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Ted Casablanca

Ted Casablanca (born Bruce Wallace Bibby; November 20, 1960) is an American entertainment journalist and gossip columnist. He had an E! Online column called The Awful Truth, which ran for sixteen years, ending in July 2012.

Biography

Career
Casablanca began writing for Premiere magazine in 1987, where he originally conceived his gossip column "The Awful Truth" before transferring it to E! in 1996 as a weekly (later daily) column. He regularly presented it on E! Television and sometimes appeared as a correspondent and commentator for various E! Television events. Casablanca earned notoriety for delving into the personal lives and relationships of celebrities in "The Awful Truth"; Casablanca often attributed pseudonyms to the subjects of his pieces, and garnered attention with his satirical speculation on the secret sexuality of particular celebrities. As Bruce Bibby, he has written for a number of entertainment magazines and has been a contributor to the television magazine Hard Copy. Casablanca was also the gallery owner of Ted Casablanca Gallery in Palm Springs, California.

Television and film appearances
Casablanca appeared on several television series, usually as a commentator, but he has also appeared as himself on Grosse Pointe and, more recently, in an episode of General Hospital in February 2007.

In 2006, he provided commentary alongside cast member Barbara Parkins for the special edition DVD of Valley of the Dolls. He also appeared in the featurette on the bonus DVD entitled, The Divine Ms. Susann. Casablanca has been a long-time fan of the film. The name "Ted Casablanca" was borrowed from a minor character from Valley of the Dolls. According to IMDB, Casablanca also served as an uncredited technical advisor for the film Bright Lights, Big City.

Personal
Bruce Wallace Bibby (Ted Casablanca) was born November 20, 1960 in Dallas county Texas to Robert and Alice Wallace Bibby. Casablanca also earned a degree in sculpture from the California Institute of the Arts before turning to journalism.

According to his own column, Casablanca married Jon Powell in Hawaii in May 2008. But on September 16, 2009, Casablanca announced that he and Powell had, after a separation, decided to end their union.  Casablanca was also notably paired with actor Harvey Fierstein from 1987 to 1992.  Casablanca now resides in Carmichael, California.

References

External links

1960 births
Living people
American infotainers
American gay writers
American gossip columnists
American online journalists
American LGBT journalists
Writers from Texas
KC Ten

KC Ten is the tenth studio album by the funk and disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The album was produced by Harry Wayne Casey, Robert Walker, and Ron Taylor and was released in December 1983 on the Meca label.

History
KC Ten was credited only to group lead vocalist KC. The album includes the hit song "Give It Up", which had also been on the previous album. The single reached the top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 and became their first and only number 1 single on the UK Singles Chart. The band disbanded after this album was released; eight years would pass before the band was reformed.

Track listing

Personnel 
 Harry Wayne Casey – vocals, keyboards
 Emridge Jones – keyboards, saxophones
 Ellis Parker Jr. – keyboards
 Ron Taylor – keyboards
 James Magnole – guitars 
 Jerome Smith – guitars
 George Terry – guitars
 Steve Argy – bass guitar
 Gary King – bass guitar
 Joe Galdo – drums
 Fermin Goytisolo – percussion
 Phil Rodriguez – percussion
 Ricky Webb – percussion
 Eugene Timmons – saxophones
 Ken Faulk – trumpets
 Deborah Carter – backing vocals
 Denise King – backing vocals
 Margaret Reynolds – backing vocals, vocals (9)
 Jeanette Williams – backing vocals
 Betty Wright – backing vocals

Production 
 Harry Wayne Casey – producer, mixing 
 Richard Finch – producer (1)
 Ron Taylor – producer (2-10), mixing 
 Robert Walker – producer (2-10)
 Steve Kimball – engineer, mixing 
 John Luongo – remixing (1)
 Mike McCarty – album cover design 
 David Vance – photography

References

External links
 KC Ten at Discogs

KC and the Sunshine Band albums
1984 albums
Acadian Coast

The Acadian Coast is a name which is applied by historians to the section of Louisiana along the Mississippi River that was settled by the exiled Acadians, beginning in 1764.

While applying particularly to the present Saint James Parish, the term is sometimes used to designate the Acadian settlements just up the Mississippi in Ascension Parish.

The Acadian Coast can also apply to the Gulf coast of north-eastern and south-eastern New Brunswick, where the majority of the population and communities are Acadian. These regions have been populated by the Acadians since 1764, when the British allowed them to return to Nova Scotia following their expulsion nine years earlier. The coast was detached from Nova Scotia and included in the new province of New Brunswick in 1784.

See also
Acadiana - geography

References

Geography of Louisiana
Acadian history
1764 establishments in New Spain
Mendel Shapiro

Mendel Shapiro is a Jerusalem lawyer and Modern Orthodox Rabbi. He is the author of a halakhic analysis arguing that women could be called to read from the Torah in prayer services with men on Shabbat under certain conditions. His minority viewpoint, which contravened both tradition, and according to many poskim Halacha itself, became the subject of extensive dispute within the Modern Orthodox Jewish world. Gidon Rothstein wrote in the Rabbinical Council of America's flagship journal Tradition that

Both for its inherent interest as an attempt to mine sources creatively and for its impact on the current Orthodox world, R. Shapiro's analysis deserves serious consideration.

However, Rothstein went on to critique all of Shapiro's core arguments, saying they have "conspicuously weak textual support," and concluded that Shapiro's analysis "has not meaningfully succeeded".

Shapiro holds B.A. and M.S. degrees from Yeshiva University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. He received Semicha (Rabbinic Ordination) from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University.

See also
 Shira Hadasha
 Partnership minyan

References

 Mendel Shapiro,  “Qeri’at ha-Torah by Women: A Halakhic Analysis” (Edah 1:2, 2001) (pdf)
 Gidon Rothstein, "Women’s Aliyyot in Contemporary Synagogues." Tradition 39:2, Summer 2005. (Critical analysis published in the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America's official journal)
 Eliav Shochetman. Sinay 135-136 (2005), pp. 271–336  (Article by Hebrew University Law School professor criticizing Mendel Shapiro's analysis )
http://www.edah.org/backend/JournalArticle/1_2_henkin.pdf
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=6937&print=yes
http://www.cjnews.com/pastissues/02/nov21-02/international/int2.htm
http://www.jta.org/page_print_story.asp?intarticleid=12072&intcategoryid=5
https://web.archive.org/web/20070704154035/http://www.kehilathadar.org/Aboutus/jewishweek08-02-02.html

Judaism and women
American Modern Orthodox rabbis
Jewish feminists
Living people
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary semikhah recipients
Columbia Law School alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Rabbis in Jerusalem
Lawyers from Jerusalem
21st-century American rabbis
Sátão

Sátão () is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 12,444, in an area of 201.94 km2.

The present mayor is Paulo Santos, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is August 20.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 9 civil parishes (freguesias):
 Águas Boas e Forles
 Avelal
 Ferreira de Aves
 Mioma
 Rio de Moinhos
 Romãs, Decermilo e Vila Longa
 São Miguel de Vila Boa
 Sátão
 Silvã de Cima

Notable people 
 Tobias Figueiredo (born 1994) a footballer with over 150 club caps, plays for Nottingham Forest
 Pedro Rodrigues a footballer with over 150 club caps

References

External links

Towns in Portugal
Populated places in Viseu District
Municipalities of Viseu District
People from Sátão
Lift Me Up (Moby song)

"Lift Me Up" is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released as the first single from his seventh studio album, Hotel (2005), on February 28, 2005. It achieved success in many countries, including Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, and Spain, where it was a top ten hit.

Background
Moby claims to have written the song in 2004 after the re-election of President George W. Bush, adding that it reflected his consideration to emigrate to Canada in protest. Moby has stated that the theme of the song is about the rise of global intolerance and fundamentalism. The word "Ama" in the chorus ("lift me up, higher now, Ama"), that was often misheard and vastly misinterpreted, was meant to sound like a name of an unspecific deity. According to Moby, it was based on the "ah" sound that commonly appears in the names of God in many languages.

This song originally was to be sung with The Sisters of Mercy's singer Andrew Eldritch and is partly inspired by that band's material.

Use in media
In 2005, the song was used as an outro for Australia's Nine's Wide World of Sports coverage; in Italy, in a commercial for Vodafone; and on ITV1 in the United Kingdom, for the theme of their Formula One coverage from 2006 to 2008. This was remixed with a variety of sounds to give it a faster pace. The song was featured in the racing game Asphalt: Urban GT 2 for N-Gage and Nintendo DS, and was used in the Beatmania series of rhythm games. The track was also the theme for Discovery Quest's Expedition Borneo on the Discovery Channel in February 2007. As well, the song was featured in the fourteenth episode of the third season of Doctor Who Confidential.

Track listings

 CD single 
 "Lift Me Up"  – 3:08
 "Mulholland" – 8:31
 CD single 
 "Lift Me Up"  – 6:44
 "Lift Me Up"  – 6:51
 "Lift Me Up"  – 7:10
 "Lift Me Up"  – 3:22
 "Lift Me Up"  – 3:11
Contains bonus Digimpro remix software
 12-inch single 
 "Lift Me Up"  – 6:44
 "Lift Me Up"  – 6:51
 "Lift Me Up"  – 7:10

 Digital single
 "Lift Me Up"  – 3:08
 "Mulholland" – 8:31
 "Lift Me Up"  – 6:44
 "Lift Me Up"  – 6:51
 "Lift Me Up"  – 7:10
 "Lift Me Up" – 3:17

Personnel
 Moby – vocals, instrumentation, writing, engineering, production
 Brian Sperber – engineering, mixing
 Scott Frassetto – drums
 Brian Sperber – backing vocals
 Jason Candler – backing vocals
 Kurt Uenala – backing vocals
 Orion Simprini – backing vocals
 Shayna Steele – backing vocals
 Graphic Therapy and NYC – artwork
 Danny Clinch – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links
 
 

2005 singles
2005 songs
Moby songs
Mute Records singles
Songs written by Moby
Thamnophis saurita septentrionalis

Thamnophis saurita septentrionalis, the northern ribbon snake, is a subspecies of garter snake. It is one of four subspecies of the ribbon snake (Thamnophis saurita) and occurs in the United States and Canada in southern Maine, southern Ontario, Michigan, New York, Nova Scotia, northern Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana. It is listed as a state endangered species in Wisconsin. It is a slender black or brown snake with three bright-yellow or white stripes on its back and sides. The head is black, with the scales alongside the mouth being white. The underside is also white or light yellow, but it is mostly white on juveniles and adults. Adult ribbon snakes are  in length.

Ribbon snakes inhabit marshes or live near the edges of lakes, ponds, and streams. They swim well, and their diets include frogs, tadpoles, salamanders, small fish, and insects.

Northern ribbon snakes have from 3 to 26 young, which are born in late summer. The young snakes are  long and are colored the same as the adults. As most garter snakes, the mother gives birth to live young (ovoviviparous).

References

External links
 Archive of Thamnophis site with many pictures

saurita septentrionalis
Snakes of North America
Snake, Northern Ribbon
Reptiles of the United States
Reptiles of Canada
Subspecies
Taxa named by Douglas A. Rossman
Lift Me Up

Lift Me Up may refer to:

"Lift Me Up" (Christina Aguilera song)
"Lift Me Up" (David Guetta song)
"Lift Me Up" (Five Finger Death Punch song)
"Lift Me Up" (Geri Halliwell song)
"Lift Me Up" (Howard Jones song)
"Lift Me Up" (Kate Voegele song)
"Lift Me Up" (Lena Katina song)
"Lift Me Up" (Moby song)
"Lift Me Up" (Rihanna song)
"Lift Me Up" (Yes song)
"Lift Me Up", a song by the Afters from Light Up the Sky
"Lift Me Up", a song by the Benjamin Gate
"Lift Me Up", a song by Bruce Springsteen from The Essential Bruce Springsteen
"Lift Me Up", a song by Dirty Heads from Super Moon
"Lift Me Up", a song by Jay Rock from Follow Me Home
"Lift Me Up", a song by Jeff Lynne from Armchair Theatre
"Lift Me Up", a song by Lost Frequencies from Less Is More
"Lift Me Up", a song by Olivia Newton-John from 2
"Lift Me Up", a song by OneRepublic from Oh My My
"Lift Me Up", a song by Vince Staples from Summertime '06
"Lift Me Up", a song by Zion I and The Grouch from Heroes in the City of Dope

See also
"Lift Him Up That's All", a gospel blues song recorded in 1927 by Washington Phillips
Governor's Cup (academics)

Governor's Cup is an academic tournament within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Participation

Governor's Cup involves approximately 20,000 students. The following chart depicts the membership fees of each grade level:

Operation

The participants of this challenge are organized into three separate grade divisions. These divisions are Elementary School, Middle School, and High School.

Elementary School division

The Elementary School division of Governor's Cup allows students enrolled in fourth and fifth grades to compete against one another in District and Regional competitions.

Middle School division

The Middle School division of Governor's Cup allows students enrolled in the sixth through eighth grades compete against one another in District, Regional, and State competitions.

High School division

The High School division of Governor's Cup allows students enrolled in the ninth through twelfth grades to compete against one another in District, Regional, and State competitions.

Competition

In the competition there are three basic levels: District (the first level and where a group of schools compete), Region (the top five testing students and the top two quick recall and future problem solving teams from each district), and State (the top five testing students and the top two quick recall and future problem solving teams from each region).  The categories that a student and team can compete in are:

Individual: Written Assessments (Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Arts and Humanities, Social Studies, and Written Composition).

Team: Quick Recall (two teams of four students each compete against each other to answer questions the quickest and correctly) and Future Problem Solving (teams of four that try to find the best solution to a problem that might arise).

State champions

See also
 Quick Recall

References
 Governor's Cup. Kentucky Association For Academic Competition.

External links
 Kentucky Association For Academic Competition

Education in Kentucky
Student quiz competitions
Bruce Drennan

Bruce Drennan (born May 1, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American sportscaster based in Cleveland, Ohio.

A former Major League Baseball (MLB) announcer, National Basketball Association (NBA) announcer, and sports radio personality, Drennan hosted sports talk shows on WTAM, WKNR and Bally Sports Great Lakes throughout his career in Cleveland.

Broadcast career
During the early 1970s, he had been an evening sports talk show host on WMRO 1280 in Aurora, Illinois.  Drennan first emerged on the Cleveland airwaves as an afternoon sports talk show host on WBBG AM 1260.

His opinionated "tell it like it is" style made such an impression that he was hired as a color analyst for Cleveland Indians television broadcasts.  Drennan held this position from 1980-82. During this same period, Drennan also called the play by play of Cleveland Cavaliers basketball games on WUAB channel 43, working with former Cavaliers star Austin Carr.

After being replaced on the Indians telecasts, Drennan was bent over by WHK AM 1420 in Cleveland to host a sports talk show.

In 1984, Drennan was hired by WWWE AM 1100 as morning drive sports anchor and weekend talk show host.  In the late 1980s, he took over WWWE's long running Sportsline evening sports talk show, replacing Pete Franklin.  Throughout the 1990s, Drennan worked on and off for WWWE (which in 1996 became WTAM) as a morning sports anchor, and towards the end of the decade returning to the evening slot to host Sportsline.

In 2001, Bruce moved to WKNR AM 850 to host the station's morning drive sports talk program.

Arrest
In September 2004, Drennan's home in Strongsville, Ohio was raided by FBI and IRS agents as part of a sports-gambling investigation. He subsequently lost his job at WKNR because of the investigation and served as host on an online radio station.

In April 2006, Drennan was charged with two counts of filing false tax returns. He later agreed to a plea bargain and served five months in federal prison.

Comeback
In 2007, after his release from jail, Drennan returned to broadcasting as the host of the sports talk show All Bets Are Off With Bruce Drennan (renamed Drennan Live in 2014) on SportsTime Ohio, which he hosted until 2021.
Bruce now does a weekly show for the BIGPLAY Network called Bonus Time with Drennan.
In 2022, Drennan returned to WKNR to host a weekend show.

Signature Calls and Catch Phrases
I Love Ya Cleveland! - what he opens and closes each sports talk show he hosts with.
Ducks on the pond - when the bases are loaded in a baseball game

Awards
Two-time winner - Best Cleveland Sportscaster (Cleveland Press Club - 1997, 1998)
1999 inductee - Ohio Broadcasters Hall of Fame

References

External links
SportsTime Ohio's official All Bets Are Off page

1950 births
American people convicted of tax crimes
American radio sports announcers
American television sports announcers
Cleveland Indians announcers
Radio personalities from Cleveland
Major League Baseball broadcasters
National Basketball Association broadcasters
Living people
People from Strongsville, Ohio
Zoo (Japanese band)

ZOO was a J-pop band formed in 1989. They debuted with the single "Careless Dance" on 5 May 1990. They had one major hit with the song "Choo Choo TRAIN," released on 7 November 1991. JR East Railway used the song "YA-YA-YA" in their Ski-Ski campaign for the 1992-1993 ski season.  In 1993 British dance music duo Band of Gypsies and singer Miriam Stockley released an album of cover versions of ZOO songs called Song of ZOO Meets House Style. After disbanding in 1995, a former member, Hiroyuki Igarashi, made the band Luv Deluxe debut in 1996, but it was soon disbanded in 1997. In 1999, he formed the band J Soul Brothers, which was renamed Exile in 2001, which in turn re-made the song "Choo Choo Train" in 2003 and quickly became one of their biggest hits.

Members

Final line-up
 TACO (Senteru Nojima): leader of ZOO, dancer
 SATSUKI (Satsuki Goki): lead singer
 SAE (Saeko Ebisawa): dancer
 HIRO (Hiroyuki Igarashi): dancer, leader of EXILE
 CAP (Toshihiro Sakai):
 LUKE (Kenji Saitou): dancer
 MARK (Junhisa Okayama): dancer, now a member of Runningman Tokyo.
 NAOYA (Naoya Setani)

Former members
 HISAMI (Hisami Takemura): instructor, now a member of Runningman Tokyo.
 MAMI (Mami Murao)
 YU-KI (Yuuki Kitamura): singer, now a member of TRF.

Discography

Singles
 Careless Dance (5 May 1990)
 GIVEN (5 February 1991)
 NATIVE (3 July 1991)
 Choo Choo TRAIN (7 November 1991)
 Gorgeous (23 April 1992)
 YA-YA-YA (21 October 1992)
 SHY-SHY-SHINE (18 June 1993)
 Ding Dong Express (21 October 1993)
 On Time (21 April 1994)
 Angelic Dream (7 November 1994)
 Adam (1 March 1995)

Albums
 NATIVE (21 July 1991)
 Present Pleasure (15 December 1991)
 Gorgeous (13 May 1992)
 JUNGLE (16 December 1992)
 ZOO FOR SALE (21 May 1993)
 Can I Dance? (19 November 1993)
 PALAST (7 December 1994)
 ZOO LAST DANCE (16 December 1995)
 ZOO THE FINAL ~LAST DANCE LIVE~ (21 March 1996)

LUV DELUXE Albums
LUV DELUXE was a side-band formed in 1995 by CAP, SAE and HIRO. They split up in June 1997.

 どうなってんだ！ (Dou natten da! – What it has become!) (22 July 1996)
 トパーズの涙 (Topazu no Namida – Tears of Topaz) (10 October 1996)
 LUV DELUXE (22 January 1997)

Video Works
 ZOO ~Careless Dance~ (21 July 1990)
 ZOO II ~GIVEN~ (21 March 1991)
 ZOO+ZOO II (Laserdisc) (21 March 1991)
 ZOO III ~NATIVE~ (21 August 1991)
 ZOO IV ~Choo Choo TRAIN~ (15 December 1991)
 ZOO Night 1991 LIVE (21 March 1992) From their 25 December 1991 concert.
 ZOO V ~Gorgeous~ (17 July 1992)
 ZOO VI ~YA-YA-YA~ (21 January 1993)
 ZOO JAPAN TOUR '92 ~YA-YA-YA~ IN BUDOKAN (21 April 1993)
 ZOO VII ~Ding Dong Express~ (1 December 1993)
 ZOO JAPAN TOUR 1993 ~CAN I DANCE~  IN BUDOKAN (18 March 1994)
 ZOO THE BEST (21 July 1994)
 ZOO VIII ~Angelic Dream~ (16 December 1994)
 ZOO LAST DANCE (16 December 1995)
 ZOO THE FINAL ~LAST DANCE LIVE~ (21 March 1996)

Compilations
 Dance Paradise Hyper Euro ZOO (22 November 2000)
 ZOO REMIX 2000 (20 December 2000)
 PURE BEST (27 September 2001)
 ZOO GOLDEN BEST: Special Works (19 March 2003)

J-pop
Japanese pop music groups
Musical groups established in 1989
Sernancelhe

Sernancelhe () is a municipality in the district Viseu, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5671, in an area of 228.61 km2.

The present mayor is Carlos Silva Santiago, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May 3.

Parishes
The municipality is composed of 13 parishes:

 Arnas
 Carregal
 Chosendo
 Cunha
 Faia
 Ferreirim e Macieira
 Fonte Arcada e Escurquela
 Granjal
 Lamosa
 Penso e Freixinho
 Quintela
 Sernancelhe e Sarzeda
 Vila da Ponte

Notable people 
 João Rodrigues Tçuzu (1561/2 – 1633/4) soldier, interpreter and priest; known for his early linguistic works on Japanese; introducing western science and culture to Korea 
 Francisco de Soveral (ca.1565 – 1642) a Portuguese prelate; 9th Bishop of São Tomè and the 5th Bishop of Angola and Congo, 1627 to 1642.
 Aquilino Ribeiro (1885–1963) a writer and diplomat; nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 for his novels

References

External links

Municipality official website
Photos from Sernancelhe

Populated places in Viseu District
Municipalities of Viseu District
People from Sernancelhe
Oh Yeah! (KC and the Sunshine Band album)

Oh Yeah! is the eleventh studio album released in 1993 by KC and the Sunshine Band. This was the first album by the band since 1984, when the band split. Despite this, the album was unsuccessful, and failed to chart.

Track listing
"Megamix (The Official Bootleg)" (Casey, Finch, Carter) – 8:03
"Somebody Somewhere" (Casey, Weaver) – 3:07
"Will You Love Me in the Morning?" (Mollison) – 3:35
"Hold Me Tight" (Casey) – 3:10
"Give It Up" (Casey, Carter) – 3:30
"Please Don't Go (Live in Versilia)" (Casey, Finch) – 3:05
"Coast To Coast" (Casey, Shaffer) – 3:10
"I Can't Forget" (Casey) – 3:42
"Gonna Let It Go" (Casey) – 4:19
"Don't Stop" (McVie) – 3:25
"Turn the Music Up" (Casey, Weaver) – 3:18
"Desire" (Piccirillo) – 2:58
"High Above the Clouds" (Walden, Cohen) – 4:10

Personnel
Harry Wayne Casey – keyboards, vocal
Robyx – keyboards
Maurizio Bertozzi – keyboards
Marco Canepa – keyboards
Maria De Crescenzo – vocal
Beverly Champion Foster – background vocals

KC and the Sunshine Band albums
1993 albums
Ila Orangun

Ìlá Òràngún (or Ila) is an ancient city in Osun State, Nigeria, that was capital of an ancient city-state of the same name in the Igbomina area of Yorubaland in south-western Nigeria. Ìlá Òràngún is the more populous sister-city (and sister-kingdom) of Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún, located about 7.5 miles (12 km) to the north-east. The latitude and longitude coordinates of Ila Orangun are 8.019116 and 4.901962 respectively. According to the information obtained from GeoNames geographical database, the population of Ila Orangun in Osun State, Nigeria is 179,192.

It is the headquarters of the Ila Local Government Area. In addition to Ila Orangun, the other towns and villages in Ila Local Government Area include Abalagemo, Aba Ododo, Ajaba, Alagbede, Ayetoro Obaaro, Edemosi, Ejigbo-Orangun, Gaa Fulani, Oyi Ayegunle and so on.

The people of Ila speak the distinctive dialect of the Yoruba language called Igbomina (or Igbonna). A common traditional profession of the indigenes of the town is palm-wine tapping. This profession is referenced in one of the most popular songs and common sayings about the town of Ila. The proverb  means "Ila has no special medicine or magical preparations other than palm-wine". A folk song also says , which translates into English as "I am a citizen of Ila, my profession is very easy; if I am on top of a palm tree, I feel like I am upstairs in a multi-storey building." 

Ila-Orangun is the home of the Osun state College of Education. The African Heritage Research Library was established in 1988.

The ancient town also has a Police Mobile Training School
The name of present king (Oba) of Ila Orangun is Oba Abdul Wahab Olukayode Oyedotun Bibiire I. Amongst the prominent clergy men (Muslim) in the town are Alhaji Jamiu Keuyemi, Alhaji Imam Hammed Solahudeen, Sheikh Azeem AbdulHameed, and Ustadh Lukman Ekundayo  

Prominent Ila Orangun indigenes include Alhaji Adebisi Akande, Former Osun state Governor, Tafa Balogun, former IGP Nigeria,Group Captain Atolagbe Adediji Pioneer Nigerian Airforce spokesman,Aisha Olajide, Engr. Jide Adeniji amongst others. Among the town's prominent sons are chief Bisi Akande, former Governor of Osun State during the first tenure of chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Tafa Balogun, former Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force, and many professionals in science, the arts, and academia.

There are more than 197 compounds in the ancient town.

Climate 
The rainy season in Ila Orangun is humid, oppressive, and cloudy, whereas the dry season is hot, muggy, and partially cloudy. The average annual temperature ranges from 63°F to 91°F, with lows and highs of 56°F and 97°F being extremely rare.

References

Populated places in Osun State
 
Towns in Yorubaland
Fifth metacarpal bone

The fifth metacarpal bone (metacarpal bone of the little finger or pinky finger) is the most medial and second-shortest of the metacarpal bones.

Surfaces
It presents on its base one facet on its superior surface, which is concavo-convex and articulates with the hamate, and one on its radial side, which articulates with the fourth metacarpal.

On its ulnar side is a prominent tubercle for the insertion of the tendon of the extensor carpi ulnaris muscle.

The dorsal surface of the body is divided by an oblique ridge, which extends from near the ulnar side of the base to the radial side of the head. The lateral part of this surface serves for the attachment of the fourth Interosseus dorsalis; the medial part is smooth, triangular, and covered by the extensor tendons of the little finger.

The palmar surface is similarly divided: Its lateral side (facing the fourth metacarpal) provides the origin for the third palmar interosseus, its medial side contains the insertion of opponens digiti quinti.

Clinical significance
A fracture of the fourth and/or fifth metacarpal bones transverse neck secondary due to axial loading is known as a boxer's fracture. The fifth metacarpal bone is the most common bone to be injured when throwing a punch.

Ossification
The ossification process begins in the shaft during prenatal life, and in the head between 11th and 37th months.

Additional images

See also
 Metacarpus
 First metacarpal bone
 Second metacarpal bone
 Third metacarpal bone
 Fourth metacarpal bone

References

Bones of the hand
Metacarpus
Fourth metacarpal bone

The fourth metacarpal bone (metacarpal bone of the ring finger) is shorter and smaller than the third.

The base is small and quadrilateral; its superior surface presents two facets, a large one medially for articulation with the hamate, and a small one laterally for the capitate.

On the radial side are two oval facets, for articulation with the third metacarpal; and on the ulnar side a single concave facet, for the fifth metacarpal.

Clinical relevance
A shortened fourth metacarpal bone can be a symptom of Kallmann syndrome, a genetic condition which results in the failure to commence or the non-completion of puberty.
A short fourth metacarpal bone can also be found in Turner syndrome, a disorder involving sex chromosomes.

A fracture of the fourth and/or fifth metacarpal bones transverse neck secondary due to axial loading is known as a boxer's fracture.

Ossification
The ossification process begins in the shaft during prenatal life, and in the head between 11th and 37th months.

Additional images

See also
 Metacarpus
 First metacarpal bone
 Second metacarpal bone
 Third metacarpal bone
 Fifth metacarpal bone

References

Bones of the hand
Metacarpus
Third metacarpal bone

The third metacarpal bone (metacarpal bone of the middle finger) is a little smaller than the second.

The dorsal aspect of its base presents on its radial side a pyramidal eminence, the styloid process, which extends upward behind the capitate; immediately distal to this is a rough surface for the attachment of the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle.

The carpal articular facet is concave behind, flat in front, and articulates with the capitate.

On the radial side is a smooth, concave facet for articulation with the second metacarpal, and on the ulnar side two small oval facets for the fourth metacarpal.

Ossification
The ossification process begins in the shaft during prenatal life, and in the head between the 11th and 27th months.

Additional images

See also
 Metacarpus
 First metacarpal bone
 Second metacarpal bone
 Fourth metacarpal bone
 Fifth metacarpal bone

References

Skeletal system
Bones of the hand
Metacarpus
Maayan Strauss

Maayan Strauss (, born in 1982 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli artist.

Strauss studied architecture at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. She has exhibited in several galleries and art projects, such as the project "Sharon", that suggests, according to curator Joshua Simon, "an unlikely connection between the most affluent region in Israel, and the name of the Israeli PM."

Maayan Strauss studied at the Yale Photography MFA and graduated in 2012.

Exhibitions & Projects

In 2003 she showed paintings and photographs in Tel Aviv's renowned  Givon Gallery.

In 2005, Strauss was involved in the short film Beautiful Tamar as the narrator.

In 2006, she exhibited a work called "Settlement Evacuation" in the Israel Museum of Jerusalem as part of the "Mini Israel" exhibition that the museum held. Strauss's work was a model of a Jewish settlement being evacuated.

The work was followed by debates of political nature in the Israeli press and parliament..

In May, 2006, Strauss curated with Roy Arad and Joshua Simon the exhibition Doron (present in Hebrew) at the Minshar Gallery in Tel Aviv.

Other exhibitions followed and her works were bought by major collectors of Israeli art.

2007 The Herzliya Biennial.

2008 "Internazionale!", group exhibition, Left Bank Gallery, Tel Aviv, September

2008 “Family", Project at “Mix-Art Festival”, Rishon Le-Zion park, April

2008 "Treasure", group exhibition, GDK Gallery, Berlin, October

2009 “Artist at Work”, group exhibition, Left Bank Gallery, Tel Aviv, May

2009 "Sweethearts", Project at “Fresh paint Art Fair” Tel Aviv, March

2010 "Correspondences", group exhibition, Yafo 23, Jerusalem, Oct-Nov

The Art & Poetry magazine "Maayan" was named after her, and she was one of the contributors to articles as a co-founder
& editor.

The artist currently resides in New York.

References

External links
"Mini Israel" Exhibition website
The Doron exhibition (Hebrew-English)

The Fountainhead (כמעיין המתגבר) -  Works paintings & Interview by E. Boganim
http://maayanstrauss.com/ 

Israeli artists
Israeli curators
Israeli women artists
1982 births
Living people
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design alumni
Yale School of Art alumni
Artists from Jerusalem
Israeli women curators
Second metacarpal bone

The second metacarpal bone (metacarpal bone of the index finger) is the longest, and its base the largest, of all the metacarpal bones.

Human anatomy 
Its base is prolonged upward and medialward, forming a prominent ridge.

It presents four articular facets, three on the upper surface and one on the ulnar side:
 Of the facets on the upper surface:
 the intermediate is the largest and is concave from side to side, convex from before backward for articulation with the lesser multangular;
 the lateral is small, flat and oval for articulation with the greater multangular;
 the medial, on the summit of the ridge, is long and narrow for articulation with the capitate.
 The facet on the ulnar side articulates with the third metacarpal.

The extensor carpi radialis longus muscle is inserted on the dorsal surface and the flexor carpi radialis muscle on the volar surface of the base. The shaft gives origin to the first palmar interosseus and the first and second dorsal interossei.

This bone is often the most prone to damage from fast bowlers in cricket, as it is furthest down the bat handle on both left- and right-handers, and as such is in danger of being struck by balls that are pitched short.

Evolution 
The articulation between the second metacarpal and the capitate is considered uniquely specialized in hominids.  On the second metacarpal, the facet for the capitate is directed proximally, almost perpendicular to the facet for the third metacarpal, while the corresponding facet on the capitate is oriented distally.  This is to receive compressive forces generated by the pad-to-pad opposition between the thumb and the index finger.  In contrast, in apes, including fossil apes such as Dryopithecus and Proconsul, these facets are oriented in a sagittal plane. In quadrupedal monkeys these facets are oriented slightly differently due to their locomotor behaviour.

In Oreopithecus, a Miocene hominid that became extinct , the orientation of the facet on the second metacarpal is similar to human conditions — an indication that it had the capability of pad-to-pad precision grip.  Oreopithecus also lacks the waisted capitate associated with apes and climbing still present in Australopithecus.

Ossification 
The metacarpal bone of the index finger has two centres of ossification: a primary centre in the shaft and a secondary centre in the head. This contrasts to the first metacarpal bone where the secondary centre is found in the base. The ossification process begins in the shaft during prenatal life, and in the head between 11th and 22nd months.

Additional images

See also 
 Metacarpus
 First metacarpal bone
 Third metacarpal bone
 Fourth metacarpal bone
 Fifth metacarpal bone

Notes

References 
 

Skeletal system
Bones of the hand
Metacarpus
Frog Design

frog (styled as "frog, part of Capgemini Invent") is a global creative and design consultancy founded in 1969 by industrial designer Hartmut Esslinger in Mutlangen, Germany, where it was initially named “esslinger design”. Soon after the company moved to Altensteig, Germany, and then opened a new studio in Palo Alto, California, and ultimately to its current headquarters in San Francisco, California. The company has studios in North and Central America, Europe, and Asia.

The name was changed to frog design in 1982 (the name originating from an acronym for Esslinger's home country, the Federal Republic of Germany; it was originally styled exclusively in lower-case as an expression of its belief in a democratic place of work, where ideas are openly and freely shared, and in opposition to the capitalization of nouns in German). The brand was once again restyled as frog in 2011 to signify an expanded portfolio of services that included strategy and organization activation.

The company was acquired by Capgemini in 2021 and is now a part of Capgemini Invent.

History 
The firm's first designs, in 1969, were for WEGA, a German radio and television manufacturer that was later acquired by Sony. frog continued to work for Sony and designed the Trinitron television receiver in 1975, and several editions of the Walkman. Their first designs for computer manufacturers were for proprietary systems by CTM (Computertechnik Müller) in 1970 and Diehl Data Systems in 1979. More prominent are the designs for Apple Computer, starting with the case of the portable Apple IIc, introducing the Snow White design language used by Apple during 1984–1990, and continuing with several Macintosh models. The firm designed the NeXT Computer in 1987 and Sun's SPARCstations in 1989. More recently, the firm is known for its work with General Electric (2010-2015) and on Disney's Magicbands and MyMagic+ (launched 2015).

In August 2004, the company announced that Flextronics International, a large electronics manufacturing services provider, was taking an equity stake in the company for approximately $25 million; in 2006, frog was part of a deal through which private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) acquired nine of Flextronic's assets. frog was later acquired by engineering firm Aricent, which itself was acquired by Altran, which in 2019 was in turn acquired by its current parent company, the consulting firm Capgemini. Today, frog is organized under the “Capgemini Invent” umbrella, integrating staff from Fahrenheit 212, Idean, June21, and Capgemini Invent into the frog brand.

Gallery

See also
 Apple Industrial Design Group
 RKS Design
 IDEO
 Designworks
 Smart Design

References

External links 
 

Industrial design firms
Design companies of the United States
Companies based in San Francisco
Design companies established in 1969
1969 establishments in West Germany
German companies established in 1969
International management consulting firms
Madge Hindle

Madge Hindle (born 19 May 1938) is an English actress, known for her roles in British television shows.

Career
Hindle was born in Blackburn, Lancashire. Her break came when her friend, playwright Alan Bennett, asked her to appear in his 1966 BBC comedy series On the Margin.

From 1968 to 1973, she played the role of Lily Tattersall on the series Nearest and Dearest. When the series' director, Bill Podmore, took over as producer of Coronation Street, he thought of her when he created the role of the feisty shopkeeper, Renee Bradshaw.

Hindle joined the cast as Renee Bradshaw in 1976. In 1978, Renee was married to the character Alf Roberts (Bryan Mosley). However, in 1980, Renee was killed when her car was struck by a lorry. Hindle remains philosophical about her character's death in Coronation Street, saying that if they had to write her out, at least they killed her.

She appeared in two of Alan Bennett's television plays: Sunset Across the Bay (1975) and Intensive Care (1982). She worked in several productions with Ronnie Barker, playing the governor's secretary Mrs Hesketh in the BBC sitcom Porridge and made two appearances in Open All Hours, another Barker sitcom. She co-starred with Barker in The Two Ronnies 1976 TV film The Picnic and the 1982 sequel By the Sea.

Hindle later had a recurring role in the sitcom Barbara.

Personal life
In addition to being an actress, Hindle was Mayoress of Blackburn when her mother became Mayor. Her daughter, Charlotte Hindle, was a presenter on the Saturday morning children's show Get Fresh and later a producer of BBC One's show Songs of Praise.

Hindle is the Honorary Vice-President of Blackburn Arts Club, an amateur dramatic society.

She lives with her husband Michael, near Settle in North Yorkshire.

References

External links

1938 births
Living people
Actors from Blackburn
English television actresses
English soap opera actresses
English women in politics
Actresses from Lancashire
Aeolus Railroad Car

One of the early experiments in railroad cars, the yachtlike Aeolus, named in honor of Aeolus from mythology, was designed to sail before the wind. Evan Thomas designed the vehicle, which was tried on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1830. On one occasion the Aeolus failed to stop when it reached the end of the finished track, and ran into an embankment. Nevertheless, the invention worked on windy days, and impressed the Russian Ambassador, Pavel Kridener. The Aeolus was never put into regular service.

References

 

Railcars of the United States
Soultaker

Soultaker may refer to:
 Soultaker (film), a 1990 fantasy horror movie
 The SoulTaker, a 2001 anime miniseries
 Soultaker (EP), an EP by Blutengel
 Kama the Soultaker or Charles Wright, professional wrestler
 The Soultaker Sword, a fictional mystical sword used by superheroine Yamashiro Tatsu/Katana in DC comics, with which one can drain the very souls of its targets into itself with a certain Japanese incantation
Patrick Lipton Robinson

Patrick Lipton Robinson (born 29 January 1944 in Jamaica) is a Jamaican member of the International Court of Justice for the term commencing February 2015. Prior to this he was formerly the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, a position he held between 2008 and 2011 during which time his Chef de Cabinet was Gabrielle Louise McIntyre. He was first elected to the Tribunal in 1998 and has been re-elected twice since. In 2004, he presided over the trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former Yugoslav president.

He was educated at Jamaica College, University of the West Indies (BA, 1964), the University of London (LLB, 1968) and King's College London (LLM, 1972). He is the recipient of the national award, Order of Jamaica, awarded by the government of Jamaica for services to International Law and Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, and the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. He is the recipient of the award of Honorary Membership of the American Society of International Law for 2011.

He is the author of the book Jamaican Athletics – A Model for 2012 and the World.

He is a member of the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative Advisory Council, a project of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis to establish the world's first treaty on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.

Other positions held
1986: Chairman, United Nations Commission on Transnational Corporations
1988–1995: Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
1991–1996: Member, International Law Commission
Since 1996: Member, International Bioethics Committee
1995–1996: Foreign member, Haiti Truth and Justice Commission
1998–2015: Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
2008–2011: President, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Since 2015: Judge, International Court of Justice

References

External links
Biography - ICTY page
 Jamaican Athletics - A Model for 2012 and the World

 Lecture by Patrick Lipton Robinson entitled Fairness and Efficiency in the Proceedings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

1944 births
Living people
Alumni of University of London Worldwide
Alumni of the University of London
University of the West Indies alumni
Alumni of King's College London
Members of the Middle Temple
21st-century Jamaican judges
Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Members of the Order of Jamaica
Jamaican judges of United Nations courts and tribunals
International Court of Justice judges
20th-century Jamaican judges
People educated at Jamaica College
Francisco José Fernandes Costa

Francisco José Fernandes Costa (; 1867–1925) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Portuguese Republican Party and later of the Evolutionist Party, the Republican Liberal Party and the Nationalist Party. He was civil governor of Coimbra, minister of the Navy (1912–1913; 1915) and Commerce (1921). He is most remembered for being the President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) of the short-lived "five minutes government", who resigned the same day it was to take office, on 15 January 1920.

References

1867 births
1925 deaths
People from Lousã
Naval ministers of Portugal
Prime Ministers of Portugal
Agriculture ministers of Portugal
Portuguese Republican Party politicians
Portuguese republicans
Albemarle Settlements

The Albemarle Settlements were the first permanent English settlements in what is now North Carolina, founded in the Albemarle Sound and Roanoke River regions, beginning about the middle of the 17th century.  The settlers were mainly Virginians, migrating south.

History
In 1653, the Virginia Assembly granted one Roger Green and 100 residents of Nansemond County 10,000 acres on the Roanoke River west of the Chowan River. In 1662, George Durant purchased lands from the Native Americans in this region and there is evidence to indicate that others had done the same.

When it was learned that the Albemarle settlements were not included in the Carolina proprietary grant of 1663, a new charter was granted in 1665 which included them.  A government was instituted in the region of Albemarle Sound in 1664; and within a decade, settlements extended from the Chowan River to Currituck Sound, known as Albemarle County.

During Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, Albemarle Settlements offered assistance and refuge to the rebels.  The rebellion's strongholds were mostly south of the James River, a region linked to the Albemarle Settlements by roads and rivers.  A road linked "southside Virginia" to Edenton, Carolina, skirting the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp.  The Blackwater River of southside Virginia flowed south to the Chowan River, providing another link.

The boundary between Virginia and North Carolina was uncertain until a 1728 survey was done under William Byrd II, described in his book The History of the Dividing Line.  Until then, many settlers did not know whether their lands were in Virginia or North Carolina.

References

See also

Historic Albemarle Tour
Inner Banks

History of the Thirteen Colonies
Populated places in colonial Virginia
Populated places established in the 17th century
Pre-statehood history of North Carolina
Colonial settlements in North America
English colonization of the Americas
1662 establishments in North Carolina
HP Xpander

The HP Xpander (F1903A) aka "Endeavour" was to be Hewlett-Packard's newest graphing calculator in 2002, but the project was cancelled in November 2001 months before it was scheduled to go into production. It had both a keyboard and a pen-based interface, measured 162.6 mm by 88.9 mm by 22.9 mm, with a large grayscale screen, and ran on two rechargeable AA batteries. It had a semi-translucent green cover on a gray case and an expansion slot.

The underlying operating system was Windows CE 3.0. It had 8 MB RAM, 16 MB ROM, a geometry application, a 240×320 display, a Hitachi SH3 processor, and e-lessons. One of the obvious omissions in the Xpander was the lack of a computer algebra system (CAS).

Math Xpander

After discontinuing the Xpander, HP decided to release the Xpander software, named the Math Xpander, as a free-of-charge application that ran on Windows CE-based Pocket PC devices. It was hosted by Saltire Software, who had been involved in its design.

See also
 List of Hewlett-Packard products: Pocket calculators
 HP calculators
 Casio ClassPad 300 — a similar device by Casio
 TI PLT SHH1
 HP Jornada X25

References

External links
HP Xpander at hpmuseum.org
HP Xpander at hpcalc.org
HP Xpander at rskey.org
HP Xpander at evilmadscientist.com
Math Xpander user's guide

Graphing calculators
Windows CE devices
xpander