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Asian Highway 1 (AH1) is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running from Tokyo, Japan via Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Iran to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul where it joins end-on with European route E80, running all the way to Lisbon, Portugal.
Japan
The 1200-kilometre section in Japan was added to the system in November 2003. It runs along the following tolled expressways:
Shuto Expressway C1 Inner Circular Route, Edobashi JCT to Tanimachi JCT via Takebashi JCT
Shuto Expressway Route 3 Shibuya Line, Tanimachi JCT to Yoga Exit (Tokyo Interchange)
, Tokyo Interchange to Komaki
, Komaki to Suita via Kyoto
, Suita to Kobe
, Kobe to Hatsukaichi via Hiroshima
Hiroshima Expressway (urban expressway), Hatsukaichi to Hatsukaichi Route 1
Hatsukaichi to Iwakuni
, Iwakuni to Yamaguchi
, Yamaguchi to Shimonoseki
, Shimonoseki to Kitakyushu
, Kitakyushu to Fukuoka
Fukuoka Expressway Route 4
Fukuoka Expressway Route 1
Camellia Line ferry to Busan, South Korea.
From Fukuoka, the Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel has been proposed to provide a fixed crossing.
South Korea
The section in South Korea mainly follows the Gyeongbu Expressway. The Highway Boundary of South and North Korea.
: Busan-Centre - Busan-Dong-gu
Busan City Route 11: Busan-Dong-gu - Busan-Geumjeong-gu
Gyeongbu Expressway: Busan-Geumjeong-gu - Gyeongju - Daegu - Daejeon - Seoul-Seocho-gu
Seoul City Route 41: Seoul-Seocho-gu - Seoul-Gangnam-gu - Seoul-Yongsan-gu
Namsan 1st tunnel: Seoul-Yongsan-gu - Seoul-Jung-gu
Seoul City Route 21: Seoul-Jung-gu - Seoul-Eunpyeong-gu
National Route 1: Seoul-Eunpyeong-gu - Panmunjeom
North Korea
P'anmunjŏm - Kaesŏng
Pyongyang-Kaesong Motorway: Kaesŏng - P'yŏngyang
Pyongyang-Sinuiju Motorway (Under Construction): P'yŏngyang - Sinŭiju
China
Within Dandong: New Yalu River Bridge - Guomen Avenue - (Dandong Xinqu IC) - Zhangjiabao JCT - Dandong JCT
: Dandong - Shenyang
Within Shenyang: : Xiashengou JCT - Jinbaotai JCT - Beiliguan JCT
: Shenyang - Jinzhou - Beijing
Within Beijing: : Shiyuan JCT - Maju JCT - Shuangyuan JCT - Fangshan Liyuan JCT
: Beijing - Shijiazhuang - Zhengzhou - Xinyang - Wuhan - Changsha - Xiangtan - Guangzhou
Within Guangzhou: : Taihe JCT - Longshan JCT - Leping JCT - Hengjiang JCT
: Guangzhou - Nanning
: Nanning - Youyiguan
Guangzhou - Hong Kong branch
: Taihe JCT - Huocun JCT
: Guangzhou - Shenzhen (Huanggang Port)
Hong Kong
Guangzhou - Hong Kong branch
: Shenzhen Bay Port - Shenzhen Bay Bridge - Lam Tei
: Lam Tei - Yuen Long Highway - San Tin Highway - Lok Ma Chau Control Point
Vietnam
: Hữu Nghị Quan - Đồng Đăng
: Bắc Giang - Hanoi - Thanh Hoá - Diễn Châu
: Vinh - Hà Tĩnh - Đồng Hới - Đông Hà
: Đông Hà - Huế - Đà Nẵng - Hội An - Quảng Ngãi
: Quy Nhơn - Tuy Hòa - Nha Trang
: Nha Trang - Cam Ranh
: Cam Ranh - Tuy Phong
: Tuy Phong - Phan Thiết - Dầu Giây
: Dầu Giây - Long Thành - Phú Hữu
Connection to HCMC Ring Road 2 (Phú Hữu to High-Tech Park) (temporary)
: Ho Chi Minh
: Dĩ An - Thuận An
Connection to (Thuận An to Thủ Đức) (temporary)
: Ho Chi Minh
: Ho Chi Minh - Mộc Bài
In future,
(Diễn Châu - Cam Lộ, Quảng Ngãi - Nha Trang, Cam Lâm - Vĩnh Hảo)
(Long Trường - Tân Vạn, Bình Chuẩn - Hóc Môn)
(HCMC - Mộc Bài)
will become part of AH1 instead of the current National Highway 1 and National Highway 22.
Cambodia
Route 1: Bavet - Phnom Penh
Route 5: Phnom Penh - Poipet
Thailand
Route 33: Aranyaprathet - Kabin Buri - Hin Kong
Route 1: Hin Kong - Bang Pa In
Route 32: - Bang Pa In - Chai Nat (Concurrent with )
Route 1: Chai Nat - Tak (Concurrent with )
Route 12: Tak - Mae Sot
Myanmar
National Highway 8: Myawaddy - Payagyi
Branch Yangon–Mandalay Expressway : Payagyi - Yangon
Yangon–Mandalay Expressway: Payagyi - Meiktila - Mandalay
National Highway 7: (Concurrent with ): Mandalay - Tamu
India (East)
: Moreh - Imphal
: Imphal - Viswema - Kohima
: Kohima - Chümoukedima - Dimapur - Doboka
: Doboka - Nagaon - Jorabat
: Jorabat - Shillong
: Shillong - Dawki
Bangladesh
: Tamabil, Sylhet - Sylhet - Kanchpur - Dhaka
: Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway
: Bhanga, Faridpur - Alipur, Faridpur
: Alipur, Faridpur - Goalchamot, Faridpur
: Faridpur - Jashore
: Jashore - Benapole
India (West)
: Petrapole - Barasat
: Barasat - Kolkata Airport
: Dankuni - Durgapur -Asansol - Dhanbad -Barhi - Mohania - Varanasi - Allahabad - Kanpur - Agra - New Delhi
/ Grand Trunk Road: New Delhi - Sonipat - Ambala - Jalandhar
/ Grand Trunk Road: Jalandhar - Amritsar - Attari
Pakistan
Grand Trunk Road, Wagah — Lahore
Lahore — Islamabad
Islamabad — Peshawar
Peshawar — Torkham
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Ring Highway: Jalalabad - Kabul - Kandahar - Delaram - Herat - Islam Qala
Iran
: Islam Qala - Taybad
: Taybad- Sang Bast
: Sang Bast - Nishapur - Sabzevar - Shahrood - Damghan - Semnan - Tehran
: Tehran - Qazvin - Zanjan - Tabriz
: Tabriz - Bazargan
Turkey
Road D100: Gürbulak - Doğubayazıt - Aşkale - Refahiye
Road D200: Refahiye - Sivas - Ankara
Otoyol 4: Ankara - Gerede - Istanbul
Otoyol 7: Istanbul
Otoyol 3: Istanbul - Edirne - - Kapıkule (, Maritsa motorway)
Connection to E80
The route AH1 links to in Turkey. The E80 continues in the E-road network from the border station at Gürbulak in Turkey to Istanbul followed by E80 highways to Kapitan Andreevo/Kapıkule, Sofia, Niš, Pristina, Dubrovnik, Pescara, Rome, Genoa, Nice, Toulouse, Burgos, Valladolid, Salamanca and finally Lisbon on the Atlantic Ocean.
References
Asian Highway Network
Transport in Iran
Transport in North Korea
Roads in China
Transport in Cambodia
Transport in Myanmar
Transport in Japan
Roads in Afghanistan
Roads in Myanmar
Roads in Iran
Roads in Japan
Roads in Turkey
Roads in North Korea
Roads in South Korea
Roads in Vietnam
Roads in Cambodia
Highways in Thailand
Roads in India
Roads in Pakistan
Roads in Bangladesh
Transport in Vietnam
Highways in Bangladesh | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AH1 |
The Asse is a small hill range in the district of Wolfenbüttel in southeastern Lower Saxony with a median height of 200 metres ASL; the highest elevation is the Remlinger Herse with a height of 234 m. There are more than 600 different plants found here; the Asse is mostly covered by trees. It has been inhabited since the 6th millennium BC by farmers coming from the Danube region.
For several hundred years, salt has been mined in Asse. One of these mines, Schacht Asse II, is now used to store low- and medium-grade radioactive waste produced by medicine and nuclear power plants.
Administration
Administratively, the Asse is shared by the following villages:
Mönchevahlberg
Groß Vahlberg
Klein Vahlberg
Remlingen
Wittmar
Groß Denkte
The villages on the southern edge of the Asse belongs to Samtgemeinde Asse.
Hills and high points
The hills and high points of the Asse include the following– sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level (NHN; unless otherwise stated):
Remlinger Herse (234 m), east of Wittmar, northwest of Remlingen
Festberg (232 m), northeast Wittmar, west of Mönchevahlberg
Asseburgberg (227.5 m), NNW of Wittmar
Röhrberg (225 m), NNE of Wittmar
Watzenberg (Watzeberg; 222.5 m), ENE of Wittmar
Hinterer Eichberg (220 m), north of Groß Denkte
Rothenberg (220 m), northeast of Wittmar
Auf dem Klaare (216 m), north of Remlingen
Mittlerer Eichberg (201 m), east of Groß Denkte
Meescheberg (188 m), SSW of Klein Vahlberg
Vorderer Eichberg (185 m), ENE of Groß Denkte
References
Wolfenbüttel (district)
Hill ranges of Lower Saxony
Nuclear technology in Germany | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asse%20%28hills%29 |
Robert William Dewar Boyce (born 1943, in Montreal) is a professional historian and was (until his retirement) a senior lecturer in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His main fields of interest are French external relations in the twentieth century, the role of economics, business and banking in modern international relations, Canadian external relations since 1900, and the modern history of international communications.
Boyce earned his BA from Wilfrid Laurier University, his MA from the Institute of United States Studies, and his PhD from the London School of Economics. After completing his PhD, he was a research associate at the LSE Centre for International Studies before joining the Department of International History as a lecturer in 1977. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Toronto and the University of Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne.
He has made a significant number of publications in academic journals and has also edited and translated several books. He also lectures in the controversial subject of the European Civil War.
Publications
Books
editor. The Communications Revolution at Work: The Social, Economic and Political Impacts of Technological Change, Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999
editor and translator. French Foreign and Defence Policy, 1918–1940: The Decline and Fall of a Great Power, London: Routledge, 1998
co-editor. The Origins of World War Two: The Debate Continues, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
editor. The Great Interwar Crisis and the Collapse of Globalization, Palgrave Macmillan, April 2012
Journals/Articles
'Imperial Dreams and National Realities: Britain, Canada and the Struggle for a Pacific Telegraph Cable, 1879-1902', The English Historical Review, Vol.CXV, No.460 (January 2000), pp. 39–70
'Canada and the Pacific Cable Controversy, 1923-1928: Forgotten Source of Imperial Alienation', Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Vol.26, No.1 (January, 1998), pp. 72–92
Chapters in edited collections
'Wall Street and the Spectre of the "Money Power" in Small-town America before and after the Crash of 1929', in Philippe Romanski (ed), Etats de New York, Rouen: Publications de l'Université de Rouen, 2000, pp. 19–31
'Historical Analysis and Fallacies in Interpreting Historical Data', in Martin W. Bauer and George Gaskell (eds), Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and Sound: A Practical Handbook, London: Sage Publications, 2000, pp. 318–35
'American or Anglo-Saxon Challenge for Europe in the 1920s?', Marchands, banquiers et hommes d'affaires dans l'espace européen, Actes des conférences et séminaires de la Chaire Glaverbel de Sociétés et Civilisations européennes, Louvain-la-Neuve: Institut d'études européennes, UCL, 1999, pp. 79–102
'The British Drinks Trade and Britain's Accession to the EEC, 1957-1970', in Eric Bussière et Michel Dumoulin, Milieux économiques et Intégration européenne en Europe occidentale au XXe siècle, Arras: Artois Presses Université, 1998, pp. 149–59
'The Briand Plan and the Crisis of British Liberalism', in Antoine Fleury (ed), Le Plan Briand d'Union fédérale européenne, Berne: Peter Lang, 1998, pp. 121–44
'1940 as End and Beginning in French Inter-War History and Historiography', in R. Boyce (ed), French Foreign and Defence Policy, 1918–1940, London: Routledge, 1998, pp. 1–9
'Business as Usual: The Limits of French Economic Diplomacy, 1926-1933', in R. Boyce (ed), French Foreign and Defence Policy, 1918–1940, London: Routledge, 1998, pp. 107–31
'Britain's Changing Corporate Structure and the Crisis of Central Bank Control in the 1920s, in Philip Cottrell and Alice Teichova (eds), Finance in the Age of the Corporate Economy, Aldershot Hants: Ashgate Publishing, 1997, pp. 142–63
'Economics and the Crisis of British Foreign Policy Management, 1914-45', in D. Richardson and G. Stone (eds), Decisions and Diplomacy: Essays in Twentieth-Century International History London: Routledge, 1995, pp. 9–41
'The Origins of French Support for European Monetary Union', in D. Currie and J. Whitley (eds), EMU after Maastricht: Transition of Revaluation?, London: Lothian Foundation Press, 1995, pp. 69–86
'Submarine Cables as a Factor in Britain's Ascendancy as a World Power, 1850-1914', in M. North (ed) Kommunikationsrevolutionen: Die neuen Medien des 16. und 19. Jahrhunderts, Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 1995, pp. 81–100
References
1943 births
Living people
Academics from Montreal
Wilfrid Laurier University alumni
Academics of the London School of Economics
Academic staff of the University of Paris
Historians from Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Boyce |
Iovan Iorgovan is a character in Romanian mythology, similar in some ways to Hercules. The legend is present in the Cerna valley of south-western Transylvania. In the legend, Iovan is named "fiu de Ramlean" which can be translated as "son of Rome."
References
Romanian mythology | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iovan%20Iorgovan |
Daniel Hagen is an American voice, television, and film actor. He has had guest appearances on Seinfeld ("The Dealership"), CSI, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Friends, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and Charmed. He has voice acted for Star Wars video games such as Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. In other voice acting roles, he has voiced in the video games Area-51, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus, Dishonored, and the Skylanders series.
Selected filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American male voice actors
Place of birth missing (living people) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Hagen |
Lasswade is a village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River North Esk, nine miles (14.5 kilometres) south of Edinburgh city centre, contiguous with Bonnyrigg and between Dalkeith to the east and Loanhead to the west. Melville Castle lies to the north east. The Gaelic form is Leas Bhaid, meaning the "clump at the fort."
Lasswade lies within the Edinburgh Green Belt. Most of the population is retired or commutes to Edinburgh to work. There are, however, several local businesses, including horse riding stables (Edinburgh & Lasswade Riding Centre), golf driving ranges and golf courses (Kings Acre Golf Course and Melville Golf Centre), an alpine plant nursery (Kevock Garden Plants) a pub (The Laird and Dog) and a restaurant (The Paper Mill). There is also an athletics club formed in 1981.
Etymology and name
The name Lasswade may be derived from the Brittonic *lï:s meaning "a court, palace administrative centre", and wï:δ, "a wood" (c.f. Welsh llys gwŷdd). Also possible is an Old English derivation from the elements lǣswe, "pasture", and wæd, "a ford".
Although the settlement may date back to the 8th century, the first written record of "Leswade" dates to 1150. On William Roy's map of 1750, it appears as Laswaid. Up until the late 18th century, all spelling was unfixed and was based upon the sound as perceived.
According to legend, the area got its name from a sturdy local girl called Jenny, who would wade across the river carrying travellers on her back before a bridge was built. A short verse from the area tells the story as follows:
History
The old parish church was built in the 13th century, though little of it survives today. It was abandoned in 1793, and much of its ruins collapsed in 1866. The 17th-century Scottish poet William Drummond of Hawthornden was buried within its grounds.
The first paper mill was built in Lasswade in 1750, and papermaking remained important until the start of the 20th century.
Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet of Fountainhall was born at Melville Mill, Lasswade, in 1595; and the present 18th-century Barony House was known as Lasswade Cottage when Sir Walter Scott rented it (1798–1804). He was visited here by the writer James Hogg (the 'Ettrick Shepherd') and the Wordsworths. Thomas de Quincey, author of Confessions of an English Opium Eater, also lived in nearby Polton for some years, from 1843, in the cottage now known as de Quincey Cottage. The Scottish landscape artist William McTaggart moved to Lasswade in 1889, and many of his later works depict the Moorfoot Hills.
Former 19th-century industries include paper mills, flour mills and a carpet factory. Created a police burgh in 1881, Lasswade merged with Bonnyrigg in 1929. It was a popular holiday resort in the 19th century for wealthy Edinburgh residents; yet, by the 1950s, much of the village's population had left for modern houses in Bonnyrigg.
Groome (1885) noted as chief proprietors in the parish: Lieut.-Col. Gibsone of Pentland, Viscount Melville, Drummond of Hawthornden, Sir Geo. Clerk of Penicuik, and Mrs Durham of Polton. The estates along both banks of the Esk were:
left bank: Mavisbank House, Dryden Bank, Dryden, and Rosebank
right bank: Eldin (residence of John Clerk, F.R.S. (1728–1812), inventor of the naval tactic of breaking the enemy's line), Polton, Springfield, Glenesk, Hawthornden, Gorton, and Auchendinny (residence of Henry Mackenzie, the author of The Man of Feeling)
Other notable buildings
The pre-Reformation church was dedicated to St Edwin and under the control of the Dean of Restalrig.
The current Lasswade Parish Church building was originally built in 1830 as a plain box chapel for the former United Presbyterian Church (later United Free Church), it was remodelled by Hardy & Wight in 1894 and became part of the Church of Scotland in 1929. The parish has used this building since 1956, because of a structural fault in the Old Parish Church (subsequently demolished, built in 1793 from plans by John Clerk, Lord Eldin) discovered in the late 1940s.
St Leonard's Episcopal Church on Lower Broomieknowe dates from 1890 and is by Hippolyte Blanc.
The former board school of 1875 stands with commanding views over the village on the northern slopes next to the Old Kirkyard. It is now converted to flats. Lasswade High School moved to its current premises in the west of Bonnyrigg in 1956, being rebuilt on the same site in 2013.
Parish
The parish of Lasswade is bounded on the north by the City of Edinburgh (namely the former parishes of Colinton and Liberton), on the east, by Dalkeith, Newbattle, Cockpen and Carrington, on the south by Penicuik and on the west by Glencorse. It extends about 7 miles from north to south and its greatest breadth is about 6 miles. Prior to 1633 the north-east salient of the parish, around Melville Castle, formed the separate parish of Melville and Lugton.
The parish lies between the Pentland Hills to the north and the Moorfoot Hills to the south and includes the easternmost part of the Pentland Hills, around the estate of Pentland. The River North Esk flows into the parish from the south-west and, after forming the western boundary, then cuts through the centre of the parish, flowing north-easterly towards the village of Lasswade. At Lasswade the river forms the boundary on the north-east side, such that the suburb of Westmill on the south-east bank lies in the parish of Cockpen.
The chief antiquities within the parish are Rosslyn Chapel and the mansions of Hawthornden Castle and Melville Castle.
The parish includes the villages of Lasswade, Roslin and Rosewell, and the small town of Loanhead, plus part of the town of Bonnyrigg.
The Community Council areas for the parish are:
Bonnyrigg/Lasswade
Poltonhall and District
Loanhead and District
Roslin/Bilston
Rosewell and District
A large part of the areas of Bonnyrigg/Lasswade and Poltonhall and District lies within Cockpen parish.
Lasswade is one of the most ancient Parishes in Scotland. Burial ground evidence shows that the church was active as early as the 9th century.
Before the Reformation, the present civil parish consisted of three parishes - Lasswade, Melville and Pentland - and the provostry of Roslin. Melville parish comprised the baronies of Melville and Lugton. In 1633, the barony of Melville which formed the greater part of the parish of Melville was united to Lasswade, and the barony of Lugton to Dalkeith. Pentland was erected into a parish before 1275. The parish of Pentland comprehended the baronies of Pentland and Falford (or Fulford) and the name Pentland appears in charters of 12th century. In 13th and 14th centuries the northern Pentland Hills were called the Moor of Pentland, implying that the hills took the name from the parish or estate and not vice versa. The parish was suppressed in 1647, and the northern part annexed to Lasswade, while the southern, comprising the barony of Falford, was united to the new parish of St.Catherine's, now called Glencorse. However the churchyard of Pentland was still in use at least to 1907.
The parish of Lasswade was divided in two, ecclesiastically, when Roslin parish was erected in 1835. The Church in Rosewell was built 1871-72 and opened for worship 1874, when Rosewell became a separate ecclesiastical parish. It was re-united with Lasswade in 2008.
A Parochial Board was established under the Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845. Within the parish of Lasswade, police burghs were created at Bonnyrigg, 1865 (main part in the parish of Cockpen); Lasswade, 1881; and Loanhead, 1884. Police burghs were communities over a certain size who were entitled to police many of their own affairs, such as cleansing, street lighting and water supply as well as public order. Police burghs were run by elected commissioners or magistrates. In 1901, police burgh functions were taken over by town or burgh councils.
With the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 the Parish Council was established, but this only administered the “landward” part of the parish, i.e. the burghs were excluded. Under the terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, Bonnyrigg and Lasswade were united to become the burgh of Bonnyrigg and Lasswade. Burgh or town councils were abolished in 1975. The parish council ceased in 1930 when parish councils in Scotland were abolished, but civil parishes persist for census and other non-administrative purposes.
The civil parish has a population of 18,126 (in 2011) and an area of 10,678 acres.
Famous residents
Archibald Thorburn, wildlife artist
Richard Baird Smith, a senior officer in the East India Company who partook in the Siege of Delhi. There is a monument to him near the Old Kirkyard.
Pilkington Jackson, sculptor of the Robert the Bruce monument at Bannockburn
Margaret Calderwood, diarist
Prof Alexander Campbell Fraser, philosopher
John Ivor Murray FRSE born here in 1824
William McTaggart, painter
Notable persons interred in Lasswade
Seven Viscounts Melville
Charles Clough (geologist)
Rev Walter Gregor
Sir Robert Preston of Valleyfield
Sir William Calderwood, Lord Polton
William Drummond of Hawthornden, poet
References
Francis H. Groome (ed.), 'Lasswade' in: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh (1882–1885).
External links
Lasswade at Gazetteer for Scotland
Lasswade & Rosewell Parish Church (Church of Scotland)
Lasswade Rugby Football Club
Local history society
Villages in Midlothian
Parishes in Midlothian
Bonnyrigg and Lasswade | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasswade |
Mirel Matei Rădoi (born 22 March 1981) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Saudi Arabian club Al Bataeh.
A defensive midfielder or a centre-back, Rădoi began his playing career at Extensiv Craiova in 1999, before signing for Steaua București one year later. Following eight-and-a-half seasons in the capital, he spent his later career with Al-Hilal, Al-Ain, Al-Ahli and Al-Arabi. Internationally, Rădoi was capped 68 times by Romania, which he represented at the UEFA Euro 2008.
Rădoi's first stint as a head coach was FCSB in 2015, where he stayed for six months. Three years later, he was appointed at the helm of the Romania under-21 national team, which he led to the semi-finals of the 2019 UEFA European Championship. This resulted in his promotion to the senior team in November 2019, but left after two years with less success.
Playing career
Extensiv Craiova
Rădoi started to play football at the age of eight, first as a goalkeeper and then as a defender. He started his youth career at Turnu Severin and there he was spotted by Sorin Cârțu, the coach of Extensiv Craiova, who was so impressed by him that he purchased Rădoi in 1999, financing the transfer with his own money. Rădoi made his professional debut in 1999, in a defeat against Dinamo București on 4 March 2000. he left the club.
Steaua București
Just one year later, in the summer of 2000, Rădoi joined Steaua București for a fee of €110,000. Describing his first day at Steaua, he said, "It was like a positive shock for me. Suddenly I was in the same place with players like Iulian Miu, Marius Baciu and Miodrag Belodedici, players I saw on TV. It was like a dream."
His coach at Steaua was Victor Pițurcă, the former Romania national team coach, who promoted him to the Steaua first team. He then became one of Steaua's most important players. In his first match for the club, a 4-3 victory over FCM Bacău at the Ghencea football stadium, Rădoi scored the equalizer in the ninth minute after Cătălin Cursaru had opened the scoring for Bacău less than a minute before.
Steaua would go on to win the championship of the Romanian league that year, as well as the Supercupa României against rivals Dinamo.
In 2005, Rădoi won a second championship title; and in 2006, yet another: his third. On 24 February 2005, he won an important match in the UEFA Cup against holder Valencia. In 2006 Rădoi captained the team in the UEFA Cup semi-final against Middlesbrough which FCSB lost 4–3 on aggregate.
Rădoi with Steaua București in 2007.
In the summer of 2006, a rumour circulated that Rădoi would sign for Premier League club Portsmouth as soon as the transfer window opened in England, with the transfer fee estimated at around £11 million. The transfer did not materialize, however, and many speculated that the £11 million offer was no more than a ploy to jack up the player's potential transfer value before a move elsewhere. In the end, FCSB's owner Gigi Becali stated that he would not be selling Rădoi after all.
Due to injury, he only played his first official game in the 2006–07 season on 12 November, a 6–0 victory against Național București.
Later career
In January 2009, Rădoi signed a three-year contract with Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal which earned him €1.4 million annually. The transfer fee Steaua București received was in the region of €6 million. Rădoi made his debut for Al-Hilal in the local derby against Al-Nassr, which Al-Hilal won 2–0 with Rădoi scoring the second goal.
In his sixth game with the club, he won the Prince's Cup, defeating Al-Shabab in the final. Nicknamed "The Warrior" by his fans in Saudi Arabia, he was voted Saudi Professional League Player of the Year in 2010. They even made a complete book about his career and has been published online with official website MRadoi.com. Rădoi spent three years at the club, becoming a legend, and the team's captain, before he was reunited with ex-Al-Hilal and Steaua manager Cosmin Olăroiu at Al Ain.
In June 2011, Rădoi was transferred to Al Ain for a fee of €4.2 million. He signed a two-year deal worth €2.5 million annually.
International
Rădoi has been capped 67 times for the Romania, scoring two goals. In 2005, Romanian team manager Victor Pițurcă suspended him for leaving training camp without permission before matches against the Netherlands and Armenia. Coach Pițurcă recalled him in February 2006 for a friendly tournament in Cyprus after Rădoi apologised for his behaviour.
Although he was included in Romania's squad for UEFA Euro 2008, he suffered an eye injury and broken nose during the second group game against Italy after clashing heads with team-mate Răzvan Raț, who emerged unscathed. Rădoi played no further part in the tournament. After a confrontation with Răzvan Lucescu in 2010, Radoi declared that he would retire from the national team.
Coaching career
Rădoi became the head coach of the Romania national team after resignation of Cosmin Contra in November 2019.
On 22 January 2023, Rădoi was appointed as manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Tai. He was sacked by the club on 18 May 2023.
Career statistics
Club
Correct as of 8 August 2020
International
International goals
Managerial
Honours
Player
Steaua București
Liga I: 2000–01
Supercupa României: 2001
FCSB
Liga I: 2004–05, 2005–06
Supercupa României: 2006
Al-Hilal
Saudi Professional League: 2009–10, 2010–11
Crown Prince Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Al-Ahli
UAE Pro-League: 2011–12, 2012–13
UAE Super Cup: 2012
UAE President's Cup: 2013–14
Individual
Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year runner-up: 2005
Saudi Professional League Player of the Year: 2010
References
External links
1981 births
Living people
People from Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Romanian men's footballers
Romania men's international footballers
Romanian expatriate men's footballers
FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin players
FC Steaua București players
Men's association football fullbacks
UEFA Euro 2008 players
Liga I players
Liga II players
Saudi Pro League players
UAE Pro League players
Qatar Stars League players
Al Hilal SFC players
Al Ain FC players
Shabab Al Ahli Club players
Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players
Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
Romanian football managers
Liga I managers
Saudi Pro League managers
FC Steaua București managers
CS Universitatea Craiova managers
Al-Tai FC managers
Romania national football team managers
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
Footballers from Mehedinți County | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirel%20R%C4%83doi |
Eric J. Lyman is an American journalist, writer and ghost writer.
Lyman graduated from Florida State University. He has written on topics from South America, including the thesis that the border conflict between Peru and Ecuador could be based on pre-Columbian Inca roots, and was the first to break the story that the U.S. government was guilty of using illegal poison to eradicate coca crops in the Amazon jungle, contributing to a reversal of U.S. policy in this area.
His work has been published in periodicals, including the Xinhua, San Francisco Chronicle, National Geographic News, Reason Magazine, USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, UPI and The Wall Street Journal. He is also an editor and columnist for The American, a monthly magazine published in Rome.
References
External links
ericjlyman.com
1965 births
Florida State University alumni
American male journalists
American columnists
American magazine editors
Women magazine editors
American investigative journalists
21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
Living people
20th-century American journalists
American male non-fiction writers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Lyman |
Paul Cinquevalli (30 June 1859 – 14 July 1918) was a German music hall entertainer whose speciality juggling act made him popular in the English music halls during the 19th and early 20th century.
Cinquevalli first appeared in England in 1885 with much success and settled in London, appearing in various circuses, music halls and pantomimes. In 1912, he became one of the first acts to appear in music hall's first Royal Command Performance.
He is perhaps best known for being one of the first "gentleman jugglers", a description given to a male performer who juggles with everyday objects such as bottles, plates, glasses and umbrellas.
Biography
Cinquevalli was born either Paul Kestner or Emil Otto Paul Braun in Lissa in the Prussian Province of Posen (now Poland). His parents moved to Berlin when he was two years old. His began his career in the circus when he was 12 having been spotted in a school gymnastics display.
Cinquevalli publicized himself widely, leading to differing accounts on what of his life is fact and what is fiction. At the age of 14, he ran away from home to join an acrobatic troupe led by an Italian, Giuseppe Chiese-Cinquevalli. Initially he performed on high wire and trapeze, but he took up juggling while recovering from a fall. He first appeared in England in 1885 and was a success. He settled in London and appeared in various circuses, music halls and pantomimes. In 1912, he became one of the first acts to appear in the music hall's first ever Royal Command Performance.
Though he performed in a stylized costume consisting of a leotard and tights, he is generally regarded as one of the first gentleman jugglers, because he performed with everyday objects such as bottles, plates, glasses and umbrellas. One of the tricks he originated which is still performed today, was to throw a full bottle in the air, catch the neck of the bottle on the spike of an umbrella, and then open the umbrella as the liquid in the bottle ran out of it. He also incorporated feats of strength in his act. One of his trademark tricks was supporting a chair in his teeth while juggling three balls. On the chair sat an assistant reading a newspaper, and on the assistant's lap was a desk.
When the First World War commenced in 1914, Cinquevalli was ostracised due to his German nationality and did not appear in England after 1912. He retired from the stage and died in Brixton, London in 1918. He was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
Literary references
Cinquevalli's life and career is the subject of a poem by Edwin Morgan, the National Poet of Scotland from 2004 to 2010.
See also
List of jugglers
References
External links
Cinquevalli page at Juggling Hall of Fame
Description of Cinquevalli's act from The Strand Magazine Vol XIII, Jan-June 1897
Jugglers
1859 births
1918 deaths
German circus performers
People from Leszno
People from the Province of Posen
Burials at West Norwood Cemetery | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Cinquevalli |
Doamna Neaga is the heroine of many tales in Romanian folklore. She is allegedly based on a real individual who lived in 17th-century Wallachia. According to the legends, she owned many beautiful and well-hidden estates in the Buzău region, where she used to hide with her servants during Tatar incursions.
References
Romanian mythology
Romanian folklore | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doamna%20Neaga |
The Colourfield were an English band formed in 1984 in Manchester, England, when former Specials and Fun Boy Three frontman Terry Hall joined up with Karl Shale and ex-Swinging Cats member Toby Lyons. Despite the fact that all three members were from Coventry, the band was based in Manchester.
History
1984 – The Beginning
In January 1984, The Colourfield released their first single, "The Colour Field", which just missed making the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart. In the summer of the same year, they released "Take" as their second single, which commercially performed less well. Their third single was "Thinking of You", released in January 1985, which reached number 12 in the UK chart, and featured Katrina Phillips accompanying Hall on vocals. Their fourth single, released days before their debut album came out, was "Castles in the Air" which reached the lower reaches of the UK chart.
1985 – Virgins and Philistines
When Virgins and Philistines was initially released in April 1985, it contained twelve tracks in the US release and ten in the UK version – but can now be found with twenty tracks as a Japanese re-release, containing many B-sides and live tracks. It failed to gain a large audience due to difficulty in marketing an album with such a diverse sound—it mixes 1960s and early 1970s pop music with more acoustic based melodies and string arrangements. Virgins and Philistines is often regarded as the direct musical predecessor to the later work of other northern bands The Beautiful South and The Lightning Seeds in the 1990s; Hall later collaborated with the latter in a songwriting role and also provided occasional vocals. Virgins and Philistines reached No. 12 in the UK Albums Chart.
Virgins and Philistines contained all original material except "The Hammond Song" (a cover of The Roches song), and—in the US—"Can't Get Enough of You Baby" (written by Linzer/Randell), which was the only track that received much airplay. The album was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport and was produced by Hugh Jones and Jeremy Green, and engineered by Chris Jones. Additional personnel featured on the album included Pete de Freitas (Echo & the Bunnymen) on drums, Paul Burgess (ex-Camel, also drums), Preston Heyman (percussion), Ian Nelson (clarinet), Katrina Phillips (background vocals).
1986 – The Colour Field (EP)
In January 1986, The Colourfield became a four-man group, adding Gary Dwyer (ex-The Teardrop Explodes) on drums. Around the same time, the band's US label compiled a six track EP entitled The Colour Field (sic) containing the new UK single and B-side "Things Could Be Beautiful" / "Frosty Morning" produced by Ian Broudie; two live tracks recorded at the Hammersmith Palais, "Pushing Up The Daisies" and "Yours Sincerely"; and two older tunes produced by Hugh Jones, "Armchair Theatre" and "Faint Hearts". "Things Could Be Beautiful" did not make the UK or US charts and it was another year before the public heard any new material.
1987 – Deception
The Colourfield returned in the spring of 1987. They were now just a duo (Hall & Lyons) augmented by Raquel Welch's band and session musicians. Hall had to hire Welch's band after Lyons departed midway through the recording sessions. Hall has voiced his displeasure with the recording of Deception because he did not feel he had sufficient control of the session musicians and producers to be able to preserve The Colourfield's sound. Deception was produced by Richard Gottehrer and Jeffrey Lesser at Wool Hall Studio, Beckington, Somerset.
The first two singles released from Deception were both covers: "Running Away", originally by Sly & the Family Stone, and "She", a song composed by the songwriting duo of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. "She" was released as a 12" and contained the additional track "Monkey in Winter" with lead vocals by a pre-fame Sinéad O'Connor.
Additional personnel featured included Gregg Mangiafico (keyboards); Sammy Merendino (drum programming); Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears) (guitar on "Running Away" and "Confession"); Dolette McDonald; Deborah Malone and Janice Pendarvis (background vocals on "Digging It Deep"). Both Hall and Lyons appear on the interior cover of the album's CD re-release by Cherry Red Records in 2010 though Hall and his sessioners recorded significant sections of the finished album.
After The Colourfield
Hall undertook many other projects since The Colourfield. In 1990, he formed Terry, Blair & Anouchka, who released the album Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes. In 1992 he collaborated with Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) under the name Vegas. In 1995 he released his first solo album, Home. He worked with The Lightning Seeds, Stephen Duffy, Gorillaz, and Tricky. He also appeared live with The Ordinary Boys.
On 21 July 2003, Hall released his album The Hour of Two Lights which is a collaboration with Mushtaq (Fun-Da-Mental). In 2009 he embarked on a well-received reunion tour with the original line-up of The Specials, though without Jerry Dammers, and had continued touring with the band since. Hall died on 18 December 2022 from pancreatic cancer, at the age of 63. Lyons is now a university lecturer/tutor of graphic design at Sheffield Hallam University in South Yorkshire. Karl Shale went on to join The Candyskins. After they broke up he started working in a record shop.
Members
Terry Hall – vocals, guitar (1984-1987)
Toby Lyons – guitar, organ (1984-1987)
Karl Shale – bass (1984-1986)
Gary Dwyer – drums (1986)
Discography
The discography of The Colourfield consists of two studio albums, one mini-album, two compilation albums and eleven singles.
Studio albums
Compilation albums
The Singles (Chrysalis, 1995) (compilation of Fun Boy Three and The Colourfield singles)
The Very Best Of (Chrysalis, 2018)
EPs
The Colour Field (Chrysalis, January 1986)
Singles
Non-UK singles are marked in brackets.
References
External links
[ AllMusic]
The Laughing Devil
Musical groups from Coventry
English new wave musical groups
English pop rock music groups
English musical trios
Chrysalis Records artists
Musical groups established in 1984
Musical groups disestablished in 1987
1984 establishments in England
1987 disestablishments in England | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Colourfield |
Jack Staff is a British superhero created by comic book writer/artist Paul Grist. While the title character is billed as "Britain's Greatest Hero", the series is known for being in the style of an anthology title and featuring an ensemble cast, largely inspired by extant American and British characters from comics and other mediums. The series was first published in 2000 via Grist's own Dancing Elephant Press, before moving to American publisher Image Comics in 2003.
Creation
While various sources have stated the series began as a reworked pitch for a series about the Marvel Comics character Union Jack, Grist would later clarify that this was only partially true, having gone no further than an enquiry as to whether Marvel would be interested in a series featuring the character. Having previously worked for Marvel on the 1996 limited series The Daily Bugle, Grist had picked Union Jack off a list of obscure Marvel characters, and was unaware at the time that Union Jack had recently been revived in a 1998 mini-series by Ben Raab and John Cassaday. Serious work on the story did not begin until after the decision was made to create Jack Staff as an original series though part of the first arc was influenced by a 1980s Captain America storyline featuring Union Jack and Baron Blood; Grist was only able to find part of the storyline at the time, so built an alternate conclusion instead.
The series was heavily influenced by the anthology format of British weekly comics produced by Fleetway Publications and DC Thomson, which featured several short serial episodes in each issue. The difference, Grist explained, was that the characters in Jack Staff frequently crossed over into each other's strips. This influenced by several characters being overt homages to classic British comic characters, including the Spider and the Steel Claw, while others were based on vintage television shows such as Steptoe and Son and Dad's Army.
Publication history
Grist initially published the series through his own Dancing Elephant Press imprint, with mainly black-and-white interiors. Strong reception led to the series being picked up by Image Comics, who switched it to full colour. The final Dancing Elephant issue was an extended 32 page special, finishing plot points from the first volume; unusually, it was published after the first issue of the Image series. The series soon became notorious for its irregular schedule, which remained unchanged after the move to Image. The second volume lasted 20 issues. In 2005, Comics International began exclusive publication of a monthly four-page strip featuring the supporting character Ben Kulmer (the Claw); this started in #185 of the magazine and ran for twelve episodes; these were subsequently collected in an Image one-shot called The Weird World of Jack Staff King-Size Special.
A crossover was planned between Jack Staff and Invincible, with Grist drawing and Robert Kirkman writing, but scheduling problems prevented it. Jack Staff himself had already appeared in a cameo in an earlier issue of the title, at the memorial service for the slain Guardians of the Globe, and later helping to defend the Earth from an army of other-dimensional Invincible doubles. A crossover with Savage Dragon also took place, in which Dragon visited Castletown as part of a storyline in which the character searched the world for his missing wife.
The series was relaunched as The Weird World of Jack Staff in 2010. Grist explained that the relaunch was driven partly by an attempt to allay confusion on the part of new readers to the anthology style of the series, noting that many were perplexed by issues often only featuring Jack Staff in a small role. Despite solicitations being published for two further issues, The Weird World of Jack Staff ended prematurely after six issues, with Grist instead focusing on Mudman.
In 2019, Grist would get his chance to actually work on Union Jack, writing new series The Union; after being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic it was finally published in 2020. After an 11-year hiatus from the character, Grist contributed a new eight-page Jack Staff strip to the Image Comics 30th anniversary anthology Image! in 2022, appearing in the seventh issue.
Plot
Yesterday's Heroes
Castletown has recently been buffeted by a storm caused by supervillain Doc Tempest before he was taken down by hero Tom-Tom the Robot Man, while the city is also being haunted by a serial killer dubbed the Castledown Slasher. Reporter Becky Burdock meanwhile is narrowly saved from a falling sign thanks to the fast reaction of builder John Smith. Burdock is investigating the disappearance of British superhero Jack Staff for tabloid newspaper The World's Press. Jack Staff was a prominent figure of World War II who performed heroically in the aftermath of the 'Castledown Blitz' as part of the Freedom Fighters but who hasn't been sighted since 1980; however, her editor Gerald Skinner is unmoved and redirects her to reporting on the Slasher. The killings have also attracted the attention of Helen Morgan, Ben Kulmer (a.k.a. The Claw) and Harry Crane - Fortean investigators Q. Using Helen as bait, they draw out a suspect, who is cornered by Tom-Tom and confesses to the killings. However, Tom-Tom is able to detect that the man is lying. Tom-Tom and Becky both converge on a scream, and find Jack Staff standing over Helen's body. Before he can explain he is flattened by Tom-Tom, who only stops his attack when D.I. Maveryk of the police turns up to arrest Jack. However, Crane also arrives and pulls rank, getting Jack handed over to Q instead. Under interrogation, Jack tells Crane his name and that he has seen similar killings in 1940, and the archives of World War II intelligence agency Unit D confirm his story before American hero Sgt. States turns up to vouch for Jack. Burdock is informed of Jack's release, and begins to realise that he and Smith are one and the same. Back at his home, Jack tells his old comrade that he has returned to action to investigate Templar Richard. Burdock attempts to confront Smith, but is killed by a shadowy figure. She awakens to find local vampire hunter Albert Bramble about to drive a stake through her heart; Bramble had been saved from Templar Richard by the Freedom Fighters in August 1940. In the present, Jack Staff and Sgt. States head to Richard's old lair, with the American suffering bouts of nausea. Above ground, Bramble and his son Harold tell Becky she was killed by a vampire and is now one herself, though Harold refuses to let his father kill her. She claims her killer was Sgt. States, while below Jack finds Templar's body unmoved from 1940 as a vampiric Sgt. States leaps at him. The American military is complicit in his vampirism and turns back Maveryk and Q when they arrive at the caverns in pursuit of Jack, so Crane calls in Tom-Tom, while Becky is also drawn to the caverns. Their attacks give Jack a chance to kill Sgt. States. After the fight, John and Becky discover than inside Tom-Tom is a young girl, and get her to safety. Maveryk attempts to arrest Jack Staff for the murder of Becky, but is forced to let him go due to her survival, while American authorities cover up the Sgt. States fiasco.
Everything Used to Be Black and White
Patricia 'Trisha' Carthy, the paraplegic pilot of Tom-Tom, is recuperating in Castledown Royal Infirmary, where Tempest - having deduced her identity - tries to kill her, only to accidentally propel her wheelchair into his face, paralysing himself. Crane meanwhile returns home to find Helen Morgan waiting for him, alive and well. Helen explains that Q brought her back to life, and persuades Crane to remain working for Q. John meanwhile arrives at the home of the elderly Alfred Chinard to carry out some building work, but the man leads him into a pit. He comes around to find he is now wearing his Jack Staff costume, and realises that Chinard is notorious criminal the Spider, who robbed the Bank of England in 1986, leading to the shutdown of Unit D. Maveryk gains a new partner in D.S. 'Zipper' Nolan as he investigates a theft. After finding the Spider's calling card he decides to set a trap for the super-criminal. The Spider himself is after Jack's help as one of his suits has been stolen, and could be dangerous in the wrong hands. Meanwhile Becky is being chased by the Hounds of Hell, set on her by the mysterious Man of Shadows; she tries to call Jack for help, but he and the Spider are busy walking into Maveryk's trap while tracking the thief to the Eisner Building. They capture him, but the Spider knocks Jack out and leaves him as the Maveryk arrives. Becky meanwhile is saved by Harold Bramble; the Man of Shadows tells her she has to pick a side in a war before vanishing.
Another serial killer arrives in Castletown, this time seemingly mimicking the organ-stealing methods depicted in The Jigsaw Man by author Iain M. Angel, also in town. Maveryk arrests the writer at a signing, as his recent tour coincides with the killings. John is also arrested by Maveryk, but Helen and Ben realise the real killer is a mystical concept attempting to build itself a body. With help from the mystical Druid they are able to stop the Jigsaw Man from becoming corporeal. Becky angrily confronts John for not helping her when under threat of the Shadow, but their bickering is stopped when his colleague unearths a coffin. Becky's editor turns the opening of the coffin into a publicity event, involving a £10,000 prize for guessing the contents, model Lynda Jones and a host of others. Doctor Spex's x-ray eyes are unable to penetrate the casket, and neither are Morlan the Mystic's psychic senses before the event is crashed by thief the Claw and the Spider, who steals the prize in the resulting confusion. The coffin also comes open, revealing its contents to be the still-living Victorian escapologist Charlie Raven. Meanwhile Maveryk and Nolan are called to the town nursing home, where worker Hannah Noone has been found aged to death despite only being 22. Meanwhile Raven escapes from police custody. Raven was trapped by a Time Leech after he refused to ally with its plans for world domination, which were delayed when its human form - a dark-haired woman - suffered amnesia but has recently reawakened in Castletown, revitalising itself with Noone's life-force. Raven visits Becky for help. On their way through town they run into the woman in a bank that is in the process of being robbed. Acting on a tip-off from Becky, John is also in the bank and attempts to stop the robbers as Jack Staff but they take Becky hostage. Jack, Maveryk, Raven and the woman are locked in the vault together but Raven is able to get them out. Jack finds the mysterious woman not breathing, and she vanishes when he tries to resuscitate her. Raven also vanishes, while Becky dresses down Jack for the weirdness he brings to her life. Meanwhile, back in its original form the Time Leech plots its return.
Soldiers
In 1981, Britain's secret Hurricane escapes and rampages towards Castletown. its progress is tracked by Project H commander Malone. The Hurricane is an enraged, powerful superhuman known as the Hurricane, and is met two miles outside town by Jack Staff, who he beats easily. Jack wakes up to find ally Mister Green on the scene, claiming to be unable to intervene. Exasperated, he follows the trail of destruction to the city centre, where he is able to use an ice cream truck to save a young Becky from Hurricane. As Malone is responsible for creating Hurricane - an officer by the name of Colonel Gust who had anger issues which were augmented by Storm Damage - he decides to kill all the witnesses, using the miniature military forces controlled by another Project H asset, General Tubbs. Tubbs' weapons force Jack and Becky into the sewers, where they are again confronted by Hurricane. Malone's subordinate Stewart expresses concern about overtaxing Tubbs, but the commander pulls a gun on her, takes Tubbs' remote and drops into Castletown to finish the job. However, Malone was unaware that Tubbs controlled the machines with his mind and that the remote was merely a prop. Having learnt about Hurricane's power from Malone, Jack uses his powers to drain the excess anger from Gust, returning him to normal. He is berated by Mister Green, who had intentionally released Hurricane as a potential ally in a forthcoming cosmic war. Disgusted at the attitude of both Mister Green and Malone, Jack Staff quits. The true cause of the damage is covered up by the government, who instead blame it on an earthquake.
Twenty years later, Castletown is hit by a spike in rage-based crimes - Kane is present as a blind man beats a helpful youth to death, Tom Tom causes huge property damage and hospitalises minor villain Shock! while John has to save Becky from a murderous mob. Jack and Becky compare notes with Trisha, who has no memory of Tom Tom's rampage, but they are menaced by more of the townspeople. Meanwhile Maveryk also falls victim to the rage and kills Helen, who once again comes back to life and shares her theories about the causes of the anger with Q and the police, realising the link with the events of 1981. Jack, Becky and Trisha are saved by Commander Hawkes, former leader of Unit D, who teleports them and a man attacked by the mob to his Thunder Ship. They get the man to hospital, where Hawkes discovers he has no records. The hospital is then hit by a blackout; they come under attack from the Claw, and are joined by Stewart. Now commander of intelligence agency S.M.I.L.E., she has also realised the attacks are linked to the Hurricane, and that the injured man is actually Gust. The Claw escapes, having acted as a decoy so Helen could take Gust away. Q assemble at the Quake Circle, a roundabout decorated with debris from Hurricane's attack in 1981. There, Helen is able to transfer the rage back into Gust, who she then suggests would make a good ally for Q.
Echoes of Tomorrow
In 1942, the Freedom Fighters are called to Castletown, where a German soldier has been found dead. The team come under fire from a nearby house and investigate. Jack discovers a lab inside ran by his enemy Brain Head, who has used a teleporter to bring the German superhero Kapitan Krieg to the town. One by one the team are knocked out by Krieg and captured. Brain Head explains to the captive Freedom Fighters he plans to teleport the German army to Castletown as revenge for the way he feels the country has treated him, also getting to transfer his mind to Krieg's body as a reward. However, Jack and Sgt. States are able to get free. Krieg also turns on Brain Head, giving Jack an opening to destroy the machine. Struggling with some sort of possession, Krieg allows Jack and Sgt. Stripes to get team-mates Blazing Glory and Tommy Twister out of the house, which then implodes.
In the present day, a cult leader hires Bramble & Son to capture Becky, a job that Harold reluctantly accepts. She is taken to sacrificial ceremony, where Harold and Arthur turn on the cultists, only for the trio to be trapped. The Shadow offers Becky help to escape, but she refuses to leave Harold. The cult leader then kills himself as the sacrifice, and a block of vampires arrive and proclaim her the 'Bringer of the Night'; she bluntly refuses to lead them. Helen Morgan meanwhile experiences recurring dreams featuring Mister Green, which warn her something will be happening at the town's branch of Tesco.
Maveryk meanwhile investigates a murder at the home of polymath Lord Gilbert Pearce MP, who masquerades as a police officer and captures Maveryk, proclaiming he has been set up. Tom Tom attempts a rescue, but Pierce slips away and hides in plain sight as one of the town's homeless. Elsewhere, Ben Kulmer continues to commit theft in his spare time, but is being hunted by Mason and his pink-clad assassin for stealing the Claw in the first place. 'Zipper' Nolan is also suffering ominous dreams, featuring his childhood imaginary friends and a battle between the Druid, Lord Nod and the sinister Jim Bones.
John is accosted in Tesco by Morlan the Mystic, who has had visions of Jack Staff losing a battle against a powerful foe. Sure enough, in the car park the cosmic hero known as the Eternal Warrior appears through a portal. Smith is able to best the Warrior after a long fight, but it turns out the real danger is Brain Head's house, sent forward in time. Kapitan Kreig is still inside, unaged and possessed by the demon. After Helen's visions warn her of events, Kane and Kulmer arrive in the car park and try to reason with Krieg, who swipes out one of Kane's eyes in response. He is even able to see the invisible Kulmer, and blows a hole in Tom-Tom when the hero tries to help. Despite Hans' efforts to regain control and Jack's efforts to fight him, Vorty Krill emerges in his own body, and declares himself conqueror of Tesco. Helen arrives and battles Krill, who takes possession of the Eternal Warrior's body. However, the cosmic hero is able to drive the creature out, and it is eaten by Morlun before it can take another host. The Eternal Warrior returns to patrolling the cosmos and John buries old enemy Krieg.
Rocky Realities
A being called Molachi the Immortal seeks the Star Stone, but is beheaded by the Eternal Warrior. Meanwhile John is struck by dreams of himself standing over the head body of Helen Morgan and then battling an armoured figure. The Star Stone resurfaces in a museum, where Ben Kulmer prepares to steal it - only for Molachi to turn up with a new cyborg body, which Becky has unwittingly repaired. Jack turns up as well but - thanks to having another cloned self as an ally - Molachi is able to take the Star Stone and signal the Nagarik for an invasion of Earth. However, as the invasion was planned to take place a thousand years beforehand the Nagarik have moved on to other things and are no longer interested. In the confusion, Kulmer sneaks away with both the Star Stone and the sword.
In an alternate reality, Jack is Britain's greatest criminal - and a former romantic partner of Becky Burdock, vampire hunter - the pair had a son named Matthew, who was killed by vampires. She has a creeping suspicion something is not right, and this is confirmed when Temporal Reality Agent Rocky Reality appears to mend the timeline. They meet the regular Becky, and the alternate version is less than happy at the idea that she should have been a vampire. Against her wishes, Jack uses a reality rock to change the reality and things seemingly go back to normal. However, a vampire version of Alfred Bramble has crossed over from the alternate reality.
Nolan receives a tip-off that the villain Mister Punch will be outside the swanky restaurant Tuppers, where John is having dinner with model Lynda Jones. Their meal is crashed by Punch, and John changes to Jack Staff and fights the villain without success. Nolan plans to intervene and is seemingly knocked out - but when he comes around Punch has been dealt with, seemingly by his childhood imaginary friends Dish and Goldie. Another of Nolan's childhood heroes, the Druid, appears at Nolan's home, and is distraught to find he is only a comic character. Elsewhere, Albert is attacked by his vampire doppelganger, while Becky visits Harold, who shares some of the Brambles' vampire literature with her and then unwittingly invites the vampire Albert into his home. To save Harold from the vampire, Becky is forced to make a deal with the Man of Shadows, who brings Alfred back to life. Rocky Reality then appears and is successfully able to correct the timeline, returning Alfred to normal, while the Shadow tells Becky she is now in his debt. Kulmer meanwhile is captured by old enemy Sommerset Stone, but his captor is killed by old employer Mason and his assassin. Kulmer finds the Claw seems to be acting to protect him, and kills Mason.
While this is happening, John is accused of armed robbery, and Maveryk attempts to bring him in with the aid of Tom-Tom. He swears his innocence, but Jack and Tom Tom are attacked by Shock! Shock! takes out Tom-Tom and Jack before being confronted by another hero called The Butler, who helps Jack defeat the villain. Trisha is convinced of Jack's innocence and has Tom-Tom fly him away from the police. At her base, Jack realises the real robber is a shape-shifter. Searching for him, Maveryk and Nolan head to the Costello Academy for gifted children, where the Head Master takes over Maveryk's mind with his telepathy. However, another of Nolan's imaginary friends, Mister Balloons, appears to save him. When the Head Master attempts to control Nolan's mind, he recoils at what he sees. Elsewhere a group of superpowered students, including the shapeshifter, capture Trisha. Jack follows and seeing him alongside the shapeshifter as John convinces Maveryk, before the students use their abilities to escape. Later, Zipper's friends order pizza, but unknown to them the delivery boy is attacked by Mister Bones.
The Weird World of Jack Staff
In 1875, Charlie Raven is trapped by fellow music hall act Professor Fate at the Empire Theatre in Castledown. Fate, wearing the Mask of Destiny, goes on stage and picks a man from the audience called John Smith, who has been "chosen by the fates". Raven begins to escape from Fate's trap, despite a stagehand unwittingly detonating an explosive device. On stage, Fate places Smith in a cabinet, and when he emerges the man has energy coursing off him. Fate attempts to siphon the power off him in order to wield the Sword of Devastation but realises he has chosen the wrong man. Raven confronts Fate, and Smith flees as the theatre catches fire. It burns to the ground, with Raven escaping and Fate trapped underground.
In 1973 at Castletown's Alternate Energy Research Centre, Jack Staff and Unit D battle the Skull, an energy-powered alien being who Jack overloads and seemingly destroys it.
In the present, Commander Hawkes attempts to find John to warn him of the return of the Skull. However, John seems to have three weeks missing from his life - and no recollection of being Jack Staff. Instead Becky attempts to talk him down, claiming Jack Staff has not been seen until 1981, and has some success until Maveryk arrives with armed police - giving the game away about John into the bargain. Tom Tom arrives and attacks the Skull, watched by Fate - who has awakened in the recently-refurbished theatre. Becky decapitates the villain with a sledgehammer, and John's memory partly returns, allowing Jack Staff to help her. The pair begin to investigate the gaps in John's memory, which include missing a date with calendar model Lynda Jones - triggering more of his memories. They go to confront her at her book launch. Fate is buried again when the battle between the Skull and Tom Tom collapses the theatre, also burying construction worker Andrew Owens, who is discovered by Tom Tom wearing the Mask of Destiny.
Meeting Lynda restores John's memory. Three weeks earlier, Jack had attempted to foil a theft at the town museum by the Claw, with help from the Butler. However, during the fight Jack is taken out of time by an armoured figure, who transports him to "the end of everything". Professor Fate and Morlan the Mystic also watch on the latter's television. They see "the Destroyer" wearing the complete Valiant Stone among the ruins of Castletown, killing a battered Jack before being challenged by Becky, clad in a green cloak and carrying the Sword of Devastation. The villain spots the observers, and smashes the time-traveller's helmet - revealing her to be Lynda Jones, Calendar Girl. She is a Clock Cop charged with making sure the time stream, and transports them both back to the present - where Lynda bemoans that everything has gone wrong. Fate is able to use the Mask to take control of Andrew, having realised the true champion he was searching for was Becky all along. The Devil with an Angel's face arrives in Castletown and confronts John, Lynda and Becky; Jack battles him but is stabbed saving Becky's life. Lynda puts the area in a time lock and opens a portal to the Sword of Devastation but Andrew arrives and passes the Mask of Destiny to Becky. She is able to reject the Mask's control. Jack berates Lynda for meddling, noting that none of this would have happened if she hadn't taken him out of time, and collects the Mask.
Characters
Collected editions
Reception
Despite low sales, Jack Staff consistently drew strong critical acclaim. Writing for ComicsAlliance, both Benito Cereno and Chris Sims praised Grist's draughtsmanship, characterisation and storytelling on the series. Sims called it "hands down one of the best comics ever printed". Four years later he stood by the description, and again noted Grist's ability to blend inventive artistic techniques with intelligent superhero stories.
Charles Murphy of TGR praised the central character's moral compass and the depiction of the British in general in the series, something also picked up on by Matthew Meylikhov in an article for Multiversity Comics. Meylikhov also noted the series' pace and rich characters. In his book British Comics - A Cultural History, James Chapman noted the series' ability to keep a strong British identity, something he felt was comparable to the sensibilities of Grant Morrison's Zenith.
Awards
2001: Won "Favourite British Small Press Title" Eagle Award
2002: Nominated for "Best Self-Published/Independent" National Comics Award
2003:
Won "Best Self-Published/Independent" National Comics Award
Nominated for "Best New Comic" National Comics Award
2005: Nominated for "Favourite British Small Press Title" Eagle Award
2007: Nominated for "Favourite Colour Comicbook (American)" Eagle Award
References
External links
Jack Staff at Paul Grist Comics Index
Jack Staff discussion forum at Image comics
Comics characters introduced in 2000
British small press comics
Fictional stick-fighters
Image Comics titles
Image Comics superheroes
United Kingdom-themed superheroes
2003 comics endings
2003 comics debuts
2009 comics endings | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Staff |
"La Vie Bohème" () is a song from the 1996 musical Rent. It is a celebration of bohemianism, especially the type present in 1980s Alphabet City, Manhattan, which begins with a mocking of the character Benny's statement that "Bohemia is dead". The song features the characters of Rent listing ideas, people, trends, and other symbols of bohemianism and shouting out what and who inspires them, such as jazz poet Langston Hughes and counterculture-era comedian Lenny Bruce.
The song is broken into two parts, labeled "La Vie Bohème A" and "La Vie Bohème B"; between the two halves of the song is an interlude ("I Should Tell You") featuring a romantic duet between the characters Roger and Mimi, during which they each learn that the other is HIV+ and tentatively decide to begin a relationship together. In the stage musical, the second part of the song opens with a brief dialogue between the characters Maureen and Joanne discussing a protest instigated by Maureen earlier in the play, before the cast continues the celebration of bohemianism.
References
1996 songs
Idina Menzel songs
List songs
Song recordings produced by Arif Mardin
Songs from Rent (musical)
Songs written by Jonathan Larson
Bohemianism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Vie%20Boh%C3%A8me |
Manuel Perez may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Manuel Perez (musician) (1871–1946), American cornetist and bandleader
Manuel Perez (animator) (1914–1981), animator for Warner Bros. Cartoons
Manuel Pérez (director) (born 1939), Cuban film director
Manuel "Manny" Pérez Batista or Manny Pérez (born 1969), Dominican actor
Politics
V. Manuel Perez (born 1973), California State Assemblyman, 80th District
Manuel Pérez (President of Nicaragua) (died 1852), President of Nicaragua 1843–1844
Manuel Pérez (1735-1819), Lieutenant Governor of Upper Louisiana 1787-1792
Sports
Manuel Pérez Flores (born 1980), Mexican football player with CF Monterrey
Manuel Perez (footballer) (born 1991), French professional footballer
Manuel Pérez (boxer) (born 1984), Mexican-American professional boxer in the Lightweight division
Manuel Pérez Brunicardi (born 1978), Spanish ski mountaineer
Manny Perez (soccer) (born 1999), American soccer player
Manuel Perez Benitez better known as El Cordobés, Spanish matador of the 1960s
Manuel Pérez Luna (born 1966), Spanish wheelchair basketball player
Other
Manuel Pérez García (born 1979), Spanish academic
Manuel Pérez Jr. (1923–1945), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Manuel Pérez (teacher) (1890–1951), Puerto Rican teacher and public servant
Manuel Pérez (guerrilla leader) (died 1988), leader of the Colombian National Liberation Army from the 1970s to 1998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Perez |
Danylo Apostol (; ; ) (1654–1734), was a Hetman of Zaporizhian Host from 1727 to 1734.
Brief biography
Born in a Cossack family of Moldavian origin, Danylo Apostol was a prominent military leader, polkovnyk (colonel) of the Myrhorod Regiment, and a participant in the Russian campaigns against the Ottoman Empire and Crimean Khanate. He fought in the Great Northern War between 1701 and 1705 against the Swedes in Livonia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, but in 1708 briefly joined Hetman Ivan Mazepa who sided with Charles XII of Sweden against Peter I of Russia. Later, Danylo Apostol again switched sides and fought on the Russian side, distinguishing himself in the Battle of Poltava. In 1722, he led Cossack units during the Russo-Persian War that led to the expansion of Russian power in the Caspian region. Danylo Apostol lost his eye during the capture of Persian Derbent fortress, this will give him a nickname "blind Hetman".
In the 1723-1725 Cossack starshyna, Danylo Apostol was accused of being involved in the alleged mutiny plot of Hetman Pavlo Polubotok and was suspected in treason by Catherine I. In 1727, Apostol was elected to be Hetman of the left-bank Ukraine. During his rule Little Russia and Cossack nobility increased their wealth and estates at the same time as it was further incorporated into the Russian Empire. Danylo Apostol died in 1734, and the new Hetman was not elected until 1750.
Apostol's grandson Joachim A. Gorlenko (1705–1754), the son of his daughter Maria, entered the priesthood of the Russian Orthodox Church and became Joasaph of Belgorod, who was glorified as a saint in 1911.
External links
Danylo Apostol at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Hetmans of Zaporizhian Host
1654 births
1734 deaths
People from Poltava Oblast
Blind royalty and nobility
Colonels of the Cossack Hetmanate
People of the Russo-Persian Wars
Ukrainian people of Moldovan descent
Ukrainian blind people | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danylo%20Apostol |
Stanford is a deserted village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated north of the town of Thetford and southwest of the city of Norwich.
The name of the village derives from Old English and means "stony ford".
The village became deserted when it was taken over by the British Army during the Second World War as part of the Stanford Battle Area, an infantry training area that is still in use. The village and most of the parish are within a restricted area and access is not allowed without special permission from the Army.
The parish church of All Saints, like the other surviving churches within the training area, is fitted with blast-proof sheeting to protect the structure, and wire fencing surrounds the church and churchyard to protect from military manoeuvres.
The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of eight in four households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland. At the 2011 census the population remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of Croxton.
Notes
External links
All Saints on the European Round Tower Churches website
Information from Genuki Norfolk on Stanford.
Information from NorfolkChurches.co.uk on the Stanford Battle Area and its deserted villages and churches.
Villages in Norfolk
Former populated places in Norfolk
Ghost towns in England
Civil parishes in Norfolk
Breckland District
Forcibly depopulated communities in the United Kingdom during World War II | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford%2C%20Norfolk |
Proletarsky (masculine), Proletarskaya (feminine), or Proletarskoye (neuter) may refer to:
Proletarsky District (disambiguation), several districts in the countries of the former Soviet Union
Proletarsky Urban Settlement (or Proletarskoye Urban Settlement), several municipal urban settlements in Russia
Proletarsky, Russia (Proletarskaya, Proletarskoye), several inhabited localities in Russia
Proletarskyi (Proletarsky), an urban-type settlement in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Proletarskaya metro station (disambiguation), several metro stations in the cities of the former Soviet Union
See also
Proletarsk
Proletariy
Proletariat (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proletarsky |
The New York County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (), or New York GAA is one of the three county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in North America, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the New York metropolitan area. The county board is also responsible for the New York county teams.
The county football team competes in the Connacht Senior Football Championship and the Tailteann Cup.
Football
Clubs
The two main competitions for clubs in the county are the New York Senior Football Championship and the New York Junior Football Championship.
The following football clubs are based in the county:
Astoria Gaels (defunct)
Saint Barnabas
St.Bridgids
St Patrick’s GAA (Connecticut)
Brooklyn
Cavan New York
Celtics
Cork New York
Donegal New York
Kerry New York
Long Island Gaels (Point Lookout)
Longford New York
Manhattan
Mayo New York
Monaghan New York
O'Donovan Rossa (Astoria, Queens)
Offaly New York
Rangers
Raymonds
Rockland (Orangeburg)
Saint Patricks
Sligo New York
Shannon Gaels (College Point, Queens)
Tyrone New York
Westmeath New York
County team
The New York GAA has a long history in Gaelic games starting at a time of the mass immigration to New York from Ireland. The first organised hurling and football club in New York was founded in 1857. Since then football in New York has grown. At one point there were close to 40 football clubs in the New York GAA league. However, since the migration back to Ireland with that country's increasing economic prosperity (the Celtic Tiger), the number of clubs dwindled down to 31. In the past two years, the NY GAA has brought in two new teams, one (Na Clairsigh) from Albany and another (Four Provinces) from Philadelphia. But with the Meath team dropping out of the league competition due to too few players and other teams combining together, participation has declined. However, the renovation of Gaelic Park and increased participation by underage teams are measures that have been taken to increase participation again without having to rely on players imported from Ireland.
Hurling
Clubs
The main competition for clubs in the county is the New York Senior Hurling Championship.
The following hurling clubs are based in the county:
Bronx Warriors (defunct)
Galway New York
Hoboken Guards
Rockland
Shannon Gaels
Tipperary New York
Ulster New York
Waterford New York
Westmeath New York
Limerick New York
County team
The first organised hurling and Gaelic football club in New York was founded in 1857. In the following 30 years, the New York, Emmet, Wolfe Tone, Brooklyn, Geraldine and Men of Ireland clubs were set up. The Gaelic Athletic Association's successful North American tour had a notable effect on the growth of hurling in New York and North America in general by the end of the 19th century. At this time, the Keane Gaelic Hurling Trophy began to be awarded to the club which won the New York senior championship.
New York's county team have had a number of notable hurling achievements, particularly the 1958 win over Wexford. In 1969, New York defeated Kilkenny over two legs in what was described as a "world championship cup".
In the 2006 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, New York scored a famous 1-18 to 1-12 win over Derry. This entitled them to take part in the Ulster final, which had to be delayed because the New York players had trouble travelling, see 2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The delayed game took place in Boston on Sunday October 22, 2006 as a curtain-raiser to the Interprovincial Championship football final; New York lost 2-20 – 1-14 to Antrim. New York did not play in the 2007 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.
New York won an All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship in 1996.
In November 2022, New York was confirmed as a participant in the 2023 Connacht Hurling League.
Honours
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Quarter-Finalists (1): 1996
All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Winners (1): 1996
Connacht Senior Hurling League Shield
Winners (1): 2023
Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Runners-up (1): 2006
Camogie
Camogie, a version of hurling for ladies, is also played by several clubs in New York. The 2010 camogie champion was Na Fianna who retained their title by defeating Cavan 0-17 to 1-10.
Ladies' football
New York has a number of ladies' football teams. The county also fields a ladies' team in the Women's World Cup (this tournament does not include Irish sides).
References
External links
New York GAA Board website
Gaelic sports
Irish-American culture in New York City
Sports in the New York metropolitan area | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20GAA |
The Holocene glacial retreat is a geographical phenomenon that involved the global retreat of glaciers (deglaciation) that previously had advanced during the Last Glacial Maximum. Ice sheet retreat initiated ca. 19,000 years ago and accelerated after ca. 15,000 years ago. The Holocene, starting with abrupt warming 11,700 years ago, resulted in rapid melting of the remaining ice sheets of North America and Europe.
Geographical alterations
Antarctica
Radiocarbon dating has been used to date the start of glacial retreat on Alexander island 18,000 years ago. The outermost locations like Marguerite Bay were fully deglaciated 12,000 years ago and the further inland locations continued deglaciating for an additional 3,000 years. The Larsen ice shelf was formed in the early Holocene at a latest estimation of 10,700 years ago. Certain segments of the ice shelf have collapsed as recently as 1995 for Larsen A and a large segment of Larsen B collapsed in 2002.
Europe
The many valleys of the Cairngorms, a mountainous region in the Eastern Scottish Highlands are littered with deposits from this period.
In northwestern Iceland, the Icelandic ice sheet began its non-uniform retreat about 15,000 years ago. Surface exposure dating using the isotope 36Cl was the primary means of dating boulders and terminal moraines in the Drangajökull area in Iceland. Ages of erratic boulders found near the Leirufjörður valley and moraine range from 7-12 thousand years old. The average ages for the groupings of boulders in the Leirufjörður area is 9.3 thousand years ago. Directly south of Leirufjörður in the Kaldalon Valley the average age of the boulders is 15,000 years old. The two different average ages are a result of different rates of glacial activity in Iceland.
Another area that has experienced deglaciation during the Holocene is Spitsbergen island within the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. For the last 12,000 years exposed rockwalls have been eroding due to a mixture of biogenic flaking, frost shattering, and stress relaxation that results when glaciers retreat. One way the rate of rockwall retreat is measured is by examining the diameters of local lichen to establish an age of growth.
North America
The retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in Canada led to the formation of moraines and up to 26 proglacial lakes scattered throughout central Canada. The deglaciation occurred from the last glacial maximum (21,000 years ago) until about 7000 years ago. Some of the lakes in the southern Ungava Bay area were fully deglaciated c. 6,000 years ago. Meltwater from the glacial prehistoric Lake Agassiz contributed to the neoglaciation during the Holocene, which resulted in an uptick of glacial activity at least as far away as Iceland.
The Nuup Kangerlua and Sermilik regions, in southwestern and southeastern Greenland respectively, are two localities that experienced deglaciation after the Holocene warming period started. Warming atmospheric temperatures as well as warming waters in the Labrador Sea accelerated the speed of deglaciation which started on the coasts of Greenland before heading inland. Moraines located in the interior of the Nuup Kangerlua area have been dated to 8.1 to 8.3 thousand years ago; they mark a local cooling that caused glaciers to re-advance and leave moraines behind.
The modern Ohio River was formed when the river was temporarily dammed just southwest of Louisville, Kentucky, creating a large lake until the dam burst. The Ohio River largely supplanted the former Teays River drainage system, which was disrupted by the glaciers.
Ancient Lake Chicago, on the southern margin of the Wisconsin Glacier, found successive lower outlets as the glacier retreated, until the Saint Lawrence River route was uncovered. Corresponding to each level, remnant lake shore features may be found in many areas. One prehistoric shoreline is delineated by Bluff Avenue, a north–south street on the La Grange, Illinois, east side.
Current river delta positioning and sediment composition in northern Michigan were created by a glacial lake. The lake resulted from retreating glaciers.
South America
The Northern Patagonian Icefield is one of the locations that experienced a surge in glacial activity during the neoglaciation period. Terminal moraines formed 5.7 thousand years ago in the San Rafael Glacier and around 4.96 thousand years ago they formed in the nearby Colonia glacier. In the Southern Patagonian Icefield located in Argentina and Chile, some glaciers have actually been advancing to their peak extents as recently as the 19th century as evidenced by moraines. Another remnant of glacial activity in the southern Patagonian icefield is the creation of meltwater channels within the El Canal spillway found near the Lago del Toro in Chile. The different layers of stratification have been used to date different occurrences of glacial lakes in the region.
New Zealand
Within the last 30 years while most locations have experienced continue glacial retreat, glaciers located in the Southern Alps of New Zealand have advanced in position. Glaciers located near coasts such as those in New Zealand are especially responsive to climate change and serve as an indicator of local climate change. The anticipated warming waters near New Zealand in the Tasman Sea will lead to a reduction in glacial mass balance.
See also
References
External links
The Post-Glacial Period Holocene Epoch
Glacial retreat
Glaciology
Last Glacial Period | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene%20glacial%20retreat |
Red Bicyclette is a French wine produced by the Sieur d'Arques cooperative and distributed in the United States by the E. & J. Gallo Winery. Its distinctive label appeals to consumers who prefer branded wines, labelled with the variety of grape from which they are made, rather than by the exact location. The following grape varieties are sold under the Red Bicyclette label: chardonnay, merlot, pinot noir, rosé and syrah.
Passing-off controversy
Sieur d'Arques were prosecuted in 2010 for passing off wines blended from other grape varieties as pinot noir in order to charge higher prices to E. & J. Gallo, for whom this was their most popular variety. The amount of imitation pinot noir sold in this way exceeded the production of the Languedoc region and this scandal was said to have damaged the region's reputation. The defendants were convicted. Jail sentences were given but suspended and fines of up to €180,000 were levied.
See also
Fat Bastard (wine)
Plan Bordeaux
References
Bibliography
External links
Red Bicyclette
French brands
French wine
Wine brands | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Bicyclette |
Lung Cheung Road () is a major road in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It forms part of Route 7 linking Kwun Tong Road at Ngau Chi Wan and Ching Cheung Road near Tai Wo Ping. It is a dual 3-lane carriageway running in the east-west direction for its entire length.
Kwun Tong (connected by Kwun Tong Road) in Eastern Kowloon was the main manufacturing centre of Hong Kong during the 1960s. To provide a more efficient link to the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals and Tsuen Wan, two roads were built along the hills to the north of developed Kowloon. Tai Po Road's New Territories and New Kowloon parts divide between Ching Cheung Road and Lung Cheung Road.
The section of between Wong Tai Sin and Choi Hung of the Kwun Tong line was built under the road.
History
Lung Cheung Road opened to traffic on 24 June 1961.
Major junctions
Nam Cheong Street
Tai Wo Ping Interchange
Lion Rock Tunnel
Tate's Cairn Tunnel
Chuk Yuen Road
Ma Chai Hang Road
Po Kong Village Interchange
Tai Hom Road
Hammer Hill Road
Clear Water Bay Road
Shatin Pass Road (formerly)
See also
List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
Tai Po Road
Kwun Tong Road
References
1961 establishments in Hong Kong
Roads in New Kowloon
Route 7 (Hong Kong)
Ngau Chi Wan
Wong Tai Sin
New Kowloon articles missing geocoordinate data
Kwun Tong | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung%20Cheung%20Road |
The Best of Run-DMC is a 2003 compilation album by Sony BMG of American hip hop group Run-D.M.C.'s greatest hits, recompiled in 2007.
Track listing
A ten-song album was released by BMG in 2003.
"King of Rock" – 5:13
"It's Tricky" – 3:04
"My Adidas" – 2:49
"Down with the King" – 5:04
"Hollis Crew (Krush-Groove 2)" – 3:13
"It's Like That" – 4:49
"Jam-Master Jay" – 3:12
"I'm Not Going Out Like That" – 4:56
"Roots, Rap, Reggae" – 3:11
"Proud to Be Black" – 3:14
Recompilation
A 2007 album was released by Sony BMG under this name.
"Walk This Way" – 5:12
"Sucker M.C.'s" – 3:10
"My Adidas" – 2:49
"It's Like That" – 4:11 (Jason Nevins Remix)
"King of Rock" – 5:15
"It's Tricky" – 3:04
"You Talk Too Much" – 6:01
"You Be Illin'" – 3:28
"Rock Box" – 5:30
"Run's House" – 3:23
"Peter Piper" – 3:25
"Raising Hell" – 5:34
"Beats to the Rhyme" – 2:42
"I'm Not Going Out Like That" – 4:57
"Hit It Run" – 3:12
References
Run-DMC albums
2003 greatest hits albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Best%20of%20Run-DMC |
Fixation disparity is a tendency of the eyes to drift in the direction of the heterophoria. While the heterophoria refers to a fusion-free vergence state, the fixation disparity refers to a small misalignment of the visual axes when both eyes are open in an observer with normal fusion and binocular vision. The misalignment may be vertical, horizontal or both. The misalignment (a few minutes of arc) is much smaller than that of strabismus. While strabismus prevents binocular vision, fixation disparity keeps binocular vision, however it may reduce a patient's level of stereopsis. A patient may or may not have fixation disparity and a patient may have a different fixation disparity at distance than near. Observers with a fixation disparity are more likely to report eye strain in demanding visual tasks; therefore, tests of fixation disparity belong to the diagnostic tools used by eye care professionals: remediation includes vision therapy, prism eye glasses, or visual ergonomics at the workplace.
Optimal binocular vision
In Fig. 1, the blue lines and characters illustrate the situation of optimal binocular vision: the extra-ocular muscles adjust the vergence angle between the two visual axes so that the fixation target X is projected in each eye onto the centre of the fovea, i.e. the location on the retina with the highest spatial resolution. The fixation point is projected in the two eyes onto retinal points that correspond to the same visual direction in space so that single vision is provided. This means that the visual axes intersect at the fixation target X. On the level of the visual cortex there is a perfect spatial overlap, i.e. the binocular disparity is zero and best binocular summation is possible. Such an optimal state occurs only in a minority of observers.
Sub-optimal condition of fixation disparity (FD)
Most observers have a so-called “normal” binocular vision in the sense that they are able to view stereoscopically, but still many of these observers can have a sub-optimal condition in terms of a fixation disparity (FD). The vergence angle is slightly misadjusted so that the fixation point is projected slightly apart from the centre of the fovea. The visual axes may intersect in front (red lines) of the target plane, or behind (black line); these states of over- or under-convergence are referred to as eso- or exo FD, respectively (see Fig.1). In the visual cortex, a binocular disparity between the two retinal images remains. If this disparity is small enough, sensory and neural mechanisms in binocular neurons still attribute the same visual direction to these slightly disparate images and single vision is provided. This mechanism of sensory fusion with normal retinal correspondence operates within a certain limit of disparity, referred to as Panum’s area. If the disparity is larger, the normal Panum’s fusion mechanism is not sufficient; rather, in order to achieve fusion, a neural remapping of retinal correspondence can occur, which - however - prevents a high quality stereo vision.
Thus, in order to achieve single vision, two physiological mechanisms operate hand in hand:
1.) The motor mechanism of the extra-ocular eye muscles adjusts the vergence angle as precisely as possible for the individual, but a small vergence error may remain.
2.) Sensory (neural) mechanisms provide single vision by means of fusion within normal Panum’s area or remapping of retinal correspondence (extended Panum’s areas).
Methods for measuring fixation disparity
The methods can be explained based on the study of Hofmann and Bielschowsky in 1900, who applied a modified Maddox wing: the right eye is presented with a horizontal scale and the left eye with an arrow. The observer perceives that the arrow points onto one of the numbers on the scale which indicates a possible vergence mis-adjustment. The Maddox wing, however, does not test binocular vision since no fusion target is present. For testing the state of binocular vision, Hofmann and Bielschowsky included an additional fusion stimulus to the two eyes and still found a perceived offset of scale and arrow; they referred to this offset as “Disparitätsrest” (in German), which means “residual disparity”. Later, Ogle coined the term "fixation disparity".
More generally, this traditional vergence test is a subjective test in the sense that the observer reports his/her perception of the relative position of two test targets that are presented separately to the two eyes, i.e. dichoptic targets. This test relies on the assumption that retinal points are associated with visual directions in space. If physically aligned dichoptic targets appear subjectively aligned, they are projected onto corresponding retinal points and the visual axes intersect at the test target; thus, the vergence angle agrees with the viewing distance. In case of a deviating vergence state, the dichoptic targets need to have a certain physical horizontal offset in order to be perceived in line. These subjective measures agree with objective recordings with eye trackers, if no fusion stimulus is involved.
For measuring subjective fixation disparity, researchers as Ogle, Sheedy and Saladin, Mallett, Wesson constructed test instrumentation including fusion targets and dichoptic targets using cross-polarized filters in front of the eyes; some of these devices are commercially available. If the dichoptic targets are presented to the observer in physical alignment, the angular amount (in the unit minutes of arc) of subjective fixation disparity is indicated by the perceived misalignment of the two dichoptic targets. This can be compensated by the patient's individual amount of a prism eye glass (in the unit prism dioptre) so that the patient perceives alignment. The latter prism needed to reduce the fixation disparity to zero is referred to as aligning prism (earlier called associated phoria). Instrumentations as the Disparometer, the Mallett-unit, or the Wesson Card differ in the type of fusion target: some use small central fixation letters, others use more peripheral fusion targets. The instruments can be swung through 90° to measure any vertical fixation disparity. The test devices can also be used to detect suppression.
The above studies of subjective fixation disparity assumed - partly implicitly - that the dichoptic targets would indicate the vergence misalignment of the visual axes muscles, i.e. the vergence error, as it can be measured with eye tracking methods. This seemed to be justified by the first objective recording of fixation disparity made in 1960 by Hebbard with an eye tracking method based on small mirrors fixed onto contact lenses: he found agreement between the two measures (in the one observer tested). However, subsequent studies found that the objective recordings with eye trackers can differ substantially from the subjective test results with dichoptic targets: with central fusion targets and closely adjacent dichoptic targets, the subjective measure can be about 10 times smaller than the objective measure. When the dichoptic targets are gradually shifted by some degree away from the fusion target, then the two measures become more and more similar. This was interpreted as a change in retinal correspondence in the sense that the visual direction associated with the dichoptic targets is modified in the vicinity of the fusion target.
Definition of objective and subjective fixation disparity
Given the discrepancy between objective measures with eye trackers and subjective measures with dichoptic targets, different definitions should be applied (see Fig. 2):
· Objective fixation disparity (oFD) is defined as the oculomotor vergence error that can only be measured with eye trackers, i.e. oFD = V – V0 . This is the difference between the vergence angle in binocular vision (V, red line in Fig. 2a) and the optimal vergence state when a target is projected in each eye onto the center of the foveola (V0=2 arc tan ((pd)/2)/D), blue line in Fig. 2a). V0 is estimated from the monocular calibration of the eye tracker, i.e. the left eye is covered when the right eye calibration is made and vice versa; this procedure assumes that in monocular vision a target is projected onto the centre of the foveola.
· Subjective fixation disparity (sFD) is defined as the angular amount of the offset between dichoptic targets that need to be adjusted to a certain offset d so that the observer perceives the dichoptic targets in alignment (see the pair of nonius lines in Fig. 2b). Note that this definition of sFD = arctan (d/D) does not refer to the current vergence angle. The resulting subjective fixation disparity may depend on the spatial arrangement of dichoptic targets and fusion targets.
The discrepancy between oFD and sFD is shown in Fig. 2 in that the disparity ∆ between the two visual axes is typically larger than angular amount of the nonius offset d.
Physiological properties of both types of fixation disparity
A fixation disparity is not constant within a certain observer, but can vary depending on the viewing conditions. If test prisms with increasing amount are placed in front of the observer’s eyes, the fixation disparity changes in the eso direction with base-in prisms and in the exo direction with base-out prisms (Fig. 3). These prisms force the eyes to change the vergence angle while the viewing distance remains unchanged. Prism-induced fixation disparity curves (prism FD-curves) can be characterized by the following parameters:
the y-intercept refers to the naturally occurring fixation disparity without a prism (FD0)
the x-intercept gives the amount of a prism (P0) that compensates a naturally occurring fixation disparity. This x-intercept is also referred to as aligning prism or – in earlier times – as associated phoria when the subjective nonius method was used (sP0)
the slope of the curve near zero prism load
These prism FD-curves have widely been used for subjective fixation disparity and the clinical implications are described below. Only more recently, subjective and objective prism FD-curves have been measured simultaneously: In principle both measures have a similar form of these curves, but they can differ quantitatively; typically, oFD is much larger than sFD. A comparison of subjective versus objective measures revealed a significant correlation (about r = 0.5 – 0.7) for the y-intercept (sFD0 versus oFD0), but not for the slope.
In natural vision without prisms, the vergence state varies as a function of the viewing distance of the target: the subjective fixation disparity may shift towards more exo states from far-vision to near-vision. The effect of proximity is different for objective and subjective fixation disparity.
During reading of text material, the objective fixation disparity can be measured with eye trackers in the moments of fixation. This reading fixation disparity has the following properties:
Fusion is maintained despite a fixation disparity during a reading fixation
The reading fixation disparity reaches a minimum at a certain moment in time during the fixation
The reading fixation disparity shifts to more eso conditions in the course of reading a line from left to right
Blurring the text makes the reading fixation disparity more exo
The reading fixation disparity is smaller when the text characters have a more pronounced periodic spatial structure
Clinical diagnostic criteria
Fixation disparity can differ considerably between observers with normal binocular vision. The following conditions of subjective fixation disparity tend to be more prevalent in observers with eye strain.
Near-vision subjective fixation disparity (sFD0) tends to be larger in the exo direction and the aligning prisms (sP0) tends to be more base-in, suggesting that the eyes tend to under-converge. Most of these studies used the Mallett-unit, which consists of a small central fixation letter X surrounded by two letters O, one on each side of X.
The prism FD-curve (measured subjectively in near vision) tends to have a steeper slope (see Fig. 3b), meaning that the binocular system is not able to reach a small fixation disparity when vergence is forced by prisms in the base-in and base-out direction. This evidence came predominantly from studies with the Disparometer, an instrument that allows presenting dichoptic nonius lines with different amounts of offset to find a particular physical offset that leads to perceived alignment. These nonius lines are presented within a circular contour of 1.5 deg diameter that is viewed binocularly.
The proximity FD-curve (measured subjectively as a function of viewing distance) tends to be steeper, meaning that the binocular system is not able to keep the fixation disparity small, if a target is shifted closer in the range of about 100 to 20 cm. This evidence came from studies using a computer-controlled test stimulus including a central fusion stimulus.
All the above measures in studies of eye strain refer to the subjective fixation disparity, because the procedure with dichoptic targets is technically easy and therefore can conveniently be applied in the clinical setting with some commercial test devices. Some of the cited studies found, that measures of subjective fixation disparity are a better diagnostic criterion for eye strain than the heterophoria, i.e. the vergence state without a fusion stimulus. The technically more complex eye tracking technology for measuring objective fixation disparity has not yet been investigated in relation to eye strain.
Remediation of fixation disparity in observers with eye strain
Given that an observer has a certain fixation disparity and suffers from eye strain, one may consider some of the following ways of remediation.
Eye glasses with an included prism power is the optical method to reduce a fixation disparity. Different procedures have been proposed to determine the required amount of prism for the individual. Based on prism-FD curves (Fig. 3b), one can find the aligning prism sP0 that nullifies the naturally prevailing fixation disparity sFD0. This test procedure is typically made in near vision of 40 cm, e.g. with the Mallett-unit, the Disparometer, or the Wesson card (see above). Experimental evidence for the effectiveness of the aligning prism came from a study of reading speed and corresponding preferences of prism eye glasses. A different approach was suggested by H.-J. Haase who proposed a set of dichoptic target tests with both central and more peripheral fusion targets and additional stereo tests that were predominantly used in far vision. Such prisms alleviated eye strain and remained stable over time. The usefulness of prism eye glasses has been criticized since the initial fixation disparity may reappear again after some time due to the adaptability of the vergence system. One may consider, however, that vergence tends to be less adaptive in observers with eye strain so that in these observers the prisms may permanently reduce a naturally prevailing fixation disparity.
Visual ergonomics of a computer workstation may take into account the individual proximity FD-curve: individuals with a larger exo fixation disparity at near may prefer a longer viewing distance where the fixation disparity is smaller.
Visual vergence training (also referred to as orthoptic exercises or vision therapy) aims to improve the physiological condition of binocular vision with eye movement exercises, including e.g. frequent dynamic vergence changes between near and far vision. The effectiveness has been confirmed both in terms of alleviation of visual symptoms and in better physiological conditions, e.g. the prism-FD curves became more flat. The physiological effect of visual vergence training has also been confirmed for other vergence functions.
See also
Diplopia
Eye examination
Heterophoria
Ocular dominance
Vision therapy
Binocular vision
Vergence
Eye Tracking
References
Optometry
Eye diseases | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixation%20disparity |
The Takutu River (Takatu River, Tacutu River) is a river in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana and Roraima in Brazil. It forms part of the boundary between the two countries. The confluence of the Takutu and Uraricoera Rivers forms the Branco River. The Takutu River's sources almost link with those of the Essequibo River; in the rainy season, flooding links the Takutu to the Rupununi River, a tributary of the Essequibo.
The Takutu River Bridge establishes an all-weather road connection between Guyana and Brazil.
Flooding of the Takutu effects the town of Lethem, the regional capital, and other settlements in the area such as St. Ignatius, Tabatinga, and Culvert City. The river experiences pollution in connection with gold-mining processes.
References
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/guyana_rel_1991.pdf
Rivers of Roraima
Rivers of Guyana
International rivers of South America
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
Brazil–Guyana border
Border rivers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takutu%20River |
Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (; born 1966) is an Irish barrister and former radio host with (RTÉ). She presented Eurovision Song Contest 1994 in Dublin along with Gerry Ryan.
Career
Ní Mhurchú initially worked as a teacher in an Irish language school in Carlow and then spent ten years working as a journalist and presenter in RTÉ, and as a freelancer. During the 1990s, she presented RTÉ's Lotto draw. She has also been a web columnist for several years and has written extensively on education, training and careers.
She became a barrister after leaving RTÉ.
Personal life
Ní Mhurchú is married and has two children.
See also
List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters
References
External links
RTÉ profile
Irish Law Library profile
1966 births
20th-century Irish people
21st-century Irish people
Living people
Irish barristers
Irish columnists
Irish schoolteachers
RTÉ television presenters
Lawyers from County Carlow
RTÉ newsreaders and journalists
RTÉ Radio presenters
Irish women lawyers
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta presenters
Women television journalists
Women radio journalists
Irish women columnists
Broadcasters from County Carlow
21st-century Irish lawyers
21st-century Irish women lawyers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia%20N%C3%AD%20Mhurch%C3%BA |
Glostrup FK IF32 is a Danish football club which plays in the Denmark Series. They play at Glostrup Stadion in Glostrup on Zealand, which has a capacity of 4,000.
The club was formed in 2003 as a merger between Glostrup IF 32, Glostrup IC and Hvissinge FC. In 2009 the club was merged with Albertslund IF to form Boldklubberne Glostrup Albertslund. This merger was dissolved in 2015, and Glostrup FK reappeared in the Zealand Series.
External links
Mother club official website (Danish)
Support society (Danish)
Football clubs in Denmark
Association football clubs established in 1932
1932 establishments in Denmark
Association football clubs disestablished in 2009
Association football clubs established in 2015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glostrup%20FK |
Dasmond Koh (; born 22 February 1972) is a Singaporean actor, television host, radio DJ and businessman. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1995 to 2015. In 2015, He left Mediacorp to concentrate on NoonTalk Media which he co-founded in 2011.
Career
Prior to entering the entertainment industry, Koh had been a full-time deejay with YES 933 since 1996. He was one of the RCS's most popular Chinese language deejays and was voted Friday Weekly Singapore'''s "Most Popular DJ" five years in a row and YES 933's most popular DJ for three consecutive years at the biennial RCS Golden Mike Awards.
In 2000 Koh joined MediaCorp while still juggling DJ duties and eventually resigned to join MediaCorp full-time several years later. Although fairly new to television, he was voted the Most Popular Newcomer at the Star Awards 2000 after starring in the sitcom Soho @ Work. He has hosted a variety of programmes ranging from travelogues to variety shows and major "live" events such as the Chingay Parade, Star Awards and SuperBand. Since crossing over to television, he has also enjoyed success as a host. He was voted the "Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes" for the tenth time at the Star Awards 2019 and has been nominated for Best Variety Show Host and Best Info-Ed Show Host several times.
In 2012 he co-directed his first film Timeless Love.
In 2015, Koh left the entertainment industry and announced that he would not renew his Mediacorp contract due to him setting up a business entity. He co-founded an anti-aging skincare and beauty products company known as FrozenAge. Currently, he is the co-host of The Sheng Siong Show'', together with Kym Ng and Seow Sin Nee.
Personal life
Koh was educated at Anglican High School and Temasek Polytechnic. In 2002, he was an Ambassador for World Vision and sponsored 2 Mongolian children.
Filmography
Television
Film
Variety show
Radio hosting
Compilation album
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Personal Portfolio
Profile on LinkedIn
Singaporean television personalities
Singaporean DJs
1972 births
Living people
Singaporean people of Chinese descent
Singaporean businesspeople | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasmond%20Koh |
Celtic Instrumentals is a collection of Rawlins Cross' favourite instrumental tracks from their previous CDs plus some newly recorded tunes. It was released in 1997 by Warner Music.
Track listing
"MacPherson's Lament"
"Little Sara"/"Jessie's Jig"
"O'Neil's March"/"The Haughs of Cromdale"
"Wedding Gift"
"Mac's Fancy"/"Give Me a Drink of Water"
"Israel Got a Rabbit"
"Memory Waltz"
"Back Down Home Medley"
"Rollicking Skipper B."/'The Shimmy"
"Little Beggarman"
"Mairi Nighean Alasdair"
1997 albums
Rawlins Cross albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic%20Instrumentals |
This is a list of Amarilloans, notable current and former citizens of Amarillo, Texas.
Arts and entertainment
Jennifer Archer, author
Art Bell, radio host and author
Lacey Brown, folk singer and American Idol finalist
Gail Caldwell, Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic
Derek Cecil, actor (Push, Nevada)
Cyd Charisse, dancer and actress (The Band Wagon, Brigadoon)
Ann Doran, actress (Rebel Without a Cause)
Joe Ely, country and folk singer
Ron Ely, actor (Tarzan)
Todd English, celebrity chef
Kevin Fowler, country music singer
Blair Garner, country music radio host
Jimmy Gilmer, rock singer ("Sugar Shack")
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, country music singer
Clyde Kenneth Harris, soldier and interior decorator
Kimberly Willis Holt, author
Mitchell Hurwitz, TV writer
Sterling Hyltin, ballet dancer
Carolyn Jones, actress (The Addams Family)
Grady Nutt, comedian (Hee Haw)
Hayden Pedigo, musician
John Rich, guitar player
Eck Robertson, musician
Ben Sargent, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
George Saunders, writer, winner of Macarthur Fellowship Genius Grant
J.D. Souther, country rock singer
Terry LaVerne Stafford, songwriter
Francie Swift, actress
Jodi Thomas, author
Paula Trickey, actress (Pacific Blue)
Aaron Watson, country music singer
Trent Willmon, country music singer
Jack Wrather, television director
M. K. Wren, mystery and science fiction writer
Roger Miller, country music singer
Arden Cho, actress
Business
T. Boone Pickens, Jr., oilman and philanthropist
Law and government
James R. Beverley, governor of Puerto Rico
Teel Bivins, United States Ambassador to Sweden
Beau Boulter, United States Congressman
James Nathan Browning, Texas lieutenant governor
Odell M. Conoley, USMC; Deputy Director for Operations, Plans, Policies and Operations Division, Staff of the Commander in Chief, United States European Command
Jake Ellzey, United States Congressman
Howard D. Graves, Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, later Chancellor of Texas A & M system of universities
John Marvin Jones, United States Congressman and Chief Judge of the Court of Claims
Walter Thomas Price, IV, Amarillo attorney and Republican nominee for the District 87 seat in the Texas House of Representatives
Mary Lou Robinson, United States federal judge
Kel Seliger, mayor and Texas state senator
Sports
Rex Baxter, professional golfer and NCAA champion
Trevor Brazile, PRCA All Around Cowboy
Brad Bryant, professional golfer
Paul Buentello, mixed martial artist
Steve Butler, racecar driver
Ron Clinkscale, professional Canadian football player
Michael Cobbins (born 1992), basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Tucker Davidson, professional baseball player
Bobby Duncum Jr., professional wrestler
Dory Funk, professional wrestler
Dory Funk, Jr., professional wrestler
Terry Funk, professional wrestler
Heath Herring, mixed martial artist
Mike Hettinga, aka Mike Knox, professional wrestler
Ziggy Hood, professional football player
Wildcat Monte (born Monte Deadwiley; 1905–1961), professional boxer
Alex O'Brien, professional tennis player
Barry Orton, professional wrestler
Ryan Palmer, professional golfer
Bum Phillips, professional football coach
Cody Pfister, mixed martial artist
Chris Romero, professional wrestler
Mark Romero, professional wrestler
Ricky Romero, professional wrestler
Steven Romero, professional wrestler
Hurles Scales, professional football player
Mike Scroggins, professional bowler
Brandon Slay, gold-medal Olympic wrestler
T.A. "Amarillo Slim" Preston, professional poker player
Evan Tanner, professional mixed martial artist
William Thomas, professional football player
Devonte Upson (born 1993), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ken Vinyard, professional football player
Erik Watts, professional wrestler
Gene Wiley, professional basketball player
Others
Charles Albright, serial killer
George Hendricks Beverley, U.S. Air Force general
Thomas E. Creek, U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Brittany Holberg, convicted murderer who was sentenced to death row
Rick Husband, astronaut
Paul Lockhart, astronaut
Leroy Matthiesen, local Catholic bishop
Grady Booch, software engineer
Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Amarillo%2C%20Texas |
Lee Edward Unkrich (born August 8, 1967) is an American filmmaker. He was a longtime member of the creative team at Pixar, where he started in 1994 as a film editor. He later began directing, first as co-director of Toy Story 2 (1999).
After co-directing Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Finding Nemo (2003), Unkrich made his solo directorial debut with Toy Story 3 (2010), and most recently directed Coco (2017), both of which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
After working at Pixar for 25 years, Unkrich retired from the company in January 2019 to spend more time with his family and pursue other interests.
Early life and career
Unkrich was raised in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, the only child of Emilie Unkrich and Robert Unkrich. His father was a World War II veteran ("He stormed the beach at Normandy") and artist. Unkrich was raised in the Jewish faith. He spent his youth acting at The Cleveland Play House. Unkrich graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1990.
Unkrich was Vice-President of Editorial and Layout at Pixar. Before joining the studio, Unkrich worked for several years in television as an editor and director. In 1994 he was hired by Pixar as a short-term employee for a period of four weeks, but ended up staying for 25 years. He is the 2011 recipient of the University of Southern California's Mary Pickford Distinguished Alumni Award recognizing alumni contributions to the cinematic arts.
On January 18, 2019, Unkrich announced he was leaving Pixar to spend time with his family and pursue interests that have "long been back-burnered."
In late 2022 he announced he had completed editing a book about The Shining, written by J. W. Rinzler.
In 2023, Taschen released Unkrich’s book “Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining” in a limited collector’s edition. The book was edited by Unkrich, and written by J. W. Rinzler and Unkrich.
Personal life
Unkrich is married to Laura Century and they have three children: Theo, Alice, and Max. Unkrich came out as bisexual to his family and friends in 2021 and came out publicly in 2022.
Filmography
Features
Television
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991) (TV) (production assistant)
Silk Stalkings (1991) (TV Series) (assistant editor, editor, director)
Renegade (1993) (TV series) (assistant editor)
Betrayed by Love (1994) (TV) (assistant editor)
Separated by Murder (1995) (TV) (editor)
Documentaries
Shorts and TV specials
References
External links
1967 births
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American animated film directors
American film editors
American male voice actors
Animators from Ohio
Animation screenwriters
Annie Award winners
Bisexual Jews
Contestants on American game shows
Directors of Best Animated Feature Academy Award winners
Film directors from Ohio
Jewish American writers
Jewish film people
Jews and Judaism in Ohio
LGBT animators
American LGBT film directors
Living people
Male actors from Ohio
People from Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Pixar people
USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Unkrich |
Maryland Route 176 (MD 176) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Dorsey Road, the highway runs from the end of state maintenance in Hanover east to MD 648 in Glen Burnie. MD 176 is a mostly four-lane highway that parallels MD 100 and forms the southern portion of the Airport Loop, a circumferential highway around Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Airport) that connects the airport with various airport-related services. The highway serves as the main connection between the Airport Loop and Interstate 97 (I-97).
MD 176 was constructed in the late 1920s between Glen Burnie and Dorsey at the Anne Arundel–Howard county line. The state highway was extended west to U.S. Route 1 (US 1) near Elkridge in the late 1930s concurrent with the construction of railroad grade separations at Dorsey and Harmans. MD 176 was widened over much of its length in the late 1940s and in Anne Arundel County in the 1970s and 1980s. MD 100 became the primary highway connecting Elkridge and Glen Burnie in the mid-1990s; MD 176 was subsequently truncated at Hanover. The portion of MD 176 west of MD 295 became an eastern extension of MD 103.
Route description
MD 176 begins at the west end of state maintenance adjacent to the cloverleaf interchange between MD 100 (Paul T. Pitcher Memorial Highway) with MD 295 (Baltimore–Washington Parkway) in Hanover. Dorsey Road continues north as a county highway through an industrial park. MD 176 heads east as a two-lane undivided road that crosses Piney Run. The highway meets the northern edge of MD 713 (Arundel Mills Boulevard) just north of the highway's interchange with MD 100 northeast of the Arundel Mills shopping mall. MD 176 continues east as a four-lane undivided highway between a residential area to the south and industrial parks to the north. The highway parallels its old alignment, part of which is MD 645, through the hamlet of Harmans. There, the highway crosses over Stoney Run and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor railroad line, which also carries MARC's Penn Line. Just east of the railroad crossing, MD 176 intersects MD 170, which heads south as Telegraph Road and north as Aviation Boulevard.
MD 176 continues east along the southern portion of the Airport Loop surrounding BWI Airport on the northern edge of Severn. The highway passes between the airport property to the north and a residential area on the south. MD 176 intersects MD 652 (Old Telegraph Road) and WB&A Road and passes the Thomas A. Dixon Aircraft Observation Area. The route becomes a divided highway and reaches the eastern end of its portion of Airport Loop at its junction with MD 162 (Aviation Boulevard) at the southern edge of Ferndale. East of MD 162, MD 176 has an incomplete partial cloverleaf interchange with I-97. The missing movement, from southbound I-97 to MD 176, is handled via MD 162. The state highway becomes undivided just before reaching its eastern terminus at MD 648 (Baltimore–Annapolis Boulevard) in Glen Burnie. This intersection is adjacent to one of two southern ends of MTA Maryland's Baltimore Light RailLink; the terminal station, Cromwell / Glen Burnie station, is accessed via MD 648. The junction is also next to the northern end of the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail. The eastern leg of the intersection is 8th Avenue N.W.
MD 176 is a part of the National Highway System as an intermodal connector between MD 162 and I-97.
History
MD 176 was constructed as a concrete road from MD 3 (later US 301 and now MD 648) in Glen Burnie west to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crossing at Dorsey at the Anne Arundel–Howard county line in 1929. The connection between the railroad crossing and US 1—the highway intersected US 1 just south of the modern US 1–MD 100 interchange—remained a county highway until 1936. Work on MD 176's grade separations of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad at Dorsey and Harmans, respectively, were underway by 1936. MD 176's overpass of the Pennsylvania Railroad was finished in 1936 and its underpass of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was complete by 1938. The old alignment of MD 176 at Harmans became MD 645. MD 176 has also had two other railroad crossings. The highway crossed over the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway on a "weak and narrow wooden bridge" until 1944, when the bridge over the abandoned railroad was removed and the railroad embankment was filled. By 1951, MD 176 had an underpass of the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad immediately to the west of US 301 that has since been removed.
MD 176 was widened and resurfaced over its whole length between 1947 and 1950. The highway was expanded to a width of from Dorsey to Harmans and to from Harmans to Glen Burnie. The MD 295–MD 176 interchange was built as a diamond interchange between 1950 and 1953; a loop ramp from eastbound MD 176 to northbound MD 295 was added in 1956. The highway's interchange with the Glen Burnie Bypass, which started as US 301, became MD 3, and is now I-97, was constructed as a diamond interchange between 1954 and 1956. MD 176 was expanded to a divided highway on either side of its interchange with MD 3 (now I-97) by 1978. The remainder of MD 176 from the west end of the divided highway to just east of MD 295 was expanded to four lanes in the late 1980s, with the bridge of Piney Run between MD 295 and MD 713 rebuilt in 1987 and the railroad overpass at Harmans rebuilt in 1989.
MD 176 was superseded by MD 100 in the early to mid-1990s. MD 176 was expanded to a divided highway on either side of its interchange with MD 295, which was rebuilt as a cloverleaf interchange, in 1992 and 1993. By the latter year, MD 100 was under construction from US 1 to I-97. MD 100 was completed in 1995; the freeway took over as the east–west highway through the MD 295 interchange. MD 176 was temporarily assigned to Wright Road, Race Road, and Faulkner Road to connect the portions of the highway on either side of the interchange. Also in 1995, the highway was relocated to the current double-curve roadway to the US 1–MD 103 intersection. MD 103 was extended over that relocation east to its present eastern terminus and MD 176 was truncated at its present western terminus by 1997. The portion of this detour on Wright Road over MD 295 was retained in the state system and designated MD 176B. The highway's interchange with I-97 was reconstructed to its present form by 1999.
Junction list
Auxiliary routes
MD 176B is the designation for the section of Wright Road from Race Road east to a right-angle turn north; this segment includes the highway's bridge over MD 295. This section of highway was part of MD 176's detour along Wright Road, Race Road, and Faulkner Road when MD 100 assumed MD 176's interchange with MD 295 around 1995. All but what is now MD 176B and the bridge over MD 100, which became MD 100N, were transferred back to county maintenance by 1997.
MD 176C is the designation for Binder Lane, a section of the old alignment of MD 176 from MD 103 northwest to a dead end adjacent to US 1's interchange with MD 100 west of Dorsey in Howard County. MD 176C was assigned by 1999 after MD 176 (now MD 103) was relocated to the double-curve section east of US 1 in 1995.
See also
References
External links
MDRoads: MD 176
Maryland Roads - MD 176
176
Roads in Anne Arundel County, Maryland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%20176 |
Acheron class may refer to:
Amphion, A, or Acheron-class diesel-electric submarines of the British Royal Navy, ordered in 1943, for service in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II.
s of the Royal Navy, a class of twenty destroyers, all built under the 1910–11 Programme and completed between 1911 and 1912, which served during World War I.
s, a class of two torpedo boats built in Sydney for the New South Wales naval service in 1879. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheron%20class |
Everest College was a system of colleges in the United States, and with Wyotech, made up Zenith Education. It was until 2015 a system of for-profit colleges in the United States and the Canadian province of Ontario, owned and operated by Corinthian Colleges, Inc. In 2021, former Everest students were made eligible for automatic student loan debt relief through the US Department of Education.
History
In 2010, Corinthian Colleges consolidated a number of schools under the Everest brand name. Former schools that became Everest Colleges include: Bryman College, Ashmead College, Florida Metropolitan University, Olympia College, Kee Business College, Parks College, Western Business College, Blair College and Springfield College. In December 2009, Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (CCi) re-branded their campuses as Everest College and sold the remaining campuses. Eminata Group.
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where a Corinthian Everest campus was financed with $11 million in city bonds, 25% of students found jobs and over half dropped out; the campus closed in 2012, two years after it opened.
The diplomas issued by Everest College were described as worthless as many graduated students found no job placement, the reputation tainted.
The Ontario government stepped in and shut down 14 Everest College of Business, Health Care and Technology campus locations owned by Corinthian Colleges on February 19, 2015. The next day, Everest College declared bankruptcy.
In February 2015, Educational Credit Management Corporation's subsidiary Zenith Education Group acquired 56 Everest College and WyoTech campuses from Corinthian. Zenith planned to transition the schools from for-profit to nonprofit status. It also planned to eliminate some programs with poor completion and job placement rates. Campuses with little to no revenue along with the 15 Everest campuses in California, which were not acquired by ECMC, closed their doors for good when Corinthian Colleges shuttered all of their remaining campuses on April 27, 2015.
In March 2016, the US Department of Education fired Everest College's monitor, Hogan Marren Babbo & Rose Ltd., implicating several conflicts of interest. The State of California was also awarded $1.1 billion from Corinthian Colleges for false advertising and predatory business practices. The judge ordered restitution of $820 million for students.
A 2016 Associated Press investigation alleged that Everest still recruits through telemarketing, has yet to make significant changes to its shoddy curriculum. Recent graduates also reported being unable to find work that would allow them to pay their student loans.
Funding
Approximately 96% of Everest's funds come from the US government. In 2016, ECMC, Everest's parent company, provided an infusion of capital to keep the schools running.
Accreditation
Accreditation for Everest College varies by country, state and region. Everest College campuses that are regionally accredited are Everest College Phoenix, Everest College Mesa and online courses taught through Everest College Phoenix. All other Everest College campuses are nationally accredited.
Generally, credits from nationally accredited institutions are not transferable to other colleges and universities.
In 2009 Everest College Phoenix was placed on academic probation by its accrediting body over concerns that it did not have enough autonomy and control over on-campus academics and operations from the parent company, Corinthian Colleges, Inc. In September 2010, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools rejected a recommendation from its evaluation panel that the school's accreditation be revoked outright. In November 2010 the Higher Learning Commission voted to place the campus on a "Show-Cause" status which will require the College to demonstrate to the commission why its accreditation should not be revoked. Everest College Phoenix had until March 2011 to respond to the request and the matter was not expected to be resolved until November 2011. The College remained an accredited institution during this period.
Locations
The National Center for Education Statistics lists the following Everest Colleges and their 2015–2016 enrollments and accreditation status:
Colorado Springs (CO) – 209 (ACICS)
Thornton (CO) – 232 (ACICS)
Orange Park (FL) – 368 (ACICS)
Tampa (FL) – 375 (ACICS)
Atlanta-West (GA) – 467 (ACCSC)
Norcross (GA) – 279 (ACCSC)
Southfield (MI) – 555 (ACCSC)
South Plainfield (NJ) – 374 (ACCSC)
Columbus (OH) – 228 (ACCSC)
Henderson (NV) – 417 (ACICS)
Arlington (TX) – 390 (ACICS)
Fort Worth (TX) – 437 (ACICS)
Houston-Bissonnet (TX) – 590 (ACCSC)
Houston-Hobby (TX) – 464 (ACCSC)
Austin (TX) – 371 (ACCSC)
San Antonio (TX) – 273 (ACCSC)
Chesapeake (VA) – 321 (ACICS)
Woodbridge (VA) – 342 (ACICS)
Everett (WA) – 278 (ACICS)
Tacoma (WA) – 278 (ACICS)
Milwaukee (WI) - 414 (ACCSC)
Political influence
From 2014 to 2016, Podesta Group received at least $580,000 as the major lobbying firm for ECMC Group, Everest College's parent company.
Legal proceedings
In the United States
Everest was one of 15 for-profit colleges cited by the Government Accountability Office for deceptive or questionable statements that were made to undercover investigators posing as applicants. Two unnamed campuses were cited in this report. Department of Education statistics indicated that Everest College graduates had the highest default rate of any school in California for students entering repayment in 2010 and the fifth highest rate in Arizona.
In September 2010, a group of Everest College graduates sued the school for fraud, alleging deceptive recruitment practices concerning costs of attendance, the value of the degree, and whether credits earned there would transfer to other schools.
In 2012, Everest College in Hayward, California was issued a "Notice to Comply" by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education for multiple violations, including engaging in "prohibited business practices".
In Canada
In 2014, Everest announced the sale of all 14 locations in Canada after a probe by the parent company over concerns of falsified job placement and grades. In February 2015, Canada's National Association of Career Colleges announced that Everest College's Ontario locations had their operating license suspended by Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (Ontario).
On February 19, 2015, Ontario's superintendent of private career colleges, the independent regulator that governs schools like Everest and others in the province, said it has suspended the chain's licence to operate in Ontario as a private college, effective immediately.
Former students and teachers claim the college was corrupt and a scam. On February 20, 2015, Everest College Canada filed for Bankruptcy protection.
Former campuses
United States campuses were formerly found in the states of Arizona (2 campuses), California (15), Colorado (2), Georgia (4), Indiana (1), Illinois (5), Missouri (2), Michigan, Nevada (1), Oregon (1), Texas (3), Utah (1), Virginia (3), Washington (5) and Wisconsin (1).
Everest College of Business, Health Care and Technology formerly operated 16 campus locations in Ontario.
Two more campuses (Pittsburgh, PA and Aurora, CO) were closed in 2016.
Corinthian debt cancellation
On June 8, 2015, the Department of Education announced that it was developing a process that would allow former students of Everest (along with other Corinthian schools) to apply for debt relief, if they believed they were victims of fraud. While the Department has still not created a formal process, they have provided the outlines of what borrowers should submit if they wish to pursue debt cancellation on the Federal Student Aid website.
In addition, the advocacy group the Debt Collective has created its own, unofficial "Defense to Repayment App" that allows former students of Corinthian and other schools accused of fraud to pursue debt cancellation. The applications generated through the Debt Collective's online form was cited by the Department of Education in a Federal Register notice, which said that "a need for a clearer process for potential claimants" arose due to the submission of over 1000 defense to repayment claims by "a building debt activism movement".
References
External links
Official website
2007 establishments in Ontario
2015 disestablishments in Ontario
Corinthian Colleges
Defunct universities and colleges in Canada
Former for-profit universities and colleges in Canada
Former for-profit universities and colleges in the United States
Merrillville, Indiana
Private universities and colleges in Illinois
Educational institutions established in 2007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everest%20College |
The Siparuni River is a river in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana. It is a tributary of the Essequibo River. Tributaries of the Siparuni River include the Takutu River, Burro-Burro River, Tipuru River and Levai Creek.
Archaic petroglyphs have been recorded in a number of locations on the Siparuni River, including Big "S" Falls, as well as artificial stone depressions and sharpening grooves are located at Electric Eel Rock, and Tapir Rock. These sites are between 3,500 and 7,000 years old, also known as the Archaic Period.
Like many of Guyana's waterways, the Siparuni is used for gold mining, and illegal dredging operations are a problem in the protected areas. It is the northern border of the protected Iwokrama forest.
It is an important water source for Macushi people of the Surama village, who undertake periodic, extended fishing trips at the river. Fish are then smoked or salted for short-term preservation. Mining has been viewed as having a negative impact on this practice, by decreasing the abundance of fish and threatening this food source.
Rivers of Guyana
Essequibo River
References | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siparuni%20River |
Nadia Yvonne López Ayuso (born June 21, 1983, in Oaxaca, Mexico), is a Mexican singer and reality television star and grammy nominee singer.
Early life
Nadia was born to Mario Lopez Hernández and Aurora Ayuso Rodriguez. She has an older brother named Mario Josuè Lopez Ayuso. Since childhood, Nadia embraced singing, but she kept her desire to perform hidden as her father did not embrace this idea. However, with the help of her mother, she participated in singing competitions such as "Fanta-sia Musical." Nadia soon won the support and help of her father and began to secure musical gigs. At 14, she was a presenter and singer in the television program "Panorama Musical" and presenter on "La Guelaguetza." While working in a restaurant, she sang with her father's mariachi group.
Nadia's role in La Academia
Nadia won first prize in the V International Talent and Modeling Convention in 1998. She recorded CDs in Oaxaca, most notably "Enamorada de tí", released in 1998.
In 2002, Nadia landed a spot on the Mexican reality show La Academia on Televisión Azteca. With her rendition of "Cucurrucucu Paloma", she made the final 14 contestants on June 30, 2002. Nadia gave over a dozen performances on the show, including songs by Rocío Dúrcal, Chayanne, Juan Gabriel, Marisela, and Selena. Although she was voted off in fifth place, her performances garnered her a contract with Warner Music to record her first CD.
In February 2003, Nadia's first album, called "Nadia", was released, featuring tracks "La differencia" ("The difference"), "La duda" ("The doubt"), and "Te voy a olvidar" ("I'm going to forget you"). The album reached #1 in Mexican sales weeks after its release and was certified gold (100,000 copies sold) within several months.
Nadia was again invited to participate in La Academia in March 2003 in a version uniting the show's first and second casts. On this show, now called "Desafio de Estrellas", Nadia was among the final five contestants, along with Yahir, Myriam, Estrella, and Erika. On June 13, Nadia was declared the runner-up of the show after performing in the Coca-Cola Auditorium in Monterrey, Mexico, in front of 30,000 people. Soon afterwards, Nadia's debut album was re-released in a special edition containing a DVD that featured an interview with Nadia and three live performances.
After La Academia
In October 2003, Nadia was nominated for a Premio Oye (the Mexican equivalent of a Grammy) in two categories - "Revelación del año" (album of the year) and "Artista del año" (Artist of the year). She won album of the year at the ceremony on November 15, 2003. That month, her debut album went platinum, selling in excess of 150,000 copies.
In early 2004, Nadia briefly toured the United States to promote the release of her second album, Contigo sí ("With you, yes"). The title track from this album was featured as the theme song to Soñarás, a telenovela (soap opera) that aired on TVAzteca. Nadia's album went gold soon afterwards, and Nadia attained a fanbase not only in Mexico and the United States but in Guatemala, El Salvador, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and other Latin countries.
Nadia's third album, Endulzame el oido (Sweeten my ears), was released in 2005. It features two duets: one with Bobby Pulido ("Para olvidarte"), and one with the Texan group Costumbre ("El dedo en la llaga"). To date, she has sold very little worldwide.
Nadia released her fourth album, Mujer (Woman).which includes songs such as Abrazame, Heridas, Eternamente Bella and many more.
Her fifth album "Un Poco de Tus Besos" was released at September 24, 2007.
Her sixth album "A Puro Dolor" will be released on March 5, 2008. The album finally gives a chance to Nadia demonstrate her talent in the Ranchero music.
On December 3, 2008, Nadia got nominated for a Grammy Award in Best Regional Mexican Album category for her latest album "A Puro Dolor" making her one of the first La Academia contestants to be nominated for such a big award.
Singles
Esta Libertad- #52 (MEX)
Como Hacerte Saber- #82 (MEX)
Contigo Si w/ Yahir- #1 (1 Week) (MEX)
Endulzame El Oido- #32 (MEX)
Heridas- #91 (MEX)
Abrázame- #98 (MEX)
Un Poco de tus Besos- #72 (MEX)
References
1983 births
Living people
La Academia contestants
People from Oaxaca City
Singers from Oaxaca
21st-century Mexican singers
21st-century Mexican women singers
Women in Latin music | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia%20L%C3%B3pez |
Moose Hunters is a 1937 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. It was the 93rd short in the Mickey Mouse film series, and the fourth for that year. The cartoon stars Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy on a moose hunting expedition. It was directed by Ben Sharpsteen and features music by Paul J. Smith. The voice cast includes Walt Disney as Mickey, Clarence Nash as Donald, and Pinto Colvig as Goofy.
This cartoon was released in the same year as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
Plot
The short begins with a female moose (with blond curly hair and antlers oddly enough) wading through a lake. Other odd things that make this moose strange is that she sounds her mating call with a horn and her legs are strangely familiar. The legs' owners are Donald and Goofy, disguised in a moose costume. Following them is Mickey, sounding his own moose call while being disguised as a shrub on stilts. Goofy's call is answered by an actual moose, causing him and Donald to excitedly shout "A moose!". Mickey tells them to "do their stuff" so he can shoot the moose with his shotgun. So, the duo go off to track down a moose.
We go back to Mickey, who is searching for a moose. He stands over a bush and sounds his call, which is answered by a large red bull moose who was hiding in the bush. This understandably freaks Mickey out, who drops his shotgun, which fires and breaks, briefly scaring the moose. The antlered beast, now hungry decides to eat Mickey's disguise and takes a bite. The mouse, not wanting to risk being caught, takes a few steps back, but the bull follows and takes another bite, this time taking Mickey's shorts along with a mouthful of leaves. Of course, the mouse takes his shorts back.
Meanwhile, Donald and Goofy have tracked down their quarry, a large black bull moose. Watching the male eat a bush full of leaves in one bite causes an jubilant Donald to add some makeup and lipstick to make the costume more attractive. Goofy adds in some "deer kiss" perfume to the disguise and himself and sprays a trail towards the bull, letting the wind do the rest. The moose, entranced by the scent follows it to the waiting "lady moose". A mere glance is all it takes for the rutting bull to become smitten, especially when "she" does a teasing walk for him.
When the costumed cow moose gives a "yoo-hoo", the bull moose gives a howling response, blowing off the costume. Goofy (who still has the moose head on) quickly comes up with a plan and fan dances until he and Donald can get the costume back on, which makes the lovestruck male even more smitten with the costume. Once again disguised, the pair seductively dance with the aroused bull, succeeding in getting him to follow them; unfortunately, the Donald half falls off a cliff and lands on an angry bee. The insect follows the duck into the costume, making the pair dance to the tune of "La Cucuracha". The moose, angling for a kiss, kisses Goofy on the face, as Donald tries to hit the bee, causing the moose head to fly off of Goofy, luckily landing on him just before they could be caught. They lure the ecstatic moose to Mickey so he can do the rest. However, they don't know their leading the moose right towards another.
Unfortunately for the mouse, his cover has been eaten off and the moose he has been dealing with is not pleased. As the moose prepares to charge at Mickey, he hears a flirty "yoo-hoo", which catches his attention. Turning around, the rutting moose sees an attractive cow moose trotting towards him. Smitten with the "female", the aroused bull trots over to the costumed moose as "she" unknowingly backs up into him. While the horny male licks the costume's face and cozies up to "her"(despite a disguised Goofy trying to smack the antlered beast off of him), Donald tries to move the costume... only to realise he's under the moose trying to woo the "hot blonde". Before the red moose tries any more moves with what appears to be an attractive cow moose under him, the jealous black moose challenges him for the "lady moose's" hand, which he angrily responds to in kind.
The two bulls prepare to fight as Donald and Goofy run up a tree. The moose sharpen their antlers, clash and the earthshaking body slams cause Goofy and Donald, hanging on to the tree for dear life, fall between the two bulls. The antlered beasts forget about the whole costume incident, and Donald and Goofy run for their lives while the angry moose chase them. Mickey soon joins them as they run for their lives, going on a boat and racing away, concluding the cartoon.
Voice cast
Mickey Mouse: Walt Disney
Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
Goofy, Moose: Pinto Colvig
Home media
The short was released on December 4, 2001 on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color.
In other media
Moose Hunters served as the basis, as well as title, for the third stage in the video game, Mickey Mania, which was released for the Super NES, Genesis, Sega CD and PlayStation (under the title Mickey's Wild Adventure).
See also
Mickey Mouse (film series)
References
1937 animated films
1937 films
1930s color films
1930s Disney animated short films
Mickey Mouse short films
Hunting in popular culture
Films about hunters
Films directed by Ben Sharpsteen
Films produced by Walt Disney
1930s American films | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose%20Hunters |
Monica Germino (born 1974) is an American and Dutch violinist.
Germino spent her early years in Virginia, US. She is a graduate of Yale and the New England Conservatory. In 1993 she received a
grant to study music in The Netherlands. Germino resides in The Netherlands.
Monica Germino has performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK),Bang on a Can Marathon (NY), University of South Florida (USF), at New York's Austrian Cultural Forum and the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Germino collaborates with "electronic sound designer" Frank van der Weij. Germino and Van der Weij have commissioned new works for violinist and sound designer from Julia Wolfe, Donnacha Dennehy, David Dramm, Arnoud Noordegraaf, Heiner Goebbels, Catherine Kontz, and Nick Williams.
Germino commissioned a Violectra (electric violin) in 2003. Among the pieces written for her on this instrument include composer Robert Zuidam's new Requiem (2013), Renske Vrolijk's 'Violectra Concerto' (2012), and David Dramm's 'Fuzzbox Logic' (2010). She also performs with her group ELECTRA and the band Electric Barbarian.
Germino frequently collaborates with the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen and the singer Cristina Zavalloni. In 2011, Andriessen composed a violin concerto for her, titled 'La Girò'. In 2002, Andriessen composed 'La Passione', a double concerto for Zavalloni and Germino. In 2009, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project brought out a CD of Andriessen's work, titled 'La Passione'. The title work and 'Passeggiata in Tram in America e Ritorno' are both settings of Dino Campana's poetry. Both works were composed for Zavalloni and Germino. Her performance of John Cage's Six Melodies played an inspirational role in Andriessen's opera "Writing to Vermeer."
Germino plays a Joannes Baptista Ceruti violin on permanent loan from the Elise Mathilde Foundation. Germino also sings and plays simultaneously and she plays with the curved bow.
She was married to composer Louis Andriessen from 2012 until his death in 2021.
References
External links
Bio at Muziekencyclopedie (NL)
Living people
Dutch classical violinists
American classical violinists
Dutch women violinists
American women violinists
21st-century classical violinists
1974 births | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica%20Germino |
The Italian Cultural Institute, London () is based at 39 Belgrave Square in Belgravia, London. The institute promotes Italian culture and organises events at its own premises including exhibitions, concerts and meetings. It also supports the learning of Italian language through the set-up of group lessons. It deals with many activities elsewhere in UK. There are a library, an internal café and other facilities available for those who are involved in its activities. Various types of membership are available for individuals and organisations.
References
External links
Italian Cultural Institute website
Culture of Italy
Culture in London
Cultural and educational buildings in London
Cultural organisations based in London
Cultural promotion organizations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian%20Cultural%20Institute%2C%20London |
"Theme from Harry's Game" is a 1982 song by Clannad commissioned as the theme for Harry's Game, a Yorkshire Television miniseries adapted from a 1975 novel set in The Troubles in Northern Ireland. It was released as a single in October 1982 and became a surprise hit, reaching number 5 in the UK Singles Chart the following month and number 2 in the Irish Singles Chart.
Composition
The song was written "in a couple of hours", credited to Pól and Ciarán Brennan. Gerald Seymour, author of Harry's Game, originally wanted to use "Mhorag 's Na Horo Gheallaidh", a Scottish Gaelic song from Clannad's album Fuaim, but Clannad felt Irish-language lyrics would be more appropriate. The verse is adapted from a Connacht Irish proverb in a 1948 anthology, glossed by Máire (Moya) Brennan as "Everything that is and was will cease to be." This was considered appropriate to the miniseries' depiction of the futility of political violence.
The song is to date the only British hit single ever to have been sung entirely in Irish. The chorus "Fol lol the doh fol the day, Fol the doh fol the day", is ancient Irish mouth-music, known as Portaireacht, which is common in traditional music.
Over previous albums, Clannad's sound had moved away from traditional Irish music arrangements, and the production of "Theme from Harry's Game", using lush slow layers of synthesiser and vocal harmony, marked the arrival of what would become their signature style for the next decade.
Reception
The song won an Ivor Novello award, and launched Clannad's global career. Its success delayed the release of the band's 1983 album Magical Ring, which was altered to include it and more material in the same style.
It has since appeared in several Hollywood movies, most notably Patriot Games, in which an IRA member, played by Patrick Bergin, is seen watching the music video for the song on his television.
Clannad's 1990 album Anam was released in the United States in 1992 to capitalise on the Patriot Games exposure, with "Harry's Game" inserted in the tracklist; the album sold well and the track was often broadcast on VH1. Its use from late 1992 in a Volkswagen Passat commercial introduced Clannad to a broader American audience and boosted sales of Anam.
The song also features on Clannad's vocalists' live albums, the 2005 album Óró - A Live Session and the 2008 Moya Brennan solo album Heart Strings. The original has also been sampled various times by artists such as Kaleef and Elate. Moya Brennan recorded a solo version at Mothership Studio for dance musician Chicane, which he used on his UK top 10 hit "Saltwater."
Track listing
Theme From Harry's Game – 2:30
Strayed Away – 2:47
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
1989 Theme from Harry's Game / Hourglass AA-side
In 1989, as part of the promotion for their compilation Pastpresent, Clannad re-released the "Theme from Harry's Game" as an AA-side single with their new song "Hourglass."
1992 Patriot Games re-release
In 1992, the "Theme from Harry's Game" was used in the soundtrack to the film Patriot Games, and it was also re-released as a single. There were two versions of the CD single, a two-track and a four-track version, both with the same cover and catalogue number.
Track listing
7" single, cassette, 5" compact disc
"Theme from Harry's Game"
"Robin (The Hooded Man)"
5" compact disc
"Theme from Harry's Game"
"Robin (The Hooded Man)"
"In a Lifetime"
"Closer to your Heart"
1993 Jameson Whiskey re-release
In 1993, in connection with an advertising campaign for Jameson Whiskey, both "Theme from Harry's Game" and "In A Lifetime" were re-released in The Netherlands.
Track listing
"Theme from Harry's Game"
"Caisleán Óir"
Cover versions and other use
The song has been covered by artists including Phil Coulter and Celtic Woman. The Irish rock band U2 also used the song as their outro during the War Tour, and it can be heard as such at the beginning and end of their live film U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky. It has also been used extensively by the RAF for the decommissioning flypasts of the Avro Vulcan Delta wing bomber, and subsequently in memorial flights at airshows.
1986 – Light Shadows
1993 – Phil Coulter on Recollections
1996 – The game Civilization II features that music as the soundtrack of "The Oracle" wonder of the world
1997 – Phil Coulter and James Galway on Legends
1999 – Chicane on Saltwater
2005 – Órla Fallon, then of Celtic Woman, on Celtic Woman (album)
2009 – Ron van den Beuken feat. Nicole Tyler on Faraway
2009/2011 – Dierdre Shannon on Celtic Thunder: Storm (the album was recorded in 2009 but released in 2011)
2019 – Voces8 on Enchanted Isle
2022 – Daithí on Irish Songbook: Vol 1
Footnotes
References
1983 songs
Celtic Woman songs
Clannad songs
Irish songs
Television drama theme songs
Songs written by Pól Brennan
Songs about The Troubles (Northern Ireland)
Anti-war songs
RCA Records singles | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme%20from%20Harry%27s%20Game |
Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun, KT, PC (1681 – 26 February 1742) was a Scottish nobleman.
Early life
He was the son of John Hope of Hopetoun by a daughter of the 4th Earl of Haddington. His father, John Hope, purchased the barony of Niddry Castle from George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton around 1680. He also bought the neighbouring barony of Abercorn, with the office of heritable sheriff of the County of Linlithgow, from Sir Walter Seton.
His paternal grandfather was Sir James Hope of Hopetoun and paternal great-grandfather was Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet of Craighall, Fife.
Peerage
In 1681, John Hope was shire commissioner for Linlithgow in the Parliament of Scotland. The following year, his father drowned with the sinking of in 1682. Traveling with the Duke of York, family tradition has that his father had secured a seat in a rescue boats but gave it up to the Duke of York. The tradition continues that in recognition of this act, Charles was created Earl of Hopetoun in the Peerage of Scotland by Queen Anne on 15 April 1703, shortly after reaching his majority.
The family estates and businesses, including lead mining, were managed on his behalf by his mother, Lady Margaret Hope of Hopetoun. She revived plan to build a church for their miners at Leadhills, and commenced the building of Hopetoun House.
Career
Charles Hope supported the union with England. He later served as a Scottish representative peer at Westminster, from 1722 until his death. Lord Hopetoun acted as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1723, and was Governor of the Bank of Scotland from 1740 until his death. He was created a Knight of the Thistle in 1738.
Around 1738/9 he bought the entire estate of Ormiston from John Cockburn of Ormiston who had ironically bankrupted himself due to the cost of agricultural improvements and building the "model village" of Ormiston in 1736.
Personal life
In 1699, Charles Hope married Lady Henrietta Johnstone, daughter of William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale and the former Sophia Fairholm (a daughter of John Fairholm of Craigiehall). Their children include:
Lady Sophia Hope (1702–1761), who married, as his second wife, James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater, in 1723.
John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (1704–1781), who married Lady Anne Ogilvy, second daughter of James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater.
Lady Henrietta Hope (1706–1745), who married, as his first wife, Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier of Merchistoun, after 1729.
Lady Margaret Hope (1708–1778), who married John Dundas of Duddingston in 1745.
Charles Hope-Weir (1710–1791), who married Catherine Weir, daughter and heiress of Sir William Weir of Blackwood, Bt. After her death in 1743, he married Lady Anne Vane, a daughter of Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington; he married thirdly to Helen Dunbar, a daughter of George Dunbar of Leuchold.
Lady Helen Hope (1711–1778), who married James Watson of Saughton, in 1737.
Lady Christian Hope (1714–1799), who married Thomas Graham of Balgowan in 1743.
Lady Charlotte Hope (1720–1788), who married the Thomas Erskine, Lord Erskine, eldest son and heir apparent of John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar and Lady Margaret Hay (daughter of Thomas Hay, 7th Earl of Kinnoull), in 1741.
Lord Hopetoun died on 26 February 1742 and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, John.
References
1681 births
1742 deaths
Earls of Hopetoun
Peers of Scotland created by Queen Anne
Scottish representative peers
Knights of the Thistle
Charles
Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland
Governors of the Bank of Scotland
Lords High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1702–1707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Hope%2C%201st%20Earl%20of%20Hopetoun |
Scarlet Fantastic were a British pop band active in the 1980s, consisting of Maggie K. De Monde and Rick P. Jones. The duo were former members of pop trio Swans Way, who had a hit with "Soul Train" in 1984. Scarlet Fantastic reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart only once, with October 1987 single "No Memory", a song which would become popular a few years later on the rave and Ibiza dance music scenes.
Since No Memory was a hit, De Monde has performed with her band The Mighty K, released the album Union as part of the duo Maggie & Martin, and has made guest appearances on various projects including Empire State Human and glean.
In 2016, Maggie De Monde resurrected the Scarlet Fantastic name with the release of her album Reverie and the Beyond Pluto EP. In 2021, Scarlet Fantastic released the singles "Better Day" and "Make Way For Love" (produced by HiFi Sean Dickson of The Soup Dragons) as tasters for a new album with tracks co-written with John L. Walters of 1980s band Landscape.
Discography
Singles
"No Memory" (Arista Records) (1987) - UK No. 24
"Plug Me In (To the Central Love Line)" (1988) - UK No. 67
"Film Star Kiss"
"Stay"
"No Memory 91" (1991)
"Better Day" (2021)
"Make Way For Love" (2021)
Albums
1987: 24 Hours (CD version, 10 tracks)
1988: 24 Hours (LP version, 10 tracks)
2011: 24 Hours (CD re-release, 17 tracks)
2016: Reverie (CD, 12 tracks)
References
English pop music duos | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet%20Fantastic |
The Dodge MAXXcab is a four-door sport utility pickup truck concept car developed by Dodge. Unveiled at the 2000 Detroit Auto Show, it was billed by Dodge as a "Passenger Priority Truck". It shares styling cues from other vehicles in the Dodge and Chrysler line up, and is based on a modified Dodge Dakota chassis. It features nimble, sedan-like handling, a shortened utility bed, and a minivan style interior with seating for five people, the rear bench having built in child seats. It is powered by Dodge's 4.7L Magnum V-8, mated to a multi-speed electronic automatic transmission. While not intended for production, the MAXXcab did showcase features that were to be found on subsequent Dodge products, such as the idea of making a pickup truck more centered on the passengers was utilized in the Dodge Ram Mega Cab, which was available starting in the 2006 model year.
References
MAXXcab | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge%20MAXXcab |
The Socialist Health Association (SHA, called the Socialist Medical Association before May 1981) is a socialist medical association based in the United Kingdom. It is affiliated to the Labour Party as a socialist society.
History
The Socialist Medical Association was founded in 1930 to campaign from within the Labour Party for a National Health Service in the United Kingdom and absorbed many of those who had been active in the State Medical Service Association, which collapsed as a result. The inaugural meeting was convened by Charles Wortham Brook, a doctor with links to the Labour Party who was a member of the London County Council (LCC) during the period when the LCC developed its municipal hospitals. Brook was the first Secretary of the Association, remaining in office until 1938.
Many of those involved in the Association volunteered for the Spanish Medical Aid Committee in the Spanish Civil War.
Somerville Hastings was founder President of the Socialist Medical Association (SMA) 1930–1951. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War, followed by work as an aural surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital. He was a Member of the London County Council for fourteen years.
In 1945 there were nine members of the association in the House of Commons. They hoped to influence the plans for the development of the National Health Service (NHS). The Association had held a Health Workers’ Convention at Conway Hall, London in 1943, which was attended by health workers and union representatives. A further event, also at Conway Hall Ethical Society, took place in 1946, delivering 14 lectures and an exhibition as part of a Health Services Week. There were communications with Aneurin Bevan but his relations with the group were not particularly close. The Association was keen to press for doctors to be salaried and work full-time in health centres. They wanted teaching hospitals to be integrated into the regional hospital organisations and criticised the segmentation of the service as a barrier to integrated services. The first anniversary of the NHS was celebrated by the Association with a meeting of 300 attendees at Conway Hall Ethical Society.
The association was active in campaigns against NHS charges, smoking and tuberculosis, and for adequate nutrition, the establishment of health centres and salaried general practitioners. It is associated with the campaigns against health inequality.
It attempted to build an international movement. In October 1962 David Stark Murray went to the University of Chicago to talk to students about the fight for socialized medicine.
It changed its name in May 1981 to the Socialist Health Association to reflect increased interest in public health. It is a socialist society affiliated to the Labour Party.
It was active in the campaign against the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Alex Scott-Samuel, a public health physician and retired lecturer in public health at the University of Liverpool, was elected Chair in 2017 and held the position until 2020. On behalf of the Association he proposed a resolution at the 2017 Labour Party Conference confirming Labour's opposition to Conservative policies for the NHS in England and calling for the reinstatement of the NHS "as per the NHS Bill (2016-17)". It was carried unanimously. The SHA is currently campaigning against the Health and Social Care bill which it views as a huge threat to socialised healthcare. The current Chair 2021 is Mark Ladbrooke, a former union convenor at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Publications
The Socialist Doctor 1932–1937
Medicine Today and Tomorrow 1937–1967
Socialism and Health 1970–2016
Notable members
References
Further reading
External links
Socialist Health Association Scotland website
Hull History Centre : Socialist Health Association Archive
1930 establishments in the United Kingdom
Labour Party (UK) socialist societies
Medical associations based in the United Kingdom
Medical and health organisations based in England
British health activists
Socialist organisations in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist%20Health%20Association |
Thomas H. Cormen is the co-author of Introduction to Algorithms, along with Charles Leiserson, Ron Rivest, and Cliff Stein. In 2013, he published a new book titled Algorithms Unlocked. He is an emeritus professor of computer science at Dartmouth College and former Chairman of the Dartmouth College Department of Computer Science. Between 2004 and 2008 he directed the Dartmouth College Writing Program. His research interests are algorithm engineering, parallel computing, and speeding up computations with high latency. In 2022, he was elected as a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
Early life and education
Thomas H. Cormen was born in New York City in 1956. He grew up in Oceanside, New York.
He received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University in June 1978.
He then went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned his master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in May 1986 with a thesis on "Concentrator Switches for Routing Messages in Parallel Computers" and his PhD with a thesis on "Virtual Memory for Data-Parallel Computing" in February 1993.
From July 2004 through June 2008, he was the director of the Dartmouth Institute for Writing and Rhetoric.
Honors and awards
During his career he received several honors and awards:
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu.
National Science Foundation Fellowship.
Best Presentation Award, 1986 International Conference on Parallel Processing, St. Charles, Illinois.
Distinguished Presentation Award, 1987 International Conference on Parallel Processing, St. Charles, Illinois.
Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award in Computer Science and Data Processing, Association of American Publishers, 1990.
Dartmouth College Class of 1962 Faculty Fellowship, 1995–1996.
Jacobus Family Fellow, Dartmouth College, 1998–1999.
McLane Family Fellow, Dartmouth College, 2004–2005.
Bibliography
Notes
External links
Home page of Thomas H. Cormen
Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen
Living people
American computer scientists
Dartmouth College faculty
Computer science educators
1956 births
MIT School of Engineering alumni
People from Oceanside, New York
Scientists from New York (state)
Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
American textbook writers
21st-century American politicians | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20H.%20Cormen |
Information bias is a cognitive bias to seek information when it does not affect action. An example of information bias is believing that the more information that can be acquired to make a decision, the better, even if that extra information is irrelevant for the decision.
Example
In an experiment , subjects considered this diagnostic problem involving fictitious diseases:
A female patient is presenting symptoms and a history which both suggest a diagnosis of globoma, with about 80% probability. If it isn't globoma, it's either popitis or flapemia. Each disease has its own treatment which is ineffective against the other two diseases. A test called the ET scan would certainly yield a positive result if the patient had popitis, and a negative result if she has flapemia. If the patient has globoma, a positive and negative result are equally likely. If the ET scan was the only test you could do, should you do it? Why or why not?
Many subjects answered that they would conduct the ET scan even if it were costly, and even if it were the only test that could be done. However, the test in question does not affect the course of action as to what treatment should be done. Because the probability of globoma is so high with a probability of 80%, the patient would be treated for globoma no matter what the test says. Globoma is the most probable disease before or after the ET scan.
In this example, we can calculate the value of the ET scan by considering 100 patients, of which 80 have globoma. Since it is equally likely for a patient with globoma to have a positive or negative ET scan result, 40 people will have a positive ET scan and 40 people will have a negative ET scan. The remaining 20 patients have either popitis or flapemia. Out of those, the 10 patients with popitis will have a positive ET scan while the 10 patients with flapemia will have a negative scan. Thus, out of the 50 patients with a positive result (40 globoma + 10 popitis), 80% have globoma; likewise, out of the 50 patients with a negative test (40 globoma + 10 flapemia), 80% have globoma. The probability of globoma is therefore entirely unaffected by the result of the test, regardless of how it turns out. The test can provide no information that would affect the decision to treat the globoma, so it should not be carried out.
See also
Shared information bias
Cognitive psychology
List of cognitive biases
References
Studies
Cognitive biases | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20bias%20%28psychology%29 |
The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the West Division of the Big Ten. Nebraska plays its home games at Memorial Stadium, where it has sold out every game since 1962.
Nebraska is among the most storied programs in college football history and has the eighth-most all-time victories among FBS teams. Nebraska claims forty-six conference championships and five national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997), and has won six other national championships the school does not claim. NU's 1971 and 1995 title-winning teams are considered among the best in college football history. Famous Cornhuskers include Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier, and Eric Crouch, who join twenty-two other Cornhuskers in the College Football Hall of Fame. Notable among these are players Bob Brown, Guy Chamberlin, Tommie Frazier, Rich Glover, Dave Rimington, and Will Shields, and coaches Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne.
The program's first extended period of success came just after the turn of the century. Between 1900 and 1916, Nebraska had five undefeated seasons and completed a stretch of thirty-four consecutive games without a loss, still a program record. Despite a span of twenty-one conference championships in thirty-three seasons, the Cornhuskers didn't experience major national success until Bob Devaney was hired in 1962. In eleven seasons as head coach, Devaney won two national championships, eight conference titles, and coached twenty-two All-Americans, but perhaps his most lasting achievement was the hiring of Tom Osborne as offensive coordinator in 1969. Osborne was named Devaney's successor in 1973, and over the next twenty-five years established himself as one of the best coaches in college football history with his trademark I-formation offense and revolutionary strength, conditioning, and nutrition programs. Following Osborne's retirement in 1997, Nebraska has cycled through five head coaches, with Mickey Joseph serving as interim head coach following the firing of Scott Frost.
On November 26, 2022 Nebraska announced the hiring of Matt Rhule to become the next head coach of the Cornhusker football program.
History
Seasons
Conference affiliations
Independent (1890–1891; 1898–1906; 1919–1920)
Western Interstate University Football Association (1892–1897)
Big Eight (1907–1918; 1921–1995)
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1907–1918; 1921–1927)
Big Six (1928–1947)
Big Seven (1948–1959)
Big 12 (1996–2010)
Big Ten (2011–present)
Head coaches
Nebraska has had 31 head coaches in the program's history, with five others coaching at least one game on a non-permanent basis. The current head coach is Matt Rhule.
Six past Nebraska head coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: Edward N. Robinson, Fielding H. Yost, Dana X. Bible, Biff Jones, Bob Devaney, and Tom Osborne. Osborne is the program's all-time leader in most major categories; his .836 career winning percentage is fourth-highest in major college football history. Thirteen Nebraska coaches have won a conference championship at the school, and Devaney and Osborne combined to win five national titles.
Championships
National championships
Nebraska has won five consensus national championships from NCAA-designated major selectors.
Unclaimed national championships
Nebraska has been awarded six other national championships from NCAA-designated major selectors that the school does not claim. Major selectors for each are shown below.
† Co-champions
‡ Claimed by both Nebraska and Oklahoma due to a dispute over Oklahoma's forfeiture of games
Bowl games
Nebraska has played in fifty-three bowl games, including an NCAA-record thirty-five straight from 1969 to 2003, with a record of 26–27.
Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium, known as The Sea of Red, has been home of the Cornhuskers since 1923 and is the location of an ongoing NCAA-record 394-game sellout streak. The sellout streak dates back to 1962, Bob Devaney's first season at Nebraska. The stadium becomes the "third-largest city in Nebraska" on game days, as its capacity exceeds that of every Nebraska town except for Omaha and Lincoln.
The stadium has undergone a series of expansion since 1923, bringing the official capacity to 85,458. The largest crowd in Memorial Stadium history occurred on September 20, 2014, a Nebraska win over Miami with an announced attendance of 91,585.
Three statues sit outside of the stadium. The oldest, unveiled in 1997, depicts six Nebraska defenders tackling a ball carrier. Creator Fred Hoppe said, "the monument displays the sense of pride that Nebraskans have for their football team." In 2006, Hoppe created a statue of Tom Osborne with his arm around quarterback Brook Berringer, which is located outside the Osborne Athletic Complex. On August 30, 2013, a bronze statue of Bob Devaney was unveiled at the main entrance of the newly remodeled east stadium. Sculptor Joe Putjenter also created the Tunnel Walk gates inside the stadium.
Before the construction of Memorial Stadium, Nebraska played its home games at Antelope Park and Nebraska Field.
Traditions
Tunnel Walk
Since 1994, Nebraska's home games have opened with the "Tunnel Walk". Just before kickoff, Memorial Stadium plays "Sirius" as the Huskers take the field from the northwest tunnel. Immediately before the Tunnel Walk, half of Memorial Stadium yells "Husker" in unison, while the other half response with "Power."
Balloon release
At every home game since the 1930s, fans have released red helium balloons when the Huskers score their first points. In 2012, a global helium shortage threatened the tradition, but the university allowed for a limited number of balloon releases throughout the season. The tradition returned to normal the following year. In 2022, citing another global helium shortage, athletic director Trev Alberts put the tradition on hold for the year.
Walk-on program
Nebraska has a long-standing walk-on program, designed to attract student-athletes who did not receive scholarship offers. NU accepted its first walk-on in the early 1960s, and Tom Osborne began an official program in 1973 after the NCAA reduced the number of scholarships schools could offer. The size and stature of the program means that Nebraska's rosters are often unusually large; NU had 141 players on its 1996 Fiesta Bowl team, while opponent Florida had only ninety-four. Osborne credited his walk-ons with providing flexibility to better scout future opponents. Unlike some other schools, Nebraska's walk-ons have the same access to training facilities and academic counseling as those with scholarships. Six Nebraska walk-ons have become All-Americans and twenty-nine have played in the National Football League.
Uniform history
Helmets
Nebraska's first helmet was red with a single white stripe, later changed to plain white with a black number on the side. From 1967 to 1969, the helmet featured a red, offset "NU" on each side. In 1970, this was changed to the now-familiar single "N", although a few "NU" helmets remained as late as 1971. The change was necessitated due to a shortage of "U" stickers, and when the program claimed its first national championship, the single N remained. The helmet design has remained essentially unchanged since, with the exception of a facemask switch from grey to red in 1982.
Jerseys
The Huskers wore full shoulder stripes in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but these were gradually phased out as mesh and tearaway jerseys became popular. From 1980 to 1983, Nebraska's jerseys featured only a block "N" on the sleeves. In 1984, stripes and TV numbers were permanently re-added, although both have decreased in size as jersey sleeves have shortened. A patch was added to the left shoulder to commemorate the 100th season of Nebraska football in 1989; it remained the following season and was altered to read "Nebraska Football: A Winning Tradition." Players' last names first appeared on jerseys for road games and bowl games in the late 1970s, but home jerseys remained nameless except for seniors playing their final home game. In 1988, last names were permanently affixed to all jerseys.
Nebraska's defense has been referred to as the "Blackshirts" since the 1960s, a reference to the black jerseys worn by starting defensive players during practice. Depictions of the Blackshirts often include a skull and crossbones. The tradition originated when Bob Devaney had the defense use contrasting jerseys to offset the red worn by the offense in practice.
Pants
The team traditionally wears white pants at home and red on the road, although there have been exceptions. Nebraska first donned red pants with red jerseys for its 1986 contest with Oklahoma; the combination was unofficially retired after a late Nebraska loss. Nebraska wore all-white uniforms for the first in the 1991 Florida Citrus Bowl, a 45–21 loss to Georgia Tech. NU used the white-on-white combination for its first three road games in 1992, but lost two of them, including an upset loss to Iowa State. The "surrender suits", as they became known, were not seen again for over a decade. In 2007, the white-on-white combination was worn for Bill Callahan's final game as head coach, an embarrassing loss to Colorado. Nebraska again donned all-white in 2014 to contrast Fresno State's all-red uniforms. NU won 55–19 and wore white pants in three more road games that season.
From 1968 through 1994, Nebraska's pants had two stripes down each side. These were removed prior to the 1995 season, and the pants remained stripe-less until 2001. In 2002, Nebraska experimented with large side panels on its jersey and pants, and wore all-white in every road game. The changes were unpopular among fans, and Nebraska quickly reverted most changes, which included the permanent return of pant stripes. When Scott Frost became head coach in 2018, pant stripes were again removed, as a tribute to the uniform style from Frost's playing career. Stripes returned to the pants in 2023 under Matt Rhule.
Alternate uniforms
Nebraska wore throwback uniforms for the first time in 2009, to honor Memorial Stadium's 300th consecutive sellout. In 2012, Nebraska and Wisconsin played in the first "Adidas Unrivaled" game; Both schools' uniforms featured block letters instead of front numbers and proved to be hugely unpopular. The following year, Nebraska wore black jerseys with white stencil font numbers against UCLA. In 2014, Nebraska wore an all-red uniform featuring black metallic stripes on the jersey and pants, and used a similar design for all-black and all-white uniforms over the next two years.
In 2017, Nebraska wore throwback uniforms to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the school's 1997 national championship team. Unlike previous years, this design was well received. Nebraska again wore throwback uniforms in 2018 to honor the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Nebraska wore Blackshirt-themed alternate uniforms in 2019, which featured a black jersey and a Blackshirts logo on both sleeves. Frost suggested this iteration may be a permanent design, to be worn after Nebraska's defense plays particularly well.
Adidas has been Nebraska's official shoe and uniform sponsor since 1996. In 2017, the school and sponsor agreed to a record-setting eleven-year, $128 million apparel deal.
Rivalries
Colorado
The rivalry between Nebraska and Colorado, one-sided for much of its history, gained traction with Colorado's resurgence in the 1990s. The teams have met 71 times, with the series dating back to 1898, a 23–10 Nebraska win. The Cornhuskers lead the series 49–21–2. The rivalry began when Colorado joined the Big Eight in 1947; they played in the same conference as Nebraska until 2010. A bison head named Mr. Chip was presented to the winning team throughout the 1950s, but this exchange ended when Colorado misplaced the trophy in 1961. The teams have not played annually since both programs exited the Big 12 in 2011.
Iowa
The Iowa–Nebraska rivalry debuted in 1891, a 22–0 Iowa win. Since 2011, the game is held annually the Friday after Thanksgiving. Also, the game was named the Heroes Game, and the winner keeps the Heroes Trophy. The teams have met 53 times, with the Cornhuskers leading the series 30–20–3. Nebraska holds the trophy after defeating the Hawkeyes in 2022. They will meet next on November 23, 2023.
Kansas
Nebraska and Kansas share a natural border rivalry and maintained the longest non-interrupted rivalry in college football history at 105 years. The teams have met 117 times, with the series dating back to 1892, a 12–0 Kansas win. The Cornhuskers lead the series 91–23–3, which includes 36 consecutive victories from 1969 to 2004. Since Nebraska's move to the Big Ten in 2011, the series has been dormant. No future games are scheduled.
Kansas State
Nebraska and Kansas State were conference rivals from 1913 to 2010. With only 135 miles separating the schools, they were the nearest cross-border rivals in the Big Eight and Big 12 conferences. The teams have met 95 times, with the series dating back to 1911, a 59–0 Nebraska win. Nebraska leads the series 78–15–2, which includes 29 consecutive victories from 1969 to 1997. Since Nebraska's move to the Big Ten in 2011, the series has been dormant. No future games are scheduled.
The 1939 game was televised in Manhattan, Kansas, making it the second televised college football game. The 1992 contest was held in Tokyo as the Coca-Cola Classic.
Miami (FL)
Nebraska's series with Miami is among the most significant "bowl rivalries" in college football. The teams have met twelve times, with the series dating back to 1951, a 19–7 Miami win. The series is tied, 6–6. No future game is yet scheduled.
The rivalry's most notable game is the 1984 Orange Bowl. Top-ranked Nebraska scored with seconds remaining to make the game 31–30, but NU head coach Tom Osborne opted to try for a two-point conversion instead of an extra point, even though a tie would have given Nebraska the national championship. Miami won the game and its first national title.
Minnesota
The $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy has been awarded to the winner of the Minnesota–Nebraska game since 2014. The teams have met 61 times, dating back to 1900, a 20–12 Minnesota win. The Golden Gophers lead the series 34–25–2. Minnesota holds the trophy after defeating the Cornhuskers in 2022. The teams play annually and will meet next on August 31, 2023.
Missouri
The Victory Bell (also known as the Missouri–Nebraska Bell) has been awarded to the winner of the Missouri–Nebraska game since 1927. The teams have met 104 times, with the series dating back to 1892, a 1–0 NU win when Missouri forfeited to protest the presence of African-American George Flippin on Nebraska's roster. The Cornhuskers lead the series 65–36–3. Nebraska holds the Victory Bell after defeating the Tigers in 2010. Since Nebraska's move to the Big Ten in 2011, the series has been dormant. No future games are scheduled.
Oklahoma
Nebraska and Oklahoma has long been considered one of the great college football rivalries. The teams have met 87 times dating back to 1912, a 13–9 Nebraska win. The Sooners lead the series 46–38–3. Since Nebraska's move to the Big Ten in 2011, the series was dormant until 2021 when Oklahoma beat Nebraska 23–16 in Norman. Future non-conference games are scheduled for 2029 and 2030. Notably, the 2021 game in Norman marked the 50th anniversary of Nebraska's 35–31 victory over Oklahoma in the "Game of the Century".
Nebraska dominated the series until 1942, going 16–3–3 in the first twenty-two meetings. The Sooners then won sixteen consecutive games, the longest streak in the series. Nebraska's 1959 win both ended the Cornhuskers' drought against the Sooners and snapped Oklahoma's 74-game conference win streak. Nebraska won the "Game of the Century" in 1971, of which Dave Kindred of The Courier-Journal wrote, "They can quit playing now, they have played the perfect game." Oklahoma won every matchup from 1972 to 1977, a streak that ended in 1978, when Nebraska upset No. 1 Oklahoma; less than two months later, OU won a rematch in the Orange Bowl. Nebraska controlled the 1990s, including a 69–7 win in 1997, the largest margin of victory in series history. When the Big 12 was formed in 1996, the schools no longer played annually, ending a stretch of 68 consecutive years they had met. The teams met for the last time as conference opponents in the 2010 Big 12 Championship Game, when Oklahoma defeated Nebraska 23–20.
The two programs combined to win 74 of 89 Big Eight championships, 41 by Nebraska and 33 by Oklahoma. The teams played eighteen times when both were ranked in the AP Poll top ten, and nine times when both were in the top five.
Texas
Nebraska and Texas were conference rivals from 1996 to 2010. The teams have met fourteen times dating back to 1933, a 26–0 Nebraska win. Texas leads the series 10–4. Since Nebraska's move to the Big Ten in 2011, the series has been dormant. No future games are scheduled.
In the first-ever Big 12 Championship game, unranked Texas upset two-time defending national champion Nebraska. In the 2009 Big 12 Championship Game Nebraska's own upset bid was spoiled when a last-second Texas field goal gave the Longhorns the win and a spot in the national championship game.
Wisconsin
The Freedom Trophy has been awarded to the winner of the Nebraska–Wisconsin game since 2014. The teams have met fifteen times, with the series dating back to 1901, an 18–0 Wisconsin win. The Badgers lead the series 11–4. Wisconsin holds the Freedom Trophy after defeating the Cornhuskers in 2022. The teams play annually and will meet next on November 18, 2023.
Honors and awards
Individual award finalists
Winners in bold.
College Football Hall of Fame
Twenty-six former Nebraska coaches and players have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Retired numbers and jerseys
Nebraska has retired the number of three players and the jersey of seventeen others. Rodgers permitted his No. 20 to be worn by his son Terry, from 1986 to 1990. No. 20 was also worn by Marlon Lucky and Michael Booker.
Retired numbers
Retired jerseys
Jerseys retired but numbers available to be worn:
All-Americans
Academic All-Americans
Nebraska leads the nation in Academic All-America selections, both in football and across all sports. Nebraska boasts seventy CoSIDA First-Team and 108 overall Academic All-America selections, both tops in the nation. The list includes fifteen Huskers that have been named first team Academic All-Americans twice in their careers. The Huskers also lead the nation with a total of 330 Academic All-Americans across all sports.
Nebraska has four players that have been selected as a First Team Academic All-American by entities other than CoSIDA: Don Fricke (1960), Pat Clare (1960), Jim Osberg (1965), and Tony Jeter (1965).
Cornhuskers in the NFL
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Five Nebraska players have been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame:
Cornhuskers in the NFL
There are twenty-seven Huskers on NFL rosters, along with five coaches.
Future opponents
As a member of the Big Ten's West division, Nebraska faces Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, and Wisconsin annually, with three other games against Big Ten East opponents and three games against non-conference opponents.
See also
College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS
References
External links
American football teams established in 1890
Cornhuskers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska%20Cornhuskers%20football |
William James Booth CVO (3 February 1939 – 2 June 2009) was an Anglican priest and priest vicar of Westminster Abbey who served as a chaplain to HM The Queen.
Early life
A descendant of Humphrey Booth of Dublin (see Gore-Booth), he was born in 1939 and educated at Ballymena Academy, County Antrim and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts (1960) proceeding Master of Arts (1975).
Career
Booth was ordained a deacon of the Church of Ireland in 1962 and a priest in 1963. His first appointment was as curate in St Luke's Parish, Belfast, from 1962 to 1964. From 1965 to 1974 he was chaplain of Cranleigh School, Surrey, and from 1974 to 1991 he was chaplain of Westminster School.
Booth served as sub-dean of the Chapel Royal, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, subalmoner of the Royal Almonry and former domestic chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II, appointed in 1991, was the sole full-time member of the Ecclesiastical Household of the sovereign of the United Kingdom. Additional appointments included priest vicar of Westminster Abbey (1987–1993), and priest in ordinary to Queen Elizabeth (1976–1993).
Booth retired from the Chapel Royal in March 2007 after serving the Queen's household for 16 years. He was appointed CVO by the Queen on 5 March 2007. A reception to mark his retirement was held at Buckingham Palace on 26 March 2007.
Booth was acting chaplain of New College, Oxford from January to June 2009 as well as the club chaplain at the East India Club, London. He died at Oxford on 2 June 2009. His funeral took place at Queens Chapel (St James Palace, London) on 17 June 2009 and a memorial service was held at St Margaret's Chapel, Westminster, shortly afterwards.
References
External links
www.burkespeerage.com
www.telegraph.co.uk
2009 deaths
1939 births
People educated at Ballymena Academy
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
20th-century Irish Anglican priests
Anglicans from Northern Ireland
Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
Chaplains of New College, Oxford | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Booth%20%28priest%29 |
Rio de Fornos is a village near Vinhais, in the district of Bragança, province of Trás-os-Montes, in the North of Portugal.
History
Literal translation into English is "River of Ovens", as there is a river that runs through this village that originates in the mountains. The name comes from the fact that ovens used to be made out of clay that came from this river. Clays sintered in fire were the first ceramic.
The Inquirições of 1258 referred to Rio de Fornos being governed by the church of S. Pedro de Rio de Fornos, not parochial but by the possession of an eighth of half the town of Zido. This land was a donation that had been made in time of D. Afonso II who reigned from 1211 to 1222.
In 1796, Rio de Fornos was governed by the parish of Our Lady of Expectação, with cure appointed by the County (freguesia) Paçó and recorded on that date, 35 fogos with 133 inhabitants, with 58 men and 75 women. Today it has more than 60 fogos.
Population
Last estimated population stands at 105.
Populated places in Bragança District
Villages in Portugal | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio%20de%20Fornos |
Stonebridge or StoneBridge may refer to:
Places
Stonebridge Estate (disambiguation)
United Kingdom
Stonebridge, Essex, a hamlet
Stonebridge, London, an area in northwest London
Stonebridge, Norfolk, a village
Stonebridge, West Midlands, a junction between the A45 and A452 roads in England
Stonebridge, part of the parish of Kilmore, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Stonebridge City Farm, a City Farm in St Ann's, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Stonebridge Green, a settlement adjacent to, and within the civil parish of, Egerton in the Ashford District of Kent, England
Stonebridge Lock, a paired lock on the River Lee Navigation in the London Borough of Haringey
Stonebridge Park (disambiguation)
Stonebridge Road, a multi-purpose stadium in Kent, United Kingdom, primarily used for football
Canada
Stonebridge, Ottawa, a golf course community in Ontario
Stonebridge, Saskatoon, a neighbourhood in Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota, a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
New Zealand
Stonebridge, New Zealand (AKA Stonebridge Estate), an upper-class suburb in Hamilton
United States
Stonebridge, New Jersey, a census-designated place
Stonebridge, Texas, a census-designated place
Stonebridge Golf Club, a golf complex in Rome, Georgia
Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center, a lifestyle center in Woodbridge, Virginia
People
Brian Stonebridge (192859), English motorcycle racer
Ian Stonebridge (born 1981), English footballer
StoneBridge (DJ) (AKA Sten Hallström), Swedish DJ and record producer
Other uses
Stonebridge Elementary, a public elementary school in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States
Stonebridge International Insurance Ltd, founded 1998 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Stonebridge Press, a newspaper company in Massachusetts, United States
Stonebridge Railway, a dismantled railway in Warwickshire, United Kingdom
See also
Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy and business advisory firm based in Washington, D.C.
Stone Bridge (disambiguation)
Bridgestone | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonebridge |
Donald William McCafferty (March 12, 1921 – July 28, 1974) was an American football player and coach who, in his first year as head coach of the Baltimore Colts, led the team to a victory in Super Bowl V, and became the first rookie head coach to win the Super Bowl.
College career
McCafferty played college football for Ohio State University under coach Paul Brown, where he was a key member of the offensive line. Due to World War II, he was one of a select group of players to play twice in the annual College All-Star Game held in Chicago.
Professional career
After moving on to the National Football League (NFL), McCafferty was shifted to wide receiver, playing one season with the New York Giants in 1946.
Coaching career
After working in the Cleveland, Ohio, recreation department the following year, he was hired as an assistant at Kent State University in 1948. He spent eleven seasons with the Golden Flashes until accepting an assistant coaching position with the Baltimore Colts in 1959 under head coach Weeb Ewbank. During that first season at the professional level, McCafferty was part of the Colts' second straight championship team.
When Ewbank was fired after the 1962 season, McCafferty remained with the team as offensive backs coach under new head coach Don Shula. McCafferty's easy-going personality helped serve as a buffer against the demanding Shula's quest for perfection, a contrast that played a major part in the team's three NFL playoff appearances during the next seven years. Colts' Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas once said about McCafferty, "He doesn't shout and scream. He's able to look at football objectively without getting carried away emotionally." He was referred to in the press and by the Colts players as "Easy Rider."
When Shula left after seven seasons in February 1970 for the Miami Dolphins, McCafferty was promoted to head coach on April 6, then led the Colts that season to an 11–2–1 record and their second Super Bowl appearance in three years. In the mistake-filled Super Bowl V against the Dallas Cowboys, the Colts won 16–13 on a last-second field goal by rookie Jim O'Brien.
The Colts once again reached the playoffs in 1971, but were shut out 21–0 in the AFC Championship game by Shula's Dolphins in the Orange Bowl. Ownership changed in 1972, and after only one win in the team's first five games, the last a 21–0 home shutout loss to Dallas, general manager Joe Thomas ordered the 39-year-old Unitas benched as the team's quarterback; when McCafferty refused, he was fired.
McCafferty signed a three-year contract as head coach of the Detroit Lions three months later on January 26, 1973. He succeeded Joe Schmidt who had resigned two weeks prior. The Lions finished 6–7–1 in McCafferty's only season in 1973. On Sunday, July 28, 1974, while spending some time at his nearby home in West Bloomfield, Michigan, he suffered a heart attack while mowing his lawn. After being transported to a Pontiac hospital, he died at age 53, and was buried three days later, following services at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium, Maryland.
Head coaching record
References
External links
1921 births
1974 deaths
American football ends
Baltimore Colts coaches
Detroit Lions coaches
Kent State Golden Flashes football coaches
New York Giants players
Ohio State Buckeyes football players
Sportspeople from Cleveland
Players of American football from Cleveland
People from West Bloomfield, Michigan
Players of American football from Oakland County, Michigan
Burials at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens
Super Bowl-winning head coaches
Detroit Lions head coaches
Baltimore Colts head coaches | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20McCafferty |
Quimby the Mouse was created by Chris Ware while he attended the University of Texas at Austin from 1990 to 1991 (some of the strip was written from 1992 to 1993) The strip originally appeared in the student paper The Daily Texan.
The strip follows that of a seemingly depressed cartoon mouse, modeled after Felix the Cat and Mickey Mouse. Quimby constantly questions himself and wonders where he fits in. Chris Ware unusually advises readers on the first page to not buy the book, as he considers it to be not up to the same standard as his current work. The type of writing found in the strip is very typical of Ware, and the strip rarely contains a standard punch line.
References
Comics by Chris Ware | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quimby%20the%20Mouse |
is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, published Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior from 1996 to 1998.
Plot
Mayo is a professional assassin who is hired by the "Organization" to kill the mother of a young prostitute, Shion. Shion pleads with Mayo, and convinces him to give up on his mission.
As Mayo takes pity on Shion and her mother, who offer him more money, the leaders of the Organization pronounce a death sentence on him.
Volumes
External links
"Untranslated pick of the month" -(J-pop.com)
Ryoichi Ikegami
Seinen manga
Shogakukan manga
Viz Media manga
Yoshiyuki Okamura | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strain%20%28manga%29 |
Hoitovirhe (English: Malpractice), released on 10 December 2004 by Spinefarm Records, is the first full-length album by the Finnish industrial metal band Turmion Kätilöt.
Track listing
Singles
Teurastaja
"Teurastaja"
"4 Käskyä"
Verta ja lihaa
"Verta ja lihaa"
"Volvot ulvoo kuun savuun"
References
2004 albums
Turmion Kätilöt albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoitovirhe |
William Edward Joyce (born December 11, 1959) is an American writer, illustrator, and filmmaker. He has achieved worldwide recognition as an author, artist and pioneer in the digital and animation industry.
He has written and illustrated over 50 children’s books and novels which have been translated into over 40 languages.
He began his film career as a concept artist for the 1995 hit film Toy Story and has since been active in both animation and live action. He subsequently landed credits on the films including A Bug's Life (1998) and Robots (2005). He wrote the book A Day with Wilbur Robinson, which was adapted into a feature film by Disney as Meet the Robinsons (2007), having direct involvement in the film.
Among his many awards, Joyce has won 6 Emmys, 3 Annies and an Academy award for his short film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011).
Joyce was named by Newsweek magazine as “one of the 100 people to watch in the new millennium. His feature films, all based on his books, include Epic, Rise of the Guardians, Robots and Meet the Robinsons. His television series include the groundbreaking computer animated Rolie Polie Olie for which he was creator and showrunner.
He has also painted numerous covers for the New Yorker Magazine. His new company, Howdybot Studios, is focused on Joyce's stories in a variety of mediums and media. Joyce’s latest short film Mr. Spam Gets a New Hat (2022) has won awards at a number of film festivals in the U.S. He is also in pre-production on an animated version of The Great Gatsby. Both projects are in collaboration with DNEG Studios and Epic Games.
His novel Ollie's Odyssey was adapted into a live action/CG limited series on Netflix in August 2022.
Career
Children's literature
He has written and illustrated over 50 children's books including George Shrinks, Santa Calls, Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo, Rolie Polie Olie, The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs and A Day with Wilbur Robinson, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The Guardians of Childhood series and many others.
His first book “Tammy and the Gigantic Fish” by James and Katherine Gray was published by Harper & Row (now Harper Collins) in 1983. After the retirement of his longtime editor there Laura Gerringer, in 2011 Joyce moved his backlist and all subsequent books to Simon & Schuster where his editor is Caitlyn Dlouhy.
Since being at Simon & Schuster Mr. Joyce has produced a number of bestselling titles, including The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore which debuted at Number 1 on the New York Times bestseller list in July 2012, a position it held for several weeks. Morris Lessmore has been translated into over 40 languages and was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best children's books of all time. Morris Lessmore is the most expansive and experimental of Joyce’s stories. With his company Moonbot Studios, Joyce along with his partners, produced the Lessmore story in a variety of media and mediums simultaneously. A short film was in production (using handmade miniature sets) while the book was being illustrated (along with Joe Bluhm) and an interactive story app was being devised.
The story app of Morris Lessmore received overwhelmingly positive attention and in August 2011 briefly dislodged Angry Birds as the bestselling app in the world. It was voted into the app hall of fame soon after.
Film and television
Joyce has received three Emmys for Rolie Polie Olie, a Canadian animated television series based on his series of children's books that aired on Disney Channel (part of Playhouse Disney block) and is currently on Disney+. His second television series, George Shrinks, used to air daily on PBS stations. He has received three additional Emmys for other animated projects.
Joyce created conceptual characters for Disney/Pixar's feature films Toy Story (1995) and A Bug's Life (1998). In 2001 Pixar founder John Lasseter introduced Joyce to animation director Chris Wedge. At this time Wedge’s fledging animation studio Blue Sky was completing its Oscar winning short film Bunny and hoped to begin developing feature animated films, which they soon did with the Ice Age franchise.
In 2002, after Joyce and Ice Age director Chris Wedge attempted to adapt one of Joyce's book Santa Calls into a feature film Santa Calls, during that process they both came up with the idea for the computer-animated feature film Robots (2005). Besides being one of the creators, Joyce also served as a producer and production designer.
In 2005, Joyce and Reel FX launched a joint venture, Aimesworth Amusements, to produce feature films, video games and books. The new company announced plans to make three feature films: The Guardians of Childhood, The Mischevians, and Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo. The first of those projects, The Guardians of Childhood was developed by DreamWorks Animation into the feature film, Rise of the Guardians. It was released in 2012 and is based on Joyce's book series and the short film Man in the Moon, directed by Joyce. Joyce was originally slated to direct the film, however early in the production his daughter Mary Katherine, his wife Elizabeth and his sister Cecile were diagnosed with terminal illnesses. He continued on as an executive producer along with his friend Guillermo del Toro. At the beginning of the end credits Dreamworks dedicated the film to Joyce’s daughter who died before the film's release.
In 2007, Disney released Meet the Robinsons, a feature film based on his book A Day with Wilbur Robinson, to which Joyce served as one of the executive producers of the film along with John Lasseter and Clark Spencer. Joyce had written several drafts of the screenplay and did production design on a number of key characters and sets for the final film.
In August 2009, Joyce and Reel FX co-founder Brandon Oldenburg and producers Lampton Enoch and Alyssa Kantrow founded a Shreveport-based animation and visual effects studio MOONBOT Studios. The studio produced an Oscar-winning animated short film and an iPad app The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. The short film went on to win an Academy award. A book adaption was released in summer 2012. The studio released in January 2012 another app, The Numberlys. A short film and a bestselling book followed soon after. The Numberlys film was short listed for the 2012 Academy Awards animated short film Oscar.
His book The Leaf Men was adapted by Blue Sky Studios into a 2013 feature film titled Epic, with Joyce as writer, executive producer, and production designer.
In 2021, Joyce wrote and directed the short film Mr. Spam Gets a New Hat with the visual effects company DNEG. DNEG also announced they would be producing a feature animated film adaptation of The Great Gatsby directed by Joyce and written by noted author Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret).
Joyce’s acclaimed young adult novel “Ollie’s Odyssey” has been adopted as a live action/CG hybrid show by Netflix and premieres August 24, 2022. It is the second of Joyce’s works to be adapted by Peter Ramsey (Rise of the Guardians, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse).
Awards and accolades
Joyce received the 2008 Louisiana Writer Award for his enduring contribution to the "literary intellectual heritage of Louisiana." The award was presented to him on October 4, 2008, during a ceremony at the 2008 Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge. On February 26, 2012, he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.
Newsweek called him one of the top 100 people to watch in the new millennium.
Gold medal from the Society of Illustrators for Santa Calls.
Three silver medals from the Society of Illustrators.
Academy Awards
Emmy Awards
Personal life
William Joyce lives with his son Jackson Edward Joyce in Shreveport, Louisiana. His daughter, Mary Katherine, died on May 2, 2010, at the age of 18, due to complications of brain cancer. Rise of the Guardians, a film inspired by stories Joyce told her while young and later resulted in The Guardians of Childhood book series, was dedicated to her memory, reading “For Mary Katherine Joyce, a Guardian Fierce and True” during the credits. The main character of Epic, which is also based on Joyce's book, The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs, was named after her. His wife, Frances Elizabeth Baucum Joyce, who was a Shreveport attorney, died on January 20, 2016, at the age of 55, due to complications of ALS.
In 2006, Joyce founded the Katrinarita Gras Foundation to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. He is selling prints of his unpublished Mardi Gras The New Yorker cover through the foundation with all profit going to Louisiana artists and arts organizations.
Works by William Joyce
Books
In May 2017, Atheneum Young Readers released the picture book Bently & Egg, A Day with Wilbur Robinson, of which the film version is entitled Meet the Robinsons, and Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo. All are under the label The World of William Joyce.
Note: All books are written and illustrated by William Joyce, except as noted
My First Book of Nursery Tales, retold by Marianna Mayer and illustrated by William Joyce (1983)
Tammy and the Gigantic Fish by Catherine & James Gray, illustrated by William Joyce (1983)
Waiting-for-Spring Stories by Bethany Roberts, illustrated by William Joyce (1984)
William Joyce's Mother Goose, illustrated by William Joyce (1984)
George Shrinks (1985)
Shoes, written by Elizabeth Winthrop (1986)
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo (1988)
Humphrey's Bear by Jan Wahl, illustrated by William Joyce (1989)
Some of the Adventures of Rhode Island Red by Stephen Manes, illustrated by William Joyce (1990)
A Day with Wilbur Robinson (1990)
Nicholas Cricket by Joyce Maxner, illustrated by William Joyce (1991)
Bently & Egg (1992)
Santa Calls (1993)
Don't Wake the Princess: Hopes, Dreams, and Wishes, Cover art (1993)
A Wiggly, Jiggly, Joggly Tooth by Bill Hawley, illustrated by William Joyce (1995)
The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs (1996), Play (premiere at Strand Theatre, Shreveport) - 1998
Buddy (1997)
World of William Joyce Scrapbook by William Joyce, photos by Philip Gould and design by Christine Kettner (1997)
Life with Bob (board book) (1998)
Baseball Bob (board book) (1999)
The Art of Robots (2004)
The Art of Rise of the Guardians (2012)
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2012)
The Mischievians (2013)
The Numberlys, co-illustrated with Christina Ellis (2014)
A Bean, a Stalk and a Boy Named Jack (2014)
Billy's Booger (2015)
Ollie's Odyssey (2016)
Bently & Egg (2017)
Rolie Polie Olie series
Rolie Polie Olie (1999)
Rolie Polie Olie: How Many Howdys? (board book) (1999)
Rolie Polie Olie: A Little Spot of Color (board book) (2000)
Rolie Polie Olie: Polka Dot! Polka Dot! (board book) (2000)
Snowie Rolie (2000)
Rolie Polie Olie - Character Books: Olie, Spot, Zowie, Billie (2001)
Sleepy Time Olie (2001)
Big Time Olie (2002)
Busy Books - Peakaboo You!, Rolie Polie Shapes, Be My Pal!, Rocket Up, Rolie! (2002)
The Guardians of Childhood series
Novels
Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King, written with Laura Geringer (2011)
E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth's Core! (2012)
Toothiana: Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies (2012)
The Sandman and the War of Dreams (2013)
Jack Frost: The End Becomes the Beginning (2018)
Picture books
The Man in the Moon (2011)
The Sandman: The Story of Sanderson Mansnoozie (2012)
Jack Frost (2015)
Filmography
Film
Television series
Notes
References
External links
The Guardians of Childhood
William Joyce at Encyclopedia of World Biography
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature
William Joyce at publisher HarperCollins
1959 births
American animated film directors
American animated film producers
American children's book illustrators
American children's writers
American film producers
American production designers
Blue Sky Studios people
Daytime Emmy Award winners
Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners
DreamWorks Animation people
C. E. Byrd High School alumni
Writers from Shreveport, Louisiana
Southern Methodist University alumni
Walt Disney Animation Studios people
Writers who illustrated their own writing
Living people
Pixar people | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Joyce%20%28writer%29 |
Las Vegas College was a for-profit college in Henderson, Nevada. In 2009 it became Everest College.
History
Founded in 1979 in Las Vegas by Betty Krolak under the name Krolak Business Institute, Barbara A. and E.T. Paulus purchased the Institute in December 1980 and incorporated it under the name of TO-Ba Corporation.
On January 7, 1986, the Institute was licensed to offer associate degrees and soon changed its name to Las Vegas Business College. It was acquired by Rhodes Colleges, Inc. on Oct 17, 1996 and was changed to Las Vegas College.
In 2003, the school opened a branch campus in Henderson, Nevada. In 2005, the main campus moved to the Henderson branch. On August 10, 2009 Las Vegas College became Everest College.
In February 2015, Zenith Education Group purchased the school from Corinthian Colleges. In August 2017, Everest College changed its name to Altierus Career College.
References
Former for-profit universities and colleges in the United States
Educational institutions established in 1979
Buildings and structures in Henderson, Nevada
1979 establishments in Nevada
Corinthian Colleges
Defunct private universities and colleges in Nevada | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las%20Vegas%20College |
WWF The Music, Volume 4 is a soundtrack album by WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation, or WWF). Released on November 2, 1999, by Koch Records, it features entrance theme music of various WWE superstars, all of which were composed and performed by Jim Johnston (with the exception of one song, performed by H-Blockx). The album was a commercial success, charting at number four in the U.S.
Composition
All songs on WWF The Music, Volume 4 were written, composed and performed by WWE composer Jim Johnston, with the exception of "Oh Hell Yeah" which was performed by German heavy metal band H-Blockx. Music website AllMusic categorised the album as heavy metal and post-grunge, while a review on Slam! Wrestling identified additional genres including honky-tonk and hip hop on certain tracks.
Reception
Commercial
WWF The Music, Volume 4 was a commercial success. In the US, the album reached number four on the US Billboard 200 and number 17 on the Top Internet Albums chart; in Canada, it reached number five on the Canadian Albums Chart. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, indicating sales of over a million units. The album also reached number 44 on the UK Albums Chart. WWF The Music, Volume 4 was the second WWE album to sell a million copies, and as of April 2002 had sold a total of 1.13 million copies.
Critical
Music website AllMusic awarded the album two out of five stars. Writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that it "certainly has an audience," but that anyone other than "wrestling nuts ... pretty much knows not to bother in the first place." Alex Ristic of Slam! Wrestling was similarly sceptical, noting that while the album "represents the individual mat stars to a tee," that is "not necessarily a good thing." Ristic criticised tracks such as "Big" and "Sexual Chocolate", although did praise songs including "Break Down the Wall" and "Danger at the Door" and concluded that "the majority of [the material] is quite good."
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
See also
Music in professional wrestling
References
The Music, Volume 4
WWF The Music, Volume 4
WWF The Music, Volume 4
WWF The Music, Volume 4 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF%20The%20Music%2C%20Volume%204 |
Bobovac () is a fortified city of medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located near today's Vareš and the village of Borovica. It is a protected site as a National monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
The city was built during the reign of Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, and was first mentioned in a document dating from 1349. It shared the role of seat of the rulers of Bosnia with Kraljeva Sutjeska, however Bobovac was much better fortified than the other.
Bosnian King Stephen Tomašević moved the royal seat to Jajce during his war with the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans invaded the city in 1463. Its fall hastened the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia.
Main structures and architectural style
Within its main walls' enclosure, the royal town of Bobovac had large residential area, the complex of places of worship with the Burial Chapel for the Bosnian Kings and the Grand Church, the Royal Court complex, separated from the rest of the town with its inner walls and forecourts or courtyards, designed with representative architectural elements in Gothic architectural style. Also, some elements and motifs were designed in Romano-Gothic distyle.
Royal Court complex
The Royal Court complex was the town's main structure, fitted into five karst ridges on three basic levels, sloping from north to south. This area of Bobovac, separated from the rest of the town with its inner walls, consisted two main gates, two keeps, two forecourts, and three palaces, the Lower or Grand Palace, the Upper Palace, the Annex Palace (annex to the Upper), with other service buildings and staircases.
Grand Palace
The first Court gate leading into the forecourt, the look-out tower or the keep was situated to the south, with other smaller buildings in the forecourt include a blacksmith shops. A roofed stairway led to the second gate and another forecourt for the Lower Palace or Grand Palace, from assessing the partly preserved walls at least four-story, irregular quadrilateral building with dimensions of 25 meters with 10 meters, whose south wall was erected on top of the limestone ridge while the north wall was entirely formed of a stone cliff. The second gate was done in representative decorative style with a Gothic portal bearing the coat of arms of King Tvrtko II and lanterns. The second forecourt included buildings on three terraces, with a granary, battlements, a large water cistern, a smithy, a lime-pit and one small residential building.
Upper Palace with Annex
The Upper Palace with its forecourt were situated on the uppermost level, next to the keep and the cistern, with annex to the east as another palace added on later on. The forecourt, which included the keep, led to an elongated the Upper Palace, whose dimensions were 18 to 19 meters with 5 to 5.6 meters.
There were wooden stairs and a gallery to the upper story, while in the northern room an interior vault existed. The room was probably used as a Court chapel for King Tvrtko II’s spouse, Dorothy Garai.
Annex Palace
The Annex to the Upper Palace was a two-story building, with dimensions of 18 meters with 6 meters, and abutted against the main building of the Upper Palace on one side, and against the Lower (Grand) Palace on the other. The Annex building consisted of precision metal and wood crafts workshops of court's master craftsman.
Complex of places of worship with Burial Chapel and the Grand Church
The crown jewels of Bosnia were held in Bobovac. The royal chapel consisted the burial chamber for several Bosnian kings and queens. Nine skeletons have been found in the five tombs located in the mausoleum. The identified skeletons belong to kings Dabiša, Ostoja, Ostojić, Tvrtko II and Thomas. It is assumed that one of the remaining skeletons belongs to the last king, Tomašević, decapitated in Jajce on the order of Mehmed the Conqueror. Only one of the skeletons, found next to that of King Tvrtko II, is female and assumed to belong to Tvrtko II's wife, Queen Dorothy.
Legacy
HKD Napredak releases a monthly magazine called Bobovac. Some scenes of the documentary film, Bosnian Knight, were shot on the location of the fortress. The commemoration of the 25 November, the Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is held in Bobovac six years in a row and becoming a traditional event. Similarly, on every 22 October, the Prayer Day for the Homeland and the pilgrimage of the members of the Armed and Police Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina is held in Bobovac.
References
External links
Bosnian royal town of Bobovac - bhputovanja.ba
Castles in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kingdom of Bosnia
National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Burial sites of Kotromanić dynasty
Medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina architecture
Gothic architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Medieval sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobovac |
The list of ship launches in 2005 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2005.
See also
References
2005
Ship launches | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ship%20launches%20in%202005 |
Roy Alexander "Red" Parnell (September 17, 1905 - February 16, 1954) was an American left fielder and manager in Negro league baseball, most notably with the Philadelphia Stars from 1936 to 1943. Born in Austin, Texas, he died at age 48 in Philadelphia.
In his rookie year in the Negro National League in 1927, he batted .422 in 87 games, which was the best among the league batters (he also led the league in hits with 141). In 1932, playing with Memphis of the NSL, he led the league in doubles (12), triples (11), and runs batted in (50). Parnell also tried his hand at pitching, appearing in at least one game in four seasons. He had played in just four games at pitcher before 1932, but he was sent to pitch seven for the Red Sox that year (with six starts), and he responded with five complete games and two shutouts for a 5-1 record in 54 innings pitched. He had an ERA of 0.83, which led the Negro Southern League. He appeared in just one further game at pitcher in 1940 for Philadelphia, allowing three runs in seven innings in a loss. He played thirteen seasons on and off in the Negro leagues (1927–28, 1932, 1934-1943) with four different teams.
References
External links
and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
Negro League Baseball Museum
Biography from Center for Negro League Baseball Research
1905 births
1954 deaths
Birmingham Black Barons players
Columbus Elite Giants players
Houston Buffaloes players
Monroe Monarchs players
Nashville Elite Giants players
Negro league baseball managers
New Orleans Algiers players
New Orleans Crescent Stars players
Philadelphia Stars players
Baseball players from Austin, Texas
Baseball outfielders
20th-century African-American sportspeople | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Parnell |
Central High School is a public secondary school for grades 9-12 located in Grand Junction, Colorado. Its enrollment is 1,598, and it is operated by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.
History
Central High School graduated its first class of seniors in 1948. The school was first established and located in an old adobe building at 29 Road and North Avenue, a site formerly occupied by Fruitvale Elementary School and Fruitvale High School. The current CHS building near E Road was first occupied in 1959.
In August 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama led a televised town hall meeting on healthcare reform at Central High School.
Extracurriculars
Central High offers football, baseball, tennis, soccer, and wrestling.
Central publishes a school newspaper titled The Warrior, which highlights school issues, as well as a yearbook.
Notable alumni
Ben Garland - Professional American football player for the Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons, and San Francisco 49ers
Chuck Hull - Engineer and inventor; member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame
Amy Kame - American professional basketball player for the Townsville Fire in the WNBL
See also
List of high schools in Colorado
List of high schools in Mesa County, Colorado
References
External links
Mesa County Valley School District official website
Public high schools in Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado
Schools in Mesa County, Colorado | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20High%20School%20%28Grand%20Junction%2C%20Colorado%29 |
Everest College was a for-profit career college in Springfield, Missouri, formerly known as Springfield College. Everest College offered diplomas, associate and bachelor's degrees in the fields of business, administration, computer technology, legal, and health care programs.
Everest College was in no way affiliated with Springfield College, located in Springfield, MA, or any of the Springfield College regional campuses.
History
On October 17, 1996, Corinthian Colleges, Inc. acquired Springfield Business College in Springfield, Missouri, and the name of the college was changed to Springfield College. The Ontario Metro campus is a branch of Springfield Business College in Springfield, Missouri.
In October 2000, the name was changed to Rhodes College. In April 2002, the name of the college was changed back to Springfield College in order to return to its roots as a community-based institution.
In March 2006, the name of the college was changed to Everest College at which time the Ontario Metro campus moved to a new building at 1819 South Excise Avenue in Ontario, California.
Former campuses
Everest College Springfield
1010 West Sunshine St.
Springfield, MO 65807
Everest College Ontario Metro
1819 S. Excise Avenue
Ontario, CA 91761
Everest College Ontario Metro campus is located in San Bernardino County and is part of the Southern California region known as the Inland Empire.
The school is owned by Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
Programs offered
Accounting (Associate or Bachelor of Science degrees)
Bachelor of Applied Management
Business Accounting
Business Administration (Diploma or Bachelor of Science degree)
Computer Information Science (Diploma or Bachelor of Science degree)
Dental Assistant
Medical Administrative Assistant
Medical Assistant
Paralegal (Associate or Bachelor of Science degrees)
References
For-profit universities and colleges in the United States
Corinthian Colleges | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everest%20College%20%28Missouri%29 |
WWF The Music, Vol. 5 is a soundtrack album by WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation, or WWF). Released on February 20, 2001 by Koch Records (now eOne Records), it features entrance theme music of various WWE superstars, all of which were composed and performed by Jim Johnston (with the exception of one song, performed by Motörhead). The album was a commercial success, charting at number two on the US Billboard 200.
Composition
All songs on WWF The Music, Vol. 5 were written, composed and performed by WWE composer Jim Johnston, with the exception of "The Game" which was performed by English heavy metal band Motörhead, and "Pie" which features rapper Slick Rick. Music website AllMusic categorised the album as heavy metal, hard rock and alternative metal, while a review on Slam! Wrestling also identified the gospel style on "Pie".
Reception
Commercial
WWF The Music, Vol. 5 was a commercial success. In the US, the album reached number two on the US Billboard 200 and topped the Independent Albums chart; in Canada, it reached number five on the Canadian Albums Chart. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, indicating sales of over 500,000 units. The album also reached number 11 on the UK Albums Chart. WWF The Music, Vol. 5 sold 176,000 units in its first week on sale, and as of April 2002 had shipped over 640,000 units.
Critical
Music website AllMusic awarded the album two out of five stars. Writer Darren Ratner noted that "the diehard wrestling fanatic will certainly appreciate it," but proposed that the tracks are more well suited to remaining as entrance themes on television. Ratner praised "The Game" and "I've Got It All", but criticised the original song "Pie". Alex Ristic of Slam! Wrestling also praised Triple H's entrance theme and criticised "Pie", but criticised the album for its inclusion of older material and concluded that "even a long time fan might not find enough enticing material." A review by Russell Baillie of The New Zealand Herald described the album as "truly, truly brutal."
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
See also
Music in professional wrestling
References
The Music, Vol. 5
WWF The Music, Vol. 5
WWF The Music, Vol. 5
WWF The Music, Vol. 5 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF%20The%20Music%2C%20Vol.%205 |
Érin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in France.
Situation
Érin is a small village on the south side of the small river, the Ternoise which flows through St.Pol-sur-Ternoise and joins the River Canche at Hesdin. The geology of the area is like that of the Somme valley to its south. The Ternoise valley is the most northerly flowing in the syncline to the south of the Variscan front. The London-Brabant Massif underlies the land to the north.
Communications
The road, D94 follows the river between St.Pol and Hesdin. Alongside it runs the Arras to Boulogne-sur-Mer railway.
History
During the First World War, the principal depôt of the British Army unit, then known as the Tank Corps, developed at Érin. The Tank Corps developed through the Heavy branch of the Machine Gun Corps from the Heavy Section. This was founded in March 1916. The depôt was known as the Central Workshops and was set up in January 1917 under the command of Major Brockbank. Other parts of the organization were nearer the neighbouring villages of Bermicourt (maintenance school) and Fleury (wireless and signals).
See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
References
External links
Demographics
Communes of Pas-de-Calais | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89rin |
Lurcy-Lévis () is a commune on the northern limits the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.
It is around east of Saint-Amand-Montrond and the A71 autoroute and west of (Moulins) and the N7.
Population
Economy
Within Lurcy-Lévis, there is a small Atac supermarket, a tourist information centre and a few specialist shops. Lurcy-Lévis was the home to Sociétie A Baudin a manufacturer of woodworking machines and particular for the machines needed to turn and hollow a full wooden clog.
Sport
Nearby there is also a motor racing test track able to accommodate F1 and F3 racing cars. The Grand Prix circuit of Magny-Cours is only away.
See also
Communes of the Allier department
References
External links
Racetrack site
Communes of Allier
Bourbonnais
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurcy-L%C3%A9vis |
Stonebridge is a village in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A1075 road, some north east of the town of Thetford and south west of the city of Norwich. The village forms part of the civil parish of Wretham , which in turn falls within the district of Breckland.
References
Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 229 - Thetford in the Brecks. .
External links
Villages in Norfolk
Breckland District | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonebridge%2C%20Norfolk |
The 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3) () is a Soviet 100 mm anti-tank and field gun.
History
Development
The BS-3 was based on the B-34 naval gun. The development team was led by V. G. Grabin.
World War II
During World War II the Soviet Army employed the gun in the light artillery brigades of tank armies (20 pieces along with 48 ZiS-3) and by corps artillery. In the Second World War the BS-3 was successfully used as a powerful anti-tank gun. It was capable of defeating any contemporary tank at long range, excluding the Tiger II: to destroy that heavy tank the gun needed to shoot at less than 1600 m from the target. The gun was capable of defeating the turret of Tiger II at a range of 800–1000 meters. The gun was also used as a field gun. Though in this role it was less powerful than the 122 mm A-19, as it fired a smaller round, the BS-3 was more mobile and had a higher rate of fire.
Post World War II
The BS-3 remained in service into the 1950s. As of 1955 it was getting replaced in Soviet service by the T-12 antitank gun and the 85 mm antitank gun D-48. A number of BS-3 pieces are still stored in Russian Ground Forces arsenals. In 2012, at least 12 BS-3 guns were still active with the 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division, located on the Kuril Islands, used as anti-ship and anti-landing guns.
The BS-3 was also sold to a number of other countries and in some of these countries the gun is still in service.
Russo-Ukrainian War
During the Russo-Ukrainian War (2014-present) both sides employed towed anti-tank guns. The use of the 100 mm Rapira is well known, but the Ukrainian Army also used the older BS-3. Three Ukrainian BS-3s were destroyed by Russian military forces during the initial phase of their 2022 invasion of Ukraine. In September 2023, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service released footage of a Ukrainian BS-3 crew firing on Russian positions.
Ammunition data
Ammunition
AP: BR-412
APBC: BR-412B, BR-412D
HE/Fragmentation
Projectile weight
AP/APBC: 15.88 kg (35 lbs)
HE/Fragmentation: 15.6 kg (34.39 lbs)
Armor penetration (BR-412B, 30° degrees)
500 m : 190 mm(547 yds : 6.29 in)
1000 m : 170 mm(1,093 yds : 6 in)
Operators
: 10
: 10-20
: 350
: 18
: 6
: 45
: 20
: 24
: 500
: 20
: 300
: Reactivated during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
: 250
: 20
Former operators
: 250
: 144
: 100
: 35
See also
100 mm vz. 53 - A similar Czech anti-tank gun using the same ammunition.
D-10 tank gun
8.8 cm KwK 43- A contemporary German tank gun with similar performance
Notes
References
Shunkov V. N. - The Weapons of the Red Army, Mn. Harvest, 1999 (Шунков В. Н. - Оружие Красной Армии. — Мн.: Харвест, 1999.)
Christopher F. Foss, Artillery of the World
External links
Armor penetration table
Field artillery of the Cold War
World War II artillery of the Soviet Union
World War II anti-tank guns
Anti-tank guns of the Soviet Union
100 mm artillery
Arsenal Plant (Saint Petersburg) products
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100%20mm%20field%20gun%20M1944%20%28BS-3%29 |
Sarpsborg 08 Fotballforening, commonly known as Sarpsborg 08 or simply Sarpsborg (), is a Norwegian football club based in Sarpsborg, playing in Eliteserien. Sarpsborg 08 and its predecessors played in 1. divisjon from 2005 to 2010. In 2010, the club was promoted to the Tippeligaen, the top league in Norway, but finished last and was relegated back to 1. divisjon in 2011. In 2012, they were promoted again and 6 years after, they qualified for their first Europa League group stage. They play their home games at Sarpsborg Stadion.
History
Pre-existence
Football in Sarpsborg has traditionally been dominated by Sarpsborg FK (SFK), which won the Norwegian Cup six times and played 20 seasons in the top division, and to a lesser extent IL Sparta, which won the Norwegian Cup in 1952 and played nine seasons in the top division. However, after SFK's relegation from the 1974, no teams from Sarpsborg played in the top division for the next two decades. In 1999, 16 teams in the Sarpsborg area joined forces to create a team that could compete in the top divisions of Norwegian football, called Sarpsborg Fotball, which overtook SFK's spot in the league-system. In its first season, the team was relegated from the 2. divisjon, and several clubs, including both SFK and Sparta, withdrew from the collaboration.
The remaining clubs in the "Sarpsborg Fotball" project formed a new club called Borg Fotball, which won promotion to the 2. divisjon in 2002, but was relegated again in 2003. Meanwhile, Sparta was promoted to the Second Division the same season, and re-entered the collaboration club which now was renamed FK Sparta Sarpsborg. The club earned promotion to 1. divisjon (the second tier of Norwegian football) in 2005.
Foundation
At the end of the 2007 season, the last major club in the district, Sarpsborg FK, joined the collaboration of teams and ended a rather long and hefty rivalry between the two clubs. At the same time, in an effort to unite the different factions within the collaboration, the jersey was changed and the club renamed itself Sarpsborg Sparta FK. This name remained a source of contention throughout the 2008 season, however, and a new name, Sarpsborg 08 FF, was adopted in 2009.
The 2009 season started badly for Sarpsborg, and it appeared they would be fighting against relegation to the 2. divisjon. The situation worsened when the Football Association of Norway determined that Sarpsborg 08 had submitted an unrealistic budget when they obtained their license to play in the 1. divisjon, and were penalized three points in June, leaving Sarpsborg in a relegation spot. However, after Roar Johansen became coach, the second part of the season went well for the team, which not only climbed out of the relegation spots, but finished fifth, allowing them to participate in the qualification matches for the 2010 Tippeligaen. In the semi-final match of the qualification, Sarpsborg defeated local rivals Fredrikstad FK 2–0 (who were therefore relegated from the top division). In the home match of the qualification final, Sarpsborg defeated Kongsvinger 3–2, but lost the second leg 3–1 and remained in the 1. divisjon.
Promotions and development
The 2010 season ended with a 4–0 home-win against Alta. This meant that the team ended in second place, after league-winner Sogndal, and won the right to play in the 2011 edition of the Tippeligaen.
The 2011 season started with a surprising 3–0 win against Molde in Ole Gunnar Solskjær first match as manager of Molde. But after a good start, Sarpsborg was relegated back to 1. divisjon on 23 October 2011, when they lost 3–0 away at Brann with three rounds left to play. The club finished last with only 21 points.
In the 2012 season, Sarpsborg finished the 1. divisjon in second place and was promoted to Tippeligaen. On 3 January 2013, former Sheffield United striker Brian Deane was appointed as head coach. In 2015, Geir Bakke took over as head coach and led the club to their first Norwegian Cup final. They lost the 2015 Norwegian Football Cup final 0−2 against Rosenborg. In 2017 they repeated the feat and reached the final again, but lost 2–3 against Lillestrøm. Sarpsborg finished in third place in the 2017 Eliteserien, their first medal-winning position in club history.
On 30 August 2018 Sarpsborg 08 qualified for the group stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League for the first time in history.
African springboard
Sarpsborg 08 has gained a reputation as one of the best springboards for African players in need of a European acclimatization club. Senegalese Makthar Thioune played three years for Sparta Sarpsborg and Sarpsborg Sparta (Sarpsborg 08's predecessors) in the second tier, and when Molde purchased him in 2009 he was immediately "Player of the Year" in the top league, with the third highest rating in a 25-year period. He later played in Germany. Another big Sarpsborg 08 transfer in 2014 happened when Guangshou R&F manager Sven Göran Eriksson purchased Aaron Samuel from Sarpsborg 08 for €1.4m. Samuel blossomed in Sarpsborg with 13 goals in a year, after only 2 goals in big city club Vålerenga. He also scored both his goals for Nigeria in 2014. In 2017 Sarpsborg 08 signed Krepin Diatta from Senegal. He hardly played in his first half year in the club, but then blossomed with 5 goals and 8 assists in 3 months. Diatta was then sold to Brügge for €2.65m and later to Monaco for €16.7m. In 2019 Sarpsborg 08 signed Malian Ismaila Coulibaly and while acclimatized he only started 5 matches in the first 35 league matches while in the club. Then he was given the chance at a time the club was rock bottom with five losses in five matches. The club then took 17 points in the next 6 weeks and Coulibaly dominated with 4 goals, leading to Sheffield United purchasing him for €2m. Being only the 16th largest municipality in Norway, the processing of African teenage talents has been a major success factor leading to Sarpsborg 08 fighting above the size of the city.
Recent history
{|class="wikitable"
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
! Season
! League
! Pos.
! Pl.
! W
! D
! L
! GS
! GA
! P
!Cup
! Top scorer
! Player of the year
!Notes
|-
|colspan="12" align=center|Pre-existence
|-
|2000
|2. divisjon
|align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 9
|align=right|22||align=right|6||align=right|7||align=right|9
|align=right|33||align=right|36||align=right|25
|First round
|align=center|Jon Bjerkholt
|align=center|
|As Sarpsborg Fotball, relegated to the 3. divisjon
|-
|2001
|3. divisjon
|align=right |5
|align=right|22||align=right|12||align=right|2||align=right|8
|align=right|47||align=right|33||align=right|38
|First round
|align=center|Pål Østby
|align=center|
|As Navestad in tables, commercial name was FF Sarpsborg
|-
|2002
|3. divisjon
|align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 1
|align=right|22||align=right|19||align=right|2||align=right|1
|align=right|76||align=right|14||align=right|59
|First round
|align=center|Jørn Holmen
|align=center|
|Name changed to Borg Fotball, promoted to 2. divisjon
|-
|2002
|3. divisjon
|align=right |2
|align=right|22||align=right|16||align=right|5||align=right|1
|align=right|67||align=right|27||align=right|53
|First round
|align=center|
|align=center|
|As FK Sparta Sarpsborg, status as secondary club
|-
|2003
|2. divisjon
|align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 11
|align=right|22||align=right|5||align=right|9||align=right|12
|align=right|35||align=right|56||align=right|24
|Second round
|align=center|Gjermund B. Hansen
|align=center|
|As Borg Fotball, relegated to the 3. divisjon, name changed to FK Sparta Sarpsborg 2
|-
|2003
|3. divisjon
|align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 1
|align=right|22||align=right|17||align=right|4||align=right|1
|align=right|88||align=right|24||align=right|55
|Second round
|align=center|Lasse Alexandersen
|align=center|
|As FK Sparta Sarpsborg, promoted to the 2. divisjon
|-
|2004
|2. divisjon
|align=right |2
|align=right|26||align=right|16||align=right|4||align=right|6
|align=right|63||align=right|38||align=right|52
|Second round
|align=center|Lasse Alexandersen
|align=center|
|As FK Sparta Sarpsborg, now defined as primary club
|-
|2005
|2. divisjon
|align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 1
|align=right|26||align=right|21||align=right|1||align=right|4
|align=right|90||align=right|28||align=right|64
|Second round
|align=center|Ronald Turner
|align=center|
|Promoted to the 1. divisjon
|-
|2006
|1. divisjon
|align=right |10
|align=right|30||align=right|11||align=right|6||align=right|13
|align=right|44||align=right|56||align=right|37
|First round
|align=center|Fredrik Dahm
|align=center|Makhtar Thioune
|
|-
|2007
|1. divisjon
|align=right |13
|align=right|30||align=right|8||align=right|8||align=right|14
|align=right|50||align=right|52||align=right|32
|Second round
|align=center|Bjørnar Johannessen
|align=center|Bjørnar Johannessen
|Avoided relegation because Raufoss had its license revoked
|-
|colspan="12" align=center|Club history
|-
|2008
|1. divisjon
|align=right |10
|align=right|30||align=right|10||align=right|7||align=right|13
|align=right|45||align=right|43||align=right|37
||Third round
|align=center|Martin Wiig
|align=center|Are Tronseth
|Name changed to Sarpsborg Sparta FK
|-
|2009
|1. divisjon
|align=right |5
|align=right|30||align=right|15||align=right|5||align=right|10
|align=right|47||align=right|38||align=right|47
||Second round
|align=center|Martin Wiig
|align=center|Are Tronseth
|Name changed to Sarpsborg 08 FF
|-
|2010
|1. divisjon
|align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2
|align=right|28||align=right|16||align=right|6||align=right|6
|align=right|54||align=right|36||align=right|54
||Third round
|align=center|Martin Wiig & Morten Giæver
|align=center|Ole Heieren Hansen
|Promoted to the Tippeligaen
|-
|2011
|Tippeligaen
|align=right bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 16
|align=right|30||align=right|5||align=right|6||align=right|19
|align=right|31||align=right|65||align=right|21
||Fourth round
|align=center|Martin Wiig
|align=center|Øyvind Hoås
|Relegated to the 1. divisjon
|-
|2012
|1. divisjon
|align=right bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2
|align=right|30||align=right|19||align=right|6||align=right|5
|align=right|73||align=right|43||align=right|63
||Third round
|align=center|Martin Wiig
|align=center|Tom Erik Breive
|Promoted to the Tippeligaen
|-
|2013
|Tippeligaen
|align=right |14
|align=right|30||align=right|8||align=right|7||align=right|15
|align=right|40||align=right|58||align=right|31
||Second round
|align=center|Martin Wiig & Moi Elyounoussi
|align=center|Duwayne Kerr
|
|-
|2014
|Tippeligaen
|align=right |8
|align=right|30||align=right|10||align=right|10||align=right|10
|align=right|41||align=right|48||align=right|40
|bgcolor="#c96"|Semifinal
|align=center|Bojan Zajic
|align=center|Joachim Thomassen
|
|-
|2015
|Tippeligaen
|align=right |11
|align=right|30||align=right|8||align=right|10||align=right|12
|align=right|37||align=right|49||align=right|34
|style="background:silver;"|Runners-up
|align=center|Bojan Zajic
|align=center|Anders Trondsen
|
|-
|2016
|Tippeligaen
|align=right |6
|align=right|30||align=right|12||align=right|9||align=right|9
|align=right|35||align=right|37||align=right|45
||Quarterfinal
|align=center|Pål A. Kirkevold
|align=center|Sigurd Rosted
|
|-
|2017
|Eliteserien
|align=right bgcolor="#c96"|3
|align=right|30||align=right|13||align=right|12||align=right|5
|align=right|50||align=right|36||align=right|51
|style="background:silver;"|Runners-up
|align=center|Patrick Mortensen
|align=center|Sigurd Rosted
|
|-
|2018
|Eliteserien
|align=right |8
|align=right|30||align=right|11||align=right|8||align=right|11
|align=right|46||align=right|39||align=right|41
||Third round
|align=center|Patrick Mortensen
|align=center|Joachim Thomassen
|Europa League group stage
|-
|2019
|Eliteserien
|align=right |12
|align=right|30||align=right|5||align=right|15||align=right|10
|align=right|30||align=right|40||align=right|30
||Third round
|align=center|Kristoffer Zachariassen
|align=center|Kristoffer Zachariassen
|
|-
|2020
|Eliteserien
|align=right |12
|align=right|30||align=right|8||align=right|8||align=right|14
|align=right|33||align=right|43||align=right|32
||Cancelled
|align=center|Mustafa Abdellaoue
|align=center|Anton Saletros
|
|-
|2021
|Eliteserien
|align=right |8
|align=right|30||align=right|11||align=right|6||align=right|13
|align=right|39||align=right|44||align=right|39
||Quarterfinal
|align=center|Ibrahima Koné
|align=center|Bjørn Inge Utvik
|
|-
|2022
|Eliteserien
|align=right |8
|align=right|30||align=right|12||align=right|5||align=right|13
|align=right|57||align=right|54||align=right|41
||Second round
|align=center|Tobias Heintz
|align=center|Anton Saletros
|
|-
|2023 (in progress)
|Eliteserien
|align=right |7
|align=right|26||align=right|11||align=right|5||align=right|10
|align=right|50||align=right|43||align=right|38
||Quarter final
|align=center|Kristian Opseth
|align=center|
|
|}
European record
Notes
1QR: First qualifying round
2QR: Second qualifying round
3QR: Third qualifying round
PO: Play-off round
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Notable players
Below are notable players who have represented Sarpsborg 08. To appear in the section below, a player must have either at least two international matches or Champions League matches (group stage or later), 150 official club matches or 30 club goals, including appearances and goals for preceding teams mentioned in pre-existence phase. Players are sorted by birth date.
Peter Kovacs
Tom Erik Breive
Berat Jusufi
Kjetil Berge
Martin Wiig
Øyvind Hoås
Jeremy Berthod
Makhtar Thioune
Duwayne Kerr
Ole Heieren Hansen
Kyle Lafferty
Ole Jørgen Halvorsen
Erton Fejzullahu
Joachim Thomassen
Joackim Jørgensen
Guillermo Molins
Jordan Adeoti
Patrick Mortensen
Þórarinn Valdimarsson
Kristinn Jónsson
David Mitov Nilsson
Sheldon Bateau
Henrik Ojamaa
Mikael Dyrestam
Joonas Tamm
Guðmundur Þórarinsson
Wilmer Azofeifa
Aaron Samuel
Sigurd Rosted
Felix Michel
Mohamed Elyounoussi
Anders Trondsen
Kamer Qaka
Orri Ómarsson
Sulayman Bojang
Krepin Diatta
Managers
References
External links
Supporter site
Football clubs in Norway
Eliteserien clubs
Association football clubs established in 2008
2008 establishments in Norway
Sport in Sarpsborg | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarpsborg%2008%20FF |
Trevor John Immelman (born 16 December 1979) is a South African retired professional golfer and television commentator who has played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and Sunshine Tour. He won his sole major championship at the 2008 Masters Tournament.
Early years
Immelman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Born into a golfing family. His father, Johan, is the former commissioner of the Sunshine Tour in South Africa, while his older brother Mark is a broadcaster, teaching pro, and collegiate golf coach. He also has an older sister by the name of Michelle Greeff. Trevor took up golf at the age of five. He attended Hottentots Holland High School. He won the U.S. Amateur Public Links in 1998.
Professional golf career
Immelman turned professional in 1999. In 2000 he played mainly on the second tier professional tour in Europe, the Challenge Tour, and finished tenth on the Order of Merit. He became a full member of the European Tour in 2001 and has made the top twenty of the Order of Merit three times. He has four wins on the European Tour, and in 2004 became the first man to successfully defend the South African Open title since Gary Player in the 1970s.
In 2003 Immelman won the WGC-World Cup for South Africa in partnership with Rory Sabbatini. In 2005 he was a member of the losing International Team at the Presidents Cup. He has been playing with increasing frequency on the PGA Tour after receiving a 2-year PGA Tour exemption for 2006 and 2007 on account of this Presidents Cup appearance. In 2006 Immelman won his first PGA Tour event at the Cialis Western Open, a result that moved him into the top 15 in the Official World Golf Rankings. He won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 2002/03.
Immelman withdrew from the 2006 Open Championship to be present for the birth of his first child. He finished 2006 in the top 10 of the PGA Tour money list and was named Rookie of the Year. In September 2007, Trevor Immelman was picked by Gary Player to participate in the 7th Presidents Cup held at the Royal Montreal Golf Club, Canada. The International team lost 14.5 to the US team's 19.5.
On 13 December 2007, Immelman withdrew from the South African Airways Open due to severe discomfort around his ribcage area and a problem breathing. He went into surgery the following Tuesday, 18 December 2007, and doctors discovered a lesion approximately the size of a golf ball on his diaphragm. (Immelman remarked in an interview on the obvious irony of the size of the lesion). It was diagnosed as a calcified fibrosis tumor. After more tests they discovered that it was benign. Nevertheless, treatment and recovery caused him to miss the first eight weeks of the 2008 PGA Tour season. However, Immelman came back to win the 2008 Masters Tournament. Despite scoring a double bogey on the 70th hole, the par 3 16th, Immelman finished with a score of 8 under par, beating favourite Tiger Woods by three strokes.
In June 2009, Immelman announced he would withdraw from the U.S. Open due to tendonitis in his left wrist and elbow, which plagued him for much of the 2009 and 2010 seasons. As the 2013 PGA Tour neared its conclusion, Immelman's winless streak extended to five years; he was forced to play in the Web.com Tour Finals after he failed to make the FedEx Cup playoffs and his five-year exemption for winning the Masters expired. Immelman won the Hotel Fitness Championship, the first of four Web.com Tour Finals tournaments, and finished the Finals in sixth place to regain his PGA Tour card for 2014.
2018 saw a resurgence in Immelman's career. Focusing on the European Tour, he made the cut in 8 out of 13 events, with a best finish of T3 at the Scottish Open. In the event he had a chance to qualify for The Open Championship via the Open Qualifying Series, but missed an eight-foot birdie putt on the last and lost out to Jens Dantorp by world rankings. However, with the finish, Immelman moved from 1,380th in the world to 420th, his highest ranking since 2014. Immelman finished 77th on the Race to Dubai standings, regaining full status for the 2019 season.
In September 2022, Immelman captained the International team in the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. The U.S. team won 17.5–12.5.
Broadcasting
In 2017, 2018 and 2019, Turner Sports utilized Immelman as an analyst for coverage of the PGA Championship on TNT.
In December 2019, Immelman joined the PGA Tour on CBS commentating team. After Nick Faldo retired from CBS in 2022, Immelman was named the new lead golf analyst for 2023.
Personal life
Immelman married his childhood sweetheart, Carminita, on 6 December 2003. He has frequently participated in his mentor Gary Player's charity golf events around the world to help raise funds for children's causes. Immelman has a residence in Winter Park, Florida that he purchased in 2016 from former professional football player Jeff Faine.
Amateur wins
1997 South African Amateur
1998 U.S. Amateur Public Links
Professional wins (11)
PGA Tour wins (2)
PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)
European Tour wins (4)
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–2)
Sunshine Tour wins (5)
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)
Web.com Tour wins (1)
Challenge Tour wins (1)
Other wins (1)
Major championships
Wins (1)
Results timeline
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Summary
Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2004 U.S. Open – 2005 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2007 PGA – 2008 Masters)
Results in The Players Championship
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances
Amateur
Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 1998
Professional
World Cup (representing South Africa): 2003 (winners), 2004, 2005, 2007
Presidents Cup (International Team): 2005, 2007, 2022 (non-playing captain)
See also
2013 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
References
External links
South African male golfers
Sunshine Tour golfers
European Tour golfers
PGA Tour golfers
Winners of men's major golf championships
Golf writers and broadcasters
Korn Ferry Tour graduates
Sportspeople from Cape Town
White South African people
1979 births
Living people | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor%20Immelman |
Charles Neal Ascherson (born 5 October 1932) is a Scottish journalist and writer. He has been described by Radio Prague as "one of Britain's leading experts on central and eastern Europe". Ascherson is the author of several books on the history of Poland and Ukraine. His work has appeared in The Guardian and The New York Review of Books.
Background
Ascherson was born in Edinburgh on 5 October 1932, son of a Naval officer of Jewish ancestry and a mother from a London family of Scottish descent; his elder half-sister (by his father's first marriage) was the artist Pamela Ascherson. He was awarded a scholarship to Eton. Before going to university, he did his National Service as an officer in the Royal Marines, serving from July 1951 to September 1952, and seeing combat in Malaya. He then attended King's College, Cambridge, where he read history. The Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm was his tutor at Cambridge and described Ascherson as "perhaps the most brilliant student I ever had. I didn't really teach him much, I just let him get on with it."
Career
After graduating Ascherson declined offers to pursue an academic career. Instead, he chose a career in journalism, first at The Manchester Guardian and then at The Scotsman (1959–60; 1975–79), The Observer (1960–75; 1979–90) and The Independent on Sunday (1990–98). He contributed scripts for the documentary series The World at War (1973–74) and the Cold War (1998). He has also been a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.
Ascherson has occasionally been actively involved in politics. In 1976, while working as the Scottish political correspondent for The Scotsman, he joined the newly-founded Scottish Labour Party (SLP), a breakaway faction which was led out of the UK Labour Party by the MP Jim Sillars following disagreements over the party's policy on Scottish devolution. Ascherson, like Sillars an enthusiastic supporter of maximalist 'Home Rule', provided much favourable coverage of the new party, but the SLP was riven by internal dissension and was wound up after the 1979 general election. Twenty years later, in the first election for the Scottish Parliament, he stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate in the West Renfrewshire constituency but was not successful. Ascherson supported the "Yes" (pro-independence) campaign in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
Ascherson has also lectured and written extensively about Polish and Eastern Europe affairs. he is a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He has been editor of Public Archaeology, an academic journal associated with UCL devoted to CRM and public archaeology issues and developments, since its inception in 1999.
Awards and honours
In 1991 Ascherson was awarded an honorary degree from the Open University as Doctor of the University. In 2011 he was elected Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Personal life
Neal Ascherson's first wife was journalist Corinna Adam; the couple first met at Cambridge University and married in 1958. They had two daughters together before separating in 1974. The couple divorced in 1982. Corinna Ascherson, also a journalist, died in March 2012.
In 1984, he married his second wife, journalist Isabel Hilton. The couple currently live in London and have two children.
His aunt was the actress Renée Asherson.
Bibliography
The Spanish Civil War (Granada Television serial script, 1983)
with Magnus Linklater and Isabel Hilton
Opposition to Turkey's Ilisu Dam rises again with Maggie Ronayne, published 27 November 2007, chinadialogue
"A Mess of Tiny Principalities" (review of Simon Winder, Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2019, 504 pp.), The New York Review of Books, vol. LXVI, no. 20 (19 December 2019), pp. 66–68.
References
External links
Neal Ascherson – Guardian
Neal Ascherson – New York Review of Books
Neal Ascherson's CV at PFD
Neal Ascherson – Prospect
Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 14 December 2016 (video)
1932 births
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Living people
Scottish people of German-Jewish descent
People associated with the UCL Institute of Archaeology
People educated at Eton College
Writers from Edinburgh
Scottish writers
Scottish essayists
Scottish journalists
Journalists from Edinburgh
21st-century Scottish novelists
Historians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Historians of the Soviet Union
Historians of Poland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal%20Ascherson |
Illington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wretham in the Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is 6.2 miles north east of Thetford, 24 miles west south west of Norwich and 92.3 miles north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Thetford for the Breckland Line which runs between Cambridge and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. In 1931 the parish had a population of 53. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Wretham.
History
The villages name means 'farm/settlement of Illa's people' or perhaps, 'farm/settlement connected with Illa'.
Illington has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085. In the great book Illington is recorded by the name ‘’Illinketune’’. The main landholder is William de Warenne
References
External links
Villages in Norfolk
Former civil parishes in Norfolk
Breckland District | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illington |
Debra Ruh (born 1958) is an American business woman and advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities. She founded TecAccess, which provides software and services for information technology accessibility for people with disabilities and for Section 508 compliance.
Ruh is Chair of the United Nations's G3ict EmployAbility Task Force that supports information and communication assistive technologies and has assessed 104 countries regarding the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Career
Early career
In 1994, Ruh was hired by SunTrust Mortgage, now Crestar Bank, and worked into 1998 as vice president of training, development and quality control. Beginning in 1998, she worked as a banking consultant until 2001, and was at Market Street Mortgage in Tampa, Florida as vice president and distance-learning dean until 2000. She started Strategic Performance Solutions and was its chief executive officer (CEO) from 1999 to 2001.
TecAccess
In 2001, Ruh founded TecAccess, a firm that designs online learning tools and websites for people with disabilities. It received a United States Department of Labor's New Freedom Initiative Award. That year, Ruh received the "Rising Star" award from the National Association of Women Business Owners.
Other activities
In 2013, Ruh started Ruh Global Communications, which focuses on strategic communications and digital marketing. The firm develops solutions for people with disabilities and helps governments implement the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
Ruh co-founded a social media venture – AXSChat (access chat) with Neil Milliken and Antonio Santos. It is a social media site about providing access and inclusion to those with accessibility needs. It was an event partner for the Paralympic Games in 2016. Ruh was coauthor of the article Helping Veterans with Disabilities Transition to Employment" with Paul Spicer and Kathleen Vaughan in a 2009 issue of Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability.
Publications
2018 – Inclusion Branding: Revealing Secrets to Maximize ROI.
2016 – Tapping into Hidden Human Capital: How Leading Global Companies Improve their Bottom Line by Employing Persons with Disabilities. ,
2013 – Find Your Voice using Social Media: Learn 101 Social Media Tips for Social Good
2009 White Paper – "Information Technology Accessibility: Yes We Can!" and her brochure "Making the World of Technology Accessible" are on the White House website. They are two of about fifty posted documents in the Open Government Initiative.
Personal life
Ruh was born December 18, 1958, in Pensacola, Florida. She is married to Edward Ruh and has a son and a daughter. Edward, who worked in an IT department of a bank, joined TecAccess in 2006 and worked there for one year. He returned to TecAccess in 2008 and managed relationships with clients. Their working relationship featured in The Wall Street Journal article, "Married to the Job (And Each Other)" in 2011.
Notes
References
1958 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Florida
American technology company founders
American technology executives
American disability rights activists
American women company founders
American company founders
People from Pensacola, Florida
21st-century American women | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debra%20Ruh |
A Stranger is Watching is a 1982 American horror film directed by Sean S. Cunningham. The screenplay was written by Earl Mac Rauch and Victor Miller, based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Mary Higgins Clark.
Plot
Steve Peterson's wife, Nina is murdered in front of their young daughter Julie. Three years later, Julie and Peterson's new girlfriend Sharon Martin are kidnapped by the same killer, the psychotic Artie Taggart. Taggart imprisons them in a bunker below Grand Central Station, throwing the police into a race against time to save the girl.
Cast
Kate Mulgrew as Sharon Martin
Rip Torn as Artie Taggart
James Naughton as Steve Peterson
Shawn von Schreiber as Julie Peterson
Barbara Baxley as Lally
Stephen Joyce as Detective Taylor
James Russo as Ronald Thompson
Frank Hamilton as Bill Lufts
Maggie Task as Mrs. Lufts
Roy Poole as Walter Kurner
Maurice Copeland as Roger Perry
Eleanor Phelps as Glenda Perry
Joanne Dorian as Nina Peterson
Stephen Strimpell as Detective Marlowe
David Allen Brooks as Big Bum
William Hickey as Maxi
Jennie Ventriss as Kathy Green
Critical reception
Allmovie gave the film a mildly favorable review, writing "Sean Cunningham's first post-Friday the 13th film was shrugged off by most critics, but it is better than its reputation might lead one to believe." Janet Maslin of The New York Times thought the film is "a lot better" than Friday the 13th, and noted: "The story offers a few surprises, and the bowels of the railway station are scenic, in their grubby way."
References
External links
1982 films
1982 horror films
1980s American films
1980s English-language films
1980s horror thriller films
1980s serial killer films
American horror thriller films
American serial killer films
English-language horror thriller films
Films about kidnapping
Films based on American novels
Films based on mystery novels
Films directed by Sean S. Cunningham
Films scored by Lalo Schifrin
Films set in New York City
Films set on the New York City Subway
Films shot in New York City
Films with screenplays by Victor Miller (writer)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
United Artists films | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Stranger%20Is%20Watching%20%28film%29 |
ThemeAddict: WWE The Music, Vol. 6 is a compilation album released by WWE in 2004. It mostly features recent theme songs of wrestlers on the roster at the time. The album reached a peak of #38 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the Billboard Top Soundtracks chart.
Track listing
Composed by Jim Johnston (unless noted).
Evolution – "Line in the Sand" (performed by Motörhead)
Carlito Caribbean Cool – "Cool"
Theodore Long – "MacMilitant" (vocals by Miestro)
Christian – "Just Close Your Eyes" (performed by Waterproof Blonde)
Heidenreich – "Dangerous Politics"
WWE Diva Search – "Real Good Girl"
Chavo Guerrero – "Chavito Ardiente"
The Undertaker – "The Darkest Side (Remix)"
Eugene – "Child's Play"
Victoria – "Don't Mess With" (vocals by The Hood$tars and Nicki Minaj)
Shelton Benjamin – "Ain't No Stoppin' Me" (vocals by Lucien "Lou$tar" George)
Billy Kidman – "You Can Run" (vocals by Lorddikim "Boogie" Allah)
WWE SmackDown – "Rise Up" (performed by Drowning Pool)
Gail Kim – "International Woman" (performed by Dara Shindler)
John "Bradshaw" Layfield – "Longhorn"
John Cena and Tha Trademarc – "Untouchables" (composers: John Cena and Big Daddy Kane)
See also
Music in professional wrestling
Notes
The CD was released with a bonus DVD which featured the songs set to entrance videos. All but Christian's are featured on the DVD since Christian didn't start using the Waterproof Blonde entrance theme "Just Close Your Eyes" until after the album's release. Unlike the version he used for his entrance music, the version on the CD has extended lyrics.
There is a hidden easter egg on the DVD of John Cena promoting his then-upcoming album You Can't See Me.
Undertaker's arena theme is featured on the DVD, but not on the CD.
There are time differences between the tracks on the DVD and the CD. Some tracks on the DVD version are longer than the CD's counterpart, and vice versa.
Randy Orton's theme song "Burn in My Light" was originally on the track list featured on various promotional advertisements in select WWE PPV DVDs. However, it would not be released until 2006, on the album WWE Wreckless Intent.
Nicki Minaj sings the vocals along with The Hood$tars to Victoria's theme song, "Don't Mess With". She is credited as Nicki Maraj.
References
WWE albums
Sports television theme songs
2003 compilation albums
2004 compilation albums
Pop compilation albums
Pop rock compilation albums
Hip hop compilation albums
Dance music compilation albums
Soft rock compilation albums
2003 soundtrack albums
2004 soundtrack albums
Columbia Records compilation albums
Columbia Records soundtracks
Pop soundtracks
Pop rock soundtracks
Hip hop soundtracks
Dance music soundtracks
Soft rock soundtracks | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThemeAddict%3A%20WWE%20The%20Music%2C%20Vol.%206 |
Sarah Louise Clouston Geeson (born 23 June 1950), known professionally as Sally Geeson, is an English actress with a career mostly on television in the 1970s. She is best known for playing Sid James's daughter, Sally, in Bless This House and for her roles in Carry On Abroad (1972) and Carry On Girls (1973). She also starred alongside Norman Wisdom in the film What's Good for the Goose (1969), and appeared with Vincent Price in two horror films, The Oblong Box (1969) and Cry of the Banshee (1970).
Early life
Geeson's father was an editor for the National Coal Board magazine while her mother worked in the box office at the London Coliseum cinema.
Career
Geeson studied at Corona Stage Academy from 1957 to 1966, during which time she played small non-speaking roles in several movies, including Expresso Bongo (1959), The Millionairess (1960), Spare the Rod (1961), The Young Ones and Carry On Regardless (1961). She played a schoolgirl in The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966), and appeared as a girl guide in Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968). She starred alongside Norman Wisdom in the comedy film What's Good for the Goose (1969) and Vincent Price in the horror films The Oblong Box (1969) and Cry of the Banshee (1970).
In 1971, Geeson appeared in Mr. Forbush and the Penguins before starring as Sally in Bless This House, appearing in all 65 episodes until the show's end in 1976 as well as starring in a film spin-off of the same name in 1972. She also appeared in two further Carry On films: Carry On Abroad (1972) and Carry On Girls (1973).
In August 2013 Geeson featured in a TV commercial for Anglian Windows. In December 2014 until January 2015, Geeson played the Good Fairy at Theatre Royal Windsor in their panto Beauty And The Beast.
Personal life
Geeson married television personality William G. Stewart in 1976 and the pair had two children together. The couple divorced ten years later in 1986. She later took up a career in teaching and married Richard Lewis, an estate agent and had a further child. Her sister is the actress Judy Geeson.
Filmography
Expresso Bongo (1959) — Extra (uncredited)
The Millionairess (1960) — Extra (uncredited)
Carry On Regardless (1961) – Girl at Toy Exhibition (uncredited)
Spare the Rod (1961) — Extra (uncredited)
The Young Ones — Extra (uncredited)
Go To Blazes (1962 film) - Girl playing on fire engine (uncredited}
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966) – Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968) — Extra (uncredited)
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968) – Girl Guide (uncredited)
What's Good for the Goose (1969) – Nikki
The Oblong Box (1969) – Sally
Cry of the Banshee (1970) – Sarah
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971) – Jackie
Bless This House (1972) – Sally Abbot
Carry On Abroad (1972) – Lily
Carry On Girls (1973) – Debra
Television
Armchair Mystery Theatre (1964) – Jill
Boy Meets Girl (1967) – Debutante
Man in a Suitcase – Day of Execution (1967) – Girl at Cleaners
Sanctuary – The Girl with the Blue Guitar (1968) – Tina
You and the World (1968) – Eileen
ITV Playhouse – Camille (1968) – Kim
Galton and Simpson Comedy (1969)
Detective – Hunt the Peacock (1969) – Patsy
Strange Report – Whose Pretty Girl Are You (1969) – Jennifer Dean
Softly, Softly: Taskforce (1970) – Sue
Z-Cars – A Day Like Every Day (1970) – Sharon Young
Wicked Women – Florence Maybrick (1970) – Alice Yapp
Bless This House (1971–1976) – Sally Abbott (Last appearances)
The Fenn Street Gang – Smart Lad Wanted (1972) – Melanie
My Name Is Harry Worth – The Family Reunion (1974) – Sandra
Selected theatre workGoodnight Mrs PuffinThe Day After The FairButterflies Are Free (Bill Kenwright Productions)Blood And Roses'' (Bill Kenwright Productions)
References
External links
Sally Geeson's official web site
Brainy History Page
1950 births
Living people
English film actresses
English television actresses
English child actresses
People from Cuckfield
20th-century English actresses
British comedy actresses
Actresses from Sussex | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally%20Geeson |
Preaching the "End-Time" Message is a rarities collection by American sludge metal band Eyehategod, released in May 2005. It contains three original studio tracks, recorded on March 10, 2005, as well as live songs and rare alternate versions. The album is available on CD, vinyl LP and picture disc, although only 500 copies were made for vinyl or picture disc. The album is dedicated to Dimebag Darrell and Danielle Marie Smith.
Track listing
The concert tracks 6 and 7 are taken from the Live in Tokyo DVD (Club Quattro, Tokyo, Japan, March 19, 2002).
References
Eyehategod albums
2005 compilation albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preaching%20the%20%22End-Time%22%20Message |
The Masivo Integrado de Occidente ('Western Mass Integrated'), also referred to as MIO, is a bus rapid transit system that serves Santiago de Cali, Colombia. The system is operated through articulated buses which move in dedicated lanes. Approximately 97% of the city's spatial perimeter will be covered by this system, involving nearly 243 kilometers. The MIO will cover approximately 72% of Cali's public transportation needs.
The project was set in motion by an investment of US$405 million; with 70% contributed by the Colombian government and the remaining 30% by the municipality of Cali. These resources are destined to finance MIO's infrastructure: construction of trunks, fueling stations, rest stops, the system of stations, pedestrian bridges, terminals, and yards. The articulated buses have a capacity of 160 passengers and circulate exclusively on the trunks; in turn, the register type buses will transport between 80 and 100 people and they will travel through tramways and special diversions. The regular operation of the system is roughly from 5:00am to 11:00pm on weekdays and Saturdays, and from 6:00am to 10:00pm on Sundays and holidays.
Routes and stations
Routes
Zoning
For better efficiency in the division of the system's routes, the Metrocali company developed a city zoning model following the example of the TransMilenio system. However, Metrocali did not assign letters to the trunk lines, but rather divided the entire city into different zones, giving each one a number, which are the following:
Stations
The MIO has several Trunk corridors which have stop stations where users can transfer from one route to another to reach their destination. The stations are listed from North to South and are classified in their corresponding zones.
Menga Zone
Terminal Menga (Av 3n Cl 70)
Estación Álamos (Av 3 Cl 52)
Estación Vipasa (Av 3 Cl 44)
Estación Prados del Norte (Av 3 Cl 38)
Estación Las Américas (Av 3n Cl 23an)
Estación Versalles (Av 3n Cl 21)
Paso del Comercio Zone
Terminal Paso del Comercio (Cr 1 Cl 71)
Estación Chiminangos (Cr 1 Cl 62)
Estación Flora Industrial (Cr 1 Cl 56)
Estación Salomia (Cr 1 Cl 47)
Estación Popular (Cr 1 Cl 44)
Estación Manzanares (Cr 1 Cl 39)
Estación Fátima (Cr 1 Cl 30)
Estación Río Cali (Cr 4n Cl 23)
Estación Piloto (Cr 1 Cl 24)
Estación San Nicolás (Cr 1 Cl 21)
Centro Zone
List of West-East way, South-North way and then North-South way.
Estación San Bosco (Cr 15 Cl 9)
Estación San Pascual (Cr 15 Cl 13 - Cl 15)
Estación Sucre (Cl 15 Cr 15)
Estación Petecuy (Cl 15 Cr 8)
Estación San Pedro (Cl 15 Cr 4)
Estación La Ermita (Cl 13 Cr 4)
Estación Plaza de Caicedo (Cl 13 Cr 4)
Estación Centro (Cl 13 Cr 8)
Estación Santa Rosa (Cl 13 Cr 10)
Estación Fray Damián (Cl 13 Cr 15)
Sanín Zone
Estación Belalcázar (Cr 15 Cl 21)
Estación Floresta (Cr 15 Cl 30)
Estación Atanasio Girardot (Cr 15 Cl 34)
Estación Chapinero (Cr 15 Cl 44)
Estación Villacolombia (Cr 15 Cl 52)
Estación El Trébol (Cr 15 Cl 58)
Estación 7 de Agosto (Dg 15 Cl 71a)
Terminal Andrés Sanín (Cl 75 Cr 19)
Calipso Zone
Estación Cien Palos (Cr 17 Cl 18)
Estación Primitivo (Tv 25 Dg 18)
Estación Santa Mónica (Tv 25 Cl 28)
Estación Villanueva (Tv 25 Cl 32)
Estación Conquistadores (Tv 29 Cl 44)
Terminal Calipso (Cl 36 Cr 28d)
Nuevo Latir Zone
Estación Troncal Unida (Cr 28d Cl 72l)
Estación Amanecer (Cr 28d Cl 72u)
Estación Nuevo Latir (Cr 28d Cl 83)
Terminal Aguablanca (under construction)
Cañaveralejo Zone
Estación Santa Librada (Cl 5 Cr 22)
Estación Manzana del Saber (Cl 5 Cr 27)
Estación Estadio (Cl 5 Cr 34)
Estación Tequendama (Cl 5 Cr 39)
Estación Lido (Cl 5 Cr 44)
Estación Unidad Deportiva (Cl 5 Cr 52)
Terminal Cañaveralejo (Cl 5 Cr 52)
MIO Cable
Estación Plaza de Toros (Cl 5 Cr 52)
Estación Pampalinda (Cl 5 Cr 62)
Estación Refugio (Cl 5 Cr 66)
Estación Caldas (Cl 5 Cr 70)
Estación Capri (Cl 5 Cr 78)
Simón Bolívar Zone
Terminal Simón Bolívar (Cl 25 Cr 61-69)
Universidades Zone
Estación Meléndez (Cl 5 Cr 94)
Estación Buitrera (Cr 100 Cl 11a)
Estación Univalle (Cr 100 Cl 13)
Estación Universidades (Cr 100 Cl 16)
Fares
The standard fare is $2,200 Colombian pesos, about US$0.62.
References
External links
MIO Homepage
MIO routes map
MIO route planner
Metrocali Homepage
How is the MIO going?
Bus rapid transit in Colombia
Cali | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masivo%20Integrado%20de%20Occidente |
The Department of Transportation is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with the maintenance of the provincial highway network and the management of the province's automobile fleet.
The department was established in 1967 when Premier Louis Robichaud split the Department of Public Works and Highways. In 2012, it returned to these roots when it was merged with most of the Department of Supply and Services to form a new Department of Transportation and Infrastructure.
Ministers
* Williams continued with responsibility for this department when it was merged into the new Department of Transportation & Infrastructure.
References
External links
Department of Transportation
Transportation
1967 establishments in New Brunswick
Defunct transport organizations based in Canada | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department%20of%20Transportation%20%28New%20Brunswick%29 |
The Holland class were the first submarines built for the Royal Navy. They were built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. The first three were designed by John Philip Holland. The Hollands were built under licence from the Holland Torpedo Boat Company/Electric Boat Company during the years 1901 to 1903. The Admiralty hoped to keep the Holland class a secret, and very few senior officers even knew of their existence. This led to the myth of the Admiralty not taking any interest in submarines. On the contrary, the Admiralty was well aware of the submarine's destructive potential. It therefore refrained from any submarine development programme so as to avoid provoking similar programmes on the part of foreign navies. Once those navies did begin serious submarine programmes, the Admiralty had no choice but to begin its own.
Adoption of the submarine
Captain Henry Jackson, British naval attaché in Paris, had been instructed to report on submarine developments which had been underway in France for several years. In 1898 he witnessed trials of the privately developed , a small 11-ton submersible designed to be carried on board a warship. In January 1899 he informed the Admiralty of exercises with the 270-ton experimental submarine which had been used to launch a torpedo attack on the battleship . The Board of Admiralty considered whether it needed to act, but rejected further reports that the French had ordered up to a dozen submarines in the light of other reports on the trial suggesting that its outcome had been stage-managed for political reasons.
In January 1900, the Washington attaché Captain Charles Ottley reported that the US government was considering purchasing a submarine-boat designed by John Holland and provided the Admiralty with US Navy reports on the boat's performance and a set of blueprints. In February the new Paris attaché submitted further favourable reports on the capabilities of Gustave Zédé. Meanwhile, Admiral Fisher commanding the Mediterranean Fleet, which might be required to fight the French, asked the Admiralty for instructions on the best defence against submarines and suggested the use of defensive mines. In May the Admiralty responded by instructing the torpedo school to investigate means of combatting submarines, whereupon they requested a submarine with which to experiment, while in the same month news arrived confirming the US purchase of a Holland boat, . First Sea Lord Walter Kerr and the Controller, Rear Admiral Arthur K. Wilson, were convinced of the need to obtain a submarine for the Royal Navy to investigate its capabilities and means to combat submarine attack.
No British shipbuilder had experience of constructing submarines, so the Admiralty began negotiations with the Holland Torpedo Boat Company and Vickers Ltd, which was a major shipbuilder for the Admiralty. It was agreed that The Electric Boat Company (having purchased the rights from Holland) would license Vickers to build submarines in Britain, and an order was placed for five. The Board of Admiralty now considered that the submarines might also be useful in an offensive role, not merely to practice defence, and if trials of the boats were successful further orders would be placed with Vickers.
A general election in November 1900 led to a change of First Lord of the Admiralty from George Goschen to the Earl of Selborne. The new Parliamentary Secretary to the board was Hugh Oakley Arnold-Forster, who as a backbench Member of Parliament had criticised Goschen for failing to adopt submarines. Now he discovered that the Admiralty had been doing so in secret. Selborne became concerned that even so the Admiralty was lagging some way behind the French in development, and the first boat, whose contract was finally signed December 1900, would not be delivered until October 1901. Arnold-Forster proposed involving other companies in constructing submarines, but this was opposed by the Second Sea Lord, Vice Admiral Archibald Douglass, as well as by Wilson, on the grounds that it remained unwise to encourage the general development of the submarine, which might be of more benefit to smaller navies rather than the RN. Wilson considered that the limited range of existing submarines meant they would only be able to operate in French waters, whereas if further developed could become a weapon to threaten British home ports. He recognised the potential of the submarine to prevent maritime trade, which was essential to the survival of an island nation like Britain. Any steps possible to slow down submarine development should be taken while the navy worked on means of defence against the submarine.
In the event, the story that Vickers was building submarines was leaked by a Glasgow newspaper in February, and confirmed by the Admiralty in March. Arnold-Forster continued to press for more submarines to be built, considering that the navy either needed a great many or none, but although Selborne was inclined to agree, the two were opposed by the Sea Lords. It was agreed that only three per year would be ordered, which was the minimum number needed for Vickers to continue their specialist construction team. It was known that the French design was technically superior to the Holland boats ordered, but the Admiralty had no better design available at that time.
Further development
Construction of the boats took longer than anticipated, with the first only ready for a diving trial at sea on 6 April 1902. Although the design had been purchased entire from the US company, the actual design used, Fulton, was an untested improved version of the original Holland design using a new 180 hp petrol engine.
The Admiralty decided to appoint an Inspecting Captain of Submarines to oversee development work, and Captain Reginald Bacon was appointed in May 1901. Bacon was a technically minded officer experienced with the use of surface torpedo boats. His first recommendations were to note that the Holland submarines were likely to compare poorly to the current French design and would be unable to operate on the surface in anything other than fair weather (the boats had a range of only underwater). He therefore suggested the designs of boats four and five, which had not yet been started, should be modified to improve their seaworthiness. The Admiralty felt the Holland company would refuse any responsibility for difficulties arising from unauthorised design changes, but agreed to order one submarine of a new design, the .
Experiments were conducted in 1901 at the torpedo school attempting to blow up a torpedo with underwater charges. In November 1902 Holland 1 finally became available for testing and was used as target with live explosive charges. It was found that the boat came to no harm from a guncotton charge exploded at a distance of . Since there was no known way of locating a submarine even to this accuracy, it was concluded that it was effectively impossible to attack submerged submarines. Destroyers were more at risk themselves from their own experimental charges thrown off the stern but in any case were not big enough to carry more than two charges. However, Bacon was much more optimistic over the offensive capabilities of the submarine, concluding that a group of 3–5 would be an insurmountable obstacle for any enemy ships attempting to operate near a port where the submarines were based.
Service
The submarines initially had serious reliability problems, and a 1903 attempt to sail around the Isle of Wight on the surface resulted in four of the boats breaking down before covering much more than .
The Holland class were mostly used for testing, but in October 1904, after a Russian fleet mistakenly sank a number of British fishing vessels in the Dogger Bank incident, the Holland boats left harbour to attack the fleet. They were recalled before any engagement could take place.
Boats
, launched on 2 October 1901 in secret. Now on display at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport.
, launched February 1902, sold 7 October 1913.
, commissioned 1 August 1902, sank in trials in 1911, and sold October 1913.
, launched 23 May 1902, foundered 3 September 1912, salvaged and sunk as a gunnery target 17 October 1914.
, launched 10 June 1902, lost 1912 off the Sussex Coast. Wreck site designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 4 January 2005.
Notes
References
External links
MaritimeQuest Holland Class Overview
Submarine classes | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland-class%20submarine |
The rue Saint-Séverin is a sometimes boisterous street running parallel to the river in the north of Paris' Latin Quarter. Lined with restaurants and souvenir shops, much of its commerce is dedicated to tourism.
Name origin
One of Paris' oldest churches, the Église Saint-Séverin, lies midway along this street's length.
History
The rue Saint-Séverin is one of Paris' oldest streets, as it dates from its quarter's creation in the early 13th century. At first existing only between the rue de la Harpe and the rue Saint-Jacques, it was later extended westwards from the former street to join the . The rue Saint-Séverin reclaimed the remnants of the ancient rue du Macon upon the construction of the boulevard Saint-Michel from 1867, but from 1971 this isolated westward portion was renamed the .
Former Names: Between the rue de la Harpe and the rue Saint-Jacques, this street was called the "rue Colin Pochet" in the 16th century.
Constructions of note
Odd Numbers
7, 9, 11 - Buildings dating from the 17th century.
13 - Building still having its "name sign" that predated addresses - this one "Le Cygne de la Croix" (a play-on-words of "the sign of the Cross" and "The Swan on the Cross").
Even Numbers
4 - Engraving of streetname on building corner. "St" scratched away.
6 - Alleyway existing (and already barricaded) in 1239.
8 - Door and alleyway dating from the 16th century.
20 - 17th-century "rotisserie" (grill).
22 - 17th century hotel.
24-26 - Street name engraved on building corners; the "St." on both was scratched away after the 1789 revolution.
34 - Building dating from the 17th century. Remarkable doorway, arch engravings, courtyard and stairway (therein).
36 - Building known as l'auberge de "l'Étoile" in 1660.
See also
The Great Cat Massacre
References
Mairie de Paris - "Nomenclature des Voies: rue Saint-Séverin". Retrieved February 17, 2006.
Saint
Restaurant districts and streets in France | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue%20Saint-S%C3%A9verin%2C%20Paris |
ARM9 is a group of 32-bit RISC ARM processor cores licensed by ARM Holdings for microcontroller use. The ARM9 core family consists of ARM9TDMI, ARM940T, ARM9E-S, ARM966E-S, ARM920T, ARM922T, ARM946E-S, ARM9EJ-S, ARM926EJ-S, ARM968E-S, ARM996HS. Since ARM9 cores were released from 1998 to 2006, they are no longer recommended for new IC designs, instead ARM Cortex-A, ARM Cortex-M, ARM Cortex-R cores are preferred.
Overview
With this design generation, ARM moved from a von Neumann architecture (Princeton architecture) to a (modified; meaning split cache) Harvard architecture with separate instruction and data buses (and caches), significantly increasing its potential speed. Most silicon chips integrating these cores will package them as modified Harvard architecture chips, combining the two address buses on the other side of separated CPU caches and tightly coupled memories.
There are two subfamilies, implementing different ARM architecture versions.
Differences from ARM7 cores
Key improvements over ARM7 cores, enabled by spending more transistors, include:
Decreased heat production and lower overheating risk.
Clock frequency improvements. Shifting from a three-stage pipeline to a five-stage one lets the clock speed be approximately doubled, on the same silicon fabrication process.
Cycle count improvements. Many unmodified ARM7 binaries were measured as taking about 30% fewer cycles to execute on ARM9 cores. Key improvements include:
Faster loads and stores; many instructions now cost just one cycle. This is helped by both the modified Harvard architecture (reducing bus and cache contention) and the new pipeline stages.
Exposing pipeline interlocks, enabling compiler optimizations to reduce blockage between stages.
Additionally, some ARM9 cores incorporate "Enhanced DSP" instructions, such as a multiply-accumulate, to support more efficient implementations of digital signal processing algorithms.
Switching from a von Neumann architecture entailed using a non-unified cache, so that instruction fetches do not evict data (and vice versa). ARM9 cores have separate data and address bus signals, which chip designers use in various ways. In most cases they connect at least part of the address space in von Neumann style, used for both instructions and data, usually to an AHB interconnect connecting to a DRAM interface and an External Bus Interface usable with NOR flash memory. Such hybrids are no longer pure Harvard architecture processors.
ARM license
ARM Holdings neither manufactures nor sells CPU devices based on its own designs, but rather licenses the processor architecture to interested parties. ARM offers a variety of licensing terms, varying in cost and deliverables. To all licensees, ARM provides an integratable hardware description of the ARM core, as well as complete software development toolset and the right to sell manufactured silicon containing the ARM CPU.
Silicon customization
Integrated device manufacturers (IDM) receive the ARM Processor IP as synthesizable RTL (written in Verilog). In this form, they have the ability to perform architectural level optimizations and extensions. This allows the manufacturer to achieve custom design goals, such as higher clock speed, very low power consumption, instruction set extensions, optimizations for size, debug support, etc. To determine which components have been included in a particular ARM CPU chip, consult the manufacturer datasheet and related documentation.
Cores
The ARM MPCore family of multicore processors support software written using either the asymmetric (AMP) or symmetric (SMP) multiprocessor programming paradigms. For AMP development, each central processing unit within the MPCore may be viewed as an independent processor and as such can follow traditional single processor development strategies.
ARM9TDMI
ARM9TDMI is a successor to the popular ARM7TDMI core, and is also based on the ARMv4T architecture. Cores based on it support both 32-bit ARM and 16-bit Thumb instruction sets and include:
ARM920T with 16 KB each of I/D cache and an MMU
ARM922T with 8 KB each of I/D cache and an MMU
ARM940T with cache and a Memory Protection Unit (MPU)
ARM9E-S and ARM9EJ-S
ARM9E, and its ARM9EJ sibling, implement the basic ARM9TDMI pipeline, but add support for the ARMv5TE architecture, which includes some DSP-esque instruction set extensions. In addition, the multiplier unit width has been doubled, halving the time required for most multiplication operations. They support 32-bit, 16-bit, and sometimes 8-bit instruction sets.
ARM926EJ-S with ARM Jazelle technology, which enables the direct execution of 8-bit Java bytecode in hardware, and an MMU
ARM946
ARM966
ARM968
The TI-Nspire CX (2011) and CX II (2019) graphing calculators use an ARM926EJ-S processor, clocked at 132 and 396 MHz respectively.
Chips
ARM920T
Atmel AT91RM9200
Cirrus Logic EP9315 ARM9 CPU, 200 MHz
NXP i.MX1
Samsung S3C2410, S3C2440, S3C2442, S3C2443
ARM922T
Micrel/Kendin KS8695
NXP LH7A4xx
ARM925T
Texas Instruments OMAP 1510
ARM926EJ-S
ASPEED AST2400
Cypress Semiconductor EZ-USB FX3
Microchip Technology (former Atmel) AT91SAM9260, AT91SAM9G, AT91SAM9M, AT91SAM9N/CN, AT91SAM9R/RL, AT91SAM9X, AT91SAM9XE (see AT91SAM9)
Nintendo Starlet (Wii coprocessor)
Nuvoton NUC900
NXP (former Freescale Semiconductor) i.MX2 Series, (see I.MX), LPC3100 and LPC3200 Series
Samsung S3C2412, S3C2416, S3C2450
STMicroelectronics Nomadik
Texas Instruments OMAP 850, 750, 733, 730, 5912 (also 5948, which is a customer specific version of it, made for Bosch), 1610
Texas Instruments Sitara AM1x, OMAP L137/L138, Davinci DA830/DA850/DM355/DM365
HP iLO 4 baseboard management controller
5V Technologies 5VT1310/1312/1314
STMicroelectronics SPEAr300/600
VIA WonderMedia 8505 and 8650
ARM940T
Conexant CX22490 STB SoC
ARM946E-S
Nintendo NTR-CPU (Nintendo DS CPU), TWL-CPU (Nintendo DSi CPU; same as the DS but clocked at 133 MHz instead of 67 MHz)
NXP Nexperia PNX5230
ARM966E-S
STMicroelectronics STR9
ARM968E-S
NXP Semiconductors LPC2900
Unreferenced ARM9 core
Anyka AK32xx
Atmel AT91CAP9
CSR Quatro 4300
Centrality Atlas III
Digi NS9215, NS9210
HiSilicon Kirin K3V1
Infineon Technologies S-GOLDlite PMB 8875
LeapFrog LF-1000
NXP Semiconductors (former Freescale Semiconductor) i.MX1x
MediaTek MT1000, MT6235-39, MT6268, MT6516
PRAGMATEC RABBITV3 (ARM920T rev 0 (v4l)) used in Karotz)
Qualcomm MSM6xxx
Qualcomm Atheros AR6400
Texas Instruments TMS320DM365/TMS320DM368 ARM9EJ-S
Zilog Encore! 32
Documentation
The amount of documentation for all ARM chips is daunting, especially for newcomers. The documentation for microcontrollers from past decades would easily be inclusive in a single document, but as chips have evolved so has the documentation grown. The total documentation is especially hard to grasp for all ARM chips since it consists of documents from the IC manufacturer and documents from CPU core vendor (ARM Holdings).
A typical top-down documentation tree is: high-level marketing slides, datasheet for the exact physical chip, a detailed reference manual that describes common peripherals and other aspects of physical chips within the same series, reference manual for the exact ARM core processor within the chip, reference manual for the ARM architecture of the core which includes detailed description of all instruction sets.
Documentation tree (top to bottom)
IC manufacturer marketing slides.
IC manufacturer datasheets.
IC manufacturer reference manuals.
ARM core reference manuals.
ARM architecture reference manuals.
IC manufacturer has additional documents, including: evaluation board user manuals, application notes, getting started with development software, software library documents, errata, and more.
See also
ARM architecture
List of ARM architectures and cores
JTAG
Interrupt, Interrupt handler
Real-time operating system, Comparison of real-time operating systems
References
External links
ARM9 official documents
Architecture Reference Manual: ARMv4/5/6
Core Reference Manuals: ARM9E-S, ARM9EJ-S,ARM9TDMI,ARM920T,ARM922T,ARM926EJ-S,ARM940T,ARM946E-S,ARM966E-S,ARM968E-S
Coprocessor Reference Manuals: VFP9-S (Floating-Point), MOVE (MPEG4)
Quick Reference Cards
Instructions: Thumb (1), ARM and Thumb-2 (2), Vector Floating Point (3)
Opcodes: Thumb (1, 2), ARM (3, 4), GNU Assembler Directives 5.
ARM processors | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM9 |
An information commons is an information system, such as a physical library or online community, that exists to produce, conserve, and preserve information for current and future generations. Wikipedia could be considered to be an information commons to the extent that it produces and preserves information through current versions of articles and histories. Other examples of an information commons include Creative Commons.
Introduction
The concept of the "information commons" refers to the shared knowledge-base and the processes that facilitate or hinder its use. It also refers to a physical space, usually in an academic library, where any and all can participate in the processes of information research, gathering and production. The term commons refers to the land (or common grounds) that villagers shared for grazing purposes in simpler times. The issues that fall under this topic are varied and include:
Licenses written to access digital content,
Copyright law and similar intellectual property,
Freedom of information,
International trade,
Privacy,
Open-source software,
Open-access publishing,
Academic libraries integrated with CIT facilities, particularly in the United States, but including:
Information Commons, a learning and study space at the University of Sheffield;
Business/SPEA Information Commons, Indiana University, created August 2007.
Some believe that the increasing control and commodification of information restricts humanity's ability to encourage and foster positive developments in its cultural, academic, and economic growth.
The Internet
The internet, and the subsequent internet age, took the information commons to another level by empowering consumers to create and distribute information on a mass scale. The internet facilitated the decentralized production and distribution of information because it bypasses the control of some of more traditional publishing methods. Information published online are neither regulated by managers nor are they coordinated by price signals in the market. This results in a common-based production of knowledge that can be easily shared among individuals.
Software commons
The software commons consists of all computer software which is available at little or no cost and which can be reused with few restrictions. It includes open source software which can be modified with few restrictions. However the commons also includes software outside of these categories – for instance, software which is in the public domain.
Many innovative programmers have and released open source applications to the public, without the restrictive licensing conditions of commercial software. A popular example is Linux, an open source operating system. The server computers for Google Search run Linux.
History
Open-source programs started emerging in the 1960s. IBM was one of the first computer companies to offer their products to the public. Most of these computers came with free software that was universal among similar computers, and could be altered by anyone with the software. This changed in the 1970s when IBM decided to take more control of their products, removing the source codes and not allowing the redistribution of their software.
In the 1980s and 1990s the software commons grew with the help of a bulletin board servers, accessed with dial-up modems. This expanded in the late 1990s with the growth of the Internet, which facilitated international cooperation and allowed individuals and groups to share their products more freely. The GNU Project was founded in 1983 to develop free software.
In 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation announced that all future versions of their software would be free of charge and developed by an Open Source Community (Mozilla). This included Netscape Navigator, then the most popular web browser.
Licensing commons
Licensing is the process that copyright owners use to monitor reproduction, distribution, or other use of creative works. Many commercial licensing conditions are costly and restrictive. Licensing models used in information commons typically grant permission for a wide range of uses. The GNU General Public License (GPL), developed by Richard Stallman at MIT in the 1980s is one such license: "The GNU Free Documentation License is a form of copyleft intended for use on a manual, textbook or other document to assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or without modifications, either commercially or non-commercially."
Scholarly commons
“In the 1980s, many professional societies turned over their journal publishing to private firms as a way to contain membership fees and generate income.” Prices of scholarly journals rose dramatically and publishing corporations restricted access to these journals through expensive licenses. Research libraries had no other choice but to cut many of their journal subscriptions. European and American academic communities began to find alternate ways to distribute and manage scholarly information. The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) was founded in 1998. “It is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system. Its pragmatic focus is to stimulate the emergence of new scholarly communication models that expand the dissemination of scholarly research and reduce financial pressures on libraries."
Linking the information commons to learning
Many institutions are renovating their libraries to become information commons or learning commons. Frequently, the information commons occupies one floor of a library facility, generally a main service floor, which often includes or replaces the library's reference area. Most information commons are currently in library spaces that have been renovated; a minority are in totally new buildings. A small number of information commons are in non library buildings.
These renovated facilities have become enormously successful, if gate count statistics are used as a measure. At Indiana University, for example, the main library gate count almost doubled from the year prior to the opening of the information commons to the second full year of its existence. Although statistics such as gate counts illustrate the impact of an information commons, there is more to success than just getting students into the library's facilities. St. Thomas University's librarian explained:I see that one rationale for the Commons is to "get the students to the library." In our case, it has been very effective in attracting students…our gate count was 110 percent higher…so, it will attract students. But that begs the question?once they are in the building, what do we do with them? How do we engage them? The rationale for the learning commons, in my view, is that, properly designed, implemented, and operated, it will enhance student learning and scholarship. That is the real challenge, and the real goal, of the learning commons.
Pervasive technology
Information commons have drawn students by offering environments that address their needs, bringing together technology, content, and services in a physical space that results in an environment different from that of a typical library. Traditional libraries offer technology, content, and services, so what is new or different about the information commons? The technology in an information commons is intentionally more pervasive than in most traditional academic libraries. If not already a feature of the library, wireless access is added when the information commons is developed. In addition, increased hardwired Internet connections let students access large files, such as multimedia, or offer an alternative to wireless when the network becomes saturated at peak use times.
Group spaces
Another major difference between an information commons and traditional libraries is the way in which they accommodate groups. Traditional libraries have focused on providing quiet space for individual study. Occasionally, a few group study rooms are available, but they are considered a peripheral feature of the library. In an information commons, much of the space is configured for use by small groups of students, reflecting students' desire for collaborative learning and combining social interaction with work. Information commons frequently have furniture built to accommodate several people sharing a common computer and provide large tables where several students can use their laptops while working together, comfortable seating areas with upholstered furniture to encourage informal meetings, cafes with food and drink, and group study rooms, often with a computer and screen, so students can work together efficiently on projects.
References
Further reading
Beagle, Donald Robert, with Donald Russell Bailey and Barbara Tierney (contributors). 2006. The Information Commons Handbook. Neal-Schuman Publishers. 247 p.
Collier, David. 2005. Brand Name Bullies: The Quest to Own and Control Culture. Wiley.
Burrell, Robert and Alison Coleman. 2005. Copyright Exceptions: the Digital Impact. Cambridge University Press. 426 p.
Free Culture
Griffith, Jonathan and Uma Suthersanen. 2005. ''Copyright and Free Speech: Comparative and International Analyses. Oxford University Press. 426 p.
External links
Internet Archive A 501(c)(3) non-profit founded to build an 'Internet library', with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.
Information Commons Links by Howard Besser
The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
Cultural concepts
Public commons | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20commons |
HMS Holland 2 was the second Royal Navy submarine to be built, and the first to be given a non-secret launch, in February 1902.
She was the second of the Holland-class submarines. Holland No. 2 was laid down on 4 February 1901 and commissioned on 1 August 1902. She set the depth record for the British Holland-class, accidentally diving to 78 feet.
In December 1902 she sustained some minor damage after a current took her off course and she accidentally surfaced directly underneath a brigantine.
She was sold on 7 October 1913.
Citations
External links
MaritimeQuest HMS Holland 2 Pages
Holland-class submarines
Royal Navy ship names
Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness
1902 ships | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Holland%202 |
Bates is a common surname of English origin and is derived from the name Bartholomew. The name could also originate from the Old English "Bat", meaning "Boat", as used to identify a person whose occupation was boatman. Another origin is that which means "lush pasture", describing someone who lived near such a place.
At the time of the British Census of 1881, the relative frequency of the surname Bates was highest in Buckinghamshire (5.2 times the British average), followed by Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire.
Etymology of the word sets in with suffix -bate, e.g. rebate, also observed with abatement (i.e. gradient). As well found in forms like probation, describing corresponding change, and thus debate, surrounding centrifuges of context.
Notable people
A–D
Aaron Bates (born 1984), American baseball player and coach
Alan Bates (1934–2003), British actor
Albert Bates (born 1947), U.S. environmentalist
Allie Bates (born 1957), U.S. magazine writer
Alta Bates (1879–1955), American nurse anesthetist and founder of Alta Bates Hospital
Angelique Bates (born 1980), American actress
Anna Haining Bates (1846–1888), Canadian woman who stood 7'"
Arlo Bates (1850–1918), author and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arthur Laban Bates (1859–1934), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1901–13
Barbara Bates (1925–1969), U.S. actress and singer
Barrie Bates (born 1969), Welsh darts player
Benjamin Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
Benjamin Bates IV (1808–1878), philanthropist, founder of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
Bill Bates (born 1961), U.S. player of American football
Billy Bates (1855–1900), English cricketer
Blanche Bates (1873–1941), American stage actress
Blaster Bates (1923–2006), British demolition expert
Bob Bates, multiple people
Bob Bates (musician) (1923–1981), first bassist of The Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1951–58
Bob Bates (born 1953), U.S. game designer
Carl S. Bates (1884–1956), American aviation pioneer
Cary Bates (born 1948), American comic book writer
Cat Bates (born 1986), child model for Jamie Wyeth and younger brother of Orca Bates
Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838–1916), American author
Clara Doty Bates (1838–1895), American author
Clara Nettie Bates (1876-1966), American editor, writer, clubwoman
Clayton Peg Leg Bates (1907–1998), American entertainer
Daisy Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
Daisy Bates (civil rights activist) (Daisy Lee Gatson Bates, 1914–1999), U.S. civil rights activist
Daisy Bates (Australia) (Daisy May Bates, 1859–1951), Australian journalist
David Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
David Bates (historian) (born 1945), historian, writer of books about William I of England and Odo of Bayeux
David Bates (physicist) (1916–1994), physicist winner of the 1970 Hughes Medal
David Bates (poet) (1809–1870), U.S. poet
Dick Bates (born 1945), Major League Baseball pitcher
D'Wayne Bates (born 1975), U.S. player of American football
E–J
Edward Bates (1793–1869), U.S. jurist and politician, candidate for US president, 1860, and US Attorney General, 1861–1864
Elizabeth Bates (1947–2003), Professor of psychology and cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego
Emma Bates (born 1997), Doctor of Social Geography
Emily Bates (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
Emoni Bates (born 2004), American basketball player
Erastus Newton Bates (1828–1898), American politician
Evan Bates (born 1989), American ice dancer
Frederick Bates (1777–1825), U.S. jurist and politician
Freya Bates (born 2009), Youngest Forensic Anthropologist, Holds world record for naming all 206 bones on the human body in 1 minute and 12 seconds
George Joseph Bates (1891–1949), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1937–49
George Latimer Bates (1863–1940), American naturalist
Gilbert Bates (1836–1917), Wisconsin Civil War veteran
Granville Bates (1882–1940), American actor
Guy Bates (born 1985), English footballer
H. E. Bates (Herbert Ernest Bates, 1905–1974), English writer and author
Harriet Bates (1856–1886), American writer
Harry Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
Harry Bates (sculptor) (1850–1899), British sculptor
Harry Bates (author) (1900–1981), U.S. science fiction writer
Henry Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
Henry Bates (politician), U.S. politician
Henry Moore Bates (1869–1949), American lawyer and president of the Order of the Coif
Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892), British zoologist
Henry Bates (British Army officer) (1813–1893), British general.
Isaac Chapman Bates (1779–1845), U.S. Representative, 1827–35, and U.S. Senator 1841–45, from Massachusetts
James Bates (disambiguation), one of several people
Jamie Bates (born 1989), English welterweight kickboxer
Jamie Bates (footballer) (born 1968), English footballer
Jason Bates (born 1971), U.S. professional baseball player
Jeanne Bates (1918–2007), U.S. actress
Jeff Bates (born 1963), U.S. country singer
Jeff Bates (technologist) (born 1976), U.S. businessman
Jennifer Bates (labor organizer), American labor organizer
Jeremy Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
Jeremy Bates (American football) (born 1976), American football coach
Jeremy Bates (boxer) (born 1974), American boxer
Jeremy Bates (tennis) (born 1962), British tennis player
Jessie Bates (born 1997), American football player
Jim Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
Jim Bates (politician) (born 1941), U.S. Representative from California, 1983–91
Jim Bates (American football) (born 1946), U.S. coach of American football
John Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
Johnny Bates (baseball) (1882–1949), baseball player
Joseph Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
Joseph E. Bates (1837–1900), 19th-century mayor of Denver, Colorado
Joseph Bates (Adventist) (1792–1872), U.S. Adventist and health reformist
Josephine White Bates (1862–1934), Canadian-born American author
Joshua Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
Joshua Bates (educator) (1776–1854), American minister and teacher
Joshua Bates (financier) (1788–1864), benefactor of Boston Public Library
Joshua Hall Bates (1817–1908), American Civil War general
Juanita Breckenridge Bates (1860–1946), American Congregationalist minister and suffragette
K–R
Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929), U.S. poet
Kathy Bates (born 1948), U.S. actor
Ken Bates (Kenneth William Bates, born 1931), British businessman and football club owner/chairman
Lindon Wallace Bates (1858–1924), Civil engineer who designed the "three-lakes" of the Panama Canal
L. C. Bates (1904–1980), African-American civil rights activist
Lefty Bates (1920–2007), American Chicago blues guitarist
Leon Bates (pianist) (born 1949), American pianist
Leon Bates (American labor leader) (1899–1972), UAW Union Organizer
Leonard Bates (1895–1971), English cricketer
Madeleine Bates (born ), American computational linguistics researcher
Margret Holmes Bates (1844-1927), American author
Mario Bates (born 1973), U.S. player of American football
Marston Bates (1906–1974), U.S. zoologist
Martha E. Cram Bates (1839–1905), writer, journalist, newspaper editor
Martin Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
Martin Van Buren Bates (1837–1919), U.S. politician
Martin W. Bates (1786–1869), U.S. Senator from Delaware
Mason Bates (born 1977), American composer
Matthew Bates (born 1986), English footballer
Maxwell Bates (1906–1980), Canadian architect and artist
Michael Bates (disambiguation), one of several people
Mick Bates (disambiguation), one of several people
Morris Bates (1864–1905), English footballer
Nancy Bates (statistician), statistician with the US Census
Nicholas James Bates (born 1962), British musician known as Nick Rhodes
Orca Bates (born 1976), child model for Jamie Wyeth
Paddy Roy Bates (1921–2012), pirate radio broadcaster and Sealand founder
Patricia Martin Bates (born 1927), artist
Paul L. Bates (1908–1995), Colonel, United States Army
Phil Bates (born 1953), guitarist and vocalist with the Orchestra (former members of ELO and ELO Part II)
Ralph Bates, multiple people
Ralph Bates (writer) (1899–2000), English writer
Ralph Bates (1940–1991), English actor
Robert Bates (disambiguation), one of several people
Roger Bates (born 1947), American bridge player
Ronald Bates (1932–1986), New York City Ballet production stage manager
Ryan Bates (born 1997), American football player
S–Z
Samuel Penniman Bates (1827–1902), American educator
Sandra Bates, director of the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney, Australia, from 1986 to 2015
Sara Bates (born 1944), U.S. artist
Shawn Bates (born 1975), U.S. hockey player
Sidney Bates (1921–1944), British soldier
Simon Bates (born 1946), British radio presenter
Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates, organ/synthesizer player
Stephen Bates (born 1992), Australian politician
Stephen Bates Baltes (1953–2003), American musical director for "Barney and the Backyard Gang" (1988–89)
Ted Bates (footballer) (1918–2003), English footballer
Thomas Bates (1567–1606), key conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
Tom Bates (born 1938), U.S. politician
Tyler Bates (born 1965), U.S. musician
Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller (1876–1952), U.S. singer
William Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
William Henry Bates (1917–1969), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1949–70
William Horatio Bates (1860–1931), creator of the "Bates Method for Better Eyesight"
Willis Bates (1880–1939), American college sports coach
Fictional characters
Bates (Stargate), a character in Stargate
Kid Marvelman, a Marvel Comics character whose original name was Johnny Bates
Eric, U.S. and Fancy Bates, characters in the 1982 film The Toy
John Bates, a character from Downton Abbey, married to Anna
Anna Bates, a character from Downton Abbey, married to John
Joshua T. Bates, a character of Susan Shreve
Nigel Bates, a character from the soap opera EastEnders
Norman Bates, a character from the 1960 film Psycho
Paul Bates, a character in the 2011 fantasy comedy movie Midnight in Paris
Tom, Amy, and Pattie Bates, characters in Dennis Potter's play Brimstone and Treacle
See also
Bates (disambiguation)
References
English-language surnames
Patronymic surnames | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates%20%28surname%29 |
This list presents representative academic journals covering sociology and its various subfields.
A
Acta Sociologica
The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
American Journal of Sociology
American Sociological Review
Annales. Histoire, Sciences sociales
Année Sociologique
Annual Review of Sociology
Armed Forces & Society
Articulo – Journal of Urban Research
B
Body & Society
British Journal of Sociology
C
Chinese Sociological Review
City and Community
Comparative Studies in Society and History
Contemporary Jewry
Contemporary Sociology
Contributions to Indian Sociology
Contexts
Criminology
Critical Sociology
Current Sociology
D
Demography
Deviant Behavior
E
Electronic Journal of Sociology
Ethnic and Racial Studies
European Sociological Review
G
Gender and Research
Gender and Society
I
International Review of Social History
International Journal of Sociology
J
Journal of Applied Social Science
Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Journal of Family Issues
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Journal of Homosexuality
Journal of Marriage and Family
Journal of Mundane Behavior
Journal of Politics & Society
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Journal of Sociology
Journal of World-Systems Research
K
Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
M
Men and Masculinities
Migration Letters
Mobilization: The International Quarterly Review of Social Movement Research
N
Nature and Culture
P
Population and Development Review
Public Culture
Q
Qualitative Sociology
Quality & Quantity
R
Research and Practice in Social Sciences
Rural Sociology
S
Science and Society
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Social Currents
Social Forces
Social Justice
Social Networks
Social Problems
Social Psychology Quarterly
Social Research
Society and Culture in South Asia
Society
Socio-Economic Review
Sociological Forum
Sociological Inquiry
Sociological Insight
Sociological Methodology
Sociological Perspectives
Sociological Quarterly
Sociological Research Online
Sociological Theory
Sociology
Sociology of Education
Symbolic Interaction
T
Teaching Sociology
Tönnies-Forum
W
Work and Occupations
Y
Youth & Society
See also
List of academic journals
External links
Sociology and Political Science Journals at SCImago Journal Rank
Sociology Journals listed in Social Sciences Citation Index
Scopus indexed journals in subject area: Sociology and Political Science
Journals
Sociology | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20sociology%20journals |
NBA on TNT is a branding used for broadcasts of the National Basketball Association (NBA) games, produced by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, the sports division of the Warner Bros. Discovery Sports subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery and televised on TNT since 1989. TNT's NBA coverage includes the Inside the NBA studio show, weekly doubleheaders throughout the regular season on Tuesdays and Thursdays (the latter of which starts in the winter to avoid clashing with the National Football League's Thursday Night Football), a majority of games during the first two rounds of the playoffs, and one conference finals series.
Coverage
Overview
TNT airs many of the NBA's marquee game, including the NBA All-Star Game, Opening Night games, and games on Martin Luther King Day. During the playoffs, TNT splits its games with ESPN and airs a full Conference Final. During the regular season, TNT airs games on Tuesday nights and Thursday nights. To avoid competition with the NFL's Thursday Night Football, regular season games during the first half of the season air exclusively on Tuesday nights.
In the summer of 1987, the Turner Broadcasting System signed a new joint broadcast contract between TBS and TNT effective with the 1988–89 NBA season; beginning that season, TBS and TNT split broadcast rights to televise NBA games. TNT held rights to broadcast the NBA Draft and most NBA regular season and playoff games, while TBS only aired single games or double-headers once a week.
The 2001–2002 season would ultimately mark TBS's final year of NBA coverage. Turner Sports signed a new NBA television contract in which TNT would assume rights to the company's NBA package, while TBS would discontinue game coverage altogether; ESPN assumed TBS's half of the league's cable television rights. As part of the deal, TNT acquired the rights to the NBA All-Star game, which was moved to a cable television network for the first time.
In 2008, TNT broadcast on Christmas Day for the first time as Marv Albert, Mike Fratello and Craig Sager broadcast the game between the Washington Wizards and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Quicken Loans Arena and Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller and Cheryl Miller broadcast the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Portland Trail Blazers in Rose Garden. TNT broadcast on Christmas Day again in , when it broadcast the game between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, the very first game of the , as a result of a lockout. Albert (himself a former Knicks broadcaster) and Steve Kerr called the game. TNT normally aired NBA Christmas Day games only if it falls on a Thursday (except during the 2011–12 season). However, the network announced that they would air a Christmas Day game on December 25, 2017 (a Monday) featuring the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles Lakers. It also marked the first time that the Inside the NBA crew of Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal called an NBA regular-season game together.
On May 11, 2011, Turner Sports (this includes TBS) broadcast its 1,000th playoff telecast.
For the 2015–16 season, the NBA and Turner Sports partnered with NextVR to stream the Warriors vs. Pelicans, the first-ever game to be broadcast live in virtual reality.
For the 2016–17 season, TNT announced that it would air a new series of Monday-night doubleheaders during the later half of the season, beginning on January 16, 2017. Monday night games from February 27 to March 27 were branded as Players Only broadcasts, featuring only former NBA players and without a traditional play-by-play announcer. Additionally, TNT announced that it would hold a "Road Show" tour in various cities throughout the season, which would feature fan experiences and festivities, and a live broadcast of Inside the NBA on-location. The tour began in Cleveland outside the Quicken Loans Arena, host of TNT's opening night game featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Longtime lead play-by-play voice Marv Albert announced his retirement at the end of the 2021 NBA playoffs. Albert's final assignment with TNT took place in the 2021 Eastern Conference finals. During the course of the 2021–22 NBA season, TNT anointed Kevin Harlan as its new lead play-by-play voice, assigning him to call the 2022 NBA All-Star Game and the Western Conference finals.
Studio coverage
Ernie Johnson has been TNT's NBA studio host since the 1990–1991 season. Currently, Johnson is joined by Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley. The NBA postgame show which features the four, Inside the NBA, has gained popularity in recent years for the chemistry and banter they have. Occasionally, Johnson, O'Neal, Smith and Barkley are joined by Draymond Green.
Normally the studio crew of Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley would stay in the TNT Atlanta studios for all of the regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs. However, in the 2010-11 NBA season the studio crew started taking their pre-game, halftime and Inside the NBA shows on the road in the regular season, specifically select games involving the Miami Heat on TNT, due to the heightened media coverage surrounding the Heat's acquisitions of LeBron James and Chris Bosh. The substitute studio hosts will also be on hand for Inside the NBA and the other game's pre-game and halftime presentations; the "backup" crew at the time consisted of Matt Winer, Chris Webber and Kevin McHale.
For the 2019–20 season, TNT announced plans to reformat its Tuesday games. The pre-game and halftime shows will have a larger focus on social media interaction, "culture", and "style", while Dwyane Wade, Candace Parker, Shaquille O'Neal, and Bleacher Report's Adam Lefkoe will serve as panelists. The new studio panel was originally intended to premiere with a doubleheader on January 28, 2020. However, due to the death of Kobe Bryant the previous Sunday (which led to the postponement of a Clippers-Lakers game scheduled to be televised as part of the doubleheader), the premiere was delayed to February 4, and the remaining game was instead preceded by a special edition of Inside the NBA from Staples Center, covering the aftermath of Bryant's death. The Tuesday postgame shows initially carried the Inside the NBA brand, but the 2020–21 season saw the program rebrand simply as the NBA on TNT Postgame Show.
Playoff coverage
TNT's playoff coverage is nicknamed 40 Games in 40 Nights. During the first round, TNT airs games from Sunday to Thursday nights, with occasional broadcasts on Saturdays. In the second round, TNT airs playoff games from Sunday to Wednesday nights.
In previous years, TNT and TBS aired doubleheaders opposite each other on each night of the first round of the playoffs, with one network airing a doubleheader at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and the other network airing a doubleheader at 8:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. (all times Eastern). Starting in 2000, the NBA spread out playoff series so that only two series would play per day (so as to avoid TNT and TBS competing for ratings). TNT would air doubleheaders on most weekdays, while TBS would air one doubleheader per week (in 2002, TBS aired doubleheaders every Tuesday night of the playoffs until the conference finals).
With the advent of the new NBA television deal in 2003 (which ended TBS's coverage), TNT has aired playoff games alone, including (in 2003 only) some weekday tripleheaders. The tripleheaders, which were criticized by both fans and many in the media, consisted of one game at 6:00 p.m., another at 8:30 p.m., and a final game at 11:00 p.m. After 2003, the NBA and TNT discontinued the tripleheaders, instead settling for a doubleheader on TNT and a single game on NBA TV simultaneously. However, when Turner Sports acquired NBA TV in 2008, the network abandoned airing the lone non-national Thursday game, instead leaving it up to the local sports networks. However, TBS may still air the start of the second game in case the ongoing first game on TNT extends beyond the tip-off time of the second game.
TNT also carries exclusive coverage of one NBA Conference Final. Since the 2004 NBA playoffs, TNT has aired the Eastern Conference finals in odd-number years and the Western Conference finals in even-number years, a pattern which will continue until the expiration of its television contract. ESPN airs the other Conference Final, with weekend coverage of the ESPN-covered series and the Finals being broadcast on ABC.
For the first round, TNT's coverage of the playoffs is not exclusive; regional sports networks can still carry a local call and presentation of their team's games. After the first round, only national coverage from TNT or ESPN/ABC is produced.
Canadian coverage
Although TNT does not broadcast in Canada, NBA on TNT games are regularly simulcast on TSN, Sportsnet, and NBA TV Canada. However, if the Toronto Raptors are featured, then the Canadian broadcast of the game is shown.
Game commentary
The current NBA on TNT commentating roster includes Kevin Harlan, Brian Anderson, Ian Eagle, and Spero Dedes for play-by-play. Harlan and Anderson normally calls Thursday games, while the latter also usually works Tuesday games with Eagle. Dedes usually fills in occasionally for both Tuesday and Thursday games, but mainly call games for TNT during the NBA playoffs.
Reggie Miller is the main color commentator, and is assigned to work Thursday games along with Stan Van Gundy, Jim Jackson and Grant Hill contribute as the main game analysts for Tuesday games.
As of the 2021-22 season, the sideline reporter role is rotated between Allie LaForce, Stephanie Ready, Jared Greenberg, and Chris Haynes. Rebecca Haarlow, Nabil Karim, Dennis Scott, and Matt Winer join the rotation for the NBA playoffs.
Ernie Johnson controls the main studio hosting duties on Thursdays, with Bleacher Report's Adam Lefkoe serving that role on Tuesdays. Occasionally, whenever Johnson is away for other assignments, most notably March Madness, or personal reasons, Lefkoe, Matt Winer, Nabil Karim, or Kevin Frazier will fill in for Johnson, and vice versa for Lefkoe. Studio coverage is usually contributed by Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley on Thursdays, with O'Neal, Candace Parker, and Jamal Crawford contributing on Tuesdays. Parker and Crawford, along with Draymond Green and other analysts will contribute to the studio show at times.
Prior to his death on December 15, 2016, Craig Sager served a variety of roles on TNT, most prominently as a sideline reporter. Sager was usually paired with Cheryl Miller on most doubleheaders from 1997 to 2013.
Before he was hired as head coach of the Golden State Warriors in 2014, Steve Kerr was the primary game analyst on TNT. Kerr served that role from 2003 to 2006, and again from 2010 to 2014; in between he served as general manager of the Phoenix Suns.
Prior to leaving Turner before the 2021 NBA playoffs, Hall of Fame forward Chris Webber had been tapped as a co-lead analyst, and fill-in studio analyst from 2008-2021. Webber and Turner had parted ways without any contract renewal negotiations. A contributing factor may have been the fact that Turner bosses were angered with Webber, after he let them know very late that he wanted to opt out of working the 2021 NCAA tournament, which Turner has shared rights to with CBS Sports. Because of that, Turner and CBS did not have the announcements of its broadcast teams during their press conference to preview the NCAA Tournament like they usually did in years past.
Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade was part of the Tuesday studio team for three seasons beginning in 2019, but left to pursue other business ventures.
Doug Collins used to be the secondary analyst on TNT; he was also the lead analyst in his first stint with the network from 1989 to 1995, pairing with the likes of Bob Neal, Ron Thulin and Pete Van Wieren. In his second stint from 2003 to 2010, he was usually paired with Harlan during the regular season, but was also paired with Albert during the NBA All-Star Game and the Conference finals.
The original voice of the NBA on TNT was Bob Neal, who worked with the network from 1989 to 1995; he was also the original voice of the NBA on TBS. Other announcers who worked for TNT include Rick Barry, Hubie Brown, Dick Stockton, Verne Lundquist, Chuck Daly, Danny Ainge, Reggie Theus, Rex Chapman, John Thompson, Jeff Van Gundy, P. J. Carlesimo, Gary Bender, Matt Devlin, Joel Meyers and Kevin Calabro.
Several prominent NBA analysts have chosen TNT over ABC or ESPN, such as Collins and Charles Barkley (Barkley was not only approached by ABC about an NBA studio job in 2002, but as also rumored to have been approached for a job on Monday Night Football). Reggie Miller was also sought out by ABC and ESPN, only to go to TNT.
The biggest acquisition TNT made, once sought out by ABC and ESPN, was Marv Albert. After the 2002 NBA Finals, Albert, along with Bob Costas, essentially a free agent, was a candidate for the lead spot on The NBA on ABC (which ultimately went to Brad Nessler). As Costas elected to remain with NBC, Albert, hired by TNT in 1999, decided to stay with the network. Some attributed this to TNT having given Albert his first chance to be on national television after the sex scandal that led to his firing at NBC. Albert and Mike Fratello—both of whom worked as a team in the NBA on NBCs early years—would ultimately reunite on TNT.
Currently, Hubie Brown is the only former TNT announcer working for ESPN/ABC. Brown, whose role on TNT was going to be significantly reduced starting with the 2002–03 season, left in 2002 to coach the Memphis Grizzlies. After two seasons of coaching, he left Memphis in early 2004 (leading to the departure from TNT of lead analyst Mike Fratello, who replaced him in Memphis) and was quickly picked up by ABC. Jeff Van Gundy, who was fired by the Houston Rockets after they lost in the first round, was also a game analyst for TNT, but left and joined ESPN/ABC at the beginning of the Western Conference Finals. Doug Collins, who resigned from TNT to become the Philadelphia 76ers head coach in 2010, joined ESPN after resigning from the 76ers three years later and left ESPN in 2017 to work with the Chicago Bulls. Part-time TNT broadcaster Mike Breen is now the lead broadcaster for ABC and one-time TNT analyst Doc Rivers worked for ABC in 2004. Rivers, alongside ESPN/ABC analyst Doris Burke, joined Breen in the lead commentary team full-time before 2023–24 NBA season, replacing former TNT analyst Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson, both of which who were laid off by ESPN in 2023. Meanwhile, Pam Oliver, the then-lead sideline reporter for Fox NFL, joined Turner Sports in 2004 as she would only be on during the NBA playoffs, a role she fulfilled until 2009.
Music
TNT's current NBA game theme was written by composer Trevor Rabin. Previous themes for TNT were composed by Edd Kalehoff, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Contract history
The NBA on TNT is the network's longest-running regular program and sporting event, dating back to only a year after TNT's October 3, 1988 launch, with TNT also being the current longest-running NBA coverage partner. On October 6, 2014, Turner Sports and the NBA renewed their television and digital rights agreements through 2025.
In media
In the video game NBA 07, made by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 consoles, graphics for TNT's NBA games are seen when playing an exhibition, playoff, preseason, or seasonal game.
A direct copy of TNT's graphics can also be seen on Cartoon Network's weekly basketball program, Run It Back, a program similar to Inside Stuff.
See also
NBA on ABC
NBA on ESPN
NBA on NBC (defunct)
References
External links
NBA on TNT on TV.com
Sports Media Watch: NBA on TNT
1989 American television series debuts
1990s American television series
2000s American television series
2010s American television series
2020s American television series
TNT
TNT (American TV network)
TNT (American TV network) original programming
Turner Sports | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA%20on%20TNT |
The 1981–82 Yugoslav First League season was the 36th season of the First Federal League (), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The season began on 26 July 1981 and ended on 2 May 1982. Dinamo Zagreb led by Miroslav Blažević won their fourth title five points ahead of previous season's champions Red Star.
Teams
A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 1980–81 season and two clubs promoted from the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League as winners of the two second level subdivisions East and West. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.
Borac Banja Luka and Napredak Kruševac were relegated at the end of the previous season. Osijek and Teteks Tetovo were promoted from the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League.
League table
Results
Winning squad
Season statistics
Widest winning margin: 7 goals:
Dinamo Zagreb 7–0 NK Zagreb (13 September 1981)
Hajduk Split 7–0 Teteks (31 March 1982)
Most goals in a match: 9 goals:
Rijeka 5–4 Radnički Niš (23 August 1981)
Partizan 7–2 Sloboda (25 April 1982)
Top scorers
See also
1981–82 Yugoslav Second League
1981–82 Yugoslav Cup
1981–82 NK Dinamo Zagreb season
External links
Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
Yugoslav First League seasons
Yugo
1981–82 in Yugoslav football | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382%20Yugoslav%20First%20League |
The congressional office buildings are the office buildings used by the United States Congress to augment the limited space in the United States Capitol. The congressional office buildings are part of the Capitol Complex, and are thus under the authority of the Architect of the Capitol and protected by the United States Capitol Police. The office buildings house the individual offices of each U.S. Representative and Senator as well as committee hearing rooms, staff rooms, multiple cafeterias, and areas for support, committee, and maintenance staff.
The congressional office buildings are connected to the Capitol by means of underground pedestrian tunnels, some of which are equipped with small railcars shuttling users to and from the Capitol, which together form the Capitol subway system. Congressional pages are responsible for carrying packages and messages from the two chambers to the buildings.
The three Senate office buildings are along Constitution Avenue north of the Capitol:
Russell Senate Office Building (RSOB, completed 1908)
Dirksen Senate Office Building (DSOB, completed 1958)
Hart Senate Office Building (HSOB, completed 1982)
The three House office buildings are along Independence Avenue south of the Capitol:
Cannon House Office Building (CHOB, completed 1908)
Longworth House Office Building (LHOB, completed 1933)
Rayburn House Office Building (RHOB, completed 1965)
A fourth building, the Ford House Office Building, which used to house the FBI's fingerprint records, sits a few blocks southwest of the others; it houses committee staff and administrative offices.
A fifth building, the O'Neill House Office Building (previously known as "House Annex-1") was named after former Speaker of the House Thomas "Tip" O'Neill. The building was demolished in 2002. However, in 2008, Federal Office Building No. 8 (formerly the headquarters of the Food and Drug Administration) was renovated, being renamed the O'Neill House Office Building in 2012. The building was transferred from General Services Administration to the Architect of the Capitol in 2017. It currently houses both House administrative staff as well as offices for the Department of Health and Human Services.
The U.S. Capitol Complex also includes a Page Residence Hall and a Capitol Power Plant, both on the House side of the Capitol.
See also
House Office Building Commission
United States Capitol
Capitol Hill | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional%20office%20buildings |
Victor Rousseau Emanuel (born Avigdor Rousseau Emanuel; January 1879 – 6 April 1960, Tarrytown, New York) was a British writer who wrote novels, newspaper series, science fiction and pulp fiction works. He was active in Great Britain and the United States during the first half of the 20th century.
During the first 20 years of his career, Emanuel wrote predominantly under the pen names Victor Rousseau, H. M. Egbert, and V. R. Emanuel. In the 1930s, he only created pulp fiction under his own name. He wrote racy stories under the pen name Lew Merrill.
Early years
Born in England, Emanuel enrolled at Harrow School in 1892 and Balliol College, Oxford in 1896. However, he soon let Balliol and sailed to Cape Town. For the next two years, Emanuel travelled South Africa, working odd jobs. While in Johannesburg, he obtained a journalist job with the Standard and Diggers' News and then the Transvaal Leader.
In 1899, during the Boer War, Emanuel enlisted with Edward Cecil Bethune's Mounted Infantry, a British Army unit. However, he was discharged after 35 days. Several weeks later, Emanuel registered with the Natal Colonial Scouts at Pietermaritzburg. He was officially discharged from the Scouts in April 1900.
Early works
Emanuel returned to London, wrote and published his first novel, Derwent's Horse. It was a humorous account of two recruits serving with Bethune's Mounted Infantry. With the proceeds from this novel, Emanuel sailed to New York City, in June 1901.
While between jobs in 1902, Emanuel began writing his second novel, Spartacus. It was inspired by Gustave Flaubert's novel, Salammbo. In September 1905, Emanuel submitted Spartacus to Houghton-Mifflin They rejected it for publication, saying it was a weak novel with poor characterisation. That same year, Emanuel assisted with the Jewish Encyclopedia, published by Funk & Wagnalls in 1905 and 1906.
Emanuel's earliest known fiction output appeared in late 1905, in the form of children's vignettes, syndicated nationally, carrying the byline V. R. Emanuel.
From early 1906 through 1907, Emanuel wrote regional Florida special articles for the Baltimore American. He took on an editorial post with Will Carleton's Every Where magazine in mid-1907. Here, he also created the alias Egbert Prentice. This name morphed into the H. M. Egbert alias.
Emanuel made his first official professional magazine sale, with a short story about the Canadian North, "The Last Cartridge," in The Munsey (1907 September).
Harper's Weekly
In 1908, Emanuel started working as an editor for Harper's Weekly, a position he retained for three years. It is here that H. M. Egbert makes its earliest known debut, within the edition of 26 December 1908, attached to an article, rather than a fiction story.
Whilst employed by Harpers, Emanual wrote special articles and the occasional short story. Stories he or the staff deemed unfit for publication by Harper's Weekly were sold to the Illustrated Sunday Magazine, a nationally syndicated publication. Stories that failed to meet with this editor's approval were likewise circulated to lesser syndicates.
Newspaper series
In 1909, Emanuel started his series The Surgeon of Souls. This series featured Dr. Ivan Brodsky, a man who believed in faith and hypnotism as the cure toward laying ghosts, etc. The stories were syndicated amongst the big-city newspapers under the alias H. M. Egbert, but sold poorly. Fifteen years later, 11 of the surviving tales were reprinted as original fiction in Weird Tales magazine, bylined under Victor Rousseau.
Emanuel's first science fiction series was The Devil Chair. John Haynes, an Englishman, stripped of inherited land in America, is paralysed by a bullet to the spine and falsely imprisoned. While in the prison workshop, he fashions a gyroscopic device, that whilst adhered initially to a boot, propels him a couple hundred miles per hour. While affixed to any object, the device cannot be removed, until he deactivates it. Once free from prison, Haynes uses his device to exact retribution on all his enemies.
Canada
In 1913, Emanuel, his wife and two children moved to Canada. He wrote the Canadian-themed serials Jacqueline of Golden River and Wooden Spoil. Both serials eventually become hardcover books and sold extremely well.
In early 1914, Emanuel began the popular series Tales of the St. Lawrence Riverway. Set in the village of St. Jean, Quebec, the central character was Father Sebastian, the village priest. Nine Riverway stories appeared in Blue Book magazine (1914 September through 1915 May), whilst others, unaccepted here, were sold elsewhere over the ensuing years. In the 1930s, the series was reprinted by the Toronto Star and the Boston Globe.
In early 1914, Emanuel finished, The Messiah of the Cylinder, a novel influenced by H. G. Wells' When the Sleeper Wakes. Despite acceptance by Everybody's Magazine, the story lingered for three years (1917 June, July, August, September). In the summer of 1915, Emanuel produced a science fiction series, The Sea Demons. It was printed by All-Story Weekly and serialised in three instalments (1916 January 1, 15, 22).
Emanuel also wrote screen adaptations of syndicated fiction stories for Universal Film. His first screenplay was for the film The Truant Soul (25 December 1916). A decade later, several of Emanuel's pulp western stories were adapted into films.
Emanuel's other science and fantasy serials for the Munsey publications included:
Fruit of the Lamp (The Argosy, 1918 February 2, 9, 16, 23)
Draft of Eternity (All-Story Weekly, 1918 June 1, 8, 15, 22)
Eric of the Strong Heart (Railroad Man's Magazine, 1918 November 16, 23, 30; 7 December 14)
The Eye of Balamok (All-Story Weekly, 1920 January 17, 24, 31)
My Lady of the Nile (Argosy All-Story Weekly, 1921 May 7, 14, 21, 28)
England and New York
In December 1919, Emanuel and his family returned to England. However, he struggled to sell his works, resulting in periods of homelessness and hunger for his family. In early 1922, Emanuel wrote a new Canadian-themed serial, The Home Trail. It was printed in People's Story Magazine (1922 August 25; 4 September 11, 18, 25) and sold for $1,000.
In July 1922, Emanuel returned to New York. He sold another Canadian serial for $1,000, Lee of the Northwest Mounted. It appeared in People's Popular Monthly (1923 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August). Later that year, he sold another serial for $1,000, Sergeant Forbes, Alias. It appeared in four instalments of People's magazine (1923 August 15; 1 September 15; 1 October).
From 1923 to 1925, Emanuel produced three "serious" novels under his own surname. The first novel, The Story of John Paul, was suppressed as libelous; largely because his brother, Montague, is named in the novel as the protagonist's father; additionally, the novel was anti-Semitic. In late 1924, Emanuel sold the second novel, Middle Years. Released in early 1925, it dealt with a middle-aged man's life insecurities and fancy for a younger woman. The third novel, The Selmans, attacked England's Jews as hypocritical.
Emanuel continued to write Canadian-themed works until 1942. He also wrote heavily during this period for the various self-proclaimed True magazines. However, since they were reportedly "true" tales, none of the tales sported a byline. Confirming which stories are his is nearly impossible, unless he used Canada or South Africa as background colour as potential clues.
With the re-release of The Surgeon of Souls in Weird Tales (1926–1927), Emanuel re-entered the fantasy field courtesy of Bernarr MacFadden's Ghost Stories magazine (1926–1929). He created a series of psychic investigative tales featuring Dr. Martinus. He also sold five science fiction stories in 1930 to the newly launched Astounding Stories of Super-Science, and two novelettes in 1931 to Miracle Science and Fantasy Stories.
End of career
By the mid-1930s MacFadden had stopped buying stories from Emanuel. He then wrote for Clayton's Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, supplying three stories (1931–1932). In 1932, he officially entered Weird Tales with two stories, and in 1933, one last science fiction story in The Argosy.
To obtain more work, Emanuel now started writing so-called "spicy pulps", creating hundreds of sexually suggestive short stories. He added sexual content to stories he had never sold and published them. From 1940 to 1941, Emanuel wrote the first dozen "Jim Anthony, Super Detective" novels for Super-Detective; Jim Anthony was a pulp hero created in imitation of the popular Doc Savage. After 1947, Emanuel produced a few more stories before retiring.
Works (as Victor Rousseau)
Derwent's Horse (UK: Methuen, 1901)
Messiah of the Cylinder (USA: A.C. McClurg, 1917) and Apostle of the Cylinder (UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1918)
Wooden Spoil (USA: George H. Doran, 1919) unauthorised edition
Wooden Spoil (USA: Grosset and Dunlap, 1919)--(UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1919)
The Eye of Balamlok (The All-Story, 1920)
The Big Muskeg (USA: Stewart Kidd, 1921)--(UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1923)
The Lion's Jaws (UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1923)
The Home Trail (UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924)
The Big Man of Bonne Chance (UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925)
Golden Horde (UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1926)
Works (as H. M. Egbert)
Jacqueline of Golden River (USA: Doubleday Page, 1920)--(UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924)
My Lady of the Nile (UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1923)
The Big Malopo (UK: John Long, 1924)
Draught of Eternity (UK: John Long, 1924, reprinted by Steeger Books)
The Sea Demons (UK: John Long, 1924, reprinted by Armchair Fiction)
Eric of the Strong Heart (UK: John Long, 1925, reprinted by Steeger Books)
Mrs. Aladdin (UK: John Long, 1925)
Salted Diamonds (UK: John Long, 1926) 2nd imprint circa 1927–28
Winding Trails (UK: John Long, 1927)
Works (as V. R. Emanuel)
The Story of John Paul (UK: Constable, 1923)
The Selmans (USA: The Dial Press, 1925)
Middle Years (USA: Minton, Balch, 1925)
Works (as Victor Rousseau, reprinted posthumously)
The Surgeon of Souls (USA: The Spectre Library, 2006) Dr. Ivan Brodsky series
The Tracer of Egos (USA: The Spectre Library, 2007) Dr. Phileas Immanuel series
The Devil Chair (USA: The Spectre Library, 2009) John Haynes series
Further reading
Wallace, Morgan A. His Second Self: The Bio-Bibliography of Victor Rousseau Emanuel, The Spectre Library, 2011
External links
1879 births
Emanuel, Victor Rousseau
Emanuel, Rousseau
Pulp fiction writers
British military personnel of the Second Boer War
British emigrants to the United States | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Rousseau%20Emanuel |
Chatham Street Theatre may refer to either of two former theaters on Chatham Street (now Park Row) in New York City:
Chatham Theatre, opened 1839, demolished 1862
Chatham Garden Theatre, opened 1824, converted in 1832 to the Free Presbyterian Chatham Street Chapel, which became a hotel and was later demolished | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham%20Street%20Theatre |
Hamit Şare (born February 19, 1982 in Bursa, Turkey) is an Olympic alpine skier discipline.
Hamit began skiing at five years of age. He joined the Turkish national ski team already in 1993. He won seven national titles, represented Turkey 79 times, and finished in the top 50 in the 2005 World Championships. He is currently a student in the Faculty of Sports at the Uludağ University in Bursa.
From the quota given to Turkey by the Olympic Committee, he was selected to be sent to the 2006 Winter Olympics among his four other teammates.
Achievements
2005
World Championships, Bormio, Italy
Slalom: 44th
Giant slalom: 55th
References
Turkey National Olympic Committee official website (in Turkish)
Biography at Visa Europe website
1982 births
Living people
Turkish male alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers for Turkey
Sportspeople from Bursa
21st-century Turkish people | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamit%20%C5%9Eare |
Forces Command is a military formation in use in at least two different armies:
Forces Command (Australia)
United States Army Forces Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forces%20Command |
Big Shiny Tunes is a series of rock albums compiled and released by the Canadian music television station MuchMusic, and through MusiquePlus in Quebec, from 1996 to 2009. The best-selling album of the series was Big Shiny Tunes 2, which was certified Diamond in Canada (1,000,000 units) by the CRIA on March 25, 1998. It has been cited as the best-selling album series in Canadian history, with 5 million albums sold in ten years.
Characteristics
The Big Shiny Tunes albums are each thought to be composed of a combination of rock songs that are major hits by well-known artists, less successful songs by well-known artists and songs by more obscure artists, released in the same year as the albums' publication. There are a combination of Canadian, British and American performers. One common feature among the selected artists is that they are attached to Universal Music, Warner Bros., EMI Music Canada, and/or MuchMusic, who come together to produce Big Shiny Tunes albums. The most frequently appearing band in the Big Shiny Tunes series is Nickelback, who appeared on 7 releases in the series (Big Shiny Tunes 5, 7–11, and 14.) The first six Big Shiny Tunes albums were all released on both CD and cassette formats, before being put out solely on CD starting with Big Shiny Tunes 7 in 2002.
Part of the appeal of the series is that those who do not usually buy albums will find Big Shiny Tunes provides several well-known songs, as opposed to a CD by a single artist whose non-single tracks may be relatively unfamiliar. The music is aimed at teenagers and young adults. There has been some criticism of consistency in regards to the use of censored versus uncensored versions of songs from album to album (Big Shiny Tunes 6 carried a label stating that some songs contained coarse language, while the previous and following albums had censored songs by Matthew Good, Limp Bizkit, Staind, Not By Choice and Wheatus).
In addition to the ordinary albums in the series, MuchMusic also released albums that compile the biggest hits across a span of years, such as Big Shiny 80s (2005) that included classics like Billy Idol's "White Wedding." There have also been two volumes of Big Shiny 90s released.
History
The first edition of Big Shiny Tunes was released in 1996 and was successful, being certified Triple Platinum in Canada. Big Shiny Tunes 2 was released in 1997 to greater success, selling 128,000 copies in its first week and going on to sell 1,230,000 copies overall, making it the third best-selling album of all time in Canada of the Nielsen SoundScan era. Big Shiny Tunes 3 was released in 1998 and was also very successful, and the second and third editions alone would account for over 2,000,000 copies of Big Shiny Tunes albums sold. Following editions of Big Shiny Tunes reached #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, the last being Big Shiny Tunes 6, which sold 68,500 copies in its first week in 2001.
The series soon lost its predominance with the growth of Peer-to-peer file sharing in the 2000s. The last album in the series, Big Shiny Tunes 14, was released in 2009. As of 2010, the series went on an indefinite hiatus and was later discontinued.
Charts and certifications
Albums
Big Shiny Tunes
Note: Was certified 3x Platinum (300,000 units) in Canada on April 24, 1997.
Big Shiny Tunes 2
Note: Best-selling album of the series. Was certified Diamond in Canada (1,000,000 units) on March 25, 1998.
Big Shiny Tunes 3
Note: Was certified 8× Platinum in Canada (800,000 units) on February 19, 1999.
Big Shiny Tunes 4
Note: Was certified 8× Platinum in Canada (800,000 units) on November 6, 2000.
Big Shiny Tunes 5
Note: Was certified 6× Platinum (600,000 units) in Canada on December 6, 2001.
Big Shiny Tunes 6
Note: Sold 68,500 copies in its first week. However, it has not been certified by the CRIA.
Big Shiny Tunes 7
Note: Was certified 3× Platinum (300,000 units) in Canada on September 17, 2009.
Big Shiny Tunes 8
Note: Was certified 2× Platinum (200,000 units) in Canada on January 22, 2004.
Big Shiny Tunes 9
Note: Was certified Platinum in Canada (100,000 units) on March 22, 2005.
Big Shiny Tunes 10
Notes: When the track listing was originally shown via online music stores such as Mymusic before the official site opened, songs by Green Day, Audioslave, System of a Down, Arcade Fire, Beck, and the Foo Fighters were shown to be on the album. These were replaced by songs by Nickelback, Weezer, Seether, Theory of a Deadman, Mobile, and k-os.
Big Shiny Tunes 11
Notes: The album's official site also lists "Stricken" by Disturbed as being on the album as well, but it doesn't appear in the final product. The album was certified Platinum in Canada (100,000 units) on February 1, 2007.
Big Shiny Tunes 12
Note: Was certified Gold in Canada (50,000 units) on July 30, 2008.
Big Shiny Tunes 13
Big Shiny Tunes 14
Big Shiny '90s
Disc 1:
Disc 2:
Note: Was certified 2× Platinum (200,000 units) in Canada in February 2004.
Big Shiny '90s Volume 2
Disc 1:
Disc 2:
Big Shiny '80s
Disc 1:
The Buggles – "Video Killed the Radio Star" (1979)
Gary Numan – "Cars" (1980)
Blondie – "Call Me" (1980)
Duran Duran – "Hungry Like the Wolf" (1984)
A Flock of Seagulls – "I Ran (So Far Away)" (1981)
The Fixx – "One Thing Leads to Another" (1985)
Talk Talk – "It's My Life" (1983)
INXS – "Original Sin" (1989)
David Bowie – "Modern Love" (1983)
Peter Gabriel – "Shock the Monkey" (1983)
The Cars – "You Might Think" (1981)
Devo – "Whip It" (1981)
Martha and the Muffins – "Echo Beach" (1980)
Squeeze – "Another Nail in My Heart" (1983)
Nena – "99 Luftballons" (1982)
Disc 2:
The Clash – "Train in Vain" (1980)
The Boomtown Rats – "I Don't Like Mondays" (1979)
Billy Idol – "White Wedding" (1982/1984)
The Pretenders – "Back on the Chain Gang" (1983)
Fine Young Cannibals – "Suspicious Minds" (1986)
Ramones – "Rock 'n' Roll High School" (1980)
The B-52's – "Love Shack" (1989)
Rough Trade – "High School Confidential" (1980)
The Psychedelic Furs – "Love My Way" (1982)
Split Enz – "I Got You" (1985)
The Dream Academy – "Life in a Northern Town" (1986)
Chalk Circle – "April Fool" (1985)
Tears for Fears – "Pale Shelter" (1982/1983)
The Cure – "In Between Days" (1985)
Naked Eyes – "Always Something There to Remind Me" (1983)
See also
MuchDance
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References
External links
MuchMusic's Big Shiny Tunes 12 website
MuchMusic's Big Shiny Tunes 13 website
Compilation album series
Much (TV channel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Shiny%20Tunes |
Otto Wilhelm Heinrich Wagener (29 April 1888 – 9 August 1971) was a German major general and, for a period, Adolf Hitler's economic advisor and confidant.
Life and career
An industrialist's son, Wagener was born in Durlach, graduated from Gymnasium and then became an army officer. In 1916 during the First World War, Wagener was promoted to the General Staff.
After the war, Wagener was involved in the planning of an attack against the city of Posen (now Poznań, in Poland), but had to flee to the Baltic countries to avoid arrest. There he merged all Freikorps associations into the German Legion, and assumed leadership after its leader, Paul Siewert, was murdered. After returning to Germany, he was active in Freikorps operations in Upper Silesia, Saxony, and the Ruhr area.
In 1920 he studied economics and managed to broaden his knowledge by traveling abroad. In 1929 Wagener joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and the Sturmabteilung (SA), having been recruited by his old Freikorps comrade Franz Pfeffer von Salomon. Wagener was able to put his business acumen and contacts to good usage for the Nazi Party, in this case for the SA:
Wagener had used his business contacts to persuade a cigarette firm to produce "Sturm" cigarettes for SA men – a "sponsorship" deal benefiting both the firm and SA coffers. Stormtroopers were strongly encouraged to smoke only these cigarettes. A cut from the profit went to the SA ....
He functioned as SA Chief of Staff from October 1929 through December 1930, assuming effective command of the SA for a few months in the wake of the Stennes Revolt until the assumption of command by Ernst Röhm as the new Chief of Staff in early January 1931. In 1933 he became a member of the Reichstag for the NSDAP. In January 1931, Wagener led the Political-economic Department of the NSDAP, and in September 1932 he was appointed Hitler's personal economic advisor. Hitler appointed him Reichskommissar für die Wirtschaft from April to June 1933.
By late 1930 or early 1931 Wagener had made a mark on National Socialist economic policy. As Patch notes (p. 201-02):
Wagener formulated an original set of economic policies based on corporatist and leadership principles in confidential talks with Hitler and succeeded in recruiting many middle echelon industrial managers and owners of small factories for the NSDAP....[A confidential draft by Wagener] embraced the ideal of the corporatist "company union" (Werksgemeinschaft) and described the employer as the "Fuhrer" within his factory. All disputes over wages and working conditions would be settled within the "family" of the individual company in the National Socialist state of the future. Trade unions would be responsible merely for vocational training.
Wagener was replaced in his role as Commissioner for Economic Questions by Wilhelm Keppler, as Wagener had become embroiled in "coordination" disputes with leaders of industry after the National Socialist assumption of national power in January 1933, even forcibly occupying the industry-run trade association "Reich Association of German Industry" with the intention of shutting it down. Internal conflicts led to legal proceedings against Wagener in 1933 and 1934 in a case brought before the USCHLA (Party tribunal). After the Night of the Long Knives, Wagener was detained for a short time. Nevertheless, he was rehabilitated, and he resumed his career in the army.
In the Second World War, Wagener served at the front, rising to the rank of major general and becoming a division commander. Under his command of the island of Rhodes, a post he held from 20 July 1944, almost the complete Jewish population was murdered. After the war, Wagener was kept first in British and later, from 1947 to 1952, Italian prisoner of war camps.. Wagener was tried by Italy (Rome Territorial Military Tribunal) and on October 16, 1948, sentenced to fifteen years in prison. The sentence was commuted in 1951.
In 1946, while being held by the British, Wagener wrote his memoirs about Hitler and the Nazi Party's early history, entitled Hitler aus nächster Nähe. Aufzeichnungen eines Vertrauten 1929−1932 (known in English as Hitler: Memoirs of a Confidant). His work was not published until seven years after his death, in 1978. His memoirs are used, to some degree, by historians of Nazi Germany.
Otto Wagener died in Chieming in 1971.
Decorations and awards
1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class
1914 Iron Cross 1st Class
Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order
1929 Nuremberg Party Day Badge, c.1929
1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class
1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross 1st Class
The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords,
Honour Chevron of the Old Guard, 1934
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 5 May 1945 as Generalmajor and commander of the Division Insel Rhodos
References
Informational notes
Citations
Bibliography
External links
Review of memoirs at The New York Times
1888 births
1971 deaths
20th-century Freikorps personnel
Holocaust perpetrators in Greece
Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
German Army personnel of World War I
Nazi Party officials
People from the Grand Duchy of Baden
Members of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany
Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Adolf Hitler
Kapp Putsch participants
German people imprisoned abroad
German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom
History of Rhodes
Military personnel from Karlsruhe
Nazis convicted of war crimes
Prisoners and detainees of Italy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20Wagener |
Wefelpütt is a small village in Germany with only 63 inhabitants.
Since 1929 it belongs to the city of Wuppertal.
Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia
Wuppertal | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wefelp%C3%BCtt |
"Lay Down Your Arms" is a 1956 popular music song with music by Åke Gerhard and Leon Landgren and lyrics by Gerhard (original "Anne-Caroline" Swedish) and Paddy Roberts (English).
Recorded Versions
In the United States, the biggest hit version was recorded by The Chordettes, reaching No. 16 on the Billboard chart.
In the United Kingdom, Forces sweetheart Anne Shelton had the major hit, reaching No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and stayed in the Top Twenty for 14 weeks. Initially the BBC took a dim view of the song as it might have encouraged British troops to 'lay down their guns', at a difficult time of the post-Suez crisis and the conflict in Cyprus with EOKA. The ban was soon lifted when many requested it on "Two-Way Family Favourites", a popular Sunday lunchtime radio show. Another UK version was recorded by Billie Anthony.
Song in Media
The song was also used in a British television play written by Dennis Potter called Lay Down Your Arms, which was screened on 23 May 1970. The play is set during the Suez crisis of 1956.
See also
List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s
References
1956 songs
1956 singles
The Chordettes songs
Song recordings produced by Johnny Franz
Songs written by Åke Gerhard
Cadence Records singles | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay%20Down%20Your%20Arms%20%281956%20song%29 |
Simmel is a German language surname. It may refer to:
Ernst Simmel (1882–1947), German psychologist
Friedrich Simmel (born 1970), German biophysicist
Georg Simmel (1858–1918), German sociologist
Johannes Mario Simmel (1924–2009), Austrian writer
Marianne Simmel (1923–2010), American psychologist
German-language surnames
Surnames of Jewish origin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmel |
Angharad Mary Rees, The Hon. Mrs David McAlpine, CBE (16 July 1944 – 21 July 2012) was a British actress, best known for her British television roles during the 1970s and in particular her leading role as Demelza in the 1970s BBC TV costume drama Poldark.
Early life
Rees was born at Redhill Hospital (now Edgware Community Hospital), Edgware, Middlesex, to Welsh psychiatrist William Linford Rees and his wife Catherine Thomas.
When she was two, in 1946, her family moved from 13 Engel Park, Mill Hill, to Cardiff. Rees had two brothers and a sister. She attended the independent Commonweal Lodge School, then the Sorbonne in Paris for two terms and the Rose Bruford Drama College in Kent. She also studied at the University of Madrid and taught English in Spain before acting in repertory theatre in England.
Throughout her professional life, her birth year was given as 1949, but she was born in 1944.
Acting career
Rees made her television debut as a parlour maid in 1968 in an adaptation of Shaw’s Man and Superman, appearing alongside Eric Porter and Maggie Smith. Other appearances in various television dramas and comedy series quickly followed, including The Way We Live Now, The Avengers, The Wednesday Play, Doctor in the House, Crown Court, and Within These Walls.
Her most notable early roles included the daughter of Winston Churchill (played by Richard Burton) in The Gathering Storm (1974), Lucy in Dennis Potter's television play Joe's Ark (also 1974), and as Celia in As You Like It opposite Helen Mirren (1978). Director Alan Bridges said of Rees' performance in Potter's television play that it was one of the finest performances he had ever witnessed.
She starred as the fictional murderous daughter of Jack the Ripper in the Hammer horror Hands of the Ripper (1971) and the following year’s star-studded film version of Under Milk Wood (1972) starring Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole and Elizabeth Taylor. Her other film roles included Jane Eyre (1970), To Catch a Spy (1971), The Love Ban (1973), Moments (1974), La petite fille en velours bleu (1978), The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980), the television miniseries Master of the Game (1984) and The Wolves of Kromer (1998) a British-made fantasy film, narrated by Boy George.
Rees appeared in many stage productions in London's West End, including It’s a Two-foot-six-inches Above-the-ground World (Wyndhams, 1970); The Picture of Dorian Gray (Lyric, Hammersmith, 1975); The Millionairess (Haymarket, 1978–79); Perdita in A Winter’s Tale (Young Vic, 1981) and A Handful of Dust (Lyric, Hammersmith, 1982). Her other Shakespearean roles included Ophelia for the Welsh Theatre Company (1969) and Hermione at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff (1985).
From 1975 to 1977 she played the lead role of Demelza in the BBC TV costume drama Poldark, the role with which she is most closely associated, appearing in all but the first episode. In 1983 she starred in another Cornish-set period drama The Forgotten Story, also based on a Winston Graham novel.
She toured in the Bill Kenwright production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, directed by Peter Hall, with Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray and appeared regularly with John Mortimer in Mortimer’s Miscellany, his self-devised anthology of poetry and prose presented at theatres around Britain.
Later television work included the sitcom Close to Home (1989–90) and the sporting drama Trainer (1992).
Honours
She was made a Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. She also had a public house named after her in Pontypridd.
Jewellery design
Following the death of her son Linford in 1999 she turned her back on acting and concentrated on her passion for jewellery design. Rees founded a jewellery design company, Angharad, based in Knightsbridge. Pieces that she designed and produced were featured in the film Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007).
Personal life
On 18 September 1973, Rees married the actor Christopher Cazenove, who had made his name at around the same time in The Regiment. They had two sons: Linford James (20 July 1974 – 10 September 1999) and Rhys William (born 1976). Linford was killed in a car accident on the M11 motorway in Essex while returning to collect his books from Cambridge University, where he had been awarded the degree of Master of Philosophy. Cazenove and Rees divorced in 1994 but remained close. Cazenove died from the effects of septicaemia in 2010.
Rees had a relationship with British actor Alan Bates; on 29 April 2005, after Bates' death, Rees married at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, The Hon. David McAlpine, a member of the McAlpine construction company and third son of Edwin McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat. She remained married to McAlpine until her death.
Death
Rees died on 21 July 2012, aged 68, of pancreatic cancer.
A memorial service was held for her at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, on 27 September 2012. Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes led the tributes. He said "If there was one thing she was superb at, it was friendship. And not just sympathetic friendship, but hard-working, useful, practical assistance. She was anxious, I think, that she should not be defined, entirely, as the star of a popular series, as one half of a golden couple, as a mother and hostess, although she excelled in all of these. She wanted also to be remembered as a serious actress whose early career might have gone on to greatness had she not made the personal decision to change direction [by having a family]."
Filmography
Jane Eyre (1970) - Louise
To Catch a Spy (1971) - Victoria
Hands of the Ripper (1971) - Anna
Under Milk Wood (1972) - Gossamer Beynon
The Love Ban (1973) - Jackie
Moments (1974) - Chrissy
La petite fille en velours bleu (1978) - Macha
The Wolves of Kromer (1998) - Mary
References
External links
Angharad Rees' jewellery design company website
Rees profile at www.filmreference.com
1944 births
2012 deaths
Actresses from Cardiff
People educated at Commonweal Lodge
Alumni of Rose Bruford College
Welsh film actresses
Welsh television actresses
Welsh stage actresses
20th-century Welsh actresses
British jewellery designers
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Deaths from cancer in England
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
University of Paris alumni
Welsh radio actresses
20th-century British businesspeople
Women jewellers
Complutense University of Madrid alumni | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angharad%20Rees |
The Caldwell Zoo is an zoo located in the city of Tyler, Texas. It features animals from all over the world.
The Caldwell Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).
History
The zoo had its origins in the Child Development Laboratory, which was started in 1937 and was operated by the Hogg Foundation and the American Association of University Women of Tyler. It was run by David King Caldwell and his wife, who brought in many animals for the enjoyment of the children.
The zoo was officially opened on its current site in 1953. By 1967, the zoo featured over 500 animals from 87 different species. In 1970, the zoo was broken into, and several animals were killed. This prompted the children of the area to collect money to help restore things. Enough money was raised for the zoo to acquire an African elephant and was the catalyst to modernize the entire zoo. The city granted an additional to the zoo in 1976, and a large, long-term expansion project was undertaken. A new elephant enclosure was built, and giraffes were added in 1978. In 1983 a native Texas area was opened, and in 1984 reptile and aquarium sections were opened. In 1987 major reconstruction of the African exhibits was completed, creating large pasture areas and an overlook. Throughout the 90s, more improvements were added. In 2002, a new veterinary hospital was completed, along with brooding areas, and a quarantine facility.
The zoo now houses a "Wild Bird Walkabout" featuring over 400 parakeets and cockatiels. Bird, otter and penguin presentations have also expanded, allowing for the further education of the public.
Two white tigers, Meka and Willieking were traded from the Alexandria Zoo in Louisiana in 2007 and have now been declared permanent displays, though they were originally only supposed to stay until the beginning of September 2007.
The Caldwell Zoo also houses the largest African elephant in North America.
Breeding
As a member of the AZA, the Caldwell Zoo participates in many breeding projects. Animals born at the zoo include reticulated giraffes, flamingoes, black rhinoceros, jaguars, giant anteaters, and many others. The zoo also participated in the first cheetah born through artificial insemination. African penguins are now being bred as well and will probably have young as soon as the currently owned penguins reach sexual maturity.
Under one of these AZA breeding programs, the zoo had a litter of four lion cubs born in January 2014. It is the first time in 20 years that the zoo has had a litter of lion cubs.
The future
Plans for the future include expanding into the unused land surrounding the current zoo, with a new glass-enclosed aviary and improved habitats for animals. There will be several new animal additions accompanying these expansions, including a colony of meerkats.
Notes
External links
Zoos in Texas
Buildings and structures in Tyler, Texas
Tourist attractions in Smith County, Texas
Protected areas of Smith County, Texas
Zoos established in 1953
1953 establishments in Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell%20Zoo |
"Big Shiny Tunes 2" is the second edition of the MuchMusic compilation series, Big Shiny Tunes. The album had been accompanied by heavy advertising in Canada. It is the best-selling album of the series, having sold 1,233,000 copies.
Commercial performance
Big Shiny Tunes 2 debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, with 128,000 units sold in its first week. By March 1998, the album was certified Diamond by the CRIA for sales of 1 million units.
Big Shiny Tunes 2 went on to sell 1,233,000 copies before going out of print. Despite being out of print, Big Shiny Tunes 2 is still the fourth best-selling album ever in Canada of the Nielsen SoundScan era as of 2020.
Track listing
The Prodigy - "Breathe (Edit)"
Blur - "Song 2"
Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
Smash Mouth - "Walkin' on the Sun"
Sugar Ray - "Fly" (featuring Super Cat)
Bran Van 3000 - "Drinking in L.A."
Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People"
Holly McNarland - "Numb"
Bush - "Swallowed"
Matchbox 20 - "Push"
Collective Soul - "Precious Declaration (Remix)"
The Tea Party - "Temptation (Edit) (Tom Lord-Alge Mix)"
The Chemical Brothers - "Block Rockin' Beats (Radio Edit)"
Wide Mouth Mason - "My Old Self"
Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
The Age of Electric - "Remote Control"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Lady Picture Show"
See also
List of diamond-certified albums in Canada
References
1997 compilation albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Shiny%20Tunes%202 |
"Big Shiny Tunes 3" is the third edition of the MuchMusic compilation series, Big Shiny Tunes. The album was assembled by having its audience vote on which songs they would like to have included, a novel process.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 112,000 copies in its first week. During the week of Christmas, the album sold 138,661 copies. The album was certified 8× Platinum (800,000 units) by the CRIA.
Track listing
The Smashing Pumpkins – "Ava Adore" – 4:20
Fastball – "The Way" – 4:16
Foo Fighters – "My Hero" – 4:20
Matthew Good Band – "Apparitions (edit)" – 4:00
Semisonic – "Closing Time" – 4:38
Barenaked Ladies – "One Week" – 2:52
Beastie Boys – "Three MC's and One DJ" – 2:50
Rob Zombie – "Dragula (The Hot Rod Herman Mix)" – 4:30
Third Eye Blind – "How's It Going to Be" – 4:14
Sloan – "Money City Maniacs" – 3:53
Lenny Kravitz – "Fly Away" – 3:41
Placebo – "Pure Morning" – 3:52
Garbage – "Push It" – 4:01
Radiohead – "Karma Police" – 4:20
Goo Goo Dolls – "Iris" – 4:52
Big Wreck – "That Song" – 5:04
Monster Magnet – "Space Lord" – 5:55
References
1998 compilation albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Shiny%20Tunes%203 |
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