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Elmer George Homrighausen

Elmer George Homrighausen (April 11, 1900 – January 3, 1982) was an American theologian.

Biography
Homrighausen was born in Wheatland, Iowa, and earned an A.B. (1921) from Lakeland College (Wisconsin), a B.Th. (1924) from Princeton Theological Seminary, an M.A. (1920) from Butler University, and a Th.M. (1929) from the University of Dubuque.

He was professor of Christian education at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1938 to 1954, and served as dean of the seminary from 1955 to 1964.

He retired in 1970, and the seminary established a chair of Christian social ethics named in his honor. He also served as vice moderator of the United Presbyterian Church, and on the World Council of Christian Education, Princeton Board of Education, World Council of Churches, and other bodies.

He died in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 81.

He and his wife, Ruth W. Strassburger, raised six children.

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Great Guitars (Joe Louis Walker album)

Great Guitars is an album by blues guitarist Joe Louis Walker. It was released in 1997 on the Polygram label as catalogue number 537141.

Many of the songs on the album are duets with other artists. The album received mostly favourable reviews upon its release.

Track listing

 * 1) "Low Down Dirty Blues" (Walker) – 6:57
 * 2) "First Degree" (Turner, Walker) – 4:22
 * 3) "Mile-Hi Club" (Walker) – 6:08
 * 4) "Fix Our Love" (Walker) – 6:05
 * 5) "Every Girl I See" (Dixon, Murphy) – 6:01
 * 6) "Cold and Evil Night" (Walker) – 5:23
 * 7) "Hop on It" (Grand, Walker) – 2:24
 * 8) "Nighttime" (Walker) – 5:49
 * 9) "Sugar" (Walker) – 6:21
 * 10) "In God's Hands" (Walker) – 4:28
 * 11) "High Blood Pressure" (Walker) – 4:39

Personnel
Musicians Guest musicians
 * Joe Louis Walker: vocals, guitar, slide guitar, percussion, footstomping, arrangements
 * Tom Rose: guitar, backing vocals
 * Mike Eppley: organ, piano and backing vocals
 * Joe Thomas: bass, backing vocals
 * Curtis Nutall: drums
 * Bonnie Raitt: vocals and slide guitar on "Low Down Dirty Blues"
 * Ike Turner: guitar, keyboards, bass and tambourine on "First Degree"
 * Buddy Guy: guitar on "Every Girl I See"
 * Matt Murphy: guitar on "Nighttime"
 * Taj Mahal: national steel guitar, ratchet guitar and footstomps on "In God's Hands"
 * Robert Lockwood, Jr.: 12-string electric guitar on "High Blood Pressure"
 * Otis Grand: guitar and lap-steel guitar on "Hop on It"
 * Scotty Moore: guitar
 * Little Charlie Baty: guitar
 * Steve Cropper: guitar on "Mile-Hi Club"
 * Clarence Gatemouth Brown: guitar on "Mile-Hi Club"
 * Otis Rush; vocals and guitar on "Fix Our Love"
 * Charles "D.C." Carnes: guitar
 * Wallace Coleman: harmonica
 * Steve Diamond: piano
 * Richard Smith: bass
 * Steve Gomes; bass
 * Rob Stupka; drums
 * Jimmy "Gator" Hoare
 * The Tower of Power Horns:
 * Emilio Castillo: saxophone
 * Bill Churchville: horn arrangements, trumpet
 * Barry Danielian: horn arrangements, trumpet
 * Stephen "Doc" Kupka: baritone saxophone
 * John Scarpulla: saxophone

 * The Johnny Nocturne Horns:
 * John Firmin: tenor sax
 * Rob Sudduth: baritone sax
 * George Spencer: trumpet
 * Marty Wehner: horn arrangements, trombone

Production
 * Produced by Joe Louis Walker, Ike Turner, Steve Cropper, John Snyder
 * Executive producer: Jean-Philippe Allard.
 * Engineered by Scotty Moore, David Luke, Howard Willing, Jay Newland, Jim Albert, Ken Kessie, Mark Hewitt, Mike Creswell, Paul Haumann, Stephen Hart, Steve Spaperri
 * Assistant Engineers: Ben Conrad, John Brant.
 * Mastered by Chris Bellman.

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Winooski River

The Winooski River (also known as the Onion River) is a tributary of Lake Champlain, approximately 90 mi long, in the northern half of Vermont. Although not Vermont's longest river, it is one of the state's most significant, forming a major valley way from Lake Champlain through the Green Mountains towards (although not connecting in drainage to) the Connecticut River valley.

The river drains an area of the northern Green Mountains between Vermont's capital of Montpelier and its largest city, Burlington. It rises in the town of Cabot in Washington County, and then flows southwest to Montpelier, passing through the city along the south side of downtown and the Vermont State House. From Montpelier it flows northwest into Chittenden County through Richmond, passing north of the city of Burlington. It enters the eastern side of Lake Champlain approximately 5 mi northwest of downtown Burlington. The city of Winooski sits along the river approximately 8 mi upstream from its mouth, on the northeastern edge of Burlington. The river was historically used for the transportation of timber in the logging heyday of Vermont during the 19th century. The valley of the river downstream from Montpelier is where both U.S. Highway 2 and Interstate 89 run between Montpelier and Burlington.

The river is one of several antecedent rivers in Vermont which predate the rise of the ancient Green Mountains, and have cut through these mountains as they rose and eroded.

Tributaries
The Winooski is fed by several tributary rivers: the Little River, the North Branch and the Kingsbury Branch are right-bank tributaries, entering from the north, while the Huntington River, Mad River, Dog River and Stevens Branch are left-bank tributaries which enter from the south. The Lower Tributaries, smaller tributary streams nearer the mouth of the Winooski, include Allen Brook, Alder Brook, Gleason Brook, Mill Brook, and Muddy Brook.

History
The name "Winooski" comes from the Abenaki word winoskik meaning "at wild onion land", a reference to the leeks or wild onions that were once common along the river banks. The byname "Onion River" came into general usage in the late 18th and early 19th century, after Ira and Ethan Allen established the Onion River Land Company.

In the late winter of 1992, ice blockage in the Winooski caused a major flood in Montpelier, causing extensive damage to much of the downtown, the worst flood in Montpelier's history since the larger Great Flood of 1927.

In July 2023, heavy rains caused flooding throughout the Winooski River Valley, damaging homes and businesses. Water levels reached levels higher than those recorded during 2011's Hurricane Irene, but not has high as the Great Flood of 1927.

Uses

The river is used for a variety of purposes. It is popular for recreational uses such as canoeing, kayaking, fishing and swimming. In addition to providing habitats for the native brook trout, the Winooski and its tributaries also support naturalized populations of wild rainbow trout and brown trout. Smallmouth bass and walleye are found in the lower reaches of the river, and migratory populations of largemouth bass and northern pike often enter the Winooski from Lake Champlain in the spring.

Additionally, a number of hydroelectric dams are used for generating electricity. The Winooski One Dam, located on the river in the city of Winooski, was the first high-performance civil structure in the world imbedded with fiber optic sensors when it was built in 1992. For this reason, the dam was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "world's most intelligent dam".

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David Kushner (writer)

David Kushner is a writer who has contributed to many publications, including Wired, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, IEEE Spectrum and Salon.

Career
From 1994 to 1996, Kushner worked as a senior producer and writer on the SonicNet website.

Works
The first edition of Kushner’s non-fiction book, Masters of Doom, was published in 2003. His second non-fiction book, Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids, was published in 2005. Kushner's book, Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb, was published in 2009.

Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto
In 2012, his narrative non-fiction book Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto was published. Jacked provided an inside look at the inner-workings of the video game company Rockstar Games, makers of the controversial Grand Theft Auto series, and attorney Jack Thompson's attempt to destroy it. The book served as the basis for a film on the BBC, The Gamechangers.

Alligator Candy
Kushner's 2016 autobiography, Alligator Candy, describes the abduction and murder of his preteen brother, Jonathan Kushner. One of the individuals convicted for murder, Johnny Paul Witt, was executed by the State of Florida after a lengthy appeal (see Wainwright v. Witt). David Kushner's book investigates details of the murder and describes the emotional trauma this inflicted on the family.

Silk Road
Kushner's 2014 Rolling Stone Article, "Dead End on Silk Road: Internet Crime Kingpin Ross Ulbricht's Big Fall," is the basis for 2021 film Silk Road.

Zola
Kushner's 2016 Rolling Stone Article, "Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted," has been adapted into the 2021 film Zola.

Books

 * The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet’s Rise (2019)
 * Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D&D (2017)
 * Alligator Candy: A Memoir (2016)
 * The World's Most Dangerous Geek: And More True Hacking Stories (2016)
 * Prepare to Meet Thy Doom: And More True Gaming Stories (2015)
 * The Bones of Marianna: A Reform School, a Terrible Secret, and a Hundred-Year Fight for Justice (2013)
 * Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto (2012)
 * Levittown: Two Extraordinary Families, One Ruthless Tycoon, and the Fight for the American Dream (2009)
 * Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids: How a Gang of Geeks Beat the Odds and Stormed Las Vegas (2005)
 * Masters of Doom (2003)
 * A for Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World

Podcasts

 * Alligator Candy

Filmography

 * The Gamechangers (2015)
 * Zola (2021)
 * Silk Road (2021)

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American Basketball Association (2000–present)

The American Basketball Association (ABA) is an American semi-professional men's basketball minor league that was founded in 1999.

ABA teams are based in the United States, with one traveling team from Japan. The league previously had international teams based in Canada, China and Mexico. League management infamously maintains low requirements for franchise ownership, and hundreds of ABA teams have either folded or defected to rival leagues.

The league licenses its name and use of ABA trademarks from the National Basketball Association, which absorbed the American Basketball Association (1967–1976) during the ABA–NBA merger. The Women's American Basketball Association has operated as a sister league to the ABA since 2017.

Launch and suspension, 1999–2002

The league was originally co-founded by Dick Tinkham and Joe Newman in 1999 as ABA 2000. Tinkham had previously co-founded the Indiana Pacers in the original American Basketball Association, and Newman had been an advertising executive for the Pacers. The National Basketball Association (NBA), owner of the ABA trademark after absorbing many of the original league's teams, sued Tinkham and Newman in December 1999. The lawsuit was unsuccessful since the NBA had failed to actively use the ABA trademark, and the new league entered an agreement with the NBA to license the name for $50,000.

The league began its inaugural 2000–01 season with eight teams: the Chicago Skyliners, Detroit Dogs, Indiana Legends, Kansas City Knights, Los Angeles Stars, Memphis Houn'Dawgs, San Diego Wildfire and Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs. Joe Newman founded the Indiana Legends to replace the Jacksonville Jackals, who were removed from the league after failing to secure a venue. Mark Hamister purchased the rights to a Buffalo franchise for $75,000, but was also unable to secure a venue. A proposed merger with the International Basketball League fell through in December 2000, which would have allowed the inaugural season to begin with additional teams.

To attract fans, the ABA encouraged its teams to fill rosters with former NBA players and past college basketball stars that had local ties. Former NBA champion and Florida native Darryl Dawkins was recruited as the first head coach of the Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs.

The 2001–02 ABA season saw only three teams return from the inaugural season, with the Chicago Skyliners, Los Angeles Stars, Memphis Houn'Dawgs, San Diego Wildfire and Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs replaced by the Kentucky Pro Cats, Las Vegas Slam, Phoenix Eclipse and Southern California Surf.

Joe Newman folded the Indiana Legends after he was sued by eight former players in August 2002 for failing to pay their salaries. Newman had claimed $1 million in losses over two seasons of ownership.

The 2002–03 season was not played, as the league suspended operations for reorganization. Jim Clark, owner of the Kansas City Knights, was named league President and COO in November 2002.

Restructuring and defections, 2003–2005

The league resumed play with seven teams for the 2003–04 season. The returning Kansas City Knights were joined by the Fresno Heatwave, Jersey Squires, Las Vegas Rattlers, Juárez Gallos de Pelea, Long Beach Jam and Tijuana Dragons. Dennis Rodman brought national attention to the league when he signed with the Long Beach Jam, leading them to an ABA title in their first season.

The 2004–05 season saw franchise fees lowered from $50,000 to $10,000, and the bond requirement removed in order to attract new teams. Teams were subsequently organized into regional groups to facilitate interest and reduce travel costs, with 37 clubs competing that season in three divisions. The Arkansas RimRockers won the 2004–05 ABA title in their first year of play, but then left with the Long Beach Jam to join the rival NBA Development League.

The ABA welcomed the Beijing Aoshen Olympians beginning with the 2005–06 season, a club which had been banned from the Chinese Basketball League after refusing to allow star prospect Sun Yue to play for the Chinese national team. The Olympians played their home games in Maywood, California. CCTV-5 in China broadcast the team's games, where they were watched by an average of 15 million people.

Following the 2005–06 season in which many teams failed to complete their full schedules and became insolvent, the Charlotte Krunk, Florida Pit Bulls, Indiana Alley Cats, Pittsburgh Xplosion, San Jose Skyrockets and SoCal Legends left to join the rival Continental Basketball Association.

Failed coup and formation of PBL, 2006–2008
In preparation for the league's initial public offering (ABKB), former NBA player John Salley was named league commissioner and Maryland Nighthawks owner Tom Doyle was named league COO in September 2006. Cost for new franchises was subsequently raised to $20,000 for the 2006–07 season. Sports Illustrated writer Alexander Wolff launched the Vermont Frost Heaves, regularly penning articles in the publication about his team's inaugural campaign.

John Salley and Tom Doyle attempted a boardroom coup on behalf of shareholders, with ABA's Board of Directors voting to remove Joe Newman as CEO on January 31, 2007. Newman sued Salley and Doyle, leading to a settlement in which he kept his job and forced their resignations from the league.

The 2006–07 season concluded with the defending champion Rochester Razorsharks withdrawing from the league after they asked to reschedule a playoff game against the Wilmington Sea Dawgs, but were denied and told to forfeit. Following this incident, the Hammond Rollers, Jacksonville Jam, Maryland Nighthawks, Quad City Riverhawks and Wilmington Sea Dawgs joined the Razorsharks in forming the Premier Basketball League (PBL).

Following the 2007–08 season, the reigning champion Vermont Frost Heaves left for the Premier Basketball League along with the Halifax Rainmen, Manchester Millrats and Quebec Kebs.

Quentin Townsend, owner of the Atlanta Vision, was named league President and COO in April 2008. He was later removed from those positions after being arrested in November 2008 for defrauding investors in a scheme to acquire an NBA Development League franchise.

CBA absorption and continued instability, 2008–2013

At the start of the 2008–09 season, over 200 teams had folded since the league's inception.

The 2008–09 season saw the Southeast Texas Mustangs franchise join the league after leaving the struggling Continental Basketball Association. The ABA attempted interleague play with the four remaining CBA teams, but their league folded mid-season.

NBA scouts stopped attending the league's games in January 2009, citing the amount of cancelled and forfeited contests.

Several teams folded during the 2009–10 season, including the entire Pacific Northwest Division. The San Francisco Rumble forfeited their playoff game against the Southeast Texas Mavericks, as they could not afford to travel for the contest.

Gilas Pilipinas, the Philippine national basketball team, competed in a series of exhibitions against ABA teams including the Clayton Showtime, Los Angeles Slam, Riverside Rainmakers, San Diego Surf and the West Coast All-Stars. This April 2010 series was referred to as the ABA Friendship Games.

Dick Packer was named league President and COO in April 2010.

After winning their second consecutive championship in 2010–11, the Southeast Texas Mavericks publicly opined that the ABA did not have adequate competition, and they left with intentions of joining the NBA Development League. However, their application to join the NBA Development League was denied, and the franchise sat out the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons. Consecutive titles were won by the Jacksonville Giants in their absence, with championship wins over the previously undefeated South Carolina Warriors in 2011–12 and North Dallas Vandals in 2012–13. The team returned to the ABA for 2013–14 as the Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks, going undefeated and winning the league title in a perfect season.

Management change and ESPN3 deal, 2014–2016

At the conclusion of the 2013–14 season, over 350 franchises had folded since the league's inception.

Former Arizona Scorpions owner Ron Tilley replaced Joe Newman as league President and CEO following Newman's retirement in July 2014.

The league signed a two-year streaming deal with ESPN3 in August 2014 to broadcast regular season and playoff games beginning with the 2014–15 season.

After completing a perfect season for the second time in 2014–15 and winning their fourth championship, the Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks left the ABA to join the Premier Basketball League.

Joe Newman returned to the role of league President and CEO beginning with the 2015–16 season.

The Jacksonville Giants drew the league's all-time record crowd of 8,987 for their 100–93 victory over the previously unbeaten Chicago Steam at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on January 16, 2016. It had been reported the week prior that the Orlando Magic was considering adopting the Giants as their NBA Development League affiliate, although later in the year they instead moved their existing affiliate Erie BayHawks to Lakeland, Florida.

WABA launch and addition of play-in tournament, 2017–present

A sister league, the Women's American Basketball Association (WABA), was launched in 2017. Garden State Warriors owner Marsha Blount was named the league's President and CEO.

The 2017–18 season saw franchise fees lowered to $2,500.

League co-founder Dick Tinkham died of muscular dystrophy in October 2018.

The 2019–20 season was ended prematurely and the playoffs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The undefeated Jacksonville Giants captured their seventh and final championship in 2020–21, concluding the team's first perfect season and third in ABA history.

A play-in tournament was implemented beginning with the 2021–22 season to determine which teams would advance to the divisional round of the playoffs.

Following elimination from the 2021–22 playoffs by the Steel City Yellow Jackets, the Jacksonville Giants ceased operations. The Steel City Yellow Jackets suspended operations after their elimination from the 2022–23 playoffs by the Burning River Buckets.

The Burning River Buckets and Indiana Lyons were declared co-champions of the 2022–23 season after storm damage rendered the venue for their championship game unplayable.

Rule changes
The league employs a number of unconventional rules that are unique to the league:

 * Four-point field goal: Shots made from behind the half-court division line are credited as 4 points.
 * 3D rule: If a team commits a backcourt violation or turns the ball over in the backcourt, any field goal scored by the opposing team on the ensuing possession shall be awarded an additional point (2-point shots are credited as 3 points, 3-point shots are credited as 4 points, 4-point half-court shots are credited as 5 points).
 * Basket interference rule: Once the ball hits the rim, any play for the ball by a defender will not be considered goaltending.
 * Sixth foul rule: A player who has committed six fouls may stay in the game, but any foul they commit after that point in time results in an uncontested free throw for the opposing team by a player of their choosing, and the opposing team also retains possession.
 * 3–10 & Out: Overtime begins with a single 3-minute period. If the score is still tied, a second untimed overtime period shall commence, and the first team to reach 10 points wins the game.
 * 13th man rule: Each team is allowed an additional player to dress for games beyond their normal 12-man squad. This traditionally is a role filled by celebrities and dignitaries as publicity stunts, but teams have also used the rule to strengthen their roster for important games.

Teams

109 teams completed at least one game during the 2023–24 season.

The league's oldest surviving franchises are the Garden State Warriors (est. 2005), Georgia Gwizzlies (est. 2007), and Oceanside Surf (est. 2009).

Defunct
Franchises that left the ABA but still compete elsewhere include the Detroit Panthers (Maximum Basketball League), Kitsap Admirals (Independent), Motor City Cruise (NBA G League), Newfoundland Rogues (Basketball Super League), and Shreveport Mavericks (The Basketball League).

Players
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 * 🇺🇸 Malik Allen
 * 🇺🇸 Anthony Anderson
 * 🇺🇸 Harold Arceneaux
 * 🇺🇸 Kayode Ayeni
 * 🇺🇸 Toby Bailey
 * 🇺🇸 Antwain Barbour
 * 🇺🇸 Matt Barnes
 * 🇺🇸 Turner Battle
 * 🇺🇸 Corey Beck
 * 🇺🇸 Charlie Bell
 * 🇺🇸 Benoit Benjamin
 * 🇺🇸 Corey Benjamin
 * 🇺🇸 Jason Bennett
 * 🇺🇸 Travarus Bennett
 * 🇺🇸 Emmanuel Bibb
 * 🇺🇸 Jermaine Blackburn
 * 🇺🇸 Shad Blair
 * 🇺🇸 David Booth
 * 🇺🇸 Jeff Boschee
 * 🇺🇸 Bryan Bracey
 * 🇺🇸 Nick Bradford
 * 🇺🇸 Odell Bradley
 * 🇺🇸 Torraye Braggs
 * 🇺🇸 Scott Brooks
 * 🇺🇸 Damone Brown
 * 🇺🇸 Kezo Brown
 * 🇺🇸 Quinnel Brown
 * 🇺🇸 SirValiant Brown
 * 🇺🇸 Troy Brown
 * 🇺🇸 Kenny Brunner
 * 🇺🇸 Antonio Burks
 * 🇺🇸 Cardell Butler
 * 🇺🇸 Kevin Butler
 * 🇺🇸 Geno Carlisle
 * 🇺🇸 Antoine Carr
 * 🇺🇸 Aquille Carr
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Carrawell
 * 🇺🇸 Zahir Carrington
 * 🇺🇸 Maurice Carter
 * 🇺🇸 Parrish Casebier
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Cayole
 * 🇺🇸 Cedric Ceballos
 * 🇺🇸 Amir Celestin
 * 🇺🇸 Brian Chase
 * 🇺🇸 Robert Cheeks
 * 🇺🇸 Eric Chenowith
 * 🇺🇸 Keith Closs
 * 🇺🇸 William Coleman
 * 🇺🇸 DeAngelo Collins
 * 🇺🇸 Dallas Comegys
 * 🇺🇸 Dylon Cormier
 * 🇺🇸 Schea Cotton
 * 🇺🇸 Modie Cox
 * 🇺🇸 Joe Cremo
 * 🇺🇸 Joe Crispin
 * 🇺🇸 Eric Crookshank
 * 🇺🇸 Jason Crowe
 * 🇺🇸 Ramel Curry
 * 🇺🇸 Glen Dandridge
 * 🇺🇸 Lloyd Daniels
 * 🇺🇸 Ben Davis
 * 🇺🇸 Kelvin Davis
 * 🇺🇸 Robert Day
 * 🇺🇸 Todd Day
 * 🇺🇸 Derrick Dial
 * 🇺🇸 Byron Dinkins
 * 🇺🇸 Nate Driggers
 * 🇺🇸 Ed Elisma
 * 🇵🇷 Carlos Escalera
 * 🇺🇸 Tony Farmer
 * 🇺🇸 Marcus Feagin
 * 🇺🇸 Taurian Fontenette
 * 🇺🇸 Kevin Freeman
 * 🇺🇸 Jarrid Frye
 * 🇺🇸 Will Funn
 * 🇺🇸 Corey Gaines
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Garner
 * 🇺🇸 Kenny Gasana
 * 🇺🇸 Eddie Gill
 * 🇺🇸 Armen Gilliam
 * 🇺🇸 Anthony Goldwire
 * 🇺🇸 Paul Grant
 * 🇺🇸 Cortez Groves
 * 🇺🇸 Kyle Gupton
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Hagan
 * 🇺🇸 Darrin Hancock
 * 🇺🇸 Tim Hardaway *
 * 🇺🇸 Trenton Hassell
 * 🇺🇸 Juaquin Hawkins
 * 🇺🇸 Andrew Hayles
 * 🇺🇸 Curtis Haywood
 * 🇺🇸 Esian Henderson
 * 🇺🇸 Sean Higgins
 * 🇺🇸 Dametri Hill
 * 🇺🇸 Jeremiah Hill
 * 🇺🇸 Rico Hill
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Hines
 * 🇺🇸 Randy Holcomb
 * 🇺🇸 Jerry Holman
 * 🇺🇸 Shaheen Holloway
 * 🇺🇸 Derek Hood
 * 🇺🇸 Jamar Howard
 * 🇺🇸 Rick Hughes
 * 🇺🇸 Edward "Cookie" Jarvis
 * 🇺🇸 Keith Jensen
 * 🇺🇸 Ashante Johnson
 * 🇺🇸 DerMarr Johnson
 * 🇺🇸 Matt Johnson
 * 🇺🇸 Charles Jones
 * 🇺🇸 Dominique Jones
 * 🇺🇸 Dontae' Jones
 * 🇺🇸 Kenny Jones
 * 🇺🇸 Reggie Jordan
 * 🇺🇸 Mark Karcher
 * 🇺🇸 Jimmy King
 * 🇺🇸 Julian King
 * 🇺🇸 Billy Knight
 * 🇺🇸 Christian Laettner
 * 🇺🇸 Trajan Langdon
 * 🇺🇸 Jack Leasure
 * 🇺🇸 Tyrone Levett
 * 🇺🇸 Geno Lewis
 * 🇺🇸 Steve Logan
 * 🇺🇸 Justin Love
 * 🇺🇸 Sam Mack
 * 🇺🇸 Gordon Malone
 * 🇺🇸 Darrick Martin
 * 🇺🇸 Dan McClintock
 * 🇺🇸 Jelani McCoy
 * 🇺🇸 Javon McCrea
 * 🇺🇸 Jeremy McNeil
 * 🇺🇸 Pete Mickeal
 * 🇺🇸 Anthony Miller
 * 🇺🇸 Oliver Miller
 * 🇺🇸 Percy Miller
 * 🇺🇸 Willie Mitchell
 * 🇺🇸 Jamario Moon
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Morris
 * 🇺🇸 Isaiah Morris
 * 🇺🇸 Lawrence Moten
 * 🇺🇸 Byron Mouton
 * 🇺🇸 Eric Murdock
 * 🇺🇸 Tyrone Nesby
 * 🇺🇸 Tyler Newton
 * 🇺🇸 Ed O'Bannon
 * 🇺🇸 Doug Overton
 * 🇺🇸 Josh Pace
 * 🇺🇸 Gerald Paddio
 * 🇺🇸 Jannero Pargo
 * 🇺🇸 Royce Parran
 * 🇺🇸 Anthony Pelle
 * 🇺🇸 Mike Penberthy
 * 🇺🇸 Darren Phillip
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Porter
 * 🇺🇸 Rashaad Powell
 * 🇺🇸 James Reaves
 * 🇺🇸 Khalid Reeves
 * 🇺🇸 Kareem Reid
 * 🇺🇸 Eric Riley
 * 🇺🇸 John Roberson
 * 🇺🇸 Lawrence Roberts
 * 🇺🇸 Stanley Roberts
 * 🇺🇸 Ryan Robertson
 * 🇺🇸 James Robinson
 * 🇺🇸 Mike Robinson
 * 🇺🇸 Dennis Rodman *
 * 🇺🇸 René Rougeau
 * 🇺🇸 Trevor Ruffin
 * 🇺🇸 JaRon Rush
 * 🇺🇸 Kareem Rush
 * 🇺🇸 Bryon Russell
 * 🇺🇸 Mark Sanford
 * 🇺🇸 Jason Sasser
 * 🇺🇸 Akeem Scott
 * 🇺🇸 DeRonn Scott
 * 🇺🇸 Shea Seals
 * 🇺🇸 Clayton Shields
 * 🇺🇸 Paul Shirley
 * 🇺🇸 Troy Simons
 * 🇺🇸 Duane Simpkins
 * 🇺🇸 Lazarus Sims
 * 🇺🇸 Reggie Slater
 * 🇺🇸 Doug Smith
 * 🇺🇸 Eddie Smith
 * 🇺🇸 Tony Smith
 * 🇺🇸 Isaac Spencer
 * 🇺🇸 Curtis Staples
 * 🇺🇸 Perry Stevenson
 * 🇺🇸 Anthony Steward
 * 🇺🇸 John Strickland
 * 🇺🇸 Jayceon Taylor
 * 🇺🇸 Doug Thomas
 * 🇺🇸 Jamel Thomas
 * 🇺🇸 Torey Thomas
 * 🇺🇸 Scotty Thurman
 * 🇺🇸 Clay Tucker
 * 🇺🇸 Joah Tucker
 * 🇺🇸 Nick VanderLaan
 * 🇺🇸 David Vanterpool
 * 🇺🇸 Fred Vinson
 * 🇺🇸 Jermaine Walker
 * 🇺🇸 Matt Walsh
 * 🇺🇸 Rex Walters
 * 🇺🇸 Jerod Ward
 * 🇺🇸 Reginald Warren
 * 🇺🇸 Jameel Watkins
 * 🇺🇸 Sylvania Watkins
 * 🇺🇸 C. J. Webster
 * 🇺🇸 Tony Weeden
 * 🇺🇸 Dominick Welch
 * 🇺🇸 Bubba Wells
 * 🇺🇸 Robert Whaley
 * 🇺🇸 DeJuan Wheat
 * 🇺🇸 Tyson Wheeler
 * 🇺🇸 Davin White
 * 🇺🇸 Lou White
 * 🇺🇸 Donald Whiteside
 * 🇺🇸 Brandon Williams
 * 🇺🇸 Jason Williams
 * 🇺🇸 Jerry Williams
 * 🇺🇸 Larry Williams
 * 🇺🇸 Richie Williams
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Norse mythology
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Page move
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funny re: Gauss
This:

made me LOL, thanks :-) Pete St.John (talk) 19:49, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
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Pathfinder (Star Trek: Voyager)

"Pathfinder" is the tenth episode of the sixth season of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, 130th episode overall. It features the characters Reginald Barclay and Deanna Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation. This also marks the first contact with Earth by Voyager since Message in a Bottle (S4E14).

This episode was written by David Zabel and Kenneth Biller and directed by Mike Vejar.

This episode debuted on UPN on December 2, 1999.

Plot
On Earth, Reginald Barclay is involved in the Pathfinder project, an effort to communicate with the USS Voyager, which is stranded in the Delta Quadrant. Barclay soon becomes obsessed. He loses himself in the reality of the holographic Voyager created for the project, enjoying the false friendships within.

He seeks help from old friend and shipmate Counselor Deanna Troi, who advises him to forge real relationships and stop straying into the holo-program he has created of the Voyager ship and crew. When Admiral Paris visits the project to inspect progress, Barclay ignores orders from Commander Harkins, the project leader, not to bother the Admiral with his infeasible suggestions. Barclay puts forward his theory that using the MIDAS Array (an advanced sensor array), and computing Voyager's progress from their last contact, they would be able to create a micro wormhole in the Delta Quadrant near Voyager and use it to create a two way communication link. Admiral Paris is intrigued by this and promises to give it further study which Barclay is highly excited by, but at a later meeting with Admiral Paris, Barclay oversteps the line and is removed from the project for insubordination.

Later that night, he breaks back into the Pathfinder project to prove his theory is correct. He hacks into the system and sends commands to the array which, as he predicted, creates the wormhole in the Delta Quadrant. As he attempts to contact Voyager using the array, Starfleet detects and sends security personnel to stop him. Barclay locks out the system and takes refuge in the holodeck simulation of Voyager where he continues to direct the wormhole to locate Voyager. The security officers led by Commander Harkins follow Barclay into the simulation where the faux Voyager crew rebels, even firing on the security officers. Of course, this has no effect except to momentarily distract them as the safety protocols are on. The holo-Torres is destroyed by a pursuing Commander Harkins, who shuts down the primary cooling systems on the holographic Voyager which will cause the warp core to overheat and breach, effectively destroying the entire program unless Barclay complies and releases command back to him.

As a dejected Barclay is led out, Admiral Paris enters the lab and announces that Barclay's idea has real promise and should be explored further. As he is informed that the attempt has already been made and was unsuccessful, Admiral Paris expresses regret at Barclay's choice to disregard protocol.

Meanwhile, the real Voyager, far in the Delta Quadrant, detects the micro-wormhole and a communication signal which Seven of Nine disbelievingly identifies as Federation in origin on a Starfleet Emergency Channel. The crew attempts to clear up the signal while back on Earth, the jubilant officers and Barclay assist. For a few seconds the team on Earth clear up the return signal, two-way communication is established for 86 seconds before the micro-wormhole collapses. A few words are exchanged and data from Voyager's logs, crew reports, and navigational records are transmitted to Earth. Barclay sends "data on some new hyper-subspace technology", along with recommended modifications to the ship's communications system, so that Voyager's crew will be able to keep regular contact with home. In the final seconds, the crew hear some moving words from Admiral Paris ending with, "I want you all to know we're doing everything we can to bring you home."

To celebrate the knowledge that home is looking for them and regular communication will be possible in due time, the crew of Voyager hold a party in honor of Barclay. They discuss what little they know of him through his personnel record and declare him an honorary Voyager crewmember.

Story arcs
Barclay and Troi shows:
 * "Pathfinder"
 * "Inside Man"
 * "Life Line"

Reception
Keith R. A. DeCandido of Tor.com rated the episode 9 out of 10.

In 2020, Gizmodo listed this episode as one of the "must watch" episodes from season six of the show.

The Digital Fix said Barclay and Troi offered an enjoyable callback to Star Trek: The Next Generation in this episode and also "Life Line".

Releases
This episode was released as part of a season 6 DVD box set on December 7, 2004.

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Christchurch Priory

Christchurch Priory is an ecclesiastical parish and former priory church in Christchurch in the English county of Dorset (formerly in Hampshire). It is one of the longest parish churches in the country and is as large as many of the Church of England Cathedrals.

Early history
The story of Christchurch Priory goes back to at least the middle of the 11th century, as the Domesday Book of 1086 says there was a priory of 24 secular canons here in the reign of Edward the Confessor. The Priory is on the site of an earlier church dating from 800AD. In 1094 a chief minister of William II, Ranulf Flambard, then Dean of Twynham, began the building of a church. Local legend has it that Flambard originally intended the church to be built on top of nearby St. Catherine's Hill but during the night all the building materials were mysteriously transported to the site of the present priory. Although in 1099 Flambard was appointed Bishop of Durham, work continued under his successors. A mid-12th century account recording the legend of the Christchurch Dragon indicates that by 1113 the new church was nearing completion under Dean Peter de Oglander. By about 1150 there was a basic Norman church consisting of a nave, a central tower and a quire extending eastwards from the crossing. It was during this period that another legend originated, that of the miraculous beam, which is thought to have brought about the change in the name of the town from Twynham to the present day Christchurch, but in fact the two names both featured in a grant dated AD954 ('juxta opidum Twinam, id est, Cristescirce').

Twelfth to fourteenth centuries

In 1150 Baldwin de Redvers, Lord of the Manor of Christchurch and Earl of Devon replaced the secular minster with an Augustinian priory. The de Redvers continued in their patronage of the priory for 150 years, until in 1293, Isabella de Fortibus, Countess of Devon (the last of the de Redvers line) sold her eastern estates to Edward I for about £4000. By this action, Christchurch became a Royal Manor which meant that in 1303 it was required to provide and man a ship to aid the King's campaign against Scotland.

In 1330 Baron William de Montacute was granted the manor by Edward III and thus became the 1st Earl of Salisbury (Second Creation).

In the 13th century there was a frenzy of building: the nave aisles were vaulted, the clerestory was built, the Montacute Chapels replaced the Norman apse in the north transept and work began on the North Porch, notable for its unusually large size. One of the chapels became the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, although the current building mostly dates from the 18th century.

Although there is no documentary evidence relating to a central tower, the massive piers and arches at the corners of the transepts seem to indicate provision was made for one. A central tower would have been consistent with a Norman conventual church.

Fourteenth to sixteenth centuries

Work continued in the 14th century. The nave roof reached its present height no later than 1350 and towards the end of the 14th century work on the Lady Chapel was started. It was completed in the early 15th century and its pendant vaulting is thought to be the first of its kind in England. Also in the 15th century, the original quire was replaced and extended so that it joined onto the new Lady Chapel. This may have been as a result of the Norman tower collapsing, but this is not certain. What is certain is that the tower was rebuilt between 1470 and 1480. The Draper and Salisbury chantry chapels were completed by 1529. By this time, the church looked much as it does today.

Christchurch Priory Cartulary
Much of what is known about Christchurch between the Norman Conquest and the mid-14th century comes from the Christchurch Priory Cartulary, which contains copies over 1,300 of the monastery's most important documents. Most of it was written by just two clerks, one completing more than half before a second concluded the task in 1372. Further amendments and updates were added in the following decades.

The existence of the cartulary in the Priory library was recorded by John Leland shortly before the Dissolution, but its whereabouts in the decades after 1539 are uncertain. Almost a century later it was in the library of Sir Robert Cotton, a notable collector of medieval manuscripts. In 1753 the Cotton library collection was acquired by the newly founded British Museum, but the Christchurch Priory Cartulary was thought lost until it was discovered in an old cupboard in a garret of the Museum in 1837. It is today held in the British Library, where it is still catalogued by Sir Robert Cotton's filing system: Cotton MS Tiberius D.vi.

Efforts to translate the whole Cartulary began in the late 20th century, but not until 2007 was this task completed by Katharine Hanna and published by Hampshire County Council.

Miraculous beam
The legend of the miraculous beam dates to the early 12thcentury. The story is that a beam was found to have been cut too short when it was hoisted into place. This would have been embarrassing for the carpenters since the wood was expensive and would be difficult to replace. There was however a mysterious carpenter who had worked and eaten alone. The following day the carpenters returned and found the beam was now fitted in place. The unknown carpenter was never seen again, and the story came to be that it was Jesus Christ who had intervened. The church became Christ's Church of Twynham in commemoration of the event. In time the town became Twynham-Christchurch and eventually shortened to Christchurch. The miraculous beam can be seen today and is located in the Priory's ambulatory.

Misericords
The Priory has 39 misericords, dating from three periods: 1250, 1350 and 1515. They show a mixture of mythological and folklore scenes, some of which appear to have been derived from Aesops fables. There are also some showing religious iconography, such as the emblems of St Mark and St Matthew.

Dissolution
On 28 November 1539, John Draper, the last prior of Christchurch, surrendered the priory, and it was dissolved. Prior Draper was granted a pension of £133-6s–8d and the use of Somerford Grange for life.

The conventual buildings of the priory were pulled down soon after the dissolution. The King had intended to demolish the church as well as the conventual buildings, but in response to a plea from the townspeople, supported by Prior Draper, he granted it, together with the churchyard, to the churchwardens and inhabitants of Christchurch to be used as the parish church in perpetuity on 23 October 1540, a grant that was confirmed on 12 February 1612 by James I.

Post-Dissolution

After the Dissolution a corporation known as 'The Sixteen' was formed which became responsible for the temporal and ecclesiastical affairs of the parish, with the vicar and churchwardens being the principal officers.

In 1788 Gustavus Brander gave the priory a pipe organ, which was installed on the quire screen. It was removed in 1848.

In 1819 lath and plaster vaulting was installed in the nave, but a year later the vaulting of the south transept was found to be unsafe and had to be dismantled. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries extensive repairs were carried out, which included the insertion of tie-rods in the tower and the underpinning of the nave and south choir aisle walls in 1906. In 1912 a new floor was laid in the nave consisting of 6" of concrete, an inch of fine cement and wooden blocks on top.

A monument to the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, created by the sculptor Henry Weekes, was erected in the Priory church by the poet's son, Sir Percy Shelley, 3rd Baronet, in 1854, thirty-two years after his father's death. This monument was first offered to St Peter's Church, six miles away in Bournemouth, where Mary Shelley and other family members are buried. However, it was declined because of its size and possibly due to the unspoken disapproval of Shelley's reputation by the incumbent and churchwardens.

The War Memorial Chapel was dedicated in 1922.

Electric lighting was installed in June 1934.

Modern history
In 1976 Highcliffe Castle donated the glazing of the window in the south nave aisle, which had come originally from Jumièges Abbey in Normandy. The window depicts the lives of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Anne.

In 1999 a window celebrating the 900th anniversary of the priory was installed, which shows a starry night in which the Cross of Christ dominates, surrounded by a pattern of circles, the symbols of Eternity and Perfection, and the Chi-Rho monogram of Christ. Christchurch Priory, as its website puts it, is 'a living church' with daily services of matins and evensong, as well as being open every day except Christmas for visitors.

In the 21st century The Times described it as 'the least appreciated of the Great Churches of England'.

In March 2021, a carving of a mask-wearing NHS worker was placed on the priory as a permanent tribute to the National Health Service's efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Carved by Rory Young, the stone feature is part of an ongoing project to replace damaged gargoyles and grotesques. The concept was inspired by a photograph of a doctor in an intensive care unit, wearing her PPE at the beginning of the pandemic, an image to represent all NHS workers for centuries to come.

Bells
The Priory has a ring of 12 bells plus a 6th flat. The Bells are rung twice on Sundays and Monday nights and for extra services. They are in the Key of D and the Tenor (largest) weighs 30cwt (1½ Tons). The two oldest bells in the ring were cast in 1376 by John Rufford.

Brief history
Seven bells were recorded at the time of the dissolution of the Monasteries, and two of these were removed when the priory church became parochial in 1540. In 1633 this heavy five was converted into a lighter six by removing the tenor, recasting the 4th and adding two trebles. In 1755 Abel Rudhall augmented the ring to eight, and John Taylor & Co rehung the bells in a ten bell frame in 1885, replacing the 3rd at the same time. The bell they cast for Christchurch came out flat, and so a bell originally intended to be the 4th of a new ring of eight for The Saviour, Bolton, was supplied instead. The 1885 Taylor bells from The Saviour have now been transferred to St Peter's, Bolton, where they are the back eight of the present ring of twelve there.

Despite a ten bell frame being installed at Christchurch in 1885, it was not until 1904 that the ring was augmented, the trebles being cast by Llewellins & James of Bristol. In 1931 the 6th was replaced, with the old bell (cast in 1663 by William Purdue III of Salisbury bell foundry) being retained in the bellchamber. In 1932 the ring was augmented to twelve, with the 1904 trebles of ten being removed from the ring and placed, with their fittings, on a stand in the bell chamber and two new bells being cast to replace them. The old 6th of ten was scrapped in 1976, and in the same year the metal from the 1904 trebles of ten was used towards the casting of a flat 6th, with the inscriptions from the two bells being copied onto this. The new bell was cast and hung by Taylor's. More recently, in 1991, Whitechapel Bell Foundry overhauled the fittings and replaced the gudgeons and bearings.

Framework and fittings
The front four bells, the flat 6th and the 8th were cast with flat tops. The 5th and 6th have cable patterned canons, the 7th angular canons, and the remaining bells have had their canons removed.

The frame is of timber, and is basically that installed by Taylor's in 1885. A new foundation of RSJs was inserted beneath the frame in 1932, and two timber pits, which now contain the treble and 3rd, were added to the East side. A single cast iron lowsided pit for the flat 6th was added on the south side in 1976. The additions of 1932 and 1976 were both carried out by Taylor's.

The fittings are rather a mixture. The four trebles and the flat 6th have Taylor fittings contemporary with them and consisting of cast iron headstocks, ball bearings, traditional wheels, stays and sliders.. The back eight have timber stocks, presumably dating from either 1885 or 1904, traditional wheels by Llewellins & James and dating from 1904, and traditional stays and sliders. The bells were rehung on ball bearings by Taylor's in 1932, and the gudgeons and bearings were replaced by Whitechapel in 1991. There is also an Ellacombe chiming apparatus, which was installed by Llewellins & James in 1904.

Choir

The choir at the priory consists of a boys choir, a girls choir, and a men's choir. The children of the choir can earn medals as they gain experience and skill, the rank of chorister is: probationer – full choir member (given surplice) – light blue medal – dark blue medal – red medal – purple medal (Yellow for girls) – deputy (green medal) – head (green medal).

The choir sing three services during term time on Sundays:

Eucharist: 9:30 – 10:30

Matins: 11:30 – 12:15

Evensong: 6:30 – 7:30

The men sing all three services while the two children's choirs alternate weekly between morning services and evening service (one week a choir will do eucharist and matins, the next week it will do evensong).

On occasion, such as Christmas and Easter services Both children's choirs will sing alongside the men.

Organ
On 17 July 1999 a new pipe organ was dedicated and installed in the south transept. It is an extensive rebuild by Nicholson of Worcester of the previous organ, weighing around 20 tonnes, with nearly 4,000 pipes, some of which are from the original 1788 organ. The new organ cost in excess of £500,000, of which £373,000 was provided by the Arts Council from the National Lottery Fund.

A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register

Organists

 * Henry Holloway 1933–1936
 * Geoffrey Tristram 1949–1979
 * Clive Harries 1980–1983
 * Roger Overend 1983–1986
 * Martin Schellenberg 1986–1995
 * Geoffrey Morgan 2002–present

Directors of music

 * Geoffrey Tristram 1949–1979
 * Martin Schellenberg 1986–1995
 * Andrew Post 2001–2009
 * Hugh Morris 2009–2015
 * Simon Earl 2015–

Girls choir music directors

 * Cathy Lamb 2005–2007
 * Mary Goodman 2007–present

Assistant organists

 * Michael Andrews
 * Mark Hammond
 * Sean Tucker 1992–1994

Notable burials

 * Sir Thomas West (1312 – 3 September 1386) and wife Alice FitzHerbert (died 1395)
 * Thomas West, 1st Baron West
 * William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon
 * John Draper, the last prior of Christchurch
 * Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn

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Joel Bean

Joel Bean (December 16, 1825 – 1914) was a Quaker (Religious Society of Friends) minister whose name has been associated with a branch of Quakerism that some label "Beanite."

Bean was born in Alton, New Hampshire. His parents are John and Jill Bean. He attended Friends Boarding School in Ohio. He moved to Iowa in 1853, where he taught school in West Branch.

Bean met Hannah Elliot Shipley (1830–1909) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during a trip she took to Iowa. In 1859 they got married at the Orange Street Meeting House in Philadelphia and settled back in West Branch. They visited the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) from 1861 to 1862 as Quaker ministers. Joel was appointed clerk of the Iowa Yearly Meeting (Iowa Yearly Meeting) in 1867, and the couple went on a ministry tour of Europe from 1872 to 1873.

When they returned from the trip to Europe the Beans learned of the revival that had been springing up among Friends in Iowa. The revivalists insisted that people need to be "saved" and "entire sanctified", beliefs that were taught by the early Friends in some form, including George Fox. The revivalists brought programmed (planned) worship, more emotional worship, and paid pastors into their meetings; the Beans disagreed with these things and eventually started their own association of Friends, with their beliefs becoming known as Beanite Quakerism.

Joel died in Hawaii in 1914, and Hannah died in California in 1909.

Religion
The Beans at first had welcomed the revival movement, believing that it was bringing life into the Society of Friends. But they saw that as it progressed it was departing from such Quaker ideas as the universality of the Inward light, the need for spiritual discipline and gradual growth rather than instant perfection, silent meetings for worship to wait on direct and personal guidance from God, and volunteer lay ministers and elders.

Even though the Beans opposed the holiness movement, they would not join a group of Conservative Friends who left the Iowa Yearly Meeting in opposition to that movement. They disliked division and did not want to be part of it. After moving to San Jose, California, for the sake of Joel's health and meeting with other Friends there who had been a part of the Iowa Yearly Meeting, they helped to establish the College Park Association of Friends. Then in 1893 the Iowa Yearly Meeting deposed them as ministers and in 1898 disowned (expelled) them from membership altogether.

Many Quakers in England and New England were shocked and unhappy about the Beans’ disownment, as the Beans, in their eyes, had proven themselves devout Friends and apt ministers. The New England Yearly Meeting accepted them as members and as ministers.

Joel and Hannah Bean's granddaughter Anna Cox Brinton was influential in the development of the Pacific Yearly Meeting from the earlier College Park Association.

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Tectospinal tract

In humans, the tectospinal tract (or colliculospinal tract) is a decussating extrapyramidal tract that coordinates head/neck and eye movements. It arises from the superior colliculus of the mesencephalic (midbrain) tectum, and projects to the cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord levels. It mediates reflex turning of the head and upper trunk in the direction of startling sensory stimuli (visual, auditory, or skin).

It arises from the deep layers of the superior colliculus. It decussates within the posterior part of mesencephalic tegmentum at the level of the red nucleus. It descends through the medulla oblongata near the midline within the medial longitudinal fasciculus. In the spinal cord, it descends in the anterior funiculus. It terminates by synapsing with interneurons of the intermediate zone and anterior grey column.

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Masha Efrosynina

Mariia Oleksandrivna Yefrosynina (Марія Олександрівна Єфросиніна; born 25 May 1979), professionally known as Masha Efrosynina (Маша Єфросиніна), is a Ukrainian television host and media personality. Along with Pavlo Shylko, she hosted the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.

In 2018, Masha became the United Nations Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador.

Biography
Graduating from high school with a gold medal (an honour roll), Efrosinina enrolled in the Department of Foreign Languages in the Kyiv University, graduating as an interpreter of the English and Spanish languages.

At 19 she debuted on the First National channel in the program Happy Bell. In 2002 she received the Teletriumph prize in the nomination the Best TV show.

She co-presented the 50th Eurovision Song Contest alongside Pavlo Shylko, in 2005 from Kyiv's Sports Palace, to a pan-European TV-audience of an estimated 150 million people. She has also co-presented the UEFA Euro 2012 draw held at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, on 7 February 2010.

She presented Fabryka Zirok, the Ukrainian version of Star Academy, with co-host Andriy Domanskyi, on Novyi Kanal.

On 18 November 2010 Efrosinina placed the 77th place among the most influential females in Ukraine according to the Ukrainian magazine Focus.

Personal life
Masha got married in 2003 to Tymur Khromaiev, an Ossetian-Ukrainian, son of the president of Ukrainian basketball league Zurab Khromaiev. Tymur Khromaiev is a graduate of the Finance Department of Union College (New York) with bachelors in economics. Tymur Khromaiev is a representative of a financial consulting company that cooperated with Naftogaz Ukrainy in its restructuring. Since 2002 he is director of his own investment company "ARTA" that works in a field of corporate financing, investment banking, brokerage, and assets management.
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Yelyzaveta Yushchenko
Her sister Yelyzaveta, who is two years younger, married Andriy Yushchenko, son of the former Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko. She also graduated Kyiv University (2009) department of psychology and now works as specialist in a child psychology. On 10 March 2010 the young Yushchenko family increased in size by a girl, Varvara.

Awards

 * Order of Merit, Third Class (2020)

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Kenny Wagner

William Kenneth (Kinnie) Wagner (February 18, 1903 – March 9, 1958) commonly known as Kinnie Wagner (although Kennie and Kenny were also used) was a bootlegger in Mississippi, who murdered five people, including three lawmen. He escaped from custody numerous times, but ultimately died in prison.

Biography
Wagner left home at the age of fourteen and joined a circus. He became known as a trickshot artist. At the onset of Prohibition he made and sold moonshine. He was an imposing man, six feet three inches tall, weighing 260 pounds.

His troubles with the law began in 1925 when he was arrested in Lucedale, Mississippi, for stealing a watch. Awaiting trial, he overpowered the jailer and stole a horse. A posse tracked him to a shack in the woods, but he shot his way out, killing a deputy. He fled to his native mountains. Meeting his sister and friends on the banks of Holston River, near Kingsport, Tennessee, he engaged in a shootout with five local lawmen, killing two and wounding a third. Wagner fled first on horseback, then on foot. He surrendered to a storekeeper in Waycross, Virginia.

Following a trial in Sullivan County ending with a death sentence verdict (including a temporary escape from the county jail), Wagner staged a successful escape from state prison. He fled to Mexico and became notorious for bank and train robbery but returned to the United States. He killed two men in barroom brawls and subsequently surrendered to a female sheriff in Arkansas. The two men whom he killed were Will Carper, and his brother, Sam Carper, and they were at Sam's home, not in a bar, and they were unarmed. The sheriff was Lillie Barber, widow of a slain sheriff. She refused to try Wagner, because in Arkansas, murder in cold blood was a capital offense, and she fell in love with him.

Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas wanted him for murder. Since his first killing was in Mississippi, he was tried there and in 1926 was sentenced to life to be served at Parchman Farm. His first escape attempt was foiled by an informant. However, he was allowed to become an armed trustee and head trainer of the prison's bloodhounds. He tracked escapees alone, armed on horseback. In 1940, he escaped but was located three years later near his old Virginia home. Returned to Parchman, he was again a model prisoner until 1948 when he walked off.

His most notable escape was his last attempt and involved a clever trick that was not discovered until Wagner was outside the prison walls. He had been made a trustee whose job it was to tend the dogs at the prison. He quickly realized the dogs were the means by which the prison guards would track him if he were to escape again. He therefore trained the dogs not to track him by whipping them if they followed his scent.

Wagner remained at large in Wahalak, Mississippi for several years afterward under the alias "Big Jim," and was subsequently placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. In 1956, he was recaptured after a jealous rival informed law enforcement officials of his residence at the house of a female friend.

Seriously ill, he stated "I am very happy to be going back to Parchman." He died there in 1958.

Folklore and legacy
There are several folksongs and ballads about Wagner's escapades. There are several books written about the Mississippi outlaw. And he has also been covered in comics and pulp magazines.

The East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia stories about Kinnie Wagner propose a far different picture of the gunslinger. Even the local newspaper The Kingsport Times News in Kingsport, Tennessee maps out the events that led to Wagner's initial crime, intended arrest, and eventual capture very differently from their Mississippi counterparts.

Folklorists have explained that Wagner had been cast into the stereotype of the Southern or Western outlaw: chivalrous to women, generous to the poor, a free desperado.

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Coyote (comics)

Coyote is an American comic book series created by Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers.

Publication history
The characters first appeared in Eclipse Magazine #2–8. It would later be reprinted in a color trade paperback, I Am Coyote.

Afterwards, a new comic book series started at Marvel Comics Epic Comics line, that ran 16 issues. It was notable for the first published work of Todd McFarlane. According to Epic editor-in-chief Archie Goodwin, artist Steve Leialoha's departure after issue #2 caused deadline problems from which the series never fully recovered, leading to its early cancellation.

Collected editions
The original Eclipse & Epic series has been reprinted in a series of collections from Image Comics:
 * 1) Coyote Collection (reprints Eclipse Magazine #2–8, plus Scorpio Rose #1–3)
 * 2) Coyote Collection (reprints Coyote #1–4)
 * 3) Coyote Collection (reprints Coyote #5–8, including Djinn backup series)
 * 4) Coyote Collection (reprints Coyote #9–12, including Djinn & Scorpio Rose backup series)
 * 5) Coyote Collection (reprints Coyote #13–16, including Scorpio Rose backup series)

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Art Nehf

Arthur Neukom Nehf (July 31, 1892 – December 18, 1960) was an American baseball pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves (1915–1919), New York Giants (1919–1926), Cincinnati Reds (1926–1927), and the Chicago Cubs (1927–1929). He was left-handed, 5ft 9in and 176 pounds when he made his debut in 1915.

Early life
Nehf was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, and attended the Rose Polytechnic Institute in Terre Haute. His parents were Charles T. Nehf and Wilhelmina Neukom. Art married Elizabeth B. May on November 1, 1916.

Career overview
Besides finishing with a 184–120 record and a 3.20 ERA in 451 games, Nehf had 182 complete games and 28 shutouts (30 including postseason) in 319 starts. He had 13 career saves and also picked up a total of 844 strike outs in $2707 2/3$ innings pitched.

Some years, he pitched as a starter only, and some as a relief pitcher and a starter, but he was always solid in both roles, earning a reputation around the majors as an always-consistent pitcher.

Batting
Nehf had a .210 career batting average with 8 home runs and 76 RBIs. Of his 8 home runs, 2 came in one game in 1924. It was his only multiple home run season. Art Nehf was the last pitcher to have 3 hits in a World Series game (Game 1~October 4, 1924) until Orel Hershiser tied that record in 1988 (Game 2~October 16).

Braves
Nehf came up with the Braves in 1915, and frequented the leaderboards throughout his time with them; he led the league in complete games with 28 in 1918, and showed up in the top 10 in wins, three times, including the year that he was traded to the Giants mid-season. In 1917, Nehf had what is generally thought of as his best season with the Braves, when he went 17-8 with a 2.16 ERA, pitching very consistently, and completing 17 of his 23 starts, with five shutouts, while also finishing seven games on the year. He also had his career-high in strike outs that year with 101, the only time he had more than 100 strike outs.

Giants
Nehf was traded to the Giants for four players and cash on August 15, 1919. He won a career-high 21 games in 1920, his first full year with the Giants. Nehf pitched in four consecutive World Series with the Giants: 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924. He was the last man to win back to back clinching games in the World Series in 1921 and 1922. In 1924, he defeated Walter Johnson in 12 innings in the WS opener, but the Giants lost to the Washington Senators that year. The Giants won in 1921 and 1922 with the help of Nehf, who had an all-time World Series record of 4–4 with an ERA of 2.16 in twelve games, and nine starts, with six complete games. He had 28 strikeouts all-time in the World Series. Nehf also participated in the 1929 World Series with the Cubs in his last year, as the Cubs lost to the Philadelphia Athletics.

Reds and Cubs
Nehf won 107 games with the Giants, while he lost only 60. After many solid, and sometimes great, seasons with the Giants and then being traded to Cincinnati, and then to Chicago, most thought Nehf's career was virtually over. But he managed to put up one more very good year in 1928 with the Cubs. He went 13-7 with a still very low, 2.65 ERA. That year, he was also involved in a very strange and controversial play against his former team, the Giants. With the Giants in a tight pennant race against the St. Louis Cardinals, their loss in the 1st game of a doubleheader on September 27, 1928, was made all the more controversial. New York's Shanty Hogan hit a ball back to Nehf who threw to third base to get the runner, but the runner Andy Reese was off with the crack of the bat and was already at home plate, knocking over catcher Gabby Hartnett. Hartnett grabbed the runner to keep from falling, and as Hartnett held him, Reese was tagged out by the Cubs third baseman. The Giants bench erupted, but umpire Bill Klem ruled Reese out. The subsequent protest was turned down despite clear pictures showing Reese being held back. The Giants went on to lose the pennant to the Cards by two games. Coincidentally, the Cubs were two games behind that.

Nehf also was involved in one of the strangest innings in World Series history. Charlie Root was the Cubs' starting pitcher for Game 4 of the 1929 World Series at Shibe Park and was cruising along with an 8-0 lead against the Philadelphia Athletics. In the seventh inning, Nehf was brought in from the bullpen after the Athletics cut the lead to 8-4. The first batter he faced, Mule Haas, hit a fly ball that Hack Wilson lost in the sun. It ended up a three-run inside-the-park homer for Haas, and the A's went on to a 10-run inning. The Cubs lost the game 10-8 and lost the World Series two days later.

Post-playing life
Nehf died of cancer in his home in Phoenix, Arizona in 1960.

Highlights

 * Top 5 in the National League in ERA, twice (1922, 28), and in the top 10 one more time (1917)
 * Top 10 in wins, six times (1917, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
 * Top 10 in winning percentage, six times (1917, 19, 20, 21, 24, 28)
 * Led the league in complete games in 1918 (28), and made the top 10, four more times (1919, 20, 21, 22)
 * Top 10 in strike outs, twice (1918, 24), and top 10 in strikeouts per nine innings, twice (1924, 25)
 * As a Giant, held the record for postseason consecutive road scoreless innings pitched at $22 2/3$ for 90 years – broken by Giant Madison Bumgarner in the 2014 NLCS
 * Winning pitcher in final game of both the 1921 & 1922 World Series

Honors
The varsity baseball field at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (formerly Rose Polytechnic Institute) is named in Nehf's honor. Art Nehf Field has served as the site for the 2005 and 2006 NCAA Division III Mideast Regional.

Nehf was inducted into Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989, (the 11th group)

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Big Wednesday

Big Wednesday is a 1978 American coming of age buddy sports comedy-drama film directed by John Milius. Written by Milius and Dennis Aaberg, it is loosely based on their own experiences at Malibu, California. The picture stars Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, and Gary Busey as California surfers facing life and the Vietnam War against the backdrop of their love of surfing.

Raised in Southern California, Milius made Big Wednesday as an homage to the time he spent in Malibu during his youth. Milius and his friends George Lucas and Steven Spielberg famously agreed to exchange a percentage point of Big Wednesday, Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind prior to the release of the three films throughout 1977-1978. Spielberg in particular was certain that Big Wednesday was going to be a box office hit, opining it was like "American Graffiti meets Jaws", two of the decade's most successful films.

Plot
The film tells the story of three young friends whose passion in life is surfing. The friends include Matt Johnson, a self-destructive type who has a devil-may-care attitude; Jack Barlow, the calm and responsible one of the bunch; and Leroy "The Masochist" Smith, whose nickname tells a lot about his personality.

Their surfing lives are traced from the summer of 1962 to their attempts at dodging the Vietnam War draft in 1965 (including faking insanity, homosexuality, and all manner of medical ailments), and to the end of their innocence in 1968 when one of their friends is killed in Vietnam. The three make the difficult transition to adulthood with parties, surf trips, marriage, and the war.

The friends reunite years later, after Barlow has served in Vietnam, for the "Great Swell of '74". With this reunion, the transition in their lives becomes the end point of what the 1960s meant to so many as they see that the times have changed, and what was a time of innocence is gone forever.

Cast
In addition, two-time Pipeline Masters champion Gerry Lopez, who served as one of the six surfing masters in the production of the film, also appears in a cameo as himself during the final surfing section of the film.

Script
Milius wrote the script with his friend and fellow surfer, journalist Denny Aaberg. It was inspired by a short story Aaberg had published in a 1974 Surfer Magazine entitled "No Pants Mance", and published by Australian surfing magazine Tracks in April 1973 and the lives of a group of friends who used to surf with Aaberg and Milius including Lance Carson.

In writing the script Milius and Aaberg interviewed a lot of their friends from the 1960s. "It was a special time," said Aaberg of the 1960s. "Surfing was a brand new sport with its own aristocracy."

Aaberg says "it took about a year to write" the script. "We very much want it to be authentic. That's important to me because I'm a real surfer. So's John."

"A lot of things [in the film] happened to me," said Milius. "A lot of the characters are me and in another sense none of them are me. It took an awful long time to write the script. It is so very personal. It's about growing up and relationships and the surf is the exotic background. We all knew it was special, we knew it wouldn't last. And we knew how good we had it. Surfing is a strange thing. A lot of people never leave it. You always feel you owe it something. It was a central experience in our lives. It's all changed now."

Milius described the film in a 1976 interview: "It's a surfing HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY: the loss of an aristocracy, the end of an era, the passing of a more innocent time to a more corrupt and complex one-all growing up is the passing of innocence. It's based on the lives of three friends ten years ago. It's about their friendship, and the value of friendship. I don't think that kids today have the same kind of values that these people had then; I don't see movies being made about that kind of thing. This movie is about friendship: surfing is just the background. It's about love of a place, love of a time, love of your human contacts, and the loss of those things. It's the most personal film I'll probably ever make, and I figured I ought to do it now, before I get too far away from it. At least half the people who participated are dead now. The attrition rate among surfers is very high. A lot of them died in Vietnam and OD'd on dope."

"Because I surfed, I'm the only director in the world who could have made his picture," said Milius. "And I can tell you, it's so hard, no one will ever make it again."

Financing
Milius and producer Feitshans had met at American International Pictures, where they worked on Dillinger (1973). They formed their own company, The A Team. This was their first production.

They obtained finance from Warner Bros in June 1976. In August Milius announced Big Wednesday would be postponed because the script was not ready and he would instead make Extreme Prejudice. "I've been working on Big Wednesday a long time," Milius said. "I don't want to put it off any further but I don't want to work on it until its ready either."

However, Milius changed his mind again. "John has fallen in love and is getting married and that's opened up this other side of him," said star William Katt in October 1977. "He was going to do another gun and guts macho fight film but he decided to do this; he decided he needed this in his life."

Milius later recalled: "When I did Big Wednesday my first impressions were that I was going to do this coming-of-age story with Arthurian overtones about surfers that nobody took seriously, their troubled lives made larger than life by their experience with the sea. And that’s what the movie is. It never strayed from that. There was a lot of pressure to make it more like Animal House, but the movie has a huge following now because it did have loftier ambitions. It wasn’t just a story about somebody trying to ride the biggest wave or something. That’s not enough."

Casting
The leads were played by Jan Michael Vincent, Gary Busey and William Katt. "It was the most personal film I'd done," said Katt. "I'd lived that life since I was ten."

Milius at one stage intended to play the role of the Bear himself. "But I couldn't," he said. "The part is simply too big for me to do."

Barbara Hale, mother of William Katt, plays a small role in the film. A 1940s film star but best known as Della Street from the long-running Perry Mason television series, this was Hale's last appearance in a feature film.

Filming locations
The surfing scenes used in the finale to Big Wednesday were not filmed in California, where the film is set, but at Sunset Beach in Pupukea, Hawaii.

Other filming locations included El Paso, Texas; Hollister Ranch near Santa Barbara; Surfrider Beach (in Malibu); Ventura, California; and La Libertad, El Salvador.

"What I've got to watch out for is getting lost in the surf again," said Milius during filming. "It's so alluring, so easy to get lost in. I worry I might lose sight of the characters. Unlike any other film that has been made about surfing, in this one the characters and not the waves are the most important."

Anthea Sylbert was an executive at Warners at the time. She later called the film "a classic example of an egomaniacal insane man going over budget and not listening to anyone. I mean, they were all just waiting for the Big Wave. Give me a break!"

Bear Surfboard Brand
Milius invented the Bear brand of surfboard as a fictional brand to be used in the movie, and even had surfboards made and arranged for a Californian designer to create a logo. The logo, a red diamond with a bear in it, features prominently throughout the movie, on shop windows, T-shirts, car windows and on surfboards. The first boards were shaped in 1977, by famous board shaper Bill Hamilton. The international distribution of the movie promoted the Bear label worldwide, with people wanting boards with the bear logo. The brand morphed into an actual successful company after the release of the movie, producing hundreds of boards, and is still active today, with various people producing Bear-branded boards in different countries.

Release
The film premiered in wide release in the United States on May 26, 1978.

The picture was screened at various film festivals, including: the Davao City Film Festival, Philippines; the Turin Film Festival, Italy; and others.

A 20th Anniversary screening (which included cast and crewmembers) took place at the Newport Film Festival in 1998.

Box office
Big Wednesday was a box office flop upon its release, and was quickly pulled from theatres after taking in only $4.5 million. William Katt explained in a 1979 interview with Roger Ebert a year after the film's release that he believed the movie's failure was due to the marketing focusing only on the fight scenes and surfing angle.

Critical response
Janet Maslin, film critic for The New York Times, did not like the performances of the actors and wrote, "The surprise is not that Mr. Milius has made such a resoundingly awful film, but rather that he's made a bland one...the movie often seems even more uneventful than material like this need make it, and Mr. Milius's attention to his actors focuses more closely on their pectorals than on their performances. He encourages such stiffness in his players that Barbara Hale, for instance, is quite unconvincing as Mr. Katt's mother. This is a faux pas of no mean eminence; after all, Miss Hale actually is Mr. Katt's mother."

The staff at Variety wrote, "A rubber stamp wouldn't do for John Milius. So he took a sledgehammer and pounded Important all over Big Wednesday. This film about three Malibu surfers in the 1960s has been branded major statement and it's got Big Ideas about adolescence, friendship and the 1960s."

The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports a 67% approval rating, based on 12 reviews, with a weighted average of 6.50/10.

Milius later said the film was "sort of a numb spot in my life. It was a very personal film and it really tore me up when it was attacked in such a way that no one saw it."

Quentin Tarantino later wrote that while he preferred "Milius's directorial debut Dillinger, it's hard to argue against the idea that his surfer epic Big Wednesday isn't his classic... Except for Big Wednesday, none of the Milius-directed films have a satisfying conclusion. And the climactic showdown between the heroic trio and the monster waves is so good it makes up for the rest (the trio's Wild Bunch-inspired walk to destiny is by far Milius's finest cinematic moment)... More than any other movie Milius directed, Big Wednesday contains the joy of filmmaking (he waited his whole career to make this movie). It also illustrates the problems with many of his other movies. Which by contrast seem to contain the frustration of filmmaking."

References in other cultural forms

 * Dialogue of the film was used in Anderson .Paak's "The Season / Carry Me" and "Your Prime" on the album Malibu.*
 * The plot of season 2 episode 13 of Pokémon "The Pi Kahuna" is a reference to this film.
 * A character in 2004 Norwegian movie Monstertorstag, released as Monster Thursday for English-speaking audiences, is a surfer who rides a big wave.

Accolades
Nominations
 * Awards of the Japanese Academy: Award of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Language Film; 1980.

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