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# Xi'an guyue

Xi'an guyue (Chinese: 西安鼓乐), also Shaanxi guyue (陕西鼓乐), is the regional Chinese ritual music genre featuring a type of wind and percussion ensemble named for its place of origin, Xi'an, in Shaanxi Province. It is also, somewhat misleadingly, called Xi'an drum music. A folk genre, sustained by amateur groups before the 1960s, it was placed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2009.
The music is split into two categories based on performance, sitting and walking (the latter including chorus), and into three repertoires based on transmission, Buddhist (Seng), Daoist (Dao), and secular (Su).
Though associated with the Tang dynasty (due to its prestige and history), the genre shares more with the late Ming and Qing dynasties. The ensembles formerly included other instruments, such as the pipa and daqin (presumably the zheng), as witnessed in gongche manuscripts. Famous musicians include An Laixu (安来绪, 1895-1977), Daoist master of Xi'an's Chenghuangmiao temple. Manuscripts collected during the fifties date as far back as 1689, but the knowledge of how to perform pieces that old is lost. The genre flourished in the thirties and forties, with ensembles going from temple to temple, "but tacitly it was also treated like a competition." The number of musical ensembles and temples of all kinds was greatly reduced during the cultural revolution in the sixties and seventies, beginning to return more as historical preservation, academic research, or tourism then as religious practice in the eighties.
# Tailgunner (album)

Tailgunner is an album by organist Jimmy McGriff recorded in 1977 and released on the Lester Radio Corp. (LRC) label.

## Reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
Doug Payne stated: "This 1977 disco production sounds like Jimmy McGriff was added as an afterthought. His distinctive organ fills seem "dropped in" after arrangers Brad Baker and Lance Quinn recorded the rhythm, horn and string sections. Worse, this is some of the weakest music McGriff has ever participated in ... McGriff's only contribution here, the horn-driven "Starlite Ballroom" (featuring notable alto and tenor solos from George Young), makes for some welcome, though out-of-place swing jazz. Otherwise, there's too little that's memorable about Tailgunner.

## Track listing

All compositions by Brad Baker and Lance Quinn except where noted
* "Tailgunner" – 5:38
* "Bullfrog" (Jerry Friedman) – 5:45
* "Sky Hawk" – 5:58
* "Flexible Flyer" – 6:09
* "Grandma's Toe Jam" – 6:09
* "Starlite Ballroom, Hot Licks Band Stomp" (Jimmy McGriff) – 5:47

## Personnel

* Jimmy McGriff – organ
* Lance Quinn – guitar, musical supervisor
* Brad Baker – conductor
* Collective personnel including:
** Lew Delgatto, Eddie Daniels, George Young, Alan Rubin, Randy Brecker, John Frosk, Marvin Stamm, John Sheply, Dave Taylor, Barry Rogers, Dominic Menardo, Joe Randazzo – horns
** Pat Rebillot, Paul Griffin, Ralph Schuckett – keyboards
** Jerry Friedman, Jimmy Ponder – guitar
** Bob Babbitt, Will Lee, Francisco Centano – bass
** Alan Schwartzberg, Jimmy Young, Ron Zito − drums
** Jimmy Maelen, Rubens Bassini – percussion
** Al Downing, Denise Wooten, Patricia Johnson – vocals
** Gene Orloff, Paul Gerhsman, Guy Lumia, W. Sanford Allen, Harry Lookofsky, Gerald Tarack, Tony Posk, Julian Barber, Richard Maximoff, Jesse Levy, Richard Locker – strings
# Harsha de Silva

Harsha de Silva (Sinhala: හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා born 30 August 1964) is a Sri Lankan economist and politician. He is a Member of Parliament for the Colombo District and former Non-Cabinet Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution; State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs; and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is a member of Samagi Jana Balawegaya.

## Early life

He was educated at Royal College Colombo, earning a BS in Business Management from Truman State University(formerly Northeast Missouri State University) in 1988. He completed his MA and PhD in Economics at the University of Missouri in 1993. He participated in an executive program on evaluating social programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006 as an Eisenhower Fellow.

## Banking career

As an economist he worked for the DFCC Bank, becoming its chief economist and treasurer. He was co-founder and Joint Managing Director of The Nielsen Company.
He was placed in charge of "Economic Diplomacy" of the government and was a supporter of economic liberalization and trade agreements. He is a supporter of major trade agreements and is a supporter of Sri Lanka joining the Trans Pacific Partnership.
He was the main backer of the Indian-aided project to create a modern EMT and Ambulance service in Sri Lanka. When India offered a gift to Sri Lanka in order to mark Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's visit, De Silva proposed an emergency medical service after personal experiences with shortcomings in the Sri Lankan system as well the urging of doctors. Wickremesinghe also backed it, leading India's GVK Emergency Response Institute to offer training to hundreds of Sri Lankan EMTs and Paramedics as well as donating ambulances and granting 7.5 million dollars to start the service in Colombo and Galle.

## Political career

He was the Deputy Minister of Policy Planning and Economic Development in the 100-day government. He became known as a media personality who hosted talk shows relating to development and international matters. He voiced his opposition to the economic policies of the previous government. He was instrumental in the formation of the Suwa Seriya Ambulance Service in 2016. He was elected as the chairman of the public finance committee in parliament in 2022.
# George Moulson

George Bernard Moulson (6 August 1914 – 11 November 1994) was an Irish professional footballer.
He played three times for the Republic of Ireland national football team and also played at club level for Lincoln City, Grimsby Town and Peterborough United.
A goalkeeper, Moulson made his international debut in a 2–0 defeat to Portugal on 23 May 1948 in the Estádio da Luz, Lisbon.
Moulson played in the semi-final of the FA Cup on 25 March 1939, Wolverhampton Wanderers played Grimsby, in a FA Cup semi-final at Old Trafford. The attendance of 76,962 remains Old Trafford's largest ever attendance. The Mariners lost the game 5–0 after Moulson was injured early in the match. With the rules forbidding substitutes for injuries, Grimsby had to play with 10 men and an outfield player in goal.
# This Glorious Grace

This Glorious Grace is the sixth album from Austin Stone Worship. They released the live album on October 16, 2015.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| New Release Today | |
| Worship Leader | |
Awarding the album five stars at Worship Leader, Jay Akins states, "The collaborative product of the large artist community of songwriters, filmmakers, and musicians at the church, each song on This Glorious Grace has a story of life change through the power of the Gospel. This offering is a rare must-have for your church." Mikayla Shriver, giving the album four stars from New Release Today, writes, "Their latest release, This Glorious Grace, is a live worship album which perfectly reflects the heart of the church's worship ministry...This Glorious Grace is a fantastic live worship album, and this is definitely not the last anyone will hear of Austin Stone Worship." Reviewing the album for Soul-Audio, Andrew Greenhalgh says, "It’s this personal yet universal touch that colors the worship of Austin Stone Worship and which helps take it to the next level."

## Chart performance

| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
| US Christian Albums (Billboard) | 12 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) | 4 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 30 |
# Ollie Murray James

Ollie Murray James (July 27, 1871 – August 28, 1918) was an American politician. A Democrat, he represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

## Biography

James was born and raised in western Kentucky. As a teenager he served as a page in the Kentucky General Assembly. James studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1891, beginning his practice that year.
In 1902 James sought and won election to the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky's 1st district, the far western part of the state. He was re-elected to the House four times, serving there from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1913. He was the Chairman of the Democratic National Conventions of 1912 and 1916.
In 1912 James decided to give up his House seat to seek election to the United States Senate. He won that election in the Kentucky state legislature on 9 and 16 January 1912 and was sworn in on March 4, 1913. He served as chairman of the Senate Committee on Patents. His capabilities as a debater came to be recognized and feared in the Senate, as journalist and historian Claude G. Bowers observed:
   More than six feet tall and large in proportion, with an immense head and a smoothly shaven face that reflected every feeling, and with a powerful voice that could absorb all other sounds, he would have been a commanding figure in any legislative assembly. In cold print his speeches lacked finish, but he relied on force, and his delivery accentuated the power of his argument. In debate he rode the whirlwind to direct the storm, overwhelming his opponent with ridicule when unable to combat him with logic. I always felt sorry for his victims.
James died during his term of office in a hospital in Baltimore, Maryland on August 28, 1918.
* James K. Vardaman, James Thomas Heflin, and James in 1912
* James and Justus Goebel at the 1912 Democratic National Convention
* Ollie M. James, photo from the Harris & Ewing photo studio
# Willis Ludlow

Willis Ludlow (January 24, 1854 – February 21, 1938) was an American farmer, banker, and politician.
Born in Monroe, Wisconsin, Ludlow went to Milton College and University of Wisconsin. Ludlow was a farmer and was involved with the First National Bank. Ludlow served as mayor of Monroe in 1904 and 1906 and was a Democrat. In 1911, Ludlow served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Ludlow died in Monroe, Wisconsin from injuries from a fall at his home, leaving an estate worth $210,000.
# Walpolamulla

Walpolamulla is a village located within the Knuckles Mountain Range in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is considered one of the smallest and most secluded villages in Sri Lanka, nearly abandoned, with only remnants of homes and paddy fields remaining. Located near the Malkirigoda Gap, the village is only accessible by foot, being a 8 km trek from Etanwela, the last point with road access in the region. As of April 2024, the population is just two: a single married couple.
2008 saw the last major exodus from the village, with elephant incursions driving out all of its residents. The population at the time was 7, consisting of three families; as of 2024, two appear to have returned. Agriculture (historically, rice and betel nut) has been the mainstay in employment among residents. The village now serves as a paid campsite/overnight stay location as well.
# Pieter Belmer

Pieter Belmer (7 August 1892 – 24 November 1979) was a Dutch weightlifter. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
# Ger Canning

Ger Canning is an Irish sports commentator with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

## Career

Ger Canning was born in Cork on 10 May 1951. He was a secondary school teacher at South Presentation school in Cork City when he began his broadcasting career with Cork Local Radio in 1978.
Two years later in 1980 he joined the national broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann, as a member of the station's sports department. As a fluent Irish-speaker his first All-Ireland final commentary was on RTÉ 2 in 1981, because the station then had a policy of using the two channels for commentaries in both English and Irish. After Michael O'Hehir's retirement due to ill-health in 1985, Canning became the main Gaelic games commentator on RTÉ television. Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh took over O'Hehir's duties as a radio commentator. To date Canning has broadcast nearly 75 All-Ireland finals (including three in Irish).
Canning commentated on every All-Ireland senior hurling final from 1985 to 2016.
Canning has worked on many sporting events for RTÉ, including:
* Soccer, including five World Cups
* Six Olympic Games
* Basketball
* International rules football
* Greyhound racing
* Olympic hockey qualifying
* League Of Ireland
* National Hurling League
* National Football League (Ireland)
He was assigned commentary duties for the 1985 European Cup Final, before which he witnessed the Heysel Stadium disaster. He was assigned commentary duties for the UEFA Euro 2020.

## Other interests

Canning played association football for University College Cork A.F.C. and College Corinthians and played minor and junior Gaelic football for St Finbarr's.
He has lectured in Radio Broadcasting at Colaiste Stiofan Naofa in Cork.
# Apollo Recordings

Apollo Recordings was a British dance music label established in 2006 by Matt Jagger. It was an imprint of Universal-Island Records, part of the Universal Music corporation.
Their first release "Thunder in My Heart Again" by Meck featuring Leo Sayer was a number one hit on the UK singles chart in February 2006. Apollo was run in conjunction with the Europa Recordings imprint, but both were closed down by Universal in 2007.
# Serial imagery

Serial imagery is the repeating of one image in many variations or forms. It is a central idea in modern and contemporary art. It can take several forms. A portrait can painted in differing hues and backgrounds with subtle changes to the subject as in Van Gogh's L'Arlésienne and Claude Monet's Rouen Cathedral. Another type is where the same subject is painted at different times of day or seasons of the year for example Claude Monet in his Poplars, Haystacks. The same subject may also be rendered in different mediums, and in different poses, thus, the practice of underpainting may be considered a form of serial imagery even if the image is lost in the completed work. It is common in photography where multiple exposures at varies angles are taken with different lenses etc. in search of the desired effect. It is also used in literature, especially poetry.
Some say the Impressionists and their contemporaries were the first to use it, but this is not the case. It was used by Francisco Goya with his La maja desnuda and La maja vestida (1797-1800). It is seen in classical art whenever studies were made and used to produce a finished work. This was a common practice for Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and most of the other classical artists although most of their studies and sketches did not survive.
Here is an example from literature:
(copyright by author. used with permission, This poem may be copied if authorship is included and used for educational purposes only)
John Coplans supplied a critical approach in an exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum in 1968.

## Literature

* John Coplans: Serial Imagery, exh. cat. Pasadena Art Museum 1968, New York Graphic Society, 1968 • Eric Ericson: “To Everything a Season”, What Say You? page 33 published 2010
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# Not My Business

"Not My Business" is a free-verse poem by Niyi Osundare. It is included in Cluster 2, Poems from Different Cultures, of the AQA Anthology.
   They picked Akanni up one morning Beat him soft like clay And stuffed him down the belly Of a waiting jeep.
   What business of mine is it So long they don’t take the yam From my savouring mouth?
   They came one night Booted the whole house awake And dragged Danladi out, Then off to a lengthy absence.
   What business of mine is it So long they don’t take the yam From my savouring mouth?
   Chinwe went to work one day Only to find her job was gone: No query, no warning, no probe – Just one neat sack for a stainless record.
   What business of mine is it So long they don’t take the yam From my savouring mouth?
   And then one evening As I sat down to eat my yam A knock on the door froze my hungry hand.
   The jeep was waiting on my bewildered lawn Waiting, waiting in its usual silence.
# John Verkuilen

John Verkuilen (September 3, 1867 – January 24, 1936) was an American farmer and politician.
Born in the town of Pensaukee, Oconto County, Wisconsin, Verkuilen worked in the shipyard in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. In 1894, Verkuilen, his wife, and family moved to the town of Worden, Clark County, Wisconsin and started a farm. Verkuilen served on the Worden Town Board, the Pioneer School Board, and on the Clark County Board of Supervisors. In 1921, Verkuilen served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican. In 1927, Verkuilen and his wife moved to Thorp, Wisconsin. Verkuilen died in a hospital in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
# Pedhmala

Pedhmala is a village situated in Himmatnagar taluka, Sabarkantha district, Gujarat, India. It is 20.5 kilometres (12.7 mi) from
Himatnagar, 28.2 kilometres (17.5 mi) from the main city of the district at Sabarkantha, and 61 kilometres (38 mi) from its State main city of Gandhinagar.
Khed, Manorpur, Berna, Chandarni, Gambhoi, Hunj are the villages along with this village in the same Himatnagar Taluk
Nearby villages are Bodi (3.1 km), Adpodra (3.3 km), Rupal (4.1 km), Adapur (4.3 km), Sadha (5 km). Nearby towns are Modasa (16.7 km), Himatnagar (20.5 km), Dhansura (21.3 km), Talod (27.6 km).
Pedhmala's Pin Code is 383030.
# Baldslow

Baldslow is a suburb in the north of Hastings, East Sussex, England. It is sometimes considered part of Conquest as Bohemia and Silverhill.
The area lies on the A21 and the Hastings ring road, and the A28 road junction with the A21. Ore and Central Conquest is to the East, and Ashdown and Hollington are to the West.

## History

The name Baldslow means "Beald’s Hill".
# Hiroyasu Shoji

Hiroyasu Shoji (東海林 弘靖, born 1958) is a Japanese lighting designer.
Hiroyasu Shoji is the president of Lightdesign Inc., located in Ginza, Tokyo. He began serving as the director of the Japanese International Lighting Designers Association when it was founded.

## Career

Hiroyasu Shoji founded the lighting design studio Lightdesign Inc. in 2000. He has worked with architects including Zaha Hadid, Fumihiko Maki, Toyo Ito, Sou Fujimoto. He has focused on lighting design since 2011.

## Inspiration

He was inspired to focus his work on lighting due to the blackout following the Fukushima earthquake in 2011 and by a visit to Papua New Guinea which had no electricity at the time.

## Projects and awards

| PJ Name | Date | Architects | Location | Lighting design award |
| Za-Koenji | 2008 | Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects | Tokyo, Japan | International Association of Lighting Designer - Special Citation |
| Shimizu Performing Arts Center | 2012 | Maki and Associates + Taisei Corporation Project Consortium | Shizuoka, Japan | Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit |
| Galaxy SOHO | 2012 | Zaha Hadid Architects | Beijing, China | Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit |
| Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital NICU | 2013 | Yamashita Sekkei INC. | Aichi, Japan | International Association of Lighting Designer - Special Citation |
| Wangjing SOHO | 2014 | Zaha Hadid Architects | Beijing, China | Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit |
| Sky SOHO | 2014 | Zaha Hadid Architects | Shanghai, China | Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit |
| Futako-Tamagawa Rise | 2015 | Design Supervision: Conran Partners [II-a Area]: Nikken Sekkei LTD, RIA, Tokyu Architects& Engineers INC. [I-a.b, II-b, III Area]: RIA, Tokyu Architects& Engineers INC. | Tokyo, Japan | International Association of Lighting Designer - Award of Excellence |
| Tokyu Plaza Ginza | 2016 | Nikken Sekkei | Tokyo, Japan | Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit |
| Sea World Culture and Arts Center | 2017 | Maki and Associates | Shenzhen, China | Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit |
| Yakushi-ji Temple -Jikido Hall | 2017 | Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects | Nara, Japan | Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit |
| 'Meguri no Mori' Kawaguchi City Funeral Hall | 2018 | Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects | Saitama, Japan | Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit |
# John M. Andrist

John M. Andrist (August 1, 1931 – January 17, 2018) was a Republican politician who was a member of the North Dakota Senate for the 2nd district from 1993 to 2014.

## Biography

John Andrist was born on August 1, 1931. His father, Calvin L. Andrist, was the publisher of the Divide County Journal, now known as The Crosby Journal. From 1950 to 1957, he worked full-time for the journal, served as managing editor from 1958 to 1961, and as publisher from 1961 to 1991. From 1970 to 1971, he was President of the North Dakota Press Association, and from 1989 to 1990, of the National Newspaper Association. He is also a former President of the North Dakota Society of Professional Journalists. In 2000, he was inducted in the North Dakota Newspaper Association Hall of Fame. In 2002, he received the National Newspaper Association's Amos Award for distinguished service to the community press.
He served in the North Dakota Senate from 1993 to 2014. He sat on the Board of the Medora Foundation, which aims at improving Medora, North Dakota. He was a Kiwanis member. He was a recipient of the North Dakota National Leadership Award of Excellence.
He was married to Elaine Andrist, and they had five children together before she died. He lived in Crosby, North Dakota. Andrist died in Fargo, North Dakota, on January 17, 2018, after suffering a stroke.
# Heckman Pass

Heckman Pass is a mountain pass in the Rainbow Range of west-central British Columbia, Canada, located west of Anahim Lake on the divide between the Chilcotin Plateau and the Bella Coola Valley. It is used by British Columbia Highway 20 and was the route used by Alexander Mackenzie on his journey to the Pacific Coast at Bella Coola via the grease trail along the West Road River from the Fraser.
# James T. McDermott (politician)

James Thomas McDermott (February 13, 1872 – February 7, 1938) of Chicago was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois's 4th congressional district, 1907–14, 1915–17.
He was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he attended a Catholic High School. He later moved to Detroit. He was a telegraph operator there for about four years. In 1889 he moved to Chicago where he become a tobacco retailer.