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James T. Hong

James T. Hong () is a Taiwanese-American filmmaker and artist whose works tend to focus on philosophical topics and figures, controversial race and class issues, and historical conflicts in Asia.

Works
His films and videos include Behold the Asian: How One Becomes What One Is, Condor: A Film from California, The Form of the Good, Taipei 101: A Travelogue of Symptoms, The Spear of Destiny, Suprematist Kapital, and The Denazification of MH about Martin Heidegger, which is analyzed in the journal Film-Philosophy.

Hong produced the award-winning documentary 731: Two Versions of Hell about Japan's Unit 731 in 2007, which was followed by Lessons of the Blood in 2010.

His 2012 film The Turner Film Diaries is based on the infamous, racist American novel, The Turner Diaries.

He has written for e-flux journal and has been featured in various contemporary art biennials.

In 2016 he released the documentary Terra Nullius or: How to Be a Nationalist, which focuses on disputed territory in the East China Sea.

References

External links
 http://taiwandocs.tfi.org.tw/en/film_detail/11726
 http://artforum.com/words/id=63513
 http://www.uniondocs.org/james-t-hong-an-antidote/
 http://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/gast.php?id=1094
 http://www.filmakers.com/index.php?a=filmDetail&filmID=1578
 
 http://www.sfbg.com/39/33/cover_james_t_hong.html
 https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2016/02_programm_2016/02_Filmdatenblatt_2016_201603082.php#tab=filmStills
http://www.ubu.com/film/hong.html
 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019212543/http://pots.tw/node/11086

American experimental filmmakers
American film directors of Chinese descent
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Kościerzyna railway station

Kościerzyna railway station is a railway station serving the town of Kościerzyna, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station is located on the Nowa Wieś Wielka–Gdynia Port railway, Chojnice–Kościerzyna railway. The train services are operated by Polregio.

History
The first line built from Pszczółki in the period of 1884 - 1885 reached Kościerzyna in 1885. Five years later, a line from Kościerzyna to Lipusz and Bytów opened. In 1901 another line reached the station (from Kartuzy and in 1928, a part of the Coal Line.

The station also used to lie on the Kościerzyna–Gołubie Kaszubskie railway until its closure in 1930 and Pszczółki–Kościerzyna railway. The station used to be known as Berent (Westpreußen) under German occupation between 1885-1920 and 1939–1945.

Heritage museum
Kościerzyna is famous for its Skansen Parowozownia Kościerzyna railway museum, located near the station, exhibiting many examples of Polish locomotives.

Train services
The station is served by the following services:
Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna services (R) Kościerzyna — Gdańsk Port Lotniczy (Airport) — Gdańsk Wrzeszcz — Gdynia Główna
Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna services (R) Kościerzyna — Gdańsk Osowa — Gdynia Główna 
Regional services (R) Chojnice - Brusy - Lipusz - Koscierzyna

References

Kościerzyna article at Polish Stations Database, URL accessed at 6 March 2006

External links

Articles on Skansen Museum (PL)
Photos of Skansen Museum
Steam Museum (PL)

Railway stations in Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kościerzyna County
Railway stations in Poland opened in 1885
Pind Ranjha

Pind Ranjha is a small village located in Sargodha District, located 30 kilometers from Kot Momin M2 motorway interchange.

References

Populated places in Sargodha District
Mubdar Hatim al-Dulaimi

Major General Mubdar Hatim al-Dulaimi () (January 2, 1951 – March 6, 2006) was an Iraqi army officer. While serving as the commander of all Iraqi Army forces in Baghdad, he was shot and killed by a sniper as he drove through western Baghdad, according to police sources.

As the commander of the 6th Division, among the first and biggest of Iraq's new army divisions formed by U.S. forces as part of their plans for eventual withdrawal, Dulaimi was among the most prominent officers in Iraq's security forces.

His troops were on the front line of efforts for the two weeks before his death to prevent further sectarian bloodshed in the wake of the Al Askari Mosque bombing. Iraqi leaders were concerned that further violence between Iraq's minority Sunnis and majority Shia Muslims could spark civil war.

References

External links

  

Iraqi generals
1951 births
2006 deaths
Sign relational complex

In semiotics a sign relational complex is a generalization of a sign relation that allows for empty components in the elementary sign relations or sign relational triples of the form (object, sign, interpretant).

Generally speaking, when it comes to things that are being contemplated as ostensible or potential signs of other things, neither the existence nor the uniqueness of the elements appearing in the sign relation is guaranteed. For example, the reference of a putative sign to its putative objects may achieve reference to zero, to one, or to many objects. A proper treatment of this complication calls for the conception of something slightly more general than a sign relation proper, namely, a sign relational complex. In effect, expressed in the roughest practical terms, this allows for missing data in the columns of the relational database table for the sign relation in question. Typically one operates on the default assumption that all of the roles of elementary sign relations are filled, but remains wary enough of the possible exceptions to deal with them on an ad hoc basis.

See also
 Relation
 Semiotics
 Semiosis
 Sign relation
 Sign system
 Simplicial complex
 Theory of relations
 Triadic relation

References

Semiotics
Jonathan Goldberg

Jonathan Goldberg (June 11, 1943 – December 9, 2022) was an American literary theorist who was the Sir William Osler Professor of English Literature at Johns Hopkins University, and Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Emory University where he directed Studies in Sexualities from 2008 to 2012. His work frequently deals with the connections between early modern literature and modern thought, particularly in issues of gender, sexuality, and materiality.
He received his BA, MA, and PhD from Columbia University.

Goldberg received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984.

Personal life and death
Goldberg was born in Kew Gardens, Queens on June 11, 1943.

Goldberg died in Decatur, Georgia, on December 9, 2022, at the age of 79.

Bibliography
 Endlesse Worke: Spenser and the Structures of Discourse (1981)
 James I and the Politics of Literature: Jonson, Shakespeare, Donne, and Their Contemporaries (1983)
 Voice Terminal Echo: Postmodernism and English Renaissance Texts (1986)
 Writing Matter: From the Hands of the English Renaissance (1990) 
 Major Works, John Milton (1991, co-editor) 
 Sodometries: Renaissance Texts, Modern Sexualities (1992)
 Queering the Renaissance (1994, editor)
 Reclaiming Sodom (1994, editor)
 Desiring Women Writing (1997) 
 The Generation of Caliban (2001)
 Willa Cather and Others (2001) 
 Shakespeare's Hand  (2003)
 Tempest in the Caribbean (2004)
 The Seeds of Things (2009)
 Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, The Weather in Proust (2012, editor)
Strangers on a Train (2012)
This Distracted Globe (2016, co-editor)
Melodrama: An Aesthetics of Impossibility (2016)
Sappho: ]fragments (2018)
Saint Marks: Words, Images, and What Persists (2019)

Come As You Are After Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (2021)

References

External links

1943 births
2022 deaths
American literary theorists
Columbia College (New York) alumni
Duke University faculty
American academics of English literature
American LGBT writers
LGBT academics
Shakespearean scholars
Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Johns Hopkins University faculty
Emory University faculty
People from Kew Gardens, Queens
Jason Davis

Jason Davis may refer to:

Jason Davis (actor, born 1984), American actor featured in Rush Hour and Recess
Jason Davis (American actor), American actor known from Prison Break
Jason Davis (American football) (born 1983), American football fullback
Jason Davis (baseball) (born 1980), former Major League Baseball pitcher
Jason Davis (boxer) (born 1982), American boxer, see Joan Guzmán
Jason Davis (footballer) (born 1984), Bermudian international soccer player
Jason Davis, aka Jabba (presenter) (born 1973), Australian radio and television personality

See also
Jay Davis, actor
Jason Davies, Welsh bowls player
Jason Vaughan-Davies, Zimbabwean cricketer
Raising of the Cross

The raising of the Cross or elevation of the Cross has been a distinct subject in the Life of Christ in art depicting the start of the Crucifixion of Jesus.

The subject became popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with artists such as Tintoretto, van Dyck, and Rubens among the first to produce significant works with the subject.

Description
Although the nailing of Jesus on the cross and the raising of the cross are not described in the Gospels, Christian art has depicted these scenes as part of the narrative of the crucifixion of Jesus. The Gospels only describe Jesus being "crucified" on the Golgotha, and do not provide a detailed account of process.

As an iconographic subject, the raising of the cross depicts the moment when, after Jesus was nailed on the cross on the ground, the cross is raised to a vertical position by Roman soldiers, sometimes using ropes or ladders.  Figures named in the Gospels may be present at the scene, such as Pontius Pilate, Mary, mother of Jesus, the beloved disciple and the women at the crucifixion.

At the Council of Trent in 1563, the following statement was pronounced regarding the raising of the cross, explaining the use of ropes in representations:

Interpretation
In the Gospel of John, Jesus predicted that he would be "lifted up from the earth" (John 12:32) in order to draw all men to himself. John notes that Jesus was referring to his death (John 12:33).

Notable depictions
Notable depictions of the raising of the Cross include:
 The Elevation of the Cross by Peter Paul Rubens (two paintings, 1610 and 1638)
 The Raising of the Cross by Rembrandt (1633)

Gallery

References

See also
 Christ carrying the Cross
 Crucifixion in the arts
 Descent from the Cross

Crucifixion of Jesus
Paintings depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus
Iconography of Jesus
MLS Goal of the Year Award

The MLS Goal of the Year Award (currently commercially termed "AT&T MLS Goal of the Year") is handed out annually since its inception in 1996 to a player in Major League Soccer (MLS) whose goal is selected in an on-line fan vote including the season's Goal of the Week Award winners.

Winners

References

Goal of the Year
Association football goal of the year awards
2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 35th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Ghent, Belgium, in 2001 at the Flanders Sports Arena. This was the first Worlds at which the 6-3-3—six athletes per team, three compete, all three scores count—format was used in team finals. 2001 Worlds was also the last World Championships in which three gymnasts per country were permitted to advance to the all-around finals.

Results

Medal table

Overall

Men

Women

Men

Team Final

All-around

Floor Exercise

Pommel Horse

Rings

Vault

Parallel Bars

Horizontal Bar

Women

Team Final

All Around Final 
Svetlana Khorkina won her second title, only the fifth female gymnast to achieve this feat. At age 22, she became the oldest women's all-around champion since Nellie Kim in 1979, the last time the event had been won by a gymnast in her 20s. Daniele Hypólito became the first Latin American gymnast to ever place in the top five.

As of 2023, this is the most recent Women's All Around final where none of the medals were won by an American gymnast.

Vault Final

Uneven Bars Final

Balance Beam Final

Floor Exercise Final

References

 FIG Official Results: 35th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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Stingy

Stingy may refer to one of the following:
A miser
The name of a fictional puppet character on LazyTown
 Stingy (song), single by Ginuwine
The Modern

The Modern could be
 The Modern (band), a British Electropop band formerly called Matinée Club
 The Modern (building complex), a twin tower complex in Fort Lee, New Jersey
 The Modern (restaurant), a Danny Meyer restaurant in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City
 The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, referred to colloquially as "The Modern"
2005 Danmark Rundt

The 2005 Danmark Rundt was ridden from 3 August to 7 August 2005. This edition is remembered for the complete dominance of Ivan Basso, who won 4 of the 6 stages, and the overall classification. It was the 15th edition of the men's stage race, which was established in 1985.

Stages
The total length of the race was 848.8 km.

Stage 1: Skive – Skive (210 km)

Stage 2: Viborg – Århus (185 km)

Stage 3: Århus – Vejle (185 km)

Stage 4: Assens – Odense (90 km)

Stage 5: Nyborg (13.8 km, ITT)

Stage 6: Slagelse – Frederiksberg (165 km)

Final classifications

Overall classement (yellow jersey)

Ivan Basso's average speed for the race was 42.489 km/h.

Point classement (purple jersey)

Hill classement (red-dotted jersey)

Youth classement (white jersey)

Team classement

Fighter classement

References
cyclingnews

 

2005
Danmark Rundt
Danmark Rundt, 2005
August 2005 sports events in Europe
Forrest Blue

Forrest Murrell Blue Jr. (September 7, 1945 – July 16, 2011) was an offensive lineman who spent eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers (1968–1974) and Baltimore Colts (1975–1978).

Blue was born in Marfa, Texas on September 7, 1945. He spent his teenage years in Tampa, Florida where his family moved after his father, a United States Army captain, retired there. A 1963 graduate of George D. Chamberlain High School, he made the National Honor Society and starred on the varsity teams in football, baseball, track and basketball. He was a member of the Florida High School Activities Association (FHSAA) Class AA football champions in 1961. He eventually was inducted into the Tampa Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 and named the sixth-best football player ever from Hillsborough County by the St. Petersburg Times in 1999.

Blue was a three-year letterman as a center for Ralph "Shug" Jordan at Auburn University from 1965 through 1967. He played for the College All-Stars in its 34–17 defeat to the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field on August 2, 1968.

Selected 15th overall in the 1968 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers out of Auburn University, Blue helped the team win three straight division titles, and was named an All-Pro three times.

Blue died at an assisted living facility in Carmichael, California of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. He was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.

In May 2013, he was posthumously inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

References

External links
 Gallery of Forrest Blue football cards
 Forrest Blue at Pro Football Reference
 Forrest Blue at Database Football

1945 births
2011 deaths
Players of American football with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Auburn Tigers football players
Baltimore Colts players
George D. Chamberlain High School alumni
National Conference Pro Bowl players
People from Marfa, Texas
Players of American football from Texas
San Francisco 49ers players
Deaths from dementia in California
Cardamine californica

Cardamine californica, or milkmaids, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to western North America from Washington to California and Baja California. It is common in a variety of habitats including shady slopes, open woodlands, chaparral and grasslands in the winter and early spring. In the San Francisco Bay Area, it is one of the first wildflowers to bloom, with blossoms from January to May.

Description
Cardamine californica is an herbaceous perennial plant growing to about 1 foot tall. The flowers are borne on a raceme inflorescence, each flower about 1/2 inch in diameter with four white to pink petals. The flower closes its petals in late afternoon as the sun goes down and nods its pedicel before a rain, protecting the pollen.

Hand pollination of two milkmaids populations in the San Francisco Presidio improved seed set from 8% to 85%, with seeds ripening in about 53 days.

References

Sources
"Wildflowers of Henry W. Coe State Park" brochure, Larry Ulrich, 2002

External links
Photo of Milkmaids in Henry Coe State Park
Jepson Manual Treatment - Cardamine californica
USDA Plants Profile; Cardamine californica
Cardamine californica - Photo gallery

californica
Flora of California
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Flora of the West Coast of the United States
Flora of Baja California
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Westbeemster

Westbeemster is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Beemster, and lies about 9 km northwest of Purmerend. Since 2022 it has been part of the municipality of Purmerend.

In 2001, the town of Westbeemster had 117 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.04 km², and contained 40 residences.  The larger statistical district "Westbeemster" has a population of around 360. By 2020, the town population had increased to 810 inhabitants.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Geography of Purmerend
Noordbeemster

Noordbeemster is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Beemster, and lies about 9 km north of Purmerend. Since 2022 it has been part of the municipality of Purmerend.

The statistical district "Noordbeemster", which covers the village and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 360.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Geography of Purmerend
Zuidoostbeemster

Zuidoostbeemster is a town in the west of the Netherlands in the former municipality of Beemster, North Holland. It is located about 1 km northwest of Purmerend. Since 2022 it has been part of the municipality of Purmerend.

In 2005, the statistical district "Zuidoostbeemster", covering the village and surrounding countryside, had a population of around 2050. By 2020 the village grew to 3,310 inhabitants.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Geography of Purmerend
John Philip Roblin

John Philip Roblin (August 16, 1799–November 12, 1874) was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West (now Ontario).

He was born in Sophiasburgh Township in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada in 1799, the son of Prudence Platt and Philip Roblin.  His father was a Loyalist who had left New Jersey for Upper Canada in 1784. His uncle, John Roblin, was a member of the 5th Parliament of Upper Canada from 1809 to 1810.

John Philip Roblin lived in Prince Edward County his entire life.  As a young man, he first settled in Ameliasburgh Township, clearing land and farming, then moved to Hallowell Township and finally settled at Picton in 1858.

Roblin represented Prince Edward County in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1830 to 1836.  He was elected twice, in the elections of 1830 and 1836.  He was a supporter of the Reform movement of Upper Canada, following the lead of Reformers Marshall Spring Bidwell and Peter Perry, the members of the Legislative Assembly from the neighbouring Lennox and Addington County.  All three were defeated in the election in 1836, when the Tories won control of the Assembly.  Although he was a supporter of the Reform movement, he did not support the radical approach which resulted in the Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837.  Instead, as a captain of the 2nd Battalion of Prince Edward militia, he commanded a troop of cavalry in the winter of 1837–1838.

Following the union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, he was twice elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, in 1841 and 1844.  In Parliament, he supported the union of the two provinces, and generally voted as a moderate reformer, but with an independent tendency. 

He resigned his seat in 1846 to become county registrar, crown lands agent and customs collector at Picton. He also rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the local militia and warden for Prince Edward District.  Roblin was a staunch Wesleyan Methodist. He was a member of the senate of Victoria College at Cobourg, Ontario, from approximately 1848 to 1863.

His cousin, David Roblin, served two terms as a member of the Parliament of the Province of Canada, from 1854 to 1861.  John Philip and David became disillusioned with the Reformers of the 1840s and 1850s.  John Philip stated that George Brown, one of the leaders of the Reformers in the 1850s, was too moderate, and was "working for the Tories."

He died at Picton, Ontario in 1874.

Two premiers of Manitoba, Sir Rodmond Roblin and Duff Roblin, were related to John Philip Roblin through his cousin David.

References 

1799 births
1874 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West
People from Prince Edward County, Ontario
Canadian Methodists
United Empire Loyalists
Montfort College

Montfort College () is a private Catholic school in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

History
The Brothers of St. Gabriel came to Chiang Mai and established Montfort Primary School in 1932 along Charoen Prathet Road on a  plot of land provided by Bishop Peross from Luang Anusarn Suntorn who gave his financial support at no interest. The land was located along the Ping River, approximately 200 meters from the Sacred Heart Church. Montfort School opened its first academic year on 16 March 1932. Fr. Reunemenier was the manager, Brother Simon the first director, Brother Ambrosio the vice-director and Brother Louis was responsible for new construction.

Montfort College opened its secondary section in 1949, started to admit girls to its secondary section from levels 10–12 in 1975 and started to admit girls to its primary section in 2009.

At present
Montfort College has two sections: primary (grades 1–6) and secondary (grades 7–12). In 2013, the secondary section had 3,238 students, while the primary had approximately 2,400 students. The school has two teaching syllabuses: normal and English.

Notable alumni
 Thaksin Shinawatra – 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand 

 Surapong Tovichakchaikul – former Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand
 Tharin Nimmanahaeminda – former Finance Minister of Thailand
 Tawatwong na Chiang Mai – former Deputy Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister of Public Health, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand
 Chao Wonglak na Chiangmai – Prince of Chiangmai, Legitimate heir of the ruler of Chiang Mai
 Sukrit Wisetkaew – singer and actor
 Witwisit Hirunwongkul – actor and singer
 Chookiat Sakveerakul – film director
 Panupong Wongsa – footballer
 Pattadon Janngeon - actor and singer

References

External links
Montfort College website (Thai)
Montfort College website (English)
Montfort Alumni

Catholic schools in Thailand
Education in Chiang Mai
Educational institutions established in 1932
Brothers of Christian Instruction of St Gabriel schools
1932 establishments in Siam
Foișorul de Foc

Foișorul de Foc (literally The Fire Tower) is a  high building in Bucharest, Romania, between Obor, Calea Moșilor, and Nerva-Traian. It was used in the past as an observation tower by the firemen.

Background
It was built in 1890, two years after the previous watchtower, Turnul Colței, built in 1715, was demolished. The plans were made by George Mandrea, back then the chief-architect of Bucharest.

Foișorul de Foc had a double role, as it was also designed to be a water tower, too. However, after the building was finished, the local water utility company (Uzina de Apă Grozăvești) had no pumps powerful enough to fill it with water.

Foișorul de Foc was used by the firefighters until 1935, when it became ineffective, as more and more high-rise buildings were built in Bucharest, and the introduction of the telephone reduced the need for a watchtower. In 1963, it was turned into a Firefighters' Museum.

Gallery

References

Museums in Bucharest
Historic monuments in Bucharest
Towers in Romania
Round towers
Firefighting museums
Fire lookout towers
Towers completed in 1890
1890 establishments in Romania
19th-century architecture in Romania
Hot Stuff

Hot Stuff may refer to:

Film
 Hot Stuff (1912 film), a 1912 film starring Mabel Normand
 Hot Stuff (1929 film), a 1929 film starring Alice White, Louise Fazenda, and William Bakewell
 Hot Stuff (1956 film), a 1956 short subject starring the Three Stooges
 Hot Stuff (1971 film), a 1971 National Film Board of Canada animated short
 Hot Stuff (1979 film), a 1979 film starring Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, and Jerry Reed

Music 
 Hot Stuff (album), a 1984 album by La Mafia
 Hot Stuff, a 1988 album by Buck Clarke
 "Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)", a 2007 song by Craig David from Trust Me
 "Hot Stuff" (Donna Summer song), a 1979 song from Bad Girls
 "Hot Stuff" (Rolling Stones song) from Black and Blue
 "Hot Stuff" (Kumi Koda song), Kumi Koda's 15th domestic single
 "Hot Stuff", a song by Ashlee Simpson from Bittersweet World
 "Hot Stuff", a song by Whitesnake from Come an' Get It
 "Hot Stuff", a song by Krokus from The Blitz
 "Hot Stuff", a song by Davichi from My Fair Lady

Other uses
 Eddie Gilbert (wrestler) (1961–1995), American wrestler known as "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
 "Hot Stuff",  the 159th episode of Happy Days where the original Arnold's was burned down
 Hot Stuff (aircraft), American aircraft during World War II
 Hot Stuff the Little Devil, a Harvey Comics character
 "Hot Stuff", the 94th episode of Family Matters
Savanna (owarai)

Savanna (サバンナ) are a Japanese comedy duo consisting of  and . Both attended Ritsumeikan University High School and created the manzai team as a joke during their years at Ritsumeikan University, having first met in the school's judo club. They then decided to join Yoshimoto Kogyo as a professional kombi. Their act is heavily based on observational humor, and Yagi frequently being confused as the boke of the group.

Born August 4, 1974,Ide, Kyoto near Uji, Kyoto, Yagi originally had decided to become a tax official (though he had previously received a black belt in judo) when he met Takahashi and became a manzai comedian. Officially, he is the tsukkomi of the two, and he usually plays the "normal guy" in their observational humor acts. He is known for his meaningless English gags (not unlike Kazuki Ōtake of the kombi Summers), and often yells phrases such as "Spoon!", "Fork!", "I like protein! I am hercules!", "Handshake survival!", and "Tsuppari Ichiban! Chiyotaikai!", the last one referring to the favored arm-thrusting attack style of sumo ozeki (champion) Chiyotaikai Ryūji.

The boke of the group, Takahashi, was born January 28, 1976, in Kyoto. He generally plays the stranger role in their acts, and his blues-playing character, Hiroshi Inui, has become a frequent addition to their material lately, allowing the duo to advance to the semi-finals during the 2006 R-1 Grand Prix tournament. His father is a respected dentist.

While Savanna has performed over 100 observational humor acts (neta) on stage, it is rumored that Yagi has created a usable stock of over 500. 

Yagi has appeared on Ninja Warrior before, failing to complete the first stage after whipping out on the 'Jumping Spider' challenge.

References

Japanese comedy duos
People from Kyoto Prefecture
Edward Barnard

Edward Barnard may refer to:

Edward Barnard (provost) (1717–1781), provost of Eton
Edward Emerson Barnard (1857–1923), American astronomer
Edward Barnard (politician) (c. 1806–1885), Canadian politician
Edward George Barnard (died 1851), British Liberal Party politician, Member of Parliament for Greenwich 1832–1851
Edward William Barnard (1791–1828), British scholar
 Edward Chester Barnard (1863–1921), American topographer

See also
Édouard-André Barnard (1835–1898), Lower Canada born militia officer
Like a Star

"Like a Star" is a song by English singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae, released as the lead single from her self-titled debut studio album (2006). It was written by Bailey Rae and produced by Steve Chrisanthou. The song was originally released in the United Kingdom on 7 November 2005 as a limited edition of 3,000 copies, reaching number 34 on the UK Singles Chart. An accompanying music video was directed by James Griffiths.

The single was re-released on 9 October 2006, reaching a new peak position of number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. "Like a Star" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 50th Grammy Awards.

Track listings
UK CD single
"Like a Star"
"Enchantment"
"Choux Pastry Heart"

UK 7-inch single
A. "Like a Star"
B. "Enchantment"

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Corinne Bailey Rae.

 Corinne Bailey Rae – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals, percussion, songwriting, Spanish guitar
 Steve Chrisanthou – organ, production, programming, recording
 The London Session Orchestra – strings
 Wil Malone – string arrangement and conducting
 Paul Siddal – keyboards
 Jeremy Wheatley – mixing
 Gavyn Wright – director of The London Session Orchestra

Charts

Certifications

Re-release

"Like a Star" was re-released in the UK on 9 October 2006 due to the popularity of the song. A new music video, directed by Sam Brown, was shot for the reissue. The single reached a new peak position of number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. "Like a Star" was released in the United States in January 2007, reaching number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100. As of January 2010, the song had sold 327,000 downloads in the US.

Bailey Rae performed "Like a Star" and "Put Your Records On" live on the 7 October 2006 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live. She also performed "Like a Star" and "Trouble Sleeping" on NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip on 27 November 2006. The song was used in the ABC shows Grey's Anatomy and Men in Trees, as well as in an episode of NBC's Medium and CBS' CSI: NY. The track was also featured in the films Nancy Drew (2007) and 27 Dresses (2008). Rae performed "Like a Star" at the 49th Grammy Awards on 11 February 2007. The following year, it received a nomination for Song of the Year at the 50th Grammy Awards.

Track listings
UK CD single 1
"Like a Star"
"Emaraldine"

UK CD single 2
"Like a Star"
"Emaraldine"
"Enchantment" (Amp Fiddler Remix)
"Daydreaming" (Aretha Franklin cover)
"Like a Star" (re-release video)

UK 7-inch single
A. "Like a Star"
B. "Enchantment" (Amp Fiddler Remix)

Download
"Like a Star" (acoustic)
"Like a Star" (instrumental)

Charts

References

2000s ballads
2005 debut singles
2005 songs
2006 singles
Contemporary R&B ballads
Corinne Bailey Rae songs
EMI Records singles
Songs written by Corinne Bailey Rae
Folkestra

Folkestra, formerly known as FolkESTRA North is The Sage Gateshead’s youth folk ensemble, formed in 2001. It is led by their Musical Director Ian Stephenson, a multi-instrumentalist playing folk and traditional music from Northumbria and Scandinavia. The former Musical Director was Kathryn Tickell, one of England's premiere folk musicians.

They have performed at a wide range of concerts, recorded and published their self entitled album, "FolkESTRA North", and taken part in festivals including the National Festival of Youth Music, Sidmouth International Festival and Towersey Village Festival.

In Easter of 2005, Folkestra took part in a UK tour called "The Road to the North" to celebrate the rich traditional music of the North East of England.  They performed here alongside The Kathryn Tickell Band, Alistair Anderson, Louisa Jo Killen, and the Old Rope String Band. With two successful CDs and a growing national reputation, Folkestra have performed at many concerts and festivals across the country, and also at the BBC Proms first ever Folk Day at the Royal Albert Hall. In the summer of 2012, Folkestra are to perform at Traflgar Square in the River of Music festival.

Folkestra's 15 band members play a wide variety of instruments, including fiddles, an accordion, a melodeon, a whistle, a flute, guitars, a saxophone, northumbrian pipes, double bass, voices, and foot percussion.

English folk musical groups
Culture in Tyne and Wear
Tămâioasă Românească

Tămâioasă Românească () (Romanian Muscatel) is a Romanian grape variety used for the production of aromatic wines, Tămâioasă are natural sweet or semi-sweet wines, with alcohol content of 12%-12.5%. In Moldova, is known as Busuioacă albă.

The golden-yellow wine has a pronounced honey-like flowery bouquet. Because of its natural sweetness it is usually consumed as a dessert.

References

Grape varieties of Romania
White wine grape varieties
George Gregoriou

George Gregoriou was an American political writer and professor of Greek Cypriot origins.  Born in Cyprus in 1936 into a nationalistic family; his father was interned by the colonial authorities during the insurrection in 1931. The family emigrated to the United States in 1950 but continued to support Cyprus' struggle for freedom, a link that led Gregoriou to the writing of the books Cyprus: A View from the Diaspora.

He worked as a political science professor at the William Paterson University of New Jersey, has written numerous books on the Western geopolitical strategies in the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly the political forces of British colonialism, the Greek and Cyprus events responsible for the events leading to the de facto partition in 1974 and the Anglo-American policies outside and inside the United Nations to legitimize the facts on the ground created by the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus.

Georgiou was highly critical of American foreign policies and ascribes the partitioning of Cyprus to an American plot  as much as Turkish invasion. He has also criticised the war on Iraq and remarked that the Pentagon "needs to soil the Iraqi landscape with young blood", "a small price for oil, profits, and power for the political-military-industrial complex".. In a recent editorial, Georgiou disputed whether "the Pentagon, the CIA, the White House ever tell the truth".

He has been criticized from within the Greek-American community for anti-Americanism, to which he has responded that "if being "pro-American" requires lying, you should count me out, as it comes too close to militarism and fascism" .  Georgiou staunchly opposes capitalism in his editorials, and he has supported that "the capitalist state does not respond to peoples’ needs, unless they take to the streets". He has also ascribed the problems to modern America, not to specific party politics, but "the very nature of capitalism".
Finally, Georgiou has decried Deng Xiaoping for "unleashing predator capitalism" on China after the death of Mao Zedong , and castigated "politicians who have the illusion of improving the lives of the masses within existing structures" as "political criminals".

Gregoriou retired from teaching at William Paterson University in 2006 and died on February 20, 2020

References

External links 
 Editorial

American political writers
American male non-fiction writers
Writers from New Jersey
Academics from New Jersey
Greek Cypriot people
1936 births
Living people
Cypriot emigrants to the United States
Nicholas Firth

Nicholas Louis Douglas Firth (born October 1942) is the former head of Chappell & Co. and BMG Music Publishing.

Career
Firth's career in music publishing began in 1962, where he worked for the Chappell Group, then a division of PolyGram BV, culminating with simultaneous positions as President of Chappell International and Vice President of the PolyGram Publishing Division, which he held from 1981 to 1985, when PolyGram sold Chappell. Subsequently, Mr. Firth was a shareholder and CEO of Music Theatre International. Mr. Firth was later Chairman and CEO of BMG Music Publishing, the largest independent music publisher in the world and the third largest music publisher among all publishers. BMG was sold to Universal Music Publishing Group in 2007.

His grandfather Louis Dreyfus and great uncle Max Dreyfus owned Chappell & Company in New York City and London.

Nicholas Firth serves on the Boards of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), the International Music Publishers Association (IMPA), the Third Street Music School Settlement, and the Mannes College of Music.

Nick serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board of musiXmatch.

Personal life
Firth was born in London, England, grew up in the United States of America, and then returned to the UK, where he got his first publishing job.

Nicholas Firth was married to his second wife, Edmée, née de Montmollin for 31 years until her death. His first marriage ended in divorce. He lives in Bedford New York.

References

External links
BMG MusicSearch
Songwriter's Hall of Fame article
Nick Firth interview on www.songwriteruniverse.com
Nick musiXmatch's Advisor

Living people
1942 births
Bertelsmann people
August Müller (inventor)

August Müller (1864 – 1949), born in Mönchengladbach, was a medical student at the University of Kiel, Germany, and a pioneer in the manufacture of contact lenses.  In 1889, he presented at the university his doctoral thesis titled Eyeglasses and corneal lenses in which he described his efforts to grind scleral lenses from blown glass. Refinements in his process led him to be able to correct his own severe -14 dioptre myopia to within 0.50 D.

Müller's compatriot Adolf Fick had published his work on contact lenses earlier in 1887, but his lenses were heavy and could only be worn for short periods. Müller's lenses were lighter and shaped to match the curved contour of the cornea. He suggested that the lens would remain in place on the cornea due to capillary action lubricated by the tear film.

Müller called his development Hornhautlinsen or 'corneal lenses'. His efforts to develop a new corrective lens were ultimately unsuccessful, since a patient could only tolerate the lens bearing down heavily on the sclera for half an hour, less than those of Fick. Moreover, it had to be inserted underwater to prevent trapping air bubbles, and cocaine administered to anaesthetise the eye, but he did however lay the groundwork for later researchers and his ideas and recommendations on fit, tear flow and rounded edges still form the basis for contact lens fitting today.

In 1932, Müller donated three lenses to the German Museum in Munich. These were the same lenses that he had discussed in his thesis.

Further reading
 
 Müller's 3 lenses at the Deutsches Museum  URL accessed 10 March 2006
 Image of Müller at Biblioteca Argentina de Oftalmología  URL accessed 10 March 2006

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1864 births
1949 deaths
19th-century German inventors
German ophthalmologists
People from Mönchengladbach
Illinois Route 125

Illinois Route 125 (IL-125) is a major  highway in the central portion of the U.S. state of Illinois. Illinois 125 runs east from the concurrent U.S. Route 67 and Illinois Route 100 near Beardstown to Illinois Route 97 in Farmingdale, west of Springfield.

Route description 

Illinois 125 lies within Cass County and Sangamon County, and serves the towns of Ashland and Virginia.  Virginia is the county seat of Cass County.

IL-125 follows most of the route of the Sangamon Trail, a pioneer trail from Springfield, the state capital, to the Illinois River.  Points of interest directly located on IL-125 include the Clayville Tavern, an 1824 hostelry located  east of Pleasant Plains, and the Illinois River bluff at Bluff Springs, five miles (8 km) east of Beardstown and the river.

Points of interest marked on IL-125, but not directly on the road, include the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area in eastern Cass County northwest of Ashland, and the old Cass County courthouse in Beardstown where lawyer Abraham Lincoln practiced.

History 
SBI Route 125 originally ran from Springfield to Virginia. In 1968 it was extended west to Beardstown, replacing U.S. 67 and parts of Illinois Route 3. The next year it was truncated on its eastern portion from Springfield to Illinois 97. There have been no changes to Illinois 125 since 1969.

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U.S. Route 67
Transportation in Cass County, Illinois
Transportation in Sangamon County, Illinois
Costen Jordan Harrell

Costen Jordan Harrell (February 12, 1885 – December 28, 1970) was a bishop of The Methodist Church in the United States, elected in 1944.

Early life
Costen was born on February 12, 1885, on his grandfather's plantation, about five miles north of Sunbury, Gates County, North Carolina. He is of early English American descent, with a Methodist inheritance on both sides of his family. His great grandfather was a class leader under Bishop Francis Asbury. Costen was the son of Samuel Isaac and Isadore (Costen) Harrell. Costen married Amy Patton Walden 6 June 1917.

Costen earned the A.B. degree in 1906 from Trinity College (now Duke University). He earned the B.D. and M.A. degrees in 1910 from Vanderbilt University.

Career
Harrell entered the Traveling Ministry of the Tennessee Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1909. He was ordained in 1911. Rev. Harrell served the following appointments in North Carolina:  Epworth Church, Raleigh (1910–13); Calvary Church, Durham (1913–16), then Trinity Church, Durham (1916–19); and First Church, Wilson (1919–20). In Georgia, Rev. Harrell served First Church, Atlanta (1920–25). In Virginia, Rev. Harrell served Epworth Church, Norfolk (1925–29) and Monument Church, Richmond (1929–33). Harrell was then sent to West End Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee (1933–44), from which he was elected to the episcopacy.

Prior to his election to the episcopacy, he served as a pastor. In the reunification of U.S. Methodism (1939) he was the Secretary of the Committee on Temporal Economy and Lay Activities.

Randolph-Macon College honored Rev. Harrell with the D.D. degree in 1929. Duke University did the same in 1940. Birmingham-Southern College awarded the Litt.D. in 1945.

Death
Harrell died on December 28, 1970, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Selected writings
The Bible: Its Origin and Growth, paper covers, 190 pp., 1926.
Walking with God, 1928; another edition, 1946.
In the School of Prayer, 1929.
Friends of God, 1931.
Prophets of Israel, 1933.
The Radiant Heart, paper covers, 1936.
The Methodist Child's Membership Manual, 1940.
The Way of the Transgressor, 1941.
The Word of His Grace - Studies in Ephesians, paper, 78 pp., 1943.

References

 Howell, Clinton T., Prominent Personalities in American Methodism, Birmingham, Alabama:  The Lowry Press, 1945.
 Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops.'  Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.

External Sources
 Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

See also
List of bishops of the United Methodist Church

American Methodist bishops
Bishops of The Methodist Church (USA)
American Christian theologians
1885 births
1971 deaths
Methodist writers
Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni
Vanderbilt University alumni
American biblical scholars
National Park (band)

National Park are a Scottish band formed in 1997 in Glasgow. The band's music has been described as having some similarities to Velvet Underground, Galaxie 500 and Yo La Tengo "without sounding like anything else.""

History 
The band was formed by former Telstar Ponies member John Hogarty and Scott Walker. In August 1997, the band played their first gig. Simon Shaw and Michael McGaughrin of the band V-Twin joined Hogarty and Walker, and played the bass and drums, respectively.

National Park's first single, "Great Western", was a 10" released on Earworm records; a ten-minute-long improvisation. It was recorded on a tape deck at an early rehearsal session. Despite the length of the track it was playlisted on Xfm London. Hogarty was also part of the Phantom Engineer project with David Keenan and Bill Wells. Collaborations with Future Pilot A.K.A. then followed, and were released on Beggars Banquet Records and also on Earworm records. The band also played live with many of their favourite bands, including Belle and Sebastian at the Shepherd's Bush Empire.

Scott Walker left the band in 1999, and was replaced briefly by Alasdair Roberts (of Appendix Out) and later by Gerard Love of Teenage Fanclub.  Walker did return briefly to record "No More Rides" for the compilation You Don't Need Darkness to Do What You Think is Right, which was released by Geographic Music, a subsidiary of Domino Recording Company during 2001-2002.

In 2003, the band released a lathe-cut 7" single, "Background Frequencies", on an Australian label. In 2005 National Park released "The Only Stars" in Japan, which featured contributions by Bill Wells (piano), Sarah Martin (flute) and Mick Cooke (horn) of Belle and Sebastian.

Discography

Singles
"Great Western" (1998) 10" on Earworm
"Norman Dolph's Money" (1999) 7" collaboration with Future Pilot AKA on Earworm
"Secret Songs" (2003) 7" on Background Frequencies
"The Only Stars" (2005) 7" on Yield

Compilation appearances
"Sterling", on Future Pilot A.K.A. vs. A Galaxy of Sound (2000)
"No More Rides" on You Don't Need Darkness to Do What You Think Is Right (2002) Geographic
"The Only Stars", on Crunk Into Up Vol. 3 (2005)

References

External links
Official website
National Park at Earworm
National Park at Yield

Musical groups established in 1997
Musical groups from Glasgow
Bundesautobahn 20

is an autobahn in Germany. It is colloquially known as Ostseeautobahn ("Baltic Freeway") or Küstenautobahn ("Coastal Freeway") due to its geographic location near the Baltic Sea coastline. The road is not built along a straight line, instead it is built near important cities (Wismar, Rostock, Stralsund), to make it more beneficial for travel between these cities, and also to serve as bypass.

Construction started in 1992, only two years after the German reunification, near the junction Wismar-Nord and was completed in December 2005, when the last section was opened near Tribsees by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Building costs are estimated at € 1.8 billion.
279 km of the autobahn are in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 27 km in Brandenburg and 30 km in Schleswig-Holstein, making the A 20 the longest continuously built new autobahn since 1945.

On 28 July 2009 the western extension started with the opening between Autobahnkreuz Lübeck and junction Geschendorf. In the meantime the next six kilometers to the temporary end at Weede has been opened for traffic. The extension and opening of the section between the temporary end in Weede and Autobahnkreuz Bad Segeberg is planned for the end of 2010. Further extension west (designated A 22 until June 2010) is planned and awaiting funding, including a tunnel under the Elbe and a 2-way connection with the also-planned A 26.

North of Hamburg the A 20 will have a unique function, namely the connection of the highways A 1, A 21, A 7 and A 23, but it will also function as a northern bypass of the city-region of Hamburg which will take traffic going from France and the Benelux countries to Denmark and Sweden away from Hamburg.

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