The Golden Wave Band or GWB is a 300-member marching band associated with Baylor University in Texas, United States.  The band has gone by many names over the years including the Baylor Bear band, the Golden Wave, BUGWB (the Baylor University Golden Wave Band), and the Golden Wave Band. The band is composed of students from all over the country, studying in a wide range of majors from Math, Science, Engineering, Pre-Med, Business, Music and more.

The GWB performs a new show, with both traditional and contemporary marching and music styles, at each home game and takes the current show with them to the away games and bowl games that they perform at. The band has also been known to perform at marching competitions at the regional and state level such as the Texas UIL State Marching Contest.

The Golden Wave Band came together in 1902, initially taking the form of a regulation military band.  This iteration of the band operated from within the university's R.O.T.C. program.  With the onset of World War I, the band separated from this military division and became known as the Baylor Bear Band.  The marching band struggled during the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s because, like most band programs around the nation, the world wars and years of depression led to a decline in funding and participation.  However, the band began truly to flourish around mid-century as attendance at Baylor University increased and enrollment in the marching band itself expanded.

The Golden Wave Band became known by its current name after new uniforms were purchased in 1928.  These uniforms, first worn at a Baylor-SMU football game, were crafted using a bright, golden fabric.  The origin of the name "Golden Wave Marching Band" is, nevertheless, something of a mystery.  According to one source, a reporter coined the phrase in 1929 as the Band was touring West Texas.  Upon seeing these new uniforms, he reportedly commented that the band was marching across the land like a golden wave.  According to another legend, a reporter coined the phrase around the same time after watching a line of band members disembark from a bus for a football game, believing that they looked like a wave of gold.

References

External links
Official website

Baylor University
Big 12 Conference marching bands
Musical groups from Texas
Musical groups established in 1902
1902 establishments in Texas

Baylor University Golden Wave Band


Joseph Michael Poole (born August 12, 1976), better known by his stage name Wednesday 13, is an American singer and musician. Apart from his solo career, he was the frontman of the horror punk/heavy metal band Murderdolls and has also played in several other bands, including Maniac Spider Trash, Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, Bourbon Crow, and Gunfire 76.

Career

Psycho Opera and Maniac Spider Trash
Joe Poole's musical career began in 1992 when he played guitar in his first band Mizery, which was later renamed Psycho Opera. Other members included Ray Franks (guitar), Michael Patrick (bass guitar), Jeff Washam (drums), and Todd Cage (vocals). Soon after, Poole moved on to being the vocalist for Maniac Spider Trash with Ray Franks (guitar), Michael Patrick (bass guitar), and Doug McCollum (drums). Poole fronted the band from 1992 to 1996. The band released a 6-song cassette called Dumpster Mummies in 1994 under the fictitious record label, Dead/Hell Records. In 1995, the band also recorded a full-length album called Murder Happy Fairytales. Unfortunately, the band broke up before the album saw an official release. Many years later, in 2010, Joe Poole and Ray Franks worked together for a CD release of Dumpster Mummies and a digital release of Murder Happy Fairytales.

Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13

In 1996, Joe Poole decided to leave Maniac Spider Trash behind and formed the more punk inspired Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 with Doug McCollum (drums) and Robby McGalliard (bass). With the release of the band's first album, The Late Late Late Show, the members revealed their new stage names - Wednesday 13, Sicko Zero, and Seaweed. As a 3-piece band, Wednesday 13 handled the song writing, vocals, and guitar work. In 1997, Ray Franks was invited to step in to carry the guitar duties and assumed the stage name Abby Normal. The years that followed spawned many songs that would go on to become horror punk cult classics and many performances that left audiences entertained, shocked, and bewildered. By 2002, a revolving door of band members eventually left Wednesday 13 as the only remaining original member, but not before Wednesday 13 had four studio albums and a number of singles under his belt, including contributions to tribute albums for Alice Cooper and Sweet. Because Wednesday 13 had written and produced every album by Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, he caught the attention of Joey Jordison from Slipknot. Jordison contacted Wednesday 13 about joining Murderdolls in 2002 and the following year was spent recording and touring for Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls. In May 2006, the Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 announced a reunion, which was followed by the release of Little Box Of Horrors, a box set of the band's complete discography. A touring line-up of Wednesday 13, Sicko Zero, and Abby Normal was assembled for a limited number of performances.

Murderdolls

Poole was contacted by Joey Jordison of Slipknot and was asked to join Jordison's new horror punk band, Murderdolls. Originally formed as a collaboration between Jordison and Tripp Eisen of Static-X and Dope, Poole became the driving force of the band after he moved from bass guitar to lead vocals. Murderdolls released one EP in 2002, Right to Remain Violent, to promote a forthcoming album the same year, Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls. Most of the songs on the album were re-recorded versions of songs by Poole's previous band, Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13. Two singles were released from the album, including a cover of Billy Idol's "White Wedding". The album reached No. 40 on the UK album chart.

Murderdolls played their last show on January 17, 2004. After this, they broke up, with Jordison returning to Slipknot.Both Poole and Jordison maintained that the band did not split up for good, and that they would return to record a second album in the future. In February 2010, while on a solo tour in Australia, Poole told Drum Media, "We're possibly going to do another Wednesday record, record it in the summer and have it out around Halloween. We're in talks right now to do another Murderdolls album. So right now I don't know which of the two is going to happen, of course if Murderdolls is possible then we have to do that, it's gotta be the number one priority. It's just talks right now. We're having the same conversations that we were having in the very beginning of the band. Right now, we're just trying to get a game plan together."

In March 2010, Jordison told Kerrang! magazine that Murderdolls had reunited to work with the producer Chris Harris. Jordison said, "It's been an ongoing conversation between Wednesday and I from 2006 until now. We were bored with everything out there, and thought we had something to piss people off and shake things up. Everything is such a product or a fucking formula these days... fuck formula! Fuck the norm!" Murderdolls released their second album, Women and Children Last, on August 31, 2010. In March 2013, Wednesday 13 announced in an interview that the Murderdolls had split up for good in 2011.

Wednesday 13

After the Murderdolls broke up in 2004, Poole went on a solo tour of the United Kingdom in March, called the Graveyard A Go-Go tour. For his live performances, he was joined by members of the horror punk band Death Becomes You, though this was not meant to be permanent. Poole returned to North Carolina in June 2004 and began to put together a more permanent band, with whom he would perform under the Wednesday 13 name. He brought in the former Frankenstein Drag Queens member, Ikky, on guitar. The band is heavily influenced by KISS and Alice Cooper, while not straying far from Poole's previous horror punk projects. In September 2004, Ikky was replaced by Matt Montgomery. Wednesday 13 toured Europe in November 2004 on the Look What the Bats Dragged in tour. Some of the dates were supported by the English rockers Viking Skull.

In 2005, after touring, Poole released his first album Transylvania 90210, and made a music video for the track "I Walked with a Zombie", depicting the band members in footage from the original Night of the Living Dead horror movie. Following the album's release, the group embarked on a tour of the United Kingdom, entitled Tour from the Crypt. Also in 2005, they played on the main stage of the Download Festival at Donington and opened some shows for Alice Cooper around Halloween.

Poole left Roadrunner Records before signing a new deal with Rykodisc, with whom he released Fang Bang on September 12, 2006. The European version of the album contains a cover of Motörhead's "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." and the Japanese edition has the same track listing as the European CD, with a bonus song entitled "Good Day to Die". The American edition has "Burn the Flames", a Roky Erickson cover version, as its only bonus track. Skeletons was released in the US on April 29, 2008, available exclusively through Hot Topic locations. It was released in the UK on May 12, 2008, by DR2 Records.

On November 14, 2008, Poole released his first live album, Fuck It, We'll Do It Live. The CD/DVD package was recorded in 2008 at Crocodile Rock in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Wednesday 13 released it exclusively through Hot Topic, just as he had for Skeletons. A two-track digital download entitled Xanaxtasy was released on December 24, 2010, through iTunes. The release was announced on Wednesday 13's Facebook page on December 20, 2010, and contains two songs recorded during his 2009 sessions. Of the two songs, "Xanaxtasy" was previously released in the Bloodwork EP limited edition vinyl and "It's a Wonderful Lie" was previously released on his limited edition vinyl release From Here to the Hearse. During May 2011, Poole released a remix album/EP titled Re-Animated and announced that a portion of all sales for the first month would be donated to the American Red Cross.

On Wednesday, July 13, Wednesday released the track listing for Calling All Corpses via Bravewords. The album was released on October 11 in the US and October 10 elsewhere. He released his fifth album, The Dixie Dead, on February 19, 2013, and his sixth album, Monsters of the Universe: Come Out and Plague, on January 12, 2015. He his seventh album, Condolences, was released on June 2, 2017, after signing with Nuclear Blast.

Bourbon Crow
Since 2005, under the alias of Buck Bourbon, Poole has maintained an outlaw country side project called Bourbon Crow. Wednesday 13 was in contact with the former drummer Jeff Washam from Psycho Opera and was going to tour on the East Coast project. Scheduling prevented Washam doing the tour. The band released its first album in 2006, Highway to Hangovers, and a second album, Long Way to the Bottom, in 2009. In 2015, the band released a third album, Off the Wagon on the Rocks.

Gunfire 76
Poole teamed up with Todd Youth of The Chelsea Smiles to write and record an album with a more glam rock sound and without any horror themes, under the band name Gunfire 76. Rough mixes of the album's title track, "Casualties & Tragedies", were uploaded onto the band's Myspace page on August 12, 2009, for the fans to have an idea of what the band sounded like. The album was released on October 6, 2009. Gunfire 76 toured from December 2009 to January 2010 with Bullets and Octane on the First Blood tour.

Personal life
Poole is originally from Landis, North Carolina. He has one daughter with his ex-wife Roxanne and has a granddaughter who was born in 2017.

The 2019 album Necrophaze was the first Wednesday 13 album recorded sober by Poole. He has maintained sobriety and continues to tour.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Compilation and live albums

Singles
 "Bad Things" (2005)
 "I Walked with a Zombie" (2005)
 "Xanaxtasy" (2010)
 "Scream Baby Scream (Ghost Boo-Ty Mix)" / "Xanaxtasy" (2011)
 "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (2011)
 "Serpent Society" (2015)
 "Decompose" (2019)
 "Bring Your Own Blood" (2019)
 "Films" (2019)
 "Devil Inside" (2020)
 "You're So Hideous" (2022)

Other album appearances

Maniac Spider Trash
Dumpster Mummies (1994)
Murder Happy Fairytales (2011) (Recorded in 1995)

Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13
The Late, Late, Late Show (1996)
Night of the Living Drag Queens (1998)
Songs from the Recently Deceased (2000)
Viva Las Violence (2001)
6 Years, 6 Feet Under the Influence (2004)
Little Box of Horrors (2006)

Murderdolls
Right to Remain Violent (2002)
Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls (2002)
Women and Children Last (2010)

Bourbon Crow
Highway to Hangovers (2006)
Long Way to the Bottom (2009)
Off the Wagon on the Rocks (2015)

Gunfire 76
Casualties & Tragedies (Oct 6, 2009)

 "Let's Kill the Hero"
 "Casualties and Tragedies"
 "Nothing's All I Need"
 "Los Angel-less"
 "Rocket to Nowhere"
 "Something for the Suffering"
 "One More Reason to Hate You"
 "Tell You Like It Is"
 "What Did You Expect"
 "Back to the Gutter"
 "Get Me Through the Night"

Filmography
Natural Born Weirdos (1998)
Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls Deluxe edition DVD (2002)
Dawson's Creek S06Ep6 "Living Dead Girl" – as "The Band" (2002)
The Transvestite Chainsaw Massacre (2006)
Symphony for the Devil (2006) (Cameo appearance)
Wednesday 13's Weirdo A Go-Go (2008)
Fuck It, We'll Do It Live (2008)
Women and Children Last Deluxe edition DVD (2010)
That Metal Show – "Alice Cooper/Jack Russell" (2012) (Stump the Trunk contestant)
Scream Britain Scream (2014)
South of Hell: 666 Days on the Road (2017)

References

External links

1976 births
21st-century American singers
American male singers
American rock singers
Horror punk musicians
Living people
Murderdolls members
Napalm Records artists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Singers from North Carolina

Wednesday 13


Associazione Calcio Montichiari was an Italian association football club based in based in Montichiari, Lombardy.

The last owner and president were respectively Francesco De Pasquale and Maurizio Soloni.

In 2012 Carpenedolo from the nearby town, relocated its sports title to Montichiari as a spiritual successor, namely F.C. Atletico Montichiari.

History

A.C. Montichiari
The club was founded in 1928.

From 2006-07 to 2008-09
In the 2006–07 Serie C2 season, Montichiari finished 16th and was forced to play in the relegation playoffs.  The team was relegated to Serie D, being the lower classified team after the two-legged tie with 15th-placed Portogruaro ended in a 1–1 aggregate draw.

In the 2007–08 Serie D season, Montichiari finished 2nd in Girone D, qualifying for the promotion playoffs.  As a playoff semi-finalist, the team won special promotion to Serie C2, now called Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, as one of the 5 top teams in the promotional playoffs.

In the 2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was relegated again in Serie D.

Scudetto Dilettanti 2009-10
The team back now in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione winning the 2009–10 Serie D group C, conquering also the Scudetto Dilettanti.

From 2010-11 to 2011-12 in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
In the season 2010-11 the club was ranked 8th.

In the 2011–12 season the club was ranked 18th and so relegated to Serie D.

The dissolution
In summer 2012 it does not join in Serie D and was excluded from all the Italian football.

Colors and badge
The team's colors were red and blue.

Honours
Serie D:
 Winners 1: 2009–10
Scudetto Dilettanti:
 Winners 1: 2009–10

Stadium
It played at the Stadio Romeo Menti in Montichiari, which has a capacity of 2,500.

Famous players
 Francesco Carbone

The football in Montichiari now

F.C. Atletico Montichiari
Currently the main team of the town of Montichiari is Atletico Montichiari, the former Carpenedolo, that in summer 2012 moved in this city and changed its name in the current one.

References

External links
Official site

Defunct football clubs in Italy
Football clubs in Lombardy
Association football clubs established in 1928
Association football clubs disestablished in 2012
Serie C clubs
1928 establishments in Italy
2012 disestablishments in Italy
Province of Brescia

AC Montichiari


"Shout" is a popular song, written and originally recorded by American vocal group the Isley Brothers in 1959. Later versions include a UK Top 10 hit in 1964 by Scottish singer Lulu.

"Shout" was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 119 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

The Isley Brothers
In performances around 1958, the Isley Brothers would typically end their shows with a cover version of Jackie Wilson's hit "Lonely Teardrops".  At one performance at the Uptown Theater in Philadelphia, lead singer Ronald Isley could see the audience standing and yelling their approval, so he extended the song by improvising a call-and-response around the words "You know you make me wanna..." "Shout!".    The group developed the song further in later performances and rehearsals, using a drawn out "We-eee-ll" copied from Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman".  On returning to New York City at the end of their engagement, they suggested to record producers Hugo & Luigi that they record the "Shout!" climax of the performance as a separate song. The producers agreed and suggested that the band invite friends to the recording studio to generate a party atmosphere.

The recording took place on July 29, 1959, with Hugo and Luigi choosing the studio musicians and the Isley Brothers inviting organist Herman Stephens.  Released in August 1959, with the song split over both sides of the record, the single reached number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the group's first chart hit, and later the brothers' first gold single on the basis of its longevity.  Ronald Isley later said that church groups wrote to radio stations asking them to stop playing the record, because of its use of a traditional black gospel sound.

Other recordings

One month after the initial release, Johnny O'Keefe performed the song on his Australian TV show Six O'Clock Rock. He released it as a single, which reached number 2 in Australia. His 1964 re-recording was only a minor hit at number 49. Joey Dee and the Starliters reached number 6 with their recording of the song in 1962. It begins with Joey Dee quietly speaking his suggestion to do a little bit of "Shout" before he begins singing, in which the group only covers the first part of the song, omitting the "Say you will" portions as well. They also reworked the chorus portion of the song into an even bigger hit, "Peppermint Twist", while the Isley Brothers' version re-charted that same year at number 94.

In 1964, in the U.K., a version by Scottish pop singer Lulu reached number 7 (attributed to Lulu and the Luvvers). She re-recorded the song in 1986, and it reached number 8. The Shangri-Las included a version of the song in their debut LP Leader of the Pack in 1965. Tommy James and the Shondells recorded a version of the song on their 1967 album, I Think We're Alone Now.

The song was famously performed in its entirety, by Lloyd G. Williams (credited as Otis Day and the Knights), for the 1978 hit movie National Lampoon's Animal House during the frat house toga party sequence.

The Beatles recorded "Shout" in 1964 for a television special called Around the Beatles. The recording was later released in 1996 on the Beatles archival album, Anthology 1. It is one of the only Beatles recordings with a solo lead vocal from each of the four members.

The National Football League (NFL)'s Buffalo Bills commissioned a version of "Shout" in 1987 with modified lyrics sung by jingle writer Scott Kemper. It has served as the team's official fight song ever since, except for a brief period in 1993 when Polaroid's worldwide licensing of the song led to a dispute over royalties, during which the team used a version of "Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)" by Ernie Maresca.

The song was prominently featured in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, but they could not afford to license the original recording, so it was covered by Larry Wright.

Polaroid used a version of the song, retitled "Shoot", in a 1990s-era ad campaign.

A recording of the song was used for the soundtrack of the movie Sister Act in 1992.

Louchie Lou & Michie One recorded a ragga/rap version of the song, titled "Shout (It Out)", which reached number 7 on the UK chart in 1993.

The original 1959 recording was featured in the 1982 film Diner, and the Cheers season 4 episode "Suspicion".

Michael Jackson used the hook of "Shout" in 2001 for the song of the same title, which was the B-side to the UK single of "Cry" from the Invincible album.

See also
 "Shout and Shimmy"

References

External links
  List of recorded versions, SecondhandSongs.com

1959 songs
1959 singles
1962 singles
1975 singles
Songs written by O'Kelly Isley Jr.
Songs written by Ronald Isley
Songs written by Rudolph Isley
The Isley Brothers songs
Lulu (singer) songs
Tommy James and the Shondells songs
The Shangri-Las songs
Song recordings produced by Hugo & Luigi
Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients
RCA Records singles
American rock-and-roll songs
Buffalo Bills
National Football League fight songs
Gospel songs

Shout (Isley Brothers song)


Psychic Detective is a 1995 interactive movie video game that uses extensive amounts of live-action footage and features dozens of professional character actors. It was written by Michael Kaplan and directed by John Sanborn.

This game is not to be confused with the Japanese-only Psychic Detective series of adventure games developed by DataWest.

Plot
The game is set in San Francisco where the player assumes the role of Eric Fox (Kevin Breznahan), a psychic who earns his living doing a magic act in a seedy nightclub. One night, he is approached by the exotic Laina Pozok (Beata Pozniak), who senses that Eric is more powerful than he imagines. She trains Eric to "hitch hike" into people's minds. He sees what his subject sees, and hears what his subject hears; meanwhile, his body continues to interact with the world around him in an "automatic pilot-like" state. Laina hires Eric to attend a wake being held in honor of her father, who has died under mysterious circumstances.

The game begins when Eric enters the Pozok household, and is given the choice to remain in his body, or hitch hike aboard any one of a number of characters he encounters. Eric also has the ability to pick up objects and take a psychic reading of them, providing more clues to help solve the Pozok murder case. Before long, Eric is embroiled in a conspiracy involving a powerful religious cult, spies, and family intrigue, and he also has to deal with his growing romantic attachment to Laina. Occasionally throughout the game, Eric obtains access to "psychic collectors" which amplify his abilities and allow him to affect the moods and attitudes of the people around him, but at a cost.

Gameplay
Psychic Detective is generally presented in first person (except during cut scenes), with icons appearing at intervals on the screen signifying people and objects Eric can interact with. Each game generally takes about 45 minutes to play, however multiple plays are required in order to uncover all aspects of the storyline, and there are a dozen alternate endings possible; depending upon the choices made by the player, many different storylines are uncovered, including one that occurs if the player makes no choices and simply watches events unfold. Occasional cut scenes timed to occur at certain points break the storyline into chapters, but which cut scene is viewed depends upon Eric's actions. The endgame portion of Psychic Detective breaks from the linear narrative and involves Eric playing a surreal board game against the villain.

Development
Psychic Detective was the brainchild of producer Jim Simmons, but the project ultimately involved nearly 200 people: 21 game developers at EA Studios, 80 film crew, and 95 actors.

The filming of the video sequences was handled by Colossal Pictures. The footage was shot on location in San Francisco and Oakland, California on twenty days over roughly six weeks.

According to John Sanborn, development took over two years: Three months of brainstorming, six months of writing, and one year of editing and programming. The individual segments were edited in Adobe Premiere and authored in a proprietary Electronic Arts software.

Release
The game was released on the PC, PlayStation and 3DO.

Live action footage from Psychic Detective was edited together to create a short film that was shown at a film festival in the mid-1990s.

Reception
The game received mixed reviews on its first release. Arinn Dembo, writing for Computer Gaming World, gave the game 4 stars. GameSpot gave the PC version a 4.7, calling the game "innovative", but asserting that the overabundance of interaction and storyline branches turns the experience into a confusing mess. They concluded "Instead of being like a good movie enhanced by interactivity, Psychic Detective is a more like a movie... clouded with interactive options that eventually detract from the project."

GamePro gave the 3DO version a positive review, calling it "an entertaining interactive mystery game with an adult sensibility." They found the game an engaging challenge due to the need to be head-hopping in the right person at the right time and listen carefully to the complex dialogue, and praised the sharpness of the full-motion video graphics.

Reviewing the PlayStation version in Maximum, David Hodgson complimented the uniqueness of the "more 'adult' storyline", but contended that full-motion video-based games are not worth playing regardless of gameplay or content. He scored it 2 out of 5 stars. GamePro, while warning that the game is strictly for older players, praised it for having a good murder mystery, "Clean full-motion video (although mostly in a small-screen format), great sound, and more fun than Snowjob."

Notes

References

External links
 Psychic Detective at MobyGames

 Complete game manual, PDF format

1995 video games
3DO Interactive Multiplayer games
Detective video games
DOS games
Electronic Arts games
Full motion video based games
Interactive movie video games
PlayStation (console) games
Single-player video games
Video games about cults
Video games about psychic powers
Video games developed in the United States
Video games set in San Francisco

Psychic Detective (video game)


Coffin Island is an island that is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The island is  offshore from Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve and the island is also a protected area making up part of the reserve. With an area of  the island is made up mostly of granite.

Fauna
Coffin Island forms part of the Two Peoples Bay and Mount Manypeaks Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its significance in the conservation of several rare and threatened bird species.  The island is recognised as a breeding site for great-winged petrels. Other seabirds such as flesh-footed shearwaters and little penguins also have colonies on the island.  The island also provides haul-out sites for New Zealand fur seals with a population of approximately 100 being recorded on the island in 1990.  Australian sea lions also make use of the island in smaller numbers.

Flora
The island has sufficient soil accumulated over its surface to support Berry Saltbush heathland.

References

Nature reserves in Western Australia
Islands of the Great Southern (Western Australia)
Important Bird Areas of Western Australia

Coffin Island


"To Mrs Siddons" was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published in the 29 December 1794 Morning Chronicle as part of the Sonnets on Eminent Characters series. It describes Sarah Siddons, an actress Coleridge became fond of during his visits to London during college. The poem celebrates watching Siddons perform her various roles on stage. The actual authorship of the poem is uncertain, since it was attributed to Charles Lamb in various works. It is possible that Lamb and Coleridge worked on the poem together, and, if so, it would be one of Lamb's earliest works.

Background
Mrs Siddons, as Coleridge refers to her, was an actress whom he became aware of during his college years. In his letters to his childhood friend Mary Evans, Coleridge would mention various performances that he witnessed when he would slip into London. The sonnet dedicated to her, "To Mrs Siddons", is the eighth poem of Coleridge's Sonnets on Eminent Characters series, printed in the 29 December 1794 Morning Chronicle as written by Coleridge. However, it is uncertain as to who originally wrote the poem. In a letter written by Lamb in June 1796, he speaks of the poem as if it was originally written by him and edited by Coleridge. When the poem was printed in Coleridge's 1796 collection of poems, it is attributed to Lamb. When the poem was to be printed in Coleridge's 1803 edition of poems, Lamb did not claim ownership of the poem.

The poem was edited by someone between its various printings but with few changes. The poem was also not included in Lamb's 1798 or 1818 collections of poems, but Coleridge did not include the poem in any of his later collections of poems. Although the true authorship is unknown, it is possible that the poem was jointly written by Coleridge and Lamb, and that neither was able to determine who had the true ownership over the poem. Lamb separated the poem from his other sonnets, and later editors attributed the work as a joint creation of both poems. J.C.C. Mays points out the evidence of a joint authorship and claims, "It is less likely that [Lamb] wrote it entirely, gave it to [Coleridge] to meet his newspaper obligations, and then had no interest in claiming it for his own, since he did think it worth preserving in [Coleridge's] 1803 volume."

Regardless of the role that each of the poets had within the poem, "To Mrs Siddons" is considered one of Lamb's earliest known poems. However, the poems have been seen as different from Lamb's other poems, as William Hazlitt, Lamb's contemporary, points out: "Lamb's first compositions were in verse—produced slowly, at long intervals,—and with self-distrust, which the encouragements of Coleridge could not subdue. With the exception of a sonnet to Mrs. Siddons, whose acting, [...] had made a deep impression upon him, they were exclusively personal."

Poem
The 1796 edition of the poem reads:

Themes
Of the various individuals that Coleridge's Sonnets on Eminent Characters discusses, representatives from the theatre industry was limited to Siddons, as an actress, and Richard Sheridan, a playwright. Although Coleridge writes about her and many people viewed Siddons as an important actress, Siddons had little actual contact or involvement with the Romantic poets beyond knowing Walter Scott and once meeting Lord Byron.

The poem refers to various roles that Siddons, as an actress, would have played by discussing plays that she was a member. It is possible that these references are to William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Hamlet, or Richard III along with Nicholas Rowe's Tragedy of Jane Shore. Besides the allusions to plays, the beginning of the poem compares Siddons's acting having a power over Coleridge as a children's story. Coleridge's impression of Siddons would continue for years after; in February 1797 Coleridge started creating a play that he hoped that Siddons would have a part. The play, called Osorio, was later rejected by the producers at Drury Lane, the theatre that he hoped would perform the play.

Notes

References
 Hazlitt, William. Johnson's Lives of the British Poets Completed by William Hazlitt. Vol 4. London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854.
 Holmes, Richard. Coleridge: Early Visions, 1772-1804. New York: Pantheon, 1989.
 Lindop, Grevel. "Lamb, Hazlitt and De Quincey" in The Coleridge Connection. Eds. Thomas McFarland, Richard Gravil and Molly Lefebure. New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
 Mays, J. C. C. (editor). The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Poetical Works I Vol I.I. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001.
 Parsons, Florence. The Incomparable Siddons. New York: B. Blom, 1969.

1794 poems
Sonnets on Eminent Characters
British poems

To Mrs Siddons


The Junkers EF 127 was a rocket powered fighter aircraft designed by the Third Reich as a part of the Emergency Fighter Program in the closing year of World War II. The project was codenamed "Walli". The EF 127 was a heavily redesigned version of the Junkers EF 126. The propulsion for the aircraft was a liquid-propellant rocket designed by the Walter company.

References

World War II aircraft of Germany
Rocket-powered aircraft

Junkers EF 127


Sonia Toumia (born June 2, 1976) is a Tunisian politician who was a member of the constituent assembly from 23 October 2011 until  it was dissolved on 26 October 2014. The representative of the Islamist party Ennahdha for the Monastir riding, she was known for her humorous interventions during plenary sessions.

Early life and education
Toumia is a graduate of the Institute of Press and Information Sciences.

Career
Toumia worked at the Ministry of Agriculture for ten years, as well as writing articles for the newspaper L'Agruculteur and other publications. In 2009, she became a member of the Democratic Constitutional Rally, but she said in 2013 that she was sacked because of her refusal to praise the regime.

After the 2011 revolution, Toumia joined Ennahdha and was on the list of candidates for the Monastir riding at the 2011 election. As a member of the constituent assembly, she became known for her humorous interventions during sessions. While many of her fellow female Islamist MPs only used classical Arabic, Toumia made comments in French, earning public mockery for her accent and lack of proficiency in the language, and leading to the party leaders asking her to stay away from the media. During the drafting of the new constitution, Toumia was indignant when lawyers described the draft as a step backward for women, arguing that it had been misunderstood.

On 8 August 2014, Toumia announced that she had been removed from Ennahdha's lists for the forthcoming election saying that her "only wrong was her frankness, her courage and her imprint on the National Constituent Assembly." As of 2016, she was working for the Ministry of Agriculture, and argued that she and four colleagues had not been promoted due to animosity toward her.

Personal life
Toumia is married and has three daughters. She is a Muslim and wears a hijab. In 2016, her brother, Sofiene Ben Toumia, was sentenced to 12 years in imprisonment for his role in recruiting young people to join terrorist groups.

References

1976 births
Living people
Members of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia
Ennahda politicians
21st-century Tunisian women politicians
21st-century Tunisian politicians

Sonia Toumia


John Timothy Weigel (March 4, 1945 – June 17, 2001), known professionally as Tim Weigel, was a Chicago broadcaster who spent most of his career as a television sports anchor and reporter.

Early life and education

Weigel grew up in Gurnee, Illinois, north of Chicago.  His father was John Weigel, a broadcast announcer who did voiceovers for national commercials and who founded WCIU-TV and Weigel Broadcasting. His mother, Virginia Ahn, had been a big-band singer with Tommy Dorsey.

Weigel later moved with his family to Lake Forest, Illinois, where he graduated from Lake Forest High School.  He finished third in his class and then attended Yale University, where he played football and was in the same Residential College as future movie critic Gene Siskel.  He graduated from Yale with a bachelor's degree in history, and after two years of working, returned home to the Chicago area to earn a master's degree in film from Northwestern University in 1970.

Professional career

Weigel spent the first two years out of Yale working as an inner-city schoolteacher in New Haven, Connecticut.  After completing his graduate degree at Northwestern, Weigel returned to New Haven to work as a waiter.  While waiting tables, however, he ran into Yale's president, Kingman Brewster, Jr., who knew Weigel and then helped him to get a job as a reporter at the New Haven Register.

In 1971, Weigel returned to Chicago as a college football writer for the Chicago Daily News.  In 1975, Weigel began filing reports for WMAQ-AM and several months later became a sports anchor for WMAQ-TV.  In 1977, Weigel joined WLS-TV in Chicago.  During his long tenure at the ABC affiliate, Weigel became known for his packaged bloopers which he dubbed "Weigel Wieners" and also for his colorful attire.  For a brief time at WLS-TV (1981-1983), Weigel was a news anchor, but he largely was the station's lead sports anchor during his tenure at the station, which lasted from 1977 until December 1994, when he was fired to make way for Mark Giangreco.

In February 1995, Weigel joined WBBM-TV as its lead sports anchor/sports director.  He also began writing a sports column for the Chicago Sun-Times.

Illness and death

In June 2000, Weigel began experiencing vision problems.  An MRI revealed a brain tumor, and he underwent immediate surgery.  After his operation and subsequent radiation treatments, Weigel returned to work.  However, six months later, an MRI showed a recurrent tumor.

Weigel died exactly one year to the day after his operation, at his home in Evanston, Illinois.

Personal

Weigel married his high school sweetheart, Kathy Worthington, in 1966.  They had two children, Rafer Weigel, also a former WLS-TV sports anchor now at Fox 32 Chicago, and Jenniffer Weigel, who became a Chicago television reporter.  Weigel and Worthington divorced in 1975.  He later married Carol Phifer, and that marriage also ended in divorce.

In 1992, Weigel married morning radio personality Vicki Truax.  They had one daughter, Teddi, in 1994.

Tim enjoyed a side career of playing semi-pro Football for the Chicago Lions in the late '70s into the early '80s. He was a running back who was known as White Shoes Weigel. In 1999, he was inducted into the American Football Association's Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame.

References

1945 births
2001 deaths
Television sports anchors from Chicago
American television reporters and correspondents
Yale University alumni
Northwestern University alumni
Chicago Sun-Times people
American male journalists
People from Gurnee, Illinois
People from Lake Forest, Illinois
Lake Forest High School (Illinois) alumni

Tim Weigel


Omar Azziman (born 17 October 1947, Tétouan), is an advisor to Mohammed VI, King of Morocco.

Life
Azziman started out by studying law in Rabat and Paris, going on to obtain his PhD in law at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. Since 1972 he has been Professor at the Faculty of Law at the Mohammed V University in Rabat. Between 1993 and 1995 he was Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister for Human Rights in the Lamrani and Filali governments.
He was appointed Minister of Justice between 1997 and 2002 in the Filali and Youssoufi governments.
In April 1998, Azziman launched a highly publicized investigation of some 60 magistrates accused of corruption and sent their cases for review to the Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature (Higher Judicial Council, or HJC). Since 1996 he has been in charge of the UNESCO Chair for teaching, training and research in the field of human rights at the Mohammed V University.
He has also served as advisor and expert to various governmental, non-governmental and international organisations. He is a founding member of several human rights NGOs, including the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (Organisation marocaine des droits humains - OMDH), of which he was the founding president. He has represented Morocco at the annual sessions of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). He is a member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco since 1996 and since 1997 has been Deputy President of the Hassan II Foundation for Moroccans resident abroad since 1997. On 10 December 2002, he was appointed Chairman of the Advisory Council on Human Rights by King Mohammed VI. On 22 November 2004, the King appointed him Ambassador to Spain. In March 2007, he was named an honorary member of the Carlos III Foundation in recognition of his contribution to the agreement between Morocco and Spain. On 3 January 2010, the King appointed him Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Regionalization (CCR).
 On 29 November 2011, following the elections held on 25 November, won by the Justice and Development Party, he was appointed advisor to the Royal Cabinet.

 On 20 August 2013 he was appointed President-Delegate of the Higher Education Council by the King on the occasion of 60th anniversary of the "Revolution of the King and the People".

 In 1995, Mohammed VI decorated Azziman with the Order of the Throne. Since then he has received several other decorations: Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit (Republic of Portugal, 1988), Commander of the Order of the Legion of Honour (French Republic, 1999) and Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (Kingdom of Spain, 2000) and Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Kingdom of Morocco, 2006).

Books
He is the author of two books, neither of which seem to have been translated into English
 Droit civil, droit des obligations, 1996
 La profession libérale au Maroc (Collection de la Faculté des sciences juridiques, économiques et sociales / Université Mohammed V. série de langue française), 1980

References

Living people
1947 births
20th-century Moroccan lawyers
People from Tétouan
Academic staff of Mohammed V University
Côte d'Azur University alumni
Moroccan civil servants
Ambassadors of Morocco
Ambassadors of Morocco to Spain
Advisors of Mohammed VI of Morocco
Grand Crosses of the Order of Merit (Portugal)
Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
Commanders of the Legion of Honour
Member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco
Moroccan expatriates in France

Omar Azziman


Driving in the United Kingdom is governed by various legal powers and in some cases is subject to the passing of a driving test.  The government produces a Highway Code that details the requirements for all road users, including drivers. Unlike most other countries in the world, UK traffic drives on the left.

Speed limits
British roads are limited for most vehicles by the National Speed Limit. Road signs in the UK use imperial units, so speed limits are posted in miles per hour. Speed limits are the maximum speed at which certain drivers may legally drive on a road rather than a defined appropriate speed, and in some cases the nature of a road may dictate that one should drive significantly more slowly than the speed limit may allow.  This restricts some to a default speed limit of 30 mph on lit roads, and some light vehicles to 60 mph on single carriageways and 70 mph on dual carriageways and motorways, with some large vehicles or some of those towing trailers subject to reduced limits on some roads depending on the class of both road and vehicle. Sections of road subject to the national or in-town speed limit only require limit marker signs at the start of a section, without repeaters, provided street lights are or are not present as appropriate. Lower Speed limits of  20 mph, 30 mph, 40 mph, 50 mph and 60 mph can also used on roads in the UK where it is deemed that the national or 30 mph urban speed limit is inappropriate, with repeater signs posted at regular intervals.

Lane discipline
Drivers on multilane roads are legally required to use the left-most lane unless overtaking other vehicles on the road, unless signs or road markings indicate that the left-most lane(s) is only for traffic leaving at the next junction.  Drivers who wish to overtake a slower vehicle are thus expected to move out from their lane (having used the indicator lights to warn other road-users of their intention to do so), pass the slower vehicle and return to the left-most lane.  This enables faster traffic to overtake unhindered if it wishes to do so.  On the UK's busiest roads, where there may be four or more lanes in each direction, there is often a situation where overtaking becomes continual as each successive lane moves at a slightly faster speed than that to its left.

On some motorways a lane is provided on the left hand side referred to as the 'hard shoulder', which should only be used when a vehicle has broken down. It is illegal to drive in this lane unless indicated otherwise, for example Dynamic Hard Shoulder Running (DHSR) Smart Motorways allow motorists to use the hard shoulder at peak times.

The action of undertaking, where the driver moves to the left of a slower moving vehicle to get past it is, although not illegal, discouraged on motorways under Highway Code 268.  This rule allows for undertaking to occur in conditions that cause the left-hand lane to move faster than the right-hand lane and for traffic to keep up with the flow of the lane.

Pedestrian crossings
There are two broad categories of pedestrian crossing to aid the safe passage across major roads by those travelling on foot. There are no laws against jaywalking in the UK.
Traffic Light Controlled Crossings: Traffic is controlled by traffic light signals.
Uncontrolled Crossings: Zebra and Parallel crossings give Pedestrians & cyclists in addition at Parallel crossings priority over traffic. These are marked using Black and white stripes are painted on the road and flashing amber Belisha beacons are on each side of the road. Drivers must give way to pedestrians & cyclists on the crossing.

Driving licence

Driving licences may be obtained by any UK resident over the age of 17, subject to certain conditions.  Initially, a provisional licence is issued, which restricts the holder to driving whilst accompanied by a driver who is at least 21 years old, who has held a full licence in the category of vehicle they are supervising the learner driver in for at least three years, The provisional licence may be exchanged for a full licence after the holder has passed the practical driving test. Upon reaching the age of 70, drivers may apply to have their licences renewed with their doctors' permission.

Many foreign driving licences permit one to drive in the UK, but must be exchanged for British licences after a year.  Drivers from the USA, however, must take a British test if they wish to drive in the UK for more than a year after arriving in the country (with the exception of US military personnel stationed in the UK for a set period of time are allowed to drive on their US licence After completing their third Air Force licence training course.). This is because US driver licensing is carried out by individual states, but the US Constitution does not permit individual states to enter bilateral treaties with other sovereign governments. However driving licences from the European Union, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland are valid in the United Kingdom.

Enforcement
Some of the rules of the road should be enforced by the police, others are enforced by council wardens. Speed cameras are common. Red-light and bus lane cameras are also used. Motorists convicted of certain traffic, and certain non-traffic offences may have "points" added to their licences: some traffic offences such as exceeding the speed limit by a small amount, typically warrant three points, and motorists with twelve points face a driving ban, although this is six points for new drivers. Normally the points for a speeding offence, driving through a red light or in a bus lane will be punished with points from 3-6 whilst driving using a mobile phone is 6.

See also
Highway Code
Motorways
Roundabouts
Driving Standards Agency
European Driving Licence

References

Road transport in the United Kingdom

Driving in the United Kingdom


Only When I Larf is a 1968 British light-hearted comedy crime drama, directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings, and Alexandra Stewart. It is adapted from the 1968 novel Only When I Larf by Len Deighton, and features Attenborough as an ex-brigadier con man in a variety of guises.

Plot summary
In New York City, a trio of confidence tricksters enter a tall office block and go to an empty unit on the 39th floor. They quickly change the identity of the office. Two Americans arrive. Lowther (Attenborough) assumes the role of Mr Stevens, the boss. Bob is ushered in by the secretary and introduced as Mr Glover. They discuss high finance in front of the Americans. They persuade the Americans to write a cheque for $250,000. He writes a cheque for $2 million to them. The cheques are placed in a faux wall safe. Bob goes to other side and takes the smaller cheque out. He re-disguises himself as a security guard. He goes to the bank with Liz and she withdraws the $250,000 as cash.

With the two Americans still in the office Lowther excuses himself for a few minutes but leaves the building. Bob and Liz board a helicopter on a rooftop of the Panam Building near the Chrysler Building. Lowther joins just before it takes off.

A view of the Tower Bridge and the Thames tells us that we are now in London. Lowther discusses his past in the British Army. Lowther is married to Liz and Bob is his son by an earlier marriage.

In Africa with Maurice "Gee Gee* Gray (their next mark) Liz (now called Miss Smallwood) is introduced to Awana, who wants to buy guns. Lowther plots to give him scrap metal instead of guns. Lowther disguises himself as a brigadier and remembers his time at the Battle of El Alamein. Bob dresses as a corporal. They give Awana a demonstration of anti-tank guns.

We next see Awana gagged and in a crate. He is described as incompetent by All Lin, the real leader.

The dynamic of the trio changes when Bob steals a kiss from his step-mother.

Bob meets his friend Spider in the kitchens of the Carlton Hotel. Spider points out Spencer in the restaurant. He then invites Spencer to join his table on the next night. He introduces Lowther as Longbottom, his private secretary, while posing  as Mr Appleyard. They start spending time together: golf, squash, billiards and clay pigeon shooting. He extorts £500,000 out of Spencer, who is led to believe he is getting a 20% commission in a £5 million deal in Lebanon. Lowther dresses as an Arab to try to seal the deal. Bob and Liz plot a two-way split, excluding Lowther.

In the Lebanon Bob and Liz meet Lowther and drive into the wilderness. They are carrying archaeological gear in case they are stopped. Lowther cons a Lebanese banker into letting him use his office to meet Spencer. When Spencer arrives, he has no cash. Spencer phones a Swiss bank to transfer the cash. Lowther collects the cash, but the banker stops him to explain his "only when I laugh" joke from the previous day. Lowther meets Spencer's wife outside and the two join Bob and Liz.

They drive to Umm Al Amad each trying to cheat the other. Ultimately Liz drives off with the cash alone leaving the others laughing.

Cast
 Richard Attenborough as Silas Lowther
 David Hemmings as Bob
 Alexandra Stewart as Liz Mason
 Nicholas Pennell as Spencer
 Melissa Stribling as Diana
 Terence Alexander as Gee Gee Gray
 Edric Connor as Awana
 Clifton Jones as General Sakut
 Calvin Lockhart as Ali Lin
 Brian Grellis as Spider, head waiter at the Carlton
 David Healy as Jones
 Alan Gifford as Poster

Reception
Only When I Larf received mixed reviews, including "a plodding adaptation"; and praise for its "sound, unfussy direction and witty, observed thesping".

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1968 films
British comedy films
1968 comedy films
1968 crime drama films
Films directed by Basil Dearden
Films about con artists
Films based on British novels
Films scored by Ron Grainer
Films set in London
Films set in New York City
Films set in Lebanon
Films shot in London
Films shot in New York City
Paramount Pictures films
1960s English-language films
1960s British films

Only When I Larf (film)


Swami Shankarashram I (Devanāgarī: शङकर्ाश्रम् or शंंकर्ाश्रम्,) was the second guru and Mathādhipati (Head of the community or Head of the matha ("Monastery")) of the Chitrāpur Sāraswats. He was ordained as the Mathādhipati in 1720 and served as the head till his death in 1757. He was the shishya (disciple) of Swami Parijñānāshram I.

Swami Shankarashram was responsible for the establishment of the Chitrapur Math at Shirali which is now the head matha of the Sāraswats. Under his reign, the matha got many land grants from the King of Nagar. There are many stories where Swami Shankarāshram is said to have performed miracles (See Miracles) for his devotees in their times of need. So devotees from different parts of Karnataka and beyond came to be his followers.

He died in 1757 at Shirali. His samādhi (shrine) is located inside the Chitrapur Math at Shirāli. He was succeeded by Swami Parijnanashram II as the Mathādhipati in the same year.

Pattābhisheka (Crowning Ceremony)
Shankarāshram was the son of Krishnayya Kulkarni of the Shukla Bhat family before he was chosen as the shishya of Swami Parijñānāshram, the first Mathādhipati and guru of the Sāraswats. He belonged to the Kaundinya Gotra

Shankarāshram I was ordained as the second Guru of the Sāraswats after the Mahā-samadhi of his guru, Swami Parijñānāshram (On Krishna Chaturdashi day of the month of Chaitra in 1720). The ceremony was held at the Bhandikere Matha in Gokarn(See Ādi matha).  He had been under Swami Parijñānāshram for only 14 days after which Swami Parijñānāshram diĄed.

At the time of Swami Shankarāshram ordination as the new Mathādhipati, his devotees gave a solemn promise in writing, that they would be faithful to him and would always follow his religious observances. The Swami's family henceforth was known as Shuklabhat ().Shukla means "bright" or "new" in Sanskrit and Bhat is a generic surname for scholars. So Shuklabhat means "New scholars". (NOTE:Henceforth in this article, Swamiji will refer to Swami Shankarāshram I

Expansion of Matha
During the reign of Swami Shankarāshram, the community and the matha received land grants from the King of Nagar. In 1739, Bāsappa Nayak II of Nagar made land grants to the Math by a gift deed. This helped in the development of the infrastructure of the matha.

Swami Shankarāshram was able to persuade several people from stopping their Vaishnavite customs and converted them to the Advaita Shaivism practised by the community.

Miracles
Swamiji is attributed to many miracles which he is said to have performed for his highly devout followers when they were faced with difficulties. Two of them are listed below.

Brahmin from Bankikodla

Once there lived a Brahmin in the village of Bankikodla who was pious and devout. Every morning after finishing his pooja (prayers and offerings to the Lord), he would stand on the streets and try to find a hungry beggar. He would offer that needy person his hospitality and serve that person good meal. He did this out of true concern for the people in need in his village.

He had this desire of serving Swamiji but could not travel all the way to Gokarn to meet him. One day he happened to see a sanyāsi clad in saffron robes walking down his street. When the sanyāsi came closer, the Brahmin discovered that it was none other than Swami Shankarāshram. With great reverence he led Swamiji to his house and fed him a simple meal that his wife had prepared.

After the meal, when Swamiji was resting, the Brahmin left his house for an errand. When he came back he saw that the swami had left. He was utterly disappointed that he could not see the swami off. Some time later he called on the matha only to find that the swami had never left the matha at all that morning. So when the Brahmin next met Swami Shankarāshram, with teary eyes he fell at Swamiji's feet and thanked him for having fulfilled his ultimate desire.

Artist from Gokarn

Once there was an artist who lived in the town of Gokarn. He was a pious Brahmin who found it difficult to make ends meet since his paintings were not selling. He had an ardent desire to serve Swamiji at his home, but he could not afford it.

One night, both he and his wife had a dream where Swamiji assured them his grace. They were startled since both of them had had the same dream. So the next day they prepared a simple meal with much love and devotion anticipating the arrival of Swamiji. As the dream had proclaimed, Swamiji came to their home. He graciously accepted their bhikshā (meal) and a meagre amount of four Annāskānika (monetary offering). He blessed the couple and left for the matha.

Within a few days after Swamiji's visit, the artist received a huge assignment from a wealthy family for a portrait. The patron was very pleased by the work and rewarded the artist handsomely with a princely sum of Rupees One Thousand. The artist recognized this as the result of the blessings from Swamiji. He immediately rushed to Swamiji and placed the entire amount at his feet. Swamiji accepted a small portion of the money and gave back the rest and asked him to pursue his work with full devotion. The swamiji promised him that the grace of the Lord was always with him.

Things were never the same for the artist. His services were hired by many a patron who rewarded him generously for his works. This story is a popular tale among the people of the Sāraswat community.

Fall-out with residents of Bhatkal

Even though the devotion of many people grew, not everybody "believed" in the divine grace of Swami Shankarāshram. The residents of the town of Bhatkal were among those who chose not to have faith in the Swamiji.

Once Swamiji travelled to Bhatkal to offer spiritual discourses to the residents there. It so happened that rumours about the Swamiji being a fake spread rapidly. So on the given day nobody was there to welcome him and perform Gurusēvā (Service to the Guru). This misunderstanding resulted in the Bhatkal clan being distanced from the Swamiji's followers.

Chitrapur Math
After the "no-show" at Bhatkal (See above section) Swami Shankarāshram was deeply hurt. He decided to return to Gokarn. On the way back, at the village of Shirali, the devotees pleaded to Swamiji to stay there for sometime and to bless the people with his presence. The swamiji consented and he stayed at the residence of the Nāgarkattē family.

The Nāgarkattē family later donated their residence in honour of the Swamiji, after his death. This became the Chitrāpur Matha, the head matha of the community.

Death
During his stay at Shirāli as the honoured guest of the Nāgarkattē family, Swami Shakarāshram's health failed rapidly. To the dismay of his devotees, his health took a turn for the worse and Swamiji became terminally ill.

"My children, the grace of Lord Bhavānishankara will always protect you. Follow all that has been taught without fear" (-Translated from Konkani to Sanskrit).

With these words, Swami Shankarāshram died on the 6th day of the month of Ashwina in 1757. Swamiji's untimely death meant that he could not accept a shishya(disciple). This resulted in the community not having a guru to succeed Swami Shankarāshram. His samadhi is located in Shirali and is also called the Hodi Samādhi ('Big Samādhi' in Konkani)

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18th-century Hindu religious leaders
1757 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Scholars from Karnataka

Shankarashram I