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Gary Morris

Gary Gwyn Morris (born December 7, 1948) is an American singer and stage actor who charted a string of hits on the country music charts throughout the 1980s.

Morris is known for the 1983 ballad "The Wind Beneath My Wings", although his credits include more than twenty-five other chart singles on the Billboard country charts, including five No. 1 hits. He has also released nine studio albums, mostly in the country pop vein, with his 1983 album Why Lady Why having earned a gold certification from the RIAA.

Early life
Morris was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He has two siblings, a twin sister, Carey, and a younger brother, Mark. Even though Morris was best known for pop-oriented hits in the 1980s, he was descended from a long line of traditional country singers, who sang hard-twang country and also gospel.

Gary's family moved from Fort Worth to North Richland Hills, Texas in the late 1950s. Morris, a good athlete, played four sports at Richland High School, which led to a scholarship with Cisco Junior College in Texas. It was during college that singing became Morris's chosen vocation, and he decided to move to Colorado. He and his two friends formed a trio, and asked a Colorado Springs bartender if they could get up on the bandstand and perform a few songs, and the audience's response (and tips) convinced Morris to put his college plans on hold and to pursue a performing career.

In the early 1970s, Morris made a living by singing in nightclubs in Denver, Colorado. He also wrote a few commercial jingles for Frontier Airlines. In 1976, Morris signed on with Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign and sang at fundraisers during Carter's campaign. This job led to Morris' performing at the White House following Carter's election. In the audience was Nashville country music producer Norro Wilson, to whom Morris later gave a demo tape. Wilson liked what he heard, and soon signed Morris to his label Warner Bros. Records.

Recording career
Morris signed his recording contract with Warner Bros. in 1980. After a pair of minor hits landed just inside the top 40 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, he scored his breakthrough hit with "Headed for a Heartache"; that song reached No. 8 on the country chart in late 1981. Two follow-up singles also reached the top 15.

Morris' 1983 album, Why Lady Why focused more on ballads. One of the album's four singles was "Wind Beneath My Wings", which showcased Morris' soaring tenor. Written by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar, the song about heroes — which Morris recorded as a ballad — became one of the earliest hit versions of the song; a better-known version by Bette Midler would top the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989. The Why Lady Why album also featured the ballad "The Love She Found in Me", the mid-tempoed "Velvet Chains" and the up-tempoed title track as singles; all of them peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Also during this time, Morris recorded a duet with Lynn Anderson called "You're Welcome to Tonight", which became a top 10 hit.

After two more top 10 hits in 1984 — "Between Two Fires" and "Second Hand Heart" — Morris scored his first No. 1 country hit in March 1985 with "Baby Bye Bye". During what was his most prolific hitmaking part of his career, Morris had three more solo No. 1 hits during the next two years: "I'll Never Stop Loving You", "100% Chance of Rain" and "Leave Me Lonely". He also recorded a chart-topping duet with Crystal Gayle, "Makin' Up For Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song)". Although he rarely saw any success outside country music, many of Morris' hit songs were in the pop-country vein during the height of his career.

Morris had two more hits in 1987: the solo "Plain Brown Wrapper" and another duet with Gayle called "Another World". The latter song was used for almost a decade as the theme song for the NBC soap opera. After that, Morris' success on the country charts began to fade, as tastes switched once again to neo-traditional country music. Morris later opened a music publishing office in Nashville, with one of his employees being future star Faith Hill.

In early 2008, Morris released two gospel albums. His most recent CD is called, Faith and Freedom, dedicated to the military troops. Gary Morris performed two songs featured on Juice Newton's album Duets: Friends & Memories, which was released in October 2010.

Acting career
Morris took a break from touring to pursue a serious acting career. One of his first big roles was in the Broadway production of Les Misérables, as Jean Valjean. The full symphonic recording of Les Misérables is a platinum-selling, Grammy Award-winning album and features Morris' vocals throughout in the role of Valjean, including his version of the song "Bring Him Home". Morris has also appeared in a production of Puccini's opera La Boheme with fellow country/pop singer Linda Ronstadt.

In the 1980s, he did a stint on The Colbys as blind country music singer Wayne Masterson, signed to Dominique Deveraux's label. On the show, he sang "Try Gettin' Over You" from his Anything Goes release.

In the 1990s, he spent a great deal of time working on music projects, such as the PBS special concert production, in Moscow, Russia, in the Tretyakov Gallery. He returned to country music in the 1990s, performing in concerts and as a record producer. Morris hosted and also produced the Nashville network's The North American Sportsman. In 1992, he appeared in an episode of Designing Women as Julia's surgeon.

American Music Awards

 * 1987
 * Gary Morris
 * Favorite Country Male Video Artist
 * Nominated
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Music City News Country Awards

 * 1984
 * rowspan=3| Gary Morris
 * Star of Tomorrow
 * Nominated
 * 1985
 * rowspan=2| Male Artist of the Year
 * Nominated
 * 1986
 * Nominated
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 * 1986
 * Nominated
 * }

Academy of Country Music Awards

 * 1983
 * Gary Morris
 * Top New Male Vocalist
 * Nominated
 * 1984
 * "Wind Beneath My Wings"
 * Song of the Year
 * Won
 * rowspan=3|1985
 * Gary Morris
 * Top Male Vocalist of the Year
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2| "Second Hand Heart"
 * Song of the Year
 * Nominated
 * Video of the Year
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=3| 1986
 * Gary Morris
 * Top Male Vocalist of the Year
 * Nominated
 * "I'll Never Stop Loving You"
 * Song of the Year
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2| Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris
 * rowspan=2| Top Vocal Duo of the Year
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2| 1987
 * Nominated
 * "100% Chance of Rain"
 * Video of the Year
 * Nominated
 * 1988
 * Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris
 * Top Vocal Duo of the Year
 * Nominated
 * }
 * Nominated
 * "100% Chance of Rain"
 * Video of the Year
 * Nominated
 * 1988
 * Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris
 * Top Vocal Duo of the Year
 * Nominated
 * }
 * Nominated
 * }

Country Music Association Awards

 * 1984
 * rowspan=2| Gary Morris
 * rowspan=2| Male Vocalist of the Year
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2| 1985
 * Nominated
 * "Second Hand Heart"
 * rowspan=2| Music Video of the Year
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=3| 1986
 * "100% Chance of Rain"
 * Nominated
 * Gary Morris
 * Male Vocalist of the Year
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|Gary Morris and Crystal Gayle
 * rowspan=2|Vocal Duo of the Year
 * Nominated
 * 1987
 * Nominated
 * }
 * rowspan=2|Gary Morris and Crystal Gayle
 * rowspan=2|Vocal Duo of the Year
 * Nominated
 * 1987
 * Nominated
 * }
 * }

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O'Malley, Australian Capital Territory

O'Malley (postcode: 2606) is an affluent suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. At the, O'Malley had a population of 928 people. There are numerous embassies in O'Malley. The suburb is named after King O'Malley, who was the politician who arranged the competition for a design for Canberra. Streets in O'Malley are named with Aboriginal words.

Population
In the 2021 Census, there were 928 people in O'Malley. 53.0% of people were born in Australia and 52.9% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion (26.4%) and Catholic (24.8%).

Restrictions
Wood fire heaters are banned in the newer East O'Malley area to due concerns of air quality in that valley

Geology
Deakin Volcanics green-grey and purple rhyodacite are under the suburb. To the east in the valley bottom is Deakin Volcanics purple and green tuff and up the slopes of Mount Mugga Mugga are Deakin Volcanics coarse dark purple rhyodacite.

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Frank Fenton (actor)

Frank Fenton Moran (April 9, 1906 – July 24, 1957), known as Frank Fenton, was an American stage, film and television actor.

Early years
Fenton graduated from Georgetown University, where he lettered as a tackle on the school's football team. He also was active in Georgetown's undergraduate dramatic club, for which he directed and wrote plays.

Career
Fenton started his career on stage in New York, acting on Broadway in An American Tragedy (1926) billed as Frank Moran. As Frank Fenton, he starred in the Broadway versions of Susan and God with Gertrude Lawrence and as George Kittredge in The Philadelphia Story (1939) alongside Katharine Hepburn. His other Broadway credits include Stork Mad, O Evening Star, Dead End, and The O'Flynn. He also appeared on stage in London, and toured with Katherine Cornell in Romeo & Juliet and other plays.

Fenton's film debut came in The Navy Comes Through (1942). After moving to Hollywood for Barbara Stanwyck's Lady of Burlesque (1943), the Hartford, Connecticut native appeared in more than 80 movies and television programs. Although the majority of his motion picture career was spent in supporting roles, he starred alongside John Carradine in Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943), which was re-issued as Monsoon.

Fenton was married from 1934 to 1948 to the former Aqueena Bilotti, daughter of sculptor Salvadore Bilotti. The couple had two daughters, Alicia and Honoree. They divorced in 1948.

He is often confused—in print and online—with screenwriter and novelist Frank Fenton (1903 – August 23, 1971). The actor dropped his last name early in his career to avoid confusion with other well-known Morans in New York City, including prizefighter Frank Moran, drama reporter Frank Moran, and George Moran of the popular comedy team Moran and Mack.

Death
Fenton died at UCLA Medical Center on July 24, 1957, at age 51. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Partial filmography

 * The Navy Comes Through (1942) - Hodum
 * Claudia (1943) - Hartley (uncredited)
 * Aerial Gunner (1943) - Colonel - HAGS CO (uncredited)
 * Lady of Burlesque (1943) - Russell Rogers
 * Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943) - Jack Burke
 * A Scream in the Dark (1943) - Sam 'Benny' Lackey
 * Minesweeper (1943) - Lt. Ralph Gilpin
 * Hi, Good Lookin'! (1944) - Gib Dickson
 * Rosie the Riveter (1944) - Wayne Calhoun
 * Buffalo Bill (1944) - Murdo Carvell
 * Secret Command (1944) - Simms
 * The Big Noise (1944) - Charlton
 * Destiny (1944) - Sam Baker
 * This Man's Navy (1945) - Captain Grant
 * Hold That Blonde (1945) - Mr. Phillips
 * Club Havana (1945) - Detective Lieutenant (uncredited)
 * Getting Gertie's Garter (1945) - Winters (uncredited)
 * The French Key (1946) - Horatio Vedder
 * Big Town (1946) - Fletcher (uncredited)
 * Swamp Fire (1946) - Capt. Pete Dailey
 * If I'm Lucky (1946) - Marc Dwyer, Political Boss (uncredited)
 * It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Violet's Boyfriend (uncredited)
 * Hit Parade of 1947 (1947) - Mr. Bonardi
 * The Adventures of Don Coyote (1947) - Big Foot Ferguson
 * Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947) - Paul Morgan
 * Magic Town (1947) - Birch
 * Relentless (1948) - Jim Rupple
 * Hazard (1948) - Utah Sheriff Bob Waybill
 * A Foreign Affair (1948) - Major Mathews
 * Bodyguard (1948) - Lt. Borden
 * Renegades of Sonora (1948) - Sheriff Jim Crawford
 * Mexican Hayride (1948) - Gus Adamson
 * Rustlers (1949) - Brad Carew
 * The Clay Pigeon (1949) - Lt. Cmdr. Prentice
 * Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949) - Detective
 * The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) - Red Buck
 * Ranger of Cherokee Strip (1949) - McKinnon
 * The Golden Stallion (1949) - Oro City Sheriff
 * Port of New York (1949) - G.W. Wyley (uncredited)
 * The Lawless (1950) - Mr. Prentiss
 * Sideshow (1950) - Manson
 * Trigger, Jr. (1950) - Sheriff
 * A Modern Marriage (1950) - Mr. Brown
 * Streets of Ghost Town (1950) - Bart Selby
 * Three Secrets (1950) - Sheriff Neil MacDonald (uncredited)
 * Wyoming Mail (1950) - Gilson
 * Tripoli (1950) - Capt. Adams
 * Double Deal (1950) - Pete (uncredited)
 * Prairie Roundup (1951) - Buck Prescott
 * Rogue River (1951) - Joe Dandridge
 * Texans Never Cry (1951) - Captain Weldon (uncredited)
 * Silver City (1951) - Creede (uncredited)
 * The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1952) - Ranger Captain (uncredited)
 * Man in the Dark (1953) - Detective Driver (uncredited)
 * Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) - Salcedo's Officer (uncredited)
 * Island in the Sky (1953) - Capt. Turner
 * Vicki (1953) - Eric (uncredited)
 * Gun Fury (1953) - Chuck - First Poker Player (uncredited)
 * The Nebraskan (1953) - Army Captain (uncredited)
 * Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956) - Sheriff Meeker
 * The Naked Hills (1956) - Harold
 * Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) - Head of Board of Directors (uncredited)
 * Emergency Hospital (1956) - Edward Northrup (uncredited)
 * Gun the Man Down (1956) - Sheriff Leading Posse (uncredited)
 * Hell Bound (1957) - Harry Quantro (final film role)

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List of schools in Afghanistan

This list of schools located in Afghanistan includes the country's primary and secondary schools. According to the Afghan Ministry of Education, there are approximately 18,000 schools across Afghanistan. Afghanistan's tertiary schools are listed on a separate sub-list at List of universities in Afghanistan. The list is organized alphabetically by province and within a province, alphabetically by school name.

Badakhshan Province

 * Ahli Mughulha High School (Central Asia Institute supported)

Balkh Province

 * Afghan-Turk High School in Mazar-e-Sharif (private)

Herat Province

 * Afghan-Turk High School (private)

Jowzjan Province

 * Afghan-Turk High School in Sheberghan (private)
 * Habibe Kadiri High School, Aqcha (girls) (Republic of Turkey – Ministry of National Education)

Kabul Province

 * Marefat High School (co-educational) – one of the best schools in Kabul Afghanistan; has achieved the first position among private and public schools in Kabul
 * Abul Qasem e Ferdowsi High School (girls)
 * Khwaja Abdullah Ansari
 * Abdul Qadir Shahid High School
 * Afghan-Turk High School (private)
 * Afghanistan National Institute of Music
 * Afghanistan Relief Organization Technology Education Center (TEC) (co-educational)
 * Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute (co-educational)
 * Afghanistan National School (private)
 * Ahmad Shah Baba High School (boys)
 * Ahmad Shah Massoud High School
 * Aisha-i-Durani School (girls) (a.k.a. Durani High School or Mädchengymnasium Aysha-e Durani)
 * Amani High School (aka Amani–Oberrealschule)
 * Afghan Yaar High School (private)
 * Ashaqan Arefan School
 * Al Fattha High School (girls)
 * Aryob Public School (APS)
 * Central Asia English School / Computer Center (Central Asia Institute supported)
 * Deh Dana Girls' High School (girls)
 * Esteqlal High School
 * Familia (Reshkhur) High School (SESP) (Central Asia Institute supported)
 * Ghazi High School
 * Ghulam Haider Khan High School (boys)
 * Erfan Private School
 * Habibia High School (boys)
 * Hope High School (Afghanistan)
 * Abdul Hadi Dawi High School (boys)
 * Payam Private High School
 * International School of Kabul (ISK) (co-educational)
 * Lalander Primary School (Shahid Motahidi) (Central Asia Institute supported)
 * Kabul Al-fath School
 * Kuchi Primary Tent School (Nomad Mobile School) (Central Asia Institute supported)
 * Kamiri Girls High School (Central Asia Institute supported)
 * Khushal Khan High School
 * Kaseer-ul-Estifada High School
 * Hazrat Ibrahim Khalilullah High School
 * Lamia Shaheed High School (girls)
 * Lycée Esteqlal
 * Lycée Malalaï
 * Mir Afghan Girls School (Central Asia Institute supported)
 * Mohammad Tarzi High School (boys)
 * Mohammad Alam Faiz Zad High School (boys and girls) – located in the area between Kolola Pushta and Shahrara in a great area of Shar-E Naw, behind Ali Abad Hospital (formerly Malalay Zezhantoon). The previous name of this High School was Lycées Tajrobawe Etibar Khan. The name changed at the first presidency of Burhanuddin Rabani. Later on, the primary and secondary schools of Manochehre which was also located on the other side of Kolola Pushta, adjacent to Austria embassy has been merged to Mohammad Alam Faizzad High School. Mohammad Alam Faizzad High School is a well known public school its graduates are studying in different local and foreign universities and the graduates are working in different intermediate and higher levels of designations in the private and public sectors.
 * Malalai High School (girls)
 * Malika Suraya High School (girls)
 * Mehrabodin High School (co-educational)
 * Mustaqbal Private High School (Private)
 * Naswan Wahdat High School (girls)
 * Navi Bakhtar High School (private)
 * Nazo Ana High School (girls)
 * Qurtuba High School (co-educational) – in the Karte-Naw neighborhood
 * Raba-e-Balkhi High School (girls)
 * Rahman Baba High School (boys)
 * Rahman Mena Girls High School (Central Asia Institute supported)
 * Sar Asyab Girls High School (girls)
 * Shah Shaheed School (girls)
 * Sooria high School (girls)
 * Sultana Razia School (girls)
 * Zarghona High School (girls)
 * Saidal Nasery High School (boys)
 * Saidal Nasery High School (girls)
 * Abdulali Mustaghni High School (boys) in karte se
 * Asr-e-Sahaba Middle School (boys and Girls) in karte Parwan

Kandahar Province

 * Afghan-Turk High School (private)
 * Ahmad Shah Baba High School
 * Faizal E. Kandahari High School
 * Malalai High School (girls)
 * Mirwais Nika High School
 * Mowlana Jalaladin High School
 * Safia Ama Jan Girls High School
 * Sardar Mohammed Daoud Khan High School
 * Shah Hussain Hotak High School
 * Shahid Khakrizwal Girls High School
 * Zahir Shah High School
 * Zarghona Ana High School (girls)

Panjshir Province

 * Bibi Amina Girls High School
 * Dowab Primary School (Central Asia Institute supported)
 * Pushgar Girls Primary School (Central Asia Institute supported)
 * Zukor Shaba (boys)

Samangan Province

 * Afghan-Turk High School (private)
 * Aibak High School
 * Aynacha High School
 * Ajani Malika High School (girls)
 * Experimental High School of Samangan (Lycee Tajrubawi Aibak)

Takhar Province

 * Shah Ahmad Masood Schools (3) (previously Central Asia Institute supported)

Zabul Province

 * Bibi Khala School in Qalat, Zabul Province (boys and girls)

Khost province

 * zia ul olum privet high school
 * د تروزيو ضياءالعلوم عالي خصوصي لېسه

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Talk:Milk of Magnesia

Why is there a "Milk of Magnesia" and a seperate "Milk of magnesia" entry?

it's merged now... Yingpingu (talk) 17:36, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

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Cakile

Cakile is a genus within the flowering plant family Brassicaceae. Species in this genus are commonly known as searockets, though this name on its own is applied particularly to whatever member of the species is native or most common in the region concerned, the European searocket Cakile maritima in Europe, and the American searocket C. edentula in North America. The genus is native to Europe, Asia and North America, but the European searocket has been introduced into North America and has spread widely on both east and west coasts; in many places it is replacing the native C. edentula, and is regarded as an undesirable invasive species.

Cakile species grow as annual plants with an erect or decumbent stem. The common species in Europe and North America grow close to the coast, often in dunes. Their leaves are fleshy. Flowers are typically pale mauve to white, with petals about 1 cm in length. Each fruit has two sections, one that remains attached to the adult, and the other which that falls off for dispersal by wind or water.

They are rather similar to those of the wild radish (also in family Brassicaceae) which is found in the same regions, and careful attention to the leaves and stems is needed to tell the two plants apart.

, Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts seven species:
 * Cakile arabica Velen.
 * Cakile arctica Pobed.
 * Cakile constricta Rodman
 * Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook.
 * Cakile geniculata (B.L.Rob.) Millsp.
 * Cakile lanceolata (Willd.) O.E.Schulz
 * Cakile maritima Scop.

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Capon Springs, West Virginia

Capon Springs is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. According to the 2000 census, the Capon Springs community has a population of 95.

It is located on Capon Springs Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 16) along Capon Springs Run. Originally known as Frye's Springs after its discoverer Henry Frye, and later established as the Town of Watson in 1787, the town was renamed for its medicinal spring. The springs were believed to carry such healing power that half an acre sold for $900 in gold in the late 18th century. After West Virginia seceded from Virginia in 1863, it had to pay Virginia for the loss of the springs during Reconstruction. The historic Capon Springs & Farms resort is located here and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Notable people
Herman Guy Kump (1877–1962), 19th Governor of West Virginia, and American educator Arthur R. M. Spaid (1866–1936) were born in Capon Springs.

Historical names
Capon Springs and its post office have been known by several varying names throughout its history, which include:

Historic sites

 * Capon Springs, Capon Springs Road (CR 16)
 * Octagon House, Capon Springs Road (CR 16)
 * Old Red Store, Capon Springs Road (CR 16) & McIlwee Road (CR 16/1)
 * Ms. Bessie's Bungalow, Capon Springs Road (CR 16)

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Taylor Wane

Taylor Wane is a British actress, model, and former pornographic film performer. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2005 and the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2014 as well as Legends Hall of Fame.

Early life
Wane was born in Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, England. Attended Breckenbeds Junior High School, Heathfield Senior High School

Career
Wane began performing in the adult video industry in 1989. She appeared several times in Penthouse. In addition to Penthouse, she has been featured in several other publications, including Celebrity Skin, Bizarre Magazine, Gent, and Busty Beauties. In the latter, she had a monthly column as a Celebrity Editor, and she was the November 2005 cover girl and centrefold, in addition to her regular features that included columns such as My Personal Diary, Tits and Bits and sex toy reviews. In 2005, Wane made sixteen appearances in photo spreads in men's magazines, including Genesis, Swank, and Oui. She also became a columnist for AVN Insider magazine that same year with a monthly column entitled Wane's World.

Appearances
In May 2005, Wane hosted a special event at The Concorde in Hollywood. The event was a private showing of the artist Olivia's original art that featured Wane. Later that year she was a special guest on Playboy Night Calls hosted by Christy Canyon and Tiffany Granath.

Wane has appeared in minor roles in a variety of mainstream television and feature film productions. These appearances include roles in the 1994 children's science fiction series CYBERKIDZ, the 2000 Adam Sandler comedy Little Nicky and episodes in the comedy television series The Mind of the Married Man (HBO, 2002) and Burning Hollywood (2009). Wane has also been seen in episodes of TV shows such as Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, the Fox Reality Channel series My Bare Lady, and FX's Nip/Tuck.

In 2009, Wane was cast in several feature films. In the Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe, and Rachel McAdams political thriller State of Play, Wane was cast as the head mistress of a sex club that was part of a murder investigation. The film is based on a BBC mini-series. In the Ron Howard directed political drama Frost/Nixon, she was cast as a Playboy Playmate in a scene with a Hugh Hefner look-alike. Wane was cast as a dancer in both A Beautiful Life starring Dana Delaney, Bai Ling, and Debi Mazar, and in The Girl From The Naked Eye starring Jason Yee, where she was cast along with fellow adult film actress Sasha Grey.

Other ventures
Wane has her own production company called Taylor Wane Entertainment started in the mid-1990s. She has also been the host of radio shows on Spice Radio, which is on Sirius XM channel 103, and on KSEX Radio with a weekly night time talk radio show called The British Are Cumming.

In 2003, Wane launched her own limited edition, X-rated quarterly comic book series in association with H Bomb Comics called Vamptrix. The design of the main character is based on Wane.

Wane and her husband also own and operate several websites, including TaylorWane.com, TaylorWane.net, PlanetPorno.com, and MoBooty.com. They also own an independent photo agency, Laurien Photographic, that licenses photos of Wane and other porn stars to stock agencies and magazines such as Hustler, Gallery, and Jugs.

In 2005, Wane launched her own line of sex toys called the "Taylor Wane Collection". In 2011, she competed on Winter Wipeout on ABC. She failed to advance the qualifier.

Recognition
Wane was honored by a platoon of U.S. Navy SEALs stationed in Iraq in 2007. An American flag was flown for twenty-four hours in honor of Wane as thanks for autographed pictures and correspondence she sent to them. Wane later received the actual flag framed with a Flag Citation. Few others were honored as it is customary for the platoon to vote on a list of people to be honored which typically include family and other service members. The platoon also voted to include actor Kevin Costner and professional golfer Tiger Woods.

Philanthropy
Wane has hosted events to benefit breast cancer awareness as well as to raise funds for cancer, leukemia, and AIDS research for groups such as Breast Cancer Awareness Benefits Everyone (B.A.B.E.) and the T.J. Martell Foundation.

In 2007, after being honored by U.S. Navy SEALs, Wane and her husband created a poster that featured her wearing authentic Navy Seal combat gear. Autographed copies of the poster were sold with the proceeds going to the Disabled American Veterans foundation (DAV). The combat gear was auctioned off as well for an additional donation. Wane stated in 2008, "I support a lot of charities, and DAV is very close to my heart." "I could never be grateful enough or thankful enough for what the servicemen sacrifice for our freedom. They have courage like most of us will never know."

Also in 2008, Wane recorded and contributed a cover version of the holiday favorite "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" to the Rock 4 X-Mas charity fundraising album. The album also featured works by Rick Derringer, Spencer Davis, Gary Hoey and Joe Lynn Turner, John Ford, JK Northrup and Michael Vescera, and others.

Awards

 * 1992 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene, Film (X Factor - The Next Generation)
 * 1994 June Penthouse Pet of the Month
 * 2005 AVN Hall of Fame
 * 2005 KSEXradio Listener's Choice Award – Funniest Porn Jockey
 * 2006 KSEXradio Listener's Choice Award – Best Overall On-Air Personality
 * 2006 AdultDVDReviews Critics Choice Award – Best Bust Series (Voluptuous Vixens)
 * 2007 Legends of Erotica Hall of Fame
 * 2014 XRCO Hall of Fame

Personal life
Wane is a graduate of the Joe Blasco School of Makeup Artistry. She is married.

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Annie Yi

Wu Chin-yi (born March 4, 1968), professionally known as Annie Yi or Annie Shizuka Inoh (伊能 静), is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer.

Early life and education
Wu Chin-yi was born on March 4, 1968, in Taipei, Taiwan, the youngest of seven daughters of Yang Shu-wan and Wu Min. Her mother is from Keelung and her father is from Shandong. Her father divorced her mother to married another woman who gave him a boy, her half-brother Wu Pu-hui.

During her childhood, she was sent to study in a primary school at Hong Kong to learn English. Then, she moved to Japan to live with her mother and her step-father 伊能祥光, a Japanese man from the Ryukyu Islands. She took her step-father's surname and took a Japanese name "Shizuka Inoh". She lived in Tokyo, Japan for six years and studied at Tokyo Chinese School.

After returning to Taiwan in 1988, she took the stage name "Yi Nengjing", by simplifying her Japanese name dropping the last character. In 2010, she was selected as a judge for the television series China's Got Talent.

Personal life
On February 14, 2000, Yi married Taiwanese singer Harlem Yu in the United States. They had dated for 14 years. On March 20, 2009, the Yi and Yu officially issued a divorce statement, ending their eight-year marriage. From this marriage, Yi had a son Harrison Yu born on 16 March 2002 in the United States.

On March 21, 2015, Yi married Chinese actor Qin Hao in Phuket, Thailand. Yi gave birth to their daughter Cindy Qin in 2016 in the United States.

On 25 September 2013, Yi announced that she adopted Xia Junfeng's son Xia Jianqiang as her godson and his wife Zhang Jing as her blood sister.

Controversy
In 2019, Annie Yi removed her social media post promoting the teachings of Indian godman Kalki Bhagwan after the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and China Anti-Cult Association (CACA) issued a warning about the Oneness cult's activities in the state run media Global Times.

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Delray, West Virginia

Delray is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Delray is located in the North River Valley along Delray Road (West Virginia Route 29) between Sedan and Rio. According to the 2000 census, the Delray community has a population of 151.

Delray began a small agricultural community in the late eighteenth century. Its first storekeeper, John McDonald, owned and operated a stave mill and a barrel factory near his residence. The name Delray most likely is a name derived from Spanish meaning "of the king".

Historic site

 * Richards-Mowery House (c. 1850)

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Slavyansk

Slavyansk may refer to:
 * The Russian-language name of Sloviansk, a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
 * Slavyansk-na-Kubani, a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia

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Greg Blewett

Gregory Scott Blewett (born 29 October 1971) is an Australian international retired cricketer who played Test cricket and One-Day Internationals between 1995 and 2000.

Cricket career
The son of Bob Blewett who represented South Australia in the 1970s, Blewett was born in Adelaide. Blewett was an AIS Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1990. He began his domestic career in 1991–92 playing for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield and One Day domestic tournament competition in Australia. He made his international debut for the Australian team playing for Australia A during a World Series Cup tournament against Australia in 1994–95. During this tournament he displayed his batting performances against former Australian fast bowler, Craig McDermott. In January 1995, he made his Test debut for Australia against England at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia; scoring a century on his debut match. He followed that with a century in the WACA Ground in Perth during his second match and scored a century at Edgbaston in England in 1997 thus scoring three centuries in his first three Ashes Test matches.

He also represented the national team in One Day International matches. During his peak, he batted with aggression and he was effective against both fast bowlers and spinners. He was particularly strong square of the wicket, which was rewarded on his home ground, the Adelaide Oval, where the square boundaries are shorter. He was also an effective medium pacebowler (average bowling speed 125 km/h). His highest Test match score was 214 runs, against South Africa in Johannesburg in South Africa. Most of those runs were achieved with his former teammate and captain, Steve Waugh, with whom he was involved in one of the highest batting partnerships in cricket when the pair scored 385 runs together, batting for an entire day's play without losing a wicket.

Despite his qualities as a batsman, he was known to struggle against spin bowling. He has been dismissed (out) in the past by several spin bowlers, including the former Pakistan and Indian spinners, Mushtaq Ahmed and Anil Kumble. After achieving a successful first year in the international cricket, he encountered Mushtaq Ahmed when Pakistan visited Australia in the 1995–96 season. He was unable to pick which way Mushtaq's deliveries were turning and was continuously dismissed in the tournament by being declared Leg before wicket or being bowled, either playing down the wrong line or not offering shot to a googly that turned into his stumps. He was subsequently replaced by Ricky Ponting, but in 1996 he regained his batting position after Ponting himself had fallen upon hard times. Blewett then performed well with the bat, until the 1998 tour to India, where he struggled against Kumble and he was dropped in favour of Justin Langer. However, upon the retirement of captain Mark Taylor in 1999, Blewett was selected to become an opening batsman, until he was dropped from the Australian team in favour of Matthew Hayden in early 2000 after a period of poor performances, which ended his international career. He retired from professional cricket in 2006 when he played his last match in First-class cricket and One Day Domestic matches against Queensland and Tasmania.

Waugh, who captained Australia from 1999 to 2004, said that Blewett had "a technical batting problem in his defence, when facing deliveries and he often left a gap between bat and pad." Test and One Day International averages of 34 and 20 respectively also reflect his inability to, according to Waugh, "align...talent with results". Waugh attributed this to a "lack of discipline and...self-belief."

Media career
Since retiring from professional cricket, Blewett has pursued a commentating career.

In December 2013, Blewett became a member of the Fairfax Radio Network (FRN) commentary team that broadcast selected Test matches, One Day Internationals, the Big Bash League (BBL) and T20 International matches on network stations including 3AW Melbourne, 2UE Sydney, 4BC Brisbane, 6PR Perth and on digital radio.

In 2018 he joined the Seven Network as a commentator for Test Cricket and Big Bash League and Triple M Adelaide as a co-host of the Dead Set Legends show.

Coaching career
Blewett was named fielding consultant of Australia for the one-day tri-series in Zimbabwe and for their matches against Pakistan in the UAE in 2014. He completed a level three coaching accreditation in 2014 and worked with Australia A and the National Performance Squad at the National Cricket Performance Centre in Brisbane.

Personal life
Blewett's first marriage was to Adelaide radio personality, Jodie Blewett, and they had a daughter. He remarried with his second wife Katheryn Raptopoulos in 2014 and they have a son.

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Druskonis lake in Druskininkai, Lithuania.

Camera: Nikon F80; Film: Kodak Portra 160 NC; Scanner: Epson perfection 3200 photo.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Logan Aubé

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was speedy deleted. Sjakkalle (Check!)  10:11, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Logan Aubé

 * Delete. This bizarre and most likely fictional biography is unsubstantiated by a Google search. —Charles O'Rourke 05:58, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Good job on keeping these ruffians out
 * Delete. Idiocy. jni 06:14, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, no comment needed. MCB 07:52, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Logan Aube, the 3D-film maker is more famous. Alf 13:01, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. utcursch | talk 13:05, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete current content unverifiable, per Charles O'Rourke. search for -> "Logan Aubé" SARS <- had no hits. Might be salvageable if verifiable article re: 3D filmmaker is done -- WCFrancis 20:17, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This is getting a speedy delete right now. This character was vandalizing the site last night something fierce with more or less this same garbage under the same name. - Lucky 6.9 20:41, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

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Saint Patrick's School, Singapore

Saint Patrick's School is a government-aided Roman Catholic Lasallian all-boys' secondary school located along East Coast Road, Singapore. It is more commonly referred to as St Pat's, SPS or St Patrick's. Students and old boys call themselves Patricians or Sons of St. Patrick's.

History
Saint Patrick's was founded in 1933 as a temporary branch school of Saint Joseph's Institution, another Catholic boys' school in Singapore. It was built on land acquired by the La Salle Brothers in 1898 which was originally intended for building a resort bungalow. Brother Stephen Buckley saw the population growth in eastern Singapore and petitioned the La Salle Brothers to build a school on that piece of land. The main school building was completed in 1932 and Saint Patrick's became a school in its own right in 1933.

During World War II, the school was used by the British as a hospital and later by the Japanese as an administrative building. It was returned to the La Salle Brothers in 1946.

In 1957, the primary section of the school was separated and became Saint Stephen's School, a primary school for boys.

In 1969, Saint Patrick's became a co-educational school with the introduction of pre-university classes. However, with the phasing out of such classes in 1978, the school returned to being an all-boys school.

In 2002, Lucas Lak Pati Singh, a former vice principal of Changkat Changi Secondary School and an educator of 38 years, was posted into Saint Patrick's as the school's new principal.

Lucas Lak Pati Singh, the school's longest-serving principal, was succeeded in 2012 by Adolphus Tan, a former principal of Shuqun Secondary School. Joseph Peterson, a senior physics teacher, was promoted to vice-principal, joining Aloysius Yong, an alumnus who has served in various other capacities in the school and had been the sole vice-principal until then.

By 2019, Aloysius Yong had retired while Adolphus Tan and Joseph Peterson had been posted to other schools. The current school leadership consists of Mark Minjoot, the principal, and the new vice principal is Barnabas Tan.

Identity and culture
In keeping with the school's Catholic traditions, students recite the Apostles' Creed in the morning, and the Angelus or the Regina Coeli during Easter at noon.

School symbols

The shamrock is found on the student's belt, socks and neck-tie, on the running vests and on the T-shirts, and the school flag is a shamrock on a blue background. It is made up of three green hearts touching at the centre at an equal spacing from each other. Two of the hearts are at the lower half with one at the upper half. The shamrock represents the school's virtues of "Humanity, Humility & Honesty". The school's patron saint, Saint Patrick, used the shamrock to represent the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Uniform and discipline
The all-white school uniform is compulsory. The full uniform is a white short-sleeved shirt with the school badge pinned on the top left hand corner above the shirt pocket, white short trousers (for lower secondary students) or white long trousers (for upper secondary), white school socks with the shamrock logo, white canvas shoes or sports shoes (sports shoes do not have to be white), a tie and a belt.

Houses and sports events
The school has six houses named after former brother principals of the school.
 * Brother Joseph McNally (McNally House) – green
 * Brother Joseph Kiely (Kiely House) – blue
 * Brother Stephen Buckley (Buckley House) – orange
 * Brother Cannice Brennan (Brennan House) – yellow
 * Brother Alban Rozario (Alban House) – red
 * Brother Justinian De Souza (Justinian House) – purple

Affiliations
Saint Patrick's School is affiliated with all four of the Lasallian primary schools in Singapore, Saint Joseph's Institution as well as Catholic Junior College. It maintains relationships with other Roman Catholic schools in Singapore as well.

 * Saint Joseph's Institution Junior (formerly Saint Michael's School)
 * Saint Stephen's School
 * De La Salle School
 * Saint Anthony's Primary School

Co-curricular activities
Saint Patrick's has a military band, which has won gold medals in competitions locally and abroad, from 1990 to 2016.In the 2005 Singapore Youth Festival (SYF), the band won Gold with Honours. This was the first year such an award was introduced into the SYF grading scheme. In the 2007 SYF, the SPSMB achieved a Gold with Honours, which was the 2nd consecutive Gold With Honour award. In the 2009 SYF, the Band again won Gold with Honours, its tenth consecutive Gold award in the SYF and its third consecutive Gold with Honours. And in 2011 SYF, the Band achieved Gold with Honours, its 11th consecutive Gold award and fourth consecutive Gold with Honours. On special occasions, the school's Military Band plays a live version of the School Rally as opposed to the audio recording which is usually played every morning. The tradition took place particularly at the annual opening ceremony of the Patrician Annual Enrichment Festival (PAEF), but as of 2012, it has been gradually rescinded to a once-a-year affair. In addition, the Saint Patrick's School Military Band also held a commemorative concert at the Esplanade Concert Hall to celebrate its 60th anniversary.

The school has four uniformed groups: the Scouts, National Cadet Corps (Land), National Cadet Corps (Air) and National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC).

The Saint Patrick's Pajigwad Scout Troop is the oldest scout troop in the Katong district. They have achieved the Frank Cooper Sands Gold award for several years running thanks to the high standard of training planned by the teachers and the Patrol Leaders Council. A notable alumni of the troop is Tony Tan, the seventh President of Singapore. He returned to the school during the Adiji Scout Ceremony in 2012 to accept his role as Chief Scout of the Singapore Scout Association.

The school also encourages students to take up leadership roles, hence the establishment of the Peer Leader's Council, the Prefectorial Board and the Board of Patrician Ambassadors. These Patrician student leaders facilitate camps such as the Patricians' Leadership Training Camp (PLTC) which is held overseas in countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia, as well as local camps such as the secondary one orientation camp for new students every year. Selected students also represent their school and participate in the Lasallian Leaders Servant Leadership Camp (LLSLC), where they and students from Lasallian schools in the Philippines interact with each other to learn servant leadership by helping less fortunate communities in the Philippines.

Alumni

 * Politics
 * Tony Tan, seventh President of Singapore
 * George Yeo, former Cabinet Minister
 * Patrick Tay, member of Parliament
 * Chong Chieng Jen, Malaysian politician; Member of Parliament from Democratic Action Party (DAP)
 * Yee Jenn Jong, former non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP)
 * Barry Desker, former Singapore diplomat
 * Arts
 * John Klass, radio DJ/Recording artiste
 * Hayden Ng, fashion designer
 * Glenn Ong, radio DJ
 * Andrew Seow, actor and celebrity
 * Sheikh Haikel, actor and singer
 * Alvin Tan, founder, The Necessary Stage
 * Cyril Wong, poet
 * Sports
 * Kelly Chan, former national sailor
 * Steven Tan, former national footballer
 * Aloysius Yapp, 9-ball pool player (former world no. 1)
 * Christopher van Huizen, national footballer
 * Jordan Emaviwe, national footballer

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Clackamas Town Center

Clackamas Town Center is a shopping mall established in 1981 in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area, located on unincorporated land in the Clackamas area of Clackamas County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is managed and co-owned by Brookfield Properties and is currently anchored by JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods, Macy's and a separate Macy's Home/Backstage store. It also includes a 20-screen Century movie theater.

Location
The mall has a Happy Valley, Oregon, mailing address, but is actually located in an unincorporated area. However, the city of Happy Valley was interested in annexing the area that includes the mall. The nearby city of Milwaukie was also interested in annexing the area. In December 2012, mediation between officials of the two cities resulted in a draft agreement under which the mall and other land west of Interstate 205 would eventually be annexed by Milwaukie.

Construction and early years
The two-level enclosed mall, with 1218000 sqft of retail space officially opened on March 6, 1981, built by Ernest W. Hahn, Inc. and designed by Seattle architects John Graham & Company. Prior to the mall's opening, the attached Meier & Frank store opened in October 1980. Original anchors included JCPenney, Meier & Frank, Nordstrom, Sears and Montgomery Ward. There was also an ice rink; a five-screen movie theater; and a branch of the Clackamas County Library. Also featured were three large cedar sculptures carved by artist and woodsman, Dudley C. Carter, which were commissioned by the center in 1979, when Carter was eighty-eight. TriMet diverted or extended its bus service into the new mall, constructing a new transit center in the parking area on the mall's north side, which opened in November 1981 and by 1985 was being used by six bus routes. In the 1990s, Olympic skater Tonya Harding frequently practiced on the ice rink.

The mall remained largely unchanged until Montgomery Ward went bankrupt and closed its store in 2001. Meier & Frank acquired the former Ward building and opened a home store in 2002 in the upper level, while leasing out the lower level to Copeland Sports. The ice rink closed in 2003, the original movie theater closed in 2005, and Copeland in turn closed in 2006. Macy's reclaimed the former Copeland's space and expanded the home store into that space.

2007 renovations and expansion
General Growth Properties acquired a 50% interest in the property in 2002 and assumed management. A major redevelopment began in 2005 to add 250000 sqft to the center. As part of the construction the area formerly occupied by the ice rink was gutted, and the Carter sculptures were removed. Designed by architectural firm DLR Group, the renovation and expansion added approximately 40 new stores and restaurants, many in a new lifestyle center on the south side, and a new 75000 sqft, 20-screen Century multiplex theater. The renovation also put in tranquility ponds, new flooring, lighting, furniture, escalators, elevators, handrails, and exterior upgrades. It was completed in late 2007. The new, larger movie theater opened in December 2007.

In September 2009, a new MAX Light Rail station opened at the mall, with the opening of the Green Line. The Clackamas Town Center Transit Center station is the southern terminus of the Green Line and is located on the east side of the mall's parking area. It is also served by several bus lines and it replaced the original transit center, which had closed in 2006 and temporarily been replaced by simple bus stops pending construction of the new facility.

2012 shooting
A shooting occurred on December 11, 2012, which left three people, including the gunman, dead, and one person seriously wounded. At approximately 3:28 p.m. PST., 22-year-old Jacob Tyler Roberts opened fire near Macy's at the upper level of the mall with an AR-15 rifle. Roberts was wearing a hockey mask and was heard by witnesses shouting out "I am the shooter!" while he fired shots. A 45-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman were killed, and Roberts died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. A fifteen-year-old girl suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and was hospitalized at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital in serious, stable condition. A total of 17 rounds were fired from Roberts' rifle, and there were about 10,000 shoppers present at the mall at the time of the attack. The manager of Justice was a pregnant woman who secured shoppers in their backroom as they hid from the shooter. As a result of the stress & trauma, she was hospitalized and put on life support. They were able to save her baby, but the woman passed. Four people died in addition to the gunman.

2018 Sears closure and 2020 opening of Dick's Sporting Goods
In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Clackamas Town Center, into Seritage Growth Properties.

On August 22, 2018, Sears announced that its store would be closing as part of a plan to close 46 stores nationwide. The store closed in November 2018.

In early 2020, remodeling of the former Sears space began to replace the site with a Dick's Sporting Goods location. The Dick's Sporting Goods held its grand opening in the former Sears space on October 10, 2020.

2020 closure of Nordstrom
On May 7, 2020, it was announced that Nordstrom would also be closing as part of a plan to close 16 stores nationwide. The store closed in June 2020. It had already been closed temporarily since March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Current

 * JCPenney (158,000 sqft, opened 1981)
 * Macy's Apparel Store (199,000 sqft, opened 1980 as Meier & Frank, renamed 2006)
 * Macy's Home Store (165,000 sqft, opened 1981 as Montgomery Ward, closed 2001, renamed as Meier & Frank Home, renamed Macy's 2006)
 * Dick's Sporting Goods

Former

 * Copeland Sports, (96,000 sqft, opened 2002 in lower level of former Montgomery Ward, closed 2006, space reclaimed by Macy's Home 2007)
 * Meier & Frank (opened October 1980, rebranded as Macy's 2006)
 * Montgomery Ward (165,000 sqft, opened 1981, closed 2001, subdivided 2002 into Meier & Frank Home, Copeland Sports)
 * Nordstrom (121,000 sqft, opened 1981, closed 2020, now vacant)
 * Sears (143,695 sqft, opened 1981, closed November 2018, converted to Dick's Sporting Goods in 2020)

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Kirby, West Virginia

Kirby is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia situated along Grassy Lick Run, a tributary of North River. Kirby is located south of Romney at the crossroads of Grassy Lick Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 10) and Rock Oak Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 10/6).

An early postmaster named Kirby gave the community his name.

Historic site

 * Cox's Store (c. 1864)

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Black-faced grassquit

The black-faced grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor) is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches. It breeds in the West Indies except Cuba, on Tobago but not Trinidad, and along the northern coasts of Colombia and Venezuela.

Taxonomy
The first formal description of the black-faced grassquit was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae. He introduced the binomial name Fringilla bicolor. Linnaeus based his description on the "Bahama Sparrow" that was described and illustrated by Mark Catesby in his The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands which was published between 1729 and 1732. The black-faced grassquit was traditionally placed in the genus Tiaris. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that this genus was polyphyletic and that the black-faced grassquit was closely related to the Saint Lucia black finch in the monospecific genus Melanospiza. In the resulting reorganization of the genera, the black-faced grassquit was moved to Melanospiza.

Eight subspecies are recognised:
 * M. b. bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) – Bahamas and islands off north Cuba
 * M. b. marchii (Baird, SF, 1864) – Jamaica and Hispaniola
 * M. b. omissa (Jardine, 1847) – Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, north Colombia and north Venezuela
 * M. b. huilae (Miller, AH, 1952) – central Colombia
 * M. b. grandior (Cory, 1887) – San Andrés Archipelago (east of Nicaragua)
 * M. b. johnstonei (Lowe, 1906) – La Blanquilla Island and the Los Hermanos Archipelago (off north Venezuela)
 * M. b. sharpei (Hartert, 1893) – Netherlands Antilles
 * M. b. tortugensis (Cory, 1909) – La Tortuga Island (off north Venezuela)

Description
A male black-faced grassquits is around 10 cm long and weighs approximately 10 g. It has a short conical black bill, a black head and breast with an olive green back. Females and immature birds have dull olive-grey upperparts and head, and paler grey underparts becoming whiter on the belly.

Males on the South American mainland have more extensively black underparts, shading to a grey belly.

The male has a display flight in which he flies for short distances, vibrating his wings and giving a buzzing dik-zeezeezee call.

Breeding
This is a common bird in long grass or scrub in open or semi-open areas, including roadsides and ricefields. It makes a domed grass nest, lined with finer grasses, and placed low in a bush or on a bank. The typical clutch is two or three whitish eggs blotched with reddish brown.

Food and feeding
The black-faced grassquit feeds mainly on seeds, especially of grasses and weeds, occasionally on fruits and berries. It also feeds on small insects, mainly during the breeding season. It is often found in small groups.

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Amani High School

Amani High School, also known in German as Amani-Oberrealschule Kabul, is a school in Kabul (District 10), Afghanistan. Since its founding in 1924 until 1985, Amani High School was recognized as one of the elite schools in Kabul and received direct support from Germany, which helped to provide qualified staff. German was not only taught as a foreign language, but also was the teaching language in the higher classes in most subjects, being taught by qualified German teachers. The school is under the control of the Afghan Ministry of Education.

After the US invasion in late 2001, the buildings was looted and partially destroyed. Reconstruction began with German help in spring 2002. The German support has resumed, which was suspended during the reign of the Taliban from 1996 to 2001. German teachers once again came to Afghanistan to teach. However, German is now only taught as a foreign language. Classes in all other subjects are held in Dari. The school teaches children from class 1 to 12. Up to 4th grade the classes are coeducational. From 5th to 12th only boys are allowed.

Amani High School has two big courtyards, a mosque, a sports field with a football court, two basketball courts and stands. There are modern laboratories for the science departments: Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The classrooms are furnished with tables and chairs, which is not taken for granted in Afghan schools, even in the capital Kabul.

A ceremony to celebrate Afghanistan's return to education was held at the school, attended by interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai. In 2007 Angela Merkel visited during her trip to Afghanistan.

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Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars may refer to:

 * Thank Your Lucky Stars (film), a 1943 film
 * Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series), a British television programme
 * Thank Your Lucky Stars (Whitehouse album), a 1990 album by the British band Whitehouse
 * Thank Your Lucky Stars (Beach House album), a 2015 album by American dream pop band Beach House
 * "Thank Your Lucky Star", a song by Labi Siffre from The Singer and the Song

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Phil Emery

Philip Allen Emery (born 25 June 1964) is a former Australian cricketer. A wicket-keeper and valuable left-handed batsman, he represented Australia internationally and New South Wales domestically.

Born in St Ives, Sydney, Emery was educated at Newington College Preparatory School, Lindfield (1969–72), and Shore School, North Sydney (1973–1982). At Shore, he was captain of cricket and captain of rugby and subsequently represented GPS teams in both sports. He was also a very good swimmer and diver in his early school years. Emery represented Gordon at the Sydney Grade Cricket level. He then made his debut for the New South Wales Cricket team during the 1987–88 season replacing the previous wicketkeeper Greg Dyer.

Emery captained New South Wales to their 42nd Sheffield Shield title during the 1993–94 season while regular captain Mark Taylor was absent representing Australia.

He played in one Test and one ODI, both in Pakistan relieving Ian Healy who was out due to injury. This makes Emery only the third wicket-keeper (together with the long-serving Healy and Adam Gilchrist) to keep wicket in an Australian Test cricket team to Shane Warne (1992–2007) and Glenn McGrath (1993–2007) during their long Test careers.

Emery's cricket career is marked by notable achievements, including his record-breaking 378 dismissals in NSW First Class cricket and an additional 81 in One-Day matches. As captain, he led NSW to their 41st and 42nd Sheffield Shield titles in the 1992-93 and 1993-94 seasons. A key player in multiple title-winning teams, Emery scored over 3,000 first-class runs, including 17 fifties and a century, averaging over 26 runs. His career is celebrated for both his leadership and skill on the field.

After retiring from cricket, Emery became a corporate risk advisor and insurance broker. He is currently an Authorized Representative and a Director at Gow-Gates Insurance Brokers (Australasia) Pty Ltd. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a Diploma in Financial Services, and is recognized on the Mosman Municipal Council Sporting Wall of Fame.

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The Reactionaries

The Reactionaries were an American punk rock band formed in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, in 1978. The band's continual members were lead vocalist Martin Tamburovich, guitarist D. Boon, bassist Mike Watt, and drummer George Hurley. The Reactionaries existed for most of 1978 and 1979, practicing regularly but rarely if ever performing live. After their breakup in late 1979, Watt and Boon formed Minutemen with drummer Frank Tonche and Hurley joined Hey Taxi!; Hurley joined Minutemen soon afterwards, replacing Tonche.

History
At the time, San Pedro was more receptive to classic rock cover bands than to original acts, and the nearby Los Angeles' punk scene was not yet prepared to take a band from San Pedro seriously. One band that did take the group seriously was another struggling L.A. punk band, Black Flag.

Tamburovich's influence and input remained with his friends and former bandmates for the whole of Minutemen's existence; Watt, Boon, and Tamburovich co-founded New Alliance Records in 1980; Tamburovich would contribute lyrics to several Minutemen songs and sometimes travel with the band as a roadie.

No formal studio recordings of The Reactionaries exist, but a demo recording (possibly from a rehearsal tape) made in January 1979 of the song "Tony Gets Wasted In Pedro" appears on Minutemen's odds-and-sods compilation album The Politics of Time, first released in 1984 on New Alliance. When Tamburovich died of a bacterial infection in 2003, Watt played "Tony Gets Wasted In Pedro" in tribute to his friend on his internet radio show The Watt from Pedro Show.

In 2009, a San Pedro-based independent label, Water Under the Bridge Records, released The Reactionaries' first record. The first side of the LP contains ten songs that The Reactionaries recorded in George Hurley's Shed in 1979, fully re-mastered from the original tape. The second side contains the same ten songs re-recorded by four decades of different San Pedro musicians (including George Hurley and Mike Watt). The record, titled 1979, was released on February 20, 2010.

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Epifanie (Berio)

Epifanie is a musical composition for female voice and large orchestra in twelve movements by the Italian composer Luciano Berio.

In Italian an epifania (plural: epifanie, with both forms accented on the second "i") indicates a sudden spiritual manifestation (See: Epiphany). Berio composed his Epifanie between 1960 and 1963, and published a revised version in 1965. It consists of seven short orchestral pieces, and five vocal pieces. Berio stipulates the possibility of performing these in ten different sequences. When the American premiere of Epifanie took place in Chicago on July 23, 1967, he said:

 * Epifanie is, in essence, a cycle of orchestral pieces into which a cycle of vocals pieces has been interpolated. The two 'cycles' can be combined in various ways; they can also be performed separately. The texts of the vocal pieces have been taken from Proust (À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs), Antonio Machado (Nuevas Canciones), Joyce (A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses), Edoardo Sanguineti (Triperuno), Claude Simon (La route des Flandres), and Brecht (An die Nachgeborenen).

 * The significant connection between the vocals pieces can thus appear in different lights according to their position in the instrumental development. The chosen order will emphasize the apparent heterogeneity of the texts or their dialectic unity. The texts are arranged in such a way as to suggest a gradual passage from a lyric transfiguration of reality (Proust, Machado, Joyce) to a disenchanted acknowledgment of things (Simon; for this text the voice speaks and becomes gradually nullified by the orchestra). Lastly, the words of Bertolt Brecht, which have nothing to do with the epiphany of words and visions. They are the cry of regret and anguish with which Brecht warns us that often it is necessary to renounce the seduction of words when they sound like an invitation to forget our links to a world constructed by our own acts.

The score calls for an unusually large orchestra: 16 woodwinds; 6 horns, 4 trumpets and 4 trombones plus tuba, full strings, including three violin sections, and a percussion section calling for a number of performers who address themselves not only to glockenspiel, celesta, vibraphone and marimba but also to spring coils, tamtam, tom-tom, temple blocks, wood blocks, bongos, timpani, cowbells, tubular bells, claves, guiro, censerros, cymbals, snare drum, tambourine, etc.

The BBC Proms premiere was given in the Royal Albert Hall, London on 8 August 1986, by Elizabeth Laurence and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Downes.

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Vern Gosdin

Vernon Gosdin (August 5, 1934 – April 28, 2009) aka Country music's "The Voice", was an American country music singer. He had 19 top-10 solo hits on the country music charts from 1977 through 1990. Three of these hits went to Number One: "I Can Tell By the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight)", "Set 'Em Up Joe", and "I'm Still Crazy".

Early years
As the sixth child in a family of nine, Vern Gosdin began singing in Bethel East Baptist Church in his birth place of Woodland, Alabama, United States, where his mother played piano. Gosdin and two brothers sang gospel on Birmingham radio station WVOK. Gosdin later moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he operated the D&G Tap. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man.

1960s: West Coast Country music movement
In 1961, Gosdin moved to California, where he joined the West Coast Country music movement, first as a member of the Golden State Boys, which became The Hillmen, and included Chris Hillman. Gosdin then formed The Gosdin Brothers with brother Rex. The duo appeared on the charts in the late 1960s with a song titled "Hangin' On" on the Bakersfield International label, then with "Till The End" on Capitol Records. During the same time period, the Gosdin Brothers were featured on Hillman's former Byrds mate Gene Clark's first solo album, the 1967 well-regarded Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers, singing backing vocals on all of the tracks behind the lead vocals of Clark and lead guitars of Clarence White, Glen Campbell, and Bill Rinehart (later of the Merry-Go-Round).

1970s: Retirement and comeback
Gosdin retired from performing during the 1970s and moved to Cartersville, Georgia, where he operated a glass company. In 1976, he signed with Elektra Records and his first hit was a remake of "Hangin' On", which featured Emmylou Harris on harmony vocals and peaked at No. 16. His next single, "Yesterday's Gone" written by Wayne Hinsen Bradford who also wrote for Emmylou Harris, which also featured Harris, became his first Top 10 hit in 1977. Several more hits followed between 1977 and 1979 with the biggest of these hits being a remake of "Till the End" and a cover of The Association's "Never My Love" which also featured harmony vocals from Janie Frickie.

1981–1983: "Today My World Slipped Away"
In 1981, Gosdin signed with Ovation Records and scored a Top 10 hit with "Dream of Me". After Ovation Records closed their doors later in 1981, Gosdin signed with A.M.I. Records where he scored a Top 10 hit in 1982 with "Today My World Slipped Away". (This song later became a number-three hit for George Strait).

In January 1982, during a trial that examined the attempted assassination of music producer Gary S. Paxton, Darryl C. Langley claimed under oath that he and his cohort were hired attackers employed by Gosdin, who worked closely with Paxton and was alleged to be disgruntled in their working relationship. Gosdin was never arrested or charged and repeatedly refused to confirm or deny involvement for the remainder of his life.

Gosdin signed with Complete Records in the early 1980s, and, in 1984, released There Is A Season, picked by the Los Angeles Times as best country album of the year. The early 1980s also found a great combination of talent as Gosdin traveled from coast to coast opening shows for George Jones.

1983–1985: "If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)"' and There Is a Season
Gosdin made the top 10 consistently in the early 1980s, really hitting his stride when he teamed with Barnes as a songwriting collaborator. The pair specialized in songs of cheating and barroom romance, often delivering an over-the-top emotionalism that got Gosdin compared to George Jones. In 1983, Gosdin had two top 5 hits — "If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)" and "Way Down Deep" with the former earning him a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male. The following year, he had his first No. 1 single with "I Can Tell by the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight)", which had previously been recorded by Gary Morris. On September 22, 1985, Gosdin appeared at the original Farm Aid concert at the University of Illinois' Memorial Stadium.

1987–1989: "Chiseled in Stone"
After Compleat Records went bankrupt, Gosdin signed with Columbia in 1987. He immediately had success with "Do You Believe Me Now", and scored another No. 1 hit with a tribute to Ernest Tubb called "Set 'Em Up Joe". Gosdin's "Chiseled in Stone", co-written with Barnes, won the Country Music Association's Song of the Year award in 1989 and earned them a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Country Song.

1989–1990: Alone
Gosdin's 1989 album, Alone, was a concept album in a traditional country style. It chronicled the dissolution of Gosdin's marriage and included his final number-one hit: "I'm Still Crazy". From 1989 to 1991, he released a number of songs and three more made the Billboard top 10: "Right in the Wrong Direction", "That Just About Does It" and "Is It Raining at Your House". "Raining" has been covered by Brad Paisley and Lorrie Morgan, and "That Just About Does It" by Willie Nelson.

Later years
Gosdin suffered a stroke in 1998, but he continued writing and singing up until his death. In 2009, Gosdin collaborated with Joe Sins of the country music duo The Sins to write and record his final four songs.

Death
Gosdin suffered another stroke in early April 2009, and died at a Nashville hospital on the evening of April 28 at the age of 74. His remains were buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Purfling

Purfling is a narrow decorative edge inlaid into the top plate and often the back plate of a stringed instrument. It was originally made of laminated strips of wood, and later nacre and other hard inlay materials. Plastic is commonly used in modern mass-produced instruments. Purfling may affect the instrument's acoustics.

Purfling is distinct from binding, which is used primarily to control moisture rather than decoration. Inexpensive instruments may simulate purfling with paint.

Description and history
Purfling is a narrow decorative edge inlaid into the top plate and often the back plate of a stringed instrument. Purfling was originally made of laminated strips of wood, often contrasting in color as a visual accent. The earliest known example of purfling is on a violin made by Andrea Amati in 1564, now on display in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University. It consists of two outer strips of pearwood stained black and an inner strip of poplar.

Eventually, nacre from shell, usually mother of pearl or abalone, and other hard inlay materials were incorporated to provide highly decorative effects. Elaborate inlay is found most often on fretted instruments. Laminates and composites made from nacreous shell and synthetic materials, described as "fake", "faux", or "shin paua", are sometimes used by luthiers.

Today, plastic purfling is commonplace in mass-produced instruments. One common example of plastic purfling is a sandwich of three alternating strips in black and white, measuring about 1.25 x. However, many distinctive variations are used.

Acoustics
The channel cut for the inlay of purfling may increase the flexibility of the plates where they join the sides, affecting an instrument's pitch and sustain. In cases of heavy decorative inlay, the effective vibrational area of the sound board may be reduced.

Binding
Binding is a narrow outer strip of material on the edges of the body of stringed instruments such as lutes, mandolins, guitars and ukuleles. Binding may be made of thin wood strips. It is applied along the entire edge of top and back plates. While it can provide a decorative function, the primary purpose of binding is to block the transfer of moisture by the hygroscopic end grain of the plates of the instrument. This prevents cracks in a way that purfling cannot. It also reduces wear to instrument body edges. Hardwood, fruitwood, plastics and other synthetic materials are commonly used to make bindings.

Binding may be used along the sides of fingerboards of fretted instruments. It softens the feel of the neck as one's fretting hand slides past the thin metal ends of fret wire, and it provides decorative appeal.

Painting
Inexpensive instruments may have no purfling and instead produce a similar decorative effect with paint.

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Green Spring, West Virginia

Green Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) and railroad town in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 218. Green Spring is located north of Springfield on Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) near the confluence of the North and South Branches of the Potomac River. Green Spring is also the location of the South Branch Valley Railroad's terminus with the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad mainline. Green Spring is the site of a one-lane low-water toll bridge that connects Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) to Maryland Route 51 in Oldtown, Allegany County, Maryland. This bridge is one of only 17 privately owned toll bridges in the United States. The toll for the bridge is currently US$1.50.

History
The town of Green Spring came into importance in 1819 when the Virginia General Assembly provided for a "public warehouse for the receipt of tobacco be established at Romney warehouse and at Cresap's warehouse at the confluence of the North and South Branches of the Potomac in Hampshire County."

John Jeremiah Jacob (1829-1893) was born in Green Spring December 9, 1829. Jacob was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Hampshire County in 1869 and Governor of West Virginia from 1871 to 1877. Jacob died in Wheeling on November 24, 1893, and is interred at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney.

The Green Spring Train Station (1882-1885) remains one of the town's most important historic sites.

Parks and recreation
'"House of the Setting Sun and Haunted Barn"', 1313 Screamin' Hollow Lane, Buck Way
 * Green Spring Recreational Park, Green Spring Road (CR 1)

Churches

 * Green Spring Assembly of God, Norton Street
 * Otterbein United Methodist Church, Norton Street

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John Nolan (musician)

John Thomas Nolan (born February 24, 1978) is an American musician best known as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist of Taking Back Sunday, and the former lead singer, pianist, and guitarist of Straylight Run.

Nolan left Taking Back Sunday in 2003 along with bassist Shaun Cooper, with whom he formed Straylight Run. During March 2010, he and Cooper rejoined Taking Back Sunday, reforming the Tell All Your Friends-era lineup. Nolan is also a solo artist and has recorded an album called Height and "Live at Looney Tunes."

Biography
John Thomas Nolan was born in Baltimore, Maryland, then at three, moved to Rockville Centre, Nassau County, New York, United States. As member of the band Taking Back Sunday he performs lead guitar, vocals and keyboards, in Straylight Run he performs lead vocals, piano, and guitar.

Taking Back Sunday
In 1999, John was recruited into Taking Back Sunday by Jesse Lacey. He later would invite Adam Lazzara to join the band. In 2002 the band would release their debut album, Tell All Your Friends. He would leave the band in 2003 to pursue a different musical direction, along with personal differences with other band members.

In late March 2010, he and Shaun Cooper rejoined Taking Back Sunday. In 2011, the band released a self-titled album that peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200, the first since Nolan's rejoining. In 2014, the band released Happiness Is, which debuted at number 10 in the Billboard 200 and went to number 1 on Billboard's top independent albums chart, becoming Nolan's highest-charting album.

Straylight Run
In 2003, John would go on to form Straylight Run with his sister Michelle DaRosa, drummer Will Noon and former Taking Back Sunday bassist Shaun Cooper. In 2004 the band released their self-titled debut album which peaked at number 100 in the Billboard 200, and number 4 in the Billboard Independent Albums chart.

From 2004 to 2009 Straylight Run would release two albums and four EP's. The band's 2007 record, The Needles The Space would debut at number 72 in the Billboard 200, marking the band's highest position on that chart. The band's 2005 Prepare to be Wrong EP charted at number 168.

On February 16, 2010, it was announced that Straylight Run was on "hiatus", with a live album to be released in the future.

Solo
Nolan announced on his MySpace blog on May 1, 2009, that he had decided to work on some solo material, some of which can be found on his MySpace and Bandcamp profiles. His first solo album, Height, was released on October 27, 2009, on Doghouse Records. John toured the Midwest and east coast with Person L and Brian Bonz in November and in January with support from Gabriel the Marine and Ocean is Theory.

In 2014 Nolan provided the song "Here Comes the Wolf" to the soundtrack of the Jason Michael Brescia film, Bridge and Tunnel. The song was nominated for several awards in the film festival circuit, and was the recipient of "Best Original Song" at the 2014 Long Island International Film Expo. He also provides backup vocals and co-songwriting credit on the Gabriel the Marine track "Round and Round."

On July 27, 2015, Nolan released his second solo album, Sad, Strange, Beautiful Dream. The album was made possible by a successful PledgeMusic campaign.

Personal
Nolan currently lives in the NoDa neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina with wife Camille, son John, and daughter Greta. Nolan lives down the road from bandmate Adam Lazzara, who is a North Carolina native.

Discography

 * With Taking Back Sunday:
 * Taking Back Sunday EP (2001)
 * Lullaby EP (2001)
 * Tell All Your Friends (2002)
 * Taking Back Sunday (2011)
 * Happiness Is (2014)
 * Tidal Wave (2016)
 * 152 (2023)

 * With Straylight Run:
 * Straylight Run (2004)
 * Prepare To Be Wrong EP (2005)
 * The Needles the Space (2007)
 * Un Mas Dos EP (2008)
 * About Time EP (2009)

 * Solo:
 * The Collaboration Experiment (2009)
 * Height (2009)
 * Live at Southpaw (2009)
 * Live at Looney Tunes CDs (2010)
 * Songs I Wrote (2010)
 * Songs I Didn't Write (2010)
 * Sad Strange Beautiful Dream (2015)
 * Abendigo (2018)

Videography

 * Drinking Your Way To Confidence
 * Street Robbery Blues (Punks in Vegas Session)
 * American Nightclub 1999 (Punks in Vegas Session)

Gear
It has been noted that John uses a Fender Telecaster Deluxe due to its feel, but prefers the sound of a Gibson Les Paul. He uses a Big Bite pedal into a Marshall JCM800 amplifier to create his crunch tone. He also uses a Fender '72 Telecaster Thinline on occasion.

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Yellow Spring, West Virginia

Yellow Spring is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the Yellow Spring community has a population of 296. Yellow Spring is named after the "Yellow Spring" located there on the Cacapon River. The community lies at the junction of West Virginia Route 259 and Cacapon River Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 14). Yellow Spring is sometimes incorrectly listed or referred to as Yellowspring or Yellow Springs.

Historic sites

 * Asa Cline House, WV Route 259
 * Yellow Spring Mill (c. 1896–1898), WV Route 259

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chapter List of Eyeshield 21

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was DELETE. Paul August ☎ 03:52, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

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Unencyclopedic, first person. Is a chapter title list copyrighted? Zoe 06:10, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Zoe. A chapter list or table of contents would be protected by the copyright on the complete work, like any other excerpt, but like any other short quote, might well be fair use. DES (talk) 06:23, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * But it isn't really an excerpt, since it's the entire TOC. Zoe 06:27, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * But the ToC is an excerpt from the book or other work. The work should be taken as a whole for copyright purposes. It is the whole work that is copyrighted, normally. DES (talk) 06:31, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Is the chapter list of a book equivalent to the track listing of a musical recording (album)? (The latter are numerous in WP.) A case can be made for that. Reserve judgment on whether it's a suitable entry, but I don't think it's a copyvio. MCB 07:56, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, regardless of whether it's protected by copyright law. An article that only lists chapter titles and nothing else of a work is not useful. If someone wants to write summaries of all chapters, it can be included in the summary article. - Mgm|(talk) 08:26, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Mgm. --GraemeL (talk) 12:16, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Mgm. Dottore So 16:31, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - per above - Tεx  τ  urε  21:01, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
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Al Khan

Al Khan is a southern suburb of the city of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The suburb is located on the Al Khan Bay, which serves as a boundary between Sharjah and Dubai. Until recently, the area was deserted and home to a collection of crumbling traditional coral and adobe houses, but it now houses the Sharjah Aquarium. A number of the older buildings are being restored to create a heritage area.

History
Around the start of the 20th century, Al Khan was administered by a tribal ruler and consisted of some 75 pearling boats and a settlement containing families of the Al Bu Mahair, Mazari and Manasir tribes. A British man-of-war was called to the area in 1917 following an argument between the ruler of Sharjah and the headman of Al Khan, Muhammad bin Ubaid bin Jarash, over absconding debtors from other pearling communities taking refuge in the township. The uneasy relations between Al Khan and Sharjah continued until after 1934, when the Ruler of Sharjah appointed his brother, Mohammad, as Wali over the township.

Al Khan was the scene of a firefight between the leaders of the rebellious Majlis movement and forces loyal to the Ruler of Dubai in February 1940. After several days of fighting, a truce was effected by the mediation of the Rulers of Umm Al Quwain, Ajman and Ras Al Khaimah on 29 March.

In 2011, archaeological finds of neolithic and medieval times were made at Al Khan. Curiously, it seemed that the tradition of using the shoreline of Al Khan for mooring fishing boats and enjoying a cookout, had been kept up for thousands of years from the neolithic age to the present day. The survey being carried out by the Maritime Archaeology Stewardship Trust, has recovered the remains of houses, courtyards, and remnants. According to the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage, the project aims at conserving the UAE's coastal heritage.

Geography
Al Khan lies between the emirates of Dubai and Sharjah.

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8½ Women

$8 1/2$ Women is a 1999 comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway and starring John Standing, Matthew Delamere, and Vivian Wu. An international co-production of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany, it was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot
After the death of his wife Amelia, wealthy businessman Philip Emmenthal and his son Storey open their own private harem in their family residence in Geneva. They get the idea while watching Federico Fellini's $8 1/2$ and after Storey is "given" a woman, Simato, to waive her pachinko debts. They sign one-year contracts with eight (and a half) women to this effect.

The women each have a gimmick (one is a nun, another a kabuki performer, etc.). Philip soon becomes dominated by his favorite of the concubines, Palmira, who has no interest in Storey as a lover, despite what their contract might stipulate. Philip dies, the concubines' contracts expire, and Storey is left alone with Giulietta (the titular as an amputee) and of course the money and the houses.

Note
While the film deals with and graphically describes diverse sexual acts in conversation, the film does not feature any sex scenes as such, though it does contain several instances of male nudity.

Production
Toni Collette said Peter Greenaway chose her by accident for the role of Griselda. "I went in for another part and I had just had my head shaved and I had a Buddha hanging around my neck. Afterwards I thought, 'This is going to teach me to go to an audition looking like that'."

Reception
$8 1/2$ Women received mixed reviews. As of November 2019 it holds a 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and 36/100 (an average of critics' reviews) on Metacritic, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

The film opened at the box office at #50 with $92,000 and grossed $424,123 domestically.

In a rather positive review, Roger Ebert commented "Now how is this funny? Trying to imagine other kinds of comedies handling the material, I ran it through Monty Python, Steve Martin and Woody Allen before realizing it has its roots in Buster Keaton--whose favorite comic ploy was to overcome obstacles by applying pure logic and ignoring social conventions or taboos. Keaton would have tilted it more toward laughs, to be sure; Greenaway's humor always seems dour, and masks (not very well) a lot of hostility. But, yes, Keaton."

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Levels, West Virginia

Levels is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the Levels community has a population of 147. It is home to John J. Cornwell Elementary School.

The community was so named on account of the relatively level original town site. Levels was originally known as Levels Cross Roads because of its location at the intersection of four roads in north-central Hampshire County: Bright's Hollow Road (County Route 5/5) north to Okonoko, Little Cacapon-Levels Road (County Route 3/3) southeast to Slanesville, Jersey Mountain Road (County Route 5) south to Romney, and Frenches Station Road (County Route 5/7) northwest to South Branch Depot.

Notable residents

 * Howard Llewellyn Swisher (1870–1945), American businessperson, real estate developer, and historian

Churches

 * Church of the Brethren
 * Capon Chapel Church of the Brethren, Little Cacapon-Levels Road (CR 3/3)
 * Oak Grove Church of the Brethren, Jersey Mountain Road (CR 5)
 * Methodist
 * Levels United Methodist Church, Jersey Mountain Road (CR 5)

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Category:Canadian meteorologists

This category is for scientists and public or private sector forecasters, for weather presenters see Category:Weather presenters or Category:Television weather presenters.

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Skus

SKUs or Skus may refer to:

 * SKUs, abbreviation for stock keeping units
 * Sküs, a high-ranking card in tarot card games

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Stream of Passion

Stream of Passion is a Dutch progressive metal band with symphonic and gothic influences founded by guitarist and composer Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Mexican singer, violinist, and lyricist Marcela Bovio. They have released four studio albums.

In 2007, Lucassen left the band to continue on his own as he had originally planned, together with his girlfriend guitarist Lori Linstruth, and keyboardist Alejandro Millán; Bovio, her boyfriend (later husband) and bassist Johan van Stratum and producer Joost van den Broek handling the composition duties afterwards. After keeping a steady line-up since 2009, the band announced in April 2016 that they would disband, wanting to end on a high note rather than letting the interest and inspiration fade away, after a live album entitled Memento and a final show on 28 December 2016.

History
Lucassen and Bovio had previously collaborated in Ayreon's album The Human Equation, for which Bovio (then in band Elfonía) was selected by Lucassen via an internet female singing contest. Lucassen then decided to create a new band with her as lead vocalist, and selected other little-known musicians to form the rest of the band: van Stratum, keyboardist Alejandro Millán (from Elfonía as well), guitarist Lori Linstruth, and drummer Davy Mickers. Because the musicians in the band lived thousands of miles apart, Lucassen composed the group's 2005 debut album, Embrace the Storm, over the Internet, with Bovio writing all the lyrics. A live album, Live in the Real World, featuring songs from Lucassen's other projects Ayreon and Star One, was released the following year.

In 2007, half of the Stream of Passion's line-up decided to leave: Lucassen left to make them continue their own career as he had planned since the creation, while Linstruth and Millán also decided to quit. The three were respectively replaced by Hazebroek, Schultz, and Revet. After the release in 2009 of the band's first album without Lucassen on composition, The Flame Within, Mickers decided to leave the band, with Bovio and van Stratum being the only original members left. He was replaced by Peters who featured on the band's third album in 2011, Darker Days.

In 2012 Stream of Passion left Napalm Records and decided to become an independent band, launching an Indiegogo campaign to finance their fourth full studio album. The new album, A War of Our Own, was released on 18 April 2014.

In April of 2016 the band announced via Facebook that they would be separating at the end of the year, saying "Over the past eleven years we've had the time of our lives playing in stages all over the world and sharing moments of joy on stage. But all good things come to an end, and we feel it's time to move on and search for new musical challenges. We're proud of everything we've achieved, with your help, and we want to end the band history on a high note instead of losing focus, interest and drive. Before parting ways as a band we will perform a few goodbye shows; we also want to record a DVD to serve as a memento of the good times we've had. [...] Once again, we'd like to express our eternal gratitude for the support you've given us all these years. All of us will continue to make music, one way or the other; so we still hope to see you soon on a stage near you. Thank you for being part of the wonderful adventure that has been Stream of Passion!"

The band released a live album entitled Memento and performed a final show on 28 December 2016.

After the split-up, bassist Johan van Stratum and singer Marcela Bovio became part of the line-up for progressive metal band VUUR, but Bovio left the band before its debut release after she and fellow VUUR singer Anneke van Giersbergen realized they wanted to approach the vocals in different ways.

In October 2022 the band announced that they were reforming for a show in September 2023. They later announced a second show to be played the same month, as well as the upcoming release of an EP of newly recorded material. The EP Beautiful Warrior was released on September 9, 2023.

Personnel

 * Current members
 * Marcela Bovio – lead vocals, violin (2005–2016, 2022–present)
 * Johan van Stratum – bass (2005–2016, 2022–present)
 * Eric Hazebroek – lead/rhythm guitar (2007–2016, 2022–present)
 * Stephan Schultz – lead/rhythm guitar (2007–2016, 2022–present)
 * Jeffrey Revet – keyboards, synthesizers, piano (2007–2016, 2022–present)
 * Martijn Peters – drums (2009–2016, 2022–present)
 * Former members
 * Arjen Anthony Lucassen – lead/rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2005–2007)
 * Lori Linstruth – lead/rhythm guitar (2005–2007)
 * Alejandro Millán – keyboards, piano, live backing vocals (2005–2007)
 * Davy Mickers – drums (2005–2009)
 * Session members
 * Damian Wilson – vocals, acoustic guitar (live, 2006)
 * Diana Bovio – backing vocals (live, 2006–2007)
 * André Borgman – drums (live, 2009)

Discography

 * Studio albums
 * Embrace the Storm (2005)
 * The Flame Within (2009)
 * Darker Days (2011)
 * A War of Our Own (2014)
 * EPs
 * Beautiful Warrior (2023)
 * Live albums
 * Live in the Real World (2006) (CD and DVD)
 * Memento (2016) (DVD)
 * Singles
 * "Out in the Real World" (2006) – No. 49* NL Singles Top 100
 * "I Have a Right" (2015) – from A Tribute to Sonata Arctica
 * "The Hunter" (2022)

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