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= = = Down in the Boondocks (song) = = =

"Down in the Boondocks" is a song written by Joe South, with sampling from Gene Pitney's "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa", and recorded by American artist Billy Joe Royal. It was a hit in 1965, reaching number 9 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. In the UK, it hit number 38 on the "Record Retailer" chart. In Canada, the song reached #1 on the RPM Magazine charts, August 9, 1965. The song comes from the album "Down in the Boondocks".

The song is sung from the perspective of a self-proclaimed "boy from down in the boondocks." He sings of a girl who lives nearby, for whom he feels love and he steals away with occasionally. The people who live or are born in the boondocks are suggested to be a lower class than those in the city. The girl's father is the singer's boss man, which, along with the social division, prevents him from proclaiming his love and connecting with them, despite the shared feelings (which is the basis for the line "but I don't dare knock on her door/for her daddy is my boss man"). The singer proclaims that "one fine day, I'll find a way, to move from this old shack," presumably to be able to join the higher class members of society and finally be able to date the girl within the public eye.

Session musicians on this recording included Reggie Young on electric guitar, Bill Hullett on acoustic guitar, Sam Levine on horns, Clayton Ivey on piano, Bob Wray on six string bass, and Greg Morrow on drums.

Penny DeHaven's 1969 version reached No. 37 on the "Billboard" country chart. The song was covered in 1978 by Kenny Loggins on his "Nightwatch" album, and twice in 1980, first by Ry Cooder, included it on his album, "Borderline" and by D.L. Byron, featuring backing vocals by Billy Joel. It was also recorded by Depeche Mode member Martin Gore for his first solo CD "Counterfeit E.P." in 1989 but was ultimately left out of the final track listing. In 2012 the band U.S. Girls covered the song on their album "Gem". The country vocal group Home Free covered the song for their album "Country Evolution". Holy Sons (Emil Amos) covered the song on the album Decline of the West Volumes 1 and 2.

= = = The Korgis (album) = = =

The Korgis is the first studio album by English pop band, The Korgis.

It was released in 1979 on Rialto Records in the UK, and on Warner Bros. Records in the US.

The album includes the singles "Young And Russian" and "If I Had You" (#13, UK Singles Chart).

"The Korgis" was re-issued on compact disc by Edsel Records in 1999.

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= = = Toyota SA = = =

The SA was Toyota's first new passenger car design (as opposed to updating the AA) after World War II. It was the first in a family of vehicles before the introduction of the Crown. A series of light trucks also shared the chassis and major components of these passenger cars.

All of these vehicles were sold under the Toyopet name.

The SA was Toyota's first true post war design. It differed from all previous Toyota cars by having a 4-cylinder engine (previously a 6-cylinder was used), 4-wheel independent suspension (previously using rigid axles with leaf springs) and a smaller, "ponton" influenced aerodynamic body. The project was driven by Kiichiro Toyoda under the wisdom of his father's (Sakichi Toyoda) words, "Stay ahead of the times" but most of the design work was done by Dr Kazuo Kumabe.

The body was aerodynamic in a style similar to the Volkswagen Beetle. Only a two-door sedan was made, making it unsuitable for the taxi market. The doors were hinged at the rear (often called suicide doors). The front window was a single pane of flat glass with a single wiper mounted above the driver. Only right hand drive was offered.

Toyota engineers (including Dr Kumabe) had visited Germany before World War II and had studied the 16-cylinder Auto Union racing car (independent suspension) and Porsche and Volkswagen designs (independent suspension, aerodynamic bodies, backbone chassis, rear-mounted air-cooled engines, economical production cost). Many Japanese companies had ties with Germany during the war years but most partnered with British or American companies after the war and thus used technologies commonly used in Britain or America. But Toyota did not partner with a foreign company, so it was free to use German designs. Many features of the prototype Beetle were subsequently put into the SA, although the Beetle's rear-mounted air-cooled engine feature was not used. Later on, Toyota revisited the economic principles exemplified by the Beetle when designing the Publica and the Corolla.

Although permission to begin full production of passenger cars in Japan was not granted until 1949, limited numbers of cars were permitted to be built from 1947, and the Toyota SA was one such car. Design work started at the end of 1945 when the GHQ let it be known that authorised commercial production of vehicles for the general public would be commencing soon. This model was introduced in January 1947, with a prototype (which had been under development for more than a year) being completed at that time.

Production occurred from October 1947 through May 1952 (overlapping with the 1949-introduced SD), with a total of only 215 being built. The first car to be produced by Toyota in the postwar period was the AC, which had first been produced in 1943-1944. Fifty were built for government and military use in 1947, and three more were assembled in 1948. Since only 54 cars were built by Toyota in 1947, this leaves four Model SA production cars to be built at the end of that year, not counting the prototype.

Eighteen SA cars were built in 1948, and from 1949 to 1952, 193 more were built. No breakdown exists between models after 1948; only yearly passenger-car grand totals are extant.

This model introduced the Type S straight-4 water-cooled engine, conventionally mounted in the front of the car and driving through the rear wheels. Two small grills at the front allowed air for the engine's radiator. Transmission was by a 3-speed manual gearbox and a Hotchkiss drive (previous Toyotas used a torque tube) to a rear-mounted differential. The final drive gear ratio was 7.17:1 .

More unconventional was the use of a backbone chassis and four-wheel independent suspension.

A-arm suspension (short upper arm, long lower arm) with coils was used at the front and swing axle suspension with semi-trailing arms, Panhard rods and a transverse semi-elliptical leaf spring was used at the rear.

A light truck using the running gear from the SA but with a ladder chassis and solid axles front and rear, both with semi-elliptical springs. The SB was popular with the general public and also with the American occupation forces, which ordered it in large numbers.

The SB was offered with commercial bodies only but many dealers and owners had sedan bodies made for them. Toyota contracted the Kanto Denki factory to produce a sedan body and wagon on the SB chassis as the SC.

A small number of police cars were made by adding a special body with a canvas top, 4 canvas doors and a fold down front window for the Japanese Police Reserve Force but they were not popular.

Produced from 1947.

The SB used the same engine and gearbox as the SA, a three-speed manual and the 1-litre "S"-series engine, producing at 4,000 rpm. This was enough for a top speed of . A conventional ladder frame chassis was used with conventional semi-elliptical springs and solid axles front and rear.

The SB light truck was offered with commercial bodies only but many dealers and owners had sedan bodies made for them. Toyota contracted the Kanto Denki factory to produce a 4-door, 4-seat sedan body and wagon on the SB chassis as the SC. However, production of the SA sedan continued and the SC was not put into production. When production of the SA stopped, a revised version of the SC was made as the SD.

3 prototypes were built but the SC did not go into production.

Same as the SB except for independent front suspension.

A 5-seater passenger car using the same chassis and suspension as the SB.

Produced from November 1949 to 1951.

Same as the SB.

An update to the SD. This sold in considerably higher numbers than any of its predecessors, mainly due to increasing demand for taxis.

Produced from October 1951 to 1953. 3,653 were built.

Same as the SD.

An update to the SB, sharing components with the SF.

Produced from March 1952 to 1954.

Same as the SF.

A further update to the SF but with the newly designed 1.5 liter Type R engine.

The RHN's body was made by the New Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial Manufacturing Co. and the RHK's body was made by Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.

The BH26 police patrol car sedan was made from the 4-cylinder RH sedan by using the Type B 6-cylinder engine and a longer front end. Similarly, the BH28 ambulance was made by converting the BH26 police sedan into a van body.

The RH was succeeded by the similar 1955 RR Master and the much more modern 1955 RS Crown.

The RH was also known as the Super.

The 1000cc version SH which was equipped with the Type S engine was also produced. The 1500cc version was named Toyopet Super and the 1000cc version was named Toyopet Custom.

Produced from September 1953 to 1955, 5,845 RHs were built.

On the other hand, 230 SHs (1000cc version) were built.

Same as the SF except for the new Type R engine.

The FHJ was a fire appliance vehicle built based on the RH but with the much larger Type F engine. This was sold at the same time as the FAJ (based on the heavy duty FA truck), the FCJ (based on the medium duty FC truck) and the FJJ (based on the BJ Jeep).

Same as the RH except for the Type F engine. The front body was based on the SG light truck, there were no doors and the rear of the body was heavily customised with typical fire appliance accessories (e.g. hoses, axes, ride-on steps, grab bars). In spite of looking like a small truck, the FHJ still used the single rear wheels of the RH passenger car.

The FH24 was a fire appliance vehicle built based on the RH but with the much larger Type F engine.

It was very similar to the earlier FHJ fire appliance.

Same as the RH except for the Type F engine. The front body was based on the SG light truck, there were no doors and the rear of the body was heavily customised with typical fire appliance accessories (e.g. hoses, axes, ride-on steps, grab bars). In spite of looking like a small truck, the FH24 still used the single rear wheels of the RH passenger car.

= = = Pavle Jurina = = =

Pavle "Pavo" Jurina (2 January 1954 – 2 December 2011) was a Croatian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Jurina was born in Našice. Standing at 1.94 m, he debuted as a handball player with the local team RK NEXE Našice; in 1976 he moved to RK Partizan Bjelovar, winning the Yugoslav national championship in 1977 and 1979. In 1980 he was a member of the Yugoslav handball team which finished sixth in the handball Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 33 goals. Jurina was elected three times as best Yugoslav player

Four years later he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal in the Los Angeles Summer Olympics. He played all six matches and scored five goals. In 1984 he moved to Italy, where he played at Gaeta. In 1986/1987 Jurian played for German team TuS Schutterwald. Later he coached several Italian teams, including Gaeta, Città Sant'Angelo, Sassari and Alcamo.

He died in 2011 for a cardiac malfunction.

= = = Noushig Eloyan = = =

Noushig Eloyan is a Canadian politician, who served on the Montreal City Council from 1994 to 2009 and ran for the Canadian Parliament for the electoral riding of Ahuntsic in the May 2, 2011 elections as a member of the federal Liberal Party of Canada.

Eloyan was born in Syria and immigrated to Canada in 1976. She is of Armenian descent.

In 1994 she ran for a seat on the city council under the Vision Montreal banner in the district of Acadie. She won with 45 per cent of the vote as Pierre Bourque became Mayor of Montreal. She served as Montreal's chairperson of the executive committee from 1994 to 1998. She was re-elected in 1998 with 58 per cent of the vote.

Even though Vision Montreal lost the 2001 election, Eloyan managed to win re-election as city councillor. She ran in the district of Cartierville and received 53% of the vote. She served as borough mayor of Ahuntsic-Cartierville until 2005. She was re-elected to the council with 49% of the ballots in that same year in the district of Bordeaux-Cartierville.

When Bourque retired from politics in May 2006, Eloyan became Leader of the Opposition.

In May 2008, she confirmed her desire to leave office as leader of the opposition in Montreal and was replaced by Benoit Labonté, then borough mayor of Ville-Marie. She did not run again in the 2009 Montreal municipal election, and her seat was taken by Harout Chitilian of Union Montréal.

= = = Learning through Landscapes = = =

Learning through Landscapes (LTL) is a UK charity which promotes children's outdoor activities through improved use of school playgrounds.

Learning through Landscapes has been involved with a number of projects including: Supergrounds, The Scottish Play project and Polli:Nation These projects are funded from both grants and membership.

Its patron is Sir David Attenborough, who in 2014 created their Basic Need film, this refers to the basic shortage of school places currently being experienced by schools.

= = = William Brymner = = =

William Brymner, (December 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925) was a Canadian art teacher and a figure and landscape painter.

Born in Greenock, Scotland, the son of Douglas Brymner the first Dominion Archivist and Jean Thomson, he moved with his family to Melbourne, Canada East in 1857. In 1864, his family moved to Montreal, Canada East. They later lived in the area of Ottawa, Canada West where William attended the Ottawa Grammar School.

Following architectural studies in enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris, France in 1878 where his instructors were William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. Both of his teachers, in Paris, were famous exponents of 'Grand manner' naturalism. During this period at the Salon he became interested in the work of Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier who was already popular with the French public.

Brymner specialized in domestic figure scenes and avoided large historical subjects. "Two Girls Reading" of 1898 displays a "careful treatment of light and an understanding of the force of a simple emphatic composition". In 1886, he settled in Montreal after staying in Paris "on and off for almost seven years". Two years prior to leaving Paris, at Runswick Bay, Yorkshire, he completed "A Wreath of Flowers".

Many members of the Beaver Hall Group studied under Brymner, who encouraged them to explore new modernistic approaches to painting.

Among Brymner's pupils were:

In 1883, he was made an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA). He was elected vice-president of the RCA in 1907 and president in 1909. In 1916, he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. His works were exhibited by Galerie L'Art français.

= = = Charles Andrew Brower = = =

Charles Andrew Brower (June 15, 1857 – 1924) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Elgin East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1894 to 1899 and from 1900 to 1919.

He was born in Yarmouth Township, the son of William Brower, and educated at St. Thomas and London, Ontario. Brower was reeve for Yarmouth Township from 1890 to 1892. He married Ellen Penhale and then married her sister Minnie in 1899 a few years after Ellen died. He was unseated in 1899 after an appeal but was reelected in a by-election held later that year. Brower lived near New Sarum.

= = = Foam (organization) = = =