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accompaniment (such as Philadelphia bassist Billy Warburton and drummer Lance Crow) and attempted to record an EP for record label Vital Cog with a drum machine as backing, but ended up putting Magnapop on an indefinite hiatus. Hopper moved to Los Angeles and stopped performing live music until the early 2000s, when Hopper, Morris, and a group of Seattle musicians demoed some Hopper/Morris songs. The band officially re-formed in 2003 with bassist Scott Rowe and drummer Brian Fletcher to tour the European festival circuit and record an album. In The Netherlands, Hopper also performed vocals on R.E.M.'s cover of ""Favorite
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Writer"" at two of the group's concerts on June 21 and 22. In 2005, Magnapop released their first album in nine years—""Mouthfeel""—on Amy Ray's Daemon Records. The re-formed group toured to support the record throughout the United States and the festival circuit in Europe and has continued to perform and record through 2010. The self-released album ""Chase Park"" was made available in late 2009. Hopper is known for her pop-influenced vocals and its interaction with Morris' particularly aggressive guitar-playing. Reviewers have called Hopper's singing ""speak-in-tune"" (""College Music Journal"") and ""bell-voiced"" (""Billboard"".) In addition, the vocal harmony between the two singers
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has defined the Magnapop's sound, especially on later releases that feature more of Morris' vocals. Hopper's non-Magnapop releases include: Linda Hopper Linda Elizabeth Hopper is the vocalist for the Atlanta, Georgia-based rock group Magnapop. Her pop punk/power pop vocal style helped to define the band's sound and she has co-written their minor hit singles ""Slowly, Slowly"" and ""Open the Door"". Prior to the formation of Magnapop, Hopper was a member of the Athens, Georgia music scene in the early 1980s, which included R.E.M., The B-52s, and her own band Oh-OK. Hopper is a native of Marietta, Georgia who moved to
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Adrasteia (Mysia) Adrasteia or Adrastea (, Homeric Ἀδρήστεια) was the name of a region, city, and valley of Mysia, which was watered by the Granicus River. In the eponymous city was an oracle of Apollo and Artemis. The temple had been destroyed by the time of Strabo, and the stones used to build a large altar. Parium was a port of the region. Callisthenes said that it was named after the ancient king Adrastus, who had founded the first temple there. Adrasteia was one of the cities of the era of the Trojan War; it probably belonged to the realm
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of Troy. Its lords were the two sons of Merope of Percote. Adrasteia (Mysia) Adrasteia or Adrastea (, Homeric Ἀδρήστεια) was the name of a region, city, and valley of Mysia, which was watered by the Granicus River. In the eponymous city was an oracle of Apollo and Artemis. The temple had been destroyed by the time of Strabo, and the stones used to build a large altar. Parium was a port of the region. Callisthenes said that it was named after the ancient king Adrastus, who had founded the first temple there. Adrasteia was one of the cities of
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John Cann John Henry Cann (19 April 186021 July 1940) was a New South Wales politician, Treasurer, and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of James McGowen and William Holman. Cann was born in 1860 in Horrabridge, Devonshire, moving with his family to Northumberland in 1866. At the age of nine he began work in the coal mines. He moved to London in 1882 and migrated to Australia in 1887 following his marriage in 1885. After a brief period working as a coal miner at Port Kembla Cann moved to Broken Hill where he worked as a miner for
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BHP. He was also a Primitive Methodist lay preacher at this time. Cann was elected president of the local branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association (A.M.A.) in early 1890, defeating the more radical previous president, Richard Sleath. When the AMA formed a local branch of the Labor Electoral League in 1891 Cann was preselected as candidate for the state parliament seat of Sturt and elected in the same year. Cann was elected unopposed as the sitting member, Wyman Brown, decided to retire after local unions passed a motion of no confidence in him. Other labour candidates including Sleath (then serving
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as AMA secretary) and William Ferguson (supported by the Barrier Ranges Trades and Labour Council) withdrew from the contest once it was clear Cann had the majority support of local unions. Cann faced significant local problems once elected. The far west of New South Wales was in a severe drought, and Broken Hill had no secure source of fresh water. Cann was able to persuade the Premier, Henry Parkes, to commission emergency supplies of water brought in from South Australia by train. An even more significant problem emerged with the defeat of the local union movement in 1892 miners' strike.
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The 18-week strike saw local union leaders arrested and imprisoned in Sydney and strikebreakers brought in to replace striking miners. Union membership collapsed following the defeat and many of the working conditions won in previous years were lost. While the defeat of the strike was a significant setback for the unions in Broken Hill, politically Labour was very successful in the 1890s. Cann was able to persuade the Dibbs government to divide the Electoral district of Sturt into three new seats, Alma, Broken Hill and a redrawn Sturt. Labour polled over 70 percent in all three new seats at the
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1894 election, with Cann winning Broken Hill. Cann served as Labor's central campaign director for the 1897 election to the Federation Convention. Labor opposed the 1897 federation proposal, instead advocating a unicameral legislature elected by universal suffrage. This opposition to federation was controversial locally, and although the ""No"" vote was successful, it caused significant internal conflict within the Labor party in the far west. Cann continued to serve as MLA for Broken Hill until the seat was abolished in 1913, when he returned to the seat of Sturt. From 1912 to 1914 he was the Treasurer of New South Wales.
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He finally resigned from parliament in 1916 after local unionists passed a motion of no confidence in him. He was succeeded as the member for Sturt by the more radical Percy Brookfield. John Cann John Henry Cann (19 April 186021 July 1940) was a New South Wales politician, Treasurer, and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of James McGowen and William Holman. Cann was born in 1860 in Horrabridge, Devonshire, moving with his family to Northumberland in 1866. At the age of nine he began work in the coal mines. He moved to London in 1882 and migrated to
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"Casa del Gavilan"
Casa del Gavilan The Casa del Gavilan is a historic bed and breakfast located six miles south of Cimarron, New Mexico. The property is at the base of Urraca Mesa and is surrounded by the property of Philmont Scout Ranch. The bed and breakfast has six guest rooms. The Casa del Gavilan is also referred to as The Nairn Place due to its original owners. The Casa del Gavilan (House of the Hawk) is an adobe villa built in 1911 for Connecticut natives Jack and Gertrude Nairn, who purchased the land in 1910 from George Webster. In the early 1940s
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the residence was used briefly as the headquarters of the UU Bar Ranch, then owned by Oklahoma oil magnate Waite Phillips. Today, the Casa del Gavilan is owned by the Gavilan Limited Liability Company, of which several members have ties with the adjacent Philmont Scout Ranch. The property was listed on the New Mexico Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. Casa del Gavilan The Casa del Gavilan is a historic bed and breakfast located six miles south of Cimarron, New Mexico. The property is at the base of Urraca Mesa and is surrounded
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"John Robertson (ombudsman)"
John Robertson (ombudsman) Sir John Fraser Robertson (3 August 1925 – 1 September 2001) was the Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand from 1986 to 1994. In this role, he was responsible for investigating complaints against central and local government agencies, including Ministers of the Crown. Robertson began his career as a draughting cadet in the Lands and Survey Department in 1942. He served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Pacific during the Second World War. After returning to the public service he qualified as a chartered accountant. He was a State Services Commissioner, Secretary of Defence and
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Secretary for Justice before being made an Ombudsman. He was appointed an Ombudsman in 1984, and in 1986 became Chief Ombudsman, holding office until 1994. He was a Director of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) from 1988 and President of the IOI from 1992 until 1994. Robertson was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1982 Queen's Birthday Honours. In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George. John Robertson (ombudsman) Sir John Fraser Robertson (3 August 1925 – 1 September 2001) was
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"E. J. Williams"
E. J. Williams Edward Joseph Williams was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. Born in Brandon in 1918 he was raised in Fort William, Ontario. He served in various units of the Canadian army between 1939–1945; he started as a private in the 4th Canadian Field Ambulance and later obtained his commission at Sandhurst. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Progressive Conservative from 1958 to 1959. Williams was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1958 provincial election, in the sprawling northern constituency of Churchill. He defeated Liberal-Progressive candidate K.D. Wray by 297 votes, in a poll
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that was deferred until after the rest of the province had voted. The Progressive Conservatives won a minority government in this election, and Williams became a backbench supporter of Dufferin Roblin's government. He did not seek re-election in 1959. He later went on to become President of the Churchill Chamber of Commerce and obtained brief fame by appearing on the CBC National News suggesting that Churchill would be much better off as part of the federally governed Northwest Territories. He subsequently became Director of Industrial Development for the Mackenzie District of the NWT and then worked with the Department of
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Indian and Northern Affairs until his retirement in 1983. He now lives in Nanaimo, BC. E. J. Williams Edward Joseph Williams was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. Born in Brandon in 1918 he was raised in Fort William, Ontario. He served in various units of the Canadian army between 1939–1945; he started as a private in the 4th Canadian Field Ambulance and later obtained his commission at Sandhurst. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Progressive Conservative from 1958 to 1959. Williams was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1958 provincial election, in the sprawling northern
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"Desperate Lives"
Desperate Lives Desperate Lives is a 1982 American made-for-television drama film about drug use in a high school. The film has a very strong anti-drug message. The Cameron family seems, on the surface, to be the perfect family, but things are not as they seem. Their two teenage children, Scott and Sandy, fall in with the wrong crowds at their high school and eventually become involved with drug experimentation. Sandy, after ingesting angel dust made by her boyfriend in the school's chemistry lab, jumps through a glass window of the school (purposely cutting her arms with the cut glass in
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the process) and is subsequently paralyzed from the fall. A caring idealistic guidance counselor, Eileen Phillips, sees the problem that is going on in the school and, after other tragic incidents involving two other students (one of which involves Scott and his girlfriend smoking drugs and crashing their car off a cliff) and when no one else on the staff is willing to do anything about it, takes the steps to deal with and confront the problem. The aftermath of this tragedy makes Scott and Sandy's parents realize that even their ""perfect"" kids can be affected by drugs, especially after
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Scott has a violent reaction and goes into the hospital. At a school assembly, Eileen Phillips storms in and confronts the students about the increasing drug use, sending a message to the crowd about the effects of what the drug problem is doing to the kids and the tragedies that resulted because of it. ""Desperate Lives"" was released on DVD on April 21, 2010. Desperate Lives Desperate Lives is a 1982 American made-for-television drama film about drug use in a high school. The film has a very strong anti-drug message. The Cameron family seems, on the surface, to be the
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"Bian Zhongyun"
Bian Zhongyun Bian Zhongyun (, 1916, Wuwei County, China – 5 August 1966, Beijing) was a deputy principal at the Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, in Beijing, China. She became the first victim of the Cultural Revolution in August 1966, when she was beaten to death with wooden sticks by her students, who were led by Song Binbin. Prior to her death, Bian had been the party leader at the school, but was denounced as a ""counter-revolutionary revisionist"" by Red Guards A documentary about her, ""Though I am Gone"", was released in 2006. Song Binbin, the student
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leader who beat Bian to death, was sent to the United States to study on government sponsorship and invited back to Beijing Normal University as a prominent alumni. Song's father was the mayor of Beijing and a high member of the Chinese Communist Party. She has openly and widely spoken about her successful academic career, much before any formal or informal apology came forward. Bian Zhongyun Bian Zhongyun (, 1916, Wuwei County, China – 5 August 1966, Beijing) was a deputy principal at the Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, in Beijing, China. She became the first victim
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"Yale Publishing Course"
Yale Publishing Course Yale Publishing Course (YPC), located on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, is an intensive program for magazine, book and online publishing professionals. The course focuses on teaching leadership skills for today's increasingly global, increasingly digital environment. YPC's curriculum is geared to middle and upper-level professionals from all over the world. Its speakers include publishing and media executives as well as faculty from the Yale School of Management and Yale University Press staff. The Yale Course is the only advanced-level program for senior managers in the publishing industry. The program combines plenary sessions with
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smaller group discussions focused on specific issues and case studies. The curriculum includes sessions on such topics as: strategic planning; financial management and entrepreneurship; best practices in the use of new technology and content delivery; legal challenges in multi-platform publishing; licensing and marketing internationally; and the future of digital dissemination. Faculty office hours facilitate one-on-one meetings with students to explore specific questions or challenges. The Yale Publishing Course was founded in 2010 to fill the gap left by the decades-old Stanford University Publishing Course for Professionals. It builds upon the Stanford tradition and concentrates more heavily on the business and
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management aspects of publishing as a global enterprise. It also provides a strong emphasis on understanding and using the latest advances in technology. The Yale Publishing Course began in 2010 as a one-week session, with students from all over the United States and 16 other countries. Students represented all areas of publishing including administration, editorial, sales, publicity, marketing, design, production, business, new media, and new product development. For its 2011 program, YPC was expanded to two sessions: one week focusing on magazine and online publishing, and a week-long session focusing on print and digital book publishing. Program advisors for magazines:
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Program advisors for books: Course Director: Tina C. Weiner Yale Publishing Course Yale Publishing Course (YPC), located on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, is an intensive program for magazine, book and online publishing professionals. The course focuses on teaching leadership skills for today's increasingly global, increasingly digital environment. YPC's curriculum is geared to middle and upper-level professionals from all over the world. Its speakers include publishing and media executives as well as faculty from the Yale School of Management and Yale University Press staff. The Yale Course is the only advanced-level program for senior managers in
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"Cloud 9 (2006 film)"
Cloud 9 (2006 film) Cloud 9 is a 2006 American direct-to-DVD sports comedy film starring Burt Reynolds that was written and produced by Brett Hudson, Burt Kearns and Academy Award-winning producer (""The Godfather"", ""Million Dollar Baby"") Albert S. Ruddy. It was the last comedy in which Reynolds reprised and updated his role as the charming rascal made legendary in films like ""The Longest Yard"" and ""Smokey and the Bandit"". The film was never released to cinemas; instead, it went straight to DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on January 3, 2006, and distributed on DVD around the world in
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territories including India, Japan, Poland, Brazil, Greece and Thailand. Reynolds plays a down and out sports promoter living in a trailer in Malibu, California, who turns his luck around after he has the brainstorm of starting up a beach volleyball team composed of strippers. Cloud 9 (2006 film) Cloud 9 is a 2006 American direct-to-DVD sports comedy film starring Burt Reynolds that was written and produced by Brett Hudson, Burt Kearns and Academy Award-winning producer (""The Godfather"", ""Million Dollar Baby"") Albert S. Ruddy. It was the last comedy in which Reynolds reprised and updated his role as the charming rascal
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"Scotland Yard (TV series)"
Scotland Yard (TV series) Scotland Yard is a series of 39 half-hour episodes produced by Anglo-Amalgamated. Produced between 1953 and 1961, they are short films, originally made to support the main feature in a cinema double-bill. Each film focuses on a true crime case with names changed, and feature an introduction by the crime writer Edgar Lustgarten. The earlier films were produced by Alec C. Snowden, who was succeeded by Jack Greenwood. Directors included Ken Hughes and Montgomery Tully. The principal character in each film is a Detective Inspector, played by a variety of actors but most frequently by Russell
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Napier (usually portraying DI Duggan). Many of the films feature, in supporting roles, actors later to become well-known. They include Jill Bennett, Peter Arne, James Villiers, Arthur Lowe, Peter Halliday, Wilfrid Brambell, Rita Webb and Roger Delgado. All of the episodes were shot at Merton Park Studios in London and on location on monochrome 35mm film. Most of the episodes were presented in the old Academy screen ratio of 1.33:1, whilst a handful of the later episodes were shot in a hard-matted widescreen ratio of 1.66:1. The series later found a new audience on television in both the UK and
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the US. The complete series has been released on DVD in the UK by Network. Here is the list of ""Scotland Yard"" episodes (with their PAL running times): ""Scotland Yard"" aired at 10 p.m. Eastern opposite ""The $64,000 Challenge"" on CBS and ""The Loretta Young Show"" on NBC. It was replaced on the 1958 fall schedule by the five-week series ""Encounter"", a drama anthology which originated from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The BBC television series of the same name broadcast in 1960, and the 1970s London Weekend Television series ""New Scotland Yard"" are unrelated to these films. Scotland Yard (TV series)
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"Makens Bemont House"
Makens Bemont House The Makens Bemont House, commonly called the Huguenot House, is a historic house museum at 307 Burnside Avenue in East Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1761, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century buildings, and is one of several buildings located in Martin Park that are operated by the Historical Society of East Hartford as the Historical Houses at Martin Park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The Makens Bemont House stands near the entrance of Martin Park, which is located just east of East Hartford's Burnside Avenue commercial district.
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The house is a 1-1/2 story gambrel-roofed wood frame structure, five bays wide, with a clapboarded exterior. It rest on a foundation that has a concrete base, but is topped by brownstones used in its original foundation. It has a brick central chimney, and the roof is pierced by three gabled dormers. Its interior retains wide pine floorboards and other 18th and 19th-century stylistic features, including a Federal style fireplace mantel, and Greek Revival elements in the northwest chamber. The house was built in 1761 by Edmond Bemont, and purchased four years later by his son Makens. Makens Bemont was
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a prominent local businessman who made saddles and owned shares in the local bridge. He served as the town tax collector, and accumulated sufficient wealth that he was one of the few townspeople of his period to own a carriage. The house was originally located on the other side of Burnside Avenue and about west of its present location. It was moved in 1971 after it was threatened with demolition, and now serves as a local house museum. It is furnished to appear as if owned by a late 18th/early 19th century workingman, and is open seasonally. Makens Bemont House
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"Macne series"
Macne series The is a series of voice banks designed for Reason and GarageBand, music sequencer software for the Macintosh operating system, developed by MI7 Japan and distributed by Act2. They are sold under an Open-source license. Following the release of the Vocaloid ""Neo"" version for the Mac, several hints were left on Macne Nana's Twitter that an official Vocaloid voicebank was in progress. It was confirmed and announced later in October 2013 that Macne Nana would be released for both the Vocaloid 3 software and the Vocaloid Neo software on January 31, 2014. The idea of releasing a voicebank
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for Macintosh computers was conceptualized in the Japanese voice actress Haruna Ikezawa's regular column ""天声姫語 Vox Reginae, Vox Dei"" (""voice of the queen, voice of god,"" a spoof of ""Asahi Shimbun""'s editorial article ""天声人語 Vox Populi, Vox Dei"" or ""voice of the people, voice of god"") carried in the magazine ""Mac Fan"" by Mainichi Communications. It followed the success story of Hatsune Miku, a voice produced for the Vocaloid software which was produced for Microsoft Windows only but has no connection to the Vocaloid software development. The Macne series gained popularity after it was discovered that the sound files could
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be imported into the singing software Utau. A plan was made to introduce new characters to the series in 2012 and as of October 2012, a selection of finalists have been chosen. In late December, the concept of turning all the Macne series into Vocaloid were spoken about. The most major factor in the process was the cost of doing so. The Macne vocals are set up as a family unit with each ""character"" given a distinct personality. is cheerful and positive (but a little clumsy), she is accident prone but always looks on the bright side of things even
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when running late for work. Macne Nana is about 14 or 15 years old according to her official profile. Originally labelled , is the ""straight man"" of the Macne house, she keeps the family together and makes sure they are not divided. Although generally the quiet one, she would rather have a conversation with someone then watch things go wrong. She is 10 years old and currently is the youngest member of the family. is friendly, calm and mature. She is responsible for keeping the general Macne home running and works at ""Macne Cafe"" (Mac音カフェ). Though she is always smiling,
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others do not wish to see what her angry face might look like so everyone smiles back at her. She and her twin sister Macne Coco Black are 17 years old and currently the eldest two daughters of the Macne family. easily gets emotional. Compared to her sister White, she loses her temper easily and cries quite easily. Whereas Coco White runs the general work of the Macne household, Coco Black is incapable of holding responsibilities beyond tasks like selling candy sticks. Coco black is also the ignorance queen of the Macne household and often puts her looks first. is
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a mature, cool, and collective character in comparison with his ""daughters"". According to his profile he is hardly home and is often flying around the world, but ensures that treasures and parts are sent back home every month from his travels. His line of work, however, is unclear, but when he retires from his work his clothes and attitude change. His age is put at between 40 and 49. is a sweet and angelic child. She has a magic transformation wand from her ancestors and is a transformed version of Macne Petit. Sasayaki also whispers 3,389 the whisper of a
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regular person. In her profile it questions why Petit was given the wand and who this girl of mystery (Sasayaki) is. All Macne products were built for the Japanese Language and therefore include only the 50 sounds needed for Japanese pronunciation Each vocal is recorded in 3 different scales. Except for Macne Nana, the Macnes are built primary for the GarageBand software. Macne series The is a series of voice banks designed for Reason and GarageBand, music sequencer software for the Macintosh operating system, developed by MI7 Japan and distributed by Act2. They are sold under an Open-source license. Following
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"Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital"
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital, formerly known as Hospital Temerloh, is a 498-bed government-funded multi-specialty hospital located in the district of Temerloh in the state of Pahang, Malaysia. It is centrally located along the Kuala Lumpur-Kuantan Highway on a piece of land. The construction of the hospital was originally mooted to replace Hospital Mentakab which was over a century old. The hospital was to serve the growing healthcare needs of not only the district of Temerloh, but as a referral centre for Kuala Lipis, Raub, Maran, Bentong, Jerantut and Bera. Construction of the hospital began
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in June 2002 and was completed on 15 January 2005, in a record period of 34 months. The cost of construction was RM480 million. Various healthcare services of the hospital were started in stages between March 2005 and 16 April 2005. The hospital was officially opened by Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah of Pahang on 27 March 2006. The name change from Hospital Temerloh to Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah was in recognition of the Sultan's graciousness in consenting to the launch. The paediatric daycare ward was refurbished in 2007 by Amway. Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
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"Canton Center Historic District"
Canton Center Historic District The Canton Center Historic District encompasses the historic rural town center of Canton, Connecticut. Extending mainly along Connecticut Route 179, near the geographic town center, is a well-preserved example of rural agricultural center in Connecticut, a role served until about 1920. The district includes many examples of Late Victorian and Greek Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The area that is now the town of Canton was settled in the 18th century as part of Simsbury. In 1750 it was given status as a separate parish, and it
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was incorporated in 1806. The town center organized itself along a stretch of the town's major north-south road, now Route 179 that roughly parallels Cherry Brook. It was here that the Congregation Church was located (current building dating to 1814), and a general store and other local services arose. Cherry Brook was used as a power source for modestly scaled local enterprises, including sawmills and tanneries. This rural center was eventually supplanted by Collinsville in the early 20th century as a more important commercial and civic hub, and development has consequently been limited since about 1920. The historic district covers
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about of mainly rural landscape, and is roughly linear, extending along Route 179 between East Mountain and North Mountain Roads. A roughly triangular section bounded by West and Meadow Roads extends the district west of the main road. There 84 contributing buildings, most of which are either primary buildings (houses, schools, etc.) or major secondary buildings like barns. Most of the buildings are wood frame residences, in Federal or Greek Revival styles, although there are a few examples of later Victorian architecture. No buildings appear to date from the earliest time of the area's settlement. One of the oldest surviving
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houses in the district is the Caleb Case House built in 1785. Non-residential buildings include the church, a general store and blacksmith's shop, and several district school buildings which have been altered for other uses. Major modern intrusions include a Jehovahs Witnesses hall and the 1941 Cherry Brook School. Canton Center Historic District The Canton Center Historic District encompasses the historic rural town center of Canton, Connecticut. Extending mainly along Connecticut Route 179, near the geographic town center, is a well-preserved example of rural agricultural center in Connecticut, a role served until about 1920. The district includes many examples of
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"2010–11 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team"
2010–11 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team The 2010–11 San Diego State men's basketball team represented San Diego State University in the 2010–11 college basketball season. It was their 12th season in the Mountain West Conference. This was head coach Steve Fisher's twelfth season at San Diego State. The Aztecs competed in the Mountain West Conference and played their home games at Viejas Arena. The 2010-11 season was arguably the best season in San Diego State's 90-year basketball history. The Aztecs finished the regular season as Mountain West Co-Champions with BYU, and won the 2011 Mountain West Conference Men's
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Basketball Tournament to gain the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. After defeating Northern Colorado in the second round for their first ever NCAA Tournament win, the defeated Temple in the third round to advance to the ""Sweet Sixteen"" where they were defeated by eventual tournament champion Connecticut to finish the season 34–3. The 34 wins are easily the most in school history Source Source !colspan=9| Exhibition !colspan=9| Regular Season !colspan=9| 2011 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=10| 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament † 2010–11 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball
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"Lady Xian"
Lady Xian Lady Xian (or Hsien, ; Vietnamese: Tiển phu nhân; 512-602), also known as Lady of Qiao Guo (or Ch'iao Kuo; ), was a noblewoman of the Li people (黎) born to the chieftain of the Xian tribe in Southern China, in what is now Guangdong during the Sui dynasty. She has been deified as the ""Saintly Mother of Lingnan"" (Chinese: 岭南圣母). She died during a tour of Hainan. Former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai called her ""the First Heroine of China"", and President Jiang Zemin praised her as ""the role model that the later generations should learn forever"". Lady
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Xian was born in 512 to the chieftain of the Xian tribe of the Li people in Southern China. She lived during the Sui dynasty in what is now Guangdong in Southern China. Her family were hereditary leaders of their tribe. She was a notable leader who successfully defended her tribe against its enemies, eventually earning her title as Lady of Qiaoguo. Her tribe's people preferred to fight with each other. She often tried to prevent them from involved in wars. Her brother Xian Ting, the governor (刺史) of Nanliangzhou (南梁州), was conceited from wealth so he often harassed the
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surrounding counties or robbed their belongings, which made people in the Lingnan area miserable. Lady Xian often persuaded him not to do bad things so people's resentment subsided gradually. Thus, thousands of people from Dan'er Commandery (儋耳郡) of Hainan were attracted by her fame and joined her. At 535, she married Feng Pao, a Chinese general, and encouraged an appreciation of Chinese ways among her people. She also helped her Feng Pao with the local affairs. She was impartial and incorruptible when resolving the lawsuits. She would punish her tribe's people if they committed crimes. As a result, Feng established
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their authority in the local place. From then on, nobody dared to disobey the government decrees. Because she was a woman, her accomplishments shocked many Chinese. However, Emperor Chen Shubao of the Chen Dynasty had been impressed with her achievements and bestowed her with many awards, including the title ""Lady of Qiaoguo"". She died in 602 of old age and was honored with the posthumous name of Lady Chengjing (诚敬夫人). Among her children, only Feng Pu was known by name. He accompanied his mother into many battles, and like her, he was bestowed awards by the Chen emperor. Lady Xian
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had three grandsons named Feng Hun, Feng Xian, and Feng Ang. They were all bestowed awards by the emperor. During the Chinese New Year or other festivals, Lady Xian would take out all her gifts sent by the emperors of the Liang, Chen and Sui dynasties and placed them in the yard. She told her grandsons that ""You all should be loyal to the emperor. I had served emperors of three dynasties with loyalty! All these gifts granted by them were the reward of my loyalty. So I hope you all can think about that and be loyal to the
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emperor. (Original: ""汝等宜尽赤心向天子，我事三代主，唯用一好心。今赐物俱存，此忠孝之报也。愿汝皆思念之!""). She asked her grandsons to be loyal to the emperor as she did. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, human trafficking was very frequent in this area. According to the biography of Wang Sengru in the ""Book of Liang"", Wang Sengru was the Prefecture of Nanhai. Every year many foreign boats docked here because many people were sold in Gaoliang. These foreign businessmen traded their goods for people being sold here. At that time, many businessmen in this county made money by doing this trade, which the officials permitted and did not take any action to prevent
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it. When Lady Xian rose to power, she took efforts to promote Han feudal culture and successfully abolished the Li trafficking system. She told the Li people to do more good things and be loyal to the country. Moreover, she encouraged the Han Chinese's intermarriage to the people of the Li, which greatly promoted the ethnic communication and integration. In 548, the Hou Jing rebelled against the Liang dynasty, which had a destructive effect on the whole country. In 550, Li Qianshi, the rebel leader from Gaozhou tried to entice Feng Pao to join the rebellion, but Lady Xian dissuaded
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him from joining the rebellion. He defeated Li Qianshi's forces, thus helping general Chen Baxian suppress the Hou Jing rebellion. Her achievement is recorded in detail in the ""Book of Sui"". In 558, Chen Baxian established the Chen Dynasty. Xiao Bo, the feudal provincial of Guangzhou sent out troops to attack him, while some other ambitious provincial leaders rose in rebellion, throwing Lingnan into chaos and driving many locals into homelessness and poverty. To restore the peace of Lingnan, Lady Xian adopted the strategy named ""cure-replaced wars"". (治胜于战). She posted notices to warn the governors of nearby counties not to
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join Xiao, but to focus on the public security and stop the fighting. She promised that if they stop the rebellion, they will not be punished. Meanwhile, she made strict discipline on her military, in which soldiers who committed crimes such as robbing or killing, will have their heads cut off and displayed in public. The rebel leaders took her advice so the insurgency subsided quickly. In the Liang dynasty (551), she was granted the honored name ""Lady of Protection Hou"" (保护候夫人) for defeating the rebellious Li Qianshi. In the Chen dynasty (570), she was given the title of ""Shi-Long
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Taifuren"" (石龙太夫人). But in the book of the History of the Northern Dynasties, she was given the title of ""Taifuren of Gaoliang County"" (高凉郡太夫人). In the Sui dynasty (589), she got the honored name of ""Furen of Songkang County"" (宋康郡夫人). In 601, she was granted the name of ""Lady of Qiaoguo"" (谯国夫人). When she died, she was honored with the posthumous name of ""Lady of Chengjing"" (诚敬夫人). In the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, she was honored as the ""Qingfu Furen"" (清福夫人). In the Southern Song dynasty, the emperor granted her the name of ""Xianying Furen"" (显应夫人) and ""Youfui Furen""
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(柔惠夫人). In the Qing dynasty (1864), the Tongzhi Emperor granted her the name of ""Ciyou"" (慈佑). Lady Xian was greatly honored for her great distribution by many emperors or the masses. So people built temples around the country to commemorate her. By the end of 1940s, there were already several hundred temples in China, especially in Lingnan. They were also built in Malaysia and Vietnam. The first temple was built in the end of the Sui dynasty. The largest and most important Temple of Madam Xian is in Gaozhou, which was visited by former Chinese President Jiang Zemin in 2000.
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In 2002, the temple was listed as a key culture protection site by the Guangdong Provincial Government. Every year on the 24th day of the 11th lunar month, people in Gaozhou will come to the temple to worship Lady Xian. Lady Xian Lady Xian (or Hsien, ; Vietnamese: Tiển phu nhân; 512-602), also known as Lady of Qiao Guo (or Ch'iao Kuo; ), was a noblewoman of the Li people (黎) born to the chieftain of the Xian tribe in Southern China, in what is now Guangdong during the Sui dynasty. She has been deified as the ""Saintly Mother of
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needs with two important exceptions, the nightclub scene and tourism, which is focused on the Pyramid. The pyramid, topped by the Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Church is one of the region's main tourist attractions, making Cholula one of the better known destinations in central Mexico for foreign travelers. Images of this church on top of the pyramid with Popocateptl in the background is frequently used in Mexico's promotion of tourism. The municipality of San Andrés Cholula forms one half of the city of Cholula de Rivadavia in the center west of the state of Puebla. San Andres borders the
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led by head coach John MacLeod and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Paul Westphal, whom led the Suns with his 24 points per game, made his third straight appearance in the All-Star Game and was again named to the All-NBA First Team. Walter Davis followed up his Rookie of the Year Award performance from the previous season with his second consecutive All-Star selection and by season's end, voted to the All-NBA Second Team. Fourth-year big man Alvan Adams hauled in a career-high 9.2 rebounds a game to go with an average of 17.8 points. 1978–79 Phoenix
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There are only a few low hills that do not extend for more than sixty meters above the valley floor, which as those located in the communities of San Francisco Acatepec and San Bernabé Temoxtitla. The municipality is in the southern part of the high basin of the Atoyac River, forms the border between San Andres and the city of Puebla. The Zapatero River runs east through the municipality and empties into the Atoyac. There are also a number of seasonal arroyos such as the Alamo. It has a temperate climate with an average temperature of between 18 and 20C,
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and typically no more than 20 to 40 days with frost per year. There is a rainy season that lasts from May to October which provides about 800 to 900 mm of rainfall per year. This climate made the area very important for agricultural production in the pre Hispanic and colonial eras. The climate is temperate and semi moist with rains in the summer. Average temperatures range between 18 and 20C. January is the coldest months with average temperatures of between 10 and 16C, and May is the warmest with averages between 20 and 22C. The only forested area is
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an area associated with the Sierra del Tentzo, which contains holm oak and scrub. The rest of the area is either farmland or covered by human settlements. The first human settlements of Cholula are within the confines of the San Andrés municipality and date somewhere between 500 and 200 BCE, during the middle Preclassic period. Through the Classic period, the village grew and social hierarchy developed, with the first pyramid to define this social and religious hierarchy begun at the end of the Preclassic. At the end of this period, many settlements were abandoned, but Cholula grew, making it politically
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dominant in the region. It rapidly developed into an urban center in the Classic period (200–800 CE) dominating the Puebla-Tlaxcala region, growing to an area of about four km and a population of between 20,000 and 25,000. The Great Pyramid was expanded twice during this time. The city had relations with the larger Teotihuacan, but the nature of this is not known. However, at the end of the Classic period, Teotihuacan fell. Cholula had a population decline but the city survived. However, there is evidence of a change of dominant ethnicity, with a people known as the Olmec-Xicallana coming to
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power and pottery and other artifacts showing Gulf Coast influence. The city continued to grow during the Post Classic period (900–1521) as well, although there was another regime change. Toltec-Chichimecas from the fall the Tula arrived in the 12th century as refugees. The ruling Olmeca-Xicallanca allowed their arrival but oppressed them, until the Toltec-Chichimecas revolted and took over in the 13th century. The new lords called themselves the Choloteca, but they did not eliminate the Olmeca-Xicallanca. The defeated group was pushed to the eastern half of the city and the surrounding areas, maintaining a certain amount of religious and political
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autonomy, centered on the pyramid. This is the origin of the San Andrés municipality. At around this same time, there was significant destruction on the Great Pyramid, especially the latest constructions. By the time the Spanish arrived, Cholula was actually divided into three sub entities, roughly corresponding to the municipalities of San Pedro Cholula, San Andrés Cholula and Santa Isabel Cholula. However, only the first two are considered to be part of the modern city of Cholula. San Andrés is defined by the area east of the Great Pyramid and includes it. The city was important as a mercantile crossroads
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and a religious center, although religious practice was centered on the Quetzalcoatl Temple in San Pedro rather than on the Pyramid, which was overgrown... Hernán Cortés noted he could see about 2,000 houses in the city with as many temples as days of the year. It had a population of about 100,000, however, the area was overpopulated leading to chronic hunger among the poor. During the Conquest, the Spanish would kill about 6,000 residents of the city in an event known as the Cholula Massacre. It is from this episode that the 365 churches legend evolves. San Andres was the
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encomienda of Andrés de Tapia for a very short time, and then it was turned over to Rodrigo Rangel. In 1529, it was divided between Diego Fernandez de Proaño and Diego Pacheco. In 1531, the Cholula area was converted into a ""corregimiento"" or area under direct control of the Spanish Crown. In 1537, Cholula became an independent city. and granted its own coat of arms by Charlves V. in 1540. San Andrés as an entity was recognized as early as 1548, when records show eight communities governed by it. Organization of what is now the municipal territory changed over time,
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but San Andrés remained an independent political entity from the 18th century on. The Spanish built nearby Puebla to overshadow Cholula and the city never recovered its former status. An epidemic wiped out much of its indigenous population in the 1540s. Over the colonial period, forty-seven churches were constructed in the city, with San Andrés as an independent parish by 1640. In 1714, it was definitively separated from San Pedro as an ""Indian Republic"" along with San Bernardino Tlaxcalancingo, Santa Clara Ocoyucan and San Antonio Cacalotepec. This separation would cause political and economic problems between the two halves of the
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city, but still coexisting in matters of religion. The evangelization of San Andrés also differed from neighboring San Pedro. It remained indigenous while San Pedro quickly became mestizo. Also in the early colonial period, this part of the city has enough land to meet its own food needs and not be dependent on the outside economically. One reason the division remained was that during all of the colonial period and much into the 19th century, the Spanish and their descendents were mostly found on the San Pedro side, in what is still considered to be the center of the city
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of Cholula. Indigenous kept to their own neighborhoods in San Andrés and the outer communities of San Pedro. Despite the population eventually becoming almost all mestizo over the centuries, this division remains. Today, that division is recognized by the municipal status of San Andrés, which was established in 1861. The city was named the Distrito Cholula de Rivadavia in 1895 by the state in honor of Bernardino de Rivadavia. Since the founding of the first two villages, Cholula has never been abandoned, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in the Americas. San Andrés Cholula (municipality) San Andrés Cholula Municipality
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San Pedro Cholula San Pedro Cholula is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla and one of two municipalities which made up the city of Cholula. The city has been divided into two sections since the pre Hispanic era, when revolting Toltec-Chichimecas pushed the formerly dominant Olmec-Xicallanca to the eastern side of the city in the 13th century. The new lords called themselves Cholutecas and built a new temple to Quetzalcoatl on the San Pedro side, which eventually eclipsed the formerly prominent Great Pyramid of Cholula, now on the San Andrés side. When the Spanish arrived in the 16th
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century, the city of Cholula was an important religious and economic center, but the center of power was on the San Pedro side, centered on what is now the main city plaza and the San Gabriel monastery. The division of the city persisted and San Pedro remained the more dominant, with Spanish families moving onto that side and the rest of the population quickly becoming mestizo. Today, San Pedro is still more commercial and less residential than neighboring San Andrés with most of its population employed in industry, commerce and services rather than agriculture. Although Cholula's main tourist attraction, the
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Pyramid, is in San Andrés, San Pedro has more tourism infrastructure such as hotels, restaurants and bars. San Pedro is one of two municipalities which make up the city of Cholula, or formally Cholula de Rivadavia. This city is divided into eighteen barrios or neighborhoods, ten of which are on the San Pedro side. The division of the city into two semi-separate halves has its roots in the pre Hispanic period, when the Olmec-Xicallancas were pushed to the east side of the city by the rebelling Toltec-Chichimeca ethnicity. The division remained in the colonial period with San Pedro quickly becoming
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a mix of Spanish and indigenous with San Andrés remaining mostly indigenous for the rest of the period. Today, San Andrés still has the higher indigenous population. When the Spanish arrived the San Pedro side was still dominant, with the Quetzalcoatl Temple (on which now stands the San Gabriel monastery) overshadowing the Great Pyramid, which was already overgrown. This side contains what is considered the center of the city, large plaza with several important buildings, including the San Gabriel monastery, facing it. What keeps the city united socially is a complex calendar of religious and social events with the costs
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and efforts associated with them rotated and shared among the various ""barrios"" or traditional neighborhoods. Among the important shared festivals, there are Carnival, the Vaniloquio, when the bells of the city's churches ring in coordination, Holy Week, La Bajada, when the image of the Virgin of the Remedies comes down the pyramid to visit the various neighborhoods and the most important, the feast day of the Virgin of the Remedies on 8 September. These and other traditions have roots in the pre Hispanic period. Many Cholutecans still use their pre-Hispanic surnames, such as former town stewards Raymundo Tecanhuehue and Humberto
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Tolama Totozintle. This is because a number of the old Indian nobility was allowed certain privileges after the Conquest. The town chronicler still refers to the barrios as calpulli, the pre-Conquest political organization of neighborhoods. Another unifying factor is a straight street grid oriented in the cardinal directions. Most streets in the center are numbered with indications as to their location vis-à-vis the center, north, east, south or west. Outside the city center street names lose this system. San Pedro is home to what is considered to be the main plaza or square the city, called the Plaza de la
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Concordia. In the morning, this plaza of Cholula is filled with vendors selling typical street food, sweets and handcrafted toys for children. On the west side of this plaza is the ""Portales"" (Portals). This is a commercial area framed by forty-six arches supported by Doric columns. These arches measure 170 meters long and are the longest in Latin American. (pedro his). The San Pedro municipal palace is located behind this commercial area, occupying a space which was called the Xiuhcalli, (House of Turquoise), where a council of nobles met in the pre Hispanic era. On the south side of the
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plaza is the Museum of the City of Cholula, housed in a structure called the Casa del Caballero Aguilar (House of the Eagle Knight), one of the oldest residential structures in the area. This museum was opened in 2001 after extensive restoration of the colonial era building by INAH, the city and the Universidad de las Américas-Puebla. This work restored the original floor plan and much of the carved stone work. The museum traces the habitation of Cholula from about 1000 BCE. Three rooms display pre Hispanic artifacts, two contains colonial era items and one features a John O'Leary photographic
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exhibit of the city's religious festivals. Lastly, the facility also contains restorations laboratories run by UDLAP. The basis of the collection was a group of 1,500 artifacts donated by Omar Jimenez. The main archeological attraction, the Great Pyramid of Cholula is actually in the municipality of San Andrés Cholula, marking where that part of the city begins. However, 154 hectares of the entire city have been declared archeological heritage. It is strongly believed that the Quetzalcoatl Temple lies beneath the San Gabriel monastery, but no excavations have been done on the site. Most excavations in San Pedro have been under
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streets and other public areas, especially when there has been construction, such as the laying of water pipes. However, there is widespread opposition to excavation in most of the zone, mostly because most of the land is privately owned. More evident in San Pedro is a large number of Cholula's many churches. According to legend, Hernán Cortés promised to build one church here for every day of the year or for every pre Hispanic temple destroyed after the Cholula Massacre. In reality, there are only 37 for the entire city, 159, if all the chapels on surrounded haciendas and ranches
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are counted. The architectural styles of the churches vary from Gothic to Renaissance to Churrigueresque and Neoclassical, with many mixing elements of two or more styles. A number also have Talavera tile as a decorative feature, which is common in Puebla. A few have intricate stucco work done by indigenous hands. The city's churches contain more than 300 works of art, together valued at millions of dollars. However, due to increases in the theft of religious art, many churches have implemented extra security measures and some have stopped opening during the week. The most important religious institution in San Pedro,
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and the second most important after the Sanctuary of the Virgen de los Remedios on the Great Pyramid, is the San Gabriel monastery. This monastery was established over the site of the destroyed Quetzalcoatl Temple in 1529 and one of the largest Franciscan monasteries in Mexico. It was established first in the city, because this was the power center and the Franciscans had a limited number of monks in Mexico. The complex consists of a large atrium, a main church, a cloister area, and two important chapels which face the atrium area. Its architecture is rococo style Gothic. The Franciscan
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monastery is dedicated to the Archangel Gabriel. The complex is surrounded by a wall with pointed merlons which separates it from the main plaza of the city. There are three entrances to the atrium, but the main one is to the west, in front of the main church. The atrium is very large and most of it is in front of the two chapels. A second entrance in the atrium wall leads to this area, which may have been used for evangelization purposes and masses for the indigenous during the very early colonial period. In three corners of the atrium,
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there are chapels, called ""capillas posas"", with pinnacle roofs, simple arches which are closed off by railing. The atrium cross was sculpted in 1668. It is identical to that in the atrium of the Nuestra Señora de los Remedios sanctuary. The main church is one of the oldest in Mexico, which the first stone laid in 1549 by Martin de Hojacastro, who would be the third bishop of Puebla. The facade of the main church is smooth and its corners are reinforced with diagonal buttresses. The towers have arched windows, columns and a small dome topped by iron cross. The
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interior has a Latin cross layout, covered with vaults and a cupola. The altarpieces are made of wood and plaster and decorated in gold leaf. The main one is dedicated to the Virgin of the Remedies. The main portal is sculpted in sandstone in Renaissance style. The main doors are of wood and contain metal studs with different designs. The north portal has richer ornamentation. The interior is covered by vaults with Gothic nerves and arched window openings. It conserves a number of oil paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries. The main altar of San Gabriel is Neoclassical, dating
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from 1897. The cloister contains frescos with six religious scenes in a style similar to those at the former monastery of Huejotzingo. The upper floor has one called the Mass of Saint Gregory and the ground floor contains frescos with scenes from the life of Francis of Assisi, along with portraits of a number of Franciscan monks. The San Gabriel monastery is still inhabited by about fifteen Franciscan monks. In 1986, the monastery agreed to let part of their building be renovated and converted into the Franciscan Library, done in cooperation with the Universidad de las Americas. This library is
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open to the public on request. The monks were initially opposed to the project as they know the monastery sits on the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and did not want to be forced out. The Capilla Real (Royal Chapel) is also called the Capilla de Naturales (Indigenous Chapel). It is located on the north end of the complex. It is similar to a mosque. It had never received any kind of royal recognition. There are twelve columns and twenty-four octagonal pilasters. Twelve of the pilasters support the entrances to the side chapels and have sixteen corbels. There are seven naves and
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forty-nine cupolas. The capilla real received its name because of a chapel inside dedicated to the Virgin of the Remedies, the patron of Cholula. The current interior was created in 1947. The façade has some Baroque elements, with its main entrance marked by a simple arch flanked by Corinthian columns and fluted pilasters. The choral window is flaned by Ionic columns. The crest is a pediment with a flutter. The holy water font dates from the 16th century. The base and cup are sculpted from one piece of stone. The base is decorated with acanthus leaves, other flowers and leaves
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and a simple molding a Franciscan cord. The Capilla de la Tercera Orden is located between the Capilla Real and the main church. I is a small church with a Baroque portal and Salomonic columns. In the pendentives of the cupola, there are paintings of various important Franciscans. The altars are Neoclassical in white and gold. The parish church of the San Pedro municipality faces that main square of the city and was built in the 17th century. The architecture is a mix of Baroque and Renaissance, which is uncommon in Mexico for the 17th century. The bell tower is
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"Clank (Ratchet & Clank)"
Clank (Ratchet & Clank) Clank (real name: XJ-0461/Warbot Defect B54296) is one of the titular protagonist game characters in the ""Ratchet & Clank"" video game series by Insomniac Games. XJ-0461, originally designated Warbot Defect B-54296, nicknamed Clank, is an escaped robot from Chairman Drek's robot plant on planet Quartu. After a high-speed chase, he crashes near a plateau on planet Veldin and catalyzes Ratchet's adventure. Clank has many attachments including a helipack, thrusterpack, and hydropack. Under certain circumstances, he can grow into a giant form to fight much larger enemies. He is mostly used as a character for tight spaces
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or areas in outer space without air. Clank spawned from an early idea involving a number of small robots attached to Ratchet, which would perform different functions. However, Insomniac realized that having the three robots was both complicated and created confusion about Ratchet's appearance, leading them to have only one robot, Clank. However, in later games the smaller robots appeared in sections where the player could control Clank, and they had various functions such as attacking and activating doors. Clank is a main character in the ""Ratchet & Clank"" series, first appearing in the game with the same name as
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an escaped robot. After meeting up with Ratchet, they travel various planets trying to stop the goals of Chairmen Drek, and looking for Captain Qwark to help them. Along the way, Ratchet keeps drifting from the goals that Clank wants to accomplish, causing him to get upset with Ratchet's selfishness. With Clank being the only way Ratchet can pilot his ship, he makes up with him, and gets back on track. In """", they are living the lives of heroes and get a call from the CEO of Megacorp, wanting them to help retrieve a dangerous prototype which was stolen.
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In """", Ratchet and Clank help Captain Qwark defeat his past nemesis, Dr. Nefarious. Meanwhile, Clank is shown to be a movie star, acting as ""Secret Agent Clank"" (a PlayStation Portable game was released under the same name, and focuses on the adventures of Clank under this role). A great deal of new information regarding Clank's real origins is shown in the Future trilogy. During the events of """", Clank is often visited by mysterious beings known as the Zoni and is warned that he faces some difficult decisions regarding his adventures with Ratchet. Clank is eventually taken away by
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the Zoni at the end of the game. In """", Clank is transported to the Great Clock where he learns that his creator is, in fact, a powerful Zoni named Orvus (his alternate name is also quoted as XJ-0461) and fulfils his intended purpose as Senior Caretaker of the Clock. After the final battle, Clank is left with a hard decision on whether to continue partnering Ratchet or leave him and stay at the Clock, but he ultimately decides to leave the Clock and stay with Ratchet. Clank is one of the six playable characters in ""PlayStation Move Heroes"", and
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creates a rivalry with ""Sly Cooper"" character Bentley due to both of them having high intelligence. Both Ratchet and Clank also appear as one playable character in the crossover fighting game ""PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale"". Clank also appears as a non-playable character in ""Hot Shots Golf Fore!"" and the PlayStation 4 version of ""Super Bomberman R"". Douglass C. Perry of IGN described David Kaye's vocal performance as Clank in the original game as ""quite engaging, and in some cases, charming, especially when he finishes a level or gains a weapon."" Gavin Frankle of Allgame found it hard to form an
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