Albyric Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Baron Gwydyr, 23rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby (25 December 1821 – 26 August 1870), was a British noble baron. He was the son of Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby (died 1865), and Sarah Clementina, née Drummond (died 1865). He never married.

On his father's death in 1865, he succeeded him as Baron Willoughby de Eresby, Baron Gwydyr, Baronet Burrell of Knipp and joint (1/2) hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain. On his death the Willoughby barony fell into abeyance between his two sisters; the abeyance was later terminated in favour of the elder one, Clementina, who became the 24th Baroness. The joint hereditary Lord Great Chamberlainship was split equally between the two sisters, each holding one quarter. The Gwydyr barony was inherited by his cousin, Peter Burrell, who became the 4th Baron Gwydyr.

His tomb, alongside that of his nephew Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster (d. 1910), is to the rear of the Church of St Michael and All Angels at Edenham in Lincolnshire. Together, the tombs are Grade II listed.

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Albyric Drummond-Willoughby, 23rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby


Neurofunk (also known informally as neuro) is a dark subgenre of drum and bass which emerged between 1997 and 1998 in London, England as a progression of techstep. It was further developed by juxtaposing elements of darker, heavier, and harder forms of funk with multiple influences ranging from techno, house and jazz, distinguished by consecutive stabs over the bassline; razor-sharp backbeats; scarce or nonexistent traditional melodies; a hyper focus on sub sound design; the use of modulated, distorted and filtered synthesizers and audio capture from samplers such as the Akai S1000 and Emu E6400. Neurofunk is very closely related to Techstep, but the primary characteristic that distinguishes the two genres is Neurofunk has more emphasis on flowing complex rhythms using processed and enhanced sampled breakbeats/percussion and expressive, distorted, filtered and modulated bass sounds overlaid with rich layered soundscapes and percussive stab sounds. Neurofunk, as described by Musicmap creator Kwinten Crauwels, "sounds like the natural soundtrack of the brain: neurological chemicals flowing and rushing, creating both deeply obscure and delicate emotions."

History
The first sounds of neurofunk emerged from techstep within the larger musical genre of drum and bass and jungle during the late nineties. Techstep garnered a name for itself during the mid-nineties when rave (especially in the UK) was dying out, and amassed popularity quickly.

Neurofunk's early evolution – when diverging from techstep – can be heard on Ed Rush and Optical's Funktion (1997) single for V Recordings, as well as on their first album Wormhole (1998) for Virus Recordings.

The first known mention of the term was in the book Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture (1998) by Simon Reynolds. This is where the English music critic coined the name as a result of his personal perception of stylistic shifts in techstep – backbeats replacing breakbeats, funk harmonies replacing industrial timbres, and lack of emphasis on the drop: "(Neurofunk) is the fun-free culmination of jungle's strategy of cultural resistance: the eroticization of anxiety."

References

Drum and bass subgenres
English styles of music

Neurofunk


A cystocele is also called a prolapsed bladder or anterior vaginal wall prolapse. This is a medical condition when a woman's bladder bulges into her vagina. Sometimes it may bulge out through her vagina. Some women may have a cystocele with no symptoms. Some have problems with urination. Other problems may be incontinence (not being able to stop urination). Some women may have repeated urine infections if they have a cystocele. Other parts may also bulge into the vagina.

Women are at risk of having a cystocele if they have given birth, have a hard time with passing stool, have a chronic cough, lift heavy objects, or have had other surgeries of the reproductive organs. Other things which may cause cystocele is a family history of cystocele or being overweight. The reason why the bladder may bulge into the vagina is that the wall of the vagina becomes weak.

Sometimes a cystocele exists but does not cause difficulties. Women who have more serious problems may be treated with a vaginal pessary or surgery. Doing exercises with the pelvic muscles can help. Older women have cystocele more often then younger women.

Signs and symptoms
A woman may have a cystocele if she has:
 a vaginal bulge or something coming out of the vagina
 a feeling that something is heavy in the vagina
 a hard time starting urination
 a feeling of that all the urine is not out of the bladder
 not being able to stop urination
 a hard time stopping stool
 urinary tract infections

Complications
Cystocele can make sexual intercourse difficult or painful.  Even if cystocele is treated, there is about a 50% chance that it will happen again. If a woman cannot stop the urination, she may be put in a nursing home.

Cause
A cystocele happens when muscles and attachments become weak because of childbirth or other causes.  Different parts of the vagina can become weak. Other parts of the reproductive system can bulge out of the body.

Some women have diseases that might cause the bladder to bulge out of the vagina. These diseases are Marfan syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

Risk factors
There are many things that increase the chances of having a cystocele. Here are some things which might cause cystocele:
 a job of heavy lifting
 preganancy and childbirth
 hard coughing (smoking)
 family women with cystocele
 surgery to the reproductive organs
 older age
 constipation and being overweight

Diagnosis
The doctor or nurse will examine the vagina and the bulge. The amount of urine that stays in the bladder and does not come out will be measured. An ultrasound might be used. Another test that might be used is called a a voiding cystourethrogram. Sometimes the woman may have an x-ray.

Prevention
Cystocele may not be serious enough to make a woman see the doctor. If this is true, things can be done to stop the cystocele from becoming worse:
 stopping smoking
 losing weight
 exercises of muscles holding up the reproductive organs
 treatment of strong or chronic cough
 eating high fiber foods
 avoiding constipation and pushing to hard

Treatment
A woman may choose no treatment for a cystocele that is not serious. A woman may choose surgery for a cystocele that is more serious. If the cystocele is bothersome a doctor might suggest using a pessary (a device placed in the vagina to hold the bladder in place.)

Non-surgical
Cystocele can sometimes be treated:
 Pessary - This is a device that is inserted into the vagina but is still able to be removed. This device may not work in all women.
 Pelvic floor muscle exercises - Pelvic floor exercises can help hold the reproductive organs in.
 Dietary changes - eating foods that contain a lot of fiber

Surgery
Many times surgery can repair the cystocele. Many doctors who fix a cystocele are gynecologists.

Surgery to fix a cystocele will depend on many things. Surgery doesn't work 10-50% of the time. In some cases a doctor may use surgical mesh to fix the cystocele.

The doctor who fixes the cystocele may fold the weak tissue and then stitch it back in place.  The woman is usually put to sleep during surgery and the medicine to cause the sleep can be different for each woman. It may take four to six weeks to heal.

After surgery there may be some problems.
 bad reactions to the medication used to put the woman to sleep
 bleeding
 infection
 painful intercourse
 not being able to stop urine
 constipation
 bladder injuries
 infection
 more surgery

Epidemiology
In the US, more than 200,000 surgeries are done to fix reproductive organs bulging out of the vagina. Most of these surgeries are for cystocele. between ages of 70–79 years old. Since the number of women getting older keeps getting larger, the number of women with reproductive organs bulging out of the vagina will increase by 46% by the year 2050.

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Female reproductive system
Surgery
Urinary problems

Cystocele


is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Hiroshima, generally performing for adult games. She debuted in 2005 as a voice actress and started her singing career in 2006. Tamiyasu has been the host of three Internet radio shows, and has been a guest on a fourth. She is also known under the name Tomoe Tamiya, such as when she voiced Rin Natsume from Key's visual novel Little Busters!. She also sang songs on an image vocal album released for Little Busters! for Rin. She attended Anime Expo in 2012 with the industry guest MangaGamer. She married voice actor Keisuke Nakamura in 2015.

Since December 2018, Tamiyasu is also active as a virtual YouTuber under the name . About 124,000 subscribers and 12 million views until April 2023.

Filmography
2005
 Hitozuma Swapping Seikatsu
 Hotaru no Kigi
 I-ki-na-ri Iinazuke: Hime-sama no Okoshire
 Mareido: Chōkyō no Kan
 Mugen Rinkan
 Ohime-sama wa Tokkun Chū!!2: Uketsugareshi Sei Naru Majutsu
 Osananajimi no Nukumori
 Pa-pi-ko-n: Futago no Musume wa Dōkyūsei
 Project Sex

2006
 >>Fami! Kyō no Menu wa Lesson C
 Ano Machi no Koi no Uta
 AV King
 Chicchai Medio-san
 Chokotto Vampire
 Cloth × Close: Boku ga Kiin!?
 CooL!! Kyō Musume Jun Reika
 Cross Fire
 Double Solid
 Elder Vice
 Figyū @ Mate
 Jokyōshi Yūko
 Kansen
 Kunoichi Saya
 Mamotte Agechū! Karaoke-hen "Masami"
 Mamoote Agechū! Shūshoku Party-hen Rankōshi Chū zo!
 Moeru Downhill Night 2
 Onegai Goshushin-sama!
 Onidō Fūgamiki
 Oshiete Miko Sensei
 Rabu + Rabi
 Reijō Kurabu: Dajoku no Ryoshūtachi
 Seikishi Sanranki
 Snow: Plus Edition

2007
 Ane wa Bikini Model
 Arcus X: Itsuwari no Rinjin, Inkō e no Shōtaijō
 Arcus X: Seigen no Kaishōsha, Shinobiyoru Inmu
 Arcus X: Seigen Sensō, Ingoku no Kiseki
 Ayatsuri Haramase Dream Note
 Boku ga Koshita Ojō-sama
 Chikan Senyō Sharyō: Kutsujoku no Chikan Densha
 Dain Miko
 Fūrinkan-san: Kono Mi Ikutabi Kegasare Yōto mo
 Hime Kishi Angelica: Anatatte Hontō ni Saitei no Kuzu da wa!
 Jōtai Saishū: Onna no Mata ni Hisomu Chō
 Inbaku Kankin Chōkyō
 Inran Roshutsu Chōkyō
 Inshoku Chikan Densha
 Kankeizu
 Kansen 2: Inzai Toshi
 Kyun Kyun Dō: Otona no Tame no Oisha-san Gokko
 Little Busters! as Rin Natsume, Riki Naoe, and Sasami Sasasegawa
 Love kiss! Anchor
 Mahō Shōjo Nayuta
 Megami Taisen
 Mimi × Mimi: Hatsujō Chūiho
 Moeru Downhill Night Blaze
 Ōzoku
 Ore no Megami-sama!
 Osananajimi wa Bed Yakuza!
 Rururu to Sasara no Sensei Oshiete: Boku wa Onna no Obōcchama
 Shifuki Mermaid
 Sorudianji Mahō Kurabu
 Trouble Succubus 'Darling, Kona mo Ippaai Ecchi Shichao'''
 Zoku Hitō Meguri2008
 5 as Shino Harunire
 Hoshiuta as Nanano Suoh
 Little Busters! Ecstasy as Rin Natsume, Riki Naoe, and Sasami Sasasegawa

2009
 Hoshiuta: Starlight Serenade as Nanano Suoh
 Hime to Boin as Maple-hime
 W.L.O. Sekai Ren'ai Kikou as Ina

2010
 Deardrops as Yayoi Ooba
 Iro ni Ide ni Keri Waga Koi wa as Rio Tenjo
 In Search of the Lost Future as Nagisa Hanamiya

2011
 Tsugou no Yoi Sexfriend? as Kotori
 The Fruit of Grisaia as Makina Irisu

2015
 The Eden of Grisaia as Makina Irisu
 Charlotte as Mishima

2018
 100% Orange Juice! as Nanako

2020
 Overflow as Ayane Shirakawa

Game theme songs
 "Famifami", opening theme of >>Fami! Kyō no Menu wa Lesson C "Kirakira × Keeper", opening theme of Osōji Sentai Clean Keeper "Love Love Trouble", opening theme of Trouble Succubus 'Darling, Kona mo Ippaai Ecchi Shichao' "Meido-san Super Live!", opening theme of Onegai Goshushin-sama! "MySweetHome", opening theme of SweetHome "Oyome-san ga Megami-sama", opening theme of Ore no Megami-sama! "Sensei Oshiete", opening theme of Rururu to Sasara no Sensei Oshiete: Boku wa Onna no Obōcchama''
 "Dakko Shite Gyu! ~Nanji Tonari no Yome wo Aise~" Opening theme of Dakko Shite Gyu! -Ore no Yome wa Dakimakura-
 "Happy my home", opening of "Happy wedding in livingroom"

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Voice actresses from Hiroshima
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Monika Maid (born in 1957) is a German singer/songwriter signed under A-team records. She has released two singles: 'Words like a dream' and 'Not a usual day'. She has also participated in the tribute album for the famous Irish singer/songwriter, Chris de Burgh, titled "Everywhere Connections".

Career
Monika started learning music from the very beginning of her childhood "The first contact with music, was my mother and the Kindergarten. Singing children songs and listening to brother Grimm's tales... I loved to sing them and had an own song to sing the rain away until the sun came up." says Monika.
Having decided to become governess, visiting the Fachakademie für Sozialpädagogik in Eichstätt for two years, she had there the chance to learn playing classic guitar. She stopped writing songs and started studying social work. After years her single 'Words Like A Dream' and 'Another Night' were selected in Chris de Burgh's tribute CD, 'Everywhere Connection' in 2007. Following this success she started songwriting again and later that year she cooperated with Sam Chegini, working on a music video pack of her songs with the same title 'Words Like A Dream'. Monika presented the pack to Chris de Burgh later in 2008. In 2009, she released her single 'Manhattan's Night' following the success of the first singles.

Discography

 'Everywhere Connections', Words Like A Dream-Another Night tracks
 'Words Like A Dream' music video pack
 Manhattan's Night single

Notes

References
 Monika Maid's official website
 a-team-records music label
 Everywhere Connections official website
 Monika Maid's page on Everywhere Connection tribute album, website
 Words Like A Dream official page
 Monika Maid Last.fm
 Words Like A Dream

1957 births
Living people
German women singer-songwriters
German singer-songwriters

Monika Maid


The Hamburg Blue Angels are a cheerleading squad for the Hamburg Blue Devils American football team in Hamburg, Germany. They were founded along with the team in 1992.

General
The team is a coed squad of both men and women. They cheer for the Devils in the eVendi Arena and also at many other events. They also avidly participate in national and international cheerleading sport competitions during winter.

Successes

The squad is one of the most successful in Germany, having won the German Championship in 1996, 1999, and 2001, German runner-up prize in 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002 and 2006, the European Championship in 1995, 1996, and 1997, the NCA-Championship in 1998 and 1999, as well as fourth place at the 2001 world championships in Japan.

Other information

Jasmin Wagner (the singer Blümchen), as well as Bianca Hanif (Super Moonies) and Gabriela Gottschalk (first with the Super Moonies and now Hot Banditoz) began their careers as cheerleaders for the Blue and Grey Angels.

Additional squads

In addition to the Hamburg Blue Angels the following squads are also linked to the Hamburg Blue Devils:

 Hamburg Grey Angels (Senior All-Girl)
 Hamburg Junior Angels (Junior All-Girl)
 Peewee Angels (Peewee All-Girl)
 Hamburg Blue Devils Dance Team (Senior Dance)

External links
Webpage
List of all Cheerleading associations
Fan page for the All Angel Cheerleaders

Cheerleading organizations
Sport in Hamburg
Performing groups established in 1992
1992 establishments in Germany

Hamburg Blue Angels


The Flat Rock Archives is an African American historical museum located in the city of Stonecrest, Georgia. The mission of the archive is to preserve rural African American history in Georgia. The archive is located in a historic home built by T.A. Bryant, Sr., and was donated in 2005, by Rev. T.A. Bryant, Jr. and his sister, Zudia Guthrie, to preserve and store all the Flat Rock records and documents. It was established as a museum and resource to genealogical and historic research, as well as a heritage tourism site. The Flat Rock Archives consists of a variety of historic sites including the Flat Rock African American Historic Cemetery. All of these sites are located within the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area. See Flat Rock, Georgia to learn more about the history of this area.

History
Since 1981, after a childhood of listening to the stories of his elders, Flat Rock native, Johnny Waits developed a vision to preserve the African-American history of the Flat Rock community. In December 2006, the Flat Rock Archives opened to the public. The co-founders of the archive is T.A. Bryant, Jr., Vera Whitaker, and Johnny Waits. Cheryl Moore-Mathis is the current President of the archive.

In 2006, the Flat Rock Archives was part of a segment on African American Lives, episode "Listening to our Past" featuring Chris Tucker.

The Flat Rock Archives Goal of Preserving Memories
One goal of the Flat Rock Archives is to preserve the memories of the Flat Rock community. President of the archive, Cheryl Mathis-Moore wants the sounds, memories, and stories to be preserved and heard for generations to come.

In an Atlanta Journal Constitution article from 2005, Cleveland McMullen (aged 83 at the time) shared that he grew up in Flat Rock and joined the exodus of thousands of Southern blacks who fled to the North during the Great Depression to find jobs in factories and escape enforced segregation. He recalled that Flat Rock had its own "scout" team (baseball), which played rivals from nearby communities, such as Lithonia, and, toward Atlanta, Edgewood. But McMullen can't recall the team name of the home nine, just that "it was a big deal, people came from all over. They'd have a barbecue, make a whole day of it."

The Flat Rock Historical Landscape
The Archives sit within a historical landscape and currently maintain the 20th century Georgian Cottage known as the T.A. Bryant, Sr. House built in 1917. The T.A. Bryant, Sr. house was donated to the Archives by T.A. Bryant, Sr.'s son and Co-Founder T.A. Bryant, Jr. The site also includes a barn, smokehouse, and outhouse constructed throughout the 20th century.

The historical landscape also includes the Historical African American Flat Rock Cemetery. According to Dr. Jeffrey Glover of Georgia State University's 2008 cemetery mapping project there are approximately 202 graves with 107 being unidentified fieldstones.

Community outreach
The Flat Rock Archives is currently collecting and preserving a wide range of archival material, including genealogical records, newspaper articles, photographs, maps, church records, school records, rare books, and tangible artifacts that relate to African-American history in the rural South.

In 2010, the Flat Rock Archives worked with Arabia Mountain High School to perform an honorary school graduation ceremony for eight African American elders of the Flat Rock community who were in their 70s, 80s and 90s.   The students all attended Flat Rock School in the 1930s and 1940s, a time when there was such hostility to educating blacks. The students were given honorary high school diplomas from the DeKalb County school system because during the time they were in school the county did not give high school diplomas to blacks.

The DeKalb History Center is currently housing the Flat Rock Archives exhibit "Deep Roots in DeKalb: The Flat Rock Story of Resilience". It includes objects collected from community residents that showcase more than 150 years of history. Deep Roots in DeKalb: The Flat Rock Story of Resilience is Open at the DeKalb History Center in Decatur, Georgia through 2021. An opening reception was held on the evening of Thursday, February 28th, 2019, at the DeKalb History Center. Staff of the DeKalb History Center, Flat Rock Archives, National Park Service and the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance were present, as well as members of the public and officials from DeKalb County and the cities of Decatur, Lithonia, and Stonecrest.

The Archives also maintains the Historic African American Flat Rock Cemetery.

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2006 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
African-American museums in Georgia (U.S. state)
Museums established in 2006
Museums in DeKalb County, Georgia
Stonecrest, Georgia

Flat Rock Archives


Prosper Montagné (; 14 November 1865 – 22 April 1948) was one of the most renowned French chefs of the Belle Époque and author of many books and articles on food, cooking, and gastronomy, notably Larousse Gastronomique (1938), an encyclopedic dictionary of the French culinary arts. While Montagné was once as famous as his friend Auguste Escoffier, and was one of the most influential French chefs of the early twentieth century, his fame has faded somewhat. In the 1920s, Montagné, Escoffier, and Philéas Gilbert—their close friend and collaborator, and an acclaimed chef and writer in his own right—were the French chefs and culinary writers esteemed above others by many French journalists and writers. After Montagné's death, the chef and author Alfred Guérot's description of the troika as the "celebrated contemporary culinary trinity: Auguste Escoffier, the father; Philéas Gilbert, the son; Prosper Montagné, the spirit" reflects the reverence in which all three were held by the French culinary community.

Early life and career in restaurant kitchens
Montagné was born Paul Marius Octave Prosper on 14 November 1865 in Carcassonne (Aude), in the south of France about 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Toulouse. He was the second child of Victor Germain Montagné, who managed a department store, and Clary Jeanne Roument. Upon leaving lycée (high school) in Carcassonne, he hoped to pursue a career in the arts, perhaps architecture. However, his parents had other ideas. They acquired an old hotel, L'Hôtel des Quatre-Saisons, in Toulouse, and young Prosper went to work in the kitchen, although he remained more interested in painting than cuisine. Hoping to steer his son in a different direction, Montagné's father placed him in an apprenticeship at the Hôtel d'Angleterre in Cauterets (Hautes-Pyrénées), in southwestern France, under one of the finest chefs of the period, Alphonse Meillon.

By the time he completed his apprenticeship, Montagné had indeed found his vocation in the kitchen. He went to Paris to work in the kitchens at Ambassadeurs Restaurant, then the Grand Hôtel. He then worked at the Hôtel de Paris in Monte Carlo, where he met his friend and collaborator Prosper Salles, until he had to report for his obligatory military service. In 1900, he returned to Paris and managed the kitchens at Pavillon d'Armenonville, Restaurant Ledoyen, and, finally, the Grand Hôtel once more. He left that position in 1907 to pursue his interests in culinary and gastronomic literature and journalism.

In 1920, he decided to open his own restaurant, Montagné Traiteur, rue de l'Echelle, Paris, which was frequented by le Tout-Paris, or the most celebrated artists, writers, gastronomes, and politicians of the day. But, he had to close the restaurant in 1930 for financial reasons. Soon after it closed, Leigh Hoffman wrote about the restaurant in The Chicago Tribune and the Daily News, describing it as a "small, quiet and dignified restaurant" well known to Americans. Hoffman continued: "Never presenting a large menu to choose from, M. Montagné conducted his restaurant with the idea that it was better to specialize in a few choice dishes cooked to perfection, than it was to make up a score of mediocre dishes and spoil them all. ... His one aim was to maintain the culinary traditions that had made France so justly famous, and the result was obtained by the fact that he himself, with his universal reputation, was always to be found ... personally supervising every dish that was served."   He served as culinary consultant to La Rôtisserie de la Reine Pédauque, rue de la Pépinière, Paris, from 1939 to 1945.

Publications

Montagné was a prolific culinary writer. His books include (with year of first edition):
La Grande cuisine illustrée, with Prosper Salles (1900)
Le Livre de cuisine militaire en garnison with Philéas Gilbert (informally called the Manuel Chéron) (1908)
Le Livre de cuisine militaire aux manoeuvres et en campaign (1909)
La Cuisine diététique, with Dr. Félix Regnault (1910)
Manuel du bon cuistot et de la bonne ménagère (1918)
Bonne chère, pas chère, ou les repas sans viande (1918)
Le Grand livre de cuisine, with Prosper Salles (1929)
Le Festin occitan (Collection des Ecrivains de l'Aude) (1930)
Les Délices de la table, ou les Quatre saisons gourmandes (1931)
Mon menu. Cuisine d'hygiène alimentaire, with Dr. Alfred Gottschalk (1936)
Larousse Gastronomique, with Dr. Alfred Gottschalk (1938)
La Cuisine avec et sans tickets (1941)

Montagné also contributed to many newspapers and magazines, including: Le Petit Parisien; L'Art Culinaire; Bulletin des Armées de la Republic (1916-1917); L'Eventail (Brussels); L'Oeuvre; Touche-à-Tout; Excelsior; La Vie Parisienne; Fémina; Gil-Blas; La Revue de la Femme; Nos Loisirs. He was also the editor-in-chief of La Revue Culinaire, a monthly publication started by the Société des cuisiniers de Paris, which began publication in 1920.

The Encyclopædia Britannica writes of him:

Montagné was awarded the Knight of the Légion d'honneur, the highest French order of merit, in 1922.

He lends his name to the Club Prosper Montagné, a trade association of French food professionals.

References

Further reading
 Sailland, Denis. "L'Artification du Culinaire par les Expositions (1851-1939)," Sociétés & Représentations, Editions de La Sorbonne, 2012/2 n. 34, pp. 71-84.

External links
 Biographie PROSPER MONTAGNÉ
 Prosper Montagné, cuisinier, culinographe et journaliste
Swiss representation of Club Prosper Montagné

1865 births
1948 deaths
People from Carcassonne
French food writers
French chefs
French restaurateurs
French cookbook writers
Knights of the Legion of Honour
French male non-fiction writers

Prosper Montagné


The Gold Range is a Canadian hotel and bar located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

The Gold Range, on 50th Street, is a notorious location with a reputation stretching across the Canadian Arctic.  It was built on the site of The Cave Restaurant and Central Apartments (formerly The Veterans Restaurant and Rooming House), which was destroyed by fire in 1956.  The Gold Range is commonly known as "The Strange Range", having housed a rough and tumble bar, strip joint, boarding house and cafe complex since it was completed during 1957. Grand opening of the 52-room hotel, cafe and cocktail bar was in May 1958.

Jacob Glick was the original owner of the hotel and bar but slowly sold his interest to a variety of business partners in the late 1960s including Rocky Wagner and Harry Pysmenny. Newton Wong was the owner of the Gold Range Cafe, a popular Chinese cuisine destination. The Gold Range was the first bar to serve draught beer in the Northwest Territories in 1972. In 1977, entrepreneur Sam Yurkiw purchased The Gold Range. In 1988, The Gold Range sold more beer than any other bar in Canada, according to its former general manager, Harvey Bourgeois. In 1989, another report states that the bar was the third highest grossing bar nationwide; in 1991, it was reported to be second.

The Gold Range was sold to Edmonton businessman Jay Park in 2007. On April 16, 2009, Sam Yurkiw died at age 83, but the bar and the beer live on. In 2011, the city announced that it was considering purchasing the lot on which the Gold Range is located. News articles began to appear about how this would put the bar at risk of closing.

In popular culture
In Mordecai Richler's 1989 novel Solomon Gursky Was Here, the protagonist Moses Berger makes several visits to the Gold Range during his trips to Yellowknife.  Aritha Van Herk's novel The Tent Peg also begins in a Yellowknife bar which, while not named, is believed to be the Gold Range. In Kathy Reichs' 2012 novel Bones Are Forever, the Gold Range is mentioned during a trip to Yellowknife.

In 2013, Yellowknifer John Henderson and his daughter built a replica model of the Gold Range Hotel entirely out of lego blocks. The lego model gained international interest on social media.

References

Buildings and structures in Yellowknife
Hotels in the Northwest Territories
1957 establishments in the Northwest Territories
Hotel buildings completed in 1957
Hotels established in 1957

The Gold Range


Rudolf Hundstorfer (19 September 1951 – 20 August 2019)  was an Austrian social democratic politician who served as president of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB). Hundstorfer was from December 2008 to January 2016 the Federal Minister for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection.

Since 1966 Hundstorfer worked as civil servant for the City of Vienna (Magistrat). He graduated from the Bundesgymnasium for professionals in 1976 (Matura). The following year he graduated as an administration official (Beamtenaufstiegsprüfung).

From the early 1970s he was active in the Union of Municipal Employees (GDG), of which he was chairman from May 2003 on.

From 1990 he was a member of the Vienna City Council and the State Parliament, from 1995 also chairman of the local council. After Hundstorfer had been elected President of the ÖGB, he resigned from the Vienna legislature and municipal council on 25 January 2007.

In October 2003 Hundstorfer became Vice President of the Austrian Trade Union Federation. On 27 March 2006 he took over ad interim the ÖGB presidency after the resignation of Fritz Verzetnitsch during the BAWAG affair. He remained president ad interim until the election of his successor Erich Foglar from OGB Board, when Hundstorfer had already been designated to Minister of Social Affairs and Consumer Protection in the First Faymann government.

He was the Social Democratic candidate at the Austrian presidential election, 2016.

Hundstorfer was married and had a daughter and two stepchildren. He was the honorary president of the Anton Proksch Institute and of the Vienna Handball Federation.

He was decorated by the former president of Austria Heinz Fischer with the Grand Gold Decoration with Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria.

On 20 August 2019, Hundstorfer died at the age of 67 from a heart attack.

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1951 births
2019 deaths
Social Democratic Party of Austria politicians
Government ministers of Austria
21st-century Austrian politicians
20th-century Austrian politicians
Austrian trade union leaders

Rudolf Hundstorfer


Love Is Never Silent is an American drama television film that premiered on NBC on December 9, 1985, as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series. It is directed by Joseph Sargent and written by Darlene Craviotto, based on the novel In This Sign by Joanne Greenberg. The film stars Mare Winningham, Phyllis Frelich, Ed Waterstreet, Fredric Lehne, Cloris Leachman, and Sid Caesar. It follows a young woman who struggles with her own need for independence and the obligation she feels for her deaf parents.

It received positive reviews from critics and won two Primetime Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special for Sargent, from a total of five nominations.

Plot
The film begins in the 1930s and takes place over the following twenty years. Ten-year old Margaret Ryder is a hearing child of deaf parents. After her younger brother is killed in an accident, she has to negotiate a price for his coffin, as her parents are unable to communicate with the speaking world. Margaret assists her parents at all times, but sometimes feels left out of the hearing world, as her parents don't encourage her to mix with others. Her only true friend is Mr. Petrakis, an immigrant from Greece who used the radio to learn English. As Margaret gets older, she excels in high school math and on graduating high school, Margaret gets a job.

At work, she meets William Anglin, who asks her out. She turns him down multiple times as she is still living with and helping her parents in their new house. She finally accepts as he is enlisted in the war. They develop a romance and write to each other while he is gone. William comes home for a few days and they quickly marry as he is due to go back the next day. Margaret's parents are furious, but they eventually agree to meet his family.

William comes home from the war early after an injury and stays with Margaret and her parents for a few weeks until he is accepted into a university. They move out of her family home and into a small university apartment. Margaret parents come to visit and are not happy with the accommodation they are living in and leave.

Margaret and her parents don't speak for a while until Margaret shows up at their house, pregnant. Her parents begin to argue with her about how well William is providing for her and how responsible she is. Finally she tells them that she has been responsible her whole life as she has had to interpret the world for her parents since she was little. Tearfully, she sits alone in a church and reminisces over her times with Mr. Petrakis, who has recently died.

Margaret gives birth to a son, Marshal. At the Christening, her parents arrive and they are reunited.

Five years later, Margaret's mother is retiring and the factory she worked at is throwing her a party. She stands in front of everyone and signs a speech about how the hearing and deaf are alike and should not be divided.

Cast
 Mare Winningham as Margaret Ryder
 Phyllis Frelich as Janice Ryder
 Ed Waterstreet as Abel Ryder
 Fredric Lehne as William Anglin
 Cloris Leachman as Mrs. Anglin
 Sid Caesar as Mr. Petrakis
 Lou Fant as Reverend Maartens
 Susan Curtis as Young Margaret
 Mark Hildreth as Bradley Ryder
 Julianna Fjeld as Barbara
 Jeff Schultz as Donald Anglin
 Jeremy Christall as Marshall Anglin
 Ted Stidder as Doctor
 Jackson Davies as Realtor
 Stephen E. Miller as Driver
 Alex Diakun as Funeral Director
 Greg Hayes as Neil Switzer
 Jennifer Michas as Ester Cohen
 Twyla-Dawn Vokins as Marie
 David Petersen as Mr. Cotter
 Frank C. Turner as Factory Foreman

Reception

Critical response
Howard Rosenberg of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "is exceptional and very special, a near flawless execution of a wise, tender and acutely soulful story" and called it "a lovely, achingly real, intense and sometimes angry small film that blows away musty definitions and explodes stereotypes." Rosenberg also highlighted Sargent's direction and the performances of Winningham, Frelich, and Waterstreet. Patricia Brennan of The Washington Post stated that the film "fulfills its visual task" and "is beautifully filmed." Brennan also praised the performances of the cast, noting "Frelich and Waterstreet do splendid jobs" and Winningham's performance "may touch your heart." John Corry of The New York Times described it as "an extremely good-looking production" and concluded his review by writing, "Love Is Never Silent is intelligent and sometimes moving, but it doesn't quite touch us the way it should."

Accolades

See also
 List of films featuring the deaf and hard of hearing

References

External links

1985 films
1985 drama films
1985 television films
1980s American films
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American Sign Language films
Films about deaf people
Films about father–daughter relationships
Films about mother–daughter relationships
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Films based on American novels
Films directed by Joseph Sargent
Films scored by Billy Goldenberg
Films set in the 1930s
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Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes
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Dar Allouch (Arabic:دار علوش) is a Tunisian town located at the northeastern end of the Cape Bon peninsula, at the entrance to the Gulf of Tunis. It is located 129 kilometers from Tunis and 80 kilometers from the Pantelleria.
Administratively attached to the governorate of Nabeul and to the delegation of Hammam El Ghzez , it is the center of a municipality with 10,053 inhabitants in 2020. The municipality was created by the decree of April 2, 1966.
It is a wonderful place to live, as it is quiet and there is less noise than one usually finds in cities, and it is visited by a good number of tourists from both inside and outside the city. Tunisia.
What sets the city apart is the multiplicity of its features, where there is a clear and pure sea next to the city and the forest of Dar Chisho.
It is also characterized by a large number of factories (tomatoes, tuna, sugar, oil ...) which cater for the needs of all of Tunisia, and it is known for its abundant agricultural production since most of its inhabitants practice agriculture, which is one of their most important resources.

As for the recreational tourism side, with its clear and pure beaches and its forest (Dar Shisho Forest), which is the destination of many tourists every year for swimming and camping, in addition to the archaeological sites (Karkouen) dating from the Punic period. time. It is also known as summer overcrowding in terms of demand from foreign tourists as well as domestic tourism.
Dar Allouch has a sandy and pebble beach, which is considered one of the most beautiful Tunisian beaches. It stretches for about 3 km from "Beit El Assa" ، "بيت العسة" to "Al Maqtaouat" ، " المقطوعات "passing by" Ain Taqardoush "،" عين تاقاردوش ". It is considered the Pearl of Cape Bon.

See also
List of cities in Tunisia

References

Populated places in Tunisia
Communes of Tunisia
Tunisia geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia

Dar Allouch


Irene Handl (27 December 1901 – 29 November 1987) was a British author and character actress who appeared in more than 100 British films.

Life
Irene Handl was born in Maida Vale, London, the younger of two daughters of an Austria-born father—who came to England via Switzerland and started as a bank clerk working his way up into the stock exchange as a stockbroker, then became a private banker—Friedrich (later Frederick)
Handl (1874–1961), who became a naturalised British subject. Her German mother, Marie ( Schiepp or Schuepp; 1875–before 1924), was also a naturalised British subject. Theirs was a comfortable middle-class life, with a German cook and housekeeper living in the family home.

From 1907 to 1915, Irene attended the Paddington and Maida Vale High School. In the 1920s, Handl travelled several times to New York with her father, with the ship's log listing her on each occasion as having no occupation and residing in the family home.

Handl studied at an acting school run by a sister of Dame Sybil Thorndike, and then made her stage debut in London in February 1937, at the relatively advanced age of 36. Among her many later appearances on stage, she played Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1975, in a production directed by Jonathan Miller.

In 1939, and by now an actress, she was living with her widower father in London. She continued to live with her father until his death in 1961. It was common at this time for younger daughters not to marry in order to stay with and take care of their widower fathers. Her older sister Liane (1898 – 1977) had married Russian electrical engineer and photographer Victor Kraminsky (born Viktor Azar'evich Kraminskii; later known as Victor Kennett; 1894-1980) in 1920 in Marylebone, Middlesex (now London). They had at least one child, a son, Charles Kennett.

She appeared in supporting roles in more than 100 British films, mostly comedy character parts such as slightly eccentric mothers, grannies, landladies and servants. She was a passionate lover of rock and roll, especially the work of Elvis Presley, and was president of the Lewisham branch of the Elvis Presley fan club. She was also a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and one of Britain's most avid champions of Chihuahuas, being inseparable from the pair that she owned.

Career

Films
Handl had minor roles in such landmark films as Night Train to Munich and Brief Encounter. Her other notable roles included the wife of the union activist Fred Kite (played by Peter Sellers) in I'm All Right Jack (1959); Mrs Gammon, the formidable cook, opposite Gordon Harker in Small Hotel (1957); Tony Hancock's landlady in The Rebel (1961); Sherlock Holmes's housekeeper, Mrs Hudson, in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970); and Morgan's Communist mother, Mrs Delt, in Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment  (1966). She also had small roles in two of the Carry On films, Carry On Nurse and Carry On Constable), and played Miss Peach in the original version of The Italian Job. She worked until 1987, the year of her death. Her last role was released posthumously the following year.

Theatre
Goodnight Mrs Puffin
Move Over Mrs Markham
 Cry Liberty
The Importance of Being Earnest

Television

On television, she appeared as a guest in a number of comedy series, notably as a regular in Educating Archie and as the Cockney widow Ada Cresswell in For the Love of Ada, which was later adapted for the cinema. In 1969 she starred in the series World in Ferment as Madame Astoria. She also appeared in Maggie and Her (1978) opposite Julia McKenzie. In the early 1980s, she played Gran in the ITV children's comedy show Metal Mickey. She appeared in a rare aristocratic role as the Duchess of Sheffield in Mapp and Lucia and as another aristocratic character in Eric Sykes's television film It's Your Move (1982), in which her chauffeur was played by Brian Murphy. She also appeared as Madame de Bonneuil in the BBC's TV film Hotel du Lac in 1986. She appeared in Super Gran as the magician The Great Ronaldo and as Tim Wylton's mother in Clinging Ivy (1985). Her last appearance was in the BBC sitcom In Sickness and in Health in 1987, just before her death at the age of 85.

Novels
In addition to acting, she wrote two novels: The Sioux (1965), described by Margaret Drabble as "strange and unforgettable ... Highly original and oddly haunting"; and its sequel, The Gold Tip Pfitzer, (a type of Juniper, associated with mourning), (1966). The Sioux was reprinted as Green and Purple Dream (1973). She began writing what became The Sioux when she was living in Paris at the age of 19, put it aside, and did not start to write again until 1961.

Death
Handl died in her flat in Kensington, West London, on 29 November 1987, aged 85, reportedly from cancer. She never married. She was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, North London.

Selected filmography

Missing, Believed Married (1937) as Chambermaid
Strange Boarders (1938) as Mrs Dewar
The Terror (1938) as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939) as Boarder (uncredited)
On the Night of the Fire (1939) as Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard (1940) as the Medium
Dr. O'Dowd (1940) as Sarah
The Girl in the News (1940) as Gertrude Mary Blaker
Night Train to Munich (1940) as Station Master (uncredited)
George and Margaret (1940) as Beer
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941) as Councillor
Gasbags (1941) as Burgomaster's wife
Spellbound (1941) as Mrs Nugent
"Pimpernel" Smith (1941) in an uncredited bit part
Uncensored (1942) as Frau von Koerner
Get Cracking (1943) as Maggie Turner (uncredited)
I'll Walk Beside You (1943) as Ma Perkins
The Flemish Farm (1943) as Frau
Dear Octopus (1943) as Flora
Millions Like Us (1943) as Landlady (uncredited)
 Rhythm Serenade (1943) as Mrs Crumbling
It's in the Bag (1944) as Mrs Beam
Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) as Mrs Pidgeon (uncredited)
English Without Tears (1944) (uncredited)
Give Us the Moon (1944) as Miss Haddock
Mr. Emmanuel (1944) as Trude
Medal for the General (1944) as Mrs Farnsworth
One Exciting Night (1944)
Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945) as Mrs Victory
For You Alone (1945) as Miss Trotter
Great Day (1945) as Lady serving tea at a tea stall
Brief Encounter (1945) as cellist and organist (uncredited)
 I'll Turn to You (1946) as Mrs Gammon
Temptation Harbour (1947) as Mrs Gowshall
Code of Scotland Yard (1947) as Ruby Towser
The Hills of Donegal (1947) as Mrs Mactavish
Woman Hater (1948) as Mrs Fletcher
The Fool and the Princess (1949) as Lady on left
Silent Dust (1949) as Cook
The History of Mr Polly (1949) as Lady on left
Cardboard Cavalier (1949) as Lady Agnes
For Them That Trespass (1949) as Inn Proprietress
The Perfect Woman (1949) as Mrs Butters
 Dark Secret (1949) as "Woody" Woodman
Adam and Evelyne (1949) as Mrs Crouch – Manageress (uncredited)
Stage Fright (1950) as Mrs Mason – Gill's Maid (uncredited)
One Wild Oat (1951) as Emily Pepys (Audrey Cuttle #2)
Young Wives' Tale (1951) as Nanny
Treasure Hunt (1952) as Nanny
Top Secret (1952) as Mrs Tidmarsh
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953) as Lady with the Dog
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953) as Daisy
Stryker of the Yard (1953)
The Weak and the Wicked (1954) as Waitress
Duel in the Jungle (1954) as Mary Taylor (uncredited)
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) as Miss Gale
Mad About Men (1954) as Mme Blanche
Burnt Evidence (1954) as Mrs Raymond
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) as Mrs Abramowitz
Now and Forever (1956) as Middle-Aged Woman (uncredited)
Who Done It? (1956) as Customer (uncredited)
It's Never Too Late (1956) as New Neighbour
The Silken Affair (1956) as Receptionist
Brothers in Law (1957) as Mrs Potter
Small Hotel (1957) as Mrs Gammon
Happy Is the Bride (1957) as Mme Edna
Law and Disorder (1958) as Woman
The Key (1958) as Clerk
Dial 999 (TV series), ('The Big Fish', episode) – (1958) as Mrs. Rigby (uncredited)
Next to No Time (1958) as Mrs Crowley, Greengrocer
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) as Mrs Carter
Carry On Nurse (1959) as Mrs Madge Hickson
The Crowning Touch (1959) as Bebe
Left Right and Centre (1959) as Mrs Maggs
I'm All Right Jack (1959) as Mrs Kite
The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959) as Mrs Billingsgate
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) as Large Woman
Desert Mice (1959) as Miss Patch
Two-Way Stretch (1960) as Mrs Price
Inn for Trouble (1960) as Lily
Carry On Constable (1960) as Distraught Mother
School for Scoundrels (1960) as Mrs Stringer
Doctor in Love (1960) as Professor MacRitchie
Make Mine Mink (1960) as Mme Spolinski
A French Mistress (1960) as Staff Sgt Hodges
No Kidding (1960) as Mrs Spicer
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) as Miss Harker-Parker
The Night We Got the Bird (1961) as Ma
The Rebel (1961) as Mrs Cravatte
A Weekend with Lulu (1961) as Florence Bell
Double Bunk (1961) as Mrs Harper
Watch It, Sailor! (1961) as Edie Hornett
Nothing Barred (1961) as Elsie
Just for Fun (1963) as Housewife
Heavens Above! (1963) as Rene Smith
You Must Be Joking! (1965) as Elderly Woman
Morgan, a Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) as Mrs Delt
The Wrong Box (1966) as Mrs Hackett
Smashing Time (1967) as Mrs Gimble
The Mini-Affair (1967) as Cook in Chinese Restaurant
Wonderwall (1968) as Mrs Peurofoy
The Italian Job (1969) as Miss Peach
Doctor in Trouble (1970) as Mrs Dailey
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) as Winnie Wainwhisle
Rookery Nook (1970, TV) as Mrs Leverett
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) as Mrs Hudson
For the Love of Ada (1972) as Ada Bingley
Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976) as Miss Slenderparts
Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) as Miss Friggin
Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977) as Mrs Phillimore
Come Play with Me (1977) as Lady Bovington
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) as Miss Wormwood
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) as Mrs Barrymore
The Great Rock & Roll Swindle (1979) as Cinema Usherette
Riding High (1981) as Gran
In Sickness and in Health (1985) as Gwenneth (Series 2–3)
Absolute Beginners (1986) as Mrs Larkin

Bibliography
Thomas, Jane. "Irene Handl", Bete Noir, 4 (Winter, 1987), pp. 102–103.
Thomas, Jane. "Irene Handl: The Last Interview", Bete Noir, 4 (Winter, 1987), pp. 104–116.

References

External links

 Performance information in Theatre Archive, University of Bristol
 Biography with photo at Britmovie
 Biography at Leninimports.com

1901 births
1987 deaths
People from Maida Vale
English film actresses
British people of Austrian descent
British people of German descent
English women novelists
Actresses from London
Writers from London
20th-century English actresses
Golders Green Crematorium
20th-century English women writers
20th-century English novelists

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Rainy Milo is a British recording artist, born in south-east London; she began her career singing with local musicians and arts collectives when she was 14. In 2012 Milo released her debut mixtape "Limey" which contained "jazz-inspired hip-hop" production, this was followed by Milo's debut EP entitled "Black & Blonde" which was released in April 2013. Most recently, Milo released her debut album "This Thing Of Ours" in April 2015 in the US via Limey/Big Picnic Records.

Early life
Milo was born in south-east London of British and Guyanese descent. During Milo's childhood she tried to surround herself with inspiring people, Milo started singing with local musicians and arts collectives when she was 14. "There was so little of that where I lived; an area which gave little hope to anyone, it's almost like they were told that they had a crappy fate and were willing to just go along with it." Milo went to Harris Academy South Norwood until the end of year 9 when she went on to study Musical Theatre at the BRIT School .

Career

Early releases
Milo began surfing the internet for jazz-inspired hip-hop beats she could sing over, whilst surfing the internet she came across a beat by producer BLCK RSSN. Milo recorded over the beat and the track became her debut recording entitled "Bout You", the song caught the attention of Gilles Peterson for his "Brownswood Bubblers Eight" compilation series. Milo received various offers from record labels but turned them down as she felt it was too early. Milo began working on her first EP entitled Limey, produced by Cole MGN. Limey featured collaborations with Chet Faker and Ariel Pink and a reinterpretation of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)", renamed "Come Up and See Me". MOBO awards tipped Milo as a nominee for an award.

In April, 2013 Milo released the video for the lead single "Bankrobber", from her EP Black & Blonde. The song is a cover of The Clash's 1980 single with R&B influences. The EP was released 26 April 2013 through Limey / Virgin EMI Records and featured three songs. On 22 July 2013 Milo released a song entitled "Deal Me Briefly" along with an accompanying video. The production for the song was handled by Chet Faker and was described as "futuristic".
"Deal Me Briefly" was released to iTunes on 1 August 2013.

2014: This Thing of Ours
Milo released her debut, full-length album on 3 March 2014 in the UK via Limey/Virgin EMI.

2015: This Thing of Ours
Milo released her debut, full-length album in April 2015 in the US via Limey/Big Picnic Records. It is called "This Thing Of Ours".

Artistry

Milo's vocals have been described as "sultry vibrato tones" with a "London accent ring" stunning voice, and beats infused with trip hop.
Milo's style for her first EP, Limey, was described as having "charmingly-crooned vocals and jazz-funk infusion" "Limey" contained "jazz-inspired hip-hop" beats.

Milo cites "real life" as her main starting point when it comes to writing music, she has described her writing method as having "no conventional process". Milo's writing process is not "forced" and Milo says it usually begins while she is traveling in which she will "write a line here and there" which is followed by a producer sending her a "beat" the Milo returns to the line and begins writing and expanding it.

Her production is inspired by artists such as Kid Cudi, N.E.R.D, as well as her reggae-DJing grandfather.
Milo grew up listening to her mothers Jazz music which has been one of her biggest musical influences saying "I'm instantly attracted to music with some kind of Jazz element to it, but I also think the fact that even my mum never played only one genre in the house rubbed off onto me, I don't want to have just one sound in my music when there's so many other genres that inspire me." Milo is inspired by Corinne Bailey Ray and Amy Winehouse and the way they convey their emotions.
Rainy was influenced by producer and singer Pharrell and cites in use of a mixture of genres as a major influence praising his ability to mix "rock with psychedelic-sounding stuff and R&B".

Discography

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Singles

Albums

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
Singers from London
21st-century English women singers
21st-century English singers

Rainy Milo


A dollar is a unit of reactivity for a nuclear reactor, calibrated to the interval between the conditions of criticality and prompt criticality. Prompt criticality will result in an extremely rapid power rise, with the resultant destruction of the reactor, unless it is specifically designed to tolerate the condition. A cent is  of a dollar.

Meaning and use
Each nuclear fission produces several neutrons that can be absorbed, escape from the reactor, or go on to cause more fissions in a chain reaction. When an average of one neutron from each fission goes on to cause another fission, the reactor is just barely "critical" and the chain reaction proceeds at a constant power level.

Most neutrons produced in fission are "prompt", i.e., created with the fission products in less than about 10 nanoseconds (a "shake" of time), but certain fission products produce additional neutrons when they decay up to several minutes after their creation by fission. These delayed-release neutrons, a few percent of the total, are key to stable nuclear reactor control. Without delayed neutrons, in a reactor that was just barely above critical, reactor power would increase exponentially on millisecond or even microsecond timescales – much too fast to be controlled with current or near-future technology. Such a rapid power increase can also happen in a real reactor when the chain reaction is sustained without the help of the delayed neutrons. This is prompt criticality, the most extreme example of which is an exploding nuclear weapon where considerable design effort goes into keeping the core deep into prompt criticality for as long as possible until the greatest attainable percentage of material has fissioned.

By definition, a reactivity of zero dollars is just barely on the edge of criticality using both prompt and delayed neutrons. A reactivity less than zero dollars is subcritical; the power level will decrease exponentially and a sustained chain reaction will not occur. One dollar is defined as the threshold between delayed and prompt criticality. At prompt criticality, on average each fission will cause exactly one additional fission via prompt neutrons, and the delayed neutrons will then increase power. Any reactivity above $0 is supercritical and power will increase exponentially, but between $0 and $1 the power rise will be slow enough to be easily and safely controlled with mechanical control rods because the chain reaction partly depends on the delayed neutrons. A power reactor operating at steady state (constant power) will therefore have an average reactivity of $0, with small fluctuations above and below this value.

Reactivity can also be expressed in relative terms, such as "5 cents above prompt critical".

While power reactors are carefully designed and operated to avoid prompt criticality under all circumstances, many small research or "zero power" reactors are designed to be intentionally placed into prompt criticality (reactivity > $1) with complete safety by rapidly withdrawing their control rods. Their fuel elements are designed so that as they heat up, reactivity is automatically and quickly reduced through effects such as doppler broadening and thermal expansion. Such reactors can be "pulsed" to very high power levels (e.g., several GW) for a few milliseconds, after which reactivity automatically drops to $0 and a relatively low and constant power level (e.g. several hundred kW) is maintained until shut down manually by reinserting the control rods.

Subcritical reactors, which thus far have only been built at laboratory scale, would constantly run in "negative dollars" (most likely a few cents below [delayed] critical) with the "missing" neutrons provided by an external neutron source, e.g. spallation driven by a particle accelerator in an accelerator-driven subcritical reactor.

History
According to Alvin Weinberg and Eugene Wigner, Louis Slotin was the first to propose the name "dollar" for the interval of reactivity between barely critical and prompt criticality, and "cents" for the decimal fraction of the dollar.

References

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Dollar (reactivity)


A Maid of the Silver Sea is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and Cameron Carr. It is an adaptation of the 1910 novel of the same name by John Oxenham.

Plot
The Bioscope provided the following synopsis of the film:
To a small island off the French coast comes Stephen Gard, a young Englishman, in charge of a gang of Cornish miners, whose presence arouses the hostility of the natives. Especially resentful is Tom Hamon, the bullying brother of Nance, in whom Stephen finds a friend. immediately after a fight one night with Stephen, Tom is found dead at the foot of a steep cliff. Although his assertion of innocence is accepted by the local magistrate, the fisher-folk, goaded on by the dead man's wife, believe that Stephen murdered Tom and threaten to lynch him. Hearing of their intentions, Nance rows Stephen to a lonely rock whither she brings him food. The angry fisher-folk discover Stephen's hiding-place, however, and, landing on the island, blockade his cavern. Meanwhile, another fisherman is killed on the spot where Tom died. Determined to solve the mystery, Nance visits the place with the magistrate and discovers that both men were killed by the kick of a wild pony, which attacks her. Hastening to Stephen's island, she is able to prove his innocence and secure his release.

Cast
 Ivy Duke as Nance Hamon
 Guy Newall as Stephen Gard
 A. Bromley Davenport as Old Tom Hamon
 Cameron Carr as Tom Hamon
 Lilian Cavanagh as Julie
 Charles Evemy as Berne Hamon
 Winifred Sadler as Mrs. Hamon
 Percy Morrish as Peter Mauger
 Marie Gerald as Grannie
 Charles Wood as Seneschal
 Norman Loring as Doctor

Reception
According to The Biograph, "charming rocky coast scenes and clever Breton type studies are the most noteworthy features of this version of John Oxenham's novel, adapted and directed by Guy Newall. The story opens well, but tails off rather weakly. However, the production is varied in interest and, as a whole, makes a fairly satisfactory entertainment of a class which is always welcome." According to the reviewer, "Guy Newall's direction of individual scenes is always intelligent and artistic, and often original. The photography by Hal Young is generally excellent, especially in the coast scenes, a few of which are real gems of screen art," and the acting good, but "the solution of the 'murder' mystery is in the nature of an anti-climax, owing largely to the unconvincing and altogether inadequate staging of the wild pony's attack upon the heroine."

References

Bibliography
 Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
 Low, Rachael. The History of the British Film 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

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1922 drama films
British silent feature films
Films directed by Guy Newall
Films based on British novels
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent British drama films

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Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan (9 October 1792 – 10 June 1851) was a Scottish lawyer and judge.  He was Solicitor General for Scotland between 1840 and 1841 and again between 1846 and 1850.  He was also Member of Parliament for Kirkcudbrightshire between 1845 and 1850.  In 1850 he was raised to become one of the Lords of Session and the Justiciary, as Lord Dundrennan.

Biography

Maitland, eldest son of Adam Maitland, was born at his father's seat, Cumstoun House, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 9 October 1792. He studied at Edinburgh, and was called to the Scottish bar in December 1813. After practising successfully for a quarter of a century, he was on 9 May 1840 appointed solicitor-general in Lord Melbourne's administration. He vacated the office in September 1841 on the accession of the Tories under Peel to power. On the death of his father in July 1843 he succeeded to the family estates, and sat in parliament for Kirkcudbrightshire from 1845 to 1850. Lord John Russell reappointed him solicitor-general on 6 July 1846, and he remained in office until January 1850.

After Jeffrey's death he was on 6 February 1850 named a lord of the court of session, and took the title of Lord Dundrennan. While his own residence was being repaired, he went to stay with his brother, Edward Francis Maitland, Lord Barcaple, in 31 Melville Street, Edinburgh, and died there of paralysis on 10 June 1851.

Works
Dundrennan was devoted to antiquarian literature, and possessed a large library – "a monument", according to Cockburn, "honourable to his taste and judgment". The collection was dispersed by sale on 10 November 1851 and eight following days. Lord Jeffrey was an intimate friend, and in 1843 Dundrennan selected and arranged the volume of Jeffrey's contributions to the Edinburgh Review, which was published in November of that year.

Dundrennan also issued in limited editions reprints of works by Geoffrey Mynshull, John Bellenden, Marlowe, Bishop Hall, and Thomas Carew, and prepared for publication the Works of Robert Herrick, with a biographical notice, (1823, 2 vols.), and for the Maitland Club, the Poems of William Drummond of Hawthornden (1832) the Works of Sir Thomas Urquhart (1834), and the Works of George Dalgarno of Aberdeen (1834

Family
On 3 July 1815 Maitland married Isabella Graham, fourth daughter of James McDowall of Garthland, Renfrewshire. By her he had four sons and two daughters. The Scottish judges, Henry Thomas Cockburn and John, Lord Fullerton, were his brothers-in-law, being married to sisters of his wife.

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The Mahra Sultanate, known in its later years as the Mahra State of Qishn and Socotra ( ) or sometimes the Mahra Sultanate of Ghayda and Socotra ( ) was a sultanate that included the historical region of Mahra and the Guardafui Channel island of Socotra in what is now eastern Yemen. It was ruled by the Banu Afrar dynasty for most of its history.

In 1886, the Sultanate became a British protectorate and later joined the Aden Protectorate. The Sultanate was abolished in 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of South Yemen and is now part of the Republic of Yemen.

The Sultanate was inhabited by the Mahri people who spoke the Mahri language, a modern South Arabian language. The Mehri share, with their regional neighbours on the island of Socotra and in Dhofar in Oman, blood lineage ties in Somalia with the Mehri in Somalia Arab Salah tribe, cultural traditions like a modern South Arabian language, Arabic incursions, and frankincense agriculture. The region benefits from a coastal climate, distinct from the surrounding desert climate, with seasons dominated by the khareef or monsoon.

In 1967, with the departure of the British from the larger southern Arabian region, the Aden-based South Yemeni government divided the Mahra region, creating the Al Mahra Governorate. Socotra was administered by the Aden Governorate until 2004, when it was placed under the Hadhramaut Governorate. In 2013, however, Socotra was removed from the Hadramaut Governorate and created a governorate (Socotra Governorate) in its own right.

Ancient history
The ancient history of the Mahra region begins with the formation of the ʿĀd kingdom by an Arabian tribe called ʿĀd which settled in South Arabia. The Mehri people are traditionally considered descendants of the ʿĀd Kingdom and blood relatives of the Thamud. According to Islamic genealogies, the forefather of the Mehri people was Ya'rub, the son of Qahtan, grandson of the Prophet Hud, and ancestor of the Himyarite, Qataban and Sabaean kingdoms. Ya'rub (or, by alternate accounts, Ya'rub's son), is sometimes credited with the invention of the Arabic language.

During ancient times, the ʿĀd Kingdom was a transshipment point for the frankincense trade. It was exported mostly to ancient Europe. It has been suggested the ʿĀd Kingdom, and the current location of Mahra Sultanate, were the first places in the world where the camel was domesticated.

Islamic period
During the first decade of the Islamic calendar (the 620s in the Gregorian calendar), a large delegation from Mahra under the leadership of Mehri bin Abyad went to Medina to meet the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and during that meeting the entire Mehri tribe decided to embrace Islam. Before embracing Islam, the tribe was polytheist and worshiped multiple deities. After the meeting in Medina, Muhammad issued an injunction, stating that the members of the Mehri tribe are true Muslims and no war should be waged against them, and that any violator of the injunction shall be considered to be waging war against Allah.

The entire Mehri tribe became some of the earliest adopters of Islam. Their action had an added bonus as becoming Muslims secured them a political alliance and stable relations with the Muslim leadership in Medina. Prior to embracing Islam, Al-Mahra was a vassal state of the Persian Empire and had been subjected to Persian control for many years. Siding with Medina enabled the Mehri people to break away from Persian control and regain their liberty.

Ridda Wars

When Muhammad died in the year 632 CE, many Arab tribes, including the Mehri, interpreted his death as the end of Islam, and they abandoned the religion by either reverting to paganism or following certain individuals who claimed prophethood. In 634 CE, the Mehri and other tribes rebelled against Caliph Abu Bakar who became the new leader of the Muslims. In response, he launched a new military campaign against the rebels.

There were not many records about the power structure within the Mehris, however, during the Ridda Wars information regarding the intra-tribal affair was revealed by al-Tabari. According to al-Tabari, before the death of Prophet Muhammad, there was an intra-tribal rivalry within the Mehri tribe, which consisted of two competing factions: the Bani Shakhrah faction and their larger rival, the Bani Muharib. The Bani Muharib, who hailed from Al-Mahra's mountain regions, had the upper hand against their smaller rival.

A Muslim army under the command of Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl was sent to Al-Mahra to face the Mehri who had turned their back on Islam like many Arab tribes. The Muslim army was too weak to confront the Mehri tribe in battle, and this situation forced Ikrimah to engage in political activity rather than initiating war in Mahra. Ikrimah met with the leadership of the Bani Muharib faction and convinced them to return to Islam. After this event, the army under Ikrimah's command, and the Bani Muharib faction, formed a military alliance against the Bani Shakhrah. The Ridda War in Al-Mahra ended quickly as the newly formed alliance subdued the Bani Shakhrah faction without bloodshed. Islam was once again the only religion in Al-Mahra.

The military legacy of al-Mahra
The people of al-Mahra played a role in the history of Islam and the Arab world's military achievements during the early years of Islam. The Mehri army participated in the first Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. The Mehri tribe's achievements have been well-documented by historian Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam in his book titled The History of the Conquests of Egypt and North Africa and Spain.

At the beginning of the first Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the Al-Mahri tribe mostly contributed cavalry to the army. They played a crucial role in the Arab army under the command of 'Amr ibn al-'As, who was a well-known Arab military commander and one of the Sahaba Companions. The Al-Mahri army fought alongside him during the Arab conquest of North Africa, which began with the defeat of the Byzantine imperial forces at the Battle of Heliopolis, and later at the Battle of Nikiou in Egypt in the year 646. The Mehri army were highly skilled cavalry which rode horses and a special camel breed called the Mehri originating from Al-Mahra which was renowned for its speed, agility and toughness. The Al-Mahra contingent even spearheaded the army during the conquest of the city of Alexandria.

The Al-Mahra army was nicknamed "the people who kill without being killed" by 'Amr ibn al-'As. Commander 'Amr ibn al-'As was amazed by Mehri army's ruthlessly fighting skill and efficient warfare.

As a result of Al-Mahri's success in the Muslim conquest of Egypt, its commander named Abd al-sallam ibn Habira al-Mahri was promoted and he was ordered by 'Amr ibn al-'As to lead the entire Muslim army during the Arab conquest of Libya which at the time was a Byzantine territory. The army under the command Abd al-sallam ibn Habira Al-Mahri defeated the Byzantine imperial army in Libya, and this campaign headed by Commander Al-Mahri brought a permanent end to Byzantine rule of Libya. After the Muslim conquest of Egypt, Abd al-sallam ibn Habira Al-Mahri was once again promoted as a result of his success as a temporary commander of the entire Muslim army, and subsequently he was appointed the first Muslim leader of Libya.

During the Second Fitna, more than 600 soldiers carrying the Al-Mahra flag were sent to North Africa to fight the Byzantines and Berbers.

Throughout the first Muslim conquest of the Maghreb the army from Al-Mahra were awarded lands in the newly conquered territories. Initially the Mehri tribe were awarded lands in the region of Jabal Yashkar by the Muslim leadership. This region was located east of the town of Al-Askar which at that time was the capital of Egypt. After the end of Muslim conquest of Egypt in year 641, the Muslim commander 'Amr ibn al-'As established the town of Fustat which became the new capital of Egypt, and the Mehri tribe were given additional land in Fustat which then became known as Khittat Mahra or the Mahra quarter in English. This land was used by the Mahra forces as a garrison. The Mahra quarter was named after the residents from Al-Mahra as they were the sole residents and owners of the land. Other Arab tribes which were part of the Muslim conquest of Egypt had to share lands which is the reason why their lands bore a non-tribal name. The Mahra tribe also shared the al-Raya quarter in Fustat with various tribes who were closely associated with the Prophet Muhammad and, according to historical accounts, the Mahra forces used the al-Raya quarter as a residence and stable for their precious horses. The Mahra quarter was located close to the Al-Raya quarter was which the absolute centre of the new capital of Fustat. Later, the Mahra neighbourhood was renamed and lost its historic name.

Several centuries later, another Mehri man called Abu Bekr Mohammed Ibn Ammar Al-Mahri Ash-shilbi, who was a politician from modern day Silves, Portugal, became a prime minister of the Taifa of Seville in Islamic Iberia, and served King Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad who was member of Muslim Dynasties of Spain. Abu Bekr was highly competent as prime minister, but later he crowned himself king of the annexed Taifa of Murcia and led a failed rebellion against the Mohammedan Dynasties of Spain. In year 1084, Abu Bekr Mohammed Ibn Ammar Al-Mahri Ash-shilbi was caught and executed by the forces of the Kingdom of Seville.

Mahra Sultanate
After the erosion of Abbasid authority in Yemen, the tribes of al-Mahra had grown distant from Arabic rule. The Ayyubids of Egypt held loose authority over the region, followed by the Rasulids of western Yemen.

Sultanate of Shihr
In 1432, the Ba Dujana family took control of the important coastal city of Shihr from the Rasulids, and then successfully repelled a Rasulid counterattack. In 1445, the Ba Dujana defended against an attack by the newly formed Kathiri state, securing their borders. The independent sultanate at Shihr was the first premodern state in Mahri lands.

Following the collapse of the Rasulid dynasty and the rise of the Tahirids, a number of former dignitaries from Aden came to Shihr as refugees, and told the reigning sultan, Muhammad bin Sa'd, that Aden was ripe for conquest. In 1456, Muhammad bin Sa'd launched a naval invasion of Aden with nine ships; however, much of the fleet was broken up in a storm and bin Sa'd was captured by the Tahirids. In retaliation, the Tahirid sultan sent an army commanded by Zayn al-Sunbuli to occupy Shihr. The campaign was only half-successful, and parts of the area were still held by the Ba Dujana. Determined to break the stalemate, Sultan Malik Amir bin Tahir led a great expedition across the desert coast from Aden to Mahra. Vastly outnumbered, the Ba Dujana retreated from Shihr ahead of the Tahirid advance. The Tahirids plundered the city and installed a governor who was loyal to their interests.

The city of Shihr was once more brought under the control of the Ba Dujana clan in 1478, when it was taken by their young leader, Sa'd bin Faris. Around 1480, the Mahri settled the island of Socotra and used it as a strategic base against their rivals in Hadhramaut. During this time, al-Mahra had been in a near-constant state of war with the Kathiri, who were trying to take control of Shihr. In 1488, the Ba Dujana enlisted the help of their Socotran allies to push the Kathiri out of Shihr once more.

Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra
Yet the dominance of the Ba Dujana clan would last only for another seven years. In 1495, bouts of infighting between the tribes of Mahra escalated into civil war. The Kathiri sultan, Jafar bin 'Amr, took advantage of the situation to support the Zwedi faction, ensuring the downfall of the Ba Dujana hegemony. After a disastrous defeat at Tabala, on the outskirts of Shihr, the Ba Dujana permanently lost control of the city and were isolated in the interior. They were replaced by the Zwedi and Afrari families of Qishn and Socotra, who, in sacrificing Shihr to the Kathiri state, managed to solidify the core Mahra domain as it would remain, more or less, until the present day.

Arrival of the Portuguese
In 1507, a Portuguese fleet commanded by Tristão da Cunha and Afonso de Albuquerque landed on Socotra and, after a bloody battle, seized the main fortress at Suq. Socotra would remain in Portuguese hands until 1511, and was abandoned by the Portuguese due to its poor strategic importance to control the Red Sea.

In 1545, the Kathiri sultan Badr bin Tuwayriq amassed an army and, with support from the Ottoman Turks, conquered Qishn. The Portuguese, who were competing with the Ottomans for control of trade routes in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, bombarded Qishn and returned it to the Mahris.

British protectorate

The connection of the British Government with Mahra commenced in 1834, when Captain Ross, of the Indian Navy, was sent on a mission to Mahra, and concluded an agreement with Sultan Ahmed bin Sultan of Fartash and his cousin, Sultan bin Amr of Qishn, by which they consented to the landing and storage of coal on the island by the British Government.

In 1835 negotiations were undertaken through Commander Haines with the Sultan, Amr bin Saad Tawari, for the purchase of the island, and in anticipation of their success a detachment of European and Indian troops was sent to take possession. The Sultan, however, refused to sell the island, or even to cede a portion of it as a coaling depot, and the troops were withdrawn. In 1838 the Chief proposed to farm the island to the British Government, but the capture of Aden, while the proposal was under discussion, rendered it unnecessary to secure Socotra as a coaling station.

Sultan Amr bin Saad Tawari died about 1845, and was succeeded in the Sultanate of Socotra and Qishn by his nephew, Tawari bin Ali, who in turn was succeeded by his grandson, Ahmed bin Saad. The latter was succeeded by his nephew, Abdulla bin Saad, who was followed by his cousin, Abdulla bin Salim. On the death of the latter he was succeeded by his son, Ali.

In January 1876 an agreement was concluded with the Sultan of Socotra and Qishn, by which, in consideration of a payment of 3,000 dollars and an annual subsidy of 360 dollars, he bound himself, his heirs and successors, never to cede, sell, mortgage, or otherwise give for occupation, save to the British Government, the island of Socotra or any of its dependencies, the neighbouring islands.

In 1886 he accepted a Protectorate Treaty, and bound himself to abstain from all dealings with foreign powers without the previous sanction of the British Government. At the same time he undertook to give immediate notice to the Resident at Aden or other British officer of any attempt by any other power to interfere with Socotra and its dependencies. In 1888 a similar Protectorate Treaty was concluded with Sultan Ali bin Abdulla, as head of the Mahri tribe, and his annual stipend was increased by 120 dollars. In 1898 some of the cargo of the P. and O. S. S. Aden wrecked off Socotra was plundered, and the Sultan was reminded of his obligations under the Agreement of 1876.

Sultan Ali bin Abdulla had three sons, all of whom predeceased him. He died in 1907 and was succeeded by Sultan Abdulla bin Isa, to whom was continued the annual stipend paid to his predecessor. The Sultan of Socotra and Qishn receives a salute of 9 guns, which was made permanent in 1902.

In the 1940s Al-Mahra and its neighbouring regions along the Gulf were forced to sign Advisory Treaties, and those who refused were subjected to deadly airstrikes delivered by the British Royal Air force. The Advisory Treaty meant that the local leadership no longer had jurisdiction over their internal affairs, and the treaty gave the British government complete control over the nation's internal affairs and the order of succession. The Advisory Treaties caused resentment against British rule and the spread of Arab Nationalism in Al-Mahra and the rest of the Arabian Peninsula.

The end of the Mahra Sultanate

During the 1960s the British sustained losses against various Egypt-sponsored guerrilla forces and the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY). In 1963 the British government declared a state of emergency in the Aden Protectorate, and by 1967 the British forces had left Yemen as a result of losses against the National Liberation Front (Yemen) which later seized power in Al-Mahra. In 1967, the Al-Mahra sultanate was absorbed by the Marxist People's Republic of South Yemen which itself was an entity heavily sponsored by the Soviets. They put an end to the centuries-old Al-Mahri sultanate. Sultan Issa Bin Ali Al-Afrar Al-Mahri was the last reigning Al-Mahri Sultan of Qishn and Socotra.

The sultanate was abolished in 1967 and was annexed by Soviet supported South Yemen, which itself later united with North Yemen to become unified Yemen in 1990. In 2014 the land which was formerly known as the Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra was absorbed into a new region called Hadramaut, and this reform has angered many in Al-Mahra who now believe that the Yemeni government is further centralizing its grip on power.

Rulers
The Sultans of Mahra had the title of Sultan al-Dawla al-Mahriyya (Sultan Qishn wa Suqutra). Their descendants are active politicians nowadays. The Al-Mahra Sultanate was consistently ruled by the Al-Mahri dynasty from year 1750 till 1967.

Sultans
c.1750 - 1780: `Afrar al-Mahri
c.1780 - 1800: Taw`ari ibn `Afrar al-Mahri
c.1800 - 1820: Sa`d ibn Taw`ari Ibn `Afrar al-Mahri
c.1834: Sultan ibn `Amr (on Suqutra)
c.1834: Ahmad ibn Sultan (at Qishn)
1835 - 1845: `Amr ibn Sa`d ibn Taw`ari Afrar al-Mahri
1845 - 18.. Taw`ari ibn `Ali Afrar al-Mahri
18.. - 18.. Ahmad ibn Sa`d Afrar al-Mahri
18.. - 18.. `Abd Allah ibn Sa`d Afrar al-Mahri
18.. - 18.. `Abd Allah ibn Salim Afrar al-Mahri
1875? - 1907: `Ali ibn `Abd Allah Afrar al-Mahri
1907 - 1928?: `Abd Allah ibn `Isa Afrar al-Mahri
1946? - Feb 1952: Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah Afrar al-Mahri
Feb 1952 - 1967: `Isa ibn `Ali ibn Salim Afrar al-Mahri

Mehri camels
Al-Mahra is home to the Mehri camel, which has been an integral part of Al-Mahra army's military success during the Islamic conquests of Egypt and North Africa against the Byzantine Empire. During the conquests the cavalry unit from Al-Mahra introduced the Mehri camel to northern Africa, and now it is found throughout the area. It is better known as the Mehari camel in most of northern Africa, and is sometimes also known as the Sahel camel.

It is a special breed originating in Al-Mahra. They are renowned for their speed, agility and toughness. They have a large but slender physique, and because of its small hump it is perfectly suited for riding.

During the colonial period in northern Africa, the French government took advantage of the Mehri camel's proven military capabilities, and established a camel corps called the Méhariste which was part of the Armée d'Afrique. It patrolled the Sahara using the Mehri camel. The French Méhariste camel corps was part of the Compagnies Sahariennes the French Army of the Levant.

In 1968, France's car maker Citroën introduced the Citroën Méhari, which was a light off-road vehicle named after the famous Mehri camel. The Citroën Méhari was a variant of the Citroën 2CV, and Citroën built more than 144,000 Méhari between 1968 and 1988. A new, 2016 electric model called the Citroën E-Méhari is now being sold in Europe; it is a compact SUV like the Méhari.

See also
Aden Protectorate

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Asunción (full name: Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción), is the capital city and largest city of Paraguay. The city has more than 1.2 million inhabitants, and the metropolitan area has more than 1.8 million inhabitants. It is on the left bank of the Paraguay River and is the main seaport of Paraguay.

The Spanish word "asunción" means assumption in English. It refers to the Assumption of Mary; the full name means Our Lady, Holy Mary of the Assumption.

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A Tensionless hitch is an anchor knot used for rappelling or rope rescue. Unlike most knots, the tensionless hitch retains a 100% efficiency rating, meaning the strength of the knot is equal to the strength of the rope; it is not a significant stress riser.

Tying
The working end of a rope is prepared by tying a figure-eight loop, and then clipping a carabiner through that loop.

The rope is then wrapped around a smooth pole, pipe, round beam or tree branch which has a diameter greater than the rope. The rope is typically wrapped 3 to 4 times around the anchor, without crossing. Finally, the working end is attached to the standing part with the carabiner.

An overhand knot may be tied around the standing part before the final wrap around the anchor.

References

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Boston Neighborhood Network (BNN) is a public, educational, and government access (PEG) broadcasting service serving Boston, Massachusetts.

BNN's programming is broadcast on two channels:
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 Community Access, Comcast channel 23 and RCN channel 83

BNN members have access to two television studios, digital field production and editing equipment, a multimedia lab, and a mobile production truck, as well as hands-on media training classes. BNN also operates WBCA-LP radio.

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Stephen Geyer Porter (May 18, 1869 – June 27, 1930) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography
Porter was born near Salem, Ohio. In 1877, he moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, who settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh). He attended Allegheny High School and studied medicine for two years, after which he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in December 1893 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh.  He was city solicitor of Allegheny from 1903 to 1906. He was chairman of the Republican State convention in 1912.

Porter was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his death.  He was the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs during the Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses.  He was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Pittsburgh in 1913.  He was appointed in 1921 to represent the United States House of Representatives on the advisory committee to the Washington conference on armament limitations, and he represented the United States at the centennial of Brazil's independence, in 1922.  He was a member and chairman of the American delegation to the Second International Conference on Opium, at Geneva in 1924 and 1925, although he unexpectedly withdrew the American delegation prior to the Conference's conclusion. The American delegation's proposals for more stringent drug control were rejected.

Porter also served as chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, in which capacity he drafted the "Porter Resolution", passed by the House, which authorized the president to place the United States' relations with China on a footing of equality. He was also chairman of the Foreign Service Buildings Commission from 1926 to 1930. He died in Pittsburgh and was interred in Highwood Cemetery.

See also
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"The Monster of Lake LaMetrie" is a short story by American writer Wardon Allan Curtis. It was originally published in September 1899 in Pearson's Magazine and collected in Sam Moskowitz's Science Fiction by Gaslight, Hank Davis' The Baen Big Book of Monsters and Michael Moorcock's England Invaded.

Plot
The story is told through the extracts of a diary written from 1896 to 1897 by a professor and physician named James McLennegan, addressed to a colleague, Professor William G. Breyfogle.

McLennegan had been studying Lake LaMetrie, a lake within the mountains of Wyoming. With him was a sickly boy named Edward Framingham, who came along in hopes of recovering from dyspepsia. McLennegan's reason for studying the lake is for its remarkable property of prehistoric life washing ashore, such as tree-like ferns and placoderms. McLennegan believes that the lake is connected to an "inner earth" from which the plants and animals originate.

One night, a loud roaring brings McLennegan's and Framingham's attention to the lake. The roaring is the result of the lake's rapid rising, which forces McLennegan and Framingham out of their makeshift house. The next morning, the lake's level is back to normal as the result of a whirlpool. McLennegan knows this to be one of the lake's discharges of strange life, and discovers what seems to be a short, thick log with a long root attached to it. The next day, while walking along the shore, McLennegan finds that the "log" is actually a live Elasmosaurus. The beast attacks him, but McLennegan slices the top of its head off with a machete and removes its brain, which is found to be remarkably a lot like a human's. Despite the brain's removal, the creature's body continues to operate.

The next day, Framingham almost dies, with only his mind still functioning. Using his knowledge and skills of surgery, McLennegan removes Framingham's brain and grafts it into the Elasmosaurus's head. Seven days later, the beast begins to stir, and five days after that, starts to interact with McLennegan – the beast can understand him, and later is able to speak somewhat rudimentarily.

Although the situation is peaceful at first, Framingham's behavior has significantly changed a year later to that of the animal his mind controls. McLennegan's last entry indicates that he will be leaving.

The narrative is then revealed to have been found by a military captain, Arthur Fairchild, who discovered the beast eating McLennegan while searching for Native Americans who left their reservation. He had ordered the team to fire upon the creature, killing it, and found the manuscript with McLennegan's remains.

Reception
Algis Budrys said that the story was effective but wished that the author had further developed events.

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Walt Disney Pictures is a movie studio from the United States that makes family-friendly movies with a G or PG rating from the MPAA, like Pinocchio and The Nightmare Before Christmas.  A few Disney movies were rated PG-13: Pirates of the Caribbean and its sequels, and John Carter (movie).

Walt Disney Pictures started as a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios in 1985. Before that, Disney movies were released under the Walt Disney Productions name.

Part of film distributor Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, the studio also has Walt Disney Feature Animation and Disney MovieToons.

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