title: Treasure Mountain!

abstract: Treasure Mountain! is an educational video game published by The Learning Company in 1990 for DOS, Windows and Macintosh. It teaches children aged five to nine reading, basic math, and logic skills. Treasure Mountain is the third installment of the Super Seekers series.

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# Treasure Mountain!

***Treasure Mountain!*** is an educational video game published by The Learning Company in 1990 for DOS, Windows and Macintosh. It teaches children aged five to nine reading, basic math, and logic skills. *Treasure Mountain* is the third installment of the *Super Seekers* series.

## Synopsis

### Setting

*Treasure Mountain!* as well as the other "Treasure" games in the Super Seekers games, take place in a magical realm called Treasureland. The game takes place on a mountain called "Treasure Mountain". *Treasure MathStorm!*, a later release, takes place on the same mountain.

### Plot

As the game opens, the Master of Mischief, a common antagonist of The Learning Company's *Super Seekers* games and the counterpart of antagonist Morty Maxwell in the *Super Solvers* games, steals the kingdom's crown and hides all of the castle's treasures. The player takes on the role of the Super Seeker once again, whose job is to find the treasures and remove the Master of Mischief from the throne.

## Gameplay

The objective of *Treasure Mountain!* is to find the hidden treasures and return them to the chest in the castle at the top of the mountain.

The mountain consists of three levels. Players cannot climb higher until they have found the key to unlock the next level. To find the key, players must get clues about its location by answering elves' riddles. When players use a net to capture an elf carrying a scroll and answer the riddle correctly, they will receive a clue consisting of a number, shape, or description about where the key to the next level is hidden, as well as any magical coins the elf is carrying.

In the background, there are several groups of objects that have characteristics that can be matched to the clues. Players may search behind these objects by dropping a magic coin. If the objects match all three clues, the key to the next level will appear. If the objects match only two out of the three clues, one of the stolen treasures will be revealed.

After players find the key on each of the three levels of the mountain, they can enter the castle. At this point, players must climb up a maze of ladders, avoiding the Master of Mischief. When players reach the top, they deposit all treasures found into the castle's treasure chest and are given a prize - one of the treasures discovered during the game - as a reward for completing the three stages. This prize is kept on display in the clubhouse, showing how many times players have ascended the mountain. From this point, players may exit the clubhouse and start again from the bottom of the mountain.

When a certain number of treasures have been deposited into the castle's treasure chest, players will go up a star rank. At higher ranks, the game becomes more difficult, as there will be more treasures to find, harder riddles to answer, and elves that steal magical coins by using elf dust.

## Development

### Treasure series

*Treasure Mountain!* is the first of four games in The Learning Company's "Treasure" series along with *Treasure Cove!*, *Treasure MathStorm!*, and *Treasure Galaxy!*. The "Treasure" series is a subgroup of the company's *Super Seekers* games. All the games in this series are math and reading comprehension oriented educational adventure games aimed at younger children. Games in the treasure series all have the same three stage gameplay format where a special object, whose location can be deduced by answering questions, is needed to reach the next stage.

### Music

In lieu of original musical scores, *Treasure Mountain!* employs a number of classical pieces as background music. The music heard in the game's introduction is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's "Solfeggietto". The theme heard in the outdoor levels is a combination of two of Beethoven's contredanses, WoO 14: No.1 and WoO 14: No.3. The theme heard in caves comes from the first movement of J. S. Bach's Keyboard Concerto no. 1 in D minor. Level Three features the Gigue from J. S. Bach's English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809.

### Later versions

In 1994, a version with enhanced sound and graphics was released on CD-ROM. In 1997 an updated version of the game was released on CD-ROM (version 2.0 Mac/2.01 Win) with even better graphics.

*Treasure Mountain!* was later released in a software bundle package with both *Treasure Cove!* and *Treasure Galaxy!* under the name *Treasure Trio!*. This was one of the first software bundle packages ever sold.

## Reception

*Treasure Mountain!* has received mediocre to positive reviews. *Computer Gaming World* gave the game four out of five stars, calling it "an easy-to-play, visually appealing, non-violent arcade-style game for beginners" with some reading ability. Lisa Savignano of Allgame gave the game 4.5 stars out of 5 stating that "*Treasure Mountain* may be somewhat repetitive, but each level will impel the kids to go onward until they finally get all 300 treasures and win the game...the game can be played over and over again". Users at Home of the Underdogs gave *Treasure Mountain!* the Top Dog Award, an award given to games "(they) feel are severely underrated...to distinguish truly great underdogs from the pack". They gave it a thumbs up, claiming that "children will be captivated by the game's vibrant graphics...They will spend many hours solving puzzles, doing math problems, and looking for hidden treasures-- sharpening their math skills without even realizing it".

Abandonia users gave more mediocre reviews, but said that "collecting toys and getting to the next level can be somewhat addicting".

1. Found by comparing music from gameplay with Beethoven's contredanses

## InfoBox

| Treasure Mountain! | |
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| Developer(s) | The Learning Company |
| Publisher(s) | The Learning Company |
| Platform(s) | DOS, Windows, Macintosh |
| Release |  |
| Genre(s) | Educational, adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |


title: Michael MccGwire

abstract: Michael Kane MccGwire was a British international relations specialist known for his work on Cold War geopolitics and Soviet naval strategy. A former Royal Navy commander, he was Professor of Maritime and Strategic Studies at Dalhousie University in Canada and then a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. He was a well-known critic of nuclear deterrence theory.

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# Michael MccGwire

**Michael Kane MccGwire** OBE (9 December 1924 – 26 March 2016) was a British international relations specialist known for his work on Cold War geopolitics and Soviet naval strategy. A former Royal Navy commander, he was Professor of Maritime and Strategic Studies at Dalhousie University in Canada and then a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. He was a well-known critic of nuclear deterrence theory.

## Early life

MccGwire grew up in British India, where his father worked for Burmah Oil Company until the 1929–34 depression. The family then moved via Lausanne, Switzerland, to settle in Swanage in England.

He attended the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, from age 13 and graduated top of his term in 1942, winning the King's Dirk which was presented to him by George VI.

In May that year 17-year-old MccGwire went to sea as a midshipman, by which time half of the Dartmouth term who had graduated a year earlier had already lost their lives. In August he was on HMS *Rodney* (a battleship famous for its role in the *Bismarck* sinking) when it took part in the celebrated Malta relief convoy named Operation Pedestal, in which 13 British ships were sunk but the oil tanker SS *Ohio* made it through.

Having been involved in the North African, Sicilian and then Normandy landings, he then moved to Motor Torpedo Boats, joining MTB 476 of the 30th MTB Flotilla as a First Lieutenant. In the year that they were together, these nine MTBs sank six German vessels and damaged another 12 off the coasts of France, the Netherlands and Belgium. The high speed boats each had three super-charged Merlin engines – the same as used in the Spitfires, running on high octane fuel. MTBs attacked at close quarters at night, with double-skin mahogany hulls that did little to protect the crew or fuel from gunfire. The 30th Flotilla was a close-knit group of men, many of whom stayed in touch until the end of their lives.

At the end of WWII MccGwire was on a British destroyer in the Pacific. Then in 1946-47 he moved to a frigate in the Mediterranean, HMS *Whitesand Bay*, on the Palestine Patrol, which involved leading boarding parties and taking control of the ships that were illegally carrying Jewish immigrants to Palestine.

In September that year the Royal Navy sent MccGwire to Downing College, Cambridge, to learn Russian along with seven others, including the later defector George Blake. He then returned to sea as a navigator in the Arctic, with the UK's Fisheries Protection around Norway – adjacent to the Soviet Northern Fleet. Then in 1951 MccGwire was loaned to the Australian Navy in a training role.

In 1952 MccGwire joined GCHQ to develop naval intelligence on the Soviet Navy, then returned to sea. On the 1956 visit to Britain by Soviet leaders Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev in the lead up to the Suez Crisis, MccGwire was liaison officer on an accompanying Soviet destroyer. In 1956-58 he served as an assistant naval attaché at the British embassy in Moscow, accompanied by his family. Under constant surveillance, he still managed to travel within the USSR and provided various military intelligence before modern satellite data was available. He also started building up his knowledge of Soviet geopolitics.

Promoted to commander on 31 December 1958, he undertook further study in the UK and USA. As a 'war planner' he worked in the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) in the US. It was his time in the US, working on a multi-national staff, that opened MccGwire's eyes to what one can achieve when unconstrained by deeply ingrained service deference and loyalties. At that point he realised that he wanted to join an international organisation such as the UN.

But before leaving the Royal Navy, MccGwire wanted to head up the Soviet Naval Intelligence Section in the British Defence Intelligence Staff, which he felt needed serious restructuring. The UK was twenty years into the Cold War, yet when he got this job MccGwire was the first head of the section to know the language, to have worked in Russia, to have had experience of another agency and to be well acquainted with the Americans. He completely reshaped the intelligence effort to ask new questions. His aim was not simply to assess the military threat – how many ships the Soviets had – but to understand what the Soviet Navy was *for*.

It was for his contribution to British naval intelligence that MccGwire received his OBE in the 1968 New Year Honours. In the words of his successor as Head of the Soviet Naval Intelligence Section, Commander Peter Kimm, "it is my sincere belief that he \[MccGwire\] has succeeded in contributing something tangible to the security of the country and to the stability of the world in a way which is not given to many of us to do."

## Academic career

His colleagues were surprised when MccGwire quit his promising naval career and retired in 1967 aged 42, having just been told that a promotion to Captain was imminent.

His aim was to work in the Third World as a Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme, and the first requirement was to have a degree, so he became an undergraduate student in International Politics and Economics at University of Wales, Aberystwyth. While at Aberystwyth he also started and ran the Interstate Journal of International Affairs, wrote a book on the Soviet Navy for the UK's Institute of Strategic Studies, spoke at numerous specialist conferences on this subject, and "in spite of his age, he experienced no difficulty in slipping into college life as a popular, if slightly formidable figure".

A new national quota system thwarted MccGwire's hopes of joining the UN. After a year as a lecturer in the postgraduate Strategic Studies programme at University of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1970 he became Professor of Maritime and Strategic Studies at Dalhousie University, Canada, a post gained on the basis of his experience and previous publications. He stayed there until 1979, publishing three edited books and playing the leading role in founding the modern study of Soviet naval power.

In 1979 he became a Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution, a highly respected think-tank in Washington DC, USA. It was here, at a time when the 'second Cold War' was underway, that MccGwire wrote *Military Objectives in Soviet Foreign Policy*. This was a seminal work, as it focused on the Soviet viewpoint and way of thinking, based on extensive analysis of Russian sources of information; whereas Soviet policy was usually analysed in terms of Western interests and vulnerabilities. It was published in January 1987, the same month as Gorbachev's speech to the Communist Party (CPSU) Plenum pushing glasnost and perestroika. The book traces the causes of this monumental reorientation of Soviet policy back to the bankruptcy of established Soviet policies, autonomous new rethinking, and concern about the danger of war, explaining the influence of military requirements on Soviet foreign policy.

In January 1991, a year after the Berlin Wall came down, Brookings published MccGwire's follow-up book *Perestroika and Soviet National Security*, in which he was able to explain what led to perestroika and the resulting implications for future relations with Russia. Furthermore, whereas so many commentators assumed that perestroika was a direct result of the confrontational policies of the Reagan administration during the 1980s, MccGwire argued that Reagan almost certainly delayed the process.

MccGwire semi-retired in 1990, joining the University of Cambridge as a visiting professor for three years in their Global Security Programme. At Cambridge, he enlarged the terrain of security studies to include economic and social development, and environmental sustainability, while continuing to argue for an end to nuclear deterrents.

In 2006 MccGwire participated in the national debate on whether to replace the UK Trident submarines, debating the matter at the Royal Institute of International Affairs with Michael Quinlan and others, and to which the July 2006 issue of *International Affairs* was devoted. He continued publishing and commenting on world affairs.

## Understanding Soviet strategy

MccGwire was best known for the 'MccGwire thesis': that the Soviet military buildup during the Cold War was largely due to fear of attack, and was thus a defensive measure. He confirms this with extensive empirical analysis of military strategy, and by querying political motivations. He strongly challenged the prevailing Cold War view that Moscow was planning pre-emptive military aggression against the West. This view, he said, had been based on preconceptions, inadequate analysis and poor understanding of Soviet policy-making by Western intelligence, and could have had severe repercussions. His first article in the *Naval Review* argued against Britain's nuclear deterrent for this reason, and many other articles and two books later followed. For example, he argued that the type of armaments added to Soviet vessels in the 1950s showed that they were added to protect trade routes.

MccGwire developed 'objectives analysis' to track changes in military hardware and strategy, based on painstaking analysis of personnel, equipment and geopolitical intentions. Despite this, the British and USA military never fully accepted the 'MccGwire thesis' as it became known.

At Brookings, he challenged the Reagan military build-up as provocative and unnecessary. He was a frequent public commentator, including a televised debate against the leading neoconservative Richard Perle. He identified a tipping point in Soviet strategy: from studying Soviet military writings and identifying changes in Soviet deployment of military forces, he identified 1966 as the start of a shift away from the 1950s Soviet assumption that war would inevitably lead to an all-out nuclear exchange. By 1987, the threat of global war became downgraded and armed forces withdrew from Eastern Europe. At this point in time, prevention of global warfare became the primary aim in Moscow, where Gorbachev wanted to defuse tensions and downgrade military spending. In sum, MccGwire believed the end of the Cold War was due to Soviet initiatives rather than the manoeuvring of the Western powers.

## Personal life

Michael MccGwire was married to Helen (d. 2020), formerly an occupational therapist and author of a children's storybook. They lived in Dorset and had five children: the writer, and adviser to Labour Party figures, Scarlett MccGwire, author/communication consultant Lucinda Neall, Citizens Advice Bureau adviser Katrina Higham, business publisher Rory MccGwire and corporate financier Paddy MccGwire.

MccGwire died on 26 March 2016 at the age of 91.

## Bibliography

## Further reading

## InfoBox

| Michael Kane MccGwire | |
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| Birth name | Michael |
| Nickname(s) | Mike |
| Born | 9 December 1924
Madras, British India |
| Died | 26 March 2016 (aged 91)
Swanage, Dorset, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1937–1967 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Unit | HMS *Rodney*
MTB 476
British Defence Intelligence Staff |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Order of the British Empire |
| Spouse(s) | Helen |
| Other work | Specialist in International Relations |


title: Tracheloptychus petersi

abstract:
Tracheloptychus petersi, commonly known as Peters's keeled cordylid, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae.
The species is found in Madagascar.

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# Tracheloptychus petersi

***Tracheloptychus petersi***, commonly known as **Peters's keeled cordylid**, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is found in Madagascar.

## InfoBox

| *Tracheloptychus petersi* | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gerrhosauridae |
| Genus: | *Tracheloptychus* |
| Species: | ***T. petersi*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Tracheloptychus petersi***
Grandidier, 1869 | |
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title: Michael Burlingame

abstract: Michael A. Burlingame is an American historian noted for his works on Abraham Lincoln. He is the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield. Burlingame has written or edited twenty books about Lincoln.

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# Michael Burlingame

**Michael A. Burlingame** is an American historian noted for his works on Abraham Lincoln. He is the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield. Burlingame has written or edited twenty books about Lincoln**.**

## Early life and education

Burlingame was born in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1960. He studied at Princeton University (BA 1964) where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a Fulbright Scholar. He received a Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University in 1971.

## Career

Burlingame was a member of the history department at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut, from 1968 and until 2001. He joined the faculty of the University of Illinois Springfield in 2009.

Burlingame is a renowned scholar on the life of Abraham Lincoln. He authored *The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln* (1994) and the two-volume *Abraham Lincoln: A Life* (2008). The former was said to have launched a new "'golden age' of Lincoln scholarship." The latter won the 2010 Lincoln Prize, was a co-winner of the annual book prize awarded by the Abraham Lincoln Institute, and won the Russell P. Strange Book Award given annually by the Illinois State Historical Society for the best book on Illinois history. Burlingame has edited over a dozen volumes of Lincoln primary source materials.

Burlingame is a board member and officer of both the Abraham Lincoln Association and Abraham Lincoln Institute. In addition to his awards for *Abraham Lincoln: A Life*, he has received the Abraham Lincoln Association Book Prize (1996), the Lincoln Diploma of Honor from Lincoln Memorial University (1998), Honorable Mention for the Lincoln Prize, Gettysburg College (2001), and was inducted as a laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the state's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2009 as a Bicentennial Laureate.

Burlingame has charged several Lincoln scholars with plagiarism. In 2000, Burlingame submitted a review to *The Journal of American History* alleging plagiarism in John C. Waugh's book, *Reelecting Lincoln: The Battle for the 1864 Presidency*. In the same review, Burlingame also highlighted errors in citation and transcription in Harold Holzer's book, *The Lincoln Mailbag: America Writes to the President, 1861-1896*. Holzer responded by charging that Burlingame had "riven the Lincoln field, and made it unpleasant to contribute scholarship. He's the Torquemada of academic journalism." In 1993, and again in 2002, Burlingame was involved in the Stephen B. Oates controversy, maintaining Oates plagiarized in his Lincoln biography, *With Malice Toward None*.

## Books

* *The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln*. University of Illinois Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-252-06667-2.
* Michael Burlingame, ed. (1998) \[1916\]. Stevens, Walter B., *A Reporter's Lincoln*, Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
* Michael Burlingame, and Ettlinger, John R. Turner, eds. (1999). *Inside Lincoln's White House: The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay*, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0809322626
* Michael Burlingame, ed. (2000). *With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865*, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0809326839
* Michael Burlingame, ed. (2000) \[1890\]. Stoddard, William O., *Inside the White House in War Times: Memoirs and Reports of Lincoln's Secretary*, Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
* Michael Burlingame, ed. (2002). Thomas, Benjamin P., *"Lincoln's Humor" and Other Essays*, Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press ISBN 978-0-252-02708-6
* Michael Burlingame, ed. (2002). *Lincoln Observed: Civil War Dispatches of Noah Brooks*. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801869150
* Michael Burlingame, ed. (2003) \[1922\]. Weik, Jesse W., *The Real Lincoln: A Portrait*, Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0803298224
* Michael Burlingame, ed. (2006). *At Lincoln's Side: John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings*. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-2711-9.
* Michael Burlingame, ed. (2007). *Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay*. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-3863-4. Includes excerpts from Abraham Lincoln: A History.
* *Lincoln and the Civil War*. Concise Lincoln Library. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-8093-3053-9. Review
* Michael Burlingame, ed. (2018). *Sixteenth President-in-Waiting: Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield Dispatches of Henry Villard, 1860–1861*, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0809336432
* *Abraham Lincoln: A Life*. Vol. 1. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-8018-8993-6.
* *Abraham Lincoln: A Life*. Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4214-1058-6.
* *Abraham Lincoln: A Life*, edited and abridged by Jonathan W. White. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2023. ISBN 9781421445557
* *An American Marriage: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd*. Berkeley and Oakland, CA: Pegasus Books, 2021. ISBN 978-1643137346
* *The Black Man's President: Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality*. Berkeley and Oakland, CA: Pegasus Books, 2021. ISBN 978-1643138138


title: Michael McComie

abstract: Michael McComie was a Trinidadian football player and coach. As a player, McComie played as a goalkeeper at both professional and international levels. He later became an award-winning coach.

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# Michael McComie

**Michael McComie** (22 April 1972 – 4 December 2018) was a Trinidadian football player and coach.

As a player, McComie played as a goalkeeper at both professional and international levels. He later became an award-winning coach.

## Playing career

### Club career

As a youth McComie played for St Augustine Secondary, and was recognised for his ability in what was described as a "talented" team led by Jerren Nixon. He played senior football in the TT Pro League for San Juan Jabloteh and Joe Public. His transfer between the clubs involved a five-figure transfer fee. He also played indoor football in the United States. He retired from playing in 2004.

### International career

McComie represented Trinidad and Tobago under-20s at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship. He earned five caps for the senior team. His international career was hampered by the availability of other Trinidadian goalkeepers such as Shaka Hislop, Ross Russell, Kelvin Jack and Clayton Ince.

### Playing style

McComie was renowned for his playing forward of the traditional goalkeeper's position acting almost as a defensive sweeper at a time when relatively few goalkeepers chose to play the ball in the outfield; he also played on occasion as a midfielder or striker.

## Coaching career

McComie worked as an assistant coach to the Trinidad and Tobago under-23 team before returning to Joe Public for the second time in July 2007. He was replaced by Keith Griffith in July 2008, but continued to work with the Trinidad and Tobago under-17 team. While with Joe Public he won the TT Pro League Manager of the Year award.

He also managed Ma Pau Stars, Guaya United and the Trinidad and Tobago under-20 team. He ended his career with FC Maracas in 2016.

## Later life and death

McComie also played table tennis, and served on the board of the Trinidad and Tobago Table Tennis Association.

McComie died on 4 December 2018, at the age of 46, from a brain tumour which was diagnosed only 24 hours previously. He had four daughters.

## InfoBox

Michael McComie
| Personal information | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Date of birth | (1972-04-22)22 April 1972 | | |
| Date of death | 4 December 2018(2018-12-04) (aged 46) | | |
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | | |
| Youth career | | | |
|  | St Augustine Secondary | | |
| Senior career\* | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
| 1997 | San Juan Jabloteh |  |  |
| 1999–2004 | Joe Public |  |  |
| International career | | | |
| 1991 | Trinidad and Tobago U20 |  |  |
| 1998–2003 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | | | |
|  | Joe Public | | |
| 2007–2008 | Joe Public | | |
|  | Ma Pau Stars | | |
|  | Guaya United | | |
|  | Trinidad and Tobago U20 | | |
| 2016 | FC Maracas | | |
| \*Club domestic league appearances and goals | | | |


title: Michael McClelland (academic)

abstract: Michael McClelland is an academic. He is a professor of microbiology and genetics at the University of California, Irvine.

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# Michael McClelland (academic)

**Michael McClelland** is an academic. He is a professor of microbiology and genetics at the University of California, Irvine.

## Early life and education

Mcclelland had his early education at the University of Ghana Primary School, Methodist College, Belfast, and Boynton Junior High School in Ithaca, New York.

He had his secondary education at the Accra Academy from 1970 to 1972, and King Edward VII School, Sheffield from 1973 to 1975. He then proceeded to the University of Bristol, England, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in biochemistry in 1978.

In 1980, McClelland moved to the United States for his postgraduate studies at the University of Georgia, and graduated with a doctorate degree in 1983 with his research studies in Molecular and Population Genetics. He then continued at the University of California, Berkeley for a post doctoral research in Molecular Evolution under the supervision of Evolutionary Biologist, Allan Wilson from 1983 to 1984. After his post doctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley, McClelland entered the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons as a Lucille. P. Markey Scholar for a post doctoral research in Molecular Genetics under the direction of molecular geneticist Charles Cantor. His research lasted from 1984 to 1986.

## Career

McClelland taught Chemistry and Biology at Beveweerd School prior to entering the University of Georgia for his postgraduate studies. Following his second post doctoral research at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, he joined the University of Chicago's Biochemistry Molecular Biology Department in 1986 as an L. P. Markey Assistant Professor. In 1989, he became the Research Program Director of the California Institute Biological Research, San Diego, California.

He worked in this capacity until 1995 when he was appointed Professor and Director of Genomics and Bioinformatics at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, California.

In 2009, he was appointed Scientific Director of the Vaccine Research Institute. At the said period, McClelland doubled as a visiting researcher at the University of California, Irvine. In April 2011 he was made Adjunct Professor of the university's department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. He remained Director of Genomics and Bioinformatics at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, California until 2013 when he became a Professor at the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Irvine.

McClelland is a member of the UCI Cancer Centre. He served on the NCI (National Cancer Institute) Directors Challenge panel; twelve NCI RFA and ad hoc panels, and three USDA and NSF panels. He was the Chairman of Novel Technologies RFA Study Section, and an external reviewer for the Department of Education (UK).

## Research work

McClelland's works are in the areas of salmonella, cancer, prostate, breast and DNA Methylation. He serves on the Editorial board of the International Journal of Microbiology. He also works with companies to develop cancer prognosticators and cancer therapies. He served on the Editorial board of Nucleic Acids Research from 1992 to 2007. He has authored over 350 peer reviewed papers and his works have been cited over 40,000 times. He has 13 patents and his works are often featured in journals such as; *Nature*, *Science*, *Nucleic Acids Research*, *Nature Genetics*, *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences*, *International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology*, *Trends in Genetics*, *Journal of Bacteriology*, *Theoretical and Applied Genetics*, *Molecular Microbiology*, *Genes & Development*, and *Genetics*.

## InfoBox

| Michael McClelland | |
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| Education |  |
| Alma mater |  |
| **Scientific career** | |
| Fields |  |
| Institutions |  |
| Doctoral advisor | Daniel Vapnek |
| Other academic advisors | Charles Cantor<br>Allan Wilson |
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title: Trafic

abstract: Trafic (Traffic) is a 1971 Italian-French comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. Trafic was the last film to feature Tati's famous character of Monsieur Hulot, and followed the vein of earlier Tati films that lampooned modern society. Tati's use of the word "trafic" instead of the usual French word for car traffic may derive from a desire to use the same franglais he used when he called his previous film Playtime, and the primary meaning of trafic is "exchange of goods", rather than "traffic" per se. The word "Trafic" was subsequently used for a light utility vehicle model manufactured by Renault starting in 1981.

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# Trafic

***Trafic*** (*Traffic*) is a 1971 Italian-French comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. *Trafic* was the last film to feature Tati's famous character of Monsieur Hulot, and followed the vein of earlier Tati films that lampooned modern society.

Tati's use of the word "trafic" instead of the usual French word for car traffic (*la circulation*) may derive from a desire to use the same franglais he used when he called his previous film *Playtime*, and the primary meaning of *trafic* is "exchange of goods", rather than "traffic" per se. The word "Trafic" was subsequently used for a light utility vehicle model manufactured by Renault starting in 1981.

## Plot

Monsieur Hulot is a bumbling automobile designer who works for Altra, a Paris auto plant. He is tasked to transport a new camper-car of his design to an international auto show in Amsterdam. He is accompanied by Marcel, a truck driver, and Maria, an American publicity agent. On the way there, the transport truck has a flat tire and Hulot humorously replaces one near the edge of the road. Shortly after, the truck runs out of fuel. Hulot retrieves fuel from a nearby gas station. Sometime later, their truck is inspected by customs guards on the Belgium–France border, who hand out busts of historical figures. They pass but the truck pedal stops functioning and it is taken inside an auto shop for repair. Meanwhile, Maria arrives at the auto show but drives back. The truck is fixed, and Hulot meets Maria along the way. The truck drives through customs along the Belgium–Netherlands border without stopping. Customs agents alert the police, and the truck is stopped by police along a freeway.

The truck is impounded by the police who are suspicious that it has been stolen. At the police station, Hulot and Marcel display the innovative features of the camper-car to the officers, including a pullout tent in the back and a grille that becomes a barbecue grill. While they are impressed, the police do not allow the truck to leave. The next morning, Hulot, Marcel and Maria retrieve the correct paperwork and the transport truck is allowed to leave. Back on the freeway, the truck is involved in a traffic-circle chain-reaction accident. Hulot helps a drunk elderly man who crashed his car and returns him home to his wife. By nighttime, the truck is taken to a garage on the countryside for repair. There, some teenaged pranksters steal Maria's fluffy dog and place a mophead underneath her sports car, making her think her pet has been killed. Hulot realizes the joke and Maria locates her real dog.

Days pass and the truck is fixed and back on the road. However, when they arrive at the auto show, they learn the event is over. Despite the camper-car not arriving on time, the Altra director is enraged he has been charged an electric bill for 300,000 francs. After playing around with a DAF 55, Hulot is fired by the director. Hulot walks with Maria to the subway station and before they can part, he is forced back upwards by commuters heading in the opposite direction. He ends up back in her arms, where they walk off together in a parking lot full of identical umbrellas on a rainy day.

## Cast

* Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot
* Tony Knepper as Mechanic
* Franco Ressel
* Mario Zanuelli
* Maria Kimberly as Maria
* Marcel Fraval as Truck driver
* Honoré Bostel as ALTRA director
* F. Maisongrosse as François

## Reception

Judith Crist of *New York* magazine wrote in her review: "Jacques Tati's *Traffic* is so non-blockbuster, in fact, that it is absolutely therapeutic for today's moviegoer, a velvet-gloved healing hand from the past to remind us of children's laughter and adults' smiles of satisfaction at the comedy that had indeed evoked their laughter at first sight." Vincent Canby of *The New York Times* wrote *Trafic* "is a very merry sort of film, but the amusement we share is Tati's, not Hulot's, a fact that may seem cold and unsettling to those who insist on mixing two parts of tears with every 10 parts of laughter." Roger Ebert gave the film 3+12 stars out of four praising Tati for creating humorous incidents that "are so involved they're almost impossible to describe, but Hulot copes with them with good nature and never loses his philosophical equilibrium." Film theorist Michel Chion wrote: "*Trafic* turns out to be as impure a patchwork as *Play Time* was pure and intransigent. Nonetheless, it is an endearing film for different reasons: we are invited to a picaresque journey of a man who leaves Paris to go to Amsterdam for a car show, but arrives much too late to participate."

Jonathan Romney, in his *Criterion Collection* essay, felt "Tati certainly appears less in control than in the vast coordinated ballet of *Play Time*. For the most part, the jokes in *Trafic* drum up a sense of languid, almost apathetic chaos (note the distracted workers at the Altra workshop), without there always being conventional payoffs to give the comic business a sense of purpose." Gary Giddins disagreed with Romney's assessment in his book *Warning Shadows*, writing he believes *Trafic* to have been "transcendent," as well as "misperceived" and "neglected." Another review felt *Trafic* was "slow going, and even devoted fans will wonder whether they're there yet."

## Home media

The film was released on DVD by The Criterion Collection on 15 July 2008, in a special edition double-disc set, and on Blu-ray on 28 October 2014 as a part of *The Complete Jacques Tati*.

## InfoBox

| Trafic | |
| --- | --- |
| Original French release poster | |
| Directed by | Jacques Tati |
| Written by | Jacques Tati
Jacques Lagrange
Bert Haanstra |
| Produced by | Robert Dorfmann |
| Starring | Jacques Tati
Tony Knepper
Franco Ressel
Mario Zanuelli
Maria Kimberly |
| Cinematography | Eduard van der Enden
Marcel Weiss |
| Edited by | Jacques Tati
Maurice Laumain
Sophie Tatischeff |
| Music by | Charles Dumont |
| Production
companies | Les Films Corona
Les Films Gibé
Selenia Cinematografica |
| Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
| Release date | * 16 April 1971 (1971-04-16) (France) |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | Italy
France |
| Languages | French
Dutch
English |


title: Geleznowia verrucosa

abstract: Geleznowia verrucosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a small shrub with oval-shaped leaves, yellow flowers and is endemic to Western Australia.

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# Geleznowia verrucosa

***Geleznowia verrucosa*** is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a small shrub with oval-shaped leaves, yellow flowers and is endemic to Western Australia.

## Description

*Geleznowia verrucosa* is a shrub to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high with warty branchlets that are covered with star-shaped hairs or scales. The thick, oval-shaped leaves are arranged alternately, 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long, 2–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) wide, warty, margins flat, leaves covered in scales or star-shaped hairs. The yellow flowers are borne at the end of branchlets, outer yellow-green bracts are 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long, calyx 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long, warty, mostly smooth except for small, star-shaped hairs on the edges, petals 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long, overlapping and smooth. Flowering occurs in July to October.

## Taxonomy and naming

*Geleznowia verrucosa* was first formally described in 1849 by Ukrainian-Russian botanist Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow and the description was published in *Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou*. The specific epithet (*verrucosa*) means "covered with warts".

## Distribution and habitat

This species grows on sand plains and gravelly soils in south-eastern Western Australia north of Perth.

## InfoBox

| *Geleznowia verrucosa* | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| *Clade*: | Tracheophytes |
| *Clade*: | Angiosperms |
| *Clade*: | Eudicots |
| *Clade*: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | *Geleznowia* |
| Species: | ***G. verrucosa*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Geleznowia verrucosa***<br>Turcz. | |
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title: Gazmend Muhaxheri

abstract: Gazmend Muhaxheri is a politician in Kosovo. He served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2004 to 2007 with the Reformist Party ORA and has been the mayor of Peja since 2013 as a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). He is a nephew of Ymer Muhaxheri, who was a prominent LDK politician in Peja in the 1990s.

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# Gazmend Muhaxheri

**Gazmend Muhaxheri** (born 27 September 1964) is a politician in Kosovo. He served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2004 to 2007 with the Reformist Party ORA and has been the mayor of Peja since 2013 as a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).

He is a nephew of Ymer Muhaxheri, who was a prominent LDK politician in Peja in the 1990s.

## Private career

Muhaxheri is a construction engineer. He is a member of the majority Kosovo Albanian community.

## Politician

### Reformist Party ORA

Muhaxheri appeared in the fifth position on the Reformist Party ORA's electoral list in the 2004 Kosovan parliamentary election, which was held under closed list proportional representation, and was elected when the list won seven seats. He was chosen as ORA's representative on the assembly presidency, which had eight members in total. The LDK won the election and formed a coalition government with the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), while ORA served in opposition.

In February 2005, Muhaxheri brought forward a request for the assembly discuss the administration's spending practices. When the request was defeated, he accused the government of trying to buy time to "prevent the creation of an investigation commission into their irrational spending."

He welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's special envoy to Kosovo in June 2005. In February 2007, he indicated ORA's support for Martii Ahtisaari's proposal on the status of Kosovo.

All parliamentary elections in Kosovo since 2007 have been held under a system of open list proportional representation. Muhaxheri was again given the fifth position on ORA's list in the 2007 parliamentary election and finished in sixth place among the party's candidates. The list did not cross the electoral threshold, and his parliamentary term came to an end.

He ran for mayor of Peja in the 2007 and 2009 and was defeated on both occasions by Ali Berisha of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo. He later worked in Berisha's administration, serving as leader of the city's urbanism department from February 2010 to May 2011.

### Democratic League of Kosovo

ORA collectively joined the LDK in 2010; Muhaxheri became a member of the latter party and served on its presidency. In November 2011, he rejected a European Commission report that the LDK, among other parties in Kosovo, was operating its own security service. "The LDK neither has a security service of its own, nor it is linked to \[the Republic of Kosovo's Homeland Security\], as various circles speculate," he said.

Muhaxheri defeated Berisha for mayor of Peja on his third attempt in the 2013 local elections. He welcomed Albanian prime minister Edi Rama to the city in March 2014 on the latter's tour of Kosovo. He was re-elected in the 2017 local elections.

In February 2019, Muhaxheri opposed the Republic of Kosovo's plans to construct hydropower plants on the Peja Bistrica, noting that the city had committed to a moratorium on hydropower due to the potential for significant environmental damage in nearby Deçan. The republic government ultimately halted the project.

He was elected to a third term as mayor in the 2021 local elections.

Muhaxheri has criticized Kosovo prime minister Albin Kurti for his policies toward the predominantly Serb communities in northern Kosovo. Although Muhaxheri supports the integration of these communities into the Republic of Kosovo, he has accused Kurti of harming Kosovo's interests by acting unilaterally rather than in conjunction with its allies to achieve this end.

In October 2022, Muhaxheri was a guest at the Orthodox Patriarchate of Peć monastery for the enthronement of Serbian patriarch Porfirije. He was applauded by those present, and his attendance was noted in both the Serbian and the Kosovo Albanian media.

## Electoral record

### Local (Peja)

2021 Kosovan local elections: Mayor of Peja
| Candidate | | Party | Votes | % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | **Gazmend Muhaxheri** (incumbent) | Democratic League of Kosovo | 23,426 | 60.49 |
|  | Gazmend Agusholli | Levizja Vetëvendosje! | 8,643 | 22.32 |
|  | Rrustem Berisha | Alliance for the Future of Kosovo | 6,328 | 16.34 |
|  | Gani Veselaj | Gani Veselaj | 124 | 0.32 |
|  | Kreshnik Husaj | Democratic Party of Unity | 120 | 0.31 |
|  | Drena Podrimçaku | Partia Balliste | 89 | 0.23 |
| Total | | | 38,730 | 100.00 |
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2017 Kosovan local elections: Mayor of Peja
| Candidate | | Party | Votes | % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | **Gazmend Muhaxheri** (incumbent) | Democratic League of Kosovo | 22,014 | 50.23 |
|  | Fatmir Gashi | Alliance for the Future of Kosovo | 13,980 | 31.90 |
|  | Sabiha Shala | Democratic Party of Kosovo | 4,105 | 9.37 |
|  | Bashkim Nurboja | Levizja Vetëvendosje! | 2,822 | 6.44 |
|  | Sali Kelmendi | Initiative for Kosovo | 391 | 0.89 |
|  | Reshat Nurboja | The Alternative | 286 | 0.65 |
|  | Eneida Kelmendi | The Word | 226 | 0.52 |
| Total | | | 43,824 | 100.00 |
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2013 Kosovan local elections: Mayor of Peja
| Candidate | | Party | First round | | Second round | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Votes | | % | Votes | % |
|  | **Gazmend Muhaxheri** | Democratic League of Kosovo | 17,200 | 40.97 | 23,211 | 56.37 |
|  | Ali Berisha (incumbent) | Alliance for the Future of KosovoDemocratic League of Dardania (Affiliation: Alliance for the Future of Kosovo) | 15,269 | 36.37 | 17,967 | 43.63 |
|  | Muhamet Halitaj | Democratic Party of Kosovo | 6,392 | 15.23 |  | |
|  | Hivzi Muharremi | Levizja Vetëvendosje! | 1,638 | 3.90 |  | |
|  | Myhedin Sylqa | Justice Party | 998 | 2.38 |  | |
|  | Gazmir Raci | Democratic Alternative of Kosovo | 197 | 0.47 |  | |
|  | Arsim Belegu | New Kosovo Alliance | 160 | 0.38 |  | |
|  | Dreshai Ramé | Social Movement of Kosovo | 125 | 0.30 |  | |
| Total | | | 41,979 | 100.00 | 41,178 | 100.00 |
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2009 Kosovan local elections: Mayor of Peja
| Candidate | | Party | First round | | Second round | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Votes | | % | Votes | % |
|  | Ali Berisha (incumbent) | Alliance for the Future of Kosovo | 16,051 | 43.68 | 15,061 | 76.80 |
|  | Elmi Berisha | Democratic League of Dardania | 5,845 | 15.91 | 4,549 | 23.20 |
|  | Ilhami Gashi | Democratic Party of Kosovo | 5,152 | 14.02 |  | |
|  | Agim Bërdyna | Democratic League of Kosovo | 4,668 | 12.70 |  | |
|  | **Gazmend Muhaxheri** | ORA | 3,628 | 9.87 |  | |
|  | Adem Gorani | Justice Party | 801 | 2.18 |  | |
|  | Ramiz Libusha | Social Democratic Party of Kosovo | 600 | 1.63 |  | |
| Total | | | 36,745 | 100.00 | 19,610 | 100.00 |
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2007 Kosovan local elections: Mayor of Peja
| Candidate | | Party | First round | | Second round | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Votes | | % | Votes | % |
|  | Ali Berisha | Alliance for the Future of Kosovo | 8,203 | 23.00 | 18,068 | 67.63 |
|  | **Gazmend Muhaxheri** | ORA | 6,311 | 17.69 | 8,646 | 32.37 |
|  | Hajredin Kuçi | Democratic Party of Kosovo | 5,415 | 15.18 |  | |
|  | Smajl Shala | Democratic League of Dardania | 5,002 | 14.02 |  | |
|  | Agim Bërdyna | Democratic League of Kosovo | 4,798 | 13.45 |  | |
|  | Sali Kelmendi | Sali Kelmendi | 2,580 | 7.23 |  | |
|  | Burim Basha | New Kosovo Alliance | 2,417 | 6.78 |  | |
|  | Sahudin Hysenaj | Justice Party | 542 | 1.52 |  | |
|  | Valdet Gashi | Valdet Gashi | 401 | 1.12 |  | |
| Total | | | 35,669 | 100.00 | 26,714 | 100.00 |
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title: Trebostovo

abstract: Trebostovo is a village and municipality in Martin District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

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# Trebostovo

**Trebostovo** (Hungarian: *Kistorboszló*) is a village and municipality in Martin District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

## History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1262. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Turóc County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

## Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 470 metres and covers an area of 13.123 km². It has a population of about 455 people.

49°02′N 18°52′E / 49.033°N 18.867°E / 49.033; 18.867


title: Transform (Howard Jones album)

abstract: Transform is a 2019 studio album by the English musician Howard Jones. It is the first proper studio album from Jones in a decade, and was released on 10 May 2019 on CD and vinyl formats.

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# Transform (Howard Jones album)

***Transform*** is a 2019 studio album by the English musician Howard Jones. It is the first proper studio album from Jones in a decade, and was released on 10 May 2019 on CD and vinyl formats.

## Background

*Transform* was conceived from multiple situations. One being when former Take That frontman Gary Barlow asked Jones to produce songs for the soundtrack to the 2016 movie *Eddie the Eagle.* Two songs were written for the soundtrack, with one—"Eagle Will Fly Again"—being featured on *Transform*. Jones recalls that after writing the two tracks, he thought about returning to his electronic roots.

Another build up was when Jones collaborated with fellow friend and fan BT for three tracks. "The One to Love You", the first song on the album, was the first of their endeavours. The final catalyst was, of course, the fans who relentlessly asked for a new synth-based album from the musician. Jones also teamed up again with producer Robbie Bronnimann, who was present on the 2005 album *Revolution of the Heart*.

When asked about the lyrics in *Transform*, Jones responded by stating he wanted the music to be relevant to those in his generation when it comes to "having kids or battling with negative forces". He continues by adding, "My lyrics are about how we can work on our own attitude to life to be happier with it. It starts with us. If we stand up and say no we aren’t having it anymore. Then it will change."

Jones embarked on a summer tour to promote the album with Men Without Hats and BT and his group All Hail the Silence.

## Reception

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| *Paste* | 8.4/10 |
| *The Times* |  |
| Cryptic Rock |  |
| *Belfast Telegraph* | 8/10 |
| *Classic Pop* |  |

*Transform* received mostly positive reviews. Libby Cudmore of *Paste* felt *Transform* was both familiar and innovative; saying that Howard Jones had returned stronger than ever. She praised the complexity of the beats and keyboard lines on "The One to Love You", "Take Us Higher", and "Tin Man", while also noting that the lyrics are "honest" and "tailor-made for the montage that plays in your head while...running at the gym...\[or\] indulging in some much-needed self-care."

Alfie Vera Mella of Cryptic Rock considered the album to be "another testimony of \[Jones'\] greatness" when it comes to adapting to modern music without sacrificing his trademark sound. Vera Mella praised "Take Us Higher"'s "dancey mood" by comparing it to the likes of 1990's alternative dance bands (The Farm, Pop Will Eat Itself) and early synthpop (The Human League). He also appreciated the melodramatic "Tin Man" and passionate ballad "Mother", but considered "Hero in Your Eyes" to be the album's highlight.

Wyndham Wallace of *Classic Pop* magazine praised Jones for sticking to his nostalgic roots. He found the album to be full of "jolly" and "nifty" tracks, but still able to "successfully...show \[Jones'\] touchy-feely side". He gave the album the designation "Best New Release" of May 2019.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Howard Jones except where noted

| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "The One to Love You" |  | 4:21 |
| 2. | "Take Us Higher" |  | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Beating Mr. Neg" |  | 5:41 |
| 4. | "Transform" | * Jones * Transeau | 3:39 |
| 5. | "Hero in Your Eyes" |  | 4:17 |
| 6. | "Tin Man Song" |  | 5:58 |
| 7. | "At the Speed of Love" | * Jones * Transeau | 4:12 |
| 8. | "Eagle Will Fly Again" |  | 4:13 |
| 9. | "Mother" |  | 4:41 |
| 10. | "Stay with Me" |  | 3:55 |
| Total length: | | | 44:35 |

CD Deluxe edition
| No. | Title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Take Us Higher (12" Mix)" |  |
| 2. | "Beating Mr. Neg (12" Mix)" |  |
| 3. | "Hero in Your Eyes (12" Mix)" |  |
| 4. | "Tin Man Song (12" Mix)" |  |
| 5. | "Level View Chill" |  |

## Credits

* Howard Jones - all vocals and instruments, except
* Christian Burns - additional backing vocals on 1
* Aric Johnson - effects on 1, 4, 7
* BT - additional instruments on 1, 4, 7
* Jonathan Atkinson - drums on 8
* Robbie Bronnimann - strings on 9
* Robin Boult - guitar on 10

## Charts

| Chart (2019) | Peak
position |
| --- | --- |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) | 7 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 18 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 49 |
|

## InfoBox

| Transform | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by Howard Jones | |
| Released | 10 May 2019 |
| Studio | Recognizer Studios, Bristol |
| Genre | Pop, synthpop |
| Length | 44:35 |
| Label | D-tox |
| Producer |  |
| Howard Jones chronology | |
| *Engage*
(2015) ***Transform***
(2019) *Dialogue*
(2022) | |
|  | |
| Singles from  *Transform* | |
| 1. "Beating Mr. Neg"
Released: March 2019 2. "Hero in Your Eyes"
Released: April 2019 3. "The One to Love You"
Released: April 2019 | |
|  | |


abstract: The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption is a 2012 American direct-to-video sword and sorcery action adventure film released on January 10, 2012. It is the third installment in The Scorpion King series and stars Victor Webster in the title role, replacing Dwayne Johnson, with supporting roles by Bostin Christopher, Temuera Morrison, Krystal Vee, Selina Lo, Kimbo Slice, Dave Bautista, Billy Zane, and Ron Perlman. The film continues the story of Mathayus, after he becomes the Scorpion King at the end of The Scorpion King and focuses on Mathayus battling Talus and trying to stop him from claiming the Book of the Dead. This was the first film produced by Universal 1440 Entertainment.

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# The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption

***The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption*** is a 2012 American direct-to-video sword and sorcery action adventure film released on January 10, 2012. It is the third installment in *The Scorpion King* series and stars Victor Webster in the title role, replacing Dwayne Johnson, with supporting roles by Bostin Christopher, Temuera Morrison, Krystal Vee, Selina Lo, Kimbo Slice, Dave Bautista, Billy Zane, and Ron Perlman. The film continues the story of Mathayus, after he becomes the Scorpion King at the end of *The Scorpion King* and focuses on Mathayus battling Talus and trying to stop him from claiming the Book of the Dead. This was the first film produced by Universal 1440 Entertainment.

## Plot

Years after giving Mathayus the prophecy that his peaceful kingdom would not last forever, Cassandra dies. Mathayus allows his kingdom to fall apart in the aftermath of the deadly plague which claimed his wife's life, and he believes his reign of nobility to be over. Mathayus then becomes a mercenary once more, just as he was prior to his war with Memnon.

Talus is the younger brother of Horus, a powerful king of Egypt; Talus wishes to conquer his brother's kingdom since Horus was made king over him. To do so, Talus and his army go to the Far East to steal the *Book of the Dead* from Ramusan, a king and ally of Horus. To stop Talus, Horus hires Mathayus and pairs him with the Teutonic warrior Olaf.

Talus kidnaps Ramusan's daughter, Silda. Ramusan then tells Mathayus that if he can save his daughter, he will have the right to marry her and once again raise a kingdom. Before Mathayus manages to rescue Silda, she is whisked away by the ninja army of the mysterious "Cobra". Talus hires Mathayus and Olaf to bring back the princess, as well as Cobra's head. They wind up in an exiles' camp led by Cobra, who turns out to be Silda herself.

Talus arrives at Ramusan's palace and takes the *Book of the Dead* while injuring Ramusan. With this, he reanimates the dead warriors Zulu Kondo, Agromael and Tsukai. In a test to see their strength, Talus orders them to kill his best men, which they do easily. Tsukai and Zulu Kondo are ordered to attack the exiles' camp. Working together, Mathayus, Olaf, and Silda's ninjas manage to defeat Zulu Kondo in battle. However, Tsukai manages to escape.

Mathayus and Olaf return to Ramusan's palace, now Talus' headquarters. They pretend to have rescued Silda and present a severed head supposedly belonging to Cobra. Talus still intends to marry Silda and takes her to his sleeping chambers. Mathayus attacks Talus, who is saved by the timely intervention of Tsukai. Mathayus pursues Talus while Silda faces Tsukai. At the same time, Olaf attempts to get the *Book of the Dead* but has to fight Agromael. The ninjas stop Talus, and Mathayus somehow finds the ailing Ramusan and together they use the *Book of the Dead* to prevent Tsukai and Agromael from killing Silda and Olaf, respectively.

With Ramusan dying in his daughter's arms and Talus left to face the wrath of the ninjas, Tsukai and Agromael bow down to Mathayus as the new ruler of Ramusan and Talus' kingdoms. When Horus arrives at the city gates, he is greeted by Mathayus, who has taken up the mantle of Scorpion King once more.

It is later revealed that Mathayus and Silda shared a kiss on the night of their earlier party.

## Cast

## Production

The script originally called for most of the movie to be set in Europe. But because of the movie's limited budget, the director moved the movie to Thailand, where it was cheaper to shoot. They used CGI to add the sand around Horus's city, which is supposed to be in a desert.

They had 400 extras for the battle scenes, but most of the fighting was done with the main cast plus just 12 stunt men, who played multiple roles in different costumes so they could be in all of the battles. The rest of the extras weren't trained to fight, so they stayed in the background, and careful observers can see that they aren't actually doing any dangerous fighting themselves.

They were originally planning for Zulu Kondo to throw his hammer, then have it magically fly back to his hand. But they decided to cut that bit when they saw the 2011 movie Thor had already done the same thing.

Many of the movie's scenes were done at tourist locations, which they weren't able to reserve just for themselves. So they frequently had to stop filming because tourists walked through the scene.

## Reception

IGN, who gave the film a 4/10 rating, criticized it for "wretched dialogue, awful acting (Victor Webster stumbles over every sentence he's handed), and stagey action, much of which plays more like rehearsal than the real deal. \[...\] My bar was very low, and yet the film somehow found a way to sink beneath it." Jason Best of *TVTimes*: "The storytelling is so ham-fisted that you really need to be a confirmed fan of the action fantasy genre to sit through all the boring stuff in between." Conversely, CraveOnline gave the film a 7/10 rating and commented: "If I had to rank them, I'd say *The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption* is the least of the Scorpion King movies (they've been subtly deteriotating since the first one), lacking as it does a dashing lead performance or a particularly involving storyline. but it's still a damned fun B-movie, with likable characters and a series of entertainingly produced action sequences for fantasy movie fans of all stripes." The film has earned $4,098,483 in home market sales.

## Sequel

A fourth film in the franchise has been released, entitled *The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power*. Victor Webster reprised his role from the third film. Michael Biehn, Rutger Hauer, Lou Ferrigno, and former 2007 WWE Diva Search winner Eve Torres also joined the cast.

## InfoBox

| The Scorpion King 3:
Battle for Redemption | |
| --- | --- |
| Release poster | |
| Directed by | Roel Reiné |
| Screenplay by | Brendan Cowles
Shane Kuhn |
| Story by | Randall McCormick |
| Produced by | Leslie Belzberg |
| Starring |  |
| Cinematography | Roel Reiné |
| Edited by | Matthew Friedman
Radu Ion |
| Music by | Trevor Morris |
| Production
company | Universal 1440 Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
| Release date | * January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10) |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |


title: Green bright-eyed frog

abstract: The green bright-eyed frog is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

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# Green bright-eyed frog

The **green bright-eyed frog** (***Boophis viridis***) is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

## Description

The average size of the males reaches 29–30 millimetres (1.1–1.2 in), while the females can grow to about 32–35 millimetres (1.3–1.4 in). The hands and feet are webbed. Their dorsal skin is smooth and green in color, sometimes with reddish spots, as well. They also have the ability to change colors and become more reddish brown. Their inner and outer irises are blue.

## Reproduction

Males call at night while in vegetation about 1–2 metres above the ground, along streams, and also by ditches. When the weather is dry, a calling green bright-eyed frog has also been found up as high as 5 m. The calls are a combination of two inharmonious note types that include a long note repeated in short pulses and a shorter note consisting of three repeated notes.

Breeding takes place in streams. One pair of frogs can have as many as 154 dark-brown eggs.

## Population

The species is not currently threatened. The reasons for possible decrease in population include:

* General habitat alteration and loss
* Habitat modification from deforestation, or logging-related activities
* Intensified agriculture or grazing
* Urbanization
* Habitat fragmentation

## InfoBox

| Green bright-eyed frog | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Mantellidae |
| Genus: | *Boophis* |
| Species: | ***B. viridis*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Boophis viridis***
Blommers-Schlösser, 1979 | |
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title: Numenes siletti

abstract: Numenes siletti is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in north-eastern India and Peninsular Malaysia.

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# Numenes siletti

***Numenes siletti*** is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in north-eastern India and Peninsular Malaysia.

## InfoBox

| *Numenes siletti* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | *Numenes* |
| Species: | ***N. siletti*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Numenes siletti***<br>Walker, 1855 | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Pseudomesa quadriplagiata* Walker, 1855 | |


title: FC Luzern Frauen

abstract: FC Luzern Frauen is a women's football club from Lucerne, Switzerland. The team is the successor of the women's section of FC Sursee, and was named SC LUwin.ch at the start.

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# FC Luzern Frauen

**FC Luzern Frauen** is a women's football club from Lucerne, Switzerland. The team is the successor of the women's section of FC Sursee, and was named SC LUwin.ch at the start.

## History

### LUwin.ch

After the Swiss Football Association allowed dedicated women's football clubs to be founded in 2004, SC LUwin.ch announced independence by founding Switzerland's first purely women's club. In the club's former name LU stands for Luzern, win shows the team's winner mentality, .ch is for Switzerland.

The team was 2 time Swiss champion, when LUwin.ch was founded and three titles followed directly in the next seasons. In 2007-08 the team began to struggle with a 7th-place finish in the Nationalliga A (women's football). Only a better goal difference than FC Rot-Schwarz Thun prevented relegation. The next season Luwin.ch finished last and was relegated to the Nationalliga B. The 2009–10 season was a disaster for the team. After 18 games, the team only had 5 points to its name and was relegated into the local 1. Liga, the third level of Swiss women's football.

### Merger with SC Kriens

For the 2014–15 season three teams of SC Kriens joined FC Luzern. They were a team in the Nationalliga A, and Under-18 and U-16 youth teams. The merger was agreed on to join forces in the central Switzerland region.

## European Record

UEFA Women's Cup:

* 2002-03: Second qualifying round, 2nd place (as FC Sursee)
* 2005-06: Second qualifying round, 3rd place (as FC Lucerne)

## Titles

2002, 2003 (as FC Sursee), 2004, 2005, 2006 (as LUwin.ch) 2002, 2004 (as FC Sursee), 2005, 2006 (as LUwin.ch)

## InfoBox

FC Luzern Frauen
| Founded | 26 April 2004 |
| --- | --- |
| Ground | Stadion Allmend, Lucerne |
| Capacity | 13,000 |
| Manager | Dieter Münstermann |
| League | Nationalliga A |
| 2022–23 | 7th |
| Website | Club website |
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title: The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11

abstract: The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Arthur W. Saha. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in November, 1985.

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# The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11

***The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11*** is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Arthur W. Saha. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in November, 1985.

## Summary

The book collects thirteen novelettes and short stories by various fantasy authors, originally published in 1984 and deemed by the editor the best from the period represented, together with an introduction by the editor. It includes one posthumously published work (the story by Smith).

## Contents

## InfoBox

The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11
| Cover art from the first edition | |
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| Author | Arthur W. Saha (editor) |
| Cover artist | Vicente Segrelles |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Year's Best Fantasy Stories |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | DAW Books |
| Publication date | 1985 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 238 pp |
| ISBN | 0-88677-097-1 |
| OCLC | 82982205 |
| Preceded by | *The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 10* |
| Followed by | *The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 12* |


title: Taylor Ball

abstract: Taylor Ball is an American musician and former actor known for his portrayal of Brian Miller in the television sitcom Still Standing and Eddie in Disney's Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off. Ball has also appeared on Walker, Texas Ranger. Since 2017, he has been in the band “Tragic Forms”.

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# Taylor Ball

**Taylor Ball** (born December 28, 1987) is an American musician and former actor known for his portrayal of Brian Miller in the television sitcom *Still Standing* and Eddie in Disney's *Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off*. Ball has also appeared on *Walker, Texas Ranger*. Since 2017, he has been in the band “Tragic Forms”.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1999 | *Walker, Texas Ranger* | Bison Scout #1 | Episode: "Tall Cotton" |
| 2002 | *Special* | Dennis | Short film |
| 2002–2006 | *Still Standing* | Brian Miller | 87 episodes |
| 2003 | *Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off* | Eddie Ogden | TV movie |
| 2005 | *Unscripted* | Young Director | Episode: "1.5"
Episode: "1.8" |
| 2015 | Aliment | The Dead Body | short film |

## InfoBox

| Taylor Benjamin Ball | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1987-12-28) December 28, 1987
San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Actor |
| Years active | 1999–present |


title: Francesco Falabella

abstract: Francesco Falabella (1599–1670) was a Roman Catholic prelate, who served as Archbishop of Santa Severina from 1660 to 1670.

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# Francesco Falabella

**Francesco Falabella** (1599–1670) was a Roman Catholic prelate, who served as Archbishop of Santa Severina from 1660 to 1670.

## Biography

Francesco Falabella was born in Lagoni Policastro, Italy in 1599, and on 5 April 1660, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Archbishop of Santa Severina. On 11 April 1660, he was consecrated bishop Marcello Santacroce, Bishop of Tivoli, with Giuseppe Ciantes, Bishop Emeritus of Marsico Nuovo, and Giovanni Agostino Marliani, Bishop Emeritus of Accia and Mariana, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Santa Severina until his death in June 1670.

## InfoBox

| Most Reverend
Francesco Falabella | |
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| Archbishop of Santa Severina | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Santa Severina |
| In office | 1660–1670 |
| Predecessor | Gian Antonio Paravicini |
| Successor | Giuseppe Palermo |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 11 April 1660
by Marcello Santacroce |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1599
Lagoni Policastro, Italy |
| Died | June 1670 (age 71)
Santa Severina, Italy |


title: Ian Cohen

abstract: Ian Cohen is a former Australian politician and member of the Greens New South Wales. Cohen was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1995 as its first Green member. He retired from parliament in 2011.

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# Ian Cohen

**Ian Cohen** (born 5 June 1951) is a former Australian politician and member of the Greens New South Wales. Cohen was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1995 as its first Green member. He retired from parliament in 2011.

## Early life

After attending Fort Street High School, Cohen attended and graduated from the University of New South Wales with the degree of Bachelor of Arts (BA) and later earned a Graduate Diploma in Education (DipEd).

## Community activity

Cohen has organised and participated in many major environmental campaigns in Australia during the 1980s: Nightcap rainforests in Northern NSW, Franklin River, Daintree, South East forests NSW, North Washpool and Chaelundi. He has also participated in anti-nuclear campaigns including those at the Honeymoon and Roxby Downs uranium mines. Cohen's involvement in such campaigns was characterised by radical, front-line protest action; in the Franklin River Dam protest, for example, he opposed The Wilderness Society's decision to halt the up-river blockade in the period between the election of the anti-Dam Federal Labor government and the Australian High Court decision that ultimately saved the river.

Cohen was a founder of the Sydney Peace Squadron and the Brisbane Peace and Environment fleet and came to international attention in 1986 when photographed on a surfboard, while clinging to the bow of the destroyer USS Oldendorf (DD-972), as she pulled into Sydney Harbour to participate in the 75th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy. He was reported on ABC news as stating of the incident: "I think we sent a really strong message to the powers that be at that stage of the Cold War that there were Australians who objected strongly in a non-violent manner to the entry of nuclear warships into Sydney Harbour."

## Political career

Cohen joined the Greens in 1984. He contested the Senate in 1984 and 1993. After contesting a seat in the state upper house in 1991, in March 1995 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council as its first Green member. In September 1995, he was involved in organising a parliamentary delegation to protest against French nuclear testing in the Pacific.

In March 2003, he was re-elected to the NSW Legislative Council for a second 8-year term. He was involved, as a Member of the State Development Committee in Parliament, in enquiries into the Viability of Rural Towns, Sustainable Agriculture, and Fisheries, as well as looking into issues such as salinity. He also established the Genetic Engineering Committee to investigate Genetic Engineering in Agriculture. He has worked on a number of Joint Select Committees, undertaking a pioneering investigation into Medically Supervised Injecting Rooms, and investigating the Northside Sewerage Tunnel.

Cohen retired from parliament in 2011 and has since spoken out against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign supported by some sections of the party and the party's decision not to preference the Labor Party at the 2011 state election.

1. "The Hon. Ian COHEN, BA DipEd (1951 - )". *Members of the Parliament of New South Wales*. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
2. Cohen I. *Green Fire. An Account of the Australian Environmental Protest Movement* Angus and Robertson. Sydney 1997 pp79-80.
3. ABC TV. In Time Series. Broadcast 6.30pm on 10/6/2002 http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions\_in\_time/Transcripts/s578493.htm (last accessed 16 July 2009)
4. "Surprise disappointment for the NSW Greens".
5. "NSW Greens MP: Israel boycott has undermined our campaign".

## InfoBox

| Ian Cohen | |
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| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| **In office**<br>25 March 1995  4 March 2011 | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-06-05) 5 June 1951 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Greens New South Wales |
| Website | Ian Cohen MLC |
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title: Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi

abstract: The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi (NHBP) is a federally-recognized tribe of Potawatomi in the United States. The tribe achieved federal recognition on December 19, 1995, and currently has approximately 1500 members. The Pine Creek Indian Reservation is located at 42°06′18″N 85°15′40″W in Athens Township in southwestern Calhoun County in southwestern Michigan. It has a land area of a little over 199 acres. It has purchased an additional 230 acres of land for its use and operates a gaming casino in Battle Creek.

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# Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi

The **Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi** (**NHBP**) is a federally-recognized tribe of Potawatomi in the United States. The tribe achieved federal recognition on December 19, 1995, and currently has approximately 1500 members.

The Pine Creek Indian Reservation is located at 42°06′18″N 85°15′40″W / 42.10500°N 85.26111°W / 42.10500; -85.26111 in Athens Township in southwestern Calhoun County in southwestern Michigan. It has a land area of a little over 199 acres. It has purchased an additional 230 acres of land for its use and operates a gaming casino in Battle Creek.

## Name

Despite the name, this band of Potawatomi has no direct connection with the unrelated Huron people. Rather, both "Nottawaseppi" and "Huron" refer to the band's historical location along the Clinton River in southeastern Michigan. This river was formerly known as the *Nottawasippee River* or the *Huron River of St. Clair*. The root *Nottawa* in *Nottawasippee* is an Ojibwe ethnic slur meaning "like rattlesnakes", referring to the Huron people, who inhabited the area prior to the arrival of the Potawatomi, Odawa and Ojibwe.

## History

In the 19th century, especially, the Potawatomi people and closely related tribes of Odawa and Ojibwe peoples of the Anishinaabe were affiliated as the Council of Three Fires. All these peoples were highly decentralized and bands operated independently. During the 17th and 18th centuries, numerous bands moved into what is now Michigan.

The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi signed a treaty with the United States to cede much of its land in 1820, and was assigned a smaller portion of land as its reservation. It is located at 42°06′18″N 85°15′40″W / 42.10500°N 85.26111°W / 42.10500; -85.26111 in Athens Township in southwestern Calhoun County.

In the 20th century, the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act was intended to encourage tribes to set up self-government. The nine historic bands of Odawa, Ojibwe and Potawatomi in Michigan were not covered by this act and later had to achieve federal recognition or reaffirmation as tribes independently, a process that continues.

The band organized to regain self-government, gaining reaffirmation of its status as a tribe in 1995 by Congressional legislation. Their homeland headquarters are in Wakeshma Township, near Athens, in the southwestern region of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. This is about 17 miles southwest of Battle Creek (about 22 miles by vehicle route). Athens Township is within the major city's metropolitan area. The Band also maintains satellite offices in Grand Rapids, about 74 miles north of Fulton/Athens. The service area of the tribe includes the reservation as well as members living in Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Ottawa, Kent and Allegan counties.

## Government

The NHBP is governed by a written constitution and an elected 5-member tribal council. This includes the following executive officers: Chairperson, Vice-chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and Sergeant-at-Arms.

### Tribal Court

The NHBP Tribal Court was established in 2006. It is run by a Tribal Chief Justice.

### Tribal departments

The NHBP administration is divided into departments for Administration, Bkedé O Mshiké, Communications, Culture, Finance, Environmental, Government Records, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Membership Services, Planning, Public Works, Social Services and Tribal Historic Preservation Office.

## Economy

The NHBP own FireKeepers Casino, a 236,000-square-foot (21,900 m2) casino with an attached 2,078-space parking garage on 78 acres (320,000 m2) located in Battle Creek, Michigan. This operation is governed by a compact with the state of Michigan. The NHBP also owns Waséyabek Development Company, LLC, to foster economic self-sufficiency through non-gaming business acquisitions, developments and investments.

## Tribal timeline of events

* 1970 – The Tribe is incorporated in the state of Michigan. Government by a written constitution and an elected Tribal Council is established.
* 1995 – The United States government restores federal recognition to the tribe on December 19.
* 1998 – The Tribe purchases a 155-acre (630,000 m2) property on Q Drive near Fulton, Michigan.
* 2000 – An administration building is constructed.
* 2003 – A multi-use trail system is constructed.
* 2004 – Road construction begins. On August 7, the Athens Arch is dedicated by the Athens Superintendent of Schools at Athens High School. The arch commemorates the history of the Huron Potawatomi and the cordial relations between the tribe and the town of Athens, Michigan.
* 2005 – The tribe constructs its first group of single family, energy-efficient homes on the Reservation.
* 2006 – A Tribal court is established.
* 2007 – A Community Center and Health Center are constructed. A 79-acre (320,000 m2) parcel of property in Emmett Township is placed into Federal trust on behalf of the Tribe. The Tribe places 75 acres (300,000 m2) of the Q Drive property into the USDA wetland reserve program.
* 2008 – Construction begins on FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan.
* 2009 – FireKeepers Casino opens on August 5, 2009.
* 2010 – Nottawaseppi Huron Band chairwoman Laura Spurr, who had served in that position since 2003 and helped to develop the FireKeepers Casino, dies on February 19, 2010.

## InfoBox

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
| Tribal Flag | |
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| Total population | |
| About 1500 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Michigan | |
| Languages | |
| English, formerly Potawatomi | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, traditional tribal religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Potawatomi, Ojibwe, Odawa | |


title: Nottaway River

abstract: The Nottaway River is a river in Quebec, Canada. The river drains Lake Matagami and travels 225 kilometers (140 mi) north-west before emptying into Rupert Bay at the south end of James Bay. Its drainage basin is 65,800 square kilometers (25,400 sq mi) and has a mean discharge of 1190 m⁳/s. Its source is the head of the Mégiscane River, which is 776 kilometers (482 mi) from the mouth. Significant lakes along its course are Soscumica Lake and Dusaux Lake. The Nottaway, together with the Broadback and Rupert Rivers, was initially considered to be dammed and developed as part of the James Bay Project. But in 1972 hydro-electric development began on the more northerly La Grande and Eastmain Rivers, and the NBR Project was shelved. With the decision to divert the Rupert River to the La Grande, it is not likely that the Nottaway will be developed in the foreseeable future.

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# Nottaway River

The **Nottaway River** is a river in Quebec, Canada. The river drains Lake Matagami and travels 225 kilometers (140 mi) north-west before emptying into Rupert Bay at the south end of James Bay. Its drainage basin is 65,800 square kilometers (25,400 sq mi) and has a mean discharge of 1190 m3/s (1556 yd3/s). Its source is the head of the Mégiscane River, which is 776 kilometers (482 mi) from the mouth.

Significant lakes along its course are Soscumica Lake (50°15′N 77°27′W / 50.250°N 77.450°W / 50.250; -77.450) and Dusaux Lake (50°45′00″N 77°53′30″W / 50.75000°N 77.89167°W / 50.75000; -77.89167).

The Nottaway, together with the Broadback and Rupert Rivers, was initially considered to be dammed and developed as part of the James Bay Project. But in 1972 hydro-electric development began on the more northerly La Grande and Eastmain Rivers, and the NBR Project was shelved. With the decision to divert the Rupert River to the La Grande, it is not likely that the Nottaway will be developed in the foreseeable future.

## Geography

Nottaway means the lower course of Lake Matagami and a length of 200.2 kilometres (124.4 mi), of a watercourse which originates in the Mégiscane Lake. The whole is a long river of 776 kilometres (482 mi) units flowing through many lakes. On the way to the northwest, the Nottaway, from Lake Matagami, creates the lakes of Soscumica and Dusaux, collects the waters of several rivers - notably the Kitchigama River and ends its race in Rupert Bay at the southern end of James Bay, at the western area of the Broadback River and Rupert River.

Its drainage basin is 65,800 square kilometres (25,400 sq mi) and has an average discharge of 1,190 cubic metres per second (42,000 cu ft/s). The course of the river crosses many marsh areas, especially in its lower part.

The mouth of Matagami Lake is located:

* 32.2 kilometres (20.0 mi) North of downtown Matagami;
* 159.5 kilometres (99.1 mi) South of the confluence of the Nottaway River and Rupert Bay;
* 114.7 kilometres (71.3 mi) Northwest of the center of the village of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Quebec.

From the mouth of Matagami Lake, the Nottaway River flows on 200.2 kilometres (124.4 mi) divided into the following segments:

* **Upper part of Nottaway River** (segment of 93.1 kilometres (57.8 mi)):
    + 13.4 kilometres (8.3 mi) to the North, crossing the South part of Soscumica Lake and collecting the waters of the discharge of "Lac de la Tourbière" (coming from North-East);
    + 37.4 kilometres (23.2 mi) to the North, then westward, across Soscumica Lake (altitude: 242.1 metres (794 ft)) to its full length; in this segment, the river collect the water of Natchiowatchouan River (coming from the Southwest);
    + 27.2 kilometres (16.9 mi) to the northwest, collecting the discharge (coming from South-West) of lakes Kawawiyekamach et Mistatikamekw, up to "Rapides des Taureaux" (river bend);
    + 15.1 kilometres (9.4 mi) to the North, bypassing Kauskatistin Island and crossing the Longs Rapides, up to "Iroquois Falls" (located at the entry of Dusaux Lake);

* **Lower part of Nottaway River** (segment of 107.1 kilometres (66.5 mi)):
    + 20.7 kilometres (12.9 mi) to the northwest, crossing the Dusaux Lake (convert|200|m) on it full length, collecting the Davoust River (coming from North-East), bypassing the Nestipuku Island and Michikushish Island, up to Vandry Island;
    + 18.7 kilometres (11.6 mi) to the North-West, at first bypassing Vandry Island, up to Interdite Island;
    + 21.3 kilometres (13.2 mi) collecting the water of Richerville River (coming from South-East) and Iroquois River (Nottaway River) (coming from South-East), to a narrowing of the river;
    + 11.9 kilometres (7.4 mi) to the North-West, up to Kitchigama River (coming from South East);
    + 16.7 kilometres (10.4 mi) to the North-West bypassing two large islands (including D'Herbomez Island), until the widening of the river where are rapids and archipelago;
    + 17.8 kilometres (11.1 mi) to the North-West bypassing the Kakupanchish Island, Lavoie Island and Lemoine Island, up to the mouth of the river.

### Main islands

(from the mouth) Lemoine Island, Lavoie Island, Kakupanchish Island, Kaminahikushach Island, Misiministikw Island, D'Herbomez Island, Des Sept Miles Island, Interdite Island (Bras Kapakusipastikuch), Vandry Island (Bras Spipastikw), Desmolier Island, Michikushish Island, Nestipuku Island, Kauskatistin Island.

### Main rapids

(from the mouth) Rapides Kanutinitunanuch, rapides Kasischischiskasich, rapides Kaikunapischechuch, rapides Kachechekuch, Iroquois Falls, rapides Longs, rapides des Taureaux.

### Tributaries

Major tributaries of the Nottaway River include:

## Toponymy

In the seventeenth century, the Iroquois invaded the Algonquin territory near James Bay along this river. So when European cartographers started to map the river in the late seventeenth century, they called it "*Rivière des Iroquois*" (Iroquois River), as shown on maps of Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin in 1699, Guillaume Delisle in 1703, and Jacques-Nicolas Bellin in 1744.

Yet various forms of "Nottaway" started to appear in the early 18th century. "Noddaways" in 1715, "Nodaway" in 1743, "Nodaoay" and "Nodway" in 1744. Geologists James Richardson and Albert Peter Low used "Notaway River" in their reports (of 1880 and 1885 respectively). The current spelling "Nottaway" was established in the early twentieth century. It is believed to have come from the Algonquin word *nadowe*, meaning "snake" and which the Algonquin tribes used to identify or describe their enemies, including the Iroquois. The Cree called this river *Natuweu Nipi*, and the Iroquois name was *Nottaweou*.

1. "List of River Facts". *Atlas of Canada*. Natural Resources Canada. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
2. Segments of the river measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Ministry of Natural Resources Natural Resources Canada.
3. "Rivière Nottaway" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2021-01-26.

Media related to Rivière Nottaway at Wikimedia Commons

## InfoBox

| Nottaway | |
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| Nottaway River basin in yellow | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Jamésie |
| Physical characteristics | |
|  | |
| Source | Lake Matagami |
| location | Matagami |
| coordinates | 50°03′00″N 77°28′10″W / 50.05000°N 77.46944°W / 50.05000; -77.46944 |
|  | |
| Mouth | Rupert Bay off James Bay |
| location | About 17 km SW of Waskaganish |
| coordinates | 51°23′30″N 78°48′00″W / 51.39167°N 78.80000°W / 51.39167; -78.80000 |
| elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 200.2 km (124.4 mi) |
| Basin size | 65,800 km2 (25,400 sq mi) |
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| Discharge |  |
| average | 1,190 m3/s (42,000 cu ft/s) |
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| Basin features | |
| Tributaries |  |
| left | (upstream from the mouth) and Kapapakwasu |
| right | (upstream from the mouth) |


title: Notte della Taranta

abstract: Notte della Taranta is a music festival in Salento, Apulia, Italy. The Notte della Taranta is focused on pizzica, a popular folk genre in Salento, and takes place in various municipalities in the province of Lecce and the Grecìa Salentina, especially in Melpignano. It gives great importance to the folk music tradition of taranta and pizzica, and it is a resource for tourism in Apulia. The festival tours around Salento, normally culminating in a grand finale concert in Melpignano in August, which lasts until late night. An average of 120,000 spectators attend the last concert every year. The festival started in 1998 by an initiative of several municipalities of the Salento, which sponsored the event. Every year a new musical director is chosen. In 2015, Ludovico Einaudi released his album Taranta Project, inspired by his time directing the festival. The 2022 edition aired, also on Rai 1, on September 1 starting at 11:15 pm. Maestro concertatore is Dardust, while Madame and Gino Castaldo host the evening. Guests include Elodie, Marco Mengoni, Samuele Bersani, Massimo Pericolo and Stromae. The broadcast is watched by 426 thousand viewers.

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# Notte della Taranta

**Notte della Taranta** ("Taranta Night" in English) is a music festival in Salento, Apulia, Italy.

The Notte della Taranta is focused on *pizzica*, a popular folk genre in Salento, and takes place in various municipalities in the province of Lecce and the Grecìa Salentina, especially in Melpignano. It gives great importance to the folk music tradition of *taranta* and *pizzica*, and it is a resource for tourism in Apulia.

The festival tours around Salento, normally culminating in a grand finale concert in Melpignano in August, which lasts until late night. An average of 120,000 spectators attend the last concert every year. The festival started in 1998 by an initiative of several municipalities of the Salento, which sponsored the event. Every year a new musical director is chosen.

In 2015, Ludovico Einaudi released his album Taranta Project, inspired by his time directing the festival.

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title: Hunter 170

abstract: The Hunter 170 is an American sailing dinghy that was designed the Hunter Design Team and first built in 1999.

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# Hunter 170

The **Hunter 170** is an American sailing dinghy that was designed the Hunter Design Team and first built in 1999.

## Production

The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States, starting in 1999 but is now out of production.

The design was replaced in production by the slightly larger Marlow-Hunter 18, which was introduced in 2011.

## Design

The Hunter 170 is a small, unsinkable, recreational dinghy, built predominantly of ACP. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, an open reverse transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard.

The boat displaces 478 lb (217 kg), has 1,500 lb (680 kg) of built-in positive flotation and can accommodate up to six people.

The boat has a draft of 4.49 ft (1.37 m) with the centreboard extended and 0.49 ft (0.15 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.

The boat may be fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering and a 2.5 hp (2 kW) motor was a factory option. Other factory options included a 202 sq ft (18.8 m2) asymmetrical spinnaker, a road trailer and a launching dolly.

The design has a hull speed of 4.66 kn (8.63 km/h).

**Related development**

**Similar sailboats**

## InfoBox

Hunter 170
|  | |
| --- | --- |
| Development | |
| Designer | Hunter Design Team |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1999 |
| Builder(s) | Hunter Marine |
| Name | Hunter 170 |
| Boat | |
| Crew | six (maximum) |
| Displacement | 478 lb (217 kg) |
| Draft | 4.49 ft (1.37 m) with centreboard down |
| Hull | |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | ACP |
| LOA | 17.08 ft (5.21 m) |
| LWL | 12.08 ft (3.68 m) |
| Beam | 7.00 ft (2.13 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | centerboard |
| Ballast | none |
| Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| foretriangle height | 18.95 ft (5.78 m) |
| foretriangle base | 5.54 ft (1.69 m) |
| mainsail luff | 19.42 ft (5.92 m) |
| mainsail foot | 8.37 ft (2.55 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 81.27 sq ft (7.550 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 52.49 sq ft (4.876 m2) |
| Total sail area | 133.76 sq ft (12.427 m2) |
| Marlow-Hunter 18
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