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Brother Fish

Brother Fish is a novel written by Bryce Courtenay that was published in 2004.

Plot summary
Brother Fish is a story spanning four continents and eighty years, though the bulk of the narrative takes place in Australia and Korea. The book deals with the friendship of Jacko McKenzie, a native of the (fictional) Queen's Island in the Bass Strait, and James ‘Jimmy’ Pentecost Oldcorn, an orphaned American ex-soldier. The two have been meeting at the Gallipoli Bar of the ANZAC Hotel, Launceston, Tasmania for 33 years, ever since their release from a prisoner of war camp in Korea.

In the bar, Jacko reminisces about his youth on Queen's Island, ruminates on the poverty he experienced as the son of a fisherman and a washerwoman, and recalls the inhabitants of his hometown. One of the defining points of Jacko's life was his first encounter with Miss Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan, the town librarian and indomitable justice of the peace. The librarian substantially influenced Jacko's life, first as a teacher giving additional English lessons during his formative years, later as a friend, and ultimately as a business partner.

A key feature of the novel is Jacko's recounting of his army days, first as an infantryman who enlisted too late to see any service in World War II and then as an infantryman in Korea. It was during this time that Jacko met Jimmy, an American soldier, and care is taken to delve into the background of the latter.

Following their release, the two men return to Queen's Island, where Jimmy is a big hit with the local girls. During a brief stopover in Launceston, Jacko meets Wendy, the daughter of a local doctor and ex-fiancé of one of Jacko's fallen comrades, and the two eventually marry. As Jacko and Jimmy set about rebuilding their lives and starting their own fishing business, they turn to the domineering Miss Lenoir-Jourdan once more. Her chequered past as a Russian émigré, first to Shanghai and later to Australia via Hong Kong following a dramatic fallout with a Chinese Triad boss, is described in detail, and ultimately rounds out the novel.

The story concludes with Jimmy and Jacko enjoying their pint in the ANZAC before travelling to say their final goodbyes to an old, dear friend on his deathbed.

Major themes 
The Korean War is a major theme of the first third of the book - in particular, its status as "the forgotten war", the poor performance of American troops, the brutality of the South Korean regime of Syngman Rhee, and the crimes against POWs.

Another common theme throughout the novel is music, specifically the mouth organ, which Jacko and his family are rather adept at playing. Jimmy repeatedly reminds Jacko that this music possibly saved both of them from near-certain death in Korea.

The novel explores the White Australia policy by way of the obstacles Jimmy encounters trying to secure permanent residency in Australia. In a similar vein, references appear throughout the book to Australia's racist history and its treatment of the aboriginal population as second-class citizens.

2004 novels
Novels by Bryce Courtenay
Novels set in Australia
Ouley Hill

Ouley Hill is 180 m high and lies in County Down Northern Ireland between Carryduff and Saintfield. Its name is derived 

It was the site of a battle in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

Ouley Hill is accessible by the Killinure Road which runs across the highest part, there are several side road networks which straddle the peak, including Ouley Road itself.

References

Mountains and hills of County Down
Rajon Music Group

The Rajon Music Group was formed in July 2000 by John Evans after the merger of 3 leading independent record labels (Rajon Entertainment, RedX Entertainment and Startel Entertainment). Consequently, the group became one of the largest independent record labels in Australia.

Rajon's core business was TV compilations; budget, mid price and catalogue marketing and concepts; single artist development, third party licensing; synchronisations for TV and film, and premium CD's. The company has also expanded into the DVD/Video market with the launch of Rajon Vision in December 2001.

Rajon owned and controlled a very successful catalogue of artists, which has earned many awards including 32 gold records, 6 platinum records and 42 major industry awards.

Rajon Music Group was distributed by Sony Music in Australia who supplies product to major music and DVD retailers such Sanity, HMV, Blockbuster, K-Mart, Target, Myer/Grace, Leading Edge. The company has recently expanded the operation into New Zealand, Asia and the UK. Distribution is handled by Sony Music in Asia and Zomba/BMG in New Zealand.

Rajon was a member of ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) and AMCOS (Australasian Mechanical Copyrights Owners Society).

Rajon acquisition of Big Records 

Through an acquisition of 90% Rajon took control of Big Records. Prior to the acquisition, Big Records was an independent record company established by Paul Paoliello and Peter "Reggie" Bowman. New artists that fell under the Rajon umbrella included Tina Cousins, The Teenage Idols, 888, Melissa Tkautz, Groove Armada, Ashanti, Melanie C, and Hanson.

Rajon was sold to the digital media and marketing firm Destra Corporation in 2005. Destra's purchase of these sorts of businesses over three years failed to produce a media empire where all the business units integrated with each other. Destra collapsed in 2008.

See also

List of record labels
Sony Music
Big Records

External links

 

Australian independent record labels
Record labels established in 2000
2000 establishments in Australia
Funk (album)

Funk is an album released in 2002 by Korean pop rock band Bulldog Mansion.  It is most notable for featuring the song "Happy Birthday to Me," which was used in the SamBakZa Flash cartoon "There she is!! Step 2 -- Cake Dance".

Track listing
"Open the Door" – 1:00
"Funk" – 4:54
"Destiny" – 4:25
"Hello! My Friend" – 4:29
"Room '101" – 0:36
"사과" – 5:15
"Milk" – 4:18
"Dream Lover" – 4:46
"Room '102" – 0:29
"Stargirl! 내사랑을 받아다오!" – 3:17
"눈물의 Cha Cha" – 4:01
"Room '103" – 0:34
"부에노스 아이레스" – 4:18
"We All Need a Lifetime, Too" – 3:57
"Happy Birthday to Me" – 3:32
"Room '104" – 0:36
"Part 1: Alone" – 5:12
"Part 2: Escape" – 1:01
"Part 3: She Is My Dance Sister" – 4:27
"Close the Door" – 3:51

External links 
 
 There She Is! - Cake Dance
Minus8 - School assignment

2002 albums
Bulldog Mansion albums
Universal Music Group albums
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center

The Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a university research center for the study of plasmas, fusion science and technology.

It was originally founded in 1976 as the Plasma Fusion Center (PFC) at the request and with the collaboration of the U.S. Department of Energy. The original grant was for construction and operation of a tokamak reactor Alcator A, the first in a series of small, high-field tokamaks, followed by Alcator C (1978) and Alcator C-Mod (1993).

MIT's most recent tokamak, Alcator C-Mod, ran from 1993 to 2016. In 2016, the project pressure reached 2.05 atmospheres—a 15 percent jump over the previous record of 1.77 atmospheres with a plasma temperature of 35 million degrees C, sustaining fusion for 2 seconds, yielding 600 trillion fusion reactions. The run involved a 5.7 tesla magnetic field. It reached this milestone on its final day of operation.

In 2018, the PSFC began developing a conceptual design for the SPARC tokamak in collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems. SPARC intends to use new YBCO superconducting magnets in order to achieve net fusion energy in a compact device.

References

External links

PSFC homepage
Nuclear Science and Engineering homepage
New Record for Fusion (MIT News)
Alcator C-Mod pressure record: FAQ (PSFC News)

Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Plasma physics facilities
Salon de Musica

Salon de Musica is an album released in 2004 by Korean pop rock band Bulldog Mansion.

Track listing
"You'd Expected, but We Are..." – 1:45
"Life Is..." – 3:30
"사랑은 구라파에서" – 3:10
"그녀 이야기" – 3:27
"El Disco Amor" – 4:50
"O" My Soul" – 3:05
"좋아요~" – 2:31
"Salon" – 0:55
"잘가라 사랑아" – 3:13
"Lucha! Amigo" – 3:52
"명탐정 차차차" – 2:25
"Soul Drive" – 6:35
"Summer Rain" – 4:27
"The Classic Story of Bulldog Mansion" – 2:17
"Closing Time" – 2:18
"El Disco Amor (사랑의 디스코 radio edit)" – 4:14

External links 
 

2004 albums
Bulldog Mansion albums
Kakao M albums
NOD mice

Non-obese diabetic or NOD mice, like biobreeding rats, are used as an animal model for type 1 diabetes. Diabetes develops in NOD mice as a result of insulitis, a leukocytic infiltrate of the pancreatic islets. The onset of diabetes is associated with a moderate glycosuria and a non-fasting hyperglycemia.  It is recommended to monitor for development of glycosuria from 10 weeks of age; this can be carried out using urine glucose dipsticks. NOD mice will develop spontaneous diabetes when left in a sterile environment. The incidence of spontaneous diabetes in the NOD mouse is 60–80% in females and 20–30% in males. Onset of diabetes also varies between males and females: commonly, onset is delayed in males by several weeks. The mice (as well as C57BL/6 and SJL) are known to carry IgG2c allele.

History 
Non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice exhibit a susceptibility to spontaneous development of autoimmune insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). The NOD strain and related strains were developed at Shionogi Research Laboratories in Aburahi, Japan by Makino and colleagues and first reported in 1980. The group developed the NOD strain by an outbreeding of the cataract-prone strain from JcI:ICR mice.

Susceptibility 
The susceptibility to IDDM is polygenic and environment exerts a strong effect on gene penetrances. Environment including housing conditions, health status, and diet all affect development of diabetes in the mice. For instance, NOD mice maintained in different laboratories can have different levels of incidence.  The incidence of disease is linked to the microbiome.

NOD mice are also susceptible to developing other autoimmune syndromes, including autoimmunine sialitis, autoimmune thyroiditis, autoimmune peripheral polyneuropathy etc. Diabetes in these mice can be prevented by a single injection of mycobacterial adjuvants such as complete Freund's adjuvant (FCA) or Bacille de Calmette et Guérin (BCG) vaccine.

Identifying IDDM susceptibility loci 
Genetic Loci associated with susceptibility to IDDM have been identified in the NOD mouse strain through the development of congenic mouse strains, which have identified several insulin dependent diabetes (Idd) loci. The most important is idd1 which is the major histocompatibility complex class II loci I-Ag7.

NOD mice have polymorphisms in the Idd3 locus which are linked to IL-2 production. IL-2 promotes either immunity or tolerance in a concentration dependent fashion by acting on T helper cells, CTL and NK cells. Low amounts of IL-2 may be needed to promote survival of Treg in mice. Loss of IL-2 can thereby contribute to the development of autoimmunity in NOD mice.

NOD mice have a mutation in exon 2 of the CTLA-4 gene, which causes it to be spliced incorrectly. CTLA-4 plays a major role in suppressing the T-cell immune response. Without the proper functioning of CTLA-4, T-cells attack the insulin producing cells. This results in Type 1 Diabetes.

References 

Laboratory mouse strains
Diabetes
Population genetics
Power Rangers (song)

"Power Rangers" is a song written by Kussa Mahchi and performed by The Mighty RAW, credited as "Mighty Morph'n Power Rangers" on the single release. The song was released on December 5, 1994, on CD, 7-inch vinyl, and tape cassette during the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and at the height of the series' popularity. The single was widely publicized in the United Kingdom, where it reached number three on the UK Singles Chart, and a corresponding video featuring footage from the series received considerable airtime on national television.

Track information
Of these tracks, only the third "Go Green Ranger Go" was original music from the television series. The other three were remixed and rearranged songs, using the series' theme tune as well as sound clips from the series. The extended club mix was basically just the main theme tune, but extended to last about 2 minutes longer.

The main song was particularly notable for an original line of dialogue recorded by David Fielding (Zordon) and Richard Steven Horvitz (Alpha 5) for the end of the song. The two characters, Zordon particularly, reveal the future existence of the first White Ranger, before such a thing existed in the Power Rangers franchise.

Production
Power Rangers music for the single was produced by Mike Stock and Matt Aitken. "Go Green Ranger Go" was produced, arranged and engineered by Ron Wasserman, recorded at Saban Studios and mastered by Ric Wilson. The music coordinator was David Hillenbrand. All four songs were performed by Ron Wasserman (A.K.A. Aaron Waters - The Mighty RAW).

Track listings
UK 7-inch vinyl
A1. "Power Rangers"
B1. "Go Green Ranger Go"
B2. "Power Rangers" (instrumental mix)

UK CD and cassette single
 "Power Rangers"
 "Power Rangers" (extended club mix)
 "Go Green Ranger Go"
 "Power Rangers" (instrumental mix)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
1994 singles
1994 songs
RCA Records singles
Gelan District

Gelan is a district in the south of Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Its population was estimated at 78,408 in 2002. The district capital is Janda.

The district is within the heartland of the Tarakai tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.

Politics and Governance

Geography

Healthcare

Education

Demographics

Infrastructure

Natural Resources

References

External links

 Map of Settlements AIMS, May 2002

Districts of Ghazni Province
Bower Ashton

Bower Ashton is a village in south west Bristol on the western boundary with North Somerset, lying within the Southville ward, approximately two miles from the city centre. Ashton Court estate, a  recreational area owned by Bristol City Council lies just to the north, the Long Ashton by-pass (Brunel Way, the A370) to the south and the River Avon to the east.

The area is now mainly residential but also includes the Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education (formerly the School of Creative Arts) of the University of the West of England, Ashton Park School, which is a specialist Sports College, as well as about 180 allotments in 5 different areas. Clifton Bridge and Ashton Gate railway stations are both now closed, but there is some pressure to reopen the latter as part of a rapid transit link from Portishead.

History
Bower Ashton was historically a hamlet in the parish of Long Ashton in Somerset. In medieval times the area was owned by St Augustine's Abbey, but following the dissolution the Smyth estate was established by John Smyth, a merchant from Small Street in the city, in the 16th century. In the 19th century Sir John Henry Greville Smyth rebuilt Ashton Court Mansion along with a now demolished Dower house on the present site of the School of Creative Arts. Maps of that era show a ropewalk, Frayne's Colliery and Ashton Vale Iron works, adjacent to the Portishead railway line. An Iron Foundry was in operation in the area until the 1900s.

From ancient times the Rownham Ferry linked Bower Ashton with Hotwells.  It medieval times it was owned by the monks of St Augustine's Abbey and brought them considerable income. There was also a ford downstream but due to the great tidal range this was dangerous. The ferry remained in operation until it closed in the 1930s, after the opening of the Ashton Swing Bridge at Ashton Gate. Legend has it that King Charles I crossed the Avon from Hotwells via the ferry on his way to Leigh Court in 1651.

In 1914, it was the location of the Bristol International Exhibition.

In 1951, the area was transferred from Long Ashton parish to Bristol.

Attractions
Bower Ashton is also the location of the playing grounds of Bedminster Cricket Club (founded in 1847, for whom W.G. Grace played) and has a small part of the River Avon Trail (the old Tow Path) running along the River Avon in Greville Smyth Park, which was developed from land given to the city by Sir Greville Smyth. The park walk gives a classic view of the full span of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge across the Avon Gorge between Leigh Woods in North Somerset and Clifton in Bristol.

Across the River Avon are the lock gate entrances to Bristol Docks and the 'Floating Harbour' (completed in 1809) in Hotwells and the large Samuel Plimsoll Swing Bridge. Within easy walking distance too are: Ashton Court Estate, (where Bristol's famous outdoor festivals take place) and Ashton Gate stadium (home of Bristol City FC).

Notes

External links
 www.bower-ashton.co.uk
 map of Bower Ashton circa 1900
 Bower Ashton Residents Association

Areas of Bristol
Places formerly in Somerset
True Stories (TV series)

True Stories was an Australian biographical documentary series which explored the personal journeys of ordinary, and sometimes extraordinary Australians. It is based on the ABC's Australian Story. The 4-episode first season of the program rated well, attracting an average of over 1.7 million viewers per episode. As a result, Channel Seven announced a second season, consisting of over 20 episodes which aired from mid-2006. Original host Anna Coren did not front the entire second season as mid-way through production Coren was posted as U.S. Correspondent for Seven. Because of this, several episodes were presented by Chris Bath.

Season two episode summaries

Dylan's Story
Original airdate: 9 July 2006

Dylan Hartung is a 7-year-old boy diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroblastoma in 2004. Doctors in Australia were True Stories followed his trip to Australia for treatment at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Tim's Story
Original airdate: 23 July 2006

Truck driver Tim Stuhlfauth was hijacked, held at gunpoint for 16 hours and forced to drive his rig without a break as the madman fired shots in the cabin of his truck. As the terrifying ordeal unfolded Tim thought he'd never see his family again convinced he was going to be killed. The hijacking came to a dramatic conclusion thanks to Tim's quick thinking. The story took a dramatic twist when the identity of the gunman was finally revealed. Tragic story with heart warming scenes that will make your day.

Ratings

Season one (2005) 
The first season of True Stories aired 8:00pm Tuesday nights on the Seven Network. It won its timeslot every week, benefitting strongly from the program preceding it, Border Security, which regularly topped 2 million viewers. Episodes of True Stories that came first in their timeslots have been highlighted in grey.

See also
 List of Seven Network programs

References

External links
True Stories at the National Film and Sound Archive

Seven Network original programming
2000s Australian documentary television series
2005 Australian television series debuts
Ilse-Margret Vogel

Ilse-Margret Vogel (5 June 1914 – 7 October 2001) was a German-American author who mostly wrote for children and young adults.  However, she is perhaps best known for her memoir Bad Times, Good Friends - A personal memoir which tells the story of her life between 1943 and 1945 living in Nazi Germany and how a small group of German artists and dissidents lived under Hitler. Vogel worked for the art dealer J.B. Neumann in New York.

Her husband is artist, children's author and illustrator Howard Knotts.

Works
 Bad Times, Good Friends - A personal memoir. Ilse-Margret Vogel, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, 1992 
 The Bear in the Boat. Ilse-Margret Vogel, Golden Press, Racine, Wisconsin, 1972

References

1914 births
2001 deaths
German emigrants to the United States
20th-century German women writers
German women children's writers
Women memoirists
John McIntosh

John or Jack McIntosh may refer to:
John McIntosh (farmer) (1777–c. 1846), American-born Canadian farmer credited with discovering the McIntosh apple
John McIntosh (reformer) (1796–1853), businessman and political figure in Upper Canada
John Baillie McIntosh (1829–1888), Union Army general in the American Civil War
John McIntosh (Quebec politician) (1841–1904), member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and the Canadian House of Commons
John F. McIntosh (1846–1918), Scottish locomotive engineer
John Donald McIntosh (1850–?), politician in Manitoba, Canada
John William McIntosh (c. 1870–1939), physician and politician in British Columbia, Canada
John Charles McIntosh (1874–1940), lawyer and political figure in British Columbia
Jack McIntosh (English footballer) (1876–?), English football forward
Jack McIntosh (Australian footballer) (1878–1944), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne
John H. McIntosh (1879–1925), American college football coach
John Cowe McIntosh (1892–1921), British-born Australian aviator
John McIntosh (Australian politician) (1901–1971), New South Wales politician
Jack McIntosh (politician) (1909–1988), member of the Canadian House of Commons from Saskatchewan
John McIntosh (footballer) (born 1943), Australian rules footballer for Claremont and St Kilda
John McIntosh (educator) (born 1946), British headmaster of the London Oratory School
Jack McIntosh (strongman) (born 1988), British strongman competitor

See also
John Mackintosh (disambiguation)
John McIntosh (farmer)

John McIntosh (August 15, 1777 – c. 1845) was a Scottish-Canadian farmer and fruit breeder, credited with discovering the McIntosh Red apple. Through the apple, his surname is the eponym of the Macintosh (or Mac) computers and operating systems by Apple Inc.

Early life
John McIntosh was born in Mohawk Valley near Harpersfield in the Province of New York in 1777, the son of a Scottish immigrant who was a loyalist during the American Revolution. McIntosh emigrated to Upper Canada sometime between 1795 and 1801 and settled in Matilda Township, now part of South Dundas Township. His four sons, David, Charles, Allan, and John served with the Dundas County Militia during the Upper Canada Rebellion, fighting at the Battle of the Windmill in 1838. His son Allan would continue growing the apples and expanded the orchards.

Discovery of the McIntosh apple
While clearing his property, McIntosh discovered a number of seedling apple trees growing wild. He transplanted them to his garden, and by the following year only one had survived. Several years later, the tree was producing the crisp, delicious fruit that is now well known. The discoverer eventually dubbed it the 'McIntosh Red', which is still the apple's official name.

McIntosh farmed the original property until his death, sometime between September 19, 1845 and January 10, 1846, near St. Lawrence Valley, Ontario.

Original tree 
The original tree that spawned this legacy was damaged by fire in 1894. The McIntosh family nursed the old tree along until 1908; the last year it produced a crop; and, in 1910, it fell over. A flat headstone now marks the spot where the stump had remained for years. At least three plaques commemorating the site's historic value are also located in the vicinity. In 1962, the Ontario Heritage Foundation erected a plaque outside the former McIntosh homestead.

In 2001 the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada unveiled another plaque in a nearby park and declared the apple's discovery and development an "event of national historic importance." The park, which belongs to the Township of South Dundas, also features a large hand-painted mural depicting the apple's history.

External links 
 Ontario Plaques
 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
 Ontario Heritage Foundation
 Vermont Apples
 Portrait drawing at the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame Association

1777 births
1840s deaths
19th-century Canadian people
Farmers from New York (state)
American emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario
Canadian farmers
Canadian people of Scottish descent
American people of Scottish descent
History of agriculture in Ontario
19th-century Scottish farmers
Gangsta Blues

Gangsta Blues is the fifth studio album by Jamaican recording artist Tanya Stephens. This album was probably the most politically driven album with tracks like "What a Day", "The Other Cheek" and "Sound of My Tears". The album also has a lovers rock feel to it (as is common in Tanya's albums) with songs such as "Good Ride" and "It's a Pity" (with the latter giving her international success).

Background
Recording for the album took place in-between 2001 and 2004. It was recorded across various recording studios in Jamaica and America. Production came from her longtime life partner Andrew Henton among many others including Neil Amos, Romain "Sherkhan" Chiffre, Mr. Doo, Philip "Fatis" Burrell, Steven Stanley, and Digital B, with writing coming from Tanya herself on every track, Andrew on most plus a lot of other writers throughout the album.
The general topics covered on Gangsta Blues range from government, the current quality of modern music, love & politics.

Track listing

Reception
Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times described the music as "acoustic-guitar laments and joyful digital dancehall", and in Sanneh's view the album is "full of witty reggae protest songs". Vibes Rob Kenner regarded it as Stephens' best album to date. Allmusic writer Rick Anderson gave it two and half stars out of five, describing the rhythms as "expert but not exactly revelatory ", and the lyrics "mostly a predictable mix of defensive braggadocio and by-the-numbers slackness", but picking out "Little White Lie", "What's Your Story", and "It's a Pity" for particular praise.

Chart History

Billboard
Billboard Reggae albums - 10

Personnel
Writers - V. Stephenson, C. Grant, W. Jean, A. Henton, C. Lawrence, R. Myrie, P Baigorry, J. Buggon, L. Topp, C. Dodd, H. Reddy, R. Burton, E. Getthard, H. Seaton
Producers - Dave Kelly, Tony Kelly, Andrew Henton, Barry O'Hare, Neil Amos,  Romain "Sherkhan" Chiffre, Tanya Stephens, Mr. Doo, Phillip 'Fattis' Burrell, Louis "Flabba" Malcolm, Anthony Senior, Boris Silvera, Steven Stanley, Digiteal B
Editing & Mixing - Paul Shields of VP Records
Cover Art photography - William Richards
Cover Art design - Kerry DeBruce
Publishing - VP Records, Tarantula Records, Warner/Chappell, STB Music, Topp Entertainment, Jamrec Music

Please note
Information such as Writers & Personnel is taken directly from the CD inlay.

References

2004 albums
Tanya Stephens albums
Soaring Society of South Africa

The Soaring Society of South Africa (SSSA) is the body to which all gliding and touring motor gliders in South Africa must belong, as stipulated in law by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), to pursue the sport of gliding within South Africa. It is affiliated to the Aeroclub of South Africa which also represents all the sporting bodies at the CAA. Membership is by subscription directly to the SSSA.

The SSSA is charged with the following responsibilities:

 Defining and publishing the standards for safe operations (approved by the CAA)
 Maintaining a register of airworthy gliders
 Approving courses for the training of instructors
 Negotiating to ensure access to airspace 
 Promoting the sport of gliding
 Liaison with international gliding organisations

Gliding in South Africa is a genuinely varied sport enjoyed at different levels, from the flourishing club scene, to aerobatics, up to international racing championships. Sailplanes come in different styles and sizes but are always graceful in the air.

See also
 Sport in South Africa

References

External links
 Official website

Gliding associations
Sports governing bodies in South Africa
Aviation in South Africa
Jimmy Bruno

Jimmy Bruno (born July 22, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist from Philadelphia.

Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Bruno started playing guitar at the age of 7. He began his professional career at the age of 19, touring with Buddy Rich. He played for many years in Los Angeles before returning to Philadelphia.

He counts as influences Johnny Smith, Hank Garland, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, Wes Montgomery, Howard Roberts, Jim Hall, and Pat Martino.

In March 2011, he opened Jimmy Bruno's Guitar Workshop, a web site that allows students to learn from him through video lessons. A student can watch videos of Bruno teaching, record a video, and then send it to him for his review.

Discography

As leader
 Sleight of Hand (Concord Jazz, 1992)
 Burnin'  (Concord Jazz, 1994)
 Concord Jazz Guitar Collective with Howard Alden & Frank Vignola (Concord Jazz, 1995)
 Like That with Joey DeFrancesco (Concord Jazz, 1996)
 Live at Birdland (Concord Jazz, 1997)
 Full Circle with Howard Alden (Concord Jazz, 1998)
 Live at Birdland II (Concord Jazz, 1999)
 Polarity with Joe Beck  (Concord Jazz, 2000)
 Two For the Road with Jennifer Leitham (CD Baby, 2000; re-release: Azica, 2005)
 Midnight Blue (Concord Jazz, 2001)
 Solo (Mel Bay, 2004)
 Maplewood Avenue with Tony Miceli & Jeff Pedras (Affiliated Artists, 2007)

As sideman
 Pixanne, Bloop or Blink (Pixanne, 1975)
 Tommy Tedesco, Carnival Time (Trend, 1985)
 Tommy Tedesco, Fine Fretted Friend (Discovery, 1992)
 Jack Wilkins, Heading North (String Jazz, 2001)

Selected bibliography
 Art of Picking, Mel Bay
 Six Essential Fingerings for the Jazz Guitarist
 No Nonsense Jazz Guitar (Hot Licks Video, DVD)
 Inside Outside Jazz Guitar (Hot Licks Video, DVD)

References

External links
Official site

Jimmy Bruno Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection (2019)

1953 births
Living people
American jazz guitarists
American male guitarists
Guitarists from Philadelphia
Seven-string guitarists
20th-century American guitarists
Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania
St. Joseph's Preparatory School alumni
20th-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
Acca of Dunwich



Æcci or Acca of Dunwich, was a medieval bishop of Dunwich. He was consecrated after 672, however, his death or end of episcopate is not known.

References

External links
 

Bishops of Dunwich (ancient)
8th-century English bishops
Three Poles Challenge

The Three Poles is an adventurer’s challenge to reach the North Pole, the South Pole, and the summit of Mount Everest.

The first person to reach all three locations was Edmund Hillary. He reached the top of Everest in May 1953, summited the South Pole in January 1958, and made it to the North Pole in company with Neil Armstrong in April 1985.
 
Hillary flew to the North Pole. The first person to reach all three locations on foot was Erling Kagge. He completed the Three Poles Challenge by May 1994, six months faster than the next person. On 5 August 1997, Antoine de Choudens (France, 1969–2009) became the only climber to accomplish the Three Poles Challenge on foot without using supplementary oxygen on the Everest climb. Tina Sjögren became the first woman to complete the challenge in 2002.

Colin O'Brady became the fastest person to complete the Three Poles Challenge in May 2016, setting the current record in 131 days as part of his successful attempt to break the Seven Summits and Explorers Grand Slam (Last Degree) speed records. However, unlike Erling Kagge, Antoine de Choudens, and Tina Sjögren, Colin O’Brady only did the Last Degree of the North Pole.

Masha Gordon became the fastest woman to complete the Three Poles Challenge in 2016, beating a record set by Wang Lei in May 2010.

See also 
 Eight-thousander
 Mountaineers 5 Peak Pin
 Seven Second Summits
 Volcanic Seven Summits
 Four Poles Challenge

References

External links

Peak bagging
Polar regions of the Earth
Edmund Hillary
Mountaineering competitions
Narayani Shastri

Narayani Shastri  is an Indian television and theatre actress known for her roles in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Kesar Anupam Kapadia, Piya Ka Ghar as Rimjhim Avinash Sharma, Namak Haraam as Swati Karan Sehgal, Rishton Ka Chakravyuh as Satarupa Baldev Singh Aapki Nazron Ne Samjha as Rajvi Vipul Rawal and Nazar as Devika.

Personal life 
Shastri was in a long-term relationship with co-star Gaurav Chopra with whom she participated in Nach Baliye 2. Narayani married Steven Graver in 2015.

Career
Shastri made her debut in the DD National's Kahani Saat Pheron Ki. She played the lead role in Piya Ka Ghar as Rimjhim, and replaced Neha Mehta to play Mamta in Zee TV's Mamta.  Narayani played the role of Tulsi's sister Kesar in Star Plus' Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. She played the character Tashu, Abhay's evil wife in Sony TV's Kkusum.

In 2017, she played the role of powerful business woman Satrupa in Star Plus' show Rishton Ka Chakravyuh.

Television

Filmography

Web series

References

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Actresses from Pune
Indian television actresses
Living people
Actresses in Hindi television
21st-century Indian actresses
1968 births
Neljä Ruusua

Neljä Ruusua (Four Roses) is a Finnish rock group formed in the city of Joensuu in 1982. The group consists of guitarist-singer Ilkka Alanko, guitarist Petteri Koistinen, bass guitarist Jari Laakkonen and drummer Kari Kämäräinen. Their style of music was influenced by punk in their earlier years, but changed over time to more conventional Finnish rock and pop music. The most popular albums of the band are Haloo (1992, Hello) and Pop-uskonto (1993, Pop Religion), which bought the band to a great popularity.

The band has released 12 studio albums, with two English albums, Mood (1996) and Not for Sale (1998), which were the band's attempt to break the English language market. After these two unsuccessful albums, the band returned to their native language and released their so-called comeback album Uusi aalto (1999, New Wave). On August 13, 2007, it was announced on the band's official website that the group retreats to spend a quiet life for an indefinite period, and they made their so far last public appearance on August 17. The band's future is completely open, any plans for recordings, concerts or other activities has not been established. In 2011 they played in the Ilosaarirock festival in Joensuu. On January 4, 2012, it was announced on the band's Facebook fan page that the group started recording their 13th album.

History 
The group formed in 1982 under the name Talouskukkaro, and changed their name in 1985; in the late 1990s, they made an attempt to break the English language market, and released some albums under the name 4R. The band's guitarist/vocalist Ilkka Alanko is brother of famous Finnish singer-songwriter Ismo Alanko.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

References 

Finnish musical groups
Kavka

Kavka is a Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jerome Kavka (1922–2012), U.S. psychologist 
Peter Kavka (born 1990), Slovak footballer

The surname is based on jackdaw bird species that has kavka as its name in Czech and Slovak languages.

See also
Kavka's toxin puzzle
Kafka (surname)
Kafka (disambiguation)
Geneviève Duboscq

Genevieve Duboscq (9 April 1933 – 28 February 2018 in Chémeré-le-Roi) was a French author who wrote the best selling My Longest Night – A twelve-year-old heroine's stirring account of D-Day and after. It was originally published in French under the title Bye bye, Genevieve!

She received the Legion of Honor from the French Government and she and her family received America's Guard of Honor in recognition of the assistance that she and her family gave the US 82nd Airborne Division during the invasion of France in 1944 by the Allies.

References

Bibliography
 My Longest Night – A twelve-year-old heroine's stirring account of D-Day and after, Genevieve Duboscq, Editions Random House, 1981.  

1931 births
2018 deaths
French memoirists
Recipients of the Legion of Honour
20th-century French women writers
Anne-Kat. Hærland

Anne Katrine Hærland (born 27 March 1972) is a Norwegian satirical comedian mostly known for her regular appearance on the weekly news satire show Nytt på nytt.

She made her television debut in 1996 with the show Direkte lykke, and then had two more shows Bombay Surprise (1997) and Bla bla bla (1999). From 1999 to 2007 she worked in Nytt på nytt.

On 11 November 2003, Hærland drove under the influence of alcohol, with a blood alcohol level of 0.126%. During the drive in Frogner, Oslo, she crashed into two cars; One parked with no occupants and one with a driver who was waiting at traffic lights. As a result of the incident she was convicted of driving under the influence, of reckless driving and of attempting to leave the scene of an accident. Having confessed to the charges, Hærland was sentenced to 30 days of prison and a fine of . She also lost her driver's licence for a two-year period. Having served her sentence at Fredrikstad Prison, with five days off for good behavior, she was released on 7 June 2005.

In 2005 she wrote a book called: Krig & Fred & Religion & Politikk & Sånn (War & Peace & Religion & Politics & Stuff).

References

1972 births
Living people
Norwegian satirists
NRK people
Norwegian prisoners and detainees
Prisoners and detainees of Norway
Norwegian women comedians
Norwegian stand-up comedians
Norwegian women television presenters
Grove Academy

Grove Academy is an 11–18 mixed secondary school in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland.

History 
Grove Academy was established in 1889. In 2007, construction began on completely new buildings on the site of the Extension Buildings and huts. The buildings were designed by the Holmes Partnership built under a public-private partnership. It is maintained by the Robertson Facilities Management. An equity stake in the school is retained by private investors. Phase 1 opened 2008 and Phase 2 opened in November 2009. The new school was completed and formally opened on 2 March 2010 by the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond.

Academic success 
Of all the schools in Scotland, Grove is one of the highest achieving in terms of academic success. It is placed in the top 30 across the country, an improvement on its placement in the 100s during the 90s.

In 2004, the school was the best performing in Dundee, with 52% of S4 pupils achieving five or more credit level standard grades, 31% of S5s gaining three or more highers and 51% of S6s leaving with three or more highers.

2006 saw the number of S4 pupils achieving five or more standard grade credit level awards in S4 rising from 45% to 58%, the Scottish average being 30%. Grove Academy also reported increases in the number of S6 pupils achieving three or more highers with 48%.

In 2008, Grove Academy led Dundee's exam result attainment, beating the national average in every category. 76% of pupils went on to higher and further education, with 29% of pupils gaining awards at level seven. The results were one of the biggest exam result improvements in Scotland and it has the highest proportion of pupils going on to university, 36%.

Notable alumni 

 Colin Campbell, Lord Malcolm, lawyer and judge
 Alan Cochrane, editor
 W. N. Herbert, poet
 Alastair Johnston, businessman
 James Meek, author
 Lewis Moonie, politician
 G. C. Peden, emeritus professor of history at Stirling University
 James Skea, academic
 David Robertson, former broadcaster and newsreader
 George Thomson, journalist and politician
 Sir Thomas Winsor, lawyer, economic regulatory professional and chief inspector of constabulary
 Gordon Chree, reporter

References

External links 
 
 Pictures of the former school buildings
 New school buildings
 Construction of new buildings
 Design of new school

Broughty Ferry
Secondary schools in Dundee
Educational institutions established in 1889
1889 establishments in Scotland
School buildings completed in 2010
A Thousand Kisses

A Thousand Kisses or 1000 Kisses may refer to:

 A Thousand Kisses (film) (Ik Omhels Je Met 1000 Armen), a 2006 Dutch film
 A Thousand Kisses (TV series), a 2011 South Korean TV drama
 A Thousand Kisses (radio play), a 2011 radio play by Frederic Raphael
 1000 Kisses (album), a 2002 album by Patty Griffin
 "1000 Kisses" (song), a 2002 song by Will Smith
Haberdashers' Aske's School

Haberdashers' Aske's School may refer to:
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree, Hertfordshire
Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree,  Hertfordshire
It may also refer to:
Haberdashers' Knights Academy, Downham, London Borough of Lewisham
Haberdashers' Hatcham College, New Cross, London Borough of Lewisham
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy, Crayford, London Borough of Bexley

See also
Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times

Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times is a biography of the boxer Muhammad Ali, written in 1991 by Thomas Hauser. It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award in that year.

Critical reception
Entertainment Weekly called the book "lovingly compiled and exhaustively researched," writing that "it's a solid, respectful, drably written piece of work-in other words, it suggests none of the spontaneity and brashness that attracted us to Ali in the first place." Kirkus Reviews called it "a detailed, if hagiographic, account of Ali's public career and private life."

A review of the book in the Chicago Tribune states:

References

1991 non-fiction books
American biographies
English-language books
Books about Muhammad Ali
William Hill Sports Book of the Year winning works
Biographies about African-American people
Surprise Package (band)

Surprise Package was a 1960s rock band, recording on Columbia Records.  They consisted of Greg Beck (guitar, backing vocals), Kim Eggers (lead vocals & Sax), Michael Rogers (piano, organ, bass, backing vocals), and Fred Zeufeldt (drums, backing vocals). They had several hits, including The Other Me, written by Jimmy Griffin and Michael Z. Gordon (1967).

The Surprise Package was one of the top 60's Northwest contemporary rock bands from the greater Seattle area. They were originally called the Viceroys, and had a Northwest instrumental hit called Granny's Pad. The band consisted of Greg Beck (guitar, vocals), Kim Eggers (lead vocals & Sax), Michael Rogers (piano, organ, bass, vocals) and Fred Zeufeldt (drums, vocals). In 1966 after doing some Dick Clark Where the Action Is tours and shows with their friends Paul Revere and the Raiders, they recorded some songs on Columbia Records, produced by Jerry Fuller. During a mixdown session, Lou Adler (the Mamas and Papas producer) suggested the name 'The Surprise Package' to replace the dated 'Viceroys' handle. They recorded four songs under Fuller's production: Eastside, Westside, Going Out of My Mind, The Merry Go Round, and The Other Me, written by Jimmy Griffin and Michael Z. Gordon in 1967. Unfortunately, Columbia apparently had too many artists to market, so The Surprise Package got very little promotion. In late 1967, Kim Eggers left the band and singer Rob Lowrey was hired to replace him. In 1968 they recorded an album called Free Up for Lee Hazlewood's LHI-label, which spun off two singles as well: the title track and their version of MacArthur Park in 1969. In 1970, Mike Rogers left the band, they then added Gene Hubbard on keys and became American Eagle.

References
 USA single's list A-Z from 1966-72
 Lost Jukebox
 Surprise Package, Vinyl Records
 Surprise Package: The Collector's Edition
 The Surprise Package on Discogs

Rock music groups from Washington (state)
Musical groups from Seattle
Columbia Records artists
B̤ē

B̤ē () is an additional letter of the Arabic script, derived from bāʼ () with an additional dot. It is not used in the Arabic alphabet itself, but is used to represent the sound  when writing Hausa, Saraiki, and Sindhi in the Arabic script. The same sound may also be written simply as bāʾ in Hausa, undifferentiated from .

Both Hausa and Sindhi are also written in scripts besides Arabic. The sound represented by b̤ē is written Ɓ ɓ in Hausa's Latin orthography, and written  in Saraiki and Sindhi's Devanagari orthography.

See also
ڄ
ݙ
ڳ
ݨ

External links
 Saraiki Omniglot
 Hausa Omniglot
 Saraiki Alphabet 

Arabic letters
Vic Richardson (Australian soldier)

Thomas William Victor Richardson (1891 – 1968) was an Australian soldier in World War I whose diaries were published in 1980.

Born in Stepney, Adelaide in 1891 he was schooled at Payneham and enlisted in 1915.  He fought in France and served in many famous battles including the Somme, Bullecourt and Passchendaele.  He was wounded in August 1918.

His diaries came to light after his death and were edited and published by A.D. Bell in 1980.

Bibliography
An ANZACs War Diary - the Story of Sergeant Richardson, A.D. Bell, Rigby, Adelaide, 1980  

1891 births
1968 deaths
Australian Army soldiers
Australian military personnel of World War I
Military personnel from Adelaide
Chris Woo

Christopher W. T. Woo (born December 25, 1957) is an American former competition swimmer and world record-holder.  He represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.  Woo competed in the final of the men's 100-meter breaststroke and finished eighth in a time of 1:05.13.  He also swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay, but did not receive a medal because he did not swim in the final.

In 1976 he set the U.S. national high school record in the 100-yard breaststroke at 55.99 seconds, which would stand as the record until broken by 1992 Olympic 100-meter breaststroke winner Nelson Diebel.

Woo attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he swam for coach Ron Ballatore's UCLA Bruins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.  At the 1979 Pacific-10 Conference championships, he won an individual title in the 100-yard breaststroke, and was a member of the Bruins' winning relay team in the 4x100-yard medley.

Since his retirement from competition swimming, Woo became a dentist.

See also
 List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
 List of University of California, Los Angeles people
 World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

References

1957 births
Living people
American male breaststroke swimmers
World record setters in swimming
Olympic swimmers for the United States
Swimmers from Honolulu
Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
UCLA Bruins men's swimmers
Wisconsin Badgers men's swimmers
Two Medicine

Two Medicine is the collective name of a region located in the southeastern section of Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. It has a campground alongside Two Medicine Lake. From the period starting in the late 1890s until the completion of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in 1932, Two Medicine was one of the most visited sections of the park. Once part of a larger chalet complex, the Two Medicine Store is located along the shores of Two Medicine Lake and the building is a National Historic Landmark. The region is a starting point for many trails and tourboats take visitors out on Two Medicine Lake, where the steep south face of Rising Wolf Mountain towers above the lake. The region was considered sacred ground by several Native American tribes including the Blackfeet and they performed Vision quests here. Aside from Chief Mountain, the Two Medicine area is the most sacred section of the park to the Blackfeet.

From the Two Medicine Store, several hiking trails lead west and north from the area. Three lakes dominate the area, including Lower Two Medicine Lake, which is also on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Two Medicine Lake, which is the location of the campstore and the scenic boat rides, and Upper Two Medicine Lake which is a  hike from the trailhead.

References

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Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Regions of Montana
Religious places of the indigenous peoples of North America