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# Calitri

Calitri (Irpino: Calìtr) is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy.

## Overview

Calitri is in Campania near the borders of the regions of Apulia and Basilicata. It is approximately 530 metres (1,740 ft) above sea level so on even on the hottest day there is generally a breeze. The Antico Borgo is in the oldest section of the town, the centro storico, at the top of which are the remains of a castle which predates the 12th century. The Borgo itself is a labyrinth of historic houses which have, over the centuries, been built into the hillside. Stone and marble stairs, frequently under old stone arches, connect the streets. Calitri suffered a devastating earthquake in 1980 and has only been partially rebuilt. The Castello at the top of its distinctive cone shaped hilltop is very impressive for its strong architectural forms. In recent reconstructions they are remerging as an important and physically attractive feature of the town.
Other recent excavation and reconstruction of an ancient Neviera in the Gagliano section of the town above the cemetery reveals an extensive underground, domed, ice-house of about 15 metres (50 ft) in height and 7.6 metres (25 ft) in horizontal circumference.

## People

* Vinicio Capossela, singer-songwriter
* Angelo Maffucci, an Italian pathologist remembered for isolating the bacteria that causes avian tuberculosis

## Sister cities

* Lavena Ponte Tresa (Italy)
# James Dugan

James Dugan may refer to:
* James Dugan (director) (1898–1937), American film director
* James Dugan (historian) (1912–1967), American historian and writer
* James P. Dugan (1929–2021), New Jersey State Senator
# La Dorada, Caldas

La Dorada (Spanish pronunciation:) is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Caldas. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Dorada–Guaduas. It is situated on the banks of Colombia's principal river, the Magdalena.
The city's economy is based primarily on livestock, fishing, and tourism.

## Gallery

* Municipal Mayor's Office Building.
* Municipal Council Hall.
* Municipal Palace of Justice.
# Andic languages

The Andic languages are a branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family. They are often grouped together with the Avar language and (formerly) with the Tsezic (Didoic) languages to form an Avar–Andic (or Avar–Andic–Didoic) branch of that family.

## Internal branching

Schulze (2009) gives the following family tree:
* Andic languages
** Andi (Qwannab)
** Akhvakh–Tindi
*** Akhvakh
*** Karata–Tindi
**** Karata (Kirdi)
**** Botlikh–Tindi
***** Botlikh
***** Godoberi
***** Chamalal
***** Bagvalal–Tindi
****** Bagvalal
****** Tindi
# Shorshe ilish

Shorshe ilish (Bengali pronunciation:) is a Bengali dish, native to the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, made from hilsa or Tenualosa ilisha, a type of herring, cooked in mustard gravy. The dish is popular among the people of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak valley.

## Ingredients

The main ingredients are hilsa, white mustard, mustard, mustard oil, green chili, black cumin, turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt. Lime juice and/or coriander leaves may be added for flavor.

## Variation

Shorshe ilish bhapa is a variation of this dish.

## Nutrition

Each serving contains approximately 450 calories, 17.1g protein, 8.1g carbohydrate, 38.4g total fat (4.9g saturated), 73.5 mg cholesterol, and 8.2 mg sodium.
# Hex (VJ group)

Hex, or Hex Media, were a London-based multimedia group founded in the early 1990s by artist Robert Pepperell, coder Miles Visman and the DJ duo Coldcut. The group set out to exploit the creative potential of, what was then, the new media technologies of CD-ROM, multimedia, interactive computing, video sampling and portable video projection.
Working across a wide range of media - from computer games to art exhibitions - the group pioneered many new media hybrids, including live audiovisual jamming, computer-generated audio performances, and interactive collaborative instruments.
Their work was published on a series of interactive CD-ROMs, and exhibited widely - including at the JAM exhibition in London's Barbican Gallery in 1996 – and through the 'in-house' music label, Ninja Tune.
The group dispersed in the late 1990s, with later members Stuart Warren Hill and Robin Brunson going on to form the VJ outfit Hexstatic.

## Partial list of output

* Top Banana
* Total Chaos
# Aberrant bush warbler

The aberrant bush warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus) is a species in the bush warbler family, Cettiidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.
It is found in central and southern China, and the northern extremes of Myanmar and Vietnam. It occurs in the countries of Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam and also may occur in northeastern and southeastern Bangladesh.

## Taxonomy

The aberrant bush warbler was formally described in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth based on a specimen collected in Nepal. He placed the species in the genus Neornis and coined the binomial name Neornis flavolivacea. The specific epithet flavolivaceus combines the Latin flavus meaning "yellow" with the Modern Latin olivaceus meaning "olive-green". The aberrant bush warbler is now placed in the genus Horornis that was introduced in 1845 by Brian Hodgson.
Thirteen subspecies are recognised:
* H. f. flavolivaceus (Blyth, 1845) – central, east Himalayas
* H. f. stresemanni (Koelz, 1954) – southwest Assam (northeast India)
* H. f. weberi (Mayr, 1941) – southeast Assam (northeast India) and west Myanmar
* H. f. intricatus (Hartert, EJO, 1909) – north, east Myanmar to south China
* H. f. oblitus (Mayr, 1941) – north Indochina
* H. f. sepiarius (Kloss, 1931) – montane north Sumatra
* H. f. flaviventris (Salvadori, 1879) – montane central, south Sumatra
* H. f. vulcanius (Blyth, 1870) – montane Java, Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa (west Lesser Sunda Islands)
* H. f. kolichisi (Johnstone, RE & Darnell, 1997) – montane Alor Island (east Lesser Sunda Islands)
* H. f. everetti (Hartert, EJO, 1898) – montane Timor and Wetar (east Lesser Sunda Islands)
* H. f. banksi (Chasen, 1935) – montane northwest Borneo
* H. f. oreophilus (Sharpe, 1888) – montane northeast Borneo
* H. f. palawanus (Ripley & Rabor, 1962) – montane Palawan (southwest Philippines)
The last eight subspecies in the above list have sometimes been considered as a separate species, the Sunda bush warbler Horornis vulcanius.
# Cyperus niigatensis

Cyperus niigatensis is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Japan.
# Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve

17°12′S 152°00′E﻿ / ﻿17.200°S 152.000°E﻿ / -17.200; 152.000
Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve is a former marine protected area covering an area of 8440 km$^2$ in the Australian Coral Sea Islands Territory that was incorporated into the new Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve in December 2012. Together with the Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve, from which it is separated by about 100 km of open ocean, it forms the Coral Sea Reserves Ramsar Site, designated on 16 August 2002, listing it under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance.

## History

Lihou Reef and its cays were discovered by Lieutenant John Lihou, R.N., on 23 February 1823. Lihou, then Master of the brig-sloop HMS Zenobia, was on passage from Manila to South America. After a hazardous passage through the reef, the ship departed the Great Barrier Reef via an opening near Murray Islands. On 23 February, the Lihou Reefs were sighted.

## Description

Lihou Reef is the second largest atoll by total size in the Coral Sea, after the Chesterfield Islands (not counting the completely submerged Lansdowne Bank in the easternmost reaches of the Coral Sea). It is U-shaped, with an opening in the south-west. The size of the lagoon is about 100 by 30 km, with an area of 2529 km$^2$, making the atoll one of the largest in the world. Nevertheless, the total land area of the islets and cays is little more than a square kilometre. The lagoon is up to 60 m deep. The reserve contains 18 islets and cays, 9 each on the Northern Rim and the Southern Rim, ranging in size from 5,000 to 168,000 m$^2$.

### Northern Rim

Total land area 560,000 m$^2$; the islets on the Northern Rim are, from southwest to northeast (clockwise):
* Juliette Cay (78,000 m$^2$)
* Kathy Cay (40,000 m$^2$)
* Lorna Cay (168,000 m$^2$)
* Little Margaret Cay (10,000 m$^2$)
* Margaret Cay (30,000 m$^2$)
* Turtle Islet (31,000 m$^2$)
* Middle Cay (78,000 m$^2$)
* Observatory Cay (88,000 m$^2$)
* Licklick Cay (40,000 m$^2$)
Only Lorna Cay and Turtle Islet are vegetated. Turtle Islet reaches a height of 6 m, and Observatory Cay 2 m.

### Southern Rim

Total land area 470,000 m$^2$.
The islets on the Southern Rim are, from northeast to southwest (clockwise):
* Anne Cay, "No 1 Cay" (112,000 m$^2$)
* Betty Cay, "No 2 Cay" (37,000 m$^2$)
* Carol Cay, "No 3 Cay" (5,000 m$^2$)
* Dianna Cay, "No 4 Cay" (16,000 m$^2$)
* Fanny Cay, "No 5 Cay" (7,000 m$^2$)
* Edna Cay, "No 6 Cay" (73,000 m$^2$)
* Helen Cay, "No 7 Cay" (10,000 m$^2$)
* Georgina Cay, "No 8 Cay" (105,000 m$^2$)
* Nellie Cay, "No 9 Cay" (104,000 m$^2$)
Only the largest three of the Southern Rim, Anne Cay, Georgina Cay and Nellie Cay, are vegetated. Just northeast of Anne Cay is the Herald Passage into the lagoon.
# 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles

Olga Govortsova and Tatiana Poutchek were the defending champions, but they chose to not compete this year. Edina Gallovits and Sania Mirza won this tournament. They defeated Han Xinyun and Liu Wan-ting 7–5, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

* Akgul Amanmuradova / Alla Kudryavtseva (quarterfinals)
* Natalie Grandin / Vladimíra Uhlířová (first round)
* Hsieh Su-wei / Chanelle Scheepers (quarterfinals)
* Anna Smith / Yan Zi (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | A Amanmuradova A Kudryavtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Panova K Pervak | 4 | 1 | | 1 | A Amanmuradova A Kudryavtseva | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Chen S Liu | 6 | 4 | [9] | | O Savchuk T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | O Savchuk T Tanasugarn | 3 | 6 | [11] | | | | | O Savchuk T Tanasugarn | 3 | 0 | | | |
| 4 | A Smith Z Yan | 6 | 6$^3$ | [10] | | | | | E Gallovits S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | S Sun S Zhang | 3 | 7 | [5] | 4 | A Smith Z Yan | 2 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | J Groth S Peers | 4 | 3 | | | E Gallovits S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | E Gallovits S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | E Gallovits S Mirza | 7 | 6 |
| | J-j Lu Y-F Xu | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | X Han W-t Liu | 5 | 3 |
| | C-w Chan K Palkina | 6 | 2 | [8] | | J-j Lu Y-F Xu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | N Bratchikova E Ivanova | 3 | 3 | | 3 | S-w Hsieh C Scheepers | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 3 | S-w Hsieh C Scheepers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | J-j Lu Y-F Xu | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | A Brianti K-c Chang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | X Han W-t Liu | 6 | 6 | | | |
| WC | C Liang Y-M Zhou | 4 | 1 | | | A Brianti K-c Chang | 1 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | X Han W-t Liu | 6 | 6 | | | X Han W-t Liu | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
# Lindera praecox

Lindera praecox, the February spicebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae, native to southern China, and Japan. A deciduous shrub typically 4.5 to 7.5 m (15 to 25 ft) tall, it is hardy to USDA Zone 8. In the wild it is found in thickets on the slopes of hills and mountains, and on the banks of streams and lakes. It is occasionally available from specialty nurseries.
* Bark is warty
* Fruit are also warty
* Female flowers
* Habit
* At Dunedin Botanic Garden
# 2008 World Series by Renault

The 2008 World Series by Renault was the fourth season of Renault Sport's series of events, with three different championships racing under one banner.

## Race calendar

| Circuit | Date | Series |
| Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 26 April | FR3.5 |
| Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 27 April | FR3.5 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 Mayo | All |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 4 Mayo | All |
| Circuit de Monaco | 25 Mayo | FR3.5 |
| Silverstone | 7 June | All |
| Silverstone | 8 June | All |
| Hungaroring | 5 July | All |
| Hungaroring | 6 July | All |
| Nürburgring | 30 August | All |
| Nürburgring | 31 August | All |
| Bugatti Circuit | 6 September | All |
| Bugatti Circuit | 7 September | All |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 27 September | All |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 28 September | All |
| Circuit de Catalunya | 18 October | All |
| Circuit de Catalunya | 19 October | All |
* Event in light blue is not part of the World Series, but is a championship round for the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.

## Championships
### Formula Renault 3.5 Series

| Pos. | Driver | Team | Points |
| 1 | Giedo van der Garde | P1 Motorsport | 137 |
| 2 | Julien Jousse | Tech 1 Racing | 106 |
| 3 | Fabio Carbone | Ultimate Signature | 97 |
| 4 | Miguel Molina | Prema Powerteam | 79 |
| 5 | Mikhail Aleshin | Carlin Motorsport | 73 |

### Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

| Pos. | Driver | Team | Points |
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | Motopark Academy | 139 |
| 2 | Daniel Ricciardo | SG Formula | 136 |
| 3 | Andrea Caldarelli | SG Formula | 123 |
| 4 | Roberto Merhi | Epsilon Euskadi | 108 |
| 5 | Tobias Hegewald | Motopark Academy | 72 |

### Eurocup Mégane Trophy

| Pos. | Driver | Team | Points |
| 1 | Michaël Rossi | TDS Racing | 170 |
| 2 | Maxime Martin | Boutsen Energy Racing | 154 |
| 3 | Dimitri Enjalbert | Tech 1 Racing | 126 |
| 4 | Matthieu Cheruy | Tech 1 Racing | 84 |
| 5 | Sébastien Dhouailly | Team Lompech Sport | 78 |
# The Mercury Program

The Mercury Program is an American musical group composed of Dave Lebleu on drums, Sander Travisano on bass guitar, Tom Reno on guitar, and Whit Travisano on vibraphone and piano.

## History

The first three members formed a trio in August 1997 and Whit Travisano joined in late 1999. Originally based in Gainesville, Florida, the band members live in different cities across the United States.
Mercury Program's first two albums feature sparse, spoken-word vocals. However, beginning with the release of the 2001 EP All the Suits Began to Fall Off, the band moved to an entirely instrumental format.
The band toured extensively in support of their critically acclaimed 2002 album A Data Learn the Language. Then, following the release of the split EP Confines of Heat in 2003, the Mercury Program went on extended hiatus, sporadically working on new material over the next several years. Since then, the band has reconvened occasionally to record, release and tour. Chez Viking was released November 24, 2009, and on May 20, 2016, the band released the EP New Myths, both on Lovitt Records.
In 2018, A Data Learn the Language was recut and reissued as a double LP on vinyl.

## Discography

* Albums
** The Mercury Program (Tiger Style, 1999)
** From The Vapor of Gasoline (Tiger Style, 2000)
** A Data Learn the Language (Tiger Style, 2002)
** Chez Viking (Lovitt Records, 2009)
* EPs
** All the Suits Began to Fall Off (Boxcar, 2001)
** Confines of Heat (split release with Maserati + DVD, Kindercore, 2003)
** New Myths (Lovitt Records, 2016)
* Compilation Appearances
** Back To Donut! (A No Idea Compilation) (No Idea, 1998)
* Singles / 7 inches
** The Mercury Program / Versailles 7" (split release with Versailles, Boxcar, 1998)
** Lights Out In Georgia 7" (Boxcar, 1998)
# 2007 Beijing Guoan F.C. season

The 2007 Beijing Guoan F.C. season was their 4th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League, established in the 2004 season, and 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Chinese football. They competed at the Chinese Super League.

## First team

    As of August 26, 2007
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Zhang Sipeng |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Lang Zheng |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Zhang Shuai |
| 4 | DF | CHN | Zhou Ting |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Aderaldo Ferreira André |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Sui Dongliang |
| 7 | MF | CHN | Wang Changqing |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Yang Pu |
| 9 | FW | HON | Walter Martínez |
| 11 | FW | CHN | Yan Xiangchuang |
| 12 | DF | CHN | Cui Wei |
| 13 | DF | CHN | Xu Yunlong (Captain) |
| 14 | MF | CHN | Wang Dong |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Tao Wei |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Huang Bowen |
| 17 | FW | CHN | Gao Dawei |
| 18 | MF | CHN | Lu Jiang |
| 19 | MF | CHN | Yang Hao |
| 20 | MF | CHN | Li Yao |
| 22 | GK | CHN | Yang Zhi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | FW | CHN | Du Wenhui |
| 24 | MF | CHN | Wang Chao |
| 25 | MF | CHN | Xue Shen |
| 26 | DF | CHN | Hao Qiang |
| 27 | FW | SRB | Miodrag Pantelić |
| 28 | FW | CHN | Guo Hui |
| 29 | FW | CHN | Shang Yi |
| 30 | DF | CHN | Zhang Yonghai |
| 31 | FW | CHN | Yue Kaihao |
| 32 | FW | CHN | Hu Qiling |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Yao Shuang |
| 34 | GK | CHN | Hou Sen |
| 35 | GK | CHN | Cheng Yuelei |
| 36 | MF | CHN | Zhu Yifan |
| 37 | DF | CHN | Li Hongzhe |
| 38 | MF | CHN | Xue Fei |
| 39 | DF | CHN | Yu Lei |
| 40 | MF | CHN | Wang Hao |
| 41 | MF | CHN | Sang Yifei |
| 42 | FW | BRA | Tiago |
# Tomotla, North Carolina

Tomotla is an unincorporated community along the Valley River in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

## History

A post office called Tomotla was established in 1848, and remained in operation until 1948. The name "Tomotla" is derived from the Yamasee Native Americans. The meaning of the name is unknown. The name variant "Tomotley" was also used for more than one historic Cherokee town.

## Notable people

* George Washington Hayes (1804–1864) – North Carolina politician who established Clay County and served as Tomotla's first postmaster
# Liptena undina

Liptena undina is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Equateur and Sankuru), Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
# Tonight at Noon

Tonight at Noon is an album of music by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. It was released through Atlantic Records in July 1964. It compiles tracks recorded at two sessions – the 1957 sessions for the album entitled The Clown and the 1961 sessions for Oh Yeah. These tracks have since been added to the CD re-releases of their respective albums as bonus tracks.

## Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "While the former session features Mingus going for the blues via European harmonics and melodic approaches with hard bop tempos (particularly on the title track), the latter session with its nocturnal elegance and spatial irregularities comes off more as some kind of exercise in vanguard Ellington with sophisticated harmonies that give way to languid marches and gospel-tinged blues... Despite the fact that this is an assembled album, it holds plenty of magic nonetheless".
Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Record Mirror | |

## Track listing

    All compositions by Charles Mingus
* "Tonight at Noon" – 6:00
* "Invisible Lady" – 4:51
* ""Old" Blues for Walt's Torin" [aka "Roland Kirk's Message"] – 7:57
* "Peggy's Blue Skylight" – 9:46
* "Passions of a Woman Loved" – 9:47
   * Recorded at Atlantic Studios in New York City on March 13, 1957 (tracks 1 & 5) and November 6, 1961

## Personnel

* Charles Mingus – bass, piano, vocals
* Jimmy Knepper – trombone
* Shafi Hadi (as Curtis Porter) (tracks 1 & 5) – alto saxophone
* Booker Ervin (tracks 2–4) – tenor saxophone
* Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, siren, flute (tracks 2–4)
* Wade Legge – piano (tracks 1 & 5)
* Doug Watkins – bass (tracks 2–4)
* Dannie Richmond – drums
# The Mountain Is Young

The Mountain Is Young is the fourth novel by Chinese-Flemish author Han Suyin. A love story set in Nepal, it was first published by Jonathan Cape, Ltd. London in 1958. It became a New York Times bestseller in Fiction that same year. It was republished by Penguin Books in 1962, by HarperCollins in 1987 and by Rupa & Co. in 1999.

## Origins

The novel is based on Han Suyin's experiences as an invited attendee of the 1956 coronation of the King of Nepal, an event which is described in the novel. In the preface, Han Suyin writes that the book, while being a work of fiction, endeavors to give as exact a picture as is possible of the time. The school at which Anne Ford teaches, many other institutions and places referenced in the book, and of all the named characters, are invented.
The Mountain is Young is written in the confessional style and is considered to reflect autobiographical details of the author's personal life, specifically the difficult ending of her second marriage with British officer Leonard Comber, and meeting the Indian army colonel, Vincent Ruthnaswamy, who would become her third husband.

## Plot summary

The Mountain Is Young is set in Nepal in 1956. The protagonist, Anne Ford, is a writer whose husband is a retired colonial civil servant. She travels to Kathmandu after getting a job as an English teacher at a Girls Institute there. Then, she meets and falls in love with the engineer in charge of building the dam.
It is a story of rediscovering yourself after a long sleep of fitting in, boredom and misery. The reader of this story is inspired to discover the same self, become aware of the unseen rules of society and challenge the fact that they threaten to take away the joy of using our gifts and live our unique lives to the fullest, just as happens to lead character Anne when she awakens.

## Reception

The book was described in The Rough Guide to Nepal 2002 as "the first—and still only—bestseller in English set in Nepal". The Rough Guide says it shows how much has changed in Kathmandu 56 years later, and "somewhat surprisingly" how much has not changed since then.
In Forster and further: the tradition of Anglo-Indian fiction, Sujit Mukherjee writes "The novel appears to be a command performance because Han Suyin was specially invited to attend the coronation of King Mahendra and Queen Ratna in May 1956. This work, a direct outcome of that experience, is nearly as fabulous as the occasion it celebrates. The central fable combines resuscitation of a writer along with reawakening as a woman."
# The Mountain Lion

The Mountain Lion is a 1947 novel by Jean Stafford.

## Overview

Eight-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother Ralph live in a Los Angeles suburb where they are sheltered by their mother after they are left weak by scarlet fever. One summer, she relents to allow them to visit their Uncle Claude's ranch in Colorado, on the condition that they are not to go horseback riding or engage in "perilous amusements". Although fearful, the pair resolve to use this opportunity learn more about the world they have been missing. They return each summer for several years, providing a contrast between their dull suburban school years and the challenges of ranch life as the children grow into adults.
# 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round

The 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round took place between 26 August 2008 and 4 September 2008. The eight winners advanced to the Group Stage.

## Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Jalapa | 1–5 | San Francisco | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| Joe Public | 6–1 | New England Revolution | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Alajuelense | 2–3 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Cruz Azul | 12–0 | Hankook Verdes | 6–0 | 6–0 |
| Harbour View | 0–3 | Universidad Nacional | N/A | 0–3 |
| Tauro | 3–1 | Chivas USA | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Montreal Impact | 1–0 | Real Estelí | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Isidro Metapán | 3–4 | Marathón | 2–2 | 1–2 |

## Matches

All times local