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PennyFarthing[This is a News item] Number 6 typically wears a very deep brown jacket with white piping trim, a dark blue or black mock-turtleneck shirt, tan slacks, black boating shoes with white soles, and usually forsakes his “6″ ID badge.

Little is known about Number 6’s background other than that he fought in a war and was born on March 19, 1928. He refuses to reveal the reason behind his resignation, despite constant efforts by Number 2 to get this information from him.

Number 6 initially spends his energy seeking ways to escape, and later in the series turns his attention to finding out more about the Village and its unseen rulers. His attempts are easily rebuffed by Village authorities. However, their efforts to extract information necessitate increasingly drastic measures through the course of the series.

The later episodes feature fewer escape bids and more psychological themes such as the nature of power and authority, and their relationship with liberty. His cunning and defiance only increase while in captivity: in Hammer Into Anvil he reduces Number 2 to a mad, paranoid wreck through deception. As the Number 2s become more coercive and desperate, Number 6’s behaviour becomes progressively sharp, uncompromising, and eccentric.

Hey, look! It’s the quadratic equation! \frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a} How exciting is that???

And here’s a study question!
» What color slacks does Number 6 usually wear?  The answer: show

Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by Jeff
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A summary of class today

[This is a Class 1 item] A Night in Tunisia is a musical composition written by Dizzy Gillespie in 1942 while he was playing with the Earl Hines Band. It is also known as Interlude, under which title it was recorded (with lyrics) by Sarah Vaughan. Gillespie himself called the tune Night in Tunisia.

A Night in Tunisia, along with Manteca, was one of the signature pieces of Gillespie’s bebop big band, and he also played it with his small groups. One of its most famous performances is Charlie Parker’s recording for Dial (Dial even released a fragmentary take of it simply titled “The Famous Alto Break”); it also became closely identified with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, who often gave showstopping performances of it with extra percussion from the entire horn section.

Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by Jeff
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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

[This is a Class 2 item] While he is sailing, Sinbad comes across a golden tablet dropped by a mysterious flying creature, which he decides to use as an ornament on his necklace. That night, Sinbad has a strange dream, where he sees a man dressed in black, repeatedly yelling Sinbad’s name. Sinbad also sees a mysterious girl with an eye-tattoo on her right palm. The next day, Sinbad’s ship is brought to a coastal town in the country of Marabia by a mysterious force.

Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by Jeff
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