
2001, 2002, Copa Mediterania Mallorca, Spain
2002, 2004, Grand Prix Douarnenez, France
2002, Drags Cup Cazaux
2005, 2006, King Juan Carlos Cup
2006, Iberian Championship
H-Boat
1978, 1979, Kieler Woche, Germany
Soling
1976, Ski Yachting, France, Cannes
1980, Kieler Woche, Germany
Other Races Special for PRHJ
Sjaelland Rundt
1963, Overall winner in Paul Elvstrøm's "Bess"
1965, 1st. With his father C. J. Hoj Jensen, his brother Frank Hoj Jensen and Ussing Andersen

See also
 List of Olympic medalists in sailing

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Things Aren't Simple Any More

Things Aren't Simple Any More is the final episode of the British television sitcom One Foot in the Grave. It was written by David Renwick and stars Richard Wilson as Victor Meldrew, Annette Crosbie as his wife Margaret and features guest appearances by Hannah Gordon and Paul Merton. The episode depicts the death of the series' protagonist, Victor Meldrew, in a hit-and-run road accident and his wife's efforts to deal with the driver who killed him. Renwick had been struggling to conceive and write new stories for the series and decided to kill off the character. The episode was filmed at Shawford, Hampshire and at BBC Television Centre in London.

Renwick resisted the BBC's attempt to broadcast the episode at Christmas, feeling that such scheduling would contrast unfavourably with the grimness of the show and would be viewed as an overt attempt to garner high ratings. The controller of BBC1 relented and the episode was first transmitted on BBC One on 20 November 2000. The broadcast coincided with the transmission of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'''s first UK jackpot win. Some people within the BBC alleged that Celador, the production company in charge of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? had rigged Judith Keppel's victory to spoil the BBC's expected high ratings for the sitcom's finale. The Independent Television Commission (ITC) cleared Celador and ITV of any wrongdoing.

The critical reception for the episode was mostly positive. Many reviewers commented that the dark tone of the final episode was characteristic of the series and that killing off the protagonist was an appropriate way to conclude. The characters of Victor and Margaret returned in a short sketch for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day telethon on 16 March 2001.
Synopsis
Margaret is having a heated telephone conversation with a solicitor about an incident in which Victor is accused of having thrown a syringe into someone's buttock. She reveals that a conviction might be difficult as her husband has been dead for five months. While coming to terms with her husband's death as a hit and run victim, Margaret joins a church group clearing litter from roadsides. There she meets Glynis Holloway (Hannah Gordon), whose husband has also recently died. The two become good friends. Confiding to a priest, Father Blakey (William Osborne), Margaret pledges vengeance for Victor's death, vowing, "If they ever find the bastard who was at the wheel of that car I swear I'll kill him, with my bare hands if I have to and they can do what they like with me." Father Blakey tells Margaret of his hope that one day she finds the strength to forgive the person responsible.

The episode continually switches to flashbacks which show that the circumstances leading to Victor's death stemmed from a simple misunderstanding. A group of pilgrims descend upon the Meldrews' home after misunderstanding Margaret's classified advertisement in her local newspaper of a picture of the Virgin Mary with "two small tears under her eyes". Readers apparently took it to mean 'tears' (as in crying) rather than 'tears' (as in rips). As a result of their exposure in the local paper, Victor is contacted by an old acquaintance and invited to a works reunion. Victor, who is persuaded to go by Margaret, is informed by the barman (Paul Merton) that all but one of the other guests have cancelled for various reasons. Sitting alone while waiting for Limpy, the one remaining potential attendee, Victor is entertained by two cabaret performers (Ed Welch— who wrote the incidental music for all series —and Jean Challis). Victor eventually leaves the pub, with Limpy arriving seconds after he leaves. At the railway station Victor telephones Margaret for a lift. As he stands at the side of the road waiting for his wife, a car appears and mounts the kerb; Victor is knocked down and killed.

The episode then returns to the present day. Margaret prepares some orange juice and paracetamol for Glynis's migraine. She finds a scrap book of press cuttings surrounding Victor's death in Glynis's kitchen drawer and realises that her new friend is responsible for his demise. As ominous music plays, Margaret thoughtfully looks at the box of paracetamol. She drops some tablets into the glass and hands it to Glynis, who realises that her secret has been uncovered. Glynis explains that the night she was driving she had been told that her husband was close to death and wasn't concentrating on the road properly. As a result, she didn't realise she was about to hit Victor until it was too late and had stopped, but left when she saw Margaret arrive. She also tells Margaret how sorry she is and how she never meant to hurt anyone, seeking Margaret out in order to try and help her get over Victor's death. Margaret watches her drink some of the orange juice before leaving the house and driving away, with it never being revealed if she'd followed through with her promise to kill the person responsible for Victor's demise.

The episode ends with a montage of some of the events referred to during the episode, accompanied by the song "End of the Line" by The Traveling Wilburys. Several lines from the song mirror incidents than have occurred in the episode. Scenes include Victor and his car being covered in artificial snow at a supermarket during the filming of a Christmas television advertisement (in the middle of June); Victor scaring a young couple after grass cuttings are stuck in the sunscreen on his face as well as the incident with the syringe. The final shots are of Victor and Margaret driving through the countryside.

Production
Development and writing
David Renwick found writing the fifth series and the 1997 Christmas special "Endgame" difficult, and he was becoming increasingly busy with his detective series Jonathan Creek. In early 1998, his concerns appeared in the national press. The Evening Standard quoted him: "I have no new ideas for Victor Meldrew ... I know that if I tried to write another series it would be even harder than the Christmas one. I don't want the standard to drop [and] there would be no point in doing something I didn't believe in." A year later, Renwick agreed to write a final series of One Foot in the Grave, having found the four-year break after writing the fifth series fruitful. Renwick decided that Victor should die in the final episode because he did not want to be persuaded to write another series. He cites the final episode of the Only Fools and Horses 1996 Christmas specials "where the fantastic closing scenes of the Trilogy saw the Trotters walking up the Yellow Brick Road, only for them to return a couple of years later". He did not want to be constantly asked by journalists and fans when Victor was coming back to their screens.

In June 1999, while Richard Wilson was performing in Waiting for Godot at the Royal Exchange in Manchester, Renwick informed him of his decision to kill off Victor. The actor reacted positively and said in 2006 that he did not want Victor to "take me over." Wilson had noticed that "the scripts weren't as original as they had been" and that he was "getting a bit tired of the character, trying to maintain a freshness". Annette Crosbie was saddened that the show was coming to an end because she enjoyed working on it, but she understood Renwick's feelings of being pressured to "top the last one".

In an interview for the documentary Comedy Connections, Renwick says that killing off the protagonist "seemed to be the most natural and logical and appropriate end for the character in a show where we had tried to reflect the truthfulness of real life." Victor's demise had been announced in the press in the summer preceding the broadcast. In an interview with The Sun, Wilson said "I feel sad, of course, but it's the right time. To keep doing it would have got dull".

Renwick decided to use the flashback structure for several reasons. He felt that the episode should be about "life After Victor, which I think will be more interesting and not the route people are expecting you to take." He realised that most viewers would have been aware of Victor's death because of the press coverage; there would be little point in having the death be the climax of the episode because everyone already knew the outcome. However, the focus would be upon Victor's death rather than the details of the accident. Renwick's decision to kill Victor in a road accident was fuelled by the writer's concerns about reckless driving. Also, the suddenness of an accident, as opposed to death by illness, would not negate the comic tone of the rest of the episode. The twist that the person responsible for Victor's death is Margaret's new best friend was designed to add some complexity to the show.

Actress Hannah Gordon, who played the culprit of Victor's demise, admired the tone of the script. Her character was returning from visiting her terminally ill husband in hospital, which distracted her concentration from the road, "but her guilt and conscience is something from which she can't escape." Commenting upon the ambiguity of whether or not Margaret kills Glynis by overdosing her orange juice with tablets, Renwick believes it to be more stimulating to allow audiences to reach their own conclusions.

Filming

The five previous series of One Foot in the Grave were produced and directed by Susan Belbin. She had retired because of ill health. Renwick persuaded her to return to work on the final series to provide continuity, but her health quickly forced her to resign from the show again. The final series was produced by Jonathon P. Llewellyn and directed by Christine Gernon. Wilson and Renwick felt that Gernon's experience working with Belbin on the earlier series of One Foot as a production secretary and assistant, as well as on other shows, meant that her style was similar to Belbin's, which would aid the transition between directors.

The cast and crew assembled in the Bridge Lounge at the BBC Television Centre for the read-through of all six episodes from the final series on 30 June 2000. Nine days later they moved to Bournemouth to film some exterior sequences. One Foot had used Bournemouth since the show's beginning because of its favourable climate, easy access to London along with the lower costs compared to filming in the capital. The exterior scenes of the Meldrews' home were filmed, as they had been since series two, at Tresillian Way in Walkford (a village near New Milton in Hampshire).

Victor's death scene was filmed outside The Bridge Hotel and pub at Shawford railway bridge, next to the River Itchen, Hampshire, on 21 July 2000. The cold temperature on the night of the shoot and the various technical considerations meant that the scene did not have a big emotional impact upon the cast and crew during filming. However, Renwick briefly felt emotional as he watched Victor's arm falling into the shot and his cap drift away in the gutter. After the exterior sequences had been filmed, the remainder of the episode was recorded at BBC Television Centre in West London on 17 September 2000. Unlike the location shoot, Renwick was too concerned with the complexities of filming to be emotionally affected by the filming of the final episode.

Broadcast
The BBC originally wanted to transmit the episode at Christmas, a time of year when audience figures are particularly important for broadcasters. Renwick was unhappy with the plan, writing in his journal in May 2000:

It's almost as if, as broadcasters, we are glorying his death. The context a show is presented in will have a huge impact on how it is received and it's always been our policy to swim against the tide and resist the policy to conform. It seems ironic—and depressing—to me that after deliberately avoiding the "obvious" approach in my script we are now facing a very "obvious" approach to the scheduling. If Victor dies at Christmas it's going to look like a naked push for ratings. The opposite is true: I want Victor's departure to be significant, but stripped of sensationalism.

Renwick outlined his concerns in a letter dated 19 May 2000 to Peter Salmon, the controller of BBC1:

[The show] draws its rhythms and inspiration from reality and occasionally has the power to disarm the viewer with material that is darker or more reflective than they are used to ... Death may be tragic but it is commonplace, the eternal Truth. Let's not trumpet it, but place it simply before the public and let them make up their own minds. I would so like the feeling that we generate on the air to reflect the reality of death in life: most of the time it is a very quiet, private affair, generates little public attention: we grieve and then somehow or other we just have to get on with things. I suppose at the risk of sounding squirmingly precious, I would like Victor to die with dignity.

Salmon agreed not to broadcast the episode at Christmas. It was first transmitted on BBC One on 20 November 2000, forty minutes in length, rather than usual thirty. The episode's transmission was immediately preceded by I Don't Believe It! The One Foot In The Grave Story, a documentary presented by Angus Deayton which looked back at the hit sitcom. The documentary was included as a bonus feature on the DVD release.

The Meldrews returned several months later in a sketch for the Comic Relief telethon held on 16 March 2001. The seven-and-a-half minute sketch, titled "Visiting Uncle Dick", was written by Renwick and directed by Christine Gernon. It centred on Victor and Margaret's visit to an elderly relative in hospital. Although it initially appears to be set before the final episode, the scene concludes with Victor picking up a video of the 1999 thriller film The Sixth Sense and, while commenting that he saw the ending coming, notices that Margaret is totally ignoring him, making him realize he is actually dead. Spike Milligan, who had asked for a guest part in the series, was originally cast to play the patient, but he was too ill and the role was played by Eric Sykes. Renwick and Gernon were dissatisfied with the sketch because of the limited time they were allowed to write and film the piece.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? controversy
The transmission of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on rival channel ITV at the same time as the final series of One Foot led to the ratings that year being lower than for previous series. The broadcast of "Things Aren't Simple Any More" coincided with the broadcast of the first UK jackpot win on Millionaire. The news of Judith Keppel's win, recorded the preceding Sunday, was leaked to the press; ITV announced Keppel's success at a press conference on the day of broadcast. Renwick was annoyed that this would take "audience interest" away from One Foot. He said that the early announcement of the outcome of Millionaire was "naked opportunism" and it "would have been more honorable to let the show go out in the normal way". He pointed out that they also "killed off any element off tension or surprise in their own programme", but "television is all about ratings". On the night of its broadcast ITV's Who Wants to be a Millionaire? attracted 13.9 million viewers (48 percent); One Foot, which began transmission fifteen minutes later at 21:15, attracted 10.7 million (36 percent). The episode peaked at 11.6 million viewers when it ran concurrently with its ITV rival.

It was alleged that Celador, the production company in charge of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, had rigged the show to spoil the BBC's expected high ratings for the sitcom's finale. Wilson in particular was quoted as saying that ITV had "planned" the win, adding "it seems a bit unfair to take the audience away from Victor's last moments on earth." Richard Webber's account, in his 2006 book, cites "unnamed BBC sources" as those who "questioned the authenticity of Keppel's victory". ITV claimed that the allegation "undermined viewers' faith in the programme" and Leslie Hill, ITV's chairman, wrote a letter of complaint to Sir Christopher Bland, the chairman of the BBC Board of Governors. The corporation apologised, saying that any suggestion of rigging "did not represent the official view of the BBC." Eleven viewers complained about the quiz show to the Independent Television Commission (ITC), but Millionaire was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Reception
Many reviewers commented that the dark tone of the final episode was typical of the series and many praised Annette Crosbie's performance. A reviewer for BBC Comedy said that it "was a characteristically dark end to a show which was never afraid to explore the flip side of the comedy coin." UKTV Gold's website says "it was a suitably downbeat end to an equally downbeat man." Commenting that killing off the protagonist "might seem an odd way for a sitcom to end," the British Film Institute's ScreenOnline says that in a series "where comedy and tragedy are so intertwined, it seems entirely appropriate."The Daily Telegraph described the episode as displaying "an exhilarating flair for rapid change of comic gear" and commented positively on the scene in which pilgrims descend on the Meldrews' home. Rupert Smith in The Guardian called the episode "a satisfying ending to a series that never went out of its way to be cheerful", referring in particular to the open-ended scene of Margaret dropping the paracetamol into the glass. However, The Independent''s Robert Hanks criticised the transitions into the flashbacks for being "clumsily signalled" and said that the direction and score of the paracetamol scene was not equal to the quality of the writing and acting.

Victor Meldrew had become such a cultural icon that many fans left messages and flowers at the location of his death. Fans repeated this on the first anniversary of his screen death, although Renwick suspects that the event was orchestrated by the tabloid press.

References

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Jackson House (Winnsboro, Louisiana)

The  Jackson House is a historic house located at 703 Jackson Street in Winnsboro in Franklin Parish, Louisiana.

Built in 1900 in Queen Anne style, the house is distinguished by "three semi-hexagonal bays set beneath gables, its curving Eastlake front gallery, and its decoratively cut brackets and gable aprons. There is also a large forward facing gable on the front and side facades which encompasses the smaller gable over the bay. The house also features plate glass windows, clapboard sheathing, and Colonial Revival mantels."

It was moved to its present location in 1980 when widening of Louisiana Highway 165 endangered the building.  In 1982, it was used as a restaurant.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 21, 1982.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin Parish, Louisiana

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Wally (band)

Wally was an English progressive rock band, led by the singer-songwriter Roy Webber, which originated in the early 1970s.

Career
In 1973, after playing the northern pub rock circuit that included venues in Manchester, Harrogate, Leeds and Bradford, they entered a New Act competition organised by the music paper Melody Maker making it to the finals at London's Roundhouse. They did not win - that honour went to a Prog Rock band named Druid - but they caught the eye of one of the judges, "Whispering" Bob Harris of The Old Grey Whistle Test fame.

Their "runners-up" prize was the chance to record a session for Harris's BBC radio show, The Monday Program. He took the band under his wing and set up a recording contract with Atlantic Records. Their debut album, Wally (1974) was co-produced by Harris, along with Rick Wakeman who had seen one of the band's warm up gigs before the Roundhouse final.

After its release the band, now managed by Brian Lane, best known as the manager of Yes, embarked on a series of tours taking in most of Britain, Japan and the United States. They supported Yes at a headline London concert at the Alexandra Palace and also made an appearance on BBC's television music show The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1973.

On their second album, Valley Gardens (1975), Nick Glennie-Smith replaced Paul Gerrett on keyboards. However, by that time continual touring had taken its toll, and the band eventually split after Atlantic decided to cut their losses and pulled the plug.

In 1975, the band performed in Japan, as the backing band of French singer Michel Polnareff.

Webber set up a graphic design company, primarily working for Yorkshire Television but also with the Royal Armouries Museum.

Violinist/bassist/mandolinist Pete Sage went to Germany to work as a sound engineer for the pop group Boney M.

Keyboardist Nick Glennie-Smith was proposed as potential replacement for Rick Wakeman in Yes and went on to be a leading session musician and soundtrack composer.

Guitarist Pete Cosker died in 1990, as a result of a heroin overdose.

Drummer Roger Narraway metamorphosed into a talented lead guitarist, and Paul Middleton retreated to the North Yorkshire Dales, becoming a carpenter and venturing out occasionally to play with Roy Webber in a country rock band, Freddie Alva and the Men from Delmonte. He now gigs on a regular basis with his own band, 'The Angst Band', featuring fellow bandmember Frank Mizen on pedal steel, guitar and banjo.

Paul Gerrett died of a heart attack in 2008.

After a thirty-year hiatus, the surviving members of the original line-up - augmented by Frank Mizen on pedal steel and Will Jackson on guitar - performed to a sell out crowd in April 2009 in their home town of Harrogate. A DVD of the concert was released later that year.

A third album, Montpellier (2010) comprising reworkings of demos from the band's earlier incarnation, along with new material by both Roy Webber and Paul Middleton, was released in February 2010, and a second "reunion" concert took place in April. Funds from ticket sales will be used to erect a permanent memorial to Pete Cosker and Paul Gerrett. A recording of the 2010 reunion has been released as a live album entitled, To the Urban Man (2010) and a third reunion concert is scheduled for 2011, again in the band's home town of Harrogate.

Band members

 Roy Webber – lead vocals, guitar (1971-1976, 2008-2011)
 Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards (1974-1976, 2008-2011)
 Pete Sage – electric violin, bass (1971-1976, 2008-2011)
 Will Jackson – lead guitar (2008-2011)
 Frank Mizen – pedal steel, banjo, bass (2008-2011)
 Paul Middleton – steel guitar, bass, vocals (1971-1976, 2008-)
 Roger Narraway – drums, percussion (1971-1976, 2008-2011)

With
 Phil Dean – electric guitar as concert guest (2008-2011)

Former band members
 Pete Cosker – lead electric and acoustic guitars, vocals (1971-1976, died in 1990)
 Paul Gerrett – Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond organ, Mellotron, harmonium, grand piano, harpsichord, vocals (1971-1974, died in 2008)
 Mike Smith – drums (1972-1973)
 Alan Craig – Bass Guitar and harmony vocals (1971-1972)

Albums
 Wally (1974) Atlantic Records
 Valley Gardens (1975) Atlantic Records
 Montpellier (2010) self-released
 To the Urban Man (2010, Live 2CD) self-released

References

External links
 Official Wally website [www.WallyMusic.co.uk]
 Wally discography and album reviews, credits & releases at AllMusic
 Wally discography, album releases & credits at Discogs.com
 Wally biography, discography, album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com

Category:English progressive rock groups
Category:Musical groups reestablished in 2009
Category:2009 establishments in England
Category:Musical groups from Harrogate


Mount Venus

Mount Venus (or Cill an Véineas in Irish) is a sacred megalithic site in Edmondstown, County Dublin, Ireland on the Mount Venus Road. It is  a national heritage site.

It has been described by Borlase as one of the most magnificent in the world. It encompasses a massive cap stone weighing in at 44 tons. It is partly collapsed on its supports and overgrown, and it has been suggested that this was a result of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, as well as the 1690 Caernarfon earthquake. The capstone lies against a single large upright megalith.

When it was complete it would have been a . high chamber entrance.
Only one of the two great portal stones survives upright. The capstone has fallen and leans on this portal stone. The other portal stone (15 feet long) lies next to the monument. A third dressed stone 4 metres long by 1 metre wide lies in front.
Borlase believed this to be a distinct class of tomb - an earth-fast dolmen, so-called from the capstone's contact with the ground at the back (another example being Howth dolmen).

Access to this megalith is through a gap in a hedge beside the DSPCA on a site which was once a golf course.

References

External links
1851 image

Category:Rathfarnham
Category:Megalithic monuments in Ireland
Category:Stone Age Europe


List of centers and institutes at the Perelman School of Medicine

This list contains the names of the centers and institutes at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in alphabetical order with their external links.

 Abramson Cancer Center – http://penncancer.org/
 Brain Behavior Lab (Department of Psychiatry) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/bbl/
 Center for Bioethics – http://bioethics.upenn.edu/
 Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics – http://www.cbica.upenn.edu/
 Center for Brain Injury and Repair (Department of Neurosurgery) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/cbir/
 Center for Cancer Pharmacology (Department of Pharmacology) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/ccp/
Center for Cellular Immunotherapies – https://www.med.upenn.edu/cci/
 Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics – http://www.cceb.upenn.edu/
 Center for Cognitive Therapy (Department of Psychiatry) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/cct/
 Center for Community-Based Research and Health Disparities (Department of Psychiatry) – https://web.archive.org/web/20120308173351/http://www.med.upenn.edu/ccrhd/
 Center for Digestive, Liver, and Pancreatic Medicine – http://www.med.upenn.edu/jointcenterfordighealth/
 Center for Evidence-Based Practice – http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/cep/
 Center for Functional Neuroimaging (Department of Radiology and Neurology) – http://www.cfn.upenn.edu/
 Center for Genetics and Complex Traits (Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics) – http://www.cceb.upenn.edu/pages/cgact/
 Center for Healthcare Improvement & Patient Safety (Department of Medicine) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/chips
 Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics at the Leonard Davis Institute – http://chibe.upenn.edu/
 Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction (Department of Psychiatry) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/cirna/
 Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research (Department of Psychiatry) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/cmhpsr/
 Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Disease (Department of Medicine) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/molecular/
 Center for Neurobiology and Behavior (Department of Psychiatry) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/cnb/
 Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/cndr/
 Center for Preventive Ophthalmology and Biostatistics (Department of Ophthalmology) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/cpob/
 Center for Psychopathology Research (Department of Psychiatry)
 Center for Psychotherapy Research (Department of Psychiatry) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/cpr/
 Center for Public Health Initiatives – http://www.cphi.upenn.edu/
 Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health – http://www.med.upenn.edu/crrwh/
 Center for Resuscitation Science (Department of Emergency Medicine) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/resuscitation/
 Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology – http://www.med.upenn.edu/sleepctr/
 Center for Studies of Addictions (Department of Psychiatry) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/csa/
 Center for the Prevention of Suicide – http://www.med.upenn.edu/suicide/
 Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety (Department of Psychiatry) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/ctsa/
 Center for Translational Research (Department of Psychiatry)
 Center for Weight and Eating Disorders (Department of Psychiatry) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/weight/research.shtml
 Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (Department of Pharmacology) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/ceet/
 Center on the Continuum of Care (Department of Psychiatry) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/ccc/index.html
 Clinical and Translational Research Center (Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics) – http://www.itmat.upenn.edu/ctsa/
 Eldridge Reeves Johnson Foundation (Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics) – http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/biocbiop/jf/jf.html
 Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism – http://www.med.upenn.edu/idom/
 Institute for Environmental Medicine – https://web.archive.org/web/20120120233850/http://health.upenn.edu/ifem/
 Institute for Immunology – http://www.med.upenn.edu/ifi/
 Institute for Medicine and Engineering – http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/ime/
 Institute for Regenerative Medicine – http://www.irm.upenn.edu/
 Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response – https://archive.is/20020816200321/http://www.istar.upenn.edu/
 Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics – http://www.itmat.upenn.edu/
 Institute on Aging – http://www.med.upenn.edu/aging/
 Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics – http://ldi.upenn.edu/
 The Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences – http://www.med.upenn.edu/ins/
 Penn Alzheimer's Disease Center (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) – http://www.pennadc.org/
 Penn Cardiovascular Institute – http://www.med.upenn.edu/cvi/
 Penn Center for AIDS Research – http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/aids/
 Penn Center for Bioinformatics (Penn Genomics Frontiers Institute) – http://www.pcbi.upenn.edu/
 Penn Center for Clinical Immunology (Department of Medicine) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/pcci/
 Penn Center for the Integration of Genetic Healthcare Technologies (Department of Medicine) – https://web.archive.org/web/20111119002428/http://www.med.upenn.edu/penncight/
 Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/pcmd/
 Penn Comprehensive Neuroscience Center – http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/penncnc/
 Penn Epigenetics Program (Department of Cell and Developmental Biology) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/epigenetics/
 Penn Genome Frontiers Institute – http://www.genomics.upenn.edu/
 Penn Lung Center (Department of Medicine) – http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/lungctr/
 Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/pngc/
 Penn Transplant Institute – http://www.pennmedicine.org/transplant/
 Penn Udall Center for Parkinson's Research (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/udall/
 The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute – http://www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/
 Scheie Eye Institute (Department of Ophthalmology)
 Smell and Taste Center (Department of Otorhinolaryngology) – http://www.med.upenn.edu/stc/

References

Category:University of Pennsylvania
Category:Research institutes in the United States
Category:Pennsylvania education-related lists
Category:Clinical trials
Category:Medical lists


Roller Coaster (Dam Sen Park)

Roller Coaster (Vietnamese: Tàu Lượn Siêu Tốc) is a steel roller coaster located at Dam Sen Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Built in 1998, it is the first roller coaster in Vietnam. Until the opening of a similar roller coaster at Đại Nam Văn Hiến which has 4 inversions, the Dam Sen roller coaster had the most inversions in Vietnam.

Ride experience
After all riders are buckled up, the ride begins with a small sharp turn to the right. Then the riders are lifted up to 24m. Train drops a little bit and banks to the right again. Riders then take a 21m drop, leading to a vertical loop, then a large turn to the right. Next element is a double corkscrew. Trains turn again before hitting the brake.

See also
There're some roller coasters with similar track layout:
Corkscrew (Cedar Point)
 Carolina Cyclone
 Roller Coaster (Đại Nam Văn Hiến)

External links

Official Dam Sen Park Page
Roller Coaster at RCDB

Category:Roller coasters introduced in 1998
Category:Roller coasters in Vietnam


C.D. San Pedro Masahuat

Club Deportivo San Pedro Masahuat  is a Salvadoran professional football club based in San Pedro Masahuat, La Paz,  El Salvador.

The club currently plays in the Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño.

Category:Football clubs in El Salvador


Just Us (Faust album)

j US t (pronounced "just us") is the 12th studio album by Faust.

Track listing

References

Category:2014 albums
Category:Faust (band) albums


Permease

The permeases are membrane transport proteins, a class of multipass transmembrane proteins that allow the diffusion of a specific molecule in or out of the cell in the direction of a concentration gradient, a form of facilitated diffusion.

The permease binding is first step of translocation. LacY protein from Escherichia coli is an example of a permease.

See also

 Lactose permease
 Beta-galactoside permease
It was originally discovered in the 1930s by Joy Adames. It is a transporter protein that helps in various aspects of cellular life including DNA replication, translation of RNA, and diffusion.
 Amino acid permease
A permease (porter) is a protein or protein complex that catalyzes a vectorial reaction, irrespective of whether or not it also catalyzes a chemical or electron transfer reaction that drives the vectorial process.

References

External links

Category:Transport proteins
Category:Transmembrane proteins


Duel Magical

Duel Magical is a 1982 board game published by Ragnarok Enterprises.

Gameplay
Duel Magical is a game designed by Dave Nalle involving conflict between mages in an arena.

Reception
Ronald Pehr reviewed Duel Magical in The Space Gamer No. 51. Pehr commented that "Duel Magical is too abstract and simple to suit most gamers; repeated playings will tarnish the novelty. But it's rousing good entertainment, equally playable by noivces or hardbitten wargaming veterans, is an excellent diversion, and has more of the flavor of a fantasy magic duel than any game I've played."

Reviews
Pegasus #8 (July/Aug., 1982)

References

Category:Board games introduced in 1982


Tolombeh-ye Ashayiri Hemmatabad

Tolombeh-ye Ashayiri Hemmatabad (, also Romanized as Tolombeh-ye ʿAshāyīrī Hemmatābād) is a village in Rigan Rural District, in the Central District of Rigan County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported.

References

Category:Populated places in Rigan County


Scythris scholzi

Scythris scholzi is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Bengt Å. Bengtsson in 2014. It is found in South Africa.

References

scholzi
Category:Moths described in 2014


Azerbaijani Culture Friends Foundation

Azerbaijani Culture Friends Foundation (ACFF) - is a charity foundation of Azerbaijan. The foundation is non-governmental.

History
Azerbaijani Culture Friends Foundation was founded in 1995. Mehriban Aliyeva, goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO, and Member of Parliament, is the chairperson of the foundation.

The object of the foundation
The foundation's object is to popularize and publicize the national culture, make the culture introduce in the foreign countries,  integration of  Azerbaijani people into the world culture, to make new international relations. The work of the Foundation is led in 3 directions: cultural events, charity actions, and publication.

Activity
Organizing jubilee nights for famous art figures of Azerbaijan, publish several magazine and CDs for art of Azerbaijan.
Foundation orgianizes concerts, theater performances, presentations. Among the famous events that foundation held is “Great Silk Road” International Classical Music Festival and Days of Korean Culture held together with SEBA (Seoul-Baku) Azerbaijan-Korean Cultural Exchange Association.
The main objective of the foundation is to popularize Azerbaijan Mugham on the world-scale. “Baku Mugham Center” was founded as a step in this direction. The music album “Karabakh khanendeleri”, “Baku Fall” international festival IX East-West International Film Festival in Baku, “Advertisement Greedy  Night” are also held within the framework of the foundation's activity plan.

References

External links
 http://en.trend.az/news/politics/2223926.html
 http://azerbaijans.com/content_662_en.html
 http://en.president.az/president/first_lady

Category:Foundations based in Azerbaijan


Neely Bruce

(Frank) Neely Bruce (born January 21, 1944) is an American composer, conductor, pianist, and scholar of American music. He is the composer of over 800 works including three full-length operas. Currently, he is John Spencer Camp Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, where he has taught since 1974.

Life and career
Bruce's undergraduate degree is from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. His DMA is from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Bruce also received an MAA from Wesleyan University and an MMU from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His principal teachers were Ben Johnston, Hubert Kessler, J. F. Goossen, Lara Hoggard, Charles Hamm, Byrnell Figler, Roy McAllister, Soulima Stravinsky and Sophia Rosoff. Bruce was one of the seven keyboard players in the 1969 premiere of John Cage's HPSCHD.

He has been visiting professor and artist-in-residence at Middlebury College, Bucknell University, the University of Michigan, and at Brooklyn College. He was the founder and director of the American Music/Theatre Group, chorus director for the Connecticut Opera, and is director of music at South Congregational Church in Middletown, Connecticut.

He is the first pianist ever to play the entire song oeuvre of Charles Ives. He performed with several singers as part of the Ives Vocal Marathon.

Works

Bruce has written more than 800 works, including three full-length operas, choral works in all major genres, orchestral works, chamber music, a voluminous quantity of piano music, and music for mixed media, including seven documentary scores for public television. He has also written a variety of music for young people, including a new adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, which uses American popular music, such as rock and roll, pop, and rap.

Flora, Hansel and Gretel, and Americana, or, A New Tale of the  Genii

Flora is an opera in two acts and six scenes based on the libretto and surviving tunes of what is thought to be the first piece of musical theater performed in colonial North America. The historical work premiered in Charleston, South Carolina in 1735, and played again at the newly built Dock Street Theatre in 1736.

The modern score was commissioned by the Spoleto Festival USA and premiered by the company on May 29, 2010 to celebrate the reopening of the new Dock Street Theatre. Writing for the New York Times, James R. Oestreich praised the work and performance, stating: Bruce "did a remarkable job . . . evoking the musical world of the 18th century . . . the rest of the production is of similarly high quality." "Mr. Bruce conducted, from the harpsichord, members of the festival orchestra and a strong cast." (A complete live recording of the work can be found online at NPR's World of Opera.)

Hansel and Gretel, an opera in two acts and nine scenes, based on a libretto adapted by the composer from the Brothers Grimm, was commissioned by Connecticut Opera and premiered by the company on March 20, 1998 in Hartford, Connecticut. The company toured a condensed version for children in 1997. In an enthusiastic review of the full premiere, Hartford Courant music critic Steve Metcalf commented on Bruce's creating a new operatic Hansel and Gretel:
“temerity has never been a problem for Neely Bruce . . . by blending a careful fidelity to the original Grimm story with his own manic imagination, [the composer] has created a clever and deeply entertaining new operatic journey into the woods . . . in a dizzying range of musical styles . . . about as far away from Engelbert Humperdinck as it would be possible to get. . . . [Hansel and Gretel] danced, skipped, roller-skated, high- fived and also sang their way through their troubles with unfailing and non-cloying freshness."

Americana, or, A New Tale of the Genii, an opera in four acts, is based on a libretto adapted by Tony Connor from an anonymous 18th century source, which recounted the colonies' secession as allegorical parody. It was premiered in 1985 in a concert version by the American Music/Theatre Group, conducted by James Sinclair, in Hartford and Stamford, Connecticut, and New York City. Commenting on the premiere at Symphony Space for the New York Times, Will Crutchfield wrote:
Bruce's new score "evinced its own quirky appeal . . . Now Boyce and Arne, now Stravinskian “wrong-note” classicism, now modestly chaotic improvisation, then hymnody, bluegrass, blues . . . the concept [of the work] is one for which pastiche has meaning. . . . The piece is odd enough and lively enough to merit a fully professional production.”

Circular 14: The Apotheosis of Aristides

Bruce's two-hour oratorio Circular 14: The Apotheosis of Aristides, for eight soloists, two choruses and large orchestra, received its first full-scale production in Salt Lake City on January 27, 2018. An early version, orchestrated for chamber music forces, was premiered in Los Angeles on January 24, 2016. About the performance Eric A. Gordon writes: "Circular 14 contains music of great variety and often unearthly transcendence...One can compare it to the great masterpieces in this form."

References

External links
 Official Website
Neely Bruce profile at Wesleyan
 Neely Bruce on Soundcloud
 Video of Bruce's "The Bill of Rights" performed at the Newseum
 "Celebrating the Bill of Rights in Song." Bruce's The Bill of Rights performed at historic Faneuil Hall. YouthJournalism.org.
 "A Plague on All Our Houses! Neely Bruce has seen the future, and it sucks!" John Whiting discusses Bruce's rock cantata, The Plague.

Category:1944 births
Category:Living people
Category:American male composers
Category:University of Alabama alumni
Category:University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign alumni
Category:Wesleyan University faculty
Category:Wesleyan University alumni
Category:Middlebury College faculty
Category:University of Michigan faculty
Category:Bucknell University faculty
Category:Brooklyn College faculty
Category:20th-century American composers
Category:21st-century American pianists
Category:21st-century American composers
Category:20th-century American pianists
Category:Experimental Music Studios alumni
Category:American male pianists
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:21st-century American male musicians


John Underwood

John Underwood may refer to:

John Underwood (actor), early 17th-century English actor
John Underwood (PR adviser), former Director of Communications for British Labour Party
John W.H. Underwood, U.S. Representative from Georgia
John Curtiss Underwood, lawyer, Abolitionist politician, and federal judge
John Underwood (American football) (1901-1932), played for the Milwaukee Badgers in the 1920s


Military Wireless Museum in the Midlands

The Military Wireless Museum is a private museum operated from  Kidderminster, Worcestershire which displays a collection of military wireless equipment from around the world. It developed from the private collection of  Ben Nock and marks the importance of wireless communications in the UK and around the globe during World War II and later years.

Museum

The Military Wireless Museum collection is located at Kidderminster and is run on an entirely voluntary basis. The museum has a 'Friends of the museum' section, open to anyone, with members from all over the world. The museum often puts on displays of radio equipment at various events around the UK and abroad. The museum can also give talks to interested groups.

The museum demonstrates the importance of wireless communications and connected services like Radar and Navigation and the role they plated during World War II and other conflicts. The museum also offers interested parties the chance to see military communication equipment from other countries that might not normally be available. The museum has a large collection of radio equipment relating to Spy and Espionage work.

The Amateur Radio call sign GB0MWM is frequently in use at the museum operating the vintage equipment and demonstrating it to visitors. The museum is happy to send all UK and world wide contacts a QSL card which are subsequently exchanged with the stations contacted. To visit the museum please contact the museum direct on 01562 743253 to arrange dates/times.

Exhibits

The museum has an extensive collection of British, American, Japanese, German, French and other countries wartime communications equipment along with equipment from later periods. The museum also houses many handbooks and technical information of the equipment along with a growing collection of uniforms and associated military equipment.

Examples of exhibits displayed:

 British Wireless sets No.18, No.19, No.22, No.62
 Japanese World War II receivers and transmitters.
 German Bomber radios
 USA war time sets.
 spy Suitcase Radios from Britain, USA, Germany and Italy.
 wireless receivers made in the UK by companies such as EKCO.

Museum History

Ben Nock has been a Radio Amateur since the late 1960s and started in the hobby, as many did in those days, using surplus radio equipment from the second world war. After years of simply playing with the hobby there came a turning point in the 1980s when the thought of collecting this equipment for future preservation occurred and the process of collecting was begun.

After 20 years the collection has grown to around 900 sets and countless additional items of military hardware. The Virtual Museum web site was conceived in the late 1990s and the site is  expanded daily. The museum continues to grow at around 2 to 3 sets a month.

In 2011 the museum moved to a new site in Kidderminster more suitable for a physical display and where the equipment and artefacts have been be laid out for better presentation and for greater accessibility by the public and those interested in the subject.   Ben Nock continues to write articles on the subject of Military Wireless with many appearing in the Practical Wireless magazine and Radio Bygones magazine while others have been published in the American CQ magazine and even the RAFA magazine.

The museum is always pleased to give talks and displays to clubs or groups or events relating to the field of militaria or communications.

References

External links
Military Wireless Museum Official Website
Video of Lancaster radio R1155/T1154
Video of  classic Codar CR-66 receiver
Video of  classic Eddystone 2245A receiver

Category:World War II museums in the United Kingdom
Category:Military communications
Category:Telecommunications museums in the United Kingdom
Category:Museums in Worcestershire


Thomas Gaal

Thomas Gaal, a painter of portraits, birds, and flowers, was born at Dendermonde in 1739. He fixed his residence at Middelburg, and was one of the founders and directors of the Academy in that town. J. Perkois, J. H. Koekkoek, and S. De Koster were his pupils. He died at Middelburg in 1817. The painter Pieter Gaal was his son.

Notes

Category:1739 births
Category:1817 deaths
Category:Flemish painters
Category:18th-century Dutch painters
Category:Dutch male painters
Category:People from Dendermonde


Neoguraleus trizonata

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}}Neoguraleus trizonata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

This is a taxon inquirendum.

Description
The length of the shell attains 8.7 mm.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and New Caledonia.

References

External links
 Héros, V.; Lozouet, P.; Maestrati, P.; Cosel, R. V.; Brabant, D. & Bouchet, P. (2007). Mollusca of New Caledonia, in: Payri C.E., Richer de Forges B. (Eds.) Compendium of marine species of New Caledonia. Doc. Sci. Tech. II7. Seconde édition, IRD Nouméa, pp 199–254.

  Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

trizonata
Category:Gastropods described in 1882


Kovaški Vrh

Kovaški Vrh () is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Oplotnica in eastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills northwest of Oplotnica. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

References

External links
Kovaški Vrh at Geopedia

Category:Populated places in the Municipality of Oplotnica


Peter Smith (English cricketer, born 1944)

Peter Bruce Smith (born 18 March 1944) is an English former cricketer and school headmaster.

Smith was born in Headington, a suburb of Oxford, and educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and Lincoln College, Oxford.

Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He made his first-class cricket debut for Oxford University against Gloucestershire in 1967.  He played 4 further first-class matches for the University, the last coming against Glamorgan in the same year.  In his 5 first-class matches, he scored 36 runs at a batting average of 7.20, with a high score of 18.  With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 41.57, with best figures of 4/92.

Smith made his debut for Oxfordshire before playing for Oxford University, first appearing in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire.  Smith played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1963 to 1977 which included 106 Minor Counties Championship matches. He was captain of the Oxfordshire side from 1971 to 1977; they won the Minor Counties Championship in 1974. He made his List A debut for Oxfordshire against Cornwall in the 1975 Gillette Cup.  He played 7 further List A matches for Oxfordshire, the last of which came against Cambridgeshire in the 1967 Gillette Cup.  He made 4 further List A matches for Oxfordshire, the last coming against Gloucestershire in the 1975 Gillette Cup.  In his 5 List A matches, he scored 81 runs at an average of 40.50, with a high score of 34*.  With the ball, he took 3 wickets at an average of 36.66, with best figures of 2/40.

After graduating from Oxford, Smith taught at Rugby School 1967–85, then was headmaster of Bradfield College 1985–2003.

References

External links
Peter Smith at ESPNcricinfo
Peter Smith at CricketArchive

Category:1944 births
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Rodulfo Brito Foucher

Rodulfo Brito Foucher (1899–1970) was a Mexican lawyer and academic who was rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico from 1942 to 1944. He was the father of journalist and feminist activist Esperanza Brito de Martí.

He studied at the Juárez Institute of Tabasco and validated his education at Mexico's National Preparatory School. Later, he entered the National School of Jurisprudence, where he obtained his law degree in 1923.

He began teaching in 1927 at the National School of Jurisprudence and in 1929 was appointed professor with chairs in Law and Economics. In 1932, he became director of the school, having had to resign from office due to a conflict over the imposition of socialist education in Mexico.

In 1942, he was appointed rector of the University by its Council. In July 1944, during the college faculty election, a crisis arose in three of the schools of the University, featuring students dissatisfied with the election of their directors. In a University Council meeting, ten directors were re-elected and three were newly appointed. A wave of protests in the three schools ignited a riot that ended with the death of a student. In response, Foucher resigned, presenting a long and passionate speech before the University Council. He died in 1970.

Foucher was preceded as rector by Mario de la Cueva y de la Rosa and succeeded by Samuel Ramírez Moreno.

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Wran ministry (1978–80)

The Wran ministry (1978–80) or Second Wran ministry was the 72nd ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 35th Premier of New South Wales, the Honourable Neville Wran, , representing the Labor Party. It was the second of eight consecutive occasions when Wran was Premier.

Background

Tenure of ministry
The ministry covers the period from 19 October 1978 when the Wran–led Labor Party was re-elected at the 1978 election, until 29 February 1980, when Wran reconfigured his ministry and the Third Wran ministry was formed.

Composition of ministry
The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Wran and sworn in on 19 October 1978, and covers the period up until 29 February 1980. One month earlier, former Premier and minister, Jack Renshaw, announced his decision to retire from politics, necessitating a minor rearrangement of the ministry; pending the swearing in of the Third Wran ministry. Ministers are listed in order of seniority and in all cases except Renshaw, serve the full term of this ministry.

First arrangement

 Treasury portfolio transferred from Renshaw to Wran as Renshaw resigned from the ministry and from Parliament.

Second arrangement

See also

Hon. Neville Wran,  - 35th Premier of New South Wales
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1978–1981
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1978–1981

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Mala, Sweden

Mala is a locality situated in Hässleholm Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 217 inhabitants in 2010.

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