The symphonic rock band Longshanks was formed in October 1987 (in Delft, the Netherlands) as a studio project to record one 'Rush'-like song called "Cycles and Circles" (February 1988).
The song was released on tape (in a very limited edition) and attracted a very favourable review in a magazine for symphonic rock (Sym-info no.14, Oct. 1988).
The name of the band refers indirectly to a nickname of the character Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and so does not refer to the nickname of the English King Edward I.
Longshanks no. 1
The first line-up of Longshanks consisted of (from left to right):
* Peter van Heijningen - lead-guitar electric
* Peter ten Haaft - bass
* André Kamer - chorus-guitar
* Rob Boshuijzen - drums
* Jan van der Lugt - lead-guitar acoustic
* Alex van de Graaf - vocals
Encouraged by the favourable reactions all around, an attempt was made to convert the studio project into a real band, but due to differences in ambitions and musical skills Longshanks no.1 soon fell apart.
Longshanks no. 2
The founder of Longshanks (André Kamer) and multi-instrumentalist Jan van der Lugt decided to carry on with the studio band in the manner of 'The Alan Parsons Project': a core of two guys of whom one would come up with the lyrics, the concept and the basic musical track of the song (on guitar) and the other had the musical skills to add the right drums-, bass- and even synthesizer-parts.
Just like 'The Alan Parsons Project' they had to rely on guest-musicians to fill in the final parts: the vocals and the solos.
The second line-up of Longshanks consisted of:
* André Kamer - chorus-guitar
* Jan van der Lugt - bass, synthesizer and computer-drums
* Alex van de Graaf - vocals
* Alexandra den Heijer - vocals
* Karin den Heijer - vocals
* Jeroen Steenbeek - lead-guitar electric
* Martin Krijgsman - lead-guitar electric
Between 1989 and 1993 several songs were recorded on 4-track in Jan van der Lugts home studio. Together with "Cycles and Circles" they were meant to be part of the concept demo "The Quest". This was the track list:
# Nightmare
# The Awakening
# The Travelling-song, part 1
# On The Run
# Into the Dawn
# Cycles and Circles
# Dreams
# Sunset
# Marching towards the Battlefield
# The Mourning After
# The Travelling-song, part 2
"The Mourning After" turned out to be an unsurpassable problem for the singers and after the departure of lead-singer Alex van de Graaf (at the beginning of 1993) Longshanks no. 2 also fell apart.
Longshanks no. 3
In the spring of 1993 Jan and André recorded the song "Borderline" with vocalist Hans van Lint from the rock band 'Iceparty' (in which at that time both Jan van der Lugt and Jeroen Steenbeek played and for which André often was sound-engineer at their live-performances). Hans later became the lead singer of Dutch symphonic rock band 'For Absent Friends'.
Longshanks no. 4
In 1999 André Kamer moved from Delft to Amersfoort and Longshanks became a one-man-band and started writing instrumental only songs:
* Bridal Suite (2002-present):
# Prelude
# Courante
# Tango
* I Have a Dream (2002&2004)
Longshanks no. 5
With the return of singer Alex van de Graaf in February 2007 Longshanks entered yet a new chapter of its history. In February 2008, twenty years (to the day) after the release of their first song "Cycles and Circles" they released a new song called "The Web of Life". Two years later, on April 24, 2010, they crowned their reunion with the release of the CD: "The Return of Longshanks".
The line-up of Longshanks no.5:
* André Kamer - all instruments
* Bregje Kaasjager - vocals
* Alex van de Graaf - vocals
"The Return of Longshanks" track list:
# the Web of Life (4:28)
# In Dreams (6:47)
# the Wandering Merchant (1:57)
# Leave Me Alone (5:46)
# In the Desert (7:56)
# the Bath Song (2:27)
# All My Days (2:47)
# I Love the Road (5:08)
# the Travelling Song, prt.3 (3:28)
Bonus-tracks:
# I Have A Dream (2008 version) (5:55)
# the Wandering Merchant (streetorgan version) (1:54)
The song was released on tape (in a very limited edition) and attracted a very favourable review in a magazine for symphonic rock (Sym-info no.14, Oct. 1988).
The name of the band refers indirectly to a nickname of the character Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and so does not refer to the nickname of the English King Edward I.
Longshanks no. 1
The first line-up of Longshanks consisted of (from left to right):
* Peter van Heijningen - lead-guitar electric
* Peter ten Haaft - bass
* André Kamer - chorus-guitar
* Rob Boshuijzen - drums
* Jan van der Lugt - lead-guitar acoustic
* Alex van de Graaf - vocals
Encouraged by the favourable reactions all around, an attempt was made to convert the studio project into a real band, but due to differences in ambitions and musical skills Longshanks no.1 soon fell apart.
Longshanks no. 2
The founder of Longshanks (André Kamer) and multi-instrumentalist Jan van der Lugt decided to carry on with the studio band in the manner of 'The Alan Parsons Project': a core of two guys of whom one would come up with the lyrics, the concept and the basic musical track of the song (on guitar) and the other had the musical skills to add the right drums-, bass- and even synthesizer-parts.
Just like 'The Alan Parsons Project' they had to rely on guest-musicians to fill in the final parts: the vocals and the solos.
The second line-up of Longshanks consisted of:
* André Kamer - chorus-guitar
* Jan van der Lugt - bass, synthesizer and computer-drums
* Alex van de Graaf - vocals
* Alexandra den Heijer - vocals
* Karin den Heijer - vocals
* Jeroen Steenbeek - lead-guitar electric
* Martin Krijgsman - lead-guitar electric
Between 1989 and 1993 several songs were recorded on 4-track in Jan van der Lugts home studio. Together with "Cycles and Circles" they were meant to be part of the concept demo "The Quest". This was the track list:
# Nightmare
# The Awakening
# The Travelling-song, part 1
# On The Run
# Into the Dawn
# Cycles and Circles
# Dreams
# Sunset
# Marching towards the Battlefield
# The Mourning After
# The Travelling-song, part 2
"The Mourning After" turned out to be an unsurpassable problem for the singers and after the departure of lead-singer Alex van de Graaf (at the beginning of 1993) Longshanks no. 2 also fell apart.
Longshanks no. 3
In the spring of 1993 Jan and André recorded the song "Borderline" with vocalist Hans van Lint from the rock band 'Iceparty' (in which at that time both Jan van der Lugt and Jeroen Steenbeek played and for which André often was sound-engineer at their live-performances). Hans later became the lead singer of Dutch symphonic rock band 'For Absent Friends'.
Longshanks no. 4
In 1999 André Kamer moved from Delft to Amersfoort and Longshanks became a one-man-band and started writing instrumental only songs:
* Bridal Suite (2002-present):
# Prelude
# Courante
# Tango
* I Have a Dream (2002&2004)
Longshanks no. 5
With the return of singer Alex van de Graaf in February 2007 Longshanks entered yet a new chapter of its history. In February 2008, twenty years (to the day) after the release of their first song "Cycles and Circles" they released a new song called "The Web of Life". Two years later, on April 24, 2010, they crowned their reunion with the release of the CD: "The Return of Longshanks".
The line-up of Longshanks no.5:
* André Kamer - all instruments
* Bregje Kaasjager - vocals
* Alex van de Graaf - vocals
"The Return of Longshanks" track list:
# the Web of Life (4:28)
# In Dreams (6:47)
# the Wandering Merchant (1:57)
# Leave Me Alone (5:46)
# In the Desert (7:56)
# the Bath Song (2:27)
# All My Days (2:47)
# I Love the Road (5:08)
# the Travelling Song, prt.3 (3:28)
Bonus-tracks:
# I Have A Dream (2008 version) (5:55)
# the Wandering Merchant (streetorgan version) (1:54)
Danny J. Mars (born January 22, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Kansas City T-Bones of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. Listed at and , he is a switch-hitter and throws right-handed.
Career
The Red Sox selected Mars out of Chipola College in Marianna, Florida for their sixth-round pick of the 2014 MLB Draft. A speedy outfielder and line-drive hitter, Mars posted a strong season with the Chipola Indians, while collecting a slash line of .380/.460/.584 with four home runs, 35 runs batted in and 25 stolen bases in 48 games. He also showed advanced recognition skills as a disciplined hitter, based on his 1.45 walk-to-strikeout ratio (29-to-20) in 166 plate appearances. He had committed to play at Florida State University, before being selected by the Red Sox. He then rejoined the Drive during the midseason, slashing a .258./315/.303 line with 19 steals in 50 games. Mars was injured after that and finished the season among the top-10 Red Sox prospects in several categories, ranking second in stolen bases behind Yoan Moncada (45), third in triples (10) to Aneury Tavárez (13) and Andrew Benintendi (12), seventh in hits (120), eighth in batting average and runs scored, and tenth in OBP. Mars was selected to join the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League during the postseason.
Mars spent 2017 with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs where he compiled a .304 batting average with six home runs and 47 RBIs with a .754 OPS in 119 games. Mars started the 2018 season with Double-A Portland. He was released by the Red Sox organization on March 29, 2019.
On June 8, 2019, Mars signed with the Kansas City T-Bones of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Career
The Red Sox selected Mars out of Chipola College in Marianna, Florida for their sixth-round pick of the 2014 MLB Draft. A speedy outfielder and line-drive hitter, Mars posted a strong season with the Chipola Indians, while collecting a slash line of .380/.460/.584 with four home runs, 35 runs batted in and 25 stolen bases in 48 games. He also showed advanced recognition skills as a disciplined hitter, based on his 1.45 walk-to-strikeout ratio (29-to-20) in 166 plate appearances. He had committed to play at Florida State University, before being selected by the Red Sox. He then rejoined the Drive during the midseason, slashing a .258./315/.303 line with 19 steals in 50 games. Mars was injured after that and finished the season among the top-10 Red Sox prospects in several categories, ranking second in stolen bases behind Yoan Moncada (45), third in triples (10) to Aneury Tavárez (13) and Andrew Benintendi (12), seventh in hits (120), eighth in batting average and runs scored, and tenth in OBP. Mars was selected to join the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League during the postseason.
Mars spent 2017 with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs where he compiled a .304 batting average with six home runs and 47 RBIs with a .754 OPS in 119 games. Mars started the 2018 season with Double-A Portland. He was released by the Red Sox organization on March 29, 2019.
On June 8, 2019, Mars signed with the Kansas City T-Bones of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Jonathan M. Parisen (born December 26, 1971) is an American filmmaker and painter who wrote, produced and directed Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center, the first dramatization of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City.
In 1997 Parisen co-wrote Class of Nuke ’Em High Part 4, the still unproduced sequel to the popular Troma Studios series Class of Nuke ’Em High. He serves on the board of the Rec-Youth Multimedia film festival (film festival showcasing youth produced movies) which occurs once a year at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City. He works as an instructor of Journalism and Television performance at the Connecticut Schools of Broadcasting.
In 2003 and 2004, he worked as a television reporter for Time Warner Cable in New York City. He covered such stories as the Port Mobil Explosion in February 2003, the 2003 North America blackout, and the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash. In June 2006 Parisen was one of over two hundred film directors who worked on the documentary A Broad Way which is due out in late 2007.
In December 2008 Parisen began production on a film inspired by the internet suicide of Florida teenager Abraham Biggs, the film is entitled Watch Me Die. Parisen can be seen in the horror film, I Sell The Dead, which stars Dominic Monaghan and Ron Perlman.
In March 2009 Parisen had the first showing of his paintings at the CCCP Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. In May 2009 Parisen began work on The Cup of Noodles Project, an art project featuring art books and paintings of "Cup of Noodles" that he has been leaving in public places for people to find and keep.
In October 2010, he created the "LFK" (Left-Found-Kept) Project, an art project where he leaves 4X6 framed watercolor paintings around New York City for people to find and keep. In January 2011 Parisen begins work on "The Coca Cola Project". A photography project where he will feature photographs of all things Coca Cola related that he comes across in his travels.
On February 26, 2011 Parisen completed his short film, Adrift. The film which is about an astronaut accidentally sent adrift into outer space premiered on the internet. In June 2012, he wrapped up production on Watch Me Die. It premiered June 15, 2012 at the Soul Union Apparel Film Festival in Manhattan.
Filmography
Parisen has directed five feature films:
*800 (1998), the only film dealing with the 1996 TWA flight 800 disaster over Long Island, New York
*The Atomic Space Bug (1999), a horror film that paid tribute to the horror films of the 1950s and starred B-movie legend Conrad Brooks (Ed Wood’s Plan 9 from Outer Space)
*Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center (2002) the first 9/11 dramatization
*A Conversation with Norman (2005), a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960).
*Toilet Gator (2016)
In 1997 Parisen co-wrote Class of Nuke ’Em High Part 4, the still unproduced sequel to the popular Troma Studios series Class of Nuke ’Em High. He serves on the board of the Rec-Youth Multimedia film festival (film festival showcasing youth produced movies) which occurs once a year at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City. He works as an instructor of Journalism and Television performance at the Connecticut Schools of Broadcasting.
In 2003 and 2004, he worked as a television reporter for Time Warner Cable in New York City. He covered such stories as the Port Mobil Explosion in February 2003, the 2003 North America blackout, and the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash. In June 2006 Parisen was one of over two hundred film directors who worked on the documentary A Broad Way which is due out in late 2007.
In December 2008 Parisen began production on a film inspired by the internet suicide of Florida teenager Abraham Biggs, the film is entitled Watch Me Die. Parisen can be seen in the horror film, I Sell The Dead, which stars Dominic Monaghan and Ron Perlman.
In March 2009 Parisen had the first showing of his paintings at the CCCP Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. In May 2009 Parisen began work on The Cup of Noodles Project, an art project featuring art books and paintings of "Cup of Noodles" that he has been leaving in public places for people to find and keep.
In October 2010, he created the "LFK" (Left-Found-Kept) Project, an art project where he leaves 4X6 framed watercolor paintings around New York City for people to find and keep. In January 2011 Parisen begins work on "The Coca Cola Project". A photography project where he will feature photographs of all things Coca Cola related that he comes across in his travels.
On February 26, 2011 Parisen completed his short film, Adrift. The film which is about an astronaut accidentally sent adrift into outer space premiered on the internet. In June 2012, he wrapped up production on Watch Me Die. It premiered June 15, 2012 at the Soul Union Apparel Film Festival in Manhattan.
Filmography
Parisen has directed five feature films:
*800 (1998), the only film dealing with the 1996 TWA flight 800 disaster over Long Island, New York
*The Atomic Space Bug (1999), a horror film that paid tribute to the horror films of the 1950s and starred B-movie legend Conrad Brooks (Ed Wood’s Plan 9 from Outer Space)
*Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center (2002) the first 9/11 dramatization
*A Conversation with Norman (2005), a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960).
*Toilet Gator (2016)
Ring is a dynamically typed, general-purpose programming language. It can be embedded in C/C++ projects, extended using C/C++ code and/or used as a standalone language. The supported programming paradigms are imperative, procedural, object-oriented, functional, meta, declarative using nested structures, and natural programming. The language is portable (Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, etc.) and can be used to create console, GUI, web, game and mobile applications.
History
* In November 2011, the idea of the new language was conceived.
* In Sept. 2013, the design and the implementation was started.
* In April 2015, the language name was selected.
* In May 2015, the compiler was implemented.
* In Sept. 2015, the documentation was done.
* In January 25, 2016 , Ring 1.0 was released.
* In October 6, 2016, Ring 1.1 was released.
* In January 25, 2017, Ring 1.2 was released.
* In May 15, 2017, Ring 1.3 was released.
* In June 29, 2017, Ring 1.4 was released.
* In August 21, 2017, Ring 1.5 was released.
* In November 30, 2017, Ring 1.6 was released.
* In January 25, 2018, Ring 1.7 was released.
* In June 25, 2018, Ring 1.8 was released.
* In October 6, 2018, Ring 1.9 was released.
* In January 25, 2019, Ring 1.10 was released.
Goals
* Applications programming language.
* Productivity and developing high quality solutions that can scale.
* Small and fast language that can be embedded in C/C++ projects.
* Simple language that can be used in education and introducing Compiler/VM concepts.
* General-Purpose language that can be used for creating domain-specific libraries, frameworks and tools.
* Practical language designed for creating the next version of the Programming Without Coding Technology software.
Hello World program
The same program can be written using different styles. Here is an example of the standard "Hello, World!" program using three different styles.
The first style:
<pre>
See "Hello, World!"
</pre>
The second style:
<pre>
Put "Hello, World!"
</pre>
The third style:
<pre>
Load "stdlib.ring"
Print("Hello, World!")
</pre>
Popularity
Ring had a rapid rise and fall in popularity as measured by the TIOBE Programming Community Index.
In February 2018, Ring broke into the top 50 for the first time. As of June 2019, Ring holds position in the top 100 on the TIOBE index. It's not easy to know how many users of a free open source software like Ring, because it's distributed through many websites like Sourceforge and GitHub, but some links from Sourceforge indicates over 40,000 downloads , but downloads does not indicate continued usage.
Criticism
Ring critics assert that:
* The list index starts from 1, which messes up indexing math.
* Dynamic typing, coupled with weak typing is the straight way to lots of bugs.
History
* In November 2011, the idea of the new language was conceived.
* In Sept. 2013, the design and the implementation was started.
* In April 2015, the language name was selected.
* In May 2015, the compiler was implemented.
* In Sept. 2015, the documentation was done.
* In January 25, 2016 , Ring 1.0 was released.
* In October 6, 2016, Ring 1.1 was released.
* In January 25, 2017, Ring 1.2 was released.
* In May 15, 2017, Ring 1.3 was released.
* In June 29, 2017, Ring 1.4 was released.
* In August 21, 2017, Ring 1.5 was released.
* In November 30, 2017, Ring 1.6 was released.
* In January 25, 2018, Ring 1.7 was released.
* In June 25, 2018, Ring 1.8 was released.
* In October 6, 2018, Ring 1.9 was released.
* In January 25, 2019, Ring 1.10 was released.
Goals
* Applications programming language.
* Productivity and developing high quality solutions that can scale.
* Small and fast language that can be embedded in C/C++ projects.
* Simple language that can be used in education and introducing Compiler/VM concepts.
* General-Purpose language that can be used for creating domain-specific libraries, frameworks and tools.
* Practical language designed for creating the next version of the Programming Without Coding Technology software.
Hello World program
The same program can be written using different styles. Here is an example of the standard "Hello, World!" program using three different styles.
The first style:
<pre>
See "Hello, World!"
</pre>
The second style:
<pre>
Put "Hello, World!"
</pre>
The third style:
<pre>
Load "stdlib.ring"
Print("Hello, World!")
</pre>
Popularity
Ring had a rapid rise and fall in popularity as measured by the TIOBE Programming Community Index.
In February 2018, Ring broke into the top 50 for the first time. As of June 2019, Ring holds position in the top 100 on the TIOBE index. It's not easy to know how many users of a free open source software like Ring, because it's distributed through many websites like Sourceforge and GitHub, but some links from Sourceforge indicates over 40,000 downloads , but downloads does not indicate continued usage.
Criticism
Ring critics assert that:
* The list index starts from 1, which messes up indexing math.
* Dynamic typing, coupled with weak typing is the straight way to lots of bugs.