Xavier Muriel is the current drummer for the American hard rock band Buckcherry.
Biography
Xavier was born in San Antonio, Texas. At an early age, Xavier's family moved to Beaumont, Texas. It was there that he developed his passion for motocross, music and the drums.
By his teenage years, Xavier's family had moved to Round Rock, Texas, a suburb of Austin, Texas. It was here in the live music capital of the world that he found an outlet for his musical aspirations. By 1987, while still in high school, Xavier had already been in more than ten local rock acts. Most notable at the time was the female-fronted band Onyxx. Xavier and former Onyxx guitarist Julian Mandrake (Blue October, Canvas) have maintained a friendship to this day.
Shortly after Onyxx disbanded, Xavier moved to Los Angeles where he landed his first notable drumming gig with American Man, a Tommy Thayer (KISS, Black 'n Blue) project that was being managed by the legendary Gene Simmons of KISS. Subsequently, he performed on the album Harlow with members of American Man and DORO, which was Doro Pesch's debut solo album post-Warlock.
After several stints with various bands in the Los Angeles area, Xavier eventually made his way back to Texas to appear in such groups as Brother Love with Robert Wagner, Saucer with Bruce Castleberry of Vallejo and Cadillac Voodoo Choir. It was during this time that Xavier's Austin and Los Angeles lives seemed to merge as friends he made in Los Angeles were touring through Austin and they would arrange for Xavier's current project to open for them.
In 2005, one of those connections paid off when Keith Nelson of Buckcherry called Xavier and offered him to become a part of Buckcherry's return to the rock arena. Within days, Xavier was in Los Angeles as part of the new Buckcherry line-up and began recording the album 15. After a year of touring and supporting the album 15, the song "Crazy Bitch" from the album garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance.
Discography
Biography
Xavier was born in San Antonio, Texas. At an early age, Xavier's family moved to Beaumont, Texas. It was there that he developed his passion for motocross, music and the drums.
By his teenage years, Xavier's family had moved to Round Rock, Texas, a suburb of Austin, Texas. It was here in the live music capital of the world that he found an outlet for his musical aspirations. By 1987, while still in high school, Xavier had already been in more than ten local rock acts. Most notable at the time was the female-fronted band Onyxx. Xavier and former Onyxx guitarist Julian Mandrake (Blue October, Canvas) have maintained a friendship to this day.
Shortly after Onyxx disbanded, Xavier moved to Los Angeles where he landed his first notable drumming gig with American Man, a Tommy Thayer (KISS, Black 'n Blue) project that was being managed by the legendary Gene Simmons of KISS. Subsequently, he performed on the album Harlow with members of American Man and DORO, which was Doro Pesch's debut solo album post-Warlock.
After several stints with various bands in the Los Angeles area, Xavier eventually made his way back to Texas to appear in such groups as Brother Love with Robert Wagner, Saucer with Bruce Castleberry of Vallejo and Cadillac Voodoo Choir. It was during this time that Xavier's Austin and Los Angeles lives seemed to merge as friends he made in Los Angeles were touring through Austin and they would arrange for Xavier's current project to open for them.
In 2005, one of those connections paid off when Keith Nelson of Buckcherry called Xavier and offered him to become a part of Buckcherry's return to the rock arena. Within days, Xavier was in Los Angeles as part of the new Buckcherry line-up and began recording the album 15. After a year of touring and supporting the album 15, the song "Crazy Bitch" from the album garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance.
Discography
Clara M. Chu, a Peruvian-born Chinese Canadian living in the United States, describes herself as a researcher of multicultural library and information services, information seeking behavior, and critical information studies. Chu is currently employed as a professor and chair in the department of Library and Information Studies at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Chu earned her MLS and PhD from the Library and Information Science program at the University of Western Ontario.
In addition to advancing multiculturalism in librarianship, Chu also researches in the areas of multicultural education, organization of information, international and comparative information services, and transitional ethnic studies. During her time as an associate professor at UCLA, Chu served as a co-chair on the Diversity Recruitment and Mentoring Committee, with the goal of increasing "the number of culturally diverse students eventually graduating from the Information Studies program at UCLA with an MLIS degree." She also served as the principal investigator for PRAXIS (Practice, Reflection, Advocacy, excellence, Inquiry, Solutions), a program funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to recruit librarians from diverse backgrounds and to prepare them to pursue doctoral studies.
Honors and grants
*2008 Achievement in Diversity Honoree, Achievement in Library Diversity Research, American Library Association.
*2008 Department of Information Studies Teaching Award, UCLA.
*"Dislocations of Multicultural Librarianship: A Critical Examination for a Liberatory Practice," Jean E. Coleman Lecturer, ALA Annual Conference, 30th June 2008.
*"Movers & Shakers 2005: The People Who are Shaping the Future of Libraries," Library Journal, March 15, 2005.
*American Library Association Equality Award, 2002.
Selected publications
*Chu, C. M. (2009). Working from within: Critical service learning as core learning in the MLIS curriculum. In L. Roy, K. Jensen, & A. H. Meyers (Eds.), Service Learning : Linking Library Education and Practice (pp. 105-123). Chicago: American Library Association.
*Chu, C. M. and Hernandez-Carrion, J. R. (2006). “Harnessing ICT to develop community and identity: a model for academic departments.” International Journal of Web Based Communities. 2(1), 70-80.
*Chu, C. M. (2005). “Web-based communities scholarship: from silence to dialogue.” International Journal of Web Based Communities, 1(4), 423-435.
*Chu, C. M. (1999). “Immigrant children mediators (ICM): bridging the literacy gap in immigrant communities.” New Review of Children’s Literature and Librarianship, 5, 85-94.
*Chu, C. M. (1999). “Literacy practices of linguistic minorities: sociolinguistic issues and implications for literacy services.” Library Quarterly, 69(3), 339-359.
In addition to advancing multiculturalism in librarianship, Chu also researches in the areas of multicultural education, organization of information, international and comparative information services, and transitional ethnic studies. During her time as an associate professor at UCLA, Chu served as a co-chair on the Diversity Recruitment and Mentoring Committee, with the goal of increasing "the number of culturally diverse students eventually graduating from the Information Studies program at UCLA with an MLIS degree." She also served as the principal investigator for PRAXIS (Practice, Reflection, Advocacy, excellence, Inquiry, Solutions), a program funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to recruit librarians from diverse backgrounds and to prepare them to pursue doctoral studies.
Honors and grants
*2008 Achievement in Diversity Honoree, Achievement in Library Diversity Research, American Library Association.
*2008 Department of Information Studies Teaching Award, UCLA.
*"Dislocations of Multicultural Librarianship: A Critical Examination for a Liberatory Practice," Jean E. Coleman Lecturer, ALA Annual Conference, 30th June 2008.
*"Movers & Shakers 2005: The People Who are Shaping the Future of Libraries," Library Journal, March 15, 2005.
*American Library Association Equality Award, 2002.
Selected publications
*Chu, C. M. (2009). Working from within: Critical service learning as core learning in the MLIS curriculum. In L. Roy, K. Jensen, & A. H. Meyers (Eds.), Service Learning : Linking Library Education and Practice (pp. 105-123). Chicago: American Library Association.
*Chu, C. M. and Hernandez-Carrion, J. R. (2006). “Harnessing ICT to develop community and identity: a model for academic departments.” International Journal of Web Based Communities. 2(1), 70-80.
*Chu, C. M. (2005). “Web-based communities scholarship: from silence to dialogue.” International Journal of Web Based Communities, 1(4), 423-435.
*Chu, C. M. (1999). “Immigrant children mediators (ICM): bridging the literacy gap in immigrant communities.” New Review of Children’s Literature and Librarianship, 5, 85-94.
*Chu, C. M. (1999). “Literacy practices of linguistic minorities: sociolinguistic issues and implications for literacy services.” Library Quarterly, 69(3), 339-359.
Tempora Heroica is a MUD. It is a text-based, fantasy roleplaying game that is home to a long-standing virtual community of players. The MUD is best known for its descriptive fantasy world, and for having a system of magic derived from the Ars Magica roleplaying game. It is the only surviving Ars Magica based game.
The game takes place in a persistent world where each player creates a hero (also known as a character) to roleplay. The player chooses to be a member of one of the four kiths: the Faerie Kith consisting of brownie, elves, pixies, satyrs, and selkies; the Hominid Kith consisting of humans and halflings; the Jotun Kith consisting of giants, ogres, and trolls; and the Nibelung Kith consisting of dwarves, gnomes, and goblins. With their hero, a player explores the game world, which is centered around the town of Wivernhoe, and battle monsters.
In June 2005, a new combat engine and new skill system was introduced to the MUD. The combat engine uses events, instead of the rounds or turns found in most RPGs, to regulate battles. Heroes are able to queue tactics before and during melee. The skills system arranges skills in a skill tree and skills are improved, when challenged, through use.
Origin of the Name
Tempora Heroica is Latin for "the Heroic Age". The phrase was coined by the Greek poet Hesiod and was one of the five "Ages of Man".
History
The MUD began in 1993 as Archipelago at the University of Essex and is derived from the CircleMUD code. In 1996 it moved to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The following year the MUD's name was changed to Tempora Heroica. The MUD's code base is still referred to as Archipelago or ArchCode. In 1999, Tempora Heroica moved to its present home at ibiblio where it is the site's only MUD.
Tempora Heroica is also one of the oldest surviving DikuMUDs.
The game takes place in a persistent world where each player creates a hero (also known as a character) to roleplay. The player chooses to be a member of one of the four kiths: the Faerie Kith consisting of brownie, elves, pixies, satyrs, and selkies; the Hominid Kith consisting of humans and halflings; the Jotun Kith consisting of giants, ogres, and trolls; and the Nibelung Kith consisting of dwarves, gnomes, and goblins. With their hero, a player explores the game world, which is centered around the town of Wivernhoe, and battle monsters.
In June 2005, a new combat engine and new skill system was introduced to the MUD. The combat engine uses events, instead of the rounds or turns found in most RPGs, to regulate battles. Heroes are able to queue tactics before and during melee. The skills system arranges skills in a skill tree and skills are improved, when challenged, through use.
Origin of the Name
Tempora Heroica is Latin for "the Heroic Age". The phrase was coined by the Greek poet Hesiod and was one of the five "Ages of Man".
History
The MUD began in 1993 as Archipelago at the University of Essex and is derived from the CircleMUD code. In 1996 it moved to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The following year the MUD's name was changed to Tempora Heroica. The MUD's code base is still referred to as Archipelago or ArchCode. In 1999, Tempora Heroica moved to its present home at ibiblio where it is the site's only MUD.
Tempora Heroica is also one of the oldest surviving DikuMUDs.
Dictionary of Bangladeshi Poetry is a separated diction, although the Bengali spoken people of India and other areas are also writing Bengali poetry, yet there are some individual characteristics of Bangladeshi poetry. so its logically realized to build up a Dictionary for Bengali Poetry for Bangladesh]].More ever,Bengali spoken people of West Bengal, North Bengal, Assam and Tripura of India and that of Bangladesh have been indifferent with there culture, livelihood and some other socio-political factors for long since. Bangladesh has been an Independent country since 1971. What Bangladeshi Poets are writing from 1971 to the date is Bangladeshi Poetry and certainly there are some different diction to show as these Poetry are totally going in favor of a Land and its people's dream which
outsiders are not able to even understand until and unless it has been focused.
Background from 1947 immediate after partition, The poets of The then East Bengal are clearly in two major trends : Bengali Nationalism and New Pakistani Nationalism. Through the language Movement in 1952 and finally after the glorious war for Independence, the Bengali Nationalism has been won over.
(To be continued)
Category : Bangladeshi Poets
outsiders are not able to even understand until and unless it has been focused.
Background from 1947 immediate after partition, The poets of The then East Bengal are clearly in two major trends : Bengali Nationalism and New Pakistani Nationalism. Through the language Movement in 1952 and finally after the glorious war for Independence, the Bengali Nationalism has been won over.
(To be continued)
Category : Bangladeshi Poets