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The Ragged Edge of Science
The Ragged Edge of Science is a science book by L. Sprague de Camp, illustrated by Don Simpson. It was first published by Owlswick Press in 1980.

The book is a collection of twenty-two articles (two of them book reviews) on various curiosities and wonders exploring the boundaries between science and pseudo-science. "The[ir] common thread is [their] skeptical takes on subjects that are often muddled by paranormal and pseudoscientific claims." De Camp viewed such phenomena from a skeptically rational viewpoint, pointing out the fallacies in supernatural and otherwise fantastic explanations. His debunking efforts were an important and characteristic feature of his nonfiction, and the present collection is a notable instance of it.

The book's constituent articles were originally published in a variety of science magazines, science fiction magazines, and other publications from 1950 to 1976.

L. Sprague de Camp
Lyon Sprague de Camp (/ˌspreɪɡdəˈkæmp/; November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction literature. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books,  including biographies of other fantasy authors. He was a major figure in science fiction in the 1930s and 1940s.
Doug Cockle
Douglas Steven Cockle (born 16 September 1970) is an American actor and director. Cockle is known for his voice-over roles in videogames, most notably of Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher series. He was nominated for a Game Award for Best Performance, a British Academy Games Award for Performer, and won Golden Joystick Award Best Gaming Performance for his portrayal of Geralt in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Geralt of Rivia
Geralt of Rivia (/ˈɡɛrəld/, GHERR-əld; Polish: Geralt z Rivii) is a fictional character and the protagonist of The Witcher series of short stories and novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. He is a magically enhanced monster-hunter known as a "witcher", who possesses supernatural abilities due to his mutations.

Geralt of Rivia is also the protagonist in CD Projekt Red's series of video games based on The Witcher. In television adaptations, he was portrayed by Michał Żebrowski in The Hexer film and television series. Henry Cavill portrays the character in the first three seasons of Netflix's The Witcher television series, with Tristan Ruggeri portraying a young Geralt in the first season, and Liam Hemsworth due to take over the role from the fourth season onward.
Astrid Rondero
Astrid Rondero is a Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter. Along with Fernanda Valadez, she is known for co-writing, co-directing, and co-producing films that explore social issues in Mexico.

2024 Sundance Film Festival
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 18 to 28, 2024. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 6, 2023.

Among the highlighted events included the premiere of a documentary about the 1980s rock band Devo.
Dreams of Love – Liszt
Dreams of Love – Liszt (Hungarian: Szerelmi álmok – Liszt, also known in English as The Loves of Liszt) is a Hungarian-Soviet epic musical/drama produced and directed by Márton Keleti, based on the biography of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt.

While the movie was criticized for some of its historical inaccuracies, its epic scope and intense scenes of virtuoso musical performances won wide praise and has been credited with affecting the cultural landscape of the 1970s Eastern Europe.

Márton Keleti
Márton Keleti (27 April 1905 – 20 June 1973) was a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. He directed 50 films between 1937 and 1973. His 1959 film Yesterday was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.
Grand Forks, British Columbia
Grand Forks is a city in the Boundary Country of the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Granby and Kettle Rivers, the latter being a tributary of the Columbia River. The city is just north of the Canada–United States border, approximately 500 km (310 mi) from Vancouver and 200 km (120 mi) from Kelowna and 23 km (14 mi) west of the resort area of Christina Lake by road.

Kettle Falls International Railway
The Kettle Falls International Railway (reporting mark KFR) is a shortline railroad in the U.S. state of Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia. This OmniTRAX subsidiary operates 44 miles (71 km) of track.
Charlie (band)
Charlie was a British rock band formed in 1971 by singer/songwriter Terry Thomas. The group was most active as a recording unit from the mid-1970s to 1986. Charlie never charted in the UK but had four minor hits in the US: "Turning To You" (1977) "She Loves to Be In Love" (1978), "Killer Cut" (1979) and "It's Inevitable" (1983).

Terry Slesser
Terry Slesser (also known as Terry Wilson-Slesser) is a blues rock singer from South Shields, England. He is chiefly known for his role as vocalist in ex-Free guitarist Paul Kossoff's band Back Street Crawler, renamed Crawler after Kossoff's death in 1976 and in Beckett
Paramount Theme Park (Dubai)
Paramount Theme Park was a proposed theme park to be built in Dubai, UAE. Paramount signed a licensing pact with the UAE in 2007 with Ruwaad Holdings to build the park. The project was estimated to house hotels and resorts, restaurants and themed retail outlets and cost US$2.5 billion to develop. Under terms of the licensing agreement, the park would be operated by Paramount Parks and was expected to attract about 13 million patrons annually.

Development plans were put on hold in 2016 and the park never opened.

Paramount Parks
Paramount Parks was a subsidiary of National Amusements-owned Viacom, headquartered at its Paramount's Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 1993. At the time of its acquisition, the company owned and operated five amusement park/water parks, which annually attracted 13 million patrons. Viacom assumed control of the company as part of its acquisition of Paramount Pictures in 1994.

On June 30, 2006, Cedar Fair acquired the company, and the deal included a ten-year license to use the Paramount Parks name and theme, and a four-year license to use Nickelodeon names and themes.

Cedar Fair declined to exercise the Paramount licenses and they dropped Paramount and CBS-licensed names from the parks after the 2007 season, but opted to retain Nickelodeon names and themes until after the 2009 season when this license expired.
Thurles Greyhound Stadium
Thurles Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located on Castlemeadows opposite Semple Stadium in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland.

Racing takes place every Thursday and Saturday evening and the facilities include a trackside restaurant, fast food facilities, a number of bars and totalisator betting. Race distances are 330, 525, 570 and 600 yards.

The stadium has a car park which is also used for overflow parking for Semple Stadium and a farmers market on Saturday mornings.

Thurles
Thurles (/ˈtɜːrləs/; Durlas Éile) is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly is located in the town.

The birthplace of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), Thurles is the third largest town in the county, with a population of 8,185 at the 2022 census.
Vidar Sandem
Vidar Sandem (born 19 February 1947) is a Norwegian actor, playwright and theatre director.

He made his stage debut at Den Nationale Scene in 1970. He started working at Det Norske Teatret in 1977, and served as theatre director from 1997. Among his film roles is the father in Per Blom's The Ice Palace from 1987, based on a novel by Tarjei Vesaas. His debut as a playwright was the one-act play Straffe-, aired at Fjernsynsteatret in 1988.

The Ice Palace (1987 film)
The Ice Palace (Norwegian: Is-slottet) is a 1987 Norwegian drama film directed by Per Blom based on the novel of the same name. The film was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The Pawns of Null-A
The Pawns of Null-A is a 1956 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer A. E. van Vogt, originally published as a four-part serial in Astounding Stories from October 1948 to January 1949 as The Players of Null-A. It incorporates concepts from the General semantics of Alfred Korzybski and refers to non-Aristotelian logic. All later US editions have used the original name. The first UK edition was published in 1960 as The Pawns of Null-A, later UK editions have appeared under both titles.

The novel is a continuation of the story of Gilbert Gosseyn from The World of Null-A, expanding on the galactic events which drove the interplanetary invasion of the earlier story.

A. E. van Vogt
Alfred Elton van Vogt  (/væn voʊkt/ ⓘ VAN VOHKT; April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born American science fiction writer. His fragmented, bizarre narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, including Philip K. Dick. He was one of the most popular and influential practitioners of science fiction in the mid-twentieth century, the genre's so-called Golden Age, and one of the most complex. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him their 14th Grand Master in 1995 (presented 1996).
Listed buildings in High Hoyland
High Hoyland is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.  The parish contains twelve listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.  All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".  The parish contains the village of High Hoyland and the surrounding countryside, and, to the north, the southernmost part of Bretton Park, to the south of the lakes.  The listed buildings in Bretton Park are a well, a grotto, and a footbridge.  The listed buildings in and around the village are a church and memorials in the churchyard, a farmhouse, and a field barn.

High Hoyland
High Hoyland is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It lies to the west of Kexbrough in between there and Clayton West, and is located at approximately 53°35′10″N 1°35′30″W﻿ / ﻿53.58611°N 1.59167°W﻿ / 53.58611; -1.59167, at an elevation of around 200 metres above sea level.  At the 2001 census it had a population of 142, reducing to 128 at the 2011 Census.
Vantage Point (Deus album)
Vantage Point is the fifth studio album by Belgian rock band Deus, released in Europe on 18 April 2008, in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 21 April, and in Japan on 21 May. This is the first Deus album which features the same line-up as the previous album.
This album was also the first to be recorded at their own built studio in Borgerhout, near Antwerp.

Within its first week of release, Vantage Point was certified Gold by the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA), before reaching Platinum status the following month.

Deus (band)
Deus (styled as dEUS) is a rock band based in Antwerp, Belgium, whose only continuous members up to the present day are Tom Barman (vocals, guitars) and Klaas Janzoons (keyboards, violin). The rest of the band's line-up currently consists of drummer Stéphane Misseghers, bassist Alan Gevaert, and guitarist/backing vocalist Simen Folstad Nilsen.
Richard P. Binzel
Richard "Rick" P. Binzel (born 1958) is an American astronomer and professor of planetary sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is a discoverer of minor planets, photometrist and the inventor of the Torino Scale, a method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects such as asteroids and comets.  He is also a frequent trip leader for the MIT Alumni Association.

Torino scale
The Torino scale is a method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets. It is intended as a communication tool for astronomers and the public to assess the seriousness of collision predictions, by combining probability statistics and known kinetic damage potentials into a single threat value. The Palermo scale is a similar, but more complex scale.

Near-Earth objects with a Torino scale of 1 are discovered several times a year, and may last a few weeks until they have a longer observation arc that eliminates any possibility of a collision. The only objects on the Torino scale that have ever ranked higher are asteroids 99942 Apophis, which had a rating of 4 for four days in late 2004, the highest recorded rating; (144898) 2004 VD17, with a historical rating of 2 from February to May 2006; and 2024 YR4, with a rating of 3 from January 27, 2025 to February 20, 2025.
1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 39th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 16th modern-era cup series.

The season began on February 8 and ended on November 22. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing won the championship for the third time.

Jimmy Means
James Means (born May 29, 1950) is an American former racing driver and owner, who competed in the Winston Cup Series as an owner-driver. He is currently an adviser for Front Row Motorsports and a former owner of NASCAR Xfinity Series team Jimmy Means Racing.

He competed in NASCAR for eighteen years in mostly his own equipment, posting seventeen career top-tens. He made three career Busch Series starts in 1989, finishing 10th at Darlington Raceway. Following his retirement, Means worked as a crew chief in NASCAR, working for Bud Moore Engineering and Moy Racing. Means was part the Alabama Gang which included Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Neil Bonnett and Red Farmer and later Davey Allison, Hut Stricklin, Steve Grissom and Mike Alexander.

Means' nickname "Smut" originated from his admiration for mechanic Smokey Yunick. Since the nickname "Smokey" was already taken in racing circles, Means' crew nicknamed him "Smut", the residue left behind by smoke.

He is the father of Brad Means.
Emerald Software
Emerald Software was a video game publisher founded in 1988 by two UK entertainment executives – David Martin of Martech, and Mike Dixon who previously worked with EMI and worked as the company CEO.

The company was headquartered in a three-story Georgian house ("Washington Lodge") in Wilkin Street, Waterford, Ireland.

The company released a number of games between 1988 and 1990, but a number of critical delays in the development program eventually led to its closure in 1991.

Martech
Martech was a video game publisher which operated in Pevensey Bay between 1982 and 1989. It was founded as Martech Games. The company published a number of successful video games for the BBC Model B, ZX Spectrum, ZX81, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Atari ST, and Amiga.

Martech was an early entrant into license-based games, signing deals with personalities such as Eddie Kidd, Geoff Capes, Brian Jacks, Samantha Fox, Nigel Mansell, toy endorsed games, such as Zoids, book/comic characters, such as Tarzan and Slaine, and movies, such as Jaws.  The company won several industry awards for innovative game design and marketing campaigns.

In the late 1980s the company embarked on an ambitious program of expansion by opening two games development studios, one in Brighton and one in Waterford, Ireland. In 1989 a number of critical development delays in both new studios led to the closure of the company.
Rajaankanam
Rajaankanam is a 1976 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Jeassy and produced by Chithrarekha. The film stars Sheela, Vincent, Jayan and K. P. Ummer in the lead roles. The film has musical score by M. K. Arjunan.

Jeassy
Jeassy, also known as J. C. or Jesey, was an Indian director and actor of Malayalam movies. His first film as an actor 
was Ramu Kariat's Ezhu Rathrikal. Some of his notable films as an actor were Adimakal, Kallichellamma, Allahu Akbar, Manpeda, Kuttyedathi and Ganga Sangamam. Shapamoksham, made in 1974, was his first film as a 
director. Since the early 1970s, he has directed some 30 movies.
2016–17 Israeli Basketball State Cup
The 2016–17 Israeli Basketball State Cup was the 57th edition of the Israeli Basketball State Cup, organized by the Israel Basketball Association. Maccabi Tel Aviv won its 44th State Cup title after beating Hapoel Jerusalem in the final.

Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.
Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורסל הפועל ירושלים), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem (הפועל מידטאון ירושלים), is a professional basketball club based in  the City of Jerusalem, and competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball), the Israeli State Cup, and the EuroCup. It has won several titles, including the ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup) in 2004, the Israeli Basketball Premier League championship in 2015 and 2017, and seven state Cups. In 2013, a new ownership group took over, and the club has since seen a remarkable advancement and expansion. The team began playing in the Pais Arena in 2014.
Faulkes Telescope South
The Faulkes Telescope South is a clone of the Liverpool Telescope and is located at Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia. It is a 2 m (79 in) Ritchey-Chrétien telescope.  It was designed to be operated remotely with the aim of encouraging an interest in science by young people. It is supported by an altazimuth mount.

The telescope is owned and operated by LCOGT. This telescope and its sister telescope Faulkes Telescope North are used by research and education groups across the globe. The Faulkes Telescope Project is one such group which provides observing time (awarded by LCOGT) for educational projects for UK schools.  Funds were initially sourced by charitable donations from philanthropist Dr. Martin C. Faulkes.

Faulkes Telescope South saw first light in 2004 with full operations occurring by 2006.

Las Cumbres Observatory
Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) is a network of astronomical observatories run by a non-profit private operating foundation directed by the technologist Wayne Rosing. Its offices are in Goleta, California. The telescopes are located at both northern and southern hemisphere sites distributed in longitude around the Earth. For some astronomical objects, the longitudinal spacing of telescopes allows continuous observations over 24 hours or longer. The operating network currently consists of two 2-meter telescopes, nine 1-meter telescopes, and seven 40-centimeter telescopes, placed at six astronomical observatories. The network operates as a single, integrated observing facility, using a software scheduler that continuously optimizes the planned observing schedule of each individual telescope.
West Stanley (constituency)
West Stanley was a constituency of the Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands which existed from 1977 until 1985. The constituency was created in 1977 with the implementation of the Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) Order 1977 and was abolished just eight years later when the Falkland Islands Constitution came into force in 1985. The constituency of West Stanley elected one member to the Legislative Council and consisted of the westerly area of the capital city. West Stanley is now part of the Stanley constituency.

1977 Falkland Islands general election
The Falkland Islands general election of 1977 was held on Thursday 6 October 1977 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Six Councillors were elected through universal suffrage, one from each constituency.

The election took place just over a year after the last so that the changes to the Legislative Council under the new constitution could be implemented. The new constitution, which came into force under Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977, abolished the remaining appointed members Councillors and increased the number of elected Councillors to six. The constitution also created three new constituencies (Camp, East Stanley and West Stanley) to add to the existing three (Stanley, East Falkland, West Falkland).
Robert Chambers (oarsman)
Robert Chambers (14 June 1831 – 4 June 1868) was a Tyneside professional oarsman. He became the Tyne, Thames, English and World Sculling Champion.

He was one of three great Tyneside oarsmen, the other two being Harry Clasper and James Renforth.

Tyneside
Tyneside is a built-up area across the banks of the River Tyne in Northern England. The population of Tyneside as published in the 2011 census was 774,891. Tyneside is made up of the metropolitan boroughs of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside. The area is surrounded by the North East Green Belt. Residents of the area are commonly referred to as Geordies.
James B. Carrell
James B. Carrell (born 1940) is an American and Canadian mathematician, who is currently an emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His areas of research are algebraic geometry, Lie theory, transformation groups and differential geometry.

He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Washington (Seattle) under the supervision of Allendoefer. In 1971, together with Jean Dieudonné, he received the Leroy P. Steele Prize for the article Invariant theory, old and new.

He proved theorems in Schubert calculus about singularities of Schubert varieties. The Carrell–Liebermann theorem on the zero set of a holomorphic vector field is used in complex algebraic geometry.

He is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Leroy P. Steele Prize
The Leroy P. Steele Prizes are awarded every year by the American Mathematical Society, for distinguished research work and writing in the field of mathematics. Since 1993, there has been a formal division into three categories.

The prizes have been given since 1970, from a bequest of Leroy P. Steele, and were set up in honor of George David Birkhoff, William Fogg Osgood and William Caspar Graustein. The way the prizes are awarded was changed in 1976 and 1993, but the initial aim of honoring expository writing as well as research has been retained. The prizes of $5,000 are not given on a strict national basis, but relate to mathematical activity in the USA, and writing in English (originally, or in translation).
You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)
"You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)" is the first single by the R&B girl group High Inergy, released in 1977. It was written by Pam Sawyer and Marilyn McLeod and was produced by Kent Washburn and arranged by Sylvester Rivers. It was from their first album, Turnin' On. Originally recorded by Millie Jackson, it was the lead track on her lp "Lovingly Yours" released the previous year.

The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Black Singles chart and No. 12 on the Hot 100 chart in December 1977.  The song was also parodied by Carol Burnett on her weekly television show.

The B-side, "Save It for a Rainy Day", was co-written by James Ingram.

Sylvester Rivers
Sylvester Rivers (born October 28, 1953) is an American composer, arranger, pianist and producer, based in Los Angeles, California.  A prolific session musician, he has recorded with numerous major artists including Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson, Johnny Mathis, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Kenny Rogers, Village People, Deniece Williams, Ray Parker Jr., Marc Bolan, Shalamar, New Edition, Billy Preston, The Sylvers, Earl Klugh, Maxine Nightingale, Gloria Gaynor, The 5th Dimension and many others.  He arranged many chart hits including the Number 1 Billboard Hot Soul Single, Candi Staton's, "Young Hearts Run Free."