title: My Aunt the Dictator

abstract: My Aunt the Dictator is a 1939 French comedy film directed by René Pujol and starring Marguerite Moreno, Armand Bernard and Fernand Charpin. It was based on the play Maman Sabouleux by Eugène Labiche. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Louis Le Barbenchon and Roland Quignon.

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# My Aunt the Dictator

***My Aunt the Dictator*** (French: ***Ma tante dictateur***) is a 1939 French comedy film directed by René Pujol and starring Marguerite Moreno, Armand Bernard and Fernand Charpin. It was based on the play *Maman Sabouleux* by Eugène Labiche. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Louis Le Barbenchon and Roland Quignon.

## Cast

1. Bessy & Chirat p.445
2. Rège p.843
3. https://www.unifrance.org/film/9450/ma-tante-dictateur

## Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. *Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939*. Pygmalion, 1986.
* Crisp, Colin. *Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939*. Indiana University Press, 2002.
* Rège, Philippe. *Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1*. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

## InfoBox

| My Aunt the Dictator | |
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| Directed by | René Pujol |
| Written by | René Pujol |
| Based on | *Maman Sabouleux*
by Eugène Labiche |
| Starring | Marguerite Moreno
Armand Bernard
Fernand Charpin |
| Cinematography | Pierre Montazel
Nikolai Toporkoff |
| Edited by | André Versein |
| Music by | Vincent Scotto |
| Production
company | Société Internationale des Films Français |
| Distributed by | Nord Film |
| Release date | * 13 July 1939 (1939-07-13) |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |


title: Xtra (film)

abstract: Xtra is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language adult romantic film directed by Veeru K and starring Ruthika and Santosh Pawan with Vadde Naveen in a supporting role.

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# Xtra (film)

***Xtra*** is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language adult romantic film directed by Veeru K and starring Ruthika and Santosh Pawan with Vadde Naveen in a supporting role.

## Cast

## Soundtrack

The songs are composed by BapuRamana. The film features three remixed songs: "Vangamaku" from *Driver Ramudu* (1979), "Le Le Le Naaraja" from *Prema Nagar* (1971) and "Masaka Masaka" from *Devudu Chesina Manushulu* (1973).

## Reception

A critic from *The Hindu* wrote that "But what this film tells is that a girl who walks out from a person's life should patch up with him and a young man, who loves a girl older in age, should retract his steps". A critic from *Idlebrain.com* wrote that "This is an out-and-out adult film which is strictly recommended for desperate men who want to have fun". A critic from *IANS* wrote that "His \[Veeru K's\] latest Telugu presentation "*Xtra* is a substandard offering". A critic from *Full Hyderabad* wrote that "Though sounding like a B-grade flick, this one is not for those cheap lechers, skin-show lovers or deperate guys". A critic from *Indiaglitz* wrote that "Director Veeru is under illusions. He knows what he has got into and goes the whole hog with it. The sad part is he may have the last laugh".

## Box office

The film opened to houseful theatres. After the film's positive reception, Veeru K announced a similar film titled *Thrill* (2006) also starring Ruthika.

## InfoBox

| Xtra | |
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| Directed by | Veeru K |
| Written by | Veeru K
MVS Haranadha Rao (dialogues) |
| Produced by | Ravi
Venu |
| Starring | Ruthika
Santosh Pawan |
| Cinematography | Madhu A Naidu |
| Edited by | Nagi Reddy |
| Music by | BapuRamana |
| Production
company | Sri Chitra |
| Release date | * 25 June 2004 (2004-06-25) |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |


title: X-machine

abstract:
The X-machine (XM) is a theoretical model of computation introduced by Samuel Eilenberg in 1974.
The X in "X-machine" represents the fundamental data type on which the machine operates; for example, a machine that operates on databases would be a database-machine. The X-machine model is structurally the same as the finite-state machine, except that the symbols used to label the machine's transitions denote relations of type X→X. Crossing a transition is equivalent to applying the relation that labels it, and traversing a path in the machine corresponds to applying all the associated relations, one after the other.

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# X-machine

The **X-machine** (*XM*) is a theoretical model of computation introduced by Samuel Eilenberg in 1974. The *X* in "X-machine" represents the fundamental data type on which the machine operates; for example, a machine that operates on databases (objects of type *database*) would be a *database*-machine. The X-machine model is structurally the same as the finite-state machine, except that the symbols used to label the machine's transitions denote relations of type *X**X*. Crossing a transition is equivalent to applying the relation that labels it (computing a set of changes to the data type *X*), and traversing a path in the machine corresponds to applying all the associated relations, one after the other.

## Original theory

Eilenberg's original X-machine was a completely general theoretical model of computation (subsuming the Turing machine, for example), which admitted deterministic, non-deterministic and non-terminating computations. His seminal work published many variants of the basic X-machine model, each of which generalized the finite-state machine in a slightly different way.

In the most general model, an X-machine is essentially a "machine for manipulating objects of type X". Suppose that X is some datatype, called the *fundamental datatype*, and that Φ is a set of (partial) relations φ: X → X. An X-machine is a finite-state machine whose arrows are labelled by relations in Φ. In any given state, one or more transitions may be *enabled* if the domain of the associated relation φi accepts (a subset of) the current values stored in X. In each cycle, all enabled transitions are assumed to be taken. Each recognised path through the machine generates a list φ1 ... φ*n* of relations. We call the composition φ1 o ... o φ*n* of these relations the *path relation* corresponding to that path. The *behaviour* of the X-machine is defined to be the union of all the behaviours computed by its path relations. In general, this is non-deterministic, since applying any relation computes a set of outcomes on X. In the formal model, all possible outcomes are considered together, in parallel.

For practical purposes, an X-machine should describe some finite computation. An encoding function α: Y → X converts from some *input* data type Y into the initial state of X, and a decoding function β: X → Z, converts back from the final state(s) of X into some *output* data type Z. Once the initial state of X is populated, the X-machine runs to completion, and the outputs are then observed. In general, a machine may deadlock (be blocked), or livelock (never halt), or perform one or more complete computations. For this reason, more recent research has focused on deterministic X-machines, whose behaviour can be controlled and observed more precisely.

### Example

A compiler with a peep-hole optimizer can be thought of as a machine for optimizing program structure. In this **Optimizer**-machine, the encoding function α takes source code from the input-type Y (the program source) and loads it into the memory-type X (a parse tree). Suppose that the machine has several states, called **FindIncrements**, **FindSubExprs** and **Completed**. The machine starts in the initial state **FindIncrements**, which is linked to other states via the transitions:

```
 **FindIncrements**<sup>**DoIncrement**</sup> **FindIncrements**
 **FindIncrements**<sup>**SkipIncrement**</sup> **FindSubExprs**
 **FindSubExprs**<sup>**DoSubExpr**</sup> **FindSubExprs**
 **FindSubExprs**<sup>**SkipSubExpr**</sup> **Completed**
```

The relation **DoIncrement** maps a parsed subtree corresponding to "x := x + 1" into the optimized subtree "++x". The relation **DoSubExpr** maps a parse tree containing multiple occurrences of the same expression "x + y ... x + y" into an optimized version with a local variable to store the repeated computation "z := x + y; ... z ... z". These relations are only enabled if X contains the domain values (subtrees) on which they operate. The remaining relations **SkipIncrement** and **SkipSubExpr** are *nullops* (identity relations) enabled in the complementary cases.

So, the **Optimizer**-machine will run to completion, first converting trivial additions into in-place increments (while in the **FindIncrements** state), then it will move on to the **FindSubExprs** state and perform a series of common sub-expression removals, after which it will move to the final state **Completed**. The decoding function β will then map from the memory-type X (the optimized parse-tree) into the output-type Z (optimized machine code).

### Convention

When referring to Eilenberg's original model, "X-machine" is typically written with a lower-case "m", because the sense is "any machine for processing X". When referring to later specific models, the convention is to use a capital "M" as part of the proper name of that variant.

## 1980s

Interest in the X-machine was revived in the late 1980s by Mike Holcombe, who noticed that the model was ideal for software formal specification purposes, because it cleanly separates *control flow* from *processing*. Provided one works at a sufficiently abstract level, the control flows in a computation can usually be represented as a finite-state machine, so to complete the X-machine specification all that remains is to specify the processing associated with each of the machine's transitions. The structural simplicity of the model makes it extremely flexible; other early illustrations of the idea included Holcombe's specification of human-computer interfaces, his modelling of processes in cell biochemistry, and Stannett's modelling of decision-making in military command systems.

## 1990s

X-machines have received renewed attention since the mid-1990s, when Gilbert Laycock's deterministic Stream X-Machine was found to serve as the basis for specifying large software systems that are *completely* testable. Another variant, the Communicating Stream X-Machine offers a useful testable model for biological processes and future *swarm-based* satellite systems.

## 2000s

X-machines have been applied to lexical semantics by András Kornai, who models word meaning by \`pointed' machines that have one member of the base set X distinguished. Application to other branches of linguistics, in particular to a contemporary reformulation of Pāṇini were pioneered by Gerard Huet and his co-workers

## Major variants

The X-machine is rarely encountered in its original form, but underpins several subsequent models of computation. The most influential model on theories of software testing has been the Stream X-Machine. NASA has recently discussed using a combination of Communicating Stream X-Machines and the process calculus WSCSS in the design and testing of *swarm satellite* systems.

### Analog X Machine (AXM)

The earliest variant, the continuous-time *Analog X-Machine* (*AXM*), was introduced by Mike Stannett in 1990 as a potentially "super-Turing" model of computation; it is consequently related to work in hypercomputation theory.

### Stream X-Machine (SXM)

The most commonly encountered X-machine variant is Gilbert Laycock's 1993 *Stream X-Machine* (*SXM*) model, which forms the basis for Mike Holcombe and Florentin Ipate's theory of *complete* software testing, which guarantees known correctness properties, once testing is over. The Stream X-Machine differs from Eilenberg's original model, in that the fundamental data type X is of the form *Out** × *Mem* × *In*\*, where *In** is an input sequence, *Out** is an output sequence, and *Mem* is the (rest of the) memory.

The advantage of this model is that it allows a system to be driven, one step at a time, through its states and transitions, while observing the outputs at each step. These are witness values, that guarantee that particular functions were executed on each step. As a result, complex software systems may be decomposed into a hierarchy of Stream X-Machines, designed in a top-down way and tested in a bottom-up way. This divide-and-conquer approach to design and testing is backed by Florentin Ipate's proof of correct integration, which proves how testing the layered machines independently is equivalent to testing the composed system.

### Communicating X-Machine (CXM)

The earliest proposal for connecting several X-machines in parallel is Judith Barnard's 1995 *Communicating X-machine* (*CXM* or *COMX*) model, in which machines are connected via named communication channels (known as *ports*); this model exists in both discrete- and real-timed variants. Earlier versions of this work were not fully formal and did not show full input/output relations.

A similar Communicating X-Machine approach using buffered channels was developed by Petros Kefalas. The focus of this work was on expressiveness in the composition of components. The ability to reassign channels meant that some of the testing theorems from Stream X-Machines did not carry over.

These variants are discussed in more detail on a separate page.

### Communicating Stream X-Machine (CSXM)

The first fully formal model of concurrent X-machine composition was proposed in 1999 by Cristina Vertan and Horia Georgescu, based on earlier work on communicating automatata by Philip Bird and Anthony Cowling. In Vertan's model, the machines communicate indirectly, via a shared *communication matrix* (essentially an array of pigeonholes), rather than directly via shared channels.

Bălănescu, Cowling, Georgescu, Vertan and others have studied the formal properties of this CSXM model in some detail. Full input/output relations can be shown. The *communication matrix* establishes a protocol for synchronous communication. The advantage of this is that it decouples each machine's processing from their communication, allowing the separate testing of each behaviour. This compositional model was proven equivalent to a standard Stream X-Machine, so leveraging the earlier testing theory developed by Holcombe and Ipate.

This X-machine variant is discussed in more detail on a separate page.

### Object X-Machine (OXM)

Kirill Bogdanov and Anthony Simons developed several variants of the X-machine to model the behaviour of objects in object-oriented systems. This model differs from the Stream X-Machine approach, in that the monolithic data type X is distributed over, and encapsulated by, several objects, which are serially composed; and systems are driven by method invocations and returns, rather than by inputs and outputs. Further work in this area concerned adapting the formal testing theory in the context of inheritance, which partitions the state-space of the superclass in extended subclass objects.

A "CCS-augmented X-machine" (CCSXM) model was later developed by Simons and Stannett in 2002 to support complete behavioural testing of object-oriented systems, in the presence of asynchronous communication This is expected to bear some similarity with NASA's recent proposal; but no definitive comparison of the two models has as yet been conducted.

### Downloadable technical reports

* M. Stannett and A. J. H. Simons (2002) *Complete Behavioural Testing of Object-Oriented Systems using CCS-Augmented X-Machines.* Tech Report CS-02-06, Dept of Computer Science, University of Sheffield. Download
* J. Aguado and A. J. Cowling (2002) *Foundations of the X-machine Theory for Testing.* Tech Report CS-02-06, Dept of Computer Science, University of Sheffield. Download
* J. Aguado and A. J. Cowling (2002) *Systems of Communicating X-machines for Specifying Distributed Systems.* Tech Report CS-02-07, Dept of Computer Science, University of Sheffield. Download
* M. Stannett (2005) *The Theory of X-Machines - Part 1.* Tech Report CS-05-09, Dept of Computer Science, University of Sheffield. Download

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title: Xylocopa africana

abstract: Xylocopa africana is a species of carpenter bee.

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# Xylocopa africana

***Xylocopa africana*** is a species of carpenter bee.

## Subspecies

* *X. a. africana* (Fabricius, 1781)
* *X. a. congoensis* Enderlein, 1903
* *X. a. conradti* Enderlein, 1903
* *X. a. longjinensis* Strand, 1911

## Description

In males, the thorax and the first abdominal segment are golden yellow, while in females they are brown. The abdomen is mainly dark brown or blackish.

## Distribution

This species can be found in Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Uganda and Angola.

* Eardley, C. D. (1987) Catalogue of Apoidea (Hymenoptera) in Africa south of the Sahara, Part 1, The genus Xylocopa Latreille (Anthophoridae), Entomology Memoir, No. 70

## InfoBox

| *Xylocopa africana* | |
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| *Xylocopa africana* from the Republic of the Congo, male and female | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Apoidea |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Subfamily: | Xylocopinae |
| Tribe: | Xylocopini |
| Genus: | *Xylocopa* |
| Species: | **Xylocopa africana**<br>(Fabricius, 1781) |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Apis africana* Fabricius, 1781 * *Bombus africanus* (Fabricius) * *Bremus africanus* (Fabricius) * *Koptortosoma africana* (Fabricius) * *Mesotrichia africana* (Fabricius) | |


title: Musikhochschule Münster

abstract:
The Musikhochschule Münster founded in 1972, is a university of music, part of the University of Münster, it is one of the five music universities in North Rhine-Westphalia. From 1972 to 2003 the Musikhochschule Münster was integrated as a campus of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. In 2004 the Musikhochschule Münster separated from Detmold and on the basis of the revision of the Hochschule law passed on 16 December 2003 became the Faculty of Music of the University of Münster on 1 April 2004. In 2004, the Musikhochschule Münster was the first music school in Germany to introduce the degree Bachelor of Music. In addition to the bachelor's degree, the Hochschule now offers the degree of Master of Music, the Diploma of Music and the Certificate. As the new degree courses were introduced, the Hochschule benefitted from the long-year cooperation as a department of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. The Musikhochschule Münster now comprises 220 students, 15 professors and 65 part-time instructors.
The Symphony Orchestra is the largest ensemble of the Musikhochschule Münster. Past music directors included Joachim Harder, Geoffrey Moull and René Gulikers. The present conductor is Christian Lorenz.

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# Musikhochschule Münster

The ***Musikhochschule Münster*** (Münster School of Music) founded in 1972, is a university of music, part of the University of Münster, it is one of the five music universities in North Rhine-Westphalia.

From 1972 to 2003 the *Musikhochschule Münster* was integrated as a campus of the *Hochschule für Musik Detmold*. In 2004 the *Musikhochschule Münster* separated from Detmold and on the basis of the revision of the Hochschule law passed on 16 December 2003 became the Faculty of Music of the University of Münster on 1 April 2004.

In 2004, the *Musikhochschule Münster* was the first music school in Germany to introduce the degree Bachelor of Music. In addition to the bachelor's degree, the Hochschule now offers the degree of Master of Music, the Diploma of Music and the Certificate. As the new degree courses were introduced, the Hochschule benefitted from the long-year cooperation as a department of the *Hochschule für Musik Detmold*.

The *Musikhochschule Münster* now comprises 220 students, 15 professors (from Germany, Brazil, Holland and Norway) and 65 part-time instructors. The Symphony Orchestra is the largest ensemble of the Musikhochschule Münster. Past music directors included Joachim Harder, Geoffrey Moull and René Gulikers. The present conductor is Christian Lorenz.

## Notable alumni

## InfoBox

Musikhochschule Münster
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| Motto | human.music |
| Type | university of music |
| Established | 1972 |
| Principal | Michael Keller |
| Location | Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany<br>51°57′22″N 7°37′37″E / 51.95611°N 7.62694°E / 51.95611; 7.62694 |
| Website | www.uni-muenster.de/Musikhochschule/ |
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title: Musikmesse Frankfurt

abstract: Musikmesse Frankfurt was an international trade show and music festival for the music products industry that took place annually in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from 1980 until 2019. At its peak, the fair was one of the largest international trade shows, with over 1,800 attendees from all around the world.

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# Musikmesse Frankfurt

**Musikmesse Frankfurt** was an international trade show and music festival for the music products industry that took place annually in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from 1980 until 2019. At its peak, the fair was one of the largest international trade shows, with over 1,800 attendees from all around the world.

## History

The fair was first introduced in 1980. It is generally held in the first quarter of the year for four days. The first two days are reserved for the business audience, while the last two days are accessible for everyone.

In 2013, the fair was held from 10 to 13 April, with 68,587 visitors and 1,512 exhibitors from 51 countries in attendance. A playable and oversized tuba with a measure of 2,05 metres and weighing of 50 kg was displayed, which was first shown in 2012 in the musical instrument museum in Markneukirchen. Despite an exhibitor drop to 1,384 in 2013, the number of visitors went up to 70,863.

In 2016, the fair took place from 7 to 10 April. For the first time the Musikmesse Festival took place in the framework of the Musikmesse. It was spread over Frankfurt's pubs and provided musical entertainment.

The fair was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2021. and in 2022 its organizers announced that it would end the Musikmesse trade show and related local festivals.

## Award shows during the fair

## Stages

On the main stage, the Agora Stage, a new act presents music or product demonstrations every thirty minutes on two levels every day. International artists perform music in all facets.


title: XMobots

abstract: XMobots is a Brazilian company that develops and operates remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS). The company was the first to obtain permission of the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) to perform experimental flights with RPASs in the country.

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# XMobots

**XMobots** is a Brazilian company that develops and operates remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS). The company was the first to obtain permission of the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) to perform experimental flights with RPASs in the country.

## History

XMobots was created in 2007 with the purpose of developing RPAS, also called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), with national technology. The company was born incubated in the Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology of The São Paulo University (CIETEC-USP) from a R&D project of its founders. At that time, they were master's degree students at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (POLI-USP). During its first three years, XMobots created the RPAS Apoena 1000B, a 32 kilos aircraft known as the first UAV to fly over the Amazon. In that occasion, XMobots used the Apoena to do the aerial monitoring at the power plant of Jirau, a hydroelectric power plant under construction in the Madeira River. This operation was carried out between 2010 and 2013, and in this period, the RPAS was responsible to chart and quantify the legal deforestation that happened in a 1.000 km2 area, a record area considering any aerial survey already done in Brazil by an UAV.

In 2011, the company left the incubator and transferred the Head Office to the city of São Carlos (in the state of São Paulo), a city considered as the 2nd Brazilian aeronautical pole. This was a strategic decision as the city has a campus of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCAR), two campuses of the University of São Paulo (USP), two units of The Brazilian Agriculture Research Company (EMBRAPA) and many other important institutions of research.

In 2012, XMobots launched Nauru 500A, an RPAS of 15 kilos, robust and with a high performance for the mapping and inspection of areas up to 10 thousand hectares. With this RPAS, the company got from ANAC the first Experimental Flight Certificate (CAVE) for a private UAV for civilian use in Brazil.

In 2013, XMobots launched its third product, the Echar 20A, the first RPAS developed in Brazil with automatic launch and landing. With only seven kilos, the RPAS was designed for the mapping and inspection of areas up to 3 thousand hectares. The company got the CAVE for this model in December 2013.

## Products

The first RPAS developed by XMobots, the Apoena was the first RPAS to fly over the Amazon. With 32 kilos, the RPA has the autonomy of 8 hours and a maximum communication range of up to 60 km, cruise speed of 115 km/h and it can reach a height of up to 3 thousand meters.

* **Nauru 500A**

An RPAS with high performance for mapping and inspecting areas of up to 10 thousand hectares. First Brazilian RPAS that had a CAVE granted by ANAC, the RPA has 15 kilos, flight autonomy of 5.5 hours, and a maximum communication range of up to 30 km, cruise speed of 108 km/h and it can reach a height of up to 3 thousand meters. Its camera allows the aircraft to do aerial surveys with a resolution of up to 2.5 centimeters per pixel (18 Mpx camera).

* **Echar 20A**

This RPA belongs to the category of mini RPAS, doing aerial surveys in areas up to 3 thousand hectares. National RPAS with automatic launch and landing, the aircraft has 7 kilos, flight autonomy of up to 70 minutes, maximum communication range of up to 10 km, cruise speed of 75 km/h and it can reach a height of up to 3 thousand meters.

## CAVE/ANAC

In May 2013, the National Civil Aviation Agency granted to the RPAS NAURU 500A, developed by XMobots, the first Experimental Flight Certificate to an RPAS made in Brazil. With that, XMobots was the first company with an authorization from ANAC to perform experimental flights with a private and civilian RPAS, with the purpose of research and development. The CAVE highlighted the company's efforts to contribute to the regulation of the sector. It also demonstrated a high level of maturity of the Brazilian industry in the development of RPASs. At the time of the CAVE issue, the ANAC Manager of Aeronautical Product Certification Branch, Hélio Tarquinio, highlighted that the Agency considers that a relevant issue and is working to facilitate the operations of this new type of aircraft in Brazil, "with the focus on the ANAC mission, which is to promote safety and excellence of the civil aviation system".

## InfoBox

XMobots
|
|  |
| Industry | Unamnned Systems UAV, AUV, ROV, USV, UGV |
| Founded | São Paulo, São Paulo (2007) |
| Headquarters | São Carlos, São Paulo |
| Key people | Giovani Amianti, CEO |
| Products | UAV, Unmanned Systems Components, Development Services |
| Number of employees | \< 20 |
| Website | XMobots.com |


title: XMobots Apoena

abstract: The Apoena is a Brazilian Low Altitude Long Endurance (LALE) unmanned aerial vehicle designed and built by XMobots for several kinds of sensing roles.

text:
# XMobots Apoena

The **Apoena** is a Brazilian Low Altitude Long Endurance (LALE) unmanned aerial vehicle designed and built by XMobots for several kinds of sensing roles.

## Design and development

The Apoena is a small monoplane built by XMobots with a composite and wood structure; it is powered by a 5.5 hp two-stroke engine mounted at the front with a two-bladed tractor propeller. First flown on 18 November 2008 the single-engined Apoena 1000 has a retractable landing gear and can carry a payload up to 10 kg. It employs a slotted-flap high lift system, something that is very rarely seen in this class of aircraft.

## Specifications (Apoena 1000)

**General characteristics**

* **Length:** 2.66 m (8 ft 9 in)
* **Wingspan:** 2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
* **Height:** 1.13 m (3 ft 8 in)
* **Max takeoff weight:** 35 kg (77 lb)
* **Powerplant:** 1 × 2 stroke , 4.1 kW (5.5 hp)
* **Propellers:** 2-bladed

**Performance**

* **Cruise speed:** 115 km/h (71 mph, 62 kn)
* **Stall speed:** 58 km/h (36 mph, 31 kn)
* **Range:** 60 km (32 mi, 28 nmi)
* **Endurance:** 5 to 8 hours
* **Service ceiling:** 3,000 m (9,800 ft)

## InfoBox

| Apoena Series | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| An Apoena ready to fly. | |
| Role | unmanned aerial vehicle |
| National origin | Brazil |
| Manufacturer | XMobots |
| First flight | 18 November 2008 |
| Status | In production |


title: XM Satellite Radio channel history

text:
# XM Satellite Radio channel history

This is a list of former channels on XM Satellite Radio, in addition to information on format changes of existing channels. Also included is information on temporary channels and seasonal channels.

## Before the Sirius and XM channel lineup merger

These actions took place before November 12, 2008, the merger of the Sirius and XM channel lineups.

### Format changes

Most of these XM channels still exist on the lineup, but have made changes to its presentation method or playlist:

* **ESPN Xtra** – Was 24/7 ESPNEWS TV audio rebroadcast until 2008-02-04.
* **XM Café** – Was formerly titled **Starbucks XM Café** from 2007-07-31 until 2008-09-30. On November 12, 2008, the name was changed to The Spectrum.
* **Quoi de Neuf** – Was Art and Entertainment news and information until 2007-04-09.
* **Radio Parallèle** – Was Men's Lifestyle and Sports Talk until 2007-04-06. This channel titled **SportPlus** until 2007-04-06 and **Franc Parler** from 2005-11-17 to 2006-04-17.
* **Fuego** – Was Latin Pop until August 14, 2005. This channel titled **Alegria** until April 17, 2006. It was later dropped from the line-up altogether.
* **The Pink Channel** – Was a simulcast WLTW in New York City, New York until December 1, 2003, and formerly titled **Lite**. Following the format flip, the channel was titled **Sunny**. This title remained until 2008-08-18. Among the formats for Sunny were Beautiful Music until May 1, 2006, Nostalgic Music until June 2006, AM Gold music, and finally Early AC.
* **Highway 16** – Was 1990s and 2000s (decade) Country on channel 15 until December 1, 2003. Formerly titled **Highway 15**. It is now known as simply **The Highway**.
* **KISS 104.1** – Simulcast KIIS-FM/KVVS in Los Angeles, California until December 1, 2003. Flipped to "hits of the 90s and today" in June 2006.
* **MIX** – Simulcast KHMX in Houston, Texas until December 1, 2003. Changed again May 1, 2006, to play wider array of hit music from 1970s onward.
* **Nashville!** – Simulcast WSIX in Nashville, Tennessee until December 1, 2003. Formerly titled WSIX.
* **The Verge** – Was Unsigned Artists until November 17, 2005. It is now a channel programmed by Canadian Satellite Radio. Its original name was **Unsigned**, and after that, **(un)Signed**.
* **Top Tracks** – Played Classic rock until shifting to early classic rock on March 1, 2006. Later classic rock was spun off into Big Tracks. After the merger with Sirius, the channels became **Classic Vinyl** and **Classic Rewind** respectively.
* **Top 20 on 20** – Played pop and Contemporary hits, was available online and repositioned to a "pop music discovery" outlet, on July 17, 2014, the channel was replaced with **Venus**

### Defunct channels

These channels are no longer part of the XM platform:

* **BET Uptown** (XM62) – Adult R&B Hits and Urban Adult Contemporary station from BET. Brought in-house and changed to Suite 62.
* **CNET Radio** (XM130) – A simulcast of KNEW in San Francisco. The station was about news and information regarding technology. It changed formats due to financial losses. (Removed on 2/1/04)
* **C-Wave** (XM105) – Outsourced Chinese language music channel. Was deleted when XM decided to move more programming in-house. (Removed on 8/26/02.)
* **CNNfn** (XM128) – Complete coverage of business news. The network was shut down in 2004. (Removed on 12/2/02.)
* **CNN Sports Illustrated** (XM141) – Sports News and In-Depth Features. The network was shut down on May 15, 2002. (Removed around 5/12/02)
* **USA Today** (XM121) – News from USA Today and its staff in collaboration with XM. (Removed on 12/2/02.)
* **Discovery Channel Radio** (XM161) – Discovery Channel programming. Originally programmed 24/7, then during nights and weekends. (Was removed on 9/1/05)
* **Babble On** (XM168) – Talk channel geared towards teenage audience, deleted for low listenership. One of the first programming casualties of XM. (Removed on 12/2/02.)
* **Playboy Radio** (XM205) – Premium channel provided by Playboy for an extra $4.99 a month. Was deleted due to low subscription turnout. (Added to lineup on 8/26/02. Removed on 9/1/05.) It has now resurfaced on Sirius Satellite Radio. It is available without an additional fee, but subscribers must "opt in" to receive the channel.
* **MTV Radio** (XM155) – MTV audio simulcasts and pop hits. Also included Headbangers Ball and various MTV award shows. (Original channel that was on 25. Moved to 155 on 2/1/04. Removed from satellite lineup on 9/30/05.)
* **VH1 Radio** (XM156) – VH1 audio simulcasts and pop hits. Also included Behind the Music. (Original channel that was on 24. Moved to 156 on 2/1/04. Removed from satellite lineup on 9/30/05.)
* **Buzz XM** (XM166) – Hot Talk station provided for Clear Channel terrestrial talk shows, renamed "America Right" to complement Air America (originally called "America Left" but changed when Air America signed an exclusive deal with XM) (Was removed on 4/5/04)
* **XM News** (XM120) – In-house news service. Third party channels defeated its purpose. (Was removed on 8/26/02.)
* **Tejano** (XM93) – Tejano music channel owned and produced by Univision. When XM went to commercial free music, Univision pulled out.
* **Radio Taj** (XM104) – Outsourced Indian language music channel. Was deleted when XM decided to move more programming in-house. (Removed on 8/26/02.)
* **Red Cross Radio** (XM248) - A temporary channel used to aid victims of the Hurricane Katrina crisis.
* **NASCAR 2** (XM145) – Second NASCAR channel for pit crew audio. Added on 9/4/04. This station ended after the 2005 racing season and has not returned.
* **Sporting News Radio** (XM143) – This channel simulcasted the entire Sporting News Radio lineup until 8/28/06, when it was replaced with XM's in-house sports channel XM Sports Nation. The new channel still plays select SNR shows, especially on weekends.
* **MSNBC** (XM130) – TV audio rebroadcast. Was removed on 9/4/06 due to scheduling changes across the XM platform. Returned to SiriusXM 4/12/10.
* **NASCAR Radio** (XM144) – NASCAR Racing and Talk. Was removed on 1/1/07 as the NASCAR contract expired and NASCAR's new deal with Sirius started. XM Produced shows were merged into XM Sports Nation, which now occupies the channel number.
* **Hear Music** (XM 75) – The Voice of Music at Starbucks. Was removed on 2007-07-31, as bandwidth was used for XMX. This channel merged with XM Café to create Starbucks XM Café.
* **ABC News & Talk** (XM 124) – News/talk and entertainment. Was removed on 2007-09-24, as Citadel Broadcasting shut down operations of, or sold off, its satellite networks as a cost-cutting measure.
* **The Flow** (XM61) – Neo-soul music. This channel moved from the satellites to online only. Removed on 2008-07-15.
* **The Torch** (XM31) – Christian rock music. This channel moved from the satellites to online only, and was also on DirecTV. Removed on 2008-07-15.
* **Luna** (XM530) – Latin Jazz music. This channel moved from the satellites to online only, then returned to the air as a SiriusXM Xtra Channel.
* **On the Rocks** (XM79) – Lounge music. This channel moved from the satellites to online only. Removed on 2008-07-15.
* **XM Music Lab** (XM51) – Progressive rock and jam bands. This channel moved from the satellites to online only. Removed on 2008-07-15.
* **Fuego** (XM90) – Reggaeton, Latin Hip-hop & Hispanic Rhythmic. This channel moved from the satellites to online only, and was also on DirecTV. Removed on 2008-07-15.
* **Special X** (XM154) – Freeform novelty music. This channel moved from the satellites to online only, and was also on DirecTV. Removed on 2008-07-15.
* **WSIX** (XM161) – Simulcast of Nashville, Tennessee–based Country music station. Removed on 2008-08-08.
* **xL Fungus** (XM53) Uncensored punk, Hardcore and Ska music. – Removed on 2008-09-15
* **XMX** (XM2) – XM Featured Shows. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups.
* **xL The Rhyme** (XM65) – Uncensored Classic Hip-Hop. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups.
* **Beyond Jazz** (XM72) – Progressive Jazz and Modern Jazz music. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups.
* **Fine Tuning** (XM76) – Eclectic. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups.
* **Chrome** (XM83) – Classic Dance and Disco. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merge of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. Replaced by The Strobe in January 2009 on channel 83.
* **Aguila** (XM92) – Regional Mexican. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups.
* **Caricia** (XM93) – Spanish Oldies. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups.
* **The Weather Channel** (XM125) – 24/7 Weather Radio Network. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. Content is now aired on Sirius XM Weather & Emergency channel 247.
* **XM Sports Nation** (XM144) – Sports Talk and Play-by-Play. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. Returned in 2009 on channel 143.
* **E! Entertainment Radio** (XM162) – Entertainment News and Celebrity Gossip. Removed on 2008-11-08 prior to the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups.
* **Vibra**Rock en Español. Removed from DirecTV on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups.

### Channels which changed ownership

### Channels canceled before launch

* XM announced in April 2006 that in late spring/early summer six regional News & Talk channels (XM 134-XM 139) would be added and provide regional news coverage for every area of the continental US. These channels were to have been provided by Clear Channel Communications and were to have been located in "Regional News, Talk & Music Channels." According to Jon Zellner via a subscriber email, Clear Channel decided to forego the launch of these channels. The original plan was to create a set of regionalized, five-minute newscasts. Each newscast was to carry 90 seconds of advertising, with the 3:30-minute balance devoted to regionally targeted news. The channels were to be titled:
    + **Northeast News and Talk**
    + **Southeast News and Talk**
    + **Midwest News and Talk**
    + **Middle America News and Talk**
    + **Southwest News and Talk**
    + **Northwest News and Talk**

### Channels of unknown status

* XM Announced on 2006-01-31 that they would be adding Traffic & Weather channels for Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver-Boulder, Milwaukee-Racine, Portland, Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, Sacramento, San Antonio and Wilmington, DE to their NavTraffic product during the first quarter 2006. Rumors that a Traffic & Weather station could be dropped for Cincinnati due to the addition of WLW on XM channel 173 were unfounded as WLW was dropped from the XM service in 2009.

### Seasonal and holiday channels

These channels are season- and holiday-based, and are only around for a part of the year. It is not uncommon that they take the place of an existing channel. As of 2014, Sirius XM has reduced the periods that some of the holiday channels run for the 2015 season with only Holly and Holiday Traditions running for the full season (day after Halloween to day after Christmas.)

* **Holly** – Holly is one of Sirius XM's annual month-long Christmas music channels that plays Christmas songs with an emphasis on up and coming singers. Its playlist changes from what one would find on an FM Adult Contemporary station at Christmas time to what one would find on a station aimed at tweens and teens. It previously aired on SiriusXM Love (2009–2014, since 2016) and Velvet (2015).
* **Holiday Traditions** – Holiday Traditions is not a traditional Christmas channel per se, but instead is narrowly focused on seasonal pop recordings from the 1940s to the 1960s.
* **Holiday Pops** – This holiday channel plays choral and orchestral music with a Christmas theme. It replaces Sirius XM Pops in December and is therefore presented in XM HD Surround. Formerly known as "Pops Holiday Classics" (2005) and "A Classical Christmas" (2006–07). In summer 2014 the Sirius XM Pops station was discontinued and Holiday Pops will air during a reduced period, only during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (December 24/25 – before the Sirius XM pops station was cancelled it operated during the bulk of December.)
* **Country Christmas** – This channel features Christmas-themed country music. It previously aired on XM as "A Nashville Christmas" (2005) and "Music City Holiday" (2006–07).
* **Radio Hanukkah** – This channel was debuted in 2006 for the Hanukkah celebration. Radio Hanukkah features the best in Jewish music, comedy, Broadway, talk and kids programming. This was the first satellite radio channel dedicated exclusively to Jewish culture. Following the merger with Sirius, Radio Hanukkah produced almost exclusively Jewish music selections, foregoing the comedy, Broadway, talk, and kids programming.

The following seasonal channels also aired on XM in past years:

* **Special XMas** – From 2001 to 2007, this seasonal incarnation of the defunct Special X channel featured novelty holiday music, from songs by the likes of Alvin and the Chipmunks and Barney, to parody songs from Bob Rivers and Weird Al Yankovic, to the more grown-up xL tastes from punk rock bands. Special XMas also aired online and on DirecTV.
* **Bing Crosby Christmas Radio** – Airing in 2008 and 2009 and hosted by members of the Crosby family, this channel featured more than twenty years of vintage Crosby radio specials.

### XM on AOL Radio

On 2008-04-30, the XM channels were no longer offered on AOL Radio, as AOL switched to CBS Radio for some of its content, thus ending a partnership between AOL and XM.

## On or after the Sirius and XM channel lineup merger

These actions took place on or after 2008-11-12, the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups.

### Channel mergers

These channels were merged with their Sirius counterpart to reduce redundancies across the two channel lineups:

### Defunct channels

These channels are no longer included in the XM part of the Sirius XM Radio platform:

* **BBC Radio 1** (XM29) – UK radio hits and chart hits, Removed from satellite delivery on 2011-08-10 for a new channel at 5:00 p.m., Studio 54 Radio.
* **U-Pop** (XM29) – Global Chart Hits and International Pop hits. Removed from satellite delivery on 2008-11-12 when the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups took place but continued on XM Online on XM31. Removed 2009-02-06 from XM Radio Online and DirecTV as 1worldspace prepared to cease operations resulting from its bankruptcy protection filing in October 2008.
* **The System** (XM82) – Various Electronic and Dance. Removed from satellite delivery on 2008-11-12 when the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups took place but continued on XM Online. Removed 2009-02-06 from XM Radio Online and DirecTV as 1worldspace prepared to cease operations resulting from its bankruptcy protection filing in October 2008.
* **World Zone** (XM90 Online) – World Music. Removed 2009-02-06 from XM Radio Online and DirecTV as 1worldspace prepared to cease operations resulting from its bankruptcy protection filing in October 2008.
* **Ngoma** (XM98 Online) – African Music. Removed 2009-02-06 from XM Radio Online and DirecTV as 1worldspace prepared to cease operations resulting from its bankruptcy protection filing in October 2008.
* **Fox Business Network** (XM136) – Business news. TV audio simulcast.
* **National Lampoon Comedy Radio** (XM154) – Comedy. Removed 2009-03-06 by Clear Channel.
* **WLW 700** (XM173) – News/Talk, UC and XU football/basketball play-by-play. Removed 2009-03-06 by Clear Channel.
* **XM Deportivo** (XM 147) – (in Spanish) Sports Talk and Play-by-Play. Removed 2010-07-01 and was replaced by Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio.

## Micro-channels

These channels are specialty themed channels aired to coincide with an event, or devoted to a single personality or musical artist:

* **Me-103** (XM 103) – In celebration of XM's 4 million subscribers, a contest was held for a listener to program his/her own channel for a day.
* **FIFA World Cup 2006** (XM 148) – Was the home for English World Cup Soccer Commentary and Play-by-Play. Added on 3/24/06. This station left the day after the completion of the 2006 World Cup. (Removed on 7/10/06.)
* **XM Green** (XM 200) – Between 2007-03-16 and 2007-03-18, this channel featured Irish folk music in honor of Saint Patrick's Day on channel 200. In 2008, XM Green preempted Fine Tuning on channel 76 from 2008-03-15 to 2008-03-17. On 2009-03-17, the format (renamed **Radio Ireland**) aired on XM channel 15, temporarily preempting The Village. On 2010-03-17, the format (once again renamed, to **St. Patty's Day Radio**) preempts The Spectrum on XM channel 45.
* **Play Ball!** (XM 120) – A special program of baseball-themed songs and spoken-word bits, timed to coincide with Opening Day of the Major League season. Aired on channel 200 between 2007-03-30 and 2007-04-02, and on channel 120 between 2008-03-29 and 2008-03-30.
* **Larry!** (XM 130) – Between 2007-04-16 and 2007-05-04, channel 130 featured replays of *The Larry King Show* along with interviews and new material. Originally scheduled for 5 days starting on 2007-04-16 the broadcast was extended and replayed the CNN coverage of *Larry King Live* that was aired during that week.
* **XM Summer** (XM 120) – This channel, featuring a marathon of summer-themed songs, first aired on channel 120 between 2007-06-20 and 2007-06-22. It re-aired on 2008-06-21.
* **Uncle Sam** (XM 120) – This channel, featuring patriotic American music for the Fourth of July, aired on channel 120 between 2007-07-03 and 2007-07-05. It re-aired on 2008-07-04.
* **Earth Sounds** (XM 39) – Between 2007-07-07 and 2007-07-09, this channel featured nature sounds of the earth, airing on channel 39. The micro-channel was a part of XM's Live Earth coverage.
* **Christmas In July** (XM 120) – Between 2007-07-25 and 2007-07-26, this channel featured popular Christmas-themed music in the middle of summer. The channel aired on XM Live 120.
* **Car-B-Q** (XM 120) – Between 2007-09-01 and 2007-09-03, this channel featured a mix of songs about traveling and Car music aired on XM Live Channel 120.
* **P.O.T.U.S \`08** (XM 130) – Produced in conjunction with C-SPAN and covering the 2008 U.S. presidential election, this channel launched on 2007-09-24 and was originally intended to run only until the election on 2008-11-04. However, as part of the Sirius/XM channel lineup merger on 2008-11-12, P.O.T.U.S \`08 was merged with Sirius' Indie Talk channel and rechristened as a permanent channel (P.O.T.U.S.) on both services.
* **Igor** (XM 120) – Between 2007-10-29 and 2007-11-01, this channel featured Halloween music and aired on XM Live Channel 120.
* **Party City** (XM 120) – Between 2007-12-26 and 2008-01-01, this channel featured a mix of music to bring in the New Year that aired on XM Live Channel 120. To ring in 2009, Party City was on Sirius channel 39 and XM channel 38 between 2008-12-30 and 2009-01-02.
* **XM LED: The Led Zeppelin Channel** (XM 59) – Between 2007-11-08 and 2008-03-08, this channel featured Led Zeppelin music 24/7 on channel 59. The channel, renamed **Led Zeppelin Radio**, re-aired on XM channel 39 and Sirius channel 12 from 2008-11-01 to 2008-12-31.
* **XM THRILLER** (XM 63) – Between 2008-03-01 and 2008-03-31, this channel featured Michael Jackson music 24/7 on channel 63, in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of Jackson's *Thriller* album.
* **Strait Country** (XM 17) – Between 2008-04-01 and 2008-05-31, this channel featured the music of country singer George Strait 24/7 on channel 17, temporarily pre-empting US Country.
* **Papal U.S. Visit '08** (XM 120) – Produced in conjunction with EWTN Global Catholic Network, this channel covered Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the U.S. on channel 120 from 2008-04-15 to 2008-04-20.
* **30 Days of Coldplay** (XM 51) – From 2008-07-15 to 2008-08-15, channel 51 played the music of Coldplay 24/7, along with interviews and exclusive live performances.
* **Mandatory Metallica** (XM 51) – From 2008-08-16 to 2008-09-30, channel 51 played the music of Metallica 24/7, along with interviews and exclusive live performances. It returned briefly from March 14 to April 13, 2009.
* **AC/DC Radio** (XM 53) – From 2008-09-15 to 2009-01-15, channel 53 played the music of AC/DC 24/7, along with interviews and exclusive live performances, temporarily preempting Fungus.
* **World Series Radio** (XM 55) – Essentially a retitled encore of the 'Play Ball!' microchannel (see above), 'World Series Radio' aired on 2008-10-26 to coincide with Game 4 of the 2008 World Series.
* **Fireman Radio** (XM 27 and SR 33) – From 2009-02-14 to 2009-03-13, this channel featured the music of Paul McCartney 24/7, along with exclusive interviews. Fireman Radio temporarily preempted The Bridge on XM channel 27 and Sirius channel 33.
* **Dave Matthews Band Radio** (XM 56 and SR 17) – From 2009-06-01 to 2009-06-08, this channel featured the music of rock band Dave Matthews Band 24/7, along with exclusive interviews. Dave Matthews Band Radio temporarily preempted Jam On on XM channel 56 and Sirius channel 17.
* **The Woodstock Channel** (XM 40 and SR 16) – From 2009-08-14 to 2009-08-16, this channel commemorated the 40th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival, with live and studio performances from the festival's participating artists as well as interviewers with the cast and crew of the film *Taking Woodstock*. The Woodstock Channel temporarily preempted Deep Tracks on XM channel 40 and Sirius channel 16.


title: Music Press

abstract: Music Press was a small music publishing firm based in New York City during the 1940s.

text:
# Music Press

**Music Press** was a small music publishing firm based in New York City during the 1940s.

## History

Founded in 1940, Music Press was based in New York City's Steinway Building in Midtown Manhattan. Richard Dana, a descendant of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Richard Henry Dana Jr., founded the music publishing firm in 1940 with his cousin, the music librarian Carleton Sprague Smith. The publisher was a conservative representation of the field, and included a New York University composer and a Boston-based music critic among its leadership. Dana was an outsider to New York's music scene and worked to befriend the city's composers. World War II interrupted the publisher's activities. After the war, Music Press began musical imprints based on individual performers, such as John Kirkpatrick's selections for American Piano Music. In 1948, the Music Library Association recognized five Music Press-published works as among its top ten for the year, including Ned Rorem's "The Lordly Hudson". The firm was the first to publish Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein's operas *Four Saints in Three Acts* and *The Mother of Us All*.

The publisher was run on a small budget and only had a single staff member. Composers frequently moved between the small music presses of the period. Even with donations from patrons, the firm's financials grew dire by 1948 and the press resorted to passing publishing costs to a composer. With the conclusion that the press had printed too many works too fast, Dana stopped Music Press's publishing in April 1949. A West Coast distribution contract, while explored, did not save the company from revenue issues. Mercury Music acquired Music Press in December 1949.


title: YO postcode area

abstract: The YO postcode area, also known as the York postcode area, is a group of 29 postcode districts in Yorkshire, England, within ten post towns. These cover most of Central and Eastern North Yorkshire and the northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The rest of North Yorkshire is split between the TS, DL, LA, BD, HG, DN, LS and WF postcode areas.

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# YO postcode area

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The **YO postcode area**, also known as the **York postcode area**, is a group of 29 postcode districts in Yorkshire, England, within ten post towns. These cover most of Central and Eastern North Yorkshire (including York, Scarborough, Pickering, Selby, Thirsk, Malton, Filey and Whitby) and the northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire (including Bridlington and Driffield). The rest of North Yorkshire is split between the TS, DL, LA, BD, HG, DN, LS and WF postcode areas.

## Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| YO1 | YORK | City Centre | York |
| YO7 | THIRSK | Thirsk, Dalton, Hambleton, Topcliffe | North Yorkshire |
| YO8 | SELBY | Selby, Barlby, Brayton, Breighton, Bubwith, Cawood, Camblesforth, Drax, Foggathorpe, Thorpe Willoughby, Wressle | North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire |
| YO10 | YORK | Fishergate, Fulford, Heslington, Osbaldwick, Tang Hall | York |
| YO11 | SCARBOROUGH | Scarborough (centre and south), Cayton, Eastfield | North Yorkshire |
| YO12 | SCARBOROUGH | Scarborough (north and west), Seamer | North Yorkshire |
| YO13 | SCARBOROUGH | Scalby, Burniston, Cloughton | North Yorkshire |
| YO14 | FILEY | Filey | North Yorkshire |
| YO15 | BRIDLINGTON | Bridlington (south and east), Bempton, Buckton, Carnaby, Flamborough, Fraisthorpe, Sewerby, Wilsthorpe | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| YO16 | BRIDLINGTON | Bridlington (north and west), Bempton, Bessingby, Boynton, Buckton, Carnaby, Grindale, Sewerby | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| YO17 | MALTON | Malton, Norton | North Yorkshire |
| YO18 | PICKERING | Pickering, Thornton-le-Dale | North Yorkshire |
| YO19 | YORK | Dunnington, Escrick, Wheldrake, Murton, Riccall, Stillingfleet, Warthill | York, North Yorkshire |
| YO21 | WHITBY | Whitby, Westerdale | North Yorkshire |
| YO22 | WHITBY | Robin Hood's Bay | North Yorkshire |
| YO23 | YORK | South Bank, Bishopthorpe, Copmanthorpe, Rufforth | York, North Yorkshire |
| YO24 | YORK | Acomb, Dringhouses, Woodthorpe | York |
| YO25 | DRIFFIELD | Driffield | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| YO26 | YORK | Acomb, Leeman Road Area, Upper Poppleton, Nether Poppleton, Green Hammerton | York, North Yorkshire |
| YO30 | YORK | Bootham, Clifton, Skelton, Linton-on-Ouse | York, North Yorkshire |
| YO31 | YORK | Heworth, Huntington (South), The Groves, Layerthorpe | York |
| YO32 | YORK | Haxby, Huntington (North), Wigginton, New Earswick, Stockton-on-the-Forest, Strensall | York |
| YO41 | YORK | Elvington, Full Sutton, Stamford Bridge, Sutton upon Derwent, Wilberfoss | York, East Riding of Yorkshire |
| YO42 | YORK | Pocklington, Barmby Moor, Melbourne, Seaton Ross | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| YO43 | YORK | Market Weighton, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| YO51 | YORK | Boroughbridge | North Yorkshire |
| YO60 | YORK | Sheriff Hutton | North Yorkshire |
| YO61 | YORK | Easingwold | North Yorkshire |
| YO62 | YORK | Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Nawton | North Yorkshire |
| YO90 | YORK | Large offices in Rougier Street and Wellington Row in York (geographically in YO1) | *non-geographic* |

## Map

Template:Attached KML/YO postcode areaKML is from Wikidata

## InfoBox

| York | |
| --- | --- |
| Postcode area | |
| YO | |
| Coordinates: 54°04′19″N 0°50′38″W / 54.072°N 0.844°W / 54.072; -0.844 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | YO |
| Postcode area name | York |
| Post towns | 10 |
| Postcode districts | 37 |
| Postcode sectors | 161 |
| Postcodes (live) | 18,600 |
| Postcodes (total) | 34,239 |
| Statistics as at May 2020 | |


abstract: Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ is a 1973 composition by American composer Steve Reich. The piece is scored for glockenspiels, marimbas, metallophone, women's voices, and organ, and runs about 17 minutes. The piece is in four sections, played without a break, marked off by changes in key and meter: 1) F dorian, in ⁳4 time; 2) A♭ dorian, in ⁲4; 3) B♭ minor, in ⁳4; and 4) D♭, in ⁳4. The piece features two interrelated musical processes: the building up of a duplicate of a preexisting pattern played by the marimbas and the glockenspiels, and the augmenting of repeated chord cadences of the women's voices and organ. The women's voices sing a simple vowel sound, ee, doubling upper notes of chords played by the organ. The decision to double organ and women's voices was made by Reich after several months of experimentation. First he tried doubling four wind instruments with two men's and two women's voices. One attempt along this line was made with two bass clarinets and two clarinets; another involved bass trombone, trombone, flugelhorn, and trumpet. He found that the performers, both the wind players and the vocalists, had difficulty keeping in tune for long chords. Reich substituted organ for the wind instruments, and then eliminated the men's voices to avoid a sound that was "too heavy and slow moving."

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# Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ

***Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ*** is a 1973 composition by American composer Steve Reich. The piece is scored for glockenspiels, marimbas, metallophone (vibraphone without resonator fans), women's voices, and organ, and runs about 17 minutes.

The piece is in four sections, played without a break, marked off by changes in key and meter: 1) F dorian, in **3**
**4** time; 2) A dorian, in **2**
**4**; 3) B minor, in **3**
**4**; and 4) D, in **3**
**4**.

The piece features two interrelated musical processes: the building up of a duplicate of a preexisting pattern played by the marimbas and the glockenspiels, and the augmenting (lengthening of the duration of notes) of repeated chord cadences of the women's voices and organ. The women's voices sing a simple vowel sound, *ee*, doubling upper notes of chords played by the organ.

The decision to double organ and women's voices was made by Reich after several months of experimentation. First he tried doubling four wind instruments with two men's and two women's voices. One attempt along this line was made with two bass clarinets and two clarinets; another involved bass trombone, trombone, flugelhorn, and trumpet. He found that the performers, both the wind players and the vocalists, had difficulty keeping in tune for long chords. Reich substituted organ for the wind instruments, and then eliminated the men's voices to avoid a sound that was "too heavy and slow moving."

* Reich, Steve (2002). *Writings on Music, 1965-2000*. USA: Oxford University Press. pp. 76–78. ISBN 0-19-511171-0.
* http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/catalogue/cat\_detail.asp?musicid=6361.


title: My Dead Body

abstract: My Dead Body is a 2009 pulp-noir / horror novel by American writer Charlie Huston. It is the fifth novel in the Joe Pitt Casebooks, following Every Last Drop. The series follows the life of the New York vampyre Joe Pitt, who works sometimes as an enforcer for various vampyre factions in New York and sometimes as a sort of detective.

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# My Dead Body

***My Dead Body*** is a 2009 pulp-noir / horror novel by American writer Charlie Huston. It is the fifth novel in the Joe Pitt Casebooks, following *Every Last Drop*. The series follows the life of the New York vampyre Joe Pitt, who works sometimes as an enforcer for various vampyre factions in New York and sometimes as a sort of detective.

## Plot summary

*My Dead Body* brings the story arc of the preceding four books of the Joe Pitt series to a close, as the rival vampyre factions of Manhattan Island face off.

## Characters

## InfoBox

My Dead Body
| First edition | |
| --- | --- |
| Author | Charlie Huston |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Detective
Noir
Modern fantasy
Thriller
Urban Fantasy |
| Publisher | Del Rey |
| Publication date | October 13, 2009 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print Paperback) |
| Pages | 336 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-345-49589-1 (first edition, paperback) |
| Preceded by | *Every Last Drop* |


title: My Life with Albertine

abstract: My Life with Albertine is a musical with music and lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon and book and lyrics Richard Nelson. The story was adapted from parts of the 1913-1927 seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. It ran Off-Broadway in 2003. The musical is set in a salle du théâtre in Paris, 1919. For much of the story, the Narrator stands beside a piano and speaks to the audience, as the curtain opens to reveal scenes from his life.

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# My Life with Albertine

***My Life with Albertine*** is a musical with music and lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon and book and lyrics Richard Nelson. The story was adapted from parts of the 1913-1927 seven-volume novel *In Search of Lost Time* by Marcel Proust. It ran Off-Broadway in 2003.

The musical is set in a *salle du théâtre* (private theatre in a home) in Paris, 1919. For much of the story, the Narrator stands beside a piano and speaks to the audience, as the curtain opens to reveal scenes from his life.

## Production

The musical opened Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on February 18, 2003 (previews) officially on March 13, and closed on March 30. The cast starred Kelli O'Hara as Albertine, Brent Carver as older Marcel and the Narrator, and Chad Kimball as young Marcel. The cast featured Donna Lynne Champlin as the grandmother, Emily Skinner as Mlle. Lea, a lesbian cabaret singer, Brooke Sunny Moriber, and Laura Woyasz. Directed by Richard Nelson and choreographed by Sean Curran, scenery was by Thomas Lynch, costumes by Susan Hilferty, lighting by James F. Ingalls, and sound by Scott Lehrer.

The musical received a 2003 nomination for the Drama League Award as Distinguished Production of a Musical. It received two 2003 Lucille Lortel Award nominations: Costume Design (Susan Hilferty) and Lighting Design (James F. Ingalls).

## Synopsis

### Act I

A young woman, Albertine, emerges through the curtain holding a letter, which she shares with the audience ("Is It Too Late?"). At its conclusion, the Narrator reveals, "That is the end. I will begin at the beginning — of my life with Albertine."

Marcel first met Albertine in a seaside village during the summer of 1898 ("Balbec-by-the-Sea"). He was only seventeen years old and immediately bewitched by her. Albertine is unlike anyone Marcel has ever encountered. With a black polo-cap pulled down over her forehead, she pushes along a bicycle and swinging her hips confidently. That night, unable to sleep, Marcel begs his Grandmother, with whom he is especially close, to sing him to sleep as she did when he was a child ("Lullaby"). A friend later tells him more about Albertine. She is an orphaned, middle-class girl who lives with her aunt. Intrigued, Marcel follows her down a path to the woods. At first spying on her, he eventually comes out and joins Albertine and her girlfriends in a game ("Ferret Song"). At the end of the summer, Albertine invites him to her hotel room, where he finds her alone and in her nightclothes. She shares with him a passionate poem she has been reading ("My Soul Weeps"), but when he tries to kiss her, she has him thrown out.

Back in Paris, Marcel's Grandmother dies. Feeling alone and adrift, Marcel begins to aimlessly attend adult "society" ("Talk About the Weather") while also trying to compose at the piano. One day Albertine suddenly arrives at his door. Now she allows — even encourages — his advances, and soon she sleeps with him, while the Narrator looks on ("The Different Albertines"). Having gotten what he wanted, Marcel breaks off the affair.

The following summer, Marcel avoids Albertine ("Sad Balbec"). He visits a seedy nightclub ("My Soul Weeps" — Tango) and discovers her dancing closely with another girl. Confused and excited, Marcel invites Albertine to tea at his hotel where they happen across a lesbian couple. Albertine assures him that she is not "that type" and after some hesitation, he believes her. Searching for words to express his feelings, Marcel asks the Narrator for help ("But What I Say"). Act I finishes as the Narrator closes the stage curtain and stands alone ("Song of Solitude")

### Act II

Marcel, Albertine and her friend Andrée visit an outdoor cabaret together featuring Mademoiselle Lea, a well-known lesbian singer ("I Want You"). To Marcel's dismay, Albertine is already acquainted with Lea and is cajoled to offer her own recital ("I Need Me a Girl"). Consumed with jealousy, Marcel takes Albertine back with him to Paris, where he locks her in his apartment. Trying to work, he is distracted by the nearly-nude Albertine as she sleeps on the sofa. When she wakes, the Narrator, Marcel and Albertine again find themselves at a loss for words ("But What I Say" — Reprise). As Albertine runs off to take a bath, Marcel and the Narrator imagine their worst fears coming to life ("Sometimes").

With Albertine out at the theatre, the cries of street vendors inspire Marcel to compose, but his work unravels as his obsession grows ("The Street"). That night, after an argument, Marcel and the Narrator reach a decision, but before he can tell Albertine that she must leave, his maid Françoise informs him that she has gone. Even with her departure, the war between the two Marcels and Albertine continues to escalate ("The Letters"), but a broken Marcel halts it by scribbling out a telegram begging her to return on any terms. Before he can send it, a messenger appears with news of her death.

One more letter from Albertine arrives in the morning mail. Marcel opens it and reads as the Narrator goes to the piano and takes out the "real" letter. It is aged, creased and stained ("Albertine's Last Letter"). Curtain.

With his story finished, the Narrator adds that there is one song that did not fit anywhere into his story, so he has put it here. He summons back Albertine to perform a simple, pure, straightforward love song ("If It Is True") — everything that Marcel and the Narrator have been seeking and never found. The End.

## Musical numbers

Source: *CurtainUp*

* Is It Too Late? – Albertine
* Balbec-by-the-Sea – Marcel, Narrator and Ensemble
* Lullaby – Grandmother
* Ferret Song – Albertine, Andrée, Rosemonde and Marcel
* My Soul Weeps – Albertine
* Talk About the Weather – Marcel
* The Different Albertines – Narrator
* Sad Balbec – Narrator and Marcel
* My Soul Weeps (Tango) – Rosemonde and Ensemble
* But What I Say – Narrator, Marcel and Albertine
* Song of Solitude – Narrator
* I Want You – Mademoiselle Lea
* I Need Me a Girl – Albertine and Ensemble
* But What I Say (Reprise) – Narrator, Marcel and Albertine
* Sometimes – Mademoiselle Lea, Rosemonde and Andrée
* The Street – Marcel and Ensemble
* The Letters – Albertine, Marcel, Narrator and Company
* Albertine's Last Letter – Narrator
* If It Is True – Albertine

## Recording

PS Classics released the cast album in October 2003. Steven Suskin called the score "evocative and often moving".

## InfoBox

| *My Life With Albertine* | |
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| Original Cast Album Cover | |
| Music | Ricky Ian Gordon |
| Lyrics | Ricky Ian Gordon and Richard Nelson |
| Book | Richard Nelson |
| Basis | *Albertine disparue* by Marcel Proust |
| Productions | 2003 Off-Broadway |


title: Mayonaka Punch

abstract: Mayonaka Punch Mayonaka Punch is an original Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works. The series is created by Dōga Tōkō Shōjo and directed by Shū Honma, with Hideaki Shirasaka serving as screenwriter, Ryōta Arima adapting Tsukasa Kotobuki's original character designs for animation, and tape and Raku composing the music. The anime aired from July to September 2024. A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomomi Usui began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine in March 2024, while a light novel adaptation written by Tsuzuro Hibi and illustrated by Tsukasa Kotobuki was published by Fujimi Shobo in July 2024.

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# Mayonaka Punch

***Mayonaka Punch*** (真夜中ぱんチ, *Mayonaka Panchi*, lit. "Midnight Punch") is an original Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works. The series is created by Dōga Tōkō Shōjo and directed by Shū Honma, with Hideaki Shirasaka serving as screenwriter, Ryōta Arima adapting Tsukasa Kotobuki's original character designs for animation, and tape and Raku composing the music. The anime aired from July to September 2024. A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomomi Usui began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's *Young Ace* magazine in March 2024, while a light novel adaptation written by Tsuzuro Hibi and illustrated by Tsukasa Kotobuki was published by Fujimi Shobo in July 2024.

## Premise

Masaki Sonoue, a "NewTuber", is kicked out of her existing group due to punching one of her collaborators. Desperately seeking to rebuild her online reputation, she meets Live, the leader of a group of vampires, who is obsessed with sucking her blood. Masaki makes a deal with Live: if she helps her go viral and attract 1 million subscribers, Live can feed on her.

## Characters

### Mayonaka Punch

Masaki Sonoue (園上 真咲, *Sonoue Masaki*) Voiced by: Ikumi Hasegawa A co-founder of the Hype-Girls NewTube channel who becomes disgraced in her field following a series of violent tendencies. As such, she works with Live in order to rebuild her broken reputation. However with fears of criticism after her scandal, she opts to stay behind the camera as the main editor and crew member of the Mayonaka Punch channel. Live (りぶ, *Ribu*) Voiced by: Fairouz Ai A vampire and the matriarch of Bonpai Manor. Having been asleep for 20 years, Live awakens after dreaming of Masaki and teams up with her to fulfil her need for blood consumption. Ichiko (苺子) Voiced by: Yuina Itō A vampire and Live's attendant. A small child vampire who handles the cooking and tasks around the house.  (譜風) Voiced by: Hina Yōmiya A vampire and Live's attendant. A shy teenage vampire who is good at singing while being a fujoshi. Tokage (十景) Voiced by: Hitomi Ueda A vampire and gambling addict. Yuki (ゆき) Voiced by: Ai Kayano A high-ranking vampire who watches over the residents of Bonpai Manjor to ensure their vampire abilities are not revealed to the public through their videos.

### NewTuber

Kikka (橘花) Voiced by: Chika Anzai Otomi (乙美) Voiced by: Reina Kondō Igito (異議人) Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto Tanbura (端ぶらー) Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita

### Other characters

Sakura Sonoue (園上 さくら, *Sonoue Sakura*) Voiced by: Manaka Iwami Masaki's younger sister.

## Media

### Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomomi Usui began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's *Young Ace* magazine on March 4, 2024. A single *tankōbon* volume has been released as of July 2024.

| No. | Release date | ISBN |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | July 4, 2024 | 978-4-04-115055-9 |

### Anime

On January 26, 2024, Kadokawa Corporation and P.A. Works announced they were producing the original anime television series, which aired from July 8 to September 23, 2024, on Tokyo MX, AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Gimmie Gimmie" (ギミギミ) performed by Live (Fairouz Ai), Ichiko (Yuina Itō), Fū (Hina Yōmiya), Tokage (Hitomi Ueda), and Yuki (Ai Kayano), while the ending theme song is "Henshū-ten" (編集点, lit.'Edit Point') performed by Masaki (Ikumi Hasegawa). Crunchyroll is streaming the series in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Middle East, the CIS, the Indian subcontinent, and Oceania. Medialink licensed the series in East and Southeast Asia for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.

#### Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "The Canceled Girl and the Sleepy Vampire"
Transliteration: "Enjō Musume to O Nebō Vanpaia" (Japanese: 炎上娘とお寝坊ヴァンパイア) | Shū Honma | Hideaki Shirasaka | Shū Honma | July 8, 2024 (2024-07-08) |
| Masaki Sonoue learns that she has been kicked off her own NewTube channel, Hype-Girls, after a series of arguments with her roommates that escalated into a physical altercation on stream. Masaki attempts to split off and do her own separate channel, but only trolls and angry former fans show up to her launch video and her audition call. Meanwhile, a vampire named Live wakes up in the Bonpai Manor to find that she has been asleep for 20 years, while their blood supplies (and funds) have gotten low. As Live's attendant Ichiko shows her what has changed in 2 decades, Live sees a video thumbnail about Masaki, and believes her to be the girl from her dreams. The following night, Masaki tries to get back to her streamer roots by filming inside an abandoned hospital, where Live is searching for blood packs. Live chases Masaki through the hospital, when she ends up falling off the roof, Live saves her, and asks to suck her blood. Masaki then makes a deal with Live, that let her suck all she wants if she can get a million subscribers on a NewTube channel. | | | | | | |
| 2 | "Starting a Channel! Good Morning from the Dead of Night!"
Transliteration: "Channeru Kaisetsu! Mayonaka Nanoni Ohhayō!" (Japanese: チャンネル開設！真夜中なのにおっはよー！) | Tatsuya Sasaki | Hideaki Shirasaka | Shū Honma | July 15, 2024 (2024-07-15) |
| Masaki manages the "Chu-Chu Girls" channel consisting of Live and her attendants, Ichiko and Fu, as they perform several stunts with their vampire powers and make several short videos together, with a footnote that the actions are special effects to avoid suspicion. To Masaki's surprise, the channel eventually reaches a half-million viewers. However, another vampire named Yuki wakes up at the Manor and demands that Live and Masaki delete the channel before "Mother" finds out that they are using their vampire powers in public view. Masaki reluctantly deletes the channel and gets depressed at falling back into obscurity, but Live stops by her window and reminds her of why she wanted to make videos in the first place. Masaki comes back to the Bonpai Manor with Live and the vampire girls decide to go behind Yuki's back to restart their NewTube channel under the name "Mayonaka Punch." | | | | | | |
| 3 | "A New Member Joins! Dead or Alive"
Transliteration: "Shin Menbā Kanyū de Deddo oa Araibu" (Japanese: 新メンバー加入で DEAD or ALIVE) | Tomoaki Ohta | Seiichiro Mochizuki | Shū Honma | July 22, 2024 (2024-07-22) |
| The Mayonaka Punch channel struggles to reach a fraction of the popularity of the Chu-Chu Girls due to being unable to use their vampiric powers for stunts without attracting Yuki's attention. The channel attracts the attention of another vampire and gambling addict, Tokage. After dismissing her ideas out of hand, Masaki stumbles upon Tokage's room in the Manor, which is buried in old garbage. Masaki decides to use the opportunity to show Mayonaka Punch cleaning out the garbage. Tokage is fine at first, but after hearing that they won't make much money from the video, gets into a fight with Live that escalates outside the manor. Yuki then appears and destroys both SD cards containing the footage, promising to not tell Mother if they each eat a plate full of peeled garlic cloves. Tokage gets Masaki to turn their punishment into a video. The garlic makes the vampires go crazy, but the video later gets 12,000 views. A few days later, Masaki decides to move into the manor, while Tokage is angry at hearing that the channel isn't monetized yet. | | | | | | |
| 4 | "The Star of the Next Video is Who?"
Transliteration: "Tsugi no Kikaku no Shuyaku Fū?" (Japanese: 次の企画の主役はwho?) | Aya Kobayashi | Yumi Suzumori | Kotomi Deai | July 29, 2024 (2024-07-29) |
| Several years ago, Fu formed a musical duo with a girl named Aya. However, Fu ran away from their audition, as she didn't want to expose herself as a vampire. In the present, Masaki stumbles across Fu's old musical tapes, and tries to convince Fu to do a cover song for the NewTube channel, but Fu refuses. Masaki and the other girls pore through various sources to try to find what happened to Aya, and track her down to a club in New York City. When Masaki leaves the address behind on the piano, Fu goes to NYC herself. She later returns to Bonpai Manor, after speaking to the club owner, who reveals that Aya passed away and left behind her own guitar. The man lets Fu take the case with the guitar, and in the case is a video disc where Aya recorded her last message. Fu cries about her regrets not being able to go pro with her, and later performs a cover song for the Mayonaka Punch channel. | | | | | | |
| 5 | "Blood-or-Die! Desert Island Survival"
Transliteration: "Chi Shi! Mujintō Sabaibaru" (Japanese: 血死！無人島サバイバル) | Yuri Hagiwara | Seiichiro Mochizuki | Junichi Sakata | August 5, 2024 (2024-08-05) |
| With Masaki feeling stressed out from trying to grow the channel, she challenges Live to direct the other girls as a group by spending a week on a desert island and filming it as a survival challenge. Though Live manages to convince Ichiko, Fu, and Tokage to go along, she struggles with keeping the group on task and stopping them from using their vampire powers on camera. Unfortunately, bigger problems arise when Tokage discovers the group forgot to take blood packs with them, and a typhoon suddenly passes by the island, trapping them there while Masaki is none the wiser. As the group begins transforming into bat forms from lack of blood, Live has a dream of Masaki again, before she wakes up to find the actual Masaki feeding her a blood pack, having convinced Yuki to take both her and the blood supplies to the island once the typhoon passed. | | | | | | |
| 6 | "Ichiko's Wish"
Transliteration: "Ichiko no Negai" (Japanese: 苺子の願い) | Aya Kobayashi | Yumi Suzumori | Katsumi Terahigashi | August 12, 2024 (2024-08-12) |
| After Tokage destroys a large section of the Bonpai Manor during drunken antics and gains some media attention, Mother (through Yuki) calls for the Bonpai Manor to be demolished and for its residents to be moved into a different home before humanity discovers the existence of vampires. However, Ichiko wants to stay in the manor, telling Masaki about her past. After Masaki takes drastic measures to get the girls to eat dinner together, Ichiko proposes a special show to convince Mother to not demolish the manor. The other vampire girls play a concert on a stream in front of Mother to show how they've grown over the years, but Yuki is unmoved. However, after the Bonpai residents tearfully plead for mercy, Mother gives them six months to gain a million viewers before she officially orders the Manor's demolition. | | | | | | |
| 7 | "Your Faves Are Adorbs, Hit That Subscribe"
Transliteration: "Oshi wa Tōtoshi Oseyo Tōroku" (Japanese: 推しは尊し押せよ登録) | Takeyuki Sadohara | Hideaki Shirasaka | Takeshi Furuta | August 19, 2024 (2024-08-19) |
| The channel continues to have trouble attracting new subscribers, despite Masaki taking efforts to increase the output of videos, overworking herself to edit them all. After the vampires attempt to edit the videos while Masaki is incapacitated, resulting in an argument, Fu helps her realise the importance of establishing an authentic connection with viewers to build an audience. Masaki realises that she had been editing away the "best parts", by removing segments that show the girls' personalities to pursue a more polished product. | | | | | | |
| 8 | "Starring in TSUMA FES Extreme!"
Transliteration: "Sansen! Tsuma Fesu・Kiwami" (Japanese: 参戦！TSUMA FES・極) | Tomoaki Ohta | Seiichiro Mochizuki | Naokatsu Tsuda | August 26, 2024 (2024-08-26) |
| The girls head to a NewTuber collaboration event. Initially Mayopan's efforts fail, as each of the girls perform poorly in their challenges: having stagefright, being too lazy to take part in a game event, misreading instructions, or getting drunk. For their final event, an idol performance, the power fails. Masaki identifies and fights with the culprit as the other vampires do a successful performance in the dark. | | | | | | |
| 9 | "Welcome. This Is Your Family Home Now!"
Transliteration: "Okaeri. Koko ga Ima Kara Anta no Jikka da!" (Japanese: お帰り。ここが今からあんたの実家だ！) | Masanori Miyata | Yumi Suzumori | Yoshiyuki Asai | September 2, 2024 (2024-09-02) |
| During the winter break, Masaki returns to her family home to look after her little sister. The vampires soon follow after, and Masaki devises a video idea where each of the vampires would pretend that Masaki's sister is her own. Gradually this reveals the difficult relationship between the two, until Masaki and her sister reconcile. | | | | | | |
| 10 | "Rampage × Fateful Showdown!"
Transliteration: "Bōsō × Innen no Taiketsu!" (Japanese: 暴走 × 因縁の対決！) | Shun Tsuchida | Yumi Suzumori | Goichi Iwahata | September 9, 2024 (2024-09-09) |
| Intent on having Masaki appear on camera once again, Ichiko makes a video hinting at a new member. This leads Yuki is believe she is being invited to join Mayonaka Punch. Meanwhile, Masaki meets up with her former NewTuber partners, deciding to start appearing in videos again. However, before that, her identity and past exploits are revealed online, leading to many negative comments. | | | | | | |
| 11 | "Announcement: Gone Missing"
Transliteration: "\[Gohōkoku\] Shissō Shimashita" (Japanese: 「ご報告」失踪しました) | Megumi Soga | Hideaki Shirasaka | Katsumi Terahigashi | September 16, 2024 (2024-09-16) |
| One month is left before the deadline to get a million subscribers. Hounded by negative comments, Masaki leaves the house, insulting Live in the process. While enjoying a break from NewTube work, Masaki finds out what Live has disappeared and the rest of Mayonaka Punch have stopped posting videos. Returning, she finds Banpai Manor being prepared for demolition and herself being shadowed by mysterious figures. She is rescued by the remaining members of the channel, who tell her that the deadline has been moved up, and they are planning one last livestream to save the Manor, and convince Live to return. The group hole up in the hospital where Live and Masaki met while hunters sent by the Mother vampire surround them. | | | | | | |
| 12 | "The Last Live Stream" | Shū Honma | Hideaki Shirasaka | Shū Honma | September 23, 2024 (2024-09-23) |
| The remaining members of Mayonaka Punch are taken out one by one until Masaki is all that remains. Masaki makes an emotional appeal to Live while trying to evade capture. Cornered on the roof of the hospital, she acknowledges that despite the negative attention she has gotten, she has supporters as well, and affirms that she makes videos because she enjoys it. Trying to leap to another roof, she falls, and is saved by Live once again. Then she realises that Live had been in disguise as a hunter all along. Indeed, the whole thing is revealed as a prank played on her. Live explains that Masaki saved her life twenty years ago as a young child, saying they are destined to be together. Masaki punches Live in the face. | | | | | | |

### Light novel

A light novel adaptation written by Tsuzuro Hibi and illustrated by Tsukasa Kotobuki was published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint on July 20, 2024.

## InfoBox

| Mayonaka Punch | |
| --- | --- |
| Key visual | |
| 真夜中ぱんチ
(*Mayonaka Panchi*) | |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Dōga Tōkō Shōjo |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Dōga Tōkō Shōjo |
| Illustrated by | Tomomi Usui |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | *Young Ace* |
| Demographic | *Seinen* |
| Original run | March 4, 2024 – present |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shū Honma |
| Written by | Hideaki Shirasaka |
| Music by | * tape * Raku |
| Studio | P.A. Works |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, AT-X, BS11, KBS Kyoto, SUN, TUT |
| Original run | July 8, 2024  September 23, 2024 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Tsuzuro Hibi |
| Illustrated by | Tsukasa Kotobuki |
| Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
| Imprint | Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Published | July 20, 2024 |


title: Lisa Saksida

abstract: Lisa Marie Saksida is a Canadian neuroscientist. She is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Western Ontario's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. Since 2000, Saksida has worked on the development of a touchscreen-based cognitive assessment system specifically for mouse models.

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# Lisa Saksida

**Lisa Marie Saksida** is a Canadian neuroscientist. She is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Western Ontario's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. Since 2000, Saksida has worked on the development of a touchscreen-based cognitive assessment system specifically for mouse models.

## Early life and education

Saksida is a native of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Western Ontario before flying West for her Master's degree at the University of British Columbia. She eventually left Canada for her second master's degree at the University of Edinburgh before finally returning to North America for her PhD at Carnegie Mellon University. Saksida received a grant from the Alberta Heritage Scholarships Fund to support her doctoral studies. Her thesis, conducted under advisor James McClelland, was titled *The Interaction of Perception and Cognition: A Competitive Connectionist Model of the Effects of Experience on Perceptual Representations.* Following her PhD, she held a Fogarty Fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health but left this after a year to take up a Pinsent Darwin Research Associateship at the University of Cambridge.

## Career

Saksida and her husband, Timothy John Bussey, worked together at the University of Cambridge for 15 years where they specialized in understanding cognition. During their tenure in England, she was a principal investigator in the Translational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab where she researched the fundamental psychological processes involved in memory and perception. In this role, she co-developed a touchscreen method for cognitive testing of rodents. They built a toaster oven sized chamber to house test mice and test their cognitive ability by using IPads. Saksida and her husband eventually left Cambridge for her alma mater, the University of Western Ontario, in 2016.

As a full professor at the University of Western Ontario, Saksida was appointed a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Translational Cognitive Neuroscience to support her research in 2017. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Saksida was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for being "a world pioneer in developing touchscreen technology that helps researchers test cognition in mouse models of brain disease in a way that is relevant to human patients." She also worked in partnership with the Alzheimer Society London and Middlesex (ASLM) and the Alzheimer Society of Ontario to better understand the experiences of care partners in southwestern Ontario during the pandemic. Later, Saksida's research was also recognized with an election to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and honoured as one of the WXN Top 100 "for outstanding Canadian women who advocate for workforce diversity and inspire tomorrow’s leaders."

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| Lisa Saksida | |
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| Spouse | Timothy John Bussey |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada , Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | BSc, Psychology, University of Western Ontario
MA, Biopsychology, University of British Columbia
MSc, Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh
PhD, Robotics and Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Thesis | *The Interaction of Perception and Cognition: A Competitive Connectionist Model of the Effects of Experience on Perceptual Representations* (1999) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
University of Cambridge |
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title: Tommy Drennan

abstract: Thomas Drennan was an Irish singer.

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# Tommy Drennan

**Thomas Drennan** (1941 or 1942 – 11 July 2024) was an Irish singer.

## Life and career

Drennan was born in 1941 or 1942, in the Janesboro area of Limerick and was educated at Presentation Convent before moving to Limerick CBS. He was first introduced to singing when he joined the local church choir as an 11-year-old boy soprano. Drennan's 1953 rendition of *O Holy Night* brought him to prominence. He later studied voice at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. During this time Drennan was first prize winner at the Feis Ceoil, appeared on several half-hour programmes of classical songs for Radio Éireann, and also appeared regularly on Ulster Television in *Teatime With Tommy*.

Drennan toured as lead singer with *The Freshmen* before later becoming lead singer with the Limerick-based showband *The Monarchs*. The band released several albums under the EMI label and had numerous hit singles which reached number one in the Irish Charts, including a 1972 version of *O Holy Night* which merged his original 1953 recording with a contemporary version. Drennan also reached the semi-finals of the 1968 National Contest.

Drennan died at the age of 82 at Milford Care Centre on 11 July 2024.


title: Stephen Manes

abstract: Stephen Manes is an American author, magazine columnist, and screenwriter known for the 2011 nonfiction book Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet. Its subject, the workings of a ballet company, marked a significant departure for an author best known for his journalism on technology and his books for children.

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# Stephen Manes

**Stephen Manes** (born January 8, 1949) is an American author, magazine columnist, and screenwriter known for the 2011 nonfiction book *Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet.* Its subject, the workings of a ballet company, marked a significant departure for an author best known for his journalism on technology and his books for children.

## Early life and education

Born and raised in Pittsburgh. He attended the University of Chicago and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in cinema from the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.

## Career

Manes wrote the "Digital Tools" column that appeared in every issue of *Forbes* from August 1998 until February 2007, when he announced a six-month "break" after his review of Windows Vista. From April 1995 to December 2008, he also wrote the "Full Disclosure" column anchoring the back page of *PC World.* Manes was also co-host and co-executive editor of the public television series *PC World's Digital Duo*, a program he helped create.

Manes was previously the Personal Computers columnist for the Science Times section of *The New York Times* and a regular columnist for *InformationWeek.* He wrote about technology since 1982 as a columnist and contributing editor for *PCMag*, *PC/Computing*, *PC Sources*, *PCjr*, and *NetGuide.* The now defunct *Marketing Computers* named him one of the four most influential writers about the computer industry and called him "a strong critical voice."

Manes co-authored the best-selling biography *Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry—and Made Himself the Richest Man in America.* He also wrote *The Complete MCI Mail Handbook* and programmed much of the *Starfixer* and *UnderGround WordStar* software packages.

Manes is also the author of more than 30 books for children and young adults, including the *Publishers Weekly* bestseller *Make Four Million Dollars by Next Thursday!* and the award-winning *Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!,* which was adapted for the public television series *WonderWorks*. His books include *Chicken Trek* and *The Obnoxious Jerks* and have won a commendation from the National Science Foundation and International Reading Association Children's Choice awards. His writing credits also include television series and the 1976 film *Mother, Jugs & Speed*.

Manes has served as an elected member of the National Council of the Authors Guild, the country's oldest organization of book authors.

## Personal life

Manes lives in Seattle with his wife, Susan Kocik.

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| Stephen Manes | |
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| Born | (1949-01-08) January 8, 1949<br>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | University of Southern California (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Author **·** magazine columnist **·** screenwriter |
| Spouse | Susan Kocik |