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Johannes Matelart

Johannes Matelart (also Matelart, Matellarto, Matelarte and other variations; first name sometimes Ioanne or Jean) (before 1538 – 7 June 1607) was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance, active in Flanders, Bonn, and Rome.

Details of his life are relatively sparse.  He came from west Flanders, and served as choirmaster in Bonn sometime in the earlier portion of his life.  By 1558 he had probably come to Italy, staying until 1562, and in 1565 he took the post of maestro di cappella at the church of San Lorenzo in Damaso, where he remained for over 40 years.  A note in a publication of 1596 indicates that he still held the post of choirmaster there, and was living in Rome.

Some of his music has survived, and unusually for a Roman composer, much of it is instrumental.  He published a book of music for lute, which included not only 15 fantasias by himself, in tablature, but arrangements of pieces by Cristóbal de Morales, and Francesco Canova da Milano.

Matelart also wrote sacred vocal music, including a series of responsories for four and five voices (1596).  This collection includes 21 chants by Matelart himself, as well as music by other composers, including Clemens non Papa, Orlande de Lassus, Costanzo Festa, and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

A single secular madrigal by Matelart has survived, as well as several other pieces.

References and further reading
 
Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance.  New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954.    (Note:  Reese believed that there were two composers of the same name, to account for the wide gap between years of publication, but recent research, as given in the article by Spiessens, contradicts this.)

1530s births
1607 deaths
Belgian classical composers
Belgian male classical composers
Composers for lute
Flemish composers
16th-century Franco-Flemish composers
People from West Flanders
Renaissance composers
17th-century Franco-Flemish composers
17th-century male musicians
The People of Angkor

The People of Angkor, or Les Gens d'Angkor, is a 2003 French-Cambodian documentary film directed by Rithy Panh.  It was exhibited at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in 2005.

The film follows a young Cambodian boy around the temples of Angkor Wat as older men tell him about the legends depicted on the walls, and tourists tour the site.

2003 films
French documentary films
Khmer-language films
Films directed by Rithy Panh
Cambodian documentary films
2003 documentary films
2000s French films
Giordano Pierleoni

Giordano (sometimes anglicized as Jordan) Pierleoni (in contemporary Latin, Jordanus filius Petrus Leonis) was the son of the Consul Pier Leoni and therefore brother of Antipope Anacletus II and leader of the Commune of Rome which the people set up in 1143.  According to Gregorovius, he was a “maverick” in the great Pierleoni family, for he continued to oppose the papacy after Anacletus' death, when the rest of his clan had returned to support of Rome.

In late autumn 1143, the democratic element in Rome set up a Senate in opposition to the higher nobility and the papacy.  Drawing on the Rome's history as the once capital of the ancient Roman Republic, the citizens declared a senate, based on four elected representatives from each of the newly created fourteen districts of medieval Rome. These would be the first real senators since the seventh century.  The fifty-six senators then elected as patrician Pierleoni, because the title of consul had taken on noble connotations.  Pierleoni led the defence of the city against Pope Lucius II's assault in 1145, where Lucius himself was killed.  However, Pierleoni was unable to maintain order in the city despite his overtures of negotiations with Lucius—demanding the pope renounce secular authority and live as a common priest before being allowed reentry into the city, —he was deposed by the people who invited Pope Eugene III, Lucius' successor, back.  The power vacuum left by Pierleoni's deposition caused even more chaos, and eventually resulted in the pope leaving the city. After this, Giacomo da Vico, was elected patrician—though a man his equal, Arnold of Brescia, had arrived in the commune in 1145.  Arnold would renew the commune, giving it the intellectual leadership it lacked after Pierleoni's downfall.

Sources

Gregorovius, Ferdinand. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages Vol. IV, part 2. trans. Annie Hamilton.

Roman rebels
12th-century Italian Jews
12th-century Italian people
People from medieval Rome
Benoît Jules Mure

Benoît Jules Mure (May 15, 1809, Lyon — March 4, 1858, Cairo) was a French homeopath, naturalist, and anarcho-communist.

Biography 
After his studies in medicine at the University of Montpellier, which he never finished, he travelled throughout Europe, and spent time in Sicily trying to cure his tuberculosis. In his search for a cure, he became an adept of homeopathy, which he practiced in such places as Sicily and Malta, before settling in Brazil in 1840. He attempted to expand his activities in 1842, by creating an Institute in Saí, Santa Catarina () training locals in homeopathy, which he saw as a weapon in combatting the endemic diseases within underprivileged communities, especially the Afro-Brazilian one.

Inspired by the utopian socialism of Charles Fourier, Mure also created a Phalanstère near São Francisco do Sul ( or ), which expanded to surrounding areas such as Vila da Glória (). He received backing from Antero Ferreira de Brito and the rest of Santa Catarina's government of the period, but the project was not to survive.

He left for Rio de Janeiro in 1843, and founded the , serving as its president until 1848 (when he returned to Europe). In 1852, he started homeopathical activities in Cairo, Alexandria, and other areas of Egypt (including Turkiyah Sudan). He died there six years later.

References

Further reading 
 Benoit Mure missionnaire de l'homéopathie. 1809-1858, Roseline Brillat, Editions Boiron S.A, 1988

External links 
 Pioneers of homeopathy. Benoît Jules Mure (1809-1858), by Dr Thomas Lindsey Bradford. Presented by Dr Robert Séror.
 Materia Medica by Benoît Mure, full book

1809 births
1858 deaths
Anarcho-communists
French emigrants to Brazil
19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
French anarchists
French socialists
19th-century French botanists
French homeopaths
Fourierists
Utopian socialists
Tuberculosis deaths in Egypt
Jess Lee (Canadian singer)

Jess Lee is a Canadian Métis country music singer-songwriter.

Career
Signed by RCA in 1980 as the lead singer of the Midnite Rodeo Band his work with Rocky Swanson earned him several awards including BCCMA Male Vocalist and Album of the Year honours.

He recorded his first solo album Honky Tonk Love Affair in 1990. This album included 5 Canadian chart hits including the No. 1 hit "Crowhill Road". The title track was featured in the movie Harmony Cats, was voted song of the year by the BCCMA, and garnered Jess Lee the Country Male Vocalist of the Year Award. He then spent several years songwriting in Nashville.

In the mid-1990s Lee returned to his aboriginal musical roots.  He signed with 12th Street Records and, together with songwriter Bonnie James, wrote the album Sacred Ground. This recording reflects experiences of the aboriginal and métis peoples of North America and was subsequently nominated for a Juno Award.

In 2004, Lee joined forces with Canadian indie label Mighty Peace Records and released a CD of new original roots music, Born in the North. The album has been credited by Larry Delaney of Country Music News as one of his top ten album picks for 2004. Lee has appeared on numerous award shows and television shows including Native Voices and The Tommy Hunter Show.

In 2011 Lee was inducted into the BCCMA Hall of Fame. Lee's new album Still Standing on Sacred Ground was picked up and re-released and combined with his Sacred Ground album by the Gabriel Dumount Institute, 18 May 2013.  The double CD has been renamed I Am All of This. This album has a few remastered songs and some new ones.

Review highlights
"The best pure country voice in Canada" – Dennis Charney, Country Music News
"His voice lingers long in your heart long after the music has stopped"- Native Network News
"A gifted pure country vocalist often compared vocally, and accurately so, to Merle Haggard." -Larry Delaney, Country Music News

Discography

Albums

Singles

Video releases
"Honky Tonk Love Affair" 1991
"Good Ol’ Boys" 1991
"Sacred Ground" 1995

Awards
BCCMA – Album of the Year 1988
BCCMA – Duo of the Year 1988, 1991
BCCMA – Male Vocalist of the Year 1981, 1988, 1991
BCCMA – Songwriter of the Year 1991
BCCMA – Group of the Year 1981
CARAS West Coast Music Awards – Country Male Vocalist 1991
SOCAN – No. 1 Canadian Single (Crowhill Road) 1991
CARAS Juno Awards- nomination country group of the year 1983, 1985
CARAS Juno Awards- nomination Best Aboriginal Album 1995

References

External links
Official website

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian country singer-songwriters
Canadian male singer-songwriters
Métis musicians
Canadian Métis people
Edwin E. Willis

Edwin Edward Willis (October 2, 1904 – October 24, 1972) was an American politician and attorney from the U.S. state of Louisiana who was affiliated with the Long political faction. A Democrat, he served in the Louisiana State Senate during 1948 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969. Willis served on the U.S. House of Representatives' Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).

References

"Edwin E. Willis", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. 2 (1988), p. 853.
 . Retrieved March 10, 2006.

1904 births
1972 deaths
Democratic Party Louisiana state senators
Louisiana lawyers
American anti-communists
American planters
People from Arnaudville, Louisiana
People from St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law alumni
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana
20th-century American lawyers
20th-century American businesspeople
Farmers from Louisiana
Signatories of the Southern Manifesto
Ernie Reyes

Ernie Reyes may refer to:

Ernie Reyes Jr. (born 1972), American actor and martial artist
Ernie Reyes Sr., American martial artist, actor and fight choreographer
The Sleeping Gypsy

The Sleeping Gypsy  () is an 1897 oil on canvas painting by the French Naïve artist Henri Rousseau (1844–1910). It is a fantastical depiction of a lion musing over a sleeping woman on a moonlit night.  It is held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, to which it was donated by Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in 1939.

Description
Rousseau described his painting as follows: "A wandering Negress, a mandolin player, lies with her jar beside her (a vase with drinking water), overcome by fatigue in a deep sleep. A lion chances to pass by, picks up her scent yet does not devour her. There is a moonlight effect, very poetic. The scene is set in a completely arid desert.  The gypsy is dressed in oriental costume."

In the painting, a dark-skinned woman – the Romany gypsy of the title, variously linked in French literature to Bohemia or to Egypt – is sleeping in an arid landscape with mountains in the background, under a dark sky with a few stars and a full moon.  She is wearing a long robe with a rainbow of colourful stripes, perhaps a djellaba or jellabiya, and lies upon a similarly striped cloth.  Her right hand holds a staff, while beside her rests a mandolin and a tall jar with slim neck.  While she continues to lie passively, a maned lion has approached and dips its head to cautiously sniff.  

The painting measures .  Although painted in a naïve manner, with simple shapes and large blocks of colour, the painting may be based on Rousseau's observations of animals at the Jardin des Plantes and of reconstructed colonial villages at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris.

Provenance
Rousseau first exhibited the painting at the 13th Salon des Indépendants in 1897, and tried unsuccessfully to sell it to the mayor of his hometown, Laval. Instead, it entered the private collection of a Parisian charcoal merchant where it remained until 1924, when it was discovered and bought by the art critic Louis Vauxcelles.  The Paris-based art dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler purchased the painting in 1924, although a controversy arose over whether the painting was a forgery. It was acquired by art historian Alfred H. Barr Jr. for the New York Museum of Modern Art.

It was bought by John Quinn in 1924, and after his death later that year his estate sold at Hôtel Drouot to , who sold to Mme Emma Ruckstuhl of Küssnacht in Switzerland.  She sold to  Mrs. Simon Guggenheim  in December 1939, who donated it to the Museum of Modern Art.

References

External links
The Sleeping Gypsy MoMA Provenance Research
The Sleeping Gypsy-an artists Interpretation 

Modern paintings
1897 paintings
Paintings by Henri Rousseau
Paintings in the Museum of Modern Art (New York City)
Lions in art
Musical instruments in art
Moon in art
Edwin Willis

Edwin Willis may refer to:

 Edwin E. Willis (1904–1972), American politician and attorney from Louisiana
 Edwin B. Willis (1893–1963), film set designer and decorator
 Edwin O'Neill Willis (1935–2015), American ornithologist
Mohammad Shirvani

Mohammad Shirvani is an Iranian alternative filmmaker. He was born in 1973 in Tehran, Iran. In 1998 He escaped from the military service to make his first short film “The circle”. In 1999 “The Circle” was selected for Critics' Week International Cannes festival. Being selected by Cannes Festival made a great impact on the young director and since then he has become a full time filmmaker. He has never limited his professional career and has made movies in every form including experimentals, documentaries, short films and feature films. His films have been screened in more than 400 international festivals and events.
His last international award is the Golden Tiger Awards for Best Feature Film for “Fat Shaker” in Rotterdam, 2013.

His third feature film will be released in January 2021

Filmography

Short films

Documentary Films

Video Art

Feature  Films

Performance Art

Installation Art

Awards 
The Circle, Best Short Film - Fajr IFF - Tehran- 1999
The Circle, Selected for Critics' Week International -Cannes IFF, France- 1999
The Candidate, Grand Prize - Marseilles  IDFF, 2000
Iranian Conserve, Best Short Film - Cinema Tout  Ecran IFF, Geneva - 2004  
Iranian Conserve,Jury Prize - Cracow IFF, Poland - 2005
Navel,Grand  Prize - Split IFF, Croatia - 2004
President Mir Qanbar, Award  of  Excellence - Yamagata - IDFF, 2005
President Mir Qanbar, Magnolia Award  for Best Social Documentary  -  Shanghai TV  IFF, 2006
Iranian Cookbook, Best Experimental Documentary Film - Cinema Verite  IDFF, Tehran - 2010
Iranian Cookbook, Best Film of Audience Award  .  Yamagata IDFF, 2011
Iranian Cookbook, Japan Community  Cinema Center    Award -  Yamagata  IDFF, 2011
Fat Shaker, Tiger Award for The Best Film - Rotterdam IFF, 2013

External links

Iranian film directors
Iranian documentary filmmakers
Film people from Tehran
1973 births
Living people
Nibris

Nibris was a video game development company located in Kraków, Poland, developing primarily for the Nintendo DS and Wii video game consoles. Nibris was most known for its cancelled Wii project Sadness, a survival horror game. The company no longer exists; its official website closed in February 2010, making Double Bloob their only game developed, and was reported later in October to have been transformed into a coordinator for the European Center of Games, ceasing game development permanently. Remaining Nibris staff and projects were also reported to have been handed over to Bloober Team, another game developer.

Announced projects
 Sadness (Wii) (Cancelled)
 The Children of the Night (Nintendo DS) (Cancelled)
 Raid over the River (Wii, Nintendo DS) (Cancelled)
 Double Bloob (Wii, Nintendo's DSiWare) (Released December 1, 2010)

References 

Companies based in Kraków
Video game companies disestablished in 2010
Defunct video game companies of Poland
Video game development companies
Carol Anne Meehan

Carol Anne Meehan (born December 17, 1956) is an Ottawa City Councillor and former news anchor at CJOH.

Biography
She is a graduate of Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) and began her career at CHRO in Pembroke, Ontario, the city where she grew up. She also worked in Sudbury, Edmonton and Calgary. In 1989, she began co-anchoring the CJOH Ottawa evening news, then known as Newsline, alongside Max Keeping. She was laid off on November 17, 2015, by station owner Bell Media. Following her departure from CJOH she joined 1310 News as a talk-show host. She left 1310 News in November 2017.

In January 2012, her missing husband was found dead in Brudenell, Ontario.

She lives on the Rideau River near Manotick with her two children.

Political career 
Meehan won a seat on Ottawa City Council in Gloucester-South Nepean Ward in the 2018 municipal election, defeating incumbent councillor Michael Qaqish by over 500 votes. She received endorsements from prominent local conservatives including councillor Jan Harder, former councillor Steve Desroches and senator Marjory LeBreton. When she was a teenager, she was a "young Liberal".

In October 2018, shortly after her election, Meehan received media attention for an online confrontation with a constituent. The constituent was raising concerns about OC Transpo bus service in the ward. Meehan responded to the constituent "I would love to have a face to face, because you certainly like to slam me here. Let's see what kind of guts you have. I have the guts and courage to succeed YOU will never have."  Meehan also divulged the constituent's street on Facebook, reportedly responding "Give me your address, or I will go and find you on [street name], it's not that long a street." Meehan subsequently apologized and removed the Facebook posts.

While on council, Meehan often votes against mayor Jim Watson's bloc, which has been called the "Watson club".

On February 16, 2022, Meehan resigned from her position on the Ottawa Police Services Board. She announced that she would not seek re-election in the 2022 municipal election on July 25, 2022.

Election results

References

External links
2004 Award for Excellence in Health-Care Reporting

1956 births
Living people
Toronto Metropolitan University alumni
Canadian television news anchors
Canadian women television journalists
CTV Television Network people
Ottawa city councillors
People from Pembroke, Ontario
Women municipal councillors in Canada
Pokljuka

The Pokljuka Plateau () is a forested karst plateau at an elevation of around , located in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia. 

The plateau is known for its forests, mountain pastures (Javornik, Lipanca, Uskovnica, Zajamniki, etc.), and winter sports facilities. It is also a common starting point for mountain hikers. The yearly Biathlon World Cup meets are held at the Pokljuka Biathlon Center,  west of the town of Bled ( by car).  Pokljuka is part of Triglav National Park. Administratively, it belongs to the municipalities of Bled, Bohinj, and Gorje.

Many beech and fir trees were chopped down in the 18th century for the iron foundries in Bohinj. They have been naturally replaced mostly by spruce trees. Some swamps can also be found, which is not usual on such high plateaus.

References

External links
Travel information and maps at the Pokljuka Sports Club website

Plateaus in Upper Carniola
Triglav National Park
Karst plateaus of Slovenia
Ski areas and resorts in Slovenia
Jimmy Wang (tennis)

Wang Yeu-tzuoo  (), who also goes by Jimmy Wang, (born February 8, 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Taiwan. Until the emergence of Lu Yen-hsun, Wang was the highest ranked player from Taiwan. The right-hander stands 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 141 pounds. Wang's trademark look is his wearing a white baseball cap backwards.

Tennis career

Juniors
Wang started playing tennis at age seven and quickly emerged as one of Asia's most highly touted junior players. He made the final of the 2001 Australian Open Boys' Singles (losing to Janko Tipsarević) and the final of the US Open Boys' Singles (losing to Gilles Müller).

As a junior, he compiled a 136–52 win–loss record in singles (and 78–57 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 3 in the world junior singles rankings in April 2001 (and No. 8 in doubles).

Junior Slam results - Singles:

Australian Open: F (2001)
French Open: 1R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon: SF (2001)
US Open: F (2001)

Pro tour
Wang turned pro in 2003 and has improved his game and ranking year each he has been on the professional circuit. In 2005, Wang broke into the ATP Top 100 for the first time by virtue of three straight Challenger final appearances, winning a title at Istanbul, Turkey. The 21-year-old also reached the quarterfinal round of the ATP event in Bangkok, Thailand, and lost to Rafael Nadal in the 1st round in Beijing, China at the China Open. Wang made his Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon in 2004, losing to Andy Roddick in the first round. In 2006, he reached the second round, bowing out to James Blake 3 sets to 1.

Wang's best Grand Slam performance to date came at Wimbledon in 2014, where he defeated Alejandro González and Mikhail Youzhny to advance to the third round, ultimately losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Yeu-Tzuoo is a member of the Chinese Taipei Davis Cup team, compiling an impressive 17–6 record in Davis Cup action since 2001. His coach is Serb Dejan Petrović.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Performance timeline

Singles

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 29 (13–16)

Doubles: 16 (6–10)

External links
 
 
 
 Wang recent match results
 Wang world ranking history

1985 births
Living people
Taiwanese male tennis players
Asian Games medalists in tennis
Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Universiade medalists in tennis
Universiade bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
Netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

The Netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was the third Commonwealth Games tournament. The preliminary matches were held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre with the finals being held at the multi-purpose Melbourne Park in the inner city.

Netball was among the most popular sports with viewers at this Games, with most tickets selling out in the initial ballot, and no more being available until a second release in the week before the Games - a rare event in a competition where many tickets remained unsold in the final week before the start of competition.

Netball medal count

Qualification

Twelve teams qualified for the netball tournament. The host country, Australia, was granted automatic qualification. The top six world ranked netball countries (excluding the host country - New Zealand, Jamaica, England, South Africa, Samoa and Barbados) and one team from each of the IFNA's 5 regions - to be determined through regional qualifying tournaments conducted in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of IFNA.

Competition format
Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. Each game result merits a corresponding point:

The teams with the two highest points qualified for the knockout stage, which was a single-elimination tournament. The semifinal winners contested for the gold medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal.

Squads

Umpires
The IFNA named the following umpires to officiate the netball games at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
  Anne Abraitis
  Bill Alexander
  Bobbi Brown
  Chris Campbell
  Stacey Campton
  Jacqui Jashari
  Marion Johnson-Hurley
  Sharon Kelly
  Bronwyn Meek
  Mandy Nottingham
  Justine Osbourne
  Michelle Phippard
Osbourne was later replaced with fellow New Zealander Pauline Sciascia.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Classification

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Knockout round

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal game

Statistical leaders

Team tournament highs

Total Goals

Goals from MPW

Match Play Winners

Penalties

Match Play Errors

Key: Rk - Rank, MP - Matches Played, SUS - Suspended Player, S - Success, A - Attempt, % - Goaling Percentage, MPW - Match Play Winner, INT - Intercept, DEF - Deflection, REA - Rebound Attack, RED - Rebound Defense, CON - Contact, OBS - Obstruction, STP - Stepping, BP - Bad Pass, HB - Held Ball, BCP - Breaking Centre Pass, OGE - Opposition Goal from Error

Individual tournament highs

Total Goals

Goals from MPW

Feed to Shooter

Match Play Winners

Nicole Aiken from Jamaica finished with an average 8.0 MPWs but only played two games.

Key: Rk - Rank, MP - Matches Played, SUS - Suspended Player, S - Success, A - Attempt, % - Goaling Percentage, MPW - Match Play Winner, INT - Intercept, DEF - Deflection, REA - Rebound Attack, RED - Rebound Defense

Medallists

References

External links 
 Official schedule and results
 Coverage from NetballOnline.com

 
2006
netball
2006 in netball
International netball competitions hosted by Australia
2006 in Australian netball
Netball in Victoria (state)
Vance Industrial Estate

Vance Estate is a large industrial subdivision located in Leeton, New South Wales. The estate houses both large and small businesses including:
 Leetoria
 Southern Central Engineering
 Hi-Marq Engineering
 Market Express
 Teerman's Transport
 Leeton Shire Council Depot
 Celair Malmet
 Riverina Cheese

In late 2016, the area was connected to high speed broadband via the National Broadband Network.

The estate has doubled its size in recent years to increase capacity. It is located on the western approach from Griffith. There are entrances off both Wamoon Ave (Irrigation Way) and Vance Road.

References

Leeton, New South Wales
Sleeping Gods Lie

Sleeping Gods Lie was a first-person adventure game released on the Amiga, DOS and Atari ST, published by Empire Interactive in 1989.

Gameplay
It was set in the world of Tessera, a land created by the Gods, which had fallen into the control of an evil Archmage who terrorised the populace with the aid of evil demons. The player took the role of an adventurer, with a quest through eight kingdoms. The goal was to find  N'Gnir, one of the sleeping Gods who created the world, and to wake him up so he could rid the world of the demons.

Reception
Tom Malcom for Info said "Sleeping Gods Lie could have used some more polish, but it's one of the most unusual and playable adventures I've been on in a long time."

Tony Dillon for ACE said "with a little more planning and a bias away from arcade toward RPG, Sleeping Gods Lie could have been a real corker. As it is, it falls uneasily between two stools."

Zzap! said "if you've the time and patience for such a big challenge Sleeping Gods Lie could just be the off-beat kind of hit you want. Less committed adventurers however, are probably best advised to try before buying."

ST Action said "As a first release, Sleeping Gods Lie is excellent. It's by no means easy but nevertheless it does keep you coming back for more."

The Games Machine said "Though most suited to RPGers (and adventurers), the arcade elements of combat and exploration open up the involving fantasy world of Tessara to action freaks also."

The One said "It's difficult to imagine who Sleeping Gods Lie could appeal to – it's far too slow-moving for most of us, and any serious RPG fan will no doubt dismiss it as lightweight piffle. Personally, it bored me to tears."

Gordon Houghton for Computer and Video Games said "A great attempt at a world simulator, combining RPG and arcade adventure; unfortunately, the scenario isn't compelling enough or the gameplay addictive enough to back it up."

Steve Cooke for The One said "If [...] you're of the broad-minded category of gamesplayer and enjoy exploration with a bit of action on the way, then SGL offers a pretty enormous challenge."

Peter Olafson for Amiga World said "If you're tired of waiting for the sequel to Drakkhen, or of waiting for any good new RPG, you'll love Sleeping Gods Lie. I recommend it wholeheartedly."

Michael Spiteri for The Australian Commodore and Amiga Review said "If you are looking for something different but still perplexing and challenging, then take a look at Sleeping Gods Lie."

Reviews
Power Play (German)
Computer Action (Swedish)
Videogame & Computer World (Italian)
Aktueller Software Markt (German)
Games Preview (Swedish)
Aktueller Software Markt (German)

References

External links
Sleeping Gods Lie (1989)

1989 video games
Action-adventure games
Amiga games
Atari ST games
DOS games
Empire Interactive games
Fantasy video games
First-person video games
Video games about demons
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Tajja Isen

Tajja Isen (born June 29, 1991) is a Canadian writer, editor, and voice actor. Her first book, the essay collection Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service, was published in April 2022. As an actress, she is best known for voicing the title character in the television series Atomic Betty. She has several other voice credits, including the voice of Samantha in Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure, Jane in Jane and the Dragon, Jodie in Time Warp Trio, Sister Bear in The Berenstain Bears, Franny's singing voice in Franny's Feet, Jazzi in The Save-Ums!, and Princess Pea/Presto in the PBS Kids show Super Why!.

Biography
Isen was born in Toronto, Ontario. At 10 years old, she began her voice acting career with The Berenstain Bears, where she voiced Sister Bear.' In 2004, she portrayed Young Nala in a Toronto production of Disney's The Lion King and was nominated for an Equity Emerging Artist Award for that role.

Her first book, Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service, was published in 2022 by Atria/One Signal and Doubleday Canada. She was the editor-in-chief of Catapult magazine.

Personal life and family
Isen is of mixed Trinidadian descent. Her younger sister Nissae Isen is also a voice actress.

Discography
 Atomic Betty (2005)

Selected filmography

Animation
List of voice performances in animation

Live-action roles

Movies

Awards 

2004 – Young Artist Awards- Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Nominated (Berenstain Bears)
2007 – Young Artist Awards- Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Won (Jane and the Dragon)
2009 – Gemini Awards- Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Television Show or Series – Won (Atomic Betty)

References

External links
 

1991 births
Living people
Actresses from Toronto
Canadian child actresses
Canadian musical theatre actresses
Canadian people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
Canadian voice actresses
Canadian women essayists
Black Canadian actresses
21st-century Canadian essayists
21st-century Canadian women writers
Willem Coucheron

Willem Coucheron (also recorded as Willum or Wyllem Coucheron) was a Dutch-born Danish-Norwegian quartermaster general.

Biography
Willem Coucheron was born in the Netherlands and came to Norway in June 1657.  
Coucheron came to Norway as an engineer and quartermaster general for the region south of the Dovrefjell mountain range in central Norway in June 1657. He served as captain of the Oplandske National Infantry Regiment in 1658 and captain of the Valdres company Under the command of Jørgen Bjelke he led his company in combat at Bohuslän in 1659, and in the defense of Halden from 14 January to 23 February 1660.

In 1660, he was sent to Copenhagen to present plans for a new defensive work for Halden, Norway. These plans were approved by the king on 28 July 1660. He began the construction of the fortifications of Fredrikstad Fortress at Halden in 1663. Together with his son Anthony Coucheron, he worked on the fortification which became known as Fredriksten fortress in Halden.  The defensive walls, built to the Dutch design of the period, were so effective a deterrent that the town, although placed under siege, was never taken.
He became colonel of the Coucheron regiment in 1676; During the Gyldenløve War the regiment participated in combat at Bohuslän and performed well in the conquest of Carlsten fortress (Swedish: Karlstens fästning) at Marstrand in 1677.
He became commandant of Marstrand 1677–79 and commandant at Bergenhus fortress from 1680. 
Coucheron died at Bergenhus 20 June 1689.

References

Other soueces
V.E. Tychsen: Fortifikations-Etaterne og Ingeniørkorpset, 1884
Chr. Elling: Holmens Bygningshistorie, 1932
Norske Minnesmerker, Fredrikstad, 1934
J. Klindt Jensen: Barokken i Rønne Fæstning, 1952
H. Langberg: Danmarks Bygningskultur I, 1955
V. Steen Møller: Frederiksvern, 1973
H.E. Nørregård-Nielsen i: Magtens Bolig (Danm. Ark.), 1980
Norsk Kunstnerleksikon, Oslo 1981
Kjeld Magnussen: Foren. til norske Fortidsminners Bevaring, Årsbok 1985
P. Bolten Jagd: Danske Forsvarsanlæg I, 1986
Huse i Fr.havn, 1986

1600s births
1689 deaths
17th-century Danish military officers
Danish military engineers
Danish generals
Norwegian Army generals
Dutch military engineers
Norwegian military engineers
Norwegian colonels
John A. Ferguson Senior High School

John A. Ferguson Senior High School is a certified magnet and academy high school located at 15900 SW 56th Street in Kendall West, Florida, United States (Miami postal address). This Miami-Dade County public school mainly serves the outer portion of Kendall West, a suburb of Miami. The school's  principal was Rafael Villalobos from 2003 to 2021, and Wendy Barnett since 2021.

Construction began on Ferguson in March 2002. It was built to alleviate overcrowding at G. Holmes Braddock High School and Felix Varela High School, which had reached populations of over 5,000 students. Classes began in summer 2003 hosting only a freshman class. For the first three nine-week periods, students were housed at G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School. John A. Ferguson High School now has one of the highest student populations in Florida, at over 4,255.

The school is named after a local clergyman who graduated from Carver Senior High School in 1941 and served with the United States Navy for 21 years during World War II and the Korean War.

Campus
The school is in West Kendall, a census-designated place in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida. It has a Miami, Florida postal address.

Demographics
Ferguson High is 90% Hispanic, 6% white, 1% black and 3% Asian.

Sports
Fall sports are bowling, cross country, football, golf, swimming and diving, and volleyball (girls').

Winter sports are basketball (boys' and girls'), soccer (boys' and girls'), and wrestling.

Spring sports are badminton, baseball, football, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball (boys'), and flag football (girls').

Music

The Mighty Falcon Marching Band has qualified for state competition many times. The Ferguson Wind Ensemble and Jazz Bands have received Superior rankings at district, state and national levels. The band performs all over the country, including in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and Atlanta. The director of bands is Lowell Thomas and the director of the jazz band and choirs is Karen Kouri-Perez. Mr. Thomas was also the director for the Ferguson Color Guard, who won first place in Florida Marching Band Championships from 2010 - 2015 in the 1A class.

The Falcon Choir was scheduled to perform in the 2012 London Olympics, representing the United States, but could not go due to insufficient funds.

References

External links
 John A. Ferguson Senior High School homepage

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Magnet schools in Florida
2003 establishments in Florida
Lazyboy TV

Lazyboy TV is the 2004 album by pop music/spoken word project Lazyboy (known as Lazy B in the UK). The album contains trivia, philosophical advice, stand-up comedy and social commentary on American society spoken over contemporary hip hop-esque beats. The project was initiated by producers Soren Rasted (of the bands Aqua and Hej Matematik) and Johnny Douglas, who dubbed the style "Rhythm'n'Speak". Performers featured include American comedian Greg Giraldo, British voice-over artist Julie Berry and singer Toby Chapman.

In many countries several songs from the album were re-dubbed in various languages. The Japanese release, for example, featured Japanese language versions of "Facts of Life", "Inhale Positivity", "This is the Truth", "We Only Read the Headlines" and "The Manual (Chapter 4)", with the original English versions of the first two featured as bonus tracks.

Initial European and Japanese pressings included the song "I Love N.Y." which featured Lene Nystrøm on vocals, also formerly of Aqua. Subsequent releases removed the song for unknown reasons and substantially changed the track listing.

Many copies came with four music videos—"Underwear Goes Inside the Pants", "Facts", "Inhale", and "Manual"—either on a bonus DVD or as enhanced content on the disc. Original pressings of the bonus DVD also included the video for "I Love N.Y.". The song "DVD Players" is hidden approximately 11 minutes of silence after the final track.

The single "Underwear Goes Inside the Pants" was a success in Australia and reached #8, and it was also the most-downloaded song on iTunes for that week. The accompanying music video got regular airplay on MTV, along with the video for "Facts of Life". However, the album release as well as the third single, "Inhale Positivity", failed to reach the charts anywhere in the world.

Track listing
"Are You Qualified?"  – 3:26
"Facts of Life"  – 3:57
"Inhale Positivity"  – 3:16
"This is the Truth"  – 4:01
"Underwear Goes Inside the Pants"  – 4:54
"Man Woman (Yin & Yang)"  – 3:54
"Desiderata"  – 3:39
"We Only Read the Headlines"  – 3:41
"The Manual (Chapter 4)"  – 3:36
"It's All About Love"  – 4:00/"DVD Players" [Hidden track]  – 1:11
"Spread the Love" (UK bonus track)
Original pressing:
"Are You Qualified?"  – 3:26
"Facts of Life"  – 3:57
"Inhale Positivity"  – 3:16
"Desiderata"  – 3:39
"I Love N.Y. (featuring Lene)"  – 3:39
"The Manual (Chapter 4)"  – 3:36
"Underwear Goes Inside the Pants"  – 4:54
"Man Woman (Yin & Yang)"  – 3:54
"This is the Truth"  – 4:01
"We Only Read the Headlines"  – 3:41
"It's All About Love"  – 4:00/"DVD Players" [Hidden track]  – 1:11
Bonus DVD:
"Underwear Goes Inside the Pants"  – 4:54
"Facts of Life"  – 3:57
"Inhale Positivity"  – 3:16
"I Love N.Y. (featuring Lene)"  – 3:39 [Only on original pressing]
"The Manual (Chapter 4)"  – 3:36

References

2004 albums
Aqua (band)
Don Ohl

Donald Jay Ohl (born April 18, 1936) is an American former professional basketball player who spent 10 seasons (1960–1970) in the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nickname was Waxie because of his crew cut.

College career
Ohl attended Edwardsville High School in Edwardsville, Illinois, and the University of Illinois.

Professional career
Ohl played for the Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, and St.Louis/Atlanta Hawks. Among the best distance shooters of his time, the 6'3", 190-pound guard scored 11,549 points and appeared in five NBA All-Star Games in his career.

Shortly after the 1963–64 campaign, Ohl was involved one of the first so-called megatrades, this one an eight-player deal between the Pistons and Bullets. On June 9, 1964, the Pistons sent Ohl, center Bob Ferry, forward Bailey Howell, forward Les Hunter and the draft rights to guard Wally (later Wali) Jones to the Bullets in exchange for forwards Terry Dischinger and Don Kojis and guard Rod Thorn. The deal turned out to a fortuitous one for the Bullets, as Howell and Ohl became mainstays with the team.

Ohl twice scored a career high of 43 points in a single game, on January 23, 1963 in a 123–119 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, and on December 25, 1966 in a 129–127 loss to his former team, the Pistons.

Ohl experienced his finest hour in the 1965 playoffs, which saw the Bullets eliminate the St. Louis Hawks in four games in round one. In the Western Division finals, Ohl and future Hall of Fame guard Jerry West were locked in a tense shootout that saw West and the Los Angeles Lakers finally prevail in six games, each of which was decided by eights points or fewer. Ohl averaged 26.1 points in 10 games that post-season, and specifically 28.8 points along with 5.7 rebounds in the division finals against the Lakers.

In 1968, Ohl was traded to the afformentioned Hawks for Tom Workman and a third round pick. Two years later, he was taken in the 1970 NBA Expansion draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers, though he never suited up for the team.

References

External links
 Career stats @ basketball-reference.com
 All-Time Largest Trades in NBA History
 Catching Up With ... former Bullet Don Ohl

1936 births
Living people
American men's basketball players
Atlanta Hawks players
Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973) players
Basketball players from Illinois
Cleveland Cavaliers expansion draft picks
Detroit Pistons players
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players
National Basketball Association All-Stars
People from Edwardsville, Illinois
Sportspeople from Madison County, Illinois
People from Murphysboro, Illinois
Peoria Caterpillars players
Philadelphia Warriors draft picks
Point guards
Shooting guards
St. Louis Hawks players
Port MacDonnell, South Australia

Port MacDonnell, originally known as Ngaranga is the southernmost town in South Australia.  The small port located in the Limestone Coast region about  southeast of Adelaide and  south of Mount Gambier in the District Council of Grant local government area. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that the locality of Port MacDonnell had a population of 847 of which 671 lived in its town centre. Once a busy shipping port, the town now relies heavily on its fishing and summer tourism industries, particularly rock lobster harvest industry, proclaiming itself "Australia's Southern Rock Lobster Capital".

History 

The area was originally inhabited by the Bungandidj Aboriginal people, who referred to it as Ngaranga, possibly meaning "noisy" or "caves". Their oral history recorded that the dry land previously extended southwards from this area, before it was flooded.

The first Europeans to see the area were led by explorer Lieutenant James Grant in  on 3 December 1800. In 1860 the area was proclaimed an official port, was given a name, and was surveyed. It is named after Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell who was Governor of South Australia from 1855 to 1862.

In the 1880s, it was one of Australia's busiest ports, shipping large quantities of wheat and wool to Europe.

The port was, however, exposed to the weather and the site of many shipwrecks. Across the border in Portland, Victoria, 85 km southeast, is a much more sheltered port.

The following have been listed as state heritage places on the South Australian Heritage Register – the Cape Northumberland Lighthouse, the Dingley Dell Museum and the Former Port MacDonnell customs house.

Geography 

The town of Port MacDonnell is set on flat swampy land in a bay between rocky capes of spectacular wave eroded formations the most spectacular being those to the near west at Cape Northumberland.  The port's harbour itself is formed by a large artificially constructed rock breakwater, while the coastline is sandy beaches and rock outcrops providing shelter to the port from the rough seas.  The rock provides substantial habitat for the southern rock lobster which is the town's main industry and colonies of little penguin.

Lighthouse 

Cape Northumberland has a prominent lighthouse which dates to 1882.  
An earlier 1858 lighthouse was the first in South Australia however was demolished after it was in danger of collapse.   A monument marks the site.

Governance 
Port MacDonnell is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mount Gambier and the local government area of the District Council of Grant.

See also
Dingley Dell Conservation Park

References

Coastal towns in South Australia
Limestone Coast
1860 establishments in Australia
Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle was a sprint swimming event in the Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics program in Paris. It was the shortest of the three freestyle events. It was held on 11 August and 12 August 1900. 26 swimmers from 10 nations competed. The event was won by Frederick Lane of Australia, with Zoltán Halmay of Hungary earning silver and Karl Ruberl of Austria earning bronze.

Background

This was the first appearance of the 200 metre freestyle event. It would be contested a second time, though at 220 yards, in 1904. After that, the event did not return until 1968; since then, it has been on the programme at every Summer Games.

The two favourites for this race were Frederick Lane of Australia (who had won the British championships in the 220 yards in 1899, along with various other sprint titles in Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand) and Rob Derbyshire of Great Britain (the British champion in 1898). The two men tied for the British title in 1900. But Derbyshire came down with a stomach virus and did not compete at the 1900 Games. Without him, Lane was heavily favoured. Zoltán Halmay of Hungary was likely the nearest contender.

Competition format

The competition used a two-round format, with semifinals and a final. The entrants were divided into five semifinals; each semifinal had approximately 12 swimmers entered, though withdrawals left each with between 4 and 6 swimmers. The fastest swimmer in each semifinal advanced to the final along with the next five fastest times overall. This resulted in a 10-swimmer final.

The races were swum downstream in the Seine. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events).

Records

There were no recognized records in the 200 metre freestyle before this competition. World records would not be recognized until 1902. Otto Wahle had the best time in the first semifinal at 2:35.6, setting the initial Olympic record. Karl Ruberl's fifth semifinal time was 2:22.6, which would stand as the record after these Games when the final times were all slower.

Schedule

Results

Semifinals

In the first round, there were five semifinals. The winner of each semifinal advanced to the final, as did the five fastest losers from across all the semifinals. The semifinals were held on 11 August.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Semifinal 3

Semifinal 4

Semifinal 5

Final

The final was held on 12 August. Wahle did not start in the final. Lane won easily, more than six seconds ahead of Halmay and Ruberl.

Results summary

References

Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics
200 metre freestyle at the Olympics