title: Riverview House, West Ryde

abstract: Riverview House is a heritage-listed former orchard and now residence at 135 Marsden Road, West Ryde in the City of Ryde local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1860 to 1878 by George Spurway. The property is privately owned. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

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# Riverview House, West Ryde

**Riverview House** is a heritage-listed former orchard and now residence at 135 Marsden Road, West Ryde in the City of Ryde local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1860 to 1878 by George Spurway. The property is privately owned. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

## History

The Ryde area was highly suitable for farming and orchards, and early grants to marines were given to encourage agriculture. In 1792 land in the area was granted to eight marines; two of the grants were in the modern area of Ryde. Isaac Archer and John Colethread each received 32 hectares (80 acres) of land on the site of the present Ryde-Parramatta Golf Links, now in West Ryde. Later in 1792, in the Eastern Farms area, twelve grants, most of them about 12 hectares (30 acres), were made to convicts. Much later these farms were bought by John Macarthur, Gregory Blaxland and the Reverend Samuel Marsden. The district remained an important orchard area throughout the 19th century.

### The Marsden family

The land on which Riverview was built is part of Samuel Marsden's 136 hectares (335 acres), in the Parishes of Hunters Hill and Field of Mars, County of Cumberland. Part of this land was 40 hectares (100 acres) which Marsden received as a grant in October 1794. (Present day Marsden Road runs through this grant). To this Marsden added land he had purchased – the grants of marines Cottrell and Tynan, and those of Captain Campbell and George Barrington. These lands were consolidated into one grant of 136 hectares (335 acres), issued in August 1803 and known as Kingston Farm. Winbourne Street marks its eastern boundary.

In his will Marsden left Kingston to his daughter Anne for her life time, thereafter to pass to her daughter Catherine Elizabeth. Marsden died in May 1838. In 1873 Anne Hassall, née Marsden, and her daughter, now Catherine Elizabeth Hope (one of Catherine Elizabeth Hope's descendants was the historian, C. M. H. Clark (H. Hope)), decided to sell the land. It was subdivided into twenty-two lots and offered for sale as the One Tree Hill estate, to be auctioned on 20 June 1873 by J. Y. Mills.

George Spurway of Pennant Hills, farmer, purchased the two north-eastern sections, lots 13 and 14 of three acres, 21 perches, for 68 17 9 in November 1873.

Whilst there is evidence that Marsden had farmed his grant in the early years of the colony, there is, at present, no indication of the uses made of this land from c.1810 through to its sale in 1873. It was probably leased for farming. There is a road alignment plan of the area, dated April 1862. It does not show any structures. The subdivision plan does not indicate any structures.

### The Spurway family

George Spurway senior (1806–1885) was a farmer in Devon, England who was transported to New South Wales in 1829 at the age of 22 with a life sentence for house-breaking and stealing from his employer. On arrival in the colony, he was immediately assigned to work at the Brush Farm estate of Gregory Blaxland, probably because of his previous experience in orchard farming in Devonshire. By 1835 Spurway had become overseer of the convicts working on the Brush Farm estate. His masters were Gregory Blaxland and then Blaxland's son-in law, Thomas Foster, who purchased the estate in 1831.

Spurway received his ticket of leave in 1838 and leased a farm from Foster adjoining Brush Farm where he established his own orchard. By 1842 Spurway was winning agricultural prizes for his fruit and whilst still holding a ticket of leave, was appointed to the committee of the Floral and Horticultural Society. He purchased his first land in 1842 on the hillside near Brush Farm. (His home was on the site of Lottie Stewart Hospital). He received a conditional pardon in 1846.

Spurway married an emancipist woman, Frances Johnson née Pratt in 1835 at St Anne's Church, Ryde. They had six children; their youngest, George Spurway, was born at Dundas in 1843.

George Spurway the younger (1843-1913) grew up on the family orchard on the southern side of present-day Stewart Street, Dundas. He married in 1862 and with his wife and children continued to live at Dundas in a house provided by his father in present Spurway Street. About 1869 George the younger moved to Bathurst with his family where he established a fruit shop. He remained in Bathurst until about 1877 but his links with Dundas remained essential for his business interests, as the fruit he sold west of the mountains came from his orchards in Sydney.

While George Spurway the younger was in Bathurst, he purchased three acres of Marsden's Kingston Farm estate in 1873. The land was opposite his family's properties in Stewart Street - and opposite the Brush Farm estate, located near the present intersection of Marsden Road, Stewart Street and Rutledge Street. The transfer indenture is made out to George Spurway of Pennant Hills, rather than of Bathurst, so it is possible that his father George senior attended the auction on the ground and bid for the land for his son. On this land was built Riverview.

By 1877–78 (and certainly by July 1878) George the younger had returned to Dundas. In 1878 George and his brother James received a gift of 22 hectares (55 acres) of orchards on Stewart Street from their father. This gift possibly influenced the timing of George's return from Bathurst to Dundas. James in 1895 transferred his interest in this land to his brother George.

George, wife Ann and their surviving daughters Annie (1864–1936) and Eveline (1869–1945) made their home at Riverview on their return from Bathurst.

#### Construction of Riverview

The brick house was built in three sections. The first section was a two-room cottage which faced the river, hence its name, Riverview. It had no windows in the northern side which faces Brush Farm House. This section now forms the rear wing of the house. It is possible that this small cottage was built while George Spurway the younger was still in Bathurst. The second section of the house was a four-room brick cottage to the west of, and adjoining the original two rooms, forming two sides of a courtyard. It seems likely that this larger cottage was built c.1878–1880 to accommodate the family that moved back to Dundas in 1878. A large rear kitchen, with cellar below, was added to the eastern side of the original two room section. The third and eastern side of the courtyard was completed with a two-storey stable and coach house and a single storey brick dairy.

The outline of the Spurway house, with kitchen wing and coachhouse, is shown most clearly on the subdivision plan for Brush Farm Estate by Gibbs Shallard and Co in 1880. It is also visible, in less detail in the plans for the sale of Dr West's land at Brush Farm in 1886.

The house now faced Marsden Road, had only one window on the northern side which faced Brush Farm, while the southern side of the interior courtyard was open to the garden, the river view, and the prevailing winds. The house remains as configured by c.1880s with interior fittings from this time such as the fitted sideboard and cupboards in the dining room and a Lassetter's kitchen range.

George prospered as an orchardist, ultimately owning 246 acres by inheritance and purchase in the area of Dundas and Brush Farm. He acquired further land from the Marsden estate, including the adjoining Lot 15, which he purchased from J. F. Ducker in 1896. He was elected as an alderman in the first Dundas Council in 1889 and continued to serve in that capacity for 19 years.

The Spurway family, together with the Mobbs and Midson families among whom various generations had intermarried, was one of the earliest and most successful pioneering orchardists in the Ryde/Parramatta district and was responsible for the development of the major agricultural activity in the region in the nineteenth century.

The family remembered its convict origins. In front of Riverview until the 1890s was a large stone that George Spurway the elder had once lifted to prove his strength to the convicts under his control.

George Spurway the younger died at Riverview in May 1913, survived by his wife Anne and daughters Eveline and Annie and 18 grandchildren. His will divided his extensive properties among his daughters and sons-in-law. Lots 13 and 14 of Marsden's estate, together with Lot 15, and forming an estate of seven acres were left to his wife for her life time and then to his daughter Eveline Cook for her life time, without power of sale, and then to her children as tenants in common.

This will ensured that the house and the surrounding land remained unaltered for two generations.

Ann Spurway died in 1915. Her daughter Eveline Cook died in 1945. Her eight children - Guy Evelyn Dundas Cook of Hunters Hill, company director (b.1891); Albert Clyde Cook of Ourimbah, orchardist (b.1901); Merle Matilda Trist of Villawood (1899); Eileen Ann Lukins of Parramatta North (b.1903); Edna Dorothy Patison of Longueville (b.1895); Margery Victoria Lukins of Strathfield (b.1897); Helen Edith Farley of Killara (b.1905); Una Mary Dundas Henniker of Melbourne (b.1893) – as beneficiaries of the will inherited Riverview and its adjoining two point eight hectares (seven acres) of land. In 1947 the two sons sold their shares to their six sisters for A£287.10s.

One of the daughters, Merle Matilda Trist and her husband moved into Riverview and lived there as weekly tenants. The six sisters were the owners of Riverview when they applied to have it converted to Torrens Title in 1957. While this was being processed, the six sisters took out a mortgage of A£6,000 with Kenneth Charles Beveridge Davies, company director. The conditions noted that the sisters were to expedite the Primary Application, that they were to spend up to A£3,000 on preparation of plans and the construction of a road through the site to enable council approval of a subdivision.

After conversion to Torrens Title, the two point eight hectares (seven acres) was divided into two portions, along a line opposite Emu Street. The northern portion was further subdivided in 1963, creating 14 suburban blocks. An area to the north of the house on the Rutledge Street frontage was resumed for road widening. The lots on Rutledge and Winbourne Streets were purchased in 1963 by A. V. Jennings who built seven houses, the first model exhibition homes in Ryde Municipality. These houses are now recognised on Ryde's local heritage list.

The house Riverview, with its outbuildings was on Lot 1, an area of 1r 2.75p. The portion adjoining it to the south, Lot 14, was 30.35p. Though two legally distinct portions of land from 1963, these two lots remained together in one ownership without a dividing fence for the next thirty years.

Mrs Merle Trist lived in the house with the existing garden forming the adjoining lot. It seems probable that she acquired the house and grounds as her one-sixth division of the property when it was subdivided, but documentary evidence of this has not yet been cited. Mrs Merle Trist lived in the house until c.1982 when due to ill-health she moved to a nursing home where she died in 1988. She had lived in the house since c.1948 and her departure after 34 years of occupation, ended almost 110 years of Spurway family association with Riverview and its grounds.

Riverview was included in an Historic Buildings list for Ryde in 1973. It was listed as a recorded building in the National Trust Register published in 1976. It was more formally recognised as a heritage item by Ryde Council in a schedule attached to its Planning Scheme of 1979. Riverview was classified by the National Trust of Australia in 1981 following a detailed assessment by Clive Lucas who noted the house, its remnant Victorian garden and mature fig trees. Though the address is given as 135 Marsden Road in the listing, the property at this time was 133-135 Marsden Road. Riverview was identified as an item of state significance in the Heritage Study of Ryde Municipality from 1985 to 1988. It was listed as an item of state significance in the Ryde Heritage Conservation Strategy – Heritage Inventory, adopted by Ryde City Council in March 1995. It was listed by the Australian Heritage Commission as an item for the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate (with the suburban address cited as Dundas).

Each of these heritage assessments notes the relationship of the house to its garden curtilage. Two mature Port Jackson fig trees (*Ficus rubiginosa*) dominate the garden closest to the house. A mature Canary Island date palm tree (Phoenix canariensis) is on the adjacent garden lot where there is evidence of an earlier Victorian cottage garden. There was concern that a recent development proposal on the then vacant garden lot would damage the root systems of the substantial Port Jackson fig trees. This house has since been approved by Ryde City Council and built. A programme of remedial care has ensured the survival of the figs and improvement in their condition, with time.

There are no surviving houses in the district belonging to the other important early orchardist family, the Mobbs family.

Riverview with its adjoining garden was sold in 1982 and the new owners, Mr and Mrs William Taylor, purchased both lots and renovated the house and its garden. To all exterior appearances, the house and its garden remained the same as they had for the past century. In 1995 Mr and Mrs Taylor put the house and garden up for sale. The house lot was purchased by V. Sirivivatnanon and J. Noble. The garden lot remained unsold. No fence was erected and the new owners continued to maintain the garden. In 1997 the garden lot was sold by the Taylors and Ryde Council approved an application to build a two-storey dwelling on the then vacant garden lot.

## Description

### Site

The house now faces Marsden Road, having only one window on the northern side which faced Brush Farm, while the southern side of the interior courtyard was open to the garden, the river view and the prevailing winds.

The garden has two notable mature Port Jackson fig trees (Ficus rubiginosa) to its south - these dominate the garden (south of and) closest to the house.

A mature Canary Island date palm tree (Phoenix canariensis) is on the (formerly part of Riverview, now subdivided, 133 Marsden Road) garden lot where there is evidence of an earlier Victorian cottage garden. There is concern that the building development on the vacant garden lot will damage the root systems of the substantial Port Jackson fig trees.

A cocks-comb coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli) is northeast of the house near the entry gate. Mature cypress trees grace the front (south-western) garden.

A Cape honeysuckle/tecoma (Tecomaria capensis) hedge faces Marsden Road. Within this hedge is a single plant of the Osage orange (Maclura pomifera), a spiny, deciduous American hedge plant once popular especially on rural properties, but now rare east of the Great Dividing Range.

Dense plantings of shade loving species are underneath the two large fig trees, while more sun-loving flowers are in the more formal front garden either side of the central path to the front door.

### House and outbuildings (coach house and dairy)

Riverview is a single storey house in the colonial Georgian tradition, two rooms deep and three bays wide. It is built of face brick with stone dressings, corrugated iron roof and a bell cast verandah to three sides with a decorative fretwork valance. There is a long service wing integral with the house and a cellar under the kitchen. At the rear is a detached two storey coach house and dairy. There is an iron palisade front fence on stone base, with elaborate stone gate posts (recently moved and re-erected after road widening).

Riverview is a single storeyed house in the colonial Georgian tradition. It is a double pile house, 3 bays wide with a hipped roof and an encircling verandah.

The brick house was built in three sections. The first section was a two-room cottage which faced the river, hence its name, Riverview. It had no windows in the northern side which faces Brush Farm House. This section now forms the rear wing of the house. It is possible that this small cottage was built while George Spurway the younger was still in Bathurst. The second section of the house was a four-room brick cottage to the west of, and adjoining the original two rooms, forming two sides of a courtyard. It seems likely that this larger cottage was built c. 1878 - 1880 to accommodate the family that moved back to Dundas in 1878. A large rear kitchen, with cellar below, was added to the eastern side of the original two room section. The third and eastern side of the courtyard was completed with a two-storey stable and coach house and a single storey brick dairy.

The house now faces Marsden Road, had only one window on the northern side which faced Brush Farm, while the southern side of the interior courtyard was open to the garden, the river view, and the prevailing winds. The house remains as configured by c. 1880s with interior fittings from this time such as the fitted sideboard and cupboards in the dining room and a Lassetter's kitchen range.

Riverview is a single storey house in the colonial Georgian tradition, two rooms deep and three bays wide. It is built of face brick with stone dressings, corrugated iron roof and a bell cast verandah to three sides with a decorative fretwork valance. There is a long service wing integral with the house and a cellar under the kitchen. At the rear is a detached two storey coach house and dairy, of face brick with stone lintels, gabled roof and decorative timber finials and bargeboards. The rear kitchen has a large original Lasseter's kitchen range. All ceilings were replaced c.1930 and a bathroom has been enclosed on the rear verandah. The rear verandah was enclosed in 1984. There is an iron palisade front fence on stone base, with elaborate stone gate posts (recently moved and re-erected after road widening). There are notable fig trees. A palm tree and evidence of an earlier Victorian cottage garden are reported to exist on the south side of the property on adjacent land which was once part of Riverview's original allotment.

### Modifications and dates

Subdivision of lot to south and construction of a new house (around the Canary Island palm tree from Riverview's time of occupation).

## Heritage listing

Riverview House was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

**The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales.**

Riverview has been associated for more than a century with a significant local family, the Spurway family who were one of the early pioneers of orcharding in Sydney's north-western region.

It is the home of the son of a convict and is built within sight of the estate on which both parents served their sentences as convict servants. It is therefore unique in its potential to demonstrate the evolution of Australian identity from penal colony to democracy. Comparative significance – rare.

**The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.**

Riverview is a mid Victorian farmhouse cottage of modest proportions set in its original landscape with associated outbuildings. The house has retained its curtilage with no visual impediment from 1873 until the present, thus demonstrating the character of the district prior to suburbanisation. The building is rare at the local level, and possibly rare at state level.

**The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.**

The historical value of Riverview to its local community was recognised by its early inclusion (c.1973) on lists of historical buildings for the area. The changes in ownership since 1982 have prompted concern about the fate of the house among local historical groups. Comparative Significance – representative.

**The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.**

Riverview has educational and research potential to contribute to our understanding of Australian cultural history through comparison of the surviving Blaxland family houses (homes of the masters of convict servants) – Brush Farm, Newington, the Hermitage – and the surviving Spurway family houses (homes of the convict servants, emancipist settlers and their families) – Riverview (135 Marsden Rd), the Vinery (69 Marsden Road) and possibly Grandview (300 Marsden Rd, Carlingford). Comparative Significance - rare.

**The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.**

See above.

**The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales.**

See above.

### Bibliography

* Pollen, Francis, ed. (1988). *The Book of Sydney Suburbs - entry on Ryde*.
* Spurway, J., ed. (1992). *Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record. Series 1. 1788-1841*. Sydney: ABGR/SAG.

### Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Riverview House, Outbuildings etc, entry number 00775 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.

## InfoBox

| Riverview House, West Ryde | |
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| Riverview House, 135 Marsden Road, West Ryde, New South Wales | |
| Location | 135 Marsden Road, West Ryde, City of Ryde, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°47′48″S 151°03′57″E / 33.7968°S 151.0659°E / -33.7968; 151.0659 |
| Built | 18601878 |
|  | |
| New South Wales Heritage Register | |
| Official name | Riverview House, Outbuildings etc. |
| Type | State heritage (complex / group) |
| Designated | 2 April 1999 |
| Reference no. | 775 |
| Type | Homestead Complex |
| Category | Farming and Grazing |
| Builders | George Spurway |
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| Location of Riverview House, West Ryde in Sydney | |


title: Ritabrata Banerjee

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# Ritabrata Banerjee

**Ritabrata Banerjee** (born 15 November 1978) is an Indian politician. He is currently serving as the State President of All India Trinamool Trade Union Congress West Bengal . He was elected a Rajya Sabha member from West Bengal in February 2014.

## Early life

Ritabrata Banerjee has attended school at South Point High School, Kolkata, and obtained BA degree from Asutosh College and MA degrees in English at Calcutta University. He is a full-time political activist and a former General Secretary of the Student Union in his college.

## Political controversy

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## InfoBox

| Ritabrata Banerjee | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) | |
| **In office**
3 April 2014  2 April 2020 | |
| Constituency | West Bengal |
| General Secretary
Students' Federation of India | |
| **In office**
5 September 2008  25 January 2016 | |
| President | Dr. V. Sivadasan |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Vikram Singh |
|  | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1978-11-15) 15 November 1978
Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Political party |  |
| Residence(s) | 86, Ramlal Bazar, Kishalay School Lane, Haltu, Kolkata \- 700078, West Bengal, India |
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abstract: Ritah Kivumbi is an Ugandan footballer who plays as a striker for Mallbackens IF.

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# Ritah Kivumbi

**Ritah Kivumbi** (born 21 June 1995) is an Ugandan footballer who plays as a striker for Mallbackens IF.

## Early life

Kivumbi started playing football at a young age with boys.

## Education

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## Club career

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## International career

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## Style of play

Kivumbi mainly operates as a striker and is known for her speed.

## Personal life

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## InfoBox

Ritah Kivumbi
| Personal information | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Date of birth | (1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 | | |
| Place of birth | Uganda | | |
| Position(s) | Striker | | |
| Team information | | | |
| Current team | Mallbackens IF | | |
| Senior career\* | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
| 2016–2019 | Växjö DFF | 81 | (29) |
| 2020– | Mallbackens IF | 64 | (19) |
| International career | | | |
|  | Uganda |  |  |
| \*Club domestic league appearances and goals | | | |


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# Ripon Lodge

**Ripon Lodge**, located near the village of Rippon, West Virginia, was built in 1833 by Henry S. Turner on his "Wheatland" estate. The next year his son, William F. Turner, inherited Ripon Lodge. The house is a two-story T-shaped stone building with a detached 1+12-story stone summer kitchen. The interior contains an elegant half-spiral curving stairway to the second floor.

The Lodge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

## InfoBox

|  | |
| --- | --- |
| Ripon Lodge | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. Historic district | |
|  | |
|  | |
| Location | Rippon, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39°13′21″N 77°54′30″W / 39.22250°N 77.90833°W / 39.22250; -77.90833 |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001074 |
| Added to NRHP | August 31, 1998 |


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# Kyshona Knight

**Kyshona Annika Knight** (born 19 February 1992) is a Barbadian cricketer who plays for Barbados, Trinbago Knight Riders and the West Indies as a left-handed batter. Her twin sister, Kycia, also plays for Barbados and the West Indies.

In October 2021, she was named in the West Indies team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe. In July 2022, she was named in the Barbados team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. In January 2024, Knight announced her retirement from international cricket.

## InfoBox

Kyshona Knight
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Full name | Kyshona Annika Knight |
| Born | (1992-02-19) 19 February 1992
Barbados |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm medium |
| Role | Batter |
| Relations | Kycia Knight (twin sister) |
| International information | |
| National sides |  |
| ODI debut (cap 77) | 13 January 2013
West Indies v South Africa |
| Last ODI | 9 December 2022
West Indies v England |
| T20I debut (cap 29/) | 19 January 2013
West Indies v South Africa |
| Last T20I | 22 December 2022
West Indies v England |
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| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 2004–present | Barbados |
| 2022–present | Trinbago Knight Riders |
|  | |
| Career statistics | |
| Competition WODI WT20I  Matches 51 55  Runs scored 851 546  Batting average 21.27 12.14  100s/50s 0/1 0/0  Top score 88 42  Balls bowled 48   Wickets 1   Bowling average 54.00   5 wickets in innings 0   10 wickets in match 0   Best bowling 1/3   Catches/stumpings 17/– 14/– | |
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| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 October 2022 | |


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# Kyoko Iwasaki

**Kyoko Iwasaki** (岩崎 恭子, *Iwasaki Kyōko*, married name: Kyoko Saito (斎藤恭子), born July 21, 1978) is a Japanese swimming coach and retired Olympic swimmer from Numazu, Shizuoka. She won the gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She was 14 years and 6 days old, making her, as of prior to the 2024 games, the youngest Olympic gold medalist of all time in the discipline of swimming.

## InfoBox

Kyoko Iwasaki
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1978-07-21) 21 July 1978<br>Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Medal record      Women's swimming  Representing  Japan  Olympic Games  1992 Barcelona  200 m breaststroke  Summer Universiade  1995 Fukuoka  200 m breaststroke | |


title: Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1

abstract: Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 is a live album by the Grateful Dead. It contains highlights from their fall 1979 tour of the East Coast. It was released on November 5, 2007.

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# Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | (favorable) |
| Allmusic |  |
| The Music Box |  |
| *Rolling Stone* |  |

***Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1*** is a live album by the Grateful Dead. It contains highlights from their fall 1979 tour of the East Coast. It was released on November 5, 2007.

## Track listing

Disc 1
| No. | Title | Recording venue and date | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Alabama Getaway \>" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) | Crisler Arena, 11/10/79 | 5:31 |
| 2. | "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) | Crisler Arena, 11/10/79 | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Jack Straw \>" (Bob Weir, Hunter) | The Spectrum, 11/6/79 | 6:47 |
| 4. | "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) | The Spectrum, 11/6/79 | 6:48 |
| 5. | "Dancing in the Street \>" (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 13:10 |
| 6. | "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Hunter) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 12:04 |
| 7. | "Wharf Rat \>" (Garcia, Hunter) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 11:15 |
| 8. | "I Need a Miracle \>" (Weir, John Perry Barlow) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 4:04 |
| 9. | "Bertha \>" (Garcia, Hunter) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 5:52 |
| 10. | "Good Lovin'" (Arthur Resnick, Rudy Clark) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 7:08 |

Disc 2
| No. | Title | Recording venue and date | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) | New Haven Coliseum, 10/25/79 | 15:32 |
| 2. | "Passenger" (Phil Lesh, Peter Monk) | Crisler Arena, 11/10/79 | 6:04 |
| 3. | "Terrapin Station \>" (Garcia, Hunter) | The Spectrum, 11/6/79 | 15:25 |
| 4. | "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) | The Spectrum, 11/6/79 | 22:17 |
| 5. | "Not Fade Away \>" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) | Capital Centre, 11/8/79 | 9:27 |
| 6. | "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) | Capital Centre, 11/8/79 | 10:13 |

Bonus Disc
| No. | Title | Recording venue and date | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "China Cat Sunflower \>" (Garcia, Hunter) | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 10/31/79 | 7:29 |
| 2. | "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 10/31/79 | 8:07 |
| 3. | "Lost Sailor \>" (Weir, Barlow) | Capital Centre, 11/8/79 | 6:30 |
| 4. | "Saint of Circumstance \>" (Weir, Barlow) | Capital Centre, 11/8/79 | 5:41 |
| 5. | "Jam" (Grateful Dead) | Capital Centre, 11/8/79 | 7:20 |
| 6. | "Althea" (Garcia, Hunter) | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 10/31/79 | 9:42 |
| 7. | "Estimated Prophet \>" (Weir, Barlow) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 13:16 |
| 8. | "He's Gone \>" (Garcia, Hunter) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 10:35 |
| 9. | "Jam" (Grateful Dead) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 8:41 |

## Credits

### Grateful Dead

### Production

* Produced by Grateful Dead
* Compilation produced by David Lemieux and Blair Jackson
* Recorded by Dan Healy
* Edited and mastered by Jeffrey Norman at Garage Audio Mastering
* Cover art by Scott McDougall
* Photos by Jay Blakesberg, Herb Greene, Larry Hulst, and Bob Minkin
* Package design by Steve Vance
* Liner notes written by Blair Jackson

## Sound quality

A label on the CD case for *Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1* states, "The compact discs herein have been digitally remastered directly from original soundboard cassettes. They are historical snapshots, not modern professional recordings, and may therefore exhibit occasional technical anomalies and unavoidable ravages of time."

The album was released in HDCD format. This provides enhanced sound quality when played on CD players with HDCD capability, and is fully compatible with regular CD players.

## Recording dates

*Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1* contains selections from the following concerts:

## InfoBox

| Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Live album by Grateful Dead | |
| Released | November 5, 2007 |
| Recorded | Fall, 1979 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 156:28
bonus disc: 77:26 |
| Label | Grateful Dead |
| Producer | Grateful Dead |
| Grateful Dead chronology | |
| *Three from the Vault*
(2007) ***Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1***
(2007) *Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/5/79*
(2008) | |
|  | |
| Alternative cover | |
|  | |
| *Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 Bonus Disc* | |
|  | |
|  | |


title: Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/6/79

abstract: Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/6/79 is a spin-off of the Road Trips series which continues the tradition of releasing full shows of the band the Grateful Dead in download formats started with the Download Series. It was released by Grateful Dead Productions on September 10, 2008, ten months after the release of Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1, and is a full show from the same tour as that release. It is a two disc release of a complete show the band performed on November 6, 1979 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This release was accompanied by the concurrent release of the show from the previous evening as Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/5/79.

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# Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/6/79

***Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/6/79*** is a spin-off of the Road Trips series which continues the tradition of releasing full shows of the band the Grateful Dead in download formats (both MP3 and FLAC) started with the Download Series. It was released by Grateful Dead Productions on September 10, 2008, ten months after the release of *Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1*, and is a full show from the same tour as that release. It is a two disc release of a complete show the band performed on November 6, 1979 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This release was accompanied by the concurrent release of the show from the previous evening as *Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/5/79*.

## Track listing

**Disc one**

*First set:* 1. "Alabama Getaway" \> (Garcia, Hunter)
2. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry)
3. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter)
4. "Me & My Uncle" \> (John Phillips)
5. "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow)
6. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter)
7. "Easy To Love You" (Mydland, Barlow)
8. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow)
9. "Jack-A-Roe" (Traditional)
10. "Jack Straw" \> (Weir, Hunter)
11. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter)

**Disc two**

*Second set:* 1. "Terrapin Station" \> (Garcia, Hunter)
2. "Playing In The Band" \> (Weir, Hart, Hunter)
3. "Drums" \> (Grateful Dead)
4. "Space" \> (Grateful Dead)
5. "Black Peter" \> (Garcia, Hunter)
6. "Good Lovin' " (Clarke, Resnick)

*Encore:* 1.
2. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter)

## Personnel

## InfoBox

| Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/6/79 | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Live album by Grateful Dead | |
| Released | September 10, 2008 |
| Recorded | November 6, 1979 |
| Label | Grateful Dead Productions |
| Grateful Dead chronology | |
| *Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/5/79*
(2008) ***Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/6/79***
(2008) *Road Trips Volume 1 Number 2*
(2008) | |


title: River Gee-2

abstract: River Gee-2 is an electoral district for the elections to the House of Representatives of Liberia. It is located in a central portion of River Gee County, bordering Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, and Maryland counties.

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# River Gee-2

**River Gee-2** is an electoral district for the elections to the House of Representatives of Liberia. It is located in a central portion of River Gee County, bordering Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, and Maryland counties.

## Elected representatives

| Year | Representative elected | Party | | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2005 | Elijah Flahn Seah |  | APD |  |
| 2011 | Christian S. Chea |  | UP |  |
| 2017 | Francis Saywon Young |  | MOVEE |  |
| 2023 | Isaac B. Choloplay Wuo |  | CDC |  |

## InfoBox

| River Gee-2 | |
| --- | --- |
| Constituency<br>for the House of Representatives of Liberia | |
| Electorate | 13,756 (2023) |
| Current constituency | |
| Representative | Isaac B. Choloplay Wuo |


title: Kyril, Prince of Preslav

abstract: Kyril, Prince of Preslav, Duke in Saxony, also known as Kyril of Saxe-Coburg, is the second son of Simeon II and Margarita Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. His father, Simeon, served as Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946 and Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005.

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# Kyril, Prince of Preslav

| Styles of
**The Prince of Preslav** | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |

**Kyril, Prince of Preslav, Duke in Saxony** (born 11 July 1964), also known as **Kyril of Saxe-Coburg**, is the second son of Simeon II and Margarita Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. His father, Simeon, served as Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946 and Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005.

## Education and career

Kyril was born in Madrid, and graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in physics in 1986 after completing a senior thesis titled "Velocity distribution of pulsars: a Monte Carlo simulation."

In 2007, he worked for GLG Partners, the London-based asset management branch of Lehman Brothers.

## Marriage and family

Kyril married María del Rosario Nadal y Fuster de Puigdórfila, who goes by "Rosario Nadal", on 15 September 1989. Her first cousin, Joaquín Felipe de Puigdórfila y Esteve is the current Count of Olocau.

The religious ceremony was held at Saint Anne's Chapel, Royal Palace of La Almudaina, Palma de Mallorca. The Spanish tabloids *¡Hola!* and *Semana* covered the event and reported that there were 400 guests, though only 125 could be accommodated in the chapel for the religious ceremony. According to *Majesty* magazine at the time, King Juan Carlos, Queen Sofía, Infanta Elena, Infanta Cristina of Spain, and Felipe VI of Spain attended the occasion.

The couple have three children:

* Princess Mafalda-Cecilia (born 27 July 1994). On 28 May 2022 married civilly Marc Abousleiman in Majorca.
* Princess Olimpia (born 14 December 1995)
* Prince Tassilo (born 20 January 2002)

Through their mother, Kyril’s children descend from the Aztec Emperor Montezuma II. A former model and muse for the fashion designer Valentino Garavani, Rosario Nadal works professionally as an art consultant. In 2007, she wrote an article for *Architectural Digest*.

In October 2009, it was announced by the Spanish news agency EFE that, according to a report from an anonymous source close to Simeon of Bulgaria, the couple were going to live separately. The source claimed, however, that they don't presently have any plans or intention to divorce.

The couple appeared together at the wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden on 19 June 2010.

## Personal life

On 28 October 1987, Kyril escorted fellow Princeton graduate Brooke Shields to a dinner/fashion show hosted by Christian Lacroix in New York City. Until his marriage, Kyril's purported romantic interests were tracked by European celebrity magazines, notably *¡Hola!* in Spain.

He owns a vacation residence near Campos, Majorca, where he is a keen surfer.

He and his wife have been known to socialize with many celebrities and royalty, such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Hugh Grant, the Crown Prince Haakon Magnus and Mette Marit of Norway, as well as the Spanish royal family.

Kyril and his wife separated in 2009. Since 2017 he has been in a relationship with British businesswoman Katharine Butler.

## Honours

### Dynastic

## Ancestors

## InfoBox

| Kyril
Кирил | |
| --- | --- |
| *Prince of Preslav* | |
| Kyril (right) with Nikolai Tolstoy, 1996 | |
| Born | (1964-07-11) 11 July 1964
Madrid, Spain |
| Spouse | Rosario Nadal  (m. 1989; sep. 2009) |
| Partner | Katharine Butler |
|  | |
| Issue |  |
| House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry |
| Father | Simeon II of Bulgaria |
| Mother | Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela |


title: Kurosh School

abstract: The Kurosh School was a school founded in 1931 in Tehran by members of its Iranian Jewish community. It was largely the idea of the Zionist activists Farajollah Hakem and Habib Levy, but the two also received help from Esmail Hayy, Aziz Elqanyan, Rabbi Azizollah ben Yuna Na'im and several others. The Kurosh School was initially founded as an elementary institution; however, it soon expanded to also offer high school grades. In contrast to the schools founded by the Alliance Israélite Universelle, the Kurosh School emphasized Hebrew and Persian rather than French.

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# Kurosh School

The **Kurosh School** (sometimes anglicized as Cyrus School) was a school founded in 1931 in Tehran by members of its Iranian Jewish community. It was largely the idea of the Zionist activists Farajollah Hakem and Habib Levy, but the two also received help from Esmail Hayy, Aziz Elqanyan, Rabbi Azizollah ben Yuna Na'im and several others. The Kurosh School was initially founded as an elementary institution; however, it soon expanded to also offer high school grades. In contrast to the schools founded by the Alliance Israélite Universelle, the Kurosh School emphasized Hebrew and Persian rather than French.


title: Károly Sugar

abstract: Károly Sugar (1882–1936) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. Most of his career was spent in the theatre, but he also appeared in five films.

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# Károly Sugar

**Károly Sugar** (1882–1936) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. Most of his career was spent in the theatre, but he also appeared in five films.

## Selected filmography

## Bibliography

* Rachel A. Schildgen. *More Than a Dream: Rediscovering the Life and Films of Vilma Banky*. 1921 PVG Publishing, 2010.

## InfoBox

| Károly Sugar | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Born | 2 November 1882
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Died | 30 July 1936
Budapest, Hungary |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1920-1933 (film) |


title: Károly Solymár

abstract: Károly Solymár was a Hungarian hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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# Károly Solymár

**Károly Solymár** (23 December 1894  15 December 1945) was a Hungarian hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

## InfoBox

Károly Solymár
|  | |
| --- | --- |
| Personal information | |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Born | (1894-12-23)23 December 1894 |
| Died | 15 December 1945(1945-12-15) (aged 50) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | 110 metres hurdles |


title: Rittong

abstract: Rittong is a village in Chipwi Township in Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma.

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# Rittong

**Rittong** is a village in Chipwi Township in Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma.

1. Maplandia world gazetteer

## InfoBox

| Rittong | |
| --- | --- |
| RittongLocation in Burma | |
| Coordinates: 25°51′N 98°09′E / 25.850°N 98.150°E / 25.850; 98.150 | |
| Country | Burma |
| State | Kachin State |
| District | Myitkyina District |
| Township | Chipwi Township |
| Population | |
| Religions | Buddhism |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (UTC \+ 6:30) |


title: Rob Lewis (marine scientist)

abstract: Rob Lewis is a South Australian marine scientist and retired senior civil servant. He discovered the first known upwelling system in southern Australia and was professionally involved in fisheries and aquaculture management for 38 years. He was head of South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) from 1992 to 2010.

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# Rob Lewis (marine scientist)

**Rob Lewis** is a South Australian marine scientist and retired senior civil servant. He discovered the first known upwelling system in southern Australia and was professionally involved in fisheries and aquaculture management for 38 years. He was head of South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) from 1992 to 2010.

## Career

Lewis joined South Australia's Department of Fisheries as a research officer in 1973, where he worked in support of the rock lobster fishery. By 1987 he was working in a research management capacity, balancing fisheries, aquaculture and marine conservation interests. He joined SARDI in 1992, and was appointed Executive Director in 1993. There he was responsible for guiding SARDI in its development as a "model state research agency" supporting the interests of South Australia's primary industries. He promoted collaboration between Government, private sector interests and academic institutions and helped secure South Australia's role in the establishment of Collaborative Research Centres (CRCs) for Aquaculture, Finfish, Molecular Plant Breeding and Seafood.

In 2002, Lewis named the growth of aquaculture, the development of plump and juicy cherries and research in soil-born diseases as highlights of the first ten years of SARDI.

Under Lewis' leadership, SARDI obtained the research vessel *Ngerin* , established the SA Aquatic Sciences Centre, refined plans for the Plant Research Centre and supported the development of the Lincoln Marine Science Centre. Lewis was "a major driver" in the establishment of the Marine Innovation South Australia initiative; a collaborative project involving SARDI Aquatic Sciences, Flinders University, the University of Adelaide, the South Australian Museum and the seafood industry with the goal of increasing the value of South Australia's seafood sector.

Lewis retired from SARDI in 2010 but continues to hold an honorary fellowship there. He went on to become the independent chair of the Fisheries and Aquaculture National Priorities Forum.

The South Australian Aquatic Biosecurity Centre, a collaboration between the University of Adelaide and SARDI opened in 2011. Lewis was involved in the project as the chair of Marine Innovation South Australia.

He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

He was awarded a Centenary Medal for services to marine sciences in 2003 and an Australian Honours Public Service Medal for services to primary industries research and development in 2011.

Lewis was appointed the inaugural President of Experiencing Marine Sanctuaries, a not-for-profit organisation which offers guided snorkeling tours within South Australian waters.

## Board memberships

Lewis has been a member of various management and advisory boards.

They include:

He had acted as Chair of the following entities:

* Australian Fisheries Management Authority Research Committee
* Commonwealth Fisheries Research Advisory Board
* Southern Bluefin Tuna Management Advisory Committee
* Australian Maritime College Council
* The A W Howard Memorial Trust Pty Ltd
* Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board

1. "Rob Lewis retires - 30/06/2010". *www.abc.net.au*. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
2. "SA Country Hour - 25/10/2002: SARDI celebrates 10 years of R&D". *www.abc.net.au*. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
3. "Rob Lewis - SARDI reflects on an enduring leader" (PDF). 30 June 2010.
4. "SARDI gets new chief as Lewis moves on - Plains Producer". *Plains Producer*. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
5. "Adelaidean -- Net tightens on aquatic pests". *www.adelaide.edu.au*. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
6. (DEWNR), Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. "Meet our board members". *www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au*. Retrieved 28 September 2017.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
7. "About Us". *Experiencing Marine Sanctuaries Inc*. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
8. AMLR NRM Board \> Meet our board members Retrieved 14 August 2018.


title: Rob Little

abstract: Rob Little is an American comedian and actor from Pinconning, Michigan. He has been performing stand-up comedy since 1998 and has been acting in movies and television. He has also produced two straight to DVD comedy specials based on his stand-up. His humor is often self-deprecating, although he prides himself as the "happiest comic in America."

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# Rob Little

**Rob Little** (born December 24, 1972) is an American comedian and actor from Pinconning, Michigan. He has been performing stand-up comedy since 1998 and has been acting in movies and television. He has also produced two straight to DVD comedy specials based on his stand-up. His humor is often self-deprecating, although he prides himself as the "happiest comic in America."

## Early life

Growing up, Little had a difficult time in elementary school due to being overweight. In an interview, Little stated, "In elementary school, kids would always pull food away from me at lunchtime saying mean, hurtful things like... 'Let go of my sandwich!'". Already at a young age, Little knew he wanted to become a comedian. When Little was 5 years old, he was watching his current inspiration, comedian George Carlin, do a comedy bit on TV when he and his parents were heading to Mackinac Island for a family vacation. Because his parents were asleep, he was able to view this adult-oriented comedy. Little looked back on that experience and thought to himself, "That's \[comedy is\] what I want to do the rest of my life."

## Education

Little went to Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration majoring in M.I.S. (Management Information Systems). He also has an associate degree in Data Processing from Delta College in Bay City, Michigan.

## Career

### Before comedy

After graduating with a degree in business and information sciences, Little has had several jobs. Before comedy, he worked for General Motors in Detroit, Kmart in Troy, Michigan, and IBM in Dearborn, Michigan. At IBM, Little was a computer programmer. Though this position was lucrative, Rob stated that it was not for him. He was fired from IBM due to an all-company email that he sent which read, "If you aren't happy here, quit your job and follow your dream." Little viewed this as a blessing in disguise because it was after this moment in 1998 that he started becoming a relevant player in the world of comedy.

### Stand-up and acting

Little uses his training from the world famous Second City Comedy Club to create routines that are inventive, funny, spontaneous, and completely unique. He is well known in comedy clubs in Los Angeles and throughout the United States. He is a regular sketch comedy artist on *The Best Damn Sports Show Period* and has made appearances on other shows such as *Last Call with Carson Daly*, *Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew* and won $25,000 on CBS's *Fire Me...Please*.

He has also appeared in many commercials, such as for Snickers and Chemistry.com. As of November 2011, Little is being featured on Comedy Central’s original series Nick Swardson's Pretend Time as well as "Who Wants to Date a Comedian?." Also, he has been working on two new projects: one being a follow-up to his 2006 comedy special, Haulin’ Ass, which is due to release in 2012, and the other being a new television program he created. This program is called "Here’s a Little History with Rob Little." It features Little traveling to various historical sites around the United States and combines the history of these sites with his comedy. The program is currently being bid on by The History Channel, The Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, TLC, National Geographic Channel and PBS. The pilot for the show was shot in the Detroit area and featured The Henry Ford Museum and Motown Records

### Mention

Once described to as "a Bald Chris Farley with a smack of Jack Black," Rob responded "I don't mind being bald, look at all the money I save... by not going on dates." Rob Little has established himself as one of the funniest, most progressive, new comedians in the country. Little states on his website that entertainment bookers call him “The Future of comedy with more contagious energy than the Energizer Bunny.” The Detroit Free Press selected Little as Michigan's “Best up and Coming Comedian." He has been a finalist in both the Seattle and San Francisco International Comedy Competition. He was also selected as a feature performer at the Chicago Comedy Festival along with the Boston Comedy and Movie Festival. Maxim magazine awarded him the title "Real Man of Comedy of 2007." Last Comic Standing (on which he's appeared, but wasn't competing) tagged Little the "happiest comedian in America." He doesn't call himself that, but wouldn't argue with it.

### DVD releases

#### Born: 20 Inches Long

Born: 20 Inches Long is Little's first independent released DVD featuring comedy recorded live from Joey's Comedy Club in Livonia, Michigan. It is roughly 40 minutes long and was also released in CD format.

#### Rob Little Haulin' Ass

Little's second independent released DVD, called Haulin' Ass, was released in 2006. The DVD features one of Little's comedy shows recorded live at JD's Comedy Café in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is roughly 55 minutes and was also released in CD format.

Both Born: 20 Inches Long and Haulin' Ass can be purchased straight off of Rob Little's official website.

1. Libery, John (May 19, 2011). "Comedian Rob Little to bring laughs to downtown Kalamazoo's Block Party". Kalamazoo Gazette. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
2. "Funny Bone: Rob Little". Symfonee Corporation. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
3. Losinski, Brendan (November 10, 2011). "Hometown comedian Rob Little returns to the Comedy Castle with good-natured fun". The Oakland Press. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
4. "Kansas City Improv: Rob Little Biography". Symfonee Corporation. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
5. "Snicker's Commercial". Bear Mythology. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
6. "Rob Little: Comedy Television Star". Corporate Funny. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
7. "Comedian: Rob Little". Rooftop Media. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
8. "Official Website of Rob Little: My Biography". Retrieved December 3, 2011.
9. "Rob Little Born: 20 Inches Long". The Serious Comedy Site. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
10. "Rob Little Haulin' Ass". The Serious Comedy Site. Retrieved December 4, 2012.

## InfoBox

| Rob Little | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1972-12-24) December 24, 1972<br>Pinconning, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Comedian |
| Years active | 1998–present |


title: L-Dis

abstract: L-Dis is a 1991 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game published by Masaya Games for the NEC PC Engine CD-ROM².

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# L-Dis

***L-Dis*** is a 1991 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game published by Masaya Games for the NEC PC Engine CD-ROM².

## Gameplay

*L-Dis* is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game.

## Development and release

In 2009, the game was released for the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console.

## Reception

*L-Dis* received generally favorable reviews. The Japanese publication *Micom BASIC Magazine* ranked the game seventh in popularity in its July 1991 issue, and it received a score of 21.89 out of 30 in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by *PC Engine Fan*, ranking among PC Engine titles at the number 174 spot.

1. Matsuyama, Benī (March 1991). "Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 新作ソフト Data Base". *Micom BASIC Magazine*. No. 105. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. pp. 250–251.
2. "Japanese Virtual Console list - February 2009". *Nintendo Life*. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
3. "任天堂、2月のバーチャルコンソール配信タイトルを公開". *Inside Games* (in Japanese). IID, Inc.. February 2, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
4. "「バーチャルコンソール」＆「Wiiウェア」2月3日配信作品". *Inside Games* (in Japanese). IID, Inc.. February 3, 2009. Archived from the original on 2020-07-12. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
5. "NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: エルディス". *Famitsu* (in Japanese). No. 136. ASCII Corporation. July 26, 1991. (Transcription by Famitsu.com. Archived 2015-06-30 at the Wayback Machine).
6. "発売直前 REVIEW: エルディス". *Gekkan PC Engine* (in Japanese). Vol. 3, no. 5. Shogakukan. May 1991. p. 120.
7. Querleux, Philippe (May 1991). "Console: L-Dis". *Génération 4* (in French). No. 33. Pressimage. p. 123.
8. Demoly, Jean-Marc (May 1991). "Consoles News: L-Dis". *Joystick* (in French). No. 16. Sipress. p. 170.
9. "新作ソフトお毒味チャート: エルディス". *Marukatsu PC Engine* (in Japanese). Vol. 3, no. 5. Kadokawa Shoten. May 1991. p. 145.
10. "Stop Info: CD-Rom NEC: Le Retour". *Player One* (in French). No. 9. Média Système Édition. May 1991. p. 7.
11. Ireland, Victor (January 1992). "Games Around The World (Extended Version)". *TurboPlay*. No. 10. Larry Flynt Publications. pp. 18–25.
12. Varella, Léo (1992). "TurboGrafx-16: 22 Games". *Cinevídeo Games* (in Portuguese). Vol. 1, no. 5. Editora Ondas. p. 18—23.
13. Matsuyama, Benī (July 1991). "Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 今月の人気ソフト・ランキング". *Micom BASIC Magazine*. No. 109. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. p. 260.
14. "PC Engine All Catalog '93 10月号特別付録". *PC Engine Fan* (in Japanese). Vol. 6, no. 10. Tokuma Shoten. October 1, 1993. p. 71.

## InfoBox

| L-Dis | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Developer(s) | Dual Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Masaya |
| Director(s) | Yasumasa Shirakura |
| Producer(s) | Toshirou Tsuchida |
| Designer(s) | Tetsuya Yamamoto |
| Programmer(s) | Tsutomu Takano |
| Artist(s) | Norio Makino |
| Writer(s) | Norio Makino |
| Composer(s) | Atsuhiro Motoyama |
| Platform(s) | PC Engine CD-ROM² |
| Release | * JP: April 5, 1991 |
| Genre(s) | Horizontal-scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |


title: L-E-V Company

abstract: L-E-V Company is an Israeli dance and spectacle ensemble created by dancer Sharon Eyal and designer of multimedia events Gai Behar.

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# L-E-V Company

**L-E-V Company** is an Israeli dance and spectacle ensemble created by dancer Sharon Eyal and designer of multimedia events Gai Behar.

## History

L-E-V (which means "heart" in Hebrew) mixes electronic music, techno, fashion and contemporary works into its productions. L-E-V has performed at venues in its native Israel (e.g. the Israel Festival in Jerusalem), the United States (e.g. Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival), Europe, Canada and the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico.

Sharon Eyal, born in Jerusalem, danced with the Batsheva Dance Company from 1990 to 2008. She worked as a choreographer and associate artistic director from 2003-2004 and house choreographer from 2005-2012. With Batsheva, she worked for 23 years under Ohad Naharin, and adopted his “Gaga” technique as the base for L-E-V. Since then she was created works for other companies along with L-E-V.

Gai Behar was a party producer in Tel Aviv and a curator of multidisciplinary art events from 1995 to 2005. Behar’s role in the company is to experiment with aspects of performance art, installation and video to combine with dance.

The pair met at an electronic music event organized by Behar in Tel Aviv, with their first collaboration being the project Bertolina in 2005. L-E-V was founded in 2013, premiering in collaboration with the Goteborgs Operans Danskompani in Gothenburg. Later musician Ori Lichtik joined the company. Lichtik is a percussionist and DJ, creating rhythms for dance movements. He was one of the pioneers of techno in Israel, working this type of musical production since 1996. The design of the shows include lighting by Avi Yona Bueno, and costumes by Ma’ayan Goldman and Odelia Arnold.

## Critical acclaim

A review in the New York Times stated that L-E-V “has a defined style that takes most troupes years to develop… In the work’s best moments, this all suggests a Hieronymous Bosch painting of an extraterrestrial rave…. But though they range widely in size, they are too close to being clones. And though the choreography has multiple modes, the overriding aesthetic gives everything a numbing sameness.


title: L'Idée de la décentralisation

abstract: L'Idée de la décentralisation is a political booklet by the French journalist and politician Charles Maurras, member of the Félibrige then journalist and director of L'Action française, published in February 1898.

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# L'Idée de la décentralisation

***L'Idée de la décentralisation*** (*The Idea of decentralization*) is a political booklet by the French journalist and politician Charles Maurras, member of the Félibrige then journalist and director of *L'Action française,* published in February 1898.

## Presentation

In this book, Maurras establishes the synonymy of « decentralization » with the « federalism » without confusing the two because decentralization is only the means to achieve a federal situation.

The book is specifically dedicated to Auguste Comte, Frédéric Le Play, Ernest Renan and Hippolyte Taine. He also greets the officers of the French army engaged with the Dreyfus affair. Maurras endorses the thesis developed by Maurice Barrès in *Les Déracinés* in 1897 by linking it to the Dreyfus affair on the grounds that the Jews would be in favor of centralism to weaken France.

In the first pages, Maurras takes stock of the previous defenders of decentralization, including Tocqueville, Proudhon, Louis-Xavier de Ricard or Maurice Barrès.

Since its participation in the *Déclaration des Jeunes Félibres fédéralistes* of 1892, the criticism of the jacobinism has matured. Historian Martin Motte observes that the author approaches the problem of Jacobinism no longer "from the point of view of Provençal identity, but from the point of view of French nationalism".

Maurras intends to deconstruct the received idea that centralization would guarantee stability and political efficiency. Indeed, despite centralism, France in the 19th century experienced five changes of regime and was crushed in 1870 by a Confederate Germany. Moreover, centralism has as its corollary a cosmopolitan conception of education which would consist in uprooting the child from his family, ethnic, social and intellectual determinisms. This results in particular in the language policy in France.

Maurras affirms that a State which takes care of everything ends up abandoning its sovereign functions and that a people who are denied the right to administer their daily life end up getting involved in discussions of high politics to which he hears nothing. Maurras prefers the synergy of a "sustainable central power" and "extensive local liberties". These are considered "essential to the moral and mental health of French society" on the grounds that they would give him "a taste for initiative, a sense of responsibility and pride in himself". The individual is the nucleus of the first community circle. Historian Stéphane Giocanti detects in his definition of decentralization a "properly Mistralian originality of his idea, which is that it cannot be reduced to a project of planned division, and that it evokes a dynamic applicable both to region, municipality or district, going beyond the legal definition of administrative territoriality to focus on the political reality of the citizen". However, decentralization is not a simple deconcentration of state powers.

Finally, Maurras does not exclude openness to the world in a "universalism respectful of diversity".

> To dream of universal monarchy and to rise to the metaphysical sphere of the city of God, Dante is none the less the exact citizen of Florence; Sophocles the Athenian and Sophocles the universal are not two opposing figures that exclude each other, but the same character. And so with Goethe in Weimar, insofar as he attained classical genius.
>
> Charles Maurras

Maurras opposes the notion of rootedness to the cosmopolitan belief that the universe tends to unify. According to Martin Motte, history has given Maurras a reason so far because the world has gone from 53 independent states in 1914, to 74 in 1945 to more than 190 today.: "In this case, Maurras saw more accurately than the great geopoliticians of his time, the Ratzel, the Kjellén, Mahan and Haushofer, which all counted on the continuation of the process of spatial concentration".

> The desired harmony of the world can only consist in a better order of existing varieties, not in their suppression.
>
> Charles Maurras

## Posterity

According to Frédéric Rouvillois, Maurras appears "as the one who synthesized, ordered, and basically invented that conservative neo-federalism which, Dean Vedel noted, is one of the deepest there is".

This booklet is one of the masterful references of Jean Charles-Brun in *Le Régionalisme* published in 1911 and for Maurice Barrès in *Scènes et doctrines du nationalisme* published in 1902.

Full text of *L'Idée de la décentralisation* on maurras.net

## Bibliography

* Rémi Soulié (2017). "Le jeune Maurras, félibre et fédéraliste". *Nouvelle École* (66): 49–54.
* René Jouveau (1972). "L'itinéraire félibréen de Charles Maurras avant l'Action française". *Études maurrassiennes*. **1**. Aix-en-Provence: 81–88.
* Henri Morel (1972). "Charles Maurras et l'idée de décentralisation". *Études maurrassiennes*. **1**. Aix-en-Provence: 115–144.

## InfoBox

*L'Idée de la décentralisation*
|  | |
| --- | --- |
| Editor | Librairie de la Revue encyclopédique |
| Author | Charles Maurras |
| Publication date | 1898 |
| Publication place | France |


title: Kątki, Pomeranian Voivodeship

abstract: Kątki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stary Targ, within Sztum County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-west of Stary Targ, 8 km (5 mi) east of Sztum, and 62 km (39 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

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# Kątki, Pomeranian Voivodeship

**Kątki** \[ˈkɔntki\] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stary Targ, within Sztum County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-west of Stary Targ, 8 km (5 mi) east of Sztum, and 62 km (39 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.

For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

## InfoBox

| Kątki | |
| --- | --- |
| Village | |
| Kątki | |
| Coordinates: 53°54′26″N 19°9′9″E / 53.90722°N 19.15250°E / 53.90722; 19.15250 | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Sztum |
| Gmina | Stary Targ |
| Population | 110 |


title: Kyoto Protocol (band)

abstract: Kyoto Protocol is a Malaysian rock band from Kuala Lumpur formed in 2009. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Fuad, back-up vocalist/keyboard player Gael, guitarist Hairi, bassist Shakeil, and drummer Shan. In 2011, Kyoto Protocol received a nomination in the 'Best New Artist' category from the Anugerah Industri Muzik following the success of their EP titled "An Album" in the same year. Its lead single "Pussycat" peaked at No.1 on Hitz.FM's Malaysian English Top 10, the FlyFM Campur Charts and TraxxFM's Upstage Charts.

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# Kyoto Protocol (band)

**Kyoto Protocol** is a Malaysian rock band from Kuala Lumpur formed in 2009. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Fuad, back-up vocalist/keyboard player Gael, guitarist Hairi, bassist Shakeil, and drummer Shan.

In 2011, Kyoto Protocol received a nomination in the 'Best New Artist' category from the Anugerah Industri Muzik following the success of their EP titled "An Album" in the same year. Its lead single "Pussycat" peaked at No.1 on Hitz.FM's Malaysian English Top 10, the FlyFM Campur Charts and TraxxFM's Upstage Charts.

## History

### 2009-2011: Formation and early days

Kyoto Protocol was formed in 2009 by Fuad, Gael, Hairi, Shaq and Shan. The band won 1st place in the Yamaha Asian Beat 2009 Central Regional Finals. In the subsequent National Finals, however, they narrowly missed out on the top spot and the chance to represent Malaysia in the Asian Beat Grand Finals in Japan, settling for runner-up instead. In 2011, they were hand-picked to be the opening act for in MGMT's maiden concert in Kuala Lumpur, their first exposure to the big stage. Since then, they adapted quickly and in the process racked up impressive accolades including coveted slots at Future Music Festival Asia, Rockaway and Urbanscapes.

### 2011-2012: *An Album*

In June 2011, Kyoto Protocol released “An Album”, a 5-track EP, under Monsoon Records who spotted them making the rounds in the local gigging circuit. Their first single from the album “Pussycat” garnered heavy rotation on the airwaves, even reaching number 1 on the Hitz.FM's Malaysian English Top 10, FlyFM's Campur Chart and TraxxFM's Upstage Charts. Subsequently, the band received a nomination for “Best New Artist” from Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) in the same year, building on the success of “An Album”.

They were also one of the opening acts for We The Kings and We Are The In Crowd, alongside Bunkface and Oh Chentaku on 30 May 2012 at the Bukit Jalil Stadium.

### 2013-2014

In March 2013, the band kickstarted proceedings at the Flamingo Stage of Future Music Festival Asia, held in Sepang, Malaysia. They shared the stage with big international acts that included Grammy nominees Fun., British indie rock band Bloc Party, and Australian goliaths The Temper Trap, amongst others. Future Music Festival Asia is currently the only instalment of the Future Music Festival franchise outside of Australia. The band performed a couple new tracks, in a preview to a potential upcoming album rumoured to be released in late 2013.

In April 2013, they participated as contestants for the second season of *Versus* -a TV9 reality show where obscure bands compete against each other- where they reached second place. In August of the same year, they rubbed shoulders with international acts like Smashing Pumpkins and Modest Mouse for Good Vibes Festival that was held in Sepang. Also, they officially released brand new EP entitled "Pahlawan" featuring few songs from "Versus" and also a brand new track with Liyana Fizi, "Jelita". Meanwhile, in September 2013, they are the opening act for The Killers held in Helipad, Sepang. Now they are focusing on their upcoming album that is expected to be released in 2014.

In May 2014, the band released their brand new song, "Dispensable" exclusively on Deezer and later released on iTunes. The song is from their upcoming album entitled "Catch These Men", set to be released in late 2014. In September 2014, the band has confirmed that the completion of their album. So far, the confirmed tracks on the album is "Dispensable", "Still Alive", "An Honest Day" and the new one, "Monster's Ball" which the band debut the song live at their recent show in Shah Alam, Selangor for Proton's "Alami Proton" event. In October 2014, the album officially completed mixing and mastering by Faiz Fadzil of The Wknd.

### 2015-2017: *Catch These Men*

In January 2015, the band officially announced their tour in February 2015 for their new album, "Catch These Men". The band toured in Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Ipoh.

### 2017-2018: *The Pen is Mightier*

Kyoto Protocol went back into the studio and started writing new songs in 2017 and started recording at Maverick Studio towards the end of 2017. They released their first single from their upcoming album in July 2018 entitled "Delta Wing". The song was released on Spotify, Deezer, & Apple Music, and made it into New Music Friday (Malaysia) on Spotify which marked the return of Kyoto Protocol on the big stage. They then released the following single "Guilty Plea" in October 2018, and followed that release with another single "The End" in December, in conjunction with the full "The Pen is Mightier" album launch. "The End" was selected for New Music Friday on Spotify across multiple countries in Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines, and also made it to the Top Hits Malaysia playlist.

To commemorate the launch of "The Pen is Mightier", Kyoto Protocol went on a National Tour in November to December 2018 which included shows in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh, Johor Bahru, Kuching, Miri and Kota Kinabalu.

## Band members

* Fuad Alhabshi
* Gael Oliveres
* Hairi Haneefa
* Shakeil Bashir (Shaq)
* Shanjeev Reddy (Shan)

## Discography

EP * *An Album* (2011)

Studio album * *Catch These Men* (2015)
* *The Pen is Mightier* (2018)

## InfoBox

| Kyoto Protocol | |
| --- | --- |
| Kyoto Protocol performing at Multimedia University (Cyberjaya) in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Genres | Rock and rollAlternative rockPop punkIndie rock |
| Years active | 2009present |
| Labels | unsigned |
|  | |
| Members | Fuad Alhabshi
Gael Oliveres
Hairi Haneefa
Shakeil Bashir (Shaq)
Shanjeev Reddy (Shan) |
|  | |
| Website | www.kyotoband.com
www.facebook.com/kyotoprotocol
www.twitter.com/KyotoBand |


title: Kyoto Racecourse

abstract: Kyoto Racecourse is located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 120,000. The current stand was built in 1999.

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# Kyoto Racecourse

Map

**Kyoto Racecourse** (京都競馬場, *Kyōto-keibajō*) is located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 120,000. The current stand was built in 1999.

## History

Kyoto Racecourse opened at its current location in December 1, 1925.

In preparation for the track's 100th anniversary, Kyoto Race Course will be closed from November 2020 until the Spring of 2023 for grandstand renovations. Races normally run at Kyoto will be moved to either Hanshin Racecourse or Chukyo Racecourse during this time.

## Physical attributes

Kyoto Race Course has two turf courses, a dirt course, and a jump course.

The turf's outer oval (外回り, *sotomawari*) measures 1894m and the inner oval (内回り, *uchimawari*) measures 1783m . A chute permits races to be run on either oval at distances between 1400m and 1800m. Races can be run on the "A Course" rail setting (on the hedge), the "B Course" setting (rail out 4 meters), the "C Course" setting (rail out 7 metres) or the "D Course" setting (rail out 10 meters).

The dirt course measures 1608 metres, with a 1400m chute.

*Source:* Japan Association for International Racing and Stud Book, *Kyoto Racecourse*, retrieved 2020-08-16

## Notable races

| **Month** | **Race** | **Distance** | **Age/Sex** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grade I | | | |
| Apr./May. | Tenno Sho (Spring) | Turf 3200m | 4yo + |
| Oct. | Shuka Sho | Turf 2000m | 3yo f |
| Oct. | Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger) | Turf 3000m | 3yo c&f |
| Nov. | Queen Elizabeth II Cup | Turf 2200m | 3yo + f |
| Nov. | Mile Championship | Turf 1600m | 3yo + |
| Grade II | | | |
| Jan. | Nikkei Shinshun Hai (Handicap) | Turf 2400m | 4yo + |
| Feb. | Kyoto Kinen | Turf 2200m | 4yo + |
| Apr. | Yomiuri Milers Cup (Yasuda Kinen Trial) | Turf 1600m | 4yo + |
| May | Kyoto Shimbun Hai | Turf 2200m | 3yo |
| Oct. | Daily Hai Nisai Stakes | Turf 1600m | 2yo |
| Oct. | Kyoto Daishoten (Tenno Sho Trial) | Turf 2400m | 3yo + |
| Oct./Nov. | Swan Stakes (Mile Championship Trial) | Turf 1400m | 3yo + |
| Grade III | | | |
| Jan. | Kyoto Kimpai (Handicap) | Turf 1600m | 4yo + |
| Jan. | Shinzan Kinen | Turf 1600m | 3yo |
| Jan./Feb. | Kyoto Himba Stakes | Turf 1600m | 4yo + f |
| Jan/Feb. | Silk Road Stakes (Handicap) | Turf 1200m | 4yo + |
| Feb. | Kisaragi Sho (NHK Sho) | Turf 1800m | 3yo |
| Apr. | Unicorn Stakes | Dirt 1900m | 3yo |
| May | Heian Stakes | Dirt 1900m | 4yo + |
| Nov. | Miyako Stakes (Champions Cup Trial) | Dirt 1800m | 3yo + |
| Nov. | Fantasy Stakes | Turf 1400m | 2yo f |
| Nov. | Keihan Hai | Turf 1200m | 3yo + |
| Nov. | Kyoto Nisai Stakes | Turf 2000m | 2yo |
| J-Grade II (Steeplechase) | | | |
| May | Kyoto High-Jump | Turf 3930m | 3yo + |
| J-Grade III (Steeplechase) | | | |
| Nov | Kyoto Jump Stakes | Turf 3170m | 4yo + |

## Track records

Source：レコードタイム表 (Record time table) -\> 京都競馬場 (Kyoto Racecourse)

* † Reference Time.
* Last updated on October 18, 2020.

### Turf course (2yo)

| Distance | Time | Racehorse | Sex | Weight | Jockey | Date Recorded |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1100m | 1:05.0 | Yamapit | Filly | 50kg | Yasuo Ikee | September 4, 1966 |
| 1200m | 1:08.0 | A Shin Whity | Colt | 52kg | Kyosuke Kokubun | November 7, 2009 |
| 1400m | 1:20.5 | Moon Express | Filly | 54kg | Kohei Matsuyama | November 24, 2014 |
| Outer 1400m | 1:20.3 | Aston Machan | Filly | 54kg | Yutaka Take | November 5, 2006 |
| 1600m | 1:32.3 | Mikki Isle | Colt | 55kg | Suguru Hamanaka | November 2, 2013 |
| Outer 1600m | 1:33.2 | Horai Akiko | Filly | 54kg | Ryuji Wada | October 5, 2013 |
| 1800m | 1:45.9 | Platina Voice | Colt | 55kg | Ryuji Wada | October 8, 2016 |
| 2000m | 1:59.8 | Agnes Forte | Colt | 55kg | Ryuji Wada | October 24, 2015 |

### Turf course (3yo+)

| Distance | Time | Racehorse | Sex | Weight | Jockey | Date Recorded |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1100m | 1:07.5 | Kitakami | Colt 3 | 52kg | Izumi Shimizu | January 9, 1966 |
| 1200m | 1:06.7 | Henny Hound | Horse 6 | 56kg | Yuji Hishida | October 12, 2014 |
| 1400m | 1:19.9 | A Shin Pepelatz | Colt 3 | 56kg | Yutaka Take | April 26, 2014 |
| Outer 1400m | 1:19.0 | Uliuli | Mare 5 | 55kg | Suguru Hamanaka | May 31, 2015 |
| 1600m | 1:32.2 | Chuwano Kiseki | Colt 3 | 56kg | Kohei Matsuyama | May 9, 2020 |
| Outer 1600m | 1:31.3 | Sungrazer | Horse 4 | 57kg | Yuichi Fukunaga | April 22, 2018 |
| 1800m | 1:43.9 | Grandezza | Horse 5 | 56kg | Shinichiro Akiyama | May 17, 2014 |
| 2000m | 1:56.8 | Admire Cosmos | Horse 4 | 57kg | Hiroyuki Uemura | October 8, 2011 |
| Outer 2000m | 2:00.2 | El Casa River | Filly 3 | 55kg | Masato Shibata | October 25, 1992 |
| 2200m | 2:09.7 | Neptunite | Horse 4 | 55kg | Andrasch Starke | April 21, 2019 |
| 2400m | 2:22.6 | San M.X. | Horse 4 | 57kg | Mikio Matsunaga | October 15, 2000 |
| 3000m | 3:01.0 | Toho Jackal | Colt 3 | 57kg | Manabu Sakai | October 26, 2014 |
| 3200m | 3:12.5 | Kitasan Black | Horse 5 | 58kg | Yutaka Take | April 30, 2017 |

### Dirt course (2yo)

| Distance | Time | Racehorse | Sex | Weight | Jockey | Date Recorded |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1100m | 1:06.5† | Long Sovereign | Colt | 53kg | Katsumi Minai | August 29, 1982 |
| 1200m | 1:11.0 | Love Michan | Filly | 54kg | Kusuhiko Hamaguchi | November 14, 2009 |
| 1400m | 1:23.3 | Ca Va | Colt | 55kg | Yuichi Fukunaga | October 18, 2020 |
| 1800m | 1:51.0 | Big Smoky | Colt | 55kg | Suguru Hamanaka | November 18, 2017 |

### Dirt course (3yo+)

| Distance | Time | Racehorse | Sex | Weight | Jockey | Date Recorded |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1200m | 1:09.0 | Mont Perdu | Filly 3 | 51kg | Fuma Matsuwaka | October 19, 2019 |
| 1400m | 1:21.7 | Best Warrior | Horse 4 | 56kg | Suguru Hamanaka | February 8, 2014 |
| 1800m | 1:47.8 | War Tactics | Horse 4 | 56kg | Yuga Kawada | April 26, 2009 |
| 1900m | 1:53.7 | Wonder Acute | Horse 5 | 57kg | Ryuji Wada | May 22, 2011 |
| 2600m | 2:43.3† | Erimo Roller | Horse 5 | 57kg | Shigetoshi Saruhashi | January 22, 1984 |

## InfoBox

* Kyoto Racecourse
* 京都競馬場

| Hall building in 2006 | |
| --- | --- |
| Location | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°54′24″N 135°43′30″E / 34.90667°N 135.72500°E / 34.90667; 135.72500 |
| Owned by | Japan Racing Association |
| Date opened | December 1, 1925 |
| Capacity | 120,000 |
| Screened on |  |
| Course type | Flat, Steeplechase |
| Notable races |  |
| Official website | |


title: L. Adams Beck

abstract: Lily Adams Beck, née Elizabeth Louisa Moresby was a British writer of short stories, novels, biographies and esoteric books, under the names of L. Adams Beck, E. Barrington and Louis Moresby, and sometimes other variations: Lily Adams Beck, Elizabeth Louisa Beck, Eliza Louisa Moresby Beck and Lily Moresby Adams.

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# L. Adams Beck

**Lily Adams Beck**, née **Elizabeth Louisa Moresby** (1862 in Queenstown, Cork, Ireland – 3 January 1931 in Kyoto, Japan) was a British writer of short stories, novels, biographies and esoteric books, under the names of **L. Adams Beck**, **E. Barrington** and **Louis Moresby**, and sometimes other variations: **Lily Adams Beck**, **Elizabeth Louisa Beck**, **Eliza Louisa Moresby Beck** and **Lily Moresby Adams**.

## Biography

Elizabeth Louisa "Lily" Moresby was born in 1862 in Queenstown, Cork, Ireland, UK. (While there is a degree of uncertainty about her birth and early life, some sources suggest that Moresby was born in Queenstown, Ireland, then part of the United Kingdom.)

She was the second child of an Irish mother, Jane Willis (Scott), and an English father, John Moresby. Her father, a Royal Navy captain, explored the coast of New Guinea and was the first European to visit the site of Port Moresby. She was also the granddaughter of Fairfax Moresby, who culminated a long naval career as Admiral of the Fleet. She had an elder brother, Walter Halliday (9 November 1861 – 24 April 1951), and four younger sisters: Ethel Fortescue (1865 – ?), Georgina (23 July 1867 – ?), Hilda Fairfax (16 December 1868 – 16 August 1893) and Gladys Moresby (5 April 1870 – ?).

She first married Edward Western Hodgkinson, a commander in the Royal Navy. They lived and traveled widely in the East, including Egypt, India, China, Tibet, and Japan. Hodgkinson died around 1910.

In 1912, she married her second husband, retired solicitor Ralph Coker Adams Beck. Around 1919, the couple moved to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where she joined the Canadian Authors Association. She became the first prolific female fantasy novelist in Canada.

She began her writing career with short stories in periodicals such as *The Atlantic Monthly*, *Asia*, and the *Japanese Gassho*. Her first collection of short fiction was published in 1922. She was 60 years old by the time she started publishing her novels, which commonly had an Asian setting. Her stories collected in *The Openers of the Gate* (1930) feature an occult detective inspired by the "John Silence" stories of Algernon Blackwood. According to the historian Charles Lillard, she was also a distinguished writer of esoteric works such as *The Splendor of Asia* (1926) and *The Story of Oriental Philosophy* (1928). She has been noted as a major writer of Theosophy.

Under the pseudonym E. Barrington, she also published novelized biographies of British historical figures. The 1929 film *The Divine Lady* was based on her 1924 biographical novel about Emma, Lady Hamilton. *Glorious Apollo* (1925), a fictionalized biography of Lord Byron, was a bestseller during the 1920s. *The Thunderer* is a historical novel revolving around the relationship between Napoleon and Joséphine.

She continued to write and travel until her death on 3 January 1931 in Kyoto, Japan. She was 68.

## Works

### L. Adams Beck

* *The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories* (1922)
    + Contents: The Ninth Vibration; The Interpreter: A Romance of the East; The Incomparable Lady; The Hatred of the Queen; Fire of Beauty; The Building of the Taj Mahal, How Great is the Glory of Kwannon!; The Round-Faced Beauty.
* *The Key of Dreams: A Romance of the Orient* (1922)
* *The Perfume of the Rainbow and Other Stories* (1923)
    + Contents: The Perfume of the Rainbow.; The Man and the Lesser Gods; Juana; The Courtesan of Vaisali; The Emperator and the Silk Goddess; The Loveliest Lady of China; The Ghost Plays of Japan; The Marvels of Xanadu; From the Ape to the Buddha; The Sorrow of the Queen; The Perfect One, The Way of Attainment; The Day Book of a Court Lady of Old Japan; The Courtesan Princess; The Happy Solitudes; The Desolate City.
* *The Treasure of Ho: A Romance of Revelation* (1924)
* *The Way of the Stars: A Romance of Reincarnation* (1925)
* *Rubies: An Adventure in Burma* (1925)
* *Dreams and Delights: Fantasy Stories* (1926)
* *The Splendour of Asia: The Story and Teaching of the Buddha* (1926) (also titled: The Life of the Buddha)
* *The House of Fulfilment: The Spiritual Romance of a Soul in the Himalayas* (1927)
* *The Story of Oriental Philosophy* (1928)
* *The Way of Power: Studies in the Occult* (1928) (also titled: Siddhis, Miracles, & Occult Power)
* *The Garden of Vision: A Story of Growth* (1929)
* *The Openers of The Gate and Other Stories of the Occult* (1930)
    + Contents: The Openers of the Gate; Lord Killary; How Felicity Came Home; Waste Manor; The Mystery of Iniquity; Many Waters Cannot Quench Love; The Horoscope; The Thug; Hell; The Man Who Saw.
* *The Joyous Story of Astrid* (1931)
* *Dream Tea: Fantasy Stories* (1934)
* *A Beginner's Book of Yoga: A Compilation From Her Writings* (1937) (edited by D. M. Bramble)

### E. Barrington

* *The Ladies: A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty* (1922)
    + Contents: The Diurnal of Mrs. Elizabeth Pepys; The Mystery of Stella; My Lady Mary; The Golden Vanity; The Walpole Beauty; A Bluestocking at Court; The Darcys of Rosing.
* *The Chaste Diana: The Romance Of The First Polly Peachum* (1923)
* *The Gallants: Following According to Their Wont the Ladies!* (1924)
    + Contents: The King and the Lady; Her Majesty's Godson; The Prince's Pawns; The Pious Coquette; The Two and Nelson; The King and the Lady; The Wooing of Sir Peter Teazle.
* *The Divine Lady: A Romance of Nelson and Emma Hamilton* (1924)
* *Glorious Apollo: A Novel of Lord Byron* (1925)
* *The Exquisite Perdita: A Novel of Mary Darby Robinson* (1926)
* *The Thunderer: A Romance of Napoleon and Joséphine* (1927)
* *The Empress of Hearts: A Romance of Marie Antoinette* (1928)
* *The Laughing Queen: A Romance of Cleopatra* (1929)
* *The Duel of the Queens: A Romance of Mary, Queen of Scotland* (1930)
* *The Irish Beauties: A Romance of the Luck of the Gunnings* (1931)
* *Anne Boleyn* (1932)
* *The Great Romantic: Being an Interpretation of Mr. Samuel Pepys and Elizabeth, His Wife* (1933)
* *The Graces* (1934)
* *The Wooing of the Queens: Philippa, Adelais, Matilda, Elizabeth, Isabella, and Anne of Cleves* (1934)
* *The Crowned Lovers: The True Romance of Charles the First and His Queen* (1935)

### Louis Moresby

* *The Glory of Egypt* (1926)
* *Captain Java* (1928)

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## InfoBox

| Elizabeth Louisa Moresby Hodgkinson Adams Beck | |
| --- | --- |
| Adams Beck in 1926 | |
| Born | 1862
Queenstown, Cork, Ireland |
| Died | (1931-01-03)3 January 1931 (aged 68)
Kyoto, Japan |
| Pen name | L. Adams Beck,
E. Barrington,
Louis Moresby |
| Occupation | writer, novelist |
| Language | English language |
| Period | 19191931 |
| Spouse | Edward Western Hodgkinson (18??–1910),
Ralph Coker Adams Beck (1912–19??) |
| Relatives | John Moresby (father),
Fairfax Moresby (grandfather) |


title: Roa (film)

abstract: Roa is a Colombian feature film released in 2013. It was directed by Andrés Baiz, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It is a fictionalized account inspired by the final days in the life of Juan Roa Sierra, the man who was blamed for the 1948 assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, the charismatic liberal candidate for president. The film depicts Roa as an inept and naive pawn who was threatened and manipulated by powerful, shadowy figures into becoming the scapegoat for the assassination.

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# Roa (film)

***Roa*** is a Colombian feature film released in 2013. It was directed by Andrés Baiz, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It is a fictionalized account inspired by the final days in the life of Juan Roa Sierra, the man who was blamed for the 1948 assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, the charismatic liberal candidate for president. The film depicts Roa as an inept and naive pawn who was threatened and manipulated by powerful, shadowy figures into becoming the scapegoat for the assassination.

## Plot

Roa is unemployed and struggling to support his wife and daughter. His brother tries to teach him to drive a taxi, but Roa ends up causing an accident.

At the movie theater, Roa and his family watch a newsreel in which Roa is shown at a rally standing behind Gaitán. Roa has a brief encounter with Gaitán, who gives Roa a business card. Roa becomes obsessed with Gaitán and follows him, watching through a window as Gaitan eats dinner with his family, asking questions of people outside Gaitán's law office, and imitating Gaitan's speeches in the streets. Roa dresses in his best suit of clothes and receives a blessing from his mother before going to Gaitan's office where he asks for help. Gaitán says he is not able to help and turns Roa away.

Roa has a disagreement with his wife and moves in with his mother. He continues following Gaitán and attending a rally and other events. He is now disenchanted with the man of the people. He encounters a group of men who are anti-communists and are concerned that Gaitán will be elected president.

Roa's mother encourages him to search for work. He gets a painting job at the house next to Gaitán's house. After work, he watches Gaitán at night through a window of his house. A black car approaches, and the driver grabs Roa and throws him into the back of a car with another man. The man points a gun at Roa and demands to know who he is working for and why he is following Gaitán. They leave him by the side of the road. Roa then gets a job putting up advertising posters in the streets of Bogotá.

Roa is visited by the men in the black car on multiple occasions. They give him a gun to shoot Gaitan. They say they will be watching him, threaten his family, and warn him not to go to the police. The man from the black car shows up at the house of Roa's mother. They teach him how to shoot the gun with accuracy. They tell him he needs "cajones" to do what he needs to do.

Roa reconciles with his wife in the days before he is to shoot Gaitán.

On the day of the assassination, the man in the black car gives another gun to Roa and tells him to shoot Gaitán in the head. Roa waits outside Gaitán's office as other conspirators watch. Roa has second thoughts and considers shooting himself. The man in the black car gives Roa money to encourage him to go through with the shooting. In the film, Roa does not shoot Gaitán. One of the conspirators shoots Gaitan. The conspirators then place the gun in Roa's hand and point him out to the police as the shooter. Roa is arrested, but an enraged mob seizes Roa, beats him to death, and drags his body through the streets.

The assassination sets off a wave of violence and rioting that became known as the Bogotazo. In the final scene, Roa's naked and bloody body lies in the street as the rioting leaves parts of Bogotá in ruins.

## Production

The film was directed by Andrés Baiz with a screenplay by Baiz and Patricia Castañeda. Other key production credits include:

* Cinematography - Guillermo Nieto
* Production design - Diana Trujillo
* Costume design - Camila Olarte
* Editing - Alejandro Carrillo Penovi
* Sound design - Martín Grignaschi
* Music - Iván Wyszogrod

## Cast

## Reception

Roa was first shown at the Cartagena International Film Festival in February 2013. Ed Buckley of Bogota's *The City Paper* praised the "impressive debut" of director Baiz and the performance of Puentes as "a powerful and conflicted depiction of Roa in his first feature role."

In a review in *Semana*, Manuel Kalmanovitz G. criticized the filmmaker for ignoring the guilt of the central character and instead depicting him as "a poor devil, a weakling who, whatever he has done, is not to blame for anything." Kalmanovitz also criticized the film's contradictory depiction of Roa as, on the one hand, a pitiful soul, and on the other hand, a man consumed with thoughts of greatness. He concluded that the film was "perverse moral handwashing" promoting the notion that "nobody is to blame for anything."

In *El Heraldo*, Rafael Pabón praised the film as operatic in its presentation: "Roa is a film that unfolds with ease and keeps the audience in a constant state of tension. Baiz creates an entire opera around one of the most significant events in the history of our country. A broad adagio that culminates with a frenetic presto: Gaitán's death, the big mouth, the frustration of a people and confusion. If there is something to praise in the film, it is its ending, sublime."

In *El Colombiano*, Oswaldo Osorio criticized the film for "doubtful credibility and lack of unity in the different tones in which \[the episodes\] are presented". While he found the staging and cinematography to be strong, he was troubled by the questionable accuracy of the depiction. Osorio also criticized the film's lack of "emotional coherence" and its inconsistent depiction of Roa as either "a fanatic or a poor wuss."

## InfoBox

| Roa | |
| --- | --- |
| Original poster for *Roa* | |
| Directed by | Andrés Baiz |
| Written by | Andrés Baiz
Patricia Castañeda |
| Starring | Mauricio Puentes
Catalina Sandino Moreno |
| Cinematography | Guillermo Nieto |
| Edited by | Alejandro Carrillo Penovi |
| Music by | Iván Wyszogrod |
| Release date | * 2013 (2013) |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Colombia |
| Language | Spanish |