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Super Mario Bros. 3

***Super Mario Bros. 3*** is a 1988 platform game made by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System game console. It was a big hit and sold 40 million copies, and it is often said by critics to be the best game on the NES. It preceded _Super Mario Bros. 2_ (1988) and was followed by _Super Mario World_ in 1990. It is one of the games in _Super Mario All-Stars_.

## Plot

Bowser has taken over the Mushroom Kingdom again. This time he and his seven children, called the Koopa Kids, have each taken over one of the worlds, so Princess Toadstool asks Mario and Luigi to help again.

## Gameplay

This game goes back to the original platform conventions of _Super Mario Bros._ Like that game, Mario jumps, runs, and hits enemies. However, he does not touch a flag or reach a castle. At the end of the level, he hits a spinning block, which will yield a flower, a mushroom, or a star block. When he gets three blocks, he will be rewarded. Three stars will result in five lives. If he gets a mix, he will get one extra life.

A new item is a box. The box enables Mario or Luigi to store items that they acquire. Before entering the level, Mario or Luigi can select the item and use it. One such item is the Starman. It will make them super strong and everything they touch will die, for a short time. Another item is the anchor. All seven bosses float around in large ships. If Mario tries to beat them and loses, the ship will move around the world. If Mario uses the anchor, however, the ship will stay still and not move.

### Boomerang Bro

The Boomerang Bro is a _Hammer Bro_ that throws boomerangs instead of hammers. The Boomerang Bro first appeared in this game. It had green skin and black shells. It is listed in IGN's _Mario's Best Enemies_.

## Infobox (video game)

- **image**:
- **developer**: Nintendo EAD
- **publisher**: Nintendo
- **series**: _Mario (series), Mario_
- **released**: **Famicom/NES** **Virtual Console (Wii)****Virtual Console (3DS)**
- **genre**: Platformer, Adventure
- **modes**: Single player, Multiplayer
- **platforms**: Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console (Wii, Nintendo 3DS, 3DS)
Host

**Host(s)** may refer to:

In **Christianity**:
- Heavenly host, an army of good angels in Heaven
- Host (Holy Communion), bread in the Eucharist

In **culture**:
- Presenter, a person who presents an event
- _Host_ (album), a 1999 album by the band Paradise Lost
- _Hosts_ (novel), a Repairman Jack novel by F. Paul Wilson
- Hosts (_World of Darkness_), antagonists from _Werewolf: The Forsaken_ roleplaying game
- Rutan Host, a fictional extraterrestrial race from the British science fiction television series _Doctor Who_

In **science and engineering**:
- Host (network), when in reference to computer networking, an application instance that provides services to its clients (or client computers).
- Host (biology), an organism that harbors a parasite, mutual partner, or commensal partner
- Host (psychology), the most important mental entity in someone who has Dissociative Identity Disorder

In **other uses**:
- Host (restaurant), a Maître d'
- Host station, a railway station on Melbourne's suburban rail network
- Host, Vis, a small island near Vis, Croatia
Manchester Ship Canal

The **Manchester Ship Canal** is a wide,  long, river navigation in North West England, opened on 21 May 1894. At the time of its completion, it was the largest navigation canal in the world.

It consists of the rivers Irwell and Mersey made navigable for seagoing ships from the Mersey Estuary to Salford Docks in Greater Manchester. It transformed Manchester from a landlocked city into a major sea port.

## Other websites

- Virtual Tour
Sokoto

**Sokoto** is a city in the northwest of Nigeria, near to where the Sokoto River and Rima River meet. The people in Sokoto are mostly Muslims. Sokoto was the capital city of Gobir from the 10th century. Sokoto was made as a caliphate, an Islamic state, in the 19th century.

From around 1900, the British took control of Sokoto, which then made up a large part of the north-west corner of Nigeria. Sokoto became a province (area) of the British colony of Nigeria.
Niger Delta

The **Niger Delta** is the delta of the Niger River. It is an area where many people live in Nigeria.

Nigeria has become Africa's biggest producer of petroleum, and there are many oil wells in the Niger Delta.  The natural gas from the oil wells is all burnt, causing environmental problems.

Because of the money from petroleum production, there have been many political problems in recent times.  For example, many oil workers have been taken as hostages.
Batting (baseball)

In baseball, **batting** is the act of going against the other team's pitcher and trying to hit the baseball ball. A **batter** or **hitter** is the player who swings his bat to try to hit the ball. In Major League Baseball, pitchers usually do not bat unless they are playing in the National League where batters have to bat even if they are pitchers. In the American League, pitchers do not bat, and only pitch.

Batting the primary method by which Baseball teams play offense and score runs. A Batter bats by standing in the Batter's Box at Home Plate and either swinging or not swinging at the pitches the Pitcher throws. This activity collectively is known as an At Bat. The goal of the batter is get to get a hit, while the pitcher wants to get an out.

## Other websites

- Official Rules of Major League Baseball "The Batter"
Club (weapon)

A **club** (also known as **cudgel**, **baton**, **truncheon**, **night stick**, and **bludgeon**) is a weapon mainly used to hit someone or something.  A club is a short staff, or stick, usually made of wood, and used as a weapon.

A club can be used in one or two hands, but it is usually used in one hand.  A quarterstaff is a clubs that needs both hands to be used.  Many kinds of clubs are used in martial arts and other fields, including the law enforcement baton.

The wounds caused by a club are known as _bludgeoning_ or _blunt-force trauma_ injuries. In the United States, clubs are not as popular as the Taser.
Parental advisory

**Parental Advisory** is a sticker that tells parents that something may not be suitable for children. The sticker is usually placed on Music CDs. It tells parents that the texts of the songs contain words or phrases that some consider bad for children. Parental Advisory stickers will usually appear on Hip Hop and Rap albums. Comic books may also have a Parental Advisory sticker on them.
Itzhak Perlman

**Itzhak Perlman** (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist.

## Early life

Perlman was born in Tel Aviv which, three years later, became part of the state of Israel.  When he was small he listened to the violin on the radio and decided he wanted to play it. He studied at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv.  Then he moved to the United States to study at the Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay. He made his first public performance at Carnegie Hall in 1963. In 1964 he won the Leventritt Competition. Soon afterward he began to tour widely. He also appeared on American television in shows including _Sesame Street_.  He was invited to play at the White House.

Perlman had been ill with polio at the age of four. He got better, and managed to learn to walk again with the use of crutches. Today, he still walks with crutches and plays the violin sitting down.

## Career

In 1987, he joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for their concerts in Warsaw and Budapest, as well as other Eastern bloc countries. He toured with the IPO in the spring of 1990 for their first-ever performance in the USSR, with concerts in Moscow and Leningrad, and toured with the IPO again in 1994, performing in China and India.

Perlman usually plays solos, but he also plays chamber music with other musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman and, especially, with Pinchas Zukerman.

Perlman usually plays classical music but sometimes he plays jazz.  He made an album made with jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, and klezmer. Perlman has been a soloist for a number of movie scores, including the score of the 1993 film _Schindler's List_ by John Williams.

Perlman plays on a special Stradivarius violin called the _Soil Stradivarius_, made in 1714. He also plays on a Guarneri del Gesu made about 1743.

In recent years, Perlman has also begun to conduct, taking the post of principal guest conductor at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Perlman has made many recordings and received many great honours.

Perlman performed at Barack Obama's presidential inauguration. He joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Gabriela Montero and clarinetist Anthony McGill.  Together they played "Air and Simple Gifts", a new arrangement by John Williams based on the Shaker hymn "'Tis A Gift To Be Simple."

## Personal life

Itzhak Perlman lives in New York City with his wife.  They have five children.

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Itzhak Perlman
יצחק פרלמן
- **image**: ItzhakPerlmanWhitehouse2.jpg
- **image size**: 250px
- **background**: non_vocal_instrumentalist
- **birth place**:
(now Tel Aviv, Israel)
- **instrument**: Violin
- **genre**: Classical music, Classical, Jazz music, jazz, klezmer, Baroque music, baroque
- **occupation**: Conducting, Conductor, Pedagogy, pedagogue, violinist
- **years active**: 1963–present
Keep Holding On

"**Keep Holding On**" is a 2006 song by Avril Lavigne. It was on the _Eragon_ soundtrack, as well as the album _The Best Damn Thing_. It was Avril Lavigne's first CD song (but not CD single) released in North America since "Fall to Pieces". It was released in Australia on the iTunes Store as a digital download.

## Infobox (song)

- **name**: Keep Holding On
- **border**: yes
- **type**: single
- **artist**: Avril Lavigne
- **album**: Eragon (film)#Music, Eragon: Music from the Motion Picture
- **recorded**: 2006
- **genre**: *Pop music, Pop
*pop rock
- **label**: RCA Records, RCA
- **producer**: * Dr. Luke
- **prev title**: Fall to Pieces (Avril Lavigne song), Fall to Pieces
- **prev year**: 2005
- **next title**: Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne song), Girlfriend
- **next year**: 2007
Telstra

**Telstra** is the national telecommunications service in Australia. Is was a member of the S&P/ASX 20 and Australia's largest telecommunications company by market shares. Telstra is the largest wireless carrier in Australia, with 18.8 million subscribers as of 2020 according to Telstra Spokes woman Sally Steer. Telstra has a long history in Australia, originating together with Australia Post as the Postmaster-General's Department upon federation in 1901. Telstra has changed from a state-owned enterprise to a fully privatized company and has recently focused on diversified products and emerging technologies, according to technologists James Gilpin and Gerard Devan regarding the strategic direction of the giant Telco.

## Infobox (company)

- **name**: Telstra Group Limited
- **logo size**: 100px
- **image**: Telstra Corporate Centre, cropped.png
- **image caption**: Telstra Corporate Centre in Melbourne
- **trading name**: Telstra
- **type**: Public company, Public
- **industry**: Telecommunications
- **location**: Telstra Corporate Centre
Melbourne, Australia
- **area served**: Australia
 Worldwide (selected products)
- **key people**: Vicki Brady (CEO)
Michael Ackland (CFO)
John Mullen (Chairman) Steven Worrell (CEO Telstra InfraCo) and Ross Lambi (Chief Infrastructure Officer), Gerard Bevan (Head of Sales)
- **products**: Landline, Fixed line and mobile telephony, Internet, data services, network services, and pay TV
- **brands**: Belong
- **revenue**: Australian dollar, A$26 billion (2017)
- **operating income**: Australian dollar, A$6.2 billion (2017)
- **net income**: Australian dollar, A$3.9 billion (2017)
- **assets**: Australian dollar, A$42.1 billion (2017)
- **equity**: Australian dollar, A$14.6 billion (2017)
- **num employees**: ~26,000 (2019)
- **subsid**: 150 subsidiaries
Foxtel (35%)
Sensis (company), Sensis (30%)
Amplitel (51%)
Maxim Vengerov

**Maxim Vengerov** (born 1974) is a famous Russian violinist/conductor.

### Career

Universally hailed as one of the world’s finest musicians, and often referred to as the greatest living string player in the world today, Grammy award winner, Maxim Vengerov also enjoys international acclaim as a conductor and is one of the most in-demand soloists.

Born in 1974, he began his career as a solo violinist at the age of five, won the Wieniawski and Carl Flesch international competitions at ages 10 and 15 respectively, studied with Galina Tourchaninova and Zakhar Bron, made his first recording at the age of 10, and went on to record extensively for high-profile labels including Melodia, Teldec and EMI, earning among others, Grammy and _Gramophone_ artist of the year awards.

In 2007 he followed in the footsteps of his mentor, the late Mstislav Rostropovich, and turned his attention to conducting and in 2010 was appointed the first chief conductor of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra. June 2014 saw Mr Vengerov graduate with a Diploma of Excellence_ _from the Moscow Institute of Ippolitov-Ivanov with professor Yuri Simonov and he has since enrolled in a further 2-year program of opera conducting.

In the 2016/17 season Mr Vengerov returned to Australia to open the season of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and conducted the season finale of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, with whom he is Artist in Residence this year. Further guest conducting engagements included the RTE Orchestra Dublin, Munich Philharmonic and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras.

The coming 17/18 season will see Mr Vengerov return to Carnegie Hall with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and premiere a new concerto at the Beijing Music Festival written for him by the renowned composer Qigang Chen before conducting Eugene Onegin in Brisbane and Moscow. He will also tour Europe, China and the US in recital.

As one of Mr Vengerov’s greatest passions is the teaching and encouraging of young talent, he has held various teaching positions around the world and is currently Ambassador and visiting Professor of the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland (IMMA) and as of September 2016, the Polonsky Visiting Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music in London.

In 1997 Mr Vengerov became the first classical musician to be appointed International Goodwill Ambassador by UNICEF.

He plays the ex-Kreutzer Stradivari (1727).

## Other websites

- Maxim Vengerov official site
- Maxim Vengerov fan site
Rudi Dutschke

**Rudi Dutschke** born **Alfred Willi Rudi Dutschke** (7 March 1940 – 24 December 1979, Århus, Denmark) was a spokesperson of the left-wing German student movement of the 1960s. He famously split from those who went on to form the violent Red Army Faction. Instead he wanted to have 'a long march through the institutions' of power to create radical change from within government and society by becoming an important part of the machinery. This was an idea he took up from Antonio Gramsci and the Frankfurt School of Cultural Marxism.

In 1968, he survived an assassination attempt which seriously injured him. He had to re-learn how to speak altogether. Because of this attempt, he developed epilepsy. He drowned in his bath tub 12 years later. This was caused by an epileptic seizure.
Sportswear

**Sportswear** is clothing, including footwear, worn for playing sports or to exercise.

Sportswear includes shorts, tracksuits, T-shirts, polo shirts and trainers. It also includes some underwear, such as the jockstrap. Sportswear is also often worn as casual fashion clothing.

Sports athletes wear a combination of different items of clothing such as sport shoes, pants and shirts. Some athletes wear personal armour such as helmets or American football body armour.
Number (sports)

In team sports, the **number**, often referred to as the **uniform number**, **squad number**, **jersey number**, **shirt number**, **sweater number**, is the number worn on a player's uniform. It distinguishes each player from others wearing the same uniform. This is so that officials, scorers and spectators have something to identify each player. The number is usually shown on the back of the jersey. The player's surname is often written above or below the number. Sometimes the number also displayed on the front or sleeves, or on the player's shorts or headgear.

## Related pages

- Uniform number (Major League Baseball)
- Uniform number (American football)
Uniform number (Major League Baseball)

**Uniform numbers** are used to identify different baseball players and coaches. Over time, numbers can have much more meaning to the player and fans. A number can be symbolic of a player's legacy, and has resulted in all kinds of superstition (or rumors). Uniform numbers are put on the backs of baseball uniforms.

## Retired numbers in Major League Baseball

Many teams retire numbers of important players who used to play for their team. Retiring a number means that nobody on that team can use that number anymore. Players' numbers are not retired while they are still playing baseball.

The number "42" was retired by all of Major League Baseball in 1997 because it was used by Jackie Robinson, who was the first black player in Major League Baseball. Players who were already wearing #42 were allowed to keep using the number, but nobody else could use it. As of 2010, New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera was the last player using #42.
New York Knickerbockers (baseball)

The **New York Knickerbockers** were one of the first organized baseball teams who played with the baseball rules that are still used today. The team was started by Alexander Cartwright, who is said to be one of the original developers of modern baseball.

In 1849, the New York Knickerbockers wore the first ever recorded baseball uniform. Their uniforms were pants made of blue wool, white flannel shirts and straw hats.

The team was based in New York City. It was established in 1845 and disestablished in the 1870s.

## References

- Orem, Preston D. (1961), _Baseball (1845-1881) From the Newspaper Accounts_, Altadena, CA: Self-published ASIN B0007HTB88
- Peterson, Harold (1969, 1973), _The Man Who Invented Baseball_, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons

## Other websites

- "The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club" at Hickoksports.com
- "The History of Baseball – Alexander Cartwright"  at About.com
Los Angeles Dodgers

The **Los Angeles Dodgers** or **LA Dodgers** are the professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. They complete in Major League Baseball (MLB). The team played in the West Division of the National League. They play in Dodger Stadium. The team began play in Brooklyn, New York, starting in 1883. The team had several informal nicknames over the years, including the "Atlantics", the "Bridegrooms", the "Superbas" and the "Robins". The name "Dodgers" was first used in the 1890s. It was short for "Trolley Dodgers".

The **Brooklyn Dodgers** played in several ballparks. The most famous of them was Ebbets Field, their home from 1913 through 1957. In 1958 they moved to Los Angeles. They played in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for four years. In 1962 they opened Dodger Stadium, and have played there ever since.

The Dodgers have been to the World Series 22 times, and won it eight times: 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2020, 2024 and 2025. Most recently, they were in the World Series in 2017, 2018, and 2020 and lost the first two times to the Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox, respectively. They defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2020 World Series. They defeated the New York Yankees in the 2024 World Series and defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in 2025 World Series.

Many famous baseball players have played for the Dodgers, including:

- Jackie Robinson, the first African-American in the modern Major Leagues
- Roy Campanella
- Don Newcombe
- Maury Wills
- Sandy Koufax
- Don Drysdale
- Pee Wee Reese
- Fernando Valenzuela
- Kirk Gibson
- Steve Garvey
- Dusty Baker
- Orel Hershiser
- Darryl Strawberry
- Mike Piazza
- Pedro Martinez
- Gary Sheffield
- Adrian Beltre
- Dave Roberts
- Fred McGriff
- Shawn Green
- Eric Gagne
- Luis Gonzolez
- Andre Ethier
- Manny Ramirez
- Carl Crawford
- Yasiel Puig
- Matt Kemp
- Hanley Ramirez
- Adrian Gonzalez
- Clayton Kershaw
- Mookie Betts
- Shohei Ohtani

## Other websites

- Official  website of the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day Lineups
- Dodgers Blog
- Photograph of Boys of Summer  that appeared in SPORT magazine.
- Los Angeles Team Building - Dodger's Mentoring
- Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Reference
Oakland Athletics

The **Oakland Athletics**, also known as the **Oakland A's**, were a professional Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of the American League. From  to , the Athletics have played in Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

The Athletics were an original member of the American League in 1901, playing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name "Athletics" had been used by several other Philadelphia teams dating back to the 1860s. Most of the various "Athletics" teams wore a Gothic or Old English letter "A" on their uniforms. The current Athletics still often wear that old-style "A" or "A's" on their uniforms.

The old Athletics were very successful, winning several World Series championships. By the early 1950s, they were not playing well and the fans were no longer supporting them. So after over 50 years in Philadelphia, the Athletics moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1955. They were not very successful there, either. They moved again, to Oakland, in 1968. As the Oakland A's, they have won several World Series.

On November 16, 2023, MLB owners came together and approved a relocation of the Athletics to Las Vegas. A 33,000 seat domed ballpark is expected to be built in 2028 and the team will move in after its completion and replaced the land after the Tropicana Las Vegas was destroyed  and torn down.

## Other websites

- Official Website
- Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society
- Oakland Athletics stats and minor league statistics
- Sports E-Cyclopedia
- Eddie Plank
- Oakball Forums
- Oakland A's Minor League Information

## Infobox (mlb)

- **name**: Oakland Athletics
- **established**: 1901
- **misc**: Based in Oakland since 1968
- **logo**: Oakland A's logo.svg
- **uniformlogo**: Oakland A's cap logo.svg
- **current league**: American League
- **y1**: 1901
- **division**: American League West, West Division
- **y2**: 1969
- **colors**: Green, gold, white

- **y3**: 1968
- **nicknames**: The A's, Swingin' A's, The Swingin' A's (1970-1975), The White Elephants, The Elephants, The Green and Gold
- **pastnames**: * Kansas City Athletics
* Philadelphia Athletics
- **ballpark**: Oakland Coliseum
- **y4**: 1968
- **pastparks**: * Cashman Field
* Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri), Municipal Stadium
* Shibe Park
* Columbia Park
- **ws**: (9)
- **league**: AL
- **p**: (15)
- **div**: West
- **dv**: (17)
- **wc**: (4)
- **owner**: John J. Fisher
- **manager**: Mark Kotsay
- **gm**: David Forst
- **presbo**: Billy Beane
- **president**: Dave Kaval
Pittsburgh Pirates

The **Pittsburgh Pirates** are a professional Major League Baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  They play in the Central Division of the National League. They have won five World Series championships. The Pirates are also often called the **Bucs** or the **Buccos**. This is because the word "buccaneer" is slang for pirate.

The Pirates had success in the early 1990s. However, between 1993 and 2012, the Pirates did not have a winning season.

## PNC Park

The Pirates play their home games at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. PNC Park is next to the Allegheny River, and downtown Pittsburgh can be seen from the stadium.

## History

The Pittsburgh Pirates were formed in 1882. They first played their games across the river from downtown Pittsburgh, in an area that was then a separate city called Allegheny. The team was also called Allegheny, or "the Alleghenys". Around 1890, the city of Pittsburgh annexed Allegheny. The team was then renamed "Pittsburgh", with no nickname yet.

In 1891, the Pittsburgh team signed a contract with a player who had belonged to a team in another league. They were accused of "pirating" the player's contract. Soon after, the fans started calling the team "the Pirates". Later the team adopted the name as their official team name, the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Pirates have won five World Series. They won their first in 1909, beating the Detroit Tigers. The Pirates also won World Series titles in 1925, 1960, 1971, and 1979.

Some famous players for the Pirates have been Honus Wagner, Ralph Kiner, Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell.

## Other websites

- Official Website
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh Pirates
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh Pirates
- Pittsburgh Lumber Co. - Pirates Blog
- Sportsocracy
Coach

**Coach** could mean:

## Transportation

- Coach (carriage), a horse-drawn carriage
- Stagecoach, An early form of long distance public transport
- Coach (vehicle), a type of passenger-carrying road vehicle.
- Coach (rail) a type of passenger car used in rail transport.
- Economy class in travel can be referred to as "coach"

## Coaching

- Coach (sport), the director of athletes' activities in sports
    - Head coach
    - Coach (baseball), includes manager, assistant coaches, on-field coaches, and specialized coaches
    - Coach (hockey), head coach or assistant coaches
    - Coaching
    - dating coaching
- Co-coaching

## Popular media

- _Coach (TV series)_, an American sitcom starring Craig T. Nelson
- Coach (comics), a Marvel Comics character in X-Force

## Corporations

- Coach Inc., an American leather goods company famous for its handbags
- Coach Canada, an inter-city coach company in Canada
- Coach USA, a bus transport company in the United States

## People

- Jonathan Coachman, World Wrestling Entertainment personality a.k.a. "The Coach"
- Coach Ernie Pantusso, the character played by Nicholas Colasanto on the sitcom _Cheers_
- Mike Ditka, former head coach of the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints head coach, a.k.a. "Da Coach"
Rent (musical)

***Rent*** is a rock musical. The music and lyrics were written by Jonathan Larson. The musical is based on the Italian opera, _La bohème_. The musical opened on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre on 29 April 1996.  It closed on 7 September 2008 after a run of 5,123 performances. It opened on the West End in 2008. In 2005, it was adapted to a movie. _Rent_ won the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

## Other websites

- Official Rent musical site
- Rent Musical on Broadway.com

## Infobox (musical)

- **name**: Rent
- **music**: Jonathan Larson
- **lyrics**: Jonathan Larson
- **basis**: _La bohème_, opera by Puccini
- **productions**: Broadway (1996)
West End theatre, West End (2008)
Movie (2005)
- **awards**: Tony Award for Best Musical
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Coach (sport)

In sports, a **coach** or **manager** is a person who directs and trains a sports team or sportsperson. Sometimes a coach will train the players and a manager will look after the business aspects of the team.

## Other websites

- Coaching Certification.
Leica

**Leica** could mean:
- Leica Camera, a German camera manufacturer
- Leica Geosystems AG, a company in eastern Switzerland that makes surveying and geomatics equipment
- Leica Microsystems GmbH, a German company that makes microscopes and other precision optics
Alfonso Soriano

**Alfonso Guilleard Soriano** (born January 7, 1976) is a Dominican Republican professional Major League Baseball player. He currently is a free agent.  He has used to play with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals before the Cubs. He played as a second baseman for the Yankees and Rangers. He bats right-handed and has batted as a lead-off hitter for most of his career.

### Batting

|Games|AB|R|H|2B|3B|HR|RBI|SB|BB|SO|AVG|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1142|4676|753|1319|292|23|255|669|235|268|1007|.282|

### Fielding

|Games|GS|INN|TC|PO|A|E|DP|RF|FPCT|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1089|1077|9526.0|4328|4421|2148|2143|130|490|.971|

## Other websites

- Baseball Prospectus: Alfonso Soriano
Maemo

**maemo** (properly not capitalized ) is a project that oversees the development of the Internet Tablet OS and the maemo application development platform. The maemo project is paid for by Nokia.

## maemo SDK

The maemo SDK is based around the Debian-oriented Scratchbox Cross Compilation Toolkit, which provides a  sandbox environment in which development may take place. Scratchbox uses Qemu to emulate an ARMEL processor or sbrsh to remotely execute instructions. Scratchbox-compatible rootstraps are available for both x86 and ARMEL, so the majority of development and debugging takes place on x86, with final packaging being for ARMEL.

## Related pages

- Openmoko
- LiMo Foundation
- Hildon
- Android (mobile phone platform)

## Other websites

- maemo.org
- maemo wiki  (old one)
- maemo planet
- maemo Bugzilla
- maemo in freedesktop.org
- Scratchbox Cross Compilation Toolkit
- [irc://irc.freenode.net/maemo #maemo] on freenode
- Material for Nokia's own introductory course on maemo
MEPIS

**MEPIS** (pronunciation: meh-pis) is a set of Linux Distributions distributed as Live CDs. The most popular of these distributions is SimplyMEPIS. MEPIS distributions are based on Debian, some of them indirectly. For example, SimplyMEPIS 7.0 is based mainly on Debian, with additional source code from Ubuntu (which is also based on Debian). MEPIS distributions are created by Warren Woodford.

It can either be installed onto a hard drive or used as a Live CD, which makes it a boot disc for troubleshooting many operating systems. It includes KDE, the K Desktop Environment.

## History

MEPIS was designed as an alternative to SUSE Linux, Red Hat Linux, and Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrake) which, in the creator Warren Woodford's opinion, were too difficult for the average user. MEPIS's first official release was on May 10, 2003.

## Distributions

The most popular MEPIS distribution, SimplyMEPIS, is designed for everyday desktop and laptop computing. SimplyMEPIS 7.0 contains several new packages and features. It contains Linux 2.6.22 and OpenOffice.org 2.3.0. It was released on 2007-12-23.

## Related pages

- NeXT

## Other websites

- Official site
- MEPIS Community Forum , main community site
- antiX , a fast, lightweight and easy to install Linux distribution live CD based on MEPIS

### Reviews

- SimplyMEPIS 7.0 is a keeper
- Review: SimplyMepis 7.0
- SimplyMEPIS 7.0 Beta 6
- antiX M-7, The Fat-free Mepis
- MEPIS AntiX on 450MHz K6-2, 256Mb

## Infobox (os)

- **name**: SimplyMEPIS
- **screenshot**: SimplyMepis-7.0.png
- **caption**: SimplyMEPIS 7.0 default desktop
- **developer**: Warren Woodford
- **family**: Linux
- **source model**: Closed source#Encumbered code, encumbered code
- **working state**: Current
- **latest release version**: 11.0
- **kernel type**: Monolithic kernel
- **ui**: KDE
- **license**: Various
- **website**: [http://www.mepis.org/ mepis.org]
St. Louis Cardinals

The **St. Louis Cardinals** (also called "the **Cards**" or "the **Redbirds**") are a Major League Baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are part of the Central Division in the National League. The Cardinals have won a National League record 11 World Series championships, second in Major League Baseball for most championships behind the New York Yankees, who have 27. They last won a World Series in 2011.

The Cardinals were started by the American Association in 1882 as the St. Louis Brown Stockings, who got their name from an earlier National League team. They joined the National League in 1892 and have been known as the Cardinals ever since 1900. The Cardinals began play in the current Busch Stadium in 2006, becoming the first team since 1923 to win the World Series in their first season in a new ballpark. They are the oldest current professional sports franchise west of the Mississippi River. The Cardinals have a strong rivalry with the Chicago Cubs that began in 1885.

## Other websites

- Current records and standings
- St. Louis Cardinals Team Index at Baseball Reference
- St. Louis Cardinals Team Page at Scout.com
NepaLinux

**NepaLinux** is a Debian and Morphix based Linux distribution focused on desktop usage in Nepali language computing.

It contains applications for desktop users like OpenOffice.org, Nepali GNOME and KDE desktops, and a way for people to type Nepali text.
The development and distribution of NepaLinux is done by Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya.  Version 1.0 was produced as part of the PAN Localization Project, with the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. NepaLinux is an effort of promoting Free and Open Source Software in Nepal.

In October 2007, NepaLinux was the joint recipient of the Association for Progressive Communications' annual APC FOSS prize.

## Other websites

- The official site for NepaLinux
- _A look into NepaLinux_, Kantipur daily newspaper, Kathmandu, Nepal

## Infobox (os)

- **name**: NepaLinux
- **developer**: Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya, Madan Award Library
- **family**: Linux (Unix-like)
- **source model**: Open source
- **latest release version**: 3.0
- **kernel type**: Monolithic kernel, Monolithic (Linux kernel, Linux)
- **ui**: GNOME
- **supported platforms**: i386
- **updatemodel**: Advanced Packaging Tool, APT
- **package manager**: dpkg
- **working state**: Current
Durango

**Durango** is a state in north central Mexico. About 1,510,000 people live there. Its capital is Victoria de Durango.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: State of Durango
- **image flag**: Flag of Durango.svg
- **flag size**: 140px
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of Durango.svg
- **shield size**: 80px
- **image map**: Mexico map, MX-DUR.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Mexico
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Mexico
- **subdivision type1**: Capital
- **subdivision name1**: Durango, Durango, Durango
- **subdivision type2**: Municipalities of Mexico, Municipalities
- **subdivision name2**: #Municipalities, 39
- **leader title**: List of Mexican state governors, Governor
- **leader name**: Ismael Hernández Deras (PRI)
- **leader title1**: Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, Federal Deputies
- **leader name1**: Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI: 3
National Action Party (Mexico), PAN: 1
- **leader title2**: Senate of Mexico, Federal Senators
- **leader name2**: PAN: 2
PRI: 1
- **established title**: Sovereign state, Admission
- **established date**: May 22, 1824
- **area footnotes**:
 List of Mexican states by area, Ranked 4th
- **area total km2**: 123181
- **population as of**: 2005
- **population total**: 1,509,117(List of Mexican states by population, Ranked 23rd)
- **timezone**: Central Standard Time, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: Central Daylight Time, CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **blank name**: Human Development Index, HDI (2017)
- **blank info**: 0.775 - <span style="color:#090">high</span>
List of Mexican states by HDI, Ranked 15th
- **blank1 name**: ISO 3166-2
- **blank1 info**: MX-DUR
- **blank2 name**: Postal abbr.
- **blank2 info**: Dgo.
- **website**: [http://www.durango.gob.mx/ Durango State Government]
Girlfriend (disambiguation)

A **girlfriend** is a female friend or romantic partner.

**Girlfriend** may also mean:

## Music

- Girlfriend (band)
- _Girlfriend_ (album), an album by Matthew Sweet
- Girl Friends, a Korean pop duo

### Songs

- "Girlfriend" (Michael Jackson song)
- "Girlfriend" (Pebbles song)
- "Girlfriend" (Matthew Sweet song)
- "Girlfriend" (The Pillows song)
- "Girlfriend" (Billie song)
- "Girlfriend" (Alicia Keys song)
- "Girlfriend" ('N Sync song)
- "Girlfriend" (The Darkness song)
- "Girlfriend" (Avril Lavigne song)
- "Girlfriend" (Bow Wow and Omarion song)
- "Girlfriend" (Wings song)
- A song by B2K on the album _Pandemonium!_

## Television

- _Girlfriends_, an American television show
- "Girlfriends" (_Flight of the Conchords_), a television episode
- Doctor Girlfriend, a character from the animated series _The Venture Bros._

## Other meanings

- _Girlfriend_ (magazine)
- _Girlfriends_ (1978 film)
School of Rock

***School of Rock*** is a 2003 American musical comedy movie starring Jack Black.

## Plot

Dewey Finn (Black) has been kicked out of his band. His roommate is a substitute teacher. Finn finds one of his requests for a private school and goes in his roommate's place as he needs the money for rent. He soon finds out that the school, in Woodbury, New York, has music lessons, so he enlists the class to become his band. They plan to perform at Battle of the Bands. However, his roommate's girlfriend finds out that Finn was impersonating her boyfriend and gets him kicked off the job. Finn is down until the kids get their own school bus, pick Finn up, and play at the concert. The band loses to another one, but Finn establishes a school for rock, and the kids come over to his place to take lessons.

## Sequel

On July 14, 2008, the _School of Rock 2_ sequel was confirmed. In 2012, Jack Black said that a sequel is unlikely.

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: School of Rock
- **director**: Richard Linklater
- **producer**: Scott Aversano
Steve Nicolaides
Scott Rudin
- **writer**: Mike White (scriptwriter), Mike White
- **starring**: Jack Black
Joan Cusack
Mike White (scriptwriter), Mike White
Sarah Silverman
Miranda Cosgrove
- **music**: Craig Wedren
- **cinematography**: Rogier Stoffers
- **editing**: Sandra Adair
- **distributor**: Paramount Pictures
- **released**: October 3, 2003
- **runtime**: 109 minutes
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **budget**: $35,000,000 (estimated)
- **gross**: $81,261,177 (domestically)
$131,282,949 (worldwide)
Bay Area Rapid Transit

**Bay Area Rapid Transit** (**BART**) is a heavy rail public rapid transit system that serves the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. It joins the cities of the East Bay, including Oakland, with San Francisco. Construction began in 1964. The first trains began running on September 11, 1972.

## Lines

As of 2022, there are five main lines on the system. There are  of track (using a wider-than-normal gauge of ). There are 50 stations. Like other rapid transit systems in the world, tracks are in underground tunnels in inner cities, and on elevated viaducts in suburban areas. In some places, they are in the middle of freeways. The busiest part of the system is the Transbay Tube, a  underwater tunnel under the San Francisco Bay. Almost 150,000 people pass through the tube every day.

## Fare

The fare which people pay to ride BART depends on how far they go. They first buy paper magnetic stripe cards inside the station. Then they insert this ticket into the gate, walk through the gate, and take the ticket out. They then get on board the train. Sometimes they have to change from one train to another to get to where they want to go. After they leave the train at their destination, they insert their ticket into the fare gate again to exit the station. Printed numbers on the card show how much money is left on the ticket. A passenger who enters and exits the same station will be charged an "excursion fare". , the fare was $6.75.

## Expansion

In the 2000s, BART was expanded to reach San Francisco International Airport. It now goes as far as Millbrae. Two other branch lines have opened since then. In 2014, BART opened a short line to Oakland International Airport that uses trains pulled by cables. An extension of the Pittsburg line to Antioch, which opened in 2018, uses diesel multiple units on standard gauge tracks instead of the electric, broad-gauge trains used on the main lines. A project is also going on to expand the southern main line into San Jose. The entire extension was supposed to be completed in 2018. Instead, the first new stations were opened on June 13, 2020 after breakdowns in communication and testing with the line.
UMD

**UMD** could mean:

- Universal Media Disc, a disc format created by Sony for the PlayStation Portable.
- Under Monitor Display, a display used in television production galleries to indicate the source displayed above it.
- United Macedonian Diaspora, a Washington, D.C. based organization addressing the interests and needs of ethnic Macedonians.
- Unified Medical Dictionary: Arabic electronic medical dictionary; (English - French - Arabic)

**Universities**:
- University of Maryland
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, a campus of the University of Massachusetts
- University of Michigan-Dearborn, a campus of the University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota Duluth, a regional university of the University of Minnesota
- United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, now part of King's College London
Betty Davis

**Betty Davis** (July 26, 1944 – February 9, 2022) was an American funk-soul singer, famous in the 1970s. She was married to Miles Davis.

Davis died on February 9, 2022 at her home in Homestead, Pennsylvania from cancer at the age of 77.

## Other websites

- The Sound of Young America: Betty Davis Interview – June 21, 2007: Betty Davis gives her first radio interview in 30 years.
- Betty Davis: Betty Davis – Album review

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Betty Davis
- **img**: Betty Davis (1974).jpg
- **img capt**: Betty Davis in 1974
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Betty Mabry
- **birth place**: Durham, North Carolina, Durham, North Carolina, United States, U.S.
- **death place**: Homestead, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- **origin**: New York City, New York (state), New York, U.S.
- **genre**: Funk music, Funk, Soul music, Soul
- **occupation**: Singer, Songwriter
- **years active**: 1973-1976
- **label**: MPC
- **associated acts**: Miles Davis
Let Go

***Let Go*** is singer Avril Lavigne's first album. It was released on June 4, 2002. It has sold 16 million copies, making it Lavigne's best-selling album so far.

## Track listing

- Original Edition
1. "Losing Grip" (Avril Lavigne/Clif Magness) – 3:53
1. "Complicated" (Lavigne/The Matrix) – 4:05
1. "Sk8er Boi" (Lavigne/The Matrix) – 3:23
1. "I'm with You" (Lavigne/The Matrix) – 3:44
1. "Mobile" (Lavigne/Magness) – 3:31
1. "Unwanted"  (Lavigne/Magness) – 3:40
1. "Tomorrow" (Lavigne/Curtis Frasca/Sabelle Breer) – 3:48
1. "Anything but Ordinary" (Lavigne/The Matrix) – 4:12
1. "Things I'll Never Say" (Lavigne/The Matrix) – 3:44
1. "My World" (Lavigne/Magness) – 3:27
1. "Nobody's Fool" (Lavigne/Peter Zizzo) – 3:57
1. "Too Much to Ask" (Lavigne/Magness) – 3:46
1. "Naked" (Lavigne/Frasca/Breer) – 3:27

- Japan Tour Special Limited Version (with a bonus DVD)
1. "Why" – 4:00
1. "Complicated" (Video)
1. "Sk8er Boi" (Video)
1. "I'm with You" (Video)
1. "A Day in the Life" (NYC EPK)

- Tour Edition
1. "Get Over It" ("Sk8er Boi" B-side)
1. "Why" ("Complicated" B-side)
1. "Unwanted" (Live)
1. "I'm with You" (Live)
1. "Nobody's Fool" (Live)

- Standard AU CD Enhanced Media Content
- Bio
- Video: "Complicated" - 4:12
- EPK - 5:55
- Bonus track: "I Don't Give"
- Lyrics (plays song in background)
    - "Complicated"
    - "Sk8er Boi"
    - "Mobile"
    - "Unwanted"

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Let Go
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Avril Lavigne
- **released**: June 4, 2002
- **recorded**: May 2001 – March 2002
- **length**: 48:37
- **label**: Arista Records, Arista
- **next title**: Under My Skin
- **next year**: 2004
Anshan (Persia)

**Anshan** (or **Anzan**, , modern: Tal-i Malyan) was an ancient town in what was then Elam empire (today's Iran) in the province Fars. The oldest settlement may have been as early as 5500 BC.

## History

Anshan was later ruled by the Achaemenid dynasty and became one of the primary cities of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. The Persian prince Teispes (675-640 BC) conquered the city and called himself "king of the city of Anshan"

Anshan is a big archaeological place today containing around 200 hectares. Excavations (digs) carried out by the University of Pennsylvania took place in 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976 and 1978.
University of Maryland, College Park

The **University of Maryland, College Park**, often called simply the **University of Maryland**, is a public university in College Park, Maryland. It is the largest university in a group called the "University System of Maryland."

## History

In 1856, the Maryland Agricultural College was chartered. Sixty years later, the state of Maryland took control of the college and renamed it Maryland State University. In 1920, it joined several professional schools in the area to become the University of Maryland. It joined the Association of American Universities in 1925.

## Other websites

- University of Maryland - Official website

## Infobox (university)

- **name**: University of Maryland, College Park
- **image**: HJ Patterson building at UMCP, main entrance, morning, August 21, 2006.jpg
- **image upright**: 0.7
- **former names**: Maryland Agricultural College
(1856–1916)
Maryland State College
(1916–1920)
- **motto**: _Fatti maschii, parole femine_
- **motto lang**: ita
- **mottoeng**: Strong deeds, gentle words
- **type**: Flagship#Colleges and universities in the United States, Flagship Public university#United States, public
Land-grant university, Land-grant
National Sea Grant College Program, Sea-grant
National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, Space-grant
- **parent**: University System of Maryland
- **academic affiliations**: Association of American Universities, AAU
American Council on Education, ACE
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, APLU
Big Ten Academic Alliance, BTAA
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, CUWMA
Fields Institute
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, ORAU
Southeastern Universities Research Association, SURA
Universitas 21, U21
Universities Research Association, URA
- **endowment**: $355.3 million (2018)
- **president**: Wallace Loh
- **provost**: Mary Ann Rankin
- **academic staff**: 4,610 (Fall 2016)
- **administrative staff**: 5,481 (Fall 2016)
- **students**: 41,200 (Fall 2018)
- **undergrad**: 30,762 (Fall 2018)
- **postgrad**: 10,438 (Fall 2018)
- **city**: College Park, Maryland, College Park
- **state**: Maryland
- **country**: United States
- **campus**: Suburban,
- **colors**: Red, white, black, gold

- **athletics nickname**: Maryland Terrapins, Terrapins
- **sporting affiliations**: NCAA Division I – Big Ten Conference, Big Ten
Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association, MAISA
- **mascot**: Testudo (turtle), Testudo
- **logo**: University of Maryland wordmark.svg
- **logo upright**: 1.0
Another Code: Two Memories

***Another Code: Two Memories*** (called ***Trace Memory*** in North America) is an adventure video game made by CING and published by Nintendo on the Nintendo DS handheld.

## Summary

_Another Code_ is about a 13-year-old girl called Ashley Mizuki Robbins who goes to an island called "Blood Edward Island", an island near Washington after her dad sent her a package with a machine in it two days before her 14th birthday. She goes with her aunt Jessica, who raised her when her parents disappeared. When her dad is not there, Jessica goes looking for him, and Ashley eventually has to find them both. She meets a ghost named "D", and joins with him to search a mansion on the island.

## Infobox (video game)

- **developer**: CING
- **publisher**: Nintendo
- **genre**: Adventure game
- **modes**: Single player
- **platforms**: Nintendo DS
More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?

***More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?*** (known as ***Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!***) is a puzzle video game made by Nintendo on the Nintendo DS handheld. It's one of the best-selling DS games.

## Infobox (video game)

- **developer**: Nintendo
- **publisher**: Nintendo
- **series**: Brain Training
- **genre**: Puzzle game
- **modes**: Single player, multiplayer game, multiplayer
- **platforms**: Nintendo DS