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Mao Jie

Mao Jie (died 216), courtesy name Xiaoxian, was an official serving under the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was from Pingqiu County, Chenliu Commandery, which is located east of present-day Fengqiu County, Henan. On the recommendation of Man Chong, Mao Jie joined Cao Cao. Mao Jie was very skilled when it came to domestic policies promoting the prioritisation of agriculture.

See also
 Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

 Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
 Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).

Year of birth unknown
2nd-century births
216 deaths
Government officials under Cao Cao
Politicians from Xinxiang
Set shot

A set shot in Australian rules football is a kick for goal in which the player can 'set' themselves, rather than have to quickly react during the play.  A set shot occurs when a player has been awarded a free kick, or has taken a mark within kicking range of the goal (typically inside the fifty-metre line in front of the goal).  There is always one opponent allowed to be "on the mark" (the place where the mark was taken), who can attempt to distract the kicker by gesticulation or verbal intimidation. The game clock continues to run during the preparation for a set shot, although time on may temporarily be blown to return the football to the kicker.

Players are given up to thirty seconds to begin their approach for a set shot (the kick itself may be taken outside the thirty seconds if the approach is commenced); umpires will call play on if the player does not begin his approach within this time. This rule was introduced in 2006; prior to 2006, players had no formal limit on how long they could take (the umpire could at his discretion penalise the player for time-wasting, but this was rare), and the new rule was commonly known as the "Lloyd rule" after  full-forward Matthew Lloyd, whose set shot ritual was one of the longest in the AFL. From 2016 in the Australian Football League, thirty seconds has been counted down on a shot clock that is visible on some ground scoreboards (although always known to the umpires). A player may take as long as they want (within reason) to take a shot after the siren, as the point of a shot clock is to speed up the flow of the game as well as prevent time-wasting.

See also
Kicks after the siren in Australian rules football

References

Australian rules football terminology
Rag Fair

RAG FAIR (ラグフェアー Ragu Feā) are a Japanese male a cappella band. Its members are Reo Tsuchiya, Yosuke Hikichi, Kenichi Arai, Yoshiyuki Kato, Takamasa Kano, and Masayoshi Okumura.

They met each other at Saitama University. An a cappella circle named "chocoletz"(チョコレッツ) was formed in Saitama University in 1997, and RAG FAIR emerged from this in 1999. They developed streetlives in those days around Oomiya Station and Musashiurawa Station.

In 2001 "Chikara no kagiri go-gogo-!!" a variety program affiliated with Fuji TV, the a cappella members of group "replica" (レプリカ) (where Masayoshi Okumura participated in those days) appears on the television show "Hamonepu"(ハモネプ). Also in 2001, RAG FAIR debut with album "I RAG YOU".

In 2002, two singles were released simultaneously, "koi no mileage"(恋のマイレージ) and "She side story"(Sheサイドストーリー). Both singles were splendid achievements, snagging the first and second places, respectively, in the singles' first appearances in the Oricon Weekly Ranking charts. RAG FAIR participated for the first time in the 53rd annual NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen in 2002, performing "koi no mileage."

In October 2003, their comedy program "Omatase! RAG Teishoku"(おまたせ！ラグ定食) began airing on Fuji TV, running up until March 2004. At the end of the program, the members announced a second "renewal" comedy program, entitled RAG&PEACE. This program ran for another six months in 2004.

A commercial for McDonald's "Fish Mac Dipper" aired in March 2004. It received the "McDonald's Excellent Advertising Award" for 2004.

They performed their first live at the Nippon Budokan publicly on December 10, 2005, and they released the DVD "streetlive! in Budoukan".

In January 2011, RAG FAIR announced that they would take an indefinite dormancy period starting March 2011, concluding their performance career with a live tour named "THAT'S RAG FAIR".

Discography

Singles

Albums
 I RAG YOU (December 19, 2001)
 AIR (January 22, 2003)
 PON (July 2, 2003)
 CIRCLE (September 8, 2004)
 RAGood STORY (RAGッ STORY) (November 9, 2005)
 Okurimono (オクリモノ) (October 4, 2006)
 Colours(カラーズ) (January 15, 2008)

External links 
 Official Web Site of RAG FAIR (Japanese)
 Official Web Site by Toy’s Factory (Japanese)
 Yosuke Hikichi's Blog (Japanese)
 Yoshiyuki Kato's Blog (Japanese)
 Reo Tsuchiya's Blog (Japanese)
 Masayoshi Okumura's Blog (Japanese)
 Livejournal RAG FAIR Community (English)

Japanese pop music groups
Toy's Factory artists
Musical groups from Saitama Prefecture
Watanabe Entertainment
Cord compression

Cord compression may refer to:

Spinal cord compression
Umbilical cord compression
Pang Xi

Pang Xi ( 190s–210s) was an official serving under the warlords Liu Yan, Liu Zhang (Liu Yan's son) and Liu Bei during the Eastern Han dynasty of China.

Life
Pang Xi was from Henan County (), Henan Yin (), which is in present-day Luoyang, Henan. He started his career as a subordinate of Liu Yan, the Governor of Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing), and held the position of a Consultant ().

In April 194, Liu Yan's sons Liu Fan () and Liu Dan () allied with the warlord Ma Teng, who launched a military campaign against Li Jue and Guo Si, the warlords controlling the Han central government and the figurehead Emperor Xian. However, Ma Teng lost the battle and both Liu Fan and Liu Dan were killed. At the time, as Pang Xi was a family friend of Liu Yan, he turned to his network of friends for help in helping Liu Fan and Liu Dan's families escape from Chang'an (the imperial capital under Li Jue and Guo Si's control) and bringing them safely to Yi Province, thus preserving Liu Yan's posterity.

Following Liu Yan's death later in 194, his youngest son Liu Zhang succeeded him as the Governor of Yi Province. During this time, Liu Zhang appointed Pang Xi as the Administrator () of Baxi Commandery (巴西郡; around present-day Langzhong, Sichuan) and ordered him to lead troops to attack his rival, Zhang Lu, in Hanzhong Commandery. Although Pang Xi never managed to make any territorial gains in Hanzhong Commandery, Liu Zhang still left him in charge of Baxi Commandery to guard against possible advances by Zhang Lu. Liu Zhang also arranged for his eldest son, Liu Xun (), to marry Pang Xi's daughter.

As time passed, Pang Xi became increasingly arrogant because he believed that Liu Zhang owed him a huge favour for saving his brothers' families in Chang'an and also because he thought that Liu Zhang deeply trusted him. It turned out that Liu Zhang gradually distrusted Pang Xi and began to alienate him. Around 211, when Liu Zhang's adviser Zhang Song urged his lord to invite another warlord Liu Bei into Yi Province to counter the threat posed by Zhang Lu, he warned Liu Zhang that Pang Xi might secretly harbour the intention of overthrowing him.

In 214, after Liu Bei seized control of Yi Province from Liu Zhang, he appointed Pang Xi as a Major () under the General of the Left (). Pang Xi advised Liu Bei to allow Liu Zhang's eldest son, Liu Xun (also Pang's son-in-law), to remain in Yi Province when Liu Bei relocated Liu Zhang and his other son(s) to Jing Province.

See also
 Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

Notes

References

 Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
 Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).

Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
Government officials under Liu Zhang
Politicians from Luoyang
Political office-holders in Sichuan
Government officials under Liu Bei
Moridae

The Moridae are a family of cod-like fishes, known as codlings, hakelings, and moras.

Morids are marine fishes found throughout the world, and may be found at depths to , although most prefer shallower waters. In appearance, they greatly resemble the typical cods, from which can only be distinguished by their skeletal features and the structure of the swim bladder.

They grow up to  long (red codling, Pseudophycis bachus).

References

 

 
Ray-finned fish families
United Examining Board

The United Examining Board was formed in 1993 to administer non-university qualifying examinations in medicine and surgery.  The diplomas offered by the United Examining Board were registerable with the General Medical Council in order to register as a medical practitioner in the United Kingdom, and an individual who had passed the examination could become a Pre-registration house officer.

The qualifications offered by the United Examining Board were either the

English Triple Conjoint (Licence of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Licence of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Licence in Medicine and Surgery of the Society of Apothecaries)
abbreviated as LRCP, LRCS, LMSSA

or the

Scottish Triple Qualification, awarded since 1886, (Licence of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Licence of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Licence of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow).
abbreviated as LRCP, LRCS, LRCPS or LRCPE, LRCSE, LRCPSG

These examinations were usually taken either by partly trained refugee doctors, or by doctors who had been trained at an overseas medical school not recognised by the World Health Organization, or by other overseas graduates who wished to transfer more easily from limited to full registration with the General Medical Council.  They were also taken by  students who had attended a UK medical school for one of two reasons; the first being those who had failed to obtain their primary medical qualification equivalent to a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery; and the second being that students were allowed to sit these exams, or their precursors, before they were able to take the degrees from their own universities and so sitting this exam could mean earlier GMC registration and therefore enabled them to earn money sooner.

They were criticized as being a "backdoor into medicine".

The United Examining Board was dissolved in 2007.

References

Higher education organisations based in the United Kingdom
Medical education in the United Kingdom
1993 establishments in the United Kingdom
2007 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Morid

Morid may refer to:
 Ahmad Morid (born 1956), Afghan singer now living in Germany and performing internationally
 Moridae, a family of fish
Tian Kai

Tian Kai (died 199) was an official serving under the warlord Gongsun Zan during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.

Life

Little is recorded about Tian Kai in history. He probably started his career as a subordinate of the warlord Gongsun Zan in the Eastern Han dynasty. In the second half of 191, when war broke out between Gongsun Zan and his rival Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan sent Tian Kai to seize control of Qing Province, which was then under Yuan Shao's control. Tian Kai was appointed as the Inspector of Qing Province in 192. However, Tian Kai only managed to gain control over the northern part of Qing Province, while the southern part remained under the control of Yuan Tan, Yuan Shao's eldest son. The next year he was driven out of Qing. In 193, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao agreed to a truce after two years of battles against each other.

In 194, Xu Province came under attack by the warlord Cao Cao. Tao Qian, the Governor of Xu Province, approached his neighbours for help, one of whom was Tian Kai. Tian Kai and Liu Bei, then the Chancellor of Pingyuan Commandery, led their troops to Xu Province to assist Tao Qian and force Cao Cao to retreat.

In 198, war broke out between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao again. Tian Kai fought on Gongsun Zan's side in the Battle of Yijing and was killed in action.

See also
 Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

 Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
 
 Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).

2nd-century births
199 deaths
Generals during the end of the Han dynasty
Political office-holders in Shandong
Han dynasty people killed in battle
Better Luck Next Time (The Stix album)

Better Luck Next Time is the debut album release from UK artist and producer Mark Hill, working under the moniker The stiX. It was released on April 18, 2005.

The first single released from the album was Young & Foolish, which features UK soul artist Corinne Bailey Rae.

Track listing
All tracks produced by Mark Hill.
"The Eye"
"Young & Foolish"
"Breathless"
"You Should Know"
"Never Too Late"
"The Only One"
"Lover In You"
"Let It Go"
"Leave Her Alone"
"Can't Complain"
"Spiritual Love"
"Million Miles"
"Kaya's a ginge..!!"

See also
 The stiX
 Corinne Bailey Rae
 Mark Hill
 The Artful Dodger

External links
 The stiX Official Site

2005 albums
Rishiri

Rishiri may refer to:
Rishiri-kombu (Laminaria ochotensis), a type of kombu
  Rishiri Island, a Japanese island
 Rishiri, Hokkaidō, a town on Rishiri Island
 Mount Rishiri, a volcano on Rishiri island
List of lakes of Korea

Most of the lakes of Korea are artificial reservoirs, due to the country's rugged topography.  Natural lakes include the crater lakes atop Baekdusan and Hallasan, the Upo wetland, and various lagoons along the coast of the Sea of Japan.

North Korea
 Heaven Lake
 Supung Lake
 Lake Changjin
 Lake Bujon
 Lake Rangrim
 Lake Samilpo

South Korea
 Anapji
 Andong Lake
 Chungju Lake
 Ilsan Lake
 Jinyang Lake
 Soyang Lake
 Uiam Lake
 Upo wetland

See also

 Korean peninsula
 Geography of North Korea
 Geography of South Korea

References
 

Korea
Lakes
Xue Zong

Xue Zong (died 243), courtesy name Jingwen, was a Chinese poet and politician of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was known for his quick wit. On one occasion, when the Shu envoy Zhang Feng () made fun of the name of his colleague Kan Ze during a feast, he gained somewhat of a measure of revenge by making fun of Shu's name. He was also known for assisting Lü Dai in the pacification of Jiaozhi Commandery (covering parts of present-day western Guangdong, southwestern Guangxi and northern Vietnam). In 233, when Sun Quan considered an ill-advised campaign to the Liaodong Peninsula against the recalcitrant warlord Gongsun Yuan (who had submitted to him and then betrayed him and killed his envoys), Xue Zong was one of the officials who spoke against the campaign, eventually getting Sun Quan to change his mind. Xue Zong had two sons: Xue Ying and Xue Xu.

See also
 Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

 Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
 Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).

Year of birth unknown
243 deaths
Han dynasty poets
Eastern Wu essayists
Eastern Wu poets
Eastern Wu government officials
Government officials under Sun Quan
Poets from Anhui
Political office-holders in Guangdong
Politicians from Suzhou, Anhui
Exocoetus

Exocoetus is a genus of flying fishes. 
It is a bony fish.
The body is covered with cycloid scales.
The mouth is wide, and the jaws bear teeth.
It is a marine fish.
The tail has hypobatic fins as the ventral lobe.

Species
Five species in this genus are recognized:
 Exocoetus gibbosus Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000 (oceanic flyingfish)
 Exocoetus monocirrhus J. Richardson, 1846 (barbel flyingfish)
 Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther, 1866 (oceanic two-wing flyingfish)
 Exocoetus peruvianus Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000 (Peruvian flyingfish)
 Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 (tropical two-wing flyingfish)

References

 
Exocoetidae
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
John Adam (actor)

John Adam is an Australian television and theatre actor. He has had three roles in the soap opera Home and Away as Dave Porter (1990), Luke Cunningham (1993–94) and Senior Detective Atticus Decker (2016). From 2009 until the series' cancellation, Adam starred as Detective Senior Constable Nick Buchanan in City Homicide. He has also appeared in Water Rats, All Saints and Neighbours, as well as various theatre productions.

Career
Following his graduation from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Adam appeared in various television shows, including A Country Practice and E Street. From 1993 to 1994, Adam portrayed teacher Luke Cunningham in Home and Away. It was his second role in the show, having previously appeared as Dave Porter, a friend of Ben Lucini (Julian McMahon), in 1990. Producers asked Adam to return to the show four times, before he accepted the role of Luke.

In 1997, Adam had a recurring role as Michael Jeffries in Water Rats. The following year, he starred as Peter Carter in Tony Morphett's thriller television film 13 Gantry Row.

In April 2009, it was announced that Adam had joined the cast of the crime drama City Homicide as Detective Senior Constable Nick Buchanan. Adam relocated to Melbourne with his family for filming. He spoke with a homicide detective during his research for the role and described Nick as being "Driven. Independent. Curious."

In 2010, while working on City Homicide, Adam was also appearing in Dead Man's Cell Phone at the Melbourne Theatre Company.

Adam played Arnolde in the 2012 Bell Shakespeare production of The School for Wives, alongside Harriet Dyer and Meyne Wyatt. The following year, he played Don Cotter in the soap opera Neighbours.

From April 2014, Adam appeared in a production of The King and I, which marked his first musical theatre role. In 2016, Adam rejoined Home and Away in the recurring role of Atticus Decker.

Filmography

References

External links

1960s births
Year of birth uncertain
Living people
National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni
Australian male television actors
Male actors from Brisbane
20th-century Australian male actors
21st-century Australian male actors
Kobukuro

, a Japanese band, formed in 1998 and made its major label debut in 2001. The name is a portmanteau of the two family names, Kentarō Kobuchi and Shunsuke Kuroda.

Members 
 
 
The band's visual appearance is unusual; there are only two people, and Kuroda stands over 193 cm (6'4") tall.

History
In May 1998, Kobuchi and Kuroda met each other in Sakai near Osaka. Kobuchi was a salesman who held street concerts every Saturday for relaxation and Kuroda was a physical education teacher and a street musician. In September the same year, Kobuchi offered Kuroda a song and seeing that Kuroda was not a skilled guitar player, Kobuchi became the guitar player of the group. Thus, Kobukuro was formed.

Kobukuro received moderately successful ratings for their first three indie albums—Saturday 8:PM (July 1999), ANSWER (December 2000) and Root of My Mind (March 2001). Kobukuro signed with Warner Music Japan in 2001, and made their debut with the hit single, "Yell" which reached number 4 on the Oricon Charts.

Kobukuro released the studio album Nameless World on December 21, 2005. Nameless World became their first number-one album on the Oricon weekly charts. On September 27, 2006, they released their greatest hits album All Singles Best, which topped the Oricon weekly charts for four consecutive weeks.

On March 21, 2007, Kobukuro released the single "Tsubomi." When the song "Tsubomi" was released, Marty Friedman pointed out that the song's arrangement was very simple and did away with the influence of the music of the Western culture. The song "Tsubomi" became their first number-one single on the Oricon weekly charts. "Tsubomi" won the coveted "Grand Prix" awards in December 2007 at the 49th Japan Record Awards. The song was included in their 2007 studio album 5296, which also topped the Oricon weekly charts.

On their 2009 album Calling, Kobuchi wrote "Sayonara Hero" as a memorial song for Kiyoshiro Imawano, who had died earlier that year. On March 3, 2010, they released their cover version of "Layla" (used in a Pepsi Nex commercial they starred in) as a digital single of iTunes Store without the release of the CD single.

When the Oricon weekly charts dated May 17, 2010 was released, the sales of All Singles Best passed 3,000,000 copies on the Oricon charts, becoming the first album to do so in 7 years 10 months since the 2002 achievement of Southern All Stars' Umi no Yeah!!, released on June 25, 1998.

Discography

Singles

Albums

Award

References

External links 
  Official Web Site of Kobukuro
  Official Web Site by Warner Music Japan

Japanese musical duos
Japanese pop music groups
Ballad music groups
Male musical duos
Warner Music Japan artists
Musical groups from Osaka
Musical groups established in 1998
1998 establishments in Japan
George Stephen Benjamin Jarvis

George Stephen Benjamin Jarvis (April 21, 1797 – April 15, 1878) was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada.

He was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1797 and moved to York (Toronto) with his family in 1809. He joined the 49th Regiment of the British Army as a volunteer and served during the War of 1812. He served in the 104th Regiment until 1817. He then studied law with Jonas Jones in Brockville and was called to the bar in  1823. In 1825, he was appointed judge in the Ottawa District court. In 1836, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Cornwall. In 1837, he was appointed judge in the Johnstown District. During the Rebellions of 1837, he raised and commanded a cavalry unit in the Stormont County militia, the Cornwall Lancers. In 1842, he was appointed judge in the Eastern District and continued to serve as judge for the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry when the county system was introduced in 1849.

He died in Cornwall in 1878.

External links
 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

1797 births
1878 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Upper Canada judges
Province of Canada judges
Stephen Peter Rigaud

Stephen Peter Rigaud (12 August 1774–16 March 1839) FRAS was an English mathematical historian and astronomer. 
Rigaud was born into a French Protestant family. His father,  Stephen (also known as James Stephen) Rigaud, was Observer at the Kew Observatory.  The painter John Francis Rigaud, who painted a portrait of Rigaud, aged four, and his sister Mary Anne was not his uncle but other possible connections are unknown.

He was a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, from 1794 to 1810, held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford from  1810 to 1827, and was Savilian Professor of Astronomy from 1827 to 1839. He lived at 21 Richmond Green in Richmond, Surrey (now Richmond, London) from 1815 to 1826.

"He devoted his leisure to research and authorship in the field of scientific biography. A well-informed friend has said of him, — " He had a peculiar delight in tracing the history of an invention, or illustrating the biography of those who, however eminent in their day, were in after ages known to have lived, flourished for a time, and died. To collect the materials for their lives, to throw light upon their habits, enumerate their works, and do justice to their merits, was a principal source of his amusement ; and his perseverance in seeking for materials was exceeded only by the discrimination and impartiality which accompanied his researches and rendered them of permanent value."

Published works
 Historical essay on the first publication of Sir Isaac Newton’s Principia (1838)
 An account of some early proposals for steam navigation (1838)
 Defence of the resolution for omitting Mr Panizzi's bibliographical notes from the catalogue of the Royal Society (1838)
 Correspondence of scientific men of the seventeenth century: including letters of Barrow, Flamsteed, Wallis and Newton, printed from the originals in the collection of the Honorable the Earl of Macclesfield (1841)

Death and legacy

He died on 16 March 1839 and was buried at St James, Piccadilly, London, where a memorial to him lies in the church. His eldest son, Stephen Jordan Rigaud (1816–1859),  was an English clergyman and schoolmaster who became Bishop of Antigua.

Some of his large book collection, concerning astronomy, mathematics and physics, was purchased by the Radcliffe Observatory in Oxford.  Some of the remaining materials were presented to the Bodleian Library in 1935 and some were sold at auction. This collection at the Bodleian contains 840 books. The theological, classical and miscellaneous portion of his library was sold at auction in London by R. H. Evans on 6 August 1839 (and two following days); a copy of the catalogue is held at Cambridge University Library (shelfmark Munby.c.145(11)).

References

1774 births
1839 deaths
Burials at St James's Church, Piccadilly
19th-century British astronomers
English people of French descent
Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford
Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society
Richmond, London
Savilian Professors of Astronomy
Savilian Professors of Geometry
19th-century English historians
Lisa Hensley (actress)

Lisa Hensley is an Australian actress who first came to prominence with a leading role in the television mini-series Brides of Christ. She went to high school at Brigidine College, St Ives, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Hensley has also appeared in A Country Practice, 15 Amore, Sons and Daughters, The Flying Doctors, Dating the Enemy, Farscape as Matala, Two Twisted, and All Saints. She currently presents the "From the Heart" program on Qantas airlines’s inflight ON-Q Radio.

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

External links
 

Living people
AACTA Award winners
Actresses from New South Wales
Australian television personalities
Women television personalities
Australian voice actresses
Australian television actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
Paula Arundell

Paula Arundell is an Australian actress and singer.

Early life
Arundell studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), in Sydney. She graduated in 1995, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting).

Career
Arundell has appeared on television in Water Rats, Murder Call, Farscape, All Saints, Home and Away, Out of the Blue and Love My Way among others.

Arundell's films have included Disgrace, Dags, Sample People, Gods of Egypt, and the upcoming Harmony.

As a singer, Arundell performed a version of the Tim Buckley song "Song to the Siren", which was used in the 2006 Neil Armfield film Candy.

She also voiced Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic Live in Sydney theme park.

She also played an older Hermione Granger in the Melbourne production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. In 2021, Arundell joined the cast of Neighbours as Evelyn Farlow for a two-week guest stint.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theme parks

Theatre

References

External links
 
 Paula Arundell at Youtube

Living people
Actresses from Sydney
Australian film actresses
Australian stage actresses
Australian people of South African descent
Australian television actresses
Helpmann Award winners
Australian actors of African descent
Year of birth missing (living people)
Hirundichthys

Hirundichthys is a genus of flying fish. They have elongated, moderately thick, ventrally flattened bodies. The pectoral branch of the lateral line is absent. The upper jaw  is not protrusible. The dorsal fin has fewer or equal (rarely one more) rays than the anal fin; the dorsal fin is low, with the anterior rays the longest, the pectoral fins are strikingly long, reaching to or almost to caudal fin base; pelvic fins are long, reaching beyond the anal fin origin, and their insertion is closer to the anal fin origin than to the pectoral fin insertion.

Species
Twelve species in this genus are recognized:
 Hirundichthys affinis (Günther, 1866) (fourwing flyingfish)
 Hirundichthys albimaculatus (Fowler, 1934) (whitespot flyingfish)
 Hirundichthys coromandelensis (Hornell, 1923) (Coromandel flyingfish)
 Hirundichthys ilma (F. E. Clarke, 1899)
 Hirundichthys indicus Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2013
 Hirundichthys indicus indicus Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2013
 Hirundichthys indicus orientalis Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2013
 Hirundichthys marginatus (Nichols & Breder, 1928) (banded flyingfish)
 Hirundichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1853)
 Hirundichthys oxycephalus frereensis Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2013
 Hirundichthys oxycephalus oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1853) (bony flyingfish)
 Hirundichthys rufipinnis (Valenciennes, 1847) (Redfin flyingfish) 
 Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847) (blackwing flyingfish)
 Hirundichthys socotranus (Steindachner, 1902)
 Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes, 1847) (mirrorwing flyingfish)
 Hirundichthys volador (Jordan, 1884)

References

 
Cypsellurinae
Something Else (Japanese band)

Something Else was a Japanese male folk band from Kashiwa consisting of members Nobutaka Okubo, Daisuke Ito and Chihiro Imai. Originally formed as Exit Line in 1994, they later changed their name to Something Else.

They debuted with the song "Kanashiki Nonfiction" in 1996, but remained relatively unknown until they released the song "Last Chance" in 1998.

Members 
 Nobutaka Okubo (大久保伸隆, B. September 24, 1974); Vocals and Acoustic Guitars
 Daisuke Ito (伊藤大介, B. July 25, 1974); Acoustic Guitars and Vocals
 Chihiro Imai (今井千尋, B. August 28, 1974); Bass Guitars and Vocals, who is also the husband of singer Eiko Matsumoto. They announced on 2007, October 10 that they are expecting their first child.

Discography

Singles

Albums

External links 
 Official Web Site of Something Else (Japanese)
 Official Web Site of Nobutaka Okubo (Japanese)

Japanese rock music groups
Musical groups from Chiba Prefecture
Tynnered

Tynnered is one of 21 boroughs in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. It is located in the western part of the city, about 8-10 kilometres from the inner city, and it has a population of 27,787 (2010) on 29.85 square kilometres (11.53 mi2). Alike several other boroughs of the city, Tynnered has a fairly high percentage of immigrants. On January 1, 2011, Tynnered became part of the district (stadsdelsnämnd) Western Gothenburg (Västra Göteborg). In 2021 the stadsdelsnämd districts were replaced by larger stadsområde districts and Tynnered became part of South-West Gothenburg (Sydväst Göteborg).

Travelling by tram from Gothenburg city centre to southern Tynnered takes about 25 minutes. The two trams that go to Tynnered are the tram routes 1 and 7, and they stop at Briljantgatan, Smaragdgatan and Opaltorget.  To northern Tynnered the bus number 50 is the fastest, taking about 20 minutes from the city centre. The shopping mall Frölunda Torg is located a couple of minutes away from Tynnered when going by foot.

Tynnered is also a parish, with approximately the same area. The church was built 1973.

History 
In the middle of the 60's, the area around Opaltorget and several other apartment blocks in Tynnered were started to be built. This venture, which is called Million Programme (Miljonprogrammet), was made in order to furbish up the area and make it more friendly to live in.

During the fall 2009, the local district publicly published new plans for Tynnered. Approximately 500-600 new apartments, premises for shops and refurbishing of streets are included in the project. Opaltorget is also to be developed into a vibrant town square for service and local shopping. One of the reasons to this project is that Opaltorget has been seen as an unsafe and dark square, according to Gothenburg municipality. Later in the same year, the real estate committee approved of the proposal. The project is expected to start being built in 2013.

In its 2017 report, Police in Sweden placed the district in the most severe category of urban areas with high crime rates. In 2021, it moved to the middle category of Risk area.

Demographics 
The population has increased with only circa 500 people the last ten years. In Tynnered, almost 34% of the inhabitants are younger than 25 years old. That percentage is much higher compared to the average in the city of Gothenburg. In principle have the inhabitants of Tynnered generally work, income and health like the rest of the people in Gothenburg. Due to the lack of workplaces in the borough, most employees work in other parts of the city. The turnout during Swedish general election 2006 was higher than in Gothenburg in general.

Education 
The following six schools are located in Tynnered:
Tynneredsskolan
Kannebäcksskolan
Grevegårdsskolan
Ängåsskolan
Vättnedalsskolan
Drakbergsskolan
During 2005 the percentage of students who continued with tertiary education was notably lower compared to the average in Gothenburg. However, 89% of the students had eligibility to gymnasium as of 2010. There are a number of kindergartens in Tynnered.

References

Boroughs of Gothenburg
Spinal cord compression

Spinal cord compression is a form of myelopathy in which the spinal cord is compressed. Causes can be bone fragments from a vertebral fracture, a tumor, abscess, ruptured intervertebral disc or other lesion.

When acute it can cause a medical emergency independent of its cause, and require swift diagnosis and treatment to prevent long-term disability due to irreversible spinal cord injury.

Signs and symptoms
Symptoms suggestive of cord compression are back pain, a dermatome of increased sensation, paralysis of limbs below the level of compression, decreased sensation below the level of compression, urinary and fecal incontinence and/or urinary retention. Lhermitte's sign (intermittent shooting electrical sensation) and hyperreflexia may be present.

Progression
Typically, the symptoms of spinal cord compression develop slowly and progress steadily over several years. In some patients, however, the condition may worsen more rapidly. Subacute compression develops over days to weeks. Acute compression develops within minutes to hours. Acute compression may follow subacute and chronic compression, especially if the cause is abscess or tumor. Regardless of the pace, spinal cord compression will predictably progress over time.

Causes
The most common causes of cord compression are tumors, but abscesses and granulomas (e.g. in tuberculosis) are equally capable of producing the syndrome. Tumors that commonly cause cord compression are lung cancer (non-small cell type), breast cancer, prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, thyroid cancer, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is by X-rays but preferably magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the whole spine.

Treatment
Dexamethasone (a potent glucocorticoid) in doses of 16 mg/day may reduce edema around the lesion and protect the cord from injury. It may be given orally or intravenously for this indication.

Surgery is indicated in localised compression as long as there is some hope of regaining function. It is also occasionally indicated in patients with little hope of regaining function but with uncontrolled pain. Postoperative radiation is delivered within 2–3 weeks of surgical decompression.  Emergency radiation therapy (usually 20 grays in 5 fractions, 30 grays in 10 fractions or 8 grays in 1 fraction) is the mainstay of treatment for malignant spinal cord compression. It is very effective as pain control and local disease control. Some tumours are highly sensitive to chemotherapy (e.g. lymphomas, small-cell lung cancer) and may be treated with chemotherapy alone.

Prognosis
Once complete paralysis has been present for more than about 24 hours before treatment, the chances of useful recovery are greatly diminished, although slow recovery, sometimes months after radiotherapy, is well recognised.

The median survival of patients with metastatic spinal cord compression is about 12 weeks, reflecting the generally advanced nature of the underlying malignant disease.

See also
 Spinal stenosis
 Cervical spinal stenosis
 Myelopathy

References

External links 

Oncology
Medical emergencies
Oncological emergencies
Yevgeni Mokhorev

Yevgeni Mokhorev (born 1967 in Leningrad now Saint Petersburg) is a Russian photographer.  He became a professional photographer in 1986. Two years later he joined the well- known photo club "Zerkalo" or "Mirror" where he met Alexey Titarenko and other photographers that influenced him. He has participated in more than 40 events, both in Russia and abroad, including Ballet Royal: Arithmetic of the Ideal, a collaboration between Mokhorev and the Mariinsky Ballet, and is a well-known photographer in St. Petersburg.

His work has exhibited in several countries, including the US, Britain in 2009, and in early 2010 in Copenhagen. His distinctive black and white style set in urban landscapes has been said to depict "the Russian soul".

References

External links
Galleries:
"The walks across the city" collection at the Moscow House of Photography
Yevgeni Mokhorev's site at photosight.ru
Profile of Evgeny Mokhorev at New York's Nailya Alexander Gallery
Documentary about Evgeny Mokhorev by amadelio film

Photographers from Saint Petersburg
1967 births
Living people
LC, Swansea

The LC is a leisure centre located in the city centre of Swansea, Wales, UK.  Originally Swansea Leisure Centre, it was re-branded as 'The LC' when the facility re-opened to the public on 1 March 2008 after a £32-million makeover. The LC's exterior has been revitalised by replacing the old concrete panels with clear glass, translucent glazing, and timber panelling.

History
Swansea Leisure Centre was built on the location of the former Swansea Victoria railway station, opened by the Queen during her silver jubilee celebrations in 1977.  The original centre featured the first wave machine to be installed in a leisure centre in Wales; it became one of Wales' top leisure facilities and a substantial tourist draw, attracting more than 800,000 users annually at its peak. After its closure in 2003, Swansea Council decided to refurbish the centre, which was reopened - again by the Queen - on 7 March 2008.

Features
The LC's waterpark features include water slides, surf simulator, a 30 ft climbing wall, an indoor play area, a multi-purpose sports and exhibition hall (which was an official training facility for the 2012 London Olympics), exercise areas, and a spa and sauna section.

Logo
The "LC" logo was designed to be intentionally ambiguous, with the '2' implying the relaunch of the old Swansea Leisure Centre, or a wave and some mountains, signifying Swansea and the surrounding area or the surf simulator and climb wall inside the LC, or a swan, representing Swansea.

See also
 Swansea Victoria railway station the former station.

References

External links

SurfGSD now offer Indoor surfing lessons on the indoor machine at Swansea's new leisure centre
Official LC Swansea website
City & County of Swansea: Pictures of the redeveloped Swansea Leisure Centre

Sports venues in Swansea
Tourist attractions in Swansea
Swimming venues in Wales
Water parks in the United Kingdom
Buildings and structures in Swansea
Neil Sachse

Neil Frederick Sachse (3 January 1951 – 25 August 2020) was a South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Victorian Football League (VFL) Australian rules footballer, who was left a quadriplegic after an on-field accident in a 1975 VFL game.

Footscray career

Sachse was a premiership player with North Adelaide before moving to VFL club Footscray in 1975.

In his second match for Footscray (Round 2, 1975), Sachse was left a quadriplegic after an accidental collision with Fitzroy player, Kevin O'Keeffe. He was left with no use of his legs, and little movement in his hands. However he could still move his arms and breathe normally.

The Neil Sachse Foundation
In 1994, Neil Sachse and Dawn Ferrett founded an organisation to raise funds for research into the treatment of spinal cord injury. Originally known as the Spinal Research Fund of Australia Incorporated, it was renamed the Neil Sachse Foundation.

Since 1994, it has raised over $2 million which has funded a research project at Flinders University that proved that nerve fibres in the spine can regenerate past the site of the injury and return some function.

In 2009, in recognition of his tireless work and dedication, Neil was awarded the "Premier's Award for Outstanding Community Achievement in South Australia" at an Awards Ceremony run by the Australia Day Council of SA at Government House.

Sachse's biography, Playing On, written with Michael Sexton, was released through Affirm Press in August 2015.

Sachse died on 25 August 2020.

References

External links

 The Neil Sachse Foundation Website
 Quadriplegic footballer keeps up the fight, ABC, 29 June 2009

1951 births
2020 deaths
Australian rules footballers from South Australia
North Adelaide Football Club players
People with tetraplegia
Western Bulldogs players
Prince Alexander of Battenberg Square

Prince Alexander I Square (), often called simply Battenberg Square (площад Батенберг) is the largest square of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is named after Alexander Joseph of Battenberg (Alexander I of Bulgaria), the first prince of modern Bulgaria. During the Communist rule of Bulgaria, the square was named September 9th Square, after a coup on September 9, 1944, made the country a Communist state.  Before 1944, the square was known as Tsar's Square because the former royal palace, now the National Art Gallery was located there. It was the site of the Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum from 1949 until 1999. It is arguably the most suitable place in Sofia for major open-air concerts such as the concert series "Opera on the Square", demonstrations, parades (including the military parade on St George's Day) and other large-scale events.

Events

Parades

During the communist era, September 9th Square was the main site of civil and military parades in honor of International Workers' Day, The Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944, The Great October Socialist Revolution, and in 1981 the 1300th Anniversary of the Bulgarian State. The government leaders ascended to the top of the Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum to view these parades. After the fall of communism in 1989, only parades were held in honor of Armed Forces Day.

External links
 A gallery of early photos of the square

Squares in Sofia
Josephine Mitchell

Josephine Mitchell (born 21 May 1965) sometimes credited as Jo Mitchell is an Australian actress and playwright with a lengthy career in theatre and television soap operas and serials.

Biography
Mitchells first major role was in Seven's drama series A Country Practice as Jo Loveday from 1985 and 1989. In 1990 she played Jane Holland in Home and Away, and has appeared in many of Australia's most popular series including, E Street (as designer and mother Penny O'Brien), Neighbours (as Katerina, a wheelchair user) and on All Saints as a one-episode guest, playing a protective mother who mutilated her husband after she found he had molested their daughter.
 
In 2010, she returned to Home and Away as a different character, that of Jill Carpenter, a dysfunctional alcoholic mother, and the mother of Romeo, played by Luke Mitchell.

Both of Mitchell's parents were heavily involved in theatre and she has had an extensive career in her own right in theatre as well as many television and film roles. She started her own theatre company, Strut Theatre, with other actors to promote women's roles. Strut worked out of Wharf 2 at the Sydney Theatre Company in the early nineties. She produced two plays, Pam Gems and Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi, as well as a commissioned play by Australian playwright, Justin Fleming called Conversation Peace. She then moved to Melbourne to appear in the National Tour of the musical Hello Dolly, produced by John Frost.

Personal life 
Jo Mitchell is married to Australian director and producer Chris Martin-Jones and they have two daughters. The pair met when Martin-Jones was a director on A Country Practice in 1989. His other credits include McLeod's Daughters, Packed to the Rafters, Spartacus, Legend of the Seeker, and A Place to Call Home.
    
She has a double degree from Sydney University, in Medieval and Religious Studies. She is currently focusing on her work behind the camera as writer, having finished a feature-length movie titled The Cult and the tele-movie Aren't U Spesh!.

Selected filmography

References

External links
 

Living people
1965 births
Australian soap opera actresses
Australian musical theatre actresses
University of Sydney alumni
Actresses from Sydney
People from Melbourne
20th-century Australian actresses
21st-century Australian women
21st-century Australian people
Naotarō Moriyama

(born April 23, 1976) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. His mother is Ryōko Moriyama, a well-known folk singer.

Moriyama came out with the album "Kawaita Uta wa Sakana no Esa ni Chōdo Ii" in 2002, and distinguished himself with the song "Sakura".

Discography

Singles 
 - November 27, 2002
  - March 5, 2003
 - August 20, 2003
 - January 10, 2004
 - March 17, 2004
 - August 4, 2004
 - February 23, 2005
 - June 15, 2005
 - November 16, 2005
 - 
 - September 13, 2006
 - October 25, 2006
 - May 9, 2007
 - August 8, 2007
 - January 30, 2008
 - August 27, 2008
 - October 21, 2009
 - September 29, 2010

Albums 
 - October 2, 2002
 - June 18, 2003
 - May 26, 2004
 - November 29, 2006
 - March 5, 2008
 - June 9, 2010
 - April 11, 2012
 - April 24, 2013
 - December 11, 2013

Compilation albums
 - June 15, 2005
 - December 15, 2010

References

External links 
 Official Web Site of Naotaro Moriyama 
 Official Web Site by Universal Music 

1976 births
Living people
Seijo University alumni
Singers from Tokyo
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese male singers
Quasar-Unipower

The Quasar-Unipower was a box-like car produced in limited numbers between 1967 and 1968 by Universal Power Drives of Perivale, Middlesex, England who also built the Unipower GT sports car.

Designed by Quasar Khanh, a French-Vietnamese designer and engineer, the car used plastic inflatable seats, a glass roof and sliding glass doors, in a cube-like configuration that was wider than it was long. The Unipower employed a four-cylinder 1100 cc BMC engine with an automatic transmission. Modified Mini subframes carried the suspension components and Mini 10 inch wheels were used. The car had a top speed of .

See also
 List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom

References

External links
 web site about the Quasar Unipower (in French) 
 official web site for Quasar Khanh world's

Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Marina Towers Observatory

The Marina Towers Observatory (also known as the Swansea Observatory and Tower of the Ecliptic) is located in the Maritime Quarter of Swansea, on the coast of southern Wales. It was previously home to Wales's largest optical astronomical telescope. The building was designed by Robin Campbell in 1989 and consists of two towers, it was built with part funding from a European Heritage Grant.  From 1993 to Feb 2010 it was loaned to the Swansea Astronomical Society but it is now back in the hands of Swansea City Council.

The top of the tower has a stained glass feature designed by David Pearl. Observational facilities previously included a 20-inch Shafer-Maksutov telescope - the second largest of its kind in the world. But this has since been removed after Swansea Astronomical Society vacated the site.

References

External links
Swansea Astronomical Society
Explore Gower:Marina Towers - Swansea Observatory

Buildings and structures in Swansea
Astronomical observatories in Wales
Towers completed in 1989
Towers in Wales