Hypatia (journal)

Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy is a peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell. As of March 2018, the journal is led by an interim editor, Ann Garry, and two interim co-editors, Serene Khader and Alison Stone. Book reviews are published by Hypatia Reviews Online (HRO). The journal is owned by a non-profit corporation, Hypatia, Inc.

The idea for the journal arose out of meetings of the Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) in the 1970s. Philosopher and legal scholar Azizah Y. al-Hibri became the founding editor in 1982, when it was published as a "piggy back" issue of the Women's Studies International Forum. Named after Hypatia of Alexandria, a philosopher who was murdered by a mob in 415 CE, it became an independent journal in 1986.

Hypatia became involved in a damaging dispute in April 2017 when its associate editors published an unauthorized apology for the journal's publication of an article on transracialism, after the author and article were criticized on social media. The episode pointed to a significant breakdown of communications within Hypatias editorial team. The journal responded by setting up a task force to restructure its governance.  Hypatia was the subject of further controversy in 2018, when it accepted a hoax article that had been deliberately designed to satirise feminist philosophy.  The hoax, which formed part of the Grievance studies scandal, was revealed before the article could be published.

History

Hypatia has its roots in regional meetings of the Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP), established in 1972. One of SWIP's earliest ideas was that it would set up a philosophy journal. The thought of "a journal of our own" was very powerful, according to Kathryn Morgan  (Toronto), speaking in 2009 on the history of Hypatia. At the time, according to Linda Martín Alcoff (CUNY), president of the Hypatia Inc. board of directors since February 2018, philosophers who wanted to write about gender-related issues were being silenced in a discipline "riven by unabashed bias and vested interest, inflicting its own form of unapologetic mob violence".

SWIP decided in 1977 to set up an editorial board to plan the journal; the first board was put together by Ann Garry (Cal State LA) and Jacqueline Thomason (UMass Amherst). At a meeting in Denver in the spring of 1979, the board agreed that Azizah Y. al-Hibri (UR) should be the founding editor. Al-Hibri began work on the journal in 1982, after she had completed her PhD in philosophy and just as she was starting her first year of law school. The philosophy and women's studies departments at the University of Pennsylvania offered support in the form of an office and research assistance. Women's Studies International Forum agreed to publish the new journal as an annual "piggy back" issue of its own, which it did for three years, and distributed 10,000 brochures to its mailing list advertising it.

The group led by Al-Hibri decided that submissions would be fully reviewed and that substantive comments would be offered, Alcoff wrote, rather than the usual brief rejection, to help authors improve their work and to contribute to the field's development. Donna Serniak (Penn) was responsible for the first issue. It was first published independently of Women's Studies International Forum in 1986.

The journal is named after Hypatia of Alexandria, a mathematician and philosopher who was murdered by a mob in 415 CE. Al-Hibri said that the SWIP editorial board chose the name to reflect that women have "deep roots in philosophy". According to Linda López McAlister (USF), the idea for the name came from Sue Larson (Barnard) during a meeting of Eastern SWIP in 1973. Sandra Harding (UCLA), who was at the meeting, objected, thinking it awful to name a feminist-philosophy journal after a woman who had been "stoned to death for telling the truth". The first suggestion was Hypatia: A Journal of Philosophy and Feminism, rather than A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, because at the time it was unclear what feminist philosophy might be.

Governance
Hypatia is owned by a non-profit corporation, Hypatia, Inc., registered in April 2008 in the State of Washington. The purpose of the non-profit is "to foster feminist scholarship in philosophy and related fields, including through the publication of the academic journal Hypatia". As of 18 February 2018, the board of directors consists of Linda Martín Alcoff (CUNY), Talia Mae Bettcher (Cal State LA), Helen Longino (Stanford), Jacqueline Scott (Loyola), and Nancy Tuana (Penn State). Ann Garry (Cal State LA) serves ex officio as the editorial-team representative. There is also an advisory board, an editorial board, and a governance task force.

Editors-in-chief usually serve five-year terms. As of March 2018, the journal is led by an interim editor, Ann Garry, and two interim co-editors, Serene Khader (Brooklyn College/CUNY) and Alison Stone (Lancaster). The interim editors of Hypatia Reviews Online are Simon Ruchti and Joan Woolfrey (both WCUPA). Previous editors-in-chief were:

2017 dispute

Transracialism article

Hypatia became involved in a dispute in April 2017 that led to the online shaming of one of its authors, Rebecca Tuvel, an untenured assistant professor of philosophy at Rhodes College in Memphis. The episode pointed to a breakdown of communications within Hypatias editorial team, and to a rift within feminism and academic philosophy.

The journal had published Tuvel's article, "In Defense of Transracialism", in its spring 2017 edition after the standard double-anonymous peer review. Comparing the case of Caitlyn Jenner to that of Rachel Dolezal, Tuvel argued that "[s]ince we should accept transgender individuals' decisions to change sexes, we should also accept transracial individuals' decisions to change races." On 28 April the article was criticized on Facebook and Twitter, and Tuvel became the target of personal attacks. The following day an open letter, listing a member of Hypatias editorial board as its point of contact, urged that the article be retracted; by 2 May this had gathered 830 signatures. The journal distanced itself further from the article on 1 May when an Hypatia associate editor apologized on the journal's Facebook page for the article's publication, on behalf of "a majority of the Hypatia's Board of Associated Editors". The editor-in-chief, Sally Scholz (Villanova), stood by the article, and the board of directors, led by Miriam Solomon (Temple), confirmed that it would not be retracted.

Task force
In July 2017 Scholz resigned as editor-in-chief, along with Shelley Wilcox, editor of Hypatia Reviews Online. The board of directors announced that a task force would restructure the journal's governance, and that anyone in an editorial or non-board position with Hypatia would be "required to sign a statement of adherence to guidelines issued by COPE, the Committee on Publication Ethics". According to a statement from the associate editors, whose role was to choose the next editor, the board of directors asked them, on 17 July, to resign or the journal's governance documents would be suspended, which would remove the associate editors' influence. Eight of the associate editors resigned. In their resignation statement, they wrote that the current controversy was "grounded in long-standing differences and tensions within the field." They argued that feminist philosophy had an ethical commitment to transform philosophy into "a discipline that honors the perspectives and welcomes the scholarly contributions of historically marginalized groups, including people of color, trans* people, disabled people, and queer people."

The board appointed interim editors, and in November 2017 Sally Haslanger (MIT), Serene Khader, and Yannik Thiem (Villanova) were named as the governance task-force co-chairs. The five-person board of directors, including Solomon, was replaced in February 2018. Linda Martín Alcoff and Kim Hall, two of the associate editors who resigned in July, became president of the board of directors and chair of the search committee for the new editorial team, respectively.

Abstracting and indexing
Hypatia is abstracted and indexed in the following bibliographic databases:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 0.712.

See also
List of women's studies journals

Notes

References

Further reading

 Al-Hibri, Azizah Y. and Simons, Margaret A. (1990). Hypatia Reborn: Essays in Feminist Philosophy. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
 Bermúdez, José Luis (5 May 2017). "Defining ‘Harm’ in the Tuvel Affair", Inside Higher Ed.
 Glancy, Josh (7 May 2017). "Philosopher lashed for backing ‘transracial’ pioneer", The Times.
 Shrage, Laurie (22 May 2017). "Feminist Philosophy and Its Controversies", Daily Nous.

"Social Justice, Feminist Affects & Philosophical Futures: A Symposium Responding to the Hypatia Controversy", University of Alberta, 7 March 2018.
"Special symposium: Rebecca Tuvel and her interlocutors", Philosophy Today. 62(1), Winter 2018.

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Butler-Wallin House

The Butler-Wallin House, at 1045 E 4500 S, Millcreek, Utah, in Salt Lake County, Utah, was built in 1928-29.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

The Butler-Wallin House, built in 1928-1929, is a one-and-a-half-story Period Revival-style residence. The house is significant under Criteria A for its association with the agricultural and suburban development of central Salt Lake County. The Butler-Wallin House was originally built as the showpiece of a 35-acre farm. The house and farm had several owners during the historic period, and each had different agricultural use for the property. The farm acreage land was sold for residential development between the 1950s and 1980s, but the house remains a distinctive reminder of the neighborhood's agricultural heritage. The Butler-Wallin House is a rare example of a farmhouse that represents a subset of second-generation Salt Lake County residents, the "gentlemen" farmers. Prosperous businessmen, who like Robert Butler and Alvin G. Wallin, kept their in-town jobs while maintaining suburban farms for hobby, experimentation, and educational purposes. The Butler-Wallin House is also significant under Criterion C as an architectural landmark in the area. The Butler-Wallin House was designed by the first owner, Robert W. Butler, whose avocation was architecture. The design of the house was derived from published plans for farmhouses, but adapted by Butler to produce a period revival hybrid of the English Tudor and Colonial Revival styles. It is the only substantial period revival-style frame house in the area. Thehome's beautiful architecture and lush landscaping made it a popular venue for weddings, receptions, and other
social events during the historic period. The Butler-Wallin House and landscape contribute to the historic resources of its Salt Lake County neighborhood.

It has also been known as Butler Farm, as Wallin Farm, as Jensen Dairy.

A three-space garage is a second contributing building on the property.

It is no longer a residence, has been used as a business location since the 1980s.

It is located on the northeast corner of E 4500 S and S 1025 E. in what is now Millcreek, Utah, which was incorporated in 2016.

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Kiyaras Rural District

Kiars Rural District () is a rural district (dehestan) in the Central District of Gotvand County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,749, in 457 families.  The rural district has 20 villages.

References

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Moravian Academy

Moravian Academy, located in historic Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the United States, is a prekindergarten through 12th grade coeducational college preparatory school. It predominantly serves students from the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania.

Moravian Academy is an independent school, but traces its origins to the Moravians, who settled Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1741. The Academy descends from the first school for girls founded in the American colonies, Moravian Seminary, founded in 1742 by Countess Benigna von Zinzendorf. It is the ninth oldest independent school in the United States. In 1971, Moravian Seminary for Girls and Moravian Preparatory School merged, creating Moravian as it is today. It was formerly a boarding school, but is now for day students only.

Moravian Academy has a religious heritage in the Moravian Church, but now refers to itself as a "church-related school", welcoming students from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds. The school holds weekly interfaith chapel services for students that both celebrate the diverse religious traditions of the school community and honor the school's Moravian heritage.

Moravian is made up of three divisions: The Upper, Middle and Lower Schools. The Upper School is located on the Merle-Smith Campus, and the Lower and Middle Schools are located in downtown Bethlehem on the Church Street Campus. The Middle School is based in the Devey Building, dedicated to Mr. Devey & Mrs. Devey, a former headmaster and his wife, and the 7 East Market Street Building, a former YWCA building.

The Lower School comprises Primer through 5th grade, the Middle School comprises 6th through 8th and the Upper School contains grades 9 through 12.

History

In May 1742, Moravian Seminary was founded by Countess Benigna von Zinzendorf, daughter of Moravian Leader Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf.  The school was founded as a Moravian girls' school in Germantown, Philadelphia, but was moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in June 1742.  Soon afterwards, a separate Moravian boys' school was founded.  The two schools changed locations frequently in their early days, following the Moravian missionaries around as they fulfilled their vows to preach to the Native Americans in the region.

In order to give the schools more stability, Moravian Bishop Joseph Spangenberg turned them into boarding schools to house and educate the children of missionaries.  During the time of the American Revolution, Moravian schools opened up enrollment to non-Moravians with permission from the church leaders.  Many people wanted to give their children the skills and education that the Moravians had cherished for a long time.  The schools became so popular that they were unable to house the large number of students that wanted to join the school, despite recent expansions of the facilities.

In the 1830s, the Moravian day schools (non-boarding) became public schools but still kept teaching their own religion.  In 1850s, a co-ed Moravian Parochial School broke away from the public school system.  This Moravian Parochial School went on to set up a college preparatory program to prepare students for nearby Lehigh University in 1885.  The Moravian Parochial School was later renamed to Moravian Preparatory School.  Meanwhile, Moravian Seminary was facing hard financial times at the same time that teachers were demanding higher pay.  The Moravian Church originally had brought on teachers that would work for almost nothing as they felt that they were doing God's work.

In 1971, Moravian Seminary and Moravian Preparatory School merged to become Moravian Academy.

Moravian Academy draws inspiration from John Amos Comenius, the Moravian bishop from 17th century Europe.  They follow his vision of "an education in which all would participate, and an education that would allow each individual to develop fully in mind, body, and spirit".

Scholastic Scrimmage

In 2006, Moravian Academy took second place in Pennsylvania's Scholastic Scrimmage, losing to Allentown Central Catholic High School in the finals. In 2008, they won first place with Liberty High School coming in second. In 2009, they won for the second consecutive year, with Wilson Area High School coming in second-place. In 2013, Moravian Academy won first place again with Freedom High School coming in second.  The 2013 winning team consisted of captain Madhav Sekar, Evan Burke, Gareth Messman, and Kara Chyung. In 2018, Moravian once again received a 2nd place ranking at Scholastic Scrimmage, due to the diligent leadership of Angela Chen and Alex Adams.

Athletics
The girls' varsity field hockey team completed a near-perfect 25-1 season in 2016 and won the Colonial League, District XI and PIAA A titles. Coach Debbie Bross won her second state title and recorded her 500th career win. During the prior 2015 season, the varsity field hockey team captured the Colonial League Championship Title but were defeated in the District XI finals and PIAA semi-finals that year.

The varsity boys’ soccer team made history on November 14, 2014 at Hershey Park Stadium with a 4-0 victory over Sewickley Academy for the State Championship title. The team also earned the Colonial League and District XI titles.

The girls’ tennis team earned the 2008-2010 and 2014 District XI Championship Titles. Tara Jain '11 and Maggie Reilly '10 won the PIAA State Doubles Tournament in 2009. Tara Jain '11 won the District XI Singles Championship in 2010 and Kara Chyung '15 won the championship in 2012. The doubles team of Lena Deb '15 and Kara Chyung '15 earned the District XI Doubles Title.

The varsity girls' soccer team had a successful season as well, making it all the way to the District XI finals after taking out Williams Valley in the quarterfinals and Schuylkill Haven in the semifinals.

Sam Li '16 earned a medal with a fourth-place finish in the Colonial League Cross Country Championship, and the team finished strong in the District meet at Bethlehem Municipal Golf Course on October 23. Sam Li '16 and Will Stifel '16 both qualified for the PIAA state meet in Hershey on November 1. Sam won the A District meet and Will came in fourth out of the five individual qualifiers. The team placed second overall.

The golf team has won 3 straight Colonial League Championship Titles as well as the District XI Title, and Tim Wolak '15 placed first in the Colonial League.

References

External links

Moravian Academy athletics schedule and scores at HighSchoolSports.net.

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Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana

The Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana (JUB) (, ) or the Talavakara Upanishad Brahmana (, ) is a Vedic text associated with the Jaiminiya or the Talavakara shakha of the Samaveda. It is considered as an Aranyaka. A part of this text forms the Kena Upanishad. Together with the Bṛhadāraṇyaka and Chāndogya Upanishads, it dates to the Brahmana period of Vedic Sanskrit, likely predating the 6th century BCE. This first printed edition of this text, edited by Hanns Oertel along with its translation into English by him was published in the Journal of the American Oriental Society in 1896.

It is not to be confused with the Jaiminiya Brahmana (JB), the actual Brahmana text of the Jaiminiya shakha of the Samaveda.

See also
 Brahmana

References

External links
Sri Aurobindo, The Upanishads . Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. 1972.

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2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 2016 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 9 July at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

Riders
For the fifth successive Grand Prix first reserve Fredrik Lindgren replaced Jarosław Hampel, who had injured himself during the 2015 Speedway World Cup and was not fit to compete. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Danny King as the wild card, and Robert Lambert and Steve Worrall both as Track Reserves.

Results
The Grand Prix was won by Antonio Lindbäck, who beat world champion Tai Woffinden, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Greg Hancock in the final. Piotr Pawlicki Jr. had initially top scored during the 20 qualifying heats, but was eliminated in the semi-finals. By finishing second, and scoring 15 points, Woffinden closed the gap on Hancock at the top of the world championship standings to just three points.

Heat details

The intermediate classification

References

See also
 motorcycle speedway

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Katja Herbers

Katja Mira Herbers (born October 19, 1980) is a Dutch actress. She is best known for portraying Dr. Helen Prins on the American television series Manhattan, the emotionally unstable borderliner Joyce on the Dutch show Divorce, and Emily in the HBO series Westworld. She currently stars in the CBS series Evil, which completed its first season and has been renewed by the network for a second season.

Early life and education
Katja Mira Herbers is the daughter of violinist Vera Beths and oboist and conductor Werner Herbers. She was born October 19, 1980. Growing up she spent time in America, accompanying her mother on tour with the group L'Archibudelli. Her mother remarried cellist Anner Bylsma and her father remarried costume designer Leonie Polak, who introduced her to the theater. She had a Canadian au pair and learned to speak Dutch, German, and English growing up.

Herbers went to the Ignatius Gymnasium in Amsterdam. She studied psychology at the University of Amsterdam (1999–2000). During her psychology studies she attended the local theatre school De Trap. She moved to New York and attended HB Studio. She then got accepted to the Theaterschool in Amsterdam (2001–2005).

Career
During her studies, she starred in the films Peter Bell (2002) and Brush with Fate (2003). After her graduation, Herbers became a member of Johan Simons's Theater Company NTGent in Ghent. She then joined the renowned Munich Kammerspiele in Germany. She worked with directors such as Alex van Warmerdam, Ivo van Hove and Theu Boermans under whose direction she performed many Schnitzler plays, including his monologue Fräulein Else, for which she received rave reviews. In 2013, she won the Guido de Moor Award for young talent, for her portrayal of Irina in Chekhov's Three Sisters. She played a lead role in Theu Boermans' De Uitverkorene (2006), which won an International Emmy and the prestigious Prix D'Europe.

She performed the piece Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,  21 songs after Schubert and Schumann,  with pianist, conductor and composer Reinbert de Leeuw in 2013.

In February 2014, she won the role of physicist Helen Prins in WGN America's drama series Manhattan. Herbers played a recurring role in the third season of FX's The Americans.

In 2018 she joined the cast of HBO's Westworld as Emily.

Starting in the fall 2019, she stars in the CBS supernatural drama Evil as Dr. Kristen Bouchard.

Herbers divides her time among New York, Los Angeles, and Amsterdam.

Filmography
Films
 Peter Bell (2002)
 Kees de jongen (2003)
 Peter Bell II: The Hunt for the Czar Crown (2003)
 Timboektoe (2007)
 Trage liefde (2007)
 The Storm (2009)
 Loft (2010)
 Sonny Boy (2011)
 My Granpa, the Bankrobber (2011)
 Süskind (2012)
 Brammetje Baas (2012)
 Mannenharten (2013)
 Mannenharten II (2015)

TV films
 Brush with Fate (2003)
 De kroon (2004)
 Zinloos (2004)
 Bijlmer Odyssee (2004)
 De uitverkorene (2006)
 Das Leben ein Traum (2007)

TV series
 Baantjer (2004; 1 episode)
 Lieve lust (2005–2006; 12 episodes)
 Spoorloos verdwenen (2006; 1 episode)
 S1ngle (2009; 1 episode)
 De vloer op (2010; 4 episodes)
 Van God Los (2011; 1 episode)
 Beatrix, Oranje onder Vuur (2012; 4 episodes)
 Divorce (2012–2013; 13 episodes)
 SOKO 5113 (2013; 1 episode)
 Manhattan (2014)
 The Americans (2015; "Baggage")
 The Leftovers (2017; 3 episodes)
 Manhunt: Unabomber (2017)
  Westworld (2018)
 Evil (2019)

Theatre
 2013 – Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (Schubert, Schumann, Reinbert de Leeuw)
 2013 – An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde, Theu Boermans, Nationale Toneel)
 2013 – Platform (Houellebecq, Stephan Kimmig, Münchner Kammerspiele)
 2012 – The Mother (Gorky, Alvis Hermanis, Münchner Kammerspiele)
 2012 – Three Sisters (Chekhov, Theu Boermans, Nationale Toneel)
 2011 – Winterreise (Schubert, Elfriede Jellinek, Johan Simons, Münchner Kammerspiele)
 2010/2011 – Hotel Savoy (Joseph Roth, Johan Simons, Münchner Kammerspiele)
 2010 – Fraulein Else (Schitzler, Theu Boermans, De Theatercompagnie)
 2008/2009 – The Lonely Road (Schnitzler, Theu Boermans, De Theatercompagnie)
 2007 – The Vast Domain (Schnitler, Theu Boermans, De Theatercompagnie)
 2007/2008 and 2009 – Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, Johan Simons, NTGent)
 2006 – Life Is a Dream (Calderon, Johans Simons, NTGent)
 2006 – Opening Night (Cassavetes, Ivo van Hove), NTGent/Toneelgroep Amsterdam/)
 2006 – Edward II (Marlowe, Johan Simons, NTGent)
 2004/2005 – The Terrible Mother (Alex van Warmerdam, De Mexicaanse hond)

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VMM-364

Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364 (VMM-364) is a United States Marine Corps medium-lift tiltrotor squadron consisting of MV-22B Ospreys.  The squadron, known as the "Purple Foxes", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California and falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 39 (MAG-39) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).

Mission

Provide utility combat helicopter support to the landing force in the ship to shore movement and in subsequent operations ashore.

History

Early years

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 was originally commissioned as Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 364 (HML-364) on September 1, 1961 at Marine Corps Air Facility Santa Ana, California. In November 1961, it received its first Sikorsky H-34 helicopter and in February 1962, the designation of the squadron was changed to its present title.

In the spring of 1962, the squadron participated in Mid-Pacific operations to assist in recovering instruments that had been used in the atomic test program.

Vietnam War

In November 1963, the squadron deployed to Okinawa and subsequently to Da Nang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam. The squadron served in Vietnam until July 1964.

Eight months later the squadron was back in South Vietnam, this time conducting operations, including operations with the Special Landing Force of the Seventh Fleet. HMM-364 remained in Vietnam until September 1966.

The squadron was then placed in cadre status at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California and consisted of three officers and 12 enlisted Marines. In March 1967, the squadron was reorganized and began receiving the new Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters. In October of that year, HMM-364 re-deployed to the Republic of Vietnam, initially at Phu Bai and eventually at Marble Mountain. During this tour HMM-364 participated in operations Osceola, Kentucky, Mameluke Thrust, and Hue City and finally in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon. For almost half of its short 10-year existence, HMM-364 served in the Republic of Vietnam. During its three tours there, the squadron's pilots and crewmen flew almost 70,000 hours in combat and combat support missions and the squadron was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for meritorious conduct in the performance of duty.

During this time period the squadron adopted the "Purple Fox" name from a cartoon purple fox mascot called Swifty. On March 22, 1971, the squadron folded its colors and was decommissioned.

The 1990s

On September 28, 1984, HMM-364 was reactivated at Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. On October 12, 1984, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. P. X. Kelley, publicly reactivated the squadron by presenting the unit colors to the Commanding Officer.

In February 1990, the Purple Foxes deployed to Okinawa, Japan. From August 1990 to March 1991, HMM-364 was placed in reserve during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm becoming the sole supporting squadron for 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade.

In June 1991, the Purple Foxes once again deployed to Okinawa. During the deployment, the squadron supported Marine Air Ground Task Force 4-90 in the Republic of the Philippines before, during and after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo and resulting devastation.  Continuing into 1992, the Purple Foxes would find themselves on the island Kauai, for Operation Garden Isle, performing humanitarian relief due to the devastation left by Hurricane Iniki.

In February 1996, the Purple Foxes provided executive transport for President Clinton and other dignitaries while they toured flood damaged Portland, Oregon. This marked the first time in history that a U.S. President had flown in a Fleet Marine Force helicopter.

On December 5, 1998, the squadron embarked aboard the USS Boxer (LHD-4) participating in Operation Southern Watch and various split-ARG operations off the Horn of Africa.

In June 1999 the Purple Foxes returned off deployment and moved into their new home at Marine Aircraft Group 39 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The Purple Foxes began training to their new core competency of being part of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing's "Fly In" Echelon for contingency operations.

Global War on Terror

In 2003, HMM-364 was tasked with preparing for a possible deployment to Kuwait in support of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

By the end of February, the squadron was off loaded, and all twelve CH-46E helicopters flown to Ali Al Salem Air Base. In conjunction with MAG-39 and its augments, HMM-364 began mission planning and rehearsals for combat operations against Iraq.

Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced on the evening of March 20, 2003, following preliminary strikes by coalition forces and Ground to Ground Missile attacks by Iraqi forces on Ali Al Salem Air Base. HMM-364 was involved from the first night, supporting attacks by the 1st Marine Division's Regimental Combat Team 7, as well as the Royal Marines's  42 Commando. Squadron aircrews conducted Casualty Evacuation (CASEVAC) missions in direct support of RCT-7 Headquarters for the duration of the war, traveling with the 1st Marine Division from Basra to downtown Baghdad. HMM-364 aircraft also flew Logistical Support throughout the theater, flying over 640 hours in combat and direct combat support per month for both March and April.

With the end of combat operations in Iraq on April 17, HMM-364 continued to fly CASEVAC and Logistical Support for the Marine Corps humanitarian aid work underway on the behalf of the Iraqi people.  HMM-364 returned to MCB Camp Pendleton in October 2003.  During this deployment, one of the squadron's aircraft was lost during a resupply mission crashing into a canal.  All four aircrew were lost and one Marine not affiliated with the squadron drowned in an attempted rescue.

The squadron deployed again to Iraq in the early months of 2005.  Their third deployment to Iraq came in the summer of 2006 and they returned home in early 2007.  During this deployment one of the squadron's aircraft was shot down during a CASEVAC mission resulting in the death of four squadron members, a Marine from  another unit and two navy corpsmen.

The squadron's fourth deployment to Iraq occurred from early spring of 2008 until the fall of the same year.

The squadron's fifth and final deployment to Iraq came in late 2009. They returned safety in early 2010 having successfully completed their mission.

On October 9, 2014, HMM-364 transitioned to the MV-22B Osprey and thus was redesignated as VMM-364.

Notable former members
 Eugene R. Brady
 Raymond M. Clausen, Jr.
 Roger E. Combs

See also

 List of active United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons
 United States Marine Corps Aviation

References

External links

 The Purple Foxes unofficial website

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Conus lizardensis

Conus lizardensis, common name the Siboga cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

This species was named after Lizard Island, NE Australia.

Description
Conus lizardensis is part of a species complex including C. albellus, C. limpusi and C. colmani, that needs re-evaluation. For conservation implications, all are here tentatively listed as distinct. The size of the shell varies  between 25 mm and 55 mm. It shows a twofold character of the spiral ridges and strong raised lines of increment. The top of the volutions have a fine sculpture.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

References

 Crosse, H. 1865. Description de cones nouveaux provenant de la collection Cuming Journal de Conchyliologie 13: 299-315
 Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. 384-396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2)
 Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
 Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
 Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
 Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23

External links
 The Conus Biodiversity website
 Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea

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Eamonn O'Reilly

Eamonn O'Reilly (1971) is an Irish chef and restaurateur. His Dublin restaurants The Greenhouse and One Pico have won numerous accolades including a coveted Michelin Star and O'Reilly himself has won "Chef of the Year Award" for 2006 from the Restaurant Association of Ireland, and "Chef of the Year Award" for 2010 from Georgina Campbell Guide.

Background
Eamonn O'Reilly is from Killiney and was born in Dublin into a family of chefs and was passionate about cooking from a young age.

Educated at Marian College (Dublin), in 1984 aged just 13 he began his chef apprenticeship under his father at Dublin's foremost five star Hotel. After staying with his father for five years he landed a position of Pastry Chef at the new Hotel Conrad Dublin. He later moved to The Westbury Hotel Dublin (Leading Hotels of The World) to the position of Restaurant Chef of The Russell Room aged just 21, this was his first senior role in charge of the hotels fine dining restaurant. He completed culinary college while at The Westbury and was the youngest ever chef at 21 to complete the Master chefs exam (London City & Guilds 706-3).

During his time at The Westbury he completed numerous stages at the Ritz-Carlton Dearborn,The Sheraton Hotel Casablanca and Michelin star Restaurant Le Meurice at The Hotel Meurice, Paris. At the age of 24 he decided to leave The Westbury after he was offered a position as opening Executive Chef for a new boutique Dublin hotel. In 1997 aged 26 he won the Egon Ronay Newcomer of the Year Award and opened his restaurant One Pico located in Camden Street, 2001 saw One Pico move to a larger premises off St. Stephens Green.

In 2002 he purchased the restaurant Belgo on Sycamore St from the London-based restaurant group Signature Restaurants. After redesigning it he opened a new 200 seat restaurant called Pacific which won the Hotel & Catering Magazine "Best Restaurant" 2002. He sold it one year later and said because of its size and location it was more suited to London than Dublin. He immediately opened another restaurant on Dawson Street called Bleu Bistro Moderne which soon after opening won the Restaurant Association of Ireland "Best New Restaurant" 2003.

In 2011 he opened another restaurant called The Box Tree in the small village of Stepaside at the Dublin Mountains. The Box Tree was immediately awarded a "Bib Gourmand" from The Michelin Guide, Great Britain and Ireland for 2012 and for 2013. Despite the huge success he decided to sell The Box Tree to concentrate his efforts on his new restaurant The Greenhouse.

One Pico was awarded "Best Dublin Restaurant" 2010 by Food & Wine Magazine, "Gold Medal Award" 2010 by Hotel & Catering Magazine, "Best Fine Dining Restaurant" 2010 by Irish Hospitality Institute and was also awarded "Three Rosettes" 2016/2017 by AA Guide UK & Ireland Outstanding restaurants that achieve standards that demand recognition well beyond One Pico was also awarded the new "Michelin Plate" 2017 by Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland.

O'Reilly opened his boutique restaurant The Greenhouse in 2012, he installed Finnish chef Mickael Viljanen as the Head Chef, it opened to much acclaim and was lauded as the most exciting restaurant to open in Dublin in years. It was immediately awarded restaurant of the year by all the various publications with Mickael Viljanen awarded "Chef of the Year", it was subsequently awarded one "Michelin Star" in 2016 by The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland. In 2019 it received its second "Michelin Star".

References

1.http://hospitalityenews.ie/index.php/tourism/20-latest-news/1847-micheline-award-for-box-tree

2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greenhouse_(restaurant)

3.http://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/hes-the-business-26654644.html

4.http://www.ireland-guide.com/award/chef-of-the-year-award-2010.1909.html

5.https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/thornton-s-the-shock-casualty-as-michelin-star-lost-1.2354446

6.http://dineindublin.ie/business/the-greenhouse

7.http://www.elitetraveler.com/finest-dining/restaurant-guide/dublin-restaurants/one-pico

8.http://thetaste.ie/wp/greenhouse-restaurant-dublin/

9.http://www.guides.ie/blog/restaurant-year

10.http://www.10best.com/destinations/ireland/dublin/restaurants/best-restaurants/

11.http://www.ireland-guide.com/award/restaurant-of-the-year-2013.2165.html

12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_College_(Dublin)

13.http://www.ireland-guide.com/award/chef-of-the-year-award-2010.1909.html

14.https://www.viamichelin.ie/web/Restaurant/Dublin-D2-One_Pico-70439-41102

15.https://www.viamichelin.ie/web/Restaurant/Dublin-D2-Greenhouse-357604-41102

16.https://www.hospitalityireland.com/two-new-irish-restaurants-awarded-michelin-stars/19579

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.*http://www.thegreenhouserestaurant.ie/home.php
.*http://www.onepico.com/home.php
.*http://www.ireland-guide.com/award/chef-of-the-year-award-2010.1909.html
.*http://www.ireland-guide.com/award/restaurant-of-the-year-2013.2165.html
.*https://www.hospitalityireland.com/two-new-irish-restaurants-awarded-michelin-stars/19579
.*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killiney
.*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greenhouse_(restaurant)
.*https://www.viamichelin.ie/web/Restaurant/Dublin-D2-One_Pico-70439-41102
.https://www.viamichelin.ie/web/Restaurant/Dublin-D2-Greenhouse-357604-41102

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Steven Rosenblum

Steven Rosenblum (born 1950) is an American film editor with about twenty feature film credits dating from 1987. He has had an extended, notable collaboration with the director Edward Zwick, and has edited all of his films since Glory (1989).

Life and career
Rosenblum is a 1976 graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory. His collaborator Edward Zwick was a 1975 graduate.

Among the films edited by Rosenblum are Dangerous Beauty (1996), X-Men (2000), and Failure to Launch (2006).

Rosenblum has won two American Cinema Editors "Eddie Awards" for Glory and for Braveheart (1995). He has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing (for Glory, Braveheart, and Blood Diamond).

Rosenblum has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors, and is the 2011 recipient of the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal of the American Film Institute Conservatory.

Filmography
Feature films
 The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
 Steele Justice (1987)
 Wild Thing (1987)
 Glory (1989)
 Jack the Bear (1993)
 Legends of the Fall (1994)
 Braveheart (1995)
 Courage Under Fire (1996)
 Dangerous Beauty (1998)
 The Siege (1998)
 X-Men (2000)
 Pearl Harbor (2001)
 The Four Feathers (2002)
 The Last Samurai (2003)
 XXX: State of the Union (2005)
 Blood Diamond (2006)
 Failure to Launch (2006)
 Defiance (2008)
 Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
 Love & Other Drugs (2010)
 Get the Gringo (2012)
 After Earth (2013)
 Pawn Sacrifice (2014)
 Blood Father (2016)
 The Promise (2016)
 The Birth of a Nation (2016)
 Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
 Trial by Fire (2018)
 Medieval (TBA)

See also
 List of film director and editor collaborations

References

Further reading
 . Posted September 9, 2014 by the American Film Institute.

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Denis Follows

Sir Denis Follows, CBE (13 April 1908 – 17 September 1983) was a British sports administrator. Between 1962 and 1973 he was Secretary of the Football Association (FA) and from 1977 was Chairman of the British Olympic Association. During his tenure as BOA Chairman, he was instrumental in ensuring that British competitors were able to choose whether or not to compete at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The BOA had come under government pressure to withdraw the team in protest at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Follows led the party to Moscow as Team Commandant.He was educated at the universities of London and Nottingham, and was President of the National Union of Students between 1931 and 1933. He was awarded the CBE in 1967 and knighted in 1978.

In January 1970, while serving as the FA secretary, Follows wrote to the Women's Football Association (WFA) to inform them that the 1921 ban on women's football had been rescinded. He was later appointed an honorary life vice president of the WFA.

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The Last Dog and Pony Show

The Last Dog and Pony Show is the fourth solo album by former Hüsker Dü and Sugar guitarist and singer Bob Mould.

Background
The title refers to the fact that Mould planned to cease touring with a full electric band after supporting the album (a plan he stuck to until hitting the road to support his 2005 release, Body Of Song). "I'm 37 years old now," he said at the time. "I've been doing it for almost 20 years. As I get older, I don't enjoy four months on the road of full-throttle volume all the time. Though I still like that kind of music, I'd rather get away from it while I still enjoy it, as opposed to doing it because it's my calling card and it's worked."

"Every other record I do is a bright or a dark record," he observed. "It's not intentional. Maybe it's just me struggling to find some kind of balance. I think this one's fairly outgoing compared to my last, especially, which was real dark and claustrophobic because that was the way I was feeling at the time. This one is a little more easygoing. The stories are a little simpler and more universal. I tend to go through phases when I'm writing, and this one went through three or four pretty distinct stylistic phases before arriving at the bulk of the record, which is the upbeat electric stuff."

Having used programmed drums on his previous, self-titled album, on which he was the sole performer, Mould this time returned to using a real drummer, Matt Hammon. Cellist Alison Chesley also contributes to two tracks.

While the album is steeped in the driving rock he had become known for, songs like "Reflecting Pool," the mechanical-sounding "First Drag Of The Day" and the sample-heavy "Megamanic" demonstrate the growing interest in electronica which he would spend the next few years exploring in more depth.

Reception

The track "Who Was Around?" was named Best Rock/Alternative Song at the 1998 Gay & Lesbian American Music Awards.

Track listing
All tracks composed by Bob Mould

 "New #1" — 4:47
 "Moving Trucks" — 3:30
 "Taking Everything" — 3:26
 "First Drag of the Day" — 4:29
 "Classifieds" — 3:04
 "Who Was Around?" — 4:08
 "Skintrade" — 5:43
 "Vaporub" — 4:05
 "Sweet Serene" — 3:25
 "Megamanic" — 3:39
 "Reflecting Pool" — 3:39
 "Along the Way" — 4:18
Some copies of the album include a bonus disc featuring a lengthy interview with Mould conducted by Jack Rabid.

Personnel
Bob Mould - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, programming, sampling
Matt Hammon - drums
Alison Chesley - cello (1 and 12)
Jim Wilson - engineer, sampling
Howie Weinberg - mastering

Charts

References

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Doug Bollinger

Douglas Erwin Bollinger (born 24 July 1981) is a former Australian  cricketer. He has played first-class cricket for the New South Wales cricket team and international cricket for Australia. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast bowler. Bollinger has played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club and Kent County Cricket Club in England, for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League and for Hobart Hurricanes, Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers in domestic T20 competition. He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 5 February 2018.

Domestic career
A resident of Parklea he commenced his playing career at 15 with Seven Hills Toongabbie RSL Cricket Club where he was noted as being no more than an enthusiastic but erratic bowler during his early days.

The left-armer debuted for New South Wales in 2002–03. In the 2004–05 season, in an ING Cup match against South Australia, he picked up a hat-trick in dismissing the Redbacks' brittle top order. Following this innings, he did not continue this form. He generated some success in the One-Day form of the game, taking 27 wickets at an average of 28.32 in 20 matches leading to the Australian selectors naming him in a 30-man squad for the ICC champions trophy tournament in India. Bollinger is one of a select group of up and coming Australian cricketers who have spent time at the Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence honing their cricket skills, in the hope of gaining national selection.

International career
The end of 2006–07 season saw the retirement of Glenn McGrath, who is the fifth highest wicket-taker in Test history, opening up a bowling position in the Australian team. Bollinger staked his claim early in the summer. He took a five wicket haul in NSW Pura cup match against WA. In a devastating spell of pace and swing not seen at the WACA for some years Bollinger claimed yet another hat-trick and ended up with the figures of 5/38. He made his Test debut for Australia on 3 January 2009 in the Third Test against South Africa at the SCG.

On 1 May 2009, Bollinger claimed his first ODI five-wicket haul, which came against Pakistan at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. He picked up 5/35 and won his first Man of the Match award. In the 6th ODI versus India at Guwahati, he took 4 wickets and was declared as the Man of the match again.

Bollinger was once again drafted into the Australian XI for the second of three Tests against the West Indies in November – December 2009 following injuries to leading pacemen Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle. He took 5 wickets in the match at Adelaide, and continued his good bowling form into the third and final Test, taking career best figures of 5/70 in the first innings and 8/141 for the match.

On 21 January 2011, in an ODI match against England at Hobart, Bollinger scored 30 runs—his highest ever ODI score—in a record ninth wicket partnership with Shaun Marsh. In England's innings, Bollinger was the pick of the Australian bowlers, taking 4/28, as Australia went on to win the match by 46 runs.

Doug Bollinger was ruled out of World Cup 2011 due to ankle injury, and was forced to fly home.

Indian Premier League
Bollinger was signed up by Chennai Super Kings for the 2010 Indian Premier League. He has been included in the roster after the Super Kings' all-rounder Jacob Oram confirmed his unavailability for the season due to injury. Bollinger arrived for the second half of the tournament after the end of the tour of New Zealand. Bollinger is the fourth Australian to play for the Super Kings after Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and George Bailey. In his IPL debut, he helped Chennai defend a total of 246 against Rajasthan by taking a catch off Yusuf Pathan which was going for a six; he backpedalled and caught the ball and had to throw it up in the air before falling over the rope and then rebalancing himself to complete the catch. This earned him an award for the best catch of the match. He delivered a spell of 2/15 from four overs dismissing Shane Watson who got 60 off just 25 balls in a match which the other Chennai bowlers averaged 13 runs per over in contrast to his 3.75. Rajasthan ended their innings at 223.

His effort against Kolkata with a spell of 4–1–15–2 helped restrict them to 139 in a crucial match, and the target was chased down by Chennai by nine wickets. Against Delhi, he got Virender Sehwag and Tillakaratne Dilshan  out in his very first over bringing them to a worrying score of 6/3. However, they were only defending a low total of 112 and lost. He ended his spell at 4–0–24–2. In the semifinal against the Deccan Chargers, Bollinger bowled an excellent spell of 4/13 to help Chennai crush the defending champions while defending a low total. This helped them in reaching the final and they eventually won the third edition of the tournament by defeating the Mumbai Indians in the final. Bollinger was greatly responsible for bringing the turnaround in the team's fortunes. Before his arrival they had won only three of their eight games.

Bollinger was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in the 2011 IPL auction for 0.7 Million USD. He could not participate in the first three matches due to illness. However, he confirmed his fitness and had been included in the later part of the tournament. He was awarded the man of the match for his impressive spell against the Pune Warriors India, taking 3/21 in his four overs.

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Thomas P. Richardson

Thomas Page Richardson (July 27, 1816 – November 24, 1883) Was a Massachusetts politician who served as the fourth Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.

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Odites choricopa

Odites choricopa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in China.

References

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Simeon bar Ezron

Simon bar Ezron (Aram. Shimon bar Ezron; Heb. Shimon ben Ezron) was a leader in the First Jewish–Roman War against the Roman Empire in the year 66 CE. He was a compatriot of the Zealot leader Eleazar ben Simon styled Ben Ari who led the Biryonim faction. He was of noble descent, and may be identical with Simeon ben Arinos, who also is mentioned in connection with Eleazar, and thus with Simeon ben Ari, to whose bravery Josephus alludes.

References

Resources

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Heights of Abraham (disambiguation)

Heights of Abraham may refer to:

 Heights of Abraham, Derbyshire, England
 Heights of Abraham, also known as the Plains of Abraham, Quebec, Canada
 The Heights of Abraham, British electronic music group


VTDK

VTDK or VtdK may refer to:
Vilnius College of Technologies and Design (VTDK), a Lithuanian state institution of higher education
Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij (VtdK), a Dutch skeptical association campaigning against quackery


2017 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship

The 2017 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship was the 29th edition of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-16 teams.

France won their 3rd championship title by beating Hungary in the final, 63–55.

Venues

Participating teams

 (Host)

  (3rd place, 2016 FIBA Europe Women's Under-16 Championship Division B)
  (Winners, 2016 FIBA Europe Women's Under-16 Championship Division B)
  (Runners-up, 2016 FIBA Europe Women's Under-16 Championship Division B)

First round
The first-round groups draw took place on 10 December 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

5th place bracket

9-16 place bracket

Final ranking

References

External links
 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women

2016
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Plonéour-Lanvern

Plonéour-Lanvern (Ploneour-Lanwern in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Toponymy and originate
The name Plonéour means in Breton saint Enéour's plou ( parish), to which was added the name of Lanvern (which comes from the Breton lan (hermitage) and of the name Wern or Guern which means swamp of alders) when this former(old) parish was connected with the municipality recently created by Plonéour in 1793. The legend says that the menhir which raises itself(draws up itself) on the central place(square) of Plonéour-Lanvern would be the mast of the boat which would have brought saint Enéour of Great Britain in Cornouaille.The Breton name of the municipality is Ploneour-Lanwern.

Geography

The River of Pont-l'abbé and the stretch of water of the New Mill

The River of Pont-l'abbot rises near Kerfioret, in the municipal limit between Landudec and Plogastel-Saint-Germain, in passer-by in the West-southwest of the village of this last municipality. His paying pond has a total surface of 135 km ². Flowing initially in the direction of the southeast, she turns then due south, passing between Peumerit and Plonéour-Lanvern on the West and Tréméoc in the East. His course (its average flow, measured to Trémillec, is then 504 liters of water per second) is then blocked by a dike (the concrete dam, built in 1976-1977, is 140 meters in length and is 6,8 meters high) which gives birth to a pond, the "Stretch of water of the New Mill", fed also by the brooks of Lanvern(Who the average debit flow, measured to Ty-Poës, is 165 liters of water per second); this stretch of water, managed by the Association of local authorities of the Country Bigouden headdress the South, has a surface of 55 ha and is situated in 13 meters in height; he has a storage capacity of a million of m ³ of water and serves as drinking water tank for a large part of the Country Bigouden headdress; the intake of water of Pen Enez feeds the water treatment plant of Bringall.Downstream to this stretch of water the small coastal river takes a course in the direction of the southeast until Pont-l'Abbé. In the past, numerous mills became established along his course. Among them, of upstream towards the approva, the Mill of Quiliou (the Mill of Hilguy is situated on a tributary) in Plogastel-Saint-Germain, the Mill Trévan and the New Mill in Peumerit (the Mill Troyon The Mill Maréguez is situated on a tributary), (too in Plogastel-Saint-Germain), the Mill of Callac, the Mill of Fao, the Mill of Trémillec and the New Mill as well as, situated on the brooks of Lanvern, the mills of Lanvern and Kerbénoc' a hour in Plonéour-Lanvern, the mill Hascoet (situated on a tributary) in Pont-l'Abbé.

Population
Inhabitants of Plonéour-Lanvern are called in French Plonéouristes.

See also
Communes of the Finistère department

References
INSEE

Mayors of Finistère Association

External links
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French Ministry of Culture list for Plonéour-Lanvern

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Ulrich Munze

Ulrich Munze (born 7 May 1984 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian retired footballer.

He played for Thai Port from 2009. The 2010 season had Munze and Pattarakorn Thanganuruck sharing the goalkeeping assignments for the Khlong Toei side. In December 2010, Thanganurat departed to Police United and Munze signed a new two-year contract.

Despite making errors in the opening game of the 2011 season, a defeat to Chonburi, he was described as "one of the better goalkeepers in the league". With the club in financial difficulties, Munze's contract was revoked in January 2012, but he was permitted to play in the 2011 Thai League Cup Final, delayed for several months because of flooding, which Buriram PEA won 2–0 to complete the domestic treble.

He joined Esan United for the 2012 season.

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Xcalibur (ride)

Xcalibur is a spinning thrill ride located in Britannia at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri. The ride was manufactured by Ronald Bussink, and opened in the spring of 2003.

History
Xcalibur was built in 1992 and debuted at the 1992 Munich Oktoberfest as Evolution. Evolution traveled across Europe until 1998 when it was purchased by Six Flags.

Six Flags Great Adventure (1999-2002)

Xcalibur was announced at Six Flags Great Adventure as Evolution, for the 1999 season along with 24 other attractions, known as War on Lines. Evolution was supposed to be built in Movietown but later the ride was built where Fantasy Fling was located in the Fantasy Forest section of the park. Before it opened the ride went through rigorous testings and state inspections. Since Evolution opened the ride faced multiple problems with operations on the control panel that few can operate. Just after four seasons at the park Evolution was removed and relocated to Six Flags St. Louis. Fender Benders (bumper cars) was constructed at the former site of Evolution and opened in Summer 2012.

Six Flags St. Louis (2003-present)

Evolution was relocated to Six Flags St. Louis and opened at the Missouri park in Spring 2003 as Xcalibur. During the relocation Xcalibur received a better control panel than before and enhanced Medieval theme elements. Also each of the 16 gondolas received a sound system where the ride operator can talk during the ride and play theme music.

Xcalibur was closed for the 2018 season for an extensive refurbishment reopening for the 2020 season.

Ride
Unlike Pirate ship rides that let gravity  control the ride, Xcalibur motion is controlled. Xcalibur's speed and direction is determined by servos located in the hub of the ride at the top of the leg supports. Xcalibur is manufactured by Nauta Bussnik Baily. The spinning ride is  tall. It has 16 gondolas and can carry 64 people per ride.

References

Primary sources

Great Adventure History, Evolution full of information and facts of Xcalibur when it was at Six Flags Great Adventure as Evolution.

External links
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Everybody Everybody (song)

"Everybody Everybody" is a song by the Italian music group Black Box featuring singer Martha Wash. It was the third single from their debut album Dreamland (1990), and was released in March 1990 in most countries worldwide. The song contains a sample from Oran "Juice" Jones' song "Shaniqua".

"Everybody, Everybody" was a success on many charts, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number eight. In 2010 the song was named the 171st best track of the 1990s by Pitchfork Media.

Critical reception
Billboard wrote, "U.K. house act wears disco-era influences on its sleeves once again on a tasty jam that will make you hanker for those good old Studio 54 days. Love those horn and string fills." The Daily Vault's Michael R. Smith wrote in his review of Dreamland that "Everybody Everybody" and "Strike It Up" "are definitely the best of the album. These are gay disco anthems that still resonate today, even though the words aren't always easy to comprehend."

Chart performances
The song was a hit on several charts, particularly on  the Hot Dance Club Play in the United States, where it reached #1 for three consecutive weeks from July 21 to August 4, 1990. The song also peaked at #2 on the U.S. R&B Chart, #8 on Billboard Hot 100, #16 on the UK Singles Chart,
and achieved a great success in Ireland (#6). In Zimbabwe "Everybody Everybody" peaked at #1 for 9 weeks in total.

The song features an uncredited Martha Wash on lead vocals. In a 1990 settlement with RCA Records, Wash was guaranteed proper credit in recordings. As was customary in their music videos, live performances and album cover art, Katrin Quinol, a French model, was featured lip-synching the lyrics sung by Wash.

Music video
The music video for "Everybody Everybody" was directed by John Shackleton & Judith Briant. Briant also directed the music videos for "I Don't Know Anybody Else" and "Ride on Time" (with Greg Copeland).

Impact and legacy
The Village Voice listed "Everybody Everybody" number 55 in their list of "Top Singles Of The 90's" in 1999.

Blender put the song on number 335 in their list of "Greatest Songs Since You Were Born" in 2005.

Pitchfork Media ranked the song number 171 in their list of "The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s" in 2010.

BuzzFeed listed it number 14 in their "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s" list in 2017.

Track listings
 UK 7" single
 "Everybody Everybody" (Love Unlimited Edit) — 3:58
 "Everybody Everybody" (Le Freak Instrumental) — 4:32

 German 7" single
 "Everybody Everybody" — 3:10
 "Everybody Everybody" (Instrumental) — 3:40

 US & Canadian 12" maxi
 "Everybody Everybody" (Le Freak Mix) — 5:20
 "Everybody Everybody" (Le Freak Mix 7" Edit) — 4:07
 "Everybody Everybody" (Love Unlimited Edit) — 3:58
 "Everybody Everybody" (Rockapella) — 4:37
 "Everybody Everybody" (Le Freak Instrumental) — 4:32

 UK 12" maxi
 "Everybody Everybody" (Le Freak Mix) — 5:20
 "Everybody Everybody" (Love Unlimited Edit) — 3:58
 "Everybody Everybody" (Rockapella) — 4:38

 German 12" maxi
 "Everybody Everybody" (Club Mix) — 5:30
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 "Dreamland" — 1:58
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 "Everybody Everybody" (House Mix) — 5:02

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The Waterboys

The Waterboys are a British-Irish folk rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Mike Scott has remained as the only constant member throughout the band's career. They have explored a number of different styles, but their music is mainly a mix of folk music with rock and roll. They dissolved in 1993 when Scott departed to pursue a solo career. They reformed in 2000, and continue to release albums and tour worldwide. Scott emphasises a continuity between The Waterboys and his solo work, saying that "To me there's no difference between Mike Scott and the Waterboys; they both mean the same thing. They mean myself and whoever are my current travelling musical companions."

The early Waterboys sound became known as "The Big Music" after a song on their second album, A Pagan Place. This style was described by Scott as "a metaphor for seeing God's signature in the world."  Waterboys chronicler Ian Abrahams elaborated on this by defining "The Big Music" as, "...a mystical celebration of paganism. It's extolling the basic and primitive divinity that exists in everything ('the oceans and the sand'), religious and spiritual all encompassing. Here is something that can't be owned or built upon, something that has its existence in the concept of Mother Earth and has an ancestral approach to religion. And it takes in and embraces the feminine side of divinity, pluralistic in its acceptance of the wider pantheon of paganism."

"The Big Music" either influenced or was used to describe a number of other bands specializing in an anthemic sound, including U2, Simple Minds, In Tua Nua, Big Country and Hothouse Flowers.

In the late 1980s, the band became significantly more folk influenced. The Waterboys eventually returned to rock and roll, and have released both rock and folk albums since reforming.

History
The Waterboys have gone through three distinct phases. Their early years, or "Big Music" period was followed by a folk music period which was characterised by an emphasis on touring over album production and by a large band membership, leading to the description of the group as a "Raggle Taggle band". After a brief return to the "Big Music" for one tour and the release of a mainstream rock and roll album with Dream Harder, the band dissolved until its rebirth in 2000. In the years since, the band has revisited both rock and folk music, and continues to tour and release studio albums.

Formation
Scott, the founder and only permanent member of The Waterboys, made a number of solo recordings in late 1981 and early 1982 while in a band named Another Pretty Face (later called Funhouse). These sessions at Redshop Studio are the earliest recordings that would be released under The Waterboys name. During the same period, Scott formed the short-lived band The Red and the Black, with saxophone player Anthony Thistlethwaite, after hearing him play on Waiting on Egypt, a Nikki Sudden album. The Red and the Black performed nine concerts in London. Thistlethwaite introduced Scott to drummer Kevin Wilkinson, who joined The Red and the Black. During 1982, Scott made a number of recordings, both solo and with Thistlethwaite and Wilkinson. These recording sessions, both of Scott's solo work and the group performances, would later be divided between The Waterboys' first and second albums.

In 1983, even though Scott's record label, Ensign Records, expected his first album to be a solo effort, Scott decided to start a new band. He chose The Waterboys as its name from a line in the Lou Reed song "The Kids" on the album Berlin. In March 1983, Ensign released the first recording under the new band name, a single titled A Girl Called Johnny, the A-side of which was a tribute to Patti Smith. This was followed in May by The Waterboys' first performance as a group, on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test. The BBC performance included a new member, keyboard player Karl Wallinger. The Waterboys released their self-titled debut, The Waterboys, in July 1983. Their music, influenced by Patti Smith, Bob Dylan and David Bowie, was compared by critics to Van Morrison and U2 in its cinematic sweep. The band's earlier sound was described as new wave and post-punk.

Early years: the Big Music

After the release of their debut, The Waterboys began touring. Their first show was at the Batschkapp Club in Frankfurt in February 1984. The band then consisted of Mike Scott on vocals and guitar, Anthony Thistlethwaite on saxophone and mandolin, Wallinger on keyboards, Roddy Lorimer on trumpets, Martyn Swain on bass and Kevin Wilkinson on drums. John Caldwell from Another Pretty Face also played guitar, and Scottish singer Eddi Reader sang backing vocals for the band's first two concerts. The band made some new recordings and over-dubbed old material in late 1983 and early 1984 which were released as The Waterboys' second album, A Pagan Place, in June 1984.  The "official" Waterboys line-up at this time, according to the sleeve of A Pagan Place, was Scott, Thistlethwaite, Wallinger and Wilkinson, with guest contributions from Reader, Lorimer and many others.

A Pagan Place was preceded by the single The Big Music.  "The Big Music", the name of the single's A-side track, was adopted by some commentators as a description of The Waterboys' sound, and is still used to refer to the musical style of their first three albums. The release of the album was followed by further touring including support for The Pretenders and U2 and a show at the Glastonbury Festival.

The band began to record new material in early 1985 for a new album, with Wilkinson leaving the band to join China Crisis. Late in the sessions future Waterboy Steve Wickham added his violin to the track The Pan Within; he had been invited after Scott had heard him on a Sinéad O'Connor demo recorded at Karl Wallinger's house.

The Waterboys (officially a trio of Scott, Thistlethwaite and Wallinger with a slew of guests) released their third album, This Is the Sea, in October 1985. It sold better than either of the two earlier albums, and managed to get into the Top Forty. A single from it, "The Whole of the Moon", reached number 26 in the UK. Promotion efforts were hampered by Scott's refusal to perform on Top of the Pops, which insisted that its performers lip sync. (However, in Southeast Asia, particularly in the Philippines, when the New Wave era started around this period, the group's biggest hit single out of this third album was "The Pan Within", aside from "The Whole of the Moon" and "Don't Bang The Drum".) The album release was followed by successful tours of the UK and North America with Wickham becoming a full-time member, Marco Sin replacing Martyn Swain on bass, and Chris Whitten replacing Kevin Wilkinson on drums. Towards the end of the tour Wallinger left to form his own band, World Party, and was replaced by Guy Chambers. At the same time, drummer Dave Ruffy replaced Chris Whitten.

Late 1980s: The Raggle Taggle band
At the invitation of new member Steve Wickham, Mike Scott moved to Dublin and quickly became influenced by the traditional Irish music there as well as by country and gospel. The band's line-up changed once again with Scott, Wickham and Thistlethwaite now joined by Trevor Hutchinson on bass and Peter McKinney on drums. The new band, which the official Waterboys' website refers to as the "Raggle Taggle band" line-up, spent 1986 and 1987 recording in Dublin and touring the UK, Ireland, Europe and Israel. Some of these performances were released in 1998 on The Live Adventures of the Waterboys, including a famous Glastonbury performance in 1986.

In 1988 Scott took the band to Spiddal in the west of Ireland where they set up a recording studio in Spiddal House to finish recording their new album. Fisherman's Blues was released in October 1988 and showcased many guest musicians that had played with the band in Dublin and Spiddal. Critics and fans were split between those embracing the new influence of Irish and Scottish folk music and others disappointed after hoping for a continuation of the style of This Is the Sea. World Music: The Rough Guide notes that "some cynics claim that Scotsman Mike Scott gave Irish music back to the Irish... his impact can't be underestimated", but Scott himself explains that it was the Irish tradition that influenced him; "I was in love with Ireland. Every day was a new adventure, it was mythical... Being part of a brotherhood of musicians was a great thing in those days, with all the many musicians of all stripes we befriended in Ireland. I still have that connection to the Irish musicians and tap into it..." Owing to the large number of tracks that were recorded in the three years between This Is the Sea and Fisherman's Blues, The Waterboys released a second album of songs from this period in 2001, titled Too Close to Heaven (or Fisherman's Blues, Part 2 in North America), and more material was released as bonus tracks for the 2006 reissue of the remastered Fisherman's Blues album.

After further touring the band returned to Spiddal to record a new album. The Waterboys now consisted of Mike Scott, Steve Wickham, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Colin Blakey on whistle, flute and piano, Sharon Shannon on accordion, Trevor Hutchinson on bass and Noel Bridgeman on drums. Their fifth album, Room to Roam was released in September 1990. One of the album's tracks was a recording of the traditional ballad "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy".

Just before Room to Roam was released, Wickham left over a disagreement with Scott and Thistlethwaite regarding the future direction of the band's sound. Scott and Thistlethwaite wanted to move the band back to a more rock and roll style, and Wickham disagreed. His departure started the band's dissolution, and in his wake Shannon and Blakey both left. Scott, Thistlethwaite and Hutchinson recruited Ken Blevins on drums to fulfil the group's tour dates.

End and return of the Waterboys
Trevor Hutchinson left the band in 1991, a year that also saw a re-release of the single "The Whole of the Moon" from This Is the Sea. The single reached number three on the United Kingdom charts. Scott spent the rest of the year writing new material and moved to New York. Thistlethwaite left the band in December, leaving Mike Scott as The Waterboys' only member. The next album was completed with session musicians and was released in 1993 as Dream Harder with a new hard rock-influenced sound, and produced two UK Top 30 singles "The Return of Pan" and "Glastonbury Song"). Frustrated by not being able to get a new touring Waterboys band together, Scott left New York, abandoning the "Waterboys" name and embarking upon a solo career.

However, Scott later resurrected the Waterboys name, citing its recognition amongst fans, for the 2000 album A Rock in the Weary Land. The album had a new, experimental rock sound, inspired by contemporary bands Radiohead and Beck that "shocked" some listeners. Scott described the new sound as "Sonic Rock". A number of old Waterboys guested on the album including Thistlethwaite and Wilkinson. By 2001 the core of the new Waterboys included Mike Scott on vocals and guitar, Richard Naiff on keyboards and organs and Wickham, who had returned to the band, on violin. The group changed direction once again in 2003 and released Universal Hall a mostly acoustic album with a return of some Celtic influences from the Fisherman's Blues era. The album was followed by a tour of the UK and then Europe. Their first official live album, Karma to Burn, was released in 2005. A new studio album, Book of Lightning, was released 2 April 2007.

An Appointment With Mr. Yeats
Having harboured the idea for 20 years, Mike Scott set 20 W.B. Yeats poems to music in an enterprise that evolved into a show entitled An Appointment With Mr. Yeats. The Waterboys held the world premiere from 15 to 20 March 2010 in Yeats's own theatre, the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. The five-night show quickly sold out, later receiving several rave reviews, among which were The Irish Times and Irish Actor/Playwright Michael Harding. Irish Singer/Writer/Guitarist Joe Chester, and Simon Wallace (keyboards). Some of  the poems performed include  'The Hosting of the Sidhe', 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree', 'News for the Delphic Oracle', and 'The Song of Wandering Aengus', along with an amalgamation of two Yeats lyrics that became the song 'Let the Earth Bear Witness' which Scott had produced during 'The Sea of Green' 2009 Iranian election protests. The musical arrangements for the poems were varied and experimental.
On the band's website Scott described the arrangements as "psychedelic, intense, kaleidescopic, a mix of rock, folk and faery music," the delivery of which signals yet another musical shift in the ever mutable world of The Waterboys.

An Appointment With Mr. Yeats returned to Dublin on 7 November 2010 in the city's Grand Canal Theatre. The show was performed at the Barbican Hall, London in February 2011. The album version of An Appointment With Mr. Yeats was released on 19 September 2011 and reached the UK Top 30.

2014 - present
In October 2014, the band announced a new album Modern Blues, which was first released on 19 January 2015 in the United Kingdom, and was released on 7 April in North America. The album was recorded in Nashville, and produced by Mike Scott and mixed by Bob Clearmountain. The line up includes Paul Brown, David Hood, Ralph Salmins, Zach Ernst, and Steve Wickham.  The first UK single from the Modern Blues album was 'November Tale'.

Modern Blues was followed in 2017 by a double studio album, Out of All This Blue which was released on 8 September by BMG Records . The first single from the album was 'If The Answer Is Yeah', released in July.

In March 2019 the band announced a new studio album Where the Action Is, which was released on 24 May by Cooking Vinyl. The first UK single from the album was 'Right Side Of Heartbreak (Wrong Side Of Love)', released on 14 March.

On 21 May 2019 the band have shared the music video for the third single off the record, "Ladbroke Grove Symphony" which it is a tribute to the former bohemian heart of West London. Mike Scott invokes his time living and writing among the crumbling, seaside-esque streets of Notting Hill during the 1980s. The accompanying montage video captures the magic of the Grove in all its weird and wonderful counterculture, and features new film and vintage photography of Scott he tells the story of the song.

Music
The Waterboys' lyrics and arrangements reflect Scott's current interests and influences, the latter including the musical sensibilities of other members. Wickham in particular had a tremendous impact on the band's sound after joining the group. In terms of arrangement and instrumentation, rock and roll and Celtic folk music have played the largest roles in the band's sound. Literature and spirituality have played an important role in Scott's lyrics Other contributing factors include women and love, punk music's DIY ethic, the British poetic tradition, and Scott's experiences at Findhorn, where he has lived for some years.

Sound
The Waterboys' music can be divided into three distinct styles. The first is represented by the first three albums, released between 1983 and 1985. The band's arrangements during this period, described by Allmusic as a "rich, dramatic sound... majestic", and typically referred to as "The Big Music", combined the rock and roll sound of early U2 with elements of classical trumpet (Lorimer), jazz saxophone (Thistlethwaite) and contemporary keyboards (Wallinger). Scott emphasised the arrangement's fullness by using production techniques similar to Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound". The archetypal example, the song "The Big Music", gave the style its name, but the best-selling example was "The Whole of the Moon", the song that the early-1980s Waterboys are best known for and that demonstrates both Wallinger's synthpop keyboard effects and the effectiveness of the brass section of the band.

After Wickham's joining and the move to Ireland, the band went three years before releasing another album.  Fisherman's Blues, and more particularly Room to Roam, traded "The Big Music"'s keyboards and brass for traditional instruments such as tin whistle, flute, fiddle, accordion, harmonica, and bouzouki. Celtic folk music replaced rock as the main inspiration for song arrangements on both albums.  Rolling Stone describes the sound as "an impressive mixture of rock music and Celtic ruralism..., Beatles and Donovan echoes and, of course, lots of grand guitar, fiddle, mandolin, whistle, flute and accordion playing". Traditional folk songs were recorded along with those written by Scott.  "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy", a British folk ballad at least two hundred years old, was recorded on Room to Roam. It became closely associated with the band, much as the song "The Big Music" did, and also gave its name to describe the band's character. The recording emphasises how distinctly different the band's music had become in the five years since the last of "The Big Music" albums.

After the break-up of the "Raggle Taggle band", Scott used The Waterboys' name for Dream Harder and A Rock in the Weary Land. These two albums, separated by seven years and bookending Scott's solo album releases, were both rock albums but with distinctive approaches to that genre.  Dream Harder was described as "disappointingly mainstream", whereas the sound of the A Rock in the Weary Land was inspired by alternative music and was praised by critics. For 2003's Universal Hall, however, Wickham had once again rejoined the band, and that album saw a return of the acoustic folk instrumentation of the late 1980s Waterboys, with the exception of the song "Seek the Light", which is instead an idiosyncratic EBM track.

Literary influences

Scott, who briefly studied literature and philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, has made heavy use of English literature in his music. The Waterboys have recorded poems set to music by writers including William Butler Yeats ("The Stolen Child" and "Love and Death"), George MacDonald ("Room to Roam"), and Robert Burns ("Ever to Be Near Ye"). A member of the Academy of American Poets writes that "The Waterboys' gift lies in locating Burns and Yeats within a poetic tradition of song, revelry, and celebration, re-invigorating their verses with the energy of contemporary music". So close is the identification of the Waterboys with their literary influences that the writer also remarks that "W.B.", the initials to which Yeats' first and middle names are often shortened, could also stand for "Waterboys". The Waterboys returned to W.B. Yeats in March 2010. Having arranged 20 of his poems to music, the band performed them as An Appointment With Mr Yeats for five nights at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin (which Yeats co-founded in 1904).

Scott has also a number of poetic tropes in lyrics, including anthropomorphism (e.g. "Islandman"), metaphor (e.g. "A Church Not Made with Hands", "The Whole of the Moon"), and metonymy (e.g. "Old England"). The latter song quotes from both Yeats and James Joyce. While the lyrics of the band have explored a large number of themes, symbolic references to water are especially prominent. Water is often referenced in their songs (e.g. "This Is the Sea", "Strange Boat", "Fisherman's Blues"). The Waterboys' logo, first seen on the album cover of The Waterboys, symbolises waves.

Spirituality
The Waterboys' lyrics show influences from different spiritual traditions.  The first is the romantic Neopaganism and esotericism of authors such as Yeats and Dion Fortune, which can be observed in the repeated references to the ancient Greek deity Pan in both "The Pan Within" and "The Return of Pan". Pan was also featured on the album art for Room to Roam.  "Medicine Bow", a song from the recording sessions for This Is the Sea, refers to Native American spirituality in its use of the word "medicine" to mean spiritual power. Scott's interest in Native American issues is also demonstrated in his preliminary recordings for the group's debut album, which included the songs "Death Song of the Sioux Parts One & Two" and "Bury My Heart". "Bury My Heart" is a reference to Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. a history of Native Americans in the western United States. Scott took the traditional Sioux song "The Earth Only Endures" from Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, and set it to new music; the arrangement appears on The Secret Life of the Waterboys.  Christian imagery can be seen in the songs "December" from The Waterboys, "The Christ in You" on Universal Hall, and indirectly in the influence of C. S. Lewis in a number of other songs, but Scott writes that his lyrics are not influenced by Christianity.

Scott has also said, "I've always been interested in spirituality, and I've never joined any religion. And it really turns me off when people from one religion say theirs is the only way. And I believe all religions are just different ways to spirituality. And if you call that universality, well, then I'm all for it." Despite Scott's pluralist perspective, The Waterboys have been labelled as "Christian rock" by some reviewers and heathens by some Christians .

Membership

Over seventy musicians have performed live as a Waterboy. Some have spent only a short time with the band, contributing to a single tour or album, while others have been long-term members with significant contributions. Scott has been the band's lead vocalist, motivating force, and principal songwriter throughout the group's history, but a number of other musicians are closely identified with the band.

Anthony Thistlethwaite was an original member of the band, and remained a member until 1991 when the band broke up, although he also joined a few recording sessions for A Rock in the Weary Land. After Scott and Wickham, Thistlethwaite has more songwriting credits than any other Waterboy. His saxophone, regularly featured in solos, was one half of the early group's distinctive brass section, but he has also played guitar, keyboards and a number of other instruments for the band. He pressed to return The Waterboys to a rock music sound after Room to Roam, but did not appear on Dream Harder, the result of that decision. He is now a member of The Saw Doctors, and has also released three solo albums.

Original member Kevin Wilkinson was the band's drummer from 1983–1984, and continued to play in some studio sessions afterwards. His later appeared on A Rock in the Weary Land. He led the rhythm section of the group during its "Big Music" phase, sometimes without the assistance of any bass guitar. Scott describes Wilkinson's drumming as "bright and angular, an unusual sound".

Karl Wallinger joined the group in 1983, shortly after its formation. He left the group two years later, but in that relatively short period made important contributions to both A Pagan Place and This Is the Sea. He co-wrote "Don't Bang the Drum", the environmentalism anthem on the latter album. His keyboards and synthesiser work expanded the group's sound, and he also did some studio work for demo sessions. Wallinger's World Party project was heavily influenced by his work with The Waterboys.

Roddy Lorimer's participation began in 1983, contributing his trumpet playing "on and off" until 1990. He and Thistlethwaite took turns leading the brass section of the band, and Lorimer was also a featured soloist, most famously on "The Whole of the Moon" and "Don't Bang the Drum". He further contributed backing vocals to the song. His trumpet style is a combination of his classical training with an experimental approach encouraged by Scott. Lorimer returned for some studio work in 2006.

Steve Wickham transformed the group when he joined in 1985; his interest in folk music directly resulted in the band's change of direction. His initial involvement with The Waterboys ended in 1990 when Scott and Thistlethwaite wanted to return to rock and roll, but Wickham rejoined the group again in 2000, and, as of 2007, continues to perform with the band. Described by Scott as "the world's greatest rock fiddle player", he has written more songs for the band than anyone other than Scott, including the group's handful of instrumental recordings.

Richard Naiff first recorded with the band in 1999, and joined permanently in 2000. As of 2007, he was a core member, along with Scott and Wickham. He is a classically trained pianist and flautist, and plays keyboards for The Waterboys. Ian McNabb described him as Scott's "find of the century" and reviewers have described him as "phenomenally talented". Naiff officially left The Waterboys in February 2009 to spend more time with his family.

Other notable past members have included Ian McNabb, leader of Icicle Works; Sharon Shannon, who became Ireland's all-time best-selling traditional musician; the experimental musician Thighpaulsandra, producer Guy Chambers, Patti Smith drummers Jay Dee Daugherty and Carlos Hercules, bassists Steve Walters and Mark Smith who was the band's bassist when he died on 3 November 2009.

The Waterboys line-up as of 2010 appeared at the world premiere of An Appointment With Mr Yeats at The Abbey Theatre, Dublin. They expanded into a 9-piece band in the autumn of 2017 for their tour of the UK, Ireland and Europe.

Current members

 Mike Scott – vocals, guitar, piano (1981–94, 1998–present)
 Steve Wickham – electric fiddle, mandolin (1985–90, 2001–present)
 Ralph Salmins – drums (2011–present)
 "Brother" Paul Brown – keyboards (2013–present)
 Jess Kav - vocalist  (2017-present)
 Zeenie Summers - vocalist  (2017-present)
 Aongus Ralston - bass  (2017-present)

Former members

Scott has stated that "We've had more members I believe than any other band in rock history" and believes that the nearest challengers are Santana and The Fall.

Discography

Main studio discography:
 1983, The Waterboys
 1984, A Pagan Place
 1985, This Is the Sea
 1988, Fisherman's Blues
 1990, Room to Roam
 1993, Dream Harder
 1995, Bring 'Em All In (as Mike Scott)
 1997, Still Burning (as Mike Scott)
 2000, A Rock in the Weary Land
 2003, Universal Hall
 2007, Book of Lightning
 2011, An Appointment with Mr Yeats
 2015, Modern Blues
 2017, Out of All This Blue
 2019, Where the Action Is

Notes

References
 Scott, Mike (2012) Adventures of a Waterboy. Jawbone. London.

Further reading
 Abrahams, Ian. Strange Boat. SAF Publishing, 2007.

External links

 Official web pages for Mike Scott and The Waterboys

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Yousuf Khan Sher Bano

Yousuf Khan Sher Bano was the first ever Pashto film released in Pakistan on December 1, 1970. It was directed by Aziz Tabassum, with debut stars Yasmin Khan and Badar Munir. The story is based on the Pashto folk story Yousuf Khan and Sher Bano.

This first Pakistani Pashto language film completed more than 50 weeks in one cinema of Peshawar, Pakistan. This film also marked the start of Pashto language films in the Pakistan film industry.

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