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"Alfred Theodore Andreas (May 29, 1839 - February 10, 1900) was an American book publisher and historian. Life He was born in Amity, Orange County, New York, on May 29, 1839. After acquiring an education, he moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where he taught school for some years and conducted business. In 1860, he moved to Illinois. He enlisted in Company G, 12th Illinois Infantry and served through the American Civil War, rising through the ranks to become a division commissary, serving with Sherman on the March to the Sea and the Carolina campaigns. After peace was restored, he moved to Davenport, Iowa, married and for several years was engaged in compiling and publishing county and State atlases, in partnership with John Milton Lyter, who became mayor in 1870. In 1875, he completed and published his greatest work, which was an "Illustrated Historical Atlas of Iowa." It was accurate and became an official authority for real estate dealers, county and State officers. Although many made him substantial profit, others, including his Minnesota and Indiana atlases, were financial failures. Later Andreas moved to Chicago and organized the “Western Historical Company,” and took up historical writing, publishing a three-volume History of Chicago. He died at New Rochelle, New York, on February 10, 1900. Selected bibliography *An illustrated historical atlas of Hancock County, Illinois (1874)An illustrated historical atlas of Hancock County, Illinois *An Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota (1874) *Illustrated Historical Atlas of Iowa (1875) *Illustrated historical atlas of the State of Indiana (1876)Illustrated historical atlas of the State of Indiana at Historic Indiana Atlases *History of the State of Nebraska (1882)History of the State of Nebraska *History of the State of Kansas (1883)History of the State of Kansas at Columbia University Libraries *History of Cook County Illinois (1884) *Historical Atlas of Dakota (1884) *History of Chicago (3 vols., 1884–86)History of Chicago (1975 ed.) References External links *Christ Episcopal Church (Red Wing, MN), engraving from the Minnesota Atlas * Category:1839 births Category:1900 deaths Category:People from Warwick, New York Category:American publishers (people) Category:People of Illinois in the American Civil War Category:Union Army officers Category:Writers from Davenport, Iowa "
"Mathia Khap is a village in West Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Demographics As of 2011 India census, Mathia Khap had a population of 99 in 22 households. Males constitute 56.5% of the population and females 43.4%. Mathia Khap has an average literacy rate of 20.2%, lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 65%, and female literacy is 34%. In Mathia Khap, 27.2% of the population is under 6 years of age. References Category:Villages in West Champaran district "
"Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (often abbreviated to DHMIS) is a surreal musical horror comedy web series created by British filmmakers Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling. It consists of six episodes, released from 29 July 2011 to 19 June 2016 through the artists' website, YouTube, and Vimeo.. The series combines segments in live action, puppetry, traditional animation, and computer animation. Each episode starts like a typical children's series, consisting of anthropomorphic puppets akin to those featured in Sesame Street and other popular children's TV programmes. The series parodies these programmes by juxtaposing this childlike, colourful environment and its inhabitants against disturbing themes; each episode features a surreal plot twist in the climax, including psychedelic content and imagery involving gore and psychological horror. The six episodes explore and discuss the subjects of creativity, time, love, technology, diet, and dreams. On 7 July 2020, it was announced by creator Becky Sloan that DHMIS will be airing on Channel 4 as a television series in the future. Plot Each episode revolves around Yellow Guy (and his father Roy Gribbleston), Red Guy and Duck Guy meeting one or several anthropomorphic characters, who begin a musical number related to a basic concept of day-to-day life with an upbeat melody similar to that of a nursery rhyme. As each song progresses, it becomes apparent that its moral or message is nonsensical or self-contradicting, and that the "teacher" character has ulterior or sinister motives. The climax of each episode typically involves a shock element with use of graphic violence, and sometimes other coercive or warped themes. Later in the series, the characters begin questioning the nature of their reality and the bizarre messages of the teachers. Production Sloan and Pelling met while studying Fine Art, and Animation respectively at Kingston University where they started THIS IS IT Collective with some friends. They produced the first episode of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared in their free time with no budget. When they started on the project they imagined making it into a series, but initially dropped the idea after finishing the first episode. After the short film gained popularity, they decided to revisit that idea. Channel 4's Random Acts commissioned the second episode. The show soon attracted mainstream commissioners; however, Sloan and Pelling turned these offers down because they "wanted to keep it fairly odd" and "have the freedom to do exactly what we wanted". In May 2013, Sloan and Pelling announced that they would start a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to make four or more additional episodes, one every three months, starting in September 2014. They uploaded low-quality camera footage of the characters being taken hostage and held for ransom. A 12-year-old American boy tried to use hacked credit card information to donate £35,000 to the campaign, but he was caught and those funds were thrown out. Their Kickstarter goal of £96,000 was reached on 19 June 2014, and in total £104,935 was raised. Youtuber Thomas "TomSka" Ridgewell became an executive producer on the series after donating £5,000 to the Kickstarter. In January 2016, Sloan and Pelling collaborated with Lazy Oaf to release a line of clothing based on the characters and themes of the show. Reception The original short film became a viral hit and the series grew to become a cult phenomenon. The six episodes had amassed 143.4 million views on YouTube in July 2017. Scott Beggs listed the original short film as number 8 on his list of the 11 best short films of 2011. Carolina Mardones listed the first episode as number 7 in her top ten short films of 2011. It was also included in as part of a cinema event in Banksy's Dismaland. In April 2016, the main characters of the series were featured on the cover of the magazine Printed Pages, along with an "interview" of the three main characters written by the magazine's editor. All six episodes of DHMIS were included in the September 2016 festival XOXO. Drew Grant of the Observer wrote that the series episodes are " ~~horrifying nightmarish~~ absolutely beautiful" and "mind-melting". Freelance writer Benjamin Hiorns observed that "it's not the subject matter that makes these films so strangely alluring, it's the strikingly imaginative set and character design and the underlying Britishness of it all". Joe Blevins of The A.V. Club praised the show's "sense-to-nonsense ratio" and its production values. Samantha Joy of TenEighty praised the sixth episode of the series, writing that it "creates a provocative end to a pretty dark narrative about content creation". Themes In a faux interview, Becky and Joe jokingly described the plot as "three best friends who go on a journey to find a magic pirate ship and save the day". A student writer for Nouse compared the appeal of the first episode to themes in Gothic literature, arguing that they are both "tapping into the same cultural fear of a violent subconscious hiding beneath the facade of normality". In The Wesleyan Argus, another student writer called the series a "fine example of the era of esotericism" and noted that, "There is a building meta-commentary on the relationships between viewer, perception, creator, participant, and art (and perhaps death) that began with the first episode, but what that commentary is trying to say is not yet entirely clear. However, there is an absolute sense that the series is building toward a culmination." Creators Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling are British graphic designers, artists and animators. Their advertising runs through commercial productions. The duo have worked as part of the THIS IS IT Collective. Their content consists of videos, graphic design art, animation, music, and working with real-life materials to resemble things in the real world as art. They have won multiple awards, including the 2012 SXSW Midnight Shorts Award, and the 2016 ADC Young Guns award. They have also co-written and did puppeteer work for Cartoon Network's The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Puppets" (season five, episode 36). Rebecca Sloan (who is credited as a writer alongside Joseph Pelling) and Baker Terry provided voices of Grady, Frank, and Howdy (the three puppets featured in the episode, who trap the main characters Gumball and Darwin in their world). This episode features a song where the puppets sing about never ending fun to Darwin with toned down disturbing content similar to the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared series in theme. A series of shorts based on the episode followed, titled Waiting For Gumball, made by the same team as the original TV episode. Future On 19 June 2017, a year after the release of episode 6, Sloan hinted towards additional work into the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared series. On 13 September 2018, a teaser trailer titled "Wakey Wakey..." was released on the channel, teasing a new television show made in a collaboration between Blink Industries, Conaco, and Super Deluxe. The 30-second video gained over two million views within 24 hours of its release and peaked at No. 1 on YouTube's Trending list. On 3 December 2018, it was announced that the show's pilot episode would be shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, and details of the plot were also released. The pilot episode would run at 23 minutes, and would appear in the "Indie Episodic Program 1" alongside other short films. On 20 December 2019. series director Joseph Pelling would confirm on his Twitter that it was still being worked on, and other co-creator Becky Sloan would announce the same thing on 24 December 2019, alongside a photo teaser featuring Duck Guy reading a newspaper. On 7 July 2020, it was officially announced the series had been picked up by Channel 4. See also *Wonder Showzen References External links * Official YouTube channel * Becky and Joe's website Category:2010s YouTube series Category:2011 web series debuts Category:2016 web series endings Category:Black comedy Category:British animated short films Category:British films Category:British comedy web series Category:British short films Category:Kickstarter-funded web series Category:Muppet parodies Category:Self-reflexive works Category:Surreal comedy Category:Viral videos Category:Web series featuring puppetry Category:Works with live action and animation Category:YouTube channels launched in 2010 Category:British web series Category:Horror web series Category:Works about cannibalism Category:Works about time "