title: Catherine Tanvier

abstract: Catherine ("Cathy") Tanvier is a former professional tennis player from France. She peaked at No. 20 in 1984 and won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

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# Catherine Tanvier

**Catherine** ("**Cathy**") **Tanvier** (born 28 May 1965) is a former professional tennis player from France.

She peaked at No. 20 in 1984 and won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

## Career

In 1982, Tanvier became Wimbledon girls' singles champion after defeating first-seeded Helena Suková in the final in straight sets.

Tanvier won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 1983 Freiburg Open clay court tournament, defeating Laura Arraya in the final, in straight sets.

At the Wimbledon Championships she reached the fourth round in the singles event in 1985, which she lost to eight-seeded Zina Garrison. Reaching the fourth round was also her best singles result at the Australian Open (1989, 1990, 1991) and French Open (1983, 1988). Her best career result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semifinal of the 1983 French Open women's doubles event with Ivanna Madruga.

Tanvier published two biographies; in 2007 she wrote *Déclassée – de Roland-Garros au RMI*, and in 2013 published *Détraquements, de la colère à la torpeur*.

In 2010, she made her debut as an actress in Jean-Luc Godard's *Film Socialisme*.

Catherine Tanvier lives in Nice, France.

## WTA Tour finals

### Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

| Legend |
| --- |
| Tier I |
| Tier II |
| Tier III |
| Tier IV & V |

| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 1982 | VS of Hershey, United States | Hard (i) | Andrea Temesvári | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 1983 | Freiburg Open, West Germany | Clay | Laura Arraya | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Oct 1983 | Porsche Grand Prix, West Germany | Carpet (i) | Martina Navratilova | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Oct 1986 | Hilversum Trophy, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | Helena Suková | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Feb 1992 | Cesena Championship, Italy | Carpet (i) | Mary Pierce | 1–6, 1–6 |

### Doubles: 21 (9 titles, 12 runner-ups)

| Winner-Legend  Tier I 0  Tier II 1  Tier III 0  Tier IV & V 2 | Titles by surface  Hard 2  Clay 5  Grass 0  Carpet 2 |
| --- | --- |

| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 1982 | Tournoi de Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Virginia Ruzici | Patricia Medrado
Cláudia Monteiro | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 1982 | Indianapolis Clay Court, US | Clay | Ivanna Madruga | Joanne Russell
Virginia Ruzici | 7–5, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–1 | May 1983 | Perugia Open, Italy | Clay | Ivanna Madruga | Virginia Ruzici
Virginia Wade | 3–6, 6–2, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jul 1983 | Hittfeld Cup, West Germany | Clay | Ivanna Madruga | Bettina Bunge
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Oct 1983 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, West Germany | Carpet (i) | Virginia Ruzici | Martina Navratilova
Candy Reynolds | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Dec 1984 | Pan Pacific Open, Japan | Carpet (i) | Elizabeth Smylie | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | May 1985 | Hamburg Open, West Germany | Clay | Steffi Graf | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 3–5 | Nov 1985 | Hilversum Trophy, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | Marcella Mesker | Sandra Cecchini
Sabrina Goleš | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Apr 1986 | Hilton Head, US | Clay | Steffi Graf | Chris Evert-Lloyd
Anne White | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Apr 1986 | Amelia Island, US | Clay | Gabriela Sabatini | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková | 2–6, 7–5, 6–7 |
| Win | 4–7 | May 1986 | Barcelona Open, Spain | Clay | Iva Budařová | Petra Huber
Petra Keppeler | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–8 | Oct 1986 | Hilversum Trophy, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | Tine Scheuer-Larsen | Kathy Jordan
Helena Suková | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–9 | Oct 1986 | Brighton International, UK | Carpet (i) | Tine Scheuer-Larsen | Steffi Graf
Helena Suková | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–10 | May 1987 | Geneva Open, Switzerland | Clay | Laura Gildemeister | Betsy Nagelsen
Elizabeth Smylie | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–11 | Oct 1987 | Brighton International, UK | Carpet (i) | Tine Scheuer-Larsen | Kathy Jordan
Helena Suková | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 5–11 | Jul 1988 | Nice Open, France | Clay | Catherine Suire | Isabelle Demongeot
Nathalie Tauziat | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–11 | Jul 1988 | Aix-en-Provence Open, France | Clay | Nathalie Herreman | Sandra Cecchini
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 7–11 | Oct 1989 | Bayonne Open, France | Hard (i) | Manon Bollegraf | Elna Reinach
Raffaella Reggi | 7–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 8–11 | Sep 1990 | Bayonne Open, France | Hard (i) | Louise Field | Jo-Anne Faull
Rachel McQuillan | 7–6, 6–7, 7–6 |
| Loss | 8–12 | Sep 1991 | Bayonne Open, France | Carpet (i) | Rachel McQuillan | Patricia Tarabini
Nathalie Tauziat | 3–6, ret. |
| Win | 9–12 | Feb 1992 | Cesena Championship, Italy | Carpet (i) | Catherine Suire | Sabine Appelmans
Raffaella Reggi | w/o |

## ITF finals

| Legend |
| --- |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |

### Singles (3–1)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Loss | 1. | 5 July 1981 | ITF Limoges, France | Clay | Liliana Giussani | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 2. | 26 November 1981 | ITF Ringwood North, Australia | Hard | Debbie Chesterton | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 3. | 9 November 1981 | ITF South Yarra, Australia | Hard | Sophie Amiach | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 4. | 27 March 1989 | ITF Bayonne, France | Hard | Pascale Etchemendy | 6–2, 6–4 |

### Doubles (11–6)

| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Loss | 1. | 26 April 1981 | Bournemouth, UK | Clay | Sophie Amiach | Jo Durie
Debbie Jevans | 0–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 2. | 5 July 1981 | Arcachon, France | Clay | Laura Araya | Florența Mihai
Carmen Perea | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 3. | 2 November 1981 | Frankston, Australia | Hard | Sophie Amiach | Kym Ruddell
Gwen Warnock | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4. | 1 February 1982 | Ogden, US | Carpet (i) | Iva Budařová | Yvona Brzáková
Marcela Skuherská | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 5. | 8 February 1982 | Bakersfield, United States | Carpet (i) | Cláudia Monteiro | Diane Desfor
Barbara Hallquist | 7–6, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 6. | 11 July 1982 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Virginia Ruzici | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Heidi Eisterlehner | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 7. | 19 January 1987 | Bayonne, France | Hard | Virginia Ruzici | Iwona Kuczynska
Corinne Vanier | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 8. | 21 March 1988 | Bayonne, France | Hard | Pascale Paradis | Carin Bakkum
Simone Schilder | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 9. | 27 March 1989 | Moulins, France | Hard | Sandrine Testud | Mara Eijkenboom
Noëlle van Lottum | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 10. | 26 March 1990 | Limoges, France | Carpet | Sandrine Testud | Ann Devries
Iwona Kuczyńska | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Win | 11. | 19 September 1994 | Marseille, France | Clay | Madeleine Sánchez | Marta Cano
Cristina de Subijana | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 12. | 12 December 1994 | Mildura, Australia | Grass | Vanessa Webb | Catherine Barclay
Louise Pleming | 7–6(4), 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 13. | 20 March 1995 | Moulins, France | Hard | Nathalie Dechy | Jessica Fernández
Aarthi Venkatesan | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 14. | 27 November 1995 | ITF Mount Gambier, Australia | Hard | Maja Murić | Annabel Ellwood
Kirrily Sharpe | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 15. | 18 March 1996 | Reims, France | Hard (i) | Siobhan Drake-Brockman | Giulia Casoni
Flora Perfetti | 3–6, 6–4, 0–6 |
| Loss | 16. | 15 March 1999 | Ortisei, Italy | Hard (i) | Maria Elena Camerin | Dawn Buth
Rebecca Jensen | 2–6, 6–3, 6–7 |
| Loss | 17. | 12 April 1996 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Hard | Louise Pleming | Karen Cross
Amanda Grahame | 4–6, 6–3, 6–7 |

1. "Catherine Tanvier (FRA) – Ladies' Singles" (PDF). *www.wimbledon.com*. AELTC.
2. "Wimbledon players archive – Catherine Tanvier". *www.wimbledon.com*. AELTC.
3. "Australian Open players – Catherine Tanvier". *www.ausopen.com*. Tennis Australia.
4. Alison Healy (28 March 2009). "Serving up the dark side of tennis". *The Irish Times*.
5. Sabrina Champenois (5 April 2013). "Catherine Tanvier, du court à l'écrit" (in French). La Libération.
6. Laurent Chignaguet (8 April 2013). "Catherine Tanvier: "J'ai de la colère à évacuer"". *Le Figaro* (in French).

## InfoBox

Catherine Tanvier
| Country (sports) | France |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1965-05-28) 28 May 1965
Toulouse, France |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) |
| Retired | 2000 |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $706,054 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 205–198 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 20 (27 September 1984) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (1989, 1990, 1991) |
| French Open | 4R (1983, 1988) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1985) |
| US Open | 2R (1981, 1983, 1984, 1986) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 285–180 |
| Career titles | 9 |
| Highest ranking | No. 16 (21 December 1986) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1980, 1989) |
| French Open | SF (1983) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1986) |
| US Open | 3R (1984) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (1988) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1983, 1985) |
| US Open | 2R (1984) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 10–7 |


title: Lago di Mergozzo

abstract: Lago di Mergozzo is a small sub-alpine lake in northern Italy just to the west of Lago Maggiore and north of Lago d'Orta, at the mouth of the Val d’Ossola in the province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, Piedmont. In ancient times, it was the extreme point of the short northwestern arm of Lago Maggiore, formed by glaciation. However repeated flooding of Maggiore's tributary the Toce deposited sediment which gradually formed a stretch of land which cut off Mergozzo from the larger expanse of water, and from the Toce itself. Today, the settlement of Fondotoce stands on this alluvial plain. The small town Mergozzo, which lies at the other end of the lake, gives it its name. The greater part of the lake falls within the commune of Mergozzo, the rest within Verbania. Monte Orfano rises from the southwest shore of the lake; the limestone rocks of which it is composed are heavily quarried. On the opposite side of the lake the mountains form the beginning of the Corni di Nibbio chain which divides the Val d'Ossola from the Valgrande and its National Park. The lake is fed by the waters of a number of clean mountain streams, the two most important being the Rio Bracchio and the Rio Rescina. Its sole outlet is the 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) canal which links it to Lago Maggiore near Fondotoce. The difference in levels between the two lakes is slight, and when Maggiore is in flood, the flow of water in the canal goes into reverse. This opens up the possibility of pollutants entering Lago Mergozzo. Nevertheless, today the lake, where the use of motorboats has long been forbidden, is one of the least polluted in Italy; it has become a tourist destination particularly popular with people from Germany and the Netherlands.

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# Lago di Mergozzo

**Lago di Mergozzo** (En. *Lake Mergozzo*) is a small sub-alpine lake in northern Italy just to the west of Lago Maggiore and north of Lago d'Orta, at the mouth of the Val d’Ossola in the province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, Piedmont.

In ancient times, it was the extreme point of the short northwestern arm of Lago Maggiore, formed by glaciation. However repeated flooding of Maggiore's tributary the Toce deposited sediment which gradually formed a stretch of land which cut off Mergozzo from the larger expanse of water, and from the Toce itself. Today, the settlement of Fondotoce (a frazione of Verbania) stands on this alluvial plain. The small town Mergozzo, which lies at the other end of the lake, gives it its name. The greater part of the lake falls within the commune of Mergozzo, the rest within Verbania.

Monte Orfano (790 m) rises from the southwest shore of the lake; the limestone rocks of which it is composed are heavily quarried. On the opposite side of the lake the mountains form the beginning of the Corni di Nibbio chain which divides the Val d'Ossola from the Valgrande and its National Park.

The lake is fed by the waters of a number of clean mountain streams, the two most important being the Rio Bracchio and the Rio Rescina. Its sole outlet is the 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) canal which links it to Lago Maggiore near Fondotoce. The difference in levels between the two lakes is slight, and when Maggiore is in flood, the flow of water in the canal goes into reverse. This opens up the possibility of pollutants entering Lago Mergozzo. Nevertheless, today the lake, where the use of motorboats has long been forbidden, is one of the least polluted in Italy; it has become a tourist destination particularly popular with people from Germany and the Netherlands.

## Fish

Species found in the lake include, pikeperch, common whitefish, brown trout, Arctic char, bleak, chub, Danube roach (*Rutilus pigus*), common carp, rudd, tench, *triotto* (*Rutilus aula*), *savetta*, or Italian nase (*Chondrostoma soetta*), twait shad, northern pike, perch, black bass, pumpkinseed (*Lepomis gibbosus*), eel and burbot.

## Further reading

* Comune di Mergozzo – Lago e montagna (in Italian), as cited above.
* "Geomorphology of Fondotoce Natural Reserve". Regione Piemonte.

## InfoBox

| Lago di Mergozzo | |
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|  | |
| Lago di Mergozzo | |
| Location | Piedmont |
| Coordinates | 45°57′20″N 8°28′00″E / 45.95556°N 8.46667°E / 45.95556; 8.46667 |
| Primary inflows | mountain streams including the Rio della Peste and the Rio Resiga |
| Primary outflows | a 2.7 km canal into Lago Maggiore |
| Catchment area | 10.4 km2 (4.0 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Italy |
|  | |
| Max. length | 2.32 km (1.44 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.1 km (0.68 mi) |
| Surface area | 1.81 km2 (0.70 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Max. depth | 73 m (240 ft) |
| Water volume | 82.9×10~~^~~6 m3 (2.93×10~~^~~9 cu ft) |
| Residence time | 6 years |
| Shore length1 | 6.2 km (3.9 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 195 m (640 ft) |
|  | |
| Settlements | Mergozzo, Fondotoce (Verbania) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |


title: Eugenia Żmijewska

abstract: Eugenia Żmijewska was a Polish novelist, current affairs writer and literary translator.

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# Eugenia Żmijewska

**Eugenia Żmijewska** (1865, Uman, Ukraine – 1923, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish novelist, current affairs writer and literary translator.

## Biography

Her literary work revolved mainly around women's sexual identity and its development in more mature years. This is exemplified in her main body of work, a trilogy, which focuses on a woman who is in an unsuccessful romantic relationship, tries to focus on a professional career as an editor but eventually marries and compromises her ambitions.

She worked at *Słowa*, as an editor and writer. From the year 1899 she was the editor of the monthly supplement *Ognisko* for the magazine *Kurier Polski* which was active from 1829 to 1831 in Warsaw. 1914 onwards she was an editor for *Świat Kobiety*

She was one of the founders of the Polish Writers and Journalists Association.

## Novels

* 1907 – Little Flame: From the Diary of an Institute Girl
* 1909 – Fate
* 1911 – Sweetheart
* 1912 – Młodzi
* 1921 – Car i unitka
* 1910 – From the diary of a failed
* 1912 – Z daleka i z bliska
* 1913 – Scouts: Stories for the Polish Youth (*Skauci: Powieść dla młodzieży*)
* 1917 – Pole, a citizen

## Translations

She was the first ever translator of two of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels The Sign of Four published in 1890 and The Hound of the Baskervilles published in 1902 to the Polish language.

## InfoBox

| Eugenia Żmijewska | |
| --- | --- |
| Eugenia Żmijewska in her youth | |
| Born | 1865
Uman, Ukraine |
| Died | 1923 (aged 5758)
Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |


title: Dey Street

abstract: Dey Street is a short street in Lower Manhattan, in New York City. It passes the west side of the World Trade Center site and the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. It runs for one block between Church Street and Broadway. It originally ran to West Street, but the western reaches were demolished to make way for the World Trade Center in the late 1960s. It now extends to Greenwich Street. 15 Dey Street is the site of the first transcontinental telephone call.

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# Dey Street

**Dey Street** is a short street in Lower Manhattan, in New York City. It passes the west side of the World Trade Center site and the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. It runs for one block between Church Street and Broadway. It originally ran to West Street, but the western reaches were demolished to make way for the World Trade Center in the late 1960s. It now extends to Greenwich Street. 15 Dey Street is the site of the first transcontinental telephone call.

## History

The *Tyger* was the ship used by the Dutch captain Adriaen Block during his 1613 voyage to explore the East Coast of North America and the present day Hudson River. In November, an accidental fire broke out; the *Tyger* rapidly burned to the waterline, and the charred hull was beached. In 1916, workmen discovered the prow and keel of *Tyger* while excavating an extension for the New York City Subway's BMT Broadway Line. The ship was uncovered at a depth of about 20 feet (6.1 m) below the street near the intersection of Greenwich and Dey Streets.

In 1625, the area was part of thirty-three acres set aside to grow food for the Dutch West India Company colony.

In 1641 Dirck Dey (aka Dirck Janszen Siecken) arrived in Nieuw Amsterdam, a soldier in the employ of the GWC. That December he married a woman also from Holland. In 1647, he was sentenced to be executed for insubordination and striking an officer, but was pardoned. Peter Stuyvesant later granted him a patent for land in Communipaw, which Dey then sold. By 1665 he was living outside "the land gate" of the *Heeren Straat*.

Sometime prior to 1671 Dey began to lease from successive colonial governors "The Dukes Farm" ("the King's Farm" after the accession of James II), and continued to do so as sub-lessee after it was leased to Trinity Church. The Church Farm just west of St. Paul's Chapel was also the site of the city's red-light district, known as "The Holy Ground".

Dey also owned about five and a half acres just south of the Church lands, stretching from Broadway to the Hudson river, where he established a mill and ferry. By 1674, he was counted among the more prosperous residents of the colony. He died in 1688, and the Broadway lot passed to his son Dirck Teunis Dey, who obtained the grant of a water lot and built a dock on the river in 1743. Dey Street was levelled and paved with stones in 1749. According to Pierre Eugene du Simitiere, an early alternate name was Batteau or Battoe Street. In 1750, Dirck Teunis purchased a small slip of adjoining land from Trinity Church to accommodate the required width for Partition Street, where he then built a wharf. In 1765, his surviving heirs conveyed the property to their sister Jane and her husband Johannes Varick, parents of future mayor Richard Varick.

At the time, Dey Street extended west all the way to the Hudson River. As the shoreline was built outward with landfill, the street gradually lengthened.

## Modern era

### Western Union and AT&T

In 1872, a property at the northwest corner of Broadway and Dey Street was owned by the former French emperor, Napoleon III, through his trusted dentist, Thomas W. Evans. It was purchased by The Western Union Company for its new corporate headquarters, the Western Union Telegraph Building. Designed by George B. Post, the building was one of New York City's early skyscrapers. The clock tower made it one of the tallest structures in the city. Dey Street sloped downward away from Broadway, so that while the basement was half a level below Broadway, it was at the same level as Dey Street at the western end. Starting in 1877, a time ball was dropped from the top of the building at exactly noon, triggered by a telegraph from the National Observatory in Washington, D.C. It was used as an aid to navigation and railway operations. It inspired the New Year's Eve Times Square Ball drop that started in 1907.

The building at 15 Dey (195 Broadway) was acquired by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and demolition began in stages in 1912. In 1914, the Associated Press, which had offices in the building, relocated to Chambers Street. The new AT&T building was completed in 1916, with a frontage of 275 feet on Dey Street. The Dey Street annex, along the south side of the premises, was an L-shaped structure at the corner of Dey Street and Broadway with an extension reaching Fulton Street, which featured a 29-story campanile. The campanile was topped by the "Spirit of Communication" statue, a 24-foot (7.3 m) sculpture later relocated to Dallas.

AT&T relocated its headquarters to 550 Madison Avenue in 1984. As of 2018, the 195 Broadway building is occupied by HarperCollins and others. In 2006, the building was designated a New York City Landmark.

### Transit

An elevated railway system designed by Charles T. Harvey opened for business in July 1868. It operated under the name West-Side and Yonkers Patent Railway Company. In 1871 the company failed and was reorganized as the New York Elevated Railroad Company. The line ran on Greenwich Street; it had two stations: the original northern terminus was 29th Street and the southern terminus was Dey Street. Initially, a ledge attached to the second floor of an existing building with a platform cantilevered out over the sidewalk served as a station. The line was gradually extended along Ninth Avenue by 1869. In 1874, the station at Dey Street was closed and demolished with the opening of a replacement station at Cortlandt Street.

Hudson Terminal was a rapid transit station and office-tower complex in the Radio Row neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. It opened during 1908 as a terminal station for the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad (H&M). The property occupied the length of two city blocks along the west side of Church Street from Cortlandt Street to Fulton Street.

Two 22-story office skyscrapers were built above the station. The building on the north side was called the Fulton Building while the southern office building was called the Cortlandt Building, reflecting the streets that they abutted. Dey Street bisected the property, passing between the buildings as the city would not allow the street be closed. The two buildings were connected by a pedestrian bridge over the street on the third story of each building. A second bridge connecting the buildings' 17th floors was built in 1913, upon consultation with the Fire Department. Baggage handling facilities in the basements moved baggage from Dey Street to either the baggage room or the baggage trains traveling on Track 5. The railroad station closed in 1971.

### Other buildings

Dey Street was part of Radio Row which was described in 1930 as located on Greenwich Street "where Cortlandt Street intersects it and the Ninth Avenue Elevated forms a canopy over the roadway. ... The largest concentration is in the block bounded by Dey Street on the north and Cortlandt on the south, but Radio Row does not stop there; it overflows around the corner, around several corners, embracing in all some five crowded blocks."

In 1898, The Historical Company, a publishing house, was located at 16 Dey Street.

Construction began on the World Trade Center in 1966. As the complex was based on Hudson Terminal, that portion of Dey Street was eliminated. The Port Authority began acquiring property at the World Trade Center site in March 1965, and demolition work began a year later, clearing thirteen square blocks in Radio Row, thus further reducing Dey Street. Whereas, Day Street previously ran from Broadway to West Street on the waterfront, present day Dey Street runs for just one block, between Broadway and Church. A number of the buildings have frontage and addresses on the neighboring streets, such as Broadway, Church, and Fulton, with side entrances on Dey Street.

40°42′40″N 74°00′39″W / 40.7110°N 74.0107°W / 40.7110; -74.0107


title: Tanner Banks

abstract: Tanner Pierce Banks is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox. He was drafted by the White Sox in the 18th round of the 2014 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2022.

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# Tanner Banks

**Tanner Pierce Banks** (born October 24, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox. He was drafted by the White Sox in the 18th round of the 2014 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2022.

## Career

### Chicago White Sox

Banks was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 18th round, with the 528th overall selection, of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. Banks made his professional debut with the rookie-level Arizona League White Sox and also appeared in 1 game for the Single-A Kannapolis Intimidators. In 2015, Banks split the year between Kannapolis and the rookie-level Great Falls Voyagers, logging a 5–5 record and 2.71 ERA in 22 total contests. The following year, Banks split time between Kannapolis and the High-A Winston-Salem Dash, pitching to a 12–7 record and 3.50 ERA with 116 strikeouts in 15913 innings pitched across 27 starts. Banks played the 2017 season with Winston-Salem and the Double-A Birmingham Barons, posting a 10–11 record and 4.28 ERA with 113 strikeouts in 26 games (25 of them starts). In 2018, Banks returned to the two affiliates and recorded a 12–7 record and 2.59 ERA with 100 strikeouts in 146 innings of work across 23 starts.

Banks split the 2019 season between Double-A Birmingham and the Triple-A Charlotte Knights, accumulating a 6–7 record and 4.19 ERA with 88 strikeouts in 30 appearances (21 of them starts). Banks did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He spent the 2021 season with Triple-A Charlotte, logging a 4.53 ERA with 70 strikeouts in 5923 innings pitched across 25 total appearances. Banks was invited to Spring Training for the 2022 season, and was initially reassigned to minor league camp prior to the season. However, on April 5, 2022, it was announced that Banks had made Chicago's Opening Day roster. He was formally selected to the 40-man roster on April 7.

On April 10, Banks made his MLB debut, pitching the final two innings of a 10–1 victory of the Detroit Tigers. Banks did not allow a run and collected four strikeouts in the game. In 35 games during his rookie campaign, Banks compiled a 2–0 record and 3.06 ERA with 49 strikeouts across 53 innings pitched.

Banks made 32 appearances for the White Sox in 2023, recording a 4.43 ERA with 51 strikeouts across 61 innings of work. Banks began the 2024 campaign in Chicago's bullpen, working to a 4.13 ERA with 55 strikeouts and 2 saves over 48 innings.

### Philadelphia Phillies

On July 30, 2024, Banks was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for minor league infielder William Bergolla.

## InfoBox

| Tanner Banks | |
| --- | --- |
| Banks with the White Sox in 2023 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies – No. 58 | |
| **Pitcher** | |
| **Born:**  (1991-10-24) October 24, 1991
Riverton, Utah, U.S. | |
| **Bats:** Right**Throws:** Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 10, 2022, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| MLB statistics
(through 2024 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 5–7 |
| Earned run average | 3.86 |
| Strikeouts | 178 |
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title: CYB5R2

abstract: Cytochrome b5 reductase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CYB5R2 gene.

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# CYB5R2

**Cytochrome b5 reductase 2** is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the *CYB5R2* gene.

## Further reading

## InfoBox

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| Identifiers | | | |
| Aliases | CYB5R2, B5R.2, cytochrome b5 reductase 2 | | |
| External IDs | OMIM: 608342; MGI: 2444415; HomoloGene: 6182; GeneCards: CYB5R2; OMA:CYB5R2 - orthologs | | |
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| Orthologs  Species **Human** **Mouse**  Entrez   Ensembl   UniProt   RefSeq (mRNA)     NM\_001001336
NM\_001302826
NM\_001302827
NM\_016229   NM\_001205227
NM\_177216   RefSeq (protein)     NP\_001289755
NP\_001289756
NP\_057313   NP\_001192156
NP\_796190   Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 7.67 – 7.68 Mb Chr 7: 107.35 – 107.36 Mb  PubMed search | | | |
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title: Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour

abstract: Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour was a French art critic, mathematician, financier, and essayist.

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# Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour

**Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour** (6 October 1738, Lyon  15 November 1793, Lyon) was a French art critic, mathematician, financier, and essayist.

## Life

He was the son of the mathematician Jacques Mathon de la Cour (1712–1777).

He wrote distinguished works such as *L'État des finances de la France* ("The state of French finances", 1758), the *Lettres sur les peintures, sculptures et gravures exposées au salon du Louvre* ("Letters discussing the paintings, sculptures and engravings exhibited at the Louvre", Paris, 1763–1767, 3 vol. duodecimo), *L'Opéra d'Orphée et d'Eurydice* ("The opera *Orphée et Eurydice*", 1765) as well as *Dissertations* and *Discours* such as *Discours sur les meilleurs moyens de faire naître et d'encourager la patriotisme dans une monarchie* ("Essay on the best methods of kindling and fostering patriotism in a monarchy", Paris: Cuchet et Gatty, 1788, octavo), etc. He took an interest in charitable works and created the Société Philanthropique de Lyon.

In the 1760s he considered starting a music journal called *Le Rossignol*, but instead helped Sautreau de Marsy with his *Almanach des Muses* ("Almanac of the Muses"), and in 1773 briefly edited Nicolas Framery's *Journal de musique*. He founded the *Journal de Lyon* in 1784 (12 vol. octavo).

Mathon de la Cour's generosity and distinction could not protect him during the Revolution; after the siege of Lyon he was guillotined.

## Fortuné Ricard

In 1785 he caught the attention of Benjamin Franklin, whom he greatly admired, with his friendly parody of Poor Richard, *Testament de M. Fortuné Ricard* ("Last Will and Testament of Fortunate Richard"), in which the main character leaves five lots of 100 *livres* in his will on the condition that each be allowed to compound for 100, 200, 300, 400 or 500 years, the resulting billions and trillions of *livres* then to be spent on impossibly elaborate utopian projects. Amused, Franklin responded by leaving £1,000 ($4,444) to each of Boston and Philadelphia on the condition that the money be cautiously lent at 5% interest to young men finishing their apprenticeships and continue to gather interest for no fewer than 100 years. He estimated that after a century each fund would total £131,000 ($582,000), and that £100,000 of each could then be spent on public works that he specified in detail. The remaining £31,000 could then be reinvested for another 100 years, by which time it would, he thought, be worth £4,061,000. Of this three million would be left to the government and the rest distributed among the city's inhabitants.

In fact in July 1891 the Philadelphia fund was $90,000 and the Boston fund was $391,000; by that time, the assumptions of the will were very out-of-date and the public works he had described had already been completed. Nevertheless, despite an attempt by several of Franklin's heirs to obtain the money in 1890, the funds still exist and continue to increase, and the story is often cited as an example of the power of compound interest.

## Works

* *Testament de M. Fortuné Ricard* (in French). 1784.

## Bibliography


title: Setbacks (album)

abstract: Setbacks is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist ScHoolboy Q, released for digital download on January 11, 2011, under Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). The album features guest appearances from fellow Black Hippy members Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul, as well as vocals from singer-songwriters Alori Joh, Jhené Aiko and BJ the Chicago Kid. The album's production was handled by Lord Quest, Willie B, Focus..., Rahki, Phonix Beats, Tae Beast, DJ Wes, King Blue, Sounwave and more. Schoolboy Q titled the album Setbacks due to the limitations he experienced and endured before releasing the album. After the release of Setbacks, the album reached number 100 on the US Billboard 200, number 12 on the Top Rap Albums, number 25 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 13 on the Top Independent Albums chart. Only a few weeks after Setbacks was released, it already had 4,395 units and was praised by fans and critics alike.

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# Setbacks (album)

***Setbacks*** is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist ScHoolboy Q, released for digital download on January 11, 2011, under Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). The album features guest appearances from fellow Black Hippy members Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul, as well as vocals from singer-songwriters Alori Joh, Jhené Aiko and BJ the Chicago Kid. The album's production was handled by Lord Quest, Willie B, Focus..., Rahki, Phonix Beats, Tae Beast, DJ Wes, King Blue, Sounwave and more.

Schoolboy Q titled the album *Setbacks* due to the limitations he experienced and endured before releasing the album. After the release of *Setbacks*, the album reached number 100 on the US *Billboard* 200, number 12 on the Top Rap Albums, number 25 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 13 on the Top Independent Albums chart. Only a few weeks after *Setbacks* was released, it already had 4,395 units and was praised by fans and critics alike.

## Background

In 2012, in an interview with *Complex*, Schoolboy Q spoke on the concept behind *Setbacks*: "The concept behind *Setbacks* was \[to talk about\] all the shit that’s the reason why I can’t rap. The reason I can’t accomplish what I want to accomplish is because I’m doing all this dumb shit. I put it all together on the album. Like, ‘Druggys Wit Hoes,’ I'm out here drugging and I'm not even trying to fuck with hoes. ‘Kamikaze,’ I'm not even trying to rap—keep going broke. Different shit like that, I sum it up all in one album. My life did a whole 180 after that dropped. A lot of people still didn't know the name though, but a lot of people did. It was weird. It just took me to the right spot. I made some fucking money off the project, it helped me see that I needed to do more positive shit in life, and it made me into the person I am now. All I do now is just chill. I'd rather just chill, work on my music, be with my two-year-old daughter, and smoke weed and shit." Two weeks after the album's release ScHoolboy Q released it for free via his Twitter feed. The free version doesn't include "LigHt Years AHead" and is replaced with "Live Again" which also features Kendrick Lamar. The free version also features a new bonus track titled "Fuck Ya Hip Hop" featuring Big Pooh and Murs

## Reception

### Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 100 on the US *Billboard* 200 chart and had sold 17,000 copies in the US as of February 2014.

### Critical response

*Setbacks* received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised the album's production, features and lyrics. iHipHop gave it a 3.5 out of 5 rating mentioning "While *Setbacks* is a misleading title, ScHoolboy Q does leave room for critique. Despite his overwhelmingly impressive flow, Q rarely says anything worthy of raising an eyebrow." Allmusic gave it 4 out of 5 stars commenting "Dividing his time between socially conscious rap and bud smoker’s anthems, ScHoolboy Q makes quite the impression on his debut “street album"". They called *Setbacks* polished, funky, well-balanced, and rewarding.

## Track listing

| No. | Title | Producer | Length |
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| 1. | "Figg Get da Money" | LordQuest | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Kamikaze" | Willie B | 4:03 |
| 3. | "LigHt Years Ahead (Sky High)" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Focus... | 4:11 |
| 4. | "WHat's tHa Word" (featuring Jay Rock) | Phonix Beats | 3:51 |
| 5. | "#BETIGOTSUMWEED" | Tae Beast | 4:55 |
| 6. | "Druggys Wit Hoes" (featuring Ab-Soul) | Tae Beast | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Cycle" | DJ Wes | 4:09 |
| 8. | "To THa Beat (F'd Up)" | King Blue of Sore Losers | 3:47 |
| 9. | "Crazy" | Sounwave | 3:06 |
| 10. | "PHenomenon" (featuring Alori Joh) | Phonix Beats | 5:01 |
| 11. | "Situations" | Rahki | 4:24 |
| 12. | "Fantasy" (featuring Jhené Aiko) | Tommy Black | 4:27 |
| 13. | "I'm Good" (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid & Punch) | Tae Beast | 4:57 |
| 14. | "Birds & the Beez" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Dae One | 4:20 |
| 15. | "Rolling Stone" (performed by Black Hippy; bonus track) | Sounwave | 3:36 |
| Total length: | | | 62:36 |

## Charts

| Chart (2011) | Peak
position |
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| US *Billboard* 200 | 100 |
| US *Billboard* Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 25 |
| US *Billboard* Top Rap Albums | 12 |
| US *Billboard* Top Independent Albums | 13 |
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## InfoBox

| Setbacks | |
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| Studio album by ScHoolboy Q | |
| Released | January 11, 2011 |
| Recorded | 2010
TDE Recording Studio: House of Pain
(Carson, California) |
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| Length | 62:36 |
| Label | TDE |
| Producer |  |
| ScHoolboy Q chronology | |
| *Gangsta & Soul*
(2009) ***Setbacks***
(2011) *Habits & Contradictions*
(2012) | |


title: Ravnica (Magic: The Gathering)

abstract: Ravnica is a Magic: The Gathering block that consists of three expert-level expansion sets: Ravnica: City of Guilds, Guildpact, and Dissension. Following in the tradition of other Magic blocks, Ravnica takes place in a plane of the multiverse that was previously unexplored in the game's backstory. The world of Ravnica is an ecumenopolis, a vast city that covers the entire surface of its planet, and is home to a diverse assortment of sentient races. Much power in Ravnica is held by the ten "guilds", political factions that each represent a combination of two of Magic's five colors. The mythology of Ravnica is loosely derived from Slavic folklore, and the character names reflect this. This plane was revisited in the Return to Ravnica block, and the Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance, War of the Spark, and Murders at Karlov Manor sets.

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# Ravnica (Magic: The Gathering)

*Guildpact*
| seal of the Guildpact | |
| --- | --- |
| Released | February 3, 2006 |
| Size | 165 (55 rares, 55 uncommons, 55 commons) |
| Keywords | Haunt, Bloodthirst, Replicate |
| Mechanics | Color alliances |
| Designers | Mike Elliott (lead), Aaron Forsythe, Devin Low, Brian Schneider |
| Developers | Henry Stern (lead), Aaron Forsythe, Cormac Russell, Brian Schneider, and Mike Turian |
| Development code | Alt |
| Expansion code | GPT |
| Second set in the Ravnica block | |
| *Ravnica* ***Guildpact*** *Dissension* | |
| *Ravnica* *Dissension* | |
| Kamigawa Block Time Spiral Block | |

*Dissension*
| broken seal of the Guildpact | |
| --- | --- |
| Released | May 5, 2006 |
| Size | 180 (60 rares, 60 uncommons, 60 commons) |
| Keywords | Graft, Hellbent, Forecast |
| Mechanics | Multicolored cards, Hybrid cards, Split cards |
| Designers | Aaron Forsythe (lead), Brandon Bozzi, Mark L. Gottlieb, and Mark Rosewater |
| Developers | Matt Place (lead), Mark Rosewater, Brian Schneider, and Steve Warner |
| Development code | Delete |
| Expansion code | DIS |
| Third set in the Ravnica block | |
| *Ravnica* *Guildpact* ***Dissension*** | |
| *Guildpact* *Coldsnap* | |
| Kamigawa Block Time Spiral Block | |

***Ravnica*** is a *Magic: The Gathering* block that consists of three expert-level expansion sets: *Ravnica: City of Guilds* (October 7, 2005), *Guildpact* (February 3, 2006), and *Dissension* (May 5, 2006). Following in the tradition of other *Magic* blocks, *Ravnica* takes place in a plane of the multiverse that was previously unexplored in the game's backstory. The world of Ravnica is an ecumenopolis, a vast city that covers the entire surface of its planet, and is home to a diverse assortment of sentient races. Much power in Ravnica is held by the ten "guilds", political factions that each represent a combination of two of *Magic*'s five colors. The mythology of *Ravnica* is loosely derived from Slavic folklore, and the character names reflect this. This plane was revisited in the *Return to Ravnica* block, and the *Guilds of Ravnica,* *Ravnica Allegiance*, *War of the Spark*, and *Murders at Karlov Manor* sets.

## Design

*Ravnica* was conceived following the success of *Invasion*. *Invasion*, released in 2000, emphasized interactions between the colors, and it was one of Magic's most popular releases. Magic's lead designer, Mark Rosewater, wanted to expand on the multicolor theme in a new way. Therefore, the design of *Ravnica* is based around ten two-color pairs, including cards in which those pairs of colors work in concert.

The Ravnica cycle is *functionally* different from the Invasion cycle due to how the multicolored or multicolor-themed cards are distributed among the three sets that make up each cycle. In the Invasion cycle, for example, the first two sets (*Invasion* and *Planeshift*) centered around friendly color pairs; in each of the five featured combinations of three colors (Nightscape/Crosis, Stormscape/Dromar, Sunscape/Treva, Thornscape/Rith, and Thunderscape/Darigaaz), two of them would be enemies of each other but both would be allies of a third central color (example: in a card like Ancient Spring that focuses on the white/blue/black combination, white and black are enemies of each other but both are allies of blue). The last set, *Apocalypse*, emphasized enemy color pairs; in each of the five featured combinations of three colors ("Ana", "Ceta", "Dega", "Necra", and "Raka"), two of them would be allies of each other but both would be enemies of the third (example: for Urborg Elf, blue and black are allies of each other but enemies of green). However, the color combinations that are featured in each set of the Ravnica cycle are determined by which guilds are important in that stage of the story. All the multicolor cards in the Ravnica cycle (and many other cards) are associated with one of the ten guilds. Ravnica emphasized Boros, Dimir, Golgari, and Selesnya; Guildpact emphasized Gruul, Izzet, and Orzhov; and Dissension emphasized Azorius, Rakdos, and Simic.

## Mechanics

Ravnica introduces hybrid mana. Each symbol is a circle halved diagonally, in which the top left half is one color and the bottom right half another. A smaller version of the color's icon (sun for white, skull for black, etc.) appears in the corresponding half. These mana symbols mean that mana of either color may be used to pay it; for example, a spell whose mana cost is two green/white hybrid mana may be played using two green mana, two white mana, or one green and one white. The cards with these mana symbols have a colored border that fades from left to right, out of one color and into the other; and are counted as both colors.

Each of the ten guilds has a new keyword or ability word associated with it.

* **Radiance** (red/white, Boros): Radiance is an ability word that appears on spells and abilities that affect every permanent that shares a color with the target permanent (usually of the same type). When played on multi-colored cards, the effect spreads to all that card's colors.
* **Convoke** (green/white, Selesnya): A player playing a spell with Convoke may tap some of his or her creatures to pay part or all of the card's mana cost. Each creature tapped reduces the cost by one mana of that creature's color, or by one colorless mana.
* **Dredge** (black/green, Golgari): Cards with dredge may be returned from the graveyard to their owner's hand, provided that player opts to skip drawing a card and instead puts a number of cards from the top of his or her library into the graveyard. For example, for a card with "Dredge 3", you can skip your draw and put three cards from the top of your deck to the graveyard to add the card to your hand.
* **Transmute** (blue/black, Dimir): A player may pay three mana of certain colors and discard a card with Transmute from his or her hand. Doing this allows the player to find a card with the same converted mana cost from that player's library, reveal it, and put it into his or her hand. For example, Brainspoil, has converted mana cost 5 with Transmute for 1 colorless and 2 black mana, and if you choose to transmute it, you pay the mana cost and discard it, then search your library for anything converted mana cost 5, reveal it, and put it into your hand. You can only Transmute as a sorcery.
* **Haunt** (white/black, Orzhov): When a creature or spell with Haunt is put into a graveyard, it is removed from the game *haunting* a creature in play. When the haunted creature is put into a graveyard, the creature or spell with Haunt can perform an effect again.
* **Bloodthirst** (red/green, Gruul): When creatures with Bloodthirst are played, they gain a boost to their power and toughness if an opponent was already dealt damage that turn. For example, a 2/3 creature with Bloodthirst 3 could come into play as a 5/6.
* **Replicate** (blue/red, Izzet): Spells with Replicate allow a given cost to be paid any number of times, and the spell is copied that many times. Each copy can have a new target
* **Hellbent** (black/red, Rakdos): Cards with the Hellbent ability word gain additional attributes when their controllers have no cards in their hand. It is very similar to the Odyssey block's threshold ability, but revolves around the hand instead.
* **Graft** (green/blue, Simic): Similar to Modular from the Mirrodin block, cards with the Graft ability come into play with +1/+1 counters in accordance with the number associated with their Graft ability. When another creature comes into play, a card with Graft may move one of its +1/+1 counters onto that creature.
* **Forecast** (white/blue, Azorius): Rather than play a card from his or her hand, a player may use its Forecast ability during his or her upkeep, and only once per turn. To use Forecast, the player pays a cost and reveals the card with Forecast in his/her hand. Forecast effects are often either a lesser version of the main spell or a support effect for the main spell. A card with similar mechanic, Infernal Spawn of Evil, was first seen in *Unglued*.

Ravnica block includes many mono-color cards which encourage people to play with multiple colors. *Ravnica: City of Guilds* featured cards which have activated abilities that use mana of different color from the cards' color. *Guildpact* introduced cards which are enhanced if another mana color is used to play the card. In *Dissension*, in addition to the first 'group' of abilities, another group of mono-color cards have abilities associated with two colors, but must be played with mana of a different color or else the card must be sacrificed. An example is Azorius Herald. It is a white creature with a life gain effect (white's specialty), as well as unblockability (blue's specialty). However, if Azorius Herald is played without blue mana, it must be sacrificed just after it comes into play.

Dissension features the return of the popular split card mechanic originally from *Invasion* and *Apocalypse*. There are 10 gold split cards representing some combinations of the other guilds of Ravnica. The allied color guilds are represented in uncommon split cards, whereas the enemy color guilds are represented in rare split cards.

## Storyline

Each of the guilds had been at war with each other for centuries, and the only thing that made the leaders agree to a truce was the fact that the dead had begun haunting the plane. They decided that each guild would specialize in two colors of magic and have specific jobs in the city to stretch the limited resources and maintain order, including by banning war completely.

The game and novels begin 9999 years after the Guildpact was formed, on the eve of the decamillennial celebrations. All three books were written by Cory J. Herndon and published by Wizards of the Coast.

### Ravnica

As the preparations for the celebrations are getting finished, tensions between the guilds have reached the breaking point. Things aren't helped any by the fact that, while many don't believe it exists anymore, the still very much alive House Dimir never agreed to the Guildpact. They, along with the Golgari Swarm, almost destroy the core of Selesnyan civilization.

Agrus Kos (A Wojek officer in the Boros Legion), Jarad (Brother of the Devkarin leader Savra), Fonn Zurich (Daughter of a Wojek officer who joined the Selesnya Conclave after her dad's death), Feather (A Firemane angel who worked with Kos), Pivlic (An Orzhov businessman), and Savra (The leader of the Golgari Devkarin elves) are the main characters in the novel who each play their own role. They all come together eventually, and quite a bit of chaos ensues. Savra then tries to take over her guild and resurrect the necromancer Svogthir, and all the characters are thrown into a huge war.

The dark undercity's the domain of the Devkarin elves, and that's where Jarad and the rest run the city with necromancy and hunting skill; while the skies above are policed by Boros angels. They both stay to their own sections, so the Selesnya keep passageways clear with the Ledev, a group of paramilitary soldiers who defend the right of free travel. Fonn, an elite Ledev, guards her priest friend while he travels to the decimillenial celebrations, but an explosion tears through the city and kills him, flings Fonn into Jarad's arms, and causes a lot of trouble for Kos.

With a partner dead (although continuing to appear in the plot in the form of a ghost), Kos embarks on the investigation that takes him throughout the various settings of Ravnica. This involves conflict with some of the most powerful guilds of the plane, with no end in sight to the fighting.

### Guildpact

Like its predecessor, *Ravnica: City of Guilds*, *Guildpact* stars Agrus Kos and his business partner/friend Pivlic, as well as several new characters. With their new friend Teysa Karlov, Orzhov baroness of the diseased frontier zone named Utvara, the two begin to unravel an Izzet secret that delves deeper than any of them thought, all the while searching for the missing messenger of Zomaj Hauc, Izzet Guild upper manager and lead engineer of the Cauldron, a powerplant supplying energy to all of the Utvara region.

Crix the goblin finds herself in the hands of the indigenous peoples of Utvara while Baroness Teysa and her minions attempt to gain control of the region that has now become hers to own. But Crix finds that the plains around Utvara are mysterious, full of bizarre creatures that trace back to the ancient days of Ravnica, as well as a race of people who wear fungus on their backs to protect themselves from a spore that got thrown up into the air after the Izzet Guild attempted to "reclaim" the Utvaran region for the previous owner, Teysa's uncle and prodigal father. But as Crix stays out in the spores, strange occurrences with the natives cause her to doubt the truths she holds dear.

Crix manages to manipulate the natives into helping her get to the Cauldron, partially to deliver the message she had been sent to deliver and partially to get to the bottom of this deadly mystery. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the courier, Agrus Kos and Pivlic have also become aware of the strange behaviors of the natives and begin an expedition to rescue the intrepid Izzet. However, as they work forward toward their goal, both the human and the imp find that it is not as easy of a task as it originally appeared, especially not when the Nephilim, the ancient creatures Crix encounters, become more rampant in this area of the frontier. Since kidnapping is a crime, Kos is propelled forward, but unfortunately for him, his path leads straight to the gates of the Cauldron.

Back in Utvara, things seem to be simple and reclaiming the once lost territory is becoming a task that Teysa Karlov has turned into a lucrative business venture. But while business continues to improve, Teysa begins to uncover a mystery that's plagued her for her entire life. All the issues that go along with it are getting to be too much for someone like her who's getting up in her years. It all culminates in the first Baroness of the Orzhov meeting her enemies face to face.

## Guilds

Of the ten guilds that rule Ravnica, four are the focus of this first set in the block. The next expansion, *Guildpact*, focused only on three other guilds, and the last set in the block, *Dissension*, introduced the last three guilds. Each guild corresponds to a different two-color combination. The guilds featured in the Ravnica block are:

* The Boros Legion *(red/white, Ravnica: City of Guilds)*: The militaristic guild, they act as enforcers of order on Ravnica, and are not against using force to keep the peace. The Boros Legion is epitomized by the actions of the Wojek League, the police force of Ravnica. They are inspired by the archangel Razia. The champion, Agrus Kos, is a Wojek police officer and was the main character in the *Ravnica* novels.
* House Dimir *(blue/black, Ravnica: City of Guilds)*: A shadowy guild that few of the common people of Ravnica are sure still exists. The other nine guilds know it does, and that it traffics in secrets, employing a network of spies and assassins to discover them and enforce their use in blackmail. It is led by the eldritch psionic vampire Szadek and the mysterious champion of the guild Circu, Dimir Lobotomist.
* The Golgari Swarm *(black/green,* Ravnica: City of Guilds*)*: A sect which emphasizes that death is an essential aspect of the life cycle, and which to that end encourages death and plague in order to foster regrowth. They are ruled by a trio of sibling gorgons called The Sisters of Stone Death (Lydya, Lexya and Ludmilla), but their rule is being contested by the elvish shaman Savra.
* The Selesnya Conclave *(green/white, Ravnica: City of Guilds)*: A quasi-monastic order whose members are zealously dedicated to keeping life in balance. The Conclave disapproves strongly of individuality, holding that the good of the whole is always more important than that of a single being. It is directed by The Chorus of the Conclave, a group of mostly ancient dryads. A preacher named Tolsimir Wolfblood is their champion.
* The Izzet League *(blue/red, Guildpact)*: Like mad scientists, the Izzet are responsible for almost all of the beneficial technologies and magics that keep Ravnica running. Unfortunately, their impulsive and reckless research principles mean that just as many have failed experiments with *explosive* results. Their guild leader is an extremely intelligent but temperamental and egotistic dragon wizard named Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind. The champions of the Izzet are a husband-wife pair of wizards named Tibor and Lumia.
* The Gruul Clans *(red/green, Guildpact)*: The Gruul Clans were originally the Guild of Savage Nature, appointed to speak for and protect the people who lived in the harsh natural environments of Ravnica. As the city expanded over nature, the other nine guilds (specifically the other Green-oriented guilds) began appointing *themselves* as nature's defenders. Eventually phased out entirely by the rest of the guilds, the Gruul fractured into a myriad of different clans, all bent on destroying civilization. Some do it for revenge, others simply because they like to smash stuff. The biggest clan is ruled by the cyclops Borborygmos. Despite not being affiliated with any of the clans, the members view Ulasht, the Hate Seed, as their champion as it represents all they stand for.
* The Orzhov Syndicate *(white/black, Guildpact)*: While masquerading as a religion, the Orzhov are actually Mafia-like business people. With no economic transaction that isn't directly or indirectly under their control, they are directed by the Ghost Council of Orzhova, composed of the spirits of former Orzhov Patriarchs and Matriarchs. Teysa, Orzhov Scion, is the champion of the guild, and plays a major part in the book series.
* The Azorius Senate *(white/blue, Dissension)*: The lawmakers of Ravnica, founded by Azor, hence the name *Azorius* Senate. The Senate is obsessed with keeping the *status quo*, no matter the cost. Their current leader, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, believes that the best way to serve the city is to make any sort of action illegal. For his hierarchical and bureaucratic guild, history, stability, and the rule of law are paramount. The Grand Arbiter consults a sphinx known as Isperia the Inscrutable, who is the champion of the Azorius.
* The Simic Combine *(green/blue, Dissension)*: The Simic's original role was to protect and preserve what was left of Ravnica's natural ecosystems. Despite their best efforts, they failed, and there is no place on Ravnica that is left to nature. Now, the Simic Combine spends their resources creating new - and often frightening - species of creatures that not only *survive* in the stone jungles of Ravnica, but *thrive*. The guild is headed by the distant and cool elvish biomancer Momir Vig, Simic Visionary. The Simic champion is known as Experiment Kraj, the culmination of all of Vig's previous experiments. It is intended to be the ultimate life form and rapidly "adapts" to change.
* The Cult of Rakdos *(black/red, Dissension)*: Named after its demon leader, Rakdos the Defiler. The Cult of Rakdos is completely self-absorbed, out only for a good time. However, their idea of a "good time" usually involves murder and mayhem – the more bloody and depraved, the better. The cult would love to rule Ravnica and turn it into one big slaughter-fest, but to them, it's the process of random death and destruction that is fulfilling, not the goal. Fortunately for the Rakdos, their interest in the dark art of death has made them into top-notch mercenaries and assassins, which the other guilds are more than happy to take advantage of. The guild's champion is Lyzolda, the Blood Witch. She is at the forefront of most of the guild's macabre sacrificial ceremonies.

Each guild has the following cards:

* A legendary leader, whose mana cost includes two mana of each of the guild's colors.
* A legendary champion, whose abilities encourage players to play with cards of both of the guild's colors. The champion includes one mana of each of the guild's colors in its cost.
    + Note: *The aforementioned definition of guild leader and guild champion is solely based on game mechanics, not the story. Some guilds have the properties of their champions and leaders swapped around.*
* A signet, cluestone, and locket, which are common artifacts that produce one mana of each of the guild's colors.
* A common "karoo" or "bounce" land, which returns a land to hand when it comes into play (tapped), but produces 2 mana of the guild's colors.
* An uncommon "guildhome" land, which produces colorless mana but has a special ability.
* A rare "shock" land that has two basic land types (even though it is non-basic), which can be tapped for one of two possible colors of mana.
* A rare guild-affiliated artifact.
* Three hybrid mana cards, one per rarity level; the uncommon one is always a "guildmage" which costs two hybrid mana to play, has a power/toughness of 2/2, and has two activated abilities (one associated with each of its colors).

The appearance of a guild symbol in the background of a card's text box identifies that card's guild affiliation. For example, the symbol of the green-white Selesnya guild appears on green-white cards, cards with the convoke mechanic, lands that produce green and white mana, and so on. The guild symbols have no effect on game play.

Other cycles include the Leylines (one for each color) and the Nephilim (one for each four-color combinations).

## Notable cards

Notable cards of *Ravnica: City of Guilds* include Dark Confidant and Life from the Loam.

*Guildpact* also includes Magic's first creatures with exactly four colors, the Nephilim.

## Reception

*Ravnica* won the 2005 Origins Award as "Best Collectible Card Game or Expansion".

Cameron Kunzelman, for *Kotaku*, highlighted that "from the perspective of the health of *Magic*, it was a rough time. 2003’s *Mirrodin* set had been plagued with card bannings that turned many people off of the game, and the following year’s *Kamigawa* further alienated many players with confusing mechanics and cards. As a set, *Ravnica* was an escape from economic peril for *Magic*". He wrote that the guilds "define the landscape and structure of life within Ravnica, and each has a particular function in the city that relates to their color pairing in *Magic*’s card game. This is the true stroke of brilliance when it comes to Ravnica from both a worldbuilding and gameplay perspective. \[...\] Ravnica’s big move was to create color pairs, figure out what those pairs *felt* like, and then to create a world in which those different perspectives could live in contest with one another. It meant that players could identify with a guild. It gave all of the gameplay and storytelling something to hang on together. It also gave a *name* to all of these tendencies that had already existed in the game for more than a decade, and today when you say 'Dimir,' an enfranchised player is going to know that you mean a combination of blue and black cards.".

## Legacy

The plane of Ravnica was revisited in the *Return to Ravnica* (2012) block, and then again in the *Guilds of Ravnica* (2018), *Ravnica Allegiance* (2019) and *War of the Spark* (2019) sets.

It was also adapted as a campaign setting for the 5th edition of *Dungeons & Dragons* with the publication of the sourcebook *Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica* in 2018.

## InfoBox

*Ravnica: City of Guilds*
| tower | |
| --- | --- |
| Released | October 7, 2005 |
| Size | 306 (88 rares, 88 uncommons, 110 commons, 20 lands) |
| Keywords | Convoke, Transmute, Dredge, Radiance |
| Mechanics | Guild system, hybrid mana |
| Designers | Mark Rosewater (lead), Tyler Bielman, Mike Elliott, Aaron Forsythe, and Richard Garfield |
| Developers | Brian Schneider (lead), Aaron Forsythe, Mark L. Gottlieb, Matt Place, Paul Sottosanti, and Henry Stern |
| Development code | Control |
| Expansion code | RAV |
| First set in the Ravnica block | |
| ***Ravnica*** *Guildpact* *Dissension* | |
| *Ninth Edition* *Guildpact* | |
| Kamigawa Block Time Spiral Block | |


title: Shannon College of Hotel Management

abstract: Shannon College of Hotel Management was founded in 1951 as Ireland's first designated college of hotel management. Since 2015 it is fully incorporated into the University of Galway. The college was founded by Brendan O'Regan and is based in Shannon Airport, County Clare. It was set up with input from Aer Rianta. Shannon College offers programmes at foundation, certificate, degree and masters level. Shannon College also offers executive education and short programmes. Graduates of Shannon College are also recognised by the Institute of Hospitality (IoH), the International Hotel and Restaurant Association and the Irish Hospitality Institute.

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# Shannon College of Hotel Management

**Shannon College of Hotel Management** was founded in 1951 as Ireland's first designated college of hotel management. Since 2015 it is fully incorporated into the University of Galway. The college was founded by Brendan O'Regan and is based in Shannon Airport, County Clare. It was set up with input from Aer Rianta. Shannon College offers programmes at foundation, certificate, degree and masters level. Shannon College also offers executive education and short programmes. Graduates of Shannon College are also recognised by the Institute of Hospitality (IoH), the International Hotel and Restaurant Association and the Irish Hospitality Institute.

## History

The college was founded in 1951 as Ireland's first designated college of hotel management. From 1951 until 1991, the college offered a diploma in hotel management. In 1991, the college began its relationship with University College Galway which saw Shannon offer the BComm in Hotel Management. In 1993, the diploma was validated by NCEA (forerunner of HETAC). In 2000, the college became a recognised college of the National University of Ireland.

In 1991, the process of integrating the college into the University of Galway was first mooted. It commenced in 2004 and developed additional urgency since Shannon Airport was made independent of Aer Rianta and Dublin Airport. From 2009, Shannon was involved in an alliance with the University of Galway, and since 2015 is fully incorporated into the university. Shannon College of Hotel Management is now part of the College of Business, Public Policy and Law of the University of Galway. This integration was formally marked by the Minister for Education Jan O'Sullivan at an event held in Shannon College on 9 November 2015. All staff of Shannon College of Hotel Management are now staff of the University of Galway and all students of Shannon College of Hotel Management are students of the University of Galway.

Students from the college won the Irish Hospitality Institute Business Management Games in April 2012.

## Courses

Students of the BComm in International Hotel Management spend three years at the Shannon College of Hotel Management Campus and the fourth year at the University of Galway campus.

Since 2010 Graduates of the BBS degree programme are entitled to exemptions for ACCA accountancy exams.

Graduation takes place each year in Spring.

## InfoBox

Shannon College of Hotel Management
| Coláiste Ósta na Sionna | |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1951 |
| Founder | Brendan O'Regan |
| Director | Phillip J. Smyth |
| Administrative staff | 27 |
| Students | 397 |
| Location | Shannon, County Clare, Ireland |
| Affiliations | NUI (2000–present)
University of Galway
NCEA (1993–2001) |
| Website | shannoncollege.com |


title: 2017 Supercupa României

abstract: The 2017 Supercupa României was the 19th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The game was contested between Liga I title holders, Viitorul Constanța, and Romanian Cup holders, Voluntari. It was played at Municipal Stadium in Botoșani in July. Voluntari won the trophy for the first time in its history, after defeating Viitorul Constanța with 1–0.

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# 2017 Supercupa României

The **2017 Supercupa României** was the 19th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The game was contested between Liga I title holders, Viitorul Constanța, and Romanian Cup holders, Voluntari. It was played at Municipal Stadium in Botoșani in July. Voluntari won the trophy for the first time in its history, after defeating Viitorul Constanța with 1–0.

## Match

### Details

| Viitorul Constanța | 0–1 | Voluntari |
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|  | Report
Report
Report | Costin Lazăr  12' |

Municipal, BotoșaniAttendance: 5,532Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

| GK **12**  Victor Rîmniceanu  RB **2**  Andrei Dumitraș   46'  CB **21**  Kévin Boli  81'  CB **16**  Dragoș Nedelcu   71'  LB **25**  Aurelian Chițu   46'  CM **15**  Bogdan Țîru ()  DM **18**  Daniel López  CM **23**  Alexandru Cicâldău  RW **28**  Ionuț Vînă  15'  32'  LW **22**  Cristian Ganea  FW **26**  Alexandru Mățan  58'  **Substitutes:**  DF **4**  Marius Constantin  DF **5**  Sebastian Mladen  DF **6**  Romario Benzar   46'  MF **8**  Carlo Casap   46'  MF **10**  Ovidiu Herea  74'  71'  FW **20**  George Țucudean  GK **31**  Alexandru Buzbuchi  **Manager:**  Gheorghe Hagi |  | GK **22**  Dragoș Balauru  RB **24**  Vasile Maftei ()  90+4'  CB **28**  Ionuț Balaur  82'  CB **87**  Florin Acsinte  68'  LB **23**  Vlad Olteanu   82'  DM **18**  Mihai Popescu  DM **15**  Costin Lazăr   12'  RM **20**  Laurențiu Marinescu  CM **5**  Alexandru Răuță  LM **26**  Gabriel Deac   71'  CF **90**  Adrian Bălan   90'  **Substitutes:**  DF **4**  Mircea Leasă  MF **6**  Sorin Tăbăcariu  MF **7**  Petre Ivanovici   71'  MF **11**  Mihai Căpățînă   90'  GK **27**  Răzvan Petrariu  MF **59**  Doru Popadiuc  MF **96**  Adelin Pîrcălabu   82'  **Manager:**  Claudiu Niculescu |
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## InfoBox

2017 Supercupa României
| Event | 2017 Supercupa României |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Date | 9 July 2017 |
| Venue | Municipal, Botoșani |
| Man of the Match | Costin Lazăr |
| Referee | Sebastian Colțescu |
| Attendance | 5,532 |
| Weather | Clear |
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title: 10 Nahi 40

abstract: 10 Nahi 40 is a 2022 Indian film starring Birbal, Manmauji, J.S. Randhawa, Ramesh Goyal, Rajendra Bhatia, and Manoj Bakshi. The film is written and directed by J.S. Randhawa.

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# 10 Nahi 40

***10 Nahi 40*** (transl.10 not 40) is a 2022 Indian film starring Birbal, Manmauji, J.S. Randhawa, Ramesh Goyal, Rajendra Bhatia, and Manoj Bakshi. The film is written and directed by J.S. Randhawa.

## Summary

This educational film aims to send a message to society about the importance of understanding and caring for the elderly. It highlights their insecurities and fears as they approach the twilight of their lives. The story is set in a residential society where both old and young people live together.

## Reception

News18 rated the film 3 star our 5.

## Cast

* Birbal as Birbal
* Manmauji as Manmauji
* J.S. Randhawa as Sumit
* Ramesh Goyal
* Rajendra Bhatia
* Sonal Mudgal
* Manoj Bakshi
* Sinha Mridul Gupta
* Mahesh Gehlot
* Radha
* Aashi Singh
* Ranjan Singh
* Ronny Rakhi
* Anand Agarwal
* Rakhi Anand
* Prerna
* Rahul Gautam

## InfoBox

| 10 Nahi 40 | |
| --- | --- |
| Directed by | J.S. Randhawa |
| Written by | J.S. Randhawa |
| Produced by | J.S. Randhawa |
| Starring | Manmauji, Birbal, Manoj Bakshi, J. S. Randhawa, Rajendra Bhatia |
| Cinematography | Satyajeet |
| Music by | Vipul Kapoor |
| Release date | * 11 March 2022 (2022-03-11) |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |


title: Diamantina tapaculo

abstract: The Diamantina tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to northeastern Brazil.

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# Diamantina tapaculo

The **Diamantina tapaculo** (***Scytalopus diamantinensis***) is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to northeastern Brazil.

## Taxonomy and systematics

The Diamantina tapaculo was described as a new species in 2007. At that time it was thought to be closely related to the Planalto tapaculo (*Scytalopus pachecoi*), and the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (AOS) and the Clements taxonomy have agreed. However, the International Ornithological Congress (IOC) has not accepted that placement.

## Description

The Diamantina tapaculo is approximately 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs approximately 15 g (0.53 oz). The adult's plumage is identical to that of the Planalto tapaculo. The male's upperparts are mainly dark gray and the underparts paler gray. The flanks are buff with dark bars, which differentiate it from the similar but unbarred mouse-colored tapaculo. The female is browner.

## Distribution and habitat

The Diamantina tapaculo is found only in the Chapada Diamantina in Brazil's Bahia state. It inhabits some of the remaining patches of dense forest in a region otherwise characterized by *campo rupestre*, a biome of grassland and rocky outcrops. In elevation it ranges from 850 to 1,600 m (2,790 to 5,250 ft).

## Behavior

### Feeding

No information has been published about the Diamantina tapaculo's diet or foraging phenology.

### Breeding

Virtually nothing is known about the Diamantina tapaculo's breeding behavior. One nest has been described; it was a bowl of grasses in a rock crevice. The two nestlings were fed by both adults.

### Vocalization

The Diamantina tapaculo's song is a simple note, quickly repeated, often for more than a minute . Its call is unique, described as "a single 'tcheep' note".

## Status

The IUCN has assessed the Diamantina tapaculo as Endangered because "\[it\] has a very small range with fewer than five locations and its habitat is declining owing to the replacement of natural vegetation by coffee and banana plantations, collection of firewood for domestic and industrial use and unregulated tourism."

## InfoBox

| Diamantina tapaculo | |
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| at Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil | |
| Conservation status | |
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Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Rhinocryptidae |
| Genus: | *Scytalopus* |
| Species: | ***S. diamantinensis*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Scytalopus diamantinensis***
Bornschein, Maurício, Belmonte-Lopes, Mata & Bonatto, 2007 | |
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title: Dark Integers

abstract: "Dark Integers" is a science-fiction short story by Australian writer Greg Egan, first published in Asimov's Science Fiction in October/November 2007. The short story was included in the collections Dark Integers and Other Stories in 2008, Oceanic in 2009 and The Best of Greg Egan in 2020. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2008. It is a sequel to the short story "Luminous".

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# Dark Integers

"**Dark Integers**" is a science-fiction short story by Australian writer Greg Egan, first published in *Asimov's Science Fiction* in October/November 2007. The short story was included in the collections *Dark Integers and Other Stories* in 2008, *Oceanic* in 2009 and *The Best of Greg Egan* in 2020. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2008. It is a sequel to the short story "Luminous".

## Plot

Ten days after the far side of mathematics launched its counterattack, Bruno Costanzo and Alison Tierney make contact with the alien being responsible, which they call Sam. They begin to exchange insights about their sides and try to hold up the peace between them, but can only see each other as digital icons. Sam hints that other worlds and alien life are a lot more common on the far side, but hesitates to reveal as much as Bruno and Alison. Ten years later, Bruno learns about a new theory by Tim Campbell, which involves the connection of certain integers with their manifestation in the universe. He calls them dark integers in analogy to dark matter and dark energy as they are also invisible but with measurable effect. His calculations landed directly in the far side, so Bruno has to convince Sam that no attack took place and later bugs Campbell's computer to avoid a future incident. Campbell finds out and confronts Bruno, who then tells him about the far side, which had been kept secret by him, Alison and Yuen Fu-ting. Campbell begins to map out the nearest system on the far side, revealing that it's not mirroring the solar system and also moving relatively to it. Because of the quick attack ten years ago, an alien spaceship probably followed the Earth's position on the far side, hinting that the aliens knew about the other side way longer than them. While on a hike with his wife Kate, an attack from the far side begins. Planes and trains begin to crash, killing five thousand people in total. While Alison and Yuen Fu-ting launch a counterattack, Bruno speaks with Sam, who claims to not have started the attack. They devise a plan to separate a component of the far side and smooth out the border between the sides to render them immune to further attacks. Bruno returns to Kate and begins to tell her the story behind the attack, for which the public believes a computer virus to be responsible, and assures her, that although the story starts with Alison, it ends with her.

## Translation

The short story was translated in Japanese (2009), French (2009) and Italian (2021).

## Reception

### Reviews

Karen Burnham, writing in *Strange Horizons* about suspension of disbelief discussed with multiple of Egan's short stories, says that "Luminous" and "Dark Integers" "aren't necessarily Egan's best stories" as they "both rely heavily on their plots, with very little characterization" and "it's very hard to find a narrative toehold when the infodumping gets confusing". But "reading the introduction" (of *Dark Integers and Other Stories* of which the essential part is included in the review) makes "them easier to read". She argues: "Then I knew that my feeling of disjointedness wasn't because I was stupid, but because the stories' conceit really was completely without basis in any real-world science or genre convention."

Rich Horton, writing on the *SF Site*, claims the short story concerns "not so much the idea, though that remains fascinatingly loopy, but the sad political reality that Egan derives from the underlying state of affairs."

Salik Shah claims in the *Reactor Magazine*, that the short story (together with its prequel "Luminous") "would make an exciting premise for radio or film adaptation."

### Awards

The short story was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2008 and won the Japanese Seiun Award in 2010. It reached the 3rd place in the Reader Poll of the Locus Award in 2008 and won Asimov's Reader Poll.

## InfoBox

| "Dark Integers" | |
| --- | --- |
| Short story by Greg Egan | |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publication | |
| Published in | *Asimov's Science Fiction* |
| Publication type | Periodical |
| Media type | Print |
| Publication date | October/November 2007 |


title: Caelostomus profundestriatus

abstract: Caelostomus profundestriatus is a species in the ground beetle family Carabidae. It is found in Equatorial Guinea.

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# Caelostomus profundestriatus

***Caelostomus profundestriatus*** is a species in the ground beetle family Carabidae. It is found in Equatorial Guinea.

## InfoBox

| *Caelostomus profundestriatus* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Pterostichinae |
| Genus: | *Caelostomus* |
| Species: | ***C. profundestriatus*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Caelostomus profundestriatus***<br>Straneo, 1941 | |
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title: Charles-Joseph Panckoucke

abstract: Charles-Joseph Panckoucke was a French writer and publisher. He was responsible for numerous influential publications of the era, including the literary journal Mercure de France and the Encyclopédie Méthodique, a successor to the Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot. Panckoucke was born in the city of Lille, where his father André-Joseph Panckoucke (1700–1753) was a writer and book printer. Charles-Joseph settled in Paris in 1754, and established his own bookshop in 1762. He reused many of engraver Robert Bénard's productions to illustrate the works of his catalog. His first suggestion of a supplement to the Encyclopédie, in 1769 was turned down by Diderot, but Panckoucke persisted. By 1775, Panckoucke had secured a license to publish his supplement, and it appeared as five volumes in 1776 and 1777. Panckoucke also published two volumes of index to the Encyclopédie, prepared by Pierre Mouchon, and appearing in 1780. Panckoucke's great effort was the Encyclopédie Méthodique, an expansion and rearrangement of the Encyclopédie, with the subject matter organized by subject area rather than alphabetically. He received the license in 1780, and published a first prospectus in 1782. The work outlived him, with his daughter Thérèse-Charlotte Agasse publishing the last of 166 volumes in 1832. Shortly before the French Revolution, Panckouke also began publishing the magazine Mercure de France, and established the Moniteur Universel in November 1789. The Mercure de France was a venerable publication of great influence among the French arts and humanities, and it has been called the most important literary journal in prerevolutionary France. He died, aged 62, in Paris. Panckoucke's son, Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke, continued in the writing and publishing business as well.

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# Charles-Joseph Panckoucke

**Charles-Joseph Panckoucke** (French: \[ʃaʁl ʒozɛf pɑ̃kuk\]; 26 November 1736 – 19 December 1798) was a French writer and publisher. He was responsible for numerous influential publications of the era, including the literary journal *Mercure de France* and the *Encyclopédie Méthodique*, a successor to the *Encyclopédie* by Denis Diderot.

Panckoucke was born in the city of Lille, where his father André-Joseph Panckoucke (1700–1753) was a writer and book printer. Charles-Joseph settled in Paris in 1754, and established his own bookshop in 1762. He reused many of engraver Robert Bénard's productions to illustrate the works of his catalog.

His first suggestion of a supplement to the *Encyclopédie*, in 1769 was turned down by Diderot, but Panckoucke persisted. By 1775, Panckoucke had secured a license to publish his supplement, and it appeared as five volumes in 1776 and 1777. Panckoucke also published two volumes of index to the *Encyclopédie*, prepared by Pierre Mouchon, and appearing in 1780.

Panckoucke's great effort was the *Encyclopédie Méthodique*, an expansion and rearrangement of the *Encyclopédie*, with the subject matter organized by subject area rather than alphabetically. He received the license in 1780, and published a first prospectus in 1782. The work outlived him, with his daughter Thérèse-Charlotte Agasse (widow of Panckoucke's partner Henri Agasse) publishing the last of 166 volumes in 1832.

Shortly before the French Revolution, Panckouke also began publishing the magazine *Mercure de France*, and established the *Moniteur Universel* in November 1789. The *Mercure de France* was a venerable publication of great influence among the French arts and humanities, and it has been called the most important literary journal in prerevolutionary France. He died, aged 62, in Paris.

Panckoucke's son, Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke, continued in the writing and publishing business as well.

* Robert Collison, *Encyclopaedias: Their History Throughout the Ages*, 2nd ed. (New York, London: Hafner 1966) pp. 134–135.
* Robert Darton, *The business of enlightenment: a publishing history of the Encyclope'die*, (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University 1979).


title: Ray Jablonski

abstract: Raymond Leo Jablonski was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for all or parts of eight MLB seasons between 1953 and 1960. A 1954 National League All-Star, Jablonski appeared in 812 games for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Redlegs, New York / San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Athletics. The native of Chicago, Illinois, threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg).

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# Ray Jablonski

**Raymond Leo Jablonski** (December 17, 1926 – November 25, 1985) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for all or parts of eight MLB seasons between 1953 and 1960. A 1954 National League All-Star, Jablonski appeared in 812 games for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Redlegs, New York / San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Athletics. The native of Chicago, Illinois, threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg).

## Baseball career

Jablonski's pro career began in the Boston Red Sox organization in 1947. After two seasons at the Class D level, the Cardinals acquired him in the 1948 minor league draft. In 1951, he was the Most Valuable Player of the Class B Carolina League after he won the league's Triple Crown. Then, after one season in Triple-A, Jablonski broke into the 1953 Cardinals' starting lineup. He started all 157 games for the Redbirds at third base, and set career bests in home runs (21) and runs batted in (112), finishing third in the National League's Rookie of the Year Award balloting (behind Jim Gilliam and teammate Harvey Haddix). In 1954, he drove in over 100 runs for a second straight season and batted a career-high .296. Selected to the 1954 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, he started at third base for the National League and contributed a fourth-inning single off Sandy Consuegra to help the Senior Circuit overcome a four-run deficit and take a 5–4 lead. But the rival American League ended up winning the slugfest, 11–9, at Cleveland Stadium.

His 1953–54 seasons constituted the high-water marks of his big league career. Although he led NL third-basemen in assists in 1954, Jablonski committed 27 and 34 errors in successive seasons, and with hard-hitting and slick-fielding Ken Boyer poised to break onto the varsity roster, the Cardinals traded Jablonski to the Redlegs along with pitcher Gerry Staley for Cincinnati relief ace Frank Smith after the 1954 campaign. Then Jablonski suffered through two sub-par seasons in Cincinnati, batting only .240 and .256 and spending part of 1955 back in the minor leagues. The Reds traded him to the Chicago Cubs after 1956, but Jablonski would never appear in a regular-season game for his hometown team. Chicago sent him to the New York Giants on the opening day of the 1957 season. Jablonski was the Giants' regular third baseman during their final New York season and batted .289, but the following year he lost the starting job to rookie Jim Davenport and hit only .230 in part-time duty.

Sent back to the Cardinals just prior to opening day in 1959, Jablonski backed up Boyer and served as a pinch hitter through August 20, before being claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Athletics. After he closed the 1959 campaign with Kansas City, the A's demoted him to the Triple-A Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers for most of 1960 before giving him one last MLB trial in the closing weeks of the season. In his final big-league game on September 17, he pinch hit against Jack Harshman of the Cleveland Indians and flied out. All told, Jablonski had 687 hits as a big-leaguer, with 126 doubles, 11 triples and 83 home runs, batting .268 with 438 runs batted in.

His professional career continued through 1964 at the Triple-A level. Ray Jablonski died at age 58 in Chicago. He was buried at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Justice, Illinois.

## InfoBox

| Ray Jablonski | |
| --- | --- |
| Jablonski in 1961 | |
| **Third baseman** | |
| **Born:** (1926-12-17)December 17, 1926
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |
| **Died:** November 25, 1985(1985-11-25) (aged 58)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |
| **Batted:** Right**Threw:** Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 14, 1953, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 17, 1960, for the Kansas City Athletics | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .268 |
| Home runs | 83 |
| Runs batted in | 438 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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title: Sharon Kendrick

abstract: Sharon Kendrick, née Wirdnam is a popular British writer of over 100 romance novels published by Mills & Boon since 1993. Her books regularly top the sales charts for romance fiction on both sides of the Atlantic.

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# Sharon Kendrick

**Sharon Kendrick**, née *Wirdnam* (b. London, England) is a popular British writer of over 100 romance novels published by Mills & Boon since 1993. Her books regularly top the sales charts for romance fiction on both sides of the Atlantic.

## Biography

**Sharon Wirdnam** born in London, England, daughter of Donald Llewelyn Wirdnam, grew up near Heathrow Airport. She has been a waitress, a cook, a photographer and a nurse and she drove an ambulance across the Australian desert. Sharon currently lives and works in Winchester and Plymouth. She has a daughter and a son.

## Publications

### As Sharon Kendrick

#### Single Novels

* No Escaping Love (1993)
* Cruel Angel (1993)
* Sweet Madness (1994)
* Potent as Poison (1995)
* Savage Seduction (1995)
* Passionate Fantasy (1995)
* Part-Time Father (1995)
* Taking Risks (1996)
* Taking It All (1996)
* His Baby! (1996)
* Untamed Lover (1996)
* Mistress Material (1996)
* Wait and See (1997)
* That Kind of Man (1997)
* Long-Distance Marriage (1997)
* Make-Over Marriage (1998)
* All the Care in the World (1998)
* The Baby Bond (1998)
* Valentine Vendetta (1999)
* The Final Seduction (1999)
* Her Secret Pregnancy (2000)
* Seduced by the Boss (2000)
* The Paternity Claim (2000)
* The Sicilian's Passion (2001)
* Finn's Pregnant Bride (2002)
* Mistress of La Rioja (2002)
* Back in the Boss's Bed (2003)
* The Greek's Secret Passion (2003)
* The Italian's Love-child (2003)
* The Billionaire Bodyguard (2004)
* Bedded for Revenge (2006)
* Bought by Her Husband (2006)
* The Sheikh's Unwilling Wife (2007)
* The Sheikh's English Bride (2007)
* The Desert King's Virgin Bride (2007)
* Italian Boss, Housekeeper Bride (2007)
* His Majesty's Child (2011)
* The Ruthless Greek's Return (2015)

#### Revenge Is Sweet Series

1. Getting Even (1997)
2. Kiss and Tell (1997)
3. Settling the Score (1997)

#### Wanted: One Wedding Dress Required!

1. One Bridegroom Required! (1998)
2. One Wedding Required! (1999)
3. One Husband Required! (1999)

#### London's Most Eligible Playboy Series

1. The Unlikely Mistress (2001)
2. Surrender to the Sheikh (2001)
3. The Mistress's Child (2001)

#### The Royal House Of Cacciatore Series

1. The Mediterranean Prince's Passion (2004)
2. The Prince's Love-Child (2004)
3. The Future King's Bride (2005)

#### Desert Brides Series Multi-Author

* The Desert Prince's Mistress (2004)

#### For Love or Money Series Multi-Author

* Exposed: The Sheikh's Mistress (2005)

#### The Balfour Brides Multi Author Series

* Kat And The Dare-Devil Spaniard (2010)

#### Desert Men Of Quarhah Series

* Defiant In The Desert (2013)
* Shamed In The Sands (2014)
* Seduced By The Sultan (2014)

#### One Night With Consequences Series Multi-Author

* Carrying the Greek's Heir (2015)
* Crowned for the Prince's Heir (2016)
* Secrets of a Billionaire's Mistress (2017)
* The Pregnant Kavakos Bride (2017)
* The Italian's Christmas Secret (2017)
* Crowned for the Sheikh's Baby (2018)
* The Argentinian's Baby of Scandal (2019)

#### Wedlocked! Series Multi-Author

* The Shiek's Bought Wife (2017)

#### Omnibus In Collaboration

### As Sharon Wirdnam

#### Single novels

* Nurse in the Outback (1988)
* To Break a Doctor's Heart (1989)
* Medical Liaison (1990)
* Specialist in Love (1991)
* Seize the Day (1991)
* Surgeon of the Heart (1992)
* Casualty of Passion (1995)
* Consultant Care (1996)
* The Real Christmas Message (2016)

## References and Resources

## InfoBox

| Sharon Kendrick | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | Sharon Wirdnam
DOB unknown
London, England |
| Pen name | **Sharon Kendrick**; **Sharon Wirdnam** |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1993–Present |
| Genre | Romantic novel |
| Website | |
| www.sharonkendrick.com | |


title: Laila Ferrer e Silva

abstract: Laila Ferrer e Silva Domingos is a Brazilian javelin thrower. She competed in the javelin throw event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In December 2012, she married hammer thrower Wagner Domingos.

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# Laila Ferrer e Silva

**Laila Ferrer e Silva Domingos** (born 30 July 1982 in Pacatuba, Ceará) is a Brazilian javelin thrower. She competed in the javelin throw event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

In December 2012, she married hammer thrower Wagner Domingos.

## Personal bests

## Competition record

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Representing  Brazil | | | | |
| 2011 | South American Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 4th | 53.67 m |
| | Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 15th | 46.43 m |
| 2012 | Ibero-American Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 3rd | 57.14 m |
| | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 21st (q) | 58.39 m |
| 2013 | South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | 2nd | 58.80 m |
| 2014 | South American Games | Santiago, Chile | 3rd | 57.11 m |
| | Ibero-American Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | 2nd | 58.12 m |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 4th | 58.19 m |
| 2016 | Ibero-American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2nd | 60.44 m |
| 2017 | South American Championships | Asunción, Paraguay | 2nd | 58.50 m |
| | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 18th (q) | 60.54 m |
| 2018 | South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 1st | 60.25 m |
| | Ibero-American Championships | Trujillo, Peru | 3rd | 58.24 m |
| 2019 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 1st | 57.79 m |
| | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 5th | 59.15 m |
| | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 28th (q) | 55.49 m |
| 2021 | South American Championships | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 1st | 59.97 m |
| | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 18th (q) | 59.47 m |
| 2023 | South American Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | 6th | 53.87 m |
| 2024 | Ibero-American Championships | Cuiabá, Brazil | 7th | 52.24 m |

## InfoBox

Laila Ferrer e Silva
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Full name | Laila Ferrer e Silva Domingos |
| Born | (1982-07-30) July 30, 1982<br>Pacatuba, Ceará, Brazil |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Event | Javelin throw |
| Updated on 11 May 2014 | |


title: United Nations (United Nations album)

abstract: United Nations is the debut from supergroup United Nations. The band features members from numerous prolific bands, such as Geoff Rickly of Thursday. Due to contractual obligations of other members, the official lineup of the band is not known.

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# United Nations (United Nations album)

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk.net | 82% link |
| Loudhawk.com | 9.2/10 link |
| Rock Sound | 8/10 |
| Sputnikmusic | link |

***United Nations*** is the debut from supergroup United Nations. The band features members from numerous prolific bands, such as Geoff Rickly of Thursday. Due to contractual obligations of other members, the official lineup of the band is not known.

## Release

The album cover was designed by Jimmy Cauty of The KLF. The album received a limited edition CD release that was only available through the Eyeball Records webstore. Only 1,000 copies were sold. The album was not released in stores because of copyright issues with the cover image, which is essentially the same image used for The Beatles' *Abbey Road*, but with The Beatles engulfed in flames. One retail store, Hot Topic destroyed about 7000 copies of the CDs because the store had ordered the album without knowing about the album's copyright violations, due to a no return policy the store could not return them. Staff from the store sent pictures to the band of themselves destroying the CDs. The album was also released on vinyl, pressing was limited to 1,000 copies on red vinyl.

### 2015 Reissue

In 2015, Temporary Residence Limited and Rickly's label Collect Records reissued the album on vinyl with updated packaging that parodied The Beatles' 1968 self-titled album. The reissue contained a sticker which read:

> "Cease& Desist& Destroy& Reissue. The controversial debut album reissued with original banned artwork. Now expanded for maximum litigation. Includes infinite bonus track with high-quality download. Limited edition until we get sued. Again."

## Track listing

| No. | Title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "The Spinning Heart of the YO-YO Lobby" | 0:57 |
| 2. | "Resolution #9" | 2:30 |
| 3. | "No Sympathy for a Sinking Ship" | 2:06 |
| 4. | "The Shape of Punk that Never Came" | 2:36 |
| 5. | "My Cold War" | 1:49 |
| 6. | "Model UN" | 1:08 |
| 7. | "Filmed in Front of a Live Studio Audience" | 3:40 |
| 8. | "Revolutions in Graphic Design" | 2:04 |
| 9. | "I Keep Living the Same Day" | 1:00 |
| 10. | "Subliminal Testing" | 2:14 |
| 11. | "Say Goodbye to General Figment of the USS Imagination" | 5:10 |
| 12. | Untitled | 13:00 |

**Notes**

* The song "Subliminal Testing" can be played backwards to reveal other lyrics that simply tell the listener to turn the song back around.
* The hidden track is 12:59 of silence, followed by the sound of a cash register.

## Personnel

## Charts

| Chart | Peak position |
| --- | --- |
| US Independent Albums | 44 |
| US Heatseekers Albums | 14 |

## InfoBox

| United Nations | |
| --- | --- |
| Original controversial cover art, limited to 1,000 copies. | |
| Studio album by United Nations | |
| Released | September 9, 2008 |
| Recorded | Summer 2008 at Big Blue Meenie Studios in Jersey City, NJ |
| Genre |  |
| Length | 38:22 |
| Label |  |
| Producer | Tim Gilles |
| United Nations chronology | |
| ***United Nations***
(2008) *Never Mind the Bombings, Here's Your Six Figures*
(2010) | |