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Holy Terror is a 2011 graphic novel by Frank Miller which follows a costumed vigilante named The Fixer as he battles Islamic terrorists after an attack on Empire City. The graphic novel was originally proposed as a Batman story for DC Comics, titled Holy Terror, Batman!, but was reworked along the way to feature a character of Miller's creation instead, and published by another company.
Development
As originally announced the plot revolved around Batman defending Gotham City from an attack by the Islamist terrorist group Al-Qaeda. According to Miller, the comic would have been a "piece of propaganda" in which Batman "kicks Al-Qaeda's ass."
Miller announced the graphic novel during a panel at the WonderCon comic book convention held in San Francisco in 2006. He summarized the work as "not to put too fine a point on it, a piece of propaganda... Superman punched out Hitler. So did Captain America. That's one of the things they're there for."
The title of the graphic novel is a reference to the War on Terror as well as the catchphrase ("Holy [something], Batman!") used by Burt Ward (Robin) in the 1960s Batman television series.
Later that year, on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, NPR aired a brief memorial commentary by Miller, which provided insight into his inspiration for this project:
In a May 2007 interview, Miller relayed that he was still at work on the graphic novel, which he said was "bound to offend just about everybody". Miller also said he was about 100 pages into it with 50 remaining. The following year Miller said the series, until then being billed as Holy War, Batman, would no longer feature Batman. "As I worked on it, it became something that was no longer Batman," he clarified. "It's somewhere past that and I decided it's going to be part of a new series that I'm starting."
In 2010, Miller said he was no longer working on that project, clarifying that Holy Terror was in progress but without Batman. He later said it would feature a new character called The Fixer and not be published by DC. "It's no longer a DC book," he explained. "I decided partway through it that it was not a Batman story. The hero is much closer to Dirty Harry than Batman. It's a new hero that I've made up that fights Al Qaeda."
At San Diego Comic-Con International 2011, Miller further explained the reason to drop Batman and use The Fixer as the protagonist, saying "This character is much more well adjusted in committing terrible acts of violence on very evil people." Talking about the controversy the graphic novel might generate, he said he hoped the book accomplished its purpose in angering people.
Criticism
Holy Terror was controversial upon release; many comic book writers and reviewers argued that the novel's depiction of Muslims was Islamophobic. David Brothers of ComicsAlliance, in a review of the book, felt that Miller's writing "[simplifies] matters to an almost absurd level... the enemy in Holy Terror is not so much the terrorist organization, Al-Qaeda, but the religion of Islam." Similarly, Cyriaque Lamar of Io9 called the portrayal of terrorists "cartoonish... [gutting] Holy Terror of any emotional resonance." Spencer Ackerman of Wired wrote that the book was "one of the most appalling, offensive and vindictive comics of all time... Miller's Holy Terror is a screed against Islam, completely uninterested in any nuance or empathy toward 1.2 billion people he conflates with a few murderous conspiracy theorists."
In August 2006, fellow Batman writer Grant Morrison criticized the novel's concept, saying:
Miller responded generally to these criticisms on his blog, again referring to the book as intentional propaganda "without apology" and saying, "I'm too old to serve my country in any other way. Otherwise, I'd gladly be pulling the trigger myself." However, in 2018, Miller expressed regret for writing Holy Terror: "When I look at Holy Terror, which I really don't do all that often, I can really feel the anger ripple out of the pages... I don’t want to wipe out chapters of my own biography. But I'm not capable of that book again."
See also
Batman: Holy Terror, an Elseworlds one-shot published by DC Comics in 1991
References
External links
Legendary Confirms Frank Miller's "Holy Terror", June 28, 2011
Superhero graphic novels
2011 graphic novels
American graphic novels
Comics by Frank Miller (comics)
Characters created by Frank Miller (comics)
Islamophobia in the United States
Religious controversies in comics
Islamophobic publications
Propaganda books and pamphlets | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy%20Terror%20%28graphic%20novel%29 |
Transcendence (1992) is a science fiction novel by American writer Charles Sheffield, part of his Heritage Universe series. This book is the sequel to Summertide and Divergence.
Plot
After discovering new artifacts in the previous books, the team gets together again this time to search for the Zardalu unwittingly unleashed upon the galaxy during their previous adventure. This search leads them to the Zardalu Communion and the exploration of a huge space-time anomaly called the Torvil Anfract.
The novel includes excerpts from the Hot Rocks, Warm Beer, Cold Comfort: Jetting Alone Around the Galaxy, a sort-of travel book by Captain Alonzo Wilberforce Sloane (retired).
The sequel to this novel is Convergence.
1992 American novels
Novels by Charles Sheffield
1992 science fiction novels
American science fiction novels
Del Rey books | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendence%20%28Sheffield%20novel%29 |
UDA Holdings Berhad (formerly Urban Development Authority of Malaysia) is a Malaysian holding company. It served to launch and oversee urban development projects related to business, industry, and housing. It was also tasked with developing urban infrastructure. After undergoing a couple of status changes, it now exists as UDA Holdings Berhad, a publicly listed company.
History
Urban Development Authority of Malaysia (UDA) was established on 12 November 1971 under the Ministry of Public Enterprise. In 1996, it was incorporated and changed its full name to UDA Holdings Sendirian Berhad (UDA Holdings Private Limited). Later in 1999, it changed its status to a public limited company and changed its name to UDA Holdings Berhad. It was subsequently publicly listed on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE).
Real estate and property
Development
UDA develops and reappropriates urban structures as it sees fit. Although this is mainly confined to redeveloping "dilapidated buildings", UDA is also responsible for conservation of historic urban buildings. Several new towns have been developed by UDA, including the Bandar Tun Hussein Onn in Cheras; Bandar UDA Utama in Pulai; Bandar Pauh Jaya in Permatang Pauh; Tanjung Tokong in Penang; Bandar Baru UDA in Johor Bahru; Pusat Bandar Tampoi in Johor Bahru; and Skudai Kanan in Johor Bahru. The development projects of UDA are implemented by its subsidiaries, PNS Development, UDA-Murni Development, UDAPEC, SBBU, and PERUDA Development.
A joint venture development between UDA, EPF and EcoWorld was announced in 2016 to develop the Bukit Bintang City Centre (BBCC), a fully integrated development located at the former site of Pudu Jail, with the project 40% owned by UDA, 40% owned by Eco World Development Group Berhad and 20% owned by EPF.
Maintenance
Properties belonging to or managed by UDA are maintained by its subsidiary companies. These properties include shopping complexes and apartment buildings. UBSB is the subsidiary that handles rental collection, carpark management, building maintenance, security, and other assorted services. City Guards is the subsidiary handling most of the security work, with 212 security personnel and 10 branches guarding 22 premises in the states of Selangor, Terengganu, Perak, Johor and Negri Sembilan, as well as the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. Other subsidiaries dealing with maintenance are Daya Urus and Pertama Buildings Management.
Tourism and retailing
UDA has recently expanded into the hospitality industry, operating a hotel and three resorts in Kuala Lumpur, Port Dickson, Kuala Terengganu, and Seberang Prai. These lodgings are run by subsidiaries of UDA as well.
UDA has established a chain of retail outlets through a joint venture subsidiary, UDA Ocean. UDA has also ventured into franchising, and has a fashion line named "Bonia".
Business performance
As of February 2006, the most recent full fiscal year for which statistics are available is 2004. In 2004, after-tax profit for UDA was RM17,665,000. Basic earnings per share was 5.61 sen, and shareholders' funds totaled RM1,159,454,000.
Notes and references
External links
Official website
UDA Holdings Berhad (MYX: 5013), bursamalaysia.com
Company Overview of UDA Holdings Berhad, bloomberg.com
1999 establishments in Malaysia
Economy of Malaysia
Urban planning
Urban planning in Malaysia
Housing in Malaysia
Holding companies established in 1999
Malaysian companies established in 1999
Companies formerly listed on Bursa Malaysia
Government-owned companies of Malaysia
Minister of Finance (Incorporated) (Malaysia)
Privately held companies of Malaysia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDA%20Holdings |
An emerging infectious disease (EID) is an infectious disease whose incidence has increased recently (in the past 20 years), and could increase in the near future. The minority that are capable of developing efficient transmission between humans can become major public and global concerns as potential causes of epidemics or pandemics. Their many impacts can be economic and societal, as well as clinical. EIDs have been increasing steadily since at least 1940.
For every decade since 1940, there has been a consistent increase in the number of EID events from wildlife-related zoonosis. Human activity is the primary driver of this increase, with loss of biodiversity a leading mechanism.
Emerging infections account for at least 12% of all human pathogens. EIDs can be caused by newly identified microbes, including novel species or strains of virus (e.g. novel coronaviruses, ebolaviruses, HIV). Some EIDs evolve from a known pathogen, as occurs with new strains of influenza. EIDs may also result from spread of an existing disease to a new population in a different geographic region, as occurs with West Nile fever outbreaks. Some known diseases can also emerge in areas undergoing ecologic transformation (as in the case of Lyme disease). Others can experience a resurgence as a re-emerging infectious disease, like tuberculosis (following drug resistance) or measles. Nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus are emerging in hospitals, and are extremely problematic in that they are resistant to many antibiotics. Of growing concern are adverse synergistic interactions between emerging diseases and other infectious and non-infectious conditions leading to the development of novel syndemics.
Many EID are zoonotic, deriving from pathogens present in animals, with only occasional cross-species transmission into human populations. For instance, most emergent viruses are zoonotic (whereas other novel viruses may have been circulating in the species without being recognized, as occurred with hepatitis C).
History of the concept of emerging infectious diseases
The French doctor Charles Anglada (1809–1878) wrote a book in 1869 on extinct and new diseases. He did not distinguish infectious diseases from others (he uses the terms reactive and affective diseases, to mean diseases with an external or internal cause, more or less meaning diseases with or without an observable external cause). He writes in the introduction:Charles Nicolle, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine elaborated the concept of emergence of diseases in his 1930 book Naissance, vie et mort des maladies infectieuses (Birth, Life and Death of Infectious Diseases), and later in Destin des maladies infectieuses (Fate of Infectious Diseases) published in 1933 which served as lecture notes for his teaching of a second year course at the Collège de France. In the introduction of the book he sets out the program of the lectures:The term emerging disease has been in use in scientific publications since the beginning of the 1960s at least and is used in the modern sense by David Sencer in his 1971 article "Emerging Diseases of Man and Animals" where in the first sentence of the introduction he implicitly defines emerging diseases as "infectious diseases of man and animals currently emerging as public health problems" and as a consequence also includes re-emerging diseases:He also notes that some infectious agents are newly considered as diseases because of changing medical technologies:He concludes the introduction with a word of caution:However, to many people in the 1960s and 1970s the emergence of new diseases appeared as a marginal problem, as illustrated by the introduction to the 1962 edition of Natural History of Infectious Disease by Macfarlane Burnet:as well as the epilogue of the 1972 edition:
The concept gained more interest at the end of the 1980s as a reaction to the AIDS epidemic. On the side of epistemology, Mirko Grmek worked on the concept of emerging diseases while writing his book on the history of AIDS and later in 1993 published an article about the concept of emerging disease as a more precise notion than the term "new disease" that was mostly used in France at that time to qualify AIDS among others.
Also under the shock of the emergence of AIDS, epidemiologists wanted to take a more active approach to anticipate and prevent the emergence of new diseases. Stephen S. Morse from The Rockefeller University in New York was chair and principal organizer of the NIAID/NIH Conference "Emerging Viruses: The Evolution of Viruses and Viral Diseases" held 1–3 May 1989 in Washington, DC. In the article summarizing the conference the authors write:They further note:In a 1991 paper Morse underlines how the emergence of new infectious diseases (of which the public became aware through the AIDS epidemic) is the opposite of the then generally expected retreat of these diseases:As a direct consequence of the 1989 conference on emerging viruses, the Institute Of Medicine convened in February 1991 the 19-member multidisciplinary Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health, co-chaired by Joshua Lederberg and Robert Shope, to conduct an 18-month study. According to the report produced by the committee in 1992, its charge "was to identify significant emerging infectious diseases, determine what might be done to deal with them, and recommend how similar future threats might be confronted to lessen their impact on public health." The report recommended setting up a surveillance program to recognize emerging diseases and proposed methods of intervention in case an emergent disease was discovered.The proposed interventions were based on the following: the U.S. public health system, research and training, vaccine and drug development, vector control, public education and behavioral change. A few years after the 1989 Emerging Viruses conference and the 1992 IOM report, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) was formed by a group of scientists as a follow-up in 1994 and the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) launched the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal in 1995.
A decade later the IOM convened the Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century which published its conclusions in 2003.
In April 2000 the WHO organized a meeting on Global Outbreak Alert and Response, which was the founding act of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.
In 2014, the Western African Ebola virus epidemic demonstrated how ill-prepared the world was to handle such an epidemic. In response, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation was launched at the World Economic Forum in 2017 with the objective of accelerating the development of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases to be able to offer them to affected populations during outbreaks. CEPI promotes the idea that a proactive approach is required to "create a world in which epidemics are no longer a threat to humanity".
Classification
One way to classify emerging infections diseases is by time and how humans were involved in the emergence:
Newly emerging infectious diseases – diseases that were not previously described in humans, such as HIV/AIDS
Re-emerging infectious diseases – diseases that have spread to new places or which previous treatments no longer control, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Deliberately emerging infectious diseases – diseases created by humans for bioterrorism
Accidentally emerging infectious diseases – diseases created or spread unintentionally by humans, such as vaccine-derived poliovirus
Contributing factors
The 1992 IOM report distinguished 6 factors contributing to emergence of new diseases (Microbial adaptation and change; Economic development and land use; Human demographics and behavior; International travel and commerce; Technology and industry; Breakdown of public health measures) which were extended to 13 factors in the 2003 report (Chapter 3 of the report detailing each of them)
Microbial adaptation and change
Human susceptibility to infection
Climate and weather
Changing ecosystems
Human demographics and behavior
Economic development and land use
International travel and commerce
Technology and industry
Breakdown of public health measures
Poverty and social inequality
War and famine
Lack of political will
Intent to harm
Their classification serves as a basis for many others. The following table gives examples for different factors:
List
NIAID list of Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) maintains a list of Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases. The list is categorized by biodefense risk, which is mostly based on biological warfare and bioterrorism considerations. As of 2004, it recognized the following emerging and re-emerging diseases.
WHO list of most important emerging infectious diseases
In December 2015, the World Health Organization held a workshop on prioritization of pathogens "for accelerated R&D for severe emerging diseases with potential to generate a public health emergency, and for which no, or insufficient, preventive and curative solutions exist." The result was a list containing the following six diseases:
Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever
Filovirus diseases (Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease)
Highly pathogenic emerging Coronaviruses relevant to humans (MERS and SARS)
Lassa fever
Nipah virus infection
Rift Valley fever
These were selected based on the following measures:
Human transmissibility (including population immunity, behavioural factors, etc.)
Severity or case fatality rate
Spillover potential
Evolutionary potential
Available countermeasures
Difficulty of detection or control
Public health context of the affected area(s)
Potential scope of outbreak (risk of international spread)
Potential societal impacts
Newly reported infectious diseases
In 2007 Mark Woolhouse and Eleanor Gaunt established a list of 87 human pathogens first reported in the period between 1980 and 2005. These were classified according to their types.
Major outbreaks
The following table summarizes the major outbreaks since 1998 caused by emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) evolved from methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), otherwise known as common S. aureus. Many people are natural carriers of S. aureus, without being affected in any way. MSSA was treatable with the antibiotic methicillin until it acquired the gene for antibiotic resistance. Through genetic mapping of various strains of MRSA, scientists have found that MSSA acquired the mecA gene in the 1960s, which accounts for its pathogenicity, before this it had a predominantly commensal relationship with humans. It is theorized that when this S. aureus strain that had acquired the mecA gene was introduced into hospitals, it came into contact with other hospital bacteria that had already been exposed to high levels of antibiotics. When exposed to such high levels of antibiotics, the hospital bacteria suddenly found themselves in an environment that had a high level of selection for antibiotic resistance, and thus resistance to multiple antibiotics formed within these hospital populations. When S. aureus came into contact with these populations, the multiple genes that code for antibiotic resistance to different drugs were then acquired by MRSA, making it nearly impossible to control. It is thought that MSSA acquired the resistance gene through the horizontal gene transfer, a method in which genetic information can be passed within a generation, and spread rapidly through its own population as was illustrated in multiple studies. Horizontal gene transfer speeds the process of genetic transfer since there is no need to wait an entire generation time for gene to be passed on. Since most antibiotics do not work on MRSA, physicians have to turn to alternative methods based in Darwinian medicine. However, prevention is the most preferred method of avoiding antibiotic resistance. By reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in human and animal populations, antibiotics resistance can be slowed.
Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens
On 16 July 2021, the Director-General of WHO announced the formation of the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), which is to be a permanent advisory body of the organisation. The Group was formed with a broad objective to examine emerging infectious diseases, including COVID-19. According to the WHO Director-General, "SAGO will play a vital role in the next phase of studies into the origins of SARS-CoV-2, as well as the origins of future new pathogens."
See also
Disease X
Epidemiological transition
Globalization and disease
Pandemic prevention
References
Further reading
External links
Website of Emerging Infectious Diseases, an open-access, peer-review journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Infectious diseases
Microbial population biology
Infectious diseases by mode of transmission | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerging%20infectious%20disease |
The ethnically German Teltschik family forms an uninterrupted lineage which dates back to 1301 and which for nearly six hundred years held a hereditary judgeship in their historic homestead of Zauchtel. Formerly part of the Austrian Empire, Zauchtel is in the Sudetenland and is now part the Province of Moravia in the Czech Republic.
As a celebration of 700 years of family history, the Teltschik Tower was erected in 2001 near Wilhelmsfeld, Germany. There is also a memorial at the Masonic Cemetery in Weimar, Texas commemorating the immigration of three Teltschik brothers to the rolling hills of Central and Southeast Texas in the latter part of the nineteenth century, part of a greater wave of German and Czech immigration to that region.
Notable Teltschiks
Alfred Teltschik ( 1919-2009) and Herbert Teltschik ( 1918-2013), American duo pianists and teachers
Dr. Walter Teltschik
Hamm Teltschik
Horst Teltschik (* 1940), German politician
John Teltschik (* 1964), American Football player
Wilhelm Teltschik (1863-1937), Austrian politician
External links
Teltschik Family website – United States
Teltschik Family website – Germany
Surnames
Austrian families | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teltschik |
Screen Songs (formerly known as KoKo Song Car-Tunes) are a series of animated cartoons produced at the Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures between 1929 and 1938. Paramount brought back the sing-along cartoons in 1945, now in color, and released them regularly through 1951. Two of Paramount's one-shot cartoons quietly revived the format later: Candy Cabaret (1954) and Hobo's Holiday (1963).
History
The Screen Songs are a continuation of the earlier Fleischer series Song Car-Tunes in color. They are sing-along shorts featuring the famous "bouncing ball", a sort of precursor to modern karaoke videos. They often featured popular melodies of the day. The early Song Car-Tunes were among the earliest sound films, produced two years before The Jazz Singer. They were largely unknown at the time because their release was limited to the chain of 36 theaters operated by The Red Seal Pictures Company, which was equipped with the early Lee DeForest Phonofilm sound reproduction equipment. The Red Seal theater chain—formed by the Fleischers, DeForest, Edwin Miles Fadiman, and Hugo Riesenfeld—went from the East Coast to Columbus, Ohio.
Between May 1924 and September 1926, the Fleischers released 36 Song Car-Tunes series, with 19 using the Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The films included Oh Mabel, Come Take a Trip in My Airship, Darling Nelly Gray, Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?, and By the Light of the Silvery Moon. Beginning with My Old Kentucky Home (1926), the cartoons featured the "follow the bouncing ball" gimmick, that lead the audience singing along with the film. The other 17 films in the Song Car-Tunes series were silent, designed to be shown with live music in movie theaters.
The Fleischers were ahead of the sound revolution, and just missed the actual change when Red Seal Pictures filed for bankruptcy in the fall of 1926.
Releases after Red Seal Pictures
In 1928, the Weiss Brothers reissued through their Artclass Pictures company and other independent distributors a number of the silent "Ko-Ko Song Car-tunes" with new animation created for the beginnings, removing the original titles and opening original footage.
For Me and My Gal (1926)
I Love to Fall Asleep (1926)
In My Harem (1926)
Just Try to Picture Me (1926)
My Sweetie (1926)
Old Pal (1926)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1926)
The Sheik of Araby (1926)
Annie Laurie (1926)
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (1926)
When I Lost You (1926)
Margie (1926)
When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam (1926)
Oh! What a Pal Was Mary (1926)
Everybody's Doing It (1926)
Yak-A-Hula-Hick-A-Doola (1926)
My Wife's Gone to the Country (1926)
My Old Kentucky Home (1926)
Beautiful Eyes (1926)
Finiculee Finicula (1926)
Micky (1926)
When the Angelus Was Ringing (1926)
When I Leave This World Behind (1926)
Tumbledown Shack in Athlone (1927)
The Rocky Road to Dublin (1927)
Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon (1927)
Oh I Wish I Was in Michigan (1927)
New contract with Paramount Pictures
The Fleischers signed a new contract with Paramount Pictures in late 1928. Beginning in February 1929, the song cartoons returned under a new name, Screen Songs, using the Western Electric sound-on-film process. The first was The Sidewalks of New York (East Side, West Side) released on 5 February 1929. In the 1930s, the shorts began to feature such musical guest stars as Lillian Roth, Ethel Merman, Cab Calloway, Rudy Vallée, The Mills Brothers, the Boswell Sisters, and others. The series, which eventually focused on many of the "Big Bands" of "The Swing Era" continued until 1938. In 1945, Famous Studios, successors to the Fleischers, revived the Screen Songs as an all animated series. The earliest Screen Song released as part of the Noveltoons series, When G.I. Johnny Comes Home, was released on February 2, 1945.
Filmography
Fleischer Studios
Famous Studios
For all the shorts, the musical arrangements were made by Winston Sharples.
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! style="text-align:center; width:150px;"|Director
! style="text-align:center; width:150px;"|Story
! style="text-align:center; width:150px;"|Animation
! style="text-align:center; width:150px;"|Scenics
! style="text-align:center; width:150px;"|Original release date
|-
|The Circus Comes to Clown
|Circus|"The Man on the Flying Trapeze"
|I. Sparber
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|Bill TurnerLarz Bourne
|Tom JohnsonFrank Endres
|Anton Loeb
|December 26, 1947
|-
|Base Brawl
|Baseball|"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
| "align="center" rowspan="6"|Seymour Kneitel
|Dave TendlarTom Golden
|Robert Connavale
|January 23, 1948
|-
|Little Brown Jug
|Cider|"Little Brown Jug"
|Bill TurnerLarry Riley
|Orestes CalpiniMorey RedenBill Hudson
|Tom Ford
|February 20, 1948
|-
|The Golden State
|California|"California, Here I Come"
|Larz BourneLarry Riley
|Dave TendlarBill Hudson
|Robert Little
|March 12, 1948
|-
|Winter Draws On
|Bird Migration|"Alabamy Bound"
|Larz BourneBill Turner
| "align="center" rowspan="3"|Al EugsterIrving Spector
|Tom Ford
|March 19, 1948
|-
|Sing or Swim
|Beach|"By the Beautiful Sea"
|I. KleinLarry Riley
|Robert Connavale
|June 16, 1948
|-
|Camptown Races
|Blackface Acts|"Camptown Races"
|Bill TurnerLarry Riley
|Tom Ford
|July 30, 1948
|-
|The Lone Star State
|Texas|"Deep in the Heart of Texas"
|I. Sparber
|Larz Bourne
|Dave TendlarMorey Reden
|Robert Connavale
|August 20, 1948
|-
|Readin', Ritin' and Rhythmetic
|School|"School Daze"
| "align="center" rowspan="3"|Seymour Kneitel
|I. Klein
|Al EugsterBill Hudson
|
|October 22, 1948
|-
|The Funshine State
|Florida|"Tallahassee"
|Larz Bourne
|Dave TendlarMorey Reden
|Shane Miller
|January 7, 1949
|-
|The Emerald Isle
|Ireland|"MacNamara's Band"
|I. Klein
|Al EugsterBill Hudson
|Tom FordRobert Owen
|February 25, 1949
|-
|Comin' Round the Mountain
|Hillbillies|"She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain"
|I. Sparber
|Bill Turner
|Tom JohnsonFrank Endres
|Anton Loeb
|March 11, 1949
|-
|The Stork Market
|Newborn Babies|"Pretty Baby"
|Seymour Kneitel
|Bill TurnerLarry Riley
|Al EugsterWm. B. Pattengill
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|Shane Miller
|April 8, 1949
|-
|Spring Song
|Spring|"Spring Song"
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|I. Sparber
|I. Klein
|Myron WaldmanLarry Silverman
|June 3, 1949
|-
|The Ski's the Limit
|Switzerland|"I Miss My Swiss, My Swiss Miss Misses Me"
|Bill TurnerLarry Riley
|Dave TendlarTom Golden
|Robert Connavale
|June 24, 1949
|-
|Toys Will Be Toys
|Toys|"Oh, You Beautiful Doll"
| "align="center" rowspan="3"|Seymour Kneitel
|I. Klein
|Myron WaldmanGordon Whittier
|Robert Little
|July 29, 1949
|-
|Farm Foolery
|Autumn/Winter Harvest|"Shine On, Harvest Moon"
|Larz Bourne
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|Al EugsterBill Hudson
| "align="center" rowspan="4"|Tom Ford
|August 5, 1949
|-
|Our Funny Finny Friends
|Fishes|"Three Little Fishies"
|Larz BourneLarry Riley
|August 26, 1949
|-
|Marriage Wows
|Wedding|"For Me and My Gal"
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|I. Sparber
|Bill TurnerLarry Riley
|Myron WaldmanGordon Whittier
|September 16, 1949
|-
|The Big Flame Up
|Firefighting|"There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|I. Klein
|Dave TendlarMartin Taras
|September 30, 1949
|-
|Strolling Thru the Park
|1890s Parks|"Strolling Thru the Park"
|Seymour Kneitel
|Myron WaldmanLarry Silverman
|Robert Little
|November 4, 1949
|-
|The Big Drip
|Noah's Ark'''
|"It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'"
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|I. Sparber
|Larz BourneLarry Riley
|Myron WaldmanNick Tafuri
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|Tom Ford
|November 25, 1949
|-
|Snow Foolin|Winter|"Jingle Bells"
|I. Klein
|Myron WaldmanGordon Whittier
|December 16, 1949
|-
|Blue Hawaii
|Hawaii|"Blue Hawaii"
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|Seymour Kneitel
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|Larz Bourne
|Al EugsterWm. B. Pattengill
|Lloyd Hallock Jr.
|January 13, 1950
|-
|Detouring Thru Maine
|Maine|"The Maine Stein Song"
|Al EugsterBill Hudson
|Robert Connavale
|February 17, 1950
|-
|Short'nin' Bread
|Baked Goods|"Shortenin' Bread"
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|I. Sparber
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|Larz BourneLarry Riley
|Myron WaldmanGordon Whittier
|Anton Loeb
|March 24, 1950
|-
|Win, Place and Show Boat
|Mississippi Riverboat|"Waiting for the Robert E. Lee"
|Al EugsterWm. B. Pattengill
|Robert Connavale
|April 28, 1950
|-
|Jingle Jangle Jungle
|Africa|"Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)"
|Seymour Kneitel
|Joe StultzLarry Riley
|Myron WaldmanLarry Silverman
|Tom Ford
|May 19, 1950
|-
|Heap Hep Injuns
|Native Americans|"My Pony Boy"
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|I. Sparber
|Larz Bourne
|Tom JohnsonGeorge Rufle
|Anton Loeb
|June 30, 1950
|-
|Gobs of Fun
|Sailors|"Strike Up the Band (Here Comes a Sailor)"
|Larry RileyJoe Stultz
|Al EugsterIrving Spector
|Robert Owen
|July 28, 1950
|-
|Helter Swelter
|Summer|"In the Good Old Summer Time"
|Seymour Kneitel
|Larz BourneLarry Riley
|Al EugsterWm. B. Pattengill
|Tom Ford
|August 25, 1950
|-
|Boos in the Nite
|Halloween|"Pack Up Your Troubles"
|I. Sparber
|Joe StultzLarry Riley
|Myron WaldmanNick Tafuri
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|Anton Loeb
|September 22, 1950
|-
|Fiesta Time
|Mexico|"El Rancho Grande"
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|Seymour Kneitel
|I. Klein
|Myron WaldmanLarry Silverman
|October 20, 1950
|-
|Fresh Yeggs
|Prisons|"Give My Regards to Broadway"
|Larz Bourne
|Myron WaldmanNick Tafuri
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|Robert Owen
|November 17, 1950
|-
|Tweet Music
|Birds|"Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing"
|I. Sparber
|Joe Stultz
|Al EugsterGeorge Rufle
|February 9, 1951
|-
|Drippy Mississippi
|Mississippi River|"M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I"
|Seymour Kneitel
|Larz Bourne
|Myron WaldmanGordon Whittier
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|Anton Loeb
|April 13, 1951
|-
|Miners Forty-Niners
|Miners|"Clementine"
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|I. Sparber
|I. Klein
|Myron WaldmanLarry Silverman
|May 18, 1951
|-
|Sing Again of Michigan
|Michigan'|"I Want to Go Back to Michigan Down on the Farm"
|Larz Bourne
|Al EugsterGeorge Rufle
|Robert Owen
|June 29, 1951
|}
See also
The Golden Age of American animation
Kartunes
Notes
References
External links
Screen Songs at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017.
Further reading
Leslie Cabarga, The Fleischer Story (Da Capo Press, 1988)
Leonard Maltin, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons'' (Penguin Books, 1980, revised edition 1987)
Film series introduced in 1929
Fleischer Studios short films
Famous Studios series and characters
Television series by U.M. & M. TV Corporation
Animated film series
Sing-along | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen%20Songs |
Trac is a software tool for project management.
Trac or TRAC may also refer to:
TRAC (programming language)
Telsiz ve Radyo Amatörleri Cemiyeti, an amateur radio organization in Turkey
Former Team Racing Auto Circuit
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Analysis Center
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, at Syracuse University
Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification
Three Rivers Athletic Conference, Ohio, US
trac: Music Traditions Wales, for folk music
Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference
Cirrus TRAC Trainer version of the Cirrus SR20 aircraft | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAC%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Charlene ( ; born Charlene Lynette Wittstock, 25 January 1978) is Princess of Monaco as the wife of Prince Albert II. Before her marriage, Charlene was an Olympic swimmer.
Charlene was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). She relocated to South Africa in 1989. She began her swimming career in 1996 (winning the South African Championship) and represented South Africa at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, with her team finishing fifth in the 4 × 100-metre medley relay. Charlene retired from professional swimming in 2007.
Charlene met Prince Albert at the Mare Nostrum swimming competition in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in 2000. The couple married on 1 July 2011. On 10 December 2014, she gave birth to twins Princess Gabriella and Hereditary Prince Jacques. Princess Charlene's charity work primarily revolves around sports, AIDS, and underprivileged children. Charlene founded the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation in 2012 to support her personal humanitarian endeavours.
Early life and family
Charlene Lynette Wittstock was born on 25 January 1978 at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, to Michael Kenneth Wittstock (b. 1946), a sales manager, and Lynette, née Humberstone (b. 1959), a former competitive diver and swimming coach. The Wittstock family is of German origin; Wittstock's great-great-grandparents Martin Gottlieb Wittstock (1840–1915) and his wife Johanne Luise Wittstock (née Schönknecht; 1850–1932) emigrated to South Africa from the Pomeranian village of Zerrenthin in northern Germany in 1861 to escape hardship. In South Africa, the Wittstocks worked as handyworkers and unsuccessfully prospected for diamonds. In 2014, she was given a certificate that verified her Irish ancestry.
Wittstock has two younger brothers: Gareth, a coffeehouse businessman in Monaco, and Sean, a promotions and events businessman in South Africa. The family relocated to South Africa in 1989, when Wittstock was 12 years old. She attended Tom Newby Primary school in Benoni, near Johannesburg, from 1988 to 1991.
Swimming career
Wittstock won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg. She represented South Africa at the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay in the latter competition. She also was a member of the South African women's 4×100 m medley team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, which finished fifth. Wittstock finished sixth at the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships for the 200 m breaststroke. Throughout her career, Wittstock gave swimming lessons to underprivileged children. She left her Durban-based team (the Seagulls) to join the Tuks Swimming Club at the High Performance Centre of the University of Pretoria. However, she never enrolled in classes. The Club sponsored her by providing her with free access to their pools, free coaching, accommodation, and gymnasium access.
Wittstock decided to leave Pretoria in January 2005, and returned to Durban; she then went to the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal, where she joined a former University of Pretoria swimming coach, Branislav Ivkovic. On 13 April 2007, Wittstock regained her title as South Africa's 50-metre women's backstroke champion when she completed the 50 m backstroke final at the Telkom SA National Aquatic Championships in 30:16 seconds, to finish third behind Australia's Sophie Edington and Brazil's Fabíola Molina. She planned to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China as her swansong, but did not qualify. Previously, Wittstock had been out of competitive swimming for 18 months with a shoulder injury.
Marriage
Wittstock met Albert II, Prince of Monaco, in 2000 at the Mare Nostrum swimming meet in Monaco. They made their public debut as a couple at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics. She accompanied him to the weddings of the Crown Princess of Sweden in 2010 and of the Prince of Wales in 2011.
On 23 June 2010, the palace announced their engagement. Her engagement ring featured a pear-shaped three-carat diamond at the centre and surrounding diamond brilliants. The ring was reported to be created by Parisian jeweller Repossi. Wittstock, who was raised a Protestant, converted to Catholicism, despite it not being a requirement in the Constitution of Monaco.
The future princess was also instructed in French and the Monégasque dialect, and became familiar with European court protocol.
The wedding was originally scheduled for 8 and 9 July 2011, but was moved forward to prevent a conflict with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting in Durban on 5–9 July, which they both attended. The couple had invited members of the IOC, including President Jacques Rogge, to their wedding.
The couple was married in a civil ceremony on 1 July 2011 in the Throne Room of the Prince's Palace. Wittstock was reported to be in tears during the wedding. The religious ceremony took place in the courtyard of the palace on 2 July, and was presided over by Archbishop Bernard Barsi. The couple honeymooned in Mozambique.
On 30 May 2014, the palace announced Charlene's pregnancy. It was confirmed on 9 October 2014 that the couple was expecting twins by the end of the year. On 10 December 2014, her twins were born at The Princess Grace Hospital Centre. Princess Gabriella was born first, followed by Hereditary Prince Jacques, who is heir apparent to the throne.
Princess of Monaco
Since 2009, she has been honorary president of Ladies Lunch Monte-Carlo. Since 2010, Princess Charlene has been associated with the Nelson Mandela Foundation. In May 2011, she became a global ambassador for the Special Olympics, promoting 'respect and inclusion' for people with intellectual disabilities worldwide. She has stated that the movement is close to her heart as a former athlete, and values its role in "using the power of sport to change lives". In July 2011, she became a co-patron of Giving Organisations Trust, a group of South African charities that work with AIDS, underprivileged children, and environmentalism. Princess Charlene is a trustee of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA, and attends their annual awards ceremony.
Charlene regularly participates in fundraising events for amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. She is currently the honorary president of Monaco Against Autism. In 2012, she became the patron of AS Rugby Monaco and also the honorary president of Monaco Liver Disorder and the MONAA association. In October 2012, she accompanied the Prince on a visit to Warsaw, Poland. In 2014, Charlene was the recipient of the "Champion of Children" Award for her commitment to children's rights, presented by the Colleagues, a social services institution. In 2016, she become the patron of the South African Red Cross Society on its 68th anniversary. In September 2016, Charlene attended World First Aid Day in Geneva as an ambassador for the event.
The Princess created the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation in December 2012, with a mission to put an end to drowning using childhood awareness and preventative measures. In September 2014, she formerly presented her foundation at the 10th Annual Clinton Global Initiative Meeting in New York City. In November 2015, Charlene partnered with the Pontifical Council and attended the 20th Annual Conference for Healthcare Workers at the Vatican, where she spoke about efforts against the global drowning epidemic. In June 2020, the Foundation made masks for residents of Monaco amidst COVID-19 pandemic. In October 2020, Charlene undertook a trip to Tbilisi, Georgia, on behalf of the Foundation. She visited the Olympic Village and sports facilities in conjunction with government officials, and later donated a travel bus to the Tbilisi Rugby Club Team. She also took meetings with Paralympic athletes and visited the Ai la foundation, a rehabilitation centre for children with hearing loss. She attended lunch with Salome Zourabichvili, the president of Georgia, at the Presidential Palace of Georgia, discussing diplomatic and philanthropic matters.
Health
In May 2021, while on a trip to raise awareness about the issue of rhinoceros poaching in Southern Africa, Princess Charlene caught an ear, nose, and throat infection. She had had a sinus lift and bone grafting procedure earlier in the spring. The condition led to problems with equalising pressure and prevented her from flying above 20,000 feet. She missed a scheduled appearance at the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix, as she was unable to travel back to Monaco. After multiple procedures, Charlene was medically advised to remain in South Africa, away from her family. Subsequently, she missed the tenth anniversary commemorations of her marriage in June, which Charlene stated was "extremely difficult" and saddened her. In August 2021, she underwent a four-hour surgery that required general anesthetic. In September 2021, she was hospitalised again because of a "medical emergency" pertaining to ENT complications. On 8 October 2021, it was announced that she had undergone a final procedure. She returned to Monaco on 8 November 2021.
On 16 November 2021, the palace announced that Charlene would be resting and that she had cancelled all her activities, including those of Monaco's national celebrations, owing to ill-health, especially "deep fatigue." It was reported that she would spend her recovery period in a location outside Monaco. After a four-month stay at a Swiss clinic, the palace stated in March 2022 that Charlene was back in Monaco with her family and was expected to restart her duties gradually as her health further improved.
In June 2022, Charlene tested positive for COVID-19 and began self-isolation in accordance with health rules.
Titles, styles and honours
Titles and styles
Since her marriage, Charlene has been styled as "Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco", and bears the historical titles of her husband in the feminine.
Honours
National honours
:
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles
Recipient of the Medal for Physical Education and Sports, First Class
Foreign honours
: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
: Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Italy
Arms and emblems
Notes
References
External links
Princess Charlene at the official website of the Princely Family of Monaco
Princess Charlene at the official website of the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation
1978 births
Living people
People from Bulawayo
Princesses by marriage
People from Benoni
South African emigrants to Monaco
South African people of Irish descent
South African people of British descent
White Rhodesian people
Zimbabwean exiles
Zimbabwean emigrants to South Africa
White South African people
South African people of German descent
South African people of English descent
Princesses of Monaco
South African female backstroke swimmers
South African female breaststroke swimmers
White Zimbabwean sportspeople
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa
Olympic swimmers for South Africa
South African Roman Catholics
Converts to Roman Catholicism from Protestantism
Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
South African female models
South African female freestyle swimmers
Monegasque Roman Catholics
Naturalized citizens of Monaco
Monegasque people of German descent
Monegasque people of English descent
Monegasque people of Irish descent
Monegasque princesses
Recipients of the Order of Saint-Charles
Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint-Charles
Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Royal Olympic participants
African Games gold medalists for South Africa
African Games medalists in swimming
African Games silver medalists for South Africa
Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games
Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlene%2C%20Princess%20of%20Monaco |
Bryman College was a system of for-profit colleges in the United States. Bryman College became Everest College in April 2007 and returned to the Bryman name after BioHealth Colleges purchased the San Jose, Hayward, San Francisco and Los Angeles-Wilshire locations.
On July 25, 2014, the school ceased operations after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and officially shut down all of its campuses.
History and locations
The original Bryman Schools were founded in 1960 by Mrs. Esther Bryman as the Los Angeles Colleges of Medical and Dental Assistants. In 1975, The Bryman Schools were acquired by National Education Corporation. In 1983, the school names were changed to National Education Center Bryman Campus. Corinthian Schools, Inc. acquired the schools in July 1995. In June 1996 the school names were changed to Bryman College. Corinthian Schools acquired the San Bernardino campus in 1982, the San Jose Campus in 1996, and the City of Industry, Ontario and West Los Angeles campuses in 2000.
Although the original Bryman school was opened in 1960, several of the campuses that have been acquired have founding dates that are much older, with one campus dating its founding to 1907.
Campuses briefs: locations and histories
Alhambra, CA: The Alhambra campus originally opened in Rosemead in 1968 and moved to its current location in May 2004.
Anaheim, CA: The Anaheim campus originally opened in 1969. In July 1994, the school moved to the city of Orange. The school moved back to Anaheim in December 1999.
City of Industry, CA: The City of Industry campus, previously known as “Whittier College of Technology” has been in existence since 1969. It was acquired by Educorp, Inc. in 1988 and in 1990 was renamed Nova Institute of Health Technology. Corinthian Colleges, Inc. acquired the College in October 2000 and its name was changed to Bryman College. In 1994, the College was granted approval as a degree granting institution by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education under California Education Code Section §94310, and moved to its current facility. This campus is a branch campus of National Institute of Technology in Long Beach, California. The College moved to its current location in 2004.
Everett, WA: The Everett campus was originally Eton Technical Institute. The history of Eton Technical Institute began in 1962 with Bremerton Business College when it was acquired by George C. and Lois Aloha Bates, who owned and operated the school until their retirement in 1985. In 1985, Mr. Joseph W. Edmonds acquired Bremerton Business College and took the trade name (doing business as) Eton Business College. In July 1985, Eton Business College opened a campus in Seattle. The following June 1986, Puget Sound Institute of Technology was acquired with extensions in Everett, Federal Way, and Seattle. Soon after, in 1986, the main campus of Eton moved to new facilities in Port Orchard where the school spent its first 64 years. In July 1986, Travel Central was purchased. In September 1986, the second campus opened in Federal Way. In May 1987, the third campus opened in Everett. The name of the College was later changed to Eton Technical Institute in 1987. Eton Technical Institute was then purchased by Career Choices, Inc. in late 1999, and became Eton Educational, Inc. doing business as (DBA) Eton Technical Institute. In 2000, Eton's Everett campus moved to its spacious facility in the Everett Mall Office Park. Eton Technical Institute opened its fourth campus in Tacoma in 2003.
Gardena, CA: The Gardena campus was founded in 1968. In February 1998, the College relocated to its present location. The College is located in the Gardena Medical Plaza, which is a multi-story building with a contemporary marble lobby with an open atrium to the second floor.
Hayward, CA: The Hayward campus originally opened in 1970 in San Jose. In 1989, a branch of this facility opened in New Orleans. The College moved to a new location in San Jose in January 1998 and moved into its current location in Hayward in September 2001. It closed in July 2014.
L.A. Wilshire, CA: The Los Angeles campus is the original Bryman campus that opened in 1960.
Lynnwood, WA
Ontario, CA: The Ontario campus was founded in 1986 as American Academy for Career Education, and was renamed Nova Institute of Health Technology and was acquired in 1991 by LaLa Educorp, Inc. Corinthian Colleges acquired the Institute in October 2000 and its name was then changed to Bryman College. In January 2005 the College moved to a modern business park in Ontario near the Ontario International Airport.
Bremerton, WA: The Port Orchard campus was originally Eton Technical Institute. The history of Eton Technical Institute began in 1962 with Bremerton Business College when it was acquired by George C. and Lois Aloha Bates, who owned and operated the school until their retirement in 1985. In 1985, Mr. Joseph W. Edmonds acquired Bremerton Business College and took the trade name (doing business as) Eton Business College. In July 1985, Eton Business College opened a campus in Seattle. The following June 1986, Puget Sound Institute of Technology was acquired with extensions in Everett, Federal Way, and Seattle.
Renton, WA
Reseda, CA: The campus in Canoga Park first opened in 1970. In 1988, the city of Canoga Park reorganized its postal boundaries, and the College's address became Winnetka. The College moved to its present Reseda address in August 1998.
San Bernardino, CA: The San Bernardino campus is the oldest private business college in San Bernardino County and has been in continuous operation since 1907. The College achieved Associates of Arts degree granting status in January 2003. The College was founded by Mr. and Mrs. George Longmire and operated under the name of Longmire's Business College until 1945, when it became Skadron College of Business. National Education Corporation acquired the college in 1982. In 1983, the name of the college was changed to National Education Center - Skadron College of Business Campus. The college was acquired by Corinthian Schools, Inc. in July 1995. The college name was later changed to Bryman College.
San Francisco, CA: The San Francisco campus began offering classes in 1970. The College moved to its current location in July 1998.
San Jose North, CA: The San Jose campus was founded in December 1970 as Andon College, a vocational postsecondary education center in the allied health field. Concorde Career Colleges, Inc. purchased the College in May 1984, at which time the name was changed to Clayton Career College. In response to continued growth the school relocated to expanded facilities in 1989. At that time, the school’s name was changed to Concorde Career Institute. Corinthian Schools, Inc. acquired the school in August 1996, and the school name was changed to Bryman College. In February 1997, the College moved to its current location. The College expanded its facilities with the acquisition of additional space in September 2001. The College is located on the west side of San Jose.
SeaTac, WA:
St. Louis, MO: The St Louis campus opened in early 2005 and is the first Bryman College to open its doors in the state of Missouri. The St Louis campus is a branch of the Port Orchard campus, which is located in Washington. The main campus in Port Orchard, formerly known as Eton, was founded in 1922 by W.B. Barger, and established as Bremerton Business College to serve the Bremerton and Kitsap Peninsula areas of the State of Washington. The main campus of Eton moved to new facilities in Port Orchard in 1986. In 1987 the branch campus in Everett was opened, and in 2003 the Tacoma campus was opened. In 2003 Corinthian Colleges acquired Career Choices, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Eton Education, Inc.
Tacoma, WA: The Tacoma campus was originally Eton Technical Institute. The history of Eton Technical Institute began in 1962 with Bremerton Business College when it was acquired by George C. and Lois Aloha Bates, who owned and operated the school until their retirement in 1985. In 1985, Mr. Joseph W. Edmonds acquired Bremerton Business College and took the trade name (doing business as) Eton Business College. In July 1985, Eton Business College opened a campus in Seattle. The following June 1986, Puget Sound Institute of Technology was acquired with extensions in Everett, Federal Way, and Seattle.
Torrance, CA: Bryman College in Torrance was founded in 1994 as Harbor Medical College for the purpose of providing high-quality, entry-level training designed to help meet the needs of the medical community. The College’s first class in Electronic Medical Claims Processing began in September of that year. Corinthian Schools, Inc. purchased the College in January 2000. In July 2002, the College name was changed to Bryman College.
West Los Angeles: The West Los Angeles campus was founded in 1987 as a branch of Educorp Career College. The school became a freestanding institution in 1990. Corinthian Colleges, Inc. acquired the Institute in October 2000, and its name was changed to Bryman College.
Controversies
Washington
In April 2005 the college was sued by some of its students at the Tacoma, Washington campus who claimed they did not receive proper training for their careers in medical assistant program, that they were misled about the program’s accreditation status, their eligibility to take a national certification exam, the transferability of their credits and the availability of internships.
Settlement with State of California, 2007
In July 2007, the California Attorney General threatened to file suit against Corinthian Colleges, corporate parent of National Institute of Technology, unless it settled allegations that it has misrepresented its placement statistics; the school had been under investigation by the state attorney general's office for over 18 months. According to a case filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Corinthian Colleges "engaged in a persistent pattern of unlawful conduct" by overstating the percentage of those who obtained employment from its courses, inflated information on starting salaries and made misleading or false statements about which programs it was authorized to offer and which were approved by the California Department of Education. The suit stated that Corinthian's "own records show that a substantial percentage of students do not complete the programs and, of those who complete the program, a large majority do not successfully obtain employment within six months after completing the course." In late July, Corinthian Colleges agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the chain engaged in unlawful business practices by exaggerating its record of placing students in well-paying jobs; the amount included $5.8 million in restitution to students as well as $500,000 in civil damages and $200,000 in court costs.
Financial issues
In July 2014, Bryman shut down its four schools in the San Francisco Bay Area.
References
External links
Bryman College
Everest Colleges, Institutes and Universities
Students sue Bryman College, The News Tribune, April 12, 2005
Former for-profit universities and colleges in the United States
Universities and colleges established in 1960
1960 establishments in California
Educational institutions disestablished in 2014
Corinthian Colleges | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryman%20College |
Alexandre de Rhodes (15 March 1593 – 5 November 1660) was an Avignonese Jesuit missionary and lexicographer who had a lasting impact on Christianity in Vietnam. He wrote the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum, the first trilingual Vietnamese-Portuguese-Latin dictionary, published in Rome, in 1651.
Biography
Alexandre de Rhodes was born in Avignon, Papal States (now in France). According to some sources, he was of Jewish origin. His paternal side was from Aragón, Spain. He entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Rome on 24 April 1612 to dedicate his life to missionary work.
In 1624, he was sent to the East Asia, arriving in the Nguyễn-controlled domain of Đàng Trong (Cochinchina) on a boat with fellow Jesuit Girolamo Maiorica. De Rhodes studied Vietnamese under Francisco de Pina before returning to Portuguese Macau.
Following the successful visit of fellow Jesuits Giuliano Baldinotti and Julio Koga to Đàng Ngoài (Tonkin) in 1626, the superior André Palmeiro sent Alexandre de Rhodes and Pero Marques, Sr. to evangelize in this domain of North Vietnam. The two missionaries landed in Thanh Hoá on March 19, 1627 (the Feast of Saint Joseph) and arrived the capital Thăng Long (nowadays Hanoi) on July 2 (the Feast of Visitation). De Rhodes worked there until 1630, when he was forced to leave. During these three years he was in and around the court at Hanoi during the rule of lord Trịnh Tráng. It was during that time that he composed the Ngắm Mùa Chay, a popular Catholic devotion to this day, meditating upon the Passion of Christ in the Vietnamese language. He was expelled from Vietnam in 1630 as Trịnh Tráng became concerned about him being a spy for the Nguyen. Rhodes in his reports said he converted more than 6,000 Vietnamese. Daily conversation in Vietnam "resembles the singing of birds", wrote Alexandre de Rhodes.
From Đàng Ngoài Rhodes went to Macau, where he spent ten years. He then returned to Vietnam, this time to Đàng Trong, mainly around Huế. He spent six years in this part until he aroused the displeasure of lord Nguyễn Phúc Lan and was condemned to death.
As his sentence was reduced to exile, Rhodes returned to Rome by 1649 and pleaded for increased funding for Catholic missions to Vietnam, telling somewhat exaggerated stories about the natural riches to be found in Vietnam. This plea by Alexandre de Rhodes helped to found the Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1659. As neither the Portuguese nor the Pope showed interest in the project, Alexandre de Rhodes, with Pope Alexander VII's agreement, found secular volunteers in Paris in the persons of François Pallu and Pierre Lambert de la Motte, the first members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, who were sent to the Far-East as Apostolic vicars.
Alexandre de Rhodes himself was sent to Persia instead of back to Vietnam. Rhodes died in Isfahan, Persia in 1660 and was buried in the New Julfa Armenian Cemetery.
In 1943, the French colony of Indochina issued a 30c postage stamp honoring him. In 2001 Vietnamese artist Nguyen Dinh Dang created a painting in homage to Alexandre de Rhodes and Nguyen Van Vinh.
Works
While in Vietnam, de Rhodes developed an early Vietnamese alphabet based on work by earlier Portuguese missionaries such as Gaspar do Amaral, António Barbosa and Francisco de Pina. De Rhodes compiled a catechism, "Catechismus pro ijs, qui volunt suscipere baptismum in octo dies divisis", and a trilingual dictionary and grammar, . Both published in Rome in 1651, de Rhodes's works reflect his favor of this new Latin-script alphabet instead of Nôm script. Later refined as chữ Quốc ngữ, it eventually became the de facto written form of Vietnamese language in the 20th century. Meanwhile, Maiorica's catechism and devotional texts reflect the favor of chữ Nôm, which was the dominant script of Vietnamese Christian literature until the 20th century.
De Rhodes also wrote several books about Vietnam and his travels there, including:
(Rome, 1650)
(Lyon, 1652)
(Lyon, 1651), translated by Henri Albi
(Paris, 1653), translated into English as Rhodes of Viet Nam: The Travels and Missions of Father Alexandre de Rhodes in China and Other Kingdoms of the Orient (1666)
(The Glorious Death of Andrew, Catechist) (pub. 1653)
Notes
Sources
Tigers in the Rice, W. Sheldon p. 26 (1969)
Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Alexandre de Rhodes
Trần Duy Nhiên and Roland Jacques (2007). "Phản hồi bài viết của Gs Ts Phạm Văn Hường". Archived from the original.
Nguyễn Đình Đầu (2007). "Về bài báo vu khống và phỉ báng cha Ðắc Lộ". Nguyệt san Công giáo và Dân tộc số 145.
Antôn Bùi Kim Phong (2017). "Alexandre de Rhodes S.J. Nhà truyền giáo".
External links
Portuguese Missionaries and their Influence on Vietnamese
Clergy from Avignon
1593 births
1660 deaths
People from the Papal States
Roman Catholic missionaries in Vietnam
17th-century Italian Jesuits
Linguists
Creators of writing systems
History of Catholicism in Vietnam
Translators from Latin
Translators to Vietnamese
Roman Catholic missionaries in Iran
Missionary linguists | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre%20de%20Rhodes |
"(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain. It was released on November 15, 1995, as the fourth single from her second studio album, The Woman in Me. Written by Twain and then husband and producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, the song lyrically speaks about Twain wanting real love and if they're not in it for love, she's "outta here".
The song topped the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart for two and six weeks respectively. An alternate remix was released to Australia in November 1996, peaking at number five on the ARIA Singles Chart. "I'm Outta Here!" was later included on Twain's 2004 Greatest Hits package, and has been performed on all of her tours. In 1997, the Eurodance group Real McCoy covered "I'm Outta Here!".
Chart performance
"I'm Outta Here!" debuted at number 69 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of November 18, 1995. It spent 20 weeks on the chart and peaked at number one on February 3, 1996, where it remained for two weeks; it marked her second number one country hit after "Any Man of Mine". The song also topped the Country Singles Sales chart for one week. Released as a double a-side single with the title track, "I'm Outta Here!" debuted on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 on November 28, 1995, at number 90. The song later reached a peak of number 74 on the January 6, 1996, issue; "I'm Outta Here!" marked Twain's second Hot 100 entry after the double a-side single "Any Man Of Mine/Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?".
In Twain's native Canada, "I'm Outta Here!" debuted at number 77 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart on November 20, 1995. "I'm Outta Here!" rose quickly to number one, where it reached on January 8, 1996. The song spent six consecutive weeks at number one, only tying with "Love Gets Me Every Time" to being Twain's longest run at the top of the chart. The song also made an appearance on the RPM Adult Contemporary Chart, peaking at number 49 on March 4, 1996.
Whilst previous singles like "You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me" and "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" were released internationally, "I'm Outta Here was Twain's first successful single outside North America. The song became a particular hit in Australia, where an alternate version remixed by Mutt Lange was released instead. "I'm Outta Here!" debuted at number 37 on the ARIA Singles Chart on November 24, 1996. It climbed to its peak position of number five on January 26, 1997, where it remained for two weeks. It spent a total of 22 weeks on the chart.
Music video
The music video for "I'm Outta Here!" was shot in New York City and directed by Steven Goldmann. It was filmed on November 4, 1995, and released 11 days later. The video is radically different from Twain's previous videos, and its pop rock feel and sex appeal engendered into most of Twain's subsequent videos.
The video begins with a shot of Twain standing behind a blue light in front of a man sitting on a chair. She walks up to the man, who stands up and flips over his chair, meanwhile, the video cuts to a slow-motion shot of people dancing in a club and a shot of Twain walking up to a microphone in front of her and surrounded by many people playing drums. It cuts back to Twain trying to sit on the chair, when the man kicks it away for her to fall on the floor. But the next shot of them is them laughing and pushing away as people start to come over. In the subsequent shots, intercut with shots of Twain performing alone without the drums, Twain and several others drumming near a window, and Twain on a balcony, friends grab the microphone off of Twain and engage in a karaoke session with her, male stereotypes try to turn on Twain near the microphone, Twain teaches people a dance routine, people play air guitar with fake guitars, and Twain plays along to the drummers. In the final shot, Twain walks out of the building alone.
Three versions of the video were released; the 'Album Version' for country music video channels, the 'Mutt Lange Remix' for Australia and the 'Dance Remix' for Canadian pop channels. The 'Album Version' video is available on Twain's DVD The Platinum Collection, while the 'Mutt Lange Mix' video is available on iTunes, VEVO and YouTube. The video won the Video of the Year Award at the 1996 Canadian Country Music Awards.
On video-sharing website YouTube, the video is one of Twain's least-viewed videos on the platform, with only 2.8 million views as of February 2021.
Live performances
During Twain's Come On Over Tour and Up! Tour, the song was performed as the last main song of the setlist before returning to the stage for her encores. Each of the cities Twain visited on both tours, she would invite a local school Marching Band drum line to join her on stage. Twain would also play the drums along as well on stage. At the end of the song on the Come On Over Tour, Twain leads the drummers into a drum roll, which leads into a grand finale, including Twain standing on top of a big drum, while an electric lap steel guitar solo plays, before disappearing into it as fireworks and confetti erupt from the stage. On the Up! Tour, she again leads the drummers in joining in a big drum roll which lets off the fireworks with Twain disappearing after the song ends. The song has also been performed during her Vegas residency and her Rock This Country tour as the last song before the encore.
Track listings
US 7-inch single
A. "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" — 4:30
B. "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" — 4:50
US cassette single
A. "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" (remix) — 4:21
B. "If It Don't Take Two" — 3:40
Australian CD single
"(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" (Mutt Lange Mix) — 4:21
"(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" (dance mix) — 4:40
"No One Needs to Know" — 3:04
Australian remixes CD and cassette single
"(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" (Mutt Lange Mix) — 4:21
"God Bless the Child" (extended version) — 3:48
"(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" (dance mix) — 4:40
"(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" (album version) — 4:30
"No One Needs to Know" — 3:04
Personnel
Personnel are lifted from The Woman in Me liner notes.
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
Billy Crain – slide guitar
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, pedal-bro
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Dan Huff – electric guitar
David Hungate – bass guitar
Nick Keka – handclaps
Mutt Lange – handclaps
Paul Leim – drums, door slam
Terry McMillan – harmonica, cowbell
Matt Rollings – piano
Brent Rowan – electric guitar
Shania Twain – lead and harmony vocals, handclaps, footsteps
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Real McCoy version
In 1997, German Eurodance Real McCoy released "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" as the third and final single from their album "One More Time". It peaked at 102 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs.
Track listing
CD single
"(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here" (Radio Mix) – 4:10
"(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here" (Album Version) – 3:58
"Party" - 3:57
CD maxi single
"(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here" (Extended Radio Mix) – 6:51
"(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here" (Forthright Club Mix) – 7:51
"(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here" (That Kid Chris Outta Here Mix) – 10:55
"I Wanna Come (With You)" (Soul Solution Dub) – 8:34
References
1995 singles
1995 songs
1997 singles
Canadian Country Music Association Video of the Year videos
Mercury Records singles
Mercury Nashville singles
Music videos directed by Steven Goldmann
PolyGram singles
Real McCoy (band) songs
Shania Twain songs
Song recordings produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Songs written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Songs written by Shania Twain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28If%20You%27re%20Not%20in%20It%20for%20Love%29%20I%27m%20Outta%20Here%21 |
Douangdeuane Bounyavong (; Dūangdư̄an Bunyāvong; born 11 June 1947, also known by her maiden name Douangdeuane Viravong), pen name Dok Ked (Dō̜kkēt), is a Laotian writer. She married Outhine Bounyavong, known for a contemporary Laotian fiction writer. She has written poems, several textiles books and novels and transcribed numerous traditional stories, of which the best-known is Kam Pha Phi Noi ('The Little Orphan and the Spirit’). She is engaged in literacy, e.g. by participating at the Big Brother Mouse project, and participates on running a publishing house and a shop providing children's books in Lao language.
In 2005, Peace Women Across the Globe selected her as one of the thousand peace women from Asia Pacific region. She was awarded with the Fukukoa Art and Culture Prize. She is also a recipient of the S.E.A. Write Award.
Bibliography
Works in Lao language
Dō̜kkēt 'Athan hǣng phongphai Viangchan: Bō̜risat Phainām Kānphim læ Khō̜mphiutœ, 1995 (novel)
Dō̜kkēt Dō̜k sutthāi lư̄ ngām [Vientiane]: Kom Vannakhadī læ Vatthanatham Mahāson, 1995 (biography of Mari Viravong, the mother of the author)
Douangdeuane Bounyavong et al. Phǣnphan lāi nai sin sāimai = Infinite Design: The Art of Silk Vientiane: Lao Women's Union, 1995 (Lao/English)
Douangdeuane Bounyavong Thao Hung Khun Cheuang, Weeraburut song phang khong [the Hero of the Two Sides of the Mekong River Banks] Bangkok: Phikkhanet Printing Center, 1995
Douangdeuane Bounyavong Vatchanānukom pakō̜p hūp Vientiane: K. S. Kanphim, 1998 (pictorial dictionary for children)
Dō̜kkēt Chotmāi nī khō̜ fāk thœng ʻāi: hōm lư̄angsan Vientiane: Dokket, 2004 (Collection of short stories)
Douangdeuane Bounyavong et al. Thao Hung Thao Cheuang Epic: Adaptation into Modern Prose Vientiane: The National Library of Laos, 2000 (text in Lao, parts in English)
Douangdeuane Bounyavong, Inkiane Dejvongsa Mư̄a mǣ khao khuk: lưangching khō̜ng phūying khonnưng = When Mother Was In Prison Vientiane: Dokked, 2004 (Lao/English)
Works in English language
Douangdeuane Bounyavong, Othong Khaminxu Traditions and rites in Thao Hung epic Vientiane: Vannasin, 1991
Douangdeuane Bounyavong A comparative study on the political ideology expressed in the Thao Hung Thao Cheaung epic, with reference to local chronicle of Lao-Thai groups Tokyo: Institute of Asian Cultures – Sophia University, 1995
Duang Deuane Bounyavong, Kham Pin Phiatheb Report on the survey and situation regarding the trafficking of children in Lao PDR Vientiane: PDR, 1995 (abridged version of a UNICEF report)
Douangdeuane Bounyavong et al. Legends in the Weaving Vientiane: Dokked, 2001
Douangdeuane Bounyavong Lao textiles: prayers floating on fabric Fukuoka-shi: Fukuoka Art Museum, 2005 (English/Japanese)
References
External links
1947 births
Living people
Laotian women writers
Laotian poets
Laotian novelists
Laotian women poets
Laotian women novelists
20th-century poets
20th-century novelists
21st-century poets
21st-century novelists
20th-century women writers
21st-century women writers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douangdeuane%20Bounyavong |
St. Anne of the Sunset Catholic Church in San Francisco is a parish of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in San Francisco, California. St. Anne is one of four Sunset District Catholic churches and mainly caters to the Inner Sunset area near Golden Gate Park and the University of California, San Francisco hospital campus.
The larger, rosy-red church can easily be seen from anywhere in the Inner Sunset and a MUNI streetcar has a line that travels along Judah Street in front of the Church. Every year, the parishioners of St. Anne's hold a novena honoring their patron saint, in which they have a procession around the neighborhood, commencing in the vestibule of the church.
The parish has an illustrious history, dating back to its founding in 1904. The parish grew up with the Sunset neighborhood, originally known as the "Outside Lands," which were made up entirely of sand dunes extending out to present-day Ocean Beach. The first church, a small wood-frame structure, was built in 1905 on land donated by a Mrs. Jane Callahan. The church, which seated up to 450 people, was toppled in the 1906 earthquake. Though it was rebuilt and extended to accommodate the growing parish, it became apparent that a new church was needed. Groundbreaking and construction began in 1930 and the church was completed three years later and dedicated by Archbishop John J. Mitty.
The church is notable for its Romanesque-revival architecture, massive dome, uneven twin towers, great rose windows, and the frieze sculpture that adorns the front facade entrance. The sculpture, created by Mission San Jose Sister Justina Niemierski, depicts a "scriptural account of the whole of salvation history." The parish school opened in 1920 and still serves the children of the neighborhood.
In addition to English, the church celebrates mass in Arabic and Cantonese, a reflection of the very diverse parish.
Pastors
Fr. Joseph J. McCue (1904-1911)
Fr. William O’Mahoney (1911-1936)
Msgr. Patrick G. Moriarty (1936-1970)
Msgr. John T. Foudy (1970-1990)
Fr. Richard S. Deitch (1990-1995)
Fr. Anthony E. McGuire (1995-1998)
Fr. Eduardo A. Dura (1998-2006)
Fr. Raymund M. Reyes (2006-2014)
Fr. Daniel Nascimento (2014-present)
External links
St. Anne of the Sunset website
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
Christian organizations established in 1904
Roman Catholic churches in San Francisco
Romanesque Revival church buildings in California
Buildings and structures destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Anne%20of%20the%20Sunset%20Church%20in%20San%20Francisco |
Dominique Maltais (born 9 November 1980) is a Canadian snowboarder, specialising in snowboard cross. She is a two-time Olympic medallist, winning a bronze medal at the 2006 Torino Games and a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Games. She also competed at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, where she failed to reach the final. At the FIS Snowboarding World Championships, she won a bronze medal in 2011 and a silver medal in 2013. She is the 2012 Winter X Games champion, and has won the Crystal Globe as the overall FIS World Cup champion in snowboard cross five times, in 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Snowboarding career
Born in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Maltais started competing in 2002, and won the Canadian Championship in 2003 and again in 2004. Internationally, she came 5th in the World Cup during her rookie year (2003–04) with 2 podium finishes that year. In her second year (2004–05), she won the European Cup and came in 8th in the World Cup. During that World Cup she had two podium finishes, including her first gold. In the 2005 World Championships, Maltais finished 4th, letting her set her sights on an Olympic medal in Turin in 2006, the first time Snowboard Cross would be contested at the Winter Olympics.
In Turin, Maltais was in a final of four with fellow Canadian Maëlle Ricker. Ricker fell in the early stages, and Maltais crashed out of a corner farther down. After the other two racers (Tanja Frieden and Lindsey Jacobellis) finished, Maltais was able to get up and finish the race, earning her the bronze. Dominique had a disappointing 2010 Winter Olympics falling in both of her qualifying runs and therefore did not qualify for the finals.
Maltais followed a disappointing Olympics with a successful start to the 2010–11 FIS Snowboard World Cup leading the World Cup snowboard cross category heading into the 2011 World Snowboarding Championships. There she managed to take third place for the bronze medal. Maltais finished the World Cup season as the overall and Crystal Globe champion in her category. This was her second overall title having previously achieved the feat in 2005–06.
At the XVI Winter X Games Maltais won her first medal which came as the gold and X Games champion in 2012. She had followed this with several successes on the World Cup tour that year, including a home nation victory at Blue Mountain. This victory, among others, helped propel her to her second straight Crystal Globe championship as the overall winner on the FIS tour. Success continued further into the following season where Maltais again won several events, in the early stages. Maltais would also find further accomplishment by winning the silver at the 2013 World Snowboarding Championships which took place in her home province of Quebec. There she would place second, finishing familiarly behind teammate Ricker who won her first World Championship gold medal there.
Maltais went into the 2014 Winter Olympics as a strong medal contender with her results on the World Cup that year. At the Olympics she qualified through easily, Maltais was looking for some redemption from the previous Olympics where she crashed out in Vancouver. She qualified through from the semi's when, after a tough battle for the second position, Lindsey Jacobellis crashed when she was way out in front. This paved the way for Maltais to enter the final. In that event Eva Samkova who had dominated the event, from her fastest qualifying position through to the final, won gold but an elated Maltais followed her through for silver. The medal lifted a weight off of her and she said that "It's a good revenge for Vancouver. I wanted to prove to the world that I could do better than in Vancouver. I'm so so happy it's done and I made it and I finished on the podium."
Personal
Her father is the mayor of Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, her birthplace and hometown where she also fulfills her career as a firefighter.
References
External links
1980 births
Living people
French Quebecers
Olympic snowboarders for Canada
Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Canadian female snowboarders
Sportspeople from Quebec
Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
Olympic medalists in snowboarding
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
People from Capitale-Nationale
X Games athletes | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique%20Maltais |
Convergence (1997) is a science fiction novel in the Heritage Universe series by American writer Charles Sheffield. This book is a sequel to Transcendence.
Plot
The book takes place millennia in the future with the same group of explorers introduced in the first two books of the series, Summertide and Divergence. After millions of years of apparent inaction, the Builder artifacts are changing quickly. After exploring several new artifacts, rediscovering the existence of a race thought to be dead for millennia, and finding that race's home planet in the midst of an enormous artifact, the adventures of this eclectic team become even stranger.
In this book the characters explore several old artifacts to find that they have changed. These changes all seemed to be linked to a seemingly new artifact, which may affect the future of the entire Orion Arm of the galaxy.
The sequel to this book and series finale is Resurgence.
1997 American novels
Novels by Charles Sheffield
1997 science fiction novels
Baen Books books | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergence%20%28novel%29 |
District 7 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves portions of Harris and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 7 is Paul Bettencourt.
Election history
Election history of District 7 from 1992.
Most recent election
2006
Previous elections
2002
2000
1996
1994
1992
District officeholders
References
07
Harris County, Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%207 |
Fredrik Anton Martin Olsen Nalum (13 May 1854 – 19 January 1935) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Liberal Party. He held three different government minister posts, served as mayor and was a six-term member of Parliament.
He was born at Tanum in Brunlanes as a son of farmer Peder Martin Olsen Aaros (1817–1859) and Anne Olea Olsen Falkenberg (1816–1967). He attended school in the city Larvik, graduated from Asker Seminary in 1872 and returned to Brunlanes as a school teacher from 1872 to 1909. He was also a farmer, having bought the farm Nalum in 1881 and later the farm Foldvik. He quit as a farmer in 1926, and his son bought the farmland in 1928.
He was a member of Brunlanes municipal council from 1883 to 1916, serving as mayor since 1892. He was an elector from 1883 to 1903, before entering election himself. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Brunla in 1906, and was re-elected in 1909, 1912, 1915, 1918 and 1921. He served as President of the Storting during his fourth term, and also President of the Odelsting from 1920 to 1921.
From 1916 to 1920 he was the Minister of Labour in Knudsen's Second Cabinet. He was involved in transport politics in Parliament, and was also a board member of the Norwegian State Railways from 1910 to 1922 and supervisory commission member of the Jarlsberg Line from 1903 to 1911. Being a teacher, he was also involved in education politics, and was a member of the municipal and county school boards. In Blehr's Second Cabinet which served from 1921 to 1923 he was named as Minister of Education and Church Affairs, and also served as Minister of Agriculture from June to July 1921.
After retiring he lived at the family farm. He died in Nanset, Hedrum in 1935. He was buried in Tanum, and a memorial stone was raised there in November 1939.
References
1854 births
1935 deaths
Politicians from Larvik
Norwegian educators
Mayors of places in Vestfold
Government ministers of Norway
Presidents of the Storting
Members of the Storting
Liberal Party (Norway) politicians
Ministers of Education of Norway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Olsen%20Nalum |
East Side Story may refer to:
Film and television
East Side Story, a 1988 film featuring Marc Anthony
East Side Story, a 1991 episode of the American TV series Beverly Hills, 90210
East Side Story (1997 film), a 1997 German documentary
East Side Story (2006 film), a 2006 romantic comedy
"East Side Story" (Ugly Betty), a 2007 episode of the American TV series Ugly Betty
"East Side Story", an episode of the American TV series Will & Grace
East Side Stories, a 2012 Hungarian film
Music
East Side Story (Squeeze album)
East Side Story (Kid Frost album)
East Side Story (Emily King album)
"East Side Story" (Bob Seger song), 1966
"East Side Story", a song by Bryan Adams from Room Service
East Side Story, an American band including Ron Lauback
an influential series of soul-music compilations affiliated with Lowrider culture
Literature
East Side Story, a 2004 novel by Louis Auchincloss
Theatre
An early name for West Side Story used when it still took place in the Lower East Side about a Jewish girl (that became Maria), and an Irish Catholic boy (that became Tony)
Science
A theory, associated with Yves Coppens, of human evolution in East Africa. Also known as the "Rift Valley theory".
See also
West Side Story (disambiguation)
Southside Story (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Side%20Story |
The New England College of Optometry is a private optometry college in Boston, Massachusetts. It enrolls over 500 students and is one of the oldest continually operating college of optometry in the United States.
History
It was originally established as the Klein School of Optics in 1894 by Dr. August Andreas Klein, an ophthalmologist. The college moved to several locations around Boston, and was known as the Massachusetts School of Optometry and the Massachusetts College of Optometry until it came to reside in its current location in the Back Bay section of Boston.
The college offers both Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) and Master of Science in Vision Science degrees. Special emphasis is placed on direct contact with patients, and to this end students make use of the College's owned and operated clinics, NECO Center for Eye Care Commonwealth and Roslindale, as well as the NECO Clinical Network of eye care centers.
External links
Official website
Optometry schools in the United States
Universities and colleges in Boston
1894 establishments in Massachusetts
Private universities and colleges in Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20England%20College%20of%20Optometry |
William "Bill" Kincaid (born 1957, in Chicago) was known as a costume designer until 1990, and is also known as an artist creating pet paintings in brilliant colors on large canvases.
Education
Kincaid attended art class at the Washington University in St. Louis during the early 1980s, although not as an art major.
Employment
After graduating from Washington University, he painted miscellaneous portraits of people, occasional copies of classic paintings, and abstracts in his spare time. He focused on pets after he painted a friend's Boston Terrier.
Kincaid's first employment in an art field was in 1974, working as a custom motorcycle artist at "Buzz's Psycles" of Chamblee, Georgia. He painted restorations of classic British bikes such as the Bonnevilles and Trophies built in the middle and late 1960s by Triumph Motorcycles and did customization work. He left Georgia in 1977.
Influences
He has listed as major influences 1960s psychedelia, surrealism and Pop Art; Andy Warhol, Peter Max, Salvador Dalí, and other less-known genre artists. Although the medium, acrylics on canvas, has been consistent throughout his painting career, his painting style has varied throughout a limited body of work.
Activities
From 1977 through 1989, he made thousands of costumes, also drawing and painting costume designs and various commercial graphics projects, in partnership with his brother Doug Kincaid. Bill Kincaid often participated in every step from the initial drawings, patterns and materials selection through the final cutting and assembly.
During his active years with The Kincaid Karacter Company, he was instrumental in the design, development, and creation of many iconic mascot characters for some of the world's best known organizations, including "BUDMAN" & "Spuds MCKENZIE" for Anheuser-Busch (AB-InBev), "FredBird" for The St. Louis Cardinals, "Little Caesar" for Little Caesar's Pizza, and "Elroy Elk", the National Drug Awareness Program mascot for The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (ELKS Association). He also designed & created hundreds of other popular mascots for Ralston Purina, Six Flags, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, M-TV, Hostess Cakes, and The United States Postal Service, as well as designing & creating the character of "Grouchie Gator" (star of the CBS children's show "Gator Tales").
His non-costume & puppet related projects included props for numerous TV commercials, promotions, and industrial films, as well as board games, coloring books, and logos. From 1981 to 1999, Kincaid also created puppets, scenery and props for CBS children's television shows D. B.'s Delight and Gator Tales, plus rendered & constructed remodels of sets for Six Flags attractions.
Kincaid specializes in painting dogs, cats and other pets.
References
St. Louis Post Dispatch, January 7, 1983, "Almost Live! Dodo is rare bird indeed" – biographical article on William Kincaid
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, July 5, 1999, "Talented brothers are creators..." – article on Bill and Doug Kincaid
St. Louis Business Journal, September 12, 1988, "Those Guys at Kincaid are really Characters" – biographical article on William Kincaid and The Kincaid Karacter Company
St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 20, 1989, "Kids Learning Responsibility With 'Gator' Aid" – article on Bill Kincaid and Gator Tales television show
Inc._(magazine), September 10, 2018, "Meet the Company Behind Thousands of America's Favorite Mascots"- article on William Kincaid, Doug Kincaid, and The Kincaid Karacter Company
External links
The Pet Portraits of William Kincaid
Inc. Magazine article on Bill and Doug Kincaid
1957 births
Living people
Painters from Kentucky
20th-century American painters
American male painters
21st-century American painters
21st-century male artists
Washington University in St. Louis alumni | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Kincaid%20%28artist%29 |
District 8 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Collin and Dallas counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 8 is Angela Paxton.
Election history
Election history of District 8 from 1992.
Most recent election
2018
Previous elections
2014
2012
2010
2006
2002
2000
1996
1994
1992
District officeholders
References
08
Collin County, Texas
Dallas County, Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%208 |
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The International Guild of Knot Tyers (or IGKT') is a worldwide association for people with an interest in knots and knot tying.
Formation and beginning
Officially established in 1982, the founding members were initially drawn together by the 1978 publication in The Times of an allegedly new knot, the Hunter's bend. The idea for a knotting association of some kind grew from the contact between two people. Des Pawson was a retail manager for a large stationery firm based in Ipswich and a knot craftsman. Geoffrey Budworth was a Metropolitan Police Inspector and knotting consultant. Des first wrote to Geoff on 8 October 1978. They met before the month was over, and if it was not mentioned then the idea of contacting other knotting enthusiasts was raised by Des in a letter dated July, 1980, when he pressed for a suitable venue and suggested The Maritime Trust. Even then, 1981 went by without further development; and this is a source of regret to them both as it was the centenary of Clifford W. Ashley's birth.
Aims
2013 Constitution
The object of the Guild shall be the advancement of education by the study of and practice of the
art, craft and science of knotting, past and present. In furtherance of this object but not otherwise
the Guild shall have the following powers:
(a) To undertake research into all aspects of knotting and to publish the useful results.
(b) To establish an authoritative body for consultation purposes
(c) To publish a periodical or periodicals and other papers and books about knotcrafts and related subjects.
(d) To form and maintain a library of books, papers, films, photographs and other materials about knotcrafts and related subjects, with a view to making information available to Members of the Guild, and to the general public.
(e) To form a collection of knots and knotting and work related crafts.
(f) To encourage the employment of knotcrafts as a manual activity in schools, and as a therapy among the physically handicapped
(g) Research and development of innovative shoe-lace tying methods
The goals of the organization are to promote research and act as a source of reference and consultation on knots and knotting, preserve traditional techniques and promote an interest in the public, among others. Unlike a traditional guild no level of expertise is required for membership, only an interest in knotting.
Members of the Guild assisted with revisions and corrections to The Ashley Book of Knots in 1991.
Knotting Matters Knotting Matters is the quarterly news letter of the IGKT and is sent by post to all subscribed members.
The first issue was published in Autumn 1982 and was 17 Pages long and in Black and white, edited by Hon. Secretary Geoffrey Budworth.
The centennial was produced in September 2008 edited by Lindsey Philpott and was professionally printed with colour covers and was 50 pages in length. Knotting Matters is made from Guild members submissions and other news from the guild.
Founding members
The Guild dates from an inaugural meeting of 25 individuals aboard the Maritime Trust's vessel R.R.S. 'Discovery' berthed in St.
Katharine's Dock in the lee of Tower Bridge London (UK) on April, 17th. 1982. Those in attendance were Ryan T. Johnson, Mr. Roy E. BAIL, Mr. C.G. BELLINGHAM, Mr. Geoffrey BUDWORTH, Mr. John CONSTABLE, Mr. Bernard J. CUTBUSH, Mrs. Anne DEVINE,
Mr. Ron W.EVANS, Mr. Sid EVANS, Mr. Eric FRANKLIN, Mr. Frank HARRIS, Mr. John HAWES, Mr. Paul HERBERT, Dr. Edward HUNTER, Miss. Jill JENNER, Mr. Albert KIRBY, Mr. Allan McDOWALL, Mr. Desmond MANDEVILLE, Mr. Graham MOTT, Mr. Des PAWSON, Mrs. Liz PAWSON, Mr. Douglas PROBERT, Mr. W. Ettrick THOMSON, Mr. Don WOODS and Mr. Quinton WINCH.
Mrs Penny BODGER of Osgathorpe in Leicestershire, Mr. Robert CHISNALL of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and Mr. Charles H.S. THOMASON of Queensland, Australia all expressed a wish to be involved from the outset but due to distance were unable to attend the opening meeting.
International and local branches
Alaskan Branch
East Anglian Branch (UK)
French Branch
German Branch
Midlands Branch (UK)
Northwest Branch (UK)
Netherlands
New Zealand
NAB Mid-Atlantic Region
NAB Knot In the Middle
Pacific Americas Branch
Solent Branch
Surrey Branch
Southern Ontario Knot Tyers
Sweden
West Country Knotters (UK)
West Yorkshire Branch (UK)
Recognition
In 2001, archaeological historian Mike Loades attempted a reconstruction of a British Iron Age chariot. He called upon IGKT member Richard Hopkins for his knowledge and experience of how to use the binding and lashing materials available at that time – rawhide, hemp, and flax – and described his contribution to the project as "invaluable".
Six knot challenge
This involves tying six basic knots – reef knot, sheet bend, sheepshank, clove hitch, round turn and two half-hitches and bowline – against the clock. The authenticated world record is 8.1 seconds, set by Clinton R. Bailey, Sr. in 1977. IGKT members have discussed proposals for formal rules to govern future attempts on this record.
World Knot Tying Day
In 2018, the IGKT-Solent Branch promoted the idea of making the 18th of December World Knot Tying Day to celebrate and remember the author Clifford W. Ashley, who wrote and illustrated The Ashley Book of Knots''. The date was selected to coincide with Ashley's birthday (1881). Participants were asked to tie their favorite knot and also learn a new knot. Maybe also teach someone how to tie a knot? Even teaching someone to tie their shoelaces was sufficient. When the knots were tied, participants were encouraged to post a photo of their knot on their favorite social media site with the hashtag #WorldKnotTyingDay. In 2020, the IGKT shifted the day of the celebration to September 18. This date coincides with the day Ashley died (1947).
See also
List of knots
:Category:Knots
References
External links
Official website of the International Guild of Knot Tyers
Site officiel de l'IGKT France
Video documentary on the history of the IGKT
Two young Canadian Scouts, coached by members of the Southern Ontario Knot Tyers, tie the six basic Scout knots in record videorecorded time
Knots
International non-profit organizations
Organizations established in 1982
Hobbyist organizations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Guild%20of%20Knot%20Tyers |
Liv Signe Navarsete (born 23 October 1958 in Sogndal) is a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party. She has served as county governor of Vestland county since 2022. She previously served as Minister of Local Government from 2009 to 2013, Minister of Transport from 2005 to 2009 and party leader from 2008 to 2014. On 11 February 2014, she announced that she would retire as the leader of the party in April. She was succeeded by Trygve Slagsvold Vedum.
She was also political advisor to the Minister of Health and Social Affairs (social affairs) from 1999 to 2000. Navarsete was appointed as leader of the Centre Party in September 2008, having until then been the deputy leader.
Career
Parliament
She was elected to the Storting in the 2005 election, and was re-elected three times since. She was among many notable politicians in the Storting to not seek re-election in the 2021 election. She cited her reasons to be that it was time for a generational change in the Storting, and that she wanted to focus her time on friends and family.
Party leader
Navarsete was elected as party leader on 12 September 2008, succeeding acting leader Lars Peder Brekk, who had taken over following the resignation of Åslaug Haga. She was re-elected on 6 April 2013, alongside her deputies Ola Borten Moe and Trygve Slagsvold Vedum.
On 11 February 2014, she announced she was stepping down as party leader and called for an exceptional convention to be held in April to elect her successor. On 7 April, Slagsvold Vedum was elected her successor.
Minister of Transport and Communications
Following the 2005 election, in which the Centre Party secured a majority together with the Labour and Socialist Left Party, Navarsete was appointed minister of transport and communications in Jens Stoltenberg's second cabinet on 17 October 2005.
In August 2006, Navarsete attended the opening of the first hydrogen based petrol station in Forus in Rogaland, together with Statoil CEO Helge Lund.
On 15 January 2007, Navarsete attended the opening of the Imarsund connection Aure municipality. The completion of the connection was seen as the last piece in connecting the municipality from east to west.
In September 2008, after opening the new E16 straight between Voldum and Borlaug in Lærdal, the government car Navarsete was riding in, drove 110 km/h in a 80 km/h zone. She later explained that she was working while being driven, but wouldn't classify the speeding as reckless driving.
In May 2009, Navarsete promised that a double set of railway tracks between Oslo and Lysaker would be completed by 2012. She also attended a railway forum conference, where she talked about the high demands for better maintenance of railways.
Minister of Local Government
Following the 2009 election, Navarsete was appointed minister of local government on 20 October through a reshuffle of Jens Stoltenberg's cabinet.
In November 2010, Navarsete expressed belief that some municipalities may have done more than they're capable of in regards to welfare offers. She also expressed that some municipalities who decided to cut their budgets could end up suffering from pains of growth.
In March 2011, she announced that one could personally be responsible for fixing bathrooms, contrary to what she previously said, where she expressed support for the bathroom tax. The tax would have required a lot of paperwork to be filled and "growing bureaucracy". The change was also set to go out on a parliamentary hearing come Easter. If so, the change would be put into force by autumn.
At the end of March 2012, Navarsete was revealed to have given 500 000kr to her home municipality, where her husband was deputy mayor. This was against the recommendation given by the county.
Just prior to Stoltenberg's cabinet stepping down, Navarsete had called Bård Vegar Solhjell, then minister of the environment, asking if the newly planned E16 motorway could be relocated 300 metres from her house, which was accepted. Despite this, judicial experts asserted that she didn't brake the law by calling Solhjell, even though she probably shouldn't have called him directly. Several members of the Storting Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs called for the case to be brought up, though the committee leaders, Martin Kolberg and Erik Skutle, called it a "non-case".
County Governor of Vestland
On 3 June 2022, Navarsete was nominated to become the next county governor of Vestland. She assumed office on 1 September.
Media
Navarsete has gotten several headlines during her years of office due to her temper. The first time was in April 2011 when she yelled at a woman after being accused of betraying the districts of Norway. In September 2012, she yelled at the leader of her own party's youth organization, Sandra Borch, allegedly because Borch had expressed her support for Ola Borten Moe, the deputy leader.
On 21 February 2018, it was revealed that Navarsete received a message on Messenger from a group of party colleagues on a cabin trip in 2016, that stated "We want your pussy". The message was sent from former State Secretary Morten Søberg's phone, who at the time did not have his phone. Despite demanding an inquiry, none of the colleagues present at the cabin trip admitted to having sent the message.
Personal life
Navarsete married her first husband, Odd, and the two got two daughters before she had turned 21. Twelve years later, her husband died of a heart attack and she became a single mother. She married her current husband, Lars Petter Nesse, on 16 May 2000. Nesse has a son from a previous relationship.
References
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21st-century Norwegian women politicians
Women government ministers of Norway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liv%20Signe%20Navarsete |
Carsten Tank Nielsen (18 December 1818 – 1 August 1892) was a Norwegian civil servant and government official. He was the first director of the Norwegian Telegraph (Telegrafverket now Telenor) from 1854 until his death in 1892. He and his wife Alvilde Olsen (1821–1890) were the parents of the historian and politician, Yngvar Nielsen.
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Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carsten%20Tank%20Nielsen |
District 9 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 9 is Kelly Hancock.
Election history
Election history of District 9 from 1992.
Most recent election
2018
Previous elections
2014
2012
2008
2004
2002
2000
1996
1994
1992
District officeholders
References
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Dallas County, Texas
Tarrant County, Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%209 |
John McArthur (November 17, 1826 – May 15, 1906) was a Union general during the American Civil War. McArthur became one of the most capable Federal commanders in the Western Theater.
Early life
McArthur was born in Erskine, Scotland. He learned to be a blacksmith and emigrated to the United States at age 23 and settled in Chicago. He was the proprietor of the Excelsior Iron Works. He also served in the Chicago Highland Guards militia unit.
Civil War
Following the outbreak of the Civil War, McArthur was appointed colonel of the 12th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Shortly after, he was elevated to command the 1st Brigade in Brig. Gen. Charles F. Smith's division and saw action at the Battle of Fort Donelson. Even though Smith's division was deployed on the left flank of the Union line, McArthur's brigade was detached to John A. McClernand's division to extend the right flank toward the Cumberland River. McArthur's brigade was never positioned correctly and when the Confederates made their breakout attempt, McArthur and Richard J. Oglesby's neighboring brigade suffered heavily. Despite this both brigades withdrew in relatively good order.
Following Fort Donelson, McArthur was promoted to brigadier general on March 21, 1862, and led the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division of the Army of the Tennessee at the Battle of Shiloh. Members of his brigade wore Scottish caps and were thus nicknamed the "Highland Brigade". McArthur was wounded leading his brigade in a breakout of the Confederate encirclement on the first day of Shiloh. He led his brigade during the following Siege of Corinth.
Following the capture of Corinth, McArthur took command of the 6th Division and was ordered to reinforce Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of Mississippi, stationed at Corinth. On the eve of the Battle of Corinth, Brigadier General Thomas J. McKean arrived from St. Louis and due to his rank superseded McArthur in command of the division. Orders were given placing McKean in command of the division but no orders were given to reassign McArthur. Therefore, McArthur was without a command for a brief period but remained close at hand; even helping Colonel John M. Oliver position the pickets for his neighboring brigade. A staff officer at Rosecrans's headquarters remembered McArthur's predicament and a special order was immediately sent out returning McArthur to command of the 1st Brigade, 6th Division, which had recently been commanded by Colonel Benjamin Allen while McArthur was in divisional command.
After Corinth, McArthur returned to command the 6th Division, now part of the XVII Corps. He led it during the Siege of Vicksburg and commanded the post at Vicksburg after the Confederate surrender. He was in command of the 1st Division, XVI Corps and was involved in the pursuit of Sterling Price's Missouri Raid. His division was transferred with the rest of the corps to Tennessee, where his troops played a significant role in breaking the Confederate lines on the second day of the Battle of Nashville. He received a brevet promotion to major general of volunteers for his actions in that battle. He also led his division into action at the Battle of Fort Blakely.
Postbellum life
After the war, he was involved in a number of occupations, including Commissioner of Chicago Public Works during the Chicago Fire, postmaster of Chicago, and general manager of the Chicago and Vert Island Stone Company. In 1875, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society.
McArthur died in Chicago on May 15, 1906, and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery.
See also
List of American Civil War generals (Union)
References
Footnotes
Bibliography
Andreas, Alfred Theodore, History of Chicago, Volume 3, A. T. Andreas, 1886.
Cozzens, Peter, The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth, University of North Carolina Press, 1997, .
Daniel, Larry J., Shiloh: The Battle that Changed the Civil War, Simon and Schuster, 1997, .
External links
American History: General John McArthur.
1826 births
1906 deaths
Burials at Rosehill Cemetery
Foundrymen
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People from Erskine
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Scottish emigrants to the United States
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Postmasters of Chicago | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20McArthur%20%28general%29 |
Arne Nilsen (21 January 1924 – 16 April 2020) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Local Government from 1978 to 1979, as well as Minister of Social Affairs from 1979 to 1981. He was also President of the Odelsting from 1981–1985.
He died in April 2020 at the age of 96.
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2020 deaths
Ministers of Local Government and Modernisation of Norway
Members of the Storting
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20th-century Norwegian politicians | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne%20Nilsen |
Vigrestad is a village in Hå municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the southwestern coast of Norway, facing the North Sea. The village sits about southeast of the village of Varhaug and about northwest of the villages of Hæen and Brusand.
Vigrestad Station is located on the Sørland Line, which runs through the village. The station is unmanned and only local trains stop there, not express or regional ones.
The village has a population (2019) of 2,090 and a population density of .
Name
The name probably has its origin from the word vig meaning "battle" or "war", and stad meaning "place". There is therefore reason to believe that it was the site of a battle. The name could alternatively originate from the Old Norse word "vigr" which means "spear". North of the village there are several barrows from the Iron Age and Bronze Age.
Vigrestad has been spelled in various ways over the centuries: Wirestad, Virestadt, Wiresteid in 1567, Vigrist in 1606, Wigresta in 1610, Vigrestad in 1616, and Wigrestad in 1723.
Economy
The main source of income in Vigrestad is agriculture; mainly dairy, beef, pork, sheep, and potatoes. There are also companies that specialise in high-class timber furniture (for the Royal family, among others), and laser-cutting. A variety of industries and companies can also be found, many of them at Stokkalandsmarka, just southeast of Vigrestad.
Notable residents
Elin Hetland Mong, a local politician for the party Høyre and was leader of the union Norsk Ergoterapeutforbund
Monica Sandve, a handball player, National team, and Nordstrand (in the top league)
Enevald Flåten, a pastor in Levende Ord Bibelsenter
References
Villages in Rogaland
Hå | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigrestad |
Peder Nilsen (22 February 1846 – 25 July 1921) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Nilsen was born at Tønsberg in Vestfold, Norway. He was trained as an engineer. Nilsen graduated from the Norwegian Military College in 1871. He was an assistant engineer at Rørosbanen and other railway construction from 1872 to 1878, district engineer and operations manager at Hamar-Tønsetbanen from 1878–1893. From 1897 to 1911 he was the manager at Hovedbanen.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1889, representing the constituency of Lillehammer, Hamar og Gjøvik. He sat through only one term. On 2 May 1893 he was appointed to the Second Cabinet of Prime Minister Emil Stang as Minister of Labour. The second cabinet of Stang was replaced by the First Cabinet of Prime Minister Francis Hagerup on 14 October 1895. Nilsen retained his post, but left on 1 August 1897 as he was appointed a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm. He left after two months.
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1921 deaths
Politicians from Tønsberg
Norwegian engineers
Norwegian Military College alumni
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Conservative Party (Norway) politicians | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peder%20Nilsen |
Assyrians in Georgia number 3,299, and most arrived in the Southern Caucasus in early 20th century when their ancestors fled present-day Turkey and Iran during the Assyrian genocide.
History
Historically, the first Assyrians arrived in Georgia in the 6th century A.D. when 13 Assyrian monks (historically known by the Georgians as the 13 saint Assyrian fathers) from the city of Edessa came to Georgia and established the Shio-Mgvime Monastery. Scholars have linked their contribution to the Christianization of Georgia, with Saint Nino leading the way of converts from paganism. Assyrians came in contact with Georgians once again in the 1760s. Assyrians under Ottoman rule were looking for some kind of protection from religious and ethnic persecution. Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Mar Avraam requested of Georgian king Erekle II protection for Assyrians and the Yezidis of present-day Turkey. In April 1770, Georgian troops, under Russian command, headed towards the city of Akhaltsikhe. At the same time, Assyrian bishop Ishaya (Isaiah) left Tbilisi and carried letters to Assyrian and Yezidi leaders, whence the Georgian king invited them to fight together against the Ottomans. The Assyrians and Yezidis were prepared to move against the Ottomans, whenever the support from Erekle II arrived, but Russian General Totleben changed his mind and turned his detachment back to Kartli.
The plans for military cooperation failed, but during the war that ensued, an Assyrian community of several dozen families appeared in Georgia. They arrived in Makhani from Persia and the Ottoman Empire. The second wave of Assyrian immigrants arrived when Russia signed the Treaty of Turkmenchay with Persia in 1828, where Assyrians and Kurds from Iran arrived in Georgia as workers. They also arrived in the second half of the 19th century and settled in Tbilisi, becoming Russian and later Soviet citizens. By the end of the 19th century, there were over five thousand Assyrians living in Georgia. A fourth and largest wave came in between the years of 1915 and 1918, as Assyrians fled from the Assyrian genocide.
Today's Assyrian community in Georgia
On May 15, 2005, United States President George W. Bush met with the leaders of Georgia's Assyrians.
The meeting was mostly about the situation of Assyrians in Iraq. Assyrian leaders also gave the American president a letter as well.
When asked by Edgar Bitbunov, the Member of Assyrian International Congress
"Nowadays American Georgian forces are on Assyrian soil in Iraq. Of course,we aren't indifferent to the fortune of assyrians in Iraq. What's their future like? What can you say about it?" Bush answered: "We consider that every nation is equally responsible to find its own way to develop and achieve its own object. Assyrians are equal in right to any other peoples living in Iraq these days. Assyrians other nations in Iraq first of all should change their way of thinking, should act more persistently, resolutely and bravery to achieve their own objects and principles all these are in their hands. The USA always stands for, defends and supports people fighting for justice, freedom, independence and democracy."
Assyrian churches in Georgia
Mar Shimon Bar Sabbae Assyrian Chaldean Catholic Church and Religious Cultural Center (2009), Tbilisi.
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Georgian Orthodox Church in Dzveli-Kanda.
Church of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers, Georgian Orthodox Church in village Dzveli Kanda
References
Further reading
The Yezidi Kurds and Assyrians of Georgia, Journal of the Central Asia & the Caucasus, Iraklii Chikhladze, Giga Chikhladze. (3/21/2003)
The Assyrians of Georgia: Ethnic Specifics Should be Reserved
External links
Assyrian National Congress of Georgia
Georgia
Ethnic groups in Georgia (country) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrians%20in%20Georgia |
District 10 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Tarrant county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 10 is Republican Phil King.
Election history
Election history of District 10 from 1992.
Most recent election
2018
2014
2012
2008
Previous elections
2004
2002
2000
1996
1994
1992
District officeholders
References
10
Tarrant County, Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%2010 |
Magnus Nilssen (18 July 1871 – 20 November 1947) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties.
He was born in Lillehammer as a son of shoemaker Mathias Nilssen (1834–1920) and his wife Eline Pedersen (1835–1918). He was a first cousin of Marcus Halfdan Kastrud. He finished his apprenticeship as a goldsmith in 1889, and moved to Kristiania in the same year. He was a secretary in his local trade union from 1891 to 1892 and treasurer in 1893. He was also member of the socialist youth club Friheden in both Kristiania and Sarpsborg (where he lived in 1894). He started his own goldsmith business in 1897. In November the same year he married Inga Marie Ravneberg.
He joined the Norwegian Labour Party, and became a member of the central board in 1900. From 1901 to 1918 he was the party secretary. He lost out when "the new direction" became dominant in 1918. "The new direction" had tried to replace him with Alfred Madsen at the national convention in 1915. In 1921 he quit the central board to co-found a new party, the Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway. He chaired this party throughout its existence, from 1921 to 1927. He took part at the founding congress of the Labour and Socialist International in 1923; the other Norwegian delegates were Arne Magnussen, Michael Puntervold and Olav Kringen.
Nilssen was a member of Kristiania (Oslo) city council from 1902 to 1910, 1914 to 1919 and 1926 to 1928. To the Parliament of Norway he was elected for the first time in the 1906 Norwegian parliamentary election. He represented his city. He was re-elected eight times, to serve a total of nine terms in Parliament. There was a hiatus between 1922 and 1927; he was never elected to Parliament for the Social Democratic Labour Party. He served as President of the Lagting from 1919 to 1921 and Vice President of the Storting from 1935 to 1945. After the reunion of Labour and Social Democratic Labour in 1927, he rejoined the Labour Party central board, this time as deputy party leader. The party had two deputy leaders—Nilssen and Edvard Bull, Sr.—to accommodate different wings within the party. Nilssen also served as Minister of Labour in the two-week Hornsrud's Cabinet between January and February 1928.
He left as deputy leader in 1939, and left the central board in 1945. His last term in Parliament ended in 1945—de facto with a hiatus from 1940 to 1945, when Germany occupied Norway and suspended Parliament. Nilssen participated in the Riksråd negotiations in 1940 between Germans and those parliamentarians who had not fled the country, in which the Presidium infamously asked King Haakon VII to abdicate. During the remainder of the occupation, Nilssen lost all his public positions. After the occupation and war, he was dropped by the Labour Party as their member of the Presidium, and was not summoned to the relevant meetings and forums. Fredrik Monsen was the party's new member of the Presidium.
Nilssen was a member of the supervisory committee of the Gjøvik Line from 1908 to 1919, and of the supervisory council of Norges Brannkasse. He was a school board member in Oslo from 1910 to 1922 and 1929 to 1937, and a board member of the Norwegian State Railways from 1922 and Oslo Hospital from 1933. He was a deputy board member of the Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture from 1938 to 1940, and a deputy member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1922 to 1940.
Nilssen died in November 1947 in Oslo.
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Vice Presidents of the Storting | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus%20Nilssen |
Judaberg is a village in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the island of Finnøy. The island is located on the south side of the Boknafjorden, northeast of the large city of Stavanger.
The village has a population (2019) of 850 and a population density of . Judaberg is the commercial centre of the municipality with several small industries as well as shopping. The Rygjabø upper secondary school, the only high school in Finnøy is located here. The newspaper Øyposten has been published in Judaberg since 1999.
Judaberg is a transportation hub of the island municipality with several ferry routes connecting to all the surrounding islands such as Ombo, Sjernarøyane, Halsnøya, and Fogn as well as to the village of Nedstrand on the mainland. There is also high speed ferry service to the city of Stavanger. Judaberg is connected to the mainland by road by a series of bridges and undersea tunnels including the Finnøy Tunnel, Mastrafjord Tunnel, and Byfjord Tunnel.
Prior to 2020, the village was the administrative centre of the old Finnøy municipality.
References
Villages in Rogaland
Stavanger | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaberg |
Ydstebøhamn or Ystabøhamn is the administrative centre of Kvitsøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the island of Kvitsøy. The village has a ferry quay which receives regular ferries from the town of Skudeneshavn on the island of Karmøy across the Boknafjorden to the north, and to the village of Mekjarvik in Randaberg municipality across the Kvitsøyfjorden on the mainland to the south. The planned Rogfast undersea tunnel will connect Kvitsøy to the mainland to the north and south as part of the government's goal of providing a ferry-free European route E39 highway along the west coast of Norway.
The village has a population (2019) of 374, giving the village a population density of . This means that over 70% of the municipal population lives in the village.
The village is an important fishing port, especially focusing on shellfish. The Kvitsøy Lighthouse lies atop a small hill on the northwestern edge of the village.
References
Villages in Rogaland
Kvitsøy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ydsteb%C3%B8hamn |
Cyprus competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Results by event
Athletics
Men's 800 metres:
Spyros Spyrou — Round 1: 3:34:32, Semifinals: 3:43.49
Men's 1500 metres:
Spyros Spyrou — Round 1: 1:49.84
Men's triple jump:
Marios Hadjiandreou — Preliminary: 15.95 metres (did not advance)
Women's long jump:
Maria Lambrou Teloni — Preliminary: 6.29 metres (did not advance)
Women's 3 000 metres:
Andri Avraam — Round 1: 9:02.18 (did not advance)
Women's 10 000 metres:
Andri Avraam — Preliminary: 32:59.30 min (did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Katerina Pratsi — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Judo
Men's Competition:
Michalis Skouroumounis
Elias Ioannou
Sailing
Men's Double-Handed Dinghy (470)
Christos Christoforou, Andreas Karapatakis - (27th place)
References
External links
Cyprus at the 1988 Summer Olympics by Cyprus Olympic Committee
Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988
Summer Olympics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus%20at%20the%201988%20Summer%20Olympics |
Tananger is a large village and urban area in Sola municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The urban area is located on the west side of the Stavanger Peninsula between the North Sea and the Hafrsfjorden. It lies about southwest of the city centre of Stavanger. Tananger Chapel (from 1879) and Tananger Church (from 2002) are both located here.
The village has a population (2015) of 6,377 which gives the village a population density of . Tananger has grown significantly, more than doubling in size from 1980 until 2015. Since 1 January 2017, the urban area of Tananger has been included in the Stavanger/Sandnes urban area, so separate population statistics are no longer tracked.
History
Tananger (mentioned in sources dated to 1608), was used as a safe haven in times of bad weather. It was considered the best and deepest harbour north of Egersund. In 1650, the village was gradually settled, as the local lobster fishing was valued for its worth as an export article. Since then, trading with lobster, fish as well as exclusive articles such as tobacco, coffee, and tea, that came with the bigger ships that sought port in storms, led to the establishment of a customs station under the main customs office in Stavanger in 1777 and it lasted here until 1958. The dangerous rocks in the seas just outside Tananger made the waters so perilous that a Piloting service existed as early as 1679, but was organised in 1720 under national control. Tananger upholds its piloting service to this day, but the customers are mostly supertankers and merchant vessels.
During the Napoleonic wars, cannon-mounted rowing boats were stationed in Tananger. During World War I, Norwegian Navy vessels were stationed here for neutrality-watch.
In 1965, the oil adventure started with Aker-Norsco establishing in Tananger as one of the first supply bases to the offshore activities.
Economy
Several oil companies are located here including Royal Dutch Shell and ConocoPhillips. Apart from the oil companies, some of the major oil service companies Schlumberger, Halliburton, and Baker Hughes are located in the Risavika harbour area. Risavika harbour has been expanded using infill to enlarge its capacity. There are international ferries to Denmark that leave from Tananger. Also located in Risavika harbour is an NGL plant run by electricity company Lyse Energi.
References
Sola, Norway
Villages in Rogaland
Populated coastal places in Norway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tananger |
Resurgence (2002) is a science fiction novel by American writer Charles Sheffield, the finale of the Heritage Universe and the last book he published. Following the previous book in the series, Convergence, there are no more Builder artifacts left in the part of the galaxy explored by the four clades of the Orion Arm. However, an envoy from the neighboring Sagittarius Arm shows a short route to that arm and the ship's dead passengers carry an ominous message: a force even stronger than the Builders is consuming whole star systems in the neighboring arm.
The team gets together one last time in an attempt to find the envoy's home planet. They work to discover if the Builders touched the Sag arm in a way similar to the local arm. They attempt to see if the source of this mysterious enemy can be found so that future generations may study it and find a way to stop it before it reaches the local arm in the millennia ahead.
2002 American novels
Novels by Charles Sheffield
2002 science fiction novels
American science fiction novels
Baen Books books | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurgence%20%28novel%29 |
District 11 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Brazoria, Galveston and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Texas.
The current Senator from District 11 is Mayes Middleton.
Top 5 biggest cities in district
District 11 has a population of 791,770 with 582,677 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.
District officeholders
Election history
Election history of District 11 from 1992.
2020
2016
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1992
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Brazoria County, Texas
Galveston County, Texas
Harris County, Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%2011 |
Aksdal is the administrative centre of Tysvær municipality, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the large lake Aksdalsvatnet, at the junction of the European route E134 and European route E39 highways. The village of Førre lies about to the west of Aksdal and the village of Grinde lies about to the east. Aksdal Church is located in Aksdal.
The village has a population (2019) of 689 and a population density of .
References
Villages in Rogaland
Tysvær | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksdal |
Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (CCi) was a for-profit post-secondary education company in North America. Its subsidiaries offered career-oriented diploma and degree programs in health care, business, criminal justice, transportation technology and maintenance, construction trades, and information technology. A remnant of the schools was owned by ECMC under the Altierus Career College brand until the last three campuses were closed in 2022.
At its peak, CCi operated over one hundred Everest, Heald and WyoTech campuses throughout the United States and Canada. The Los Angeles Times framed Corinthian Colleges as a collection of "castoff" schools that were taken over by Wall Street investors in 1999.
Corinthian closed their campuses in Canada on February 19, 2015, after the Ontario government suspended their operating license. On April 26, 2015, following a series of legal challenges by state and federal agencies, Corinthian Colleges announced that they would cease operations at all remaining United States locations. The closure affected more than sixteen thousand students and employees. Having been extensively investigated for fraudulent behavior by several jurisdictions, Corinthian Colleges, Inc. and twenty-four of its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on May 4, 2015. In June 2022, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it would cancel $5.8 billion in federal student loan debt for 560,000 students who attended Corinthian.
History
Corinthian Colleges was founded in February 1995 by David Moore, Paul St. Pierre, Frank McCord, Dennis Devereux, and Lloyd Holland of National Education Centers, Inc., a for-profit operator of vocational schools based in Irvine, California. The company, whose business model was predicated on acquiring schools that were fundamentally sound but performing below their potential, expanded rapidly through acquisitions and organic growth.
Acquired institutes and colleges
American Motorcycle Institute
Ashmead College (Oregon and Washington)
Blair College (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Bryman College
Bryman Institute
CDI College
Duff's Business Institute (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Eton Technical Institute (Port Orchard, Washington)
Florida Metropolitan University
Georgia Medical Institute
Kee Business College
Las Vegas College
National Institute of Technology (NIT)
National School of Technology (NST)
Olympia Career Training Institute
Olympia College
Parks College
Rochester Business Institute
Sequoia College
Tampa College
Western Business College
Corinthian Colleges faced numerous investigations and lawsuits, including a federal criminal investigation. California Attorney General Kamala Harris alleged that Corinthian Colleges targeted single parents living close to the poverty level, a demographic that its internal documents described as "composed of "isolated," 'impatient,' individuals with 'low self-esteem,' who have 'few people in their lives who care about them' and who are "stuck" and "unable to see and plan well for future," through aggressive and persistent internet and telemarketing campaigns and through television ads on daytime shows like Jerry Springer and Maury Povich."
On July 3, 2014, Corinthian Colleges agreed to execute a shutdown of twelve schools and sell off eighty-five other schools. On February 19, 2015, the government of Ontario suspended the company's operation license, resulting in the immediate closure of all Canadian campuses.
In February 2015, the nonprofit Educational Credit Management Corporation took ownership of more than half of Corinthian Colleges campuses, agreeing to forgive student debt on Corinthian College's Genesis loans.
On April 26, 2015, Corinthian Colleges announced that they would cease operations at all remaining locations effective April 27, a move affecting more than sixteen thousand students and employees.
On May 4, 2015, Corinthian filed for bankruptcy in Delaware.
Schools
Everest
CCi operated Everest campuses in the United States and Canada, although all US campuses were to be sold or closed beginning on July 3, 2014, leaving only the Canadian campuses under CCi's control.
Everest Institute offered diploma programs. Everest College offered diploma and associate degree programs. Everest University offered diploma, associate, bachelor's, and master's degree programs. There were ten Everest University campuses across Florida, which were formerly known as Florida Metropolitan University.
On February 19, 2015, all 14 Everest campuses in Ontario, Canada were shut down. 2300 students and over 500 staff were affected by the closures. CCi has since filed for bankruptcy in Canada due to the closures.
Everest University Online
Everest University Online (EUO), a division of Everest University, offered online degree programs. EUO was headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
Everest College Phoenix
Everest College Phoenix offered bachelor's degree, associate degree, and diploma programs. Everest College Phoenix had campuses in Phoenix and Mesa, Arizona, as well as an online learning center.
Everest College Phoenix was regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Heald College
Heald College was one of the nation's oldest business career colleges in the Western United States, with roots extending back to 1863. Heald offered associate degree, diploma, and certificate programs.
Heald College was regionally accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission. Heald College had campuses in California, Oregon, and Hawaii, as well as an online learning center.
In November 2009, it was announced that CCi was purchasing Heald's parent company for $395 million. In January 2010, CCi announced that it had completed the acquisition. CCi retained the Heald name, and it was reported that it also retained its faculty and staff.
WyoTech
WyoTech offered career-oriented training for mechanical and technical occupations. WyoTech had campuses in Pennsylvania, Florida, California, and Wyoming. As of November 2018, all the campuses except the Laramie, Wyoming campus were closed; the remaining Laramie campus came under new ownership, providing solely automotive-related training.
Accreditation
Everest College Phoenix campuses were regionally institutionally accredited by Higher Learning Commission. Heald College campuses are regionally institutionally accredited by the Senior College and University Commission – Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC Senior). Everest Institute, Everest College, Everest University, and Wyotech campuses are nationally institutionally accredited by one of two national accrediting agencies: Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC); or Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).
Leadership
Corinthian CEO Jack Massimino earned $3 million in 2010, and four other executives made over $1 million that year. Eeva Deshon, the president and CEO of Heald College initiated a petition on Change.org to collect positive testimonials about the college, despite the largely negative evaluations by students.
Faculty and students
As of December 31, 2013, CCi's total student population was 77,584. As with the entire education sector, CCi had faced a decrease in enrollment and a corresponding depressed stock price. CCi's top mutual fund holder was Wells Fargo Advantage Small Cap Value Fund.
As of June 30, 2013, CCi had approximately 15,200 employees in North America, including 6,000 full-time and part-time faculty members. For five consecutive years, CCi had been named a Top Workplace in Orange County, California where its headquarters are located.
In 2014, a librarian at the southern California campus of Everest College quit her position when she learned a student she was assisting could only read at the third-grade level, may have a developmental disability, and was unlikely to find work in his chosen field. She stated that the student was unlikely to understand the financial burdens of the enrollment documents he signed. The librarian resigned out of principle after an unsuccessful attempt to resolve the issue with administration.
Financial aid
The Higher Education Act provides that a private, for-profit institution, such as CCi's institutions, may derive no more than 90% of its revenue from the Title IV federal student aid programs. In 2010, CCi reported that it received 81.9% of revenue from Title IV federal student aid programs.
Corinthian Colleges (CCI) acquired QuickStart Intelligence in summer 2012, an Irvine, California-based, privately held technology training company. As a B2B revenue stream; CCI acquired QuickStart Intelligence to leverage the 10%, non-government funding essential to back the additional student loans for CCi's core adult learning programs.
Student loan default rate
A significant requirement imposed by Congress is a limitation on participation in Title IV programs by institutions whose former students default on the repayment of federal student loans in excess of specified rates ("Cohort Default Rates"). On March 25, 2013, CCi received a draft three-year Cohort Default Rates from the U.S. Department of Education for students who entered repayment during the federal fiscal year ending September 30, 2010 (the "2010 Cohort"), measured over three federal fiscal years of borrower repayment. The weighted average of CCi's institutions was 19.0%, a 9.0 percentage point decrease from the 28.0% weighted average for the three-year cohort default rate for students who entered repayment during the prior fiscal year. For the 2010 Cohort, none of CCi's institutions exceeded the default threshold set by the U.S. Department of Education.
Loan forgiveness
On June 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education announced it would forgive $5.8 billion in federal student loans made to Corinthian College students between 1995 and 2015, which forgiveness would impact 560,000 borrowers and would be the single largest discharge of student loans in history according to the department.
Legal proceedings
Corinthian Colleges was investigated in Canada and by federal authorities in the United States, and by several states attorneys general for deceptive advertising and other fraudulent acts.
California
In 2008, a class action suit was filed against CCI and a wholly owned subsidiary in Santa Clara Superior Court on behalf of graduates of Bryman College's medical assistant vocational programs. The lawsuit alleged that Bryman made untrue or misleading statements to students related to employment success, in order to induce them to enroll and stay enrolled in their medical training programs. This case was ultimately dismissed.
In July 2007, the California Attorney General threatened to file suit against Corinthian Colleges. Corinthian issued a statement saying: "We disagree with the Attorney General's conclusions, but we are pleased to have this matter behind us. The agreement is not evidence of wrongdoing, and the company specifically denied any wrongdoing as part of the settlement. We are fully committed to providing quality education and job placement services for students and to being in compliance with state law and regulation."
In October 2013, the State of California again sued CCi alleging "false and predatory advertising, intentional misrepresentations to students, securities fraud and unlawful use of military seals in advertisements". According to the Sacramento Bee, fourteen Everest College campuses registered three-year default rates on student loans of more than 20 percent; eight were more than 30 percent.
In November 2013, CCi issued a statement asserting that the California Attorney General's complaint was "a document built on a foundation of misquoted, deceptively excerpted and—at best—misunderstood materials." It went on to say that the California Attorney General was "wrongly accusing our schools of inflating job placement statistics for our graduates". CCi indicated that it planned to "vigorously defend the integrity of the work we do for our students and graduates".
California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed a complaint alleging that CCI had engaged in a predatory marketing campaign targeting job seekers and single parents with incomes near the federal poverty level. The Department of Justice obtained internal company documents in which CCI employees described the company's target demographic as "isolated", "impatient", individuals with "low self-esteem", who have "few people in their lives who care about them" and who are "unable to see and plan well for future". The complaint alleged that CCI had used aggressive Internet and telemarketing campaigns, as well as television ads on daytime shows like Jerry Springer and Maury Povich to reach these individuals.
Federal investigation in the United States
On October 17, 2007, U.S. Department of Education investigators seized records at Florida campuses of for-profit colleges, including CCi's former National School of Technology in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Florida Career College (a division of Anthem Education Group) in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida and Pembroke Pines, Florida. The school reported that it was not informed why the records were seized or why similar actions had been taken against other institutions in the area. The campus reopened the next day.
In June 2013, CCi disclosed that it was under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). CCi is cooperating with the SEC in its investigation. The SEC did not file any actions against CCi in connection with this investigation.
In November 2013, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reported that they were investigating CCi. In December 2013, CCi received a "Notice and Opportunity to Respond and Advise" letter from the CFPB. CCi responded by stating that it "believes that its acts and practices relating to student loans are lawful and that its lending program is essential to many students". The company also explained that the loans offered under the program are "modest in size and have reasonable interest rates", and that the loans allow many students to attend college who otherwise would not have the opportunity to do so. The average loan amount per borrower is $4,700 and the average annual interest rate is 8.5 percent and the maximum rate is 9.9 percent. Loans are only offered to students who have a gap between their educational costs and the available financial aid from all other government and personal sources. The CFPB filed a lawsuit against Corinthian in September 2014 over its loan program and debt collection practices.
In April 2015, the college was fined almost $30 million by the U.S. Department of Education. The department found the school had misled students and loan agencies about the prospects for graduates to find jobs. Within two weeks, the college shut down.
In May 2018, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Education to stop collecting on student loans related to Corinthian. In October 2019 the same judge held U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in contempt of court because the Department had continued collecting on 16,000 such loans in spite of the court order.
Loan forgiveness
On June 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it would cancel all federal student loans owed by more than 560,000 students who attended Corinthian Colleges between 1995 and 2015. The amount forgiven would total $5.8 billion and would be the single largest discharge of student loans in history according to the department.
Other state investigations
In 2004, a former student from Florida Metropolitan University initiated an action against CCi, claiming he was misled with respect to the school's accreditation and his ability to transfer credits. The lawsuit proceeded in arbitration pursuant to the agreement between the parties. After hearing all of the evidence, the arbitrator found in favor of CCi on all counts and dismissed the lawsuit.
In April 2005, fourteen students from Bryman College's Tacoma, Washington campus filed an action against CCi in the Superior Court of the State of Washington. The students claimed they did not receive proper training for their careers in medical assisting, that they were misled about the program's accreditation status, their eligibility to take a national certification exam, the transferability of their credits, and the availability of internships. The case was moved to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and was ultimately dismissed.
In August 2007, the State of Florida closed an investigation into Florida Metropolitan University with no fines, penalties or findings of wrongdoing. The Florida Office of the Attorney General and Florida Metropolitan University entered into an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance acknowledging that Florida Metropolitan University participates in the Florida Statewide Course Numbering System to facilitate the transfer of eligible credits to other institutions. Florida Metropolitan University agreed to continue its efforts to help students with transfer credits and to provide students with clear disclosures.
CCi is awaiting the outcome of regulatory investigations by the SEC and state prosecutors. On January 24, 2014, the Iowa Attorney General's office notified CCi that it is leading an investigation by thirteen states into CCi's business practices. CCi stated that it intends to cooperate. No state attorney general case has been tried and no findings adverse to CCi have been made.
On February 23, 2015, fifteen former and current students of Corinthian Colleges announced they were going on "debt strike", refusing to pay loans accrued for their time at Corinthian schools. They originally called themselves the "Corinthian 15", and after growing, as of April 1, are known as the "Corinthian 100" with 107 members. They are currently pursuing "Defense to Repayment" legal action against Corinthian. Representatives were given a meeting with the Department of Education and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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The Honda Life is an automobile nameplate that was used on various kei car/city cars produced by Honda: passenger cars, microvans, and kei trucks. The first series of the nameplate was built between 1971 and 1974, with the nameplate revived in 1997 and used until 2014. The Japanese-market Life has rarely been marketed outside Japan.
In 2020, Dongfeng Honda revived the "Life" nameplate in China as a rebadged variant of the Fit produced by Guangqi Honda.
First generation (1971)
The original Life range was offered as a two-door or four-door hatchback and in a three-door wagon model (also sold as a commercial van), replacing the Honda NIII360. Compared with the previous Honda minicar series, passenger comfort was improved to make this a better family car - indeed, Honda's target was to make a kei which was as habitable as a period 1-liter car. The wheelbase, at , was eight cm longer than that of the predecessor. The entire Life range had a water-cooled Honda EA 356 cc engine, usually producing at 8,000 rpm. which began as the air-cooled engine borrowed from the Honda CB450 motorcycle. The top speed of the sedan is . The sprint to 100 km/h (62 mph) came up in 34.9 seconds in a period test. In September 1972, the tall and curiously shaped "Life Step Van" was introduced, with either three or five doors. A pickup version of this was later added to the lineup, but had minimal impact on the market.
The engine was also installed with a balance shaft to reduce vibration. The engine was called "refined" in period tests, and was considered to be as quiet and smooth as some four-cylinder engines. The change to a water-cooled engine also eliminated the smell in the heating system commonly associated with air-cooled engines that drew the heated air into the passenger compartment. Another improvement was that the gearbox was separate from the engine, unlike in the N-series where the gearbox was in the sump (as for the original Mini). Production of the Life coincided with the larger Honda Civic with both vehicles having introduced a timing belt (rather than chain) for the operation of the overhead cam.
This version of the Life was exported to a few markets such as Australia, where the four-door version (same specs as in the Japanese version) entered the market in the middle of 1972. The two-door N360/600 continued on sale alongside. The Life was only produced for four years, as the Civic proved to be much more popular both in Japan and internationally, and when the decision was made to cancel the Life, it ended Honda's production of a passenger kei car until 1985, with the introduction of the Honda Today. At the time, the Life was ¥350,000, and the Civic was ¥400,000. The Civic also had an advantage of size, making the car safer in a collision.
Development
1971, June 1
The Life emerged as the successor to the Honda NIII360. It was fitted with a series of newly designed two-cylinder 356 cc SOHC, liquid-cooled four-stroke engines equipped with a balancer shaft. For strictly urban use, a lower-revving engine with a lower compression (8.0:1, as opposed to 8.8:1 for the higher powered version) was installed in the "Life Town". For this version, which was a no-cost option across the range, the engine output was dropped to at 6,500 rpm - as opposed to 8,000 rpm for the high-compression unit. It also received a three-speed transmission, meaning that top speed was limited to 90 km/h.
1971, July 20
An all-new, three-speed, fully automatic transmission was made available. Unlike the manual, the automatic's shifter was column-mounted.
1971, September 6
A three-door commercial-use "Van" was added, with unique bodywork from the B-pillars back. Slightly taller than its sedan counterparts, like them the Life Van was also available with the full automatic transmission.
1971 October 25
A private-use version of the Life Van (called "Wagon", chassis code WA) was added, priced midway between the two- and four-door sedans. This could also be equipped with the three-speed automatic. The Van can be told from a wagon by its tattletale luggage rails visible through the rear windows.
1972, May 1
A sporty engine with twin constant velocity carburettors was added, for the new "Touring" range. The all two-door lineup consisted of the SS, SL, and the GS on top. Power was up to at 9,000 rpm, and the top-of-the-line GS received a dogleg five-speed gearbox to take full advantage of the peakier engine. The Touring GS could reach a top speed of . On June 15 of the same year, the Life received a minor facelift with redesigned grilles, and in September four-door versions of the Touring range appeared. Production of the lower-powered "Town" engine also came to an end during 1972.
1972, September 20
The Life Step Van was launched, the packaging of which embodies the tall wagon style so popular for current keis.
1973, August 21
The Life Pickup was released. At the same time, the sedan lineup underwent a minor facelift (another new grille) and the lineup was reshuffled. The automatic option was now only available on one two-door and one four-door model.
1974, October
In the face of an ever-contracting Kei class combined with ever more stringent emissions standards, manufacture of the Life series, along with the Z360/600, came to an end. This ended Honda kei passenger car participation, until the 1985 arrival of the Today.
Life Step Van
This Step Van type variant, which shares the VA chassis code with the low-bodied Life Van, also uses the same 356 cc, two-cylinder water-cooled engine as does the rest of the range. At the time of introduction, its appearance was considered a novel approach, but it had some benefits in that the engine was installed up front and with front wheel drive. The Step Van, while its loading space was shorter, it could offer certain interior space advantages such as a very low and flat floor that competing, rear-wheel drive vehicles couldn't provide at the time. It drew many influences from the DKW Schnellaster produced in Europe. Its appearance, while unique and not appreciated when new, is now the standard approach for current kei products from Japanese manufacturers. The rear gate was of a clamshell style, divided horizontally. The Step Van, like the regular Life Van, could carry with two occupants, down to with the full complement of two more passengers.
The van was first sold on 20 September 1972 with production ending in 1974, at an introductory price of ¥376,000 for the standard Step Van and ¥403,000 for the Super DX version. The Step Van series was only ever available with a four-speed manual transmission. The price of the Standard model had crept up to ¥388,000 by the time of the introduction of the pickup version. A total of 17,165 vehicles were produced, for a total of less than half the projected 2,000 units per month. It also can be found in the Gran Turismo 4, Gran Turismo (PSP), Gran Turismo 5 and Gran Turismo 6 videogames, as the Honda Life StepVan.
Life pick-up
Introduced on 21 August 1973, this version of the Life was designed as a pickup truck. The pick-up received the PA chassis code. In spite of weighing only , the Life Pickup could carry a payload. Production ended in 1974, with no more than 1,132 vehicles produced, as the Honda TN7 cab over truck with its considerably longer bed proved to be more popular.
Second generation (1997)
In 1997, the Life name was resurrected for a new line of small, front-wheel-drive 5-door MPV style cars, which required a redesign for 1998 because of new Japanese taxing regulations. The Life used the three-cylinder Honda E07A engine. It replaced the Honda Today and was available exclusively in Japan at Honda Primo dealerships. This bodystyle appearance was introduced in response to the popularity of the Suzuki Wagon R, which found many buyers, and competes with the Daihatsu Cuore, Subaru Pleo, and the Mitsubishi Toppo in the "tall wagon" segment of kei cars.
It was introduced as a revision of the 1970s "StepVan" appearance, sharing the second generation Honda Today's basic componentry. Powertrain and chassis, interior and dimensions are almost identical with the Honda Today. The JA4 Honda Life is an interim model as subsequent changes in the laws regulating kei cars made it outdated very soon. This version was only built for about one and a half years. Because of this, it has become a very rare car.
It used the Honda E07A engine, 660 cc SOHC 3-cylinder, four valves per cylinder, with Honda's PGM-FI as standard equipment. It was offered with a 5-speed manual or a 3-speed automatic transmission.
It was also included with a driver side "SRS" airbag, heat absorption ultraviolet radiation glass, antibacterial steering wheel, and an antilock brake system available options. Grade system was the three grades of "B", "G" and "T". The use of one windshield wiper for the front windshield was carried over from the Honda Today.
Chronology
1997 April 18
Revived the name "Life".
1997 December 15
Bargain grade "b" model added, still featuring AM/FM tuner with cassette deck, keyless entry, driver seat side armrest, body color colored door mirrors, bumper, door handles, special seat upholstery. Later announced the special specification car pricing affordable equipping seat headrests, vanity mirror, intermittent front / rear wiper, wheel caps. The "Super Select" trim package was added January 4, 1998.
Third generation (1998)
Responding to new legislation, the 1998 model was bigger than its short-lived second generation counterpart, with length and width.
In December 2000, a turbocharged variant named Honda Life Dunk was introduced as 2001 year model. The Honda Life Dunk and the Honda That's were listed by Forbes magazine as among the weirdest car names.
"Kei-Mover" appeared as a new version in the lineup. Practicality, safety, and environmental performance were prioritized, improving economic efficiency.
1998 October 1
As the standard was revised in minicars, the body was lengthened to 3,395 mm and the width increased to 1,475 mm, which allowed for improvements in collision safety performance. Safety was increased further by the SRS airbags which are also standard equipment, also in the passenger seat.
Corresponding to the enlargement of the second generation body, the engine was changed from the E07A to the improved E07Z. About 20% while improving low rpm torque, low-emission vehicles (LEV) became in compliance. In 5-speed MT and 3-speed AT with follow basically the second transmission, the AT car (Column Shift) was adopted. A new four-wheel drive powertrain is introduced.
Chronology
1998 October 8
Perform a full model change, the market from next October 09.
1999 December 16
"G", based on privacy glass (rear tailgate) door mirrors door handles tailgate handles outer body same color, remote control electric door mirrors, CD player etc. equipped & AM / FM tuner, and a cloth seat covers only special edition models employing the side door linings clad "Minuet" was released.
2000 May 15
The traditional "T" instead of the, CD player with AM / FM tuner, automatic air conditioning, privacy glass (rear tailgate), and equipped with electric remote door mirror body same color door handles, full performance and comfortable "L "was added.
2000 October 19
"G" on the base, equipped with door handles and tailgate handles outer body having the same remote control electric door mirrors, Audio-less specification and customized for sensitive, special pricing $ 200 cheaper than car-based specification car, "select" was released.
2000 December 20
Turbo charger models were given the trim package name Honda Life Dunk
2001 May 24
Minor changes made. Change the front design, multi-reflector headlights were two-lamp. Also, "L" side mirror is change the landscape design, the new design of alloy wheels and full wheel caps. In addition to employing plated outer door handles tailgate larger part in the grade. "L" is also adopted plated door handles. In addition, the ground sheet to change the gray tones, "B" driver's power window switches add lighting in all grades except. 2DIN size of the audio space to expand, "B" also set the audio specification in all grades except less, "L" is also provided on the rear seat armrest. In addition, all types of "Excellent -" low emission certified as well, which also improves fuel efficiency. In addition, special edition models were released as "Minuet" will make the changes above specifications were upgraded to Grade catalog.
2001 November 15
Turbo specification derived vehicles "Life Dunk" special edition models "TS Special" · "TR Special" was released. The former is "TS" is based on privacy glass, rear garnish, CD player with AM / FM tuner, while with the metallic center panel, the specification deals with 1.7 million yen less than the base model, the latter with AM / FM tuner MD / CD tuner, while prices were unchanged spec with leather-wrapped shift knob. Incidentally, the latter being also set the audio less specification.
2001 December 13
"Minuet", based on half the front window shade, MD / CD player with AM / FM tuner, special edition models equipped with a metallic center panel "Minuet DX" was released.
2002 January 24
"G" on the base, equipped with privacy glass, "Minuet" adopting seat is equipped, special edition models were set up $ 500 cheaper than car-based "forum" was released. The set also only eight colors plus color body color.
2002 August 22
"Life," "Life Dunk" both made minor changes. "Life" is a full grade, "Minuet" and richer, the metallic center panel and front windows half-shade, as well as with the MD / CD player with AM / FM tuner, while making a high quality seat upholstery, 10,000 yen than before the Price. "G" is also equipped with privacy glass, while making a high quality seat upholstery, Price was $500 here than before. Other, "L"-equipped MD / CD player with AM / FM tuner. The body color is a "topic" to add the color was only three colors, including those of color was 10. "Dunk" is equipped with interior grade casual outside the newly dedicated "Diva (Diva)" was set. Others, along with applying a blue coating on reflector headlights, "TR" alloy wheels in a gunmetal color, the sheet was subjected to silver stitching, a 6-dash CD changer and MD players association with AM / FM tuner and the driver's seat armrest the equipment. In addition, body color was added.
2002 December 5
"G" is based on, while with the metallic center panel and remote control door mirrors retractable electric body same color, cheaper 50,000 yen more than the base car, the car FF · MT, as well as 900,000 yen in the car FF · AT special edition models with prices set off a "super-topic" was released.
2003 May 15
"G", based on a December 2002 release "Super topic" The equipment, CD player with AM / FM tuner, 2 rear speakers, special edition models equipped with front door to add water repellent door mirror + " Topic Super CD "sale. 9 colors color body has set a new color and contains three colors.
Fourth generation (2003)
September 2003 saw the Life updated with a new 660 cc three-cylinder engine. An optional turbocharger, mated to a 4-speed automatic transmission and optional 4-wheel drive are also available. The safety features were significantly improved and engine emissions were reduced. A triangle window was placed at the mounting point of wing mirrors in the third generation vehicle.
In 2005, Honda introduced the DIVA model, which included aerodynamic styling and aluminium wheels.
Unlike the predecessor body, "Honda's design made good" (advertising slogan in Japan) was the theme of a more rounded style. The newly developed Honda engine Type P07A 660cc SOHC 6 valve inline 3-cylinder with i-DSi of naturally aspirated (52PS) and Turbo (64PS) has increased horsepower. The transmission will only be AT, was a four-speed transmission. Placed next to the speedometer display is a multifunction display, including the emphasis on interior appearance than on price, and ride quality. Easy to grip in any direction, the circular door handles are said to be influenced by an ice cream spoon. The percentage of products purchased were expecting a higher percentage of young women buyers have come up mainly in emphasis towards drivability. The equipment grades were "C", "F", and "D", all three also available with the turbocharged engine. The turbo models were no longer given the separate "Life Dunk" name.
2007 change
2007 models started production on 2006-10-05. It marked the first use of Honda Smart Parking Assist System in a production Honda vehicle.
DIVA Special
It is a model went on sale in 2006-06-07.
F Happy Special
It is a model went on sale in 2007-11-8.
C Specials
C Comfort Special and C Fine Special went on sale on December 20, 2007.
Chronology
2003 September 5
A full model change made to the fourth. The turbo cars a month after October 06 was released in the beginning. 15,000 monthly sales goal.
2004 April 22
"F", "F Turbo" is based on 13-inch alloy wheels and aerodynamic, sporty appearance was well equipped with discharge headlights, which also features a special MD / CD player with AM / FM tuner and Micro-antenna specification car "F · Aero premium" was released.
2004 October 14
Made some improvements. "F" is added to the interior color gray, "D" that was set was also employed in the front bench seat. "D" is a fully automatic air conditioner with a new standard. In addition, special edition models were released in April 2005 "F · Aero Premium" by changing the price of 80,000 options to manufacturers MD / CD player with AM / FM tuner with discharge headlights were standard conventional Price was a circle. Replacement system made with body color Blue and Pearl White. Because of the improved fuel economy, "C Turbo" · "F Turbo" of FF cars' fuel efficiency standards + 5% 2010 "has been achieved.
2004 December 24
"F", based on aero parts, smoke type rear combination lamps, 14-inch alloy wheels in an exclusive color, half-shade front window, while equipped with a micro antenna, car audio less specification and special edition 'Divas ( DIVA) "was released. The "Diva" grade name is derived from the third car, "Life Dunk," and due to additional minor revival since "Life" is set as the first time. The body color is only set the color.
2005 February 3
"C" on the base, equipped with privacy glass, special specification car audio less specification "C · Style" and announced the next day February 04 started from the sale.
2005 August 25
"F" on the base, equipped with 13 inch alloy wheels, car audio less specification and special edition "F · Style" was released.
2005 October 21
Made some improvements. Special edition models were released in December 2004 "Diva (DIVA)" has received favorable order, was promoted to Grade catalog. Only a new front grille, smoked headlight garnish plated, and 14-inch alloy wheels adopted an exclusive color. The new spec turbo "Turbo Diva" along with adding a turbo to the existing grade of "F Turbo" diaphragm, reviewing the structure type. In addition, all grades side turn lamp, high mounted stop lamps, headlights as standard equipment with leveling, "C" for all grades except the built-in mechanical keys "Honda Smart Key System" option added to the manufacturer. In addition, the two-wheel-drive cars all gained SU-LEV certification as their emissions levels were 75 percent lower than required by Japan's 2005 emission standards. Body color and three colors predecessor had been set to "Diva" has added color two colors only. The "Happy Edition" special edition was released on 21 October as well. It was based on the "F" model, with fully automatic air conditioning with an air clean filter, tinted band on top of the front window, and a keyless entry-integrated system.
2006 September 28
Minor changes made. To support the new steering when parking back "Honda Smart Parking Assist System (simple type of voice guidance only)" to "Happy Edition" · "F Turbo", "Diva" · "Diva Turbo" in FF was a factory option on each car. Furthermore, "F" and "Diva" is the security alarm, high-performance deodorant filter-free allele, is standard on this new integrated keyless entry key 2. The exterior front, headlights, rear combination lamps, such as door handles redesigned. "Diva" will change the design of aero bumper, side mirror turn signal was adopted. "Turbo Diva" has also been equipped with front fog lights further. In addition, the type that is offset to the right the previous year's position was in the middle of the front license plate. ," LIFEalso' logo will change when the second generation model 4 "LiFE" instead, the second time since the late addition of type "Life" next, go from right to left position of the previous year type rear emblem, "Diva" is "Life" instead of "Diva" emblems are mounted only. At the same time, special edition models released in October 2005 "Happy Edition" With the change of the base model specification was changed to the front window shade half the special equipment and fully automatic air conditioner. In addition, "C", based on a rear wiper with washer and ABS + Brake Assist with EBD (cars only FF) and to not equipped with a black tailgate garnish (cars only FF) special edition models equipped with a "topic", then went on sale from October 05.
2007 June 7
"DIVA", based on special edition models equipped with front fog lights and full auto air conditioning "Special" and "C" is based on, ABS + Brake Assist with EBD, instead of omitting the privacy glass, multi-angle outer door handles (colored), special edition models equipped with "super-topic" was released.
In 2007 November 8
"F" based on, Honda Smart Key System, Automatic Climate Control, CD Player with AM / FM tuner, half-shade front window, door mirror equipped with a special edition models turn "Happy Special" was released.
In 2007 December 20
"C" special edition models based on a "special comfort," "Fine Special" release. Both ??, CD player with AM / FM tuner, multi-angle outer door handles (colored), and equipped with high performance deodorant filter-free alleles, the former specification is also equipped with full remote control colored retractable electric door mirrors with Automatic Climate Control the latter is omitted specification deals with ABS + EBD brake assist
Specifications
Engine is rated at 6,700 rpm and at 3,800 rpm for non-turbo model, and at 6,000 rpm and at 4,000 rpm for the turbo model.
Fifth generation (2008)
In November 2008, Honda introduced the fifth generation Life. This generation is available in C, G, PASTEL, PASTEL turbo, DIVA, DIVA turbo. A higher specification model marketed towards a younger crowd is called the Honda Zest, sharing all mechanicals with the Life.
Specifications
It keeps on using Honda P07A engine from the previous generation. The naturally aspirated engine is rated at 7100 rpm and at 3600 rpm, and at 6000 rpm and at 4000 rpm for the turbo model, which is available in PASTEL and DIVA models.
Vehicle code:
DBA-JC1: FF
CBA-JC2: 4WD
2008 September 18, and in the press release, and continuously changing the amount of air bags, the emissions control for the driver's seat called the "ECO" button that displays encouragement for driving eco-friendly, and high protection performance and low-impact "i-SRS airbag system "(the force deployed during an impact is measured against many veriables) was announced to be built into the fifth generation Honda Life. October "teaser ad" started the introduction to the Japanese market, the "Casual" trim package represented the standard equipment trim package, the "G type", and the sporty grade "DIVA" in addition to the new grade enhanced the addition of the fashionably equipped "PASTEL" trim package.
In the fifth generations exterior styling is an interpretation of a "daily smile technology" approach. The original concept has been taken into account in particular the ease of operation. Front narrow pillars and lower door sash, with a large integrated triangle window in the front doors, a front windshield wiper review of the side front position, the waistline and front passenger outward view optimization, adoption of the rear quarter windows, the size of the tailgate window and rear seat review of the shape of the seat back, the embedded headlight inclusion, have improved the appearance of the front side and rear view over the previous generation.
Vehicle Dimensions Length Width is a mini-ever full frame, total height is 1,610 mm (FF models: +35 mm compared to its predecessor) has been set higher, and have contributed to the expansion of interior volume. The vehicles platform chassis was renewed, and yet it was about 40 kg lighter than its predecessor's. The position of number plates, as well as three second-top predecessor's tailgate, rear bumper on the back has been changed from the previous generation.
An audio monitor with back, the first in the mini standard (except for C-type). Thus, Honda Smart Parking Assist System, from the simple type of voice guidance, now assisted steering is performed in both forward and backward The first owner of Honda Life is Sheikh Faisal.
Chronology
2008 November 6
Performed a full model change to the fifth generation, went on sale from November 07.
2009 June 4
"PASTEL", "PASTEL turbo" special edition models equipped with headlamps, etc. based on the "HID Special" announced, sold from June 11. Also, "G type" and "PASTEL" was expanded to accommodate another grade of exclusive color.
2009 October 15
Made some improvements. Improved fuel efficiency in cars and 4WD car turbo engine of FF NA engines, each "15% FY 2010 fuel economy standards," "fiscal 2010 fuel economy standards" has been achieved. The new FF NA engines in cars, "Taxation promote environmentally friendly vehicles," vehicles were covered. Done to improve the electric power steering, improved steering performance. In addition, "PASTEL" is a half-shade in the front window, "DIVA" in a half-shade front window, tailgate spoiler, which added with a micro-antenna. In addition, a new grade feature rich, "G type" is fully automatic air conditioning, high-allergy-free deodorant filter, driver seat height adjuster, tilt steering and equipped with "Comfort Select" a, "DIVA / DIVA turbo" The 14-inch alloy wheels ("DIVA" only, "DIVA turbo" is standard), discharge headlights, leather-wrapped steering wheel features a synthetic, non-audio was fitted with a back monitor "Cool Select" added the . In addition, in December 2006 a "G" and "pastel" colors are added to the body.
2010 May 17
"C type" based on, ABS + Brake Assist with EBD, with feature privacy glass / UV cut heat-ray absorption (rear tailgate rear quarter), colored door mirrors (manual) and outer door handles, and full wheel caps special edition models equipped with "Comfort Special" and "DIVA" is based on the audio monitor with back, Honda Smart Key System immobilizer, security alarms, non-special edition models were equipped with front window shade half "Special" was released.
2010 November 18
Minor changes made. Lift-up Seat passenger cars went on sale from December 09. "G type" is a revamped front grille, projector type headlights were changed. Interior has adopted a steady meter and 3 eyes wide center panel with decorative silver, front center armrest is standard with a rear wiper and washer. In addition, "Honda Smart Parking Assist System," with improved usability review of the speed setting also. "DIVA" also "G type" as well as improvements are made, dedicated to the design front grille chrome paint, projector headlights were changed to type. Headlamp headlamps (low beam, with automatic leveling mechanism), wide center panel Piano Black will be adjusted and, 3 eye meter is steady blue illumination adds, which occurred during differentiation. In addition, special sport seats with built-in door mirrors and turn signals. Together, the previous year had been fitted with type "Life" logo emblem is gone, "DIVA" has moved from right to left logo emblem. "DIVA" to wear the emblem of the logo is only since the late fourth type. In addition, the former is additionally equipped with audio remote control switch and a rear camera and lighting can be installed at the dealer affordable navigation option "Special Package for mounting navigation" was also set. Furthermore, due to this minor "PASTEL" is discontinued, the turbo cars "DIVA · Turbo Smart Style" was only offered.
2011 August 22
"G", based on grade advanced "Smart Plus" discharge headlights with projector type of equipment (low beam, with automatic leveling mechanism), colored front grille, special edition models equipped with a front window, half-shade "HID smart Special "release.
2011 November 28
"DIVA" is based on a 14-inch alloy wheels, fully automatic air conditioning, as well as equipped with a full specification Honda Smart Key System, subjected to the shift knob chrome inner door handles and knobs button air-conditioning outlets Vehicles specially designed "Smart Special" was released (launched December 22).
Honda Zest
The Honda Zest is a kei car built from 2006 until 2012, mechanically identical to the fifth generation Honda Life. It came equipped with a turbocharged three-cylinder engine and 5-door bodywork. It was one of the first kei cars available with optional side curtain airbags. It was available in two distinct versions — Zest and Zest Sports. In fall/winter 2008, the Zest Sports was replaced with the Zest Spark.
Chinese-market Life (GR; 2020)
The "Life" nameplate is also used by Dongfeng Honda for the renamed fourth-generation Fit (sold by Guangqi Honda) for the Chinese market. Introduced in 2020, the minor differences between the Fit and the Life are the front bumper designs and rear taillight tint colour (the Life has a clear smoked tint).
References
(technical data)
External links
Honda Life page
Honda Life History
Press release of 1st generation Honda Life
Press release of Life Pick Up
Press release of 2nd generation Honda Life
Press release of 4th generation Honda Life
Lovestep Life StepVan page
StepVan room contain information on Step-Van.
Life StepVan review
Honda 2001 annual report
Honda That's at the official manufacturer's site
Video of the That's (however brief)
Life
Cars introduced in 1971
1980s cars
1990s cars
2000s cars
2010s cars
Kei cars | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda%20Life |
Donald Alexander MacRae ( – ) was a Canadian astronomer.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia he was the Chair of the Department of Astronomy (now Astronomy and Astrophysics) at the University of Toronto and Director of the David Dunlap Observatory from 1965 to 1978. He was one of a few Canadians who were early Ph.D. graduates in Astronomy from Harvard (1943), where he enrolled after graduating from the University of Toronto in 1937. He appeared in the Academy Award-nominated NFB documentary Universe (1960) as the astronomer. He introduced radio astronomy to Toronto, constructing a radio telescope. It was small and so worked at higher frequencies than previous radio telescopes. He saw a strong signal, but failed to publish. He died December 6, 2006.
External links
The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, December 1999
A Memorial Tribute in Cassiopeia, December 2006 in PDF or in HTML.
Guide to the Donald Alexander MacRae Papers 1943-1946 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
1916 births
20th-century Canadian astronomers
Canadian people of Scottish descent
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
People from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
University of Toronto alumni
Academic staff of the University of Toronto
2006 deaths | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20MacRae%20%28astronomer%29 |
Rasmus Tønder Nissen (14 January 1822 – 19 January 1882) was a Norwegian, educator, theologian and politician.
Biography
Nissen was born at Melhus in Sør-Trøndelag. He attended to Trondheim Cathedral School graduating in 1839. He was Cand.theol. in 1843.
He taught history, Greek and religion at Hartvig Nissen School and from 1852 he was director of the school.
In 1864, he became the professor of church history at the University of Oslo. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1874–1876, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1875, 1876–1877 and 1880–1881, and Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1877–1880, 1880 and 1881–1882.
In 1874 he was knighted by Order of Saint Olav, and he received the Commander's Cross of 1st Class 1880; he was also commander of the Order of the Polar Star.
References
1822 births
1882 deaths
Government ministers of Norway
People from Sør-Trøndelag
Norwegian Lutherans
Norwegian theologians
Norwegian educators
Academic staff of the University of Oslo
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
Knights of the Order of the Polar Star
Order of Saint Olav
19th-century Lutherans
Ministers of Education of Norway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus%20T%C3%B8nder%20Nissen |
Sunnyside Unified School District is a school district in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The district extends from Tucson south to Sahuarita and from Interstate 19 to Wilmot Road. It has one early learning center, one 2-8 school, one intermediate school, 12 elementary schools, 4 middle schools and 3 high schools, with a certified teaching staff of 1,200 and a student body of 17,400.
History
Sunnyside School District was established in 1921. Around 1927, Sunny Side School (now Sunnyside), a two-story brick building was constructed on the southwest corner of Valencia Road and Nogales Highway. The school held first through eighth grades in it and consisted of four classrooms and an auditorium. The school served the children of neighboring areas such as Emery Park, which was a poultry colony, just to the north of the educational facility.
In 1951, the Sunnyside School District chose to desegregate its elementary schools to allow African American children to attend.
Schools
Early Childhood
Ocotillo Early Learning Center (Coyotes) (Tucson)
Elementary schools
Craycroft Elementary School (Hawks) (Littletown)
Drexel Elementary School (Panthers) (Tucson)
Elvira Elementary School (Eagles) (Elstone, Tucson)
Esperanza Elementary School (Eagles) (Desert Shadows, Tucson)
Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet School (Gatos) (Tucson International Gateway Center, Tucson)
Liberty Elementary School (Rams) (Sunnyside, Tucson)
Los Amigos Elementary School (Leopards) (Tucson)
Los Niños Elementary School (Roadrunners) (Drexel-Alvernon)
Mission Manor Elementary School (Mustangs) (Sunnyside, Tucson)
Rivera Elementary School (Raptors) (Cherry Avenue, Tucson)
Santa Clara Elementary School (Bulldogs) (Elvira, Tucson)
Summit View Elementary School (Mountain Lions) (Summit)
2-8 Schools
Sierra 2-8 School (Rams) (Tucson)
4-8 Fine Arts
Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts 4-8 (Wildcats) (Tucson)
Middle schools
Apollo Middle School (Eagles) (Valley View, Tucson)
Challenger Middle School (Chargers) (Barrio Nopal, Tucson)
Gallego Intermediate 4-8 Fine Arts Magnet School (Wildcats) (Los Ranchitos, Tucson)
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School (Rattlers) (Littletown)
High schools
S.T.A.R. Academic Center (Lions) (Arcadia, Tucson)
Desert View High School (Jaguars) (Tucson)
Sunnyside High School (Blue Devils) (Tucson)
References
External links
Education in Tucson, Arizona
School districts in Pima County, Arizona
School districts established in 1921
1921 establishments in Arizona | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnyside%20Unified%20School%20District |
Aleksey Ivanovich Khludov (23 August 1818–22 March 1882) was a Russian Old Believer merchant who amassed the richest private collection of early medieval manuscripts in Imperial Russia.
The son of a peasant, Khludov rose to become a man of considerable fortune and chairman of the Moscow stock exchange committee from 1859 to 1865. He specialized in early Russian, South Slavic, and Greek religious manuscripts, most of which he acquired from other Old Believer collectors. Unsurprisingly, his collection boasted the richest assortment of documents concerning the early history of the Raskol. In 1866, he donated forty manuscripts to the Rumyantsev Museum. The rest passed upon his death to the Nikolsky Old Believer Monastery.
After the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks expropriated the Khludov collection, including its gem—the 9th-century illuminated Khludov Psalter—and transferred 524 mediaeval manuscripts and 717 incunabula to the State Historical Museum, in which they reside to this day.
Family
His daughter Varvara Alekseevna Morozova married Abram Abramovich Morozov, grandson of Savva Vasilyevich Morozov, also an Old Believer who overcame their peasant origins to become a major industrialist in the textile industry.
References
External links
Biography of Khludov
1818 births
1882 deaths
19th-century businesspeople from the Russian Empire
Old Believers
Russian book and manuscript collectors | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksey%20Khludov |
Nedstrand (locally, Stranda) is a village in Tysvær municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is on the Nedstrand peninsula's southeast coast, at the confluence of the Nedstrandsfjorden and Vindafjorden. The village of Hindaråvåg lies just west of Nedstrand, and Nedstrand Church is there. The village has a population (2019) of 227 and a population density of .
The village is a regular ferry stop on routes to the Sjernarøyane islands (across the Nedstrandsfjorden) and to Hebnes (across the Vindafjorden). Both of those stops have other connections all over the region.
The area was historically part of the municipality of Nedstrand, and was a regional customs office for the huge timber industry in the Ryfylke district. Today, the area is home to agriculture, fish farming, fruit orchards, and stone quarries.
In 1983, the oil rig Alexander L. Kielland was scuttled in the Nedstrandsfjorden after it had capsized in the North Sea in 1980, killing 123 people.
Notable residents
Anders Andersen Bjelland (1790–1850) farmer & politician
Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) mathematician
Osmund Osmundson (born 1826 – ??) the founder of Nerstrand, Minnesota
Rudi "Njål" London (born 1949), Recording artist/Photo journalist/Author, born at Nedre Helle in Nedstrand, later lived in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
References
Villages in Rogaland
Tysvær | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedstrand |
Jon Ola Hauger Norbom (15 December 1923 – 12 April 2020) was a Norwegian economist and Liberal Party politician.
During World War II, in 1942, Norbom was imprisoned for a brief time at Grini concentration camp. Then, in November 1943, he was among the students who were arrested by the German occupying forces in Norway as part of a general imprisonment of all male, non-NS students at the University of Oslo. He was imprisoned in the German concentration camp Buchenwald.
From 1950 to 1952 he was the leader of the Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. He was State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 1967 to 1969, during the cabinet Borten, and became Minister of the Finance in 1972–1973 during the cabinet Korvald. Norbom never held elected political office.
He graduated as cand.oecon. from the University of Oslo in 1949, and studied international economics and European integration at the College of Europe in Bruges 1952–1953. He subsequently worked as a researcher with the National Bureau of Economic Research, the United Nations and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) during the 1950s and 1960s. He was director in the International Trade Centre Unctad/Gatt 1973–1984, the Permanent Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Social Affairs 1984–1993, and member of the United Nations Social Policy Committee 1987–1990.
Norbom died in Suwanee, Georgia in April 2020 at the age of 96.
References
1923 births
2020 deaths
Ministers of Finance of Norway
College of Europe alumni
Norwegian state secretaries
Liberal Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian economists
Bærum politicians
Norwegian resistance members
Grini concentration camp survivors
Buchenwald concentration camp survivors | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Ola%20Norbom |
Gregory Paul McLaren (born 1971), who goes by the name of Lucky Diamond Rich, is a New Zealand-British performance artist, street performer and international performing arts festival performer, whose acts include sword swallowing and juggling on a unicycle.
He is best known, however, for holding the Guinness World Record as "the world's most tattooed person", a title formerly held by Englishman Tom Leppard. Rich has tattoos covering his entire body, including the insides of his eyelids, mouth, ears and foreskin. He has held the certified record since 2006, being 100 percent tattooed.
Inspiration and first tattoo
As a young boy, he read about and became interested in the most tattooed men and women. It did not go much further than just a thought until he got his first tattoo, which was of a small juggling club on his hip.
He went on to tattoo every part of his body including every crevice and genital area. He has tattooed some white over his black tattoos and added colour. His tattoos have collectively taken over a thousand hours to ink, and have been worked on by hundreds of tattoo artists.
See also
Body suit (tattoo)
Tattoo art style
References
External links
1971 births
Living people
People known for being heavily tattooed
Sword swallowers
Street theatre
New Zealand artists
Jugglers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky%20Diamond%20Rich |
Pelargonic acid, also called nonanoic acid, is an organic compound with structural formula . It is a nine-carbon fatty acid. Nonanoic acid is a colorless oily liquid with an unpleasant, rancid odor. It is nearly insoluble in water, but very soluble in organic solvents. The esters and salts of pelargonic acid are called pelargonates or nonanoates.
The acid is named after the pelargonium plant, since oil from its leaves contains esters of the acid.
Preparation
Together with azelaic acid, it is produced industrially by ozonolysis of oleic acid.
Alternatively, pelargonic acid can be produced in a two-step process beginning with coupled dimerization and hydroesterification of 1,3-butadiene. This step produces a doubly unsaturated C9-ester, which can be hydrogenated to give esters of pelargonic acid.
\overset{1,3-butadiene}{2CH2=CH-CH=CH2}{} + CO + CH3OH -> CH2=CH(CH2)3CH=CHCH2CO2CH3
CH2=CH(CH2)3CH=CHCH2CO2CH3{} + 2 H2 -> \underset{pelargonic\ acid\ ester}{CH3(CH2)7CO2CH3}
A laboratory preparation involves permanganate oxidation of 1-decene.
Occurrence and uses
Pelargonic acid occurs naturally as esters in the oil of pelargonium.
Synthetic esters of pelargonic acid, such as methyl pelargonate, are used as flavorings. Pelargonic acid is also used in the preparation of plasticizers and lacquers. The derivative 4-nonanoylmorpholine is an ingredient in some pepper sprays. The ammonium salt of pelargonic acid, ammonium pelargonate, is a herbicide. It is commonly used in conjunction with glyphosate, a non-selective herbicide, for a quick burn-down effect in the control of weeds in turfgrass.
The methyl form and ethylene glycol pelargonate act as nematicides against Meloidogyne javanica on Solanum lycopersicum, and the methyl against Heterodera glycines and M. incognita on Glycine max.
Esters of pelargonic acid are precursors to lubricants.
Pharmacological effects
Pelargonic acid may be more potent than valproic acid in treating seizures. Moreover, in contrast to valproic acid, pelargonic acid exhibited no effect on HDAC inhibition, suggesting that it is unlikely to show HDAC inhibition-related teratogenicity.
See also
List of saturated fatty acids
List of carboxylic acids
References
External links
MSDS at affymetrix.com
Alkanoic acids
Herbicides
Nematicides | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelargonic%20acid |
The Rumyantsev Museum evolved from the personal library and historical collection of Count Nikolay Rumyantsev (1754–1826). Its origin was in St. Petersburg in the Rumyantsev house or mansion, building number 44 on the English Embankment overlooking river Neva. After Nikolay died in 1826, his brother Sergei converted the house into a museum. It was opened to the general public in 1831, initially for one day a week, and the remaining days were for study.
Maintenance difficulties were among the reasons for the shift of Rumyantsev Museum to Moscow, despite it being affiliated to the Public Library in Saint Petersburg since 1845. In 1862, Nikolay's collection was combined with others, including paintings from the Hermitage Museum, and renamed the Moscow Public Museum and Rumyantsev Museum. By 1917 there would be four name changes and the collection grew to 1.5 million items. This increased to 2.7 million in the next three years following an expropriation and nationalisation campaign. A number of notable people used the library such as Dmitri Mendeleev, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy.
In 1921 the museum and library were administratively and formally separated. A second deposit copy was permitted. In 1924, weeks after the death of Lenin, despite there being some contenders for Lenin's legacy such as the Public Library in Saint Petersburg, Rumyantsev Museum was reorganized as the Lenin Library. The Rumyantsev library became a part of the Lenin Library while other holdings were dissolved among the Tretyakov Gallery, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and the State Museum of Oriental Art among others. The Lenin Library would go on to become the Russian State Library in 1992.
History
St. Petersburg (1828–1861)
On the death of Count Nikolay Rumyantsev in 1826 his brother Count inherited his property. Sergei knew that his brother Nikolay had wanted his personal art and book collection to be accessible to society. For this he decided to use the , located on the English Embankment in St. Petersburg, where Nikolay's collections were already stored. The Rumyantsev Museum was established in 1828. A decree was signed on 22 March 1828 regarding its establishment. The collection was gifted to the government. It was opened to the general public in 1831; initially one day a week for the general public and the remaining days for scholars.
The museum's collections, evolving from Count Nikolay Rumyantsev's own, included books and manuscripts, art, coins, medals, items from Russian voyages and circumnavigations, and from places such as the Museum of Antiquities in Vilnius. The collection of valuable books totaled to about 29,000 while other items numbered in the hundreds. The library included books from between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. In his lifetime Rumyantsev had funded expeditions and excavations across the world. He also personally sent people across Russia to find books. Employees including a librarian and bibliographer helped Rumyantsev amass his collection. Assistant's included Friedrich von Adelung who was known for collecting foreign reports on Russia. Collaborators included Alexander Vostokov and Eugene Bolkhovitinov. Students of history such as Nikolay Karamzin used these historical resources.
An architect was involved in the conversion of the house(s) into a museum. It was at this stage in the mid-1830s when 12 columns were added to the front built up from the first floor. A pediment was added with sculpting by Ivan Martos. The sculpting on the pediment is inspired by mythology connected with Mount Parnassus, Apollo-Musagets, Mnemosyne and the Muses, a shout-out to the buildings' purpose as a museum as well as a reference to Rumyantsev. At a later date the pediment was engraved with the words of Nikolay, "for (the) good (of) enlightenment", also translated as "for the benefit of education", with the entire engraving reading as, "From the State Chancellor Count Rumyantsev for the good enlightenment" (Russian: ).
Since 1845 the Rumyantsev Museum was affiliated with the Imperial Public Library in St. Petersburg. Dmitry Buturlin, the director of the Imperial Public Library, was the museum director. Vladimir Odoevsky was actively associated with the library for about 15 years and during its shift to Moscow, continued as the library director. During the last few years of the museums' life in St. Petersburg the maintenance of the library proved difficult.
In 1863 the Rumyantsev house was sold to the editor of a newspaper. Further changes were made to the house by successive owners. 1930s onwards the house was used by the Museum of the History of Leningrad, now the State Museum of the History of Saint Petersburg.
Moscow (1862–1924)
In May 1861 under the vision and advice of and his predecessor a decree for the "first public museum in Moscow" was framed and during the following year approved by Alexander II of Russia, then the emperor. The contents of the Rumyantsev Museum in St. Petersburg was shifted to Moscow and combined with other items including those from the Moscow University. Pictures were transferred from the Hermitage Museum. There had been certain discontentment among sections of society in St. Petersburg related to the shift of the library to Moscow.
The official founding date of the Moscow Public Museum and Rumyantsev Museum (MPRM) is 19 June 1862 when the regulations related to it were passed. While some collections such as the zoological collection were transferred to Moscow University, the Rumyantsev Museum, at the turn of the century, had a library and departments for antiquities, paintings, and ethnography among others. Katia Dianina of the department of Slavic Languages and Literatures of the University of Virginia writes that the shift of the museum to Moscow and its opening was the beginning of the city's "cultural renaissance".
The museum has undergone a number of changes in name,
Its collection included paintings from the Old Masters and some more recent artists. Fyodor Pryanishnikov's collection was part of the museum. Leonid Pasternak's painting of Tolstoy was hung there. Pavel Tretyakov gave the museum Vladimir Borovikovsky's "Portrait of Amvrosy Podobedov". In 1862 the Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther was given to the museum. The collection included the Archangel Gospel. Ivan Tsvetaev was a curator until he went on to found the Pushkin Museum in 1912.
In 1915 a new gallery opened with different floors holding Italian, French, Dutch and Russian works. There was also a section for Japanese and Chinese art. In 1900 the first dedicated space within the Pashkov House was created for the work of Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov and would remain the only named hall, the Ivanov Hall, of the museum library. In December 1921 the museum and library were administratively separated. The library was given the name "State Rumiantsev Library". A second deposit copy was permitted.
Dmitri Mendeleev, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy used the library. Sophia Tolstaya visited the library a number of times, including visits related to her husband Leo. Lenin also used and interacted with the library. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, without the means to enroll in formal education during the period of 1873–1876 in Moscow, used the library's scientific literature during those three years. By 1917, the collection included 1.5 million items. This almost doubled to 2.7 million by 1920 following an expropriation and nationalisation campaign.
Lenin died on 21 January 1924. His name carried weight and to name an institution after him was an incentive for ensuring state funding in a difficult period. Despite the presence of contenders for Lenin's legacy, for example the Public Library in Saint Petersburg, on 5 February 1924 it was communicated that the Rumyantsev museum library would be renamed after Lenin and in the coming months it was made a national library. This change in name and designation also allowed for the highlighting of the working conditions in the library, including the health of the staff, one-fourth who had tuberculosis. The first director of the Lenin Library or Leninka (as the V. I. Lenin Russian Public Library was popularly known as) was Vladimir Nevsky.
The museum's collection of manuscripts and incunabula was reorganized as the Lenin Library; its holdings of Russian art went to the Tretyakov Gallery; the collection of old masters formed the nucleus of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts; this included The Appearance of Christ Before the People; collections went to the State Museum of Oriental Art; the Dashkov Museum (and Department of Foreign Ethnography) was incorporated into the Museum of the Peoples of the USSR.
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A virtual reconstruction by the Russian State Library, under construction
Museums in Moscow
Museums established in 1831
1927 disestablishments in the Soviet Union
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Historic house museums in Saint Petersburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumyantsev%20Museum |
Eldrid Nordbø (born 12 August 1942) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was personal secretary to the Minister of Social Affairs in 1971, state secretary to the prime minister (1986–89), and Minister of Trade and Shipping (1990–91). She is married to economist and politician Bjørn Skogstad Aamo.
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1942 births
Living people
Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway
Labour Party (Norway) politicians | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldrid%20Nordb%C3%B8 |
Vikeså or Vigjeså is the administrative centre of Bjerkreim municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E39 highway at a crossroads with the village of Ålgård about to the northwest, the village of Dirdal (in Gjesdal) about to the northeast, and the town of Egersund about to the south. The lake Svelavatnet lies along the south side of the village.
The village has a population (2019) of 1,017 and a population density of . The village is the largest village in the municipality. It is the seat of the municipal council and the main commercial area in the municipality including a Coop Extra store.
References
Villages in Rogaland
Bjerkreim | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikes%C3%A5 |
In mathematical analysis, Wiener's tauberian theorem is any of several related results proved by Norbert Wiener in 1932. They provide a necessary and sufficient condition under which any function in or
can be approximated by linear combinations of translations of a given function.
Informally, if the Fourier transform of a function vanishes on a certain set , the Fourier transform of any linear combination of translations of also vanishes on . Therefore, the linear combinations of translations of cannot approximate a function whose Fourier transform does not vanish
on .
Wiener's theorems make this precise, stating that linear combinations of translations of are dense if and only if the zero set of the Fourier
transform of is empty (in the case of ) or of Lebesgue measure zero (in the case of ).
Gelfand reformulated Wiener's theorem in terms of commutative C*-algebras, when it states that the spectrum of the group ring
of the group of real numbers is the dual group of . A similar result is true when
is replaced by any locally compact abelian group.
The condition in
Let be an integrable function. The span of translations
is dense in if and only if the Fourier transform of has no real zeros.
Tauberian reformulation
The following statement is equivalent to the previous result, and explains why Wiener's result is a Tauberian theorem:
Suppose the Fourier transform of has no real zeros, and suppose the convolution
tends to zero at infinity for some . Then the convolution tends to zero at infinity for any
.
More generally, if
for some the Fourier transform of which has no real zeros, then also
for any .
Discrete version
Wiener's theorem has a counterpart in
: the span of the translations of is dense if and only if the Fourier series
has no real zeros. The following statements are equivalent version of this result:
Suppose the Fourier series of has no real zeros, and for some bounded sequence the convolution
tends to zero at infinity. Then also tends to zero at infinity for any .
Let be a function on the unit circle with absolutely convergent Fourier series. Then has absolutely convergent Fourier series
if and only if has no zeros.
showed that this is equivalent to the following property of the Wiener algebra ,
which he proved using the theory of Banach algebras, thereby giving a new proof of Wiener's result:
The maximal ideals of are all of the form
The condition in
Let be a square-integrable function. The span of translations is dense in
if and only if the real zeros of the Fourier transform of form a set of zero Lebesgue measure.
The parallel statement in is as follows: the span of translations of a sequence is dense if and only if the zero set of the Fourier series
has zero Lebesgue measure.
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Real analysis
Harmonic analysis
Tauberian theorems | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener%27s%20Tauberian%20theorem |
The Honda N360 is a small front-engine, front-wheel drive, two-door, four-passenger car manufactured and marketed by Honda from March 1967 through 1970 in Japan's highly regulated kei class — as both a two-door sedan and three-door wagon.
After a January 1970 facelift, the N360 became the NIII360 and continued in production until June 1972. A larger-engined variant, the N600, was marketed through 1973. All models used a straight forward two-box design that complied with kei dimensional regulations — though vehicles with the 401 cc and 598 cc engines exceeded the kei engine displacement limits and were largely intended for markets outside Japan.
The N360 featured front wheel drive and an air-cooled, four-stroke, 354 cc, two-cylinder engine. While ultimately derived from Honda's motorcycle engines, the N360E engine has a 360-degree crankshaft angle ("parallel twin") unlike the 180-degree "vertical twin" setup typically used on Honda's two-cylinder motorcycle engines. This same engine was used in the Honda Vamos, where it was coupled with a beam axle/leaf spring rear suspension.
The simple N360 name, along with its variants, used the "N" prefix, which stood for norimono and translated from Japanese to English as vehicle (or car) — distinguishing the cars from the company's motorcycle offerings.
In 2012, Honda introduced the Honda N-One, an homage inspired by the 1967–1973 N sedans.
Versions
Honda marketed the N360 as a two-door sedan, with a three-door wagon (considered a commercial vehicle in Japan, and therefore called a "Light van") called the LN360 arriving in June of the first year. It has a horizontally divided rear gate and boxier rear bodywork for maximum load capacity. The LN360 had the same 31 PS engine as the sedan, and a top speed of . After a January 1970 facelift it became the LNIII 360, with a new non-reflective dash, bigger turn signals, and the same new front end as the sedan. The LNIII 360 was built until late 1971, when the Life Van took over.
The N360 was an all new, clean-sheet product, and did not share its chassis with the Honda Sports roadster, or the Honda L700 commercial platform. The N360 was a new market segment for Honda, providing an affordable, reliable, and easy-to-maintain vehicle that had broad market appeal to private car ownership. The roadsters and trucks built up to then had specific, targeted appeal.
The engine's technological specifications reflected engineering efforts resulting from the development of the larger Honda 1300, which used an air-cooled 1.3-litre engine. One of the primary differences between the N360 and the Honda Life that followed was the N360/600 had an air-cooled engine, and the Life had a water-cooled engine. The water-cooled engine was better able to comply with newly enacted emission standards in Japan, and reflected an industry wide move away from air-cooled as well as two-stroke engines. As does the original Mini, but unlike the succeeding Life, the N360/600 had its gearbox mounted in the sump rather than bolted on as a separate unit. The N360E engine was unusual in several ways: its two cylinders sat rather far apart, with the cam chain running between them. Unlike most air-cooled automobile engine, it does not use an oil cooler. The two pistons travel together, eliminating the need for a distributor but making for additional vibrations. It uses either a single or double constant velocity (CV) carburetor of comparatively large bore; this design helps it run smoothly at low engine speeds in spite of the parallel twin engine layout.
An upgraded engine was added in October 1968 for the N360 TS, which was sold as the N360 Touring following a minor update in January 1969. The updated version is referred to as the NII. A 401.54 cc engine was used in the similar N400, a model sold in certain export markets beginning in late summer 1968. This occupied the narrow slot between the 360 and the 600; in most markets where it was available it was only sold as the N400 L with better equipment. The Hondamatic-equipped N360AT which appeared in August 1968 was the first kei car equipped with an automatic transmission.
N600
The larger-engined N600 was developed alongside the N360 in order to target export markets like the US and Europe, where motorways demanded higher top speeds. It was also briefly sold in the domestic Japanese market, however, where it went on sale in July 1968 as the N600E. Only 1,500 examples were sold until early 1969 when the N600 was discontinued in Japan; because of its larger engine it did not qualify for any of the tax and insurance breaks given to kei cars even though it was as small as one.
Just seven months after road testing the N360, Britain's Motor magazine tested a Honda N600 in November 1968. They reported that it had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0- in 19 seconds. An overall fuel consumption of was achieved. The test car was priced in the UK at £589 including taxes, at a time when the Mini 850 was retailing for £561. The testers were impressed to find 1100 cc performance from a 600 cc car, but found it 'very noisy when extended'. They found the Honda as easy to drive and park, and 'quite well equipped'. The performance figures put the car at or near the top of its class under most criteria, reflecting its favourable power-to-weight ratio. The car was thus faster than the achieved by rival magazine Autocar in an N360 in May 1968, and more than ten seconds quicker to which the N360 achieved in 29.3 seconds. Consistent with its slower performance, the N360 squeezed 3 extra miles out of a (UK) gallon of fuel, managing an overall .
The N600 was introduced to the United States as the 600 Sedan in 1969 as a 1970 model, and was the first Honda automobile to be officially exported to the United States by the Honda Motor Company (a small number of sports cars had been imported privately in years prior). Sales were originally limited to Hawaii, but cars were soon exported to the US West Coast by 1970. It was technologically advanced for its time, with an all alloy engine that could achieve 9000 rpm. Engine output was 36–45 hp (27–34 kW) and was capable of propelling the car to a top speed of 81 mph (130 km/h). The lower-powered engine arrived in 1972; with milder cams and lowered compression it gave up some peak power and torque, while allowing for a less peaky delivery and higher drivability. It delivered surprisingly peppy performance because of its light weight (around 550 kg/1100 pounds), due to compact dimensions and some plastic parts (like the boot lid). The brakes on early models were very weak, despite having front discs and servo assistance. Rear suspension was a dead axle on leaf springs.
The N600 (along with the TN360 kei truck), were the first Honda cars to be assembled outside Japan, with production in Taiwan by local joint venture Sanyang Industrial beginning in 1969. The N600 was called the Fu Gui, meaning 'Wealth' in Chinese (富貴).
US sales stopped in 1972, as did those of the sportier Honda Z600 (or Z, depending on country), after about 25,000 sales of the N600. 40,550 Zs and Ns were sold altogether in the United States. The first-generation Honda Civic replaced the N models.
Serial Number N600-1000001
In September 1967, Honda offered their first automobile for the North American market, and they were exported to Los Angeles, California. 50 pre-production left-hand-drive examples were sent as "winter test vehicles" and were only intended to be driven for endurance testing, then collected and crushed at a local scrapyard across the street from the American Honda 1960s headquarters building at 100 West Alondra Boulevard. Four of the American pre-production vehicles still exist, and Serial Number N600-1000001, the first one manufactured, was discovered at a Japanese-specific car show in Long Beach, California, in 2015. At the request of American Honda, the car was extensively restored and unveiled at the same car show one year later, to be added to the American Honda Museum collection. As of 2018 the car has been added to the Petersen Automotive Museum collection. Honda documented the restoration in a series of videos: here and "Serial One restoration".
Legacy
Honda has paid tribute to the N360 with a number of modern vehicles, including:
Honda EV-N concept, shown at Tokyo Motor Show 2009
Honda N-One, introduced in 2012 as a modern kei-car homage to the N360
References
External links
ThisOldHonda.org N360
ThisOldHonda.org N600
Gainesville Sun 7 May 1982
Ocala Star Banner 7 October 1982
Sarasota Herald Tribune 10 June 1979
The Honda N600E - The Little Car That Opened the Roadway in America
N360
Kei cars
Cars introduced in 1967
Cars introduced in 1970
Cars powered by 2-cylinder engines
Cars discontinued in 1972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda%20N360 |
Hum (; ) is a settlement, administratively located in the town of Buzet, in the central part of Istria, Croatia. The elevation is 349 m.
History
On its western side, the town is enclosed by walls and on the remaining sides houses are built into the defensive walls. It was first mentioned in documents dating from 1102, at which time it was called Cholm which is derived from the Italian name Colmo. A bell and watch tower was built in 1552 as part of the town's defenses beside the town loggia.
The town's parish church of the Assumption of Mary, with its classical facade was built in 1802 on the site of an earlier church which was built by the local master Juraj Gržinić.
The "Hum Glagolitic wall writings" are preserved in the church, written in the formative period of Glagolitic (the second half of the 12th century) and they are one of the oldest examples of Croatian Glagolitic literary culture in the Middle Ages. The town's museum displays a few Glagolitic writings.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, its population was 52. It had a population of 30 people per the 2011 census.
References
Populated places in Istria County | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hum%2C%20Croatia |
Rasmus Mathias Nordbø (5 February 1915 23 February 1983) was a Norwegian administrator and government minister. He served as state secretary to the Minister of Agriculture in the second cabinet of Einar Gerhardsen (1948-1951), and later himself as Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of Oscar Torp (1951-1955).
Later Nordbø was County Minister of Agriculture for Sogn og Fjordane from 1955 to 1964, when he was given the same post for the county of Vestfold. He also served as a member of the municipal council of Førde.
References
1915 births
1983 deaths
Ministers of Agriculture and Food of Norway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus%20Nordb%C3%B8 |
Stenebyen or Tjelta is a village in Sola municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located in the south part of the municipality, about southeast of the village of Hålandsmarka. The village has a population (2019) of 1,004 and a population density of .
References
Villages in Rogaland
Sola, Norway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenebyen |
District 12 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas.
The current Senator from District 12 is Tan Parker.
Top 5 biggest cities in district
District 12 has a population of 818,893 with 588,816 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.
District officeholders
Election history
2022
2020
2016
2012
2010
2006
2002
2000
1996
1994
1992
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12
Denton County, Texas
Tarrant County, Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%2012 |
Tar Baby is a 1981 novel by the American author Toni Morrison, her fourth to be published.
Plot introduction
This novel portrays a love affair between Jadine and Son, two Black Americans from very different worlds. Jadine is a beautiful Sorbonne graduate and fashion model who has been sponsored into wealth and privilege by the Streets, a wealthy white family who employ Jadine's aunt and uncle as domestic servants. Son is an impoverished, strong-minded man who washes up at the Streets' estate on a Caribbean island. As Jadine and Son come together, their affair ruptures the illusions and self-deceptions that held together the world and relationships at the estate. They travel back to the United States to search for somewhere they can both be at home, and find that their homes hold poison for each other. The struggle of Jadine and Son reveals the pain, struggle, and compromises confronting Black Americans seeking to live and love with integrity in the United States.
Title
Reception
Kirkus Reviews in March 1981 stated: "Morrison's fine-tuned, high-strung characters this time—black and white Americans caught up together in a "wide and breezy" house on a Caribbean island—may lack the psychic wingspread of Sula or Milkman of Song of Solomon. Yet within the swift of her dazzlingly mythic/animistic fancies, and dialogue sharp as drum raps, they carry her speculations—about black and white relationships and black female identity—as lightly as racing silks. ... Scouring contemporary insights—in prose as lithe and potent as vines in a rain forest."
In The New York Times, novelist John Irving wrote of Tar Baby: "...Toni Morrison's greatest accomplishment is that she has raised her novel above the social realism that too many black novels and women's novels are trapped in. She has succeeded in writing about race and women symbolically."
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External links
Plot summaries of Morrison's novels
1981 American novels
Novels by Toni Morrison
Alfred A. Knopf books
African-American novels | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%20Baby%20%28novel%29 |
Andrew Robert Heck (born January 1, 1967) is an American football coach and former player. He is the offensive line coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons. He was drafted in the 1989 NFL Draft with the 15th overall selection in the first round by the Seattle Seahawks He played college football at the University of Notre Dame. He also played for the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins.
Early life
Heck was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He attended W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb southwest of Washington, D.C.
College career
He received a scholarship to play football at the University of Notre Dame, where, as a co-captain, he helped lead the Fighting Irish to a national championship in 1988 under head coach Lou Holtz.
NFL career
Seattle Seahawks
Heck was a first round selection of the Seattle Seahawks in the 1989 NFL Draft, the fifteenth overall pick. He signed a five-year contract exceeding $2.7 million following a one-week holdout.
Chicago Bears
Heck signed with the Chicago Bears on February 23, 1994 for $10 million over four years. After five seasons, Heck was released in June 1999.
Washington Redskins
Heck signed with the Washington Redskins in 1999. He played two seasons with the Redskins.
Coaching career
Early Jobs
Heck moved into coaching and spent three years at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, starting with two years as a graduate assistant.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Heck was hired as the Jacksonville Jaguars assistant offensive line coach in 2004. In 2006, he was promoted to offensive line coach.
Kansas City Chiefs
Heck was hired by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2013 as their offensive line coach. In 2019, he won his first Super Bowl when the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV. In 2022, Heck won his second Super Bowl when the Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII.
Personal life
Heck's son Charlie Heck plays American football as an offensive tackle for the Houston Texans, after being drafted in the 2020 NFL Draft.
References
External links
1967 births
Living people
American football offensive guards
American football offensive tackles
Chicago Bears players
Jacksonville Jaguars coaches
Kansas City Chiefs coaches
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
Players of American football from Fairfax County, Virginia
Sportspeople from Fargo, North Dakota
Seattle Seahawks players
Virginia Cavaliers football coaches
Washington Redskins players
Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School alumni | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Heck |
District 13 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Fort Bend and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Texas.
The current Senator from District 13 is Borris Miles.
Top 5 biggest cities in district
District 13 has a population of 946,273 with 713,052 that is at voting age from the 2020 census.
District officeholders
Election history
Election history of District 21 from 1992.
Previous elections
2020
2016
2012
2010
2006
2002
1998
1994
1992
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Fort Bend County, Texas
Harris County, Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%2013 |
Nodeland is a village in Kristiansand municipality in Agder County, Norway. Nodeland was the administrative centre of former Songdalen municipality which was merged into Kristiansand in 2020. The village is located about northwest of the city center of Kristiansand. The village is the main urban area of Songdalen area, surrounded by several smaller villages such as Nodelandsheia, Brennåsen, Volleberg, and Hortemo.
Nodeland Station is a railway station along the Sørlandet Line. All trains between Kristiansand and Stavanger (except overnight trains) stop in the village at this station. Greipstad Church is also located in Nodeland and it was the main church for the municipality.
The village has a population (2015) of 2,208 which gives the village a population density of .
References
Villages in Agder
Geography of Kristiansand | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodeland |
Entre Douro e Vouga () was a former NUTS3 Portuguese subregion. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision. It is now part of Metropolitan Area of Porto - NUTS3, integrated in the NUTS2 Norte Region. Its name stood for the fact that it covered an area between the Douro River and Vouga River. It was bordered in the north by Grande Porto Subregion and Tâmega Subregion and in the south by the Centro Region (Baixo Vouga and Dão-Lafões).
It had a total surface area of 858 km2 (the third smallest) and a population of 283,856 inhabitants for a density of 330 inhabitants/km2.
The main urban centres were the cities of Santa Maria da Feira, Oliveira de Azeméis and São João da Madeira, each of them counting approximately 20,000 inhabitants.
Other cities:Lourosa, Fiães and Vale de Cambra (all with less than 10,000).
Its main economic activity is centered in light industry, paper and agriculture transformation (mainly rice and cork) and shoe fabrication.
Municipalities
Its municipalities are:
Arouca
Oliveira de Azeméis
Santa Maria da Feira
São João da Madeira
Vale de Cambra
All of the above municipalities have city status, except Arouca.
References
Former NUTS 3 statistical regions of Portugal | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entre%20Douro%20e%20Vouga |
Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire is the fifth and final game in the Quest for Glory computer game series by Sierra FX, a former "sub brand" of Sierra On-Line. Unlike the first four games, Dragon Fire is primarily an action role-playing game with some elements of graphical adventure.
Gameplay
Dragon Fire retains its point-and-click graphical interface and introduces a new combat system. Previous entries had moved combat encounters to a separate, isolated combat screen, but Quest for Glory V'''s interface allows for these battles to take place in the same environment as the rest of the gameplay.Quest for Glory V provides more variety in the form of story paths, sidequests, and puzzles than its predecessors.
Plot
The wizard Erasmus introduces the player character, the Hero, to the Greece-like kingdom of Silmaria, whose king was recently assassinated. Thus, the traditional Rites of Rulership are due to commence, and the victor will be crowned king. The Hero enters the contest with the assistance of Erasmus, Rakeesh, and many old friends from previous entries in the series. The Hero competes against competitors, including the Silmarian guard Kokeeno Pookameeso, the warlord Magnum Opus, the hulking Gort, and the warrior Elsa Von Spielburg, who played a significant role in the first game.
As the Rites commence, an unknown assassin begins systematically picking off the contestants. Each contestant is murdered by a poison dagger, and they all are murdered near Dragon Pillars, the objects used to keep the Dragon of Silmaria locked up. After completing the second Rite, defeating the General of the Mercenaries, Rakeesh is attacked by the assassin and, depending on the course of action chosen by the player, either lives or dies. The conspiracy is eventually unraveled and the Dragon, having been released due to the destruction of the Dragon Pillars, is defeated.
The characters Katrina and Erana make a return in this installment, as assistance for defeating the Dragon.
This installment also marks the return of Bruno, a character from the first Quest for Glory game. He is revealed to be the assassin who has been terrorizing the streets of Silmaria, characterized as a quiet, shady character until he reveals himself to the player.
Development
The first four games were intended to indicate the four elements and the four wind directions: in the first game, the player is the Hero from the East, in the second, the hero from the North, etc. Dragon Fire was always planned to be part of the series (whereas Wages of War originally was not), but it would not have been produced if not for fans' enthusiasm and their pleas to Sierra On-Line.
The game originally had a voxel engine, which was later changed to a 3D engine because of hardware limitations. According to Corey Cole, Lori Cole was predominantly responsible for the game's design, as he was preoccupied with programming on the game.
Because of deadline issues and financial pressures, several features were dropped from the fifth game before release, such as the ability to use a bow, the ability to play as Elsa von Spielburg or Magnum Opus (two prominent non-player characters from the game), and multiplayer capability. A demo released in late 1997 contained a multiplayer game, but Sierra decided to remove it from the final product. Yosemite Entertainment, the development team responsible for the game, was closed on February 22, 1999.
The fifth game is arguably a different genre from the first four; while the first four are mostly adventure games incorporating role-playing elements, the fifth game is a role-playing game incorporating some adventure elements. For instance, the fifth game has a wide variety of weapons, armor, and magical items, whereas the first four do not. Also, in the fifth game nearly every major mission consists of going to some place and defeating some monster in physical or magical combat. Additionally, the controls and battle system are substantially different from those of the first four games and different from the fourth's side-scrolling, fighting game-like combat as well.
Also differentiating the fifth game from the first four are a new graphics engine programmed by Eric Lengyel and a soundtrack by Emmy-winning composer Chance Thomas, which was released on CD. Some tracks were made available for free download from MP3.com.
Compatibility
There is an official patch for the game itself, fixing several problems. To run this game under Windows XP, the compatibility mode can either be set to Windows 98 or a fan-made patch can be applied.
There is an official installer named "New Quest for Glory V installer". This installer allows the game to be played without a disc and on modern versions of Windows.
Re-releaseThe Quest for Glory I–V Collection released by Activision through GOG.com includes all the games including QFG5 patched to run on modern Vista and Windows 7 PCs.
Reception
Chance Thomas' soundtrack was released alongside a demo prior to Dragon Fires launch. This product sold 50,000 copies and made $500,000 alone.
The game received mixed reactions from players, although "critics tended to be kind to the game". Next Generation summarized it as "a fine contribution to the genre that is accessible to novice and expert gamers alike." Joshua Darien Maciel of RPGamer scored the game 9 out of 10 points, considering it a polished and seamless combination of combat and gameplay.Dragon Fire was a nominee for CNET Gamecenter's 1998 "Adventure Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Grim Fandango. The editors wrote, "What Dragon Fire does really well is give traditional adventure gamers a place to call home."
Retrospective
G4TV's Adam Rosenberg considers Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire'' the best entry in the series. Griffin McElroy of Polygon positively characterised the game as "fan service" for fans of its predecessors. Rowan Kaizer of Engadget considers this entry the worst of the series, largely due to its use of primitive 3D graphics. Richard Cobbet of PC Gamer considers the game a "stumble" due to the game's 3D graphics and arcade action gameplay.
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District 14 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves Bastrop County and a portion of Travis county in the U.S. state of Texas.
The current Senator from District 14 is Sarah Eckhardt.
Top 5 biggest cities in district
District 14 has a population of 834,750 with 640,349 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.
District officeholders
Election history
Election history of District 14 from 1992.
2020
The seat for District 14 became vacant on April 30, 2020, after the resignation of Kirk Watson. A special election has been called for July 14, 2020. No candidate had received over 50 percent of the vote, therefore the race was to proceed to a runoff later in 2020 between the top two candidates in the first round, resulting in two Democrats advancing to the runoff. On July 27, 2020, Eddie Rodriguez, dropped out of the race for a runoff election, resulting in Sarah Eckhardt being declared winner.
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Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness is an adventure game/role-playing video game hybrid. It is the fourth installment of the Quest for Glory computer game series by Sierra On-Line. It was the first and only game of the series to drop the numerals from the title.
Plot
Shadow of Darkness follows directly on the events of Quest for Glory III: Wages of War. Drawn without warning from victory in Fricana, the Hero arrives without equipment or explanation in the middle of the hazardous Dark One Caves in the distant land of Mordavia, a world full of undead that is "a mix of Slavic folklore and Lovecraftian horror". Upon escaping from the closing cave mouth, he meets a mysterious young woman named Katrina who assists him again several times in his journey. The Hero helps the townspeople with their problems. He encounters several old foes, including the not-quite-dead Ad Avis and the ogress Baba Yaga, and makes several bizarre new allies. The Hero is ultimately coerced into assisting Ad Avis' Dark Master in collecting the Dark Rituals that will allow Avoozl the Dark One (an obvious Cthulhu pastiche, and most likely a reference to the Slavic deity Chernobog) to manifest in Mordavia's world. Naturally, the Hero escapes this control and thwarts their plan, destroying Ad Avis in the process. During the celebration of the Hero's somewhat pyrrhic victory, the wizard Erasmus appears, along with his familiar Fenrus, summoning the Hero to the land of Silmaria.
Gameplay
The gameplay continued with Quest for Glory III'''s graphical, point-and-click interface, and also introduced a new combat system, which introduced a sideways perspective of the fights, and allowed players to check an option to let the computer fight the battles for them.
DevelopmentQuest for Glory IV features darker themes while maintaining the humor of previous games through such methods as incorporating Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre parodies. Revolving around a dark cult summoning an unfathomably large evil, the game was a far cry from earlier villains such as Baba Yaga. Additionally, the undead and Lovecraftian monsters differed significantly from the lighter monsters of earlier games (there were, however, vampiric rabbits reminiscent of Monty Python and the Holy Grail). The game was inspired by gothic fiction, "old horror movies and books about vampires and werewolves".
Development for the game ran late, which forced Sierra to ship the game with inadequate testing. The first version of the game, which appears on floppy discs, is "almost unplayable"; however, the following year's re-release of the game on CD was much improved because a programmer had had a year to address the problems. The GOG digital re-release has since resolved many of the remaining bugs. According to one of the game's directors, Corey Cole, Quest for Glory IV was developed with a budget of $750,000.
A particularly detailed sequence in the game involved the Gypsy Magda gathering information about the hero's future and his possible enemies or allies using a deck of Tarot cards. The images used for the game were taken from the Russian Tarot of St. Petersburg, a Rider-Waite-Smith clone deck, and the layout used appears to be unique to the game, though it is partially akin to the beginning of a Celtic cross layout.Shadows of Darkness was developed with SVGA graphics.
The CD-ROM version of Quest for Glory IV is the first game in the series to feature voice actors. The most notable voice actors for the game are John Rhys-Davies as the Narrator, Jennifer Hale as Katrina, and Bill Farmer as Leshy. Additionally, the game featured a largely original sound track by Aubrey Hodges – although it did feature a reprise of the Hero's Theme from previous games and a rendition of "Anitra's Dance" by Edvard Grieg which played as background music in the Hotel Mordavia.
According to an InterAction magazine article, John Rhys-Davies' part took more than three weeks to record, causing him to refer to the game as the "CD-ROM from Hell". Quest for Glory IV was the first video game in which Jennifer Hale voiced dialogue. The dub of a trio of local farmers is conspicuous for its emphasis on quips and banter, and its indifference to what actually reads on their text boxes.
The end of Quest for Glory III referred to the game as Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness. The original manuals for the game referred to the game simply as Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness. It was later called Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness in the Quest for Glory Anthology collection manual. Quest for Glory II referred to it as Quest For Glory III: Shadows of Darkness.
Release
Initially, the game was released in December 1993 on nine 3.5" floppy diskettes (as were many other Sierra adventures at the time) to accommodate gamers who didn't have a CD-ROM drive. Pressure to adorn shelves before the holiday season marred the first release with bugs that frustrated the earliest players. Other factors were that the game was ambitious in scope and complex in design compared to other adventures, and Sierra's adventure game technology, the SCI engine, had been undergoing significant revisions during development. Sierra later shipped a version 1.1a patch that was completed on January 10, 1994, free of charge, to customers who requested it. This game was among the first few published games shipped with known software bugs that the publisher planned to later rectify by providing a patch. Fortunately, the main release soon followed. Appearing in September 1994, this finalized CD version brought full recorded dialogue, a new intro cinematic, and fixed gameplay. The jewel box came with a game CD, manual, store catalogue, and legalities. The floppy version came with a smaller and less detailed manual.
As the floppy version had no device-entrusted copyright protection, the player was asked to make several verifications at the beginning of each game. The CD version only required the disc.
ReceptionComputer Gaming World said in March 1994, "Offering a unique mix of dark mystery and light humor, Shadows of Darkness is another award winning adventure". The magazine's Scorpia in April 1994 was less positive. She liked the game's automatic combat option for "those like myself who despise arcade action in adventure games" but disliked the "weak to obscure" puzzles and described the end boss as "a letdown". Scorpia especially criticized its bugs, describing the game as perhaps "the sloppiest product ever released by Sierra" and requiring multiple patches and "numerous replays". She reported that the game's premature release for "'financial reasons'" had hurt Sierra's "reputation for releasing solid products", and hoped that "this is a one-time event and that Sierra is not going to join the ranks of other companies—too numerous to mention—who release shoddy product knowing they can get by with patches and upgrades, and who make pay-testers of their customers", but concluded that "Shadows of Darkness was a disappointment".
Rowan Kaizer of Engadget and Ryan Stevens of GameTrailers consider it the best entry of the entire series. Michael Baker for RPGamer considers the installment a good game "worth money even twenty years on", scoring it 4 out of 5 stars. Adam Rosenberg of G4TV considers Shadows of Darkness "the most elaborate and well-designed" entry in the series. PC Gamer's Richard Cobbett considers the game "absolutely wonderful". In 2011, Adventure Gamers named Shadows of Darkness'' the 23rd-best adventure game ever released.
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Tonstad is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sirdal in Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the lake Sirdalsvatnet in the Sirdalen valley. The village has a population (2015) of 874, giving the village a population density of .
Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station and the Tonstad ski center are both located in and around this village. The Tonstad Church is also located in the village.
The village of Tonstad was the administrative center of the old municipality of Tonstad from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. In 1960, it became the part of Sirdal, and it continued to be the administrative center of that new municipality.
Name
The municipality of Tonstad was named after the old Tonstad farm (Old Norse: Þornýjarstaðir ), since the Tonstad Church is located there. The first element of the name comes from the female name Tone (Old Norse: Þorný) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".
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Weather information for Tonstad
Sirdolen.no
Villages in Agder
Sirdal | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonstad |
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) is a scientific and professional society of agronomists and scientists of related disciplines, principally in the United States but with many non-U.S. members as well.
About
It was founded December 13, 1907 with the objective of 'the increase and dissemination of knowledge concerning soils, crops, and the conditions affecting them. One of its founding members was Charles Piper, who would become its president in 1914. The first president was Mark A. Carleton and the first annual meeting was held in Washington, D.C., in 1908.
Two daughter societies were subsequently formed, the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) and the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA). These 3 societies, the Agricultural Tri-Societies, each have their own boards of directors, their own bylaws, and their own membership rosters. The societies each minimize their expenses by sharing an office and staff (who job-share between the 3 societies), and their annual meetings are generally held together.
On April 17, 1948, the group incorporated. The ASA is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, and publishes a number of scientific journals, including Agronomy Journal. The ASA holds annual meetings, attended by thousands of its members.
Presidents
The following members served as President of the Society on the year listed:
Mark A. Carleton, 1908
George Nelson Coffey, 1909
Albert M. Ten Eyck, 1910
Homer Jay Wheeler, 1911
Roscoe W. Thatcher, 1912
Louis A. Clinton, 1913
Charles V. Piper, 1914
Charles E. Thorne, 1915
Carleton R. Ball, 1916
William M. Jardine, 1917
Thomas Lyttleton Lyon, 1918
Jacob G. Lipman, 1919
Franklin Stewart Harris, 1920
Charles Ansel Mooers, 1921
Leland E. Call, 1922
Sidney Burritt Haskell, 1923
Merrit F. Miller, 1924
Clyde W. Warburton, 1925
Carlos G. Williams, 1926
William L. Burlison, 1927
Arthur G. McCall, 1928
Marion Jacob Funchess, 1929
Walter P. Kelley, 1930
William W. Burr, 1931
Percy Edgar Brown, 1932
Max Adams McCall, 1933
Ray Iams Throckmorton, 1934
Herbert Kendall Hayes, 1935
Robert M. Salter, 1936
Frederick D. Richey, 1937
Emil Truog, 1938
Ralph John Garber, 1939
Frederick James Always, 1940
Lawrence Kirk, 1941
Richard Bradfield, 1942
Franklin David Keim, 1943
Frank Parker, 1944-1945
Harold D. Hughes, 1946
William Pierre, 1947
Olaf Aamodt, 1948
Firman Bear, 1949
Laurence Graber, 1950
Herbert P. Cooper, 1951
David “Scotty” Robertson, 1952
Harold Myers, 1953
Charles Julius Willard, 1954
George Pohlman, 1955
Iver. J. Johnson, 1956
Arthur G. Norman, 1957
Will M. Myers, 1958
John Peterson, 1959
George F. Sprague, 1960
Bertram Bertramson, 1961
Glenn W. Burton, 1962
Morell Russell, 1963
Howard B. Sprague, 1964
Lorenzo A. Richards, 1965
Herbert Kramer, 1966
Robert S.Whitney, 1967
David Clyde Smith, 1968
Werner Nelson, 1969
Roy Blaser, 1970
Charles Allen Black, 1971
J. Ritchie Cowan, 1972
Horace Cheney, 1973
Darell McCloud, 1974
References
External links
American Society of Agronomy Website
Professional associations based in the United States
Soil and crop science organizations
1907 establishments in the United States
Scientific organizations established in 1907
Agricultural organizations based in the United States | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Society%20of%20Agronomy |
Vanse is a village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about west of the town of Farsund and about east of the village of Vestbygd. The Farsund Airport, Lista is located just west of Vanse. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Lista from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The old municipality was known as Vanse from 1838 until 1911.
The village has a population (2015) of 2,016 which gives the village a population density of .
Vanse Church is a medieval stone church, built in 1037 in the village of Vanse. A stone monument stands near the church. it is a memorial of fatalities during the Gunboat War (1807–1814). It is surrounded by authentic small cannons and a circle of stones with chain. A speech is held by this stone each year on Constitution Day, May 17.
American connections
Kjell Elvis also has his own star in Selvaagpark modelled on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Media gallery
Notable residents
Kjell Elvis was raised in Vanse
Karl Sanne, politician
References
External links
American Festival, website
Villages in Agder
Farsund | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanse |
The title of BTCC champion is awarded to the driver who scores the most points overall in a British Touring Car Championship season. From 1992 to present a separate championship was awarded to the winning 'independent' (not officially manufacturer backed) driver, and from 2000 to 2003 the Production class had its own championship for the best 'class B' driver.
Drivers' Championship winners
Independents' Championship winners
Notes
- The Independent's championship was not officially awarded in 2001. Erdos was the leading non-works driver, although he did not receive a title or trophy.
- Team changed name to Total Motor Sport Racing mid-season
Production class championship winners
Jack Sears Trophy winners
Manufacturers'/Constructors' Championship winners
Lombank Saloon Car Championship Entrants' Trophy winners
Teams' Championship winners
References
Official BTCC Website
Auto racing lists | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20BTCC%20champions |
James J. Schwartz (born June 2, 1966) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He was head coach of the Detroit Lions from 2009 to 2013. He was also defensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans from 2001 to 2008, Buffalo Bills in 2014, and Philadelphia Eagles from 2016 to 2020. In addition, Schwartz was the Senior Defensive Assistant for the Titans from 2021 to 2022. He won Super Bowl LII with the Eagles in 2018.
As a defensive-minded coach that emphasized strong defensive line play, Schwartz was known to build his units around a dominant interior lineman. A majority of his stints as head coach or defensive coordinator resulted in at least one of his defensive tackles being named to the All-Pro First Team and Pro Bowl: Albert Haynesworth in Tennessee, Ndamukong Suh in Detroit, Marcell Dareus in Buffalo and Fletcher Cox in Philadelphia.
Early life
Schwartz was born just outside Baltimore, Maryland, and attended Mount Saint Joseph High School, an all-male Catholic school, where he played football. Schwartz was a four-year letterman at linebacker for the Hoyas of Georgetown University, where he earned his degree in economics. He received Distinguished Economics Graduate honors at Georgetown and earned numerous honors in 1988, including Division III CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-America, All-America, and team captain.
Coaching career
Early coaching career
Schwartz got his start in the NFL doing research for Bill Belichick on the Cleveland Browns staff in the mid-1990s. Schwartz served as the Tennessee Titans' defensive coordinator from 2001–2008. During his time with Tennessee, Schwartz was considered for several different NFL head coaching openings. He was a candidate for the San Francisco 49ers' head coaching position in 2005, but the job went to Mike Nolan. In January 2008, he interviewed for head coaching positions with the Washington Redskins, Miami Dolphins and Atlanta Falcons. Adam Schefter reported on January 15, 2009 that the Detroit Lions had decided to hire Schwartz as head coach. Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, who Schwartz led to stardom in Tennessee, would later call the coordinator a "mastermind" due to the success he found in his defensive schemes.
Detroit Lions
The 2009 season was Schwartz's first as Detroit's head coach and he posted a 2–14 record, with victories coming against the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Browns.
In 2010, Schwartz saw his Lions begin the season with a 2–10 record, but they finished with four consecutive wins against the Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Miami Dolphins, and Minnesota Vikings.
In 2011, the Lions returned to the postseason for the first time since 1999, clinching a playoff berth following a 38–10 victory over the San Diego Chargers. Detroit would go on to be eliminated in the first round by the New Orleans Saints.
The Lions started the 2012 season with a 4–4 record, but they then dropped their final eight games to end the year at 4–12. They finished in last place in the NFC North, as every other division member won at least ten games. Following the season, Schwartz and his staff led the South Team to a 21–16 triumph in the 2013 Senior Bowl.
The Lions started the 2013 season with a 6–3 record and gained control of the NFC North, the Lions proceeded to drop six of their next seven games to end the year at 7–9. Schwartz was fired on December 30, 2013, following five seasons as head coach.
Buffalo Bills
On January 24, 2014, Schwartz was hired by the Buffalo Bills as the defensive coordinator. Schwartz's defense was one of the top defenses statistically in the NFL, and led the league in sacks. During the 2014 season, the Bills went 4–0 against NFC North opponents, which Schwartz had coached against for the previous five seasons. On October 5, 2014, the Bills defeated Schwartz's former team, the Detroit Lions, by a final score of 17–14, in Detroit. Schwartz was carried off the field by his players after the game. Some Lions players, especially Golden Tate, were upset by Schwartz's decision to be carried off the field against his former team. The Bills ended the season fourth in the NFL in points and yards allowed per game with 18.1 and 312.2, respectively, while ranking third in takeaways with 30. The Bills also finished with their first winning record in ten years at 9–7, with defensive linemen Kyle Williams, Marcell Dareus and Mario Williams being named to the Pro Bowl and the latter two being named First-Team All-Pro. Despite the success, head coach Doug Marrone resigned at the end of the season and new Bills coach Rex Ryan decided to bring in his own personnel, rather than retaining Schwartz.
2015 season
For the 2015 season, Schwartz took a consulting position with the NFL's officiating department to provide a coach's perspective on officiating decisions. On October 6, Schwartz declined the opportunity to replace Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle.
Philadelphia Eagles
On January 19, 2016, Schwartz was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles to be their defensive coordinator under coach Doug Pederson. Inheriting one of the league's worst defenses, Schwartz made an immediate impact. Implementing his 4-3 defense, Schwartz turned around the defense that previously ranked 30th in yards allowed and 28th in points allowed to 13th and 12th in his first season and fourth in both categories during his second. He would eventually lead the defense to his and the Eagles' first Super Bowl championship in Super Bowl LII. On January 7, 2021, Schwartz announced that he was going to step away from coaching due to health issues and resigned from the Eagles.
Return to Tennessee
Schwartz was hired by the Tennessee Titans as a senior defensive assistant on April 7, 2021.
Cleveland Browns
On January 18, 2023, Schwartz was hired by the Cleveland Browns as the defensive coordinator.
Head coaching record
Personal life
Schwartz and his wife, Kathy, have twins Christian and Alison, along with a younger daughter, Maria.
References
External links
Detroit Lions Profile
Buffalo Bills profile
Philadelphia Eagles Profile
1966 births
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Baltimore Ravens coaches
Buffalo Bills coaches
Cleveland Browns coaches
Detroit Lions head coaches
Georgetown University alumni
Georgetown Hoyas football players
Maryland Terrapins football coaches
Minnesota Golden Gophers football coaches
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Tennessee Titans coaches | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Schwartz |
The constant altitude plan position indicator, better known as CAPPI, is a radar display which gives a horizontal cross-section of data at constant altitude. It has been developed by McGill University in Montreal by the Stormy Weather Group to circumvent some problems with the PPI:
Altitude changing with distance to the radar.
Ground echoes problems near the radar.
Definition and history
In 1954, McGill University obtained a new radar (CPS-9) which had a better resolution and used FASE (Fast Azimuth Slow Elevation) to program multi-angle soundings of the atmosphere.
In 1957, Langleben and Gaherty developed a scheme with FASE to keep only the data at a certain height at each angle and scan on 360 degrees. If we look at the diagram, each angle of elevation or PPI has data at height X at a certain distance from the radar. Using the data at the right distance, one forms an annular ring of data at height X. Assembling all the rings coming from the different angles gives you the CAPPI.
The CAPPI is composed of data from each angle that is at the height requested for the cross-section (bold lines in zig-zag on the left diagram). In the early days, the scan data collected where shown directly on the cathodic screen and a photo sensitive device captured each ring as it was completed. Then all those photographed rings were assembled. By 1958, East developed a real time assembly instead of a delayed one. By the mid-1970s, computer developments made it possible to gather data in electronic form and make CAPPIs more easily.
Today, weather radars collect in real-time data on a large number of angles. Many countries such as Canada, UK and Australia, scan a large enough number of angles with their radars to have an almost continuous vertical view (taking into account the radar beam width) and produce CAPPIs. Other countries, like France and United States, use fewer angles and prefer PPIs or composite of maximum reflectivities above a point.
Usage
Above right is an example of a CAPPI at 1.5 km altitude. Looking at the diagram of angles, that depending on the height of the CAPPI, there comes a distance where no data is available. The portion beyond this distance on a CAPPI is then showing data from the lowest PPI. The higher is the CAPPI above ground, the smaller is that PPI zone.
References
Bibliography
David Atlas, Radar in Meteorology: Battan Memorial and 40th Anniversary Radar Meteorology Conference, published by American Meteorological Society, Boston, 1990, 806 pages, , AMS Code RADMET.
Yves Blanchard, Le radar, 1904–2004: histoire d'un siècle d'innovations techniques et opérationnelles , published by Ellipses, Paris, France, 2004
R. J. Doviak et D. S. Zrnic, Doppler Radar and Weather Observations, Academic Press. Second Edition, San Diego Cal., 1993 p. 562.
Roger M. Wakimoto and Ramesh Srivastava, Radar and Atmospheric Science: A Collection of Essays in Honor of David Atlas, publié par l'American Meteorological Society, Boston, August 2003. Series: Meteorological Monograph, Volume 30, number 52, 270 pages, ; AMS Code MM52.
Meteorological instrumentation and equipment
Radar meteorology
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District 15 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas.
The current Senator from District 15 is John Whitmire.
Top 4 biggest cities in district
District 15 has a population of 793,108 with 574,255 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.
Election history
Election history of District 27 from 1992.
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The 2005–06 Copa del Rey was the 104th staging of the Copa del Rey.
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RCD Espanyol: 2005–06 Spanish Cup champion; qualified for 2006–07 UEFA Cup
Top goalscorers
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Linguasport
Copa del Rey seasons
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Gaupne is the administrative center of the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Gaupnefjorden, an arm of the Lustrafjorden, about north of the village of Hafslo. The village of Veitastrond is located across the mountains to the northwest. The Sognefjellsvegen road passes through here on its way to the village of Skjolden and beyond.
The village has a population (2019) of 1,257 and a population density of .
Gaupne sits at the southern end of the Jostedalen valley, with the river Jostedøla's mouth located in Gaupne. It sits southwest of the Jostedalsbreen glacier, between Jostedalsbreen National Park and Breheimen National Park. The village is about south of the famous Nigardsbreen glacier, and the Breheimsenteret museum is located about to the north of Gaupne in the village of Jostedal.
There are two churches in Gaupne, the historic Old Gaupne Church and the newer Gaupne Church.
Economy
The village is home to several industries including tourism, printing, cement manufacturing, and apparel manufacturing. The nearby Leirdøla power plant is located just north of the village. Also, Statkraft's administration for Central Norway is based here. The village is known as "Etikettbygda" (Label Village).
Notable residents
Kåre Øvregard, a former member of the Parliament of Norway (Storting)
References
Villages in Vestland
Luster, Norway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaupne |
Albert Salvadó i Miras (1 February 1951 – 3 December 2020) was an Andorran writer and industrial engineer. He wrote in both Catalan and Spanish.
Salvadó wrote children's stories, essays and novels, often focusing on historical fiction. He has been described as breathing new life into the historical novel in the Catalan language.
In the crime fiction genre, he has written El rapte, el mort i el Marsellès (Serie Negra Prize 2000), and Una vida en joc, dedicated to the former Casino de la Rabassada (1910).
In the suspense novel genre, he has written Un vot per l'esperança, a novel that won the title of "Selected Work" in the Plaza & Janés International Novel Prize in 1985 and L'informe Phaeton, which has received unanimous acclaim from the public, who say this is his most impressive novel.
In historical fiction he has written books set in different eras: The Teacher of Cheops (Néstor Luján Prize Historical Novel 1998); L'anell d'Àtila (Fiter i Rossell Prize 1999); Els ulls d'Anníbal (Charlemagne Prize 2002); La Gran Concubina d'Egipte (Nestor Lujan Prize 2005); the trilogy dedicated to James I the Conqueror (2000s) comprising: El punyal del sarraí, La reina hongaresa and Parleu o mateu-me; the trilogy dedicated to Ali Bey comprising: Maleït català, Maleït musulmà and Maleït cristià; and Obre els ulls i desperta, set in 17th-century Prague.
Selected works
L'enigma de Constantí el Gran
El mestre de Kheops
L'anell d'Àtila
El rapte, el mort i el Marsellès
Jaume I el Conqueridor (El punyal del sarraí, La reina hongaresa, Parleu o mateu-me)
L'ull del diable
El relat de Gunter Psarris
Un vot per l'esperança
Els ulls d'Anníbal
L’ombra d’Ali Bei (Maleït català!, Maleït musulmà!, Maleït cristià!)
La gran concubina d'Amon
L'informe Phaeton
Una vida en joc
Obre els ulls i desperta (Meteora)
El ball de la vida co-author Anna Tohà
Vols viure?
Awards
1982 - Premi Xerric-Xerrac de contes infantils for La imaginació del nen
1985 - Obra seleccionada per al premi Plaza & Janés for Libertad para Satanás
1997 - Finalista del Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica for L'Enigma de Constantí el Gran
1998 - Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica for The teacher of Cheops
1999 - Premi Fiter i Rossell for L'anell d'Àtila
2000 - Premi Sèrie Negra de Planeta for El rapte, el mort i el marsellès
2002 - Premi Carlemany for Els Ulls d'Anníbal
2005 - Premi Nèstor Luján de novel·la històrica for La Gran concubina de Amon
2016 - Premi Internacional El Vi Fa Sang to their literary trajectory
2018 - Premi Àgora Cultural del Principat d'Andorra 2017 for his contribution to the enrichment of the literature from Andorra, particularly in the domain of the Historical Novel
References
External links
Personal webpage of Albert Salvadó
Andorran writers
People from Andorra la Vella
Catalan-language writers
1951 births
2020 deaths
Deaths in Andorra | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Salvad%C3%B3 |
Hafslo is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1963. It is located in the present-day Luster Municipality (in Vestland county) in the traditional district of Sogn. The former municipality included the villages of Kinsedalen, Ornes, and Kroken on the east side of the Lustrafjorden. It also included the villages of Solvorn, Hafslo, Joranger, and the whole Veitastrond valley on the west side of the Lustrafjorden. The municipality surrounded the lakes Hafslovatnet and Veitastrondvatnet. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Hafslo, where Hafslo Church was located.
History
Hafslo was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, the municipality of Hafslo (population: 2,384) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Luster (population: 2,674) and Jostedal (population: 796) to form the new, larger municipality of Luster.
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Hafslo farm () since the first Hafslo Church was built there. The first element is the old male name , the name is identical with the word which means "male goat". The last element is which means "clearing" or "meadow", probably due to the excellent farming areas nearby.
Government
During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.
Mayors
The mayors of Hafslo:
1838-1839: Ola Trondsen Lid
1840-1859: Einar Joranger
1860-1860: Samuel M. Bugge
1861-1861: C. Aars
1862-1862: Ola I. Fet
1863-1877: Samuel M. Bugge
1878-1881: Einar Joranger
1882-1885: Samuel M. Bugge
1886-1895: Ola I. Hillestad
1896-1898: Anders J. Tørvi
1899-1904: Erik Nitter Walaker
1905-1907: Samuel O. Moe
1908-1910: Erik Nitter Walaker
1911-1919: Ola I. Joranger
1920-1922: Wilken Nitter Walaker
1923-1928: Ivar O. Hillestad
1929-1931: Torstein Molland
1932-1937: J.W. Fraas
1938-1942: Torstein Molland
1942-1944: Amund Bremer
1945-1945: Torstein Molland
1946-1947: Ola Sjøtun
1948-1961: Einar Kjos
1961-1963: Hans H. Sjøtun
Municipal council
The municipal council of Hafslo was made up of 21 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
Media gallery
Notable people
Sylfest Lomheim (born 1945), a Norwegian linguist
Jens Sterri (born 1923), a civil servant
Kjellfred Weum (born 1940), a hurdler
See also
List of former municipalities of Norway
References
External links
Luster, Norway
Former municipalities of Norway
1838 establishments in Norway
1963 disestablishments in Norway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafslo |
Annelise Hesme (born 11 May 1976) is a French actress. Her older sister Élodie Hesme and younger sister Clotilde Hesme are also actresses.
Born in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
Hesme has appeared in many films such as Tanguy (2001), Avenue Montaigne (2006) and also Alexander as Stateira. She also appeared in the French film Priceless with fellow actress and townswoman Audrey Tautou in 2006.
As well as this, she has become particularly well known and popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland following the 2005 Renault Clio advert "France vs. Britain" directed by Jordan Scott who also directed the 2007 follow up spot "More Va Va Voom" again starring Hesme as Sophie and British actor Jeremy Sheffield as Ben.
2007, She can also be seen in the Molière playing the rôle of an actress in his troupe, and Our Earthmen Friends by Bernard Werber.
Also in Paris by Cédric Klapisch, Not My Type by Lucas Belvaux, Le Père Noël starring Tahar Rahim, One Wild Moment by Jean-François Richet, and as Éloïse Martin alongside Kris Marshall in the 2015 independent British film Sparks & Embers.
Television appearances are L'État de Grace (2006), Chateaubriand (2010) as Juliette Récamier, Inquisitio (2012), R.I.S, police scientifique (2014), and Title role for Nina since 2015.
Hesme plays both the cello and the piano. She is fluent in English and French.
References
External links
Living people
French film actresses
People from Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme
Actors from Clermont-Ferrand
1976 births
French television actresses
20th-century French actresses
21st-century French actresses | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annelise%20Hesme |
District 16 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Dallas county in the U.S. state of Texas.
The current Senator from District 16 is Nathan M. Johnson.
Top 5 biggest cities in district
District 17 has a population of 816,670 with 614,614 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.
Election history
Election history of District 25 from 1992.
Previous elections
2018
2014
2012
2008
2004
2002
1998
1994
1992
District officeholders
Notes
References
16
Dallas County, Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%2016 |
August Leonard Bondeson (February 2, 1854-September 23, 1906) was a Swedish physician and author.
Biography
August Bondeson was born in Vessigebro, Sweden. He was a student at Uppsala University from 1876, graduating with a med. kand. in 1884. He also studied at Karolinska Institute (1885-1886). He started as a practicing physician in Gothenburg in the fall of 1889.
Starting in 1876, he made summer trips for the study of folk languages and folk life in Värmlands Älvdal. He became one of the most popular depictors of popular Swedish culture, focusing in particular on common people's lives in southern Sweden, close to his birthplace. Tales such as Halländska sagor, samlade och berättade ("Collected and Narrated Hallandic Tales"), Allmogeberättelser ("Popular Tales") and Historiegubbar på Dal ("Tale-telling Old Mans at Dal") gave him a large and faithful audience.
He is best known for his novel "John Chronschoughs memoarer från uppväksttiden och seminarieåren" ( "John Chronschough's memoirs" ), which is set at the teachers' seminary in Gothenburg in the early 1860s. The book was published in 1897 and was followed by an independent second part 1904.
He died in Gothenburg, Sweden during 1906.
His former home Fågelboet was donated to the Halland Museum of Cultural History and is preserved almost unchanged since the days of Bondeson.
References
Other Sources
County Museum of Halland:August Bondeson - vem var han?
1854 births
1906 deaths
People from Halland
Swedish male writers
Uppsala University alumni
Karolinska Institute alumni
Physicians from Gothenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%20Bondeson |
The Coppell Independent School District is a school district based in Coppell, Texas (USA).
The district includes most of Coppell and small parts of Grapevine, Irving (including a portion of Valley Ranch), Dallas and Lewisville.
In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.
In 2022, the school district was accused of tolerating racism and bullying against minority students.
Overview and History
The district was created as Coppell Independent School District by a vote of the local citizenry in 1959. In 1927, Dallas County Schools had acquired of land for $900 upon which to build Pinkerton Elementary, the only campus to serve Coppell children attending kindergarten through the eighth grade. At that time, the total number of students in grades K-8 was about 175.
Until the first high school was built, at what is currently the site for Coppell Middle School West, Coppell students wishing to complete their 9th-12th grade high school education did so in Grapevine. The additional four grades were phased-in beginning with the 9th grade which was added in 1961, then 10th in 1962, 11th in 1963, and the 12th grade was added in 1964. Over the years, Coppell has remained a one high school community where Coppell High School's mascot was the "Lions." Once the newly formed professional football team located nearby, the mascot was changed to the Coppell "Cowboys" and has remained so ever since.
Student growth in the district averaged over 16% from the mid-eighties through the late nineties. Today, as the largest employer in Coppell with over 1200 employees, Coppell ISD has fifteen campuses serving nearly 10,000 students in grades K-12 including ten at the elementary level, three middle schools, two high school, and an alternative campus. The CISD has opened a new technically oriented high school, called New Tech High @ Coppell, in the fall of 2008.
Coppell is ranked twelfth among "The Best Places to Live in Dallas" with mean SAT scores earning them third place among 62 suburbs (D Magazine 7/06).
Coppell ISD is ranked #1 in school districts in Texas over 10,000 students for Gold Performance Acknowledgments (GPAs) in 2006. Eighty two acknowledgments for high achievement were awarded across the district by TEA. For the fourth year in a row, CISD has received a Superior Achievement rating based on answering "yes" to each of the 21 indicators included in the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) program.
Schools
High Schools (Grades 9-12)
Coppell High School
2001-2002 National Blue Ribbon School
New Tech High @ Coppell
Coppell High School - Ninth Grade Campus
Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)
Coppell Middle School - East
1999-2000 National Blue Ribbon School
Coppell Middle School - North
Coppell Middle School - West
1994-96 National Blue Ribbon School
Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)
Austin Elementary (opened in 1987)
Cottonwood Creek Elementary (opened in 1996)
Canyon Ranch Elementary (opened in 2019)
Denton Creek Elementary (opened in 1998)
Lakeside Elementary (opened in 1993)
Mockingbird Elementary (opened in 1991)
Pinkerton Elementary (opened in 1927)
Richard J. Lee Elementary (opened in 2014)
Town Center Elementary (opened in 1994)
Valley Ranch Elementary (opened in 1996)
Wilson Elementary (opened in 1992)
1998-99 National Blue Ribbon School
Alternative Education (DAEP/AEP)
Education Annex
Demographics
From 1997 to 2016, the number of students considered to be economically disadvantaged increased by more than 200%
The non-Hispanic white population increased from 1997 until 2003, when it had the highest ever number of that racial demographic, From 2003 to 2016, according to Eric Nicholson of the Dallas Observer, after 2003 that figure "began a steady decline". According to Nicholson, the district had not faced white flight as severe as other Dallas County school districts.
As of 2022 the student population is 51.6% Asian, 27.6% White, 13.2% Hispanic/Latino, 4.2% African American, 3.1% Two or More Races, 0.3% American Indian, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.
Racism controversy
In May 2022, Coppell Middle School North became internationally infamous due to a viral video showing a 14-year-old boy of Indian origin apparently being choked in a carotid restraint by a white student in a bullying incident. A petition and subsequent news reports stated that the victim had been given three days of punishment, while the aggressor faced only one day of punishment.
See also
Coppell Education
List of school districts in Texas
References
External links
Map of Coppell ISD Circa February 2007
Coppel ISD Education Foundation
Coppell Student Media
School districts in Dallas County, Texas
Lewisville, Texas
Education in Irving, Texas
Coppell, Texas
School districts established in 1959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppell%20Independent%20School%20District |
Maryland Route 193 (MD 193) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as University Boulevard and Greenbelt Road, the state highway runs from MD 185 in Kensington east to MD 202 north of Upper Marlboro. MD 193 serves as a major east-west commuter route in eastern Montgomery County and northern Prince George's County, connecting Wheaton, Silver Spring, Langley Park, College Park, and Greenbelt. The state highway also provides the primary access to the University of Maryland and Goddard Space Flight Center. In central Prince George's County, MD 193 is the main north–south highway connecting Glenn Dale and Greater Upper Marlboro with the affluent suburbs of Woodmore and Kettering.
MD 193 originally consisted of Connecticut Avenue between Chevy Chase and Kensington and Old Bladensburg Road (now University Boulevard) between Kensington and College Park. While MD 185 replaced MD 193 on the Connecticut Avenue portion in the 1970s, MD 193 grew on its eastern end by taking over the routing of MD 430 between College Park and Greenbelt and MD 199 in Glenn Dale in the early 1960s. MD 193 reached its final extent by taking over MD 556 between Glenn Dale and Greater Upper Marlboro in the late 1980s. The state highway's expansion from a two-lane road to a divided highway with four to six lanes began in the 1950s and continued through the 1990s.
Route description
MD 193 is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial from its western terminus in Kensington east to MD 450 near Glenn Dale.
Montgomery County
MD 193 begins at an acute intersection with MD 185 (Connecticut Avenue) in Kensington. There is no access between southbound MD 185 and eastbound MD 193, as well as between westbound MD 193 and northbound MD 185; those movements use Perry Avenue. The state highway, named University Boulevard, heads northeast as a six-lane divided highway through a commercial area. After leaving the town limits of Kensington, MD 193 passes through a mix of apartment complexes and single family homes. The state highway enters the commercial district of Wheaton, where the road passes the Westfield Wheaton shopping mall and intersects MD 586 (Veirs Mill Road). MD 586 south is used to access the Wheaton station along Washington Metro's Red Line. MD 193 continues east through the commercial area to meet MD 97 (Georgia Avenue). There are no left turns allowed from MD 193 to MD 97; instead, the eastbound and westbound directions use Grandview Avenue and Amherst Avenue, respectively, to complete the missing movements.
After passing the WTOP-FM radio transmitter, MD 193 heads southeast through suburban residential areas. The state highway descends into the valley of Sligo Creek, where the highway meets the northern end of Sligo Creek Parkway and crosses the Sligo Creek Trail. MD 193 passes a cluster of high-rise apartment buildings and Northwood High School around the intersection with Arcola Avenue and turns south, passing Dennis Avenue. MD 193 splits into a one-way pair upon entering the Four Corners commercial area, where the highway intersects U.S. Route 29 (US 29) and passes Montgomery Blair High School. The state highway then meets Interstate 495 (I-495, Capital Beltway) at a partial cloverleaf interchange that is missing the movements between I-495 east and MD 193 west and between MD 193 east and I-495 west. The missing movements are completed by using US 29 south of Four Corners. After crossing the Capital Beltway, MD 193 continues south through residential suburban areas of Silver Spring, intersecting East Franklin Avenue. After meeting MD 320 and passing Quebec Terrace Park, the state highway turns southeast and enters an area of garden apartments and duplexes. After crossing MD 195 at an oblique angle, MD 193 enters Prince George's County.
Prince George's County
MD 193 continues east into Langley Park, an area with multiple shopping centers, garden apartments, and heavy pedestrian cross-traffic. MD 193 meets MD 650 (New Hampshire Avenue) at Takoma-Langley Crossroads, an intersection with a shopping center on all four corners and the Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center located at the northwest corner. The state highway continues straight southeast toward its junction with MD 212, where MD 193 turns east. After passing Lane Manor Recreation Center, the state highway leaves the commercial area and crosses Northwest Branch. Here the highway reduces to four lanes. MD 193 continues east through a forested area toward College Park. Campus Drive continues straight toward the University of Maryland campus as well as University of Maryland Global Campus, while MD 193 veers left and intersects Adelphi Road. Movements between MD 193 east and Adelphi Road south are made via Campus Drive. After passing Adelphi Road, the state highway heads northeast past the intersection with Stadium Drive, which is used to access Maryland Stadium and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. After turning east again, MD 193 intersects Paint Branch Drive, which serves the Xfinity Center arena. The state highway passes Paint Branch Golf Course and crosses Paint Branch, after which the highway intersects US 1 at a partial interchange. The missing movements are made via a right-in/right-out interchange on the eastbound side just to the east of the partial interchange, and through Greenbelt Road (unsigned MD 430) just to the east of Rhode Island Avenue, which has a westbound at-grade exit and eastbound entrance.
After passing Greenbelt Road, MD 193 expands to six lanes and its name changes to Greenbelt Road. The state highway crosses CSX's Capital Subdivision railroad line, MARC's Camden Line, and the Green Line of the Washington Metro and Indian Creek, then enters a commercial area as the highway straddles the northern boundary of Berwyn Heights. After passing Cherrywood Drive, which leads to the Greenbelt Metro station, MD 193 passes Beltway Plaza shopping mall. The state highway then meets MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) at a diamond interchange. MD 193 continues east into Greenbelt as an eight-lane divided highway past Greenbelt Park until right before passing under the Capital Beltway, where the right lane eastbound exits for the southbound Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Both directions of MD 193 access the southbound parkway via Southway, which heads north into the Greenbelt Historic District. After crossing the parkway, MD 193 has an intersection with the northbound ramps to the parkway. After passing south of Eleanor Roosevelt High School, the road reduces to four lanes and the state highway passes a series of apartment complexes on the south and the campus of Goddard Space Flight Center on the north. Beyond Goddard, MD 193 heads north of DuVal High School before it crosses Good Luck Road. The road passes some more apartments and shopping centers in Glenn Dale before meeting MD 564 (Lanham Severn Road).
MD 193 heads southeast from MD 564 as Glenn Dale Boulevard, a four-lane divided highway with a wide median through scattered residential subdivisions. The state highway immediately crosses Amtrak's Northeast Corridor railroad line and MARC's Penn Line as well as Folly Branch. MD 193 passes Marietta, a historic home and museum, before its intersection with MD 450 (Annapolis Road), where the name of the highway changes to Enterprise Road. Beyond MD 450, the state highway slims down to two lanes and passes through residential subdivisions. After an intersection with the old alignment, MD 953 (Glenn Dale Road), MD 193 temporarily becomes a divided highway as it passes under the US 50 freeway. The state highway enters the affluent suburb of Woodmore, where it passes the Country Club at Woodmore and Enterprise Golf Course, which features the Newton White Mansion, before intersecting Lottsford Road and Woodmore Road. MD 193 continues south and temporarily expands to a four-lane divided highway prior to crossing the Northeast Branch of the Western Branch of the Patuxent River and meeting MD 214 (Central Avenue) in Kettering. Beyond MD 214, the state highway becomes a two-lane undivided road and changes its name to Watkins Park Drive. MD 193 passes Watkins Regional Park and First Baptist Church of Glenarden before encountering Oak Grove Drive at a roundabout. From there, the state highway turns southwest and meets its eastern terminus at MD 202 (Largo Road) at the boundary between the census-designated places of Kettering and Brock Hall.
History
MD 193 originally consisted of two named portions, Connecticut Avenue from Chevy Chase to Kensington and University Lane from Kensington to College Park. The Connecticut Avenue segment is now MD 185; that portion's history is covered in more detail in the Maryland Route 185 article. University Lane was paved from Kensington to Wheaton and from Four Corners to MD 320 in Silver Spring by 1927. The pavement extended from MD 320 to MD 212 in 1930; the segment of road on the University of Maryland campus was also paved. By 1933, MD 193 was fully paved from Kensington to US 1 in College Park when the portion between MD 212 and the university was completed on a new alignment.
The roads over which MD 193 would later be extended east consisted of three state highways:
MD 430 (Greenbelt Road) was completed on a new alignment in 1942 between US 1 in College Park and MD 205 (now MD 201) in Greenbelt. Greenbelt Road continued east as a county-maintained highway towards Glenn Dale.
MD 199 (Glenn Dale Road) was paved from US 50 (now MD 450) north to the Penn Line in 1927. The MD 199 designation was extended north to MD 564 in 1950, then removed from the entire road in 1954.
MD 556 (Enterprise Road) was paved from MD 214 north to near Woodmore Road in 1933. A second segment of MD 556 was signed from US 50 south to the present intersection of MD 193 and MD 953 by 1939. The two segments were connected by a county-maintained segment that was brought under state control by 1946. MD 556 was extended south along Enterprise Road to MD 202 in 1955.
The four-lane divided bypass of the University of Maryland was started by 1955 and completed in 1956. At that time, MD 193 turned south at the right-in/right-out ramps just east of the US 1 overpass to a right angle intersection with MD 430. The four-lane divided highway was extended west from College Park in stages, reaching MD 650 in 1957, Franklin Avenue (then MD 516) in 1959, US 29 in Four Corners in 1960, and Kensington in the early 1960s. MD 193's western terminus was moved from Chevy Chase to Kensington in the 1970s. MD 193 was expanded to six lanes between Kensington and Langley Park beginning in 1972.
Between 1962 and 1964, MD 193 was extended east as a four-lane divided highway from College Park along MD 430 and the remainder of Greenbelt Road to Glenn Dale. The state highway then headed south along Glenn Dale Road (former MD 199) to MD 450, then south along the part of Glenn Dale Road that had never been state-maintained to an intersection with MD 556 just north of the US 50 freeway. MD 193 was expanded to six lanes between MD 430 and just east of MD 201 in 1988, when the MD 201 interchange was completed. The six lane section was extended to the east edge of Greenbelt in 1994.
Glenn Dale Boulevard, a four-lane divided highway, was finished in 1986 when its bridge over the Penn Line was completed, replacing a grade crossing at Glenn Dale Road. Glenn Dale Boulevard extended south to the intersection of MD 450 and MD 556. MD 193 was extended south on Glenn Dale Boulevard then replaced MD 556 on Enterprise Road south to MD 214. Finally, Watkins Park Drive was built in 1988 on a new alignment, replacing Enterprise Road south of MD 214. MD 193 was extended along Watkins Park Drive and replaced the remaining segment of MD 556.
Junction list
See also
References
External links
MDRoads: MD 193
193
Maryland Route 193
Maryland Route 193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%20193 |
Kari Nordheim-Larsen (born 23 June 1948) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of International Development from 1992 to 1997. She was also acting Minister of Children and Family Affairs from 1993 to 1994. From 2006 to 2018, Nordheim-Larsen was County Governor of Telemark.
References
1948 births
Living people
Ministers of International Development of Norway
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Women government ministers of Norway
20th-century Norwegian women politicians
20th-century Norwegian politicians | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kari%20Nordheim-Larsen |
Ronald Lee Bradford (born October 1, 1970) is a former defensive back who played for the NFL's Denver Broncos (1993–1995), Arizona Cardinals (1996), Atlanta Falcons (1997–2001) and Minnesota Vikings. He also served as a defensive assistant coach for the Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs. Bradford was also the defensive backs coach at USC.
Early years
Bradford was born in Minot North Dakota. Bradford played high school football at Adams City High School in Commerce City, Colorado.
College career
Ronnie Bradford played college football for the University of Colorado. During his sophomore year, he blocked an extra point in Colorado's 10-9 victory over Notre Dame in the 1991 Orange Bowl to help Colorado win a share of the National Championship in the 1990 college football season (Colorado shared the National Championship in 1990 with Georgia Tech). That blocked extra point by Bradford was the difference in that football game.
Professional career
Bradford was drafted in the fourth round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. Bradford finished his ten NFL seasons with two sacks, four fumble recoveries, and 13 interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown. With the Falcons, he played in Super Bowl XXXIII and recorded an interception from Broncos quarterback John Elway in the game.
Coaching career
Bradford spent six seasons (2003–2008) with the Denver Broncos coaching on defense and special teams. He was a defensive assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2009. Bradford joined California's coaching staff in March 2010 as an administrative assistant for the defense. The move reunited Bradford with former Kansas City defensive coordinator. In September 2011, he was added to the U of Memphis football staff as a secondary coach. In 2013, he coached at Louisiana Tech University. In 2016, he was hired by USC to coach the defensive secondary.
References
External links
Cal bio
Kansas City Chiefs bio
1970 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Minot, North Dakota
Players of American football from North Dakota
American football defensive backs
Colorado Buffaloes football players
Denver Broncos players
Arizona Cardinals players
Atlanta Falcons players
Minnesota Vikings players
Denver Broncos coaches
Kansas City Chiefs coaches
People from Commerce City, Colorado
Sportspeople from Adams County, Colorado | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie%20Bradford |
George Frederick Holmes (1820 – November 4, 1897), emigrated to the United States where he taught history and literature and became the first Chancellor of the University of Mississippi (from 1848 to 1849). From 1857 until his death, Holmes taught literature, history and political economy at the University of Virginia and became known for textbooks designed for use in schools in the southern United States.
Early life and education
George Frederick Holmes was born in 1820 in British Guyana, either in its capital Georgetown or the surrounding Demerera region. In 1836, he attended the University of Durham in England, but left for Quebec in 1837 without taking a degree.
Career
In 1838, Holmes emigrated to the United States and taught in Caroline County, Virginia. He moved to Macon, Georgia, where in addition to teaching, he began to study law. In 1840, Holmes moved to South Carolina where he taught first in Walterboro, then in Orangeburg. Holmes also continued to study law and was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1842, but did not practice as a lawyer for any significant period. Instead, he resumed his teaching career.
In 1845, Holmes became a professor of Ancient Languages at Richmond College, now known as the University of Richmond. In 1847, Holmes became Professor of History and Political Economy at the College of William and Mary.
Holmes then moved to Mississippi and from 1848 to 1849 taught and served as the first President of the University of Mississippi.
In 1857, Holmes returned to Virginia as professor of history and general literature at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He wrote in opposition Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1858. In 1860, he owned one enslaved 12 year old Black boy.
In 1882, years after the American Civil War and after creating a school of English language and literature, the University of Virginia reduced Holmes' teaching duties, relieving him of literature courses, so he only taught history and political economy. In 1889 Holmes was appointed an adjunct professor of history, and taught classes in political economy and the science of society. He also privately printed his lectures on the science of society.
The Southern Quarterly Review, the Southern Literary Messenger, DeBow's Review, and the Methodist Quarterly Review published articles Holmes wrote. He corresponded with Auguste Comte and John C. Calhoun. He supported state rights, African-American slavery, and an end to tariffs.
Personal life
Holmes married Virginian Lavalette Holmes and they had at least two sons (Henry born 1855 and Frederick born 1858) as well as three daughters (Mary Ann born 1846, Letticia born 1849 and Isabella born 1856).
Death and legacy
Holmes died in Charlottesville in 1897.
Books written by G.F. Holmes
The Southern Pictorial Primer, or First-Fifth Reader (1866)
A School History of the United States of America, From the Earliest Discoveries to the Year 1870 (1871)
References
External links
1820 births
1897 deaths
British emigrants to the United States
People from Georgetown, Guyana
University of Richmond faculty
College of William & Mary faculty
Chancellors of the University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi faculty
University of Virginia faculty
Alumni of University College, Durham | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Frederick%20Holmes |
Idar Olav Norstrand (born 14 February 1915 in Bergen, died 8 September 1986) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.
He worked as a mail carrier from 1934 to 1941, and later as personnel director in Norway Post from 1957 to 1982. From 1941 to 1945, during the German occupation of Norway, he fled to Stockholm, Sweden and worked at the Norwegian legation there. From 1946 to 1951 he chaired the post workers' trade union Norsk Postforbund.
From 1964 to 1965, during the fourth cabinet Gerhardsen, he was appointed Minister of Wages and Prices.
References
1915 births
1986 deaths
Government ministers of Norway
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Politicians from Bergen
Norwegian trade unionists | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idar%20Norstrand |
District 17 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Brazoria, Fort Bend, and Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas.
The current Senator from District 17 is Joan Huffman.
Top 5 biggest cities in district
District 17 has a population of 804,162 with 605,764 that is at voting age from the 2010 census.
Election history
Election history of District 22 from 1992.
2018
2014
2012
2010
2008
2006
2002
1998
1994
1992
District officeholders
Notes
References
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Brazoria County, Texas
Fort Bend County, Texas
Harris County, Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%2017 |
Rick Steven Dennison (born June 22, 1958) is an American football coach and former player. He most recently was the senior offensive advisor for the Minnesota Vikings. He was the offensive line coach and run game coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) from 2019-2020. An assistant in the NFL since 1995, he served as offensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos (2006–2008, 2015-2016), Houston Texans (2010–2013), and Buffalo Bills (2017), and served as quarterbacks coach for the Baltimore Ravens in 2014. He was the special teams coach for the Super Bowl Champion Broncos in 1997 and 1998. A linebacker who spent his entire NFL playing career in Denver from 1982 to 1990, he appeared in Super Bowls XXI, XXII, and XXIV.
Early years
Dennison was born in Kalispell, Montana, on June 22, 1958. His father George was the 16th President of The University of Montana from 1990 to 2010. The younger Dennison starred in football, baseball, and basketball at Rocky Mountain High School where he graduated in 1976.
Playing career
College
Dennison attended Colorado State University where he was a football letterman for the Rams in 1976, 1978 and 1979. Wearing uniform number 83 and primarily a tight end for head coach Sark Arslanian, Dennison also saw some action as a wide receiver. He was both a second-team Academic All-American and the recipient of the Merrill-Gheen Award as the university's most outstanding male scholar-athlete in his senior year. He earned a bachelor's and master's degree, both in civil engineering, in 1980 and 1982 respectively.
National Football League
Dennison moved to linebacker when he entered the NFL. He played for the Denver Broncos from 1982 to 1990.
Coaching career
Early career
During a year off in 1993 for personal reasons, "Rico" assisted Suffield Academy in a successful New England football championship.
Denver Broncos
Dennison began his coaching career as an offensive assistant for the Denver Broncos in 1995 and would serve in this role until 1996. In 1997, Dennison was promoted to special teams coordinator and would serve in this role for four seasons. In 2001, Dennison shifted to the offensive line coach of the Broncos. In 2006, Dennison was promoted to offensive coordinator of the Broncos and would serve in this role from 2006 to 2008.
Houston Texans
In 2010, Dennison was hired by the Houston Texans as their offensive coordinator and served in this position from 2010 to 2013. Dennison's move to Houston reunited him with Texans head coach Gary Kubiak, who was a teammate of his in Denver between 1983 and 1990 and a fellow Broncos assistant coach between 1995 and 2005, and who he succeeded as Broncos offensive coordinator in 2006. On January 6, 2013, the Chicago Bears announced that they would interview Dennison for their head coaching position.
Baltimore Ravens
Both Dennison and Kubiak were appointed quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator respectively of the Baltimore Ravens on January 27, 2014.
Denver Broncos (second stint)
In January 2015, Dennison returned to the position of offensive coordinator with the Broncos following the hiring of Kubiak as head coach. On February 7, 2016, Dennison was part of the Broncos coaching staff that won Super Bowl 50. In the game, the Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers by a score of 24–10.
After the retirement of Kubiak following the 2016 season, Dennison was replaced by former San Diego Chargers head coach Mike McCoy as the Broncos' offensive coordinator.
Buffalo Bills
On January 19, 2017, he was hired by the Buffalo Bills to serve on Sean McDermott's staff as offensive coordinator. On January 12, 2018, Dennison was relieved of duty as offensive coordinator after one season that saw the Bills offense finish 29th overall despite making the postseason.
New York Jets
On January 27, 2018, Dennison was hired by the New York Jets as their offensive line coach and run game coordinator under head coach Todd Bowles.
Minnesota Vikings
On February 8, 2019, Dennison was hired by the Minnesota Vikings as their offensive line coach and run game coordinator under head coach Mike Zimmer, replacing Clancy Barone and Andrew Janocko, who took over in place of Tony Sparano, who died prior to the 2018 season. In 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic Dennison refused to take a vaccine and was promoted to a different job. Rick now serves as the Minnesota Vikings senior offensive advisor. The reason for this promotion was because it will follow COVID-19 protocols, because of being able to avoid contact with players.
References
External links
Minnesota Vikings profile
Football Database Stats
Houston Chronicle reports Dennison joining the Texans
1958 births
Living people
American football linebackers
American football tight ends
Baltimore Ravens coaches
Buffalo Bills coaches
Colorado State Rams football players
Denver Broncos coaches
Denver Broncos players
Houston Texans coaches
Minnesota Vikings coaches
National Football League offensive coordinators
New York Jets coaches
People from Kalispell, Montana
Rocky Mountain High School (Colorado) alumni | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick%20Dennison |
The International Bruckner Society (German Internationale Bruckner-Gesellschaft) was an organization which began its existence in 1927 in Leipzig and was officially founded in 1929 in Vienna. Its main purpose since then has been to publish editions of the music of Anton Bruckner. Most of Bruckner's music had been published during the composer's lifetime or shortly after his death, but often in versions that incorporated numerous changes suggested by his friends and students. In the case of Bruckner's unfinished Ninth Symphony, Bruckner student Ferdinand Loewe made several unauthorized changes even after Bruckner's death. The mission of the International Bruckner Society was to publish versions of Bruckner's works based directly on the original manuscripts, which the composer had bequeathed to the Austrian National Library.
The Society hired Robert Haas as General Editor, with Alfred Orel as his assistant. The first publication was Orel's critical edition of the Ninth Symphony, published in 1934 but premiered two years earlier in 1932 in a concert by Siegmund von Hausegger conducting the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. In this concert the Ninth Symphony was performed twice: once in the Loewe edition and again in the new Orel edition, and its success provided much impetus for a complete critical edition of Bruckner's work.
Between 1935 and 1944 Haas published editions of all the remaining numbered symphonies except for the Third (Haas's work on this symphony was destroyed in a wartime incident). In several cases, multiple revisions of a single symphony existed in the manuscripts, and Haas did not hesitate to combine material from different versions to produce what he considered an "ideal" version for publication (even though it did not correspond to anything actually written by the composer).
The Society had officially been dissolved in 1938 immediately after the Anschluss (although publication of the complete edition continued from Leipzig). After World War II the Society was refounded in Vienna. Haas was fired because of his Nazi connections and publication resumed under a new General Editor: Leopold Nowak. The first post-war publication was a critical edition of the Third Symphony, edited by Fritz Oeser. Nowak continued as General Editor until 1989, by which time the Society had published multiple versions of the symphonies and also numerous other works by Bruckner. Nowak was a more scholarly and less creative editor than Haas: he saw his task as reproducing all the different versions that Bruckner wrote on the basis of the manuscript and printed sources, and documenting all the differences in great detail. The post-war Nowak editions became more commonly performed and recorded than the pre-war Haas versions, although a significant number of conductors continued to prefer Haas.
The Society continued to produce new editions of Bruckner's works after Nowak stepped down. It also sponsors periodicals and scholarship dedicated to Bruckner.
External links
The International Bruckner Society (PDF)
The Bruckner Complete Critical Edition
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
The International Bruckner Society and the N.S.D.A.P.: A Case Study of Robert Haas and the Critical Edition (summary of an article viewing Haas's work in the context of Nazism)
Anton Bruckner
Organizations established in 1927
Culture in Vienna
1927 establishments in Germany | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Bruckner%20Society |
Lee Crooks (born 14 January 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender
As a combative defensive midfielder, Crooks made 282 competitive appearances in his playing career in the top four divisions of English football, including 251 in league competition. Possessing a powerful strike, he scored a total of 5 goals. He notably played in the Premier League for Manchester City and spent 6 years there during a turbulent period or relegations and promotions, including the 1999 Division 2 playoff final against Gillingham. He went on to play for Barnsley, Bradford City, Rochdale, as well as loan spells at Northampton Town and Notts County. He later had spells with non-league sides Guiseley and Ossett Town.
At age 32 he embarked on a new career in the British Armed Forces, joining the RAF Regiment, the infantry unit of the Royal Air Force.
Early life
Crooks was born on 14 January 1978 in the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.
Football career
Manchester City
Crooks was a product of the youth system at Manchester City. He also played for the England national football team at school level.As a club trainee, Crooks signed his first professional contract on 1 August 1994 (aged 16 years, 6 months, 18 days). By September 1996 he was being included in the first team squad for games by caretaker manager Asa Hartford as one of three promising youngsters.
City were relegated to Division 1 at the end of the 1995–96 season, and two years later, again, falling to Division 2, their lowest ever level. Through two successive promotions however, via the play-offs from Division 2 and then by automatic promotion from Division 1, the club had returned to the Premier League in the minimum time just 2 years later, in time for the start of the 2000–01 season.
Crooks was in the Manchester City team that won that 1999 Division 2 play off final at Wembley Stadium against Gillingham in dramatic fashion, albeit substituted on 85 minutes for Gareth Taylor. Having come back from a 2–0 deficit with 2 minutes remaining, City scored twice to take the game into extra time, and then after no further scores, winning the subsequent penalty shootout.
On 26 December 2000 he went out on loan to Northampton Town. He made 3 appearances before returning on 23 January 2001. On 7 March 2001 Crooks was sold by City to Barnsley for £190,000.
Crooks scored two goals for Manchester City, both in the league. It was three years before he scored his first goal, an equaliser against Chesterfield in an away game on 27 February 1999, which ended 1–1.
Barnsley
Crooks didn't make his debut until the start of the 2001–02 season, being delayed for several months as he had operations on an injured medial collateral ligament.
With new manager Paul Hart performing a summer clear out after the 2003–04 season, Crooks was given the chance to prove his fitness during the summer in order to earn a new contract. He was released by Barnsley on 28 June 2004, signing on 1 August 2004 for Bradford City.
Bradford City
In a total of 53 competitive appearances for Bradford he scored 2 goals. He scored once in 47 appearances in the league, with his other goal coming in the FA Cup (an equaliser against Tranmere in November 2005).
Due to limited first team opportunities he went out on loan to League Two side Notts County on 9 January 2006. He made 18 league appearances for Notts County under his former Barnsley manager Gudjon Thordarson, scoring 1 goal. After returning to Barnsley, on 8 May 2006 he was released by the club as surplus to requirements. He then entered talks with Notts County, but that did not lead to a contract.
Rochdale
As a free agent, Crooks began pre-season training with League Two side Rochdale, before signing a 12-month contract on 3 August 2006, linking up with his former Barnsley manager Steve Parkin. Crooks made 44 appearances for Rochdale, including 40 in the League. Crooks left Rochdale by mutual consent on 26 March 2008 due to limited opportunities, having made just 5 starts during that season, with no appearances since December 2007.
Later career
Crooks joined the West Yorkshire club Guiseley, playing in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. He also began training for an attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support in June 2008.
On 31 December 2008 he moved from Guiseley to another West Yorkshire club, Ossett Town, playing in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.
Playing style
Icelander Gudjon Thordarson, his manager at Barnsley and Notts County, referred to Crooks as 'The Beast' due to his combativeness. Crooks said before his Notts County debut, "If there is a tackle to be won, I am in there. I do like a good tackle".
While not a prolific scorer, his first professional goal in 1999 was described by The Guardian as a "tremendous shot which thundered in off the post." Similarly, his FA Cup goal for Bradford City in 2005 was described by the BBC as powerful shot which cannoned off the bar and in.
In February 2009, Crooks was described by The Times as a "versatile defender and midfielder who ... had his most productive season in helping Manchester City win promotion in 1999".
Military career
After quitting football, Crooks chose a new career path in the British Armed Forces. Choosing not to follow his younger brother into the British Army, Crooks instead signed up as an enlisted member (gunner) of the RAF Regiment, the infantry unit of the Royal Air Force, whose role is to provide force protection of RAF airfields and bases.
In February 2011 at 33 years old, he completed his seven months of RAF Regiment basic training, passing out as a leading aircraftman. Initially posted to No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, in the following weeks he underwent intensive training in the Sennybridge Training Area in Wales, and was due to visit the RAF Mount Pleasant base in the Falkland Islands followed by a deployment to the frontline in the War in Afghanistan, in early 2012.
Crooks left the RAF after five-years of service.
Career statistics
References
External links
Living people
1978 births
Men's association football defenders
Men's association football midfielders
English men's footballers
Manchester City F.C. players
Northampton Town F.C. players
Barnsley F.C. players
Bradford City A.F.C. players
Notts County F.C. players
Rochdale A.F.C. players
Guiseley A.F.C. players
Ossett Town A.F.C. players
Premier League players
English Football League players
Royal Air Force airmen
Footballers from Wakefield | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Crooks |
Queue (; ) may refer to:
Queue area, or queue, a line or area where people wait for goods or services
Arts, entertainment, and media
ACM Queue, a computer magazine
The Queue (Sorokin novel), a 1983 novel by Russian author Vladimir Sorokin
The Queue (Abdel Aziz novel), a 2013 novel by Egyptian author Basma Abdel Aziz
Mathematics and technology
Queue (abstract data type), a type of data structure in computer science
Circular queue
Double-ended queue, also known as a deque
Priority queue
FIFO (computing and electronics)
Load (computing) or queue, system load of a computer's operating system
Message queue
Queueing theory, the study of wait lines
Specific queues
Queue for the lying-in-state of Elizabeth II, often referred to as "The Queue"
Other uses
Queue (hairstyle), a Manchurian pigtail
See also
Cue (disambiguation)
FIFO (disambiguation)
First-come, first-served
Q (disambiguation)
Q, the letter
Que (disambiguation)
ja:待ち行列
pl:Kolejka
sv:Kö | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queue |
Hacktivist News Service is a French alternative media comparable to Indymedia.
Anti-globalization organizations
Alternative journalism organizations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacktivist%20News%20Service |
Hans Hein Theodor Nysom (5 September 1845 – 28 August 1903) was a Norwegian politician with the Liberal Party, a cabinet minister and member of Norwegian Parliament.
Nysom was born at Botne in Vestfold, Norway. He was a grandchild of priest and politician Hans Hein Nysom.
He originally made a career in the military, but from 1874 he worked with canals and timber raftings. From 1884 to 1892 he was the chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society.
In 1891, he was appointed to the cabinet of Prime Minister Johannes Steens. He served as Minister of Auditing and Minister of Labour on 6 March 1891. On 27 November the same year he left the position as Minister of Auditing. He left the Ministry of Labour on 1 May 1893.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1895, representing the constituency of Kristiania, Hønefoss og Kongsvinger. He was re-elected in 1898.
On 17 February 1898 he became a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm (Statsrådsavdelingen i Stockholm). He left on 28 February 1899 to become Minister of Labour. On 1 June 1900 he was again transferred to Stockholm, serving until November 1900. He then became Director-General of the Norwegian State Railways.
Selected works
Handbog i norsk flødningsvæsen, with Axel Borchrevink and Gunnar Sætren.
References
1845 births
1903 deaths
Government ministers of Norway
Members of the Storting
Liberal Party (Norway) politicians
People from Vestfold | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Hein%20Theodor%20Nysom |
CDI College is a private, for-profit career college in Canada. It offers programs in the business, technology and health care fields. The college has 23 campus locations in five Canadian provinces: six in British Columbia, eight in Alberta, one in Manitoba, four in Ontario and five in Quebec. The school has been owned by the Eminata Group since 2007. A 2022 investigation by CBC reported that some recruiters for CDI College lied to applicants about program accreditation and the post-graduation hiring rates of its students.
History
The now-defunct Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (CCi) purchased CDI Education Corporation in August 2003. CDI had a post-secondary education division of career colleges operating under the brand names of CDI College of Business and Technology and The Institute for Computer Studies. CDI's corporate training division operated under the brand name of CDI Corporation Education Services.
On November 8, 2007, Corinthian completed the sale of substantially all the assets of its corporate training division, CDI Education, for C$19 million (US$16 million) to CrossOff Incorporated. In December 2007, Corinthian re-branded its Ontario campuses as Everest College and sold the remaining campus locations across Canada to the Eminata Group.
Controversies
The Province investigation for dubious business practices
In March 2012, a two-part investigative feature in the British Columbian paper The Province reported on student complaints and dubious business practices at CDI College and two other Canadian institutions owned by Eminata—University Canada West and Vancouver Career College. In December of that year seven CDI nursing students had their Practice Permits suspended by the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta. Several Edmonton-based students later filed a lawsuit, claiming that their class activities in the nursing program included wheelchair racing, watching Netflix and learning human anatomy from colouring books. CDI College terminated the LPN program in 2013. They settled the lawsuit in 2018, paying out $1.88 million.
UPAC investigation for questionable recruitment practices
In November 2020, CDI College was named one of the ten private colleges under investigation for questionable recruitment practices, mainly targeting Indian students. The government of Quebec later suspended processing CAQ applications for CDI College, which are required for foreign students to study in the province.
In December 2020, the college was under investigation by UPAC for financial irregularities.
CBC Marketplace investigation for misleading students
In December 2022, A CBC Marketplace investigation into CDI College, one of Canada's largest for-profit career colleges, has found a pattern of misleading practices being used to pressure would-be students into signing up for online programs that can cost upward of $20,000.
Marketplace has documented some CDI admissions representatives misleading journalists posing as potential online students on accreditation, salary and job rates after graduation, as well as signing up unsuitable candidates and pressuring students to enroll.
References
External links
For-profit universities and colleges in Canada
Universities and colleges established in 1970
1970 establishments in Canada
Private colleges in Quebec
Universities and colleges in Montreal
Colleges in Quebec
Corinthian Colleges
Eminata Group | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDI%20College |
Egil Offenberg (8 March 1899 – 28 July 1975) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative party.
He was the chief executive officer at the Schou Brewery from 1932 to 1967. He was active in the Norwegian resistance movement and became part of its leadership in 1942. He was made Minister of Supplies and Reconstruction in Einar Gerhardsen's unity government in 1945 and served as president of Federation of Norwegian Industries.
References
1899 births
1975 deaths
20th-century Norwegian businesspeople
Government ministers of Norway
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egil%20Offenberg |
Larry Coyer (April 19, 1943 – February 10, 2023) was an American football coach. He served as the defensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL) from 2009 to 2011. Prior to the Colts, he was the assistant head coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos and New Mexico State.
Playing career and high school coaching
Coyer was an outstanding player at Barboursville High School in Barboursville, West Virginia during the late 1950s
A 1964 graduate of Marshall University, Coyer is a member of the Football Hall of Fame at Marshall for his achievements as a player. He began his coaching career at his alma mater in 1965 as secondary coach, a position he maintained through 1967. An additional coaching stint came at the acclaimed Massillon Washington High School, where NFL Legend Paul Brown once coached.
Denver Broncos
In his 42nd year of coaching on either the collegiate or professional level, Coyer began his Broncos coaching career as the club's linebackers coach from 2000 to 2002 before he was promoted to defensive coordinator. Larry Coyer entered his seventh, and final, season on the Denver Broncos' coaching staff in 2006 and his fourth in the role of defensive coordinator.
Coyer's defense consistently ranked among the NFL's most productive during his three seasons as the Broncos' defensive coordinator and helped the club advance to the playoffs each year. The Broncos placed in the league's top-7 in run defense in every year under Coyer and allowed an average of 93.3 rushing yards per game between 2003 and 2006 (ranking second in the NFL during that period).
Denver also ranked among the league's best teams in overall defense under Coyer, posting consecutive top-4 NFL rankings in yards-per-game allowed from 2003 to 2004 and placing fourth in the league (289.5 ypg.) in that category for the period 2003–2006. In addition, the Broncos surrendered an average of 18.0 points per game between 2003 and 2006 to rank fifth in the NFL in scoring defense with Coyer at the helm. Coyer's defense was instrumental in the Broncos going 13–3 in 2005 and advancing to the AFC Championship Game. Denver, which, in 2005, sent cornerback Champ Bailey, safety John Lynch and linebacker Al Wilson to the Pro Bowl, ranked second in the NFL in run defense (85.2 ypg.) and posted the third-best such mark in franchise history. The Broncos allowed only 16.1 points per game to tie for third in the NFL and surrendered a total of 37 points in their final four games (9.3 ppg.) en route to capturing the AFC West title.
Coyer began his Broncos coaching career as their linebackers coach from 2000 to 2002. In Coyer's first year instructing Denver's linebackers in 2000, John Mobley and fellow linebacker Bill Romanowski finished first and second on the team in tackles (133 and 121) while Wilson ranked fourth (104).
In his first year as the Broncos' defensive coordinator in 2003, Denver's defense allowed an average of only 277.1 yards per game. The team ranked fourth in the NFL, and earned its first postseason berth since 2000. Coyer, who also instructed the team's linebackers, worked closely with Wilson during his Pro Bowl season that saw him lead the Broncos in tackles (128) for the second consecutive year.
In 2004, Coyer's defense featured two Pro Bowl selections: Lynch and Bailey, who also earned the first All-Pro nomination of his career after joining the Broncos in an offseason trade. Coyer aided in the development of rookie linebacker D.J. Williams, who became only the second Broncos rookie and the first in 32 years to lead the team in tackles (114). Along the way, Williams was the only 2004 rookie to be named AFC Defensive Player of the Week (Wk. 16) and finished No. 3 in the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year voting.
On January 8, 2007, Coyer was released from the Denver Broncos after the 2006 season. His release was the result of a defensive meltdown in the second half of the season. On January 18, 2007, the Bucs hired him as their defensive line coach.
USFL coaching
Coyer's other professional coaching experience came in the United States Football League as linebackers coach with the Michigan Panthers (1983–84) and defensive coordinator with the Memphis Showboats (1985–86). Coyer helped Michigan capture the inaugural USFL championship in 1983 with a win against Philadelphia in a game played at Mile High Stadium in Denver.
NCAA coaching
Coyer was the defensive coordinator in 1993 at East Carolina, where under his guidance the Pirates improved in virtually every defensive category. He also served as defensive backs coach at Ohio State (1991–92), assistant head coach/defensive backs coach at Houston (1990) and linebackers coach at UCLA (1987–89). Coyer was also defensive coordinator at Memphis State (1986) Iowa State (1979–82), Oklahoma State (1978) and Iowa (1974–77) after serving as defensive backs coach at Bowling Green (1968–73).
Before his stint at Pittsburgh, Coyer was defensive coordinator at Iowa State University for two seasons (1995–96). That post was preceded by a one-year assignment as defensive line coach for the New York Jets in 1994.
While at Pitt (1997–99) as its defensive coordinator, Coyer directed a defensive unit that showed significant improvement each season, culminating in a 1999 showing that included top-5 rankings in the Big East Conference in all major defensive statistical categories. Two of his standouts, safety Ramon Walker and defensive lineman Demond Gibson, earned All-Big East Conference honors that season. In 1998, the Panthers ranked third in the Big East in total defense, and over the course of the 1997–98 seasons, the unit amassed 62 sacks, the highest two-season total at Pittsburgh since 1990–91.
In February 2014, Coyer was hired as the defensive coordinator for New Mexico State.
Personal life and death
Coyer died on February 10, 2023, at the age of 79.
See also
List of NCAA major college yearly punt and kickoff return leaders
References
1943 births
2023 deaths
American football defensive backs
American football return specialists
Bowling Green Falcons football coaches
Coaches of American football from West Virginia
Denver Broncos coaches
East Carolina Pirates football coaches
High school football coaches in Ohio
Houston Cougars football coaches
Indianapolis Colts coaches
Iowa Hawkeyes football coaches
Iowa State Cyclones football coaches
Marshall Thundering Herd football coaches
Marshall Thundering Herd football players
Marshall Thundering Herd wrestlers
New Mexico State Aggies football coaches
New York Jets coaches
Ohio State Buckeyes football coaches
Oklahoma State Cowboys football coaches
Pittsburgh Panthers football coaches
Players of American football from West Virginia
Sportspeople from Huntington, West Virginia
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coaches
United States Football League coaches
UCLA Bruins football coaches
Washington Redskins scouts | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Coyer |
Rhodes Colleges may refer to:
Rhodes College, a private, four-year liberal arts college in Memphis, Tennessee
Rhodes College, the 2000–2002 name of Everest College (Missouri), a for-profit career college in Springfield, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes%20Colleges |
The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 14 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over three loops of the 3.3 kilometre skiing course, shooting ten times, five prone and five standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.
Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway was the defending World and Olympic champion, but Germany's Michael Greis led the World Cup standings before the Torino Games, with three more Germans in the top six.
Results
Two Austrian athletes were disqualified after the IOC determined they had violated the Anti-Doping rules; Wolfgang Rottmann had originally placed 27th, while Wolfgang Perner had placed 4th.
The race was held at 13:30.
References
Men's biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biathlon%20at%20the%202006%20Winter%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20sprint |
Lars Oftedal (3 January 1877 – 19 April 1932) was a Norwegian attorney and newspaper editor.
Biography
Oftedal was born in Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. He was the son of parish priest Lars Oftedal (1838–1900) and his wife Olava Mathilde Ohlsen (1839–1931). His father was the founding editor of Stavanger Aftenblad and also served as a member of the Storting.
Oftedal attended Kongsgaard skole in Stavanger and took Cand. jur. in 1899. He was editor of Stavanger Aftenblad from 1900 to 1921.
He served with the Stavanger city council from 1907 until 1921. From 1916 to 1918 he was deputy to the Storting and was elected as a permanent representative in 1922 and 1925. He was Minister of Social Affairs 1921-1922 and 1924-1926 in Prime Minister Mowinckel's First Cabinet. He served a Minister of Trade 1922-1923 and 1928-1931 in Prime Minister Mowinckel's Second Cabinet.
Personal life
He was married to Alice Stephansen (1877-1938). They were the parents of physician Sven Oftedal (1905–1948) and
newspaper editor Christian S. Oftedal (1907–1955).
References
1877 births
1932 deaths
Politicians from Stavanger
20th-century Norwegian lawyers
Norwegian newspaper editors
Government ministers of Norway
Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars%20Oftedal |
Maryland Route 104 (MD 104) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Waterloo Road, the state highway runs from MD 108 in Columbia north to MD 103 in Ellicott City. MD 104 connects MD 108, MD 103, and MD 100 in northeastern Howard County. The state highway was originally constructed as MD 531 in the early 1930s and became part of MD 175 in the mid-1940s. After MD 175 was rerouted through Columbia in the late 1970s, MD 104 was assigned to its present course.
Route description
MD 104 begins at a three-way intersection with MD 108 in the hamlet of Jonestown on the northern edge of the Columbia village of Long Reach. MD 108 heads southeast as a continuation of Waterloo Road toward Jessup and west as Old Annapolis Road, which provides access to Howard High School and ramps to and from eastbound MD 100. MD 104 heads north as a four-lane undivided highway across MD 100 to a roundabout where the state highway intersects ramps to and from westbound MD 100. MD 104 reduces to two lanes and passes through a suburban area on the southern edge of Ellicott City, where the highway reaches its northern terminus at MD 103 (Montgomery Road), which heads southeast toward Elkridge and northwest toward downtown Ellicott City.
History
Waterloo Road was built as a macadam road in 1932 from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Jessup north to MD 103 in Ellicott City; the highway was designated MD 531. MD 531 was replaced with a northern extension of MD 175 from Jessup to Ellicott City by 1946. Old Annapolis Road was designated MD 539 in 1956; that highway became part of an extended MD 108 in 1960 when US 29 was moved to Columbia Pike from Silver Spring to Ellicott City.
After MD 175 was rerouted along Little Patuxent Parkway (now named Rouse Parkway) from west of Interstate 95 (I-95) to Columbia Town Center around 1977, MD 108 was extended east to its present terminus near I-95. The portion of Waterloo Road between MD 108 and MD 103 was designated MD 104 by 1979. When MD 100 was under construction between MD 104 and I-95 in the late 1990s, a standard intersection with MD 104 served as the eastern terminus of the two-lane, disjoint section of MD 100 between US 29 and MD 104. MD 104's interchange with MD 100 was completed in 1998 concurrent with the portion of the freeway from MD 104 to I-95.
Junction list
Auxiliary route
MD 104A is the designation for the section of Oak Run Way between MD 104 and the residential subdivision the street serves immediately north of MD 104's interchange with MD 100.
See also
References
External links
MDRoads: MD 104
104
Maryland Route 104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%20104 |
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