title: That's Why I Sing This Way

abstract: That's Why I Sing This Way is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Daryle Singletary. It was released on April 23, 2002 via Koch Records. Except for its title track, the album is composed of cover songs. Two singles were released from it: the title track and a cover of Conway Twitty's 1980 Number One single "I'd Love to Lay You Down", which respectively reached #47 and #43 on the U.S. Billboard country singles charts. The version of "I Never Go Around Mirrors" on this album was first recorded by Keith Whitley, Whitley had Shafer write the second verse heard here. The album includes guest appearances from George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Rhonda Vincent, John Wesley Ryles, Merle Haggard and Johnny Paycheck.

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# That's Why I Sing This Way

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***That's Why I Sing This Way*** is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Daryle Singletary. It was released on April 23, 2002 via Koch Records. Except for its title track, the album is composed of cover songs. Two singles were released from it: the title track and a cover of Conway Twitty's 1980 Number One single "I'd Love to Lay You Down", which respectively reached #47 and #43 on the U.S. *Billboard* country singles charts. The version of "I Never Go Around Mirrors" on this album was first recorded by Keith Whitley, Whitley had Shafer write the second verse heard here. The album includes guest appearances from George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Rhonda Vincent, John Wesley Ryles, Merle Haggard and Johnny Paycheck.

## Track listing

| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Love's Gonna Live Here" (with Dwight Yoakam) | Buck Owens | Buck Owens | 2:44 |
| 2. | "Walk Through This World with Me" (with George Jones) | Kaye Savage, Sandra Seamons | George Jones | 2:32 |
| 3. | "I'd Love to Lay You Down" | Johnny MacRae | Conway Twitty | 3:09 |
| 4. | "A-11" | Hank Cochran | Johnny Paycheck | 2:40 |
| 5. | "Long Black Veil" | Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill | Lefty Frizzell | 3:23 |
| 6. | "Kay" (with John Wesley Ryles) | Hank Mills | John Wesley Ryles | 3:34 |
| 7. | "That's Why I Sing This Way" | Max D. Barnes | Daryle Singletary | 2:56 |
| 8. | "I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got a Heartache to Hide)" | Lefty Frizzell, Sanger D. Shafer | Lefty Frizzell | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)" | Max M. Fidler, Joe Maphis, Rose Lee Maphis | Joe Maphis and Rose Lee | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Makeup and Faded Blue Jeans" (with Merle Haggard) | Merle Haggard | Merle Haggard | 3:45 |
| 11. | "After the Fire Is Gone" (with Rhonda Vincent) | L. E. White | Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn | 2:51 |
| 12. | "Old Violin" (with Johnny Paycheck) | Johnny Paycheck | Johnny Paycheck | 3:29 |

## Personnel

## Chart performance

| Chart (2002) | Peak
position |
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| U.S. *Billboard* Top Country Albums | 65 |

* Allmusic

## InfoBox

| That's Why I Sing This Way | |
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| Studio album by Daryle Singletary | |
| Released | April 23, 2002 (2002-04-23) |
| Genre | Country |
| Label | Audium/Koch |
| Producer | Gregory Cole |
| Daryle Singletary chronology | |
| *Now and Again*
(2000) ***That's Why I Sing This Way***
(2002) *Straight from the Heart*
(2007) | |


title: Mount Wycheproof

abstract: Mount Wycheproof is a location in the small town of Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia, which stands at 42 metres (138 ft) above the surrounding terrain and 147 metres above sea level. The township of Wycheproof is located on the hillside, and a unique geological substance known as Wycheproofite is exclusive to the local area.

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# Mount Wycheproof

**Mount Wycheproof** is a location in the small town of Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia, which stands at 42 metres (138 ft) above the surrounding terrain and 147 metres (482 ft) above sea level. The township of Wycheproof is located on the hillside, and a unique geological substance known as Wycheproofite is exclusive to the local area.

## History

The township of Wycheproof is located on the mountain’s south western slopes. The settlement was started as early as 1846, but the township was not surveyed until 1875. The name 'Wycheproof' originates from the local Aboriginal language, 'wichi-poorp', meaning 'grass on a hill'. The mountain plays a role in the local community, with annual races to the summit. There are many walking tracks in the area, and local wildlife such as emus and kangaroos can be seen.

## Geology

Mount Wycheproof is a granite outcrop. Located in a flat grassland area, the rounded terrain of Mount Wycheproof is consistent with that of the surrounding area. Sharing several similarities to nearby Pyramid Hill, Mount Wycheproof is part of the low-lying Terrick Terrick range. The mountain rises to a height of 147 metres (482 ft) above sea level or only 42 metres (138 ft) above the surrounding plains, The hill is characterised by a rocky, conical peak, common in the western areas of Victoria. Phosphate materials are relatively rare in Victoria, yet the Wycheproof area is known to have its own unique mineral, known as wycheproofite. Wycheproofite can be characterised by its pinkish colour and its transparency.

## InfoBox

| Mount Wycheproof | |
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| View from the Mount Wycheproof lookout | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 148 metres (486 ft) AHD |
| Prominence | 42 metres (138 ft) AHD |
| Coordinates | 36°4′37″S 143°14′2″E / 36.07694°S 143.23389°E / -36.07694; 143.23389 |
| Geography | |
| Mount WycheproofLocation in Victoria | |
| Location | Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia |
| Parent range | Terrick Terrick Range |


title: Noah Wallace

abstract: Noah Wallace is an American freestyle skier. He won a bronze medal in Slopestyle at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015.

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# Noah Wallace

**Noah Wallace** (born July 6, 1991) is an American freestyle skier. He won a bronze medal in Slopestyle at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015.

## InfoBox

Noah Wallace
| Medal record | | |
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| Men's freestyle skiing | | |
| Representing  United States | | |
| World Championships | | |
|  | 2015 Kreischberg | Slopestyle |


title: Zierow

abstract: Zierow is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

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# Zierow

**Zierow** is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

## InfoBox

| Zierow | |
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| Municipality | |
| Zierow Manor in Zierow | |
|  | |
| Location of Zierow within Nordwestmecklenburg district | |
| Zierow Zierow | |
| Coordinates: 53°55′37″N 11°22′29″E / 53.92694°N 11.37472°E / 53.92694; 11.37472 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Nordwestmecklenburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Klützer Winkel |
| Government | |
| Mayor | Sylvia Höhne |
| Area | |
| Total | 10.09 km2 (3.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31) | |
| Total | 781 |
| Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 23968 |
| Dialling codes | 038428 |
| Vehicle registration | NWM |
| Website | www.kluetzer-winkel.de |


title: Neunkirchen am Potzberg

abstract: Neunkirchen am Potzberg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kusel-Altenglan, whose seat is in Kusel.

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# Neunkirchen am Potzberg

**Neunkirchen am Potzberg** is an *Ortsgemeinde* – a municipality belonging to a *Verbandsgemeinde*, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the *Verbandsgemeinde* of Kusel-Altenglan, whose seat is in Kusel.

## Geography

### Location

Neunkirchen am Potzberg lies southeast of the district seat of Kusel. The Potzberg, the “King of the Westrich” (an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France) is a 562 m-high mountain in the Western Palatinate on whose southeast slope lies the village, roughly a kilometre below the peak (562.5 m above sea level). The main street runs crosswise over the slope and branching off it are a few dead-end streets both uphill and downhill. The village itself spreads out at an elevation from some 335 m above sea level to 350 m above sea level. The Limbach, a tributary to the Reichenbach (itself a tributary to the Glan) rises above the village. From the village, a wonderful view can be seen across the Reichenbach valley to the Heidenburg (castle) near Niederstaufenbach and to further mountains on the other side of the dale. The municipal area measures 501 ha, of which 137 ha is wooded. Neunkirchen also has a wildlife park, a lookout tower, a hotel and a hiking trail network.

### Neighbouring municipalities

Neunkirchen am Potzberg borders in the north on the municipality of Föckelberg, in the east on the municipality of Oberstaufenbach, in the south on the municipality of Reichenbach-Steegen, in the west on the municipality of Matzenbach and in the northwest on the municipalities of Theisbergstegen and Rutsweiler am Glan.

### Constituent communities

Also belonging to Neunkirchen am Potzberg are the outlying homesteads of Kreuzhof, east of the village, and Talhof, south of the village. These are both *Aussiedlerhöfe*, agricultural settlements established after the Second World War to increase food production. Standing on the road to Föckelberg are weekend houses.

### Municipality’s layout

Neunkirchen's houses, which are spread out in a rather loose manner, stand for the most part on the through road, which leads from Föckelberg to Gimsbach. The oldest buildings go back to the 19th century. A few bigger farmhouses of the *Westrichhaus* type are still standing. Most of the rest are smaller farmhouses and workers’ houses. To be borne in mind with regard to the farmhouses is that very few of them are actually used by farmers. The church stands in the village's southwest end near the graveyard, which is ringed by a high, old wall built in 1729 with a lovely entrance gate. Within the village once stood two schoolhouses, where today classes are no longer held. For primary school classes for the surrounding villages, a new schoolhouse was built with four classrooms for a one-stream school.

## History

### Antiquity

It is likely that the area around what is now Neunkirchen was settled in prehistoric times, though heaps of spoil within the municipal area likelier stem from mining than ancient gravedigging. According to a report in the *Westrichkalender Kusel*, a stone knife was found in a garden near the church at some unspecified time in the past. From Roman times comes a Jupiter Column that was unearthed in the cadastral area known as Lanzweiler. Furthermore, an old wall found underneath the village itself might be Roman in origin.

### Middle Ages

According to the old border descriptions of the *Remigiusland*, Neunkirchen am Potzberg lay outside this holding of the Bishopric of Reims in the Westrich, and thus in the Free Imperial Domain (*Reichsland*), which stretched out over a broad swath of land around Castle Lautern. Just when Neunkirchen arose as a village is very hard to determine, but it was likely founded only in the 10th century. Ernst Christmann was of the opinion that a church that Otto the Great gave the Worms Cathedral Foundation in 937 as a donation was none other than the church in Neunkirchen am Potzberg. This opinion, though, is contradicted by historians today. Researchers M. Dolch and A. Greule, for example, hold that the church in question was the one in a place called Neunkirchen southeast of Kübelberg, known as “Neuenkirchen” in contrast to “Altenkirchen” (*neu* and *alt* are German for “new” and “old” respectively). They base their thesis on the assertion that the said church appears several times in documents from the 10th century, and that its location was more thoroughly described, as in 956 when it was described as being in a forest near the *Cheuilinbahc* (a brook now called the Kohlbach, and also likely the old name for Kübelberg, but certainly not for Schwedelbach). Therefore, Neunkirchen am Potzberg cannot be the same place as the Neunkirchen in the 937 document as was claimed by so many historians in days gone by (Widder, Frey and Gümbel among others). As early as the 15th century, this village in what is now the southern Kusel district was given up. Furthermore, Neunkirchen am Potzberg must also be distinguished from Neunkirchen an der Nahe, which like Medard was held by the Bishops of Verdun. Any reference to this relationship that crops up in a document about “Neunkirchen” must always have to do with Neunkirchen an der Nahe. In view of all these revisions to the body of knowledge about “Neunkirchen”, Neunkirchen am Potzberg's first documentary mention must be considered to be a 1329 document kept at the Munich Main State Archive (*Hauptstaatsarchiv München*), which contains the wording “*zu Nunkyrchen*”. According to this document, Count Georg I of Veldenz delivered to Dietrich Schwinde von Rittersdorf 100 pounds in Heller to be paid out of a comital estate near Neunkirchen am Potzberg. About this estate, which was called *Horreys gut*, nothing further is known. The Count may have owned an estate in the still free *Reichsland* from which he drew income to pay his vassals. The free *Reichsland* was then, in the earlier half of the 14th century, pledged to various regional lords. Neunkirchen am Potzberg thus passed in 1345 along with all the villages in the *Amt* of Reichenbach as an Imperial pledge to the Counts of Veldenz. While it is still not quite certain as to whether the 1329 document indeed deals with Neunkirchen am Potzberg when it refers to *Horreys gut*, it can be so assumed with certainty by what appears in a further documentary mention. This deals with a 1393 letter granting a widow's estate from Count Friedrich of Veldenz, which is reprinted in the *Acta Academiae Theodoro-Palatinae*. Yet another mention of Neunkirchen from late in Veldenz times is to be found in a 1430 document, according to which Siegfried Blick von Lichtenberg bequeathed to his wife Katharina money from, among other places, Neunkirchen in the amount of 2 pounds in Heller. It is clear that this means Neunkirchen am Potzberg from the addition of the phrase “*in dem Konigrych*” – “in the kingdom”. The *Reichsland* still existed, even if the king had pledged it. In 1444, the County of Veldenz met its end when Count Friedrich III of Veldenz died without a male heir. His daughter Anna wed King Ruprecht's son Count Palatine Stephan. By uniting his own Palatine holdings with the now otherwise heirless County of Veldenz – his wife had inherited the county, but not her father's title – and by redeeming the hitherto pledged County of Zweibrücken, Stephan founded a new County Palatine, as whose comital residence he chose the town of Zweibrücken: the County Palatine – later Duchy – of Palatinate-Zweibrücken. It is likely that throughout the Middle Ages, only a few houses stood around the church, only the rectory and the estate with various outbuildings. Likely more heavily settled was the now vanished village of Lanzweiler, lying somewhat lower down than Neunkirchen.

### Modern times

In 1543, Count Palatine and later Duke Wolfgang of Zweibrücken transferred to his uncle Ruprecht lands for the founding of his own county palatine. Belonging to it were Veldenz on the Moselle, Lauterecken and later also the County of Veldenz-Lützelstein in Alsace. The Imperial pledged domains of the *Ämter* of Reichenbach and Jettenbach and also the Remigiusberg hill in the *Remigiusland* were grouped into this new county palatine, and along with them, the village of Neunkirchen. The County Palatine of Veldenz-Lauterecken-Lützelstein met its end in the late 17th century when the last Count Palatine died. Then, a years-long dispute arose between the Electorate of the Palatinate and the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, who both claimed the right of succession in Palatinate-Veldenz. The dispute was settled in 1733 with the Veldenz Succession Treaty of Mannheim, under whose terms the *Ämter* of Veldenz and Lauterecken passed wholly to the Electorate of the Palatinate, and the former Palatine-Veldenz *Amt* of Lauterecken was permanently given the status of an Electorate of the Palatinate *Oberamt*, after it had already been occupied by the Electorate of the Palatinate troops in 1697 anyway. Neunkirchen am Potzberg thus became an Electorate of the Palatinate holding. Towards the end of the old feudal age, the Electorate of the Palatinate geographer and historiographer Johann Goswin Widder wrote the following about the village of Neunkirchen am Potzberg: “Neunkirchen, a handsome village lying three quarters of an hour westwards from Reichenbach on the Potzberg, is held to be the *Nuninchirichaa* (archaic name form for *Neunkirchen*) where King Otto donated a main church … as early as the year 936 to the Worms Cathedral Foundation. About *Nuinchiricha*, however, two other places that bear the name *Nunkirch*, and which also belong to the Nahegau must be considered … Now, this village has two churches, 63 houses, which are occupied by 63 families. The municipal area is made up of 880 *Morgen* of cropland, 186 *Morgen* of meadows, 326 *Morgen* of forest.”

#### Recent times

During the time of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era that followed, the German lands on the Rhine’s left bank were annexed by France. With the new political arrangement and within the new boundaries, Neunkirchen am Potzberg found itself in the *Mairie* (“Mayoralty”) of Neunkirchen, the Canton of Wolfstein, the Arrondissement of Kaiserslautern and the Department of Mont-Tonnerre (or Donnersberg in German) whose seat was at Mainz. After French rule, the Congress of Vienna drew new boundaries yet again. After a transitional time, Neunkirchen am Potzberg was grouped into the *bayerischer Rheinkreis*, later known as *Rheinpfalz* (“Rhenish Palatinate”), an exclave of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816, where it was the seat of a *Bürgermeisterei* (“mayoralty”) at first within the *Landcommissariat* (today *Landkreis* or district) of Kusel and the Canton of Wolfstein. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Nazi Party (NSDAP) became quite popular in Neunkirchen am Potzberg. In the 1928 Reichstag elections, none of the local votes went to Adolf Hitler’s party, but by the 1930 Reichstag elections, this had grown to 7.4%. By the time of the 1933 Reichstag elections, after Hitler had already seized power, local support for the Nazis had swollen to 43.3%. Hitler’s success in these elections paved the way for his Enabling Act of 1933 (*Ermächtigungsgesetz*), thus starting the Third Reich in earnest. The *Bürgermeisterei* remained in force until administrative and regional reform in 1968. Belonging to this mayoralty were, besides Neunkirchen itself, the villages of Föckelberg and Oberstaufenbach, and until 1825 Mühlbach, too. Since 2018, Neunkirchen am Potzberg has been an *Ortsgemeinde* within the *Verbandsgemeinde* of Kusel-Altenglan. The municipality marked its 675-year jubilee (since the 1329 first documentary mention) in 2004.

### Population development

Those living in Neunkirchen were originally mostly farmers and forestry workers, and at times miners who worked the Potzberg’s quicksilver pits. The number of inhabitants in the early 19th century was about as high as it is today, but in the mid 19th century, it broke the 500 level, only to shrink again to a level of 439 at the outbreak of the Second World War. After the war, the population at first rose again with the arrival of ethnic Germans driven out of Germany’s former eastern territories, but then about 1960 shrank again, only to rise once again. This new growth owed itself to the village’s proximity to the towns of Kaiserslautern and Kusel. Over the last few years, there has been stagnation in population growth. The original commercial relationships have over time undergone a significant shift. There are very few farms left, which has led to a population turnover characterized by older, long established families’ younger members moving away and new families moving in. Many people in the workforce nowadays earn livelihoods outside the village, commuting mainly to Kaiserslautern and Kusel.

The following table shows population development over the centuries for Neunkirchen am Potzberg, with some figures broken down by religious denomination:

| **Year** | 1788 | 1825 | 1835 | 1905 | 1939 | 1950 | 1961 | 1970 | 1978 | 1992 | 1998 | 2001 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Total** | 63\* | 492 | 513 | 485 | 432 | 485 | 469 | 484 | 509 | 517 | 509 | 444 |
| **Catholic** |  | 105 |  |  |  |  | 82 |  |  |  |  |  |
| **Evangelical** |  | 280 |  |  |  |  | 387 |  |  |  |  |  |

*This figure is the number of families.

### Municipality’s name

Within Germany, there are 17 places bearing the name Neunkirchen, not counting all the places bearing the name that have been forsaken over the ages. Relevant to this article are the Neunkirchen on the upper Nahe and a vanished village in the Schönenberg-Kübelberg area, and to a lesser extent, the town of Neunkirchen in the Saarland. As a rule, this placename means “new church” (*neue Kirche* in German), and not “nine churches” (*neun Kirchen*) as might be supposed. This may be so in Neunkirchen am Potzberg's case: a village arose near a country church that was built on the site of an older church (thus making it “new”). As discussed above, it is highly questionable whether the *Nuinchiricha* mentioned in Otto the Great's 937 document is the same one that stood in this village. There is, however, no doubt that the following are names borne by Neunkirchen am Potzberg over the ages: *Nunkyrchen* (1329), *Nunkirchen* (1393), *Nuekirchen* (1460), Neunkirchen (1524).

### Vanished villages

Within what are now Neunkirchen am Potzberg's limits once supposedly lay a village called Landsweiler, although as far as is known currently, there is no documentary proof of its former existence. While there were originally only a few houses around the “new church” that gave Neunkirchen its name, Landsweiler was supposedly Neunkirchen's actual village core. According to this version of events, it was only after the Thirty Years' War that newcomers settling in the area around the church and others giving up the old village core combined to form the village core at the site where it can still be found today, and essentially formed the village of Neunkirchen as it is today. Another vanished village within Neunkirchen am Potzberg's limits is said to have been one called Einöd, named in 1393 as *Einode*. This is believed to have actually been little more than an out-of-the-way homestead.

## Religion

It is highly likely that during the Early Middle Ages the church on the Potzberg's northeast slope in Neunkirchen am Potzberg was the mother church for a series of villages in this region. It may well have been a wooden church on whose site in the 12th century a stone church was built. This church may have been remodelled many times in the centuries that followed in the Gothic style, bearing witness to which is a walled-up window that was discovered during restoration work in 1956. At some unknown time before the 14th century, this church became a branch within the parish of Deinsberg, today's Theisbergstegen. At the time of the irrevocable introduction of the Reformation into the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, following the principle of *cuius regio, eius religio*, everyone in the village had to convert to Lutheran belief. When towards the end of the 16th century the Duchy converted to Reformed belief, Palatinate-Veldenz, to which Neunkirchen am Potzberg had belonged since 1543, did not embrace this newer faith and kept its people with Lutheranism, and likewise the church in the middle of the village, which was renovated sometime before 1700, remained Lutheran. Beginning in 1698, the Lutheran community once again formed its own parish, splitting away from Theisbergstegen. Growing in number bit by bit in the Potzberg area, though, was the number of Reformed Christians who clove to John Calvin’s teachings, and who found themselves greatly at odds with the Lutherans. At the same time, during French King Louis XIV's wars of conquest, the French were promoting Catholicism once again, and later so was the Electorate of the Palatinate. Growth continued on into the 19th century. In 1825, roughly a fifth of the inhabitants adhered to the Roman Catholic faith, and by 1961, this had reached almost 40%. The Reformed believers built a church for all their worshippers in the surrounding villages in Neunkirchen am Potzberg, which was completed in 1747. At that time, the following villages belonged to the Reformed parish: Neunkirchen, Oberstaufenbach, Föckelberg, Reichenbach, Reichenbachstegen, Albersbach, Kollweiler, Jettenbach, Haschbach am Remigiusberg, Rutsweiler am Glan, Mühlbach, Lauterecken, Heinzenhausen, Lohnweiler, Wiesweiler and Niedereisenbach. Later, Schwanden also belonged to the parish, while the last for villages named were removed from the *Amt* of Lauterecken. Thus Neunkirchen am Potzberg had two churches, as Johann Goswin Widder reported. The Reformed church was torn down in 1824. At the same time, the until now Lutheran church was thoroughly renovated and remodelled in the Historicist style with, among other things, a new 16 m-high ridge turret. Given that the Lutheran and Reformed churches had recently merged in the Protestant Union, only one Protestant church was now needed. Laid out all round the church building is the graveyard. Its girding wall dates from the Middle Ages. Today, the still self-administering Evangelical parish of Neunkirchen with its branches of Föckelberg and Niederstaufenbach belongs to the deaconry of Kusel. The Catholic Christians belong to the parish of Reichenbach.

## Politics

### Municipal council

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held in May 2014, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

### Mayor

Neunkirchen's mayor is Lilli Niebergall, and her deputies are Juergen Neu and Heike Heinz.

### Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: *Von Gold und Schwarz gespalten rechts eine rote Kirche, links ein rotgekrönter und bewehrter goldener Löwe.*

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale Or a church gules and sable a lion rampant of the first armed, langued and crowned of the second.

The charge on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side, the lion, along with the tinctures Or and sable (gold and black) are drawn from the arms formerly borne by the Electorate of the Palatinate (House of Wittelsbach), which exercised lordly rights locally until the French Revolution. The charge on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side, the church, is canting for the municipality's name, whose meaning is “new church” (this would actually be *neue Kirche* in German, whereas *neun Kirchen* would generally be taken to mean “nine churches”; nonetheless, the former is held to be the meaning).

The arms have been borne since 1975.

## Culture and sightseeing

### Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:

### Regular events

Neunkirchen am Potzberg’s kermis (church consecration festival) is held on the last weekend in July.

### Clubs

Important clubs in Neunkirchen am Potzberg are:

* *Förderverein Neunkirchen* — Neunkirchen promotional association
* *Krankenpflegeverein*nursing association
* *Landfrauenverein* — countrywomen’s club
* *Männergesangverein* — men’s singing club
* *Obst- und Gartenbauverein* — fruitgrowing and gardening club
* *SPD-Ortsverein*Social Democratic Party of Germany local chapter
* *Sportverein*sport club
* *Verein zur Unterstützung der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr* — association for supporting the fire brigade

## Economy and infrastructure

### Economic structure

Originally, Neunkirchen am Potzberg was purely a farming village. With the opening of the quicksilver mines in the Potzberg area, workers’ dwellings also sprang up. In 1930, about half the village's population worked only at agriculture. Even by 1970 still 60% of those in the workforce were somehow linked to agriculture, but likewise by then, many farming operations had become secondary businesses. Farming has further declined since then. There are now only three farming operations run as primary income earners, and only three run as secondary income earners. Thus many in the workforce must commute to jobs elsewhere, mainly in the region around Kusel and Kaiserslautern. In the village itself are a few businesses and inns. An expansion in the tourism sector can be foreseen.

### Education

Schooling was generally promoted by the lords after the introduction of the Reformation, but ended in the course of the Thirty Years' War, enjoying a new upswing only in the 18th century. No knowledge about Neunkirchen am Potzberg's school history in feudal times has reached the present day. In the course of the French Revolution, schooling was nationalized. At the time there were two schools in Neunkirchen, a Lutheran one and a Reformed one. Both were still being held in private dwellings, and both were also subject to the Kaiserslautern school inspectorate. In April 1860, the Kingdom of Bavaria took over both schools. In 1824, many of the villagers were of the opinion that the old Calvinist church should be converted into a schoolhouse, but this never came about and instead it was torn down. However, the stone recovered from this work was at least reused for building the new Protestant schoolhouse, known as the “great schoolhouse” (*großes Schulhaus*). This work was likewise undertaken in 1824. One hundred years later, in 1924, the village got yet another schoolhouse, a smaller one that housed a Catholic school. In 1968, the old village school was dissolved. Ever since, Hauptschule students have been attending classes in Altenglan. Neunkirchen's primary school pupils at first went to a communal school in both Neunkirchen and Föckelberg. In Neunkirchen in 1994, a new schoolhouse with four classrooms was built where primary school pupils from Neunkirchen, Föckelberg, Oberstaufenbach and Niederstaufenbach are now taught. Currently this amounts to some 90 schoolchildren. Higher schools in the area are the Regionale Schule in Altenglan, the Realschule in Kusel and the Gymnasium in Kusel. Neunkirchen also has one kindergarten and a library.

### Transport

Neunkirchen am Potzberg lies on *Landesstraße* 364, which near Oberstaufenbach branches off *Landesstraße* 367 (BosenbachKaiserslautern), leads to Gimsbach on the Glan and then ends at *Bundesstraße* 423. Two *Kreisstraßen* lead from Neunkirchen to neighbouring villages, *Kreisstraße* 34 by way of Föckelberg to Altenglan and *Kreisstraße* 33 by way of the Kreuzhof to Fockenberg-Limbach. To the southwest runs the Autobahn A 62 (KaiserslauternTrier). The nearest interchanges are the ones at Kusel (10 km) and Glan-Münchweiler (15 km). There is a further one at Kaiserslautern West (Vogelweh), lying 25 km away. Theisbergstegen and Altenglan stations (6 km away) are on the Landstuhl–Kusel railway and are served hourly by Regionalbahn service RB 67 to and from Kaiserslautern, called the *Glantalbahn* (the name of which refers to the Glan Valley Railway, which shared some of the route of the Landstuhl–Kusel line, including through the former railway junction at Altenglan and Theisbergstegen).

## Famous people

### Sons and daughters of the town

## Further reading

* Fickert Jan, Bleiching Rudolf, Zenglein Dieter (2004): Neunkirchen am Potzberg. 675 Jahre. 1329–2004. (Herausgegeben von der Ortsgemeinde Neunkirchen). Waldmohr: Göddel & Sefrin.
* Fickert, Jan (2010): Rund um den Potzberg. Erfurt: Sutton-Verlag.

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| Neunkirchen am Potzberg | |
| --- | --- |
| Municipality | |
|  | |
| Location of Neunkirchen am Potzberg within Kusel district | |
| Neunkirchen am Potzberg Neunkirchen am Potzberg | |
| Coordinates: 49°30′31″N 7°29′18″E / 49.50867°N 7.48829°E / 49.50867; 7.48829 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Kusel |
| Municipal assoc. | Kusel-Altenglan |
| Government | |
| Mayor (201924) | Lilli Niebergall |
| Area | |
| Total | 5.01 km<sup>2</sup> (1.93 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 355 m (1,165 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 315 m (1,033 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31) | |
| Total | 421 |
| Density | 84/km<sup>2</sup> (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 66887 |
| Dialling codes | 06385 |
| Vehicle registration | KUS |
| Website | www.neunkirchen-am-potzberg.de |


title: Tsukiji Hongan-ji

abstract: Tsukiji Hongan-ji (築地本願寺), sometimes archaically romanized Hongwan-ji, is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple located in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo, Japan. The temple is adjacent to Tsukiji Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line.

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# Tsukiji Hongan-ji

**Tsukiji Hongan-ji** (築地本願寺), sometimes archaically romanized *Hongwan-ji*, is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple located in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo, Japan.

The temple is adjacent to Tsukiji Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line.

## History

Tsukiji Hongan-ji's predecessor was the temple of Edo-Asakusa Gobo (江戸浅草御坊), built in Asakusa in 1617 at the behest of the 12th monshu, Junnyo Shōnin.

The temple burned during a citywide fire in 1657, and the shogunate refused to allow it to be rebuilt in Asakusa due to a prior project there. Instead, the temple was moved to a new parcel of land being reclaimed along the Sumida Rivertoday's Tsukiji. This land was said to have been reclaimed by Jodo Shinshu followers themselves who lived at nearby Tsukudajima. The name *Tsukiji* comes from the kanji characters meaning "reclaimed land". This new temple, named Tsukiji Gobo (築地御坊), stood until it was leveled by the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923.

The present Tsukiji Hongan-ji was designed by Itō Chūta of the University of Tokyo and built between 1931 and 1934. It is noted for its unique architecture, influenced by temples in India.

Hongan-ji is a pilgrimage destination due to its artifacts of Prince Shotoku, Shinran Shonin, and Shonyō Shōnin. Shonyō Shōnin (1911-2002), the 23rd monshu is enshrined to the left of the main altar in honor of his contributions to the spreading the Jodo Shinshu teachings abroad so that followers would not be in "name only".

The wake of Hiroaki Shukuzawa was held there on June 22, 2006, and a memorial to popular rock musician Hideto Matsumoto, better known as *hide*, can be found in the main hall itself, as the temple was the site of the musician's funerary ceremony in 1998.

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| Tsukiji Hongan-ji<br>築地本願寺 | |
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| Main hall | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Jōdo Shinshū Honganji-ha |
| Deity | Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) |
| Location | |
| Location | 3-15-1 Tsukiji, Chūō-ku, Tokyo Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°39′59.3″N 139°46′20.3″E / 35.666472°N 139.772306°E / 35.666472; 139.772306 |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Jun'nyo |
| Completed | 1617 |
| Website | |
| https://tsukijihongwanji.jp/global/guide/ | |


title: Skirwith Abbey

abstract: Skirwith Abbey is a country house in Skirwith, Cumbria, England. The House is a two-storey house of five by three bays, built by Thomas Addison, mason, in 1768-74 for John Orfeur Yates, who spent many years in India. The main front has more closely spaced windows in the centre; and the centre and angles are also defined by differences in the ashlar stonework. The front door is approached by a splayed, balustraded staircase carried on a bridge over the wide area that encircles the house. The rear of the house is similar, and both sides have a canted full-height bay window in the centre. Except on the entrance front, the area is surrounded by cast iron railings with obelisk standards.

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# Skirwith Abbey

**Skirwith Abbey** is a country house in Skirwith, Cumbria, England. The House is a two-storey house of five by three bays, built by Thomas Addison, mason, in 1768-74 for John Orfeur Yates, who spent many years in India. The main front has more closely spaced windows in the centre; and the centre and angles are also defined by differences in the ashlar stonework. The front door is approached by a splayed, balustraded staircase carried on a bridge over the wide area that encircles the house. The rear of the house is similar, and both sides have a canted full-height bay window in the centre. Except on the entrance front, the area is surrounded by cast iron railings with obelisk standards.

* C. R. Hudleston & R. S. Boumphrey, *Cumberland Families and Heraldry*, 1978, p. 378
* Sir N. Pevsner, *The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland*, 1967, p. 190
* J. M. Robinson, *The Country Houses of the North West*, 1991, p. 139

* Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1326980)". *National Heritage List for England*.

54°40′56″N 2°35′56″W / 54.6821°N 2.5988°W / 54.6821; -2.5988


title: Zirkelstein

abstract: The Zirkelstein is the smallest table hill of Saxon Switzerland, in Germany. It is a wooded, cone-shaped hill with a striking 40-metre-high (130 ft) summit block of sandstone rock.

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# Zirkelstein

The **Zirkelstein** is the smallest table hill of Saxon Switzerland, in Germany. It is a wooded, cone-shaped hill with a striking 40-metre-high (130 ft) summit block of sandstone rock.

## Location and area

The Zirkelstein is located five kilometres southeast of Bad Schandau in the part of Saxon Switzerland that lies left of the River Elbe. Immediately northwest of the hill is the village of Schöna in the municipality of Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, whilst east of the hill – in the Elbe valley – is the municipality of Hřensko (*Herrnskretschen*), over the border in the Czech Republic. Immediately at the foot of the Zirkelstein is a former Friends of Nature house with a restaurant and a small bungalow village. The land of the Zirkelstein has been in private hands since 2008.

## History

In 1841 the then owner of the hill, Johann Gottlob Füssel, built a small inn on the side of the Zirkelstein. In 1842 facilities were built to enable the summit to be made accessible to visitors. The inn was run by the family until 1913 and then the business was leased. On 3 September 1926 the inn was set on fire by lightning during a heavy thunderstorm and was razed to the ground.

Currently the hill, which has an area of 7 hectares, is owned by the *ZirkelsteinResort gGmbH*. The best-known painting of the Zirkelsteins is by Caspar David Friedrich. In the background of his 1818 painting, *Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer*, the hill appears in the background.

### Name

The Zirkelstein gets its name from its characteristic shape that, from a distance, resembles a compass (German: *Zirkel*). In 1592 the hill was first mentioned, as the *Circkelstein*.

## Ascent

The Zirkelstein is best approached from Schöna along at yellow signed hiking trail. The summit itself may be gained using the metal steps and railings provided.

## Views

Due to its isolated situation the summit offers a comprehensive all-round view over the forests and crags of Saxon and Bohemian Switzerland and the Lusatian Mountains.

1. "Panorama Elbsandsteingebirge Maler Künstler Krippen Caspar Friedrich Malerweg". *www.panoramahotelwolfsberg.de*. Archived from the original on 2009-12-14.

## InfoBox

| Zirkelstein | |
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| View of the Zirkelstein from the Kaiserkrone | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 384.5 m above sea level (HN) (1,261 ft) |
| Coordinates | 50°52′42″N 14°13′14″E / 50.87833°N 14.22056°E / 50.87833; 14.22056 |
| Geography | |
| ZirkelsteinSaxony (Germany) | |
| Parent range | Elbe Sandstone Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Table hill |
| Type of rock | Sandstone |


title: The Arrest (novel)

abstract: The Arrest is the 12th novel by Jonathan Lethem, published in November 2020. It is a post-apocalyptic science fiction story set in a small Maine town following the global collapse of technology. The pastoral life of the town is challenged when a nuclear-powered vehicle arrives, carrying the novel's antagonist. Reception of the novel was largely positive.

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# The Arrest (novel)

**The Arrest** is the 12th novel by Jonathan Lethem, published in November 2020. It is a post-apocalyptic science fiction story set in a small Maine town following the global collapse of technology. The pastoral life of the town is challenged when a nuclear-powered vehicle arrives, carrying the novel's antagonist. Reception of the novel was largely positive.

## Plot Summary

The title of the novel refers to a technological collapse that occurred three years before the story's present. The cause of the arrest is unclear. It is depicted as having happened gradually and then all at once. It has made every technology dependent on electricity, gasoline, or gunpowder inoperable.

The setting is the small community of Tinderwick, located on a peninsula on the Maine coast. Thanks to its location and a pre-arrest culture of self-sufficiency among many of the residents, it has reached a sustainable steady state in the post-arrest situation. Tinderwick has had no news of the rest of the world since the arrest; seaward, a ship from France crashed with no survivors, and inland, the community is separated from the outside world by a second community, known as The Cordon. The Cordon claims to be repelling threats, and Tinderwick provides them with a portion of the goods it produces.

The narrative perspective is third person limited. The reader follows Alexander Duplessis, who is puzzled by his life choices and present indecisiveness. Most characters call him Sandy, the novel's antagonist calls him Sandman, and the novel's narrator calls him Journeyman. In the pre-arrest world, Journeyman was a successful Hollywood script doctor. The narrator notes that Journeyman should have been Tinderwick's storyteller, but in the post-arrest world he is instead the butcher's assistant and the community's bicycle deliveryman.

The peaceful agrarian stasis of Tinderwick is disrupted when Journeyman's pre-arrest professional partner, Peter Todbaum arrives in a nuclear powered “supercar” that he has driven to Maine from California. For decades prior to the arrest, Todbaum had been a hypnotic Hollywood pitch man and Journeyman his compliant listener and script-doctor. Todbaum and his supercar are presented as a gleaming, monstrous eruption of the old world, equipped with an espresso maker and glowing with radiation.

Todbaum's arrival initiates backstory: Thirty years before the novel's present, Todbaum and Journeyman were beginning their partnership generating film and TV scripts in California. Journeyman's sister Maddie visits, and she and Todbaum lock themselves into his hotel room for days, after which she departs angrily. Journeyman continues to be perplexed by and fixated on this event. At the time, Maddy told Journeyman, “He didn’t do anything to me that he doesn’t do to you.” Toward the end of the novel, she tells him, “You’re the only one who even remembers.” Subsequently, Maddy established a farm in Tinderwick that has become the post-arrest town's center of community and productivity. She is impossible to fluster and often characterized by the hammer she keeps hanging from her waist.

For Todbaum, the essential event of the motel stay was Maddy casually adding a crucial twist to a science fiction concept that he and Journeyman continued to work on all the way up to the arrest. The addition of Maddy's idea produced a concept that roughly mirrors the dichotomy of the world before and after the arrest. Todbaum asserts that the destination of this story is that he and Maddy are meant to be together.

Todbaum's arrival precipitates a division in the community, while Maddy remains indifferent and Journeyman conflicted. Todbaum becomes a nightly, compelling storyteller, feeding the desire of some to know what he encountered in his journey across the United States. Initially, while Todbaum holds a sizable group in thrall, he tells a typical post-apocalyptic story of ravaged cities, marauding bands, and enclaves with science fiction technology. The reliability of his narrative is questioned throughout the novel, including by Todbaum himself.

Eventually, most of Todbaum's audience drift away, as he declines to finish his story by telling what happened while crossing the area controlled by The Cordon. Meanwhile, The Cordon had decided it wants the supercar and begins pushing the border between itself and Tinderwick.

In the novel's climax, Journeyman remains relatively in the dark, while Maddy and much of the community carefully plan and execute a temporary move to an island, where they also construct countermeasures to a supercar attack. The Cordon half-heartedly attacks the town, and Todbaum, largely bereft of followers and a target of The Cordon, mounts a failed attack on the island. The supercar ends up suspended in the air, becoming the lighthouse the town had previously planned to erect on the island.

## Background

In an interview with *Slates*'s Working Podcast, Lethem indicated that the novel began with the idea of the “supercar.” Driving west in sub-zero temperatures, away from the Maine town where he lives part of the year, Lethem imagined a vehicle going in the opposite direction,

> “… to the town I’d just left and under conditions that were apocalyptic or postapocalyptic, this car being something that was outfitted for this destroyed world, this destroyed version of the United States, and it was going to disturb the quietude of this small town, which was a little oasis in the disaster. So, it all kind of just came into my head as an image.”

In the same interview, Lethem revealed that the novel was initially written in the first person, and that writer Steve Erickson suggested a change to third person. Explaining why he pursued this recommendation, Lethem said,

> “… what I liked about this book, what I wanted to do was the same thing that had flashed into my head when I was driving cross-country. It was an iconographic book. It was about the shape of the objects as much as the characters and their voices… it was really about these iconographic shapes in space and \[the first person narrator\] was way too much in the way of that experience. You couldn’t see all of the shapes in space because he was blabbing at you.”

In an interview with the Los Angeles Review of Books, speaking to the timeliness of the story and its isolation themes during the pandemic (the novel was completed in February 2020), Lethem said that the book is,

> “… an intentional project made of my thoughts and feelings, developed not suddenly and on-the-spot like some sort of journalistic memorandum, but out of the weird stew of what I’ve read and noticed and thought about for decades. I relate this novel distinctly to two earlier ones: Amnesia Moon… and Chronic City…”

In the same interview, Lethem connected reaching middle age with his decision to set his novel in a small town.

> “I was very conscious of working in a pastoral mode, and I was thinking of books that emphasize, in their rural settings, the ongoingness of life. The young are born in such places and then set out. Either they return, and form the basis of that ongoing life, or they’re never heard from again, presumably swallowed into the cosmopolis.”

In an interview in Orion, Lethem commented on the novel's thematic focus on storytelling and storytellers, describing “the place I tried to push the book” with a question:

> “What if the person the storyteller most resembles, despite being a perfectly harmless guy — what if the thing he most resembles in this new world is the problem? The past fantasies of growth and power and individual self-fulfillment? What if all the things a storyteller has been enmeshed in his entire life now really look kind of suspect and shitty?”

In an interview with Literary Hub, “Jonathan Lethem on the Wishfulness of Dystopian Fiction,” Lethem discussed utopic urges that underly his fascination with the genre.

> “I think my attraction growing up to reading dystopian and post-apocalyptic stories mingled a lot of different kinds of appetite and yearning and wondering with fears, with the kind of usual cautionary, “look out or it might get bad.” Some of that feeling is like, maybe that wouldn’t be bad, maybe that would be interesting or better.”

> “… there’s some part of you that has an appetite for confronting the possibility that what you see around you is not a given, that it’s unstable and precarious… if you feel as I do, and I think a lot of people do, that where we are makes no sense… well, maybe you also yearn for not catastrophe in the worst sense, but for change that was just total, and that forced everyone to think differently and experience things differently and remake some of the things that are being advertised as permanent or necessary.”

## Reception

Reviews of the novel were generally positive. All reviewers noted that Lethem was handling the post-apocalyptic scenario in an unorthodox way, but their assessment of the meaning of this approach and the success of the result varied:

In his positive New York Times review, Charles Yu suggested that the novel was challenging the genre from both the writer's and reader's perspective:

> “If anything, he seems more interested in unpacking assumptions built into such tales, and why we seem to have an endless appetite for stories that, presumably, should make us feel terrible… Maybe the point is that we (both storytellers and audience members) have gotten too good at this. Too good at making these stories, too practiced at consuming them.”

While appreciating the whole, Yu had some reservations:

> “The feeling is similar to watching a virtuoso musician noodling, trying things out. There are soft spots, but then there are riffs that find an interesting line and take off into flights of extended brilliance… “The Arrest” may not show Lethem at the height of his powers, but as with so much of his work, it is inventive, entertaining and superbly written.”

In his negative Washington Post review, Ron Charles characterized the novel as a “vast contraption” that is “clever but not funny; a satire that never pricks its target.” Charles found the plot's action to be “inaction,” writing that the novel “settles quickly into an odd stasis, sustained only by the cerebral wit of Lethem’s voice.” Charles also took issue with the protagonist, describing him as “the blandest of heroes,” who fails to achieve “the definition and purpose that has always eluded him.”

In his The Guardian review, Alex Preston characterized “The Arrest” as “a dystopian novel in thrall to its own genre, full of knockabout comic book bravado, with regular knowing nods to literary and cinematic history. It is, in short, a blast.”

In his LA Times review, Charles Finch described the novel as “a wonderful read, the writing gracefully gonzo, the emotional beats often unexpected yet quite right.”

In his USA Today review, Mark Athitakis gave the novel three-out-of-four stars, writing that, “it has an unserious, gonzo attitude that’s welcome in a well-worn genre. Call it a shaggy-dog apocalypse tale.”

## InfoBox

The Arrest
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| Author | Jonathan Lethem |
| Cover artist | Allison Saltzman (design), Dexter Maurer (illustration) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel, science fiction |
| Publisher | Harper Collins (Ecco imprint) |
| Publication date | November 2020 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 307 (1st edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780062938787 (1st edition, hardcover) |
| OCLC | on1229173081 |
| Preceded by | *The Feral Detective* |
| Followed by | *Brooklyn Crime Novel* |


abstract: Mountain View Cemetery is a cemetery in Ashland, Oregon, in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 "in recognition of its historic significance and fine array of mortuary art and craftsmanship". In 2013, the cemetery was listed with the Oregon Commission on Historical Cemeteries.

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# Mountain View Cemetery (Ashland, Oregon)

**Mountain View Cemetery** (also known as **Resthaven Crypts and Niches**) is a cemetery in Ashland, Oregon, in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 "in recognition of its historic significance and fine array of mortuary art and craftsmanship". In 2013, the cemetery was listed with the Oregon Commission on Historical Cemeteries.

## InfoBox

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| Mountain View Cemetery | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location | Junction of Normal Avenue and OR 66, Ashland, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 42°11′8″N 122°40′53″W / 42.18556°N 122.68139°W / 42.18556; -122.68139 |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1904 (1904) |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Egyptian Revival |
| MPS | Historic Cemeteries of Ashland MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000688 |
| Added to NRHP | June 8, 1995 |


title: No Worse for the Wear

abstract: No Worse for the Wear is the third studio album by Orange County pop punk band Big Drill Car. It is the only album without their classic original line-up, featuring new members Keith Fallis and Darrin Norris. The band reached a little success through the album, if only for a short time before their 13-year break-up, from 1995 to 2008. The release of No Worse for the Wear would also gain Big Drill Car supporting slots on national and world tours with bands such as The Offspring and Guttermouth. The songs "The Shake", "Nogaina", and "What You Believe" were featured, amongst other Cargo/Headhunter Records artists, in the 1997 Sega Saturn/Sony PlayStation game Courier Crisis. Like many Big Drill Car albums, No Worse for the Wear is currently out of print.

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# No Worse for the Wear

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | (not rated) |
| *Punk Planet* | Favorable |

***No Worse for the Wear*** is the third studio album by Orange County pop punk band Big Drill Car. It is the only album without their classic original line-up, featuring new members Keith Fallis and Darrin Norris. The band reached a little success through the album, if only for a short time before their 13-year break-up, from 1995 to 2008. The release of *No Worse for the Wear* would also gain Big Drill Car supporting slots on national and world tours with bands such as The Offspring (who had just released *Smash* to unexpected success and acclaim) and Guttermouth.

The songs "The Shake", "Nogaina", and "What You Believe" were featured, amongst other Cargo/Headhunter Records artists, in the 1997 Sega Saturn/Sony PlayStation game *Courier Crisis*.

Like many Big Drill Car albums, *No Worse for the Wear* is currently out of print.

## Track listing

Track listing
| Track number | Song name | Duration |
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| 1 | The Shake | 2:27 |
| 2 | Friend of Mine | 3:14 |
| 3 | Duck and Cover | 1:22 |
| 4 | Nagain | 3:10 |
| 5 | In Disguise | 2:58 |
| 6 | Crystal's Ball | 2:35 |
| 7 | Wondering | 3:27 |
| 8 | What You Believe | 2:26 |
| 9 | Thin White Line | 2:41 |
| 10 | Step Right Up | 2:47 |
| 11 | Yer Holdin | 2:13 |
| 12 | Hye | 2:31 |

## Personnel

* Frank Daly - Vocals
* Mark Arnold - Guitar
* Darrin Norris - Bass
* Keith Fallis - Drums

### Additional personnel

* Bill Stevenson - Producer
* Stephen Egerton - Producer
* Jeff Powell - Engineer
* Jeffrey Reed - Engineer
* John Hampton - Mixing

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| No Worse for the Wear | |
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| Studio album by Big Drill Car | |
| Released | May 20, 1994 |
| Recorded | September 1993 |
| Genre | Pop punk |
| Length | 31:51 |
| Label | Cargo/Headhunter Records |
| Producer | Stephen Egerton
Bill Stevenson |
| Big Drill Car chronology | |
| *Toured (A Live Album)*
(1993) ***No Worse for the Wear***
(1994) *A Never Ending Endeavor*
(2009) | |


title: Ziersdorf

abstract: Ziersdorf is a town in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, Austria.

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# Ziersdorf

**Ziersdorf** is a town in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, Austria.

## Geography

Ziersdorf lies in the Weinviertel in Lower Austria. About 18.76 percent of the municipality is forested.

It consists of the villages Dippersdorf, Fahndorf, Gettsdorf, Großmeiseldorf, Hollenstein, Kiblitz, Radlbrunn, Rohrbach and Ziersdorf.

## InfoBox

| Ziersdorf | |
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| Municipality | |
| Town hall | |
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| ZiersdorfLocation within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 48°32′N 15°56′E / 48.533°N 15.933°E / 48.533; 15.933 | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Lower Austria |
| District | Hollabrunn |
| Government | |
| Mayor | Ing. Hermann Fischer |
| Area | |
| Total | 48.71 km2 (18.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01) | |
| Total | 3,446 |
| Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 3710 |
| Area code | 02956 |
| Website | www.ziersdorf.at |


title: Świniary, Łódź Voivodeship

abstract: Świniary is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzyżanów, within Kutno County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Krzyżanów, 8 km (5 mi) south-east of Kutno, and 44 km (27 mi) north of the regional capital Łódź.

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# Świniary, Łódź Voivodeship

**Świniary** \[ɕfiˈɲarɨ\] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzyżanów, within Kutno County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Krzyżanów, 8 km (5 mi) south-east of Kutno, and 44 km (27 mi) north of the regional capital Łódź.

## InfoBox

| Świniary | |
| --- | --- |
| Village | |
| Świniary | |
| Coordinates: 52°10′29″N 19°24′48″E / 52.17472°N 19.41333°E / 52.17472; 19.41333 | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Łódź |
| County | Kutno |
| Gmina | Krzyżanów |


title: 1987 California Bowl

abstract: The 1987 California Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the San Jose State Spartans and the Eastern Michigan Hurons.

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# 1987 California Bowl

The **1987 California Bowl** was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the San Jose State Spartans and the Eastern Michigan Hurons.

## Background

In four seasons, Eastern Michigan coach Jim Harkema had the Hurons rise from 1–10 to 2–7–2 to 4–7 to 6–5. In his fifth season, they won 9 games in the regular season along with winning the Mid-American Conference title, their first conference title since 1957. San Jose State, on the other hand, had been rising for years. They finished the season with one more victory than they did the year before as they won their 2nd straight Pacific Coast Athletic Association title, which was their 3rd title in the decade, qualifying them for their third ever California Bowl. San Jose State was a 17½ point favorite coming into this game.

## Game summary

* Eastern Michigan - Bob Foster 1-yard run (Tim Henneghan PAT), 9:39 remaining in the 1st quarter
* San Jose State - Kenny Jackson 6-yard run (S. Olivarez PAT), 7:19 remaining in the 1st quarter
* Eastern Michigan - Tim Henneghan 42-yard field goal, 1:51 remaining in the 1st quarter
* Eastern Michigan - Bob Foster 1-yard run (Tim Henneghan PAT), 9:00 remaining in the 2nd quarter
* San Jose State - Bill Klump 1-yard pass from James Saxon (Sergio Olivarez PAT), 1:20 remaining in the 2nd quarter
* San Jose State - Johnny Johnson 12-yard pass from Mike Perez (Sergio Olivarez PAT), 2:43 remaining in the 3rd quarter
* Eastern Michigan - Gary Patton 15-yard run (Kick failed), 14:55 remaining in the 4th quarter
* San Jose State - James Saxon 16-yard run (Pass failed), 9:36 remaining in the 4th quarter
* Eastern Michigan - Craig Ostrander 32-yard pass from Ron Adams (Tim Henneghan PAT), 3:59 remaining in the 4th quarter

Gary Patton rushed for 130 yards for the Hurons (who had 212 rushing yards in total while holding the Spartans to 81) in an MVP effort.

## Aftermath

Despite having winning seasons the following two years, the Hurons weren't invited to a bowl game. Eastern Michigan changed the name of the team to the Eagles in 1991. The 1995 season under Rick Rasnick (after Harkema resigned in 1992, with two other coaches following him before they were fired) was their last season above .500 until 2016, when the Eagles went 7–5. Even though they finished 6–6 in 2011, the Eagles' two wins over FCS squads resulted in them not being invited to a bowl. In 2016, Eastern Michigan was finally invited to another bowl game, the Popeye's Bahamas Bowl against Old Dominion University. They were beaten 24–20.

The Spartans would return to the California Bowl in 1990, which was their last until 2006.

Eastern Michigan and San Jose State would meet once more in the 2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, with the now-Eagles prevailing again, 41–27.

## InfoBox

| 1987 California Bowl | |
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| 1 2 3 4 Total  **Eastern Michigan** 10 7 0 13 30  **San Jose State** 7 7 7 6 27 | |
| Date | December 12, 1987 |
| Season | 1987 |
| Stadium | Bulldog Stadium |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| MVP | RB Gary Patton (Eastern Michigan) |
| Referee | Gene Wurtz (WAC) |
| Attendance | 24,000 |
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title: Lugeon

abstract: A Lugeon is a unit devised to quantify the water permeability of bedrock and the hydraulic conductivity resulting from fractures; it is named after Maurice Lugeon, a Swiss geologist who first formulated the method in 1933. More specifically, the Lugeon test is used to measure the amount of water injected into a segment of the bored hole under a steady pressure; the value is defined as the loss of water in litres per minute and per metre borehole at an over-pressure of 1 MPa. Although the Lugeon test may serve other purposes, its main object is to determine the Lugeon coefficient which by definition is water absorption measured in litres per metre of test-stage per minute at a pressure of 10 kg/cm⁲.

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# Lugeon

A **Lugeon** is a unit devised to quantify the water permeability of bedrock and the hydraulic conductivity resulting from fractures; it is named after Maurice Lugeon, a Swiss geologist who first formulated the method in 1933. More specifically, the **Lugeon** test is used to measure the amount of water injected into a segment of the bored hole under a steady pressure; the value (**Lugeon** value) is defined as the loss of water in litres per minute and per metre borehole at an over-pressure of 1 MPa.

Although the Lugeon test may serve other purposes, its main object is to determine the *Lugeon coefficient* which by definition is water absorption measured in litres per metre of test-stage per minute at a pressure of 10 kg/cm2 (1 MN/m2).


title: Slamboree (1995)

abstract: The 1995 Slamboree was the third Slamboree professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on May 21, 1995 from the Bayfront Arena in St. Petersburg, Florida. Eric Bischoff filled in on commentary for Tony Schiavone at this event; Schiavone took time off to undergo neck surgery. Wahoo McDaniel, Angelo Poffo, Terry Funk, Antonio Inoki, Dusty Rhodes, Gordon Solie and Big John Studd were inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame during the show, which also marked Solie's final appearance on a wrestling broadcast following an announcing career dating back to the 1950s. Solie had declined induction into the Hall of Fame because of the presence of Poffo, whom he considered unworthy of the honor but who was included because of the influence of his son, top WCW star Randy Savage. After being surprised on air by the induction, Solie left WCW. The event also saw the last WCW PPV for ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta, who still appeared in TV tapings for the next month before being replaced. As of 2014, the event is available on the WWE Network.

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# Slamboree (1995)

The 1995 **Slamboree** was the third Slamboree professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on May 21, 1995 from the Bayfront Arena in St. Petersburg, Florida. Eric Bischoff filled in on commentary for Tony Schiavone at this event; Schiavone took time off to undergo neck surgery. Wahoo McDaniel, Angelo Poffo, Terry Funk, Antonio Inoki, Dusty Rhodes, Gordon Solie and Big John Studd were inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame during the show, which also marked Solie's final appearance on a wrestling broadcast following an announcing career dating back to the 1950s. Solie had declined induction into the Hall of Fame because of the presence of Poffo, whom he considered unworthy of the honor but who was included because of the influence of his son, top WCW star Randy Savage. After being surprised on air by the induction, Solie left WCW. The event also saw the last WCW PPV for ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta, who still appeared in TV tapings for the next month before being replaced.

As of 2014, the event is available on the WWE Network.

## Storylines

The event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Professional wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Event

Other on-screen personnel
| Role: | Name: |
| --- | --- |
| Commentators | Eric Bischoff |
| | Bobby Heenan |
| | Gordon Solie (McDaniel vs. Murdoch) |
| Interviewer | Gene Okerlund |
| Ring announcer | Gary Michael Cappetta |
| | Michael Buffer |
| Referees | Randy Anderson |
| | Nick Patrick |

During the pre-show on Main Event, there were four matches. The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton) attacked The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) by the entryway, prior to their match, in which they defeated Los Especialistas (Especialista I and Especialista II). During the next two matches, Steve Austin defeated Eddie Jackie and Sgt. Craig Pittman defeated Mark Starr.

During the final match, a quarterfinal match for the WCW United States Championship Tournament, Meng defeated Brian Pillman. Following the match, Road Warrior Hawk confronted Meng. This led to the announcement of the two men facing each other, later that night, on the pay-per-view.

In the first match of the pay-per-view, The Nasty Boys won the WCW World Tag Team Championship by defeating Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray). Saggs began the match by himself, following the injuries Knobbs received during Main Event, before being joined by his partner. Ultimately Saggs got the pinfall, following a running powerslam on Booker T. Following the match, The Blue Bloods appears on the entry way again, staring down the new champions.

During the next match, Kevin Sullivan defeated The Man With No Name, via pinfall following the Tree of Woe. Following the match, an unknown individual appeared on the screen telling Sullivan he needed to discuss Hulkamania with him. Following this, Sullivan exited the arena through the crowd.

The "Legends match" between Wahoo McDaniel and Dick Murdoch was shown in black and white, during the pay-per-view telecast. For the match Gordon Solie joined on commentary with Bobby Heenan to further the "old school" aspects of the match. The Great Muta then retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Paul Orndorff, and Arn Anderson retained the WCW World Television Championship against Alex Wright, handing Wright his first loss. Road Warrior Hawk and Meng next ended in a double count-out, they ultimately needed to be broken up by additional referees and wrestlers from the back.

During the second to last match of the evening Sting defeated Big Bubba Rogers via submission following the Scorpion Deathlock.

The main event saw Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair and Big Van Vader. During Hogan and Savage's entrance to the ring an unknown man can be seen standing near the entryway (later revealed to be The Giant). Hogan picked up the pinfall following Anderson accidentally hitting Flair, enabling Hogan to do a leg drop on Flair. After the match, Flair, Vader and Anderson continued to attack Hogan and Savage, leading to Savage’s father Angelo Poffo to jump the guardrail from ringside to come to his son’s rescue. Flair however was able to get the figure-4 leglock on Poffo, before Hogan and The Renegade were able to get Flair, Anderson and Vader out of the ring.

## Results

| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1ME | The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton) defeated Los Especialistas (Especialista I and Especialista II) | Tag team match | 01:22 |
| 2ME | Steve Austin defeated Eddie Jackie | Singles match | 01:00 |
| 3ME | Sgt. Craig Pittman defeated Mark Starr by submission | Singles match | 02:02 |
| 4ME | Meng defeated Brian Pillman | Singles match | 04:40 |
| 5 | The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (c) (with Sister Sherri) | Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship | 10:52 |
| 6 | Kevin Sullivan defeated The Man With No Name | Singles match | 05:24 |
| 7 | Wahoo McDaniel defeated Dick Murdoch | Singles match | 06:18 |
| 8 | The Great Muta (c) defeated Paul Orndorff | Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | 14:11 |
| 9 | Arn Anderson (c) (with Ric Flair) defeated Alex Wright | Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship | 11:36 |
| 10 | Meng (with Col. Robert Parker) vs. Road Warrior Hawk ended in a double countout | Singles match | 04:41 |
| 11 | Sting defeated Big Bubba Rogers by submission | Singles match | 09:29 |
| 12 | Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage (with Jimmy Hart and The Renegade) defeated Ric Flair and Big Van Vader (with Arn Anderson) | Tag team match | 18:57 |
| (c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match  ME  – the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on *Main Event* | | | |

## InfoBox

| Slamboree (1995) | |
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| Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers | |
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling |
| Date | May 21, 1995 |
| City | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Venue | Bayfront Arena |
| Attendance | 7,000 |
| Tagline(s) | *A Legends' Reunion* |
| Pay-per-view chronology | |
| **Previous**
Uncensored **Next**
The Great American Bash | |
| Slamboree chronology | |
| **Previous**
1994 **Next**
1996 | |


title: Zwicknia

abstract: Zwicknia is a genus of small winter stoneflies in the family Capniidae. There are about 11 described species in Zwicknia.

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# Zwicknia

***Zwicknia*** is a genus of small winter stoneflies in the family Capniidae. There are about 11 described species in *Zwicknia*.

## Species

These 11 species belong to the genus *Zwicknia*:

## Further reading

* Media related to Zwicknia at Wikimedia Commons

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| *Zwicknia* | |
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| *Zwicknia bifrons* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Plecoptera |
| Family: | Capniidae |
| Genus: | *Zwicknia*<br>Murányi, 2014 |
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title: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

abstract: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs is an opera with music by American composer Mason Bates and an English-language libretto by Mark Campbell. It was commissioned by Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, with support from Cal Performances. The opera is about Steve Jobs, one of the most influential people in recent history; it is set at a time when he must confront his own mortality and circle back on the events that shaped his personal and professional life.

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# The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

***The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs*** is an opera with music by American composer Mason Bates and an English-language libretto by Mark Campbell. It was commissioned by Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, with support from Cal Performances. The opera is about Steve Jobs, one of the most influential people in recent history; it is set at a time when he must confront his own mortality and circle back on the events that shaped his personal and professional life.

## Performance history

The world premiere took place at the Santa Fe Opera in 2017, conducted by Michael Christie. The original production featured direction by Kevin Newbury, scenic design by Vita Tzykun, costume design by Paul Carey, lighting design by Japhy Weideman, projection design by Ben Pearcy for 59 Productions, and sound design by Rick Jacobsohn and Brian Losch; it was a co-production of Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. *The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs* was the most popular new opera in Santa Fe Opera's history and one of the top-selling operas in the company's history. An extra performance had to be added to accommodate the demand for tickets.

In May 2018, a recording of the work was issued under the Pentatone label; Bates and Campbell received Grammy Award nominations for Best Contemporary Classical Composition, engineers Mark Donahue and Dirk Sobotka were nominated for Best Engineered Album (Classical), and Elizabeth Ostrow was nominated for Producer of the Year (Classical). The recording won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording (honoring conductor Michael Christie, producer Elizabeth Ostrow, and principal soloists Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson, and Wei Wu).

Bates was drawn to Steve Jobs as the subject for an opera, because, he says, opera "can illuminate the interior thoughts of different characters simultaneously through the juxtaposition of individual themes. That makes it an ideal medium to explore a man who revolutionized how we communicate." Bates asked Mark Campbell, one of America's leading opera librettists, to create the story in the libretto. According to Campbell, “Learning that Jobs was a Buddhist his entire adult life lead me to the ensō, the circle that is drawn in Japanese calligraphy to express enlightenment. I connected that with Jobs’ habit of taking long walks and the Zen practice of pacing in a circular pattern called a kinhin and began to develop a story in which Steve 'circles back' on his life. The title actually refers less to the revolution Jobs helped create in technology rather than the kinhin of self-reflection that propels the story." Gary Rydstrom of Skywalker Sound assisted Bates with the production of the opera’s electronic sounds.

There have been several other presentations of the original Santa Fe production:

* Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music presented four performances of the opera in 2018 in their Musical Arts Center. Michael Christie conducted a student cast.
* Seattle Opera presented the opera in McCaw Hall, with seven performances in February and March 2019. Garrett Sorenson reprised the role of "Woz", and Nicole Paiement conducting in her Seattle Opera debut.
* A production at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City was scheduled for Spring 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Three performances for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City were performed at the Kauffman Center in March 2022.
* Atlanta Opera had four performances at the Cobb Energy Center between April 30 and May 8, 2022.
* Calgary Opera had three performances in February 2023.
* Utah Opera had five performances planned in May 2023, but only one took place due to a cast member's illness after the first performance.
* San Francisco Opera presented the California premiere of the opera at the War Memorial Opera House for a run in September and October 2023. Sasha Cooke and Wei Wu reprised their roles from the Santa Fe run, with John Moore singing the role of Steve Jobs and Bille Bruley as Steve Wozniak. Michael Christie returned as conductor. (This performance run was originally scheduled for the summer of 2020; it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)

## Roles

| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 22 July 2017<br>(Conductor: Michael Christie) |
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| Steve Jobs | baritone | Edward Parks |
| Laurene Powell | mezzo-soprano | Sasha Cooke |
| "Woz" (Steve Wozniak) | tenor | Garrett Sorenson |
| Kōbun Chino Otogawa | bass | Wei Wu |
| Chrisann Brennan | soprano | Jessica E. Jones |
| Paul Jobs | baritone | Kelly Markgraf |
| Teacher | mezzo-soprano | Mariya Kaganskaya |

## Synopsis

This one-act opera features roles based on real-life figures Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Chrisann Brennan, Kōbun Chino Otogawa, and Laurene Powell. Inspired by the life and creative spirit of Steve Jobs, the opera does not purport to depict actual events as they occurred or statements, beliefs, or opinions of the persons depicted.

## Discography

## Sources


title: Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man

abstract: Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man is a comic book published by Tekno Comix from March 1995 to June 1996. The original character concept was created by Neil Gaiman, but the books were written by James Vance and penciled mostly by Ted Slampyak.

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# Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man

***Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man*** is a comic book published by Tekno Comix from March 1995 to June 1996. The original character concept was created by Neil Gaiman, but the books were written by James Vance and penciled mostly by Ted Slampyak.

## Description

Mr. Hero is a steam-powered automaton created by the villainous Henry Phage. Intended to be a force of evil, he proves noble instead.

Henry Phage created Mr. Hero as a sleeper agent to send to Earth until such a time as he wished to conquer Earth. He was discovered in the 1800s by a farmer, who later sold him to a magician. The magician trained Mr. Hero to box and used him as a prop in his act. Using Mr. Hero's second head (the "Ratiocinator"), Mr. Hero would give advice to the audience. Then, his less rational but more physically able head would be fitted to his body and he would engage in Queensbury Rules boxing with a member of the audience.

During the boxing, a member of the audience would be challenged to knock out Mr. Hero, while he would not attack. However, at one event he mysteriously lost control of his left hand, and inadvertently attacked an influential participant. This ended his career in shame, and he was crated and put into storage.

In the mid-1990s, he was discovered and reconstructed by Jennifer Hale, a struggling street magician.

## Publication history

*Mr. Hero, the Newmatic Man* was originally published by Tekno Comix under the header *Neil Gaiman's Mr. Hero, The Newmatic Man*. It enjoyed an 18-issue run. Its first 17 issues were published under the logo "Tekno Comix" and were appropriately numbered 1–17. The 18th issue carried the logo "Big Entertainment". Also, the 18th issue was intended to start volume 2 of the title, and so was numbered "Volume 2, No. 1". The title was then placed on hiatus until Big Entertainment ceased its publication of comic books.

## InfoBox

| Mr. Hero | |
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| Mr. Hero
Ted Slampyak | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Tekno Comix |
| First appearance | *Neil Gaiman's Mr. Hero, The Newmatic Man* #1
(March 1995) |
| Created by | Neil Gaiman |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Primus |
| Place of origin | Kalighoul |


title: No Honour in Sathporte

abstract: No Honour in Sathporte is an adventure published by Chaotic Intellect Products in 1983 for the fantasy role-playing game Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.

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# No Honour in Sathporte

***No Honour in Sathporte*** is an adventure published by Chaotic Intellect Products in 1983 for the fantasy role-playing game *Advanced Dungeons & Dragons*.

## Description

The player characters, who reside in the town of Sathporte, are hired by the wife of a merchant to retrieve her son, who has run away to join the local thieves' guild. The players must infiltrate the thieves' complex, find the son, and return with him even if he objects. Not all is as it seems, and the players will be confronted with unexpected twists in the plot as they proceed.

Although not licensed by TSR, the adventure is designed to be used with the rules from TSR's *Advanced Dungeons & Dragons* game. A number of aids are printed, including some maps of rooms scaled 1"=5' that can be cut out and used with miniature figurines, and seven pages of blank character sheets.

## Publication history

*No Honour in Sathporte*, published by Chaotic Intellect Products (U.K.) in 1983, was written by Christopher Read, with artwork by Stephen Ball, Liz Martin, and Pete Sharpe, as a 28-page book enclosed in a cardstock liner. Relevant maps for the gamemaster are printed on the reverse of the liner.

Chaotic Intellect Products planned to release a guide to the town and its important non-player characters as well as more adventures set in the town, but no further products were ever published.

## Reception

In the March 1984 edition of *Imagine* (Issue 12), Doug Cowie did note there was a lack of introductory information for the gamemaster, and thought the layout "could be a bit slicker". But overall, he liked the adventure, stating, "Chaotic Intellect have put together a good product in Sathporte. The adventure is interesting and challenging, and the various play aids provided show some originality as well as being useful."


title: Zhu Shouyin

abstract: Zhu Shouyin (朱守殷), nickname Hui'er (會兒), was a Chinese military general and politician of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang. He was a close associate of Later Tang's first emperor Li Cunxu, having served as Li Cunxu's attendant ever since both were children. After Li Cunxu's death in a mutiny, Zhu served the succeeding emperor, Li Cunxu's adoptive brother Li Siyuan, but later, fearing that Li Siyuan was ready to act against him, rebelled. His rebellion was quickly defeated, and he killed his family and then had his attendants kill him.

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# Zhu Shouyin

**Zhu Shouyin** (朱守殷) (died November 7, 927), nickname **Hui'er** (會兒), was a Chinese military general and politician of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang (and Later Tang's predecessor state Jin). He was a close associate of Later Tang's first emperor Li Cunxu, having served as Li Cunxu's attendant ever since both were children. After Li Cunxu's death in a mutiny, Zhu served the succeeding emperor, Li Cunxu's adoptive brother Li Siyuan, but later, fearing that Li Siyuan was ready to act against him, rebelled. His rebellion was quickly defeated, and he killed his family and then had his attendants kill him.

## Background and service during Jin

It is not known when Zhu Shouyin was born, and his background was not stated in detail in the historical records, although it is known that he was a child servant/attendant to Li Cunxu while both were children (specifically, when Li Cunxu began his studies), suggesting that he was close to Li Cunxu in age. After the death of Li Cunxu's father Li Keyong the Prince of Jin in 908, Li Cunxu became prince, and he made Zhu the commander of the Chengzhi Army (成直軍), but it was said that Zhu did not actually participate in campaigns but was (at that point) only carrying the military title. (However, later that year, when Li Cunxu's uncle Li Kening unsuccessfully plotted against Li Cunxu, Zhu was one of the officers that Li Cunxu, his mother Lady Dowager Cao, and the leading eunuch Zhang Chengye summoned to plan for a counterplot, and subsequently, Li Cunxu and the other main co-conspirator, Li Cunhao (李存顥), were arrested and executed.) It was said that throughout the years, Zhu informed on other officials/officers to Li Cunxu, garnering his trust.

## During Li Cunxu's reign as emperor

In 923, Li Cunxu, whose Jin state was then locked into a long-term military campaign against its archrival Later Liang with the Yellow River as their border, declared himself the emperor of a new Later Tang. However, at that time, the Later Tang state was facing a number of economic and logistical problems, as well as threats from its northern neighbor Khitan Empire, such that its people were beginning to lose faith over whether it could actually prevail over Later Liang. Li Cunxu decided to try to change the status quo by having the major general Li Siyuan (his adoptive brother) launch a surprise attack on Later Liang's Tianping Circuit (天平, headquartered in modern Tai'an, Shandong), south of the Yellow River, and Li Siyuan was quickly able to capture it. This shocked the Later Liang emperor Zhu Zhen, who removed the supreme commander of his army against Later Tang, Dai Siyuan, and replaced Dai with Wang Yanzhang. Meanwhile, in light of the victory, Li Cunxu, anticipating a Later Liang counterattack to try to cut off communications between Later Tang proper and Tianping's capital Yun Prefecture (鄆州), positioned armies at various Later Tang-controlled forts on the Yellow River. At that time, Zhu Shouyin was serving in the position of surveyor of the Han and non-Han cavalry and infantry and Li Cunxu had him take up position at the key strategic city of Desheng (德勝, in modern Puyang, Henan), particularly warning him to guard against Wang's possible attack. Zhu, however, was not vigilant, and when Wang then attacked Desheng's southern city (i.e., the part of the city south of the Yellow River), Zhu was caught off guard, allowing Wang to capture the southern city quickly. Li Cunxu was forced to order Zhu to abandon the northern city as well to reinforce another key strategic fort on the river, Yangliu (楊劉, in modern Liaocheng, Shandong), and Li Cunxu then subsequently went to aid the city against Wang's attack. After a fierce battle between the two armies, Later Tang was able to hold Yangliu, allowing the supply lines to Yun to remain open. In light of Zhu's inattentiveness, Li Siyuan submitted a secret petition to Li Cunxu, urging him to punish Zhu, but Li Cunxu did not act on it, as he considered Zhu a close associate.

After Li Cunxu, later in the year, captured the Later Liang capital Daliang in a surprise attack, causing Zhu Zhen to commit suicide and ending Later Liang, he made Zhu Shouyin the military governor of Zhenwu Circuit (振武, headquartered in modern Shuozhou, Shanxi) in 924, but did not have Zhu Shouyin go to Zhenwu to take up command; rather, he kept Zhu Shouyin at the new capital Luoyang to continue to oversee the soldiers both Han and non-Han. He was put in charge of the capital guards. It was said that because of his close association with the emperor, he looked down on generals with greater achievement and was in alliance with Li Cunxu's favorite performer, Jing Jin (景進). He also pretended to think and speak slowly, to try to take on the form of someone who is tolerant and quiet.

By 926, Li Cunxu and his wife Empress Liu had come to suspect his chief of staff Guo Chongtao and Guo's ally, the major general Li Jilin, although Li Cunxu was initially not willing to act against Guo. Empress Liu, however, acted on her own and ordered their son Li Jiji the Prince of Wei to kill Guo. (Both Li Jiji and Guo were then at Chengdu, as Li Jiji was in titular command of a Later Tang army that had just destroyed Later Tang's southwestern neighbor Former Shu, with Guo in actual command of the operations.) After Guo's death, Li Cunxu went ahead and had Zhu Shouyin surround Li Jilin's mansion and kill him. Further, also suspecting Li Siyuan, LI Cunxu ordered Zhu to put Li Siyuan under surveillance, but Zhu secretly informed Li Siyuan about the surveillance and urged him to try to leave the capital to avoid consequences.

In light of the deaths of Guo and Li Jilin, many mutinies rose against Li Cunxu throughout the empire. Li Siyuan became involved in one that originally started at Yedu (鄴都, in modern Handan, Hebei) after he was sent to suppress it but was instead forced by his soldiers into joining it. Eventually, a mutiny rose at Luoyang as well. When the palace came under attack, Li Cunxu summoned Zhu to try to defend against the attack, but Zhu ignored his orders, and Li Cunxu was subsequently killed in the attack. Upon hearing of Li Cunxu's death, Zhu then entered the palace and took a number of palace women and treasures with him, and then sent a messenger to Li Siyuan (who by that point had advanced to Daliang), urging him to quickly come to Luoyang to settle the situation. Li Siyuan agreed, and after he arrived at Luoyang, he first claimed the title of regent, ordering Zhu to keep order in the city and wait for Li Jiji to arrive. However, Li Siyuan eventually decided not to simply yield the throne to Li Jiji and claimed it himself. (Li Jiji, who by that point was facing mutinies in his own ranks, committed suicide before he could arrive to contend with Li Siyuan.)

## During Li Siyuan's reign

Soon after Li Siyuan became emperor, he made Zhu Shouyin the mayor of Henan Municipality (河南, i.e., the Luoyang region) as well as the acting overall commander of the palace guards; he also gave Zhu the honorary chancellor designation of *Shizhong* (侍中). He later made Zhu the military governor of Xuanwu Circuit (宣武, headquartered in modern Kaifeng, Henan).

In fall 927, Li Siyuan, apparently without explaining a reason, departed the capital Luoyang and headed toward Xuanwu's capital Bian Prefecture (汴州), leading to all kinds of rumors — the chief among which were that he was intending to attack Later Tang's southeastern neighbor Wu, or that he was intending to act against one the rebellious military governors to the east. Zhu became fearful that Li Siyuan was targeting him. His secretary Sun Sheng suggested that he resist, and so he closed the city and prepared for siege. Li Siyuan, at the urging of his general Fan Yanguang, had Fan take 500 men to head toward Bian Prefecture to make an initial raid to unsettle the city, and then sent his son-in-law Shi Jingtang with a larger force to follow up. Fan's attack surprised the people at Bian Prefecture, as intended, and once Shi, and then Li Siyuan himself, arrived at Bian, the people surrendered in droves. Zhu knew that he was near defeat and killed his family before ordering his followers to cut off his head.

## Notes and references

1. *Zizhi Tongjian*, vol. 276.
2. Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
3. *History of the Five Dynasties*, vol. 74.
4. *Zizhi Tongjian*, vol. 266.
5. *Zizhi Tongjian*, vol. 272.
6. *Zizhi Tongjian*, vol. 274.
7. *Zizhi Tongjian*, vol. 275.


title: Şahkərəm, Dashkasan

abstract: Şahkərəm is a village in the Dashkasan Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Qaraqullar.

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# Şahkərəm, Dashkasan

40°24′N 46°08′E / 40.400°N 46.133°E / 40.400; 46.133

**Şahkərəm** (also, **Shakhkerem**) is a village in the Dashkasan Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Qaraqullar.

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| Şahkərəm | |
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| Şahkərəm | |
| Coordinates: 40°24′N 46°08′E / 40.400°N 46.133°E / 40.400; 46.133 | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Dashkasan |
| Municipality | Qaraqullar |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |


abstract: The 1989 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 95th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board. Ballyhale Shamrocks were the defending champions. Ballyhale Shamrocks won the championship after a 2–11 to 1–13 defeat of Glenmore in the final. It was their eighth championship title overall and their second title in succession.

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# 1989 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

The **1989 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship** was the 95th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board.

Ballyhale Shamrocks were the defending champions.

Ballyhale Shamrocks won the championship after a 2–11 to 1–13 defeat of Glenmore in the final. It was their eighth championship title overall and their second title in succession.

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1989 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
| Champions | Ballyhale Shamrocks (8th title) |
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| Runners-up | Glenmore |
| 1988 (Previous) (Next) 1990 | |


title: Tsurugaoka Station

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# Tsurugaoka Station

**Tsurugaoka Station** (鶴ヶ丘駅, *Tsurugaoka-eki*) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Hanwa Line in Nishi-Tanabecho Nichome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. When the platforms and the tracks were located on the ground, the station was located in Yamasaka Gochome, Higashisumiyoshi-ku. It is administrated by Sakaishi Station.

This station has been decorated Cerezo Osaka association football team color, logo and players since 2009 as it is the nearest station to Nagai Park, Nagai Stadium and Nagai Ball Gall Field (Kincho Stadium), the home of Cerezo.

## Layout

When the station was located on the ground level, it had two side platforms serving 1 track each. After the elevation (northbound in 2004, southbound in 2006), it has two island platforms serving two tracks each.

| **1, 2** | Hanwa Line | for Tennoji |
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| **3, 4** | Hanwa Line | for Otori, Hineno and Wakayama |

## Surroundings

## History

* 1938 - Station opened

* March 2018 - Station numbering was introduced with Tsurugaoka being assigned station number JR-R23.

1. "JR西日本阪和線鶴ケ丘駅の装飾が"セレッソカラー"に!" \[Cerezo color decoration at Tsurugaoka Station on the Hanwa Line (JR West)\] (in Japanese). Cerezo Osaka. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
2. "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" \["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!\]. *westjr.co.jp* (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
3. "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" \["Station number" list\] (PDF). *westjr.co.jp* (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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| Tsurugaoka Station
鶴ヶ丘駅 | |
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| Concourse of the station | |
| General information | |
| Location | 3-18, Nishi-Tanabechō Nichome, Abeno, Osaka, Osaka
（大阪市阿倍野区西田辺町二丁目3-18）
Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°37′3.8″N 135°30′59.81″E / 34.617722°N 135.5166139°E / 34.617722; 135.5166139 |
| Operated by | JR West |
| Line(s) | Hanwa Line |
| Platforms | 2 Island platforms |
| Tracks | 4 |
| Connections |  |
| Other information | |
| Station code | JR-R23 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1938 |
| Previous names | Hanwa Tsurugaoka; Nankai Tsurugaoka (until 1944) |
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| Services | |
| Preceding station  JR West Following station  Nagaitowards Wakayama  Hanwa Line**Local**  Minami-Tanabetowards Tennoji | |
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