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Matzendorf

Matzendorf is a municipality in the district Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

References

Other websites 
 Official website 

Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn
Redwall (novel)

Redwall is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 1986.  It was illustrated by Gary Chalk, and was translated into nine different languages.  Redwall is the first book in the Redwall series.

Awards
 Lancashire Libraries Children's Book of the Year Award
 Western Australian Young Readers' Award

References

1986 books
Redwall
Fantasy books
British novels
Mossflower

Mossflower is a fantasy book that was written in 1988 by Brian Jacques.  It is the second book in the Redwall series, and was translated into eight different languages besides English.

Redwall
1988 books
Fantasy books
LeToya Luckett

LeToya Nicole Luckett (born March 11, 1981), known professionally as LeToya, is an Americansinger, actress, producer and songwriter. She is a former member of the R&B female group, Destiny's Child with whom she won two Grammy Awards, but when the group was successfully prompted in the world she was forced to leave.

When interviewed by MTV News, Luckett said that she and LaTavia Roberson created a new group called Anjel. Auditions were made, then Naty Quinones and Tiffany Beaudoin were selected as members. The group recorded demo songs. Their production company which handled the group fell through, and the members of Anjel went on to pursue solo projects.

In 2004, Capitol Records signed Luckett, then she started her solo career. Her solo debut album, LeToya, topped the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart in July 2006 and was certified platinum by the RIAA in December 2006. The album spawned five singles. Two were released with promotional purpose, to see the audience reaction towards her, but "Torn" would be her most notable song. It achieved records on BET's top ten countdown show 106 & Park. She was also named "One of the Best New Artists of 2006" by AOL and the "Top Songwriter of 2006" by ASCAP. Luckett's second album, Lady Love, was scheduled for a spring 2008 release.  It was released in 2009. She is now on road with the stage play tour "Rumors".

Discography

Albums CD
1998: Destiny's Child as Destiny's Child
1999: The Writing's on the Wall as Destiny's Child
2002: This Is the Remix as Destiny's Child
2005: #1's as Destiny's Child

2005: What It Do!
2006: LeToya
2008: Lady Love
2015: Lucky Girk Soundtrack (with Various artists)
2016: Until Then
2017: Back 2 Life

Singles
2004: "You Got What I Need"
2005: "All Eyes on Me"
2006: "Torn"
2006: "She Don't"
2006: "Obvious"
2007: "Almost Made Ya" (with Ali & Gipp)
2007: "Swagger" (featuring UGK, Killa Kyleon and Slim Thug)
2008: "I Miss You" (with Webbie)
2011: "When I Had the Chance" (with Boney James)
2014: "Don't Make Me Wait"

Tour
1998:"Boyz 2 Men Tour" as opening act (with Destiny's Child)
1999:"TLC: FanMail Tour" as opening act (with Destiny's Child)
1999:"The Writing's on the Wall promotional tour" (with Destiny's Child)
2006:"The Breakthrough Tour" as opening act

References

Other websites
LeToya's Myspace
Official fansite 

1981 births
Living people
Singers from Houston, Texas
American movie actors
American television actors
American pop musicians
American R&B singers
Actors from Houston, Texas
Annie Oliv

Annie Oliv(born 1988 in Jönköping, Sweden) is a Swedish beauty queen, cello player and personal assistant to a disabled person.

On September 8, 2007, Oliv won the "Miss Sweden World" title. She later represented her country at Miss World 2007. She placed 4th in the competition. She won the title "Miss World Europe 2007". Annie Oliv played cello during Melodifestivalen 2008 in Mickey Huskics entry in semifinal number three on February 23.

1988 births
Living people
Beauty pageant winners
Swedish musicians
Cellists
Swedish models
Musical movie

The musical movie is a movie genre in which several songs sung by the characters are linked into the story line. The songs are used to advance the plot or develop the movie's characters.

The musical movie was a natural development of the stage musical. Typically, the biggest difference between movie and stage musicals is the use of expensive and impressive background scenery which would not be in a theater. Musical movies usually contain elements similar of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if there is a live audience watching.
Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director of Broadway theatre and movies. Taymor's work has received lots of praise from critics. She has won two Tony Awards out of four nominations, an Emmy Award, and an Academy Award nomination for her work, known for its visual flair and colorful costuming choices. She lives in New York City with her partner Elliot Goldenthal, who she has been with for over 20 years.

Filmography
The Tempest (1986)
Fool's Fire (1992) (TV)
Oedipus Rex (1993) (TV) 
Titus (1999)  
Frida (2002)
Across the Universe (2007)

1952 births
Living people
American movie directors
Emmy Award winners
Tony Award winners
People from Massachusetts
Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987) is an American movie, television and theater actress. She began acting in the late 1990s, appearing in several television roles, including American Gothic and Once and Again. Wood's first role as a leading movie actress was in 2002's Little Secrets, and she became well known after changing to a more adult-orientated Golden Globe-nominated role in the critically acclaimed Thirteen (2003).

Wood continued acting in mostly independent films, including Pretty Persuasion (2005), Down in the Valley (2006), and in the big studio production Across the Universe (2007). Critics have praised Wood's acting, such as The Guardian newspaper describing her as being "wise beyond her years" and as "one of the best actresses of her generation". Her personal relationship with singer Marilyn Manson received media coverage. She is openly bisexual.

Filmography

References

Other websites

Interview, 2003, Girl.com
Interview, 2001, CNN.com 

American LGBT people
American movie actors
American television actors
Bisexual people
LGBT actors
Actors from Raleigh, North Carolina
1987 births
Living people
Jim Sturgess

James Sturgess (born 1981) is a British actor. He has acted in both television and movies as well as radio. He is perhaps most famous for playing Jude in Across the Universe and the younger Charlie in The Quest series of television movies.

Sturgess was born in London. He is a former member of the National Youth Music Theatre (1993-95) and studied at the University of Salford's School of Media, Music and Performance. 

Sturgess recently worked on the movie Fifty Dead Men Walking. In the movie, he plays Martin McGartland, the writer of the book on which the movie is based.

Performances 
 The Browning Version (1994) as Bryant
 The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999, TV series) as Erik (2 episodes)
 Thursday the 12th (2000, TV movie) as Martin
 A Touch of Frost (2003, TV series) as Laurence (1 episode)
 Turning the Hut (2003, radio play) as Jimmy
 Hawk (2004, short movie)
 Heading It Like Mooney (2004, radio play)
 Measure for Measure (2004, radio play) as the Duke
 Mouth to Mouth (2005) as Red
 Little Pictures (2005, radio play) as Gal
 Caesar! (2005, radio series) guest starring
 Troilus and Cressida (2005, radio play) as Patroclus
 Across the Universe (2007) as Jude
 The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) as George Boleyn
 21 (2008) as Ben Campbell
 Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) as Martin McGartland
 Crossing Over (2009) as Gavin Kossef
 Heartless (2009) as Jamie Morgan
 The Way Back (2010) as Janusz
 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) as Soren
 Upside Down (2011) as Adam
 The Promised Land (2011) as Thomas Wilkin
 One Day'' (2011) as Dexter Meyhew

Other websites 
Jim Sturgess on Twitter

JimSturgessOnline.com

1981 births
Living people
English movie actors
English television actors
English voice actors
Singers from London
Actors from London
Joe Anderson

Joe Anderson (born 1982) is an English actor.

He attended Richmond upon Thames College and later the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Both his parents work in the movie industry.  Anderson  has acted professionally since childhood. His skills include photography, guitar and gymnastics.

Anderson has worked in movie, television and on the stage at the Chichester Festival Theatre. He appeared in Copying Beethoven, playing Ludwig van Beethoven's nephew. He also appeared  in Across the Universe as Max, an American teenager drafted into the Vietnam War. Anderson is also starring as Joy Division bass player Peter Hook in Anton Corbijn's 2007 movie Control.

Filmography 

 The Crazies (2010)
 Rogues Gallery (2009)
 Amelia (2009)
 Brand New Day (2009)
 High Life (2009)
 The 27 Club (2008)
 The Ruins (2008)
 Across the Universe (2007)
 Control (2007)
 Becoming Jane (2007)
 Little Box Of Sweets (2006)
 Copying Beethoven (2006)
 Silence Becomes You (2005)
 Afterlife (2005), 1 episode
 Midsomer Murders (2005), 1 episode
 Creep (2004)

Other websites 

Agency CV 
Joe Anderson Online 

1982 births
Living people
English movie actors
English television actors
English stage actors
Dana Fuchs

Dana Fuchs (born January 10, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and voice over talent.

The youngest of six musical children, Fuchs was born and raised in Wildwood, Florida. It is a small rural town. She is the daughter of Sandy and Don Fuchs. At the age of twelve she joined the First Baptist Gospel Choir and began singing in public. At sixteen she became the lead singer of a popular local band at a roadside Holiday Inn. She moved to New York City at nineteen and began working with Jon Diamond, a guitarist who had toured with Joan Osborne and W.C. Handy Award winner Debbie Davies. They formed the Dana Fuchs Band. The band was a feature act at a number of clubs, performing with people like John Popper, James Cotton, and Taj Mahal.

Fuchs plays Sadie in the Julie Taymor movie Across the Universe. She also played the singing Janis Joplin in the Eric Nederlander production of Randall Myler's off Broadway musical Love, Janis.

References

Other websites
 DanaFuchs.com
 

1978 births
Living people
American songwriters
Singers from Florida
American voice actors
Actors from Florida
Martin Luther McCoy

Martin Luther McCoy is an American musician and actor.  He worked with The Roots a lot and appears as one of the six lead characters in the 2007 Beatles musical Across the Universe in the role of "JoJo". 

McCoy goes by the stage name of "Martin Luther" in his music career.  For his acting work he is known under his full name. 

Martin Luther released his first solo album The Calling in 1999 and followed it with an independent release of his second album Rebel Soul Music in 2004 on his own label Rebel Soul Records. His third album Love is the Hero was supposed to be released in 2011

1970 births
Living people
Musicians from San Francisco
American movie actors
Actors from San Francisco
T. V. Carpio

Teresa Victoria Carpio, more commonly known as T. V. Carpio, is a Chinese / Filipina singer, songwriter and actress.  She is the daughter of Asian singing star Teresa Carpio, with whom she has performed on stage as a backup singer. 

Carpio played Prudence in the 2007 musical movie Across the Universe.  She has also appeared on television, including a TV movie and episodes of The Jury and Law & Order.  She made her Broadway debut in  Rent as Alexi Darling and others, appearing from December 2006 until April 2007.

Filmography
Limitless (2011) .... Valerie
Across the Universe (2007) .... Prudence
Sucker Free City (2004) (TV) .... Angela Tsing
She Hate Me (2004) .... Gail
The Jury .... Esme Kingman (1 episode, "Mail Order Mystery," 2004)
Law & Order .... Laundry Lady (1 episode, "Patriot," 2002)
Popstars .... Top 26 Finalist (TV) (2001)

Other websites

1981 births
Living people
Filipino actors
Filipino singers
Musical theater actors
Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker, OBE (20 May 1944 – 21 December 2014) was an English rock/blues singer who came to popularity in the 1960s, and was most known for his gritty voice and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles. The cover of their song With A Little Help From My Friends, sung by Cocker at the Woodstock Festival, initially made him famous. 

On 22 December 2014, Cocker died of lung cancer at his home in Crawford, Colorado at the age of 70.

Discography

Albums
 With a Little Help from My Friends (1969)
 Joe Cocker! (1969)
 Mad Dogs & Englishmen (1970)
 Cocker Happy (1971) (Australian compilation release, 1971)
 Double Cocker Power (Australian release, 1972)
 Joe Cocker: Something to Say (also known as just Joe Cocker) (1972)
 I Can Stand a Little Rain (1974)
 Jamaica Say You Will (1975)
 Stingray (1976)
 Greatest Hits (1977)
 Luxury You Can Afford (1979)
 Sheffield Steel (1982)
 The Best of Joe Cocker (1983 - Australia / NZ only)
 Civilized Man (1984)
 Cocker (1986)
 Unchain My Heart (1987)
 One Night of Sin (1989)
 Joe Cocker Live (1990)
 Night Calls (1991)
 The Best of Joe Cocker (1992)
 Have a Little Faith (1994)
 The Long Voyage Home (1995)
 Organic (1996)
 Across from Midnight (1997)
 Greatest Hits (1998)
 The Anthology (1999)
 No Ordinary World (1999)
 Respect Yourself (2002)
 Ultimate Collection (2004)
 Heart & Soul (2004)
 Hymn for My Soul (2007)
 ''Come Together (album) Across the Universe Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007)

Singles

References

Other websites
The Official Website of Joe Cocker

1944 births
2014 deaths
Cancer deaths in Colorado
Deaths from lung cancer
English rock singers
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Musicians from Sheffield
Elliot Goldenthal

Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American composer of modern classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano. Goldenthal is best known for his ability to blend different musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways.

Movie works
 1979 - Cocaine Cowboys
 1980 - Blank Generation
 1989 - Drugstore Cowboy score
 1989 - Pet Sematary score
 1991 - Grand Isle
 1992 - Fools Fire (TV) - directed by Julie Taymor
 1992 - Alien³ score
 1993 - Demolition Man score
 1993 - Golden Gate score
 1994 - Interview with the Vampire score
 1994 - Roswell (TV)
 1994 - Cobb score
 1995 - Batman Forever score
 1995 - Heat score
 1996 - Michael Collins score
 1996 - A Time to Kill score
 1997 - The Butcher Boy score
 1997 - Batman & Robin (score not commercially released)
 1998 - In Dreams score
 1998 - Sphere score
 1999 - Titus score - movie directed by Julie Taymor
 2001 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within score
 2002 - Frida score - movie directed by Julie Taymor
 2002 - The Good Thief score
 2003 - S.W.A.T. score
 2007 - Across the Universe soundtracks - movie directed by Julie Taymor

Concert Music Works
 1980 - Brass Quintet No. 1, Brass Quintet No. 2 (No. 2 has been recorded recently by Extension Ensemble, New York)
 1988 - Pastime Variations
 1990 - Shadow Play Scherzo
 1996 - Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio (recorded in 1995, featuring Yo Yo Ma)

Theatre Works
 Play "The King Stag" (1984 production of Carlo Gozzi's play by Andrei Serban)
 Musical "Liberty's Taken" (an original 1985 musical co-created with David Suehsdorf and Julie Taymor)
 Musical "The Transposed Heads" (adapted in 1986 by Sidney Goldfarb and Julie Taymor from the novel by Thomas Mann)
 Play (Commedia) "The Serpent Woman" (1988 production of Carlo Gozzi's Commedia)
 Musical "Juan Darien: A Carnival Mass" (1988 off-Broadway, reworked and recorded for Broadway in 1996)Co-Bookwriter, lyricist, arranger of the Latin text.
 Ballet "Othello" (a 1998 ballet with choreography by Lar Lubovitch)
 Musical "The Green Bird" (1999 on Broadway production of production of Carlo Gozzi's work)Stage director: Julie Taymor
 Opera "Grendel" (opened 2006 June at Los Angeles Opera; not released on CD yet as of August 2007)Libretto: Julie Taymor and J D. McClatchy, after the novel Grendel by John Gardner, and the poem BeowulfStage director: Julie Taymor

Awards and nominations

Other websites
 Elliot Goldenthal at Variety.com
 
 Elliot Goldenthal at the Internet Broadway Dabatase
 "A Website for the Composer" 
 Elliot Goldenthal at SoundtrackNet
 Elliot Goldenthal at Moviemusicuk.us 
 Elliot Goldenthal at Theoscarsite.com 
 Elliot Goldenthal at the All Music Guide
 An Interview with both Taymor and Goldenthal at their apartment in New York with the New York Times
 An interview with Goldenthal about his 'Titus' and 'Heat' scores et al.
 An interview with him on his score for Frida and other scores.

1954 births
Living people
Goldenthal, Elliot
Academy Award winning composers
Golden Globe Award winning composers
Musicians from New York City
Corte

Corte () in is a city (a "commune" in French) in the Haute-Corse département in central area of  Corsica, in France. It is the fourth-largest city in Corsica (after Ajaccio, Bastia, and Porto-Vecchio), with a population of  6,329 inhabitants in 1999. Corte was the capital of the Corsican independent state during the period of Pasquale Paoli.

Geography
 Area: 149.27 km²
 Average altitude: 486 m

Important places in Corte
 The Fortress (A citadella)
 The Museum of Corsica (Museu di a Corsica),

Roads
Corte is connected to Ajaccio, Bastia and Calvi by the Corsican railway.

University
Corte has become a major University town in Corsica since the Pasquale Paoli University opened  1980.

Famous people born in Corte
 Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844), the eldest brother of the French Emperor Napoleon I.

Other websites
 Official website 
 Tourist office website 
 University of Corsica

Communes in Haute-Corse
Subprefectures in France
Sartène

Sartène (), is a town (a "commune" in French) of Southern Corsica, in the Corse-du-Sud département, in France. The city is famous since medieval times for granite buildings in 16th century. One of the main incidents in the town's history was an attack by pirates from Algiers in 1583, after which 400 people were taken away. These attacks continued into the 18th century. 

The town is centered around the Place de la Libération (previously the Place Porta), at the edge of which is the church of Sainte Marie. The town allows good views across the valley. Sartene wine is well known amongst wine buffs as being a good drop.

Sartene has given its name to one of the southern-Corsican dialects that are most like the Sardinian language.

Important places 
 Church of Sainte Marie

Other websites 
A page on the history of the town

Communes in Corse-du-Sud
Subprefectures in France
Saint-Florent, Haute-Corse

Saint-Florent () is a commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is a fishing port located near the gulf of the same name (Saint-Florent Gulf).

Today, it is a popular summer vacation spot for many tourists for one of the most beautiful beaches on the Mediterranean coast, Saleccia.

Climate

Saint-Florent has a typically Mediterranean climate - mild winters with temperatures rarely under zero, warm, dry summers with temperatures at around 35°C in July and August.

History

Saint-Florent was created by the Genoese in the 16th century as a base for to fight the Corsican patriots in their villages. The colonial state and imperialist France later used it for getting troops of mercenaries and colonists during August 1764. After the defeat at Ponte Novu Bridge, the army of Pasquale Paoli, helped by Horatio Nelson, reconquered Saint-Florent in 1793 during the brief Anglo-Corsican rule.

Important places
The Genoise citadel constructed in 1440.

Gallery
View of Saint-Florent

Other websites
 Picture of Saint-Florent Cathedral 

Communes in Haute-Corse
Calvi, Haute-Corse

Calvi is a small town and commune of the Haute-Corse, in France. It is on the northwest coast of the island of Corsica, 95 km from Bastia and 24 km from L'Île-Rousse. The town has 5,177 people (1999), and is the fifth-largest commune in Corsica. There is a legend that Christopher Columbus was from Calvi, which at the time was part of the Genoese empire. The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment of the French Foreign Legion is based in Calvi.

The economy of Calvi is mainly based on tourism, which started in 1950.

Airports
 The Ste-Catherine International Airport of Calvi.

References

Other websites
 Official website 
 Calvi travel information at Wikivoyage

Gallery

Communes in Haute-Corse
Subprefectures in France
L'Île-Rousse

L'Île-Rousse () is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of Corsica, France. It has a permanent population of around 2,500. It was founded in 1758 by Pasquale Paoli to create a port that would not be in the hands of the Genoese like Calvi.

Famous people born in the city 
 Pascal Paoli

Other websites 
 Map of L'Île-Rousse on Mapquest

In French:
 L'Île-Rousse on the site of the Institut Géographique National 
 L'Île-Rousse on the site of INSEE 

Communes in Haute-Corse
1758 establishments
1750s establishments in Europe
18th-century establishments in France
Carbon footprint

The term carbon footprint is how much carbon goes into the air because of something done by people or that is not done by nature. Doing something that burns fuel will make carbon dioxide gas (CO2).  It is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide.  Just as walking on the sand leaves a footprint, burning fuel leaves carbon dioxide in the air, which is called a carbon footprint.  Total carbon footprint/emission would include energy emissions from human activities - that is, from heat, light, power and refrigeration and all transport related emissions from cars, freight and distribution.  

The words "carbon footprint" are often seen in the news. They are used with the word sustainability, which means that we can keep doing something without making something bad happen. That is, if there is too much of a carbon footprint, then there is no sustainability. People and businesses are often asked to think about how much carbon they are putting into the air, and how this changes the environment and maybe causes global warming. This is often said about traveling by airplane or by car, because burning fuel makes carbon dioxide gas.

Where it comes from 
Oil, gas, and coal are called "fossil fuels" because they come from fossils of ancient plants and animals.  Those plants and animals had carbon in them.  When we burn oil, gas, and coal, the carbon becomes carbon dioxide and goes into the air.  This makes the greenhouse effect, which means that the carbon dioxide makes the earth warmer, like a greenhouse. A carbon footprint is the carbon dioxide that is put into the air because of a person, a group of people, an event or a product.

Remedies 
The most common way to reduce the carbon footprint of humans is to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse. Another easy option is to drive less. By walking or biking to the destination rather than driving, not only is a person going to save money on gas, but they will be burning less fuel and releasing fewer emissions into the atmosphere. However, if walking is not an option, one can look into carpooling use public transportation options in their area.
Yet another option for reducing the carbon footprint of humans is to use less air conditioning and heating in the home. By adding insulation to the walls and attic of one's home, and installing weather stripping or caulking around doors and windows one can lower their heating costs more than 25 percent. 
Choice of diet is a major influence on a person's carbon footprint. Animal sources of protein (especially red meat), rice (typically produced in high methane-emitting paddies), foods transported long distance and/or via fuel-inefficient transport (e.g., highly perishable produce flown long distance) and heavily processed and packaged foods are among the major contributors to a high carbon diet. 

Ecology
Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase was a land purchase made by United States president, Thomas Jefferson, in 1803.  He bought the Louisiana territory from France, which was being led by Napoleon Bonaparte at the time, for 15,000,000 USD. First, the men sent to France were allowed to spend up to 10 million USD in order to buy New Orleans and, if possible, the west bank of the Mississippi River.  But then the French government said that for 5 million more dollars they would sell all of the Louisiana territory.  Thomas Jefferson approved the deal and used his constitutional power to sign treaties to buy the land. 

Napoleon Bonaparte sold the land because he needed money for the Great French War.  The British had re-entered the war and France was losing the Haitian Revolution and could not defend Louisiana.  Thomas Jefferson took the French offer as an opportunity to make America larger, even if it meant going against his Republican principles of small government (some would say he exceeded his constitutional power by accepting the deal on his own).

 
The purchase added 828,394 square miles and doubled the size of the U.S..  This included all of the states of Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and part of the states of Louisiana, Texas, Minnesota, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. It also included a small piece of land that is now part of Canada.

The Louisiana Purchase gave the U.S. control of the Mississippi River and the port city of New Orleans, both of which were used by farmers to ship their crops and get paid. It also ensured that France and other European countries would not try to take the land.  France only controlled small bits of the territory.  Because of that, the United States had to make other agreements with and payments to other governments and groups.  The total amount paid for the Louisiana Purchase and all of these other agreements was about 2.6 billion USD.

The Lewis and Clark expedition explored the Louisiana Purchase and the Oregon Territory. They started from St. Louis. Their route traced the Missouri River.

Other websites
 Lewis and Clark website
 Article on the Louisiana Purchase
 Article about the history and the purchase of the Louisiana territory
 Louisiana Purchase -Citizendium

1803 in the United States
Thomas Jefferson
Mattimeo

Mattimeo is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 1989. It is the third book in the Redwall series.  It was also translated into six different languages.

1989 books
Redwall
Fantasy books
Mariel of Redwall

Mariel of Redwall is a fantasy book, written by Brian Jacques in 1991.  It is the fourth book in the Redwall series. Mariel of Redwall has also been translated to seven different languages.

Redwall
1991 books
Fantasy books
Salamandastron

Salamandastron is a fantasy book, written by Brian Jacques in 1992.  It is the fifth book in the Redwall series, and has been translated into four different languages.

Plot introduction
Salamandastron, the mountain ruled by Badger Lord Urthstripe the Strong, and guarded by forty hares of the Long Patrol, is under siege by the weasel Ferahgo the Assassin, his son Klitch, and his vermin army of "Corpsemakers". Meanwhile, two stoats at Redwall Abbey accidentally kill a Brother of Redwall and then run away with the sword of Martin the Warrior. Mara (Urthstripe's adopted daughter) and Pikkle Ffolger, her trusted hare friend, are fooled by Klitch and his lackey, and Mara and Pikkle leave Salamandastron. Meanwhile, the deadly Dryditch Fever breaks out in Redwall...

Redwall
1992 books
Fantasy books
Martin the Warrior

Martin the Warrior is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 1993.  It is the sixth book in the Redwall series, and has been translated into nine different languages.

Redwall
1993 books
Fantasy books
Zionism

Zionism is the nationalist movement to bring back an independent country for the Jewish people in part of the Land of Israel, the site of the first Jewish states. This movement resulted in the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.

History
The word 'Zionism' comes from Zion, which means Jerusalem. Theodor Herzl started the modern Zionist movement. At the time, the Land of Israel was called Palestine. It was controlled by the Ottoman Empire. In 1917, the British made a statement called the Balfour Declaration. They agreed to support a Jewish homeland in Palestine. 

Many Evangelical Christians believe that the migration of Jews to Palestine is linked to the apocalypse and prophecy.

Related pages 
 Religious Zionism

References
The Bellmaker

The Bellmaker is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 1994. It is the seventh book in the Redwall series.  The Bellmaker has been translated into six different languages, including Finnish, French, German, Italian, Swedish, and Russian.

Redwall
1994 books
Fantasy books
British novels
Outcast of Redwall

Outcast of Redwall is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 1995. It is the eighth book in the Redwall series.  Outcast of Redwall has been translated into six different languages, including Finnish, French, German, Italian, Swedish, and Russian.

Redwall
1995 books
Fantasy books
The Pearls of Lutra

The Pearls of Lutra is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 1996. It is the ninth book in the Redwall series.  The American edition of the novel was titled  Pearls of Lutra.  The Pearls of Lutra has been translated into six different languages, including Finnish, French, German, Italian, Swedish, and Russian.

Redwall
1996 books
Fantasy books
The Long Patrol

The Long Patrol is a children's fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 1997. It is the tenth book in the Redwall series.  The Long Patrol has been translated into four different languages including Finnish, French, Italian, and Swedish.

Plot summary
A young hare named Tammo wants to join the Long Patrol, the army of fighting hares that serves the Ruler of the mountain Salamandastron. But meanwhile Damug Warfang the rat and his evil army of cruel Rapscallions are coming. 

Redwall
1997 books
Fantasy books
Shinshūshin, Nagano

Shinshushinmachi is a town in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.  It is south of Nagano city.  It is famous for mutton, beautiful fireworks on August 15th, wasabi, soba, canoe polo, the Sai River, apples, and the fossil museum.

Towns in Japan
Settlements in Nagano Prefecture
Come On Over

Come On Over is the first album released by Plain White T's.

Track listing
 "Skinny Dipping"
 "Behind"
 "Kitty Kat Shirt"
 "All Dressed Up"
 "Maybe Another Day"
 "Cinderella Story"
 "I-88"
 "Come On Over"
 "Aud."
 "Round"
 "Show Your Face"
 "Rave"
 "Comin' with the Quickness"
 "Go Back"

Other websites
 Official Website

2000 albums
Debut albums
Plain White T's albums
Pop punk albums
Stop (album)

Stop is the second album released by the band Plain White T's. It was the first plain White T's album to be released on Fearless Records. The album was released August 20, 2002.

Track listing

 "Stop"
 "Please Don't Do This"
 "What If?"
 "Fireworks"
 "Leavin'"
 "Shine"
 "Your Fault"
 "Happy Someday"
 "A Lonely September"
 "Can't Turn Away"
 "Penny (Perfect For You)"
 "Radios In Heaven"

References

2002 albums
Plain White T's albums
Angus cattle

The Angus cattle, also known as Black Angus, or Aberdeen Angus is a Scottish breed of black hornless cattle.  They come from the counties of Aberdeen and Angus. It is a medium-sized to large breed, with the cow's weight averaging around 1000 lbs and bull's weight averaging from 1800 to 2000 lbs.  Cattle are mostly black and naturally polled or hornless. They are commonly raised in Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, South America and the British Isles.  It is one of the most popular beef breed in the United States as it is thought to be better quality beef. The American Angus Association made the "Certified Angus Beef" (CAB) standard in 1978 to push this thought.

References

Cattle breeds
Aberfan

Aberfan is a village in Mid Glamorgan, South Wales. In 1966, a colliery spoil tip fell onto the village, killing 28 adults and 116 children.

Glamorgan
Villages in Wales
Porto-Vecchio

Porto-Vecchio () is a town and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, on the island of Corsica, in France.Porto-Vecchio is the third largest town in Corsica after Bastia and Ajaccio.Porto-Vecchio is also a tourism city, tourists come from many countries around the world, in particular from Italy, Germany or the Netherlands. Porto-Vecchio has 10,000 inhabitants, 40,000 in the summer.

History and Politics 
The town of Porto-Vecchio is also called the city of salt, because this one was built on salt-water marshes which were drained in order to develop itself.

Food 
Corsican gastronomy is rich and varied. Many of food are seasonal like clementines or citrus. Corsica is the only region of France producing this variety of oranges, around 25,000 tonnes per year and 40% of this production comes from Porto-Vecchio or its area. This fruit is very famous for its freshness and the vitamins which it brings. Another fruit very significant in Corsica and in particular in Porto-Vecchio is the chestnut because they are used in many Corsican dishes, for example, it is used to make bread or crepe. A typically Corsican dish is the pig that is cooked in a lot of version, and that has famous part really good, like: coppa, lonzu or prizuttu, which one is similar to a parma ham but the most famous is figatelli, which is smoked. The most typical cheese is called brocciu.

Other websites 
 Porto-Vecchio , pictures of Porto-Vecchio

Communes in Corse-du-Sud
Bonifacio

Bonifacio () is a town and commune near the southern tip of the island of Corsica, in the département of Corse-du-Sud, France. Its inhabitants are called Bonifaciens and the city was founded as a fortress and named after Boniface II of Tuscany in 828. Bonifacio is split into two sections. The vieille ville (old town), or la Haute Ville (the Upper city).

Geography
Bonifacio is located directly on the Mediterranean Sea, separated from Sardinia by the Strait of Bonifacio. The commune includes the Lavezzi Islands.

Famous people born in Bonifacio
 Tommaso Maria Zigliara (1833-1893), Roman Catholic cardinal, theologian, and philosopher.

Other websites
Official website (in French, translatable to English and other languages)

Gallery
View of Bonifacio

Communes in Corse-du-Sud
Aleria

Aléria (Greek and Roman Alalia) is a commune in the Haute-Corse département of France, on the island of Corsica. It includes the easternmost point in Metropolitan France.

Archaeology
Since 1950 the necropolis of Casabianda's is excavated and have revealed grave goods, from the Late Archaic period forwards, that include the finest works of art, in jewels, weapons, metalwares, bronze and ceramic plates and dishes in particular, Attic cups, and rhytons.

Medieval and modern history
As Latin Alalia, it was the capital of the Roman province of Corsica.

Related pages
 Battle of Alalia, fought between 540 BC and 535 BC

Other websites
Official website 

Communes in Haute-Corse
Treptower Tollensewinkel

Treptower Tollensewinkel was an Amt in the former district of Demmin. Since 4 September 2011, it is an Amt in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte Rural District. Both districts were/are in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.

The seat (capital city) of the Amt is in Altentreptow. 

The Amt Treptower Tollensewinkel consists of the following municipalities:
Tollense

The Tollense () is a river in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in northeastern Germany, right tributary of the Peene. The river starts as the outflow of the lake Tollensesee in Neubrandenburg. The Tollense is  long and empties into the river Peene in Demmin.

History

According to several reports in the German media, several human remains of the bronze period have been found in the region named Tollense valley () since 1997.

Many showed signs of injury and violent death. In 2008 research was concentrated on an area of . Hundreds of bone fragments, as well as wooden weaponry and flintstone arrowheads have been discovered. The finds were possible due to the preservation of the former swamp ground and the fact that the Tollense has never really changed its flow.

It is now estimated that about 200 people died in a battle-like scenario in that valley about 1250 BC. Since the population then was about 5 people per square kilometre, about 13 people per square mile, this would've been the most important battle in Bronze Age Germany yet to be discovered. More investigation of the grounds is planned for the years 2010 to 2015.

References

Geography of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Rivers of Germany
All That We Needed

All That We Needed is the third album released by the band Plain White T's. The album was released January 25, 2005.

Track listing
 "All That We Needed" - 3:41
 "Revenge" - 3:26
 "Take Me Away" - 2:42
 "My Only One" - 3:49
 "Sad Story" - 2:57
 "Breakdown" - 3:34
 "What More Do You Want?" - 2:24
 "Lazy Day Afternoon" - 2:15
 "Anything" - 2:59
 "Sing My Best" - 2:51
 "Faster" - 2:51
 "Last Call" - 2:53
 "Hey There Delilah" - 3:52

References

2005 albums
Plain White T's albums
Every Second Counts

Every Second Counts is the fourth album released by Plain White T's. The album peaked at #10 on Billboard 200 on July 29, 2007. The album was released on September 12, 2006.

Track listing

Standard edition
  "Our Time Now" - 2:50
  "Come Back to Me" - 3:23
  "Hate (I Really Don't Like You) - 3:47
  "You and Me" - 2:18
  "Friends Don't Let Friends Dial Drunk" - 3:22
  "Making a Memory" - 2:49
  "So Damn Clever" - 3:03
  "Tearin' Us Apart" - 2:36
  "Write You a Song" - 4:01
  "Gimme a Chance" - 2:57
  "Figure It Out" - 2:45
  "Let Me Take You There" - 6:18
  "Hey There Delilah" (iTunes bonus) - 3:53
  "Hold On" (iTunes bonus) - 2:40

The Best Buy version of the album contains two bonus tracks: "Hold On" and an acoustic demo of "Hate (I Really Don't Like You)".

Deluxe Edition
A deluxe edition of Every Second Counts was released. It also has a different cover, with a white background instead of a brown background and includes a slipcase. It contains:

CD
 Tracks 1-12 as above
  "Hey There Delilah" - 3:53
  "We Can Work It Out"
  "Hold On" - 2:40

DVD
The DVD includes a live concert in the bands hometown Chicago. The set list was:
 "Our Time Now"
 "Revenge"
 "All That We Needed"
 "Stop"
 "Friends Don't Let Friends Dial Drunk"
 "You And Me"
 "Come Back To Me"
 "Write You A Song"
 "Tearin' Us Apart"
 "So Damn Clever"
 "Let Me Take You There"
 "Hate (I Really Don't Like You)"
 "Hey There Delilah"
 "Take Me Away"

References

2006 albums
Plain White T's albums
Marlfox

Marlfox is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 1998. It is the eleventh book in the Redwall series. Marlfox has been translated into two different languages other than English, including French and Italian.

Redwall
1998 books
Fantasy books
The Legend of Luke

The Legend of Luke is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 1999.  It is the twelfth book in the Redwall series, and has been translated into two languages including French and Italian.  It was also a New York Times Bestseller.

Redwall
1999 books
Fantasy books
Lord Brocktree

Lord Brocktree is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 2000.  It is the thirteenth book in the Redwall series.  Lord Brocktree was also translated into French.

Plot
A badger Lord named Brocktree is a strong badger with a mighty sword. With the help of friends Lord Brocktree takes back the mountain fortress of Salamandastron from Ungatt Trunn the Wildcat Warlord and his vermin horde.

Redwall
2000 books
Fantasy books
The Taggerung

The Taggerung is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 2001. It is the fourteenth book in the Redwall series.  The title of the American book was Taggerung.  It was also translated into French.

Redwall
2001 books
Fantasy books
Triss

Triss is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 2002.  It is the fifteenth book in the Redwall series.  It was also translated into French.

Plot
A young female squirrel named Trisscar (mostly called Triss) is a slave to a royal family of white ferrets who live in a castle on an island. Along with two other slaves, Shogg (a male otter) and Welfo (a female hedgehog), Triss escapes from the island. The evil ferrets chase Triss and her friends. Triss and Shogg join forces with warriors from Redwall Abbey and the mountain Salamandastron, and together, the woodland creatures fight rats, ferrets, snakes, and more in their fight for freedom.

Redwall
2002 books
Fantasy books
Loamhedge

Loamhedge is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 2003. It is the sixteenth book in the Redwall series. It was translated into French and Russian, and was a New York Times bestseller.

Plot
Loamhedge is about a young hare named Martha who cannot move her legs, and must use a wheelchair. It is also about the travels of her brother Horty, along with friends Bragoon, Saro, Fenna, and Springald, who are trying to find a cure for Martha.

Redwall
2003 books
Fantasy books
Rakkety Tam

Rakkety Tam is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 2004.  It is the seventeenth book in the Redwall series, and it was also translated into French.

Plot
When the wolverine Gulo the Savage and his army of vermin sweep across the land, it's up to the squirrel Rakkety Tam MacBurl and his friend Wild Doogy Plumm with one hundred hares from Salamandastron to stop the  wicked wolverine and protect Redwall Abbey and the land of Mossflower.

Redwall
2004 books
Fantasy books
High Rhulain

High Rhulain is a fantasy book written by Brian Jacques in 2005.  It is the eighteenth book in the Redwall series, and was also translated into French and Russian.

Plot
A young female otter named Tiria Wildlough is living at Redwall Abbey. When she gets a vision and riddle from the long-dead hero Martin the Warrior, she sets out with a hare named Cuthbert Blanedale Frunk in search of an island called Green Isle to fight an evil wildcat and lead a bunch of otters to freedom.

References

Redwall
Fantasy books
2005 books
Eulalia!

Eulalia! is a children's fantasy book. It's the nineteenth book in the Redwall novel series, and was written by Brian Jacques in 2007.

Plot
Vizka Longtooth, a wicked fox pirate, captures a young badger named Gorath. At the same time, the old badger king of the mountain Salamandastron tells a young female hare named Maudie to go and find a new badger to be king after he dies. At Redwall Abbey, a young hedgehog named Orkwil Prink gets kicked out of the abbey because he keeps stealing stuff. What will happen to these three animals and the wicked fox pirate? 

Redwall
2007 books
Fantasy books
Naguib Mahfouz

Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (), ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006), known as Naguib Mahfouz, was an Egyptian novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.

He managed to modernize Arabic literature. He is one of the few writers of Arabic literature who explored themes of existentialism.

Biography 
Naguib Mahfouz was born in the Gamaliya quarter of Cairo and was named after Professor Naguib Pasha Mahfouz (1882-1974), the renowned Coptic physician who delivered him. In his childhood Mahfouz read extensively. His mother often took him to museums and Egyptian history later became a major theme in many of his books.

The Egyptian Revolution of 1919 had a strong effect on Mahfouz, although he was at the time only seven years old. From the window he often saw English soldiers firing at the demonstrators, men and women. "You could say," he later noted, "that the one thing which most shook the security of my childhood was the 1919 revolution."

Before the Nobel Prize only a few of his novels had appeared in the West.
Because of his outspoken support for Anwar el Sadat's treaty with Israel, his books were banned in many Arab countries until after he won the Nobel prize.

Like many Egyptian writers and intellectuals, Mahfouz was on a "death list" by Islamic fundamentalists. He defended Salman Rushdie after the Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini condemned him to death, but later he criticized Rushdie's Satanic Verses as "insulting" to Islam.

Before his death, Mahfouz was the oldest living Nobel Literature laureate and the third oldest of all time, only Bertrand Russell and Halldor Laxness were older. At the time of his death, he was the only Arabic-language writer to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Works

Related pages
 List of Nobel Prize winners by country

References

Other websites 
 The Paris Review Interview With Naguib Mahfouz
 Naguib Mahfouz on his English publisher's website 
 Nobel Prize press release
 Naguib Mahfouz from Pegasos Author's Calendar 
 Cornell biography
 BBC report of death 30 August 2006
 Article dated 31 August 2006 from The Independent: Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz dies aged 94 
 Associated Press report dated 31 August 2006 on Naguib Mahfouz's funeral
 Biography and bibliography in French 
 -"L'hypothèse naturaliste zolienne dans l'oeuvre de Naguib Mahfouz", by Salah NATIJ - in french, Website Maduba / Invitation àl'adab
 Obituary of Naguib Mahfouz published in Islamica Magazine 
 Fouad Ajami, "The Humanist in the Alleys," The New Republic, September 25, 2006, http://www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/mideast/documents/Recent%20Articles/Articles/The%20Humanist%20in%20the%20Alleys.pdf 

1911 births
2006 deaths
Egyptian writers
People from Cairo
Egyptian Nobel Prize winners
Marcel Proust

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (French pronounced: maʁsɛl pʁust) (10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, essayist and critic, best known as the author of À la recherche du temps perdu (in English, Remembrance of Things Past), a monumental work of twentieth-century fiction published in seven parts from 1913 to 1927.

Proust was a homosexual. He died of pneumonia.

References 

 Adorno, Theodor.  "Prisms."  The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA.  1967.
 Aciman, André (2004) The Proust Project. New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux
 Albaret, Céleste (Barbara Bray, trans.) 2003 Monsieur Proust. New York: The New York Review of Books
 Bernard, Anne-Marie (2002) The World of Proust, as seen by Paul Nadar. Cambridge: MIT Press
 Carter, William C. (2000) Marcel Proust: A Life. New Haven: Yale University Press
 Davenport-Hines, Richard (2006) A Night at the Majestic. London: Faber and Faber 
 De Botton, Alain (1998) How Proust Can Change Your Life. New York: Vintage Books
 Deleuze, Gilles (2004) Proust and Signs: The Complete Text. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press
 Painter, George D (1959) Marcel Proust A Biography Vols. 1 & 2. London: Chatto & Windus
 Shattuck, Roger (1963) Proust's Binoculars: A Study of Memory, Time, and Recognition in À la recherche du temps perdu. New York: Random House
 Shattuck, Roger (2000) Proust's Way: A Field Guide To In Search of Lost Time, New York: W. W. Norton
 Tadié, Jean-Yves: MARCEL PROUST: A Life. Viking, New York, 2000
 White, Edmund (1998) Marcel Proust. New York: Viking Books

Online texts 
  French text of volumes 1-4 and Swann's Way in English translation
 University of Adelaide Library  French text of volumes 1-4 and the complete novel in English translation
 Works of Marcel Proust 

1871 births
1922 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia
French novelists
French LGBT people
Infectious disease deaths in France
LGBT writers
Writers from Paris
Ashoka

Ashoka was India's great emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty of India who ruled from 268-232 BC. His name means "He who is loved by the Gods and who is friendly to everyone".

Ashoka is often cited as one of India's greatest emperors. After a number of military conquests, he reigned over much of present-day India. He fought a war with the kingdom of Kalinga in which there was said to be 200,000+ casualties. He conquered Kalinga (present-day Odisha) around 261 BCE.

Afterwards, shaken by his brutal victory, he decided to become a Buddhist and lead with peace, not war. To do this, he set up hospitals for animals and humans, created shaded and rested areas along roads for weary travellers to rest, and dug wells in villages. We know these things about his life through various inscriptions (writing) on rocks and pillars. Ashoka also convinced people to follow Buddhists paths.

The national emblem of India and the "Ashok Chakra" are created by Ashoka. It's in the flag to keep a remembrance of him.

References 

4th-century BC births
232 BC deaths
Emperors and empresses
Indian monarchs