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Tuffeau stone

Tuffeau stone — in French, simply tuffeau or tufeau — is a local limestone of the Loire Valley of France. It is characterized as a chalky or sandy, fine-grained limestone, white to yellowish-cream in appearance, and micaceous (containing some white flakes of mica, or muscovite).  The soft stone is extracted from numerous quarries and has made a major mark on the architectural landscape of the Loire and its tributaries — especially the valley's world-famous chateaux.

Geology
Tuffeau dates to the Mesozoic era (Upper Cretaceous Turonian stage). The Loire Valley formed the floor of a vast sea 90 million years ago. Over the millennia, sediment from the sea floor, comprising fossilized living organisms and sand particles, became compressed to form what is now known as Tuffeau stone. It differs from genuine chalk by the presence of foraminifera and many remains of shells originally deposited in shallow water (between 2 and 20 meters) and subsequently agitated, near a coastline. In contrast, true chalk is rich in another type of shelly micro-fossil, the coccolith, which was deposited in deeper (~ 200 meters), and quieter, water.

The term tuffeau is etymologically related to another stone, tuff, to which is it not geologically related — and to tufa, to which it is geologically related. These words derive from Italian tufo and from Latin tōphus or tōfus ("stone").

Physical properties
Tuffeau has a very low density compared with many other rocks, being half as dense as granite, comparable in density with ebony, and only about 10 to 20% heavier than water. It has porosity of up to 50%, whereas that of granite is only about 1%. The compressive strength of the stone is a factor of 10 to 20 times less than that of granite.

When mixed with local sand and flinty clays from later eras, tuffeau is said to create the best vineyards soils.

Mining

Tuffeau mining reached its peak in the 15th century. As a construction material — especially in the Touraine and Anjou regions — tuffeau has been extracted mostly from natural riverside bluffs, which are extensive. The extracted blocks could thus be loaded onto boats. Over the centuries, this has created extensive underground  galleries, or mines, some of which are several kilometers in extent. These artificial caves have long been used as human dwellings, as the indoor temperature is remarkably constant from summer to winter. The greatest concentration of these cave dwellers — les troglodytes — is in the region of Saumur.

 

The mines are a perfect environment for wine cellars. Many of the larger caves have become champignonnieres — i.e., are used for growing a commercial variety of mushroom, which is transported daily to the markets of Paris.

Architecture

Numerous buildings in the Loire Valley, from the most modest to the most grandiose, were built from blocks of tuffeau stone, including the Château de Beaulieu near Saumur, the Château d'Ussé and the Château de la Motte d'Usseau, and many worker's cottages at Longères.

See also
List of types of limestone

Building stone
Limestone
Geography of France
Underground mines in France
Berezayka

The Berezayka () is a river in Valdaysky District of Novgorod Oblast and Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast of Russia. It is left tributary of the Msta and belongs to the drainage basin of the Neva and the Baltic Sea. It is  long, and the area of its drainage basin is . The principal tributary of the Berezayka is the Valdayka (left).

The course of Berezayka lies in the Valdai Hills. The source of the river is in Lake Berezay. The Berezayka flows north, empties into Lake Kholmskoye, and flows out of this lake to the east. It enters Tver Oblast, flows through a number of lakes, and turns north. It flows through the southeastern part of Lake Piros and turns east. The mouth of the Berezayka is at the village of Berezovsky Ryadok.

The drainage basin of the Berezayka includes the major parts of Valdaysky and Bologovsky Districts, as well as minor areas at Okulovsky and Borovichsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast and the urban-type settlement of Ozyorny in Tver Oblast. The towns of Bologoye and Valday lie in the basin of the Berezayka. The basin also includes many lakes of the Valdai Hills, the biggest of which are Lake Valdayskoye, Lake Kaftino, and Lake Piros.

The Berezayka is a popular rafting route.

References

Rivers of Novgorod Oblast
Rivers of Tver Oblast
Life of John the Baptist

The Life of John the Baptist is a book from the New Testament apocrypha, allegedly written in Greek by Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis in 390 AD. While its author claims to be a Coptic priest, only Syriac manuscripts of the text appear to have survived. The narrative of the text is an expanded biography of the biblical John the Baptist, drawing upon earlier sources in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of James.

Contents
Tony Burke, Associate Professor of Early Christianity, at York University describes the vita as:
begins with a harmony of details about John’s birth taken from the Gospel of Luke and the Infancy Gospel of James, finishing with the death of Zechariah and Elizabeth fleeing from Herod’s soldiers into the desert. After five years, when John is seven years and six months old, Elizabeth dies, portentously on the same day as Herod the Great. Jesus, “whose eyes sees heaven and earth” (7:3), sees John grieving and spirits himself and Mary to the desert on a cloud. They bury Elizabeth and then Jesus and Mary remain with John for seven days, teaching him how to live in the desert. Then Mary and Jesus return to Nazareth, leaving John under the protection of Gabriel and watched by the souls of his parents. The text then shifts to John’s adult career and the story of Herod Antipas and his affair with Philip’s wife Herodias.

References

New Testament apocrypha
John the Baptist
Stone Flower (sculpture)

Stone Flower (; ) is a monument to the victims of the Ustasha genocide of the Serbs during the World War II in Yugoslavia, located in Jasenovac, Croatia. Designed by Bogdan Bogdanović and unveiled in 1966, it serves as a reminder of the atrocities perpetrated in the Jasenovac concentration camp.

External links

Official Site of the Jasenovac Memorial – includes history and profile of architect
Official Site of the Jasenovac Memorial – Gallery
Spomenik Database - Jasenovac

Buildings and structures completed in 1966
World War II memorials in Croatia
Buildings and structures in Sisak-Moslavina County
Yugoslav World War II monuments and memorials
Tourist attractions in Sisak-Moslavina County
Concrete sculptures
Flowers in culture
Bousso

Bousso () is a city in Chari-Baguirmi Region, Chad. It is located at around .  The town is served by Bousso Airport.

Demographics

References

Chari-Baguirmi Region
Populated places in Chad
Julyan Sinclair

Julyan Sinclair is an Orcadian television and radio presenter. He won a BAFTA in 2002 for "Best New Television Presenter" for his work on various Scottish Television arts and entertainment programmes.

Television career
He has previously hosted Scotsport, along with Jim Delahunt and Sarah O, on STV. Both Sinclair and Sarah O'Flaherty left the programme in 2006, with Jim Delahunt leaving shortly after. Sinclair has also directed network television programmes.

Julyan has appeared as a guest presenter on STV's daily lifestyle show The Hour on a few occasions, alongside main anchor Michelle McManus since November 2009. The Scottish magazine programme airs weekdays at 5pm.

Radio
Sinclair was an overseas correspondent for US and Australian radio stations, having spent a year in the US working for a radio station, and being employed at Triple J (the Australian version of the UK's Radio 1) during his time down under.

Sinclair hosted the XFM Scotland breakfast show until 7 November 2008 when XFM Scotland became part of the Galaxy Network and was renamed Galaxy Scotland.

Writing
Sinclair also writes for tabloids and broadsheets.

References

1976 births
Living people
People from Orkney
Scottish television presenters
I Could Not Love You More

"I Could Not Love You More" is a song by the Bee Gees. It was the second single issued from their multi-platinum album, Still Waters, released in 1997. The song is a pop ballad written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and recorded in Los Angeles in March 1996. The track was produced by the Gibb brothers and David Foster. The track was a moderate hit worldwide, peaking at #14 in the UK and appearing in serious charts all over Europe.

Critical reception
British magazine Music Week rated the song three out of five, writing, "The Gibb brothers tremble through a gentle ballad. It's sweet, but unlikely to match the success of Alone."

Music video
The song's accompanying music video for "I Could Not Love You More" shows the band singing in a black background and on a street, intercut with scenes of a relationship between a man and a woman. It also features two young kids, a boy and a girl, on a pier.

Track listings
 UK CD single 1
"I Could Not Love You More" - 3:43
"Love Never Dies" - 4:05 (An exclusive brand new song for the single)
BRIT Awards Medley - 7:26 (Recorded on 24 February 1997 at the BRIT Awards Ceremony in London, including the songs "To Love Somebody", "Massachusetts", "Words", "How Deep Is Your Love", "Jive Talkin'", "Stayin' Alive", and "You Should Be Dancing")

 UK CD single 2
"I Could Not Love You More" - 3:43
"Jive Talkin'" - 2:50 (Recorded on 25 November 1996 at Coral Gables, in a special performance for the VH1 Storytellers Specials)
"To Love Somebody" - 3:09 (Also from VH1 Storytellers)
"Stayin' Alive" (1996) - 4:06 (A re-recording of "Stayin' Alive")

Charts

Cover versions
The Brazilian group KLB recorded a version in Portuguese entitled "Te Amar Ainda Mais", recorded the album "KLB 2001" and released as a second single, reaching # 2 in Brazil.

References

Bee Gees songs
Songs written by Barry Gibb
Songs written by Robin Gibb
Songs written by Maurice Gibb
1997 singles
Song recordings produced by David Foster
Moonstrike

Moonstrike is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1963.

The series was an anthology programme: a collection of self-contained stories about acts of resistance in occupied Europe during the Second World War. Producer Gerard Glaister drew upon his own wartime experiences, having served as a pilot in the RAF.

Most of the music for the series was provided by composer Dudley Simpson, and was some of his first work in the field of composing 'incidental music'.

Only three episodes of the series of 27 still exist.

Episodes

References

External links
 

BBC television dramas
World War II television drama series
1960s British anthology television series
1960s British drama television series
1963 British television series debuts
1963 British television series endings
Black-and-white British television shows
English-language television shows
Aglionby

Aglionby may be the surname of:

Edward Aglionby (died c. 1591) (1520–c. 1591), MP for Carlisle, and for Warwick, and poet
Edward Aglionby (died 1553), MP for Carlisle
Edward Aglionby (died 1599), MP for Carlisle
Hugh Aglionby, MP
John Aglionby (divine), died ca. 1610
John Aglionby (bishop), Bishop of Accra from 1924 to 1951
John Aglionby (MP), MP from 1553 to 1559

As a placename it may refer to:
Aglionby, Cumbria, England
Moroccan Roll

Moroccan Roll (1977) is the second studio album by British jazz fusion group Brand X. The title is a pun referring to this being their second album: "more rock and roll", however, Moroccan Roll is not a step toward the rock and roll side of the fusion equation, but rather an experiment with Eastern sounds and softer textures. The album is mostly instrumental. "Sun in the Night" contains vocals sung by Brand X drummer Phil Collins in Sanskrit. "Disco Suicide" and "Maybe I'll Lend You Mine After All" also contain vocals, although they are wordless.

Track listing

Side one
"Sun in the Night" (John Goodsall) – 4:25
"Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already)..." (Phil Collins) – 11:16
"...Maybe I'll Lend You Mine after All" (Collins) – 2:10
"Hate Zone" (Goodsall) – 4:41
"Collapsar" (Robin Lumley) – 1:33

Side two
"Disco Suicide" (Lumley) – 7:55
"Orbits" (Percy Jones) – 1:38
"Malaga Virgen" (Jones) – 8:28
"Macrocosm" (Goodsall) – 7:24

Personnel 
Based on the album credits of original vinyl release.

 Robin Lumley – Fender Rhodes electric piano, acoustic piano, Minimoog, ARP Odyssey, Roland string synthesizer, clavinet, Pulsar, space echo, backing vocals, autoharp (5)
 John Goodsall – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, sitar (1), space echo, backing vocals
 Percy Jones – Fender bass, autoharp (7), marimba (8)
 Phil Collins – drums, lead vocals, acoustic piano (3)
 Morris Pert – percussion

Production 
 Dennis Mackay – producer 
 Brand X – associate producers
 Stephen W. Tayler – engineer, mixing 
 Chris Tsangarides – tape operator 
 John Brand – tape operator 
 Geoff Leach – tape operator 
 Neil Ross – tape operator 
 Ray Staff – mastering 
 Hipgnosis – sleeve design, cover photography 
 George Hardie – sleeve design
 Rob Brimson – band photography

Charts

References

External links
 

1977 albums
Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis
Brand X albums
Charisma Records albums
Passport Records albums
Albums recorded at Trident Studios
Trachselwald Castle

Trachselwald Castle (German: Schloss Trachselwald) is a castle in the municipality of Trachselwald in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.  It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

History
The name of the rulers of the castle was first mentioned in 1131.  The castle itself may date back to the 10th century but the 11th or 12th century is more likely.  At first it belonged to the barons of Trachselwald, then to the barons of Rüti bei Lyssach, and then those of Sumiswald. The barons of Sumiswald sold the castle and surrounding lands to the city of Bern. Bern turned the castle into a sheriffhood.

The castle was rebuilt or expanded several times. Its oldest parts are the keep, which was built out of tuff, and one half of the main building. These parts of the castle were built in the second half of the 12th century. The stair tower was probably built by a master craftsman from Prismell in 1641.

During the Swiss peasant war of 1653, the peasant leader Niklaus Leuenberger, who was arrested on 19 June 1653 was held in Castle Trachselwald until being taken to Bern, where he was executed on 27 August.

The castle was sacked during the 1798 French invasion, but was not burned. It became the center of administration of the district of Trachselwald.

Trachselwald Castle became a prison where Mennonites were held, some of whom were then executed for their beliefs which differed from the ruling Reformed Protestants. In 2021 an exhibit opened in the castle's prison documenting the oppression of Mennonites in the region.

Castle site
The first castle consisted of a square keep that was about  on each side. The walls were up to  thick. The keep and outer walls are made of tuff stone cut into roughly squared blocks which indicates construction before 1200. Dating of the beams by dendrochronology indicates that they came from 1251 to 1253. Along with the keep, part of the main building was added during this first construction period. The original keep was probably surrounded by an elliptical ring wall.

In the 14th century the original two-story keep doubled in height. In the 16th or 17th century a palas, dungeon and other buildings were added to the castle. The new additions were built in a Romanesque style, which included larger windows and thinner walls. A stair tower was added in 1641 and a granary was built in 1683. The palas was renovated during the 17th and 18th century into its current appearance. In 1751 a new, more decorative gate house was built along with a french garden.

References

External links
Pictures and information about the castle 

Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Bern
Castles in the Canton of Bern
Peter Spellos

Peter Spellos is an American voice actor.

Notable roles

Animated Television Series
  BattleTech: The Animated Series - Captain Miles Hawkins
  Bureau of Alien Detectors - Moose Trengganu

Anime
 Black Jack - Mr. Brane
 Bleach - Koganehiko, Dordonii Alessandro del Socaccio
 Code Geass - Bartley Asprius
 Cowboy Bebop - Dr. Baucus (Episode 15)
 Digimon: Digital Monsters - Meramon, Whamon, Additional Voices
 Eagle Riders - Cyberon
 El-Hazard - Londs
 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex -  Niimi
 Gurren Lagann - Beastman (episode 13)
 Kikaider - Zadam
 Naruto - Hitode
 Outlaw Star - Gilliam
 Planetes - Hakim Ashmead
 Rave Master - Billy
 S-CRY-ed - Dred
 The Big O - Additional Voices
 Transformers: Robots in Disguise - Sky-Byte
 Trigun - Monev The Gale
 Wolf's Rain - Bartender

Live action
 American Dreams - Gus
 The Guyver - Ramsey
 ER -  Trib Reporter
 Married... with Children - Elmo
 NewsRadio - Camera Man
 Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Elroy Sykes

Movie roles
 Billy Frankenstein - Bloodstone
 Bound - Lou
 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Duvchenko, Queen
 Digimon: Island of the Lost Digimon - Grizzlymon
 Dinosaur Island - Turbo
 Panda! Go, Panda! - Ringmaster
 Glass Trap - Howard Brunel
 Hard to Die - Orville Ketchum
 Men in Black II - Captain Larry Bridgewater
 Possessed by the Night - Big Ed
 Agent Red - Col. Korsky
 Sorority House Massacre II - Orville Ketchum
 In the Army Now - Mr. Quinn
 Yes Man - Security Guard (Hollywood Bowl)

Video games
 Seven Samurai 20XX'' - Rojie

References

External links
 
 

Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
American male voice actors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Under-Secretary of State for Air

The Under-Secretary of State for Air was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government, supporting the Secretary of State for Air in his role of managing the Royal Air Force. It was established on 10 January 1919, replacing the previous short-lived posts of Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board and Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Council.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board, 1916–1917

Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Council, 1917–1919

Under-Secretary of State for Air, 1919–1964

Minister of State for the Air Force, 1964–1967

Under-Secretary of State for the Air Force, 1964–1981

Sources

D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000

Air, Under-Secretary of State for
Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
Royal Air Force
People Like Us (Singapore)

People Like Us (PLU) (Chinese:我等之辈) is a gay equality lobby group in Singapore. Having been twice rejected by the government board which approves or prohibits organisations, the Registrar of Societies, it is now in its third incarnation as "PLU3". The term "PLU" has also gradually become slang for "homosexual" amongst members of Singapore's and Malaysia's gay subculture.

According to Joseph Lo, one of the earliest organiser of PLU, PLU aspires to be a space where GLB Singaporeans can "come together to help and support each other," leading the organization to coordinate discussion forums and social events for community building.

History

PLU is an informal association of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) and heterosexual allies in Singapore that was formed in 1993.  An initial application to the Registrar of Societies for official recognition of the group was submitted by 10 members, two of whom were heterosexual, on November 7, 1996, and rejected without specification of reason on April 8, 1997.  PLU subsequently submitted an appeal to the Minister for Home Affairs and the Prime Minister, which was rejected in May 1997.  A re-founding meeting in 2003 gathered together over 100 participants, but questions remained about future potentials for recognition and strategy.

Lo, initially at the helm in organising and conducting PLU's activities, gradually took a back seat after Alex Au came on board. Au subsequently became the motive force behind PLU and the identifiable face of gay activism in Singapore, helping to reconstitute PLU in its later incarnations, earning him a gay award from Utopia in 2002.

In 2010 PLU participated in compiling a report on the human rights situation in Singapore to be submitted in advance of the first UN review of human rights in Singapore. PLU also concluded an online survey of LGBT voters in Singapore in 2010 to ascertain issues of political importance to the Singaporean gay community.

Monthly forums 
From 1993 to 1996, PLU held monthly Sunday forums at The Substation. A topic would be chosen and a lead speaker found. But the part which participants enjoyed most was always the break-out sessions. Forum attendees  would divide themselves into smaller groups to flesh out these issues on a more personal and intimate level. Topics varied widely, and included coming out of the closet, the law, insurance for singles, housing and safe sex. More light-hearted ones like "homosexuals and beauty" were also dealt with.

Attendance ranged between 40 and 80 for each forum

See also

LGBT rights in Singapore
List of LGBT rights organisations

Notes

External links
PLU's website

Organizations established in 1993
1993 establishments in Singapore
LGBT political advocacy groups in Singapore
R3 (TV series)

R3 was a 50-minute British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1964 and 1965. Its full title was Ministry of Research Centre No. 3. The series starred John Robinson as Sir Michael Gerrard, Jeremy Young as Wilson, David Blake Kelly as Captain Rogers, and was set in a scientific research facility at the Ministry of Research. R3 is also notable for providing early TV exposure for a young Oliver Reed, cast as one of the scientists on the ministry staff, Dr. Richard Franklin.

No episodes of this series are thought to have survived the BBC's purging of the archives between the 1960s and 70s. However, a trailer from one edition was supposedly recovered from a tape in 2004, but has not been shown publicly.

Cast
Sir Michael Gerrard – John Robinson
Miss Brooks – Brenda Saunders
Philip Boult – Michael Hawkins
Tom Collis – Derek Benfield
Dr Richard Franklin – Oliver Reed
Dr George Fratton – Moultrie Kelsall
Dr Mary Howard – Elizabeth Sellars
Betty Mason – Janet Kelly
Pomeroy – Edwin Richfield
Porter – Maxwell Foster
Dr Jack Morton – Simon Lack
Dr Peter Travers – Richard Wordsworth

References

External links

BBC television dramas
1960s British drama television series
1964 British television series debuts
1965 British television series endings
Black-and-white British television shows
Federal Service

Federal Service is a term applied to United States National Guard members and units when called to active duty to serve the federal government under Article I, Section 8 and Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution and the US Code, title 10 (Department of Defense), sections 12401 to 12408.

See also
 National service
 Starship Troopers Federal Service

References

National Guard (United States)
United States Army National Guard
United States Air National Guard
Edward Aglionby (died c. 1591)

Edward Aglionby (1520 – c. 1591) was an English Member of Parliament, official, translator and poet. He was closely associated with the Dudley family.

Life
Aglionby was born at Carlisle in 1520, and educated at Eton, from whence he was elected in 1536 to a scholarship at King's College, Cambridge, of which society he appears to have become a fellow three years later. He graduated B.A. in 1540–1541, and M.A. in 1544.

He was returned MP for Carlisle in 1547 (Edward VI's 1st parliament)|, but he did not serve for the full duration. He was returned for Carlisle in May 1553 (Edward VI's 1st parliament) and may have sat as the MP for Carlisle in 1559.

Subsequently he was appointed a justice of the peace for Warwickshire, where he possessed considerable property. His residence was at Temple Balshall. In December 1569 the treasure for the supply of the army sent to suppress the Northern Rebellion was committed to his charge, and he conveyed it safely to Berwick-on-Tweed.

He was returned for Warwick to the parliament of April 1571, and spoke thrice on the bill for imposing penalties on those who did not attend the services of the Established Church. The measure, he urged, ought to be only temporary in its operation. On 12 August 1572 he was elected recorder of Warwick. Queen Elizabeth I visited that town the same day on her way from Bishop's Itchington to Kenilworth Castle, and the new recorder made an oration to her majesty, which is printed in Nichols's Progresses of Queen Elizabeth. In November 1587 he resigned the recordership "because of his great age, and impotency to travel, and failing of sight".

Works
Aglionby was the translator of: 
A notable and maruailous epistle of the famous Doctor Mathewe Gribalde, professor of the law in the vniuersitie of Padua: concerning the terrible judgement of god vpon hym, that for feare of men denyeth Christ, and the knowen veritie: with a Preface of Doctor Caluine. Translated out of Latin intoo  English by E. A.Worcester (printed by John Oswen), 1550.

It was republished at London, without date, by Henry Denham, for William Norton: Now newely imprinted, with a godly and wholesome preseruative against desperation, at all tymes necessarie for the soule: chiefly to be vsed when the deuill dooeth assaulte vs moste fiercely, and death approacheth nighest.

Aglionby wrote a genealogy of Queen Elizabeth, for which she gave him an annual pension of five pounds. A Latin poem of his was printed in Wilson's Epigrammata, 1552, 4to.

Family
He married Catharine, daughter of Sir William Wigston, his predecessor in the office of recorder of Warwick.

Notes

References
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Further reading

1520 births
1590s deaths
Politicians from Carlisle, Cumbria
People educated at Eton College
16th-century English poets
English genealogists
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
16th-century English translators
English MPs 1547–1552
English MPs 1553 (Edward VI)
English MPs 1559
English MPs 1571
English male poets
Because I Can (Mice album)

... Because I Can is the first (and only) studio album by Mice, and released through the Permanent Records label.  Although a second album, New And Improved, was released, this was not a new album but rather an extended re-issue, released through the Jamtart label.

History of Mice
Mice were formed in 1995 by (then) ex-All About Eve lead singer Julianne Regan and ex-Powder bassist Tim McTighe.  The band also featured former Levitation guitarist Christian Hayes (aka Bic), as well as (ex-All About Eve) drummer Mark Price (at that point in time, Regan's brother-in-law). As well as these permanent members, Mice also featured many collaborations, including other former members of All About Eve, Marty Willson-Piper and Andy Cousin.

Mice released their first single "Mat's Prozac" in November 1995, a second single "The Milkman" in early 1996, a third and final single "Dear Sir" in July, and this album in August of that year. The band also extensively toured the country during 1996 with Dominic Luckman on drums, Dave Woodman on guitar and Ali Kane playing keyboards.  Permanent Records went bankrupt in 1997 owing the band money, and the album (despite having made the Indie Top 10 in the UK) and its singles were left hanging in the shops without replacement or support. Mice disbanded shortly afterwards.

Versions
Two versions of this album exist - a standard one disc version and a special edition two disc version, the second disc containing four songs from a BBC Radio 1 session.

Personnel on BBC Radio 1 session:
Guitars: Dave Woodman; Julianne Regan; Marty Wilson-Piper. 
Keyboards: Ali Kane. 
Bass: Tim McTighe. 
Drums: Dominic Luckman.

At approx 2:14 on the live version of Blue Sonic Boy (song 3) Marty Wilson-Piper broke a string during the recording.

Track listing
"Mat's Prozac"
"Star"
"Dear Sir"
"Bang Bang"
"The Milkman"
"Blue Sonic Boy"
"Julie Christie"
"Miss World"
"Trumpet Song"
"Battersea"
"Messed Up"

On the special edition version, disc two contained live recordings of:

"The Milkman"
"Mat's Prozac"
"Blue Sonic Boy"
"Dear Sir"

Notes
The band were originally going to be called The Innocent, until a late change. However, by this stage Permanent Records had got slightly confused, and thought the album was being called The Innocent instead. Some promo copies of the "Mat's Prozac" single stated the forthcoming album to be The Innocent instead of ... Because I Can.

"Battersea" was a left-over demo that would have found its way onto the fifth All About Eve studio album had not the group disbanded in 1993.  However, since the 1999 reformation of All About Eve, it has never been played as an All About Eve song.

References

1996 debut albums
Mice (band) albums
The Artificial Kid

The Artificial Kid is a science fiction novel by American writer Bruce Sterling. It was originally published in 1980.

The Artificial Kid takes place on the planet Reverie, a world of coral continents, levitating islands, and the corrosive, transformative wilderness of "The Mass."  Reverie has been transformed into a utopia/dystopia, with a stark class division.  Arti, a heavily biologically modified boy from the Decriminalized Zone, becomes a pop star by selling videos of himself engaging in bloody combat with other fighters for the entertainment of the upper classes.  When Reverie's founder, Moses Moses emerges from seven centuries of cryosleep, and Arti discovers an unpleasant secret about his past, both have to flee to escape from the powers of the "Cabal" that controls Reverie from behind the scenes.

Reception
Dave Langford reviewed The Artificial Kid for White Dwarf #69, and stated that "Without being exactly convincing, it's lavishly exuberant in the way SF used to be and literate in the ways it wasn't."

Reviews
Review by John Shirley (1980) in Science Fiction Review, Winter 1980
Review by Bob Mecoy (1980) in Future Life, November 1980
Review by Christopher Priest (1981) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1981
Review [French] by Stéphane Nicot? (1982) in Fiction, #334
Review [German] by Harald Pusch (1985) in Science Fiction Times, März 1985
Review by Gregory Feeley (1986) in Foundation, #37 Autumn 1986
Review by Don D'Ammassa (1988) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #100 January 1988
Review [German] by Gregory Feeley (1991) in Das Science Fiction Jahr Ausgabe 1991

References

1980 American novels
1980 science fiction novels
Novels by Bruce Sterling
Harper & Row books
Gocław Tower

One of the many Bismarck towers built in the former German Empire (Kaiserreich) is located in Szczecin (Gocław), now in north-western Poland (known as Stettin in German).

History 
Its construction began relatively late, in 1913, and it was only finished in 1921. The total construction cost of the -tall tower was approximately 200,000 German Papiermarks.

The tower is located on top of a small hill and is surrounded by a small wood, although the surrounding area is now generally industrial. It is approximately  from the city centre, close to a tram terminus. 

Although one can visit the tower, the main entry way is fully sealed off, as are all windows, making entry impossible. It is also in need of restoration.

See also 
 Szczecin-Gocław

External links 

 Bismarck towers on the official website
 Bismarck towers on Wikipedia Germany

Towers completed in 1921
Monuments and memorials in Poland
Prussian cultural sites
Bismarck towers
Buildings and structures in Szczecin
Round towers
1921 establishments in Poland
Still Waters (Run Deep)

"Still Waters (Run Deep)" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. It was the third and final single issued from their 21st studio album, Still Waters (1997), on 27 October 1997. The recording and production of the song were assisted by Hugh Padgham. The song became the album's third top-20 UK single, peaking at  18 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached No. 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100, their most recent appearance on that chart.

Critical reception
British magazine Music Week rated "Still Waters (Run Deep)" three out of five, adding, "The title track from the Gibb brothers' latest album is their usual pleasant, sumptuously-performed fare, but it doesn't have the strength to become a huge hit."

Music video
A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Jake Nava. In the video, the Bee Gees are standing under and walking around road bridges in the city at night while two lovers, a woman and a man, find their way to love each other. The video ends with sunrise.

Versions
The single version was remixed with a more R&B/hip hop beat compared with the album version. A demo version was included on one of the UK CD singles.

Live performances
On 14 November 1997, the Bee Gees performed the song in Las Vegas for their One Night Only concert to promote the single.

Track listings
 UK CD single 1
 "Still Waters (Run Deep)" – 4:08
 "Still Waters (Run Deep)" (demo) – 3:55
 "Obsessions" – 4:43

 UK CD single 2
 "Still Waters (Run Deep)" – 4:08
 "Night Fever" – 3:29
 "More Than a Woman" – 3:16
 "You Should Be Dancing" – 4:16

 US CD single
 "Still Waters (Run Deep)" – 4:08
 "Love Never Dies" – 4:05

Charts

Release history

References

Bee Gees songs
1997 singles
1997 songs
Music videos directed by Jake Nava
Polydor Records singles
Song recordings produced by Hugh Padgham
Songs written by Barry Gibb
Songs written by Maurice Gibb
Songs written by Robin Gibb
Butterfly perch

The butterfly perch (Caesioperca lepidoptera) is a marine species of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Anthiinae, part of the sea bass family Serranidae. This fish is found in the eastern Indian Ocean, and the southwestern Pacific Ocean, including the waters around southern Australia and New Zealand.  It is sometimes known as the red perch.

Description
The butterfly perch is a laterally compressed, deep-bodied fish growing to a maximum length of . It is a pinkish colour and has a large black spot towards the posterior end. Adults have a blue band just behind the eye, blue margins to the fins and small blue spots. The pectoral fins are about as long as the head. This fish is often confused with the closely related barber perch (Caesioperca rasor). However, the butterfly perch has a deeper body, and males are more pink with a dark blotch rather than band on the side.

Distribution and habitat
The butterfly perch is found in the temperate waters around Australia and New Zealand at depths down to about . In Australia it mainly occurs along the coasts of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales. It is a schooling fish and is found on and around coastal reefs where it feeds on plankton.  The butterfly perch shelters in crevices and caves at night.

Behaviour
The butterfly perch congregates in dense shoals in deep water near reefs. It is a demersal fish, feeding on planktonic organisms and such bottom-dwelling invertebrates as sea squirts, pyrosomes, coral polyps, polychaete worms, copepods and shrimps.

References

 Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand,  (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) 

butterfly perch
Marine fish of New Zealand
Taxa named by Johann Reinhold Forster
butterfly perch
Vatomandry

Vatomandry is a town in and the administrative center of the Vatomandry District, Atsinanana Region, Madagascar. An airport serves the city.

Etymology and location 
Located on the coast, the town's name means 'Sleeping Rocks', derived from two black rocks near the shore. It is also on the path of the Canal des Pangalanes and National Road RN 11a

History 
In the pre-colonial era of the 19th century, Vatomandry was a center of Hova government with an active port.

Cyclone Manou caused great damage in 2003 to the town and left 68 people dead.  Cyclone Giovanna in 2012 also caused significant damage.

Religion
 Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Vatomandry

Notable personalities 
 Didier Ratsiraka (1936-2021), former President of Madagascar

References 

Populated places in Atsinanana
7 Deadly Zens

7 Deadly Zens is a solo studio album by Styx guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw. It was released in 1998 by CMC International Records. The album is in a hard rock style.

Track listing

Personnel 
 Tommy Shaw: all guitars, mandolins, baritone guitars 
 Ted Nugent: lead guitar on tracks 1 & 12 
 Jeffery "C.J." Vanston: Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer & Fender-Rhodes electric pianos on tracks 2, 3, 8 & 10 
 Kirk Helle: extremely noisy guitars & things on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 10 & 11; string arrangements 
 Jack Blades: bass guitar 
 John Pierce: bass guitar 
 Marco Mendoza: bass guitar 
 Todd Sucherman: drums 
 Michael Cartellone: additional drums 
 Umfante': all percussion; all background vocals except on track 10 
 Maxine, Julia & Oren Waters: background vocals on track 10 
 Jerry Goodman: terrifying violin solo on track 2 
 The 7 Deadly Zens Quartet: David Lowe, Jerry Goodman, Vivian, Oscar: strings 
 Murmuring Tommyncale Choir: choral group 
 Kevin Cronin: duet vocal on track 7 
 Alison Krauss: duet vocal on track 6 
 Ed Roland: middle eight vocal on track 1 
 Asfoon Kia: castanets on track 11 
 Keith Marks: additional engineering (guitar solos & keyboards) 
 Ted Nugent, Marina Sirtis, Angie Dickinson, Umfante': spoken words

Enhanced CD 
Enhanced CD features include:
 QuickTime videos on the making of the album, with studio footage and clips with Kevin Cronin, Alison Krauss and Ted Nugent
 photos
 song lyrics
 web links

References

1998 albums
Tommy Shaw albums
Albums produced by Eddie Ashworth
CMC International albums
Rakovski

Rakovski may refer to:

Places
Rakovski (town), a town in Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria
Rakovski, Dobrich Province, a village in Dobrich Province, Bulgaria
Rakovski, Razgrad Province, a village in Razgrad Province, Bulgaria

People with the surname
 Abraham Abba Rakovski (1854–1921), writer and translator
 Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821-1867), Bulgarian revolutionary
 Christian Rakovsky (1873-1941), Bulgarian-born Bolshevik politician

See also
Rakowski
Rakovsky

Bulgarian-language surnames
This Is My Demo

This Is My Demo is the debut album from British rapper Sway. It was released on 5 February 2006 and produced by Sway for Dcypha Productions. It consists mainly of R&B and British hip hop. The album was critically well received and spent two weeks on the chart, with a peak of number 78. The album was produced by Sway himself along with producers Joe Fields, Terror Danjah, Turkish, Bigz, Ramiz, Tamiz, Big E.D. and Al Shux who produced almost all of the songs, including the single Little Derek.

Track listing 

 Track seven contains a sample of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain"

This Is My DVD
On some versions of "This Is My Demo" a special DVD was included called "This Is My DVD". The track listing for the DVD is as follows:

 "Flo Fashion"
 "Up Your Speed"
 "Little Derek"
 "Download"
 "Radio 1"
 "On Tour"
 "In The Studio"
 "NYC"
 "Live!"
 "Bonus Track"

Production 
 Sway DaSafo, Al Shux, and Tamiz – track 1
 Sway DaSafo, Al Shux, and Joe Fields – track 2
 Sway DaSafo, Bigz, and Ramiz – track 3
 Sway DaSafo, Al Shux, Ramiz, Joe Fields, and Baby Blue – track 4
 Sway DaSafo and Joe Fields – track 5
 Sway DaSafo and Ramiz – track 6
 Sway DaSafo, D. Watson, L. Buckingham, M. Fleetwood, S. Nicks, C. McVie, J. McVie, and M. Meredith – track 7
 Sway DaSafo, R. Cryce, R. Annor, Big E.D., and Terror Danjah – track 8
 Sway DaSafo, T. Salih, D. Watson, T. Oriola, Haydon, and Turkish – track 9
 Sway DaSafo, Al Shux and M. Pusey – track 10
 Sway DaSafo, Al Shux and Nate James – track 11
 Sway DaSafo, Al Shux, and Joe Fields – track 12
 Sway DaSafo and Al Shux – track 13
 Sway DaSafo and Al Shux – track 14

References

Sway (musician) albums
2006 debut albums
Albums produced by Al Shux
Brickaville

Brickaville is a town and commune in Atsinanana Region, Madagascar.

Also known as Ampasimanolotra, Brickaville is located along Route nationale 2 (RN 2), 105 km south of Toamasina (the primary seaport of the country) and 220 km east of Antananarivo (the capital).  It is also situated alongside the Rianila river. It is a railway station on the Antananarivo - East Coast line.

Its only industry is a sugar refinery plant.  It had stopped its production for 13 years but took up operations in 2020.

References

Populated places in Atsinanana
Covina-Valley Unified School District

Covina-Valley Unified School District or "C-VUSD," is a unified school district located in Covina, California, United States. C-VUSD serves most of Covina, a large portion of West Covina, small portions of Glendora, Irwindale and San Dimas and the unincorporated communities of Citrus, Ramona and Vincent.

On June 15, 2020, the board of education unanimously appointed Dr. Elizabeth Eminhizer to serve as the superintendent of the Covina-Valley Unified School District. Previously, Dr. Eminhizer served C-VUSD as the assistant superintendent of educational services since July 2014. Dr. Eminhizer has worked in public education for over 25 years and is dedicated to serving students in the San Gabriel Valley.

Schools
According  to the California Department of Education, There were 5 high schools (including one continuation and one alternative), 4 intermediate schools, 18 elementary schools in the district and 1 online learning program.

High Schools
Covina High School
Fairvalley High School (continuation)
Northview High School
 Ranger High School (alternative) (Closed)
South Hills High School

Intermediate Schools
 Edwards Eva D. Intermediate School  (Closed)
Las Palmas Intermediate School
Sierra Vista Intermediate School
Traweek Intermediate School

Elementary Schools

Barranca Elementary School
Ben Lomond Elementary School
 Cienga Elementry School (Closed)
 Covina Elementry School (Closed)
Cypress Elementary School
 Fairvalley Elementry School (Closed)
 Griswold Elementry School (Closed)
Grovecenter Elementary School
 Lark Ellen Elementry School (Closed)
Manzanita Elementary School
Merwin Elementary School
Mesa Elementary School
 Pioneer Elementry School (Closed)
Rowland Avenue Elementary School
 Sunkist Elementry School (Closed)
 Valencia Elementry School (Closed)
 Vincent Elementry School (Closed)
Workman Avenue Elementary School
Covina-Valley Learning Options Academy (C-VLOA)

Enrollment
Enrollment in the 2020–2021 school year was 11,332. The majority of students are Hispanic with a significant White and Asian minority and a smaller African Americans and Filipino minority.

District Ethnic breakdown (2020–2021) 

78.8% Hispanic
6.9% White
6.9% Asian
2.7% African American
3.0% Filipino
0.2% Pacific Islander
0.3% Native American and Alaska Native
1.2% Multiple or no response

External links
CVUSD Website

School districts in Los Angeles County, California
 Covina, California
San Dimas, California
West Covina, California
Irwindale, California
Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge

Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1621 – 25 August 1665) was the son of Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, whom he succeeded in the barony in 1664. Francis had been a younger brother of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset.

Prior to his ennoblement, he represented Great Bedwyn in the Short Parliament of 1640 and Wiltshire in the Cavalier Parliament from 1661 to 1664.

He married firstly, on 4 April 1632, Mary, daughter of Thomas Smith of Soley in Chilton Foliat, a village northwest of Hungerford. The couple had one son and two daughters; one of their daughters, Frances (bef. 1654–1716), would marry Sir George Hungerford. The Hungerfords had at least six children together. He married secondly, in 1654, Elizabeth Alington (1635–c.1691), daughter of William Alington, 1st Baron Alington of Killard (14 March 1610/1611, d. circa October 1648); they had five sons and two daughters. One of his notable descendants, his three times great-grandson, was James Smithson. The poet George Keate was another descendant.

Both of Charles's surviving sons, Francis and Charles, ultimately succeeded to the dukedom of Somerset that had been their grandfather's. His daughter, Honora Seymour, married Sir Charles Gerard, 3rd Baronet. Charles Seymour was succeeded in the barony by his elder son, Francis.

References

Sources
 G.E.C. (G.E.Cokayne) & Geoffrey H. White, The Complete Peerage or A history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, vol. XI, p. 641, St. Catherine Press, 1949.

1621 births
1665 deaths
English MPs 1640 (April)
English MPs 1661–1679
C
Baron Seymour of Trowbridge
Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Wiltshire
Tyner

Tyner may refer to:

Places
In the United States:
 Tyner, Indiana
 Tyner, Kansas
 Tyner, Kentucky
 Tyner, a hamlet near the east town line of Smithville, New York on County Road 3, east of Smithville Center
 Tyner, North Carolina
 Tyner, Tennessee, a populated place in Hamilton County, Tennessee
 Tyner, West Virginia

People
 Charles Tyner (1925–2017), American actor
 Chuck Tyner, former goalie for the Toronto Professional Hockey Club
 James Noble Tyner (1826–1904), postmaster general from 1876 to 1877
 Jarvis Tyner (born 1941), executive vice chair of the Communist Party USA
 Jason Tyner (born 1977), Major League Baseball outfielder
 John Tyner, former guitarist for Mk Ultra
 John Tyner, software engineer and blogger known for refusing to cave in to TSA demands
 Lanardo Tyner (born 1975), American boxer
 Matt Tyner (born 1958), American baseball player and coach
 McCoy Tyner (1938–2020), American jazz pianist
 Mitch Tyner, trial lawyer and candidate in the Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2003
 Richard Tyner (1877–1958), Anglican bishop
 Rob Tyner (1944–1991), lead singer for the American hard rock band MC5
 Roy Tyner (1934–1989), NASCAR driver
 Rudolph Tyner, death row inmate killed by Donald Henry Gaskins
 Scott Tyner (born 1972), former NFL punter for the Atlanta Falcons
 Thomas Tyner (born 1994), American college football player
 William Tyner (1872–1954), Australian politician
Vohemar

Vohemar (  or Iharana ) is a coastal city and a municipality in northern Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Iharana, which is a part of Sava Region. It had a population of 22047 in 2018.

In addition to primary schooling the town offers secondary education at both junior and senior levels. The town provides access to hospital services to its citizens.

From the late medieval period, Northern Madagascar had a number of small and large trading towns ruled by Swahili merchants. Vohemar, one such town, was likely founded around the 13th Century as a Swahili trading port.
 
Farming and raising livestock provides employment for 20% and 5% of the working population. The most important crop is cassava, while other important products are peanut, maize and rice. Industry and services provide employment for 20% and 45% of the population, respectively. Additionally fishing employs 10% of the population.

Infrastructures
There is a seaport and a local airport.

Vohemar is situated at the Route National 5a that connects the city with Ambilobe and Sambava/Antalaha.

A solar energy park of 800 kw was installed in Vohemar in 2022.

Sports
 FC Jaolahin'Iharana - regional football champion (Sava) 2018.
 FC Iharana - regional football champion (Sava) 2019.

Personalities
Jean Omer Beriziky, prime minister of Madagascar, 2011-2014.

References

External links

Cities in Madagascar
Populated places in Sava Region
Morombe

Morombe is an urban municipality (commune urbaine) on the south-west coast in Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar. 
It can be reached by the National road 55 or pirogue from Morondava. It is situated at 283 km from Tulear.

An airport serves the town.

Television
For 17 years now there is no television available in Morombe. At the time the transmitter broke down, the director took it to Tulear and later to Antananarivo but it was never returned.

Baobab d'Andombiro

The largest baobab in this world is found in the village of Belintsaka, 23 km from Morombe.  It has a circumference of almost 28m.
There are more than 6000 adult baobabs alone in the forest of Andombiry of which 30 specimen are very large, with a circumference of more than 20m.

Climate

See also
 Morondava
 Kirindy Mitea National Park
 Mikea Forest
 Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe

References

Populated places in Atsimo-Andrefana