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Gazi Ashraf Hossain (; born 29 December 1960), also known as Lipu, is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who captained the Bangladesh national cricket team in its first seven One Day International (ODI) matches, two in the 1986 Asia Cup, three in the 1988 Asia Cup, and two in the 1990 Austral-Asia Cup.
ODI records
Lipu's highest ODI score (18) came in his very final ODI against Australia at Sharjah in 1990. He also has two ODI wickets in his bag. He dismissed Javed Miandad at Moratuwa in the Asia Cup in 1986.
ICC Trophy
He played in 20 ICC Trophy matches for Bangladesh in 1982, 1986, and 1990. He was a member of the team captained by Shafiq-ul-Haq that lost its Semi Final against Zimbabwe and then also lost the Consolation Final against Papua New Guinea in the 1982 ICC Trophy in England. His best performance came in the opening match against West Africa. His 77 helped Bangladesh beat their opponents by 76 runs. Unfortunately, he was unable to keep up his good form, and at the end of the trophy he finished with 126 runs from 7 innings, with an average of 21.00. He was the captain in the 1986 ICC Trophy also held in England, but the team failed to progress pass the group stage. Bangladesh defeated Kenya and Argentina, but lost against Zimbabwe (the eventual winners), Malaysia, East Africa and Denmark. Lipu's top score (41) came against Malaysia. He also took 6 wickets in the trophy at an average of 29.66. His best bowling was 3/26 against Kenya.
Ashraf Lipu was captain again in the ICC Trophy of 1990, in Netherlands. Though Lipu himself was out of form, (he scored only 106 runs in 7 innings, his highest, 40 coming in the first match against Kenya), the team performed admirably under his leadership to reach the semi-finals. Thus Lipu ended his international career on a high.
In other tournaments
Gazi Ashraf enjoyed outstanding success in the 1984 South-East Asia Cup in Dhaka, in 1984. His highest 62 came against Bangladesh Tigers. He also scored 40 against Hong Kong in the Final. It was during this tournament, that he cemented his place as the regular No 3 in the national side. In the tour to Kenya that followed, he did well in the 3-day and 2 Day match, but missed out in the One-Day matches.
As a captain
Among all the captains of Bangladesh, Lipu enjoyed the longest stint. He captained Bangladesh against Sri Lanka in March 1985, and remained as captain until the ICC Trophy in the summer of 1990.
Before taking up the captaincy of the national side, Lipu had already proved himself as a successful leader in domestic cricket. He was successful as captain of Abahani KC in the Dhaka League, and as the captain of Dhaka University in national cricket. Also, in January 1985, he led the Bangladesh U-25 side against a touring New Zealand team.
According to many analysts, the era of Lipu's captaincy saw the most significant developments in Bangladesh cricket. While the national team failed to achieve expected results, the period saw a number of talented cricketers like Minhajul Abedin, Athar Ali Khan, Akram Khan, Gholam Nousher, Aminul Islam and few others emerge as quality international players. These players would be the stars of the Bangladesh side throughout the 90's and beyond. More importantly, during the second half of the 80's, professionalism entered Bangladesh cricket and at the same time cricket became increasingly popular among the young generation.
Even after retiring from international cricket Gazi Ashraf Lipu continued to be a successful captain in domestic arena. He led Abahani KC to the Dhaka league title in 1993–94. Faruk Ahmed, who was the captain of the national squad at that time was playing under him in League cricket.
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As a cricket administrator
In recent years, Lipu has successfully served different top level administrative positions in Bangladesh cricket. He is still heavily involved with the development of cricket in Bangladesh.
References
External links
Gazi Ashraf at ESPNcricinfo
Gazi Ashraf at CricketArchive
1960 births
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricket captains
Bangladeshi cricketers
20th-century Bangladeshi cricketers
Living people
Cricketers from Dhaka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazi%20Ashraf |
Golam Faruq is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in five One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1990. A right arm medium pacer and more than a useful lower-order batsman, Faruq (commonly known as Suru) was a regular with the national side throughout the 1980s.
In ODIs
He was one of the players who played in Bangladesh's first ever ODI against Pakistan. He didn't get much success with the ball at the highest level. But, as a batsman his 23* helped Bangladesh reach 3 figures against Sri Lanka in 88.
In ICC Trophy
He played in only four ICC Trophy matches, despite being part of three ICC Trophy teams.
In 1982, he didn't play any of the games. As a novice, he was mainly included in the touring party to get valuable experience in English conditions. He played two games in 1986, 2 more in 1990. Overall, he performed admirably with the ball, taking five wickets for 114 runs at an average of 22.80 per wicket. His best, 2/27 helped Bangladesh win a vital 2nd round match against Canada in 1990.
Other matches
As a bowler, his greatest moment came at Dhaka in January 1984. He took 6/10 (including a hat-trick) against Singapore in the opening match of the 1984 South-East Asia Cup. He was a consistent performer in domestic cricket throughout the 1980s. He is considered one of the best Bangladeshi players of the 1980s.
References
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
20th-century Bangladeshi cricketers
Living people
1962 births
Cricketers from Dhaka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golam%20Faruq%20%28cricketer%29 |
Cakaudrove West Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. It was located in the southeastern part of the northern island of Vanua Levu.
The 2013 Constitution promulgated by the Military-backed interim government abolished all constituencies and established a form of proportional representation, with the entire country voting as a single electorate.
Election results
In the following tables, the primary vote refers to first-preference votes cast. The final vote refers to the final tally after votes for low-polling candidates have been progressively redistributed to other candidates according to pre-arranged electoral agreements (see electoral fusion), which may be customized by the voters (see instant run-off voting).
In the 1999 election, Sitiveni Rabuka won with more than 50 percent of the primary vote; therefore, there was no redistribution of preferences.
1999
2001
2006
Sources
Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive
Fiji Facts | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cakaudrove%20West%20%28Open%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
Young Alliance may refer to:
Young Alliance (Northern Ireland), the youth wing of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Young Alliance (Denmark), the youth wing of the New Alliance in Denmark. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%20Alliance |
Gholam Mohammad Nousher (; born 6 October 1964) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 9 ODIs from 1986 to 1990. He was Bangladesh's main strike bowler during the 2nd half of the 1980s.
The early years
The tall left armer from Mymensingh played for the Bangladesh Tigers (the unofficial youth team) in 1984, and a year later he was playing for the full national side against Sri Lanka. He celebrated his promotion with the big scalp of Ranjan Madugalle. In January 86, he took the wickets of Ramiz Raja and Shoaib Mohammad.
In ICC Trophy
Though his career was hampered at times by bad injuries, he nevertheless continued on to serve the national side well into the 1990s. He was sorely missed during the 2nd round matches of 1994 ICC Trophy in Kenya, as he was sidelined by an injury.
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20120222034651/http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/05/02/sports.htm
1964 births
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Living people
University of Dhaka cricketers
Cricketers from Dhaka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gholam%20Nousher |
Jahangir Shah Badsha (born 19 July 1949) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in five One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1990. He is sometimes known on scoresheets by his nickname Badshah.
Shah made his debut in the national side in 1979, and until his retirement in 1990, he was the most reliable all-rounder of the side. He was team's most effective new ball bowler, and as a batsman he contributed in different positions, as a tail ender, as a night watchman and occasionally as an opener as well.
He was one of the players who took part in Bangladesh's first ever official ODI (against Pakistan at Moratuwa in 1986). Though he was out for a duck, he took 2/23 from 9 overs.
Apart from being a successful cricketer, Shah was also a very competent footballer, and played for Abahani Krira Chakra until 1975.
Bowling style
He wasn't the fastest bowler in the world, but he had the ability to swing the new ball, especially away from the right-handers. Many still regard him as the best swing bowler Bangladesh ever had. Unfortunately, the conditions in Bangladesh, (and Indian subcontinent in general) are not very suitable for swing bowling. Not surprisingly, some of his best bowling efforts came abroad. For example, 4/17 against Canada in ICC Trophy (England) in 1979 and 4/39 against Malaysia in ICC Trophy (England) in 1986. No less impressive was his 1/7 from 10 overs (including 5 maidens) against Fiji in Bangladesh's first match in 79 ICC Trophy. His best bowling in home soil came in 1985, against the touring Lankans. He took 4/89- his victims included the Lankan openers Amal Silva & Sidath Wettimuny.
Family connection
Two of his brothers, Munna Shah and Nadir Shah also played international cricket. Nadir Shah was an international umpire. His cousin, Nazim Shirazi was considered the finest cricketing talent of the country in the early 80's. But after couple of seasons in international cricket, he went abroad to pursue his studies.
References
External links
GROUND REALITIES | Our darkness at noon by Rafiqul Ameer
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Bangladeshi men's footballers
1949 births
Living people
Recipients of the Bangladesh National Sports Award
People from Kushtia District
Abahani Limited Dhaka players
Men's association football players not categorized by position
Cricketers from Khulna Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir%20Shah |
Hafizur Rahman (born September 21, 1959) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in two One Day Internationals in 1986. A wicket-keeper, Hafizur Rahman moved to the U.S. after retiring from international cricket.
In 1984, Hafiz played for the Bangladesh Tigers at the inaugural South East Asian Cricket Cup in Bangladesh. He scored 75 against Singapore. There, he put on 208 runs with Rafiqul Alam who scored 129.
Over the next two years, Hafiz toured Kenya, Pakistan and SL, and played against Sri Lanka (1985) and Omar Quareshi XI (Pakistan) (1986). In March, 1986, he took 6 catches in a limited over game against the Lahore Cricket Association. But later in 1986, he lost his place to Nasir Ahmed.
References
1959 births
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Living people
Wicket-keepers
Place of birth missing (living people) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafizur%20Rahman |
WILB (1060 kHz) is an AM radio station in Canton, Ohio. It is owned by Living Bread Radio and it airs Catholic radio programming to the Canton, Akron and Cleveland areas. Most of the station's programming is supplied by EWTN Radio. All shows are simulcast on co-owned 89.5 WILB-FM in Boardman.
WILB is a daytimer station. By day, it broadcasts with 15,000 watts. As 1060 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station KYW Philadelphia, so to avoid interference, WILB only broadcasts during daytime hours. Programming is heard around the clock on FM translator W233CE at 94.5 FM.
History
WCMW, WHOF and WOIO
The station signed on the air on . It was owned by Stark Broadcasting Company and its original call sign was WCMW. Start Broadcasting also established 94.9 WCMW-FM at about the same time. The FM station went off the air around 1953, and the frequency went unused until 1960 when WDBN (now WQMX) signed on. By 1961 the AM station had become WHOF, and it was a Top 40 outlet in the early 1960s.
In 1967 the call letters were changed again, this time to WOIO. From that point until 1976, WOIO had a full service radio format of middle of the road music, sports, talk and news. It was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Top 40 WQIO
After going through several more format changes, it once again became a Top 40 station in the fall of 1976 as WQIO (using the slogan "Q-10"). It was successful for the next few years, drawing the highest ratings in the history of the station, and driving competitor WINW (also a daytime station) out of the format. But over time, young people increasingly tuned to FM radio to hear their hit music.
When 106.9 FM in Canton (co-owned with WINW) changed to WOOS with an automated Top 40 format in 1978, WQIO's days as a Top 40 radio station were numbered, and by the fall of 1979 it began to head in a more adult contemporary direction.
In 1980, WQIO filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move the station from Canton to Canal Fulton, and broadcast full-time on 1070 kHz with 1,000 watts daytime and 500 watts nighttime. While this would have allowed WQIO to operate 24 hours a day, a Pittsburgh station also applied for the same frequency, and neither of the applications was granted. Nor was WQIO able to acquire an FM station. (It had passed on the chance to acquire 106.9, which went to WINW, and later pursued 95.9 in New Philadelphia, Ohio with an eye towards moving its tower closer to Canton, but was unsuccessful.) Faltering in the ratings, WQIO switched to a country music format in 1981, but soon was put up for sale.
AC and Talk
The station was purchased by Arcey Broadcasting, which changed the call letters to WRCW on June 14, 1982. The RC in the Arcey name and the call letters came from the initials of owner Ronald D. Colaner, who had joined the station in 1965 as a part-time engineer. Over the years, WRCW ran a varied mixture of talk shows and adult contemporary music, as well as specialty programming on weekends, most notably an oldies show hosted by local personality Ricco that ran for 18 years. WRCW also aired a live Sunday-morning broadcast of Southern Gospel music that featured the South Land Gospel Boys. That program was heard since the early 1960s.
In 1998, Arcey tried to sell the station to Otter Communications, headed by Dan Ott of Youngstown, but the sale did not go through. The call sign was briefly changed to WTOF on December 7, 1998, but it was changed back to WRCW on February 1, 1999.
Catholic Radio
After 22 years, Arcey Broadcasting sold the station to Living Bread Radio in April 2004. The price tag was $300,000.
The station switched its call sign to WILB on July 1, 2004. It adopted a Catholic-oriented format. It primarily carries programming from EWTN Radio.
In 2016, WILB purchased an FM translator. It has the call letters W233CE. On September 8, 2016, 94.5 FM went on the air. While 1060 AM can only broadcast during daylight hours, the FM translator provides 24-hour Catholic radio to the Canton area.
See also
Theresa Carpinelli
External links
Living Bread Radio
ILB
Catholic radio stations
Radio stations established in 1946
1946 establishments in Ohio
ILB | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WILB%20%28AM%29 |
The Sense Apparatus is the first album by Frantic Bleep.
Drums were recorded at Huset; guitars were recorded at Breidablikk; vocals recorded at Engelaug & Knapper; and bass, overdubs and additional vocals were recorded at Tora Bora Studios. All engineering, producing and mixing were done by guitarist, Patrick Scantlebury. Mixed at Tora Bora Studios in September 2004 and mastered by Tom Kvålsvoll at Strype Audio on October 12, 2004. All lyrics are by Paul Mozart Bjørke. Cover art is by Christian Ruud.
Track listing
"A Survey" (Scantlebury) – 1:19
"The Expulsion" (Scantlebury) – 5:04
"Sins of Omission" (Scantlebury) – 5:12
"…But a Memory" (Scantlebury) – 3:52
"Mausolos" (Scantlebury) – 4:38
"Curtainraiser" (Scantlebury, Sundstrom) – 5:47
"Mandaughter" (Scantlebury, Sundstrom) – 5:48
"Nebulous Termini" (Scantlebury) – 6:22
"Cone" (Scantlebury) – 3:24
Credits
Patrick Scantlebury - Lead guitar, synthesizers, production, engineering, mixing
Eywin Sundstrom - guitar
Stein Erik Svendheim - drums
Paul Mozart Bjørke - vocals, bass
Daniel Solheim - lead vocals on "Sins of Omission"
Agnete M. Kirkevaag - backing vocals
Kjetil Foseid - lead vocals on "Curtainraiser"
Odd E. Ebbesen - backing vocals
Per Øyvind Bjerknes - backing vocals
2005 debut albums
Frantic Bleep albums
The End Records albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sense%20Apparatus |
Minhajul Abedin Nannu (; born 25 September 1965) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 27 One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1999. He captained Bangladesh twice during the Asia Cup of 1990–91. In local cricket arena he is more commonly known by his nickname, "Nannu".
Minhajul Abedin is currently one of the chief selectors of BCB, along with Akram Khan and Habibul Bashar.
Personal life
His elder brother, Nurul Abedin played four One Day Internationals for Bangladesh.
Domestic career
Nannu caught the attention of the cricket selectors in the early 1980s. In December 1983, he was selected to tour West Bengal. There, he wasn't very successful, but he enjoyed greater success playing for the Bangladesh Tigers in the 1984 South-East Asia Cup. His top score of 60 against the Bangladesh national team went in vain, but his 44 against Hong Kong at Chittagong, helped the Tigers win the match. Bowling gentle medium pacers, he took 2/8 against Singapore. After that, he enjoyed a successful tour of Kenya with the national team.
Playing for Abahani, he was consistently amongst the runs in the domestic cricket in 1984–85. But when he failed against the touring Lankans in March 1985, and against the Omar Quareshi XI in January 86, many started to doubt his credentials as an international cricketer. However, he performed consistently during the Pakistan Tour in March. He didn't get any big score, but was consistently amongst the runs. After this, he became a regular member of the national side for more than a decade.
A right-handed middle order batsman, Minhajul Abedin was part of Bangladesh's inaugural ODI game, against Pakistan at Moratuwa in 1985–86.
Minhajul Abedin didn't get a chance to play Test cricket for Bangladesh. However he did enjoy a brief first-class career, finishing with a record of 1709 runs at 51.78.
In 1998 in a match between Bangladesh and Bhahawalpur, he along with Khaled Mahmud set the highest 5th wicket partnership ever in List A cricket history(267*)
International career
Following the disastrous performance of the national side in the 1986 ICC Trophy in England, BCCB, quite rightly decided to concentrate on domestic cricket over the next few seasons. The only major international cricket events for Bangladesh, in this period, were the 2nd South East Asia Cup in Hong Kong, in January 1988, (Bangladesh won the cup to qualify for the 4th Asia Cup in 1990) and the 3rd Asia Cup in Bangladesh, in Oct. 1988. (Bangladesh, as hosts, had automatically qualified). However, during the 1989–90 season there were regular international cricket for Bangladesh, as the national team prepared for the 4th ICC Trophy in Netherlands. Minhajul Abedin, was at that time at the peak of his form and over the season he produced some truly memorable efforts.
A decade later he bowed out of international cricket, in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. He was considered lucky to be in the squad having not made a 50 in his 22 innings prior. After making 5 against the West Indies in their opening game he found form with an unbeaten 68 in a win against Scotland which gave him the man of the match award. Another unbeaten half century came in his next game, against the eventual champions Australia. Despite failing with the bat in the final game, against Pakistan in Northampton, he played a major part in an upset victory by taking 1/29 off 7 overs with his offspin. It was Bangladesh's first ever win over a Test playing team.
Minhajul Abedin played in four ICC Trophy tournaments for Bangladesh. In 1986, he failed with the bat only averaging 25.16. His highest score of 50 came against Kenya. He was more successful with the ball. Bowling slow off cutters, Minhajul Abedin took 5 wickets at an impressive average of 9.40.
Nannu was the Vice-Captain and a vital member of the team that finished third in the 1990 ICC Trophy tournament in Netherlands. He performed consistently with the bat, throughout the tournament. His total of 236 runs was the highest for his team. His top score (57) came in the Semi-Final against the eventual champions Zimbabwe. With the ball, he took 11 wickets at (21.18). His took 3/23 against Bermuda and 3/29 against Kenya. Bangladesh failed to reach the Semi-Finals four years later in Kenya, but Abadin performed commendably. He scored a total of 189 runs with two half centuries. He also captured 16 wickets at 14.75 a piece. Finally, he was the most experienced player of the triumphant campaign of 1997. There he scored a total of 185 runs and took 6 wickets.
Captaincy
In 1988, Nannu was made the Vice captain to Gazi Ashraf Lipu. After two years as the deputy, he was elevated to national team captaincy in 1990–91. Under his captaincy, Bangladesh lost both the games of the Asia cup. The team, however, performed commendably against much stronger oppositions. Bangladesh, as expected won the 1992 South East Asia cup in Singapore. But perhaps his biggest success as a captain came in December of that year, as he led his side to a win over the Sri Lanka 'A' side in Dhaka, in 1992.
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20120222034651/http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/05/02/sports.htm
1965 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
20th-century Bangladeshi cricketers
Bangladeshi cricket captains
Chittagong Division cricketers
Cricketers from Chittagong
Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup
Recipients of the Bangladesh National Sports Award | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minhajul%20Abedin |
Nurul Abedin (; born 7 September 1964) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer, who played in four One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1990.
Nurul Abedin was the elder brother of Minhajul Abedin (Nannu). Originally from Chittagong, the brothers were prominent figures in Dhaka cricket, in the 80's and 90's. In the international arena, Nobel was in and out of the national side. Though no less gifted than his brother, he had to suffer for the whims of the selectors. Still, he opened the innings in Bangladesh's very first ODI against Pakistan in 86. A week before the tournament, he had scored a memorable 102 against Pakistan Zone A. There, he had put on 135 for the second wicket with the skipper Gazi Ashraf Hossain. Against a stronger zone C side, he had scored 50, sharing a century opening stand with the veteran Raqibul Hasan.
His best performance came in the 1990 ICC Trophy in Netherlands. His 85 against Denmark and 105 against Canada helped Bangladesh reach the Semi-Finals. Overall, in 5 matches he scored a total of 235 runs at an average of 47.00.
References
External links
1964 births
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Living people
Cricketers from Chittagong | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurul%20Abedin |
Rafiqul Alam () (born 4 October 1957) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in two One Day Internationals in the 1986 Asia Cup. In his debut match against Pakistan he scored 14. He followed this with 10 against Sri Lanka.
In ICC Trophy
He was a member of the Bangladesh team that took part in the 2nd ICC Trophy tournament in England. He played in all 7 matches (including the semi-Final against eventual champions Zimbabwe). Alam, however, failed to impress and scored only 79 runs. His highest was 33 in the very first match against West Africa.
He was slightly more successful four years later. He scored 135 runs with an average of 27.00. His top score was 51 against Malaysia. He also took 5 wickets in the tournament.
Innings against Omar Qureshi XI
Rafiqul Alam is best remembered for his sterling 86 against Omar Qureshi XI, a team of Pakistani players led by Imran Khan in January 1986.
In domestic cricket
From the late 1970s until the early 1990s, Rafiqul Alam was one of the most consistent performers in domestic cricket arena. Unfortunately, he failed to achieve the same consistency in international arena. Nevertheless, many analysts still consider him one of the best Bangladeshi cricketer of the 1980s.
After retirement
After serving as junior national selector in the 1990s, Rafiqul Alam concentrated on coaching club sides. He was the successful head coach of Kalabagan Krira Chakra in the late 1990s and 2000, 2001 and 2002. In 2007, he became chief national team selector. He has also been the coaching director of Dhanmondi Cricket Academy since its inception.
References
External links
http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/05/02/sports.htm
1957 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Bangladeshi cricket coaches
Cricketers from Dhaka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiqul%20Alam%20%28cricketer%29 |
ASM Raqibul Hasan (born 15 January 1953) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in two ODIs in 1986. He is widely regarded as one of the best Bangladeshi batsman of his era. After retiring from international cricket, he has become a match referee. He won the Independence Award in 2023 for his contribution to the field of sports.
Early years
An opening batsman, Raqibul Hasan made his first-class debut in 1968–69 at the age of 16, and was soon selected to represent Pakistan's U19 team against the English Schoolboys. He was twelfth man in a Test match against New Zealand at Dhaka in 1969–70. Barely sixteen at the time, he seemed sure to have a lengthy Test career ahead of him.
However, on 26 February 1971 a match started at Dhaka in the Bangabandhu Stadium. It was a four-day match against the Commonwealth side. The Pakistan team was playing and he was picked to play for them. At 18 years old he became the first and only Bengali to play for a full-strength Pakistan team. The match couldn't be finished as on the last day demonstrations erupted all over the city and the stadium was invaded. Within a month of his debut, events in his homeland of East Pakistan took a shocking turn, and he was forced to flee for his life.
It would be nine long months before Bangladesh won its independence, at the cost of millions of lives. In Raqibul Hasan's family there were six casualties. On top of that, he lost his best friend, Haleem Chaudhri, who was his opening partner for East Pakistan and his roommate on tour. And he lost his cricketing godfather, Mushtaq, the man who spotted him as a boy and gave him his first chance at club level.
In independent Bangladesh
After returning to Bangladesh, Raqibul Hasan became a key figure in building Bangladesh cricket. He led the side in their return to the international arena. In December 1976, when the visiting MCC started their tour with a two-day match at Rajshahi against North Zone, he was named captain and top scored with 73 in the second innings. He bettered that, scoring 74 for South Zone at Jessore. But his proudest moment of the season came at Dhaka as he was part of the Bangladesh team (led by Shamim Kabir) that played in the three-day unofficial Test match against MCC in January 1977. This historic match marked the resumption of international cricket in Dhaka.
In full ODIs
Raqibul Hasan played in two ODIs for Bangladesh. He scored 5 against Pakistan, and 12 against Sri Lanka in the second Asia Cup in 1986.
In ICC Trophy
Raqibul Hasan played in three ICC Trophy tournaments. In 1979, he scored 52 runs in 4 matches with a highest of 34 against Canada. He did better in 1982, scoring 167 runs at an average of 27.83. His highest, 42, came against West Africa. Finally, in 1986, he scored 121 runs at an average of 24.19. His unbeaten 47 helped Bangladesh beat Argentina. He retired from international cricket after the 1986 ICC Trophy.
Raqibul as captain
He had two spells as captain of Bangladesh; first during 1977–79 and second during the 1983–84 season. He had a difficult time during the Sri Lanka series in January 1978. The Sri Lankan team was far superior, winning all the three-day unofficial Test matches. Raqibul Hasan failed to convert quite a few starts into any score of substance. He (and his team) did better, against the Indians (Deccan Blues) (led by former Indian captain Ajit Wadekar) in February 1978. His defiant 64 helped the local side reach 320/9, despite the efforts of Indian leg spinner M. V. Narasimha Rao, who took 6 for 120. This was the first time Bangladesh crossed the 300 mark in an international match. However, Raqibul failed with the bat the following season, against a relatively weak MCC squad. It was apparent that the captaincy was becoming a burden for him. So, the selectors chose wicketkeeper-batsman Shafiq-ul-Haq Hira as captain for the 1st ICC Trophy in England in 1979.
Raqibul's second spell as captain came during the busy 1983–84 season. He led Bangladesh to victory in the 1984 South-East Asia Cup in Dhaka in January. In 1985, Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu was named as the new captain.
Domestic cricket
Raqibul played his League cricket in Dhaka for Victoria Sporting Club and Mohammedan Sporting Club.
References
External links
"Meet the only Bengali to have played for Pakistan" at ESPNcricinfo
"Former captains praise brave new generation" at ESPNcricinfo
Bangladeshi cricketers
East Pakistan cricketers
1953 births
Living people
Cricketers from Dhaka
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
University of Dhaka cricketers
East Pakistan Whites cricketers
Wicket-keepers
St. Gregory's High School and College alumni
Recipients of the Independence Day Award | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raqibul%20Hasan%20%28cricketer%2C%20born%201953%29 |
The Asheville Citizen-Times is a daily newspaper of Asheville, North Carolina. It was formed in 1991 as a result of a merger of the morning Asheville Citizen and the afternoon Asheville Times. It is owned by Gannett.
History
Founded in 1870 as a weekly, the Citizen became a daily newspaper in 1885. Writers Thomas Wolfe, O. Henry, both buried in Asheville, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, a common visitor to Asheville, frequently could be found in the newsroom in earlier days. In 1930 the Citizen came under common ownership with the Times, which was first established in 1896 as the Asheville Gazette. The latter paper merged with a short-lived rival, the Asheville Evening News, to form the Asheville Gazette-News and was renamed The Asheville Times by new owner Charles A. Webb.
The Citizen was in a former YMCA and the press was in the swimming pool. The Times was in the Jackson Building. The Citizen had to leave shortly after Christmas 1938 and publisher D. Hiden Ramsey asked Tony Lord to design a new building, which went up in 15 months at 14 O. Henry Avenue and also housed the Times. Charles Webb became president of both papers and the local radio station located on top of the building.
In 1954, the Citizen-Times Publishing Company which owned the newspapers and radio station WWNC was purchased by the Greenville News-Piedmont Company. In 1968 Greenville News-Piedmont merged with Southern Broadcasting Corporation to form Multimedia.
In 1986, $12 million was invested in offset printing presses and a new production building in nearby Enka, with composed pages transmitted electronically from the downtown Asheville building located nine miles (14 km) away. In 1995, Multimedia was acquired by Gannett. In April 1997, the Citizen-Times became the first daily newspaper in Western North Carolina to launch a website; the site now receives tens of thousands of hits a day.
In Jan 2009, the press was shut down and shortly after sold off as scrap metal. Now the Citizen-Times is printed in Greenville, South Carolina, alongside The Greenville News and shipped to a distribution center.
See also
List of newspapers in North Carolina
References
External links
Citizen-Times official site
Official mobile website
Asheville Citizen-Times article on AshevilleNow.com
Other Newspapers and Publications in Asheville
Issues of the Asheville Citizen from 1885-1889, and from 1890-1900 from the Library of Congress.
Mass media in Asheville, North Carolina
Gannett publications
Daily newspapers published in North Carolina
1870 establishments in North Carolina | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville%20Citizen-Times |
Spam mass is defined as "the measure of the impact of link spamming on a page's ranking." The concept was developed by Zoltán Gyöngyi and Hector Garcia-Molina of Stanford University in association with Pavel Berkhin and Jan Pedersen of Yahoo!. This paper expands upon their proposed TrustRank methodology.
The researchers developed a good core and a bad core of selected Web documents, from which they measured spam mass across a collection of documents. Two types of measurements, absolute mass and relative mass, are used to compare groups of documents. The higher the mass measurements, the more likely the documents are to be equivalent to spam.
Thresholds
A threshold value is used to identify groups of documents as spam. If their relative mass value exceeds the threshold, the documents are considered to be spam. A second threshold for the PageRank values of the selected documents is applied. Only high PageRank documents are labelled as spam.
The purpose of the methodology is to identify spam documents with artificially inflated PageRank values.
External links
References
Black hat search engine optimization
Spamming | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam%20mass |
Banbury Sound was an Independent Local Radio station serving the Banbury and Brackley areas of north Oxfordshire. At the time of closure, it was owned and operated by Quidem and broadcast from studios at Honiley, Warwickshire.
History
Banbury Sound was launched as Touch FM on Saturday 25 February 2006 by then-breakfast presenter Dale Collins, with the first news bulletin read by then-group editor Daniel Bruce. It was previously owned by the Cumbria-based CN Group and was their third station to adopt the Touch FM branding, alongside sister stations in Coventry and Stratford-upon-Avon. Programming was networked between the three stations outside of breakfast and drivetime.
The station changed owners on 1 April 2009, making it part of Banbury Broadcasting Company Limited - with staff members John Crutch (Station Director), Anneka Naysmith (Sales Director) and Dale Collins (Director of Programming) as partners in the buyout. Two months later, the station relaunched as Banbury Sound and introduced a full schedule of local output from its studios in the Grimsbury area of Banbury
After the station was sold again to Touch FM's new owners, Quidem, in October 2010, the station co-located to studios at Honiley in Warwickshire and re-introduced networked programming outside of breakfast.
In September 2019, Quidem announced it had entered a brand licensing agreement with Global, citing financial losses. Two months later, following permission from regulator, Ofcom to change the station's format, it was confirmed Banbury Sound would merge with its Quidem-owned sister stations and launch as Capital Mid-Counties on 2 December 2019.
Local output for the Mid-Counties region consists of a three-hour regional Drivetime show on weekdays, alongside localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising for North Oxfordshire. Banbury Sound ceased broadcasting at 7pm on Friday 29 November 2019.
References
External links
Official website
Banbury Sound's listing on Media UK
Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom
Radio stations in Oxfordshire
Radio stations established in 2006
Radio stations disestablished in 2019
Companies based in Banbury
Banbury | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banbury%20Sound |
RecordTV (), formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the advertising market as the fifth largest station in the world in revenues and the eighth largest network in physical structure. In June 2021, it ranked second among the most watched channels in the country in the National Television Panel, behind only TV Globo.
As the main member of the media company Grupo Record, the network is headquartered in São Paulo, where most of its programming is also generated at the Dermeval Gonçalves Theater, and has a branch in Rio de Janeiro, where its telenovelas and other formats are produced at the Casablanca Estúdios (RecNov) complex. Its national coverage is achieved by retransmission from 111 stations, 15 of which are owned by the company and 96 of which are affiliate stations.
The station was inaugurated in the city of São Paulo on September 27, 1953, by businessman Paulo Machado de Carvalho, owner until then of a radio conglomerate, through a concession obtained in November 1950, the year television was launched in Brazil. TV Record was the fourth station to operate in the country after TV Tupi São Paulo (1950), TV Tupi Rio de Janeiro (1951) and TV Paulista (1952).
During the 1960s, the channel became popular, even leading in audience, with the exhibition of music festivals such as MPB and Jovem Guarda. In this period, Record headed the Rede de Emissoras Independentes (REI), a chain that integrated stations from various locations in Brazil. In the 1970s, the businessman and TV host Silvio Santos acquired half of the channel's shares through a partnership with Machado de Carvalho. In 1989, Record, after being under unfavorable financial situation in the second half of that decade, was sold to Bishop Edir Macedo, founder and leader of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.
The new acquisition spurred major investments in the structure of the station, which in the 1990s formed its national network with purchases of channels and affiliations, resulting in its positioning, from 2007 to 2015, as the country's second largest network in audience and revenues until it was overtaken by SBT. As of 2012, both stations began to intensely dispute point tenths and take turns in the IBOPE ranking.
History
Background
Only two months after the arrival of television in Brazil, businessman and communicator Paulo Machado de Carvalho got a permit to operate a new TV channel in the city of São Paulo on November 22, 1950, being granted channel 7 paulistano. At the time, Paulo and his family already owned a large conglomerate of radio stations and took advantage of the name of his then Rádio Sociedade Record to baptize his first television channel; it was decided that the new station would be called TV Record.
To set up the station, modern equipment was provided from the United States that was installed in its studios on Miruna Avenue, in the Moema neighborhood, South Zone of São Paulo. Before going on the air, the channel made some experimental broadcasts months before its inauguration, showing the choir of the Escola Normal Caetano de Campos and the orchestra of the São Paulo Public Force.
Launch and first years
The channel went on air on September 27, 1953, at 8:53 pm. In the first image to be shown by the station, the artist couple Blota Júnior and Sônia Ribeiro descended a staircase and announced the launch of Record. After Blota made a speech, a show started with Dorival Caymmi, Inezita Barroso, Adoniran Barbosa, Isaura Garcia, Pagano Sobrinho, Randal Juliano, Enrico Simonetti's orchestra and several dancers. This musical attraction was presented by Sandra Amaral and Hélio Ansaldo.
In its early operations, the station aired musical (among which, with celebrities such as Nat King Cole, Charles Aznavour, Ella Fitzgerald and Marlene Dietrich), sports, theater, humorous and informative programs. In 1954, the first serial produced in Brazil, Capitão 7, starring Ayres Campos and Idalina de Oliveira, went on the air, remaining until 1966. In 1954, the program Mesa Redonda was created, hosted by Geraldo José de Almeida and Raul Tabajara. In 1955, Grande Gincana Kibon went on the air, being presented for sixteen years.
1959-67: Emissoras Unidas
Early growth
With the rapid growth of his new media vehicle, Paulo Machado de Carvalho joined his brother-in-law João Batista do Amaral to establish a partnership between São Paulo's TV Record and Rio's TV Rio (then channel 13 in Rio de Janeiro), originating the Rede Unidas de Televisão (or Rede das Emissoras Unidas). With the creation of the new network, a link was built between the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo that allowed the connection via UHF signal between Record and TV Rio. It was through this link that TV Record broadcast the Brazilian Turf Grand Prix, directly from the Jockey Club in Rio de Janeiro; the link between the two stations also made it possible to exchange productions between them. With this, Emissoras Unidas would get affiliates and retransmissions throughout Brazil under the leadership of the headquarters of TVs Rio and Record.
Regular programming and pioneering in Brazilian television
In 1958, the first regular program produced by Record and TV Rio was launched, Show 713, an attraction in which the screen was divided in half, with each side belonging to each station. The program featured interviews, news reports and musical numbers from the two stations' hometowns. Record ended the 1950s by inaugurating its Teatro Record on Rua da Consolação, which would later be used for musical presentations and program recordings.
The station entered the 1960s by pioneering the inauguration of the new federal capital Brasilia, becoming the only TV station outside the new city to broadcast the event, which included interviews with several Brazilian politicians at the time, including then-president Juscelino Kubitschek.
Fires and prestiged attractions
The station's headquarters in Moema would come to suffer a fire in May 1960, causing Rede Unidas to air more attractions from the co-generator TV Rio while Record recovered. It was the first of a series of six fires that Machado de Carvalho family's channel would face, the most serious being in July 1966, where several reels of archival tapes were lost. Despite these bad times, the station managed to achieve great prestige by showing several attractions during the 1960s, especially music programs such as O Fino da Bossa and the classic MPB Festivals where several renowned artists such as Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Elis Regina, among others, performed amidst the strong military dictatorship in the country.
Competition
With the emergence of TV Globo and the growth of its rival TV Tupi, Record sees its audience gradually decrease. However, the station was able to launch a few more audience hits, such as Família Trapo with Ronald Golias and Jô Soares, and the news program Repórter Esso. The Teatro Record in Consolação suffers a fire that forces Record to transfer the São Paulo headquarters to Augusta Street, closer to downtown São Paulo.
1969-89: Decline
The founding of REI and the participation of Silvio Santos
Due to disagreements between the directors of TV Rio and Record (because the Rio de Janeiro channel had acquired productions from Tupi, which was then a rival of the Machado de Carvalho family station), the Emissoras Unidas was extinguished in 1967. Later, however, the two stations reconnected and founded the Rede de Emissoras Independentes, which became known by the acronym REI. Immediately after this, businessman Silvio Santos acquires half of Record and uses it to show some of his programs (since the entertainer had lost space on other television channels). Despite initially not agreeing, the former owners of Record end up accepting the agreement for Silvio to co-operate the station.
By this time, TV Record had considerably lost its audience to TV Tupi, Rede Globo, and the recently established Rede Bandeirantes, owned by João Saad. Shortly afterwards, TV Rio was disconnected from the Emissoras Independentes, leaving REI with only Record as its sole channel. REI would later broadcast the 1970 FIFA World Cup directly from Mexico, marking the first World Cup to be transmitted by Record. The channel also brings its casts of artists, particularly the famous comedian and animator, Chacrinha.
However, due to the decline that was gradually affecting Record, the channel decided to sell its theater in Rua Augusta in downtown São Paulo. Meanwhile, Silvio Santos inaugurates a new TV channel in Rio de Janeiro called TVS and starts to exchange productions of this channel with Record, ending with the simulcast premiere of Programa Silvio Santos on TVS and Tupi in 1976 ending a 10-year stinct with Globo. In 1978, Paulo Machado de Carvalho acquired concessions to operate two more television channels for TV Record: channel 4 in Franca and channel 7 in São José do Rio Preto, making it a statewide network. Two years later, with Tupi's shutdown, Programa Silvio Santos, by now produced in Sao Paulo, moved to Record.
Concessions and the departure of Santos
Silvio Santos won some concessions from the former broadcaster from the federal government and founded his own television network, SBT, in 1981, on part of the former Rede Tupi stations and studios. The businessman and entertainer, together with Paulo Machado, starts managing channel 9 in Rio de Janeiro (which had also won the bidding process), which was transformed into TV Record Rio de Janeiro in 1982, becoming the channel's fourth TV station (since the other two stations in the countryside of the state already existed, besides the headquarters in São Paulo). Both stations belonged to the now relapsed Rede de Emissoras Independentes, which until then had a very low audience. It was the channel's next attempt to go national.
After SBT was founded, in 1981, TV Record São Paulo became a second plan for Silvio Santos, but the Machado de Carvalho family, co-owners of the channel, insisted on investing in the small station. In 1983, the program Especial Sertanejo premiered hosted by Marcelo Costa promoting Brazilian country music while journalism remained the station's flagship with the premiere of Jornal da Noite, which scored a victory for the network with a 2-hour broadcast nationwide - more than the competition. In 1985, SBT was nationally consolidated when it debuted its national network programming via satellite for all of Brazil, through Brasilsat, Embratel's exclusive channel. In 1986, Record broadcast its second World Cup in a pool with SBT directly from Mexico. In 1987, at the same time that Programa Silvio Santos stopped being shown on Record (and started being shown only by SBT), Silvio Santos stopped injecting 70% to 80% of his participation in TV Record of São Paulo, and thus forced the Machados, thru Paulo, to give up Channel 9, which later rebranded to TV Copacabana with a tourism approach.
The end of REI and ostracism
In the year 1989, the then-Rede de Emissoras Independentes that still continued to be led by TV Record de São Paulo succumbs to its crisis and is extinguished. With this, the channel fell into ostracism and Record became a local station again, leaving only the station in São Paulo and the other two in the interior of the state, since channel 9 in Rio de Janeiro had become TV Corcovado, which would later be owned by CNT to become CNT Rio de Janeiro.
Sale to Edir Macedo
With Record already suffering a serious crisis and on the verge of bankruptcy, Silvio Santos convinces Paulo Machado de Carvalho to put the station up for sale. Until that time, besides the very low audience, the channel had annual revenues of $2.5 million, but had debts that exceeded $20 million.
Soon after learning about the sale of the channel, the leader of the UCKG, Edir Macedo, became interested in buying Rede Record. At the time, he was in the United States and learned about the sale of the station from his lawyer Paulo Roberto Guimarães. Macedo appointed pastor Laprovita Vieira to be the intermediary of the purchase of Record. Laprovita had a meeting with Demerval Gonçalves, representative of Silvio Santos and Paulo Machado de Carvalho, at the station's old headquarters in the Moema district of São Paulo; the negotiation was quick. Besides TV Record, Edir Macedo also acquired Rádio Record, which, like the television channel, was in bad shape and also belonged to Machado de Carvalho's family and to Grupo Silvio Santos.
A meeting was held with lawyers from both parties, which was attended by Laprovita, Edir, Silvio Santos and his partner Paulo Machado de Carvalho. The requested amount was accepted by both parties, both Edir Macedo and Silvio Santos' representative. Days later, Silvio Santos regretted the sale, but he was aware of Record's precarious situation and had no other way out, since both he and Paulo Machado de Carvalho were still unable to pay Record's debts. Some creditors threatened to file for bankruptcy for the chaotic situation the channel was in.
After the sale, it was rumored that Record would become a channel with completely religious programming which would be used by UCKG, founded by Edir Macedo. However, this did not actually happen, but until today, the station shows some evangelical programs, especially in the early morning hours. The new directors of the station after the purchase, together with Macedo, decided to continue the station's commercial activities.
The deal led to the creation of Central Record de Comunicação (now Grupo Record) in 1989, which became the main media conglomerate controlled by Macedo himself, which today includes, besides RecordTV and Rádio Record, the portal R7, Record Entretenimento, and later Record News.
1990-2007: Growth and investment
Restructuring
After its sale, TV Record went through drastic changes: a new visual identity was presented in July 1990 and a reformulation in its programs that managed to recover its lost audience. The station started its national expansion when it began transmitting its signal via the BrasilSat A2 satellite, also distributing its programming to satellite dishes. The channel became Rede Record and began to acquire its own stations, affiliates and retransmitters for renewed expansion. In 1992, Record finally resumed broadcasts to Rio de Janeiro for the first time since 1986-87.
In 1995, the station moved to its current headquarters in Barra Funda by acquiring the CBI Studios, which was very modern for its time. During this period, the company hired several artists to fill its programming grid, with several artists such as Eliana, Raul Gil, Gilberto Barros, Ratinho, Milton Neves and others becoming famous. Record was able to reach third place in the national audience, surpassing Band and the struggling Rede Manchete.
New slogan and further expansion
In 2004, the network decided to bet on a new phase aiming for more ratings. With the slogan On the way to leadership, Record begins to expand its attractions by producing renowned programs, new vignettes, and telenovelas that became popular. Among the successes of this new phase, the productions A Escrava Isaura, Prova de Amor, Vidas Opostas and Caminhos do Coração (which was divided into three seasons due to its huge audience) stand out.
On September 27, 2007, Record News, the first free-to-air news channel on Brazilian television, was inaugurated, occupying the signal of the former Rede Mulher, though it was already owned by Grupo Record 13 years prior. On the day of the foundation of Record News, the governor of the state of São Paulo José Serra, the mayor of the city of São Paulo Gilberto Kassab, the then president of Record Alexandre Raposo, the owner Edir Macedo and the president of the Republic Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were present. The inauguration ceremony of the new channel was broadcast by Rede Record inside Jornal da Record, as well as Record News itself.
Competition with Globo and SBT
In 2007, Rede Record was able to overtake SBT to become the second largest Brazilian television station, only remaining behind Rede Globo. However, in some programs, it was able to overtake Globo. In cities such as Goiânia, Belém, and Fortaleza, its news magazine, Domingo Espectacular, surpassed Rede Globo's Fantástico, and Record's morning news program, Fala Brasil, was able to surpass Bom Dia Brasil in São Paulo. On December 11, 2009, Record managed to top first place in Rio during the broadcast of The Elite Squad.
2010-15: Redesign
Helicopter crash and rescue
In early 2010, a RecordTV helicopter crashed inside the Jockey Club in São Paulo after suffering a breakdown. The aircraft was in that region to cover a robbery that had occurred in the Morumbi neighborhood, South Zone of São Paulo. The pilot of the helicopter, Rafael Delgado Sobrinho, died on the spot and cameraman Alexandre Silva de Moura "Borracha" was taken in serious condition to hospital; the two occupants were rescued by Globocop from TV Globo. Rede Record lamented the incident at the time and closed that night's Jornal da Record quietly with a moment of silence in honor of their deceased colleagues.
Olympic broadcast
In 2012, Record exclusively broadcast the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the unprecedented 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. It was the first time that its rival Rede Globo was left out of the Olympics, though them and Rede Record, along with Rede Bandeirantes, would broadcast the Summer Olympics in 2016.
Reformulation and loss to SBT
In 2013, Record underwent a reformulation, which eventually resulted in the change of the broadcaster's top command. Alexandre Raposo was eventually fired and in his place Luiz Cláudio Costa came from TV Record Brasília to the position of president. Another important change in command was that of Honorilton Gonçalves, by Marcelo Silva in the position of vice president of Record. After spending 2012 without much profitability, the company hired a consulting service to reformulate its market strategies.
In 2014, SBT (which always held the second place position in Brazilian television until 2007) was able to take back second place, which shrunk Rede Record's position down to third place for the first time since 2007. However, Rede Record managed to keep its position as one of the top three Brazilian television networks.
2016-present: Rebranding and current affairs
To mark a repositioning of the brand, Rede Record, on the night of November 24, 2016, during the broadcast of Jornal da Record, presented to the public its new visual identity. The news program showed a report on the change in the brand and the station's slogan, which is now "Reinventing is our brand". The station's name was also changed to RecordTV. The change occurs to consolidate RecordTV's image as an avant-garde and multiplatform station, linked to the television of the future and to reaffirm that its performance goes beyond the borders of Brazil and reaches more than 150 countries with its signal. In addition, products such as soap operas and miniseries are exported to countries on all continents.
Teledramaturgy
Telenovelas
The first telenovela produced and aired by Record was the 1954 novella A Muralha. Between 1954 and 1977, the channel had produced seventy-eight telenovelas. In this first period, still in the era of Silvio Santos and Paulo Machado de Carvalho, the highlights were Os Deuses Estão Mortos and As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor, the latter being, according to Unicamp, the soap opera with the highest audience in Record's history. The last production of the network in this first phase was Meu Adorável Mendigo of 1974, a plot that closed the teledramaturgy core in the network, which was dismantled and the professionals dismissed after this period. In 1977, however, the network aired O Espantalho, a partnership with Ivani Ribeiro, who had started at the channel in 1954. Between 1999 and 2004, eight additional telenovelas were unassumingly produced, originating from Record's partnerships with independent companies.
On May 10, 2004, Herval Rossano was hired as general director of teledramaturgy and began to guide the network in restructuring, promoting investment in the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment, new studios and expansion of the team, in addition to the acquisition of a cast of rising authors and new qualified actors. The director presented the proposal of seven plots by different authors before the choice of which one would restart dramaturgy at the network was made. Besides the debut telenovela of this new phase, A Escrava Isaura, several other productions stood out, such as Vidas Opostas, Prova de Amor, Amor e Intrigas, Chamas da Vida and Caminhos do Coração.
In 2015, the plot Os Dez Mandamentos, the first biblical telenovela of the network and of Brazil, was produced. Os Dez Mandamentos was an immediate success and made history in Brazilian television. With the soap opera, the network broke an audience record by surpassing Globo's main soap opera for the first time in 40 years. With the success of the soap opera, Record TV decided in October 2015 that the 8:30 PM time slot would be dedicated only to biblical productions. The soap opera was also broadcast in several countries (such as in Argentina by Telefe).
On January 19, 2021, with the launch of the soap opera Gênesis, Record managed to beat its competitor in two capitals and make one of the most followed productions in the world.
On the morning of October 8, 2022, Record was the subject of a ransomware attack affecting many of the broadcaster's systems. The attack led to a disruption of programming, with its Saturday morning program Fala Brasil replaced by reruns of Everybody Hates Chris until operations were restored. SBT and TV Cultura had also faced ransomware attacks the same day.
Miniseries and series
Record TV has so far aired more than 20 series, serials and miniseries in its different phases, since the 1950s. Also, since the restart of the network's teledramaturgy core in October 2004, besides telenovelas, some series and miniseries have been produced, mostly with a biblical or police theme.
Programs
Revenue
According to Rede Record's vice president, in 2010, Rede Record had revenues of 2.7 billion reais, exactly 25% more than in 2009. In 2011, the network had revenues of 3.5 billion reais, and 1.72 billion reais in 2012.
Coverage
RecordTV currently has 15 owned-and-operated stations and 96 affiliated stations, for a total of 111 stations. It was one of the pioneers of digital television in Brazil.
International coverage
Created in 2002, Record Internacional is present in 150 countries and carries programs that are successful in Brazil. Record Internacional contains six channels that carry a digital signal around the world, and 17 stations. The station is also an affiliate of CNN International.
In Africa, RecordTV broadcasts to Mozambique, Uganda, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar. In Mozambique, TV Miramar, which is part of Record International, has 10 stations and has several local programs, which were successful. Additionally, the station also broadcasts to all of Asia, and this coverage is done by two satellites: Asiasat 2 and JSAT.
In the United States, coverage is provided by the NSS-806 and EchoStar satellites and is distributed by Comcast and the Dish Network. In Europe, RecordTV is the only Brazilian television channel available without any subscription fees. Coverage reaches all countries on the continent.
Controversies
Edir Macedo's control of Rede Record
The sale of Record in 1989 to businessman Edir Macedo is still controversial; the Federal Police conducted an investigation in which they discovered that part of the money used by Macedo for the purchase of the station consisted of interest-free loans from his Universal Church. The leader of the UCKG was sentenced to pay a fine for not having declared this money. In 1992, the station's studios, still located in Moema, suffered another fire in which several documents related to the sale of Record were lost, causing the transaction to owe more satisfactory explanations.
That same year, Edir Macedo was arrested shortly after holding a service at the Templo Maior of the Universal Church in the Santo Amaro neighborhood of São Paulo on charges of charlatanism, stelionism, and injury to popular belief. The then-new owner of Record was jailed for 11 days and was released for lack of evidence, later getting rid of the charges. In late-1995, Macedo was once again the target of controversy when he appeared in a video recorded in 1990 by a former member of the UCKG and aired on TV Globo, where the spiritual leader appeared teaching other pastors to convince believers to donate money to his church. With the video becoming viral on the Internet, Macedo tried to petition the courts to have copies of the Globo report removed from YouTube, but had his request denied.
Money laundering
In 2008, the UCKG was accused of money laundering and its members, including Edir Macedo, were charged for gang formation. The case gained notoriety, mainly, because it was heavily aired again by Rede Globo in its national news program, Jornal Nacional. In response, In Jornal da Record, Rede Record presented several old accusations that Globo had alleged links in the result of the 1989 presidential elections and the military dictatorship. The case was later dismissed and Record again criticized Globo for not reporting Edir Macedo's innocence.
According to the Forbes magazine, Edir Macedo is the richest pastor in Brazil, with a net worth estimated in January 2013 at almost two billion reais. The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and Edir Macedo contested and stated in a note that, although Rede Record is owned by him, Macedo would not be remunerated or participate in profits or any other financial resources coming from the station and that they would be reinvested in Record. His only sustenance would come from the church through the "per diem" paid to pastors and bishops by the institution and from the copyrights of the books he authored.
In 2007, the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper pointed out that Macedo was the largest holder of concessions in the Brazilian media, with 23 television stations, including Rede Record, and 40 radio stations, and that the conglomerate's financial extension, registered in the then tax haven of Jersey Island, would serve for "money laundering" of tithes received by the UCKG.
Relationship with the Universal Church
According to the investigation, at least 50 companies, such as radio and TV stations (especially Rede Record), printers and tourism agencies controlled directly or indirectly by members of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God are benefited by donations made by believers of the UCKG throughout the country.
The Universal Church, along with Rede Record and Folha Universal, the main media outlets linked to the UCKG, have also had numerous editorial conflicts with several other media outlets in Brazil, among them the UOL portal, the Veja magazine, the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper and especially Rede Globo. Edir Macedo stated to IstoÉ's website that the Rio de Janeiro broadcaster is one of Universal's biggest enemies.
"Chute na santa" incident
At dawn on the holiday of October 12, 1995, the day of Our Lady of Aparecida, celebrated by Catholics, the program O Despertar da Fé, produced by the Universal Church, was aired on Rede Record. During the broadcast, the televangelist, Sérgio von Helder, kicked and hit an image of the Saint that he had bought. In addition to assaulting the image, Sergio stated that "God could not be compared to such an ugly, horrible and disgraceful 'doll'."
The following day, the incident was reported by Rede Globo during Jornal Nacional, causing great national repercussion. The fact was widely criticized not only by Catholics, but also by other religious groups, being reported as religious intolerance. At the time, Edir Macedo even offered space on Record to some Catholic leaders as an apology, but they refused. Later, Macedo claimed that he was suffering religious persecution from the media, especially from TV Globo, saying that Roberto Marinho's network had turned him into a "monster".
Accusations of political bias
As in previous governments, Edir Macedo positioned himself as pro-government when Bolsonaro came in first place in the polls in the 2018 elections. The Folha de S.Paulo newspaper found out, together with other journalists from RecordTV, that conflicts were occurring in its journalism editorial line to favor Bolsonaro from politically biased information. Until that moment, neither the station nor the journalism sector officially supported the politician. Due to this, that same year, the director of Jornal da Record resigned.
Writing for The Intercept Brasil, João Filho questioned the increased inflow of public money to RecordTV and other stations in which the owners appear on Bolsonaro's side. Before the current administration, more money was spent on the broadcasters from their audience, but the method was canceled without reason.
On January 15, 2020, it was revealed by Folha de S.Paulo that Fabio Wajngarten, head of the Social Communication Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic (SECOM), received, through a company of which he is a partner, money from TV stations and advertising agencies that have contracts with Jair Bolsonaro's government. Among them are Rede Bandeirantes and RecordTV. Such fact entered the analysis of Reporters Without Borders, which analyzes Bolsonaro's attacks directed at the press.
In June 2020, a survey released by Agência Pública confirmed that RecordTV, alongside other evangelical broadcasters and pastors supporting the government, received the most advertising funds from SECOM, at a total of 30 million reais. RecordTV also received money to publicize the "Positive Agenda", an advertisement to convey a favorable image of the government to the population. Another pro-government marketing piece broadcast on the station was "Amazon Day", after the Bolsonaro government received international criticism with the burning in the Amazon.
According to a survey done by Poder360, Bolsonaro granted 102 exclusive interviews to media outlets, even though he claimed to dislike the press. Band was the most attended, followed by RecordTV, SBT and Jovem Pan.
Commenting on how the news outlets of RecordTV reported on Marcelo Crivella's arrest, Ricardo Feltrin, a columnist for UOL, pointed out that the journalism of RecordTV lacks credibility because it is linked to the UCKG.
Subliminal political propaganda
In October 2020, the electoral judge Luciana Mocco Moreira Lima prohibited RecordTV from continuing to make political propaganda with the use of subliminal advertising. A subliminal advertisement for Mayor Marcelo Crivella, a candidate for reelection in the city of Rio de Janeiro and who is the nephew of the Edir Macedo, was circulated by the station and on its website. In the campaign, Record presented its new WhatsApp number, which ended with 1010, 10 being the party number of the politician. The judge recalled that a similar fact occurred in 2014, in the election for mayor of Rio de Janeiro, in which a vignette was suspended by the Electoral Justice, which advertised Psalm 22, when the number of Crivella, at the time, was also 22.
Spreading of misinformation
According to Radar To Facts, on February 26, 2021, RecordTV and other media outlets have helped drive misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic by posting interviews with doctors on YouTube defending drugs with no proven effectiveness or with criticism of wearing masks.
Awards
ExxonMobil Journalism Award
2005: Esso Special for Telejournalism, granted to Leandro Cipoloni, Antonio Chastinet, Steve Ribeiro, Luiz Mendes and Paulo Nicolau, for the report "Imbroglione - The Phantom Citizen".
2008: Esso Special of Telejournalism, awarded to André Felipe Tal, Ricardo Andreoni, Jorge Valente and Marcelo Zanini, for the report "Dossiê Roraíma: Pedofilia no Poder"
2020: King of Spain, awarded for the third time to the broadcaster, but this time for the report "A Besta", from Câmera Record.
References
External links
official website
RecordTV
Portuguese-language television networks
Television networks in Brazil
Television channels and stations established in 1953
Mass media in São Paulo
1953 establishments in Brazil | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RecordTV |
News 9 Now and News on 6 Now are American regional digital broadcast television networks that are owned by Griffin Media. The channels simulcast and rebroadcast local news programming seen on Griffin-owned CBS affiliates KWTV-DT (channel 9) in Oklahoma City and KOTV-DT (channel 6) in Tulsa, Oklahoma in their respective markets, along with select other programs. News 9 Now is broadcast on KWTV digital subchannel 9.2 in the Oklahoma City market, while News on 6 Now is broadcast on KOTV digital subchannel 6.3 in the Tulsa market. On cable, the individual channels are available on Cox Communications channel 53 in their respective markets.
The services were developed out of News Now 53, a regional cable news channel that operated from December 1996 to April 2011, which was operated by Cox Communications Oklahoma in conjunction with Griffin Communications, and was carried on cable systems within Cox's Oklahoma service area.
Background
News Now 53
The concept of the channel dates back to the August 1993 extension of a retransmission consent agreement made between KWTV and Oklahoma City area cable providers Cox Cable (which rebranded as Cox Communications in 1996) and Multimedia Cablevision (whose systems in suburban areas of the city were acquired by Cox in 2000) to continue carriage of the station's signal; as part of the deal, KWTV announced that it would create a locally originated cable channel providing news, sports and weather information for the two providers.
The service, which was named News Now 53, first launched on December 3, 1996, exclusively on Cox's systems in Oklahoma City and certain inner suburbs; it aired both live airings and rebroadcasts of KWTV's daily local news programs as well as occasional specials produced by the station's news department. Following Griffin's 2000 acquisition of KOTV from the Belo Corporation, News Now 53 expanded to Cox's Tulsa service area, carrying live daily newscasts and news replays from KOTV.
Until the mid-2000s, News Now 53 carried live telecasts of KWTV – and later KOTV's newscasts – in the event that either station was unable to air its regularly scheduled evening newscasts due to CBS sports telecasts that run into that timeslot. In 2008, the channel underwent a graphical revamp, with the introduction of a new logo and the implementation of a new "L" bar (which was an expansion to the graphical display that featured only the current time and temperature as well as notifications regarding the newscast that was being rebroadcast at that time), displaying five-day forecasts for the respective markets, along with banner advertisements for Cox Communications and local area businesses. This "L" bar – which evolved into its current format displaying current conditions and 24-hour forecasts for various weather observation sites around Oklahoma on the lower portion of the screen with banner ads remaining on the right-hand portion – only appears during rebroadcasts of KWTV/KOTV newscasts and is removed for commercial breaks and live broadcasts – though technical errors occasionally result in the "L" bar display not appearing during some news rebroadcasts.
Relaunch as News 9 Now and News on 6 Now
On April 1, 2011, Griffin Communications took over the operations of News Now 53 from Cox Communications, and both the Oklahoma City and Tulsa area feeds of News Now 53 were reformatted into two separate services: News 9 Now and News on 6 Now; along with the existing cable coverage, both feeds began to be broadcast over-the-air for the first time as multicast channels of KWTV and KOTV's digital signals, and allowed cable providers in the state outside of Cox Communications to carry the channel. In the Tulsa area, the launch of News on 6 Now on KOTV digital channel 6.3, resulted in the movie-oriented digital broadcast network This TV to be relocated to digital channel 19.2 of KOTV's CW-affiliated sister station KQCW-DT.
The channels broadcast KOTV and KWTV's newscasts in 16:9 widescreen, as both KWTV and KOTV broadcast their newscasts in that format (both stations broadcast their news programming in high definition, with KOTV upgrading from enhanced definition to HD in January 2013, although the two channels broadcast programming in downconverted 480i standard definition); however, news rebroadcasts on News 9 Now are shown in a stretched center cut 4:3 display.
On April 12, 2011, Cox restricted the channels to its digital service; this required customers in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa markets with analog-only cable service to rent a CableCARD or digital cable converter, or purchase a television set with a digital cable-ready QAM tuner to continue to receive News 9 Now and News on 6 Now programming.
Programming
With the relaunch of News Now 53 as two individually-branded services, plans originally called for KWTV and KOTV to use the channels to provide additional coverage during severe weather events; however in such cases, the channels instead take on the responsibility of broadcasting CBS network and syndicated programs normally seen on the main channel during extended breaking news and severe weather coverage. (although it's expected to eventually be discontinued as Griffin purchased Oklahoma City's MyNetworkTV affiliate KSBI with KSBI taking over responsibilities in airing CBS Programing when KWTV is unable to do so).
Although News 9 and News on 6 Now are intended to operate as news rebroadcast channels, the two services also carry a three-hour block of children's programs on Saturday mornings, in order to comply with Federal Communications Commission educational programming rules that require digital subchannels to carry additional educational programming, regardless of the subchannel's intended format. News 9 Now formerly broadcasts CBS This Morning Saturday in lieu of KWTV and Face the Nation in its entirety as KWTV does not broadcast the second half-hour of the program live from the CBS network feed (the first half-hour airs on Sunday mornings in tandem with News 9 Now's broadcast of the program, while KWTV's main channel airs the second half of the program on a tape delay on Sunday nights/early Monday mornings).
References
External links
News9.com - KWTV official website (Oklahoma City)
NewsOn6.com - KOTV official website (Tulsa)
Griffin Media
Television stations in Oklahoma City
Television stations in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Television channels and stations established in 1996
24-hour television news channels in the United States | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News%209%20Now%20and%20News%20on%206%20Now |
Samiur Rahman (3 December 1953 – 19 April 2022) was a Bangladeshi cricketer and umpire. He played for Bangladesh in its first-ever One Day International (ODI) game against Pakistan at Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 1986 Asia Cup. He played in total two ODIs. Apart from being a new ball swing bowler, he was also a useful lower order batsman. Like his brother, Yousuf Rahman (better known as Yousuf Babu), Sami was a regular for the national side in the first half of the 1980s.
Career
Though Rahman was overlooked for the first ICC Trophy in 1979, he was a vital member of the side that finished fourth in 1982. He took seven wickets at 18.85 a piece. His best bowling, 3/31 came in the first match against West Africa. In 1986, Rahman played in only three matches taking three wickets.
Rahman was a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) umpire of more than one hundred matches and served as a match referee in 25 T20 matches.
Rahman died on 19 April 2022, aged 66. He had been ill for two years having been diagnosed with a brain tumour and suffering from other health complications.
References
1953 births
2022 deaths
Cricketers from Dhaka
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Bangladeshi cricket umpires | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samiur%20Rahman |
ESPN MLB broadcasters are as follows (including games broadcast only on ESPN currently and formerly):
Current broadcasts
Sunday Night Baseball
Bonnie Bernstein: (field reporter, 2006)
Aaron Boone: (color commentator, 2016–2017)
David Cone: (color commentator, 2022–present)
Terry Francona: (analyst, 2012)
Peter Gammons: (field analyst, 2006–2008)
Orel Hershiser: (color commentator, 2010–2013)
John Kruk: (color commentator, 2013–2015)
Álvaro Martín: (field reporter, 2000–2001)
Jessica Mendoza: (color commentator, 2015–2019)
Jon Miller: (play-by-play, 1990–2010)
Joe Morgan: (color commentator, 1990–2010)
Wendi Nix: (field reporter, 2011)
Buster Olney: (field reporter, 2011–present)
Eduardo Pérez: (color commentator, 2022–present)
Steve Phillips: (color commentator, 2009)
Karl Ravech: (play-by-play, 2022–present)
Alex Rodriguez: (color commentator, 2018–2021)
Sam Ryan: (field reporter, 2004–2006)
Curt Schilling: (color commentator, 2014–2015)
Dan Shulman: (play-by-play, 2011–2017)
Bobby Valentine: (color commentator, 2011)
Matt Vasgersian: (play-by-play, 2018–2021)
MLB on ESPN
Play by Play
Mike Monaco
Michael Kay
Dave Flemming
Jon Sciambi
Kevin Brown
Roxy Bernstein
Analyst
Alex Rodriguez
Jessica Mendoza
Tim Kurkjian
Doug Glanville
Former broadcasts
ESPN DayGame
Erin Andrews: (field reporter, 2005)
David Justice: (analyst, 2003–2005)
Gary Miller: (field reporter, 2003–2005)
Steve Phillips: (analyst, 2004–2005)
Steve Stone: (analyst, 2004–2005)
Gary Thorne: (play-by-play, 2003–2005)
Thursday Night Baseball
Chris Berman: (play-by-play, 2005–2006)
Duke Castiglione: (field reporter, 2006)
Eric Karros: (analyst, 2005–2006)
Joe Morgan: (analyst, 2005–2006)
Friday Night Baseball
Dave Campbell (analyst, 1991–1993)
Norm Hitzges (analyst, 1990)
Ray Knight (analyst, 1991)
Tom Mees (play-by-play, 1992)
Joel Meyers (play-by-play, 1993)
Jim Palmer (analyst, 1990)
Steve Physioc (play-by-play, 1991–1993)
Jerry Reuss (analyst, 1992–1993)
Gary Thorne (play-by-play, 1990–1992)
Steve Zabriskie (play-by-play, 1990–1993)
John Sanders (play-by-play, 1990)
Tuesday Night Baseball
Chris Berman (play-by-play, 1990–1991)
Dave Campbell (analyst, 1993)
Tommy Hutton (analyst, 1990–1991)
Ray Knight (analyst, 1990)
Sean McDonough (play-by-play, 1990–1993)
Steve Physioc (play-by-play, 1993)
Jerry Reuss (analyst, 1991)
Steve Zabriskie (play-by-play, 1991–1993)
Monday Night Baseball
Erin Andrews: (field reporter, 2004–2007)
Jason Benetti: (play-by-play, 2021, select games)
Chris Berman: (play-by-play, 1992)
Aaron Boone: (analyst, 2010–2015)
Dallas Braden: (analyst, 2015, second half of season; 2016–2017)
Bob Carpenter: (play-by-play, 1993)
Dave Flemming: (play-by-play, 2015–2021, select games)
Doug Glanville: (analyst, 2021, select games)
Tony Gwynn: (analyst, 2002–2005)
Tom Hart: (play-by-play, 2021, select games)
Orel Hershiser: (analyst, 2008–2010)
Tommy Hutton: (analyst, 1992–1993)
Tim Kurkjian: (field reporter, 2011–2014; analyst, lead color commentator 2017–2021)
Sean McDonough: (play-by-play, 2011–2012)
Tom Mees: (play-by-play, 1992)
Jessica Mendoza: (analyst, 2020–2021, select games)
Mark Mulder: (analyst, 2014; 2015, first half of season)
Dave O'Brien: (play-by-play, 2002–2007, 2013–2015)
Eduardo Pérez: (lead color commentator, 2016–2021)
Kyle Peterson: (analyst, 2020–2021, select games)
Steve Phillips: (analyst, 2008–2009)
Karl Ravech: (lead play-by-play, 2016–2021, select games)
Curt Schilling: (analyst, 2016)
Dan Shulman: (play-by-play, 2008–2010)
Chris Singleton: (analyst, 2010)
Larry Sorenson: (analyst, 1992–1993)
Rick Sutcliffe: (analyst, 2002–2007, 2011–2013)
Gary Thorne: (play-by-play, 1993)
Wednesday Night Baseball
Manny Acta: (analyst, 2013–2015)
Erin Andrews: (field reporter, 2008)
Chris Berman: (play-by-play, 1990–2016, select games)
Bonnie Bernstein: (field reporter, 2007, select games)
Steve Berthiaume: (fill-in play-by-play, 2007–2012)
Aaron Boone: (fill-in analyst, 2010–2017, for September games only)
Jeff Brantley: (analyst, 2002–2005)
Dave Campbell: (analyst, 1990–2002)
Bob Carpenter: (play-by-play, 1990–2004)
Duke Castiglione: (field reporter, 2006)
Nomar Garciaparra: (analyst, 2010–2013)
Doug Glanville: (analyst, 2013–2017)
Pedro Gomez (field reporter, 2011–2014)
Orel Hershiser: (analyst, 2001 and 2006–2007; 2009–2010 for September games)
Chipper Jones: (analyst, 2020)
Tim Kurkjian: (field reporter, 2011–2014, for September games only)
Barry Larkin: (fill-in analyst, 2013–2014)
Steve Levy: (fill-in play-by-play, 2013–2021)
Buck Martinez: (analyst, 1992–2000 and 2002–05)
Sean McDonough: (play-by-play, 2011–2012, for September games only; 2013-2015, select games)
Mark Mulder: (fill-in analyst, 2013–2015)
Joe Morgan: (analyst, 1990–2010, select games)
Dave O'Brien: (play-by-play, 2008–2012; 2013–2015, for September games only)
Steve Phillips: (analyst, 2007)
Karl Ravech: (fill-in play-by-play, 2013–2021)
David Ross: (analyst, 2017–2019)
Curt Schilling: (analyst, 2013–2016)
Jon Sciambi: (play-by-play, 2005; fill-in play-by-play, 2013; play-by-play, 2014–2021)
Xavier Scruggs: (analyst 2021)
Dan Shulman: (play-by-play, 1995–2007; 2009–2010 for September games)
Dave Sims (play-by-play, 1993–1994)
Dewayne Staats (play-by-play, 1995–1997)
Rick Sutcliffe: (analyst, 2008–2021)
Gary Thorne (play-by-play, 1990–2009)
Steve Zabriskie (play-by-play, 1990–1993)
Note: Between 1990-2005, the Wednesday night telecast appeared as a doubleheader. That is why there are multiple play-by-play commentators and analysts listed from those years.
Personalities
Current
Kevin Connors- play-by-play (2020–present) select games
Dave Flemming- play-by-play (2013–present) select games
Doug Glanville- analyst (2021–present) select games
Tom Hart- play-by-play (2020–present) select games
Michael Kay - play-by-play (2022–present) Kay-Rod/select games
Tim Kurkjian- reporter (1998–present) Baseball Tonight and Monday Night Baseball
Mike Monaco - Occasional play-by-play (2021–present)
Melanie Newman - play-by-play (2021–present) select games in September
Jessica Mendoza- analyst (2014–present) Baseball Tonight, analyst (2015-2019) Sunday Night Baseball, Monday Night Baseball and Wednesday Night Baseball
Buster Olney- reporter (2003–present) Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball
Eduardo Pérez- analyst (2007–2011), (2014–present) Baseball Tonight, analyst (2016-2017) Sunday Night Baseball, Monday night Baseball and occasionally Wednesday night Baseball 2018–present
Kyle Peterson - Analyst (2020–present) select games
Karl Ravech- host and play-by-play (1995–present) Baseball Tonight and Monday Night Baseball.
Jon Sciambi- play-by-play (2005; 2013–present) Wednesday Night Baseball; host (2012–present) Baseball Tonight
Xavier Scruggs - Occasional analyst (2021–present)
Chris Singleton- analyst (2008–present) Baseball Tonight, analyst (2010) Monday Night Baseball
Rick Sutcliffe- analyst (2002–present) Monday Night Baseball and Wednesday Night Baseball- mainly Wednesday Night Baseball
Alex Rodriguez - Sunday Night Baseball (2018–2021); (2022–2023) Kay-Rod/select games
Former
Adam Amin: play-by-play (2018–2019) select games
Erin Andrews: field reporter (2004–2008) Monday Night Baseball and Wednesday Night Baseball
Jason Benetti: play-by-play (2018–2021) select games
Bonnie Bernstein: field reporter (2006) Sunday Night Baseball, (2007–2008) Wednesday Night Baseball
Steve Berthiaume: host (2004–2005, 2007–2012) Baseball Tonight (TV play-by-play for the Arizona D'Backs)
Dusty Baker: analyst (2007) Baseball Tonight
Aaron Boone: analyst (2010–2017) Baseball Tonight, Sunday Night Baseball and Monday Night Baseball
Larry Bowa: analyst (2005) Baseball Tonight
Jim Bowden: analyst (2012–2017) Baseball Tonight
Jeff Brantley: analyst (2002–2006) Baseball Tonight
Dave Campbell: analyst (1990–2004) Baseball Tonight
Bob Carpenter: play-by-play (1990–2004) Wednesday Night Baseball
Duke Castiglione: field reporter (2006) Wednesday Night Baseball
Alex Cora: analyst (2013–2016) Baseball Tonight
Rece Davis: host (2004) Baseball Tonight
Orestes Destrade: analyst (2005–) Baseball Tonight
Rob Dibble: analyst (1998–2004) Baseball Tonight
Rich Eisen: host (1996–2002) Baseball Tonight
Terry Francona: analyst (2012) Sunday Night Baseball
Peter Gammons: field reporter (2006–2008) Sunday Night Baseball, studio reporter (1990–2009) Baseball Tonight
Nomar Garciaparra: analyst (2010–2013) Baseball Tonight and Wednesday Night Baseball
Doug Glanville: analyst (2010–2017) Baseball Tonight
Pedro Gomez: correspondent (2004–2020)
Tony Gwynn: analyst (2002–2005) Monday Night Baseball and Wednesday Night Baseball
Orel Hershiser: analyst (2001) Wednesday Night Baseball, analyst (2006–2013) Baseball Tonight, Monday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball and Sunday Night Baseball
Jim Hughson: play-by-play (1992–1994) select games
Chipper Jones: analyst (2020) Wednesday Night Baseball
David Justice: analyst (2003–2004) ESPN DayGame
Eric Karros: analyst (2005–2006) select games
Brian Kenny: host (2003) Baseball Tonight
Ray Knight: analyst (1998–2003) Baseball Tonight
John Kruk: analyst (2004–2016) Baseball Tonight, analyst (2013–2015) Sunday Night Baseball
Barry Larkin: analyst (2011–2014) Baseball Tonight
Mike Macfarlane: analyst (1999) Baseball Tonight
Dave Marash: host (1990) Baseball Tonight
Buck Martinez: analyst (1992–2000), (2002–2007) select games
Tino Martinez: analyst (2006) Baseball Tonight
Brian McRae: analyst (2000–2005) Baseball Tonight
Gary Miller: host (1990–1995) Baseball Tonight, field reporter (2002–2005) ESPN DayGame
Jon Miller: play-by-play (1990–2010) Sunday Night Baseball
Joe Morgan: analyst (1990–2010) Sunday Night Baseball
Mark Mulder: analyst (2011–2015) Baseball Tonight
Chris Myers: host (1991–1995) Baseball Tonight
Wendi Nix: field reporter (2011–) Sunday Night Baseball
Dave O'Brien: play-by-play (2002–2017) Monday Night Baseball and Wednesday Night Baseball
Steve Phillips: analyst (2006–2009) Baseball Tonight, analyst (2005–2009) Wednesday Night Baseball, analyst (2009) Sunday Night Baseball
Scott Reiss: host (2005–2010) Baseball Tonight
Harold Reynolds: analyst (1996–2006) Baseball Tonight
Marly Rivera: reporter and ESPN Radio Analyst (2021–2023)
Bill Robinson: analyst (1990–1991) Baseball Tonight
David Ross: analyst (2017–2019) Baseball Tonight and Monday or Wednesday Night Baseball mainly as a 2nd Analyst and occasionally as the only Analyst.
Sam Ryan: field reporter (2004–2006) Sunday Night Baseball
Curt Schilling: analyst (2010–2016) Baseball Tonight, analyst (2014–2016) Sunday Night Baseball and Monday Night Baseball
Buck Showalter: analyst (2001–2002, 2008–2010) Baseball Tonight
Dan Shulman- play-by-play (1995–2022) Sunday Night Baseball,- 2002-2007 - ESPN Radio and 2011-2017- ESPN Monday Night Baseball 1995-2017 and Wednesday Night Baseball 1995-2022, Select MLB Regular Season games - mostly on Holidays
Jayson Stark: reporter (2003–2017) Baseball Tonight
Steve Stone: analyst (2005–2006) ESPN DayGame
Mark Teixeira: analyst (2017–2020) Baseball Tonight and select MLB Regular Season Games
Gary Thorne: play-by-play (1990–1993), (1996–2000), (2003-2009) select games
Bobby Valentine: analyst (2003; 2009–2011) Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball
Matt Vasgersian- Sunday Night Baseball (2018–2021)
Adnan Virk: host (2017–2018) Baseball Tonight; play-by-play (2017–2018) Wednesday Night Baseball
Todd Walker: analyst (2017–2018) Baseball Tonight
Eric Young: analyst (2007–2010) Baseball Tonight
Dave Winfield: analyst (2009–) Baseball Tonight
ESPN MLB Division Series
See also
MLB on ESPN
Baseball Tonight
Sunday Night Baseball
Monday Night Baseball
Wednesday Night Baseball
MLB on ESPN Radio
List of MLB on ESPN Radio broadcasters
List of American League Division Series broadcasters
List of National League Division Series broadcasters
References
Major League Baseball broadcasters
ESPN Major League Baseball broadcast teams | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ESPN%20Major%20League%20Baseball%20broadcasters |
Shaheedur Rahman (, born 1 January 1963) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in two One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 1986. He played before the establishment of the first-class game in Bangladesh, and before his nation attained Test status, but did represent his country in England in the 1986 ICC Trophy Tournament for non-Test playing nations.
He made his full One Day International debut on 31 March 1986 in the Asia Cup against Pakistan at the Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa and played his second match against Sri Lanka at the Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy in the same competition. A right-handed top order batsman, he came in at number four and top scored with 37 from 60 balls on debut.
References
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Living people
1963 births
Cricketers from Chittagong | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaheedur%20Rahman |
The number of national daily newspapers in Iceland was just five in 1950 and in 1965. This is a list of both current and defunct newspapers in Iceland:
Current daily newspapers
Morgunblaðið – founded in 1913
Current weekly newspapers
Feykir – weekly regional newspaper for the North-West of Iceland
Heimildin – founded in 2023 with the merger of Stundin and Kjarninn
The Reykjavík Grapevine – describes itself as a newspaper; publishes some 18 issues a year
Skessuhorn – weekly news for the West Coast of Iceland; founded 1998
Viðskiptablaðið – weekly business newspaper
Vikudagur – weekly news for the North of Iceland; Founded in 2020 with the merge of Skarpur and Vikudagur
Current bi-weekly newspapers
Austurland – bi-weekly regional newspaper
Bændablaðið – founded in 1995
Eyjafréttir – local newspaper for Vestmannaeyjar; founded in 1974 as Fréttir
Norðurland – bi-weekly regional newspaper
Suðri – bi-weekly regional newspaper
Suðurnesjablaðið – bi-weekly regional newspaper
Vestfirðir – bi-weekly regional newspaper
Vesturland – bi-weekly regional newspaper
Current online newspapers
Austurfrétt – regional online newspaper for eastern Iceland
Fjarðarfréttir – online newspaper focused on the town of Hafnarfjörður. Founded in 1969 as a newspaper
Bæjarins besta – regional online newspaper for the Westfjords; founded 1984 and a weekly paper until 1997
DV
Hafnarfréttir – online newspaper focused on the municipality of Ölfus
Heimildin
IceNews
Kaffið.is – regional online newspaper for north Iceland
Morgunblaðið
RÚV
Viljinn
Vísir.is
Defunct
24 stundir – formerly known as Blaðið
Alþýðublaðið – social-democratic newspaper;1919–1998
Dagblaðið – founded in 1975, merged with Vísir in 1981 as Dagblaðið-Vísir or DV
Dagur – 1918–1996, 1997–2001
Dagur - Tíminn – 1996–1997
Eintak – weekly newspaper;1993–1994
Fréttablaðið – 2001–2023; daily paper
Fréttatíminn – weekly news for the capital area, later expanded to three issues a week; 2010–2017
Helgarpósturinn – weekly newspaper; 1979–1988
Ísafold weekly newspaper; 1874–1929. Merged with Morgunblaðið
Kjarninn – online newspaper; merged with Stundin in 2023
Morgunpósturinn – weekly newspaper later known as Helgarpósturinn; 1994–1997
Pressan – weekly newspaper; 1988–1994
Stundin – bi-weekly newspapers founded in 2015 by former staff of DV; merged with Kjarninn in 2023
Tíminn – agrarian daily; the Progressive Party. Merged with Dagur in 1996
Vestfirska fréttablaðið – weekly regional newspaper; 1975–1996 in the Westfjords
Vikublaðið – weekly socialist newspaper; 1992–1997
Vikudagur – weekly news for the North of Iceland; merged with Skarpur in 2020 and became Vikublaðið
Vísir – founded in 1910 initially as a right-wing newspaper; merged with Dagblaðið in 1981
Þjóðviljinn – socialist newspaper; 1936–1992
See also
List of online newspapers in Iceland
References
List
Iceland
Newspapers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20newspapers%20in%20Iceland |
HTLV-3 is:
a former name for the human immunodeficiency virus (now known as HIV).
now the name of a different virus, the human T-lymphotrophic virus type 3 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTLV-III |
is a Japanese curler, born April 5, 1978, in Tokoro, Hokkaido as . She is currently the coach of Sayaka Yoshimura's team from Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Career
At age 12, Funayama began curling in her hometown Tokoro, Hokkaido, joining Akiko Katoh's junior team together with Ayumi Ogasawara (then Onodera). Funayama mainly played third for the Katoh team. The team represented Japan at four World Junior Curling Championships (1996, 1997, 1998 & 1999), winning a silver medal in 1998 and another silver in 1999. The team later represented Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics, finishing in 8th place with a 2–7 record.
After the 2001-2002 season, Funayama moved from Hokkaido to Aomori and formed a new team with her then-teammate Ayumi Ogasawara (then Onodera), who became the skip of the new team. The team represented Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where Funayama played third and Japan finished 7th with a 4–5 record, including a surprise win over one of the usual curling powerhouses, Canada. After the 2005-2006 season, Funayama and Ogasawara announced their temporary retirement. Funayama got married and had a child before returning to the sport in the 2011-12 season.
In 2011, Funayama and Ogasawara formed a new team in Sapporo, Hokkaido. The team qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics through the Olympic Qualification Event 2013. At the Olympic Games, Funayama threw third stones under skip Ogasawara, and Japan finished in 5th place with a 4–5 record, winning against two former World Championship teams, Switzerland's Mirjam Ott and China's Wang Bingyu.
Personal life
Funayama is married and has two children. She lives in Sapporo.
Teammates
2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games
Akiko Katoh, Skip
Ayumi Onodera, Second
Mika Konaka, Lead
Kotomi Ishizaki, Alternate
2006 Turin Olympic Games
Ayumi Onodera, Skip
Mari Motohashi, Second
Moe Meguro, Lead
Sakurako Terada, Alternate
2014 Sochi Olympic Games
Ayumi Ogasawara, Skip
Kaho Onodera, Second
Michiko Tomabechi, Lead
Chinami Yoshida, Alternate
References
External links
Japanese female curlers
Living people
1978 births
People from Kitami, Hokkaido
Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers for Japan
Pacific-Asian curling champions
Japanese curling champions
Sportspeople from Sapporo
Curlers from Hokkaido
20th-century Japanese women
21st-century Japanese women | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumie%20Funayama |
Tony Hill may refer to:
Tony Hill (Australian footballer) (born 1949), Australian footballer for Footscray
Tony Hill (cricketer) (born 1952), New Zealand cricketer
Tony Hill (umpire) (born 1951), international cricket umpire from New Zealand
Tony Hill (wide receiver) (born 1956), American football player
Tony Hill (politician) (born 1957), American politician from Florida
Tony Hill, British musician, founder member of the band High Tide
Tony Hill (defensive end) (born 1968), American football player
Dr. Tony Hill, fictional psychologist in the TV show Wire in the Blood
Tony Hill (boxer) (born 1986), British boxer
See also
Tony Hills, fictional character on EastEnders
Tony Hills (American football) (born 1984), offensive tackle
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Azhar Hossain (born 15 March 1964) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in seven One Day Internationals from 1988 to 1990. Though, in and out of the national squad, Azhar was still a very dominant figure in domestic cricket arena throughout the 80's. The highlight of his international career was his 54 against NZ at Sharjah in 1990. That is the first 50 scored by a Bangladeshi in ODI. Later on, in 1999, his nephew Mehrab Hossain became the first Bangladeshi to score a century in ODI (at Dhaka against Zimbabwe). An opening batsman, He also picked up 4 wickets in ODIs bowling gentle off-breaks.
In ICC trophy
Azhar represented Bangladesh in the 1990 ICC Trophy in Netherlands. He scored 83 runs with the bat in 7 innings, with a highest of 28 against the Netherlands. With the ball, he took 7 wickets for 285 runs,
with his best figures,2/24 against Bermuda.
References
1964 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Cricketers from Dhaka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azhar%20Hossain |
Mohammad Harunur Rashid (; born 30 November 1968), also known as Liton, is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 2 ODIs in 1988.
Later that year, he played in the Asia Cup in Bangladesh. Unfortunately, for the opener, his experience in full ODIs wasn't very happy. He bagged ducks against India and Sri Lanka.
1989/90 season
To his credit, Harunur Rashid bounced back from these setbacks and enjoyed a highly successful 1989–90. Playing in front of his home crowd at Noakhali, he scored 134 runs against Deccan Blues He followed this with 670 runs against Denmark at Dhaka in February 1990. Playing for Abahani KC, he dominated the 2nd wicket partnership of 86 with the skipper Gazi Ashraf Lipu. Just the next day, he scored 50 against the same opposition, this time playing for BCCB(White). He and his fellow opener Zahid Razzak put on 105 for the 1st wicket.
On the basis of these performances, he was included in the Bangladesh team for the 1990 ICC Trophy. He showed excellent form in the practice match against Academic Bold Club (Denmark). He scored 666, & shared a massive 415 run opening partnership with Nurul Abedin Nobel. In the main Trophy, he played against Fiji & Denmark, scoring 10 & 6 respectively.
In the 1990s
He was a dominant figure in domestic cricket throughout the 90's. With his aggressive batting ideally suited to One Day game. he was highly successful in the domestic arena. He also had some chances at the international level.
In Feb. 1992, he scored 40 against the visiting West Bengal side, in the process sharing a 90 run opening stand with Jahangir Alam. A year later, he scored 45 against the Karachi Gymkhana side. After remaining in the fringes for a number of years, he finally got his recall to the main national team for the ACC trophy in Malaysia in September 1996. His top score of 66* came against Brunei in the group stages.
Although he was overlooked for the ICC Trophy team in March 1997, he was made the captain of the 'A' team that took part in the 1997 Wills Cup in Pakistan. Although the Bangladesh 'A' team lost all their 4 group games, the young Bangladeshi cricketers gained valuable experiences playing some world class cricketers. Individually, Liton scored 76 runs at an average of 19.00. His top score of 43 came against The Agricultural Development Bank (Pakistan) at the National Stadium, Karachi. There, Liton shared a 111 run 2nd wicket stand with Shahriar Hossain (76). His last international match was against England 'A' at Dhaka, in October 1999. And he bowed out in style, scoring a stylish 55 for his side, before being dismissed by the leggie Schofield.
References
1968 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Barisal Division cricketers
Dhaka Division cricketers
Chittagong Division cricketers
People from Mymensingh
Sportspeople from Mymensingh Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harunur%20Rashid%20%28cricketer%29 |
Nasir Ahmed (born 1 January 1964) is a Bangladeshi former cricketer who played in seven One Day Internationals from 1988 to 1990. He is one of the three best wicketkeepers to play for Bangladesh, Shafiq-ul-Haq and Khaled Mashud being the other two. After the retirement of Haque, the selectors tried a number of young keepers, and Nasir (commonly known as Nasu) emerged as the most competent one. After cementing his place in 1986, he was a regular in the national side until 1993.
He eventually lost his place mainly due to tactical reasons, not for any keeping deficiencies. With one day game becoming more and more competitive, the team required a wicketkeeper who can bat up the order. Other players fulfilled this criterion better than Nasu. After retiring from cricket as a player, Nasu continued to serve the game as a national selector.
1964 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Wicket-keepers
Cricketers from Dhaka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasir%20Ahmed%20%28Bangladeshi%20cricketer%29 |
The National Anthem Project was a public awareness campaign launched in 2005 as a major initiative of MENC: The National Association for Music Education. At the time of its launch, the National Anthem Project website declared "MENC is sponsoring The National Anthem Project to revive America's patriotism by educating Americans about the importance of The Star-Spangled Banner - both the flag and the song." Sponsored by MENC with major support from the Jeep brand, and other sponsors such as NAMM, Bank of America, and the Gibson Foundation, this campaign, which later used the slogan "to restore America's voice through music education" was MENC's most ambitious project to date. A former First Lady, Laura Bush served as honorary chairperson, with country music's The Oak Ridge Boys as the official musical ambassadors. The stated purpose of the project was originally "to revive America's patriotism," but this was later modified to suggest that its purpose was merely to encourage more singing of the national anthem, or to bring more public attention to the role of music in American schools.
Support
A bipartisan discourse of American government officials, including more than twenty governors, Members of Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Department of Education, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, the Department of Defense, and National Endowment for the Humanities, indicated their support for the project and its goals. Project supporters also included civic organizations such as the Grammy Foundation, the National Education Association, the U.S. Conferences of Mayors, the Girl Scouts of the USA, the American Sportscasters Association, American Association of School Administrators, the National PTA, Music Teachers National Association, National Association for the Education of Young Children, and Drum Corps International.
Project background
According to a 2004 Harris Interactive survey, nearly two out of three Americans (61 percent) are unable to recall all of the words to The Star-Spangled Banner and three in four Americans indicate that school is where they learned the anthem and other patriotic songs. However, a survey showed that only 39 percent of Americans could complete the third line of The Star Spangled Banner correctly with "...through the perilous fight." (In a version written by Francis Scott Key in 1840, the third line ends "...through the clouds of the fight.")
According to the National Anthem Project website, throughout the United States music programs have experienced extensive funding cuts over the past several years, and on average four percent of the $450 billion spent on teaching American children goes to music, which means 55 percent of students receive inadequate music education. Further, while local school boards struggle to close ongoing budget gaps and meet new federal requirements, music continues to be cut in districts across the country.
"When these programs are cut out of public schools, we're not simply depriving our children of music, but hindering the teaching of our nation's history and heritage," says MENC Executive Director John Mahlmann, "Learning patriotic songs helps our children form bonds with their communities and instills pride in the American ideals we all hold close to our hearts – freedom, liberty and equality."
Project events
The National Anthem Project toured the United States in 2006, making "Road Show" stops in every state and Washington, D.C. The Road Shows featured music performances by student ensembles, an interactive education center, and music education advocacy materials. Visitors were encouraged to try singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" to test themselves on its lyrics. At each stop, one singer was designated a winner and given $1000 to donate to the local school music program of his or her choice.
Having concluded its Road Show, the National Anthem Project focused on the planned Grand Finale in Washington, DC, June 14–16, 2007, which featured a performance of The Star Spangled Banner on the National Mall. On June 14, 2007 more than 1,200 participants gathered at FedEx Field, home of the Washington Redskins near Washington, D.C., to celebrate the Project in a singalong led by country star Taylor Swift.
That same day more than 5,000 students joined together on the National Mall at the Washington Monument with "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band for an afternoon concert. On June 15, school ensembles from around the country performed throughout Washington, D.C. at eight monuments including the Lincoln Memorial, Capitol Reflecting Pool, World War II Memorial, and Jefferson Memorial.
The Grand Finale's third day of celebrations was hosted by Drum Corps International at the Navy/Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. These festivities included a special singing of the national anthem, and later competition of drum corps from around the country. The National Anthem Project Grand Finale events garnered more than 220 news stories, reaching 26 million people.
The Project continued its tradition of celebrating National Anthem Project Day on each September 14. The day aims to promote the importance of music education and the Project by encouraging teachers, students, parents, and community members and leaders to participate in joint celebrations. Events include singalongs and public statements of support for music education by local school administrators and elected officials. Media coverage of National Anthem Project Day and public statements of support from state and national elected officials are available online on the Project Web site.
Criticism of the project
Criticism of the project includes the following:
The National Anthem Project encourages American music teachers to focus on content and coverage rather than musical skills and understandings in their curriculum, an approach that is contrary to some contemporary theories of instructional design.
This criticism fails to recognize the need to examine such topics through a cross curricular lens which is evidenced as a best practice in education. It is important to focus on content AND musical skills.
Like the "Mozart Effect", use of the National Anthem Project for music advocacy brings greater attention to the work of music educators, but it also promotes the educational use of music as a tool for non-musical objectives in other academic subjects.
This criticism uses either'or fallacy to defend a view. Both intrinsic and extrinsic values of music should be addressed in the classroom. However, the general focus in music education should be primarily intrinsic in value.
The National Anthem Project facilitates the promotion of a corporate agenda in public schools, complete with company logos some characterize as advertising.
This is an anti-American view. The purpose of the project was to teach our youngest citizens the history and words of their National Anthem.
Since its inception, military divisions were publicly credited as "Supporting Organizations" for the project and explicit discussion of support for the US military has featured prominently in public discourse surrounding this project.
The Star Spangled Banner is not military education, nor was any part of it supportive of military topics.
Public criticisms include Amy Beegle's (2004) documentation of musical propaganda in American schools during World War II, and suggestion that music educators should "reflect upon the experiences of past generations" (p. 67). Later, Jere Humphreys remarked that "the National Anthem Project sends questionable messages during this time of controversy during a foreign war and the reduction of civil liberties at home and abroad" and warned against the "messages and images this campaign engenders" (Humphreys, 2006, p. 183). More recently, Carlos Abril (2007) cautioned that most of the Project's efforts "propel absolutist views in which declared truths take a front seat to divergent understandings and discoveries" (p. 81). Estelle Jorgensen (2007) also wrote that "selecting The Star-Spangled Banner as the focus of a national campaign to teach the nation to sing can be read as too narrow an objective in that it forwards the limited claims of nationalism to the exclusion of building international and local affiliations and identities. Rather, music teachers need to resist the claims of excessive nationalism in order to ensure that these other interests are also served" (p. 153).
See also
Branding national myths and symbols
References
Further reading
Books
Articles
External links
The National Anthem Project
The National Association for Music Education
"Oh Say Can You" Sing the National Anthem - MERIDIAN STAR
NPR-Citizen Student: Teaching Patriotism in Time of War
Martha Nussbaum - Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism
Emma Goldman - Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty
Inside Higher Education - Honoring the Anthem or Free Speech?
Patriotism and Nationalism in Music Education (Ashgate press, 2012)
Music education in the United States
American music history
2005 in music
Propaganda songs
Propaganda in the United States
The Star-Spangled Banner
George W. Bush administration controversies
American nationalism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Anthem%20Project |
Zahid Razzak is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in three One Day Internationals from 1988 to 1990.
After scores of 6,4,4, his ODI career ended. He also failed in two International Cricket Council trophy tournaments (in 1986 & in 1990). Nevertheless, he was more successful in the lower tiers of the game.
References
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Living people
1967 births
Cricketers from Chittagong | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahid%20Razzak |
Coindre Hall, originally called West Neck Farm, is a 40-room, mansion in the style of a medieval French château completed in 1912 for pharmaceutical magnate George McKesson Brown. Coindre Hall sits on of rolling land overlooking Huntington Harbor, near the Long Island Sound.
History
George McKesson Brown
The house was designed by New York architect Clarence Sumner Luce and completed in 1912 for George McKesson Brown of the McKesson pharmaceutical family. Brown, a Huntington Fire Commissioner for 29 years before his retirement in 1960, was the elder half-brother of race car driver David Bruce-Brown. In 1930, Brown donated a private road to the Town of Huntington, named Browns Road in his honor. Brown sold the house in 1939. (He died at Huntington on October 3, 1964, age 86 years.)
Brothers of the Sacred Heart
In 1939, at the request of Bishop Monsignor Thomas Edmund Molloy, the Brothers of the Sacred Heart (active in Christian education since 1847) bought the property, intending to establish a boarding school and summer retreat. It was founded by Brother Martinian, S.C., Provincial Superior and named in memory of Father André Coindre, the founder of the order. The school was intended to generate funds for the formation and education of young members of the order. It closed on June 30, 1971, due to a lack of teachers. At the time of its closing there were 116 students.
Suffolk County Ownership
The Suffolk County Legislature voted to purchase Coindre Hall for $750,000 in July 1972 and spent $4,000 to map the area. The plan was to use it as a harborfront park and lease the manor to the Town of Huntington to be used as a cultural center.
At the end of 1976, Suffolk County decided to close Coindre Hall due to budget cutbacks. It was costing the county about $90,000 to keep it open. Since the county's purchase of the property it had been used by the Huntington Militia, the Suffolk County Highway Patrol Bureau and the Huntington Art League.
The property was leased from Suffolk County in 1981 by Eagle Hill School, a private coeducational boarding school for students with learning disabilities. The school signed a 25year lease but run into financial difficulties and broke the lease in 1989. The school had declining enrollment and could not afford the rent or make needed repairs to the building.
Today
Since 1973, Coindre Hall Park has been administered by the Suffolk County Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation. Currently there is a gym that hosts soccer and basketball, and [www.splashesofhope.org Splashes of Hope] has art studio space upstairs through a work-exchange program with the county.
The mansion is often used for hosting weddings and unique catered events exclusively through Lessings Caterers. The Town of Huntington Department of Parks & Recreation used Coindre Hall for its adult exercise classes in Fall 2018.
On September 26, 1985, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and dedicated to the Suffolk County Historic Trust.
References
External links
Coindre Hall Topographic Map
Coindre Hall Aerial Photo
Coindre Hall, Suffolk County Parks
Coindre Hall Alumni Facebook Page
Coindre Hall School Memorial Page
Brothers of the Sacred Heart
Brothers of the Sacred Heart Foundation
Boarding schools in New York (state)
Defunct schools in New York (state)
Educational institutions established in 1939
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Mansions of Gold Coast, Long Island
Huntington, New York
Houses in Suffolk County, New York
1939 establishments in New York (state)
Châteauesque architecture in the United States
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Stephen Anthony Farry (born 22 April 1971) is a politician who has served as the deputy leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland since December 2016 and as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Down since 2019.
Farry served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Down from 2007 to 2019, and was Minister for Employment and Learning in the Northern Ireland Executive until the post was abolished in 2016. In 2019, he was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as MP for North Down.
Early life and career
Farry is the son of Vincent Farry and Margaret Farry (née Greer). He graduated from Queen's University, Belfast in 1992 with a BSSc in Politics and a PhD in International Relations in 2000. He was elected to the Assembly in the 2007 election for North Down, having first been elected to North Down Borough Council in 1993. In 1996, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Northern Ireland Forum election in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. In the 2010 United Kingdom general election, he contested North Down but came in third place.
He is a former General Secretary of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. He was appointed an International Peace Scholar by the US Institute of Peace in 2005. In 2007, he became Mayor of North Down.
Political career
Minister for Employment and Learning
Farry held his North Down seat in the 2011 Assembly election, and was subsequently appointed Minister for Employment and Learning in the 4th Northern Ireland Executive.
In September 2011, Farry announced a freeze on tuition fees in Northern Ireland, with fees only subject to an inflationary rise.
Following the decision by Alliance Party councillors to vote in favour of restricting the flying of the Union flag at Belfast City Hall to 17 specific days throughout the year in December 2012, Farry's constituency office in Bangor was the subject of an attempted arson attack.
In February 2013, he launched a review of apprenticeships and youth training, aiming to build a "gold standard" system capable of "rebalancing of the local economy and meeting the specific needs of business for a highly-skilled workforce". The 32 proposals launched by the department in June 2014 included incentives for businesses, and were welcomed by the Confederation of British Industry, the Federation of Small Businesses and NUS-USI.
Following the 2016 elections, Farry had been tipped by The Irish News to succeed David Ford as Minister of Justice. However, with the Alliance Party opting to enter opposition, he returned to the backbench. He subsequently assumed positions on the Stormont Committee for the Economy and Business Committee, remaining on these until the collapse of the Assembly in February 2017.
Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party
Following the resignation of David Ford as Alliance leader on 5 October 2016, Farry was named by The Irish Times as a potential leadership contender alongside Naomi Long. However, he did not stand as a leadership candidate and was later elected unopposed as Deputy Leader of the party.
At the 2017 Assembly election, Farry increased his share of first-preference votes in North Down to 7,014 (18.6%) and was re-elected on the first count. He currently serves as Alliance's Brexit spokesperson and has strongly advocated for a People's Vote, argued against a no-deal Brexit and maintained that the Northern Ireland backstop must be part of any Withdrawal Agreement should the UK leave the European Union.
Member of Parliament
On 13 December 2019, Farry was elected to represent the constituency of North Down in the 2019 general election. Farry replaced long-term incumbent Lady Hermon, who had stepped down at the election after eighteen years as an Ulster Unionist, and later independent, MP. He made his maiden speech on 20 December 2019, starting his speech speaking in Irish to "reflect the shared traditions of Northern Ireland"; it was the first time since 1901 that a maiden speech had been conducted in Irish, when Thomas O'Donnell was chastised by the then-Speaker for not speaking in English in the chamber.
In May 2020, Farry was one of a number of politicians warned that he was under threat from loyalist paramilitaries. The threat was believed to have come from elements of the UDA in south-east Antrim.
Personal life
In 2005, Farry married Wendy Watt. He lists his recreations as travel and international affairs.
References
External links
1971 births
Living people
People from Newtownards
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland MLAs
Members of North Down Borough Council
Mayors of places in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011
Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016
Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017
Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022
Ministers of the Northern Ireland Executive (since 1999)
UK MPs 2019–present
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Down constituencies (since 1922)
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland MPs
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland councillors
People educated at Our Lady and St. Patrick's College, Knock | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Farry |
Beuerberg Abbey (), formerly a monastery of the Augustinian Canons, is now the Monastery of the Visitation, Beuerberg (), a community of the Visitandines in Eurasburg in Bavaria, Germany.
Canons
The monastery, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, was founded in about 1120 by Count Otto of Eurasburg; the church was dedicated in 1127. It was damaged by fire in 1294 and again in 1330, when the library and archives were largely destroyed. It was a small house for most of the Middle Ages, but gained in numbers during the reforms originating from the monastery at Indersdorf of the mid-15th century. It suffered a collapse during the late 15th century and the first half of the 16th century.
The abbey was sacked during the Thirty Years' War, but was rebuilt as early as the 1630s in the Baroque style by either Isaak Paader or Hans Krumpper based on the design of St. Michael's Church in Munich. The upper parts of the tower were built after 1659. It became a part of the Lateran Congregation in 1710, when the prior was elevated to the rank of abbot. The monastery building was rebuilt, starting in 1729. Thereafter it was a centre for scholarship and historical study. It was dissolved in 1803 in the course of the secularisation of Bavaria.
The last abbot, Paul Hupfauer, chief librarian of the Electors of Bavaria, was appointed Library Commissioner in 1802 and during secularisation secured the transfer of many hundreds of books and manuscripts to the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library) and to Munich University library. The abbey church became the parish church.
Visitandines
In 1835 the Visitandines, known also as the Salesian Sisters, from the Visitandine house at Dietramszell, acquired and re-settled the premises. Between 1846 and 1938 they ran a girls' school and a home for nursing mothers, and afterwards an old people's convalescent home.
In December 2013 the prioress died, and with the care for the building complex proving too demanding for the thirteen remaining elderly nuns, they decided to move into a shared elderly home run by Franciscan and Salesian nuns nearby. In 2015, the Visitandine order and the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising worked out an arrangement to house refugees in the vacant abbey in the hope that families from Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan and other conflict zones might find shelter here. Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, has been an outspoken advocate on behalf of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. The abbey can house 60 refugees.
The Archdiocese's approach is important for two reasons. It not only supplies critically needed housing for refugees, but according to Msgr. Peter Beer, archdiocesan vicar general, it serves "as a test case and model for the future use of the more than 100 monasteries across Upper Bavaria". With support from the Knights of Malta, the archdiocese plans to provide a variety of services: psychological counseling, German-language lessons and assistance with state services.
In September 2015, Archabbot Asztrik Várszegi of the Benedictine Pannonhalma Archabbey in Hungary opened its doors to refugees saying, "We cannot leave anyone outside because doing so would contradict the Gospel".
References
Further reading
Wilhelm L. Steinberger: Dorf und Kloster Beuerberg. In: Alois Fink (ed.): Unbekanntes Bayern. Entdeckungen und Wanderungen. Band 1. Süddeutscher Verlag, München 1955, pp. 179–187. Reproduced in facsimile 1975
Michael Hartig: Die oberbayerischen Stifte, Band I: Die Benediktiner-, Cisterzienser- und Augustiner-Chorherrenstifte. Verlag vorm. G. J. Manz, München 1935, DNB 560552157, pp. 176 f.
External links
Klöster in Bayern: Beuerberg
Schwester der Heimsuchung Mariens - Deutschsprachige Föderation: Kloster der Heimsuching Beuerberg
Augustinian monasteries in Germany
Monasteries in Bavaria
1120s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
1121 establishments in Europe
1120s establishments in Germany
Religious organizations established in the 1120s
Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
Visitation monasteries
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
1803 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beuerberg%20Abbey |
J. E. Dunn Construction Group is a privately owned construction company in the United States. In 2011, the company was ranked 25th in Engineering News-Record's top 400 contractors; Forbes Magazine reported it was the 186th largest private company in the nation in 2010. Its headquarters are in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
History
J.E. Dunn Construction was founded by John Ernest Dunn in 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri. The company began expanding to other cities in the 1990s. In 2020, J.E. Dunn was honored as a Best Place to Work in Kansas City by the Kansas City Business Journal.
References
External links
J. E. Dunn Construction Group Official Web Site
Companies based in Kansas City, Missouri
Construction and civil engineering companies of the United States
Kansas City Royals owners
1924 establishments in Missouri
American companies established in 1924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20E.%20Dunn%20Construction%20Group |
Faruque Ahmed (; born 24 July 1966), also known as Faruk Ahmed, is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 7 ODIs from 1988 to 1999. A right hand middle order bat, he mostly batted at No. 3, but he could open the batting if necessary.
In ODIs
He made his ODI debut at Chittagong in 1988, against Pakistan
. His highest one day score was 57 against India at Chandigarh in 1990. There he put on 108 for the 3rd wicket with Athar Ali Khan.
In ICC Trophy
Ahmed also played in two ICC Trophy tournaments, in 1990 and 1994. He scored 56 against Canada in 1990. There he shared a match winning partnership of 121 with MOM Nurul Abedin (105). Overall, he scored 69 runs in 3 innings (Avg. 23.00). 4 years later, leading the side, he had a disappointing time with the bat in Kenya. He scored 114 runs at an average of 19.00.
As a captain
In the domestic circuit, Ahmed proved himself as a successful captain very early in his career. This prompted the national selectors to make him the Bangladesh captain for the 1993–94 season. This however, didn't turn out to be a very good decision. Specially, in the 1994 ICC Trophy in Kenya, dissatisfaction among senior players combined with injury to key players meant that Bangladesh failed to reach the Semis despite being one of the pre-tournament favorites.
After the 94 ICC Trophy, not only did Ahmed lose his captaincy, he also lost his place in the side. Nevertheless, he showed great courage to win back his place in the side as a top order batsman. He was one of the members of the Bangladesh side in the 1999 WC in England. He, however, failed to impress there, and retired afterward. After retirement, like many others of his generation, he has continued to serve Bangladesh cricket as an administrator. He has served as a national selector.
References
External links
Faruque bids his final bye (24 August 1999) | Cricket News | Bangladesh | ESPN Cricinfo
1966 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
20th-century Bangladeshi cricketers
Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricketers
Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup
University of Dhaka alumni
Commonwealth Games competitors for Bangladesh
Cricketers from Dhaka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faruk%20Ahmed |
Blue Card Services administers the blue card system—Queensland’s Working with Children Check.
The blue card system is used in Queensland, Australia as a prevention and monitoring system for people working with children and young people. Other states in Australia have a similar working with children check, but are not called a "blue card".
Purpose
All children in Queensland have a right to be safe and protected from harm. The blue card system regulates activities that are essential to children’s lives. These include childcare, education, sport, cultural activities and foster care. We check and monitor people who work in these industries and help organisations to create safe environments for children.
The blue card system is regulated by 2 pieces of legislation: the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 (the act) and the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Regulation 2020.
The blue card system contributes to the creation of safe service environments for children in various ways. Just as each piece of a jigsaw comes together to make a complete picture, the same applies to the blue card system. The different parts all play an essential role in keeping children and young people safe and it works best when all parts work together.
The 4 components of the blue card system involve:
Who needs a blue card?
The blue card check.
Ongoing daily monitoring and compliance with blue card requirements.
Requirements to develop and implement a child and youth risk management strategy.
References
www.qld.gov.au/bluecard
Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000
Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Regulation 2020.
External links
Official website
Child welfare in Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20card%20%28Australia%29 |
Mohammad Jahangir Alam Talukdar (born 4 December 1968) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in two One Day Internationals in 1990.
A left-arm fast bowler (commonly called Dulu) he first played for Bangladesh side in a three-day match against Pakistan in January 1986. But it was only from the 1989–90 season that he started to appear regularly in international level. His 3/29 helped BCCB (White) defeat the Indian team Deccan Blues at Mymensingh in January 1990. He was a key performer in the 4th ICC Trophy tournament in Netherlands in 1990. There he shared the new ball with another left-arm fast bowler, Gholam Nousher. Dulu's best performance came in the second round. His 3/27 against Denmark and 2/24 against Canada helped Bangladesh win vital matches. In December 1992, Dulu took 3/19 against Sri Lanka A, at Dhaka, in the 1st SAARC cricket tournament. He also played in the 5th ICC Trophy tournament in Kenya.
Apart from being a fast medium bowler, Jahangir Alam Talukdar was an unorthodox but effective lower-order right-hand batsman.
References
1968 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricketers
20th-century Bangladeshi cricketers
Cricketers from Dhaka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir%20Alam%20Talukdar |
is a Japanese curler. She was born November 20, 1984 in Kushiro, Hokkaido, but grew up in Minamifurano, Hokkaido.
Career
Moe Meguro won her first medal at the international level at the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships winning the gold medal. She played lead under skip Yumie Hayashi.
Team Aomori was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics . At the Games she threw first under skip Ayumi Onodera.
At the 2006 Pacific Curling Championships in Tokyo, Moe Meguro skipped Team Aomori and won a bronze medal. She also won a bronze medal at the 2007 Winter Universiade and a silver medal at the 2007 Pacific Curling Championships finishing the tournament with an 8-1 record.
At the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, Meguro skipped the Japanese team to 4th place (one of Japan's best ever finishes, Japan also finished 4th in 1997). The team was one shot away from the gold medal final, but let Canada steal a point in the 10th and 11th ends of their semi-final game. In the bronze medal game, they lost to Switzerland, in a re-match of the 3 vs. 4 game which the Japanese had won.
Moe Meguro won the bronze medal at the 2008 Pacific Curling Championships and the silver medal in 2009, losing the final to China skipped by Wang Bingyu.
She was also skip for Team Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics (finishing the round robin stage with a 3-6 record) and the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship (finishing 11th with a disappointing 2-9 record).
She announced her retirement in June 2010.
Teammates
2010 Vancouver Olympic Games
Kotomi Ishizaki, Lead
Mari Motohashi, Second
Anna Ohmiya, Third
Mayo Yamaura, Alternate
2006 Torino Olympic Games
Ayumi Onodera, Skip
Mari Motohashi, Second
Yumie Hayashi, Third
Sakurako Terada, Alternate
Grand Slam record
Key
C - Champion
F - Lost final
SF - Lost semi final
QF - Lost quarter final
Q - Did not make playoffs
DNP - Did not participate in event
N/A - not a Grand Slam event that season
References
Team Aomori profile (in Japanese)
Torino 2006 profile
Japanese female curlers
Living people
1984 births
People from Kushiro, Hokkaido
Curlers from Hokkaido
Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers for Japan
Universiade medalists in curling
Pacific-Asian curling champions
Universiade bronze medalists for Japan
Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade
Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade
20th-century Japanese women
21st-century Japanese women | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe%20Meguro |
Cunningham Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. It was located in the northern part of the greater Suva metropolitan area.
The 2013 Constitution promulgated by the Military-backed interim government abolished all constituencies and established a form of proportional representation, with the entire country voting as a single electorate.
Election results
In the following tables, the primary vote refers to first-preference votes cast. The final vote refers to the final tally after votes for low-polling candidates have been progressively redistributed to other candidates according to pre-arranged electoral agreements (see electoral fusion), which may be customized by the voters (see instant run-off voting).
1999
2001
2006
Sources
Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive
Fiji Facts | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%20%28Open%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
Wahidul Gani (born 22 September 1958) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in one One Day International in 1988, and a coach who is highly regarded for his coaching of young cricketers.
Playing career
Wahidul Gani was a right-arm leg-spin bowler and a lower order batsman. He played his only ODI match for Bangladesh against Pakistan in the Asia Cup at Chittagong MA Aziz Stadium in 1988.
Coaching career
After retiring he dedicated his time to finding and coaching young talented Bangladeshi cricketers. He founded a coaching institution called "Ankur" and trained his students by himself, three times a week, at the indoor facilities of the Abahani Club. One of his students, Mohammad Ashraful, who was discovered by Wahid at the age of 11, scored a Test century in 2001 at the age of 16 to become the youngest centurion in Test history. Another of his students, Mohammad Sharif, also started his international career on a high but later lost his place for the national team because of long-term injury.
External links
1958 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
20th-century Bangladeshi cricketers
Bangladeshi cricket coaches
Cricketers from Dhaka
Bangladeshi cricketers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahidul%20Gani |
The Eclipse Comet of 1948, formally known as C/1948 V1, was an especially bright comet discovered during a solar eclipse on November 1, 1948. Although there have been several comets that have been seen during solar eclipses, the Eclipse Comet of 1948 is perhaps the best-known; it was however, best viewed only from the Southern Hemisphere.
When it was first discovered during totality, it was already quite bright, at magnitude -2; as it was near perihelion, this was its peak brightness. Its visibility during morning twilight improved as it receded outward from the Sun; it peaked near zero magnitude, and at one point displayed a tail roughly 30 degrees in length, before falling below naked eye visibility by the end of December.
References
External links
Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
Non-periodic comets
1948 in science
19481101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1948%20V1 |
Mohammad Saiful Islam Khan () (born 14 April 1969) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in seven One Day Internationals from 1990 to 1997.
Originally from Mymensingh, Saif played for the Bangladesh U-19 side in 1989. He made his full ODI debut at Eden Garden Calcutta on 31 December 1990. His best performance in ODI came at Sharjah against Sri Lanka in 1995. he took 4/36 to help Bangladesh bowl out their opposition for the first time in a full ODI. He also played in the Bangladesh side that won the ICC Trophy in 1997. But with the emergence of a group of talented medium pacers he soon lost his place in the national side.
References
1969 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Dhaka Division cricketers
People from Mymensingh
Sportspeople from Mymensingh Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saiful%20Islam%20%28cricketer%2C%20born%201969%29 |
Anisur Rahman (; born 1 March 1971, in Dacca) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in two ODIs from 1995 to 1998. He also stood as an umpire in nine ODI games between 2014 and 2018, and in 13 Twenty20 Internationals between 2012 and 2018.
The early days
The tall left armer was successful with the ball in the U-19 Asia cup in 1989. There he took 3/44 against India, and 3/36 against Pakistan.
He was elevated him to the national squad. There, however, he struggled to hold his place, as Bangladesh already had two other left arm seamers, Gholam Nousher and Jahangir Alam Talukdar. Anisur Rahman's career was also hampered by injuries and No-Ball problem. Still, he briefly emerged in 1994, following the retirement of Prince and Dulu, as the country's top pace bowler.
International cricket
In the 1994-95 SAARC Quadrangular Tournament at Dhaka, (December 1994), he took 3/29 against Pakistan A, 4/29 against Sri Lanka A, & 3/28 against India A. In these matches, he used the reverse swing of the old ball with great effect. In fact, Anisur Rahman was one of the first Bangladeshi bowler to successfully use the reverse swing.
He played in 2 ODIs against India, but failed to impress. On each occasion, he suffered at the hands of Sachin Tendulkar.
As an umpire
Anisur Rahman stood his first match as an on-field umpire in 2012 in a T20I match between Bangladesh and West Indies. In 2014, he stood his first ODI match as an umpire in a match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He stood his last match as an umpire in the group match between India and Afghanistan in the 2018 Asia Cup.
as on 26 October 2018
Retirement as an umpire
After the group match between Afghanistan and India in 2018 Asia Cup, he did not officiate any matches and quit his umpiring profession for uncertainty of career under Bangladesh Cricket Board and settled in USA in order to pursue a better career in other profession.
See also
List of One Day International cricket umpires
List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
References
External links
1971 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Barisal Division cricketers
Chittagong Division cricketers
Bangladeshi One Day International cricket umpires
Bangladeshi Twenty20 International cricket umpires
Cricketers from Dhaka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisur%20Rahman%20%28cricketer%29 |
Rawandiz () is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, located in the Erbil Governorate, close to the borders with Iran and Turkey, it is located 10 km to the east from Bekhal Waterfall. The district is 123 km from Erbil. The district is surrounded by the Zagros mountain range; Korek Mountain is to the south, Hindren Mountain to the north, Zozik Mountain to the west, and Bradasot Mountain to the east. Rawandiz is populated by Kurds.
Etymology
The name 'Rawandiz' derives from the name of the Rawandiz (Rawadiya) Kurdish tribe, of which Saladin and the Ayyubids originated. The tribe's name is a corruption of the Old Persian root, Erwend 'a pass,' and which was usually Hellenized into Orodes and Orontes. The tribe was itself a branch of the Hadhabani confederation.
History
In the time of the Neo Assyrian Empire, from the 10th to the 7th centuries BC, the area lay on the trading route to Nineveh.
The area came under the rule of the Emirate of Bradost after the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514. The town would later come under the rule of the Soran Emirate until 1836.
In 1915, during the First World War, the town was occupied by the Russians and Assyrians. The Rawandiz massacre took place, where the Kurdish Muslim population was massacred by the Russian army and allied Assyrian militants; after Nikolai Baratov's Cossacks recaptured the town, only 20 percent of the Kurdish population managed to survive. In 1922 the town was occupied by the Turks, until they were driven out at the end of the year. The British army occupied the town on 22 April 1923. The British decided to stay in place to await the arrival of a special commission to fix the border between Turkey and Iraq, believing that if they left the Turkish troops would return.
Between 1928 and 1932 the British built a strategic road from Erbil, through Rawandiz, to the Iranian border near modern-day Piranshahr. The construction of the road was directed by the New Zealand engineer A. M. Hamilton. In 1940, the population was 1970.
As of July 2007, Rawandiz was undergoing major reconstruction. The bazaar was being relocated to make room for a new road. In July 2011, in a response to a Turkish military offensive, local artists decided to paint the debris from the raids. In 1930, A. M. Hamilton noted: "it has always been a place of grim deeds and bloody retributions. Its greater and its lesser rulers alike have nearly all met with violent deaths and even today this reputation is being well earned". The anthropologist Edmund Leach went to Rawandiz in 1938, to study the Rawandiz Kurds, intending to make this the subject of his thesis. His field trip had to be aborted because of the Munich crisis, but he nevertheless published his monograph "Social and Economic Organization of the Rowanduz Kurds " two years later.
Climate
Like most of Iraqi Kurdistan, Rawanduz has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) with very hot dry summers and cool, wet winters. The winters see lows below freezing in many nights, making frost prevalent. Snowfall occurs occasionally.
Tourism
The striking scenery has been noted by a number of visitors to the region. A. M. Hamilton relates that the Rawanduz gorge was said to be the finest in Asia.
The Pank Tourist Resort, which was opened in 2007, it was the first such resort in Iraq. It includes a Ferris wheel and other rides, including a toboggan and Bobsled. Also includes a five-star hotel, restaurants, swimming pools, saunas, tennis courts, helipads and mini golf. Mount Korek is one of the top 10 destinations to visit in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, there is a 4 kilometer long Doppelmayr Teleferic (cable car) from its Bekhal Bottom station to Mount Korek. The mountain is developed as an international destination. The Resort has developed 132 villas and several rides in his project which is called "The Korek Mountain Resort & Spa". There are also restaurants, cafes and helipads. The resort is a summer retreat providing cool environs when the whole region reels under high temperatures. During winters, it turns into a Ski Resort.
Gallery
References
Cities in Iraqi Kurdistan
Kurdish settlements in Iraq
Populated places in Erbil Governorate
Persecution of Kurds in Iraq | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawandiz |
The MySpace Movie, also known as Myspace: the movie, is a 2006 short film and viral video. Its name refers to Myspace, the social networking website, which it parodies.
Two years later, a new video by Lehre was released, but instead of Myspace, focused on Facebook.
Plot and outline
The MySpace Movie explores the basics of life as well as disputed territories located within the Myspace site in a humorous and parodic fashion. Themes of this movie include:
Capturing profile images.
Dating on Myspace.
Excessive chain bulletins.
MySpace's "Top 8" feature.
A humorous portrayal of Tom Anderson, the "creator" of Myspace.
The blind date
This story opens with two males sitting in front of a computer and the first male attempts to show off his prize catch, a woman named Yeta, whose profile they are both examining. His friend believes that the woman has "The Angles", a term referring to the practice of taking photographs from such extreme angles as to obscure or distort the person in question, thus implying that the user is insecure about their image and, presumably, unattractive. He also insists that the woman's name is not Yeta, but Yeti. Shortly afterwards the first male receives a telephone call from the woman in question, whose audible voice bears a close resemblance to that of Chewbacca from Star Wars. They arrange a date for the evening, with the friend insisting upon chaperoning. Once the two meet, the man is horrified to observe that his date is masculine, grunting, and lurching. She immediately rubs up against him, asking "Do you want to see the Angry Beaver?", a now popular quote.
David Lehre (the creator) stars in this chapter.
The bulletin
This begins with a man reading a bulletin, and having to scroll down excessively. It then reads that if he doesn't repost, he will first hear a duck call, then be killed by a crazy drunken hunter asking for circus peanuts. This is commonly found in many Myspace bulletins today. Finally, during his last moments of life he will see a singing fish. He casually ignores the bulletin as a joke, and is soon thereafter killed precisely as described. The scene takes place in Reese Serra's apartment.
The password
A prominent feature of Myspace is that of the "Top 8" (Although you may have a "top" of as many as 40), which is essentially the ability to display upon a user's profile page a link to 40 of his chosen friends. In this scene a couple at a computer are arguing; the woman is complaining about her partner's choice of Top 8 friends, expressing dissatisfaction at the fact that she is not among them, as well as questioning the integrity of those present. After demanding his password, she is able to log in and see the rest of his pictures, which include photographs of his participation in lewd activities, including that of judging a wet T-shirt competition. In this scene one can see the email address joejoe227@yahoo.com.
The party
This short segment proposes a humorous theory as to the origin of Myspace creator Tom Anderson's default profile picture - arriving at a college party, where he is immediately the center of attention. (This directly alludes to the fact that whenever a new profile on Myspace is made, Anderson is automatically added as the user's first friend. For this reason, Anderson's profile has over two hundred million friends, and in the movie it is humorously assumed that every one of those people is a close friend of his). Later on, Anderson consumes copious amounts of pizza, alcohol, and even cocaine. A short time later, presumably the morning after, the crowd of Myspace users from the previous evening open the bathroom door while Anderson is vomiting, and take his picture as he hunches over the bowl, resembling Anderson's actual profile picture.
Vendetta Studios
Vendetta Studios, the credited production company, is not classified as an official Motion Picture Production Company on the Internet Movie Database.
Vendetta Studios' work can be found on YouTube. There are, however, two other production companies with similar names: "Vendetta Films" and "Vendetta FX". Vendetta states that it is not in any way associated with Myspace.
David Lehre Productions
David Lehre Productions, like Vendetta Studios, is not an official production company; instead, it is run by a single man.
Reactions
Reaction to the film can be summed up in the fact that it became an Internet phenomenon almost overnight; indeed, more than 10 copies of the movie were produced on the popular filmsharing website YouTube. Reaction has extended beyond the social networking sites and into the mainstream media including mentions in The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and The New York Times. The worldwide attention that the video received earned the video's creator, David Lehre, the opportunity to develop a pilot for Fox Television.
See also
Pastiche
List of Internet phenomena
List of most-viewed YouTube videos
References
External links
2006 films
American independent films
American teen films
Fan films
Myspace
2000s English-language films
2000s American films | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20MySpace%20Movie |
Sajjad Ahmed (born 20 May 1974) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in two One Day Internationals in 1995.
He was only 19 when he was selected to open against Zimbabwe at Dhaka in autumn 1993. Though these games were not recognized as full ODIs, they were important for Bangladesh's preparation for the 5th ICC Trophy in Kenya. Unfortunately, the young opener couldn't handle the pace of Heath Streak. He did play two full ODIs in 1995, but after scores of 4 and 11, was omitted from the national team.
He played first-class cricket for Dhaka Metropolis and Dhaka Division from 2001 to 2006. He scored his only first-class century for Dhaka Metropolis in a victory over Barisal Division in 2000–01.
References
1974 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Dhaka Division cricketers
Dhaka Metropolis cricketers
Cricketers from Dhaka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sajjad%20Ahmed%20%28Bangladeshi%20cricketer%29 |
is a Japanese curler, born May 17, 1984, in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō.
History
Terada is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics . At the Games she was the alternate under skip Ayumi Onodera.
References
Team Aomori profile (in Japanese)
Torino 2006 profile
Japanese female curlers
Living people
1984 births
Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers for Japan
Curlers from Hokkaido
Universiade medalists in curling
Pacific-Asian curling champions
Universiade bronze medalists for Japan
Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade
Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade
Aomori Public University alumni
20th-century Japanese women
21st-century Japanese women | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakurako%20Terada |
Sheikh Salahuddin Ahmed (10 February 1969 – 29 October 2013) was a Bangladeshi international cricketer.
He was born in Rajapur, Khulna, and played in six One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 1997. He continued to play first-class cricket for Khulna Division until 2006.
Salahuddin died in October 2013 from a cardiac arrest. A minute of silence was held in his memory before the ODI between Bangladesh and New Zealand at Dhaka later on the same day.
References
External links
1969 births
2013 deaths
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Khulna Division cricketers
People from Khulna District
Cricketers from Khulna Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh%20Salahuddin%20%28cricketer%29 |
Mafizur Rahman (born 10 November 1978) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in four One Day Internationals in 1997.
1978 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
People from Madaripur District
Cricketers from Dhaka Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafizur%20Rahman |
Kaminski Brigade, also known as Waffen-Sturm-Brigade RONA, was a collaborationist formation composed of Russian nationals from the territory of the Lokot Autonomy in Axis-occupied areas of the RSFSR, Soviet Union on the Eastern Front.
It was founded in late 1941 as auxiliary police with 200 personnel. By mid-1943 it had grown to 10,000–12,000 men, equipped with captured Soviet tanks and artillery. Bronislav Kaminski, the unit's leader, named it the Russian National Liberation Army ().
After the Wehrmacht lost the Battle of Kursk in August 1943, RONA personnel retreated to the territory of Byelorussia, especially to the Lepel area of Vitebsk, where they participated in German security operations, committing numerous atrocities against the civilian population . The unit was absorbed into the Waffen-SS in June 1944. After Operation Bagration (June to August 1944), the RONA retreated further west, and by the end of July 1944, the remains of the Kaminski unit (3 to 4 thousand—some sources estimate 6 to 7 thousand) assembled at the SS training camp at Neuhammer (now Świętoszów). On the base of the Kaminski unit, SS leaders planned to form an SS division – the 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS RONA (1st Russian).
The Warsaw Uprising began on the same day that Heinrich Himmler signed an order for the establishment of the division (1 August 1944). The division formation was never implemented and part of the brigade was sent to Warsaw, where the unit again committed numerous atrocities. On 18 August 1944, Kaminski was killed in unknown circumstances. By August 27, 1944, having found the brigade too undisciplined and unreliable, the German commanders removed it from Warsaw. The unit was sent to Slovakia, and deployed against Slovak partisans. After the end of October 1944 the brigade was disbanded and the remaining personnel absorbed into General Andrey Vlasov's Russian Liberation Army.
History
In Russia
In October 1941, the Nazi Germany military advance into the Soviet Union reached Lokot area near the city of Bryansk and captured it on October 6, 1941. In November 1941, an engineer at the local alcohol plant, Bronislav Kaminski, and a local technical school teacher, Konstantin Voskoboinik, approached the German military administration with proposals to assist them in establishing a civil administration and local police. The Lokot area was, before the beginning of the war on the Eastern Front, designated for the incarceration of people forbidden to return to their previous homes in major cities of the Soviet Union – as Kaminski himself was. Voskoboinik was appointed by the Germans as starosta of the "Lokot volost" and head of the local militia unit.
The militia headed by Voskoboinik began with 200 men, and was to assist the Germans in conducting their different activities, which included murders of civilians loyal to or accused of loyalty to the Soviet authorities or Soviet partisans. By January 1942 militia numbers were increased to 400–500.
During a targeted raid under the command of Alexander Saburov on January 8, 1942, Voskoboinik was mortally wounded. After his death Kaminski took over command and expanded the militia.
In co-operation with German forces, the militia began anti-partisan operations and by the spring of 1942, its number increased to 1,400 armed personnel. The estimated number of Soviet partisans in this area was as high as 20,000 – they controlled almost the entire rear area of Army Group Center's area of operations.
In mid-March 1942, Kaminski's representative assured the German Second Panzer Army at Orel that Kaminski's unit was "ready to actively fight the guerillas" and to carry on a propaganda campaign against "Jew-Bolshevism" and Soviet partisans. Thereafter, commander of 2nd Army Generaloberst Rudolf Schmidt appointed Kaminski as mayor of the Army Rear Area 532 with its center in the town of Lokot. On 19 July 1942, after approval from Commander of Army Group Centre,Field Marshal Günther von Kluge, Schmidt and 532 Area commander Volksdeutsche, Kaminski received a certain degree of autonomy and nominal self-rule and self-governing powers under the supervision of Major von Veltheim and Colonel Rübsam.
Kaminski was made a chief major of the Autonomous Administration of Lokot (comprising eight raions) and brigade commander of the local militia.
Starting in June 1942, Kaminski's militia took part in the major action codenamed Operation Vogelsang as a part of Generalleutnant Werner Freiherr von und zu Gilsa's Kampfgruppe (taskforce) Gilsa II. This unit included one Panzer regiment from 5th Panzer Division, elements of 216th Infantery Division, the Kaminski militia, and elements of the Hungarian 102nd Light Division and 108th Light Division. The militia, serving as guides, scouts and translators, stayed with Kampfgruppe Gilsa II until it was disbanded in October 1942. The official results of this operation, the first major one where Kaminski's troops participated, were 1,193 alleged partisans killed, 1,400 wounded, 498 captured, 12,531 civilians "evacuated". The Kampfgruppe suffered 58 killed and 130 wounded from a strength of over 6,500.
Russian National Liberation Army
Kaminski now decided to give his militia an official title. He decided on the Russian National Liberation Army (Russkaya Osvoboditelnaya Narodnaya Armiya, RONA). In autumn 1942 Kaminski ordered an obligatory draft into the militia of all able-bodied men. Units were also reinforced from the "volunteers" drafted among Soviet POWs at nearby Nazi concentration camps. From 1941 on, due to lack of fuel and minor mechanical failures, Kaminski's unit was ordered to collect abandoned Soviet tanks and armored cars, and by November 1942, his unit was in possession of at least two BT-7 tanks and one 76 mm artillery system.
Due to the lack of military dress and boots (some units were barefoot), the Germans provided used uniforms for Kaminski's brigade, sufficient for only 4 battalions.
By late 1942, the militia of the Lokot Autonomy had expanded to the size of a 14-battalion brigade, close to 8,000 armed men. From November 19, 1942 till December 1942, Lokot was inspected under the orders of Alfred Rosenberg.
As of January 1943, the brigade numbered 9828 men; the armoured unit of the brigade had one heavy KV-II, two medium T-34, 3 BT-7 and 2 BT-5 light tanks and 3 armored cars (BA-10, 2 BA-20).
In the spring of 1943, the brigade's structure was reorganized – there were 5 regiments created with 3 battalions each, an anti-aircraft battalion (3 AAA guns and 4 heavy machineguns), and an armoured unit. A separate "guard" battalion was created; brigade strength was estimated up to 12,000 in total.
Prior to Operation Citadel, the massive offensive to destroy the Kursk salient, in May–June 1943 the brigade took part in Operation Zigeunerbaron ("Gypsy Baron") together with other German units.
This operation was followed by similar operations – Freischütz and Tannhäuser. The brigade, together with other units under German command, was involved in action against partisans and also took part in reprisal operations against the civilian population.
In the summer of 1943, the brigade began to suffer major desertions due in part to the recent Soviet victories and to the efforts of the partisans to "turn" as many of Kaminski's troops as possible. As a part of these efforts, several attempts on Kaminski's life were made. Each time, Kaminski narrowly avoided death and punished the conspirators with execution. Several German officers passing through Lokot reported seeing bodies hanging from gallows outside Kaminski's headquarters. Fearing a breakdown in command, a German liaison staff was attached to Kaminski's HQ to restructure the brigade and return stability to the unit.
At this time the strength of the unit was estimated at up to 8,500 men. The armoured unit of the brigade had one heavy KV-II, four medium T-34, 3 [[BT tank[BT-5 light tanks]]wl, one T-37 amphibious tank, one armoured car (BA-10) and two armoured carriers.
After the failure of Citadel, the Soviet counter-offensives forced the brigade, along with their families, to flee with the retreating Germans. On July 29, 1944, Kaminski issued orders for the evacuation of property and families of RONA brigade members and Lokot authorities. Up to 30,000 persons (10-11,000 of them brigade members) were transferred by the Germans to the Lepel area of Vitebsk in Belarus by the end of August 1943. According to post-war Soviet estimates up to 10,000 civilians were killed during the existence of the Kaminski formation.
In Belarus
The brigade finally settled in the Lepel area of Vitebsk. This area was overrun by partisans, and the brigade was involved in heavy combat in this area for the rest of the year.
During the retreat, desertions from the brigade increased greatly, and the entire formation seemed close to disintegration. When the commander of the Second Regiment, Major Tarasov, decided to join the partisans with all his regiment (he was offered amnesty if his entire regiment joined the partisans), Kaminski flew to Tarosov's headquarters and, according to one account, strangled him and 8 others in front of his men. Despite the threat of repercussions up to 200 men deserted within the following two days. By the beginning of October 1943 the brigade had lost 2/3 of its personnel, while still being in possession of 12 tanks (8 of them T-34's), one 122-mm, 3– 76 mm and 8 45 mm artillery systems.
On January 27, 1944, Himmler rewarded Kaminski's "achievements" by decorating him with the Iron Cross 2nd Class and on the same day the Iron Cross 1st Class.
On February 15, 1944, Kaminski issued an order to relocate the brigade and administration further west to the Dzyatlovo area of West Belarus.
Volksheer-Brigade
At this point, the brigade's ranks were replenished by the addition of police forces from Belarus. In March 1944, the brigade was renamed Volksheer-Brigade Kaminski. Starting on April 11, 1944, it was attached to SS-Kampfgruppe von Gottberg, which also included the notorious Dirlewanger Brigade, and participated in a series of anti-partisan operations: Regenschauer (up to 7,000 partisans reported as killed), Frühlingsfest (7,011 partisans reported as killed and 1,065 weapons captured) and Kormoran (7,697 partisans reported as killed and 325 weapons captured). During these operations local civilians were shot as "suspected partisans" or deported as slave laborers, their villages burned down.
Waffen-Sturm-Brigade
In June 1944, the brigade was absorbed as part of the Waffen-SS. With its transfer to the Waffen-SS, the brigade was renamed Waffen-Sturm-Brigade RONA, and Kaminski was given the rank of Waffen-Brigadeführer der SS, as the only man with such rank.
As a result of the Operation Bagration, anti-partisan activities of the brigade were halted and its personnel (3,000-7,000, sources vary) collected at the SS training camp Neuhammer and plans were made for a non-German SS division, and the structure was laid down for the 29.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (russische Nr.1) based on the brigade by an order issued August 1, 1944. On the same day, Kaminski received a new rank of Waffen-Brigadeführer and General-Major of Waffen-SS.
In Warsaw
The Warsaw Uprising, which started on August 1, 1944, changed Himmler's plans and, on August 4, 1944, a combat ready regiment of the brigade was ordered to assist the efforts in crushing the uprising. SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Reinefarth was placed in charge of Kampfgruppe Reinfarth, a pacification unit which consisted of the Kaminski Brigade along with the Dirlewanger Brigade, several other Ordnungspolizei and SS rear area units. Himmler personally requested Kaminski's assistance, and the latter obliged by gathering a task force of 1,700 unmarried men and sending them (some sources state they had four T-34 tanks, one SU-76 and a few artillery pieces) to Warsaw as the mixed regiment under field command of Kaminski's chief-of-staff, SS-Sturmbannführer Ivan Frolov. Frolov in 1945 stated that regiment had up to 1600 men and seven artillery pieces and four mortars.
Kaminski volunteers were first given the task of clearing the Ochota district defended by only 300 poorly armed Poles. Their attack was planned for the morning of August 5, but when the time came, Kaminski's men could not be found. After some searching, they were found looting abandoned houses in the rear. The attack finally got underway shortly before noon and it went poorly, with the brigade advancing only 275 meters before nightfall. The men had neither training for nor prior experience in urban combat. For many it was the first time they had even seen a major city and they fought poorly while suffering high casualties. At the same time, thousands of Polish civilians were killed by the RONA SS men during the events known as the Ochota massacre; many of the victims were also raped. In the middle of the month, the Kaminski was moved north to the Wola sector, but it fared no better in combat there than in Ochota. In one incident, a sub-unit had stopped their advance to loot a captured building on the front line and was consequently cut off and destroyed by the Poles.
By August 27, the German commanders decided the brigade was too undisciplined and unreliable. In almost a month of fighting, the brigade had still not achieved any of its major objectives. The German commander in Warsaw, SS-Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, stated in post war trials that the unit "had no military combat value whatsoever, with both officers and soldiers having not even a hint of tactical understanding. "I saw Kaminski's men removing entire cartloads of stolen jewellery, gold watches, and precious stones. The capture of a liquor supply was more important for the brigade than the seizure of a position commanding the same street. Each assault was instantly stopped, because after taking the objective over, units dispersed into loose, plundering hordes." Kaminski himself was involved in the looting in Warsaw, claiming he was collecting for his "Russian Liberation Fund". Major General Günter Rohr, commander of Warsaw's southern sector, demanded that the brigade be removed from his command. Bach-Zelewski agreed as the troublesome unit was slowing his efforts to suppress the uprising. As soon as replacement units were available, the Kaminski was pulled out of the line after losing about 500 men in combat during the fighting in Warsaw.
The RONA volunteers, now decimated and infamous even among the SS, were then assigned to the Kampinos Forest to help seal off Warsaw. During their stay in the forest, the unit's artillery battery and one of its infantry battalions were suddenly attacked by 80 Polish partisans led by Lieutenant Colonel "Dolina" (Adolf Pilch) while stationed at the emptied village of Truskaw. Nearly 100 Russian and German SS-men died in the midnight assault. The remnants of the battalion, which was mostly drunk at the time of the attack, fled in disarray, abandoning their weapons as they fled. In Truskaw, the 1st Regiment lost its entire artillery and much of the stolen merchandise from the city. According to some Polish sources, 250 RONA troops were killed during the night of September 2–3 in the , and 100 more in the on the village of Marianów the next night. A captured diary of the Kaminski brigade soldier, Ivan Vashenko, (killed at Truskaw) was published in Poland in 1947.<ref> Dziennik Iwana Waszenko — Dzieje Najnowsze, zesz. 2, 1947, p. 324—335</ref>
At the time of the Warsaw actions, Kaminski was called to Łódź to attend a leadership conference. He never reached it. Officially, Polish partisans were blamed for an alleged ambush in which Kaminski and a few RONA officials (including brigade chief-of-staff Obersturmbannführer'' Ilya Shavykin) were killed. Some sources say he was placed in front of a military tribunal and then shot by a firing squad, others that he was shot when he was captured by the Gestapo.
The death of Kaminski and the unreliability of his troops as a combat unit brought the plans to expand the Kaminski Brigade to a division to an end. After Kaminski's death, his unit was placed under the command of the SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor der Polizei Christoph Diehm.
In Slovakia
As the front line approached again, the remnants of the brigade and accompanying civilian refugees were due to be evacuated to Hungary, but the start of the Slovak National Uprising left it stranded in railway trains near Racibórz in southern Poland.
From September 27, 1944 the brigade was under overall command of SS-Gruppenführer . In October, after inspection of the brigade personnel in the Raum Kattowitz, the Germans decided to absorb the remnants of Kaminski's brigade into General Andrey Vlasov's Russian Liberation Army.
Dissolution
From November 1944, remnants of the brigade (some sources estimated its strength at up to 2,000) forwarded into the military training camp Münsingen, with a formation of the 600. Infanterie-Division (russisch) as part of Andrey Vlasov's Russian Liberation Army. The former RONA were used to form one of the division's regiments.
Accompanying civilians were sent to work in Pomerania.
After the war
After the end of World War II in Europe, some of the former RONA and Lokot personnel were repatriated by Western Allies to the Soviet Union. At the end of 1946 a Military Court of the USSR handed death sentences to Ivan Frolov and several others. In the 1950s and 1960s in the USSR, dozens of other former members were found, some of them also convicted and sentenced to death. The last member of Lokot/RONA personnel to be prosecuted was Antonina Makarova, who was responsible for at least 168 executions, but likely about 1500 executions. Makarova was arrested in 1978. She was convicted of treason, sentenced to death, and executed in 1979.
Ranks and insignia
The ranks from May 1943 to June, 1944 were:
In 1942 – white arm bands with a St. George's cross. From May 1943 – arm-badge
white shield with red borders with black St. George's cross. In the upper part a yellow abbreviation "POHA". Some sources noted that the Nazi swastika also appeared on the brigade banner.
Commanders
See also
List of German divisions in World War II
List of Waffen-SS divisions
Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS
Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts
References
Footnotes
Bibliography
Untermenschen in SS Uniforms: 30th Waffen-Grenadier Division of Waffen SS Leonid Rein The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 1556–3006, Volume 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 329–345
Bishop C. Zagraniczne formacje SS. Zagraniczni ochotnicy w Waffen-SS w latach 1940–1945. Warszawa, 2006
GEORG TESSIN Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 VIERTER BAND: Die Landstreitkräfte 15–30 VERLAG E. S. MITTLER & SOHN GMBH. – FRANKFURT/MAIN 1970
GEORG TESSIN Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 SECHSTER BAND: Die Landstreitkräfte 71-13 0 BIBLI O VERLAG OSNABRÜCK 1972
Russian collaborators with Nazi Germany
Warsaw Uprising German forces
Waffen-SS brigades
Belarusian collaborators with Nazi Germany
Security units of Nazi Germany established in 1941
Security units of Nazi Germany disestablished in 1944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaminski%20Brigade |
A dental emergency is an issue involving the teeth and supporting tissues that are of high importance to be treated by the relevant professional. Dental emergencies do not always involve pain, although this is a common signal that something needs to be looked at. Pain can originate from the tooth, surrounding tissues or can have the sensation of originating in the teeth but be caused by an independent source (orofacial pain and toothache). Depending on the type of pain experienced an experienced clinician can determine the likely cause and can treat the issue as each tissue type gives different messages in a dental emergency.
Many emergencies exist and can range from bacterial, fungal, or viral infections to a fractured tooth or dental restoration, each requiring an individual response and treatment that is unique to the situation. Fractures (dental trauma) can occur anywhere on the tooth or to the surrounding bone, depending on the site and extent of the fracture the treatment options will vary. Dental restoration falling out or fracturing can also be considered a dental emergency as these can impact function in regards to aesthetics, eating and pronunciation and as such should be tended to with the same haste as loss of tooth tissue. All dental emergencies should be treated under the supervision or guidance of a dental health professional in order to preserve the teeth for as long as possible.
By contrast, a medical emergency is often more precisely defined as an acute condition that presents an immediate threat to life, limb, vision, or long-term health. Consequently, dental emergencies can rarely be described as medical emergencies in these terms. Some define a dental emergency in terms of the individual's willingness to attend for emergency dental treatment at any time at short notice, stating that persons who are fussy about when they are available for treatment are not true emergency cases. There are often divergent opinions between clinicians and patients as to what constitutes a dental emergency. E.g. a person may suddenly lose a filling, crown, bridge, etc. and although they are completely pain-free, still have great cosmetic concerns about the appearance of their teeth and demand emergency treatment on the basis of perceived social disability.
Dental Pain
Pain is described as 'an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. It is one of the most common reasons patients seek dental treatment and many diseases or conditions may be responsible for the cause.
Odontogenic pain
Odontogenic pain is pain associated with the teeth, originating in the dental pulp and/or the peri-radicular tissues. The following table shows the different classifications of pulp status.
Peri-radicular pain
Peri- radicular pain can be of pulpal origin, most commonly due to disease in the pulp extending into the peri-radicular tissues but can also be of periodontal origin due to periodontal disease. Apical periodontitis is acute inflammation of the periodontal ligament surrounding the tooth. This can be caused by inflammatory mediators from irreversibly inflamed pulp, bacterial toxins from necrotic pulp, restorations that have not been property contoured and in some cases, from treatments such as endodontic treatment. There is both an acute and chronic form of this condition. Acute apical periodontitis features include moderate to severe pain, usually stimulated by touch and pressure and may also include spontaneous pain. The chronic form of the condition can be asymptomatic but may also include pain from surrounding tissues when stimulated. Apical abscess is an extension of apical periodontitis where the bacteria have infiltrated the peri radicular tissues and are causing a severe inflammatory response; there is also an acute and chronic form of this condition. An acute apical abscess can cause facial swelling and can cause other systemic consequences such as a high temperature and feelings of malaise. In some cases this condition can be life-threatening when the inflammation compromises the airway; this is termed Ludwig's Angina. A chronic apical abscess can be asymptomatic as the pressure from the inflammation is being drained through a sinus tract; a draining sinus can usually be seen clinically. A periodontal abscess is a localised inflammation affecting the periodontal tissues. It is caused by bacteria pre-existing in a periodontal pockets, traumatic insertion of bacteria or foreign body or can occur after periodontal treatment. This condition has a rapid onset, is stimulated by touch and involves spontaneous pain. It is important to note that an apical abscess may drain through the periodontal pocket giving a false interpretation of periodontal abscess or a periodontal abscess may appear at the apex of the tooth giving a false interpretation of apical abscess; a tooth may also have both lesions at one point in time.
Dental Trauma
Dental trauma refers to an injury on hard and soft tissues of the oral cavity and face. This includes the teeth and surrounding tissues, the periodontium, tongue, lips and cheeks. It is more prevalent with children between 8– 12 years of age but can still happen to anyone. The prognosis of the tooth is worse the longer it is out of the mouth.
The following is a list of dental trauma affecting different surfaces of the teeth and periodontium.
Injuries to the hard dental tissues and the pulp
Injuries involving periodontal tissues
Dental barotrauma and barodontalgia. A sudden incapacitation of diver or aviator due to barometric-induced tooth fracture or toothache, respectively, may be life-threatening to the individual and the airplane passengers.
Restorative emergencies
Lost or broken filling
A fractured, ditched or dislodged filling that is broken or lost may cause discomfort or sharp pain due to jagged edges. There can be aesthetical concerns if the filling is in a visible area. Patients need to be aware of the sharp edges and ensure their tongue does not constantly apply pressure around that area, as it can cause cuts to the tongue. However, in some cases the result of the loss of a filling can cause irritation to the side of the cheek and potentially lead to an ulcer. Sharp edges can easily be dealt with by levelling the filling or tooth edges from your local dentist during the emergency appointment. Hypersensitivity issues may also arise, short sharp pain caused by exposed underlying dentine, after the deterioration of the filling material.
Reasons for the deterioration of a restoration vary in different cases, the cause may be underlying caries or it could be occlusal trauma, caused from natural dentition during mastication. The longevity of restorative materials could also be a factor; the survival rates of amalgam are usually 10–15 years, composite 7 years, while gold and ceramic fillings have over a 20-year longevity.
During the emergency appointment the dentist will need to take a set of radiographs to assess for any underlying caries, bone loss or possible abscess. The clinical examination will detect the reasons behind the failure of the restoration. Upon treatment the dentist will provide options on the tooth's prognosis, these may include a new restoration, extraction, root canal or placement of a crown. The tooth prognosis includes the tooth's vitality and restorability.
Crack, fracture and mobility
A crack, fracture and the mobility of a tooth are all interrelated as the pain and symptoms experienced from a tooth that has been cracked are very similar to that of a tooth that has been fractured.
A tooth crack is defined as an incomplete fracture of enamel or dentine and therefore is not usually associated with noticeable mobility.
The cause of a tooth crack can be by excessive force applied to a healthy tooth or physiologic forces applied to a weakened tooth. The teeth most commonly involved are usually the lower molars, followed by the upper premolars and molars. The condition is extremely common in the age range of 30–60 years.
A diagnosis of a cracked tooth is extremely difficult. Careful history and assessment of the symptoms presented needs to be taken into account; radiographs and certain tests will be conducted in the dental office. Most common symptoms are cold sensitivity, sharp pain when using force to chew, these pain results from the release of pressure and are very important indicators of a cracked tooth. However, the symptoms may differ from various patients, subject to the depth and orientation of the crack.
Broken crown
Crowns can become broken by a fracture, non-retentive preparation, secondary caries, weak cement, excessive occlusal forces, decementation or loosening of the crown. The consequences of a crown becoming loose include the risk of ingestion and less likely, inhalation. The management of the loose crown includes immediate recementation or a replacement crown, depending on the assessment conducted by the dentist.
The factors that are taken into consideration in making this decision include the strength of the temporary crown to be placed and occlusal forces. Thus, a thorough occlusal examination is of paramount importance, strength of the cement, a strong alternative of cement should be considered. The occlusion assessment should also include the static and functional occlusion as well as the possible presence of Para functional habits, such as clenching or bruxism.
Management includes cleaning all the cement and residues, to carefully inspect for any underlying caries or fractures. Details that need to be assessed include margins, gingivae and contact points; occlusion needs to be checked in both ICP and in lateral and protrusive excursions, before the crown can be re-cemented. Stronger cement should be used than the original such as resin cements, especially in cases of heavy occlusal forces.
In some cases, immediate reconstruction of the abutment may be deemed inappropriate, if the underlying structure is deemed deficient due to caries or a fracture then this issue needs to be addressed. The treatment plan may vary with the addition of a root canal treatment or a temporary crown for the reconstruction of a new crown.
Fracture of a porcelain veneer or a porcelain-fused-to-metal crown
Immediate management includes a chair side repair of the fractured veneer with composite material. Bonding composite to the exposed metal will involve achieving macro mechanical retention by making grooves and notches or abrading the surface.
Bonding material back onto exposed porcelain involves abrading, hydrofluoric acid etching and silanating then followed by a conventional bonding procedure. Composite patch will remain a temporary solution as the longevity of composite restorations is not predictable as well as the colour of composite is not as stable as porcelain for aesthetical reasons.
Broken denture
A fracture can involve any damage to the denture. Any type of repair to the denture is much less ideal then making a new one. The ratio of fracture to a denture is a 1:3 ratio of the upper to lower.
The most common reason for fracture in a denture; is accidental dropping of the denture in the case of the lower denture, and improper fitting and stability of the denture in the upper denture.
Techniques to prevent denture from being broken:
Use a basin of water in the sink, to help prevent the denture from breaking if happens to fall on a hard surface.
Hold the denture in non-dominant hand with a firm, but gentle grasp.
Do not use any powdered or abrasive cleaners, including most regular toothpastes, they are too abrasive and produce scratches on the denture surface.
Avoid excessive scrubbing as this can damage the denture.
Dry denture and place in a plastic container stored some where safe over night.
Individuals should not continue to wear a broken denture and seek the help of their dentist as soon as possible.
Broken or loose implants
Implant success is relatively high, the rate of implant survival is between 85 and 95%, although it is not uncommon for emergency management of a failing implant or one of its components. The failure is most likely due to infection of the implant. It is highly recommended to visit or refer patient to the specialist who provided the implant.
Late failures that occur with implants are usually due to moderate to severe bone loss, mostly located in the posterior areas of teeth and involve a multi-unit prosthesis. A fracture or decementation of a post or loosening of the abutment screw of an implant could be the result of dissolved cement, secondary caries, use of a weak post, or excessive occlusal forces.
Oral home care needs to remain at a high standard, brushing twice a day for the duration of two minutes with the use of fluoridated tooth paste. Interdental cleaning once a day using either floss, interdental brushes, wood sticks. Regular dental appointments every 6 months to maintain gingival health, professional cleans, radiographs to examine the bone loss and the implant status. All the following is needed to prolong the longevity of the implant and reduce the risk of peri-implantitis.
Acute oral medical and surgical conditions
An acute condition may be defined as a suddenly presenting disorder, usually with only a short history of symptoms, but with a degree of severity that causes significant disruption to the patient.
Types of acute conditions
Orofacial swelling
A swelling is a transient abnormal enlargement of a body part or area not caused by proliferation of cells but by accumulation of fluid in tissues. It can occur throughout the body (generalized), or a specific part or organ can be affected (localized). A swelling may arise intra-orally or externally around the face, jaws and neck and can be caused by trauma (hematoma, swelling due to fracture, TMJ dislocation), infection or inflammation. Swelling can occur in the gums, palate, lips, buccal space, etc. It can happen due to periodontal problems, infection, abscess, cysts, allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock), salivary gland tumour, inflammation or obstruction of salivary gland.
Cellulitis
Bacterial infection in the oro-facial region can lead to abscess and swelling. The rapid spread of this infection through connective tissue spaces, is often referred to as cellulitis. The clinical features of cellulitis are a painful, diffuse, brawny swelling. The overlying skin is red, tense and shiny. There is usually an associated trismus, cervical lymphadenopathy, malaise and pyrexia. Cellulitis usually develops
quickly, over the course of hours, and may follow an inadequately managed or ignored local dental infection. If the infection spreads to involve the floor of mouth and pharyngeal spaces, then the airway can be compromised. Initially, the floor of the mouth will be raised and the patient will have difficulty in swallowing saliva; this
pools and may be observed running from the patient's mouth. This sign indicates the need for urgent management. Cellulitis involving the tissue spaces on both sides of the floor of mouth is described as Ludwig's angina Such presentations require immediate attention.
Localised dental abscesses may be appropriately treated by intra-oral drainage via tooth extraction, opening of root canals and/or intra-oral incision and drainage. Wherever there are signs of spreading cervico-facial infection or significant systemic disturbance, however, patients should be referred urgently further management.
Pericoronitis
Pericoronitis is defined as inflammation in the soft tissues surrounding the crown of a partially erupted tooth. The acute form is characterised by severe pain, often referred to adjacent areas, causing loss of sleep, swelling of the pericoronal tissues, discharge of pus, trismus, regional lymphadenopathy, pain on swallowing, pyrexia, and in some cases spread of the infection to adjacent tissue
spaces.
Blistering disorders of oral mucosa (see vesiculobullous disease)
oral ulceration
Disturbed orofacial sensory or motor function
Trismus
Trismus may be defined as inability to open the mouth due to muscle spasm, but the term is frequently used for limited movement of the jaw from any cause and usually refers to temporary limitation of movement. Trismus can occur as a result of temporomandibular joint disorder, infection, cancer therapy, complicated extraction, arthritis, complication from a mandibular block and fractures.
Hemorrhage
Whilst haemorrhage from the oro-facial region may present spontaneously, particularly from gingival tissue as a result of a bleeding diathesis or a haematological abnormality such as leukaemia, the most common cause is in response to trauma or a post-operative haemorrhage following dental extraction.
Bony pathology, e.g. Infection of an odontogenic cyst
Cysts can be common lesions found in the jaw. They are defined as cavities filled with fluid or semi-fluid content, created from the resorption of bone. They can wholly or partly be lined by epithelium and connective tissue. They are not to be confused with abscesses, which are cavities filled with pus. Cysts can cause root resorption of adjacent teeth, tooth mobility and can be associated with mandibular fracture. Cyst would usually require surgical management if indicated.
Post-extraction pain and infection, or dry socket
Following a tooth extraction, if a blood clot forms inadequately in the socket or it is broken down, a painful infection may develop which is often referred to as a ‘dry socket’. It is clinically characterized by a putrid odor and intense pain that radiates to the ear and neck. Pain is considered the most important symptom of dry socket. It can vary in frequency and intensity, and other symptoms, such as headache, insomnia, and dizziness, can be present.
Pre-disposing factors to dry socket include smoking, traumatic extraction, history of radiotherapy and bisphosphonate medication.
A dry socket can be managed by irrigating the socket with chlorhexidine or warmed saline to remove debris followed by dressing of the socket with bismuth iodoform paraffin paste and lidocaine gel on ribbon gauze to protect the socket from painful stimuli.
If pus is seen in the socket and there is localised swelling and possibly lymphadenopathy, it has become infected and can often be managed as in dry
socket, but usually antibiotics should be prescribed. A radiograph is useful to see if there is a retained root or bony sequestrum, which could be the cause of the infection. Clearly, if one or both is present, further treatment is indicated.
Postoperative swelling
Mild inflammatory swelling may follow dental extractions but is unusual unless the procedure was difficult and significant surgical trauma occurred. More significant swelling usually indicates postoperative infection or presence of a haematoma. Management of infection may require systemic antibiotics or drainage. A large haematoma may need to be drained.
Orthodontic emergencies
Orthodontic emergencies can be classified as urgent problems relating to the maintenance of orthodontic appliances, or excessive pain caused by orthodontic appliances. General dental practitioners should be able to manage orthodontic emergencies, including referral to an orthodontist when necessary.
Loose removable appliance
Removable active appliance are used by dentist to tip teeth using screws, springs and bows of various types to correct malocclusion. The appliance can be taken out for cleaning and for adjustments made by orthodontists. If the appliance is loose in an emergency situation, the dentist can adjust the retentive component of the appliance to increase the retention of the appliance by using Adams pliers.
Fractured removable appliance
Suppose the appliance breaks, the orthodontist should be alerted as soon as possible. The wearer should not use the appliance as it could cause trauma and could pose a significant risk of airway obstruction if the wearer accidentally inhales.
Loose or fractured fixed appliance (wire or band)
There are many components to the fixed appliance which have a potential to break off if the patient chews on hard or crunchy food. Wearers should wear a mouth guard over the appliance if when playing contact sports. If one of the components is loose or comes off, the user must call the orthodontist right away. If the component is loose the dentist as an emergency treatment can cover the component with orthodontic relief wax. If the component breaks off, then the dentist can use a pair of tweezers to remove it making sure to protect the airway at all times.
Loose or Lost Ligature
Ligatures are small elastics or wires which aim to secure the archwire firmly within the brackets on the teeth. If a ligature becomes loose or lost, this can render the appliance less effective as the forces on that particular tooth are reduced. In this case, a loose elastic can be re-positioned with tweezers, ideally by an orthodontist however general dental practitioners are also able to do so. If a wire ligature becomes loose, it should be secured or replaced only by a trained orthodontist and in the meantime, if causing irritation, orthodontic relief wax should be used over any sharp ends. The patient should avoid replacing the wire ligature themselves if it is lost and should seek an appointment with their orthodontist.
Lost separator/spacer
Separators, also known as orthodontic spacers, are usually placed between posterior teeth to open up contact point prior to placing metal orthodontic bands. The separators should ideally be kept in place until the patient's next appointment in order for the orthodontic band to fit. If the separator is lost, the orthodontist should be informed and he/she can advise for a next appointment for the patient.
Protruding archwires
The archwire in fixed orthodontic appliances should be flat against the tooth, however if the wire is protruding it can cause irritation to the surrounding soft tissues. Wire benders or a dental flat plastic can be used to bend the wire into place, or if this is not possible, the protruding wire can be covered with wax. If there are significant problems, the wire can be clipped using distal end cutters, being careful to avoid inhaling or ingesting wire fragments. As a last resort measure, the whole wire and ligatures can be removed.
De-bonded bracket
De-bonded brackets, if left untreated, can result in irritation of lip and cheek in short term. If a bracket de-bonds from the tooth, the de-bonded bracket can be removed from the archwire by initially removing the ligature holding it in place. Alternatively, orthodontic wax relief can be used to secure the de-bonded bracket to the adjacent bracket as a temporary measure to prevent irritation of lip and cheek. However, it is essential to inform the orthodontist as soon as possible so that appropriate actions are taken to address the de-bonded brackets immediately.
Allergic/hypersensitivity reactions
The most common allergy in orthodontics is to nickel. Nickel is found in multiple orthodontic components, such as nickel-titanium (NiTi) archwires and stainless steel brackets. If patients are previously exposed to nickel, for example with nickel-containing jewellery, the re-exposure with orthodontic components are more likely to lead to a Type IV delayed hypersensitivity immune response. This response is usually delayed for a few days or weeks. In this case, the orthodontist must be informed immediately to make arrangements for patient to receive nickel-free components. However, such immune response to nickel is rare, as it is believed that the oral mucosa requires a much higher concentration to illicit a response compared to the skin.
Airway obstruction
When a small removable appliance or a loose component obstructs a patients airway a true medical emergency arises. If the object is visible, recline the patient and attempt to remove it while otherwise encouraging the patient to cough the object out. If this is not immediately successful call for help and an ambulance. Follow the guidelines for 'choking/aspiration' in the 'Medical Emergencies and Resuscitation' document provided by the Resuscitation Council UK.
Ingested or aspirated component
It is not unheard of to ingest an orthodontic component or appliance, usually being asymptomatic causing no harm to the patient. No treatment is required except for monitoring stools to ensure the component has passed safely. If however the patient is having symptoms of pain or vomiting, the component may be lodged in the oesophagus or oropharynx. In such situations the patient must be sent to hospital.
If the component is more than 5 cm long the patient should always be sent to A&E as there is a higher risk of obstruction or perforation of the gastrointestinal tract so removal may be advised instead of allowing the component to pass naturally. When sending a patient to hospital the referral letter must contain details regarding the components size, shape, flexibility, radio-opacity as well as information about the incident for example when it was swallowed.
Aspiration of an orthodontic component which was unable to be removed must be referred to A&E for chest radiographs and subsequent removal of the component. The referral letter again must include details as described above.
Treatments
The treatment is cause-related. For example, oil of cloves, which contains eugenol, can be used to treat dental pain; a drop can be applied with a cotton swab as a palliative . After wisdom tooth extraction, for example, a condition known as dry socket can develop where nerve endings are exposed to air. A piece of sterile gauze or cotton soaked in oil of cloves may be placed in the socket after careful cleaning with saline to relieve this form of pain .
Over-the-counter topical anesthetics containing active ingredients such as benzocaine or choline salicylate may be applied directly to the gum in order to deaden sensation.
Analgesics such as aspirin, paracetamol (acetaminophen) and ibuprofen are also commonly used; aspirin and ibuprofen have the additional benefits of being anti-inflammatories. Ice and/or heat are also frequently applied . A dentist may prescribe an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid such as Dexameth for pain relief prior to treatment.
References
Dentistry
Emergency medicine
Headaches
Medical emergencies
Pain
Orthodontics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental%20emergency |
Rue Adolphe Mille is a street in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near the parc de la Villette, the Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse and the Cité de la Musique.
History
Previously 'impasse de Dépotoir' ("dead end of the Dump"), and in one extremity 'rue du Dépotoir.' Once led to a former plaster pit-mine reemployed as a garbage dump.
Present Name
Adolphe Auguste Mille (1812–1894), general inspector of the Department of 'ponts et Chaussées' (bridges and streets), civil engineer for the city of Paris, creator of the 'dépotoire municipale' (municipal dump). Was also an activist for the re-use of Paris' sewage for local agriculture.
Transportation
The nearest stations of the Paris Métro are Ourcq and Porte de Pantin, on Line 5.
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Mohammad Zakir Hasan (born 1 December 1972) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in a single One Day International in 1997.
References
1972 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Dhaka Division cricketers
People from Mymensingh
Sportspeople from Mymensingh Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakir%20Hasan%20%28cricketer%2C%20born%201972%29 |
TWTV7 is a marketwide cable station on Time Warner Cable systems in two markets:
Albany, New York, where it is a regional advertising channel.
El Paso, Texas, where it a regional access channel and the market's UPN affiliate (and for a time also carried WB programming). | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWTV7 |
Thomas or Tom Farrell may refer to:
Thomas Farrell (general) (1891–1967), Deputy Commanding General of the Manhattan Project
Tom Farrell (hurdler) (born 1932), British hurdler and middle-distance runner
Tom Farrell (middle-distance runner) (born 1944), American middle-distance runner
Tom Farrell (long-distance runner) (born 1991), British long-distance runner
Tom Farrell (rugby union) (born 1993), Irish rugby union player
Tom Farrell (Gimme Gimme Gimme), a fictional character in Gimme Gimme Gimme
Tommy Farrell (1921–2004), American actor
Tommy Farrell (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2012), former Irish football player
Tommy Farrell (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1916), English footballer
Thomas Richard Farrell (1926–1958), New Zealand pianist
Thomas Joseph Farrell (1847–1913), Member of Parliament for South Kerry 1895–1900
Thomas Farrell (sculptor) (1827–1900), Irish sculptor
Tom Farrell (Canadian politician) (1924–2012)
Thomas J. Farrell (medievalist), American medievalist
F. Thomas Farrell (born 1941), American mathematician
See also
O'Farrell, surname | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Farrell |
Samuel H. "Sam" Smith (born August 10, 1955) is an American politician and former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 66th District who served from 1986 to 2015. The district included portions of Jefferson, Indiana and Armstrong counties. He was elected Speaker in January 2011 and served until January 2015, when he was succeeded by Mike Turzai.
Biography
Born August 10, 1955 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Smith attended and graduated from Punxsutawney Area High School and later earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Penn State University. After working for several years in the construction industry, he later took a job with the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. In 1986 Smith was elected to succeed his father, Eugene "Snuffy" Smith, who had represented the 66th district since 1963.
He served as Minority Leader from 2007 through 2010, and spoke for his party on the floor and led debate on major issues. Prior to the Democratic takeover in the 2006 election, Smith served as Majority Leader where he was responsible for planning, discussion, debate and final passage of legislation. He was also majority whip until 2003.
Following the 2010 election, which saw Republicans regain their House majority, Smith was elected Speaker when the House reconvened.
Personal
Smith serves on the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Council of Trustees and the Punxsutawney College Trust that supports the Punxsutawney Campus of IUP. With Gobbler's Knob in the heart of his district, Smith is a long-standing member of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
He is married to Donna Bruder-Smith and has a son, Zachary and a daughter, Alexandra.
See also
Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
References
External links
State Representative Sam Smith official caucus website
Samuel H. Smith (R) official PA House website
Follow the Money – Sam Smith
2006 2004 2002 2000 1998 campaign contributions
1955 births
Living people
People from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
Methodists from Pennsylvania
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications alumni
21st-century American politicians
Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20H.%20Smith%20%28politician%29 |
Jahangir Alam (born 5 March 1973) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in three One Day Internationals from 1997 to 1999.
An opening batsman who could keep wicket if necessary, Jahangir Alam was ideally suited for one day cricket. Unfortunately for Bangladesh, though enormously successful in domestic arena, he failed to perform up to expectation at the international level.
Early days
Jahangir was born in 1973 at Narayanganj, Dhaka. He first came into prominence during the under-19 tour of England in the summer of 1989. He started the tour with a hundred and continued to score consistently after that. His 132 against Wycombe was the highest score in the tour. In the process he shared a 210 run opening partnership with Javed Omar. Jahangir Alam scored 35 against Homestead and 40 against Wakeham Overall in five matches he scored 219 runs at an average of 43.80.
In contrast, he was a big failure in the Asian under-19 Cup in Dec. 1989. His highest score of 38 in 4 matches came against Sri Lanka at Chittagong.
In ICC Trophy
Apart from this, his most successful time in international cricket came during the 1994 ICC Trophy in Kenya. His century, scoring 177 not out, against the eventual champions UAE was the only bright point for his team, in what was a miserable campaign for them. Jahangir followed his hundred with 48 against The Netherlands and 57 against Kenya. He finished with 283 runs at an average of 47.16 runs per innings. He was also a member of the Bangladesh team that won the ICC Trophy in 1997. However, he played in only one of the matches (against the hosts Malaysia, in the Group stages).
References
1973 births
Living people
Jahangir Alam
Bangladeshi cricketers
Chittagong Division cricketers
Dhaka Division cricketers
Wicket-keepers
People from Narayanganj District
Cricketers from Dhaka Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir%20Alam%20%28cricketer%2C%20born%201973%29 |
Lins may refer to:
People
Ivan Lins, Brazilian singer and composer
Luizianne Lins, Brazilian politician
Paulo Lins, Brazilian writer
, German singer and author
Places
Lins, São Paulo, Brazil
See also
Linse, a surname and a given name | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lins |
The Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, formally known as the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (; abbreviated FMA) are a female religious institute formed by Saint Maria Domenica Mazzarello in 1872. They were founded to work alongside Saint John Bosco and his Salesians of Don Bosco in his teaching projects in Turin. They continue to be a teaching order worldwide.
History
On August 5, 1872, in Mornese, Alessandria, Italy, the first Daughters of Mary Help of Christians gathered with Don Bosco and Msgr. Joseph Sciandra, the Bishop of Acqui, to celebrate their admission to the novitiate and their first professions. On that day St. Mary Domenica Mazzarello was also elected the first superior.
A year later their first boarding school and primary school was recognized by the educational authorities of Castelletto d’Orba. On October 8, 1874, the Salesian Sisters were able to open their first house in Borgo San Martino. They carried on the tradition of the Salesian Oratory (a place where young people could gather to enjoy themselves, learn, and grow in their faith, safe from harm), ran workshops to educate young women to help them to be self-sufficient. The work of the Salesians Sisters was not limited to a schoolroom as they participated in social justice works and teaching trades to young women and girls.
Sr. Mary Mazzarello and her first companions were able to profess their perpetual vows, after studying with the Sisters of St. Anne for their religious formation, on August 28, 1875, in the presence of Don Bosco.
Their first house outside of Italy was opened in 1877 in Nice, France. November 9 of the same year Mother Mazzarello and the first missionaries were received in an audience by Pope Pius IX, a great friend and supporter of Don Bosco. Five days later the first missionary sisters departed for Uruguay.
After many years of revision, discussion and consultation, Don Bosco was able to give to the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians the first printed version of their Constitutions on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 1878. In February 1879 the motherhouse of the congregation moved from Mornese to Nizza Monferrato.
The year 1880 saw the second missionary expedition of the Salesian Sisters to Patagonia (Argentina), as they followed their Salesian brothers who had prepared the way for their arrival. In 1881, Mother Mazzarello took ill and died at Nizza Monferrato on May 14, at age 44. At the time of her death there were 26 houses and 166 Sisters.
In 1888, the FMA established their first house in Chile.
When the Sisters arrived in Battersea, London in 1902 only one of the first group of could speak English. They set to in their role supporting the educational work of the Salesians, supervising the domestic arrangements for the community and the pupils. They also found time to undertake some informal education by running an out-of-school club for the disadvantaged children of the area. This was the first of many such clubs that continue to be run by the Sisters up and down the country. World War II brought to an end the work in Dovercourt and Soho where both houses were so badly damaged as to render them uninhabitable.
In 1908, the first Salesian Sisters arrived in the U.S. and settled in New Jersey. From there, Salesian youth and outreach programs spread to Canada and throughout New England, as well as other parts of the country, including Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and California.
In 1920 the first four Sisters came to Ireland, three Italians and one English of Irish parents, and started their work in Limerick. The sisters run a primary school, Scoil Mhuire Banríon na hÉireann (the "School of Mary, Queen of Ireland") in Caherdavin, a suburb of Limerick city.
They also opened a school in Guwahati, Assam, India called St. Mary's School in the year 1924 which is still the best school in the entire region.
In 2017 the work of Sister Carolin Tahhan Fachakh in Syria was recognised by the United States Secretary of State who awarded her an International Women of Courage Award. Sister Carol runs a nursery in war-torn Aleppo that cares for mothers and children irrespective of faith. The sisters teach mothers to sew. Sister Carol who had been nominated under President Obama spoke out against President Trump and in support of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
In the year 2022 Salesian Sisters celebrated their 100 years of their presence in India .
Apostolate
The ministry of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians is youth-centered. The Sisters in Liverpool, England opened Mary, Help of Christians High School in 1965.
Many Sisters are involved in youth clubs and projects, the present day version of the ‘oratory’ so much a part of Salesian work and belief. Among these is the Follow Your Dream Project, started in 1998 in the Bawnogue area of Clondalkin, Dublin. FYD seeks to promote the growth and development of young people in disadvantaged areas, to increase their confidence and self-esteem and assist them in acquiring new skills and developing their talents. FYD hosts a variety of activities including a bowling night and a trip to a Christmas panto.
As of 2020, they number 11,535 members in 89 different countries, and on five continents.
Controversies
On the 20th of December 2019, Maria Angela Fare, a former Italian nun of the Sisters of Don Bosco, has been sentenced to years facing jail for sexual abuse on a girl she met in the oratory: the girl later committed suicide in 2011
References
External links
Website of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
Salesian Sisters Vocation Office
Salesian Order
Religious organizations established in 1872
Catholic female orders and societies
1872 establishments in Italy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesian%20Sisters%20of%20Don%20Bosco |
Aleksandr Ivanovich Skorobogatko () (born 15 September 1967) is a Ukrainian-Russian billionaire businessman and former deputy member in the State Duma, having represented the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (2003-2007) and United Russia (2007-2016). He has previously served as the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitral and Procedural Law. As of 26 July 2022, his net worth is estimated at $ 2.8 billion.
Early life
Skorobogatko was born in Ukraine, Soviet Union in 1967 to a mining family. He graduated from the Slavyansk State Pedagogical Institute in 1994 with a degree in physical education, and then earned a master's degree in finance from Plekhanov Russian Academy in 1996. He was later awarded a degree in Law from the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences of the Russian Ministry of the Interior.
Business career
Skorobogatko, together with his partner Alexander Ponomarenko, launched a perfume manufacturing company and construction material business in the Crimea in the late 1980s.
In 1996, he and Ponomarenko founded the Russian General Bank in Moscow. The bank survived the 1998 crisis and was ranked as a “top 100 bank” in Russia by Interfax In 2006, the bank was sold to Hungarian OTP Bank for $477 million according to Vedomosti.
Starting in 1998, the partners began to purchase shares in a number of stevedoring companies in the Tsemess Bay of Novorossiysk. In 2006 they were combined to form the Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP), which became the largest port in Russia. In 2007, NCSP went public and was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
In 2003, Skorobogatko was elected as a deputy member of the State Duma and stepped back from all private entrepreneurial activities.
In November 2017 an investigation conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism cited his name in the list of politicians named in "Paradise Papers" allegations.
Skorobogatko is one of many "Russian oligarchs" named in a report that was included in the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, CAATSA, signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017. The report stated that the U.S. Department of the Treasury had compiled the list by enumerating individuals who, "according to reliable public sources," have an estimated net worth of $1 billion or more. The Department of the Treasury made clear that this was not a sanctions list, although some of the 210 individuals on the list were already subject to U.S. sanctions.
Political career
In 2003, Skorobogatko was elected as a deputy member of the State Duma for the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. In 2007, he joined the United Russia party. In November 2016, he announced his resignation, giving up his mandate before the end of his term.
Awards
Order of Friendship (2011)
Personal life
He is married, with three children, and lives in Moscow.
References
External links
Официальный сайт.
1967 births
Living people
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia politicians
United Russia politicians
21st-century Russian politicians
Russian bankers
Russian billionaires
People named in the Paradise Papers
Fourth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Seventh convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)
Russian construction businesspeople
Russian businesspeople in transport
Russian oligarchs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr%20Skorobogatko |
Shafiuddin Ahmed Babu (born June 1, 1973, Dhaka) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in eleven One Day Internationals from 1997 to 2000. He is now an umpire and stood in matches in Bangladesh's National Cricket League.
References
1973 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Bangladeshi cricket umpires
Chittagong Division cricketers
Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup
Commonwealth Games competitors for Bangladesh
Cricketers from Dhaka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafiuddin%20Ahmed |
The title Salesian Sisters may refer to one of these Roman Catholic orders for women:
Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, also known as Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, founded in 1872
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, also known as Visitationists, founded by in 1610 by Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Jane Frances de Chantal | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesian%20Sisters |
Mohammad Morshed Ali Khan Sumon (born 14 May 1972) is an umpire and former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in three One Day Internationals in 1998. He was included in the Bangladesh national cricket team squad in the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
The tall left arm bowler played in the tri-nation tournament in India in 1998. He performed well, specially in the first match against India. There, he took 1/31 from ten overs. At present he is a professional umpire appointed in BCB's panel of first-class umpires.
References
1972 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Dhaka Metropolis cricketers
Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Bangladesh
People from Faridpur District
Cricketers from Dhaka Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morshed%20Ali%20Khan |
Jeffrey Gordon Adachi (August 29, 1959 – February 22, 2019) was an American attorney, pension reform advocate, and politician who served as the Public Defender of San Francisco from 2003 to 2019.
Early life and education
Adachi was the son of a Sacramento auto mechanic and a laboratory assistant. His parents and grandparents spent part of World War II in the Rohwer War Relocation Center in Arkansas. Adachi was a notably poor student at C. K. McClatchy High School accruing numerous absences due to the many hours he spent working at his part-time jobs. He attended Sacramento City College before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley where, in 1981, he received his bachelor’s degree. Adachi received his Juris Doctor from the Hastings College of the Law in 1985.
Career
Adachi began his career as a deputy public defender with the San Francisco Public Defender's Office where he worked for thirty-two years. He ultimately rose to the rank of chief attorney of the office and served in that capacity for fifteen years. Adachi tried over one hundred jury trials and handled three thousand criminal matters during his career.
In 2001, Kimiko Burton-Cruz, the daughter of then State Senator John Burton, was appointed Public Defender by Mayor Willie Brown. On her first day after taking office, Burton-Cruz forced Adachi out, believed to be for political reasons. The following year, Adachi ran against Burton-Cruz for her position and defeated her by a 55%–45% margin. Afterward, Adachi was re-elected twice, both times running unopposed.
Adachi was featured in the 2002 PBS documentary Presumed Guilty, a film about the San Francisco Public Defender's Office, its difficult cases, and complex defense strategies.
Adachi was the only elected Public Defender in the state of California and ran an office of more than 100 attorneys and 60 staff members. The office's 2018–19 budget is $37.6 million. According to estimates, the office represented over 23,000 people each year who are charged with misdemeanor and felony offenses. The office was known for several innovative criminal justice programs including Drug Court, Clean Slate expungement services, and a full-service juvenile division. In 2017, Adachi launched an Immigration Unit to represent undocumented immigrants locked in detention facilities and facing deportation. It is the third jurisdiction to offer legal representation for immigrant detainees in removal proceedings. New York City and Alameda County have similar programs.
Adachi was a frequent police misconduct watchdog and bail reform advocate.
Adachi also played a significant role in drawing attention to serious problems within the California Youth Authority. He testified at state senate hearings and organized juveniles as part of a larger reform movement. Adachi also advocated for San Francisco to boycott sending juveniles to CYA facilities. In recognition of his dedication to reforming juvenile justice, SF Ordinance No. 181217, named after him, ensures that youths have legal rights protected during police interrogations.
Professional activities and recognition
Adachi was previously the president of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area and the San Francisco Japanese American Citizen's League, in addition to serving as a board member of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and the San Francisco Bar Association. At the national level, Adachi was a member of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigents. Adachi served on the board of California Humanities until 2018 and as a board member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association for Public Defense.
He was the author of a series of books on passing the bar exam, including the Bar Exam Survival Kit, Bar Breaker, the MBE Survival Kit and the First Year Law School Survival Kit. He was a BAR/BRI bar review professor for over 20 years.
In 1995, he founded the Asian American Arts Foundation to help emerging artists. The foundation and produced one of the first Asian American awards programs, the Golden Ring Awards, which honored artists such as Chow Yun-Fat, Joan Chen, Oliver Stone and John Woo. The foundation awarded over $100,000 in grants.
Adachi received several accolades for his tenure as Public Defender. In chronological order, Adachi received: the California State Bar Association's Hufstedler Award for public service; the Asian American Bar Association's Joe Morozumi Award for exceptional legal advocacy; the Mayor's Fiscal Advisory Committee's Managerial Excellence Award; the California Public Defender Association's Program of the Year Award; the American Bar Association's national award for excellence in public defense; and the California Lawyer Attorney of the Year award (CLAY) for his work in the field of prisoner reentry; the National Legal Aid and Defender Association's Reginald Heber Smith Award; Vanguard CourtWatch's Elected Official of the Year award; and the Elected Official Award for transparency from the Northern California chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists.
He became a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law (the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization) and a Certified Specialist in Criminal Trial Advocacy (National Board of Trial Advocacy).
Pension reform advocacy
In 2010, Adachi placed "Proposition B" on the ballot, which would have required employees to increase the level of their contribution to defray the cost of both their pension and health care benefits. Proposition B was defeated, having faced significant opposition from unions and elected officials.
In 2011, Adachi again placed a charter amendment on the ballot — "Proposition D" — which would require all employees to pay a base contribution rate towards their pension costs, require higher-earning employees to contribute an additional amount based on their salary level, cap the maximum size of pensions, and eliminate abusive and wasteful practices such as "pension spiking." In response to criticisms leveled at Proposition B, Adachi's new plan exempted the lowest-paid workers from any cost increases, used a progressive income scale to determine contributions, and did not require any health care contributions. According to the City Controller, Proposition D would save San Francisco as much as $142 million a year, and $1.6 billion over the next ten years.[3] Mayor Ed Lee offered a competing plan — "Proposition C" — which would similarly require employees to contribute at a higher level to their pensions, but also required contributions to cover health care costs. Proposition C was projected to save the city an estimated $1.29 billion over the next ten years.
His campaign was opposed by the police and firefighter unions, as his pension reform plan would require them to contribute more to their retirement pensions. When Adachi went to pay his respects at the June 2011 funeral services honoring San Francisco firefighters, Lt. Vincent Perez and Anthony Valerio who were killed in a house fire in San Francisco's Diamond Heights neighborhood, he was asked to leave by a firefighter. The Fire Chief was unaware that Adachi had been asked to leave and stated that everyone had the right to show their support and respect, and that she did not support the request to leave.
Voters approved Proposition C and defeated Proposition D.
San Francisco mayoral candidacy
In August 2011, Adachi formally entered the race for Mayor of San Francisco.
After filing his papers Adachi stated, "I've decided to run for Mayor of San Francisco to restore integrity and financial accountability to the city." He then added, "It wasn't until I really listened to what the candidates were saying in the last few debates about pension reform that I became convinced that either the candidates don't get it or they don't want to get it, and I want to make sure that there's a voice in there talking about the fiscal realities of this city." Adachi added, "This debate needs to be about what is best for the city, not about what is best for City Hall".
Adachi declined public financing under the City's new public financing law, stating that although he believes in public financing, he did not feel it was right to take the $900,000 that each candidate could receive "at a time that we are cutting summer school for 10,000 kids because we don't have $1 million to pay for it." However, Adachi agreed to abide by the voluntary spending limits contained in the new law.
In addition to restoring fiscal integrity to San Francisco through saving the City $1.7 billion over the next decade, Adachi proposed a job creation program by investing $40 million in micro-loans to small businesses, creating up to 15,000 new jobs and $1 billion of new economic activity. Adachi also proposed reforming the business tax through elimination of the current payroll tax system, which discourages hiring of new workers, and replacing it with a new business tax based upon net business revenue.
A cornerstone of Adachi's plan was improving education by providing additional funding from the City's reserve funds to restore summer school, which had been eliminated for the previous two years because of the City's fiscal crisis.
On October 12, 2011, the San Francisco Chronicle named Adachi one of the "3 S.F. Mayoral Candidates to Consider", stating: "Talk about courage. One of the city's most liberal politicians took on labor over the bedrock issue of pensions. He lost in his first attempt last year, but is back with a revised version after he wouldn't back a compromise measure also on the ballot. He's been unfairly vilified by much of the city's political establishment for daring to raise the pension problem that others preferred to ignore. His campaign shows he's more than a one-issue candidate. He has a clear grasp of a variety of issues ranging from homeless policies to taxes. His independence is unassailable." He placed 6th out of 16 candidates.
Film credits
Adachi wrote, produced, and directed The Slanted Screen, a 2006 documentary film about stereotypical depictions of Asian males in American cinema. The Slanted Screen won top awards at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival and at the Berkeley Film Festival.
In 2009, he also directed You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story, about Jack Soo, a Japanese American actor (known for his role in Barney Miller) who took a Chinese name. The film won the best documentary film at the Accolade Film Festival, and was chosen to air on Comcast's on demand following its national PBS broadcast.
In 2016, he made the film America Needs a Racial Facial (initially entitled Racial Facial), an eight-minute history of racism in the U.S. Racial Facial won the best short documentary at the Hollywood Independent Documentary Film Festival awards in 2016 and earned a distribution deal by the Films for the Humanities and Sciences later that year.
Adachi's 2017 documentary Defender, co-directed with Jim Choi, won best documentary at the Independent Television Festival. The 70-minute piece followed a racially charged case tried by Adachi as well as a case handled by the office's fledgling immigration unit.
Death
Adachi died on February 22, 2019, in an apartment in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. The San Francisco medical examiner, Christopher Wirowek, whose credibility Adachi assailed publicly only three weeks before his death and who was later terminated because of his handling of Adachi's autopsy report, determined the cause of death to be an overdose. Dr. Dylan V. Miller, an expert in cardiovascular and autopsy pathology, Dr. Nikolas Lemos, a forensic toxicologist, and James L. Norris, a consultant in forensic science determined the sample used in the toxicology report relied upon by Wirowek was “unreliable” and that far from being the cause of death, the amounts of alcohol, cocaine, as well as benzodiazepines found in Adachi's system were “toxicologically insignificant.”
Rather, an independent autopsy came to a different conclusion, determining Adachi's death to have been caused by natural causes, rather than an accident. Specifically, the independent autopsy concluded that Adachi's death was caused by a "sudden cardiac arrhythmia and acute myocardial infraction (sic) due to [a] coronary artery disease." This conclusion was supported by the president of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, Dr. David Farcy, who reviewed Adachi’s autopsy at the request of a local news outlet.
Shortly after Adachi's death, the initial report regarding Adachi's death was leaked to journalist Bryan Carmody in violation of police department policy and laws governing release of confidential police reports. Carmody was later arrested and his home raided in a search for information surrounding the source of the leak. The raid prompted national outrage regarding constitutional rights violations surrounding freedom of the press. Chief of Police Bill Scott initially denied that any wrongdoing had taken place but eventually changed course and apologized for the raid, blaming "a lack of due diligence by department investigators" The Captain of Internal Affairs for the department retired soon after the raid and later defended his investigators, saying in essence that the arrest and raid were driven by and carried out at the direction of the Chief himself. Carmody sued the City and received $369,000 in an out of court settlement.
References
External links
Adachi for Mayor website
1959 births
2019 deaths
American civil rights lawyers
Japanese-American civil rights activists
American film directors of Japanese descent
Lawyers from San Francisco
Lawyers from Sacramento, California
California Democrats
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Film directors from California
Public defenders
Activists from San Francisco
20th-century American lawyers
Politicians from San Francisco | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Adachi |
WMLW-TV (channel 49) is an independent television station licensed to Racine, Wisconsin, United States, serving the Milwaukee area. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting alongside CBS affiliate WDJT-TV (channel 58) and two low-power stations: Telemundo affiliate WYTU-LD (channel 63, which is simulcast over WMLW-TV's fourth digital subchannel) and Class A MeTV owned-and-operated station WBME-CD (channel 41, which WDJT-TV simulcasts on its second digital subchannel). The stations share studios in the Renaissance Center office complex on South 60th Street in West Allis (with a Milwaukee postal address), while WMLW-TV's transmitter is located in Milwaukee's Lincoln Park.
Even though WMLW-TV is licensed as a full-power station, it shares spectrum with WBME-CD, whose broadcasting radius does not reach all of southeastern Wisconsin. Therefore, the station is simulcast in 16:9 widescreen standard definition on WDJT-TV's third digital subchannel in order to reach the entire market. This relay signal can be seen on channel 58.3 from the same Lincoln Park transmitter facility.
History
As WJJA
The station first signed on the air on January 27, 1990, as WJJA, operating as an affiliate of the Home Shopping Network (HSN). The station was founded by the late Joel Kinlow, a Milwaukee area minister who died on June 7, 2016; his estate and children continue to own Elm Grove-based WGLB (1560 AM). The WJJA calls stood for Joe, Joel and Arvis, all members of the Kinlow family that owned and operated WJJA as one of the few outright minority-owned and run stations in the United States. By 1995, WJJA had dropped HSN programming for The Military Channel (a network unrelated to the Discovery Networks-owned cable and satellite known by that name from 2005 to 2014). Kinlow dropped that network the following year, and returned to HSN, eventually affiliating with Shop at Home in 2001.
When CBS-affiliated WITI (channel 6) switched to Fox in December 1994, Kinlow decided not to affiliate with CBS when approached by the network with an offer to become an affiliate. Kinlow claimed he wanted to maintain his staff while continuing to give broadcasting experience and training to many different people beyond those usually hired to operate a television station. He felt the station could accomplish this better without the responsibilities and obligations of serving as a major network affiliate. The CBS affiliation eventually wound up on WDJT.
Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, WJJA continued to air Shop at Home programming, while also airing FCC-required educational programming, local church services, public domain sitcoms, and other programs relevant to local residents of Racine and Milwaukee, mostly during the morning hours. Its cable coverage at the time was usually limited to Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Walworth and Waukesha counties under must-carry provisions, with the remainder of the market unable to watch it outside of over-the-air reception.
On May 16, 2006, Shop at Home parent E. W. Scripps Company announced that the network would suspend operations, effective June 22 of that year. However, the network's liquidation sale ended one day early on June 21, and WJJA switched to Jewelry Television in the meantime. Shop at Home resumed operations on June 23 after Jewelry Television purchased some assets relating to that network, and began to air a split schedule of programming, with JTV in the morning and afternoon hours, and Shop at Home during the evening hours. Shop at Home eventually shut down again in March 2008, and WJJA's last month under Kinlow ownership featured a 24-hour schedule of Jewelry Television programming.
On August 1, 2007, Weigel Broadcasting announced its intention to purchase WJJA. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted approval for the transfer in mid-September 2007, though the license and financial transfers between the two parties, along with the poor condition of the station's transmitter tower in the southeastern Milwaukee County suburb of Oak Creek took months longer to settle before Weigel could take full control of the station.
As WBME-TV (MeTV Milwaukee)
On April 21, 2008, Weigel assumed full control of the station, and at 12:30 p.m., Jewelry Television was replaced by a test card and color bars. Later that afternoon, it became the full-power Milwaukee home of MeTV (a format focused on classic television programs that was first introduced on one of Weigel's Chicago stations, WWME-CA, now an owned-and-operated station of the MeTV network, in 2005). Weigel immediately filed to change the station's call letters to WBME-TV; this became official on April 29, 2008.
MeTV was originally launched in Milwaukee on WDJT digital subchannel 58.3 on March 1, 2008, at 5 a.m., with an episode of Route 66. MeTV had full cable coverage throughout the market on Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications, requiring a digital cable receiver in order to watch the station as it launched on channel 201 of both cable providers. This simulcast continued while technical issues were worked out as WBME transitioned to Weigel's West Allis studios, and Weigel eventually received carriage on both DirecTV and Dish Network on the basic tier of all of those services, as it is allowed to assert must-carry status with those providers. The station had asserted must-carry status with Time Warner Cable years earlier under Kinlow's ownership and is carried on that system on channel 19, while Weigel and Charter came to an agreement to launch the station on its basic tier in late August 2008; the station airs on that provider on channel 20, or a different position depending on market (such as channel 19 in Sheboygan).
The station activated a new digital transmitter on the Weigel tower in Milwaukee's Lincoln Park on October 20, 2008 to better serve the entire market, while the analog signal continued to transmit from Oak Creek until the end of analog television service on June 12, 2009. On October 30, the simulcast on WDJT-DT3 ended to make way for This TV, a new network from Weigel and MGM Television focusing on movies and classic television series, leaving MeTV to broadcast exclusively on WBME, confining the signal to within the inner ring of the Milwaukee metro area. MeTV has been successful in Milwaukee on WBME, outrating daytime programs seen on the Sinclair Broadcast Group duopoly of WVTV (channel 18) and WCGV-TV (channel 24) as of September 2011.
On November 22, 2010, Weigel announced that they would take the MeTV concept national and compete fully with the Retro Television Network and Antenna TV, while complementing its successful sister network This TV (Weigel would transfer the ownership stake it held in that network to Tribune Broadcasting in November 2013, eight weeks before that company assumed ownership of WITI). As of December 15, 2010, WBME-TV carries most of the national feed of MeTV. However the station since coming under Weigel ownership also carries a public affairs program called Racine & Me, which airs weekend mornings on WMLW and WBME, and deals with topics and community calendar events relevant to the station's city of license. The station also carries some different educational and informational programming such as Green Screen Adventures (which is broadcast on the national MeTV network) to meet the FCC's mandated E/I thresholds. A locally programmed MeToo subchannel was originally expected to be added as a subchannel, but was later set aside for Weigel's other national subchannel concepts.
Channel 49 becomes WMLW-TV
On August 7, 2012, WMLW and WBME swapped channel allocations. The WMLW callsign (whose "-CA" suffix was changed to a "-TV" suffix with the swap) and its syndicated and brokered programming inventory moved from low-power channel 41 to full-power channel 49, while the WBME calls and MeTV programming moved to low-power channel 41 as WBME-CA. The switch to the full-power channel 49 signal allowed WMLW to begin broadcasting its programming in high definition for the first time. The swap also resulted in WBME taking over the 58.2 subchannel that WDJT-TV previously utilized to relay WMLW's signal as a low-power station. WMLW retained Racine & Me on the channel 49 schedule under the same title, with a move to Saturday mornings and upgrade to HD telecasts.
In September 2013, WMLW's main channel and subchannel feeds moved exclusively to Time Warner Cable's digital tier as that provider begins the transition to an all-digital system by 2015, requiring a QAM-compatible television or a DTA set-top box to view the station.
On September 15, 2014, WMLW changed its on-air brand to "The M" (" ... and The M means Milwaukee."), in imitation of Chicago sister station WCIU-TV, "The U".
Programming
Syndicated programming on WMLW-TV includes a daily block of court shows through the morning and afternoon, along with Modern Family, Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory, The Neighborhood, Black-ish and Dateline. If Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy! is displaced by WDJT due to sports or breaking news coverage, the episodes are instead carried on WMLW at their regularly scheduled time. Previously, the station used to broadcast classic sitcoms and dramas before the rise of Weigel's MeTV format, but slowly removed most of them from its lineup by the fall of 2008 with the full launch of the MeTV Milwaukee iteration for mostly new or recent programs.
From September 2004 to December 28, 2008, WMLW also carried the children's programming block offered by Fox, 4Kids TV (formerly Fox Kids and later, FoxBox), due to Fox affiliate WITI declining to carry the block, taking over for WCGV-TV when that station chose not to continue carrying it. WMLW aired the 4Kids lineup on Sunday mornings at 8:00, one day and one hour later than its usual Saturday timeslot for most of the Central Time Zone, and did not pick up the replacement Weekend Marketplace infomercial block from Fox at the start of 2009, which remains unseen in the Milwaukee market, though WITI took the new Xploration Station block from Fox in September 2014.
The station currently carries a three-hour block of syndicated E/I programming on Saturday mornings (along with Weigel's Green Screen Adventures) to fulfill the station's E/I programming requirements. The majority of the station's paid programming airs early on weekdays, Saturday morning and most of Sunday morning.
Sports programming
To attract cable providers during its days as a non-must carry low-power station, WMLW formerly pursued a strong sports lineup to lure them to carry the station, though this has been drawn down as most college and professional teams in the area have partnered with Fox Sports Wisconsin and formerly, Spectrum Sports instead, along with streaming services such as ESPN+. Currently the station's sports output is limited to the WIAA basketball and hockey tournaments, which are produced by Allen Media Group for a statewide broadcast network. Additionally, the station carries a postgame show for any Green Bay Packers games carried by channel 58 through CBS, using WDJT's sports staff, along with other sports analysis shows under the title SportsZone.
Prior to 2011, the station aired Labor Day coverage of the US Open tennis tournament from CBS, because of WDJT's commitment as the local "Love Network" affiliate for the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon, along with the first three hours of the show in prime time so WDJT could carry CBS programming; this ended when MDA decided to pursue other formats for the telethon (a six-hour show on the night before Labor Day, then a two-hour network broadcast on ABC).
From 2008 to 2012, the men's final for each US Open that year (all delayed to Monday afternoon due to weather conditions on Saturday or Sunday afternoons and in 2011, earlier days) was aired on WMLW; as the second Monday in September is traditionally the debut date for new and returning syndicated programming, WDJT passed along the tennis coverage in order to launch their new series, though in 2011 most of WDJT's syndicated programming moved up their season starts to a day later to compensate. The 2013 men's final was pre-scheduled in advance for the second Monday in September, and WMLW again carried it in lieu of WDJT. In 2014, however, all syndicated programming on WDJT moved their premiere dates to the Tuesday after, allowing WDJT to carry the men's final for the first time in six years without preempting any new programming; this turned out to be the last year CBS would have to work around the issue with the tournament's move entirely to ESPN in 2015 (and the tournament's main stadiums eventually receiving retractable roofs).
In August 2016, WMLW sublicensed two games produced by the Green Bay Packers preseason television network from WTMJ-TV, which could not air those games due to NBC's coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics (the network disallows any preemptions of Olympic coverage), giving the station its first telecasts of any Packers games. WMLW carried the second and third games of the Packers' 2016 preseason against the Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders, both home games at Lambeau Field (as WYTU-LD carries its own Spanish-language production of the games, this also meant that WMLW aired two different versions of the same game on the same channel space, in English and Spanish).
Milwaukee Brewers
From 2007 until the end of the 2011 season, WMLW was the over-the-air broadcaster of the Milwaukee Brewers' regular season baseball games (along with a Brewers/Cubs spring training game), the first time the team aired its non-nationally televised games on broadcast television locally since Fox Sports Wisconsin (now Bally Sports Wisconsin) became the team's exclusive broadcaster in 2005. Several of the games in the package were aired on WMLW due to Fox Sports Wisconsin's contractual priority to carry Milwaukee Bucks basketball and prevent programming conflicts inside of the Milwaukee market.
The telecasts were produced by Fox Sports Wisconsin and simulcast on that network outside of the Milwaukee market, retaining the network's on-air appearance (except for WMLW microphone flags and a lack of the FSBREWERS bug in the upper right-hand corner, and adaptation of graphics to fit WMLW's 4:3 frame rather than FSN's usual 16:9-optimized presentation), while WMLW/WDJT sold ad time during the games. A few games were added to the WMLW package every year depending on early-season weather postponements and the team's standing in the pennant race later in the season. After the games, a WDJT-produced postgame show called The Final Out aired.
This arrangement was discontinued after the 2011 season due to several factors, including the Brewers wanting to maintain a full schedule of games in high definition, and Fox Sports Wisconsin desiring to maintain near-full exclusivity over telecasts for their own network, along with the 2011 NBA lockout allowing Fox Sports Wisconsin to add the rights for the 15-game package to their schedule in lieu of the loss of sixteen Bucks games due to the stoppage. Fox Sports Wisconsin also launched a second "plus" channel statewide to deal with Bucks/Brewers conflicts in April 2012, making a licensing deal with a second broadcaster unnecessary.
Spanish sister station WYTU continues to carry several Sunday home Brewers games a year with Spanish-language play-by-play, though under a separate production and announce team which uses Bally Sports Wisconsin's camera positions.
Other previous sports rights
Previously, the station carried ESPN Plus's regional college football and basketball packages for the Big Ten Conference, which included Wisconsin Badger games, until 2007, when the new Big Ten Network launched in late August 2007, as part of a ten-year exclusivity deal between the Big Ten Conference, ABC and ESPN went into effect. All non-network Badger sporting events now air on the Big Ten Network, though the Badger Sports Report remains a part of WMLW's schedule.
Other rights included the Marquette Golden Eagles, using coverage originated from ESPN Plus when Marquette was a member of the "old" Big East Conference by their Big East Network, including contractually-obligated carriage of Big East football, despite Marquette's lack of a program in that sport. Coverage was shared with TWCSC. The station also carried Milwaukee Panthers men's and women's basketball from either a local announcer team and camera crew or coverage from ESPN Plus or the Horizon League's internal broadcasting unit. As of the 2013–14 season, the "new" Big East Conference chose a rights deal which mainly consists of coverage on Fox Sports 1, with some other games carried by Fox Sports Wisconsin, while UW-Milwaukee sports are exclusive to TWCSC. The station also formerly carried the sports talk show Sidelines from Madison's TVW.
Newscasts
In September 2008, WMLW-CA began to air The Daily Buzz, a program previously unseen in Milwaukee as Sinclair Broadcast Group, until their acquisition spree began in 2012, did not air the morning show on any of its stations; the station dropped the program in September 2010 and replaced it with the Canadian talk program Steven and Chris. The Daily Buzz returned to the station's schedule in September 2012, with the broadcast of the 6 a.m. hour of the program, before being removed once again in September 2013 to make way for the Weigel-produced First Business, which moved from WDJT to WMLW when that station expanded its weekday morning newscast to 4:30 a.m., along with Right This Minute and a move of Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns to the 6 a.m. hour. The Daily Buzz eventually began to air on WCGV in September 2014 until its unexpected April 2015 termination. First Business ended on December 26, 2014. Business First with Angela Miles, a syndicated program using most of the same personnel as First Business, was launched in the fall of 2015 and is carried by WVTV locally.
In October 2007, when Fox affiliate WITI could not air its own 9 p.m. newscast in its regular time slot because of its broadcast of the 2007 World Series, WDJT's news department decided to test out a 9 p.m. newscast to air WMLW on those nights. The program, titled CBS 58 News at 9 on WMLW, became a permanent part of WMLW's schedule on January 1, 2008. The show initially featured the same anchors as channel 58's 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts (though its anchors are part of WDJT's reporting staff), although WITI has since solved the pre-emption problem by using that station's Antenna TV subchannel and live webstream to air its primetime newscast on nights when it is subject to preemption. Some breaking news coverage from WDJT is simulcast on WMLW, along with severe weather alerts. With the conversion to high definition in August 2012, WMLW's newscast immediately also began to be carried in HD that same day. On January 18, 2015, the 9 p.m. newscast was expanded to a full hour, displacing Inside Edition to the early morning hours.
Beginning in September 2014, WMLW began to carry newscasts in the 5 p.m. hour on weekends, carried either alone or in a simulcast with WDJT depending on whether CBS Sports coverage of golf, the NFL or SEC college football on WDJT would pre-empt them otherwise. On February 3, 2020, a one-hour 7 a.m. extension of WDJT's morning news was added on WMLW on weekdays, allowing local competition in that hour against WITI's market-leading morning newscast. It was then expanded to two hours as of April 26, 2021.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
During its time on WDJT-DT3, MeTV served as a multicast channel in March 2008 for an NCAA men's basketball tournament game in standard definition besides the one being aired in high definition on WDJT's main signal. Subsequently, This TV took over simulcasting duties for the 2009 tournament.
In early January 2009, Weigel added its Telemundo affiliate, WYTU-LP (channel 63) to WBME's digital signal as subchannel 49.4. Although WYTU has its own digital signal on UHF channel 17, it has a limited range as a low power television station to the inner ring of the Milwaukee suburbs, and placing the station on WBME's full-power signal allows it full-market coverage. The channel 17 signal was converted to high definition before the 2012 Summer Olympics, with WMLW-DT4 remaining in standard definition.
On December 31, 2009, Weigel switched WYTU-LP to WBME's schedule on analog channel 63. The analog signal eventually went off the air by January 2013, with the license canceled the next month.
On August 8, 2011, the backers of Bounce TV and Weigel announced that both WBME and WWME would be charter affiliates of the network, which is targeted to African-American viewers. It launched on September 24 with the network's preview reel before its September 26 premiere on 49.2. The channel was added to Charter systems in the area on October 5, 2011; it was converted to a widescreen presentation in late June 2018. WMLW was also a charter station of Movies!, a 24-hour movie network co-owned by Weigel and Fox Television Stations on May 27, 2013 (WBND-LD in South Bend, Indiana is the only other Weigel-owned station that carries the network; Fox-owned WPWR-TV in Chicago carries Movies! in that market); Charter began carrying the network on July 24, 2013. However Movies! moved to WISN-DT2 on August 4, 2014, as part of a new agreement for Weigel's subchannels between them and WISN's owner, Hearst Television. From then until September 29, WMLW-DT3 carried a simulcast of This TV from WDJT-DT3. On that day, the channel space was used to launch a new Weigel network concept, Heroes & Icons, which carries mostly police dramas and westerns targeted towards men.
On March 3, 2015, Weigel moved This TV to WMLW's third subchannel in order to consolidate their owned subchannel networks onto WDJT, and shuffled H&I onto WDJT-DT3.
On May 15, 2021, Bounce TV became exclusive in the market to stations owned by sister operations Scripps and Ion. WMLW had been airing Bounce TV in a simulcast with WTMJ-DT2 and WPXE-DT2 since March 1, 2021. On that date, WMLW-DT2 began to carry Movies!, which returned it to carriage by Spectrum for the first time since the 2018 spectrum switch bumped it to WYTU-LD2, and after former affiliate WISN-DT2 switched to the True Crime Network.
Analog-to-digital conversion
WMLW-TV's digital television transmitter in Lincoln Park is currently running on a lower effective radiated power. The station (as WBME-TV) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 49, on June 12, 2009. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 48. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 49. Weigel delayed the conversion for all of its full-power stations to digital to June 12 in the wake of the DTV Delay Act, although the possibility the station would go digital-only earlier than that remained due to the condition of the Oak Creek analog tower. Weigel oddly expressed interest in maintaining channel 49's analog tower for an additional month in order to use it to provide nightlight programming after the June 12 date, but WBME's analog service from Oak Creek did end on June 12 as WITI (channel 6) instead provided nightlight programming.
In some areas of the market on days with strong tropospheric propagation across Lake Michigan, the signal of WHME-TV from South Bend, which is also on digital channel 48, can overwhelm WMLW's lower power signal, while WMLW causes interference with the former station. WHME has thus filed a tentative construction permit with the FCC to move back to their former analog channel, 46, though signal conflict issues with Weigel's Milwaukee operations would remain as Channel 46 also carries WDJT's digital signal.
Spectrum sale and channel sharing
On April 13, 2017, the results of the FCC's 2016 spectrum auction were announced, with Weigel successfully selling the UHF spectrum for WMLW for $69.7 million. WMLW's channels will retain their existing numbering and identification as channel 49 and being associated under the WMLW calls. On September 12, 2017, in a press announcement of the purchase by Weigel of Los Angeles station KAZA-TV, WBME-CD was announced as the new home of WMLW and its subchannels, effectively reversing the August 2012 channel swap.
Sinclair, Weigel Broadcasting, and Milwaukee PBS all decided on a switch date of January 8 for their various local spectrum moves, and WMLW will move to WBME-CD's bandwidth at 5 a.m. that morning. WMLW and Bounce will remain on their existing 49.1 and 49.2 positions, with the WYTU-LD market-wide simulcast moving to WDJT-DT4, and Decades to WMLW-DT4. This TV was moved from the channel share and onto WYTU-LD2. In addition, WMLW's main signal is now rebroadcast on WDJT-DT3 in order to serve all viewers in the market over-the-air, in a reduced standard definition simulcast which remains in widescreen format. WBME-CD will continue to carry MeTV on 41.1, along with the 58.2 market-wide simulcast. Since the spectrum auction, most of Weigel's acquisitions since 2017 have directly used WMLW's "TV-49, Inc." holding company to purchase those stations.
References
External links
Official website
Weigel Broadcasting
Independent television stations in the United States
Movies! affiliates
Heroes & Icons affiliates
MLW-TV
Television channels and stations established in 1990
1990 establishments in Wisconsin
Catchy Comedy affiliates | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMLW-TV |
National Revolution and Solidarity Day () was celebrated in Bangladesh on November 7, officially until 2007. This commemorates the November 1975 uprising formed by the people and regular army soldiers of Dhaka Cantonment. Khandkar Mushtaq Ahmed was removed from the Presidency by Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf. This situation led to an uprising, spearheaded by Lt.Col. Abu Taher (BD Army, Retd.) and his political group Jasad to grab power. It ended the four-day coup organised by Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, who got killed in the aftermath, while soldiers of Dhaka Cantonment proceeded to release Major General Ziaur Rahman, who was put under house arrest at the inception of the coup by Brigadier Khaled Musharraf.
Aftermath
On this day the first Chief Justice of Bangladesh Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem was made the President of Bangladesh and Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) by Bangladesh Army and Major General Zia was made Deputy CMLA. Justice Sayem was not elected by Jatiyo Sangshad nor an acting president. Months later Justice Sayem stepped down on health reason, and Zia took the both posts of president and CMLA. Within the next year Major General Zia hanged Colonel Taher, along with several freedom fighters of the Liberation War of Bangladesh of 1971, through hasty military tribunal. This day is in the series of coups and counter-coups those occurred after the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder President of Bangladesh on 15 August 1975.
Today
Ruling Awami League government recognize it neither as a revolutionary nor a solidarity day, as they denounce it as Freedom Fighters Killing Day.
November 7 was a national holiday in Bangladesh during the rules of autocrat Lieutenant General Hossain Mohammad Ershad and prime minister Khaleda Zia. In November 2007, caretaker government of Fakhruddin Ahmed scrapped this holiday.
See also
Military coups in Bangladesh
Ziaur Rahman
Abu Taher
Revolution Day in other countries
Anti-imperialism solidarity day
References
History of Bangladesh (1971–present)
Remembrance days
Annual events in Bangladesh | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Revolution%20and%20Solidarity%20Day |
Stet Howland (born August 14, 1960) is an American drummer.
Early life
Howland graduated in 1978 from Duxbury High School. He started playing drums at age seven and has been teaching and playing for a living since age 13. His influences are Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Animal from The Muppets, Sam Kinison, and Hulk Hogan.
Career
Howland played for Temple of Brutality (2004–2006), RUN21 (1987–1988), Killing Machine (2003–2005), JOETOWN (2000-2002) Belladonna (1997–1999), The Howlin' Dogs, Impellitteri (1988–1990), WASP (1991–2005), and Carnival of Souls (2003–2005). In February 2006, he announced his departure from W.A.S.P. to concentrate on his own projects. Howland also was a drummer in Blackfoot. He was the drummer for Lita Ford and performed with her at Rocklahoma 2008, and can be found on Lita Ford's album Wicked Wonderland. Drums for the album were recorded at Howland's personal studio in southwest Florida. In 2010 Howland recorded drum tracks at his studio for a cover of "Thunder Thighs" on Whole Lotta Love: An All-Star Salute to Fat Chicks.
In 2010, Howland founded the reality-based rock 'n' roll television series Stet TV.
Howland is currently playing with a band titled Where Angels Suffer, with Chris Holmes (guitar; ex-W.A.S.P.), Ira Black (guitar; ex-Lizzy Borden), Steve Unger (bass; ex-Metal Church), and Rich Lewis (vocals; Randy Piper's Animal). On July 2, 2011, Howland joined 10,000 Views, a Fort Myers, Florida based powerhouse rock band. Other current members of 10,000 Views are Timmy Johnson (lead vocals/rhythm guitar) and John Hyatt (lead guitar/vocals).
In April 2017, it was announced that Howland had joined heavy metal band Metal Church after the departure of previous drummer Jeff Plate.
Discography
With W.A.S.P.:
The Crimson Idol (June 8, 1992)
Still Not Black Enough (June 1995)
Kill.Fuck.Die (April 29, 1997)
Double Live Assassins (February 24, 1998)
Helldorado (May 18, 1999)
The Sting (2000)
Unholy Terror (April 3, 2001)
The Neon God: Part 1 - The Rise (April 6, 2004)
The Neon God: Part 2 - The Demise (September 28, 2004)
The Best of the Best 2CD (2007)
With Run 21:
Flat Blank Parts (1987)
With Stream:
Take It or Leave It (1995)
Chasing the Dragon (2002)
With Belladonna:
Spells of Fear (1996)
With Mike Vescera Project:
Altar (2000–2004)
With JOETOWN:
Feelin' Rock'n'Roll (2000)
With Carnival Of Souls:
Ashes to Ashes (2004)
With Superseed:
Superseed (2004)
With Killing Machine:
Killing Machine (2004)
With Temple of Brutality:
Lethal Agenda (2005)
With Lita Ford:
Wicked Wonderland (2009)
With Metal Church:
Damned If You Do (2018)
Congregation of Annihilation (2023)
With Last Temptation:
Last Temptation (2019)
Projects
Howland has toured with and or recorded with:
Vengeance
Snapdragon
Rockestra
Run21
Impellitteri
Kuni
Big Richard
Belladonna
Uriah Heep
MVP (Michael Vescera Project)
3HB
JOETOWN (Joe Delaney)
WASP
Stream
Superseed
Blackfoot
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Killing Machine
The Howlin Dogs
The Lucky Dogs
The Biscuit Band
Temple of Brutality
The New Kings
Lita Ford
Stet TV Band
W.A.S.
10,000 Views
Four By Fate
References
External links
StetHowland.com
The New Kings Website
Stet Howland Metal Sludge interview during the 2005 American Metal Blast Tour by C.C. Banana
Stet TV Official Website
W.A.S.P. members
American rock drummers
Living people
1960 births
Metal Church members
Blackfoot (band) members
Impellitteri members
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers
20th-century American male musicians
Duxbury High School alumni | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stet%20Howland |
Shariful Haque (born 15 January 1976) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played one One Day International in 1998.
His career ended when he was given an indefinite ban by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in 2012 after he was found guilty of spot-fixing in a Bangladesh Premier League match. The Dhaka Gladiators captain Mashrafe Mortaza had earlier reported to his team management a spot-fixing approach by a cricketer.
References
1976 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Biman Bangladesh Airlines cricketers
Cricketers banned for corruption
People from Mymensingh District
Sportspeople from Mymensingh Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shariful%20Haque |
Verysdale is a part of medieval England which is mentioned in the early ballads of Robin Hood (especially the ballad A Gest of Robyn Hode, in which a friendly knight, Richard at the Lee, befriends the gallant outlaw and later is revealed as the lord or Earl of Verysdale). Verysdale may be entirely fictional, or it may be based upon a real county with some basis in geographical reality, or it may even have been a term used to refer to a real county. Scholars and historians are divided as to this, as well as the exact supposed location of Verysdale.
Some believe the location of Verysdale was somewhere in the Peak District (the ballad would seem to suggest so), although there are many suggestions and theories. Locations in West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Cumbria have all been suggested. One scholar equated Verysdale with Wensleydale whilst another equated it with Kirklees.
Also mentioned in the same ballad was "Uterysdale", which has been identified by some as relating to the village of Lee in the Wyre valley - Wyresdale (Lancashire) and references to Richard de Leghs [Leghe] in Lancashire to one in the village of Woodhouses (since 1974 in Greater Manchester) during the early 13th century. This bears a similarity to the title "Richard at the Lee" who is said to have been the lord of Verysdale.
See also
Robin Hood
Richard at the Lee
References
External links
Article regarding the discussion of the location of Verysdale
An intriguing theory as to who Richard at the Lee was; equating him with a historical figure
The medieval text of "A Gest of Robyn Hood"
A translation of above ballad into modern English
Fictional regions
Robin Hood | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verysdale |
Hong Kong Association of Science and Mathematics Education is a society to promote and improve the teaching methodology of the science and mathematics in Hong Kong. Founded in 1964, current members are secondary school teachers, professors and lecturers in the universities and government officials in education.
External links
Official website
Education in Hong Kong | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%20Kong%20Association%20of%20Science%20and%20Mathematics%20Education |
Oleg Albertovich Skorlukov (; born March 2, 1968) is a Russian politician who served in the State Duma of Russia. He has attended higher education. He is a member of the LDPR. His was Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism.
References
1968 births
Living people
Fourth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia politicians | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg%20Skorlukov |
Yishtabach () (Hebrew: "[ God ] be praised") is a prayer in the final portion of the Pesukei Dezimra morning prayers of Judaism known as shacharit, recited before the second kaddish leading to the Shema prayers.
The theme of the number "fifteen" plays a pivotal role in the blessing; there are fifteen expressions conveying praise in the beginning half of the paragraph and fifteen words in the concluding blessing (after "Blessed are You, God..."). The number fifteen is an allusion both to the Divine Name יה (whose gematria is fifteen) and to the fifteen Songs of Ascents composed by King David (Psalms 120–34).
There are two themes of Yishtabach: God's power and might are deserving of our praise and adoration, and that one must continually praise God.
Since Baruch Sheamar and Yishtabach are both blessings, this gives the sense that Pesukei Dezimra is one single prayer. Yishtabach is not recited unless Baruch Sheamar is recited, because Baruch Sheamar is the opening blessing, and Yishtabach is the closing blessing.
Yishtabach is normally recited while standing. This is because Baruch Sheamar is recited while standing, and since Baruch Sheamar is the opening of Pesukei Dezimra and Yishtabach is the conclusion, they are both recited in the same manner. However, on Shabbat, some congregations have a custom to sit.
The author of Yishtabach is not known to this day. But with words 2–5 in the prayer spelling שׁלמה (Shlomo), this alludes to a reference to King Solomon.
Text of Yishtabach
References
Pesukei dezimra
Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish prayers and blessings
Siddurim of Orthodox Judaism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yishtabach |
Nathan Louis Bump (born July 24, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Florida Marlins from 2003 to 2005.
Biography
A native of Towanda, Pennsylvania, Bump attended Penn State University, and in 1996 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft as the 25th overall pick.
He was traded in by the Giants with Jason Grilli in exchange for Liván Hernández from the Florida Marlins. Bump played for the Marlins between and , but was a free agent from to . On July 26, 2004, Bump recorded his only MLB save. During a blowout victory against the Phillies, Bump pitched 3 shutout innings to close out an 11-3 Marlins victory.
In May , Bump signed a minor league contract with the Giants and was assigned to their Double-A affiliate, the Connecticut Defenders. He became a free agent after the season, and was signed by the Camden Riversharks on April 6, 2009.
On July 3, 2009, Bump signed with the Detroit Tigers and was assigned to their Triple-A affiliate, the Toledo Mudhens. Bump became a free agent at the end of the season. On December 24, 2009, Bump signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. On November 2, 2011, Bump elected free agency.
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Baseball players from Pennsylvania
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Portland Sea Dogs players
Shreveport Captains players
Albuquerque Isotopes players
Connecticut Defenders players
Toledo Mud Hens players
Camden Riversharks players
Lehigh Valley IronPigs players
Cotuit Kettleers players | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate%20Bump |
Sam Husseini (born 1966) is a Jordanian-Palestinian writer and political activist. He is the communications director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, a D.C.-based nonprofit group that promotes progressive experts as alternative sources for mainstream media reporters. He formerly worked at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and at the media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Husseini has written articles for a variety of publications, including CounterPunch, The Nation, The Washington Post, USA Today and Salon.
Early life
Husseini was born as Osama Husseini in 1966 to a Palestinian Christian father from Tiberias, and a Jordanian Christian mother. His parents immigrated to the United States when he was five years old. Husseini grew up in Queens in New York City. He became a US citizen in 1984.
Husseini is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned a double bachelor's degree in applied mathematics and logic and computation.
Career
After graduating, Husseini worked as a programmer and a math teacher. He then began working for Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) where he was the Middle East expert. After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, he was in charge of monitoring news media for evidence of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias.
Husseini was the media director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
After leaving FAIR, he became the communications director for the Institute for Public Accuracy, a position that he has held since 1997. In 2020, he was listed as a senior analyst for the Institute for Public Accuracy and a contributor to The Nation.
In 2000, he founded the webpage VotePact.org which encourages disenchanted Democrats to pair up with disenchanted Republicans and vote for third parties and independent candidates.
In 2006, Husseini founded the webpage WashingtonStakeout.com which features him pointedly questioning political figures as they leave Sunday morning talk shows.
In 2011, the executive director of the National Press Club suspended Husseini for asking questions of the Saudi ambassador to the US which some thought were "loaded statements." The Club's ethics committee lifted the suspension. Husseini asked Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former head of Saudi intelligence,
I want to know what legitimacy your regime has sir. You come before us, representative of one of the most autocratic, misogynistic regimes on the face of the earth. Human Rights Watch and other reports of torture detention of activist, you squelched the democratic uprising in Bahrain, you tried to overturn the democratic uprising in Egypt and indeed you continue to oppress your own people.
In 2018, he was removed from the 2018 Russia–United States summit press conference, prior to Trump and Putin's arrival in the room, when he held a sign saying, "Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty," which the Russian authorities called a "malicious item". A CBS News reporter stated that he had been "heckling" reporters and two security detail members. Husseini said he had hoped to ask Trump a question regarding the first legally binding international agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons, with the goal of their total elimination.
Writing
Husseini has written about U.S. media coverage of the Arab–Israeli conflict. In 1994, he suggested that General Electric's many felony convictions should make the corporation ineligible to hold broadcast licenses.
Writing in Salon in 2020, Husseini suggested that the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan was possibly a result of a biowarfare laboratory discovering the virus in the wild, and studying it in the lab from which it escaped. He argued that the pandemic exposed the threat of a biowarfare arms race, which may lead to more pandemics in the future.
References
External links
Extra! articles by Sam Husseini
Sam Husseini's blog
Institute for Public Accuracy
American media critics
American political writers
American male non-fiction writers
American bloggers
American journalists of Arab descent
American activists
American people of Palestinian descent
Living people
Carnegie Mellon University alumni
1966 births
Hunter College alumni
American people of Jordanian descent
21st-century American non-fiction writers
American male bloggers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Husseini |
Yelena Vladimirovna Afanasyeva (; born 27 March 1975) is a Russian politician. She was a member of the State Duma between 2003 and 2014. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia group. She attended Orenburg Educational Institute. She was selected to be a senator in the Federation Council from 26 September 2014, representing Orenburg Oblast.
References
External links
Елена Афанасьева на сайте Совета Федерации
1975 births
Living people
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia politicians
21st-century Russian women politicians
People involved in plagiarism controversies
Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation alumni
Fourth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelena%20Afanasyeva%20%28politician%29 |
The Aqueduct of Segovia () is a Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain. It was built around the first century AD to channel water from springs in the mountains away to the city's fountains, public baths and private houses, and was in use until 1973. Its elevated section, with its complete arcade of 167 arches, is one of the best-preserved Roman aqueduct bridges and the foremost symbol of Segovia, as evidenced by its presence on the city's coat of arms. The Old Town of Segovia and the aqueduct, were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
History
As the aqueduct lacks a legible inscription (one was apparently located in the structure's attic, or top portion), the date of construction cannot be definitively determined. The general date of the Aqueduct's construction was long a mystery, although it was thought to have been during the 1st century AD, during the reigns of the Emperors Domitian, Nerva, and Trajan. At the end of the 20th century, Géza Alföldy deciphered the text on the dedication plaque by studying the anchors that held the now missing bronze letters in place. He determined that Emperor Domitian (AD 81–96) ordered its construction and the year 98 AD was proposed as the most likely date of completion. However, in 2016 archeological evidence was published which points to a slightly later date, after 112 AD, during the government of Trajan or in the beginning of the government of emperor Hadrian, from 117 AD.
The beginnings of Segovia are also not definitively known. The Arevaci people are known to have populated the area before it was conquered by the Romans. Roman troops sent to control the area stayed behind to settle there. The area fell within the jurisdiction of the Roman provincial court (Latin conventus iuridici, Spanish convento jurídico) located in Clunia.
Description
The aqueduct once transported water from the Rio Frio river, situated in mountains from the city in the La Acebeda region. It runs before arriving in the city.
The construction of the aqueduct follows the principles laid out by Vitruvius in his De Architectura published in the mid-first century BC.
The water was first gathered in a tank known as El Caserón (or Big House), and was then led through a channel to a second tower known as the Casa de Aguas (or Waterhouse). There it was naturally decanted and sand settled out before the water continued its route. Next the water traveled on a one-percent grade until it was high upon the Postigo, a rocky outcropping on which sits the walled city center with its Alcázar or castle.
To reach the old city, the water is conveyed by its aqueduct bridge. At Plaza de Díaz Sanz, the structure makes an abrupt turn and heads toward Plaza Azoguejo. It is there the monument begins to display its full splendor. At its tallest, the aqueduct reaches a height of , including nearly of foundation. There are both single and double arches supported by pillars. From the point the aqueduct enters the city until it reaches Plaza de Díaz Sanz, it includes 75 single arches and 44 double arches (or 88 arches when counted individually), followed by four single arches, totalling 167 arches in all.
The first section of the aqueduct contains 36 semi-circular arches, rebuilt in the 15th century to restore a portion destroyed by the Moors in 1072. The line of arches is organized in two levels, decorated simply, in which simple moulds hold the frame and provide support to the structure. On the upper level, the arches are 5.1 metres (16.1 ft) wide. Built in two levels, the top pillars are both shorter and narrower than those on the lower level. The top of the structure contains the channel through which water travels, through a U-shaped hollow measuring 0.55 tall by 0.46 metre diameter. The top of each pillar has a cross-section measuring 1.8 by 2.5 metres (5.9 by 8.2 feet), while the base cross-section measures 2.4 by 3 metres (7.9 by 9.8 feet).
The aqueduct is built of unmortared, brick-like granite blocks. During the Roman era, each of the three tallest arches displayed a sign in bronze letters, indicating the name of its builder along with the date of construction. Today, two niches are still visible, one on each side of the aqueduct. One of them is known to have held the image of Hercules, who, according to legend, was founder of the city. That niche now contains an image of the Virgin. The other one used to hold an image of Saint Stephen, now lost.
Distribution of the water
Within the walled city there was a distribution system via a deposit called a castellum aquae. While the details of this system are not fully known, it has been established that the water followed a subterranean route. The main channel has been marked on the city's pavements.
Subsequent
The first reconstruction of the aqueduct took place during the reign of the King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, known as Los Reyes Católicos or the Catholic Monarchs. Don Pedro Mesa, the prior of the nearby Jerónimos del Parral monastery, led the project. A total of 36 arches were rebuilt, with great care taken not to change any of the original work or style. Later, in the 16th century, the central niches and above-mentioned statues were placed on the structure. On 4 December, the day of Saint Barbara, who is the patron saint of artillery, the cadets of the local military academy drape the image of the Virgen de la Fuencisla in a flag.
The aqueduct is the city's most important architectural landmark. It had been kept functioning throughout the centuries and preserved in excellent condition. It provided water to Segovia until the mid 19th century. Because of differential decay of stone blocks, water leakage from the upper viaduct, and pollution that caused the granite ashlar masonry to deteriorate and crack, the site was listed in the 2006 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund (WMF). Contrary to popular belief, vibrations caused by traffic that used to pass under the arches did not affect the aqueduct due to its great mass. WMF Spain brought together the Ministry of Culture, the regional government of Castilla y León, and other local institutions to collaborate in implementing the project, and provided assistance through the global financial services company American Express.
Interpretation
One of the buildings of Segovia's former mint, the Real Casa de Moneda, houses an aqueduct interpretation centre, developed with funding from European Economic Area grants.
There is a connection between the mint and the aqueduct in that coins minted in Segovia used the aqueduct as a mint mark. Another link is that the building provided for the mint in the 16th century harnessed water power to drive its machinery, although the water is taken directly from the River Eresma rather than sourced from the aqueduct.
See also
List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire
List of Roman aqueducts by date
Ancient Roman technology
Roman engineering
References
External links
Club de Amigos del Acueducto
Norma Barbacci, "Saving Segovia's Aqueduct," ICON Magazine, Winter 2006/2007, p. 38–41.
Aqueduct of Segovia – Information and photos.
600 Roman aqueducts with 35 descriptions in detail among which the Segovia aqueduct
World Monuments Fund – Acueducto de Segovia
American Society of Civil Engineers - International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
Aqueducts in Spain
Buildings and structures completed in the 1st century
Buildings and structures in Segovia
Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks
Roman aqueducts outside Rome
Roman bridges in Spain
Tourist attractions in Castile and León
Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español
World Heritage Sites in Spain
Bridges in Castile and León | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct%20of%20Segovia |
Mohammad Aminul Islam (; born 1 April 1975), also known as Bhola, is a former Bangladeshi cricketer, who played in one ODI in 1999.
Aminul Islam played for the Rajshahi Division first-class side through 2003/2004, taking 71 wickets in 25 matches, with an average of 22.19. Islam's best innings was 6/57, and his best batting innings was 52 (his only half-century).
References
1975 births
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Rajshahi Division cricketers
Living people
People from Rajshahi District
Cricketers from Rajshahi Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminul%20Islam%20%28cricketer%2C%20born%201975%29 |
Willys-Knight is an automobile that was produced between 1914 and 1933 by the Willys-Overland Company of Toledo, Ohio.
John North Willys purchased the Edwards Motor Car Company of Long Island, New York, in 1913, moving the operation to Elyria, Ohio, where Willys owned the plant that had previously manufactured the Garford automobile. Production began with a four-cylinder model which was priced in the $2,500 price range. The Willys-Knight employed a Knight sleeve valve engine, generally four- and six-cylinder models.
In 1915, Willys moved assembly of the Willys-Knight to Toledo, Ohio, but continued manufacturing the engines in Elyria. Willys-Knight introduced a sleeve-valve V8 in 1917, which was sold until 1919.
Willys-Knight enjoyed a production run average of 50,000 cars per year after 1922. Willys also purchased Stearns-Knight of Cleveland, Ohio, which also used a sleeve valve Knight Engine, making that marque the crown jewel in his growing automotive empire.
Willys-Knight production ended in November 1932 (model year 1933) when the company, in receivership, stopped building higher priced cars, and instead focused on the manufacture of the inexpensive but durable Willys 77.
Seven Willys-Knight vehicles including two large trucks and a touring car were used on the Martin and Osa Johnson photographic safari in the remotest areas of Africa.
See also
List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States
Models
References
Chrysler
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
Cars powered by Knight engines
Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Ohio
Defunct manufacturing companies based in Ohio
Willys-Knight | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willys-Knight |
Richard at the Lee (also referred to as Rychard at the Lea and Sir Richard of Verysdale) is a major character in the early medieval ballads of Robin Hood, especially the lengthy ballad A Gest of Robyn Hode, and has reappeared in Robin Hood tales throughout the centuries.
Sir Richard is said to have been a landowner, the lord of Verysdale. In many versions, Sir Richard appears as a sorrowful knight whose lands will be forfeited because he pledged them to an abbot to get a loan he can not repay; Robin assists him with the money. This is his first appearance in the Gest, although he is not named at that point. Later in the Gest, he reappears, now named, and gives Robin Hood and the Merry Men sanctuary from the Sheriff of Nottingham by hiding them in his castle, after they have nearly been caught in an archery tournament; this part of the tale features in fewer later versions.
In A Gest of Robyn Hode
Richard is first introduced by name in fytte five of A Gest of Robyn Hode, and is presently revealed to be the unnamed knight mentioned in fytte one, who is connected with Wryesdale in fytte two. Richard came from a long line of knights and was a courteous man indeed. He had inherited a great castle at the wooded village of Lee in Verysdale in which he resided; a castle with thick fortified walls, surrounded by two ditches and with a drawbridge at the entrance.
JC Holt considered the Manor of Wryesdale (comprising the villages of Over Wyresdale and Nether Wyresdale) as the likeliest candidate for Verysdale; if that is so, the likeliest candidate for "the Lee" in Holt's opinion is the hamlet of Lee in Wrysedale, at the spot where the road from Lancaster through the Trough of Bowland crosses the River Wyre. A family named Legh or de la Legh from Lancashire were involved in the management of Bowland Forest, although none are recorded as being named Richard. A Gilbert de la Legh was stock manager of the park of Ightenhill, and was kidnapped and held for a ransom of £20 at Holbeck, near Leeds; the stud farm was raided and stock worth £200 was driven away under the leadership of Nicholas Mauleverer, Constable of Skipton Castle.
Other significant disorders occurred in Sherwood Forest to the south, and could have been "woven in" to the developing Robin Hood tales by mixing in Lancashire-Yorkshire folk memories of disruptions of the king's peace, according to Holt. Holt considers that the career of Roger Godberd could have supplied many of the detail's of Robin's exploits in Sherwood, while the actions of Goodberd's protector Richard Foliot, a knight and former sheriff of Nottingham could have supplied some of the material, and the Christian name for Sir Richard at the Lee. When Foliot was accused of sheltering Goodberd and other accused felons, he had to surrender both his castle and his son to the sheriff of Yorkshire, who also seized Foliot's lands. Foliot's holdings comprised Fenwick, South Yorkshire, Walden Stubbs and Norton, Doncaster, which is six miles from Wentbridge. Holt points out that Guy of Gisborne, a character in another early Robin Hood ballad (Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne, Child Ballad 118) takes his name from a village, (Gisburn), ten miles from Wryesdale east of the Bowland forest, in his opinion further bolstering the case for Lancashire and Yorkshire, especially the West Riding of Yorkshire supplying many of the personages and places mentioned in the A Gest of Robyn Hode.
In the first fytte, Robin and his men encounter an impoverished knight later to be revealed as Sir Richard. The knight claims that he has been in impoverished state for nearly two years. The knight relates that he lives in this castle with a small group of loyal servants, his lady fair, and a son whom he loves dearly. This son, aged twenty at the time, killed a knight and squire of Lancaster in a fair joust. In order to save his son, the knight was forced to mortgage all his goods and landholdings to raise the sum of four hundred pounds from the abbot of Saint Mary's Abbey.
Robin asks the knight what will happen to him if he cannot recover his land; the knight replies that he will become a sailor, and visit the Holy Land as a pilgrim. When asked why his friends do not help him, the knight replies that they have abandoned him. Robin and his men are moved by the knight's tale, and they offer him wine, the needed sum, tack and full livery befitting his station.
Meanwhile, in Barnsdale Forest, Robin Hood commanded some of his merry men to prepare a feast fit for a king, and to the others he commanded them to bring him a wealthy knight or nobleman to join him in his meal. The merry men were commanded by Robin to "walk up to the Saylis" and lie in wait there. (In 1852, this was identified by Joseph Hunter as a plantation that is today on the eastern side of the A1 fly-over, adjoining the village of Wentbridge. Now known as Sayles, it was once a small tenancy in the parish of Kirk Smeaton. Evidence on the ground shows that the author of the ballad knew this place well and realised that it was the perfect look-out point.) After finding nobody there, Little John, Will Scarlet and Much the miller's son lay in wait for the knight next to "Watlinge Strete". (This is actually a misnomer: the road in question was not the Romans' Watling Street (which ran from Kent to north Wales), but their Ermine Street, which stretched from Kent to York. It later became the Great North Road, and today is the A1.
There passed a poor-looking knight with a sad expression, and they brought him to Robin Hood's camp. He was treated with utmost respect and enjoyed a fine banquet of deer, fowls, swans, pheasants, bread, and fine wine. After the meal Robin Hood asked the knight to pay for his meal. However, the knight told Robin that he was poor and had no more than ten shillings in his trunk.
Robin Hood tested the knight's honesty. If there were no more than ten shillings in the trunk, as the knight said, then Robin would not touch a penny and indeed would assist the knight financially. However, if the knight had lied then Robin would take everything the knight had. The merry men opened up the trunk and indeed found it nearly empty with only ten shillings (half a pound) inside.
So, after finding the knight true, Robin listened to his entire story. This knight was Sir Richard of Verysdale; Robin felt sorry for him and, Richard having also seen nobility and honesty in Robin, the two men formed a close bond of friendship. As Sir Richard was travelling to York to see the abbot of Saint Mary's that very day, Robin lent Richard the four hundred pounds needed to pay back the abbot and told Richard that there was no obligation to pay it back in a hurry. And so Richard repaid his loan to the abbot, and kept his lands, courtesy of Robin Hood.
A variation of the tale is that Robin took the money back from the Sheriff of Nottingham and gave it to Richard at the Lee.
Later adaptations
In other tales, he also travelled to the forests of Barnsdale and Sherwood occasionally, where the outlaws lived, and dined with them. Because of this he is sometimes considered a Merry Man himself.
In some tales, such as Alfred Lord Tennyson's play The Foresters, or Robin Hood and Maid Marian, he is said to be the father of Maid Marian. He appears as such (as Sir Richard of Leaford) in the television series Robin of Sherwood, played by George Baker.
Howard Pyle included the payment of mortgage in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. He also used Richard as a character in other portions, such as his retelling of Robin's escape from the king, after an archery tournament before him, and when Richard the Lion-Hearted visited the forest, the disguise was revealed when Richard arrived to warn the outlaws.
Sir Richard (Sir Richard of the Lee), played by Ian Hunter was a recurring character in the 1950s television series The Adventures of Robin Hood, appearing in seven episodes of the series.
The lovelorn knight, John of York, who appears in an episode of the second season of the 2006 BBC series Robin Hood is clearly based on Richard at the Lee. John was passing through Sherwood Forest on his way to pay an instalment of a debt to the Canon of Birkley when he was ambushed by Robin Hood and his men. Parallels to the story of Richard are that John claimed only to have 10 shillings, Robin tested his honesty and said he would assist him if he were telling the truth, and then gave him money to enable him to repay his debt.
Steven A. McKay's 2014 novella Knight of the Cross - a spin-off from the author's Forest Lord series - features Sir Richard-at-Lee battling ancient evil in medieval Rhodes.
See also
Robin Hood
Verysdale
References
External links
The medieval text of "A Gest of Robyn Hode"
A translation of above ballad into modern English
Article regarding the discussion of the location of Verysdale
An intriguing theory as to who Richard at the Lee was; equating him with a historical figure
Page on Sir Richard at the Lee
Robin Hood characters
Fictional knights | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20at%20the%20Lee |
Mahbubur Rahman (born 1 February 1969) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in one One Day International in 1999. In the 1980s Mymensingh was a great hub for producing cricketing talent in Bangladesh. Mahbubur Rahman, also known as Selim, was one of the finest talents to come from there. A right-handed middle order batsman, he occasionally bowled spin as well. In the 1989 Under-19 Asia Cup, he scored 40 against Sri Lanka and 28 against Pakistan. Unfortunately he took too long to make the transformation to the senior team. Thus he played in only one ODI, against Zimbabwe, at Dhaka in 1999.
References
External links
1969 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Dhaka Division cricketers
People from Mymensingh
Sportspeople from Mymensingh Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahbubur%20Rahman%20%28cricketer%29 |
Neeyamur Rashid Rahul, also known as Niamur Rashid, (born 1 January 1975) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in two One Day Internationals in 1999. Post retirement from cricket he became a match referee.
Playing career
In 1999, he made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe. He was also a part of the playing XI of Bangladesh's famous victory over Pakistan in 1999 Cricket World Cup, which was his last match in international cricket.
Career as a match referee
After retiring from cricket, he became a match referee. He first officiated as match referee in 2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series, officiating all 6 matches of the tournament.
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, ICC rescinded its decision to use neutral match referee, instead allowing local match officials to officiate in international cricket. and subsequesntly, he was named as the match referee for all matches played between Bangladesh and West Indies in 2020-21. Thus, he became the first Bangladeshi match referee to officiate in test matches.
In January 2023, he was named as one of the match referees for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.
References
External links
1975 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Dhaka Division cricketers
Dhaka Metropolis cricketers
Cricket match referees
People from Pabna District
Cricketers from Rajshahi Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niamur%20Rashid |
Disaster convergence is the phenomenon of individuals or groups moving towards a disaster-stricken area. Convergers have many reasons for heading towards a disaster area. Kendra and Wachtendorf (2002) identified seven distinct categories of convergers. These categories are mourners, the anxious, returners, the curious, the helpers, the exploiters, and the supporters.
Sources
Kendra, J. and Wachtendorf, T. (2002) Reconsidering Convergence and Converger - Legitimacy in Response to the World Trade Center Disaster. Research in Social Problems and Public Policy 11: 197–224.
Convergence | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster%20convergence |
Ben Allison (born November 17, 1966) is an American double bassist, composer, producer, bandleader, educator. In addition to his work as a performer, he co-founded the non-profit Jazz Composers Collective and served as its Artistic Director for twelve years. Allison is an adjunct professor at New School University and serves on the board of the New York chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, where he serves as President.
Early life
Allison was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He began guitar lessons at the age of 9 at the Neighborhood Music School, in New Haven, Connecticut and privately with guitarist George Raccio. From 1983 to 1985, Allison studied West African, Haitian and Cuban drumming traditions with Richard Hill and attended the ACES Educational Center for the Arts (ECA), a performing arts school, and Wilbur Cross High School. In his senior year he studied briefly with bassist Steve Swallow and took classes in 20th-century music and early childhood development at Yale University. Allison entered New York University (NYU) in 1985 as a University Scholar to pursue a degree in jazz performance and bass studies. While at NYU he studied with Joe Lovano, Dennis Irwin, Jim McNeely and Steve LaSpina. Allison graduated from NYU in 1989 with a B.A. in Music Performance.
Professional career
1990s
In 1992, Allison and several colleagues formed the Jazz Composers Collective, a musician-run, non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the creation and performance of new music and building audiences for jazz. The Collective's annual concert series ran for 12 seasons and featured the work of 50 composers, the participation of more than 250 musicians and the premiere of more than 300 new works. Allison served as the Artistic Director of the Collective from its inception until its dissolution in 2005. Advisory Board members of the Collective included Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano and Andrew Hill.
The 1990s saw the release of Allison's first albums as a leader, beginning with Seven Arrows on Koch Records in 1996, which featured his original music. In 1998, he released Medicine Wheel, the first of nine albums for Palmetto Records. His second album for Palmetto, Third Eye, came out in 1999 and featured instruments rarely heard in a jazz setting, including the oud, cumbus, cello, and bass clarinet, along with the more typical piano, saxophones, trumpet, bass and drums. The album reached No. 1 on the CMJ jazz charts in September of that year and remained in the top spot for 9 weeks.
He also performed on recordings by Collective members Frank Kimbrough, Ron Horton, Michael Blake Michael Blake and Ted Nash, and recorded twice with noted saxophonist Lee Konitz. Allison was a key figure in the Herbie Nichols Project, a band made up primarily of Collective members. The band researched and performed the music of pianist/composer Herbie Nichols, releasing three albums: Love Is Proximity (Soul Note, 1996), Dr. Cyclop's Dream (Soul Note, 1999) and Strange City (Palmetto, 2001). The albums featured many previously unrecorded Nichols compositions unearthed by members of the group at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
Allison began working at New School University in 1996, serving as an adjunct professor and bass instructor. He also taught instrumental lessons and ensembles at the Third Street Music School.
2000s
Allison continued his role as artistic director of the Jazz Composers Collective through 2005, when the members of the Collective decided that they had realized many of their initial goals and the organization was dissolved.
This was another busy period of recording for Allison, who released six albums as a leader for Palmetto between 2000 and 2009, including Peace Pipe (2002), which explored the fusion of jazz and West African music and featured Malian kora player Mamadou Diabaté; Cowboy Justice (Palmetto, 2006), which marked the beginning of his use of electric guitar as a dominant voice in his compositions and band sound; and Little Things Run The World, which NPR's Tom Vitale called "a turn to simplicity for a progressive jazz musician."
As a member of the Collective, Allison received numerous commissioning and performing grants from organizations including The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, American Composers Forum, Meet The Composer, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Chamber Music America, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and The National Endowment for the Arts.
He performed on more than a dozen additional recordings as a co-leader or sideman, including albums by Curtis Stigers, Larry Goldings and Steven Bernstein.
In 2001, Allison wrote the theme for NPR's On The Media, produced by WNYC and currently heard weekly by 1.5 million listeners.
Allison continued his work at New School University and served as a guest instructor and visiting artist at the Siena Jazz Foundation in Siena, Italy, and at Souza Lima Ensino de Música in São Paulo, Brazil.
Allison won the Rising Star (Bassist) award in the Down Beat critics poll in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He was nominated almost every year in one or more categories: Bassist, Composer, and Rising Star Composer, Arranger, Artist, and Group.
In 2005, Allison received the Bird Award, issued by the North Sea Jazz Festival.
In 2009 Allison was invited to be a member of the Teaching Artists Collaborative at the Weill Music Center at Carnegie Hall. As part of this program, Allison taught musical fundamentals to children in the public school system in Harlem, New York City, using student-created poetry, spoken word and song.
2010s
Allison continues to record and perform around the world. He released his ninth Palmetto Records album, Action-Refraction, in 2011. The album is unique among Allison's releases as a leader for its focus on non-original music. It contains reworkings of compositions by Donny Hathaway, PJ Harvey, Samuel Barber, Thelonious Monk, and Neil Young, among others. The album reached No. 1 on the CMJ jazz radio charts in May 2011.
In 2010, Allison was a visiting artist at the St. Louis College of Music in Rome, Italy, and returned as a teaching artist at the Sienna Jazz Foundation in Sienna, Italy.
In February 2012 Allison made his Carnegie Hall debut.
In 2012, as a representative of the Recording Academy (NARAS), Allison testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on issues relating to performing rights.
In 2013, Allison formed his own record label, Sonic Camera Records. His first album on that label, The Stars Look Very Different Today, was released on December 3, 2013. The album features Brandon Seabrook (guitar and banjo), Steve Cardenas (guitar) and Allison Miller (drums). Allison wrote, arranged, produced and mixed the album.
Personal life
Allison resides in NYC's Greenwich Village with his wife, Suzanne DiMaggio, and daughter.
Discography
As a leader
As a sideman or co-leader (selected recordings)
Steve Cardenas, Ben Allison, Ted Nash, Healing Power (SunnySide Records, 2022)
Steve Cardenas, Blue Has A Range (SunnySide Records, 2020)
Dave Glasser, Hypocrisy Democracy (SunnySide Records, 2020)
Ted Nash, West Side Story Songs (Plastic Sax Records, 2019)
Michael Wolff, Bounce (SunnySide Records, 2019)
Michael Wolff, Swirl (SunnySide Records, 2018)
Pete Malinverni, Heaven (Saranac Records, 2017)
Mark Whitfield, Live & Uncut (Chesky Records, 2017)
Camille Thurman, Inside the Moment (Chesky Records, 2017)
Jeremy Pelt, Tales, Musings and Other Reveries (HighNote, 2015)
Michael Blake, Tiddy Boom (Sunnyside, 2014)
Michael Blake, Ben Allison, Rudy Royston, Union Square (ABeat, 2013)
Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, MTO Plays Sly (Royal Potato Family, 2011)
Steve Cardenas, West of Middle (Sunnyside, 2010)
Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, We Are MTO (Sunnyside, 2008)
Ron Horton, It's a Gadget World (ABeat, 2007)
Larry Goldings, Quartet (Palmetto, 2006)
Ted Nash, In the Loop (Palmetto, 2006)
Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, Vol. 1 (Sunnyside, 2006)
Michael Blake Trio, Right Before Your Very Ears (Clean Feed, 2005)
Curtis Stigers, I Think It's Going to Rain Today (Concord, 2004)
Frank Kimbrough, Lullabluebye (Palmetto, 2004)
Curtis Stigers, You Inspire Me (Concord, 2003)
Ron Horton, Subtextures (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2003)
Ted Nash, Still Evolved (Palmetto, 2003)
Michael Blake, Elevated (Knitting Factory, 2002)
Tom Christensen, Paths (Playscape, 2002)
Ben Allison/Frank Kimbrough, The Herbie Nichols Project, Strange City (Soul Note, 2001)
Michael Blake, Drift (Intuition, 2001)
Ben Allison/Frank Kimbrough, The Herbie Nichols Project, Dr. Cyclops' Dream (Soul Note, 1999)
Ted Nash, Rhyme & Reason (Arabesque, 1999)
Ron Horton, Genius Envy (OmniTone, 1999)
Frank Kimbrough, Chant (Igmod, 1998)
Frank Kimbrough, Quickening (OmniTone, 1998)
Ben Allison/Frank Kimbrough, The Herbie Nichols Project, Love Is Proximity (Soul Note, 1997)
Lee Konitz, Rhapsody II (Evidence, 1993)
Lee Konitz, Rhapsody (Evidence, 1993)
Ted Nash, Out of This World'' (Mapleshade, 1991)
References
External links
Ben Allison official site
“Jazz Man Ben Allison: Personal And Unpredictable,” All Things Considered, NPR, June 2011
“Ben Allison: Singing the Melody,” JazzTimes, May 2011
"New Comfort Under the Covers," The Wall Street Journal, Apr 2011
“Interview and Online Chat with Ben Allison,” A Blog Supreme, Apr 2011
“First Listen: Ben Allison / Action-Refraction,” NPR, Apr 2011
“Ben Allison in Concert: Newport Jazz Festival 2010,” NPR, Aug 2010
1966 births
Living people
American jazz double-bassists
Male double-bassists
Musicians from New Haven, Connecticut
Palmetto Records artists
Jazz musicians from Connecticut
21st-century double-bassists
21st-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
Wilbur Cross High School alumni | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Allison |
Silver Springs State Park, formerly known as Silver River State Park, is a Florida state park located on the Silver River in Marion County. The park contains Silver Springs, Florida's first tourist attraction.
The Silver Springs attraction dates to the 1870s. In 1985, the state purchased the land surrounding Silver Springs to spare it from development, creating the Silver River State Park. In 1993, the state acquired Silver Springs, as well, though it continued to be operated privately. In 2013, the state took over control of Silver Springs, merging it with the adjacent parkland to create Silver Springs State Park.
History
Silver Springs
State park
In 1985, the State of Florida purchased about 5,000 acres of undeveloped land around Silver Springs to keep it from being developed. The land was turned over to the Department of Recreation and Parks in 1987, creating the Silver River State Park. The same year, Marion County Schools constructed the Silver River Museum and Environmental Education Center on the property. Little else was at the park until 1999, when the state began construction on a ranger station, campground, and kayak launch.
In 1993, the state purchased Silver Springs with the ultimate intention of taking it over. The previous owners continued to operate the attraction under lease. It went through several operators before Palace Entertainment took over management of Silver Springs Nature Theme Park in 2002. In January 2013, after years of declining profits and increasing environmental problems, the state took over control of the park, releasing Palace Entertainment from their obligations. The same year, they merged Silver Springs into Silver River State Park, creating Silver Springs State Park.
Ecology
Among the wildlife of the park are nine-banded armadillos, white-tailed deer, wild boars, wild turkeys, foxes, American alligators, Sherman fox squirrels, and gopher tortoises, as well as coyotes, bobcats, and Florida black bears.
Also, a colony of non-native rhesus macaques were introduced to the park in early 1938 by a tour boat operator, known locally as "Colonel Tooey", to enhance his "Jungle Cruise" ride. A local legend that they are the descendants of monkeys used to enhance the scenery for the Tarzan movies that were shot in the area in the 1930s is not true, since no Tarzan movie filmed in the area featured rhesus macaques. The monkeys are allowed to live in Florida, due to their contributions to science.
The diversity of this waterway is among the highest in Florida. Since becoming part of the Florida state park system, the increased interest and reduced barriers to entry have brought many new visitors to the park. The damage to the river grasses and wildlife is a real concern.
Movies filmed at Silver Springs
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
The Yearling (1946)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Underwater! (1955)
Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Sea Hunt, television series (1958-1961)
Thunderball (1965)
Blindfold (1966)
Moonraker (1979)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
Legend (1985)
Silver River
Silver Springs, located in the park, drains into the Silver River, a stream that flows east from the springs to the Ocklawaha River.
Recreational activities and amenities
Glass-bottom boats are located within the park and are based at the site of the former Silver Springs Nature Theme Park.
Other activities include bicycling, canoeing, kayaking, camping, and wildlife viewing. Amenities include a museum and an environmental center that are open on weekends and major holidays. The park has of trails, access to the Silver River, 10 luxury cabins, and a 59-site, full-facility campground.
The Silver River Museum and Environmental Education Center, with educational facilities, is run by the Marion County Public School System in cooperation with the Florida Park Service. The center has a village of restored or "newly built" 19th-century farm buildings (houses, meeting house, sheds, blacksmith, etc.) and a museum on the natural and social history of the area. Used during the week by the school district for classes, on the weekends, it is open to the public. One week, early in November, the center also puts on the Ocali County Days as a fund raiser. This is a 19th-century, living history event with displays, talks, and performances incorporating living historians. For that Tuesday through Friday, it is open to public, private, and home schooled children and their teachers, who have made reservations with the center. The event is open to the general public on Saturday and Sunday and has become a popular annual attraction in the area.
Hours
The park is open from 8:00 am till sundown year round. The gate remains open until 10:00 pm on Fridays for campers.
References
External links
Silver Springs State Park at Florida State Parks
Silver River State Park at Absolutely Florida
Silver River State Park at Wildernet
Florida Native American Heritage Trail
History of Silver Springs, Florida
Outstanding Florida Waters
Parks in Marion County, Florida
State parks of Florida
Tourist attractions in Marion County, Florida
2013 establishments in Florida | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver%20Springs%20State%20Park |
Alexey Gennadiyevich Chernyshov (; born February 24, 1963, in Saratov) is a Russian politician and former member of the State Duma of Russia (2003–2007).
In 1989 he graduated from the Saratov State University. Doctor of political sciences. Chernyshov taught at Saratov Economic Institute and Volga Academy of Public Administration. He was a member of Saratov City Duma in 1997–2003.
In 2003, he ran successfully for the 4th State Duma on LDPR list and became deputy chairman of the Duma Education and Science Committee. Chernyshov was considered possible Liberal Democratic candidate in the 2004 Russian presidential election. His support at the convention was relatively low and as a result, State Duma member Oleg Malyshkin was nominated from LDPR.
References
1963 births
Living people
Politicians from Saratov
Fourth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia politicians | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey%20Chernyshov |
Shaker Ahmed Kamal (born 15 June 1977) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in one One Day International in 1999.
References
1977 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Khulna Division cricketers
People from Kushtia District
Cricketers from Khulna Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed%20Kamal%20%28cricketer%29 |
Alexander Haim Gray (June 21, 1898 – April 10, 1986) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger who played 50 games for the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927 to 1933. With the Rangers he won the Stanley Cup in 1928.
Early life
Although born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Gray grew up in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He played for five years with the Port Arthur Ports of the Thunder Bay Senior Hockey League (TBSHL). According to Legends of Hockey, "he topped the league in goal scoring three times and was its most penalized player twice."
Playing career
In 1928 Gray signed with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Wearing jersey number 2, he played on a line with Paul Thompson and Murray Murdoch. He helped the Rangers win the Stanley Cup that spring.
After his rookie season in New York he was involved in a big trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs, He was traded along with Lorne Chabot for Melville "Butch" Keeling and John Ross Roach.
He played a total of 13 games for the Maple Leafs in the 1928–29 season (7 regular season games and 4 playoff games). After 1 season in Toronto he was sent to the minors where he spent the remainder of his career.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Awards and achievements
1928 Stanley Cup Championship (NYR)
See also
List of National Hockey League players from the United Kingdom
References
External links
1898 births
1986 deaths
British emigrants to Canada
Cleveland Indians (IHL) players
Eveleth Rangers players
New York Rangers players
Sportspeople from Glasgow
Ice hockey people from Thunder Bay
Stanley Cup champions
Toronto Maple Leafs players
Toronto Ravinas players | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Gray%20%28ice%20hockey%29 |
"Carbona Not Glue" is a song by the Ramones from their second album, Leave Home (1977).
Story
"Carbona Not Glue" is a follow-up to "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue", a song that appeared on their first album. The band sarcastically suggested that the high obtained from sniffing Carbona cleaning solvent (carbon tetrachloride) was more pleasurable than that of airplane glue. In the hardcover book included in some versions of Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology, Tommy Ramone says, "Something like 'Carbona Not Glue' has to be tongue-in-cheek. It's absurd, like saying that you should try something more poisonous." It was featured prominently in the graphic novel Ghost World by Dan Clowes.
Controversy
The original release of Leave Home included "Carbona Not Glue" as the fifth track on the album. However, the song was deleted from the album to avoid a potential lawsuit, as Carbona was a corporate trademark. The album was re-released with the outtake "Babysitter", which was also released as the B-side of "Do You Wanna Dance?", in its place. On the British version, "Babysitter" is not listed on the back cover or inner sleeve, but it is listed on the label. Most collectors believe that the "Babysitter" version is rarer than the "Carbona" version.
When Sire Records suddenly switched distributors from ABC Records to Warner Bros. Records (who had bought the label), yet another version of the album was released, with "Babysitter" being replaced by "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker", then a non-LP single already planned to be on the next Ramones album in a different mix.
"Carbona Not Glue" was restored to its original position in the running order for the 2001 expanded edition of Leave Home, and the deluxe 40th anniversary edition included additional mixes of the track.
See also
Ramones discography
Songs about drug use
References
Ramones songs
Song recordings produced by Tony Bongiovi
1977 songs
Song recordings produced by Tommy Ramone | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbona%20Not%20Glue |
Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It includes most of the Montgomery metropolitan area, and stretches into the Wiregrass Region in the southeastern portion of the state. The district encompasses portions of Montgomery County and the entirety of Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike counties. Other cities in the district include Andalusia, Dothan, Greenville, and Troy.
The district is represented by Republican Barry Moore, a former Alabama state representative, who replaced Martha Roby, the retired Republican incumbent, in the 2020 election.
The 2nd is scheduled to be completely overhauled in advance of the 2024 elections, in consequence of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Allen v. Milligan, which ordered Alabama to create a second black opportunity district. Following this, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama appointed a special master to create new maps for the state, which resulted in the 2nd joining the 7th as the state's two opportunity districts. Under its future configuration, this district would have been one of 19 districts that voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in such configurations while being won or held by a Republican in 2022. However, with Moore's home county of Coffee being drawn out of this district and into the 1st, the district has potentially been left with no incumbent.
Character
There are several small-to-medium-sized cities spread throughout the district. Fort Novosel and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base are both within its bounds, as is Troy University.
White voters here were among the first in Alabama to shift from the Democratic Party; the old-line Southern Democrats in this area began splitting their tickets as early as the 1950s. Today, the district is one of the most Republican districts in both Alabama and the nation. It has only supported a Democrat for president once since 1956, when Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976. In 2008, the district elected a Democrat to Congress for the first time since 1964, but it reverted to its Republican ways in 2010. At the state and local level, however, conservative Democrats continued to hold most offices as late as 2002.
White voters gave John McCain, the Republican candidate, 63.42% of the vote in 2008; Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate, received 36.05%, attracting voters beyond the substantial (and expected) African-American minority.
The district gives its congressmen very long tenures in Washington; only seven people have represented it since 1923, with all but one holding it for at least 10 years and four holding it for at least 15 years.
Recent election results from statewide races
List of members representing the district
Recent election results
These are the results from the previous ten election cycles in Alabama's 2nd district.
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
See also
Alabama's congressional districts
List of United States congressional districts
References
Specific
General
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
A New Nation Votes
External links
CNN coverage of the 2008 election
CNN coverage of the 2006 election
CNN coverage of the 2004 election
CNN coverage of the 2002 election
CNN coverage of the 2000 election
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Autauga County, Alabama
Barbour County, Alabama
Bullock County, Alabama
Butler County, Alabama
Coffee County, Alabama
Conecuh County, Alabama
Covington County, Alabama
Crenshaw County, Alabama
Dale County, Alabama
Elmore County, Alabama
Geneva County, Alabama
Henry County, Alabama
Houston County, Alabama
Lowndes County, Alabama
Montgomery County, Alabama
Constituencies established in 1823
1823 establishments in Alabama
Constituencies disestablished in 1841
1841 disestablishments in Alabama
Constituencies established in 1843
1843 establishments in Alabama
Constituencies disestablished in 1861
1861 disestablishments in Alabama
Constituencies established in 1868
1868 establishments in Alabama
Constituencies disestablished in 1963
1963 disestablishments in Alabama
Constituencies established in 1965
1965 establishments in Alabama | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama%27s%202nd%20congressional%20district |
WVTX-CD (channel 28) was a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Bridgeport, Ohio, United States, serving the Wheeling, West Virginia–Steubenville, Ohio market. WVTX-CD, along with its transmission facilities, were owned by OTA Broadcasting, LLC, a company owned by Michael Dell's MSD Capital, which also owned 11 other Class A television stations. WTRF's owner, Nexstar Media Group, programmed WVTX under a time brokerage agreement.
History
WVTX-CD was originally a translator for independent Pittsburgh station WBGN-LP with the W28AS call sign. The station's call sign changed to WDBW-CA on January 16, 2004, and again to WVTX-CA on February 17, 2004.
Under a local marketing agreement that began in late 2004, Bruno-Goodworth Network retained ownership of WVTX-CA, the station increased power, ceased transmitting WBGN programming, and started its own newscast, produced locally by WVTX Inc., which also shared ownership with cable-only WB affiliate WBWO.
WVTX-CA affiliated with UPN in December 2004 and became the only UPN affiliate serving West Virginia viewers; it produced programming such as a daily 5:30 p.m. newscast and coverage of local church services. WVTX-CA also enjoyed carriage on several area cable systems including Comcast, which carried the station on channel 3.
When UPN and the WB merged to form The CW in September 2006, WVTX-CA lost its network affiliation; the CW affiliation went to WBWO. WVTX Inc. then returned WVTX-CA to the Bruno-Goodworth Network, and the station returned to simulcasting WBGN-LP. The station soon began broadcasting digitally, and assumed its final call sign of WVTX-CD on May 2, 2013. As Wheeling's only independent television station, WVTX-CD aired a mix of local programs and first run syndicated programming. The station was no longer carried on the Comcast system, but remained available over the air.
On September 26, 2013, Bruno-Goodworth Network signed a time brokerage agreement with WTRF-TV (channel 7, then owned by West Virginia Media Holdings). Under the agreement, WVTX-CD's main channel began to carry the Fox and MyNetworkTV programming of WTRF's second subchannel and the ABC programming of WTRF's third subchannel. OTA Broadcasting purchased the Bruno-Goodworth Network and its 11 television stations, including WVTX, on October 10, 2013. Fox programming was dropped September 1, 2014 after WTRF lost the affiliation to WTOV-TV (channel 9). Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced on November 17, 2015 that it would purchase the West Virginia Media Holdings stations, including WTRF-TV, for $130 million; it assumed control of the stations through a time brokerage agreement in December 2015 and completed the acquisition on January 31, 2017.
Spectrum reallocation
In the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s incentive auction, WVTX-CD sold its spectrum for $6,100,391; at the time, the station indicated that it would enter into a post-auction channel sharing agreement. WVTX-CD ceased operations October 25, 2017; OTA Broadcasting surrendered its license to the FCC for cancellation on October 26, 2017.
Subchannels
See also
WJPW-CD
References
VTX-CD
Television channels and stations established in 1998
1998 establishments in Ohio
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017
2017 disestablishments in Ohio
VTX
Defunct television stations in the United States
VTX-CD | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVTX-CD |
The Westminster Chorus (formerly known as the Harmony Showcase Chorus) is a men's a cappella chorus based in Westminster, California. International Chorus Champions of the Barbershop Harmony Society in 2007, 2010, 2015, and 2019, and Choir of the World in 2009, they are composed almost entirely of men under the age of 40.
History
The town of Westminster, in Orange County, California has supported a barbershop chapter for almost half a century; but by the 1990s, it had an aging membership and no active performing chorus. In 2002 a small group of younger men from the Masters of Harmony chorus in nearby Santa Fe Springs, CA decided they would like to try to start a barbershop chorus with the mission of bringing younger men together to make music with others their own age. Founding member Terry Ghiselli approached the men of the Westminster chapter, which at the time only comprised 8 members, and they were glad to allow the young men to pick up and use the chapter charter in order to produce their vision of a youth-oriented chorus.
With 15 members and only a half dozen rehearsals under their belt, they competed at the SoCal West divisional contest in April 2002. The oldest member on stage was 27, the youngest 16. The average age was 20, and 6 of the singers were brand new barbershoppers. Directed by Ghiselli, they surprised the crowd by walking away with the championship trophy that day and advancing to the Far Western District contest the following fall.
In October 2002, they traveled to Bakersfield, CA to compete in their first district contest, with 19 men. They shocked the crowd by outscoring all other competitors but were unfortunately disqualified from the championship because of a member eligibility issue. The San Jose, CA Garden City Chorus was given the crown and advanced to the 2003 International contest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
In the fall of 2003, they once again competed at the Far Western District contest in Bakersfield and once again won the contest, this time legally, and by quite a margin, outscoring the second place Pacific Coast Harmony from La Jolla, CA by 53 points. This gave them the right to represent FWD at the 2004 International contest in Louisville, Kentucky the following July, where they surprised the crowd by placing 9th the first time out.
The chorus voted to lay out of the 2004 fall district contest to pay homage to the 5-time International Champion Masters of Harmony, who were again eligible to win the right to defend their title in the summer of 2005 in Salt Lake City, where they won their 6th gold medal in a row. Many of the men of Westminster were on stage as members of the Masters as well, including most of the original handful of Masters teens who had founded Westminster.
The fall of 2005 brought the Westminster Chorus back to the district contest, defending their title against a stronger field, which included the newly minted Spirit of Phoenix chorus (a merger of the Phoenix-Saguaro Phoenicians Chorus and the Greater Phoenix chapter) that boasted over 100 members. But once again, quality won out over numbers, and the Westminster Chorus emerged victorious with less than 50 men singing. Their outstanding score average of 87.7% gave them the third highest preliminary ranking internationally.
Under the direction of Royce Ferguson, they represented the FWD again in contest in July 2006 in Indianapolis, IN, where they placed second and won their first chorus medal, silver. The chorus was then said to be the youngest ever to have competed in the contest. The Vocal Majority chorus from Dallas won gold, continuing their streak of international championships.
In 2007 they auditioned on the second season of the TV show America's Got Talent in Chicago, aired June 19, and were passed to go to the second round by all three judges, but were eliminated at the first cut of the second round.
In July 2007 the chorus competed again in the international contest, again under the direction of Royce Ferguson, winning a gold medal. They tied with the Ambassadors of Harmony in overall score and won on the singing category tiebreaker. They became the youngest chorus ever to win a gold medal.
In 2009, under the new direction of Justin Miller, 35 members of Westminster Chorus took on a bunch of much older directors with much longer resumes and were the overall winners of prestigious Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod 2009, where about 4,000 singers and dancers from 50 nations competed. They were consistently introduced as a barbershop chorus (and the winners of the festival's "Barbershop Choruses" competition, but they performed impressive classical pieces as well). After winning the "barbershop chorus" and "folk song choirs" competitions earlier in the week, Westminster took a close second place in the "male choir" competition. In the final competition, they performed the same two numbers that had earned them second place and this time beat all others to win the Pavarotti trophy.
In 2010, the chorus competed at the International Chorus Championships in Philadelphia and earned their second gold medal with a score of 97.7%, at that time the highest chorus score ever obtained.
In 2013, the chorus competed at the chorus competition at the Society's international convention in Toronto. Westminster placed second after a narrow two-point defeat by the Toronto Northern Lights.
In October 2014, the chorus once again won the Far Western District championship in Fresno, CA and qualified in first place to the 2015 BHS International Quartet Contest in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In July 2015, the chorus competed at the Barbershop Harmony Society International Chorus Championships and earned their third gold medal, scoring an average of 97.5%, the third-highest score in contest history.
In 2018, the chorus competed at the International Chorus Championships in Orlando. Westminster was defeated by Vocal Majority and placed second.
In 2019, the chorus returned to the International stage with 100 singers and won the gold medal with an overall score of 97.9%: the chorus's best ever score and the highest in BHS Contest history. This performance was the international arranging debut for their musical director, Justin Miller, who arranged the first song in the chorus's set: "I'll Be Here" from The Wild Party. Returning International Champions Ambassadors of Harmony came in 2nd place with 96.5%, and Swedish chorus Zero8 came in 3rd with 95.6%.
References
External links
Choirs in California
Barbershop Harmony Society choruses
America's Got Talent contestants
A cappella musical groups
People from Westminster, California
Musical groups established in 2002
2002 establishments in California
Boys' and men's choirs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster%20Chorus |
Mohammad Mazharul Haque Chowdhuri (3 July 1980 – 3 April 2013) was a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in one One Day International in 2002. He was born in Narayanganj, Dhaka.
References
1980 births
2013 deaths
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Dhaka Division cricketers
People from Narayanganj District
Cricketers from Dhaka Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazharul%20Haque |
The Gryphon is the student newspaper of the University of Leeds. It is published monthly during term time and its editor, the newspaper's only paid position, is elected annually by Leeds University Union members. The articles are written by students and are largely about local and university issues.
The Gryphon was founded in 1946 as Union News, before merging with Leeds Polytechnic Students Union's Pact in 1970 to become Leeds Student. In 2005, Leeds Metropolitan University students voted to disaffiliate from the newspaper, citing under-representation. Leeds Student was renamed The Gryphon in 2014 in a return to the name used by an earlier University of Leeds student publication.
The editorship became a full-time, paid sabbatical position in 1972 after a campaign led by the then editor, Paul Vallely, who went on to become the first sabbatical editor. Notable previous editors also include Paul Dacre, Jay Rayner and Nicholas Witchell.
History
A Leeds student publication titled The Gryphon was originally established in 1897 as "The Journal of the Yorkshire College". The Gryphon ceased printing in 1963.
Union News was established as the official newspaper of Leeds University Union in 1946.
In 1970 the students unions of Leeds University and the then Leeds Polytechnic voted to amalgamate their newspapers into a single publication entitled Leeds Student. In its first year of existence (1970–71) and again two years later (1972–73) the paper was voted Student Newspaper of the Year in the Student Media Awards.
The paper has subsequently been awarded the accolade of Publication of the Year in the Guardian Student Media Awards in 1998, 1999 and 2009.
The Leeds Student was also the winner of the Best Student Newspaper award in the inaugural National Student Journalism Awards in 1999 organised by the National Union of Students and The Independent newspaper.
Leeds Metropolitan University Students Union's dissociation
In December 2005, Leeds Metropolitan University Students Union (LMUSU) members chose via ballot to dissociate from the paper. In the past, this had been a joint venture between the two universities, but after continued complaints of a Leeds University centred perspective, a referendum was called to decide whether LMUSU should retain its link with the paper and continue paying a small proportion toward the paper's expenses. Members voted to dissolve the link, and henceforth the paper is a solely Leeds University Union maintained enterprise.
iPad app
In 2012 the Leeds Student newspaper became the first student newspaper in the UK to launch an iPad edition. The app was built by the paper's 2011/12 Editor Elizabeth Edmonds and 2011/12 Digital Editor Jack Dearlove using QuarkXpress 9's app building tools. The app delivers a digitally remastered version of highlights from each week's paper through Apple's Newsstand.
Name change
In 2014 Leeds Student was renamed as The Gryphon under elected editor Jasmine Andersson. The Gryphon returned to the original name of the paper when it was founded in 1897.
Closure threat
In 2014 a funding issue almost led to the closure of the paper due to a dispute with the students union about advertising but closure was averted.
Controversy
Leeds Student has stirred debate over a variety of articles. These range from a full-page interview with BNP leader Nick Griffin, in which a remark that homosexuals should be kept in the closet and the door behind them "kept firmly shut" (as well as other, race-based comments) caused great offence.
In April 2010 Leeds Student again found itself at the centre of racial controversy after an issue dated 30 April was removed from circulation by Leeds University Union representatives. The issue in question featured a comment by Palestinian journalist Sameh Habeeb regarding beliefs in a pro-Israeli bias in the media. Following alleged complaints from Jewish students, the newspaper was removed by LUU executives, leading to accusations of censorship of the paper, which had previously been treated as an independent entity within LUU. After an attempted campaign to force a motion of no confidence in the leadership of Communications and Internal Affairs Officer Jak Codd, who was responsible for the anti-Semitism allegations, Codd resigned from his post, citing racial tensions within the union.
Frank Ellis
In February/March 2006, the paper published an interview by Matt Kennard, a Leeds Student journalist, with Dr Frank Ellis, a controversial professor of Russian and Slavonic Studies who has expressed his support for racial differences in average intelligence. Dr Ellis's comments were widely condemned. A campaign was launched by Hanif Leylabi, President of the LUU branch of Unite Against Fascism, which called upon the university to sack Ellis. The story received coverage in The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Times Higher Education and various other national newspapers and radio stations as well as national and local television services. A statement was released by Leeds University Union calling for his dismissal. Leeds University condemned Ellis' views as "abhorrent".
Ellis was subsequently suspended by the Vice-Chancellor, Michael Arthur, pending disciplinary proceedings. The university issued a media release stating that it was investigating an alleged breach of its diversity policy. It also said Ellis's views were wholly at odds with the university's values, he had jeopardised the university's obligations under the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, and that he had not apologised for his remarks. Dr Ellis took early retirement in June 2006, pre-empting the outcome of the disciplinary action.
Notable editors
Former editors of The Gryphon and its predecessors include:
Paul Dacre (1968–69), editor of the Daily Mail
Jay Rayner (1987–88), journalist and food critic for The Observer
Paul Vallely (1972–73), author, correspondent for The Times, and columnist for The Independent
Nicholas Witchell (1974–75), journalist for BBC News
References
External links
Student newspapers published in the United Kingdom
Leeds Beckett University
Newspapers established in 1970
Clubs and societies of the University of Leeds
Mass media in Leeds
Newspapers published in Yorkshire
Free newspapers
Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Gryphon |
"Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" is a song by American punk rock band Ramones, released in 1977 through Sire Records. Written by front man and lead vocalist Joey Ramone it appears on the band's third studio album Rocket to Russia (1977). The song is well known for its early 1960s influence of surf rock and bubblegum pop that influenced Joey; it has since remained one of the band's most popular songs.
The song first appeared in May 1977 as a single in the UK where it charted at number 22 in the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it was released as a single in July 1977, and reached number 81 in the Billboard Hot 100, and appeared on copies of the second issue of the band's 1977 album Leave Home (replacing the track "Carbona Not Glue"). The track, as well as its B-side "I Don't Care", was remixed and re-released for their third LP Rocket to Russia.
Background
The "Sheena" referred to in the title is in fact the comic book character Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; the idea being that punk rock music would appeal to a savage jungle girl brought to civilization. Joey Ramone said of the track, "To me 'Sheena' was the first surf/punk rock teenage rebellion song. I combined Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, with the primalness of punk rock. Then Sheena is brought into the modern day."
The song is notable for being one of the first to explicitly refer to "punk rock" in its title and lyrics in terms of a subculture.
Reception
The song was ranked at number 5 among the top "Tracks of the Year" for 1977 by NME; it is ranked number 461 on Rolling Stone'''s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. in 2010, number 457 in 2004, and number 434 in 2021 and is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Cash Box said that "this combination of grinding guitars, rock nostalgia and Anglophiliac delivery could only belong to the Ramones" and that it "is their slickest effort to date."Record World said that the single "recalls California surf instrumentals, and it could be [the Ramones'] first hit.."
Charts
Cover versions
Rancid covered the song on the We're a Happy Family tribute album.
Paul Jones covered it as a single, arranged as a ballad with strings.
Hüsker Dü covered the song on The Living End, a live collection taken from the band's final tour.
German punk rock band Die Toten Hosen has a live cover version available on their album Im Auftrag des Herrn.
Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Be Your Own Pet's Jemina Pearl performed their version of the song for the CW show Gossip Girl.
Love Camp 7 covered the song on the Ramones Maniacs tribute album.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover the song on the album Heroes, a recording for the War Child charity organization.
New Model Army covered the song during their 2001 tour, shortly after Joey Ramone's death.
Shonen Knife, the all-female band from Osaka (Japan), covered the song on their 2012 Ramones tribute album Osaka Ramones, with bassist Ritsuko Taneda on vocals.
Manic Hispanic covered the song as Creeper Is A Low Rider on their 2003 album Mijo Goes to Jr. College.
Charli XCX covered the song live during the VICE party at New York's Pier 59 Studios in 2016.
The Vindictives and The Queers each covered the song as part of their covers of the entire Leave Home and Rocket to Russia'' albums, respectively, for Selfless Records.
References
Ramones songs
1977 singles
Songs with feminist themes
Songs written by Joey Ramone
Song recordings produced by Tony Bongiovi
Song recordings produced by Tommy Ramone
Surf rock songs
1977 songs
Songs about comics
Songs about musicians
Songs about punk
Songs about fictional female characters
Sire Records singles | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena%20Is%20a%20Punk%20Rocker |
Curt Smith (born March 20, 1951, in Caledonia, New York) is an American author, media host and columnist. In addition to work as a newspaper reporter, Smith was a political speechwriter until 1992 and a host of radio and television programs until 2002. He has written 17 books, including Voices of the Game, which covers the history of baseball broadcasting. Smith is a newspaper columnist in upstate New York and holds an academic appointment at the University of Rochester.
Biography
Smith is a 1973 graduate of State University of New York at Geneseo. He worked as a Gannett Company reporter, a speechwriter to former Texas Governor John Connolly, and an editor at the Saturday Evening Post. In 1989 he joined the George H. W. Bush Administration as a speechwriter. After Bush's defeat in 1992 Smith lectured at the Smithsonian Institution and then turned to radio and television. From 1994 to 1996 he hosted the Midday Milwaukee talk show on radio station WISN. He also hosted WROC-TV’s Perfectly Clear program from 2000 to 2002 and a 1997–2002 series on the Fox Empire Sports Network.
Currently Smith hosts the weekly Perspectives series on Rochester, New York's NPR affiliate WXXI. The show deals with politics, pop culture, sports, and other topics. Smith also hosts the twice-weekly Talking Point show on Rochester's CBS affiliate WROC, where he spars with co-hosts on political and other issues.
Smith is the author of eleven books: Voices of Summer, What Baseball Means to Me, Voices of The Game, Storied Stadiums, Windows on the White House, Our House, Of Mikes and Men, Long Time Gone, A Fine Sense of the Ridiculous, America's Dizzy Dean and The Storytellers. Perhaps his best known book is Voices of The Game, which recounts the history of baseball broadcasting from KDKA's first Pittsburgh Pirates broadcast in 1921 to today's enormous media coverage of the game. A three-part documentary was also made based on the book and has aired on ESPN. His writing style has been highly praised by pundits like Bob Costas, but he has also been criticized for overly florid and sometimes tangled prose.
Smith lives in Rochester with his wife Sarah and their two children. He writes columns for the Messenger-Post newspapers in upstate New York and is a senior lecturer at the University of Rochester.
References
External links
Curt Smith web site
1951 births
Living people
American columnists
American speechwriters
American talk radio hosts
Baseball writers
Journalists from New York (state)
People from Caledonia, New York
Speechwriters for presidents of the United States
State University of New York at Geneseo alumni
University of Rochester faculty
Writers from Rochester, New York | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt%20Smith%20%28author%29 |
Suzuki Ami Around the World: Live House Tour 2005 was the live house tour held by Japanese pop singer Ami Suzuki that supported her debut studio album in Avex, Around The World.
Background
It was Ami's first tour after joining the Avex trax label at the beginning of 2005. The term Live house of the tour eslogan is comparable to the English concept of music venue, in the sense of minor-scale concert tour, contrasting the ones held in big arenas. It was first announced in the period of release of Suzuki's third single in Avex "Negaigoto", with only three locations. At first, when the first album under her new label it was going to be Hopeful, the tour was meant to be called Suzuki Ami Hopeful 2005 Tour: Live House de Body Shake It, but after the album title was changed, so it was the name of the tour. Despite of being a low-scale concert tour, Suzuki Ami Around the World: Live House Tour 2005 featured an interlude video shown in the beginning of the concert, and various changes of clothing. It even included virtual wings that appeared from Suzuki's back with feathers falling from all around the stage, while singing "Negaigoto", her song chosen to formally close the concert.
The concert main target was to promote her Avex material, and all the songs from the album were included in the set list, including also the b-sides that were not included in the album. However, Suzuki also performed some of her previous Avex songs, such as her 2004 indie single "Tsuyoi Kizuna", and two of her biggest hits from her Sony era in the encore.
Set list
Tour dates
DVD release
Information
The DVD version of the concert was released on February 8, 2006, the same day as Suzuki's sixth single in Avex, "Fantastic". It included mainly footage from Zepp Nagoya. Only the Avex-licensed songs were included, with the exception of Suzuki's indie song "Tsuyoi Kizuna". There were also added some behind the scenes footage from the three locations as bonus material, including some live excerpts from the "Tsuyoi Kizuna" performance in Zepp Tokyo, where Ami couldn't sing some of the parts because she started crying on stage.
On its first day in the Oricon DVD charts, the tour peaked at 1st place, and at the end of the week it was placed at 7th.
Track listing
Around the World
Beautiful
For Yourself
I'm Alone
Risk
Sweet Voice
About You...
Eventful
With You
Times
Hopeful
Delightful
Fantastic
Bonus Material
Off-Shot
2005.10.21 at Zepp Tokyo
2005.10.23 at Nanba Hatch
2005.11.06 at Zepp Nagoya
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
References
Ami Suzuki live albums
Ami Suzuki video albums
2006 live albums
2006 video albums
Live video albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki%20Ami%20Around%20the%20World%3A%20Live%20House%20Tour%202005 |
The term transheterozygote is used in modern genetics periodicals in two different ways. In the first, the transheterozygote has one mutant (-) and one wildtype allele (+) at each of two different genes (A-/A+ and B-/B+ where A and B are different genes). In the second, the transheterozygote carries two different mutated alleles of the same gene (A*/A', see example below). This second definition also applies to the term "heteroallelic combination".
Organisms with one mutant and one wildtype allele at one locus are called simply heterozygous, not transheterozygous.
Transheterozygotes are useful in the study of genetic interactions and complementation testing.
Transheterozygous at two loci
A transheterozygote is a diploid organism that is heterozygous at two different loci (genes). Each of the two loci has one natural (or wild type) allele and one allele that differs from the natural allele because of a mutation. Such an organism can be created by crossing together two organisms that carry one mutation each, in two different genes, and selecting for the presence of both mutations simultaneously in an individual offspring. The offspring will have one mutant allele and one wildtype allele at each of the two genes being studied.
Transheterozygotes are useful in the study of genetic interactions. An example from Drosophila research: the wing vein phenotype of a recessive mutation in the Epidermal growth factor receptor (Egfr), a gene required for communication between cells, can be dominantly enhanced by a recessive mutation in Notch, another cell-signalling gene. A transheterozygote between Egfr and Notch has the genotype Notch/+ ; Egfr/+ (where Notch and Egfr represent mutant alleles, and + represents wildtype alleles). The dominant interaction between Egfr and Notch suggested that the Egfr and Notch signalling pathways act together within the cell to affect the pattern of veins in the fly's wings.
Heteroallelic combination at one locus
Transheterozygote refers to a diploid organism for which both alleles are different mutated versions of the normal (or wild type) allele. The presence of two different mutant alleles at the same locus are often referred to as a heteroallelic combination.
A transheterozygous (heteroallelic) organism can be created by first crossing together two mutants, each with a different mutation affecting the same locus, and screening for the presence of both alleles simultaneously in an individual offspring. A recent research paper using this definition reported cases of transvection between different alleles of Hsp90.
This second definition is also sometimes applied to the situation where two different chromosomal deletions exist in trans (on the different homologous chromosomes) and fail to complement because they disrupt one or more common genes. (For example, Df(E1)/Df(GN50) in Stowers, et al. 2000).
By way of example, transheterozygote (heteroallelic combination) can result from a cross between two organisms with genotypes AA* and AA', where A is the wild type allele of a given gene, and A* and A' are two different mutant alleles of that gene. As can be seen in the following Punnett square, approximately one fourth of the offspring of this cross will inherit both the A* and A' mutant alleles, resulting in a transheterozygote genotype of A*A'.
Transheterozygotes are useful in complementation testing, as pioneered by geneticist Edward B. Lewis. If a transheterozygote inheriting two unknown recessive mutations continues to show the mutant phenotype, it can be concluded that both mutations must be in the same gene, because inheritance of just one recessive mutation in each of two different genes would result in an organism displaying the dominant wild type phenotype.
References
External links
Genetic dissection of biochemical pathways, Prof. Sharon Amacher, UC Berkeley
Classical genetics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transheterozygote |
Vision 2010 is a projected economic plan for Nigeria to improve economically. Nigeria is a lesser developed country, whose politics have been shaped by chronic military dictatorships, dependence on oil, ethnic and social cleavages, and a population too large to feed. In the creation of Vision 2010, 248 members developed plans that would hopefully guide the country out of poverty and other of these national crisises. Sub-committees worked on solving key issues needed to be resolved.
Areas of Concern
Some areas that were of concern included:
Politics - Stable democracy with a federal system, rule of law, political accountability.
Economy - Decrease on oil dependence (now over 90% of country's export earnings) and increase in GDP.
Education - Better educated population (now, only 50% of children between 5 and 24 enrolled in primary, secondary, and higher education).
Urbanization - Nigeria has a high urban increase rate (5-7%) and growth needs to be managed. Rural development should be stressed.
Unemployment - very high in Nigeria; recently bankers and doctors have become unemployed.
Infrastructure (internal framework) - poor electricity, telecommunications, fresh water supply.
Corruption - a history of military leaders have resulted in corruption for personal gain at the expense of the people. Prebendalism is common for head-of-state military rulers.
Women inferiority - women generally have greater health problems and less education facilities than men. The literacy rate of adult women is significantly low.
Solutions
Institute and maintain democratic elections in the Fourth Republic. Nigeria has a history of military dictatorships and coup d'états ending the short-lived republics.
Increase in private sector to enhance competition.
Money created should allow for infrastructure to be rebuilt.
Increased female access to education and job opportunity should raise literacy and equal gender rights.
Devote over one-quarter of the government's budget to education.
If better education is promoted, work force can provide for more labor. Criminal activity and violence have resulted from a lack of youth education. New scientific and medicinal advancements can be made with better education systems.
The Vision in Effect
After the blueprints were drawn, implementing these strategies can be difficult. Following Abacha's death in 1998, Abdusalami Abubakar took control as Head of State. General Abubakar endorsed Vision 2010, as he had worked in the formation of the plan.
Since 1946, economic plans were introduced but not very successful. There was a lack of discipline in Nigeria to carry out the needs of these plans, so they did poorly. If Vision 2010 hopes to be successful, it will require the nation as a whole to cooperate and take the initiative to look past each other's ethnic differences. To achieve Vision 2010's goals, the government must offer jobs to the people, and the people must take them. Either the entire country unifies, or it will remain poor.
See also
Nigeria Vision 2020
National Planning Commission
External links
Official Website
Economy of Nigeria
2010 in Nigeria
Nigeria | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision%202010 |
Jamaluddin Ahmed (born 5 January 1977) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in one One Day International in 2003.
A middle-order batsman and off-spin bowler, he played first-class cricket for Khulna Division from 2001 to 2008. When Khulna won the final of the National Cricket League in 2002–03, he scored his first century, 121, and won the man of the match award. He took his best innings and match bowling figures against Barisal Division in 2005-06: 8 for 67 and 3 for 45.
References
External links
1977 births
Living people
Bangladesh One Day International cricketers
Bangladeshi cricketers
Khulna Division cricketers
People from Jessore District
Cricketers from Khulna Division | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaluddin%20Ahmed |
Kristi Richards (born October 27, 1981, in Penticton, British Columbia) is a Canadian freestyle skier from Summerland, British Columbia. She participates in moguls.
In 2003, Richards won the Canadian championships and in the same year she won the Apex Mountain BC Nor-Am Cup. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Richards finished in 7th place in the ladies' moguls.
Richards is a two-time recipient of the B.C. Premier's Awards.
At the 2007 Freestyle Skiing world championships in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, Richards won the gold medal in the mogul competition, beating fellow Canadian and Olympic champion Jennifer Heil.
Richards was a member of the Canadian freestyle team that went to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Kristi Richards competed in the final of the moguls after finishing the qualifying run in 4th place. Richards landed her first jump and on her way to the second jump she lost control, lost a ski, and fell. Richards stood for a while and collected her thoughts, and to the cheers of the Canadians waiting at the bottom once again sped on her way to the second jump. There she landed a back full and completed her run to a screaming throng of Canadian fans at the bottom. However, due to her fall she finished in 20th place and last in the final. Richards recovered from her disappointing Olympics by winning a bronze at the 2011 World Championships in the moguls event.
References
External links
CTV Olympic Profile
Kristi Richards on Real Champions
1981 births
Living people
Canadian female freestyle skiers
Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic freestyle skiers for Canada
Sportspeople from Penticton
People from Summerland, British Columbia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristi%20Richards |
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