Louis Meyer (July 21, 1904 – October 7, 1995) was an American Hall of Fame race car driver who was the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. Born in lower Manhattan, New York on July 21, 1904, he was the son of French immigrants, Meyer was raised in Los Angeles, where he began automobile racing at various California tracks.
Early in his career, he helped prepare the Miller driven by Frank Elliott in 1926, destroking the engine to bring it within the 91+1⁄2 cu in (1,499 cc) displacement limit permitted by the rules. Meyer went with the car when it was sold in 1927 to Fred Holliday (of Holliday Steel Company) as the Jynx Special (a morbidly ironic name, since Jimmy Murphy had been killed in it in 1924). He would be mechanic for Wilbur Shaw in the Indianapolis 500 that year. Meyer also served as co-driver, taking the car from seventh place up to sixth.
In 1928, Phil Shafer's intended Miller entry went up for sale, and Alden Sampson bought the car for Meyer. Meyer passed the rookie test, qualified thirteenth, and took the lead on Lap 181; he won by a margin of 25 seconds, at an average speed of 99.5 mph (160.1 km/h).  The same year, Meyer won a 200 mi (320 km) event  at the 1+1⁄2 mi (2.4 km) board track at Altoona, Pennsylvania, at an average speed of 117.02 mph (188.33 km/h), in a Stutz-Miller. He earned consistent points finishes to make him AAA's National Champion. He would claim the title again in 1929 and 1933.
At the 1929 Indianapolis 500, Ray Keech beat Meyer, only to be killed at Altoona two weeks later, the season's second  200 mi (320 km) event there, which Meyer won, averaging 110 mph (180 km/h).
Meyer managed only fourth place at the 1930 Indianapolis 500, and the Great Depression curtailed racing.  That, plus the closure of many board tracks as unsafe, led Meyer to concentrate more on dirt track racing.
In 1933's 500, at the wheel of the Tydol Special Miller, Meyer took the lead on Lap 129. Meyer steadily increased his lead from there, until he was fully four laps up on the field by the checkered flag. Despite lifting later in the race, Meyer's race average, 104.16 mph (167.63 km/h), was still a record. By winning his second 500, he joined a fairly exclusive club.  Meyer started the tradition of drinking milk (buttermilk at the time) in victory lane that year, when he drank a glass. Following his 1936 victory, he drank from a glass milk bottle instead, as most race winners have done since.
Meyer followed his success in 1935, forming Champion Drivers, Inc., to promote racing, along with nine other top racers.
He had a successful 1936 season, winning at Altoona, placing second at the difficult Ascot track, and winning his third Indianapolis 500 (in the Ring Free Special Miller, at an average speed of 109.1 mph (175.6 km/h).
Following the suggestion of former race winner, Tommy Milton, that year he became the first driver to receive the Pace Car as part of the race winnings.
Meyer came close to winning a (then-record) fourth 500 in 1939, in the Bowes Seal Fast Special Miller. Battling Shaw with just four laps to go, Meyer lost control and spun; while unhurt, Meyer's race was lost. He sold the Miller to Rex Mays the next year, going back to becoming a mechanic—or, rather an engine builder: he went into partnership with Dale Drake, taking over Offenhauser's engine plant. Meyer-Drake Offys would dominate Indy for most of the next two decades, powering every winner until 1968.
Meyer joined Ford in 1964, and through worked on development of the Ford V8, which powered four 500 winners in that time.
Meyer's wife June did not even know he was racing in the 1928 Indianapolis 500. Earlier in the day she was in Pennsylvania picking up a wrecked car and after that went to see her brother-in-law Eddie Meyer race in Reading. She found out about her husband's victory after the track announcer in Reading asked the crowd to give a big hand to Eddie Meyer, the brother of the Indianapolis 500 winner.
Meyer died on November 7, 1995 in Searchlight, Nevada, aged 91, where he had been living in retirement since 1972. He was interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.<PIC> Meyer's son Louis (Sonny) Meyer, Jr. assisted him in engine work at his race shops, and worked on the various DOHC Ford engines in USAC racing, including building 15 Indianapolis 500-winning engines. Grandson Louis III (Butch) built Oldsmobile Aurora engines for Team Menard in Indy Racing League IndyCar Series competition, winning the 1996-97 (18-month season) and 1999 championships before becoming the Indy Pro Series (now Indy Lights) director.
Meyer's offspring continue to work in Indy racing.  Louis Meyer III and his sons Louis (Michael) Meyer IV, and Matt Meyer are joint owners of Legacy Autosport with investors of the Metalloid Corporation, a team part of the Road to Indy.  .
Meyer was inducted in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 1963.  Meyer, Jr. was inducted in 2013.
He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1993.
He was not related to fellow driver Zeke Meyer.


Ronald R. Gonzales (born 1951) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, who served as the 63rd Mayor of San Jose, California. Gonzales was the first Hispanic to serve as Mayor of San Jose since 1845.<PIC> Gonzales grew up in the Santa Clara Valley, and graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Gonzales served as a two-time mayor and member of the Sunnyvale City Council from 1979 to 1987. He completed the Mayor's Leadership Program at Harvard Kennedy School and is an American Leadership Forum fellow.
After his first two-terms as mayor, he then served for eight years (1989–1996) on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. In 1998, Gonzales was elected Mayor of San Jose, being sworn in during 1999.
Early in his first term, Gonzales began new programs. He designed a program to attract young teachers to the city's schools, including home purchase assistance programs.  He advocated using San Jose Redevelopment Agency funds in areas outside Downtown, including the King and Story neighborhood.
Gonzales pushed for BART to extend to Downtown San Jose, in the Silicon Valley BART extension. When San Jose's first BART station, Berryessa/North San José station, opened, many officials credited Gonzales with bringing this project to fruition. Ron Gonzales was the first Latino Mayor of San Jose since California's Statehood. As San Jose is a major metropolitan region, that made Gonzales one of the first Hispanic mayors of a major U.S. city. He is listed among the nation's "Most influential Hispanics". When he addressed the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, Mayor Gonzales launched into an impassioned speech extolling the virtues of California's famed "Silicon Valley."
Gonzales came under frequent political attacks during the transitional years as San Jose politics moved left. As a single prominent Latino politician, he formed an easy target for dog whistle attacks tuned for a white voting constituency.
In 2000, a political spectacle was made out of Gonzales' personal life, which culminated in the politicized news of a separation from his wife and a relationship with a staffer, Guiselle Nunez, whom he married.
With his marriage already a public spectacle, in 2003, Gonzales came under political attack for negotiating a raise for sanitation workers. The issue revolved around  a nine-percent, $11 million ($2000), increase for Norcal Waste Systems, Inc., that Gonzales advocated the San Jose City Council adopt. Which the Council did. Gonzalez's political distractors framed the negotiation through a Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury as an illegal quid pro quo to the Teamsters workers, which were part of Gonzales' labor political base. In a dramatic turn, fellow councilman Dave Cortese demanded Gonzales's resignation while member Chuck Reed began proceedings to remove Gonzales from his office as mayor. Eventually, the Council voted to censure Gonzales, but took no further actions. When the issue came before a judge, all charges were thrown out, on the basis that the prosecution's claims were novel as a matter of law, and even if true, did not amount to illegal activity. In the court's opinion, the judge wrote "This is not bribery, this is politics."
In 2002, Gonzales created the Silicon Valley Leadership PAC  and started collecting donations for this fund. With the above noted sanitation political fight ongoing and suffering a stroke in January, in March 2004, Gonzales announced he would stop collecting donations because of controversy about the fund. Gonzales was reelected as mayor in the March 2002 election. His second, and final, term as San Jose mayor ended in 2006. On January 28, 2004, while delivering the State of the City address, Gonzales suffered a stroke.  He returned to his duties on February 16 of that year. Gonzales stayed out of the race to succeed him and did not endorse or campaign for either candidate running in the November 2006 run-off election. The winner was Chuck Reed, who won a clear majority of the votes over the vice-Mayor of San Jose, Cindy Chavez. After leaving the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors due to term limits, Gonzales was an executive at Hewlett-Packard. Gonzales worked as Program Manager for ten years at Hewlett-Packard where he led a national initiative to create partnerships with local school districts and universities. Gonzales received the Community Impact Award in June 1999 from the Asian Law Alliance, as well as the Point of Light Award, a national honor given to individuals who have made significant contributions to their community. Gonzales founded of The Role Model Program, an effort that recruits adult role models to visit local middle schools . He also chairs the National League of Cities Youth, Education, and Families Council overseeing the League's policies related to the betterment of youth and families across the country , and was a founding board member of Downtown College Prep, Santa Clara County's first charter high school, which focuses on the academic success of high school students from the San Jose central city area.


Pindi Pindi Brickworks is a heritage-listed former brickworks off the Bruce Highway, Pindi Pindi, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1933. It is also known as Evans Firebricks Ltd and Pindi Pindi Firebricks Company. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 27 October 2000.<PIC> The former Pindi Pindi Brickworks were established in 1933 for Edmund Evans.
The production of bricks on the site was related to the presence of coal at the Fleetwood Colliery, in the Whiptail Ranges, a source that was first commercially exploited in 1927–28. This colliery supplied the brickworks with coal following the opening of the Pindi Pindi site. Production of bricks was possible due to the high quality of clay in the area.
The brickworks were established by Edmund Evans, a resident of Dinmore, a bricklayer by trade with experience in brick manufacture. A local resident, W Adams, assisted him in investigating the site. Construction on the brickworks site, established to supply the North Queensland market, began in May 1933. The first production of bricks took place at the end of 1933.
Local shareholders in the Mackay area invested in the establishment of the works, with the brickworks trading under the name of Evans Firebricks Ltd. In 1934, the works employed 18 local workers, three of whom quarried the material at the clay pit and fifteen employed in the works environment. 78 000 bricks were produced during this time. Increasing demand for building bricks, as well as for firebricks, necessary for the sugar industry in North Queensland, saw the continued expansion of the brickworks.
In 1937 the company won a lucrative contract to supply refractory firebricks used in the construction of brick arches in locomotive fireboxes for the Northern Division of Queensland Railways. It was the only local company capable of producing this material.
Following the replacement of Evans in 1938, Newbold Industries purchased the works, and Bill Gunthorpe was appointed as manager. Gunthorpe took up residence on site, living in a brick veneer dwelling, thought to be the first constructed in the area. This dwelling is currently separated from the brickworks site, situated on the Bruce Highway, across from the sheds. At this time, the works were renamed the Pindi Pindi Firebricks Company and continued to supply materials for the construction industry in North Queensland.
With the outbreak of World War II the works were forced to close, as a result of labour shortages and the loss of construction contracts in North Queensland. At the time, the threat to Australia from invasion was considered so real that machinery on site was buried to prevent it falling into the hands of the Japanese. At the end of 1947, the company closed, only to be reopened in 1949 by a local resident, Tony Giaiotti. Edmund Evans returned on site to act as an advisor to Giaiotti.
The bricks at Pindi Pindi were made by the semi-plastic method. A tramline ran from the clay and shale pit to the works. The clay was ground in the pan and then dropped into the brick press. The building bricks and fire bricks used the dry press method, however, bricks for fire arches in locomotive fireboxes had to be fashioned by hand.
Early bricks produced on site were stamped with EFB (Evans Fire Bricks). The original brick pan and press were from Fowlers in Sydney. The pug-mill (mud mixer) was designed by Evans. The single cylinder engine remaining on site was imported from England, and is thought to be still capable of operating.
Products from the works also found markets in other parts of Queensland, firebricks being used at the Mount Isa smelters as well as at Ipswich. Labour shortages continued to afflict the works at this time, and during the sugar crushing season, the works closed entirely.
During the 1950s, the brickworks changed hands three times, being sold in 1951 to George Fattseas of Mackay. In 1955, Bitkin and Machen purchased the site, but closed the works in 1958. A local Mackay builder, Alan Porter, purchased the works in 1961, reopening them and continued in ownership until 1977. The Pindi Pindi works closed in 1977 with the brickworks being relocated to a new site at Glenalla Road, Mackay. At the time of closure, most of the machinery was moved to the new works; however, the kilns, brick pan and press and single cylinder engine (Ruston Hornsby) remain on site.
Bricks from the former Pindi Pindi Brickworks were used to construct the Mackay Central State School (formerly the Mackay Intermediate School), Mackay Court House and Mackay Technical College. The brickworks are no longer in operation. The former Pindi Pindi Brickworks site is bounded by Blackrock Creek to the south and the Bruce Highway and railway line to the west. At present, the former Pindi Pindi Bricworks site includes the remnants of the kilns, the brick chimney stacks and the brick-floored "storage area".
Evidence of the clay and shale pit quarrying operation is still present, and now shares the boundary with another property on the eastern side of the allotment. The original processing area is still visible, with the floor being constructed of bricks produced at the works. Original wooden supports, roof beams and trusses also remain, along with corrugated iron roofing. The majority of the walls are open and the roofed area has dirt floors.
Two brick kilns, with chimneys, remain. Located at the base of the kilns are a number of openings with arched brick lintels. The original clay conveyor belt and pan are also present under the covered works area. Two small, brick offices remain in the western corner of the site as does a single storey brick house. The house is located near the river at the southern end of the property. The former Pindi Pindi Brickworks was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 27 October 2000 having satisfied the following criteria.
The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.
The former Pindi Pindi Brickworks, established in 1933, is important as an industrial in North Queensland, demonstrating industrial processes of the inter-war period. The establishment of the Brickworks resulted from the demand for the supply of building materials in North Queensland, as well as being the source of production for the supply of firebricks for the local sugar milling industry. It was the first brickworks to be established outside Brisbane capable of producing refractory firebricks, supplying these by contract to Queensland Railways.
The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage.
The site demonstrates a rare aspect of Queensland's history as the brickworks chimney stacks at the Pindi Pindi site are among the last remaining stacks in the district.
The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland's history.
As an industrial archaeological site, the former Pindi Pindi Brickworks has the potential to reveal information which could contribute to an understanding of Queensland's heritage, providing more information on the manufacture of bricks in North Queensland.
The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.
The former Pindi Pindi Brickworks is significant for the landmark qualities of the chimney stacks.
The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.
The bricks produced at the former Pindi Pindi Brickworks are associated with the development of the character and fabric of North Queensland, particularly in the Mackay area.


Flasher is a city in Morton County, North Dakota, United States. It is part of the "Bismarck, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area" or "Bismarck-Mandan". The population was 217 at the 2020 census. Flasher was founded in 1902.<PIC> Flasher was platted in 1902. The city was named in honor of Mabel Flasher, the relative of a town promoter. A post office has been in operation at Flasher since 1903. Flasher is located at 46°27′18″N 101°13′59″W (46.454942, -101.232920).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.71 square miles (1.84 km²), of which, 0.70 square miles (1.81 km²) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km²) is water.  As of the census of 2010, there were 232 people, 113 households, and 58 families living in the city. The population density was 331.4 inhabitants per square mile (128.0/km²). There were 135 housing units at an average density of 192.9 per square mile (74.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.8% White, 0.4% Native American, 0.4% Asian, and 1.3% from two or more races.
There were 113 households, of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 48.7% were non-families. 46.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 3.00.
The median age in the city was 40.6 years. 25.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 3.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.1% were from 25 to 44; 28.9% were from 45 to 64; and 18.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 285 people, 130 households, and 72 families living in the city. The population density was 408.0 people per square mile (157.2/km²). There were 155 housing units at an average density of 221.9 per square mile (85.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.89% White, 0.35% Native American, 0.35% Asian, and 1.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.05% of the population. Flasher, North Dakota was established by multiple German families from Russia in the early 1900s.  It is rumored that one of the sons from the ship was left behind and is now living in Germany, in a small village near Heidelberg.
There were 130 households, out of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.6% were non-families. 40.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 26.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.94.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 19.3% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 30.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $20,313, and the median income for a family was $40,556. Males had a median income of $24,167 versus $28,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,970. About 9.7% of families and 16.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 12.7% of those 65 or over. This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.  According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Flasher has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. Hilaire du Berrier - pilot, barnstormer, and spy


Stefan Nĳland ([ˈsteː.fɑn ˈnɛi̯.ˌlɑnt]; born 10 August 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for DVS '33.  Born in Hoogezand, Nĳland began his professional career during the 2007–08 season with Groningen and signed a contract with the club until 2009.
Nijland made his Groningen debut, where he set up one of the goals, in a 3–0 win against NAC Breda in the opening game of the season on 18 August 2007. He also made his European debut, where he played the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against Fiorentina on 20 September 2007. He continued to make a handful of first team appearances and then scored his first goals for the club, in an 8–1 win over IJsselmeervogels in the second round of KNVB Cup on 26 September 2007. However, he suffered an injury, which he sustained in training and was sidelined for months. After two months on the sidelines, he made his first team return on 9 December 2007, coming on as a substitute in the second half, in a 4–2 loss against Heerenveen. Two weeks later on 22 December 2007, he scored his first Groningen league goal and set up one of the goals, in a 2–1 win over Heracles Almelo. Seven days later on 29 December 2007, Nijland scored a brace, in a 3–1 win over Sparta Rotterdam, followed up by setting up two goals, in a 3–2 win over Excelsior in the next game. For his performance, Nijland signed a contract extension with the club, keeping him until 2012 and revealed that he turned down a move to join Ajax in the January transfer window, where he could have joined alongside Bruno Silva and Rasmus Lindgren. Nijland then scored again on 24 February 2008, in a 3–1 win over VVV-Venlo. Despite suffering from ankle injury, Nijland finished his first season at Groningen, making twenty–three appearances and scoring six times in all competition. On 24 August 2008, Nijland left Groningen when he was transferred to PSV for a fee of €4 million, signing a five–year contract, keeping him until 2013.
Nijland then made his PSV debut, where he made his first start for the club and played for 55 minutes before being substituted, in a 1–0 win over Sparta Rotterdam. After missing out one match, he returned and set up one of the goals, in a 3–2 loss against Roda JC on 25 October 2008. It wasn't until on 29 November 2008 when he scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–2 draw against Heerenveen. In his second meeting against his former club Groningen on 21 February 2009, Nijland came on as a late substitute in the second half and scored a winning goal, in a 1–0 win. However, as the 2008–09 season progressed, his first team opportunities was limited, as he appeared most of the time on the substitute bench before an injury forced him out for the rest of the season. In his first season at PSV, he went on to make nineteen appearances and scoring once in all competitions.
In the 2009–10 season, Nijland made one appearance for PSV, where he came on as a substitute in the second half, in a 2–0 win over Roda JC in the third round of KNVB Cup. Following his loan spell at Willem II came to an end, he scored on his first appearance for the club in the 2010–11 season, in a 3–0 win over Sparta Rotterdam in second round of KNVB Cup. Nijland went on to make seven appearances in the 2010–11 season in all competition.
After being told by the club's technical manager Marcel Brands that he would not be at the club next season, Nijland returned to the club at the end of the 2011–12 season and was linked with a move to German side 1860 Munich and even started a negotiation between the two parties, but remained at PSV Eindhoven after he rejected a move to the club.
At the end of the 2012–13 season, Nijland was released by the club after being told that his contract would not be renewed.<PIC> On 24 December 2009, PSV loaned Nijland to Willem II for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. Nijland made his Willem II debut on 13 January 2010 in a friendly match against UD Ojen, where he scored five goals, in a 9–1 victory for the club. Ten days later on 23 January 2010, he scored on his league debut for Willem II, in a 4–2 loss against Heerenveen, followed up by scoring his second on 29 January 2010, in a 2–1 win against RKC Waalwijk. He went on to score two more goals later in the season against NEC, Sparta Rotterdam and Eindhoven. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Nijland helped the club survive relegation to ensure that Willem II stayed in the top–flight football for another season and scored five times in twenty appearances.
On 25 May 2011, PSV loaned Nijland to NEC Nijmegen for the 2011/12 season. Nijland scored on his debut in the opening game of the season, in a 2–2 draw against Heerenveen. He scored his second goal of the season, in the second round of KNVB Cup, in a 4–1 win over Fortuna Sittard on 20 September 2011. However, Nijland suffered injuries as the 2011–12 season and went on to make nineteen appearances and scoring two times in the 2011–12 season in all competition.
On 28 January 2013, Nĳland went to Australian club Brisbane Roar on a four-month loan deal. Nijland made his debut for Brisbane in round 19 against Central Coast Mariners in a 2–2 draw. Despite keen on signing for the club on a permanent basis, Nijland failed to score a single goal in his ten appearances at the club and at the end of the 2012–13 season, he returned to his parent club. After leaving PSV Eindhoven, Nijland signed for newly promoted side PEC Zwolle, signing a three–year contract, keeping him until 2016. Upon joining the club, Nijland re–joined Manager Ron Jans from his time at Groningen.
Nijland made his PEC Zwolle debut, where he came on as a late substitute, in a 3-0 win over Hercales, It wasn't until on 1 September 2013 when he scored his first PEC Zwolle goal, in a 1–1 draw against Utrecht. His second goal then came on 8 December 2013, in a 4–1 loss against Go Ahead Eagles. However, his first season at PEC Zwolle was a disappointment for him, as his first team opportunities was limited and restricted into making twenty–five appearances and scoring two times in all competition.
Frustrated with a lack of first team opportunities last season, Nijland considered leaving the club ahead of the 2014–15 season Despite this, Nijland was named in the starting eleven in the 2014 Dutch Supercup-game between PEC and Ajax, where he scored the winning goal in a 1-0 win, giving PEC its first ever Supercup win and himself his second major trophy at the club. Following the match, his performance was praised by the club's director Gerard Nijkamp. Niljand's season proved was an improvement for him, as he was given more first team opportunities and by the first half of the season, he scored five times in seventeen appearances against Vitesse (in addition to being named Man of the Match by Voetbal International, Heracles Almelo, Go Ahead Eagles and Excelsior (twice). At the start of 2015, he scored three more goals against Utrecht and Dordrecht before receiving a straight red card, in a 1–0 loss against Go Ahead Eagles on 15 February 2015. After serving a two match suspension, Nijland returned to the first team on 7 March 2015 and scored a hat–trick of his career, in a 6–1 win over Cambuur despite playing for twenty–one minutes during the match. Despite suffering an injury towards the end of the 2014–15 season, Nijland finished the 2014–15 season, making thirty–eight appearances and scoring thirteen times in all competitions, making him the club's topscorer.
In the 2015–16 season, Niljand continued to be in the first team regular despite facing new competitions and it wasn't until on 7 November 2015 when he scored his first goal of the season, in a 1–1 draw against Heracules Almelo, followed up by scoring in a 5–0 win over Roda JC. As the 2015–16 season progressed, Niljand went on to score four more goals against Heerenveen, De Graafschap (twice) and Willem II. As a result, Niljand signed a contract extension with the club, keeping him until 2018. Despite suffering from injuries as the 2015–16 season progressed, Nijland finished the 2015–16 season, making twenty–seven appearances and scoring six times in all competitions.
In the 2016–17 season, Nijland appeared in the first three matches to the season before a thigh injury, which he sustained during a 4–0 defeat to PSV Eindhoven. In May 2008, Nijland was called up by the B Team. He is the son of Hans Nĳland, the former Managing Director of FC Groningen.
In addition to playing football, Nijland said he has been taking Spanish classes in an interview with Goal.com. Stef also revealed that he's often being called Stefan than Stef. As of match played on 1 July 2019
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Koby Owusu Arthur (born 31 January 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for National League club Maidenhead United.
A midfielder who can also play as a forward, Arthur made his Football League debut in the Championship with Birmingham City in April 2013. He spent time on loan at Conference Premier club Lincoln City and in two spells with League Two club Cheltenham Town, for whom he scored his first senior goal. After his release from Birmingham in 2017, Arthur joined Macclesfield Town, and was part of the squad that won the 2017–18 National League title and promotion back to the Football League. After time out of the game through injury, Arthur had a truncated season with Kidderminster Harriers of the National League North before joining Dover Athletic in 2021. Arthur was born in Kumasi, Ghana. After moving to England he joined the youth system of Southern League club Woodford United, where he was noticed by a Birmingham City scout in 2012. The 16-year-old Arthur moved into the football and education development programme run by Birmingham City's community department, and was soon recruited into the club's main development system. He played for the club's under-18 team, and made his reserve team debut in February 2013 in a 2–1 Birmingham Senior Cup defeat to Stourbridge. Development squad coach Richard Beale described his performance as excellent: "He won his headers and tackles and he got the ball down and tried to pass it and he can be very pleased with the way he played." A few days later, he produced another good performance on his first Professional Development League appearance.
Arthur is short in stature, at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), but solidly built. Manager Lee Clark described him as a "pocket battleship", who plays at a high tempo with "so much energy and enthusiasm". According to his profile on the Birmingham City website, he is "a powerful striker of the ball", able to play in any midfield position or as a forward.  Arthur was given squad number 16 ahead of the visit of Sheffield Wednesday on 19 February 2013, but did not make the 18-man matchday squad, and was included in the travelling party for the next match, away at Peterborough United. Amid tabloid reports of interest from Premier League clubs, Arthur signed a two-year professional contract with Birmingham. He made his first-team debut on 1 April in a 3–2 defeat at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Championship, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute for Mitch Hancox. According to the Birmingham Mail's match report, "he was nimble, showed the odd glimpse". He made his second and last appearance of the season, also as a late substitute, in Birmingham's next match. At the end-of-season awards ceremony, Arthur was honoured as Academy Player of the Season.
He made his first competitive start on 6 August 2013, as Birmingham beat Plymouth Argyle 3–2 after extra time in the first round of the League Cup, and his first league appearance of the season a few days later, as a second-half substitute in a home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion. On 21 March 2014, Arthur became the third Birmingham youngster, after Charlee Adams and Nick Townsend, to join Conference Premier club Lincoln City on a youth loan until the end of the season. He went straight into the starting eleven for the following day's match at Gateshead, but was replaced at half-time with his side two goals behind. He made five more appearances before returning to Birmingham.
Arthur joined League Two side Cheltenham Town on 25 July 2014 on a six-month youth loan. On his second appearance, he scored his first senior goal: in the 84th minute, he latched on to a long goalkeeping clearance and "showed his strength to hold off Jordan Mustoe and bundle it past Simpson into the net" to put Cheltenham 2–1 up, which proved to be a winning lead after Accrington Stanley's Kal Naismith missed a late penalty. He scored again a week later as Cheltenham came back from 2–0 down to win at Tranmere Rovers, and further enhanced his "super-sub" reputation with a 90th-minute header in the next match to secure a 1–0 win against Hartlepool United that took Cheltenham top of the table. Given his first start in the Football League Trophy, he scored Cheltenham's second goal, again with a header, to ensure their progress to the second round at Oxford United's expense. He made his first league start on 13 September, in a 1–0 defeat away to Luton Town, and was recalled by Birmingham the following day. A hamstring injury prevented any immediate involvement with the team, but after what assistant manager Steve Watson described as a breathtaking training session, and with Demarai Gray unavailable through injury, Arthur made his full League debut for Birmingham on 30 September 2014 in a 3–1 win at Millwall, the club's first away win of the season. He missed out on a debut goal in the next match, away to Charlton Athletic, when his attempt was disallowed for offside against Clayton Donaldson. After Gary Rowett took over as manager, Arthur had a brief run in the side, and was given a new two-year contract at the end of the 2014–15 season, but he never broke through to the first team; his last league appearance for the club came on 6 December 2014, in a 1–0 defeat away to Blackpool.
Arthur returned to Cheltenham Town on 19 August 2016 on loan until 2 January 2017. His progress was disrupted by injury, and he returned to Birmingham having made just seven appearances. He was released when his contract expired at the end of the season.<PIC> After trials with National League clubs Solihull Moors and Macclesfield Town, Arthur signed a one-year contract with Macclesfield on 1 August 2017. He linked up again with assistant manager Steve Watson, his former coach at Birmingham. Arthur made his debut as a late substitute in a 1–1 draw at home to Hartlepool United on 8 August. He made 14 league appearances and scored once, in a 4–1 defeat at home to Maidstone United, as Macclesfield went on to win the National League title and promotion back to the Football League. Although he was not initially included on Macclesfield's retained list, he signed a one-year deal to extend his stay with the club. On the opening day of the 2018–19 season, Arthur scored twice at home to Swindon Town, but his team lost 3–2. He made 25 appearances in all competitions, but was not offered a new contract at the end of the season. Arthur had hopes of remaining in the Football League with Walsall, but an Achilles injury in a pre-season friendly was to keep him out of football for some time. He began training with National League North club Kidderminster Harriers in the early months of 2020, and the club registered him to play in reserve-team matches. At the end of May, he signed for Kidderminster for the 2020–21 season. He made 11 league appearances before the season ended early because of issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and was released when his contract expired. After featuring for the club in pre-season, Arthur signed for Dover Athletic of the National League in August 2021. His first goal for the club opened the scoring in a 3–2 away to Altrincham on 4 September. On 15 April 2022, Arthur scored his fifth goal of the season which proved to be the winner as Dover got only their second win of the season against Boreham Wood, taking their points tally up to zero after their twelve-point deduction prior to the season. Arthur was not retained by the club following relegation. On 28 May 2022, Arthur joined National League club Maidenhead United. Appearance in Football League Trophy
Appearance in EFL Trophy
Appearance in FA Trophy Macclesfield Town
National League: 2017–18
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Birmingham City Academy Player of the Season: 2012–13


The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC; French: Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada, AFPC) is one of Canada's largest national labour unions and the largest union in the Canadian federal public sector. PSAC members work in every province and territory, and also work abroad in embassies and consulates.
Many of PSAC's some 200,000 members work for the federal public service, crown corporations, or agencies as immigration officers, fisheries officers, food inspectors, customs officers, national defence civilian employees, and the like. However, an increasing number of PSAC members work in non-federal sectors: in women's shelters, universities, security agencies and casinos. In Northern Canada, PSAC represents most unionized workers employed in the Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
PSAC's National President is Chris Aylward.
PSAC is headquartered in Ottawa with 23 regional offices across Canada. PSAC's Ottawa headquarters building, designed in 1968 by Paul Schoeler, is a notable example of modernist architecture in Ottawa.<PIC> PSAC was formed when the Civil Service Association of Canada, led by Calbert Best, and Civil Service Federation of Canada, led by Claude Edwards, agreed to merge. Claude Edwards was elected as the first PSAC president. PSAC's founding convention took place at Ottawa's Chateau Laurier in 1966. PSAC signed its first collective agreements with Treasury Board in 1968. By 2015, the union was negotiating 316 separate collective agreements under federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions. PSAC's first strike came in November 1971 against Defence Construction Ltd. In 1980, the PSAC's large CR bargaining unit, made up largely of women clerical workers, went out on in Canada's biggest single bargaining unit work stoppage. PSAC's 1991 general strike, the largest single union strike in Canadian history, brought job security improvements. Most founding convention delegates were men. In 1967, PSAC began organizing secretaries, stenographers and typists. By 1976, PSAC had abolished the practice of tying a secretary’s salary to the rank of her boss (a practice known as "rug-ranking"), created an Equal Opportunities Committee to address women's issues and elected Aileen Manion, PSAC's first female national officer. From 1981 onward, PSAC's Equal Opportunities Committee included all equity-seeking groups. In 1988, PSAC adopted a comprehensive human rights policy. Action committees for members with disabilities and racially visible members started in 1990. By 1999, the union started holding conferences for racially visible members, Aboriginal Peoples and workers with disabilities. In 2004, the first network of Aboriginal, Inuit and Metis members was formed to advance their rights within and beyond the union. The National President, the National Executive Vice-President and the seven Regional Executive Vice-Presidents form the Alliance Executive Committee (AEC). The AEC is responsible for the day-to-day decisions of the union with respect to finances, overseeing campaigns, mobilizing the membership, advocating on behalf of the membership and advancing the union and its members' rights in the workplace. The AEC meets monthly and as needed.
The current REVPs are:
Colleen Coffey, Regional Executive Vice-President, Atlantic
Yvon Barrière, Regional Executive Vice-President, Québec
Alex Silas, Regional Executive Vice-President, National Capital Region
Sharon DeSousa, Regional Executive Vice-President, Ontario
Marianne Hladun, Regional Executive Vice-President, Prairies
Jamey Mills, Regional Executive Vice-President, British Columbia
Jack Bourassa, Regional Executive Vice-President, North Agriculture Union (AU/PSAC) formerly the Canada Agriculture National Employees Association (CANEA) charter union
Canada Employment and Immigration Union (CEIU/PSAC) charter union
Customs and Immigration Union (CIU/PSAC) charter union
Government Services Union (GSU/PSAC) joined after the merger in 1999 with the former Union of Public Works Employees and Supply and Services Union
Nunavut Employees Union (NEU/PSAC) joined in 1999, previously members had belonged to the UNW
Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE/PSAC) charter union – merged with the Natural Resources Union in 2017
Union of Health and Environment Workers (UHEW/PSAC) formed by a merger of the Union of Environment Workers and the National Health Union in 2016
Union of National Defence Employees (UNDE/PSAC) charter union
Union of National Employees (NE/PSAC) (formerly the National Component) charter union
Union of Northern Workers (UNW/PSAC) joined in 1970
Union of Postal Communications Employees (UPCE/PSAC) joined in 1967, successor to the former Canadian Railway Mail Clerks Federation
Union of Solicitor General Employees (USGE/PSAC)
Union of Taxation Employees (UTE/PSAC) charter union
Union of Veterans Employees (UVE/PSAC) charter union
Yukon Employees Union (YEU/PSAC) joined in 1990 Chris Aylward (UTE) 2018–present
Robyn Benson (UTE), 2012–2018
John Gordon (GSU), 2006–2012
Nycole Turmel (CEIU), 2000–2006
Daryl Bean (PWU/GSU), 1985–2000
Pierre Samson (CEIU), 1982–1985
Andy Stewart (AU), 1976–1982
Claude Edwards, Civil Service Federation of Canada (CSFC), 1966–1976


Windwaker is an Australian heavy metal band from Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The band formed in late 2014 and relocated to Melbourne, Victoria in April 2015. They subsequently released their debut EP Fade in May 2017. After numerous lineup changes, Windwaker solidified their lineup in 2018 before the release of their single "New Infinite". In March 2019, Windwaker released their self-produced sophomore EP Empire, and made their second festival appearance 11 days before the release at Download Festival Melbourne.  Windwaker, named after the Legend of Zelda game of the same name, was formed in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The founding lineup featured vocalist Will King, bassist Indey Salvestro, drummer Chris Lalic and guitarists Mark Mcghie and Will Eggleton. In April 2015, Windwaker moved to Melbourne, Victoria and began performing and recording new material. Their debut single "The Charade", featuring Zach Britt of Dream On, Dreamer, was released on September 15 2015. Windwaker's next single "Castaway" was released on November 2, 2016, and was later included on their debut EP. The band began performing with Liam Guinane, who unofficially acted as both a live and studio guitarist after the departure of Mcghie, while guitarist Chris Moohan began playing with the group after the departure of Eggleton. Windwaker's debut EP Fade was released on May 31, 2017. The EP was produced, mixed and mastered by Sonny Truelove at STL Studios in Sydney, Australia.
On January 15, 2018, Windwaker introduced guitarist Jesse Crofts as an official member. Two days later, Guinane was officially introduced as the fifth member of the band. On April 2, the band released the single "New Infinite", the first track to feature Guinane and Crofts. The band made their first festival appearance at BIGSOUND Festival in Brisbane, Queensland in September. In early 2019, the hashtag #TheSitch frequently began to appear across social media forums in Australia. On February 1, 2019, Windwaker released the single "The Sitch" with an accompanying music video and announced pre-orders for their sophomore EP Empire. The band released the second single of the release, "My Empire", on March 5 with an accompanying music video. The self-produced EP was mixed, mastered and engineered by drummer Chris Lalic, while additional engineering was provided by guitarist Liam Guinane and Declan White.
Vocalist Will King commented about the release: "Coming out of our last record, a record deeply rooted in post-adolescent feelings of pain and loneliness, as a band, it’s safe to say that we all had this strong desire to redeem ourselves of those sole qualities. I think we have always feared trapping ourselves in a box, kept in by one-dimensional expectations, and we are very conscious of not allowing that influence to hinder our creativity. We are absolutely not a band who is going to sit around all day writing the same songs over and over again."
Eleven days before the release of the Empire EP, Windwaker played their first large festival at Download Festival Melbourne, after winning a national triple j Unearthed competition. Empire was released on March 22, with a limited physical release following in June. All of the shows for the Empire tour sold out. The band subsequently signed with New World Artists for bookings. In July Windwaker joined Beartooth on their Disease Tour as support, alongside Thornhill. Windwaker announced that Guinane was unable to attend the tour due to personal obligations, so Weighbridge guitarist Sean Ross filled in. They also stated their plan to cover Silverchair's hit "Freak" on the tour. On September 9, Guinane  announced he would be leaving Windwaker to focus on his other band Reside. He played at Windwaker's performances at Good Things in December and Unify Festival in January 2020 before departing. On December 30, 2020 Windwaker announced their forthcoming debut album Love Language. On December 17, 2021 they made their Fearless Records debut with the single "Toxic". In 2022, they released the singles "Beautiful", "Lucy", "Glow" and "Superstitious Fantasy" on February 11, March 4, March 25 and April 15 respectively. The full album was released on May 6, 2022.<PIC> Current
Will King – lead vocals (2014–present)
Jesse Crofts – lead guitar (2018–present)
Indey Salvestro – bass (2014–present)
Chris Lalic – drums (2014–present); programming (2018–present)
Former
Mark Mcghie – lead guitar (2014–2016)
Will Eggleton – rhythm guitar (2014–2016)
Chris Moohan – lead guitar (2016–2017)
Jesse Holt – rhythm guitar (2016–2017)
Liam Guinane – rhythm guitar, backup vocals (2017–2020); programming (2017–2018)

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Shmuly Yanklowitz (born 1981) is an Orthodox rabbi, activist, and author. In March 2012 and March 2013, Newsweek and The Daily Beast listed Yanklowitz as one of the 50 most influential rabbis in America.<PIC> In 2022, Yanklowitz was recognized as one of the top faith leaders to watch by the American Center for Progress. In addition,The Forward named Yanklowitz one of the 50 most influential Jews of 2016 and also one of the most inspiring rabbis in America. In 2020, Yanklowitz was named a "Hero of Dialogue" by the international group KAICIID. Yanklowitz was ordained as an Orthodox rabbi at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, received a second rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, the chief rabbi of Efrat, and a third rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo of Jerusalem. He earned a master's degree at Harvard University in Leadership and Psychology and a second master's degree in Jewish Philosophy at Yeshiva University. Yanklowitz earned a Doctorate from Columbia University in Epistemology and Moral Development and has taught seminars at UCLA Law School and Barnard College.
Yanklowitz worked in corporate and non-profit consulting and was the Director of Panim JAM in Washington D.C., training others in leadership and advocacy. While in rabbinical school, Yanklowitz served at four different Orthodox congregations. Following his ordination, Yanklowitz served as Senior Jewish Educator and Director of Jewish Life at UCLA Hillel from 2010 to 2012. Yanklowitz has served as a delegate to the World Economic Forum. From August 2012 to May 2013, Yanklowitz served as the Senior Rabbi of Kehilath Israel Synagogue in Overland Park, Kansas. In July 2013, he became Executive Director, then later President and Dean, of Valley Beit Midrash in Phoenix, Arizona. Yanklowitz is the founder of multiple nonprofit organizations that engage in activism:
He founded Uri L'Tzedek, an Orthodox social justice organization.
He founded SHAMAYIM: Jewish Animal Welfare (previously known as The Shamayim V'Aretz Institute), an animal welfare spiritual activist center.
He founded YATOM: The Jewish Foster & Adoption Network.
He founded Torat Chayim, a "progressive-minded" Orthodox rabbinic association.
In 2012, Yanklowitz co-founded "Jews for Human Rights in Syria" and has worked closely with Syrian refugees including hosting new refugee families annually at his home for Thanksgiving.
Yanklowitz founded and leads the Jewish social justice group Arizona Jews for Justice.
Yanklowitz has advocated for a regulated organ market, cadaveric organ donation, as well as for living kidney donation. Yanklowitz is a kidney donor.
Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton appointed Yanklowitz to be a commissioner on the Phoenix Human Relations Commission. Yanklowitz has organized the Jewish community for the abolition of the death penalty. Yanklowitz is a leading advocate for increased Jewish-Muslim dialogue. Yanklowitz's organization YATOM provides "educational programs and provides small grants" to families in the adoption/fostering process. Yanklowitz engages in outreach efforts to the homeless and  advocates for their defense from harassment.
Yanklowitz has been an advocate for racial justice including calling for police reform, prison reform, and slave reparations. Yanklowitz marched with other civil rights leaders calling to "raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour." Defending racial justice, Yanklowitz has called for DC statehood. Yanklowitz advocates for environmental justice. Yanklowitz speaks out against all forms of antisemitism. He has been an advocate for women's rights. Yanklowitz has advocated for refugees and asylum seekers at the Southern Border of the United States calling the need to assist asylum seekers a "spiritual revolution"; Yanklowitz is critical of the mistreatment of asylum seekers. Through Uri L'Tzedek and Arizona Jews for Justice, Yanklowitz and partners have raised awareness on the issue and have led campaigns to collect supplies for asylum seekers released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Yanklowitz launched The Mask Project, which employs immigrant mothers to make masks for populations such as the Navajo Nation and the homeless.
Yanklowitz has led initiatives to support Afghan refugees. A film crew followed Yanklowitz for over a year to produce a PBS documentary named The Calling, a documentary series that follows seven Muslims, Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Jews as they train to become professional clergy. The program aired in the United States in December 2010.
Yanklowitz was featured in the 2019 documentary "A Prayer for Compassion." Yanklowitz is vegan. Under Yanklowitz's direction, the SHAMAYIM: Jewish Animal Welfare launched the Synagogue Vegan Challenge in Summer 2017.
Yanklowitz has written extensively on questions of Jewish veganism and vegetarianism.  He has argued that Jewish animal ethics can encompass both speciest frameworks and more egalitarian frameworks. Yanklowitz has opposed the shackle-and-hoist method of slaughter.
In 2017, Yanklowitz was one of the rabbis who signed a statement by Jewish Veg encouraging veganism for all Jews.
In 2022, Yanklowitz proposed ways for Jewish Vegans to wear Tefillin. Yanklowitz's books include the following:
The Five Ounce Gift: A Medical, Philosophical, & Spiritual Jewish Guide to Kidney Donation (Ben Yehuda Press) – 2022
The Book of Proverbs: A Social Justice Commentary (CCAR Press) – 2022
From Suffering to Healing: Jewish Reflections on How to Repair our Broken World (Indie Publishing, LLC) - 2021
Faith and Resiliency: Spiritual & Halachic Rabbinic Perspectives on the Coronavirus Pandemic Paperback (Indie Publishing, LLC) – 2021
The Book of Jonah: A Social Justice Commentary (CCAR Press) - 2020
The Soul of Activism: A Spirituality for Social Change (Changemaker Books) - 2019
Jewish Veganism and Vegetarianism: Studies and New Directions (ed.) (State University of New York Press)  - 2019
Kashrut & Jewish Food Ethics (ed.)(Academic Studies Press) - 2019
The Jewish Spirituality of Service: Giving Back Rather Than Giving In! (Indie Publishing, LLC) - 2018
Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary (CCAR Press) - 2018
A Torah Giant: The Intellectual Legacy of Rabbi Dr. Irving Greenberg (ed.) (URIM Publications) - 2018
Postmodern Jewish Ethics: Emerging Social Justice Paradigms (Indie Publishing, LLC) - 2017
Torah of the Street, Torah of the Heart (Indie Publishing, LLC) - 2016
Existing Eternally, Existing Tomorrow: Essays on Jewish Ethics & Social Justice (Indie Publishing, LLC) - 2015
The Jewish Vegan (ed.) (Indie Publishing, LLC) - 2015
SPARKS! Bringing Light Back into the World (Indie Publishing, LLC) - 2014
Soul Searching: A Jewish Workbook for Spiritual Exploration and Growth (Indie Publishing, LLC) - 2014
Bringing Heaven Down To Earth: Jewish Ethics for a Complex and Evolving World  (Indie Publishing, LLC) - 2014
Spiritual Courage: Vignettes on Jewish Leadership for the Twenty-First Century  (Indie Publishing, LLC)  - 2014
The Soul of Jewish Social Justice (URIM Publications) - 2014
Epistemic Development in Talmud Study - 2013
Jewish Ethics & Social Justice: A Guide for the 21st Century (Derusha Publishing, LLC) - 2012
Yanklowitz's writing has been described as challenging Jews to seek social justice.  Regarding Jewish Ethics & Social Justice, Peter L. Rothholz wrote that "in language that is at once passionate and direct, the author tackles a number of delicate subjects head on and makes practical suggestions for dealing with them."  Regarding Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary, David Ellenson wrote that Yanklowitz "inspires" and "challenges his readers... to improve the world." In its review of the Book of Jonah: A Social Justice Commentary, the Jerusalem Post noted that the book was "refreshing" and "worth your investment of time and effort to understand the Book of Jonah through the lens of social justice." Yanklowitz's commentary on the Book of Proverbs received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Yanklowitz is married, has four biological children, has fostered children, and lives in Scottsdale. Yanklowitz himself underwent an Orthodox conversion to Judaism, as he is the son of a Jewish father and a Christian mother. He is an advocate for greater inclusion of Jewish converts and for the inclusion of interfaith families.


A great room is a room inside a house that combines the roles of several more traditional rooms such as the family room, living room, and study into one space. Great rooms typically have raised ceilings and are usually placed at or near the center of the home. Great rooms have been common in American homes since the early 1990s.<PIC> The concept of a great room hearkens back to the romanticized ideal of great halls and great chambers in medieval castles and mansions, which contained one large central room where everything happened. Developers of mid-range suburban homes in America tried to solve the problem of the "dead" living room and the split between the living and family rooms by "returning" to the idea of the great room. The general concept is one relatively central room, the crossroads of the house to be used for all of the family functions traditionally split between living and family rooms. The dominant feature of the great room is the raised ceiling, higher than other parts of the house, typically two stories with arching ceilings often referred to in real estate jargon as "cathedral ceilings".
Different great rooms will combine different functions.  Some may incorporate a reading area, thus bringing the traditional study function into the scheme of the room, while others may forgo this particular function. Some great room designs incorporate the functions of the traditional dining room as well. In the most general sense, great rooms are typically found on the lower level of American multi-story homes built in the second half of the 20th century. In many houses the great room will also adjoin the kitchen, often separated just by a counter instead of a full wall. The modern great room concept traces back to the "multipurpose room" in modernist homes built by Joseph Eichler in California in the 1950s and 1960s. Developers started building high-end houses  with great rooms in the 1970s and 1980s, at first simply adding vaulted entryways to ranch-style houses. An example of this is the house in the television series The Brady Bunch. Great rooms became a nearly ubiquitous feature of suburban homes constructed in America in the 1990s and 2000s.  Great rooms were initially popular with homeowners. According to builders asked by the Wall Street Journal, this was because homeowners wanted a way to show off wealth in a growing economy and thus The New York Times called the great room "the McMansion's signature space".
By the mid-2000s, however, the Wall Street Journal reported that home buyers were not as enthusiastic about great rooms. Common complaints included the cost to heat and cool them, that they were difficult to clean and paint due to height and irregular angles, and that they simply were wasted space.  About 15 years after great rooms became widely popular in the early 1990s, developers across America were getting fewer demands for houses with great rooms.  Buyers were preferring instead houses with increased floor space and numbers of rooms. Owners of existing homes with great rooms were sometimes opting to add new rooms or lofts in the great room's ceiling space, which can cost as much as 50% less than adding a conventional addition to the house. According to the United States Census Bureau, from 2005 to 2007 expenditures on the interior restructuring of homes rose by about 40%, but spending on new-room additions fell by 57%, which a census bureau statistician said can be explained in part by the retrofitting of great rooms. However, much of the motivation for working within the existing footprint of the home may be due to state and municipal regulations which may trigger higher taxes, additional permit hurdles, or septic system redesigns when a building's footprint increases.
In 2007, Money listed great rooms as a fad whose time had passed. The magazine reported that a typical great room costs $150 to $350 per square foot, whereas building conventional rooms cost $125 to $250 a square foot, and concluded that the supposed benefits of a great room (unifying family activities into one room) did not justify its cost and maintenance difficulties.


Aranyosgadány ([ˈɒrɒɲoʃˌɡɒdaːɲ], Croatian: Ranjoš) is a village (Hungarian: község) in central Baranya County, Pécs District, in southern Hungary. It is located in the western Baranya Hills. It was established in 1941 with the merger of the settlements of Keménygadány and Pécsaranyos. Its population at the 2011 Census was 355.<PIC> The village is located at 46° 0′ 18.5″ N, 18° 7′ 15.92″ E. Its area is 8.26 km2 (3.19 sq mi). It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region, and administratively it falls under Baranya County and then Pécs District.
It lies 11.3 km (7.0 mi) southwest of the city of Pécs and is bordered by the villages of Pellérd to the northeast, Görcsöny to the south, Zók to the west, and Bicsérd to the northwest.  As of the census of 2011, there were 355 residents, 148 households, and 86 families living in the village. The population density was 111 inhabitants per square mile (43/km²). There were 138 dwellings at an average density of 43 per square mile (17/km²).
There were 148 households, of which 56.8% were one-family households, 0.7% were multi-family households, 38.5% were one-person households, and 4.1% were other non-family households. The average household size was 2.40.
There were 86 families, of which 54.7% were couples living with children, 24.4% were couples living without children, 15.1% were single females with children, and 5.8% were single males with children. The average number of children was 1.45. The average family size was 3.24.
The age breakdown of the village was 29.9% under the age of 20, 5.6% between ages 20 and 24, 28.7% aged 25 to 44, 25.4% aged 45 to 64, and 10.4% aged 65 and older. The gender ratio was 1.01 males to every female.
In terms of educational attainment, 92.9% completed at least primary school, 22.5% completed at least secondary school with final examination, and 4.8% had a higher education degree.
Religious affiliation was 55.5% Roman Catholic, 3.9% Calvinist, 0.3% Lutheran, 1.7% other religion, and 10.1% unaffiliated, with 28.5% declining to answer.
Nearly a third of the village's population declared themselves as belonging to an ethnic minority. It had a German population of 10.7%, a Roma population of 10.1%, and a Croatian population of 8.5%, with small numbers of Romanians and others, non-native to Hungary, totaling less than 1%. The vast majority declared themselves as Hungarian (74.4%), with 23.4% declining to answer. The village is governed by a mayor with a four-person council. The local government of the village operates a joint council office with the nearby locality of Pellérd. The seat of the joint council is in Pellérd.
As of the election of 2019, the village also has local minority self-governments for its Croatian, German, and Roma communities, each with three elected representatives.   Bicsérd Train Station, 9.0 km (5.6 mi) to the northwest of the village. The station is on the Pusztaszabolcs–Pécs and Gyékényes–Pécs railway lines and is operated by MÁV. Zsigmond Kemény, writer, his family owned fief lands and hunting grounds in Keménygadány.
László Papp, zoologist, and Lajos Papp, heart surgeon, brothers born in the village.


A cricket team representing Antigua and Barbuda has been active since the late 1890s. The Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association is a member of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, which itself is a member association of the West Indies Cricket Board, and players from Antigua and Barbuda generally represent the Leeward Islands cricket team at domestic level and the West Indies at international level. The team made its List A debut at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, and its Twenty20 debut at the 2006 Stanford 20/20 tournament. As of 2015, the team has played 14 List A matches and four Twenty20 matches. The team captain is Sylvester Joseph, while Ridley Jacobs is the team coach. In the mid-1890s, several touring English amateur sides played matches against Antiguan representative sides. R. S. Lucas' XI toured in 1895, winning by an innings and 69 runs, and A. A. Priestley's and Lord Hawke's XIs both toured in early 1897, winning by an innings and 96 runs and 259 runs, respectively. Part of the colony of the British Leeward Islands until 1958, and a member of the West Indies Federation between 1958 and 1962, Antigua played almost exclusively in the Leewards Islands Tournament, with occasional matches against touring teams, which included a "New Zealand Ambassadors" team in 1970, Kent in 1973 and 1979, and Canada in 1976. At West Indian domestic level, Antiguan and Barbudan cricketers represented the Leeward Islands cricket team, which debuted in the Shell Shield, the domestic first-class competition, in 1958. The Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands participated together as the Combined Islands cricket team from 1965 to 1981, when they separated again. Antigua and Barbuda gained independence in 1981, and from then on participated as "Antigua and Barbuda". The team toured Bermuda in September 1984, drawing a three-day match with the Bermuda national team.
At the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Antigua and Barbuda fielded a separate team at the cricket tournament, as did Jamaica and Barbados. Matches at the tournament had List A status. Antigua and Barbuda were drawn in Group B, along with Australia, Canada, and India.  The team's first match, against India at the Tenaga National Sports Complex, finished in a no-result due to rain. The team was captained by Dave Joseph, and included seven West Indies international players: Curtly Ambrose, Eldine Baptiste, Kenny Benjamin, Winston Benjamin, Ridley Jacobs, Sylvester Joseph, and Richie Richardson. After losing to Australia and defeating Canada, Antigua and Barbuda finished second in Group B over India due to a higher net run rate, but did not qualify for the semi-finals. The team's leading run-scorer at the games was Ridley Jacobs, who scored 74 runs, and the leading wicket-taker was Anthony Lake.
As part of a reorganisation of the structure of cricket in the West Indies, Antigua and Barbuda, along with the other Leeward and Windward Islands constituent members, fielded teams at the Red Stripe Bowl, the domestic one-day tournament, in the 2001–02, 2002–03, and 2003–04 seasons. The team was largely unsuccessful, and did not progress beyond the group stage. Antigua and Barbuda also participated in the Stanford 20/20 tournament in 2006 and 2008, being knocked out in the quarter-finals in both instances. The team played a number of matches against touring sides in the mid-2000s, including against England, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, and India cricket team. The traditional home ground of Antigua and Barbuda is the Antigua Recreation Ground (pictured), the national stadium of the country, which has hosted a number of Test and One-Day International matches. Two further grounds, the Stanford Cricket Ground and Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, were constructed in 2004 and 2006 for use in the Stanford 20/20 and 2007 World Cup respectively, and have both been used in inter-island matches featuring Antigua and Barbuda.<PIC>  A number of Antigua players have represented the West Indies internationally.
Apps denotes the number of appearances the player has made.
Runs denotes the number of runs scored by the player.
Wkts denotes the number of wickets taken by the player.  source:
Stanford 20/20 Squad 2006
Stanford 20/20 Squad 2008


Adnan Abdul Aziz Ahmed (1977–29 August 2017), better known as Adnan Abu Amjad (Arabic: عدنان أبو أمجد), was the commander of the Manbij Military Council, active within the Syrian Democratic Forces in the Syrian Civil War. Adnan led his group, the Manbij Military Council and the Northern Sun Battalion, in every battle since its formation in 2014, including the Siege of Kobanî, the Tell Abyad offensive, the Tishrin Dam offensive, the al-Hawl offensive, the al-Shaddadi offensive, the Battle of Manbij, his hometown, where he freed his parents from ISIL rule in August 2016, and the Raqqa campaign, including the Battle of Raqqa, where he was killed in action on 29 August 2017.<PIC>  Adnan Abdul Aziz Ahmed was born in 1977 in the city of Manbij in northern Syria, where he attended school. Adnan worked in his brother's pharmacy for 7 years.  After the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, Adnan Abu Amjad participated in protests against the Syrian government. In 2012, he joined a Free Syrian Army group in northern Syria. During his membership in the FSA group between 2012 and 2013, he participated in the Battle of Aleppo and the Battle of Qusayr. In July 2013, after attacks by Islamist groups, including al-Qaeda's al-Nusra Front, on Kurds in Tell Abyad, Tell Aran, and Tell Hasel, Adnan defected from the FSA group and joined the Kurdish Front.
In 2014, Adnan Abu Amjad joined the Northern Sun Battalion, whose leaders included Abu Layla. In late 2014, the Northern Sun Battalion withdrew from its headquarters in Manbij after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took control of the city. While Abu Layla withdrew to Kobanî, Adnan headed to Afrin. In September 2014, Adnan was deployed to Kobanî to defend the city against an ISIL siege. After the recapture of Kobanî, Adnan fought in Tell Abyad and Ayn Issa in mid-2015. On 10 October 2015, Adnan Abu Amjad as the deputy commander of the Northern Sun Battalion became one of the founding members of the Syrian Democratic Forces. Under the SDF, he took part in offensives in al-Hawl, Tishrin Dam, and al-Shaddadi.
On 2 April 2016, Adnan announced the formation of the Manbij Military Council in Tishrin Dam, with himself as the general commander of the council. On 31 May, the council and allied SDF groups launched the Manbij offensive to capture the city from ISIL. On 2 August, Adnan Abu Amjad freed his parents in the city after almost 2 years. By 12 August, the SDF captured Manbij and the Manbij Military Council took over its security on 15 August. The offensive extended Westward toward Al-Bab in order to connect to Afrin but was stopped due to the Turkish/Rebels offensive on Al-Bab, the push northward by SAA, and the lack of support from the US.
Since late 2016, Adnan Abu Amjad led the Manbij Military Council in the SDF's Raqqa campaign. The Battle of Raqqa city began on 6 June 2017. On 29 August 2017, Adnan Abu Amjad was killed in action during the battle, during which over half of the city was captured by the SDF. His funeral was held in Manbij 2 days later. Adnan Abu Amjad was married and had 2 children.


Zeus B. Held is a German music producer and musician, known for his work in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He was involved with several artists of the krautrock, disco, and new wave era, such as Birth Control, Rockets, Gina X Performance, Dead Or Alive, John Foxx, Fashion, and Men Without Hats on their successful album Pop Goes the World.
Besides being an experienced producer and sound creator, his musical education on piano and reed instruments made him also a well-respected arranger. Spending 6 years as keyboard player and multi-instrumentalist with the German prog-rock group "Birth Control" (6 LPs) gave him experience as a touring musician. After these years on the road he worked as producer, session musician, programmer, and engineer in German and French studios before moving to London in 1982.<PIC> His production “…combines electronic Teutonic sounds with a soulful sensibility for melodic expression…”. (NME, June 1982)
After writing and producing the groundbreaking album by Gina X Performance Nice Mover, (followed by three more Gina X albums), his first UK production credits were with Fashion and Dead or Alive, he produced Pete Wylie's Sinful album and an album by Men Without Hats for Polygram US which yielded a number one in many European countries and a US Top 20 hit with "Pop Goes The World". This was followed by two albums with Transvision Vamp on MCA with a top five single and a number one album. Zeus went on to write and produce two successful albums with Nina Hagen (Nina Hagen in 1990, and Street in 1991), Udo Lindenberg's Casanova, Win, National Velvet, Spear of Destiny, and two albums with Marc Parrot.
He has produced and co-written an album with South African group Shikisha, an EP with Victoria Wilson-James, and recorded and produced an album with Hawkwind – Distant Horizons.
In 1995 he wrote and recorded the music for a worldwide advertising campaign for Swatch. His 1987 'E Reg' remix of Gary Numan's "Cars" hit the British charts again as the 'Premier Mix' in March '96.
After extended travelling round the world he produced his own two projects: No Sweat, a jazzy hip hop album with diverse guest singers and assorted samples and involving his collected samples "Inma Wiru", his Australian project under the banner of "Digital Dreaming", distributed by Warner Music. During his long stays in Australia Zeus also toured and recorded with Aboriginal Singer and Guitarist Frank Yamma and his band.
In 1999 he co-wrote Nina Hagen's single "Der Poetenclub" which also features the voice of Falco (of "Rock Me Amadeus" fame).
His production and arranging skills led to intensive work on audio-visuals and soundtracks, one of which was a British film shown at the Cannes 2001 festival, Mad Dogs.
Since 2003 he has divided his time between working in his Freiburg, Germany-based studio and his London KGBeat studio and production setup.
From 2005 Zeus he also worked with "Jazz & Rock Schulen Freiburg", where he created and realised the 3-year project "EuroPop", which was a musician's networking, events (EuroPop Festival in Neuf-Brisach) and education program founded by the European Union.
His musical ventures saw Zeus writing for and playing with big bands and orchestras. The 2011 retrospective album, Voice-Versa, featuring solo material as well as tracks by Gina X Performance and Rockets is a compilation of vocoder and electronic music.
The release of his remixed and remastered Australian album Dream2Machine on the Broome-based label Desert Ocean Productions in late 2013 also marks Zeus' continual creative collaboration with Jim Lampi and his multimedia approach to music and the arts.
His solo adventure Logic of Coincidence, released June 2015 on Les Disques du Crepuscule, is an album of electronic music which features US cult author Luke Rhinehart's voice and readings on two tracks.
A remix of one album track by "Dream Control" marks the start of Zeus' collaboration with former Tangerine Dream member Steve Schroyder.
In August 2017 Dream Control's first album entitled "Zeitgeber" is released on Planetware Records. In October a special edited vinyl version of this album was released on U.S. label Medical Records.
Currently Dream Control is working on a film project which should be released in early 2021.
In 2019 Zeus teamed up with Krautrocklegend and Guru Guru band leader Mani Neumeier to record an album of adventurous tracks under the name of Mani & Zeus "The Secret Lives". Released on Düsseldorf label Bellerophon Records in September 2020 it had some great response by the media.
In October 2020 Zeus was awarded with the City of Cologne's Holger Czukay Prize in “appreciation of life's work” for his writing and production work with "Gina X Performance".  Birth Control : 7 albums as keyboard, saxophonist and co-writer in the 70s.
Zeus B. Held (solo): Zeus' Amusement 1978 Metronome,
Europium 1979, Teldec/Telefunken
"Attack Time" 1981 CBS,
Visionova (Soundtrack) 1980, Sport & Culture
Gina X Performance: "Nice Mover" 1978 EMI, "X- Traordinaire" 1980 EMI,
"Voyeur" 1981 EMI, "Yinglish" 1981 Statik/Virgin UK
Fashion: "Fabrique" 1982 Arista, "Twilight of Idols" 1984 CBS
John Foxx: "The Golden Section" 1983 Virgin
Dead or Alive: Sophisticated Boom Boom 1984 CBS
Chaz Jankel: "Looking at you" 1985 A&M
Die Krupps: "Entering the Arena" 1985 Voice Versa/Statik
Spear of Destiny: "Outland" 1986 Virgin,
Riff: "Mission Love" 1989 RCA
"S.O.D.'s Law" 1992 Burning Rome Records
Claire Grogan: "Claire Grogan" 1986 London
Men Without Hats: "Pop Goes The World" 1987 Polygram US
Pete Wylie: "Sinful" 1987 Circa/Virgin
Kamerata: "Lovers & Other Strangers" 1987 Polydor
Transvision Vamp: "Pop-Art" 1988 MCA, "Velveteen" 1989 MCA
Win: "Freaky Trigger" 1988 Virgin
Music Art: Soundtrack for Multi Media Installation, 1988 Champagne Music CH
Udo Lindenberg "Casanova", 1988 Deutsche Grammophon
Nina Hagen: "Nina Hagen" 1989 Phonogram GmbH, "Street" 1991 Phonogram GmbH
National Velvet: "Courage" 1989 Capitol Canada
Doctor Rain: "The Spoon Run Away" 1991 Imago
Marc Parrot: "Solo Para Locos" 1992 WEA Spain, "Solo Para Ninos" 1995 WEA Spain
The Bozfor: "Endorphenia" 1992 EMI-Electrola
The Fetish: "The Fetish" EP, 1992
Aunt Jamima: "Birth" 1993 Sony Germany
Candy Dates: "This Easy Life" 1994 WEA
Vortex: "Transistor Revenge" 1995 Vortex/Roadrunner
Yulduz Usmanova: "Binafscha" 1996 Blue Flame
Zeus & the Spiritual Traders: "Compassion" 1996 H.A.N.D.spun, BMG
Vortex : "Energize" 1996 Vortex/Roadrunner
Strobe: "Lost in Space" 1997 Vortex/Roadrunner
Octavia: "HipOpera", Janus Media 1998
Nokturnl : "Point Your Finger". EP, Heartbeat, Australia 1998
Digital Dreaming : "Inma Wiru 1998, Massive Recordings, Australia
Shikisha : Maluju, Toshiba/EMI 2000
Bulletproof Electric Revue : "Cake, Pills and Pain", Northern Recordings, 2002
Held Lampi Project : "Digital Dreaming", Kissing Fish Music, 2004
Zeus B. Held : "Voice-Versa", LTM 2011
Held Lampi Project : "Dream2machine", Desert Ocean Productions, 2013
Zeus B. Held : "Logic of Coincidence", Les Disques du Crepuscule 2015
Zeus B. Held : "Vinyl Collection", Medical Records, 2016
Dream Control : "Zeitgeber" , Planetware Records, 2017
Mani Neumeier & Zeus B. Held : "The Secret Lives" , Bellerophon Records, 2020 Zeus: "Fool on the Hill" 1978 Metronome, "Musik, Music, Musique" 1979 Teldec
Rockets: "On the Road Again", 1978 Decca France
Gina X Performance: "Nice Mover”1978 EMI, "No G.D.M" 1979/82 EMI, "No G.D.M '85"
1985 Statik, "Do It Yourself" 1979 EMI, "Striptease" 1980 EMI, "Weekend Twist"
1980 EMI, "Drive My Car" 1984 Statik, "Harley Davidson" 1984 Statik
Fashion: "Move On" 1982 Arista, "Streetplayer" 1982 Arista, "Something in Your Picture" 1982 Arista, "Love Shadow" 1983 Arista, "Eye Talk" 1984 CBS/Sony,
"Dreaming" 1984 CBS/Sony, "You in the Night" 1984 CBS/Sony
John Foxx: "Endlessly" 1983 Virgin, "Your Dress" 1983 Virgin, "Like a Miracle" 1983 Virgin
Dead Or Alive: "What I Want 1983 CBS/Sony, I'd Do Anything" 1983 CBS/Sony, "That's the Way I Like It" 1984 CBS/Sony
Le Clan: "Vive le Mambo" 1984 MN/Barclay France
Lilidrop: "Tartine Breakfast" 1982 Eurodisc/Virgin France
Cha Cha at the Opera: "A Cha Cha at the Opera" 1982 Island
Impulse: "The Prize" 1983 Polydor
This Island Earth: "See That Glow" 1984 Magnet, "Take Me to the Fire" 1985 Magnet
The Spy: "Big Brother" 1984 Trigger /Disques
Brilliant: "Wait For It" 1984 WEA
Ellery Bop: "Torn Apart" 1985 WEA
Academy: "Tonight" 1985 RCA, "Stand Up" 1985 RCA, “You Are in My System” 1986 RCA, "Keep on Pushing" 1986 RCA
East of Java: "Different World" 1985 RCA
Ranch: "Put Your Love in Me" 1985 Sedition/PTR
The Krupps: "RISK “ 1985 Voice Versa
Annabella Wu: "Under The Gun" 1985 RCA/Arista
Angel Chorus: "Devil on My Shoulder" 1986 Virgin
Pete Wylie: "Diamond Girl" 1986 Virgin
Michael van Dyke: "I Do" 1986 Metronome
Spear of Destiny: "Strangers in Our Town" 1986 Virgin, “Never Take Me Alive”, 1987 Virgin, "Was That You?”1987 Virgin, "The Traveller" 1987 Virgin
Claire Grogan: "Love Bomb" 1987 London Records
Men Without Hats: "Pop Goes the World" 1987 Phonogram US, "Moonbeam, featuring Ian Anderson" 1988 Phonogram US
Kamerata: "Heroin" 1987 Polydor GmbH "Charlotte" 1987 Polydor GMBH, "Horseback" 1988 Polydor GMBH
Eric Robinson: "No.1", 1988 MCA
Udo Lindenberg : "Airport", "Die Klavierlehrerin" Polydor 1988
Transvision Vamp: "Tell that girl”1988 MC, "Baby I Don, t Care" 1989 MCA, "Landslide of Love", 1989 MCA, "I want your love" 1990 MCA
Riff "No Mercy" 1989 RCA
The Marines: "Go Go Now" 1989 Sony UK, "Say Goodbye" 1989 Sony UK
Nina Hagen : "Hold Me" Phonogram 1989, "Viva Las Vegas" Phonogram1989 "Michail, Michail" Phonogram 1990
Riff "All or nothing" 1990 RCA
Flesh For Lulu: "Every Little Word" 1989 Beggars Banquet
Barry Ryan: "Turn Away" 1989 BMG/Ariola
Tony Head: "Sweet Transvestite" 1990 RCA/BMG,
Sunsonic:  "Drive Away", 1990 Polydor
Exotic Birds: "Stay OnThis Road" 1990 Alpha
See See Rider: "Da Da Love" 1990 Lazy
Nina Hagen : "Blumen Fuer Die Damen", Phonogram 1991 "In My World" Phonogram 1991
The Fetish :  "Psychotic Sympathy" Voice Versa
The Bones: "Hot" 1993 EMI-Eletrola, "Come On" 1993 EMI-Eletrola
Dein Cyan: "An Solchen Tagen" 1994 EMI-Eletrola
Hexenhaus: "Hallo & Tschuess" 1995 SingSing Record GMBH/Hansa
Charlie's Angels: "Honey" 1995 Org Records
Strobe: "In ain't out" 1996 Vortex
Lani: "Reach for the sky" 1997 Shock Australia
Zeus & the Spiritual Traders: "Buddha of Compassion", 1997 H.A.N.D.spun
Disco Pistols: "Talk to Me", Org Records, 1998
Nina Hagen : "Der Poetenclub", Orbit Records, 2000
Victoria Wilson James: "Fandango", Arriva, 2000
Bulletproof Electric Revue : "2 Cut A Long Story Short", Northern Recordings, 2002 Dead or Alive: "Misty Circles" 1983 CBS/Sony, "Lover Come Back" 1985 CBS/Sony
Alphaville: "Big in Japan" 1984 WEA
Black Uhuru: "Solidarity" 1984 Island
Peter Godwin: "Window Shopping" 1984 Polydor
Barb: "Yeah" 1984 Magnet
Kissing The Pink: "The Other Side of Heaven" 1985 Magnet
East of Java: "Taipo Say Drum" 1984 RCA/Arista
5 TA: "Heaven" 1986 Virgin France
Love & Rockets: "Ying and Yang" 1986 Beggars Banquet
Pascal Rod: "On En Fera" 1986 Virgin France
Alliss Terrell: "Miss Florida" 1986 Virgin France
Etienne Daho:”Tattoo Shoulder" 1986 Virgin France
Frances: "Piege Pour La" 1986 Virgin France
Pete Wylie: "Sinful" 1986 Virgin
Two Nations: "Who Do You Believe?” 1986 Virgin
Killing Joke: "Love Like Blood" 1986 Virgin, "Adorations" 1986 Virgin,
"War Dances" 1986 Virgin, Sanity 1986 Virgin
52nd Street: "Are You Receiving Me?” 1986 Virgin
Simple Minds: "Ghostdancing" 1986 Virgin, "Jungleland" 1986 Virgin
Secession: "New Messiah" 1986 Virgin
The Mission: "Wasteland" 1986 Phonogram
Super Enig Matix: "Touch The Beat" 1987 MDM Records
Gary Numan: "Cars" 1987 Beggars Banquet
The Fall: "Hit The North" 1987 Beggars Banquet
Udo Lindenberg: "Ein Kommen Und Gehen" 1988 Polydor GMBH
Plan B: "Beam Me Up Scottie" 1988 SMV
Erasure: "No G.D.M". 1990 Mute
Exotic Birds: "Road to Heaven", 1990 Alpha
Azucar Moreno: "Torero" 1991 Sony Spain
The Bones: "Come On" 1993 EMI-Electrola
Fields of the Nephilim: "Exodus", EP 1996 Beggars Banquet
Yulduz Usmanova: "Binafscha”1996 Blue Flame
Willie & The W.W.S.: "Mumbridge Boogie" 1997 Massive Records
Hawkwind: "Love in Space" 1998 EBS/Vital Advertisement: C&A, Swatch, Audi, Rowntree, Marbles, Direct Line, Weightwatchers, Africa Aid,
TV:  ZDF, BBC2, Saturday Review, Channel Plus, Trouble TV, CAAMA TV,
Films: Le Cauchemar, Blind Man, Mad Dogs


State Road 115 (SR 115) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Florida.<PIC> SR 115 was built in separately named segments by the Jacksonville Expressway Authority. The land for the southern section, south of Beach Boulevard, was donated by Jacksonville's Skinner family. Three siblings – Bryant, Dottie and Richard Jr. – inherited thousands of acres in southeast Duval county and needed roads through the area to access their property and facilitate development. The construction of Southside Boulevard was key to the growth of the south side of Jacksonville.  SR 115 runs north as Southside Blvd from its terminus at US 1, providing access for The Avenues. Right afterwards, the road goes through the largely residential and commercial south side of Jacksonville with crossings at Baymeadows Road (SR 152), Butler Boulevard (SR 202), Beach Boulevard (US 90), and Atlantic Boulevard (SR 10). At the Southside Connector (SR 113), SR 115 turns sharply to become the Arlington Expressway, heading west into downtown via the Mathews Bridge, where it turns north, becoming the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (former Haines Street Expressway), and again turning to the west along with the MLK Parkway (now the former 20th Street Expressway), before reaching I-95. The portion on the MLK Parkway is signed only as US 1 Alt. and US 1, not SR 115.
The southern segment serves primarily as a conduit between the residential neighborhoods of Southside and the commercialized areas farther north and downtown. Heavy traffic is commonplace along most of the road. To improve traffic flow, especially during rush-hours, the FDOT is planning a major redesign of the intersections just north and south of the interchange with SR 202 (Butler Boulevard) to be carried out by the mid-2020s. Approximately two miles of SR 115 run unsigned along I-95. The second section of signed road runs from the junction of I-95 and Norwood Avenue (SR 117) through northwest Jacksonville, passing through the Lake Forest section of the city before crossing a bridge over the Ribault River, where it enters Riverview and then crosses another bridge over the Trout River into the eastern edge of the College Park neighborhood, before entering the Garden City neighborhood at the intersection with Florida State Road 104. FL 115 continues through Garden City, until the interchange with I-295 and runs between the Forest Trails and the territory near the Jacksonville International Airport before crossing a bridge over the Thomas Creek where it crosses the Duval-Nassau County Line, and ending at New Kings Rd (US 1/US 23) in Callahan.
The northern segment has the same function as the southern, except that it is built to lower standards and carries traffic south from the densely populated areas northwest of downtown into the heart of the city. Northbound, it is also an alternative to US 1/US 23 as a route to Callahan.  Two unsigned sections of State Road 115A (SR 115A) exist in close proximity to each other east of Downtown Jacksonville. One is the approximately 500 feet (150 m) stub of MLK Parkway south of SR 115; the other carries US 1 Alt. for 1.254 miles (2.018 km) between the Hart Bridge (SR 228) and MLK Parkway (SR 115). Some sources (including FDOT's straight line diagrams) indicate a third SR 115A on the ramps connecting SR 115 to I-95 at exit 340.


Brian Sidney Harper (19 June 1934 – 23 June 2021), known professionally as Brian London, was an English professional boxer who competed from 1955 to 1970. He held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight title from 1958 to 1959, and twice challenged for the world heavyweight title, losing to Floyd Patterson in 1959 and Muhammad Ali in 1966, both times via knockout. He was one of a quartet of British boxers, with Henry Cooper, Joe Erskine, and Dick Richardson, who dominated the British boxing scene throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
An orthodox fighter, London was 6 feet tall and fought at about 14 stone 12 pounds (208 lbs). His nicknames in the ring were "The British Bulldog" and "The Blackpool Rock". London was born in West Hartlepool, County Durham, on 19 June 1934. He moved to Blackpool when he was 16 years old, where he resided into his later years. His father, Jack London, beat Freddie Mills in 1944 to win the British heavyweight title. He also had a brother, Jack junior, who fought as a light-heavyweight. His father fought under the name "London" rather than Harper, as a homage to an American novelist with this name. Brian never liked the idea of boxing as a child, as he didn't like the idea of having cauliflower ears like his father and his associates. London was spurred to take up boxing during his time in the Royal Air Force for national service, after an officer learned of his familial relations. It wasn't so much of a choice, but rather the expectations of his colleagues. He fought as an amateur before turning professional in 1955. London made a good start to his career, winning his first twelve bouts, one of which was against RAF light heavyweight boxer Brian Wiltshire (UK) in 1951. He finally lost when he came up against Henry Cooper in May 1956. Cooper stopped him with a technical knockout in the first round. Following this defeat, London continued his winning run, apart from two ten-round points defeats, against Heinz Neuhaus in Dortmund, in 1957 and against the talented American Willie Pastrano in February 1958. In June 1958, London fought Joe Erskine, the Welsh boxer, for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles. The fight was at the White City Stadium, London, and London took the titles with an eighth-round knockout. He followed this in September with a revenge win against Willie Pastrano, by a technical knockout in the fifth round. On 12 January 1959, London lost his titles in a fight against Henry Cooper, losing for the second time to the Londoner by a points decision after fifteen rounds. In May 1959 he was given the chance of a world title fight against current champion Floyd Patterson, but he lost the bout in Indianapolis by a knockout in the eleventh. He also lost to the Cuban Nino Valdez later that year, by a technical knockout in the seventh. However, in January 1960, London bounced back when he beat the American Pete Rademacher by a knockout in the seventh. London challenged Dick Richardson in August 1960 for his European heavyweight title, but lost the bout in Porthcawl, Wales on a technical knockout in the eighth. This result provoked a brawl, when London's father and brother invaded the ring to protest that Richardson had used his head to open a cut on his opponent. When Richardson's trainer shouted a few remarks at London, London replied with an impressive combination of blows, decking him, and chaos broke out. As a result of the incident, London was fined by the British Boxing Board of Control.
London lost to American Eddie Machen in October 1961 by a technical knockout in the tenth, and in April 1963, he lost to Ingemar Johansson of Sweden on points over twelve rounds.
London then fought Henry Cooper for the third time in February 1964, when he challenged for his British and Commonwealth titles, as well as the vacant European title. The fight took place in Manchester, and Cooper won on points after fifteen rounds. His next fight of note was in March 1965, against the young "Golden Boy" of British boxing, Billy Walker. London won on points after ten rounds. On 6 August 1966 London fought for the World Heavyweight Championship for the second time at the age of 32, when Muhammad Ali came to defend his title at Earl's Court Exhibition Hall in England. Ali at 24 years old with the advantages of height, weight, reach, speed and youth on his side, put on a masterful performance against a clearly out-classed opponent, almost hitting London at will as the fight went on. As London put it in an interview with the BBC: "he was just getting through all the time". Ali bouncingly circled continually, whilst London tracked doggedly after him for the first two rounds seemingly with a strategy of trying to land a single knock-out punch to the American champion. London succeeded in landing only one blow in the match, a left jab to Ali's jaw midway through the first round which caught Ali by surprise and left him for a moment stunned (and wide-open for a follow through right cross, which London failed to take advantage of), but the blow lacked weight and Ali was able to quickly recover. On coming out for the 3rd Round London hesitated to engage. Ali danced him into a corner and threw a rapid 12-punch combination in three seconds, with the tenth knocking London down and ending the fight. In a post-career media interview, London described Ali as:
Big, fast and he could punch, whereas I was smaller, fatter and couldn't punch. He stopped me in three rounds and that was it, I don't think I hit him. It was good money and I got well paid for it – that's all I fought for. Every fight I ever had I always had a go, but with Muhammad Ali I thought "don't get hurt Brian", and I therefore didn't try, which was wrong, totally wrong.<PIC> In March 1967, London next fought American, Jerry Quarry, in Los Angeles, losing the fight by a unanimous decision after ten rounds. In November 1967, London had what was to be the last win in his career when he fought the talented American Zora Folley. Folley had lost a world title fight against Muhammad Ali earlier that year, and London beat him on points over ten rounds.
London had continued to fight when he was past his best, and in June 1968, he lost, by a technical knockout to Jack Bodell. In September 1969 he travelled to Oakland, California, to fight Jerry Quarry for the second time, this time being knocked out in the second round. The bout was unusual in that the bell was inadvertently rung as London was getting up after being knocked down in the second. The fighters returned to their corners and the referee, realising that the round had not finished, made them resume. London was then knocked down again and was counted out before the end of the round.
London's last fight was against the up-and-coming young boxer Joe Bugner, who would eventually take the British, Commonwealth and European titles from Henry Cooper. The bout was in May 1970, at Wembley, and Bugner won by a technical knockout in the fifth, signalling an end to London's career. After retiring from boxing, London became a businessman in his hometown of Blackpool, owning several nightclubs, and was a fitness fanatic, running 12 miles a day. A teetotaller all of his life, in 2006 it was revealed that London was still only a few pounds over his fighting weight. He was married to Veronica Cliffe. Together, they had three children: Brian, Melanie and Jack.  After they divorced, he was in a domestic partnership with Beryl Hunter for 30 years until her death in 2005.
In January 1971 English footballer Bobby Moore was embroiled in what became a national media story when he and three other West Ham United players, Jimmy Greaves, Clyde Best and Brian Dear, spent the evening at London's 007 nightclub in Blackpool, the night before an important FA Cup match against Blackpool which they went on to lose 4–0, with then West Ham manager Ron Greenwood and the national media severely criticising the players. Moore later said of the incident, "I'd met Brian London on many occasions and thought it would be nice to look him up. I suppose we all realised at the time that we were leaving ourselves vulnerable".
Like many other boxers, London continued fighting long after his prime. He was 22 wins to 3 losses early in his career but lost 17 of his last 33 fights. In judging London's career it should be remembered that he fought some of the best fighters in the world, including four who at some stage were world champions – Ali, Patterson, Johansson and Pastrano.
My dad was Jack London and I was expected to fight as well. I was never a great fighter. I was just really, really fit.
— Brian London
The British Boxing website listed London at number eight in a list of the top ten post World War II British heavyweight boxers in 2004.
He had a dark sense of humour, and when asked if he would have done anything differently with Muhammad Ali, he replied, "Yeah, I should have shot him". He died on 23 June 2021 at the age of 87. He had suffered a long illness prior to his death.


Ross Michael Greenwood (born 1 November 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Greenwood was born in York, North Yorkshire and grew up in the village of Copmanthorpe. He attended Copmanthorpe primary school and then went on to Tadcaster Grammar School.  Greenwood was playing for Copmanthorpe when he joined York City's Centre of Excellence. He soon joined the under-11s and was coached by City's Colin Sanderson and then progressed into the under-12s, where he was coached by John Stockton and Garry Naylor. He spent two years with York City in total and also played regularly for Copmanthorpe and for York School Boys.
At only 12 years of age, Greenwood was contacted by Nottingham Forest and was asked to join them for a two-week trial period. Greenwood was set to travel to Nottingham, when out of the blue, he received a call from Manchester United urging him to join them instead. Although Greenwood's father is a Leeds United fan and disliked the prospect of his son joining Manchester United, he put all sense of rivalry behind him and recognised his son could not miss out on this opportunity. He joined the Manchester United under-13s side as a right-back and occasional centre-back and played in the same team as Chris Eagles and Phil Picken, as well as training with older players such as Kieran Richardson. His coach at the time was Paul McGuinness, the son of former York manager and Manchester United player, Wilf McGuinness and Greenwood would regularly train at Manchester United's Carrington training ground where he would see many of the first team players preparing for Premier League games. Greenwood was not accepted on Manchester United's youth trainee programme and was released by the club. However, soon after Greenwood received offers from 23 clubs including Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers. Yorkshire club Sheffield Wednesday was the most persistent and Greenwood felt this was the right move for him. He was signed by academy director, Jimmy Shoulder and the first team manager at the time was Terry Yorath. Greenwood had to wait until Wednesday 22 September 2004 for his first professional start. He played at right-back in a League Cup 1–0 defeat to Coventry City who were a division above Wednesday. Assistant manager Mark Smith singled him out for praise for dealing with opponents who were recently in the Premier League. After this impressive start, Greenwood only made two more substitute appearances before being deemed not good enough by new manager Paul Sturrock. He then moved to Stockport County on 15 July 2005 for the 2005–06 season, appearing for the club 25 (22 times in the league), while with the club he played in defence although he is normally a midfield player. A move back to Yorkshire and his hometown came 17 July 2006 as he was signed by Conference National side York City. Greenwood was offered a new contract by York at the end of the 2006–07 season on 16 May 2007.<PIC> He joined Gainsborough Trinity on loan in January 2008. He was released by York in April 2008, after which he set up a plastering and tiling business with former York teammate Chaz Wrigley whilst playing part-time for Gainsborough. Appearance in Football League Trophy
Appearance in FA Trophy
One appearance in Conference League Cup, one in FA Trophy