Kovalenko is a member of SEMA Ukraine, which advocates for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. During the war in Donbas, Kovalenko was sexually assaulted by Russian-backed forces. She has said that many cases go unspoken and wants to help other survivors with her work and by being open about her experience and the realities of the Russian invasion.

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Since 2019 Kovalenko has been a member of the European Film Academy.

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She is married to producer Stéphane Siohan and together they have one son.

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Alisa in Warland (2015) co-directed with Liubov Durakova

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Home Match (2017, Short)

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Girl Away from Home (2023, Short)

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We Will Not Fade Away (2023)

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Alisa Kovalenko at IMDb

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Rowing New Zealand is the sports governing body for rowing in New Zealand. Its purpose is to provide leadership and support to enable an environment of success for the New Zealand rowing community. This includes secondary schools, clubs, masters, universities and high performance.

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Rowing New Zealand was founded as the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association on 16 March 1887. The New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association was formed by nine clubs in an effort to coordinate and regulate the sport of amateur rowing in New Zealand.

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Since the turn of the 21st century, Rowing New Zealand has had moderate success on the water, which has resulted in increased media interest in the sport of rowing and record participation at secondary school level. The aim is eventually to replicate the success of Great Britain and Australia on the water by the 2020 Olympics. This increase in the number of active rowers has been attributed in particular to Rob Waddell's gold medal victory at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There have also been increases, particularly in the number of women rowers, since Georgina Evers-Swindell and Caroline Evers-Swindell won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

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The 2008 Olympic trials gained intense public and media interest as previous Olympic champion Rob Waddell challenged current world champion Mahé Drysdale for the sole men’s single sculls spot. In the final race, Waddell suffered a repeat of his atrial fibrillation condition, resulting in Drysdale claiming the victory and the sole 2008 Olympic single sculls spot.

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Waddell was then selected into the double sculls with the young Nathan Cohen, world champion at the 2006 World University Games in single sculls, in early 2008. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, Shunyi, Beijing in August 2008, the two finished fourth in the double sculls final.

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Cohen won the gold medal in double sculls at the next Olympic Games in 2012, with rowing partner Joseph Sullivan.

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Cohen and Sullivan also won the World Championship in both 2010 and 2011.

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Sixty-eight clubs are affiliated to Rowing New Zealand. Clubs within New Zealand are affiliated to their regional rowing associations, which include the Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, East Coast, Marlborough, Otago, Southland, Waikato, Whanganui and Wellington Rowing Associations.

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Other members affiliated with Rowing New Zealand include the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Association (NZSSRA), the New Zealand Universities Rowing Council, the New Zealand Rowing Race Officials Association, Regional Performance Centres (RPCs), Karapiro Rowing and Ruataniwha Rowing. RPCs provide a pathway for rowers to compete for selection in national representative crews as well as providing a high performance training environment for rowers. Karapiro Rowing and Ruataniwha Rowing operate and maintain the country's two main rowing venues: Lake Karapiro near Cambridge in the North Island, and Lake Ruataniwha near Twizel in the South Island.

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National Club Championships – First held in 1888 and only fours and single sculls competed. Now it is held alternatively at Lake Karapiro, Cambridge, and Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel. The event is now held over 5 days and more than 60 events are raced.

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Masters Championships – These are held annually and a rower may compete as a masters rower from the beginning of the year during which he or she reaches the age of 27.

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New Zealand University Championships – Are held annually and the top prizes include The Ashes (Overall NZU Rowing Champs Winners), the Tamaki Cup (Championship Women's Eight), the Paul Griffiths Cup (Championship Women's Four), and the Hebberley Shield (Championship Men's Eight).

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New Zealand Secondary School Championships (Maadi Cup) – The regatta is the largest school sports event in New Zealand and is held alternatively at Lake Karapiro, Cambridge, and Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel. 'Maadi Cup' is the name given to the regatta and the cup for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Boys' Under 18 Rowing Eights which is raced at the regatta. The top prizes at the regatta are the Maadi Cup, Springbok Shield, Levin Jubilee Cup, Dawn Cup and Star Trophy.

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Rowing New Zealand selects Elite, Development, Under 23, Under 21, Junior and Under 18 National Teams through selection camps and trials process. The Elite National Team represents New Zealand at the highest level of competition, either at the Olympic Games, World Championships or the Rowing World Cup. While the Olympics are held once every four years, the World Championships are held every year. The Rowing World Cup comprises 3 regattas held each year and overall winners are determined by points that are awarded to the top finishing boats at each event.

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The Under 23 National Team competes at the Under 23 World Championship regatta each year while the Under 21 National Team competes at the Youth Cup Regatta in Australia.

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The Junior National Team competes at the Junior World Championships each year and the Under 18 crews from the North Island and the South Island are selected annually to compete against one another.

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2010 World Championship Regatta

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Rowing New Zealand hosted the 2010 World Championship Regatta at Lake Karapiro, 12–19 September. New Zealand secured the rights to hold the 39th World Rowing Championship in 2006 and, in doing so, became one of only a handful of world rowing nations that have held more than one championship. At the official Closing Ceremony, FISA President Denis Oswald said: "I praise the Organising Committee for having staged such an outstanding event and I include all members of the Organising Committee and volunteers who have been so helpful and friendly to us. It won't take 32 years until we come back. Karapiro 2010 brought the World Championships to new standards and set a new model."

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The first time the event came to New Zealand was in 1978. The 2010 event joins the 1978 event as being considered by many of the rowing community worldwide as being amongst the greatest ever world championships.

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2005 World Championship Regatta

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The 2005 World Championship Regatta was one of the most successful event for Rowing New Zealand and New Zealand sport when four gold medals were won within 45 minutes, making New Zealand the most successful country at the regatta.

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The four victories were:

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Mahé Drysdale in the men's single sculls.

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Juliette Haigh and Nicky Coles in the women's coxless pair.

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George Bridgewater and Nathan Twaddle in the men's coxless pair.

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Caroline Evers-Swindell and Georgina Evers-Swindell in the women's double sculls.

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Historical information on Rowing in New Zealand 1996 to 2005

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Mjällom is a locality situated in Kramfors Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden with 275 inhabitants in 2010.

Mjällom


Aprophata ruficollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Heller in 1916. It is known from the Philippines.

Aprophata ruficollis


Le Pouget is a hydroelectric power station located at Le Truel, on the River Tarn, in the department of Aveyron in France. It uses the difference in height between the artificial lakes of Villefranche-de-Panat and Pareloup on the Lévézou plateau and the river 500 m below. It ranks as the 16th largest station in France. It is part of the complex system that connects the rivers  Alrance, Ceor, Viaur, Bage and Violou with the Tarn.

Le Pouget (power station)


In addition to its 440 MW generating capacity it houses a small pumping station that can return 6.6 m³/s of water from the Tarn to its header reservoir.

Le Pouget (power station)


The catchment of this system is on the Lévézou plateau- which is at the western end of the Grandes Causses. The plateau lies between 700 m and 900 m and consist of granite rocks. It is a landscape of gentle valleys, drained to the north by the  Ceor, Viaur, Bage and Violou which flow towards Rodez, and to the south by the Alrance and the Ruisseau de Asseynes which fall steeply into the Tarn.  To the south, exploiting a geological fault is the River Tarn which is at 265 m altitude, and to the south of the river the land rises again to over 600 m. The area is called Les Raspes de Tarn- 30 km to the east is the A75 autoroute and the Viaduc de Millau which crosses the Tarn and Dourdan at the level of the plateau. Further east is the town of Millau and the Karst landscape of the Gorges du Tarn. The impervious granites of the Lévézou make this a suitable location for water capture.

Le Pouget (power station)


The catchment area of Le Pouget  is extensive. The Alrance valley was dammed at Villefranche-de-Panat, creating the 197 hectare Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat. The dam at Villefranche is 17.10 m high and holds back 8.66 hm3 of usable water. This passes by a 5.3 km tunnel to the small 11 ha Lac de Saint-Amans reservoir, and then by steel penstocks the last 1.2 km to Le Pouget.

Le Pouget (power station)


To the north is the Lac de Pareloup. This is the fifth largest hydroelectric reservoir by area in France having an area of 1260 hectares. It was formed by creating a dam across the Vioulou, and pumping water 6.4 km, up 80 m from the 53-hectare Bage reservoir on the Bage river and water from the 200 ha Pont-de-Salars reservoir on the Viaur. Waters from Pareloup can be directed either through the downstream Viaur to the power station at Thuries or through a 10.9 km tunnel to the power station at Alrance at the head of the Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat. A small amount (3.5 hm3) is extracted for use as drinking water in Rodez and Ségala. Pareloup has a catchment area of 376 km2: 160 km2 from the Vioulou, Gourde and Céor, 216 km2 from the Viaur and Bage. The dam at Pareloup is 43.45 m high and 232 m long- it is 15.87 metres thick at its base, tapering to 2.77 m at the rim. It holds back 167 million  m3 of usable water.

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Water from Le Pouget exits into the Tarn both above and below the Barrage du Truel.

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In 1952, the station was equipped with 3 PELTON type turbines. They take 11 m3/s of water and together generate 127.5 MW. They are denominated G1, G2, G3. In 1983 two new generators were installed. These were G4, a 275 MW FRANCIS type turbine, the most powerful of its type used in France; and the unique G5 41.5 MW reversible FRANCIS type turbine. Reversible, the latter could also be used to pump water 461 m up to the lac de Saint-Amans.

Le Pouget (power station)


G4 uses a turbine that develops 286 MW of power, using  74 m3/s of water. At the time of its installation it was the most powerful gravity fed turbine in Europe and in 2012 is still the most powerful in France. This drives an alternator running at 333 revolutions / minute. It is 91% efficient delivering 275 MW (MVA) of electrical energy to the grid at 15.5 kV – that is nominally 10,245 kA.

Le Pouget (power station)


La Jourdanie (power station)

Le Pouget (power station)


Pinet (power station)

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Renewable energy in France

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EDF Production Transport- Energie Midi-Pyrénées (1994). "Présentation de l aménagement hydroélectrique du Pouget et du barrage de Pareloup (Aveyron)". Hydroécol. Appl. (1994) (in French). 6. Toulouse: EDF: 1–7. doi:10.1051/hydro:1994001. Retrieved November 14, 2021.

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Hydroweb Pouget in French

Le Pouget (power station)


Catocala meskei, or Meske's underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found in North America from Maine and Quebec west to southern Alberta and Montana, south to South Carolina in the east and at least Montana in the west.

Catocala meskei


The wingspan is 65–75 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location.

Catocala meskei


The larvae feed on Populus and Salix species.

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Catocala meskei orion, described from Alberta, is now considered a synonym.

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Robinson, E. & Anweiler, G. G. "Species Details Catocala meskei". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 10, 2020.

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Fauske, Gerald M. (March 27, 2002). "Catocala meski Grote 1873". Moths of North Dakota. Department of Entomology North Dakota State University. Retrieved December 13, 2020.

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Anniela (born 3 June 1990) is a Swedish pop singer originally from Rinkaby in Skåne,

Anniela


but has been living in Stockholm for a few years. Signed to Hitworks, she

Anniela


released her début album Extravaganza in 2009. She appeared on a talent show TV4 when

Anniela


she was 13 years old and in various musicals. Her music

Anniela


can be described as international electro dance pop in English with hints of R&B and she

Anniela


offers avery visual performance. Annielas debut was released in a number

Anniela


of foreign countries. In 2011 she participated in Melodifestivalen 2011 with the song Elektrisk, with lyrics in Swedish, which is a first for her. She didn't make it to the final, getting 6th place in the second semi-final.

Anniela


2009 – "Strip-teaser"

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2010 – "My Confession"

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2011 – "Elektrisk/Electric"

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2011 – "Sin of my Own"

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2011 – "Party Crusher"

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Katja Wüstenfeld (née Beer, born 10 October 1976) is a German former biathlete. Beer competed in the women's individual event at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Katja Wüstenfeld


Her father Manfred Beer was a biathlete who earned a bronze medal for East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Katja married German biathlete Jan Wüstenfeld in 2010.

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Media related to Katja Wüstenfeld at Wikimedia Commons

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Katja WUESTENFELD at IBU BiathlonWorld.com Katja WUESTENFELD at IBU BiathlonResults.com

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Katja BEER at Olympics.com

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Katja Beer at Olympedia

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MEmphis Rock and Soul is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released by Stax Records on October 7, 2016. A collection of soul covers, the album received a positive critical reception.

MEmphis Rock and Soul


Recording and release

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Etheridge wanted to record an album of songs in Memphis and from the Stax Records catalog that inspired her as a child growing up in Kansas, specifically in historic Memphis studios with recordings that included her own sound while being faithful to the original versions. Etheridge additionally recruited some of the original artists who recorded the initial songs and even used Al Green's microphone to record her vocals. The album was preceded by a music video for her cover of Sam and Dave's "Hold On, I’m Coming".

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The spelling of the title with "MEmphis" represents Etheridge's initials.

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Editors at AllMusic rated this album three out of five stars, with reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine characterizing the covers as "faithful and loving to the original versions, preserving the arrangements but sometimes allowing the band to vamp a bit", noting that "her affection for both the songs and sound of Southern soul in the '60s is evident". Lee Zimmerman of Glide scored this album a nine out of 10, writing "there's no pomp or pretension needed; Etheridge revels in her own edge and authority, thereby making these songs an ideal match for a style that's always been borne by a certain soulful edge to begin with". Hal Horowitz of American Songwriter rated MEmphis Rock and Soul four out of five stars and also noted the natural fit between this genre and Etheridge's style, noting that the music "leaves you with an appreciation that Etheridge loves and cares about the music and is determined to do it justice". PopMatters' Colin McGuire gave the album a five out of 10, calling out several tracks as weaker than the originals and assessing that her vocals don't "match the amount or the type that it takes to successfully embody these songs" leaving the album "a soul record that lacks soul".

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"Memphis Train" (Mack Rice, Willie Sparks, and Rufus Thomas) – 3:50

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"Respect Yourself (People Stand Up)" (Melissa Etheridge, Luther Ingram, Priscilla Renae, and Mack Rice) – 4:25

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"Who's Making Love" (Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Don Davis, and Raymond Jackson) – 3:51

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"Hold On, I’m Coming" (Isaac Hayes and David Porter) – 3:23

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"I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)" (Jerry Butler and Otis Redding) – 4:05

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"Any Other Way" (William Bell) – 3:24

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"I'm a Lover" (John Burk, Lowell Fulson, Melissa Etheridge, and Jimmy McCracklin) – 3:06

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"Rock Me Baby" (Joe Josea and B. B. King) – 4:47

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"I Forgot to Be Your Lover" (William Bell and Booker T. Jones) – 4:52

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"Wait a Minute" (Barbara Stephens) – 2:55

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"Born Under a Bad Sign" (Jones) – 4:36

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"I've Got Dreams to Remember" (Otis Redding and Zelma Redding) – 4:34

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Deluxe edition bonus tracks

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"Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" (Isaac Hayes and David Porter) – 4:33

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"I Know a Place (I'll Take You There)" (Al Bell) – 3:03

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"These Arms of Mine" (Otis Redding) – 3:49

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Melissa Etheridge – guitar, vocals, production

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Paul Blakemore – mastering

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Stefanie Bolton – backing vocals

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John Burk – production, executive production

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Yennifer Correia – violin

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Michael Fahey – mixing assistance

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Theron Feemster – programming

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Marc Franklin – trumpet

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Charles Hodges – organ

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Leroy Hodges – bass guitar

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Jonathan Kirkscey – cello

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Beth Luscombe – viola

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John Mayer – lead guitar on "Rock Me Baby" and "Born Under a Bad Sign"

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Lannie McMillan – saxophone

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Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell – recording at Royal Studios

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Jessie Munson – violin

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Sharisse Norman – backing vocals

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Seth Presant – recording at The Village Studios

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Vance Powell – mixing at Sputnik Sound

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Candice Rayburn-Marshall – backing vocals

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James Robertson – drums

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Myriam Santos – photography

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Carrie Smith – art direction, design

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Kirk Smothers – baritone saxophone

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Lester Snell – horn arrangement on "I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)", string arrangement on "I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)" and "I Forgot to Be Your Lover"

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Jim Spake – tenor saxophone

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Michael Toles – guitar

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Archie Turner – keyboards

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MEmphis Rock and Soul at Discogs (list of releases)

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MEmphis Rock and Soul at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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Melissa Etheridge: 5 Songs to Heal a Broken Heart from Rolling Stone

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Scarborough Beach bus station in Western Australia is a Transperth bus station located at the west end of Scarborough Beach Road in Scarborough. It has four stands and is served by 6 Transperth routes operated by Swan Transit.

Scarborough Beach bus station


The bus station provides the bus services in Doubleview and Woodlands, and connects to Stirling and Glendalough Station, both part of the Yanchep Line. The bus station opened on 25 June 2017.

Scarborough Beach bus station


Thotlakonda Buddhist Complex is situated on a hill near Bheemunipatnam about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India. The hill is about 128 metres (420 ft) above sea level and overlooks the ocean. The Telugu name Toṭlakoṇḍa (తొట్లకొండ) derived from the presence of a number of rock-cut cisterns hewn into the bedrock of the hillock. “Thotlakonda" may also mean “hill of cisterns.”  In 2019, the stupa was partially damaged due to monsoons, but it was restored by 2021 at the cost of Rs 42 lakh.

Thotlakonda


Thotlakonda was well within the influence of Kalinga, an important source of dissemination of Buddhism to Sri Lanka and various parts of Southeast Asia. Also, it was one of the ports of entry for pilgrims arriving via th sea to visit prominent Buddhist places located near the 83.3 degree Meridian East. Thotlakonda's history provides an insight into the process of transoceanic diffusion of Indic culture, especially Buddhism.

Thotlakonda


A hill on the sea coast with a salubrious (healthy) climate was an ideal attraction for the Buddhist monks to build a monastery complex. The placid sea, sheltered by the deeply curved coastline, provided a safe haven for anchoring ships. Buddhist sites such as Thotlakonda, Sarnath, Kushinagar and Lumbini lie very close to the longitudinal 83.3 degrees Meridian East. People coming to India by sea to visit important Buddhist sites looked for the shortest route to travel; it is believed that many stopped at Thotlakonda, a transit point where they anchored their ships, rested on the hill for a while, and then continued along the 83.3° East meridian northwards.

Thotlakonda


Thotlakonda came to light during an aerial survey by the Indian Navy for setting up a naval base. After its discovery, major excavations were conducted by the Andhra Pradesh State Archaeology Department from 1988 to 1993. The excavations established the existence of a Nikaya Buddhist complex which flourished 2000 years ago. To the south of the complex there is a tank which served as a water source to the monastery inhabitants.

Thotlakonda


The excavations reveal Satavahana dynasty lead and Roman silver coins indicating foreign trade; terracotta tiles, stucco decorative pieces, sculptured panels, miniature stupa models in stone, and Buddha footprints were also found. The excavations also yielded twelve inscriptions. From linguistic studies, it appears that the hill might have been known as Senagiri; Sena in Pali means "elder, superior".

Thotlakonda


Thotlakonda's peak activity was between the 2nd century BCE and the 2nd century CE owing to brisk Roman trade and religious missions sent abroad. Thotlakonda came into existence along with nearby Buddhist sites in Visakhapatnam like Bavikonda and Pavurallakonda. The lofty stupas shining during the day, with their light lime plaster and with rows of wick lamps during nights, might have served as guiding landmarks of nautical commuters. While there appears to have been no royal patronage, traders and local Buddhists seem to have supported the monasatic sangha. In its heyday, Thotlakonda might have accommodated more than 100 bhikkhus.

Thotlakonda


The complex served as a religious-academic center, with arrangements for storing food, clothing, and medicines. Nikaya Buddhism appears to have been practiced at Thotlakonda, including the worship of Gautama Buddha through aniconic symbols such as padukas, ashtamangala and other methods of non-human representation.

Thotlakonda


Thotlakonda had declined by the end of the 3rd century.

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Travel Article on Thotlakonda.

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Thotlakonda


Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is a satirical war novel written by Ben Fountain, which was published in early May 2012 by Ecco Press, a publishing imprint of HarperCollins. The novel chronicles the experience of a group of Iraq War veterans who are hailed as heroes and sent on a victory tour following their engagement in an intense firefight that happened to be caught on camera. Set during a single day, the story primarily focuses on Specialist Billy Lynn's perspective as he struggles to reconnect with his family and come to grips with the huge disconnect between the realities of the war at home and the war overseas as Bravo Squad is sent to participate in the Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving halftime show. The novel's primary themes include fraternity, the commercialization of war, and what it really means to support the war when the real costs are barely felt by the majority of US citizens at home.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk


A sharp satire, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is Fountain's first novel. It received highly positive reviews from critics and won several awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. It was also a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. The novel was especially praised for its dialogue and "pitch-perfect ear for American talk." A film adaptation of the novel directed by Ang Lee was released in November 2016.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk


19-year-old Specialist Billy Lynn is part of an eight-man unit, Bravo Squad, fighting in Iraq. After key moments of a brief but intense fight anointed as "the Battle of Al-Ansakar Canal" are filmed by an embedded Fox News crew, Lynn and seven other surviving members return to the US hailed as war heroes. Lynn is awarded the Silver Star.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk


The squad is sent on a two-week nationwide Victory Tour by the Bush administration to evoke support for the war. The culmination of the Victory Tour is Bravo Squad's invitation to attend the Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving game as the team's guests and to make an appearance during the halftime show with Destiny's Child. The squad is also accompanied by Albert Ratner, a veteran Hollywood producer who has attached himself to Bravo Squad and is trying to help them sell the rights of their story to a movie studio. Albert hopes to secure Cowboys owner Norman Oglesby as a major investor for the film project, and while Norman is interested in the project he reduces Albert's initial offer for Bravo Squad's story from $100,000 apiece to $5,500 each.

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It is later revealed that following the Victory Tour, the government has not relieved the men of their duty for their achievements and they are to return to Iraq. A long flashback section of the book relays an earlier visit Lynn spends with his family in small-town Texas where his sister encourages him to consider abandoning the army and refusing to return to fight in Iraq.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk


As the book progresses, Lynn begins to express disenchantment with the treatment of supposed war heroes from American citizens who have seen nothing of war. He engages in a fight, has revelations about his family and how he was raised, reconsiders past decisions, and reminisces about dead comrades, including Shroom, the sergeant who died in Billy's arms in Iraq. As Lynn's time in the US and at the Cowboys' stadium wraps to a close, he experiences a lusty and intimate romance with a cheerleader on the team. However, she becomes shocked and noticeably shaken when he informs her that he is to return to duty despite his squad's accomplishments. She reassures him she wants to stay in contact and that they will make it work, but he is not so optimistic: he figures that people do not want to wait years for a soldier to return home. As he leaves, he finds comfort in his comrades and friends, who accompany him as they leave Texas Stadium.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk


A movie based on the novel premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 14, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 11, 2016. Directed by Ang Lee, the film starred Joe Alwyn in the title role.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk


Robert Gray (1762–1834) was an English Bishop of Bristol.

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


Born 11 March 1762, he was the son of Robert Gray, a London silversmith. Having entered St Mary Hall, Oxford, he graduated B.A. 1784, M. A, 1787, B.D. 1799, and D.D. 1802.  Soon after 1790 he was presented to the vicarage of Faringdon, Berkshire.

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


In 1796 he was appointed Bampton lecturer, and his discourses were published the same year, under the title of Sermons on the Principles upon which the Reformation of the Church of England was established. Through the favour of Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, he was promoted, in 1800, to the rectory of Crayke, Yorkshire, and resigned Faringdon; in 1804 he was collated by Barrington to the seventh stall in Durham Cathedral, and again, in 1805, to the rectory of Bishopswearmouth, and resigned Crayke. He held this living, in which he had succeeded William Paley, until his elevation, in 1827, to the bishopric of Bristol.

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


In 1815, when he was Vicar of Bishopwearmouth, Robert Gray played an important part in one of the most important moments in the industrialisation of the World. After witnessing many mining accidents, it was Gray that wrote to Humphry Davy asking for his help with the problem of providing light safely in the local underground collieries.  As a result, Davy visited the Northeast of England in August 1815 and discussed the problem with Colliery owners and mining expert John Buddle. Davy took samples of the gas to his London laboratory and designed his famous "miners lamp". Buddle was one of the first people to test the lamp. Stating in a report from the Select Committee on Accidents in Mines on the 4 September 1835 "I first tried the lamp in an explosive mixture on the surface; and then took it to the mine; it is impossible for me to express my feelings at the time when I first suspended the lamp in the mine and saw it red hot. I said to those around me: "We have at last subdued this monster [fire-damp]." Thus is recorded one of the most significant moments in the industrialization of the world. Davy did not patent his lamp effectively giving it to the Nation and the miners of the world.

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


During the Bristol riots of 1831, when one of the minor canons suggested a postponement of divine service, since the rioters were masters of the city, Gray replied that it was his duty to be at his post.

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


The service was held as usual, and he was himself the preacher. Before the close of the evening his palace was burned to the ground, and the loss which he sustained was estimated at £10,000. He died at Rodney House, Clifton, 28 September 1834, and was buried in the graveyard attached to Bristol Cathedral. A marble monument by Edward Hodges Baily was erected in the cathedral.

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


His wife was Elizabeth, sister of Alderman Camplin of Bristol, with whom he had numerous children; including Robert Gray who became Bishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of Africa.

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


His first literary undertaking was his 'Key to the Old testament and Apocrypha; or, an Account of their several Books, their Contents and Authors, and of the Times in which they were respectively written;' a work compiled on the plan of Thomas Percy's 'Key to the New Testament,' first published in 1790, and repeatedly reprinted. In 1793 he published 'Discourses on various subjects, illustrative of the Evidence, Influence, and Doctrines of Christianity;' and in 1794, 'Letters during the course of a Tour through Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, in 1791 and 1792.'

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


Gray also published sermons, and the following:

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


'Religious Union,' a sketch of a plan for uniting Roman Catholics and presbyterians with the established church, 1800.

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


'A Dialogue between a Churchman and a Methodist,' 1802, 5th edit. 1810.

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


'Theory of Dreams,' 2 vols., 1808, anonymous.

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


'Discourse at Bishopswearmouth', 1812, on the assassination of Spencer Perceval.

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


'The Connection between the Sacred Writings and the Literature of the Jewish and Heathen Authors, particularly that of the Classical Ages,' &c., 2 vols., 1816; 2nd edition 1819.

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


Portraits of Robert Gray at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)


John Nutting (14 January 1739, Cambridge, Massachusetts – 1800, Newport, Nova Scotia) was the Master Builder and Surveyor of Lumber for the King in New Ireland and later Nova Scotia.  He fought for the British in the French and Indian War and worked as a Loyalist throughout the American Revolution. He contributed to the successful defence of New Ireland from a 21 day siege by the Penobscot Expedition.

John Nutting (loyalist)


French and Indian War

John Nutting (loyalist)


He was a member of Captain Fuller’s  company of William Brattle’s regiment (1746). The next year he enlisted under Captain Aaron Fay in Col Ebenezer Nichols's regiment at Lake George in 1758. He fought with Abercrombie against Montcalm at Ticonderoga.

John Nutting (loyalist)


He married Mary Walton 23 April 1761 of Reading, Massachusetts. They built a home in Cambridge, Massachusetts near present-day Epworth Church.  He worked under his father-in-law John Walton as a master builder and was in the lumber trade. He built Lieut Governor Thomas Oliver’s house, later named Elmwood, currently the official residence of the Presidents of Harvard University.

John Nutting (loyalist)


On 1 September 1774, he was involved with the Powder Alarm, when tried to block those who wanted to prevent General Gage’s intention to move the Magazine of Powder to Boston.  He was physically beaten by the patriots but escaped Cambridge to Boston.  The patriots turned his home into a barracks. In Boston, Nutting built barracks and other fortifications under Colonel Cleaveland. He became to acting Lieutenant of the Cambridge company.

John Nutting (loyalist)


Six weeks before evacuation day, under the orders of Captain Spry he went to Halifax with his wife, six children.  He became the Master Carpenter and Superintendent of Mechanics. He participated in the failed attack on Machias.

John Nutting (loyalist)


He returned to England and was appointed the Chief Overseer of His Majesty’s works at Landguard Fort, which was under the direction of Lord Towshend. Through this work, he came to know William Knox.  Knox was committed to planting British forces on the coast of Maine, to protect the Bay of Fundy and the coast of Nova Scotia.  It would also form the nucleus and bulwark for a new province for loyalists.

John Nutting (loyalist)


He was sent from London to rebuild the Fort at Penobscot. En route to Penobscot, Nutting travelled on the Harriet to Penobscot under the command of Sampson Sprague. En route they were attacked by the much larger American brigantine Vengeance, under the command of Wingate Newman. Of the 45 men on the Harriet, one man killed and six wounded, including Nutting.   He was taken prisoner to A Coruña, Spain.  He was later returned to England.

John Nutting (loyalist)


The following year, 1779, he embarked again to help establish New Ireland.  He served as Brig. General McLean’s pilot.  The Penobscot Expedition arrived, which included the Vengeance. His choices of Penobscot was disapproved of by many officers including Collier. At the same time, McLean praised his efforts in the 21 day siege: Nutting “served under my Command on the Expedition to Penobscot much to my satisfaction, on my taking post there.  I appointed him Overseer of Works, which duty he performed with Zeal and fidelity to the King’s service." For 1779-1780, Nutting cared for his own land at Castine, where his family joined him after the siege.

John Nutting (loyalist)


Nutting returned to London to advocate for support for New Ireland.  He was caught in the Gordon Riots on 2 June 1780  and was detained.  He was then ordered by Lord Townsend  to proceed to Landguard Fort. Nutting also requested 394 pounds to cover his expenses, of which he received 150.

John Nutting (loyalist)


In 1782, Nutting was sent back to New York to work with Guy Carleton.  Carleton ordered him to Halifax to oversee the building of homes for the arriving Loyalists.  He was given 2000 acres of land (double of that granted to field officers) that stretched from the Avon River to the Tennecape River.  He became the Surveyor of Lumber for the King in the colony as he had been in Penobscot.

John Nutting (loyalist)


His father was the armorer of the Man of war Prince of Orange in the early 1740s. His brother James was a patriot mariner.  During the Revolution he was captured by the British brig Ruby and confined in a prison ship at St. Lucia.  He escaped in the night and overtook a crew and sailed away with 10 other prisoners. His brother Samuel was a patriot and served as a surgeon aboard the Independence and Rhodes throughout the Revolution.

John Nutting (loyalist)


His wife Mary Walton died about 1831 and was buried at Loyal Hill, property belonging to John Robert Grant, a loyalist who fought beside Nutting at Ticonderoga in the French and Indian War.

John Nutting (loyalist)


He was granted Walton, Nova Scotia, which is named after his son James Walton Nutting (who was named after his mother Mary Walton)

John Nutting (loyalist)


The 1980 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex, England. 20 members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex were elected. The council remained under Conservative majority control.


The 1980 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex, England. A total of 18 of the 58 seats were contested, representing roughly one-third of the council. The election occurred against the backdrop of national political and economic challenges, with the Conservative Party retaining control of the council, though losing two seats to Labour in Loughton Roding and Waltham Abbey East.


The election took place during a period of industrial unrest and economic difficulty in the United Kingdom. Earlier in the year, workers at the British Steel Corporation staged a nationwide strike over pay, the first major steel strike since 1926, affecting some 90,000 employees. By March, an Evening Standard opinion poll indicated growing public dissatisfaction with the Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher, who had become Prime Minister following the 1979 general election. Rising unemployment and austerity measures, including halved benefits to striking workers announced in February, were major national concerns influencing local voting behaviour.


The Conservatives maintained a majority on the council despite minor losses, and voter turnout was far lower than in the previous 1979 election. The election results illustrated the continuing strength of the Conservative Party in Epping Forest, while also highlighting Labour’s ability to regain ground in selected wards.


Waltham Abbey Paternoster


Roosendaal (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈroːzə(n)ˌdaːl] ) is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.

Roosendaal


Population count of towns/villages in the municipality

Roosendaal


Wouwse Plantage (1,215)

Roosendaal


Under King Louis Bonaparte of the Kingdom of Holland, Roosendaal received city rights in 1809.

Roosendaal


Nispen merged with Roosendaal to form the municipality Roosendaal en Nispen. On 1 January 1997 the municipalities Roosendaal en Nispen and Wouw merged into the municipality now simply known as Roosendaal.

Roosendaal


Roosendaal goes back to the 12th and 13th century. The name Rosendaele was first mentioned in a document of 1268. Roosendaal was always a part of North Brabant. In the Middle Ages, Roosendaal grew as a result of the turf business, but the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) put an end to the growth as Roosendaal and Wouw were suffering from itinerant combat troops that plundered and ravaged everything they came across. For decades the countryside of Roosendaal was abandoned.

Roosendaal


During the German occupation (World War II), the occupiers operated a subcamp of the Herzogenbusch concentration camp for Jews in the city.

Roosendaal


The leading football team of Roosendaal is RBC. RBC plays in the Derde Divisie (Fourth Division) of Dutch football. Other known Dutch football clubs are Alliance, DVO '60, BSC, HSC '28, RKVV Rimboe, RKSV Cluzona, RKVV NSV and RKVV Roosendaal.

Roosendaal


The Korps Commandotroepen have their headquarters and main garrison, the Engelbrecht van Nassaukazerne, in Roosendaal. The Royal Marechaussee used to have a brigade in the city. The first brigade was placed in the city on 16 July 1818 and was disbanded on 1 March 1943. On 2 September 1946 the brigade returned to the city, to be disbanded again on 1 September 1989. The Marechaussee would keep a small office on the railway station, due to the station being one of few to directly lead into Belgium.

Roosendaal


Railway station: Roosendaal

Roosendaal


The city serves as a regional railway hub: the Zwolle-Roosendaal Intercity service starts and ends here, the IC from Amsterdam to Vlissingen (Flushing) stops at the station, as did the international Intercity train from Amsterdam to Brussels until 2018, when that train was rerouted via Breda and the HSL-Zuid. There is still an hourly stop-train service to Antwerp.

Roosendaal


The Bravis Ziekenhuis Roosendaal is the main general hospital for residents of Roosendaal and surrounding areas.  Bravis Ziekenhuis offers specialised medical care provided by a broad team of medical specialists.  Special units include: Cardiology, Dermatology, Gynaecology, Oncology, Ophthalmology and Intensive Care.

Roosendaal


Draai van de Kaai cycling race

Roosendaal


Annual "International ABBA Day" – A weekend-long event, normally each April, operated by ABBA's official Fan Club which is based in Roosendaal.

Roosendaal


Cornelis of Glymes (1458 in Wouw – 1508/1509), Admiral of the Netherlands

Roosendaal


Hendrick Lonck (1568–1634), first Dutch sea captain to reach the New World

Roosendaal


Léon Orthel (1905–1985), classical pianist and composer

Roosendaal


Jean Defraigne (1929-2016), Belgian liberal politician

Roosendaal


Jack Jersey (1941–1997), singer-songwriter and producer of light music

Roosendaal


Jan Ridders (born 1941), machinist

Roosendaal


Joe de Bruyn (born 1949), Australian trade union official

Roosendaal


Ad Konings (born 1956), ichthyologist, researches African rift lake cichlids

Roosendaal


Joost Lagendijk (born 1957), politician and former journalist and MEP

Roosendaal


Ben van Beurden (born 1958), CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc

Roosendaal


Ronny Moorings (born 1961), musician, works with darkwave band Clan of Xymox

Roosendaal


Frans Bauer (born 1973), singer of Dutch Schlager music

Roosendaal


Harmen Fraanje (born 1976), jazz pianist and composer

Roosendaal


Jesse Klaver (born 1986), political leader of Groenlinks

Roosendaal


Harry Broos (1898–1954), sprinter, team bronze medallist in the 1924 Summer Olympics

Roosendaal


Antoine Mazairac (1901–1966), cyclist, silver medallist in the 1928 Summer Olympics

Roosendaal


George Knobel (1922–2012), football manager

Roosendaal


Theo Laseroms (1940–1991), footballer, over 400 club caps

Roosendaal


Jacques van Meer (born 1958), retired cyclist, competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Roosendaal


Jolanda van Dongen (born 1966), road racing cyclist, national time trial champion, 2003

Roosendaal


Henk Vos (born 1968), footballer with 600 club caps, now a coach

Roosendaal


Ingrid van Lubek (born 1971), triathlete, competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Roosendaal


Bram Lomans (born 1975), hockey player, twice team gold medallist at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics

Roosendaal


Tim van Rijthoven (born 1997), tennis player

Roosendaal


Niek van der Velden (born 2000), snowboarder & 2017 Roosendaal Sportsman of the Year

Roosendaal


Media related to Roosendaal at Wikimedia Commons

Roosendaal


Roosendaal travel guide from Wikivoyage

Roosendaal


Sing Mother Goose is a 1945 picture book with music by Opal Wheeler and illustrated by Marjorie Torrey. The book contains a collection of Mother Goose Nursery rhymes set to music. The book was a recipient of a 1946 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations.

Sing Mother Goose


Chelidonium is a genus of long-horned beetles with about twenty known species distributed mainly in Asia. The larvae of most species in the genus bore into trees in the citrus family.

Chelidonium (beetle)


The genus is differentiated from Aphrodisium and Chloridolum by the rounded (untoothed) apex to the scape or base of antenna. Polyzonus also has a rounded scape but it does not have laterally compressed hind tarsi and the antennal segments are toothed from the 5th segment onwards in Chelidonium while in Polyzonus, they are toothed from the 6th segment onwards. The body is slender and cylindrical in Chelidonium and the pronotum lacks any median protrusions and has a central shiny longitudinal line. The shape of the aedeagus is used to differentiate it from the genera Schwarzerium and Anubis.

Chelidonium (beetle)


Species in the genus include:

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium argentatum (Dalman, 1817)

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium binotaticolle

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium boessnecki

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium buddleiae

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium cheongae (Bentanachs & Drouin, 2013)

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium hefferni

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chloridolum nadleri Skale, 2018

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium nepalense

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium obscurum

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium punctigerum (Pascoe, 1869)

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium purpureipes Gressitt, 1939

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium semivenereum

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium sifanicum

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium venereum

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium violaceimembris

Chelidonium (beetle)


Chelidonium zaitzevi

Chelidonium (beetle)


Engal Thangam (transl. Our Gold) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Krishnan–Panju. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. It was released on 9 October 1970 and became a success, besides winning three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

Engal Thangam


Thangam, a truck driver comes to the rescue of Sumathi, his blind younger sister, by putting on (by assuming) the offences of Moorthy, her husband. Moorthy is a childhood friend of Thangam. Today, Moorthy fell to the hands of a mysterious group of burglars, because he is the best professional safe-cracker in the city. Thangam wants at all costs to save him from this gang and to stop them. Thangam will be helped in his quest by Kaladevi, his lover.

Engal Thangam


M. Karunanidhi and Murasoli Maran were jointly produced M. G. Ramachandran along with J. Jayalalithaa acted in Engal Thangam without taking any remuneration.

Engal Thangam


The colours of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) flag – red and black – are featured in the attire Ramachandran frequently wears in the film as his character. The song "Naan Sethu Pulachavanda", where he sings that he has risen from the dead, is a reference to Ramachandran having survived a gunshot wound inflicted on his throat by M. R. Radha in 1967.

Engal Thangam


Music is composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Vaali. The song "Don't Touch Mr X" includes English lyrics. "Thangapadhakkathin Mele" was remixed in Vetrivel Sakthivel (2005).

Engal Thangam


Release and reception

Engal Thangam


Engal Thangam was released on 9 October 1970, and distributed by Venus Movies. The Indian Express criticised the film for not offering anything new, but lauded Ramachandran's performance of the harikatha and concluded, "One is tired of this kind of movie with a huge bag of morals". The film ran for over 100 days in theatres. It won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film – Second Prize, Vaali won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist, and Pushpalatha won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Female).

Engal Thangam


Baskaran, S. Theodore (1996). The Eye of the Serpent: An Introduction to Tamil Cinema. Chennai: East West Books. OCLC 243920437.

Engal Thangam


Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. British Film Institute and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.

Engal Thangam


Engal Thangam at IMDb

Engal Thangam


Union Mills is a historic textile mill complex located on Pleasant Street in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Union Mills (Fall River, Massachusetts)


The Union Mills company was incorporated in 1859, and was the first large steam-powered mill built in the city, having installed Corliss steam engines. The buildings are constructed from local Fall River granite. The company's first president was S. Angier Chace, and David Anthony was the first treasurer. It was the first mill corporation established in the city on the basis of general subscriptions.

Union Mills (Fall River, Massachusetts)


In 1865, Mill No. 2 was constructed. In 1876 the original gable roofs of both mills were removed and replaced with flat roofs, thereby adding additional floor space. A third mill was later constructed adjacent to Mill No. 2, but was demolished in the 1960s for the construction of Interstate 195. Production of textiles ceased in 1929.

Union Mills (Fall River, Massachusetts)


In 1968 the site was photographed by Jack E. Boucher of the Historic American Buildings Survey, along with the adjacent Durfee Mills, as part of the New England Textile Mill Survey II, led by Robert M. Vogel of the Smithsonian Institution. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Union Mills (Fall River, Massachusetts)


Over the years, the Union Mills have been occupied by numerous small businesses, including Nate Lions Appliance Warehouse for many years before its move to the nearby Durfee Mills. Both mills have been completely restored and are now the location of Prima CARE Medical Center.

Union Mills (Fall River, Massachusetts)


National Register of Historic Places listings in Fall River, Massachusetts

Union Mills (Fall River, Massachusetts)


List of mills in Fall River, Massachusetts

Union Mills (Fall River, Massachusetts)


Carlo Alessandro Annoni, Count V of Cerro Pieve San Giuliano (1770 – 13 September 1825), was an Italian politician.

Alessandro Annoni


Belonging to an ancient noble patrician family of Milan, Annoni was the only male son of Count Giovanni Pietro and his wife, the Genoese noblewoman Giulia Pallavicino, of the Marquises of Persia. He was born in the family's Milanese palace, in Corso di Porta Romana. Through his great-grandmother Teopista Mosca, he was related to the famous poet Giacomo Leopardi.

Alessandro Annoni


Having obtained the noble titles of his family on his father's death, in 1792 he was appointed Emperor's chamberlain as Duke of Milan. Later he was one of the nobles who entered the administration of the Italian Republic under the aegis of vice-president Francesco Melzi d'Eril at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Rich landowner of the newborn Department of Olona, he became the representative of the landowners at the Consulte de Lyon. In 1804 he started the construction of a majestic monumental residence, in Cuggiono as his country villa, entrusting the project to the famous architect Leopoldo Pollack. In 1809 he was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of the Iron Crown and was chamberlain to the viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais, by whom he was appointed Count of the Kingdom of Italy on 11 October 1810. In 1810 he bought the Chiappana and Chiappanella farmsteads in Abbiategrasso from the Policlinico of Milan. After the fall of the Napoleonic regime, Alessandro always remained faithful to the Bonapartist cause, but to regain full possession of his property and titles he had to renounce the recognition of the title of Napoleonic count and submit to the Austrian restoration.

Alessandro Annoni


Annoni married the Countess Leopoldina Cicogna Mozzoni, later lady of the viceroy Princess Augusta of Bavaria, in Milan on 7 July 1803. This was the daughter of Count Francesco Leopoldo Cicogna Mozzoni and the noblewoman Teresa Marliani. The couple had one son, Francesco (1804 – 1872), who was a general during the Italian unification period.

Alessandro Annoni


After Annoni's death, his wife later remarried with Count Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg, a general in the service of the Russian Empire, from whom she had no children.

Alessandro Annoni


Annoni suffered from erythema, epilepsy, circulation and brain problems for some time and died in Milan on September 13, 1825 at 09:00. The funeral took place in the Basilica of San Nazaro in Brolo in Milan.

Alessandro Annoni


The Capture of Kyiv in 1651 took place during the Khmelnytsky Uprising under the command of Janusz Radziwiłł on August 4.

Capture of Kyiv (1651)


In 1651, the Lithuanian forces marched toward Kyiv, and after the Battle of Loyew, they approached the city on August 3.

Capture of Kyiv (1651)


The Lithuanian troops withdrew from Kyiv after a one-month occupation due to an outbreak of plague, which caused heavy losses.

Capture of Kyiv (1651)


St. George is a 6th-century Armenian church located at the outskirts of Sverdlov village, Armenia.

St. George Church, Sverdlov


The church has underrun reconstruction in 19th century and by 2010. The recent reconsecration took place on 19 June 2010 under leadership of Bishop Sebouh Chouldjian, primate of the Diocese of Gougark.

St. George Church, Sverdlov


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St. George Church, Sverdlov


Chunchucmil was once a large, sprawling pre-Columbian Maya city located in the western part of what is now the state of Yucatán, Mexico.

Chunchucmil


Although the famous explorer and author John Lloyd Stephens traveled within a few kilometers of Chunchucmil during his historic journey across the Yucatán Peninsula (he even met with the owner of the nearby haciendas), the archaeological site went relatively unnoticed by Maya scholars for more than a century because virtually no monuments (stelae) or other grand sculptures have been found there.  The lack of royal monuments, combined with other archaeological data, may indicate that Chunchucmil was not a city ruled by a single divine king, as most other Maya polities.  Instead, it may have been a commercial center, organized by various lineages and focused upon funneling goods between regions—such as the trade between the Gulf of Mexico and the interior of the Yucatán Peninsula.

Chunchucmil


Chunchucmil was most populous in the Middle Classical Period (400–650 AD), with an estimated 31,000–43,000 (within the central 25 km2 area) people.

Chunchucmil


Site characteristics

Chunchucmil


The site center is located ca. 27 km (16.8 mi) inland from the Gulf of Mexico and approximately halfway between the coast and the next largest archaeological site of Oxkintok.  It was named in the late 1970s after the nearest modern settlement (the Hacienda and village of Chunchucmil), however the archaeological site is so large that it extends onto the ejido lands of at least five modern communities: Chunchucmil, Kochol, San Mateo, Coahuila and Halachó.  The majority of the ancient Maya site is located within the municipality of Maxcanú, however a portion of it is situated on land pertaining to the municipality of Halachó.

Chunchucmil


Environment and ecology

Chunchucmil


The site of Chunchucmil is located on a narrow band of semi-arid terrain that parallels portions of the western and northern coastlines in Yucatán and Campeche.  This particular environmental zone is considered the driest in all of the Maya area, with less than 800 mm (31.5 in) of annual rainfall.  Compounding these harsh conditions, nearly fifty percent of the surface around Chunchucmil is exposed limestone bedrock.  Even when soils are encountered, they are rarely more than a few centimeters in depth.  Vegetation in this region is generally considered scrub forest dominated by acacia and other drought-resistant species (similar to the European heathland).  One of the mysteries surrounding Chunchucmil is how such a large city could have sustained itself in one of the poorest regions for agriculture.

Chunchucmil


However, the ancient city was situated at the edge of this semi-arid ecological zone, exactly where the dry Yucatecan plains dip and fracture into vast wetlands (see map).  Immediately to the west of Chunchucmil are found the seasonally inundated savannas, fresh water petenes (or ojos de agua), and eventually the brackish mangrove estuary where the Yucatán aquifer empties into the Gulf of Mexico near the ancient Maya coastal site of Canbalam.  It is likely that ancient Chunchucmil was purposefully situated to take advantage of multiple ecological zones, including coastal resources such as the salt-beds of the Celestún peninsula, and to increase accessibility to the vigorous circum-peninsular canoe trade route of Pre-Columbian times, using Canbalam as its port of entry.

Chunchucmil


The term "Chunchucmil" was originally used to name a freshwater well (Ch'en Chun Chukum), the central water source for the cattle ranch that eventually grew to become the historic henequen hacienda of Chunchucmil.  Most wells in this region are named after animals or plants.  In this case, the words Ch'en Chun Chukum literally mean "the well at the base of the Chukum tree" (Havardia albicans).  Local Maya speakers still refer to the modern village of Chunchucmil as Chun Chukum when speaking in their native tongue.  The ancient Maya archaeological site was given the name Chunchucmil by archaeologists in the 1970s because that was the closest modern community to the site center.  Local Maya villagers today do not have a single term to refer to the ruins, since the ancient city is so large that it encompasses most of their lands.

Chunchucmil


The exact size of Chunchucmil is currently being studied using aerial photography, satellite imagery, and survey transects by the Pakbeh Regional Economy Project (who have been working at Chunchucmil since the mid-1990s, under the direction of Dr. Bruce H. Dahlin).  Estimates range from 25 km2 for the more compact urban settlement to around 64 km2 for the city and its adjoining suburbs and farmsteads. In either case, this places the site of Chunchucmil among some of the largest and most densely settled ancient Maya polities.

Chunchucmil


Ceramic data indicate that the Chunchucmil region was occupied from the Middle Preclassic (Middle Formative) through the Postclassic periods of Maya prehistory.  However, widespread test excavations within the architectural groups of ancient Chunchucmil indicate that the city reached its apogee during the latter part of the Early Classic and the early part of the Late Classic, attaining its maximum spatial extent, population, and structural density.  This period is defined in some areas as the  "Middle Classic."  Chunchucmil appears to have gone into decline during the latter part of the Late Classic.  The Terminal Classic (or Puuc) occupation at Chunchucmil is ephemeral at best, and the Postclassic occupation at the site consisted of squatter-like settlement.  A few early colonial homesteads have been found, but the region was largely abandoned between the Maya Postclassic period and the beginnings of the cattle ranches and henequen haciendas of historic and modern times.

Chunchucmil


Monumental architecture

Chunchucmil


The Classic Period site center of Chunchucmil is dominated by over a dozen pyramids ranging in height from 8 to 18 m (26 to 60 ft) tall.  Each pyramid is part of a structural arrangement referred to as a "quadrangle group" by members of the Pakbeh Regional Economy Project.  Quadrangle groups consist of an enclosed courtyard flanked by a pyramid on one side (which faces inward towards the courtyard) and a number of ranged and compact structures along the remaining three sides.   Within each quadrangle group's courtyard is a small central platform that is interpreted as a focal point of ritualized activities (such as an altar).  Other ceremonies would have taken place within the temples atop each pyramid.  With the temple pyramids and central platforms acting as loci of lineage-based ritual, quadrangle groups likely housed the upper-echelon elites of ancient Chunchucmil that may have been active in the socio-political, ideological and economic administration of the city.  Of particular importance is the fact that each major quadrangle group is connected to the others through a network of sacbeob (stone causeways), suggesting an unknown degree of connectedness between the residing lineages and (potentially) cooperation or competition in ruling Chunchucmil. If this was indeed the case, Chunchucmil's political structure may have been roughly analogous to that suggested for the later Maya capital of Chichen Itza, referred to as a "multepal" system and characterized as rulership through council.

Chunchucmil


Residential architecture

Chunchucmil


Residential architecture at Chunchucmil often follows the same pattern as the large quadrangle groups, with structures arranged on four sides of a small plaza.  This arrangement conforms to the "patio cluster" or "patio group" model for Maya residential organization, where two or more structures, potentially housing multiple family units, face a shared patio or courtyard.

Chunchucmil


At Chunchucmil, these clusters of associated structures are encircled by low-lying stone walls (called albarradas), that demarcate domestic space by bounding the group's residential lot or yard (called a solar).  The entire unit, consisting of the architecture and the associated solar, is today referred to as an "albarrada group".  Unlike at the vast majority of Maya sites, Chunchucmil's albarrada groups contain clear boundaries between residential house lots and, as of result of this, researchers are better able to study such issues as settlement patterns, occupational density, population estimates, lineage structure, and social organization.

Chunchucmil


Many residential groups had a small temple or shrine (similar to the placement of the temple pyramids of their larger counterparts).  These buildings served as loci for the performance of household rituals or other types of ideological practices. One such residential shrine that has been excavated and consolidated at the Lool Group revealed its form to be talud-tablero.  This style of architecture is most famous at sites in Central Mexico, such as at the contemporaneous city of Teotihuacan.  Beneath the stair of this shrine was a vessel that also replicated the pottery of that Central Mexican city.  While this should not be used as evidence of direct Teotihuacan influence, it does suggest Chunchucmil's participation in the greater Mesoamerican communication sphere at the time of Teotihuacan's dominance. All other structures excavated at Chunchucmil thus far lack demonstrable Teotihuacan influence.

Chunchucmil


Transportation arteries

Chunchucmil


One of the distinguishing characteristics of Chunchucmil is its network of stone-lined paths.  As mentioned above, the majority of residential lots are surrounded by albarradas (stone walls) that, when viewed on a map, give the site a honeycomb appearance.  The space between adjacent albarradas form avenues or paths for foot traffic (called callejuelas, see photo) that radiate outward from the site center and into Chunchucmil's dense residential zone.  By mapping these formations, researchers have been able to better understand the flow of traffic in and out of the site center as well as the relationship between Chunchucmil's central core, its residential urban sprawl, and its outlying peripheral settlement.

Chunchucmil


Beyond Chunchucmil, in the seasonally inundated western wetlands, researchers have found a network of rock alignments that connect Chunchucmil's periphery to other outlying settlements.  Such rock alignments, called andadores by Maya archaeologists, would have provided sure footing through the wetlands, like stepping stones, leading travelers to various towns and resources in Chunchucmil's hinterland.  While not all of these andadores have been followed to their final destinations, the general orientation of the longest alignments suggest that they may have functioned to connect Chunchucmil with the coast near Canbalam.

Chunchucmil


Barricade and abandonment

Chunchucmil


One of the first features of Chunchucmil to gain widespread attention was a stone wall, visible in aerial photos taken by the Atlas project, that roughly encircles 350,000 square metres of the site center (including most of the major Quadrangle Groups).  Early reconnaissance by the Pakbeh Regional Economy Project in the late 1990s found that the wall, which stood between 1 and 1.5 m tall and had a perimeter of 1.8 km, was incomplete.  It formed a large "C" shape with a 340 m wide gap open to the west (see map).  Further mapping and excavation revealed that the wall runs above every major feature at the ancient site (crossing sacbeob', albarradas, and many residential groups).  Based upon the law of superposition (an archaeological concept borrowed from the field of geology), this meant that the large barricade was likely the last feature to be built at the site.  Furthermore, the stones used to create the barricade were clearly robbed from nearby structures (rather than freshly quarried).  Given this data, it has been hypothesized that the barricade was constructed rapidly at the end of Chunchucmil's history, possibly to protect the remaining inhabitants from an invasion that arrived before the wall could be completed, leading to the ultimate demise of the ancient city.

Chunchucmil


The chipped-stone assemblage of Chunchucmil is dominated by obsidian prismatic blades.  The prismatic blade industry was ubiquitous throughout Mesoamerica and primarily used in the production of obsidian tools.  Lithic analyses have determined that the majority of the blades at Chunchucmil were likely imported in finished form, as suggested by the general scarcity of polyhedral cores, production debitage, rejuvenation artifacts, and manufacturing errors at the site. Other types of tools made from obsidian, especially formal bifacial tools, are rare, but present, at Chunchucmil.  Bifacial obsidian tools include a small collection of projectile points and ambiguous tool fragments.  Unifacial tools are generally absent.  Other types of industries, such as expedient flake production or bipolar reduction, are also absent at Chunchucmil.

Chunchucmil


The exploitation of non-obsidian stone resources (e.g., chert, chalcedony, and quartz) did occur at Chunchucmil, but these materials are much less common than obsidian.  The majority of these resources, especially chert, were obtained locally from nodules in the limestone bedrock, but were very poor in quality.  While a number of formal tools were produced from chert and quartz, most non-obsidian tools were informal and produced through expedient flake production.

Chunchucmil


The fact that obsidian was favored over local resources for utilitarian tools is interesting, especially considering that obsidian had to be imported over long distances.  The El Chayal obsidian source (which is the most common at Chunchucmil), is located nearly 1000 km (621 mi) away (as the crow flies) in Guatemala.  This, once again, indicates Chunchucmil's close ties with external trade routes and the greater Mesoamerican world of the Classic period.

Chunchucmil


The site of Chunchucmil is also notable for the likely presence of a marketplace.  Geochemical soil tests combined with careful excavations of an open area in the site center have revealed a possible market for distributing comestibles and other goods.  Excavations also revealed ephemeral stone alignments that may have been brace foundations for perishable market stall walls.  High levels of phosphorus correlate with these alignments, suggesting high concentrations of organic decay.  Additionally, the distribution of obsidian within the Chunchucmil region itself, especially among a variety of sociocultural contexts, may also indicate the presence of a market economy, which is relatively rare among Early Classic Maya economies.

Chunchucmil


As mentioned above, one important question concerning ancient Chunchucmil is how such a large population could have survived in one of the poorest areas for agriculture.  According to bone isotope studies conducted by Pakbeh Regional Economy Project member Geni Mansell, the diet of the ancient inhabitants may have been more diversified than in other areas of the Maya region.  When compared with skeletal remains from other parts of Yucatán, Belize and the southern Maya lowlands, human remains from Chunchucmil indicate that their diet included significantly less corn (maize, the staple crop for most communities in the Maya area).  Access to the more ecologically diverse wetlands and coastal resources, as well as access to inter-regional trade routes and a centralized marketplace, may have been critical to ancient subsistence at Chunchucmil.

Chunchucmil


Prehistory of Chunchucmil at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2006-10-03) – A summary of the prehistory of ancient Chunchucmil, also containing a link to the modern history of Hacienda Chunchucmil.  These summaries were created to assist volunteers who provided free medical, dental, and construction services to the modern village in 2002.

Chunchucmil


Digital reconstruction of Chunchucmil – Digital reconstructions of one neighborhood within Chunchucmil using the "Unreal Runtime" 3D engine.

Chunchucmil


Mayaquest visit – Brief notes by the "Mayaquest" team as they visited Chunchucmil in their tour of the Maya region.

Chunchucmil


Mission Township is a township in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 733 at the 2000 census.

Mission Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota


Mission Township was named from the Indian mission it once contained.


According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.7 square miles (89.8 km2), of which 29.6 square miles (76.6 km2) is land and 5.1 square miles (13.2 km2) (14.68%) is water.


As of the census of 2000, there were 733 people, 323 households, and 225 families residing in the township.  The population density was 24.8 people per square mile (9.6/km2).  There were 871 housing units at an average density of 29.5 per square mile (11.4/km2).  The racial makeup of the township was 98.77% White, 0.55% African American, 0.27% Native American, and 0.41% from two or more races.


There were 323 households, out of which 20.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples living together, 2.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.72.


In the township the population was spread out, with 18.1% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 30.2% from 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.3 males.


The median income for a household in the township was $41,750, and the median income for a family was $46,932. Males had a median income of $37,500 versus $21,406 for females. The per capita income for the township was $26,503.  About 4.7% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.


Walter David Schnaubelt (born 4 October 1966) of New Ireland, Chinese and Austrian parentage is the Member of Parliament for the Namatanai Open Electorate in the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. He is a member and current National President of the National Alliance Party. He defeated his first cousin Byron Chan by a landslide victory collecting 20,479 votes to Byron's 12,804 to claim the Namatanai Open Seat. He won gold in Karate at the Pacific Games in 1999 in Guam. Join the coalition government led by James Marape and Steven Davis in August 2019.

Walter Schnaubelt


Schnaubelt is a nephew of former prime minister Julius Chan.

Walter Schnaubelt


Northgate is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Northgate had a population of 4,876 people.

Northgate, Queensland


The land area comprises industrial and residential areas.

Northgate, Queensland


Inter war homes can be found on Northgate Hill—elevated land that rises west of the railway station; and post World War II real estate on "the flat"—the large arc of flat land that extends to Moreton Bay at Nudgee Beach with most of the housing stock being post-WWII.

Northgate, Queensland


The suburb's railway station was originally called North Coast Junction, as it was the junction where the North Coast railway line branched from the Sandgate railway line (later the Shorncliffe railway line). In 1890, the Queensland Railways Department renamed the station Northgate, being a coined word combining North from North Coast and gate from Sandgate. The suburb is named after the railway station.

Northgate, Queensland


The Northgate-Virginia School of Arts was opened on 20 January 1922 by Matthew Nathan, the Queensland Governor. It consisted of a public hall and a library. It was taken over by the Brisbane City Council circa 1960 and became the Northgate-Virginia Municipal Library and held over 10,000 books. It ceased to be a library and returned to its former role as a public hall under the name Northgate Hall.

Northgate, Queensland


Northgate Methodist Church opened in 1928. In 1977, it participated in the amalgamation to create the Uniting Church in Australia and was then known as Northgate Uniting Church. It was subsequently closed, sold, and converted into a house. It was at 116 Peary Street (27.3902°S 153.0650°E / -27.3902; 153.0650 (Northgate Methodist/Uniting Church)).

Northgate, Queensland


Golden Circle was established as a growers' co-operative in the 1940s. It opened a pineapple cannery in Northgate in 1947.

Northgate, Queensland


St Peter's Mission Anglican Church opened on 13 September 1947. It closed in August 1991. It was at 194 Toombul Road, Northgate East (27.3930°S 153.0730°E / -27.3930; 153.0730 (St Peter's Mission Anglican Church)); the church building no longer exists.

Northgate, Queensland


In February 1949, it was announced that the name of the new railway station on the Sandgate line built to service the cannery would be Bindha, an Aboriginal word meaning food.

Northgate, Queensland


On 8 April 1951, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, James Duhig, laid the foundation stone for St John's School on the corner of Nudgee Road and Fraser Road (27.3979°S 153.0747°E / -27.3979; 153.0747 (St John's Catholic School)). The school opened on 29 January 1952 and was operated by the Presentation Sisters. Declining enrolments caused the school to close at the end of 1995 school year.

Northgate, Queensland


Northgate State School opened on 27 January 1959.

Northgate, Queensland


St John's Catholic Church was built beside St John's School. Archbishop Duhig laid the foundation stone on 13 May 1962. The completed church was opened on Sunday 5 August 1962 by Archbishop Patrick O'Donnell who dedicated the church as a war memorial for the Royal Australian Navy.

Northgate, Queensland


In the 2011 census, Northgate had a population of 4,304 people; 49.7% female and 50.3% male. The median age of the Northgate population was 34 years of age, 3 years below the Australian median.  Children under 15 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population. 72.1% of people living in Northgate were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.8%, England 3.1%, India 3%, Philippines 1.1%, China 1.1%. 82.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 2% Punjabi, 0.8% Hindi, 0.7% Cantonese, 0.7% Mandarin, 0.6% Tagalog.

Northgate, Queensland


In the 2016 census, Northgate had a population of 4,568 people.

Northgate, Queensland


In the 2021 census, Northgate had a population of 4,876 people.

Northgate, Queensland


Northgate State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 128 Amelia Street (27.3987°S 153.0708°E / -27.3987; 153.0708 (Northgate State School)). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 258 students with 25 teachers (16 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (10 full-time equivalent). Although within the suburb of Northgate, it sits on the boundary with Nundah and is accessed via Amelia Street in Nundah. Virginia State School in Virginia and Nundah State School in Nundah also serve students in the north and west of Northgate respectively.

Northgate, Queensland


There are no secondary schools in Northgate. The nearest government secondary schools are Earnshaw State College in Banyo and Aviation High in Hendra.

Northgate, Queensland


The Northgate Hall is on the corner of Scott and Ridge Streets (27.3870°S 153.0637°E / -27.3870; 153.0637 (Northgate Hall)). It is operated by the Brisbane City Council and can be hired for events.

Northgate, Queensland


St John's Catholic Church is at 688 Nudgee Road (27.3983°S 153.0744°E / -27.3983; 153.0744 (St John's Catholic Church)) within the Mother of Mercy parish.

Northgate, Queensland


Norths Rugby League football club is located in Nundah, and has developed Australian footballers including Melbourne Storm players Billy Slater, Greg Inglis and Cooper Cronk.

Northgate, Queensland


Northgate holds the Golden Circle processing plant, which is on Earnshaw Road (27.3847°S 153.0729°E / -27.3847; 153.0729 (Golden Circle cannery)). Golden Circle is 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) long and occupies 16.5 hectares (41 acres) with its factories processing all the Golden Circle foods which are found in stores all around Australia. The factory in Northgate once contained a café for visitors to come to and sample Golden Circle produced food. The café and factory outlet is now closed but there are two new ones in Capalaba to the east of Brisbane and in Morayfield to the north of Brisbane.

Northgate, Queensland


Northgate railway station is the junction for the Shorncliffe and North Coast Lines (27.3931°S 153.0694°E / -27.3931; 153.0694 (Northgate railway station)), with frequent services to the city, Shorncliffe and Caboolture and interurban services to Nambour/Gympie. Northgate train station is the branching point were both Shorncliffe and Caboolture trains can be caught, meaning that a lot of express trains stop at Northgate, for passengers making a switch between branches. Transport for Brisbane also operates the "306" and "307" bus services through this suburb. The railway station was the limit of train service until the line was extended to Sandgate in the late 1880s.

Northgate, Queensland


In the 2011 census, 22.6% of employed people traveled to work on public transport and 53.2% by car (either as driver or as passenger).

Northgate, Queensland


Bindha railway station is on the Shorncliffe railway line on the boundary between Northgate and Virginia (27.3829°S 153.0725°E / -27.3829; 153.0725 (Bindha railway station)).

Northgate, Queensland


Steven Bradbury – 2002 winter Olympic gold medal winner.

Northgate, Queensland


Australian singers The Bee Gees were students at Northgate State School.  They lived then at Cribb Island which was later demolished to build the Brisbane Airport runway.

Northgate, Queensland


"Northgate". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.

Northgate, Queensland


"Northgate". BRISbites. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008.

Northgate, Queensland


"Northgate". Our Brisbane. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 14 September 2007.

Northgate, Queensland


Mr Mulligan (15 April 1988 – 28 June 1999) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a specialist steeplechaser who ran twelve times and won seven races under National Hunt rules. After mixed success in Point-to-point, Mr Mulligan rose to prominence by winning five successive races of increasing importance in the 1995/1996 National Hunt season. He became known for his front-running style and occasionally erratic jumping. In the following year he appeared to have lost his form before recording an upset win over a strong field in the 1997 Cheltenham Gold Cup. He was retired after being injured in training in 1998. Eighteen months later he died after being injured in a paddock accident.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


Mr Mulligan was a chestnut horse with a broad white blaze bred by James Rowley of Clifton Lodge. He was sired by Torus out of the mare Miss Manhattan. When Rowley died in 1991 his bloodstock was sold and the four-year-old gelding was sent to the Tattersalls Ireland sales in February 1992 where was sold for 1,700 guineas. Mr Mulligan was later bought privately for £18,000 by Michael Worcester.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


Mr Mulligan was a huge, awkward-looking horse. Richard Edmondson in The Independent wrote that he was "no oil painting, rather something a child might produce on the kitchen table with crayon", while the horse's owner described him as "a great orange thing". Mr Mulligan appeared almost useless in training: according to Noel Chance, who trained him to his greatest success, he was an exceptionally lazy animal who only showed his best in a competitive race.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


Point-to-point racing

Mr Mulligan (horse)


Before running under official National Hunt rules, Mr Mulligan competed in Ireland on the amateur Point-to-point circuit. In early 1994, the six-year-old failed to complete the course in his first three attempts. He fell at Punchestown, "slipped up" at Cashel and unseated his rider in a race at Summerhill. On 8 May he finally showed some promise, winning a three-mile event for maidens at Nenagh in County Tipperary by a distance (more than thirty lengths).

Mr Mulligan (horse)


Mr Mulligan was then sent to England to be trained professionally by Kim Bailey. In November 1994 Mr Mulligan had his first race under rules when he ran in a Novice chase at Newbury Racecourse. He went into a clear lead despite several jumping mistakes, but stumbled and fell at the eleventh fence. Mr Mulligan sustained a serious neck injury in the fall and did not race again for ten months.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


1995/1996 season: novice chasing

Mr Mulligan (horse)


Mr Mulligan's absence following his failure at Newbury meant that he began the 1995/1996 season as a novice, never having won a race under National Hunt rules. He was now trained by Noel Chance, who had become Worcester's private trainer at the Folly House stable in Lambourn. Mr Mulligan was ridden in five of his six races that season by Richard Johnson. He began in a Novices' hurdle race at Uttoxeter Racecourse in September. He led from the start and pulled away from the field to win by fifteen lengths, despite being eased by Johnson in the closing stages. A month later he won a similar event at Wetherby, leading from the start and coming home thirteen lengths clear of Rye Crossing.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


In November, Mr Mulligan returned to larger obstacles for a Novice steeplechase at Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse. He was so far clear of the opposition at the finish, that his rider, Mark Dwyer, was able to walk the horse over the line and still win by more than thirty lengths. In January, Mr Mulligan was promoted to Grade II class for the Towton Novices' Chase at Wetherby, in which he was matched against the David Nicholson-trained Call It A Day, who started favourite. Mr Mulligan took an early lead, turned back the challenge of Call It A Day, and drew away to win by fifteen lengths. In the Reynoldstown Novices' Chase a month later, Mr Mulligan faced St Mellion Fairway, another Nicholson runner who had won his last three races, and the Jenny Pitman-trained Nahthen Lad. The field appeared to be the strongest assembled for a novice chase up to that point in the season. Johnson sent Mr Mulligan into the lead from the start and the gelding was never seriously challenged, winning by fifteen lengths from Nahthen Lad. The future Grand National winner Lord Gyllene was beaten more than forty lengths in fifth.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


Mr Mulligan's run of five victories made him an obvious choice for the Sun Alliance Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in March, and he was made 11/8 favourite. He made a bad mistake at the first fence and another at the eleventh. He reached the lead on the second circuit of the course but when challenged by Nahthen Lad at the last fence he weakened quickly and was beaten eight lengths.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


1996/1997 season: steeplechasing

Mr Mulligan (horse)


Competing against experienced chasers in the 1996/1997 season, Mr Mulligan's first two runs were disappointing. He was made 2/1 favourite for the Rehearsal Handicap Chase at Chepstow despite carrying top weight of 166 pounds. A new jockey, David Bridgwater, was unable to improve his jumping as Mr Mulligan made two serious errors and finished fourth of the seven runners behind Belmont King. Tony McCoy took over the ride in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day, but after running well for much of the way, the gelding fell when in second place at the last fence. Mr Mulligan returned from the race with a grapefruit-sized hematoma on his back which was slow to heal and put the rest of his season in doubt. The horse spent three weeks in the care of Mary Bromiley, an equine physiotherapist, before returning to Chance to be prepared for the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Twelve days before the race, the horse was sent to Newbury racecourse for an exercise gallop, where, according to Chance, he "worked appallingly, badly even for him." A better piece of work a week later convinced the trainer to send him to Cheltenham.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


Mr Mulligan's erratic performances and disrupted preparation saw him sent off a 20/1 outsider in the Gold Cup on 13 March. The field appeared to be a strong one, with the 1996 winner Imperial Call starting favourite ahead of One Man, Dorans Pride, Danoli, Nahthen Lad and Barton Bank. McCoy had Mr Mulligan among the leaders from the start before sending him to the front just after half way in the three and a quarter mile race. Mr Mulligan made a mistake at the fourth-last fence, but went clear of the field at the next and ran on strongly to win by nine lengths from Barton Bank and Dorans Pride.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


1997/1998 season: steeplechasing

Mr Mulligan (horse)


Mr Mulligan made his first appearance since his Gold Cup win when he ran in the Desert Orchid Chase at Wincanton Racecourse in October. He finished second to Gales Cavalier, who was carrying thirteen pounds less than the champion. In November, Mr Mulligan was sent to Scotland for the Sean Graham Handicap Chase at Ayr Racecourse. The opposition was not strong and Mr Mulligan started at odds of 1/6 despite conceding at least twenty-one pounds to his opponents. He made two bad mistakes but still won comfortably by three lengths.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


In early 1998 Mr Mulligan injured a tendon in training. Rather than have the horse fired and prepared for a comeback, Worcester decided to end the horse's career on a winning note and Mr Mulligan was retired from racing.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


Mr Mulligan was sent to spend his retirement at Worcester's Home Farm at Thornbury, near Bristol. On 28 June 1999 Mr Mulligan was kicked by another horse and sustained a serious fracture to his left foreleg. The injury proved untreatable and the horse was quickly euthanized. On hearing the news a tearful Chance said "I owe everything to that horse" and described Mr Mulligan as "a wonderfully brave chaser".Michael Worcester said that Mr Mulligan had been thriving in retirement and that the horse's death was "desperately sad".

Mr Mulligan (horse)


* Mr Mulligan is inbred 4S x 5D x 5D to the stallion Hyperion, meaning that he appears fourth generation once on the sire side of his pedigree and fifth twice (via His Highness and Ringtime) on the dam side of his pedigree.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


* Mr Mulligan is inbred 4D x 4D to the stallion Sayajirao, meaning that he appears fourth generation twice on the dam side of his pedigree.

Mr Mulligan (horse)


The water kingfishers or Cerylinae are one of the three subfamilies of kingfishers, and are also known as the cerylid kingfishers. All six American species are in this subfamily.

Water kingfisher


These are all specialist fish-eating species, unlike many representatives of the other two subfamilies, and it is likely that they are all descended from fish-eating kingfishers which founded populations in the New World. It was believed that the entire group evolved in the Americas, but this seems not to be true. The original ancestor possibly evolved in Africa – at any rate in the Old World – and the Chloroceryle species are the youngest ones.

Water kingfisher


Evidence from molecular phylogenetic studies suggests that the Cerylinae originated in Asia and have colonised the New World on two occasions: the first time was around 8 million years ago by the Chloroceryle and the second time was around 1.9 million years ago by the common ancestor of the ringed kingfisher and the belted kingfisher in the genus Megaceryle.

Water kingfisher


The subfamily Cerylinae contains nine kingfisher species and is divided into three genera:

Water kingfisher


Fry, K & Fry, H. C. (1999): Kingfishers, Bee-eaters and Rollers, new edition. Christopher Helm Publishers. ISBN 0-7136-5206-3

Water kingfisher


Moyle, Robert G. (2006): A Molecular Phylogeny of Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) With Insights into Early Biogeographic History. Auk 123(2): 487–499. HTML fulltext (without images)

Water kingfisher


Water kingfisher videos on the Internet Bird Collection

Water kingfisher


Gummiinsel (German for Rubber Island) is the nickname of a residential estate in the western part of Giessen (Germany), so-called because of its location close to the rubber factory Poppe & Co., and also because of a history of flooding from the nearby Lahn river. It lies on the opposite side of the Lahn from the rest of the city, and stands out by its distinctive building style.

Gummiinsel


The Gummiinsel was built 1932-39 as part of the Nazi Siedlungspolitik, a programme of relocating parts of the urban populations in highly organized self-suffient suburban communities. The homes were small two-storey red brick houses with no basement, each with a small front yard. They were built within a concept similar to council houses as emergency shelters, especially for families of Yenish tradesmen, showmen, scrap merchants, second-hand dealers and descendants of regional Sinti families.

Gummiinsel


Later these houses have been renovated, partially demolished, replaced by high-rise public housing and the residential area to the west city expanded. As far as they still exist, they are now in possession of the municipal-private housing company, Wohnbau Gießen GmbH.

Gummiinsel


The Gummiinsel was and still is regarded as a social focal point. The name of the neighbourhood had a disparaging tone. The population structure of the area is still (as of 31 December 2012) characterized by a high concentration of low-income and socially disadvantaged households and by a great ethnic diversity. The percentage of children is higher than in other parts of the town. The proportion of households living on benefits is very high. Due to the elimination of jobs in the manufacturing sector for the people in the western city there are few chances of employment. For part of the person concerned, this means permanent unemployment and persistent chronic poverty. In recent times, there was an increased influx of families with a migration background. This has intensified integration and tolerance problems between traditional incumbent poverty, substandard poverty and new immigrant groups.

Gummiinsel


Under the influence of the student movement there emerged citizens' groups, who took care of the misery in this remote district, and offered especially support to the many large families. Community work in the area and extensive building renovations defused the social focus. Since the early 1970s the city tried to apply counter measures to the continued threat of isolation and impoverishment.

Gummiinsel


Residents of Gummiinsel spoke, at least until the 1980s, an unusual dialect within the traditional neighborhood including the close-by estates Margaretenhütte (Henriette-Fürth-Straße) and Eulenkopf ("Owl Head"): It was a Sociolect based on Manisch and Romani language. Today the Manisch slang exists only in relics and the cant or cryptolect (i.e. secret language) has nearly disappeared.

Gummiinsel


Pallas Mountain is the natural monument and a watershed mountain on the Yablonoi range (unofficially — "Velikiy Istok") — in the west of the Zabaykalsky Krai with the absolute height of 1,236 m; a triple watershed located on the Yablonoi Mountains, the confluence of the basins of the Amur, Lena and Yenisey rivers. There is no other place in the world where the basins of three such great rivers converge at the same time.

Pallas Mountain


It is named in honor of the naturalist and geographer who made a significant contribution to the study of Russia, Academician Peter Simon Pallas (Russian Government Resolution No. 903 of September 10, 2012). In 1772, he also visited the Zabaykalsky Krai, where his route passed through the Yablonoi Mountains.

Pallas Mountain


Marked on many maps, Pallas Mountain, then an unnamed peak, was rediscovered in 1977 by Timur Ukhinovich Zhalsarayn, a local historian and geography teacher, as the confluence of the Amur, Yenisei, and Lena river systems.

Pallas Mountain


In 1982, the Zabaykalsky Branch of the Russian Geographical Society organized an expedition to the Yablonoi Mountains, as a result of which the watershed was determined on the ground and the peak received the status of the state natural monument "Watershed Mountain on the Yablonoi Mountains" (Decision of the Chita Regional Executive Committee № 353 of August 14, 1983). The boundaries of the monument run along the base of the mountain, framed by the valleys of the rivers Kadala (flowing into the Kenon lake), Gryaznukha (flowing into the Arakhlei lake) and Khara-Kadala (flowing into the Ivan lake).

Pallas Mountain


Because the waters of the Yenisey flow into the Kara Sea, the Lena into the Laptev Sea, and the mouth of the Amur River is on the border of two seas (the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan). Pallas Mountain is also called the "Mountain of Five Seas". The fifth in this list can rightly be called Baikal, which, although it is a lake, has long been given the title of "Glorious Sea".

Pallas Mountain


In terms of height above sea level (1236 m), it rises no more than 600 meters above the nearby regional center — the city of Chita. At the same time, it is inferior to other peaks of the Yablonoi Mountains, such as Saranakan (1579 m) and Chingikan (1644 m). Even in the immediate vicinity of Watershed Mountain there are higher hills, reaching 1279 and 1243 m.

Pallas Mountain


The mountain is located 35 km northwest of the city of Chita in the territory of the Ivano-Aleksandrovsky Natural Park (the center is the system of Ivan-Arakhley Lake System). The most convenient way to get to the natural monument is through Kadalinskiy rocks "Dvortsy". From here the most picturesque part of the route leads up the Kadalinka River and its right source. The total length of the route to the summit is 15-20 km.

Pallas Mountain


Misunderstandings and misrepresentations of facts

Pallas Mountain


There are a number of misunderstandings and misrepresentations of facts concerning the name "Pallas Mountain". Almost a complete set of them is spread by the founder of the "Great Istok" — K. Shlyamov. Because of this, the organization of Russian Germans and the daughter of T.U. Zhalsarain were forced to publish refutations, and a member of ZRO VPO "RGO" P.V. Matafonov — to present on December 9, 2021 at the "Zhalsarainov readings" the report "Mount Pallas: fictions and facts" with detailed refutations of distortions of facts.

Pallas Mountain