Daffy Duck in Hollywood

Daffy Duck in Hollywood is a 1938 Warner Bros. "Merrie Melodies" animated short directed by Tex Avery. The cartoon was released on December 12, 1938, and stars Daffy Duck; it is Avery's last Daffy Duck cartoon.
Plot.
At Wonder Studios ("If it's a good picture, it's a Wonder"), producer I.M. Stupendous is interrupted in his office by Daffy asking for an acting position, and quickly responds "No!" and breaks the fourth wall by stating, "Y'know, that duck's screwy!" The phone rings and Daffy pops out of it saying "You're correct, absolutely correct!", pinching Stupendous's nose. Stupendous then phones Director von Hamburger (a parody of Josef von Sternberg) and orders him to finish the picture he's working on that day.
On the set, all the crew rushes to follow Hamburger's order for a close-up, who starts smoking a cigarette. Daffy then swipes and starts smoking the cigarette, spelling out Warner Bros. with the smoke ("Just givin' my bosses a plug", he tells the audience. "I've got an option coming up!"). Hamburger asks how the sound is, and Daffy whistles into the microphone which gives a bad reaction to the crew member checking it. He orders the lights turned which Daffy has connected the emergency fire hose to, causing water to gush out of the lights and down on the set where the actors are. Hamburger quotes "It's ruined, cut!" Daffy then plants bullets in the camera. When the camera rolls on Hamburger's orders, it starts shooting bullets. Hamburger begins crying while stating "This isn't a gangster picture!" Daffy sympathetically gives him a gift, promising to stop being screwy, and walks away. However, Daffy then pops up out of the gift box, bites Hamburger's nose and starts jumping around.
As filming begins, a typical romantic scene between a rooster and hen plays out. When the inevitable kiss comes up, Daffy jumps in and kisses the hen; he is so excited that he does it again. Hamburger declares "It's ruined, cut!" The time being noon, Hamburger asks for lunch: turkey with all the trimmings. However, Daffy is under the platter and bites Hamburger's nose again, then jumps away. Then, in the film room, Daffy begins clipping and pasting together random film clips.
Hamburger tells Stupendous that his film is finished, Stupendous quotes "Well it better be good" as Daffy swaps out the films. Hamburger shows the "film". At first the title card reads "Gold Is Where You Find It" (a movie produced by Warner Bros. the same year), showing film clips of gold mining, but then suddenly plays humorous live action clips of random scenes with appropriate mismatched audio (a lion roaring in Central Park Zoo, a US military parade, square dancing, the World Championship Fight in Madison Round Garden, and a beauty contest). Despite Hamburger's obvious (and justified) fear, Stupendous approves highly of the film as he finds that Hamburger has fainted.
As a result, Daffy is now the director, uttering the same line asking for turkey at lunchtime as Hamburger complete with Hamburger's accent and clothing. Hamburger is now the screwball, hiding under the platter, biting Daffy's nose, then jumping away as Daffy did earlier.


List of Hell Girl soundtracks

Two original soundtrack albums were released for "Jigoku Shōjo". The first album contains twenty-four tracks and was released on January 25, 2006 by Sony Music Entertainment under the catalog number SVWC-7331. The second album contains twenty-six tracks and was released on April 19, 2006 by Sony Music Entertainment under the catalog number SVWC-7348.
Two original soundtrack albums were released for "Jigoku Shōjo Futakomori". The first album contains twenty-three tracks and was released on January 24, 2007 by Sony Music Entertainment under the catalog number SVWC-7440. The second album contains twenty-three tracks and was released on March 21, 2007 by Sony Music Entertainment under the catalog number SVWC-7454.
Two original soundtrack albums were released for "Jigoku Shōjo: Mitsuganae". The first album contained twenty-eight tracks and was released on December 17, 2008 by Sony Music Entertainment under the catalog number SVWC-7597. The second album contained twenty-seven tracks and was released on March 4, 2009 by Sony Music Entertainment under the catalog number SVWC-7612.
"Jigoku Shōjo Original Soundtrack II".
※ Track 21 is called by Noto Mamiko


Kryszpin coat of arms

Kryszpin - is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
History.
The exact story behind this coat of arms is unknown. Both its blazoning and the features used are probably of foreign origin and were naturalised in Polish heraldry sometime in the 16th century, probably of German origin. It is somehow related to the Nieczuja coat of arms.
Blazon.
Parted per pale, or and azure, in dexter two deer heads couped argent, in sinister lion passant argent. Both divided by a tree rump proper.
Out of a crest coronet, between two vols, peacock's feathers.
Notable bearers.
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:


Dispute over the oldest school in the Philippines

The oldest universities, colleges, vocational schools and the first modern public education system in Asia were created during the Spanish colonial period. The earliest schools were founded by Spanish Catholic missionaries. By the time Spain was replaced by the United States as the colonial power, Filipinos were among the most educated subjects in all of Asia. Of the many educational institutions established during the colonial era, only a few remain extant today, such as the University of Santo Tomas (1611), Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1620), Real Colegio de Santa Potenciana (1590), Universidad de San Ignacio (1590), Colegio de San Ildefonso (1595), Santa Isabel College Manila (1632), and the Universidad de San Felipe de Austria (1640), among others.
The title of the oldest in the Philippines, however, have been topic for debate between two educational institutions: the University of Santo Tomas and the University of San Carlos.
Claimants.
University of Santo Tomas (UST).
The University of Santo Tomas was established in 1611 as the Colegio de Nuestra Señora de Santisimo Rosario and gained university status in 1645. The university is generally recognized as the educational institution in the Philippines with the oldest extant university charter. Government recognition was evident as early as the US Colonial era when in 1935 the Commonwealth government of the Philippines through the Historical Research and Markers Committee declared that UST was "oldest university under the American flag." In the 1990s, the Intramuros Administration installed a marker on the original site of the University of Santo Tomas with the recognition that the university is the "oldest university in Asia." In 2011 Pope Benedict XVI recognized UST as "the oldest institution of Catholic higher education in the Far East," while in 2012 the National Historical Commission of the Philippines published an online article recognizing UST as "Asia's Oldest University. In 2011 the University of Santo Tomas celebrated its Quadricentennial (400th Anniversary).
University of San Carlos (USC).
Unlike the University of Santo Tomas, the true foundation year of the University of San Carlos had been a subject of several debates. Contrary to the position of the University of Santo Tomas, the University of San Carlos claims that it is older by 16 years by tracing its roots to the Colegio de San Ildefonso (established 1595). According to the university's claim, San Carlos traces its roots to the Colegio de San Ildefonso founded by three Spanish Jesuit missionaries Antonio Sedeno, Pedro Chirino and Antonio Pereira on August 1, 1595. It was closed in 1769 at the expulsion of the Jesuits. In 1783, Bishop Mateo Joaquin de Arevalo initiated the opening of the Colegio-Seminario de San Carlos. In 1852, the management of the college was entrusted to the Dominican Christian priests, replaced in 1867 by the Vincentian Fathers then, in 1935, the "Societas Verbi Divini" or the Society of the Divine Word (SVD). The Colegio de San Carlos (CSC) was granted its university charter in 1948, and in 1995 celebrated its Quadricentennial (400th Anniversary).
Numerous scholars and official government bodies have reviewed the case. According to Dr. Victor Torres of the De La Salle University, the University of San Carlos' claim dates back to 1948 only when USC was declared a university. Fidel Villarroel from the University of Santo Tomas argued that USC only took over the facility of the former Colegio de San Ildefonso and that there is no 'visible' and 'clear' link between San Carlos and San Ildefonso. According to Fr. Aloysius Cartagenas, a professor at the Seminario Mayor de San Carlos of Cebu, "following Church tradition, the foundation event and date of University of San Carlos should be the decree of Bishop Romualdo Jimeno on 15 May 1867 (turning over the seminary to the Congregation of the Missions) and the first day of classes in the history of what is now USC is 1 July 1867, the day P. Jose Casarramona welcomed the first lay students to attend classes at the Seminario de San Carlos." Thus, he says that San Carlos cannot claim to have descended from the Colegio de San Ildefonso founded by the Jesuits in 1595, despite taking over the latter's facilities when the Jesuits were expelled by Spanish authorities in 1769. According to him there is "no visible and clear link" between Colegio de San Ildefonso and USC. San Carlos was specifically for the training of diocesan priests, and it simply took over the facility of the former, a Jesuit central house with an attached day school.
In 2010, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines installed a bronze marker declaring USC's foundation late in the 18th Century, effectively disproving any direct connection with the Colegio de San Ildefonso.
San Jose Seminary.
The San Jose Seminary in Loyola Heights, Quezon City makes no direct claim to titles of oldest, although it traces its direct origin from the Colegio de San Jose, which was established in 1601 by the Society of Jesus.
UST as Asia's Oldest University.
In 2012, the dispute has been settled when the National Historical Commission of the Philippines published an online article recognizing UST as "Asia's Oldest University. This further cemented the status of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas as the oldest extant university in the Philippines and in Asia.


Sammons Center for the Arts

The Sammons Center for the Arts is a nationally recognized arts incubator in Dallas, Texas that offers office, meeting, rehearsal, audition and performance space to local arts organizations. It is housed in the old Turtle Creek Pump Station, a landmark building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It opened in 1988. The organization assists local performing artists, arts groups, and efforts related to arts education. It houses 14 arts organizations that represent different disciplines of performing arts. Over 90 other organizations use the center for rehearsals, performances and other events. As of 2019, Joanna St. Angelo serves as its executive director with Michael Cook serving as assistant director.
History.
The Turtle Creek Pump Station building was designed by Dallas architect C.A. Gill and completed in 1909. The Pump Station was responsible for the entire water supply for the City of Dallas until 1930, when a much larger treatment plant was opened and the Turtle Creek Pump Station was shut down.
In 1953, the building's west wall and chimney were removed due to industrial road renovations and the building was remodeled. The building was abandoned in 1959.
In 1981, the City of Dallas leased the building to an arts support group in Dallas led by Jo Kurth Jagoda, which was known as the "Turtle Creek Center for the Arts". That same year, it was named as an American Water Landmark.
In 1983, renovations started. The building was named a Texas Historic Landmark & State Antiquities Landmark.
In February 1988, renovations were completed and the building was opened. The Center was given the name the "Sammons Center for the Arts" in honor of Charles A. Sammons and his wife, who donated funds in 1987 to complete the renovations.
In 2011, the Center received a gift of $2,000,000 from Sammons Enterprises as part of a $5,000,000 fundraising campaign.
In 2018, the Center's Director, Joanna St. Angelo, was awarded the inaugural Jac Alder Award by the Dallas Area Cultural Advocacy Coalition.
Spaces in the Center.
The largest space in the building, Meadows Hall, was built for rehearsals, auditions, concerts, receptions, meetings, dances and fundraising events. It has a 35-foot ceiling and a footprint of approximately 2,800 square feet, with a seating capacity of up to 300 people. It is equipped with a high-quality hardwood floor for dancing, acoustical treatments and paneling, and a Steinway B grand piano.
Kurth Hall hosts recitals, performances, meetings, theater, workshops, and special events. It has a footprint of approximately 1,200 square feet, seating up to 150 people for performances or lectures. This space is also equipped with acoustic treatments, hardwood flooring, vaulted ceilings, and a Steinway L grand piano.
The Anne Sammons Cree Mezzanine Suite serves as a venue for receptions, meetings, workshops, luncheons, and other special events. The Suite is 1,200 square feet in area, and can accommodate an audience of 150.
The Conference Room accommodates meetings, seminars, retreats and conferences.
Events.
The Center regularly hosts jazz and cabaret concerts. Concerts are presented in the Meadows Hall and the Kurth Hall.


Paulette McDonagh

Paulette de Vere McDonagh (11 June 1901 – 30 August 1978), was an Australian film director, who often worked in collaboration with her sisters Phyllis and Isabella. In 1933 it was claimed she was one of only five female film directors in the world.
At one stage they had offers to go to Hollywood. "Fox Films offered to send us," said Phyllis McDonagh, "But we were sensible girls. We sat down and talked and decided we would end up very small fish in a big pond. At home we had work and a reputation."
Life and career.
Paulette McDangh was born on 11 June 1901 in Sydney and one of seven children born to Annie Jane (Anita) Amora and John Michael McDonagh.
She was educated at the Catholic Kincoppal School in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney.
She collaborated alongside her sisters Isabel and Phyllis to create and produce films. They were business partners, working together in the Australian film industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Paulette, was the youngest, and known to be the writer and director of their films while Phyllis acted as publisher and promoter, and Isabel was the star actress. Growing up in a bohemian and wealthy family, their home was a lavish back drop for most of their films, filled with antique furniture and rich colors.
Their first silent film, "Those Who Love" (1926), was funded privately by their family. Paulette took over the position of directing the screenplay when creative differences with P.J. Ramster broke out. The sisters' risk taking attempt at film making paid off when the publication, "Everyone's", gave them a rave review, stating:
The result is a dazzling triumph and which is said to be the best Australian film that has yet graced the screen. A Sydney girl whose histrionic ability is remarkable. Her splendid performance ranks with some of the best characterizations ever given to the screen by the world’s greatest stars.
In the wake of the financial success of "Those Who Love", the McDonagh sisters followed up with further silent films including "The Far Paradise" (1928), and "The Cheaters" (1930).
"The Far Paradise" was a box office hit and acclaimed for its fine art techniques that were influenced not just by Australian film, but also Hollywood melodrama and German expressionism.
The melodramatic influences allowed for overacting on Isabel’s part while Phyllis and Paulette were able to create longer screen time for her to perform on her own. Isabel acted as a more interesting heroine than was common in most films of its time. Paulette the director had Isabel acting in different situations such as breaking and entering, cracking safes, and even in the arms of a lover. During this time period it was outside of the norm to show a woman on screen performing such roles, but this gave their silent films depth and a following of a greater and more appreciative crowd.
Despite their small budget, the sisters, and especially Paulette, were able to create society melodramas involving romance, sacrifice, and parental opposition.
Awards.
Paulette McDonagh was inducted in the Victorian Women's Honour Roll in 2001.
Later career.
When Isabel and Phyllis retired from the film industry for various reasons, Paulette found it difficult to continue her work alone despite her efforts to persevere. In 1934 she took a job to work on a romantic epic based on the life of the Reverend John Flynn. With a budgetary shortfall and having no one to act or produce the film, Paulette was forced to drop the job.
With her film career ending, she continued to live with her younger siblings. Paulette died in Sydney on 30 August 1978.


List of New York State Historic Markers in Rockland County, New York

This is an incomplete list of New York State Historic Markers in Rockland County, New York.


Orange (heraldry)

In heraldry, orange is a rarely used tincture except in Catalan, South African, French municipal and American Military heraldries. As a color, Orange should be used against metals in order not to contradict the rule of tincture. Orange is obviously different from Gules (red), but also (and especially) not to be confused with tenné (or "tanné"), which depicts the light-brownish color of tanned leather before slowly becoming a tincture of its own, along with carnation used for the depiction of white human skin.
Orange didn't receive a hatching pattern during medieval and renaissance times, and first was granted its pattern in Arthur Charles Fox Davies' "Complete guide to heraldry", where it was given the "semy of exclamation points" consisting of a semé of vertical dashes (used on their own to indicate red) and dots (used on their own to indicate yellow).
A color used for orange in armorials should be, at first, rich and deep enough to clearly distinguish itself from both metals, Argent (white) and Or (yellow), but also from Gules (red), Tenné (light brown) and carnation (flesh-colour).


List of Spanish words of Etruscan origin

This is a list of Spanish words of Etruscan origin. All of these words existed in Latin.


Rusty Frank

Rusty Frank is an American tap dancer, producer, writer, choreographer, lindy hopper, historian and tap-dance preservationist.
Early life.
Rusty Frank was born in Hollywood, California and raised in Los Angeles. She began dancing at age six, inspired as a child by watching classic American films of the 1930s and '40s, especially those of Shirley Temple. Frank attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she majored in Environmental Planning and Public Policy and graduated with double honors. She then attended the University of San Francisco, where she received her Master's degree in Public Administration.
Career.
Rusty Frank runs the largest swing dance program in Los Angeles through her swing dance school, Lindy by the Sea, and her weekly swing dance, Rusty's Rhythm Club.
In 1989, Frank founded On Tap, through which she produces instructional-historical tap and swing dance DVDs.
Shows.
While attending college, Frank began dancing in stage productions, and her first show was "Minnie's Boys," followed by "Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America." In 1978, she moved to San Francisco, California and by the early 1980s was appearing regularly in musical shows, including: "Dames At Sea," "Babes In Arms," "42nd Street" with Diablo Civic Light Opera (DLOC), "5,6,7,8," and "Mack And Mabel."
She has tap danced professionally over the years with The San Francisco Tap Troupe, Six Feet a Tap Trio (Wayne Doba, Rodney Price), Pedal Extremities (Walter Freeman, Mark Mendonca, Michael Rainey), Tapology (Patti Meagher), The Rhythm Rascals (Walter Freeman), Mulligan and Whitmore "Tops in Taps" (Chester Whitmore), The Rhythm Pals (Alfred Desio), and with Greg Gast.
In 1989, 1990 and 1991, Frank produced, directed, and danced in an all-star tap revue "Jazz Tap!" featuring the Nicholas Brothers, Savion Glover, Arthur Duncan, Jeni LeGon and Brenda Bufalino. The show was performed at Kimball's East and the Sun Valley Lodge (where the movie Sun Valley Serenade took place).
In 1996, she began learning the Lindy Hop after she saw the English dance group The Jiving Lindy Hoppers perform. She partnered with Simon Selmon and moved to the United Kingdom for two years. She and Selmon made many appearances on television, in movies, on the radio, at festivals and special events. The team's high point came when they toured fifty-one European cities as the dance act for the big band stage show "In The Mood – A Tribute to Glenn Miller".
In the US, Frank has performed at such prestigious venues as Broadway's 42nd Street, at the Hollywood Bowl, at Disneyland and at the world-famous Derby in Hollywood.
Currently, she regularly performs her tap dance routines at downtown Los Angeles's 1920s-themed nightclub Maxwell DeMille's Cicada Club, housed inside the historic 1928 art deco James Oviatt Building. She teaches private and group dance lessons in Los Angeles and at international dance camps, works on her tap documentary and produces instructional dance DVDs.
Historian.
In 1990, Rusty's book "TAP! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and Their Stories, 1900–1955", was published in hardcover by William Morrow Press and in In March 1995, was reissued in soft cover by Da Capo Press. Actor and tap dancer Gregory Hines wrote the foreword to the book, for which she interviewed 30 tap-dance artists, including Ann Miller, Shirley Temple and Donald O'Connor. She has contributed to the Smithsonian Institution's Jazz Oral History project, along with the Encyclopædia Britannica, the Oxford Encyclopedia of Dance, The American National Biography, the Great Danish Encyclopedia, the jazz history "Jazz: The First Century", published by William Morrow and Company, and "Discover Jazz," published by Pearson.
Rusty is producing a one-hour television special, "TAP! Tempo of America". She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant to aid in making this dance documentary.
She has also appeared in numerous dance documentaries, including the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers box set documentary for Warner Home Video, the BBC's "Fascinating Rhythms – The Story of Tap", and "This Joint is Jumpin"' for Bravo. Rusty Frank is featured in Alive and Kicking, a feature-length documentary that takes an inside look into the people and culture of the Lindy Hop resurgence.


Georgetown Fire House and Old City Hall

The Georgetown Fire House and Old City Hall is a limestone building located at the intersection of 9th Street and South Main Street in Georgetown, Texas, United States.
Description and history.
The structure was designed by C.I. Belford and built by C.W. Schell in 1892. It originally housed the fire department, city council chambers and mayor's office, a jail, and the local water company. Since then, the Fire House and Old City Hall has housed chamber of commerce offices and been used by Second Baptist Church. According to the Williamson County Historical Commission, the structure is a rare example of hybrid fire station and city hall buildings constructed during the 19th century. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1984, and is part of the Williamson County Courthouse Historic District.


List of Indiana state historical markers in Morgan County

This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Morgan County.
This is intended to be a detailed table of the official state historical marker placed in Morgan County, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The location of the historical marker and its latitude and longitude coordinates are included below when available, along with its name, year of placement, and topics as recorded by the Historical Bureau. There is 1 historical marker located in Morgan County.


Invaders from the North


Masks of West Bengal

Mask or Mukhosh of West Bengal, as it known has a mysterious history. Mostly it uses for the Mask Dance, the folk dance of West Bengal. The wearing of these masks is connected with early types of folklore and religion. There is various type of masks made up of clay, wood, sponge wood or shola, pith, paper, metal etc. Generally, half masks are made up of clay, pith and paper and wooden masks are very rare. Some of the masks came from the Tribal of West Bengal. Geographically, West Bengal comes well within this mask using culture zone. Mask in West Bengal is mostly used in folk dance. UNESCO selected The Rural Craft Hub of Bengal to showcase their artwork in Paris in 2015.
Classification.
Mask artisan shape out models from materials like bamboo, wood, sponge wood, clay, paper, pith etc. After shape out the masks then it painted with various colours.
Wooden mask.
The masks of Bengal are acclaimed for their craftsmanship. A lot of masks is made up of wood. Among the masks of Bengal, Gamira masks, Shiknidhal mask, Gambhira dance masks, Gilded masks of Kushmundi, Bagpa dance masks are made up of wood.
Sponge wood (shola) masks.
Sponge wood masks are used in the ancient Gamira dance of North Dinajpur. Shola masks from Murshidabad is also very popular.
Clay mask.
Clay masks of Ghurni have been the notable centre of clay art for a long time. The most popular folk dance of West Bengal is Chhau dance where the mask is an inseparable part. The making of a mask goes through various stages. The facial features are made of clay. Kolkata kumortuli is well known for its statues and their masks are very popular. In Nabadwip Shiber Mukhosh is a popural clay mask.
Bamboo mask.
Bamboo mask is a popular folk mask originated in Dinajpur District of West Bengal. It made of a single piece of bamboo stick. The Mask is like a Tribal mask.
Metal mask.
The popular metal mask is Dhokra masks. It a unique folk art of West Bengal.
Chhau dance mask.
The most interesting fact, Purulia Chhau Dance is listed on UNESCO’s world heritage list of dances. The main difference between the Purulia chhau and Orisha chhau is in the use of the mask. Purulia chhau used the mask in dance, but Orisha does not have the mask thereby adding facial expression with body movement and gesture. Traditionally, the chhau dance held in the mid march when one agricultural circle end and a new circle begins. Purulia chhau dancer were the earthy and theatrical mask which represent the mythological characters. After making the shape of mask with clay, it is coloured and decorated with Shola and other things.
These Chhau Masks are made by the artists from the Sutradhar community. The making of a mask goes through various stages. 8-10 layers of soft paper, immersed in diluted glue, are pasted one after another on the mould before the mud mould is dusted with fine ash powder. The facial features are made of clay. A special layer of mud and cloth is applied and the mask is then sun-dried. After this, the mould is polished and the second round of sun drying is done before separating the layers of cloth and paper from the mould. After finishing and drilling of holes for the nose and eyes, the mask is colored and decorated.
Gomira mask.
Gomira mask is a part of Gomira dance which is originated in North and South Dinajpur of West Bengal. The word "Gomira" is colloquial from "Gram-Chandi", a female deity. The extract origin of this craft is no doubt very old and some of the craftsmen claim it is at least as old as the beginning of "Kali Yuga". The Gomira dances are organized to propitiate the deity to usher in the "good forces" and drive out the "evil forces". The mask dance organised within the month of mid-April to mid-July. The wood-crafted gomira mask represents two distinct forms. The characters of two distinct forms of dance are the Gomira and the Ram-Vanwas. The scary masks of the Gamira are made from the wood of the "Gamar tree". Holes are made under the eyes of the mask for the wearer to see.
In Gomira mask dance Mahiraban is a mythical character in the epic Ramayana. Mahiraban is said to be the brother of Raban, the Lanka king. The tri-headed wooden mask is made to represent Mahiraban. This mask is popular in South Dinajpur.
The ancient Gomira dance of North Dinajpur used sponge wood mask. At first, the artist prepares a model from mashed paper layered upon a piece of cloth soaked in mud water. After drying the cloth, it is topped with sponge wood and coloured. For the glow, it is given a varnish polish n the mask and decorated with sequences, foil and coloured paper.
Shiknidhal mask, the other gigantic wooden mask used in the gomira dance of South Dinajpur. This mask is used in the war dance. It is also called Mukha Khel meaning the game of masks.
In 2013, after a memorandum of understanding was signed between the West Bengal government and UNESCO to promote culture-based livelihoods, things began to change for the better for these mask-makers.
Clay masks.
Ghurni region of Krishnanagar has been a notable center of clay art for a long time. Their clay mask of Durga and the other is well known for their beauty and the mask follow a contemporary style. Kolkata Kumartuli is well-known for clay mask. The masks are made in clay and then sun-dried and finally coloured and decorated with sponge wood or foil. Potter has been receiving a lot of attention for sculpting Bengali deities.
Gambhira mask.
The Gambhira dance is performed all over the Malda district of North Bengal during the festival of Chaitra Sankranti. The masks are made out of neem and fig trees by the local "Sutradhar community". Sometimes they were also made the mask of clay. The three-dimensional crowns are the specialty of these masks. First, the facial features are carved out from a piece of wood and then coloured according to the character. This mask dance performed with Gombhira song. The songs of Gambhira originated among the Hindu community of Maldah in West Bengal, completely in its theme formation.
Rabankata mask.
Rabankata mask dance is performed during Durga Puja in Bishnupur of Bankura district. The theme is the victory of good over the evil where Goddess Durga stands for the good that destroys the evil Raban. It is an old mask dance which is started between 1626 and 1656 B.C. Six masks uses in the dance where the first four are used directly in the dance and the other two are absolutely ritualistic.
Dokra mask.
Dokra is unique folk art of West Bengal.Metal casting dokra mask is created various contemporary sculptures with this art form. Gita Karmakar, a female artist from Bankura has been awarded the President’s award. Her works of Dokra art are equally popular in other countries.
Gilded mask.
The Gilded mask is an ecstatic wooden mask from Kushmundi in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. It is part of the costume of the traditional Gamira dancers. The themes of the masks are generally historic and religious. The mask made out of Bamboo and wood. The weight of the masks is around 2.5 to 3 kg. The soft wood, which is used to make the mask is called gamari. so that it can be easily chiselled into intricate designs. The mask is then covered with exquisite Italian gold leaves hammered into thin sheets.
Shola mask of Murshidabad.
Durga face is a well known shola mask of Murshidabad. It's mainly used for the decorate status. For making this masks, shola is pulled from water and dried. Then it is cut with the knife according to the design. The most attractive fact, Murshidabad is recognize for the shola work.
Bagpa dance mask.
Bagpa dance is a mask dance which is a part of tantrik Buddhism. It was conceptualised by Guru Padmashambhava. Bagpa is called Bagchham by the Buddhist guru lamas of Tamang. This dance is also known as Lama dance in the Himalayan region of Bengal. It’s a war dance based on the theme of the destruction by evil and for the well-being of humanity. It is a colorful wooden mask mainly colored with red, blue and white. Other color is used for detailing the mask.


Carson City Mint

The Carson City Mint was a branch of the United States Mint in Carson City, Nevada. It primarily minted silver coins; however, it also minted gold coins, with a total face value in dollars nearly equal to that of its silver coins. The mint minted coins in 21 different years.
The Carson City Mint was created in 1863 but was not put into operation until 1870. It ran until 1885, went on a hiatus, and resumed operations in 1889, after which it ran until 1893, when it closed permanently. It is now the Nevada State Museum, Carson City.
History.
Built at the peak of the silver boom conveniently near a local silver mine, 50 issues of silver coins and 57 issues of gold coins minted here between 1870 and 1893 bore the "CC" mint mark. The mint was established in Carson City to facilitate minting of silver coins from silver in the Comstock Lode, much as the San Francisco Mint was established to facilitate minting gold coins from the gold of the California gold rush. From 1895 to 1933, the building served as the U.S. Assay Office for gold and silver. The federal government sold the building to the state of Nevada in 1939. Coins struck here, especially Morgan dollars, are generally rare and command a high premium among collectors.
The building that housed the mint was the first designed by Alfred B. Mullett after becoming Supervising Architect of the Department of the Treasury. The construction supervisor was Abraham Curry, also known as the "Father of Carson City." The simple Renaissance Revival-style stone facade has pairs of round-headed windows and a center portico. It is now the home of the Nevada State Museum. Although the mint has not struck United States coins since 1893, Coin Press No. 1 (the original coin press from the mint) is still in the building and used to strike commemorative medallions with the "CC" mint mark. The most recent of these are medallions commemorating the 75th anniversary of the museum.
Proposed commemorative coin production.
On July 16, 2019, a bill was introduced proposing to strike commemorative Morgan and Peace dollars on the premises of the Nevada State Museum in 2021. If passed, the coins will feature the "CC" mint mark, becoming the first legal tender coins to do so in 128 years. Aside from adding a new date to both the Morgan and Peace dollar series, it would be the first time the Peace dollar is struck with the mint mark.
The bill has received support from many coin collectors, with the American Numismatic Association encouraging collectors to express their support. However, some collectors have voiced their concerns about the mintage limit of 500,000 pieces.
Denominations minted.
Silver denominations.
Note: A Seated Liberty dollar was the first coin to be struck at Carson City.


Hasapiko

The hasapiko (, , meaning “the butcher's [dance]” from “butcher”) is a Greek folk dance from Constantinople. The dance originated in the Middle Ages as a battle mime with swords performed by the Greek butchers' guild, which adopted it from the military of the Byzantine era. In Constantinople during the Byzantine times, it was called in Greek μακελλάρικος χορός ("makellárikos horós, ""butcher's dance", from μακελλάρioς “butcher”). Some Greeks, however, reserve the latter term only for the fast version of the dance.
The slow version of the dance is called χασάπικο βαρύ / χασάπικος βαρύς ("hasapiko vary "or "hasapikos varys, ""heavy "hasapiko"") and generally employs a meter. The fast version of the dance uses a meter. It is variously called γρήγορο χασάπικο ("grigoro hasapiko", ""fast" "hasapiko"") or χασαποσέρβικο ("hasaposerviko"), the last two terms in reference to Serbian and other Balkan influences on this version of the dance. The fast version is also called μακελλάριος χορός ("makellarios horos)",
Sirtaki is a relatively new, choreographed version of hasapiko.


Banff Springs Hotel

The Fairmont Banff Springs, formerly and commonly known as the Banff Springs Hotel, is a historic hotel located in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The entire town including the hotel, is situated in Banff National Park, a national park managed by Parks Canada. The hotel overlooks a valley towards Mount Rundle, both of which are situated within the Rocky Mountain mountain range. The hotel is located at an altitude of .
The hotel opened in 1888 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, as one of the earliest of Canada's grand railway hotels. The hotel property has undergone several stages of growth and redevelopment. The original hotel structure was designed by Bruce Price, with another structure completed in 1914. In 1926, a fire destroyed the original structure on the hotel property, although a replacement structure was later completed in 1928. The building was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1988. The hotel property is presently managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.
Location.
The Banff Springs Hotel sits at 405 Spray Avenue near the southern boundary of Banff, a resort town within Banff National Park. The hotel property is bounded by roadways and natural waterways. Two roadways bound the hotel to the north, Bow River Avenue, and Rundle River Avenue, while Spray Avenue bounds the hotel from the west. To the east, the hotel property is bounded by the Spray River. The river serves as a tributary for the Bow River, a waterway north of the hotel property. The hotel property sits near the confluence of the two rivers.
The town of Banff is located within the Rocky Mountains mountain range, situated above sea level. The community itself is built around Tunnel Mountain. The hotel property looks over across the valley towards Mount Rundle. Other mountain peaks located near the hotel include Cascade Mountain, Mount Norquay, Stoney Squaw Mountain, and Sulphur Mountain. Given its location within a national park, the hotel is located near a number of attractions and natural landmarks. North of the hotel on the Bow River lies Bow Falls. The Banff Upper Hot Springs is a commercially developed hot spring located south of the hotel.
Design.
Architecture.
Banff Springs Hotel is one of Canada's grand railway hotels built by Canadian Pacific Railway. The present hotel property is made up of two main buildings, an eleven-storey tower, and the main block of the hotel. Designed by Walter S. Painter, construction for the tower building, or the centre wing, began in 1911, and was completed in 1914. The main block of the hotel was erected from 1927 to 1928, and replaced the original wooden hotel destroyed in a fire. The original structure was a five-storey wooden building, able to accommodate 280 guests, was designed by Bruce Price. On 24 June 1988, the hotel buildings were designated as a National Historic Site of Canada.
After the original wooden structure burnt down in 1926, John W. Orrock, an engineer with Canadian Pacific Railway, was charged with designing its replacement. The replacement building, or the main block, consisted of the north, and south wing. As with the tower added in 1911, the replacement structure is made up of a steel frame, clad in Rundle limestone. Orrock based elements of the new building with the general styles of the original wooden building designed by Price, meaning that the main block also featured elements found on the chateaus of the Loire Valley in France. As a result, the main block features massive wall surfaces, and steep copper roofs, dormers, and gables.
The original wooden structure, on which the present north and south wing designs are based, featured architectural elements drawn from Scottish baronial architecture, as well as the chateaus of the Loire Valley. This blend of architectural styles would eventually lead to the Châteauesque style used for most of the grand railway hotels in Canada. Châteauesque features found on the building include its steep pitched roofs, pointed dormers, and corner turrets. However, contrasting later Châteauesque hotels built in Canada, Banff Springs Hotel's also draws elements from the Arts and Crafts movement. Elements from this movement include rounded gables, and rough stone masonry used throughout the building. The remains of the burnt building were removed in 1926, in order to make way for the north and south wings.
The centre wing tower was a large limestone structure, influenced largely by Scottish baronial architecture. The building was designed originally as an extension of the original wooden structure. Unlike the other wings of the hotel, the centre tower featured almost no French medieval architectural elements. Painter's designs had windows that were rounded, flat dormers as opposed to pointed ones, and rounded arches rather than pointed arches seen in French Gothic architecture. The central wing also featured a Renaissance Revival styled arcade before its first floor lounge.
The interior of the hotel features oak beams, oak panellings and linenfolds, animal carvings, plasterwork of the ceilings, Terrazzo floors, and stained glasswork. Materials found in the interior include fossil-filled carved Tyndall limestone from Garson, Manitoba, and Bedford lime flagstones on the floors of Mount Stephen Hall, an event room within the hotel.
Facilities.
The Banff Springs Hotel includes 757 guest rooms and suites spread throughout the hotel property. The hotel property also houses a number of event spaces, used for conferences, weddings, and other social events. Event spaces within the hotel building include the Alberta Dining Room, the Alhambra Dining Room, the Cascade Ballroom, Mount Stephen Hall, and the Riverview Walk. Given its location, the hotel property also features outdoor event spaces, including a terrace garden.
A number of areas within the hotel property are also occupied by restaurants, or other food-based services. As of December 2017, twelve restaurants operate within the hotel property. Restaurants located within the hotel include "1888 Chop House", the "Waldhaus", and the "Rundle Bar", "Castello". The latter restaurant also hosts the hotel's afternoon tea. The hotel also hosts a locally sourced market, "Stock Food & Drinks". Other facilities located on the hotel property include a bowling alley, five turf-topped tennis courts, a swimming pool, and a 27-hole golf course designed by golf course architect Stanley Thompson. Spa facilities were opened at the hotel in 1991.
History.
The original building was shaped as an H and included an octagonal centre hall, with an additional wing extending from its towards the Bow River. The building was clad in shingles with stone accents. Tiered verandahs were situated at the end each wing. The 1888 structure cost $250,000 and a mistake made by the builder changed the intended orientation of the building, turning its back on the mountain vista. This building included more than 100 bedrooms, centered on a five-story, octagonal rotunda. An addition in 1902 expanded and renovated the building, adding more than 200 rooms.
By 1906, plans were advanced for a complete overhaul of the Banff Springs Hotel building, proposing a replacement of much of the original structure. Walter Painter, chief architect for Canadian Pacific Railway, designed an eleven-story central tower in concrete and stone, flanked by two wings. This time correctly oriented to the dramatic view, the so-called "Painter Tower" was completed in 1914 at the cost of $2 million with 300 guest rooms and, for some time, became the tallest building in Canada. Construction of new wings was delayed by World War I, and the surviving Price wings continued in service.
The hotel was named for William Davidson, who had grown up in Moray, close to Banff, Scotland, and was the first European settler in that area of Canada. The name borne by the Canadian city and the national park is derived from his native country. Halfway up the internal staircase closest to the Bow Falls is found a painting of Davidson felling trees on the Miramichi River during colonial times. The painting of the pioneer is by the war artist Cyrus Cuneo (1879–1916), who executed a series of paintings for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Further renovations designed by architect, J. W. Orrock, who continued in style originated by Painter, significantly expanding the Painter Tower, altering its roofline, and adding his substantial additions. In 1926, while work was proceeding on the new wings, a fire destroyed the remainder of the original building designed by Price. The two new wings completed and opened in 1928.
The Monarch of Canada, King George VI, and the future Queen Elizabeth visited the hotel during their 1939 royal tour of Canada. From 1942 to 1945, the hotel was shut down in an effort to free up labour for the war effort.
In 1968, the building underwent a process of winterization, allowing for the hotel to operate year-round. The hotel went through several renovations during the latter half of the 20th century, including one in 1971, and another in preparation for the 1988 Winter Olympics.
In 2001, Canadian Pacific Hotels, the hotel division of Canadian Pacific Railway, was reorganized as Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, adopting the name from an American company it had purchased in 1999. The hotel's name was changed to the Fairmont Banff Springs as a part of this re-branding effort. In 2006, seven Fairmont hotels, including Banff Springs sold to Oxford Properties, a company owned by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. Fairmont Hotels and Resorts continues to manage the resort following the sale of the hotel property.


Coats of arms of U.S. Support Battalions

Coats of arms of U.S. Support Battalions are heraldic emblems associated with units in the US Army. By Army regulation, all regiments, and some other units, of the US Army organized under a table of organization and equipment are authorized a coat of arms to be displayed on the organization's standard, called the "colors." This coat of arms usually forms the basis for the unit's distinctive unit insignia (DUI), the emblem worn by all members of the unit on their service uniforms.
Below are galleries of the coats of arms of aviation support battalions (ASBs), combat sustainment support battalions (CSSBs) and brigade support battalions (BSBs).


Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue

Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue is a Jacobean era masque, written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones. It was first performed on Twelfth Night, 6 January 1618, in the Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace. The work's failure on its initial performance, and its subsequent revision, marked a significant development in Jonson's evolving masque technique.
Prince Charles.
The masque marked the début of the young Prince Charles, the future King Charles I, in the public life of the Stuart Court. Upon the death of his older brother Prince Henry in 1612, Charles had become the heir to the throne of his father, James I; but his youth and relatively poor health (he'd suffered from rickets as a child) kept Charles from assuming the kind of public prominence that Henry had earlier enjoyed. Dancing a role in "Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue" marked a sort of "coming out" for Charles, just as Henry's appearance in the Jonson/Jones masque "Oberon, the Faery Prince" (1611) had been significant in his career. Orazio Busino, the chaplain to the Venetian ambassador to London and a member of the audience, described Charles as "an agile youth, handsome and very graceful."
The show.
Jonson's text for the masque was dominated by the usual figures of classical mythology — in this case, Hercules faces a conflict between the competing demands of duty and pleasure; under the guidance of Mercury, a mean between the two is found in the person of Daedalus. The appearance of Comus, the Bacchus-like god of festivity and mockery, at the start of the masque may have later inspired John Milton to make the figure a central focus of his own masque "Comus" in 1634. Jones's set for the masque featured a large mountain meant to represent Mount Atlas; the mountain's peak was shaped like a human head that moved its eyes and changed expression. The anti-masque featured a dozen followers of Comus, men dressed in barrels, and a dozen boys costumed as frogs. A second anti-masque featured a dance of pygmies.
Busino's eyewitness account of the masque's initial performance helps to explain its failure. Busino wrote that toward the end of the masque the performers' energies flagged:
The Marquis of Buckingham mentioned by Busino was George Villiers, who was the successor of John Ramsay and Robert Carr as the King's "favorite minion." In one interpretation, the masque may have failed with James because it was too obviously critical of the King's personal vices — "his excessive fondness for Buckingham, upon whom he lavished titles, wealth and sexual favours; his frequent inebriation; and his squandering of court revenues on over-lavish banqueting and drink."
Revision.
The difficulties of the masque's creators were compounded by the fact that James's queen and Charles's mother, Anne of Denmark, who had missed the first performance due to illness, commanded a second, which occurred on Shrove Tuesday, 17 February. Jonson did a major rewrite on his text, adding a new anti-masque as its start called "For the Honor of Wales," full of broad dialect humour. This revision was apparently not enough to please the naysayers among the courtly audience. Busino, for his part, disapproved of the bare-breasted costumes of some of the female masquers. But the anti-masque, which Jonson had invented in "The Masque of Queens" in 1609, became more prominent in Jonson's subsequent works in the genre, often opening the masque as in "For the Honor of Wales." Other writers of masques were influenced in the same direction, as in "The Triumph of Beauty" by James Shirley (published 1646).
Aftermath.
The career of neither Jonson nor Jones was severely impacted by the failure of "Pleasure Reconciled." Jonson continued as the Court's primary author of masques for more than a decade, and Jones designed the masques for an even longer period. When the Whitehall Banqueting House burned down in January 1619, Jones replaced it with a building that is widely considered his masterpiece in architecture (see: Banqueting House, Whitehall).
Jonson's text for the masque was first published in the second folio of his collected works in 1641. That text ends with the claim that the masque "pleased the King so well, as he would see it again" — one of the more outrageous fabrications in English literature. (Jonson had died in 1637, and can't be blamed for it.) The text also exists in a transcript by the professional scribe Ralph Crane, which was prepared for Sir Dudley Carleton.


Khrysis production discography

The following is a list of productions by American Hip hop producer, Khrysis. The record labels are in parentheses next to the album titles.


List of Indiana state historical markers in Gibson County

This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Gibson County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Gibson County, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The locations of the historical markers and their latitude and longitude coordinates are included below when available, along with their names, years of placement, and topics as recorded by the Historical Bureau. There are 2 historical markers located in Gibson County.


Timemaster

Timemaster is a role-playing game centered on traveling through time and alternate dimensions, written by Mark D. Acres, Andria Hayday and Carl Smith (game designer) and published by Pacesetter Ltd in 1984 . Players take on the role of Time Corps agents to fix deviations in the timeline of the game. The primary antagonists are the Demoreans, a fictional race of shape-shifting aliens from another dimension who are determined to mold time to suit their needs.
History.
The games company Pacesetter Ltd was founded by former employees of TSR who had left the company because they felt that in terms of role-playing games, it was headed in the wrong direction. Although Pacesetter was short-lived, it produced several role-playing games within a one-year period, all based around the same house system of rules. These included "Chill", "Star Ace", and "Timemaster".
"Timemaster", published by Pacesetter in 1984, was designed by Mark Acres, Garry Spiegle, Andria Hayday, Carl Smith, and Gali Sanchez, with cover art by Jim Holloway. "Timemaster" was published as a boxed set containing
After Pacesetter folded, their assets were acquired by 54°40' Orphyte, who published two "Timemaster" adventures, "Miss Him, Miss Him, Miss Him" (1991) and "Darkest Before the Dawn" (1992). They also supported the line with RPGA tournaments. In 2011, Goblinoid Games purchased all rights to "Timemaster" from 54°40' Orphyte.
According to game historian Shannon Appelcline, "Timemaster" "did more to play up the issues of time travel than any of the other scant few games in the genre, past or future".
Contents.
"Timemaster" is a role-playing game (RPG) featuring a time-travel system in which the player characters are agents of the Time Corps, who are dedicated to preventing their enemies from changing history. The rules are basic and easy to learn. Movement and combat is position-oriented, designed for use with counters on a hex grid. The 64-page "Traveler's Manual" covers characters, combat (individual characters and mass battles), skills, paranormal talents, equipment, and non-player characters. The 32-page "Guide to the Continuum" describes the Time Corps and the enemy Demoreans, with brief overviews of ancient Athens, Rome during the time of Julius Caesar, medieval England, Tudor England, Napoleonic France, and World War II France. The 16-page "Red Ace High" pamphlet is an introductory scenario set during World War I. The game is compatible with "Chill" and "Star Ace".
Setting.
"Timemaster" is a science fiction role-playing game. Characters may come from any point in history and from alternate dimensions. The Time Corps is based far in the future, in 7192. Adventures may take place anywhere from medieval times to the space age.
Time Corps.
In "Timemaster", the Time Corps are the policing agency responsible for safeguarding the natural flow of time both within the Corps' home dimension and in other dimensions. Agents are rescued from the past and recruited into the ranks, though they are forbidden from returning to any time that coincides with their previous lives.
Editions.
The game was originally produced by a company called Pacesetter Ltd. Once Pacesetter Ltd ceased operations in 1986 (though it continues to exist as a Goblinoid Games product line), "Timemaster" was bought in 1990 by 54° 40' Orphyte, Inc. In 2011, the game was purchased by Goblinoid Games, and a revised version of the ruleset was published. Goblinoid Games plans to reprint all of the scenarios and sourcebooks. A total of 12 official modules and one major rules supplement were released by "Timemaster"s publishers between 1984 and 1992. The revised edition of the rules has the same cover as the original game, but the original public domain interior art has been replaced with custom illustrations.
Products.
Numerous products were published for "Timemaster".
Reception.
Steve Norledge reviewed "Timemaster" for "White Dwarf" #61, giving it an overall rating of 7 out of 10, and stated that "Overall, I quite liked "Timemaster" — it is an unpretentious little game, simple and yet provides the best yet framework for time travel rolegaming. It is eminently suited to the 'one-off' style of play, and, yet, with effort, would also be a good campaign game (though it would have a very episodic feel to it)."
Jim Bambra reviewed "Timemaster" for "Imagine" magazine, and stated that "With its infinite variety of settings Timemaster has a lot of potential. Players can experience many different situations and save the world numerous times over."
Warren Spector reviewed "Timemaster" in "Space Gamer" No. 75. Spector commented that "Time travel RPGs seem to be in a mini-renaissance these days. If you're into this sort of game (and I confess, I'm not), "Timemaster" may be a good choice. It's got a fairly interesting unifying theme; the game does an excellent job of making time travel seem plausible, and the "Guide to the Continuum" is a gem. In this most open-ended form of roleplaying, providing players direction is no simple task. "Timemaster" does a fine job."


Farum

Farum is a town in the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. The town has a population of 20,199 (1 January 2021). The town is part of Furesø municipality. Until 2006, it constituted Farum municipality.
History.
Farum has existed for more than 1000 years. The name Farum refers to the founding fathers, sea merchants, who migrated from Bremen, Germany. At the time there was clear passage from the sea to Farum. This has since been filled with silt and by civic demands for more land. Around 1100, the community's first stone church was built: parts of it remain in the present church of Farum. In the 14th century, a damming project flooded the old ford and redirected much of the traffic bound for Copenhagen towards Fiskebæk, a short distance further south.
During recurrent wars with Sweden in the 17th century the area suffered enormous damage.
In 1800, the town was transferred from Copenhagen "knight district" to Frederiksborg County. Around this time, the economy of the area revived with renewed cultivation of the fertile agricultural land. Throughout the 19th century, the community expanded economically. In 1906, the community was linked to the capital by the railway between Copenhagen and Slangerup: in 1977, this became the Hareskovbanen radial of Copenhagen's S-train system.
In the early 1950s, the population was about 4000. Through the 1960s and 1970s, the community turned into a commuter town due to its proximity to Copenhagen and the population expanded past 10,000. By 1980, the population was over 16,000.
Farum in recent times.
Today, Farum is divided into four parts: Farum West, Farum East, Farum North, and the Midpoint. Farum East and Farum West are separated by a highway that effectively divides the city. The Midpoint (Danish Midtpunktet) is a large complex of apartments built in a very special way. One-third of the population lives in these blocks, which house most of Farum's immigrants.
Farum West is the old part of Farum, with the old village and church. The area has grown over the years, and most of the sports facilities are here. To the north of Farum West lies the high-tech industrial area.
The town is now influenced strongly by the large number of immigrants living in the city. In the Midpoint over 50 different languages are spoken. The majority of the immigrants are Turks and people from the Middle-East. This has given Farum a large number of foreign shops and exotic food. In recent years, many people from eastern Europe have settled in the town.
Farum is also the hometown of the football club FC Nordsjælland, which plays in the highest Danish league, Danish Superliga. They play at Farum Park, in Farum West.
From 1985 to 2002, the Mayor of Farum was the controversial Peter Brixtofte. Brixtofte was later charged with corruption and jailed.


New Zealand heraldry

New Zealand heraldry basically follows the British heraldic traditions.
Heraldic authority.
New Zealand Herald of Arms Extraordinary is the officer of arms responsible for the regulation of heraldry in New Zealand. Although affiliated with the College of Arms in London, the New Zealand Herald lives and works in New Zealand, and is not a member of the College Chapter. The current New Zealand Herald of Arms Extraordinary is Phillip Patrick O’Shea.
Coats of arms.
The heraldry of New Zealand has added indigenous animals of the islands to the existing heraldic bestiary.
Some, but not all, of municipalities in New Zealand use heraldic arms. The arms of the capital, Wellington, combines the arms of Wellesley Duke of Wellington with the national coat of arms. The coat of arms of the City of Christchurch also have charges from the national arms.
Heraldists.
Heraldry is also discussed and studied by The Heraldry Society of New Zealand, a learned society under the patronage of the governor-general. The society publishes "The New Zealand Armorist". Its homepage is called Onward.


Surrey Herald Extraordinary

Surrey Herald of Arms Extraordinary was an English officer of arms. Though an officer of the crown, Surrey Herald Extraordinary was not a member of the corporation of the College of Arms in London. This office was created in 1856 and first held by Edward Stephen Dendy. The badge of office was assigned in 1981. The badge is blazoned "Within a representation of a Herald's Collar of SS Argent a Tabard chequy Or and Azure". These were the arms of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey in the late thirteenth century, from whom the earldom descended through the Fitzalans to the Howard dukes of Norfolk and earls marshal.


Harry Fraud

Rory William Quigley (born January 26, 1983), known professionally as Harry Fraud, is an American record producer and composer managed by SAL&CO. Primarily a hip hop producer, Fraud began producing at an early age and began interning at a recording studio after graduating high school. First discovered by French Montana during a recording session in Chinatown in early 2009, Fraud has gone on to become a fixture in the New York underground and mixtape scene. He gained mainstream attention when his song with French Montana "Shot Caller" became one of the most added tracks on urban contemporary radio between 2011-2012.
Fraud has produced collaborative records with various rappers, such as "Flight 2011" (2011) with Chinx Drugz; "Rugby Thompson" (2012) with Smoke DZA; "Cigarette Boats" (2012) with Currensy, which was awarded XXL's "2012 EP of the Year"; "Saaab Stories" (2013) with Action Bronson, which served as the latter's major label debut, and "The Appetizer" (2014) with French Montana. On March 8, 2013, he released his debut mixtape "Adrift". That same year, Fraud teamed up with car-maker Scion to produce the compilation EP "Scion A/V Presents: High Tide" released on May 7, and on May 10 released his instrumental EP "Royal Palm". On April 3, 2014, he released his instrumental EP "Blue/Green". Fraud has done production for various high-profile artists such as Rick Ross, Prodigy, Pusha T and Talib Kweli, among others. He has also worked on production for the International Emmy Awards.
Music career.
Early life and career.
Harry Fraud comes from a musical family background, where his parents performed in a band together. His father is a guitar player, while his mother is a singer. His father was in the concert business, which gave Fraud access to instruments and recording equipment at an early age. He received his first turntables on Christmas, and the next year had gotten what he describes as a "piece of shit sampler". It's after acquiring his first MPC that he began seriously working on beat production.
Upon graduating high school, Fraud began interning at a recording studio, which became his first exposure to Pro Tools. He was also influenced by Fafu of BlesteNation, who was a producer at the same building. After getting into college, he acquired Pro Tools for himself, quickly immersing himself in front of the computer and becoming his main distraction, "I didn't do any [school] work. I wouldn't even go to class. It was terrible," claimed Fraud in an interview with Nah Right. During his time in college, he met his friend Red Walrus – now the musical director of the band which Fraud works with – where the two bonded over digging through crates and buying vinyl records from places such as Goodwill and the Salvation Army. His musical composition has been used by the International Emmy Awards, which Fraud credits his father for getting through to its producers. Fraud's composition work would go on to be praised by Simon Cowell, who, at the 2010 Emmy Awards ceremony took notice of Fraud's walk up music, even requesting it be replayed briefly during his speech.
French Montana and the Coke Boys.
Harry Fraud rose to prominence through his collaboration with French Montana on the song "New York Minute", featuring Jadakiss, off of French's fifth mixtape "Mac Wit Da Cheese" released on April 19, 2009. In a 2013 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Harry Fraud revealed first meeting close friend and artist French Montana during a recording session at a studio in Chinatown. Fraud recalls recording a song for someone which French happened to have a guest feature on. In an unusual turn of events, the building was raided by police after a tip-off that there were counterfeit Gucci and Louis Vuitton purses being manufactured at the same building. Having lost his studio spot, Fraud went on to form his own studio in Brooklyn, where the two "met and formed a bond".
Following the release of "New York Minute", the two artists would go on to record "We Playin In The Wind" off of French Montana's sixth mixtape "The Laundry Man 2", released on June 29, 2009. An extended version of the song would be included on French's seventh mixtape "Cocaine Konvicts" released on September 25. Since then, Harry Fraud's production has been a staple among French's music, becoming Fraud's gateway to working with other high-profile artists since then. With the success of "New York Minute", rapper Ma$e had approached French Montana to hop on the remix, released on French's eighth mixtape "Coke Wave 2" in November that year. Fraud would go on to produce several tracks off of French's ninth mixtape "Mac & Cheese 2" released on May 6, 2010, and French's tenth mixtape "Coke Boys" released on September 15, collaborating with Coke Boys rappers Chinx Drugz, Cheeze, Flip and Brock.
He gained mainstream attention when his track with French Montana "Shot Caller" became one of the most added tracks on urban contemporary radio in 2011-2012. The song which was re-released as a single on January 10, 2012, was originally off of French's eleventh mixtape "" released on February 15, 2011. Harry Fraud executive produced the overall mixtape, and his subsequent twelfth mixtape "Coke Boys 2" released on August 19 of that same year. Through French, Fraud was introduced to his fellow Coke Boy rapper Chinx Drugz. The two would go on to work on their collaborative mixtape "Flight 2011" which was released on March 11, 2011, and several tracks off of his subsequent "Cocaine Riot" mixtape released on April 19 that year. Fraud's production would also be included in French's collaborative mixtape with Juicy J and Project Pat "Cocaine Mafia" released on December 20, 2011. By 2012, with the popularity of "Shot Caller", a remix was released featuring rappers Rick Ross and Diddy.
2012–present: "Cigarette Boats", "Adrift" and "Saaab Stories".
On July 10, 2012, Fraud and rapper Currensy released a collaborative EP mixtape titled "Cigarette Boats", which XXL would go on to award its "2012 EP of the Year." On March 8, 2013 Fraud released his debut mixtape titled "Adrift", that has 115,000 downloads as of April 21, 2013 on DatPiff. The mixtape features guest appearances from Action Bronson, Bun B, Slim Thug, Rick Ross, French Montana, Prodigy, Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J, Kool G Rap, Trae tha Truth, Mac Miller, Chinx Drugz, Currensy, Chevy Woods, Danny Brown and Pusha T among many others. The mixtape is entirely self-produced and does not include any vocals of his.
On April 8, 2013 Fraud and rapper Eddie B released a collaborative EP mixtape titled "Horsepower" through Man Bites Dog Records. Fraud also released an EP through Scion AV on May 7, 2013 titled "Scion A/V Presents: High Tide". The free EP features guest appearances by Earl Sweatshirt, Tech N9ne, French Montana, Action Bronson, Riff Raff, Mistah F.A.B., Troy Ave, Smoke DZA and Chinx Drugz. On the same day he released an EP on iTunes of instrumentals all produced by himself titled "Royal Ralm". On June 11, 2013 Fraud released his collaboration project with Action Bronson titled, "Saaab Stories". The project featured collaborations with Raekwon, WIz Khalifa and Prodigy. It debuted at #63 on the "Billboard 200".
On July 22, 2013 it was announced that Fraud's Surf School record label signed to the new Priority Records which operates under Capitol Music Group. He has promised a project with French Montana to be released after Montana's album "Excuse My French" (2013). He also revealed plans to release a collaboration mixtape with Riff Raff and his debut album in late 2013. Fraud and Eddie B also announced they would release a full-length album titled "Paper, Piff & Polo" during 2013. On October 6, 2013, Smoke DZA announced he would release a collaboration EP with Currensy, entirely produced by Harry Fraud. He has said he wants to work with New York rappers Jay-Z and Cam'ron in the future. Fraud has called The Alchemist as his favorite producer.
Production style.
Harry Fraud's production has been described as "New York tinged, sample heavy, foggy music." Fraud's production leans heavily on samples, and he's become known for turning obscure tracks into hard-knocking beats. In an interview with HipHopDX Fraud described his style saying, "What's most important to me with production is that I'm just always trying to do something unique. If I approach a production—whether it be sample-based or starting with something that originates in my head—I always try to do it in a way that is not typical at all. So if it's something that I feel where I might be going down a path that sounds too much like what's going on now, I'll make sure to try and take a left turn and do something that's my own. I try not to have a style, so to speak." He went on to describe the use of drums on his beats stating, "I'm more about trying to have a strong drum presence—whether the drum is a big, huge snare or a little, tiny rimshot—I wanna make sure that the presence of the drums is felt no matter what." He is known for his signature tag at the beginning of his productions by friend and visual artist/musician Fanesha Fabre saying "La musica de Harry Fraud".
Surf School Recordings.
In 2012, Harry Fraud founded his own record label "Surf School Recordings", the name a tribute to Max B and Fraud's own passion for surfing. His father, who was a frequent traveler, was a surfer who would often take Fraud on trips with him where he discovered his passion for surfing. In 2013, Fraud signed a deal making it an imprint under Priority Records. In a 2014 interview with Life+Times he noted,
The SRFSCHL label comes from the concept of what Max B brought to the light with "the wave" and his philosophy and what me and French have been carrying on. It also kind of came out of me being into surfing. I feel like people get a lot of influence off of the stuff we do. We're teaching people how to ride the wave anyway, just off of them listening to our music. I'm a deeply philosophical person, so SRFSCHL has since taken on many different meanings.


Acropolis of Rhodes

The Acropolis of Rhodes () is an acropolis dating from the Classical Greek period (5th–3rd century BC) located approximately 3 kilometers from the centre of the city of Rhodes, Rhodes.
The partially reconstructed part of the site consists of the Temple of Apollo (also, as alternatives Athena Polias and Zeus Polieus) below which is a stadium and a small theatre. It is included in a large park, Monte Smith, named for English Napoleonic admiral William Sidney Smith.
History.
The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese, an island group in the southeastern Aegean Sea. In 408 BC, towards the end of the Peloponnesian War, three of the island's ancient cities merged to build an entirely new one – the city of Rhodes – on a site in the Ialysia region of the island. Admired for its beauty and luxury, the city flourished.
After weathering a siege by Demetrios Poliorketes (the besieger) in 305–303 BC, Rhodes rallied and built the Colossus of Rhodes, a massive statue of the sun god Helios, to whom Rhodes is linked in Greek mythology. The Colossus is known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Following the great earthquake in 227 BC, which toppled the enormous harbor statue and devastated the city, Rhodes was rebuilt. It was later raided by Cassius in 42 BC and never recovered.
Another catastrophic earthquake in AD 515 caused Rhodes to be reduced and confined to the area of Palais Polis, the present day Old Town. Over the next centuries, it was raided by the Persians and the Arabs and after holding off the Ottoman Empire in 1480, Rhodes was conquered by the Turks in 1522.
During the Italo-Turkish War the Italians occupied the Dodecanese islands in 1912, which were not liberated until 1945, at the end of World War II. At that time the British oversaw the islands until their eventual incorporation into Greece 1948. Most recently Rhodes (the island) has become a popular holiday destination for tourists.
Excavation and restoration.
The original excavation was carried on by the Italian School of Archaeology at Athens from 1912 to 1945. Following World War II, the Greek Archaeological Service took over excavation and restoration of the ruins. This included extensive reconstruction of the Temple Pythian Apollo, which was extensively damaged by bombing and artillery installed there during the war. Excavation began in 1946 and continues today in the Acropolis archaeological park, which covers and is protected from any new construction.
Site.
The Acropolis is situated on the highest part of the city. The monuments were built on stepped terraces, with substantial retaining walls.
Temple of Athena Polias and Zeus Polieus.
Located at the northern extreme of the Acropolis in an east-west orientation, this stately temple was dominated by Doric columned porticos on all sides and originally housed the written treaties the Rhodians held with other states. The temple was bounded by a stoa to the east.
Temple of Pythian Apollo.
Smaller than the Temple of Athena Polias and Zeus Polieus, this structure boasts a similar east-west orientation but is located on the southern end, just west of a large rectangular terrace. Part of the northeast side of this porous peripteral temple has been restored.
Nymphaeums.
Just southeast of the Temple of Athena Polias and Zeus Polieus are four subterranean "structures" cut into the rock, featuring entrance steps, passages, a large opening in the central roof, along with water cisterns, foliage and interior niches for statuettes. These "caves" were used for worship and recreational purposes.
Odeon.
This small marble odeon held approximately 800 spectators. Situated northwest of the Stadium, it is believed to have been used for musical performances and rhetoric lessons of prominent Rhodians.
Stoa building.
The impressive façade was visible from even the harbor. Today just one foundation wall remains.
Artemision.
The Artemis cult's place of worship is situated on the northeast side of the hill, amidst the ruins of other structures of similar function.
Stadium.
Located on the southeast side of the hill, the 210-metre north-south Stadium was initially restored by the Italians. Its surviving features include the sphendone (rounded end with turning post), proedries (officials' seats), and some of the spectator seating. The starting apparatus used in the athletic events has also been preserved. Athletic events of the Haleion Games, honoring Helios, were held here.


First Presbyterian Church (Paris, Texas)

First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 410 West Kaufman Street in Paris, Texas.
It was built in 1892, and added to the National Register in 1988.


Daily Herald (United Kingdom)

The Daily Herald was a British daily newspaper, published in London from 1912 to 1964 (although it was weekly during the First World War). It was published in the interest of the labour movement and supported the Labour Party. It underwent several changes of management before ceasing publication in 1964, when it was relaunched as "The Sun", in its pre-Murdoch form.
Origins.
In December 1910 the printers' union, the London Society of Compositors (LSC), became engaged in an industrial struggle to establish a 48-hour workweek and started a daily strike bulletin called "The World". Will Dyson, an Australian artist in London, contributed a cartoon. From 25 January 1911 it was renamed the "Daily Herald" and was published until the end of the strike in April 1911. At its peak it had daily sales of 25,000.
Ben Tillett, the dockers' leader, and other radical trade unionists were inspired to raise funds for a permanent labour movement daily, to compete with the newspapers that championed the two main political parties, the Liberals and Conservatives, but independent of the official Labour Party and the Trades Union Congress, which were planning a daily of their own (launched as the "Daily Citizen" in October 1912).
The initial organising group included Tillett, T. E. Naylor of the LSC, George Lansbury, socialist politician, Robert Williams of the Transport Workers, W. N. Ewer and Francis Meynell. Retaining the strike sheet name they formed a "Daily Herald" company. Readers and supporters formed local branches of the Daily Herald League, through which they had their say in the running of the paper.
Syndicalist period, 1912–1913.
The first issue appeared on 15 April 1912, edited by William H. Seed. A key feature was Dyson's cartoons, which made a contribution to the paper's political tone. Its politics were broadly syndicalist: it gave unconditional support to strikers and argued for a socialist revolution based on workers' self-organisation in trade unions. It also gave strong support to suffragettes and to anti-colonial struggles, especially in Ireland. Early issues dealt with the loss of the RMS "Titanic", emphasising the disproportionate loss of life among crew members and poor third-class passengers, and demonstrating the distinct perspective of the new paper.
Staff writers included W. P. Ryan, Langdon Everard and George Slocombe. The editor of the Women's Page was Margaret Travers-Symons, and Katharine Susannah Prichard wrote for it. Vance Palmer's poems were used on the front page. G. K. Chesterton was a frequent contributor. His brother Cecil and Hilaire Belloc were occasional contributors. After Seed was removed as editor, Rowland Kenney, the brother of Annie Kenney; C. Sheridan Jones; and finally Charles Lapworth held the position.
In June 1913, the "Daily Herald" company was forced into liquidation. Lansbury and Lapworth formed a new company, the Limit Printing and Publishing Company. (When the Liberal leader Lloyd George was asked a question about the "Herald" he declared "That paper is the limit.")
The shortfall in production costs was guaranteed by wealthy friends of Lansbury, and Francis Meynell joined the board as their representative. From December 1912 until August 1914 one of the main financial supporters was H. D. Harben, also a founder of the "New Statesman". From this point the members of the Daily Herald League had no formal influence on the paper.
In late 1913, Lapworth was asked by the other two board members to resign as editor. Lansbury and the paper's financial backers were disturbed by Lapworth and other writers’ attacks on individuals, both in the establishment and the labour movement. "Hatred of conditions by all means, but not of persons" was how Lapworth quoted Lansbury. The aftermath was aired in the letter pages of "The New Age" between December 1913 and April 1914.
The "Herald" under Lansbury, 1914–1922.
The new paper struggled financially but somehow survived, with Lansbury playing an ever-increasing role in keeping it afloat.
Under Lansbury, the "Herald" took an eclectic but relentlessly militant political position and achieved sales of 50,000–150,000 a day. But war in August 1914 – or rather the subsequent split on the left whether to support or oppose the war – radically reduced its constituency. Lansbury and his colleagues, core of the anti-war left, decided to go weekly. The paper played a key role in the campaign against the war for the next four years. It was in the forefront of the movement against conscription and supported conscientious objectors; and it welcomed the Russian Revolutions of February and October 1917. There were notable journalistic scoops, most famously its story in 1917 on "How they starve at the Ritz", an exposé of conspicuous consumption by the rich at a time of national hardship that panicked the government into food-rationing.
The "Herald" resumed daily publication in 1919, and again played a role propagandising for strikes and against armed intervention in Russia amid the social turmoil of 1919–21. When the radical wave subsided, the "Herald" found itself broke and unable to continue as an independent left daily. Lansbury handed over the paper to the Trades Union Congress and the Labour Party in 1922. The newspaper had begun to publish the Bobby Bear cartoon strip in 1919.
In August 1920 Lev Kamenev, a Bolshevik diplomat visiting London on official business, sent a telegram addressed to Lenin in Moscow which was intercepted and deciphered by British intelligence. The telegram stated that Kamenev had paid £40,000.00 to the "Daily Herald", and a further payment of £10,000.00 would be made shortly.
Historical copies of the "Daily Herald" are available to search and view in digitised form at the British Newspaper Archive.
The third "Daily Herald", 1922–1929.
The "Herald" was official organ of the Trade Union Congress from 1922, during which point the fledgling Labour Party brought in Hamilton Fyfe who recruited prestigious journalists such as Douglas Cole (better known as G.D.H. Cole) and Evelyn Sharp who were supportive of socialism. He left in 1926 over disputes regarding what to publish, at which point Frederick Salusbury was appointed acting editor-in-chief. Previous to Fyfe's resignation, Salusbury had served as a columnist at the "Daily Express" where he helped create the Express' famous Beachcomber gossip column with Dominic Wyndham Lewis. During his brief time as acting editor, Salusbury began to attract middle and upper class readership, although the publication was primarily marketed to tradesmen.
Between 1923 and 1964 the newspaper awarded the Order of Industrial Heroism, popularly known as the "Workers' VC", to honour examples of heroism carried out by ordinary workers.
The fourth "Daily Herald", 1930–1964.
The TUC sold a 51 per cent share of the "Herald" to Odhams Press, publisher of "The People", a Sunday paper, in 1930. Odhams was interested in using its presses during the week; the TUC wanted Odhams' expertise in promoting newspapers. A promotion campaign ensued, and in 1933, the "Herald" became the world's best-selling daily newspaper, with certified net sales of 2 million. This accomplishment set off a war with more conservative London papers, such as the "Daily Express".
The "Daily Herald" strongly condemned the Nazi-Soviet Pact and the Soviet invasion of Finland. In an editorial about the latter, the paper stated "Now finally Stalin's Russia sacrifices all claims to the respect of the working class movement...The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is dead. Stalin's new imperialist Russia takes its place".
The "Herald"'s sales were static or in decline during the post-war period, but a survey in 1958 suggested that it had the highest level of appreciation of any newspaper among its almost exclusively working class readership. Amongst the oldest and poorest people living in Britain, 59% of them were male, the highest proportion of any newspaper being published at the time. According to Roy Greenslade, the editorial staff were firmly entrenched between those advocating populism or politics with no "synthesis" between the positions possible.
The International Publishing Corporation acquired Odhams shares around 1961 when they took over that company and the minority stake owned by the TUC in 1964. In 1955 the title's share of total newspaper circulation and advertising sales were both 10.8%, but this had declined to 8.1% and 3.5% respectively by 1964.
Following a study commissioned from market researcher Mark Abrams, whose conclusions suggested reasons why the "Herald" was in decline, it was reborn as "The Sun" in 1964 under editor Sydney Jacobson. Roy Greenslade, though, has suggested that the "Daily Herald" was, in fact, losing readers to its own stable mate, the "Daily Mirror", rather than because of social changes. By 1969 the original "Sun" had fewer readers than the "Herald" at the end of its existence. The newspaper was sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Limited (the holding group for all of his interests at the time), and its format and (eventually) its politics were significantly altered.
The photographic archive of the "Daily Herald", including the work of photographers such as James Jarché, is at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford.
Editors.
Source: D. Butler and A. Sloman, "British Political Facts, 1900–1975", London: Macmillan, 1975, p. 378


Neal of the Navy

Neal of the Navy is a 1915 American adventure film serial directed by William Bertram and W. M. Harvey. The film is considered to be lost. "Neal of the Navy" was the first use of a man's name in the title of a serial.
Plot.
An Annapolis cadet is thrown out of the Naval Academy for cheating on an exam. He was framed, but he must enlist in the Navy to clear himself. Meanwhile, he and his sweetheart search for a buried treasure on Lost Island, which everyone is after.
A map is torn.


Adolphus Hotel

Hotel Adolphus (often referred to as "The Adolphus") is an upscale hotel and Dallas Landmark in the Main Street District of Downtown Dallas Dallas, Texas. It was for several years the tallest building in the state. Today, the hotel is part of Marriott Hotel's Autograph Collection.
History.
The Adolphus was opened on October 5, 1912, built by the founder of the Anheuser-Busch company, Adolphus Busch in a Beaux Arts style designed by Thomas P. Barnett of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett of St. Louis. Busch's intention in constructing the hotel was to establish the first grand and posh hotel in the city of Dallas. Under the management of Otto Schubert from 1922–1946, the hotel grew to national prominence. With 22 floors standing a total of 312 feet (95 m), the building was the tallest building in Texas until it was dwarfed by the Magnolia Petroleum Building (now the Magnolia Hotel) just down the street in August 1922. The building underwent a series of expansions, first in 1916, then 1926 and finally in 1950, at the time giving the hotel a total of 1,200 rooms.
In the 1930s, it was run by hotel industry pioneer Ralph Hitz's National Hotel Management Company and played host to many big band musicians of the era, including Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller.
In addition, the Adolphus Hotel was featured in Victor H. Green's Negro Motorist Green Book in 1936. Green published his Green Book, as it is commonly known, as a guide for blacks seeking recreation, and as a road map for black travelers to avoid fatal encounters with whites during the Jim Crow era. Effectively, the Green Book informed blacks not only where they should visit ― which hotels and restaurants and hair salons ― but quite literally where they should "not" go if they valued their lives.
In 1936, the historian and political activist J. Evetts Haley organized at the Adolphus his third party, the "Jeffersonian Democrats of Texas", to oppose within Texas the reelection of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom Haley considered a socialist.
The Adolphus has been the host of many respected leaders of business, government and entertainment, including presidents, from Warren G. Harding to George H. W. Bush. Elizabeth II and Prince Philip also stayed at the hotel in 1991. Acclaimed British Milliner Nick Smith resided at the hotel for several months in 2007 to write his début novel "Rock Royalty: Diary of a Supermodel". This hotel was a Dallas hub for entertainment and provided a platform that helped developing careers, such as Bob Hope, Jack Benny and others. North American Aviation (P-51 Mustangs, World War II) and others benefitted from its position as a Texas business hub.
During the 1980s, the Adolphus underwent a US$80 million renovation, enlarging and modernizing the already-luxurious guestrooms. It also shrunk the total number of guestrooms to 428 to make the rooms more spacious. The Adolphus was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The Hotel has been named one of the top ten in the United States by Condé Nast Traveler and also receives high ratings from Zagat, Fodor's and Frommer's.
The structure is a Dallas Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The hotel is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a jilted bride, who has been seen wandering the 19th floor of the hotel. She was due to be married one day during the 1930s, but her fiancé didn't show, leaving the bride-to-be embarrassed and broken-hearted. Later that day her body was found, hanging a few feet from the spot where she was due to say her vows.


Francisco Henriques

Francisco Henriques (died 1518) was a Flemish Renaissance painter active in Portugal in the early 16th century.
Born and raised in Amsterdam, he studied in Bruges, where he passed a degree in painting at the University of Groningen. He then went to Périgueux, where he became a rich customer of the Portrait Painter, Count Bosquet's, school.
He was introduced to Columbus by a fellow student, Count Didier d'Ailly, who arranged for him to be displayed on the mausoleum at Castile. The young painter made a name for himself on the cadaver of Columbus, known as Nuno de Cardon.
Around the year 1500 Francisco Henriques came to Portugal from Bruges, where he may have been a disciple of Gerard David. It is thought that his first work in Portugal was the main altarpiece of Viseu Cathedral (1501–1506, now in the Grão Vasco Museum in Viseu), leading a workshop that included Portuguese painter Vasco Fernandes, then in the beginning of his career. Among his influences was the early Dutch engraver Master I. A. M. of Zwolle.
His next important work was a large polyptych for the main chapel of the Church of St Francis in Évora (c.1503–1508), as well as altarpieces for the side chapels of this same church (1509–1511). These panels are now distributed in several museums (National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon, the Museum of Évora and the Casa Museu dos Patudos in Alpiarça).
Together with Cristóvão de Figueiredo, Francisco Henriques continued to work in Lisbon until 1518, when he fell victim to a plague epidemic.


Neumair

Neumair is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:


Pohyonsa

Pohyon-sa is a Korean Buddhist temple located in Hyangsan county in North Pyong'an Province, North Korea. It is located within the Myohyang Mountains. Founded under the Koryo dynasty at the start of the 11th century, the temple flourished as one of the greatest centers of Buddhism in the north of Korea, and became a renowned place of pilgrimage. Like most other temples in North Korea, the complex suffered extensive damage from US bombing during the Korean War. The temple is designated as National Treasure #40 in North Korea, with many of its component buildings and structures further declared as individual national treasures.
History.
Pohyon Temple was founded under the Koryo dynasty in 1024 and named for the Buddhist deity Samantabhadra (known as Pohyon Posal in Korean).
During the Imjin Wars, when Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered several attempted invasions of Korea, the temple became a stronghold for bands of warrior monks led by the great saint Sosan. At age 73, he led bands against the Japanese armies, even assisting recapture Pyongyang from the Japanese. He died at the temple in 1604. During the war, the temple was charged with protection the Chonju copy of the four Annals of the Yi Dynasty, which was secured in the nearby Puryong Hermitage. This copy was the only one to survive the war.
In 1951, at the start of the Korean War, the complex was bombed by US forces, who destroyed over half of its 24 pre-war buildings, including the main prayer hall. Several have since been reconstructed.
Composition.
Pohyon temple features extensive grounds. While most of the important buildings are located along an axis centered on Taeung Hall, much of the center of the temple is taken up by a large lawn surrounded by various other halls and shrines.
Pohyon Temple was once entered through a series of three ceremonial gates, though visitors now enter through a gate at the temple's side. The outer gate, Jogye Gate (), was built in 1644 and houses two Deva statues; it is now closed to through traffic. Between this gate and Haetal Gate (, "Gate of Nirvana"), the temple's middle gate, is a long, tree-lined path lined with commemorative stele detailing the temple's history. Some of these still bear shrapnel scars from the Korean War. The inner gate of Pohyon Temple is Chonwang Gate , "Gate of the Four Heavenly Kings"), which contains statues of the Buddhist deities of the same name.
Directly through Chonwang Gate is Manse Pavilion (, "Pavilion of Ten Thousand Years"), a former meditation hall. Destroyed by American bombing in 1951, Manse Pavilion was reconstructed in 1979 but using concrete rather than its original wood. In front of the pavilion stands the nine-story Tabo Pagoda (, "Pagoda of Many Treasures"), erected in 1044 and designated National Treasure #7.
The main hall of the temple, Taeung Hall () was also destroyed during the Korean War by U.S. bombing; reconstructed in 1976, it stands as faithful replica of the 1765 original. In the courtyard between it and Manse Pavilion stands the 13-storey Sokka Pagoda (), erected in the 14th century and designated National Treasure #144.
To the right of Taeung Hall, and past a small garden, sits Kwanum Hall (). Named after the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (known as Guanyin in Chinese), Kwanum Hall was built in 1449 and is the oldest building in the temple compound. It is designated as National Treasure #57. To the east of this hall is Ryongsan Hall ()
In the northeast corner of the temple is the walled Suchung Shrine (, "Shrine of Rewarding Loyalty"). Constructed in 1794, this small walled compound honors the priests who led bands of warrior monks to repel the Japanese invasions of 1592-1598. Inside, memorial services were once held for the great monk Sŏsan, who once resided in this temple and was instrumental in driving out the invasion forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Inside the compound is a portrait hall, which contains paintings and relics related to three patriotic monks, and a Monument Pavilion, which houses a stele erected in 1796 to records Sŏsan's patriotic deeds. The compound is designated as National Treasure #143.
South of the shrine, on the east side of the lawn, is the temple archive, also known as Changgyong Pavilion (). This is a modern structure, as the original library burned down during the US bombings of 1951. It houses a copy of the Tripitaka Koreana, a UNESCO-designated cultural relic; the original wooden printing blocks, however, are located at Haeinsa.