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Dreamtime Return

Dreamtime Return (1988) is a double album by the American ambient musician Steve Roach, based on Australian Aboriginal culture and the concept of the Dreamtime. Described as "one of the pivotal works of ambient music" and "groundbreaking," the album has been included on a number of lists of the world's best music, including 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.

Overview
Roach had already begun composing this album when by chance he received a letter from writer/photographer David Stahl. Stahl had heard Steve Roach’s third album, Structures from Silence, on the radio while driving through the desert towards Mexico. He informed Steve Roach of his current documentary film project Art of the Dreamtime. Several months later Roach and Stahl traveled to Northern Australia to visit that region's ancient Aboriginal sites.

The earliest recorded track on the album is “The Other Side”. This piece was recorded live, with Kevin Braheny playing a Steiner EWI (Electronic Woodwind Instrument). This piece was broadcast on the National Public Radio program Music from the Hearts of Space in 1986. This particular edition of the program, titled Starflight 1, was so popular that later that year it was released as an album, consequently “The Other Side” was released two years before the rest of Dreamtime Return.

Before this album was released, Steve Roach traveled to Australia for musical inspiration.

Reception
In a 1989 appraisal for CD Review, Linda Kohanov lauded Dreamtime Return as Roach's "masterpiece" and wrote that Roach "demonstrates that electronic music's greatest potential may lie in bringing our most elusive dreams and ancient memories into focus through potent, highly imaginative soundscapes."

Dreamtime Return helped Roach gain a worldwide reputation. Retrospectively, the album has been described by the Hartford Courant's Roger Catlin as "groundbreaking", and by AllMusic as a landmark of "fourth world" music. Author David B. Knight opined that Roach "seeks to activate listeners to reach a deep level of consciousness that draws upon the trance-inducing music he has created." Reviewing the album's 1998 reissue, Mark Burbey of Alternative Press wrote that Dreamtime Return "remains a landmark recording of extraordinary emotional resonance." It has also been included on a number of lists of the world's best music, including Tom Moon's 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008), which notes that it has come to be regarded as "one of the pivotal works of ambient music."

John Diliberto, host of the ambient music radio program Echoes, commented in 2005 that Dreamtime Return was "a seminal recording that has influenced a generation of musicians", while Hearts of Space presenter Stephen Hill said, "Musically Dreamtime richly deserves its classic status, but Roach also deserves credit for leading electronic musicians out of their sheltered studios and into an active relationship with the landscape, the wider world, and deep cultural history."

After Dreamtime Return was remastered and reissued for its 30th anniversary in 2018, Bryon Hayes from Exclaim! wrote, "Thirty years later, in a period of intense rediscovery of barely remembered classic albums, it's fitting that this iconic gem has been uncovered."

Track listing
All tracks by Steve Roach except where noted

Disc one

 * 1) ”Towards the Dream” – 7:08
 * 2) ”The Continent” – 4:49
 * 3) ”Songline” (Robert Rich, Roach) – 3:10
 * 4) ”Airtribe Meets the Dream Ghost” (Rich, Roach) – 7:00
 * 5) ”A Circular Ceremony” – 11:18
 * 6) ”The Other Side” (Kevin Braheny, Roach) – 13:14
 * 7) ”Magnificent Gallery” – 6:07
 * 8) ”Truth in Passing” – 8:41
 * 9) ”Australian Dawn-The Quiet Earth Cries Inside” – 6:18

Disc two

 * 1) ”Looking for Safety” – 31:21
 * 2) ”Through a Strong Eye” – 6:50
 * 3) ”The Ancient Day” – 6:06
 * 4) ”Red Twilight with the Old Ones” – 9:48
 * 5) ”The Return” – 8:33

1988 Fortuna Records 2-LP release
The 1988 2-LP release lacks the songs "Truth in Passing" and "Through a Strong Eye." It also has shorter edits of several other pieces, including a version of "Looking for Safety" that is 20 minutes shorter than the CD version.

Side 1

 * 1) ”Towards the Dream” – 7:08
 * 2) ”The Continent” – 4:48
 * 3) ”Songline” – 3:11
 * 4) ”Airtribe Meets the Dream Ghost” – 6:59

Side 2

 * 1) ”A Circular Ceremony” – 9:35
 * 2) ”The Other Side” – 13:13

Side 3

 * 1) ”Magnificent Gallery” – 5:03
 * 2) ”Australian Dawn-The Quiet Earth Cries Inside” – 5:11
 * 3) ”Looking for Safety” – 10:03

Side 4

 * 1) ”The Ancient Day” – 6:06
 * 2) ”Red Twilight with the Old Ones” – 9:48
 * 3) ”The Return” – 8:33

Personnel

 * Steve Roach – analog and digital synthesizers, sequencers, sampler, Macintosh with “M”, digital drums, Taos drum, sticks
 * Kevin Braheny – Steiner EWI
 * David Hudson – didjeridu
 * Chuck Oken, Jr – rainstick
 * Robert Rich – gourd drum, dumbek

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Onishi, Gunma

Onishi (鬼石町) was a town located in Tano District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

On January 1, 2006, Onishi was merged into the expanded city of Fujioka.

As of 2005, the town had an estimated population of 7,011 and a density of 133.7 persons per km2. The total area was 52.45 km2.

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Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano

The chiesa di Sant'Agostino (Church of St Augustine) is the second largest church in San Gimignano, Italy, after the Collegiata. It is owned by the Order of Saint Augustine.

Sant'Agostino is an imposing 13th century building. The interior is a large hall dominated by the seventeen-panel fresco cycle on The Life of St Augustine around the high altar, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli between 1463 and 1467. The altarpiece is the Coronation of the Virgin by Piero del Pollaiuolo (1483). There are a number of other frescoes in the church. The Cappella di San Bartolo houses the remains of the eponymous saint (1228–1300), a lay Franciscan who died of leprosy. The magnificent altar in the chapel is by Benedetto da Maiano.

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Yoshii, Gunma

Yoshii (吉井町) was a town located in Tano District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

As of September 1, 2007, the town had an estimated population of 24,758 and a density of 424.30 persons per km2. The total area was 58.35 km2.

Geography
Located in southern Gunma Prefecture, the majority of the land is flat or slightly hilly, making the town fit for farming. The Kabura River flows through, and the town is situated in a suburban area, with the large city of Takasaki to the east.

History

 * 1889: the town of Yoshii, and the villages of Irino and Tagoare created in Tago District; and the village of Iwadaira was created in Kitakanra District.
 * 1896: Tago District is renamed to Tano District after it is merged with Midorino District and Minamikanra District.
 * 1950: Kitakanra District is renamed Kanra District.
 * 1955: Yoshii absorbed the villages of Irino, Iwadaira and Tago, to become an expanded town of Yoshii.
 * A planned merger of municipalities was implemented on June 1, 2009; Yoshii was merged into the expanded city of Takasaki.

Surrounding municipalities

 * Gunma Prefecture
 * Fujioka
 * Takasaki
 * Tomioka
 * Annaka
 * Kanra

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Ueno, Gunma

Ueno (上野村) is a village located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 1,149 in 571 households, and a population density of 6.3 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 181.85 sqkm. The village has the lowest population density of any municipality in Japan.

Geography
Ueno is located in the extreme mountainous southwestern portion of Gunma Prefecture, bordered by Saitama Prefecture to the south and Nagano Prefecture to the west.

 * Mountains
 * Mount Suwa
 * Mount Osutaka (1639m)
 * Mount Takamagahara (1979m)
 * Rivers
 * Kanna River

Surrounding municipalities
Gunma Prefecture Saitama Prefecture Nagano Prefecture
 * Nanmoku
 * Kanna
 * Chichibu
 * Ogano
 * Kawakami
 * Minamiaiki
 * Kitaaiki
 * Sakuho

Climate
Ueno has a Humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ueno is 8.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1479 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 20.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around -4.2 °C.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Ueno peaked in the 1950s and is now only a quarter of what it was a century ago.

History
During the Edo period, the area of present-day Ueno was part of the tenryō territory administered directly by the Tokugawa shogunate in Kōzuke Province.

Ueno village was established within Minamikanra District, Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration. In 1896, Minamikanra District was united with Midono and Tago Districts to create Tano District. On August 12, 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123, heading from Haneda Airport to Itami Airport, crashed into an area within the Ueno Village limits, killing 520 people in the world's deadliest single-aircraft aviation accident.

The village rejected the central's governments directives on Municipal mergers and dissolutions in Japan. Despite its depopulation, revenue from Ueno Dam and the Tokyo Electric Kannagawa Power Station give the local government the highest financial strength index in the prefecture.

Government
Ueno has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of eight members. Ueno, together with the city of Fujioka and village of Ueno contributes two members to the Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Gunma 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy
The economy of Ueno is heavily dependent on agriculture and forestry.

Education
Ueno has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Railway
Ueno does not have any passenger railway service.

Bus
Ueno Village Bus comes from Joshin Electric Railway Shimonita Station, and Nippon Chuo Bus Okutano Line comes from JR East Shinmachi Station (Gunma)

International relations

 * ROC – Zhuolan, Miaoli, Taiwan

Local attractions

 * Ueno Dam
 * Ueno Sky Bridge - The Ueno skybridge is a 225 metre long pedestrian suspension bridge. At a height of 90 metre, it offers scenic views.
 * Shionosawa Onsen

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Kanna, Gunma

Kanna (神流町) is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 1,645 and a population density of 14.35 persons per km². The total area of the town is 114.6 sqkm. A footprint of Japan's first dinosaurs was discovered in former Nakasato village, now part of Kanna.

Geography
Kanna is located in the mountainous southwestern portion of Gunma Prefecture, bordered by Saitama Prefecture to the south.

Surrounding municipalities
Gunma Prefecture Saitama Prefecture
 * Fujioka
 * Ueno
 * Shimonita
 * Nanmoku
 * Chichibu
 * Ogano

Climate
Kanna has a Humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kanna is 10.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1195 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.7 °C.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the town's population has dropped precipitously from its 1950 peak, with the remaining population having the second oldest median age in Japan after Nanmoku, Gunma (61.5% over the age or 65). The town is thus classified as a genkai shūraku.

History
During the Edo period, the area of present-day Kanna was part of the tenryō territory administered directly by the Tokugawa shogunate in Kōzuke Province.

Kamikawa village and Nakasato village were established within Minamikanra District, Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration. In 1896 Minamikanra District was united with Midono and Tago Districts to create Tano District. Kamikawa village was elevated to town status in 1926 and renamed Manba town. On April 1, 2003, Manba and Nakasato merged, forming the town of Kanna.

Government
Kanna has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 8 members. Kanna, together with the city of Fujioka and village of Ueno contributes two members to the Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Gunma 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy
The economy of Kanna is heavily dependent on agriculture.

Education
Kanna has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the town government. The town has one public high school operated by the Gunma Prefectural Board of Education.

Railway
Kanna does not have any passenger railway service.

Local attractions

 * Kanna Dinosaur Center
 * Sazanamiiwa (The location of the dinosaur footprint)
 * Ryūshōji (A temple famed for its cherry blossoms)
 * Roadside Station Manba no Sato

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Tano District, Gunma

Tano District (多野郡) is a rural district located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 3,272 and an area of 296.45 km2, with a population density of 11 people per square kilometer.

Towns and villages
Parts of the city of Takasaki and all of the city of Fujioka were formerly part of the district.
 * Kanna
 * Ueno

History
Tano District was created on April 1, 1896 by the merger of the former districts of Minamikanra, Tago and Midono. At the time of its creation, the district had four towns (Yoshii, Fujioka, Onishi and Shin) and 14 villages.
 * 1926, April 1 – Kamikawa village was raised to town status; renamed Mamba Town
 * 1954, April 1 – Fujioka annexed Kanna, Ono, Midori and Mikuri villages and was elevated to city status
 * 1954, October 1 – Onishi annexed neighboring Mihara, and Sanbagawa villages
 * 1955, January 1 – Yoshii annexed Tago, Irino villages and Iwadaira village from Kanra District
 * 1955, March 1 – Fujioka annexed Hirai, Hino villages
 * 1956, September 30 – Yawata village was annexed by Takasaki City
 * 2003, April 1 – Manba town and Nakasato village merged, forming Kanna Town
 * 2006, January 1 – Onishi town was annexed by Fujioka City
 * 2006, January 23 – Shinmachi was annexed by Takasaki City
 * 2009, June 1 – Yoshii Town was annexed by Takasaki City

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Myōgi, Gunma

Myōgi (妙義町) was a town located in Kanra District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

On March 27, 2006, Myōgi was merged into the expanded city of Tomioka.

In 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,901 and a density of 170.41 persons per km2. The total area was 28.76 km2.

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We Can Get Them for You Wholesale

"We Can Get Them for You Wholesale" is a 1984 short story by Neil Gaiman. The story was first published in the British magazine Knave, and has also been included in his short story collections Angels and Visitations (1993) and Smoke and Mirrors (1998), and in the anthology Bangs & Whimpers: Stories About the End of the World.

The story is about Peter Pinter, a mild-mannered city-dweller who finds his fiancée unfaithful, and so, in the spirit of revenge, searches the phone book for an assassin. To his surprise he finds just what he is looking for, and also that the company offers special deals and discounts for large orders, which piques his curiosity. Peter happens to be a sucker for bargains, and soon finds himself in over his head.

Adaptations
"We Can Get Them for You Wholesale" has been adapted into several independent short films, including "four or five [student films] a year". It has also been adapted into a comic that was nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Short Story in 1995.

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Shimonita, Gunma

Shimonita (下仁田町) is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 7,058 in 3,292 households, and a population density of 37 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 188.38 sqkm. Shimonita is famous for its konjac and Welsh onion.

Geography
Shimonita is located in southwestern Gunma Prefecture bordering on Nagano Prefecture to the west. Part of the town is within the borders of the Myōgi-Arafune-Saku Kōgen Quasi-National Park. Approximately 84% of the town's total area is covered by forests.

 * Mountains: Mount Arafune (1423 m), Mount Inafukumi, Mount Ōgeta, Ozawadake, Kanatake, Mount Nikkura, Mount Yotsumata, Mount Monogatari, Mount Midō, Mount Myogi, Mount Monomi
 * Rivers: Kabura River

Surrounding municipalities
Gunma Prefecture Nagano Prefecture
 * Fujioka
 * Tomioka
 * Annaka
 * Nanmoku
 * Kanna
 * Kanra
 * Saku
 * Karuizawa

Climate
Shimonita has a Humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Shimonita is 11.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1106 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 31.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around -0.5 °C.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Shimonita has decreased steadily over the past 70 years.

History
During the Edo period, the area of present-day Shimonita was largely part of the tenryō territory held directly by Tokugawa shogunate within Kōzuke Province. The town of Shimonita was created within Kitakanra District of Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration. In 1950 Kitakanra District was renamed Kanra District. Shimonita annexed the neighboring villages of Osaka, Saimoku, Aokura and Mayama on March 10, 1955.

Government
Shimonita has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Shimonita, together with the other municipalities in Kanra District contributes one member to the Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Gunma 5th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy
The economy of Shimonita is heavily dependent on agriculture.

Education
Shimonita has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the town government and one public high school operated by the Gunma Prefectural Board of Education.

Railway
Jōshin Dentetsu - Jōshin Line
 * Shimonita

Highway

 * – Shimonita IC

Local attractions

 * Shimonita Onsen

Noted people from Shimonita

 * Miyuki Imori, actress, entertainer

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New Life Network

New Life Network is an international producer and distributor of television programs and feature films, founded in 1989. NLN distributes for producers worldwide, with a special focus on films and programs that it deems deserving, but less likely to get distribution because of geographic origin.

Films
Productions include: The Puzzle Factory - PuzzleFactoryMovie.com [USA] - in production Church in Disaster - [USA] - in post production Hope - [Germany] - in production Pastor’s Wife - [UK] Clan C - [Kenya]

The network is currently distributing Sabina K. a Bosnian film by Cristóbal Krusen which had its world premiere in 2015 Sarajevo Film Festival, the Indian short Kamlaa from director Jim Sanjay. and Long Road Ahead from Syria.

History
The first international distribution took place in the Soviet Union in 1990 before the breakup of the nation into its current individual parts, including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and other relatively new countries.

This was followed up in the early 90s by distribution in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and other former Eastern bloc nations.

Since then distribution has spread into other Eastern European regions and former USSR countries, followed by success in China, Mongolia, and Francophone Africa, where it has representatives in Mali, Benin, Togo, Cameroon and Congo (RDC), and the Middle East. Additional results have been in Cuba, Nepal, and Nigeria.

New in 2013 are the countries of Pakistan, India and Indonesia.

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Nanmoku, Gunma

Nanmoku (南牧村) is a village located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 1,746 in 971 households, and a population density of 15 persons per km². The total area of the village is 118.83 sqkm.

Nanmoku, like many rural areas in Japan, has witnessed significant population decline since the mid-20th century. As of 2023, 67.5% of the population was over age 65 and the median age was 68.4, making Nanmoku the grayest village in Japan.

Geography
Nanmoku is located in southwestern Gunma Prefecture bordering on Nagano Prefecture to the west. Part of the village is within the borders of the Myōgi-Arafune-Saku Kōgen Quasi-National Park.

 * Mountains:
 * Mount Arafune (1423 m)
 * Mount Hikage (1407 m)
 * Mount Ōya (1081 m)
 * Eboshidake (1182 m)
 * Mount Kurotaki (870 m)
 * Mount Yotsumata (900 m)
 * Tateiwa (1265 m)
 * Rivers:
 * Nanmoku River
 * Ōshiozawa River
 * Kumakura River
 * Ōnita River

Surrounding municipalities
Gunma Prefecture Nagano Prefecture
 * Shimonita
 * Kanna
 * Ueno
 * Saku
 * Sakuho

Climate
Nanmoku has a humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nanmoku is 11.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1127 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.3 °C.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Nanmoku peaked around the year 1950 and has decreased drastically since then. As of 2023, 67.5% of the population is 65 or older, making Nanmoku the oldest village in Japan.

History
During the Edo period, the area of present-day Nanmoku was largely part of the tenryō territory held directly by Tokugawa shogunate within Kōzuke Province. The area was divided into villages with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The village of Nanmoku was created on March 15, 1955 by the merger of the villages of Iwado, Tsukigata and Ozawa.

Government
Nanmoku has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral village council of eight members. Nanmoku, together with the other municipalities in Kanra District contributes one member to the Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Gunma 5th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy
During the postwar decades Nanmoku had a thriving economy anchored by sericulture, konjac cultivation and forestry. However, by the late 20th century konjac production had relocated to more economical areas while Nanomku's silk and forest products struggled to compete with cheap foreign imports. The lack of economic opportunity accelerated Nanmoku's population decline, further weakening the economy. In the present day, economic activity in Nanmoku is centered around services and small-scale agriculture.

Education
Nanmoku has a nursery school, compulsory school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Railway
Nanmoku is not served by any passenger railway service. The nearest train station is Shimonita Station in the neighboring town of Shimonita.

Highway
Nanmoku is not served by any national highways.

Local attractions
Nanmoku is popular locally for its scenery. The village is located in the valley of a small mountain range, where there are excellent hiking opportunities. One of the mountains, Mt. Arahune, is home to a park with a campsite, including a large multipurpose recreational area that has tennis, water sports, and fishing facilities. There is also an astronomy center located on the grounds. Nanmoku also has a museum that documents local culture and history.

Hitoboshi
The village is particularly famous for hitoboshi (火とぼし), the two-day local fire festival, the largest in the prefecture. Many people who have moved away but still have family in the village return for this festival, and it is popular with tourists as well. Though such fire festivals were once popular, few remain. Nanmoku's version falls on August 14 and 15, and coincides with Obon, a festival honoring ancestors. However, Hitoboshi itself commemorates the village's victorious alliance with the Takeda clan during the Sengoku period. During the festival, villagers take turns standing on a bridge and twirling burning bales of hay over the edge.

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Mobile Riverine Force

In the Vietnam War, the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) (after May 1967), initially designated Mekong Delta Mobile Afloat Force, and later the Riverines, were a joint US Army and US Navy force that comprised a substantial part of the brown-water navy. It was modeled after lessons learned by the French experience in the First Indochina War of Dinassaut and had the task of both transport (of soldiers and equipment) and combat. The primary land base was at Đồng Tâm Base Camp, with a floating base which operated in the major rivers of the Mekong Delta. Soldiers and sailors went out in river boats from the floating base to assault the Viet Cong. During part of the 1968-69 period, there were two such mobile bases operating in different parts of the Delta, Mobile Riverine Groups Alpha and Bravo. The MRF played a key role in the Tet Offensive.

Concept of operations
The Mekong Delta Mobile Afloat Force was originally conceived as providing an all weather "strike" capability in the Mekong Delta, to actively prosecute contact with Viet Cong units in the Vietnam War. A "strike" force was inherently and essentially different from the existing Navy interdiction and patrol forces (the River Patrol Boats of Operation Game Warden, and the coastal blockade of Operation Market Time). The Delta presented a classic venue appropriate to riverine operations such as had not been seen since the Union Navy in the (American Civil War) Mississippi Delta, and Sino-American operations in World War II. The Delta had a dearth of reliable roadways, all with predictable choke points at bridges, a literal myriad of creeks, streams, rivers, and canals, frequent monsoon conditions restricting air operations, and ground conditions that were often muddy.

Historical experience
A wide range of riverine craft were used by the allies, both before, and during the formalization of the US Navy Brown Water Navy, in 1964–1965. Foremost were the surplus World War II US naval craft; LCMs, LCVPs, LSMs, PGMs, LSSLs, etc., as well as post-war Nasty class patrol boats. One of the most popular riverine craft was the all-steel LCM converted into a naval Monitor, and was used by the French during the first Indochina war; and later by the US and South Vietnamese Navies. However, The French, during their war in Vietnam (1945–1954), had been heavily inspired by the US Navy LCVP, which they had received from the US, as part of the United States massive assistance program to fight communism. The French took the LCVP design and created an all new, and as it turned out, the only "original" or entirely new boat built for riverine warfare during the French Indochina war; the STCAN (a corruption of the acronym STCN, which stood for the French equivalent of the US Navy's BuShips, which read Service Technique de Construction Navale). The French STCAN was built of steel, approximately 40 ft long, "V" hulled, with a shiplike bow, was armed with one .50 cal machine gun, three .30 cal machine guns, and eight crewmen.

Creation of the Mobile Riverine Force
The Mekong Delta Mobile Riverine Force concept paired newly created assault boat units with a brigade of Army infantry. The force contained a U.S. Army reinforced brigade consisting of three infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, and other combat and combat service support.

The force would be based aboard U.S. Navy ships that would include 5 self-propelled barracks ships, 2 LST's, 2 large harbor tugs, and 2 landing craft repair ships. In addition, two U.S. Navy river assault groups would provide tactical water mobility.

Each assault group would be capable of lifting the combat elements of one reinforced infantry battalion. A small salvage craft would be necessary to recover damaged ships or craft. The reinforced brigade would be organized under the current standard ROAD (Reorganization Objective Army Divisions) tables of organization and equipment, with limited augmentation. Certain equipment specified in the tables, such as tents, mess facilities, 106mm recoilless rifles, antitank wire-guided missiles, and all wheeled vehicles except artillery prime movers were to be deleted from the force requirements. The number of 90mm recoilless rifles in each rifle company was to be reduced from six to three to improve the mobility of the weapons squads. The 4.2-inch mortars would accompany the force and be moved by water or air to field positions as necessary. Radios would be either ship-mounted or man-portable.

Coxswains of plastic assault boats were to be designated in the proposed tables and trained upon arrival in Vietnam. Enough troops from each of the units afloat would be left at a land base to maintain equipment left in storage.

The plan provided for an augmentation of three counter-mortar radar sections, each manned by nine men, to operate and maintain ship-mounted counter-mortar radars.

A mobile Army surgical hospital team, U.S. Air Force tactical air control parties which included forward air controllers, Army of the Republic of Vietnam liaison troops, and additional ANPRC-25 radios were to be furnished from sources outside the parent division of the brigade.

Each river assault group, later designated river assault squadron, was to consist of the following: 52 Armored Troop Carriers (ATCs or "Tangos"), 10 Monitors with 40mm cannon and 81mm mortar, 32 Assault Support Patrol Boats (ASPBs), 5 Monitors to serve as command and control boats and 2 LCM-6's to serve as refuelers. A salvage force would include: 2 2,000-ton heavy lift craft, 2 YTB's for salvage, 2 LCU's (landing craft, utility), and 3 100-ton floating dry docks.

Navy Assault Squadrons
Originally two, and ultimately four Navy Assault Squadrons were created: River Assault Squadrons 9, 11, 13 and 15. The 2nd (Riverine) Brigade of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division was assigned to work with these units. A fixed land base was created by dredging a portion of the Song Ham Luong near My Tho and was named "Đồng Tâm." This became the administrative headquarters of the MRF. Nonetheless, the Navy created a floating Mobile Riverine Base (MRB) by assigning barracks ships, and barrage barges (non-self propelled) to house both Army and Navy personnel, provide communications and staff support, mooring and support facilities on Ammi pontoons alongside, and refit, rearm and resupply stores. The MRB also included repair ships (ARLs) and supply ships (LSTs). The ships of the MRB also had helicopter landing capabilities, providing air resupply and medical air evacuation ("dust off") capability and had significant medical care facilities aboard. Thus, the entire force could move throughout the major rivers of the Delta, and launch troops, on boats, into assault operations deep into the narrowest rivulets and canals. Given the low limit speed of perhaps 6 kn (or less if opposing the fierce lower Delta currents), this "MOBILE" capability made boat assault operations in the furthest reaches of the Delta feasible.

Eventually, the MRF included Army floating artillery and mortar barges, which could be moved throughout the Delta and positioned to support the planned area of each assault operation. Integral air support came from newly created Navy gunship helicopter squadron HAL 3 (Helicopter Attack, Light), the SEAWOLVES, based at Dong Tam a unit of CTF 116. This was additional to such air support, both troop insertion and gunfire ships, as the Army tasked to each operation, and air support from Air Force TAC air units on call.

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Kanra, Gunma

Kanra (甘楽町) is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 21,749 in 8311 households, and a population density of 220 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 58.61 sqkm.

Geography
Kanra is located in the southwestern portion of Gunma Prefecture on the south bank of the Kabura River.

Surrounding municipalities
Gunma Prefecture
 * Fujioka
 * Takasaki
 * Tomioka
 * Shimonita

Climate
Kanra has a Humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kanra is 12.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1166 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.1 °C.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Kanra has remained relatively steady over the past 60 years.

History
During the Edo period, the center of present-day Kanra was the jōkamachi of Obata Domain, a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate in Kōzuke Province. Obata village, Akihata village, Fukushima town, and Niiya village were created within Kitakanra District of Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration. In 1925 Obata village was elevated in status into Obata town. In 1950 Kitakanra District was renamed Kanra District. Akihata village merged with Obata in 1955, and Fukushima and Niiya villages were into Obata on February 1, 1959, creating Kanra town.

Government
Kanra has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Kanra, together with the other municipalities in Kanra District contributes one member to the Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Gunma 5th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy
The economy of Kanra is heavily dependent on agriculture.

Education
Kanra has three public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.

Railway
Jōshin Dentetsu - Jōshin Line
 * Jōshū-Niiya - Jōshū-Fukushima

Highway

 * – Kanra PA

Sister city relations

 * Certaldo-Stemma.svg - Certaldo, Italy, friendship city since 1984

Local attractions

 * Rakusan-en gardens, National Place of Scenic Beauty.

title: Kanra, Gunma


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Kanra District, Gunma

Kanra District (甘楽郡) is a rural district in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 22,972 and an area of 365.82 km2, with a population density of 62.8 people per square kilometer.

Towns and villages
The southern part of the city of Takasaki and all of the city of Tomioka were formerly part of the district.
 * Kanra
 * Shimonita
 * Nanmoku

History
The area of Kanra District was formerly part of Kōzuke Province and appears in Nara period records, such as the 711 AD Shoku Nihongi as Kanra gun (甘良郡). Its etymology indicates that it was an area settled by large numbers of people from the Korean peninsula. Per a census conducted at the end of the Edo period, the area was divided into three towns and 79 villages administered as tenryō directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, 21 villages under the control of Nanokaichi Domain and 32 villages under the control of Obata Domain. Two more villages were under the shared control of Obata Domain and the Tokugawa shogunate.

On December 7, 1878, the area was divided into Minamikanra District (which became Tano District and Kitakanra District (present-day Kanra District). With the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889 the area was organized into five towns (Tomioka, Ichinomiya, Myōgi, Shimonita and Fukushima) and 18 villages.

Modern timeline

 * 1925, May 10 – Obata village was raised to town status
 * 1950, April 1 – Kitakanra District was renamed Kanra District
 * 1954, April 1 – Ono, Kuroiwa, and Takase villages and Ichinomiya town were merged into Tomioka, which was then raised to city status.
 * 1955, January 15 – Iwadaira village is annexed by Yoshii Town in Tano District
 * 1955, March 10 - Shimonita annexed the villages of Kosaka, Nishimaki, Aokura and Mayama
 * 1955, March 15 – Akihata village was annexed by Obata Town
 * 1955, March 20 – Taka village was annexed by Myōgi Town
 * 1955, April 1 – Yoshida village was annexed by Tomioka City
 * 1959, February 1 – Fukushima and Niiya villages were into Obata Town, which was renamed Kanra Town
 * 1960, April 1 – Nyu village was merged into Tomioka City
 * 2006, March 27 - Myōgi town merged into the city of Tomioka

title: Kanra District, Gunma


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Matsuida, Gunma

Matsuida (松井田町) was a town located in Usui District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 16,556 and a density of 94.58 persons per km2. The total area was 175.05 km2.

On March 18, 2006, Matsuida was merged into expanded city of An'naka.

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Your Rfc at Liancourt Rocks
Then could you explain how Tsushima Island would be a different case? (Wikimachine 16:31, 2 September 2007 (UTC))

Could you also look at An Jung-geun? There's a very simple dispute going on there - I mean it's very straight, it won't take you much time to decide on which side is wrong. Thx. An RFC I filed is not responsive. (Wikimachine 21:06, 5 September 2007 (UTC))

TB Article
Hey, you've done some really nice work with the article. Would you like to finish it up before it's moved to the main space. I don't mind if you want the recognition for creating the article. :-) JmFangio| ►Chat 22:50, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Kudos to your further changes - let me know how you want to proceed. JmFangio| ►Chat 00:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I moved the article to the main space - we have a little more work left to do in that we need to be able to cite some of the content; but once that's done - i'm going to dual nominate us for DYK! Keep up the work and I look forward to your continued contributions. JmFangio| ►Chat  06:20, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your info, I confess I thought DYK nomination too ^^; Nice to work with you, and I'll be happy to continue to collaborate in this field. We are still missing many great players: thank you again for having hinted at that! Cheers, --Aphaia 09:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Oh that will be wonderful. We do need to cite some of the stuff, from my understanding - we can't use the other wiki site as the source for the article.  I'm gonna work some more on this later and i agree with you 100% on all things!  Great to have someone to work with. JmFangio| ►Chat  16:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

ユーザーページと復旧
はじめまして. すみませんが、自分がUser:Akanemotoとその以下のページに書いたすべてのリビジョンを削除済みから復旧していただきたいのですができますでしょうか. どなたか管理者の方に頼んでいただけると助かります. よろしくお願いします. --Akanemoto 03:37, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Deletion reviewに依頼ページがありますので、ご自分で依頼なさってください. よろしくお願いします. --Aphaia 03:56, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

You're Welcome!
I'm glad to help any time :-) You never said you were an admin...wow! Do you know anything about the ForensicsOnline.net ForensicsWiki? It doesn't seem to have any admins, but de-spamming it has been my pet project lately...Scigirl543 13:23, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah I am not an admin here. I haven't heard the wiki, later I'll check it ... having admin mops is not so a big deal, and if you are annoyed with spamming, I think, you would feel better with those mops ... :) --Aphaia 16:06, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks re: East Asia
I know you must be busy in real life, let alone on wikipedia. But thanks for pointing out a few wars for this growing article. If you know of more people you can bring into the discussion, especially if they have more time or knowledge, please do so. (Let's keep the discussion to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Japan#History_of_East_Asia ...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.231.193.236 (talk) 16:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

The Great Wave off Kanagawa
There is discussion about The Great Wave off Kanagawa picture on Commons. I notice that you commented before about this image. There are multiple versions of this picture. Your input to the discussion would be helpful. Thanks. ありがとう --Aude (talk) 00:51, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
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 * commons:Commons:Deletion_requests/Image:Tsunami_by_hokusai_19th_century.jpg
 * commons:Image talk:The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa.jpg

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Your username
I find your username offensive. I feel that my religion is being insulted, and am being mocked because my circumstances have meant that I have been unable to have children. Your name can also be considered a breach of WP:IU (specifically Misleading Usernames and Offensive Usernames). I would sincerely appreciate it if you changed it. Thanking you in anticipation. Yeanold Viskersenn (talk) 16:42, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

re: Wikiquote
Yes, I did! I had forgotten the password to my previous account, so I decided to create a new one and redirect to it. ~ Riana ⁂ 14:59, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, welcome back :) --Aphaia (talk) 18:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Question
Hello Aphaia, I noticed that you revert vandalism, occasionally, but correctly. Would you like me to grant you rollback to help ease any vandalism-reversions you make? Acalamari 00:53, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanksfully accepted :) --Aphaia (talk) 17:41, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Rollback granted. :) If you'd like to read about rollback, see New admin school/Rollback and Rollback feature. Good luck. Acalamari 17:44, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

"Interlang links on RC"
Hi there. I'm always keen to help, but I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about in this edit. Could you explain please? Happy‑melon 12:54, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:RSUE
You may be interested in this proposal to revise the text for articles using non-English sources. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 04:24, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

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Just saying "hi"
... nice to see you on here :) - A l is o n  ❤ 07:18, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

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Christianity in Japan
はじめまして. アメリカのジョーレンです. よろしくお願いします…

Thank you for your edits to Christianity in Japan. I always worry that the article does not have enough information, so I am glad for anything we can add to it. I wanted to let you know two things:

1.)  I edited the grammar and the formatting of your recent edits to make it sound better in English and also to make it conform to the style guide. I would appreciate it if you could review my edit and make sure I understood your meaning correctly.

2.) I am the person that added the section about Christmas and other holidays, and the KFC was part of that. I am not sure if you saw it, but there was a source added one sentence later.  It was intended to support both sentences, but I realized it might have been easy to miss.  Now, I included another copy of the reference next to the KFC statement to avoid confusion.  The reference used, in case you want to read it, is here:  Christmas in Japan:  From Mesopotamia to Colonel Sanders.  It is actually an interesting story about how marketing campaigns resulted in two new customs, Christmas cakein 1910 and KFC in the 1970s.  I have other references too, but I thought that was the most interesting.

I want to make sure my English is understood - I don't mean to say KFC is required to celebrate Christmas. No :) However, there are many activities people use for celebrating Christmas in Japan, and KFC is one of them.  In America, nobody would use KFC to celebrate Christmas, so it is an interesting detail.  It certainly was a strange experience for me to see it in Japan.

I was in Tokyo for a year and I was very surprised by Christmas cake and by KFC. I come from America, and KFC is American, but we do not have any KFC Christmas here. When I asked my friends in Japan why people bring KFC to Christmas parties, they were surprised... they thought it was an American custom. I'd never heard of eating KFC for Christmas. It seemed strange to me, but I saw people do it and they bring it to Japanese parties :O. In America, if I brought KFC to a Christmas party, people would look at me like I was from Mars. Maybe it's more of a Tokyo thing, I don't know... ?

Then I went to a Christmas party and my friends told me there was Christmas cake. I asked "what is Christmas cake?" They were shocked... "You're American," they said, "don't you eat Christmas cake?" I had never heard of Christmas cake either! It is not a custom in America, but it tastes very good, so maybe we should make it a custom! :D

-- Joren (talk) 23:00, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I removed the description about KFC. ABC Article Directory is comprised of user published contents with Creative common license. See Terms of Service ―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 23:45, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok Phoenix, thanks for letting me know you have some doubts about the source. But next time, it would be better if you just removed the reference and put a  tag on it instead.  That allows other people to supplement with more references instead of just wholesale deletion; it's a little more polite and allows discussion and consensus to avoid risking an edit war.  I will be happy to do further research and supplement this claim with further references as soon as I get some time.  -- Joren (talk) 05:59, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi guys, I don't have sources at hand (it's at my parents' in Tokyo) but could say:
 * chickens in Christmas could be back to 1960s or earlier. My mother, married in late 1960s, had a cookbook published in 1960s and "roasted chicken" was one of recommendations to Christmas dinner.
 * I guess it was back to the occupation period, from 1945 till 1955, like Christmas cake, but it is an assumption.
 * I'm a Tokyo-born and raised Japanese and know the KFC campaign. Some might be influenced, but not all I think. You could say Japanese think chicken is a must for Christmas dinner, but the way to cook may vary from family to family. Some prefers roasted one, some prefer fried, kara-age or KFC. You can find it in Japanese recipe books ... many offers chicken for Christmas. In that situation focusing up KFC only is too much unbalanced in my opinion. --Aphaia (talk) 08:05, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Good info, thanks for the reply. Makes sense, very interesting... this makes me wonder if when my friends said KFC is traditional, they just say that because KFC is a kind of chicken?  I guess that could explain what I read and hear in sources about there being a KFC tradition.   I wonder if it is a kind of an accidental bias?  People from countries that only do roasted chicken would immediately notice if people used KFC, but they might not notice if people eat roast chicken, since that seems "normal" to them.  So the idea of a "KFC tradition" becomes born because people only talk about the part of the tradition that's new and interesting, and not the part everyone already knows about.  I wonder if that's what happened?  Maybe that's why I see Western news media talk about a KFC tradition in Japan all the time.
 * So I guess the sentence could say "things like chicken and Christmas cake." Maybe it would be good to point out in the article that the chicken can be any style including fast food, since this is a surprise to many readers of Wikipedia.  I'll keep digging for sources other than news clippings (hopefully...Google hates me today) but if you can find the sources at your mothers' place that would be great to have in the article.  Thanks,
 * -- Joren (talk) 09:40, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks and good luck for your googling. Your reply reminds me another points we together missed before: oven or lack of oven at Japanese kitchen.
 * Japanese traditional kitchen had no oven. Now it is a familiar equipment as the microwave-oven set, but it was very rare in the mid 1970s' Japan. So in those days for most people roasted chicken might not be what they did, but rather what they bought: like Christmas cake. I guess it would be a horrible idea for Westerners the major parts of Christmas dinner is take out. But for Japanese, it looks not so much lazy. So KFC might find a possible market - sell theirs instead of roasted one ...
 * It would be nice some notable author pointed it out, but I have no idea. --Aphaia (talk) 11:50, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Kind of off-topic of me, but I was impressed by those wonderful microwave-ovens. Although, they are small.  We decided to celebrate Thanksgiving American-style, and didn't have access to a professional kitchen.  Of course we wanted turkey, so we used these microwave ovens to prepare it.  It was nearly impossible to fit the turkey inside the machine, and took such a long time to prepare that we were afraid we would never make the dinner in time!  But it worked out very well.-- Joren (talk)

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Usui District, Gunma

Usui District (碓氷郡) is a former rural district located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. All of the city of Annaka and a tall portion of the city of Takasaki were formerly part of the district.

History
Per a census conducted at the end of the Edo period, the area of Usui district contained 33 villages under the control of Annaka Domain, nine villages under Takasaki Domain, four villages under Yoshii Domain and 29 villages administered as tenryō directly by the Tokugawa shogunate. Usui District was established on December 7, 1878, and with the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889 the area was organized into five towns (Annaka, Haraichi, Sakamoto, Matsuida and Itahana) and 13 villages
 * 1890, March 1 – Usui village was raised to town status
 * 1936, July 1 – Isobe village was raised to town status
 * 1954, May 3 – Usui and Sakamoto towns and Nishiyokono, Sukumo, and Hosono villages were merged into Matsuida.
 * 1955, January 20 – Toyooka and Yawata villages are annexed by the city of Takasaki
 * 1955, February 1 – Satomi village merges with Murota village in Gunma District to form the town of Haruna; Ubuchi village merges with Kurata village in Gunma District to form Kurabuchi village
 * 1955, March 1 – Annaka town annexes the towns of Haraichi, Isobe, and Itahana, and villages of Higashiyokono, Iwanoya, Akima and Gokan
 * 1958, November 1 – Annaka was raised to city status
 * 2006, March 16 – Matsuida town was annexed by Annaka city, dissolving Usui District.

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Talk:ABET

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ABET: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology not: Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology

Criticism
The previous "criticism" section of this page was completely unsourced. I don't particularly mind if someone puts it back, so long as it's *sourced* in some way.

However, I suspect it can't be--I did some digging and found nothing on ABET criticism. In addition, the IP of the person who originally added this material resolves to the University of Tulsa, and the material was added just about exactly when an ABET team was visiting the university. This leads me to believe this is a single person with an axe to grind, and not widespread "criticism" at all.75.46.140.40 02:19, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

RESPONSE: There are a number of recent sources on criticism of ABET and of accreditation in general.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/06/14/congressional-panel-hears-criticism-broken-accreditation-system

http://www.edcentral.org/improving-accreditation-i/

http://www.abet.org/senate-hearings/

Therefore the section on CRITICISM should be added back.

NOTE: 75.46.140.40 is apparently an ABET insider since he was aware of the upcoming ABET visit at the University of Tulsa. Pasimi (talk) 18:32, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

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Nakanojō, Gunma

Nakanojō (中之条町) is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 15,571 in 6737 households, and a population density of 35 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 439.28 sqkm.

Geography
Located in the northwestern portion of Gunma Prefecture, Nakanojō is surrounded by high peaks of over 1000 m in height, with the Agatsuma River passing through the center of town from west to east. The town has a mean elevation of 400 meters above sea level. The town's area is 83% mountains and forests (197 km2).

 * Rivers: Agatsuma River, Shima River
 * Lakes: Shimagawa Dam

Surrounding municipalities
Gunma Prefecture Nagano Prefecture Niigata Prefecture
 * Kusatsu
 * Naganohara
 * Higashiagatsuma
 * Shibukawa
 * Minakami
 * Sakae
 * Yamanouchi
 * Takayama
 * Yuzawa

Climate
Nakanojō has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by hot summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nakanojō is 8.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1489 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 0.2 °C.

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Nakanojō has declined steadily over the past 70 years.

Neighborhoods within Nakanojō

 * Akasaka (赤坂)
 * Aoyama (青山)
 * Arigawa (蟻川)
 * Daidou (大道)
 * Gotanda (五反田)
 * Ichishiro (市城)
 * Ise-machi (伊勢町)
 * Iwamoto (岩本)
 * Nakuta (名久田)

 * Orida (折田)
 * Ōtsuka (大塚)
 * Upper Sawatari (上沢渡)
 * Lower Sawatari (下沢渡)
 * Shima (四万)
 * Taira (平)
 * Tochikubo (栃窪)
 * West Nakanojo (西中之条)
 * Yamada (山田)

(former Kuni village)
 * Akaiwa (赤岩)
 * Hikage (日影)
 * Iriyama (入山)
 * Kosame (小雨)
 * Ōshi (太子)

History
During the Edo period, the area around Nakanojō was part of the hatamoto-administered territory within Kōzuke Province.

With the creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration on April 1, 1889, the town of Nakanojō was created within Agatsuma District of Gunma Prefecture. The villages of Isama, Sawada and Nakuta merged into Nakanojō on April 15, 1955.

On March 28, 2010, the village of Kuni, also from Agatsuma District, merged into Nakanojō.

Government
Nakanojō has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 15 members. Nakanojō, collectively with the other municipalities in Agatsuma District, contributes two members to the Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Gunma 5th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy
The economy of Nakanojō is heavily dependent on seasonal tourism primarily in connection with its onsen hot spring resorts.

Education
Nakanojō has two public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high schools operated by the Gunma Prefectural Board of Education. The city also has one private middle school and one private high school. Gunma Prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.

Railway
JR East – Agatsuma Line
 * Nakanojō - Ichishiro

Local attractions
The main draw of tourists to Nakanojō are the onsen (natural hot spring) resorts. There are two major hot spring resort areas within the town. The larger and more famous one is Shima Onsen, located in the mountains to the north of town. The name means "forty thousand", and represents the 40,000 ailments the water is supposed to cure. The other resort is called Sawatari Hot Springs.

Festivals and events
Nakanojō has three main festivals during the year. In winter, there is the Tori-oi Matsuri. This involves pounding on large drum all around town to scare birds (for good crops) or demons (for good luck) away for the new year. In summer, there is the Nakanojō Matsuri in August and the Ise-machi Matsuri in September. The Ise-machi Matsuri features the Yagibushi Folk Dance.

Melody road
When an automobile drives at 40 km/h over a special melody road section of Japan National Route 353 passing through Nakanojō, the vibrations will sound the tune "Always With Me" (Japanese title: いつも何度でも, Itsumo nando demo) from the feature animation Spirited Away.

Notable people from Nakanojō

 * Keizo Obuchi, former Prime Minister of Japan
 * Yūko Obuchi, politician

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Maritza

Maritza is a name of Spanish origin and may refer to:

 * Maritza Correia (born 1981), Puerto Rican swimmer
 * Maritza Olivares, Mexican actress
 * Maritza Rodríguez, Colombian actress
 * Maritza Salas (born 1975), Puerto Rican track and field athlete
 * Maritza Sayalero (born 1961), Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder
 * Sari Maritza (1910–1987), English actress

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Ryan Sook

Ryan Sook is an American comic book artist, known for his work on books such as Seven Soldiers: Zatanna, X-Factor and The Spectre. His style has been compared to that of Mike Mignola, Adam Hughes, and Kevin Nowlan.

Career
Sook's first professional work was in Challengers of the Unknown #15, published in 1998. For the next two years, he worked primarily on books for Dark Horse, including several stories set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, as well as two creator-owned projects in Dark Horse Presents: Witch's Son & Ragnok, with writer John Arcudi. He has also inked over Matt Smith's pencils in Lobster Johnson: The Killer in My Skull, a back-up story in Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #1.

In 2001, he earned critical and fan praise for his work on The Spectre for DC Comics. He left the book in 2002 to draw the first spin-off mini-series from Mike Mignola's Hellboy, BPRD: Hollow Earth.

From 2003 to 2010, Sook worked primarily for DC Comics focusing more on coverwork than interior sequential pages. His work in this time period includes: Arkham Asylum: Living Hell with Dan Slott, Hawkman with Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti and Seven Soldiers: Zatanna with Grant Morrison and X-Factor with Peter David for Marvel. He has also worked on several books for Wildstorm.

In 2009, Sook garnered his highest critical praise to date for his work on the Kamandi story in Wednesday Comics, written by Dave Gibbons. For the twelve-part serialization, he handled all of the art chores including lettering.

Sook has been compared to Mike Mignola, Adam Hughes and Kevin Nowlan and has as well been influenced by them, but he also draws inspiration from Alphonse Mucha, JC Leyendecker and Norman Rockwell, among many others.

Sook created the poster for the American TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "S.O.S. Part 1".

Covers only

 * Angel #6 (Dark Horse, 2000)
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer #28 (Dark Horse, 2000)
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike & Dru #3 (Dark Horse, 2000)
 * The Spectre vol. 4 #5, 7, 14, 18 (DC Comics, 2001–2002)
 * Hellhounds #2 (Image, 2003)
 * Hawkman vol. 4 #35-37, 39 (DC Comics, 2005)
 * Birds of Prey #78 (DC Comics, 2005)
 * Robotika #1 (Archaia Studios, 2005)
 * X-Factor vol. 3 #5, 7-12 (Marvel, 2006–2007)
 * Giant-Size Hulk #1 (Marvel, 2006)
 * Friday the 13th #1-6 (Wildstorm, 2007)
 * Star Wars: Rebellion #6-10, 14 (Dark Horse, 2007–2008)
 * Nightwing #133-137 (DC Comics, 2007)
 * The Flash: Fastest Man Alive #13 (DC Comics, 2007)
 * Batman and the Outsiders vol. 2 #1 (DC Comics, 2007)
 * Supernatural: Origins #3 (Wildstorm, 2007)
 * Death of the New Gods #1 (DC Comics, 2007)
 * Countdown Specials (DC Comics):
 * The Flash #1 (2007)
 * Jimmy Olsen #1 (2008)
 * The Atom #1-2 (2008)
 * The New Gods #1 (2008)
 * OMAC #1 (2008)
 * Eclipso #1 (2008)
 * Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth #1 (2008)
 * The Search for Ray Palmer — Superwoman/Batwoman #1 (DC Comics, 2008)
 * DC Universe Specials (DC Comics):
 * Justice League of America #1 (2008)
 * Superman: Mongul #1 (2008)
 * Reign in Hell #1 (2008)
 * Zorro vol. 6 #5-8 (Dynamite, 2008)
 * Superman/Batman #51-52 (DC Comics, 2008)
 * Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special #1 (DC Comics, 2008)
 * Broken Trinity: Aftermath #1 (Top Cow, 2009)
 * Dragon Prince #4 (Top Cow, 2009)
 * Wildcats vol. 5 #13-18 (Wildstorm, 2009–2010)
 * Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1-3 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #3 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * JSA All-Stars vol. 2 #1 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * The Magdalena vol. 3 #1-6 (Top Cow, 2010–2011)
 * Brightest Day #7-8 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * Artifacts #2 (Top Cow, 2010)
 * Human Target vol. 3 #5 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * Green Lantern vol. 4 #53, 57 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * The Flash vol. 3 #2, 5 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * Green Arrow vol. 4 #3 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * Birds of Prey vol. 2 #4 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * Green Lantern Corps vol. 2 #51 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * Justice League of America vol. 2 #48 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * Justice League: Generation Lost #7-8 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * Justice Society of America vol. 3 #42 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * Titans vol. 2 #26 (DC Comics, 2010)
 * Victorian Undead II #1-5 (Wildstorm, 2011)
 * B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth (Dark Horse):
 * Gods #1-3 (2011)
 * Monsters #1-2 (2011)
 * Return of the Master #1-5 (2012)
 * The Reign of the Black Flame #4 (118) (2014)
 * DC Universe Online: Legends #1 (DC Comics, 2011)
 * Kirby: Genesis #0-8 (Dynamite, 2011–2012)
 * DC Universe Presents #1-12, 0, 13-18 (DC Comics, 2011–2012)
 * Justice League Dark #1-5, 7–12, 0, 13–14, Annual #1 (DC Comics, 2011–2012)
 * Lord of the Jungle #1 (Dynamite, 2012)
 * The Shadow vol. 7 #2 (Dynamite, 2012)
 * Mystery in Space #1 (Vertigo, 2012)
 * National Comics: Rose and Thorn #1 (DC Comics, 2012)
 * Sword of Sorcery vol. 2 #1 (DC Comics, 2012)
 * The Creep #2 (Dark Horse, 2012)
 * The Red Team #1 (Dynamite, 2013)
 * Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #6 (DC Comics, 2013)
 * Essential Graphic Novels and Chronology #1-2 (DC Comics, 2013–2014)
 * Ten Grand #1 (Joe's Comics, 2013)
 * X-O Manowar vol. 3 #13 (Valiant, 2013)
 * Dream Thief #2 (Dark Horse, 2013)
 * Quantum and Woody vol. 2 #1-4 (Valiant, 2013)
 * Worlds' Finest #12, 14 (DC Comics, 2013)
 * Sidekick #1 (Joe's Comics, 2013)
 * Trinity of Sin: Pandora #1-3 (DC Comics, 2013)
 * DC One Million Omnibus hc (DC Comics, 2013)
 * Hit #1-4 (Boom! Studios, 2013–2014)
 * Protectors, Inc. #1 (Joe's Comics, 2013)
 * Apocalypse Al #1 (Joe's Comics, 2014)
 * He-Man and the Masters of the Universe vol. 2 #12 (DC Comics, 2014)
 * The New 52: Futures End #0-48 (DC Comics, 2014–2015)
 * Batman vol. 2 #34 (DC Comics, 2014)
 * The Mighty tpb (Dark Horse, 2014)
 * Rai vol. 2 #9-12 (Valiant, 2015)
 * Sinestro #15 (DC Comics, 2015)
 * Harley Quinn vol. 2 #21, 25 (inks only) (DC Comics, 2015–2016)
 * The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 4 #1 (Marvel, 2015)
 * The Vision vol. 3 #1 (Marvel, 2016)
 * Superman vol. 3 #46 (with Spike Brandt) (DC Comics, 2016)
 * Batman/Superman #26 (with Spike Brandt) (DC Comics, 2016)
 * Superman: American Alien #1-7 (DC Comics, 2016)
 * 100-Page Super Spectaculars (DC Comics):
 * Lois and Clark #1 (2016)
 * Darksied War #1 (2016)
 * Robin War #1 (2016)
 * Titans Hunt #1 (2016)
 * Bloodshot Reborn #10-11 (Valiant, 2016)
 * Kong of Skull Island #1 (Boom! Studios, 2016)
 * 4001 A.D. #1-4 (Valiant, 2016)
 * Black Panther vol. 5 #1 (Marvel, 2016)
 * Uncanny X-Men vol. 4 #7 (Marvel, 2016)
 * Squadron Supreme vol. 4 #5-6 (Marvel, 2016)
 * Action Comics #957-960 (DC Comics, 2016)
 * Betty and Veronica vol. 3 #1 (Archie Comics, 2016)
 * Captain Marvel vol. 9 #9 (Marvel, 2016)
 * Batman Beyond vol. 6 #1 (DC Comics, 2016)
 * The Mighty Thor vol. 2 #15 (Marvel, 2017)
 * The Unworthy Thor #3 (Marvel, 2017)
 * Inhumans vs. X-Men #4 (Marvel, 2017)
 * Grass Kings #3 (Boom! Studios, 2017)
 * Future Quest #11 (Hanna-Barbera, 2017)
 * Superman vol. 4 #22-25, 28–29, 33 (DC Comics, 2017)
 * Sheena, Queen of the Jungle vol. 6 #0-1 (Dynamite, 2017)
 * Batman: The Killing Joke reprint (DC Comics, 2017)
 * Batman Day Special Edition #1 (DC Comics, 2017)
 * Sacred Creatures #4 (Image, 2017)
 * Black Panther #166 (Marvel, 2017)
 * Deathstroke vol. 4 #21-29, Annual #1 (DC Comics, 2017–2018)
 * Jim Henson's Labyrinth Special #2 (Archaia Studios, 2017)
 * The Jetsons #6 (Hanna-Barbera, 2018)
 * Nu Way #1 (Aspen, 2018)
 * The Unexpected vol. 2 #2-3 (DC Comics, 2018)
 * Heroes in Crisis #1-9 (DC Comics, 2018–2019)
 * The Weatherman #5 (Image, 2018)
 * The Flash vol. 5 #67 (DC Comics, 2019)
 * Betty and Veronica vol. 4 #2 (Archie Comics, 2019)
 * Justice League Dark vol. 2 #11 (DC Comics, 2019)
 * Aquaman vol. 7 #50 (DC Comics, 2019)
 * Detective Comics #1012 (DC Comics, 2019)
 * DCeased: A Good Day to Die #1 (DC Comics, 2019)
 * Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1 (DC Comics, 2019)

Dungeons & Dragons

 * Races of Eberron (2005)
 * Five Nations (2005)
 * An Adventurer's Guide to Eberron (2008)

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Leônidas

Leônidas da Silva (6 September 1913 – 24 January 2004) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the most important players of the first half of the 20th century. At the height of his career, Leônidas da Silva was very popular amongst the people of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro. Leônidas played for Brazil national team in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups, and was the top scorer of the latter tournament. He was known as the "Black Diamond" and the "Rubber Man" due to his agility.

Club career
Leônidas started his career at São Cristóvão. He then played for Carioca side Sírio e Libanez, where he was coached by Gentil Cardoso. When Cardoso left to coach Bonsucesso, he brought Leônidas with him. Between 1931 and 1932, he played for Bonsucesso before joining Peñarol in Uruguay in 1933. After one year, da Silva returned to Brazil to play for Vasco da Gama. He helped them win the Rio State Championship. After playing in the 1934 World Cup, he joined Botafogo and won another Rio State Championship in 1935. The following year, he joined Flamengo, where he stayed until 1941. Once again, in 1939, the team won the Rio State Championship. He was also at the forefront of the movement against prejudice in football, being one of the first black players to join the then-elitist Flamengo team.

Leônidas joined São Paulo in 1942 and stayed at the club until his retirement from playing in 1950.

The bicycle kick
Leônidas is one of several possible players credited for inventing the "Bicycle kick". The first time da Silva used this technique was on 24 April 1932, in a match between Bonsucesso and Carioca. In Flamengo he used this move only once, in 1939, against the Argentinian team Independiente. The unusual volley gained huge fame at the time, propelling it into the football mainstream.

For São Paulo, da Silva used the bicycle kick on two occasions: the first on 14 June 1942, in the defeat against Palestra Italia (currently Palmeiras). Most famously of all, he used it on 13 November 1948, in the massive 8–0 victory over Juventus. The play (and the goal) was captured in an image and is regarded as the most famous picture of the player. In the 1938 World Cup, he also used the bicycle kick, to the delight of the spectators. When he did it, the referee was so shocked by the volley that he was unsure whether it was within the rules or not.

International career
Leônidas played 19 times for the Brazil national team between 1932 and 1946, scoring 21 goals in total, and scoring twice on his debut. In 1938, he was the World Cup's top scorer with 7 goals, scoring at least three times in the 6–5 extra time win over Poland.

Nevertheless, his performance also made him be frequently fouled by the Poles. For the next match, against Czechoslovakia, he was not in the ideal conditions, but the Brazilian staff, concerned for possible punishment in using Niginho in Leônidas place, preferred to keep Leônidas in the team; Italian Football Federation had warned FIFA about Niginho's irregular condition: this player, who had Italian Citizenship, was still legally attached to Lazio, the club he left without permission in 1936, due to fear of being recruited by the Italian Army to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Leônidas managed to score against the Czechs, but his injuries got worse, making him definitely unable to be used in the next game – the semifinal against Italy. Brazil lost the match 2–1 and for many years the coach Adhemar Pimenta was criticized as many fans, not aware of Lêonidas true poor conditions, believed his absence was just an option arrogantly made by Pimenta "to rest the player for the final". This version still circulates, despite the fact that Leônidas had written a letter, which was published by certain newspapers at the time, in which he clarified that Pimenta had no choice but to rest him due to the Niginho affair.

The Niginho affair also prevented either of the players from playing in the semi-final. In their place, Romeu was chosen as the team's improvised center-forward for the match, scoring Brazil's goal late in the game. Leônidas returned for the third place match and scored two more goals in a 4–2 win against Sweden.

1934 World Cup statistics
The scores contain links to the article on the 1934 FIFA World Cup and the round in question. The matches' numbers reflect the number of World Cup matches Leônidas played during his career.

1938 World Cup statistics
The scores contain links to the article on the 1938 FIFA World Cup and the round in question. When there is a special article on the match in question, the link is in the column for round.

Personal life
At the height of his career, Leônidas da Silva was very popular amongst the people of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro. In the 1930s and 1940s, Leônidas was a celebrity against the backdrop of controversy and racial discrimination looming within Brazil during this time. Leônidas had a major impact on and off the field because of his ability to relate to the working classes of Brazil, and his humble beginnings and racial representation led to this national popularity. When his team won the Brazilian Club Championship in 1931, the people of Rio de Janeiro greeted Leônidas and his team in the streets of the city with cheerful crowds dancing and celebrating their victory.

Historically, Leônidas is well known for his contributions to the relationship between consumerism and the business side of football within the country of Brazil. In the year 1938, Leônidas especially gained massive popularity after his appearance in the World Cup tournament and it was around this time he started to receive numerous advertisement offers, such as for watches and cigarettes. His willingness to participate in interviews and being a constant within the public eye helped his fans feel personally connected to Leônidas. Later that same year, a voting popularity contest was held including Leônidas and he received 249,080 votes in his favor, thus winning the contest.

During the 1938 World Cup, Leônidas was nicknamed Diamante Negro (black diamond). In the next year, Brazilian chocolate manufacturer Lacta purchased from him the right to name a chocolate bar as Diamante Negro. This chocolate brand became a commercial success in Brazil.

Leônidas joined São Paulo as manager the 1950s before leaving football to become a radio reporter and then the owner of a furniture store in São Paulo. He died in 2004 in Cotia, São Paulo, because of complications due to Alzheimer's disease, from which he had been suffering since 1974. He is buried in the Cemitério da Paz of São Paulo.

Honours
Vasco da Gama
 * Campeonato Carioca: 1934

Botafogo
 * Campeonato Carioca, 1935

Flamengo
 * Campeonato Carioca: 1939

São Paulo
 * Campeonato Paulista: 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949

Rio de Janeiro State Team
 * Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais: 1931, 1938, 1940

São Paulo State Team
 * Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais: 1942

Brazil
 * FIFA World Cup: third-place 1938
 * Copa América runner-up: 1946

Individual
 * FIFA World Cup Golden Boot: 1938
 * FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 1938
 * FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1938
 * IFFHS Brazilian Player of the 20th Century (8th place)

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S. E. Rogers

Sydney Ernest Rogers (November 11, 1888–September 10, 1965) was a Manitoba politician. Between 1937 and 1941, he was the leader of the province's Social Credit Party.

Biography
Rogers was born in 1888 on the Isle of Wight in England, the son of James Alexander Rogers and Elizabeth Spencer. Moving to Canada with his family in 1897, he later worked as a farmer. He was elected reeve of the Rural Municipality of Shell River in 1920, and held this position for well over a decade, serving two terms. In 1905, he married Georgina Elizabeth Johnston.

In 1936, Rogers was a candidate for the newly formed Social Credit League in Manitoba. This party was influenced by the recent victory of William Aberhart in Alberta, and promised a similar program of monetary reform.

The party did not have a leader during the election, but nevertheless succeeded in electing five of its candidates. Rogers was elected in the riding of Roblin.

The five-member caucus subsequently chose Stanley Fox as the party's leader. Fox stepped down in 1937, and was replaced by Rogers.

In 1940, Rogers was responsible for bringing Social Credit into the all-party coalition government proposed by Liberal-Progressive Premier John Bracken. Rogers did not join cabinet, standing aside for Norman Turnbull to become a minister without portfolio.

The decision to join government split the Social Credit ranks, and several of the party's candidates in 1941 ran against the coalition. Rogers, Fox and Turnbull (all government supporters) were the only party members re-elected, and the group does not seem to have had a leader during the parliament that followed. The Social Credit group, in fact, came to be regarded as little more than an appendage of the Liberal-Conservative coalition.

Rogers retired from the legislature in 1945, and died twenty years later.

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Glen Keane

Glen Keane (born April 13, 1954) is an American animator, director, author and illustrator. As a character animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios for 38 years (1974–2012), he worked on feature films including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Tarzan and Tangled. He received the 1992 Annie Award for character animation and the 2007 Winsor McCay Award for lifetime contribution to the field of animation. He was named a Disney Legend in 2013, a year after retiring from the studio.

In 2017, Keane directed Dear Basketball, an animated short film based on Kobe Bryant's retirement poem in The Players' Tribune, for which Keane and Bryant received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards.

Early life
Keane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of cartoonist Bil Keane, creator of The Family Circus, and Australian-born Thelma Keane (née Carne). He was raised in Paradise Valley, Arizona, as a Catholic.

Keane's interest in art developed from observing his father's work as a cartoonist. (Keane's father based his Family Circus character of Billy on Glen's younger self.) To encourage Glen to draw, his father gave him a copy of Burne Hogarth's Dynamic Anatomy, and recommended he observe body forms and practice creative approaches to life drawing.

After graduating from high school at Brophy College Preparatory in 1972, Keane applied to the California Institute of the Arts School of Art, rather than accepting a football scholarship to another college. His application was accidentally sent to the Program in Experimental Animation (then called Film Graphics), where he was mentored by Jules Engel.

Career
Keane left CalArts in 1974 and joined Disney the same year, where he spent three years working with veteran animator Ollie Johnston on the characters Bernard and Penny in The Rescuers. He subsequently animated Elliott the Dragon in Pete's Dragon, and the climactic bear showdown in The Fox and the Hound.

In 1982, inspired by the groundbreaking film Tron, Keane collaborated with animator John Lasseter (Toy Story, Toy Story 2) on a 30-second test scene of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, which was optioned for them by Disney executive Tom Wilhite. The test integrated traditional character animation and computer-generated backgrounds, and, like Tron, was a cooperation with MAGI. It was Disney's first experiment with digitally-drawn characters. Although the project was revolutionary (and became a predecessor to the famous ballroom scene in Beauty and the Beast), Disney declined to invest further in the featurette due to its cost.

In 1983, Keane left contract employment with Disney and worked as a freelance artist. He animated the character Professor Ratigan in Disney's The Great Mouse Detective; the "Boys and Girls of Rock n' Roll" and "Getting Lucky" in The Chipmunk Adventure; and the characters Fagin, Sykes, Jenny Foxworth, and Georgette in Oliver & Company.

He became a lead character animator, one of the group of young animators mentored by "Disney's Nine Old Men". Keane animated some of Disney's most memorable characters in what has been called the "New "Golden Age" of Disney Animation. He designed and animated the character of Ariel in the film The Little Mermaid (1989), and the eagle Marahute in The Rescuers Down Under. He was supervising animator for the title characters of the three Disney hit features Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas.

While living with his family in Paris, France for three years, Keane completed work on Disney's 1999 Tarzan, for which he drew the eponymous character. He then returned to Disney's Burbank studio as the lead animator for John Silver in Treasure Planet.

In 2003, he began work as the director of Disney's animated film Tangled (based on the Brothers Grimm story Rapunzel), released in November 2010, where Keane and his team strove to bring the style and warmth of traditional animation to computer animation. In October 2008, due to "non-life threatening health issues", Keane stepped back as director of Tangled, but remained the film's executive producer and an animating director.

On March 23, 2012, Keane left Walt Disney Animation Studios after 37 years there. In a letter to his coworkers, he said, "I owe so much to those great animators who mentored me – Eric Larson, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston – as well as to the many other wonderful people at Disney whom I have been fortunate to work with in the past nearly 38 years. I am convinced that animation really is the ultimate form of our time with endless new territories to explore. I can’t resist its siren call to step out and discover them."

He later said that one of the reasons he left Disney was his experience during the production of Tangled, which underwent several storyline and title changes. He felt that in a big studio like Disney, there were too many conflicting interests, with management pulling people "in too many different directions".

In December 2013, it was announced that Keane joined Motorola's Advanced Technology and Projects Group to help its engineers create interactive hand-drawn animation. He released his first animated short, Duet, at the Google I/O Conference in San Francisco on June 25, 2014. It is the first hand-drawn cartoon made at 60 frames per second, and the third in a series of shorts, called the Spotlight Stories, designed to explore spatial awareness and the sensory inputs of a mobile device to create distinctive storytelling experiences. When Google sold its Motorola subsidiary in early 2014, Keane and his group remained there.

In 2015, it was revealed that Keane and 16 other prominent artists and filmmakers had been hired by the Paris Opera to work on their 3rd Stage project.

Keane is the creator of the animated short Nephtali (a reference to Jacob's blessings and Psalm 42), on which he collaborated with choreographer and ballet dancer Marion Barbeau.

In addition to his work as an animator, Keane has written and illustrated a series of children's books based on Bible parables, featuring the characters Adam Raccoon and King Aren the Lion.

Keane directed the Chinese animated film Over the Moon, about a girl who builds a rocket and flies to the moon to meet a legendary moon goddess. Written by Audrey Wells, produced by Pearl Studio, and animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks, it was released on Netflix on October 23, 2020.

At the 2018 Oscars, Keane shared the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film with Kobe Bryant for Dear Basketball, which was based on a poem Bryant wrote on his retirement. On May 26, 2018 Keane received the 2017 Reuben Award for the Cartoonist of the Year in his hometown of Philadelphia, PA.

Personal life
In 1975, during the production of his debut film, Keane married Linda Hesselroth. They are the parents of design artist Claire Keane and computer graphics artist Max Keane.

Keane has been cited among artists with aphantasia, a condition characterized by an inability to form mental images. He is a Christian.

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