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The Independent Telecommunications Providers Association (formerly Ontario Telecommunications Association) is a non-profit organization which represents the telecommunications industry incumbent local exchange carriers in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec.
See also
International Telecommunication Union
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL)
List of telecommunications regulatory bodies
References
External links
Independent Telecommunications Providers Association
Non-profit organizations based in Ontario
Telecommunications in Canada
Telecommunications organizations
Communications in British Columbia
Communications in Ontario
Communications in Quebec
Trade associations based in Ontario
Trade associations based in British Columbia
Trade associations based in Quebec
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Philip Yates Coleman (July 10, 1931 – July 25, 2021) was a middle- and long-distance runner from the United States. He was born in Champaign, Illinois. He won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1959 Pan American Games. Coleman attended Southern Illinois University (1948 - 1952, spent two years in the Army (where he developed as a steeplechaser, teaching himself to hurdle) and becoming inter service steeplechase champion . He attended graduate school at the University of Illinois (1954 – 1964), meanwhile competing for The University of Chicago Track Club. He was a member of the 1956 and 1960 Olympic teams. He retired from running in 1960, wrote an article for Sports Illustrated “Idea of an Amateur, 1962, for which he was awarded the Mohammed Taher trophy by the International Olympic committee. With his thesis, “Mark Twain’s Desperate Naturalism” completed, he received a PhD in Literature in 1964. He taught literature and served as dean at California University of Pennsylvania, retiring in 1998.
Personal bests
1500 metres – 3:47.6 (1960)
Mile – 4:03.8 (1960)
2 miles – 8:48.0 (1956)
Steeplechase – 8:40.8 (1958)
5000 metres – 14:23.1 (1960)
References
External links
1931 births
2021 deaths
American male middle-distance runners
American male long-distance runners
American male steeplechase runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
Sportspeople from Champaign, Illinois
Track and field athletes from Illinois
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
20th-century American people
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David Harley Daniels (born April 2, 1971) is a Canadian basketball coach and former player.
Early life and career
Daniels was born in Fort St. John, British Columbia. He played college basketball at Clackamas Community College and Colorado Christian University, earning first-team all-conference at both colleges. He was named the 1993 Colorado Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player after ranking second nationally in assists and leading his team to the Colorado Athletic Conference title.
Following his collegiate career, Daniels played for the Denver Nuggets at the 1993 Rocky Mountain Review NBA Summer League and split the 1993–94 CBA season with the Rochester Renegades and the Yakima Sun Kings.
Daniels became a regular member of the Canadian national team including at the 1998 World Championships and 2000 Sydney Olympics where he was back up point guard to NBA player Steve Nash.
Coaching career
Daniels spent 10 years working with Athletes in Action before he returned to Colorado Christian College as head coach from 2005 to 2011. He led the Cougars to the NCAA Division II National Tournament in 2008 and was named the 2007–08 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. Between 2011 and 2015, he was head coach of the men's program at Northwest Nazarene University.
In 2018, Daniels moved to Australia to coach the Lakeside Lightning men's team in the State Basketball League (SBL). He was named MSBL Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2019. He took on the dual role of Lightning men's and women's head coach for the 2021 NBL1 West season. He left Lakeside in February 2022.
Personal life
Daniels and his wife Vicki have three daughters.
References
External links
Northwest Nazarene coaching bio
1971 births
Living people
1998 FIBA World Championship players
Basketball people from British Columbia
Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Canadian expatriate basketball people in Australia
Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Canadian expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia
Canadian men's basketball players
Clackamas Cougars men's basketball players
College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
Colorado Christian Cougars men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players for Canada
People from Fort St. John, British Columbia
Rochester Renegade players
Yakima Sun Kings players
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Spike Island was a workman's platform situated off the Great Northern Railway's mainline some south of Doncaster, England, by the Carr Wagon Shops. It was situated off the Down Goods Line and was served by a passenger train, running non-stop, under express headlights, known as the Spike Island Flyer. This brought staff from the main station to work in the wagon shops and returned them in the evening. The locomotive was the J52 which worked the wagon shop sidings during the day. The works closed in the early 1960s, production being moved to the plant works.
The name "Spike Island" was given to the area around the wagon shops but its origins are unclear.
References
Disused railway stations in Doncaster
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is a Japanese football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Sagan Tosu.
Playing career
Okamoto was born in Chiba on May 17, 1983. He joined J1 League club JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) from youth team in 2002. However he could hardly play in the match behind Ryo Kushino and Tomonori Tateishi. He got an opportunity to play from 2006 and played many matches from 2008. However the club results were sluggish and finished at the bottom place in 2009 season. JEF United was relegated to J2 League from 2010 season. Although his opportunity to play decreased behind Kushino in 2010, Okamoto became a regular goalkeeper from 2011. However he lost his position in late 2014 and his opportunity to play decreased from 2015. In 2018, he moved to Ehime FC.
National team career
In November 2003, Okamoto was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2003 World Youth Championship. But he did not play in the match, as he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Eiji Kawashima.
Club statistics
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1Includes A3 Champions Cup and Promotion Playoffs to J1.
Honors and awards
Team
J.League Cup Champion: 2005, 2006
References
External links
Profile at Ehime FC
1983 births
Living people
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
JEF United Chiba players
Ehime FC players
Sagan Tosu players
Men's association football goalkeepers
Naturalized citizens of Japan
Japanese people of Korean descent
Association football people from Chiba (city)
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Nichlas Torp (born April 10, 1989 in Jönköping) is a Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently playing with HV71 in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the sixth round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, 163rd overall.
Playing career
Torp made his debut in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) representing his hometown team HV71 during the 2008-09 season. In 2010, he helped the team win the Swedish national championship. He moved to Timrå IK in 2011, where he spent one year, followed by a four-year tenure at Modo Hockey.
The 2016-17 season saw him skate for Leksands IF, before taking his game abroad for the first time in his career, when putting pen to paper on a deal with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the German DEL on February 6, 2017.
References
External links
1989 births
Living people
Düsseldorfer EG players
HV71 players
Leksands IF players
Malmö Redhawks players
Modo Hockey players
Montreal Canadiens draft picks
IK Oskarshamn players
Swedish ice hockey defencemen
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers players
Timrå IK players
People from Jönköping
Ice hockey people from Jönköping County
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Nibley may refer to:
Places
in England
Nibley, Forest of Dean, a location in Gloucestershire that is part of Blakeney
Nibley, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, near Yate
North Nibley, commonly known as Nibley, a village in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, near Wotton-under-Edge
Battle of Nibley Green
Nibley Monument
in the United States
Nibley, Oregon
Nibley, Utah
People with the surname
Charles W. Nibley (1849–1931), bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Hugh Nibley (1910–2005), Mormon academic and author
Reid N. Nibley (1923–2008), American pianist and composer
Richard Nibley (1913–1979), American musician
Sloan Nibley (1908–1990), American screenwriter
Christopher Sloan Nibley (1948-) Director of Photography, Photographer
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is a former Japanese football player.
Club career
Masuyama was born in Minokamo on January 25, 1990. After graduating from high school, he joined JEF United Chiba in 2008. However he could hardly play in the match, he moved to Oita Trinita in August 2010. He returned to JEF United in 2011 and he moved to Matsumoto Yamaga FC in 2012. He moved to his local club FC Gifu in 2013. He became a regular player as defensive midfielder. His opportunity to play decreased in 2016 and he retired end of 2016 season.
National team career
In August 2007, Masuyama was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2007 U-17 World Cup, but he did not play in the match.
Club statistics
References
External links
1990 births
Living people
Association football people from Gifu Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
JEF United Chiba players
Oita Trinita players
Matsumoto Yamaga FC players
FC Gifu players
Men's association football midfielders
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Sky Go is a streaming television service from Sky Group provided free for Sky TV subscribers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It complements Sky TV by allowing subscribers to watch live and on demand Sky TV via an internet connection on the go. The Sky Go app is available on Windows and Mac computers and also on Android and iOS devices.
Overview
On demand content comprises sports highlights, latest news, movies and TV programmes. Content is viewable for a limited amount of time and is protected by digital rights management software provided by Microsoft and the NDS Group, and therefore cannot be copied to disc or viewed beyond the date carried by its license. The service is available at no extra cost to existing Sky TV customers, with accessible content depending on the subscriber's Sky package. Non-Sky TV customers can access the service by subscribing on a pay-per-view basis.
Sky Go is viewable on up to two devices, with the ability to increase this to four devices with Sky Go Extra for a monthly fee. The now-deprecated Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 browser plug-in is required to play content on computers. Due to viewing rights, certain programmes are not available to watch via Sky Go, and are 'blacked out' from the schedule. To have access to the full selection of live TV channels available on Sky Go, users will need a subscription to the relevant Sky TV packages that correspond to the available channels.
History
It originally launched on 11 January 2006 as Sky by Broadband. On 25 November 2006 Sky announced that Sky By Broadband had been rebranded as Sky Anytime on PC. The rebranding also coincided with an update to the client, which included a new interface and a pay-per-view service for movies and US television shows. On 16 May 2008, Sky Anytime on PC was rebranded as Sky Player, along with updated software to include live simulcasts of Sky News and Sky Sports.
On 29 October 2009, the Sky Player service expanded on to the Xbox 360. An Xbox Live Gold subscription is required, and users need to register via the Sky Go website. Features include a party system which allows multiple users to watch content at the same time, with users represented by their Xbox 360 Avatars in a virtual room. Due to the high level of demand, the launch of the service was troublesome and technical issues caused the entire Sky Go platform to become unavailable. To rectify this, Sky decided to open up Sky Go on Xbox 360 to users incrementally over the following days. On 19 November 2009, Sky Player was also made available to Windows Media Center-equipped Windows 7 computers.
Users of 3G phones on Vodafone, Orange, and T-Mobile could subscribe to a service called Sky Mobile TV. The service consisted of three packages —-Sky News, Sport and Factual Pack; Sky Entertainment Pack; and Sky Music Pack—-which include a mixture of live and made-for-mobile channels of broadcasters’ channels. Originally Sky Mobile TV launched for 3G Vodafone live! customers in November 2005. The first live football match from Sky Sports was streamed to mobile at the start of the 2007-08 season.
On 6 July 2011, Sky Player and Sky Mobile TV services were merged and rebranded as Sky Go. Key changes include the ability to watch live channels in line with your Sky TV subscription at no additional cost, limited to two simultaneous devices. Support for Windows Media Center was dropped, however an app was released for Apple's iOS operating system, used on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. A Sky Go app for Android devices was released on 20 February 2012. Sky Go for Android does not work on rooted phones and was initially only available on a selection of Android phones from HTC and Samsung. On 11 December 2012, Sky Go added support for Jelly Bean and additional devices, including those from Google, LG and Sony.
, Sky Go is not in development for other platforms such as BlackBerry 10, Windows Phone 8 or Windows RT, as Sky believes that the market is too small to justify the cost of development.
On 22 January 2013, a download service called Sky Go Extra was added, allowing up to four users to download content to their computers, smartphones and tablets to view offline for an additional monthly fee. The download feature was previously available for free in the Sky Go Desktop client.
On 1 May 2014, Sky announced the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 will be receiving Sky Go by the end of 2014. The PlayStation 4 received the service on 3 December 2014, through an application named "TV from Sky" and on 29 January 2015 Sky launched this application on the PlayStation 3.
Since 2019, Sky Mobile customers can use Sky Go including Sky Cinema and Sky Sports without a mobile data charge.
International versions
Separate Sky Go services are also operated by Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland.
References
External links
Sky Go
Direct broadcast satellite services
Video on demand services
Sky Group
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Jostein Rise (born 1945) is a Norwegian social psychologist.
He is the director of the Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research from 1 October 2005, having worked there since 2002. He has been a professor at the University of Bergen, and assisting professor (professor II) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the University of Oslo.
References
1945 births
Living people
Directors of government agencies of Norway
Academic staff of the University of Bergen
Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Academic staff of the University of Oslo
Norwegian psychologists
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The name Andy has been used for three tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Typhoon Andy (1982) (T8209, 10W, Iliang), struck Taiwan and China
Typhoon Andy (1985) (T8519, 18W), struck Vietnam
Super Typhoon Andy (1989) (T8902, 02W), passed to the southeast of Guam in the mid-Pacific
Pacific typhoon set index articles
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Peter Michael Manley (born February 14, 1942, in Wausau, Wisconsin) is a retired middle- and long-distance runner from the United States. He twice won the gold medal in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase event at the Pan American Games: 1971 and 1975.
Manley represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. He was the 1969 AAU steeplechase champion while competing for the Southern California Striders and competed for the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Oregon Track Club.
1987 Manley competed in the Legends Mile at Hayward Field.
Personal Bests
Mile – 4:01.4 (1974)
2 miles – 8:34.8 (1972)
Steeplechase – 8:27.6 (1971)
5,000 metres – 13:42.4 (1976).
10,000 metres – 29:10.0 (1976).
Marathon – 2:14:43 (1980)
References
1942 births
Living people
American male middle-distance runners
American male long-distance runners
American male steeplechase runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
Sportspeople from Wausau, Wisconsin
Track and field athletes from Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
American masters athletes
Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
20th-century American people
American Masters Athlete that competed in Olympics
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Will Tremper (19 September 1928 – 14 December 1998) was a German journalist and filmmaker (writer, director, producer). He wrote twelve screenplays between 1956 and 1988. The young and then unknown actor Horst Buchholz starred in his first three films. With only a handful of films to his credit, he established himself quickly as the German answer to the directors of the Nouvelle Vague in France.
Biography
Will Tremper was born in Braubach, Germany to innkeeper Heinrich Tremper and his wife Emilie and died in Munich, Germany. Tremper arrived in 1944 in Berlin at the age of 16, to work as a photographer. He survived the war unharmed and started working for a newly established Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel.
In the 1950s he started writing screenplays. His debut Teenage Wolfpack was a huge success and made Horst Buchholz a star. He financed his next four films by himself. With Tremper received the Bundesfilmpreis for best production of the year.
After his last film as director, How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? which was produced by Horst Wendlandt, he wrote several bestselling novels. Tremper further went on to work for German newspapers and magazines, such as Die Welt, Welt am Sonntag, Bunte, Stern and Quick. His weekly film column in Welt am Sonntag ran from 1980 to 1998.
In December 1998 Tremper died of a heart attack at his home in Munich.
Selected filmography
Teenage Wolfpack (dir. Georg Tressler, 1956)
(dir. Georg Tressler, 1958)
Wet Asphalt (dir. Frank Wisbar, 1958)
People in the Net (dir. Franz Peter Wirth, 1959)
(dir. Will Tremper, 1961)
(dir. Edwin Zbonek, 1962)
(dir. Will Tremper, 1963)
Stop Train 349 (dir. Rolf Hädrich, 1963)
Room 13 (dir. Harald Reinl, 1964)
Waiting Room to the Beyond (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1964)
Sperrbezirk (dir. Will Tremper, 1966)
(OT: Playgirl) (dir. Will Tremper, 1966)
How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? (dir. Will Tremper, 1970)
Rosinenbomber (dir. Eberhard Itzenplitz, 1988, TV film)
Awards
1963: Preis der deutschen Filmkritik for Die endlose Nacht
1963: Filmband in Silber (Production) for Die endlose Nacht
1963: Bambi Award (Best Film) for Die endlose Nacht
1964: Filmband in Gold (Drehbuch) für Stop Train 349
References
External links
1928 births
1998 deaths
German male journalists
Film people from Rhineland-Palatinate
German autobiographers
German male writers
20th-century German journalists
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A number of ships of the Spanish Navy have borne the name San José in honour of Saint Joseph
San José, a ship carrying the silver treasure of Real Situado to Valdivia that wrecked in 1651 in the lands of the Cunco people.
(1698), a 60-gun galleon of the Armada de la Guardia de la Carrera de las Indias destroyed on 8 June 1708 (New Style) during Wager's Action off Cartagena de Indias, Colombia in the War of Spanish Succession
, a New England-built 326-ton ship in the Spanish Treasure Fleet, sunk in a hurricane off the coast of Florida in 1733
, a 70-gun ship of the line built at Havana and wrecked (without casualties) at Brest in April 1780
, a polacca.
, a 112-gun ship of the line built at Ferrol, Spain, captured by the United Kingdom at the Battle of Cape St Vincent on 14 February 1797 and renamed
Spanish Navy ship names
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Dennis Bozic (born 2 August 1990 in Södertälje) is a Swedish ice hockey player of Croatian ancestry. He is currently playing with the KHL Medveščak in the Austrian Hockey League.
References
External links
1990 births
KHL Medveščak Zagreb players
Living people
Linköping HC players
Swedish ice hockey defencemen
Swedish people of Croatian descent
Ice hockey people from Södertälje
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is a Japanese footballer who plays for JEF United Chiba as a right full-back, and occasionally as an attacking midfielder.
He previously played for JEF United between 2007 and 2013.
Club career
A native of Chiba, Yonekura attended Yachiyo High School in his home prefecture and after graduating he signed for local club JEF United in 2007. In total he would spend 7 seasons with the Ichihara-based club with the first two being spent in J1 League and the latter 5 in J2. Playing as either a right sided defender or midfielder he went on to make over 150 league appearances and score 20 goals for JEF.
During the 2013 season, Yonekura put in an outstanding performance in the 3-0 home victory over then J2 side Gamba Osaka. Despite this setback, Gamba went on to be crowned J2 champions in 2013 and signed Yonekura ahead of their return to Japan's top flight in 2014.
His first season in Osaka would prove to be a memorable one as Gamba wrapped up a domestic treble; lifting the J1 trophy in addition to the J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. Yonekura scored 3 times in 34 appearances in all competitions and was a part of a rotation system with fellow full-backs Oh Jae-suk and Hiroki Fujiharu.
2015 saw him play almost 50 times across 5 competitions as Gamba once again lifted the Emperor's Cup, defeating Urawa Red Diamonds in the final, won the Japanese Super Cup, also against Urawa, and reached the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League before going down to Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande.
Gamba didn't lift any silverware between 2016 and 2018 and Yonekura again spent much of that period rotating with Korean Oh Jae-suk. He fell out of favour with head-coach Kenta Hasegawa towards the end of his reign in 2017 and made only 13 league appearances that season. However the following year under the management of first, Brazilian Levir Culpi and, following his sacking, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Yonekura began to play more regularly, scoring once in 26 games as Gamba eventually finished up 9th in the league standings.
International career
On 23 July 2015, Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called him for the upcoming 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup. He featured twice during the competition as Japan ended up in 4th place.
Club Career statistics
1 includes J. League Championship, Japanese Super Cup and Suruga Bank Championship appearances.
Reserves performance
Last Updated: 21 March 2018
National team statistics
Honors
J1 League – 2014
Emperor's Cup – 2014, 2015
J. League Cup – 2014
Japanese Super Cup – 2015
References
External links
1988 births
Living people
Association football people from Chiba Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
Japan men's international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
JEF United Chiba players
Gamba Osaka players
Gamba Osaka U-23 players
Men's association football defenders
Men's association football midfielders
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The Omaha Sun was a weekly newspaper that published from December 27, 1951 to August 31, 1983. It was formerly owned by Berkshire Hathaway, a company headed by investor Warren Buffett.
The staff of The Sun Newspapers of Omaha, Nebraska was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting in 1973 for uncovering the large financial resources of Boys Town, a Catholic youth care center and charity, leading to reforms in the organization's solicitation and use of funds contributed by the public.
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought the newspapers in 1968. The company sold them in 1980 to Hyde Park Herald publisher Bruce Sagan. The Sun newspapers stopped publishing in 1983.
References
Newspapers published in Omaha, Nebraska
History of Omaha, Nebraska
1951 establishments in Nebraska
1983 disestablishments in Nebraska
Defunct newspapers published in Nebraska
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Basava Puraskara is an award conferred by the Government of Karnataka. The award is presented on the basis of an individual's contribution for social reforms and social change and work for bringing about religious harmony.
The Award
The Basava Puraskara is a national award. The award comprises Rs. 1 million, a memento and a citation.
Recipients
References
Civil awards and decorations of Karnataka
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The name Ben has been used for three tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Tropical Storm Ben (1979) (T7924, 28W, Krising), struck the Philippines
Tropical Storm Ben (1983) (T8306, 07W), approached Japan
Typhoon Ben (1986) (T8617, 14W), Category 4 typhoon; no landfall
Pacific typhoon set index articles
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Fredrik Styrman (born April 3, 1991) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. He last played with Luleå HF in Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
On 30 August 2022, Styrman announced his retirement from ice hockey, following an SHL game between Luleå and Djurgårdens IF at Hovet in Stockholm on 14 October 2021, where Djurgardens' Peter Holland ripped off Styrman's helmet, and then punched him repeatedly in the head with his bare fists. Styrman suffered a concussion as a result, and was forced to retire due to lingering concussion symptoms.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
1991 births
Asplöven HC players
Brynäs IF players
Frölunda HC players
HV71 players
IK Oskarshamn players
Living people
Luleå HF players
Modo Hockey players
Skellefteå AIK players
Swedish ice hockey defencemen
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is a Japanese former football player who last played for Kataller Toyama.
Club career
After a decade with Kataller Toyama, Kokeguchi retired at the end of the 2019 season.
National team career
In June 2005, Kokeguchi was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2005 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played 2 matches.
Club statistics
Updated to 1 January 2020.
References
External links
1985 births
Living people
Association football people from Okayama Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
Japan men's youth international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
J3 League players
Cerezo Osaka players
JEF United Chiba players
Kataller Toyama players
Men's association football forwards
Sportspeople from Okayama
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Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (27 July 1900 – 30 October 1988) was a German film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1933 and 1983. He was born in Brunswick, Germany and died in Munich, Germany.
Selected filmography
Die große und die kleine Welt (1936)
Street Music (1936) - Geschäftsführer im Café 'Dorado'
Dinner Is Served (1936) - Charles
Du bist mein Glück (1936)
Truxa (1937) - Garvin
Ein Volksfeind (1937) - Ministerialrat
The Stars Shine (1938) - Hans Holger
Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone (1938)
Water for Canitoga (1939) - Sheriff von Canitoga
Fasching (1939) - Direktor Peter Wendland
Der singende Tor (1939) - Defense lawyer
(1939) - Lorenzo Perelli
The Fire Devil (1940) - Prince von Metternich
The Girl from Barnhelm (1940) - Von Schornow
Carl Peters (1941) - Count Wehr-Bandelin
Venus on Trial (1941) - Paul Dreysing, Zeichner
Kameraden (1941) -Count Saint Marsan
Alarmstufe V (1941) - Director Gentzmer
Vienna Blood (1942) - Metternich
Die heimlichen Bräute (1942)
Andreas Schlüter (1942) - Baron Eosander
The Endless Road (1943) - General Andrew Jackson
Die unheimliche Wandlung des Axel Roscher (1943) - Eveillard
Titanic (1943) - Sir Bruce Ismay
I Need You (1944) - Dr. Max Hoffmann
Ein Blick zurück (1944) - Professor Ammerfors
Ich bitte um Vollmacht (1944) - Lawyer Dr. Norbert Hartwig
Der Fall Molander (1945)
Geld ins Haus (1947) - Rienösl, Advokat
Ghost in the Castle (1947) - Alexander Graf
(1948) - Doctor
The Trip to Marrakesh (1949) - Jean
Der große Fall (1949) - Ein undurchsichtiger Herr
Crown Jewels (1950)
Border Post 58 (1951) - Grenzpolizeiinspektor Hirzinger
The Lady in Black (1951) - Banker Petterson
The Blue Star of the South (1951) - Niccolini
Captive Soul (1952)
Two People (1952) - Monsignore
The Blue and White Lion (1952) - Vorsitzender des Gerichts
Captain Bay-Bay (1953) - Präfekt
The Chaplain of San Lorenzo (1953) - Prosecutor
A Heart Plays False (1953)
Jackboot Mutiny (1955) - Erwin von Witzleben
(1956) - Hubert Scharfenberg
King in Shadow (1957) - (uncredited)
The Girl and the Legend (1957) - Lord Horace
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957) - Justice Dr. Schleffien
The Crammer (1958) - School inspector Wagner
Resurrection (1958) - Oberst
Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959) - Sir Archibald
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959) - Arzt
Mrs. Warren's Profession (1960) - Praed
The Crimson Circle (1960) - Sir Archibald Morton
The Terrible People (1960) - Sir Archibald
You Must Be Blonde on Capri (1961) - von Straaten
The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (1962) - Sir John (uncredited)
(1963, TV miniseries) - Donald Edwards
(1963, TV film) - Juror 4
(1963) - Hartmann
A Mission for Mr. Dodd (1964) - Sir Gerald Blythe
Dead Woman from Beverly Hills (1964) - Professor Sostlov
The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964) - Connor
(1964) - School Director
Tante Frieda – Neue Lausbubengeschichten (1965) - School Director (uncredited)
Kommissar X – In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen (1966) - Professor Akron
Is Paris Burning? (1966) - General von Boineburg
(1967, TV miniseries) - Police Inspector Brown
Der Monat der fallenden Blätter (1968, TV film) - Prof. Harold Hilliard
Hannibal Brooks (1969) - Elephant Keeper Kellerman
(1969) - The Elephant (voice)
(1969) - Schuldirektor
Father Brown (1970-1972, TV series) - Inspector Gilbert Burns
Tiger Gang (1971) - Prof. Tavaria / Frank Stefani
(1972) - Professor Schott
Night Flight from Moscow (1973) - Pastor (uncredited)
(1976, TV film) - Dr. Schlünz
(1978, TV miniseries) - Field Marshall Tilly
Vom Webstuhl zur Weltmacht (1983, TV series) - Emperor Frederick III
Derrick (1983, Episode 4: "Der Täter schickte Blumen") - Herr Baruda
(1984, TV miniseries) - Prince Ferdinand
Der Sonne entgegen (1985, TV series) - Professor Lembach
Derrick (1985, Episode 6: "Das tödliche Schweigen") - Stargard
The Black Forest Clinic (1986-1987, TV Series) - Konstantin Taubricht
References
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1900 births
1988 deaths
German male film actors
German male television actors
Actors from Braunschweig
20th-century Freikorps personnel
20th-century German male actors
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Utøya () is an island in the Tyrifjorden lake in Hole municipality, in the county of Viken, Norway. The island is , situated off the shore, by the E16 road, about driving distance south of Hønefoss, and northwest of Oslo city centre.
Overview
Utøya is owned by the Workers' Youth League (AUF), a youth group associated with the Labour Party, which holds an annual summer camp there.
The island is operated commercially by Utøya AS.
The island is largely forested, with some open spaces. A small pier on the east side of the island is used to ferry people to and from Utøykaia on the mainland. There are also permanent buildings. Hovedhuset ("The Main House"), Stabburet ("The Hórreo"), and Låven ("The Barn") are located together near the dock. Up on the hillside (LO-toppen) are the main campgrounds, the cafeteria building, and the sanitary building. Skolestua ("The school house") is located further south.
The name
The first element ut means 'out', or 'outermost'; the last element øya is the definite form of øy, meaning 'island'. Utøya is the southernmost (or farthest "out") island of three which lie in the lake of Tyrifjorden. The name is used in reference to its position in relation to two other islands (lying north of Utøya), Storøya (Big Isle) and Geitøya (Goat Isle). Storøya is the northernmost, and Geitøya lies between Utøya and Storøya. All of these islands were formerly used for herding (as is shown in the meaning of Geitøya) by the people at Sundvollen. Utøya is quite clearly connected to the name of Utvika on the shoreside.
History
The island was a croft until purchased by the politician Jens Bratlie in 1893. Bratlie used the property as a summer residence until 1933 when it was purchased by the Trade Union Confederation.
The island was given as a commemorative gift by the Oslo Trade Union Confederation on 28 August 1950, and it has hosted several political organizations' summer camps.
2011 massacre
On 22 July 2011, a mass shooting took place at the AUF's summer youth camp, where 650 young people were staying. Anders Behring Breivik arrived alone on Utøya dressed as a police officer and told those on the island that he was there for security reasons following the explosions in Oslo which he caused a few hours before. He then began shooting at individuals, continuing until the police arrived one hour after the first alarm call. The suspect immediately surrendered. Combined, the attacks in Oslo and Utøya left 77 dead, with 69 killed on the island, 33 of whom were under the age of 18.
After the massacre
According to the island's manager (as of 2016), Jørgen Frydnes, "Rapidly it became clear, that ... [the bereaved]needed more time. [Construction work, or] The construction was put on hold for two years".
After the attack, several donations were given to AUF for the restoration of the island. Some of the buildings would be demolished, including parts of the cafeteria building where 13 people had been killed. Some of the buildings had been demolished, as of 2016.
With some disagreement having been bridged (as of 2016), the future of Utøya has been a source of disagreements among the victims of the attacks and their families. While the AUF planned to rapidly rebuild and return to Utøya, others wanted to leave the island as a memorial to the dead.
The massacre at Utøya remains the deadliest mass shooting worldwide committed by a single perpetrator.
Places and buildings
Bays on the island's coastline include Bolsjevika.
There are paths including Kjærlighetsstien (lovers' lane or 'the love path').
A hill – "used by discussion [groups]" leads to [a barn, according to its name,] Arbeidsmiljølåven. Other buildings are "the café building" and the pump house.
, ["the hill"] "Bakken" is used by the audience for speeches.
Memorial place
The place of memorial is called Lysninga ("the clearing") which lies at the highest point of the island. It was unveiled during the summer of 2015.
Components of the memorial place include Ringen ("the ring") – a "ring of steel [that] hangs between trees and here the names and age of the majority of those 69 killed are engraved".
The 'ring' weighs one (metric) ton; one part of it weighs 350 kilograms. Alice Greenwald gave advice about leaving some space on 'the ring', so that some of the bereaved can later change their mind – so that their deceased relative's name is permitted to be engraved on it.
Hegnhuset ("safeguard house")
Hegnhuset – consists of "parts of the café building (kafébygget ) ..., where 13 people were killed ..., [that] have been preserved (as of 2016); around- and under the café building – a læringssenter ("learning center") " has been created;
69 columns support the roof, inside the glass walls (of the exterior of the building). 495 "safeguarding" planks – positioned vertical in the ground – enclose the building; with space – svalgang – between the planks and the building.
"The house will protect the memory of the 69 who were killed at Utøya", wrote the father of one of the massacre's survivors in a newspaper article.
The building has been named Hegnhuset – "a place that shall safeguard (hegne) democracy". A synonym of hegn is the imperative form of the verb "safeguard"; therefore Hegnhuset can mean "safeguard house" (with the determinate conjugation of "house").
Inside the café building, preserved (as of 2016) are bullet holes in walls, "the open windows where several youths jumped out to escape" the murderer; an old chart (that was there in 2011) that says "you must know the past, to understand the present and peer into the future", and pictures of dead victims; at least one heart-shaped stone, with the inscription "Missing you [singular]", lies on the floor.
In lillesalen ("the small hall") there is a piano; one was there during the crime. Court testimony has indicated that persons hiding behind the piano on 22 July 2011 were shot.
In 2016, Oliver Wainwright named it one of the "top 10 buildings of 2016", adding that "the Hegnhuset on the island of Utøya makes a simple, powerful record of an event that shook the very foundations of Norway's national identity. The cafe building, where Anders Breivik murdered ... before killing a further 50 on the island, has been retained as a stark relic, its walls sliced with Matta-Clark rawness, and encased in a simple timber and glass pavilion".
References
External links
utoya.no – The campsite Utøya
utoya.no – The history of Utøya (in Norwegian and in English at the bottom of the page)
Utøya AS (Wayback Machine archives)
Arbeidernes ungdomsfylking website
Lake islands of Europe
Islands of Viken (county)
Labour Party (Norway)
Private islands of Europe
2011 Norway attacks
Hole, Norway
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The 2008 Vietnam floods affected north and central Vietnam, as well as southern parts of the People's Republic of China after three days of heavy rain. The rainfall, which began October 30, was the heaviest in 24 years, a state meteorological official told the Vietnam News Agency, and were the worst floods in Hanoi since 1984. At least 66 in Vietnam and 34 in China have been killed because of the flooding. Overall, 15,000 families evacuated their homes, and almost 100 schools, 100,000 houses, 241,000 hectares of crops, and 25,400 hectares of fish farms were submerged or damaged in the floodwaters.
Vietnam
The floods killed a total of 66 people in Vietnam. In Hanoi, 20, including 3 children, were found dead after 13 more bodies were recovered. Up to one meter of water flooded the city's streets, and transportation was halted. Food prices, especially those of meat and vegetables, reached exorbitant highs in the city, as the rains ruined many crops. Schools were closed on November 3, and damage in Hanoi exceeded 3 trillion Vietnamese đồng ($US 177 million).
Elsewhere in Vietnam, 10 people, including 4 children were killed in Nghệ An Province from the floods. 17 were killed in Hà Tĩnh Province, 4 each in Quảng Ngãi Province and Quảng Bình Province, 3 in Bắc Giang Province, 2 each in Hòa Bình Province, Thái Nguyên Province, and Vĩnh Phúc Province, and 1 each in Ninh Bình Province, Phú Thọ Province, Quảng Nam Province, and Phú Yên Province. In addition water levels on the Cả River, , and the upper Ma River were very high. The Vietnamese Army and Vietnamese Red Cross using boats and amphibious Military vehicles to rescue survivors. Military helicopters delivered food and water supplies to residents of flooded villages cut off by the floods. Most roads leading to these areas had been washed away. 1,000 Vietnamese soldiers led rescue work, searching for bodies.
China
The heavy rains affected southern parts of the People's Republic of China as well, causing mudslides and floods, and killing a total of 34 there. Yunnan Province was hit the hardest, where 26 were killed and 45 remain missing. 8 were killed in Pingguo, Guangxi. Overall, 410,000 were affected in China, and 3,200 homes there were damaged or destroyed.
See also
2016 Vietnam floods
References
Vietnam floods
Floods
Floods in Vietnam
2008 disasters in Vietnam
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The Theatro Lyrico Fluminense (also spelled as Teatro Lírico Fluminense) was one of the main theatres in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the mid-19th century and was for many years the primary theatre for opera performances in that city. It was demolished on 30 April 1875 to make way for a park.
History
When the Theatro São Pedro de Alcântara burned down in 1851, Rio de Janeiro was left without a theatre big enough to host the touring European opera, theatre and dance companies that had been performing in the city since the late 1820s. The city decided to build a new theatre as a matter of urgency. The theatre was originally intended to last for only three years, until the Theatro São Pedro de Alcântara could be rebuilt. Its construction was entrusted to a relatively inexperienced contractor, Vicente Rodrigues, and work began on 29 September 1851. Initially called the Theatro Provisório (the Provisional Theatre), it was completed six months later. The contractor held a masked ball there on 21 February 1852, and on 25 March 1852, the theatre was officially inaugurated with a performance of Verdi's Macbeth.
By 1854 the Theatro São Pedro de Alcântara had been rebuilt, but it was decided to keep the Theatro Provisório as well. As the theatre was no longer "provisional", it was officially renamed the Theatro Lyrico Fluminense on 19 May 1854, celebrating with a performance of Verdi's Ernani. For the next twenty years it was the leading opera house in Rio. The first two operas by Brazil's most famous opera composer, Antônio Carlos Gomes were premiered at the theatre - A noite do castelo (1861) and Joana de Flandres (1862). In 1871, the theatre saw the Brazilian premiere of Gomes' most famous work, Il Guarany. In addition to its opera season, the theatre also put on plays and concerts with appearances by performers such as Adelaide Ristori and Sigismond Thalberg.
Located in the Campo da Aclamação, the theatre had a simple neoclassical facade. Its rose painted interior was more elaborate. The ceiling was decorated with portrait medallions honouring various composers and dramatists including Auber, Donizetti, Verdi, Bellini, Meyerbeer, Schiller, and Servandoni. In the center was Rossini surrounded by palm leaves and a laurel wreath. The arena section provided seating for 830 men (514 in seats, and 316 on benches). Seating for women and their escorts was provided by four tiers of boxes built of pine wood. However, the theatre's rapid and faulty construction led to many problems, not the least of which was the fear that it could collapse at any moment. There were also complaints about the poor acoustics and the ever-present dust that plagued the interior. The theatre was remodelled in 1865 when French tapestries and wallpaper, a ceiling fresco, and gas lighting were added.
Its demise began with the inauguration of the more magnificent Theatro Dom Pedro II in 1871. The Theatro Dom Pedro had better acoustics, a slightly larger seating capacity, and was located in a more fashionable street. The Theatro Lyrico Fluminense gradually went into decline and was demolished on 30 April 1875 to make way for a park.
References
Centro Técnico de Artes Cênicas, "Lyrico Fluminense (1854)" (in Portuguese). Accessed 2 November 2008.
Centro Técnico de Artes Cênicas, "Theatro Provisório (1852)" (in Portuguese). Accessed 2 November 2008.
Magaldi, Cristina (2004) Music in Imperial Rio de Janeiro: European Culture in a Tropical Milieu, Scarecrow Press.
Sadie, Stanley (editor) (1992), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. 1, p. 590.
Theatres in Rio de Janeiro (city)
Opera houses in Brazil
Demolished buildings and structures in Brazil
Theatres completed in 1852
Music venues completed in 1852
1852 establishments in Brazil
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Jeffrey ("Jeff") Mason Fishback (born November 20, 1941, in San Mateo, California) is a retired middle- and long-distance runner from the United States. He won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil.
Fishback represented his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was runner-up in the steeplechase at the 1962 NCAAs for San Jose State College coached by Lloyd (Bud) Winter. Fishback was affiliated with the Santa Clara Valley Youth Village .
Personal Bests
2 miles – 8:50 (1962)
Steeplechase – 8:40.4 (1964)
5,000 metres – 14:32.8 (1962)
References
1941 births
Living people
American male middle-distance runners
American male long-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
Track and field athletes from San Jose, California
Sportspeople from San Mateo, California
American male steeplechase runners
San Jose State Spartans men's track and field athletes
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
20th-century American people
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"The Mission" is an orchestral suite composed by John Williams in 1985 as a television news music package for NBC News. It consists of four movements: The Mission, used for NBC Nightly News, with variations used for some other NBC programs, Fugue for Changing Times, used for Before Hours during 1987–1988, Scherzo for Today, used for Today until 1990, and The Pulse of Events, used by Meet the Press and special breaking news reports.
History
At the time Williams was approached to write the NBC News suite, he was already well known for his work on Star Wars, Superman, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. NBC engaged Williams due to the network's desire to contrast with the synthesized music common for news programs at the time. Williams stated he wanted to convey the concepts of nobility of purpose, consistency, and dignity. The original recordings were made with an 80-piece orchestra.
Movements
The suite consists of four movements. The original recording included two versions of each movement to open and close each show, and eleven bumpers conveying varying moods.
The Mission
The first movement is also called The Mission, and has been used for NBC Nightly News since September 9, 1985. It has also been known as The Sound of the News. Its opening features a distinctive syncopated fanfare over a violin line. A reviewer for Slate compared it to the work of Richard Strauss and Aaron Copland, and noted that the piece makes "you feel that you've been asked to join an exciting journey for truth."
The Mission was re-recorded in October 2004 with a 100-piece orchestra conducted by Williams at the Sony Pictures Studios. This recording has a crisper and cleaner sound. The opening theme of The Mission was updated on November 8, 2004, in preparation for Brian Williams succeeding Tom Brokaw as the anchor on Nightly News, and the closing theme of The Mission was updated on March 26, 2007, as the program began broadcasting in high-definition. Another update was made in 2011, containing only subtle changes.
Variations of The Mission have also been used for NBC News at Sunrise prior to 1996, for The Chris Matthews Show, and for Today from 1985 to 2013, when it was replaced with a new piece by Adam Gubman conveying a "more newsy and less cinematic" sound. The theme has also been used on some NBC affiliates for their local newscasts.
Australia's Seven Network adopted the original theme for its news bulletins in the late 1980s. Seven has since updated its version of the theme three times independently from NBC that each have utilized a modernized "hard news" cadence compared to the original theme's strictly orchestral composition. One Seven Network affiliate, TNT (for its Nightly News) in Tasmania, also use the theme for their local news programming. Before 2015, the intro for the news of the Radio Television of Djibouti also used to feature a short part of the Seven Network's theme.
Fugue for Changing Times
Fugue for Changing Times was used for Before Hours, a 15-minute early morning business news program hosted by Bob Jamieson, which aired between March 1987 and September 1988.
Scherzo for Today
Scherzo for Today is a short two-minute piece composed for use as the opening theme of NBC's Today. Its mood was intended to be celebratory and flashy. Like most scherzos, it is light and upbeat, and utilizes ternary or "ABA" form. The "A" theme, carried by the strings, is rather jumpy and loud, with the brass serving as a raucous accompaniment, and the "B" theme, the theme of The Today Show, is smoother and more melodic. The new music gave the program a distinctly modern and refined sound.
The music was used until 1990, when it was replaced with a variation on The Mission.
The Pulse of Events
The Pulse of Events was originally intended for midterm election coverage on November 4, 1986 and was later adopted by Meet the Press in 1990 and breaking news interruptions in 1993. It was meant to convey a worldly and serious tone. Slate characterized the piece as having "fast, complicated modulations that sound more urgent and wary than [The Mission]: They foreground the show's relentless, logical ethos."
References
Compositions by John Williams
NBC News
Seven News
Film theme songs
Television news music packages
1985 compositions
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Josiah H. MacQuarrie (November 12, 1897 – April 7, 1971) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1947 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Westville, Nova Scotia, the son of James MacQuarrie and Agnes MacWhinney. MacQuarrie was educated at Pictou Academy, Acadia University and Dalhousie University. In 1921, he married Mattie Atkinson. MacQuarrie ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1930. He served in the province's Executive Council as Attorney General from 1933 to 1947 and Minister of Lands and Forests and Municipal Affairs from 1938 to 1947. MacQuarrie was named to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in 1947, serving until 1968. He died in Halifax.
References
1897 births
1971 deaths
Acadia University alumni
Dalhousie University alumni
Judges in Nova Scotia
Members of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
People from Pictou County
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Laukath is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 6,737 people living in 1,129 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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is a Japanese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He started his career with Kashiwa Reysol and played the majority of his career for the club, before spending two years on loan at FC Gifu. He retired in January 2023 after a 16 year professional career and took up a coaching role with Criacao Shinjuku.
National team career
In July 2007, Kirihata was called up to the Japan U-20 national team for the 2007 U-20 World Cup but did not play in any of the matches.
Club statistics
1Includes Japanese Super Cup, Suruga Bank Championship and FIFA Club World Cup.
References
External links
Profile at Kashiwa Reysol
1987 births
Living people
Association football people from Yamanashi Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
Japan men's youth international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
J3 League players
Kashiwa Reysol players
FC Gifu players
Men's association football goalkeepers
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Néstor Francisco Nieves (born December 29, 1974) is a retired middle- and long-distance runner from Venezuela.
He won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Nieves represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the bronze medallist at the 1998 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.
Regionally, he won medals at the South American Games, Central American and Caribbean Games, Bolivarian Games and the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics. He was the 2003 gold medallist in the steeplechase at the South American Championships in Athletics.
He was highly success at regional age category competitions, with a highlight being a triple gold medal win at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics, which included a championship record in the 2000 metres steeplechase.
International competitions
References
sports-reference
External links
Picture of Néstor Nieves
1974 births
Living people
Venezuelan male middle-distance runners
Venezuelan male steeplechase runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Venezuela
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Venezuela
Venezuelan male long-distance runners
Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
South American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
South American Games medalists in athletics
Competitors at the 1994 South American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela
Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
20th-century Venezuelan people
21st-century Venezuelan people
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Lakshmipur Kodraha is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,172 people living in 981 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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Harry Meyen (born Harald Haubenstock; 31 August 1924 – 15 April 1979) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films and television productions between 1948 and 1975. In the 1960s he also worked as a theatre director in West Germany.
Personal life
Meyen was born in Hamburg, the son of a Jewish merchant who was deported to a concentration camp during the Nazi regime. The 18-year-old Meyen himself was incarcerated as a Mischling and survived the Neuengamme concentration camp.
After the war, he began his career with Willy Maertens at the Hamburg Thalia Theater. From 1952 he performed at the Theater Aachen and from 1955 moved to Berlin. Also starring in films directed by Helmut Käutner, Falk Harnack and Wolfgang Staudte, he played the role of a young Luftwaffe officer in the 1955 movie Des Teufels General side by side with Curd Jürgens. He also worked as a dubbing actor giving his voice to Dirk Bogarde, Robert Mitchum, Michel Piccoli, Peter Sellers, and Jean-Louis Trintignant.
From 1953 to 1966 he was married to actress Anneliese Römer. In July 1966 he married Romy Schneider in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Their son David Christopher was born 3 December 1966; the family lived in Berlin and later in Hamburg. Meyen dealt with the production of theatre plays and operas, however with moderate success. The couple finally divorced in 1975, and Schneider took their son with her to France.
Meyen was a depressive, his condition caused by the torture he had received from the Nazis for being half-Jewish. In 1979, Meyen hanged himself at home in Hamburg. He is buried in the Ohlsdorf Cemetery. His son David Meyen died in an accident two years later.
Selected filmography
Nora's Ark (1948) – Peter Stoll
(1951) – Roger
The Sergeant's Daughter (1952) – Leutnant Robert Kroldt
Alraune (1952) – Count Geroldingen
We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952) – Grigory
Beloved Life (1953) – Jürgen von Bolin
Regina Amstetten (1954) – Jürgen von Bredow
The Faithful Hussar (1954) – Fred Wacker
The Telephone Operator (1954) – Curt Cramer
Des Teufels General (1955) – Leutnant Hartmann
Miracle Mile (1956) – Philip Ardent
My Sixteen Sons (1956)
Night of Decision (1956)
(1957) – Hubert Rombach, Kunsthändler
Scandal in Bad Ischl (1957) – Dr. Balsam, Assistenzarzt
Escape from Sahara (1958) – Jean de Maire
(1958)
Iron Gustav (1958) – Assessor
Freddy, the Guitar and the Sea (1959) – Lothar Brückner
Old Heidelberg (1959) – Graf Detlev v. Asterberg
The High Life (1960) – Heinrich
Sweetheart of the Gods (1960) – Volker Hellberg
Storm in a Water Glass (1960) – George
A Woman for Life (1960) – Leutnant Karl Degenhardt
Lebensborn (1961) – Hauptsturmführer Dr. Hagen
Mörderspiel (1961) – Klaus Troger
Doctor Sibelius (1962) – Dr. Möllendorf
Redhead (1962) – Herbert Lucas
Enough Rope (1963) – Tony
The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964) – Inspector Angel
Is Paris Burning? (1966) – Lieutenant von Arnim
Triple Cross (1966) – Lieutenant Keller
(directed by Harry Meyen, 1970, TV film) – Sam Kinsale
Derrick: "Kamillas junger Freund" (1975, TV) – Dr. Hauffe
Derrick: "Mord im TEE 91" (1977, TV) – Harris
References
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1924 births
1979 suicides
1979 deaths
German male film actors
German people of Jewish descent
Suicides by hanging in Germany
Male actors from Hamburg
20th-century German male actors
Neuengamme concentration camp survivors
Burials at the Ohlsdorf Cemetery
German torture victims
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Lakshmipur Sukhchaina . is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,806. Now according to the census of Nepal 2011 it has the population of 5,760 spread over 888 households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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Madhubangoth is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,346 people living in 646 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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Madhubani is a rural municipality in Sarlahi District in the Madhesh Province of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2584 people living in 469 individual households.
References
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UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for Kashiwa Reysol.
Club career statistics
Updated to 28 February 2019.
References
External links
Profile at Kashiwa Reysol
Twitter
1985 births
Living people
Ryutsu Keizai University alumni
Association football people from Tokyo
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
J3 League players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Vegalta Sendai players
SC Sagamihara players
Men's association football defenders
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Mahinathpur is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,471 people living in 433 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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Joël Denis Bourgeois (born April 25, 1971 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a middle and long-distance runner competing for Canada. He represented Canada twice at the Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000.
Biography
He won the gold medal for Canada in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and the silver medal in the same event at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He won the silver medal for Canada in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1995 summer Universiade and the bronze medal in the same event at the 1999.
Still competing in competitions around Canada and at world master events, Bourgeois' goal is to coach the next generation of champions, including Geneviève Lalonde and Ryan Cassidy who have both became Canadian champions in the steeplechase and distance events and have represented Canada in various international events, including the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, held in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Statistics
Personal bests
Competition record
See also
Athletics New Brunswick
References
External links
2000 Olympic Profile for Joël Bourgeois
1971 births
Living people
Canadian male long-distance runners
Canadian male steeplechase runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
Sportspeople from Moncton
People from Kent County, New Brunswick
Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Snowshoe runners
Universiade silver medalists for Canada
Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
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Mailhi is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,698.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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is a Japanese former professional footballer who last played for Tokyo Verdy.
Club career
Kondo was born in Utsunomiya on 3 October 1983. He joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol from youth team in 2002. He got an opportunity to play in 2003 and became a regular center back in 2004. However he could not play many matches for repeated injuries from 2005. He became a regular player again in summer 2009. However Reysol was relegated J2 League end of 2009 season. In 2010, he played all 34 matches except 2 matches for suspension. Reysol also won the champions in J2 League and was returned to J1 in a year. In 2011, Reysol won the champions in J1 League. He was also selected Best Eleven award. From 2012, Reysol won the champions in 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2013 J.League Cup. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2014. In 2016, he moved to Chiba Prefecture's cross town rivals, JEF United Chiba in J2 League. He played as regular center back in 3 seasons. In 2019, he moved to J2 club Tokyo Verdy.
Kondo retired from professional football in December 2020.
National team career
Kondo was a member of Japan U-20 national football team for 2003 World Youth Championship held in United Arab Emirates.
On February 24, 2012, Kondo debuted for Japan national team against Iceland.
Club statistics
1Includes Japanese Super Cup.
National team statistics
Honours
Club
Kashiwa Reysol
J1 League (1) : 2011
J2 League (1) : 2010
Emperor's Cup (1) : 2012
Japanese Super Cup (1) : 2012
J.League Cup (1) : 2013
Individual
J.League Best XI (1) : 2011
References
External links
Japan National Football Team Database
Profile at JEF United Chiba
1983 births
Living people
Association football people from Tochigi Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
Japan men's youth international footballers
Japan men's international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Kashiwa Reysol players
JEF United Chiba players
Tokyo Verdy players
Men's association football defenders
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Ulubey Canyon Nature Park () is a nature park in the Ulubey and Karahallı districts of Uşak Province, Turkey. The park provides suitable habitat for many species of animals and plants and is being developed as a centre for ecotourism.
Canyon
Ulubey Canyon covers an area of . It is wide and deep, with a total length of . The streams Ulubey Creek and Banaz Creek (tributaries of Büyük Menderes River) run through the Ulubey Canyon. The main canyon along both creeks has tens of big lateral canyons. The walls of the canyon are and high. At least three terraces are visible in the canyon walls. In addition, there are many conical karstic hills along the canyon.
Climate
Being in a transitional zone between the Aegean and Central Anatolia regions, Uşak Province exhibits the climate characteristics of both regions. The summer months are warmer and more arid than in the Aegean region, and the winter season is milder than in the Central Anatolian region. Rain brought by air masses from over the Aegean Sea generates a more humid climate than in Central Anatolia. Average annual precipitation is . Monthly or seasonal distribution of precipitation is irregular.
Ecology
Flora
Plants growing in the nature park include the Turkish pine (Pinus brutia), rockrose (Cistus), oak (Quercus ithaburensis), Turkey oak (Quercus cerris), salt cedar (Tamarix), sumac (Rhus), hackberry (Celtis), broom (Genista), mullein (Verbascum), milkvetch (Astragalus) and wild marjoram (Origanum).
Fauna
The nature park provides suitable habitat for mammals such as the wild boar, hare, fox, jackal, gray wolf (Canis lupus), Indian porcupine (Hystrix indica), porcupine and jerboa, the reptiles tortoise, striped viper (Montivipera xanthina), the bird species red-legged partridge, common buzzard, hawk, common raven (Corvus corax), the fish species European chub (Squalius cephalus), catfish and the insect species multiple-eyespotted blue butterfly.
Ecotourism
The area hosted many civilizations in the past including Lydia, Achaemenid Empire, Macedonia, Kingdom of Pergamon, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Germiyanids and finally Ottoman Empire.
The canyon system of Banaz-Ulubey has a significant potential for ecotourism in the country. In August 2013, the canyon was declared a nature park by the Ministry of Forest and Water Management. In 2015, a glass-floor observation deck in the form of a ship bow, constructed above the canyon floor, and a cafeteria were opened for tourism purposes. Hiking, trekking and camping using tents are popular outdoor activities in the canyon area. It was reported in June 2015 that about 40,000 tourists visited the nature park in one month. The number of visitors in one month rose to nearly 100,000 by March 2016.
Notable places in the region are Cilandiras Bridge, Duraklı Rock-cut tombs, Hasköy monuments, Pepuza, and Blaundus ancient towns, and Salma Creek.
Access
The nature park is situated in the districts of Ulubey and Karahallı of Uşak Province on the road Uşak-Karahallı. The nearest town to the nature park is Ulubey at a distance of to the south. The town Ulubey is located southwest of Uşak. Public transport is available between the two locations throughout the day.
References
Canyons and gorges of Turkey
Landforms of Uşak Province
Nature parks in Turkey
Protected areas established in 2013
2013 establishments in Turkey
Tourist attractions in Uşak Province
Ulubey District, Uşak
Karahallı District
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Nikolaos Foskolos (, born 11 December 1936 in Komi, Tinos, Greece) was the Archbishop of Athens and Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rhodes.
Biography
Foscolos was ordained priest on 1 October 1961. On 25 June 1973 he was appointed Archbishop of Athens and on 12 August 1973 he was ordained Archbishop by Ioannis Perris, Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos. From 1973 until his resignation on 12 August 2014 he was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens and Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rhodes, whom he was named in 1992. From 1992 to 2004 Foskolos was president of the Episcopal Conference of Greece. His successor in both offices is the Rev. Fr. Sevastianos Rossolatos.
References
External links
https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfoscolos.html
1936 births
Living people
Greek Roman Catholic archbishops
Roman Catholic archbishops of Athens
Roman Catholic archbishops of Rhodes
People from Tinos
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The First Stanhope Ministry was the seventh ministry of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, and was led by Labor Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and his deputy Ted Quinlan. It was sworn in on 13 November 2001 after the Labor victory at the 2001 election. It had only one remaining one member from the previous Labor ministry under Rosemary Follett in 1995, Bill Wood. It operated until 4 November 2004, when a new ministry was sworn in following Labor's re-election at the 2004 election.
First arrangement
This covers the period from 13 November 2001 (when the Ministry was sworn in) until 23 December 2002. There was one change during this time, when, on 26 June 2002, Bill Wood was appointed to the new portfolio of Minister for Disability, Housing and Community Services.
Second arrangement
The year-old government initiated a significant reshuffle of the ministry 23 December 2002, coinciding with the appointment of a fifth minister in Katy Gallagher. There was one minor change after this point, when, on 26 May 2004, Gallagher's ministry for education, youth and family services was divided into separate responsibilities.
References
Australian Capital Territory ministries
Australian Labor Party ministries in the Australian Capital Territory
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Manpur is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,433 people living in 896 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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Jakob Smits or Jacob Smits (Rotterdam, 9 July 1855 – Achterbos (Mol), 15 February 1928) was a Dutch-Flemish painter.
Background and early life
He was born a son of a decorator. Jakob studied in Rotterdam at the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts and helped his father in the decoration business. From 1873 to 1876 he studied at the Academy in Brussels, and after in Munich (1878–1880), Vienna (1880) and Rome (1880). In 1882 Jakob married his cousin Antje Doetje Kramer. They settled in Amsterdam where Smits worked as a painter. He carried out, among other things, tasks for the museum Boijmans-Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. Out of the marriage of Jakob and Antje were produced two children, Theodora and Annie. In 1884, the couple divorced.
Notable achievements and associations
Jakob Smits moved to Blaricum and in Haarlem becomes director of the Nijverheids- en Decoratieschool (E: Industry and Decoration school). He got to know Albert Neuhuys, a painter of The Hague School, and together they made excursions to Drenthe and the Campine in Belgium. Jakob Smits became impressed by the Campine landscape and he established himself in 1888, definitively in Achterbos (Mol). He paid 2,000 Belgian francs for a small farm which he developed to his Malvinahof. In the same year he married Malvina Dedeyn, the daughter of a Brussels lawyer, who is disinherited because of this marriage. Smits lived in poverty while he worked tirelessly for what he calls my simple work, symbolic, poetic and real. In 1897, he received a gold medal for his exhibitions of large water-colour paintings on a gold background in Munich and Dresden. He also painted many portraits, especially of Malvina and of their children Boby, Marguerite and Kobe. In 1899 destiny struck: in a few days he lost his daughter Alice and his wife. In 1901, Smits married Josine Van Cauteren. In the same year he held his first individual exposition in Antwerp. There he obtained much praise of colleagues and critics but found no buyers for his work. The exhibited work De vader van de veroordeelde (E: the father of the convict) was acquired later that year by the Museum of Brussels.
Smits financial situation improved somewhat, but his family was put heavily on the test. In 1903 both his parents were ruined by a robbery and as a result, he had nine family members to maintain. At the request of the municipal authorities of Mol, in 1907 Smits arranged an international exhibition of artists who came to paint landscapes in Mol and its surroundings. The artist Paula Van Rompa-Zenke belonged to the arranging committee. There were no less than 68 painters participating, with Germans, Dutch, and Americans coming to Mol. The term Molse School was born. In 1910, Smits published an album with 25 engravings, which was dedicated to Queen Elisabeth. In 1912, the young Dirk Baksteen became a student of Smits.
In 1914, Smits stopped his production of art work. He became President of the Comité voor hulpverlening en voedselvoorziening van het canton Mol (E: Committee for assistance and food supplies of the canton Mol). After World War I he continued his work with a totally new vision and style as an engraver and painter. As from 1923 his health deteriorated. Smits suffered from a painful cancer of his jaw.
Death and legacy
On 15 February 1928 he died of a heart disease and he was buried on the church court of Achterbos (Mol). On his sepulchre stands a bronze Mother and Child of George Minne. He lies interred with some other members of the Molse School. Jakob Smits, who became a Belgian in 1902, was a knight in the Order of Leopold (1903), Officer in the Order of the Crown (1919) and Commander in the Order of the Crown (1927). His wife Josine survived him 28 years and after her death in 1956 the Malvinahof was sold. In 1977, in the converted old parish of Mol-Sluis the municipal Jakob Smitsmuseum was opened.
Work
Sources
E. Van den Bosch, Jakob Smits, Antwerpen, 1930.
G. Marlier, Jakob Smits, Bruxelles, 1931.
Jozef Muls, Jacob Smits en de Kempen, Boekengilde, 1936, pp 32, 11 afb.
P. Haesaerts, Jakob Smits, Antwerpen, 1948.
Jakob Smits, (tentoonstellingscatalogus), Venlo, (Museum van Bommel-Van Dam), 1976.
W. Vanbeselaere, Jakob Smits, Kasterlee, 1976.
I. Verheyen, F. Van Gompel, F. De Nave en I. Malomgré, Jakob Smits. Etser en Lithograaf. Catalogue Raisonné van het grafisch werk, Antwerpen, 1997.
External links
1855 births
1928 deaths
19th-century Dutch painters
Dutch male painters
20th-century Dutch painters
20th-century Belgian painters
Commanders of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Painters from Rotterdam
People from Mol, Belgium
19th-century Dutch male artists
20th-century Dutch male artists
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The name Brendan has been used for two tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Tropical Storm Brendan (1991) (T9108, 08W, Helming), struck the Philippines and China
Tropical Storm Brendan (1994) (T9411, 14W, Oyang), struck South Korea and Japan
Pacific typhoon set index articles
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The name Victor or Viktor may refer to:
Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
Arts and entertainment
Film
Victor (1951 film), a French drama film
Victor (1993 film), a French short film
Victor (2008 film), a 2008 TV film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis
Victor (2009 film), a French comedy
Victor, a 2017 film about Victor Torres by Brandon Dickerson
Viktor (film), a 2014 Franco/Russian film
Music
Victor (Alex Lifeson album), a 1996 album by Alex Lifeson
Victor (Vic Mensa album), 2023 album by Vic Mensa
"Victor", a song from the 1979 album Eat to the Beat by Blondie
Businesses
Victor Talking Machine Company, early 20th century American recording company, forerunner of RCA Records
Victor Company of Japan, usually known as JVC, a Japanese electronics corporation originally a subsidiary of the Victor Talking Machine Company
Victor Entertainment, or JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, a Japanese record label
Victor Interactive Software, a Japanese video game software publisher and developer
Victor Technology, known earlier as Victor Adding Machine Co. and Victor Comptometer, an American calculator company
Victor (sports company), a Taiwanese manufacturer of sporting equipment
Victor (mouse trap company)
Military
Victor-class submarine, NATO designation of a class of Soviet submarines
Handley Page Victor, a Cold War era British strategic bomber aircraft
Victor, the letter "V" in the NATO phonetic alphabet
Places in the United States
Victor, Arkansas
Victor, California
Victor, Colorado
Victor, Idaho
Victor, Indiana
Victor, Iowa
Victor, Kansas
Victor, Montana
Victor, New York
Victor (village), New York
Victor, South Dakota
Victor, Utah
Victor, Fayette County, West Virginia
Victor, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Victor Township (disambiguation)
Other uses
Victor (champion), the winner in a challenge, contest or competition
Victor (symbol), an emblem in some Spanish and Latin American universities
Victor, formerly Empire Ben, a ship
Victor, Wanswerd, a Dutch windmill
Tropical Storm Victor. various storms named Victor
TVS Victor, a motorcycle by TVS Motor Company
Victor 3900, an old computor
See also
Saint-Victor (disambiguation), various places in France
The Victor (disambiguation)
Victor Harbor (disambiguation)
Victoria (disambiguation)
Viktoria (disambiguation)
Viktorija (disambiguation)
Victorinus (disambiguation)
Victory (disambiguation)
Vicky
Viktors
Wiktor (name)
Pobednik ('The Victor'), a monument in Belgrade
Victa, Victa mowers
Vektor SS-77, a type of gun
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Masaili is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of southeastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,072 people living in 528 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Playing career
Ishikawa was born and raised in Kashiwa. He is a product of the Kashiwa Reysol youth academy, having come up through the ranks into the reserve squad in 2003.
He turned full-time professional with Reysol at the start of the 2004 season and made his first team debut against Kawasaki Frontale on 23 October 2005. He served as players chairperson in 2008. In early 2009, Ishikawa signed a loan deal with Consadole Sapporo. At Consadole, Ishikawa reunited with former Reysol manager Nobuhiro Ishizaki. He quickly became their key player and served as team's captain in 2010.
In 2011, Ishikawa completed a permanent move to Albirex Niigata.
Club statistics
References
External links
Profile at Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
1985 births
Living people
People from Kashiwa
Association football people from Chiba Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players
Albirex Niigata players
Vegalta Sendai players
Men's association football defenders
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Mohanpur is a Village Development Committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,572 people residing in 607 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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Maschi e Altri is the ninth album by Gianna Nannini. It is her first compilation album, and it was released in 1987 in South America, South Korea, Israel, South Africa and Australia. It includes some of her most successful singles, including "Profumo" (who topped the Greek charts), "I Maschi" (who debuted at the "World Popular Song Festival” in Tokyo) and "Avventura" (who became popular when Philips used it for a commercial advertising Metalalkaline batteries).
Nannini did not tour to promote the album but she took part in a concert at the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg on May 1, 1987, where she performed a selection of songs by Bertoldt Brecht and Kurt Weill alongside Sting and Jack Bruce.
Track listing
"I Maschi"
"Profumo" (Nannini-Pianigiani/Nannini) - 3:50
"America" (Gianna Nannini) – 4:20
"Ragazzo Dell'Europa" (Gianna Nannini) – 3:34
"Avventuriera" (Nannini-Pianigiani/Nannini-Riva) – 4:04
"Bello E Impossibile" (Nannini-Pianigiani/Nannini) – 4:40
"Bla Bla"
"Vieni Ragazzo" (Gianna Nannini-Parole / Gianna Nannini)
"Latin Lover" (Gianna Nannini - M. Paoluzzi/Gianna Nannini) - 4:35
"Fotoromanza" (Gianna Nannini - C. Blank/Gianna Nannini - R. Riva) – 4:27
External links
Gianna Nannini homepage
1987 compilation albums
Gianna Nannini albums
Albums produced by Conny Plank
Italian-language albums
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Motipur is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,709 people living in 469 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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Colours is the debut studio album by English drum and bass producer Adam F. It was released on 3 November 1997 through Positiva Records. The album features collaborations with Tracey Thorn (from Everything but the Girl), Grooverider, MC Conrad and Ronny Jordan. The first single from the album, "Circles", was initially released in 1995, but did not chart until its re-release in 1997, when it entered the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 20. Other singles from the album included "Metropolis" / "Mother Earth", "F-Jam", and "Music In My Mind". Upon release, the album reached number 47 on the UK Albums Chart.
Composition
The album comprises drum and bass music, taking inspiration from LTJ Bukem, Lalo Schifrin and Goldie's album Timeless. Adam Fenton (Adam F) produced the album with equipment including the Akai S1000, Yamaha SPX90, Kurzwell K2000, and the Atari 1040STE. The Roland VP-330 vocoder was additionally used for the vocals of "Music In My Mind".
English musician and album inspiration Goldie's voice appears briefly in the intro for "Mother Earth" in the form of a voice message sent to Adam F. "The Tree Knows Everything" features vocals from Tracey Thorn of Everything but the Girl, but was originally written as a guitar song by Fenton in his teenage years. "Circles" samples the opening of "Physical Thing" by Blackstreet, vocals from "Going in Circles" by Tameka Starr, and melody from "Westchester Lady" by Bob James. The title track, "Colours", features British acid jazz guitarist Ronny Jordan.
Release
The album's first single, "Circles", was first released in 1995 through Section 5, but did not chart until its re-release in 1997 with remixes from Roni Size and Andy C. This release reached number 20 on the national UK Singles Chart, and number one on the UK Dance Chart. "Aromatherapy" was a single released in 1996, with a seven-minute edit included as a bonus track on most editions of the album. "Metropolis" / "Mother Earth" and "F-Jam" (featuring MC Conrad) were also released in 1996 as singles, with the latter reaching 100 on the UK Singles Chart and 18 on the Dance Chart. The final single, released after the album in 1998, was "Music In My Mind".
The album was released on 3 November 1997 and reached number 47 in the UK Albums Chart. It was released with differing covers: the vinyl version has a greyscale variant, the original CD and cassette versions have a blue cover, and other CD releases of the album have a cyan cover. Bonus tracks for the album included "Aromatherapy", "Circles" (Roni Size mix) and "Metropolis" (Doc Scott mix). "Colours" is omitted from the US release, both "Colours" and "The Tree Knows Everything" are omitted from the vinyl version.
Track listing
Notes
"The Tree Knows Everything" vocals by Tracey Thorn.
"Dirty Harry" remix by Grooverider.
Personnel
Adapted from liner notes
Adam Fenton – writing, production, synthesisers, percussion, vocals, piano, keyboard, bass guitar
Tracey Thorn – vocals on "The Tree Knows Everything"
Bob James – writing (sampled) in "Circles"
Grooverider – remix, additional production in "Dirty Harry"
Ronny Jordan – guitar in "Colours"
MC Conrad – vocals on "F-Jam"
Goldie – answerphone vocals on "Mother Earth"
Tim Philbert – writing, bass guitar
Jeremy Stacey – drums
Spry – percussion
Pete Shrubshall – saxophone, flute
Dave Ital - guitar
Julian Joseph – electric piano
Damon Brown – trumpet
James McMillan – trumpet
Ben Watt – additional production
Grey Lester – guitar
Andros – percussion
Nick Cohen – bass guitar
Nick Moss – saxophone
Charts
Release history
References
1997 debut albums
Drum and bass albums
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is a railway station in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) and Hisatsu Orange Railway.
Lines
Sendai Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen and Kagoshima Main Line, and also the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line. It was also the westernmost high-speed Shinkansen railway station in Japan, though this title was taken over by Nagasaki Station with the opening of the West Kyushu Shinkansen on 23 September 2022.
Platforms
Adjacent stations
History
June 1, 1914 - The station opened as on the Sendai Line.
1922 - Track from Sendai-Machi Station to Nishikata Station opens.
October 20, 1924 - Track from Sendai Station to Hiwaki Station is opened for as Miyanojo Line.
October 1, 1940 - Sendai-machi Station was renamed Sendai Station.
January 10, 1987 - Miyanojo line is abolished (From Sendai Station to Satsuma-Ōkuchi Station).
March 13, 2004 - Kyushu Shinkansen services began.
Surrounding area
Satsumasendai City Hall
Sendai Post Office
References
External links
Stations of Hisatsu Orange Railway
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The Royal Thai Naval Academy (Thai: โรงเรียนนายเรือ) (RTNA) was established by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1898. He officially opened the academy on 20 November 1906. Originally located on the royal yacht Maha Chakri and some other boats donated by the king, the academy later moved to Wang Derm Palace in Thonburi (in the compound of the present headquarters of the Royal Thai Navy), then to Sattahip, and finally to its current location in Samut Prakan in 1952. The academy is served by Royal Thai Naval Academy BTS station.
Mission
The mission of the RTNA is to train officers for the Royal Thai Navy and Royal Thai Marine Corps.
Curriculum
The RTNA provides undergraduate programs in engineering and science, combined with naval professional training. Cadets can major in electrical engineering, marine engineering, hydraulic engineering, and management science and are trained as engineers, navigators, and marines.
Graduation
Cadets graduate with a bachelor's degree in engineering or science and are commissioned in the Royal Thai Navy with the rank of ensign (sub-lieutenant). Together with graduates of the other armed forces and police academies they receive their swords from the king personally or the king's representative.
Education of Thai naval officers
Those who want to enter the academy first have to pass the entrance exam, after which they join a two-year preparatory program at the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School where they study together with army, air force, and police cadets.
On successful completion, they enter the Royal Thai Naval Academy. After graduation, they attend a further one-year advanced course at Sattahip that leads to a graduate diploma in naval science. On completion of this course, they are ready to work as officers in the Royal Thai Navy and Royal Thai Marine Corps.
The academy also trains police cadets destined to work at the marine police, while every year a few top graduates of the Naval Rating School for non-commissioned officers enter the academy directly after a separate entrance exam.
Selected first-year cadets of the RTNA are awarded scholarships to study at naval academies abroad. On their return to Thailand they start working as officers in the Royal Thai Navy straightaway.
Curriculum
The RTNA provides undergraduate programs in engineering and computer and materials science.
Bachelor of Engineering
Electrical engineering
Marine engineering
Hydraulic engineering
Bachelor of Science
Management science
Naval Science
Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard
1st Cadet Battalion, Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Naval Academy
2nd Cadet Battalion, Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Naval Academy
3rd Cadet Battalion, Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Naval Academy
4th Cadet Battalion, Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Naval Academy
Gallery
See also
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
Navaminda Kasatriyadhiraj Royal Thai Air Force Academy
Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School
National Defence College of Thailand
References
External links
http://www.rtna.ac.th Royal Thai Naval Academy
Educational institutions established in 1898
Naval academies
Institutes of higher education in Thailand
Royal Thai Navy
Military academies of Thailand
Buildings and structures on the Chao Phraya River
1898 establishments in Siam
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Murtiya is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Madhesh Province of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6,485 people living in 1,120 individual households.
Famous for
Murtiya is a Historical place due to the Mukteshwor Temple and also known as a Sport City.
Important Place:
Mukteshwor Temple
Mukteshwor Pokhari
Bihani Ban, Picnic Sport
Malhaniya Pokhari
Foot Ball Ground
Covered Hall
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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The Holden Dealer Racing Team was an Australian motor racing team, covertly backed by General Motors-Holden's through their dealer network so as to get around GM's worldwide ban on the company being involved in motorsport. The HDRT contested the 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 endurance race at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, as well as the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon using GMH's latest car, the Holden HK Monaro.
Although short-lived, this team was significant as the precursor to a permanent Holden Dealer Team set up the following year which then played a dominant role in Australian touring car racing over the next two decades.
1968 London–Sydney Marathon
In early 1968, the Holden Dealer Racing Team was set up by David McKay, who already ran the Scuderia Veloce race team in various forms of motor sport in Australia. A motoring journalist with Sydney's Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers (both of which were owned by Sir Frank Packer), McKay learned of the upcoming London–Sydney Marathon which was sponsored by race organiser Sir Max Aitken and his UK newspaper, the Daily Express. The marathon would begin on 24 November in Crystal Palace in London, and finish on 18 December at the Warwick Farm Raceway in Sydney.
McKay convinced his own editor David McNicoll and Telegraph owner Packer to get involved in the event, which they did with co-sponsorship (it reportedly took less than 5 minutes to convince the astute Packer). McKay also convinced GMH to get involved by supplying him with three of the yet to be released Holden Monaros in which to run in the event. Contrary to popular belief at the time, the Monaros were actually prepared for the 7,000 mi Marathon that would travel through eleven countries by GMH under the supervision of its Sales Director John Bagshaw and chief engineer Bill Steinhagen, and not by Scuderia Veloce. Also, the cars would not be entered under the name of Scuderia Veloce or the Holden Dealer Racing Team, but instead were entered in the event under the name of their major sponsor, The Sydney Telegraph, with the words "Sydney Telegraph Racing" prominently painted on the side of the cars.
While the team did not feature strongly in the results due to mechanical woes, the team's second car driven by leading Australian Rally Championship driver Barry Ferguson finished 12th outright, while the 3rd car driven by triple Australian Grand Prix winner Doug Whiteford finished 14th. The Monaro driven by team leader David McKay failed to finish the marathon. McKay's Monaro was rolled over while competing a rally section near Broken Hill, NSW, hospitalising one of the crew. This disqualified it from the rally. A new windscreen was fitted and was driven straight to Sydney allowing McKay to watch the finish.
1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500
The day following the official launch of the Monaro on the Gold Coast, prominent Melbourne based Holden dealer and former racer Bill Patterson reportedly asked McKay (who was on the Gold Coast covering the cars launch) what it would cost to run three of the new Holden Monaro GTS327s in the 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 at Mount Panorama for Group E Series Production Touring Cars. This led to an agreement being reached where McKay's Scuderia Veloce team, under the name Holden Dealer Racing Team, would run three Monaros which were separately financed by three different Holden dealers, Patterson Motors (Victoria), Midway Motors (Queensland) and Sutton Motors (NSW), with each dealer named on all three cars. The Monaros (not, as rumor had it, the London-Sydney cars) were delivered to the team's base in Wahroonga on Sydney's Upper North Shore where they were prepared by Scuderia Veloce chief mechanic Bob Atkins.
Car #23D was driven by international sports car and Formula One racer Paul Hawkins and Bill Brown, #24D was driven by New Zealander Jim Palmer (a Tasman Series regular) and Phil West, while car #25D was driven by 1964 Armstrong 500 winner George Reynolds and veteran touring and sports car driver Brian Muir.
The race was won by the privately entered Monaro of Bruce McPhee and Barry Mulholland. The Palmer/West Monaro finished second outright, with the Muir/Reynolds car in fifth, while the Hawkins/Brown car was disqualified for receiving outside assistance after breaking a wheel in The Cutting. Palmer and West had actually finished 3rd on the road, but the 2nd placed Des West / Ron Marks Monaro was disqualified in post-race scrutineering, lifting the HDRT car to second place.
It was not until the 1969 Datsun Three Hour at Sandown that a permanent Holden Dealer Team, managed by Harry Firth, had its first outing. None of the six Holden Dealer Racing Team drivers from 1968, nor David McKay or Scuderia Veloce were involved in Firth's 1969 Holden Dealer Team campaign.
References
Further reading
Holden Dealer Racing Team, Australian Muscle Car, Issue 67, May/June 2013
The Return of 23D, Australian Muscle Car, Issue 67, May/June 2013
External links
Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960-1999 (Chevron) © 2000
Auto racing teams in Australia
Holden in motorsport
Sports clubs and teams in Sydney
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Musauli or Musaili (, ) is a village and former village development committee (VDC) in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. It is about west of the district town of Malangwa and about north of the border with India. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census the former VDC had a population of 4,195 individuals, and in 2011, 5190 people were reported.
Landmarks
The village contains the Musauli Masjid and Baudhi Mai mosques and Shree Baudhi Devi secondary school.
Economy
There is a meat factory and distillery to the west of the village, along the road to Kaudena.
The provincial government has allocated 80 million rupees to maintain the pond, given that it is a tourist attraction.
References
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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Franz Bucher (born 15 January 1940) is a Swiss artist.
Biography
Early life and education
Franz Bucher was born in 1940 in Sarnen, Obwalden, Switzerland. He attended schools in Sarnen and St. Michael's College, Zug. Between 1957-62, he worked as a painter and decorator. During this time, he worked in places such as Lucerne, Basel and Zürich. Following this, he studied at the Arts-&-Crafts School and High School for Applied Arts in Basel and Lucerne. In 1965 he received a scholarship from the Canton Obwalden. During his time at these schools, Bucher submitted his first works to exhibitions.
References
External links
1940 births
Living people
People from Obwalden
Swiss artists
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Hernán Figueroa Bueg (26 August 1927 – September 2013) was a decathlete from Chile. He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951. He is a two-time Olympian (1948 and 1952) for his native South American country. In the mid-1970s, he is credited with instigating development of the sport's division of Masters athletics, encouraging the formation of organizations across South America.
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External links
1927 births
2013 deaths
Chilean decathletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games
Olympic athletes for Chile
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Pan American Games gold medalists for Chile
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Chile
Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games
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SigFig (formerly Wikinvest) is a financial technology company based in San Francisco that builds robo-advisory and customer engagement software. SigFig's robo advice platform is available directly to consumers via web and mobile app. SigFig also white-labels its platforms to financial institutions, including Wells Fargo and UBS.
Wikinvest History
Wikinvest was founded in 2006 by Parker Conrad and Michael Sha. the site covered over 1800 companies and over 180 economic issues, and had around 1400 contributors. Wikinvest was a winner in the 2008 SXSW Interactive Web Awards.
Wikinvest also provided a syndication service for financial bloggers, the Wikinvest Wire. Additionally, the site's WikiCharts feature allowed financial charts to be annotated as well as embedded in other websites.
Contributions fell under two main categories, companies and concepts. The former offered financial and business analysis on individual corporations, whereas the latter examined trends in broader economic issues. In addition to being an information resource for the public, the site's financial analysis has also been cited in mainstream business publications such as the Wall Street Journal.
SigFig History
In May 2012, Wikinvest announced that it would be a portfolio tracking and investment adviser referral service with a new name, SigFig.
Wikinvest had 400,000 users. Parker Conrad and Michael Sha said that Wikinvest would eventually be phased out.
the Wikinvest website continues to work, but the mobile apps no longer function. Accounts are now mirrored to SigFig.com with the same username and password as the Wikinvest website, but with new, additional features available.
Beginning in 2019, SigFig began to expand into the retail banking space with the launch of SigFig Atlas, a customer needs data discovery, sales enablement, and conversational intelligence software platform.
SigFig was also named the top-performing robo-advisor for 2016-2020 investment returns by Backend Benchmarking.
References
External links
Robo-advisors
Financial services companies established in 2006
Internet properties established in 2006
MediaWiki websites
Works about business
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The Hyattsville Historic District is a residential neighborhood comprising a national historic district located in the city of Hyattsville, Prince George's County, Maryland. The district comprises approximately 600 structures, primarily houses, that exhibit late-19th and early-20th century design characteristics. The majority of residential buildings are of frame construction, the older ones with foundations of brick or (rarely) fieldstone, the newer of concrete. The architectural styles represented: grand "mansions," summer cottages, duplexes, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Italianate, Victorian, Bungalow, and Spanish. The area also includes numerous vernacular buildings. The finest concentration of late-19th century structures occur in the area of Farragut, Gallatin, and Hamilton streets and 42nd Avenue. The early-20th century hipped-roof style and bungalows are found throughout the district.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The district was expanded in 2004.
References
External links
, including photo in 1973, at Maryland Historical Trust website
Boundary Map of the Hyattsville Historic District, Prince George's County, at Maryland Historical Trust
Hyattsville, Maryland
Historic districts in Prince George's County, Maryland
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County, Maryland
Queen Anne architecture in Maryland
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Narayan Khola (Nepali: नारायण खोला) is a neighborhood in Lalbandi municipality in Sarlahi district in Madhesh Province of south-eastern Nepal. It was previously a village development committee in Sarlahi in the Janakpur Zone. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,309 in 561 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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Profile-guided optimization (PGO, sometimes pronounced as pogo), also known as profile-directed feedback (PDF), and feedback-directed optimization (FDO) is a compiler optimization technique in computer programming that uses profiling to improve program runtime performance.
Method
Optimization techniques based on static program analysis of the source code consider code performance improvements without actually executing the program. No dynamic program analysis is performed. The analysis may even consider code within loops including the number of times the loop will execute, for example in loop unrolling. In the absence of all the run time information, static program analysis can not take into account how frequently that code section is actually executed.
The first high-level compiler, introduced as the Fortran Automatic Coding System in 1957, broke the code into blocks and devised a table of the frequency each block is executed via a simulated execution of the code in a Monte Carlo fashion in which the outcome of conditional transfers (as via IF-type statements) is determined by a random number generator suitably weighted by whatever FREQUENCY statements were provided by the programmer.
Rather than programmer-supplied frequency information, profile-guided optimization uses the results of profiling test runs of the instrumented program to optimize the final generated code.
The compiler accesses profile data from a sample run of the program across a representative input set. The results indicate which areas of the program are executed more frequently, and which areas are executed less frequently. All optimizations benefit from profile-guided feedback because they are less reliant on heuristics when making compilation decisions. The caveat, however, is that the sample of data fed to the program during the profiling stage must be statistically representative of the typical usage scenarios; otherwise, profile-guided feedback has the potential to harm the overall performance of the final build instead of improving it.
Just-in-time compilation can make use of runtime information to dynamically recompile parts of the executed code to generate a more efficient native code. If the dynamic profile changes during execution, it can deoptimize the previous native code, and generate a new code optimized with the information from the new profile.
Adoption
There is support for building Firefox using PGO. Even though PGO is effective, it has not been widely adopted by software projects, due to its tedious dual-compilation model. It is also possible to perform PGO without instrumentation by collecting a profile using hardware performance counters. This sampling-based approach has a much lower overhead and does not require a special compilation.
The HotSpot Java virtual machine (JVM) uses profile-guided optimization to dynamically generate native code. As a consequence, a software binary is optimized for the actual load it is receiving. If the load changes, adaptive optimization can dynamically recompile the running software to optimize it for the new load. This means that all software executed on the HotSpot JVM effectively make use of profile-guided optimization.
PGO has been adopted in the Microsoft Windows version of Google Chrome. PGO was enabled in the 64-bit edition of Chrome starting with version 53 and version 54 for the 32-bit edition.
Google published a paper describing a system (AutoFDO) in use for using production profiles to guide builds resulting in up to a 10% performance improvement.
Implementations
Examples of compilers that implement PGO are:
Intel C++ Compiler and Fortran compilers
GNU Compiler Collection compilers
Oracle Solaris Studio (formerly called Sun Studio)
Microsoft Visual C++ compiler
Clang
IBM XL C/C++
GraalVM Enterprise Edition
.NET JIT compiler
Go
See also
Adaptive optimization
Dynamic dead code elimination
Global optimization
Hot spot (computer programming)
Interprocedural optimization
Link-time optimization (LTO)
Tracing just-in-time compilation
References
Compiler optimizations
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Khodro Kaveer is an automobile company based in Yazd, Iran. Established in 2001, it makes BMC and Cumitas cars.
Kaveer Automotive Industrial Corporation (in ), also known as Khodro Kaveer, is an Automotive Company headquartered in Ardakan. Khodro Kaveer was established in 2001, to assemble and produce BMCs under license for the Iranian market. The CEO of Khodro Kaveer is Masoud Haratifar, predecessor of whom was Mohammad Reza Soroush.
References
External links
Khodro Kaveer Official Website
car purchase
List of products
Car manufacturers of Iran
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2001
2001 establishments in Iran
Iranian brands
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Narayanpur is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,198 people living in 427 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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The 1855 Wairarapa earthquake occurred on 23 January at about 9.17 p.m., affecting much of the Cook Strait area of New Zealand, including Marlborough in the South Island and Wellington and the Wairarapa in the North Island. In Wellington, close to the epicentre, shaking lasted for at least 50 seconds. The moment magnitude of the earthquake has been estimated as 8.2, the most powerful recorded in New Zealand since systematic European colonisation began in 1840. This earthquake was associated with the largest directly observed movement on a strike-slip fault, maximum . This was later revised upward to about slip, with a local peak of vertical displacement on lidar studies. It has been suggested that the surface rupture formed by this event helped influence Charles Lyell to link earthquakes with rapid movement on faults.
Tectonic setting
New Zealand lies along the boundary between the Australian and Pacific Plates. In the South Island most of the relative displacement between these plates is taken up along a single dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault with a major reverse component, the Alpine Fault. In the North Island the displacement is mainly taken up along the Kermadec subduction zone, although the remaining dextral strike-slip component of the relative plate motion is accommodated by the North Island Fault System (NIFS). A group of dextral strike-slip structures, known as the Marlborough Fault System, transfer displacement between the mainly transform and convergent type plate boundaries in a complex zone at the northern end of the South Island. The earthquake occurred on the Wairarapa Fault which is part of the NIFS.
Earthquake characteristics
The earthquake was associated with the rupturing of approximately of the Wairarapa Fault. A horizontal displacement of up to was accompanied by uplift and tilting of the Rimutaka Range on the northwestern side of the fault with vertical offsets of about 6 metres near the fault reducing to almost nothing on the western coast of the Wellington Peninsula. The estimated magnitude of about 8.2 is unusually large for an earthquake associated with movement on a mainly strike-slip fault, and the coseismic offset would have been the largest known for such an event. It has been suggested that this was caused by the rupture propagating down to where the fault links through to the top of the subducting Pacific Plate. That such megathrust coupling with overlying surface faults is possible was subsequently observed with the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, and a new model for a subset of shallow megathrust earthquakes, including this earthquake, was developed. Other evidence for this hypothesis is geomorphological evidence, particularly the uplifted beach ridges observed at Turakirae Head, that appear to record three previous coseismic uplifts of the Rimutaka Range caused by earthquakes similar in magnitude to the 1855 event, with a recurrence interval of about 2200 years.
Damage
Wellington experienced severe shaking but the resulting damage was reduced as the city had been extensively rebuilt following the 1848 Marlborough earthquake using mainly wooden structures; only one recorded fatality (by collapse of a brick chimney) occurred, though several other buildings were damaged. Reports identify at least another four people (possibly as many as eight) as having died in the Wairarapa during the earthquake and a bridge over the Hutt River was wrecked. Numerous landslides were associated with the earthquake, including the harbour-side cliffs near Newlands and numerous events along the slopes of the Rimutaka Range. Minor damage was recorded in places as far away as New Plymouth, Lyttelton and Christchurch.
The uplift of the northwestern side of Wellington Harbour rendered many of the jetties in the harbour unusable, although this new area of land provided a new rail and road route to the north. Much of modern Wellington's central business district is formed by reclamations on land raised from the harbour by the event, as shown by the series of "Shoreline 1840" plaques. At Turakirae Head the newest raised beach was formed by an uplift of in the 1855 quake.
Along with other historic earthquakes in the Wellington region, the severe uplift and landslides along the coastline caused by the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake would have likely extirpated local populations of Durvillaea antarctica southern bull kelp. For comparison, a large-scale die off of Durvillaea was observed following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. The removal of D. antarctica along the Wellington coastline in 1855 (or earlier) would have created an ecological opportunity, which may have facilitated a northward range expansion for Durvillaea poha from the South Island.
Tsunami
The earthquake generated New Zealand's largest historical locally generated tsunami, with a maximum run-up of . New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research created an animated tsunami simulation model based on the 1855 Wairarapa event, which was screened on the television tele-drama "Aftershock".
See also
1843 Wanganui earthquake
1888 North Canterbury earthquake
List of earthquakes in New Zealand
List of historical earthquakes
List of historical tsunamis
References
Further reading
Earthquakes in New Zealand
Wairarapa earthquake
Wairarapa earthquake
Wairarapa
History of the Wellington Region
Tsunamis in New Zealand
19th-century tsunamis
1855 natural disasters
January 1855 events
1850s in Wellington
1855 disasters in New Zealand
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"Her Big Chance" is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett as part of his Talking Heads series for the BBC. The series became very popular, moving onto BBC Radio and international theatre, as well as becoming one of the best-selling audio book releases of all time and being included as part of both the A-level and GCSE English syllabus. It was the fifth episode of the first series of Talking Heads, and originally aired on 17 May 1988.
In the 2020 remake, the character of Lesley was played by Jodie Comer.
Storyline
Lesley (portrayed by Julie Walters in the original 1988 broadcast and Jodie Comer in the 2020 remake) is an aspiring actress who, after a series of unpromising bit parts on television, is offered what she believes to be her breakout role in a new film for the West German market. However, Lesley does not realise that the film is a soft pornographic film.
Reception
See also
English A-level and GCSEs
References
External links
Episode details
BBC television dramas
British plays
BBC Radio 7 (rebranded) programmes
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Since 1994, the Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal has been awarded annually by the Sabin Vaccine Institute in recognition of work in the field of vaccinology or a complementary field. It is in commemoration of the pioneering work of Albert B. Sabin.
Recipients
See also
List of medicine awards
References
External links
Sabin Vaccine Institute
Medicine awards
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John Landy Athletics Field is situated at the corner of Swanston Street and Barwon Terrace, South Geelong, and was formerly known as Riverside Reserve. It sits adjacent to the Barwon River to the south and the Godfrey Hirst Pty Ltd carpet factory to the east. it is considered the premier athletics venue in the Geelong region, and its track is of national standard. Landy Field is located close to Kardinia Park. Landy Field was the venue for the 2016 Victoria Country Athletics Championships. The venue itself is open 24 hours. Landy Field is an associated venue of the Geelong Cross Country Club.
History
Landy Field became a project of the Geelong Guild Athletic Club in the late 1950s. At the conclusion of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, the Geelong City Council held a dinner on 15 January 1957 to honour the six Geelong Guild athletes (Ron Blackney, John Chittick, Robert James "Bob" Joyce, John Landy, Don MacMillan and John Vernon) who had represented Geelong and Australia at these games. During the dinner, where most of the neighbouring cities and shires were represented, John Landy made a speech on behalf of the honoured athletes, in which Landy compared overseas facilities available to athletes to those of Australia. Geelong, at that stage, had no dedicated athletic field of any kind.
To confirm a proper management structure of Landy Field (Riverside Reserve) the Geelong City Council entered into an agreement with the Geelong Guild Athletic Club Trustees: Bervin E. Purnell, president; Rudi Hochreiter Snr, secretary;Wal Whiteside, construction engineer; and Charles Harding, committee member. This agreement was confirmed on 6 January 1961 and thus allowed for the construction of Landy Field to commence.
On 16 December 2016, the Geelong Advertiser announced that Australian Olympic athlete Morgan Mitchell, among others, would run at the venue for an event that had prize money of up to A$10,000.
Finance
Surrounding Geelong municipalities and shires contributed $2,550, while the Geelong Guild Athletic Club donated $3,989.80 towards the construction of Landy Field. Most of the Guild money came from its life savings since the club's founding on 13 July 1908.
On 15 December 2020, the Federal government announced that it had agreed to the City of Greater Geelong's selection of an upgrade to Landy Field facilities, including the changerooms, toilets, showers, hot water systems and the first aid room. Much of these facilities, excluding the first aid room, had not been upgraded since first constructed as part of the pavilion in 1979. Through the Federal governments $2.18 million grant to the City of Greater Geelong, $200,000 was allocated to Landy Field to assist the recovery from the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Other facilities
The venue has a playground, public toilets, and an exercise station.
Gallery
References
Sport in Geelong
Sports venues in Victoria (state)
Buildings and structures in Geelong
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Netraganj is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of Central Development Region of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6,219 people living in 1,147 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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is a railway station located in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) and Hisatsu Orange Railway. The station opened on November 21, 1896.
Lines
Kyushu Railway Company
Kagoshima Main Line
Hisatsu Line
Hisatsu Orange Railway
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Platforms
Adjacent stations
See also
List of railway stations in Japan
External links
Hisatsu Orange Railway website
Railway stations in Kumamoto Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1896
Stations of Hisatsu Orange Railway
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Sir Thomas Angus Lyall Paton (10 May 1905 – 7 April 1999) was a British civil engineer from Jersey. Paton was born into a family that had founded the civil engineering firms of Easton, Gibb & Son and Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners and he would spend his entire professional career working for the latter. Following his graduation from University College London one of his first jobs was the construction of a dam in Maentwrog in Wales. Paton later became an expert on dams and much of his career was devoted to their construction. In 1931 he undertook an economic survey of Canada which recommended a programme of works for its port system. This report was still being used into the 1970s. During the Second World War Paton was involved with the construction of gun emplacements in the Dardanelles, Turkey and of caissons for the Mulberry Harbours used after the Invasion of Normandy.
After the Second World War, Paton undertook an economic survey of Syria, which made recommendations for port, water infrastructure, irrigation and hydroelectric improvements. This was followed by a similar report on Lebanon and one on the possibility of extending railways from Northern Rhodesia to neighbouring countries. From 1946, Paton worked almost exclusively on hydroelectric projects, beginning with the Owen Falls Hydroelectric Scheme in Uganda. He also worked on the Kariba Dam in Zambia and Zimbabwe, which was the largest dam in the world when built and for which he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He was also involved with the Indus Basin Project, the Aswan High Dam, the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam, the P.K. Le Roux Dam, the Spioenkop Dam and the Tarbela Dam. Paton was knighted in 1973 and retired in 1977, remaining a senior consultant to Gibb and Partners. He spent his retirement in Jersey, where he died at St Helier on 7 April 1999. Paton was dedicated to his professional career and served as President of both the Institution of Civil Engineers (November 1970 – November 1971) and the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers.
Early life
Angus, the name he preferred, was born on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands on 10 May 1905. His father, Thomas Lyall Paton, was a journalist and author. His mother, Janet, was the daughter of Easton Gibb, founder of Easton, Gibb & Son, a firm of civil engineering contractors. His uncle on his mother's side, Alexander Gibb, was also a civil engineer and had founded Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, where Paton would spend his professional career. Paton left Jersey with his family in 1909 and spent a year in England before being sent to school in Boulogne-sur-Mer in France then Lausanne in Switzerland. He returned to England at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. He spent the next six years living in St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex where he lived next door to his future wife, Joan Delme-Murray.
Paton spent four years at Brunswick preparatory school in Haywards Heath, Sussex before studying at Cheltenham College. He was a good student, which he put down to an excellent maths teacher, a good memory and being "not much good at games". On Alexander Gibb's advice Paton read for a degree in civil engineering at University College London (UCL), where he had won a scholarship at the age of 17. Whilst at UCL Paton earned half-colours for long distance running and became the only student to graduate with a first class honours Bachelor of Science degree in engineering in 1925.
Work
Post-graduation
Upon graduation Paton joined Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, which had been founded in 1922. One of his first jobs there was to assist with the design of a new jetty for Barking Power Station. In 1927 he worked on a dam at Maentwrog in North Wales and between 1932 and 1933 was resident engineer on the Glenlee portion of the Galloway hydro-electric power scheme. Paton was seconded to the Rangoon Port Trust in 1930 to construct a wharf for the export of lead from Burma. This wharf survived a serious earthquake on 5 May 1930 and was opened on 20 February 1931. On 10 April 1931 Paton sailed to Canada to undertake a survey of its ports and outline the additional facilities that would be required in the next 25–50 years. He was assisted in this for six weeks by Ralph Freeman who had designed the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The report was issued on 15 January 1932 but was not implemented until 1935 with the election of William Lyon Mackenzie King as Prime Minister of Canada. The report's findings continued to be in use until the 1970s. Paton was responsible for the construction of a new brewery for Guinness in Park Royal, London from October 1933 to October 1936. This was the biggest job of his career thus far and involved the construction of seven steel framed buildings, a power station, a storage silo, roads and railway sidings. Paton also built industrial and trading estates in Wales, West Cumberland and London. He was made a partner in the firm in 1938.
Second World War
During the Second World War the running of Gibb and Partners fell largely to Paton and James Guthrie Brown. Gibb and Partners gained a large number of government contracts and within a few weeks of the start of the war in September 1939 the workforce increased by 2000. Paton designed and sited several Royal Ordnance Factories and in March 1940 travelled to Turkey to construct an iron and steel works there. Whilst in Turkey he was contracted to build emplacements to contain guns from mothballed battleships in the Dardanelles. The construction of the emplacements was completed but the guns would later be prevented from reaching the site by the Axis occupation of Greece. Paton made his way back to Britain via Greece, Italy and France and arrived home two days prior to the Italian declaration of war against the Allies on 10 June 1940. He also constructed a plant at Barry in South Wales for the extraction of Magnesium Hydroxide from the sea, a turbine factory for British Thomson-Houston Company and a £7 million underground aircraft engine factory. From 1943–44 Paton supervised the construction, in London Docks, of the precast concrete caissons required for the construction of Mulberry Harbours following the Normandy Landings. From 1944–45 he was in charge of the rebuilding of houses damaged by V-2 rockets in the London districts of Wanstead and Woodford.
Post-war
In 1945 Paton began construction of a wool factory at Darlington and a Rayon factory at Carrickfergus, both jobs were completed in 1951. In 1946 Paton was put in charge of an economic survey of Syria which required him to traverse the country by aircraft and car. The report, issued in 1947, recommended port, water infrastructure and irrigation improvements and the construction of a hydroelectric power station on the Euphrates River. Paton undertook a similar survey in Lebanon from 1947 to 1948. He was also involved in a report on the possibility of running a railroad from Northern Rhodesia to Dar es Salaam, Mtwara and Nyasaland.
Paton worked extensively in the field of hydroelectric power and became regarded as a world authority on the matter. From 1946 to 1955 he worked on the Owen Falls Hydroelectric Scheme in Uganda which resulted in the complete stoppage of the White Nile for the first time in history. Following the completion of Owen Falls Dam, Paton worked on the first stage of the Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River, of which he said that it was the "highlight of his professional career". Paton made 22 visits to the site, of a total duration of 267 days. The project itself was, at 420 ft high, the largest dam built until then and, despite some of the worst floods on record hitting the project, was completed in 1960 at £5 million under budget. In recognition of his work on the Kariba project Paton was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George on 1 January 1960. As a result of the success of the Kariba project Gibb and Partners became involved with many of the biggest dam projects of the next two decades including works in Sudan, Argentina, South Africa and Pakistan.
Paton was later involved in the second stage of the Kariba Project and in the Aswan High Dam project. In 1955 he became a senior partner in Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners upon the death of Alistair Gibb in a polo accident. From 1960 until 1977, when he retired, Paton was the responsible partner for the firm's involvement in the supervision of the $1.2 billion World Bank Indus Basin Project. This included the construction of the Mangla Dam between 1962 and 1968.
In 1962 Gibb & Partners was one of two firms chosen (with Coyne et Bellier) by the South African government to build two dams on the Orange River. The first to be constructed was the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam which was officially opened in March 1972. The second, the P.K. Le Roux Dam, was finished in 1977. Following the success of this project Paton was retained to build a third, smaller dam, the Spioenkop Dam, which was finished in 1972. Paton was also involved with the tunnelling and underground powerhouse for the Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme. Paton was retained by the World Bank once more in 1967 to supervise the construction of the Tarbela Dam in Pakistan, which was completed in 1976. He also worked on the modernisation of the Royal Mint which involved the move from its 600-year home at Tower Hill to Llantrisant in Wales in time for decimalisation in 1971.
Retirement
Paton retired from the firm in 1977 but worked for them again as a senior consultant between 1979 and 1985. During this time he worked on the James Bay Project, a large hydroelectric and infrastructure development in Quebec, Canada. Paton spent the last twenty years of his life in retirement in Jersey in the Channel Islands. In his working life he had visited 48 countries and spent 3152 days abroad. During his career with Gibb and Partners he had grown the company from a 400 employee, home-based company to one which employed more than 1500 engineers working in 63 countries. He was also largely responsible for leading the trend of exporting British technical expertise around the world.
Paton made an endowment to the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1986, as a result the Academy awards the Sir Angus Paton Bursary of £7000 annually to a masters student. Paton married on 7 June 1933 to Joan with whom he raised two daughters and two sons. Joan died on 7 January 1964, an event which spurred him to become more involved in his profession. Paton died at St Helier in Jersey on 7 April 1999.
Personal life
Paton married Eleanor Joan Delmé-Murray on 7 June 1933, they remained married until her death at the age of 53 in 1964. They had two sons and two daughters.
Professional recognition
Institutional and committee memberships
In addition to his busy work schedule Paton served his profession on numerous councils and committees. The first of these was as chairman of the Association of Consulting Engineers between 1949 and 1950, an association of which he was made an honorary member in 1984. Paton served on the council of the Institution of Civil Engineers from 1954 to 1959 and again from 1961 to 1966. He was elected vice president of that institution, a position he filled from 1966 to 1970 when he was elected president. Whilst serving as president he started New Civil Engineer magazine to keep members up to date with civil engineering news.
From 1960 to 1965 Paton was a board member of the Hydraulics Research Station of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and from 1964 to 1975 he served on the council of the Construction Industry Research and Information Association. Paton was also the British representative on the committee of the International Commission on Large Dams between 1966 and 1973. From 1968 to 1970 he was chairman of the National Economic Development Council's working party on large industrial construction sites and from 1969 to 1974 was a member of the Natural Environment Research Council. Paton was vice-chairman of the Council of Engineering Institutions from 1971 to 1972 and chairman for 1972 to 1973. From 1974 to 1979 he was chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food flood protection research committee. Paton was also a member emeritus of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers and served as their president in 1980.
Other honours
Paton was awarded many honours for his contributions to civil engineering. In 1952 he was made an honorary fellow of University College London and he was also a fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paton was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1969 and served as one of its vice-presidents for the 1977–78 session. Paton became one of the few practising engineers to have held that post.
He was created a knight bachelor in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1973 in recognition of his services to the construction industry. This knighthood was personally conferred upon him by Queen Elizabeth II on 7 November 1973. In 1976 Paton became a founding member of the Fellowship of Engineering and received an honorary Doctorate of Science (DSc) in engineering from the University of London in 1977. In 1978 he was made an honorary fellow of Imperial College London and received another honorary DSc in engineering from Bristol University.
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British civil engineers
Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Presidents of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers
Fellows of the Royal Society
Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
1905 births
1999 deaths
Knights Bachelor
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
People educated at Cheltenham College
Alumni of University College London
Jersey people
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Nokailwa is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 8,358 people living in 1,452 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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David Allan Edstrom (September 10, 1938 – May 9, 2019) was a decathlete from the United States. He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago. He represented his native country at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He competed for Sherwood High School (Oregon), the University of Oregon, the Emerald Empire TC, the Oregon TC, and the US Air Force. He had six children.
References
1938 births
2019 deaths
American male decathletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
Oregon Ducks men's track and field athletes
Track and field athletes from Portland, Oregon
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
People from Sherwood, Oregon
Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
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A Fish Out of Water is a 1961 American children's book written by Helen Palmer Geisel (credited as Helen Palmer) and illustrated by P. D. Eastman. The book is based on a short story by Palmer's husband Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), "Gustav, the Goldfish", which was published with his own illustrations in Redbook magazine in June 1950.
Plot
The story is about a boy who buys a fish from a pet store. The boy names the fish Otto. Mr. Carp, the owner, gives the boy instructions on how to care for the fish, including strict feeding instructions: "Never feed him a lot. Just so much, and no more! Never more than a spot! Or something may happen. You never know what." When the boy inadvertently disobeys these instructions out of compassion for his new pet, Otto begins to grow uncontrollably, quickly outgrowing his fishbowl. This leads the boy to move him into a series of successively larger containers, ending with the bathtub. When Otto outgrows the tub, the house begins to flood.
The boy then requests help from a police officer and the fire department, who help him take Otto down to the local pool, where they drop the fish in, causing him to expand to the size of the pool and scare off all of the swimmers. Since Otto keeps on growing, the boy calls Mr. Carp who is not surprised, as boys always ignore his feeding instructions. When Mr. Carp arrives, he dives into the pool and pulls Otto below. Eventually, he emerges with the fish, back to its normal size. He refuses to say how he did it, but tells the boy to never overfeed Otto again, and the boy now knows what happens and takes his advice to heart.
Background
"Gustav, the Goldfish", the short story that served as the basis for this book, was written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss and published in the June 1950 edition of Redbook magazine as the first installment in his series of children's stories for Redbook. This story has much in common with A Fish Out of Water, including its plot and characters. However, the goldfish's name is Gustav instead of Otto, and the pet shop owner's name is Mr. VanBuss instead of Mr. Carp. The original story was collected, along with six other Dr. Seuss stories originally published in magazines, in the 2011 collection The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories.
In 1959, in a letter to his wife, he gave her formal permission to write a book for the Beginner Books series based on his original story, writing, "You have the right to use any of the situations or any of the words from the original story that your little heart desires. You must, however, comply with all necessary steps in protecting my original copyright." Palmer's work involved, in part, rewriting and simplifying the original text to comply with Beginner Books' policies. She finished A Fish Out of Water in 1961, at the Hotel Madison in New York City where she and her husband were staying for six weeks while their home in La Jolla, California, was being remodeled. She had apparently been working on the book continuously, as she jokingly described this last revision as "the 9,373th version" of the book.
References
1961 children's books
American picture books
Random House books
Books by P. D. Eastman
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Landin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Peter J. Landin (1930–2009), British computer scientist
Mark Landin, municipality in Brandenburg, Germany
Niklas Landin Jacobsen (born 1988), Danish handballer
Luis Ángel Landín (born 1985), Mexican footballer
See also
Landing (disambiguation)
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Parsa is a rural municipality in Sarlahi District, a part of Province No. 2 in Nepal. It is situated 10 km East from Malangwa which is headquarter of Sarlahi. It was formed in 2016 occupying current 6 sections (wards) from previous 6 former VDCs. It occupies an area of 23.12 km2 with a total population of 21,650. The major language spoken in the rural municipality are Maithili and Bajjika.
Schools
In Parsa municipality, there are five government schools. Among them two are secondary schools:1. Shree Public Secondary School is in the northern part of the village. This school is up to 12th grade. Students from nearby villages also attend this school.
2. Shree Nepal Rastriya Baiju Janata Secondary School is in ward no.2 in Sangrampur village. This is the first school in the rural municipality which started 11&12 classes.
Markets
There are two main market places. One in Sangrampur and other in Parsa village. In Sangrampur market sets on Monday and Friday while in Parsa it sets on Sunday and Thursday. There are many shops in both the markets which sets for vegetables and goods selling every week. These markets are near the Indian border so many Indian residents also come to trade goods in these markets. Some other small markets are in Jingadwa, Narayanpur, and Parsa villages.
Boundaries
East- Hardi Khola
South- Indian border
West- Sakhuvillage of Brahmpuri R. M. Waba
West North- Nokavillage of Brahmpuri R. M. Ilwa
North- Pivillage of Brahmpuri R. M.
West- of Haripurwa municipality. Dhagarwa
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
Rural municipalities in Madhesh Province
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The Second Stanhope Ministry was the ninth ministry of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, and was led by Labor Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and his deputies Ted Quinlan (2004–2006) and Katy Gallagher (2006–2008). It was sworn in on 4 November 2004, following the Labor government's landslide re-election at the 2004 election. The retirement of veteran member Bill Wood at the election created a vacancy in the ministry, and backbencher John Hargreaves, who had polled exceptionally well at the election, was appointed to fill the position.
There were several changes during the term of this ministry. The first, albeit minor, changes in March 2005 saw Deputy Chief Minister Quinlan pick up several new portfolios. A much greater change occurred in April 2006 when Quinlan's retirement from politics sparked a major reshuffle and the appointment of a new minister in Andrew Barr. A final change occurred in April 2007, when Simon Corbell was stripped of his responsibilities for planning after publicly criticising Chief Minister Stanhope over his handling of the area, and Stanhope chose to reactivate an environment and climate change ministry.
The ministry was replaced by the Third Stanhope Ministry after the Labor government's re-election at the 2008 election.
First arrangement
This covers from the period from 4 November 2004 (when the ministry was sworn in) until 20 April 2006. There was one minor change during this term when, six months later on 2 March 2005, additional ministries were added to Quinlan's responsibilities, covering the ministries of business, tourism, sport and recreation and racing and gaming. This arrangement continued until the retirement of Ted Quinlan that resulted in a major reshuffle of the ministry, and the appointment of Andrew Barr to fill the subsequent vacancy, as outlined in the second arrangement.
Second arrangement
This covers the period from 20 April 2006, when Andrew Barr was sworn in following the retirement of Ted Quinlan, through until the swearing in of the Third Stanhope Ministry following the Labor government's re-election at the 2008 election. There was one minor change during this term when, twelve months later on 17 April 2007, Stanhope assumed the expanded ministry of environment, water and climate change; the ministry for children and young people was restored to Gallagher's responsibilities; and the planning ministry transferred from Corbell to Barr.
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Australian Capital Territory ministries
Australian Labor Party ministries in the Australian Capital Territory
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Abdoun is a residential area of Amman, Jordan. Abdoun is considered by many to be the most affluent district of the city, and is located towards the south of the city. Some of Jordan's most expensive real estate is located in the district.
Abdoun Circle is surrounded by numerous restaurants, cafés, and stalls, and is a popular spot among Amman's youth. Abdoun Mall, the first mall to open in Amman at the time of its opening, is also located in the district.
Abdoun is neighbored by the districts of Deir Ghbar, Sweifieh, Jabal Al-Akhdar, Al-Hilal, Al-Yasmin, and Jabal Amman. The Abdoun Bridge connects the 4th Circle in Jabal Amman to the Abdoun Circle and a highway continues through Abdoun and into south Amman.
Neighbourhoods of Amman
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Treaty of Prenzlau or Peace of Prenzlau () may refer to several treaties during a series of wars between the Margraviate of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Pomerania fought for control of Pomerania-Stettin, and possession of the Uckermark in the 15th century. The First Peace of Prenzlau ended a war fought between 1445 and 1448, while the Second Peace of Prenzlau ended a war fought between 1466 and 1468. In older documents, Prenzlau may be spelled Prenzlow, which was the common spelling during the time period the treaties were drawn and was only changed during the 19th century. Prenzlau is situated in the center of Uckermark.
First Peace of Prenzlau (1448)
After a series of conflicts, the Brandenburgian margraves and the Pomeranian dukes partitioned the Uckermark with the Treaty of Prenzlau (1448). The southern parts should belong to Brandenburg, while the northern parts stayed with Pomerania. The northern parts were to be inherited by Brandenburg in case the House of Pomerania were to become extinct. The peace treaty was prepared in 1447 and signed on 3 May 1448.
Second Peace of Prenzlau (1472, 1479)
War started again when Stettin (Szczecin) refused to hail the Brandenburgian margraves, which it was supposed to following the Treaty of Soldin (1466). Brandenburg responded by attacking the Pomeranian duchy and advanced deep into Pomerania-Stettin, which before the war included the Uckermark.
Most of the fighting in this war was ended by a truce, the treaty of Prenzlau (1468): Brandenburg thereby kept the southern Uckermark gained in the course of the war from Pomerania. The truce concluded in September 1468 was prolonged in 1469 in Petrikau.
The Second Treaty of Prenzlau (1472) was a peace treaty signed on 31 May 1472 between Albert III, Elector of Brandenburg, and the Dukes of Pomerania. Based on the terms of the accord, the dukes Eric II and Wartislaw X surrendered the Duchy of Pomerania-Stettin to Albert III, with the Uckermark becoming an integral part of Brandenburg and the remainder of Pomerania-Stettin becoming a Brandenburgian vassal. This accord was confirmed by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III in 1473.
A third treaty of Prenzlau (1479) confirmed the 1472 one.
See also
List of treaties
References
External links
The Gutenberg Encyclopedia
A Concise History of Fortress-Castle Klempenow
From the Middle of the 13th Century to the Death of Bogislaw X (1250-1523)
Treaties of the Duchy of Pomerania
Treaties of the Margraviate of Brandenburg
1440s in the Holy Roman Empire
1448 in Europe
1470s in the Holy Roman Empire
1472 in Europe
1479 in Europe
1440s treaties
1470s treaties
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Meare Pool (also known as Ferlingmere, Ferran Mere or Meare fish pool) was a lake in the Somerset Levels in South West England. Lake villages existed there in prehistoric times. During medieval times it was an important fishery, but following extensive drainage works it had disappeared from maps in the 18th century.
Location
Meare Pool was formed by water ponding-up behind the raised peat bogs between the Wedmore and the Polden Hills, and core samples have shown that it is filled with at least of detritus mud, especially in the Subatlantic climatic period (1st millennium BC).
Meare Pool was located on low-lying levels just north of Meare. Its precise boundaries varied according to season, and, over the longer term, as efforts were made to drain the area. Early 16th-century surveys variously describe it as being up to a mile and a half wide and having a circumference of between 2.5 and 5 miles. The south end was bordered by the high ground that the village of Meare is built upon. The pond would have extended no further west than the current Westhay to Wedmore road, where a shelf of rock formed a natural boundary. To the north lies the Godney ridge. The eastern extent is harder to determine, and it may have gone as far as the site of the Glastonbury Lake Village.
Prehistory
In prehistoric times there were two Meare Lake Villages situated within the lake, occupied at different times between 300 BCE and 100 CE, similar to the nearby Glastonbury Lake Village. The Meare villages were discovered in 1895 but excavation did not start until 1908. More recent studies have shown that the villages were formed by laying dried clay over the Sphagnum Moss of the bog. The pool at that time was at least long by wide.
Fishery
In the Domesday book of 1086 the village of Meare is recorded as supporting "10 fishermen and 3 fisheries paying 20 pence". At the time of the Dissolution in 1540, Meare Pool was said to contain a great abundance of pike, tench, roach and eels. In 1638 it was owned by William Freake, who described it as "lately a fish pool".
In the 14th century a Fish House was built at Meare for the chief fisherman of the Abbot of Glastonbury that was also used for salting and preparing fish. It is the only surviving monastic fishery building in England. The importance of this industry is illustrated by a series of acrimonious disputes between Glastonbury and the Dean and Chapter of Wells Cathedral. Glastonbury Abbey required fish on Fridays, fast days and during Lent. As many as 5000 eels were landed in a typical year.
There were also three fishponds which would have allowed fish to have been bred or stored.
Drainage
In early times the Meare Pool collected the waters of the rivers Brue and Sheppey, and discharged in a northerly direction into the Lower River Axe. In the later years of the 12th century the Abbey diverted the Brue to flow westwards, perhaps largely through natural channels, from Meare Pool to join the river Parrett. Further reclamation was carried out in stages between about 1620 and 1740, with the "new Cutts" (or Decoy Rhyne) being built about 1660. The rivers Sheppey and Hartlake were canalised into the River James Wear and Division Rhyne sometime in the late 1730s.
Early drainage work was carried out in the later years of the 12th century, with the responsibility for maintaining all the watercourses between Glastonbury and the sea being placed on named individuals among whom were Ralph de Sancta Barbara of Brentmarsh. Drainage of the surrounding area by monks of Glastonbury Abbey had reduced the size of the lake to at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Meare Pool had disappeared from maps by 1749.
Legacy
Current Ordnance Survey maps show Meare Pool as a placename in an area with spot heights of 4m. The 14th-century fish house has been designated as a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument and is now in the care of English Heritage.
In the Second World War a pillbox was located at Meare Pool at the confluence of the Decoy Rhyne and Whitelake River.
References
Geography of Somerset
Somerset Levels
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Parwanipur is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. It is 5 km up from Mahendra Highway At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6162 people living in 1122 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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Nathan S. Lewis is the George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He specializes in functionalization of silicon and other semiconductor surfaces, chemical sensing using chemiresistive sensor arrays, and alternative energy and artificial photosynthesis.
Early life and education
Lewis obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees at Caltech under Harry B. Gray in 1977 studying the redox reactions of inorganic rhodium complexes. After that, he moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his Ph.D. in 1981 under Mark S. Wrighton studying semiconductor electrochemistry.
Career
Lewis went to Stanford as an assistant professor from 1981 to 1985 and then as a tenured Associate Professor from 1986 to 1988, before returning to Caltech in 1988. He became a full professor at Caltech in 1991. In 1992, he became the Principal Investigator of the Molecular Materials Resource Center at the Beckman Institute at Caltech.
His research interests include surface chemistry, particularly silicon surfaces and their photoelectrochemical performance. The study of electron transfer reactions, both at surfaces and in transition metal complexes, in response to light, has relevance for the creation of semiconductors and for artificial photosynthesis. A major focus of his research is solar energy. He is working on the development of components for a photoanode, photocathode, and ion-conducting membrane for a system for artificial photosynthesis that would use sunlight and water to produce hydrogen and oxygen. He is also engaged in "big-picture" thinking about the science and policy issues affecting solar conversion.
In addition, Lewis is involved in the creation and use of novel organic polymers and the creation of sensor arrays and pattern recognition algorithms for an "electronic nose" that can be used for detection of explosives and diagnosis of illness. The American Ceramic Society awarded him the 2003 Edward Orton, Jr. Memorial Lecture award for "An ‘Electronic Nose’ Based on Arrays of Conducting Polymer Composite Vapor Detectors".
In July, 2010 Lewis was named as director of a U.S. Department of Energy Energy Innovation Hub, the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, to develop revolutionary methods to generate fuels directly from sunlight. He has been appointed chair of the Editorial Board for Energy and Environmental Science. He was #17 in the 2009 Rolling Stone list of Agents of Change.
Awards
1977, Hertz Fellowship
1985, Sloan Research Fellowship
1985, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
1988, Presidential Young Investigator Award
1990, Fresenius Award
1991, ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
2003, Edward Orton, Jr. Memorial Lecture award
2003, Princeton Environmental Award
2008, Michael Faraday Medal of the Royal Society of Electrochemistry
2017, National Academy of Inventors Fellow
References
External links
Presentations regarding challenges involved with widespread adoption of renewable energy technologies
Living people
California Institute of Technology faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American chemists
Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni
California Institute of Technology alumni
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Pedro Ferreira da Silva Filho (born October 24, 1966) is a former decathlete from Brazil. He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, and competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
His personal best of 8266 points, set in Walnut, California in 1987, lasted twenty-five years as the Brazilian record. Luiz Alberto de Araújo bettered this mark at the 2012 Brazilian championships. He won three straight decathlon title at the South American Junior Championships in Athletics from 1983 to 1985. He was also the silver medallist at the 1984 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.
International competitions
References
sports-reference
1966 births
Living people
Brazilian decathletes
Brazilian male athletes
Olympic athletes for Brazil
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games athletes for Brazil
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Brazil
Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
20th-century Brazilian people
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The 2008 Portimão Superbike World Championship round was the last round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of October 31-November 2, 2008, at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve.
Superbike race 1 classification
Superbike race 2 classification
Supersport race classification
References
Portimao Round
Superbike World Championship round
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Pattharkot is a town in Lalbandi Municipality in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,825 people living in 825 individual households.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District
Populated places in Sarlahi District
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Holy Saviour's Cathedral is a former Anglican cathedral in Xicheng District of Beijing, China.
History
English evangelism started in Beijing in 1862 with the arrival of missionaries John Shaw Burdon and Samuel Isaac Schereschewsky. In 1880, the Diocese of North China was founded to serve the city's growing Anglican population. The property on which the cathedral is situated was originally owned by Ying Keting, an official who worked in the Criminal Department of the Qing Dynasty. Charles Perry Scott, Bishop of the Diocese of North China, purchased with the intention to build a Cathedral for the burgeoning Diocese. The church was built in 1907, and is the oldest surviving Anglican church in Northern China. It was the seat of the Diocese of North China. Anglican worship at the cathedral ended following the Communist takeover in 1949. The building fell into disrepair, but was restored in 1990 by the Saiweng Information and Consulting Center. In 2003, the building was listed as a Beijing Cultural Protection Site. In 2019, the building was converted to a branch of Beijing's Mofan Bookstore.
Structure
Architecturally, the cathedral is cruciform, with the north–south axis laid out as a basilica. Other structural aspects, such as the aisles, are also built in a typically European fashion. However, many of the interior and exterior features are Chinese in style, with the whole building being built with typical grey bricks and Chinese roof shingles that blend with the area's Hutong architecture. The cathedral's bell tower, situated above the crossing, is built in the manner of a pagoda. The cathedral's entrance is also built in the Chinese style, with blessings inscribed. Several memorials to past clergymen are present inside. The cathedral's interior is furnished in the Chinese style, with wooden walls and a trussed timber roof in blonde wood.
References
Churches in Beijing
Anglican cathedrals in China
Former Anglican churches in China
Cathedrals in Beijing
20th-century Anglican church buildings in China
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The 2008 Denmark Super Series is the ninth tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Odense, Denmark from October 21 to October 26, 2008.
Final Results
External links
Denmark Open Super Series 2008 at tournamentsoftware.com
Denmark Open
B
Denmark
Odense Municipality
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is a mountain of the Hokusetsu Mountains, located on the border of Inagawa, Hyōgo and Nose, Ōsaka, Japan. This mountain is one of Osaka 50 mountains, and an important part of Hokusetsu Natural Park.
Outline
Mount Taka is one of the major mountains of Hokusetsu Mountains. Hokusetsu Mountains are themselves sometimes regarded as a part of Tanba Highland. Mount Taka is a typical mountain in this area like Mount Kenpi, Mount Yokoo and Mount Hankokou.
Religion
Mount Taka which has a pyramidal shape has been an object of worship by the people around the mountain. The most religious spot in the middle of this mountain is Inagawa Fudoson Temple.
Route
There are three routes to the top of the mountain. One is the most popular from Sugio Bus Stop via Inagawa Fudoson. It takes about two hours. From Morigami Bus Stop, there are two routes. It take roughly two and half hours from Morigami to the top.
Access
Sugio Bus Stop of Hankyu Bus
Morigami Bus Stop of Hankyu Bus
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Hokusetsu, Kyoto Nishiyama, Shobunsha, 2007
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Pidari is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,106 people living in 545 individual households.
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The Mount Rainier Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Rainier, Prince George's County, Maryland, which began as a streetcar suburb located northeast of Washington, D.C. The district was built on a gently rolling rural landscape from about 1900 to 1940. The district contains more than 1,000 buildings, which are modestly scaled, detached, single-family, frame houses sited closely together with common setbacks. It consists primarily of single-family homes, with some small apartment buildings, a few duplexes, and single family homes that include a small storefront, usually located at the corner of an intersection. With the exception of five churches and a bank building known to have been designed by local architects, the remainder of the district's buildings are vernacular in character. Some homes contain Queen Anne detailing.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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, including photo in 1989, at Maryland Historical Trust website
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Parariya is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,786 people living in 676 individual households.
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Narford is situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 970 hectares (3.75 square miles).
Narford village has all but disappeared, with a population of only 41. At the 2011 Census the population of the area remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of South Acre.
The villages name probably means 'narrow ford' or 'ford at the narrow place'.
The large 18th-century Narford Hall built by Andrew Fountaine, art collector and amateur architect, is nearby. Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini's decorations were removed from Burlington House in London by 1727 and survive at Narford Hall. Andrew Fountaine (1918–1997) who was a founder member of the National Labour Party and deputy leader of the British National Front lived at the hall.
To the rear of the hall runs the river River Nar on its way from West Acre towards Narborough. Adjacent to the hall is St Mary the Virgin church in the Benefice of Narborough and part of the Nar Valley Group of Parishes. Both the church and the hall are Grade I listed.
The village is on the Nar Valley Way path.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Narford.
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Gurdial Singh Rahi (Gurdi'āl Sigh; 10 January 1933 – 16 August 2016) was an Indian writer and novelist who wrote in Punjabi. He started his literary career in 1957 with a short story, "Bhaganwale." He became known as a novelist when he published the novel Marhi Da Deeva in 1964. The novel was later adapted into the Punjabi film Marhi Da Deeva in 1989, directed by Surinder Singh. His novel Anhe Ghore Da Daan was also made into a film of the same name in 2011 by director Gurvinder Singh. Singh was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1998 and Jnanpith Award in 1999.
Life and work
Early life
Gurdial Singh was born on 10 January 1933 in the village of Bhaini Fateh near Jaitu in British Punjab. His father, Jagat Singh, was a carpenter, and his mother, Nihal Kaur, took care of the household. The young Singh began working as a carpenter at the age of 12 to support his family's poor financial conditions. By his own admission, Singh worked 16 hours a day when he took on various jobs such as making wheels for bullock carts and metal sheet forming for water tanks. Together, he and his father earned a day from hard labour.
In childhood, Singh was interested in painting but gradually he applied himself to a formal education. After successfully persuading Singh's father that his son was worthy of more schooling, Madan Mohan Sharma, the headmaster of a middle school that Singh attended in Jaito, encouraged the young boy to stick with his studies, even though his father thought it was futile. Singh completed his Matric examination while he worked in various day time jobs. At the age of 14, he married Balwant Kaur. In 1962, he took the job of school teacher in Nandpur Kotra which paid him in monthly salary. Meanwhile, Singh continued his own education, went on to receive his B.A. in English and History, and followed that up with a M.A. in 1967.
Literary career
Singh started his literary career in 1957 with a short story, "Bhaganwale", which was published in Panj Darya, a magazine edited by Mohan Singh. His later stories were published in Preetlari, edited by Gurbaksh Singh. His major work, Marhi Da Deeva, established his reputation as a novelist. Singh wrote four different versions of the novel over the course of four years, before he decided to publish the fourth and final one in 1964. The various characters Singh portrayed in the novel were recreations of real-life people woven into a fictitious storyline. It was translated into English by Ajmer Rode as The Last Flicker. The first edition of the translation was published in 1991 by the Sahitya Akademi. A revised edition of The Last Flicker appeared in 2010, published by the National Book Trust.
Singh's other notable works included the novels Anhoe (1966), Addh Chanani Raat (1972), Anhe Ghore Da Daan (1976) and Parsa (1991); collections of short stories, including Saggi Phull (1962), Kutta Te Aadmi (1971), Begana Pind (1985) and Kareer Di Dhingri (1991); and autobiographies Neean Mattiyan (1999) and Dojee Dehi (2000) published in two parts. The novels Addh Chanani Raat and Parsa have been translated into English as Night of the Half Moon (published by Macmillan) and Parsa by the National Book Trust, respectively.
Singh's favourite works included Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Irving Stone's Lust for Life, John Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath, Phanishwar Nath Renu's Maila Anchal, Prem Chand's Godaan and Yashpal's Divya.
Awards and honours
Singh received various awards over the course of his life, including the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi in 1975 for the novel Adh Chanani Raat, the Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1986, the Bhai Veer Singh Fiction Award in 1992, the Shiromani Sahitkar Award in 1992, the Jnanpith Award in 1999 and the Padma Shri in 1998. He shared the Jnanpith Award with Hindi language author Nirmal Verma.
Death
Singh suffered from a heart attack earlier in 2016 after which he was partially paralysed. On 13 August 2016 he fell unconscious at his home in Jaitu and was admitted into a private hospital at Bathinda where he was kept on ventilator support. He died on 16 August 2016, when he was taken off life support systems, after it was determined that Singh had shown no signs of recovery. He is survived by his wife, Balwant Kaur, a son and two daughters.
Works
Singh has published various novels, short story collections, plays, children's literature and also an autobiography in two parts.
Sapno Ke - Se Din was one of his works, talking about his childhood days and is included in CBSE class 10 Hindi course B.
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The Capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch forces of the Grand Alliance occurred between 1 and 4 August 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession. Since the beginning of the war the Alliance had been looking for a harbour in the Iberian Peninsula to control the Strait of Gibraltar and facilitate naval operations against the French fleet in the western Mediterranean Sea. An attempt to seize Cádiz had ended in failure in September 1702, but following the Alliance fleet's successful raid in Vigo Bay in October that year, the combined fleets of the 'Maritime Powers', the Netherlands and England, had emerged as the dominant naval force in the region. This strength helped persuade King Peter II of Portugal to sever his alliance with France and Bourbon-controlled Spain, and ally himself with the Grand Alliance in 1703 as the Alliance fleets could campaign in the Mediterranean using access to the port of Lisbon and conduct operations in support of the Austrian Habsburg candidate to the Spanish throne, the Archduke Charles, known to his supporters as of Spain.
Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt represented the Habsburg cause in the region. In May 1704 the Prince and Admiral George Rooke, commander of the main Grand Alliance fleet, failed to take Barcelona in the name of Rooke subsequently evaded pressure from his allies to make another attempt on Cádiz. In order to compensate for their lack of success the Alliance commanders resolved to capture Gibraltar, a small town on the southern Spanish coast. Following a heavy bombardment the town was invaded by English and Dutch marines and sailors. The governor, Diego de Salinas, agreed to surrender Gibraltar and its small garrison on 4 August. Three days later Prince George entered the town with Austrian and Spanish Habsburg troops in the name of of Spain. The Grand Alliance failed in its objective of replacing Philip V with as King of Spain, but in the peace negotiations Gibraltar was ceded to Britain.
Background
At the start of the War of the Spanish Succession, Portugal was nominally an ally of the Bourbons: France under Louis XIV, and Spain under his grandson, Philip V. Although not a belligerent, Portugal's harbours were closed to the enemies of the Bourbon powers – principally the vessels of England and the Dutch Republic. However, following the Anglo-Dutch naval victory at Vigo Bay in 1702 the balance of naval forces had swung in favour of the Grand Alliance. Having now the ability to cut off Portugal's food supplies and trade (particularly gold from Brazil) it was not hard for the Allied diplomats to induce King Peter II to sign the Methuen Treaties of May 1703 and join the Alliance. Once had committed himself to war, the Alliance fleets gained access to Portugal's harbours, in particular the port of Lisbon. In return for his allegiance had demanded military and financial aid and territorial concessions in Spain; he had also asked that the Alliance send to Lisbon Emperor Leopold I's younger son, Charles – the Alliance's Habsburg candidate to the Spanish throne – to demonstrate the earnestness of their support. Known to his supporters as of Spain, the young pretender arrived in Lisbon – via London – with George Rooke's fleet on 7 March 1704, amid great celebrations.
Apart from the failed Grand Alliance attempt to take Cádiz in 1702, and the subsequent attack on the Spanish treasure fleet in Vigo Bay, the war had thus far been limited to the Low Countries and Italy. With Portugal's change of allegiance, however, the war moved towards Spain. In May 1704 the court at Lisbon received news that French and Spanish troops had crossed the frontier into Portugal. This army of approximately 26,000 men under and the Duke of Berwick scored several victories on the border: Salvaterra fell on 8 May, Penha Garcia on 11 May, personally oversaw the fall of Castelo Branco on 23 May, and T'Serclaes captured Portalegre on 8 June. But without supply for their forces, the coming summer heat made it impossible for them to continue with the campaign, and returned to Madrid on 16 July to a hero's welcome. However, the heat did not affect the war at sea where the Alliance was in a position of strength.
Prelude
Using Lisbon as an improvised forward base Admiral Rooke's Anglo-Dutch fleet ventured into the Mediterranean Sea in May 1704. After seeing the Levant trading fleet safely through the Strait of Gibraltar Rooke headed towards Nice to put himself in touch with Victor , Duke of Savoy. The Grand Alliance had planned for a naval attack upon the French base at Toulon in conjunction with the Savoyard army and the rebels of the Cévennes; but with Amadeus busy defending his capital Turin from French forces, the Toulon expedition was abandoned and Rooke sailed for the Catalan capital, Barcelona.
Accompanying Rooke was Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt who had enjoyed popularity amongst the Catalans as their governor at the end of the Nine Years' War. The Prince was the great exponent of the Barcelona plan; he had been in touch with the dissidents within Catalonia and counted on the appearance of the fleet to encourage a rising in favour of On 30 May, under cover of the ships’ guns, Prince George landed with 1,200 English and 400 Dutch marines; but the governor of Barcelona, Don Francisco de Velasco, had managed to keep the city's disaffected elements quiet and partisans on the alert. Moreover, the dissidents were incensed by the size of the Alliance force and had expected the personal appearance of Ultimatums for Velesco to surrender on pain of bombardment were ignored, and the plans for an insurrection from within the city's walls failed to materialize. Rooke, fearing an attack from a French squadron, was impatient for departure. Prince George could do little more than order his local followers – a thousand in all – to disperse to their homes. The marines embarked on 1 June without loss.
Meanwhile, the comte de Toulouse, one of illegitimate sons, was sailing towards the Straits with the fleet from Brest. News from Lisbon of the French manoeuvres reached Rooke on 5 June. Determined to prevent the junction of the Toulon and Brest fleets Rooke decided to risk a battle. However, owing to the foul bottoms of the Anglo-Dutch ships the swifter French fleet escaped Rooke's pursuit and arrived safely in Toulon; thenceforth, Toulouse became the commander of the enlarged French fleet, now known as the Grand Fleet of France. Rooke could not venture within range of the Toulon forts nor risk attack from a superior force so far from any port of refuge. He therefore turned back towards the Straits where the arrival of an English squadron under Cloudesley Shovell had put the Allies on a numerical parity with the French.
Rooke met Shovell on 27 June off Lagos. and sent word from Lisbon that they now wished another attempt to be made on Cádiz. Methuen believed the place to be ungarrisoned and easy to take, but the admirals in the fleet remained sceptical, especially when considering that they were not on this occasion carrying a force comparable to the failed attempt there two years earlier. Cádiz, however, was not the only potential target. As the Alliance fleet lay off Tetuan on the Barbary Coast, a council of war aboard Rooke's flagship discussed the need to please the two kings and save their own reputations. On 28 July the Alliance commanders considered the proposal of Prince George, now commander-in-chief of Alliance forces in the peninsula, for an attack on Gibraltar.
The idea of attacking Gibraltar was old and widely spread. The ‘Rock’ had caught the attention of Oliver Cromwell, and later William III's and Queen Anne’s ministers had marked it for England. The Moors had previously shown interest in the Rock and fortified it with a castle whose ruins still remained. Emperor Charles V had added many other works; but its immediate operational benefit was negligible. Gibraltar had little trade and its anchorage was unprotected – there was no question, at this time, of basing a fleet there. Gibraltar was finally selected for its strategic value, weak garrison, and to encourage the rejection of Philip V (the Bourbon Claimant) in favour of Charles III (the Habsburg claimant).
Battle
The Grand Alliance fleet crossed from Tetuan on 30 July; by 1 August Rooke, flying his flag in the Second Rate Royal Katherine, stood at the entrance to the bay while Admiral George Byng’s squadron (16 English under Byng and six Dutch ships under Rear Admiral Paulus van der Dussen) anchored inside, ranging themselves within the line of defences from the Old to the New Mole. The council of war had decided that Prince George would land with 1,800 English and Dutch marines on the isthmus under cover of a naval bombardment. The marines landed at the head of the bay, and met with no resistance except for a small body of cavalry. They cut off Gibraltar from the mainland while the enemy on the nearby hills were dispersed by fire from two ships sent to the east of the rock.
Prince George summoned the governor, Don Diego de Salinas, to surrender in the name of . He refused, and the garrison pledged its allegiance to . Although the governor was determined to resist he knew he did not have the means to do so: his earlier requests for reinforcements and military stores had always been in vain. By his own account, Don Diego had ‘no more than fifty-six men of whom there were not thirty in service’ and could count on a few hundred civilian militia ‘of such bad quality that before they [the Allied fleet] arrived they began to run away.’ In addition, he had 100 cannon of various kinds but few were in a state to be fired, and fewer still had gunners to fire them.
2 August passed in preliminaries. Don Diego, who in Trevelyan's words was prepared to ‘die like a gentleman’, sent back his defiant reply to the summons to surrender. Byng's squadron warped themselves in along the sea front as close as the depth permitted and Captain Jumper brought the Lenox within actual musket range of the New Mole. These operations were carried out in a dead calm, and were not impeded by a few shots from the Spanish batteries. At midnight Captain Edward Whitaker of the Dorsetshire led a party against a French privateer anchored at the Old Mole which had been firing at the marines on the isthmus.
About 05:00 the following day, 3 August, Byng's squadron of 22 ships fired in earnest on the crumbling walls and forts. Tens of thousands of shells were fired in the attack. The actual damage done was small in proportion to the expenditure of the shot, but in view of the possible approach of the French fleet the job had to be done quickly or not at all. Captain Whitaker acted as Byng's aide-de-camp, carrying his instructions from ship to ship, including the final order to cease firing six hours after they had begun. As the smoke lifted Captain Jumper at the southern end of the line could discern the New Mole and the fort that commanded its abutment on the land. The defenders of the fort appeared to have fled, and Whitaker and Jumper agreed that a landing could be effected there unopposed. Rooke granted the request to attack, and a flotilla of row-boats raced for the New Mole.
Landing
As the Grand Alliance prepared for their assault the priests, women, and children who had taken refuge at the chapel of Europa Point at southern end of the peninsula, began to return to their homes in the town. An English ship fired a warning shot in front of the civilian column forcing them back out of harm's way, but the shot was mistaken by the rest of the fleet as a signal to resume fire, and the bombardment began again. Under cover of the guns the landing party did its work.
The foremost sailors clambered into the breached and undefended fort at the New Mole; however, by accident or design the magazine at the fort blew up. Some of the landing party carried lighted gun-matches and, according to Trevelyan, had forgotten the possibility of a powder-magazine. Whatever the cause of the explosion the Alliance suffered between 100–200 casualties. A momentary panic ensued, for the survivors suspected an enemy-laid trap had caused the disaster. There was a rush for the boats, but at this critical moment Captain Whitaker arrived with reinforcements. The landing was supported by a number of Catalan volunteers, for whom one of Gibraltar's main spots, Catalan Bay, bears its name. Within a few minutes the attackers had rallied and proceeded north along the deserted ramparts of the seafront towards Gibraltar. On arriving near southern wall of the town, Whitaker halted the sailors and hoisted the Union Flag in a bastion on the shore.
Byng now came ashore with several hundred more seamen. Thus was the town invested by Byng in the south, as well as on its stronger northern side where the marines had landed with Prince George. Meanwhile, the party of the women and children stranded at Europa Point had been captured by English sailors. Rooke had given orders that the prisoners were not to be ill-treated, but the desire to recover these women was a further inducement for the defenders to end their resistance. On 4 August, seeing all was lost, Don Diego agreed to terms that guaranteed the lives and property of those committed to his care. Under the capitulation French subjects were taken prisoner, while any Spaniard who would take an oath of allegiance to as King of Spain could remain in the town with religion and property guaranteed.
Aftermath
Orders were issued to respect civilians as the Grand Alliance hoped to win over the population to their cause. Officers tried to maintain control but (as had happened two years previously in the raid on Cádiz) discipline broke down and the men ran amok. Groups of marauding soldiers began to sack the settlement, and all of the Catholic churches save one (the Parish Church of St. Mary the Crowned, now the Cathedral) were pillaged or converted into military storehouses. Angered Spanish inhabitants undertook violent reprisals, with soldier and sailors being attacked and killed in the streets, and their bodies thrown into wells or cesspits. After order was restored, despite the surrender agreement promising property and religious rights, most of the population left with the garrison on 7 August citing their loyalty to Philip. Several factors influenced the decision including the expectation of a counterattack and the violence during the capture, which ultimately proved disastrous for the Habsburg cause. The subsequent siege failed to dislodge the Habsburg forces and the refugees settled around Algeciras and the hermitage of San Roque. The Alliance's conduct aroused anger in Spain against the 'heretics', and once again the chance of winning over Andalusians to the Imperial cause was lost. Prince George was the first to complain, which was resented by Byng who had led the fighting and who in turn blamed the Prince and his few Spanish or Catalan supporters. Rooke complained in a letter home that the Spaniards were so exasperated against the Alliance that ‘they use the prisoners they take as barbarously as the Moors’. Spain attempted to retake Gibraltar in 1727 and most notably in 1779, when it entered the American Revolutionary War on the American side as an ally of France.
The capture of Gibraltar was recognised as a great achievement in Lisbon and by all the trading interests in the Mediterranean. A month after its capture Secretary of State Sir Charles Hedges described it as 'of great use to us [the English] for securing our trade and interrupting the enemy's'. With the English navy established on the Straits the piratical Moors of the Barbary Coast became reluctant to attack English merchant shipping, and allied themselves with Queen Anne. However, Gibraltar's immediate use as a port was limited for it could only take a few ships at a time, and ministers did not think they could keep it unless a garrison could be found for its security. John Methuen recommended an English garrison. This was supplied by the marines that had helped take the place, and by several companies of regular troops. Gibraltar was, therefore, held by English troops and at English cost – but it was in name. A year later the Austrian candidate wrote to Queen Anne about “Ma ville de Gibraltar”. If he had succeeded in his attempt to ascend the throne in Madrid the difficulty of keeping Gibraltar for England would have been politically very great.
The Alliance fleet returned to Tetuan to water. Before fresh orders came from Lisbon there was news of the approach of the French Grand Fleet under Toulouse. In an attempt by the French to retake Gibraltar, the one full-dress naval engagement of the war was fought off Málaga on 24 August; afterwards, French and Spanish troops battered at the land approaches, defended by a small garrison of sailors, soldiers, and marines. In 1711, the British and French Governments started secret negotiations to end the war leading to the cession of Gibraltar to the British by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, which remains a British overseas territory to this day.
Order of battle
The Anglo-Dutch squadron tasked with attacking Gibraltar was made up of the following ships:
See also
History of Gibraltar
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References
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Francis, David (1975). The First Peninsular War: 1702–1713. Ernest Benn Limited.
Kamen, Henry (2001). of Spain: The King who Reigned Twice. Yale University Press.
Le Fevre, Peter & Harding, Richard (eds.) (2000). Precursors of Nelson: British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century. Chatham Publishing.
Lynn, John A (1999). The Wars of 1667–1714. Longman.
Roger, N.A.M. (2006). The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain 1649–1815. Penguin
Stanhope, Philip (1836). History of the War of the Succession in Spain. London
Trevelyan, G. M. (1948). England Under Queen Anne: Blenheim. Longmans, Green & Co.
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Major General William Henry Evered Poole, () was a senior South African Army commander during the Second World War and later a diplomat.
Early life
William Henry Evered Poole was born in Caledon, Cape Colony on 8 October 1902. He was the son of Major William John Evered Poole, previously of the 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps, and Constance van Breda, a member of one of the best-known Cape Colony families, who had married in October the previous year. As the first-born son, he was given Evered as his last name in accordance with age-old Poole tradition.
Poole attended an Anglican private boys' school, St Andrew's College in Grahamstown, from 1911 to 1917 and the Diocesan College, informally known as "Bishops", Rondebosch in 1918.
In 1927, Poole married Elsie Irene van Boeschoten and had one daughter. After the dissolution of the marriage in 1951, he married Maureen Naish-Gray on 22 October 1951.
Military career
Regimental service and peacetime commands
In 1920, while a public servant, Poole joined the 9th Infantry Regiment (Cape Peninsula Rifles) of the Active Citizen Force as a private.
Poole transferred to the Permanent Force in 1922. He was placed first on the course for promotion to commissioned rank on 11 September 1923. He was next posted as a lieutenant to the 3rd Battery, South African Field Artillery and transferred to the South African Permanent Garrison Artillery at Cape Town in March 1925, when he again qualified in the first place on a garrison gunnery course. In 1927, he attended a staff duties course at the South African Military College at Roberts Heights and was attached to the South African staff Corps at the college in 1929, again passing out in the first place on a staff duties course of the Permanent Force in 1931. Appointed officer instructor to the Transvaal Horse Artillery for 193132, he qualified as a captain in the Field Artillery at the end of 1931. In June 1932, he was granted the temporary rank of captain as staff officer, 'A' and 'G', in Cape Town and transferred to the staff corps.
Poole was subsequently posted to the Special Service Battalion as second-in-command with the rank of major. He became the Officer Commanding of the battalion in February 1934. In June 1935, he was granted the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel and was attached to the British Brigade of Guards at Aldershot, in London, and at Pirbright until September 1935. For the rest of the year, he attended the Senior Officers' School at Sheerness. He returned to South Africa to resume command of the Special Service Battalion in 1936.
In October 1937, Poole was transferred to the South African Military College and became Commandant of the college on 16 March 1938. Following the Union's entry into the Second World War in September 1939, Poole organised the greatly expanded facilities at the college, including the huge 'B' Mess dining halls seating 500 officer cadets.
Second World War
Poole was appointed General Service Officer Grade 1 (GSO1) of 1st South African Infantry Division, with the rank of colonel, on its formation in August 1940. However, when the 2nd South African Infantry Division was formed he became its GSO1 on 1 October 1940.
In April 1941, Poole was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier. In June, he was transferred back to the 1st Division as brigadier to take command of the 2nd South African Infantry Brigade in Egypt. He saw active service with the brigade at Mersa Matruh, commanding 'Braforce' under the 2nd Division on the Egyptian frontier later in 1941, and then with the 1st Division on the Gazala Line from February to May 1942. He returned temporarily to South Africa as officer commanding Cape Fortress until rejoining his brigade at El Alamein in August 1942. There he commanded the brigade in the Second Battle of El Alamein in October–November 1942. He returned to South Africa as second-in-command of the 1st Division.
Poole assumed command, with the rank of major general, of the 6th South African Armoured Division on its formation in February 1943. He retained command throughout its training in the Middle East and subsequent service in Italy as part of the British Eighth Army. After the liberation of Florence, the division became part of the Fifth United States Army. At the end of the war, he became General Officer Administration of all South African troops in the Allied Central Mediterranean Force until their repatriation on 2 March 1946.
During the Second World War, Poole was twice mentioned in despatches, received the Distinguished Service Order, and was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath and as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was among the very few South Africans to be invested as a Commander of the United States Legion of Merit, and was invested as a Commander of the French Legion of Honour. He also received the French Croix de Guerre.
Post-war and diplomatic career
In 1948, Poole was passed over as Chief of Staff by the newly elected National Party government of Dr D. F. Malan and posted to Berlin to head the South African military mission there. After this he switched to a diplomatic career. He was subsequently appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Italy, Greece and Egypt, and in 1954 was transferred to Argentina and Chile. In 1960, he became ambassador to Greece.
As a diplomat, Poole was invested as a Knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. Whilst ambassador to Greece, he was decorated with the Order of King George I in 1964. St Andrew's College, Grahamstown, annually award the General Evered Poole Cadet Cup to the winning house in the inter-house cadet competition.
In his last years, Poole suffered from a lung ailment which forced his retirement in 1966. In retirement, he spent half the year at his home in Hermanus, Cape Province, and the other half in Greece, aboard the Poole's yacht Estrellita. He died on 9 March 1969.
Awards and decorations
Légion d'honneur (Commander – France)
Order of George I (Greece)
Croix de guerre 1939-1945 (France)
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Walter Cradock (Craddock, Cradoc) (c. 1606 – 1659) was a Welsh Anglican clergyman, who became a travelling evangelical preacher. He was a founder of the first Independent church in Wales in 1638, at Llanvaches, with William Wroth and William Thomas, an early Baptist.
Life
He was born at Trefela, near Llangwm, Monmouthshire, and is believed to have been educated at the University of Oxford. His first position was as a curate, at Peterston-super-Ely, Glamorgan.
In 1633 William Erbery, Vicar of St.Mary's, Cardiff, Cradock his curate there, and William Wroth, were reported to William Laud, and the Court of High Commission turned them out for unorthodox preaching, and on the technical grounds and acid test of orthodoxy, of refusing to read the Book of Sports. From late in 1634 Cradock spent almost a year in Wrexham, preaching, and making a convert of Morgan Llwyd. From there Cradock had to move to Herefordshire, where he met Vavasor Powell. With John Miles, Cradock, Erbery, Powell, and Llwyd are the group of recognised Puritan leaders, who founded the later Welsh Nonconformist congregations, whether Baptist, Congregationalist, Presbyterian or Quaker.
He was also at Shrewsbury at this period. Sir Robert Harley, of Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, took Cradock in, during 1639. He moved on to Llanfair Waterdine, and an independent congregation there. On the outbreak of the English Civil War the Llanvaches congregation, an independent conventicle, moved with Cradock to Bristol, where there was an independent church at Broadmead. Since royalist forces then occupied Bristol, in 1643, some moved again to London, and made contact with Henry Jessey, who had been a supporter of the congregation from the start; Cradock preached with Jessey at All-Hallows-the-Great.
In 1641 Cradock was in the group of preachers for Wales authorized by the Long Parliament : others were Erbery, Ambrose Mostyn, Richard Symonds, and Henry Walter. These Welsh radicals formed a tight and effective lobbying group, and held together until the mid-1650s. Parliament renewed similar authority, in 1645 and 1646, with funding; it was also specified that Symonds, Henry Walter and Cradock should preach in Welsh. Cradock had already shown he could do that in 1645, preaching to captured royalist Welshman after the battle of Naseby.
He was one of the “Welsh saints”, who commanded troops of Thomas Harrison with Vavasor Powell and Jenkin Jones. He was later appointed the regular preacher to Barebone's Parliament, at St. Margaret's, Westminster.
He was a supporter of Oliver Cromwell, and when controversy arose over Cromwell's Protectorate, he condemned Vavasor Powell's anti-Cromwell pamphlet The Word of God. The majority of the Welsh Puritan group of which he had been a founder agreed with him. He withdrew, to a living at Llangwm.
Works
The Saints Fulnesse of Joy (1646)
Gospel-Libertie (1648)
Mount Sion or the Privilege and Practice of the Saints (1649)
Divine Drops (1650)
Gospel-Holinesse (1655)
Notes
External links
Brief Biographical Information & Book entitled MOUNT SION, 1648 & Glad Tidings, 1648.
Further reading
Geoffrey F. Nuttall, The Welsh Saints 1640–1660: Walter Cradock, Vavasor Powell, Morgan Llwyd (Cardiff, 1957)
T. Charles, T.; D. Oliver. The works of the late Rev. Walter Cradock, with a short account of his life (Chester, 1800)
1606 births
1659 deaths
17th-century Welsh Anglican priests
Welsh Caroline nonconforming clergy
Welsh independent ministers of the Interregnum (England)
People from Usk
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Dizak (), also known as Ktish after its main stronghold, was a medieval Armenian principality in the historical province of Artsakh and later one of the five melikdoms of Karabakh, which included the southern third of Khachen (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh) and from the 13th century also the canton of Baghk of Syunik. The founder of this principality was Esayi Abu-Muse, in the 9th century. In the 16th-18th centuries, Dizak was ruled by the Armenian Melik-Avanian dynasty, a branch of the House of Syunik-Khachen. The seat of the princes of Dizak was the town of Togh (or Dogh) with the adjacent ancient fortress of Ktish. One of the last princes of Dizak, Esayi Melik-Avanian, was killed by Ibrahim Khalil Khan in 1781, after a long-lasting resistance in the fortress of Ktish.
Today the name "Dizak" is often used to refer to the Hadrut Province of the Republic of Artsakh.
See also
Esayi Abu-Muse
Avan-khan
References
History of the Republic of Artsakh
Armenian principalities
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