Volendam () is a tourist town in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, province of North Holland, Netherlands, known for its streets, old fishing boats and the traditional clothing worn by some residents. The women's costume of Volendam, with its high, pointed bonnet, is one of the most recognizable of the Dutch traditional costumes, and is often featured on tourist postcards and posters. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England.

History

Early years

Originally, Volendam was the location of the harbour of nearby city Edam, which was situated at the mouth of the IJ bay.

In 1357, the inhabitants of Edam dug a shorter canal to the Zuiderzee with its own separate harbour. This removed the need for the original harbour, which was then dammed and used for land reclamation. Farmers and local fishermen settled there, forming the new community of Vollendam, which translates to 'Full dam'.

19th century artists' colony

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Volendam attracted a diverse community of artists who were captivated by the authentic and picturesque life of the inhabitants of Volendam.

During that era, Hotel Spaander became a central hub for these artists as it provided accommodations, workshops, and a hospitable environment for artists to nurture their craft. The hotel garnered acclaim within the art world, and the presence of foreign artists at Hotel Spaander made a significant contribution to Volendam's global renown as their artworks, often influenced by Volendam's scenic beauty, further elevated the village's profile and celebrated its unique culture.

Today, Hotel Spaander maintains an extensive collection of over 1300 artworks created in Volendam, including contemporary pieces acquired through an 'Artist in Residence' program, preserving its rich artistic heritage. Moreover, a significant number of paintings inspired by Volendam adorns the walls of internationally renowned museums, including Tate Britain, National Galery of Art, Ulster Museum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Van Gogh Museum, and the Rijksmuseum.

New Year's fire

In the New Year's night of 2000 to 2001, the lighting of a bundle of sparklers caused a short but intense fire at a party in café De Hemel. The sparklers ignited the dry Christmas decorations on the ceiling, which fell down in their entirety. 14 people died and 200 people were seriously injured.

Culture

Dialect
In Volendam, the Volendam dialect is spoken, a unique and regional variant of the West Frisian dialect. The Volendam dialect is deeply rooted in the history and culture of the village of Volendam, and it is still used by the majority of its residents in their daily conversations.

Traditional costume
The Volendam traditional costume, known as "Volendammer klederdracht" in Dutch, is an iconic and instantly recognizable attire that hails from the village. This traditional dress has deep historical roots and continues to be a symbol of the village's cultural identity.

While the traditional costume is no longer worn daily by most Volendam residents, it remains an essential part of the village's identity and is frequently worn during special occasions, celebrations, and cultural festivals like the Volendammer Kermis. It also continues to be a common choice for tourists who visit Volendam, allowing them to immerse themselves in the cultural heritage of this Dutch village.

The costume has become an iconic representation of Dutch culture and is often featured in photographs, postcards, and cultural events.

Volendam Festival
The Volendammer Kermis is an annual festival held in the fishing village of Volendam. This celebration originating in the 18th century typically takes place during the first weekend of September, attracting both locals and visitors from around the country and beyond.

The Volendammer Kermis is a colorful event that showcases the cultural heritage and traditions of Volendam. It spans four days and includes a number of fairground rides, games, live music performances, and Dutch food and beverages.

The Volendammer Kermis is popular with visitors from throughout the country.

Religion

The majority of the population traditionally belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, which is deeply connected to the village culture. Historically, many missionaries and bishops grew up in Volendam. Today there is the chapel of Our Lady of the Water, which is located in a village park.

Sports

FC Volendam is a football club based in Volendam, which has regularly played in the Dutch Eredivisie. FC Volendam promoted to the Eredivisie in 2022 after a 13 year stint in the Eerste Divisie).

Film
Volendam was a shooting location in Vikas Bahl's 2014 Bollywood film, Queen featuring Indian actress Kangana Ranaut.

Music
Volendam is also well known for its distinctive music, which is called Palingsound (literally "eel sound") in reference to Volendam's status as a fishing village.
During the 1960s, the local group The Cats was a popular group in the Netherlands and abroad.

Another band from Volendam was BZN, which became popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1995 BZN performed a duet with the ten-year-old Jan Smit, who quickly became a celebrity in his own right.

The music groups 3JS and Nick & Simon are from Volendam, whose members have all participated in local musical performances through the years.

Notable people
 Gerrie Mühren (born 1946), international footballer
 Jan Keizer (born 1949), singer
 Arnold Mühren (born 1951), international footballer
 Pier Tol (born 1958), international footballer
 Carla Braan (born 1961), gymnast
 Carola Smit (born 1963), singer
 Wim Jonk (born 1966), international footballer
 Nick Schilder (born 1983), singer
 Simon Keizer (born 1984), singer
 Jan Smit (born 1985), singer
 Cees Keizer (born 1986), footballer
 Janey Jacké (born 1992), Drag performer

References

External links

Tourist information about Volendam (Dutch)
Tourist information about Volendam (in English)

Populated places in North Holland
Geography of Edam-Volendam

Volendam


Actinodendron arboreum, commonly known as tree anemone or hell's fire anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actinodendronidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific where it grows at depths of down to . Most sea anemone species are harmless to humans, but A. arboreum is highly venomous and its sting can cause severe skin ulcers (as also suggested by its alternative name, hell's fire anemone).

Description
The oral disc of Actinodendron arboreum has stripes that radiate from the mouth, and can reach a diameter of 10 to 20 centimetres. The column is elongated when expanded; it has a fairly small pedal disc and is thicker at the distal (upper) end. The tentacles are colourless, around 10 to 20 centimetres long and ramify fractally, being subdivided into branches and branchlets which makes the whole head of tentacles resemble a broccoli. The tentacles grow in whorls as the animal enlarges; the first whorl is six tentacles followed by further whorls of six, twelve and twenty-four tentacles. The first and third whorls of tentacles are endocoelic (set between the mesenteries in the column interior) and the second and fourth are attached marginally. The sea anemone is well-armed with cnidocytes which are of varying lengths, the ones in the central region of the tentacles being least variable.

Biology
Breeding in Actinodendron arboreum takes place when gametes are shed into the body cavity and passed out into the water column. After fertilisation, the planula larva forms part of the plankton before settling on the seabed, undergoing metamorphosis and developing into a juvenile sea anemone.

References

Actinodendridae
Animals described in 1833
Taxa named by Jean René Constant Quoy
Taxa named by Joseph Paul Gaimard
Cnidarians of the Indian Ocean
Cnidarians of the Pacific Ocean

Actinodendron arboreum


Electric jackets are jackets which exhibit properties similar to those possessed by electric blankets. They are most commonly used by motorcycle riders when temperatures are low. They usually obtain power for their heating processes through a cord which can be plugged into the motorcycle's electric system.

An additional socket is installed on the vehicle for that purpose, or if the vehicle has a mobile charger/cigarette lighter receptacle available, then the cord is directly plugged into that socket. Other electric jackets with self-contained power sources are in existence, and are useful for more portable situations where the vehicle's 12 volt supply is not available.

Uses
Uses include biking, skiing, hiking, hunting, fishing and spectator sports. The newer versions use lithium rechargeable batteries. The latest versions use lithium polymer batteries which have a high energy density and are relatively lightweight.

Rechargeable battery-heated clothing, including electric jackets, is most useful for stop-start cold weather physical exertion activities. Electric jackets are now manufactured in Indian administrated Kashmir wherein product is new and thus has been patented under Indian Intellectual Property Law.

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"When We Are in Need" is the eighth episode of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us. The episode was written by series co-creator Craig Mazin and directed by Ali Abbasi. It aired on HBO on March 5, 2023. In the episode, Ellie (Bella Ramsey) attempts to protect Joel (Pedro Pascal). She encounters a group of survivors led by a preacher, David (Scott Shepherd), who wants vengeance against Joel and shows interest in Ellie.

The episode was filmed in February 2022 in Calgary, Alberta. Troy Baker, who portrayed Joel in the video games on which the series is based, guest starred as James; co-creators Mazin and Neil Druckmann considered his inclusion important due to his proximity to the games. The episode received positive reviews, with praise for its direction, cinematography, and performances of Ramsey and Shepherd, though some critics found its pacing rushed. It was watched by 8.1 million viewers on its first day. Ramsey is nominated for Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards for their performance in the episode.

Plot
After discovering Joel's wound is infected, Ellie ventures out to find food. While hunting a deer, she encounters David and James. She makes a deal to trade the deer for penicillin, which James returns to camp to obtain. Meanwhile, David, a preacher, explains he was a teacher, and found God after the outbreak and is now the leader of a group of survivors. He reveals the man who stabbed—and was subsequently killed by—Joel was a member of his group. Ellie runs away after James gives her the penicillin under David's orders.

Ellie returns to Joel and injects him with penicillin. The following day, she spots David and James with a group of men seeking vengeance against Joel. She flees on horseback to draw them away from Joel, but is captured after James shoots and kills her horse. David places her in a cage at his camp. After Ellie notices an ear on the floor, David reveals he has been feeding his group the flesh of their deceased. He tells her he admires her strengths and violence and they could begin a relationship, but she breaks his finger while failing to steal his keys. Meanwhile, Joel awakens and kills one of David's men, then tortures and kills two more to discover Ellie's whereabouts.

Ellie bites David as he and James grab her. Before they can kill her, she tells them she is infected, as proven by her bite mark. While they argue whether it is real, Ellie kills James with a meat cleaver and escapes. As David hunts her, she sets fire to the steakhouse. She stabs him with a kitchen knife, but he overpowers and attempts to rape her. Ellie grabs David's fallen meat cleaver and kills him in a frenzied attack. A traumatized Ellie wanders outside and panics when she runs into Joel. Joel embraces and comforts Ellie and they walk away.

Production

Conception and writing

"When We Are in Need" was written by The Last of Us series co-creator Craig Mazin and directed by Ali Abbasi. Abbasi was announced as one of the show's directors in April 2021. Mazin chose to open the episode with David reading Revelation 21 as it relates to the new world exceeding the old one, and dealing with grief and tragedy. The scene in which David and James attempt to kill Ellie was written similarly to the game as Mazin found it "so visceral".

The decision to move Joel and Ellie reuniting outside the restaurant (as opposed to inside, as in the game) was partly logical—the fire and lock would have prevented Joel from entering—and partly to demonstrate Ellie's ability to physically save herself before Joel saves her emotionally. Series co-creator Neil Druckmann, who wrote and co-directed the video game on which the series is based, felt the effectiveness of the series—like the game—hinged on the viewer feeling the emotion between Joel and Ellie in the conclusion; he considered it effective, as he cried heavily while watching the episode.

Casting and characters
Bella Ramsey, who portrays Ellie, found production on the episode "exhausting" but among their favorite on set. They held a real rifle in the episode and struggled with its weight; some of these moments were included in the episode to reflect Ellie's struggle. Ramsey felt Ellie was attempting to imitate Joel in those scenes, particularly in her handling of the gun and attempts to sound tough. For the scene in which Ellie kills David, Ramsey said Ellie "learns that she really has this capacity for violence" which she finally expresses; they thought Ellie "scares herself because it felt so good". Ramsey considered it a turning point for Ellie, and felt she will have post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of her experience.

In June 2022, Druckmann announced Troy Baker—who portrayed Joel in the video games—would feature in the series; his character name was revealed in December. Mazin and Druckmann considered Baker's inclusion in the series important due to his proximity to the games; meanwhile, Baker never assumed he would be involved in the series, except perhaps as a small cameo like a clicker. Upon being approached by Mazin and Druckmann, Baker did not initially remember James from the games; he expected a small role but was surprised by the character's significance upon reading the script.

Baker did not want to portray James as a villain but as someone with truth and empathy, reflected in his inability to shoot Ellie when prompted. He considered James a pragmatist who believes "David is the Devil" and, as a result, wants to remain on his good side; when Ellie's capabilities threaten to usurp James's position alongside David, he becomes defensive. Abbasi directed Baker to pray in the opening scene, but Baker suggested otherwise, noting James "thinks it's all bullshit". He felt James was likely preparing to enter law enforcement when the outbreak occurred, supporting his experience with weaponry and demonstrations of morality.

Prior to the announcement of Scott Shepherd's casting, rumors suggested Baker would play David, but he felt it "would've been too on the nose". Shepherd's casting was revealed in the first trailer in December. Druckmann felt the series allowed a deeper look into the character's complexities than the game; he and Mazin wanted to humanize David in his initial interactions with Ellie, before revealing more of his true actions when he slaps a young girl. Druckmann found David's goal of producing offspring through violence representative of some organized religions, and Mazin noted his goal to "secure a future" reflective of the ideologies of white supremacists.

Filming
Nadim Carlsen worked as cinematographer for the episode. Production took place in Okotoks in early 2022, with preparatory work from January 31 to February 6, including adding trees, grass, and snow; the area was closed to the public from February 4. Filming occurred from February 7–12, with some traffic disturbance; clean-up took place from February 13–15. Fake horses were spotted on set. Okotoks residents noted that the production brought increased business to the area; 28 storefront businesses were supported by the production, leading to  in revenue for the town. Three or four large fans were used to imitate heavy snowfall; the temperature was around . Production moved to Waterton Lakes National Park from February 14–18; vehicles on set featured Colorado license plates. The park was closed over winter, allowing production to occur; some cabin interiors were used. Production designer John Paino and his team constructed the steakhouse where David preaches; Paino wanted its symmetry to reflect a church.

Reception

Broadcast and ratings
The episode aired on HBO on March 5, 2023. The episode had 8.1 million viewers in the United States on its first night, including linear viewers and streams on HBO Max—an increase of 74 percent from the premiere episode. On linear television, it had 1.039 million viewers, with a 0.30 ratings share.

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, "When We Are in Need" has an approval rating of 96 percent based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The website's critical consensus noted "Scott Shepherd coolly underplays the personification of evil to chilling effect in ... a horrifying chapter that goes to prove that fungal zombies aren't necessary for this series to instill terror". IndieWires Steve Greene praised the episode's cinematography, particularly the added tension of the close-up shots and maintaining focus on Ellie's reaction while killing David. IGNs Simon Cardy compared the cinematography to picturesque Westerns and modern horror films, and lauded Gustavo Santaolalla's score during Ellie's horseback escape and the production design of David's camp.

Ramsey and Shepherd's performances received particular praise; Ramsey is nominated for Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards for their performance in the episode. Den of Geeks Bernard Boo lauded Ramsey's ability to portray toughness while maintaining vulnerability, and The Washington Posts Gene Park wrote their performance "should finally erase" any remaining doubts of her ability. CNETs Sean Keane called Shepherd's performance "charismatic", and IGNs Cardy considered him an effective adversary opposite Ramsey. IndieWires Greene lauded Shepherd's ability to deliver otherwise stereotypical lines; The A.V. Clubs David Cote wrote his performance "is masterful in its wry, understated charm". Bleeding Cools Tom Chang felt Ramsey and Shepherd were unable to match the performances of the game's Ashley Johnson and Nolan North as Ellie and David, respectively, due to the pacing of the script, but wrote they "do their best with what they had to work with". Pedro Pascal's performance as Joel was well received.

IndieWires Greene praised the ambiguity introduced through Mazin's writing. IGNs Cardy felt the episode's contextual additions justified the adaptation of the game. The Escapists Darren Mooney found Mazin used common tropes in an effective manner to enrich themes and characters. The A.V. Clubs Cote lauded the episode's horrifying construction, attributing it to Mazin's writing and Abbasi's direction; Push Squares Aaron Bayne appreciated the grounded and barren depiction of David's group. The New York Timess Noel Murray admired the realism of Ellie's confusion with penicillin. Several critics considered the episode rushed; Bleeding Cools Chang felt it would have been more effective as a two-parter to allow more time to build David's personality. Total Films Bradley Russell found the final 15 minutes suffered from the rushed pacing, as it effectively remade the scenes from the video game. Den of Geeks Boo opined the story lacked the dramatic impact of the game, considering the religious overtones unnecessary, David's characterization incongruous, and the cannibalism reveal too heavy-handed.

Actor Rainn Wilson criticized the episode, accusing it of anti-Christian bias and adding that he would like to see "a Bible-reading preacher on a show who is actually loving and kind" to reflect his own experience with Christians; Wilson himself is a member of the Baha'i Faith. Some Christian leaders supported his sentiment, though some journalists disagreed, citing sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, the influence of the Christian right on modern politics, and the fact that David is not actually a Christian by conviction, but a charlatan who uses Christianity to control his followers.

Notes

References

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2023 American television episodes
Television episodes about cannibalism
Television episodes set in Colorado
Television episodes written by Craig Mazin
The Last of Us (TV series) episodes

When We Are in Need


Neox (formerly Antena.Neox) is a Spanish television channel run by Atresmedia.

History
The channel was launched as Antena.Neox in 2005 together with Antena.Nova, this with the aim of strengthening the Antena 3 brand in the recently launched digital terrestrial television in Spain. At first Neox was a channel that mixed children's and youth programming.

In 2006 Antena 3 and CBS Corporation signed an agreement to broadcast content produced by CBS, Showtime and UPN, which would be programmed on Antena.Neox, Antena.Nova and Antena 3 until the Showtime and UPN brands were implemented on the Spanish television replacing Neox and Nova, however, the change was not carried out in the end due to the distribution of broadcasting rights with other Spanish channels. However, Antena 3 obtained the rights to broadcast future productions of CBS Corporation.

On January 1, 2009 Antena.Neox was renamed as Neox 8 in order to associate the channel with that logical channel number on digital terrestrial television. Finally, on August 6, 2010, it adopted the current name.

On December 30, 2011, the channel premiered "Feliz Año Neox", a special year-end program that is broadcast one day before the established date and which became an annual tradition of the channel.

In 2013, the channel initiated a policy to improve children's programming with the introduction of Neox Kidz, a cartoon container that is broadcast in the morning. In May 2014, the channel added docuseries and movies to its programming due to the closure of Nitro, Xplora and la Sexta 3, in addition to adding new series and children's content to the signal.

In October 2017, the channel temporarily incorporated The Simpsons into its daytime program, because Antena 3's morning show had to be extended in its time to cover important political information at the time. Finally, in September 2018 The Simpsons began to be broadcast exclusively on Neox, completely abandoning Antena 3.

On May 23, 2019, the channel achieved its best audience record to date when 1,636,000 people tuned in to the final episode of The Big Bang Theory, which meant a 9.8% audience at the time and an average of 4.4% daily audience.

Programming
Generally, the channel shows children's programmes during the morning, and films and general during the evening and night hours. The channel is geared towards children aged 7 to 14, and international successful series, such as Family Guy, How I Met Your Mother, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, The Middle and Modern Family. It also builds on Antena 3's most popular programming, such as The Simpsons and The Goldbergs. The channel is available on digital terrestrial television (TDT as it is known in Spain) as well as cable and satellite.

References

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Television stations in Spain
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The Weizmann House () was the home of the first President of Israel, Chaim Weizmann, and first First Lady, Vera Weizmann. The house sits atop a hill in Rehovot, and is now part of the Weizmann Institute of Science. The house was designed by Jewish architect Erich Mendelsohn, and is recognized as a masterpiece.

History
In 1934 Chaim Weizmann, who was then living in England, asked Mendelsohn to plan his house in Israel — after hearing of Mendelsohn's project for Salman Schocken's house in Jerusalem. The design process was extensive and initiated a complicated relationship between Weizmann and Mendelsohn. Weizmann required a modest house, and when asked about the cost, Mendelsohn bid £20,000, which was nearly twice the amount Weizmann was ready to invest. The two corresponded for several months, with Mendelsohn trying to convince Weizmann that building the house according to his designs was a good decision: the costs were not to be spent on luxury, rather they would benefit the personal and official requirements of the Weizmanns. This correspondence continued until August 1935, when the two agreed on the program after long negotiation, especially with regard to the price. The building of the house took about a year, and the Weizmanns were able to take ownership in January 1937. The final cost after negotiations and construction was £14,832 6s 8d. Though this house was designed for the Weizmanns, they lived there only after the Second World War, several years after it was ready for them. When the Weizmanns were not home the house was lived in by visiting world leaders, luminaries, and guests. After the house was completed difficulties between the architect and clients continued: Chaim Weizmann was displeased with Mendelsohn over imperfections in the building such as dampness in the winter, and Vera Weizmann chose her own interior decoration over that of Mendelsohn. The house now displays the art and objects that the Weizmanns had collected.

The design of the house was met with praise early on. One guest, the niece of Arthur Balfour described it as "a modern, aristocratic house, in harmony with its surroundings, well suited to its purpose, fully expressing the soul of its owners, and, like them, a national treasure." Beginning in 1949 until Chaim Weizmann's death three years later, the years Weizmann served as President of Israel, the house functioned as the official residence of the President.

The house was adapted into a museum in 1978 and was featured on an Israeli postage stamp in 1991. It underwent further renovations in 1999, during the presidency of the Weizmanns' nephew, Ezer Weizmann.

Architecture

The house was designed in keeping with the international style though many aspects distinguish it from the style as a characteristic and original work of Erich Mendelsohn. Situated on  of land, it was designed to be becoming of its site, climate, and landscape. From the top of a hill, the house has a commanding view of the coastal plain, a primary consideration in planning of the house. The structure is symmetrical, which is not common for its style. The form of the structure is simple and is designed to exacting proportions, which are highlighted by the use of clean forms. The structure is organized around a cylindrical stairwell, half facing the courtyard of the house with a pool in its center. Although courtyards enclosed on four sides are an architectural typology, in this case the front facade of the house blurs the boundary between the interior of the house, and the natural environment, both because of this openness to the landscape and the open space above through the roofing.

Mendelsohn designed a number of buildings in Israel in addition to the Weizmann house, including several buildings at the Sieff Institute which would later become the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Schocken house and library, Mount Scopus Hadassah Hospital, the first building for the Rambam Hospital, and the Anglo-Palestine Bank building, now the Bank Leumi in Jerusalem.

Gardens

The gardens on the grounds of the complex are the resting place for Chaim and Vera Weizmann.

Gallery

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Erich Mendelsohn buildings
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Mount Venus (or Cill an Véineas in Irish) is a sacred megalithic site in Edmondstown, County Dublin, Ireland on the Mount Venus Road. It is  a national heritage site.

It has been described by Borlase as one of the most magnificent in the world. It encompasses a massive capstone weighing in at 44 tons. It is partly collapsed on its supports and overgrown, and it has been suggested that this was a result of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, as well as the 1690 Caernarfon earthquake. The capstone lies against a single large upright megalith.

When it was complete it would have been a . high chamber entrance. Only one of the two great portal stones survives upright. The capstone has fallen and leans on this portal stone. The other portal stone (15 feet long) lies next to the monument. A third dressed stone 4 metres long by 1 metre wide lies in front. Borlase believed this to be a distinct class of tomb - an earth-fast dolmen, so-called from the capstone's contact with the ground at the back (another example being Howth dolmen).

Access to this megalith is through a gap in a hedge beside the DSPCA on a site which was once a golf course.

References

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1851 image

Rathfarnham
Megalithic monuments in Ireland
Stone Age Europe

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Alexander Alexandrovich Ilyinsky (; 23 February 1920) was a Russian music teacher and composer, best known for the Lullaby (Berceuse), Op. 13, No. 7, from his orchestral suite "Noure and Anitra", and for the opera The Fountain of Bakhchisaray set to Pushkin's poem of the same name.

Alexander Ilyinsky was born in Tsarskoye Selo in 1859.  His father was a physician in the Alexander Cadet Corps.  His general education was in the First Cadet Corps at St Petersburg, and he served in the Artillery from 1877 to 1879. His music studies were in Berlin, under Theodor Kullak and Natanael Betcher at the Berlin Conservatory, and under Woldemar Bargiel at the Neue Akademie der Tonkunst. He returned to Russia in 1885, graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatory and taught at the Moscow Philharmonic Society School of Music and Drama. He resigned in 1899 and started giving private lessons. In 1905 he joined the staff of the Moscow Conservatory. His students included Vasily Kalinnikov, Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov, Nikolai Roslavets, Elena Stanekaite-Laumyanskene, and the Finnish composer Väinö Raitio.

His major work, the 4-act opera The Fountain of Bakhchisaray, to a libretto based on Alexander Pushkin's poem, was produced in Moscow in 1911. He also wrote a symphony, a Concert Overture, a string quartet, three orchestral suites, a set of orchestral Croatian Dances, a symphonic movement called Psyche, two cantatas for female chorus and orchestra (Strekoza (The Dragonfly) and Rusalka), incidental music to Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Philoctetes, and to Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy's Tsar Fiodor Ioannovich, piano pieces, church music, songs, etc.  His name is perhaps most familiar to music students for his Lullaby from the third orchestral suite (sometimes described as a ballet), "Noure and Anitra", Op. 13, which excerpt has appeared in many different arrangements.

Alexander Ilyinsky also wrote "A Short Guide to the Practical Teaching of Orchestration" (1917), which remained in use long after his death. In 1904 there appeared under his editorship "Biographies of all Composers from the Fourth to the Twentieth Century". He edited the complete piano works of Beethoven for a commercial publication.

He died in 1920 in Moscow.

Orgy of the Spirits, an excerpt from The Fountain of Bakhchisaray, was used in the scores of the film East of Java (1935) and the adventure serials Tim Tyler's Luck (1937) and Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938). It was also used as the theme music for the radio serial The Witch's Tale.

References

Sources
 Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th, 1954, Eric Blom, ed.

Further reading
"Iljinski, Alexander Alexandrovich", in The Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (1940), Garden City, NY:  Blue Ribbon Books.

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1859 births
1920 deaths
People from Pushkin, Saint Petersburg
People from Tsarskoselsky Uyezd
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Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni
Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory

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Dragon Seed is a 1944 American war drama film, about Japan's WWII-era actions in China.The movie directed by Jack Conway and Harold S. Bucquet, based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Pearl S. Buck. The film stars Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff, and Turhan Bey. It portrays a peaceful village in China that has been invaded by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The men in the village choose to adopt a peaceful attitude toward their conquerors, but the headstrong Jade (Hepburn) stands up to the Japanese.

Aline MacMahon was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Plot
A peaceful Chinese village is invaded by the Japanese prior to World War II. The men elect to adopt a peaceful attitude towards their conquerors, and the women are understood to stoically acquiesce as well, but Jade, a headstrong young woman, intends to stand up to the Japanese, whether her husband Lao Er approves or not. She even goes so far as to learn to read and to handle a weapon, so that she may be properly equipped for both psychological and physical combat. Jade's attitude spreads to the rest of the village, convincing even the staunchest of male traditionalists that the Japanese can be defeated only by offering a strong united front, male and female.

Cast

Production
Reportedly, Judy Garland wanted the role of Jade.

Box office
According to MGM records, the film earned $3,033,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $1,594,000 elsewhere, but, because of its high cost, it incurred a loss to the studio of $281,000.

See also
 Examples of yellowface
 Whitewashing in film
 List of American films of 1944

References

External links

1944 films
1944 drama films
1940s war drama films
American black-and-white films
American war drama films
Films based on American novels
Films based on works by Pearl S. Buck
Films directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Films directed by Jack Conway
Films scored by Herbert Stothart
Films set in China
Films with screenplays by Jane Murfin
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Second Sino-Japanese War films
World War II films made in wartime
1940s English-language films
English-language war drama films

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Matheson Alexander Lang (May 15, 1879 – April 11, 1948) was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright.  He is best remembered for his theatrical performances  in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.

Biography
Lang was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the son of Rev. Gavin Lang of Inverness, Scotland, and a cousin of Cosmo Gordon Lang, who would later become Archbishop of Canterbury.

Lang was educated at Inverness College and the University of St Andrews.
He made his stage debut in 1897.  He became known for his Shakespearean roles in such plays as Hamlet, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet.  He also appeared in plays by Henrik Ibsen and George Bernard Shaw.  He performed in the theatrical companies of Sir Frank Benson, Lillie Langtry, and Ellen Terry.

In 1903 he married actress Nelly Hutin Britton in London.  In 1906 he played Tristram in Joseph Comyns Carr's play Tristram and Iseult at the Adelphi Theatre,  with Lily Brayton as Iseult and Oscar Asche as King Mark; Lang's wife played Arganthael. Asche afterwards usually referred to Lang as "Tristram".

Lang and his wife subsequently formed their own company, which toured India, South Africa, and Australia from 1910 to 1913 performing Shakespeare.  In 1913, Lang returned to England and created one of his most memorable roles, the title character in Mr. Wu.  He reprised this part in a 1919 silent film, and became so identified with the role that he titled his 1940 memoirs Mr. Wu Looks Back.  In 1914, he and Britton successfully produced The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, and Hamlet at the Old Vic.

In 1916, Lang became one of the first major theatre stars to act on film, as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, with his wife as Portia.  He went on to appear in over 30 films and was one of Britain's leading movie stars of the 1920s.  Among his memorable roles were Guy Fawkes (1923), Matthias in The Wandering Jew (1923) (which also featured his wife as Judith), Henry IV in Henry, King of Navarre (1924), and Henry V in Royal Cavalcade (1935).

Lang also wrote the plays Carnival (1919) and The Purple Mask (1920), both of which were produced on Broadway and made into films.
The film The Chinese Bungalow (1940 film), was adapted from his play of the same name, in which he had, in his turn, played the lead of Yuan Sing, in the first film adaptation, in 1926, and again, in 1930.

In 1940 the Langs were staying with their old friend Dornford Yates and his wife at their house near Pau in France when France surrendered. The Langs had to escape from the advancing Germans through Spain to Portugal.

Matheson Lang died in Bridgetown, Barbados, at age 68.

Selection of Lang's stage performances
 Tristram and Iseult as Tristram (Adelphi Theatre, 1906)
 Pete as Pete Quilliam (1908)

Filmography

 The Merchant of Venice (1916) as Shylock (film debut)
 The Ware Case (1917) as Sir Hubert Ware
 The House Opposite (1917) as Henry Rivers MP
 Masks and Faces (1917) as Coachman
 Everybody's Business (1917) as Lieutenant Jack Goudron
 Victory and Peace (1918) as Edward Arkwright
 Mr. Wu (1919) as Mr. Wu
 Carnival (1921) as Sylvio Steno
 A Romance of Old Baghdad (1922) as Prince Omar
 Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922) as Dick Turpin
 Jealousy (1923) as Jan Steen
 The Wandering Jew (1923) as Mattathias
 Guy Fawkes (1923) as Guy Fawkes
 Henry, King of Navarre (1924) as Henry of Navarre
 Slaves of Destiny (1924) as Luke Charnock
 White Slippers (1924) as Lionel Hazard
 Port of Lost Souls (1924)
 The Secret Kingdom (1925) as John Quarrain
 The Qualified Adventurer (1925) as Peter Duff
 The Chinese Bungalow (1926) as Yuan Sing
 The Island of Despair (1926) as Stephen Rhodes
 The King's Highway (1927) as Paul Clifford
 The Blue Peter (1928) as David Hunter
 The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1928) as Sir Percy Blakeney
 The Chinese Bungalow (1930) as Yuan Sing
 Carnival (1931) as Sylvio Steno
 Channel Crossing (1933) as Jacob Van Eeden
 The Great Defender (1934) as Sir Douglas Rolls
 Little Friend (1934) as John Hughes
 Royal Cavalcade (1935) as Henry V
 Drake of England (1935) as Sir Francis Drake
 The Cardinal (1936) as Cardinal de Medici (final film)

Notes

References
 Mr Matheson Lang and Miss Hutin Britton - Rudolph De Cordova, Westminster Abbey Press, 1909.
 Mr Wu Looks Back (1940) - Lang's Memoirs

External links

 Matheson Lang's profile at the Emory University Shakespeare Project
 Matheson Lang profile on Collectors' Post
 Matheson Lang profile on Silent Movie

1879 births
1948 deaths
Actor-managers
Canadian people of Scottish descent
Canadian male stage actors
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male silent film actors
Canadian male Shakespearean actors
19th-century Canadian male actors
20th-century Canadian male actors

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Heinrich Eduard von Lade (24 February 1817 – 7 August 1904) was a German banker and amateur astronomer.

He was born in Geisenheim, located along the banks of the Rhine river, the son of a wine merchant. He worked as a banker and exporter in Hamburg and Paris, and by the age of 44 he had earned enough to retire.

In 1861 he built a private estate Monrepos in Geisenheim. There he dedicated himself to culturing fruit and wine, and established a school at the site to teach the art. He also built an observatory on the estate to pursue his interest in selenography, or mapping the Moon.

He commissioned the construction of a lunar globe with one side in physical relief and the other with hashed relief and the crater names. This globe is now a very rare collector's item.

In 1901 he was elevated to nobility and became a baron. He died in Geisenheim, which is still famous for its wine and the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute.

Honors
The crater Lade on the Moon is named after him, as is the asteroid 340 Eduarda.

External links

 Planetaria

1817 births
1904 deaths
19th-century German astronomers
People from the Rheingau

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Barbersville was an unincorporated town in Shelby Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. Nothing remains of its few buildings.

Barbersville was probably preceded by the town of Edinburgh, which was platted on November 3, 1815, and recorded in the Jefferson County deed records. No legal land definitions were included, but a rough map showed the land of the proprietors, Wilson Buchanan, George Benefiel, and James Whitton, who were neighboring landowners, all of whom had land in the Barbersville area. They laid out  64 lots around a public square, which was filed in Jefferson County Deed Book A page 174.

The Barbersville Post Office operated from December 7, 1826, to November 19, 1838, and then was transferred to nearby Buchanan's Station in Ripley County. Mail service was then provided by the Canaan Post Office in Shelby Township. The government re-established the Barberville office on June 27, 1848, and it operated until May 31, 1906, when service was transferred to Canaan.

The first postmaster, Timothy Barber, was licensed by the Jefferson County Commissioners to sell foreign merchandise (such as sugar and coffee) in May 1829 and again in May 1832. Enoch and Thomas Bray platted the town on December 18, 1848, with fifteen lots and three named streets including Main Street (60 feet wide), Broadway (50 feet wide), and Main Cross. During the 1870s, most of the lots came into the possession of area resident William Buchanan.

The Historical Atlas of Indiana, published in 1876, lists Barbersville's population as 100 in 1870. But it was never separately enumerated in the censuses, so this may reflect the number of people with Barbersville addresses. William H. operated the store with the longest history, opening in 1857 and closing with his death in 1911. His goods were auctioned on August 8, 1911, according to William Kramer's Shelby Township history.

The 1890 Indiana Business Directory and Gazetteer described the town as follows: "A village of 50 population located Shelby township, Jefferson county, 15 miles northeast of Madison, the county seat, shipping point, and banking town. Grain, livestock, hay and fruit are the shipments. Mail, tri-weekly. W.H.H. Benefiel."

A one-room school was operating in Barbersville by December 24, 1890, when the school year ended, according to the January 6, 1891, issue of the Daily Democrat. It apparently closed by the 1915/16 school year, as a county school list for that year did not include it.

The town had a corn mill, according to a Madison Courier article dated January 31, 1895, which said the mill "grinds every Friday and Saturday when not too bad" and was under the operation of Milford Smock. The town also had a justice of the peace court, which lasted at least into the latter part of the nineteenth century. The Madison Courier reported in 1895 that "Squire Van Antwerp's Court will convene September 24." William Benefiel was listed as involved in a "General Store, Implements, Fertilizers and Live Stock."

In the twentieth century, the area was severely depopulated, and according to aerial photographs there are only three residences or other buildings along the Barbersville Road for a mile in either direction, including the area in which the town was once located.

Geography
Barbersville was located at latitude 38.90583 and longitude: -85.28083. The elevation is  above sea level.

References

Baker, J. David, The Postal History of Indiana, 1976, Philatelic Bibliophile, P.O. Box 213971, Louisville, Ky. 1976.
Baskin, Forester, & Co., Illustrated Atlas of the State of Indiana, Chicago, 1876.
Jefferson County, Indiana. Office of the Assessor. County Commissioners Record Books.
Jefferson County, Indiana. Office of the Recorder. Deed Book A
Kramer, William J. "Some Leading Facts of History of Canaan, Indiana and Shelby Township, Jefferson County, Indiana". Canaan Restoration Council. Canaan, Ind., 1961.
Polk, R.L. & Co. Indiana State Gazetteer & Business Directory. 1890. Volume V. S.E. Circle and Meridian Streets, Indianapolis, Ind. Reprinted 1978-9 by The Bookmark, P.O. Box 74 Knightstown, Ind. 46148.

Former populated places in Jefferson County, Indiana
Former populated places in Indiana

Barbersville, Indiana


Putting on the Ritz (1991) is the second book by novelist Joe Keenan. It is a gay-themed comedy about three friends who become involved in the New York City magazine publishing industry.

Characters
Gilbert Selwyn, an over-sexed gay New Yorker and best friend of Philip Cavanaugh. Gilbert is perpetually poor, but constantly scheming to make a quick buck. Gilbert longs to be a writer, but sloth causes him to never put pen to paper.
Philip Cavanaugh, Gilbert's long-suffering best friend and fellow New Yorker. Once Gilbert's teenage boyfriend (until an unfortunate case of crabs, caught from one of Gilbert's many sugar daddies, broke them up), Philip is a struggling writer with only minimal talent. Reluctant to be part of Gilbert's schemes, he usually gives in because he longs for money, fame and "the good life."
Claire Simmons, Philip's other (heterosexual) best friend. Claire is a struggling writer with a modicum of talent, a zaftig figure, and a deep loathing for Gilbert Selwyn. Claire is the most level-headed of Philip's friends, and usually gets him out of Gilbert-caused jams. Claire and Philip are constantly collaborating on the Next Big Novel or Play.
Elsa Champion, the talentless wife of billionaire real estate magnate Peter Champion. She thinks she can sing.
Peter Champion, a billionaire real estate developer, is the husband of Elsa Champion and one of the most hated men in New York. His business practices are considered dirty, corrupt, graft-ridden, violent and on the whole unethical. But his wealth protects him.
Boyd Larkin, a billionaire publisher whose pet project is an upscale magazine called "Choice."  Larkin is Peter Champion's arch-rival and hated competitor, although he shares Champion's lust for money and dirty dealing.
Tommy Parker, the editor of Boyd's magazine "Boulevardier" and one of the most dashing, handsome men in New York City.

Plot summary
Philip and Claire's latest efforts at breaking onto Broadway have flopped, but their efforts have not gone unnoticed by Gilbert's employer, Tommy Parker.  Tommy is a gofer for billionaire Boyd Larkin, who wants to insert a spy into the household of his arch-rival billionaire, Peter Champion.  Peter's wife, Elsa, is seeking to launch a singing career and needs just the right songwriting team. Gilbert, on the other hand, is hoping that helping Parker and Larkin pull off their scheme will advance his own chances at snagging the world's wealthiest sugar daddy.

Philip and Claire are soon hired.  Unfortunately, Elsa can't carry a tune and her acting abilities are nonexistent. Nonetheless, they have to make her look good: Champion could destroy their careers if they don't.  But if they manage to pull it off, they'll be on the fast track to fame.

It's not long before Philip and Gilbert are caught spying, which leads them to become double-agents, double-double agents, and triple-agents. And when the man of their dreams turns out to be a homosexual, suddenly Philip and Gilbert are competing for his financial (and sexual) favors and betraying one another as well.

1991 American novels
Novels by Joe Keenan
Novels with gay themes
Novels set in New York City
Novels about journalists
1990s LGBT novels

Putting on the Ritz (novel)


Lewisburg is a city in, and the county seat of Marshall County, Tennessee, United States.  The population was 12,288 in 2020. Lewisburg is located in Middle Tennessee, fifty miles south of Nashville and fifty-two miles north of Huntsville, Alabama. Residents have access to the larger cities via nearby I-65.

Located among rolling hills, Lewisburg was named for the explorer Meriwether Lewis. By 1838, the town was supporting a newspaper and a bank.  The downtown area is similar to many other small southern towns, with a courthouse on a square, surrounded by retail and commercial businesses.  Shopping centers are located on the east and west ends of town.

Geography
Lewisburg is located at  (35.449034, -86.793112).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , almost all of which is land (0.09% is water).

Climate

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 12,288 people, 4,394 households, and 2,758 families residing in the city.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,413 people, 4,242 households, and 2,740 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 4,584 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 79.96% White, 15.44% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.85% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.15% of the population.

There were 4,242 households, out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 16.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.2% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,033, and the median income for a family was $38,246. Males had a median income of $30,619 versus $21,765 for females. The per capita income (the average income a person in the city is earning.)
was $16,401. About 12.7% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.1% of those under age 18 and 14.2% of those age 65 or over.

History
The area in which Lewisburg and Marshall County is located was long occupied by various cultures of indigenous peoples. Historic Native Americans were here when French, Spanish and English explorers entered the area. Revolutionary War veterans were given land grants in this area by the State of North Carolina for services rendered during the war followed in the 1780s. North Carolina still claimed this territory under its colonial charter, but later gave up that claim and Tennessee became an independent state.

Marshall County, named in honor of the young nation's first Supreme Court Chief Justice and noted American jurist, John Marshall, was established by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly in 1836. The act which created the county specified that the county seat be named Lewisburg to commemorate the deeds of frontier explorer Meriweather Lewis. He had been leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory soon after its purchase. Lewisburg was incorporated in 1837, on a site of  donated for civic purpose.

There was white violence against freedmen during and after Reconstruction, extending into the early 20th century. Some lynchings of African Americans took place at the Marshall County Courthouse in Lewisburg during the period of highest violence around the turn of the 20th century. Two unidentified black men were lynched without trial in Lewisburg on August 5, 1903. Another account said that John Milligan (Millikin) and John L. Hunter had been killed in Needmore by a mob that week. They are likely the same men.

Until 1925, Lewisburg served the area principally as a trading and shipping center for its livestock and farm produce. As the county seat, it was a center of the justice system and active as a retail center for the area farmers.

The world headquarters of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association has been based in Lewisburg since 1939. The Tennessee Walking Horse, a gaited breed, is considered to have been developed in Middle Tennessee, and the area is still a center of breeding and exhibitions for this horse.

Marshall County is significant partly because of three men who have served as Governor of Tennessee were living here when they were elected to office: Henry Horton, Jim Nance McCord, and Buford Ellington.

Today, Lewisburg/Marshall County is the home of several nationally known industries. Due to restructuring and movement of industry offshore, it has suffered thousands of job losses in recent years, but it maintains a viable work force.

Education
It is served by Marshall County Schools, including Marshall County High School.

Notable people
 Buford Ellington, politician living here; served as governor of the state.
 Marcus Haislip, Marcus Deshon Haislip (born December 22, 1980) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Gaziantep Basketbol of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL)
 Dont'a Hightower, born and raised here; professional football player for the New England Patriots. 3x Super Bowl Champion.
 Henry Horton, lived here; farmer and politician who served as governor of the state
 Jason Maxwell, born and raised here; is a former professional baseball player. Primarily an infielder, Maxwell first played in 1998 for the Chicago Cubs.
 Jim Nance McCord, mayor of Lewisburg (1916-1942; publisher of local newspaper; served as governor of Tennessee from 1945-1949)
 Grady Martin, rockabilly and country session musician

Media

Radio stations
 WJJM 94.3 FM

References

External links

 Lewisburg Local City Guide
 Marshall County Chamber of Commerce
 Goats, Music and More Festival
 TN Farm Products

Cities in Tennessee
Cities in Marshall County, Tennessee
County seats in Tennessee
Superfund sites in Tennessee

Lewisburg, Tennessee


Kananaskis, Alberta may refer to:

Kananaskis, Alberta (community), an unincorporated community on Highway 1A in the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8
Kananaskis Country, a park system within the improvement district
Kananaskis Lakes, consisting of Lower Kananaskis Lake and Upper Kananaskis Lake
Kananaskis Improvement District (No. 5), an administrative district in the Alberta rockies
Kananaskis Range, a mountain range in Kananaskis Country
Kananaskis River, a mountain river in Kananaskis Country
Kananaskis Summit, a 2002 political leaders meeting, formally the 28th G8 summit
Kananaskis Village, Alberta, an unincorporated community on Highway 40 (Kananaskis Trail) in Kananaskis Country
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, sometimes referred to as Kananaskis Provincial Park

See also
Kananascus, a genus of fungi

Kananaskis, Alberta


Abbott and Costello in Hollywood is a 1945 American black-and-white comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello alongside Frances Rafferty. Made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was produced by Martin A. Gosch.

Plot
A barber, Buzz Curtis, and a porter, Abercrombie, work for a Hollywood salon. They are sent to the office of agent Norman Royce to give him a haircut and a shoeshine. On the way there they run into former co-worker Claire Warren, who is about to star as the lead in a new musical. At the same time her co-star Gregory LeMaise, whose fame is dwindling, arrives and invites her to join him at lunch. She declines, which angers him.

While at the agent's office Buzz and Abercrombie witness LeMaise enter and declare to Royce that he cannot work with Claire. Royce, who has just seen a young singer, Jeff Parker audition, fires LeMaise and offers the job to Parker. This causes LeMaise to change his mind, and Royce does as well, giving LeMaise his job back. Buzz and Abercrombie quickly switch careers and become Parker's agents, and head to the studio's chief, Mr. Kavanaugh, to find a role for Parker.

Unfortunately, when they meet up with Kavanaugh it's because they just crashed their car into his at the studio gate. Kavanaugh bans them from the lot, but they manage to sneak back in with a group of extras. Once inside they find themselves at the wardrobe department and Buzz gets dressed as a cop and Abercrombie as a tramp. They use their newfound disguises to roam the lot.

Later, Buzz and Abercrombie try to help Parker get the role by getting LeMaise out of the picture by trying to start a fight with him. Their plan is to photograph him hitting Abercrombie and then having him arrested. The plan goes off without a hitch until Abercombie falls overboard after being hit and is feared drowned. LeMaise decides to hide, and Parker is given the role in his place. LeMaise eventually discovers that Abercrombie is still alive and chases him around the backlot. LeMaise eventually is caught, and Claire and Parker become famous when the film is successful.  Subsequently, Buzz and Abercrombie become big-time agents in Hollywood.

Cast

 Bud Abbott as Buzz Kurtis
 Lou Costello as Abercrombie
 Frances Rafferty as Claire Warren
 Bob Haymes as Jeff Parker (as Robert Stanton)
 Jean Porter as Ruthie
 Warner Anderson as Norman Royce
 Rags Ragland as himself (as 'Rags' Ragland)
 Mike Mazurki as Klondike Pete
 Carleton G. Young as Gregory LeMaise
 Donald MacBride as Dennis Kavanaugh
 Edgar Dearing as First Studio Cop
 Marion Martin as Miss Milbane
 Arthur Space as Director
 William Phillips as Kavanaugh's Assistant, (as Wm. 'Bill' Phillips)

Production
Filming took place from April 10 through June 1, 1945, with some retakes filmed in July.

During production, Abbott and Costello returned to Universal Studios on May 13 for retakes on The Naughty Nineties (1945).

This is the last of three feature films that Abbott and Costello made on loan to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer while under contract to Universal; the other two features were Rio Rita (1942) and Lost in a Harem (1944).

Many stars appear in the film as themselves, such as Lucille Ball, Rags Ragland, Preston Foster, and Dean Stockwell.

Routines performed
Insomnia is one of the routines that Abbott and Costello perform. Costello is unable to fall asleep, so Abbott gives him a record that is guaranteed to put anyone to sleep. However, no one is around to turn it off, and when the needle reaches the end, it starts skipping, which wakes him. Abbott agrees to stay awake to turn it off when it is over, but falls under the spell of the record and goes to sleep himself. They try again, this time with cotton in Abbott's ears (a sequence that was used in the MGM compilation film, (That's Entertainment, Part II). When this also fails, Costello ties a string from his foot to the record player. The thought is when he falls asleep, his foot will drop shutting off the machine, but instead it turns on the radio, which blasts a loud march!

Reception
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote: "Among the real rib-tickling sketches in this film the two high spots are Costello's schooling in the tonsorial art and his desperate battle to overcome insomnia. During these interludes his brilliant pantomimic talents are brought into full play. As for the rest, well, even half a laugh is better than none." Variety wrote: "An Abbott and Costello picture may not be an artistic triumph, but the duo certainly try hard enough to make audiences laugh. Their latest, 'Abbott and Costello in Hollywood,' is no exception; it should do fairly good business." Harrison's Reports wrote that the film "should more than satisfy those who respond easily to [Abbott & Costello's] particular brand of slapstick humor."

Home media
Warner Home Video released the film on DVD November 21, 2006 with Lost in a Harem (1944).

Notes

References

External links

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The Pacers–Heat rivalry is a basketball rivalry between the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The rivalry started in 1988 with the creation of the Heat franchise. The two historic organizations have faced each other 5 times in the NBA Playoffs with Indiana winning their first matchup 4–2 in the 2004 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Most recently, the rivalry was renewed when Miami swept Indiana in the 2020 Eastern Conference First Round.

Pacers fans have adopted the slogan "Beat The Heat!" while playing Miami during their playoff battles and will often display the chant on clothing apparel, signs, and banners outside Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Much like the Knicks–Pacers rivalry, there is a mutual level of respect for the hustle, competitiveness, and physicality displayed during each encounter between Miami and Indiana.

During the early 2010s, both teams faced each other three consecutive years in 2012, 2013, and 2014, including back–to–back Eastern Conference Finals matchups. Miami's teams consisted of Hall of Famers LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh, while Indiana's core included star Paul George, David West, Roy Hibbert, Lance Stephenson, and George Hill. The rivalry grew after several altercations occurred between core players from both teams throughout each series. In 2023, the last players active on either team was Udonis Haslem on the Heat and George Hill on the Pacers, who both competed in all three 2012, 2013, and 2014 playoff series.

After 6 years of no playoff action, the two met once again in the 2020 first round. Indiana was led by a core of Victor Oladipo, Malcolm Brogdon, T.J. Warren, and Myles Turner, with Miami's team containing Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Goran Dragić, and Tyler Herro. Even though Miami swept Indiana, and Pacers All–Star Domantas Sabonis did not play due to injury, the series remained competitive and physical, building upon a previous in–season altercation between Butler and Warren in which players were ejected and fined.

2004 Eastern Conference Semifinals
The two franchises first met in the 2004 NBA playoffs, when Indiana won 4–2 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Indiana was seen as title contenders, having the 1st seed in the Eastern Conference, and the best record in the league, led by Reggie Miller, Jermaine O'Neal, Ron Artest, and Al Harrington. The Heat were led by rookie Dwyane Wade, Lamar Odom, Eddie Jones, and Caron Butler, with this being Wade's first ever playoff experience. The Pacers would go on to lose in 6 games in the Eastern Conference Finals to the eventual 2004 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons. Following the 2003–04 NBA season, and before meeting again in 2012, Indiana remained competitive in the Eastern Conference, while Miami would win their first ever championship in 2006 after acquiring Shaquille O'Neal.

2012 Eastern Conference Semifinals
A true rivalry with the Miami Heat was triggered in the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2012 NBA playoffs. During the series, both head coaches were fined for statements made relating to the officiating: Frank Vogel accused the Heat of flopping before the series started, while Erik Spoelstra took offense to what he perceived to be deliberate "head–hunting" of his players on the part of the Pacers. In 2012, Indiana took a 2–1 lead after Miami's Chris Bosh was sidelined with an abdominal strain. Powered by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, Miami won three straight games to take the series, 4–2 and later become 2012 NBA Champions.

2013 Eastern Conference Finals
The following season saw improvements for both teams, from Miami's acquisitions of Ray Allen and Chris Andersen, to the emergence of Paul George and Lance Stephenson in the absence of Danny Granger due to a season–ending injury. Notably, it was after the Heat lost to the Pacers that they compiled a 27–game winning streak; the last time the Heat lost two in a row in the year were the games against Indiana and Portland. During the waning minutes of Game 6 in the Semifinals between the Pacers and the New York Knicks, the Pacers' fans were chanting "Beat The Heat" as their team beat their old New York rivals. True to form, the Heat and the Pacers met in the Conference Finals of the 2013 NBA playoffs on May 22, 2013. Several instances of physicality became prominent in the series: Shane Battier received an offensive foul for throwing his knee at Hibbert's midsection; Hibbert claimed that it was intentional dirty play on the part of Battier. Andersen suffered a bloodied nose after colliding with David West. Ian Mahinmi received a retroactive flagrant foul for a grab of James' arm. Norris Cole latched a hand on West's groin area as he tried to slip through West. Wade received a retroactive flagrant foul for hitting Stephenson in the head, another incident that the Pacers, notably Paul George, felt was a dirty play. The Heat survived Game 1 on a James game–winning layup, while the Pacers came back to tie the series at 1–1 after forcing James into two late fourth–quarter turnovers for Game 2. In Game 3, the Heat set a team record for points in a post–season half with 70. It was the first time the Pacers had given up 70 points since 1992. Allen's single turnover was the least ever suffered by the Heat in a first half. Their five total turnovers is tied for the fewest in franchise history. The Game 3 victory marked the first time that an NBA team had won five straight road games by double digits. The Heat won the series 4–3, with a 99–76 win in game 7, eventually becoming 2013 NBA Champions.

2014 Eastern Conference Finals
In the 2014 NBA playoffs, the Pacers and Heat renewed their rivalry in a second consecutive Eastern Conference Finals match up. Indiana entered the series with home court advantage, having earned the 1st seed in the Eastern Conference, with a 56–26 record during the 2013–14 season. Indiana's core players from this series included Paul George, David West, Lance Stephenson, George Hill, Roy Hibbert, and new acquisitions, Evan Turner, Luis Scola, and Andrew Bynum. Likewise, Miami's key players again consisted of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Ray Allen, Mario Chalmers, as well as newcomers Greg Oden and Michael Beasley. Even though the Pacers were viewed as legitimate title contenders, Miami eliminated Indiana again, this time in 6 games.

2020 Eastern Conference First Round
Indiana and Miami would meet again for the first time since 2014 in the 2020 NBA playoffs with the Heat sweeping the Pacers in the first round. Indiana was led by Victor Oladipo, Malcolm Brogdon, T.J. Warren and Myles Turner. The Heat were led by and Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Goran Dragić, and Tyler Herro, who ended up reaching the 2020 NBA Finals. Indiana sustained significant injuries preventing All–Star Domantas Sabonis and Jeremy Lamb from playing in the 2020 NBA Bubble.

References

National Basketball Association rivalries
Indiana Pacers
Miami Heat

Pacers–Heat rivalry


Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus (), son of Mennaeus (Mennæus) was tetrarch of Iturea and Chalcis from about 85 BC to 40 BC, in which year he died. He tried to extend his kingdom by warlike expeditions (Strabo, xvi. 2, § 10); and ruled the Lebanon, threatened Damascus, subjugated several districts on the Phoenician coast, and once had Paneas in his hands (Josephus, Ant. xv. 10, §§ 1–3). In fact, the whole of Galilee had formerly been in the possession of the Itureans, and had been taken away from them in 103 BC by Aristobulus I. (ibid. xiii. 11, § 3).

The Jews thought themselves oppressed by Ptolemy, and hence Aristobulus II, at that time still prince and sent by his mother, Alexandra, undertook an expedition against Damascus to protect it against Ptolemy (ibid. 16, § 3; idem, B. J. i. 5, § 3). Pompey destroyed Ptolemy's strongholds in the Lebanon and doubtless took away from him the Hellenistic cities, as he did in Judaea. When Aristobulus II was murdered by Pompey's party in Judea (49 BC), his sons and daughters found protection with Ptolemy (Ant. xiv. 7, § 4; B. J. i. 9, § 2). It may be that the national Jewish party at that time depended for support on the Itureans in Chalcis, and perhaps the following statement has reference to that fact: "On the 17th of Adar danger threatened the rest of the Soferim in the city of Chalcis, and it was salvation for Israel" (Meg. Ta'an. xii.).

Antigonus, son of Aristobulus, was also supported by Ptolemy in his effort to establish himself as king in Judaea (Ant. xiv. 12, § 1).  Josephus says that the Hasmonean king Antigonus was a "kinsman" of Ptolemy. He was married to Antigonus's sister Alexandra, who had previously married Ptolemy's son Philippion. However, Ptolemy slew his son and took his bride for himself. Ptolemy died just as the Parthians were invading Judaea (Jewish Wars. xiv. 13, § 3; B. J. i. 13, § 1). He was succeeded by his son Lysanias.

References

 Wright, N. L. 2013: "Ituraean coinage in context". Numismatic Chronicle 173: 55–71. (available online here)

Roman-era Greeks
Hellenistic generals
Year of birth unknown
40 BC deaths

Ptolemy (son of Mennaeus)


The Sulaiman Mountains, also known as Kōh-e Sulaymān (Dari:; "Mountains of Prophet Solomon") or Da Kasē Ghrūna (; "Mountains of Kasi"), are a north–south extension of the southern Hindu Kush mountain system in Pakistan and Afghanistan. They rise to form the eastern edge of the Iranian plateau. They are located in the Kandahar, Zabul and Paktia provinces of Afghanistan, and in Pakistan they extend over the northern part of Balochistan and Waziristan as well as Kurram of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In southwestern Punjab, the mountains extend into the two districts of Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur, which are located west of the Indus River on the boundary with Balochistan. Bordering the mountains to the east are the plains of the Indus River valley, and to the north are the arid highlands of the Central Hindu Kush whose heights extend up to . The total area on which this range spans around 6475 sq. km (2500 sq mi).Together with the Kirthar Mountains on the border between Balochistan and Sindh, the Sulaiman Mountains form what is known as the Sulaiman-Kirthar geologic province.

The most well-known peak of the Sulaimans is the twin-peaked Takht-e-Sulaiman or "Throne of Prophet Solomon" at , located near Darazinda in Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision, close to the border with both South Waziristan and the Zhob District of neighboring Balochistan province. The highest peak, however, is Zarghun Ghar at  near Quetta, Pakistan. The next highest peak in Balochistan province is Khilafat Hill at , which is located in the Ziarat District of Pakistan and is famous for the Ziarat Juniper Forest, where Juniperus macropoda trees grow.

Geography
The eastern edge of the Sulaiman range runs  from the Gomal Pass in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to near the city of Jacobabad in Sindh province, and further stretches into south-west Punjab.

In Afghanistan, the western edge of the range starts just beyond the northern Loya Paktia province where they meet the Koh-i-Baba range. South from there, they meet the Spin Ghar range northeast of Gardez in Paktia province, but towards west, the mountain range drops gradually in Kandahar southwest into Helmand and the Sistan Basin.

The Sulaiman Range, and the high plateaus to the west of it, helps form a natural barrier against the humid winds that blow from the Indian Ocean, creating arid conditions across southern and central Afghanistan to the west and north. In contrast, the relatively flat and low-lying Indus delta is situated due east and south of the Sulaimans.

Rivers that drain the Sulaimans include the Gomal River which flows eastward into the Indus River, and the Dori River and other small tributaries of the Arghandab River, which flow southwestward into the Helmand River.

Geology
The Sulaimans were formed as a fold and thrust belt as the Indian Plate collided into Eurasian Plate beginning about 30 million years ago. The Indian Plate's counter-clockwise rotation as it collided with the Eurasian Plate resulted in the Sulaiman's having some of the most complex tectonic structures in the world, including "stacking" of thrust faults. The complex fault-system is capable of producing doublet earthquakes that jump to other faults - such as the 1997 Harnai earthquake in which a magnitude 7.1 earthquake triggered a 6.8 earthquake 19 seconds later on a second fault 50 kilometres away.

Areas in the southern part of the range include an Imbricate fan of slices of rocks in close parallel, bounded by faults on either side of each slice. Along the Eastern edge of the Sulaimans is the Sulaiman Fold, an area within the Indian Plate consisting of sediment, alongside which runs the Ornach Nal-Ghazaband-Chaman Fault.

Legends about Takht-e-Sulaiman

One of the highest peaks of the Sulaimans, the Takht-i Sulaiman ("Throne of Solomon") at  high, was recorded by Ibn Battuta as the Koh-i Sulaiman.

In Pashtun legend, it is associated with Prophet Solomon. According to the legend, Prophet Solomon climbed this mountain and looked out over the land of South Asia, which was then covered with darkness, and so turned back without descending into this new frontier, and left only the mountain which is named after him (as told by Ibn Battuta).

According to another legend, Noah's Ark alighted in the Takht-i Sulaiman after the Deluge.

Another legend says that Qais Abdur Rashid, said to be the legendary ancestor of the Pashtun nation, is buried atop Takht-e-Sulaiman, and so it is also locally known as Da Kasī Ghar (د کسي غر, "Mount of Qais").

According to this legend, his descendants migrated west, north, and south from here. Some people visit the place and make animal sacrifices, usually a sheep or a goat, at the tomb of Qais to help feed the poor. Trips to the mountain is undertaken mostly in summer, since from late November until March the snowfall makes it difficult to climb.

See also
 Loe Nekan
 Wadani
 Spin Ghar
 Hindu Kush
 List of mountain ranges of the world
 Fort Munro
Sheikh Badin

References

External links
NASA Earth Observatory page
Chiltan Adventures Association Balochistan

Mountain ranges of Afghanistan
Mountain ranges of Balochistan (Pakistan)
Mountain ranges of Punjab (Pakistan)
Iranian Plateau
Landforms of Kandahar Province
Landforms of Zabul Province
Landforms of Khost Province
Landforms of Paktia Province
Landforms of Paktika Province

Sulaiman Mountains


Pu-Ba'lu, (another spelling, also Pu-Bahla) was ruler/mayor of Yursa, (a city/city-state in Canaan(?)), identified with Tell Jemmeh, of the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. His name translates in west semitic as well as in  Akkadian as: "word/mouth (of) Baal", the  'Spokesman (of) Baal' , (–or 'Baal's Voice').

Pu-Ba'lu of Yursa is the author of three letters to pharaoh. See: Yursa

The three Amarna letters, (EA for 'el Amarna') to pharaoh from Pu-Ba'lu of Yursa are:
EA 314—Title: "A shipment of glass"
EA 315—Title: "Like a command of the Sun"–See: Reanap
EA 316—Title: "Postscript to the royal scribe"–See: Tahmašši

Of the entire Amarna letters 382–letter corpus, Pu-Ba'lu of Yursa is only referenced in letters 314, and 315, as: "..Pu-Ba'lu, the ruler of Yursa", and EA 316, as "Pu-Ba'lu". One other reference in EA 104, entitled: "Ullassa taken" is to Abdi-Ashirta's son, "Pu-Bahla", presumably a separate 'Pu-Baal'.

Example letter of Pu-Ba'lu

EA 314, "A shipment of glass"
To the king-(i.e. Pharaoh), my lord, my god, my Sun, the Sun from the sky: Message of Pu-Ba'lu, your servant, the ruler of Yursa. I indeed prostrate myself at the feet of the king, my lord, my god, my Sun: the Sun from the sky, 7 times and 7 times, on the back and on the belly. I am indeed guarding the place of the king, (my) lord, my Sun, the Sun from the sky. Who is the dog g that would not o]be[y the orders of the king, the Sun from the sk]y? [Since the king, my lord, has ord[ere[d] some glass, I [s]end it to the king, my lord, my god, the Sun from the sk[y].  —EA  -314, lines 1-22 (with damaged cuneiform characters)

EA 235, entitled: "An order of glass", is of the same subject, a letter from Satatna of Akka. See also the same subject glass: Yidya of Ašqaluna, EA 323; see: Yidya.

See also
Yursa
Amarna letters–localities and their rulers
Amarna letters
Amarna letter EA 323
Satatna, and Yidya, Glass letters

External links
Pu-Baal of "Yurtsa"
Pu-Baal of "Yurtsa", a 2nd Article

References
Moran, William L. The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, )

Amarna letters writers
Canaanite people
14th-century BC people

Pu-Ba'lu


Georg Hans Madelung (31 July 1889 in Rostock – 17 August 1972 in Uffing) was a German academic and aeronautical engineer.
Madelung studied at several German Technical Universities before his service as a pilot in the First World War. After the war he lectured and worked in Germany and the United States, working on a number of significant aeronautical achievements. Madelung joined the Nazi Party in 1937, and during the Second World War was involved with aeronautical warfare research, including work with Wernher von Braun's rocket program.
After the cessation of hostilities, Madelung resumed academic work in both Germany and the USA. Madelung's research at the Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland included the effects of high acceleration on the human body.
He permanently returned to live in Germany from 1954 until his death in 1972. The second son of his marriage to Elisabeth Emma née Messerschmitt was Wilferd Madelung, a noted scholar in Islamic studies.

Early life
Madelung's father was Otto Wilhelm Madelung, a surgeon and medical researcher, and his mother was Hedwig Madelung, née Köhler.

Education
From 1895 to 1907 Madelung was schooled at a Protestant gymnasium in Strasbourg. He volunteered for military service in 1907.
Madelung studied at the University of Strasbourg (1907–1908), the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (1908–1909), Leibniz University Hannover (1909–1910), and the Technical University of Berlin from 1910 to 1919.  He was belatedly awarded a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Technical University of Berlin in 1919, and was admitted as Doctor of Engineering of Leibniz University Hannover in 1921.

WWI service
Madelung was trained as a pilot and may have flown some combat missions in the First World War. He was involved with fellow engineer Fritz Haber's deployment of poison gas. In 1915 Madelung was retained as an assistant at the Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt"—acronym DVL—the "German Aviation Laboratory".

Between the wars

Junkers F. 13 project

In 1919 Madelung was a participant in the development of the Junkers F.13, a pioneering all-metal stressed-skin low-wingcantilever wing monoplane. On 13 September 1919, the F.13 was flown to a then-record altitude of 6 750 metres.

"Vampyr" glider
Madelung was the designer of the 1921 "Hannover Vampyr" glider, which has been claimed to be the model for all modern sailplanes.

Work in the United States
From 1921 to 1924 Madelung worked as an airplane
designer in the United States.

Return to Germany
Madelung returned to Germany and the DVL in 1925. In 1929 he was appointed to the office of director-general of the airplane department and a member of the board of the DVL. In 1937, he joined the Nazi Party, and in the same year was appointed the director of the re-formed Deutsche Akademie der Luftfahrtforschung (German Aviation Research Academy).

World War II
After the outbreak of World War II, in 1941 Madelung formed the Forschungsanstalt Graf Zeppelin ("Count Zeppelin Research Institute") with Madelung himself as director. The Institute worked on  bombs, torpedo guidance, depth charges, and construction of airplane catapults. Madelung was considered an expert in bomb construction.  Later in the war, he was involved with Wernher von Braun's Raketenprogramm.

Later life
After the defeat of Nazi Germany, Madelung resumed academic work at the University of Stuttgart.
From 1946 to 1954, Madelung was a visiting scholar at the USA Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, where he was involved with studies into the ability of the human body to bear large accelerations. He left the USA for Germany again in 1954.

Personal life
Madelung married Elisabeth Emma Messerschmidt in 1927. The couple had three daughters and two sons. Their first son Gero Otto George (born 1928) was a professor for aviation technology at the University of Munich and member of the supervisory board of Bosch AG. Their second son Wilferd Ferdinand (born 1930) was a professor for Oriental Studies at Oxford University and is the author of numerous scholarly works in Islamic studies.

See also
 Pulse-jet
 List of German inventors and discoverers

References

External links
 Brief biography - about the ju-f13 project - in German
 A photo of Georg Madelung from the book "Aeronautical research in Germany: from Lilienthal until today" at Google bücher

1889 births
1972 deaths
People from Rostock
German aerospace engineers
Technical University of Berlin alumni
Academic staff of the Technical University of Berlin
Engineers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Georg Hans Madelung


Lobo is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The Lobo character was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen. He first appeared in Omega Men #3 (June 1983). Lobo is an alien born on the utopian planet of Czarnia. He works as an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter.

Portrayals
Lobo was voiced by Brad Garrett, Greg Eagles, Kevin Michael Richardson, David Sobolov and John DiMaggio in cartoons and video games.

Other websites
 Lobo's secret origin  on DC Comics.com
 ROM image of the unreleased Lobo video game for Genesis

DC Comics characters
DC Comics aliens
Fictional characters introduced in 1983

Lobo (DC Comics)


Pick Up the Mic is a documentary film, released in 2006, which profiles the underground homo hop scene, which is a subgenre of hip hop that includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender artists. The film was directed by Alex Hinton.

The documentary had its premiere at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. Subsequently, the film screened at other film festivals around the world. An edited version aired nationally in the United States on the Logo cable television channel.

Though homophobia is a phenomenon commonly laid at the feet of mainstream hip hop, pop culture's relationship to it has also been shaped by white middle class LGBT communities' covert and overt racism and internalized homophobia.

As a result, the attendant conversations in LGBT and straight mainstream media around the subject tend to gravitate toward the speculative (Queen Pen's 1998 single "Your Girlfriend") and the apocryphal (the brief career of self-proclaimed "gay rapper" Caushun, who was the subject of a flurry of mainstream press from 2001 to 2003, yet failed to release an album or single through his reported record deal with Kimora Lee Simmons' Baby Phat imprint).

Homohop is a growing subgenre of aggressive pro-gay lyrics directly confronting the perceived homophobia of mainstream rap. It is a significant underground gay hip hop movement, spearheaded by many of the artists profiled in Pick Up the Mic. The performance footage in the documentary was shot at the PeaceOUT World Homo Hop Festival in Oakland, California between 2002 and 2004, and Peace Out East, a sister festival in New York City curated by Judge "Dutchboy" Muscat and Shante "Paradigm" Smalls. All of the artists featured in Pick Up the Mic have released multiple independent recordings and have toured the United States and internationally over the past several years. Katastrophe, Deep Dickollective and Scream Club have been among the most prolific, with the Scream Club making several tours across Europe in recent years, where they have developed a cult-like following.

Artists
 Juba Kalamka
 Deep Dickollective
 Dutchboy
 Tori Fixx
 Deadlee
 Tim'm T. West
 JB Rap
 JenRO
 Katastrophe
 Marcus Rene Van
 Miss Money
 Paradigm
 Aggracyst
 QBoy
 Cazwell
 Johnny Dangerous
 God-Des
 Tina G (aka She of God-Des and She)
 Scream Club
 Soce, the elemental wizard

See also
 Banjee

References

External links
 Pick Up the Mic

2006 films
LGBT hip hop
Documentary films about hip hop music and musicians
2006 LGBT-related films
Rhino Films films
African-American LGBT-related films
African-American films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
2006 documentary films
American LGBT-related documentary films

Pick Up the Mic


Ida († ) is the first known king of the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia. He was called Ida the 'Flame-bearer' by Welsh poets. Ida ruled from around 547 until his death. He is considered the founder of a line of Anglian kings who later ruled the powerful kingdom of Northumbria.

Reign

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, under the year 547 states: "In this year Ida assumed the kingdom, from whom arose the royal race of the Northumbrians, and reigned twelve years, and he built Bebanburh (Bamborough), which was at first inclosed by a hedge, and afterwards by a wall." Ida captured the fortress of Din Guairi from the Britons. It would later be renamed Bamburgh. He defeated their leader who was named Outigern. Ida was a powerful warrior and king according to early sources. He is seen to have brought the north (north of the River Humber) under his protection. Ida would have been an overking. But at Ida's death his overkingship did not pass to his successor. At the time Ida ruled, Bernicia would have had British kingdoms to their north and west. Most these kingdoms were conquered at some point by the Bernicians. No records of the individual kingdoms or the battles they fought mention Ida. To the south was the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira.

Nennius in his Historia Brittonum wrote that Ida united Bernicia with Deira.  He also claimed that Ida was the first king of a united Northumbria 50 years before it actually happened. But Ida does not appear on any of the king's list for Deira. The king of Deira at this time was Yffi. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Ida had died by 560. Ida was succeeded by Glappa who reigned for one year.

Notes

References

Other websites

 Kings of Bernicia
560s deaths
Year of birth unknown
Anglo-Saxon royalty

Ida of Bernicia


William W. Cooley (born March 20, 1930) is a retired educational researcher, author, and professor emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh.

He was born in West Bend, Wisconsin on March 20, 1930. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Lawrence University in 1952, a master's degree in science education and statistics at the University of Minnesota in 1955, and a doctorate in science education, statistics, and measurement at Harvard University in 1958. He is married to artist Cynthia Cooley.

Cooley has been involved in educational research since 1955, and has authored or co-authored numerous books, over 20 book chapters and over 100 journal articles and other written works. His special interests lie in educational evaluation and research, as well as in improving schools. His later work focuses particularly on "the lack of equity, and the resulting educational bankruptcy, inherent in Pennsylvania's school financing structure." Cooley first came to the University of Pittsburgh to hold to position of Director of Project TALENT. He then served as the co-director of the university's Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) from 1969 to 1977. While with the LRDC, he served as:
director, Pennsylvania Educational Policy Studies
director, the School of Education's Administrative and Policy Studies Computer Laboratory
co-coordinator, the Administrative and Policy Studies' Policy, Planning, and Evaluation Studies degree program

From 1972 to 1973, Cooley was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He also served as president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) from 1982 to 1983. In 2008, Cooley was inducted into the inaugural class of AERA fellows—along with five other Pitt faculty—for "exceptional scientific or scholarly contributions to education research or...to the field through development of research opportunities."

Selected bibliography

 Klopfer, Leopold E. and Cooley, William W. (1961) Use of case histories in the development of student understanding of science and scientists [link]
 Cooley, William W. and Lohnes, Paul R. (1962) Multivariate Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences [link]
 Cooley, William W. (1963) Career Development of Scientists: An Overlapping Longitudinal Study [link]
 University of Pittsburgh, Project Talent; Identification, Development, and Utilization of Human Talents (John C. Flanagan, Responsible Investigator / William W. Cooley, Project Director, 1965) [link]
 University of Pittsburgh, Project Talent; One-Year Follow-Up Studies (John C. Flanagan, Responsible Investigator / William W. Cooley, Project Director, 1966) [link]
 Cooley, William W. and Lohnes, Paul R. (1968) Predicting development of young adults: Project TALENT five-year follow-up studies [link]
 Lohnes, Paul R. and Cooley, William W. (1968) Introduction to Statistical Procedures: With Computer Exercises [link]
 Cooley, William W. and Lohnes, Paul R. (1971) Multivariate Data Analysis [link]
 Cooley, William W. and Lohnes, Paul R. (1976) Evaluation Research in Education [link]
 Cooley, William W. and Bickel, William E. (1986) Decision-Oriented Educational Research [link]

References

External links

 The University of Pittsburgh Learning Research and Development Center - http://www.lrdc.pitt.edu
 "Five Pitt Faculty, Researchers Named as AERA Inaugural Fellows," Patricia Lomando White, October 6, 2008. http://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/?p=1748

1930 births
Living people
Lawrence University alumni
University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development alumni
Harvard University alumni
University of Pittsburgh faculty
People from West Bend, Wisconsin

William W. Cooley


The 2012 Saint Francis Red Flash football team represented Saint Francis University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third year head coach Chris Villarrial and played their home games at DeGol Field. They are a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in NEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Schedule

Source: Schedule

References

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Saint Francis Red Flash football seasons
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