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John Humphreys House

The John Humphreys House, also known as Sir John Humphreys House, is a historic house museum located in Swampscott, Massachusetts.  Although it was long thought to be associated with John Humphrey, an early deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, it was more likely built about 1700, based on architectural analysis. In 1641 Deborah Moody bought the Humphrey house (which he called Swampscott) and 900 acres when the Humphreys returned to England giving her over 1300 acres of what would become Swampscott, Massachusetts.  The house was originally located on what is now Elmwood Road (a plaque marks the site), but moved to its current location in 1891 as the Olmsted district was developed. It is currently owned by the Swampscott Historical Society.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

See also
 List of historic houses in Massachusetts
 List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts

References

External links

Buildings and structures in Swampscott, Massachusetts
Houses in Essex County, Massachusetts
Historic house museums in Massachusetts
Residential buildings completed in 1700
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Massachusetts
British colonial architecture in the United States
Colonial architecture in Massachusetts
1700 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay
Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts
Miraj Senior

Miraj Senior was one of two Maratha princely states during the British Raj: 'Miraj Junior' and Miraj Senior. The two states separated in 1820. It was under the southern division of the Bombay Presidency, forming part of the southern Mahratta Jagirs, and later the Deccan States Agency.

Miraj Senior measured  in area. According to the 1901 census, the population was 81,467. In 1901, the state enjoyed revenue estimated at £23,000, and paid £800 in tribute to the British Raj. The Raja resided in the town of Miraj (population 18,425 in 1901), which was a junction on the Southern Maratha Railway.

History

The State of Miraj was founded before 1750 and was the former capital of the pre-British State of Sangli. In 1820, the state was divided between a Senior and Junior branch. The territory of both branches was widely scattered among other native states and British districts.

The rulers of the Patwardhan dynasty used the title of Raja, and were of the same clan that ruled nearby Jamkhandi. Raja Govind Rao Patwardhan, 1st Ruler of Miraj, began as a cavalry commander, distinguished himself in several expeditions against the Nizam of Hyderabad and Hyder Ali of Mysore, established the Maratha ascendancy in southern India and pushed the Maratha conquests to the frontier of Mysore.

Miraj Senior acceded to the Dominion of India on 8 March 1948 and is currently a part of Maharashtra state. Miraj is also famous for its musicians, and doctors. In the mid-nineties it had municipal corporation in combination with Sangli and thus lost the edge it had over the neighboring twin city of Sangli for two centuries.

Rulers
The rulers of Miraj state belonged to the Patwardhan dynasty and bore the title 'Rao'.

Raos
17.. - 1771                Govindrao                         (d. 1771)
1771 - 1775                Vamanrao                          (d. 1775)
1777 - 1782                Hariharrao                        (b. c.1765 - d. 1782)
1782 - 1801                Chintamanrao                      (b. 1775 - d. 1801)
1801 - 1820                Gangadharrao I

After the split
1820 - 1833        Ganpatrao I
1833 - 1855?     Narayanrao I
1855?  - 1870       Gangadharrao II
1833 - 1875         Ganpatrao II "Tatya Sahib Patwardhan"
 6 June 1875 - 1939         Gangadharrao III "Bala Sahib Patwardhan"      (b. 1866 - d. 1939) (from 1 January 1903, Sir Gangadhar Rao II)
11 Dec 1939 – 15 August 1947  Narayanrao II "Tatya Sahib Patwardhan"   (b. 1898 - d. 1984)
 Shrimant Madhavrao “Rao Saheb” Patwardhan I (b. 1923 - d. 1999)
 Shrimant Gangadharrao IV “Bala Saheb” Patwardhan (b. 1946 -
 Shrimant Vasant Raje Patwardhan (b. 1944 - d. 1991)
 Rajkumari Yamuna Vasant Patwardhan / Naykude (b. 1948 - 
 Yuvraj Agastyanand Vasant Raje Patwardhan (b. 1974 -
 Shrimant Keshav Rao/Patwardhan (b. 1985 -
 Shrimant Arjun Rao/Patwardhan  (b. 1992 -

See also
 Maratha Empire
 List of Maratha dynasties and states
 Political integration of India

References

External links
 List of rulers of Miraj Senior

Princely states of Maharashtra
Bombay Presidency
Sangli district
Chuck Berry in Memphis

Chuck Berry in Memphis is the eleventh studio album by Chuck Berry, released in 1967 by Mercury Records.

Track listing
All songs written by Chuck Berry except as noted
 "Back to Memphis" – 2:40
 "I Do Really Love You" – 2:28
 "Ramblin' Rose" (Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman) – 2:34
 "Sweet Little Rock and Roller" (re-recording) – 2:14
 "My Heart Will Always Belong to You" – 2:40
 "Oh Baby Doll" (re-recording) – 2:15
 "Check Me Out" – 2:32
 "It Hurts Me Too" (Mel London) – 2:57
 "Bring Another Drink" (Bob Bell, Roy Branker) – 2:34
 "So Long" (Irving Melsher, Remus Harris, Russ Morgan) – 2:43
 "Goodnight, Well It's Time to Go" (Calvin Carter, James Hudson) - 2:20
 "Flying Home" (Some reissues of the album include this song as the final track) - 2:25

Personnel
 Chuck Berry –  guitar, vocals
 Satch Arnold – drums
 Tommy Cogbill –  bass guitar
 Bobby Emmons –  piano
 Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
 Gene Miller –  trumpet
 James Mitchell –  baritone saxophone
 Reggie Young – guitar

References

External links

Chuck Berry albums
1967 albums
Mercury Records albums
War in Middle Earth

War in Middle Earth is a real-time strategy game released for the ZX Spectrum, MSX, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS, Amiga, Apple IIGS, and Atari ST in 1988 by Virgin Mastertronic on the Melbourne House label.

The game combines both large scale army unit level and small scale character level. All the action happens simultaneously in game world and places could be seen from the map or at the ground level. Individual characters can also be seen in larger battles (in which they either survive or die). If the battle is less than 100 units, approximately, it can be watched on ground level. Otherwise it will be only displayed numerically. On ground level characters can  acquire objects and talk with non-player characters (such as Radagast or Tom Bombadil).

Reception
The game was reviewed in 1989 in Dragon #147 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3 out of 5 stars. Computer Gaming World gave the game a mixed review, noting that, although it faithfully recreates the events of the books, genuine strategy is lacking and the game plays very similarly on subsequent playthroughs. Compute!s review was more positive, only criticizing an anticlimactic ending to "an otherwise impressive game" that was "faithful to the Middle Earth story line".

The Spanish magazine Microhobby valued the game with the following scores: Originality: 80% Graphics: 70% Motion: - Sound: 50% Difficulty: 100% Addiction: 80%

Reviews
Computer and Video Games (Mar, 1989)
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) (May, 1989)
Commodore User (Apr, 1989)
Your Sinclair (Apr, 1989)
Info (Nov, 1989)
Crash! (Mar, 1989)
Zzap! (Apr, 1989)
Power Play (Mar, 1989)
The Games Machine (Apr, 1989)
Amstrad Action (Mar, 1989)
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (Feb, 1989)
Jeux & Stratégie #58

References

External links

War in Middle-earth at World of Spectrum

1988 video games
Amstrad CPC games
Amiga games
Apple IIGS games
Atari ST games
Commodore 64 games
MSX games
DOS games
War in Middle-earth
Real-time strategy video games
ZX Spectrum games
Synergistic Software games
World Down Syndrome Day

World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is marked each year on March 21, beginning in 2007. The 21st day of March (the 3rd month of the year) was selected to signify the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome which causes Down syndrome. The General Assembly of the United Nations has decided to observe it each year since 2012.

Every year on March 21, World Down Syndrome Day is observed to create awareness about Down syndrome. It is a condition in which a child is born with an extra 21st chromosome.

Activities and commemorations 
A common activity is wearing colorful or mismatched socks, to show support for people with Down syndrome.  Socks are shaped somewhat like chromosomes.

An animated short, Freebird, was created to recognize World Down Syndrome Day in 2021.  The film, written and directed by Michael Joseph McDonald, was set to the song, "Freedom" by Jordan Hart, and won the Chicago International Children's Film Festival in 2021.

References

External links

Down Syndrome International website 
United Nations World Down Syndrome Day webpages

Disability observances
Down syndrome
Down
March observances
United Nations days
Neurodiversity
Miraj Junior

Miraj Junior was one of two Maratha princely states during the British Raj: 'Miraj Senior' and Miraj Junior. The two states separated in 1820. It was under the southern division of the Bombay Presidency, forming part of the southern Mahratta Jagirs, and later the Deccan States Agency.

Miraj Junior measured  in area. According to the 1901 census, the population was 35,806. In 1901, the state enjoyed revenue estimated at £27,000, and paid £400 in tribute to the British Raj. The Raja resided in the town of Bhudgaon (population 3,591 in 1901).

History
The State of Miraj, the predecessor state, was founded before 1750 and within its limits was the former capital of the State of Sangli before the British Raj.
Raja Govind Rao Patwardhan, 1st Ruler of Miraj, began as a cavalry commander. He distinguished himself in several expeditions against the Nizam of Hyderabad and Hyder Ali of Mysore, established the Maratha ascendancy in southern India and pushed the Maratha conquests to the frontier of Mysore.

In 1820, the state of Miraj was divided between a Senior and Junior branch. The territory of both branches was widely scattered among other native states and also British districts.

Miraj Junior acceded to the Dominion of India on 8 March 1948 and is currently a part of Maharashtra state.

Rulers
The rulers belonged to the Patwardhan dynasty and used the title of Raja. They were of the same clan that ruled nearby Jamkhandi State.

Rajas
Raja Madhavrao I Patwardhan, 1st Raja of Miraj Junior 1820/1845
Raja Lakshmanrao I [Anna Saheb] Patwardhan, 2nd Raja of Miraj Junior 1845/1876, born 1807, died 1876.
Raja Hariharrao II [Dada Saheb] Patwardhan, 3rd Raja of Miraj Junior 1876/1877, died 1877.
Raja Lakshmanrao II [Anna Saheb] Patwardhan, 4th  Raja of Miraj Junior 1877/1899, died 7 February 1899.
Meherban Shrimant Raja Sir Madhavrao II Harihar Babasaheb Patwardhan, 5th  Raja of Miraj Junior 1899/1950

The line is nominally continued:
Meherban Shrimant Raja Chintamanrao II Madhavrao Balasaheb Patwardhan, 6th  Raja of Miraj Junior 1950/1972
Rajkumar Shrimant Vasant Raje Patwardhan
Rajkumari Yamuna Vasant Patwardhan/Naykude
Yuvaraj Shrimant Agastyanand Patwardhan
Meherban Shrimant Raja Hariharrao III Madhavrao Babasaheb Patwardhan, Raja of Miraj Junior
Meherban Shrimant Raja Parshuramrao Hariharrao Patwardhan

See also
 Maratha Empire
 List of Maratha dynasties and states
 Political integration of India

References

External links
List of rulers of Miraj Junior

Princely states of Maharashtra
Bombay Presidency
Sangli district
Clair

Clair or Claire may refer to:

Claire (given name), a list of people with the name Claire
Clair (surname)

Places

Canada 
 Clair, New Brunswick, a former village, now part of Haut-Madawaska
 Clair Parish, New Brunswick
 Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada, municipality located on the Island of Montreal
 Clair, Saskatchewan

United States 
 Lake Claire (Atlanta), Georgia, neighborhood
 Le Claire, Iowa, city in Scott County
 Eau Claire, Michigan, village in Berrien County
 Eau Claire, Pennsylvania, borough in Butler County
 Claire City, South Dakota, town in Roberts County
 Eau Claire, Wisconsin, city
 Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
 Saint Clair, Missouri, city
 St. Clair County, Michigan
 St. Clair, Michigan, city
 St. Clair, Minnesota, city
 St. Clair, Pennsylvania, city
 St. Clair Shores, Michigan, city

Scotland 
 Clair oilfield in the Atlantic Ocean, 75 km west of Shetland

Other uses 
 Clair (Hampshire cricketer), English professional cricketer
 "Clair" (song), a 1972 hit for Gilbert O'Sullivan
 Clair Global, an international sound reinforcement and event technology company
 CLAIRE, the Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe, a European organization on artificial intelligence
 "Claire", an episode of American radio and television anthology series Screen Directors Playhouse 
 “Claire”, an episode of The Good Doctor 
 Claire (band), electronic-pop band using English lyrics from Munich, Germany
 Claire Redfield, a player character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror video games
 Claire Bennet, a fictional character in the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes
 Clair Huxtable, a fictional character in the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, portrayed by Phylicia Rashad
 Claire (2001 film), a fantasy film
 Claire (1924 film), a German silent film
 Claire (album), a 2002 album by Claire Sweeney
 Claire (programming language), an object-oriented programming language
 Claire's, a female accessory store
 Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR), a Japanese government-affiliated foundation
 Claire (2007 film), a film written by Drew Seeley
 Clair, the cousin of Lance and eighth gym leader of Johto from Pokémon
 Clair, the younger sister of the Leader of the Zofian Liberation and the playable character in Alm's route from Fire Emblem Gaiden
 Claire Wyden, a character in the 2018 film Rampage

See also 
 Clair Lake (disambiguation)
 Clare (disambiguation)
 Clara (disambiguation)
Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly

The men's 100 metre butterfly event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 20 and 21 July.

Heats
Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Heat 6

Semifinals
Heat 1

Heat 2

Final

References

External links
Official Olympic Report

Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's 100 metre butterfly
Men's events at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Lake Rhoda

Lake Rhoda is a natural lake in the town of Lakeside, Colorado, located between Interstate 70 and West 44th Avenue. Originally named West Berkeley Lake, it was renamed for Rhoda Krasner by her father, Ben Krasner, who rescued Lakeside Amusement Park from bankruptcy during the Great Depression.

References

Bodies of water of Jefferson County, Colorado
Rhoda
SS Geronimo

SS Geronimo (Hull Number 1122) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.  She was named after Geronimo, a Native American warrior who long fought against American settlers in the Old West.

Geronimo was built by Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond No. 2 Yard, Richmond, California. The ship was laid down on 5 May 1943, then launched on 29 May 1943.  Geronimo was charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. Geronimo  took supplies to Enewetok, Guam, Siapan, Ulithi Atoll, and Okinawa. The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships; she was scrapped in 1960. 

The ship was run by its civilian crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.

See also
World War II United States Merchant Navy

References

Liberty ships
Ships built in Richmond, California
1943 ships
Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre butterfly event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event took place on 18 July.

Heats
Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Heat 6

Final

References

External links
Official Olympic Report

Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 2006–2010

This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 2006 to 2010, as elected at the 2006 state election.

 The Liberal member for Frome, Rob Kerin, resigned on 11 November 2008. Independent candidate Geoff Brock won the resulting by-election held on 17 January 2009.

Members of South Australian parliaments by term
21st-century Australian politicians
Adam Vella

Adam Joseph Vella (born 12 June 1971) is the National Shotgun Coach of the Australian Team.  A former Australian olympic clay target shooting champion.   Vella was born in Melbourne and is a Commonwealth Games four times gold medalist and an Olympic bronze medalist.

Adam Vella is the only shooter who has ever ranked #1 in the World at the same time in Trap and Double Trap.

Despite being the No 1 ranked shooter in the world in 2007, Adam missed on the selection to the 2008 Olympics.  His international performances were not taken into consideration as per the AISL Olympic selection criteria and the position was won by Craig Henwood after beating Adam by 1 target.

Adam Vella represented Australia in 2016, his third Olympics.    https://web.archive.org/web/20160816171036/http://www.shootingaustralia.org/news/2016/shooting-australias-final-two-athletes-nominated/.

Adam Vella retired from professional Shooting and since December 2016 he has been appointed by Shooting Australia as the National High Performance Shotgun Coach.  "Adam's appointment comes after a competitive recruitment process and at an important time for the sport of shooting, as an Olympic and Commonwealth Games Medallist and former World Number One in two of the three shotgun disciplines Adam comes with an impeccable sporting pedigree. But most importantly he comes as the right person to lead our shotgun team. We need someone who knows the sport from the grass roots to the podium, someone who also has the strength of character to ensure that the sport of shooting challenges itself and delivers on its commitment to being better than it is today. Adam Vella is the unanimous choice of our selection panel" commented Shooting Australia CEO Damien Marangon.   https://web.archive.org/web/20170104164730/http://www.shootingaustralia.org/media/media-releases/2016/adam-vella-confirmed-as-national-high-performance-shotgun-coach/

Adam Vella also conducts clay target shooting events through his business Oz Shooting https://www.ozshooting.com.au

References

 https://web.archive.org/web/20160816171036/http://www.shootingaustralia.org/news/2016/shooting-australias-final-two-athletes-nominated/

External links 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1971 births
Australian male sport shooters
Living people
Olympic shooters for Australia
Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
Australian people of Maltese descent
Trap and double trap shooters
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Olympic medalists in shooting
Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting
21st-century Australian people
Sportspeople from Melbourne
Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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Memorial (Moonspell album)

Memorial is the seventh studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on 24 April 2006 by SPV/Steamhammer. The album is available in three versions: a standard edition, a Portugal exclusive with the "Phantom North" bonus track, and a limited digipak edition with the "Atlantic" bonus track.

On 16 January 2007, Memorial was certified gold by the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa for selling over 10,000 copies in Portugal. This is the first time a Portuguese heavy metal group has received this award.

Each of the limited versions and the standard edition end with a different song, but on every version the final track ends with a six-minute wolves-howling outro ("The Sleep of the Sea"), hence there are actually two official versions of "Best Forgotten".

Track listing

CD

Special and digipak edition

Portuguese edition 

DVD (Special Edition)
Live at CC Estudio 2
 "Memento Mori"
 "Blood Tells"
 "Sanguine"
 "Best Forgotten"
Live at Vilar de Mouros
 "In Memoriam"
 "Finisterra"
 "Memento Mori"
 "Blood Tells"
 "Proliferation"
 "Upon the Blood of Men"
Videos
 "Luna"
 "Finisterra"
 "Making of Finisterra"

Vinyl edition

Personnel 
 Fernando Ribeiro – vocals
 Ricardo Amorim – guitars, keyboards
 Pedro Paixão – keyboards, samples, guitars
 Miguel Gaspar – drums

Additional musicians 
 Waldemar Sorychta – bass
 Raimund Gitsels – violin
 Birgit Zacher – female vocals on "Luna" and "Sanguine"
 Big Boss – vocals on "At the Image of Pain"

Production 
 Wojtek Blasiak – artwork, layout
 Adriano Esteves – cover art, layout
 Dennis Koehne – engineering assistant
 Siggi Bemm – engineering assistant
 Waldemar Sorychta – producer, mixing, engineering
 Paulo Moreira – photography

Charts

References 

2006 albums
Moonspell albums
SPV/Steamhammer albums
Albums produced by Waldemar Sorychta
SS Gouverneur Morris

SS Gouverneur Morris (Hull Number 1627) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.  She was named after Gouverneur Morris, a Founding Father who wrote large sections of the United States Constitution, including its Preamble.

The ship was laid down on 29 March 1943, then launched on 18 April 1943.  She was given to the Soviet Union in 1943, where she was renamed the Leningrad.  Later in her life, she was given the name Ivan Kulibin after an 18th-century Russian mechanic and inventor before the ship was scrapped in 1974.

References

Liberty ships
Ships built in Portland, Oregon
1943 ships
Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 meter individual medley event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 25 July.

Heats
Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Final

References

External links
Official Olympic Report

Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

The Commonwealth Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in conjunction with the 2002 Commonwealth Games since the sport not included in the Commonwealth Games programme.

The championships took place in Slough, England on 18–21 April 2002. The participating nations were:

References
 

Rhythmic Gymnastics
2002 Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games events
Rhythmic gymnastics competitions
Sport in Slough
Akasha (band)

Akasha are an English electronic music duo, comprising Charlie Casey and Damian Hand. They were originally signed to the Wall of Sound record label, but now are releasing through Ra Recordings.

History
Formed in 1994 in Brixton, London, Casey contributes electronics, guitar, and vocals, with Hand contributing saxophone, flute, and vocals. Their first track appeared on a DJ Bizzniss EP, released on Payday Recordings. The track was then licensed through Pressure Drop, who recommended them to Wall Of Sound. This led to the release of the Jazadelica EP in 1995, and a performance on The Jazz Stage at Glastonbury Festival, followed by the singles "Spanish Fly" in 1996 and "Brown Sugar" in 1997. Appearances on various compilations followed, and the release of their first album, Cinematique, in 1998, including guest appearances from Neneh Cherry and Maxi Jazz.

Akasha then toured Belgium, France and Germany. In 1999, all tracks on Cinematique were remixed and released as a remix album.

Casey and Hand have worked with bands and artists like Lemon Jelly, Neneh Cherry, Groove Armada, Art of Noise and Jerry Dammers' Spatial AKA Orchestra.

Akasha released their second album Love Philtre Magick in 2003, and third album Hail the sun in 2015.

Vocal guests on Hail the Sun include St Etienne's Sarah Cracknell, Heidi Vogel and Polish singer Anita Lipnicka.

Discography

Albums
 Cinematique (1998), Wall of Sound
 Cinematique - The Remixes (1999), Wall of Sound
 Love Philtre Magick (2003), RA Recordings
 Hail the Sun (2015), RA Recordings

Singles and EPs
 Jazadelica EP (1995), Wall of Sound
 "Spanish Fly" (1996), Wall of Sound
 "Brown Sugar" (1997), Wall of Sound
 Cinematique, The Remixes Vol.1 (1999), Wall of Sound
 Cinematique, The Remixes Vol.2 (1999), Wall of Sound
 Cinematique, The Remixes Vol.3 (1999), Wall of Sound
 "Mugwamp Mondo" (2001), RA Recordings
 Love Philtre Magick - The Remixes (2004), RA Recordings
 "She's Groovy" (2005), RA Recordings
 Hail the Sun - Remixes (2015), RA Recordings

References

External links 

English electronic music duos
Musical groups established in 1994
1994 establishments in England
Musical groups from London
Male musical duos
Flop

Flop or Alex may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media
 Box-office flop or commercial flop, in the entertainment world

Film and television
 Flop (film), from Argentina
 Flop Show, an Indian TV sitcom
 The Flop House, a film podcast

Music
 Flop (band), a defunct 1990s era pop-punk group from Seattle, Washington, US
 Flop!, an industrial and synthpop album by the band And One
 Flop (album), by Maurizio Pisciottu

Science and technology
 Flop (algebraic geometry), a birational transformation
 Flop-transition, in the string theory of physics
 FLOPS (floating point operations per second), in computing
 Flopped image, a type of mirror image in photography, graphic design, and printing
 Wheel flop, a consequence of some bicycle and motorcycle geometries

Sports
 Flop (basketball), an intentional fall to claim a foul
 Diving (association football), intentional fall sometimes called flop in the US
 Diving (ice hockey)
 Flop shot, in golf
 Fosbury Flop, in high jump

Other uses
 Flop (poker), a poker term describing the first three cards dealt to the board
 Flophouse or flop house, a cheap transients' rooming house

See also
 Flip (disambiguation)
 Flip-flop (disambiguation)
Arkansas ArchAngels

The Arkansas ArchAngels were a team in the World Basketball Association. They began playing in the 2005 season.

2005 season
Despite being overshadowed by the highly successful Arkansas RimRockers, the ArchAngels had a decent first season, and received good press coverage. Attendance hung around 200-300 for the first season. The ArchAngels played home games at Philander Smith College. The team finished 16–8, but was stunned in the quarterfinals by the Gulf Coast Bandits, who upset Arkansas 101–96.

2006
Silencing questions of the team's future, the ArchAngels unveiled an improved website as well as additional sponsors prior to the '06 season. The team played their home games at the old UALR University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojan Field House, not the newer Jack Stephens Center.  They had a successful season making it to the 2nd round of the WBA Playoffs where they were defeated 106–104, in overtime, by the Marietta Storm.

Despite their on-court success, 2006 would be the final season for the ArchAngels.

Related links
Official Website

World Basketball Association teams
Basketball teams in Arkansas
Basketball teams established in 2005
Basketball teams disestablished in 2006
2005 establishments in Arkansas
2006 disestablishments in Arkansas
Sports in Little Rock, Arkansas
Scott Drummond

Scott Drummond (born 29 May 1974) is a Scottish professional golfer.

Drummond was born in Shrewsbury, England. He played amateur golf for England but decided to represent Scotland, the country of his father, when he turned professional in 1996.

Professional career
In the early years of his career Drummond struggled to win a regular place on the main European Tour, and spent a good deal of his time on the second tier Challenge Tour. In 2004 he claimed a surprise win in the prestigious Volvo PGA Championship, which catapulted him 340 places, from 435th to 95th in the world rankings, and gave him a five-year exemption on the European Tour. He ended the season in 23rd place on the Order of Merit, and was selected as the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year. He had a consistent 2005 season, but since then he has struggled to reproduce that form, finishing well outside the top 100 on the Order of Merit each season.

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

EuroPro Tour wins (2)
1998 Hawkstone Park
1999 Frilford Heath

Jamega Pro Golf Tour wins (2)

Results in major championships

Note: Drummond never played in the Masters Tournament or the U.S. Open.

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

Team appearances
Amateur
European Boys' Team Championship (representing England): 1991
Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1992 (winners)
European Youths' Team Championship (representing England): 1994

Professional
World Cup (representing Scotland): 2004, 2005

See also
2009 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

References

External links

Scottish male golfers
European Tour golfers
1974 births
Living people
Fear or provocation of violence

Fear or provocation of violence is a statutory offence in England and Wales created under the Public Order Act 1986.

The offence is created by section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986:

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he -
(a) uses towards another person threatening behaviour, or
(b) distributes or displays to another person any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening
with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person, or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another, or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked.

(2) An offence under this section may be committed in a public or a private place, except that no offence is committed where the words or behaviour are used, or the writing, sign or other visible representation is distributed or displayed, by a person inside a dwelling and the other person is also inside that dwelling.

It replaces the offence under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936.

Mode of trial and sentence

This is a summary offence. It is punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.

Arrest
Section 4(3) of the 1986 Act formerly provided that a constable could arrest without warrant anyone he reasonably suspected was committing this offence. This was repealed by section 174 of, and Part 2 of Schedule 17 to, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

Racially aggravated offence

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37) creates a label of "racially-aggravated" in its Section 28, Meaning of “racially aggravated”.  It  describes here what is indicated by the term "racially aggravated", and describes “racial group”: "means a group of persons defined by reference to race, colour, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origins."

Section 29 deals with racially aggravated assaults, while Section 30 creates a category of "racially-aggravated criminal damage".

Section 31 Racially-aggravated public order offences creates the distinct offence of racially aggravated fear or provocation of violence.

Section 32 deals with Racially-aggravated harassment etc..

References
 Blackstones Police Manual Volume 4 General police duties, Fraser Simpson (2006). pp. 248. Oxford University Press. 

Crimes
Abary River

The Abary River (Abary Creek) is a small river in northern Guyana that drains into the Atlantic Ocean.

Historic Amerindian settlements existed at Tiger Island and Taurakuli. The upper Abary River, the site of which now lies under the reservoir created by the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary project in the 1970s.

In 1672, under an arrangement between the Commander of Essequibo and the Secretary of the Government of Berbice, it was agreed that the Abary River would be the western boundary of the Colony of Berbice.

Rice farming and cattle are the major economic activities in proximity to the river.

It is home to manatees, some of which were moved to Georgetown's National Park and Botanical Garden .

See also 

 List of rivers of Guyana
 Agriculture in Guyana
 Abary - Place in Mahaica-Berbice, Guyana

References

Rivers of Guyana
History of Guyana
Abigail Lane

Abigail Lane (born 1967) is an English artist who works in photography, wax casting, printing and sound. Lane was one of the exhibitors in the 1988 Damien Hirst-led Freeze exhibition—a mixed show of art which was significant in the development of the later-to-be YBA scene of art.

Life and work

Lane was born in Penzance, Cornwall. She studied at Bristol Polytechnic and Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Lanes work attempts to address an absence of an artist or "missing person". She uses clues and photographs as a trace or evidence to her work inviting the audience to piece together a narrative or event that has taken place. Abigail Lane's work presents a disturbing subject matter which creates an alluring effect, Tracey Emin states, "Abigail could show the contents of her fridge and it would be fantastic."

Lane exhibited in the Damien Hirst curated Freeze in 1988, with others including Gary Hume RA, Sarah Lucas and Fiona Rae RA. Karsten Schubert gave her the first solo show in 1992. One of her most well known shows was 'Skin of Teeth' hosted at The Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1995. Lane went on to have a solo show at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht in 1996.

In October 2003, with her two friends Bob Pain and Brigitte Stepputtis, Lane launched a design company in 2003 from her London based studio called "Showroom Dummies" . "Showroom Dummies" included a collection of cushions, tiles, fabrics, blankets, uniforms and wall coverings which Lane described as 'things I would want in my own house"

Exhibitions 

 Freeze, Surrey Docks, London, 1988 
 New Contemporaries, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1989
 Modern Medicine, Building One, London, 1990
 Show Hide Show, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London, 1991 
 Mat Collishaw, Angus Fairhurst, Abigail Lane, Via Farini, Milan, Italy, 1992 
 Abigail Lane: Making History Karsten Schubert, 1992
 Group show, Barbara Gladstone Gallery and Stein Gladstone Gallery, New York, 1992 
 20 Fragile Pieces. Galerie Barbara et Luigi Polla, Geneva, Switzerland, 1992  
 Skin of Teeth, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1995 
 Privacy, Documentario, Milan, Italy, 1993

See also
Young British Artists
Freeze exhibition

References

External links
Showroom Dummies
http://www.eyestorm.com/abigail-lane.html
Photo of Abigail Lane
Article on Abigail Lane
 Christies

1967 births
British conceptual artists
British contemporary artists
Women conceptual artists
English installation artists
20th-century English women artists
Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
Alumni of the University of the West of England, Bristol
Living people
People from Penzance
English contemporary artists
21st-century British women artists
20th-century English women
20th-century English people
21st-century English women
21st-century English people
21st-century English women artists
List of Cameroonians

List of famous or notable Cameroonians:

Presidents 

Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo
 Paul Biya

Prime ministers 

 Simon Achidi Achu
 Sadou Hayatou
 Ephraim Inoni
 Bello Bouba Maïgari
 Peter Mafany Musonge
 Philémon Yang

International diplomats 

 Nzo Ekangaki
 William Eteki

Businesspeople 
 Bony Dashaco
 Mireille Nemale (born 1949), fashion stylist

Kings 

 Rudolf Duala Manga Bell, King of Duala
 Ibrahim Njoya, Sultan of Bamoun
 Seidou Njimoluh Njoya, Sultan of the Bamum people

Other politicians 

 Charles Assalé
 Emmanuel Endeley
 Henry Ndifor Abi Enonchong
 John Ngu Foncha
 André-Marie Mbida
 Salomon Tandeng Muna
 John Fru Ndi
 Henri Hogbe Nlend
 Sarah Nwanak
 Zacharie Perevet

UPC nationalists 

 Osende Afana
 Félix Moumié
 Marthe Ekemeyong Moumié
 Ruben Um Nyobé
 Ernest Ouandié

Writers and journalists

Film 

 Sahndra Fon Dufe
 Agbor Gilbert Ebot
 Eriq Ebouaney
 Adela Elad
 Syndy Emade
 Epule Jeffrey
 Enah Johnscot
 Onyama Laura
 Gladys Ndonyi
 Nkanya Nkwai
 Yolande Welimoum

Musicians 

 Andy Allo
 Richard Bona
 Manu Dibango
 Henri Dikongue
 Charlotte Dipanda
 Stanley Enow
 Ko-c
 Ndedi Eyango
 Gasha
 Jovi
 Montess
 Michael Kiessou
 Magasco
 Coco Mbassi
 Ibrahim Njoya
 Kristo Numpuby
 Anne Marie Nzie
 Petit Pays
 Reniss
 Yung Swiss
 Sam Fan Thomas
 Barthélémy Toguo
 Zangalewa
 BeBe Zahara Benet

Clergy 

 Cardinal Christian Tumi
 Archbishop Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov

Sports

Soccer 

 Vincent Aboubakar
 Joseph Akongo
 Benoît Assou-Ekotto
 Sébastien Bassong
 Steve Bessong
 Samuel Eto'o 
 Yvan Eyike
 Roger Milla 
 Alex Song
 Rigobert Song
 Thomas Nkono

American football

 Roman Oben
 Ndamukong Suh

Basketball

 Alfred Aboya
 Lazare Adingono
 Joel Embiid
 Kenny Kadji (born 1988)
 Yves Mekongo Mbala
 Charles Minlend
 Luc Mbah a Moute
 Pascal Siakam

Scientists and engineers 

 Victor Anomah Ngu
 Veye Tatah, computer scientist and activist
Pelkins Ajanoh

Judges and lawyers
Ben Duala Ekoko

Mixed Martial Arts 
UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou

See also
Demographics of Cameroon

References
Clan Houston

Clan Houston is a Scottish clan. The clan did not have a chief therefore it was considered an Armigerous clan.

History

Origins of the clan
The name is territorial in origin, derived from an old barony of the name in Lanarkshire. Hugh de Padinan, who is believed to have lived in the twelfth century, was granted the lands of Kilpeter. By about the middle of the fourteenth century, these lands had become known as Huston, or Houston, Renfrewshire. Sir Finlay de Hustone appears on the Ragman Roll swearing fealty to King Edward I of England in 1296.

The castle of the de Hustones was built on the site of an ancient Cistercian abbey. The family also acquired a substantial barony near Whitburn, West Lothian, where Huston House, which was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, still stands today. Sir Patrick Hustone of that Ilk, who was probably the eleventh chief, married Agnes Campbell of Ardkinglas.

Sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
During the Anglo-Scottish Wars, Sir Peter Huston fought with the Earl of Lennox on the right wing at Battle of Flodden in 1513, where he was killed.

His son, Sir Patrick Huston of Huston, was a companion of James V of Scotland and Keeper of the Quarter Seal. He intrigued with Lord Lennox against the king, and was slain at the Battle of Linlithgow.

The next Sir Patrick, his grandson, was knighted by Mary, Queen of Scots, and accompanied her when she visited Lord Darnley in Glasgow.

The nineteenth chief was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia by Charles II in 1668. His son, Sir John, was falconer to Queen Mary and her husband, King William of Orange.

Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
The fifth Baronet was a prosperous merchant who had substantial interests in United States.  His son, who was educated in Glasgow, made his home in the southern state of Georgia in the US, and he and his brother greatly increased the family’s colonial estates.  They are reputed to have owned over eight thousand slaves when the thirteen American colonies broke from Great Britain and declared their independence.  The Hustons renounced their Scottish titles in favour of their American wealth. General Sam Houston, born in Rockbridge, VA, 1793, was a schoolteacher in Maryville Tennessee, US Senator from the State of Tennessee, ran for President of the United States, fought for the independence of Texas from Mexico, defeating Santa Ana and started the Texas Rangers.  He was the first president of the Republic of Texas and later served as Governor of the State of Texas.  Sir Robert Houston, descended from a Renfrew branch of the family, was a prominent Victorian ship owner who was created a baronet of the United Kingdom.  He is credited with developing the theory of convoys first used during the Boer War.

Twentieth century
A living member of the clan, Josh Houston, has taken up the case with the Court of the Lord Lyon to be instated as the Chief of the Houston Clan.   The Court has yet to reach a decision.

Motto
Motto: In Tempus ("In Time").

See also
 Houston, Renfrewshire
 Scottish Clan

References

External links
Archive of Myclan.com

Houston
Houston
Vichy shower

A Vichy shower, also known as an affusion shower, is a kind of shower used in spas, featuring a horizontal bar with five to seven shower heads, or holes. Large quantities of warm water are poured over a spa patron while he or she lies in a shallow wet bed, similar to a massage table, but with drainage for the water. The patron typically lies on their back first, and then is rolled onto their stomach.

The Vichy shower originated in Vichy, France, which contains natural mineral springs. These springs inspired the design of the Vichy shower.

References

Bathing
Al-Noor School

Al-Noor School, Arabic: مدرسة النور, is a co-ed gender-separated private school located in the Greenwood Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.  It is a school dedicated to the teaching of Islamic Culture and Religion, with its curriculum including Arabic, Islamic Studies, and Quran along with traditional subjects such as Math, Science, Social Studies, and English. Admission to Al Noor is based on an entrance exam, personal interview and previous school records.

The school was founded in 1995 and today serves over 650 students. The school runs from Pre-K to the 12th grade, offering Regents High School diplomas.  The first graduating class was in 2002.

School
An annual art fair is held offering prizes to students participants at each school level. The curriculum includes a wide range of AP classes offered including AP Human Geography, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP World History, AP Psychology, AP English, AP Physics, and AP Computer Science AP. The school offers a highly competitive gifted & talented enrichment based program catered towards high school juniors and seniors entering the engineering, design and architecture world in a collaborative program aimed at increasing Muslims and women in science and math fields.

The school participates in the annual MIST, Islamic School Quran Memorization, and Islamic School Spelling bee competitions in the Brooklyn area. The school offers the debate team, competitive urban design squad, math club, drama club, Girls Who Code team, and Model UN. It is a religious school.

Community involvement
The Park Slope Flea Market launched in 2009 is located in the rear of the Al-Noor School 25,000-square-foot parking lot, bringing more than 60 vendors each Saturday and Sunday to the block between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Merchandise ranging from clothing, jewelry, antiques to middle eastern food and clothing takes place starting in May through the fall. Students intern and volunteer at a multitude of organizations including, but not limited to: the Maimonides Medical Center, Methodist Hospital, Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the MET, Barclays Center, Aviator Sports Arena, Lutheran Hospital, Citibank, Chase and Wells Fargo.

References

External links
http://www.alnoornyc.org

Private high schools in Brooklyn
Private middle schools in Brooklyn
Private elementary schools in Brooklyn
Private K-12 schools in New York City
Islamic schools in New York (state)
Educational institutions established in 1995
1995 establishments in New York City
Skunk Records

Skunk Records is a Long Beach, California based record label that was founded by Michael "Miguel" Happoldt and Bradley Nowell in 1990. The label also operates a subsidiary, Cornerstone R.A.S.

The record label originally produced records for Sublime and the Ziggens. The label also produces records for Long Beach Dub Allstars, Long Beach Shortbus, and Burn Unit.

On September 16, 2009, Suburban Noize Records purchased Skunk Records and its catalog for an undisclosed sum.

Artists 
 Sublime
 Awol One
 The Beautiful Girls
 Burn Unit
 Corn Doggy Dog and the 1/2 Pound
 Das Klown
 Del Noah & the Mt. Ararat Finks
 Falling Idols
 Filibuster
 Frank Jordan
 Juice Bros.
 LAW
 Long Beach Allday
 Long Beach Dub Allstars
 Long Beach Shortbus
 Jack Maness
 Mishka
 Monsieur Leroc
 Mystic Roots Band
 Pepper
 Perro Bravo
 Philieano
 Secret Hate
 Slightly Stoopid
 Toko Tasi
 Volcano
 The Ziggens

See also 
 List of record labels

References

External links 
Slightly Stoopid interview with Jarrod Dicker
Sublime official site

American record labels
Record labels established in 1990
1990 establishments in California
Brenda Costa

Brenda Costa is a Brazilian fashion model and former swimmer. She was born on November 8, 1982, in Rio de Janeiro. Brenda Costa is 177 cm (5 feet 9.5 inches) tall. Her model career started when she was 16 years old after she was discovered in the Ipanema neighborhood by Agência Mega. She was on the cover of the April 2004 French edition of ELLE magazine. In November 2005 she appeared on an episode of Tout le monde en parle. Costa, who was born deaf, has a tattoo of an eye on the base of neck which signifies that she is on the lookout for people who mistreat her behind her back.

References

External links
 

1982 births
Living people
Brazilian female models
Models from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian deaf people
Stanton Fisher

Stanton Fisher is a financial claims firm in United Kingdom. It deals in products such as payment protection insurance (PPI), interest rate swaps and mis-sold mortgages claims.

History

Please note : Stanton Fisher is no longer managing claims.

Stanton Fisher was established in 2010 in Manchester, United Kingdom. The firm once specialised in Interest Rate Swap Claims, Mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance Claims, Mis-sold Mortgage and Investment Claims until 2019.

In 2013, Stanton Fisher assisted a large group of Britons involved in a scandal in which banks improperly sold customers tens of billions of pounds of insurance and other financial products over two decades. U.K. banks have given out £11.5 billion ($18.7 billion) to millions of customers, and have set aside another £7.3 billion for possible future payouts.

In 2014, Stanton Fisher handled around 8,000 claims against banks over mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) in Republic of Ireland. An independent study ordered by the Central Bank into Irish banks’ PPI selling activities said that banks should refund €67m to the customers. Although Stanton Fisher managing director estimated it to be around €500m.

In 2015, Stanton Fisher represented numerous women with Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) implants in UK and Ireland. The implant materials, made by French company, were used widely across the world from the mid-1990s and it emerged in 2010 that company had been using a grade of silicone intended for use in mattresses.

References

Companies based in Manchester
Mad Gab

Mad Gab is a board game involving words. At least two teams of 2–12 players have two minutes to sound out three puzzles. The puzzles are known as mondegreens and contain small words that, when put together, make a word or phrase. For example, "These If Hill Wore" when pronounced quickly sounds like "The Civil War". There are two levels, easy and hard. The faster the puzzles are answered, the more points the players score.

This game uses phonetics, which is a branch of linguistics. This game is a test for the human brain to process sounds based on simpler English-written sounds into a meaningful word or phrase. The game is designed where a person would not be able to decode the meaning of the phrase unless spoken out loud and listened; reading the phrase silently will not allow the player to decode the meaning because sounds would have to be encoded into meaningful English words.

Game versions
Bible Mad Gab, released in 2000, references the NIV, e.g. "know Ozark".

See also

 Ambiguity
 Amphibology
 Double entendre
 Eggcorn
 Folk etymology
 Holorime
 Ladle Rat Rotten Hut
 Mairzy Doats
 Malapropism
 Mondegreen
 Same-sounding phrases
 Phono-semantic matching
 Relaxed pronunciation
 Soramimi

External links
 

Board games introduced in 1996
Mattel games
Word board games