Mariposa
Mariposa is the Spanish word for Butterfly. It may also refer to:
Mariposa (novel)
Mariposa (2009) is a science fiction novel written by Greg Bear as both a sequel to Quantico and a prequel to Queen of Angels, featuring characters from both earlier works. Set in 2021 America, whose government is more than fifty trillion dollars in debt, the novel follows an FBI investigation of the Talos Corporation (a thinly-disguised Blackwater) which plans to disable the power grid across the entire Eastern seaboard in a simultaneous, coordinated attack of domestic terrorism, which will trigger the provisions of a law Congress passed authorizing Federal lands and resources as collateral to continue borrowing funds from overseas. Unexpected help comes from a secret weapon in the Federal arsenal, non-nuclear EMP, as well as a mute Mind Design proto-AI named Jones, early precursor to Jill, who has a back door into Talos.
Mariposa is the missing link that ties Quantico (2005) together with Queen of Angels (1990) "/" (also known as Slant; 1997), Heads (1990) and Moving Mars into a single unified future history. Green Idaho has seceded from the Union. Mary Choi, the protagonist of Queen of Angels and / appears as an orphan of age two. President Raphkind comes to power, beginning an administration that is still reviled by the time of Queen of Angels in 2047.
Mariposa station (Los Angeles Metro)
Mariposa is an elevated light rail station on the Los Angeles County Metro Rail Green Line. It is located on Nash Street and Mariposa Boulevard in El Segundo, California. The original name for this station was Mariposa/Nash and it may still be used in some places.
The Toyota Sports Center, the practice facility for the Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, and the Los Angeles Sparks, is located nearby as are the Campus El Segundo Athletic Fields, two recreational artificial grass fields.
Once completed, the under-construction Crenshaw/LAX Line will also serve the station.
Station layout
Metro Rail service
Green Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.
Neighborhood and destinations
Bus connections
Metro Local
Other local and commuter bus
References
External links
Media related to Mariposa (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons
Freeez
Freeez were a dance music group from London, known initially as one of the UK's main jazz-funk bands of the early 1980s. Initiated by John Rocca, Freeez consisted of various musicians, originally with Rocca and others such as Andy Stennet (keyboards), Peter Maas (bass guitar) and Paul Morgan or Everton Mcalla (drums). They had an international hit with "IOU", and a UK Top 10 with "Southern Freeez".
Career
Freeez's first single, "Keep In Touch" (1980), included guitarist Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick, the initiator of the musical band Incognito. Freeez is perhaps remembered best for its UK Top 10 song "Southern Freeez", from the album of the same name,which included guest vocals by Ingrid Mansfield Allman. In the UK, the band was contracted with the recording company Beggars Banquet Records.
The song "IOU", written, produced and mixed by Arthur Baker (known then for his work with Afrika Bambaataa), was also used for the 1980s breakdance movie, Beat Street. It scored two weeks at number one in the Billboard Dance chart, scoring among songs by such people as Madonna, Michael Jackson and David Bowie, and was number 2 in the UK Singles Chart during the summer of 1983. It was followed by other releases from the album such as "Pop Goes My Love" / "Scratch Goes My Dub", which scored the U.S. Top 5. During 1987 a remix of "I.O.U." scored number 18 on the U.S. dance chart, plus number 23 in the UK Singles Chart.
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