title: Dyson Carter

abstract: Herbert Dyson Carter, known as Dyson Carter, was a Canadian scientist, lecturer, writer, and Communist propagandist and organiser who served as president of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society from 1949 to 1960. During his fifty-year writing career, Carter produced hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, dozens of short stories, and 17 books including five novels. Many of his non-fiction books and articles popularized scientific ideas and discoveries or reported on medical advances. In the 1930s and 1940s, many of his articles appeared in popular magazines in Canada and the United States and three of his books were published by large commercial publishers in the United States and widely reviewed. He occasionally used the pseudonym Warren Desmond for popular fiction that he would otherwise would not have been able to sell in the United States due to McCarthyism.

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# Dyson Carter

**Herbert Dyson Carter** (February 2, 1910 – 1996), known as **Dyson Carter**, was a Canadian scientist, lecturer, writer, and Communist propagandist and organiser who served as president of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society from 1949 to 1960.

During his fifty-year writing career, Carter produced hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, dozens of short stories, and 17 books including five novels. Many of his non-fiction books and articles popularized scientific ideas and discoveries or reported on medical advances. In the 1930s and 1940s, many of his articles appeared in popular magazines in Canada and the United States and three of his books were published by large commercial publishers in the United States and widely reviewed.

He occasionally used the pseudonym **Warren Desmond** for popular fiction that he would otherwise would not have been able to sell in the United States due to McCarthyism.

## Early life

Carter was born in Saint John, New Brunswick to Gertrude and William R. Carter, members of the Salvation Army who had been sent from Britain first to Bermuda and then to Canada to work for the church. In 1912, the Carters became matron and superintendent, respectively, of the Provincial Detention Home for Juveniles in Winnipeg, where Dyson Carter would grow up and go to school. Carter had osteogenesis imperfecta, which made his bones brittle throughout his life and often required him to stay in bed or walk with crutches, or later use a wheelchair.

## Education

Carter received his Bachelor of Science in 1931 and his Master of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Manitoba in 1933 and subsequently worked as a university lecturer, a researcher and an engineering consultant in addition to his writing career.

## Literary career

Carter wrote in a number of genres including popular science, health, socialist realist fiction, romance, and biography.

His works included *Sea of Destiny: the Story of Hudson Bay, Our Undefended Back Door* (1940), a book that argued the Canadian north was susceptible to Nazi invasion and should be developed and militarized along the lines of the Soviet north in order to prevent such an eventuality, *Night of Flame* (1942), a novel set in a hospital that explored themes of class conflict, and *Stalin's Life* (1943), a hagiographical biography of Stalin.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Carter's articles were published in popular magazines such as *Saturday Night*, *Star Weekly*, and *Maclean's* and in various American publications such as the pulp magazine *Argosy*.

He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 1941, but was essentially blacklisted by the popular media after 1945 when he made public his membership in the Labor-Progressive Party (as the Communist Party of Canada was known at the time). He had joined the Communist Party in 1931 but had kept his membership secret for over a decade.

Many of his books were translated into Russian and other languages and distributed throughout the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries, and many of his articles were translated and carried in Soviet publications.

## Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society and *Northern Neighbors*

As well as being president of the CSFSS from 1949 to 1960, with Dorise Nielsen as executive secretary, and engaging in national lecture tours to promote friendship with the Soviet Union, Carter was editor and publisher of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society's newsletter,  *News-Facts About the USSR* from 1950 to 1956 and of the glossy pro-Soviet magazine *Northern Neighbors* from 1956 to 1989.

Carter's pro-Soviet writings never deviated from the party line, following its twists and turns. The invasion of Hungary in 1956 and the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 were presented from the Soviet point of view. According to historian Jennifer Anderson, who researched Carter's life and work:

"Dyson Carter eventually recognized the message did not correspond with reality, but not until Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of glasnost had made speaking openly about Soviet 'falsifications' possible. In 1990, Carter wrote that he had spent 40 years producing 'bullshit.'"

Carter added: "I publicized so many Soviet 'achievements' that were total falsifications, that I consider my 'work' an exercise in political pathology."

He was awarded several honours by the Soviet Union including the Centenary Medal (1970), the Order of Friendship of the Peoples (1980) and the Order of the Union of Friendship Societies (1985).

## InfoBox

| Dyson Carter | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | Herbert Dyson Carter
(1910-02-02)February 2, 1910
Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Died | 1996(1996-00-00) (aged 85–86) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Warren Desmond |
| Alma mater | University of Manitoba |
| Occupation(s) | Author, politician, scientist |
| Political party | Communist Party of Canada |
| Other political
affiliations | Labor-Progressive Party |
| Awards | Order of the Union of Friendship Societies,
Centenary Medal,

Order of Friendship of Peoples,
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title: Right Here (Staind song)

abstract: "Right Here" is the first single from Staind's fifth album Chapter V in 2005. "Right Here" has been Staind's third-most successful single chartwise, peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, as the previous two singles had also done. The two previous singles also hit No. 1 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart but "Right Here" failed to accomplish this feat. but it still was successful peaking at No. 3. It is band's second-most successful single on the U.S. pop and adult contemporary charts unexpectedly charting higher than "So Far Away" which charted higher on most charts but only behind "It's Been Awhile" leading "Right Here" to peak No. 7 on the Adult Top 40 and No. 9 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. It is also Staind's first entry into the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and the Hot Digital Songs charts. The song was also used in a video package by World Wrestling Entertainment commemorating wrestler Edge after he won his first WWE Championship.

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# Right Here (Staind song)

"**Right Here**" is the first single from Staind's fifth album *Chapter V* in 2005.

"Right Here" has been Staind's third-most successful single chartwise (the first two being 2001's "It's Been Awhile" and 2003's "So Far Away"), peaking at No. 1 on the *Billboard* Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, as the previous two singles had also done. The two previous singles also hit No. 1 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart but "Right Here" failed to accomplish this feat. but it still was successful peaking at No. 3. It is band's second-most successful single on the U.S. pop and adult contemporary charts unexpectedly charting higher than "So Far Away" which charted higher on most charts but only behind "It's Been Awhile" leading "Right Here" to peak No. 7 on the Adult Top 40 and No. 9 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. It is also Staind's first entry into the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (No. 40) and the Hot Digital Songs charts (No. 39). The song was also used in a video package by World Wrestling Entertainment commemorating wrestler Edge after he won his first WWE Championship.

## Music video

The music video features all four members in one house in four separate rooms. Cameras capture all the members except Aaron Lewis in the same room playing their instruments, while Lewis is featured in multiple rooms.

## Track listing

1. "Right Here"
2. "Open Wide" (Non-Album Track)
3. "Come Again" (Demo)

## Charts

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | 500,000^ |
| ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
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## InfoBox

| "Right Here" | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Single by Staind | |
| from the album  *Chapter V* | |
| Released | June 7, 2005 |
| Recorded | 2005 |
| Genre | Alternative rock |
| Length | 4:13 |
| Label | Flip |
| Songwriter(s) |  |
| Producer(s) | * David Bottrill * Staind |
| Staind singles chronology | |
| "Zoe Jane"
(2004) "**Right Here**"
(2005) "Falling"
(2005) | |


title: Right Here Right Now (BWO song)

abstract: "Right Here Right Now" is an electronica song performed by Swedish band BWO. The song was released as a second single from their fourth studio album, Big Science in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark, on May 27, 2009. It was released in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2009 with added vocals from Velvet remixed by Cahill. However, this date has once again been pushed back and the release date is now 21 December. It has left many UK fans wondering if the track will ever be released. As of January 20, 2011, the track has not been released in the UK.

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# Right Here Right Now (BWO song)

"**Right Here Right Now**" is an electronica song performed by Swedish band BWO. The song was released as a second single from their fourth studio album, Big Science in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark, on May 27, 2009.

It was released in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2009 (originally August) with added vocals from Velvet remixed by Cahill. However, this date has once again been pushed back and the release date is now 21 December. It has left many UK fans wondering if the track will ever be released.

As of January 20, 2011, the track has not been released in the UK.

## Track list

### In Sweden

Digital download; CD single

1. "Right Here Right Now" (radio edit) 3:28
2. "Right Here Right Now" (Oscar Holter radio mix) 3:29
3. "Right Here Right Now" (SoundFactory radio mix) 3:55
4. "Right Here Right Now" (Skyylab remix) 5:22
5. "Right Here Right Now" (Oscar Holter extended club mix) 4:24
6. "Right Here Right Now" (SoundFactory extended club mix) 5:06
7. "Right Here Right Now" (Myon & Shane 54 remix) 6:39
8. "Right Here Right Now" (SoundFactory Paradise anthem) 8:30
9. "Right Here Right Now" (SoundFactory Paradise dub) 8:59
10. "Right Here Right Now" (Miss Leeloo Bought The Bouquet mix) 4:30

## InfoBox

| "Right Here Right Now" | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Single by BWO | |
| from the album  *Big Science* | |
| Released | May 27, 2009 (2009-05-27) |
| Recorded | 2009 |
| Genre | Electronica; Pop |
| Length | 3:41 (Album version) |
| Label | Bonnier Music |
| Songwriter(s) | Alexander Bard, Anders Hansson, Martin Rolinski |
| Producer(s) | Alexander Bard, Anders Hansson, Felix Persson, Märta Grauers |
| BWO singles chronology | |
| "You're Not Alone"
(2009) "**Right Here Right Now**"
(2009) "Rise to the Occasion"
(2009) | |


title: Bibbiena

abstract: Bibbiena is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany (Italy), the largest town in the valley of Casentino. It is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Florence, 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Arezzo, 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Siena, and 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Sanctuary of La Verna. There are approximately 11,833 inhabitants The town is on top of a hill at an elevation of 425 metres (1,394 ft).

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# Bibbiena

**Bibbiena** (Italian pronunciation: \[bibˈbjɛːna\]) is a town and *comune* in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany (Italy), the largest town in the valley of Casentino. It is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Florence, 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Arezzo, 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Siena, and 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Sanctuary of La Verna. There are approximately 11,833 inhabitants

The town is on top of a hill at an elevation of 425 metres (1,394 ft).

## Geography

The municipality of Bibbiena is located in the heart of the Casentino, the valley in which the first stretch of the Arno river flows which, after having crossed the Valdarno (Upper, Middle and Lower), flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Pisa. Bibbiena occupies the northern part of the province of Arezzo, is located at an altitude of 425m above sea level and is about 30 km from the provincial capital. Florence, the regional capital, is 60 km further west. It borders to the north with Emilia-Romagna (Province of Forlì-Cesena, municipality of Bagno di Romagna), to the west with Poppi, to the east with Chiusi della Verna, to the south with Castel Focognano, to the south-west with Ortignano Raggiolo.

## History

Already mentioned in the works of Dante and Ariosto, Bibbiena offers a wealth of artistic and cultural attractions that are little known. From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, from the 8th century to the present day, Bibbiena has a series of historical monuments, of which only a few are mentioned here

The religious buildings include:

* The Church of *San Lorenzo*, famous for the glazed terracotta reliefs by the Della Robbia school
* The *Pieve di Sant’Ippolito* (Former Chapel of the Tarlati Castle)
* The Rococo *Oratorio of San Francesco*
* The Sanctuary of *Santa Maria del Sasso*, one of the most important Renaissance buildings in the Casentino area.

The Sanctuary of Santa Maria del Sasso, a unique example of Renaissance art, is just one kilometer from the residential area of Bibbiena. In the central part of the upper church you can see the "Madonna del Sasso" by Bicci di Lorenzo, built on a small rock, the top of an enormous boulder: the "Sasso", from which the monastery takes its name. The ancient Marian cult surrounding the boulder prompted the architect to integrate the base of the rock into a small, lower-lying church, which houses the "Madonna del Buio" (Madonna of Darkness), a wooden sculpture from the school of Donatello. A valuable painting of Lappoli can be seen in the third church. In the upper church, on the other hand, there are works by Fra Paolino del Signoraccio, Ligozzi and Ludovico Buti. Finally, in the choir, the large painting of the Assunta by Fra Paolino and Fra Bartolomeo can be seen.

## Society

Inhabitants surveyed

### Ethnicities and foreign minorities

According to ISTAT data as of 31 December 2010, the foreign resident population was 2,104 people. The nationalities most represented on the basis of their percentage of the total resident population were:

### Traditions and Folklore

Every year, in Bibbiena, the historical carnival is celebrated, also known as "Carnevale della Mea" (Carnival of Mea), which traces its roots back to 1337 and is linked to the medieval popular legend of the Mea. On the last day of Carnival, Shrove Tuesday, the traditional propitiatory rite of the "beautiful apple" takes place, during which a juniper is burned by the oldest in the village in the center of the "piazzolina" (Piazza Roma) to reap the good wishes. for the year to come.

## Culture

The town holds its yearly "Rievocazione della Mea" festival on the last Sunday of Carnival and Shrove Tuesday as well as a similar celebration in the summer with parades in historical costume and a show in the main square.

### Theater

The Dovizi Theater, established in the mid-19th century, is located in Bibbiena.

### Events

The "Sagra delle Sagre" takes place every year in Bibbiena. In the historic center of the town many of the Casentino valley festivals gather for a day in June (Cetica, Chiusi della Verna, Corezzo, Faltona, Partina, Pratovecchio Stia, Premilcuore, Rimbocchi, San Piero in Frassino, Subbiano).

## Anthropogenic geography

### Fractions

In the territory of Bibbiena, with the exception of the municipal capital, there are twenty-one hamlets

1. Banzena
2. Campi
3. Camprena
4. Candolesi
5. Farneta
6. Freggina
7. Gello
8. Giona
9. Gressa
10. Guazzi
11. Lonnano
12. Marciano
13. Partina
14. Pian del Ponte
15. Poggiolo
16. Ponte Bifolco
17. Querceto
18. Serravalle
19. Soci
20. Terrossola
21. Valchiusa

## Other localities in the area

Other relevant localities within the municipal area are those of Casanova, Caselle, Contra, Molino di Gressa, Moscaio, Pianacci, Pollino, Santa Maria del Sasso, Tramoggiano.

## Economy

In the past, the production of Casentino cloth played an important role in the local economy.

## Infrastructure and Transport

The municipality is affected by the crossing of the Casentinese railway.

## Administration

Below is a table relating to the successive administrations in this municipality.

| Period Starts | Period End | Mayor | Party | Office | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15 February 1988 | 11 June 1990 | Ezio Bartolini | Partito Comunista Italiano | Sindaco |  |
| 11 June 1990 | 24 April 1995 | Ezio Bartolini | Partito Democratico della Sinistra, Partito Comunista Italiano | Sindaco |  |
| 24 April 1995 | 14 June 1999 | Giorgio Renzi | Partito Democratico della Sinistra | Sindaco |  |
| 14 June 1999 | 14 June 2004 | Ferruccio Ferri | centro-sinistra | Sindaco |  |
| 14 June 2004 | 8 June 2009 | Ferruccio Ferri | lista civica | Sindaco |  |
| 8 June 2009 | 26 May 2014 | Daniele Bernardini | lista civica | Sindaco |  |
| 26 May 2014 | 27 May 2019 | Daniele Bernardini | lista civica | Sindaco |  |
| 27 May 2019 | *Still in office* | Filippo Vagnoli | lista civica | Sindaco |  |

## Sister cities

## InfoBox

| Bibbiena Bibbliena | |
| --- | --- |
| *Comune* | |
| Comune di Bibbiena | |
|  | |
|  | |
| Location of Bibbiena | |
| BibbienaLocation of Bibbiena in ItalyBibbienaBibbiena (Tuscany) | |
| Coordinates: 43°42′N 11°49′E / 43.700°N 11.817°E / 43.700; 11.817 | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Province | Arezzo (AR) |
| *Frazioni* | Banzena, Bibbiena Stazione, Campi, Farneta, Marciano, Partina, Pian del ponte, Santa Maria del sasso, Serravalle, Soci, Terrossola |
| Government | |
| Mayor | Filippo Vagnoli (since June 2019) |
| Area | |
| Total | 86 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 425 m (1,394 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2013) | |
| Total | 12,512 |
| Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Bibbienesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 52011 |
| Dialing code | 0575 |
| Patron saint | Sant'Ippolito |
| Saint day | August 13 |
| Website | Official website |


title: Bert Sincock

abstract: Herbert Sylvester Sincock was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. In 1908, he played both college baseball at the University of Michigan and professional baseball for the Cincinnati Reds.

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# Bert Sincock

**Herbert Sylvester Sincock** (September 8, 1887 – August 1, 1946) was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. In 1908, he played both college baseball at the University of Michigan and professional baseball for the Cincinnati Reds.

## Early years

Sincock was born in September 1887 at Barkerville, British Columbia, a boomtown developed during the Cariboo Gold Rush. His father, Samuel John Sincock, was an immigrant from Cornwall, England, who originally settled in the Copper Country of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and moved to British Columbia in 1877, where he engaged in prospecting and placer mining. Samuel was listed in the 1887 Barkerville Directory as a miner. For a time during the gold rush, Barkerville was the largest North American city located west of Chicago and north of San Francisco. At the time of the 1891 Census of Canada, Sincock was living with his parents, Samuel J. Sincock and Mary (Higgins) Sincock, in Richfield, Cariboo, British Columbia, where his father was recorded as being employed as a gold miner. Herbert was the youngest of six children identified in the census record.

By the time of the 1900 United States Census, Sincock was living in Laurium, Calumet Township, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with his mother Mary, five siblings, and grandfather William Higgins. A biographical profile of Samuel Sincock indicates he moved to Okanogan County, Washington, in 1893, though no indication is given as to whether he was divorced from Herbert's mother, Mary Sincock.

## Engineering student and baseball player

In 1906, Sincock enrolled at the University of Michigan. He studied engineering there from 1906 to 1908 but did not receive a degree. While attending Michigan, he played baseball as a pitcher for the 1908 Michigan Wolverines baseball team. In his first appearance for Michigan, in May 1908, Sincock was the losing pitcher in a 16-inning game against Cornell at Ithaca, New York. Sincock held Cornell to two runs in the first 15 innings, but Cornell scored in the 16th inning to win the game, 3–2. Sincock struck out 11 batters in the game and gave up 12 hits and two walks. *The Michigan Alumnus* wrote that the honors of the game went to Sincock and described the winning run as follows: "Cornell came to bat in the sixteenth, and, in the growing darkness, secured a run, winning one of the most sensational games of college ball on record." Sincock pitched again against Brown at Providence, Rhode Island, on May 23, 1908. Sincock was the losing pitcher in a 5–4 game. Sincock was credited by *The Michigan Alumnus* with pitching a good game, but an error in the fifth inning by Michigan's left fielder "let in three runs and seriously affected the result."

While attending Michigan, Sincock had also played for the Calumet Aristocrats in the 1907 Northern-Copper Country League. He compiled a record of 6–9 in 15 games for the Aristocrats. He also played for the Harrisburg Senators in the Tri-State League in 1908.

During the summer of 1908, Sincock was signed by the Cincinnati Reds. Sincock made his Major League Baseball debut on June 25, 1908. He pitched 4+23 innings for the Reds and allowed two runs and three hits. He also struck out one batter.

Sincock was also the first British Columbian to make it to the major leagues. It took 47 years for another British Columbia native, Bob Alexander, to make his major league debut with the Baltimore Orioles in 1955.

## Later years

At the time of the 1910 United States Census, Sincock was living with his mother, grandmother, and a sister at Laurim in Calumet Township, Michigan. He was employed as a solicitor for an electric company.

In a draft registration card completed in June 1917, Sincock stated that he was living in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he was employed as the manager of the new business department for the Red River Power Co. He also stated that he was a naturalized United States citizen with a wife and two children under age 12. The draft registrar described him as medium height, stout, and having blue eyes and light hair.

At the time of the 1920 United States Census, Sincock was living in Nashwauk Township, Minnesota. He was living with his brother-in-law and his two children, Gordon and Mary. He was employed as a draftsman.

At the time of the 1930 United States Census, Sincock was living in Chicago and employed as a teacher in a public school. He was living with his wife Lillian and 13-year-old daughter Mary.

In a draft registration card completed in April 1942, Sincock stated that he was living in Chicago. He was living and working at the New Lawrence Hotel at 1020 Lawrence Avenue, several blocks southwest of Soldier Field.

In his later years, Sincock was employed as the manager of the Douglass House, a hotel in downtown Houghton, Michigan. In August 1946, while still employed as the manager of the Douglass House, Sincock died suddenly at Houghton.

## InfoBox

| Bert Sincock | |
| --- | --- |
| Sincock cropped from 1908 Michigan baseball team portrait | |
| **Pitcher** | |
| **Born:** (1887-09-08)September 8, 1887
Barkerville, British Columbia, Canada | |
| **Died:** August 1, 1946(1946-08-01) (aged 58)
Houghton, Michigan, US | |
| **Batted:** Left**Threw:** Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 25, 1908, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 25, 1908, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 0-0 |
| Strikeouts | 1 |
| Earned run average | 3.86 |
|  | |
| Teams | |
|  | |


title: Elard Ostermann

abstract: Elard Ostermann is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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# Elard Ostermann

**Elard Ostermann** (born 15 October 1968) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

## InfoBox

Elard Ostermann
| Personal information | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Full name | Elard Ostermann | | |
| Date of birth | (1968-10-15) 15 October 1968 | | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | | |
| Position(s) | Midfielder | | |
| Senior career\* | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
| 1989–1991 | VfL Bochum | 27 | (1) |
| 1995 | SV Lurup |  |  |
| 1996 | Hamburger SV | 9 | (0) |
| 1996 | Hannover 96 |  |  |
| 1997 | SV Lurup |  |  |
| 1997–1998 | Lüneburger SK |  |  |
| 1999 | Hamburger SV II |  |  |
| 1999–2000 | 1. SC Norderstedt |  |  |
| \*Club domestic league appearances and goals | | | |


title: The Partisans (band)

abstract: The Partisans are a Welsh punk rock band formed in Bridgend, South Wales, in early 1978, when all four members were in their early teens. They continued until 1984, having several hits on the UK Indie Chart. The band re-formed in the late 1990s.

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# The Partisans (band)

**The Partisans** are a Welsh punk rock band formed in Bridgend, South Wales, in early 1978, when all four members were in their early teens. They continued until 1984, having several hits on the UK Indie Chart. The band re-formed in the late 1990s.

## History

The band formed in early 1978, with an original line-up of Phil Stanton (vocals), Rob "Spike" Harrington (guitar and vocals), Andy Lealand (guitar), Mark "Shark" Harris (drums), and Mark "Savage" Parsons (bass guitar). Parsons and Stanton left in 1979, with Harrington moving to lead vocals, and Lealand's girlfriend Louise Wright joining on bass.

Influenced by Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Ramones, the band started off covering punk rock hits and soon started to compose their own material. They were the second band signed to Chris Berry's No Future Records label, and their debut release, the double A-sided "Police Story" / "Killing Machine" was released on 28 September 1981. It reached No. 5 on the UK Indie Chart, on the back of a tour with label-mates Blitz, and with strong support from *Sounds* writer Garry Bushell. Following the success of this single, The Partisans were included on the third volume of Bushell's Oi! compilation series *Carry On Oi!*, which reached No. 60 on the UK Albums Chart, and won the band gig slots with Blitz, Peter and the Test Tube Babies and The Ejected, as well as a 'No Future' night at London's Zig Zag Club with Red Alert, The Lombardos, and Peter and the Test Tube Babies.

The band released its second single, "17 Years of Hell", on 27 May 1982, peaking at No. 2 on the Indie Chart. This was followed by their self-titled debut LP, released in February 1983. It hit No. 5 in the Indie Chart and No. 1 in the Punk Chart, amid considerable critical acclaim from the national press and the underground fanzine culture.

After the departure of Louise Wright, the remaining members relocated to Bayswater in west London, with new bassist Dave Parsons to relaunch the band. Their next release was the three-track *Blind Ambition* EP on Cloak & Dagger Records, which peaked at No. 23 on the Indie Chart, and got played on BBC Radio 1. The LP, *Time Was Right*, followed in 1984, described as "The Professionals meets The Clash," and reaching No. 20 in the Indie Chart. The album featured live recordings from a gig at the Brixton Ace, at which The Partisans supported Anthrax, Lost Cherrees, Conflict and others.

The band split up in 1984. Dave Parsons later found chart success with Transvision Vamp and, even later, having global success with Bush. Lealand moved to Scandinavia. He and Harrington recorded one more session in late 1989 for Link Records under the name Agent Orange including Lealand's then partner Iggi. In the late 1990s, Lealand and Harrington reformed the band along with two of Lealand's Swedish friends, Magnus Neundorff and Mikael "Gustav" Gustavsson. The band signed to American label TKO who issued the "So Neat" single in 2001, followed by a new album in 2004, *Idiot Nation* on Dr. Strange.

In 2006, the band toured the UK with fellow Welsh hardcore punk band Picture Frame Seduction and played the Berlin festival Punk n' Disorderly in 2007. No further plans are being made to play live, although on 27 November 2015 they opened for Italian glam rock band, Giuda, at Orion, a rock venue in Ciampino, a small town near Rome. In 2024, the band opened for American experimental rock band The Garden at Heaven (nightclub) on June 25th and 26th for their European tour.

## Discography

Chart placings shown are from the UK Indie Chart, unless otherwise stated.

### Albums

* *The Partisans* (1983), No Future - No. 5, UK Albums No. 94
* *Time Was Right* (1984), Link/Cloak and Dagger - No. 20
* *The Best of the Partisans* (1999), Captain Oi!
* *Idiot Nation* (2004), Dr. Strange

### Singles

* "Police Story" (1981), No Future - No. 5
* "17 Years of Hell" (1982), No Future - No. 2
* "Blind Ambition" (1983), Link Records/Cloak and Dagger - No. 23
* "So Neat" (2001), TKO

## InfoBox

| The Partisans | |
| --- | --- |
| Origin | Bridgend, Wales, UK |
| Genres | Punk rock, hardcore punk |
| Years active | 1978–1984, late 1990s–present |
| Labels | se |
|  | |
| Members | Rob "Spike" Harrington
Andy Lealand
Magnus Neundorff
Charlie Claesson |
|  | |
| Past members | Phil Stanton
Mark "Shark" Harris
Mark "Savage" Parsons
Louise Wright
Dave Parsons
Mikael "Gustav" Gustavsson |


title: The Partisan Leader

abstract: The Partisan Leader; A Tale of The Future is a political novel by the antebellum Virginia author and jurist Nathaniel Beverley Tucker. A two-volume work published in 1836 in New York City and in 1837 in Washington, D.C. under the pen-name "Edward William Sydney," the novel is set thirteen years into the future, in 1849, and imagines a world where a corrupt Martin Van Buren is serving his fourth term as president, and the American states south of Virginia have seceded from the Union. The story traces the formation of a band of Virginia insurgents who seek to free their state from federal control and adjoin it to the independent Southern Confederacy. Ever since the Southern states actually withdrew from the Union in 1861, the work has been viewed as a window into the development of secessionist thought, and, in some ways, a preview of the American Civil War. In 1861, it was reprinted in New York City with the title A Key to the Disunion Conspiracy. A Confederate edition was published in Richmond in 1862. The novel was noted for its uncharacteristically negative depiction of the Supreme Court of the United States for its time, depicting Van Buren as using "the servile Judge Baker of the Supreme Court" as a tool through which to exercise power.

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# The Partisan Leader

***The Partisan Leader; A Tale of The Future*** is a political novel by the antebellum Virginia author and jurist Nathaniel Beverley Tucker. A two-volume work published in 1836 in New York City and in 1837 in Washington, D.C. under the pen-name "Edward William Sydney," the novel is set thirteen years into the future, in 1849, and imagines a world where a corrupt Martin Van Buren is serving his fourth term as president, and the American states south of Virginia (South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida) have seceded from the Union. The story traces the formation of a band of Virginia insurgents who seek to free their state from federal control and adjoin it to the independent Southern Confederacy.

Ever since the Southern states actually withdrew from the Union in 1861, the work has been viewed as a window into the development of secessionist thought, and, in some ways, a preview of the American Civil War. In 1861, it was reprinted in New York City with the title *A Key to the Disunion Conspiracy*. A Confederate edition was published in Richmond in 1862.

The novel was noted for its uncharacteristically negative depiction of the Supreme Court of the United States for its time, depicting Van Buren as using "the servile Judge Baker of the Supreme Court" as a tool through which to exercise power.

## Bibliography

* Robert J. Brugger, *Beverley Tucker: Heart over Head in the Old South* (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977).
* Beverley D. Tucker, *Nathaniel Beverley Tucker: Prophet of the Confederacy, 1784-1851* (Tokyo: Nan'undo, 1979).

## InfoBox

The Partisan Leader: A Tale of the Future
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| --- | --- |
| Author | Nathaniel Beverley Tucker |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Political novel |
| Publisher | Duff Green |
| Publication date | 1836 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 392 pp |


title: Donji Gradac, Konjic

abstract: Donji Gradac is a village in the municipality of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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# Donji Gradac, Konjic

**Donji Gradac** (Cyrillic: Доњи Градац) is a village in the municipality of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

## Demographics

According to the 2013 census, its population was 88, all Bosniaks.

## InfoBox

| Donji Gradac Доњи Градац | |
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| Village | |
| Donji Gradac | |
| Coordinates: 43°43′33″N 17°51′43″E / 43.72583°N 17.86194°E / 43.72583; 17.86194 | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton | Herzegovina-Neretva |
| Municipality | Konjic |
| Area | |
| Total | 0.62 sq mi (1.61 km2) |
| Population (2013) | |
| Total | 88 |
| Density | 140/sq mi (55/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |


title: Dorian Gray (actress)

abstract: Dorian Gray was an Italian actress.

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# Dorian Gray (actress)

**Dorian Gray** (born **Maria Luisa Mangini**; 2 February 1931 – 15 February 2011) was an Italian actress.

## Biography

Gray made her stage debut in 1950. After five years she left the world of the theater and devoted herself to cinema.

The role she played most often in films was that of a seductive sexual character. She played the titular "bad girl" in *Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina*. She also appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni's *Il grido*. In 1957, she took part in *Nights of Cabiria* by Federico Fellini.

## Death

On February 15, 2011, Gray committed suicide by gunshot at her home in Torcegno. She was 80 years old; some media, however, reported her age as 75, since she herself claimed to have been born in 1936.

## Partial filmography

## InfoBox

| Dorian Gray | |
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| Gray in 1958 | |
| Born | Maria Luisa Mangini
(1931-02-02)2 February 1931
Bolzano, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 15 February 2011(2011-02-15) (aged 80)
Torcegno, Trentino, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1951–1965 |


title: Don Bennett (baseball)

abstract: Don Bennett was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues. He played with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1930.

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# Don Bennett (baseball)

**Don Bennett** was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues. He played with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1930.

## InfoBox

| Don Bennett | |
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| **Pinch hitter** | |
| **Batted:** Unknown**Threw:** Unknown | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1930, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1930, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
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title: The Red Angel (film)

abstract: The Red Angel is a 1949 French crime drama film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Paul Meurisse, Tilda Thamar and Antonin Berval. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.

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# The Red Angel (film)

***The Red Angel*** (French: ***L'ange rouge***) is a 1949 French crime drama film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Paul Meurisse, Tilda Thamar and Antonin Berval. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.

## Synopsis

A former gangster returns from Argentina with a new girlfriend and opens a nightclub called The Red Angel. Her singing performances make it a success, but trouble arrives when one of his former associates on the run from the law takes shelter in the nightclub.

## Cast

## Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. *Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1*. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

## InfoBox

| The Red Angel | |
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| Directed by | Jacques Daniel-Norman |
| Written by | Pierre Laroche
Jacques Daniel-Norman |
| Produced by | Claude Dolbert |
| Starring | Paul Meurisse
Tilda Thamar
Antonin Berval |
| Cinematography | Marc Fossard |
| Edited by | Hélène Battini |
| Music by | Francis Lopez |
| Production
companies | Codo-Cinéma
Productions Claude Dolbert |
| Distributed by | Les Films Georges Muller |
| Release date | * 1 July 1949 (1949-07-01) |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |


title: The Origin of the Brunists

abstract: The Origin of the Brunists is Robert Coover's first novel. It tells the story of Giovanni Bruno, the lone survivor of a mine disaster that killed 97 of his co-workers, and the apocalyptic cult that forms around him. The main action of the novel is set in and around the fictional town of West Condon. The disaster in the novel is closely based on the 1951 coal mine explosion in West Frankfort, Illinois. In 2014, Coover published a sequel, The Brunist Day of Wrath, set five years later.

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# The Origin of the Brunists

***The Origin of the Brunists*** is Robert Coover's first novel. It tells the story of Giovanni Bruno, the lone survivor of a mine disaster that killed 97 of his co-workers, and the apocalyptic cult that forms around him.

The main action of the novel is set in and around the fictional town of West Condon. The disaster in the novel is closely based on the 1951 coal mine explosion in West Frankfort, Illinois.

In 2014, Coover published a sequel, *The Brunist Day of Wrath*, set five years later.

## Publication history

*The Origin of the Brunists* was first published by Putnam. Initially, however, the book was not released. The novel's editor had problems getting the dust jacket, then Putnam fired the editor and rejected the novel. The book was listed as an alternate selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, but those who ordered it were told it was "temporarily out of print". When the novel won the Washington Post award for best first novel, Coover, upon contacting Putnam, was told "Yes, we've heard, but let's understand one thing right now, we are not spending another goddamned nickel on this book, is that clear?" Copies were made available, but the book would not earn back its $2000 advance.

It was published (1967, 1971) in paperback by Ballantine, and then republished (1978) in hardcover by Viking, paperback by Bantam, following the qualified success and notoriety of *The Public Burning*.

## Plot summary

### Prologue: The Sacrifice

The End of the World is scheduled for the weekend, 18th and 19th April. The Brunists, trying to dodge media attention and hostile neighbors, engage in a reckless run on dark narrow roads, and one of their cars goes off into a ditch, killing Marcella Bruno, the sister of Giovanni.

### Part I: The White Bird

On the evening of January 8, the night shift is beginning at Deepwater Number 9 mine. An explosion traps 98 miners. By the time rescue workers finish, they find only one miner still alive, Giovanni Bruno, but in a coma from carbon monoxide poisoning. A note from one of the miners, popular lay preacher Ely Collins is recovered, addressed to his wife:

> I dissobayed and I know I must Die. Listen allways to the Holy Spirit in your Harts Abide in Grace . We will stand Together before Our Lord the 8th of

The Nortons, Wylie and Eleanor, have moved frequently. Eleanor's gift for over a decade has been to communicate with various spirits, the main one named Domiron, and this has always led to harassment until they leave. Eleanor is disturbed that she did not receive any clear warning of the mine disaster.

Justin "Tiger" Miller, editor of the West Condon *Chronicle*, leads the local newspaper coverage of the tragedy. A huge sports hero of the town in his high school days, he got out of West Condon, and inexplicably came back. His atheism is tolerated.

Abner Baxter runs his family in an abusive, fundamentalist way. He is Ely's successor as lay preacher at his church.

Part I ends with Bruno waking up.

### Part II: The Sign

Eleanor Norton receives new spirit messages, convincing herself that Bruno is the key step forward in the cosmic order. In particular, he is no longer the human he was, but has come back as a spirit entity made flesh.

Bruno is released from the hospital, with the town celebrating, although he is mostly incapacitated. The Collins widow believes her husband forecasts the end of the world on the 8th of March, and invites people to the Bruno house for that evening, a Sunday. Many come, including Justin Miller, as a neutral reporter, and Abner Baxter as a lay pastor. But as midnight approaches, Baxter delivers an impromptu sermon condemning false prophets and walks out, leading most of the crowd away. The disappointment of the few who stay behind turns into elation when Bruno speaks a few words, "The coming ... of ... light! Sunday ... week", which is quickly interpreted as a new prediction of doomsday.

Two of the older Baxter children play at superheroes around town. Originally Batman and Robin, they discover a human hand and rename themselves Black Hand and Black Peter, and now play at being supervillains. They engage in criminal mischief throughout the town.

Miller starts an affair with a nurse, Happy Bottom. But he is finding himself slowly falling in love with Marcella Bruno. He is taking extensive notes on the Brunists, but is unable to find any story worth publishing.

A lawyer, Ralph Himebaugh, whose hobby has been the numerology of disasters over the years, comes to the conclusion that the Brunists have the last missing bits of information that dovetails with his years of research, and so he joins them.

Part II ends with the second apocalyptic meeting fizzling out, until the news comes that the Collins house was burning down.

### Part III: Passage

The fire attracts a lot of attention, and forces the town leaders to face up to the Brunist cult, which is now calling for the end of the world on the 19th of April, the Sunday after Easter.

On the 8th of April, the Wednesday of Holy Week, Miller goes national with the story, bringing a lot of attention, both good and bad, to the Brunists and West Condon. Before the news actually breaks, Marcella visits Miller at the *Chronicle* plant after everyone has supposedly gone home. They come close to starting an affair, but Miller wants her to know what he has done, and asks her to run off with him. She feels entirely betrayed, and runs off. Unbeknownst to either of them, Lou Jones, Miller's chief reporter, was present and took photographs of them naked.

Jones is fired. The *Chronicle* plant is vandalized on Easter.

Part III ends with several little stories about how various West Condon residents are getting ready to deal with a second "Holy" Week, that of the Brunists.

### Part IV: The Mount

National reporters are descending on West Condon. The Brunists are attracting new members, from nearby towns, nationally, and internationally.

Deepwater Clearwater, the mining company, announces its decision to not reopen the mine.

Several locals earnestly attempt to deprogram any Brunist that will talk to them, and mostly just worsen tensions. Himebaugh reacts wildly, destroying papers and documents.

Marcella takes to bed and refuses to eat the entire week.

The Brunists gather at a local hill Saturday night, leaving Marcella behind. But she runs to join them, following the lights on the dark road, and is killed when Abner Baxter, driving, knocks her into a ditch. (This is the scene described in the prologue.) Baxter is horrified, and on the spot becomes a fervent Brunist himself. Her body is taken up in an impromptu bier made from a lawn chair. Himebaugh is noticeably missing.

Miller, in the course of covering the event, overhears from an out-of-town reporter about how Jones is back, reporting for some other paper, and he's showing off nude photos of Miller and Marcella. Enraged, Miller finds Jones near the main circle of Brunists, and attempts to assault him. But the Brunists see Miller, and blaming him for the death of Marcella, they viciously beat him, until "he departed from this world, passing on to his reward," all while Jones photographs the attack.

Part IV ends with the town limping back to normal afterwards. The Brunists are not prosecuted, but are allowed to move on, entirely unwelcome in West Condon, although Abner Baxter defiantly holds secret meetings. In searching Himebaugh's house, his cats are found, almost all drowned in his bathtub, while Himebaugh himself is not found for some time, having starved himself to death hiding in the Bruno bedroom.

### Epilogue: Return

Miller turns out to be alive after all, having been rescued by Happy Bottom. He is recovering slowly at the hospital. While he is all in favor of leaving West Condon, Happy won't hear of it. As motivation, she tells him the Brunists are certainly going to return on their first anniversary, knowing he will want to cover that story.

## Mine disaster source

On December 21, 1951, there was a major explosion about 8 PM at a coal mine in West Frankfort, Illinois. 119 men were killed, and as in the novel, there was one survivor, who had been found with a small group separated from the rest. Also as in the novel, the local high school basketball game, begun at 7:30, was abandoned, and the gymnasium was converted into a temporary morgue.

Coover, at the time, was attending college in Carbondale, Illinois, two counties away. His family lived in Herrin, one county away, where his father was a newspaper editor.

## Awards

Coover won the 1967 William Faulkner Foundation Award for the "best first novel of the year." The three judges found the novel to be "both comic and serious, worldly and religious."

## Reception

> It is a novel of intensity and convictioneven though he forgets which of his many stories he most wants to tell and cries uncle in the clutch.
>
> Webster Schott, *The New York Times*

> He has written ... a full-fledged account of the origin and growth of a fundamentalist cult in a seedy Midwestern coal town, the corrosive effect on the town and the people in it, all culminating in an apocalyptic day of violence, disorder and hysteria.
>
> Thomas Lask, *The New York Times*

## Further reading

* Tom Jokinen (2013-08-28). "The End of Doomsday Cults". *Lost Library*. Random House (Canada). Review.
* Tierney, James (Spring–Summer 2014). "The Bad News: The Litany of Saint Bob" (PDF). *Golden Handcuffs Review*. **1** (18): 227–237. Discussion of religion in Coover's Brunist novels.

## InfoBox

The Origin of the Brunists
| First edition | |
| --- | --- |
| Author | Robert Coover |
| Cover artist | Ben Feder |
| Language | English |
| Published | 1966 (Putnam) |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 441 |
| Followed by | *The Brunist Day of Wrath* |


title: 1995 WTA German Open

abstract: The 1995 WTA German Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin in Germany that was part of Tier I of the 1995 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 15 May through 21 May 1995. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the singles.

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# 1995 WTA German Open

The **1995 WTA German Open** was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin in Germany that was part of Tier I of the 1995 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 15 May through 21 May 1995. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the singles.

## Finals

### Singles

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated  Magdalena Maleeva 6–4, 6–1

* It was Sánchez Vicario's 5th title of the year and the 62nd of her career.

### Doubles

Amanda Coetzer /  Inés Gorrochategui defeated  Gabriela Sabatini /  Larisa Savchenko 4–6, 7–6, 6–2

* It was Coetzer's 2nd title of the year and the 8th of her career. It was Gorrochategui's 2nd title of the year and the 6th of her career.

## Prize money

| **Event** | **W** | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Singles | $148,500 | $59,500 | $29,050 | $14,590 | $7,520 | $4,005 | $2,175 |

## InfoBox

| 1995 WTA German Open | |
| --- | --- |
| Date | 15 – 21 May |
| Edition | 26th |
| Category | Tier I |
| Draw | 56S / 28D |
| Prize money | $806,250 |
| Surface | Clay / outdoor |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Venue | Rot-Weiss Tennis Club |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | |
| Doubles | |
| Amanda Coetzer <br>Inés Gorrochategui | |
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title: Chase the Chuck Wagon

abstract: Chase the Chuck Wagon is a 1983 promotional video game written by Mike Schwartz for the Atari 2600 and distributed by Purina. It was available only via mail order by sending in proofs of purchase to Purina. In the 1970s and 1980s, popular television commercials for Purina dog food included a dog chasing a tiny chuckwagon. The gameplay is loosely based on this premise.

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# Chase the Chuck Wagon

***Chase the Chuck Wagon*** is a 1983 promotional video game written by Mike Schwartz for the Atari 2600 and distributed by Purina. It was available only via mail order by sending in proofs of purchase to Purina. In the 1970s and 1980s, popular television commercials for Purina dog food included a dog chasing a tiny chuckwagon. The gameplay is loosely based on this premise.

## Gameplay

*Chase the Chuck Wagon* is a maze video game. The object of each maze screen is to move Chuckie, the dog, through mazes of four different designs and escape through the opening directly below the chuckwagon. The player has limited time (60 or 30 seconds depending on the difficulty setting) per maze to accomplish this.

There are two obstacles in each maze: the dog catcher moves through the maze, and, if he touches Chuckie, the player loses one life; the bouncing object (bone, etc.) travels back and forth across the maze unhindered by the maze walls, and, if it touches Chuckie, he will be frozen momentarily (signified by the maze changing color), making it more difficult to reach the end of maze within the time limit or avoid the dog catcher.

After successfully completing a maze, a reward screen appears. A dog dish drops from the chuckwagon, and the player must use the joystick to orient Chuckie left or right to face the dish, and press the fire button at the right moment to stop it horizontal to Chuckie, allowing him to move to the dish and eat. This gives an additional 100 points. If the player misses, no points are awarded and the game advances to the next maze screen. If the player does not press the fire button, the dish falls repeatedly and the game does not advance.

The player starts the game with three Chuckies. Chuckies are lost when time runs out on a maze or upon contact with the dog catcher. The game ends when all the Chuckies are exhausted.

### Scoring

The amount of time left at the end of each maze is the player's score for that stage. Each successfully completed reward screen adds 100 points. The total score is displayed at the end of the game.

### Controls

The player uses the joystick to move Chuckie through mazes and to change his facing on the reward screen. The fire button is only used to stop the dropping food dish on the rewards screens.

`Reset` does not start the game (which is the typical behavior). `Select` is used instead.

## History

As part of a promotion involving the Chuck Wagon line of dog food, Purina contracted video game distributor Spectravision to create a game themed around dogs and dog food. Customers could redeem proofs of purchase from bags of dog food in exchange for the game, an example of a new marketing technique that emerged during the popularity of video games in the early 1980s. In practice, the promotion was relatively unsuccessful. The unshipped cartridges were destroyed.

> I was approached by a good friend who ran TMQ/ICOM and he badly needed this game programmed over a weekend. Yes, it took me all of 3 days to cobble this game together. I had existing code from my first game, *Artillery Duel*, to look at. The sound effects were basically the same. I apologize for the weak gameplay, but I was rushed!
>
> Mike Schwartz

## Legacy

*Chase the Chuck Wagon* is far from the rarest of games for the Atari 2600, but it is often referred to as the Holy Grail of Atari 2600 video game collecting.

## InfoBox

| *Chase the Chuck Wagon* | |
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| Developer(s) | TMQ |
| Publisher(s) | Spectravision |
| Designer(s) | Mike Schwartz |
| Platform(s) | Atari 2600 |
| Release | 1983 |
| Genre(s) | Maze |


title: Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic

abstract: The Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic (RMMDC), formerly the Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic, is an annual mixed doubles curling event held in Banff and Canmore Alberta, Canada. The bonspiel is held in a round-robin format with a $30,000 purse. The event attracts top curlers from around the world. The event was previously called the Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic (QMDC).

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# Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic

The **Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic (RMMDC)**, formerly the **Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic**, is an annual mixed doubles curling event held in Banff and Canmore Alberta, Canada. The bonspiel is held in a round-robin format with a $30,000 purse. The event attracts top curlers from around the world. The event was previously called the Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic (QMDC).

## History

The event was founded in 2019 by the Rocky Mountain Curling Association and Qualico held the naming rights for the 2019-2022 events.

## Broadcasting

The Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic has no deals with any networks; however, livestream coverage of the event is provided by the in house media team. The World Curling Tour held the worldwide streaming rights to the 2020 round-robin stage and the international streaming rights to the 2020 finals. CBC Television picked up the Canadian streaming rights to the 2020 finals for their online platform.

## Past champions

| Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic | | | | |
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| Year | Winning pair | Runner-up pair | Purse (CDN) |
| 2019 | Sarah Anderson / Korey Dropkin | Jocelyn Peterman /  Brett Gallant | $30,000 |
| 2020 | Rachel Homan / John Morris | Sarah Anderson / Korey Dropkin | $30,000 |
| 2021 | Rachel Homan / John Morris | Jocelyn Peterman /  Brett Gallant | $30,000 |
| 2022 | Marlene Albrecht /  Matt Wozniak | Jocelyn Peterman / Brett Gallant | $30,000 |
| Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic | | | | |
| 2024 | Cory Thiesse / Korey Dropkin | Paige Papley / Evan van Amsterdam | $30,000 |

## InfoBox

| Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Established | 2019 |
| Host city | Banff & Canmore Alberta, Canada |
| Arena | The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre & Canmore Golf & Curling Club |
| Website | https://mountaincurling.ca |
| Purse | $30,000 |
| 2022 champion | Cory Thiesse / Korey Dropkin |


title: Dyson Hore-Lacy

abstract: Dyson Hore-Lacy SC is a Melbourne barrister, human rights advocate, author and former Fitzroy Football Club president.

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# Dyson Hore-Lacy

**Dyson Hore-Lacy SC** is a Melbourne barrister, human rights advocate, author and former Fitzroy Football Club president.

Dyson was admitted to practice in Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory and was admitted to Victorian Bar in 1967. He has had a distinguished career practising in criminal and commercial law, and was made QC in 1995.

An advocate of human rights, Dyson has practiced extensively in cases involving human rights abuses in Australia, including for Aboriginals in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. He worked as senior counsel in a high-profile complaint to United Nations Human Rights Committee. Dyson's expertise are in insurance, discrimination, contracts and cases of medical negligence.

## Libel incident

In his book, *Getting Away with Murder*, author Phil Cleary alleged that Mr Hore-Lacy helped a man who killed his own wife to manufacture a provocation defence. This defamatory allegation was proven to be false, and a jury chose to award Hore-Lacy $30,000 in exemplary damages to punish Cleary and his publisher, in addition to $600,000 in compensatory and aggravated damages.

## Chairman of the Fitzroy Football Club

Dyson Hore-Lacy succeeded Leon Wiegard as Chairman of the Fitzroy board after the Gary Pert contractual dispute in 1991. During his tenure, the Fitzroy Football Club faced an existential crisis as the Australian Football League sought to force a merger of the club. This crisis was brought to a head on 28 June 1996 when the Nauru Insurance Company sought repayment of a $1.25 million loan.

Mr Hore-Lacy later authored *Fitzroy*, which detailed his experiences during his time as chairman of the club.

## Bibliography

* *Fitzroy* (Fitzroy : Lion Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-876557-33-8)


title: Bengal temple architecture

abstract: Bengal temple architecture is about temple styles developed and used in Bengal, particularly the chala, ratna and dalan temples.

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# Bengal temple architecture

**Bengal temple architecture** is about temple styles developed and used in Bengal, particularly the *chala*, *ratna* and *dalan* temples.

## Background

According to David J. McCutchion, historically the religious architecture in Bengal may be divided into three periods: the early Hindu period (up to the end of the 12th century, or may be a little later in certain areas), the Sultanate period (14th to early 16th century), and the Hindu revival period (16th to 19th century). "The coming of the Muslims at the beginning of the 13th century marked a sharp break with the past. After an initial century or so of anarchy and consolidation ... Bengal as we know it today became an independent entity for the first time. During the following two centuries a distinctive Bengali culture took shape".

"Between the earlier and later Hindu periods astonishing religious changes took place in Bengal: the worship of Vishnu gave way to that of Radha-Krishna, of Chamunda to that of Kali; Surya fell entirely out of favour; curious folk cults like that of Dharmaraja or Dakshina Raya arose." The temples of pre-Muslim period can be called tall curvilinear rekha deul. Another equally common group of temples found in Pre-Mughal Bengal are temples with tiered pyramidal tower known as pirha or bhadra deul. During the earlier and later Hindu period religious changes took place in Bengal which also brought some changes in the temple architecture. In their places of the other temple styles appeared two entirely new styles- hut style and the pinnacled style.

## Chala temple

The *ek-bangla* or *do-chala* consists of a hut with two sloping roofs, following the pattern of huts, mostly in East Bengal villages. The stone temple at Garui in Bardhaman district of West Bengal, built in the 14th century, has a Bengal hut shaped roof. Two huts, one forming a porch in front and the other being the shrine at the back constitutes the *jor-bangla* design – "Bengal's most distinctive contribution to temple architecture".

In West Bengal, the hut roof generally has four sides and the *char-chala* temple is built on this model. If a miniature duplicate is built on the roof, it becomes an *at-chala*. The *char-chala* temple form was well established by the 17th century. Apart from the main shrines, *nahabatkhana* or entrance gateways also have a *do-chala* roof.

## Ratna temple

The curved roof of a *ratna* temple "is surmounted by one or more towers or pinnacles called *ratna* (jewel). The simplest form has a single central tower (*eka-ratna*), to which may be added four more at the corners (*pancha-ratna*)". The number of towers or pinnacles can be increased up to a maximum of twenty-five. The *ratna* style came up in the 15th-16th century. Muslim domed temples are very rare, except possibly in Cooch Behar.

"Ratna style temples are the composite type of architecture... The lower part of the temple has all the features of the curved cornices and a short pointed spire crowns the roof and this will be adorned with the introduction of *ratnas* or kiosks."

## Dalan temple

The flat-roofed (dalan) temples "with their heavy cornices on S-curved brackets ... have a long Indo-Islamic palace and temple tradition". They were influenced by European ideas in the 19th century. The design was easier to build. In the long run, this style lost its special identity as religious architecture and got mixed up with domestic architecture. In some temples a dome has been added,

## Rekha deul

The traditional *rekha deul* is predominant in the western districts of Bengal. Some are smooth curvilinear and others are ridged curvilinear. In the smooth type, the *sikhara* is free of horizontal bars and in ridged type, it is closely ridged with bars. The *ratha* projections are generally deep and spaced, and sometimes decorated. The crowning *amalaka* is generally large and flat. There are large and small types of deuls. Many of the very small types dispense with the complicated styling. It went on developing from the late 7th century or early 8th century to around the 12th century, increasing its complexity and height but retaining its basic features.

## Old unspecified temples

## Grouped temple

Temples of identical style and size are sometimes grouped together. Two identical Shiva temples are called a Jora Shiva temple. Groups of four, six and twelve Shiva temples are quite popular. The most elaborate groups existing have 108 Shiva temples.


title: Bibbidiba

abstract: "Bibbidiba" is a song by Japanese VTuber Hoshimachi Suisei.

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# Bibbidiba

"**Bibbidiba**" (English: Stylised in all caps. Japanese: ビビデバ) is a song by Japanese VTuber Hoshimachi Suisei.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from Apple Music.

**Musicians**

**Technical**

* Tsumiki – Lyrics, Composer, Arranger

## Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Bibbidiba"
| Chart (2024) | Peak
position |
| --- | --- |
| Japan (Japan Hot 100) | 19 |
| Japan Digital Singles (Oricon) | 5 |
| Japan Physical Singles (Oricon) | 15 |
| Japan Combined Singles (Oricon) | 21 |

## Certifications

Certifications for "Bibbidiba"
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Streaming | | |
| Japan (RIAJ) | Gold | 50,000,000 |
| Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.
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## InfoBox

| "Bibbidiba" | |
| --- | --- |
| Single by Hoshimachi Suisei | |
| Released | March 23, 2024 (2024-03-23) |
| Genre | J-pop |
| Length | 2:45 |
| Label | Cover Corp |
| Composer(s) | Tsumiki |
| Lyricist(s) | Tsumiki |
| Hoshimachi Suisei singles chronology | |
| "Kyoushitsu ni Ao"
(2024) "**Bibbidiba**"
(2024) | |
|  | |
| Music video | |
| "Bibbidiba" on YouTube | |
|  | |


title: Road transport in Peterborough

abstract: The City of Peterborough in East Anglia has an extensive and well integrated road network, owing partly to its status as a new town. Since the 1960s, the city has seen considerable expansion and its various suburbs are linked by a system of parkways. Despite its large-scale growth, Peterborough has the fastest peak and off-peak travel times for a city of its size in the United Kingdom, due to the construction of the parkways. The Local Transport Plan anticipates expenditure totalling around £180 million for the period up to 2010 on major road schemes to accommodate future development. The A1/A1(M) broadly follows the path of the historic Great North Road from London, through Peterborough, continuing north a further 335 miles (539 km) to central Edinburgh.

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# Road transport in Peterborough

The **City of Peterborough** in East Anglia has an extensive and well integrated road network, owing partly to its status as a new town. Since the 1960s, the city has seen considerable expansion and its various suburbs are linked by a system of parkways.

Despite its large-scale growth, Peterborough has the fastest peak and off-peak travel times for a city of its size in the United Kingdom, due to the construction of the parkways. The Local Transport Plan anticipates expenditure totalling around £180 million for the period up to 2010 on major road schemes to accommodate future development.

The A1/A1(M) broadly follows the path of the historic Great North Road from London, through Peterborough (Junction 17), continuing north a further 335 miles (539 km) to central Edinburgh.

## Numbered Junctions

Peterborough has so many roundabouts and grade separated junctions within its roads and parkway system that junctions are numbered using the same system as is used to number British motorway and major A road junctions to guide and help drivers. Peterborough is to date the only city within the United Kingdom to use the system in this way and has been using this system since the 1970s.

## Parkways and major roads

The parkways were constructed under guidelines from the Peterborough Development Corporation as a system of high speed roads to connect the new townships which housed London's post-war overspill population and were mostly built from the early 1970s to the late 1980s

The majority of Peterborough's parkways are dual carriageways, to accommodate the large quantity of local traffic within the city, and national and regional traffic bypassing it. However, due to their age, many of the parkways do not have hard-shoulders. Most of the parkways that bypass the city have graded roundabout junctions.

### A1 road

#### Wittering to Norman Cross

The A1 is located just to the west of Peterborough. The road does not play a major part in Peterborough's road network itself although it is a major route. The road goes past RAF Wittering before meeting the A47 at Wansford on a grade separated junction. The A1 then moves south passing very close to the Nene Valley Railway line before reaching the city section of the A605 at another grade separated junction before reaching the A1139/A605 Oundle Section grade separated junction. This is also where the A1(M) starts and as a motorway the road quickly moves southward to reach the A15 at Norman Cross where the motorway moves out of the Peterborough area.

### A15 road

#### Glinton to New England (Werrington Parkway)

The Werrington Parkway runs from the south of Glinton, where the A15 forks into the Peterborough east bypass and main road into the city centre. The road is dual carriageway from Glinton to the centre of Peterborough. There are no grade separated junctions along its route but does contain a number of smaller roundabouts which give direct and easy access to Werrington and its industrial estates. The Parkway then becomes less and standard dual-carriageway to which speed limits are in place to pass through New England and its retail park along with a major supermarket just prior to reaching the junction with the A47 at a major junction. Because of the speed restrictions along the majority of its route traffic coming into Peterborough are now encouraged to use the Paston Parkway instead to access the city centre and in the past few years signposts have been changed to reflect this.

#### Glinton to Eye (Paston Parkway/A15 Spur Road)

The Paston Parkway bypasses the eastern edge of Peterborough, terminating at a roundabout with the A1139, where the city bypass becomes the Frank Perkins Parkway. The road starts at the southernmost roundabout of the Glinton and heads eastward as a single carriageway before coming to a roundabout for local traffic. The road then becomes a major dual carriageway, although it has only one grade separated junction (with the A47), with the other junctions being roundabouts. In 2008, Peterborough City Council funded the dualling of the northernmost stretch of the Paston Parkway between two roundabouts east of Gunthorpe. This has significantly reduced congestion, as the route is used as a commuter run between the city's Eastern Industry development in Fengate and settlements north of the city.

#### City Centre

The A15 moves southward as a minor dual carriageway from its junction with the A47 with several more roundabouts lining its route. The road goes past some rail sidings that are rarely used and also goes past a retail shopping area on the site of the city's former Parcel Force depot. After passing the city's Toys R Us store the A15 reaches Queensgate Shopping Centre. The road passes the shopping centre between two of the centre's major Car Parks with a 1980s style footbridge crossing over the top. Two roundabouts are located at either end of the complex. The southern roundabout is a junction with the A1179 and gives access to the city's Bus Station (part of the shopping centre). The A15 then passes through the Westgate shopping area and the city's courts before reaching a roundabout where the dual carriageway part of the road ends.

#### City Centre to Norman Cross

The A15 moves out of Peterborough heading southwards as a single carriageway road going past Peterborough United Football Ground. After some traffic light junctions the A15 goes under the A1139 before coming to a roundabout for a business estate. Then the A15 quickly comes to a second roundabout with the A1260 near to Serpentine Green. Then the A15 moves into open countryside before touching the outermost part of Yaxley where it meets the B1091. The A15 again moves into countryside before reaching the A1(M) at a major junction at Norman Cross.

### A1139 road

#### Eye

The A1139 starts as a single carriageway road at a minor roundabout with the A47 at Eye. After a second small roundabout the road passes through some housing before meeting the A15 on a major roundabout near Paston.

| **A1139 – Eye** | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Westbound Exits |  | Eastbound Exits |
| Leicester, A47 | Start | Wisbech, King's Lynn A47 |
|  |  | Eye,
Peterborough Road |

#### Frank Perkins Parkway

The Frank Perkins Parkway is named after Frank Perkins, local founder of Perkins Engines and is the main Eastern Bypass for Peterborough. The parkway has access to the Perkins Engines site. The Parkway heads south as a major dual carriageway from a major roundabout with the A15 near Eye and quickly passes its first junction, which is restricted to southbound traffic and the Perkins Factory before reaching to Junction 5 which is a major inlet for city bound traffic. The road then passes over the River Nene and quickly reaches junction 4 where it meets the A605, which runs parallel to junction 3a and the new Stanground bypass out of Peterborough and the old A605, now the B1092. The Frank Perkins Parkway also becomes the Fletton Parkway here.

| **A1139 – Frank Perkins Parkway** | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Westbound Exits | Junction | Eastbound Exits |
| Sleaford, A15
 | J8 | Parnwell, Parnwell Way |
|  |  |
| Newark, Oxney Road | J7 |  |
|  | J6 | Perkins Engines Access |
| City Centre, Boongate | J5 | Newark, Boongate |
| City Centre, A605 | J4 | Stanground, A605 |

#### Fletton Parkway

Fletton Parkway comprises the entire southern bypass of Peterborough and terminates westbound at the A1. The Fletton Parkway officially starts at junction 4 as a major dual carriageway before which it is named the Frank Perkins Parkway due to them being constructed at different times. The later construction of junction 3A, an access road for the Kingston Park distribution centres large IKEA depot and the new A605 Stanground Bypass, meant a major re-design of junction 4 and a new single carriageway road running parallel with the Fletton Parkway from junctions 3A to 4 providing the only link from junction 4 to the Fletton Parkway. This follows the closure to traffic of the original junction 4 on slip road and removal of the off slip road on safety grounds. At the same time the original on slip road to the Frank Perkins Parkway which actually joined the Fletton Parkway was closed and a new direct on slip road constructed to the north of junction 4. The dual carriageway quickly passes over the A15 before reaching the grade separated junction (3) with the A1260 which links up with the A15 and the A47. The on slip road then forms a third lane and it moves very quickly to junction two, which is a local access road to the Orton and Hampton townships, before reaching its final junction (1) with the Orton Parkway where it reverts to two lanes before the on slip road again forms a third lane. . The Fletton Parkway then meets the A1, the A1(M) and the A605 at Junction 17. When first opened in 1976 the Fletton Parkway went from the A1 at Haddon to junction 3 where it joined Peterborough's western and northern bypass roads, the Nene Parkway, Soke Parkway and Paston Parkway. A single carriageway road, Phorpres Way, running parallel to the future course of the Fletton Parkway providing a link to the A15. Around 1979 when the eastern bypass, the Frank Perkins Parkway, was completed the Fletton Parkway was extended to junction 4 to join it and complete the ring road

| **A1139 – Fletton Parkway** | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Northbound Exits | Junction | Southbound Exits |
| Ikea Distribution Centre, Junction 4 access
 | J3A | Whittlesey, A605, Kingston Park Distribution Centre, |
| City Centre, Bretton, A1260 Nene Parkway | J3 | Hampton, Yaxley, A1260 The Serpentine |
| Orton Malborne, Malborne Way
Orton Goldhay, Goldway Way | J2 | Hampton, Natures Way |
| Orton Centre, A1139 Orton Parkway | J1 | Great Haddon, Roxhill Distribution Centre |
| Northampton, A605
Stamford, A1 | Terminus | Huntingdon, London, A1(M) |

#### Orton Parkway

The Orton Parkway is a short minor dual carriageway, that is officially classed as the A1139, although it is not part of the main road itself. There is one small roundabout which provides local access to Orton Goldhay, Orton Southgate and Orton Brimbles. The road also helps to carry traffic to events at the nearby East of England Showground.

### A1179 road

#### Longthorpe Parkway and Thorpe Road

The A1179 is a short major road that is half dual carriageway and half single carriageway. It runs from the A1260 to the A15 near Queensgate shopping centre, passing over a metal arch bridge over the East Coast main line just before its eastern end.

### A1260 road

#### Nene Parkway

The A1260 is a major road that serves the western side of Peterborough. The road is dual-carriageway from its southern terminus with the A15 at Hampton to its northern terminus with the A47 at Longthorpe. The road is also known as the "Nene Parkway" and serves as major route from getting from the southern end of Peterborough to the Northern end without having to travel into the centre of the city via the A15. The road itself starts at Hampton at a small roundabout with the A15 where after it goes past Serpentine Green at another roundabout before it very quickly heads to a major junction where its meets the A1139 (Fletton Parkway). This junction was recently upgraded so that four lanes are entering the roundabout at the northbound and southbound entrances. Traffic lights are also present here and it carries lots of traffic to the Hamptons. After that junction the road takes on the form of a major dual-carriageway with its own grade separated junctions where it meets the A605 on a restricted junction before passing over the River Nene before meeting the A1179 (Longthorpe Parkway) on another junction. After that junction the road quickly heads north before coming to a major junction with the A47 where the road ends on a large roundabout with the A47 passing over on top. In 2008, the city council undertook improvements to the roundabout at the southern terminus of the parkway, increasing the southbound and eastbound approaches to three approach lanes and adding a third lane northbound on the roundabout for traffic using a newly constructed running-lane between junctions 1 and 2, where there are now three lanes northbound. Traffic lights have also been installed. Traffic signals are also planned on the roundabout at the northern terminus of the parkway with the A47 Soke Parkway.

### A47 road

#### Thorney to Eye

The A47 heads west to Peterborough from Wisbech. It bypasses Thorney along a minor dual carriageway. Eye is bypassed by a single carriageway where the A47 meets the A16 and then the A1139 at separate roundabouts. The A47 then becomes dual carriageway, passing a large rubbish tip to reach a major junction with the A15 at Paston.

#### Soke Parkway (Paston to Longthorpe)

The Soke Parkway consists of the entire section of the A47 that runs through Peterborough. As a trunk route, the stretch of road is maintained by the Highways Agency, who have recently undertaken an update of road lighting on the route. This section of road is called the *Soke Parkway* (named after the Soke of Peterborough). When this was first built, in the mid-1970s, the A47 followed what is now the A1139 *Paston Parkway*. Apart from a roundabout on the eastern edge of the city, the parkway is an unbroken major dual carriageway. The road passes over the A15 (Paston Parkway) as a roundabout and then heads westwards passing one grade separated junction with a local road. The road then meets the city section of the A15 on an unusual junction. It crosses the East Coast Main Line near to a Morrisons (former Safeway), and Boulevard and Brotherhood retail parks in New England. After passing the A15 the A47 quickly heads south-westwards, where after passing another grade separated junction for local traffic the road meets the A1260 at Longthorpe. The Nene Parkway terminates in the Peterborough Longthorpe Grade separated junction (GSJ) (which opened in December 1987) where it meets the A1260 Nene Parkway. There is a GSJ for Bretton and a Sainsbury's, and it passes the Bretton Woods Community School. The £1.2m Peterborough Westwood GSJ opened in January 1987. After passing this junction the A47 heads westward into open countryside where it bypasses Castor and Ailsworth before the road becomes a single carriageway before reaching the A1 at Wansford.

### A605 road

#### Stanground/Kingston Park

The A605 comes into Peterborough from Whittlesey and comes into the city via the Stanground bypass. Once on the bypass the road heads towards the Kingston Park distribution center and then turns right at the roundabout and continues under the A1139 Fletton Parkway. From there it follows a short piece of single carriageway until it meets up with the Stanground roundabout junction with the A1139 and B1091. From there it continues towards the city and once again under the A1139 and finally meets with the A15 at the Peacock junction just short of the Peterborough United football ground.

#### City Section

This section of the A605 is now completely isolated from the rest of the other sections of this road. The city section starts at the Town Bridge junction with the A15 near Peterborough United football ground. The road heads in a westward direction towards the A1 as single carriageway. The road meets the A1260 at a restricted junction near The Ortons with the road passing underneath. The road than passes into The Ortons, where it provides a lot of local traffic to those who live in those areas. The road passes a couple of roundabouts which allow for local access, and also Ferry Meadows before reaching an industrial estate and Business park, where it meets a spur of the A1139. The road than passes another small roundabout before reaching the A1. To reach the Peterborough to Elton section of this road you must follow the A1139 spur until the junction with the main A1139 then take a right at the roundabout and follow the signs for the A1/A1(M)/A605 Northampton/Oundle

#### Peterborough to Elton

The A605 leaves its junction with the A1(M)/A1/A1139 as a major single carriageway by widening to three lanes, before climbing up a hill close to the Peterborough (Morborne) FM & DAB radio transmitter is located. It then moves back to two lanes before moving on to Elton and out of Peterborough.

### Citations

### Notes

1. Key: pink road = Orton Parkway    purple road = Fletton Parkway    brown road = Nene Parkway    blue road = Frank Perkins Parkway    orange road = Paston Parkway    red road = Soke Parkway    green road = Werrington Parkway


title: Elara Pictures

abstract: Elara Pictures is an American independent film production and television production company founded by Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein and Sebastian Bear-McClard. They have produced such films as Heaven Knows What (2014), Good Time (2017), Uncut Gems (2019) and Funny Pages (2022). Uncut Gems, starring Adam Sandler, is Elara's highest grossing film. It is A24’s second highest-grossing film, behind Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), and was the company's highest-grossing film at the time of its release.

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# Elara Pictures

**Elara Pictures** is an American independent film production and television production company founded by Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein and Sebastian Bear-McClard.

They have produced such films as *Heaven Knows What* (2014), *Good Time* (2017), *Uncut Gems* (2019) and *Funny Pages* (2022).

*Uncut Gems,* starring Adam Sandler, is Elara's highest grossing film. It is A24’s second highest-grossing film, behind *Everything Everywhere All at Once* (2022), and was the company's highest-grossing film at the time of its release.

## History

In 2014, Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein and Sebastian Bear-McClard launched the company to produce projects. The company's first film *Heaven Knows What* had its world premiere at the 71st Venice International Film Festival in September 2014, and was released in May 2015, by RADius-TWC.

In May 2020, the company entered a two-year first look deal with HBO and A24. Under the terms, A24 will executive produce all HBO-Elara projects and partner with Elara on select projects outside of the HBO first look.

The company has additionally produced the television series *Chillin Island* (2021), *Telemarketers* (2023), *Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God* (2023) for HBO, and *The Curse* for Showtime.

In March 2023, Sebastian Bear-McClard was accused of sexual misconduct, with allegations including reaching out to an underage girl on Instagram for *Good Time*, who felt pressured into performing a nude scene, which was ultimately removed from the final cut of the film, and not discussing pay instead paying her with cigarettes. Bear-McClard additionally was alleged to be in contact with another underage girl and had an inappropriate relationship with an assistant on the set of *Uncut Gems*. Bear-McClard was fired by Elara in July 2022, due to the allegations.

## Filmography

| Release Date | Genre | Title | Distribution or Network |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 29, 2015 | Feature film | *Heaven Knows What* | distributed by RADiUS-TWC |
| August 11, 2017 | Feature film | *Good Time* | distributed by A24 |
| December 13, 2019 | Feature film | *Uncut Gems* | distributed by A24 |
| December 10, 2021 | Reality series | *Chillin Island* | HBO |
| August 26, 2022 | Feature film | *Funny Pages* | distributed by A24 |
| August 13, 2023 | Documentary series | *Telemarketers* | HBO |
| August 31, 2023 | Documentary film | *Thank You Very Much* |  |
| November 10, 2023 | TV series | *The Curse* | Showtime |
| November 13, 2023 | Documentary series | *Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God* | HBO |
| June 02, 2024 | Documentary series | *Ren Faire* | HBO |

## InfoBox

Elara Pictures
|
|  |
| Industry | Film industry |
| Founder |  |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Area served | United States |
| Website | elara.world |


title: Rock County Airport

abstract: Rock County Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Bassett, a city in Rock County, Nebraska, United States. It is owned by the Rock County Airport Authority. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport. Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RBE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

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# Rock County Airport

**Rock County Airport** (ICAO: **KRBE**, FAA LID: **RBE**) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the central business district of Bassett, a city in Rock County, Nebraska, United States. It is owned by the Rock County Airport Authority. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a *general aviation* airport.

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned **RBE** by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned **RBE** to Ratanakiri Airport in Ratanakiri, Cambodia).

## Facilities and aircraft

Rock County Airport covers an area of 228 acres (92 ha) at an elevation of 2,349 feet (716 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 13/31 is 4,698 by 75 feet (1,432 x 23 m) with a concrete surface and 2/20 is 2,202 by 120 feet (671 x 37 m) with a turf surface.

For the 12-month period ending June 25, 2020, the airport had 2,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 38 per week. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport: 100% single-engine.

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for RBE PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 10 August 2023.
2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
3. "Bassett, Nebraska - Rock County Airport (ICAO: KRBE, FAA: RBE)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
4. "Ratanakiri, Cambodia (IATA: RBE)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 16 April 2010.

## InfoBox

| Rock County Airport | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Summary | |
| Airport type | Public |
| Owner | Rock County Airport Authority |
| Serves | Bassett, Nebraska |
| Elevation AMSL | 2,349 ft / 716 m |
| Coordinates | 42°34′16″N 099°34′10″W / 42.57111°N 99.56944°W / 42.57111; -99.56944 |
| Runways | |
| Direction Length Surface  ft m  13/31 4,698 1,432 Concrete  2/20 2,202 671 Turf | |
| Statistics (2020) | |
| Aircraft operations (year ending June 25, 2020) 2,000  Based aircraft 9 | |
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |


title: Blackgrass (album)

abstract: Blackgrass is a 1995 LP released by Earl Lee Grace.

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# Blackgrass (album)

***Blackgrass*** is a 1995 LP released by Earl Lee Grace.

## Production notes

Earl Lee Grace is a pseudonym of Dwarves front-man Paul Cafaro, most well known as Blag Dahlia. A review by Allmusic claims that Grace is a 15-year-old guitarist, which is false.

## Track listing

1. "Saturday Night" (Dahlia)
2. "Every Girl In The World" (Dahlia)
3. "Viodinah" (Dahlia)
4. "Together" (Dahlia)
5. "Riding on the Road" (Dahlia)
6. "Coyote Bridge" (Schiele)
7. "Sharon Needles" (Dahlia)
8. "Long, Long Time" (Dahlia)
9. "7-11" (Dahlia)
10. "Kitchen Girl" (Schiele)
11. "Big Vics" (Dahlia)
12. "So Good" (Dahlia)
13. "Sunday Morn" (Dahlia)

## Personnel

## InfoBox

| Blackgrass | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by Earl Lee Grace | |
| Released | 1995 |
| Genre | Bluegrass |
| Length | 24:29 |
| Label | Sympathy for the Record Industry |
| Producer | Blag Dahlia <br>Bradley Cook |


title: Rodgers baronets

abstract: The Rodgers Baronetcy, of Groombridge in the County of Kent, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 June 1964 for the Conservative politician John Rodgers. As of 2010 the title is held by his second son, the third Baronet, who succeeded his elder brother in 1997.

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# Rodgers baronets

The **Rodgers Baronetcy**, of Groombridge in the County of Kent, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 June 1964 for the Conservative politician John Rodgers. As of 2010 the title is held by his second son, the third Baronet, who succeeded his elder brother in 1997.

## Rodgers baronets, of Groombridge (1964)

The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son Thomas Rodgers (born 1979).

## Arms

Coat of arms of Rodgers baronets
| CrestTwo ravens' heads addorsed Sable and Gules both within a collar or pendant therefrom a rose Argent barbed and seeded. EscutcheonAzure two bars gemel dancetty Argent over all two palm branches in saltire enfiled through an ancient crown Or. MottoIIAOHMATA MAOHMATA (Experience Is Knowledge) |
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title: Rodgersia pinnata

abstract:
Rodgersia pinnata is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae, native to the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. It is a robust, herbaceous perennial growing to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 75 cm (30 in) broad, with textured palmate/pinnate leaves up to 90 cm (35 in) long, with 5-9 leaflets. 60 cm (24 in) erect panicles made up of tiny, star-shaped flowers, are borne on reddish green stems in summer. The flowers are white. Cultivars may have white, cream, pink or red flowers. Red cultivars include 'Fireworks'. The following cultivars have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:
  - 'Elegans'
  - 'Irish Bronze'
  - 'Superba'

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# Rodgersia pinnata

***Rodgersia pinnata*** is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae, native to the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. It is a robust, herbaceous perennial growing to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 75 cm (30 in) broad, with textured palmate/pinnate leaves up to 90 cm (35 in) long, with 5-9 leaflets. 60 cm (24 in) erect panicles made up of tiny, star-shaped flowers, are borne on reddish green stems in summer. The flowers are white.

Cultivars may have white, cream, pink or red flowers. Red cultivars include 'Fireworks'.

The following cultivars have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:

## Bibliography

## InfoBox

| *Rodgersia pinnata* | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| *Clade*: | Tracheophytes |
| *Clade*: | Angiosperms |
| *Clade*: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Saxifragaceae |
| Genus: | *Rodgersia* |
| Species: | ***R. pinnata*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Rodgersia pinnata***<br>Franch. | |
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title: Black Dog Institute

abstract: The Black Dog Institute is a not-for-profit facility for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mood disorders such as depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder. It was founded in 2002 by the UNSW School of Psychiatry Scientia Professor Gordon Parker and is based in Sydney, Australia.

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# Black Dog Institute

The **Black Dog Institute** is a not-for-profit facility for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mood disorders such as depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder. It was founded in 2002 by the UNSW School of Psychiatry Scientia Professor Gordon Parker and is based in Sydney, Australia.

## Research

The Black Dog Institute undertakes research into the prevention, early intervention and treatment of depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and anxiety. They partner with the Australian Centre for Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention (CRESP) concerned with lowering suicide rates in Australia. According to CRESP, suicide is the most common cause of death in Australians aged 15–44 years – more common than deaths from motor vehicle accidents or skin cancer and the tenth most common cause of death overall for Australian males. The problem is worse in rural and regional areas, according to a 2012 study by Griffith University.

The Black Dog Institute launched “Men’s Health Study” in 2014, with the aim of identifying ways to prevent male suicides and developing mental health tools designed specifically for men. Based on this research, the Black Dog Institute launched an online program, Man Central, that helps men identify early signs of depression and provides tips on how to cope.

In 2018, Black Dog Institute became part of a cooperative partnership of four clinical, educational and research allies, including Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) and UNSW Sydney to create Mindgardens Neuroscience Network, which became the largest brain-related collaboration between researchers and clinicians in the Southern Hemisphere.

## Services

The Black Dog Institute runs three clinics available to Australian residents: Depression and Bipolar Clinic, Psychology Clinic, Child and Adolescent Clinic, Rural and Telepsychiatry Clinic. Additionally, the facility offers seminars and workshops on mood disorders, well being and related topics. The Black Dog Institute has developed a range of online tools including: myCompass, BITE BACK, and self-tests for depression, bipolar disorder, personality and workplace well being.

## InfoBox

Black Dog Institute
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| --- | --- |
| Established | 2002 (2002) |
| Research type | Medical research, health education |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Affiliations | Prince of Wales Hospital, UNSW |
| Website | https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au |


title: Black Dog Halt railway station

abstract: Black Dog Halt is a former railway station on the Chippenham and Calne line in Wiltshire, England. Originally created in 1863 as a private stop for Lord Lansdowne of Bowood House, it became a public request stop after the formation of British Rail. The halt was closed and demolished in 1965, and today it is part of National Cycle Route 403.

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# Black Dog Halt railway station

**Black Dog Halt** is a former railway station on the Chippenham and Calne line in Wiltshire, England. Originally created in 1863 as a private stop for Lord Lansdowne of Bowood House, it became a public request stop after the formation of British Rail. The halt was closed and demolished in 1965, and today it is part of National Cycle Route 403.

## History

Black Dog Halt was opened on 3 November 1863 by the Calne Railway company. Lord Lansdowne of Bowood House used the halt as a private station; use by the public was allowed, though it was not common knowledge. Lord Lansdowne had a special compartment in one of the Calne line's autocoaches. Later he was persuaded to allow the halt to be named on the timetable.

The Calne Railway company was sold to the Great Western Railway in 1892. After the formation of British Rail the halt was turned into a request stop.

In 1965 the halt was closed and soon the buildings were demolished. The tracks were lifted in 1967.

Today the site of the halt is being used as part of National Cycle Route 403 which runs from Chippenham to Calne. The former route of the track is also a popular route for walkers. It is possible to walk to both Calne and Bowood House from here.

| Preceding station |  | Disused railways |  | Following station |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stanley Bridge Halt |  | BR (Western Region)
Chippenham and Calne Line |  | Calne |

51°26′09″N 2°01′39″W / 51.4359°N 2.0275°W / 51.4359; -2.0275

## InfoBox

| Black Dog Halt | |
| --- | --- |
| Black Dog Halt in 2004 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Calne, Wiltshire
England |
| Grid reference | ST981707 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Calne Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 3 November 1863 | Opened as
Black Dog Siding |
| 8 June 1953 | Renamed
Black Dog Halt |
| 20 September 1965 | Closed |
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title: Black Dog Books (American publisher)

abstract: Black Dog Books (BDB) is an independent press operation in Normal, Illinois, founded in 1997 by publisher Tom Roberts to keep an outlet for adventure fiction alive. It has expanded to publish fiction in the adventure, mystery, science fiction, and horror genres.

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# Black Dog Books (American publisher)

**Black Dog Books** (**BDB**) is an independent press operation in Normal, Illinois, founded in 1997 by publisher Tom Roberts to keep an outlet for adventure fiction alive. It has expanded to publish fiction in the adventure, mystery, science fiction, and horror genres.

## History

Black Dog Books began operations in 1997. The first 40 titles in the BDB line appeared in a chapbook format, with some giveaway titles and memorial books added to that figure. In 2006, a trade paperback line was launched. As of this writing, Black Dog Books has more than 60 titles in print. They expect to be releasing 8 to 10 new titles a year.

Since the first title, BDB has gone out of its way to produce collections of material that is difficult to come by from rare magazines, and overlooked character collections. This extra effort to rescue works from obscurity has brought praise from readers and reviewers alike: "Publisher Tom Roberts is but one of an ever-growing number of those doing a great service, not only for the science fiction and fantasy reader, but for all those who love reading exciting tales of yesteryear from any genre", says Dave Truesdale, publisher of Tangent Online, "by digging into archives and researching and bringing to light once again forgotten, overlooked, or early work by many a classic pulp magazine author. They are to be commended and enthusiastically supported."

Many titles from Black Dog Books include informative introductions by well-known writers or genre-authorities such as Bill Pronzini, F. Paul Wilson, Matt Hilton, Bill Crider, Robert J. Randisi, Peter Beresford Ellis, Robert Weinberg, Will Murray, and James Reasoner, or additional material such as author bibliographies.

As of 2012 Black Dog Books began releasing its backlist as ebooks.

Other sources:

* McNulty, Thomas. "Pulp Fiction Renaissance". *Antique Trader*. August 2010.
* Strock, Ian Randall. "Early pulp mag *Adventure* is the basis for two new series from Black Dog Books". *SFScope*. June 2010. Archived 2012-07-10.

## InfoBox

Black Dog Books
| Founded | 1997 |
| --- | --- |
| Founder | Tom Roberts |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Normal, Illinois |
| Publication types | Books |
| Fiction genres | Adventure fiction |
| Official website | blackdogbooks.net |