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Rex is Latin for "king", see Rex (king). Specifically, it was the title of the kings of ancient Rome.
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Regional Express (also known as Rex) is an Australian airline based in Mascot, New South Wales. It operates scheduled regional services. It is Australia's largest regional airline outside the Qantas group of companies and serves New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, North Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia. Its entire fleet consists of 49 Swedish built Saab 340 turboprop aircraft seating 33, 34 or 36 passengers. Rex formerly flew some Fairchild Metro 23s.
The airline was established in 2002 when the Australiawide Airlines consortium (set up by former Ansett Australia employees) acquired Hazelton Airlines and Kendell Airlines, merged the two companies and started operations in August 2002 as Rex. In 2005, Australiawide Airlines was renamed Regional Express Holdings and partially floated on the Australian Securities Exchange. On 30 November 2005, Rex announced the acquisition of the Dubbo-based Air Link, another regional airline.
In October 2007, Rex expanded into Queensland when it commenced operations between Brisbane and Maryborough. This exacerbated an existing problem within the company of not having enough pilots to crew its flights (due to the expansion of larger airlines, especially Jetstar Airways and Virgin Blue), and Rex suspended operations out of Brisbane (and from Sydney to Cooma during the summer "low season" for this route to the NSW ski fields) in November 2007. To provide a medium-term solution to the pilot shortage, Rex announced that it was establishing a cadet-pilot flight-training programme. At the same time, Rex announced the impending retirement of Managing director Geoff Breust.
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Regular Show is an American animated television series created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network that premiered on September 6, 2010. The series revolves around the lives of two friends, a blue jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby—both employed as groundskeepers at a local park. Their regular attempts to slack off usually lead to surreal, extreme, and often supernatural misadventures. During these misadventures, they interact with the show's other main characters: Benson, Pops, Muscle Man, Hi-Five Ghost, Skips, Thomas, Margaret, Eileen and CJ.
Many of Regular Show's characters are loosely based on those developed for Quintel's student films at California Institute of the Arts: The Naïve Man from Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM. Quintel pitched Regular Show for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed young artists to create pilots with no notes, which would possibly be optioned as shows. The project was green-lit and it premiered on September 6, 2010.
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My Quarantine Concert Series continues from my personal Fortress of Solitude. Be well and have fun (if you can do both.)
Recorded with permission from Eddy Kay.
"Another Summer" Words and music by Rex Benson ©MMXVII "Stay" is a doo-wop song written by Maurice Williams and first recorded in 1960 by Williams with his group the Zodiacs. "Everyday" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty
During the Corona Quarantine I found that I needed an outlet for my music. My living room band, The Ulterior Motives had to put rehearsals and events on hold and I missed sharing music on a regular basis. On about day 20 of lockdown I finally built up the nerve to record something and share it. The response from friends surprised me and made me feel more connected.
Hey, I know there is serious stuff going on out there but there is always time for a song.
Recorded April 12, 2020, From the Corona Chronicles: I Might be Gone - words, music and performance ©MMXVIII Rex Benson. All rights reserved.
Fallen Leaves ©MMXVI Rex Benson
Today we offer a small slice of inspiration to enjoy with your Sunday morning coffee. Jake dropped by for an impromptu, socially distanced visit that resulted in guitars being drawn. Old Country Church, written (we think) by J.D. Sumner
The Village Idiom ©MMVII I don't think of myself as a great musician- just a guy who likes songs. I like to sing them and occasionally write one. These sessions were created during the quarantine as a way for me to connect and feel more connected with family and friends. Thanks for looking in. And BOOM!