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Raider Red

Raider Red is one of the mascots of Texas Tech University. The university's primary mascot is The Masked Rider who rides a live horse. Raider Red is used at events where The Masked Rider is not allowed or would not be appropriate.

Around the 1971 football season, the Southwest Conference created a rule forbidding the bringing of live animal mascots to away games unless the host school permitted it. Since the Masked Rider's horse might have been prohibited from attending some games under this rule, Raider Red was created as an alternate mascot. Texas Tech now plays in the Big 12 Conference, but the tradition of having both mascots continues.

Jim Gaspard, a member of the Texas Tech Saddle Tramps student spirit organization, created the original design for the Raider Red costume based on a character created by Lubbock, Texas, cartoonist and former mayor Dirk West. Raider Red is a Wild West character with an oversized cowboy hat. He carries two guns which he fires into the air after Texas Tech scores.

The student serving as Raider Red is a member of the Saddle Tramps or High Riders. Although The Masked Rider's identity is public knowledge, Raider Red's identity is normally kept secret until the end of his or her tenure as mascot.  The first Saddle Tramp to become Red Raider after Jim Gaspard was Stan Alcott from 1971 to 1973.  The identity of Red Raider was known and Stan would wear the costume to the game. On March 15, 2007, it was revealed that, for the first time, two different people (one man and one woman) served as Raider Red during the same period of time.

In 2012, Raider Red won the Capital One Mascot Challenge, beating the University of South Carolina's Cocky in the final. He is known to his loyal fans as Jeffrey, thanks to the popular podcaster Dan "Big Cat" Katz. 

In 2021 Raider Red took the National Cheerleading Associations Mascot Championships stage in Daytona, Florida for the first time in his 50 year lifespan. Raider Red won his first NCA Mascot National Championship that year with a score of 94.28. Competing again in 2022, Raider Red went back to back winning his second NCA Mascot National Championship with a score of 93.28.

Notes and references

External links
Raider Red at Texas Tech Traditions
Raider Red at Texas Tech

Raider Red
Big 12 Conference mascots
Cartoon mascots
1971 establishments in Texas
Down Rodeo

"Down Rodeo" is a promotional single by American rock band Rage Against the Machine which was initially sent out to various American radio stations. The song was intended as the third single from their Evil Empire album, although a domestic single was never released.

The song addresses social inequality between the rich and poor of America, and the simmering class warfare that existed in the band's home city of Los Angeles following the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. The lyrics of the opening verse, where the song gets its title, leave unclear why the narrator is driving with a shotgun through the upscale shopping district of Rodeo Drive. Although the shotgun motif suggests violence, band lyricist Zach De La Rocha stated in 2011 that the band "never advocated violence". Shotguns are often seen as self defense weapons, and "Down Rodeo" was written just three years after six days of riots were sparked by police violence against minorities in the city. The full lyric must be put into context of the time period and the beating of Rodney King to be understood: "So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun, These people ain't seen a brown skin man, Since their grandparents bought one".

See also
 Political views and activism of Rage Against the Machine

Track listing
"Down Rodeo"

References

External links
 Official Website
 

Rage Against the Machine songs
1996 singles
1996 songs
Epic Records singles
Songs written by Zack de la Rocha
Songs written by Tim Commerford
Songs written by Tom Morello
Songs written by Brad Wilk
Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer)
Songs about Los Angeles
Songs about police brutality
Songs against capitalism
Songs against racism and xenophobia
Obturator membrane

The obturator membrane is a thin fibrous sheet, which almost completely closes the obturator foramen.

Its fibers are arranged in interlacing bundles mainly transverse in direction; the uppermost bundle is attached to the obturator tubercles and completes the obturator canal for the passage of the obturator vessels and nerve.

The membrane is attached to the sharp margin of the obturator foramen except at its lower lateral angle, where it is fixed to the pelvic surface of the inferior ramus of the ischium, i. e., within the margin.

Both obturator muscles are connected with this membrane.

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References

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Joints
Rebecca Honig

Rebecca Honig (born July 3, 1981) is an American voice actress, who works on the properties of 4Kids Entertainment and Central Park Media. She is also credited as Becca, Rebecca Miriam, Rebecca Handler, and Margeaux Hartman.

Filmography

Animation roles
 12 Tiny Christmas Tales - Veggies
 Alien Nine - Additional voices
 Arcade Gamer Fubuki - Ruriko Sakuragasaki
 DNA^2 - Lulara Kawasaki
 Gall Force: New Era - Ruby
 Geobreeders: Breakthrough - Namiko
 Hammerboy - Angdu's Mother
 Ichi the Killer: Episode Zero - Midori
 Mask of Zeguy - Sayaka
 Sonic X - Cream the Rabbit, Cheese the Chao, Vanilla the Rabbit, Tikal, Maria Robotnik
 Tales of Seduction - Sachiko
 Winx Club - Undine
 Urotsukidoji: New Saga - Akemi

Video games
 Sonic the Hedgehog (series) - Cream the Rabbit (2005–2010) Maria Robotnik (2005) Omochao (2007)
  Shadow the Hedgehog 
 Sonic Riders (series)
 Sonic Riders
 Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
 Sonic Rush
 Sonic and the Secret Rings
 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (series) - Cream the Rabbit
 Beijing 2008
 Vancouver 2010

Live-action dubbing
 Beautiful Weapon - Woman
 Big Boobs Buster - Eriko, Mom
 Scorpion's Revenge - Yukiko Kida, Additional Voices

References

External links

American video game actresses
American voice actresses
Living people
1981 births
21st-century American women
Vietnow

"Vietnow" is a song by American rock band Rage Against the Machine and the final single from their album Evil Empire. Officially it is only the third single from the album, as "Down Rodeo" was a promo release only.

About 
The cover photograph of an elderly lady seen from the back, carrying a boombox radio and walking down a mountain was taken by the Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide in the Sonoran Desert in 1979. The original photograph is called "Mujer Ángel" and has also appeared in the black-and-white photography book, Canto a la Realidad: Fotografia Latinoamericana, 1860-1993 as compiled by Erika Billeter.

The song's lyrics concern right-wing AM radio shows, hosted by people such as Rush Limbaugh, Oliver North and Michael Reagan. The verse riffs bear a resemblance to "The Wanton Song" by Led Zeppelin, whom Tom Morello has cited as a major influence.

The lyrics "is all the world jails and churches" are perhaps influenced by the works of American novelist James Baldwin.  Baldwin's 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain includes the character Roy Grimes arguing with his mother and commenting, "You think that's all that's in the world is jails and churches?"  At least one of James Baldwin's books is contained on Rage Against the Machine's Evil Empire liner notes.

The line "Comin down like bats from Stacey Koon" is a reference to Sgt. Stacey Koon, one of the four LAPD policemen videotaped beating black motorist Rodney King in 1991. He and Laurence Powell were the only two convicted of the four.

The lyrics "Undressed and blessed but the lord, the same devil that ran around Managua with a sword" are a reference to the CIA's involvement in sending CONTRAS into Nicaragua to shut down the Sandinista movement.

The song made its live debut during the 1996 Big Day Out festival in Australia.

The song was covered by the hardcore punk band Stray from the Path in 2012.

Track listing
"Vietnow"
"Clear the Lane"
"Intro/Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" (Live)
"Zapata's Blood" (Live)

References

External links
 Official website
 Axis of Justice Tom Morello and Serj Tankian's Activist Website "Axis Of Justice"
 
 Graciela Iturbide´s Official Website

Rage Against the Machine songs
1997 singles
Songs written by Zack de la Rocha
Songs written by Tim Commerford
Songs written by Tom Morello
Songs written by Brad Wilk
1997 songs
Songs against capitalism
Epic Records singles
Live in Amsterdam (Fishbone album)

Live in Amsterdam is a live combination CD/DVD set from alternative rock band Fishbone. It was shot and recorded in digital 24 track sound at the Melkweg Theatre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands during the infamous High Times Cannabis Cup Festival in 2002 on the last night of a 14-week tour. High Times Creative Director Steven Hager was the director of the video recording, and Aaron Strebs edited the live 4-camera mix. Interviews for the DVD were shot later by Mike Esterson, producer of the CD and DVD.

The album contains songs from Fishbone's entire 23-year career, from the early 1980s ska classic "Skankin' to the Beat" to the later metal/soul infused "AIDS & Armageddon". The complete concert is featured as an audio concert on disc one and a full live concert DVD on disc two.

Track listing

Personnel
Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
Spacey T - guitar
John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar, vocals
John Steward - drums

Fishbone albums
Fishbone video albums
2005 live albums
2005 video albums
Live video albums
Jukdo

Jukdo may refer to:

 Jukdo (island), a small islet next to Ulleungdo
 Shinai, a practice sword used primarily in Kendo or Kumdo (Korean Kendo)
List of tallest buildings in Moscow

Moscow, the capital and largest city of Russia, is home to 12,719 completed high-rises, 22 of which stand taller than . The tallest building in the city is the 101-story East Tower of the Federation Tower complex, which rises  in the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC) and was completed in 2016. The Federation Tower was the tallest building in Europe upon its completion, and remained the tallest building until 5 October 2017 when it was surpassed by the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The second, third, and fourth-tallest buildings in Moscow are the South Tower of OKO, Neva Towers 2, and the Mercury City Tower, respectively, with OKO and Mercury City Tower also held the position of the tallest building in Europe. As of January 2021, Moscow had 50 buildings at least  tall.

The first skyscrapers to be completed in Moscow are the Stalinist-style Seven Sisters, designed between 1947 and 1953. Among them, the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building and the main building of Moscow State University became the tallest buildings in Europe respectively, from 1952 to 1990, when it was surpassed by the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1992, the Moscow government conceived the MIBC as a new business district for the city, and would culminate in becoming the center where many of Europe's tallest buildings would be built. In 2005, the Triumph Palace (not in the MIBC) surpassed the Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt as the tallest building in Europe until almost two years later. From 2007 to 2017, skyscrapers based in the MIBC would continuously succeed each other as the tallest building in Europe (with the exception of The Shard based in London, United Kingdom from 2011 to 2012).

Several new skyscrapers that were completed since 2017 include the Neva Towers and Nebo. Skyscrapers that are under construction as of January 2021 include the Capital Towers and the Grand Tower, as well as the One Tower, which is set to become the city's tallest building.

Tallest buildings 
This list ranks Moscow skyscrapers that stand at least  tall, based on standard height measurement. This height includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings; they are listed in order of floor count, then alphabetically.

Tallest under construction 
This lists buildings that are under construction in Moscow and are planned to rise at least 120 metres (394 ft). Any buildings that have been topped out but are not completed are also included.

Timeline of tallest buildings
This is a list of buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Moscow.

See also
List of tallest structures built in the Soviet Union

Notes
A. This structure is not a habitable building but is included in this list for comparative purposes. Per a ruling by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, freestanding observation towers, chimneys or masts are not considered to be buildings, as they are not fully habitable structures.

References 

 
Moscow
Moscow-related lists
Tallest buildings
Hogu

Hogu (호구) is the armor worn by practitioners of Taekwondo and Geomdo during sparring and competition. Translated into English, hogu means chest or chest protector.

The hogu has been used in World Taekwondo sparring since the 1950s and is considered the most important piece of sparring equipment in the Taekwondo practitioner's arsenal. The hogu is the most common scoring area in Taekwondo sparring. The hogu is hit by the heel, the sole and the top of the foot by many kicking techniques like the roundhouse kick or the back kick, and can also be hit with the fist. Hogus are made by various companies such as Adidas and Dae Do; only certain brands of chest protector are approved by World Taekwondo.  The chest protector is mandatory in World Taekwondo- or Olympic-style competition; however, it is not used in International Taekwon-Do Federation-style sparring.

In Korean Geomdo, hogu refers to the armor worn by practitioners during sparring. It is similar to the bōgu worn by practitioners of Japanese Kendo.

See also 
Bōgu – protective armor worn in kendo

References 

Taekwondo
Martial arts equipment
Body armor

ko:호구 (보호 장비)
Millwood, Georgia

Millwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Ware County, Georgia, United States, located west of Waycross. The community is part of the Waycross Micropolitan Statistical Area.

It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 72.

History
A post office was established at Millwood in 1887.

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Millwood as a town in 1905. The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1909.

Demographics

2020 census

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

Geography 
Millwood is located near .

References

Former municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Unincorporated communities in Ware County, Georgia
Census-designated places in Ware County, Georgia
Waycross, Georgia micropolitan area
Lincoln Law School of San Jose

Lincoln Law School of San Jose is a private, non-profit law school located in San Jose, California. Founded in 1926, the law school was formerly part of Lincoln University, prior to achieving independence as an institution in 1993.

History 
The school traces its roots to 1919 when Dr. Benjamin Lickey and his wife Susan Lickey founded a law study program in San Francisco as a way to provide veterans and working-class students a part-time night school for law studies. 1932 graduate Kenneth Fung was the first Chinese American to be admitted to the practice of law in the state.

The school was incorporated in 1926 as a part of Lincoln University and located in San Francisco, becoming a non-profit institution in 1949. In 1961, a second law school campus was opened in San Jose, graduating its first class in 1965. By 1987, Lincoln University's entire law school program was concentrated in San Jose. In 1993, the San Jose campus formally separated from Lincoln University becoming an independent, public benefit, non-profit corporation, changing its name to Lincoln Law School of San Jose. The school moved to downtown San Jose in 1999. In 2000, the 25-year-old Peninsula University School of Law merged into Lincoln Law School.

Academics 
Lincoln is exclusively an evening-study program that lasts 4 or 4.5 years, depending upon the starting date of the student. 84 units of study are required for graduation with each unit equal to 15 hours of in-class instruction. Students usually attend classes 3 or 4 nights a week, with a few options for elective or seminar classes scheduled during the daytime on Saturdays.

Accreditation 
The school has been approved by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California since 1993, but the school is not accredited by the American Bar Association.  As a result, graduates are generally only eligible to take the California bar exam and practice in California. 

As of July 1, 2022, the school reported that it did not meet the State Bar of California five-year bar passage rate of 40 percent for state-accredited law schools and as a result, the school's accreditation will terminate on December 31, 2022.  The law school will operate as a registered, unaccredited fixed-facility law
school effective January 1, 2023.

Law Review 
Lincoln has published a student-produced law review since 1965.

Notable people 
Alumni
 David D. Cortese, current California State Senator and former Santa Clara County Supervisor
 Linda J. LeZotte, former San Jose City Councilmember
 Vartkes Yeghiayan, lawyer and legal activist for the victims of the Armenian genocide
Faculty
 Maya Harris, former Chair of the Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign
 James S. Ware, former Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
 Rod Diridon Sr., former Chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority
 Desiree Reed-Francois, current Athletic Director of the University of Missouri

Notes

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Universities and colleges established in 1919
1919 establishments in California
Law schools in California
Universities and colleges in San Jose
Plasma channel

A plasma channel is a conductive channel of plasma. A plasma channel can be formed in the following ways.
 With a high-powered laser that operates at a certain frequency that will provide enough energy for an atmospheric gas to break into its ions, or form a plasma, such as in a Laser-Induced Plasma Channel, for example in an electrolaser.
 With a voltage higher than the dielectric breakdown voltage applied across a dielectric, and dielectric breakdown occurs.

A plasma channel has a low electrical resistance and, once formed, will permit continuous current flow if the energy source that heats the plasma can be maintained. Unlike a normal electrical conductor, the resistance (and voltage drop) across an unconfined plasma channel decreases with increasing current flow, a property called negative resistance. As a result, an electric spark that initially required a very high voltage to initiate avalanche breakdown within the insulating gas will rapidly evolve into a hot, low-voltage electric arc if the electrical power source can continue to deliver sufficient power to the arc. Plasma channels tend to self constrict (see plasma pinch) due to magnetic forces stemming from the current flowing through the plasma.

On Earth, plasma channels are most frequently encountered in lightning storms.

See also
List of plasma (physics) articles

Plasma physics
Electromagnetism
Lincoln Law School

Lincoln Law School may refer to one of two unrelated California law schools:

Lincoln Law School of San Jose, San Jose, California, a part of the Californian Lincoln University until 1993
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento, Sacramento, California

It may also refer to:
School of Law at the University of Lincoln in England
University of Nebraska College of Law in Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln College of Law in Springfield, Illinois
Lincoln University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri
WXEL

WXEL may refer to:

 WXEL-TV, a television station (channel 42) licensed to West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
 WFLV, a radio station (90.7 FM) licensed to West Palm Beach, Florida, which held the call sign WXEL from 1985 to 2011
 WJW (TV), a television station (channel 8) licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States, which formerly used the call sign WXEL
Caterpillar Construction Tycoon

Caterpillar Construction Tycoon is a business simulation game in which the player manages multiple construction sites. It was developed by Gabriel Entertainment, and published by Activision Value on September 15, 2005 for the PC. The object of this game, as in all tycoon computer games, is to become a tycoon, and in this case, a Construction Tycoon.

Gameplay
In this game, players must successfully manage different construction facilities around the world. In order to keep it running smoothly, they must draft Caterpillar Construction vehicles in addition to managing their employees time schedules and salaries.

References

2005 video games
Business simulation games
Caterpillar Inc.
Gabriel Entertainment games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in the United States
Windows games
Windows-only games
Zorawar Singh (Sikhism)

Zorawar Singh (, pronunciation: ; 17 November 1696 – 5 or 6 December 1705), alternatively spelt as Jorawar Singh, was a son of Guru Gobind Singh who was executed in the court of Wazir Khan, the Mughal Governor of Sirhind.

Background 
In 1699, the Hindu Rajahs of the Shiwalik Hills, frustrated with increasing Sikh ascendancy in the region, requested aid from Aurangzeb; their combined forces took on the Khalsa, led by Guru Gobind Singh, at Anandapur but were defeated. Another faceoff followed in the neighboring Nirmoh but ended in Sikh victory; there was probably another conflict in Anandapur (c. 1702) to the same outcome. In 1704, the Rajahs mounted a renewed offensive against Guru Gobind Singh in Anandapur, but facing imminent defeat, requested aid from Aurangzeb. While the Mughal subahdars came to aid, they failed to change the course of the battle. Accordingly, the Rajahs decided to lay siege to the town rather than engage in open warfare.

With the passage of a few uneventful months, as scarcity of food set in, Guru Gobind Singh's men compelled him to migrate; the besiegers guaranteed a safe passage but Guru Gobind Singh did not trust them. The Sikhs eventually left Anandapur in the night and took refuge in Chamkaur, only for its Hindu Zamindar to inform the Rajahs and Mughal authority. In the melee that ensued, Singh escaped but most of his men were either killed or captured.

Death 

Some Sikh accounts note Singh's two younger sons — Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh — to have successfully fought at Chamkaur before being captured. Other accounts note that they along with their grandmother had bee separated from the Sikh retinue while migrating away from Anandapur; subsequently, they were betrayed by local officials and handed over to the Mughals.The sons were taken to Sirhind and coerced for conversion to Islam in the court of Wazir Khan, the provincial governor. Sher Muhammad Khan, the Nawab of Meherkotla, despite being an ally of the Mughals and losing relatives in the faceoff, was the sole dissenter. Both of the children maintained a steadfast refusal to convert and were executed. In early Sikh accounts, they were simply beheaded; in popular Sikh tradition, they are held to have been "bricked" (entombed) alive.

Legacy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid homage to the Chaar Sahibzaade on various occasions, particularly during the celebration of their bravery and sacrifice on Veer Bal Diwas (Day of Brave Children). Veer Bal Diwas is observed in honour of the Chaar Sahibzaade, who are remembered greatly amongst Sikhs across the globe.

See also 

 Ajit Singh
 Jujhar Singh
 Fateh Singh
 Martyrdom in Sikhism

References 

Sikh martyrs
Family members of the Sikh gurus
History of Punjab
People executed for refusing to convert to Islam
Executed children
18th-century executions by the Mughal Empire
Punjabi people
1696 births
1705 deaths
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento

Lincoln Law School of Sacramento is a private, for-profit law school in Sacramento, California. The school offers an evening-only, four-year juris doctor degree program.

Accreditation
Lincoln Law School received approval from the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California in 1978.

The law school is not accredited by the American Bar Association. Lincoln graduates do not immediately qualify to take the bar exam and join the bar of states other than California, and may not qualify in any event in some jurisdictions. If Lincoln graduates are allowed to take the bar examination in other states they must follow the rules of those jurisdictions that may include years in practice, additional education, and other requirements.

Admissions
According to Lincoln Law School's California Information Report for 2017, 73.2% of applicants were accepted with the average enrollee having a 143 LSAT score and 2.94 undergraduate GPA.

Bar passage rate 
Of the 34 Lincoln graduates who took the California bar exam for the first time in October 2020, 20 passed, for a 59% passage rate, vs. a 74% overall pass rate.

Notable alumni 
 Eugene Balonon (Class of 1984), judge, Sacramento County Superior Court
 Bruce Nestande (deceased), California state politician
 Leonard Padilla (Class of 1980), media personality, bail bondsman, and bounty hunter
 Laurie Earl (Class of 1988), first LGBTQ+ judge on the California Third District Court of Appeal

References

External links 
 

 
Law schools in California
Universities and colleges in Sacramento County, California
Educational institutions established in 1969
1969 establishments in California
For-profit universities and colleges in the United States
Set the Booty Up Right

Set the Booty Up Right is a five-song  EP released by the ska/funk metal/rock band Fishbone in 1990. It was recorded shortly after the band hired former Miles Davis music director John Bigham on guitar and keyboard (though Bigham is not pictured in the band photo on the back cover of the CD). The EP served as a stopgap release for fans, due to production delays for the full album The Reality of My Surroundings, which was released in 1991. The EP features two alternate versions of the song "Bonin' in the Boneyard" (the original version of which is found on the 1988 album Truth and Soul) as well as three new studio tracks. It has long been out of print, but the track "Love and Bullshit" was included on the 1996 retrospective Fishbone 101: Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' the Fonkay.

Track listing

Personnel
Fishbone
John Bigham - keyboards, guitar
Chris Dowd - keyboards, trombone, vocals
Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums
John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar
Kendall Jones - guitar
Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
Technical
Carmen Rizzo - producer (track 1)
David Kahne - producer (tracks 2, 3 & 4)
The Jungle Brothers - producer (track 5)

Accolades

References

1990 EPs
Fishbone albums
Albums produced by David Kahne
Columbia Records EPs
Zorawar Singh

Zorawar Singh may refer to:

 Zorawar Singh (Dogra general), general of Raja Gulab Singh
 Zorawar Singh (Sikhism), third son of Guru Gobind Singh
 Kanwar Zorawar Singh, Indian Army general
Diving horse

A diving horse is an attraction that was popular in the mid-1880s, in which a horse would dive into a pool of water, sometimes from as high as 60 feet.

History
William "Doc" Carver "invented" horse-diving exhibitions. Allegedly, in 1881 Carver was crossing a bridge over Platte River (Nebraska) which partially collapsed. His horse fell/dived into the waters below, inspiring Carver to develop the diving horse act. Carver trained various animals and went on tour. His son, Al Floyd Carver, constructed the ramp and tower and Lorena Carver was the first rider. Sonora Webster joined the show in 1924. She later married Al Floyd Carver. The show became a permanent fixture at Atlantic City's popular venue Steel Pier. There, Sonora, Al and Lorena continued the show following his death.

In 1931, Sonora and her horse Red Lips lost their balance on the platform. Sonora survived the fall, but was blinded due to detached retinas in both eyes as a result of keeping her eyes open. She continued horse-diving while blind. A film based on her life, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, was released in 1991 and was based on her memoir A Girl and Five Brave Horses.

In Lake George, New York, the Magic Forest theme park hosted a diving horse feature beginning in 1977, originally featuring a horse named Rex, later replaced by a gelding named Lightning. The manager stated, "There is no rider, no prods, no electrical jolts, and no trap doors." The theme park was purchased in 2018 and re-opened as Lake George Expedition Park, without horse diving.

Animal welfare
A horse-diving show was an in-residence act held at New Jersey's Steel Pier. Pressure from animal-rights activists and declining demand led to the act being shuttered in the 1970s. Although there was a brief resumption of the act at the pier in 1993, it was again shut down amid opposition. The horses sometimes dived four times a day, seven days a week. An attempt in 2012 to revive the shows at Steel Pier was halted when animal-welfare advocates petitioned the owners not to hold the shows. The president of the Humane Society of the United States stated: "This is a merciful end to a colossally stupid idea."

Loading of the pier
Atlantic City's Steel Pier was also used to mount a measuring device (tide gauge) to monitor changes in the sea level of the Atlantic Ocean. However, changes in sea level at the pier turned out to have been caused by the weight of the crowds gathered to watch the diving horses. Measurements from 1929 to 1978 indicated sea level rise – when the crowds were regular and caused the pier to settle slightly in the soft, sandy bottom – except during the horse-jumping hiatus from 1945 to 1953 when the lack of regular crowds allowed the pier to rise slightly.

See also

"Saddlesore Galactica" – an episode of The Simpsons involving a diving horse

References

Water sports
Working horses
Equine welfare
Cruelty to animals
History of Atlantic City, New Jersey
Man'yōsen Shinminatokō Line

The  is a rail line located in Imizu and Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by Manyosen.

Line data
Total distance: 4.9 km
Gauge: 1,067 mm
Stations: 8
Double track sections: none (entire line is single-track)
Electrified sections: Entire track (600 V DC)
Closing method: Automatic

Stations
Rokudōji Station
Shōgawaguchi Station
Nishi Shinminato Station
Shinmachiguchi Station
Naka Shinminato Station
Higashi Shinminato Station
Kaiōmaru Station
Koshinokata Station (main station)

Connecting lines
The Takaoka Kidō Line connects at Rokudōji Station.

References

 Transit website: https://www.manyosen.co.jp/

Rail transport in Toyama Prefecture
Railway lines in Japan
New England Antiquities Research Association

The New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA) is a non-profit organization founded 1964. According to its website, it "is dedicated to a better understanding of our historic and prehistoric past through the study and preservation of New England's stone sites in their cultural context." It is widely engaged in fringe theories and regarded by mainstream archeologists as a pseudoarchaeological organization.

Criticism
The membership of NEARA consists for the most part of amateurs, and the organization was in 2003 described as a 'hotbed of "Diffusionist" thought, the belief that the Americas were widely visited by European and Asiatic cultures before Columbus'.

Writing about NEARA's interest in lithic sites, archaeologist Kenneth Feder has said that "For many in NEARA, these lithic sites represent a wealth of remarkable evidence of the ancient occupation of New England by ancient Celts and other western Europeans long before the arrival of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts or even Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean. Orthodox archaeology and history reject this claim, ascribing most of the lithic sites to more recent migrants to New England, namely, seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century settlers and farmers. Archaeological skepticism about claims of much earlier dates for the chambers is based on the complete lack of any artifactual evidence found in any of the chambers that would allow us to confidently trace these features to an earlier time period."

Publications 
The association has published New England Antiquities Research Association Journal, formerly known as New England Antiquities Research Association Newsletter, since 1964. The Journal is published twice a year, as of 2016. It was formerly published quarterly. According to Ulrich as of 1997 the number of associated disciplines it discusses was growing.  It also published Across Before Columbus?  Evidence for Transoceanic Contact with the Americas prior to 1492 in 1998, .

References

External links 

 

Organizations established in 1964
Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
History of New England
Non-profit organizations based in the United States
Pseudoarchaeology
1964 establishments in the United States
Cold War (video game)

Cold War is a 2005 stealth video game developed by the Czech developer Mindware Studios, and published by DreamCatcher Games (Linux Game Publishing for Linux). The game is similar to the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series of games in that it uses a stealth-action system of gameplay.  The game distinguishes itself by adding an item invention system where the player can use seemingly useless objects to create new tools and weapons. Also, the story of the game centers on a civilian reporter, so no extremely acrobatic moves are available to the player. Another aspect of the game is that the player can take many different approaches to winning the game.

Plot 
Cold War takes place in 1986 and follows the story of a freelance journalist named Matthew Carter who finds himself in the midst of an international conspiracy that aims to control the Soviet Union. Twelve hours after arriving in Moscow in hopes of gathering material for a Pulitzer Prize winning story, he finds himself thrown into the KGB's political prison and framed for an attempted murder of the president. The reason for this was unknown, however, an unidentified female agent replaced his original camera with a prototype X-ray camera. Carter noticed this unknown device and decided to capture a fire extinguisher for testing, but the chemicals in the flash powder caused the object to explode, making him visible to the guards.

Inside the prison, he met a former Soviet agent whom he agreed to accompany. The two escaped by using a shaft to go to the outer areas of the prison.

Using only recovered weapons and improvised gadgets, he must now evade or overcome elite Soviet forces and defeat the conspiracy before he is sent to a Siberian prison camp or killed.

Development
The Xbox version of the game went gold on September 15, 2005.

Reception 

The PC and Xbox versions received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

The Linux version received more positive reviews, with Phoronix stating the game is "truly phenomenal" and that it's "one of the best single-player shooters we have ever played on Linux." LinuxGames awarded it 8.5 out of 10, commenting that the game was "the most enjoyable Linux gaming experience of 2006 so far." PC Burn "heartily" recommended the game's Linux version.

References

External links 
 

2005 video games
Xbox games
MacOS games
Windows games
Linux games
Cold War video games
Spy video games
Stealth video games
Video games developed in the Czech Republic
Video games set in the Soviet Union
Video games set in Moscow
DreamCatcher Interactive games
RuneSoft games
Single-player video games
Linux Game Publishing games
Quarter panel

A quarter panel (British English: rear wing) is the body panel (exterior surface) of an automobile between a rear door (or only door on each side for two-door models) and the trunk (boot) and typically wraps around the wheel well. The similar front section between the door and the hood (bonnet) is called a fender (front wing), and may sometimes also be referred to as a quarter panel.  Quarter panels are typically made of sheet metal, but are sometimes made of fiberglass, carbon fiber, or fiber-reinforced plastic.
 
A quarter panel is typically a welded-on component of the unibody structure. Replacement of a sheet metal quarter panel typically requires it to be cut off the vehicle and a replacement part to be welded (or sometimes bonded) to the vehicle. Due to the high amount of specialized labor, a quarter panel may often be repaired rather than replaced by hammering the damaged area to a relatively flat surface and then applying a body filler to smooth out the damaged area to match the original surface. The panel is then usually painted and often clear coated.

See also
Injection molding
List of auto parts
Quarter glass

References

Automotive body parts
Oberheim OB-8

The Oberheim OB-8 is a subtractive analog synthesizer launched by Oberheim in early 1983 and discontinued in 1985. As the fourth product in the OB-series of polyphonic compact synthesizers, the OB-8 was the successor to the OB-Xa. The number of production was about 3,000 units.

The OB-8 features eight-voice polyphony, two-part multi-timbrality, a 61-note processor-controlled piano keyboard, sophisticated programmable low-frequency oscillation (LFO) and envelope modulation, two-pole and four-pole filters, arpeggiator, external cassette storage, MIDI capability and 120 memory patches, 24 bi-timbral patches, and used the Z80 CPU. The musician's interface also consists of two pages of front panel programmable controls, left panel performance controls and a set of foot pedals and switches.

Artists who have used the OB-8 include Alice Coltrane, in her ashram music, Boys Noize, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Prince, Spinetta Jade, Queen, Van Halen, Depeche Mode, The War on Drugs, Styx, Kool & The Gang, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Clarence Jey, The Police, Siekiera, Silent Running, The KLF, Future Sound of London, Barnes & Barnes and Nik Kershaw.

Notable OB-8 users

Art of Noise
Simple Minds
Jimmy Jam
The KLF
Soul II Soul
Pet Shop Boys

Hardware re-issues and recreations 
In May, 2022, the Oberheim OB-X8, a new 8-voice analog synthesizer with the voice architecture and filters of three classic Oberheim models: the OB-X, OB-Xa, and OB-8, along with functionality and features not included on the original models, was announced. The new synthesizer is manufactured by Sequential in partnership with Tom Oberheim.

References

 Vintage Synth: Oberheim OB-8
 Image of OB-8 : image source, copyright details
  Keyboard Museum
 GreatSynthesizers: Oberheim OB-8

Oberheim synthesizers
Analog synthesizers
Polyphonic synthesizers
Z80
Baltimore Coliseum

Baltimore Coliseum was an indoor arena in Baltimore, Maryland.  It hosted the NBA's original Baltimore Bullets from 1944 until 1954. Prior to that it hosted roller skating events.

The Coliseum was built in 1938 on the corner of Monroe Street and Windsor Avenue near the Pennsylvania Avenue entertainment area and held 4,500 people. As a professional sports venue, it had been superseded by the Baltimore Civic Center in 1961, which prompted the Coliseum's closure not long after. The building, after over four decades of disuse, was demolished in July 2008. The Center for Urban Families (CFUF) now stands on the site.

References 

Basketball venues in Maryland
Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) venues
Basketball Association of America venues
Defunct basketball venues in the United States
Defunct indoor arenas in the United States
Defunct sports venues in Maryland
Former National Basketball Association venues
1930 establishments in Maryland
Sports venues completed in 1930
Sports venues demolished in 2008
1961 disestablishments in Maryland
Demolished sports venues in Maryland
1927 Irish general election

Two general elections were held in Ireland in 1927:

 June 1927 Irish general election
 September 1927 Irish general election
Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Friendliest Psychosis of All

Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Friendliest Psychosis of All is a three-song EP released by alternative rock band Fishbone in 2002. It features original outtakes from their 2000 album Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx, with cameos from funk pioneer George Clinton, Primus bass guitarist Les Claypool and comedic singer Blowfly.

The final track is a 21-minute spoken word jam led by saxophonist Angelo Moore.

Track listing

Personnel
Angelo Moore - saxophone, vocals
Walter A. Kibby II - trumpet, vocals
Buckethead - guitar
Spacey T - guitar
John McKnight - keyboard, trombone, guitar
John Norwood Fisher - bass guitar
John Steward - drums

References

2002 EPs
Fishbone albums
William O'Leary (Irish politician)

William O'Leary (4 October 1894 – 27 November 1955) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. 

The son of a farmer from Snipefield, Ardfert, County Kerry. He became a farmer and vintner at Irremore, Lixnaw. During the Irish War of Independence, he was Battalion Engineer for the 2nd Battalion, Kerry No.1 Brigade. Following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty he fought on the anti-treaty side in the Irish Civil War.

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry constituency at the June 1927 general election. He was re-elected at the September 1927 general election. He did not contest the 1932 general election.

O'Leary continued his activity in politics outside of parliament. He had been elected to Kerry County Council in 1928, and held his seat until his death.  In 1937 he was elected to Fianna Fáil's National Executive.

When the Agricultural Wages Board was formed in 1937 he was named as chairman, a post he held until his death.

In his later years he lived in Clontarf, Dublin. He died at a nursing home in Rathmines on 27 November 1955, aged 61, and was buried in Mulhuddart Cemetery.

References

1894 births
1955 deaths
Fianna Fáil TDs
Members of the 5th Dáil
Members of the 6th Dáil
20th-century Irish farmers
Members of Kerry County Council
UFO Welcome Center

The UFO Welcome Center is a tourist curiosity located in Bowman, South Carolina, United States, built in the back yard of Jody Pendarvis. It consists of a  built out of wood, fiberglass, and plastic. The structure, entered via a powered ramp, is mounted on four columns, designed to raise and lower with motors. In addition to a labyrinth of mechanical and electronic salvage parts, the saucer is furnished with a bed, satellite television, air conditioning, toilet, and shower. Pendarvis envisioned himself as being an ambassador to aliens and wanted to provide a facility where they could rest after a long journey on UFOs.

Construction on the saucer began in 1994 and it soon became a local tourist attraction. A fee of one dollar was charged for entry. The center was the subject of a 2001 segment in The Daily Show, in which Stephen Colbert presented a caricatured tour of the attraction. In 2003 Pendarvis added a smaller saucer, about 20 feet in width, to the top of the original structure and began living in the saucer during the summers when the saucer is cooler than his nearby mobile home. While previously, in lieu of an admission fee, there was a painted blue wooden tip container, as of 2016 the UFO Welcome Center charges $20 for admission.

On April 22 of 2017, an unidentified intruder broke into the structure and stole a flatscreen TV.

In May of 2018 the UFO Welcome Center began advertising on a billboard on nearby I-26.

In March of 2022, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the UFO Welcome Center constructed a nonfunctional missile made of scrap metal with the words "To Puttin" [sic] written on the side in white paint.

References

External links
Roadside America story
Photo
Blog with video tour of the U.F.O. Welcome Center

Landmarks in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Roadside attractions in South Carolina
Tourist attractions in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
1994 establishments in South Carolina
Lucia Mida

Lucia Gueth Mida (August 4, 1887 – April 1952), also known as Mrs. Lee Mida and Louise Mida, was a golfer from Chicago, Illinois. She won the 1930 Women's Western Open, which was later designated by the LPGA as the first women's major. Mida was an experienced competitor at that time.

Biography
Mida was born Hedwig Louise E. Gueth in Chicago, Illinois, to German immigrants August Gueth and Clara Friederich. Lee was her husband's name; wives and widows often used their husband's name with a "Mrs." added on back in her era. Her husband would become the Chicago City Champion in 1909; leading the way to her own golfing career.

In addition to the 1930 Women's Western Open, Mida also won the Women's Western Amateur in 1923 and the Florida Women's State Golf Association State Amateur Match Play Championship in 1929 and 1930 (defeating Mrs. John L. Holmes). Her unwillingness to become a permanent resident of Florida forced Mida not to defend her title in 1931 as the competition become "closed" except to Florida residents.

Mida was one of the team members that in 1930 traveled to Europe to play an international match against Great Britain. That trip was the prelude to the Curtis Cup matches.

Major championships

Wins (1)

References

External links
 Photographs of Mrs. Lee W. Mida at the Library of Congress

American female golfers
Winners of LPGA major golf championships
Golfers from Chicago
1887 births
1952 deaths
Windwardtidesandwaywardsails

Windwardtidesandwaywardsails is an album by Down by Law, released in 2003. It marked the first time since 1992's Blue that the same drummer played on two consecutive albums.

Track listing

References

Down by Law (band) albums
2003 albums