The terminology in the bill, specifically the wording "2 people" with respect to the definition of "marriage", alleviates the concerns of several transgender and intersex rights organisations. These groups had expressed concern in the past that a same-sex marriage bill might not include this terminology, but rather only mention "same-sex" marriage, potentially prolonging the inability of some intersex and transgender people to marry. This had been a concern expressed when the Australian Capital Territory drafted a same-sex marriage law in 2013. The bill addresses these concerns by defining marriage in Australia in gender neutral terms; "the union of 2 people".


Though introduced by Smith, the bill was co-sponsored by eight other senators; Linda Reynolds (Liberal), Penny Wong (Labor), Louise Pratt (Labor), Richard Di Natale (Greens), Janet Rice (Greens), Skye Kakoschke-Moore (Nick Xenophon Team), Derryn Hinch (Justice Party) and Jane Hume (Liberal).

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There was some unresolved disagreement by politicians who advocated for a "No" result in the postal survey as to whether further religious protections should be added to the Smith bill as an amendment at this time or whether a later bill for this purpose should be considered. In the Senate, several politicians sought to incorporate amendments designed to further religious, conscientious and other protections, in areas relating to marriages, classrooms and organisations. All such amendments were rejected by the Senate. Similar amendments were sought by government MPs Andrew Hastie and Michael Sukkar in the House of Representatives, such as including two definitions of marriage (both man-woman marriage and two-person marriage) and expanding exemptions from anti-discrimination laws for religious organisations and conscientious objectors. All such amendments were also similarly rejected by the House of Representatives.


Schedule 1 – Part 1:


Sets out objectives of the bill.


Amends the definition of "authorised celebrant" to include a minister of a registered religion, a person authorised to solemnise marriages, a marriage celebrant, religious marriage celebrant, and chaplain or officer other than a chaplain authorised by the Chief of the Defence Force to solemnise marriages.


Omits the phrase "a man and a woman" from the definition of "marriage" and substitutes "2 people". Also makes an identical change with respect to the requirement of a celebrant to state the nature of a lawful marriage in Australia.


Makes revisions to the laws relating to establishment of religious marriage celebrants and their rights and obligations and makes general provisions relating to all marriage celebrants.


Establishes that ministers of religion, religious marriage celebrants and bodies established for religious purposes may refuse to make facilities available or provide goods or services for a marriage ceremony.


Repeals section of the Act (88EA) which banned the recognition of same-sex marriages lawfully solemnised in foreign jurisdictions.


Schedule 1 – Part 2:


Amends the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to establish that a minister of religion, religious marriage celebrant and chaplain may refuse to solemnise a marriage irrespective of other provisions in the Act.


Schedule 1 – Part 3:


Makes minor, technical amendments to the Marriage Act which go into effect only if Schedule 9 to the Civil Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2017 is not yet in effect by the date of this bill's commencement.


Schedule 1 – Part 4:


Amends the Marriage Act to create a list of people who are religious marriage celebrants and the religious body or organisation to which they belong. Commenced on 26 October 2018.


Schedule 1 – Part 5:


Establishes that marriages of same-sex couples lawfully entered into in foreign jurisdictions, prior to the commencement of this bill, are recognised as valid in Australia.


Clarifies that for the purpose of this bill, "Australia" includes the external territories.


Makes additional amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 so that a state or territory government can no longer impose the requirement of being unmarried in order for a person to request a gender change on a document issued by that state or territory government. It commenced on 9 December 2018 (only provision to commence 1 year after Act goes into effect)


Makes consequential amendments to references to "spouse" and "married couple" in several Commonwealth laws which previously were not gender neutral.


Inserts transitional provisions relating to family law matters, financial agreements, separation declarations and related matters that have been before or were currently before the courts at the time of the bill's commencement.


The bill had its first reading in the Senate on 15 November 2017. The second reading debate on the bill began on 16 November and continued on 27 November. The bill passed the second reading stage without a division being called for on 28 November 2017.


The committee stage was where amendments to the bill were proposed. The committee stage was held on 28 and 29 November. Several amendments to the bill were proposed, though only one package of technical amendments making minor changes to other legislation, proposed by the Attorney-General George Brandis, was approved by the Senate. Following Brandis' amendments being agreed to, Senators Fawcett and Paterson introduced five separate tranches of amendments. The amendments went to a range of issues, including inserting a different definition of "marriage" in the Act, extending legal protections to individuals who hold a "traditional marriage belief", adding a "no-detriments clause" for people who hold a traditional view of marriage (which would supersede state anti-discrimination laws) and legislating for the right of parents to remove their children from classes relating to marriage, among other areas. All of Fawcett and Paterson's amendments were rejected by the Senate. Subsequently, Senator Brandis and Canavan jointly moved two amendments (one to insert the words "nothing in this Act limits the right of any person...to manifest [one's] religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching" and the other to extend a right of conscientious objection to civil celebrants). The Labor Party opposed the first amendment on the basis that it "cherry-picked" elements of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Both sets of amendments proposed by Brandis and Canavan were rejected by the Senate.


On 29 November, additional amendments were proposed by Senators Hanson, Leyonhjelm and Rice, all of which were rejected by the Senate. The bill, in its amended form, was then agreed to by the Senate in committee.


On 29 November 2017, immediately after the committee stage concluded, the bill proceeded to the third reading and was passed by 43 votes to 12.


House of Representatives


The bill was read for a first time in the House of Representatives on 4 December 2017. The bill was introduced into the House by the member for Leichhardt, Warren Entsch.


The second reading debate on the bill began immediately after the bill was read a first time, on 4 December 2017. During the second reading stage, Tony Abbott, the member for Warringah, moved an amendment to the bill which would have inserted the words "whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes that it is vital that individuals and entities are not disadvantaged nor suffer any adverse effects as a result of conscientiously holding a particular view of the nature of marriage". Entsch later advised the House that Abbott's motion constituted a wrecking amendment, citing advice from the Clerk that the amendment, if carried, would deny the House an opportunity to consider the bill read a second time and stop any further passage of the bill, unless the House later made substantive action such as suspending standing orders, which would require an absolute majority. In his second reading speech, Abbott conceded that same-sex marriage would be introduced in Australia and said he looked forward to attending his sister's same-sex wedding in 2018. Elsewhere, openly gay MP and same-sex marriage supporter Tim Wilson made history during his second reading speech when he proposed to his partner, Ryan Bolger, who was sitting in the gallery. Bolger accepted Wilson's proposal. It was the first known engagement on the floor of the House of Representatives. The second reading debate continued on 5 and 6 December 2017. On 7 December 2017, the amendment moved by Abbott was rejected by the House and the bill passed the second reading stage, in both cases without a division being called for.


The bill moved to the consideration in detail stage immediately after the second reading was held. All amendments, most of which were moved by government MPs which mirrored the failed Senate amendments, and sought to expand religious and conscientious exemptions to same-sex marriages, were rejected by the House. The bill then passed the consideration in detail stage.


The bill then immediately passed the third reading stage. A division on the third reading was called for, but because the number of MPs voting against the bill was less than five, the Speaker, in accordance with the standing orders, simply declared that the question was resolved in the affirmative and formally recorded the votes of only those MPs who voted against the third reading. At least eleven MPs are known to have abstained from the division, by leaving the House before the third reading commenced.


Commencement of the Act


Royal assent was provided by the Governor-General on 8 December 2017. The Act went into effect on 9 December 2017, allowing same-sex couples who lawfully married in overseas jurisdictions to be recognised as married from that date, and therefore also able to divorce in Australia under the Family Law Act 1975. The date of effect allowed the first marriages under the amended law to occur on 9 January 2018, some of these occurring just after midnight. However, several couples successfully applied for an exemption from the normal one-month waiting period, and the first legal same-sex wedding under Australian law was held on 15 December 2017, with further weddings occurring the following day. The Australian Capital Territory Government offered free marriage certificates for couples who married there under the annulled 2013 law, which was struck down by the High Court.


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Live My Life is the third studio album by Boris. It was released at 30 January 2009, on the Bo-Rush / Upper Room label, and distributed by Rough Trade Benelux. Main producer is Antoon Tolsma (DutchFlower). The preliminary single "If You Wanna Roll with Me" has been released on 7 November 2008.

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The album reached the charts with a number 4 entry during the first week in the Dutch Album Top 100.

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All songs were written by Boris Titulaer and Anthony Tolsma, except where noted.

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"Everything About You" – 3:12

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"If You Wanna Roll With Me" – 2:26

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"Stupid Again" – 3:32

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"Live My Life" (Titulaer, Tolsma, B. Tam) – 3:19

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"Leave it Alone" (Titulaer, Marcus Machado, Micheal Johnson) – 4:36

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"The Ohhhh Song" – 3:44

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"I Want You to Know" (Titulaer, Machado, Johnson) – 4:36

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"Do You Love Me" (Titulaer, Machado) – 4:59 (+ hidden track – One World (Acoustic))

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Limestone Township is located in Peoria County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 18,357 and it contained 8,111 housing units.

Limestone Township, Peoria County, Illinois


For the census year of 2010, its population was 19,705 and it contained 8,103 housing units.


Limestone Township was named from the abundance of limestone and attendant lime kilns in the area. After the dissolution of neighboring West Peoria Township, portions of the township outside of the City of West Peoria's corporate boundaries were absorbed into Limestone Township.


According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.95 square miles (93.1 km2), of which 35.7 square miles (92 km2) (or 99.30%) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2) (or 0.72%) is water.


Bartonville (vast majority)


Peoria (small portion)


West Peoria (partial)


Lake Camelot (east three fifths)


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Lake View is a city in Alabama, United States, with the majority of the city located within Tuscaloosa County and with a small portion of the city located in Jefferson County. At the 2020 census the population was 3,560, up from 1,943 in 2010. It is part of the Tuscaloosa Metropolitan Statistical Area (the Tuscaloosa County portion) and the Birmingham metropolitan area (the Jefferson County portion). It is located approximately halfway between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham via Interstates 20 and 59.

Lake View, Alabama


Lake View was incorporated in 1998.

Lake View, Alabama


According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), of which 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (12.57%) is water.

Lake View, Alabama


At the 2020 census there were 3,560 people, 1,377 households, and 1,258 families in the town. The population density was 847.7 inhabitants per square mile (327.3/km2). There were 475 housing units at an average density of 296.7 units per square mile (114.6 units/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.35% White, 0.81% Black or African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.22% Asian, and 1.55% from two or more races. 0.22% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Lake View, Alabama


Of the 457 households 44.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.3% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.2% were non-families. 10.1% of households were one person and 3.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.17.

Lake View, Alabama


The age distribution was 28.8% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 36.6% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

Lake View, Alabama


The median household income was $86,552 and the median family income was $59,674. Median income designated by the 2020 Census are listed below:

Lake View, Alabama


Employment rate: 62.6%

Lake View, Alabama


Without health care coverage: 6.0%

Lake View, Alabama


At the 2010 census there were 1,943 people, 676 households, and 564 families in the town. The population density was 1,214.4 inhabitants per square mile (468.9/km2). There were 700 housing units at an average density of 437.5 units per square mile (168.9 units/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 93.9% White, 4.2% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.7% Asian, and .9% from two or more races. 0.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Lake View, Alabama


Of the 676 households 39.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.2% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.6% were non-families. 13.2% of households were one person and 3.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.16.

Lake View, Alabama


The age distribution was 26.4% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% 65 or older. The median age was 35.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.

Lake View, Alabama


The median household income was $77,750 and the median family income was $81,250. Males had a median income of $53,646 versus $37,109 for females. The per capita income for the town was $28,334. About 0% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0% of those under age 18 and 0% of those age 65 or over.

Lake View, Alabama


The portion in Tuscaloosa County is in the Tuscaloosa County School District.

Lake View, Alabama


The portion in Jefferson County is in the Jefferson County School District.

Lake View, Alabama


Bachelor's degree or higher: 28.6%

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Lake View, Alabama


Louisa (1987) is a biography of Louisa Lawson by Australian writer Brian Matthews. It was originally published by University of Queensland Press in Australia in 1987.

Louisa (biography)


Writing in The Canberra Times critic Peter Pierce noted: "The gaps in the biographical record of our writers are gradually being filled. Recently we have had Lawson's Archibald, Munro's Stephensen, Kinnane's Johnston. In progress are biographies of Gilmore, Furphy, Boyd and Stead. But following the audacious experiment of Louisa and its brilliant success (even as, and because Matthews admits not to have resolved all the problems of an alternative text), the game will never be the same again." And he concluded "...readers of Louisa are compelled to recognise 'a great Australian woman whose face has been in shadow too long'. Those readers will encounter a book that will radically affect literary scholarship in Australia. At the same time it is not only an outstanding biography, but one of the finest stories yet told here."

Louisa (biography)


After its original publication in 1987 in Australia by publisher University of Queensland Press the biography was later republished as follows:

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McPhee Gribble, Australia, 1987 and 1988

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University of Queensland Press, Australia, 1998

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ALS Gold Medal, 1988, winner

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New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Douglas Stewart Prize, 1988, winner

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Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Nettie Palmer Prize for Nonfiction, 1988, winner

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1987 in Australian literature

Louisa (biography)


Shebang is a solo studio album by Australian musician Oren Ambarchi. It was released on 30 September 2022, through Drag City. It received universal acclaim from critics.

Shebang (album)


The inspiration for Shebang came when Oren Ambarchi saw Julia Reidy playing a concert on 12-string guitar. The album contains performances by Ambarchi (on guitar), Joe Talia (on drums), Sam Dunscombe (on bass clarinet), B. J. Cole (on pedal steel guitar), Johan Berthling (on double bass), Chris Abrahams (on piano), Jim O'Rourke (on synthesizer), and Reidy (on 12-string guitar). It is said to be an extension of past "long-form rhythmic workouts" found on Ambarchi's albums Quixotism (2014) and Hubris (2016). The album was released on 30 September 2022, through Drag City.

Shebang (album)


According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Shebang received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from 6 critic scores.

Shebang (album)


Vanessa Ague of The Quietus commented that "There's something enticing about the ways Shebang offers each artist their own space yet still maintains cohesiveness, finding the connections between each line to form a quilt made of each artist's individuality." Paul Simpson of AllMusic stated, "As dense as the mix gets, it never suffocates, and all of the instruments are allowed to breathe easily." He called the album "an inventive, vibrant work that constantly surprises and uplifts."

Shebang (album)


Lucas Martins of Beats Per Minute wrote, "For an outsider, it is best approached without expectations, as Ambarchi has no intention to conform to them." He added, "Long-time followers of his work, however, will find the label of 'workout' very appropriate, as he flexes the creative muscles which have allowed him to create so many long-winded symphonies in the past." Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork called the album "Ambarchi's most ambitious and absorbing piece to date." He commented that "Even when Ambarchi's instrument is hard to pick out, his vision is unmistakable."

Shebang (album)


Credits adapted from liner notes.

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Oren Ambarchi – guitar, etc., editing, mixing

Shebang (album)


Joe Talia – drums, additional recording, mixing, mastering

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Sam Dunscombe – bass clarinet (1, 2), additional recording

Shebang (album)


B. J. Cole – pedal steel guitar (2, 4), additional recording

Shebang (album)


Johan Berthling – double bass (3), additional recording

Shebang (album)


Chris Abrahams – piano (3, 4), additional recording

Shebang (album)


Jim O'Rourke – synthesizer (3, 4), additional recording

Shebang (album)


Julia Reidy – 12-string guitar (3, 4)

Shebang (album)


Joerg Hiller – editing, recording

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Konrad Sprenger – executive production

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Dick Wolf – executive production

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Stephen O'Malley – design

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April Pethybridge – front cover cake photography

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Traianos Pakioufakis – feet photography

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Glenn Han – party photography

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Shebang at Discogs (list of releases)

Shebang (album)


Astyanax jordani  is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. This fish is found in Mexico. It is sometimes called the cave tetra, or by its local Spanish name sardina ciega.

Astyanax jordani


A blind cave fish, A. jordani is very closely related to the Mexican tetra (A. mexicanus) and their taxonomy is disputed. Some treat the two as variants of a single species (in which case A. jordani is a junior synonym of A. mexicanus) and this is supported by phylogenetic evidence, but others continue to recognize the two as separate species.

Astyanax jordani


A. jordani is listed on the IUCN Red List as Endangered on the basis of a dwindling population and an acutely-restricted, highly variable habitat. It is fairly resilient, however, having a population doubling time of 15 months.

Astyanax jordani


The fish was named in honor of C. Basil Jordan of the Texas Aquaria Fish Company (Dallas, Texas), who donated the first type specimens and documented and observed the first wild blind characins known to science.

Astyanax jordani


It reportedly has been introduced to the Philippines.

Astyanax jordani


Julia Gutiérrez Caba OAXS (born on 20 October 1928 in Madrid) is a Spanish theatre and film actress.

Julia Gutiérrez Caba


She is the daughter of actors Emilio Gutiérrez Esteban and Irene Caba Alba and sister of the actress Irene Gutiérrez Caba and actor Emilio Gutiérrez Caba.

Julia Gutiérrez Caba


Caba has not acted in a lot of films, she preferred stage and television, but she's the protagonist of Juan Antonio Bardem's masterpiece Nunca pasa nada and she appears in cult classic La gran familia film. She's very popular, even in Finland, for her role in TV series Los Serrano. She has won a Goya Awards as Best Supporting Actress for her role in José Luis Garci's You're the one.

Julia Gutiérrez Caba


Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (Kingdom of Spain, 1 December 2006).

Julia Gutiérrez Caba


Dame Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise (Kingdom of Spain, 7 October 2016).

Julia Gutiérrez Caba


Julia Gutiérrez Caba at IMDb

Julia Gutiérrez Caba


HMAS Supply (AO 195) was a Tide-class replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Originally named Tide Austral and intended to be the first ship of a post-World War II Royal Australian Fleet Auxiliary, manpower and financial shortages meant that when the Belfast-built ship was launched in 1955, she could not be accepted into Australian service. Instead, she was loaned to the RFA, operating RFA Tide Austral (A99). In August 1962, the ship was commissioned directly into the RAN, then renamed a month later to HMAS Supply. Supply operated as part of the RAN until her decommissioning at the end of 1985.

HMAS Supply (AO 195)


Design, construction, and acquisition

HMAS Supply (AO 195)


In the early 1950s, the RAN considered acquiring a fleet tanker to support their forces. It was suggested that Australia order a Tide-class replenishment oiler from the United Kingdom (the Royal Navy having ordered three ships of the design), as the backlog of Navy construction in Australian dockyards would prevent an Australian-built tanker from entering service until at least the late 1950s. The tanker was to be the first ship of a post-war Royal Australian Fleet Auxiliary, would be manned by merchant seafarers to reduce demand on RAN service personnel, and would reduce the RAN's dependency on foreign fuel suppliers. The acquisition was approved by the Defence Committee and the Cabinet of Australia in August 1951, with the order placed by the end of the year.

HMAS Supply (AO 195)


The ship, which was to be named RAFA Tide Austral, was laid down by Harland & Wolff Limited at Belfast in Northern Ireland on 5 August 1952, and launched on 1 September 1954. The tanker was completed at the start of 1955, at a cost of £A3.13 million: 20% over the forecast price. However, financial difficulties and a manpower shortage meant that the RAN could not operate the ship, and efforts to find a merchant operator were unsuccessful. Efforts to sell the ship to another navy or a civilian operator also failed, but in March 1955, the British Admiralty offered to take Tide Austral on loan and operate her as part of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

HMAS Supply (AO 195)


The tanker was operated by the British Admiralty with a civilian crew as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary under the name Tide Austral from 1955 to 1962. Her service under Admiralty control included various charter periods, including two years (1956–58) when she was employed at the Admiralty's discretion, operating in direct payment of a debt incurred for the taking over of Shell Tankers Ltd building berths.

HMAS Supply (AO 195)


In 1962, the ship was purchased by Australia and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 15 August 1962, under her original name. She was renamed HMAS Supply on 7 September 1962 in a ceremony presided over by the wife of Rear Admiral Otto Becher, the Australian Naval Representative in the United Kingdom.

HMAS Supply (AO 195)


During her Australian service, Supply, accompanied initially by Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) frigate Otago, and later by RNZN frigate Canterbury, sailed to Moruroa Atoll in official protest of the French Canopus atmospheric nuclear test. On 27 December 1974, Supply sailed from Sydney as part of Operation Navy Help Darwin; a 13-ship relief force sent to Darwin following Cyclone Tracy. In 1975, Supply was present for the proclamation of Papua New Guinea's independence from Australia, and later for the bicentennial of the United States of America's independence from Britain.

HMAS Supply (AO 195)


On 8 September 1980, Supply joined five other RAN vessels to form the Australia Squadron. The Squadron, which included HMA Ships Melbourne, Perth, Derwent, Stalwart, and Otama spent two months in the Indian Ocean as part of a flag-showing cruise; the largest RAN deployment since World War II.

HMAS Supply (AO 195)


HMAS Supply paid off on 16 December 1985, and was replaced by HMAS Success.

HMAS Supply (AO 195)


== Further reading ==

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WDEE-FM (97.3 FM, "Sunny 97.3") is a radio station licensed to Reed City, Michigan, with studios in Big Rapids. The station plays the Classic Hits from 1955 through 2006.

WDEE-FM


WDEE originally began as an AM station broadcasting on 1500 kHz, first going on the air in 1981, and under the ownership of David A. Carmine, a well-known country music radio personality from Detroit known by his on-air name of Dave Carr.  Carmine had moved to Harrison, Michigan, in 1973 to put his first station on the air in 1975, known then as WKKM.  WDEE first broadcast with its own independent staff and programming originating from downtown Reed City at 410 W. Upton Avenue.  By the end of the decade, WDEE was reduced to a simulcast outlet of WKKM in Harrison before finally being silenced in October 1992.

WDEE-FM


Prior to this version of WDEE, the WDEE call sign was used on a well known 50,000–watt AM station in Detroit, Michigan, on the same frequency of 1500 kHz (now known as WLQV).  WDEE in Detroit was one of the first radio stations to program a country music format using top 40 methods and was very popular.  Like the original WDEE, Reed City's WDEE was a country station.

WDEE-FM


From 1960 to 1967 the call letters WDEE were assigned to a daytime AM station in Hamden, Connecticut broadcasting on frequency 1220.

WDEE-FM


Sale to current owner

WDEE-FM


In January 1994, WDEE was sold to Steven V. Beilfuss known to northwestern Michigan listeners as Steve Masters and best known for his tenure at 100,000 watt stations WLDR-FM in Traverse City and WKJF-FM in Cadillac. Beilfuss put the station back on the air in 1994 with an Oldies format.  Studios and offices were established at 2071⁄2 W. Upton Avenue in Reed City, not far from the original location.

WDEE-FM


Originally a weak daytime-only AM signal of 250 watts, ownership then successfully applied for an FM license for 97.3 MHz, which made its debut as WDEE-FM as a full simulcast of its AM sister-station. At that time, the station was known as "Classic Hits 97.3." At around this same time, studios and offices were relocated to 101 S. Higbee Street in Reed City.

WDEE-FM


Eventually, programming was separated between the two stations, with a classic country format on WDEE. After ownership chose not to renew WDEE's license, WDEE-FM was left as the only license owned by Beilfuss Broadcasting and continues to broadcast today.

WDEE-FM


Shortly after the turn of the 21st Century, WDEE-FM re-located its studios from Reed City into downtown Big Rapids. Their studios are currently located at 120 North Michigan Ave, Suite 4 in the plaza along with Family Dollar and the Michigan Secretary of State's office.

WDEE-FM


Michiguide.com - WDEE-FM History

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Facility details for Facility ID 63424 (WDEE-FM)   in the FCC Licensing and Management System

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WDEE-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

WDEE-FM


Kyle is a town in the Rural Municipality of Lacadena No. 228 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The town had a population of 423 in the 2006 Census. The village was named for its original settler, Jeremiah Kyle, in 1923. Kyle is 72 kilometres (45 mi) north of Swift Current, and is situated along the remains of the historic Swift Current-Battleford Trail, 201 kilometres (125 mi) south-west of Saskatoon, 320 kilometres (200 mi) west of Regina and 32 kilometres (20 mi) north of Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park on Highway 4.

Kyle, Saskatchewan


In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kyle had a population of 413 living in 216 of its 241 total private dwellings, a change of -8% from its 2016 population of 449. With a land area of 1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi), it had a population density of 356.0/km2 (922.1/sq mi) in 2021.

Kyle, Saskatchewan


The town is well-known locally both for being the site of a 12,000-year-old woolly mammoth discovery during road construction in 1964 (the bones of which are now on display at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina), and being the nearest community to La Reata Ranch, a working cattle ranch that doubles as a resort allowing guests to experience a real cowboy lifestyle first-hand.

Kyle, Saskatchewan


Near the town of Kyle is the Clearwater Lake Regional Park. On the road to it stands one of the last few drive-in theatres in Western Canada, which remains a very popular evening attraction for both young and old in the summer months. That drive-in is one of the few remaining in Saskatchewan. The others include the Jubilee Drive-in Theatre in Manitou Beach, the Prairie Dog Drive-in Theatre in Carlyle, the Moonlight Movies Drive-in in Pilot Butte, and the Twilite Drive-in Theater in Wolseley.

Kyle, Saskatchewan


List of towns in Saskatchewan

Kyle, Saskatchewan


Matador Cooperative Farm

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Kyle, Saskatchewan


Holly Ross is a musician from Lancaster, England. She was the guitarist and lead vocalist of the band Angelica from 1994 to 2003. She became the lead performer for The Lovely Eggs from 2006. Her singing has been described as "soft as butter Lancastrian tones."

Holly Ross


The End of a Beautiful Career (2000) (Mini-Album)

Holly Ross


The Seven Year Itch (2002)

Holly Ross


"Teenage Girl Crush" (1997)

Holly Ross


"Why Did You Let My Kitten Die?" (1999)

Holly Ross


"Bring Back Her Head" (1999)

Holly Ross


"Take Me I'm Your Disease" (2000)

Holly Ross


Deceptive Fifty (1998)

Holly Ross


Ladyfest UK 2001 (2001)

Holly Ross


Ladyfest UK 2003 (2003)

Holly Ross


The Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden (.66 acres (0.27 ha)) is a botanical garden located within Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach, California. It is open daily with free admission. The garden was first envisioned in 1992, with garden construction starting in 1994. In 1997 the garden became a nonprofit organization, and its grand opening was on Earth Day 2001. It consists primarily of plants native to California.

Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden


South Coast Botanic Garden

Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden


Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden


California Botanic Garden

Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden


Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden

Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden


Martin Thomsen (born 6 August 1982) is a Danish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the assistant coach of Viborg FF.

Martin Thomsen (footballer, born 1982)


Thomsen started his career playing for Valsgård IF 83, before joining his hometown side Hobro IK. Viborg FF quickly caught notion of the midfielder, and he signed a three-year contract at the Superliga team. Thomsen only played nine minutes altogether in the Superliga, as a substitute against F.C. Copenhagen on 21 July 2001. In the summer of 2003 he was loaned to Skive IK on a one-year basis. Viborg terminated Thomsen's contract after his loan spell at Skive.

Martin Thomsen (footballer, born 1982)


Thomsen signed with Skive IK on a permanent basis in 2004. He would stay at the club until 2013. In 2011, Thomsen scored 12 goals in the Danish second division, which was a decisive factor in Skive's surprising fourth place in the league. He was therefore awarded the Most Valuable Player award, ahead of players like Simon Makienok, Peter Graulund and Stephan Petersen.

Martin Thomsen (footballer, born 1982)


On the last day of the transfer window on 31 January 2013, Thomsen moved from Skive IK to his former club Hobro IK, who bought him free from his contract. He experienced promotion to the Danish Superliga during his first season back at the club. In the 2014–15 season, Thomsen played all 33 matches with six goals and two assists as a result. On 28 May 2015, it was announced that Silkeborg IF had signed Thomsen on a free transfer, with him signing a two-year contract. It was announced on 16 December 2016 that Silkeborg and Thomsen had agreed to terminate the agreement. In January 2017, it was announced that he was taking up a position as player-assistant at Jammerbugt FC for a period of six months.

Martin Thomsen (footballer, born 1982)


In the summer of 2017, Thomsen returned to Skive IK, where he also played from 2004 to 2013. There, he signed a two-year contract, where he was to both act as a player and be part of the coaching team.

Martin Thomsen (footballer, born 1982)


Thomsen announced his retirement as a player in August 2018, and was instead appointed as the assistant coach to Thomas Røll at Skive. He signed a two-year contract extension as assistant coach for the club on 3 May 2019. Røll and Thomsen became a head coaching duo in July 2019, as the club wanted to use his talent in discovering and developing talents in the first team.

Martin Thomsen (footballer, born 1982)


Thomsen became the only head coach of Skive on 18 July 2020, as the club could not afford to pay two head coaches. As a result, Røll was dismissed.

Martin Thomsen (footballer, born 1982)


In June 2021, Thomsen left Skive and was announced as the new manager of Hobro IK. After four years, Thomsen announced his departure on 28 July 2025, as he had been sold to Danish Superliga club Viborg FF, where he had been appointed assistant coach under new head coach Nickolai Lund.

Martin Thomsen (footballer, born 1982)


Martin Thomsen at Soccerbase

Martin Thomsen (footballer, born 1982)


Pixel Defenders Puzzle is a tile-matching video game developed by American studio Social Titans for iOS and Android.

Pixel Defenders Puzzle


The game follows standard match-3 mechanics, where the player places three identical units next to each other to upgrade them. Units with defined roles such as barbarians, wizards and rangers can be created depending on the matched pixel colors. Each turn taken earns action points, which can be spent to attack the enemy, which aims to kill your "VIP", a piece that moves around the board and cannot attack. As of 2012, the game had 36 levels.

Pixel Defenders Puzzle


The iOS version received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

Pixel Defenders Puzzle


SlideToPlay wrote, "Pixel Defenders Puzzle has lots of charm and challenge, and that's exactly what we look for in a great puzzle game. Although the main gameplay is somewhat similar to another title, Triple Town, the combat elements make Pixel Defenders Puzzle feel fresh and exciting." TouchArcade wrote, "There's always been something satisfying about match-3 mechanics, but after enough years playing them over and over they're bound to start feeling stale. Pixel Defenders Puzzle steps beyond that by taking something from a game that was already an excellent evolution of the genre and moving it forward to another, even-more satisfying level." The Times described it as a "clever and great-value game".

Pixel Defenders Puzzle


Pixel Defenders Puzzle at MobyGames

Pixel Defenders Puzzle


The Ahmad Yani class of six general-purpose frigates were acquired by the Indonesian Navy in the 1980s. They were originally built in the Netherlands for the Royal Netherlands Navy as the Van Speijk class which were licence-built versions of the British Leander class, Unlike its predecessors, this ship has been extensively modernized and modified by the Indonesian Navy since the 2000s, so its performance is not the same as the original.

Ahmad Yani-class frigate


In 1992, KRI Ki Hajar Dewantara, along with KRI Yos Sudarso and KRI Teluk Banten intercepted the Portuguese ship Lusitania Expresso in East Timor. Col. Widodo, deputy assistant of the Indonesian Navy´s Eastern Fleet, told Radio Republik Indonesia from aboard the Indonesian warship KRI Yos Sudarso that the ferry entered Indonesian waters at 5:28 a.m. local time on March 11, 1992. At 6:07, the Lusitania Expresso had travelled two to three nautical miles (3.7 to 5.6 km; 2.3 to 3.5 mi) into Indonesian territory and Captain Luis Dos Santos (Lusitania Expresso's captain) was ordered to leave immediately. Col. Widodo said the Portuguese ship captain obeyed the order and turned his ship around and headed back to sea.

Ahmad Yani-class frigate


All six frigates have had their steam turbine power plants replaced with marine diesel engines.

Ahmad Yani-class frigate


The frigates of the Ahmad Yani class are due to be replaced by the Martadinata-class frigates (SIGMA PKR 10514); the first of which, Raden Eddy Martadinata (331), was commissioned on 7 April 2017.

Ahmad Yani-class frigate


List of active Indonesian Navy ships

Ahmad Yani-class frigate


Equipment of the Indonesian Navy

Ahmad Yani-class frigate


Hubert Phillips (13 December 1891 – 9 January 1964) was a British economist, journalist, broadcaster, bridge player and organiser, composer of puzzles and quizzes, and the author of some 70 books.

Hubert Phillips


Education and early career

Hubert Phillips


Phillips was educated at Sexey's School, Bruton, and Merton College, Oxford, where he read History and Economics, taking a first class degree. He served in the British Army with the Essex Regiment throughout World War I.

Hubert Phillips


After the war, he became Head of the Department of Economics at Bristol University and Head of Extra-Mural Studies 1919–24; he was Director, Liberal Research Dept 1924; Economic Adviser and Secretary, Liberal Industrial Inquiry 1924–28; and adviser to the Parliamentary Liberal Party 1926-8. He stood as a Liberal Party candidate in 1929 at Wallasey. He joined the News Chronicle in 1930.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips' later career was as a journalist, broadcaster, freelance author, and organiser.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips was the founder (1932) and editor (1936–39) of the British Bridge World, and a pioneer of bridge organisation in England. He was the first chairman of the English Bridge Union in 1936. He was a key person in setting up the first Anglo-American match (Buller v Culbertson). He was the devisor and co-presenter of the first ever bridge programs on television, BBC 1936. These were programs which involved discussion of pre-selected hands, displayed on boards, followed by their bidding and play by expert pairs. Some of the hands were taken from famous matches, others were devised by Phillips. After play, comparison might be made, for example, with the play on the same hand in the Beasley–Culbertson match. The series was thought to be a great success, though of course viewership was limited in those days.

Hubert Phillips


As an author (the greater part of his income) he wrote on bridge, and on general knowledge, intellectual, mathematical and bridge puzzles and quizzes. Chess, he said, was his favourite game, but he wrote little on that subject. He wrote over 100 crime stories. He composed thousands of puzzles, both mathematical and inferential, and about 6000 crosswords. He wrote on bridge for the News Chronicle as 'Nine-spot', as well as being (by his own testimony) the chief leader writer for the paper for several years during World War II. He also contributed to The Nation and The New Statesman as 'Caliban'. He was the editor of the London early editions of Ely Culbertson's Contract Bridge Blue Book. He broadcast regularly on BBC radio – on Transatlantic Quiz and its offshoot Round Britain Quiz and later, on occasion, The Brains Trust. In his heyday he earned a five-figure income; but in later years a fondness for drink and gaming led to a decline in his fortunes.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips as a bridge writer and as an organiser was always in competition with A.E. Manning Foster, who had been a professional player since the days of auction bridge, and was the bridge correspondent of The Times. Each of them founded a magazine (Foster's was the Bridge Magazine) and a duplicate bridge organisation (Phillips' was the National Bridge Association, founded 1933). It was not until after WWII that the two organisations were unified. He helped Terence Reese on his first steps to becoming a professional contract bridge player, and co-authored several books with him.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips donated the Hubert Phillips Bowl for the English Mixed Teams Championship. This competition has been played annually since 1937, with the exception of 1939–46, and is the only major event in the country played with aggregate scoring.

Hubert Phillips


Opinions of colleagues

Hubert Phillips


"For many years Phillips was internationally the most eminent author of intellectual and mathematical puzzles under the name "Caliban" and "Dogberry", and of cryptic crosswords."

Hubert Phillips


"He never lost his courtesy and good humour... he had a largeness of spirit that one seldom sees in this game or indeed in these times."

Hubert Phillips


"Oh, yes, bridge players owe a lot to Hubert Phillips, particularly in the South [of England] where he organised and founded the English Bridge Union and the Duplicate Bridge Control Board." H. St John Ingram

Hubert Phillips


Phillips was married twice: in 1919, to Margery Davies, who died in 1959, with whom he had a son, John, who died in 1961; and in 1961 to Madeleine Bartlett.

Hubert Phillips


Ely Culbertson, edited by Hubert Phillips 1932. Contract Bridge Blue Book. Faber and Faber. London.

Hubert Phillips


Ely Culbertson, Foreword by Hubert Phillips 1933. Britain v. America: Contract Bridge Championship of 1933. News Chronicle Publications Department. London.

Hubert Phillips


Ely Culbertson, edited by Hubert Phillips 1933. Contract Bridge For Auction Players. Faber and Faber. London.

Hubert Phillips


Harold Thorne, Fourth edition revised and enlarged by "Petronius" (Hubert Phillips), 1939. Thorne's Complete Contract Bridge. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London.

Hubert Phillips


Aileen McCabe, Foreword by Hubert Phillips, 1933. Contract Without Tears. Faber and Faber. London.

Hubert Phillips


Jordanis Pavlides, Foreword by M. Kissa and Hubert Phillips, One-Page Guide to Bidding. Games Publishers Ltd. London.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1951. Bridge at Ruff's Club. edited by Terence Reese. Batchworth. London

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1959. Bridge is Only a Game. Parrish, London. Illustrated by Pearl Falconer

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1960. Bridge with Goren. Citadel Press. New York. Contributions by Charles Goren.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1939. Brush up Your Bridge. Dent, London. Illustrated by Ward.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1962. Making Bridge Pay: how to win at rubber bridge. Parrish, London.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1932. One Hundred Contract Bridge Hands. Faber and Faber. London.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1934. You Can Play and Laugh. Faber, London.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert and Terence Reese 1952. Bridge with Mr Playbetter. Batchworth. London

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert and Terence Reese 1937. The Elements of Contract. British Bridge World. London. Edition 1.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert and Terence Reese 1948. The Elements of Contract. Eyre and Spottiswoodie. London. Edition 2.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert and Terence Reese 1945. How to Play Bridge. Penguin. London.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert and Bernard Westall 1934. Two Hundred Hands from Match Play: an annotated case-book for contract bridge. De La Rue; Faber and Faber. London.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1921. The development of a residential qualification for representatives in colonial legislatures. Abingdon, Cincinnati, OH. [developed as a Columbia University doctoral dissertation]

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert, Shovelton S.T. & Marshall G.S. 1933. Caliban's problem book: mathematical, inferential and cryptographic puzzles. De La Rue, London.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1936. Brush Up Your Wits. J M Dent, London.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1941. Charteris Royal. Gollancz, London. [a thriller]

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert and Westall B.C. 1945. The complete book of card games. Witherby, London.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1945. Ask Me Another. Penguin (Ptarmigan Books No. 1). Illustrated by Pearl Falconer. A general knowledge quiz book.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1945. Something to think about. Penguin (Ptarmigan Books No. 2), Harmondsworth. Illustrated by Pearl Falconer. A book of logical and mathematical puzzles that sold over 100,000 copies.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1945. Word play. Penguin, Harmondsworth.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1948. Who wrote that? Penguin, Harmondsworth.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1947. Chipwinkle: 100 Crosswords with solutions. Penguin, Harmondsworth. [X-words are by Phillips; book includes a spoof biography of 'Eugene Chipwinkle']

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert and Falconer, Pearl (1949). Meet William Shakespeare. Cornleaf, London.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1950. Round Britain Quiz. Hamilton, London.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1951. The Hubert Phillips Annual 1951. [a compendium of puzzles and quizzes]

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1958. The Penguin Hoyle: a book of indoor games. Penguin, C.

Hubert Phillips


Golombek, H. and Hubert Phillips 1959. Chess. Witherby.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1960. The Pan book of card games. Pan, London.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1960. 100 Crossword puzzles (the Hubert Phillips Crossword puzzle book). Penguin, Harmondsworth.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1960. Profitable poker: the mathematics and psychology of playing a winning game. Arco, NY.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1960. Journey to nowhere. MacGibbon & Kee, London. [a discursive autobiography, which concentrates on his early days]

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1961. My best puzzles in logic and reasoning. Dover, NY.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1961. My best puzzles in mathematics. Dover, NY.

Hubert Phillips


Phillips, Hubert 1992. Mathematische puzzles: Homo ludens. Munich.

Hubert Phillips


"The Chess-loving Puzzle-master" by Edward Winter (chesshistory.com)

Hubert Phillips


Hubert Phillips at the Library of Congress, with 38 library catalogue records (1928–1972)

Hubert Phillips


Private Jones is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Russell Mack and written by Prescott Chaplin, Bill Cohen, George Jessel, William N. Robson and Sam Spewack. The film, which stars Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart, Donald Cook, Emma Dunn, Shirley Grey and Frank McHugh, was released by Universal Pictures on March 25, 1933.

Private Jones


Mr. Jones is drafted to fight in World War I, after America declares war on Germany in 1917. He is, however, wholly unwilling. He attempts to evade the draft by arguing to be the sole provider for his family, but to no avail. He "snarl[s] at patriotism," and does not think there is any reason for him to fight the Germans. After actively fighting for his country, his opinions may have changed.

Private Jones


Lee Tracy as Pvt. William 'Bill' Jones

Private Jones


Gloria Stuart as Mary Gregg

Private Jones


Donald Cook as Lt. John Gregg

Private Jones


Emma Dunn as Mrs. Jones

Private Jones


Shirley Grey as Helen Jones

Private Jones


Frank McHugh as 'Greasy'

Private Jones


Russell Gleason as Williams

Private Jones


Walter Catlett as Spivey

Private Jones


Berton Churchill as Roger Winthrop

Private Jones


Private Jones at IMDb

Private Jones


Music, Music is the eighth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in the summer of 1976 by Capitol Records and later described by J. Scott McClintock for AllMusic: "There are breezy, Bacharach-ian excursions ('Gladiola,' 'You Make It So Easy'), bluesy numbers ('Get Off Me Baby,' 'Ladychain'), light country ('Mama'), jazzy ballads (Paul Williams' torchy contribution, 'Nice to Be Around'), and even a little Philly soul ('I Can't Hear You No More'). On August 2 of that year the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States.

Music, Music


It debuted on Billboard's Top LP's & Tapes chart that same month, in the issue dated August 14, and got as high as number 16.  It stopped at #36 in Cash Box magazine and #30 in Record World but made it to #14 in Canada's RPM magazine. The third album recorded by Reddy with producer Joe Wissert, Music, Music was cited in 1977 by Reddy as a personal favorite from among her albums. On August 23, 2005, Music, Music was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two Helen Reddy albums on one CD, the other album being her 1975 studio release, No Way to Treat a Lady.

Music, Music


"I Can't Hear You No More" was released in the United States on July 26, 1976, and debuted on Billboard's  Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated August 7, eventually making it to number 29 over the course of nine weeks. In the following issue, dated August 14, it made its first appearance on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, where it spent 11 weeks, one of which was at number one. In RPM magazine the song got as high as number 36 pop.

Music, Music


In Billboard's August 28 issue the single's B-side, "Music Is My Life", started to be listed on the Hot 100 alongside "I Can't Hear You No More" as a "tag along" to indicate that some radio stations were opting to play the flip side of the original hit that charted. While "Music Is My Life" did not have any showings on the list of Easy Listening hits, a third song from the album, "Gladiola", began a 12-week chart run there in the issue dated November 13 of that year that included a number 10 peak position but saw no activity on the pop chart.

Music, Music


"Music, Music" (Pamela Polland) – 3:14

Music, Music


Jeff Porcaro – drums

Music, Music


David Hungate – bass guitar

Music, Music


Fred Tackett – guitar

Music, Music


Bobbye Hall – congas

Music, Music


"Gladiola" (Alan Gordon) – 3:27

Music, Music


Harvey Mason – drums

Music, Music


Reini Press – bass guitar

Music, Music


Victor Feldman – percussions

Music, Music


Tom Scott – alto sax solo

Music, Music


"Mama" (Harriet Schock) – 4:03

Music, Music


Scotty Edwards – bass guitar

Music, Music


Ray Parker Jr. – guitar

Music, Music


Clarence McDonald – piano

Music, Music


"Hold Me in Your Dreams Tonight" (Marie Cain) – 2:42

Music, Music


"Get Off Me Baby" (Jeff Langley, Holly Near) – 4:58

Music, Music


"I Can't Hear You No More" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:49

Music, Music


Larry Muhoberac – piano

Music, Music


"Ladychain" (Marcia Waldorf) – 3:58

Music, Music


"Music Is My Life" (Alan Gordon) – 2:29

Music, Music


Jeff Porcaro – drums

Music, Music


David Hungate – bass guitar

Music, Music


Fred Tackett – guitar

Music, Music


"Nice to Be Around" (John Williams, Paul Williams) – 2:58

Music, Music


Harvey Mason – drums

Music, Music


Reini Press – bass guitar

Music, Music


Tom Scott – alto flute solo

Music, Music


"You Make It So Easy" (Helen Reddy, Carole Bayer Sager) – 2:23

Music, Music


Scotty Edwards – bass guitar

Music, Music


The Wolverhampton School of Art (George Wallis Building) is a nine-storey Brutalist Grade II listed building in Wolverhampton, England.

George Wallis Building


Grade II Listing Status

George Wallis Building


On 16 December 2025, the School of Art building was granted Grade II listed status by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), following advice from Historic England. The designation affords the structure legal protection as a site of special architectural or historic interest and effectively prevented its planned demolition. The decision followed a sustained campaign by heritage organisations, notably the Twentieth Century Society, which submitted the original listing application, alongside a public petition that attracted thousands of signatures.

George Wallis Building


The 1960s Brutalist building, overlooking Wolverhampton's inner ring road, had previously been earmarked for demolition as part of the University of Wolverhampton's proposals for a "radical" overhaul of its estate announced earlier in the year. Under these plans, the art school would have been removed and the site redeveloped on the advice of external university consultants.

George Wallis Building


Historic England's recommendation for listing cited the building's dual significance. This included its association with the British Black Art movement, particularly its role as the host venue for the First National Black Art Convention in 1982, as well as its architectural importance as a “striking” example of post-war Brutalist design. The organisation described the structure as an "emblem on the skyline of the city", highlighting its visual prominence and sculptural concrete form.

George Wallis Building


Opponents of demolition argued that the building possessed "abundant potential" for adaptive reuse and retrofitting, and that redevelopment proposals failed to adequately account for its cultural, architectural and environmental value.

George Wallis Building


Wolverhampton Inner Ring Road

George Wallis Building


The Wolverhampton inner ring road (A4150) was planned and built in stages from the 1960s onwards as a traffic-relief route around the city centre. Its construction (circa 1960–1980s) required clearing some older streets and buildings. For example, St Patrick’s parish church was relocated in 1970 when its site was cleared for the new road. However, the School of Art (George Wallis Building, opened 1969) was built after the main route was laid out and was incorporated into the final road alignment.

George Wallis Building


The only recent proposals to remove the School of Art building came from the University of Wolverhampton’s own campus redevelopment plan – not from highway planning. In early 2025 the university announced it would vacate and demolish its nine‑storey art school on the ring road, a move aimed at campus reorganization. This demolition plan prompted heritage campaigns and ultimately Grade II listing of the building.

George Wallis Building


Isaac Staples (September 25, 1816 – June 27, 1898) was a powerful lumber baron in the St. Croix River Valley during the logging boom of the late 19th century.

Isaac Staples


Aside from his massive holdings and operations in timber, sawmills and the St. Croix Boom Company, Staples was also the region's most successful farmer and an important banker.

Isaac Staples


Isaac Staples was born in Topsham, Maine on September 25, 1816. He arrived in Stillwater, Minnesota, the heart of the timber-rich St. Croix River Valley, in 1853 as a representative of eastern investors, including Samuel F. Hersey.

Isaac Staples


He married Caroline B. Rogers in 1839. She died a year later, and he remarried to Olivia J. Pettengill in 1841. They had four sons and four daughters together.

Isaac Staples


Staples died in Stillwater on June 27, 1898.

Isaac Staples


Calcium/calmodulin-dependent 3',5'-cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 1B is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PDE1B gene.

PDE1B


== Further reading ==

PDE1B


River Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall serving Lancaster, Ohio, United States. It was built in 1987 by Glimcher Realty Trust. The mall's anchor stores are Cinemark Theatres, Dick's Sporting Goods, and JCPenney. There is anchor store under construction that is expected to open in 2026 called Rural King which is opening in a space formerly occupied by Elder-Beerman. There is also one vacant anchor store that was once Sears. The mall is owned by Namdar Realty Group.

River Valley Mall


In 1985, Fairfield County, Ohio commissioners approved a contract submitted by Glimcher Realty Trust to develop River Valley Mall along Memorial Drive, then part of US 33, west of the city of Lancaster, Ohio. Initial building costs were estimated at $4,000,000, not counting improvements to the infrastructure around the property. Construction began in June 1986, by which point Glimcher had confirmed that the mall would consist of nearly 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2) of retail space, including approximately 80 shops and restaurants and a movie theater. Two anchor stores had also committed to the project at this point: Lazarus, and J. C. Penney, which would relocate from its existing store in the Plaza Shopping Center. By August 1986, Hills had been confirmed as the mall's third anchor, and Elder-Beerman as the fourth in March 1987. Mall developers noted that the mall's tenant mix reflected the retail needs of a market the size of Lancaster, and that the decision to add a fourth department store was due to the initial success of the company's Indian Mound Mall in Heath, Ohio. Upon opening for business on October 1, 1987, the mall had more than 50 spaces leased. Over 25 stores joined the mall by 1989, including a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) expansion consisting of the movie theater and a fifth anchor store, Sears, which opened that October. Sears had also relocated from the Plaza Shopping Center. On July 23, 1995, a Target store opened near the mall.

River Valley Mall


Ames acquired the Hills chain in 1999, but closed the store in 2001 as part of its departure from Ohio. Lazarus was converted to Macy's in 2005, but closed in 2007 due to declining sales. Steve & Barry's, which took the former Ames in 2003, closed in 2009 when the chain went out of business, although the mall also added IHOP and Old Navy at this point. A 2009 Columbus Dispatch article noted that the additions of these new stores countered concerns about decreasing mall traffic after the US 33 by pass of Lancaster was built in 2005. Dick's Sporting Goods took the former Lazarus/Macy's anchor in 2010.

River Valley Mall


In 2014, Regal Cinemas closed the mall's movie theater, following announcements that Cinemark would demolish the former Steve & Barry's building for a new theater. At the same time, Glimcher put up both River Valley and Indian Mound malls for sale. Glimcher forfeited ownership of the mall to Woodmont Company in 2016 to avoid foreclosure, and Woodmont in turn sold it to RVM LLC in 2017. Sears closed in April 2017 as part of a plan to close 150 stores nationwide. Elder-Beerman closed on August 29, 2018 when its parent company The Bon-Ton went out of business. As of 2021, River Valley Mall had an occupancy rate of 50 percent.

River Valley Mall


The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette reported on September 3, 2025 that Rural King was planning to move into the former Elder-Beerman space in 2026 after receiving a permit from the city on an exemption on having an outdoor sales space. The location, which would supplement Rural King's existing local footprint in Heath and Circleville and compete with two Tractor Supply Company locations in the immediate Lancaster area, would be retrofitted into the former Elder-Beerman as opposed to a new build, as is common at other Rural King locations including the aforementioned locations in Heath (former Hobby Lobby after the latter moved) and Circleville (former Walmart after the latter built a supercenter across the street) and would fit a growing trend of Rural King being located at shopping malls such as at the Beaver Valley Mall in Monaca, Pennsylvania. The former Sears space has been used for Toys for Tots drives and Spirit Halloween pop-up stores since its vacancy.

River Valley Mall


Rozanne Slik (born 12 April 1991) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who competes in mountain biking for the KMC Mountainbike Team. Prior to this, Slik also competed in road bicycle racing from 2013 to 2021 for five different UCI Women's Teams – and took two professional victories, winning stages at the 2015 Auensteiner–Radsporttage, and the 2018 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen.

Rozanne Slik


She is the sister of racing cyclist Ivar Slik.

Rozanne Slik


2014 Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team season

Rozanne Slik


Rozanne Slik at Cycling Archives

Rozanne Slik


Rozanne Slik at ProCyclingStats

Rozanne Slik


Rozanne Slik at Cycling Quotient

Rozanne Slik


Rozanne Slik at MTB Data

Rozanne Slik


The Fort de Barchon (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də baʁʃɔ̃]) is one of twelve forts built around Liège, Belgium, in the late 19th century. The overall Fortified Position of Liège was a constituent part of the country's National Redoubt. Fort de Barchon was built between 1881 and 1884 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. Contrasting with the French forts built in the same era by Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières, the fort was built exclusively of unreinforced concrete, a new material, rather than masonry. The fort was heavily bombarded by German artillery in the Battle of Liège. Barchon was upgraded in the 1930s in an attempt to forestall or slow an attack from Germany.  It saw action in 1940 during the Battle of Belgium, and was captured by German forces. It is preserved as a museum and may be visited by the public.

Fort de Barchon


The Fort de Barchon is located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northeast of the center of Liège, just off the E40 highway.

Fort de Barchon


The fort forms an isosceles triangle whose base is 300 metres (980 ft) long and whose sides measure 235 metres (771 ft). A 6-metre (20 ft) deep by 8-metre (26 ft) ditch encircles the fort. The principal armament was concentrated in the central massif. The ditches were defended in enfilade by 57 mm guns in casemates resembling counterscarp batteries, firing at shot traps at the other end of the ditch. It is one of the larger forts of Liège.

Fort de Barchon


With the exception of the Fort de Loncin, the Belgian forts made little provision for the daily needs of their wartime garrisons, locating latrines, showers, kitchens and the morgue in the fort's counterscarp, a location that would be untenable in combat. This would have profound effects on the forts' ability to endure a long assault. The service areas were placed directly opposite the barracks, which opened into the ditch in the rear of the fort (i.e., in the face towards Liège), with lesser protection than  the two "salient" sides. The Brialmont forts placed a weaker side to the rear to allow for recapture by Belgian forces from the rear, and located the barracks and support facilities on this side, using the rear ditch for light and ventilation of living spaces. In combat heavy shellfire made the rear ditch untenable, and German forces were able to get between the forts and attack them from the rear.

Fort de Barchon


The Brialmont forts were designed to be protected from shellfire equaling their heaviest guns: 21 cm. The top of the central massif used 4 metres (13 ft) of unreinforced concrete, while the caserne walls, judged to be less exposed, used 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). Under fire, the forts were damaged by 21 cm fire and could not withstand heavier artillery.

Fort de Barchon


Barchon's armament included two rotating Grüsonwerke turrets with a single 21 cm gun, a 15 cm Creusot turret with twin guns and two 12 cm Châtillon-Commentry turret with two guns, all for distant targets. Four retractable 57 mm Grüsonwerke gun turrets were provided for local defense. The fort also mounted an observation turret with a searchlight. nine rapid-fire 57 mm Grüsonwerke guns were provided in casemates for the defense of the ditches and the postern, as well as two mobile guns.

Fort de Barchon


The fort's heavy guns were German, typically Krupp, while the turret mechanisms were from a variety of sources. The fort was provided with signal lights to permit communication with the neighboring Fort de Loncin and Fort de Liers. The guns were fired using black powder rather than smokeless powder, producing choking gas in the confined firing spaces that spread throughout the fort.

Fort de Barchon


The fort was defended by 300 artillery troops and 90 infantry, commanded by Captain-Commandant Hannefstingels.

Fort de Barchon


Barchon first came under attack on 5 August 1914, a day before the city first came under fire. On the 6th German forces seeking to infiltrate between Barchon and the Meuse were forced to retreat. Because the Liège fortifications had proved to be unexpectedly stubborn, the Germans brought heavy siege artillery to bombard the forts with shells far larger than they were designed to resist. Barchon was heavily bombarded starting 8 August with 21 cm artillery. The fort's surrender was demanded under a flag of truce: once refused, the bombardment recommenced. Much of the fort's armament was damaged, and the air became unbreathable. Barchon surrendered at 1600 hours, the first of the Liège forts to do so. Twenty-two of the garrison had been killed.

Fort de Barchon


In 1915 the Germans undertook an improvement program for Barchon and other Liège positions, modifying the entrance, adding concrete cover and adding metal decking under concrete ceilings. Non-structural improvements included forced ventilation and moving latrines, kitchens and the bakery into the main fort.

Fort de Barchon


Fortified Position of Liège

Fort de Barchon


Barchon's armament was upgraded in the 1930s to become part of the Fortified Position of Liège II, which was planned to deter a German incursion over the nearby border. The 21 cm turrets were replaced with longer-range 15 cm turrets, the 15 cm turret was replaced by a turret with machine guns and grenade launchers, and the 12 cm turrets were replaced with turrets containing twin 105 mm guns. Twin twin 120 mm mortars were added. These new weapons were German in origin. Five 75 mm turrets were added as well as an anti-aircraft battery of machine guns. Protection was substantially increased. This was accompanied by improvements to ventilation, protection, sanitary facilities, communications and electrical power. A fortified air intake tower was provided to improve ventilation. New barracks were built at this time for peacetime accommodation. The fort also featured a pigeon loft for carrier pigeons. The fort was defended by 221 soldiers, 53 non-commissioned officers and 11 officers, under the command of Captain-Commandant Pourbaix.

Fort de Barchon


Barchon opened fire on the morning of 10 May in support of Fort Eben-Emael with 15 cm guns. The anti-aircraft battery shot down a German aircraft. Belgian Army field forces withdrew on 11 May, leaving the Liège forts to fight alone. Barchon continued to support Eben-Emael and Aubin-Neufchâteau. On the 12th the fort was directly attacked by German infantry. The next day Barchon was heavily bombarded by artillery. One of the 75 mm guns was overcharged and exploded. Bombardment and infantry attacks continued through the 17th, when the fort was attacked by air. Heavily damaged, the fort fought into the 18th, when the 105 mm turret was knocked out. The Germans requested surrender, whereupon the artillery and aerial bombardments resumed. The Germans mounted an infantry assault in the afternoon, supported by flamethrowers, that took the fort at 1800 hours. The garrison suffered four dead and twenty-two wounded.

Fort de Barchon


The fort has been restored by and is operated by a preservation organization. The fort's air intake tower remains as a prominent landmark. It is also used as an Airsoft arena.

Fort de Barchon


Donnell, Clayton, The Forts of the Meuse in World War I, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84603-114-4.

Fort de Barchon


Kauffmann, J.E., Jurga, R., Fortress Europe: European Fortifications of World War II, Da Capo Press, USA, 2002, ISBN 0-306-81174-X.

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Le fort de Barchon 1914 & 1940 (in French)

Fort de Barchon


Fort de Barchon at fortiff.be (in French)

Fort de Barchon


Antiguraleus ula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Antiguraleus ula


The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Antiguraleus ula


(Original description) The small shell is fusiform, biconical, angulated, obsoletely ribbed and spirally striate. The siphonal canal short. The sculpture consists of about 18 axial, very oblique, rather obsolete riblets, parted by wider shallow furrows. They are strongest and somewhat mucronate at the angulation, extending over the base, but not over the beak. There are many fine hairlike growth lines. The spirals there are a great many remote fine threads, finer and closer on the shoulder than on the body whorl. Those at the carination are strong, ornamented with minute granules, which swell into small tubercles in crossing the riblets. The interstices of the ribs and the spirals are microscopically granulated. The colour of the shell is semitransparent, flinty, white, with a crisp aspect. The spire is scalar, conoidal. The protoconch consists of 2 globose whorls, the nucleus is immersed. They are remotely microscopically regularly striated. The shell contains 5+1⁄2½ whorls|, slowly increasing, with a long sloping shoulder and a sharp carinated angle, below which they are cylindrical, slightly contracted at the suture. The base of the shell is convexly contracted to the short broad siphonal canal. The suture is linear, well marked by the contraction of the whorls. The aperture is rather large, pyriform, with 3 angles above and a wide open siphonal canal below. The outer lip is thin, angulated. rectilinear above the angle, flatly curved below. The sinus is shallow and rounded. The columella is short and straight. The inner lip is thin and narrow.

Antiguraleus ula


This marine species occurs off North Island, East Cape to Otago, South Island, New Zealand, at a depth of 195 m.

Antiguraleus ula


Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p. 239)

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Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

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New Zealand Mollusca: Propebela ula

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Nyctibatrachus major, the Malabar night frog, large wrinkled frog, or Boulenger's narrow-eyed frog, is a species of frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae, commonly known as the robust frogs. It was described in 1882 by the zoologist George Albert Boulenger, and is the type species of the genus Nyctibatrachus. It is a large frog for its genus, with an adult snout–vent length of 31.5–52.0 mm (1.24–2.05 in) for males and 43.7–54.2 mm (1.72–2.13 in) for females. It is mainly brownish to greyish in colour, with a dark greyish-brown upperside, a greyish-white underside, and light grey sides. It also has a variety of grey or brown markings. When preserved in ethanol, it is mostly greyish-brown to grey, with whitish sides. Sexes can be told apart by the presence of the femoral glands (bulbous glands near the inner thigh) in males.

Nyctibatrachus major


The species is endemic to the Western Ghats mountain range of India, where it is found in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka. Adults inhabit fast-moving forest streams at elevations of up to 900 m (3,000 ft) and have highly specific habitat requirements. Adults are mostly found in or near water and are nocturnal; subadults can be found during both the night and day. Its diet mainly consists of other frogs and insect larvae. Over a period of several days or weeks, females lay multiple small clutches of eggs on leaves and rocks overhanging water; tadpoles drop into the water below on hatching. The species is currently classified as being endangered on the IUCN Red List owing to its small and severely fragmented range and ongoing habitat degradation. Threats to the species include habitat loss, increased human presence near the streams it inhabits, and possibly nitrate pollution caused by fertiliser overuse.

Nyctibatrachus major


The zoologist George Albert Boulenger formally described the species as Nyctibatrachus major in 1882 on the basis of twelve type specimens from what he referred to as "Wynaad" and "Malabar", creating the genus Nyctibatrachus in the same publication. N. major was subsequently designated as the type species of Nyctibatrachus in 1942 by the American herpetologist George Myers. In 1910, zoologist Nelson Annandale described the species Rana travancorica on the basis of specimens collected from Travancore, presumably because of the shape of the pupils in these specimens, which was typical of the genus Rana. This species was synonymised with N. major by the herpetologist Raghavan Pillai in 1978, as he found the shape of the pupil to be a variable characteristic in preserved specimens. Although this synonymisation was disputed by the herpetologist Sushil Dutta in 1997, it has since been found to be valid and R. travancorica is currently treated as a synonym of N. major. In 2011, the herpetologist Sathyabhama Biju and colleagues re-examined the specimens from which the species was described, and concluded that several of these actually represented species distinct from N. major; they then designated an adult female collected from "Malabar" as the lectotype to avoid subsequent taxonomic uncertainty and ensure that the genus Nyctibatrachus could be tied to a single type species.

Nyctibatrachus major


There are no subspecies of N. major. It is currently treated as one of 34 species in the night frog genus Nyctibatrachus, in the family Nyctibatrachidae, commonly known as the robust frogs. According to a 2017 study by the herpetologist Sonali Garg and colleagues, within the genus, it is sister (most closely related) to a clade (group of organisms descending from a common ancestor) formed by N. acanthodermis and N. gavi. These three species are further sister to a clade formed by N. grandis and N. sylvaticus. The clade of these five species is sister to N. radcliffei, and these six species are sister to N. indraneili. A study from 2014 found a slightly different relationship, with major being sister to gavi, and acanthodermis being sister to that clade. The following cladogram shows relationships within this clade based on a phylogeny from the 2017 study by Sonali Garg and colleagues:

Nyctibatrachus major


The species had its DNA barcoded in 2010. This barcoding allows unknown specimens of the frog to be identified accurately with even small tissue samples, which could help resolve taxonomic uncertainties and aid conservation efforts for the species. The development of species-specific microsatellite markers could offer tools for assessing genetic variation and population dynamics, further informing conservation strategies for this species.

Nyctibatrachus major


Nyctibatrachus major is a large species of night frog, with an adult snout–vent length of 31.5–52.0 mm (1.24–2.05 in) for males and 43.7–54.2 mm (1.72–2.13 in) for females; other species in the "large" group of Nyctibatrachus range in size from 41 to 77 mm (1.6 to 3.0 in). The upperside is dark greyish-brown, with variable light grey and dark brown markings, and the underside is greyish-white. The lores (area between the eyes and nostrils) and area around the tympanum (external ear) are dark brown, with a dark grey stripe between the eyelids, and the irises are dark brown. The sides of the belly are light grey, mottled with white and dark grey, and the groin is dark brown. The limbs are brown with pale diagonal bands. When preserved in 70% ethanol, the colour of the upperside changes to greyish-brown, marked variably with pale and dark brown. The colour of the band between the eyelids changes to faint grey, and the underside and sides become whitish, the latter marked with black spots. Males and females are broadly similar in their external appearance, but can be distinguished by the presence of the femoral glands (bulbous glands near the inner thigh) in males. Like other frogs in the genus, it has two rows of vomerine teeth along each vomerine ridge and a bluish-black liver that can be seen through the skin of the underside. Male frogs also have two vocal sacs, which are seen as an internal pair of slits at the back of the lower jaw. The sacs expand towards the sides and to a large size when inflated.

Nyctibatrachus major


The species may be confused with several other species in its genus, namely N. dattatreyaensis, N. humayuni, N. indraneili, N. jog, N. karnatakaensis, N. petraeus and N. vrijeuni. It can be distinguished from these species by its large size; well-developed toe and finger discs; the absence of a groove on the third finger disc; the presence of a groove on the fourth toe disc; conspicuous wrinkling and glandular protrusions on the skin of the upperside; medium-sized webbing between the fingers; and a prominent Y-shaped ridge from the upper lip to the nostrils.

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Tadpoles of the species are mainly black, with a brown body, brown underside of head, and a mostly white tail. There are two long pale marks on the lower back, and the tail has darks bands near the front. Tadpoles have a maximum length of 5.2 cm (2.0 in), of which one-half to two-thirds is the tail. Their heads and bodies are roughly egg-shaped and somewhat flattened, and the mouth is small with no teeth. After reaching a length of 1.5–1.9 cm (0.59–0.75 in), tadpoles have only a tail stump and begin metamorphosing; they can be distinguished from adults by the lack of grooves on the fingers.

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Advertisement calls consist of solitary notes 0.05 seconds long, delivered around 20 seconds apart. The calls are mainly delivered in a frequency band of 0.6–1.9 kHz, the frogs modulating calls significantly at the higher end of this range, although some calls are also delivered at a frequency of around 2.43 kHz.

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Habitat and distribution

Nyctibatrachus major


The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India, where it is found in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka. It was previously thought to also occur in Maharashtra, but those records are likely erroneous. Adults inhabit fast-moving streams in evergreen deciduous forest, secondary forest, and forest edge at elevations of 0–900 m (0–2,950 ft). They prefer undisturbed forest, and generally are not found in highly degraded habitats or in open areas near the boundary of a forest. In particular, streams inhabited by adults are slightly acidic (pH of 6.0–6.5), with low temperatures (18–24.5 °C (64–76 °F)), low light intensities, and low concentrations of calcium carbonate, as well as high levels of dissolved oxygen. Tadpoles also have highly specific requirements for their microhabitat, preferring streams with low air and water temperatures, low light intensity and dense canopy cover, high humidity, and large amounts of leaf litter. Tadpoles have been found at elevations up to 825 m (2,700 ft).

Nyctibatrachus major


Adults are mostly nocturnal and spend most of their time in aquatic environments, most commonly being seen on rocks near water. During the day, adults typically conceal themselves below rocks, but subadults are more active. When disturbed or threatened, they scramble through the mud of the streambed and stay underwater for some time before coming to the surface again. Other observers have found that they rarely bury themselves in mud or try to exit the water and hide in nearby undergrowth.

Nyctibatrachus major


Nyctibatrachus major mainly feeds on insect larvae and other frogs. It consumes insects like dragonflies in the genus Ophiogomphus, beetles in the genera Psephenus and Enochrus and the families Dytiscidae and Haliplidae, true bugs in the genus Neides, and springtails in the genus Sminthurinus. Frogs that N. major feeds on include Fejervarya limnocharis,  Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis, and Micrixalus saxicola; the especially high rates at which the species predates F. limnocharis and E. cyanophlyctis may be due to the fact that all of these species share the same microhabitat.

Nyctibatrachus major


The species' life cycle and breeding behaviour are poorly known. Females with mature eggs have been collected from May to June; tadpoles have been collected in October. Femoral glands are only present in males and seem to show subtle seasonal variation, being longer proportional to total body length from February to September (before and during the monsoon) than from October to January (after the monsoon). This may indicate that these glands have a reproductive function and aid in amplexus (mating). Males also have extremely small testes proportional to their body size, although the reasons for this are unclear. The sperm of the species is rather distinctive, with a loosely coiled, S-shaped head and an unusually thin tail.

Nyctibatrachus major


Mature eggs are pigmented and have an outer diameter of 4.1 mm (0.16 in). Immature eggs are smaller and colourless. Females possess egg cells undergoing several stages of maturity at any time; this suggests that they lay multiple small clutches of eggs over several days or weeks, instead of one large clutch at once. Eggs are laid on leaves and rocks overhanging water, after which the males guard them until they hatch and the tadpoles fall into the water below. Tadpoles metamorphose into froglets by 98 days.

Nyctibatrachus major


Nyctibatrachus major is classified as being vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to its small and fragmented range and ongoing habitat degradation. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by factors such as deforestation, wood and timber harvesting, and conversion of land for agricultural use. It is also threatened by the construction of check dams, road construction, and an increase in tourism in its range. Adults and tadpoles of N. major are highly sensitive to changes in their microhabitat. Consequently, increased human activities that alter their habitat may lead to declines in the species' population, as has occurred in the related N. aliciae.

Nyctibatrachus major


The species may also be threatened by nitrate pollution caused by overuse of fertilisers. Due to habitat fragmentation, many of the streams the frog inhabits are adjacent to farms that experience high levels of nitrogen-based fertilizer use, leading to elevated nitrate concentrations in the water. The LC50 (concentration at which 50% of exposed tadpoles die) for nitrates in the species is 2,510 micrograms (μg) per litre over a 30-day period; nitrate concentrations in streams with N. major tadpoles have been collected vary from 110 to 6,000 μg per litre. Even sub-lethal concentrations of nitrates in the water lead to adverse effects such as paralysis, restlessness, abnormal swimming patterns, and swollen body parts.

Nyctibatrachus major


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Nyctibatrachus major


Madeleine Fié-Fieux (23 September 1897, Varennes-Changy — 28 August 1995, Clohars-Fouesnant) was a French painter. A student of the Académie Julian, she married the dentist Philippe Fieux with whom she moved to Nantes. In 1930, she continued studying painting at the city's art college where she developed a close friendship with her teacher Émile Simon. After the Second World War, Fié-Fieux, her husband and Simon moved into Squividan Manor near Bénodet, where they lived together for the next 30 years. She and Simon painted together in their studio there. Fie-Fieux is remembered mainly for her portraits, flower paintings and depictions of Breton statues. After Simon died in 1976, she created a museum on the estate where she exhibited his paintings together with a few of her own.

Madeleine Fié-Fieux


Early life and education

Madeleine Fié-Fieux


Born in Varennes-Changy on 21 September 1897, Madeleine Fié was the daughter of the dentist Émile-Édouard Fié (1873–1952) and his wife Joséphine Maria née Desforges (1872–1958) who went on to run a pharmacy. Raised in a well-to-do family, from the age of six she attended the Lycée Molière in Paris where she proved to be a talented artist. She was given additional training in drawing in the Passy Town Hall. As a result of her early paintings, she was recommended to the Académie Julian where she studied for about ten years.

Madeleine Fié-Fieux


Around 1926, she met Philippe Fieux (1896–1980) a friend of her father's who was studying dentistry. After he graduated, the couple married and moved to Nantes. Fié-Fieux decided to continue her art studies, receiving private tuition under Émile Simon who taught at the Nantes Fine Arts School.

Madeleine Fié-Fieux


Fié-Fieux developed a close friendship with Simon who became her permanent mentor. After Nantes was bombed during the Second World War, she and her husband moved to Quimper and soon afterwards to the Squividan estate near Bénodet where they were joined by Simon. All three lived happily together there for some thirty years. Simon and Fié-Fieux painted together in a studio on the second floor of the manor house, inspired by scenes they saw in their travels around Brittany. Simon was highly productive but Fié-Fieux also produced portraits, still-lifes and religious works. She was a particularly competent portrait painter.

Madeleine Fié-Fieux


Simon died on 25 September 1976, leaving a huge collection of his paintings which Fié-Fieux had encouraged him not to sell. In 1990, after suffering a burglary, she decided to donate them, together with her own works, to the Department of Finistère on condition the Squividan Manor was converted into a public museum.

Madeleine Fié-Fieux


Madeleine Fié-Fieux died on 28 August 1995 in the Squividan Manor, Clohars-Fouesnant, aged 97. Her paintings are exhibited at Squividan.

Madeleine Fié-Fieux


Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth a.s. is a Czech manufacturing company of stationery products, based in České Budějovice. Established in 1790, it is one of the oldest stationery companies in the world.

Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth


With four factories in its country of origin (České Budějovice, Městec Králové, Broumov, and Milevsko) and one in Bulgaria, the company manufactures and sells a wide range of writing implements, art materials, and office products, exporting them to more than 90 countries worldwide.

Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth


The company was founded in 1790 by Joseph Hardtmuth (1758–1816) of Austria. In 1802, the company patented the first pencil lead made from a combination of kaolin and graphite.

Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth


In 1848, Joseph's sons, Karl and Ludwig, took over the family business, and the production was relocated to the Bohemian city of Budweis (České Budějovice, within the current Czech Republic). The products were given awards in many world exhibitions, including in 1855 in New York City, 1856, 1900 and 1925 in Paris, 1862 in London, 1882 in Vienna and 1905 in Milan.

Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth


At the 1889 World Fair in Paris, the Hardtmuths displayed their pencils rebranded as "Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth". Each pencil was encased in a yellow cedar-wood barrel. The inspiration for the name was the Koh-i-Noor diamond (Persian for "Mountain of Light"), part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom (confiscated from the area of Kohinoor in India were the diamond originates from) , and the largest diamond in the world at the time.

Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth


After the Second World War, Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth was nationalized. It became privately held in 1992. Since 2007, it has been a member of the Czech parent company KOH-I-NOOR Holding a.s.

Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth


Since 2000 the owner of the company is Vlastislav Bříza, who is its chairman. The previous owner was Petr Kellner.

Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth


The company has production facilities in more than 80 countries. It is also a contract manufacturer of small injection-moulded plastic products. Koh-i-Noor was a partner in making Jiří Barta's 2009 animated feature Toys In the Attic, and its pencils appear frequently throughout the film.

Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth


Koh-i-Noor's range of products include:

Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth


Del Monte Field (active 1941–1942) was a heavy bomber airfield of the Far East Air Force (FEAF) of the United States Army Air Forces, located in Mindanao in the Philippines. The airfield was located in a meadow of a Del Monte Corporation pineapple plantation.

Del Monte Airfield


Del Monte Airfield was first selected in September 1941 as an emergency landing strip on Mindanao, capable of landing four-engine B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers during the May to October wet season. It was built on a natural meadow on the Del Monte Pineapple Corporation plantation along the Sayre Highway, in the municipality of Maluko (now Manolo Fortich) of Bukidnon Province in northern Mindanao. The población of the rural municipality was nearby. The airfield was established as part of the build-up of United States military forces in the Philippines due to the rising tensions with the Empire of Japan.

Del Monte Airfield


In mid-November 1941, with the creation of the FEAF, General Douglas MacArthur approved the expansion of Del Monte into a heavy bomber base for the 7th Bombardment Group, projected to arrive in early December. His plans, MacArthur told the Chief of Staff on 29 November, called ultimately for more bomber bases in the Visayas to accommodate three additional groups, but since funds for construction of runways for such bases could not be immediately allocated, he agreed to use the field at Del Monte.

Del Monte Airfield


On 21 November Col. Harold H. George, acting in place of FEAF commander Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton while he was in Australia trying to arrange support bases for his air force, sent the newly arrived 5th Air Base Group to Del Monte in two inter-island steamers to hurry construction. Work on the field was rushed and by 5 December it was able to accommodate heavy bombers.

Del Monte Airfield


Two runways were built: No. 1 (main runway) and No. 2 (pursuit). A golf course was used as a third auxiliary strip. Additional dispersal airstrips were built over the next few months at Dalirig near Del Monte, Malaybalay, Maramag, and Valencia.

Del Monte Airfield


On the morning of 4 December, after the only operational FEAF radar site detected Japanese weather reconnaissance flights on several successive nights, MacArthur's headquarters ordered the 19th BG to be moved out of range of direct attack. However Brereton decided to send only half of the 35 B-17s at Clark Field to Del Monte because the latter could accommodate only six squadrons and the 7th BG was expected to arrive soon.

Del Monte Airfield


Orders were issued on 5 December to move the 16 B-17s of the 14th and 93d Bombardment Squadrons from Clark to Del Monte. Since there were no barracks built at Del Monte yet, and intending to remain only 72 hours, the bombers were filled with tents, cots, blankets and rations. The men also took only what they needed, some toiletries and a few changes of uniform. The aircraft flew down singly on the night of 5–6 December, circling at the end of their 4-hour flight before being permitted to land at dawn (5 December in the United States) at Del Monte No. 1, just completed the day before. Materiel to support the arrival of the 7th BG was not scheduled to leave Luzon until 10 December.

Del Monte Airfield


Battle of the Philippines

Del Monte Airfield


On 8 December, the initial Japanese attack on Clark Field caught most of the remainder of the 19th Bombardment Group on the ground. The bomber and fighter sweeps on the field destroyed most of the aircraft.  In the ensuing Battle of the Philippines (1942) and after the destruction of Clark and Nichols Fields on Luzon in the first days of the war, the Japanese flew extensive reconnaissance missions to discover the remaining American aircraft in the Philippines. They had been unable to find the Del Monte field, but it was only a question of time before this last haven would be discovered and destroyed as were the airfields on Luzon. Moreover, it was becoming increasingly difficult to service the B-17s with the inadequate facilities at Del Monte. There were no spare parts, engines, or propellers for the B-17s in the Philippines; damaged B-17s had to be cannibalized to keep the bombers flying. The only tools were those in the possession of the crews. The men who worked on the planes all night often got no rest the next day because of air alerts. On some days the heavy bombers had to remain aloft during the daylight hours to avoid destruction on the ground. They dodged back and forth between Mindanao and Luzon, playing a game of hide-and-seek that wore out men as well as planes.

Del Monte Airfield


B-17s flying from Del Monte Airfield became the first United States aircraft to engage in offensive action against the Japanese. On December 14, 1941, the American Army Air Forces reacted to the Japanese invasion of the Philippines at Legaspi, Luzon by sending 3 of a group of 6 Del Monte-based B-17s, ordered to attack the landing force. They attacked a Japanese minesweeper and a transport, thought to be a destroyer, with meager results, and 9 naval aircraft based on the Legaspi strip. The unescorted bombers were no match for the Japanese fighters and soon beat a hasty retreat. Only one of the B-17s was able to make its way back to Del Monte; the others had to crash-land short of their base. The Japanese lost at most 4 fighters.

Del Monte Airfield


Under these conditions, it was evident that the remaining heavy bombers could not operate efficiently in the Philippines. General Brereton therefore requested authority on December 15 to move the B-17s to Darwin in northwest Australia, 1,500 miles away, where they could be based safely and serviced properly. His intention was to operate from fields near Darwin, using Del Monte as an advance base from which to strike enemy targets in the Philippines. The planes were immediately prepared for the long flight southward, and on December 15 the first group of B-17s left Del Monte airfield. By the following evening ten of the bombers had reached Batchelor Field outside Darwin. They had left Mindanao none too soon, as the complex of airfields was discovered by the Japanese on December 18, 1941 and attacked the following day by Japanese planes based on the carrier Ryujo.

Del Monte Airfield


On December 22, 1941, 9 B-17's from Batchelor Field near Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, attacked shipping in Davao Bay, Mindanao Island and landed at Del Monte. The next day 4 B-17s took off from Del Monte after midnight and bombed enemy shipping in Lingayen Gulf. On the 24th, 3 B-17's based at Del Monte bombed the airfield and shipping at Davao on the southeast coast of Mindanao before flying to Australia.

Del Monte Airfield


On March 16, 1942, Del Monte was later used to evacuate General MacArthur, his family, and senior staff from the Philippines, leaving before midnight. The evacuation party had arrived by PT boat from Corregidor and on March 16, four B-17 Flying Fortresses from Australia flew up to Del Monte: B-17E 41-2408, B-17E 41-2429, B-17E 41-2434 and B-17E 41-2447 and evacuated them to Batchelor Field, arriving on the 17th.

Del Monte Airfield


On Thursday, March 26, 1942, Del Monte was again used to evacuate Philippine President, Manuel Quezon, his family, doctors, chaplain, and senior staff.  Two B-17's had flown up from Australia and arrived at 8:45pm and departed again at 11pm for Australia.

Del Monte Airfield


On April 8, 1942, the air echelons of the 24th Pursuit Group along with the remaining Army Air Corps flying operations in the Philippines were withdrawn from Luzon and transferred to Del Monte with whatever aircraft were left to carry on the fight.

Del Monte Airfield