title: The Learning Curve

abstract: The Learning Curve is a 2001 American thriller film about two Los Angeles nightclub scenesters who team up as con artists. It explores themes of ruthless ambition and its consequences. The film was directed by Eric Schwab, and stars Carmine Giovinazzo, Norbert Weisser, and Monet Mazur.

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# The Learning Curve

***The Learning Curve*** is a 2001 American thriller film about two Los Angeles nightclub scenesters who team up as con artists. It explores themes of ruthless ambition and its consequences. The film was directed by Eric Schwab, and stars Carmine Giovinazzo, Norbert Weisser, and Monet Mazur.

## Plot

Paul Cleveland (Carmine Giovinazzo) fights off Georgia's (Monet Mazur) attacker. A strong bond develops between the two and the ambition of Cleveland begins to surface rapidly as he starts to participate in scams with Georgia to raise enough money to leave his job as a hospital orderly behind. When they try to scam Marshal (played by Vincent Ventresca) by staging a road accident using Georgia as a distracting female hitchhiker it seems that they have struck a very dangerous individual as he produces a gun and kidnaps them.

Marshal is head of a record company and controls a very large financial empire and he takes Paul and Georgia to his offices where he eventually makes them an offer and congratulates them for their enterprise. The ambitious Cleveland then offers his further services to Marshal in a similar way to Bud Fox approaching Gordon Gekko in the film *Wall Street* The similarities between Gordon Gekko and Marshal are apparent as he begins to reward Cleveland for tasks accomplished. The empty warehouse that he gives them for Georgia and Paul to freely decorate and furnish is a similarity. Paul soon begins to become obsessed with how much Marshal needs him and begins to neglect Georgia in preference to Marshal's lucrative offers. Georgia also begins to become disenchanted with their lifestyle and this becomes the theme for the rest of the film as her ethics begin to clash with Marshal's organization and Paul's trance like obedience to him.

## InfoBox

| The Learning Curve | |
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| Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Eric Schwab |
| Written by | Eric Schwab |
| Produced by | Oscar Delgado |
| Starring | Carmine Giovinazzo
Norbert Weisser
Monet Mazur
Vincent Ventresca
Tim Ransom
Rod Roesser |
| Cinematography | Michael Hofstein |
| Edited by | Adam C. Frank |
| Music by | Zoran Borisavljevic |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date | * 2001 (2001) |
| Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |


title: The Max Headroom Show

abstract: The Max Headroom Show is a television series that debuted in the UK in 1985. It was produced by Carlton TV and aired on Channel 4, with an initial series of 13 shows. It featured actor Matt Frewer playing the role of pseudo-computer-generated talk-show host Max Headroom. It returned in 1986 for a second series of six episodes plus a Christmas special. The final series aired in 1987.

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# The Max Headroom Show

***The Max Headroom Show*** is a television series that debuted in the UK in 1985. It was produced by Carlton TV and aired on Channel 4, with an initial series of 13 shows. It featured actor Matt Frewer playing the role of pseudo-computer-generated talk-show host Max Headroom. It returned in 1986 for a second series of six episodes plus a Christmas special. The final series aired in 1987.

## Series overview

| Series | | Episodes | Originally aired | |
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| | First aired | | Last aired |
|  |  | 13 | 6 April 1985 | 29 June 1985 |
|  |  | 6 | 13 November 1985 (US)
15 July 1986 (UK) | 18 December 1985 (US)
19 August 1986 (UK) |
|  |  | 10 | 1 August 1986 (US)
6 January 1987 (UK) | 5 December 1986 (US)
10 March 1987 (UK) |
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## Episodes

### Television Movie

In order to introduce the character who would host their new music video programme, Channel Four broadcast a short (one-hour) science fiction movie, Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future, which supplied him with a backstory. The events and characters in this movie were never again referred to in music video or talk show versions of Max Headroom. (Two years later, however, the movie was remade into the pilot episode of an American science fiction television series).

### Series 1

The first series employed Max as a music video host, often interrupting the videos with his commentary and antics. Each programme included hits from the early 1980s and newer releases. The show aired at 6pm every Saturday, giving peak time exposure to many artists who were unknown in the UK at the time. These included the bands Makromad, German band Ledernacken and musician Udo Lindenberg, and the Australian band Severed Heads.

### Series 2

The second series consisted of clips and music videos from the first series plus additional material. Max often had a guest in a lounge bar setting; Max did not appear in the setting, but appeared on a television set placed on the bar top. The interviews were brief, and usually digressed into Max's obsession with golf.

This series was first screened in the US on Cinemax during November and December 1985, with a new voice over introduction by Max: "He's the toast of the town (lightly buttered). He's the non-fattening sugar substitute in your tea. He's a bon vivant, a gaucho amigo, a goomba, a mensch, and the fifth musketeer. He's the apple of your eye and aren't you glad he's here. Direct from a wax and shine at the car-wash around the corner, it's the man of the hour, or for at least a good 30 minutes, Max Headroom."

### Series 3

The third series added a studio audience with which Max would interact. Max conducted a quiz in which members of the audience participated. Often the announced prize was not awarded, or the quiz was "cut for time" because Max took too long to explain the rules (which changed every week). Most episodes included a performance art act in the studio. Each week featured a special guest, often appearing in the studio, but sometimes appearing remotely on a television screen. Max would often sing comedic jazz or swing songs of his creation. This series premièred in the US between August and December 1986 on Cinemax.

### Christmas special

Between the second and third series, an hour-long special, entitled ***Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey*** aired on Channel 4 at 10pm on Boxing Day 1986. This programme had already premiered in the US on 18 December 1986, under the title ***The Max Headroom Christmas Special*** and was repeated several times over the holiday period on Cinemax. In the UK, the show was repeated by Channel 4 on Christmas Eve 1988.

## Spin-offs

Following the first mini-season of ABC's *Max Headroom* science fiction adventure series in the spring of 1987, Cinemax produced another series of talk shows, ***The Original Max Talking Headroom Show***, this time in New York and without British participation. The six-part series aired every two weeks on Cinemax between July 1987 and October 1987, the last two episodes coinciding with the first two of the second season of the sci-fi show. Unlike previous Cinemax episodes of *Max*, these six were not broadcast in the UK. Two weeks after this Cinemax series ended, the ABC show was cancelled. Max Headroom disappeared from the airwaves. His only further appearances were a couple of leftover ABC episodes broadcast as timeslot-fillers in the spring of 1988, a cameo on *Sesame Street* around the same time, and another cameo on a *Comic Relief* programme in the spring of 1989.

## InfoBox

| *The Max Headroom Show* | |
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| Genre | Music
Comedy
Talk Show |
| Created by | George Stone
Rocky Morton
Annabel Jankel |
| Directed by | Rocky Morton
Annabel Jankel |
| Starring | Matt Frewer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 29 + 1 Special |
| Production | |
| Producer | Peter Wagg |
| Editors | Roo Aiken
Paul Whiting |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company | Chrysalis Visual Programming |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 6 April 1985 (1985-04-06)
10 March 1987 (1987-03-10) |


title: The Jolly Giant

abstract: The Jolly Giant Toy Superstores was a chain of large toy shops in the United Kingdom based in Glasgow. The company went into receivership in October 2002.

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# The Jolly Giant

**The Jolly Giant Toy Superstores** was a chain of large toy shops in the United Kingdom based in Glasgow. The company went into receivership in October 2002.

## Store locations

Store locations included:

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Jolly Giant Toy Superstore Limited(The)
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| Company type | Limited |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 7 August 1980 (1980-08-07) |
| Defunct | 4 October 2002 (2002-10-04) |
| Fate | Receivership |
| Headquarters | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| Number of locations | 18 (in 1998) |
| Area served | United Kingdom |
| Products | Toys |
| Number of employees | 320 (at the time of 18 stores) |


title: The Jolly Corner

abstract: "The Jolly Corner" is a short story by Henry James published first in the magazine The English Review of December 1908. One of James' most noted ghost stories, "The Jolly Corner" describes the adventures of Spencer Brydon as he prowls the now-empty New York house where he grew up. He encounters a "sensation more complex than had ever before found itself consistent with sanity".

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# The Jolly Corner

**"The Jolly Corner"** is a short story by Henry James published first in the magazine *The English Review* of December 1908. One of James' most noted ghost stories, "The Jolly Corner" describes the adventures of Spencer Brydon as he prowls the now-empty New York house where he grew up.

He encounters a "sensation more complex than had ever before found itself consistent with sanity".

## Plot summary

Spencer Brydon returns to New York City after thirty-three years abroad. He has returned to "look at his 'property'", two buildings, one his boyhood home on "the jolly corner". The second, larger structure is now going to be renovated into a big apartment building. These properties have been the source of his income since the deaths of his family members. Spencer finds he is good at directing this renovation, despite never having done this work before, suggesting that his innate ability for business was hiding deep within him unused. Spencer rekindles a relationship with an old friend, Alice Staverton. Both comment on his "real gift" for business and construction which he also finds "vulgar and sordid". He starts to wonder who he would have been if he had stayed in the U.S.

He starts to prowl the house at night to try to meet his American alter ego. Brydon has begun to realize that he might have been an astute businessman if he had not forsaken moneymaking for a more leisurely life. He discusses this possibility with Alice Staverton, his friend who has always lived in New York.

Meanwhile Brydon begins to believe that his alter egothe ghost of the man he might have beenis haunting the "jolly corner", his nickname for the old family house. After a harrowing night of pursuit in the house, Brydon finally confronts the ghost, who advances on him and overpowers him with "a rage of personality before which his own collapsed". Brydon eventually awakens with his head pillowed on Alice Staverton's lap. It is arguable whether or not Spencer had actually become unconscious or whether he had died and has awoken in an afterlife. She had come to the house because she sensed he was in danger. She tells him that she pities the ghost of his alter ego, who has suffered and lost two fingers from his right hand. But she also embraces and accepts Brydon as he is.

## Adaptations

A television version of the story was produced during 1975 with Fritz Weaver as Spencer Brydon and Salome Jens as Alice Staverton. An episode of Mike Flanagan's *The Haunting of Bly Manor*, also titled "The Jolly Corner", is inspired by this story.

* *The Tales of Henry James* by Edward Wagenknecht (New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1984) ISBN 0-8044-2957-X
* *Modern Critical Views: Henry James* edited by Harold Bloom (New York: Chelsea House Publishers 1987) ISBN 0-87754-696-7
* *A Companion to Henry James Studies* edited by Daniel Fogel (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press 1993) ISBN 0-313-25792-2

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| "The Jolly Corner" | |
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| Short story by Henry James | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Short story |
| Publication | |
| Publication type | Periodical |
| Publisher | *English Review* |
| Media type | Print (Magazine) |
| Publication date | December 1, 1908 |
| Pages | 30 pp |


title: The Jolly Sailor, Bursledon

abstract: The Jolly Sailor is an 18th-century public house on Land's End Road in Bursledon in Hampshire, England. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since December 1955. The pub can be approached on foot or by boat via a pontoon onto the River Hamble. The pub faces Swanwick Marina across the water. It is owned by Hall and Woodhouse brewery. It is two storeys in height with an attic and made from brick with a red tiled roof. The rear of the pub is made from Flemish bond brick with the front made from alternate bands of blue header and red stretcher bricks. The pub has two ships figureheads displayed on the exterior. It has been a pub since 1845, having originally been built as a vicarage. The interior of the pub features various maritime paraphernalia such as ship's lanterns. The Jolly Sailor was included in the Daily Telegraph's Pint to Pint: A Crawl Around Britain's Best Pubs. In 2007 Country Life listed it as one of 'Six Classic Sailor's Pubs'. It has been included in The Good Pub Guide. It was featured as the local pub in the 1980s BBC television drama Howards' Way.

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# The Jolly Sailor, Bursledon

The **Jolly Sailor** is an 18th-century public house on Land's End Road in Bursledon in Hampshire, England. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since December 1955. The pub can be approached on foot or by boat via a pontoon onto the River Hamble. The pub faces Swanwick Marina across the water. It is owned by Hall and Woodhouse brewery.

It is two storeys in height with an attic and made from brick with a red tiled roof. The rear of the pub is made from Flemish bond brick with the front made from alternate bands of blue header and red stretcher bricks. The pub has two ships figureheads displayed on the exterior. It has been a pub since 1845, having originally been built as a vicarage. The interior of the pub features various maritime paraphernalia such as ship's lanterns.

The Jolly Sailor was included in the *Daily Telegraph'*s *Pint to Pint: A Crawl Around Britain's Best Pubs*. In 2007 *Country Life* listed it as one of 'Six Classic Sailor's Pubs'. It has been included in *The Good Pub Guide*.

It was featured as the local pub in the 1980s BBC television drama *Howards' Way*.

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| The Jolly Sailor, Bursledon | |
| --- | --- |
| The view from the waterside | |
| Type | Public house |
| Location | Bursledon |
| Coordinates | 50°52′55″N 1°18′16″W / 50.88181°N 1.30432°W / 50.88181; -1.30432 |
| OS grid reference | SU 49035 09377 |
| Area | Hampshire |
| Built | 18th century |
| Owner | Hall and Woodhouse |
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| Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Jolly Sailor public house |
| Designated | 5 December 1955 |
| Reference no. | 1111970 |
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| Location of The Jolly Sailor, Bursledon in Hampshire | |


title: The Little Corporal

abstract: The Little Corporal was a monthly children’s magazine published in Chicago Illinois from 1865 to 1875 and became the first children's periodical in the United States to gain a nation-wide readership. The magazine had a strong emphasis on patriotism and had the motto "Fighting against Wrong, and for the Good and the True and the Beautiful." It published works by popular writers of the day, including Harriet Mann Miller, Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, Josephine Pollard and Harry Castlemon. The periodical merged with St. Nicholas Magazine in 1875.

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# The Little Corporal

***The Little Corporal*** was a monthly children’s magazine published in Chicago Illinois from 1865 to 1875 and became the first children's periodical in the United States to gain a nation-wide readership. The magazine had a strong emphasis on patriotism and had the motto "Fighting against Wrong, and for the Good and the True and the Beautiful."

It published works by popular writers of the day, including Harriet Mann Miller (writing as Olive Thorne), Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (writing as Susan Coolidge), Josephine Pollard and Harry Castlemon. The periodical merged with St. Nicholas Magazine in 1875.

## Founding

Publisher Alfred L. Sewell did not originally plan on starting a children’s magazine. In 1865 he enlisted an "army" of children to raise money for the United States Sanitary Commission, which helped wounded soldiers during the American Civil War. The children were asked to sell printed pictures of Old Abe, a bald eagle that was the mascot of an army regiment. Selling one picture would earn a child the rank of corporal in Sewell’s Army of the American Eagle, and higher ranks were earned by higher sales. Thousands of children joined Sewell’s "army" and raised $16,000.

As a reward for their efforts each child who sold a picture received the first issue of *The Little Corporal* magazine in July 1865. In that issue Sewell wrote:

"Your precious letters, your sweet heart-words, and your earnest patriotism, seemed to breath \[sic\] into my spirit a new life, and I said, 'Oh that I had some medium through which I might talk to my gallant children’s army.' Then the good thought spoke to me…, and said, 'Here is the 'Little Corporal,' send him as your aid-de-camp. Tell him what to say, and let him take besides a bundle of good things to refresh and amuse your little soldiers by the way.'....I know full well that all of them will be glad to see the Little Corporal's face month after month, and let him tell them pretty stories, and talk to them of each other, and hold their hearts together, and lead them into good and pleasant ways."

Sewell advertised that other children could join his fight for justice by sending in a dollar for a year’s subscription, and within one year the magazine had a circulation of 35,000 copies.

## Content

*The Little Corporal* began as an octavo, 6 by 9 inches in size. The early issues were illustrated with a few woodcuts. There were stories, poems, and nature stories by Harriet Mann, writing as Olive Thorne. George F. Root wrote songs for each issue. There was a puzzle page, and a science column by Dr. Worthington Hooker, writing as Uncle Worthy.

*The Little Corporal* published works by Ohioan humor writer Rosella Rice, best known for her poems mythologizing the figure of Johnny Appleseed.

In 1869 the magazine became a quarto, 9.5 by 12 inches in size. There were more illustrations, and correspondence from readers was a new feature. That year circulation reached 80,000 copies.

## Editors

### Alfred L. Sewell

For the first year Sewell edited *The Little Corporal* on his own, while continuing to run his publishing business. Though the magazine’s content did not pertain to army matters Sewell used military terminology within it. Readers were referred to as soldiers or volunteers, and when a subscription expired he asked the child to reenlist to continue to "battle for the right, the good and true – and to help to purify and glorify, by true living and doing, our free and freedom loving America."

### Edward Eggleston

Eggleston had been regularly contributing Native American stories when Sewell asked him to work as an editor. In the June 1866 issue Sewell wrote:

"I have the great pleasure of announcing this month that Edward Eggleston will hereafter share my editorial labors. Mr. Eggleston is so well known as a writer for children, and my readers have, during the past year, been so delighted with his Indian stories, that the mere statement that he is now one of the editors of *The Little Corporal* will cause rejoicing throughout our entire camp."

During his tenure as editor he wrote numerous short stories and articles, often using pen names, to hide the fact that several of his stories often appeared in the same issue. He soon discovered he was unable to support his family on his small earnings, so in December 1866 he accepted an editorial position at *The Sunday School Teacher* since it paid a higher wage.

### Emily Huntington Miller

In July 1867 Sewell hired another regular contributor, Emily Huntington Miller, as a new editor. In the August 1867 issue Miller wrote her first editorial, which ended with:

My best thoughts, my best efforts, my best wishes, shall always be at *The Little Corporal* 's service; and as the editor has invited me to share with him the love and esteem he has won from the children, I trust that they will extend to me, as I now send to them, a hearty welcome."

Miller began writing most of the serialized stories for the magazine. At least one of them, *The Royal Road to Fortune*, was lengthened and published as a novel by Alfred L. Sewell & Co. It was announced as the first in the "Little Corporal Library."

In 1870 her husband, John Edwin Miller, left his job as a teacher and became the magazine’s co-publisher.

## Acquiring *The Little Pilgrim*

In June 1869 the magazine announced that:

*The Little Pilgrim* has enlisted in The Little Corporal's army....The Little Pilgrim in coming to his western home readily joins The Little Corporal’s army, and becomes an aid."

For a time the Little Pilgrim’s illustration was shown on the puzzle page and the magazine’s cover, but by July 1870 his image was gone from the magazine.

## Chicago fire

In October 1871 the Great Chicago Fire destroyed Alfred L. Sewell’s publishing company. All equipment was lost, as well as the magazine’s subscription records, manuscripts and illustrations. Sewell gave *The Little Corporal* to editor Emily Huntington Miller and her husband, and Sewell moved to Evanston, where he started a newspaper and wrote a book about the fire.

The Millers sent out a sample notice to newspapers and magazines, asking that they write of their problem, and request that readers write and give their names and addresses. In lieu of the November issue subscribers were sent a single sheet folded into eight pages that told of the fire and asked them to renew their subscriptions early, to help the magazine to be reestablished.

After the December 1871 issue came out the *Chicago Tribune* wrote:

"The *Little Corporal* who appears as a vigorous Phoenix from the ruins, still waving his sword and carrying his colors, and as fresh and handsome as the ever was before the fire. A very pleasant feature of this number is a sketch of the triumphant Corporal, which Nast sent as a donation."

For a time after the Millers took over the magazine *The Little Corporal* appeared to prosper. In 1872 the magazine *Work and Play* was absorbed by the *Corporal*, and the puzzle column was renamed Work and Play. Subscriptions may have reached 100,000.

## Magazines demise, and merger with *St. Nicholas*

While subscriptions increased advertising revenue did not. During the 1870s few businesses were interested in advertising to a nationwide audience. Chicago businesses advertised in the magazine, but they would only pay small sums, for they were only interested in reaching the local market. *The Little Corporal* began to lose money. Subscription rates had already been raised, from a dollar a year to a dollar and a half, and it was felt the cost could not be raised again. The last issue was dated April 1875.

On April 12, 1875 a Constable’s Sale was held to sell off the "entire outfit of the Little Corporal" including all equipment, office furniture, woodcuts and electrotype illustrations. On April 20, 1875 it was advertised that both *The Little Corporal* and *The Schoolday Magazine* would be merging with *St. Nicholas Magazine*.

In the June 1875 issue of *St. Nicholas* Emily Huntington Miller wrote her goodbyes to her readers:

After ten years of service, the "Corporal" has been put upon the retired list. We have had a long, brave march together, and it is hard parting company. You will miss your leader, and we shall miss the words of courage and devotion that came from the gallant army, East and West, North and South. But remember, you are none of you mustered out of service. Your new leader, *St. Nicholas*, enrolls his soldiers by the same pledge under which you first enlisted – "For the Good, the True, and the Beautiful" – and the "Corporal" feels safe and satisfied in leaving you to his guidance."

## InfoBox

*The Little Corporal*
| *The Little Corporal* October 1870 cover | |
| --- | --- |
| Editor | Emily Huntington Miller |
| Former editors | Alfred L. Sewell, Edward Eggleston |
| Categories | Children’s magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Alfred L. Sewell, John Edwin Miller |
| First issue | July 1865 (1865-July) |
| Final issue | April 1875 (1875-April) |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Chicago, Illinois |


title: Melissa Samoskevich

abstract: Melissa Samoskevich is an American ice hockey player and director of player development and operations for the Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey program. She was previously an assistant coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey program. She also played for the Connecticut Whale of the now defunct Premier Hockey Federation. A former member of the United States women's national ice hockey team, she won a gold medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship.

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# Melissa Samoskevich

**Melissa Samoskevich** (born March 31, 1997) is an American ice hockey player and director of player development and operations for the Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey program. She was previously an assistant coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey program. She also played for the Connecticut Whale of the now defunct Premier Hockey Federation.

A former member of the United States women's national ice hockey team, she won a gold medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship.

## Playing career

Across 144 NCAA games with the Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey program, Samoskevich scored 109 points, the fourth highest total in the university's history. She was named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year in 2016, and would serve as the team's captain in her two final seasons.

She was drafted by the Connecticut Whale 2nd overall in the 2018 NWHL Draft. She would sign her first professional contract with Brynäs IF Dam in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) for the 2019–20 season, but would only play 8 games with the club before leaving due to homesickness. She spent the rest of the 2019–20 season with the New England chapter of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA), and appeared with Team Coyne at the Secret Women’s Hockey Showcase.

In June 2020, she signed with the Connecticut Whale. On August 18, 2020, Samoskevich was announced as a new assistant coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey program. Her coaching duties with Penn State prevented her from joining the Whale for the COVID-19 Bubble of the 2020–21 NWHL season. Samoskevich returned to the Whale during the 2021–22 PHF season. On August 22, 2022, the Whale announced that she had signed a one-year contract for the 2022–23 PHF season.

Prior to the 2022-23 college hockey season, Samoskevich was named director of player development and operations for the Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey program.

### International play

She represented the United States at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship. She had previously represented the country at the 2018 4 Nations Cup and the IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in 2014 and 2015.

## Personal life

Samoskevich attended Shattuck-Saint Mary's for high school and played ice hockey with the school's under-16 and prep teams, serving as captain of Shattuck St. Mary's Prep during her senior season. She has a degree in history. Her sister, Madison, represented the United States at the 2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship and, since the 2020–21 season, plays as a defenseman with the Quinnipiac Bobcats ice hockey program. Her brother, Mackie, is committed to play college ice hockey for the Michigan Wolverines and was drafted 24th overall by the Florida Panthers in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.

## Career Statistics

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| Season | Team | League | | GP |  |  | Pts | PIM | | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2019–20 | Brynäs IF | SDHL | | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2019–20 | New England | PWHPA | |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |
| SDHL totals | | | | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |  |  |  |  |  |

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| Melissa Samoskevich | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Samoskevich with the Connecticut Whale in 2023 | | | |
| Born | (1997-03-31) March 31, 1997
Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. | | |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | | |
| Weight | 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb) | | |
| Position | Forward | | |
| Shoots | Left | | |
| Played for | Connecticut Whale
Brynäs IF
Quinnipiac Bobcats | | |
| National team | United States | | |
| Playing career | 2015present | | |
| Medal record      World Championship  2019 Finland | | | |


title: The Holy Family Album

abstract: The Holy Family Album is a television documentary written and narrated by Angela Carter. It was directed by Jo Ann Kaplan and produced by John Ellis at Large Door Productions, London, UK. It was broadcast on the UK's Channel 4 on 3 December 1991 as part of the Without Walls series, commissioned by Waldemar Januszczak. The documentary treats representations of Christ in Western art as if they are photographs in God's photo album. According to John Ellis, the programme "caused considerable controversy", and was criticised in an editorial in The Times even before it was transmitted. The programme was featured in Channel 4's review programme Right to Reply and a complaint to the Broadcasting Standards Council was not upheld. It has not been retransmitted or published since Angela Carter's death in 1992.

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# The Holy Family Album

***The Holy Family Album*** is a television documentary written and narrated by Angela Carter. It was directed by Jo Ann Kaplan and produced by John Ellis at Large Door Productions, London, UK. It was broadcast on the UK's Channel 4 on 3 December 1991 as part of the *Without Walls* series, commissioned by Waldemar Januszczak.

The documentary treats representations of Christ in Western art as if they are photographs in God's photo album. According to John Ellis, the programme "caused considerable controversy", and was criticised in an editorial in *The Times* even before it was transmitted. The programme was featured in Channel 4's review programme *Right to Reply* and a complaint to the Broadcasting Standards Council was not upheld. It has not been retransmitted or published since Angela Carter's death in 1992.

* Charlotte Crofts (2003) *Anagrams of Desire: Angela Carter's Writings for Radio, Film and Television* (London: Chatto & Windus), pp. 168–193.


title: The Last of the Mohicans (1932 serial)

abstract: The Last of the Mohicans is a 1932 American pre-Code Mascot movie serial based on the 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper.

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# The Last of the Mohicans (1932 serial)

***The Last of the Mohicans*** is a 1932 American pre-Code Mascot movie serial based on the 1826 novel *The Last of the Mohicans* by James Fenimore Cooper.

## Cast

## Production

*The Last of the Mohicans* was adapted from the novel by James Fenimore Cooper.

## Chapter titles

1. Wild Waters
2. Flaming Arrows
3. Rifle or Tomahawk
4. Riding with Death
5. Red Shadows
6. Lure of Gold
7. Crimson Trail
8. Tide of Battle
9. Redskins' Honor
10. The Enemy's Stronghold
11. Paleface Magic
12. End of the Trail

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| The Last of the Mohicans | |
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| Directed by | Ford Beebe
B. Reeves Eason |
| Written by | Colbert Clark
Jack Natteford
Ford Beebe
Wyndham Gittens
James Fenimore Cooper *(novel)* |
| Produced by | Nat Levine |
| Starring | Harry Carey
Hobart Bosworth
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Edwina Booth
Lucile Browne
Walter Miller |
| Cinematography | Ernest Miller
Jack Young |
| Edited by | Ray Snyder |
| Music by | Lee Zahler |
| Distributed by | Mascot Pictures |
| Release date | * May 17, 1932 (1932-05-17) |
| Running time | 12 chapters (231 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |


title: The Last of the Mohicans (TV series)

abstract: The Last of the Mohicans is a 1971 BBC serial, based on the 1826 novel of the same name by James Fenimore Cooper, directed by David Maloney. It was shown during the Sunday tea time slot on BBC One, which for several years showed fairly faithful adaptations of classic novels aimed at a family audience. In 1972 it was shown in America as part of the Masterpiece Theatre series. The serial consisted of eight 45-minute episodes. Near the start, Chingachook introduces his son Uncas, saying "Uncas is the last of the Mohicans". After Uncas is killed, the final line in the serial is Chingachgook saying in a sad voice, "I am the last of the Mohicans". The serial was responsible for popularising the term "Mohican hairstyle" for what is known as a Mohawk hairstyle in the US, although it was actually worn by the Hurons not the Mohicans in the serial. This production was released on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK.

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# The Last of the Mohicans (TV series)

***The Last of the Mohicans*** is a 1971 BBC serial, based on the 1826 novel of the same name by James Fenimore Cooper, directed by David Maloney.

It was shown during the Sunday tea time slot on BBC One, which for several years showed fairly faithful adaptations of classic novels aimed at a family audience. In 1972 it was shown in America as part of the *Masterpiece Theatre* series.

The serial consisted of eight 45-minute episodes.

Near the start, Chingachook introduces his son Uncas, saying "Uncas is the last of the Mohicans". After Uncas is killed, the final line in the serial is Chingachgook saying in a sad voice, "I am the last of the Mohicans".

The serial was responsible for popularising the term "Mohican hairstyle" for what is known as a Mohawk hairstyle in the US, although it was actually worn by the Hurons not the Mohicans in the serial.

This production was released on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK.

## Plot

British scouts, Hawkeye Bumppo, and his Mohican allies, Chingachgook and Uncas return to British fort, William Henry after a scouting excursion, reporting that they have seen nothing.

## Sequel

In 1973 the BBC made a sequel *Hawkeye, the Pathfinder*, also with Abineri as Chingachook but with Paul Massie as Hawkeye. It was produced for North America by 20th Century-Fox Television and broadcast by ABC in the United States.

## Cast

## Reception

It is considered by some people to be the most faithful and the best of the various film and TV adaptations of *The Last of the Mohicans*, as well as one of the best of the BBC's Sunday adaptations. Compared with some other adaptations of the novel it was made on a relatively low budget (much of it was shot in the studio, although there were scenes shot on location in Scotland) and it included some dated elements (the American Indians were all played by white actors in makeup). However, it was praised for the quality of the acting, particularly the performance as Magua by Philip Madoc, an experienced Welsh TV actor who often played villains, and Richard Warwick as Uncas.

In a contemporary review in *The New York Times*, John J. O'Connor criticized the "natural handicap of vocal accents" of British actors portraying Native Americans. He summarized; "The over‐all production, complete with forest battles and canoe joustings, is excellent. The color photography is first‐rate. And most of the performances, in the B.B.C. tradition, are superb."

## InfoBox

| *The Last of the Mohicans* | |
| --- | --- |
| Genre | Adventure, drama |
| Based on | *The Last of the Mohicans*
by James Fenimore Cooper |
| Written by | Harry Green |
| Directed by | David Maloney |
| Starring |  |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producer | John Mcrae |
| Running time | 44-46 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 17 January (1971-01-17)
7 March 1971 (1971-03-07) |


title: The Love Mart

abstract: The Love Mart is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice starring Billie Dove, Gilbert Roland and Noah Beery, and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is lost.

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# The Love Mart

***The Love Mart*** is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice starring Billie Dove, Gilbert Roland and Noah Beery, and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is lost.

## Plot

## Cast

## Production

This film had the original title of *Louisiana*, as surviving publicity materials indicate; it was First National Pictures' production #103.

## Survival status

No copies of *The Love Mart* are currently known to exist. However, the Library of Congress has preserved some footage related to the production featuring Billie Dove. The purpose of the footage appears to have been to test some of Dove's hairstyles for the film. Still frames taken from this 'Hair Test' were posted on internet forums in February 2012.

## InfoBox

| The Love Mart | |
| --- | --- |
| Lobby card | |
| Directed by | George Fitzmaurice |
| Written by | Edward Childs Carpenter
Benjamin Glazer
Edwin Justus Mayer |
| Starring | Billie Dove
Gilbert Roland
Noah Beery |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Edited by | Stuart Heisler |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
| Release date | * December 18, 1927 (1927-12-18) |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |


title: The Love Machine (film)

abstract: The Love Machine is a 1971 American drama film based on the best-selling novel by Jacqueline Susann. Directed by Jack Haley Jr., it stars John Phillip Law, Dyan Cannon, Robert Ryan, Jackie Cooper and David Hemmings.

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# The Love Machine (film)

***The Love Machine*** is a 1971 American drama film based on the best-selling novel by Jacqueline Susann. Directed by Jack Haley Jr., it stars John Phillip Law, Dyan Cannon, Robert Ryan, Jackie Cooper and David Hemmings.

## Plot

Robin Stone, a handsome, ambitious newsman for a New York television station, attracts the attention of Judith Austin, wife of Gregory Austin, the head of the IBC network. Concerned about ratings, Greg is encouraged by Judith to hire Robin as IBC's new anchorman. Although he opposes Greg's decision, Danton Miller, the head of programming, is unable to overrule his boss. Soon afterward, feeling threatened by Greg's support of Robin's plan to take his newscast to prime-time, Dan decides to build a variety show around second-rate comedian Christie Lane to prove that the audience prefers crass entertainment to more cerebral programming.

Christie is a hit in the ratings, and Jerry Nelson, a homosexual friend of Robin, arranges for the show's sponsor to hire Amanda, a fashion model and Robin's occasional girlfriend, as the on-air representative of its product. After her first spot airs, Amanda skips a celebratory party and goes to Robin. Shattered when she finds Robin with a nude woman, she attends the party alone. Christie Lane, smitten with Amanda, proposes marriage when a drunken Amanda agrees to go home with him.

Judith persuades Robin to have lunch with her, but they end up in bed instead. During their rendezvous, Greg suffers a severe heart attack. Judith, who holds Greg's power of attorney, appoints Robin to act as head of the network while she takes her husband to Switzerland to recuperate.

Soon afterward, having rejected Amanda yet again, Robin is shaken by the news of Amanda's suicide. He goes out for a walk. Propositioned by a prostitute, he accompanies her to his room, but then changes his mind, and beats up the hooker. He then confesses to Jerry, who agrees to provide an alibi for Robin. In return, Jerry asks for a slave bracelet engraved with Robin's name.

Judith returns to New York with Greg, now recovered. When Robin refuses to resume their affair, Judith convinces her husband to reclaim control of the network, thereby demoting Robin. In response, Robin threatens to quit entirely, a move which would result in problems between Greg and the shareholders.

When Robin visits Los Angeles, Jerry persuades him to attend a party at the home of the actor Alfie Knight, Jerry's new boyfriend. Robin, in turn, invites Judith who is also in the city. At the party, Robin is pleased to see aspiring actress Maggie Stewart, who rebuffs him. Judith, meanwhile, becomes annoyed when Robin neglects her for Jerry and Alfie.

After most of the guests have gone, Judith, still angry, finds Jerry's slave bracelet on the floor. Reading the inscription, she threatens to expose Robin. Jerry and Alfie try to retrieve the bracelet, which leads to a brawl. Soon the police arrive, and Robin explains the fight by claiming that he had instigated it by making a drunken pass at Judith. Later, as Robin leaves the police station, his reputation in ruins, Maggie Stewart pulls up in her car and asks him if he needs a ride. He declines.

## Cast

## Production

Jacqueline Susann received $1.5 million (equivalent to $11.8 million in 2023) for the film rights to her best-selling book, a record sum for the time. She has a brief cameo in the film as a television newscaster.

Just prior to the start of filming, actor Brian Kelly, who had been cast as Robin Stone, was involved in a near-fatal motorcycle accident. He was replaced by John Phillip Law. Although significantly taller than Kelly, Law was compelled to wear costumes which had been designed for Kelly, with the result that the ill-fitting clothes are apparent in the finished film.

The campy scene where Judith gets in a fight with Jerry and his boyfriend was a case of art imitating life for Dyan Cannon, who had had a backstage quarrel with gay co-star Dick Kallman while doing the play *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying*. During one of their matches, Kallman slammed a door on her hand. She still has the scar on her finger.

## Release

The film opened August 6, 1971 at the Loew’s State 2 and Loew’s Orpheum theaters in New York City with 450 prints released around the United States by August 27.

## Reception

Reviews of the film were mostly negative. *Chicago Sun-Times* film critic Roger Ebert wrote:

> John Phillip Law is pretty bored in *The Love Machine*. He plays an artifact only slightly more animated than the monoliths in *2001: A Space Odyssey* and symbolizing a great deal less. He is surrounded by a galaxy (or perhaps gallery is the word) of Hollywood character actors who seem as desperate as he is, and the final effect is of *Search for Tomorrow* on downers.
>
> My notion is that you've either got to handle this material all-out or avoid it. There's nothing more disgusting than vulgarity done as if it were in good taste. It's hypocritical and it's dirty. When you give junk like this an expensive production, with two Dionne Warwick songs and only four glimpses of the sound boom, you're missing the elementary kind of vitality it could have had.

The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book *The Official Razzie Movie Guide* as one of the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.

## InfoBox

| The Love Machine | |
| --- | --- |
| Film Poster by Howard Terpning | |
| Directed by | Jack Haley Jr. |
| Screenplay by | Samuel A. Taylor
(as Samuel Taylor) |
| Based on | *The Love Machine*
by Jacqueline Susann |
| Produced by | M.J. Frankovich |
| Starring | John Phillip Law
Dyan Cannon
Robert Ryan
Jackie Cooper
David Hemmings |
| Cinematography | Charles B. Lang |
| Edited by | David Blewitt |
| Music by | Artie Butler |
| Color process | Eastmancolor |
| Production
companies | Sujac Productions
Frankovich Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release dates | * August 5, 1971 (1971-08-05) (NYC) * August 27, 1971 (1971-08-27) (USA) |
| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million |


title: The Librarian (version control system)

abstract: The Librarian is a version control system and source code management software product originally developed by Applied Data Research for IBM mainframe computers. It was designed to supplant physical punched card decks as a way of maintaining programs, but kept a card model in terms of its interface. During the 1970s and 1980s it was in use at thousands of IBM mainframe installations and was one of the best-selling software products in the computer industry. After Applied Data Research was acquired by Computer Associates in 1988, the product became known as CA-Librarian. After that company was acquired by Broadcom in 2018, the product became known simply as Librarian.

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# The Librarian (version control system)

**The Librarian** is a version control system and source code management software product originally developed by Applied Data Research for IBM mainframe computers. It was designed to supplant physical punched card decks as a way of maintaining programs, but kept a card model in terms of its interface. During the 1970s and 1980s it was in use at thousands of IBM mainframe installations and was one of the best-selling software products in the computer industry.

After Applied Data Research was acquired by Computer Associates in 1988, the product became known as **CA-Librarian**. After that company was acquired by Broadcom in 2018, the product became known simply as **Librarian**.

## History

Most computer source programs in the 1960s were kept on punched cards, which was problematic due to the amount of physical space they took, the constant chance of card decks being dropped or otherwise damaged, and problems with keeping a history of changes to the program. Even into the mid-to-late 1970s, when other forms of computer input emerged, the punched card deck was still the most important of these, and this was also true for the source code for computer programs themselves.

During its early years, Applied Data Research (ADR) was developing Autoflow, a program for automatic flowcharting, which is often cited as one of the first commercial software applications. The ADR staff wanted something to help manage the increasing size of the Autoflow source code base. Martin Goetz, an ADR co-founder, had used the UNITYPER system during a prior employment with Sperry Rand. This device wrote typed input onto a metal magnetic tape. Goetz realized that source code did not have to live on punched cards, but instead could be kept in stable magnetic storage; a program called the Librarian that did this was then built for in-house use.

ADR employees realized that what was valuable to them would be valuable to others. At first, Librarian was offered as part of ADR's Autoflow, and other software packages. This arrangement was in place by 1969. At this point, Librarian master files were kept on magnetic tape; an advertisement that ADR ran in *Datamation* in 1970 related the story of being able to save Librarian tapes when a fire broke out, whereas it would have been impossible to save the equivalent amount of source code had it been in punched card file cabinets.

Soon, ADR recognized that Librarian had a market of its own. By 1971, advertisements were running for the Librarian in *Computerworld* that did not mention it in connection with any other ADR products. A shift was made to Librarian master files being kept on mainframe disk drives, with ADR saying that data compression was used to keep disk drive usage to a minimum.

> "The Librarian ... took off very quickly. It was very well priced. Its practicality and its functionality were obvious. Companies were not happy maintaining card decks and if you replace a card with another card there is absolutely no way of keeping track of it; so from an auditing perspective, forgetting about security, there was no way to maintain an audit trail of changes you made to a program. It was just sort of an obvious type of application, so we sold lots of systems. They were low priced and sold very quickly. It was always very profitable for ADR."

—Martin Goetz in 2002

The Librarian quickly found success in the market and began being used by a large number of installations. The Librarian, along with Autoflow, became responsible for much of ADR's revenue and rapid growth as a company. Per a survey that ADR conducted amongst its customers, use of the Librarian significantly increased programmer productivity, especially in the areas of ongoing maintenance and enhancement of existing applications. Buoyed by this, ADR introduced other software packages in the category of programming tools.

By 1973, the Librarian had garnered a spot in the Datapro Research Corporation's Software Honor Roll for the number of customers and associated satisfaction that the package had, based on surveys conducted by Datapro. It made the Honor Roll in subsequent years as well. One 1979 analysis of software packages for IBM mainframe environments rated the Librarian as one of the few packages that excelled both in total number of installations and total amount of sales volume.

According to sales figures given to International Computer Programs, Inc. (ICP), by 1977, the Librarian was in use at some 3,300 sites  the most of any such software package it was tracking  and had aggregate sales revenues of over $10 million. By 1979, that number had increased to 4,500 installations. In 1982, ICP gave The Librarian an award for $50 million in total sales.

In 1985, the Librarian was named by ICP as a recipient for the $100 Million Award, again reflecting lifetime aggregate sales. It was one of only a handful of system software products to reach that level. This was followed in 1989, when ICP gave an award for $250 million in total sales for Librarian.

Throughout much of its existence, Librarian's main competitor was the Panvalet product from Pansophic Systems. It had roughly the same number of installations as the Librarian. As recollected by Pansophic's founder, Joseph A. Piscopo, "Panvalet and Librarian basically divided the program library market between the two of them.... Virtually everyone ended up with one or the other of the products."

## Operation

The punched card was at the time the model for many kinds of computer input, including for those representing source code. The Librarian works by interspersing its own control cards with the source program cards. These could be physical cards, or later, lines in a file kept on disk and shown and edited on display terminals. In any case, the Librarian operated under a batch processing model.

Librarian control cards begin with a hyphen. Some, such as `-DESC`, `-PGMR`, and `-LANG`, are used to provide basic identifying information about a Librarian module. For the language, some typical values are `ASM` for 370 Assembly language and `CBL` for COBOL.

The Librarian makes use of sequence numbers in the source file. Traditionally these occurred as columns 16 of a COBOL line (before the continuation indicator in column 7, area A starting in column 8 and area B starting in column 12), or columns 7380 of a 370 Assembly language line, likewise columns 7380 for FORTRAN, and so forth. For instance, on the Librarian `-ADD` control card, which adds a new source module to Librarian, the option `SEQ=COBOL` indicates that the sequencing numbers to Librarian should match those normally used in COBOL programming.

The main control cards used in modifying existing programs are `-INS`, `-REP`, and `-DEL`. An example set of cards to update a COBOL program might be:

```
-REP 340
            RECORD CONTAINS 704 CHARACTERS
-INS 360
        01  PER-MASTER-REC.
            03  PER-MASTER-KEY.
                05  PER-MASTER-DIV              PIC XX.
                05  PER-MASTER-DEPT             PIC 999.
                05  PER-MASTER-JOB-CL           PIC 999.
                05  FILLER                      PIC XXX.
-REP 430
            03  FILLER                          PIC X(693).
-DEL 540,590
-REP 1470
              OR PER-MASTER-DIV GREATER THAN '94'.

```

The `-INC` control card can be used for including the source of another module into this one. It serves as an extralinguistic feature for programming languages or kept data that do not have an include directive of any kind or for shops that prefer that the source configuration system do inclusions even for languages that did have such a directive. Librarian users have control over under which circumstances, or phase, any `-INC` statements would be expanded. For instance, the inclusion will be done by a `-SEL modname` operation but not by a `-PUNCH` operation. In practice, however, inclusion of this kind can also be done using language-specific constructs, such as the COBOL `COPY` statement.

While Librarian insert/replace/deletion operations were tractible for modifications to existing code, they were an awkward vehicle in which to write new programs, where large numbers of changes or refactorings would often take place. One practice to work around this was to keep the program in a file in an online, interactive environment with a text editor, such as Source Program Maintenance Online running under CICS, that would be repeatedly submitted for batch compiles or assemblies. The file would comprise something like:

```
...
// EXEC STRMLIB
-DLM modulename, pswd
-ADD modulename, pswd, [other options]
complete source code of program
// EXEC ASM/COBCL/whatever
...

```

In this way, the module under development could be edited within the online text editor rather than with Librarian control cards, but the latest iteration would still be preserved within Librarian between batch compiles. Once the program was in a working state, however, normal Librarian updates would be done in order to keep track of changes to the module. Later, a workflow such as this could be done via the editor in the IBM ISPF facility.

In addition to keeping track of the history of changes to modules, the Librarian had features that supported the auditability, integrity, and recoverability of the master file of source modules.

## Releases

The Librarian went through a series of releases, both to add new functionality and to support changes in IBM mainframe environments. For instance, a new release in 1976 added support for the OS/VS1 and OS/VS2 operating systems. An illustration of an enhancement was the addition of the LIB/AM interface in 1983, which allowed the Librarian to appear like a partitioned data set to certain programs and utilities. Some of ADRs other offerings were integrated with the Librarian, for instance its Datadictionary product.

By 1981, Release 3.0 of the Librarian was out. Release 3.4, made in 1985, added support for the more interactive VM/CMS operating system and ISPF environment, both at the CMS command line and in ISPF panels and menus and editors. By 1986, the Librarian Release 3.5 was out, introducing a Change Control Facility for greater management and awareness of the software development cycle. Early 1988 saw version 3.7 which added the Change Control Facility to the CMS/ISPF environment Release 3.8 of the Librarian came out later in 1988, just as the product was being acquired by Computer Associates. It added the Librarian/Change Control Facility functionality for the DOS/VSE platform.

## Later years

Over time, approaches to version control began to move away from the Librarian model, with the Source Code Control System (SCCS) being an important early alternative. This was, as one of the creators of it said, "a radical departure from conventional methods for controlling source code", and gave more flexibility for complicated situations such as branching. SCCS was actually originally written for IBM OS/370, but found favor on the UNIX operating system for the PDP-11 where it was included in the Programmer's Workbench.

Nonetheless, the IBM mainframe world still went on. In 1988, ADR was acquired by Computer Associates (CA). The ADR product then became known as CA-Librarian. CA made enhancements to some of its other products to integrate with CA-Librarian. By 2003, version 4.3 of CA-Librarian was available, and was billed as being part of CA's AllFusion product suite. Release 4.4 of CA-Librarian appears to have come out in 2010.

In 2018, Broadcom Inc. acquired CA Technologies (the latest name for Computer Associates). The product name then became simply Librarian, although the CA-Librarian name did not disappear.

As of 2023, the Librarian is part of Broadcom's Mainframe Software line under a category for DevOps-related products. The current product version is Librarian 4.4.

The 2022 book *Modern Mainframe Development*, published by O'Reilly Media, lists CA Librarian as one of the source control systems still in use by mainframe developers, along with a few others such as IBM Software Configuration and Library Manager and ChangeMan ZMF from Micro Focus.

## InfoBox

The Librarian
| Other names | CA-Librarian, Librarian |
| --- | --- |
| Original author(s) | Applied Data Research |
| Developer(s) |  |
| Initial release | 1969 (1969) |
|  | |
| Stable release | 4.4 / 2010 (2010) |
|  | |
| Operating system |  |
| Platform | IBM mainframe |
| Type | Revision control |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/devops/ca-librarian/4-4.html |


title: The Long Long Trail

abstract: The Long Long Trail is a 1929 American pre-Code Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring Hoot Gibson in his first sound film. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures. The film survives and has been issued on DVD. The novel was filmed earlier in the silent The Ramblin' Kid (1923) which also starred Gibson.

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# The Long Long Trail

***The Long Long Trail*** is a 1929 American pre-Code Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring Hoot Gibson in his first sound film. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures. The film survives and has been issued on DVD. The novel was filmed earlier in the silent *The Ramblin' Kid* (1923) which also starred Gibson.

## Cast

## InfoBox

| The Long Long Trail | |
| --- | --- |
| Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Arthur Rosson |
| Written by | Howard J. Green |
| Based on | *The Ramblin' Kid*<br>by Earl Wayland Bowman |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Hoot Gibson |
| Cinematography | Harry Neuman |
| Edited by | Gilmore Walker |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date | * October 27, 1929 (1929-10-27) |
| Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English sound film |


title: The Masked Rider (1941 film)

abstract: The Masked Rider is a 1941 American western film directed by Ford Beebe and written by Sherman L. Lowe and Victor McLeod. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day, Grant Withers, Virginia Carroll and Guy D'Ennery. The film was released on October 24, 1941, by Universal Pictures.

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# The Masked Rider (1941 film)

***The Masked Rider*** is a 1941 American western film directed by Ford Beebe and written by Sherman L. Lowe and Victor McLeod. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day, Grant Withers, Virginia Carroll and Guy D'Ennery. The film was released on October 24, 1941, by Universal Pictures.

## Plot

## Cast

## InfoBox

| The Masked Rider | |
| --- | --- |
| Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ford Beebe |
| Screenplay by | Sherman L. Lowe
Victor McLeod |
| Story by | Sam Robins |
| Produced by | Will Cowan |
| Starring | Johnny Mack Brown
Fuzzy Knight
Nell O'Day
Grant Withers
Virginia Carroll
Guy D'Ennery |
| Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
| Edited by | Paul Landres |
| Production
company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date | * October 24, 1941 (1941-10-24) |
| Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |


title: The Mattachine Family

abstract: The Mattachine Family is an American comedy-drama film directed by Andy Vallentine and released in 2023. The film stars Nico Tortorella and Juan Pablo Di Pace as Thomas and Oscar, a gay couple who have spent a year as foster parent to a six year old boy whose mother was in jail; however, when she is released and regains custody of her son, Thomas and Oscar are forced to confront their very different visions for what they want out of life when they find themselves in disagreement on whether to pursue true parenthood. The cast also includes Emily Hampshire as Leah, Thomas's friend who is also grappling with queer parenthood as she has recently suffered a miscarriage, as well as Heather Matarazzo, Cloie Wyatt Taylor, Jake Choi, Garrett Clayton, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Travis DuBridge, Colleen Foy, Jude Friedman, Annie Funke, Khalilah Joi and Jeanine Harrington in supporting roles.

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# The Mattachine Family

***The Mattachine Family*** is an American comedy-drama film directed by Andy Vallentine and released in 2023. The film stars Nico Tortorella and Juan Pablo Di Pace as Thomas and Oscar, a gay couple who have spent a year as foster parent to a six year old boy whose mother was in jail; however, when she is released and regains custody of her son, Thomas and Oscar are forced to confront their very different visions for what they want out of life when they find themselves in disagreement on whether to pursue true parenthood.

The cast also includes Emily Hampshire as Leah, Thomas's friend who is also grappling with queer parenthood as she has recently suffered a miscarriage, as well as Heather Matarazzo, Cloie Wyatt Taylor, Jake Choi, Garrett Clayton, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Travis DuBridge, Colleen Foy, Jude Friedman, Annie Funke, Khalilah Joi and Jeanine Harrington in supporting roles.

## Plot

The photographer, Thomas, captured his life story with photos. He realized he was gay when he saw a cartoon with muscular men. Thomas tells the story of Oscar, a famous child star on a popular sitcom whose acting career ended with a tabloid story that outed him. Eventually, Thomas would marry Oscar.

Thomas and Oscar are very much in love and live in their shared apartment in Los Angeles. When they have to return their first foster child, Arthur, to his birth mother, who has been released from prison after a year, they ask themselves how to proceed with their family planning and realize that they have different ideas about it after this experience. However, they have their chosen family consisting of friends who face their challenges in building a family. While Thomas' lesbian friend Leah and her wife Sonia are still waiting to get pregnant, their friend Annie is raising a child with her gay best friend Todd.

## Cast

## Production

It was directed by video and commercial film director Andy Vallentine. The film's screenplay was written by Danny Vallentine, the director's husband, and is based partly on their real-life relationship. It went into production in fall 2021. Andy Vallentine has previously made several short films, most recently *The Letter Men*, which he presented at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2022 and based on a series of love letters from a gay couple during World War II.*The Mattachine Family* is his feature film debut. Zach Braff was an executive producer of the film.

The film's title is a reference to the Mattachine Society, a gay rights organization founded by Harry Hay, whose goal is to create greater acceptance of homosexuality. The organization also previously lobbied to repeal the criminalization of homosexuality in the states of the United States.

Nico Tortorella and Argentinian Juan Pablo Di Pace play Thomas and Oscar. Carl Clemons-Hopkins was cast as Todd, and the Canadian Emily Hampshire as Thomas' lesbian friend Leah. Cloie Wyatt Taylor plays Leah's wife, Sonia. Heather Matarazzo appears in a cameo as Annie. Jake Choi and Annie Funke can also be seen in other roles. Garrett Clayton and Matthew Postlethwaite, who previously starred as Gilbert Bradley and Gordon Bowsher in *The Letter Men*, can be seen in the roles of Jake and Sam.

## Distribution

The film premiered in the New American Cinema competition at the 2023 Seattle International Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at film festivals, including the Frameline Film Festival, Outfest, Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, and the 2023 Calgary International Film Festival.

## Reception

### Reviews

All of the reviews listed on Rotten Tomatoes are positive.

*Film Threat*'s Andrew Stover writes in his review that Nico Tortorella impresses with his undeniable charm and winning smile as the central character in *The Mattachine Family*, even in moments where his pain over the loss of Arthur comes to the fore.

### Awards

**Calgary International Film Festival 2023**

* Nomination for Best International Feature Film (Andy Vallentine)

**FilmOut San Diego 2023**

**Seattle International Film Festival 2023**

**OUT at the Movies International Film Festival 2023**

* Nomination for Best Narrative Feature Jury Award
* Nomination for Best Narrative Feature Audience Award

**Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2023**

### Streaming

## InfoBox

| The Mattachine Family | |
| --- | --- |
| Directed by | Andy Vallentine |
| Written by | Danny Vallentine |
| Produced by | Scot Boland
Michael Diaz
Siddharth Ganji
Stuart Heinlein
Cameron Hutchison
Andy Vallentine |
| Starring |  |
| Cinematography | Julia Swain |
| Edited by | Jonathan Melin |
| Music by | Lauren Culjak |
| Production
company | Huckleberry Films |
| Distributed by | Giant Pictures
Peccadillo Pictures
Salzgeber
Optimale
GagaOOLala |
| Release date |  |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |


title: The Matt and Jo Show

abstract: The Matt and Jo Show was a breakfast radio show broadcast on Fox FM in Melbourne, Australia. Matt Tilley and Jo Stanley were hosts, along with Troy Ellis as anchor and Adam Richard as gossip reporter. It was broadcast live 6–9am weekday mornings from Austereo's South Melbourne studios, and it was replayed on Saturday mornings from 6–8am.

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# The Matt and Jo Show

***The Matt and Jo Show*** was a breakfast radio show broadcast on Fox FM in Melbourne, Australia. Matt Tilley and Jo Stanley were hosts, along with Troy Ellis as anchor and Adam Richard as gossip reporter. It was broadcast live 6–9am weekday mornings from Austereo's South Melbourne studios, and it was replayed on Saturday mornings from 6–8am.

## History

The show was founded late in 2003 after Tracy Bartram left Fox FM. Jo Stanley, who had been working at Fox FM on the show *Jodie and Jo*, then moved to Triple M to host *The Shebang*. Once Tracy Bartram officially left Fox FM, Jo joined the breakfast show, initially named *Matt, Jo and Benno with the Fabulous Adam Richard*.

Chris Bennett left a couple of months into the year and it was renamed *The Matt & Jo Show with the Fabulous Adam Richard*. Soon after, the show introduced anchor Troy Ellis and it was renamed to simply *The Matt and Jo Show*. The show was known for holding the highest ratings for over a number of years. News updates were presented by Krystal Keller.

In 2009, whilst Stanley was away on maternity leave, her position was filled by Michala Banas (*McLeod's Daughters* and *Neighbours*). Comedian Dave Thornton was a regular fill in presenter for Matt Tilley.

*The Matt and Jo Show* was the number 1 breakfast show in Melbourne, with more listeners than any other breakfast show. It has led the FM share in Melbourne for more than 40 surveys (five years).

It was announced on 4 October 2013 that the show would finish at the end of the year. The final show aired on Friday 29 November 2013 on the Fox FM rooftop.

In November 2013, Fifi Box and Dave Thornton were announced as the new Fox FM breakfast team, *Fifi & Dave*.

In October 2020, Fox FM celebrated 40 years, and Matt Tilley, Jo Stanley, Troy Ellis and Adam Richard reunited after seven years for a special one-hour show.

## Segments

**Matt Tilley's Gotcha Calls**

*Gotcha Calls* were a series of prank calls done by Matt Tilley. Each week Matt received emails from listeners of the show who set up a friend or a colleague for a *Gotcha Call*. The calls involved Matt Tilley projecting a strange voice and cornering the victim in a tough situation in the call, often involving embarrassing or angering the person. The calls were then broadcast on air around 7.50am weekdays. This segment produced three Gold-selling CDs and made over $500,000 for Melbourne charities. Released through the late Michael Gudinski's Liberation record label, *The Double Album* (2006) and *Three's A Crowd* (2007) were both nominated for ARIA Awards.

**Scoopla with The Fabulous Adam Richard**

*Scoopla with The Fabulous Adam Richard* was a segment where Adam Richard presented his updated daily gossip and news about celebrities. This segment happened daily at 7.30am and 8.30am after the news.

**Fox To The Rescue**

*Fox To The Rescue* was a segment that received thousands of emails a year from the people of Melbourne wanting to do something kind for people in need or people wanting to say thanks to a friend or family member. The breakfast team would then choose people to ring up from the emails submitted, talk to them about their issue and help them by giving them something, such as a gift voucher or money.

Jobe'**s Footy Tips**

*Jobe's Footy Tips* was a segment where the breakfast team was joined by the Essendon Football Club's Jobe Watson, who discussed the latest football controversies and also gave his footy tipping for the week live on-air. The segment aired on Friday mornings.

## InfoBox

The Matt and Jo Show
| *The Matt and Jo Show* logo | |
| --- | --- |
| Other names | *Matt, Jo & Benno with the Fabulous Adam Richard* |
| Genre | Radio show |
| Running time | 3 hours |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Starring | Matt Tilley (2003–2013)
Jo Stanley (2003–2013)
Troy Ellis (2003–2013)
Adam Richard (2003–2013)
Chris Bennett (2003) |
| Produced by | Kylie Brown
Jerimiah Busniak (audio)
Carlie Sullivan (online) |
| Executive producer(s) | Paul Dowsley, Mel Murphy |
| Recording studio | South Melbourne, Victoria |
| Original release | 2003
2013 |
| Website | www.fox.com.au/shows/mattandjo |


title: The Name of the Rose (EP)

abstract: The Name of the Rose is the first EP released by the melodic hard rock band Ten. The compact disc was officially released only in Asian markets.

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# The Name of the Rose (EP)

***The Name of the Rose*** is the first EP released by the melodic hard rock band Ten. The compact disc was officially released only in Asian markets.

## Track listing

All songs written by Gary Hughes.

1. "The Name of the Rose" (Edit version) – 6:15
2. "When Only Love Can Ease the Pain" – 5:59
3. "After the Love Has Gone" (Live version)– 5:21
4. "Can't Slow Down" (Live version) – 6:18
5. "The Name of the Rose" (Karaoke version) – 8:43
6. "Message From Gary Hughes" (Spoken word) – 2:11

* All tracks were previously unreleased.
* Tracks 1 and 5, original version on the album *The Name of the Rose*.
* Tracks 3 and 4, recorded live on May 5, 1996, in Wigan, England, by Royston Hollyer and Audu Obaje.

## Personnel

## Production

* Producer – Gary Hughes and Mike Stone (Tracks 1 and 5)
* Producer – Gary Hughes (Tracks 2, 3 and 4)
* Mixing – Mike Stone (Tracks 1, 2 and 5)
* Mixing – Ray Brophy (Tracks 3 and 4)

## InfoBox

| The Name of the Rose | |
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|  | |
| EP by Ten | |
| Released | December 4, 1996 |
| Genre | Hard rock |
| Length | 34:47 |
| Label | Zero Corporation
XRCN-1291 |
| Producer | Gary Hughes,
Mike Stone |
| Ten chronology | |
| *The Name of the Rose*
(1996) ***The Name of the Rose***
(1996) *The Robe*
(1997) | |
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| Ten EP chronology | |
| ***The Name of the Rose***
(1996) *The Robe*
(1997) | |
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title: The Name of this Book is Secret

abstract: The Name of this Book is Secret is a 2007 fantasy novel for young readers by Pseudonymous Bosch. It chronicles the adventures of two children, Cass and Max-Ernest, as they investigate the mysterious death of local magician Pietro Bergamo. The book, like the others in the series, is known for its intrusive narration, in which Bosch briefly interrupts the story for various reasons. A sequel was published in late 2008, under the name If You're Reading This, It's Too Late. A third book was released on September 1, 2009, with the title This Book Is Not Good for You. A fourth book, This Isn't What It Looks Like, was released on August 22, 2010. A fifth book was released on September 20, 2011 and is titled You Have to Stop This.

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# The Name of this Book is Secret

***The Name of this Book is Secret*** is a 2007 fantasy novel for young readers by Pseudonymous Bosch. It chronicles the adventures of two children, Cass and Max-Ernest, as they investigate the mysterious death of local magician Pietro Bergamo. The book, like the others in the series, is known for its intrusive narration, in which Bosch briefly interrupts the story for various reasons.

A sequel was published in late 2008, under the name *If You're Reading This, It's Too Late*. A third book was released on September 1, 2009, with the title *This Book Is Not Good for You*. A fourth book, *This Isn't What It Looks Like*, was released on August 22, 2010. A fifth book was released on September 20, 2011 and is titled *You Have to Stop This*.

## Summary

"Cassandra", given a pseudonym by the narrator, is an eleven-year-old survivalist. One day, at her grandfather's antique store, the Fire Sale, a real estate agent named Gloria Fortune leaves a box labeled "The Symphony of Smells", which she brings to school the next day. That day, while she investigates a dead rat in her schoolyard, she meets "Max-Ernest", who talks too much, loves jokes, and has divorced parents. Max-Ernest tries out one of his jokes on Cass, who tells him that his joke doesn't make sense, thus fostering a conversation between the two. Cass shows Max-Ernest the Symphony of Smells, and they decode a message for help hidden inside it. Cass and Max-Ernest come to the decision to visit the dead magician's house to find out why he needs help. Now collaborators, Cass and Max-Ernest go to investigate the dead magician's house and find the magician's mysterious journal hidden in his secret study. However, Gloria comes in with a young couple, Ms. Mauvais and Dr. L., looking for a house. It becomes evident that they are looking for the magician's journal. When they are spotted leaving with it, they are forced to flee.

After reaching home, the kids find a riddle written on the first page of the journal, but the rest of it is empty. Cass solves the riddle on the way to school the next day, discovering that the magician's story is written underneath the double-layered pages of the journal. She and Max-Ernest read the story and discover that the magician, Pietro Bergamo, had a brother, Luciano, who was stolen by a blonde woman with a voice like ice when they were children. Pietro and Luciano were synesthetic circus performers and used their senses in their magic acts. Pietro believed that the Golden Lady, as he called the beautiful blonde woman, was kidnapping synesthetic children, for some reason, discovering that a young Chinese violinist with the condition was kidnapped years later by the same woman. Cass suspects that the Golden Lady is Ms. Mauvais, but Max-Ernest points out that this is impossible, as the story took place at a time before she could have been born.

Meanwhile, an emergency is taking place at the school: Benjamin Blake has disappeared. Cass believes it was Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais who took the boy, having seen them inquiring about Benjamin's art earlier at her school and seeing them leave in a limousine printed with the words, "Midnight Sun Sensorium and Spa". This leads to Cass and Max-Ernest having a fight and thus not investigating together further; however, Cass decides to look for Benjamin Blake on her own.

After looking through some spa brochures collected by her mother, Cass locates a spa called the Midnight Sun Spa & Sensorium and decides to pose as one of the Skelton Sisters, a pair of twin pop singers. After being driven to the spa, Cass meets Owen, her stuttering butler. After being subject to several spa treatments, Cass goes looking for Benjamin Blake, only to end up in Ms. Mauvais' office, where Ms. Mauvais tells her that there will be a surprise guest coming for dinner. The surprise guest is none other than Max-Ernest, who came to save Cass. Ms. Mauvais demands to be given the magician's journal, and in the commotion that takes place, her glove is ripped off, revealing an ancient-looking hand. Cass and Max-Ernest realize that all of the Midnight Sun members are extremely old, as they are alchemists on a search for the Secret, which they believe will give them immortality. They also deduce that Dr. L is really Luciano, Pietro's long-lost brother.

Cass and Max-Ernest are locked in their room following their discovery, but Owen reveals himself as a spy and unties the children. They go to the pyramid in the center of the spa grounds through a secret tunnel in Ms Mauvais' office and see that Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais are about to remove Benjamin's brain in front of a crowd of hundreds of Midnight Sun members. They distract Dr. L by using vials from the Symphony of Smells to spell out the word "HELP", convincing Dr. L that Pietro has come for him. However, as Dr. L begins to run up the pyramid, the kids, afraid that he will see them, throw a rope down the hole in the top of the pyramid to climb down. After the rope catches fire, they are forced to find a different path of escape before the spa burns down. Cass and Max-Ernest manage to save Benjamin and are driven home by Owen.

Some time later, Gloria delivers another box to the Fire Sale. The box contains gadgets for each of the kids–a backpack for Cass and a Decoder disguised as a gameboy for Max-Ernest.

## Characters

**Cassandra**, nicknamed  **Cass**, is an 11-year-old girl and one of the two protagonists of the novel. She is a self-proclaimed survivalist and prides herself on her extensive knowledge of various disasters as well as her ubiquitous backpack, which she fills with survival gear. Although she initially prefers to work alone, she befriends Max-Ernest and allows him to accompany her. She is often seen with braided hair but is mostly known for her large, pointy ears. She lives with a single mother and does not know who her father is but is on good terms with her so-called substitute grandfathers. In book three, she finds out that she is adopted.

**Max-Ernest** is an 11-year-old boy and aspiring comedian. His parents went through their version of a "divorce" shortly after his birth because they couldn't decide whether to name him Max or Ernest. They combined both choices into one name before splitting their house down the middle so that Max-Ernest would still get to live with both parents. He is believed to have some sort of disorder, although what it is remains a mystery. During the course of the book, he makes his first friend: Cass. He ensures that every hair on his head is of equal length, for philosophical reasons: he wants each and every hair treated with equality. He is shown to enjoy riddles, magic, and jokes.

**Ms. Mauvais** and **Dr. L**, the antagonists of the novel, are members of the Midnight Sun, a society devoted to finding the Secret in the hopes of gaining eternal life. Once they find out Cass and Max-Ernest have his notebook, they are willing to go to any lengths to take it from them. It is revealed that Dr. L is Pietro Bergamo's twin brother. He is described as tall with silver hair, tanned skin, and white teeth. Ms. Mauvais's attributes resemble those of a Barbie doll: big eyes, a tiny waist, stylish blonde hair, and gold jewelry. Thus, Pietro refers to her as the Golden Lady; he also notes her icy voice. Ms. Mauvais and Dr. L are much older than they look; they wear long gloves to hide their wrinkled skin, which only appears on their hands.

**Pietro Bergamo** is the synesthetic magician who was given The Symphony of Smells by Ms. Mauvais many years ago. Cass and Max-Ernest find his journal whilst exploring his house. He joined the circus with his twin brother Luciano, also synesthetic, before Luciano was sold off to Ms. Mauvais. Although the narrator often refers to him as "dead," Cass and Max-Ernest receive a note from him in code which they decipher. Pietro's initials are used at the end of the note.

**Benjamin Blake** is a synesthetic boy who goes to Cass and Max-Ernest's school. He became well-known for winning an art contest due to his condition's influence on his work. He is kidnapped by Dr. L. and Ms. Mauvais as they believe his brain would help them find information on the Secret. He mumbles to the point of near-unintelligibility.

**Grandpa Larry and Grandpa Wayne** are Cass's grandfathers. Because her biological grandparents are unknown, Larry and Wayne stepped in as her "substitute" grandparents. Grandpa Larry was Cass' mother's history teacher when she was in high school; while Wayne's relationship with Larry or Cass is not stated, Bosch has confirmed that he is in a relationship with Larry. They own a shop established in an old abandoned fire station known as The Fire Sale, where they live with their blind and nearly deaf dog, Sebastian, dubbed the Seeing-Nose Dog.

**Owen** is introduced as Cass's butler when she is taken to the Midnight Sun. When they first meet, he has a strong stutter and appears to be shy but friendly. However, he is revealed to be a spy for the Terces society who helps Cass and Max-Ernest escape the Midnight Sun with Benjamin Blake. Owen's most notable characteristic is his predilection for disguises, for which he can drastically alter his appearance and speaking voice.

**Amber** is Cass's classmate, often called the nicest girl in school and third prettiest; however, she is often shown to be snooty and gossipy. She is a fan of the Skelton Sisters and a consumer of their lip balm line, Smoochies. She receives a new flavor each week and gives the old one away, often to Cass.

**Gloria Fortune** is a probate specialist or a "real estate agent for the dead." She often finds herself at the Fire Sale delivering items after clearing out homes belonging to the deceased. She loves to gossip and runs into Cass at the Midnight Sun Spa and Sensorium; however, she later has no recollection of her visit to the spa.

## InfoBox

The Name of This Book is secret
| First edition (US) | |
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| Author | Pseudonymous Bosch |
| Illustrator | Gilbert Ford |
| Language | English |
| Series | *The Secret Series* |
| Genre | Mystery and adventure |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
| Publication date | 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 360 |
| ISBN | 0-316-11366-2 |
| Followed by | *If You're Reading This, It's Too Late* |


title: The Monsoon Oracle

abstract: The Monsoon Oracle is a 2013 documentary film directed by Shrenik Rao.

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# The Monsoon Oracle

***The Monsoon Oracle***  is a 2013 documentary film directed by Shrenik Rao.

## Synopsis

*The Monsoon Oracle* is an intimate portrayal of the central festival of Telangana, called Bonalu. It narrates stories of women and men who dedicate their lives to enacting the roles the Hindu goddess Mahankali’s oracles and to the role of Pothuraju, the goddess's whip wielding brother.

It presents an insight into extraordinary ritualistic practices that are performed every year in India in the hope of a bountiful Monsoon and explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of these annual role enactments. Their stories reveal the relationship between the effective charge of a religious crowd and an extreme form of animal sacrifice.

The Film also delves into themes of modernization, commercialization, and politicization of religion in modern India. The dialogue in the film takes place in TelanganaTelugu with English subtitles. The narration is in English.

In an Interview with Deccan Chronicle, Shrenik said

> "It's about people, their stories, their tradition of predicting monsoons and the oracles. The idea germinated as I watched a report on a local news channel. I decided to pursue it because of the contrast the traditions offered against the backdrop of a high tech Hyderabad".

*The Monsoon Oracle* has been critically acclaimed and screened at Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) and at the University of Chicago.

## InfoBox

| The Monsoon Oracle | |
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| The *Monsoon Oracle* Cover | |
| Directed by | Shrenik Rao |
| Release date | * 25 January 2013 (2013-01-25) |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Telugu<br>English |


title: The Moonlandingz

abstract: The Moonlandingz are an English rock band, formed in 2015. The band consists of Eccentronic Research Council duo Adrian Flanagan and Dean Honer, along with Fat White Family members Saul Adamczewski and Lias Kaci Saoudi. The band was originally designed as a concept act for the Eccentronic Research Council's fifth album Johnny Rocket, Narcissist and Music Machine…I'm Your Biggest Fan, with the act's charismatic and otherworldly frontman Johnny Rocket being played by Saoudi. Since the release of Johnny Rocket, Narcissist and Music Machine…I'm Your Biggest Fan in 2015, the group have continued to play live and record together, releasing two EPs under The Moonlandingz name and a full-length album - Interplanetary Class Classics in 2017.

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# The Moonlandingz

**The Moonlandingz** are an English rock band, formed in 2015. The band consists of Eccentronic Research Council duo Adrian Flanagan and Dean Honer, along with Fat White Family members Saul Adamczewski and Lias Kaci Saoudi. The band was originally designed as a concept act for the Eccentronic Research Council's fifth album *Johnny Rocket, Narcissist and Music Machine…I'm Your Biggest Fan*, with the act's charismatic and otherworldly frontman Johnny Rocket being played by Saoudi.

Since the release of *Johnny Rocket, Narcissist and Music Machine…I'm Your Biggest Fan* in 2015, the group have continued to play live and record together, releasing two EPs under The Moonlandingz name and a full-length album - *Interplanetary Class Classics* in 2017.

## History

The band started as a concept created by Eccentronic Research Council members Adrian Flanagan and Dean Honer, while planning the band's fourth album *Johnny Rocket, Narcissist & Music Machine... I'm Your Biggest Fan*. During the process, Fat White Family members Saul Adamczewski and Lias Kaci Saoudi were brought on board to conceive of a fictional band for the album. The results were a band called The Moonlandingz, led by the eponymous singer Johnny Rocket who would be voiced by Saoudi. To accompany the release of their album, *The Moonlandingz EP* was also released under the guise of The Moonlandingz.

After the album was released in 2015, the four collaborators decided to continue their partnership and turn the Moonlandingz concept into an actual live band. They quickly followed up by another EP - *Blak Hanz*, which was released on Transgressive Records in 2016.

The band released their debut album, *Interplanetary Class Classics*, in 2017. It was released on Transgressive Records in Europe and in the U.S. on Chimera Records. The album was created in collaboration with Sean Lennon and was recorded at his studio in New York. Former Add N to (X) drummer Ross Orton and guitarist/bassist Mairead O'Connor also recorded with the band and featured as band members on the subsequent tour.

## Members

Current members * Saul Adamczewski - guitar
* Adrian Flanagan - keyboards
* Dean Honer - keyboards
* Lias Kaci Saoudi – vocals
* Mairead O'Connor - guitar

## Discography

### Studio albums

### EPs

* *The Moonlandingz EP* (2015, Without Consent)
* *Blak Hanz* (2016, Transgressive Records)

## InfoBox

| The Moonlandingz | |
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| Origin | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Genres |  |
| Years active | 2015 (2015)–present |
| Labels |  |
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| Members | * Saul Adamczewski * Adrian Flanagan * Dean Honer * Lias Kaci Saoudi * Mairead O'Connor |


title: The Moonlit Road

abstract: "The Moonlit Road" is a gothic horror short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in a 1907 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, illustrated by Charles B. Falls. This story is presented in three parts and relates the tale of the murder of Julia Hetman from the perspective of her son, a man who may be her husband, and Julia herself, through a medium.

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# The Moonlit Road

"**The Moonlit Road**" is a gothic horror short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in a 1907 issue of *Cosmopolitan* magazine, illustrated by Charles B. Falls. This story is presented in three parts and relates the tale of the murder of Julia Hetman from the perspective of her son, a man who may be her husband, and Julia herself, through a medium.

## Synopsis

The first part is narrated by Joel Hetman Jr. He is summoned home from college by his father, because his mother, Julia, has been found strangled. His father claims that he returned from a business trip and saw the figure of a man fleeing the home. Upon entering the house, he found his wife lying dead in her bedroom. Months later, the father and son are walking down a moonlit road when the father sees something and suddenly turns pale and disappears into the night.

The second part of the story is narrated by a man who describes himself as a wandering outcast, wracked by guilt. He recounts a dream in which he suspects his wife is being unfaithful and he returns from a business trip early to find a strange man leaving his house. When he finds his wife cowering in her room, he murders her in a fit of jealous rage. In another dream, his wife's ghost confronts him on a moonlit road at night and the strangulation marks are still visible on her neck.

The third and final section is the statement of the murder victim, Julia Hetman, delivered through a medium. She describes the night she was murdered. Alone in the house, she heard frightening noises and believed she was being hunted by some creature of the night. While she cowered in the corner of her room, a man entered and strangled her, but she never saw his face. Later, upon seeing that her husband and son were sad, she tried to communicate with them from the spirit world and offer them comfort. She was finally able to appear to them on the moonlit road, but only her husband could see her and he fled in fear.

## Analysis

Bierce harbored a fear of dying, and this frequently provided inspiration for his fiction. He experienced guilt due to his estrangement from his mother and he also divorced his wife after finding that she had been unfaithful. These traits may have inspired the fictional events in "The Moonlit Road".

The story may serve as an illustration of William James's thesis that "it is not so much the truth of events that matters, but how they are perceived, and the difference that they make to the perceiver". The murderer thought the ghost of his victim was aware of his culpability, for her eyes fixed on his "with an infinite gravity which is not reproach, nor hate, nor menace, nor anything less terrible than recognition". In an ironic twist, the ghost's testimony reveals she did not know who her murderer was and approached her husband "in the loving hope that he would be able to see her, smiling and consciously beautiful". But the murderer, plagued by guilt, noticed only the strangulation marks he had left on her throat.

As Jack Sullivan pointed out, Bierce's story "achieves an almost mind-numbing complexity by emerging from three fragmented points of view". The truth can be deduced only from the combination of three accounts, because "each of the characters is missing some vital element of the picture".

## Legacy

"The Moonlit Road" has been cited as a template for "In a Grove", a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa in which the murder of a samurai is recounted by multiple witnesses and in the end, the victim gives deposition through a medium. Akira Kurosawa used this story as the basis for the plot of his famous film *Rashomon*.

In 2008, Bierce's short story was loosely adapted by Leor Baum as a 19-minute film titled *The Moonlit Road*. In 2009, the Library of America selected this story for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of *American Fantastic Tales*, edited by Peter Straub.


abstract: The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, also referred to as the Milwaukee Interurban Lines or TMER&L, is a defunct railroad that operated in and around Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was the largest electric railway and electric utility system in Wisconsin, and combined several of the earlier horsecar, steam dummy, and streetcar lines into one system. Its Milwaukee streetcar lines soon ran on most major streets and served most areas of the city. The interurban lines reached throughout southeastern Wisconsin. TMER&L also operated the streetcar lines in Appleton, Kenosha, and Racine, as well as its own switching operations at the Port Washington and Lakeside power plants. The first electric streetcar in Milwaukee operated on Wells Street on April 3, 1890. The Waukesha Beach Railway was formally opened on June 25, 1895. The first interurban ran between Milwaukee and Kenosha on June 1, 1897. Other lines soon reached Watertown, Burlington, and East Troy. In 1922, TMER&L acquired the Milwaukee Northern Railway and added their Milwaukee to Sheboygan interurban line to the system. During the Great Depression, services on streetcar and interurban lines were reduced, replaced with buses, abandoned, or sold. Abandonments ceased during World War II when gas and tires were rationed and defense workers needed transportation. After the war, riders returned to their automobiles and abandonments resumed. The last streetcar to run in Milwaukee and the entire state operated on Wells Street on March 2, 1958. Electric locomotives continued operating at the power plants until the early 1970s. The last two remaining sections of interurban lines were to Hales Corners and Waukesha. They continued in operation until June 30, 1951 as part of the Milwaukee Rapid Transit and Speedrail Company's rapid transit service, as it had essentially lost the remainder of its postwar ridership following a collision in Greenfield, Wisconsin that killed 8 people and injured around 40, just the year before. The outer end of the East Troy branch continues to operate as the East Troy Electric Railroad, a 7-mile (11 km) long heritage railroad. There were plans to extend the Watertown line to Madison, the East Troy line to Delavan, and the Burlington line to Lake Geneva. However, none of these plans came to fruition.

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# The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company

**The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company** (reporting mark **TMERL**), also referred to as the **Milwaukee Interurban Lines** or **TMER&L**, is a defunct railroad that operated in and around Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was the largest electric railway and electric utility system in Wisconsin, and combined several of the earlier horsecar, steam dummy, and streetcar lines into one system. Its Milwaukee streetcar lines soon ran on most major streets and served most areas of the city. The interurban lines reached throughout southeastern Wisconsin. TMER&L also operated the streetcar lines in Appleton, Kenosha, and Racine, as well as its own switching operations at the Port Washington and Lakeside power plants.

The first electric streetcar in Milwaukee operated on Wells Street on April 3, 1890. The Waukesha Beach Railway was formally opened on June 25, 1895. The first interurban ran between Milwaukee and Kenosha on June 1, 1897. Other lines soon reached Watertown, Burlington, and East Troy. In 1922, TMER&L acquired the Milwaukee Northern Railway and added their Milwaukee to Sheboygan interurban line to the system.

During the Great Depression, services on streetcar and interurban lines were reduced, replaced with buses, abandoned, or sold. Abandonments ceased during World War II when gas and tires were rationed and defense workers needed transportation. After the war, riders returned to their automobiles and abandonments resumed. The last streetcar to run in Milwaukee and the entire state operated on Wells Street on March 2, 1958. Electric locomotives continued operating at the power plants until the early 1970s.

The last two remaining sections of interurban lines were to Hales Corners and Waukesha. They continued in operation until June 30, 1951 as part of the Milwaukee Rapid Transit and Speedrail Company's rapid transit service, as it had essentially lost the remainder of its postwar ridership following a collision in Greenfield, Wisconsin that killed 8 people and injured around 40, just the year before. The outer end of the East Troy branch (beyond Mukwonago) continues to operate as the East Troy Electric Railroad, a 7-mile (11 km) long heritage railroad. There were plans to extend the Watertown line to Madison, the East Troy line to Delavan, and the Burlington line to Lake Geneva. However, none of these plans came to fruition.

## InfoBox

The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
| Preserved 1920 vintage Milwaukee streetcar 846 at the East Troy Electric Railroad | |
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| Overview | |
| Headquarters | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Reporting mark | TMERL |
| Locale | Wisconsin |
| Dates of operation | 18961938 |
| Predecessor | The Milwaukee Electric Railway |
| Successor | The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport Co. |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 600  DC |
| Length | 191 miles (307 km) |
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