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Yours Truly is the 12th studio album from jazz trumpeter Rick Braun. It was released in 2005 on ARTizen Music, the label he co-founded with Richard Elliot (with whom Braun would also collaborate the following year). |
The nine-track disc contains no original material. Instead, Braun has chosen to cover hit pop songs by bands as diverse as Sade, Simply Red and Earth, Wind & Fire. He also covers songs by John Mayer, Lisa Stansfield & Lou Reed. |
Allmusic's Paula Edelstein gave the release a rating of four stars (of a possible five), stating, "this is classic Rick Braun in a mellow, melodic mood, transporting listeners with the rich tones of his muted trumpet voice through the musical landscape of his life." |
= = = Derivative and Commodity Exchange Nepal Ltd. = = = |
The Derivative and Commodity Exchange Nepal (DCX) is an Asian multi-product commodity and derivatives exchange situated in Nepal for commodity market in Nepal. Derivative trading in a diversified basket of commodities and derivatives (CFD) including futures and options contracts on precious metals, base metals, agriculture commodities, energy, currencies and commodity indices. In Nov 2011 the Derivative and Commodity Exchange Nepal Ltd. was granted Company recognition by Company Registrar Office, qualifying operating licence by the Company Registrar Office of Nepal to operate as a regulated and licensed exchange.Recently,The Commodities Act was passed by the Govt.of Nepal and the commodities market are under full fledged regulation monitored by the Securities Exchange Board of Nepal (SEBON ). |
= = = Magnus Björnstjerna = = = |
Count Magnus Fredrik Ferdinand Björnstjerna, (10 October 1779 – 6 October 1847), was a Swedish count and military general, son of the envoy to Sachsen Magnus Olof Björnstjerna and his wife, countess Vilhelmina von Hagen. He was the grandson of archbishop Magnus Beronius. |
At the age of 14, Björnstjerna was sent to Sweden, and attained the same year the rank of ensign ("Swedish: fänrik") upon enrolling in The King's Guard. During the Finnish War he was the head adjutant at the Finnish Army's general staff, and participated in the major military campaigns during the war. The same year he was appointed major in the Västmanland Regiment. He was one of the most prominent participants in the Swedish revolution of 1809; when it ended he was sent on a secret mission to Napoleon I. |
In 1812 he was appointed general of Kalmar Regiment, and participated in the war in Germany, notably the attack on Dessau, the Battle of Fredrikort and other parts of the military campaigns. In 1814 he became major general and participated in warfare on the opposite side of the Rhine. In the same year he became the head of Field marshal Curt von Stedingk's staff, and was appointed to adjutant general of foreign affairs at the army in Norway, where he led the negotiations that led to the Convention of Moss of 1814. |
In 1815 he was appointed adjutant general for the Swedish Army and in 1820 to lieutenant general. Björnstjerna was from 1828 to 1846 the Swedish Minister Resident in London. In 1815 he was created Baron () stånd, count in 1826, he was appointed the Royal Order of the Seraphim in 1838 and in 1841 the Lord of the Realm. In 1843 he was appointed marshal. |
= = = Saint Sword = = = |
There are seven stages for gamers to play through; most of the enemies in each stage are merely a palette swap of each other. Defeating enemies allow Macress to gain access to power-ups that will give him physical enhancement like angel's wings and the strong body of a horse. |
Taking place in a Greek Mythological setting, players control the Greek Titan Macress (unique to this work of fiction) as he travels back in time in order to prevent the demoness Gorgon from taking over the entire world. |
"Mean Machines" gave it a score of 72%, opining "this "Rastan"-like game could have done with better graphics and sound, but as it stands, "Saint Sword" is a fairly playable effort." |
= = = Wrestling at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 60 kg = = = |
The men's freestyle 60 kg wrestling competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha was held on 13 December 2006 at the Aspire Hall 4. |
This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket. |
Each bout consisted of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scored more points in each round was the winner of that rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match). |
= = = Rarities (Shakespears Sister album) = = = |
Rarities is the third compilation album by UK-based pop-rock project Shakespears Sister, released in January 2012 exclusively through on digital format through their website. |
"Rarities" holds true to its title, consisting of rare and unreleased tracks, several exclusive to the album, even a cover of "Venus" by Bananarama, recorded by Siobhan Fahey as a backing track for live performances. Although described by the act as "an updated download package of "The Red Room Sessions"", only two tracks from "The Red Room Sessions" are included on here. |
= = = Namak (film) = = = |
Namak () is a 1996 Hindi-language action film directed and produced by Kawal Sharma. The film stars Sanjay Dutt and Farah Naaz. The music of the film was composed by Anu Malik. |
The Music of the film was composed by Anu Malik and Released by Venus World Wide Entertainment. |
= = = Berner's Heath = = = |
Berner's Heath is a 236.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Icklingham in Suffolk. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, a Special Area of Conservation, and a Special Protection Area |
The site was used as a high altitude bombing range from 1936 until after World War II. |
The heath is the largest remaining area of heather dominated heath in the Brecks. It contains blocks of heather of different ages as a result of rotational heather burning conducted as a management strategy. Heather dominates the heath, achieving almost 100% coverage with blocks divided by rides. This allows a variety of different ground cover species to develop in different areas of the heath. In the areas of younger heather this includes species such as sheep’s sorrel "Rumex acetosella" and mosses such as "Polytrichum juniperinum", although in areas where heather is slightly older and growing quickly ground cover is restricted. Older, established blocks of heather have greater biodiversity and include lichens as well as flowering plant species isuch as heath bedstraw "Galium saxatile", lady’s bedstraw "Galium verum", common speedwell "Veronica officinalis" and sheep’s fescue "Festuca ovina". These areas also support a wide range of insect populations. |
At the edges of the site, especially in the south, acidic grasslands gradually merge with the heather with a range of grass and lichen species present, dominated by sheep's fescue grass. There are some areas of chalk soils as well as an area of self-set Scots pine ("Pinus sylvestris") along the southern edge of the site. |
It is open access land and can usually be accessed between November and February to allow for ground nesting bird species to be undisturbed during the nesting season. |
= = = Wrestling at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 74 kg = = = |
The men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha was held on 13 December 2006 at the Aspire Hall 4. |
This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket. |
Each bout consisted of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scored more points in each round was the winner of that rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match). |
= = = Kichiji Tamasu = = = |
= = = Yashima no Hage-tanuki = = = |
In the past, there was a tanuki who was wounded by a fatal arrow shot, but was saved by Taira no Shigemori. To pay his debt of gratitude, the tanuki swore to protect the Taira clan. This wounded tanuki's descendant is said to be Yashima no Hage-tanuki. |
After the Taira clan was ruined, Hage-tanuki became the protector deity of Yashima-ji, the 84th temple on the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage. His skill at transformation was called the best in Japan, and he achieved the rank of supreme commander of the tanuki in Shikoku. In times of extreme cold, 300 tanuki of his household would gather together, and he would show phantom magic to Minamoto no Yoshitsune's Yasō Tobi (八艘飛び) and Yumi Nagashi (弓流し), as happened during the Genpei War. |
One story of Hage-tanuki's death is that he was shot and killed by a hunter. In another version, he died in a contest of disguises with Shibaemon-tanuki of Awaji. |
According to the latter story, while the three famous tanuki were all boasting about how they were the best in Japan, Hage-tanuki embarked towards Awaji, and challenged Shibaemon-tanuki to a contest of disguises. On the day of the match, Shibaemon saw countless naval ships appearing at sea. While Shibaemon was still in a state of surprise, believing war had broken out, the boats disappeared, and Hage-tanuki appeared. The fleet had been Hage-tanuki's disguise, successfully tricking Shibaemon. In response to Hage-tanuki's boasts of victory, Shibaemon-tanuki said that he would disguise himself as the "daimyō"s royal procession. On the next day, a splendid procession appeared. Hage-tanuki praised Shibaemon in a loud voice, but was reprimanded by a soldier for his insolence and was killed by a spear; it had been the real Daimyo's procession. Shibaemon, who thought this unfortunate, courteously gave him a funeral service. |
After Hage-tanuki's death, his spirit moved to dwell in Awa Province (now Tokushima Prefecture), and started to possess humans. In the years of Kaei, in Hayashimura, Awa district (now Awa city), he possessed a female hairdresser, made predictions, and was said to have dropped a tanukitsuki (tanuki possession). |
In the great war between tanuki that occurred in the closing years of the Edo period, the Awa Tanuki Gassen, in the village of Higaino (now Komatsushima city), spoke through possessed people and told of an event involving Hage-tanuki. After Kinkyō-tanuki and Rokuemon-tanuki killed each other, their offspring were about to try to take revenge on each other, and Yashima no Hage-tanuki arbitrated between them and settled the issue. Afterwards, in the First Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars, Hage-tanuki departed with many of his followers towards Manchuria. |
Yashima no Hage-tanuki performed many good deeds, so now in Takamatsu he is called Minoyama Daimyōjin (蓑山大明神). He is the god of family happiness, marriage, and the entertainment business; and is believed to bring about good fortune to children. He has many believers from all provinces. |
= = = Michael Winter (sport shooter) = = = |
Michael Winter (born May 20, 1976 in Munich) is a German sport shooter. Winter represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events. |
In his first event, 10 m air rifle, Winter was able to hit a total of 588 points within six attempts, finishing thirty-sixth in the qualifying rounds. Few days later, he placed thirty-first in the 50 m rifle prone, by one target ahead of Switzerland's Marcel Bürge from the final attempt, with a total score of 590 points. In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Winter was able to shoot 396 targets in a prone position, and 385 each in standing and in kneeling, for a total score of 1,166 points, finishing only in seventeenth place. |
= = = Gemini Kantha = = = |
Yohan Jetsi Sheriffdeen (born 20 February 1925 – died 21 June 1992 as ) [Sinhala]), popularly as stage name Gemini Kantha, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema. One of the earliest pillars of Sinhala cinema, Kantha is considered as the first female comedian in Sinhala cinema. She was a pioneer comedy actress known as "Josi Baba" and singer in early Sri Lankan cinema. |
Gemini Kantha was born on 20 February 1925 in Meewakkumbura village in Matale to a Malay father. |
After the end of school life, Kantha joined the B. A. W. Jayamanne's Minerva Drama Group. She won a reputation as a singer who sang for the discs during the Gramophone era along with Eddie Jayamanne, Mohideen Baig and A.M.U Raj. She became the first comic actress in Sri Lankan cinema with the role of "Josi baba" in Sri Lanka's first film "Kadawunu Poronduwa" in 1947. She also sang the song "Nonage Ale Ge Meda Sale" with Eddie Jayamanne. |
She has acted in only seven films in a short span of eight years. She quit cinema after marriage. She also starred in Bennett Ratnayake's teledrama "Tharu", which was her last appearance in career. |
= = = Tayeb Belaiz = = = |
Tayeb Belaiz (born 21 August 1948) is an Algerian jurist and politician who has served in different cabinet posts. He has served as Algeria's Minister of the Interior since 11 September 2013. |
Belaiz was born in Maghnia on 21 August 1948. He holds a bachelor's degree in law. |
Belaiz served in various public posts before holding cabinet position, including presidential advisor, and court chair of Saida and Oran. He also worked as the president of the Algerian supreme court. |
He served as the Minister of Employment and National Solidarity in the cabinet formed by Prime Minister Ali Benflis in 2002. He was appointed as Minister of Justice in the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia in April 2004. He was reappointed as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem on 25 May 2006. |
While serving as Minister of Justice, Belaiz was also appointed as President of the Constitutional Council on 30 March 2012 and served in that post until September 2013. In a September 2013 reshuffle Belaiz was appointed as Minister of the Interior in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal. Belaiz replaced Daho Ould Kablia in that post. |
= = = Birchwood Lakes, Pennsylvania = = = |
Birchwood Lakes is a census-designated place located in Delaware Township, Pike County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located off Pennsylvania Route 739 in eastern Pike County, near the New Jersey line. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,386 residents. |
= = = 1945–46 Macedonian Republic League = = = |
The 1945–46 Macedonian Republic League was the 2nd since its establishment. Pobeda Skopje (a one of two forerunners of FK Vardar) won their first championship title. |
= = = Trokadero = = = |
Trokadero is a 1981 West German-Austrian drama film directed by Klaus Emmerich. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. |
= = = Wrestling at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 96 kg = = = |
The men's freestyle 96 kg wrestling competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha was held on 13 December 2006 at the Aspire Hall 4. |