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on as a paper entitled "Will Hay (1888 - 1949) and his telescopes".
Mobberley travelled the world to observe total solar eclipses (seen 8 from 10), meteor storms (seen 2 from 3) and bright comets (seen 2 from 2).
He appeared on the BBC TV programme "The Sky at Night" ten times (thrice as sole guest) and his photographs and images appeared on the programme since 1982. He has also spoken on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Four about his hobby.
He graduated from Brunel University with an honours degree in electronic engineering in 1980. He worked for 22 years in industry (mainly as a software engineer) before becoming a full-time astronomy author in 2002.
# External links.
- Martin Mobberley's website
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Rio Americano High School
Rio Americano High School, colloquially known as Rio, is a public high school in Arden-Arcade, California, just outside Sacramento, serving students in grades 9 through 12 as part of the San Juan Unified School District. Rio Americano students come from the surrounding areas of Arden Park, Arden Oaks, Sierra Oaks, Fair Oaks, Carmichael, Gold River, and to a much lesser extent, the La Sierra community. In recent years, more students have been transferring from other districts and areas, partly due to the shift of Sacramento High School to a charter school. Rio's two rival schools are Jesuit High School and El Camino Fundamental High School because of its close proximity
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to the Arden Park area.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,820 students and 66.01 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 24.28. Brian T. Ginter is the principal. Richard Nichols, Jennifer Dalton and Robert Kerr are the vice principals.
# Awards and recognition.
During the 1994–96 and 2006–07 school years, Rio Americano High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.
In 2008 "Newsweek" ranked Rio as number 595 on their list of the top 1,300 public schools in the United States.
In 2013, Rio Americano held an Academic
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Performance Index (API) of 823.
Rio Americano produces a handful of National Merit commended students and a few National Merit semifinalists each year. Rio students also perform well on Advanced Placement (AP) exams, with over 400 AP exam scores of 3 or better and over 100 AP exam scores of 5 (the highest score possible) in 2009.
# History.
Rio Americano High School was established in 1963, built to offset a huge baby boomer population increase. As demand increased and Rio's academic and extracurricular programs proved strong, the school has remained a permanent fixture in the community. In 1983, the San Juan Unified School District was forced to close a high school due to budget constraints.
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Rio Americano and La Sierra were considered for closure. The school board closed La Sierra, whose plant remains in use for district activities, offices, and storage.
Rio has had only six principals since 1963. Joseph Brewer was the school's first principal. He was succeeded by Lloyd Snelson, who was followed by Alice Kubo. Ron Uzelac served as principal from 1985 to 2000. Rob Hollingsworth served from 2000 to 2009. Brian Ginter began in 2009.
# Curriculum.
## Courses.
### Advanced Placement.
Rio Americano offers 16 AP courses in addition to various Honors classes. Although there is no official class, students have been known to take the AP Statistics, AP Music Theory, , AP World History,
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and AP European History exams.
- AP Biology
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Calculus BC
- AP Chemistry
- AP Comparative Government
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP English Language
- AP Physics 1
- AP Physics 2
- AP English Literature
- AP Psychology
- AP Spanish
- AP US Government
- AP US History
- AP French
- AP Environmental Science
### Electives.
The following are elective courses available at Rio Americano
- Advanced Commercial Art
- Anthropology
- AVID
- Art I
- Ceramics
- Concert Band
- Digital Art I
- Drama
- Drawing & Painting
- Economics
- Introduction to Video Production
- World Language (French or Spanish)
- Health
- Instrumental Ensemble
- International Relations
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Jazz Ensemble
- Journalism (Newspaper)
- Philosophy of Political Thought
- Piano
- Political Studies
- Psychology
- Robotics
- Reader's Theatre
- Sociology
- Speech & Communications
- Speech
- State & Local Government
- Weight Training
- Woodshop
- Teacher/Office Assistant
- Technical Theatre (Stagecraft)
- U.S. Government
- Yearbook
## Band.
The Rio Americano band program is nationally recognized, having 3 levels of concert band, 4 levels of jazz ensemble, and the one-of-a-kind Small Ensemble class. In these classes, all students regardless of initial skill level are given a comprehensive education in music theory, ear training, composition, music history, and practical performance
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skills.
The primary fundraiser for the Band program that Rio Band organizes every year is the Play-a-thon. This is a 17-hour-long fundraiser going from 7 am until midnight that is entirely student-organized. Playathon planning starts at the beginning of each school year and the fundraiser itself usually occurs on the first or second Friday of November. Each year Playathon usually raises between 25 and 30 thousand dollars for the Band Program. This event is essential to keeping Rio Band functioning at the high level that it consistently does, and provides funds for instrument purchase and repair, sheet music, guest artist fees, and scholarships for exceptionally talented and motivated students
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to be able to travel the nation and the world performing with their peers, regardless of their financial situation.
The AM Jazz Ensemble has been recognized as one the United States' top 15 high school jazz bands at the Essentially Ellington Jazz competition in New York City in 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and most recently in 2019. The ensemble has also won the Monterey Jazz Festival in the High School Big Band category an unprecedented 7 times, and most recently finished second in 2019. They have also won the Reno Jazz festival in their division and/or in the sweepstakes every year since 1993, except for 2006. Though the jazz ensembles tend to perform very well in most competitions,
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winning is never their goal.
The highest honor awarded to this jazz ensemble in recent years has been being named in Downbeat Magazine as America's top public high school jazz ensemble for the 2018-2019 school year. This is the third year in a row that a band from Rio Americano has been honored in such a distinguished way, with a combo receiving the same award in the combo division in 2017-2018, and the big band receiving it in 2016-2017. The band has also been recognized as a runner up in that competition several times previously, including 2012-2013, and 2014-2015. Downbeat Magazine has been the worlds most trusted and highest profile jazz magazine since it launched in the 1930s. In 2018,
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the band was selected as one of 12 bands nationally to compete in the Swing Cenrral Jazz Competition in Savannah, Georgia, and placed third. In the 2019 school year, the PM Jazz Ensemble, the second tier jazz ensemble, auditioned and was selected for the same festival.
Every two years, eligible students in the top concert and jazz bands go on an international tour during the summer. In past years, Rio Band has toured Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, Italy, Japan (a second tour in the summer of 2016), and Ireland. They plan to visit Austria in the summer of 2018.
The program is currently under the direction of Mr. Josh Murray and Mr. Maxwell Kiesner. From 1982
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to 2007, Mr. Craig Faniani was director and shaped the music program at Rio Americano into the program it is today. In 2007, Faniani accepted a new position at the district office as the Coordinator for the Visual and Performing Arts for the San Juan Unified School District, and though he has since retired, he regularly serves as a substitute teacher for various band classes in the program.
In the spring of 2015, San Juan Unified School District approved the construction of a 350-seat theater and music complex as the school's Signature Project. The school board allocated $10.7 million for this music complex, which is being paid for by Measure N bonds. The new complex experienced slight delays,
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but the new band rooms are operational as of the start of the 2017–2018 school year, with the theatre open in the fall.
# Extracurricular activities.
## Academic Decathlon.
In 2005, the Academic Decathlon team placed 15th out of 17 school in the regional competition. With the arrival of new coaches and students in 2006, a team of eight juniors and one senior placed sixth out of 18. Coaches of other regional schools reportedly commented positively on Rio's improvement and success. In 2007, with six team members (the minimum number of students required to for a complete team), Rio placed fifth out of 23 competing teams with five gold medals, four silver, and four bronze. In 2010, the team placed
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5th at the competition. In 2011, the team placed 24th out of 25 teams. In 2012, the team placed 18 out of 24 competing teams. In 2017, the team placed 20th out of 22 competing teams. In 2018, the team placed 18th out of 20 competing teams. In 2019, the team placed 19th out of 22 competing teams.
## Math Team.
Rio Americano has a math team which participates in various math competitions and contests. One of the math competitions is Mathletes, in which teams of 5 students of various grade levels take 10-minute-long short-answer math tests to score points for their team by answering math problems correctly. Another math contest Rio's math team participates in is the AMC. The AMC consists of 25
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multiple-choice math problems and is administered every February at school. Students who score well on the AMC move on to take the AIME.
## Mock Trial.
Mock Trial is a year-round program that places students in a courtroom environment in which they act the parts of attorneys, witnesses, court clerks and bailiffs, in order to better their knowledge in the field of law. Each year the Team participates in competitions organized through the Constitutional Rights Foundations. Rio Americano's Mock Trial Team is known for its continuous record of success at both the County and State level Competitions. The Team has won 13 Sacramento County Championships: 1980, 1982, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002,
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2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012. The coach of Rio's Mock Trial Team is local attorney James "Jay" R. Greiner. In 2017, the team placed 3rd in the Sacramento County competition. In 2018, the team placed 2nd in the Sacramento County competition.
## Moot Court.
Rio Americano's Moot Court team won the GDS Sacramento County competition in 2006 and 2007, placing in the semi-finals in 2009 and 2010. In 2017, the team placed 7th in the Sacramento County competition.
## Speech And Debate.
Rio's speech and debate class was canceled for the 2010–2011 school year. However, Speech and Debate still runs as a club.
In 2013, Rio Americano sent two members to the California State Tournament in Impromptu
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Speaking and Expository Speaking. The team also sent a member to the National Forensic League National Tournament in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. In 2013 and 2014, the team sent a member to compete in Dramatic Interpretation to the National Catholic Forensic League National Tournament. The team also barely missed qualifying to the National Forensic League National Tournament in Lincoln-Douglas a second year, placing as the first alternate.
## Science Bowl.
Science Bowl is an academic competition sponsored by the United States Department of Energy that tests students in various categories of Science including Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Space Science, Earth Science, Energy, and Mathematics. At
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the 2007 Sacramento Regional Competition, Rio's Team A placed 2nd and Team B 3rd. The 2008 Regional Competition took place on March 1 at Rio Americano, in which Team A placed third and Team B fifth. Team C was unranked, as they were not permitted to move on to the double elimination stage. Rio's 2009 Team A took 2nd at the Sacramento Regional Competition, losing only to the eventual national champion team from Mira Loma. At the 2010 regional competition, Team A placed 2nd once again. Rio's Team A tied for 5th place in the 2011 regional competition. In 2012, Rio's Team B tied for 5th place at the regional competition which took place at Rio Americano.
## Science Olympiad.
Science Olympiad is
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a science competition with various events. In 2012, Rio placed 5th at the regional competition which took place at Sacramento State University, and tied for 6th place at the Northern California state competition. In 2013 and 2014, Rio placed 6th at the regional competition, barely missing the cutoff to attend the state competition. In 2017, Rio placed 18th out of 25 at the regional competition.
## The Mirada.
"The Mirada" is the school newspaper. You can visit The Mirada's website by clicking here It is put together by students of all grade levels. Mostly juniors and seniors are editors, two seniors for editor-in-chief, and junior and seniors for News, Opinions, Features and Sports. The Mirada
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also has three graphic artists, and one main photographer. There are many staff writers of all grade levels. The paper even has a business manager. There are about 21 staff members overall, with one teacher supervising. The features are: Bachelor and Bachelorette, Prep of the Issue, Car of the Issue and sometimes food reviews. The paper has an issue every month and has won various awards. The raider icon on the front page to the side of the heading changes every month.
### Awards.
- Gold Medal Standing From Columbia University Journalism Review Program.
- Two individual awards from the International Quill and Scroll Competition.
## The Tesoro.
The school's yearbook is called the Tesoro.
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Each year the Tesoro has a different theme; “In the Moment”, "Generat10n", "The Grass is Greener", "Something in Common", "What's the Difference", "Curious", "Continued Inside", and "Raided R" are the most recent themes. In 2011 the yearbook won 3rd place from the National Scholastic Press Association in their "Best Yearbook Page/Spread" category.. The Tesoro commonly features clubs, sports, outside-of-school activities, senior favorites, quotes and pictures. It also includes features on or about an extraordinary individual (usually a graduating senior), as well as significant moments in the school year. As a celebration of graduation, parents of seniors can submit a page, dedicated to their
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son or daughter in the "Diapers to Diploma" section, which helps fund the Tesoro team for cameras, fees to the printing company who prints it, as well as offsetting the cost of the yearbook itself so more students can purchase it.
## ExploratoRio.
This annual Open House activity turns Rio's physics classrooms into a miniature version of San Francisco's Exploratorium. Rio's physics students construct exhibits using the Exploratorium' science snack recipes or recipes developed by Rio's physics teacher, Dean Baird. The students then explain these hands-on exhibits to hundreds of local elementary school students on Rio's Open House day. ExploratoRio reopens during Open House night for the benefit
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of parents and visitors. Rio physics students are involved in all aspects of ExploratoRio production, including setup, elementary class hosting, photography, exhibiting, publicity, and take-down. ExploratoRio has been an annual, one-day-only event since 1994.
## Chess Club.
The Rio Americano chess club competes in local and state chess tournaments. During the 2010–2011 school year, the team participated in the NorCal online chess league competition, with the Varsity team finishing in 8th place, and the JV team placing 2nd. In 2011, the chess club placed 2nd in the Premier Division at the NorCal State High School competition. In 2012, the chess club placed 3rd place in the JV Division at the
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Norcal State High School competition.
Other active extracurriculars on campus include Speech and Debate, Interact Club, and Student Government.
## Rio Robotics.
Rio Americano's Robotics Team is led by Matthew Cole. Rio Robotics (FRC Team number 4698) was the first high school team in the San Juan Unified School District to win first place in a regional competition (in the Central Valley Regional in Fresno, California, 2018). They later competed in Houston, TX in the FRC Championships.
# Athletics.
## Rio Americano Fight Song.
"Go Rio Raiders!"
"Battle the foe for Green and Gold!"
"Ready to meet all invaders"
"With our heads held high we will hear the victory cry"
"And when the battle
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is over"
"And on high you’ll hear our name"
"You will know the Rio Raiders"
"Have won another game!"
### Football.
1991 Future Pro Bowl lineman, Mike Flanagan, graduated from Rio Americano high school. Mike played for the Green Bay Packers from 1996 to 2005 and for the Houston Texans from 2006 to 2007. Chad Overhauser, also played for the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans.
1990 season: The varsity football team went undefeated during the regular season winning the Capital Valley Conference. They went on to beat Christian Brothers in the playoffs eventually losing to Nevada Union (which it previously defeated) in the City Championship. The team produced several Division I college players
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Stuart Wright (Army), Torrance ”Tony” York (Sacramento State), Eric Roof (Weber State), Mike Flanagan (UCLA) and Chad Overhauser (UCLA). The year was highlighted by a victory over Roseville team, which was led by future NFL All-Pro Tedy Bruschi. This team is widely considered to be the best in school history. Head coach Mike Smith was named Area coach of the year after the 1990 season.
1994-1995 season: The varsity football team went undefeated during regular season play and lost to Del Oro High School in the Division 2 Section Final, played at University of the Pacific stadium.
1997-1998 season: The varsity football team won SVC league and lost to West HS in the playoffs.
1998-1999 season:
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The varsity football team were second seed in league and lost to Rio Linda in the playoffs.
In the 2002–2003 season the Raiders were 4–6.
In the 2003–2004 the Raiders finished 5–5.
In the 2007–2008 Football Season the Raiders went 5–5. The team produced four Division 1 College football players.
So far in the 2008–2009 season, the Varsity football Raiders finished 8–3, 4–1 in the CAL league and undefeated at home. They competed in the playoffs for the first time in 10 years.
At the beginning of the 2017-2018 season, former NFL player Sammie Stroughter became the head coach of the program.
### Cheerleading.
Rio Americano's cheerleading squad consists of three teams: freshmen, junior varsity,
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and varsity. The cheerleaders perform at school rallies and attend every football game, as well as all home girls' and boys' basketball games.
### Song Team.
The Song Team is an affiliate of Rio's cheerleading program. The Song Team performs at all rallies and limited football and basketball games.
### Boys' Soccer.
1995 Sasha Victorine graduated. Victorine played in the 2000 Summer Olympics, for the Los Angeles Galaxy, the Kansas City Wizards and currently Chivas USA.
The Varsity Boys tied Jesuit High School in an exhibition match on October 17, 2007, 0–0, and have consistently made it to the playoffs. They shared the Capital Athletic League title with Bella Vista in 2008–2009 finishing
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the regular season with a record of 12–3–6.
In 2009 the Varsity Boys, coached by Alan Posner, went undefeated in the Capital Athletic League and played in the Division III Championship Game, where they lost to its rival El Camino High School. The 2009 team featured many players who went on to play in college including: Austin Kinn (University of Pennsylvania), Tyler Kinn (UPenn), Grant Silvester (University of Virginia, where he won an NCAA National Championship), and Harris Levin (Pomona College).
### Water polo.
A school sport since 1995, Girls' Water Polo has won 8 straight Division 2 Sac-Joaquin Section titles. Rafael Ruano has coached the girls' water polo team since 1997. Dozens of
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players have gone on to play in college, including UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, USC, Santa Clara, Brown, Pomona, Claremont, Redlands, CSU Monterey Bay, American River College and Cuesta College
The Rio Americano Varsity boys have been section champions in 1996, 2003, 2010, and 2011. In 2011, the team beat El Camino, 9–2, in the Sac Joaquin Section Division II Championship. The Rio Americano Boys' Water Polo program has produced several college players including Division I players Brian Kinsel and Matt Hillard, both of whom played for UC Berkeley.
### Cross country.
The Rio Americano cross-country teams are coached by Gordon Hubble.
### Basketball.
Starting the season with a
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Jack Scott Tournament win in 2002, the Rio Varsity Boys' basketball team won the Division II Section title at ARCO Arena and continued on to the state semi-finals held at UC Davis, finishing third in the state.
The boys' basketball team won the 2006 and 2007 Jack Scott Tournament, a tournament hosted by Rio.
During the 2007–2008 season, the Raiders won their second Jack Scott Tournament in a row. This was the first time they had won the jack Scott tourney three years in a row.( Kyle Odister, Pierce Burton and Mardell Johnson were the Leaders of this team). The team is now coached by Chris Jones, who has led the Raiders to three straight CIF Tournament appearances (2017, 2018, 2019)
### Wrestling.
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wrestling team is coached by Kelly Lanthier. She has coached there for three years. Greg Elie, a four-time Michigan State wrestling champion, is currently her assistant coach. His first year under Kelly Lanthier was their best year in history, bringing eight kids to the Master's Tournament. This feat has yet to be matched by any one in the history of the school.
### Golf.
The team is coached by Brady Yount (2007-current) and assistant coach Mark Shepherd.
2007 season for Boys' Varsity Golf was 6 wins - 4 losses
### Girls' Soccer.
The Varsity Girls' Soccer has been a consistently strong team. They were national ranked in 1999 and 2000. They were second-place finishers in Division II Section
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in 2001, losing 4–1 to Saint Francis. They won the section title in 2007, defeating Bella Vista 6–0 in the championship game. Under the coaching of Jennifer Smiley, they remained undefeated throughout their 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013 season and won the Division III Section title.
### Swimming & Diving.
The head coach of Rio Americano Swimming is Chris Nissen, who led the Varsity Girls to a Section title in the 2008 season, and the Varsity Boys to a second-place finish. Seniors Kevin Ferguson and Tomi Petty were the Capitol Athletic Swimmers of the Year, leading the team to victory at the Cal Champs meet. At the 2008 San Jauqin Sections meet the Raider's finished 2nd overall to Jesuit
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High. The Raiders's finished first in two races, the 200 and 400 yard free relay.
In 2010 both varsity teams took first in Championships as did the boys' junior varsity team. The girls' junior varsity team tied for second.
### Boys' Tennis.
The Boys' Tennis Team has been division champions for the past six years. In 2008, Rio's tennis team lost in the section semifinals to Granite Bay High School. In 2014, Rio Americano won the D2 San Joaquin Section title under Coaches Todd Freund and Dave Pitts. The team repeated their success in 2015, winning the section title again and getting as far as Norcal Quarterfinals.
### Boys' Volleyball.
The Boys' volleyball team is currently coached by Gary
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Garrot and Ms. Sumnitra. In 2015, they defeated Ponderosa High School to become CIF SJS division II champs. They ended up losing to Campolindo 3–0 in the Norcal finals that same year.
### Track & Field.
The track & field teams are coached by Gordon Hubble and assistant coaches Tay Moore and Darin Carter. In 1990 Rio Americano's 4x100 relay team led California with a time of 41.80 set at the Sacramento Meet of Champions by Torrance(Tony)York, Mike Beata, Jeff Younger and Ato White. The Rio Americano varsity boys' team won the 2007 SJS Division II Section title with a total of 46 points, beating Oak Ridge High School by 3 points. At the 2007 SJS Section Masters meet, the track team qualified
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four athletes to the CIF State Meet.
### Rugby.
Rio, lacks an officially sanctioned rugby team, with students playing for multiple Sacramento-Area club teams. Though now defunct, the school used to have a team that played under the name "Rio Rugby." The Team was coached by Jason Crothers, and took fourth place in the Sacramento Valley High School Rugby Conference. Players did not come exclusively from Rio, some came from nearby El Camino High School.
# Civitas.
Rio Americano offers Academia Civitas, a four-year program of political studies. The program offers one semester each of Political Studies and State & Local Government in Freshmen year. Sophomores take one semester of Public Speaking
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and one semester of International relations. Juniors take a year of Philosophy. Seniors have no civitas class, but instead do a senior project, which can consist of forums and other community events. The Civitas program provides students with advanced and specialized learning in the social sciences and an enriched sense of citizenship. In 2018, Civitas coordinator Linda Reed retired and teacher Nina Seibel became coordinator.
# Notable alumni.
- Barbi Benton (1968) - Former Playboy Playmate and girlfriend of Hugh Hefner
- John Bowker (2001) - outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Tyler Coppin (1974) - Australian actor and playwright.
- Channing Dungey (1986) - American television executive
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and producer, First African-American to serve as president of ABC Entertainment Group.
- Merrin Dungey (1989) - actress
- Patty Fendick (1983) - professional tennis player
- Mike Flanagan (1991) - former center for the Houston Texans and the Green Bay Packers
- John Ferris (1967) - member of the 1968 Summer Olympics United States Swimming Team.
- Ted Gaines - California State Senator, former state assemblyman
- Alex Heartman (2008)- Actor most notably as the Red Ranger in Power Rangers Samurai
- Jason Kamras (1991) - National Teacher of the Year, 2005
- Jonathan Karsh (1990) - independent film and television producer
- Goodwin Liu (1987) - Supreme Court of California Associate Justice
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and former UC Berkeley Law Professor
- Trevor Matich (1979) - 12-year NFL lineman.
- Debbie Meyer (1970) - three-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
- Amobi Okugo (2009) - Major League Soccer player
- Doug Ose (1973) - Former Congressman who represented from 1998 to 2004.
- Chad Overhauser (1993) - American football player
- Johnny Rabb (1990) - Professional Touring Drummer. Also plays in a duo named BioDiesel.
- Christoforos Schuff (1997) - priest and musician, best known for humanitarian work and social activism
- Jane Sibbett (1980) - actress best known for playing Carol Willick on "Friends"
- David Sirlin - video game designer, fighting games player,
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0) - actress best known for playing Carol Willick on "Friends"
- David Sirlin - video game designer, fighting games player, and writer
- Adrian Tomine - Cartoonist
- Drake U'u (2008)- Professional basketball player
- W. Craig Vanderwagen, MD (1967) Former Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, US Department of Health and Human Services
- Sasha Victorine (1996) - midfielder for Chivas USA of Major League Soccer
- James Leighman Williams (2003) - Olympic Silver Medalist - Fencing
- John Daversa Renowned jazz trumpet player and three time Grammy Award Winner in 2019.
# External links.
- Official Website
- Rio Americano Band Website
- The Mirada (Rio Americano's newspaper)
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Church of St Petka of the Saddlers
The Church of St Petka of the Saddlers () is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.
It is a small one-naved building partially dug into the ground located in the very centre of both the modern and the antique city, in the TZUM subway. The church features a semi-cylindrical vault, a hemispherical apse, and a crypt discovered during excavations after the Second World War. The walls are 1 m thick and made from brick and stone.
The church was first mentioned in the 16th century and was constructed at the place of a former Roman religious building. It is today a monument of culture known for its mural paintings from the 14th, 15th,
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17th and 19th century depicting biblical scenes.
The church is dedicated to St Petka, an 11th-century Bulgarian saint. The Church of Saint Petka acquired its present name due to it being a patron of the saddlers in the Middle Ages, who performed their rituals in the church.
According to one theory, Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski is buried in the church. Press reports from 1937 retelling the stories of those who carried out a reburial, which might have been for Levski and reports from the 1956 excavation speculating that bones found might have been those indicated by the 1937 press, led to the skeleton skeleton labeled "No. 95", being sent for professional examination. When Magdalina
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Stancheva museologist and head of the Archaeology Department at the Sofia Regional Historical Museum received the bones, she sent them to the laboratory run by Petîr Boev at the Archaeological Institute for examination. The bones were either destroyed by mice or lost. Nikolai Khaitov, a popular writer, accused Stancheva; archaeologists Georgi Dzhingov and Stamen Mikhailov; Krîstiu Miiatev, director of the Archaeological Institute; and Todor Pavlov, president of the National Academy of Bulgaria of participating in a conspiracy to prevent investigation into Levski's burial site and publicly accused Stancheva of mishandling the remains. Two commissions met over the controversy in the 1980s, and
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y Petîr Boev at the Archaeological Institute for examination. The bones were either destroyed by mice or lost. Nikolai Khaitov, a popular writer, accused Stancheva; archaeologists Georgi Dzhingov and Stamen Mikhailov; Krîstiu Miiatev, director of the Archaeological Institute; and Todor Pavlov, president of the National Academy of Bulgaria of participating in a conspiracy to prevent investigation into Levski's burial site and publicly accused Stancheva of mishandling the remains. Two commissions met over the controversy in the 1980s, and confirmed that there was no proof which could substantiate that the bones were Levski's, as the bones were missing.
# See also.
- List of churches in Sofia
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Sarfannguit
Sarfannguit (old spelling: "Sarfannguaq / Sarfánguaq") is a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. Its population was 126 in 2010. The settlement was founded in 1843.
# Geography.
Sarfannguit is located on the eastern promontory of an island of the same name, approximately east of Sisimiut, facing the mainland of Greenland across the Imartuninnguaq Strait, at this point only wide. The strait opens into the Amerloq Fjord in the west, which then heads to the west, emptying into Davis Strait south of Sisimiut. Ikertooq Fjord bounds the island from the south.
# Economy.
The first wind turbine in Greenland was constructed in Sarfannguit in 2010. The wind
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turbine is tall, providing 6,000 liter of petrol worth of savings per month for the village.
# Transport.
## Air.
The closest aerodrome is Sisimiut Airport in Sisimiut, with connections to Ilulissat, Kangerlussuaq, Maniitsoq, and Nuuk operated by Air Greenland. There are no helicopter services to coastal settlements of Davis Strait in the Qeqqata and Sermersooq municipalities.
## Sea.
Royal Arctic Line provides weekly ferry services to Itilleq and Sisimiut, a port of call for the Arctic Umiaq Line, with connections to Ilulissat and Aasiaat in the Disko Bay region, and to coastal towns in southwestern and southern Greenland.
## Land.
There is no road reaching Sarfannguit, but it would
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helicopter services to coastal settlements of Davis Strait in the Qeqqata and Sermersooq municipalities.
## Sea.
Royal Arctic Line provides weekly ferry services to Itilleq and Sisimiut, a port of call for the Arctic Umiaq Line, with connections to Ilulissat and Aasiaat in the Disko Bay region, and to coastal towns in southwestern and southern Greenland.
## Land.
There is no road reaching Sarfannguit, but it would be connected to the proposed Sisimiut-Kangerlussuaq road, which has been discussed for several years, but not built. Snowmobiles are used in winter to connect to Sisimiut, roughly 50 km away.
# Population.
The population of Sarfannguit has been stable in the last two decades.
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Gary Wamsley
Gary L. Wamsley is public administration specialist and professor emeritus at Virginia Tech's Center for Public Administration and Policy. He is perhaps best known as the coordinating editor of Refounding Public Administration, a work that followed from a well-known public administration paper called the Blacksburg Manifesto. He has also for many years edited the journal Administration & Society.
He received his bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.
Wamsley was a student of Charles Perrow and a co-author with Mayer Zald. As with many scholars of his generation in the field of public
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any years edited the journal Administration & Society.
He received his bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.
Wamsley was a student of Charles Perrow and a co-author with Mayer Zald. As with many scholars of his generation in the field of public administration, he is deeply influenced by Dwight Waldo.
As a budget theorist, Wamsley's work built on a framework started by Aaron Wildavsky. In recent years, Wamsley has discussed budgeting in terms of the sociology of Erving Goffman and used other innovative approaches to underscore the political and theatrical nature of budget formation in government.
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Lackey
Lackey may refer to:
# Places.
- Lackey, Kentucky, a town in Floyd County, Kentucky
- Lackey, Mississippi, a town in Monroe County, Mississippi
- Lackey, Virginia, a town in York County, Virginia
- Lackey Place, California, a town in Kern County, California
- Lackey Ridge, a topographical feature in Antarctica
# Buildings and institutions.
- George W. Lackey House, a historic house in Mountain View, Arkansas
- Henry E. Lackey High School, a school in Charles County, Maryland
- John Alexander Lackey House, a historic house in Burke County, North Carolina
- Lackey General Merchandise and Warehouse, a historic commercial building in Mountain View, Arkansas
# Other uses.
- Lackey
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ern County, California
- Lackey Ridge, a topographical feature in Antarctica
# Buildings and institutions.
- George W. Lackey House, a historic house in Mountain View, Arkansas
- Henry E. Lackey High School, a school in Charles County, Maryland
- John Alexander Lackey House, a historic house in Burke County, North Carolina
- Lackey General Merchandise and Warehouse, a historic commercial building in Mountain View, Arkansas
# Other uses.
- Lackey (surname)
- Lackey (manservant), a uniformed domestic worker
- "Lackey" (song), by the English indie rock band The Others
- Lackey moth, a species of moth, "Malacosoma neustria"
- LackeyCCG, a computer application for playing CCG's online
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Bigbee
Bigbee
Bigbee may refer to:
- Bigbee, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Washington County, Alabama
- Bigbee, Mississippi, an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States
- Bigbee (crater), a
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Robert Brawley
Robert Brawley
Clyde Robert Brawley (born April 10, 1944) is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly.
He represented the state's 43rd House district, including constituents in Catawba and Iredell counties (later the 101st district and now the 95th district) from 1981 until he retired in 1998. While in office, Brawley was elected the President of the National Republican Legislators Association and was named National Legislator of the Year in 1995.
Brawley ran for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance in 2004, losing to James E. Long.
In 2012, Brawley was again elected to the House from the Iredell County-based 95th district. He won the May 8 Republican primary,
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which was tantamount to election, since no Democrat filed for the seat. Meanwhile, Brawley was also in 2012 named to lead the North Carolina chapter of the Faith and Freedom Coalition.
In April 2013, Brawley filed House Bill 640 that would allow lobbyists to give unreported gifts to state lawmakers in North Carolina.
In May 2013, Brawley resigned as chairman of the House Finance Committee in a dispute with House Speaker Thom Tillis. Brawley lost his bid for another term in the May 2014 Republican primary, with some of his colleagues in the House campaigning against him. Afterwards, the House Republican Caucus passed a vote of "no confidence" in Brawley, effectively barring him from caucus
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gned as chairman of the House Finance Committee in a dispute with House Speaker Thom Tillis. Brawley lost his bid for another term in the May 2014 Republican primary, with some of his colleagues in the House campaigning against him. Afterwards, the House Republican Caucus passed a vote of "no confidence" in Brawley, effectively barring him from caucus meetings. Brawley suggested that the censure was in retaliation for his criticism of Tillis.
On December 9, 2015, Brawley announced his candidacy for the office of Governor of North Carolina, challenging incumbent Pat McCrory. He lost the Republican primary to McCrory on March 13, 2016.
# External links.
- Robertbrawleync.com (Campaign site)
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National Film Award for Best Biographical Film
The National Film Award for Best Biographical Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
# Winners.
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
# External links.
- Official Page for
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or Best Biographical Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
# Winners.
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
# External links.
- Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
- National Film Awards Archives
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Beatrix Lehmann
Beatrix Alice Lehmann (1 July 1903 – 31 July 1979) was a British actress, theatre director, writer and novelist.
Lehmann was born in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. She trained at the RADA and made her stage debut as Peggy in a 1924 production "The Way of the World" at the Lyric Hammersmith. She also appeared in films and on television. She wrote short stories and two novels, including "Rumour of Heaven", first published in 1934 (). In 1946 Lehmann became director and producer of the Arts Council Midland Theatre Company.
She was awarded Britain's Radio Actress of the Year in 1977. In 1978 she appeared in the "Doctor Who" serial "The Stones of Blood" as Professor Emilia Rumford.
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Although no one knew it at the time of recording, this would be her final television appearance. She played Susan Calvin in "The Prophet", an episode of the British science fiction series "Out of the Unknown". In 1979 she played Mrs Pleasant in a film version of "The Cat and The Canary". Other roles include parts in "Z-Cars", "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "War and Peace", "Love for Lydia", "Staircase", and "Crime and Punishment".
# Family.
She came from a family of notable achievers: the third of four children of author and publisher Rudolph Chambers Lehmann. Her great-uncle was Henri Lehmann the artist. Her brother was publisher John
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Lehmann and one of her two older sisters was the novelist Rosamond Lehmann.
# Death.
Beatrix Lehmann died in Camden, London, aged 76. There are 12 portraits of Beatrix Lehmann in the British National Portrait Gallery Collection.
# Selected filmography.
- "The Passing of the Third Floor Back" (1935) – Miss Kite
- "Strangers on Honeymoon" (1936) – Elfrida
- "The Rat" (1937) – Marguerite
- "Candles at Nine" (1944) – Julia Carberry – Everard's Housekeeper
- "The Key" (1958) – Housekeeper
- "On the Fiddle" (1961) – Lady Edith
- "Psyche 59" (1964) – Mrs. Crawford
- "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965) – Tribunal President
- "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (1966)
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he Third Floor Back" (1935) – Miss Kite
- "Strangers on Honeymoon" (1936) – Elfrida
- "The Rat" (1937) – Marguerite
- "Candles at Nine" (1944) – Julia Carberry – Everard's Housekeeper
- "The Key" (1958) – Housekeeper
- "On the Fiddle" (1961) – Lady Edith
- "Psyche 59" (1964) – Mrs. Crawford
- "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965) – Tribunal President
- "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (1966) – Domina's Mother
- "Wonderwall" (1968) – Mother
- "Staircase" (1969) – Charlie's Mother
- "The Cat and the Canary" (1978) – Mrs. Pleasant
# External links.
- Performances listed in Theatre Archive University of Bristol
- Beatrix Lehmann Obituary in "The New York Times"
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Mitch Mitchell (guitarist)
Charles M. "Mitch" Mitchell III (born December 25, 1959) is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known for playing lead guitar in the early lineups of Dayton, Ohio, band Guided by Voices from 1983 to 1996. After leaving the band, Mitchell formed his own group, Mitch Mitchell's Terrifying Experience.
In late 2010, Guided by Voices embarked on a short reunion tour, resulting in a new "Classic Lineup" Guided By Voices album, "Let's Go Eat The Factory". The reunion spanned four years and six albums before disbanding once more in September 2014.
# External links.
- The Guided by Voices Database
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Kitsissuarsuit
Kitsissuarsuit (old spelling: "Kitsigsuarssuit") is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland. The settlement was formerly founded in 1830 as Hunde Ejlande or Dog's Island, although it had already been used as a whaling station since 1817. Its population was 79 in 2010.
# Geography.
Kitsissuarsuit is located on a small, island in southern Disko Bay, north of Aasiaat.
# Transport.
## Air.
Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Kitsissuarsuit Heliport to Aasiaat Airport. Settlement flights in the Disko Bay region are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring.
## Sea.
During
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ay, north of Aasiaat.
# Transport.
## Air.
Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Kitsissuarsuit Heliport to Aasiaat Airport. Settlement flights in the Disko Bay region are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring.
## Sea.
During summer and autumn, when the waters of Disko Bay are navigable, communication between settlements is by sea only, serviced by Diskoline. The ferry links Kitsissuarsuit with Aasiaat and Qeqertarsuaq on Disko Island.
# Population.
The population of Kitsissuarsuit has decreased by over 37 percent relative to the 1990 levels, and by over 28 percent relative to the 2000 levels.
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Ballylesson
Ballylesson () is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 108 people. The village lies within the Lagan Valley Regional Park and the Lisburn City Council area.
# Places of interest.
The Giant’s Ring, a neolithic henge monument in state care, is between Edenderry and Ballylesson.
# Religion.
Holy Trinity Church in Ballylesson is a listed building. It was built in 1788 and consecrated in 1789. It has a square tower at the west end with pinnacles at the corners of the tower. The tower also contains a set of eight change-ringing bells, the heavier five of which date to 1791, and were cast by the famous Rudhall foundry,
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esson () is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 108 people. The village lies within the Lagan Valley Regional Park and the Lisburn City Council area.
# Places of interest.
The Giant’s Ring, a neolithic henge monument in state care, is between Edenderry and Ballylesson.
# Religion.
Holy Trinity Church in Ballylesson is a listed building. It was built in 1788 and consecrated in 1789. It has a square tower at the west end with pinnacles at the corners of the tower. The tower also contains a set of eight change-ringing bells, the heavier five of which date to 1791, and were cast by the famous Rudhall foundry, in Gloucester.
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Marcia (mistress of Commodus)
Marcia Aurelia Ceionia Demetrias was the mistress and one of the assassins of 2nd century AD Roman Emperor Commodus from 182–93. Marcia was the daughter of Marcia Aurelius Sabinianus, a freedwoman of the co-emperor Lucius Verus.
# Commodus' favorite mistress.
Before Marcia was Commodus' mistress, she was the lover and mistress of one of his cousins, Senator Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus, and subsequently a wife of his servant Eclectus. In AD 182, Lucilla, the sister of Commodus, convinced Marcia to join in a plot with Quadratus to kill Commodus. The plot was discovered and both Lucilla and Quadratus were executed. Marcia managed to escape charges, and after
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Commodus' wife Bruttia Crispina was exiled and murdered due to adultery, Commodus chose not to marry again and took Marcia as his concubine.
Marcia had Christian sympathies and persuaded Commodus to adopt a policy in favor of Christians, and kept close relations with Victor, Bishop of Rome. After Pope Victor I gave her a list she had asked for including all of the Christians sentenced to mine works in Sardinia, she convinced Commodus to allow them to return to Rome. Despite the fact that Marcia was not Commodus' legal wife, he treated her like one and was thus greatly influenced by her. The inscription found in Anagnia testifies that the local city council decided to build a monument, commemorating
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particularly the restoration of baths on her account.
# Assassination of Commodus.
To celebrate the Roman New Year in AD 192, Commodus decided he wanted to make an appearance before the Roman people not from the palace in traditional purple robes, but from the gladiator's barracks, escorted by the rest of the gladiators. After telling his plan to Marcia the night before, she begged him not to behave so carelessly and bring disgrace to the Roman Empire. Commodus, upset by Marcia's reaction, then told his plan to Aemilius Laetus, the Praetorian Prefect, and Eclectus, his servant. After they, too, tried to dissuade him, he became furious and put their three names on a proscribed list of people
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to be executed the next morning, including names of prominent senators.
While Commodus was taking a bath, his favorite servant boy Philcommodus (whose name is a symbol of Commodus' fondness for the boy) found the tablet on which the list was written and ran into Marcia while he was holding the tablet. Marcia took it from him, thinking she was protecting a document from potentially being ruined, and in horror saw her name at the top of the list. According to Herodian, she cried out, "Well done, indeed, Commodus. This is fine return for the kindness and affection I have lavished on you and for the drunken insults which I have endured from you all these years. A fuddled drunkard is not going to
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get the better of a sober woman".
She then gathered Praetorian prefect Laetus and Eclectus, Commodus' chamberlain, and the three of them decided they had to kill Commodus in order to save their own lives. Usually Marcia would give the emperor his first drink after his bath so he could have the pleasure of drinking from his lover's hand. It was easy, then, for her to mix poison into the wine she gave to Commodus after his bath. After drinking the wine, he became so ill that his vomiting would not cease. The three conspirators were afraid he would expel all the poison, so they ordered Narcissus, a young athlete, to strangle Commodus for a large reward.
After Commodus was murdered, Marcia and
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Eclectus were married, but she was soon after killed by Didius Julianus in AD 193.
# References.
## Primary sources.
- Cassius Dio, "Roman history", The Loeb classical library; 454-455. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1961/69, p. 73f., 6-7. .
- Herodian, The Loeb classical library; 454-455. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, [1969/70, 16.2-3 to 17.9-11. .
## Secondary sources.
- Champlin, Edward (Summer 1979). "Notes on the Heirs of Commodus". The American Journal of Philology 100: 288-306.
- Gage, J. "Revue des etudes latines". Paris, France: Societe d'edition "Les belles lettres", 1923.
- Lightman, Marjorie and Benjamin Lightman. "Biographical dictionary
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d University Press, [1969/70, 16.2-3 to 17.9-11. .
## Secondary sources.
- Champlin, Edward (Summer 1979). "Notes on the Heirs of Commodus". The American Journal of Philology 100: 288-306.
- Gage, J. "Revue des etudes latines". Paris, France: Societe d'edition "Les belles lettres", 1923.
- Lightman, Marjorie and Benjamin Lightman. "Biographical dictionary of ancient Greek and Roman women: notable women from Sappho to Helena". New York: Facts On File, 2000. Page 157.
- Roos, A.G. (1915). "Herodian's Method of Composition". The Journal of Roman Studies 5: 191-202.
- Salisbury, Joyce E. "Encyclopedia of women in the ancient world". Santa Barbara, California: Abc-Clio, 2001. Pages 205-207.
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All the Time in the World is the second studio album by the band Lazlo Bane. It was self-released through CD Baby more than five years after their debut album, "11 Transistor".
# Background.
Unlike "11 Transistor" with its guitar-heavy stylings, the songs on "All the Time in the World" expand the variety of instruments and feature piano, saxophone and strings. While working on the album the band wrote a large number of new songs, much more than were released. Some of them were included on the band's next release, "Back Sides".
# Release and Promotion.
A promo version of the album was released in 2000. There are a few differences between it and
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the official CD release in 2002. Promo edition featured the song "I'll Be Happy" as track 11, which was replaced with "Breathe Me In" on the 2002 CD release. Another difference was that the hidden track came as a separate track after a track of silence, similar to what was done on the band's previous album "11 Transistor".
The 2002 digital edition of the album omits the hidden track after the song "Crooked Smile" and includes "I'll Be Happy" as the eleventh track while it is incorrectly titled as "Breathe Me In". It can be heard through the preview and judged by the length of the track - for "I'll Be Happy" it is 4:16.
In 2018 the album was remastered and reissued on vinyl by German label
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Lonestar Records. The release was made on electric blue vinyl limited to 500 copies. The vinyl edition included "Breath Me In" as track 11, but omitted a hidden track at the end of the album.
# Uses in other media.
The song "Superman" was released on the soundtrack for the film "The Tao of Steve" and was later used as the theme song for the television series "Scrubs", also appearing on the soundtrack.
The title track was featured in 2002 film "The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest".
The song "Hold Me" was featured in 2005 film "Her Minor Thing".
# Reception.
Gene Triplett of the NewsOK called the album "fun-loving package, all richly-layered with voices, strings, piano and guitar",
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noting the title track, "Trampoline", "Scene of the Crime" and "Breathe Me In", comparing the last two with "Hotel California"-era Eagles.
"All the Time in the World" was ranked #1 at the 2004 Just Plain Folks Music Awards in the category College Rock Album, with "Superman" and the title track being ranked #2 and #6 in the category College Rock Song respectively.
# Track listing.
All songs written whole or in part by Chad Fischer, Chris Link, Tim Bright and Robert Burke, except "Carbon Copy" by Chad Fischer and Kevin Hunter
- 1. "All the Time in the World" - 3:16
- 2. "Trampoline" - 3:05
- 3. "Superman" - 3:43
- 4. "Ship On the Wall" - 3:44
- 5. "Gold Miner Dream" - 4:10
- 6. "Carbon
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Copy" - 2:53
- 7. "Hold Me" - 2:51
- 8. "Out of Steam" - 5:03
- 9. "Are You Talking to Me?" - 2:02
- 10. "Scene of the Crime" - 4:06
- 11. "Breathe Me In" - 4:43
- 12. "Crooked Smile" - 4:25*
- CD edition of the album contains an untitled hidden track which starts at 4:31, making total length of track 12 as 5:51.
# Personnel.
- Lazlo Bane
- Chad Fischer – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, keyboards, harmonica, mixing
- Chris Link – bass guitar, banjo, backing vocals
- Tim Bright – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Chicken – drums, backing vocals
- Additional personnel
- Sarah Thornblade – violin on "Ship on the Wall"
- Jason Freese – saxophone on "Hold Me"
- Larry Goldings –
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- 12. "Crooked Smile" - 4:25*
- CD edition of the album contains an untitled hidden track which starts at 4:31, making total length of track 12 as 5:51.
# Personnel.
- Lazlo Bane
- Chad Fischer – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, keyboards, harmonica, mixing
- Chris Link – bass guitar, banjo, backing vocals
- Tim Bright – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Chicken – drums, backing vocals
- Additional personnel
- Sarah Thornblade – violin on "Ship on the Wall"
- Jason Freese – saxophone on "Hold Me"
- Larry Goldings – fender rhodes on "Hold Me"
- Camila Eriksson – photography
- Amy Link – photography
- Chauncey Gardener – photography
- Angela Hien – painting of the band
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John Maxwell (12 July 1905 – 3 June 1962) was a Scottish painter of landscapes and imaginative subjects.
Born in Dalbeattie in Kirkcudbrightshire, Maxwell studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1921 to 1927 and then, with the aid of a travelling scholarship, from 1927 to 1928 at the Académie Moderne in Paris under Léger and Ozenfant. He also travelled to Italy and Spain during this period, where he discovered the work of Chagall and the Symbolists.
These experiences influenced his work for the remainder of his career. Maxwell was a lifelong friend of William Gillies with whom he frequently travelled on painting trips. Along with Gillies, he was one of the group of artists
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oderne in Paris under Léger and Ozenfant. He also travelled to Italy and Spain during this period, where he discovered the work of Chagall and the Symbolists.
These experiences influenced his work for the remainder of his career. Maxwell was a lifelong friend of William Gillies with whom he frequently travelled on painting trips. Along with Gillies, he was one of the group of artists who became known as The Edinburgh School. Maxwell taught intermittently at Edinburgh College of Art from 1928 to 1933, 1935 to 1946, and 1955 to 1961. He first exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1935 and became a full member in 1949.
# External links.
- John Maxwell at the National Gallery of Scotland
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Administration & Society
Administration and Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of public administration. The journal's editor-in-chief is Brian J. Cook (Virginia Tech). It was established in 1969 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
# Abstracting and indexing.
"Administration and Society" is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the "Journal Citation Reports", its 2017 impact factor is 1.761, ranking it 27 out of 47 journals in the category "Public Administration".
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India toured the West Indies during the 2006 international cricket season. India were ranked highly above the West Indies in both the ICC Test Championship as well as the ICC ODI Championship but the latter team had the favour of beating Zimbabwe 5–0 in a series of One Day International matches earlier in the month. West Indies eventually emerged as winners of this ODI series, taking it 4–1 after losing the first match in the final over.
India had not won a Test series in the West Indies for 35 years, but India defeated the West Indies 1–0 in the Test series. Rahul Dravid, the Indian squad captain, was awarded the Man of the Series award for his
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performance.
Former West Indian fast bowler and commentator, Michael Holding, said between the ODIs and Tests that the West Indies ODI series win was an event that "nobody had foreseen".
# Squads.
Players were selected for both ODIs and Tests unless otherwise specified.
# One-Day Matches.
## Tour Match (16 May).
Indians 7/289 (50) def Jamaica 173 (45) by 116 runs.
## 1st ODI.
India won the toss and captain Rahul Dravid elected to field first, after five overs were cut off each side's innings due to heavy overnight rain. West Indies hit 251 runs for 6 wickets, with Chris Gayle contributing nearly half the total, 123, before he was out with five overs remaining to Ajit Agarkar, who got
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the most wickets for India, claiming two for 38. However, India also had an opener contributing a century, with Rahul Dravid bringing up his hundred in 99 balls, eventually ending with 105 off 102. Dravid paired up with Mohammad Kaif to add 123 for the fourth wicket, before Dwayne Bravo had Dravid caught, leaving India with 43 to get from the last 37 balls; with two fours and a six from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and Kaif hitting 16 off his last 16 deliveries, India made it to the target with a ball to spare.
## Second ODI.
India won the toss and captain Rahul Dravid elected to field first, looking for his 18th continuous win batting second, but it was not to be his day as Dwayne Bravo delivered
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a "clever slower ball" which went through Yuvraj Singh's wicket, leaving him bowled and India all out for 197 needing 199 to win.
West Indies lost both openers with one run, sending Brian Lara in to bat with Ramnaresh Sarwan. Captain Lara was caught off Pathan for 14, however, which was to be the fourth-highest total of West Indies' innings. The second-highest was 21, from Carlton Baugh, but due to an unbeaten 98 from Ramnaresh Sarwan, which later resulted in Man of the Match honours, the West Indies' total read 198 for nine, with Sarwan and Jerome Taylor adding 34 off 20 balls for the ninth wicket before Fidel Edwards scored the final run of the innings.
In reply, India started better than
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West Indies, making 37 for the first two wickets, which were catches off Ian Bradshaw's bowling. Two more wickets followed, with Fidel Edwards and Jerome Taylor picking up one each, but at 60 for four in the 17th over, India were still 17 ahead of West Indies' score for the same number of wickets. Then, like in the West Indian innings, the fifth-wicket stand was the highest of the game. However, the 64 runs came at a rate of 3.49 an over, somewhat short of the required four to win, and after Suresh Raina's dismissal Dhoni and Agarkar followed within the next three overs.
India now had three wickets in hand and 64 to get, but Ramesh Powar batted for eight overs together with Yuvraj Singh, as
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ut 43 off the total, Powar contributing 12. Powar was caught off Marlon Samuels' bowling, however, as the spinner picked up his second wicket, and Chris Gayle then held a return catch off Harbhajan Singh two overs later. That left India with 12 runs to get off 10 balls; the remainder of Gayle's over went for one run, and India needed eleven off the last over, which was to bw bowled by Dwayne Bravo (who had only bowled three of the 49 previous overs). Munaf Patel faced the first ball, got it away for a single, before Yuvraj Singh hit two fours to leave himself with two runs to get off three balls, only to be cleanly bowled off the last delivery.
# External links.
- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo
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Griffithstown
Griffithstown is a large community of Pontypool in the borough of Torfaen, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in May 1898, from Llanfrechfa Upper and Panteg, and includes Sebastopol, but, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1894, became a separate civil parish.
It is situated between two other Pontypool suburbs: Pontymoile to the north and Sebastopol to the south and is within walking distance of Pontypool and Cwmbran and a short commute from Newport and Cardiff. It is named after the first station master of Pontypool and New Inn railway station (then known as Pontypool Road), Henry Griffiths. Griffiths founded
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a 'terminating' Building Society to finance the construction of houses in the village so that his workforce could become freehold owner-occupiers, rather than constructing rental or leasehold housing as was the more usual practice in industrial South Wales and Monmouthshire. He lived in the substantial St. Dunstan's House (now demolished) on what is now Commercial Street and his memorial is in St Hilda's Church. Today the site is occupied by a nursing home and a modern house of the same name.
# The village.
This area contains mostly Victorian and Edwardian terraced houses and is located below Sunnybank Road on the east side of the town. The area includes the shopping precinct of Windsor Road;
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Griffithstown Primary School and the Welsh-medium Ysgol Panteg (the town's secondary school needs are met by nearby West Monmouth School in Pontypool); St Hilda's Church (Anglican) where a tablet commemorates Henry Griffiths as church warden, Griffithstown Baptist Church; Griffithstown Congregational Chapel as well as numerous pubs and the Great Western Railway Staff Association club (GWRSA). County Hospital is also located here, as is Panteg Medical Centre.
# Western Griffithstown.
This area above Sunnybank Road has some fine Victorian and Edwardian buildings but is mostly made up of 1960s and 1970s estate housing. The area is considered to be highly desirable and affluent with property prices
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here being some of the highest in the Torfaen borough.
# Parkland and countryside.
The town has two principal parks and one parkland estate known as Panteg House (home of Panteg Cricket Club, Panteg Football Club, Panteg House Bowls Club and Pontypool Boules team). Griffithstown Park near Sunnybank Road contains an adventure playground and basketball courts, but is mostly grass. Panteg Park on Cwrdy Road (known as "The Fish Pond Park" due to its water feature) is smaller with elaborate flower gardens, bowling green, tennis courts and golf putting greens. Panteg House is home to a cricket pitch and football pitch. It also has a bowling green.
Griffithstown Park has recently undergone great
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investment and development, with the introduction of an enclosed basketball court and a five-a-side pitch.
The Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal runs through Griffithstown on its way to Newport via Cwmbran. National Cycle Route 46 runs along the disused trackbed of the Newport and Pontypool Railway. Panteg and Griffithstown railway station was closed to passengers in 1962 and the line was closed in 1980. Remains of the station and goods shed are still present. From 2002 to 2011 the goods shed was home to Griffithstown Railway Museum.
# Expansion.
Griffithstown has experienced several phases of housing development during the 1990s and into the 2000s with housing estates such as Museum Court, Open
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shed are still present. From 2002 to 2011 the goods shed was home to Griffithstown Railway Museum.
# Expansion.
Griffithstown has experienced several phases of housing development during the 1990s and into the 2000s with housing estates such as Museum Court, Open Hearth Close, Churchwood estate and Parc Panteg appearing. The majority of are on the brownfield land that was formerly the Panteg Steel Works on the south east extreme of Griffithstown. The demise of the steel works resulted in heavy job losses, although this hit the poorer surrounding communities more than Griffithstown itself as the residents of Griffithstown typically commute to work in larger towns such as Cwmbran or Newport.
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Bartram's Garden
Bartram's Garden is a historic Philadelphia garden and arboretum. It is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, it covers and includes a historic botanical garden and arboretum (, established circa 1728). The garden is near the intersection of 54th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard, in Philadelphia. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
Special events at the Garden include an annual spring plant sale, Mother's Day festivities, and a holiday gifts & greens sale. The John Bowman Bartram Special Collections Library contains a vast collection of documents and materials related to the history of the Garden,
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as well the history of Philadelphia and the development of the field of botany. The non-profit John Bartram Association operates the Garden in cooperation with the Philadelphia Department of Parks & Recreation.
Bartram's Garden trails make up segments of the East Coast Greenway.
# The garden.
Located on the western bank of the Schuylkill River, the garden is on the site of the farm owned by American botanist John Bartram. Bartram, a Quaker, built the original stone house between 1728–1731. He later expanded it, adding a kitchen around 1740 and a Palladian-inspired, carved facade between 1758–1770. The house still stands, as does his original garden (circa 1728) and greenhouse (1760). Three
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generations of the Bartram family continued the garden as the premier collection of North American plant species in the world.
The current collection contains a wide variety of native and exotic species of herbaceous and woody plants. Most were listed in the Bartrams' 1783 broadside "Catalogue of American Trees, Shrubs and Herbacious Plants" and subsequent editions.
The garden also contains three notable trees:
- "Franklinia alatamaha": John and William Bartram discovered a small grove of this tree in October 1765 while camping by Georgia's Altamaha River. William eventually brought seeds to the garden, where they were planted in 1777. The species, named in honor of John Bartram's friend,
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Benjamin Franklin, was last seen in the wild in 1803. All Franklinia growing today are descended from those propagated and distributed by the Bartrams, who are credited with saving it from extinction.
- "Cladrastis kentukea": A notably old tree, possibly collected by French plant explorer André Michaux in Tennessee and sent to William Bartram in 1796.
- "Ginkgo biloba": This male ginkgo is believed to be the last of three original ginkgoes introduced to the United States from China, via London, in 1785.
# Landscape history.
Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699–1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector,
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founded the garden in September 1728 when he purchased a farm in Kingsessing Township, Philadelphia County. John Bartram's garden began as a personal landscape. With his lifelong devotion to plants, it grew to become a systematic collection as he devoted more time to exploration and the discovery of new North American species and examples. Its evolution over time both reflected and fostered Bartram's vital scientific achievements and important intellectual exchange. Although not the first botanic collection in North America, by the middle of the eighteenth century Bartram's Garden contained the most varied collection of North American plants in the world. John Bartram was at the center of a
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lucrative business centered on the transatlantic transfer of plants.
Following the American Revolution, Bartram's sons John Bartram, Jr. (1743–1812) and William Bartram (1739–1823), continued the international trade in plants. They expanded the family's botanic garden and nursery business. Following his father's lead, William became an important naturalist, artist, and author in his own right. Under his influence the garden became an educational center that aided in training a new generation of natural scientists and explorers. William's travel book, published in 1791, chronicled his explorations in the South and remains a milestone in American literature.
After 1812, Ann Bartram Carr (1779–1858),
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