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Air Apparent

Air Apparent is the thirty-first book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony, which was first mentioned in the "Author's Note" in Currant Events. Piers Anthony stated that notions from his readers have already been set aside for use in this installment in the same "Author's Note."

Plot introduction

Piers Anthony has stated that the book is set as a murder mystery. It has, typical for Xanth books, many puns. Readers also get a better understanding of the nature of Ida's moons.  Air Apparent includes a character known as a Debra who is a 13-year-old girl who is constantly pressured to take off her bra.  To De-Bra so to speak.  She is based on a real girl. Debra Kawaguchi was a huge fan of the Xanth series and after her death in 2004, her father wrote Piers and asked him to include Debra in his cast of characters. After Piers explained to Debra's father that the only way he could think to include Debra in the book was through the De-Bra-ing pun, Mr. Kawaguchi agreed that Debra would have been delighted to be a character in Xanth and would have loved the pun. Piers mentions Mr. Kawaguchi in the author notes as the inspiration for Debra.  Debra is depicted on the front cover of the hardback book as a flying centaur.

Review 

"The Xanth books constitute Anthony's longest and most successful series . . . . They are intended to be kind-spirited, fun reading, a series of wondrous beasts and beings, and most of all, an endless succession of outrageous puns"—Lee Killough, Wichita Eagle

References

External links 
 About Air Apparent and the Xanth series at the publisher's official website

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2007 American novels
Tor Books books
Sierra Leone at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sierra Leone competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Athletics

Men

Field events

Key
Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Boxing

Men

References
Official Olympic Reports

Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968
Summer Olympics
Utopia (Goldfrapp song)

"Utopia" is an electronic song performed by British group Goldfrapp. The song was written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory for the duo's debut album Felt Mountain (2000). It was released as the album's second single in November 2000. Although the song did not appear on the UK Singles Chart initially, it reached number 29 on the UK Indie Chart and found minor success in the Netherlands, debuting and peaking at number 94 in January 2001.

Alison Goldfrapp stated that the song deals with genetic engineering, which she compares to fascism.

Formats and track listings
 CD & 12" single
"Utopia" (Original Mix) – 4:16
"Utopia" (New Ears Mix) – 3:08
"Utopia" (Sunroof Mix) – 7:37

 Digital single (2018)
"Utopia"  – 4:18
"Utopia" (New Ears Mix) – 3:10
"Utopia" (Sunroof Mix) – 7:37
"Utopia" (DNA Mix) – 4:20
"Utopia" (Plaid Remix) – 4:41

Charts

"Utopia (Genetically Enriched)"

"Utopia (Genetically Enriched)" is a remix of a song that was written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory for the duo's debut album Felt Mountain (2000). It was released as the album's fourth single on 11 June 2001.

"Utopia (Genetically Enriched)" became Goldfrapp's first song to chart in their native United Kingdom. On the week of 17 June 2001, the song debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 62 and reached a new peak of number eight on the UK Indie Chart.

Formats and track listings

 CD single 1
 "Utopia (Genetically Enriched)" – 3:50
 "U.K. Girls (Physical)" – 4:50
 "Human" (Live Version)* – 4:45

 CD single 2
 "Utopia" (Jori Hulkkonen Remix) – 6:17
 "Utopia" (Tom Middleton Cosmos Vocal) – 8:17
 "Utopia" (Tim Wright Remix) – 5:09

 12-inch single
 "Utopia" (Tom Middleton Cosmos Vocal) – 8:17
 "Utopia" (Jori Hulkkonen Remix) – 6:17
 "Utopia" (Tim Wright Remix) – 5:09
 *Recorded at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, 2 April 2001. 

 Digital single (2018)
 "Utopia (Genetically Enriched)" – 3:50
 "U.K. Girls (Physical)" – 4:50
 "Human" (Live at Ancienne Belgique) – 4:45
 "Horse Tears" (Live at Ancienne Belgique) – 5:37
 "Utopia" (Jori Hulkkonen Remix) – 6:17
 "Utopia" (Tom Middleton Cosmos Vocal) – 8:17
 "Utopia" (Tim Wright Remix) – 5:09
 "Utopia" (Tom Middleton Cosmos Acid Dub) – 7:19

Charts

References

2000 songs
2000 singles
2001 singles
Goldfrapp songs
Mute Records singles
Songs written by Alison Goldfrapp
Songs written by Will Gregory
Deception (album)

Deception was to be the last album released by the British new wave band The Colourfield. During the recording of the album Karl Shale left during the sessions. Terry Hall has since voiced his displeasure with the recording of the album because he did not feel he had the control of the session musicians and producers the way he needed to preserve The Colourfield’s sound.

Release
Deception was much less successful than its predecessor Virgins and Philistines, and only reached #95 in the UK. It was promoted by two singles, both cover versions. The first, "Running Away", a cover of the Sly and the Family Stone hit, made #84, and the second single, "She" (originally performed by The Monkees) didn't chart at all.

In 2010, the album along with Virgins and Philistines was re-released on CD in the UK by Cherry Red Records with additional bonus tracks.

Track listing
All tracks written by Terry Hall and Toby Lyons; except as indicated.

Personnel
The Colourfield
 Terry Hall - all instruments and voices
 Toby Lyons - all instruments and voices
Additional personnel
Gregg Mangiafico – keyboards
Sammy Merendino – drum programming
Roland Orzabal - guitar on "Running Away" and "Confession"
Dolette McDonald, Deborah Malone, Janice Pendarvis - backing vocals on "Digging It Deep"

References

1987 albums
The Colourfield albums
Albums produced by Richard Gottehrer
Chrysalis Records albums
Pekka Heino (television presenter)

Pekka Heino (born 17 July 1961) is a television host and presenter from Turku (Åbo). He is a Sweden Finn. Heino introduces television programmes as a continuity announcer on the Swedish channel SVT, where he has been working on and off since 1985. He has also hosted a number of Swedish television shows, including the popular SVT quiz show Röda tråden, and has commentated on the Eurovision Song Contest several years for Sweden.  During the summer of 2010, Heino hosted the morning show Gomorron Sverige on SVT. It was announced in December 2010 that Heino would host the SVT programme Gokväll together with Inger Ljung.

Heino is openly gay.

References 

Swedish television personalities
Swedish people of Finnish descent
Finnish LGBT entertainers
Swedish LGBT entertainers
Gay entertainers
Finnish LGBT broadcasters
Finnish gay men
Swedish gay men
People from Turku
1961 births
Living people
Eurovision commentators
Steve Weisberg

Steve Weisberg (born 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States) is an American composer, pianist, recording artist, and producer. In the 1980s, after studying with Michael Gibbs at Berklee College in Boston, Massachusetts, he recorded the XtraWatt/ECM release "I Can't Stand Another Night Alone (In Bed With You)," produced by Carla Bley and Steve Swallow, recorded and performed with Karen Mantler and her Cat Arnold, and contributed arrangements for Hal Willner's Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill (A&M). He was also a member of infamous Boston band Sons of Sappho. In addition, he has contributed music to the films Atlas Shrugged - Part 1, Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, Don't Say a Word, Impostor, Runaway Jury, Bewitched, the 2006 documentary The Ground Truth, Step Brothers, The Express: The Ernie Davis Story, and the documentary Banner On The Moon.

He spent the 1990s performing with Flamin' Amy Coleman and acting as musical director for off-off-Broadway musicals, including a 1995 run at La MaMa in New York City's East Village with the critically acclaimed original musical, "The House of Nancy Dunn" (co-written with Andrew Craft, JJ Hickey, and Howard Pflanzer).

Weisberg re-emerged in 2002 to arrange for Hal Willner's Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen (Sony). He moved to Los Angeles in 2003, and in 2004 continued to act as musical director/arranger for two Hal Willner events: "Shock & Awe: The Music of Randy Newman," featuring Los Lobos, Howard Tate, Gavin Friday, Victoria Williams, Vic Chesnutt, Stan Ridgway, and Van Dyke Parks, and "Let's Eat: A Tribute to The Firesign Theater," featuring John Goodman, George Wendt, Howard Hesseman, Todd Rundgren, Loudon Wainwright III, Chloe Webb, and David Thomas (Pere Ubu).

In 2006, he produced the critically acclaimed studio release Portrait of Howard by 60's soul legend Howard Tate, which features Lou Reed, Carla Bley, Larry Goldings, Pete Thomas and Davey Faragher of Elvis Costello fame, along with a 20-piece orchestra.

In 2007, he acted as musical director and arranger for Perla Batalla's "The Gospel According to Leonard Cohen," an all-star tribute concert in Los Angeles including Jackson Browne, Michael McDonald, Howard Tate, Bill Frisell, and Jill Sobule.

In 2010, he was musical director for the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Solidarity Movement founded by Lech Walesa in Gdansk, Poland with artistic director Robert Wilson and music producer Hal Willner, and featuring Macy Gray, Marianne Faithfull, Rufus Wainwright, and Angelique Kidjo. In addition, he produced tracks for 'operapper' Reggie Bennett (a classically trained baritone singer and rapper) creating a new genre combining hip-hop and operatic style singing.
His string arrangements can be heard on the song "Even Now Part One" by Diego Clare.

References

External links
 
 
 Steve Weisberg Discography at ECM

1963 births
20th-century American male musicians
20th-century American pianists
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century American pianists
American film score composers
American male film score composers
American male pianists
Living people
Musicians from Norfolk, Virginia
Allan McKinnon

Allan Bruce McKinnon, , (11 January 1917 – 19 September 1990) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Canora, Saskatchewan, he served with the Royal Canadian Artillery and was officer with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. In 1945, he was awarded the Military Cross. After the war, he remained in the Canadian Army. He retired with the rank of major in 1965 and settled in Victoria, British Columbia. He then taught at Sangster Elementary School in Colwood. From 1968 to 1972, he was a trustee and later chairman of the Victoria School Board.

McKinnon was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1972 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Victoria, British Columbia. He was re-elected on four successive occasions, and served from 1979 to 1980 as Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs in the short-lived minority government of Joe Clark.

McKinnon retired from politics at the 1988 federal election. He died at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, British Columbia in 1990 due to cancer.

References

External links
 

1917 births
1990 deaths
Canadian military personnel of World War II
Members of the 21st Canadian Ministry
Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
People from Canora, Saskatchewan
Defence ministers of Canada
Politicians from Victoria, British Columbia
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Canadian recipients of the Military Cross
Deaths from cancer in British Columbia
Rodilla

Rodilla is a Spain-based fast food chain that specializes in cold and hot sandwiches, salads, pastries and fried dishes for dining in or take-out.

History
About 1939 or 1940 Antonio Rodilla opened a confectionery shop in Callao Square in downtown Madrid. After some years he decided to sell a new line of products, cold meat (fiambre) sandwiches. Since it was difficult at the time to find a good bread supplier he decided to make his own sliced bread as well, called "English bread", or pan de molde (as opposed to the more traditional baguette-like bread).

In the early 1970s Rodilla opened two new establishments in Princesa and Orense streets, and in 1992 the new firm Artesanía de la Alimentación was created to centralize the production of their own raw materials.

Expansion
Between 1993 and 1995 five new establishments were opened, and today it has a total of 72 restaurants; 63 in Madrid, 5 in Valencia, 2 in Barcelona, 2 in Sevilla, 1 in Toledo and 1 in Segovia. There is also at least one location in Malaga. In 1995, the company sold approximately 1.5 million sandwiches per month.

Already controlled by the brewery Damm since 2012, the Grupo Rodilla was fully bought by Damm in 2015.

References

External links
Official website

Restaurants in Madrid
Fast-food restaurants
Annual percentage yield

Annual percentage yield (APY) is a normalized representation of an interest rate, based on a compounding period of one year. APY figures allow a reasonable, single-point comparison of different offerings with varying compounding schedules. However, it does not account for the possibility of account fees affecting the net gain. APY generally refers to the rate paid to a depositor by a financial institution, while the analogous annual percentage rate (APR) refers to the rate paid to a financial institution by a borrower.

To promote financial products that do not involve debt, banks and other firms will often quote the APY (as opposed to the APR because the APY represents the customer receiving a higher return at the end of the term). For example, a certificate of deposit that has a 4.65% APR, compounded monthly, would instead be quoted as a 4.75% APY.

Equation
One common mathematical definition of APY uses this effective interest rate formula, but the precise usage may depend on local laws.

 

where 
  is the nominal interest rate and
  is the number of compounding periods per year.

For large N we have

where e is the base of natural logarithms (the formula follows the definition of e as a limit). This is a reasonable approximation if the compounding is daily. Also, it is worth noting that a nominal interest rate and its corresponding APY are very nearly equal when they are small. For example (fixing some large N), a nominal interest rate of 100% would have an APY of approximately 171%, whereas 5% corresponds to 5.12%, and 1% corresponds to 1.005%.

United States
For financial institutions in the United States, the calculation of the APY and the related annual percentage yield earned are regulated by the FDIC Truth in Savings Act of 1991:

The calculation method is defined as

 

Algebraically, this is equivalent to

 

Here
 "principal" is the amount of funds assumed to have been deposited at the beginning of the account,
 "interest" is the total dollar amount of interest earned on the Principal for the term of the account,
 "days in term" is the actual number of days in the term of the account.

See also
Annual equivalent rate
Compound interest
Effective interest rate

References

Interest rates
Human (Goldfrapp song)

"Human" is a song by British electronic music duo Goldfrapp. The song was written by the group with Startled Insects' Tim Norfolk and Bob Locke, and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory for the duo's debut album Felt Mountain (2000).  "Human" is the only track on Felt Mountain with additional songwriters.  It was released as the album's third single on 26 February 2001 and reached number 87 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song was sampled by American rapper Kanye West for his track "Freestyle 4". It was also used in the closing credits of the second season of the French spy show The Bureau.

Critical response
"Human" received generally positive reviews from pop music critics. Flak Magazine reviewer Eric Wittmershaus called the song a "surprisingly-daring-yet-easy-to-listen-to genre-bender" that "is easily the disc's standout track." Sacha Esterson of Musicomh.com described the track as "middle eastern-influenced upbeat gem" that is "particularly fantastic." NME wrote that "Human" "sounds like Shirley Bassey, but with none of the dance nous the Welsh warbler brought to her collaboration with the Propellerheads."

Formats and track listings

 CD single
"Human" (Single Version) – 3:44
"Human" (Calexico Vocal) – 4:50
"Human" (Massey's Cro-Magnon Mix) – 5:54

 12-inch single
"Human" (Single Version) – 3:44
"Human" (Calexico Instrumental) – 4:48
"Human" (Massey's Neanderthal Mix) – 7:27

 Digital single (2018)
"Human" (Single Version) – 3:43
"Human" (Calexico Vocal) – 4:49
"Human" (Massey's Cro-Magnon Mix) – 5:53
"Human" (Calexico Instrumental) – 4:47
"Human" (Massey's Neanderthal Mix) – 7:29

Charts

References

External links
 Goldfrapp.com

2000 songs
2001 singles
Goldfrapp songs
Mute Records singles
Songs written by Alison Goldfrapp
Songs written by Will Gregory
Creation Is Crucifixion

Creation Is Crucifixion is a technical metalcore band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The group originally formed under the name Chapter in 1995, but changed the name to Creation Is Crucifixion in 1997. The band was known for its complicated sound, which varied from ambient noise to more complex pieces. Their lyrical themes often dealt with technology and various functions of society, such as politics and religion.

The members of the band formed Hactivist Media in 2001 to release the recordings and experiments of the group. This signaled a step in the band's evolution as the group became increasingly political with the release of their Child as Audience CD in 2001, which featured a large booklet printed in multiple languages that theorized using technology as subversion (focusing on the reprogramming of children's video games). The band also experimented with various formats by releasing compositions on 3.5" discs through the organization.

Creation Is Crucifixion has been mostly inactive since 2002. There is a further release in the works via Robotic Empire, but the release has suffered numerous delays.

Former member, Scott Mellinger is a member of hardcore Zao. Michael Laughlin was formerly the drummer of the deathgrind band Cattle Decapitation.

Members
 Current
 Paul Nowoczynski - guitar (1995-present)
 Nathan Martin - vocals (1995-present)
 Michael Laughlin - drums (1995-present; former member of Cattle Decapitation)
 Chad Schlegel - bass guitar
 Ryan Unks - guitar

 Former
 Scott Mellinger - guitar (1995-1999; current member of Zao)
 Adam MacGregor - guitar (current member of Conelrad, Brown Angel and Microwaves)
 Mike Williams (Yellow Hair Strong) - bass guitar
 Nathan Berlinguette - bass guitar
 Todd Ladner - bass guitar
 Karl Hlavinka – guitar (Racetraitor and Kill the Slave Master)

Discography

Singles
 Descent from Heaven 7-inch (2 song, self-released, 1998)
 Dethrone or Devour 7-inch (King of Monsters Records, 1998)
 split 7-inch with Suicide Nation (Cyberdine243 Records, 1999)
 split 7-inch with Fate of Icarus (Willowtip Records, 1999)
 split 7-inch with Unruh (Willowtip Records, 1999)
 split 7-inch with Suicide Nation (repress, Hactivist Media 2001)

EPs
 Automata 12-inch/ CD (Willowtip Records, 1999)
 Rerecording of the Vinyl Songs (Willowtip Records, 2000)
 Child as Audience CD (Hactivist Media, 2001)

Albums
 In_Silico CD (King of Monsters Records, 1998), LP (Cyberdine243 Records, 1998)
 In_Silico CD/LP (Repress, Scorched Earth Policy Records, 2000)

Odd Format Releases
 Floppy Noize Series Disk One 3.5" Floppy Disc (Hactivist Media, 2001)
 UUM Floppy Noize Series Disk Two 3.5" Floppy Disc (Hactivist Media, 2001)
 Kill Net Art 3" mini CD (Limited to 100 copies, Hactivist Media, 2001)
 UUM Laboratory Series 1 3" mini CD (Ltd to 100 copies, Hactivist Media, 2001)
 Destructivist CD (Hactivist Media, 2001)
 Radio Bronka CDr (Hactivist Media, 2002)

References

External links

Hactivist Media

Musical groups established in 1995
Musical groups from Pittsburgh
Heavy metal musical groups from Pennsylvania
Metalcore musical groups from Pennsylvania
Kopanaki

Kopanaki () is a town in northwestern Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality of Aetos and now it belongs to the municipality of Trifylia. Agriculture, specifically olive farming, is the main economic activity in the village. The community Kopanaki also includes the small villages Agios Dimitrios and Rizochori. Being the geographical and economic center of upper Trifylia, Kopanaki is well known for "pazari" (bazaar) or "agora", that takes place in the central square every Sunday since 1900 and attracts further population. The messenian tradition of baking "gournopoula" (pork) and selling it on the edge of the street started from this location, initially only on Sundays, for the visitors from far away, so they could have a hearty meal and the power to do the return trip. Today in many places of the region lying on main road someone can find (no matter the day) grilled gournopoula.

Population

Geography
Kopanaki is situated in the valley of a tributary of the small river Peristeri, between Tetrazio and Kyparissia mountains. It is 12 km east of Kalonero (on the Ionian Sea coast) and 39 km northwest of Kalamata. It is situated on the main road from Pyrgos and Kyparissia to Kalamata and on the metre gauge railway from Kalonero to Zevgolateio.

History 
The ruins of a very ancient agricultural settlement near Kopanaki have been excavated in 1980.

People and Culture 

Panagiotis Meltemis, (1918–1978) (born Panagiotis K. Papadopoulos), poet and a newspaper editor.
Panagiotis (Potis) Stratikis, (1926–2019), Greek Resistance member, writer, editor.
Thanassis Spyropoulos, (1926–), puppet player (Karagiozis' shadow theatre) 
The town is home to a soccer team (see Messenia Football Clubs Association) known as Diagoras.

See also
List of settlements in Messenia

References

External links 
Kopanaki at the GTP Travel Pages

Populated places in Messenia
Trifylia
Embassy of Germany, Budapest

The Embassy of Germany in Budapest is Germany's diplomatic mission to Hungary. 
It is located at Úri utca 64–66, in the I. Várkerület  district.

The building has been listed as UNESCO World Heritage and became the site of the German embassy in 1993, as a result of returning the former site of the Hungarian embassy in Berlin to the state of Hungary.
The current ambassador is Volkmar Wenzel (as of January 2020).

References

External links 
Web site of the embassy
German Foreign Office

Budapest
Germany
Germany–Hungary relations
The Atomic Mr. Basie

The Atomic Mr. Basie (originally called Basie, also known as E=MC2 and reissued in 1994 as The Complete Atomic Basie) is a 1958 album by Count Basie, featuring the song arrangements of Neal Hefti and the Count Basie Orchestra.  Allmusic gave it 5 stars, reviewer Bruce Eder saying: "it took Basie's core audience and a lot of other people by surprise, as a bold, forward-looking statement within the context of a big-band recording." It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, Will Fulford-Jones calling it "Basie's last great record." It was voted number 411 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). According to Acclaimed Music, it is the 6th most critically acclaimed album of 1958, the 25th most acclaimed of the 1950s, and the 837th most acclaimed of all time, based on an aggregation of hundreds of critics' lists from around the world.

Reception
The album won Best Jazz Performance, Group and Best Performance by a Dance Band awards at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards.

Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by Neal Hefti, except where indicated.

Personnel
Wendell Culley — trumpet
Snooky Young — trumpet
Thad Jones — trumpet
Joe Newman — trumpet
Henry Coker — trombone
Al Grey — trombone
Benny Powell — trombone
Marshal Royal — reeds
Frank Wess — reeds
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis — reeds
Frank Foster — reeds
Charles Fowlkes — reeds
Count Basie — piano
Eddie Jones — bass
Freddie Green — guitar
Sonny Payne — drums
Joe Williams — vocals (track 16)
Neal Hefti — arrangements (tracks 1–11)
Jimmy Mundy — arrangements (tracks 12–14)

Notes and references

Notes

References 

1958 albums
Roulette Records albums
Albums produced by Teddy Reig
Count Basie Orchestra albums
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing
Cannone da 75/32 modello 37

The Cannone da 75/32 modello 37 was an Italian field gun used during World War II. The designation indicates that the gun had a 75 mm caliber, the barrel was 32 caliber-lengths long and it was accepted for service in 1937.

History 

The newly born 75/18 howitzers already presented major ballistic limitations, given that their maximum range was about 9 km, when the divisional artillery of the other European armies were not only of greater caliber, but also had significantly higher ranges, therefore the Arms and Ammunition Technical Service requested that a new elongated gun be studied to be mounted on the carriage of the 75/18 Mod 35 howitzer. The increase in the length of the gun, as well as the increase in range as artillery from campaign, was aimed at the use of the new piece in anti- tank function. The piece, designed to have as many parts as possible in common with the 75/18 howitzer, mounted a 34-gauge long barrel, was prepared at the Naples Arsenal and the prototype was presented in 1937 . This model, called 75/34 Mod. SF, was thus adopted by the Royal Army and production was assigned to Ansaldo . This intervened on the muzzle, shortening it and modifying the muzzle brake, thus obtaining the standard version 75/32 Mod. 1937.

The Cannone da 75/32 was designed by Ansaldo and the first examples were produced in 1937.

After Italy surrendered, guns captured by Germany were designated 7.5 cm FK248(i).

This gun was used in Russia with the ARMIR (ARMata Italiana in Russia - Italian Army in Russia) in the "201º Reggimento d'artiglieria motorizzato" and it had good results against the Soviet T-34 tank.

Some were acquired by the Peruvian Army before the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941.

Technicalities 
The barrel was one piece and in the prototype it was equipped with a muzzle brake. The rifling had a step of 20 calibers.

The mount, similar to that of the 75/18 Mod. 1934/1935, had metal spoked wheels, originally in Elektron, an alloy of Magnesium and Aluminium, then later it got replaced by sheet steel. The wheels had a diameter of 1,3 meters (3,28 ft) with a semi-pneumatic ring, and an elastic torsion bar suspension. The maximum towing velocity for this piece was 60 km/h (37,2 mph), superior to the one normally used for light artillery. The split-tails could fold in two elements, obtaining a length gear configuration that was quite limited.

The piece was able to shoot both a projected foil on two charges (so on two different  muzzle velocities) and a projected foil in one charge. From 1943 onwards it was provided with a 12 mm thick shield and a faster loading system to allow an easier engagement with armored vehicles.

Version
The base of the cannon  75/34 Mod. SF was used for the hard and self-propelled guns, in particular for the type of
P 26/40.

See also 
 Italian Army equipment in World War II

References 

 Artillery by Chris Chant, published by Amber Books, 

World War II artillery of Italy
75 mm artillery
Gio. Ansaldo & C. artillery
Military equipment introduced in the 1930s
Pilots (song)

"Pilots" is an electronic song written by British group Goldfrapp for their debut studio album Felt Mountain (2000). The song was produced by Goldfrapp and received a positive reception from music critics. It was released as a double A-side single with "Lovely Head" in the fourth quarter of 2001, and became the band's second single to chart within the top seventy-five in the United Kingdom.

Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Pilots".

 CD single #1
 "Pilots (On a Star)" – 3:55
 "Lovely Head" – 3:46
 "Horse Tears" (Live)* – 5:37

 CD single #2
 "Pilots (On a Star)" – 3:57
 "Lovely Head" (Staré Město) – 3:52
 "Utopia" (Tom Middleton Cosmos Acid Dub) – 7:21
 "Pilots (On a Star)" (Video) – 3:57

 *Recorded at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, 2 April 2001.

References

External links
Goldfrapp.com — official website.
Mute.com — official website for Mute Records.

2001 singles
2002 singles
Goldfrapp songs
Songs written by Alison Goldfrapp
Songs written by Will Gregory
Mute Records singles
2001 songs
Songs about aviators
Stroller (horse)

Stroller (1950–1986) was a  bay gelding who was the only pony to compete at the Olympics in show jumping. He stood about . 

He was a member of the British team who competed in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, ridden by Marion Coakes. Bill Steinkraus and Snowbound won the Gold Medal while Marion and Stroller won the Individual Silver Medal, only four faults behind Steinkraus. Stroller jumped one of the only two clear rounds in the Olympic individual championship. In 1967, Marion rode Stroller to victory in the Hickstead Derby, the only pony to have ever won this event. This partnership won the Wills Hickstead Gold Medal, for points gained in the major events during the year, for five years consecutively from 1965 to 1970. Stroller was the grand age of 20 when he won the 1970 Hamburg Derby. The pair won 61 international competitions.

He was a crossbred horse, by a Thoroughbred sire out of a Connemara pony mare.  Stroller died of a heart attack at the high age 36 in 1986, after 15 years of happy retirement. He is buried at Barton-on-Sea Golf Club, New Milton, Hampshire, England.

Achievements
 Individual Silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games (Mexico)
 Winner of the Women's Show Jumping World Championships 1965 (Hickstead) 
 Won 1967 Hickstead Derby
 Won 1970 Hamburg Derby (as only clear round) 
 Winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Cup 1965 and 1971 
 2nd place, Women's World Championships 1970 (Copenhagen)
 Only pony to compete at International level among horses and win consistently in Europe
 BHS (British Horse Society) Hall of Fame Laureate

References
Connemara Pony
Stroller profile in Horse & Hound

Show jumping horses
Individual Connemaras
Individual male horses
Horses in the Olympics
1950 animal births
1986 animal deaths
Warren Frost

Warren Frost (June 5, 1925 – February 17, 2017) was an American actor. His work was mainly in theater, but he worked in films and television sporadically from 1958. He is known for television roles on Matlock and Seinfeld, and particularly as Doctor Hayward on Twin Peaks, a series co-created by his son Mark Frost. He has also appeared in TV movies, such as Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) and The Stand (1994).

Early life
Frost was born in 1925 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was raised in the Bronx and Essex Junction, Vermont.

At the age of 17, he enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II, and served aboard the destroyer escort  in Europe during the Normandy landings. At the age of 21, he enrolled as an English major at Middlebury College in Vermont under the G.I. Bill.

Career
Frost spent much of his career in the Twin Cities, teaching at the University of Minnesota and serving as artistic director of the Chimera Theater in St. Paul. He had a small yet memorable role in the film adaptation of Slaughterhouse Five (1972), which was shot in the Minneapolis area.

Frost's Hollywood work in shows such as Twin Peaks and Matlock was essentially his second career, following his retirement from teaching and stage direction. He was aged 60 when his son Mark, co-creator of Twin Peaks with David Lynch, cast him in the role of Dr. Will Hayward. Frost appeared in thirty episodes of the series, and reprised the role in the feature film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me although his scenes were cut. His appearance in Twin Peaks led to a recurring role in the legal drama Matlock.

In the Seinfeld TV series he played Henry Ross, father of Susan Ross, George Costanza's fiancée. His onscreen wife in Seinfeld was played by his Twin Peaks co-star Grace Zabriskie.

Frost returned to play Doc Hayward in the revived series of Twin Peaks, which began airing in May 2017.

Personal life
Frost married Mary Virginia Calhoun in 1949 and was the father of novelist, television screenwriter, and producer Mark Frost, actress Lindsay Frost, and writer Scott Frost. He was the grandfather of baseball player Lucas Giolito and actor Casey Giolito. He also has a grandson from his oldest son Mark.

Frost died at his home in Middlebury, Vermont, on February 17, 2017, following a long illness at the age of 91.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links
 

1925 births
2017 deaths
People from Newburyport, Massachusetts
Middlebury College alumni
Male actors from Massachusetts
Male actors from Vermont
American male stage actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
United States Navy personnel of World War II
University of Minnesota faculty
Frost family
Joseph Newman

Joe, Joey or Joseph Newman may refer to:

Musicians
Joe Newman (trumpeter) (1922–1992), American jazz musician
Joey Newman (born 1976), American film composer, orchestrator, arranger and conductor
Joe Newman (born 1991), English lead singer with indie rock band Alt-J

Writers
Joseph Simon Newman (1891–1960), American poet and entrepreneur
Joseph Newman (journalist) (1913–1995), American who lived in and wrote about Japan

Others
Joseph Newman (Texas settler) (1787–1831), Texas settler, one of Austin's Old Three Hundred
Joseph Newman (politician) (1815–1892), New Zealand MP
Joseph M. Newman (1909–2006), American film and TV director
Joseph Westley Newman (1936–2015), American inventor who claimed to have built an energy machine
Joe Newman (born 1937), American businessman, co-founder and CEO of American Basketball Association (2000–present)
Yatesville Lake

Yatesville Lake is a reservoir in Lawrence County, Kentucky in the far eastern part of the state, close to the town of Louisa.

The earthen dam was constructed in 1988 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 156 feet, and a length of 855 feet at its crest.  It impounds Blaine Creek, a tributary of the Big Sandy River, for flood control and storm water management.  The dam is owned and operated by the Huntington District, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, Army Corps of Engineers.

The serpentine reservoir it creates, Yatesville Lake, has a normal water surface of 3.5 square miles, a maximum capacity of 83,300 acre-feet, and a normal capacity of 63,000 acre-feet.  The maximum depth of the lake is 60 feet with an average mean depth of 17.7 feet. The shoreline measures 93.9 miles at summer pool level.  Recreation includes fishing, hiking, and an 18-hole golf course at the Yatesville Lake State Park.

General
Yatesville Lake is located entirely in Lawrence County, Kentucky, on Blaine Creek; a tributary of the Big Sandy River. It was built under the Flood Control Act of 1965. The dam is rockfill, with a central impervious core and founded on rock. The length of the lake and boatable arms is 20.6 miles upstream from the dam and 18.1 miles upstream from where it flows into the Big Sandy River. The maximum depth of the lake is 60 feet with an average mean depth of 17.7 feet. The shoreline measures 93.9 miles at summer pool level. The lake's watershed is 208 miles. Winter Pool Elevation - 624.0 m.s.l. (1,745 acres) Summer Pool Elevation - 630.0 m.s.l. (2,242 acres) Flood Pool Elevation - 645.0 m.s.l. (3,805 acres).

Historical Information
Adams Cabin, located in the Project's Information Center, was built in the mid-nineteenth century. It was originally located on a Blaine Creek farmstead of several hundred acres with a household of eleven people. When the lake was being constructed, the house was documented and removed. A Wicket Dam Exhibit is located in the Project's Information Center. From 1875 until the turn of the century, the Corps of Engineers constructed a series of 53 wicket dams to canalize the Ohio River to meet the demands of year-round navigation beginning at Davis Island near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and traveling the length of the river to Cairo, Illinois. The exhibit depicts this process. An Oil Well Exhibit is located adjacent to the Project Office/Information Center parking lot. The oil well equipment was pulled from an oil field at Little Blaine Creek before the water from the lake covered the site. The exhibit depicts the common method of oil production at the turn of the century.

References 

Reservoirs in Kentucky
Dams in Kentucky
United States Army Corps of Engineers dams
Dams completed in 1988
Bodies of water of Lawrence County, Kentucky
Buildings and structures in Lawrence County, Kentucky
1988 establishments in Kentucky
Treacher

Treacher is an English surname; notable Treachers include:
Arthur Treacher (1894–1975), English actor
Bill Treacher (1930–2022), English actor
George Treacher (–1908), British architect
Sir John Treacher (1924–2018), British admiral
Sir William Treacher (1849–1919), British colonial administrator

See also
Arthur Treacher's, an American seafood restaurant chain
Treacher–Collins syndrome, a genetic disorder
Treacher Methodist Girls' School in Taiping, Malaysia
Mad Sin

Mad Sin is a German psychobilly group that began in 1987. Their style is not "...constrained by the psychobilly tag but veer[s] into punk, country and metal influences too."

Style
Mad Sin, formed in 1987, have been inspired by horror punk and B-movie, with a theatrical style. Without abandoning the psycho-horror lyrical content, their musical arrangements have widened to incorporate other variables. That attitude blasts through Mad Sin's sped-up combination of rockabilly, punk, white-trash blues and tongue-in-cheek sarcasm.

History

1980s
Founded 1987 by Koefte De Ville, who had just dropped out of school, punk and rockabilly guitarist Stein and four-week-bass-playing Holly, they struggled around with the help of some friends, who organized gigs in several shady bars of Berlin. They played as street musicians in shopping malls, where they played rockabilly, country, and blues songs to get the tourist's money.

2010
On April 23, 2010, Mad Sin released their eleventh album Burn and Rise on People Like You records.

2020
On September 11, 2020, Mad Sin released their twelfth album Unbreakable on Century Media.

Side projects 
Koefte formed a side project called Dead Kings with members of Batmobile, Nekromantix, Klingonz & Milwaukee Wildmen. Holly, his brother, and Tex followed their Rockabilly roots and Dusty Gray and His Rough Riding Ramblers. Stein joined the United Swindlers with members of Frantic Flintstones and Ripmen. Peter Sandorff is a member of the Psychobilly band Hola Ghost.
Valle, Tex Morton and Andy Laaf are the "Berlin Three" of U.S. Bombs and One Man Army Drummer Chip Hanna in his Country/Americana project Chip Hanna & The Berlin Three which Chip started in 2006.

Members

Core 
Koefte Deville (Birthname: Mourad Calvies) - Vocals
Valle - Bass and Backing Vocals
Manny Anzaldo - Guitar and Backing Vocals
Andy Kandil - Guitar and Backing Vocals
KO Ristolainen - Drums

Other members 
 Hellvis - Backing Vocals

Guest members 
Tommy Gun - Drums
Micha - Drums
Nick 13 - Vocals
Patricia Day - Vocals
Lars Frederiksen - Vocals
Hulk Hogan - Vocals ("Brrrother!")

Albums 
Chills and Thrills in a Drama of Mad Sins and Mystery (1988)
Distorted Dimensions (1990)
Amphigory (1991)
Break the Rules (1992)
A Ticket into Underworld (1993)
God Save the Sin (1996)
Sweet & Innocent?... Loud & Dirty! (1998)
Survival Of The Sickest (2002)
Dead Moon's Calling (2005)
Teachin' the Goodies (2006)
20 Years in Sin Sin (2007)
Burn and Rise (2010)
25 Years - Still Mad  (2012)
Unbreakable (2020)

Videography 
 Scarred ol'heart
 All This and More (1998)
 Cursed (2010)
 Nine lives (2012)

References

External links 
 
 Official Myspace Page

Psychobilly groups
German punk rock groups
Maximum Leader

The term "Maximum Leader" () has been used by, or to describe, a number of politicians, including:
 Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and political leader (1959–2008); the title is not utilised in Cuba
 Omar Torrijos, Panamian dictator (1968–1981); recognised as "Maximum Leader of the Panamanian Revolution" in the 1972 Constitution of Panama
 Manuel Noriega, Panamian dictator (1983–1989); the title was officially given to him in 1989 by the National Assembly of Panama
 Massimo D'Alema, Italian prime minister (1998–2000); the title was chiefly used humorously in the media
Asshole (album)

Asshole is the second solo studio album by Kiss's Gene Simmons and it was released in 2004 on Sanctuary Records. Its controversial title does not appear on the front cover. On the side of the CD case the title reads "asshole". "It's just another way of me saying, 'I don't care what anyone says about me," Simmons declared. "I'm preempting what people say and therefore diffusing the power of my detractors."

Background
The album contains a song cowritten by Bob Dylan. "A lot of Bob Dylan's lyrics just make me take a breath and go, 'Okay, I will never be in that class," Simmons remarked. "If you look at the lyrics to one song – The Times They Are a-Changin' or Blowin' in the Wind – that's a lifetime achievement."

"Black Tongue" was based on an unfinished song of the same name composed by Frank Zappa. Simmons licensed a recording of Zappa playing the initial riff and built a new composition around it, with playing by Dweezil Zappa and backup vocals by Dweezil, Ahmet Zappa, Moon Unit Zappa and Frank Zappa's widow, Gail.

Dave Navarro plays guitar on the Prodigy cover "Firestarter".

Track listing

The Japanese edition featured two bonus tracks: Everybody Knows and You're My Reason For Living.

Personnel
 Gene Simmons – vocals, rhythm guitars on track 3, bass on tracks 1, 3, 7, 10, 11
 Mark Addison – drums, bass, keyboards, guitar, background vocals on track 5
 Michelle Casio – background vocals on track 8
 Dan Cuprier – drums on track 8
 Jeff Diehl – keyboards on track 7
 Zachary Grant – background vocals on track 7
 Richie Kotzen – guitars on tracks 10, 11
 Bruce Kulick – guitars on tracks 1 & 3
 Brian LeBarton – piano on track 8
 Hollad McRae – lead guitar on track 8
 Dave Navarro – guitar on track 2
 Kylie O'Brien – background vocals on track 7
 Chris Parrish – background vocals on track 11
 Steve Parrish – background vocals on track 11
 Thomas Ruud – lead guitar, rhythm guitar on track 6
 Eric Singer – drums on tracks 1 & 3
 Nina Singh – drums, guitar, percussion, background vocals on track 5
 Frank Albin Tostrup – drums, bass, rhythm guitars, percussion on track 6
 Louise Tweed – background vocals on track 8
 Shannon Tweed – background noise on track 8
 Nick Tweed Simmons – background vocals on track 11
 Sophie Tweed Simmons – background vocals on track 7
 Nira Weiss – background vocals on track 8
 Dave Williams – background vocals on track 8
 Ahmet Zappa – background vocals on track 10
 Dweezil Zappa – guitar solo, background vocals on track 10
 Frank Zappa – guitars, voice on track 10
 Moon Zappa – background vocals on track 10
 Gail Zappa – background vocals on track 10

Charts

References

Gene Simmons albums
2004 albums
Sanctuary Records albums
Albums produced by Gene Simmons
Bob Smith (Oregon politician)

Robert Freeman Smith (June 16, 1931September 21, 2020), commonly known as Bob Smith, was an American Republican politician who represented Oregon in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and from 1997 to 1999.

Early life and education
Smith was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in Burns, Oregon. His father, Benjamin F. Smith, was a doctor. He attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, graduating in 1953 with a bachelor's degree in agriculture. He worked as a rancher until his election to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1960.

Career

Smith served in the state House from 1961 to 1973, serving as Speaker of the House for the 1969 and 1971 sessions. He was in the Oregon Senate from 1973 to 1981 and served as minority leader from 1978 to 1982. Between 1965 and 1969, Smith was the president of the Oregon Public Land Commission.

Smith was elected to Congress from Oregon's 2nd congressional district in 1982. The district's incumbent, freshman Republican Denny Smith (no relation), opted to run in the newly created 5th district after it absorbed much of the western portion of the old 2nd, including Denny Smith's home in Salem. Smith served in Congress until 1995. After a brief retirement, he returned to Congress in 1997. Wes Cooley, the Republican who had succeeded Smith in the House, had been caught in several lies about his military service and Smith was persuaded to come out of retirement. Upon his return, he was elected chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, but only served one term before retiring for good.

Personal life
On February 19, 1966, Smith married Kaye Elizabeth Tomlinson in Salem. Her father was the clerk of Marion County. The wedding was attended by F. F. Montgomery, the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, among others. By January 1971, Smith and his wife had two sons and a daughter.

Car wreck 
On February 8, 2016, Smith struck and killed a pedestrian while driving in Medford, Oregon. The pedestrian was in the crosswalk when Smith hit him with his car, and he later died at the scene. Smith did not flee the scene, was cooperative with investigators, and was determined to not be under the influence of intoxicants at the time of the wreck. No charges or citations were filed against him regarding the wreck.

Death 
Smith died on September 21, 2020, in Medford, Oregon at the age of 89.

References

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1931 births
2020 deaths
Willamette University alumni
Speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives
People from Burns, Oregon
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Oregon
Ranchers from Oregon
Politicians from Portland, Oregon
20th-century American politicians
Vanilla (group)

Vanilla were a British pop girl group from Barnet, London, England, formed in 1996.

History

The band members were sisters Frances and Alison Potter, Alida Swart and Sharon Selby. They released two singles for EMI in the late 1990s.

The band's first single was "No Way, No Way", released in December 1997 and based on Piero Umiliani's "Mah Nà Mah Nà". The song peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and number 24 in New Zealand. It was later featured on several compilations, including Now That's What I Call Music! volume 39 and Dancemania 8, both released in 1998. The accompanying music video was filmed at Brockwell Lido in Brixton, South London. The clip won the title of "Worst Music Video Ever" on the 1997 ITV Chart Show end-of-year special and was voted number 26 on Channel 4's "100 Worst Pop Records". The follow-up was "True to Us", released in April 1998, which rose to number 36 in the UK. Although mocked on Channel 4's morning programme The Big Breakfast, the group regularly took part in the show's "Vanilla's Thrillers" feature, including making a return for Johnny Vaughan and Denise van Outen's final week hosting the show.

While promoting their two singles with EMI, Vanilla made media appearances, including a performance of "No Way, No Way" on Top of the Pops, and performing a spoof version of "True to Us" on Blue Peter. They also obtained a feature on Men & Motors. They embarked on a tour of schools around the UK and were a minor act on the 1998 Disney Channel UK tour. After their contract with EMI ended, Vanilla continued to perform. They made various appearances at London's PopShow Party events where they played a cover of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" as well as promotional single "Realise", with temporary member Ashley.

In 2011, Frances appeared on the identity parade segment in Episode No. 25.8 of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, hosted by James Blunt. In 2014, Swart was interviewed for an article in The Guardian about the pitfalls of having a hit novelty record.

Discography

References

British pop girl groups
English girl groups
English pop music groups
Musical groups established in 1996
Musical groups disestablished in 1998
Musical groups from the London Borough of Barnet
EMI Records artists