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Tiburonia

Tiburonia granrojo is a jellyfish of the family Ulmaridae discovered in 2003, and the only member of its genus yet identified. It was discovered by a crew from MBARI led by George Matsumoto. Its genus name is Tiburonia because the ROV the crew were using was called Tiburon, meaning "shark" in Spanish. Its species name was originally to be called "Big Ugly", but Kirsten Matsumoto raised objections to this name, and renamed it granrojo, meaning "big red" in Spanish.

Tiburonia granrojo is one of the largest sea jellies and unusual in a number of ways. They live at ocean depths of 600 to 1,500 metres (2,000 to 4,900 ft) and have been found across the Pacific Ocean in the Gulf of California, Monterey Bay, Hawaii and Japan. They can grow up to 76 centimetres (30 in) in diameter, according to the California Academy of Sciences, and have thick fleshy oral arms in place of the long tentacles found in most jellies. The entire jellyfish is deep red in color.

To date, only 23 members of the species have been found and only one—a small specimen under 15 centimetres (6 in)—has been retrieved for further study. Several high resolution videos of granrojo have been taken by remote controlled submarines. The discovery was announced by Dr. Matsumoto and colleagues in Marine Biology in 2003.

Big Red (sculpture)

Big Red, also known as Red, is an outdoor 1974 steel sculpture by Bruce Beasley, installed at West 7th Avenue between Washington and Jefferson streets in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

Description and history

Bruce Beasley's Big Red is an outdoor sculpture installed at Washington Jefferson Park, located at West 7th Avenue between Washington and Jefferson, in Eugene. The red painted, abstract steel sculpture measures 12 feet (3.7 m), 9 inches (23 cm) x 11 feet (3.4 m), 6 inches (15 cm) x 36 feet (11 m), 5 inches (13 cm).

The piece is among those created in June 1974, when the city held the Oregon International Sculpture Symposium, which attracted artists from around the country. According to the Smithsonian Institution, the purpose of the event was to provide attendees "an opportunity to observe the creation of a major art work, how it was constructed and what the artist meant to convey with it". Studio space was provided at the University of Oregon and at Lane Community College; Big Red was created at the latter location and was relocated to its present site by a large truck and crane. The work was funded by a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant that was given to the city in 1974. Other funding sources included the City of Eugene, Lane Community College, Lane County, Oregon Arts Commission, the Portland Art Museum, and the University of Oregon.

Luxor (video game)

Luxor is a game and series of tile-matching action puzzle video games, developed by MumboJumbo, with the initial release in 2005. The first sequel to this game was Luxor 2, which was released in 2006 and included new gameplay, levels and bonus. After that came Luxor 3, which featured seven gameplay modes and improved graphics. It was followed by Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife.

Gameplay

Luxor’s gameplay is similar to the games Marble Lines, Puzz Loop, and Zuma, in that it challenges the user to eliminate colored magical spheres by causing three or more spheres of the same color to collide. Players do this primarily by shooting additional spheres from a falcon which they guide back and forth along the bottom of the screen. When spheres are eliminated, nearby spheres which now form a segment of three or more of the same color will also explode in a chain reaction.

During gameplay, the on-screen spheres continuously move forward, pushed themselves by additional small scarabs. If any sphere reaches the player's pyramid, he or she loses a life and is forced to restart the level. If the player succeeds in eliminating a certain number of spheres without this occurring, new spheres cease to arrive and the level can be completed by removing those which remain.

Luxor (pen company)

Luxor Writing Instruments Pvt. Ltd., is a major Indian stationery company based in India. Luxor manufactures and markets pens and writing instruments under the Luxor, Parker (including fountain pens) and Pilot brands. It also sold Paper Mate and Waterman pens in India. Luxor was founded in 1963 in India.

References

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Luxor (album)

Luxor is the fourteenth studio album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in March 2003 on Hitchcock's own Editions PAF! label.

The album contains thirteen self-composed tracks, including the instrumental title song and several love songs to Hitchcock's partner Michele Noach. One of these, "One L" makes reference to the spelling of her name, whilst "Ant Corridor" was written around one of Noach's off-hand comments.

Another instrumental, "The Wolf House", is a guitar-based composition drawing on the repeating figures heard in the coda of "You Remind Me of You".

Despite being predominantly an acoustic set, several of these songs are up-tempo, and the album as a whole lacks Hitchcock's usual sense of minute observation. It comes packaged with a full colour booklet containing several of Noach's photographic portraits of Hitchcock.

The album features a guest appearance by multi-instrumentalist/producer Jon Brion on the track "You Remind Me of You."

Track listing