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Catteni Series

The Catteni Series (also called the Freedom Series) is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer  Anne McCaffrey. In this universe, humans are slaves of aliens, the humanoid Catteni. Woven through all four of the books are details of the relationship between Kristin Bjornsen, a former slave, and Zainal, a renegade Catteni.

The Catteni Series consists of the following books: 
Freedom's Landing (published 1995)
Freedom's Choice (1996)
Freedom's Challenge (1998)
Freedom's Ransom (2002)

Story

The initial story about the Catteni preceded the books by many years. The Thorns of Barevi first appeared in 1970 (and is included in the collection Get Off the Unicorn, 1977). A human female, Kristin Bjornsen, escapes slavery, but unlike others before her, she resourcefully evades capture for months. However, a Catteni gets injured nearby, and helping him betrays her fugitive existence. This story was modified and included as the beginning of the Freedom's Landing novel. 

In Freedom's Landing, the Catteni routinely round up human troublemakers and drop them on empty planets – if they survive, the world is suitable for their own people. Kristin is included in such a group, which is dropped on a world they name Botany (after the Australian destination for transportees, Botany Bay). Surprisingly, a Catteni noble, Zainal, is among their group - the same one Kristin helped earlier. While trying to cope with their new situation, they discover the existence of another alien race that is using the planet as a gigantic farm. Kristin is at first the only one to vouch for Zainal but he soon proves his usefulness to the rest of the improvised colony. They steal technology from the mechanisms that are used to farm the planet Botany. She and Zainal fall in love.

In Freedom's Choice, the humans begin to create a real colony, a community that can support itself. They also attempt to contact the aliens farming the planet, hoping to receive information about them, their origins, and possible help against the Catteni.  The colonists also learn that the Catteni are not the real enemies: they are being dominated and controlled by another race, the Eosi.

In Freedom's Challenge, having discovered that the Catteni are dominated by another alien species, the Eosi, the colonists lead an effort to rescue the families of some of the dissident Catteni from the Eosi-controlled world Catten and create a rebellion against the Eosi to free not only Catten, but also Earth and every other planet and colony controlled by the Eosi.

Freedom's Ransom deals with the aftermath of the rebellion. Starting on Botany, then to Earth, then to Barevi, Zainal conceives of a complex trade relationship that will benefit the humans, the Catteni, and their other alien allies. Among the things they trade are coffee and dentistry. They need the vast amount of supplies looted from Terra.

Comments
The original short story, "The Thorns of Barevi" (1970), had a rape-fantasy component that was removed when it was reworked into the first novel, Freedom's Landing. McCaffrey wrote:

References

External links

Science fiction book series
Australian Wine Research Institute

The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) is a research institute with a focus on Australian wine, based in Adelaide, South Australia.

Location
It is based at the Wine Innovation Cluster, situated in the Waite Research Precinct, in the Adelaide suburb of Urrbrae, South Australia.

History
The institute was established in 1955 at the Waite campus of the University of Adelaide. It is funded by grape growers and wineries. Its first scientific chief was John Fornachon. An early researcher was Bryce Rankine, who later taught at the Roseworthy College, an oenology institution. The primary aim of the institute in the 1950s was to create good Australian table wines as opposed to traditional fortified wines. 

Research done by the institute has looked at "oxidation, hazes and deposits caused by trace amounts of iron and copper, and the need for better yeast strains, more effective use of sulphur dioxide, and pH control" as well as "research into new grape varieties".

See also

Australian and New Zealand Wine Industry Journal
Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology
National Wine Centre of Australia
Australian Grape and Wine Authority

References

External links
 

1955 establishments in Australia
Wine industry organizations
Alcohol industry trade associations
University of Adelaide
Australian food and drink organizations
Food science institutes
Research and development in Australia
Boulevard Saint-Raymond

Boulevard Saint-Raymond is a major boulevard located in Gatineau, Quebec. It starts at Boulevard Saint-Joseph and ends at Boulevard Alexandre-Tache just west of the limits between the Hull and Aylmer sectors. Before 2003, it ended at Chemin Pink but since then it includes the former section of Chemin de la Montagne Sud.

Chemin de la Montagne also used to have a northern section which started from Chemin Pink and ended in Luskville in the Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais region. In the past, it also used to run all the way to the Casino du Lac-Leamy before it was renamed Boulevard du Casino east of Saint-Joseph.

Eastern section
The eastern section passes between two residential areas and is often very crowded (if not overcrowded), especially in the rush hours, where long lineups can be seen as motorists head towards Autoroute 5 (also caused by the lack of adequate access to Autoroute 50. There is also heavy volume near Cite-des-Jeunes Boulevard and it is sometimes congested due to the increasing amount of traffic heading towards Le Plateau.

There have also been complaints of speeding during the night as numerous motorists are traveling at very high speed in that stretch due to a hill.

Southern Section
After passing Boulevard de la Cite-des-Jeunes, it becomes a four-lane divided road (near freeway status) crossing Gatineau Park.

Its southern section is also very busy as it connects with the growing community of Plateau de la Capitale (which is also home to numerous big-box and department stores as well as a movie theatre) and also Boulevard des Allumettières (formerly Boulevard de l'Outaouais) a major freeway. Traffic is especially heavy during the weekend due to shoppers heading towards the commercial district on Boulevard du Plateau.

Meanwhile, there is construction currently underway on the boulevard. Boulevard des Allumetières, which will run under the Saint-Raymond overpass will be extended westwards to connect to Boulevard Saint-Laurent (which its segment was renamed des Allumettières after the completion of the project) and the downtown area in 2007. The current intersection with the freeway is part of an interchange that will be completed with the other portion to be at the intersection of Boulevard du Plateau.

Neighbourhoods
 Manoir des Trembles
 Le Plateau
 Parc de la Montagne
 Lac des Fees

See also

List of Gatineau roads

Saint-Raymond
6DJ8

The 6DJ8 is a miniature nine-pin medium gain dual triode vacuum tube. It is distinguished by its very high transconductance, mostly the result of its frame grid construction. Versions of the tube are named ECC88, E88CC, 6922, E188CC, CV4108, 7308, 6N1P and 6N23P.

Origins  

The tube was developed by Philips in the Netherlands under European designation ECC88. The series-string version 7DJ8 / PCC88 was also introduced at the same time. The 6DJ8 was designed for use as a low-noise amplifier in VHF and UHF TV tuners, an improved successor to the usual 6BK7, but due to its high gain it was heavily used in high-end test equipment, for example, most high-quality oscilloscopes from the 1950s to the 1960s utilize a number of 6DJ8 tubes.

Audio 

Although not originally designed for the purpose, it became popular in hi-fi audio amplifiers. European-produced version of the tube is designated ECC88. An industrial (improved/higher ratings) version of the tube was designated 6922 / E88CC between 1959 and 1961. Siemens introduced their own super ECC88 / 6DJ8 at the same time under CCa type. New Old Stock (NOS) 6DJ8s and ECC88s produced in the past by major American or West European vacuum tube manufacturers (such as Philips or Amperex) remain extremely popular with and highly sought by audiophiles. A version (direct equivalent) of this tube was also produced in the Soviet Union as 6N23P (Russian: 6Н23П).

 the tube was being produced in three versions in Eastern Europe - Slovakia by JJ Electronic (ex-Tesla), and in Russia: 6DJ8 for Sovtek and 6922 for Electro-Harmonix.

See also 
6N23P (Direct equivalent)
6N1P (Not a direct equivalent)
6N3P (Not a direct equivalent)
List of vacuum tubes

References 
 - 6DJ8 tube data at DuncanAmps.

External links
 Reviews of 6DJ8/ECC88 tubes.

Vacuum tubes

ru:Двойные триоды
Biltmore Theater

The  Biltmore Theater may refer to:
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in Manhattan, Broadway theatre formerly known as the Biltmore Theater
Biltmore Theater, Los Angeles, a former theatre associated with the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel; open from 1924 through 1967
Sayuri Yamauchi

, also known by the stage name , was a Japanese voice actress. Yamauchi voiced Itchy and Maude Flanders on the Japanese dub of The Simpsons. Sayuri was formerly affiliated with Kyu Production and affiliated with Aigumi at the time of her death. On March 6, 2012, Yamauchi died of cancer and was 55 years old at the time of her death.

Voice roles

Anime
The Big O: Vera Ronstadt
The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn: Hikaru Kosaka
Crayon Shin-chan: Nanako Ohara, Lulu Lu Lulu
Cyborg 009: 0012
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: Satella
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar: Primada, Ikumi Kaidou, Ai Amami (Mamoru's mom)
Saint of Braves Baan Gaan: Astral
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz: Lady Une
Outlaw Star: "Twilight" Suzuka
Samurai Champloo: Osuzu
Shaman King: Maya
Shamanic Princess: Tiara

Dubbing

Live-action
A.I. Artificial Intelligence: Monica Swinton (Frances O'Connor)
Erin Brockovich: Donna Jensen (Marg Helgenberger)
The Long Kiss Goodnight: Trin (Melina Kanakaredes)
Love, Honour and Obey: Sadie (Sadie Frost)
The Matrix: Switch (Belinda McClory)
Mission: Impossible: Claire Phelps (Emmanuelle Béart)
Pecker: Precinct Captain (Mink Stole)
The Sea Inside: Rosa (Lola Dueñas)
Suspiria (1998 DVD edition): Miss Tanner (Alida Valli)
Twin Peaks: Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn)

Animation
The Simpsons: Itchy; Maude Flanders

References

External links
 
Aigumi

1956 births
2012 deaths
Japanese video game actresses
Japanese voice actresses
Voice actresses from Tokyo
Deaths from cancer in Japan
Jonathan Kerner

Jonathan Kerner (born June 6, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. After graduating from St. Pius X Catholic High School, the 6'11" center attended East Carolina University and Florida State University. He played one game for the NBA's Orlando Magic in 1999 while also appearing in the EuroLeague with CSKA Moscow in 2001. He signed with the New York Knicks in October 2000 and originally made the 15 man roster. After spending the first month on the injury list, he was waived on 27 November to make room for recently injured Charlie Ward.

References

External links
NBA statistics at basketball-reference.com
EuroLeage statistics at euroleague.net

1974 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Japan
American expatriate basketball people in Russia
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Atlanta
Centers (basketball)
Columbus Riverdragons players
East Carolina Pirates men's basketball players
Florida State Seminoles men's basketball players
Greenville Groove players
Orlando Magic players
PBC CSKA Moscow players
Quad City Thunder players
Rockford Lightning players
Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) players
Sun Rockers Shibuya players
Undrafted National Basketball Association players
LeTourneau L-2350

The  P&H L-2350 Wheel Loader (formerly the L-2350 loader) is a loader used for surface mining. It is manufactured by Komatsu Limited. It holds the Guinness World Record for Biggest Earth Mover. Designed to center-load haul trucks with capacities of up to , the L-2350 provides an operating payload of , a  lift height, and an  reach.

History
The L-2350 was originally manufactured by LeTourneau Inc., LeTourneau Inc. was acquired by Marathon in 1972, Rowan Companies in 1986, and Joy Global in 2011.

Joy Global renamed the equipment as the P&H L-2350.

Specifications
 Operational weight 
 Power 
 Engine 16 Cylinder 65 Litre Detroit Diesel 4-cycle Turbocharged Aftercooler Engine or 16 cylinder 60 Litre Cummins Diesel 4-cycle Turbocharged Aftercooler Engine of 
 Hydraulic lifting payload 
 Standard Bucket 
 Fuel Tank  
 Hydraulic Oil 
 Tyres 70/70-57 SRG DT (diameter 4 m, width 1.78 m) [d=13.12 ft & w=5.84 ft]

 Cost $1.5M (2012)

See also
Diesel-electric transmission

References

Engineering vehicles
Wheeled vehicles
Boulevard du Plateau

Boulevard du Plateau is a collector roadway located in Gatineau, Quebec, beside Route 148. 

This road starts at Chemin Vanier in Aylmer and ends at Boulevard Saint-Raymond and Route 148.

It is home to the new D'Arcy McGee English high school, which recently moved from its former location near the Hull Hospital, several kilometres away. 

This roadway, which was fairly quiet until the mid-1990s, became very busy after 2000, when the community began to grow rapidly. The increasing number of residents, was one of the reasons that retail and commercial development has exploded, similar to the likes of Barrhaven's Marketplace district as well as the Kanata Centrum and the Holy Trinity/Avalon district of Orleans.  

Since the late 1990s, Loblaws, SuperC, Reitmans, Moores, Wal-Mart Canada, Rona and Bureau en Gros stores have been built in rapid succession, A large 16-theatre movie complex, known as StarCité Hull, was also built, the largest of its kind in Gatineau.

Local residents have expressed concerns about the growing number of superstores in the area and have asked the city to slow the expansion of the commercial district, as traffic has been getting increasingly congested during shopping hours. However, there is still ample open space left for development that allows for more stores in the future since the road has been completed. In addition, the nearby Boulevard des Allumettières (formerly Boulevard de l'Outaouais), also known as the Highway 50/148 extension, gives eastern residents of the city much faster and easier access to the big-box stores in the area which would add to traffic congestion. Boulevard des Grives has been extended to the 148 to help reduce congestion.

As of 2006, community has entered the Aylmer sector, and its population is expected to approach the 15,000-20,000 range.

See also

 List of Gatineau roads

Streets in Gatineau
Boulevards
Rick Hayward (ice hockey)

Ricky Douglas "Hazy" Hayward (born February 25, 1966) is an American former ice hockey player. He played 4 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 1990–91 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1986 to 2001, was mainly spent in the minor leagues.

Early life 
Hayward was born in Toledo, Ohio. As a youth, he played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Detroit.

Career 
Hayward was drafted 162nd overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft and played four games for the Los Angeles Kings during the 1990–91 NHL season, scoring no points and collecting five penalty minutes. After leaving the NHL, Hayward played for the Phoenix Roadrunners, Capital District Islanders, Moncton Hawks, Cincinnati Cyclones, and Cleveland Lumberjacks. Internationally, he played for Löwen Frankfurt in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. His final season was spent with the Alaska Aces.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

External links
 

1966 births
Living people
American men's ice hockey defensemen
Anchorage Aces players
Capital District Islanders players
Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) players
Cleveland Lumberjacks players
Frankfurt Lions players
Hull Olympiques players
Ice hockey players from Ohio
Los Angeles Kings players
Moncton Hawks players
Montreal Canadiens draft picks
Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players
Quebec Rafales players
Saginaw Hawks players
Sherbrooke Canadiens players
Salt Lake Golden Eagles (IHL) players
Sportspeople from Toledo, Ohio
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks players
Aidan Girt

Aidan Girt is a Canadian drummer for the Montreal-based post-rock collectives Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Exhaust. He is also a solo electronic artist under the names OSB, 1-Speed Bike, and Bottleskup Flenkenkenmike and continues to record (with others) in Some Became Hollow Tubes.

Career
In 1994, Girt co-founded Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
 
Girt, along with Gordon Krieger and Mike Zabitsky, formed the group Exhaust; they performed in Montreal for a short time and released a single in 1996. In 1998, the three released a self-titled album and, in 2001, a studio album, Enregistreur.

Girt played drums as a guest musician on the debut album of A Silver Mt. Zion in 2000.

As 1-Speed Bike, Girt released a number of solo albums and EPs, including El Gallito in 2004

In 2019 Girt began releasing music as a duo with guitarist Eric Quach under the name Some Became Hollow Tubes.

Discography

Godspeed You! Black Emperor
F♯A♯∞ (Constellation Records, 1997)
Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada (Constellation Records, 1999)
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (Constellation Records, 2000)
Yanqui U.X.O. (Constellation Records, 2002)
'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (Constellation Records, 2012)
Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress (Constellation Records, 2015)
 "Luciferian Towers" (Constellation Records, 2017)
G_d's Pee at State's End! (Constellation Records, 2021)

Exhaust
230596 7" cassette (self-released, 1996)
Exhaust (Constellation Records, 1998)
Enregistreur (Constellation Records, 2002)
Grenadilla Splinters (self-released, 2011)

A Silver Mt. Zion
He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms... (Constellation Records, 2000)

1-Speed Bike
Droopy Butt Begone! (Constellation Records, 2000)
I'm a Pretzel on a Stealth Mission to Kill the President (Broklyn Beats, 2002)
Limp Penis (self-released, 2003)
El Gallito (Broklyn Beats, 2004)
Klootzak Keizer (Broklyn Beats, 2005)
Someone Told Me Life Gets Easier in Your 50s (Broklyn Beats, 2005)
A Swimmer in the Ocean Is Not Afraid of the Rain (Bully Records, 2006)
Pashto Translator Needed (self-released, 2010)
This Country is Torture (Bad Panda Records, 2011)
Robbery (self-released, 2013)

Bottleskup Flenkenkenmike
Untitled 12" (Toolbox, 2002)
Looks Like Velvet, Smells Like Pee (Broklyn Beats, 2002)

Some Became Hollow Tubes
In 1988 I Thought This Shit Would Never Change (self-released, 2019)
Keep it in the Ground (Gizeh Records, 2019)

References

External links
1-Speed Bike on MySpace
1-Speed Bike on Bandcamp
1-Speed Bike on Constellation Records
Some Became Hollow Tubes on Bandcamp

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Canadian male drummers
Canadian electronic musicians
Godspeed You! Black Emperor members
Musicians from Montreal
Constellation Records (Canada) artists
Machi

is an administrative unit in Japan, often referred to in English as town. In Japanese and other languages, it may also refer to:

Places
Machi, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
Maji, Ethiopia, a city in southwestern Ethiopia
Machi, Manipur, India
Machi, Mardan, Pakistan

Mythology and religious tradition

Machi (biblical figure), a minor Biblical figure appearing in Numbers 13:15
Machi (shaman), the shaman of the Mapuche indigenous culture

Popular culture

Machi (hip hop group), a Taiwanese hip-hop group
Machi Esports, a professional multi-gaming organization founded by the hip hop group
Machi (Hunter × Hunter), a character from the manga series Hunter × Hunter
Machi (video game), a 1998 video game
"Machi", a song by Borgeous and Ryos
Machi (film), a 2004 Tamil action film

Other uses
Machi (name), a given name and surname (including a list of people with the name)
Machiyar, also known as Machi, a Muslim community in Gujarat, India
Machi Koro, a Japanese tabletop city-building game

See also

Malachi
 Mach 1 (disambiguation) (including Mach-I)
Alan Strange

Alan Cochrane Strange (November 7, 1906 – June 27, 1994) was an American professional baseball player and manager. A shortstop, he appeared in 314 Major League Baseball games during all or parts of five seasons (1934–35; 1940–42) with the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators. He was born in Philadelphia, and attended Northeast High School, alma mater of fellow big leaguers Benny Culp, Bill Hoffman, Bert Kuczynski, Jesse Levis and Eddie Stanky. He also attended Penn State University.

As a baseball player, he threw and batted right-handed, and was  tall and weighed  .  After five full seasons in the minor leagues, Strange made his Major League debut on April 17, 1934, at the age of 27 as a member of the Browns.

Strange would go on to hit .223 during a big-league career spent mostly with the Browns, although he did spend 20 games in 1935 with the Senators. He hit his lone Major League home run on September 2, 1934, against Phil Gallivan of the Chicago White Sox at Sportsman's Park. In the field, Strange had a .960 career fielding percentage.

Strange played his final MLB game on August 16, 1942, and served in the United States Army during World War II. Much of his minor league career occurred in the top-level Pacific Coast League for the Hollywood Stars, Seattle Rainiers and Portland Beavers. He managed the Rainiers for the final half of the 1959 PCL season.

On June 27, 1994, Strange died in Seattle, Washington. He is buried there at Calvary Cemetery.

Major transactions 
On December 14, 1933, Strange was sent from Hollywood of the PCL to the Browns for Jim Levey and Wally Hebert.
On June 29, 1935, the Browns sent Strange to the Senators for Lyn Lary.
On October 3, 1939, the Browns drafted Strange back from a PCL team in the Rule 5 draft.

Other facts 
Strange did not play any major league baseball in 1936, '37, '38 or '39.
Strange got his nickname "Inky" because he worked as a printer in the off-season.
Strange was a teammate of Harlond Clift for five years-longer than any other teammate.
As the Phillies' batboy, Strange saved a bat broken by Rogers Hornsby as a memento. In 1934, as manager of the Browns, Hornsby installed Strange as his shortstop.
Strange wore three numbers in his career. From 1934 to 1935 with the Browns, he wore 1. In the 20 games he spent with the Senators in 1935, he wore 28. During his tenure with the Browns from 1940-'42, he wore 2.

External links

Baseball Library

1906 births
1994 deaths
Albany Senators players
Baseball players from Philadelphia
Durham Bulls players
Hollywood Stars players
Major League Baseball shortstops
Minor league baseball managers
Penn State Nittany Lions baseball players
Pennsylvania State University alumni
Portland Beavers players
St. Louis Browns players
Seattle Indians players
Seattle Rainiers players
Spokane Indians managers
Washington Senators (1901–1960) players
United States Army personnel of World War II
Baseball players from Seattle
Bremerton Bluejackets players
Mohave and Milltown Railway

The Mohave and Milltown Railway was a  narrow gauge private railroad built in 1903 to serve the Leland Gold Mine near Oatman, Arizona, US.  The railway was incorporated in 1903 and construction of the  line was completed that same year.  The railway started on the Arizona side of the Colorado River, across the stateline from Needles, California.  From the Colorado River the railway went northeast through Milltown and terminated at the Leland Mine, Vivian Mine and the Midnight Mine (near Oatman).

The railway hauled ore from the mines near Oatman to the mill at Milltown.

The railway was operating for only one year when several washouts in September and October 1904 damaged six miles (10 km) of the railway and led to its abandonment.  The rails were removed in 1912, the same year that Arizona became a state.

Mohave and Milltown Railroad Trails
Seven miles of the abandoned railway grade are preserved by the Bureau of Land Management as the Mohave and Milltown Railroad Trails.

Historical timeline
 March 16, 1903 – Incorporated
 June 27, 1903 – Materials for railway construction arrive by ferry boat from Needles.
 July 8, 1903 – Grading commences
 September 1, 1903 – Laying rails
 September 30, 1903 – Construction completed
 September/October 1904 – Track damaged by washouts and line abandoned
 1912 – Track was removed

Motive Power
There were four engines that worked the line:
 No. 1 was a Porter (s/n 2970)  built in December 1903.
 The second engine was also a Porter-built  engine (s/n 962), from the former Waterloo Mining Railroad at Calico.
 A  tender engine from the Chateaugray Ore & Iron Works was also used on the line. After the M&M was shut down, the engine was left stranded when part of the line was washed out near U.S. Highway 66 and was left there to serve as a reminder of the old railroad to the hikers that walked around there, but no photographs have been taken of it there. It was recently dumped into the Mojave River near Needles to be used as an embankment against flood erosion.
 A fourth engine came from the Los Angeles & Redondo Railroad, in the form of a Porter  locomotive (s/n 908).

See also
 List of defunct Arizona railroads

References

External links 
 Trail information from the Kingman Field Office, Bureau of Land Management

Defunct Arizona railroads
Mining railways in the United States
Mining in Arizona
History of the Mojave Desert region
History of Mohave County, Arizona
3 ft gauge railways in the United States
Narrow gauge railroads in Arizona
Gold mining in the United States
Performink

PerformInk is a Chicago theater and entertainment industry website, which began in 1989 as a bi-weekly newspaper. It included show openings and reviews, audition listings, and industry and union news for Chicago actors, directors, dancers, designers, and other entertainment professionals.

History
PerformInk started a bi-weekly trade paper for the theatre and film industries as a quarterly newsletter in 1987 in the back of Act I Bookstore. Sometime in 1989, the owner of the bookstore, Rick Levine, started printing on a bi-weekly basis and on newsprint. Carrie Kaufman was hired in June 1990 as a typist for 10 hours a week. By the end of 1990, Levine presented Carrie with the ultimatum of either making the paper profitable by the end of 1991 or closing the presses on it. It didn't make a profit that year, but it did almost triple its revenues and by the end of 1991, they were negotiating a purchase. In February 1992, PerformInk, Inc., headed by Kaufman, was created. On June 19, 2009, PerformInk published its final print edition as it switched to an all-online format. By November 2011, PerformInk published its last web update. On March 23, 2016, the website re-launched under the new ownership of Lotus Theatricals LLC, headed by Chicago theater professionals Jason Epperson and Abigail Trabue when Kaufman transferred the publications rights to them.

Contents of newspaper
Performink provided a wide range of news and information for professionals in the Chicago theatre industry. Theatre news, theatre business and Chicago industry personalities were just a few of the areas covered and discussed in each issue. Subjects affecting the careers of not only Chicago performers, but also directors, producers, designers, filmmakers and dancers were always PerformInk's focus.

There were regular columns discussing specific facets of business for theater professionals. These columns include "Money and Taxes", which looked at tax and financial matters unique to the business of performing, by Greg Mermel, CPA; "Comedy Bites," which looked at the improv industry in Chicago; and "Out Takes," a behind the scenes look at independent film in Chicago. PerformInk was one of the primary sources for actors to get information regarding auditions. The print edition of PerformInk had a readership of over 12,000, about half of which were subscribers.

PerformInk also printed "The Book: An Actor's Guide to Chicago." The Book contained information about the business of living as an actor in Chicago, in addition to acting as a directory of services and products for industry professionals.

References

External links
http://www.performink.com

Biweekly newspapers published in the United States
Newspapers published in Chicago
Newspapers established in 1992
Publications disestablished in 2011
Theatre in Chicago
Newspapers published in Illinois
Earls Court Kangaroos

The Earls Court Kangaroos were an Australian rules football team based in London, England.

History
The Earls Court Kangaroos were formed as a foundation club of the British Australian Rules Football League in 1990.Captained by ex St.Kilda player Chris Stone  They changed their name to the Esher Kangaroos for the 1992 season, then to the Firkin Roos for the 1996–97 seasons, then folded after the 1997 season.

They appeared in the inaugural Grand Final in 1990 and were defeated by the Wandsworth Demons. They returned to the next Grand Final in 1991 and defeated the Wandsworth Demons by the biggest winning margin in the history of BARFL Grand Finals.

This was probably the highlight of the Roos existence, although former players attempted to get the club back on a sound footing, managed mainly under the guidance of Craig 'Howie' Howard. After the semi-final defeat in 1997, Howard decided he couldn't carry on with the clubs and decided to leave for Canada, where he helped coach an AFL club there.

See also

References

External links

Australian rules football clubs in London
1990 establishments in England
Australian rules football clubs established in 1990
1997 disestablishments in England
Australian rules football clubs disestablished in 1997
Earls Court
Vermont Route 155

Vermont Route 155 (VT 155) is a  north–south state highway in central Vermont, United States. It runs from VT 100 in Weston in the south to VT 103 in East Wallingford in the north. Much of the highway goes through the Green Mountain National Forest.

VT 155 was part of VT 8 until May 1961, when the section between Weston and Wallingford was re-designated.

Route description 

VT 155 begins at an intersection with VT 100 in the Windsor County town of Weston. Running along the eastern edge of Green Mountain National Forest, VT 155 runs northwest along the West River. A two-lane mountain road, the route runs straight into the forest, making a junction with the dead-ending Forest Highway 299 (FFH 299). At FFH–299, VT 155 turns northeast and crosses into Rutland County. Now in the town of Mount Holly, the route continues along the forest border, turning northwest as Weston Road.

VT 155 winds along the border northwestward for several miles, paralleling the nearby Mill River. Bypassing the hamlet of Belmont, the route runs up the forest line, turning more towards the north. Before the junction with Fowler Brook Road, VT 155 turns northwest again, crossing railroad tracks and into the town of Wallingford. Now in the hamlet of East Wallingford, VT 155 reaches the Hubbardton River and a junction with VT 140. At this junction, VT 155 and VT 140 become concurrent for  through East Wallingford.  

At the junction with Village Street, VT 155 turns off of VT 140, running north for one block into a junction with VT 103. This junction marks the northern terminus of VT 155.

Major intersections

References

External links

155
Transportation in Rutland County, Vermont
Transportation in Windsor County, Vermont
London Gryphons

London Gryphons is a Canadian women's soccer team, founded in 2004. The team is a member of the USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada.  The team plays its home games at North London Stadium in the city of London, Ontario. The club's colours are navy blue, white and red.

For 2010 season the team played in the Midwest Division of the Central Conference. For 2011 season, London Gryphons returns in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference and play against teams from Laval, Hamilton, Quebec, Ottawa, Rochester and Toronto.

Players
The following former players have played at the senior international and/or professional level:
 Sylvia Gee

Year-by-year
See also:  2004 season
See also:  2005 season
See also:  2006 season
See also:  2007 season
See also:  2008 season
See also:  2009 season
See also:  2010 season
See also:  2011 season

External links
Official web site of London Gryphons
London Gryphons on USL Soccer Site

Sports clubs and teams in London, Ontario
Women's soccer clubs in Canada
Soccer clubs in Ontario
United Soccer League teams based in Canada
USL W-League (1995–2015) teams
2004 establishments in Ontario
Vossa Senhoria

Vossa Senhoria, a monthly newspaper first published in 1935 in Brazil, measures 1.4 in. x 1 in. (3.5 cm x 2.5 cm), making it the world's smallest newspaper in terms of size. Each issue has up to 16 pages, and includes photographs, illustrations and advertising space.

The publisher Leônidas Schwindt "saw the small size as a solution for creating a quality low-cost newspaper."

References

1935 establishments in Brazil
Newspapers published in Brazil
Monthly newspapers
Portuguese-language newspapers
Newspapers established in 1935
Spencer Museum of Art

The Spencer Museum of Art is an art museum operated by the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, United States.

History
In 1917, the Kansas City art collector Sallie Casey Thayer donated her collection of over seven thousand works of art, primarily from Asia and Europe to the University of Kansas to form a museum in order to encourage the study of fine arts in the Midwestern United States. In 1928, the school established the University of Kansas Museum of Art, with Thayer's collection as the basis, within Spooner Hall. By the 1960s, under the directorship of Marilyn Stokstad, the Museum of Art outgrew the space.

In 1978, Helen Foresman Spencer, another female Kansas City collector, made a substantial gift to fund the construction of a new space, under the directorship of Charles C. Eldredge. The new building was designed by the architect and Class of 1926 alum Robert E. Jenks in the Neoclassical style from Indiana limestone. The museum was renamed in honor of Helen to the Spencer Museum of Art. From 1976 to 1983, Elizabeth Broun served as Curator of Prints and Drawings, as well as a stint as Acting Director from 1982 to 1983, succeeding Eldredge. Since then, the museum has only been led by three individuals: Jay Gates, Andrea Norris, and Saralyn Reece Hardy.

In 2007, the Spencer Museum of Art grew when over nine thousand objects from the former University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology were transferred to its possession. The collection included a wide variety of global cultural materials, with emphasis on Native American materials.

In 2016, the Spencer Museum of Art completed the first phase of a major renovation project, led by the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. In addition to transforming over 30,000 square feet of the space, the Stephen H. Goddard Study Center and the Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning were both added. In that same year, the museum received a grant totaling over $450,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support interdisciplinary research. Three years later, an additional $650,000 was awarded.

Collection
The Spencer Museum of Art houses over 47,000 objects in a variety of media. In particular, the collection broadly covers American and European art from ancient to contemporary times, as well as Asian art from various periods.

Directors
 Marilyn Stokstad (1961–1968)
 Charles C. Eldredge (1971–1982)
 Elizabeth Broun (1982–1983)
 Jay Gates (1983–1987)
 Andrea Norris (1988–2004)
 Saralyn Reece Hardy (2005–present)

Gallery

References

External links
Official website
Virtual tour of the Spencer Museum of Art provided by Google Arts & Culture

1928 establishments in Kansas
Art museums established in 1928
Art museums and galleries in Kansas
Museums in Douglas County, Kansas
Tourist attractions in Lawrence, Kansas
University museums in Kansas
University of Kansas campus
Lawrence, Kansas
Aguada de Pasajeros

Aguada de Pasajeros () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba.

Geography
The municipality is divided into the town of Aguada and the villages of Carreño, Real Campiña, Covadonga and Perseverancia. Yaguaramas, now  part of Abreus municipality, was part of it until the 1977 administrative reform.

Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of Aguada de Pasajeros had a population of 31,687. With a total area of , it has a population density of .

Transport
The town is served by the A1 motorway and counts a train station on a line linking Havana to Cienfuegos.

See also
Municipalities of Cuba
List of cities in Cuba

References

External links

Populated places in Cienfuegos Province
The Hillz

The Hillz is a 2004 film written and directed by Saran Barnun and starring Rene Heger, Jesse Woodrow, and Paris Hilton. It centers around four kids from Beverly Hills who form a ruthless gang. The entire film features Steve's (Woodrow) feeble attempts to obtain Heather Smith (Hilton) as his girlfriend, and a ruthless rebel child with some clear psychological disorders named Duff and his friend T trying to earn respect in their gang.

Plot
The film follows the experiences of a promising athlete named Steve and his friends who live in a small southern California town. Steve's three friends, Duff, Seb, and T, all come from wealthy families and spend most of their time getting high, drinking at parties, and harassing Ahkmed, a convenience store clerk. After finding a gun in a girl's house, Duff starts violently pursuing a life of crime with T, the loudmouthed instigator with a Napoleon complex, at his side.

After Duff kills a kid who volunteers at the police department, the story fades away and we come back to find Steve returning home from college a year later just after being successful in college baseball.  Steve came back to get his dream girl, Heather Smith, who told him that if he made it as a baseball player she would consider dating him.  Steve runs into Duff's gang. Things spiral out of control for Steve as we learn that Duff and T have become submerged in what they think is one of the hardest gangs ever.  In fact, shortly after Steve joins up with Duff and T, he witnesses them kill a man in broad daylight in the middle of the street over $80.

As the story unfolds, it is clear that Heather is being used and abused by her new boyfriend Todd, whom she is reluctant to leave for Steve. Later Steve convinces Seb, who broke his ties with Duff's crew, to come out and party with Duff and the old gang for a night. T insults two Korean men by calling them Gooks, who then fire an Uzi into Duff's car, killing Seb. Duff and T were later sold out to a crooked undercover cop and the older brother of the man who was previously shot over $80. They killed T and then a narcotics officer, and his team busted the door down and were all killed.

The end of the movie has Steve and Duff driving along the street when a couple of young kids throw something at Duff's car causing the two get to out of the car and chase after them.  As they get near the kids, one of them turns, pulls a gun, and shoots Duff and Steve, killing them both.

External links
 
 Humorous review by Somethingawful.com

2004 films
2004 crime drama films
American crime drama films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
Elaine Davidson

Elaine Davidson is a Brazilian-Scottish former nurse, based in Edinburgh who Guinness World Records has certified as the "Most Pierced Woman".

When examined by a Guinness World Record official in May 2000, Davidson had 462 piercings, with 192 in her face alone. By 9 August 2001 when she was re-examined she was found to have 720 piercings. Performing at the Edinburgh Festival in 2005, The Guardian reported that she now had 3,950 body piercings. As of 2003, she had more piercings in her genitalia than in any other part of the body – 500 in all, externally and internally. The total weight of her internal piercings is estimated to be about 3 kilograms. As of February 2009 her piercings totaled 6,005. In a 2023 interview on ITV's This Morning with Dermot O'Leary and Alison Hammond, Elaine shared her goal to one day reach 20,000 piercings in total.

See also
Body modification

References

External links

 Elaine Davidson - Guinness World Record Holder
 Elaine Davidson on Govan Folk

Body piercing
Brazilian nurses
Brazilian emigrants to Scotland
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century births
British women nurses
Robert Hemenway

Robert Emery Hemenway (August 10, 1941 – July 31, 2015) was the 16th chancellor of the University of Kansas (KU).

Biography
Hemenway was born on August 10, 1941, in Nebraska. He arrived at KU in 1995 as the successor to interim chancellor Del Shankel. Prior to his tenure at KU, Hemenway served as chancellor of the University of Kentucky from 1989 to 1995 and Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma from 1986 to 1989. Hemenway was succeeded as chancellor by Bernadette Gray-Little.

In addition to his duties as chancellor, Hemenway served as Chair of the 18-member NCAA Division I board of directors from 2002 to 2005 and as a member of the board of directors of the American Council on Education. Starting in 2002, Hemenway served on the board of directors of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.

Upon his arrival at KU, Hemenway prioritized making KU a Top 25 academic institution in America, which he continued at an even greater pace in more recent years. In 2007, KU ranked 88th  according to the U.S. News & World Report ranking of all national universities (public and private). During Hemenway's tenure, KU ranked as high as 30th (1998) in the U.S. News & World Report ranking of public universities and was ranked 45th in 2005. KU ranks 3rd among public colleges and universities for the number of Academic All-Americans since 1990. Hemenway also made research a pillar of KU, especially in medical fields, and, in 2006, made a commitment to cancer research through the designation of the KU Cancer Center.

On December 8, 2008, Hemenway announced that he would step down from the chancellor position on June 30, 2009, after serving 14 years in the position. He announced that he would be transitioning to the role of faculty member after taking a sabbatical during the 2009–10 academic year, to write a book on intercollegiate athletics and American values. Hemenway was replaced by Bernadette Gray-Little.

Hemenway died on July 31, 2015, from complications of Parkinson's disease.

Education
Hastings (Neb.) High School (1959)
University of Nebraska at Omaha (1963), B.A. with Honors, English
Kent State University (1966) Ph.D., English.

Teaching and scholarship
Authored "Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography", about the Harlem Renaissance author, which was named one of the New York Times' Best Books of 1978.
In addition to serving as chancellor, Hemenway taught English.
Professor of English at the University of Kentucky and the University of Wyoming

Trivia
Nicknames: Chancellor Bob (referred to himself as this at 2006 commencement ); Uncle Bob (sometimes used by students)
Married Leah Renee Hattemer on December 19, 1981.

References

Chancellors of the University of Kansas
Kent State University alumni
University of Kentucky faculty
University of Nebraska Omaha alumni
University of Oklahoma faculty
2015 deaths
1941 births
Place of birth missing
Isabelle Demongeot

Isabelle Demongeot (born 18 September 1966) is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional on 1 May 1983.  She lived in Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera in the early stages of her career and later settled nearby in Gassin.

Demongeot won her only WTA Tour singles title in Purchase in New York state in 1991. She achieved her best Grand Slam singles performance by reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon in 1986. She won a total of nine WTA Tour doubles titles. Her best Grand Slam doubles performance was reaching the French Open quarter-finals with Nathalie Tauziat of France in 1987 and 1992. She also represented her country from 1985 to 1993 in the Federation/Fed Cup and in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games. She retired from the WTA Tour in 1996.

In her 2007 book, Service volé, she accused her coach, Régis de Camaret, of rape and sexual abuse. She would later be joined by several former pupils who made similar allegations. Although her own case was time-barred, she acted as a witness in the 2012 trial of de Camaret for offences against two young players. The 70-year-old coach was sentenced to eight years in prison, increased to ten years on appeal in 2014.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 1 (1–0)

Doubles 13 (9–4)

ITF finals

Singles (4-4)

Doubles (4-4)

References

External links
 
 
 

1966 births
Living people
French female tennis players
Olympic tennis players for France
Sportspeople from Var (department)
Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
Happenstance (film)

Happenstance is a 2000 French film directed by Laurent Firode and starring Audrey Tautou and Faudel. The film is also known as The Beating of the Butterfly's Wings, a literal translation of its original French title, Le battement d'ailes du papillon.  The title references the butterfly effect from chaos theory which is quoted at greater length by one of the characters in the film.

Synopsis

Audrey Tautou plays shop assistant Irène, who on the way to work takes a seat on the Paris metro opposite an older woman who tries to interview her for a marketing survey.  On hearing that Irène's birthdate is 11 March 1977, the woman reads her horoscope: today she'll meet her true love, but she must be patient.  After she leaves the metro, a young man sitting alongside (Faudel) tells the older woman he was born on the same day and asks her to read the rest of the horoscope.

The film then traces a range of characters of diverse ages, ethnicities and social status whose daily lives intersect with Irène and Faudel's in a variety of ways and come together at the end of the day. Seemingly trivial events—such as the throwing of stones or a shoe, the theft of a coffeemaker, a pigeon's consumption of a macaroon—determine the decisions and lives of the many characters.

Cast
 Audrey Tautou : Irène
 Faudel : Younès
 Éric Savin : Richard
 Frédéric Bouraly : Bobby
 Françoise Bertin : Luc's Grandmother
 Pierre Bellemare : Taxi Driver

Commentary
The film relies heavily on the notion of chance and happenstance interacting in unpredictable ways on people's lives.  It is a film whose action/plot appears heavily driven by the underlying chaos theory that gives the French film its title.

External links
 Happenstance at the Internet Movie Database
 Happenstance at Rotten Tomatoes

2000 films
2000 comedy-drama films
2000s French-language films
French nonlinear narrative films
French comedy-drama films
Films directed by Laurent Firode
2000s French films
Lea Valley Saints

The Lea Valley Saints was an Australian rules football club in the Lower Lea Valley region of London, England.

History
The club was formed as a foundation member of the British Australian Rules Football League in 1990.  They competed until 1996, the high point of their existence being a grand final appearance in 1993, although they were defeated by the London Hawks. The founder of BARFL, John Jelley, was the first president of the Saints.

See also

References

External links

Australian rules football clubs in London
Australian rules football clubs established in 1990
Australian rules football clubs disestablished in 1996
1990 establishments in England
1996 disestablishments in England