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Constant Lambert

**Leonard Constant Lambert** (23 August 1905 – 21 August 1951) was a British composer and conductor.

## Early years

Lambert’s father was the painter George Washington Lambert who had come to England from  Australia. Lambert was often ill when he was a child.  He went to school at Christ's Hospital and won a scholarship to the  Royal College of Music. He soon became interested in French and Russian music. He became friends with other famous people including the Sitwell family, William Walton, Philip Heseltine and Bernard van Dieren. He and Edith Sitwell were the reciters at a performance of Walton’s _Façade_.

Lambert was a prodigy: he was composing music for orchestra when he was only 13, and when he was 20 he was asked to write a ballet for Serge Diaghilev's world-famous Ballets Russes (_Romeo and Juliet_).

He soon became very famous. His best known work is _The Rio Grande_ for piano solo, chorus and orchestra. It has a mixture of musical styles: jazz, habaneras and the influence of  Delius and Duke Ellington.

## Works

During the 1930s he performed a lot as a conductor with the Vic-Wells Ballet (later the Royal Ballet), but he stopped composing music. Lambert thought he had failed as a composer, and only finished two more big works in the last  sixteen years of his life. He continued conducting, and appeared at Covent Garden and in BBC broadcasts, and travelled to Europe and America conducting ballets. He was an excellent ballet conductor and helped the dancers to give their best performance.

During the war he became ill. He refused to see a doctor. He was working very hard and also drinking a lot.

Lambert liked jazz and thought it was an important influence on popular culture of the time. He wrote a book about this, called _Music Ho!_ (1934). The book is widely read today, although it shows a very personal approach to music.

Lambert was married twice. His first marriage was to Florence Kaye. He later married Isabel Nichols, an artist, in 1947. After Constant Lambert's death, Isabel married the composer Alan Rawsthorne.

Lambert died on 21 August 1951. He had pneumonia and it was also found that he had diabetes made worse by alcoholism.
Kensington, Calgary

**Kensington** is a neighborhood in Calgary, Alberta.  It is around the intersection of Kensington Road and 10th St. NW.

The neighborhood hosts _Christmas in Kensington Village_ in December, the Sun and Salsa Festival in July, as well as the _Bizarre Bikes & Bazaar_ in May.

Kensington is home to the Calgary Kookaburras Australian rules football club.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

**Samuel Coleridge-Taylor** (born London, 15 August 1875; died Croydon,  1 September 1912) was an English composer.

Coleridge-Taylor died in Holborn, London.  His black father was a doctor from Sierra Leone,  his mother was English. His parents were not married. The father went back to Africa by February 1875. He had the job of coroner for the British Empire in the Gambia in the late 1890s.  He did not know he had a son.

## Life

Coleridge-Taylor was brought up in Croydon .  He studied the violin at the Royal College of Music and composition with Charles Villiers Stanford.  In 1899, he married Jessie Walmisley who had been a student with him at the RCM.  Her parents did not want her to be married to someone of  mixed race.  The couple had a son, Hiawatha (1900-1980) and a daughter, Avril, born Gwendolyn (1903-1998).

Soon Coleridge-Taylor became known as a composer.  Edward Elgar helped him get one of his pieces performed at the Three Choirs Festival.  Two months later Stanford conducted the cantata _Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast_, the piece for which he is best remembered.  He toured the United States in 1904.  This made him even more interested in finding out about his racial heritage. He wanted to do for African music what Johannes Brahms had done for Hungarian music and Antonín Dvořák for Bohemian music. He had met the American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar in London and set some of his poems to music.  Several people encouraged him to learn more about his heritage.

Coleridge-Taylor was a shy man, but he was a very good conductor.  He was often asked to adjudicate at music festivals.

Coleridge-Taylor was 37 when he died of pneumonia. His widow hardly had any money, but  King George V gave her a pension of GB£100, which shows how popular Coleridge-Taylor had been as a composer.   A memorial concert was held later in 1912 at the Royal Albert Hall and gathered £300.

Coleridge-Taylor's works were often performed by Sir Malcolm Sargent who conducted ten seasons of a costumed ballet version of _Hiawatha_ at the Royal Albert Hall between 1928 and 1939 with the Royal Choral Society (600 to 800 singers) and 200 dancers.

## His music

Coleridge-Taylor's best-known work is his cantata _Hiawatha's Wedding-feast_, which was  performed very often by choral groups in England during his lifetime and for many years after his death.  He wrote several other pieces about Hiawatha: _The Death of Minnehaha_, _Overture to The Song of Hiawatha_ and _Hiawatha's Departure_.

He also wrote a lot of chamber music, anthems and other works.  The orchestral piece _Petite Suite de Concert_ used to be very popular, but its Romanticism sounds a little old-fashioned now.

## References

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed Stanley Sadie;
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

The **Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro** is a Catholic university based in the neighborhood Gavea in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded in 1941 by D. Sebastião Leme and the Rev. Leonel Franca, and was officially recognized in January 15, 1946.
The PUC-Rio was one of the first universities that taught Entrepreneurship in the graduation courses in Brazil.

## Infobox (_university)

- **name**: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
- **motto**: _Alis Grave Nil_ (Latin)
- **mottoeng**: With wings, nothing is heavy
- **established**: 1941
- **type**: private university, Private,
pontifical university since 1947
- **president**: Pe. Anderson Antonio Pedroso, S.J.
- **city**: Rio de Janeiro
- **state**: Rio de Janeiro (state), RJ
- **country**: Brazil
- **students**: 17,900
- **undergrad**: 10,400
- **postgrad**: 7,500
- **campus**: urban area: 27,181 acres (110 km²)
- **affiliations**: Roman Catholic Church
Society of Jesus
- **website**: [http://www.puc-rio.br/ www.puc-rio.br]
Quim Monzó

**Quim Monzó** (born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1952) is a Catalan writer of novels, short stories and discursive prose, mostly in the Catalan language.

In the early 1970s, Monzó reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Northern Ireland and East Africa for newspapers in Barcelona. His fiction is full of irony. His other prose maintains this humor. One collection of his essays, _Catorze ciutats comptant-hi Brooklyn_, is notable for its account of New York in the days immediately following September 11.

### Books in English

- _O'Clock_, 1986. New York: Ballantine Books. Translated by Mary Ann Newman.
- _The enormity of the tragedy_, 2007. London: Peter Owen Publishers. Translated by Peter Bush.
- _Gasoline_, 2010. New York & Rochester: Open Letter. Translated by Mary Ann Newman.
- _Guadalajara_, 2011, Rochester, NY: Open Letter. Translated by Peter Bush. ;
- _A thousand morons_, 2013, Rochester, NY: Open Letter. Translated by Peter Bush. ;
- _Why, Why, Why?_, 2019, Rochester, NY: Open Letter. Translated by Peter Bush. ;

#### Fiction

- _L'udol del griso al caire de les clavegueres_, 1976..
- _Self Service_, 1977. In collaboration with Biel Mesquida.
- _Uf, va dir ell_, 1978.
- _Olivetti, Moulinex, Chaffoteaux et Maury_, 1980.
- _Benzina_, 1983.
- _L'illa de Maians_, 1985.
- _La magnitud de la tragèdia_, 1989.
- _El perquè de tot plegat_, 1993.
- _Guadalajara_, 1996.
- _Vuitanta-sis contes_, 1999.
- _El millor dels mons_, 2001.
- _Mil cretins_, 2007.

#### Collected articles and essays

- _El dia del senyor_, 1984.
- _Zzzzzzzz_, 1987.
- _La maleta turca_, 1990.
- _Hotel Intercontinental_, 1991.
- _No plantaré cap arbre_, 1994.
- _Del tot indefens davant dels hostils imperis alienígenes_, 1998.
- _Tot és mentida_, 2000.
- _El tema del tema_, 2003.
- _Catorze ciutats comptant-hi Brooklyn_, 2004.
- _Esplendor i glòria de la Internacional Papanates_, 2004

## Other websites

- Website dedicated to Quim Monzó
- Open Letter Publishing House
- Peter Owen Publishers
- More than twenty-five years of essays by Monzó in the Barcelonian newspaper _La Vanguardia_
Northern Light Infantry

The **Northern Light Infantry** (NLI) is a Light Infantry Regiment of the Pakistan Army. Headquartered in Gilgit, the capital of Northern Areas, Pakistan, it is the main force protecting the strategically important northern areas of Pakistan.
National Command Authority (Pakistan)

The **National Command Authority** (NCA) of Pakistan is the Pakistani organisation responsible for policy formulation. It has control over employment and development for all strategic nuclear forces and strategic organizations.
Setting (fiction)

A **setting** is the time, location, and atmosphere (e.g. happy, sad, exciting, frightening, etc.) that a piece of writing is taking place in.
National symbols of Pakistan

Each country of the world adopts some signs or emblems, which they regard as the representative of their country traits. Pakistan has several official national symbols. The symbols were adopted at various stages in the existence of Pakistan.
|Symbol|Name|Image|References|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|National flag|Flag of Pakistan|||
|National emblem|State emblem of Pakistan|||
|Father of the Nation|Muhammad Ali Jinnah|||
|Mother of the Nation|Fatima Jinnah|||
|National Poet|Muhammad Iqbal|||
|National anthem|Qaumī Tarāna|||
|National motto|Faith, Unity, Discipline|||
|National language|Urdu|||
|National days|Independence Day (Pakistan) Pakistan Day Defence Day Kashmir Solidarity Day|||
|National colours|White and Dark Green|||
|National dress|Salwar kameez|||
|National flower|Jasmine|||
|National tree|Cedrus deodara|||
|National fruit|Mango|||
|National beverages|Sugarcane juice|||
|National animal|Markhor|||
|National mammal|Indus river dolphin|||
|National predator|Snow leopard|||
|National bird|Chukar|||
|State bird|Shaheen falcon|||
|National fish|Tor putitora|||
|National reptile|Mugger crocodile|||
|National sports|Field hockey|||
|National mosque|Faisal Mosque|||
|National tower|Minar-e-Pakistan|||
|National monument|Pakistan Monument|||
|National vegetable|Okra|||

## Other websites

- The Government of Pakistan
- Jasmine: The National flower of Pakistan
- Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs
Sei whale

The **sei whale** (_Balaenoptera borealis_) is a dark-gray, stream-lined baleen whale that is found worldwide except in polar waters. It swims in small pods of 3-5 whales but larger groups may form at rich feeding grounds. It has very fine grey-black baleen that traps very small particles of food. It is a rorqual whale (a large baleen whale) that is similar to the Bryde's whales.

## Description

The Sei whale is also called the **Sardine whale**, the **Pollack whale**, the **Coalfish whale**, the **Japan Finner**, and **Rudolphi's rorqual**. Large numbers of these whales were hunted until recently for their oil and meat. It is the fastest of the great whales and can swim at about 23 mph (20 knots) in short bursts.

## Diet

Sei whales are carnivores that filter-feed plankton (tiny crustaceans like krill, copepods, etc.) and small fish from the water.
Vithoba

**Vithoba** (also known as **Vitthala** and **Panduranga)** is a Hindu god worshipped mainly in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. He is generally considered a form of the Hindu god Vishnu or Krishna. In stone images and pictures, he is shown as a dark young boy. He stands on a brick with his hands on his waist. His wife Rukmini or Rakhumai stands with him.

Vithoba's main temple is at Pandharpur in Maharashtra. It is close to its border with Karnataka. Two Hindu sects, the Varkari sect of Maharashtra and Haridasa sect of Karnataka worship Vithoba as their main god. The Varkari poet-saints have written devotional poems called _abhanga_s in praise of god Vithoba. The abhangas are written in the language Marathi. The Haridasa poets have also written poems, devoted to Vithoba in the Kannada language. The two most important festivals associated with Vithoba are _Shayani Ekadashi_ in the Hindu month of Ashadha, and _Prabodini Ekadashi_ in the Hindu month of Kartik.
Breadalbane, New South Wales

**Breadalbane** () is a small village on the Lachlan River in New South Wales, Australia. It is near Goulburn in the Upper Lachlan Shire. This little town is also on the Hume Highway which links Sydney and Melbourne. The highway used to go through the small town but it was bypassed in the early 1990s. Breadalbane is also on the Sydney-Melbourne railway line.

Breadalbane is also near the start of the Federal Highway. This branches off the Hume Highway just south of Goulburn and goes to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. Canberra is the capital city of Australia where the Federal Parliament sits.

## History

Breadalbane is a historic town. There are now only a few houses. In the past there was a hotel, service station and a railway station. These are now closed, although the old hotel and service station buildings are still there. They are now used as private houses. The railway station opened in 1875 and closed in 1974. The signal box was still used until 1979. All trace of the station has been removed, although a loading bank is still standing.

There is a memorial at the school to people from Breadalbane who fought in World War II. It has 40 names on it.

## Infobox (australian place)

- **type**: town
- **name**: Breadalbane
- **state**: nsw
- **image**: Breadalbane NSW.jpg
- **caption**: Breadalbane
- **lga**: Upper Lachlan Shire Council, Upper Lachlan Shire
Hydrofoil

A **hydrofoil** is a type of boat that can lift its hull out of the water with a pair of special wings underwater. These wings are like the wings of an airplane.

## How it works

When a hydrofoil moves quickly, its wings allow it to fly. When this happens the boat is said to be in _foilborne_. The result of flying means less of the boat is touching the water and can make the boat have less drag which allows it to move faster (drag slows a boat down). Special floats keeps the boat out of the water when going fast .

## Other websites

- The International Hydrofoil Society
- Classic Fast Ferries Magazine
- Kawasaki Jetfoil
- Rodriquez Cantieri Navali
- Soviet-made hydrofoils
- Swiss experimental hydrofoils
Gundaroo

**Gundaroo** is a small village in New South Wales, Australia. It is in the Yass Valley Shire.  It is built near the Yass River. Gundaroo is about 16 kms north of Sutton and about 15 km west of the Lake George range.  About 300 people live there.

## History

The explorers Charles Throsby and Joseph Wild travelled through the Yass River valley in 1820.  The Aborigines called the valley _Candariro_ which means _blue crane_. This name might be the meaning of the word Gundaroo.  Governor Lachlan Macquarie gave the first Europen settler, Peter Cooney, 30 acres in 1825.  Other farms were started quickly with about 400 people in the 1840s. The Harrow Inn (hotel) was built in 1834.  A post office was built in 1848 and an Anglican church, St Lukes in Upper Gundaroo (now part of a pottery business), in 1849. The first school opened in 1850 and a Police station in 1852.  When gold was discovered in the area in 1852 many more people came to the town.

Gundaroo has become a place where people who work in Canberra can live. It is a village for tourists from Canberra to visit because of its well cared for historic buildings.
Jack Adams

**John James "Jack" Adams** (June 14, 1895 – May 1, 1968) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach and general manager in the National Hockey League and Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He was a Hall of Fame player during a 10 year professional career with Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa. He is best known for his 36-year association with the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL as coach or general manager. He later became president of the Central Hockey League.

## Awards & achievements

- Won Stanley Cup as Player 1918 Toronto, 1927 Ottawa
- Won Stanley Cup as Manager-Coach 1936-37-43 with Detroit
- Won Stanley Cup as Manager 1950-52-54-55 with Detroit
- Named in his honour, the Jack Adams Award was introduced in 1974 and is awarded annually to the most outstanding coach in the NHL.
- Lester Patrick Trophy in 1966.
- Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959.
- First All-Star Team Coach in 1937 & 1943.
- Second All-Star Team Coach in 1945.

## Related pages

- List of NHL seasons
- List of NHL players

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **image**: Jack Adams, Toronto Arenas.jpg
- **alt**: The head and torso of a male caucasian hockey player. He is wearing a sweater with two buttons on the chest and two on the collar. The words "Jack Adams right wing" are written in the lower right corner.
- **image size**: 230px
- **position**: Centre (ice hockey), Centre
- **shoots**: Right
- **height ft**: 5
- **height in**: 9
- **weight lb**: 175
- **played for**: Toronto Arenas
Vancouver Millionaires
Toronto St. Patricks
Ottawa Senators (original), Ottawa Senators
- **birth place**: Fort William, Ontario, Fort William, Ontario, Canada
- **death place**: Detroit, Michigan, United States
- **career start**: 1917
- **career end**: 1927
- **halloffame**: 1959
Almas Tower

**Almas Tower** is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  It is 363 meters (1,191 feet) tall and has 68 floors.  It was built in 2009 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.

## Related pages

- List of tallest buildings in the world

## Other websites

- Emporis.com - Almas Tower
- SkycraperPage.com – Almas Tower

## Infobox (skyscraper)

- **building name**: Almas Tower
- **location**: Dubai
United Arab Emirates
- **floor count**: 68
- **completion date**: 2009
- **antenna spire**: 363 m (1,191 ft)
Emirates Office Tower

**Emirates Office Tower** is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  It is 355 meters (1,163 feet) tall and has 54 floors.  It was built in 2000 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.

Emirates Office Tower is next to the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, which is also one of the tallest buildings in the world at 309m (1,014ft).

## Related pages

- List of tallest buildings in the world

## Other websites

- Emporis.com - Emirates Office Tower
- SkycraperPage.com – Emirates Office Tower

## Infobox (skyscraper)

- **building name**: Emirates Office Tower
- **location**: Dubai
United Arab Emirates
- **floor count**: 54
- **completion date**: 2000
- **antenna spire**: 355 m (1,163 ft)
Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel

**Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel** is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  It is 309 meters (1,014 feet) tall and has 56 floors.  It was built in 2000 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.

Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel is next to the Emirates Office Tower, which is also one of the tallest buildings in the world at 355m (1,163ft).

## Related pages

- List of tallest buildings in the world

## Other websites

- Emporis.com - Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel
- SkycraperPage.com – Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel

## Infobox (building)

- **name**: Jumeirah Emirates Towers
- **alternate names**: Emirates Towers II
- **start date**: 1996
- **completion date**: 2000
- **building type**: Hotel
- **architectural style**: Modern architecture, Modernism
- **location**: Sheikh Zayed Road
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- **room count**: 400
- **floor count**: 56
- **elevator count**: 42
- **architect**: Hazel W.S. Wong Norr
 Norr Group Consultants Int. Ltd.
- **main contractor**: Ssang-Yong Engineering & Construction
Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co. Ltd.
Murray & Roberts
- **website**: [https://www.jumeirah.com/en/hotels-resorts/dubai/jumeirah-emirates-towers/ www.jumeirahemiratestowers.com]
Jeremy Adduono

**Jeremy Adduono** (born August 4, 1978, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He was drafted in the seventh round, 184th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **image**: Jeremy Adduono (2007).jpg
- **image size**: 230px
- **caption**: Jeremy Adduono in 2007
- **position**: Winger (ice hockey), Left Wing
- **shot**: Right
- **birth place**: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Thunder Bay, Ontario, ON, Canada, CAN
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 0
- **weight lb**: 202
- **played for**: **American Hockey League, AHL**:
Rochester Americans
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
**Deutsche Eishockey Liga, DEL**:
Kölner Haie
Iserlohn Roosters
**Serie A (ice hockey), Serie A**:
HC Pustertal Wölfe
- **draft**: 184th overall
- **draft year**: 1997
- **draft team**: Buffalo Sabres
- **career start**: 1999
- **career end**: 2010
Old College, University of Edinburgh

**Old College** is a building in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. It is part of University of Edinburgh.

## Other websites

- University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Law School
- Talbot Rice Gallery
Garage Inc.

***Garage Inc.*** is a cover album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released in 1998.

It includes recorded cover versions of other artists' songs, all of their b-side covers released up to that point, and the entire _The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited_, which had gone out of print since its original release in 1987. The title is a combination of Garage Days Re-Revisited and their song Damage, Inc.  Over 5 million copies have been sold in the US as certified by the RIAA.

## Reception

_Professional reviews_:
- Rolling Stone (12/10/99, p. 122) - 4 Stars (out of 5) -"Gloriously hard as the album is, you can't miss Metallica's good natured side coming through."
- Entertainment Weekly (12/18/98, p. 84) - "We'll have to wait until Metallica's next `proper' album to find out if this trip to the garage recharges their batteries. Still, all things considered, Garage Inc. is an intermittently exhilarating joyride." - Rating: B-
- CMJ (12/21/98, p. 29) - "Those who still relate to the adolescent angst of the 'Metallicats' earliest days will find plenty to like on Garage Inc."

### Disc one

These tracks were recorded in September-October 1998 for the _Garage Inc._ album.

### Disc two

These tracks are a collection of B-sides from artists Metallica were inspired by throughout the early years of the band.

## Personnel

- James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
- Jason Newsted – bass, backing vocals
- Lars Ulrich – drums, percussion
- Cliff Burton – bass on "Blitzkrieg" and "Am I Evil?"

## Other websites

- Information about the album on the official website

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Garage Inc.
- **type**: compilation
- **longtype**: of cover songs
- **artist**: Metallica
- **released**: November 24, 1998
- **recorded**: September 14 – October 1, 1998 (disc 1)
- **studio**: The Plant Studios, The Plant (Sausalito, California) – disc 1
- **genre**: * Heavy metal music, Heavy metal
* hard rock
* thrash metal
- **length**: 136:38
- **label**: Elektra Records, Elektra
- **producer**: * James Hetfield
* Bob Rock
* Lars Ulrich
* Mark Whitaker (Music producer), Mark Whitaker
- **prev title**: Reload (Metallica album), Reload
- **prev year**: 1997
- **next title**: St. Anger
- **next year**: 2003
Christmas 1994 nor'easter

The **Christmas 1994 nor'easter** was a strong cyclone along the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada. It developed from an area of low pressure in the southeast Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Keys, and moved across the state of Florida.

## Meteorological history

A weather system moved towards the southeast from the central Great Plains into the Deep South of the United States. After entering the Gulf of Mexico, the weather system became a cyclone. An approaching trough pushed the system across Florida. A forecaster at the National Hurricane Center, Jack Beven, said that "as it [the storm] moved out into the Bahamas, it appeared to take on the characteristics of a tropical storm." He also noted that because of the uncertainty, the National Hurricane Center did not call the weather system a tropical cyclone.

The cyclone was said to be a "hybrid" storm. The cyclone quickly gained strength in warm waters from the Gulf Stream, and because of cold air over the United States. The system continued to become stronger while moving within the Gulf Stream. The storm developed central atmospheric convection, which is unusual for a storm of its type. Extratropical cyclone. Also, the system developed an eye, which is usually seen in tropical cyclones. Even though the cyclone showed signs of a tropical storm, forecaster Jack Beven stated: "There was no front associated with it [the storm] and it had a warm core, but the radius of maximum winds was more than 150 nautical miles [175 mi, 280 km], so under the standard NHC criteria it didn’t qualify as a tropical storm." On December 23 and 24, the nor'easter intensified to attain a barometric pressure of 970|mb. Another low pressure system that developed behind the storm became stronger, and grew to be larger in size than the original storm. Due to the Fujiwhara effect, the large circulation of the secondary low moved the original nor'easter towards the northwest. The nor'easter passed along the south shore of Long Island, and it made landfall near New York City on December 24. Later, it moved over southeastern New York State. On December 25, which is Christmas Day, the system began to lose strength as it moved towards Nova Scotia, before the pair of low pressure systems moved out to sea early on December 26.

## Related pages

- Storm
- Weather
- Christmas
River Wear

The **Wear** is a river in northeast England. It starts in Wearhead, County Durham and opens up into the North Sea at Sunderland.

## Industrial past

Much of the River Wear shows the history of the Industrial Revolution. Its upper end runs through lead mining country, until this gives way to coal seams of the Durham coalfield for the rest of its length. As a result of limestone quarrying, lead mining and coal mining, the Wear valley was amongst the first places to see the development of railways. The Weardale Railway continues to run occasional services between Stanhope and Wolsingham.

## Geology

The upland area of Upper Weardale has a flora which survives from the end of the last Ice Age. After the Ice Age, the Wear valley became thickly forested. During the Neolithic period and increasingly in the Bronze Age, the forests were progressively cleared for agriculture.

## References

- Natural Environment Research Council, Institute of Geological Sciences, 1971, "British Regional Geology: Northern England" Fourth Edition, HMSO, London.
- Johnson, G.A.L. & Hickling, G. (eds.), 1972, "Geology of Durham County", Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne, Vol.41, No.1.
- 'Wear River', "Encyclopaedia Britannica", 17th Edition, 1990.

## Infobox (river)

- **name**: Wear
- **image**: durham_castle.jpg
- **image size**: 320
- **image caption**: The Wear flows past Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral, Cathedral, beneath Framwellgate Bridge and over a weir.
- **map**: River Wear.png
- **map caption**: Map of the Wear
- **subdivision type1**: Country
- **subdivision name1**: England
- **subdivision type2**: County
- **subdivision name2**: •County Durham (county of Durham, historic and county Durham, ceremonial) •Tyne and Wear
- **subdivision type5**: Major settlements
- **subdivision name5**: •Wolsingham •Bishop Auckland •Willington, County Durham, Willington •Durham, England, Durham •Chester-le-Street •Washington, Tyne and Wear, Washington •Sunderland
- **source1 location**: Wearhead
- **mouth location**: North Sea
River Tees

The **Tees** is a river in England. It starts in Cross Fell (a mountain) in the Pennines, and opens up into the North Sea. It forms a border between North Yorkshire and County Durham and also between the towns of Hartlepool and Redcar. It is also 85 miles or 137 kilometres long. High force waterfalls is 7 feet high. The Pennines Way was opened in 1965.
Rutland Boughton

** Rutland Boughton ** (23 January 1878, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire – 25 January 1960, London) was an English composer.  He was well known in the early 20th century as a composer of opera and choral music.

Boughton studied with Charles Villiers Stanford and Walford Davies.  He wrote many different kinds of music including symphonies, concertos, part-songs, songs, chamber music and opera.  His best known work was the opera _The Immortal Hour_. His carol _Bethlehem_ (1915) became very popular in England and in many other countries.

He was a great admirer of the composer Richard Wagner who had built his own theatre, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, in the German town of Bayreuth.  Boughton wanted to create an "English Bayreuth" at Glastonbury, so he started the series of Glastonbury Festivals that took place from 1914 until 1926. From 1927 until his death in 1960, he lived at Kilcot near Newent, Gloucestershire.

## Other websites

- The Rutland Boughton Music Trust
Bayreuth Festspielhaus

The **Bayreuth Festspielhaus** (_Bayreuth Festival Theatre_) is an opera house in the town of Bayreuth, Germany. The German opera composer Richard Wagner got the opera house built so that his own music could be performed properly. He had lots of ideas about how opera should be performed, and he thought that there was no opera house in Germany that was good enough for performances of his operas. Today it is still the place where every year there is a festival, the Bayreuth Festival, which is dedicated only to the operas of Richard Wagner.

King Ludwig II of Bavaria was a great admirer of Richard Wagner and he gave a lot of money for the opera house to be built. Wagner watched the construction all the time and made sure that everything was built in the way he wanted. Work on the building started on 22 May 1872 (Wagner's birthday), and it was ready four years later when, for the first time, all four operas which make up the cycle called _Der Ring des Nibelungen_ (_The Ring of the Nibelung_), were performed.

The opera house is big enough for an audience of 1,925. One unusual thing is the orchestra pit, which is right under the stage, covered by a hood, so that the orchestra cannot be seen at all by the audience. Wagner wanted the audience to be able to concentrate properly on the action on the stage instead of being distracted by watching the orchestra. It makes it very difficult for the orchestra and the singers to be together, and conductors have to get used to the problem.

The Festspielhaus also has a double proscenium, which makes it look as if the stage is farther away than it actually is.
Kilmacolm

**Kilmalcolm** is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, UK.  The village has a population of around 4,000 people.
Port Glasgow

**Port Glasgow** is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, UK.

Newark Castle stands very close to the shore of the Clyde. The castle dates to around 1484. It is now a visitor attraction maintained by Historic Scotland. Several acres of the Clyde foreshore at Parklea are owned by the National Trust for Scotland. Coronation Park is in the town centre. The park was opened on the site of the West Harbour in 1937 to celebrate the coronation of King George VI.

## Infobox (uk place)

- **official name**: Port Glasgow
- **population**: 15,414
- **population ref**: (2011 UK census, 2011 census)
- **os grid reference**: NS321746
- **post town**: PORT GLASGOW
- **postcode area**: PA
- **postcode district**: PA14
- **dial code**: 01475
- **constituency westminster**: Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency), Inverclyde
- **gaelic name**: Port Ghlaschu
- **scots name**: Port Glesga
- **unitary scotland**: Inverclyde
- **lieutenancy scotland**: Renfrewshire
- **constituency scottish parliament**: Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency), Greenock and Inverclyde
Largs

**Largs** is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. It is about  from Glasgow. The original name means "the slopes" (_An Leargaidh_) in Scottish Gaelic.

## Infobox (uk place)

- **gaelic name**: An Leargaidh Ghallda
- **static image name**: DPP 00226.JPG
- **population**: 11,241
- **os grid reference**: NS203592
- **edinburgh distance**: 78.0 mi
- **london distance**: 431.2 mi
- **post town**: LARGS, AYRSHIRE
- **postcode area**: KA
- **postcode district**: KA30
- **dial code**: 01475
- **constituency westminster**: North Ayrshire and Arran (UK Parliament constituency), North Ayrshire and Arran
- **unitary scotland**: North Ayrshire
- **lieutenancy scotland**: Ayrshire and Arran
- **constituency scottish parliament**: Cunninghame North (Scottish Parliament constituency), Cunninghame North
Dunoon

**Dunoon** is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
Falkland, Fife

**Falkland** is a town in Fife, Scotland, UK.

Falkland Palace is in the town. James IV started building it in 1500. It is the best example of French-influenced Renaissance architecture in the United Kingdom. Mary, Queen of Scots came to visit often.

A fire happened when Oliver Cromwell's troops stayed in the palace. The fire in 1654 destroyed the East Range. The Court never came back to Falkland Palace after 1665.  In the late 19th century rebuilding and restoration work began.  Today the palace and gardens are open to the public through the National Trust for Scotland.

## Infobox (uk place)

- **country**: Scotland
- **official name**: Falkland
- **gaelic name**: Fàclann
- **scots name**: Fauklan
- **population**: 1,160
- **os grid reference**: NO253077
- **unitary scotland**: Fife
- **lieutenancy scotland**: Fife
- **post town**: Cupar
- **postcode area**: KY
- **dial code**: 01337
- **constituency westminster**: North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency), North East Fife
- **constituency scottish parliament**: North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency), North East Fife
- **static image**: Falkland, Fife.JPG
Saving Abel

**Saving Abel** is an American rock band. It formed in 2004 in Mississippi. Saving Abel makes records for Virgin Records. The band made a studio album in 2006 called _Saving Abel_ and released a later self-titled album (_Saving Abel_). The rock band is famous for two songs, Addicted and 18 Days.

## Members

- Jared Weeks - lead vocals
- Jason Null - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Bartlett - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Eric Taylor - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Mike McManus - drums

### Albums

- _Saving Abel_ (2008)
- _Miss America_ (2010)
- _Bringing Down the Giant_ (2012)
- _Blood Stained Revolution_ (2014)

### Singles

- 2008 - _Addicted_ (_from the album Saving Abel_)
- 2008 - _18 Days_ (_from the album Saving Abel_)

## Other websites

- Official website
- Official myspace

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Saving Abel
- **img**: Saving Abel.jpg
- **img capt**: Saving Abel on Soundcheck in 2010
- **background**: group_or_band
- **origin**: Corinth, Mississippi, Corinth, Mississippi, United States, USA
- **genre**: Hard rock
Post-grunge
Southern rock
- **years active**: 2004-present
- **label**: Virgin Records
- **url**: [http://www.savingabel.com/ www.savingabel.com]
- **current members**: Randy Webb
Jason Null
Scott Bartlett
 Scott Wilson />garfeild Redden
- **past members**: Daniel Dwight
Blake Dixon
Carl Reinecke

**Carl Reinecke** (born Altona, Hamburg 23 June 1824 – Leipzig, 10 March 1910) was a Danish-born composer, conductor, and pianist.

Reinecke was born near Hamburg, which was part of Denmark at the time. Carl learned music from his father. He was soon playing the piano in public and was composing by the age of twelve.

When he was 19 he travelled about giving concerts. He went as far east as Riga. In 1846, he became Court Pianist for King Christian VIII in Copenhagen. He stayed there until 1848, composing four piano concertos as well as concertos for violin, cello, harp and flute. He continued to travel, including to Leipzig where he met Schumann, Mendelssohn and Liszt.

In 1851 he became a professor at the Cologne Conservatory. Later he had conducting jobs in Barmen and Breslau.

In 1860, Reinecke was made director of the famous Gewandhaus Orchestra concerts in Leipzig, and professor of composition and piano at the Conservatorium. He became director of the Conservatorium and made it one of the best in Europe. He conducted the Gewandhaus Orchestra for 35 years and raised the standard of their playing. He conducted many first performances, including the first complete performance of Brahms's _German Requiem_ (1869).

Perhaps his best-known piece is the flute sonata "Undine". He taught many famous musicians, including Edvard Grieg, Christian Sinding, Leoš Janáček, Isaac Albéniz, Johan Svendsen, Felix Weingartner and Max Bruch.

At the age of 80, Reinecke recorded his playing on piano roll, making him the earliest-born pianist to have his playing recorded in any way.

He retired in 1902, but continued to compose until the end of his life.
Saving Abel (2008 album)

On March 11, 2008, the rock band Saving Abel released their hit studio album called ***Saving Abel*** (the second self-titled album). A song in this particular album is featured on Saving Abel's previous studio album called _18 Days_. There are two major singles on this album called "Addicted" and "18 Days". The album has 11 studio tracks on it, and 2 original B-Sides. The album was produced by producer Skidd Mills. The album's songs have some of the songs featured on it from the previous self-titled studio album like "18 Days", "Drowning (Face Down)", "Running Away from You", and "Beautiful You".

## Track listing

1. "New Tattoo"
1. "Addicted"
1. "She Got Over Me"
1. "18 Days"
1. "Drowning [Face Down]"
1. "In God's Eyes!"
1. "Sailed Away"
1. "Beautiful Day"
1. "Out Of My Face"
1. "Running From You"
1. "Beautiful You"

- Bonus tracks
1. "Goodbye, So Long"
1. "After All"
18 Days

"**18 Days**" is the second single off the 2008 album by Saving Abel called _Saving Abel_. The song is also on the previous self-titled album by Saving Abel. The song was released in late 2008 when it took major airplay.

## Charts

"18 Days" by Saving Abel reached 14 on the U.S. _Billboard_ Hot Modern Rock Tracks. The single also peaked at #8 on the U.S. _Billboard_ Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Dagenham

**Dagenham** is an area of London, United Kingdom.  It has been a part of Greater London since 1965. It is currently centred about 11 miles (19 kilometres) east of Charing Cross.

Dagenham was chosen as a location for industrial activity and is perhaps known for being the centre of the Ford Dagenham motor car plant, where the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968 took place.

## Infobox (uk place)

- **static image name**: Dagenham_village.jpg
- **static image caption**: The parish church formed the heart of the former village
- **country**: England
- **region**: London
- **official name**: Dagenham
- **constituency westminster**: Dagenham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency), Dagenham and Rainham
- **post town**: DAGENHAM
- **postcode area**: RM
- **postcode district**: RM8, RM9, RM10
- **london borough**: Barking and Dagenham
- **dial code**: 020
- **os grid reference**: TQ485845
- **charingx distance mi**: 12
- **charingx direction**: W
Grays

**Grays** is a town in Essex, England, UK.  It is sometimes called **Grays Thurrock**.

The town is about 20 miles (32 km) to the east of London.  It is on the north bank of the River Thames, and near the M25 motorway.

Another **Grays** is a hamlet within the civil parish of Chislet, near Canterbury, Kent. It is to the south of the A299 road and on the North Stream, a tributary of the River Wantsum. The hamlet has a small collection of houses (Little Grays) and the moated Grays Farm. On the A299 is the large public house named the Roman Galley.

## Infobox (uk place)

- **official name**: Grays
- **static image name**: Grays Town Wharf.jpeg
- **static image caption**: Grays wharf overlooking the River Thames and Kent
- **unitary england**: Thurrock
- **lieutenancy england**: Essex
- **region**: East of England
- **country**: England
- **population**: 36,601
- **population ref**: (United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census)
- **constituency westminster**: Thurrock (UK Parliament constituency), Thurrock
- **post town**: Romford
- **postcode area**: RM
- **postcode district**: RM17
- **postcode district1**: RM16
- **dial code**: 01375
- **os grid reference**: TQ615773
Gravesend

**Gravesend** is a town in Kent, England, UK. It is on the bank of the river Thames. One of the most famous landmarks in Gravesend is the Clock Tower, a scaled replica of Elizabeth Tower, the tower that houses Big Ben in the Palace of Westminster.

Gemma Arterton was born and raised in Gravesend. Some people say Pocahontas is buried there, however there is no proof of this.
Oban

**Oban** is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
Argyll and Bute

**Argyll and Bute** is a council area of Scotland, UK. It is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The administrative centre for the council area is in Lochgilphead.

Argyll and Bute covers the second-largest administrative area of any Scottish council. The council area adjoins those of Highland, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. Its border runs through Loch Lomond.

The present council area was created in 1996, when it was carved out of the Strathclyde region, which was a two-tier local government region of 19 districts, created in 1975. Argyll and Bute merged the existing Argyll and Bute district and one ward of the Dumbarton district. The Dumbarton ward, called 'Helensburgh and Lomond', included the burgh of Helensburgh and consisted of an area to the west of Loch Lomond, north of the Firth of Clyde and mostly east of Loch Long.

Some of the oldest rocks occur in the fingers of rock close to Ireland. The earliest rock is laid down in the Port Askaig formation. roughly 700 million years ago.
Halesowen

**Halesowen** is a town in West Midlands of England. Historically, it is part of Worcestershire. The population of the town in the 2001 census was 55,273.

The centre of Halesowen has a Norman church, St John's Church. It was built in 1083 on the site of an Anglo-Saxon church. It was founded by Earl Rodger de Montgomery. The building of the spire at St John's Church started at the end of the 1st century and is shows evidence of Norman origin even though there have been many alterations to it.

## Infobox (uk place)

- **official name**: Halesowen
- **population**: 55,273
- **metropolitan borough**: Dudley
- **metropolitan county**: West Midlands
- **region**: West Midlands
- **constituency westminster**: Halesowen & Rowley Regis
- **post town**: HALESOWEN
- **postcode district**: B62, B63
- **postcode area**: B
- **dial code**: 0121 or 01384 (Parts of Cradley)
- **os grid reference**: SO9583
The King of Fighters

***The King of Fighters*** is a fighting game released by SNK then SNK (current company) for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles. It is the first game of _The King of Fighters_ series, done by the same company.

The game is a fictional crossover with many characters from SNK's previous fighting games, _Fatal Fury_ and _Art of Fighting_. There are even modernized versions of their pre-Neo Geo games: _Ikari Warriors_ and _Psycho Soldier_. There are also original characters in this series.

The game was  converted for Neo Geo AES and Neo Geo CD after the releases for Arcade. In 2004, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the series, SNK Playmore released a remake titled _The King of Fighters '94 Rebout_, featuring the original game and a newer version with high definition graphics.

## Infobox (video game series)

- **title**: The King of Fighters
- **image**: Logo King of Fighters.png
- **genre**: Fighting game, Fighting
- **developer**: SNK <small>(1994 – 2000)</small>
SNK (2001–present), SNK <small>(2001 – present)</small>
- **publisher**: SNK <small>(1994 – 2000)</small>
SNK <small>(2001 – present)</small>
- **platform of origin**: Arcade game, Arcade
- **year of inception**: 1994
- **platforms**: Arcade game, Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Sega Saturn, PlayStation (console), PlayStation, Game Boy, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Network, Virtual Console, iOS, Android (operating system), Android, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop
- **first release version**: _The King of Fighters '94_
- **first release date**: August 25, 1994
- **latest release version**: _The King of Fighters XV_
- **latest release date**: February 12, 2022
- **spinoffs**: _SNK Gals' Fighters_
102 Dalmatians

***102 Dalmatians*** (known as _102_ in Japan) is a 2000 live-action movie produced by The Walt Disney Company with Glenn Close acting as the protagonist, Cruella de Vil. It is a sequel to the 1996 movie _101 Dalmatians_, which was a live-action remake of the 1961 Disney animated movie _101 Dalmatians_. In the movie, Cruella de Vil attempts to steal puppies for her making a fur coat. Glenn Close and Tim McInnerny were the only actors from _101 Dalmatians_ to return for this sequel. The film was released on VHS and DVD on April 3, 2001, and re-released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on September 16, 2008.  The movie is dedicated to the memory of Mike Roberts.

## The story

After a spot of therapy Cruella De Vil is released from prison a changed woman. Devoted to dogs and good causes, she is delighted that Chloe, her parole officer, has a dalmatian family and connections with a dog charity. But the sound of Big Ben can reverse the treatment so it is only a matter of time before Ms De Vil is back to her incredibly ghastly ways, using her new-found connections with Chloe and friends.

## Cast

|Actor|Character|Films|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Glenn Close|Cruella de Vil|1 & 2|
|Ioan Gruffudd|Kevin Shepherd|2|
|Alice Evans|Chloe Simon|2|
|Tim McInnerny|Alonzo|1 & 2|
|Ian Richardson|Mr. Torte|2|
|Gerard Depardieu|Jean Pierre Le Pelt|2|
|Eric Idle|Waddlesworth (voice)|2|

## Box office

The movie did well at the box office, earning $66,957,026 in the US and $116,654,745 in other countries, bringing its total to $183,611,771 worldwide. This is less than the first movie which earned $320,689,294 worldwide.

## Sets

- The Oxford prison was used for the scene as Cruella walked out of prison. This motion picture was filmed partially in Paris.

## Video game

A video game based on the movie was released, with Frankie Muniz as the voice of Domino.

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: 102 Dalmatians
- **director**: Ron Howard
- **producer**: Edward S. Feldman
- **distributor**: Walt Disney Pictures
- **writer**: Dodie Smith (novel)
Kristen Buckley
Brian Regan
- **cinematography**: Adrian Biddle
Roger Pratt (cinematographer), Roger Pratt
- **music**: David Newman (composer), David Newman
- **editing**: Gregory Perler
Sophie Sorensen
- **starring**: Glenn Close
Gérard Depardieu
Ioan Gruffudd
- **released**: November 17, 2000
- **runtime**: 103 minutes
- **country**: United States
United Kingdom
France
- **language**: English
- **budget**: United States dollar, US$85,000,000 (estimated)
- **gross**: $183,611,771