title: Grapeville, Pennsylvania

abstract: Grapeville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 676 at the time of the 2000 census.

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# Grapeville, Pennsylvania

**Grapeville** is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 676 at the time of the 2000 census.

## Geography

Grapeville is located at 40°19′29″N 79°36′25″W / 40.32472°N 79.60694°W / 40.32472; -79.60694 (40.324588, -79.606937).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), all of it land.

## Demographics

Historical population
| Census | Pop. | Note |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2020 | 499 |  |  |
| U.S. Decennial Census | | | |

At the time of the 2000 census there were 676 people, 260 households, and 187 families living in the CDP.

The population density was 5,160.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,992.5/km2). There were 277 housing units at an average density of 2,114.6 per square mile (816.5/km2).

The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.96% White, 0.15% African American, 0.15% Asian, 0.30% from other races, and 0.44% from two or more races.

Of the 260 households 30.8% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 54.6% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.7% were non-families. 22.7% of households were one person and 13.1% had one person who was aged sixty-five or older.

The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.08.

The age distribution was 23.7% under the age of eighteen, 9.2% from eighteen to twenty-four, 29.6% from twenty-five to forty-four, 22.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 15.1% who were aged sixty-five or older. The median age was thirty-eight years.

For every one hundred females, there were 80.3 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 82.3 males.

The median household income was $29,886 and the median family income was $33,438. Males had a median income of $32,083 compared with that of $18,661 for females.

The per capita income for the CDP was $10,824.

Roughly 8.1% of families and 12.9% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 28.3% of those who were under the age of eighteen. No one who was aged sixty-five or older was living in poverty.

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2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
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4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
5. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

## InfoBox

| Grapeville | |
| --- | --- |
| CDP | |
| GrapevilleLocation within the U.S. state of PennsylvaniaGrapevilleGrapeville (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°19′29″N 79°36′25″W / 40.32472°N 79.60694°W / 40.32472; -79.60694 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Westmoreland |
| Area | |
| Total | 0.13 sq mi (0.33 km2) |
| Land | 0.13 sq mi (0.33 km2) |
| Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
| Total | 499 |
| Density | 3,929.13/sq mi (1,522.92/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 42-30512 |


title: Post Office Square, Boston

abstract: Post Office Square in Boston, Massachusetts, is a square located in the financial district at the intersection of Milk, Congress, Pearl and Water Streets. It was named in 1874 after the United States Post Office and Sub-Treasury which fronted it, now replaced by the John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse. The square is almost entirely occupied by a privately owned and managed but publicly accessible park, Norman B. Leventhal Park, named for the Boston building manager and designer who designed it. It sits above a parking garage, named "The Garage at Post Office Square." The garage descends to 80 feet (24 m) below the surface, at the time one of the deepest points of excavation in the city. Revenues from parking fund the maintenance of the park. The 1.7-acre (0.69 ha) park is a popular lunchtime destination for area workers. It features a café, fountains, and a pergola around a central lawn, and the management provides seat cushions for visitors during the summer. Designed by landscape architects The Halvorson Company in collaboration with Ellenzweig Architects, the park is also home to "125 species of plants."

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# Post Office Square, Boston

**Post Office Square** (est. 1874) in Boston, Massachusetts, is a square located in the financial district at the intersection of Milk, Congress, Pearl and Water Streets. It was named in 1874 after the United States Post Office and Sub-Treasury which fronted it, now replaced by the John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse.

The square is almost entirely occupied by a privately owned and managed but publicly accessible park, Norman B. Leventhal Park, named for the Boston building manager and designer who designed it. It sits above a parking garage, named "The Garage at Post Office Square." The garage descends to 80 feet (24 m) below the surface, at the time one of the deepest points of excavation in the city. Revenues from parking fund the maintenance of the park. The 1.7-acre (0.69 ha) park is a popular lunchtime destination for area workers. It features a café, fountains, and a pergola around a central lawn, and the management provides seat cushions for visitors during the summer. Designed by landscape architects The Halvorson Company in collaboration with Ellenzweig Architects, the park is also home to "125 species of plants."

## History

In the 18th century, rope manufacturers occupied the area, then it became a residential district, and later a business and commercial area. The Great Boston fire of 1872 swept through the area, and as rebuilding began the area began to be called Post Office Square after the new United States Post Office and Sub-Treasury Building which faced the square.

In 1874, the headquarters of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, designed by Nathaniel Bradlee, was erected in the square on the site of what is now Norman B. Leventhal Park. This building was demolished in 1945, and a large parking garage which filled the area of the present park was erected, being completed in 1954.

Post Office Square was the site of a 1964 speech by Lyndon B. Johnson.

There was a transformer explosion and fire in the One Post Office Square building in December 1986. An electric company worker was killed but it was after normal business hours and the building was able to be evacuated with only a few injuries.

The above-ground parking garage was demolished in 1988. The new garage, entirely underground, was opened in 1990 at a cost of $18 million, and the park above it was completed in 1992.

## Major buildings

Significant buildings on the square include the following:

42°21′23″N 71°03′21″W / 42.356260°N 71.055707°W / 42.356260; -71.055707

## InfoBox

| Post Office Square | |
| --- | --- |
| Square in Boston | |
| The Langham Hotel is situated along the northeastern edge of the square. Norman B. Leventhal park is also visible in the foreground. | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| City | Boston |
| District | Financial District |
| Boundaries | Franklin Street, Congress Street, Milk Street, Pearl Street |
| Historical features | Norman B. Leventhal park |


title: Mark Kemp

abstract: Mark Kemp is an American music journalist and author. A graduate of East Carolina University, he has served as music editor for Rolling Stone and vice president of music editorial for MTV Networks. In 1997 he received a Grammy nomination for his liner notes to the CD Farewells & Fantasies, a retrospective of music by '60s protest singer Phil Ochs. His book Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South was published by Free Press/Simon & Schuster in 2004 and issued in soft cover by the University of Georgia Press in 2006. Kemp began his journalism career as a newspaper reporter at the Times-News, and later as an editor at the science magazine Discover. In the late 1980s, he began writing for the alternative music and culture magazine Option. The Los Angeles–based publication was one of the chief chroniclers of the post-punk independent alternative rock, hip-hop, experimental jazz, electronica, and avant-garde music scenes, as well as a rich source of information on so-called world music. Kemp became the editor of Option in 1991, the year Nirvana's breakthrough album Nevermind stormed the pop charts. Option's visibility in the early '90s led to Kemp's hirings at Rolling Stone and MTV. During Kemp's tenure at Rolling Stone, several acts made first-time appearances on the magazine's cover including Beck, Marilyn Manson, The Prodigy and Sean Combs. Kemp also was responsible for assigning a controversial investigative cover story on Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder, reported by a team of three journalists, staff writers John Colapinto, Matt Hendrickson and Eric Boehlert, and without Vedder's cooperation. At MTV Kemp was part of a team responsible for launching the popular daytime music-video series Total Request Live; he also helped develop shows for MTV's sister station VH1. Kemp left MTV in 2000 to focus on writing his social/cultural memoir Dixie Lullaby, in which he revisited the southern rock of his youth and examined its social and psychological impact on young Southerners in the years following the civil rights movement. In 2002 he returned to his home state of North Carolina, where he served as entertainment editor of The Charlotte Observer and editor in chief of the alternative weekly Creative Loafing. From 2014 to 2016, Kemp served briefly as the editor of Acoustic Guitar (magazine) and SF Weekly in the San Francisco Bay Area, but returned to North Carolina where he serves as senior editor at Our State.

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# Mark Kemp

**Mark Kemp** (born April 10, 1960) is an American music journalist and author. A graduate of East Carolina University, he has served as music editor for *Rolling Stone* and vice president of music editorial for MTV Networks. In 1997 he received a Grammy nomination for his liner notes to the CD *Farewells & Fantasies*, a retrospective of music by '60s protest singer Phil Ochs. His book *Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South* was published by Free Press/Simon & Schuster in 2004 and issued in soft cover by the University of Georgia Press in 2006.

Kemp began his journalism career as a newspaper reporter at the *Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina)*, and later as an editor at the science magazine *Discover*. In the late 1980s, he began writing for the alternative music and culture magazine *Option*. The Los Angeles–based publication was one of the chief chroniclers of the post-punk independent alternative rock, hip-hop, experimental jazz, electronica, and avant-garde music scenes, as well as a rich source of information on so-called world music. Kemp became the editor of *Option* in 1991, the year Nirvana's breakthrough album *Nevermind* stormed the pop charts. *Option'*s visibility in the early '90s led to Kemp's hirings at *Rolling Stone* and MTV.

During Kemp's tenure at *Rolling Stone*, several acts made first-time appearances on the magazine's cover including Beck, Marilyn Manson, The Prodigy and Sean Combs. Kemp also was responsible for assigning a controversial investigative cover story on Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder, reported by a team of three journalists, staff writers John Colapinto (now at The New Yorker), Matt Hendrickson (Garden and Gun) and Eric Boehlert (Media Matters), and without Vedder's cooperation. At MTV Kemp was part of a team responsible for launching the popular daytime music-video series *Total Request Live*; he also helped develop shows for MTV's sister station VH1.

Kemp left MTV in 2000 to focus on writing his social/cultural memoir *Dixie Lullaby*, in which he revisited the southern rock of his youth and examined its social and psychological impact on young Southerners in the years following the civil rights movement. In 2002 he returned to his home state of North Carolina, where he served as entertainment editor of *The Charlotte Observer* and editor in chief of the alternative weekly *Creative Loafing*. From 2014 to 2016, Kemp served briefly as the editor of *Acoustic Guitar (magazine)* and *SF Weekly* in the San Francisco Bay Area, but returned to North Carolina where he serves as senior editor at *Our State*.

## InfoBox

| Mark Kemp | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Born | (1960-04-10) April 10, 1960
Asheboro, North Carolina |
| Occupation | Author, journalist |
| Genre | Music
pop culture |


title: Motoki Nishimura

abstract: Motoki Nishimura Motoki Nishimura is a Japanese former judoka who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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# Motoki Nishimura

**Motoki Nishimura** (西村 昌樹, *Nishimura Motoki*, born 8 June 1947) is a Japanese former judoka who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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Motoki Nishimura
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1947-06-08) 8 June 1947 |
| Occupation | Judoka |
| Sport | |
| Country | Japan |
| Sport | Judo |
| Weight class | +93 kg |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic Games | (1972) |
| Asian Champ. | (1972) |
| Medal record      Men's judo   Representing   Japan   Olympic Games   1972 Munich  +93 kg  Asian Championships   1972 Kaohsiung  Open  Summer Universiade   1967 Tokyo  +93 kg | |
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| Profile at external databases | |
| IJF | 54557 |
| JudoInside.com | 5447 |
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| Updated on 24 June 2023 | |


title: Marj Heyduck

abstract: Marjorie Irene Evers "Marj" Heyduck (1913–1969) was a reporter, columnist and editor for the Dayton Herald, Dayton Press, Dayton Journal, Dayton Journal-Herald, and Dayton Daily News from 1936 to 1969. She also hosted a radio show from 1939 to 1941.

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# Marj Heyduck

**Marjorie Irene Evers "Marj" Heyduck** (1913–1969) was a reporter, columnist and editor for the *Dayton Herald*, *Dayton Press*, *Dayton Journal*, *Dayton Journal-Herald*, and *Dayton Daily News* from 1936 to 1969. She also hosted a radio show from 1939 to 1941.

## Early life and education

Heyduck was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1913 to Robert C. Evers and Helen M. Rhoads, one of three children. She graduated from Stivers High School in 1931, and from Ohio State University with a degree in journalism.

## Columnist

Heyduck's columns, published under the title "Third and Main," between 1943 and 1969, were "the most popular" of the paper's morning columns and were collected into three books. The *Dayton Daily News* said, "\[s\]he moved up the ranks at the *Journal Herald* quickly, but it was her popular column and interesting hats that brought her fame." Roz Young, who succeeded her, called her "a celebrity. 'Look,' people said in reverent tones ... That's Marj Heyduck.'"

She wrote a feature column on wrestling for the *Dayton Herald*'s sports department in the 1940s, and was friends with Gorgeous George, whom she took to her hairdresser to have his famous blond locks restyled. Her columns occasionally covered the elegant "Tea with Marj" events held throughout the area to which she invited "lady wrestlers."

Her career started in 1936 in the women's page department at the *Dayton Herald*. She moved to the weekly *Dayton Press*, returned to the *Dayton Herald* in 1943 as a general assignment reporter, and started her popular column there in 1944. She was named editor of the women's department at the *Herald* in 1948. When the *Dayton Journal* and the *Dayton Herald* merged in 1949, she was named women's editor of the *Journal Herald*. In 1966, she became assistant to the editor of the newspaper, then Glenn Thompson, and editorship of the women's page was taken over by Virginia Hunt.

## Impact

Heyduck was "famous" for being "The Woman in the Hat." Her daily column dingbat featured a photograph of her in a different hat every day; every month she "hauled in 25 new hats to be photographed in" for the next month's columns, leaving the daily's photographers "fearing for their sanity," for a total of 2,776 hats and photographs over the course of her career. The *Dayton Daily News* called her "legendary".

She was "one of the early advocates" for redevelopment of the Dayton Arcade, writing in a 1967 column, "How can we get shoppers to the heart of Dayton every day? Restore the arcade to its rightful elegance." In 1980, the newly refurbished arcade named their new vendor pushcarts after her.

Heyduck also had a daily radio show on WING from 1939 to 1941, and was a motivational speaker.

Heyduck's obituary was read into the Congressional Record by Representative Charles Whalen.

## Personal life

She married Emerson C. Heyduck, an insurance agent, in 1934 and was widowed in 1953. They had no children.

## Awards and honors

Heyduck won over 75 journalism awards over her career, earning her a national reputation.

* National Headliners Award (1946)
* United Press International Best Column in Ohio (1963)
* Penney-Missouri Award for Excellence, Women's Pages (1964)

She regularly led discussions at seminars for women's page editors, appearing at Columbia University's American Press Institute 23 times between 1952 and 1968, and at state press associations in California, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania.

## Bibliography

* *The Best of Marj* (1962)
* *The Anniversary Marj* (1964)
* *The Third Marj* (1966)

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| Marj Heyduck | |
| --- | --- |
| "The Woman in the Hat" | |
| Born | Marjorie Irene Evers
June 24, 1913
Dayton, Ohio |
| Died | September 15, 1969(1969-09-15) (aged 56) |
| Resting place | Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum |
| Occupation | Columnist, journalist |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
| Years active | 1936–1969 |


title: Midnight Mass (short story collection)

abstract: Midnight Mass is a collection of 12 works of short fiction by Paul Bowles, published in 1981 by Black Sparrow Press. The volume is the fifth collection of Bowles’s work, much of which is re-published material.

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# Midnight Mass (short story collection)

**Midnight Mass** is a collection of 12 works of short fiction by Paul Bowles, published in 1981 by Black Sparrow Press. The volume is the fifth collection of Bowles’s work, much of which is re-published material.

## The Stories

“Midnight Mass”
“The Little House”
“The Dismissal”
“Here to Learn”
“Madame and Ahmed”
“Kitty”
“The Husband”
“At the Krungthep Plaza”
“The Empty Amulet”
“Bouayad and the Money”
“Rumor and a Ladder”
“The Eye”
“In the Red Room”

## Critical Assessment

Biographer Allen Hibbard reports that Midnight Mass offers “many splendid stories, demonstrating the author’s versatility and mastery of the genre…his characteristic sense of sureness and economy is as sharp as ever.” Literary critic Francine Prose, commenting on“The Eye”, a detective-like tale from the volume, writes:

> What is immediately striking--and particularly characteristic of Bowles's fiction--is the distanced, clinical, quietly confident, and authoritative tone; the rigorously unadorned, quasi-journalistic prose style; the sleek, controlled elegance of his sentences…Bowles's approach to his material and to his characters is relentlessly anthropological, unbiased by either contempt and derision on the one hand or by sympathy and affection on the other, reflecting no particular tribal loyalties of his own.

Prose argues that the “complex and relatively genial” story “Here to Learn” provides a corrective to a literary article of faith:

> Bowles's stories give the lie to the platitudes of those earnest creative-writing instructors who like to tell their students that the well-done short story requires its protagonists to be transformed in the course of the narrative, to experience some life-altering (and preferably life-affirming) Joycean epiphany. Few of Bowles's characters end up any wiser than they were when they began…

Author and literary editor John Updike selected “In the Red Room” for inclusion in The Best American Stories, 1984

## Theme

The themes in the works from *Midnight Mass* reflect the sedentary life that Bowles, then in his sixties, adopted as a resident of Tangiers and his preoccupation with his domestic staff and real estate holdings. Allen Hibbard writes:

> If there is a central theme to this collection of stories, it might be the preoccupation with houses, the structures we inhabit…Richard E. Patternson identifies this as one of Bowles central concern: ‘That which lies outside is presented as potentially hostile and threatening, yet the barriers, the shelters, erected to keep the danger out are insufficient..’ The titles of two of the stories, “The Red Room” and “The Little House *point to this emphasis...*

Hibbard adds that “the stories begin with a presentation of a house, which becomes a fragile haven for human life or a contested site for opposing values…two worldviews compete with each other under one roof…”

The stories in the volume, frequently told in the first-person point-of-view, convey “post-colonial anxieties” and challenge “the authenticity of divine revelation.”

## Footnotes

## Sources

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Midnight Mass
| First edition cover | |
| --- | --- |
| Author | Paul Bowles |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Black Sparrow Press |
| Publication date | January 1, 1981 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Trade paperback |
| Pages | 181 |
| ISBN | 978-0876854785 |


title: Nu Generation

abstract: Nu Generation is a British pop group, best known for their hit single "In Your Arms", a cover of the Fontella Bass song. The song entered the UK Singles Chart on 22 January 2000 at No. 8, its highest placement on the chart. The song also charted in Ireland (#29). Later that same year, it appeared in the top 100 of the singles charts in Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

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# Nu Generation

**Nu Generation** is a British pop group, best known for their hit single "In Your Arms (Rescue Me)", a cover of the Fontella Bass song. The song entered the UK Singles Chart on 22 January 2000 at No. 8, its highest placement on the chart. The song also charted in Ireland (#29). Later that same year, it appeared in the top 100 of the singles charts in Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.


title: Eva Björklund

abstract: Eva Birgitta Björklund is a Swedish Left Party politician. She is currently a substitute to the board of the Left Party, and editor of the periodical Kuba ("Cuba") which is published by the Swedish-Cuban Association. She is a former chairman of the Swedish-Cuban Association. She has also translated many texts by Che Guevara into Swedish.

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# Eva Björklund

**Eva Birgitta Björklund** (born November 12, 1942, in Lycksele, Västerbotten County) is a Swedish Left Party politician. She is currently a substitute to the board of the Left Party, and editor of the periodical *Kuba* ("Cuba") which is published by the Swedish-Cuban Association. She is a former chairman of the Swedish-Cuban Association. She has also translated many texts by Che Guevara into Swedish.

1. "Partistyrelsen". *www.vansterpartiet.se* (in Swedish). Left Party of Sweden. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
2. "Tidskriften Kuba: Om tidskriften". *www.svensk-kubanska.se* (in Swedish). Swedish-Cuban Association. Retrieved 2010-05-10.


title: R.C.S. Brainois

abstract: Royal Cercle Sportif Brainois is a Wallonian Belgian football club from Braine-l'Alleud, Brabant. Founded in 1913, club is assigned matricule nr.75 and is one the oldest continuously existing clubs in the country. The team currently play in Belgian Division 3, the fifth tier of Belgian football.

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# R.C.S. Brainois

**Royal Cercle Sportif Brainois** is a Wallonian Belgian football club from Braine-l'Alleud, Brabant. Founded in 1913, club is assigned matricule nr.75 and is one the oldest continuously existing clubs in the country. The team currently play in Belgian Division 3, the fifth tier of Belgian football.

## History

The club was founded in 1913 by 11 founding members. under the name **Cercle Sportif Branois**. In 1926, when the matricule system was established, club was assigned matricule nr.75, which it has kept to this day.

Throughout its history, the club has spent 32 seasons at national level, of which 12 were in the third tier.

Between 1946 and 1969 the club was continuously in the lower national league, however since they have been oscillating between the provincial leagues and national amateur tiers.

Over the years the most famous players were Antoine Puttaert and Fernand Voussure, both former internationals who finished their career at the club, and Philippe Saint-Jean who spent six seasons in the 70s with them before returning as a coach in the late 80s.

## Honours and achievements

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RCS Brainois
| Full name | Royal Cercle Sportif Brainois |
| --- | --- |
| Founded | 1913 (1913) |
| Stadium | Gaston Reiff Stadium |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| President | Didier Van Hoof |
| Sporting director | Henri Pensis |
| Coach | Olivier Suray |
| League | Belgian Division 3 ACFF A |
| 2023–24 | 8th of 16 |
| Website | Club website |
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title: James McMahon (mathematician)

abstract: James McMahon was an Irish mathematician whose career was spent at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He was a committed educator, and an early proponent of professionalization in the teaching of advanced mathematics in America. A professor and Chairman of the Mathematics Department in Cornell University's College of Arts & Sciences, McMahon was one of the earliest members of the American Mathematical Society in 1891. For seven years he served as associate editor of the Annals of Mathematics. He was also the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Secretary (1897), Section A; General Secretary (1898), and Vice-President (1901). McMahon was also featured in the publication, American Men of Science.

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# James McMahon (mathematician)

**James McMahon** (April 22, 1856 – June 1, 1922) was an Irish mathematician whose career was spent at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He was a committed educator, and an early proponent of professionalization in the teaching of advanced mathematics in America. A professor and Chairman of the Mathematics Department in Cornell University's College of Arts & Sciences, McMahon was one of the earliest members of the American Mathematical Society (as the predecessor New York Mathematical Society) in 1891. For seven years he served as associate editor of the *Annals of Mathematics*. He was also the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Secretary (1897), Section A (Mathematics and Astronomy); General Secretary (1898), and Vice-President (1901). McMahon was also featured in the publication, *American Men (and Women) of Science*.

## Early life

Professor McMahon was born in County Armagh, Ireland on April 22, 1856, the son of Robert McMahon and Mary Hewitt. He took up general studies in the Classical Program at Trinity College, Dublin in 1879. By completion of studies, McMahon was ranked among the first members of the class of 1881 and took highest honors in Metaphysics and Classical Studies. McMahon had been awarded the Wray Prize in 1880. The honor was created from a gift of Mrs. Catherine Wray in 1848, spouse to the late Reverend Henry Wray, D.D., Vice Provost of Trinity and Senior Fellow, to encourage Metaphysical studies. The second prize taken by McMahon was Trinity's Brooke Prize for Classical Studies. He graduated A.B. with two gold medals from Dublin in 1881, receiving the degree of A.M. in 1890 and the honorary D.Sc. in 1918. McMahon arrived in Ithaca, New York in January 1883. His initial introduction to Cornell University was as an examiner in the Mathematics Department and as an instructor for Andrew Dickson White's “Correspondence University”, a distance learning initiative of 1883.

In 1884, James McMahon became a Cornell instructor, in 1890 an assistant professor, and in 1904 a member of the Cornell Faculty as professor of mathematics. He was one of the two most prominent Cornell mathematicians of this early period–the other one being James Oliver. In 1893 McMahon helped to found the Sigma Xi Society. The idea was to create the Phi Beta Kappa of the sciences, a concession that the literary and arts focused Phi Beta Kappa Society was perceived as being tied to an older collegiate focus antedating the rise of science and engineering in the university curriculum. The First Convention of Sigma Xi was held at Cornell University. McMahon was a delegate from Cornell University; Ernest G. Merritt represented the University of Kansas. McMahon's focus was on the policy by which the society would expand. He also served as vice president (1905) and President (1909) of the Theta Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa, and was succeeded by Madison Bentley (1909) and Alfred Hayes, Jr. (1910). On June 26, 1890, James McMahon married into Cornell University's Crane family. He was spouse to Katharine Crane, sister to Professor “TeeFee” Crane. Five years later, the chairman of the Cornell Mathematics Department, Professor William Oliver, died. The university leased the Oliver cottage at 7 Central Avenue, and adjacent to Professor Crane's cottage, to the McMahons. James McMahon lived on Central Avenue from 1895 until his death in 1922.

## Expertise

In the history of applied mathematics, McMahon's most significant contribution came late in life and was published posthumously. In 1902, McMahon had delivered an address to the Section on Mathematics and Astronomy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, then assembled at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, entitled “Some Recent Applications of the Function Theory to Physical Problems”. His work in the field of geometry had taken an “applied” direction, seeking those instances were the abstract theories of his discipline could be applied to the daily problems addressed by scientists and engineers. As theoretical statistics developed into a modern discipline, its practitioners were using geometrical representation in their presentations. The cross pollination of statistics with geometry led to increased interest in geometric theory. Professor Karl Pearson proposed that a specialist in geometry work out the trigonometry of higher-dimensioned plane space for all the relations between multiple correlation and partial correlation coefficients when variates are properties of the angles, edges and perpendiculars of sphero-polyhedron multiple space. A pure mathematician was needed to write, in effect, a treatise on “Spherical Polyhedrometry.” McMahon took up Pearson's charge as he was entering emeritus status. The Carnegie Institute had granted him a retirement annuity allowing him to step down as Chair of Cornell's Mathematics Department and spend his final years focused on new developments in the field. Renting a cottage in Key West, Florida, Professor McMahon and spouse Katherine Crane McMahon spent the Ithaca winter down in the Caribbean, while the professor worked on the new “Spherical Polyhedrometry”. The results were published the year after McMahon's death as the paper *Hyperspherical Geometry; and its Application to Correlation Theory for N Variables*.

## Progressive

In 1916, McMahon took a public position on the re-election campaign of President Woodrow Wilson. While Chair of the Mathematics Department at Cornell University, Professor McMahon supplied the Democratic National Committee with three reasons to favor Wilson. Chief among McMahon's reasons for supporting the President were Wilson's advocacy on behalf of international law in the face of strong domestic opposition; Wilson's opposition to the de facto, at the expense of a de jure, government of Mexico; and Wilson's success in advancing “. . . many positive constructive and forward-looking achievements . . . as well as its enlightened Americanism . . . .” McMahon took sabbatic leave in academic year 1920–1921. When he returned in 1921 he had a Carnegie pension which permitted him to focus on the framing of “Spherical Polyhedrometry”, a subject he pursued until his death later that year.

## Member

Professor McMahon was a member, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Sigma Xi Society; the London Mathematical Society; the American Mathematical Society, the Circolo Matematico di Palermo, and the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew (and served as treasurer of that organization in preparation for its 1917 Assembly at Ithaca, New York). He was also a member of Phi Kappa Psi, and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society. McMahon was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. From 1916 to 1922, he served as a Vestryman for Ithaca's St. John's Episcopal Church.

## Selected papers

## Books

* Works by James McMahon at Project Gutenberg
* Works by or about James McMahon at the Internet Archive
* "McMahon, James". *Thom's Irish Who's Who*. Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 153  via Wikisource.


title: Green Life

abstract: Green Life is nonprofit environmental protection and social development group in Myanmar. It was formed by villagers with 48 members in 2011 at Sagaing Region, Sagaing Township, Tabuyin Khwe village. Now, Green Life's members are 280 youths from the local community. Its headquarter is located in Sagaing Township, Tabuyin Khwe village. In June 2018, the group received an award from State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Su Kyi.

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# Green Life

**Green Life** is nonprofit environmental protection and social development group in Myanmar. It was formed by villagers with 48 members in 2011 at Sagaing Region, Sagaing Township, Tabuyin Khwe village.

Now, Green Life's members are 280 youths from the local community. Its headquarter is located in Sagaing Township, Tabuyin Khwe village. In June 2018, the group received an award from State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Su Kyi.

## Established summary

In 2011, Thumpa Dipa Humanitarian Organisation had given workshop on environmental conservation at Tabuyin Khwe village. After the five-day workshop, **Green Life** group was formed by the villagers with 48 members. It was originally led by youths and founded on 8 April 2011.

## Award

## InfoBox

Green Life
| အစိမ်းရောင်ဘဝ | |
| --- | --- |
| Predecessor | Kyaw Min Oo, Aye Mya Thandar Hlaing, Moh Moh Win, Kyawt Kyawt Maung, Chan Mya Nyein, Myo Myint Myat, and Moe Yu Khine |
| Formation | April 8, 2011 (2011-04-08) |
| Founded at | Tabuyin Khwe village, Sagaing Township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Purpose | environmental conservation and social development |
| Headquarters | Sagaing Region, Sagaing Township, Tabuyin Khwe village |
| Location |  |
| Region | Sagaing |
| Membership | 280 members |
| Official language | Myanmar, English |


title: Pouteria stenophylla

abstract: Pouteria stenophylla was a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It was endemic to Brazil. It became extinct due to habitat loss.

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# Pouteria stenophylla

***Pouteria stenophylla*** was a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It was endemic to Brazil. It became extinct due to habitat loss.

## InfoBox

| *Pouteria stenophylla* | |
| --- | --- |
| Conservation status | |
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Extinct  (IUCN 2.3) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| *Clade*: | Tracheophytes |
| *Clade*: | Angiosperms |
| *Clade*: | Eudicots |
| *Clade*: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Genus: | *Pouteria* |
| Species: | ***P. stenophylla*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Pouteria stenophylla***
Baehni | |
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title: Mark Kendall (engineer)

abstract: Mark A. F. Kendall is an Australian biomedical engineer, inventor, scientist and entrepreneur. He is Founder and CEO of WearOptimo Pty Ltd and the Vice-Chancellor's Entrepreneurial Professor at the Australian National University. Kendall was formerly the Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Queensland, where he led a team at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. He was Founder, CTO and a Director of Vaxxas. Prior to this, in the UK, he was a University Research Lecturer at the University of Oxford and a lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford. Whilst at Oxford, Kendall was Associate Director of the PowderJect Research Centre for Gene and Drug Delivery. Kendall serves at the co-chair of the $150 million Australian Stem Cell Therapies Mission and on the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Biotechnology. Kendall has filed more than 160 patents, published in excess of 300 papers, licensed his technologies seven times and partnered globally, including with the World Health Organization, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The biotech enterprises he has founded or made significant contribution to have generated in the region of $2 billion Aus in value. Kendall's contributions to innovation in global healthcare has been recognised with more than forty awards. These include recent elections as: • World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer (2015). • Fellow of ATSE; Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (2017). • Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, UK; (2017). Kendall is a CSL Young Florey Medallist and Rolex Laureate. Kendall's work regularly features in international media, including on the National Geographic Channel. Kendall's TedGlobal talk has been viewed more than a million times. https://www.ted.com/speakers/mark_kendall

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# Mark Kendall (engineer)

**Mark A. F. Kendall (BE PhD FTSE FRSA FNAI)** (born 1972) is an Australian biomedical engineer, inventor, scientist and entrepreneur.

He is Founder and CEO of WearOptimo Pty Ltd and the Vice-Chancellor's Entrepreneurial Professor at the Australian National University.

Kendall was formerly the Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Queensland, where he led a team at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. He was Founder, CTO and a Director of Vaxxas. Prior to this, in the UK, he was a University Research Lecturer at the University of Oxford and a lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford. Whilst at Oxford, Kendall was Associate Director of the PowderJect Research Centre for Gene and Drug Delivery.

Kendall serves at the co-chair of the $150 million Australian Stem Cell Therapies Mission and on the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Biotechnology.

Kendall has filed more than 160 patents (including territories), published in excess of 300 papers, licensed his technologies seven times (including to Merck & Co.) and partnered globally, including with the World Health Organization, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The biotech enterprises he has founded or made significant contribution to have generated in the region of $2 billion Aus in value.

Kendall's contributions to innovation in global healthcare has been recognised with more than forty awards. These include recent elections as:

World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer (2015).

Fellow of ATSE; Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (2017).

Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (now the RSA), UK; (2017).

Kendall is a CSL Young Florey Medallist and Rolex Laureate.

Kendall's work regularly features in international media, including on the National Geographic Channel.

Kendall's TedGlobal talk has been viewed more than a million times.

https://www.ted.com/speakers/mark\_kendall

## Background

Kendall was born on 16 April 1972. He received his Bachelors of Engineering (Hons I, 1993) and PhD (1998) from the University of Queensland.

In 1998, Kendall moved to the UK to take up a position in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford (1998-2006). He has subsequently held positions at the University of Queensland (2006-2018) and at the Australian National University (2018–Present).

## Contributions to Biotechnology

Kendall has over 160 patent applications of which, 128 have been granted to date. He has authored more than 300 refereed papers.

At the University of Oxford (1998-2006) Kendall developed a biolistic technique for the delivery of vaccines directly into the skin without the use of needles.

At the University of Queensland (2006-2018) Kendall invented the Nanopatch for needle-free delivery of vaccines.

At WearOptimo and the Australian National University (2018 to present), Kendall has invented the Microwearable™ sensor for personalised medicine.

During his career, Kendall has collaborated with major global health partners including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Health Organization and Merck & Co.

He is an Australian Government Academy of Science COVID-19 Expert.

## Selected Awards, Honours and Prizes

* Elected to the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Biotechnology (2019 to present).
* Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering ATSE (2017).
* Elected Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (now the RSA), UK (2017).
* Elected to the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2016-2018).
* CSL Young Florey Medal (2016).
* Dr John Dixon Hughes Medal for Medical Research Innovation (2016).
* World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer (2015).
* Rolex Laureate Award for Enterprise (2012) for his "pioneering efforts to expand knowledge and improve human life".
* 2011 Australian Innovation Challenge winner.
* 2011 Eureka Prize for Interdisciplinary Research.
* 2010 Merck Translational Research Excellence Commercialisation Award.
* 2005 Best Medical Innovation Award (Popular Science magazine).
* Younger Engineer of Great Britain (2004).

## Contributions to biotech companies

As Associate Director of the Oxford University PowderJect Research Centre (2000-2006), Kendall advanced biolistics technology, commercialised with PowderJect, purchased by Chiron (later Novartis) in 2003; and then with PowderMed, purchased by Pfizer in 2006.

Kendall founded Vaxxas in 2011 to advance his Nanopatch technology for global impact, securing more than $40 million of investment, in the series A ($15m) and B (in excess of $25m) rounds. The Nanopatch technology has been licensed to Merck & Co. He served as the Vaxxas Chief Technology Officer, Director, and Chair of the Vaxxas Advisory Board (2011-2015).

In 2018, Kendall founded WearOptimo where he serves as CEO.

## InfoBox

| Mark Kendall | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1972-04-16) 16 April 1972 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Biomedical engineer |
| Employer | Australian National University |
| Known for | Biomedical invention |


title: Motoki Nagakura

abstract: Motoki Nagakura Motoki Nagakura is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for J1 League club Albirex Niigata.

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# Motoki Nagakura

**Motoki Nagakura** (長倉 幹樹, *Nagakura Motoki*, born 7 October 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for J1 League club Albirex Niigata.

## Youth career

Nagakura began his career with Urawa Reds Junior Youth (under-15) after being scouted from junior high school. Despite being physically smaller than his peers, he was technically skilled and eventually earned promotion to Urawa Reds Youth (under-18). In 2017, he scored 7 goals in 18 appearances in the Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League. Nagakura spent three years with Urawa Reds Youth, but was not offered promotion to the first team, so he decided to go to Juntendo University.

Nagakura spent four seasons at Juntendo University, culminating in a run in the 2021 Emperor's Cup, where he helped knock out J1 League club FC Tokyo in the second round and narrowly lose out to J2 League club Thespakusatsu Gunma in the third round.

## Club career

### Tokyo United FC

After finishing university and not receiving any offers from J.League clubs, Nagakura decided to join fifth-tier Kantō Soccer League club Tokyo United FC. As this was an amateur contract, he worked part-time in a gym alongside playing football. Nagakura impressed on the pitch, scoring 8 goals in 9 appearances. He finished as the league's joint top scorer, despite only playing for half the season.

### Thespakusatsu Gunma

In August 2022, Nagakura was offered a professional contract and transferred to J2 League club Thespakusatsu Gunma. He would be joining up with manager Tsuyoshi Otsuki, who had previously coached Nagakura at Urawa Reds Youth. On 16 August 2022, he made his professional debut in a 1–0 league defeat to Yokohama FC. He scored his first goal for the club in the following game, in a 1–0 league victory over Vegalta Sendai. He finished the 2022 season with 2 goals in 6 appearances for Thespakusatsu Gunma.

In the 2023 season, Nagakura was a key member of the team and scored 5 goals in 20 appearances in the first half of the season. At the end of July, it was announced that Nagakura would be joining J1 League club Albirex Niigata.

### Albirex Niigata

As Niigata's key player Ryotaro Ito transferred mid-season, the club was looking for forward reinforcements. Nagakura made his debut for Albirex Niigata on 12 August 2023, coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 league draw with Shonan Bellmare. He scored his first J1 League goal on the final game of the season in a 1–0 victory over Cerezo Osaka. He renewed his contract in December 2023, ahead of the 2024 season.

On 4 September 2024, Nagakura scored four goals in a 5–0 J.League Cup quarter-final victory over Machida Zelvia, completing his first career hat-trick.

## Career statistics

### Club

*As of 14 September 2024*

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
| Club | Season | League | | | National Cup | | League Cup | | Other | | Total | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | | | League | | Emperor's Cup | | J. League Cup | | Other | | Total | |
| Juntendo University | 2021 |  | | | 3 | 0 |  | |  | | 3 | 0 |
| Tokyo United FC | 2022 | KSL | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  | |  | | 9 | 8 |
| Thespakusatsu Gunma | 2022 | J2 League | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  | |  | | 6 | 2 |
| | 2023 | J2 League | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  | |  | | 20 | 5 |
| | Total | | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 |
| Albirex Niigata | 2023 | J1 League | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  | |  | | 10 | 1 |
| | 2024 | J1 League | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 |  | | 29 | 10 |
| | Total | | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 11 |
| Career total | | | 66 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 26 |

## Honours

**Individual**

1. "長倉 幹樹：アルビレックス新潟：Ｊリーグ公式サイト（J.LEAGUE.jp）". *Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ）* (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
2. "「小学生の時は感覚でプレーしていましたが...」社会人リーグから１年半でJ１に辿りついた新潟FW長倉幹樹の幼少期【インタビュー前編】 | サッカーダイジェストWeb". *www.soccerdigestweb.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 September 2024.
3. "2017 Motoki Nagakura Players". *Soccer D.B. Japan*. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
4. "「フリーターの自分は、先輩たちに比べればマシなほう」新潟FW長倉幹樹が見た社会人リーグの過酷な環境【インタビュー中編】 | サッカーダイジェストWeb". *www.soccerdigestweb.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 September 2024.
5. "2021 Motoki Nagakura Players". *Soccer D.B. Japan*. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
6. "長倉 幹樹選手 新加入のお知らせ | TOKYO MUSASHINO UNITED FC | 東京武蔵野ユナイテッドFCウェブサイト". *長倉 幹樹選手 新加入のお知らせ | TOKYO MUSASHINO UNITED FC | 東京武蔵野ユナイテッドFCウェブサイト* (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 September 2024.
7. "「フリーターの自分は、先輩たちに比べればマシなほう」新潟FW長倉幹樹が見た社会人リーグの過酷な環境【インタビュー中編】 | サッカーダイジェストWeb". *www.soccerdigestweb.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 September 2024.
8. "KSL - 関東サッカーリーグ - 記録 -2022年". *www.kanto-sl.jp*. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
9. "東京ユナイテッドFCよりFW長倉が完全移籍加入【群馬】：Ｊリーグ公式サイト（J.LEAGUE.jp）". *Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ）* (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 September 2024.
10. "2022 J2 League 22/08/16 Yokohama FC - Thespa Gunma Results,Players,フォーメーション". *Soccer D.B. Japan*. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
11. "2022 J2 League 22/08/20 Thespa Gunma - Vegalta Sendai Results,Players". *Soccer D.B. Japan*. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
12. "2023 Motoki Nagakura Players". *Soccer D.B. Japan*. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
13. "ザスパクサツ群馬から 長倉 幹樹 選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ". *アルビレックス新潟 公式サイト｜ALBIREX NIIGATA OFFICIAL WEBSITE* (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
14. "新潟、苦労人FW長倉幹樹のJ1初ゴールで白星フィニッシュ!「もっと上を目指して」6年ぶりJ1は10位". *ゲキサカ* (in Japanese). 3 December 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
15. "長倉 幹樹 選手 契約更新のお知らせ". *アルビレックス新潟 公式サイト｜ALBIREX NIIGATA OFFICIAL WEBSITE* (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
16. "長倉 幹樹 選手（新潟）ハットトリック達成：Ｊリーグ公式サイト（J.LEAGUE.jp）". *Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ）* (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
17. "2024 Motoki Nagakura Players". *Soccer D.B. Japan*. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

## InfoBox

Motoki Nagakura
長倉 幹樹
| Personal information | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Date of birth | (1999-10-07) 7 October 1999 | | |
| Place of birth | Urawa, Saitama, Japan | | |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | | |
| Position(s) | Forward | | |
| Team information | | | |
| Current team | Albirex Niigata | | |
| Number | 27 | | |
| Youth career | | | |
|  | NEOS FC | | |
| 2012–2017 | Urawa Red Diamonds | | |
| College career | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
| 2018–2021 | Juntendo University | 57 | (11) |
| Senior career\* | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
| 2022 | Tokyo United FC | 9 | (8) |
| 2022–2023 | Thespakusatsu Gunma | 26 | (7) |
| 2023– | Albirex Niigata | 31 | (5) |
| \*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:32, 14 September 2024 (UTC) | | | |


title: Mark T. Sullivan

abstract: Mark T. Sullivan is an American author who writes mystery, suspense and historical fiction novels. His fourteen published works that are written solely by him include The Fall Line, The Purification Ceremony, Triple Cross, Rogue and the USA Today and Washington Post bestselling novel, Beneath a Scarlet Sky. He has also written, as of June 2016, five novels with James Patterson.

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# Mark T. Sullivan

**Mark T. Sullivan** (born 1958) is an American author who writes mystery, suspense and historical fiction novels. His fourteen published works that are written solely by him include *The Fall Line,* *The Purification Ceremony*, *Triple Cross*, *Rogue* and the *USA Today* *and Washington Post* bestselling novel, *Beneath a Scarlet Sky*. He has also written, as of June 2016, five novels with James Patterson.

## Biography and career

Sullivan was born and raised in Medfield, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He earned a BA in English from Hamilton College in 1980. After graduating, he served as a volunteer in the Peace Corps, teaching English to children of Tuareg nomads in the Sahara Desert.

Sullivan returned to the United States in 1982 and studied at the Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

He began writing fiction at 30, and his first novel, *The Fall Line* (1994), was a *New York Times* Notable Book of the Year.

His 2017 novel, *Beneath a Scarlet Sky,* was optioned in 2017 by Pascal Pictures with actor Tom Holland attached to star in the lead role.

## Books

* *The Fall Line* (1994), ISBN 978-0-7860-0176-7
* *Hard News* (1995), ISBN 978-0786003228
* *The Purification Ceremony* (1996), ISBN 978-0-380-79042-5
* *Ghost Dance* (1995), ISBN 978-0-380-79043-2
* *Labyrinth* (2001), ISBN 0-7434-3980-5
* *The Serpent's Kiss* (2003), ISBN 978-0-7434-3982-4
* *Triple Cross* (2009), ISBN 978-0-312-37850-9
* *Rogue* (October 2012, ebook 2011), ISBN 978-0312378516
* *Private Games* (January 2012) ISBN 0316206822 (written with James Patterson)
* *Private Berlin* (January 2013) ISBN 0316211176 (written with Patterson)
* *Outlaw* (October 2013) ISBN 978-1-250-02361-2
* *Private L.A.* (February 2014) ISBN 0-316-21112-5 (written with Patterson)
* *Thief* (December 2014) ISBN 978-1-250-05231-5
* *Private Paris* (March 2016) ISBN 978-0316407052 (written with Patterson)
* *The Games: A Private Novel* (June 2016) ISBN 978-0316407113 (written with Patterson)
* *The Second Woman* (2017) ISBN 978-1521301296
* *Beneath a Scarlet Sky* (2017), ISBN 978-1-503-94337-7
* *The Last Green Valley* (2021), ISBN 978-1503958760
* *All The Glimmering Stars* (2024), ISBN 978-1542038126


title: Midrevaux

abstract: Midrevaux is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Inhabitants are called Midrevalliens.

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# Midrevaux

**Midrevaux** (French pronunciation: \[midʁəvo\] ) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Inhabitants are called Midrevalliens.

## Geography

The village is positioned on the western edge of the département, a few kilometres to the west of Neufchâteau surrounded by forests, and bordered by the Saônelle, a tributary of the river Meuse.

## InfoBox

| Midrevaux | |
| --- | --- |
| Commune | |
| The town hall in Midrevaux | |
|  | |
| Location of Midrevaux | |
| MidrevauxMidrevaux | |
| Coordinates: 48°23′06″N 5°36′46″E / 48.385°N 5.6128°E / 48.385; 5.6128 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Vosges |
| Arrondissement | Neufchâteau |
| Canton | Neufchâteau |
| Intercommunality | CC Ouest Vosgien |
| Government | |
| Mayor (20202026) | Bernard Martin |
| Area**1** | 14.29 km2 (5.52 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | 182 |
| Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 88303 /88630 |
| Elevation | 285–436 m (935–1,430 ft)
(avg. 307 m or 1,007 ft) |
| **1** French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers \> 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |


title: Number Eight (Battlestar Galactica)

abstract: Number Eight is a female humanoid Cylon model on the television series Battlestar Galactica, a reimagining of the 1978 show of the same name. She is portrayed by Canadian-American actor Grace Park. Two prominent Number Eight copies serving as pilots on the Battlestar Galactica are Sharon Valerii and Sharon Agathon, using the call signs "Boomer" and "Athena", respectively. The call signs for both Sharons are references to two characters from the original Battlestar Galactica series: Viper pilot Lieutenant Boomer, played by Herbert Jefferson, Jr., and Lieutenant Athena, the daughter of Commander Adama, played by Maren Jensen.

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# Number Eight (Battlestar Galactica)

**Number Eight** is a female humanoid Cylon model on the television series *Battlestar Galactica*, a reimagining of the 1978 show of the same name. She is portrayed by Canadian-American actor Grace Park. Two prominent Number Eight copies serving as pilots on the Battlestar *Galactica* are **Sharon Valerii** and **Sharon Agathon**, using the call signs "**Boomer**" and "**Athena**", respectively. The call signs for both Sharons are references to two characters from the original *Battlestar Galactica* series: Viper pilot Lieutenant Boomer, played by Herbert Jefferson, Jr., and Lieutenant Athena, the daughter of Commander Adama (Lorne Greene), played by Maren Jensen.

## Notable copies

Cylon models Six and Eight are the most common in the series. Two Number Eight copies are featured as central characters — Boomer and Athena.

### Sharon "Boomer" Valerii

Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon "Boomer" Valerii is a Cylon sleeper agent programmed with false memories of being raised in the mining colony Troy. Before the mini-series, Boomer and Galen Tyrol are romantically involved. Her programming leads her to sabotage the *Galactica* on several occasions, which Tyrol unwittingly abets by hiding evidence implicating her. In "Kobol's Last Gleaming", Commander Adama sends Boomer on a mission to destroy the Cylon basestar orbiting Kobol; upon her return, she shoots Adama twice in the chest, putting him in a coma and revealing her nature to the crew. While Boomer is being transported from the brig, Cally shoots and kills her.

In "Downloaded", Boomer's preserved consciousness is downloaded into a new body in Cylon-occupied Caprica. She resists being identified with the Cylon cause and tries to persuade the Cylons to reduce hostility against humans. In "The Eye of Jupiter", Boomer attempts to care for Athena's hybrid child Hera on the Cylon base ship, where the child ended up after the New Caprica evacuation. In a conflict with the visiting Athena over whether the humans negotiated in good faith, Boomer is killed by Caprica Six for endangering the child. After resurrecting into a third body, Boomer develops a relationship with John Cavil, a Number One who embraces his machine nature and sees human traits as a weakness. Cavil enlists Boomer's support when the Cylon models become deadlocked in a vote over whether the Raiders should be lobotomized. Boomer turns against Cavil during the Colonial assault on the Cylon colony. After returning Hera to Athena and Helo, who were part of the boarding party, Boomer is executed by Athena for her previous actions.

### Sharon "Athena" Agathon

Sharon "Athena" Agathon is originally created to impersonate Boomer and ensure the success of a Cylon experiment to create a Human-Cylon hybrid. She aids Karl "Helo" Agathon on Caprica, intending eventually to kill him. However, she eventually falls genuinely in love with Helo and tries to help him escape, during which he both discovers her true identity and that she is pregnant with his child. Sharon uses her knowledge of the Tomb of Athena on Kobol as leverage to avoid immediate execution aboard *Galactica* and consistently demonstrates her loyalty by defending the group from Cylon ambushes. Sharon's reunion with the *Galactica* personnel is tense due to Boomer's history with them, but she makes it clear that she and Boomer are different people.

Upon learning of irregularities in the pregnancy, President Roslin orders it terminated but rescinds the decision when Sharon's fetal blood is used to cure her terminal cancer. Sharon gives birth to her child prematurely and names her Hera. The Colonial administration decides it is too dangerous to let a hybrid child be raised by a Cylon mother, so they fake the child's death and rehome her with a human mother. Despite the strain this puts on Sharon's loyalty, she continues to help the *Galactica*.

Sharon and Helo are married in the gap between Season 2 and Season 3, and Sharon is recognized for her service by being sworn in at Boomer's rank of Lieutenant JG. She is sent back to New Caprica as the liaison between the *Galactica* fleet and the resistance effort and is able to infiltrate the Cylon base and steal the keys for the civilian ships. After the successful rescue mission, Sharon is assigned to join the *Galactica*'s pilot corps with the callsign "Athena" after the goddess of warfare and wisdom. During Colonial negotiations with the Cylons, Athena and Helo learn their daughter is still alive on a Cylon ship. Athena travels to the ship, retrieves her daughter, and honors Boomer's wish to be executed for betraying the Colonial cause.

## Analysis

The character has been discussed in the context of stereotypes of Asians, and the relationships between Asian Americans and white Americans. Juliana Hu Pegues writes that the different copies of Number Eight highlight and challenge varying stereotypical descriptions of Asian Americans; Boomer, as the unaware sleeper agent, appears as the "model minority", while Athena, initially acting with the intent to deceive, typifies a "yellow peril" stereotype. Eve Bennett similarly writes that Boomer's actions as a sleeper agent echo stereotypes of East-Asians as conformist and robotic, and a character whose motivations cannot be understood in human terms. The use of Number Eight to depict the uniformity in Cylon society in "Kobol's Last Gleaming" also highlights similar stereotypes. Bennett also comments that the repeated depiction of naked Number Eight models (when Cylons are usually clothed) is an example of the eroticization of East-Asian women in the Western media.

Number Eight's plotline has been compared to those of *Miss Saigon* and *Madame Butterfly*. Athena's eventual romance with Karl Agathon, which leads her to change her allegiance to the humans, is specifically described as mirroring the narrative in "Miss Saigon", despite *Battlestar Galactica'*s color-blind casting. This narrative is later subverted, when a scene mirroring Miss Saigon's suicide occurs when Athena is "killed" so she may download into a new body and rescue her child. Bennett writes that while Number Eight in some ways defies the stereotype of a femme fatale — Athena remains faithful to Karl Agathon — narrative tension surrounds this eventual outcome, and numerous similarities exist to other robotic characters who embody that stereotype. Boomer, despite siding with the Cylons, appears to remain in love with Tyrol, and tries to persuade him to come away with her. Athena, conversely, does not entirely abandon her Cylon identity despite remaining loyal to the humans. More generally, she retains a "spirited personality", and does not flinch from expressing strong views and challenging Helo's actions. She is thus described as subverting narratives of obedient and passive "oriental" women and the "Madame Butterfly" trope.

Pegues writes that in the human society depicted in the series, race is not a meaningful category, but the show nonetheless explores racial difference via Human-Cylon relations. The character of Athena also defies the Human-Cylon binary; though allied with the humans, she refuses to identify other cylons hidden among them, refusing an "absolute allegiance". Pegues describes her as a liminal subject, and writes that her "irreducibility" made the series an enjoyable one to analyze. The plotline of Athena's child, in particular, is described as examining the fear of miscegenation in white societies: the "biracial" child is an object of anxiety among the humans, and its birth mother is entirely excluded from decisions about it.

Number Eight, and Boomer specifically, also symbolize the othering of West Asian and Arab peoples following the September 11 attacks, particularly when she is tortured in "Litmus". Pegues compares the treatment of the Number Six prisoner on the Battlestar Pegasus (where she is raped, and endures other physical abuse) to the treatment of Boomer as a prisoner on Galactica. She writes that while the comparison superficially suggests that Galactica prosecutes a more humane war, it symbolizes the overt abuses in Abu Ghraib and the less publicized treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

## InfoBox

| Number Eight | |
| --- | --- |
| *Battlestar Galactica* character | |
|  | |
| First appearance | Miniseries |
| Last appearance | *Battlestar Galactica: The Plan* |
| Portrayed by | Grace Park |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Boomer, Athena |
| Species | Humanoid Cylon |
| Gender | Female |
| Title | Lieutenant Junior Grade |
| Colony | Cylon Homeworld, claims to be from Aerelon's colony Troy |
| Affiliation | Colonial Fleet/Cylons |


title: Euterebra

abstract: Euterebra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. This genus has become a synonym of Duplicaria Dall, 1908

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# Euterebra

***Euterebra*** is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

This genus has become a synonym of *Duplicaria* Dall, 1908

## Species

As of 2020, species within the genus *Euterebra* include:

* *Euterebra mariato* Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 is accepted as *Columbellidae\_incertae\_sedis mariato* (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)

Species brought into synonymy

## InfoBox

| *Euterebra* | |
| --- | --- |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | *Euterebra*
Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 |
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| Type species | |
| *Terebra inconspicua*
Pritchard & Gatliff, 1902 | |
| Synonyms | |
| * *Gradaterebra* Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 * *Partecosta* Dance & Eames, 1966 | |


title: Gonal, Wadgera

abstract: Gonal is a panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively since 2017, Gonal has been under the Wadgera Taluka of Yadgir district in Karnataka. It lies on the left (east) bank of the Krishna River. Gonal is nine kilometers by road southeast of the village of Bendebembli and thirteen kiolmeters by road southwest of the village of Badiyal. The nearest rail station is Chegunda Station and the nearest railhead is in Yadgir. There are nine villages in the gram panchayat: Gonal, Agnihal, Gundloor, Joldhadgi, Konganda Simt Wadgera, Sangam, Shivenoor, Shivepur, and Sugoor.

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# Gonal, Wadgera

**Gonal** is a panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively since 2017, Gonal has been under the Wadgera Taluka of Yadgir district in Karnataka. It lies on the left (east) bank of the Krishna River. Gonal is nine kilometers by road southeast of the village of Bendebembli and thirteen kiolmeters by road southwest of the village of Badiyal. The nearest rail station is Chegunda Station and the nearest railhead is in Yadgir.

There are nine villages in the gram panchayat: Gonal, Agnihal, Gundloor, Joldhadgi, Konganda Simt Wadgera, Sangam, Shivenoor, Shivepur, and Sugoor.

## Demographics

As of 2001 census, Gonal had 853 inhabitants, with 415 males and 438 females.

## InfoBox

| Gonal | |
| --- | --- |
| Village | |
| GonalGonal | |
| Coordinates: 16°25′53″N 077°13′11″E / 16.43139°N 77.21972°E / 16.43139; 77.21972 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Yadgir district |
| Taluka | Wadgera |
| Government | |
| Type | Panchayati raj (India) |
| Body | Gram panchayat |
| Population (2001) | |
| Total | 853 |
| Languages | |
| Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 585355 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KA |
| Vehicle registration | KA 33 |
| Website | karnataka.gov.in |


title: A Boy from Tandale

abstract: A Boy from Tandale is the third studio album by Tanzanian singer Diamond Platnumz - following Kamwambie (2010) and Lala Salama (2012). It was released on March 14, 2018, by Universal Music Group. After joining Universal Music Group in 2017, Diamond began working on the songs which would be used on the album. Musically, A Boy from Tandale is an afro-pop, Bongo Flava album that displays influences of music from West of Africa - especially Nigeria. The title of the album refers to Tandale, in the Kinondoni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania, Tandale being Diamond Platnumz's birthplace. The album consists of eighteen tracks, eleven of them already released as singles. The album features several artists from the United States such as Ne-Yo, Morgan Heritage ("Hallelujah"), Rick Ross ("Waka") and Omarion. From Africa, the artistes featured on the album are Vanessa Mdee, Rayvanny ("Iyena"), Jah Prayzah ("Amanda"), Mr. Flavour ("Nana"), Young Killer ("Pamela"), P-Square ("Kidogo"), Tiwa Savage ("Fire") and Richie Mavoko ("Sijaona"). Most of the tracks from the album were produced by his label producer Laizer Classic who also served as the executive producer for the album. The album was launched in Kenya. Songa Music of Kenya sponsored the launch. Two songs from the album were banned by the National Arts Council Tanzania (BASATA), the songs including "Waka" and "Hallelujah" citing "obscene lyrics" issues.

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# A Boy from Tandale

***A Boy from Tandale*** is the third studio album by Tanzanian singer Diamond Platnumz \- following *Kamwambie* (2010) and *Lala Salama* (2012). It was released on March 14, 2018, by Universal Music Group. After joining Universal Music Group in 2017, Diamond began working on the songs which would be used on the album. Musically, *A Boy from Tandale* is an afro-pop, Bongo Flava album that displays influences of music from West of Africa \- especially Nigeria.

The title of the album refers to Tandale, in the Kinondoni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania, Tandale being Diamond Platnumz's birthplace. The album consists of eighteen tracks, eleven of them already released as singles. The album features several artists from the United States such as Ne-Yo ("Marry You"), Morgan Heritage ("Hallelujah"), Rick Ross ("Waka") and Omarion ("African Beauty"). From Africa, the artistes featured on the album are Vanessa Mdee ("Far Away"), Rayvanny ("Iyena"), Jah Prayzah ("Amanda"), Mr. Flavour ("Nana"), Young Killer ("Pamela"), P-Square ("Kidogo"), Tiwa Savage ("Fire") and Richie Mavoko ("Sijaona").

Most of the tracks from the album were produced by his label producer Laizer Classic who also served as the executive producer for the album. The album was launched in Kenya. Songa Music of Kenya sponsored the launch.

Two songs from the album were banned by the National Arts Council Tanzania (BASATA), the songs including "Waka" and "Hallelujah" citing "obscene lyrics" issues.

## Track-listing

1. "Hallelujah" (feat. Morgan Heritage)
2. "Waka" (feat. Rick Ross)
3. "Baikoko"
4. "Pamela" (feat. Young Killer)
5. "Iyena" (feat. Rayvanny)
6. "Kosa Langu"
7. "Nikuone"
8. "Baila" (feat. Miri Ben-Ari)
9. "Sijaona"
10. "African Beauty" (feat. Omarion)
11. "Eneka"
12. "Fire" (feat. Tiwa Savage)
13. "Marry You" (feat. Ne-Yo)
14. "Number One" (feat. Davido) \[Remix\]
15. "Nana" (feat. Flavour)
16. "Kidogo" (feat. P-Square)
17. "Amanda" (feat. Jah Prayzah)
18. "Far Away" (feat. Vanessa Mdee)

A boy from Tandale Topics

## InfoBox

| A Boy from Tandale | |
| --- | --- |
| Cover art of "A Boy from Tandale" | |
| Studio album by Diamond Platnumz | |
| Released | March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14) |
| Studio | Various * Wasafi Records * Burn Records * Abby Daddy * The Industry * S2kizzy |
| Genre |  |
| Length | 60:08 |
| Label | * Universal Music Group * Songa Music |
| Producer |  |
|  | |
| Singles from  *A Boy from Tandale* | |
| 1. "Number One Remix"
Released: January 6, 2014 2. "Nana"
Released: May 29, 2015 3. "Kidogo"
Released: July 12, 2016 4. "Marry You"
Released: February 2, 2017 5. "Fire"
Released: June 21, 2017 6. "Eneka"
Released: July 10, 2017 7. "Hallelujah"
Released: September 28, 2017 8. "Waka"
Released: December 7, 2017 9. "African Beauty"
Released: March 15, 2018 10. "Iyena"
Released: May 31, 2018 11. "Baila"
Released: July 12, 2018 | |
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title: Green Light (Bonnie Raitt album)

abstract: Green Light is the eighth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1982. "What I wanted this time out was a combination of the music I've been listening to recently," Raitt said in 1982, "Billy Burnette, the Blasters, Rockpile, and the rock-a-billy New Wave scene. I knew I had to get away from the slick sound I had with the Peter Asher record...I was a little stung by the lack of response to The Glow. And I was disappointed by not being able to make a record that sounded the way I wanted it to sound. Moving to Shangri-la, I wanted to get back to the roots and to the funkiness I had on earlier records, even though I'm not crazy about how they sound. They sound like I was having a lot more fun than I really was. Green Light is the first album I actually had fun doing." Green Light earned Raitt her strongest reviews in years, with critic Robert Christgau writing that "on The Glow the present-day female interpreter refused to die, and now she does even better by the suspect notion of good ol' you-know-what. The strength of [Green Light] runs too deep to rise up and grab you all at once, so you might begin with "Me and the Boys", arch as usual from NRBQ but formally advanced pull-out-the-stops when Bonnie and the boys get down on it." According to Raitt, the album's hard-rock approach came as a surprise to some of her peers. "Well, a lot of my friends thought I had moved to the beach and turned into Gidget. But it's not like I suddenly became an airhead. I needed to lighten up a bit, that's all. I was laughing all the time, having a lot of fun, hanging out at this funky old studio that had hippie blankets hanging from the ceiling. Now I'm getting some feedback from people who feel the same way that I do about rock and roll. Then there are other, more conservative friends whom I've known for years who still wish I was sitting in a chair playing acoustic guitar."

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# Green Light (Bonnie Raitt album)

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| *Entertainment Weekly* | B− |
| *Rolling Stone* |  |

***Green Light*** is the eighth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1982.

"What I wanted this time out was a combination of the music I've been listening to recently," Raitt said in 1982, "Billy Burnette, the Blasters, Rockpile, and the rock-a-billy New Wave scene. I knew I had to get away from the slick sound I had with the Peter Asher record...I was a little stung by the lack of response to *The Glow*. And I was disappointed by not being able to make a record that sounded the way I wanted it to sound. Moving to Shangri-la, I wanted to get back to the roots and to the funkiness I had on earlier records, even though I'm not crazy about how they sound. They sound like I was having a lot more fun than I really was. *Green Light* is the first album I actually had fun doing."

*Green Light* earned Raitt her strongest reviews in years, with critic Robert Christgau writing that "on *The Glow* the present-day female interpreter refused to die, and now she does even better by the suspect notion of good ol' you-know-what. The strength of \[*Green Light*\] runs too deep to rise up and grab you all at once, so you might begin with "Me and the Boys", arch as usual from NRBQ but formally advanced pull-out-the-stops (with all postfeminist peculiarities accounted for) when Bonnie and the boys get down on it."

According to Raitt, the album's hard-rock approach came as a surprise to some of her peers. "Well, a lot of my friends thought I had moved to the beach and turned into Gidget. But it's not like I suddenly became an airhead. I needed to lighten up a bit, that's all. I was laughing all the time, having a lot of fun, hanging out at this funky old studio that had hippie blankets hanging from the ceiling. Now I'm getting some feedback from people who feel the same way that I do about rock and roll. Then there are other, more conservative friends whom I've known for years who still wish I was sitting in a chair playing acoustic guitar."

## Track listing

**Side one**

1. "Keep This Heart in Mind" (Fred Marrone,Steve Holsapple)– 3:20
2. "River of Tears" (Eric Kaz) – 4:54
3. "Can't Get Enough" (Bonnie Raitt, Walt Richmond) – 2:51
4. "Willya Wontcha" (Johnny Lee Schell) – 3:22
5. "Let's Keep It Between Us" (Bob Dylan) – 4:43

**Side two**

1. "Me and the Boys" (Terry Adams) – 3:38
2. "I Can't Help Myself" (Raitt, Schell, Ricky Fataar, Ray Ohara) – 3:06
3. "Baby Come Back" (Eddy Grant) – 2:48
4. "Talk to Me" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 3:22
5. "Green Lights" (Adams, Joey Spampinato) – 3:14

## Personnel

**The Bump Band**

with:

## Production

* Producer – Rob Fraboni
* Engineer – Tim Kramer
* Additional Engineer – Terry Becker
* Assistant Engineer – Thom Yuill
* Originally mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
* Remastering Supervisor – Ed Cherney
* Remastering – Keith Blake and Gregg Geller
* Project Coordinator – Jo Motta
* Art Direction – Tim Ritchie
* Design – Mac James
* Photography – John Livzey
* Management – Jeffrey Hersh and Dick Waterman

## Charts

Billboard (United States)

| Year | Chart | Position |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1982 | Pop Albums | 38 |
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## InfoBox

| Green Light | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by Bonnie Raitt | |
| Released | 1982 |
| Studio | Shangri-La, Malibu, California |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 35:05 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Producer | Rob Fraboni |
| Bonnie Raitt chronology | |
| *The Glow*
(1979) ***Green Light***
(1982) *Nine Lives*
(1986) | |


title: Port Lincoln Times

abstract: The Port Lincoln Times is a newspaper published weekly in Port Lincoln, South Australia. It was first printed in August 1927, and has been published continuously ever since. It was later sold to Rural Press, previously owned by Fairfax Media, but now an Australian media company trading as Australian Community Media.

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# Port Lincoln Times

The ***Port Lincoln Times*** is a newspaper published weekly in Port Lincoln, South Australia. It was first printed in August 1927, and has been published continuously ever since. It was later sold to Rural Press, previously owned by Fairfax Media, but now an Australian media company trading as Australian Community Media.

## History

The origins of the *Port Lincoln Times* began when the *Recorder* in Port Pirie was taken over by Mrs R.L. McGregor and her two sons. McGregor had worked under David Drysdale at the *Port Augusta Dispatch* and claims she was instrumental in suggesting that he start a newspaper in Port Lincoln. In 1925, she was approached by another former *Dispatch* employee, Maurice Hill, to sell the *Recorder*, but she refused, and as a result, Hill, along with J.E. Edwards, founded the *Port Lincoln Times.*

The *Port Lincoln Times* was first published on 5 August 1927, and unlike many newspapers of the time, it did not continue or subsume a previous publication, and used a simple banner title without a definite article or sur- and sub-titles. On page 6 of the first issue, the new publication was introduced as both independent and non-sectarian, alongside an overall aim "to entertain and instruct by giving the whole of the news of the district which it serves, and to give it brightly, briefly, accurately and completely".

It absorbed the *West Coast Recorder* in 1942 as a result of wartime consolidations. In 1960, it also absorbed the *Areas Express* (17 September 1959 - 8 September 1960), which had been printed in Cleve.

Since its founding, the company has been situated on the same site on Washington Street, Port Lincoln, since 1927. By the 1960s, the Hill family had modernised the look of the paper (with large front-page headlines, sport action photographs and large advertisements), and in 1990 the newspaper was taken over by Rural Press. Alongside many other rural publications in Australia (e.g. *Eyre Peninsula Tribune*), the newspaper was a member of Fairfax Media Limited, a national company which has been purchasing and rationalising publication assets across the country.

In addition, the newspaper also printed a short-lived free newspaper, the *Eyre Peninsula Rural Chronicle* (1987–1990), and a sister publication, the *Peninsula Farmer*, in conjunction with the *West Coast Sentinel*.

## *West Coast Recorder*

The *West Coast Recorder* began printing in 1904 as the *Port Lincoln, Tumby and West Coast Recorder* which was shortened to the *West Coast Recorder* in 1909. The *Recorder*, had absorbed the *Streaky Bay Standard and West Coast Advertiser* (1912), which was only issued twice by David Drysdale in early April that year, and quickly became a "Supplement to the West Coast recorder". It continued until it combined with the *Port Lincoln Times* in 1942. It was the first major newspaper established in Port Lincoln. The Port Lincoln History Group was raising funds in 2020 to work with the State Library of South Australia to digitise all editions of the newspaper and make them available on Trove.

## Distribution

The *Port Lincoln Times* is published on Thursdays and is printed in Murray Bridge at the high-tech Rural Press printing centre. It serves the Lower Eyre Peninsula area, namely: Port Lincoln, Arno Bay, Cleve, Coffin Bay, Colton, Coomunga, Coulta, Cowell, Cummins, Darke Peak, Edillilie, Elliston, Karkoo, Kimba, Kyancutta, Lipson, Lock, Louth Bay, Mount Damper, Mount Hope, Mount Wedge, North Shields, Port Neill, Rudall, Sheringa, Talia, Tooligie, Tumby Bay, Ungarra, Wangary, Wanilla, Warramboo, Warrow, Wharminda, Wudinna, Yallunda Flat, and Yeelanna. The current monthly readership is estimated to be 19,000. Like other Rural Press publications, the newspaper is also available online.

## Digitisation

Australian National Library carries images and text versions of the newspaper from 1927 to 1954, accessible using Trove, the on-line newspaper retrieval service. In 2020 the Port Lincoln History Group was raising funds to also digitise the *West Coast Recorder*.

## InfoBox

Port Lincoln Times
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
| --- | --- |
| Owner(s) | Australian Community Media |
| Founded | August 1927 |
| Language | English |
| City | Port Lincoln, South Australia |
| Website | portlincolntimes.com.au |


title: Mark Laff

abstract: Mark Laff is an English retired drummer who was a member of several rock bands, including Generation X.

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# Mark Laff

**Mark Laff** (born **Mark Red Laffoley**; 19 May 1958) is an English retired drummer who was a member of several rock bands, including Generation X.

## Early life and career

Mark Red Laffoley was born on 19 May 1958 at Barnet General Hospital, at Chipping Barnet in the County of Hertfordshire. He received his formal education at Christ Church (Church of England) Secondary School in North Finchley.

He began playing drums as a teenager, being influenced by England's 1960s Mod fashion and music movement and the work of Keith Moon. After a failed audition for The Clash (he was one of two drummers to get a call back), his first drumming role was with Subway Sect, sharing the bill with the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and Siouxsie and the Banshees for the Anarchy and White Riot tours, however he left the band shortly afterwards.

## Generation X

In April 1977, the 18-year-old Laff was recruited as a replacement drummer for the punk rock band Generation X, a few months before it signed to Chrysalis Records and released its first single, *Your Generation*. He was Generation X's drummer through its two long-players, the self-titled *Generation X* (1978), followed by *Valley of the Dolls* (1979); which saw the band amidst a heavy performance schedule across Great Britain gaining momentum, drawing recognition and impacting the British pop music charts with its releases. However, after the relative commercial failure of the *Valley of the Dolls* long-player, internal disagreements about the band's musical direction and personality clashes within it came to a head in late 1979 during the recording of its abortive third long-player (which would be released retrospectively 20 years later under the title *K.M.D. - Sweet Revenge*). Lead guitarist Bob "Derwood" Andrews quit the band in December 1979, followed by Laff in January 1980, when he was asked to leave after a disagreement with the act's frontman/singer Billy Idol and bass player Tony James over song-writing credits for the band's recorded work. With Laff and Andrews' departure, Generation X essentially came to an end; a re-branded act, Gen X, with a replacement guitarist and drummer subsequently launched by Idol and James went on to fail commercially, and was gone by early 1981.

## Empire

After leaving Generation X Laff and Andrews played together as session musicians on Jimmy Pursey's solo long-player, *Imagination Camouflage*. In mid-1980 they set up a new band entitled Empire, recruiting bassist Simon Bernal to complete the line-up. A single entitled *Hot Seat* was released, followed by a musically influential but commercially unsuccessful album entitled *Expensive Sound*. The trio undertook four gigs before Bernal left. After a number of line-up changes of personnel and more concerts, but little commercial success, Laff left Empire's line-up in February 1983, and band was ended by Andrews in 1984.

## Twenty Flight Rockers

In 1985 Laff founded a new retro rock & roll/rockabilly band called Twenty Flight Rockers with the singer/frontman Gary Twinn. The band released via ABC Records the single 'Tower Block Rock' (1985) (ranked #31 for Best Single of that year by Rockerilla Magazine, but making no impact on the UK Singles' Chart), and another single entitled 'Johnny 7' via WEA Records in 1986, which was also a commercial failure. In March 1986 the band released the song 'Searching for a Hero' in cassette format on a compilation L.P. advertising new bands entitled *Spools Gold*, given away free with the *Record Mirror*. Bernie Rhodes, who Laff knew back from his early days with Subway Sect was hired to manage them, and arranged the signing of the band with Epic Records.
The band recorded a series of sessions, and a self-produced studio album entitled *Ride*, which was scheduled for commercial release in 1988, however Epic Records in the meantime was bought out by Sony, which subsequently opted to drop the band from the label, leading to Twenty Flight Rockers breaking up.

The *Ride* L.P. would not see the light of day until 2001 when it was put out by *Revel Yell Music* as a retrospective release under the title *Twenty Flight Rockers*. In 2004 'Revel Yell' released a second retrospective L.P. from the band entitled *Twenty Flight Rockers – The New York Sessions 1988*.

## Later career

On 20 September 1993, during Billy Idol's *No Religion* tour, Laff played with a re-formed Generation X in a reunion concert at the Astoria Theatre in London's West End.

In 2006 Laff re-recorded the song 'Hot Seat' with Derwood Andrews to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the release of Empire's *Expensive Sound* L.P., which was re-released on the *Expansive Sound Volume II* compilation L.P.

Laff briefly reunited with Vic Godard in 2007 to re-record Subway Sect's previously unreleased debut album under the title *1978 Now*.

In 2019, he joined the touring line-up of LAMF, a band fronted by Walter Lure of The Heartbreakers which also featured Mick Rossi, former guitarist of Slaughter & The Dogs. This band played several gigs, including an appearance at the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool.

## Post-music career

Laff semi-retired from professional music in 2004, and went into business as the director of a holistic lifestyle therapy company in Brighton in East Sussex.

## Discography

Generation X Generation X Compilations Empire * 1981 – *Expensive Sound* (Dinosaur Discs) (American reissue in 1986 by Highway 61 Records)
* 2003 – *Expensive Sound* (Poorly Packaged Products) (Featuring bonus tracks.)
* 2009 – *Expansive Sound Volume II* (Poorly Packaged Products)

Twenty Flight Rockers * 2001 – *Twenty Flight Rockers* (Revel Yell Music) (Originally recorded in 1988 as *Ride*.)
* 2004 – *Twenty Flight Rockers – The New York Sessions 1988* (Revel Yell Music)

Subway Sect * 2007 – *1978 Now* (Overground Records)

Subway Sect Compilations * 1999 – *Twenty Odd Years – The Story Of...* (Motion Records)
* 2011 – *Live and Rare Vol 1* (Gnu Inc. Recordings)
* 2012 – *Live and Rare Vol 2* (Gnu Inc. Recordings)

## InfoBox

| Mark Laff | |
| --- | --- |
| Birth name | Mark Red Laffoley |
| Born | (1958-05-19) 19 May 1958<br>Chipping Barnet, England |
| Origin | Finchley, London, England |
| Genres | Punk rock, post-punk, rockabilly |
| Occupation | Drummer |
| Years active | 1976–2004, 2007, 2019 |