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# The Possessed (short story)

"The Possessed" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1953.
The concept for the story was suggested by Mike Wilson.

## Plot summary

A swarm of disembodied aliens, whose home world was destroyed, are in search of an animal species which they can inhabit and guide to intelligence. While many, the swarm operates as a single being. They wander the cosmos and growing weary, find a reptilian species that appeared promising but were not as evolved as the swarm would prefer. The swarm debates leaving the planet and continuing the search or leaving a portion of itself behind. It is decided that it would be wise to leave part of the swarm on the planet, where it can watch the hosts evolve until they are ready to properly guide. The rest will continue to travel and will return if they found a better potential home.
Each year the swarm-possessed hosts will travel to a certain location on the planet's surface in search of the swarm's return. As much time passes the location sinks into the ocean, however the hosts continue to seek this location out. They continue to guide the hosts' evolution, going from small reptiles to tiny furry beasts that produce live young. During this evolution the swarm portion realizes that they chose their hosts poorly, as their intelligence only diminishes rather than grow, but can do nothing as their strength grows increasingly weaker and they lose parts of their memory. The pilgrimage now becomes a point of desperation, as they hope to get reabsorbed by the main swarm and regain what they have lost. Time continues to progress until all that is left of the swarm is the urge to travel to the set location.
The story then cuts to modern day, where a man and woman are taking a trip on a pleasure steamer. The woman notices a group of animals gathered on the shore of a nearby island and wonders why they exhibit such strange behaviors. The man replies that the reason is unknown before guiding his partner inside. As the steamer leaves, the lemmings on the beach continue their migration into the ocean despite having no memory or idea as to why.

## Publication history

"The Possessed" was first published in the March 1953 issue of Dynamic Science Fiction. The year is occasionally incorrectly listed as 1952. It was subsequently published in the collection Reach for Tomorrow in 1956 as well as in collections and anthologies such as The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke and More Than One Universe.
The story has been published in multiple languages that include French, German, and Serbian.

## Themes

Themes in "The Possessed" include alien visitors and evolution. John Hollow has noted that the story's ending is a nod to the potential for humanity to de-evolve into a similar state.

## Reception

"The Possessed" has received some criticism over its depiction of lemmings as suicidal, as the animal's jump into water is for migratory purposes rather than self-destruction.
# Grippo's

Grippo's is a snack food company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Established in 1919, the company grew regionally, adding varieties of snack foods to its production. The company was founded by Angelo Grippo and originated from a one-room office on Court Street in downtown Cincinnati. Today, the business is headquartered at Colerain Avenue in Cincinnati.

## History

In 1919, Angelo Grippo began manufacturing rolled sugar cones. He later added traditional hand-twisted pretzels which sold for 1¢ at retailers throughout Greater Cincinnati in 1923. In 1930, Grippo invented the "loop pretzel", which resembles a tear drop shape. The effort was developed from the idea of creating a simplified pretzel shape which would be more resistant to breakage. Grippo also constructed and established the operation of the pretzel looping machines. In addition to the loop pretzel, Grippo's offers rod, braided, and twist pretzels.
By 1959, Grippo added potato chips to his snack food selection. Varieties currently produced include Bar-B-Q Potato Chips, Salt and Vinegar Chips, Cheddar Cheese and Jalapeno Chips, Hot Dill Pickle Chips, Smokin' Hot Kettle Chips, and Sweet Bermuda Onion Chips. Grippo's Bar-B-Q chips specifically are known for their often powdery and spicy barbecue coating. Popularity of the Bar-B-Q selection have inspired additional choices, such as X Hot BBQ Chips, XX Hot BBQ Chips, individual sale of Grippo's BBQ as a gourmet spice, and Grippo's Original BBQ Sauce. Although the origins to Grippo's have no known connection to the city of Evansville, Indiana, the Bar-B-Q Potato Chip product is incredibly popular there, and has become a significant part of the local culture. Grippo's has also expanded to other cities in the tristate area of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, with nostalgia and a "cult-like following" being cited for its popularity.
In March 2013, Grippo's recalled a brand of potato chips when metal shavings were found on the salt applicators.
# Makaraka, New Zealand

Makaraka is an outer suburb of Gisborne, in New Zealand's North Island, located in the west of the city. The suburb features Gisborne's horse-racing circuit, Makaraka Racecourse. It is part of the statistical area of Makaraka-Awapuni, which is covered at Awapuni.
Makaraka was settled by dairy farmers in the 19th century. A dairy factory was built in the settlement in 1899.
The Tarere Marae, located near Makaraka, is a tribal meeting place of Te Whānau a Iwi, a hapū of Te Aitanga ā Māhaki. It includes Te Aotipu meeting house.

## Education

Makaraka School is a Year 1–6 co-educational public primary school with a roll of 119 as of November 2024.

## Railway station

From 1902 to 1959 Mākaraka had a railway station on the Moutohora Branch and, from 1915 to 1931, was the junction for the Ngātapa Branch. It is now the mothballed Makaraka Industrial Line and also has the East Coast Museum of Technology station building (from Matawhero) and museum on the former station site.
| | Disused railways | Disused railways | Disused railways | |
| Pātūtahi (Ngātapa Branch) Line and station closed 7.9 km (4.9 mi) | | Moutohora Branch | | Park Racecourse Line mothballed, station closed 1.59 km (0.99 mi) |
| King's Road Line and station closed 3.14 km (1.95 mi) | | Moutohora Branch | | Park Racecourse Line mothballed, station closed 1.59 km (0.99 mi) |
# Philammon

In Greek mythology, Philammon (Ancient Greek: Φιλάμμων) was an excellent musician, a talent he received from his father Apollo.

## Family

Philammon's mother was either Chione (or Philonis), daughter of Daedalion, or Leuconoe, daughter of Eosphoros, or Chrysothemis, daughter of Carmanor of Crete. By Argiope, a nymph of Mount Parnassos, he had Thamyris.

## Mythology

Philammon was unnaturally beautiful and thus, one of the nymphs (Argiope) seduced the youth and became pregnant. But Philammon refused to take her into his house as his wife and for being ashamed of the pregnancy, the girl left the Peloponnese and came to the Akte (shore) where she gave birth to a boy, Thamyris.
Philammon was said to have established the tradition of the hymns celebrating the births of Artemis and Apollo, written by himself, being performed by choruses of girls at Delphi. He was the second winner of the most ancient singing contest at Delphi, after Chrysothemis and before his son Thamyris. Some ascribe to him the foundation of the Lernaean mysteries. He was also reported to have been among the Argonauts.
# Krępa, Lubusz Voivodeship

Krępa is a district of the city of Zielona Góra, in western Poland, located in the northern part of the city. It was a separate village until 2014.
Krępa has a population of 671.

## Notable people

* Andrzej Huszcza (born 1957), Polish retired speedway rider
# 71st Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 71st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

## Service

The 71st Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Douglas at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on July 26, 1862, for a term of three months. It served garrisons in scattered garrisons in southern Illinois and western Kentucky. Company K unanimously elected James Creed as captain, which was responsible for protecting two bridges along the Big Muddy river in southern Illinois from Confederate sympathizers.
The regiment was mustered out on October 29, 1862.

## Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 23 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 23 fatalities.

## Commanders

* Colonel Othniel Gilbert - mustered out with the regiment.
# Bouillé-Loretz

Bouillé-Loretz (French pronunciation:) is a former commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Loretz-d'Argenton.
# Zenjino Station

Zenjino Station (善師野駅, Zenjino-eki) is a railway station in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.

## Lines

Zenjino Station is served by the Meitetsu Hiromi Line, and is located 4.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Inuyama.

## Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles and is unattended..

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Hiromi Line | For Shin Kani |
| 2 | ■ Hiromi Line | For Inuyama and Meitetsu Nagoya |

## Station history

Zenjino Station was opened on 24 April 1925.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1263 passengers daily.

## Surrounding area

* Aigi Tunnel
# Aniołka-Parcele

Aniołka-Parcele is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Trzcinica, within Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship in west-central Poland.
# HMS Dartmouth (1693)

HMS Dartmouth was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, ordered on 21 June 1692 to be built by commercial contract with the master shipwright John Shish in Rotherhithe (one of seven such 50-gun ships ordered during 1692), and launched there on 24 July 1693.
Under the command of Captain Roger Vaughan (who was killed in the action), she was badly damaged and captured in the Western Approaches by two French 40-gun ships on 4 February 1695. The French sold her in January 1700 to Spain, who renamed her as San Juan Bautista (rating her as 48 guns and 549 toneladas in size); she served as the almiranta (2nd flagship) to a convoy in 1701, but she was re-taken by HMS Barfleur at the Battle of Vigo Bay on 12 October 1702. Upon her re-capture in 1702 she was renamed HMS Vigo Prize, as a new ship of the navy had already been commissioned as HMS Dartmouth. Her service as HMS Vigo Prize was short however, as she was wrecked in on the Dutch coast on 25 November 1703.
# Ipomoea pandurata

Ipomoea pandurata, known as man of the earth, wild potato vine, manroot, wild sweet potato, and wild rhubarb, is a species of herbaceous perennial vine native to North America. It is a twining plant of woodland verges and rough places with heart-shaped leaves and funnel-shaped white flowers with a pinkish throat. The large tuberous roots can be roasted and eaten, or can be used to make a poultice or infusion. When uncooked, the roots have purgative properties.

## Description

I. pandurata is a twining and scrambling vine that can reach 30 ft (9 m). The stems are usually hairless and bear alternate, olive-green, cordate leaves, about 6 in (15 cm) long, with long, purple-tinged petioles. The flowers develop in the axils of the leaves in groups of one to five. The sepals are light green and hairless, and overlap one another. The flowers are tubular, white with a pinkish or purplish throat. The corolla is five-lobed, some 2.5 to 3 in (6.4 to 7.6 cm) long and wide. The stamens form a white boss in the middle of the throat. Flowers open overnight and close, on a sunny day, about mid-day, but last longer in cloudy weather. They are followed by capsules containing two to four flat seeds which are noticeably hairy along their outer edges.

## Distribution and habitat

The native range is the southern and eastern parts of the United States, extending northwards into Ontario in Canada. Habitats include upland woods, the edges of prairies bordering woodlands, thickets, rocky gullies and stream-sides, disturbed ground, and railway and highway verges.

## Ecology

Long-tongued bees such as honey bees, bumblebees and digger bees visit I. pandurata seeking nectar, as do various butterflies and moths. Tortoise beetles (subfamily Cassidinae) of various sorts and the sweet potato leaf beetle (Typophorus nigritus) feed on the leaves. The larvae of the latter two beetles feed on the swollen tuberous roots, while the larvae of the sweet potato leaf miner moth (Bedellia somnulentella), the morning-glory plume moth (Emmelina monodactyla) and the sweetpotato hornworm (Agrius cingulata) feed on the foliage. Mammalian herbivorous animals avoid this plant which tastes bitter and is toxic to some extent.

## Uses

The root of this plant produces a large edible tuber that can be as much as 75 cm (30 in) long and 12 cm (5 in) thick, weighing up to 10 kg (22 lb)., with other sources alleging even larger sizes. This can be roasted and eaten, resembling a sweet potato, young specimens being best as older tubers may be bitter. Other uses for the plant include the preparation of a poultice from the roots which can be used to ease pain in rheumatic joints. The roots are also used to prepare an infusion that is said to have expectorant, diuretic and laxative effects.
# Antonin, Jarocin County

Antonin (Polish pronunciation:) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żerków, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Żerków, 19 km (12 mi) north-east of Jarocin, and 58 km (36 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.
# Antonin, Oborniki County

Antonin (Polish pronunciation:) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oborniki, within Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
# Gary Kowalski (American football)

Gary Kowalski (born July 2, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman for six seasons with the Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).
Kowalski played college football for the Boston College Eagles and was selected by the Rams in the sixth round of the 1983 NFL draft. He was then traded to Chargers as a left tackle in 1985. Kowalski played in 58 career NFL games and started in 28. As of 2019 he currently resides where he grew up in Deep River, Connecticut.
# Iason Abramashvili

Iason Abramashvili (Georgian: იასონ აბრამაშვილი, pronounced; born 26 April 1988) is a Georgian alpine skier from Bakuriani. He competed for Georgia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom. Abramashvili was Georgia's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. After the death of fellow Georgian athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili, who was also from Bakuriani, he initially considered withdrawing, but decided to stay in Vancouver to compete in honor of his fallen comrade.
# Atanazyn

Atanazyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szamocin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of Szamocin, 18 km (11 mi) north-east of Chodzież, and 74 km (46 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań.
# Augustowo, Międzychód County

Augustowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kwilcz, within Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Międzychód and 51 km (32 mi) west of the regional capital Poznań.
# Baba, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Baba is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzykosy, within Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
# Babi Dwór

Babi Dwór is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Okonek, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
For more on its history, see Złotów County.
# Baava

Baava (transl. Brother-in-law) is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy-drama film, produced by M. L. Padma Kumar Chowdary on Sri Keerthi Creations banner and directed by Rambabu. The film stars Siddharth, Pranitha, and Rajendra Prasad. The music is composed by Chakri. It was remade in Bangladeshi Bengali as Bhalobasar Rong (2012).

## Plot

Veerababu (Siddharth) is a carefree youth who lives in a village with his parents. His father Seetharamudu (Rajendra Prasad) marries a girl (Pavitra Lokesh) from a big family against her family's wishes, and they do not accept them as part of their family. All his life, Seetharam spends time regretting that he separated his wife from her family and yearns to be part of a big family. Seetharam wants his son Veerababu to marry a girl from a big family and have a status of a son-in-law. Meanwhile, Veerababu falls in love with Varalakshmi (Pranitha), a girl from the nearby village. Later it is revealed that she is Veerababu's maternal relative, and they do not agree to their marriage. Seetharam worries that his son's fate is going to be just like him and tries to dissuade him from marrying Varalakshmi. However, he later helps his son and story. The rest of the story revolves around how Veerababu wins the hearts of his girlfriend's family members and ends with their family accepting both the couples as part of their family.

## Cast

* Siddharth as Veerababu and young Seetharamudu
* Pranitha as Varalakshmi
* Rajendra Prasad as Seetharamudu, Veerababu's father
* Pavitra Lokesh as Veerababu's mother
* Brahmanandam
* Ali
* Sindhu Tolani
* Surekha Vani
* Tanikella Bharani
* Ahuti Prasad
* Raghu Babu
* Y. Kasi Viswanath
* Srinivasa Reddy
* Satyam Rajesh
* Duvvasi Mohan
* Praveen
* Uttej
* Narsing Yadav
* Samrat Reddy
* Bharath Raju
* Prabhas Sreenu
* Jogi Naidu
* Rajitha
* Ushasri
* Jaya Murali

## Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakri.

## Release

Serish Nanisetti of The Hindu gave a negative review and opined that "The dénouement is a dressed up feudal drama masquerading as a cycle race. Even before the beginning you can predict the contrived end". A critic from The Times of India gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and wrote that "Although, the village backdrop is captivating, but the plot of childhood friends who later re-unite as lovers, has been done-to-death by T-Town dream merchants". Radhika Rajamani of Rediff gave the film the same rating and stated that "All in all, Baava is rather pedestrian fare. It's quite disappointing to see performances by the artistes go waste in a script like this".
# Levan Abramishvili

Levan Abramishvili (Georgian: ლევან აბრამიშვილი; born 27 July 1970) is a Georgian alpine skier. He competed in the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics.
# Levan Tibilov

Levan Tibilov (born 23 July 1970) is a Georgian luger. He competed in the men's doubles event at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
# 26th Scripps National Spelling Bee

The 26th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, District of Columbia on May 21, 1953, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company.
The winner was 13-year-old Elizabeth Hess of Arizona, correctly spelling the word soubrette. 11-year-old Raymond A. Sokolov of Detroit, Michigan placed second, falling on "spermaceti", after finishing 22nd the prior year. Third place went to 13-year-old David Hudson of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, who had placed sixth the prior year.
There were 53 contestants this year, 37 girls and 16 boys. Four were returning spellers, and the youngest speller this year was 11. 541 words were used. The contest started at 8:45 am and continued until 5:40pm except for a lunch break and brief recesses.
As of 2018, Hess is the only speller from Arizona to have ever won the Bee.
# English ship Defiance (1590)

Defiance was a 46-gun galleon of the English Tudor navy, launched in 1590.
She was rebuilt as a 40-gun great ship in 1615 by Phineas Pett I at Woolwich. Defiance was sold out of the navy in 1650.
# Barankowo

Barankowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krajenka, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north-west of Krajenka.
Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1945 Prussia and Germany. For more on its history, see Złotów County.
# The Very Best of Oleta Adams

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The Very Best of Oleta Adams is a compilation album by American vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1996.

## History

Released at the end of 1996 in Europe, this album served to finish Adams' contract with Mercury Records. It includes singles and album highlights of her albums Circle of One, Evolution and Moving On. Also included is Adams' very first single release, the duet with Tears for Fears "Woman in Chains", as well as her 1991 cover of "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" for the Two Rooms album, neither of which had been included on her albums.

## USA version

This first edition of the compilation was never released in the USA. Instead, Mercury Records released a compilation with the same title two years later, in 1998, with a slightly different track listing. It included two rare 1994 non-album songs: the cover of "Embraceable You" recorded for a George Gershwin tribute album, and the cover of the song "Many Rivers to Cross", recorded for the soundtrack of the film Jason's Lyric.

## Track listing

European 1996 CD
* "Rhythm Of Life" - 4:22
* "Get Here" - 4:34
* "Window Of Hope" - 4:22
* "I've Got To Sing My Song" - 4:04
* "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" - 5:55
* "Never Knew Love" - 3:23
* "We Will Meet Again" - 4:46
* "Hold Me For A While" - 5:11
* "Circle Of One" - 3:53
* "When Love Comes To The Rescue" - 5:15
* "I Knew You When" - 4:20
* "Lover's Holiday" - 4:12
* "I Just Had To Hear Your Voice" - 3:43
* "My Heart Won't Lie" - 4:44
* "Woman In Chains" (with Tears For Fears) - 6:31
* "Life Keeps Moving On" - 5:31
USA 1998 CD
* "Rhythm Of Life" (Nicola Holland; Roland Orzabal) - 4:19
* "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" (Elton John; Bernie Taupin) - 5:54
* "Never Knew Love" (Oleta Adams; Vassal Benford; Kathy Wakefield) - 3:21
* "Get Here" (Brenda Russell) - 4:35
* "Hold Me For A While" (Oleta Adams) - 5:10
* "Many Rivers To Cross" (Jimmy Cliff) - 4:05
* "Circle Of One" (Oleta Adams) - 3:52
* "My Heart Won't Lie" (Oleta Adams) - 4:42
* "Lover's Holiday" (Oleta Adams) - 4:10
* "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin) - 3:52
* "We Will Meet Again" (Brenda Russell; Allan Rich) - 4:46
* "Love Begins At Home" (Oleta Adams; Jud Friedman; Allan Rich) - 4:51
* "I Just Had To Hear Your Voice" (Jud Friedman; Allan Rich) - 3:38
* "Woman In Chains" (with Tears For Fears) (Roland Orzabal) - 6:29
* "I Knew You When" (Donny Kees; Shawna Harrington-Burkhart) - 4:20
* "Window Of Hope" (Oleta Adams) - 4:24

## Charts

| Chart (1996) | Position |
| Dutch album chart | #46 |
# Henry Charles Armon Calvert

Henry Charles Armon Calvert (born November 8, 1950), better known as Henry Charles or Doctor Charles, is a Brazilian physician and politician. He has served as a councilman, state deputy, and mayor of São Gonçalo.
Councilman of São Gonçalo for two terms, he was first elected state deputy in 1994 by the PSDB. In 1996, he ran for mayor of São Gonçalo under the PMDB, receiving just over 8% of the votes and finishing in third place. In 1998, he was re-elected as state deputy with over 31,000 votes. In the ALERJ, he served as acting president of the Budget Committee.
In 2000, he ran again for mayor of São Gonçalo under the PMDB, in a campaign marked by the slogan "Call the Doctor" and the jingle "It's 15, it's 15, it's 15, it's Doctor Charles," referencing his party's electoral number. In that election, he was elected in the second round, obtaining 56.59% of the valid votes, defeating the incumbent mayor Édson Ezequiel (PDT).