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Chef de cuisine

A chef de cuisine (, French for head of kitchen) or  head chef is a chef that leads a kitchen and its cooks. A chef patron (feminine form chef patronne) (French for boss chef) or executive chef is a chef that manages multiple kitchens and their staff.

Function 

The chef de cuisine is in charge of all activities related to the kitchen, which usually includes creating menus, managing kitchen staff, ordering and purchasing stock and equipment, plating design, enforcing nutrition, safety, and sanitation, and ensuring the quality of the meals that are served in the restaurant. Chef de cuisine is the traditional French term, meaning "chief of the kitchen" or "kitchen manager", from which the English word chef is derived. Head chef is often used to designate someone with the same duties as an executive chef but, in larger restaurants there is usually someone in charge of a head chef such a general manager, who makes executive decisions such as the direction of the menu, has final authority regarding staff hiring and management decisions and sets the overall tone and style of the restaurant. This is often the case for executive chefs who are in charge of several restaurants. In many restaurants, executive chef or chef de cuisine will have a line-up/pre-shift (meetings with front of house (FOH) and back of house (BOH)) in order to prepare for the service and answer questions about the menu. In some food operations, the executive chef may assist in designing the menu, dining room and kitchen. He or she may also work with food purveyors, catering directors, equipment vendors, financial consultants, the media, sanitation inspectors and dietitians.

An executive chef generally does not partake in food preparation or catering of patrons. Despite the title containing the word chef it is uncommon for executive chefs to cook and be in a kitchen.

See also 

 List of restaurant terminology
 Brigade de cuisine

References 

Chefs
Culinary terminology
Consent to Treatment

Consent to Treatment is the second album by Blue October. Pre-production sessions took place in Nashville with producer Blue Miller, and the final album recording sessions took place at Bay 7 Studios in Valley Village and Media Vortex in Burbank, California with producer Nick Launay. The album was released in the United States on August 15, 2000, by Universal Records. It is the band's first major-label album and their only album to feature former member Brant Coulter on guitar as well as their first album featuring Matt Noveskey. The opening track is a spoken poem written by Justin Furstenfeld and recited by Blue Miller. Ryan Smith sings the female backing vocals on "The Answer" and "Balance Beam."

The cover art was inspired by Peter Gabriel's music videos for "Sledgehammer" and “Digging in the Dirt”.

Matt Noveskey has said that Nick Launay was extremely nurturing in response to Noveskey's inquisitiveness during the Consent to Treatment production process, which was the impetus for Noveskey pursuing a career as a producer himself.

When performed live, the album tells a story of Justin Furstenfeld first falling in love with his girlfriend Amanda. However, while Justin is away recording Blue October's debut album, Amanda betrays Justin by sleeping with his friend James. Upon finding out, Justin is enraged and is committed to a mental hospital after threatening to kill James and himself. Justin is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and is prescribed medication and eventually released and finds closure and happiness through shedding codependency and expressing his emotions through musical performance.

Track listing
All tracks written by Justin Furstenfeld except for "James", cowritten with Matt Noveskey.

Personnel
 Justin Furstenfeld - lead vocals, guitar
 Brant Coulter - lead guitar
 Matt Noveskey - bass and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, sleeve art, 
 George Winston - piano
 Ryan Delahoussaye - violin, mandolin
 Eric Gorfain - violin
 Jane Scarpantoni - cello, string arrangements
 Jeremy Furstenfeld - drums
 Blue Miller - vocals, producer, mixing
 Ryan Smith - backing vocals
 Martin Klemm - assistant engineer
 David Ahlert - assistant engineer
 Kevin Page - assistant engineer
 Greg Archilla - production, mixing
 Nick Launay - producer, engineer, mixing
 Bob Ludwig - mastering

References

2000 albums
Blue October albums
Albums produced by Nick Launay
Universal Records albums
Democratic Socialist Federation

The Democratic Socialist Federation  was founded by members of the Social Democratic Federation who had  opposed the latter's 1956 reunification with the Socialist Party of America in 1956.

The Federation merged with the Socialist Party in March 1972. In December of that year, the Socialist Party–Social Democratic Federation voted to change its name to Social Democrats, USA.

Convention of December 1972
In its 1972 Convention, the Socialist Party had two Co-Chairmen, Bayard Rustin and Charles S. Zimmerman (of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, ILGWU) and a First National Vice Chairman, James S. Glaser, who were re-elected by acclamation.

The Party changed its name to "Social Democrats, USA" by a vote of 73 to 34. Changing the name of the Socialist Party to "Social Democrats USA" was intended to be "realistic." The New York Times observed that the Socialist Party had last sponsored a candidate for President in 1956, who received only 2,121 votes, which were cast in only six states. Because the Socialist Party no longer sponsored candidates in Presidential elections, continued use of the name "Party" was "misleading" and hindered the recruiting of activists who participated in the Democratic Party, according to the majority report. The name "Socialist" was replaced by "Social Democrats" because many American associated the word "socialism" with Soviet communism. Moreover, the organization sought to distinguish itself from two  small Marxist parties.

References

Further reading
 The 1972 reunification of the Democratic Socialist Federation with the Socialist Party of America is discussed in Maurice Isserman, The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington (New York: PublicAffairs, 2000).  .

Political parties established in 1956
Factions of the Socialist Party of America
South Dakota's 2nd congressional district

South Dakota's 2nd congressional district is an obsolete district. It was created after the 1910 census and was eliminated as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census. Members were elected at-large until the formation of individual districts after the 1910 census. From 1913 until 1933, the 2nd district covered much of northeastern South Dakota, including the cities of Aberdeen, Brookings, Huron, and Watertown. When South Dakota's 3rd congressional district was eliminated after the 1930 census, the 2nd district was relocated to cover all of the counties in South Dakota west of the Missouri River. Population changes eventually moved the district's boundaries further east. During the 97th Congress, it covered all but the 21 easternmost counties in the state.

List of members representing the district

References

 Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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Former congressional districts of the United States
1913 establishments in South Dakota
1983 disestablishments in South Dakota
Constituencies established in 1913
Constituencies disestablished in 1983
In the Pursuit of Leisure

In the Pursuit of Leisure is the fifth studio album by American rock band Sugar Ray, released in 2003. Singer-songwriter Esthero and reggae singer Shaggy both make guest appearances.

It features the single "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)", a song which includes samples from both Sweet's hit "Love Is Like Oxygen" and Midnight Star's hit "No Parking (On the Dance Floor)." That track was a success and reached the #20 spot on Billboard's Adult Top 40. A cover of Joe Jackson's new wave song "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" was released as the second single. It had similar success and reached the #29 spot on Billboard's Adult Top 40.

Reception and sales
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic awarded it four out of five stars, calling it "another winning record by a band who has proven to be far more resilient than anybody could have guessed when 'Fly' flew to the top of the charts in 1997."

The album only sold 135,000 copies, far less than the band's prior self-titled release, which had gone platinum. The album's commercial failure led to a six-year gap in releasing their next album.

Track listing

Credits

Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray ― songwriting (1, & 3-11)
Mark McGrath – lead vocals
Rodney Sheppard – guitar, backing vocals
Murphy Karges – bass, backing vocals
DJ Homicide – turntables, samples, programming; keyboards, backing vocals
Stan Frazier – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Songwriting on "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"
Joe Jackson

Guest vocalists
Esthero – "Heaven" 
ProHoeZak (Simon McKinley) –  "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)"
Shaggy – "56 Hope Road"

References

External links 
 

Sugar Ray albums
2003 albums
Atlantic Records albums
Albums produced by David Kahne
Kwan (band)

Kwan is a Finnish hip hop and pop music group from Helsinki. Most visible members of the band are the two vocalists Mariko (Mari Liisa Pajalahti) and Tidjan (Ossi Bah Tidiane). The band started as a hip hop act, but nowadays the songs contain more singing than rapping.

The first album, Dynasty, sold platinum in Finland, the second one, The Die Is Cast double platinum.

Trivia
In spring 2007, lead vocalist Mariko is participating in the Finnish season 2 of Dancing with the Stars, dancing with Aleksi Seppänen. Contrary to expectations and with no ballroom dancing background whatsoever she eventually became the odds-on favourite to go all the way and win the competition. On 22 April 2007 they beat Sari Siikander and Mikko Ahti to win the final.

Discography

Studio albums
 Dynasty (2001)
 The Die Is Cast (2002)
 Love Beyond This World (2004)
 Little Notes (2006)

Singles
 Padam (2001)
 Microphoneaye (2001)
 Late (2001)
 Rock Da House (2001)
 The Die Is Cast (2002)
 I Wonder (Promo-CD, 2002)
 Rain (2002)
 Shine (2002)
 Chillin' At The Grotto (2002)
 Unconditional Love (2004)
 Decadence Of The Heart (2004)
 Sharks In The Bloody Waters (2004)
 Diamonds (2006)
 Tainted Love (2006)
 10,000 Light Years (2009)
 One Last Time (2014)

External links
Official Website Broken link!

Finnish hip hop groups
Finnish pop music groups
Musical groups established in 2000
Ulrike Maier

Ulrike Maier (22 October 1967 – 29 January 1994) was a World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria, a two-time World Champion in Super-G. She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Born in Rauris, Salzburg, where her father ran a ski school, Maier won the Super-G gold medal at the World Championships in both 1989 and 1991. She also took home the giant slalom silver medal in the 1991 event. Her first of five World Cup wins came in November 1992 and she attained 21 podiums and 59 top ten finishes in her World Cup career.

Accident
Two weeks prior to the 1994 Winter Olympics, the women's World Cup was in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, in late January. The downhill on the classic Kandahar course at Garmisch Classic was held on Saturday, 29 January, following an overnight snowfall. In a narrow part of the lower course less than twenty seconds from the finish, Maier's right ski caught an inside edge at , possibly from a patch of soft snow, and caused a violent crash which broke her neck.

She died of her injuries shortly after being evacuated to the hospital in nearby Murnau. At the age of 26, she had considered retirement at the end of the 1994 season, due to a dip in form that resulted in disappointing performances at the 1992 Olympic Games in France and the 1993 World Championships in Japan. However, she had bounced back by winning two giant slaloms during the 1994 season and claiming podium finishes in the two Super Gs of Cortina. Following these results, she was reconsidering her decision in the days before the fateful downhill run, planning to continue until the 1995 World Championships in Spain.

Unlike most other fatal skiing accidents, her crash happened during a live television broadcast. Maier was survived by her daughter Melanie (b. 1989) and was buried in her home village of Rauris, where thousands attended her funeral. Teammate and close friend Anita Wachter wore Maier's world championship medals in the procession.

Initially it was claimed that her death was caused by hitting a wooden timing post. Based on that claim, Maier's fiancé Hubert Schweighhofer criticized the organizers of the race and filed suit against them. However, several months later the court found that Maier actually did not hit the timing post with her head, but probably broke her neck by crashing into a pile of snow on the border of the race course. The court did not find any negligence from the organizers and dismissed the suit. Manslaughter charges against two FIS race officials were dropped after a settlement was reached in 1996.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums
5 wins: (2 SG, 3 GS)
21 podiums: (8 SG, 10 GS, 1 SL, 1 PS, 1 K)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

Ulrike Maier World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation

1967 births
1994 deaths
People from Zell am See District
Austrian female alpine skiers
Filmed deaths in sports
Skiing deaths
Sport deaths in Germany
Olympic alpine skiers for Austria
Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Skiers from Salzburg (state)
20th-century Austrian women
Craig Langdon

Craig Anthony Cuffe Langdon (born 22 May 1957) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 until 2010. He was a social worker before entering politics.

Langdon resigned from the parliament on 25 August 2010, citing family and personal reasons in a statement, but also accusing a number of his colleagues of "disloyalty and betrayal".

Langdon was elected as the Mayor of the Banyule City Council in2014. Langdon was a Banyule councillor representing Olympia Ward until he was defeated for re-election by Peter Dimarelos in 2020.

References

1957 births
Living people
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
21st-century Australian politicians
Ivanpah Lake

Ivanpah Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California on the border of California and Nevada. Nestled in the Ivanpah Valley near Primm on Interstate 15, the  lake is almost entirely within California. At the north edge of the lake lie the Nevada Welcome Center (closed) and a California Lottery retailer. It is a popular place for land sailing and kite buggying.

On March 26, 2009, the world land speed record for a wind-powered vehicle was set here by the Greenbird, clocked at .

Environmental contamination
Hundreds of thousands of gallons of water carrying radioactive waste from rare earth element mining spilled into and around Ivanpah Dry Lake.

In the 1980s, the Mountain Pass rare earth mine began piping wastewater as far as 14 miles to evaporation ponds on or near Ivanpah Dry Lake, east of Interstate 15 near Nevada.  This pipeline repeatedly ruptured during cleaning operations to remove mineral deposits called scale. The scale is radioactive because of the presence of thorium and radium, which occur naturally in the rare earth ore.  A federal investigation later found that some 60 spills—some unreported—occurred between 1984 and 1998, when the pipeline was shut down. In all, about  of radiological and other hazardous waste flowed onto the desert floor, according to federal authorities.  By the end of the 1990s, Unocal had been hit with a cleanup order and a San Bernardino County district attorney's lawsuit. The company paid more than $1.4 million in fines and settlements.  After preparing a cleanup plan and completing an extensive environmental study, Unocal in 2004 won approval of a county permit that allowed the mine to operate for another 30 years. In 2008, Unocal/Chevron sold the mine to privately held Molycorp Minerals LLC, a company formed to revive the Mountain Pass Mine.

See also
 List of lakes in California

References

External links

 
 Satellite Photo (Google Maps)
 Bureau of Land Management - Needles CA district including access information

Ivanpah Valley
Endorheic lakes of California
Lakes of the Mojave Desert
Lakes of San Bernardino County, California
Lakes of California
Lakes of Southern California
Long Term Ecological Research Network

The Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER) consists of a group of over 1800 scientists and students studying ecological processes over extended temporal and spatial scales. Twenty-eight LTER sites cover a diverse set of ecosystems. It is part of the International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER). The project was established in 1980 and is funded by the National Science Foundation. Data from LTER sites is publicly available in the Environmental Data Initiative repository and findable through DataONE search.

LTER sites

There are 28 sites within the LTER Network across the United States, Puerto Rico, and Antarctica, each conducting research on different ecosystems.
LTER sites are both physical places and communities of researchers. Some of the physical places are remote or protected from development, others are deliberately located in cities or agricultural areas. Either way, the program of research for each LTER is tailored to the most pressing and promising questions for that location and the program of research determines the group of researchers with the skills and interests to pursue those questions.

While each LTER site has a unique situation—with different organizational partners and different scientific challenges—the members of the Network apply several common approaches to understanding long-term ecological phenomena. These include observation, large-scale experiments, modeling, synthesis science and partnerships.
 Andrews Forest LTER (AND)
 Arctic LTER (ARC)
 Baltimore Ecosystem Study LTER (BES)
 Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystem LTER (BLE)
 Bonanza Creek LTER (BNZ)
 Central Arizona - Phoenix LTER (CAP)
 California Current Ecosystem LTER (CCE)
 Cedar Creek LTER (CDR) 
 Coweeta LTER (CWT) - NSF LTER funding from 1980-2020
 Florida Coastal Everglades LTER (FCE)
 Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER (GCE)
 Harvard Forest LTER (HFR)
 Hubbard Brook  LTER (HBR)
 Jornada Basin LTER (JRN)
 Kellogg Biological Station LTER (KBS)
 Konza Prairie LTER (KNZ)
 Luquillo LTER (LUQ)
 McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER (MCM)
 Minneapolis-St. Paul LTER (MSP)
 Moorea Coral Reef LTER (MCR)
 Niwot Ridge LTER (NWT)
 North Temperate Lakes LTER (NTL)
 Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER (NES)
 Northern Gulf of Alaska LTER (NGA)
 Palmer LTER (PAL)
 Plum Island Ecosystem LTER (PIE)
 Santa Barbara Coastal LTER (SBC)
 Sevilleta LTER (SEV)
 Shortgrass Steppe LTER (SGS) - funded from 1982-2014 at the Central Plains Experimental Range
Virginia Coast Reserve LTER (VCR)

See also
 National Ecological Observatory Network
 Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network

References

External links
 ILTER Network 
 LTER Network
 European Long-Term Ecosystem Research Network
 Austrian Long-Term Ecosystem Research Network

Ecology organizations
Ecological data
Las Últimas Noticias

() is a Chilean, daily middle market tabloid newspaper owned by El Mercurio SAP. This company publishes various newspapers for a different audience: El Mercurio people look up to and ability to view, mainly close to the reading, La Segunda mainly a diary of "synthesis" news and evening edition, and  is made profile tabloid, focused mainly on entertainment and gossip, so it is one of the best-selling newspapers in the country.

History

The newspaper was founded on November 15, 1902 by the owner of El Mercurio, Agustín Edwards Mac Clure, after having made a trip to the United States as to the progress of the press. From that trip, Edwards would implement a series of reforms in his company, starting with the transformation of El Mercurio into a morning newspaper, and creating Las Últimas Noticias de El Mercurio 'The Latest News of El Mercurio' (posted in the afternoon). The first director of Las Últimas Noticias was the writer Joaquín Diaz Garcés.

In 1928, Las Últimas Noticias went from broadsheet to tabloid format. In 1931, the overabundance of information generated during the fall of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, necessitated the emergence of a segunda edición de Las Últimas Noticias (second edition of Las Últimas Noticias), which would result in today's evening newspaper La Segunda.

Over time, Las Últimas Noticias becomes a morning, aimed at the middle and with a strong emphasis on law enforcement issues. This model brings a strong success until the 1980s, when he published, for example, Ñoñobañez comic, Calvin and Hobbes and Condorito. However, with the return to democracy, the consumption habits of Chileans begin to change and the newspaper reports no longer the same interest as before in the population.

In 1994, Las Últimas Noticias became the first Chilean newspaper produced entirely in digital. On July 19 of that year, at 18:42 hours, was sent from their offices in Bellavista 0112 street the first page of electronic test on the press page of El Mercurio, via fiber optics.

Ente late 1990 and early 2000, the daily newspaper becomes an entertainment media (discarding most of its supplements), approaching and adapting to the styles of the British Daily Mirror and American The New York Post, getting so for some time become the best selling in Chile (today is the third most circulation). It also has an online edition since mid-1990, in internet, that every day it can read news for free via this medium.

External links

Newspapers published in Chile
Newspapers established in 1902
Mass media in Santiago
La Tercera

(), formerly known as  ('The Third of the Hour'), is a daily newspaper published in Santiago, Chile and owned by Copesa. It is s closest competitor.

 is part of Periódicos Asociados Latinoamericanos (Latin American Newspaper Association), an organization of fourteen leading newspapers in South America.

History
The newspaper La Tercera was founded on July 7, 1950, by the Picó Cañas family. Initially known as La Tercera de la Hora, it served as the evening edition of the now defunct newspaper La Hora. In the 1950s, it transitioned from being associated with La Hora and transformed into a morning paper. While initially affiliated with the Radical Party, La Tercera ended this association in 1965, becoming politically independent and disconnected from any party, government system, or religious affiliation.

During the early 1970s, the newspaper strongly opposed Salvador Allende's government and supported the September 11 military coup in 1973, as well as General Augusto Pinochet's subsequent dictatorship. Alongside El Mercurio and La Nación, La Tercera played a significant role in endorsing these events. Throughout the following decades, it maintained a tabloid format and employed language that resonated with the middle class.

In 2003, La Tercera underwent changes, adopting the Berliner format and adopting a more formal language. The newspaper also increased its number of pages, aiming to appeal to a higher social stratum. In October 2007, it underwent further changes in layout design, adopting a minimalist appearance. Under the direction of Cristián Bofill, the newspaper specialized in covering political, business, and economic events.

In November 2008, the newspaper revamped its website, integrating all Copesa media into a single page called Mediacenter La Tercera. A month later, La Tercera joined the Strategic Alliances CNN Chile, forming an alliance with Radio Bío Bío, local TV channels, UCV TV, and the Network Mapcity Daily Citizen.

On August 1, 2010, La Tercera introduced a new header with red and white lettering, designed by Marcelo Godoy from Chile and Javier Errea from Spain. Starting from November 2, 2010, subscribers were able to access the International Edition of the Spanish newspaper El País upon payment of an additional fee. The current editor-in-chief of La Tercera is Juan Pablo Larraín Medina. On July 16, 2017, the newspaper relocated its offices from the historical site at Vicuña Mackenna 1962 (Ñuñoa) to a new building at Apoquindo 4660 (Las Condes).

References

External links

Newspapers published in Chile
Newspapers established in 1950
1950 establishments in Chile
Mass media in Santiago
Spanish-language newspapers
Denis Banks

Denis Banks (born 16 June 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the VFL/AFL.

Banks was from East Reservoir and played as a centre-half-forward, but injuries prevented him from developing into a key position player. He made his debut in 1979 and played in the losing Grand Final side for the Magpies. In 1984 he won a spot in the VFL's Team of the Year.

Banks was nearing the end of his career in 1990, but played another season and won a premiership medal in the drought-breaking Grand Final for Collingwood. He retired in 1991, a year after premiership success. Banks was inducted into the Collingwood Hall of Fame in 2007.

External links

1959 births
Living people
Collingwood Football Club players
Collingwood Football Club premiership players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
VFL/AFL premiership players
Nobile

Nobile, a Latin word meaning noble, may refer to:
 Nobile (aristocracy), the Italian equivalent of the landed gentry
 Nobile (crater), a crater on the moon
 Nobile Glacier, a glacier in Antarctica

People 
Arielle Nobile (born 1979), American film director and producer 
Arthur Nobile (1920–2004), inventor of prednisone
 Leo Nobile (1922–2006), American football player
 Luigi Nobile (1921–2009), Italian football player
 Philip Nobile, American writer
 Roberto Nobile (born 1947), Italian actor.
 Salvatore Nobile (born 1964), Italian football player
 Umberto Nobile (1885–1978), Italian explorer and aeronautical engineer

See also
 Nobiles
 Nobilis (disambiguation)
History for Sale

History for Sale is the third album by Blue October. The title of the album comes from a lyric in the song "Amazing". It was recorded at Sound Arts Studios in Houston, Texas, and at Stomp Box Studios in Arlington, Texas, and released in the United States on April 8, 2003 by Brando Records. It was co-produced by Justin Furstenfeld and David Castell.  It is the only Blue October album to feature former member Dwayne Casey on bass guitar, and the band's first album featuring lead guitarist C.B. Hudson. The track  "Come in Closer" features guest vocals by Zayra Alvarez, who later, on the CBS reality show Rock Star: Supernova, sang the song "Razorblade" on her final episode before being voted off. History for Sale was voted best album by the 2003 Houston Press Music Awards.

The album, re-released on Universal Records on August 5, 2003, is largely a response to the control the label placed on the group during the Consent to Treatment production process. The re-released version of the album includes a solo acoustic version of "Calling You" as a hidden track, while the original version of the album includes videos of the band during the recording process.

Track listing
All songs written by Justin Furstenfeld, except where noted.

Personnel
Justin Furstenfeld - lead vocals, guitar
Jeremy Furstenfeld - drums
Matt Noveskey - bass guitar on tracks 1, 3, 8, 9, 10
Dwayne Casey - bass guitar on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
C.B. Hudson - guitar
Ryan Delahoussaye - violin, mandolin
Zayra Alvarez - backing vocals
Brian Baker - engineer, editing
David Castell - flute (on "Come in Closer" and "3 Weeks She Sleeps"), programming, production, editing, synthesizer
Robert Greeson - art direction
Blue Miller - guitar, production, editing, mixing, keyboards
Mark O'Donoughue - engineer
Tim Palmer - mixing
Sam Paulos - executive producer
Derek Taylor - digital editing

References

2003 albums
Blue October albums
Universal Records albums
Albums produced by David Castell
Tennessee Commissioner of Tourist Development

The Tennessee Commissioner of Tourist Development is the head of Tennessee's Department of Tourist Development, which is concerned with attracting tourism to the state. The Commissioner is appointed by the governor of Tennessee and is a member of the governor's Cabinet, which meets at least once per month, or more often to the governor's liking.

The Commissioner, in accordance with the rules of the state publications committee, acts through the tourism division of the Department to collect, compile, and distribute literature relating to the facilities, the advantages and attractions of the state, the historic, recreational, and scenic points and places of interest within the state, and the transportation and highway facilities of the state.

The Commissioner is also authorized to form contracts with agencies of any type that will further objectives of advertising to Tennessee nonresidents, to compile information from state government branches for advertising purposes, and to accept unconditional gifts of money for the Department of Tourist Development's purposes.

The position of Commissioner was created in 1976, along with the Department it heads. The current Commissioner under the Phil Bredesen administration, , is Susan Whitaker. The previous Commissioner under the Don Sundquist administration was John Wade.

External links
The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development website
LexisNexis's archive of Tennessee Code, Title 4
The Department of Tourist Development website in 2002

 Tourist Development
Commissioner
To a Mountain Daisy

"To a Mountain Daisy", On Turning one Down, With The Plough, in April 1786 is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1786. It was included in the Kilmarnock volume of Burns's poems, published in that year.

The poem tells of how the poet, while out with the plough, discovers that he has crushed a daisy's stem. It is similar in some respects to his poem To a Mouse, published in the previous year. In ploughing a field in the early morning, there must have been hundreds of small flowers that were turned down by the plough and why Burns was taken with this particular specimen is a mystery.

In a similar way from To a Mouse, Burns compares the daisy's fate to that of humankind, first, in stanza six, to a young girl taken in by her lover and then, in stanza seven, to himself. The final stanza is in some ways reminiscent of  Andrew Marvell's poem To His Coy Mistress:

But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot drawing near;

References 

Scottish poems
1786 poems
1786 in Scotland
Scots-language works
2001 XFL Draft

The 2001 XFL Draft was the only draft for the first-iteration XFL football league. The draft took place over a three-day time period from October 28 to October 30, 2000, during which time a total of 475 players were selected by the league's 8 teams from a pool of approximately 1,600 or so eligible players. The draft consisted of 59 rounds—10 rounds taking place on October 28, 15 rounds on October 29, and 34 rounds on October 30.

The draft was followed by a supplemental draft on December 29, 2000, during which 65 additional players were selected in an effort to completely fill out team rosters. Most eligible players came from either the CFL, the Arena Football League, NFL Europe, retired NFL players, or previous college players who had gone undrafted by the NFL but had not yet signed with another league.

The XFL draft took place in order for teams to be ready to begin league play when the season kicked off on February 3, 2001.

Notable players drafted 

Many of the players selected in the XFL draft went on to compete in the NFL and other football leagues.

Notable players selected in the draft included Las Vegas running back Rod Smart, who first gained popularity because the name on the back of his jersey read "He Hate Me."  Smart stated that he had wanted to put "They Hate Me" (a jab at his critics) but there wasn't enough room.  Smart, who was only picked 357th in the draft, later went on to play for the Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, and the Oakland Raiders, thus becoming the second XFL player (after receiver Yo Murphy did as a member of the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI) to play in a Super Bowl, participating in Super Bowl XXXVIII, which his team lost.

Many other XFL "alumni" who were selected in the draft went on to play in the NFL, including Kevin Kaesviharn, Jose Cortez, Corey Ivy, Mike Furrey and Rod Smart, and many others played extensively in the CFL, including Kelvin Anderson, John Avery, Duane Butler, Jeremaine Copeland, Marcus Crandell, Reggie Durden, Eric England, Paul McCallum (who wore the jersey nickname "CFL Reject"), Yo Murphy, Noel Prefontaine and Bobby Singh. The Arena Football League also absorbed some former XFL players.

Player selections

References

External links

Xfl Draft
Draft
American football drafts
Xfl Draft
Western & Southern Financial Group

Western & Southern Financial Group, also commonly referred to as Western & Southern, is a Cincinnati, Ohio-based diversified company of financial services subsidiaries with $111.6 billion in assets owned and managed as of December 2021. As of 2022, it held a "AA- Very Strong" rating from Standard & Poor's, a "A+ Superior" from A.M. Best, a "AA Very Strong" from Fitch, a "Aa3 Excellent" from Moody's, and a "96 out of 100" Comdex ranking.

Through its subsidiaries, Western & Southern offers a variety of financial services such as life insurance, annuities, mutual funds and investment management. Subsidiaries include Western & Southern Life Insurance Co, Western-Southern Life Assurance Co, Columbus Life Insurance Co, Gerber Life Insurance Company, Integrity Life Insurance Co, National Integrity Life Insurance Co, Lafayette Life Insurance Co, IFS Financial Services, Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Touchstone Investments, and Eagle Realty Group.

History
Western & Southern hosts the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament.  This tennis event has contributed more than $5.5 million to charities in the Greater Cincinnati community.

Western & Southern played a key role in the development of the Great American Tower at Queen City Square project in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.

In May 2013, Western & Southern signed a controversial agreement with Cincinnati Union Bethel to purchase the historic Anna Louise Inn in downtown Cincinnati. In 2014, Western & Southern Financial Group, owner of many properties within the Lytle Park Historic District asked the city to remove the historic status of several historic buildings. The company hopes to remove sections of the district in order to build new office space.

In 2015, Western & Southern became the title sponsor of the annual WEBN fireworks show at Fountain Square.

In 2018, Western & Southern acquired the Gerber Life Insurance Company from Nestle for $1.55 billion, along with a long-term intellectual property license in connection with financial services.

In November 2019, Western & Southern Financial Group promoted John Bultema as CEO of Lafayette Life Insurance Co.

On 9 March 2020, Legacy Marketing Group formed a strategic partnership with Western & Southern Financial Group to create and sell Western & Southern subsidiary Integrity Life Insurance Company's proprietary fixed indexed annuity products.

See also 
 List of United States insurance companies

References

External links
Western & Southern Financial Group website

Insurance companies of the United States
Life insurance companies of the United States
American companies established in 1888
Financial services companies established in 1888
Mutual insurance companies of the United States
Companies based in Cincinnati
Snail Maze

Snail Maze is a 1986 video game by Sega for the Master System. Instead of being released on a cartridge, it was built into the system's BIOS and could be played by starting the system without a game cartridge inserted and holding Up and buttons 1 and 2 simultaneously. Some later console models included a minimal BIOS because of memory constraints, and Snail Maze had to be removed. These systems instead included a built-in Alex Kidd in Miracle World or Sonic the Hedgehog. Snail Maze was never released in cartridge or card format.

Gameplay
A very simple game, Snail Maze involves navigating a small orange snail with a yellow shell through a blue maze. A goal area is clearly marked, which players must attempt to reach within a time limit. Despite its relative simplicity compared to other games of its era, Snail Maze could be quite challenging. Subsequent levels reduce the time available, giving a progressively lower margin for error.

Legacy
A version of Snail Maze was included on the Coleco Sonic handheld system, created in 2006. An emulated version of Snail Maze can be played on the in-game Master System in the 2021 game Lost Judgment by using the system without selecting a game.

In 2004 an unofficial port of Snail Maze was made for the Japanese MSX computer platform with enhanced graphics and a new title screen. An unofficial port Snail Maze was released on iOS in January 2013. An unofficial port of Snail Maze was released in December 2015 for the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator, written in eZ80 assembly language.
In 2020, Genesis Project created and released a Commodore 64 version of Snail Maze.

References

External links
Master System screenshots

1986 video games
iOS games
Master System games
Master System-only games
Maze games
MSX games
Sega video games
Video games developed in Japan
Single-player video games
The Song Remains the Same

The Song Remains the Same is the name of several works by rock band Led Zeppelin. It may refer to:

"The Song Remains the Same" (song), the opening track from their 1973 album Houses of the Holy
The Song Remains the Same (film), a concert film taking place during three nights of concerts at Madison Square Garden during the band's 1973 North American Tour
The Song Remains the Same (album), the soundtrack album of the concert film
East Side Tunnel

East Side Tunnel may refer to two separate tunnels in Providence, Rhode Island:

The East Side Trolley Tunnel, a tunnel undercutting College Hill, still in use today for bus routes
The East Side Railroad Tunnel, a railroad tunnel connecting East Providence to downtown Providence, out of use since 1981
Yoder, Kansas

Yoder is an unincorporated community in Reno County, Kansas, United States.  As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 165.  It is located approximately 10 miles southeast of the city of Hutchinson on K-96.  Although Yoder is unincorporated, with no city government, it does have a U.S. Post Office and its own ZIP code (67585).  Yoder is the hub of a local Amish community.

History
The community derives its name from its Amish founder, Valentine Yoder.

The first post office in Yoder was established in November 1889.

The community was home to the former Naval Air Station Hutchinson, later renamed to Hutchinson Air Force Station, and currently named as Sunflower Aerodrome Gliderport.

Geography

Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Yoder has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

Demographics

For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Yoder as a census-designated place (CDP).

Education
The community is served by Haven USD 312 public school district.

Area events
Yoder Heritage Day takes place annually on the fourth Saturday in August.

Gallery

References

Further reading

External links

 Community of Yoder
 Yoder Heritage Day.
 "Yoder Amish Settlement". Amish State Guide.
 Reno County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Census-designated places in Reno County, Kansas
Amish in the United States
Populated places established in 1889
Census-designated places in Kansas
1889 establishments in Kansas
Eqrem Basha

Eqrem Basha (, ) (born 1948 in Debar, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia) is among the most respected contemporary writers of Kosovo in recent years. His life and literary production are intimately linked to Kosovo and its capital Pristina, where he has lived and worked since the 1970s.

Career
It was in the early 1970s, during Kosovo's most prominent period, that Eqrem Basha moved to Pristina to study language and literature at the newly created Albanian language university there. He later worked for Pristina television as editor of the drama section, but was fired for political reasons. Basha is the author of eight volumes of innovative verse spanning the years from 1971 to 1995, three volumes of short stories and numerous translations (in particular French literature and drama).

He works at the publishing industry in Pristina. Eqrem Basha is an enigmatic poet. Perplexing, fascinating, and difficult to classify in a literary sense, he succeeds in transmitting a certain mystique to the inquisitive reader. At one moment he seems coolly logical and shows an admirable ability to reason deductively, and the next moment he is overcome by absurd flights of fancy into a surrealistic world where apparently nothing makes any sense. Basha has an urbane view of things and delights in the daily absurdities of life. Nothing could be more foreign to him than the inspiration many of his fellow poets derive from the rich folklore traditions of the northern mountain tribes and verse of social commitment. His verse is light, colloquial and much less declamatory than that of many of his predecessors.

References
Albanian literature from Robert Elsie

Living people
1948 births
Kosovan writers
People from Debar
Kosovan translators
Members of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo
Center Grove High School

Center Grove High School is a high school located in Greenwood, Indiana. A part of Center Grove Community School Corporation, it serves western Greenwood and most of Bargersville.  Founded in 1884, the high school has always been located at the same intersection in White River Township, Johnson County, Indiana.

Athletics
Current Athletic Director: Joe Bronkella 

The Center Grove Trojans compete as an independent, with no conference affiliation. The school colors are red and white. The following IHSAA sanctioned sports are offered:

Baseball (boys)
Basketball (girls & boys)
Girls state champion - 1996
Cross country (girls & boys)
-Boys 3rd place State finalist 2022
Football (boys)
State champion - 2008, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022
Golf (girls & boys)
Boys state champion - 2017, 2021
Soccer (girls & boys)
Boys state champion - 2015
Softball (girls)
State champion - 1986, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2015, 2019
Swimming and diving (girls & boys)
Tennis (girls & boys)
Boys state champion - 2001, 2008
Track (girls & boys)
Boys state champion - 2011
Volleyball (girls)
State champion - 2000
Wrestling (boys)

Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 2,447 students enrolled in 2013-2014 was as follows:
Male - 53.0%
Female - 47.0%
Native American/Alaskan - 0.3%
Asian/Pacific islanders - 2.1%
Black - 1.2%
Hispanic - 3.1%
White - 91.5%
Multiracial - 1.8%

15.7% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.

Fine arts
Center Grove has numerous vocal and instrumental music groups in addition to a theatre program.

The Center Grove High School marching band won first place at the 1995 Bands of America Grand National Finals.

Notable alumni
Shamar Bailey- Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
Aaron Halterman - Former NFL tight end
Trayce Jackson-Davis - Indiana Basketball player and forward for the Golden State Warriors
Dave Kneebone - Film and television producer, Abso Lutely Productions
Brad Long - Actor
Michelle McKeehan - American Swimmer
Brienne Pedigo-Christopher - Reporter, ESPN
Carson Steele - college football running back for the Ball State Cardinals and the UCLA Bruins
Aaron Waltke - Emmy Award-winning screenwriter
Russ Yeast - NFL safety for the Los Angeles Rams

See also
 List of high schools in Indiana

References

External links

Center Grove Community School Corporation

Public high schools in Indiana
Educational institutions established in 1884
Schools in Johnson County, Indiana
1884 establishments in Indiana
Beecher's Bibles

"Beecher's Bibles" was the name given to the breech-loading Sharps rifle that were supplied to and used by the anti-slavery settlers and combatants in Kansas, during the Bleeding Kansas period (1854–1860). The breech loading model 1853 Sharps Carbines were shipped in crates marked "Books and Bibles". After an 1856 article in the New-York Tribune carried a quote by Henry Ward Beecher, the Sharps Carbines became known as Beecher's Bibles.

Background

For decades there had been a conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists in America. Before Missouri asked to be admitted to the United States there were 11 free and 11 slave states. Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state. The 1820 Missouri Compromise stated that all states south of Missouri could be admitted as slave states. In 1854 Congress initiated the Kansas–Nebraska Act which said voters could decide. Settlers from both sides came to Kansas. Violence was common between the two sides in Kansas. It was during this conflict that Minister Henry Ward Beecher raised funds to buy rifles for the free-staters: Beecher's Bibles were sent to the territory. Henry W. Beecher believed that such weapons were, "a greater moral urgency among border ruffians than the scriptures".

History

The name "Beecher's Bibles" in reference to Sharps rifles and carbines was inspired by the comments and activities of the abolitionist New England minister Henry Ward Beecher, of the New England Emigrant Aid Society, of whom it was written in a February 8, 1856, article in the New-York Tribune: Beecher was an outspoken abolitionist and he raised funds to buy weapons for Kansas free state settlers. Some newspapers began calling Beecher's church the "Bible and Rifle Company". From there the guns that were purchased and sent came to be known as Beecher’s Bibles. 

The term originated from the method of shipment: New England abolitionists sent Sharps Carbines to Kansas in an attempt to assist anti-slavery settlers there. The carbines were shipped in crates which were covered by bibles. The crates were marked with the words "Books and Bibles". The Sharps Carbines were modern in design, incorporating a breech loading mechanism. The rifles were the Sharps Model 1853. The Federal and state authorities had forbidden sending arms to the territory but that did not stop abolitionists from donating funds for firearm purchases. Doctor Samuel Cabot donated $12,500 USD for the purchase of Sharps Carbines. Also according to Amos A. Lawrence, the treasure for the New England Emigrant Aid Society, the society purchased 100 rifles for the cause. There were approximately 900 Beecher's Bibles which were used in the Kansas conflict.

References

Bibliography
 

Rifles
Bleeding Kansas
Guns of the American West
Arms trafficking
Abolitionism in the United States
Mirko Gashi

Mirko Gashi (; 2 January 1939 – July 1995) was an Albanian writer. Born in Kralje, he studied journalism in Belgrade and worked as a journalist in Flaka e vëllazërimit in Skopje and in Radio Prishtina. He wrote poetry during the 1980s, producing collections Gjarpëri i shtëpise (The House Snake) (1980); Arbor vitae (The Tree of Life) (1988); and Plagë uji, (Water Wound) (1990). Gashi translated literature from Kosovo Albanian authors into Serbo-Croatian. In late years, he suffered from depression and alcoholism, which ended in his death in July 1995.

References

1995 deaths
1939 births
20th-century Albanian writers
Yugoslav writers
20th-century male writers
Albanian journalists
Yugoslav journalists
University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni
People from Kraljevo
Albanians in Serbia
Albanian translators
Yugoslav translators
Albanian–Serbian translators
20th-century translators
20th-century journalists