title: The Blue News

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The Blue News is an American Indie rock duo originally formed in 2006 in Terre Haute, Indiana. The songwriting duo includes singer-songwriter and guitarist Brent Orndorff and drummer Dustin Richardson who joined the band in 2008. The duo currently focuses on recording, Record producing, publishing, and licensing. New music is recorded in Orndorff's home recording studio in Indiana as well as various studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Dustin is also an audio engineer, mixing engineer, and music producer at House of Blues Studios, Nashville.
The Blue News have become well known for several music licensing placements, touring (1992–2012), and college radio and AAA radio campaigns. The band's original music style includes soulful male vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar and creative songwriting featuring drums, and an eclectic blend of several musical styles including blues rock, American blues music, pop music, alternative rock, post-grunge, gospel, rock and roll, reggae, and classic rock. The Blue News' music has grown in popularity due to several factors: consistent social marketing, 20 years of touring in the US, charting on radio for college, AAA, and blues radio markets, and several song placements in television series, interactive art installations, web videos, popular video games, film trailers and feature films. All of this combined with the digital revolution seen in the US Music Industry means that the band's followers are now streaming the band's music 24/7/365. The Blue News has also gained 'high-profile' celebrity fans including Sublime with Rome, Sheryl Crow, Isaac Hayes, acclaimed producer Sylvia Massy and Stephen Wrench, former RCA Records executive and original music manager. The band's most recent release is a remastered greatest hits album released digitally in September 2017. The album includes 17 of the most popular songs from the band's previous albums.

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# The Blue News

**The Blue News** (also known as "Blue News", "The Blue News Project") is an American Indie rock duo originally formed in 2006 in Terre Haute, Indiana. The songwriting duo includes singer-songwriter and guitarist Brent Orndorff and drummer Dustin Richardson who joined the band in 2008. The duo currently focuses on recording, Record producing, publishing, and licensing. New music is recorded in Orndorff's home recording studio in Indiana as well as various studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Dustin is also an audio engineer, mixing engineer, and music producer at House of Blues Studios, Nashville. The Blue News have become well known for several music licensing placements, touring (1992–2012), and college radio and AAA radio campaigns. The band's original music style includes soulful male vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar and creative songwriting featuring drums, and an eclectic blend of several musical styles including blues rock, American blues music, pop music, alternative rock, post-grunge, gospel, rock and roll, reggae, and classic rock.

The Blue News' music has grown in popularity due to several factors: consistent social marketing, 20 years of touring in the US, charting on radio for college, AAA, and blues radio markets, and several song placements in television series, interactive art installations, web videos, popular video games, film trailers and feature films. All of this combined with the digital revolution seen in the US Music Industry means that the band's followers are now streaming the band's music 24/7/365. The Blue News has also gained 'high-profile' celebrity fans including Sublime with Rome, Sheryl Crow, Isaac Hayes, acclaimed producer Sylvia Massy and Stephen Wrench, former RCA Records executive and original music manager. The band's most recent release is a remastered greatest hits album released digitally in September 2017. The album includes 17 of the most popular songs from the band's previous albums.

## History

### Formation and early years (2006)

The Blue News was formed in 2006 taking its name from a spoonerism of the words 'The New Blues'. Brent Orndorff founded the band after signing a recording contract for a record release deal with *Statue Records Hollywood* of Hollywood, California. He accomplished this by opening a studio in downtown Terre Haute called "Blame Records" where he recorded other artists to help pay for manufacturing and promoting his first solo album. The band's signature sound began with a few songs recorded that combined live instruments and vocals with samples and drum loops programmed with the ReBirth RB-338 software. Orndorff self-produced the band's debut LP, titled *Blue News* recording in a bedroom using a PC and the band began to tour, averaging two to three shows per week in several cities around the Midwest United States. After gaining momentum in the Midwest live music scene, the band was interviewed by both *Chicago Music Guide* and *Louisville Music Guide*, and made in-studio live radio broadcasts as more people began to take notice.

### *The Signs* (2007)

In 2007, the recording contract with Statue Records was dissolved before the release of *The Signs* EP. The album was self-released as *The Blue News Project* to reflect that the songs were the result of a collaboration with multiple musicians. During this period, however, the band primarily performed live as a duo, featuring drummer Kraig Kerins. Songs from *The Signs* EP were used in the band's first college campus radio campaign with Vigilant Promotions of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band's music aired on 75 stations across multiple states.

The songs "Love's So Strong" and "Next Time" were both featured in the PBS documentary series *Roadtrip Nation*. At the time the songs aired, the band was regularly playing shows at live music clubs in several US cities. In between gigs, the band started recording their third LP, *Strange Light*. The LP was self-produced and released by the band's Blame Records indie label after signing a distribution agreement with INgrooves Digital Distribution in San Francisco, California (now part of Universal Music Group).

### *Strange Light* (2008–2009)

By 2008, The Blue News was touring consistently while further developing their original style and recorded their third album *Strange Light*. The album was self-released by Blame Records and found good reviews in the blues and rock communities. The LP was the first to include drummer Dustin Richardson who joined the band in early 2008. The band produced their first HD music video featuring the song "Shelter". The HD music video was shot and directed by Chris Thornberry of "Green Sky Media" and "The Price of Admission" and aired regularly on Indy's Music Channel (IMC), an independent 24-hour music television channel on cable station WDNI-CD. Although there was no official radio campaign for the album, songs from *Strange Light* received radio airplay in many US areas and the music continues to be regularly licensed in various media. Multiple songs from "Strange Light" were placed in 2009 on the UCF TV cable channel at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida and that same year the station's programming received a 2009 Suncoast Emmy Award.

### *Good at Falling* (2010)

Partially recorded at Stable Studios near Spencer, Indiana and finished in the band's private studio, the EP "Good at Falling" has an indie rock sound that was a departure from the band's early blues-influenced. In May 2010, the songs "So Easy" and "You've Got Someone" were released for the popular music video game *Rock Band 2* on Xbox 360. Also in 2010, the band was invited to perform for a live 'one-take' style video series called "Folked Up!". This resulted in two new HD music videos featuring stripped-down acoustic versions of the songs "Be Yourself (And You'll Go Far)" and "Wasted Days". As of November 2012 the video for "Wasted Days" has over 35,000 views on the VISO Music Channel.

### *Wartime Songs* (2011–2012)

In February 2011, Orndorff and Richardson recorded the fifth studio album by The Blue News, an EP titled *Wartime Songs* at Retrophonics Recording Studios in St. Augustine, Florida. Retrophonics is the private studio of producer Jim Devito who has recorded several famous bands including Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Don Henley, Creed and JJ Grey & Mofro. The band recorded to analog reel-to-reel tape and tracked all six songs during one session. The album features several vintage instruments and amplifiers from the 1950s–1970s. In addition, the album was mixed with producer Sylvia Massy at RadioStar Studios in Weed, California.

The album was originally released on the band's Blame Records label on July 4, 2011. The album received good reviews and two songs ("Hitman Blues" and "Just A Game") were placed in the video game *Rock Band 3* for both Xbox 360 and the PlayStation Network. Another song from the album, *Two Lovers*, was selected by Sublime with Rome to be included on Guitar Center's *Fresh Cuts Volume 7* and 50,000 CD copies were given away in stores nationwide. In October 2011, the band was awarded 2nd place for the Blues Foundation's 'Best Self-Produced Blues CD' for the state of Indiana. The Blue News charted on both CMJ Alternative Rock and Blues radio charts during a successful radio campaign with Tinderbox Music.

In 2012, The Blue News signed a label partnership with Musik and Film Records in for limited digital distribution and the band's entire discography was re-released through The Orchard, a New York City-based digital distribution and entertainment services company. Among notable artists, The Orchard distributes many notable recording artists including the music of Butch Walker and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings.

### *Greatest Hits* (2017)

In September 2017, The Blue News released their sixth album *Greatest Hits*, which includes remastered songs from previous albums that have been the most popular among fans.

The songs of The Blue News have been featured on television series, film trailers, video games, and film several times since the first placement in 2007. Some notable song placements include:

* *Angelfish* (2019 film), Amazon Video ("Shelter")
* *Bloodline*, Netflix television series ("Next Time")
* *Demolition*, 2016 film trailer television spot ("Just a Game")
* *Rebel Galaxy*, video game ("Old River", "Same Old Story" and "Stay Gone For Good")
* *30 for 30* (Episode: "You Don’t Know Bo") on ESPN ("Love’s So Strong")
* *Aussie Pickers*, Australian television series
* *Best Bars in America* (Episode: "Dive Bars"), on Bravo ("Run and Hide")
* *Force of Execution*, film ("Come Back Home")
* *Heartland* (Episode: "Lost Song"), on Up Entertainment ("Break of Day" and "Rattlesnake Blues")
* *Necessary Roughness* (Episode: "Habit Forming") on USA Network ("Run and Hide")
* *Necessary Roughness* (Episode: "Fall Guy") ("Same Old Story")
* *Roadtrip Nation* (Episode #4.1) on PBS Television ("Next Time" and "Love’s So Strong")
* *Rock Band 2*, video game ("You’ve Got Someone")
* *Rock Band 3*, video game("Hitman Blues" and "Just a Game")
* *Rock Band Blitz*, video game ("Hitman Blues" and "Just a Game")
* *Swamp Monsters* (Episode: "Honey Island Swamp Monster") on Destination America
* *Tap Tap Revenge 3*, mobile app game ("Leavin" and "Next Time")
* *Tap Tap Revenge Tour*, mobile app game ("Just a Game" and "Hypnotized")
* *Turn and Burn* (Episode: "Crown Jewel") on Discovery Channel and Velocity
* *Turn and Burn* (Episode: "Drag On") on Discovery Channel and Velocity
* *Turn and Burn* (Episode: "Memory Lane") Discovery Channel and Velocity
* *Turn and Burn* (Episode: "Junk to Funk") Discovery Channel and Velocity
* *UFC Ultimate Insider* (Episode 224) on Fuel TV and Fox Sports
* *Welcome to Myrtle Manor* (Episode: "Let the Trailer Park Games Begin")
* Air Conflicts Vietnam

## Discography

* *Blue News* (2006)
* *The Signs* (2007)
* *Strange Light* (2008)
* *Good at Falling* (2010)
* *Wartime Songs* (2011)
* *Greatest Hits* (2017)

## InfoBox

| The Blue News | |
| --- | --- |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, US |
| Genres | Indie rock, blues rock, alternative rock, post-grunge, Americana, southern rock, pop |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Blame Records USA, Musik and Film Records |
|  | |
| Members | Brent Orndorff, Dustin Richardson |
|  | |
| Website | www.bluenewsnation.com |


abstract: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again is the original soundtrack album to the 2016 remake of the 1975 cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The soundtrack was released by Columbia Records, and produced by Grammy Award-nominated songsmith Cisco Adler. In addition to playing Columbia, Annaleigh Ashford also provided backup vocals for "Science Fiction / Double Feature", and its reprise. Victoria Justice's cover of "Toucha, Toucha, Toucha, Touch Me" was released as a promotional single on September 15, 2016, when the album was available for pre-order on iTunes. Similarly, "Over at the Frankenstein Place" by Justice with Ryan McCartan and Reeve Carney was released on October 7.

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# The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (soundtrack)

***The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again*** is the original soundtrack album to the 2016 remake of the 1975 cult classic film *The Rocky Horror Picture Show*. The soundtrack was released by Columbia Records (as Ode Sounds & Visuals), and produced by Grammy Award-nominated songsmith Cisco Adler. In addition to playing Columbia, Annaleigh Ashford also provided backup vocals for "Science Fiction / Double Feature", and its reprise.

Victoria Justice's cover of "Toucha, Toucha, Toucha, Touch Me" was released as a promotional single on September 15, 2016, when the album was available for pre-order on iTunes. Similarly, "Over at the Frankenstein Place" by Justice with Ryan McCartan and Reeve Carney was released on October 7.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Richard O'Brien

| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Science Fiction / Double Feature" | Ivy Levan | 4:30 |
| 2. | "Dammit Janet" |  | 2:36 |
| 3. | "Over at the Frankenstein Place" |  | 2:21 |
| 4. | "The Time Warp" |  | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Sweet Transvestite" |  | 3:41 |
| 6. | "Sword of Damocles" | Staz Nair | 2:21 |
| 7. | "I Can Make You a Man" | Cox | 2:09 |
| 8. | "Hot Patootie (Bless My Soul) What Ever Happened to Saturday Night" | Adam Lambert | 3:06 |
| 9. | "I Can Make You a Man (Reprise)" | Cox | 1:40 |
| 10. | "Toucha, Toucha, Toucha, Touch Me" | Justice | 2:42 |
| 11. | "Once in a While" | McCartan | 2:35 |
| 12. | "Eddie" | Ben Vereen | 2:44 |
| 13. | "Planet Schmanet Janet" | Cox | 1:45 |
| 14. | "Planet Hot Dog" | * Cox * McCartan * Vereen * Justice | 0:43 |
| 15. | "Rose Tint My World" | * Ashford * Nair * McCartan * Justice | 2:42 |
| 16. | "Don't Dream It" | * Cox * Curry * Vereen * McCartan * Justice | 3:01 |
| 17. | "Wild and Untamed Thing" | * Cox * Carney | 2:02 |
| 18. | "I'm Going Home" | Cox | 2:29 |
| 19. | "Super Heroes" | * McCartan * Justice * Curry | 2:04 |
| 20. | "Science Fiction / Double Feature (Reprise)" | * Lambert * Levan | 2:53 |
| Total length: | | | 48:52 |

## Charts

Chart performance for *The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again*
| Chart (2016) | Peak
position |
| --- | --- |
| UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) | 13 |
| US *Billboard* 200 | 107 |
| US Independent Albums (*Billboard*) | 9 |
| US Top Rock Albums (*Billboard*) | 22 |
| US Soundtrack Albums (*Billboard*) | 2 |

## InfoBox

| The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | October 21, 2016 |
| Recorded | 2015–16 |
| Genre | Glam rock, musical theatre, soundtrack |
| Length | 48:52 |
| Label | Ode Sounds & Visuals |
| Producer | Cisco Adler |
| *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* soundtracks chronology | |
| *The Rocky Horror Picture Show*
(1975) ***The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again***
(2016) | |


title: Seminola

abstract: Seminola is a historically black neighborhood in Hialeah, Florida, United States. Although originally somewhat larger, the current area is bound by West 25th and West 26th Streets to the north, West 8th Avenue to the west, the Hialeah Expressway to the south, and Red Road to the east. Located just west of the Hialeah Park Race Track, the neighborhood was developed in 1924 for the African American laborers who built the race track. Both physical and racial barriers saved Seminola from being absorbed into the industrial district that now surrounds it. Originally almost 100% black, that percentage had dropped to 50% in the 1970s due to residents moving elsewhere and the influx of Cuban exiles into Hialeah. As of the 2010 census, the neighborhood was only 25.3% black, and 73.2% Hispanic. Three historically black churches remain in the neighborhood, along with several stores and Cotson Park, which was named after a local African-American activist.

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# Seminola

**Seminola** (also known as **Seminola City**) is a historically black neighborhood in Hialeah, Florida, United States. Although originally somewhat larger, the current area is bound by West 25th and West 26th Streets to the north, West 8th Avenue to the west, the Hialeah Expressway to the south, and Red Road to the east.

Located just west of the Hialeah Park Race Track, the neighborhood was developed in 1924 for the African American laborers who built the race track. Both physical and racial barriers saved Seminola from being absorbed into the industrial district that now surrounds it. Originally almost 100% black, that percentage had dropped to 50% in the 1970s due to residents moving elsewhere and the influx of Cuban exiles into Hialeah. As of the 2010 census, the neighborhood was only 25.3% black, and 73.2% Hispanic. Three historically black churches remain in the neighborhood, along with several stores and Cotson Park, which was named after a local African-American activist.

## InfoBox

| Seminola | |
| --- | --- |
| Neighborhood of Hialeah, Florida | |
| Coordinates: 25°50′33″N 80°17′40″W / 25.842605°N 80.294475°W / 25.842605; -80.294475 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Miami-Dade County |
| City | Hialeah |
| Government | |
| City of Hialeah Mayor | Esteban Bovo |
| House of Representatives | Jose R. Oliva () |
| State Senate | Rene Garcia (R) |
| U.S. House | Mario Díaz-Balart (R) |
| Population (2010) | |
| Total | 1,085 |
| Time zone | UTC-05 (EST) |
| ZIP code | 33010 |
| Area code(s) | 305, 786, 645 |


title: Le Jardin sonore

abstract: Le Jardin sonore is a permanent public artwork located in Douala (Cameroon). It was created by Lucas Grandin in 2010 and is made of a wooden structure built on three floors that serves as a panoramic viewpoint on the Wouri River, as a botanical garden and as a dewdrop percussion organ.

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# Le Jardin sonore

***Le Jardin sonore*** is a permanent public artwork located in Douala (Cameroon). It was created by Lucas Grandin in 2010 and is made of a wooden structure built on three floors that serves as a panoramic viewpoint on the Wouri River, as a botanical garden and as a dewdrop percussion organ.

## The artwork

*Le Jardin sonore* est d'une hauteur de 10 mètres, longueur de 6,83 mètres, une largeur maximale de 4,52 mètres. Sa superficie totale est de 35 mètre carrés d’espace repartis sur trois niveaux (Rez de chaussée 20 m2, 1er étage 10m2 et 2ième étage 5m2) Il fut inauguré pendant le SUD - Salon Urbain de Douala 2010.

In February 2010, Lucas Grandin started working at his *Jardin Sonore*, a wooden structure built on three floors that serves as a panoramic viewpoint on the Wouri River, as a botanical garden and as a dewdrop percussion organ. Lucas Grandin's work aroused the passionate interest of the inhabitants of the district, creating a place for socializing and contemplation and covering the urban cacophony inside its water walls. During SUD 2010, the artist engaged the inhabitants of Bonamouti in the production process of the work though preparatory meetings, the requalification of the area (used before as dumpster on the edge of the river), and the building structure.

The botanical garden, located on the perimeter of the wooden structure, hosts flowering, cosmetics, grocery and light pharmaceutical plants. The Jardin Sonore is equipped with a sustainable "drop by drop" irrigation system, which allows reaching water autonomy up to 6 months. The water is collected by the rainfall, stocked in barrels and offered to the vertical garden through transparent tubes using a hydroponic dripping system. This system does not allow for water dispersion and, at the same time, it does not require regular watering from inhabitants.

Drops of water drip into cans of different sizes, creating notes and feeding plants for the neighborhood of Bonamouti. Different kinds of sound are directly conducted by the plants different needs of water. This elevated garden growing at the sound of the water and invites the public to contemplate at the river Wouri from each of its three levels.

This building is a water sound garden, to gain conscience of the importance of the water in our life, to give Douala its right to the water back and to show its origins, to give a free new social meeting place in Bonamouti where everybody can go when he wants to have some rest with the water melody, to smell of the flowers, to see the Wouri river and its original mangrove (where everybody came) and feel the wind of the nature... a new social area to talk, to plant, to listen, to re-create a new inter-generational communication through the garden. The Jardin Sonore has also become a romantic area for young lovers, who meet on the upper floors to contemplate the river view.

*Le Jardin sonore* was restored in 2012 and 2013 with the repair and replacement of deteriorated wooden pieces.

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* Pensa, I. (2012): «Public Art and Urban Change in Douala». In Domus, (7 April 2012). http://www.domusweb.it/en/art/2012/04/09/public-art-and-urban-change-in-douala.html
* Van Der Lan, B. and Jenkins R.S. (eds) (2011). Douala: Intertwined Architectures, The Netherland: ArchiAfrica
* E.L. (2014): « Au bord du Fleuve Wouri, un jardin sonore et participatif» In Beaux Arts Magazine, L’art en Vacance. (Août 2014)
* Van der Lans, B. (2010): «Salon Urbaine de Douala 2010». In Architecture plus, (30 December 2010).
* Van der Lans, B. (2013): «Best practices in culture-based urban development». In David Adjaye and Simon Njami (Eds) Visionary Africa: Art & architecture at work (III Ed.). Brussels, European Commission and Centre for Fine Arts (bozar).
* Oforiatta-Ayim, N. (2011): «Speak Now». In Frieze Magazine, (1 May 2011). http://www.frieze.com/article/speak-now
* Greenberg, K. (2012): «La ville en tant que site: création d’un public pour l’art contemporain en Afrique». In Carson Chan, Nadim Samman (Eds.) Higher Atlas / Au-delà de l’Atlas – The Marrakech Biennale \[4\] in Context. Sternberg Press
* Schemmel, A. (2011) « Main discourses of the 2nd Salon Urbain de Douala (SUD) in Cameroon seen by an Indian runner duck». In Andrea Heister, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, (Re-) Mapping the field: a bird's eye view on discourses. Berlin Germany, Savvy. Art, Contemporary, Africa.
* Lettera 27, (2013): «Trasformazioni urbane: l’edizione 2013 di SUD, a Douala» In Lettera 27. (29 Novembre 2013)
* Marta Pucciarelli (2014) Final Report. University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Laboratory of visual culture.

### References

## InfoBox

| Le Jardin sonore | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Artist | Lucas Grandin |
| Year | 2010 |
| Dimensions | 10 m × 4,52 m × 6,83 m (390 in × 17,800 in × 26,900 in) |
| Location | Bonamouti-Deido, near Wouri River. Douala, Cameroon |
| Coordinates | 4°05′39″N 9°48′54″E / 4.0943°N 9.8151°E / 4.0943; 9.8151 |
| Owner | Municipality of Douala |


title: Chinjugami

abstract: garanjin Chinjugami is a god enshrined to protect a specific building or a certain area of land. Nowadays, it is often equated with Ujigami and Ubusunagami. A shrine that enshrines a guardian deity is called a Chinjusha. They contrast with Ujigami by having ties to land and buildings rather than bloodlines. Anyone living on the land worships them regardless of blood ties.

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# Chinjugami

**Chinjugami** is a god enshrined to protect a specific building or a certain area of land. Nowadays, it is often equated with Ujigami and Ubusunagami. A shrine that enshrines a guardian deity is called a Chinjusha.

They contrast with Ujigami by having ties to land and buildings rather than bloodlines. Anyone living on the land worships them regardless of blood ties.

## Overview

It is said to have originated in the Garanshin (*garanjin* (伽藍神, *lit. kami of the *garan**)) of China. In the Buddhist temples of Japan, as Buddhism was introduced and Shinbutsu-shūgō progressed, Shinto deities were enshrined to protect temples, and later Shinto deities were also enshrined in buildings other than temples and in certain areas of land.

Nowadays, it is often thought that the jinchujin is the deity that lives in the land (Jinushigami), but if we trace back to the beginning, the jinchujin was a newly enshrined deity to suppress and subjugate the jishu kami. In other words, when people built artifacts on a certain land, they would enshrine a new deity with stronger spiritual power than the landowner deity in order to prevent the spirit of the deity dwelling in the land from causing hauntings that would harm people and artifacts. The landowner deity was expected to obediently submit to the guardian deity and to protect and assist the guardian deity in its activities (sometimes the landowner deity would resist and cause a haunting).

However, with time, the original meaning of the Shinto gods was forgotten, and the Shinto gods were confused with the landowner gods, which resulted in a conflation of the two. These guardian deities were worshipped in Buddhist temples, Mansions, Shōens, and Castles, and also in Villages.

As for the fact that gods came to be enshrined as guardian deities in villages, it is thought that one of the reasons for this was that in the conflict between a certain village and the Gōzoku that ruled the surrounding area, shrines came to be enshrined as guardians in villages as a form of opposition to the spiritual authority of the Ujigami, the clan gods enshrined by the Gōzoku.

## Shinto shrines

Shrines erected as adjuncts to Buddhist temples were called jinjū-sha. The synonym (which is mainly a shrine) is called Jinguji. In addition, when the guardian of an institution is a Buddhist temple, it is sometimes referred to as Jinjū-ji, Jinjūdō, or Jinjū-den.


title: Bernardo de Irigoyen

abstract: Bernardo de Irigoyen was an Argentine lawyer, diplomat and politician.

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# Bernardo de Irigoyen

**Bernardo de Irigoyen** (December 18, 1822 – December 27, 1906) was an Argentine lawyer, diplomat and politician.

## Biography

Born in Buenos Aires, Irigoyen enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires and earned a *juris doctor* in 1843. He was commissioned by Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas to settle a boundary dispute with Chile (Rosas was charged with the Argentine Confederation's foreign policy during his 1835–1852 reign), and from 1844 to 1850, Irigoyen served as Justice Minister in Mendoza Province, where he enacted the first provincial judicial system, as well as reformist military law and land law statutes.

He again negotiated with Chile over the disputed Straits of Magellan (1851), and following Rosas' overthrow, helped draft the 1852 San Nicolás Agreement. He participated in the constitutional assembly that paved the way for the 1860 reunification with secessionist Buenos Aires Province, and was nominated to the Argentine Supreme Court; he refused, however, and resumed his private practice.

Irigoyen returned to public life in 1870 as a provincial legislator, and in 1875, was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by President Nicolás Avellaneda. He negotiated boundary treaties with Brazil and Paraguay in the wake of the Paraguayan War against the latter nation, and was named Internal Affairs Minister in 1879, during which tenure he drafted the 1880 federalization of Buenos Aires. He was returned to the Foreign Minister's post by Avellaneda's successor, President Julio Roca, and secured the boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina.

He was elected to the Argentine Senate in 1884, and ran unsuccessfully for President in 1886. He later represented Argentina in talks with U.S. Secretary of State James Blaine for the formation of a Pan-American Congress; ultimately, however, the Argentine relationship with the British Empire led Irigoyen, who was otherwise amenable to the idea, to reject Blaine's proposals for closer economic ties with the United States.

Irigoyen joined Bartolomé Mitre, Leandro Alem, and others in establishing the Civic Union in 1890. Formed to challenge the paramount National Autonomist Party (PAN), the Civic Union organized its first presidential ticket in 1892. Irigoyen was nominated as Mitre's running mate, though before the campaign could begin in earnest, Alem's opposition led to Mitre's quitting the race. Irigoyen attempted to create a coalition of more conservative Civic Union figures and reformists from within the ruling PAN. His faction, however, was overshadowed by Hipólito Yrigoyen's newly formed Radical Civic Union, which espoused a policy of "breaking before bending" on the subject of electoral reforms to the undemocratic system then prevailing.

The aging lawmaker ran instead, in 1898, for Governor of Buenos Aires Province, and was elected, serving until 1902. Bernardo de Irigoyen retired afterwards and died in Buenos Aires in 1906. His death deprived the influential former President Roca of one of his most respected allies, and Roca's hegemony over national policy ended shortly afterwards.

* *Historical Dictionary of Argentina*. London: Scarecrow Press, 1978.


title: John W. Carpenter

abstract: John William Carpenter was an American businessman and agriculturist.

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# John W. Carpenter

**John William Carpenter** (August 31, 1881 – June 16, 1959) was an American businessman and agriculturist.

## Early life

Carpenter was born to Thomas Wirt Carpenter and Ellen Isaphene Dickson in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas. He was raised on the family's farm, which had been established after the Civil War. After his father's death, he took over the farm, becoming the head-of-household at the early age of 19. He took a job with Corsicana Gas and Electric Company in 1900 to supplement the income of the farm digging trenches and holes for electric and gas lines. He married Flossie Belle Gardner on June 18, 1913. Together, they had three children: Ellen Carolyn, Benjamin Howard, and John William Jr.

His son "Johnny" was killed in an automobile accident when he was a freshman at the University of Texas in 1934. His son's best friend, and cousin was Walter Allen (Al) Dealey Jr. who had lost his father in the previous 12 months. He went to Al and said, "you've lost a father" and "I have lost a son". Let's be "father and son" to each other, and gave him a ring in remembrance of that "replacement commitment" to each other.

## Business years

Seven years after starting work, he climbed to the position of president and general manager of Corsicana Gas and Electric Company. He held the same title for Corsicana Transit Company and the Athens Power and Light Company. He moved to Dallas in 1918 and served as president and general manager of Dallas Power and Light Company. In 1919, he went on to become vice-president and general manager of Texas Power and Light Company; he served as president of the same company from 1927 to 1949. He retired in 1953 as the chairman of the executive committee and director.

Carpenter organized the Texas Security Life Insurance Company in 1930. The company became Southland Life Insurance Company through a series of mergers and acquisitions in 1945, making it the fifteenth largest publicly owned company in the United States in 1959.

He was the founder and first president of Lone Star Steel Company in 1942.

## Contributions to Texas development

Carpenter operated the largest family of dairy farms in North Texas, which played an important factor in the success of the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936 and the success of the State Fair of Texas. He served as president of Trinity Valley Cattle Company from 1940 to 1946.

Along with Amon Carter, his friend from Fort Worth, he planted around two million pine seedlings on his farms, and upheld the support for the Trinity River, despite constant floods and droughts that had been common in the past. Carpenter served on the Trinity River Development Committee of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and president of the Trinity Improvement Association from its beginnings in 1928. He was a major supporter in the introduction of legislation that formed the Trinity River Authority. He also served as member of the committee that introduced Texas's first national park, Big Bend National Park, and later director of the Big Bend National Park Association and the Big Bend Trail Association.

## Education

Carpenter was one of the founders of the Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) in Lubbock, Texas and a member of the Board of Directors of Texas Technological College. Carpenter was also a member of the board of trustees for Baylor College (now Baylor University). He also served on the Bureau of Business Research for the University of Texas at Austin.

He held a commission as Major in the U.S. Army Officers Reserve Corps and received an honorary LL.D. from Texas Tech University and a D.Eng. from Southern Methodist University.

## Death

Carpenter died on the afternoon of June 16, 1959, from a heart attack.

Portions of State Highway 114 and State Highway 183 are named in his honor (John W. Carpenter Freeway).

## InfoBox

| John W. Carpenter | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | John William Carpenter
(1881-08-31)August 31, 1881
Corsicana, Texas |
| Died | June 16, 1959(1959-06-16) (aged 77) |
| Occupation | Businessman/Agriculturist |
| Spouse | Flossie Belle Gardner |
| Children | Ellen Carolyn, Benjamin Howard, John William Jr. |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Wirt Carpenter, Ellen Isaphene Dickson |


title: Charlene Muehlenhard

abstract: Charlene Louise Muehlenhard is an American psychologist who researches violence against women, sexual violence, feminine psychology, and human sexuality. She is a professor of in the department of psychology and the department of women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Kansas. She is a fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and the American Psychological Association. Muehlenhard earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her 1981 dissertation was titled, A Comparison of Fully and Semiautomated Assertion Training. Richard M. McFall was her doctoral advisor.

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# Charlene Muehlenhard

**Charlene Louise Muehlenhard** (born 1951) is an American psychologist who researches violence against women, sexual violence, feminine psychology, and human sexuality. She is a professor of in the department of psychology and the department of women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Kansas. She is a fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and the American Psychological Association. Muehlenhard earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her 1981 dissertation was titled, *A Comparison of Fully and Semiautomated Assertion Training*. Richard M. McFall was her doctoral advisor.


title: Derek McAuley

abstract: Derek Robert McAuley FREng is a British academic who is Professor of Digital Economy in the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham and director of Horizon Digital Economy Research, an interdisciplinary research institute funded through the RCUK Digital Economy programme. He acted as a Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords European Union Committee into online platforms, and Chief Innovation Officer during the founding of the Digital Catapult. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and member of the UKCRC, a computing research expert panel of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and BCS.

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# Derek McAuley

**Derek Robert McAuley** FREng is a British academic who is Professor of Digital Economy in the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham and director of Horizon Digital Economy Research, an interdisciplinary research institute funded through the RCUK Digital Economy programme. He acted as a Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords European Union Committee into online platforms, and Chief Innovation Officer during the founding of the Digital Catapult. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and member of the UKCRC, a computing research expert panel of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and BCS.

## Academic career

McAuley undertook his PhD in computer science at the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory for which his thesis topic was *Protocol Design for High Speed Networks*. From 1990 to 1995 McAuley was a lecturer at the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. In 1995 he became a professor in computer science at the University of Glasgow, a position which he held until 1997. In 2009 he moved to the University of Nottingham as Professor of Digital Economy and director of the Horizon Digital Economy Research Hub.

## Career in industry

McAuley returned to Cambridge in July 1997, as co-founder and deputy director of the Cambridge Microsoft Research facility. He then founded Intel Research Cambridge in 2002 and held the position of director until 2005 before undertaking the role as staff architect at Intel's Systems Technology Lab in Oregon. In August 2006, McAuley joined the start-up company XenSource as a senior director prior to its acquisition by Citrix. In 2007 he then moved to Netronome as chief technology officer, a position he held until December 2008.

## Research

McAuley's current research expertise is in ubiquitous computing, computer architecture, networking, distributed systems and operating systems. He is also interested in the interdisciplinary issues of ethics, identity, privacy, information policy, legislation and economics within a digital society and has been outspoken on the risks of naive adoption of technology. A full list of recent publications is published on the University of Nottingham website.

## InfoBox

| Derek McAuley | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Awards |  |
| **Scientific career** | |
| Institutions | University of Glasgow <br>University of Nottingham |
| Thesis | *Protocol Design for High Speed Networks* (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ian Leslie |
|  | |
| Website | www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~drm/ |


title: The Serpent Rings

abstract: The Serpent Rings is the 21st studio album from the rock group Magnum. The album was released on 17 January 2020. The album was the first Magnum album to feature Dennis Ward on bass, after long-time bassist Al Barrow left the band in June 2019. The cover was painted by Rodney Matthews. As usual, it features several references to previous album covers, including "the Storyteller" from On a Storyteller's Night. The Serpent Rings peaked at 5 in the German charts, the highest position the band has achieved there to date. It also charted at 7 in Switzerland, the same position reached by Wings of Heaven in 1988. The album ranked 36 in the United Kingdom, a step back compared to the previous album, Lost on the Road to Eternity, and close to the positions reached by the three albums preceding said release. The album also charted at 47 in Austria, being the third Magnum album to chart there. The band planned a European tour after the release, but were forced to reschedule several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, The Serpent Rings got no tour of its own; by the time the band embarked on their March 2022 tour, their next studio album, The Monster Roars, had already been released.

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# The Serpent Rings

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***The Serpent Rings*** is the 21st studio album from the rock group Magnum. The album was released on 17 January 2020. The album was the first Magnum album to feature Dennis Ward on bass, after long-time bassist Al Barrow left the band in June 2019.

The cover was painted by Rodney Matthews. As usual, it features several references to previous album covers, including "the Storyteller" from *On a Storyteller's Night*.

*The Serpent Rings* peaked at 5 in the German charts, the highest position the band has achieved there to date. It also charted at 7 in Switzerland, the same position reached by *Wings of Heaven* in 1988. The album ranked 36 in the United Kingdom, a step back compared to the previous album, *Lost on the Road to Eternity*, and close to the positions reached by the three albums preceding said release. The album also charted at 47 in Austria, being the third Magnum album to chart there.

The band planned a European tour after the release, but were forced to reschedule several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, *The Serpent Rings* got no tour of its own; by the time the band embarked on their March 2022 tour, their next studio album, *The Monster Roars*, had already been released.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Tony Clarkin

*The Serpent Rings* track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Where Are You Eden?" | 5:37 |
| 2. | "You Can't Run Faster Than Bullets" | 5:40 |
| 3. | "Madman or Messiah" | 5:18 |
| 4. | "The Archway of Tears" | 6:21 |
| 5. | "Not Forgiven" | 5:48 |
| 6. | "The Serpent Rings" | 6:47 |
| 7. | "House of Kings" | 4:46 |
| 8. | "The Great Unknown" | 5:27 |
| 9. | "Man" | 5:31 |
| 10. | "The Last One on Earth" | 5:35 |
| 11. | "Crimson on the White Sand" | 4:53 |

## Personnel

## Charts

Sales chart performance for *The Serpent Rings*
| Chart (2020) | Peak
position |
| --- | --- |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 47 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 148 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 5 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 10 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) | 56 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) | 29 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 7 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 36 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) | 4 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) | 1 |

## InfoBox

| The Serpent Rings | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by Magnum | |
| Released | 17 January 2020 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 59:36 |
| Label | Steamhammer Records/SPV |
| Producer | Tony Clarkin |
| Magnum chronology | |
| *Live at the Symphony Hall*
(2019) ***The Serpent Rings***
(2020) *Dance of the Black Tattoo*
(2021) | |


title: Carl von Halfern

abstract: Carl Heinrich Gustav Julius von Halfern was a German administrative lawyer. He was the district administrator of the Saarbrücken district (1916–19), the Regional President of Hildesheim (1922–27) and of Stettin (1927–30) and Oberpräsident of the Prussian Province of Pomerania (1930–33). A member of the German People's Party, he was removed as Oberpräsident shortly after the Nazi Party came into power.

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# Carl von Halfern

**Carl (or Karl) Heinrich Gustav Julius von Halfern** (8 April 1873 – 20 October 1937) was a German administrative lawyer. He was the district administrator of the Saarbrücken district (1916–19), the Regional President of Hildesheim (1922–27) and of Stettin (1927–30) and *Oberpräsident* of the Prussian Province of Pomerania (1930–33). A member of the German People's Party, he was removed as *Oberpräsident* shortly after the Nazi Party came into power.

## Early life

Born in Burtscheid (today, part of Aachen) the son of a cloth manufacturer, bank director and district administrator, Halfern attended the Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gymnasium (today, Einhard-Gymnasium) in Aachen. He obtained his *Abitur* in 1893 and then studied law at the University of Strassburg, the Humboldt University of Berlin and the University of Bonn. He was a member of the Student Corps Rhenania Strassburg. He passed his *Referendar* examination and began a legal clerkship at the district court at Eschweiler and the regional court at Aachen in September 1897. Halfern received his doctorate in law in December 1897 at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen. He then performed his mandatory military service as a one-year volunteer with the 5th (Westphalian) Uhlan Regiment, headquartered in Düsseldorf. He earned the Iron Cross 2nd class and was discharged with the rank of *Rittmeister* of reserves.

Halfern obtained an entry level legal position with the Prussian civil service at the Düsseldorf *Regierungsbezirk* (Governmental District) in February 1900. Following completion of his *Assessor* examination in January 1903, he became a government *Assessor* at the Tarnowitz (today, Tarnowskie Góry) district office in the Province of Upper Silesia where he remained until April 1906. He then took a leave of absence and undertook a study trip around the world, which took him to Canada, the United States, Mexico, Japan and China. In February 1907, he returned to work in the office of the *Regierungspräsident* (Regional President) of Münster.

## Political career

From July 1909 to June 1916 Halfern was the *Landrat* (District Administrator) in the Ottweiler district, and from June 1916 to October 1919 he was district administrator and police director in the Saarbrücken district, which was then part of the Prussian Rhine Province. From 1911 to 1919 he also sat as a member of the Rhenish Provincial *Landtag*. After the end of the First World War and the conclusion of the Treaty of Versailles, Halfern was given the title of Administrative President for the French-occupied Territory of the Saar Basin by the Prussian Interior Minister on 2 October 1919. However on 9 December, the French military administration removed him from office and expelled him from the Saar Territory.

During the Weimar Republic, Halfern joined the German People's Party (DVP) in 1920 and remained a member until the party was disbanded in July 1933. In February 1920 he was appointed *Ministerialrat* (Ministerial Councilor) on the Privy Finance Council in the Prussian Ministry of Finance and served as general advisor for the implementation of the peace treaty. On 1 October 1922, Halfern succeeded Wilhelm Kutscher as *Regierungspräsident* in the Hildesheim Regional District, serving until 1 April 1927. He was then transferred to the same post in the Stettin Regional District where he remained until 1 April 1930. In June 1930 he was appointed *Oberpräsident* of the Province of Pomerania. He was also a member of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society.

After the Nazi seizure of power, as a Prussian *Oberpräsident*, Halfern was named on 11 July 1933 to the recently reconstituted Prussian State Council by Prussian Minister president Hermann Göring. However, soon he was placed on leave of absence from his post in Pomerania and formally retired on 1 October 1933. However, he continued to sit as a member of the State Council and was also given a seat on the State Debt Committee in Berlin, holding both these positions until his death on 20 October 1937.

## Sources

* Carl von Halfern entry in *Das Deutsche Führerlexikon 1934-1935*
* Karl von Halfern entry in Saarland Biographie
* Lilla, Joachim (2005). *Der Prußische Staatsrat 1921–1933: Ein biographisches Handbuch*. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag. ISBN 978-3-770-05271-4.

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| Carl von Halfern | |
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| *Oberpräsident*
Province of Pomerania | |
| **In office**
June 1930  1 October 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Julius Lippmann |
| Succeeded by | Rudolf zur Bonsen |
| *Regierungspräsident*
Stettin | |
| **In office**
1 April 1927  June 1930 | |
| Preceded by | Leopold Höhnen |
| Succeeded by | Hans Simons |
| *Regierungspräsident*
Hildesheim | |
| **In office**
1 October 1922  1 April 1927 | |
| Preceded by | Wilhelm Kutscher |
| Succeeded by | Leopold Höhnen |
|  | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 April 1873
Burtscheid, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 20 October 1937
Wilmersdorf |
| Resting place | Heißbergfriedhof
Burtscheid, Aachen |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | German People's Party |
| Alma mater | University of Strassburg
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Bonn
Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | German Empire |
| Branch/service | Imperial German Army |
| Years of service | 1897–1898 |
| Rank | *Rittmeister* |
| Unit | 5th (Westphalian) Uhlan Regiment |
| Awards | Iron Cross, 2nd class |
|  | |


abstract: Le Jazz Non: A Compilation of Norwegian Noise is a compilation album of experimental Norwegian music, released on the Smalltown Supersound label in 2000. The album acts as a follow-up to the Le Jazz Non compilation of New Zealand music, released on Corpus Hermeticum in 1996.

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# Le Jazz Non: A Compilation of Norwegian Noise

***Le Jazz Non: A Compilation of Norwegian Noise*** is a compilation album of experimental Norwegian music, released on the Smalltown Supersound label in 2000. The album acts as a follow-up to the *Le Jazz Non* compilation of New Zealand music, released on Corpus Hermeticum in 1996.

## Track listing

1. Lasse Marhaug : "Light Silence"
2. Supersilent : "C-2.1"
3. Larmoyant : "Push Here For Tiger"
4. DEL : "Sunset Cove"
5. Der Brief : "All Sorts 02"
6. Elektro Nova : "Untitled"
7. Jazzkammer : "President of the Improv Shipping Company"
8. Kjetil Brandsdal : "Komboloi"
9. Arm : "Teddy Transition"
10. Fibo Trespo : "Shit Phifter"
11. Continental Fruit : "Kenosis"
12. Two Shot Sons : "Constant Guitar"

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| Le Jazz Non: A Compilation of Norwegian Noise | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Compilation album by Various | |
| Released | 2000 |
| Genre | Experimental |
| Length | 1hr 11min |
| Label | Smalltown Supersound |


title: Solomon Seruya

abstract: Solomon Seruya was an Israeli-Gibraltarian politician and businessman. He had an early political success in an election to the Gibraltar Legislative Council in 1956, when ten candidates contested seven seats. The winners were Joshua Hassan, Abraham Serfaty, J. E. Alcantara, and Albert Risso, all of the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights, one Commonwealth Party candidate, Joseph Triay, and two Independents, Seruya and Peter Isola. Seruya went on to serve as Tourism and Ports Minister of Gibraltar. In 1969 Seruya emigrated to Israel and lived in Jerusalem until 1983, serving in the United Israel Appeal and as ambassador to the Philippines. In 1981, he returned to Gibraltar to take over the family business, but in 2008 was reported to have kept a home in Jerusalem, where a daughter lives. Seruya received the Spanish Grand Cross of Civil Merit award in 2008, "for his consistent calls for dialogue to resolve the status of Gibraltar, and because of his involvement in defending the interests of the Sephardic communities all over the world". His granddaughter is the current MP for Finchley and Golders Green and Solicitor General Sarah Sackman.

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# Solomon Seruya

**Solomon Seruya** (1926 – 31 March 2015) was an Israeli-Gibraltarian politician and businessman.

He had an early political success in an election to the Gibraltar Legislative Council in 1956, when ten candidates contested seven seats. The winners were Joshua Hassan, Abraham Serfaty, J. E. Alcantara, and Albert Risso, all of the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights, one Commonwealth Party candidate, Joseph Triay, and two Independents, Seruya and Peter Isola. Seruya went on to serve as Tourism and Ports Minister of Gibraltar.

In 1969 Seruya emigrated to Israel and lived in Jerusalem until 1983, serving in the United Israel Appeal and as ambassador to the Philippines. In 1981, he returned to Gibraltar to take over the family business, but in 2008 was reported to have kept a home in Jerusalem, where a daughter lives.

Seruya received the Spanish Grand Cross of Civil Merit award in 2008, "for his consistent calls for dialogue to resolve the status of Gibraltar, and because of his involvement in defending the interests of the Sephardic communities all over the world".

His granddaughter is the current MP for Finchley and Golders Green and Solicitor General Sarah Sackman.


title: Ristiküla, Lääne-Viru County

abstract: Ristiküla is a village in Vinni Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.

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# Ristiküla, Lääne-Viru County

**Ristiküla** is a village in Vinni Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.

59°10′N 26°34′E / 59.167°N 26.567°E / 59.167; 26.567

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| Ristiküla | |
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| Village | |
| Country | Estonia |
| County | Lääne-Viru County |
| Parish | Vinni Parish |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |


title: Chale Pereira

abstract: Carlos "Chale" Pereira Ocampo was a Nicaraguan baseball executive who was the president of the International Baseball Federation (FIBA) from 1948 to 1950. Immediately after his election, he brought the 1948 edition of the Amateur World Series to his home country. He also organized the 1950 Amateur World Series in Nicaragua, managing to convince Cuba to return. However, Pereira was forced to resign from the FIBA presidency after it emerged that Puerto Rico had illegally included professional baseball players on their roster.

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# Chale Pereira

**Carlos "Chale" Pereira Ocampo** was a Nicaraguan baseball executive who was the president of the International Baseball Federation (FIBA) from 1948 to 1950. Immediately after his election, he brought the 1948 edition of the Amateur World Series to his home country. He also organized the 1950 Amateur World Series in Nicaragua, managing to convince Cuba (which had boycotted the tournament since 1945) to return. However, Pereira was forced to resign from the FIBA presidency after it emerged that Puerto Rico had illegally included professional baseball players on their roster.


title: John Stevenson (cricketer)

abstract: John Francis Stevenson was an English cricketer. Stevenson was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Handsworth, Warwickshire. Stevenson made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against Lancashire at Old Trafford in the 1919 County Championship. Warwickshire made 259 in their first-innings, with Stevenson being dismissed for a duck by Charlie Hallows. In response, Lancashire made 490/5 declared in their first-innings, with Warwickshire making 187 in their second-innings, with Stevenson scoring 18 runs before he was dismissed by Lawrence Cook. Lancashire won the match by an innings and 44 runs. This was his only major appearance for Warwickshire. He died at Edgbaston, Warwickshire on 5 December 1951.

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# John Stevenson (cricketer)

**John Francis Stevenson** (18 March 1888  5 December 1951) was an English cricketer. Stevenson was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Handsworth, Warwickshire.

Stevenson made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against Lancashire at Old Trafford in the 1919 County Championship. Warwickshire made 259 in their first-innings, with Stevenson being dismissed for a duck by Charlie Hallows. In response, Lancashire made 490/5 declared in their first-innings, with Warwickshire making 187 in their second-innings, with Stevenson scoring 18 runs before he was dismissed by Lawrence Cook. Lancashire won the match by an innings and 44 runs. This was his only major appearance for Warwickshire.

He died at Edgbaston, Warwickshire on 5 December 1951.

## InfoBox

John Stevenson
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | John Francis Stevenson |
| Born | (1888-03-18)18 March 1888
Handsworth, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 5 December 1951(1951-12-05) (aged 63)
Edgbaston, Warwickshire,
England |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1919 | Warwickshire |
|  | |
| Career statistics | |
| Competition First-class  Matches 1  Runs scored 18  Batting average 9.00  100s/50s /  Top score 18  Balls bowled   Wickets   Bowling average   5 wickets in innings   10 wickets in match   Best bowling   Catches/stumpings / | |
|  | |
| Source: Cricinfo, 27 December 2011 | |


title: Sinatra Doctrine

abstract: The Sinatra Doctrine was a Soviet foreign policy under Mikhail Gorbachev for allowing member states of the Warsaw Pact to determine their own domestic affairs. The name humorously alluded to the song "My Way" popularized by Frank Sinatra—the Soviet Union was allowing these states to go their own way. Its implementation was part of Gorbachev's doctrine of new political thinking.

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# Sinatra Doctrine

The **Sinatra Doctrine** was a Soviet foreign policy under Mikhail Gorbachev for allowing member states of the Warsaw Pact to determine their own domestic affairs. The name humorously alluded to the song "My Way" popularized by Frank Sinatra—the Soviet Union was allowing these states to go their own way. Its implementation was part of Gorbachev's doctrine of new political thinking.

## History

The Sinatra Doctrine was a significant break from the earlier Brezhnev Doctrine, under which Moscow tightly controlled the internal affairs of satellite state. This had been used to justify the crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, as well as the invasion of the non-Warsaw Pact nation of Afghanistan in 1979. By the late 1980s, structural flaws within the Soviet system, growing economic problems, the rise of anti-communist sentiment, and the effects of the Soviet–Afghan War made it increasingly impractical for the Soviet Union to impose its will on its neighbors.

The phrase was coined on 25 October 1989 by Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov. He was speaking to reporters in Helsinki about a speech made two days earlier by Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze. The latter had said that the Soviets recognized the freedom of choice of all countries, specifically including the other Warsaw Pact states. Gerasimov told the interviewer, "We now have the Frank Sinatra doctrine. He has a song, *I Did It My Way.* So every country decides on its own which road to take." When asked whether this would include Moscow accepting the rejection of communist parties in the Soviet bloc, he replied: "That's for sure … political structures must be decided by the people who live there."

The Sinatra Doctrine has been seen as Moscow permitting its allies to decide their futures. It was a retrospective policy, as Soviet allies had already acquired much greater freedom of action. A month before Gerasimov's statement, Poland had elected its first non-communist government since the 1940s. The Hungarian government began dismantling the Iron Curtain on the border with Austria in the spring of 1989. From the Pan-European Picnic in August, it was clear to the media-informed Eastern European population that, on the one hand, the Soviet Union would not prevent the opening of the border. On the other hand, the Eastern European governments were divided. Since Hungary was one of the few countries East Germans could travel to, thousands then traveled there to flee to the West across the newly opened border. To the great annoyance of the East German government, the Hungarians refused to stop the exodus.

These developments greatly disturbed hardline communists such as the East German leader Erich Honecker, who condemned the end of the Soviet bloc's traditional "socialist unity" and appealed to Moscow to rein in the Hungarians. Honecker faced a growing crisis at home, with massive anti-government demonstrations in Leipzig and other East German cities. Shevardnadze's speech and Gerasimov's memorable description of the new policy contradicted Honecker's appeals.

The Sinatra Doctrine proclamation had dramatic effects across the Soviet bloc. The beleaguered East German government had hoped for a Soviet intervention to defend communism in East Germany and elsewhere. However, the Sinatra Doctrine announcement signaled that the Soviet Union would not aid the East German communists. In a few months, the communist governments of East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania had all been overthrown, thus bringing the Cold War to an end.

## Further reading


title: Derek McCulloch (comics)

abstract: Derek McCulloch is a writer, known for graphic novels such as Stagger Lee, Gone to Amerikay, Pug, and Displaced Persons. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and lives in Oakland, California.

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# Derek McCulloch (comics)

**Derek McCulloch** (born 1964) is a writer, known for graphic novels such as *Stagger Lee*, *Gone to Amerikay*, *Pug*, and *Displaced Persons*. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and lives in Oakland, California.

## Biography

Throughout the mid-1980s and early 1990s, he was the publisher of Strawberry Jam Comics, and wrote *To Be Announced* and *night life*. He was also co-founder of The Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund in Canada and co-edited the organization's two *True North* anthologies. His stories have appeared in comics series including *Open Season*, *Shred!*, and *Cerebus High Society*. He works as a technical editor at an engineering company.

He wrote *Stagger Lee*, a graphic novel based on the story of Stagger Lee and drawn by Shepherd Hendrix, which was published by Image Comics in May 2006. It has been nominated for several awards, including the Eisner Awards 2007 and the Eagle Awards 2006, and won several Glyph Comics Awards in 2007, including Story of the Year and Best Writer.

McCulloch wrote *Gone to Amerikay*, an original graphic novel drawn by Colleen Doran and released in 2012 to numerous positive notices from *The Wall Street Journal*, *Boing Boing*, *Irish Echo*, *The Miami Herald*, *Irish Central*, and *The Sunday Times*, Dublin edition. An excerpt from the book was included in the anthology The Best American Comics 2013 under the title "The Story of Gráinne Ní Mháille."

In 2009, he released his first book for children, *T. Runt!*, illustrated by Jimmie Robinson.

In 2010, he self-published a print on demand anthology of short stories, *Stories of a Callow Youth*.

*Pug*, his 2010 graphic novel with artist Greg Espinoza, was nominated for the 2011 Spinetingler Award, in the category of Best Crime Comic/Graphic Novel.

In December 2011, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis announced that its 2012 new theatre series, Ignite! would feature a reading of a stage musical adaptation of Stagger Lee with a book by McCulloch and music and lyrics by Stew and Heidi Rodewald. When the reading took place on March 15, 2012, it was with not just book but also lyrics by McCulloch. It was directed by Amanda Dehnert and had a cast including Ken Page, Rebecca Naomi Jones, and Javier Munoz.

In August 2014, Image Comics published Displaced Persons, an original graphic novel by McCulloch and Anthony Peruzzo, described as a "tale of murder, love, crime, friendship, betrayal, and just the slightest bit of time travel," taking place in San Francisco in the years 1939, 1969, and 1999. Displaced Persons was previously announced (and solicited) in 2008 as a project for McCulloch and Rantz Hoseley. but Hoseley was not connected with the final version of the book.

In February 2016, 59E59 Theaters, an off-Broadway theater announced a stage musical adaptation of Damon Runyon's *Madame La Gimp*, with a book by McCulloch and Giles Havergal, lyrics by McCulloch, music by Kyle Athayde, and arrangements and orchestrations by Peter and Will Anderson. The production was scheduled for October 2016, and was to be directed by Amanda Dehnert.

In December 2018, the first of several collaborations with musician Richard Stuverud appeared, when Green Monkey Records included their song "Empty Branches" (lyrics by McCulloch, music written and performed by Stuverud) on their 2018 Christmas compilation, "A Green Monkey Christmas for Martians Up on Mars." The following year, two different versions of their song "Snowing in Frisco" appeared on Green Monkey's "Hail the Jolly Christmas Monkey!"

In May 2020, Stuverud released his first solo album, "Memories in Kodachrome," with 10 of its 11 songs featuring lyrics by McCulloch.

## Bibliography

### Original graphic novels

* *Stagger Lee* (with artist Shepherd Hendrix, Image Comics, May 2006, ISBN 1-58240-607-3)
* *Pug* (with artist Greg Espinoza, Image Comics, July 2010, ISBN 1-60706-066-3)
* *Gone to Amerikay* (with artist Collen Doran, Vertigo (DC Comics), March 2012, ISBN 1-4012-2351-6)
* *Displaced Persons* (with artist Anthony Peruzzo, Image Comics, August 2014, ISBN 1-6321-5121-9)
* *To Be Announced* (trade paperback reprint collection of Strawberry Jam Comics' To Be Announced, with artist Mike Bannon, About Comics, October 2022, ISBN 978-1949996517)

### Books for Children

* *T. Runt!* (with artist Jimmie Robinson, Silverline Books, June 2009, ISBN 1-60706-074-4)

### Prose

* *"The Gambler"* (self-published chapbook, illustrated by Ben Catmull, September 2001)
* *Stories of a Callow Youth* (CreateSpace, January 2010, ISBN 1-4505-1407-3)

### Strawberry Jam Comics

* *To Be Announced* #1-7 (with artist Mike Bannon, June 1985-June 1987)
* *night life* #1-7 (with artist Simon Tristam, September 1986-March 1988)
* *Open Season* #7 (text page, July 1989)
* *Oombah Jungle Moon Man* #1 (text page, August 1992)

### Other

* *Open Season* #6: "The Ballad of the Filipino Head Boxer" (written with Jim Bricker, drawn by Bricker and Shepherd Hendrix, Renegade Press, April 1988)
* *The True North*: "Rosebud" (with artist Simon Tristam, Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund, August 1988)
* *Shred* #5: "Leroy Smalls and His Amazing Atomic Skateboard," (with artist Ronny Turner, CFW Enterprises, August 1989)
* *Cerebus High Society* #1: "The Single Paige" (with artist Simon Tristan, Aardvark-Vanaheim, February 1990)
* *The True North II*: "Three Card Monty" (with artist Simon Tristan, Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund, July 1991)
* *night life* #8 (with artist Simon Tristan, Caliber Press, November 1991)
* *night life* #9 (with artist Simon Tristan, completed but unpublished)
* *EXPO 2001*: "Stagger Lee on American Bandstand" (with artist Rik Livingston, EXPO/CBLDF, September 2001)
* *Displaced Persons preview book* (with artist Rantz Hoseley, Image Comics, July 2007)
* *Popgun* #1: "Jenny Greenteeth" (with artist Shepherd Hendrix, Image Comics, November 2007, ISBN 1-58240-824-6)
* *Comic Book Tattoo*: "Pretty Good Year" (with artist Colleen Doran, Image Comics, July 2008, ISBN 1-58240-964-1)
* *PopGun* #2: "Nixon's the One" (with artist Ron Turner, Image Comics, July 2008, ISBN 1-58240-920-X)
* *PopGun* #3: "Cuffs" (with artist Peter Krause, Image Comics, April 2009, ISBN 1-58240-974-9)
* *This is a Souvenir: The Songs of Spearmint and Shirley Lee*: "The Last Bus Home" (with artist Jimmie Robinson, Image Comics, May 2009, ISBN 1-60706-048-5)
* *PopGun* #4: "Harshing the Mellow" (with artist Anthony Peruzzo, Image Comics, February 2010, ISBN 1-60706-188-0)
* *Fractured Fables (Free Comic Book Day Edition)*: "Raponsel" (with artist Anthony Peruzzo, Image Comics, May 2010)
* *Fractured Fables*: "Raponsel" (with artist Anthony Peruzzo, Image Comics, July 2010, ISBN 1-60706-269-0)
* *The Best American Comics 2013:* "The Story of Gráinne Ní Mháille" (excerpt from Gone to Amerikay, with artist Colleen Doran, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 2013, ISBN 978-0-547-99546-5)
* *Little Earthquakes: the Graphic Album*: "Song for Eric" (with artist Colleen Doran, Z2 Comics, December 2022, ISBN 978-1954928619)

### Mini-Comics

* *Krang! #5 (stories and art by Derek McCulloch, Severely, Ltd., 1988)*
* *Krang! #6 (stories and art by Derek McCulloch, Severely, Ltd., 1991)*

## Discography

### Singles

* "Empty Branches," by Richard Stuverud, lyrics by Derek McCulloch, music by Richard Stuverud (on "A Green Monkey Christmas for Martians Up on Mars"), December 2018
* "Snowing in Frisco Part 1," by Richard Stuverud, lyrics by Derek McCulloch, music by Richard Stuverud and Dave Flores (on "Hail the Jolly Christmas Monkey!"), December 2019
* "Snowing in Frisco Part 2," by Richard Stuverud, lyrics by Derek McCulloch, music by Richard Stuverud (on "Hail the Jolly Christmas Monkey!"), December 2019

### Albums

* "Memories in Kodachrome," by Richard Stuverud, lyrics by Derek McCulloch, music by Richard Stuverud, May 2020

## InfoBox

| Derek McCulloch | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Born | 1964 (age 5960)<br>Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Area(s) | Writer |
| Notable works | *Stagger Lee* |
| DerekMcCulloch.com | |


title: Dovers Peak

abstract: Dovers Peak is a peak in the western part of the Stinear Nunataks in Mac. Robertson Land. It was discovered in 1954 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions party led by Robert G. Dovers, officer in charge at Mawson Station in 1954, for whom it is named.

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# Dovers Peak

**Dovers Peak** (69°42′S 64°26′E / 69.700°S 64.433°E / -69.700; 64.433) is a peak in the western part of the Stinear Nunataks in Mac. Robertson Land. It was discovered in 1954 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions party led by Robert G. Dovers, officer in charge at Mawson Station in 1954, for whom it is named.

This article incorporates public domain material from "Dovers Peak". *Geographic Names Information System*. United States Geological Survey.


title: Carlo Borghesio

abstract: Carlo Borghesio was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

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# Carlo Borghesio

**Carlo Borghesio** (24 June 1905  12 November 1983) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

## Life and career

Born in Turin, Borghesio started his career as an assistant director in the second half of the 1930s, notably collaborating with Alessandro Blasetti and Mario Mattoli. After collaborating to a number of screenplays, he made his directorial debut in 1939, co-directing with Mario Soldati the comedy film *Due milioni per un sorriso*. Borghesio is best known for his association with Erminio Macario, he directed in a number of critically acclaimed comedies between the 1940s and the early 1950s.

## Selected filmography

## InfoBox

| Carlo Borghesio | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Born | 24 June 1905 (1905-06-24)
Turin, Italy |
| Died | 12 November 1983 (1983-11-13) (aged 78)
Turin, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Writer |
| Years active | 1938-1955 (film) |


abstract: The 1923 United States Senate special election in Vermont took place on November 6, 1923. Republican Porter H. Dale was elected to the United States Senate to serve the remainder of the deceased William P. Dillingham's term, defeating Democratic candidate Park H. Pollard.

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# 1923 United States Senate special election in Vermont

The **1923 United States Senate special election in Vermont** took place on November 6, 1923. Republican Porter H. Dale was elected to the United States Senate to serve the remainder of the deceased William P. Dillingham's term, defeating Democratic candidate Park H. Pollard.

## Republican primary

### Results

Republican primary results
| Party | | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | **Republican** | **Porter H. Dale** | **26,654** | **53.7%** |  |
|  | Republican | John W. Redmond | 13,727 | 27.6% |  |
|  | Republican | Stanley C. Wilson | 9,250 | 18.6% |  |
|  | Republican | *Other* | 28 | 0.1% |  |
| Total votes | | | '***49,659'*** | '***100.0%'*** |  |

## Democratic primary

### Results

Democratic primary results
| Party | | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | **Democratic** | **Park H. Pollard** | **1,428** | **99.0%** |  |
|  | Democratic | *Other* | 15 | 1.0% |  |
| Total votes | | | '***1,443'*** | '***100.00%'*** |  |

## General election

### Candidates

### Endorsements

Porter Dale (R)

**Organizations**

### Results

United States Senate special election in Vermont, 1923
| Party | | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | **Republican** | **Porter H. Dale** | **30,388** | **65.65%** | **−12.41%** |
|  | Democratic | Park H. Pollard | 15,580 | 33.66% | +11.72% |
|  | Conservation | Marshall J. Hapgood | 248 | 0.54% | N/A |
|  | Total | *Other* | 70 | 0.15% | N/A |
| Total votes | | | '***46,286'*** | '***100.0%'*** |  |

## InfoBox

United States Senate special election in Vermont, 1923
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| Nominee **Porter H. Dale** Park H. Pollard   Party Republican Democratic  Popular vote **30,388** 15,580  Percentage **65.65%** 33.66% | |
| ---
**Dale:**      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      90-100%
**Pollard:**      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
**Tie:**      40-50%      50% | |
| ---  **U.S. senator before election**
William P. Dillingham
Republican **Elected U.S. Senator**
Porter H. Dale
Republican | |


title: Shaun Herock

abstract: Shaun Herock is an American football executive who is a personnel advisor for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant director of college scouting for the Green Bay Packers and director of college scouting for the Oakland Raiders. Herock also served as the Raiders' interim general manager in 2018 after the team fired general manager Reggie McKenzie.

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# Shaun Herock

**Shaun Herock** is an American football executive who is a personnel advisor for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant director of college scouting for the Green Bay Packers and director of college scouting for the Oakland Raiders. Herock also served as the Raiders' interim general manager in 2018 after the team fired general manager Reggie McKenzie.

## College career

During college Herock played center and offensive tackle for the Richmond Spiders football team.

## Executive career

### Atlanta Falcons

Herock served as an intern the scouting department of the Atlanta Falcons.

### Green Bay Packers

In 1994, he was hired by the Packers after having served as an intern for them as well, and ascended to the assistant director's spot in 2001.

### Oakland Raiders

In May 2012, he joined his former colleague Reggie McKenzie in Oakland. He was the second Herock to have worked for the Raiders, following his father Ken. On December 10, 2018, Herock was named interim general manager after the dismissal of Reggie McKenzie. Following the season, he was not retained in either capacity by the Raiders and was replaced as general manager by Mike Mayock and as director of college scouting by Jim Abrams.

### Cleveland Browns

Herock was hired by the Cleveland Browns in a personnel role in June 2019. He was promoted to national scout on May 29, 2020.

### Las Vegas Raiders

In February 2022, Herock returned to the Raiders, now based in Las Vegas. Herock's new position was personnel advisor to new general manager Dave Ziegler.

## Personal life

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Herock is a graduate of the University of Richmond.

## InfoBox

Shaun Herock
| Las Vegas Raiders | |
| --- | --- |
| Position: | Personnel Advisor |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College: | Richmond |
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title: Solomon Serwanjja

abstract: Solomon Serwanjja is a Ugandan investigative journalist and the Executive Director of the African Institute for Investigative Journalism (AIIJ). On 13 July 2021, he resigned from his position as news anchor with NBSTV ending his 13 year career on television. In 2019 Serwanjja was awarded the Komla Dumor Award, an annual award given by the BBC to celebrate African journalists. He holds a master's degree in journalism and communication from Makerere University.

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# Solomon Serwanjja

**Solomon Serwanjja** is a Ugandan investigative journalist and the Executive Director of the African Institute for Investigative Journalism (AIIJ). On 13 July 2021, he resigned from his position as news anchor with NBSTV ending his 13 year career on television. In 2019 Serwanjja was awarded the Komla Dumor Award, an annual award given by the BBC to celebrate African journalists. He holds a master's degree in journalism and communication from Makerere University.

## Life and career

Serwanjja is a United Nations Reham al-Farra Memorial Journalism fellow 2018, and has worked as a news anchor and reporter for several television stations in East Africa including NBS TV, KTN News, NTV Uganda, UBC TV.

Serwanjja is married to Vivian Serwanjja and they have four children: Amani, Imani, Upendo and Asante.

## Awards

## InfoBox

| Solomon Serwanjja | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Born | 18 September 1982<br>Entebbe |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Alma mater | Makerere University |
| Spouse | Vivian MUJABI |
| Children | Four |
| Awards | Komla Dumar Award |


title: Ristipalo

abstract: Ristipalo is a village in Räpina Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia.

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# Ristipalo

**Ristipalo**  is a village in Räpina Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia.

## InfoBox

| Ristipalo | |
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| Village | |
| Ristipalo | |
| Coordinates: 58°05′N 27°29′E / 58.083°N 27.483°E / 58.083; 27.483 | |
| Country | Estonia |
| County | Põlva County |
| Parish | Räpina Parish |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |


title: Simmertal

abstract: Simmertal is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

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# Simmertal

**Simmertal** is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

## InfoBox

| Simmertal | |
| --- | --- |
| Municipality | |
|  | |
| Location of Simmertal within Bad Kreuznach district | |
| Simmertal Simmertal | |
| Coordinates: 49°48′38.45″N 7°31′14.68″E / 49.8106806°N 7.5207444°E / 49.8106806; 7.5207444 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bad Kreuznach |
| Municipal assoc. | Kirner Land |
| Government | |
| Mayor (201924) | Christina Bleisinger (SPD) |
| Area | |
| Total | 8.08 km2 (3.12 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 432 m (1,417 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31) | |
| Total | 1,900 |
| Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55618 |
| Dialling codes | 06754 |
| Vehicle registration | KH |
| Website | www.simmertal.de |


title: 1818 in the United Kingdom

abstract: Events from the year 1818 in the United Kingdom.

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# 1818 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year **1818 in the United Kingdom**.

## Incumbents

## Events

## Publications

## Births

## Deaths

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| **1818 in the United Kingdom** |
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| *Other years* |
| 1816 | 1817 | **1818 (1818)** | 1819 | 1820 |
| *Constituent countries of the United Kingdom* |
| England | Ireland | Scotland | Wales |
| *Sport* |
| 1818 English cricket season |


abstract: Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1962. It was released on LP in Great Britain, but not in the United States. A US release would come until the compact disc released in the early 1990s. All tracks were available on The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings. Arranged by Robert Farnon, the album was recorded in London in June 1962 at CTS Studios by Eric Tomlinson, a renowned recording and film industry dubbing engineer, who would go on to record the soundtracks to dozens of feature films including Oliver! (1968), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and the original Star Wars trilogy. It is Sinatra's only UK studio album, though there were three other radio performances that were recorded and later released. Sinatra was tired after touring, and had a sore throat: he was apparently not very happy with his voice.

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# Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain

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***Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain*** is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1962. It was released on LP in Great Britain, but not in the United States. A US release would come until the compact disc released in the early 1990s. All tracks were available on *The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings*.

Arranged by Robert Farnon, the album was recorded in London in June 1962 at CTS Studios by Eric Tomlinson, a renowned recording and film industry dubbing engineer, who would go on to record the soundtracks to dozens of feature films including *Oliver!* (1968), *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971), and the original *Star Wars* trilogy (1977; 1980; 1983).

It is Sinatra's only UK studio album, though there were three other radio performances that were recorded and later released.

Sinatra was tired after touring, and had a sore throat: he was apparently not very happy with his voice.

## Track listing

1. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 3:31
2. "We'll Gather Lilacs in the Spring" (Ivor Novello) – 3:11
3. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 4:05
4. "Now Is the Hour" (Maewa Kaihan, Clement Scott, Dorothy Stewart) – 2:48
5. "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid) – 3:18
6. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 3:52
7. "A Garden in the Rain" (James Dyrenforth, Carroll Gibbons) – 3:22
8. "London by Night" (Carroll Coates) – 3:17
9. "We'll Meet Again" (Hughie Charles, Ross Parker) – 3:42
10. "I'll Follow My Secret Heart" (Noël Coward) – 3:16

Additional track not included on original release, first released in Japan on LP in 1985, and later on CD worldwide:

1. "Roses of Picardy" (Frederic E. Weatherly, Haydn Wood) – 3:01

## Complete personnel

**Tracks 1, 3, 7, 10:**

12-June-1962 (Tuesday) - London, England. C.T.S. Studios.

Stan Roderick, Stan Reynolds, Basil Jones, Derrick Abbott (tpt); Harry Roche, Don Lusher, Wally Smith, Ray Premru (tbn); Harry Mier (oboe/eng-h); Geoffrey Gilbert, Norman Knight (fl/picc); Robert Burns, Douglas Robinson (alt/cit); Keith Bird (ten/b-clt); Frank Reedy (ten/con-cit); Ronnie Ross (bar/cit); Alec Firman, Sid Sax, William Miller, Paul Scherman, Leonard Dight, John Sharp, Joseph Hitchener, George French, W. Farron, Eric Eaden, William Monro (vln); John Meek, Keith Cummings, Steven Shingles, Morris Gilbert (vla); Francisco Gabarro, Henry Elman (vlc); Renata Stein, John Marson (harp); Bill Miller (p); Gordon Franks (p/cel); Dave Goldberg (g); Lenny Bush (b); Bobby Midgeley (perc).

**Tracks 2, 4, 9:**

14-June-1962 (Thursday) - London, England. C.T.S. Studios.

Harry Roche, Don Lusher, Wally Smith, Ray Premru (tbn); Harry Mier (oboe/ eng-h); Geoffrey Gilbert, Norman Knight (fl/picc); Robert Bums, Douglas Robinson (alt/cit); Keith Bird (ten/b-clt); Frank Reedy (ten/con-cit); Ronnie Ross (bar/cit); Alec Firman, Sid Sax, William Miller, Paul Scherman, Leonard Dight, John Sharp, Joseph Hitchener, George French, W. Farron, Eric Eader., William Monro (vln); John Meek, Keith Cummings, Steven Shingles, Morris Gilbert (via); Francisco Gabarro, Henry Elman (vlc); Renata Stein, John Marson (harp); Bill Miller (p); Gordon Franks (p/cel); Dave Goldberg (g); Lenny Bush (b); Bobby Midgeley (perc).

**Tracks 5, 6, 8, 11:**

13-June-1962 (Wednesday) - London, England. C.T.S. Studios.

Harry Roche, Don Lusher, Wally Smith, Ray Premru (tbn); Harry Mier (oboe/ eng-h); Geoffrey Gilbert, Norman Knight (fl/picc); Robert Burns, Douglas Robinson (alt/clt); Keith Bird (ten/b-clt); Frank Reedy (ten/con-cit); Ronnie Ross (bar/cit); Alec Firman, Sid Sax, William Miller, Paul Scherman, Leonard Dight, John Sharp, Joseph Hitchener, George French, W. Farron, Eric Eaden, William Monro (vln); John Meek, Keith Cummings, Steven Shingles, Morris Gilbert (vla); Francisco Gabarro, Henry Elman (vlc); Renata Stein, John Marson (harp); Bill Miller (p); Gordon Franks (p/cel); Dave Goldberg (g); Lenny Bush (b); Bobby Midgeley (perc).

Sinatra recorded the album, a collection of all British material, in June 1962, towards the end of a long tour raising money for children's charities that had started back in April, and included performances in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Rome, Athens, Milan. It was the only studio album he recorded outside of the United States. It was recorded at CTS Studios, at its original Bayswater location. Sinatra spent three nights there, working on the tracks for the recording.

Sinatra had made his first visit to the UK in the summer of 1950, when he topped the bill at the London Palladium, and enjoyed playing in Britain. When he toured the UK in 1953, at venues that ran from Tooting Granada to Blackpool Opera House, his star had been fading, but the time of this recording, he was a record label owner (Reprise), no longer recording for Capitol.

## Further reading

## InfoBox

| Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain | |
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| Studio album by Frank Sinatra | |
| Released | 1962 |
| Recorded | June 12–14, 1962, London |
| Genre |  |
| Length | 35:12 (Original UK mono release) |
| Label | Reprise
R 1006 (mono LP), R9-1006 (stereo LP) |
| Frank Sinatra chronology | |
| *Sinatra and Swingin' Brass*
(1962) ***Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain***
(1962) *Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First*
(1962) | |


title: The Call (painting)

abstract: The Call is a 1902 painting by Paul Gauguin, produced in Polynesia a year before the artist's death. It is now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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# The Call (painting)

***The Call*** is a 1902 painting by Paul Gauguin, produced in Polynesia a year before the artist's death. It is now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

1. (in German) Haberfeld, Hugo. "Die französischen Bilder der Sammlung Kohner." *Der Cicerone* 3 (1911): 579-589.
2. "Catalogue entry". 30 October 2018.

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| The Call | |
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|  | |
| Year | 1902 |
| Dimensions | 131.3 cm (51.7 in) × 89.5 cm (35.2 in) |
| Location | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Accession No. | 1943.392 |
| \[edit on Wikidata\] | |


title: The Shade (sculpture)

abstract: The Shade, The Slave or The Titan is a sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin.

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# The Shade (sculpture)

***The Shade***, ***The Slave*** or ***The Titan*** is a sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin.

## Evolution

The sculpture was conceived around 1880 and used in triplicate as a part of the artist's large-scale work *The Gates of Hell*. It evolved into both the full size sculpture *The Three Shades*, and a separate sculpture of a single figure, *The Shade*.

The original individual figure had no right hand - Rodin had Josef Maratka add one in 1904 for both the individual figure and *The Three Shades*.

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| The Shade | |
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| full-size version in the garden of the Musée Rodin, cast in 1946 by Alexis Rudier from the 1904 model | |
| Artist | Auguste Rodin |
| Year | c.1880 (conception) |
| Medium | plaster / bronze |


title: Vedachhi

abstract: Vedachhi is an area located in Surat, India.

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# Vedachhi

**Vedachhi** is an area located in Surat, India.

## InfoBox

| Vedachhi | |
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| Neighbourhood | |
| Country | India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Surat |
| Government | |
| Body | Surat Municipal Corporation |
| Languages | |
| Official | Gujarati, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 394641 |
| Telephone code | 91261-XXX-XXXX |
| Vehicle registration | GJ |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Surat |
| Civic agency | Surat Municipal Corporation |
| Website | gujaratindia.com |


title: Shaun Ross (musician)

abstract: Shaun Ross is a bassist from Venice, California, and member of Excel, a band he performed with from 1985 until its dissolution. He took his first inspirations from very different kinds of music, like Rudimentary Peni, Jungle Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone and Deep Purple. Also he released an EP with the Thrash metal group Hirax in 2001.

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# Shaun Ross (musician)

**Shaun Ross** (born December 11, 1968) is a bassist from Venice, California, and member of Excel, a band he performed with from 1985 until its dissolution. He took his first inspirations from very different kinds of music, like Rudimentary Peni, Jungle Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone and Deep Purple. Also he released an EP with the Thrash metal group Hirax in 2001.

## History

Ross grew up in the western region of Los Angeles, influenced by many different musicians and genres, from the punk movement and hard rock even to soul, funk and jazz fusion bands. At the age 15 years he started playing bass and founded a graffiti crew called "*Kings Stop at Nothing*". In 1985 his friends Dan Clements and Adam Siegel told him they needed a new bassist for their crossover thrash group "Chaotic Noise", and he was the "best for the job". When Ross took over the four strings, "Chaotic Noise" changed its name to the one that he created in "*Kings Stop at Nothing*", Excel. Clements printed posters to find a new drummer, and a few weeks later he received a call from Greg Saenz, who would become the fourth member of the band. They recorded 3 demos between 1985 and 1986 (*Sonic Decapitation*, *Personal Onslaught* and *Refuse to Quit*), editing their first studio album (Split Image) in 1987 (the recording was paid by Mike Muir and distribution was conducted by Caroline Records), the second one (The Joke's on You) in 1989, and a tour in Netherlands the same year with that line-up. In 1990 Adam Siegel left Excel to join the side project founded by Mike Muir, Infectious Grooves; when he returned in 1992, the band recorded a fifth and last demo titled *Third album demos*, then Adam Excel left definitely th band together Greg Saenz to form the power-trio My Head. The group remained on a hiatus until 1995, when Clements hired Brandon Rudley (guitarist) and "Max" (drummer) to release a third studio album called *Seeking Refuge*. Then Excel broke up for good. In 2001 Shaun joined Thrash Metal band Hirax, he only participated in the EP "*Barrage of Noise*".

## Discography

### Excel

*See also*: Excel discography and List of Excel demos
(Shaun participated in all Excel's releases)

| Year | Title | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1987 | *Split Image* | Suicidal/Caroline |
| 1989 | *The Joke's on You* | Caroline |
| 1995 | *Seeking Refuge* | Delicious Vinyl/Capitol |

### Hirax

| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2001 | *Barrage of Noise* | Black Devil/Deep Six | EP |

## InfoBox

| Shaun Ross | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1968-12-11) December 11, 1968 |
| Origin | Los Angeles |
| Genres | Crossover thrash, skate punk, stoner rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Bass |
| Years active | 1984–2001 |


title: Solomon Sharfman

abstract: Solomon Sharfman was a rabbi of Orthodox Jewry who built the Flatbush Modern Orthodox Jewish community in the mid-1900s.

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# Solomon Sharfman

**Solomon Sharfman** was a rabbi of Orthodox Jewry who built the Flatbush Modern Orthodox Jewish community in the mid-1900s.

## Life

Solomon Joseph Sharfman was born on November 1, 1915, in Treblinka, Poland; his family came to the United States five years later. His father, Rabbi Label Sharfman, worked as a shochet in Newark, New Jersey. He attended Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim and reportedly made up the name "The Rabbinical Seminary of America" when registering the new institution with the City of New York, because the city did not want to accept a Hebrew name.

For over forty years, from 1938 to 1984, Sharfman was the rabbi of Young Israel of Flatbush, the pulpit from which he led American Jewry. For two years, from 1956 to 1958, he served as president of the Rabbinical Council of America, and from 1969 to 1971, he was president of the Synagogue Council of America.

Rabbi Sharfman maintained a relationship with rabbinic luminaries of the era, such as Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.

His writings are included in a number of compilations of rabbinic literature ("Homer LeDerush") of the National Council of Young Israel. He died in his sleep on December 19, 2004.

## Legacy

### Communal

Rabbi Sharfman was an early (1950s) opponent to New York's Sunday Blue laws.

In 1989 he helped focus the attention of the National Council of Young Israel on JustOneLife, an organization that provides professional counseling and financial assistance, enabling and empowering mothers to choose to continue their pregnancies to term. As of 2017 the organization is still in operation.

### Personal

He was survived by his wife and their sons and daughters, along with many grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

His son, Rabbi Label Sharfman, founded and heads the Bnot Torah Seminary in the Sanhedria Murchevet neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel, otherwise known as "Sharfman's". Notable grandchildren include Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat R' Yitzchak Elchanan (RIETS). A sister of Rabbi Koenigsberg is married to Rabbi Meir Orlian, who is the rabbi and Dayan of a synagogue in Yad Binyamin and teaches in Yeshivat Shaalvim and Kerem BeYavneh. Another sister, Dr. Chani (née Koenigsberg) Maybruch EdD, MA, is a relationship educator and coach along with her husband Rabbi Shmuel Maybruch. His youngest grandson is R' David Diament, honorary lecturer at The 2018 Dr. Abraham S. and Phyllis Weissman Memorial Rabbinic Lecture in RIETS.

## InfoBox

| Solomon J. Sharfman | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Born | (1915-11-01)November 1, 1915
Treblinka, Poland |
| Died | December 4, 2004(2004-12-04) (aged 89)
Jerusalem, Israel |
| Resting place | Eretz HaChaim cemetery, Beit Shemesh, Israel |
| Other names | Rabbi Sharfman |
| Occupation | Rabbi |
| Employer | Young Israel of Flatbush |
| Spouse | Libby Ossip |
| Children | Label Sharfman
Debbi Diament
Rochelle Kohn
Lea Hain
Riki Koenigsberg |
| Parent(s) | Aharon Leib and Fruma Sharfman |


title: Rincon, New Mexico

abstract: Rincon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 271. It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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# Rincon, New Mexico

**Rincon** is a census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 271. It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area.

## Geography

Rincon is located adjacent to Hatch, in the valley of the Rio Grande.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all land.

## Demographics

Historical population
| Census | Pop. | Note |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2020 | 273 |  |  |
| U.S. Decennial Census | | | |

As of the census of 2000, there were 220 people, 60 households, and 55 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 213.6 inhabitants per square mile (82.5/km2). There were 65 housing units at an average density of 63.1 per square mile (24.4/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 45.00% White, 2.73% Native American, 51.82% from other races, and 0.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 87.27% of the population.

There were 60 households, out of which 48.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.7% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 8.3% were non-families. 8.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.67 and the average family size was 3.76.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 37.3% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,929, and the median income for a family was $18,068. Males had a median income of $15,972 versus $11,250 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $7,572. About 18.9% of families and 31.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 42.9% of those 65 or over.

## Economy

Rincon is 33 miles north of Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Interstate 25, and approximately 20 miles south of Spaceport America, a new purpose-built spaceport being built by the New Mexico Spaceport Authority with State and county funding. Spaceport construction has generated some 800 temporary jobs on the site, but some Rincon residents have been skeptical that the spaceport will generate as many jobs in the long term as supporters claimed in the runup to public funding. As of January 2012, one company, Virgin Galactic, plans to employ about 150 persons at the spaceport site.

## Education

It is zoned to Hatch Valley Public Schools.

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| Rincon, New Mexico | |
| --- | --- |
| CDP | |
| Location of Rincon, New Mexico | |
| Rincon, New MexicoLocation in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 32°40′21″N 107°04′33″W / 32.67250°N 107.07583°W / 32.67250; -107.07583 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Dona Ana |
| Area | |
| Total | 1.05 sq mi (2.73 km2) |
| Land | 1.05 sq mi (2.73 km2) |
| Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,101 ft (1,250 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| Total | 273 |
| Density | 258.77/sq mi (99.95/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 87940 |
| Area code | 575 |
| FIPS code | 35-62900 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2409169 |