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Percival Street is a street in the East Point and Happy Valley, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The street spans from Gloucester Road in the north to Leighton Road in the south. Between Hennessy Road and Leighton Road, the street is with a branch of Hong Kong Tramways leading to Happy Valley. It is estimated that on average the annual rent per square feet for retailing here is US$2300 annually on average, second to US$2500 in Fifth Avenue, United States. It is also one of the major streets occupied during Occupy movement in 2014.
History
The road was named after Alexander Perceval, a 19th-century tai-pan of Jardine Matheson. The land of the present-day Times Square was a tram depot at Matheson Street. Trams returned to the depot via Perceval Street and Russell Street. Another historical building was the Lee Theatre. It was later demolished to build Lee Theatre Plaza shopping centre.
Shopping
Apart from Lee Theatre Plaza, two shopping centres Causeway Bay Plaza 1 and Causeway Bay Plaza 2 are also located along the road.
See also
List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
References
Causeway Bay
East Point, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Tramways
Roads on Hong Kong Island | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival%20Street |
Coalinga State Hospital (CSH) is a state mental hospital in Coalinga, California.
The facility opened on September 5, 2005; it was the first state hospital to be constructed in California in more than 50 years. It is a maximum security facility built to ensure that sexually violent predators are kept separate from the community. Currently, the facility houses 941 individuals alleged to be sexually violent predators and 294 mentally disordered offenders. The facility also houses 50 mentally ill prisoners from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR); however, the California Department of State Hospitals designates CSH as a civil commitment facility only. CSH also houses two inmates deemed not guilty by reason of insanity and one individual under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act.
Intake and occupancy
In California, all prisoners convicted of sexual assault or child sexual abuse are flagged and reviewed six months prior to parole. The law in California dictates that to be provided with the classification as a sexually violent predator, an individual must have at least one identified victim, have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness resulting in volitional impairment (most commonly paraphilia or pedophilia), and must have established a relationship with a person with the intent to cause victimization. Two evaluators do the initial review. If both evaluators agree that the prisoner meets the criteria, he is to be committed to a hospital for treatment. If one agrees and the other does not, an additional two evaluators review the prisoner's history. If those final two reach agreement that the prisoner meets the criteria, the prisoner is considered a ward of the state and is civilly committed to CSH. Controversy regarding those who are labelled as “sexually violent predators” is addressed below.
About the facility
The state began construction on Coalinga State Hospital in the fall of 2001. According to the facility's official website, CSH has 1.2 million gross square feet (gsf) of floor space. This includes 900,000 gsf for clinical services and programs, 158,000 gsf for support services, 75,000 gsf for administration, and 67,000 gsf for plant operations. The facility has an approximate 1,286-bed capacity. The facility is located at the edge of the Coastal Mountain Range in the heart of California just outside the City of Coalinga and in proximity to the Pleasant Valley State Prison. The annual operating budget of CSH is over $200 million (i.e., over $200,000 per person committed).
Demographics
The median age of the committed inhabitants is 47.1; this is expected to increase as the facility's population ages. There are hundreds of older inhabitants who are physically infirm, including those who are unable to walk without the aid of walkers and those who are on life-support systems.
The inhabitant population consists of those who are deemed by the state's evaluators to suffer from "volitional impairment" and dangerousness (in that they are likely to re-offend not of their own free choice).
Controversy
The facility has been the subject of controversy as it has been considered by some to be a place of unconstitutionally punitive detention for those fraudulently deemed both dangerous and mentally ill despite the state knowing otherwise.
It is a maximum security facility labelled (by the government of the state of California) as a "civil-commitment facility" and others as a prison. According to the state, it was built to ensure that individuals labelled as "sexually violent predators" receive treatment for their mental disorder(s) and do not re-offend within the community as a result of their mental disorders. According to others, it is merely a prison. Some have argued that the methodology behind the determination of those who are subject to being detained at such facilities is not scientific and rational, resulting in the detention being merely punitive.
The controversy extended beyond the U.S. when UK Courts identified the detention of certain Coalinga inmates as a human rights violation. This occurred in 2015, when the state of California sought to extradite an alleged child sexual abuser known only as Mr. G from the United Kingdom. (Mr. G was later identified as Roger Alan Giese.) The UK courts did not permit this extradition, as they were made aware that Mr. G could be subject to post-sentence imprisonment at Coalinga State Hospital. The court heard evidence that stated that the Sexually Violent Predator Act's "civil commitment scheme" is applied too broadly in California, meaning that many people could be classed as being of "unsound mind" even if their diagnosis fell "far short" of this definition within the meaning of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Therefore, the court ruled that Mr. G's detention at Coalinga would have amounted to a "flagrant" breach of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
On December 27, 2019, a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States was filed in the matter of Pashtoon Farooqi v. State of California, challenging, inter alia, conditions of confinement at Coalinga State Hospital. The Supreme Court subsequently refused to hear the case.
Treatment
California law allows persons designated as sexually violent predators to be committed to the facility indefinitely (under Jessica's Law) while they are receiving treatment. Thus, treatment is offered, but is not required. The state's position is that they are offering CSH's inhabitants adequate treatment; namely, what the state refers to as its Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP). Approximately 1/3 of inhabitants take part in the Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP).
Since 2006, 179 patients have been "unconditionally released"; they have been deemed no longer to meet the criteria identifying them as sexually violent predators and can live freely, although registered as sex offenders. As of April 2009, the facility had released 13 inhabitants into the “out-patient” portion of its program.
The inhabitants detained in this facility have stated that they are faced with a system they believe is one wherein the state has no interest in their being treated, being deemed to have benefited from such treatment, or being subsequently released (as would be the case in a hospital operating under different regulations, standards, or laws). Rather, the inhabitants indicate their experiences suggest the state's intent is to use Coalinga State Hospital as an internment camp by refusing to provide any rational treatment program whatsoever to the committed individuals (i.e., treatment that conforms to that which the Federal Courts deemed to amount to the "minimum standards of treatment" after the State of California had been sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for defrauding mental health patients [under the state's care] of adequate treatment).
The patients stated that the facility refuses to monitor patients' current symptoms of the mandated disorders, to offer a minimum of 20 hours per week of treatment designed to target their alleged disorders, and otherwise to conform to the Mayberg consent decree that resulted from the above-noted U.S. DOJ action. The patients made the claim that staff working at the facility often stare unsympathetically at them while they repeatedly beg staff to provide them with the adequate treatment the facility's administrators are purported to prohibit (i.e., scientifically approved assessments of their assigned volitional impairment disorder, daily sex offender treatment, timely assessments necessary to progress toward release, and documentation of any relevant symptoms of their disorder).
The inhabitants contend that but for these failures, the majority of them would participate in the treatment program. However, choosing not to participate in SOTP and/or other treatment programs does not logically guarantee that the actual and legitimate perceived needs of committed persons would be met either.
Three-quarters of CSH's 850-plus detainees refuse to participate in a core treatment program, undermining a central piece of Coalinga State Hospital's purported mission. The vast majority refuse to participate beyond the first phase of a five-phase therapy regimen. Only 25 to 30 percent of sexually violent predators consent to participate in the active phases of California's sex offender treatment program.
A federal judge ruled a similar program in Minnesota to be unconstitutional. The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota held that Minnesota's civil commitment scheme was a punitive system that segregates and indefinitely detains a class of potentially dangerous individuals without the safeguards of the criminal justice system. However, the Eighth Circuit Court of the United States subsequently reversed.
Notable patients
James Hydrick (born 1959), sex offender
John David Norman (1927 – 2011), pedophile, sex offender and sex trafficker
Representation in other media
Filmmaker Louis Theroux directed a BBC television documentary based on Coalinga Hospital; it is entitled A Place for Paedophiles (2009) and shows the lives of CSH patients who are indefinitely incarcerated at the hospital. The one-hour program first aired on BBC Two in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2009, and in Australia in December 2012, as the seventh in a series of Theroux specials. This special will not be shown in the United States. Patient health care laws, primarily the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), forbid the disclosure in the U.S. of a person's illness (including mental health issues) without their consent. These laws apply only within the U.S.; that is why the show is allowed to be shown outside the U.S. The program made reference to the fact that some believe the facility is a prison disguised as a hospital.
References
External links
Official website
OSHPD database project: Coalinga State Hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas
Victims & Witnesses Describe Coalinga State Hospital
Psychiatric hospitals in California
Prisons in California
Coalinga, California
Buildings and structures in Fresno County, California
Imprisonment and detention in the United States
Hospital buildings completed in 2005
Hospitals established in 2005
2005 establishments in California
Civil commitment of sex offenders | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalinga%20State%20Hospital |
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (, LBBW) is a universal bank and the Landesbank for some Federal States of Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen). As of 2018, it is Germany's biggest state-backed landesbank lender.
LBBW is a full-service and commercial bank and central bank for savings banks in Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony. The company focuses on industrial technologies, information technology, software, telecommunication, innovative services and life science. It prefers to invest in Southern Germany, but also considers investments in other regions of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
History
On 1 January 1999, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) was formed through the merger of SüdwestLB, Landesgirokasse, and the commercial banking business of L-Bank.
On 1 August 2005, Baden Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank) was incorporated into LBBW as a legally dependent institution under public law. Also as a legally dependent institution under public law, the former Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz was integrated in the LBBW Group on 1 July 2008 under the new name Rheinland-Pfalz Bank. In 2007, the state governor of Baden-Württemberg, Günther Oettinger, announced that LBBW would pay an initial 250 million euros, or $342 million, for its competitor Sachsen LB; on 1 April 2008, LBBW re-organized its activities in Central Germany (Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony) under the umbrella of Sachsen Bank.
By the time of the financial crisis of 2007–2008, LBBW had already grown to become the biggest and strongest of Germany's seven remaining independent public Landesbanken. It nonetheless had to take a state bailout of 5 billion euros and reduced its portfolio of toxic assets to 3 billion euros by 2014 from 95 billion in 2008. Similar to other public lenders, it opted for support from its regional state owner instead of drawing on help from SoFFin, the federal government's bail-out scheme. By 2009, the European Commission approved a restructuring plan which had the institution focus on its core regional banking businesses, curtail capital market and proprietary trading activities and shrink its balance sheet.
In 2019, LBBW became one of six banks to be mandated by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to raise $1.5 billion in five-year sukuk.
Assets
LBBW holds shares in various subsidiaries, including the following:
LBBW Asset Management
MKB Mittelrheinische Bank
Südfactoring
Südleasing
HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt (18.7%)
Controversy
In late 2009, state prosecutors raided the Stuttgart headquarters of LBBW as part of an investigation into alleged breaches of trust in connection with the bank's subprime investments. Several managers were later tried on accounting charges.
In 2015, an LBBW subsidiary in Switzerland agreed with the U.S. Department of Justice to pay a penalty of $34,000 to avoid possible prosecution for helping U.S. account holders conceal assets from the Internal Revenue Service and evade taxes. The subsidiary, LBBW (Schweiz) in Zurich, had previously held 35 U.S.-related accounts with $128 million in assets under management since August 2008.
Another LBBW subsidiary, LBBW Luxemburg S.A., is engaged in litigation against the American bank Wells Fargo as of 2012.
References
External links
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Landesbanks
Companies based in Baden-Württemberg
Companies based in Stuttgart
Banks under direct supervision of the European Central Bank
Primary dealers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landesbank%20Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg |
Babadağ, formerly Kadıköy, is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 124 km2, and its population is 6,340 (2022). It is a highland town, reached by a steep, winding road uphill from the town of Sarayköy. It was known in antiquity as Salbacos.
Agriculture is hard on this mountainside and thus the people have been making a living from stitching clothing in Babadağ for a long time, and others have migrated to Denizli, İzmir and Istanbul. Thus this is the hometown of many of Denizli's successful traders and textile entrepreneurs. Babadağ dollar is Denizli slang for the expression my word is my bond. There are still active workshops in the town, which is also a popular mountain summer holiday location.
The area is characterized by the existence of geological fault zones, which have contributed in the past to the occurrence of many landslides. There was also a high risk of landslides in town, which led the government to evacuate Gündoğdu, a steeply sloped urban district of Babadağ, in 2006. The homes of about 2000 persons were destroyed to prevent uncontrolled return of their former inhabitants, many of whom relocated to newly built houses in the provincial capital Denizli.
In 2019, a large wind park was built on the mountain crest southwest of Babadağ. The towers are visible from many locations in town. The wind park runs along the border between the provinces Denizli und Aydın and is known as Denizli Wind Power Plant. It consists of 22 wind turbines with a total installed power of 74.8 MW. The project was co-financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The plant was built by Siemens Gamesa and went on the power grid in 2019/2020. It is operated by the Turkish company Akfen Renewable Energy as part of Akfen Holding.
Composition
There are 12 neighbourhoods in Babadağ District:
Ahıllı
Bekirler
Cumhuriyet
Demirli
Gazi
Gündoğdu
İncirpınar
Kelleci
Kıranyer
Mollaahmetler
Oğuzlar
Yeniköy
Notable natives
Hacı Mehmet Zorlu (1919 in Babadağ, Denizli – 7. Mai 2005 in Istanbul), originally a weaver, later founder of a company dealing in textiles, from which the conglomerate Zorlu Holding developed, one of the largest industry enterprises in Turkey.
Ahmet Nazif Zorlu (* 1944), son of Mehmet Zorlu, in 2021 Chairman of the Board of Zorlu Holding.
Zeki Zorlu (* 1939), son of Mehmet Zorlu, in 2021 Vice Chairman of Zorlu Holding.
Gallery
References
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babada%C4%9F%2C%20Denizli |
Bayfront Center was an indoor arena located in St. Petersburg, Florida that hosted many concerts, sporting and other events. Depending on the configuration, it could hold up to 8,600 people. The arena was opened in 1965 and demolished in 2004. It adjoined the Mahaffey Theater, which is still standing.
Musical acts
Over its 40-year history, a wide variety of top entertainers performed at the Bayfront Center including: Elvis Presley, Metallica, Lynyrd Skynyrd, B.B. King, Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Aerosmith, the Beach Boys, James Brown, the Grateful Dead, Elton John, RUSH, The Police, Johnny Cash, the Beastie Boys, Liberace, Bon Jovi, Jimmy Buffett, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, KISS, and The Who.
Sports
Basketball
The venue hosted the American Basketball Association's The Floridians when the team played in St. Petersburg during the 1970–71 and 1971–72 seasons.
The South Florida Bulls men's basketball team used the Bayfront Center for some home games between 1974-1980.
The Tampa Bay Thrillers of the Continental Basketball Association played two non-consecutive seasons (1984–85 and 1986–87) in the arena, winning the CBA title in 1985. Because of an apparent rent/lease dispute they moved to Tampa the following year and won another title. With a new owner at the helm they returned to the Bayfront Center for their third season. Attendance sagged to as few as 295 fans, so the franchise relocated to Rapid City, South Dakota at the end of that regular season, and won that year's CBA title for an unusual three-peat.
The arena served as the home arena of the Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs of the ABA for the 2000-2001 season.
Ice hockey
The Bayfront Center was home ice for the St. Petersburg Suns of the Eastern Hockey League from 1971 to 1973, and then for the Suncoast Suns of the Southern Hockey League for the 1973–74 season.
Indoor soccer
The Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League played nearly all of their indoor home games at the Bayfront Center throughout their NASL existence, winning titles in 1976, 1979–80 and 1983. The Rowdies later joined American Indoor Soccer Association and again used the arena for the AISA 1986–87 season.
The Tampa Bay Terror of the National Professional Soccer League also used the venue in the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons.
Other events
From the 1960s to the 1990s, the Bayfront Center was the location for Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey's annual spring TV taping. Until 1992, every spring Ringling Brothers taped a network TV special from the arena and also shot all the photos for their programs there.
The Pinellas County Industrial and Aerospace Exhibition, featuring several of NASA's Apollo program displays, was held at the venue from 1968 to 1971.
The arena also hosted many professional wrestling events, among them the WCW's SuperBrawl I and VI, and Slamboree (1995).
Other groups, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, held annual conventions featuring Bible discourses, which were free of charge.
Demise
The Bayfront Center was finally imploded in 2004 to make way for an eventual replacement facility for the nearby Salvador Dalí Museum.
References
1965 establishments in Florida
2004 disestablishments in Florida
American Basketball Association venues
Sports venues demolished in 2004
Defunct basketball venues in the United States
Defunct indoor arenas in Florida
Defunct indoor ice hockey venues in the United States
Defunct indoor soccer venues in the United States
Indoor ice hockey venues in Florida
Miami Floridians
Music venues in Florida
Sports venues completed in 1965
Sports venues in St. Petersburg, Florida
Tampa Bay Rowdies sports facilities
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor venues
Defunct sports venues in Florida
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Former South Florida Bulls sports venues | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayfront%20Center |
Baklan is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 283 km2, and its population is 5,296 (2022). The town is at a distance of about an hour from the city of Denizli, neighboring the town of Çivril, and it is situated on the road to Ankara.
Name
For the pre-Turkish period, it is deduced that the plain of Baklan corresponded to the settlements named Lounda and Lakèrion (Λακήριον in Ancient greek). The plain and the region was the scene of the final great efforts made after the 1176 Battle of Myriokephalon by the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos in person to drive out and to hold territory against the victorious Seljuk Turks. However, it is inferred that the nomad Turks had already established themselves in Lounda and Lakerion (Baklan).
The subsequent Turkish town was alternatively called Dedeköy, a name which was its official appellation in some periods in the past. The name dede makes reference to the 13th century Seljuk warrior Alp Eren Hüsamettin Gazi Bey, whose tomb is within the town.
Administration, geography, economy
A township depending Çal district until 1990, it was made into a district at that time.
A large part of the district is covered by the high plain that carries the same name as the town, Baklan Plain, and the town itself is situated on the slopes of the district's only mountain, Beşparmak, 1307 m. high.
The economy is largely based on agriculture.
Composition
There are 14 neighbourhoods in Baklan District:
Balca
Beyelli
Boğaziçi
Çataloba
Dağal
Gökpınar
Gürlük
Hadim
Hüsamettindede
İcikli
Kavaklar
Kirazlı
Konak
Şenyayla
Image gallery
References
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baklan |
James Arthur Crumley (October 12, 1939 – September 17, 2008) was an American author. He was the author of violent hardboiled crime novels and several volumes of short stories and essays, as well as published and unpublished screenplays. He has been described as "one of modern crime writing's best practitioners", who was "a patron saint of the post-Vietnam private eye novel" and a cross between Raymond Chandler and Hunter S. Thompson. His book The Last Good Kiss has been described as "the most influential crime novel of the last 50 years."
Crumley's first published novel, 1969's One to Count Cadence, which was set in the Philippines and Vietnam, began as the thesis for his master's degree in creative writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1966. His novels The Last Good Kiss, The Mexican Tree Duck and The Right Madness feature the character C.W. Sughrue, an alcoholic ex-army officer turned private investigator. The Wrong Case, Dancing Bear and The Final Country feature another P.I., Milo Milodragovitch. In the novel Bordersnakes, Crumley brought both characters together. Crumley said of his two private detectives: "Milo's first impulse is to help you; Sughrue's is to shoot you in the foot."
Crumley had a cult following, and his work is said to have inspired a generation of crime writers in both the U.S. and the U.K, including Michael Connelly, George Pelecanos, Dennis Lehane and Craig McDonald, as well as writers from other genres such as Neal Stephenson, but he never achieved mainstream success. "Don't know why that is," Crumley said in an interview in 2001, "Other writers like me a lot. But up until about 10 to 12 years ago, I made more money in France and Japan than in America. I guess I just don't fit in anyplace in the genre book marketplace."
Life
Crumley, who was born in Three Rivers, Texas, grew up in south Texas, where his father was an oil-field supervisor and his mother was a waitress. According to Crumley, his father was a gentle man, but his mother was a forceful and violent woman. She insisted that Crumley attend church, but did not do so herself because she could not afford clothes decent enough for church.
Crumley was a grade-A student and a football player, an offensive lineman, in high school. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology on a Navy ROTC scholarship for about a year before leaving to serve in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1961; during his service, he was assigned to the Philippines. He then resumed his higher education at the Texas College of Arts and Industries on a football scholarship, where he received his B.A. in history in 1964. He earned an M.F.A. degree in fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1966. His master's thesis was published as One to Count Cadence in 1969.
In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.
Crumley had not read any detective fiction until prompted to by Montana poet Richard Hugo, who recommended the work of Raymond Chandler for the quality of his sentences. Crumley finally picked up a copy of one of Chandler's books in Guadalajara, Mexico. Impressed by the oeuvres of Chandler and Ross Macdonald, Crumley began writing his first detective novel, The Wrong Case, which was published in 1975.
From the mid-1980s until his death, Crumley lived in Missoula, Montana, where he served on the English faculty of the University of Montana and found inspiration for his novels at Charlie B's bar. A regular there, he had many longstanding friends who have been portrayed as characters in his books. Following an earlier stint at the University of Montana (1966-1969), he held visiting professorships at a number of other universities, including the University of Arkansas (1969-1970), Colorado State University (1971-1974), Reed College (1976-1977), Carnegie-Mellon University (1979-1980) and the University of Texas at El Paso (1981-1984). From 1974 to 1976, he worked as a freelance writer.
Crumley died at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula on September 17, 2008, of complications from kidney and pulmonary diseases after many years of health problems. According to longtime friend and fellow writer Thomas McGuane, "He did cocaine six days a week. Ate five times a day. Drank a bottle of whiskey every day. He said, 'This is how I like to live. If I live 10 years less, so what?'" He was survived by his fifth wife of 16 years, Martha Elizabeth, a poet and artist. He had five children (including three from his second marriage and two from his fourth), eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Crumley's death prompted an "outpouring of affection" from the citizens of Missoula. Crumley's favorite seat in his favorite bar was put aside to honor him.
Response
None of the books that Crumley wrote ever became bestsellers, but he had a cult following devoted to his writing and received frequent critical acclaim. David Dempsey in the New York Times called Crumley's debut novel, One to Count Cadence, set during the Vietnam War, "...a compelling study of the gratuitous violence in men. ... It is a story of bars, brawls, and brothels—and I don't know of any writer who has done it better." In 1993, Marilyn Stasio, reviewing The Mexican Tree Duck in the same publication, wrote: "Characters as memorable as [Crumley's] don't come blazing down the interstate that often. Neither do writers like Mr. Crumley. Treasure them before they burn themselves out—and take the flame with them." Christopher Lehmann-Haupt described Crumley's work as being about "a violently chaotic world that can be seen as a legacy of Vietnam, of which his characters are nightmare-haunted veterans," while Ron Powers called it: the Big Sky Country [reimagined] as a kind of hard-boiled Lake Wobegon with bloodstains, a hellscape where all the women are tall ... the men sport pugnacious foreheads, brutal jaws and Indian braids, and all the children are away at camp. According to Patrick Anderson of The Washington Post, "You don't read Crumley for plot. You read him for his outlaw attitude, his rough poetry and his scenes, paragraphs, sentences, moments. You read him for the lawyer with 'a smile as innocent as the first martini'". Critic Maxim Jakubowski, who was a friend of Crumley, writing after Crumley's death, referred to Crumley's last two books, The Final Country and A Right Madness, as:...bittersweet adventures in which [Crumley] could evoke the skies over Texas and Montana and the landscapes of America like a veritable angel slumming amid the ferocious gunfire, the betrayals his characters always suffered and the trademark bruised romanticism that only he could conjure up without it sounding maudlin.
A number of writers view The Last Good Kiss as Crumley's best work. Its opening line is sometimes cited as the best in the genre:When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon.
Awards and honors
In 1985, The Wrong Case won a Falcon Award from the Maltese Falcon Society of Japan for the best "hardboiled" novel published in that country. The Mexican Tree Duck won the 1994 Dashiell Hammett Award, given by the North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers for the best literary crime novel, and his last novel, A Right Madness was a finalist for the 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller.
In 2007, the magazine Men's Journal named The Last Good Kiss as number 12 on its list of "Top 15 Thrillers of All Time", and in Newsweek, George Pelecanos, crime author and co-producer of the HBO series The Wire, rated Crumley's The Last Good Kiss as number 3 in his list of the "Five Most Important Crime Novels".
However, despite claims made on a number of websites, Crumley does not seem to have been either a winner or a nominee for a Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for The Last Good Kiss or any other novel.
The detective "Crumley" in Ray Bradbury's trilogy of mystery novels (Death Is a Lonely Business, A Graveyard for Lunatics, and Let's All Kill Constance) is named in tribute to him.
Film
For about a decade, Crumley worked intermittently in Hollywood, writing original scripts that were never produced, or acting as a script doctor. In that time he co-wrote with Rob Sullivan the screenplay for the Western film The Far Side of Jericho, which debuted at the Santa Fe Film Festival on December 10, 2006 and was released on DVD in the United States on August 21, 2007. He worked on a number of drafts of the screenplay for the film adaptation of the comic strip Judge Dredd (1995), though none of his ideas were used in the final film. His commissioned but unproduced screenplay for the film The Pigeon Shoot was published in a limited edition. Additionally, Crumley provided the commentary for the 2002 English-language French film L'esprit de la route by Matthieu Serveau.
Regarding his impression of the film industry, Crumley said: "If you back up into a room in Hollywood with your britches down and something odd happens to you, it’s not their fault!"
Works
One to Count Cadence (1969) – novel, Vietnam
The Wrong Case (1975) – novel, Milo Milodragovitch series
The Last Good Kiss (1978) – novel, C.W. Sughrue series
Dancing Bear (1983) – novel, Milo series
Pigeon Shoot (1987) – unproduced screenplay, limited edition
Whores (1988) – short stories
Muddy Fork and Other Things (1991) – short fiction and essays
The Mexican Tree Duck (1993) – novel, Sughrue series, winner 1994 Dashiell Hammett Award
Bordersnakes (1996) – novel, Sughrue and Milo series
The Putt at the End of the World (2000) – collaborative novel
The Final Country (2001) – novel, Milo series
The Right Madness (2005) – novel, Sughrue series
Quotes
It's done. This may not be my final country. I can still taste the bear in the back of my throat, bitter with the blood of the innocent, and somewhere in my old heart I can still remember the taste of love. Perhaps this is just a resting place. A warm place to drink cold beer. But wherever my final country is, my ashes will go back to Montana when I die. Maybe I've stopped looking for love. Maybe not. Maybe I will go to Paris. Who knows? But I'll sure as hell never go back to Texas again.The Final Country (2001)
When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon.The Last Good Kiss (1978)
Son, never trust a man who doesn't drink because he's probably a self-righteous sort, a man who thinks he knows right from wrong all the time. Some of them are good men, but in the name of goodness, they cause most of the suffering in the world. They're the judges, the meddlers. And, son, never trust a man who drinks but refuses to get drunk. They're usually afraid of something deep down inside, either that they're a coward or a fool or mean and violent. You can't trust a man who's afraid of himself. But sometimes, son, you can trust a man who occasionally kneels before a toilet. The chances are that he is learning something about humility and his natural human foolishness, about how to survive himself. It's damned hard for a man to take himself too seriously when he's heaving his guts into a dirty toilet bowl.The Wrong Case (1975)
References
Notes
Further reading
"James Crumley". Dictionary of Literary Biography. Volume 226: American Hard-Boiled Crime Writers. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000.
"James Crumley". Contemporary Authors. Volume 121. Detroit: Gale Group, 2004.
Archival sources
The James Crumley Papers are housed at the Wittliff Collections, Texas State University in San Marcos.
External links
James Crumley Papers, at the Texas State University-San Marcos
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Bekilli is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 304 km2, and its population is 6,424 (2022). Bekilli district area neighbors the district areas of Çal and Çivril, both also depending Denizli to the west, south and east, and those of two districts of Uşak Province to the north, namely Ulubey and Karahallı.
The town of Bekilli is located in the inner Aegean region midway between the province seats of Denizli and Uşak, at a distance of from the first and from the second.
The town is renowned for its vineyards and celebrates an annual wine festival. Viticulture is a principal constituent of local culture.
Until the confirmation of its site slightly north of the town and south of the present-day neighboring district center of Karahallı, at a very short distance from Bekilli, the location of Bekilli was one of the leading candidates matched with ancient Pepuza (as well as its neighboring Tymion), associated with Montanism. Nevertheless, there are interesting and yet largely unexplored traces dating from Phrygian, Lydian, Roman and early Christian and Byzantine periods within Bekilli district area itself.
Composition
There are 15 neighbourhoods in Bekilli District:
Bahçeli
Bükrüce
Çamköy
Çoğaşlı
Deşdemir
Gömce
İkizbaba
Köselli
Kutlubey
Poyrazlı
Sırıklı
Üçkuyu
Yahyalar
Yeni
Yeşiloba
References
External links
The local radio station
Bekilli Municipality
Prefecture of Bekilli
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bekilli |
David Janson (born David Jackson, 30 March 1950) is an English actor and theatre director whose stage debut was in Oliver! in 1962. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963 in A Midsummer Night's Dream and appeared as the young boy (during Ringo's walk) in The Beatles film A Hard Day's Night (billed as "David Jaxon").
Notable roles
Janson became well known for his role as Jimmy Harker in the 1960s British soap opera The Newcomers. He later starred in the sitcom Get Some In!. He also replaced Richard Gibson as the Gestapo officer Herr Otto Flick in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! in its final 1992 series, after playing Adolf Hitler's double in an episode of series 8.
He has also appeared in a variety of other roles including in Softly, Softly, Doomwatch, Jason King, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Brush Strokes, T-Bag Strikes Again, Ever Decreasing Circles, the postman in Keeping Up Appearances, The Upper Hand and Don't Rock the Boat.
In 2019 he directed the stage show Hormonal Housewives.
Personal life
Janson was married to actress Debbie Arnold, who played April Branning in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders in 1996. They were married for 13 years, divorcing in 2002. The couple have two daughters, including Hollyoaks actress Ciara Janson. The couple worked on the Streamline English as a Foreign Language video series. He played the role of Kevin Smith, with Arnold playing his wife Sharon Smith.
Television roles
References
External links
1950 births
Living people
English male television actors
People from Gravesend, Kent
Actors from Clapham
Male actors from London
Male actors from Kent
20th-century English male actors
21st-century English male actors
Royal Shakespeare Company members
British male comedy actors | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Janson |
Beyağaç is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 333 km2, and its population is 6,197 (2022). Beyağaç district area neighbors those of three other districts of Denizli Province from the north-west to the south-east, namely Kale, Tavas and Acıpayam and the central district and Köyceğiz district of Muğla Province to its west. It is closer to the neighboring provincial seat of Muğla than its own. Among the districts of Denizli Province as a whole, Beyağaç is the one which is the closest to the Turkish Riviera coastline, along its Marmaris, Köyceğiz and Fethiye axis.
The district center first came into existence as a large village with the fusion in 1996 of two neighboring villages, Eskere and Sarıyer, under the name Beyağaç (meaning 'Gentleman's tree'). Beyağaç was made into a municipality in 1972, and was under Kale as its district center and became a district center of its own in the year 1991. The present name Beyağaç literally means "the venerable tree", a reference to ancient black pine forests that surround the town and which are under protection. Beyağaç has seven depending villages.
The district is renowned for its extremely rich flora, with a number of endemic species.
A notable sight of interest in Beyağaç is Lake Kartal Glacier Valley, accessible by jeeps leaving from Beyağaç town center and by following a country road along forests. The altitude of the valley starts from 2261 m at Ulugöl Peak, one of the summits of the Mount Sandıras, the dominating mountainous mass of the district. The valley inclines gradually during its length and its width varies between 500–700 meters, bordered by steep cliffs. It is sprinkled with 250- to 700-year-old black pine trees and is marked at 1900 m altitude by Lake Kartal, which gives its name to the valley. The valley is of astounding beauty and is a protected natural site since 1990.
Further to the valley and nearer to Beyağaç, (21 km distance) are the areas of other protected sites such as Topuklu plain and Çiçekbaba peak, with some of the trees here being even older.
Composition
There are 15 neighbourhoods in Beyağaç District:
Çamlık
Cumhuriyet
Eşenler
Fatih
Geriçam
Hürriyet
Kapuz
Kızılcaağaç
Pınarönü
Sazak
Subaşı
Uzunoluk
Yeniçeşme
Yenimahalle
Zafer
References
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beya%C4%9Fa%C3%A7 |
Bozkurt is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 462 km2, and its population is 12,331 (2022). The town is situated on a plain east of the city of Denizli. The altitude of the town is 867 m. It is quite close to the Lake Acıgöl and the neighboring town of Çardak and İnceler Kasabası
This is high country inland from the Aegean and Mediterranean, and has hot, dry summers and cold, wet winters.
During the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) refugees from Bulgaria were settled on the plain, which was then known as Hanabat after a Seljuk Turkish caravanserai that stands within the boundaries of the present-day neighboring district of Çardak. Immigration from Bulgaria continued until recent times.
This is an agricultural district, with irrigation systems currently being constructed.
Karagöl, literally "the black lake", is situated on top of the mountain on the slopes of which the town of Bozkurt is located. Karagöl is at an altitude of 1,250m and is an area of dense forests centered on several small crater lakes which are also fed by streams.
Composition
There are 20 neighbourhoods in Bozkurt District:
Alikurt
Armutalanı
Avdan
Baklankuyucak
Barbaros
Başçeşme
Çambaşı
Cumalı
Fatih
Hamidiye
Hayrettinköy
İnceler
İncelertekkesi
Mahmudiye
Mecidiye
Mehmetcik
Mimar Sinan
Sazköy
Tutluca
Yenibağlar
References
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozkurt%2C%20Denizli |
New Sarepta is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada, within Leduc County. It is located approximately east of the City of Leduc along Highway 21.
New Sarepta dissolved from village status to become a hamlet on September 1, 2010. It originally incorporated as a village on January 1, 1960.
History
Name
The ancient Phoenician city of Sarepta was located on the Mediterranean coast of today's Lebanon, approximately at the site of the modern village of Sarafand, between Sidon and Tyre.
Sarepta was also mentioned, as Zarephath, in the Old Testament (I Kings 17:9), as the home of Elijah during a drought and famine.
In the 18th century (1765-1773), Moravian Brethren from Germany established the village of Sarepta, Volgograd, Russia. About a century after its founding, the larger German Lutheran Church in Russia began efforts to take Sarepta under its wing. Many of the Moravian Brethren objected, moving elsewhere in Russia, then choosing to emigrate to the Western Hemisphere, including Canada.
Some of these settlers, part of the Germans from Russia diaspora, established a new village in Canada's North-West Territories. From various suggestions, approximately 60 people in the new community signed a document favouring the name Sarepta, honouring their previous village. The government of the North-West Territories designated the name Sarepta to this settlement on October 2, 1904. When the new province of Alberta was split from the North-West Territories in 1905, the government added "New" to distinguish it from the existing place name in Ontario. The Moravian Brethren also felt that it honored and distinguished their newer community from the earlier biblical and Russian villages.
Timeline
1906 New Sarepta School District #1548 was established.
1912 Long Prairie Store located in New Sarepta area.
1915 Railroad service extended through New Sarepta.
1916 First post office opened.
1920 Moravian Church was established in area led by Rev. William Scheel.
1921 Grain elevator built.
1927 New Sarepta village school was organized.
1928 First hotel opened.
1944 Curling rink was built.
1949 Oil boom in Alberta.
1960 New Sarepta incorporated as a village.
1962 New Sarepta Rural Fire was incorporated.
1972 Agriculture building was built.
1984 Tire & Girdle Store was built.
2010 Government of Alberta dissolved the village into a hamlet within Leduc County on September 1, 2010.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, New Sarepta had a population of 495 living in 194 of its 203 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 522. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, New Sarepta had a population of 522 living in 195 of its 219 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 491. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Religious assemblies
St. John's Lutheran Church
The House of Prayer (formerly New Sarepta Country Church)
Zion Evangelical Missionary Church
Education
New Sarepta has one elementary school and one high school, both operated by Black Gold Regional Schools.
Recreation
Winter
New Sarepta Minor Hockey Association
New Sarepta Skating Club [No Club 2006–present]
Girl Guides
senior floor curling
Summer
baseball
slowpitch
softball
running track
basketball courts
playgrounds
Bent Stik Golf Course
New Sarepta Minor Soccer Association
See also
List of communities in Alberta
List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
List of hamlets in Alberta
References
2010 disestablishments in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta
Former villages in Alberta
Hamlets in Alberta
Populated places disestablished in 2010
History of the America (North) Province of the Moravian Church
Leduc County | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Sarepta |
Buldan is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 523 km2, and its population is 26,630 (2022). Buldan district area neighbors to the east and the south three other districts of the same province, namely Güney, Pamukkale and Sarayköy, and to the west by the areas of three districts of Aydın Province, Buharkent, Kuyucak and Karacasu, and to the northwest by Sarıgöl district of Manisa Province.
The town of Buldan is located at a distance of from the province seat of Denizli and lies at an altitude of 690 meters. It extends along a pretty hilltop area, with hillsides covered with pomegranates, figs, vines and blackberries. There are lovely views from the high meadows. Kestane Deresi (Chestnut Stream) is a favourite popular excursion spot situated in the upper parts of the main town.
Buldan's depending township of Yenicekent is the site of ancient Tripolis of Phrygia.
Buldan cloth production
Historically, the town has been a very important center of Turkey's textile industry, a tradition it actively pursues to this day, still largely based on independent craftspersons.
Sanjak (subprovince) of Denizli was the most vibrant center cloth production center in western Anatolia during the later 19th century and the fame of the region rested at the time on the output of two of depending large villages, Buldan and Kadıköy, as well as the neighboring town of Babadağ.
Buldan was famed for a thin handwoven cheesecloth-type fabric, with laced edges and used chiefly for bed covers and table cloths, called as "Buldan bezi" (Buldan clothes) under the name of locality. Already back in the 19th century, the townspeople wove 40,000 pieces of all-cotton colored striped cloth used called alaca used for attires and a similar number of cotton and mattress clothes. Buldan weavers also produced over one-half million handkerchiefs and a large number of cotton curtains. Another textile from Buldan that deserves mention is a vivid violet silk (peştemal) woven as a rectangular panel to be wrapped around the body. Yet another is kaplama, colorful head coverings typical of Turkey's Aegean Region and worn by men and women alike with different colors associated with each gender and various regions. Thanks to sizable production effort, the number of looms in Buldan had risen to 1,500 by the end of the 19th century.
The town's expertise reaches further back in time and a sign at the town entry greets visitors with the pride expressed for having woven the kaftan of Beyazid I the Thunderbolt for his marriage with Hafsa Hatun, daughter of Aydinid İsa Bey, in 1390. Tripolis (Phrygia) itself, a first-century AD Roman foundation, may have had the weaving industry as its reason for coming into existence.
17th century Ottoman documents also mention Buldan's importance as a textile production center, informing that until circa 1650s, the cotton cloth woven in Buldan, Denizli and Manisa was taken to Tire for dyeing, after which time that part of the operation also started to be handled locally.
Population history
Buldan's population has grown slowly since 1955. The population of the municipality of Buldan is shown below, in its geography at the years given. Note that the municipality of Buldan was expanded to cover the whole Buldan District in 2013.
Composition
There are 45 neighbourhoods in Buldan District:
4 Eylül
Aktaş
Alacaoğlu
Alandız
Beyler
Boğazçiftlik
Bölmekaya
Bostanyeri
Bozalan
Bursa
Çamköy
Çarşı
Çatak
Çaybaşı
Cumhuriyet
Derbent
Dımbazlar
Doğan
Düzalan
Girne
Gölbaşı
Gülalan
Güroluk
Hasanbeyler
Helvacılar
Kadıköy
Karaköy
Karşıyaka
Kaşıkçı
Kırandamı
Kovanoluk
Kurtuluş
Kurudere
Mahmutlu
Oğuz
Sarımahmutlu
Süleymanlı
Turan
Türlübey
Yalçınkaya
Yayla
Yeni
Yeniçam
Yenicekent
Yeşildere
See also
Tripolis of Phrygia
References
Sources
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buldan |
Çameli is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 758 km2, and its population is 17,549 (2022). It is a wooded highland area at the western end of the Taurus Mountains.
The highest peak in the district is Akdağ (3213 m). Summers are cool and winters are cold and wet. The area is under snow in winter.
Composition
There are 31 neighbourhoods in Çameli District:
Akpınar
Arıkaya
Ayvacık
Belevi
Bıçakçı
Çamlıbel
Cevizli
Çiğdemli
Cumaalanı
Elmalı
Emecik
Ericek
Gökçeyaka
Gürsu
Güzelyurt
İmamlar
Kalınkoz
Karabayır
Kınıkyeri
Kirazlıyayla
Kızılyaka
Kocaova
Kolak
Sarıkavak
Sofular
Taşçılar
Yaylapınar
Yeni
Yeşilyayla
Yumrutaş
Yunuspınarı
References
External links
District governor's official website
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87ameli |
Bandar Khayran () is a coastal town in northeastern Oman. It is located at around .
Populated places in Oman
Populated coastal places in Oman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar%20Khayran |
Çardak is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 423 km2, and its population is 8,452 (2022). It is situated on the road from Denizli to Ankara near the banks of the Lake Acıgöl.
Denizli's airport (Çardak Airport) is in Çardak.
A very notable sight in the town is the caravanserai of Hanabad, built in the 13th century by the local ruler Esedüddin Ayaz during the reign of Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I. It bears typical characteristics of Seljuk caravanserais and on its stones are carved fish, cow and human relics.
A small village until the early years of the Turkish Republic, Çardak started growing as of 1958 when it was made into a district. Streets and buildings are well arranged and it is a tidy little town.
The economy is based on agriculture, and surface mining of sodium sulfate reserves in Lake Acıgöl whose name means "the bitter lake". Services rendered to the airport are also taking an increasingly important share in the town's economy. Hanabad Caravanserai is being restored.
Composition
There are 15 neighbourhoods in Çardak District:
Ayvaz
Bahçelievler
Beylerli
Çaltı
Çınar
Cumhuriyet
Gemişli
Gemişpınarı
Gölcük
Hayriye
Hürriyet
İstiklal
Saray
Söğütlü
Söğütözü
See also
Çardak Airport
Lake Acıgöl
References
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87ardak |
Kale is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 684 km2, and its population is 19,202 (2022). It is near the town of Tavas. Kale is a 45-minute drive from Denizli on the road from the city of Denizli to the Aegean city of Muğla. The mayor is Mehmet Salih Sağınç (AKP), elected in 2019.
The climate is hot in summer, cold in winter and being high up the summer evenings are cool as well.
History
Kale means castle in Turkish and in antiquity the castle of Tabae (or Tabai, Taba Tabenon) stood high on a rock commanding a mountain pass (although there are many places called Tabae and it may be that this was simply the word for rock.) The castle was apparently built by the followers of Alexander the Great, and coinage was minted here in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
The area remained under Byzantine rule until the beginning of the 12th century when it fell to the Seljuk Turks, who ruled until the late 13th century, when Seljuk power was weakened in the wake of Mongol invasion. The area was brought into the Ottoman Empire in 1424 by Murat II.
Composition
There are 32 neighbourhoods in Kale District:
Adamharmanı
Alanyurt
Belenköy
Çakırbağ
Çamlarca
Cevherpaşa
Cumhuriyet
Demirciler
Doğanköy
Esenkaya
Gökçeören
Gölbaşı
Gülbağlık
Habipler
Hürriyet
İnceğiz
Karaköy
Karayayla
Kayabaşı
Kırköy
Koçarboğazı
Köprübaşı
Künar
Muslugüme
Narlı
Ortaköy
Ortatepe
Özlüce
Toki
Uluçam
Yenidere
Yeniköy
Kale today
Kale is famous for growing tobacco and peppers and they have an annual pepper harvest festival.
References
Populated places in Denizli Province
Districts of Denizli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kale%2C%20Denizli |
Bayerische Landesbank, also known as BayernLB, is a publicly regulated bank based in Munich, Germany and one of the six Landesbanken. It is 75% owned by the Free State of Bavaria (indirectly via BayernLB Holding AG) and 25% owned by the Sparkassenverband Bayern, the umbrella organization of Bavarian Sparkassen. With a balance of €220 billion and 7,703 employees (in the group; 3,343 in the bank itself), it is the seventh-largest financial institution in Germany.
Main business activities
As a commercial bank, BayernLB Group offers private and commercial customers a universal range of services in private, industrial, investment and foreign business. This includes loans, securities trading and asset management, as well as mid-term and long-term bond issuance and securitization. The bank is refinanced through a variety of commercial debenture instruments.
As a state and municipal bank, BayernLB is responsible for comprehensive credit and financial counsel for the state of Bavaria and its municipalities and districts.
Through its subsidiaries, the bank is involved in a variety of further business areas. The Bayerische Landesbodenkreditanstalt is an organ of state housing policy. Through its full ownership of the Deutsche Kreditbank, based in Berlin, BayernLB is also involved in retail banking.
History
Through its predecessor, the Bayerische Gemeindebank (founded 1914), and its much older subsidiary, the Bayerische Landesbodenkreditanstalt (founded 1884), BayernLB can claim to have more than 100 years of history. In its current form, the bank was founded by law on June 27, 1972, through the merger of the two institutions. Its first President was CSU veteran politician Karl Theodor Jacob. Later managers and Board members would also frequently be drawn from politics.
The bank expanded internationally in the 1990s, gaining toeholds in East Asia, Eastern Europe and the United States. Through the 2007 acquisition of a 50.01% share in Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International for a sum of €1.625 billion, BayernLB expanded its geographic presence to Austria and the Balkans.
Involvement in the mortgage crisis
In early 2008 it was revealed that BayernLB had made large losses due to investments in sub-prime mortgage securities in the United States. Although the extent of these investments has been the topic of speculation, it was revealed from the company's Q2 2008 financial report that over €24 billion had been invested in critical securities, with losses of 2.3 billion euros in 2007 and a further 2 billion euros in the first quarter of 2008.
The heavy public criticism took its first toll in March 2008 when CEO Werner Schmidt resigned less than a week after the bank wrote down €1.9 billion as a result of the US subprime crisis. The crisis also consumed the governing CSU party and its chairman, Erwin Huber, who as Bavarian Minister of Finance was the acting chair of the bank's Administrative Council and was accused of covering up the extent of losses. The bank and the losses were major factors in the September, 2008 parliamentary elections, in which the CSU had its worst election result since 1962 and Huber resigned. Later that year, BayernLB became the first German financial institution to accept assistance from the federal government's €500 billion rescue package. The state of Bavaria injected 10 billion euros in capital into the lender and gave it €4.8 billion in guarantees for a portfolio of complex securities that turned sour after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. At the time, BayernLB agreed to repay 5 billion by 2019, while 5 billion euros would remain in the bank as part of Bavaria's 75 percent stake in the lender. Local savings banks own the rest.
The bank representatives advise economy was not ready for an increase in borrowing costs, and so the goal is to keep interest rates on hold. But it said it would end some of the measures it had introduced during the global downturn to increase the amount of money in the financial system. The German economy later recovered from recession but growth has flatlined since 2012. This is in stark contrast to more developed economies that fell into recession.
Post-crisis developments
In 2010, BayernLB held preliminary talks over a possible merger with WestLB but discussions were broken off after only a few weeks. That same year, it became the first of Germany's bailed-out Landesbanken to return to profitability, making pre-tax profits of about 885 million euros. By 2014, BayernLB returned 2.7 billion euros to its state owner Bavaria; in 2016, it repaid another 1.3 billion euros. The final tranche of 1 billion euros was paid in June 2017.
In 2016, BayernLB entered into a partnership with Standard Chartered through which the latter will help finance Asian operations for German export-oriented small and medium-sized businesses.
BayernLB (Bayerische Landesbank) has concluded its EU state aid proceedings in June 2017 ahead of schedule, having repaid a total of almost 5.5 billion euros to the Free State of Bavaria. Under a ruling by the EU in 2012, BayernLB was required to pay a total of 4.96 billion euros to the Free State of Bavaria by 2019 at the latest. The early repayment of the last outstanding state-aid money was made possible by BayernLB's strong business performance and the solid capital base that goes with it. The responsible authorities (ECB, German Bundesbank, BaFin and the European Commission) also acknowledged BayernLB's financial stability by approving the payout of the silent partner contributions. As member of a protection scheme for Germany's Landesbanken, BayernLB had to pay 120 million euros for the NordLB rescue deal struck in February 2019.
Controversy
In 2011, the bank's former chief risk officer was arrested after he received an alleged $50 million corrupt payment in connection with the bank's 2005 sale of a stake in Formula One motor racing.
In a 2012 suit filed in a New York court, BayernLB asserted that Deutsche Bank sold residential mortgage-backed securities to external clients while secretly criticizing them within the bank and ultimately profiting from their failure. By 2014, both banks agreed to settle the $810 million lawsuit out of court.
A number of legal cases over BayernLB's €1.63 billion acquisition of Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International Group AG in 2007 have marred relations between Bavaria and its southern neighbor Austria. In 2014, former chief executive Werner Schmidt was found guilty of bribing the late Austrian politician Jörg Haider to facilitate the acquisition. In what was the first case in Germany to put management board members on trial for overpaying for an acquisition, seven former BayernLB executives went on trial over claims they overpaid by €550 million when they purchased the majority stake of Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank.
In June 2023, a German advisory panel on Nazi-looted art recommended a painting by Wassily Kandinsky in the bank's collection be restituted to the descendants of the Jewish family that originally owned the artwork. On July 24, 2023, BayernLB announced that it had decided to return the 1907 tempera painting, Colorful Life, to the heirs of Emanuel Lewenstein.
See also
SaarLB (75.1%) (Saarland Landesbank)
Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) (direct bank)
MKB Bank (Hungarian bank)
MKB Romexterra Bank (Romanian Bank)
Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International (Austrian bank, was a subsidiary)
MKB Unionbank (Bulgarian Bank)
References
External links
BayernLB
Landesbanks
Financial services companies based in Munich
1972 establishments in West Germany
Banks established in 1972
Banks under direct supervision of the European Central Bank | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayerische%20Landesbank |
Loyola Field House was an indoor arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. It hosted the ABA's New Orleans Buccaneers for two seasons (1967–68 and 1968–69), and the NBA's New Orleans Jazz (1974–1975). It was also the home venue for Loyola Wolf Pack basketball. The arena held 6,500 people.
History
The Field House was built on the campus of Loyola University in New Orleans in 1954 as a home for the university's basketball team.
When the ABA awarded New Orleans a franchise in 1967, the Bucs made an agreement to play their home games at the Field House. They advanced to the ABA Finals in 1967–68, losing to the Pittsburgh Pipers in seven games. The team was led by Doug Moe and Larry Brown, ABA stars and future successful coaches. For the 1969–1970 season, their third, the team moved to Tulane Gymnasium and the Municipal Auditorium. After the season, the team relocated to Memphis as the Memphis Pros.
The New Orleans Jazz played some of their home games at the Field House for their inaugural 1974–75 season.
When Loyola dropped varsity sports after the 1971–72 school year, the building became the Recreation Center, with most of the seating torn out. The building was demolished in 1986 to make way for a new Recreational Sports Complex and parking garage.
References
New Orleans Jazz (NBA team)
New Orleans Buccaneers
Loyola Wolf Pack men's basketball
Former National Basketball Association venues
American Basketball Association venues
Defunct college basketball venues in the United States
Defunct indoor arenas in the United States
Defunct sports venues in New Orleans
Demolished sports venues in Louisiana
Basketball venues in New Orleans
Indoor arenas in New Orleans
1954 establishments in Louisiana
1986 disestablishments in Louisiana
Sports venues demolished in 1986
Sports venues completed in 1954
New Orleans Buccaneers venues | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyola%20Field%20House |
Nobleford is a town in southern Alberta, Canada that is approximately northwest of the City of Lethbridge. It has emerged as a bedroom community of Lethbridge.
History
The hamlet of Noble was established in 1909. It was named after Charles S. Noble, who owned much land in the area and built many of the local buildings. In 1910, Noble moved his family to the area from Claresholm. The hamlet was renamed Nobleford in 1913, in order to differentiate from a community in Ontario.
On February 28, 1918, Nobleford was incorporated as a village, and its first mayor was Noble. A century later to the day, Nobleford incorporated as a town on February 28, 2018.
A major employer in Nobleford from the 1930s to 1998 was a cultivator factory established by Charles Noble, manufacturing variations of the Noble blade. This reduced-tillage plow was designed to cut weed roots below the soil surface without greatly disturbing the soil, thus minimizing moisture loss in the dry, windy climate of southern Alberta.
Government
The town is governed by a council comprising a mayor, a deputy mayor, and three councillors.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Nobleford had a population of 1,438 living in 446 of its 462 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,278. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Nobleford recorded a population of 1,278 living in 404 of its 427 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 1,000. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Transportation
Nobleford is located on Highway 519, just east of Highway 23. It is also serviced by rail.
Education
The town is served by Noble Central School, a K-12 public school that opened in 1949. It employs 15 teachers and several educational assistants, and provides education to many of the children in the town and the surrounding rural area.
Amenities
The Community Complex is one of the more popular recreational facilities in Nobleford. It houses a curling rink, a large meeting room and an auditorium; it is used for such events as dances weddings and various sports.
In addition, Nobleford is home to three baseball diamonds, two soccer fields, a climbing wall, a tennis court, a skating rink, a skate park and a picnic shelter and barbecue.
Nearby Keho Lake is a popular recreational destination, most well known among windsurfers and kiteboarders, and an important agricultural water reservoir. Anglers also frequent the lake, in which northern pike, walleye, and burbot can be found. Adjacent to the lake is a nine-hole golf course.
See also
List of communities in Alberta
List of towns in Alberta
References
External links
1918 establishments in Alberta
Lethbridge County
Towns in Alberta | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobleford |
Prentis Hancock (born 14 May 1942) is a British actor, best known for his television roles.
He was a regular cast member of the first season of science fiction series Space: 1999 as Paul Morrow, and also appeared in a number of Doctor Who stories throughout the 1970s - Spearhead from Space and Planet of the Daleks with Jon Pertwee, and Planet of Evil and The Ribos Operation with Tom Baker.
Other TV appearances include Spy Trap (as Lieutenant Sanders), Z-Cars, Colditz, Survivors, The New Avengers, Secret Army, Return of the Saint, Minder, Chocky's Children, The Professionals and The Bill.
His film credits include The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) and Defence of the Realm (1985).
Filmography
Television
Space: 1999 (1975-1976)
Doctor Who (1970-1978)
The Protectors (1973)
Film
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
Defence of the Realm (1985)
References
External links
1942 births
Living people
Scottish male television actors | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prentis%20Hancock |
Adam () is a town in the region Ad Dakhiliyah, in northeastern Oman.
Adam is a wilayah (province) in the Interior Governorate of Oman. Many prominent Omani figures, including Imam Ahmed bin Said, the founder of the Al Busaidi dynasty, originated from this wilayah. Adam serves as a gateway to Dhofar Governorate and is surrounded by orchards irrigated by aflaj (traditional irrigation system).
The wilayah is named after "Adim al-Ard" which refers to the surface shape of the land. There is another meaning to its name, which is the fertile land located in the middle of the desert. People commonly refer to it as "Al Sakbiyah" due to its fertility throughout the year on one hand, and the influx of guests on the other hand.
The population of Adam is estimated to be around 20,000 people.
Location
The total area of the state is estimated to be about 15,000 square kilometers, with a large portion of it being occupied by desert. The state of Adam is located in the southernmost part of the Interior Governorate and is considered its main gateway from the south. Due to its strategic location, the (Nizwa - Salalah) road is a vital artery that passes through its center. It is approximately 225 kilometers away from Muscat Governorate, 860 kilometers away from Dhofar Governorate, and about 76 kilometers away from Nizwa State. It is bordered by the states of Nizwa and Manah to the north, Haima and Mahout to the south, Al Mudaybi to the east, and Bahla and Ibri to the west.
History
The history of the Wilayat of Adam dates back to pre-Islamic times. Adam has several meanings in Arabic but most likely means the fertile land. The most notable places are Harrat Al Ain, Harrat al Bousaid, Harrat Al Hawashim, and Harrat Bani Shiban, where several archeological sites have been found, and Harr Al Jamii, which is more recent. The town is from Muscat on the Salalah road, at the southernmost end of Dakhiliya's border with Sharqiya region. It is the last green oasis before the desert. Here you can see ancient forts, citadels and towers, mosques and deserted traditional souqs. Adam is adjacent to Manah and Bahla to the north, Mahout and Haima in the Al Wusta region to the south, Wilayat Ibri of the Dhahirah region to the southwest and Wilayat at Mudhaibi of the Sharqiya region to the east. Its population numbers 13,000 in 60 villages.
Yaqut al-Hamawi, in his book "Mu'jam al-Buldan" (Dictionary of Countries), described it as "Adam, with the opening of its first and second letters, from the northern regions of Amman." Adam was a center for the convergence of trade caravans coming from the Levant and vice versa during the pre-Islamic era. Sources mention that the Bani Shayban neighborhood was a center for these traders, and this is supported by the discovery of artifacts during the restoration of a mosque near the area, such as swords, horse bridles, and roosters. Its history dates back to the time of the Yarubids.
Affiliated Villages
The number of villages belonging to the state of Adam is about 59 villages, 24 of which are located within the state center. The most important of these are the areas of Harat Bani Shibban, Al Rahba, Al Sileel, Al Jamea, Hisn Al Hawashim, Al Rughah, Hala Al Awasim, Al Nahda, Al Alaya, Al Qalaa, Al Sha'abiyah, Al Samirat, Harat Bani Wael, and Al Mukhtabiyah, and Harat Al Anab, and Hay Al Sakbiyah, and Al Baysitin.
The villages located outside the state center number 35 villages, the most important of which are Sana'a, Al Sameti, Al Hajr, Al Hadithah, Qarn Al Alam, Al Ghayzaranah, Wadi Halfin, Al Haqf, Ras Al Jabal, and Al Ghabaytah.
Prominent figures
Many prominent scholars have emerged from the state of Oman's history:
* Ahmed bin Said Al Busaidi, the grandfather of the ruling family and the founder of the Al Busaidi dynasty, left the state and moved to the state of Sohar, where his house still stands today.
* Darwish bin Jumah Al Mahrouqi, the author of the book "Al-Dalail fi Al-Lawazim wa Al-Masa'il" (The Evidence on Obligations and Issues), was born in the Al Rughah region, passed away there, and was buried in a cemetery named after him.
* Sheikh Al-Faqih Ali bin Said Al Mahrouqi.
Historical monuments
The Al-Jami Mosque, which was built during the Azd period in 717 AH, located in the Al-Busaidi Mosque area, is an architectural masterpiece and a landmark for artistic advancement in the field of architectural engineering. It is also evidence of the Omani people's interest in mosques throughout Al-Ghubra. Other notable mosques in the area include the Al-Mahlabiya bint Abi Safra Mosque, Al-Rahba Mosque, Al-Ghariqa Mosque, Al-Hawashim Mosque, Al-Shabana Mosque, and Al-Rawgha Mosque. Additionally, the region is characterized by the presence of several ancient mud-brick alleys with exquisite architectural designs that have made them withstand natural forces. Among the most important of these alleys are Bani Shiban Alley, Al-Jami Alley, Al-Hawashim Alley, Mabirz Alley, and Al-Majabira Alley.
Old lanes
Harat Bani Shayban: This neighborhood is considered the oldest and most prestigious in the province, and it has an ancient market that stands tall as if caravans of winter and summer journeys pass through it.
Harat Al-Busa'id : One of the ancient neighborhoods in the province where the founder of the Busaid state was born.
Harat Al-Majabira : It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the province, and the Majabira Tower stands tall in it, built in the 18th century.
Harat Mabirz: One of the oldest and most architecturally beautiful neighborhoods, preceded by the famous Rahba Mosque in the province, and the Rahba Tower stands tall in it.
Harat Al-Souq: It is characterized by its beautiful character and includes several beautiful old buildings.
Among the old and well-known neighborhoods in the province are Harat Bani Wael and Harat Al-Hawashim, which contain memories and a history that its people are proud of.
Forts and Castles
Adam Fortress, which was built during the reign of the Yaruba dynasty and is located in the heart of the province, is considered a complete heritage landmark. It was established to serve as the seat of government, the residence of the governor, and a place for teaching Sharia law. Due to the strategic location of the province, it was occasionally subjected to tribal harassment, as the tribes coveted its resources. This led the locals to establish fortresses, namely, the Fort of Falaj Al Ain, located on the outskirts of the province from the north, and the Fort of Falaj Al Malih, located on the outskirts of the province from the west. All of these fortresses are situated on the heads of the springs to prevent attackers from gaining control over the water sources of the province.
The ancient defensive fortifications in the state of Adam in the Interior Governorate vary between watchtowers, dawawis, and gates at the entrances of alleys, in addition to the towers and walls surrounding the alleys of the state.
The towers built with mud or Omani stone or both together are a testament to the architectural heritage of the state, where approximately 34 towers have been recorded in different areas of the state, and some of them are still standing to this day. Some of the towers include:
- Rahba Tower
- Majabira Tower
Cemeteries
In the state, there are many graves, the most important of which is Al-Eidain Cemetery, located east of Bani Shibban neighborhood, where Sheikh Drouish bin Jumah Al-Mahrouqi was buried. There is also Al-Aqiq Cemetery, Al-Zabar Cemetery, and Al-Sharm Cemetery.
Climate
See also
List of cities in Oman
Populated places in Oman
Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%2C%20Oman |
Cyrus Northrop Memorial Auditorium (commonly known as Northrop Auditorium or simply Northrop) is a performing arts venue at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is named in honor of Cyrus Northrop, the university's second president. Various events are held within the building, including concerts, ballet performances, lectures, and graduations.
Northrop anchors the north end of Northrop Mall, a grassy area at the center of campus that is bordered by the university's physics, mathematics, chemistry, and administration buildings, plus Walter Library. Coffman Memorial Union sits at the south end of the mall, opposite Northrop across Washington Avenue.
History
Construction
Northrop Auditorium was built between 1928 and 1929 as part of a major university expansion project. An auditorium had been part of Cass Gilbert's plan for Northrop Mall dating back to 1908, but it wasn't until 1922, when Cyrus Northrop died, that the university took serious interest in the project. Northrop Auditorium was dedicated both as a memorial to Cyrus Northrop and to the veterans of World War I. University officials raised $665,000 in student pledges, at an average of $80 per student, in a six-month period. It took three more years of fundraising and debate over the size and form of the auditorium before the project came to full fruition. The Greater University Corporation finally submitted a request to have the plans drawn up in the fall of 1926, with a cost not to exceed $1 million.
Frederick Mann, chair of the university's School of Architecture, submitted a building concept that featured a classical portico with pediment. However, the amount of ornamentation and sculptural carving required for the design would have exceeded cost limits and appeared incongruous with the more understated buildings on the sides of the mall. Project architect Clarence H. Johnston Sr. thus toned down Mann's design by making the pediment flat and by turning the roof behind it into a gable. Johnston borrowed some design elements from the portico of the Low Memorial Library at Columbia University for the revised design. The proportions of the frieze and attic, the Ionic order, and the count of ten columns matched those from the Low Library, but the monumental gable parapet had no resemblance to the library's dome. Plans were completed in February 1928, after much debate. The inscription on the attic was not decided upon until after the building was ready for occupancy, even though Johnston had requested the inscription be included in the building contract. The inscription reads: "The University of Minnesota: Founded in the Faith that Men are Ennobled by Understanding; Dedicated to the Advancement of Learning and the Search for Truth; Devoted to the Instruction of Youth and the Welfare of the State."
Northrop's grand opening occurred on October 22, 1929 with a performance by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. The celebration continued with a performance by the Boston Symphony on October 30 and the "Alumni and State Program" on November 15.
Programming
Since its construction, Northrop has been frequently used for a variety of university functions. The auditorium was purportedly designed in 1929 to seat the entire student population in the event of mass assembly. It became the primary venue for university graduations when it hosted its first graduating class in 1930. Free, public lectures were held at Northrop on a weekly basis until 1969 and less frequently through the 1970s. The auditorium was also used as a meeting place for large classes from 1959 until the 1990s.
Dance has been a part of Northrop's programming since Mary Wigman first performed on its stage in 1932. However, it was not until the 1970s that it became Northrop's signature marketing niche. The Northrop Dance Season debuted in 1970–1971 and continues to the present day. The size of Northrop's stage makes it one of the only facilities in the region capable of accommodating major dance productions.
Pop and rock concerts seldom occurred at Northrop during the first 45 years of its history. However, they became more frequent when the university's Board of Regents reversed a decades-old booking policy in 1974. A now-infamous 1990 performance by the B-52's is remembered for causing part of the auditorium's plaster ceiling to collapse.
Several organizations have been based at Northrop over the course of its history. The building housed the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra from the time of construction until 1973. The Weisman Art Museum was located within Northrop until a separate building was built in 1993. The University of Minnesota Marching Band regularly used the building for practice until 2009.
A sizable pipe organ was installed in the building between 1932 and 1936. With 6,982 pipes comprising 108 ranks and 81 speaking stops, it is the largest pipe organ in the Upper Midwest and the third largest Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ extant in the United States. The organ was removed from the building in 2011, but was restored and reinstalled between 2016 and 2017. The organ's return was celebrated with a pair of inaugural concerts on October 12 and 13, 2018.
Renovation
After eighty years of continuous use and timely decay, Northrop was in dire need of rehabilitation by the 2010s. An extensive interior renovation finally began in February 2011. With a design team led by architects Tim Carl and Jim Moore of HGA, the renovation project aimed to retain the building's historic character while making it a state-of-the-art performance space. The renovation reduced seating in the main theater from 4,847 to 2,692 and greatly improved sight lines and acoustics. The new design allowed for a second theater space with seating for 168 to be added on the fourth floor. Offices for the University Honors Program and Institute for Advanced Study, a backstage rehearsal studio, and a main floor cafe were also included in the new design. Important design features such as the proscenium arch and historic columns were preserved as part of the project. Memorial Hall, the building's historic lobby, received a full restoration.
Northrop reopened to the public on April 4, 2014. During the grand reopening celebration, university provost Karen Hanson delivered a speech addressing the history of Northrop and her vision for the future. Conversation with members of the audience produced a number of stories, including one about the ghost of a former stage manager. The American Ballet Theatre subsequently rechristened the stage with a performance of Giselle. Since then, Northrop has continued to serve as a center for art, entertainment, and various university functions. Dance performances and university graduations are held in the building regularly. Lectures and concerts are also common. It further serves as a popular study space for students during the day.
Northrop was formally listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to the Northrop Mall Historic District in January 2018.
Roof collapse
Around 7:30 PM on January 11, 2023, police and firefighters responded to reports of a loud noise heard at the building and found that the east side of the roof had partially collapsed. No injuries were sustained, though an adjacent underground parking garage was temporarily closed while the building was examined. The theater did not receive any damage and the building reopened on January 30. According to Northrop's blog, the cause of the collapse was a parapet wall failure. As of October 2023, the repairs have not yet been fully completed.
In popular culture
Exterior shots of Northrop can be seen in the 1972 film The Heartbreak Kid.
Northrop was used as a filming location for the 1994 film With Honors. In the film, Northrop stands in as the Widener Library at Harvard University.
Exterior shots of Northrop can be seen in the 2014 film Dear White People.
Northrop notably hosted the 7th annual NFL Honors awards show prior to Super Bowl LII in 2018. The event was televised on NBC.
Notable concerts
Igor Stravinsky
Louis Armstrong
Leonard Bernstein – 1945; 1947
Marian Anderson
Ella Fitzgerald
Van Cliburn – 1968
Grateful Dead – 1971
Peter, Paul and Mary
Pete Seeger
Joni Mitchell – 1976
Carole King
Bob Marley – 1978; 1979
Elton John – 1979
Frank Zappa – 1981; 1984
Bette Midler – 1983
Depeche Mode - 1988
James Taylor – 1986; 2002
The B-52's – 1990
Aretha Franklin – 1992
G3 Tour Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson – 1997
Bruce Springsteen – 1996; 2005
Sonny Rollins – 1998
Kenny G
Dolly Parton
Barry Manilow
Prince – 2000
Van Morrison – 2004; 2007
Sheryl Crow
John Mellencamp
Paul Simon – 2006
Neil Young – 2007; 2019
Bob Dylan – 2008
John Legend – 2008; 2017
Kraftwerk – 2015
Iggy Pop – 2016
Patti Smith – 2017
Diana Ross – 2017
Thom Yorke – 2018
Other notable events
Mary Wigman – January 12, 1932
Langston Hughes – 1935
Arnold Toynbee – 1955
Martin Luther King Jr. – October 16, 1959; January 28, 1963
Robert Frost
Metropolitan Opera – multiple dates
Buckminster Fuller – 1973
Alvin Ailey, American Ballet Theatre, and New York City Ballet – multiple dates
Martha Graham
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Robin Williams – April 16, 2002
The Dalai Lama
Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Joe Biden
Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson - October 20, 2001
Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, John Roberts, Elena Kagan, and Sandra Day O'Connor
Sherman Alexie
NFL Honors – February 3, 2018
Jane Goodall
Gloria Steinem
Walter Mondale memorial service - May 1, 2022
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett - October 16, 2023
Photo gallery
References
External links
Northrop
University of Minnesota
Buildings and structures in Minneapolis
Concert halls in Minnesota
Tourist attractions in Minneapolis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop%20Auditorium |
The Coconut Grove Convention Center (formerly the Dinner Key Auditorium, also known as the Coconut Grove Expo Center), was an indoor arena and exhibition hall in Miami, Florida. It originally had been built as a hangar at International Pan American Airport in Dinner Key. The venue closed in 2005 and was used as a production studio for six years. The building was demolished in 2013 and the site is now home to Regatta Park.
History
The building opened in 1917 as a hangar of the Dinner Key Naval Air Facility. The base was decommissioned in 1945 and sold to the city a year later. The main hangar was converted in 1950 into a non-air conditioned exhibition hall that doubled as an arena.
This was the site of the March 1, 1969 incident in which Jim Morrison of The Doors was arrested for allegedly exposing himself to the audience.
The Miami Floridians of the American Basketball Association played some of their home games at the auditorium in the 1969–70 season. Because the building was not air-conditioned, management would throw open the doors, forcing players to adjust their shots by the ocean breezes that whistled onto the court. The team finished with a 23–61 record.
More recently, Burn Notice, a USA Network drama series, used the Convention Center for production of the show. In 2012, however, Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff expressed a desire to raze the Center and build a bay-front park, noting a $1.8 million city cache in grant dollars for the project.
For the seventh and final season in 2013, USA Network agreed to use the Center with an increase of its rent from $240,000 to $450,000 a year -- just enough to cover the city's demolition costs, plus taxes, a studio spokeswoman confirmed. The Coconut Grove Convention Center was torn down in November 2013.
References
American Basketball Association venues
Basketball venues in Florida
Defunct indoor arenas in Florida
Sports venues in Miami
Defunct basketball venues in the United States
2013 disestablishments in Florida
Sports venues demolished in 2013
Demolished sports venues in Florida | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut%20Grove%20Convention%20Center |
Alfrederick Joyner (born January 19, 1960) is an American track and field coach and former athlete. He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He is the 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump. He was also the coach and husband of the late four-time Olympic medalist Florence Griffith Joyner and is the brother of six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
Career
A star athlete at Lincoln High School in East St. Louis, Illinois, Joyner went on to attend Arkansas State University. He competed with their track and field team throughout his college career and, by the time he graduated, Joyner was a three-time NCAA All-American indoor champion, a three-time NCAA All-American and outdoor champion, a four-time Southland Conference champ and had placed 8th in the triple jump at the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
In 1984 Joyner traveled to Los Angeles for the Summer Games to compete with the U.S. Olympic track and field team. With a leap of 56 feet 7.5 inches, he became the first African American in 80 years to win a gold medal in the triple jump. He was honored with the Jim Thorpe Award, which is given every four years to the best American competitor in an Olympic Field Event. That same year, he cheered his sister Jackie Joyner Kersee as she competed in the heptathlon. When she captured a silver in the event, they became the first sibling teammates in U.S. history to win medals during the same Olympics.
On October 10, 1987, Joyner married track athlete Florence Griffith, later known as Flo–Jo. The two met in 1980 at the Olympic trials registration. He later became his wife's coach. Griffith Joyner won three gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Games. Their daughter, Mary Ruth, was born in 1990. Griffith-Joyner died from an epileptic seizure at the age of 38 in 1998. After his wife's death, Joyner began traveling to promote her newly published book, Running for Dummies, and jump-start the Florence Griffith Joyner charity/scholarship fund. He also began directing the Flo Jo Community Empowerment Foundation, an organization dedicated to making dreams come true for the youth around the world. One dollar from every sale of Running for Dummies is donated to this foundation.
Joyner has been inducted into the Arkansas State University Track and Field Hall of Fame (1993), the Arkansas Track and Field Hall of Fame (1997) and the Illinois Track and Field Hall of Fame (1999). He was hired by SportsToday.com to write columns on track and field for the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia. During this time, he also coached two athletes with their sights on the 2000 U.S. Olympic Track and Field team, and was himself training to compete in the men's triple jump trials. A knee injury prevented him from participating.
Joyner was on the University of California UCLA in Los Angeles' track and field staff as an assistant coach/women's jumps coach from 1999 to 2003. He was the sprint & jump coach for the 2005 USOC Paralympics team in Helsinki, which won 16 out of the 30 medals the USA team won. In 2005, he joined the USATF/ USOC coaching staff and became the full-time USOC high performance jump coach in 2007.
Achievements
References
External links
dataOlympics profile
1960 births
Living people
American male triple jumpers
Arkansas State Red Wolves men's track and field athletes
Sportspeople from East St. Louis, Illinois
African-American male track and field athletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
Track and field athletes from Illinois
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
People from Chula Vista, California
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople
American Masters Athlete that competed in Olympics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Joyner |
Ahmetli is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. Its area is 227 km2, and its population is 16,963 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of , near the river Gediz.
History
By the end of Greek Invasion of Anatolia, Ahmetli and all its surrounding villages were burned by the retreating Greek forces. The Greek soldier Giannis Koutsonicolas from Arahova describes the events with the following words;
Composition
There are 23 neighbourhoods in Ahmetli District:
Alahıdır
Altıeylül
Ataköy
Bahçecik
Barbaros
Canbazlı
Dereköy
Derici
Dibekdere
Gökkaya
Güldede
Hacıköseli
Halilkahya
Karaköy
Kargın
Kendirlik
Kestelli
Kurtuluş
Mandallı
Seydiköy
Ulucami
Yaraşlı
Zafer
References
External links
District governor's official website
Road map of Ahmetli and environs
Various images of Ahmetli, Manisa
Populated places in Manisa Province
Districts of Manisa Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmetli |
Kula is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. Its area is 981 km2, and its population is 43,227 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .
History
From 1867 until 1922, Kula was part of the Aidin Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. Until at least 1923, the town was inhabited by a mixed population of Christians and Muslims. The Christian population was composed of Turkified descendants of the original Greek inhabitants of the town, as well as by more recent immigrants from Samos and other Aegean islands.
Composition
There are 60 neighbourhoods in Kula District:
Ahmetli
Akgün
Aktaş
Ayazören
Ayvatlar
Balıbey
Başıbüyük
Battalmustafa
Bayramşah
Bebekli
Bey
Börtlüce
Camicedit
Çarıkballı
Çarıkmahmutlu
Çiftçiibrahim
Dereköy
Dört Eylül
Emre
Encekler
Erenbağı
Eroğlu
Esenyazı
Evciler
Gökçeören
Gökdere
Gölbaşı
Güvercinlik
Hacıtufan
Hamidiye
Hayalli
İbrahimağa
İncesu
Kalınharman
Karaoba
Kavacık
Kenger
Kızılkaya
Konurca
Körez
Narıncalıpıtrak
Narıncalısüleyman
Ortaköy
Papuçlu
Sandal
Saraçlar
Sarnıçköy
Şehitlioğlu
Şeremet
Şeritli
Şeyhli
Seyitali
Söğütdere
Tatlıçeşme
Topuzdamları
Yağbastı
Yeniköy
Yeşilyayla
Yurtbaşı
Zaferiye
Economy
As of 1920, Kula's main industry was carpet making.
Yanıkyöre volcanic rock formations
The district is renowned for the cone-shaped volcanic rock formations, numbering at about eighty, in the nearby Yanıkyöre (literally the burnt land) area, also sometimes still referred to, including in Turkey, under the Greek name of Katakekaumene, which has the same meaning. Increasingly brought to the attention of a wider public in recent years as a natural curiosity, other recently coined terms to describe the area include "Cappadocia of the Aegean Region, Turkey" or even "Kuladocia".
Kula Volcanic Geopark was accepted and certificated by UNESCO on 6 September 2013 at 37th UNESCO general conference in Naples. So that Kula Volcanic Geopark joined UNESCO Global Geopark Network. Also this patent became the first geopark of Turkey, 58th geopark in Europe, and 96th geopark in the world.
See also
Kula volcano
References
Populated places in Manisa Province
Districts of Manisa Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kula%2C%20Manisa |
Soma is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. Its area is 820 km2, and its population is 111,789 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .
History
From 1867 until 1922, Soma was part of the Aidin Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
Composition
There are 71 neighbourhoods in Soma District:
Adil
Akçaavlu
Atatürk
Avdan
Bayat
Beyce
Boncuklu
Bozarmut
Büyük Güney
Büyük Işıklar
Çatalçam
Çavdır
Cenkyeri
Çerkez Hamidiye
Çevircek
Cuma
Cumhuriyet
Darkale
Deniş
Dereköy
Devlethan
Dualar
Duğla
Evciler
Eynez
Göktaş
Hacıyusuf
Hamidiye
Hatun
Heciz
Hürriyet
İnönü
İstasyon
Kaplan
Karacahisar
Karacakaş
Karaçam
Karamanlı
Kayrakaltı
Kiraz
Kızılören
Kobaklar
Koyundere
Kozanlı
Kozluören
Küçük Güney
Kum
Kurtuluş
Menteşe
Naldöken
Namazgah
Nihat Danışman
Onüçeylül
Pirahmet
Samsacı
Sarıkaya
Sevişler
Söğütçük
Sultaniye
Tabanlar
Tekeli Işıklar
Turgutalp
Türkali
Türkpiyale
Ularca
Uruzlar
Vakıflı
Yağcılı
Yayladalı
Yırca
Zafer
Economy
Lignite mining and a lignite-fired thermal power plant are the main economic activities in Soma. During World War I the mines were opened up for production. The lignite extracted during that time was described as being of "very bad" quality. That lignite was burned with German coal for trains in the region. A small portion was exported to İzmir. A just transition from coal could be supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The Soma Wind Farm, with 119 wind turbines and an installed total capacity of 140.4 MW, is one of Turkey's largest wind farms.
Olive, walnut and almond cultivation is among the important agricultural activities of Soma.
2014 Soma coal mine disaster
On 13 May 2014, as a result of an explosion caused by a mine fire at the Soma coal mine, 301 workers were killed.
References
External links
Road map of Soma and environs
Populated places in Manisa Province
Districts of Manisa Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma%2C%20Manisa |
The Masque of the Red Death is a 1964 horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price. The story follows a prince who terrorizes a plague-ridden peasantry while merrymaking in a lonely castle with his jaded courtiers. The screenplay, written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell, was based upon the 1842 short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe, and incorporates a subplot based on another Poe tale, "Hop-Frog". Another subplot is drawn from Torture by Hope by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.
It is the seventh of a series of eight Corman film adaptations largely based on Edgar Allan Poe's works made by American International Pictures.
Plot
On a mountain in medieval Italy, an old woman meets a red-cloaked figure shuffling Tarot cards. The figure gives her a white rose, which then turns red and dappled with blood.
Prince Prospero, a Satanist, visits the village he rules, and is confronted by two starving villagers, Gino and Ludovico. Meanwhile, the old woman dies, infected with a deadly plague known as the Red Death. Upon discovering her, Prospero orders the village burned and abducts Gino, Ludovico and Ludovico's daughter and Gino's lover, Francesca. He then tells the local nobility to come to his castle.
At the castle, Francesca is finely dressed by Prospero's consort, Juliana, and the gathered nobility are entertained by two dwarf dancers, Esmeralda and Hop-Toad. When Esmeralda accidentally knocks over a goblet of wine, one of Prospero's guests, Alfredo, strikes her. Meanwhile, Juliana tells Prospero she wishes to be initiated into his Satanic cult.
Imprisoned in the castle, Gino and Ludovico are taught armed combat so that they can kill one another as entertainment for the nobility, which they refuse to do. Juliana performs a ritual in the Black Room, pledging her soul to Satan, and then gives Francesca the key to Ludovico and Gino's cell. During their escape attempt, Gino, Ludovico and Francesca are recaptured by Prospero.
At a feast, Prospero summons Gino and Ludovico. During his execution, Ludovico attempts to kill Prospero. He fails and dies at Prospero's hands. Prospero then casts Gino out of the castle to be killed by the Red Death. In the Black Room, Juliana undergoes her final initiation ceremony, drinking from a chalice and suffering hallucinations of figures who stab at her as she lies on an altar. Awakening from her dream, Juliana is killed by a falcon. As the nobles gather about her body, Prospero comments that Juliana is now married to Satan.
Outside the castle, the remaining villagers beg Prospero for sanctuary, and he orders them to go away. When they refuse to move, he has them shot down with crossbow bolts, deliberately sparing only one small girl.
Meanwhile, Hop-Toad, enraged by the striking of Esmeralda, persuades Alfredo to wear an ape costume to Prospero's masked ball, where no one is allowed to wear red. In the guise of the ape's trainer, Hop-Toad ties Alfredo to a lowered chandelier and raises him above the assembled guests. He then soaks Alfredo with brandy and fatally sets him on fire before fleeing.
During the ball, Prospero notices the entry of the mysterious, red-cloaked figure. He and Francesca follow the figure into the Black Room, as Prospero believes it to be an ambassador of Satan. He asks to see its face, to no avail. At the ball, all of the nobles die of the Red Death, but their corpses keep dancing. Prospero asks for Francesca to be spared and given the same high status in Hell as he believes he himself will receive. The figure complies, and Francesca sadly kisses Prospero before leaving. The figure turns out to not be a servant of Satan, but the Red Death itself. Prospero rips off its mask to reveal his own blood-spattered face beneath. Horrified, he attempts to flee through the now-infected crowd, to no avail. Cornering Prospero in the Black Room, the Red Death notes that his soul "has been dead for a long time" and kills him.
The Red Death (Anthrax) later plays with the surviving girl, using the Tarot cards. Other similarly cloaked figures gather around the Red Death, each wearing a different colour: white (Tuberculosis), yellow (Yellow Fever), orange (Scurvy), blue (Cholera), violet (Influenza), and black (Bubonic Plague). They discuss among themselves how many people each of them "claimed" that night. When asked of his work, the Red Death notes that only six are left: Francesca, Gino, Hop-Toad, Esmeralda, the little girl, and an old man from a nearby village. The Red Death declares "Sic transit gloria mundi" (Latin for "Thus passes the glory of the world") and the cloaked figures walk into the night. Over the procession are Poe's words: "And darkness and decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all".
Cast
Vincent Price as Prince Prospero
Price also plays the Red Death during the unmasking scene
Hazel Court as Juliana, his mistress
Jane Asher as Francesca, a peasant girl
David Weston as Gino, Francesca's lover
Nigel Green as Ludovico, Francesca's father
John Westbrook as The Red Death (in physical form and voice; uncredited)
Patrick Magee as Alfredo
Paul Whitsun-Jones as Scarlatti
Robert Brown as Guard
David Davies as Lead villager
Sarah Brackett as Grandmother
Skip Martin as Hop-Toad, a dwarf jester
Verina Greenlaw as Esmeralda, Hop-Toad's dwarf lover
Production
Roger Corman later said he always felt "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" were the two best Poe stories. After the success of House of Usher (1960), he strongly considered making Masque as the follow-up.
In 1961, Corman announced he would make Masque from a script by Charles Beaumont to be produced for his Filmgroup Company. However, he later said he was reluctant to move forward because it had several elements similar to The Seventh Seal (1957), and Corman was worried people would say he was stealing from Bergman. "I kept moving The Masque of the Red Death back, because of the similarities, but it was really an artificial reason in my mind", he later said. Eventually, he decided to go ahead and do it anyway.
Another factor in the delay was that Corman had a great deal of trouble coming up with a screenplay with which he was happy. Drafts were written by John Carter, Robert Towne and Barboura Morris, but Corman was not happy with any of them.
There were also a number of rival adaptations of Masque being considered around this time. The Woolner Brothers announced a film based on the story as did producer Alex Gordon, who said he had Price as star.
Corman was pleased with an early draft from Beaumont, which introduced the concept of Prince Prospero being a Satanist. Corman felt this draft still needed work, but Beaumont was too ill to come to England for rewriting. So he hired R. Wright Campbell, who had just made The Secret Invasion with Corman, to come with him. Corman says it was Campbell who introduced the subplot of the dwarf, from another Poe story, "Hop-Frog".
Casting
Corman cast Patrick Magee, with whom he had previously worked on The Young Racers (1963). "He could find these strange little quirks which he would bring out during his performance, making it a richer and more fully rounded characterization", recalls Corman.
Filming
AIP had a co-production deal with Anglo-Amalgamated in England, so Sam Arkoff and James H. Nicholson suggested to Corman that the film be made there. This meant the film could qualify for the Eady levy and increase the budget; normally, an AIP film was done in three weeks, but Masque was shot in five weeks. (Although Corman felt that five weeks in England was the equivalent to four weeks in the US because English crews worked slower.) Many of the extensive castle sets were left over from Becket, which had been shot earlier that year and had won a BAFTA award for its sets (as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction). The film was one of the first films shot in color by cinematographer Nicolas Roeg.
Dan Haller was used as production designer but not credited to ensure the film qualified as British. Corman says this was why George Willoughby was credited as producer, although it was Corman who was the actual producer.
Corman later expressed dissatisfaction with the final "masque" sequence, which he described as "the greatest flaw" in the film, feeling he did not have enough time to shoot it. He filmed it in one day, which he said would have been enough time in Hollywood but that English crews were too slow.
Release
When the film came out, producer Alex Gordon sued AIP, claiming the film was based on a script he had written; however, he lost his case in court.
British censors removed part of a scene where Hazel Court's character asks the devil to send her a demon. The BBC wrongly claimed in a documentary the removed scene was one where she imagines a series of demonic figures attacking her while she lies on a slab.
This was proven when journalist Sandy Robertson, using a letter from producer Samuel Z. Arkoff, finally got the BBFC to release their files on the film. The scene where she's attacked by figures while on a slab was in every print seen in the UK, including one Robertson saw as early as the 1960s. British and UK censors required different cuts, which weren't restored until the 2018 restoration by Martin Scorsese's film foundation.
Corman recalled years later:
From the standpoint of nudity, there was nothing. I think she was nude under a diaphanous gown. She played the consummation with the Devil, but it was essentially on her face; it was a pure acting exercise. Hazel fully clothed, all by herself, purely by acting, incurred the wrath of the censor. It was a different age; they probably felt that was showing too much. Today, you could show that on six o’clock television and nobody would worry.
Reception
Eugene Archer of The New York Times wrote, "The film is vulgar, naive and highly amusing, and it is played with gusto by Mr. Price, Hazel Court and Jane Asher ... On its level, it is astonishingly good." Variety declared, "Corman in his direction sets a pace calculated to divert the teenage taste particularly, and past experience with Poe makes him a worthy delineator of this master of the macabre. In Price is the perfect interpreter, too, of the Poe character, and he succeeds in creating an aura of terror." The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote, "Unquestionably Roger Corman's best film to date, The Masque of the Red Death has passages of such real distinction that one wishes he could be persuaded to take himself more seriously ... Where most films of this nature tend simply to pile on the blood, here there is a genuine chill of intellectual evil, because Vincent Price, initiating horrible tortures with a characteristic air of sadistic glee, also conveys a genuine philosophical curiosity as to the unknown territories into which his quest for evil may lead him."
The film was not as successful as other Poe pictures, which Sam Arkoff attributed to it being "too arty farty" and not scary enough. Corman later said, "I think that is a legitimate statement. The fault may have been mine. I was becoming more interested in the Poe films as expressions of the unconscious mind, rather than as pure horror films."
Nonetheless, Corman says the film is one of his favourites. Andrew Johnston, writing in Time Out New York concluded: "Elaborate sets and costumes and Nicolas Roeg's lush technicolor photography make this as close as Corman ever came to real greatness."
Preservation
The Masque of the Red Death was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2019.
Merchandise
Dell Comics published a comic book adaptation of the film.
A novelization of the film was written in 1964 by Elsie Lee, adapted from the screenplay by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell, and published by Lancer Books in paperback.
David Lee's soundtrack of the film was finally released on CD in 2012 by Quartet Records.
Use in music
A dialogue from the film appears in both the song "And When He Falleth" by Theatre of Tragedy, on the album Velvet Darkness They Fear, and in the song "Dopethrone" by Electric Wizard, on the album Dopethrone.
In the intro to "Beneath the Mask" by the doom metal band Bell Witch, dialogue from the scene in which Prospero meets the Red Death in the Black Room was sampled.
The movie was also sampled by Entombed, in their song "Living Dead".
Remake
A 1989 remake was written and directed by Larry Brand. The cast included British actors Patrick Macnee and Adrian Paul.
See also
Edgar Allan Poe in television and film
References
External links
The Masque of the Red Death – A Hollywood Gothique Retrospective
Article on film at Senses of Cinema
1964 films
1964 horror films
1960s fantasy films
American International Pictures films
British horror films
Films shot at Associated British Studios
Films about viral outbreaks
Films based on works by Edgar Allan Poe
Films directed by Roger Corman
American supernatural horror films
Gothic horror films
Films based on short fiction
Films based on multiple works
Films with screenplays by Charles Beaumont
Films set in castles
Films set in the Middle Ages
Films set in Italy
Films produced by Roger Corman
Films with screenplays by Robert Wright Campbell
Films about personifications of death
Films adapted into comics
Films about Satanism
Works based on The Masque of the Red Death
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
1960s British films
Adaptations of works by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Masque%20of%20the%20Red%20Death%20%281964%20film%29 |
Francis De Smet (born 3 December 1963) is a Belgian film producer. He was born in Bruges.
Films
La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 (1994) with Noël Godin; Camping Cosmos (1996) with Lolo Ferrari; The Closing Down of the Renault Factory at Vilvoorde Belgium (1998) with Louis Schweitzer ; La Vie politique des Belges (2002) with Benoît Poelvoorde; Les vacances de Noël (2005) with Yolande Moreau; all with director Jan Bucquoy.
References
External links
Transatlantic Films
American Patents
Patent "Searching on the Internet".
Belgian film producers
Living people
1963 births | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20De%20Smet |
Simon Kelner (born 9 December 1957) is a British journalist and newspaper editor.
Kelner studied at Bury Grammar School. His older brother is the journalist and broadcaster Martin Kelner. He is Jewish. He started work at Neath Guardian in 1976. In 1980 he moved on to the Kent Evening Post. He became assistant sports editor of The Observer in 1983. He became deputy sports editor of The Independent in 1986. In 1989 he worked on the Observer magazine and then became Daily Mail magazine editor. Kelner was editor-in-chief of The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers from May 1998 to 2008, succeeding Andrew Marr and Rosie Boycott. After a stint as Managing Director of The Independent titles he was re-appointed editor in April 2010 by the new owner, Alexander Lebedev. Kelner won several awards during his employment at The Independent, including Editor of the Year in 2004 and 2010.
References
External links
1957 births
Living people
The Independent editors
20th-century British Jews
21st-century British Jews
Alumni of the University of Central Lancashire
British newspaper journalists
British republicans
English newspaper editors
English male journalists
I (newspaper) journalists
People educated at Bury Grammar School
Writers from Bury, Greater Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Kelner |
The River Wheelock is a small river in Cheshire in north west England. It drains water from the area between Sandbach and Crewe, and joins the River Dane at Middlewich (), and then the combined river flows into the River Weaver in Northwich. Alternative names for the river have were recorded in 1619 as Sutton Watter, Sutton Brooke, and Lawton Brooke.
Early recorded variations of the name Wheelock have included Quelok, Qwelok, Whelok, Whelocke, with later forms using Wheelock Watter and Wheelock Brooke. The name is said to mean "winding river" and it is reported to have based on the Old Welsh word chwylog, the chwyl part of which means "a turn, a rotation, a course", with an adjective suffix of og. The river has given its name to the large village of Wheelock.
Origin
In his book The History of Cheshire (1778), Daniel King et al write:
"The Wheelock is also engendered of three small rivers, which spring not far from Mowcop Hill. The first cometh from Morton Hall, in Astbury parish, the other two from Lawton and Rode Hall, and meet together not far from Sandbach. From whence it passeth to the town and manor place of Wheelock, belonging to Mr. Liversedge; to Elton, where it taketh in the Fulbrook, that cometh out of Oke-hanger Mere; and then goeth to Warmingham, Sutton Mill, Wheelock Mill, and not far off falleth into the Dane at Croxton. This is here to be noted, that like as the water which falleth down on the west-side of Mowcop engendereth the Wheelock, so doth that which falleth on the east-side make the very head of the famous river of Trent. The whole course of the Wheelock is about twelve miles."
Notes and references
Notes
Bibliography
Rivers of Cheshire
Rivers of Staffordshire
2Wheelock | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20Wheelock |
Al Suwaiq () constitutes a coastal wilayah (province) situated within the Al Batinah region of northeastern Oman. . Geographically positioned at approximately . Al Suwaiq has historically served as a hub for economic activity, attracting residents not only from the surrounding mountainous landscapes but also from the adjacent coastal regions. The town's strategic location facilitated the trading of a diverse array of goods, making it a melting pot of commercial interactions and cultural exchanges.
The Name Suwaiq
The wilayat of Suwaiq, that golden wilayat in the nation's embrace, is named Suwaiq due to the multitude of people, commercial ships, and economic activities that gravitate towards it, a hidden pearl, a spot that shines like a diamond on the map of the vast nation. It is inhabited by over 100,000 individuals, distinguished by diversity in every aspect - nature, beauty, and tourism.
Geography, History, and Architecture
A'Suwaiq stands as a prominent wilayat within the Al-Batinah North governorate, encompassing an expanse of 48 km in width and extending 80 km in length. The unique topography of this wilayah harmoniously integrates four distinct terrains: coastal areas, expansive plains, majestic mountains, and picturesque valleys. Distinguished by its extensive coastline, A'Suwaiq holds the distinction of being the largest wilayah in Oman, a testament to its expansive geographical scope. This wilayat is positioned at a distance of 135 km from the capital, Muscat, solidifying its strategic location within the region.
As of the 2021 statistics, the Omani population stands at 14,577 individuals, comprising 69,951 females and 70,626 males.
A'Suwaiq finds itself bounded by Al-Musannah to the east, Al-Khaburah to the west, the enchanting waters of the Gulf of Oman to the north, and Al-Hoqain to the south. The confluence of these geographical features contributes to the diverse and captivating landscape that defines A'Suwaiq, making it a noteworthy and multifaceted destination within the Sultanate of Oman.
There are about 20 historic buildings (houses, castles, forts and fortress) distributed in its villages. Most of these historic buildings have deteriorated and need to be restored. The most famous forts are: A'Suwaiq fort, Al Tharmad fort, Al Hilal fort, Al Mghabsha fort, Al Borusheed fort. Also, there is an old mosque called Al Sabbara. This mosque was built during the reign of Ahmed bin Sa'aeed.
A'Suwaiq Village
Its population centers comprise around 32 villages , including:
Al Bada'iyah
This village is located between Wilayat A'Suwaiq and Al-Khaburah and falls administratively under Wilayat A'Suwaiq in the Al Batinah North Governorate. It stands as one of the most vibrant villages along the route of Al Batinah North Governorate, acclaimed for its dynamic commercial and touristic activity. It holds historical significance in travel and tourism endeavors, as well as in launching trade caravans laden with fish and other commodities. The village boasts three forts and numerous heritage values. According to the 2010 statistics, the population reached 8,085 individuals.
Al Nabrah
This village is situated in the North Al Batinah Governorate and is among the key villages of A'Suwaiq Wilayat. It is bordered by the village of Hulat Al Joud to the north, Al Ruda and Al Subaikhi villages to the east, the Al Batinah Road to the south, and the village of Sur Al Hilal to the west. The population is approximately 5,000 residents. Adjacent to the village is the Al Hilal Fort, and what distinguishes this village is the historical Al Mghabsha Wall located at its entrance. In the 1940s and 1950s, this area was a hub for commercial exchange.
Al Mabrah
Al Mabrah المبرح Village is affiliated to wilayah As'Souaiq. Its location is near the Western Hajar Mountains had a population of 632 residents according to the 2010 statistics. The village's tourist appeal derives from its outstanding geographic location, the scenic views, and the geometric design of Aflaj which are coming from Wadi Al Asdani. This falaj extended to 3 km from the wadis' heart to the village. Also, it is considered as the main water source for irrigation in Al Mabrah village.
Al Musayfiyah
Situated 35 km away from the Al Batinah plain, Al Musayfiyah is surrounded by mountains from all directions except one, where a fertile valley with abundant water lies. The reason behind its name stems from "Al-Musfa," signifying a village encircled by mountains on all sides, preserving water in its valley throughout the year. Its name is derived from the diminutive form "Al-Musayfiyah." Some suggest that the name relates to a Persian marriage tradition. According to the 2010 statistics, the population of the village amounts to 83 residents.
Al Tharmad
This village is distinguished by the abundance of markets, restaurants, and commercial shops. It is also home to numerous schools and mosques, as well as a health center. The historical Al Tharmad Fort is situated in this village, characterized by its four towers. The fort used to serve as a seat of governance and administration for the wilayat. According to the 2010 statistics, the population of this village amounted to 3,685 individuals.
Al Hailain
Al Hailain الحيلين بالعربيVillage is one of the mountainous villages located approximately 35 km away from Al Khadra Village. According to the 2010 statistics, its population reached 1,223 individuals. Also it is considered one of the tourism spots during rain season.
Badt
Budt (بدت بالعربي) is located approximately 40 km away from the main road. It is characterized by numerous water springs and water channels known as "Aflaj." According to the 2010 statistics, its population amounts to 240 individuals.
Wadiyat Al Hadhriyah الودية الحدرية
Numerous villages are located near Wadiyat Al Hadhriyah ديية الحدرية. These include Al Mabrah and Wadiyat Al 'Ulya to the north, Al Musayfiyah to the south, and Al Hailain to the west. The population of Wadiyat Al Hadhriyah is 114 individuals according to the 2010 statistics.
Hazm Freij هزم فريج
This village is surrounded by Al Mabrah to the north, Wadiyat Al Hadhriyah to the east, Al Musayfiyah to the south, and Al Hailain to the west. The population of Hazm Freij is 74 individuals according to the 2010 statistics.
Al Subaykhi
Al Subaykhi الصبيخي is located along the Al Batinah Road, which borders it to the south. It is surrounded by various villages, including Bat'ha Al Hilal to the east and Al Nabrah to the south. The village is also home to several mosques. According to the 2010 statistics, its population is 5,254 individuals.
Mishayq
Mishayq is a residential area situated within A'Suwaiq Wilayat, which falls under the North Al Batinah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. According to the 2010 census conducted by the National Center for Statistics and Information, its population is estimated at 178 individuals. The area is identified by the code 60630270.
Mishayq Bani Khuroos
These are characterized by natural landmarks that bring together lofty mountains and sandy dunes.
Al Manfash
Al Manfash المنفش is a residential area located within A'Suwaiq Wilayat, which is part of the North Al Batinah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. According to the 2010 census conducted by the National Center for Statistics and Information, its population is estimated at 2,056 individuals. The area is identified by the code 60620072
Al Misannah
Al Misannah المسنة is a residential area located within A'Suwaiq Wilayat, which is part of the North Al Batinah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. According to the 2010 census conducted by the National Center for Statistics and Information, its population is estimated at 552 individuals. The area is identified by the code 60620091.
Al Mutamar
Al Mutamarاالمعتمر is a residential area located within A'Suwaiq Wilayat, which is part of the North Al Batinah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. According to the 2010 census conducted by the National Center for Statistics and Information, its population is estimated at 468 individuals. The area is identified by the code 60640190.
Bawarh
Al Bawarh البوارحis characterized by its stunning landscapes, which include picturesque plains, fertile farmlands, and the sight of boats moored along the shore or sailing on the sea. It is also home to Al Bawarikh Fort, a historic fort with origins dating back to pre-Islamic times. The village is known for its harmonious and beautiful coastal architecture, showcasing a blend of both traditional and modern buildings. The majority of its residents engage in agriculture and fishing, in addition to various government and public services. The population of Al Bawarikh is predominantly from the Al Barhi tribe, as well as other tribes such as Al Balushi, Al Qarini, Al Maqbali, Al Hindasi, Al Daba'oni, and Al 'Araymi.
Al Bardah
Al Bardah الباردة is a residential area located within A'Suwaiq Wilayat, which falls under the North Al Batinah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. According to the 2010 census conducted by the National Center for Statistics and Information, its population is estimated at 711 individuals. The area is identified by the code 60620073.
Al Haur
Al Haur الحور is a residential area situated within A'Suwaiq Wilayat, which is part of the North Al Batinah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. According to the 2010 census conducted by the National Center for Statistics and Information, its population is estimated at 457 individuals. The area is identified by the code 60630303.
Other:
Al Afrad
Sur Al Hilal
Bat'ha Al Hilal
Hulat Al Joud
Al Ruda
Al Khadra Village
Wadiyat Al 'Ulya
Juhawar
Suwaiq
Khadra Al Sa'ad
Khadra Al Bu Rashid
Dhayan Al Busaid
Aflaj and Water Springs
In A'Suwaiq Wilayat, there is a considerable number of aflaj (water channels) that amount to around 31 channels. Among these aflaj, the prominent ones include Mishayq Falaj , Al Gharbi Falaj located in Al Hailain Village, Al Sharqi Falaj, and Al Mabrah Fal. Additionally, there are natural water springs, totaling about four springs. One of these springs is found in the Juhawar area, while the remaining three are situated in mountainous regions like Wadi Juhawar. One of the distinguishing features of this region is the dense cluster of trees, lending the area a garden-like appearance that complements its enchanting natural scenery.
Among the most beautiful tourist destinations are the Rulat Hulat Al Joud and Rulat Al Qarha, which are truly remarkable. The most fascinating aspect is the ancient Rulat Al Joud tree, which is over 20,095 years old. As for the other two "Rulat" trees, their ages differ. The first one, approximately 350 years old, fell due to heavy rainfall, and the second one is around 150 years old.
This area is characterized by its climate and beaches. Notably, the Al Udhaybah Beach in Al Bawarikh area, and the captivating Qarha Beach. Another prominent beach is the Khawr Al Milh Beach, which historically served as a source of salt.
A'Suwaiq fort
It mediates A'Suwaiq, in A'Suwaiq souq (old market), and the entrance of the fort facing the sea. Its rectangular shape contains three circular-shaped towers and one square shape. It is 60 meters length and 43 meters wide. Inside the fort there is a smaller fort. The fort used to be the headquarters of the governor. It was built of mud, stones and Omani plaster, and it was restored by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in 1992.
References
Populated places in Oman
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Denver Coliseum is an indoor arena, owned by the City and County of Denver, operated by its Denver Arts & Venues and located in Denver, Colorado. The arena holds 10,200 people and was built from 1949 to 1951. The coliseum is located in Denver's Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. It sits where the Denver Pacific Railway broke ground on its Cheyenne line in 1868.
Opening on November 8, 1951, with a six-day run of Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies, today the Denver Coliseum is an integral venue of the National Western Stock Show and hosts a multitude of other events including: commencement ceremonies, rodeos, ice shows, motor shows, circuses, concerts, motivational seminars, dances, exhibits and trade shows. Notables include: CHSAA high school volleyball, spirit and basketball playoffs and championships, Disney on Ice, The Denver March Pow Wow, The Denver Coliseum Mineral, Fossil, Gem, and Jewelry Show, cheerleading competitions and roller derby.
After McNichols Sports Arena (MSA) opened in 1975, the coliseum continued on as an alternate venue to the larger arena for events requiring less seating or overall space. This continues today after the Pepsi Center (now Ball Arena) opened in 1999, and the subsequent demolition of MSA in 2000.
History
On January 10, 1952, June Haver and Walter O'Keefe hosted the official dedication of the Coliseum on the eve of the first stock show in the arena and over the years the Coliseum hosted many celebrities and artists including: Elvis Presley (April 8, 1956 – 2 shows, November 17, 1970, April 30, 1973); The Grateful Dead (November 20 and 21, 1973); The Who (December 4 and 5, 1971); Frank Sinatra (May 1, 1975); The Rolling Stones (November 29, 1965; June 16, 1972); Led Zeppelin (March 25, 1970, June 21, 1972, May 25, 1973); Stevie Wonder (opening for the Rolling Stones on June 16, 1972, November 3, 1974); The Lovin' Spoonful; The Monkees; Cream; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (November 26, 1969, May 12, 1970); Ike & Tina Turner; The Jackson 5 (August 20, 1971) and (February 23, 1974); Black Sabbath (February 27 and October 18, 1971); The Moody Blues; Pink Floyd (April 17, 1975); Neil Diamond (May 8, 1971); Santana; Jethro Tull; Yes; Eagles (August 2, 1972); Bob Dylan; Eric Clapton; Rage Against the Machine (November 1999); Rammstein (May 20, 2012), Bassnectar (June 10, 2019) and many more.
The arena has been home ice to several hockey teams from various leagues including the Denver Cutthroats (2012–2014), the Denver/Colorado Rangers (1987–1989), the Denver Spurs (1968–1975), the Denver Invaders (1963–64) and the Denver Mavericks (1959). The University of Denver Pioneers college hockey team played many of its home games at the Coliseum during the renovation of the University of Denver Arena in 1972–73, and when the current Magness Arena was under construction, between 1997 and 1999. The USA Curling Men's and Women's National Championships were held at the Denver Coliseum during February 5–11, 2023
The coliseum was also an annual stop for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, the host of WCW's Spring Stampede (1998) and the Colorado Wildcats of the Professional Indoor Football League.
President Dwight Eisenhower stopped in Denver on his tour of western states in support of Republican candidates on October 8, 1962. In 1976, a planned Marvin Gaye concert was canceled after learning that Gaye was at his home in Los Angeles sleeping, led to rioting at the coliseum, a series of lawsuits for fraud and deceiving ticket buyers, and giving the media a field day as the top story. On April 5, 2005, after a women's boxing match held at the coliseum, boxer Becky Zerlentes died of her injuries following a third-round knockout loss to Heather Schmitz. Santana played the Denver Coliseum six times, securing the title of "House Band".
Denver Department of Public Health & Environment utilized the Coliseum as a shelter for people experiencing homelessness from 2020 to 2021 to provide safe distancing which existing shelters could not provide in response to COVID-19 and as a warming shelter for two nights of extreme cold during December 21–23, 2022.
References
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The Commandos () are a special forces unit in the Portuguese Army. Presently, their parent unit is the Commando Regiment (Regimento de Comandos).
Their motto is Audaces Fortuna Juvat (Latin for "Fortune Favors the Bold") and their war cry is Mama Sumae (it can be translated as "here we are, ready for the sacrifice" – taken from a Bantu tribe of southern Angola).
They were created in Angola during 1962, in the scope of the Portuguese Overseas War, as counter-guerrilla forces, thus responding to the need of the Portuguese Army to have special units specially adapted to the type of war. Initially operating in the Angolan theatre, later units of Commandos also operated in the Portuguese Guinea and Mozambique theatres
The Portuguese Commandos are analogous to the 75th Ranger Regiment of the US Army.
Commando Regiment
The Portuguese Army Commando troops constitute the Commando Regiment (RCmds), a base unit that reports to the Headquarters of the Portuguese Rapid Reaction Brigade. Until July 2015, this unit was designated "Commando Troops Center".
The operational component of the Commando Regiment is the Commando Battalion (BCmds), which by itself includes three maneuver companies and a headquarters and support company. Together with Paratrooper and Special Operations units, the Commando Battalion is one of the operational units of the Rapid Reaction Brigade.
Besides its operational battalion, the Commando Regiment also includes a regimental headquarters and staff, a headquarters and services support company and a training company.
History
Origin
When the Overseas War started in 1961 in Angola, the Portuguese Army employed its units of Special Caçadores. These were special light infantry units organized and trained by the Special Operations Training Centre to conduct counter-insurgency operations. In 1962, however a decision was taken by the Army to enlarge the organization and training of the Special Caçadores to all the infantry units engaged in the war, at the same time disbanding those special units. This however proved to be unfeasible and the Army founded itself without units able to conduct special operations in the scope of guerrilla warfare.
So, in 1962, the Portuguese Army needed units with the ability to:
conduct special actions in the Portuguese territory or abroad
fight as assault infantry / shock troops
provide the high political and military commands with a force able to conduct irregular operations
The first objective that the army set out to achieve was that of building a force specially prepared for counter-guerrilla operations, but the Portuguese commandos also participated in irregular operations, with units specially organised for each operation, and in assault operations, with conventional warfare characteristics, especially in the last years of the war, when they operated in battalion strength, backed up by artillery and the Air Force.
The history of the Portuguese commandos began on 25 June, 1962, when, in Zemba (Northern Angola), the first six groups of those that would be the predecessors of the commandos, were formed. For the preparation of these groups, the CI 21 – Centro de Instrução de Contraguerrilha (Counter-Guerrilla Instruction Centre) was created, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Nave, and had as instructor, the photographer and former French Foreign Legion Sergeant, the Italian Dante Vachi, with experience in the Indochina and Algerian wars.
The six groups prepared in this center achieved excellent operational results. Nonetheless, the military command in Angola decided to re-evaluate the instruction and integration of these units into the army and, in 1963 and 64, the 16 and 25 Instruction Centres (CI 16 and CI 25) were created, in Quibala, Angola. For the first time, the term "Comandos" (Commandos) was applied to the troops instructed there.
On 13 February, 1964, the first Mozambique Commandos Course was initiated in Namaacha (Lourenço Marques, now Maputo) and on 23 July of the same year, in Bra (Portuguese Guinea), the first Guinea Commandos Course.
Casualties
Portuguese commando soldiers that participated in active operations: more than 9000 men (510 officers, 1587 NCOs and 6977 soldiers) served in 67 commando companies.
Combat casualties:
357 KIAs (killed in action)
28 MIAs (Missing In Action)
771 wounded
The commandos constituted about 1% of all the forces present in the Colonial War, but the number of their deaths is about 10% of the total of the casualties; a percentage ten times more than that of regular forces, which happens because they were the most employed troops. It's also generally known that the commandos eliminated more guerrilla fighters and captured more weaponry than the other forces. These characteristics made them the only ones to get a mystical aura that remained after the war.
Postwar
After the war, the commandos continued to develop their skills until 1993 when they were disbanded. This decision was influenced by a number of deaths during instruction. The commando soldiers were merged with the Paratroopers and these were transferred from the Air Force to the Army. But in 2002, the commandos were reactivated as an independent unit and the Batalhão de Comandos (Commando Battalion) was created, with two Operational Companies and an Instruction Company. They are now based in the Centro de Tropas Comandos (Commando Troops Centre) in Mafra. They were deployed to Afghanistan in 2005, where a sergeant was killed by a roadside bomb; the first commando KIA since the end of the Portuguese Colonial War. In 2006, Army Chief of Staff General "Comando" Pinto Ramalho informed that the Army was developing studies in order to raise a third Operational Company, with a size force increase; the Centro de Tropas Comando are actually a garrison in Carregueira.
In 2015 the historical title of Commando Regiment was restored.
Selection and Training
Training to become a Commando takes 34 weeks. Success candidates are expected to service a minimum of 2 years.
This is broken down in the following stages:-
Basic training; This 5 week basic training aims to provide the candidate with basic military training, with an introduction to military culture at this stage.
Additional training (stage 1); This 7 week stage aims to provide advanced military training, and combat technique is given at this stage.
Additional training (stage 2); This 5 week stage aims to provide the military with military leadership training, at this stage command and leadership modules are taught. This training is only for Officer, and Non-commissioned Officers.
Commando course; This 17 week course is broken down to two stages, a 3 week preparation stage followed by a 14 week commando course.
Organisation and evolution
In its first phase, the commandos organised into independent groups composed of volunteers from infantry battalions, forming their intervention units. The success of these groups meant that they rapidly started to be used under the commander-in-chief's and military commanders' orders, to conduct special operations.
The groups' organisation (example):
one command team (one officer, one signaller, one NCO, one medic, one sharpshooter 12,7mm command team)
three manoeuvre teams (one NCO, one sharpshooter 7,62mm, one 7,62mm machine gun and two riflemen)
depending on the mission will have two of the following teams:
two mortar teams NCO, one sharpshooter 5,62mm, one 60mm command mortar, one ammunition soldier and one soldiers)
two antitank team (one NCO, one antitank weapon Carl Gustav, one sharpshooter 5,62mm, one ammunition soldier, one soldiers)
This organisation of a group with six teams and each team with five men suffered adaptations, but the base-cell, the five-men team, remained throughout the war.
The war's evolution revealed the necessity of more commando soldiers and independent units, capable of operating during longer periods and being self-sustained: reasons that led to the creation of commando companies. The first company was formed in Portuguese Angola and its instruction started in September 1964. Its commander, Captain Albuquerque Gonçalves, received the unit's banner on February 5, 1965. The second company had as its destination Mozambique, commanded by Captain Jaime Neves.
The organisation and organisational principles of the Portuguese commandos, are established in great mobility and creativity and in counter-guerrilla combat techniques, very well defined and able to support permanent innovation.
The composition and organisation of the commando companies were always adapted to the circumstances and situations, although throughout the war it was possible to verify two main models, that originated what we can call light companies and heavy companies.
The former were composed of four commando groups, each one with four sub-groups, constituting 80 men and with few back-up components. These companies had little capability to maintain themselves, independently, during long periods of time, because they were meant as temporary reinforcements to units in quadrillage, like intervention forces, and received from those units the necessary support. In these companies, the mobility and flexibility were privileged, and were initially used in Guinea and Mozambique.
The heavy companies had five, five-team commando groups, in a total of 125 men, together with a formation of service personnel, of about 80 men, with medics, signallers, transport soldiers and cooks.
Another type of organisation was adapted to the companies of African commandos, formed in Guinea and composed of metropolitan soldiers when needed, a bit like the American special forces did in Vietnam with the "advisers".
The war's evolution, the necessity that started to exist of fighting in large units in Guinea and Mozambique and to, sometimes simultaneously, conduct special and irregular actions, led to the creation of commando battalions in those two theatres. This function of mother-unit was, in Angola and since its foundation, performed by the Centro de Instrução de Comandos (Commando Instruction Centre), that also needed to adapt, separating the instruction activity and gathering the operational units in a base in Campo Militar de Grafanil (Grafanil Military Camp), near Luanda, although it was never completely independent of the operational use under a specific command.
As larger commando units the Centro de Instrução de Comandos (Commando Instruction Center), in Angola, the Batalhão de Comandos da Guiné (Guinea Commando Battalion) and the Batalhão de Comandos de Moçambique (Mozambique Commando Battalion) were formed.
Although Angola's Commando Instruction Centre was the home and it was in that centre that the main core of doctrine of use and mystique of the commandos were formed, all battalions gave instruction to their staff and formed units to intervene in the operations theatre. Beyond this centre, that prepared units meant for Angola and Mozambique and the first commandos of Guinea, in Portugal a commando centre was also created in CIOE – Centro de Instrução de Operações Especiais (Special Operations Instruction Centre), in Lamego, that instructed units mobilised to Guinea and Mozambique.
In its history, the commandos were formed in Zemba, Angola, after June 25, 1962, in Quibala, Angola, since June 30, 1963, in Namaacha, Mozambique, since 13 February, 1964, in Bra, Guinea, since July 23, 1964, in Luanda, Angola, after 29 June, 1965, in Lamego, Portugal, since 12 April, 1966 and in Montepuez, Mozambique, after 1 October, 1969. After the Colonial War, Portugal gave independence to all of its colonies and all the commandos started to be instructed in Amadora, Portugal, since 1 July, 1974.
Commando units
Africa
Served in Angola (1963–1975)
21st Training Center (CI21) - created in 1962 and disbanded in the same year. It was the first Commando training unit;
16th Training Center (CI16) - succeeded CI21 in 1963, as the Commando training unit;
25th Training Center (CI25) - succeeded CI16 in 1964, as the Commando training unit. It was transformed in the Commando Training Center in 1965;
Commando Training Center (CICmds) - created in 1965 by the transformation of the CI25;
Commando Companies (CCmds): 1st, 2nd, 6th, 8th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 30th, 2024th, 2044th, 2046th and 2047th - temporary units mobilized in Angola from 1964. The 2nd Company served both in Angola and in Mozambique;
Commando companies: 11th, 12th, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 31st, 33rd, 37th, 36th, 2041st, 2042nd, 4042nd and 112th/74 - temporary units mobilized in European Portugal from 1967. The 11th company raised by the 5th Caçadores Battalion, the 12th company raised by the 1st Light Artillery Regiment and the remaining companies raised by the Special Operations Training Center.
Served in Portuguese Guinea (1964–1974)
Guinea Commando Training Center (CICmds) - created in 1964 and transformed in the Guinea Commando Company in 1965;
Commando groups (GrCmds): "Camaleões", "Fantasmas" and "Panteras" - temporary units, existing between 1965 and 1966;
Guinea Commando Company (CCmdsGuiné) - created in 1965 and disbanded in 1966. Included the Commando groups: "Apaches", "Centuriões", "Diabólicos", "Vampiros" and "Grusinos";
Commando companies (CCmds): 3rd, 5th, 15th, 16th, 26th, 27th, 35th and 38th - temporary units mobilized in European Portugal from 1966. The 3rd and 5th were raised by the 1st Light Artillery Regiment, the remaining by the Special Operations Training Centre;
African Commando Companies (CCmdsAfricanos): 1st, 2nd and 3rd – mobilized in Guinea from 1969 and composed entirely of blacks;
Guinea Commando Battalion (BCmdsGuiné) – created in 1972 to centralize the command, training and support to all commando companies operating Commando companies operating in the Portuguese Guinea.
Served in Mozambique (1964–1975)
Commando Companies (CCmds): 2nd, 7th, 17th and 21st - temporary units mobilized in Angola to serve in Mozambique, from 1966. The 2nd Company also served in Angola itself. All of these companies were raised by the Angola Commando Training Center;
Commando companies: 4th, 9th,10th,18th, 23rd, 28th, 29th, 32nd, 34th, 2040th,2043rd, 2045th and 4040th - temporary units mobilized in European Portugal. The 4th, 9th, 10th and 18th companies were raised by the 1st Light Artillery Regiment and the remaining were raised by the Special Operations Training Center
Mozambique Commando companies (CCmdsMoç): 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th – temporary units mobilized in Mozambique from 1970 and composed both of blacks and whites;
Mozambique Commando Battalion (BCmdsMoç) – created in 1969 to centralize the command, training and support to all Commando companies operating in Mozambique.
Portugal
Served in Portugal (1974–1993):
Commando Regiment, which included the:
Commando Battalion 11 (BCmds 11) - included the commando companies (CCmds): 111, 112, 113 and 114. BCmds 11 was formed with 2041st, 2042nd, 4041st and 112th/74 CCmds, after coming back from Angola and Guinea, changing their numbers. CCmds 113 was later deactivated;
Commando Battalion 12 (BCmds 12) - included the CCmds: 121, 122 and 123 (heavy weapons). CCmds 123 was deactivated in 1982; CCmds 131 was created later, also of heavy weapons. In this battalion was also integrated the Commando Company REDES (Raids and Destructions);
Commando Company 131 (heavy weapons) - created in 1982 as the initial company of the future Commando Battalion 13, which was never activated. It was later deactivated;
Headquarters and Support Battalion (BCS/RCmds) - included: Headquarters and Services, Specialities Training, Maintenance and Transport and Resupply companies;
Training Battalion (BInstrução/RCmds) - included Training companies: 1st and 2nd;
Serving currently in Portugal (since 2006)
Commando Regiment, which includes:
Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Company (CCS/RCmds);
Commando Battalion - includes Battalion Headquarters and Support Company (CCA/BCmds), Commando companies (CCmds): 1st CCmds "Morcegos", 2nd CCmds "Escorpiões" and 3rd CCmds "Cobras".
Training Company (CF/RCmds).
Selection
Must be a Portuguese citizen
Must be at least 18 years old
Pass a medical and psychological exam
Physical tests:
run 2500 meters under 12 minutes
47 sit-ups under 2 minutes
5 continuous pull-ups (palms forward)
32 push-ups
jump a 3-meter ditch
jump a 90 cm-high wall
walk a 5-meter-high portico
swim 25 meters
complete a labyrinth tunnel
walk 8 km under 60 minutes, fully equipped and with extra 5 kg of weight
The physical tests are easy to complete, which allows the commandos to have large numbers of recruits; useful because there will be a lot of drop-outs during the instruction. It has been confirmed that due to the severity of the training, there is only a 20% completion rate.
After passing all the tests, the recruits will start the instruction.
Most of the instruction schedule or nature is unknown to the recruits. That means that they must be constantly ready and, to the smallest indication, present themselves on the parade ground or where they are ordered to, and follow whatever the instructors say. It might happen that they stay uninterrupted in instruction for more than a day, or that they have to conduct their daily lives during the night. The unforeseen and surprise are fundamental characteristics of the instruction. Each recruit must also be self-controlled: they have to control reactions that, otherwise, might be normal if they were not future Commandos.
All the demands made in the instruction are not obligations: each recruit has the right to refuse to do whatever he is ordered to. Obviously, doing this means that he is off the course.
When a recruit successfully completes the instruction he is badged as a commando and receives the famous red beret. The badging ceremony (like other traditions of the Commandos) is inspired by old Portuguese military orders (these were forces that, in medieval Portugal, were tasked with surveillance and intelligence in peacetime; first resistance in the defensive and first attack in the offensive; they were also the strongest forces during wartime).
Equipment
Infantry equipment
Glock 17 Gen 5
Heckler & Koch MP5
FN SCAR L
FN SCAR H
Heckler & Koch MG4
FN Minimi Mk3
Browning M2HB
Carl Gustav M3
M72A3 LAW
Heckler & Koch GMG
Combat vehicles
HMMWV M1151A1/1152A1
URO VAMTAC ST5
Ranger Special Operations Vehicle
See also
Portuguese Colonial War
Portuguese Armed Forces
Portuguese irregular forces in the Overseas War
References
External links
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Military units and formations established in 1994
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Camilo Egas (1889-September 18, 1962) was an Ecuadorian master painter and teacher, who was also active in the United States and Europe. Egas was married in Paris 1927 to dancer and artist Margarita Gibbons.
Camilo Egas museum in Quito illustrates a self portrait of the artist of 1946 that is on the cover of a pamphlet published by them then used for a book Jan 2003 edition by del Banco central del Ecuador.
Early life and education
Camilo Alejandro Egas Silva was born in Quito, Ecuador, in 1889 and grew up in the San Blas neighborhood in the province of Pichincha to parents Camilo Egas Caldas, a professor, and Maria Zoila Silva Larrea, a homemaker. He began his primary education in 1895 at the Christian school named El Cebollar de Los Hermanos Cristianos. From an early age, he displayed a natural talent for the arts, spending his free time drawing in his father’s journals. He next studied at the San Gabriel y Mejia high schools before enrolling in fine arts. In 1905, he began his secondary education at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Quito, where he received multiple accolades for his paintings. In 1909, Egas received two gold medals for his talent in his artistic coursework. Both medals awarded in the competitions from the Nacional del Centenario de la Independencia and the Universitario del Cartel. Additionally, in 1911, Egas earned a government-issued grant to study abroad at the Royal Academy of Rome. During the same year, and before the start of World War I, Egas returned to the Escuela de Bellas Artes, where he subsequently won the Catedra de Pintura competition. Between 1918-1923, Egas won two more competitions, one from the Salon Mariano Aguilera and the other from the Mariano Aguilera de Quito contest. In 1919, Egas studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid on a second government grant. Egas also studied in the Académie Colarossi in Paris from 1920 to 1925, where he became the disciple and eventual friend of Pablo Picasso.
Indigenismo Movement in Ecuador
During the initial opening stages of the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Quito, in the early 1900s, the school began implementing a curriculum in correlation to the Ecuadorian’s efforts to create a modern national identity. The school’s mission was to emulate the European standard of art in order to portray the country’s newfound political and social agenda. This was evident in the way the school encouraged and pushed Neoclassicism in its programs of study. The school made efforts to send its students to study abroad in Europe and hired foreign artists to serve as teachers such as French Impressionist Paul Bar and Italian modernist sculptor Luigi Casadio. Between 1911-1915, Bar and Casadio started to separate themselves from the school’s European Neoclassical ideology. They instead focused on using and acknowledging the student’s surroundings and environment, going as far as implementing the usage of native individuals as live models. Hence, incorporating Ecuador’s cultural roots into the student’s artwork and in turn, modifying the traditional costumbrismo approach by making Indigenous Ecuadorian art more relevant.
After a three-year stay in Paris, Camilo Egas returned to Quito in 1915 following the intensification of World War I. It was during this time that Egas first experienced exposure to the revolutionary focus of Native American themes present in the Escuela de Bellas Artes. He studied and was influenced by Bar, Cassadio and the School director lithographer Víctor Puig, in choosing Indigenism as his artistic focus. Egas combined the Costumbrista painting tradition of Ecuador with the influences of contemporary art movements in other countries. He used his knowledge of European art techniques to create dramatic, large-scale oil paintings of Andean indigenous peoples and themes, bringing Indigenismo to the European ‘high art’ world. Egas’s ideology and aesthetic of the 1910s and 1920s connect him to Spanish modernism, a movement espoused by the School of Fine Arts at Quito, which was inspired by its modernity and nationalism. Egas applied the same Spanish standard of painting ethnic and exotic local subjects as a representation of Ecuadorian identity. In his decision to combine his globally acquired artisanship, Egas thus gained prestige by elevating the depiction of the native population in a refined aesthetic manner.
In 1926, Egas once again returned to Ecuador, playing a pivotal role in forming the Indigenist Movement. Other indigenists artists include Diógenes Paredes, Bolívar Mena Franco, Pedro León, Eduardo Kingman, and Oswaldo Guayasamin. The Indian theme seen in his work was related to the rise of Socialism and the constitution of Marxist parties in Latin America. In 1926, Egas opened and founded the first privately owned gallery in Quito and Ecuador’s first art periodical journal, Hélice (Helix)., referencing the modernist art magazines he had encountered in Paris. The magazine included literature, short stories, cartoons, and art opinions. The Ecuadorian novelist Pablo Palacio published his important short story “Un hombre muerto a puntapiés” in the Hélice magazine in 1926.
During this time in Ecuador, Egas taught at the Normal de Quito, taught some courses in the Escuela de Bellas Artes, and served as art director of the National Theatre. He also consecutively developed the Indeginism concept for the next 20 years by adding various style changes and social significance in two phases. The first phase pertains to Egas painting Ecuador’s native population and rituals in a dignified, formal, and ideal manner. Changing the scenery and depicting the locals based on historical context. After a few years, Egas moved away from painting romantic personifications and entered his second stage by portraying the Indigenous social condition. This stage would transform into Indigenist Pictorialism, which was seen later in the commissioned mural from the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
Move to United States
According to Art Historian Michele Greet, Egas, full of new perspectives and insights on the European art styles, returns to Quito to start an Ecuadorian avant-garde movement of his own. He creates the country's first artistic journal Hélice and opens the first private owned gallery focusing on modern artwork. Nonetheless, these new artistic enterprises did not elicit enough local attention nor support, and therefore Egas decided to end both of his ventures. Greet surmises that the unsuccessful artistic endeavors, as well as his recent marriage to the North American dancer Margaret Gibbons perhaps encouraged Egas to move overseas; he subsequently established himself in Greenwich Village, New York. In 1927 at the time of his arrival, the United States was going through The Great Depression. The artistic focus was that of social content rather than the previous extravagant and luxurious representation of The Roaring 1920s. The United States, transfixed in redefining its national identity, became focused on depicting the reality and the disparity amongst the social classes. In 1932, Egas recently appointed a teaching position at The New School of Social Research in New York City, was commissioned by Alvin Johnson, the Director at the time, to begin work on a mural in front of the dance school titled, Ecuadorian Festival. For Camilo Egas, his mural was only a depiction of Ecuador’s cultural distinctiveness; however, Johnson reacted as if it was meant to be a societal message. Johnson’s interpretation of Egas’s choice of style, being Indigenism, similarly resonated with the American public, associating his indigenous subject matter as the similar plight of the social lower classes. Egas thus began painting the affected American workers and the homeless, subsequently accepting the recognition and the label of a social realist.
Mural for the 1939 New York World's Fair
In 1939, Camilo Egas was responsible for decorating and painting a mural for the Ecuadorian Pavilion of the New York World’s Fair. The Museo Jijon y Caamano de Arqueologia y Arte Colonial in Quito commissioned him to paint a series of work in oils exploring Andean Indian life. Word got sent back to Ecuador of the Americans’ public recognition of Camilo Egas’s artistry in Social Realism. He was thus invited and contracted to design the Ecuadorian exhibition and its interior mural. However, the partnership and negotiations between Ecuador’s General Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United States Directory of Foreign Participations would be troubled from the start. Multiple conflicting artistic and commercial interests, cultural versus social ideologies, and an overall lack of delegatory participation hindered the mural’s intended meaning and timely production. All these disagreements resulted in the national and public disappointment over the finalized mural. Ecuadorian audiences perceived the mural as an unacceptable representation of their national identity by portraying their country as an impoverished indigenous state. While the American audience viewed Egas’s attempt at symbolism as confusing and losing the effectiveness of Indigenism as a tool of social awareness. Nonetheless, according to Egas, his mural’s intention was not only to depict the fair’s theme of past and the present, but also to depict the future of Ecuador, and to embody a compilation of Ecuador’s rich history. Its main objective was to showcase the country’s native ancestry, artisanal and agriculture abundance, and the country’s overall modernization efforts. Nevertheless, the resulting criticism eventually led Camilo Egas to abandon Indigenism in its entirety, never to show his previous works in public galleries again. Subsequently, the mural was forgotten and consequently destroyed amid the rising military tension between Ecuador and Peru, ultimately culminating into a full-fledged war by 1941. However, before the growing political pressures, Egas would use this opportunity to establish transnational scholarships for other Ecuadorian artists to study in The New School of Social Research in New York City.
Later life
From 1927 to the end of his life, Egas resided in New York City, but occasionally lived in Spain and Italy, and made numerous trips back to Ecuador. It was the early 1940s that altered his focus on forming a sense of a national character through indigenism. Post-WWII there was an influx of artists and ideas in New York, and according to Diana Mantilla, this nationalism possibly influenced Egas's experimentation with surrealism of the 1940s and 1950s, as a means of self-contemplation and artistic adaptation. Social Realism no longer held the same meaning as it did before, and a shift of his efforts to surrealism was a response to existentialist thought. As noted by Mantilla, through surrealism, Egas perhaps felt he was able to express his consciousness as well as inner turmoil. It brought him criticism, however, for example from Alvin Saunders Johnson, for a betrayal of his cultural integrity. Egas insisted that art meant being true to oneself, and a reflection of one's own life. He assimilated various styles: first, Social Realism, then surrealism, Neo-Cubism, and finally Abstract Expressionism.
In New York, he befriended José Clemente Orozco. In the 1930s, Egas's work included two murals, Harvesting Food in Ecuador: No Profit Motif in Any Face or Figure and Harvesting Food in North America. In 1932 Egas began teaching at the New School for Social Research in New York in and became their first Director of Art in 1935. Additionally, between 1945-1956, Egas used his position as an Art Director at The New School of Social Research to respond to the recent artist migration from WWII. He created workshops to enhance the school’s curriculum to be inclusive, progressive, and affordable to all. He taught and directed the art department until his death in 1962, the same year that the school gave him an honorary doctorate in fine arts. Also after his death, Egas was bestowed the prestigious American Academy Award of Arts and Letters.
During the 1950s, Egas exhibited his work in Caracas, Quito, and New York.
Egas died of cancer on September 18, 1962 in the Bronx, New York.
Legacy
The Museo Camilo Egas in Quito opened in 1981 with a permanent exhibition of his work. It was open for 15 years and then closed. In 2003 the Museo Camilo Egas was re-opened by the Banco Central del Ecuador. Now the collection belongs to the Ministerio de Cultura de Ecuador, and Museo Camilo Egas is located in this historic location in the Historic Center of Quito, in Venezuela street and Esmeraldas Corner.
See also
List of Ecuadorian artists
References
1889 births
1962 deaths
Modern artists
Ecuadorian painters
Ecuadorian emigrants to the United States
The New School faculty
Latin American artists of indigenous descent
20th-century indigenous painters of the Americas
Académie Colarossi alumni | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilo%20Egas |
SWAT Force is the first game of the Police Quest series to be released for mobiles, developed by French studio Kaolink. The player controls a two-man team (sharp shooter and demolition expert) and tries to rescue hostages, arrest suspects and secure weapons. It was released February 28, 2006.
Gameplay
The player controls a two-person SWAT team consisting of an artilleryman and an expert. The expert is able to pick locks, hack computers and defuse bombs, while the artilleryman is equipped with a more lethal weapon as well as stun grenades, flashbang grenades and the ability to get enemies to surrender.
Reception
The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.
References
External links
Vivendi Universal's SWAT Force Official Site
2006 video games
Mobile games
Police Quest and SWAT
Shoot 'em ups
Video games about police officers
Video games developed in France | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAT%20Force |
Rockyford is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is approximately east of Calgary and southwest of Drumheller. It was founded in 1913 upon the arrival of the Canadian National Railway.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Rockyford had a population of 395 living in 144 of its 154 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 316. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Rockyford recorded a population of 316 living in 144 of its 151 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 325. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
See also
List of communities in Alberta
List of villages in Alberta
References
External links
1919 establishments in Alberta
Villages in Alberta | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockyford%2C%20Alberta |
Voyager were an English pop/rock band, made up of Paul French, Paul Hirsh, Chris Hook, and John "Martyr" Marter. Dominic Telfer later replaced Hook.
Formation and main history
They formed initially in Newbury, Berkshire as The Paul French Connection with Paul French (vocals, keyboards), Paul Hirsh (keyboards, guitar), Chris Hook (bass guitar), and former member of Mr Big, John "Martyr" Marter (drums).
Although they initially saw themselves as a progressive rock group, they had to tailor their style to a more commercial mood, as evidenced by their debut single, "Halfway Hotel". It was their only hit single, reaching No. 33 in the UK Singles Chart, No. 15 in the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in 1979 and duly becoming the title track of their first album.
A second album Act of Love (1980) yielded a turntable hit (heavily played on music radio without ever entering the charts), "Sing Out (Love Is Easy)". Part of the instrumental section of the single was used for some time thereafter as background music for the chart run down on BBC Radio 1 each week.
A third album Voyager, followed in 1981 and featured Dominic Telfer on bass guitar, replacing Chris Hook. A single from this album, "Rosie", achieved some radio play but no chart success.
In 1981, they undertook two key tours, promoting the third album. The first tour was in support of the Greg Lake Band (ex Emerson, Lake & Palmer). During December 1981 the band supported the Electric Light Orchestra on the UK leg of their world "Time" tour. They played the Royal Highland Exhibition Centre at Ingliston near Edinburgh, Wembley Arena and Birmingham NEC.
Breakup
In the absence of further chart success, they subsequently disbanded. A compilation, Travels in Time - The Best of the Early Years, was issued on CD in 2004, containing digitally remastered versions of thirteen songs from the first two albums, plus a previously unreleased track, "Time On Our Side". All three of the first albums, mastered from the vinyls, have now been released on CD by the Japanese record label, Air Mail Recordings.
Marter later joined Marillion, then Alaska, and since 1994 has played with the SAS Band, a loose conglomeration of musicians and singers led by Spike Edney, former keyboard player on stage with Queen. He and Hook have also worked with The Purple Project, a Deep Purple tribute band as well as the Yes tribute act, Fragile, while Hook also plays with Bluefish and with Ultimate Elton and the Rocket Band, a UK Elton John tribute group. Hirsh temporarily joined Status Quo for live performances in 2000, whilst their regular keyboard player and guitarist Andy Bown took a break for personal reasons. French went on to compose classical pieces premiered at the Wigmore Hall by the ensemble Endymion, and composed production music in various styles for Chappell Music Library.
Reform
In 2006, Voyager reunited to record another album, Eyecontact. However, their lack of further chart success leave them labeled as one-hit wonders.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Singles
See also
List of performers on Top of the Pops
References
English pop music groups
English rock music groups | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager%20%28English%20band%29 |
The German Unix User Group (GUUG) is a registered association of German Unix users. The user group intends to carry out scientific research to promote technical development and communication of open systems which were initiated in particular by the operating system Unix.
References
External links
GUUG
User groups | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20Unix%20User%20Group |
Cayo or cayó may refer to:
Cayo (film), a 2005 Puerto Rican film starring Roselyn Sánchez
Cayo District, a district in the west of the nation of Belize
San Ignacio, Belize, a town in the Cayo District (originally named "El Cayo")
Caio, Carmarthenshire, a village in Wales sometimes spelt with a 'y'
Cayo Hundred, a geographic division named after the village
"Cayó", a 2022 song by Arca
Elsa Cayo (born 1951), Peruvian filmmaker
See also
Caio (disambiguation)
Cay (sand island) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayo |
The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living is the third studio album by Mike Skinner, under the music project The Streets. It was released on 10 April 2006 in the United Kingdom and 25 April 2006 in North America. It is also the shortest The Streets album released so far, with a running time of just 37 minutes and 12 seconds. The Mitchell Brothers and Ted Mayhem, two of Skinner's protégés, make guest appearances on the album.
Content
The album deals with the ideas of celebrity and success, partly in relation to Skinner's greater fame after the success of the first two The Streets albums. There are several references to recreational drug use.
The final track, "Fake Streets Hats", is about an incident that happened during the 2004 edition of the Dutch Lowlands festival, where a drunk Mike Skinner openly protested against the handing out of white hats with "The Streets" written on them, because he thought they were fake, and thus illegal merchandise. The hats actually were promotional material from his label, Warner. Mike Skinner also sees the song as a personal reflection on plagiarism in general.
Critical reception
Critical response for the album was generally positive, scoring 72/100 on Metacritic. However, this score is lower than his previous two albums, scoring 90/100 and 91/100 respectively. In a mixed review, Prefix Magazine said "With about half the tracks on this record falling short, Skinner would seem to be teetering on the edge of irrelevance. But even the failed tracks here sound interesting, and if he's lost his way somewhat thematically, it's all in the name of searching for his new voice." In a much more positive review, The Village Voice Consumer Guide said "His comic timing and mixture of slangs--not to mention his musical conception... are all so much more fully developed that he's actually made a record that's fun to play in the background." Spin named Skinner "the perfect poet for this snooze of a topic." In a negative review, Stylus Magazine described the album as "an exercise in empty nothingness. But it’s not Bacchanalian coked-out excess nothingness, it's the joyless hollow-eyed actions of a man who is waiting for the next fix and doesn't care what bullshit has to come out of his lips in order to get paid."
Track listing
All tracks are written by Mike Skinner
"Prangin' Out" – 3:49
"War of the Sexes" – 3:26
"The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living" – 3:13
"All Goes Out the Window" – 3:32
"Memento Mori" – 2:36
"Can't Con an Honest John" – 3:40
"When You Wasn't Famous" – 3:18
"Never Went to Church" – 3:32
"Hotel Expressionism" – 3:33
"Two Nations" – 3:05
"Fake Streets Hats" – 3:12
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
2006 albums
679 Artists albums
Albums produced by Mike Skinner (musician)
The Streets albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hardest%20Way%20to%20Make%20an%20Easy%20Living |
South Stann Creek is a watercourse in southeastern Belize. The administrative division, Stann Creek District, is named after the river. South Stann Creek rises in the foothills of the eastern slopes of the Maya Mountains within the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. It drains the Cockscomb West Basin.
See also
Jaguar
Logging
Rivers of Belize | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Stann%20Creek |
François-Louis Tremblay (born November 13, 1980) is a Canadian retired short track speed skater and five-time Olympic medallist who competed at the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Olympics.
François-Louis Tremblay is one of only three Canadian men to win 5 medals at the Winter Olympic games, the other men being Marc Gagnon. At the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, and Charles Hamelin. Tremblay was a member of Canada's gold medal-winning 5,000-meter relay team. In Turin, Italy, at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, he won two silver medals. He won an individual medal by finishing second in the men's 500-meter race and also took part in the men's 5,000-meter relay that finished second behind the South Korean team. He added a bronze medal in the 500 m and gold medal in the 5000 m relay in 2010.
Tremblay was a two-time world champion at 500 meters, having won back-to-back titles at the 2005 World Short Track Championships in Beijing and again at the 2006 World Short Track Championships in Minneapolis.
Career
Tremblay's career has been one as a prominent member of the Canadian short track team. The emphasis is particularly on team, as Tremblay has featured prominently as a member of the relay team helping it to a gold medal during the 2002 Olympics and a silver medal in Turin 2006. It was at the Turin Olympics that Tremblay won his first individual medal finishing 2nd behind Apolo Anton Ohno in the 500 m. Tremblay is currently second on the all-time medals list for Canadian short-trackers in medals received in the Olympics and World Championships, although 7 of his 9 gold medals were either a part of the relay team or World Team Championships. He did win the 500 m world crown back to back in 2005 and 2006, following by a silver medal behind teammate Charles Hamelin in 2007.
The 500 m became Tremblay's premier event, one which he bloomed into late only winning his first individual world medal in the event in 2005. Despite his late arrival as an elite athlete, he has excelled at a point of life in which most short trackers are considering retirement. Tremblay won the 2008-09 World Cup overall in the 500 m, and in the shortened 2009-10 World Cup season he finished second overall in the 500 m to teammate Charles Hamelin again. Tremblay continued to anchor the relay team together with Hamelin. After losing the men's relay at the world cup event in Canada he made a guarantee saying "next time we're going to win...we're going to win the gold medal" in the relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
2010 Vancouver Olympics
At Tremblay's age of 29 these were likely his last games and therefore his first and last games on home soil. In the opening heat of the 500 m Francois-Louis Tremblay broke Charles Hamelin's Olympic Record which had just been set the heat before. The record was now set at 41.397 seconds. On February 26, he won two medals in one night. He won a bronze medal in the 500 m, with his teammate Charles Hamelin winning gold. He then won a gold medal in the 5000 m relay along with Charles Hamelin, François Hamelin, Olivier Jean and Guillaume Bastille. With the two medals at the Olympics, Tremblay tied a record set by Marc Gagnon as the only Canadian men to win 5 medals in the Winter Olympics.
References
External links
Speed Skating Canada bio
CyberScoreboard bio & career achievements
CBC.ca bio
NBC Olympics bio and Q&A
1980 births
Living people
Canadian male short track speed skaters
Olympic short track speed skaters for Canada
Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
People from Alma, Quebec
Sportspeople from Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Sportspeople from Quebec
French Quebecers
Canadian male speed skaters
21st-century Canadian people | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Louis%20Tremblay |
Ridley sea turtles are a genus (Lepidochelys) of sea turtle comprising two species: Kemp's ridley sea turtle and the olive ridley sea turtle.
Kemp's ridley sea turtles are currently on the New York and United States lists of endangered species.
Anatomy
Adult ridley sea turtles grow to a length of , and weight of . They feed on crabs, fish, cephalopods, clams, and some marine vegetation.
Etymology and taxonomic history
The origin of "ridley" is a subject of speculation. Prior to being known as ridleys, French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède referred to the Lepidochelys species as "bastard turtles." Renowned sea turtle conservationist Archie Carr claimed that "ridley" was a common Floridan term, quite possibly, a dialectal corruption of "riddle."
Conservation
The Kemp's ridley sea turtles were on the brink of extinction in the 1960s with low numbers of 200 nesting individuals. Due to strict laws that protected their nesting sites in Mexico and altered fishing gear to avoid accidental capture of the Kemp's ridley, their numbers have increased to estimated an 7000–9000 nesting individuals today.
The olive ridley sea turtle is considered to have the most abundant numbers today, estimated as 800,000 nesting individuals. The threats to their survival are loss of nesting habitat, direct harvest of the eggs and adults, and entanglement in fishing gear. Laws against harvesting the adults and eggs also have helped the olive ridley sea turtles' numbers gradually increase.
References
External links
NY State Website - endangered species
Lepidochelys
Turtle genera
Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley%20sea%20turtle |
Pyrylium is a cation (positive ion) with formula , consisting of a six-membered ring of five carbon atoms, each with one hydrogen atom, and one positively charged oxygen atom. The bonds in the ring are conjugated as in benzene, giving it an aromatic character. In particular, because of the positive charge, the oxygen atom is trivalent. Pyrilium is a mono-cyclic and heterocyclic compound, one of the oxonium ions.
Salts
Pyrylium and its derivatives form stable salts with a variety of anions.
Derivatives
Many important cations are formally derived from pyrylium by substitution of various functional groups for some or all the hydrogens in the ring. The 2,4,6-triphenylpyrilium, referred to as the Katritzky salt, (after Alan R. Katritzky) is an important example used in many modern examples of metal catalyzed cross-couplings.
Chemical properties
Like other oxonium ions, pyrylium is unstable in neutral water. However, pyrylium is much less reactive than ordinary oxonium ions because of aromatic stabilization. The 2,4,6-triphenyl salt is commonly reacted with aliphatic amines at the 1 position, forming pyridinium salts and activating them towards oxidative addition by metal complexes, most notably ones with nickel. Pyrylium cations also react with nucleophiles in the 2, 4, and 6 positions, which can induce a variety of reactions. The high electronegativity of the oxygen results in strong single perturbation by one heteroatom in the six-membered ring.
Synthesis
Pyrylium salts are easily produced from simple starting materials through a condensation reaction.
Pyrylium salts with aromatic substituents, such 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium tetrafluoroborate, can be obtained from two moles of acetophenone and one mole of benzaldehyde in the presence of tetrafluoroboric acid and an oxidizing agent (Dilthey synthesis). For pyrylium salts with alkyl substituents, such as 2,4,6-trimethylpyrylium salts, the best method uses the Balaban-Nenitzescu-Praill synthesis from tertiary butanol and acetic anhydride in the presence of tetrafluoroboric, perchloric, or trifluoromethanesulfonic acids. 2,4,6-Triphenylpyrylium salts are converted by bases into a stable 1,5-enedione (pseudobase), but 2,4,6-trimethylpyrylium salts on treatment with hot alkali hydroxides afford an unstable pseudobase that undergoes an intramolecular condensation yielding 3,5-dimethylphenol. In warm deuterium oxide, 2,4,6-trimethylpyrylium salts undergo isotopic exchange of 4-methyl hydrogens faster than for the 2- and 6-methyl groups, allowing the synthesis of regioselectively deuterated compounds.
Derivatives
The reactivity of pyrylium salts toward nucleophiles makes them useful materials for producing other compounds with stronger aromatic character. Pyrylium salts afford pyridines with ammonia, pyridinium salts with primary amines, pyridine-N-oxides with hydroxylamine, phosphabenzenes with phosphine derivatives, thiopyrylium salts with hydrogen sulfide, and benzene derivatives with acetonitrile or nitromethane.
Pyrones
A pyrylium cation with a hydroxyl anion substituent in the 2-position is not the zwitterionic aromatic compound (1), but the neutral unsaturated lactone 2-pyrone or pyran-2-one (2). Important representatives of this class are the coumarins. Likewise a 4-hydroxyl pyrylium compound is a γ-pyrone or pyran-4-one (4), to which group belong compounds such as maltol.
Chemical properties
2-Pyrones are known to react with alkynes in a Diels–Alder reaction to form arene compounds with expulsion of carbon dioxide, for example:
Polycyclic pyrylium ions
Chromenylium ion
One bicyclic pyrylium ion is called benzopyrylium ion (IUPAC: chromenylium ion) (formula: , molar mass: 131.15 g/mol, exact mass: 131.04968983). It can be seen as a charged derivative of 2H-1-benzopyran (IUPAC: 2H-chromene, ), or a (charged) substituted heterocyclic derivative of naphthalene ().
Flavylium ion
In biology, the 2-phenylbenzopyrylium (2-phenylchromenylium) ion is referred to as flavylium. A class of flavylium-derived compounds are anthocyanidins and anthocyanins, pigments that are responsible for the colors of many flowers.
Naphthoxanthenium cation
Higher polycyclic derivatives of pyrylium also exist. One good example is naphthoxanthenium. This dye is highly stable, aromatic, and planar. It absorbs in the UV and blue region and presents exceptional photophysical properties. It can be synthesized by chemical or photochemical reactions.
See also
6-membered aromatic rings with one carbon replaced by another group: borabenzene, silabenzene, germabenzene, stannabenzene, pyridine, phosphorine, arsabenzene, stibabenzene, bismabenzene, pyrylium, thiopyrylium, selenopyrylium, telluropyrylium
Pyran, (pyrones lacking the ketone group)
References
Oxygen heterocycles
Six-membered rings
Cations
Oxonium compounds | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrylium |
Amanda Overland (born August 30, 1981) is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is the sister of Kevin Overland and Cindy Overland, both Olympic Speed Skaters.
External links
CBC.ca biography
1981 births
Living people
Canadian female short track speed skaters
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic short track speed skaters for Canada
Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
Short track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario
21st-century Canadian women | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda%20Overland |
Hardikar Hospital is a Multi Speciality hospital in Pune, Maharashtra, India. It has 120 beds, serves as a private institution, and has a medical school attached to it.
Hardikar Hospital also refers to a 5-bed hospital in Dombivli, India.
External links
Hospitals in Pune
Year of establishment missing | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardikar%20Hospital |
Tania Vicent (born January 13, 1976, in Laval, Quebec) is a Canadian short track speed skater, who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. On February 22, along with Alanna Kraus, Anouk Leblanc-Boucher and Kalyna Roberge, Vicent won a silver medal for Canada in the 3000m relay. She won the bronze medal in Nagano and at Salt Lake City.
She won her fourth consecutive Olympic 3,000 metre relay medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics, skating alongside Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge and Marianne St-Gelais.
References
External links
CBC.ca Bio
Tania Vicent on Real Champions
1976 births
Living people
Canadian female short track speed skaters
Short track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Sportspeople from Laval, Quebec
Olympic short track speed skaters for Canada
Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
Canadian female speed skaters
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
21st-century Canadian women | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tania%20Vicent |
The women's 5000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 25 February.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Results
References
Women's speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20skating%20at%20the%202006%20Winter%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%205000%20metres |
Islamistan (, ; lit. "Islamland" or "the Land of Islam") is a Persian, Pashto and Urdu term referring to Dār al-Islām.
In Afghanistan during the Soviet–Afghan War, anti-Soviet factions came together to try to present a united front for the country. Some of these groups suggested that the name of Afghanistan be changed to Islamistan.
In 1949, the president of Muslim League in Pakistan said in a speech that the country would bring all Muslim countries together under Islamistan.
Daniel Pipes quotes Hafeez Malik of Villanova University who writes that: "Pakistanis have started to speculate that Pakistan's natural habitat includes Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and the Central Asian Republics." Pipes then writes that "Sometimes called Islamistan, this region gets counterpoised against the Arabic-speaking south."
See also
Šuʿūbiyyah, movement of non-Arab Islamic civilisation
Islamic world
References
Islamic terminology
Islamism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamistan |
Hammam-Lif (, pronounced hammam linf) is a coastal town about 20 km south-east of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been known since antiquity for its thermal springs originating in Mount Bou Kornine.
History
Naro, which means fire, was Hammam-Lif's Punic name. In 1883, the French captain Ernest De Prudhomme discovered in his Hammam-lif residence the first archeological ruins of an ancient synagogue that once stood in Hammam-Lif in 3rd-5th century AD.
Hammam-Lif was once the home of Italian, Greek and Jewish communities, especially before the end of the French colonial period.
Hammam-Lif's most interesting site is probably Dar El Bey, which was the residence of Ali II Bey, the 4th bey of Tunis.
Sport
The local football team Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif won the Tunisian championship in 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 and won the Tunisian Cup in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1985, 2001
Notable people
Ahmed Achour (1945-2021), conductor and composer
Wajiha Jendoubi (1960-), actress and comedian
Aly Ben Ayed (1930-1972), actor and director
Férid Boughedir (1944-), film director and screenwriter
Abdelmajid Lakhal (1939-2014), film actor and theater director
Témime Lahzami (1949-), football player
Selma Baccar (1945-), filmmaker and producer
Noureddine Kasbaoui (1931-1996), actor and director
Mouna Noureddine (1937-), actress
Walid Mattar (1980-), film director
References
External links
Information and pictures
CSHL: Hammam-Lif's soccer team
Populated places in Ben Arous Governorate
Seaside resorts in Tunisia
Communes of Tunisia
Spa towns in Tunisia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammam-Lif |
Brent Rademaker, is a musician, formerly of The Tyde and Beachwood Sparks.
He was also in Frausdots, a band with Michelle Loiselle, a former backing singer for Guns N' Roses, Carl Tapia, Roger Brogan, Exiquio Talavera and David Baum. Their debut album, Couture, Couture, Couture, features guest appearances from Roger O'Donnell of The Cure, Rob Campanella and Hunter Crowley of Brian Jonestown Massacre and Mia Doi Todd. Rademaker also fronts the band GospelbeacH.
Albums
With Frausdots
Couture, Couture, Couture (Subpop, 2004)
With GospelbeacH
Pacific Surf Line (Alive Naturalsound Records, 2015)
Another Summer Of Love, (Alive Naturalsound Records, 2017)
Another Winter Alive, (Alive Naturalsound Records, 2018)
Let It Burn, (Alive Naturalsound Records, 2019)
References
External links
Frausdots at MySpace
Frausdots at Subpop
Indie rock musical groups from California
Musical groups from Los Angeles
Rocket Girl artists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent%20Rademaker |
Jazz at Santa Monica '72 is a 1972 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium accompanied by a jazz trio led by the pianist Tommy Flanagan, and the Count Basie Orchestra.
This concert recording was initially sold through mail order by the jazz producer and impresario, Norman Granz, as a three-LP set. The success of the album led to Granz founding Pablo Records, his first record label since Verve Records, which he had sold to MGM in 1960.
The concert was originally announced as featuring only the Count Basie Orchestra and Ella Fitzgerald, but Granz had invited some surprise "guests", the trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Harry "Sweets" Edison, the tenor saxophonists, Stan Getz and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, and the pianist Oscar Peterson and bassist Ray Brown.
Track listing
Introductions by Norman Granz – 1:00
"Basie Power" (Ernie Wilkins) – 3:07
"The Spirit Is Willing" (Sammy Nestico) – 4:37
"The Meetin' Time" (Oliver Nelson) – 4:50
"Blues in Hoss's Flat" (Count Basie, Frank Foster) – 5:08
"Good Time Blues" (Wilkins) – 7:34
"In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 15:00
"Loose Walk" (Johnny Richards, Sonny Stitt) – 10:48
"Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:57
"If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 3:26
"She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard Whiting) – 3:05
"Blue and Sentimental" (Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) – 1:58
"I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) – 3:11
"5400 North" (Roy Eldridge) – 13:34
"You Are My Sunshine" (Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell) – 8:41
"L.O.V.E." (Milt Gabler, Bert Kaempfert) – 3:16
"Begin the Beguine" (Cole Porter) – 4:27
"Indian Summer" (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) – 4:34
"You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) – 5:12
"What's Going On" (Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) – 4:06
"Night and Day" (Porter) – 5:17
"Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 4:13
"Little White Lies" (Walter Donaldson) – 3:24
"Madalena" (Ronaldo Monteiro de Souza, Ivan Lins) – 3:37
"Shiny Stockings" (Foster, Ella Fitzgerald) – 3:55
Cole Porter Medley: "Too Darn Hot"/"It's All Right With Me" (Porter) – 3:20
"Sanford and Son Theme" ("The Streetbeater") (Fitzgerald, Quincy Jones) – 2:58
"I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 6:12
"C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) – 11:05
Personnel
Recorded June 2, 1972, in Santa Monica, California:
Tracks 2-6
Count Basie Orchestra
Tracks 7-14
Jazz at the Philharmonic All Stars
Track 15
Oscar Peterson
Tracks 16-20
Ella Fitzgerald
Count Basie Orchestra
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
Frank DeLaRosa - Double Bass
Ed Thigpen - drums
Tracks 21-24
Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
Frank DeLaRosa - Double Bass
Ed Thigpen - Drums
Tracks 25-28
Ella Fitzgerald
Count Basie Orchestra
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
Frank DeLaRosa - Double Bass
Ed Thigpen - Drums
Track 29
Ella Fitzgerald
Count Basie
Jazz at the Philharmonic All Stars
References
1972 live albums
Count Basie Orchestra live albums
Ella Fitzgerald live albums
Albums produced by Norman Granz
Albums recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Pablo Records live albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz%20at%20Santa%20Monica%20Civic%20%2772 |
The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best upperclass women's basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition. It is named after three–time national champion Delta State University coach Lily Margaret Wade. The award debuted in 1978 as the first–ever women's national player of the year award in college basketball. State Farm Insurance sponsors the award, and the trophy is presented at the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) National Convention.
UConn has the most all-time winners with nine. Maya Moore is the only player to win the Wade Trophy three times, accomplishing the feat in 2009 (only sophomore ever to win the award), 2010 and 2011. Other multiple award winners include Nancy Lieberman (1979, 1980), Seimone Augustus (2005, 2006), Brittney Griner (2012, 2013), and fellow UConn alum Breanna Stewart (2015, 2016), and University of Oregon standout Sabrina Ionescu (2019, 2020).
Baylor is in sole possession of second in total awards, and is in a second-place tie with two other schools for the most individual recipients. Three Baylor players have combined to win four awards. The other two programs with three individual recipients are Louisiana Tech and Texas, with all of each school's winners having received the award once. There have never been any ties for the award.
Eligibility and criteria
All academically eligible women's basketball athletes, except freshmen, in NCAA Division I qualify as candidates.
Member of the NCAA Division I Kodak/WBCA All-America Team
Game and season statistics
Effect on team
Leadership
Character
Overall playing ability
Player that embodies the "Spirit of Margaret Wade" as defined by the WBCA and the NAGWS
Winners
See also
List of sports awards honoring women
References
External links
Official website
College basketball player of the year awards in the United States
College basketball trophies and awards in the United States
College women's basketball in the United States
Sports awards honoring women
Awards established in 1978
1978 establishments in the United States
College sports trophies and awards in the United States
State Farm | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade%20Trophy |
Panama is a predominantly Christian country, with Islam being a minority religion. Due to the secular nature of Panama's constitution, Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country.
According to a 2009 Pew Research Center report, there are 24,000 Muslims in Panama who constitute 0.7 percent of the population.
Early history
Although this legend is fallacious, it is still believed that the first Muslims in Panama were Mandinka slaves, brought by the Portuguese slave traders to work the gold mines in 1552. The Mandinka were mainly animist and Muslims at that time, and their importation was prohibited by Spanish Laws but was violated by the Portuguese nonetheless. A group of about 500 that arrived on the Atlantic coast of Panama in 1552, escaped from a sinking ship. They elected a man called Bayano (Vaino) as their leader in the fight against the colonizers. They formed councils, in the areas now known as Darién Province, Bay of San Miguel, San Blas Islands and the area along the Bayano River, named after Bayano. Bayano gained truces with Panama's colonial governor, but the well known Commander Pedro de Ursúa successfully captured the guerrilla leader, who was sent to Peru and then Spain where he died in comfort at the expense of the royal treasury with an annuity. Although many insist on saying that Bayano was a Muslim, Bayano was not muslim as he used to attack the spanish troops under the cry of "SANTIAGO A ELLOS" asking the Christian patron saint of chivalry to help them in that dangerous moment.
Modern Period
The first wave of Muslims were single-male immigrants from the Indian subcontinent and Lebanon who arrived from 1904 to 1913 and later married local women. The first mosque was built by the Ahmadiyya Muslim movement, in 1930. In 1929 another group came from Bombay, India who went on to form the Sunni Indo-Pakistani Muslim Society. From 1929-1948 this organization (renamed Panama Muslim Mission) initiated construction on a mosque in Panama City. The location was half completed and was used for Eid prayers and classes for new Muslims, who numbered about twenty-five blacks of West Indian descent. There was also another group practicing Islam in Colón led by a Jamaican named Basil Austkan, who rented a place for salat on 6th Street and Broadway. In 1932 there was a group of Muslim in San Miguel, Calidonia in Panama City who resided in Short Street where they held meetings and prayers. The Muslims in Panama City of Indo-Pakistan origins had no family structure until 1951 when the first families arrived. In 1963, they purchased a plot in the local cemetery called Jardin de Paz; in 1991, property was purchased in an area called Arraijan, which is now used solely as a Muslim cemetery.
Community Development: 1970s to Present
In the mid-1970s some native Panamanians influenced by the Nation of Islam and led by Abdul Wahab Johnson and Suleyman Johnson, began propagating Islam in Panama City and Colón. After meeting with Dr. Abdulkhabeer Muhammad they began to study orthodox Sunni Islam. In 1977 they received financing from Arab merchants in Colon to rent a place on 7th Street and Central Avenue, Colón. This group, due to lack of knowledge and assistance, eventually disintegrated. The Indo-Pakistani Muslims began teaching their children at home in 1965 until 1973, when a small teaching program began in a room above Bazar Hindustan on Central Avenue, Panama City. In 1978, they began to use a place in the area of Perejil, Panama City, where prayers and meetings took place until the completion of the El Centro Cultural Islámico de Colón on January 15, 1982. This masjid was built jointly by the Islamic Call Society (based in Libya) and Salomon Bhikhu a local merchant from India. Since its inauguration, classes have been held in the evenings and Sundays for new Muslims and people interested in Islam, given by Dr. Abdulkhaber Muhammad and in his absence Hamza Beard. In 1991 the Muslim community purchased in Arraiján, which is now used solely as a Muslim cemetery. As of March 1997, there were four mosques Panama.
Mosques
Jama Mosque (Panama City)
See also
Religion in Panama
References
Further reading
Dr. Fernando Romero el Rey Bayano y Los Negros Panameños en los mediados del siglo xvi
The Message: Canada Islamic Magazine August 1997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam%20in%20Panama |
The Protestant Church of the Redeemer (, ) is located to the south of the village of Sacrow, which since 1939 has been incorporated to Potsdam, the capital of the German Bundesland of Brandenburg. It is famous for its Italian Romanesque Revival architecture with a separate campanile (bell tower) and for its scenic location. It was built in 1844. The design was based on drawings by King Frederick William IV of Prussia, called the Romantic on the Throne. The building was realized by Ludwig Persius, the king's favorite architect. In 1992, the church along with the park and Sacrow Manor was added by UNESCO to the World Heritage Site "Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin" for its architecture and cohesion with the surrounding park.
Location
The church is situated on the bank of lake Jungfernsee, a part of the river Havel, 300 metres south of Sacrow Manor at the edge of its park, designed and expanded in the 1840s by landscape architect Peter Joseph Lenné. Both church and manor were restored in the 1990s. They are part of Potsdam Havel Landscape. This area of lakes, forests, parks, and castles has been classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Though the direct distance from Potsdam City across the Jungfernsee is no more than 1.2 km (2/3 mile), the distance by road is more than .
History
Earlier churches in Sacrow
Little is known about the first church at Sacrow. The first church stood in the middle of the village and was built of boulders. It probably collapsed during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). The first written description is found in a chronicle from 1661, when the priest of became responsible for the parish.
In 1694, a half-timbered church was erected at the same location, above the arches of the previous building's crypt. Johann Andres Moritz, Pastor of Fahrland from 1774 to 1794, in his diary gave a detailed description of life in the village and of the changing owners of the manor house built in 1774. The writer Theodor Fontane integrated parts of these records into his travelogue Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (Hikes through the Mark Brandenburg). As quoted by Fontane, Father Moritz in 1790 expressed his aversion to caring for the remote parish: "Meine Pfarre ist eine beschwerliche Pfarre. Sakrow (nur Filial) liegt eine Meile ab...es ist in allem betrachtet ein verdrießlich Filial, und doch muß ich es alle 14 Tage bereisen. Gott! Du weißt es, wie ich dann...bis Abend fahren und reden muß, wie sauer es mir jetzt wird...." ("My parish is an exhausting parish. Sakrow (only a subsidiary) lies a league away... over all, it has to be regarded an irksome subsidiary, and nevertheless I must travel there every fortnight. God! You know it, how I then...must travel until evening and speak, how disgusted it makes me now ....") After Father Moritz had died, in 1794 Sacrow was transferred to the parish of St. Nicholas' Church, Potsdam. After 1808 it was returned to Fahrland.
The small half-timbered church was unusable after 1813 and had to be demolished in 1822 because it was at risk of collapsing. The congregation arranged to meet in a prayer room in a house near the manor. This state of affairs continued until the Church of the Redeemer was finished in 1844.
Construction of the present church
Over the centuries the village of Sacrow and its manor changed hands many times. In October 1840, Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia, bought the estate for 60,000 thalers and added it to his lands in Potsdam a month later. Long before the purchase, the king had sketched out a church building for Sacrow. The new building was appropriate for a cove, a port where fishermen on the Havel could seek shelter with their boats during storms. For the king, the location quite symbolic: he saw the nave as a bulwark against the storms of life. The church seal alludes to this with its Latin inscription: S. Ecclesiae sanctissimi Salvatoris in portu sacro (Church of the Most Holy Redeemer in the Sacred Port).
Ludwig Persius, the court architect, turned the king's sketches into a building and put his colleague, Ferdinand von Arnim, in charge of the construction process. The church extends into the water and gives the impression of an actual ship anchored near the lakeshore. This design took up a third of the actual overall construction cost of 45,234 thalers and 27 silver grosch. Sacrow Manor was used as the church's parsonage. Construction began in 1841, and the church's festive dedication took place three years later on July 21, 1844.
Beginning in 1842, the landscape architect Peter Joseph Lenné designed the church grounds, the cove, the Sacrow Manor's park, and a rented house in the Italian style (1843/44) by Persius called Zum Doctor Faustus, which stood farther to the east. In his usual fashion, Lenné designed wide walking paths and a wide view of the parks of Glienicke and Babelsberg, of the New Garden, Potsdam, and of the City of Potsdam itself. Through his transformation of the landscape, the over 24 hectare (c. 60 acre) Sacrow Park was incorporated into the Potsdamer Havellandschaft.
After the dedication on July 21, 1844, Sacrow remained an independent congregation for only four years. Then it became part of the parish of the Church of Peace (Friedenskirche) at Sanssouci, and after 1859, it was assigned to the parish of Bornstedt. The final change came in 1870, when the Church of the Redeemer congregation was merged with the parishes of Klein-Glienicke (later part of Neubabelsberg) and the District of Stolpe (now Berlin-Wannsee), and the Church of Ss. Peter and Paul on Nikolskoë, forming together the Evangelical Congregation of Neubabelsberg.
On December 22, 1941, the official German Evangelical Church called for appropriate action by all Protestant church bodies to exclude baptised non-Aryans from all spheres of Protestant church life. Many German Christian-dominated congregations followed suit. However, the Evangelical Congregation of Neubabelsberg handed in a list of signatures in protest against the exclusion of the stigmatised Protestants of Jewish descent.
Decay and restoration since 1961
The building of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 led over the following decades to heavy damage to the Church of the Redeemer. The barrier along the border between the East German Democratic Republic (GDR) and West Berlin was built straight across the lot of the church property and the campanile was used as part of the protective wall of concrete. The church nave stood in the foreland between wall and border. In spite of these circumstances, regular services were still held in the church until Christmas Eve 1961. A few days later, the church's interior, which stood in an area strictly controlled by the GDR border troops, was defiled – almost certainly by the troops. This way the church was made unserviceable. The border authority thus created a reason to seal off the church completely, in order to prevent any escape in that section of the border.
Out of reach of its parish, the church deteriorated year by year. By the end of the 1970s, it became obvious from the West Berlin side of the Havel that the building was in substantial danger. The tin surface of the roof had become fragmented. Some edges of the nave were settled by plants. Some people in West Berlin started a campaign to stop the decay of the church. A great deal of the merit for the preservation of the building is due to Richard von Weizsäcker, at that time Mayor of West Berlin. By protracted negotiations with the responsible Protestant church body, the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg and the authorities of the GDR and through the promise of sharing the costs, he won the agreement of the East German section of Berlin-Brandenburg's Protestant church to organize the restoration of the exterior of the building. At the beginning of the works in 1984, the sculptures of the Twelve Apostles were saved and stored. Other wooden furnishings, such as the twelve corbels and the gallery, still in evidence in pictures taken in 1981, were lost.
In November 1989 the Iron Curtain fell, and on Christmas Eve 1989, a service was held once again in the Church of the Redeemer, after almost three decades. The interior was still in a wasted state.
From 1993 to 1995 the building was extensively restored. The preparatory investigation began in 1990. The architects assigned co-operated with the Monument Commission and the Church Building Authority. They used old drawings and black-and-white photos to reconstruct lost structures. However, the consoles for the apostle statuettes are freely modeled after historic originals from abroad. The statuettes were placed without knowledge of their original positions.
Eight hectares of the garden area designed by Lenné had been completely destroyed in the course of fortifying the border and the park of Sacrow Manor was damaged by the building of garages and kennels, as well as the typical border interface for the training of customs dogs. The park was reconstructed after 1994.
The parsonage had been dissolved in 1977. Hence Sacrow parish today is part of the Protestant Pfingstgemeinde parish in Potsdam. Since the restoration of the Sacrow building in 1995, it has been the site of regular worship again. Regular concerts are held there as well.
Architecture
Nave
As with the later Church of Peace in Sanssouci Park, the Church of the Redeemer used early Christian buildings, as well as Roman markets and forums, as inspiration for the final design. The early-Christian style building was, for Frederick William IV, an architectural reminiscence of early Christianity, whose unified community of the faithful inspired him. Part of this Mediterranean style was the shallow roof – in contrast to the much steeper roofs of ordinary German village churches.
The over 9 meter high, 18 meter long, and 8 meter wide church building, with its eastern apse, is surrounded by a covered arcade. This gives the church the visual impression of a three-aisle basilica. Since the arcade protrudes onto a semi-circular platform in the Havel, to those in the river or in Wannsee-Berlin on its opposite shore, the church looks like it an old ship anchored near the bank. From a distance, the bell tower looks like the chimney of a Mississippi steamboat, an impression the reflection in the water only enhances.
The fluted columns have a palmette ring of cast zinc instead of capitals. At the front entrance the row of columns is broken by two wide pillars of sandstone. On them are Bible verses carved into the stone: the Gospel of John verses 1-16 and 1 Corinthians chapter 13. Light enters the church's interior through the round arched window in the clerestory and the rose window on the western gable. The outer walls, with their yellow-rose bricks, were striped with blue varnish broken by yellow tiles. The church resembles a Greek temple from pre-Christian times with its pitched roof and different devices. On the roof's peak is a pediment cross made of the same cast zinc as at the front.
Interior of the nave
The simple church hall is dominated by Byzantine-style frescoes in the apse. On it glazed gold underside is Christ enthroned holding the Book of Life, surrounded by the Four Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John with their symbols of the lion, eagle, man, and bull. Angels float in a half-circle above their heads. At the peak of the half-circle is the dove representing the Holy Ghost. Adolph Eybel undertook the painting in 1845, basing his work on a sketch by German romantic painter Carl Joseph Begas. In the half-circle of the bema, the color sequence of the church hall, gold stars on a blue background, returns.
The original free-standing, cedar altar table was wantonly destroyed in 1961. Since a reconstruction was not possible because of missing documentation, a stylistically similar one now stands in its place. The nave has a coffered ceiling with secure timber-frame construction. The unique fields are covered with blue cloth and painted light blue stars. Between the clerestory windows stand statues of the Twelve Apostles made of linden wood. They were carved from 1840 to 1844 by . He used the apostle statues made by Peter Vischer for Sebaldus' Grave at St. Sebald in Nuremberg (c. 1500) and Christian Daniel Rauch's finished models for the Berlin Cathedral as models.
The pews originally stood parallel to the long walls but are now arranged in blocks of four in the direction of the apse. The pews' very high backs and the similarly high doors between rows of benches prevent distraction and keep the parishioners' gaze raised to the three stages of worship: the altar, chancel, and lectern.
The only entrance to the church is on the western side. Above it, there is the organ gallery. The original organ of 1844 had only five registers with an attached pedal. It was expanded in 1907 with more pipes, which gave it six manual and one pedal registers. It was destroyed by vandals in 1961. At the time of the general restoration of the interior in 1990, the parish could not afford a new organ. The new instrument was installed in June 2009. It is equipped with two manuals, a pedal, and 14 registers on slider chests. In order to complete the general view of the gallery, at present the organ space is held by a deceitfully real looking paper mockup.
Campanile
On rectangular forecourt with its exedra on the narrow side, stands the over 20 meter high campanile (from Latin campana = bell). The tower has the same mixture of bricks and tiles as the rest of the church. The arched windows rise to the top and end in the last story with an open belvedere. The tower culminates in a shallow pavilion roof with a ball and cross atop it.
The Church of the Redeemer campanile contains a c. 600-year-old bronze bell. Its traditional casting date is 1406, although this is impossible to prove. It was first mentioned in 1661. The bell presumably comes from the old stone church. A second bell was confiscated for armament production in 1917 and its replacement suffered the same fate in 1944.
In the summer of 1897, the bell tower was used by the physicists Adolf Slaby and Georg Graf von Arco to try to perfect Marconi's radio technology. It was the site of the first German antenna for wireless telegraphs. On August 27, their signal transmission arrived at the imperial seaman station on the opposite side of the Jungfernsee at Swan Alley in Potsdam 1.6 km away . A commemorative plaque that was put up in 1928 by over the entrance door to the Campanile alludes to this incident. In the middle of the plaque, which is made of green dolomite, is Atlas supporting the globe, surrounded by lightning and the commemoration: "An dieser Stätte errichteten 1897 Prof. Adolf Slaby und Graf von Arco die erste Deutsche Antennenanlage für drahtlosen Verkehr." (At this spot in 1897, Prof. Adolf Slaby and Graf von Arco erected the first German antenna for wireless communication.)
References
The information in this article is based on that in its German equivalent.
PEDA-Kunstführer: Potsdam-Sacrow. Heilandskirche. Ev. Kirchengemeinde Potsdam-Sacrow (Ed.). Kunstverlag PEDA, Passau 1998
Theodor Fontane: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg . Part 3. Havelland. (1st edition 1873) Here, the version published in München, Frankfurt/M and Berlin: Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung, 1971, quote chapter Sacrow, pp. 223–234.
Notes
External links
Heilandskirche Sacrow (self-published source)
Wandern in Brandenburg: Zur Havel bei Sacrow (photos of the damaged church from 1981 on a website about hiking)
ars-sacrow.de
Potsdam Heilandskirche
Potsdam Heilandskirche
Redeemer
Potsdam Heilandskirche
Potsdam Heilandskirche
Potsdam Heilandskirche
Redeemer
Potsdam Heilandskirche
1844 establishments in Germany
Protestant churches in Brandenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Redeemer%2C%20Sacrow |
Although an antique tool might be said to be one that is more than a hundred years old, the term is often used to describe any old tool of quality that might be deemed collectable.
The use of tools is one of the primary means by which humans are distinguished from other animals. Tools are the parents of all other antiques. Most man-made objects were made and great effort goes into the creation of newer and better tools to solve the production problems of today. The study of antique tools provides a glimpse of human development and cultural preferences history.
The creation of a tool often makes possible the creation of more advanced tools. Advanced tools made possible the manufacture of internal-combustion engines, automobiles, and computers. Among those who like to collect, some may do so as part of a rigorous study program they want to catalog all types of a specific tool, for example. Some collectors may wish to preserve some of the past for future generations, others fall under the spell of the beauty of some antique tools.
Collecting categories
Categories of tools range from the broad planes, rules, braces, hammers, etc. to the specific planes made by the Gage Company of Vineland, New Jersey, for example. People who are new to the hobby should know that there are many good modern reference books that will guide you in your search, as well as many reprints of the catalogs in which these tools were originally offered. Often tools will exhibit differences contrasting the different locations of their makers, or different features contrasting different time periods.
The following are some ways people collect tools:
Tools of a specific company or maker for example, L. Bailey Victor tools, Seneca Falls Tool Company tools, Miller's Falls tools, Disston Saws, Chelor planes, 1940s Skilsaw model 77, etc.
Tools of a specific type hammers, braces, axes, saws, patented planes, transitional planes, treadle-powered machines, etc.
Tools of a specific period tools from 1850 to 1900, post-World War II era tools, etc.
Tools from a specific place Scottish tools, tools from Massachusetts makers, etc.
Tools of a specific occupation cooper's tools, machinist tools, watchmaker's tools, garden tools.
A combination of one or more of the above categories — for example, one each of a specific type of Stanley tool, i.e. all Stanley saws, all Stanley marking gauges, all Stanley planes, etc.
A "type study" of one specific model, for example, a type study of Stanley #6 jointer planes or Norris A5 smooth planes.
Tools that show how a specific idea progressed over time, for example tools tracing the development of the plane's adjusting mechanisms, or tools showing how an early patent was bought out and developed by another company.
Tool advertising and catalogs.
Sickles and scythes
The American history of hay cutting tools begins with the reaping hook. Its slender, ultra sharp, half circle blade was employed in cutting grass for hay and it took some skill to use successfully. By the late 1800s the less artful sickle became the hay cutting tool of choice. The blade of the sickle was serrated and less circular than the reaping hook. The employment of this tool took less finesse and more of a slashing technique. It was used in conjunction with a wooden grass crook with which one held the standing grass steady, while swinging the sickle blade through the shank. Sickles found today will seem to have smooth blades to the modern viewer, as the serrations are usually worn away over time.
Scythes are grass cutting tools with long handles for mowing large amounts of hay. The graceful shape of the scythes of the late 18th and early 19th centuries hinted at the grace and art required for using the tool properly. The blade was straighter than the sickle's, with an almost straight blade side and a gently curved blunt side. The handle, called a snath, would ordinarily be of a hardwood indigenous to the area of manufacture with small handholds, strategically placed, termed nibs. The earliest scythes had no nibs. Later scythes had two nibs. Used by an experienced hand, the scythe was an efficient tool, slicing through acres of green hay with methodic precision. Scythes were the prized possession of early Americans and, carefully protected from abuse and weather, they could last for centuries.
List of manufacturers
Holtzapffel, English producer of lathes as well as edge and boring tools, London
Alexander Mathieson & Sons, Scottish manufacturer of edge tools, Glasgow
T. Norris & Son, English maker of fine planes, London
Edward Preston & Sons, English maker of wooden and iron woodworking tools, Birmingham, 1825 to 1932
Stanley, American producer of tools
Stewart Spiers, Scottish maker of fine planes, Ayr
List of collectors
Ken Hawley
Henry Chapman Mercer
David R. Russell
Raphael Salaman
Eric Sloane
See also
Antique Woodworking Tools (book)
Further reading
Adamson, John, "Vintage tools: gathering ideas for a collection", Furniture & Cabinetmaking, issue 257, May 2017, pp. 58–61
Boucard, Daniel (2006), Dictionnaire des outils. Paris: Jean-Cyrille Godefoy Éditions
Cartier, Claudine, Antique tools and instruments from the Nessi Collection, Milan: 5 Continents, 2004
Dunbar, Michael (1979), Antique Woodworking Tools: A Guide to the Purchase, Restoration and Use of Old Tools for Today's Shop. London: Stobart & Son
Gaynor, James M. & Hagedorn, Nancy L. (1993), Tools: Working Wood in Eighteenth-Century America. Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Goodman, W. L. (1978, first edn 1964), The History of Woodworking Tools. London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd
Goodman, W. L. (third edn 1993 revised by J & M Rees), British Planemakers from 1700. Needham Market: Roy Arnold
Greene-Plumb, Jonathan (2012), Early European Decorated Tools from the woodworking and allied trades. Ammanford: Stobart-Davies
Heine, Günther (1990). Das Werkzeug des Schreiners und Drechslers. Hanover: Verlag Th. Schäfer
Nagyszalanczy, Sandor (1998), The Art of Fine Tools. Newtown, CT: Taunton Press
Russell, David R. with photography by James Austin and foreword by David Linley (2010). Antique Woodworking Tools: Their Craftsmanship from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century Cambridge: John Adamson
Salaman, R.A. (1996). Dictionary of Leather-working Tools, c. 1700–1950, and the Tools of Allied Trades Mendham, NJ: Astragal Press
Salaman, R.A. (1997 ed. revised by Philip Walker) Dictionary of Woodworking Tools c. 1700–1970 and Tools of Allied Trades. Mendham: Astragal Press
Sloane, Eric (1974 ed.). A Museum of Early American Tools. New York: Ballantine Books (1974 ed.)
External links
Museums
Deutsches Werkzeugmuseum, Remscheid
DeWitt Wallace Museum, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
Eric Sloane Museum & Kent Iron Furnace, Kent, Connecticut
Hawley Collection, Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield
Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Maison de l’Outil et de la Pensée Ouvrière, Troyes, France
Museum voor de Oudere Technieken, Grimbergen, Belgium
Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum, Kobe, Japan
Pictorial collections
Catalogue of American Patented Antique Tools. A pictorial collection of interesting hand tools
Key to the Manufactories of Sheffield, Sheffield: Joseph Smith, 1816. Pictorial guide to tool-making in Sheffield
Associations
Australia
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Netherlands
Ambachten & Gereedschap
United Kingdom
Tools and Trades History Society
United States
Early American Industries Association
Mid-West Tool Collectors Association
Auctioneers
Brown Tool Auctions, Watervliet, MI 49098, USA
David Stanley Auctions, Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, LE12 9SR, England
Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5SG, England. A department specializes in scientific instruments, cameras and tools
Tony Murland's antique tool auction house, Rendlesham, Suffolk, IP12 2TZ, England. Catalogues emphasize artistic aspects of tools
Dealers
Old Hand Tools and Collectables, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9HZ, England
Union Hill Antique Tools, USA. A site with introductory articles for tool collectors, and antique tools for sale
Tooltique, Antique & Vintage tools, Norwich, England. Dealers in antique and vintage tools, first established in 1977
Reviews and catalogues
Find My Tool, UK. Reviews antique and vintage as well as new tools
Old Tool Reprint Room. Lists reprints of old tool catalogues
Notes
Tools
Antiques
Industrial history | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique%20tool |
The following lists events that happened during 1942 in Australia.
Population
Australia had a population of 7,201,096 people consisting of 3,619,699 men and 3,581,397 women
Incumbents
Monarch – George VI
Governor-General – Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie
Prime Minister – John Curtin
Chief Justice – Sir John Latham
State Premiers
Premier of New South Wales – William McKell
Premier of Queensland – William Forgan Smith (until 16 September), then Frank Cooper
Premier of South Australia – Thomas Playford
Premier of Tasmania – Robert Cosgrove
Premier of Victoria – Albert Dunstan
Premier of Western Australia – John Willcock
State Governors
Governor of New South Wales – John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst
Governor of Queensland – Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
Governor of South Australia – Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey
Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark
Governor of Victoria – Sir Winston Dugan
Governor of Western Australia – none appointed
Events
15 February – Singapore falls to the Japanese, with approximately 15,000 Australian troops taken prisoner.
16 February - The Bangka Island massacre takes place.
19 February – Darwin is bombed by Japanese forces for the first time. At least 243 persons are killed.
1 March – The cruiser HMAS Perth is torpedoed by Japanese destroyers in the Battle of Sunda Strait, sinking with the loss of 350 crew and three civilians.
3 March – 88 Allied civilians and military personnel were killed and 22 aircraft were lost when Japanese Zero fighters strafed Broome.
20 March – At Terowie, South Australia, American General Douglas MacArthur makes his famous speech which included the words "I came out of Bataan and I shall return."
4 May – The Battle of the Coral Sea begins.
19 May – The prototype CAC Boomerang, an Australian designed and built fighter aircraft, takes to the air for the first time.
22 May – American soldier Eddie Leonski is arrested and charged for the "Brownout Murders" of three women.
22–23 May - Townsville mutiny - A mutiny by African American servicemen from the 96th Battalion, US Army Corps of Engineers, United States Army while serving in Townsville.
31 May – During an attack on Sydney Harbour, a Japanese midget submarine sinks the converted Sydney ferry, HMAS Kuttabul, killing 21.
7 June – The Income Tax (War-time Arrangements) Act 1942 is enacted, transferring the power to levy personal income tax from the states to the federal government.
8 June – Japanese midget submarines shell Sydney and Newcastle.
6 July – Elements of the Australian 9th Division arrive in El Alamein. The Division subsequently takes part in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein.
21 July - Australia Fights Japan in Kokoda Trail
9 October - Australia adopts sections 2 to 6 of the Statute of Westminster 1931 effectively ending British dominion
30 October – Construction begins on the Burma Railway, begun by 15,000 Australian prisoners-of-war captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore.
16 November - Japan retreats from Kokoda Trail with Australia being the Victor
26 November – A violent brawl breaks out in Brisbane between United States military personnel and Australian servicemen and civilians, in what becomes known as the "Battle of Brisbane". One Australian soldier is shot dead.
1 December – HMAS Armidale, a corvette of the Royal Australian Navy, is sunk by Japanese with the loss of 100 men.
Arts and literature
The Pea-Pickers by Eve Langley is first published
William Dargie wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of James Heather Gordon VC
Sport
12 September – Canterbury-Bankstown win the 1942 NSWRFL season, defeating St. George 11–9. Western Suburbs finish in last place, claiming the wooden spoon.
Colonus wins the Melbourne Cup
Births
14 January – Ian Brayshaw, cricketer and footballer
17 January – Ita Buttrose, journalist
24 February
Colin Bond, racing driver
David Williamson, playwright
13 March – George Negus, journalist
9 May – Brendon Hackwill (died 1995), Australian rules football player and basketball player
13 May – Richard Butler, diplomat and Governor of Tasmania (2003–2004)
15 May – Doug Lowe, Premier of Tasmania (1977–1981)
21 May – John Konrads, swimmer (died 2021)
2 June – Mike Ahern, Premier of Queensland (1987–1989)
10 June – Les Carlyon, writer and newspaper editor (died 2019)
18 June –
Nick Tate, actor
Ian Tuxworth, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (died 2020)
29 June – Mike Willesee, television journalist (died 2019)
30 June – Gerry Hand, politician
2 July – John Farrington, long-distance runner
7 July – Carmen Duncan, actress (died 2019)
12 July – Billy Smith, rugby league footballer
16 July – Margaret Court, tennis player
23 July – Sallyanne Atkinson, Lord Mayor of Brisbane
25 July – Bruce Woodley, musician
28 July – John Sattler, rugby league footballer
10 October – Susan Ryan, politician and age discrimination commissioner (died 2020)
19 October – Bronwyn Bishop, politician
24 October – Ian Collins, footballer and coach
5 November – Percy Hobson, high jumper (died 2022)
17 November – Derek Clayton, long-distance runner
30 November – Michael Ah Matt (died 1984), basketball player
23 December – Quentin Bryce, Governor of Queensland (2003–2008), Governor-General of Australia (2008–2014)
20 December – Roger Woodward, pianist
Deaths
22 February – Frank Wilmot, poet (b. 1881)
11 March – Reginald Stoneham, composer and publisher (b. 1879)
27 April – Julian Ashton, artist and teacher (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1851)
12 May – Sir Harold Crisp, 7th Chief Justice of Tasmania (b. 1874)
22 May – Jean Beadle, suffragette and social worker (b. 1868)
8 August – James Hume Cook, Victorian politician (born in New Zealand) (b. 1866)
3 September – Sir Mungo William MacCallum, scholar (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1854)
See also
List of Australian films of the 1940s
References
Australia
Years of the 20th century in Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942%20in%20Australia |
is a fictional boxer from Nintendo's Punch-Out!! series. King Hippo first appeared on the Nintendo Entertainment System game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, as the second competitor in the Major Circuit. Subsequent reviews have characterized King Hippo as one of the most iconic characters from the game. The character is featured prominently on the NBC Saturday morning cartoon, Captain N: The Game Master. His obese figure and his face both resemble those of a hippopotamus.
Overview
King Hippo was originally created by Punch-Out!! character designer Makoto Wada. His appearance in Punch-Out!! for the Wii was illustrated by art director Eddie Visser. King Hippo's face and girth resemble that of a hippopotamus, hence his name. He is an obese man from the fictional Hippo Island which is located somewhere in the South Pacific. His age, weight, and height are all unknown. He is often depicted wearing a crown and has tanned skin, however in his Captain N: The Game Master appearance he is blue, there it is interpreted by Garry Chalk. His fighting style consists of guarding his belly, and his guard only drops if hit in the mouth, revealing his weak spot. If he is hit in the stomach, he drops his trunks. The Wii version features a second mode where King Hippo has duct-taped a manhole cover over his stomach to protect himself; the player must knock it loose in order to attack that weak point.
Promotional merchandise was created for the Wii Punch-Out!!, which included replicas of King Hippo's crown and boxer shorts, as well as a King Hippo desktop punching bag.
Appearances
King Hippo first appeared in the 1987 NES video game Punch-Out!!. He returned in 2009 for the Wii video game of the same name (voiced by Scott McFadyen). Some advertisements for the Wii game feature the protagonist Little Mac training to reclaim the World Circuit Title from King Hippo. A scrapped commercial for Punch-Out!! on Wii depicted King Hippo showing off his home in an "MTV Cribs-like tour" in a place called Strong Island. King Hippo appears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as a collectible trophy, based on his appearance in Punch-Out!! for Wii. He later appears as a Spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a collectible, wearable object that modifies the wearer's stats and/or abilities.
King Hippo has a major role in the animated series Captain N: The Game Master voiced by Garry Chalk as one of Mother Brain's henchmen. He has blue skin and is often paired in a comedic duo with the Kid Icarus villain Eggplant Wizard. This version of King Hippo also appears in the comic books based on the series. He makes a cameo appearance in the Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness comic book, as part of a guest comic written and illustrated by Girly creator Jackie Lesnick.
Reception
Since appearing in the NES video game Punch-Out!!, King Hippo has received positive reception. GameDaily regarded him as one of the best Nintendo characters, noting that he stood out more than the other characters in the game, the latter being a sentiment shared by GamesRadar writer Chris Antista and Wired staff. He was also regarded as one of the best video game villains by IGN. His role in Captain N was also recognized, being one of the reasons he's popular according to IGN writer Lucas M. Thomas. Destructoids Colette Bennett called King Hippo distinctive and well-designed. Kotaku writer Kevin Wong listed King Hippo as his third favorite boxer in the Punch-Out!! series. He praised his "completely unique" design as a "stroke of brilliance" by Nintendo. He also stated that the tension of having to counterattack King Hippo to win as another aspect of why he ranked so high.
King Hippo had been criticized for being a racial stereotype. The Retronauts podcast discussed how he was a stereotype of Pacific islanders, pointing to King Hippo being fat and lavish as examples of these stereotypes. Brian Shirk, writing in Bit Mob, criticized King Hippo's design as offensive, suggesting that his "subhuman caricature" design was likely based on the savage portrayal of Polynesians in media.
Game Informer writes that the secret to defeating King Hippo was likely more well-known than the 30-life code in the video game Contra". Colette Bennett echoed sentiments of the notability of his weakness and said that "anyone could tell you King Hippo's weak point". 1UP.com editor Bob Mackey called the fight with him an "iconic moment in gaming" and one that was the "talk of the schoolyards during the 80's". Kotaku editor Owen Good mocked Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah for not being able to get past King Hippo in the NES Punch-Out!! The method of defeating King Hippo has been used as a metaphor to refer to both literal and figurative gut punches.
Notes
References
Fictional Oceanian people
Fictional professional boxers
Fictional martial artists in video games
Male characters in video games
Nintendo antagonists
Punch-Out!! characters
Video game bosses
Video game characters introduced in 1987
Fictional boxers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20Hippo |
HMS Swiftsure was the lead ship of her class of nuclear fleet submarines built for the Royal Navy. Entering service in 1973, she served until 1992.
Construction and design
Swiftsure was ordered on 3 November 1967, as the first of her class, and laid down at Vickers Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on 6 June 1969. She was launched on 7 September 1971 and commissioned on 17 April 1973. The cost of building Swiftsure was £37.1 million.
Service
Swiftsure became famous for her mission to acquire the acoustic signature of the Soviet aircraft carrier . Upon locating a new unique acoustic sound that indicated the Kievs presence, hid underneath her for several hours, with her raised periscope just 10 feet under the aircraft carrier's hull, allowing the crew to take photos and record the ship's acoustic signature. This was documented in 2013 as part of the BBC's Cold War season.
Swiftsure arrived in HMNB Devonport in January 1979 for her first scheduled refit. However, due to an industrial dispute the refit did not begin until April 1980, 15 months after the boat arrived into Devonport. Despite a statement in the House of Commons in mid-November 1981 that the refit would be completed by mid-1982 Swiftsures refit was eventually completed in March 1983, at a total cost of £85 million.
Swiftsure was due to enter a second refit in 1992, but instead she was decommissioned that year. The reason for the premature decommissioning is often cited as pressure hull damage suffered during sea trials although that is now thought to be incorrect; it is believed the reason for the boat's premature decommissioning was due to the finding of cracks in her reactor during a refit. Her nuclear core was safely removed in June 1992.
Since 1992, she has been stored afloat in the non-tidal basin at Rosyth dockyard, awaiting dismantling under MOD's Submarine Dismantling Project (SDP). She has undergone periodic dockings for re-preservation and maintenance inspections, the latest from August 2016 onwards. She will be the first, or 'demonstrator' submarine to undergo Initial Dismantling through the SDP. As of 2023, it was reported that the process would take until the end of 2026 to complete.
References
Publications
Swiftsure-class submarines
Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness
1971 ships | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Swiftsure%20%28S126%29 |
Voyage of Slaves is the third and final novel in Brian Jacques' Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. It was released on September 13, 2006 in the UK and September 14, 2006 in the US. The cover art was illustrated by Michael Koelsch, who had previously illustrated the cover art of the first novel in the series.
Ben is at first separated from Ned, previously known as Den, when their adrift boat is found by slave traders, who throw Ned overboard, because he is a black dog, which they think is a sign of the Devil. Ben is taken to Al Misurata, while Ned is found by a wandering troupe of entertainers that nurse him back to health. Among them is the beautiful African maiden, Serafina, who sings like an angel. Ben and Ned are reunited when Al Misurata has the troupe perform for him, and Ned has been incorporated into their act. Ben also falls in love with Serafina, who returns the affection.
Ben and Ned find out while staying with Al Misurata that he plans to sell the troupe into slavery, under the guise of returning the troupe to Italy. While on his ship, the Sea Djinn, Ben and Ned jump overboard to escape, with the intention of rescuing their friends. As they reach land, they see a young boy named Joshua who is about to be attacked by sharks. They save him, and find out that the boy is the grandson of a Jewish sailor/warrior, who pledges to help the two in anything they might require aid with. They ask only to be taken to Italy. After saving his grandson, he quite willingly obliges. Once they reach Italy the boy and his faithful dog set sail once again for their destination with a friendly Greek sea captain. After another adventure, they finally rescue the troupe, and take shelter in a convent. Ben begins to tell Serafina the truth about his story, but is interrupted because Al Misurata finds them, and in the struggle, Ben is stabbed in his shoulder. Al Misurata, his second-in-command Ghigno, and Serafina fall to their deaths over a cliff. Overwhelmed by sadness at the loss of his wonderful friends, but comforted by a heavenly vision that assures Ben that Serafina is in Heaven, the ancient boy and dog flee to the sea to get away from sorrows, and continue their eternal journey on the Blue Turtle.
References
2006 British novels
2006 fantasy novels
Flying Dutchman
Novels by Brian Jacques
Philomel Books books | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage%20of%20Slaves |
One by One is a British television series made by the BBC between 29 January 1984 and 2 May 1987.
The series, created by Anthony Read, followed the career of international veterinary surgeon David Taylor (called Donald Turner in the series) and his work caring for exotic animals at zoos in Britain, from the 1950s to the 1970s. Each series was set during a different decade, with exteriors filmed at Dudley Zoo, Chester Zoo and Knowsley Safari Park.
Thirty-two episodes were made over three series, transmitted on BBC1 in the early parts of 1984, 1985 & 1987. BBC1 repeated series 2 during the early months of 1986, as no new series had been made that year. The third series was also repeated on BBC1 over the Spring & Summer of 1988.
Cast
Rob Heyland – Donald Turner
James Ellis – Paddy Reilly
Sonia Graham – Ethel Leadbetter
Peter Jeffrey – Maurice Webb (Series 1–2)
Heather James – Maggie Raymond (Series 1–2)
Liz Smith – Gran Turner (Series 1)
Garfield Morgan – Howard Rundle (Series 1)
Rosie Kerslake – Jenny Blount (Series 1)
Jack Hedley – Peter Raymond (Series 1)
Peter Gilmore – Ben Bishop (Series 2)
Catherine Schell – Lady Ann Pendle (Series 2)
Andrew Robertson – Jock Drummond (Series 3)
Christina Nagy – Liz Collier (Series 3)
Tenniel Evans – Teddy Haslam (Series 3)
Clifford Rose – Challon (Series 1 and 3)
Series overview
Episodes
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
External links
1984 British television series debuts
1987 British television series endings
1980s British drama television series
BBC television dramas
English-language television shows
Period television series
Television series about animals
Television series set in the 1950s
Television series set in the 1960s
Television series set in the 1970s
Veterinary medicine in the United Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20by%20One%20%28TV%20series%29 |
The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a regional theatre company located in Washington, D.C. The theatre company focuses primarily on plays from the Shakespeare canon, but its seasons include works by other classic playwrights such as Euripides, Ibsen, Wilde, Shaw, Schiller, Coward and Tennessee Williams. The company manages and performs in two spaces: The Michael R. Klein Theatre and Sidney Harman Hall. In cooperation with George Washington University, they run the STC Academy.
The company is a League of Resident Theatres member. Its current artistic director (since 2019) is Simon Godwin, who previously was based in London, serving as associate director of London's Royal National Theatre, associate director of the Royal Court Theatre and associate director at Bristol Old Vic.
History
The Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill includes a replica of an Elizabethan theatre, originally used for lectures and tours. In 1970 this space was transformed into a functioning playhouse, and soon Folger Theatre Group (later The Folger Theatre) was organized to perform.
After years of discussion, Amherst College, administering body of the Folger Shakespeare Library, in 1986 withdrew financial support for the company. To save the company, concerned citizens led by R. Robert Linowes reincorporated it as the non-profit Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger, later hiring Michael Kahn as artistic director. The company continued to perform at the Folger for the next six years.
Changing its name to The Shakespeare Theatre, the troupe moved in 1992 to the Lansburgh Theatre (now, the Klein Theatre), a newly built space in the original Lansburgh's Department Store building in the Penn Quarter. At the start of the 2005–06 season, it adopted the current name, Shakespeare Theatre Company. The company constructed another theatre, Sidney Harman Hall, which opened in 2007 in the lower part of an office building in the quarter, and the two theatres were joined to become the Harman Center for the Arts.
Meanwhile, after initially importing traveling shows from the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express the Folger Shakespeare Library developed a new Folger Theatre company to present plays in its Elizabethan replica.
Facilities
STC has two current performance venues. The newer and larger Sidney Harman Hall occupies the lower half of an 11-story office tower. The exterior is distinguished by a glass façade curtain wall on a projected bay window. The 761-seat performance space can be configured as a proscenium, thrust, semi-arena, corridor or bare stage. The smaller Klein Theatre (formerly the Lansburgh Theatre) is in the restored former Lansburgh's Department Store flagship store, originally built in 1882. The performance space is a 451-seat classic proscenium stage. The seating arrangement is reminiscent of a Greek Amphitheater. It has been described as "an intimate space for dramatic theatre, ensemble music, and dance"
In the past, the company has performed shows at the Terrace Theater in the Kennedy Center.
In addition to its performance spaces, the company maintains administrative offices, rehearsal studios, and a costume shop in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. A set construction and painting shop is near Catholic University in Northeast D.C. Finally a stage properties shop for the construction and storage of furniture, decorative items, hand props and a variety of set dressing items is located just outside D.C. on the northeast side of the city.
Theatrical focus
The Shakespeare Theatre Company's self-professed mission is "...to present classic theatre of scope and size in an imaginative, skillful and accessible American style that honors the playwrights' language and intentions while viewing their work through a 21st-century lens". Their vision is to "... endeavor to be an important resource to an expanded national and international community—as the nation’s premier destination for classic theatre, as a training ground for the next generation of theatre artists and as a model provider of high-quality educational content for students and scholars."
Artistic directors
Richmond Crinkley (1970–1973) (while Folger Theatre Group)
Louis W. Scheeder (1973–1980) (while Folger Theatre Group)
John Neville-Andrews (1980–1986) (name changed to Folger Theatre then Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger)
Michael Kahn (1986–2019) (while Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger, then Shakespeare Theatre Company)
Simon Godwin (2019–)
Current and recent productions
Resident theatre company pioneer Zelda Fichandler has stated that for resident theatre companies "repertory is destiny" – a theatre company acquires its audience by the productions it presents. Most of The Shakespeare Theatre Company's productions are from The Bard's canon. However each year up to half of the productions are classical works by other authors. The oldest has been Aeschylus's The Persians, the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre. The youngest plays include works by Tennessee Williams (Camino Real, Sweet Bird of Youth) and Harold Pinter (Old Times). The company has also produced modern interpretations of classical texts such as Mary Zimmerman's Argonautika (adapted from The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts).
2017–2018 season
Fully staged productions:
The Lover and The Collection, by Harold Pinter
Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare
Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
Noura, by Heather Raffo
Camelot, book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe
Shakespeare Theatre Company presentation:
Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett, created and presented by Druid
2016–2017 season
Fully staged productions:
Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare
The Secret Garden, by Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon and based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Charles III, by Mike Bartlett
Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
The School for Lies, adapted by David Ives and based on a play by Molière
Shakespeare Theatre Company Presentation:
The Select (The Sun Also Rises), based on a novel by Ernest Hemingway, adapted and presented by Elevator Repair Service,
Notable guest artists
In addition to its troupe of regular and frequently appearing actors, the Shakespeare Theatre Company invites guest performers and directors each season.
Jane Alexander – Ghosts (Mrs. Alving)
Elizabeth Ashley – Mrs. Warren's Profession (Mrs Warren), The Little Foxes (Regina)
Michael Attenborough – director (As You Like It)
René Auberjonois – The Imaginary Invalid (Argan)
Keith Baxter – actor, Measure For Measure (Duke Vincentio), Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 (Henry IV), The Merchant of Venice (Antonio); director (Lady Windermere's Fan, The Imaginary Invalid, The Rivals, The Country Wife, Henry IV, Part 1, Mrs. Warren's Profession, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest)
André Braugher – Othello (Iago)
Avery Brooks – Othello (Othello), The Oedipus Plays (Oedipus), Tamburlaine (Tamburlaine)
Ron Canada – Othello (Iago)
Dixie Carter – Lady Windermere's Fan (Mrs. Erlynne)
Jeffrey Carlson – Hamlet (Hamlet)
Pat Carroll – Romeo and Juliet (Nurse), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Falstaff), Mother Courage and Her Children (Mother Courage), Volpone (Volpone)
Gale Edwards – director (Edward II, Titus Andronicus, Richard III, Hamlet)
Harry Hamlin – Henry V (Henry V)
Hal Holbrook – The Merchant of Venice (Shylock)
Tom Hulce – Hamlet (Hamlet)
Stacy Keach – Richard III (Richard), King Lear (Lear), Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 (Falstaff)
Sabrina LeBeauf – Love's Labour's Lost (Rosaline), The Taming of the Shrew (Kathrine)
Marsha Mason – All's Well That Ends Well (Countess of Rousillon)
Kelly McGillis – The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Twelfth Night (Viola), Mourning Becomes Electra (Lavinia), MacBeth (Lady MacBeth), The Duchess of Malfi (Duchess), As You Like It (Rosalind), Measure for Measure (Isabella), All's Well That Ends Well (Helena), Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice)
Patrick Page – Othello (Iago), Macbeth (Macbeth), Coriolanus (Coriolanus), King Lear (King Lear).
Siân Phillips – The Importance of Being Earnest (Lady Bracknell)
Richard Schiff – Hughie (Erie Smith)
Jean Stapleton – Romeo and Juliet (Nurse)
Patrick Stewart – Othello (Othello)
Rebecca Taichman – director (The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale)
Richard Thomas – Richard II (Richard)
Paul Winfield – Merry Wives of Windsor (Falstaff)
Hannah Yelland – The Winter's Tale (Hermione)
Mary Zimmerman – director (Pericles, Argonautika, Candide, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci)
Commissioned works
The Shakespeare Theatre Company commissioned playwright David Ives to translapt (translate and adapt) a series of rediscovered European comedy masterpieces, as follows:
The Liar by Pierre Corneille
The Heir Apparent by Jean-François Regnard
The Metromaniacs by Alexis Piron
School for Lies, based on Molière's The Misanthrope
The Panties, The Partner and the Profit: inspired by The Underpants, The Snob, 1913, and The Fossil by Carl Sternheim
All plays featured Ives's rhyming wordplay and were directed by Michael Kahn.
The Liar subsequently opened off-Broadway, again directed by Michael Kahn.
Notable events
Black Iago in Othello
In 1990 artistic director Michael Kahn and black director Harold Scott cast black actors as Iago and Emilia, the trusted ensign who incites the Moor's fatal jealousy and his wife. With Avery Brooks as Othello, Andre Braugher as Iago and Franchelle Stewart Dorn as Emilia, the resulting production was critically acclaimed.
Race-reversed Othello
In 1997 the Shakespeare Theatre Company produced an Othello in which Othello was white with an otherwise all-black cast. Actor Patrick Stewart approached artistic director Michael Kahn with the concept: "I've been imagining myself playing Othello and, in a sense, preparing for it, since I was about 14. When the time came that I was old enough and experienced enough to do it, it was the same time that it no longer became acceptable for a white actor to put on blackface and pretend to be African. One of my hopes for this production is that it will continue to say what a conventional production of Othello would say about racism and prejudice... To replace the black outsider with a white man in a black society will, I hope, encourage a much broader view of the fundamentals of racism." Ron Canada performed the part of Iago. During the Meet the Cast event before the production, Stewart remarked that he realized that while he had never performed this role, all of the principal male actors in the cast had. He would learn from them.
The Oedipus Plays at the Athens Festival
After seeing The Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of The Oedipus Plays in September 2001, officials from the Greek Embassy in Washington arranged for an invitation to the company to perform it as part of the 2003 Athens Festival. The show was a single-evening adaption by Michael Kahn of Sophocles' three plays Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone. He changed the setting from Greece to central Africa, and used an all-black cast headed by Avery Brooks. The performance was on 10–11 September 2003 in the semicircular 5,000-seat Odeon theater on the south slope of the Acropolis. As a historical footnote, the original production had just opened the week before the September 11 attacks. After a single performance cancellation that night, the show went on the next night (9/12) with a new meaning for cast and audience. The second Athens' performance was two years to the day after the attack.
Love's Labor's Lost at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Complete Works Festival
The Shakespeare Theatre Company took its production of Love’s Labor’s Lost to England to participate in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Complete Works Festival. Performances were from 17 to 26 August 2006 in the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Shakespeare in Washington Festival
From January through June 2007, The Shakespeare Theatre co-hosted the International Shakespeare in Washington Festival. This celebration was conceived by Michael Kaiser, President of the Kennedy Center, and was curated by Michael Kahn. Over 60 arts organizations produced over 100 presentations.
Opening of Sidney Harman Hall
On 1 October 2007, Sidney Harman Hall opened with a gala performance emceed by Sam Waterston and featuring ballet dancers Nina Ananiashvili and Julio Bocca, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, actress Patti LuPone, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, The Washington Ballet, Washington Performing Arts Society’s (WPAS) Men and Women of the Gospel Mass Choir and actors from the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Special performances of The Great Game: Afghanistan
At the request of US Department of Defense officials and with support funding from private sources, the Shakespeare Theatre Company donated Harman Hall. It provided logistical support for two all-day special performances of the full cycle of The Great Game: Afghanistan. The 10–11 February 2011 performances were offered free to soldiers, wounded veterans and government officials in the Washington, D.C., area.
Awards
The Shakespeare Theatre Company both presents and receives awards. Annually it presents The Will Award and The Emery Battis award. Additionally it regularly receives awards for its productions.
The Will Award
The William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre (The Will Award) has been presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company since 1988. The Will Award is an annual honor to recognize an artist who has significantly contributed to classical theatre in America. Since at least 2008 the award ceremony has been held under the patronage of the British Ambassador and his wife.
Recipients:
1988 – Joseph Papp
1989 – Kevin Kline
1990 – Christopher Plummer
1991 – Kenneth Branagh
1992 – Mel Gibson
1993 – Morgan Freeman
1994 – Christopher Walken
1995 – Lynn Redgrave
1996 – Sam Waterston
1997 – Patrick Stewart
1998 – Hal Holbrook
1999 – Dame Maggie Smith
2000 – Sir Anthony Hopkins
2001 – Ralph Fiennes
2002 – Michael Kahn
2003 – Fiona Shaw
2004 – Dame Judi Dench
2005 – Jeremy Irons
2006 – Kevin Spacey
2007 – The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Acting Company
2008 – Rennie Harris, Peter Martins and Chita Rivera
2009 – Sir Ian McKellen
2010 – Annette Bening
2011 – Michael Kahn in honor of his 25th Anniversary as Artistic Director
2012 – F. Murray Abraham
2013 – Elizabeth McGovern
2014 – John Hurt, Stacy Keach and Diana Rigg
2015 – Julie Taymor
2016 – Charles Dance
2017 – Laura Linney
The Emery Battis Awards
The Emery Battis Award for Acting Excellence is presented annually at the first opening night of the new season to recognize two actors whose work in a mainstage production demonstrates outstanding classical technique. The award is funded by an anonymous donor and includes a cash prize. It is named for the long time and beloved Shakespeare Theatre Company actor Emery Battis.
Award recipients include:
Received awards
Over the past 29 years, the Shakespeare Theatre Company has won over 80 Helen Hayes Awards for producing, acting, directing, and design achievements.
2012: The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., received the Tony Award for Regional Theatre.
Press notices
2017: The Washington Post said, "The quality of its seasons has taken a hit over the past several years" and "Where once it regularly ventured into daring terrain...it is making a conscious choice to lead from behind."
2007: The New York Times said the Shakespeare Theatre has "a repertory of classics that no New York theater of similar size and scale can match."
2001: The Christian Science Monitor printed, "The Shakespeare Theatre: The best classical theater in the country, bar none."
1999: The Economist named the Shakespeare Theatre Company as one of the "world's three great Shakespearean theatres"
Other activities
Free for All
In 1991, the Shakespeare Theatre Company began its annual Free For All productions at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in D.C.'s Rock Creek Park. Each summer the company remounts a production from the previous season. Until 2009, these productions were held at the outdoor Amphitheatre in Rock Creek Park. However, in 2009 the company moved the free performances downtown and indoors For a complete list of the productions, see Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All.
Rediscovery Series
Works for the ReDiscovery Series are chosen by Artistic Director Michael Kahn and presented under the direction of Shakespeare Theatre artistic staff. Guest artists join members of the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the Washington theatrical community to investigate these great but lesser known plays of world literature. The readings occur at the Lansburgh on at least three Mondays throughout the year and are hosted by company member Ted van Griethuysen. Guest scholars, translators and adaptors involved with the evening's reading also frequently participate in the rehearsal, performance and occasional post-performance discussion when time permits.
STC Academy
The Shakespeare Theatre Company and George Washington University offer a one-year intensive graduate program leading to a Master of Fine Arts degree. The curriculum focuses on the specific craft of acting Shakespeare and other classical texts. George Washington University provides accreditation for an MFA degree, resources and strong links to the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Library of Congress. The program has graduated over 100 actors who are now performing on stages in New York, Washington, D.C., and across the country.
See also
Helen Hayes Award
Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All
Theater in Washington D.C.
References
External links
Calendar of events at Shakespeare Theatre
Official website
1970 establishments in Washington, D.C.
Drama schools in the United States
League of Resident Theatres
League of Washington Theatres
Members of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
Penn Quarter
Regional theatre in the United States
Shakespearean theatre companies
Theatre companies in Washington, D.C.
Theatres in Washington, D.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare%20Theatre%20Company |
The Invisible Thread is an autobiography written by Yoshiko Uchida and published in 1991. The book is a memoir of her childhood during World War II.
It describes her childhood in Berkeley as a second-generation Japanese American and her life after she and her family were sent to a Japanese internment camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
References
1991 non-fiction books
World War II memoirs
Books about the internment of Japanese Americans
Literature by Asian-American women | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Invisible%20Thread |
Dana Ervin Kiecker (born February 25, 1961) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox during 1990-1991. He batted and threw right-handed.
Early years
Kiecker was born in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. He attended Fairfax High School from 1976-1979. Kiecker earned four varsity baseball letters during high school. He earned three letters in basketball and two letters in football. Kiecker set the single and career season record for receptions at wide receiver with 36 his senior year. He earned WCCO Radio Prep Parade All-State and KNUJ All-Area accolades as a wide receiver his senior season. Kiecker attended the American Legion Boys' State in 1978 and was selected as the Outstanding Boy's Stater from Minnesota and earned a trip to Boy's Nation in Washington, DC. In 1979, Kiecker was a semi-finalist at the Mr. Minnesota Teen Program. He spent the summer of 1979 working as an intern for Minnesota Governor Al Quie. That summer, Kiecker played on the St Paul Public Safety American Legion baseball team coached by Jake Mauer, Sr. and Jake Mauer, Jr. grandfather and father to MLB catcher Joe Mauer.
College career
Kiecker played college baseball for the St. Cloud State University Huskies and was a freshman on the 1980 Northern Intercolligate Conference championship team which was a rarity among NCAA Division II teams in that it featured two other future Major Leaguers, Jim Eisenreich and Bob Hegman. He earned 4 varsity letters in baseball during his college career. He was named the North Central Conference "Pitcher of the Year" during his senior year at SCSU. He was drafted in the eighth round of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft.
Professional career
Boston Red Sox Minor League System 1983-1989
1983 - Led Elmira Suns staff in wins, ERA, CG, and Strikeouts. Led the New York Penn League (NYP) with 111.2 IP.
1985 - Led the Winter Haven Red Sox in GS with 29, IP, 193.2 and T2nd in CG with 9 in the Florida State League (FSL).
1986 - Tied for 1st on staff in GS, 24 and 2nd in IP, 156.1 at New Britain of the Eastern League.
1987 - Third on New Britain team in G, 39 and IP, 153. Overall finished 7-10, 3.82 ERA and 6 saves.
1988 - Third on Pawtucket Red Sox staff in IP, 132.1 and T3rd in GS, 22. Named International League Player of the Week June 19-25.
1989 - Finished 8-9, 3.67 ERA with 3 CG. T2nd on Pawtucket staff in SO with 87.
Boston Red Sox 1990-1992
Was a 6-year renewal minor league free agent until signed by Red Sox in December of 1989 and placed on 40-man roster for the first time.
In 1990, Dana made the Red Sox opening day roster out of spring training. Started the season as a middle reliever before moving into the starting rotation in early May and making 25 starts. At the time it was the most GS for a Red Sox rookie since Mike Nagy had 28 in 1969. In his 5 road wins he allowed 3 R (1 ER) total and did not allow a run in his last 3 road wins. First Major League win came at Fenway Park on June 9 vs. Cleveland, 11-6. Had a career high 9 k and 0 BB in 6+ IP on June 14 in Yankee Stadium but lost 3-1. Pitched into the 6th inning in 19 of 25 starts. On 0-2 counts held opponents to a .118 average (6-51) with 27 K. Only gave up 7 HR in 157.2 IP in 1990. Finished the regular season 8-9, 3.97 ERA, 152 IP, 145 H, 54 BB and 93 K. Member of the 1990 American League East Champion Boston Red Sox. In the 1990 American League Championship Series versus the Oakland Athletics, started and had a no decision in Game 2 at Fenway Park (5.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R). Left with the score tied 1-1 but the Red Sox lost 4-1. Named Red Sox Rookie of the Year by the Boston Baseball Writer's Association.
Started the 1991 season working out of the bullpen. Made 6 relief appearances before moving into the rotation for 4 starts in May. Placed on the disabled list on May 30 with a sore right elbow. Spent the majority of June-August rehabilitating in Pawtucket of the International League. Recalled to Boston on September 8. Finished the season 2-3, 7.36 ERA in 18 games. In November he had arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow.
In 1992, Kiecker was released by the Boston Red Sox at the end of spring training. He signed a minor league deal with Cleveland in 1992, but had a 2nd arthroscopic surgery in November. Attended minor league spring training with the Minnesota Twins in 1993, before retiring due to continued elbow soreness.
In a two-season career, Kiecker posted a 10-12 record with 114 strikeouts and a 4.68 ERA in 192.1 innings pitched.
Post-baseball life
After retiring from professional baseball in 1993, Kiecker continued to play amateur baseball. In 1993, he turned down a contract offer from the independent St. Paul Saints. He would, however, go on to become a long-serving television analyst for the club.
Kiecker began driving a truck for United Parcel Service in 1988 during his offseasons with the Pawtucket Red Sox. , he had risen to Enterprise Accounts Manager. He became a pitching coach at Dakota County Technical College in 2017 and retired from UPS in 2018 after 27 years of service.
, he lived in Eagan, Minnesota. , he lived in Eagan with his wife, Julie.
References
External links
Baseball Reference
1961 births
Living people
Baseball announcers
Baseball players from Minnesota
Boston Red Sox players
Elmira Pioneers players
Junior college baseball coaches in the United States
Major League Baseball pitchers
New Britain Red Sox players
Pawtucket Red Sox players
People from Sleepy Eye, Minnesota
St. Cloud State Huskies baseball players
Winston-Salem Spirits players | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%20Kiecker |
Ladislav Benýšek (born March 25, 1975) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 161 games in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers and Minnesota Wild between 1997 and 2003. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2013, was mainly spent in various European leagues. Internationally Benýšek played for the Czech national team at three World Championships, winning gold in both 1999 and 2000.
Career
Benýšek was selected by the Oilers in the 11th round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, 266th overall, after spending the previous season with his hometown HC Olomouc of the Czech league. Following the draft, Benýšek came over to North America, and spent the 1994–95 season with the Cape Breton Oilers, Edmonton's American Hockey League farm team.
Benýšek returned to Europe for the next two seasons, playing for Olomouc and Sparta Praha. Electing to again spend a season in North America, Benýšek played his first NHL hockey in the 1997–98 season, going pointless in two games. Aside from that brief stint, however, Benýšek was again confined to the AHL, where he played for the Hamilton Bulldogs. Despite eventually being claimed in the 1999 NHL Waiver Draft by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Benýšek would spend the next three seasons back with Sparta Praha.
It was not until the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft, when the newly formed Minnesota Wild selected Benýšek from the Ducks that he got the opportunity to play regular minutes. For the next two seasons, Benýšek was an integral part of the Wild blueline. In his third season with the Wild, Benysek played only 14 games before being assigned to the AHL's Houston Aeros. Following the completion of the season, Benýšek returned to Europe, where he joined HIFK in Finland's SM-liiga and also had a spell in Sweden with Leksands IF. In 2006, Benýšek rejoined Sparta Praha for a third spell which lasted one season before he moved to France's Ligue Magnus for Dragons de Rouen. In 2008, Benýšek moved to Denmark's Oddset Ligaen with TOTEMPO HvIK. He then spent three seasons in Italy before moving to the United Kingdom to play for the Braehead Clan based in Glasgow, Scotland, where he would play just nine games, before retiring.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
1975 births
Living people
Asiago Hockey 1935 players
Braehead Clan players
Copenhagen Hockey players
Czech ice hockey defencemen
Edmonton Oilers draft picks
Edmonton Oilers players
HC Olomouc players
HC Sparta Praha players
HC Valpellice players
HIFK (ice hockey) players
Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players
Leksands IF players
Minnesota Wild players
Minnesota Wild scouts
Rouen HE 76 players
SHC Fassa players
Sportspeople from Olomouc
Ice hockey people from the Olomouc Region
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Finland
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Czech expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland
Expatriate ice hockey players in France
Expatriate ice hockey players in Italy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislav%20Ben%C3%BD%C5%A1ek |
Merrilee Rush ( Gunst; January 27, 1944) is an American singer, best known for her recording of the song "Angel of the Morning", a top-10 hit which earned her a Grammy nomination for female vocalist of the year in 1968.
Early life and career
Rush was born in Seattle, Washington to Reuben and Edith Gunst. Her father was a homebuilder. She grew up in north Seattle, and studied classical piano from a young age. In 1960, she auditioned and became the singer for the Amazing Aztecs, a Seattle-area rock & roll band led by saxophone player Neil Rush, whom she would later marry. The two went on to form Merrilee and Her Men, doing mostly cover versions of pop hits, and then joined rhythm and blues group Tiny Tony and the Statics, whose regional hit "Hey Mrs. Jones", on the Bolo label, featured Rush's keyboard playing and vocals.
Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts
In 1965, the pair formed Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts, who soon became a popular act on the Pacific Northwest's teen dancehall circuit, touring throughout Washington and Oregon. A member of the group's road crew also worked for Paul Revere & the Raiders, and through this connection, Rush was invited to be the opening act on the Raiders' tour of the southern United States in 1967. While in Memphis, Tennessee, Raiders lead vocalist Mark Lindsay introduced Rush to record producer Chips Moman.
"Angel of the Morning" was written and composed by the songwriter Chip Taylor. Rush's version was recorded at Moman's American Studio in Memphis in early 1968, and was produced by Moman and Tommy Cogbill. Released by Bell Records, the song climbed to #7 in late June 1968 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was a major hit in several other countries as well. The one millionth sale of this record was reported by the Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.) in 1970. Although credited to "Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts", both the single and subsequent album (also called Angel of the Morning) were recorded using the same musicians who played on Elvis Presley's famous Memphis recordings.
"Angel of the Morning" garnered Rush a Grammy Award nomination for best Contemporary Pop Female Vocalist of the year. She was nominated along with Barbra Streisand ("Funny Girl"), Dionne Warwick ("Do You Know the Way to San Jose"), Aretha Franklin ("I Say a Little Prayer"), and Mary Hopkin ("Those Were the Days"). Warwick was the eventual winner.
The song has been featured in the major motion pictures Jerry Maguire and Fingers.
Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts released one more single on Bell, "That Kind of Woman", in 1968.
Television appearances
Rush appeared on numerous television programs in the 1960s and 1970s, including American Bandstand, The Midnight Special (Episode 2 aired February 9, 1973), The Joey Bishop Show, Happening, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, The Everly Brothers Show, and Something Else hosted by John Byner. In 1984, she appeared as herself, performing the holiday favorite "White Christmas", in the syndicated Christmas special Scrooge's Rock and Roll Christmas, which starred Jack Elam as Ebenezer Scrooge. That program also featured holiday performances by Three Dog Night, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Association, Bobby Goldsboro, Mike Love of The Beach Boys, Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean, and Mary MacGregor.
Solo career
In 1969, now formally a solo artist, she released four more singles ("Reach Out", "Everyday Livin' Days", "Sign On for the Good Times", and "Angel on My Shoulder") on the Chips Moman-run Bell subsidiary, AGP Records. In 1971, she signed with Scepter Records and released one single, a cover of the Carole King song "Child of Mine". While that was Rush's lone release on Scepter, she cut several tracks for the label including a femme version of the Billy Joel song "She's Got a Way" ("He's Got a Way"). In 1976, Rush signed with United Artists Records, which released three singles: "Could It Be Love I Found Tonight", "Save Me" and "Rainstorm". Her self-titled album for United Artists was released in 1977.
Later career
By the turn of the 21st century, Rush was living in the countryside near Seattle in a century-old farmhouse that was built by her grandfather. She continued to perform with her own band in rock and roll nostalgia shows across the country.
In September 2023, Rush was inducted into the California Music Hall of Fame and received The Carol Kaye Inspiration Award as well.
In 1989, the Northwest Area Musicians' Association (NAMA) honored Rush with membership in the NAMA Hall of Fame.
In 2003, Rush appeared in the PBS special At the Drive-In along with Jan Berry and Dean Torrence (of Jan and Dean), Fabian, Bobby Vee, Chris Montez, Dodie Stevens, and Matthew and Gunnar Nelson (the sons of Ricky Nelson).
Rush's Angel of the Morning album has been re-published on CD via the Rev-Ola record label. The re-issue includes the entire original 1968 LP, and it features the Top Ten title track and the follow-up single That Kind of Woman, as well as nine non-LP album singles and B-sides as bonus tracks. The bonus tracks include a psychedelic version of the Four Tops' Reach Out (an AGP label single release that reached #79 on the Billboard Hot 100), and a cover of Burt Bacharach's What the World Needs Now, which was produced by Quincy Jones for the soundtrack album to the film Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. All tracks are also available digitally from the Arista/Legacy label.
Personal life
She is married to singer-songwriter and entertainer Billy Mac. Merrilee was a breeder of numerous champion Old English Sheepdogs for many decades. She and her husband have a livestream show on his YouTube channel, Billy Mac Songs .
References
External links
Gary James interview
1944 births
Living people
Singers from Seattle
Bell Records artists | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrilee%20Rush |
Bandar Charak (, also Romanized as Bandar-e Chārak and Band-e Chārak; also known simply as Chārak) is a coastal city in, and the capital of, Shibkaveh District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan province, Iran. The city also serves as the administrative center for Bandar Charak Rural District. More than half of the town speaks Gulf Arabic.
At the 2006 census, its population was 2,958 in 609 households. The following census in 2011 counted 3,758 people in 711 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 4,066 people in 1,049 households.
References
Bandar Lengeh County
Cities in Hormozgan Province
Populated places in Hormozgan Province
Populated places in Bandar Lengeh County
Populated coastal places in Iran
Port cities and towns of the Persian Gulf
Port cities and towns in Iran | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar%20Charak |
Kenny Gradney (born February 25, 1950, in Baton Rouge) is an American bassist and songwriter, best known as a member of the band Little Feat. He joined after their second album, replacing founding bassist Roy Estrada in 1972. Gradney has remained their bassist ever since and coinciding with his arrival, his friend Sam Clayton also joined the band on percussion and Paul Barrere, who knew bandleader Lowell George from Hollywood High School, joined as a second guitarist and cementing the classic line-up of George, Barrere, Richie Hayward, Bill Payne, Gradney and Clayton.
In the summer of 1970, Gradney participated in a multi-group tour of Canadian stadium shows known as Festival Express as a member of Delaney & Bonnie & Friends in which all of the groups traveled together on a passenger train. He appears in the documentary film of the same name playing and partying with Janis Joplin, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Rick Danko and others.
In addition to his work with Little Feat, Gradney has played and recorded with many notable musicians, including Delaney & Bonnie, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Bob Weir's Bobby and the Midnites, Jazz Is Dead, jazz drummer Chico Hamilton, Warren Zevon, Robert Palmer, Mick Fleetwood, and Carly Simon.
References
External links
Biography on the official Little Feat website
Guitarists from California
Living people
Jazz musicians from New Orleans
American funk bass guitarists
American male bass guitarists
American male guitarists
Little Feat members
American rock bass guitarists
American session musicians
American rhythm and blues bass guitarists
American jazz bass guitarists
American male songwriters
Guitarists from Louisiana
Bobby and the Midnites members
American male jazz musicians
Jazz Is Dead members
20th-century American bass guitarists
1952 births | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny%20Gradney |
Rosemary is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is approximately northwest of Brooks and north of the Trans-Canada Highway. It is home to one school and several businesses.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Rosemary had a population of 370 living in 139 of its 167 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 396. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Rosemary recorded a population of 396 living in 146 of its 150 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 342. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
The Village of Rosemary's 2012 municipal census counted a population of 421.
See also
List of communities in Alberta
List of villages in Alberta
References
External links
1951 establishments in Alberta
Villages in Alberta | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary%2C%20Alberta |
Norway competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The nation enjoyed its best ever results in gold medals, most notably in the biathlon events, when Ole Einar Bjørndalen swept all four gold medals.
With 13 gold medals, Norway tied the Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics for most gold medals a country won at a Winter Olympics. However, Canada broke this record with 14 when they hosted the Vancouver games.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
Men
Men's combined
Women
Biathlon
Men
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Women
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.
3 One minute added per missed target.
4 Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.
Bobsleigh
Men
Cross-country skiing
Men
Sprint
Pursuit
1 Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
4 × 10 km relay
Women
Sprint
Pursuit
2 Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
4 × 5 km relay
Curling
Men's tournament
Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
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Medal round
Semi-final
Gold medal game
Contestants
Women's tournament
Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
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Contestants
Freestyle skiing
Women
Nordic combined
Men's sprint
Events:
large hill ski jumping
7.5 km cross-country skiing
Men's individual
Events:
normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing
Men's Team
Four participants per team.
Events:
normal hill ski jumping
5 km cross-country skiing
Skeleton
Men
Ski jumping
Men's team large hill
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.
Snowboarding
Men's halfpipe
Women's halfpipe
Speed skating
Men
Notes
References
Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database
Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com
Nations at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002
2002 in Norwegian sport | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway%20at%20the%202002%20Winter%20Olympics |
The 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Milan after a 1–0 victory against Leeds United at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Competition holders Rangers would have been eligible to compete in the Cup Winners' Cup, but were banned from European competition in the 1972–73 season due to the violent disturbances at the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.
First round
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First leg
Second leg
AC Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.
Leeds United won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 7–3 on aggregate.
Second round
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First leg
Second leg
AC Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.
Leeds United won 2–0 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split 3–3 Wrexham on aggregate. Hajduk Split won on an away goals rule.
Quarter-finals
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First leg
Second leg
AC Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.
Leeds United won 8–1 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 5–4 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
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First leg
Second leg
Leeds United won 1–0 on aggregate.
Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.
Final
See also
1972–73 European Cup
1972–73 UEFA Cup
References
External links
1972–73 competition at UEFA website
Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1972–73 – results, protocols
website Football Archive 1972–73 Cup Winners Cup
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup seasons | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373%20European%20Cup%20Winners%27%20Cup |
Lebanon Hills Regional Park is a park in Eagan and Apple Valley, Minnesota. The park, the largest in Dakota County, contains forests, grasslands, marshes, and wetlands. Winter activities include skiing, snowshoeing, ice skating, ice fishing, hiking, and winter mountain biking. Summer activities include mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, camping, horseback riding, and hiking.
Park history and information
The park began in 1967 with the acquisition of around one of its largest lakes, Jensen Lake. Forty additional land acquisitions brought the park up to by 2015. The park includes 13 lakes and ponds. Trails in the park allow hiking, biking, skating, skiing, and horseback riding. There is also a campground and a retreat center, Camp Sacajawea.
Park trailheads
The visitor center trailhead is the park's main trailhead and gateway. It has canoe, kayak and paddleboard rentals in the summer, cross-country ski, snowshoe and kicksled rentals in the winter, park naturalist programs, recreational programs, and picnic areas with charcoal grills. Next to the visitor center is Schulze Lake Beach, with swimming and changing/shower facilities. Special events at the visitor center include a family-friendly New Year's Eve party and the Trails by Candlelight event (second Saturday in February).
The equestrian trailhead has horse trailer parking and more than 10 miles of wooded trails. The Holland Lake trailhead has a pier for fishing, a picnic shelter, and trails that connect to the rest of the park trail system. The Jensen Lake trailhead has multiple picnicking areas, a large picnic shelter, a playground, and a hiking loop around the lake.
Overall, the park has more than 14 miles of summer hiking trails and 12 miles of winter trails.
West trailhead/mountain bike trails
The first trails in the mountain bike trail system were built by an alliance of Dakota County and Minnesota Off-Road Cyclists (MORC). After the success of the original trails, the system was expanded to include nearly 12 miles of beginner, intermediate, expert and double-expert trails. The trails, which MORC grooms and maintains, are mainly hard-pack singletrack and have many obstacles, including roots, rock gardens, log piles, berms, bridges and jumps. A paved parking lot, changing rooms, bathrooms, picnic area, and a mountain bike skills park were added in 2012.
Paved pathways controversy
In 2013, the park released a draft master plan that included a paved trail for walking, biking, and skating that would connect separate regions of the park. According to county officials, the trail would be ADA-compliant, allowing use by all ages and abilities. Several groups, including two chapters of Audubon Minnesota, objected to the plan, stating that a paved path would destroy the park's natural beauty and wilderness feel. The plan was modified to decrease the path's width and move it to the park's perimeter for most of its length. Despite continued opposition, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners voted 5-to-2 to approve the modified plan. As of 2018, there are paved trails only around McDonough and Schulze Lakes on the park's east side, near the visitor center trailhead.
Emerald ash borer
In 2014, the emerald ash borer was discovered in the park. The beetle was found during a routine visual survey and confirmed by an entomologist from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Before this, forestry staff had been trying to reduce the likelihood of infestation in the park by treating some ash trees with pesticide and removing others. The park is now under a state and federal quarantine to help prevent further spread of the pest.
Natural gas pipeline
In 2016, approval was given for a natural gas pipeline to cross the park in a wetland area. The pipeline, which is a project of Northern Natural Gas, will follow an easement already in place. The project has caused some concern because the pipeline's installation will disrupt an area of high ecological diversity. According to the Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District, the pipeline is unlikely to disrupt the wetland in the long term, and the plan will proceed pending approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Gallery
References
External links
Lebanon Hills Regional Park
Minnesota Off-Road Cyclists
Protected areas of Dakota County, Minnesota
Regional parks in Minnesota | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon%20Hills%20Regional%20Park |
Daniele Gaither is an American actress and comedian. Gaither is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv.
Early life
Daniele Gaither was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. As a child, Gaither was the class clown with a knack for storytelling and mimicry. Gaither is a class of '93 alumni of Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois. In 1993, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career and attend the Groundlings School, where aspiring sketch and improv performers are given a systematic approach to learning improvisation and writing skills.
While she studied at the Groundlings school, Gaither was trained by Michael McDonald, before his tenure on MADtv. She completed the school and became a member of The Groundlings on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. She left the group in 2006.
In her comedy, Gaither tries to "represent people that you see in the streets and know in everyday life," and sometimes uses her family experiences as material. She does impressions of people that she grew up admiring, such as Patti LaBelle, Marla Gibbs and Isabel Sanford, but also does impressions of current celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Star Jones and Lil' Kim.
Gaither's first regular television appearance was on Hype in 2000. After her first big break, she appeared on NBC's The Rerun Show. Gaither has a recurring role as Chandra the hairdresser on Comedy Central's Reno 911!.
MADtv
Gaither first appeared in an episode of MADtv'''s second season, which featured rap star Ice-T. The skit depicted a mock debate between U.S. President Bill Clinton (played by Bryan Callen) and U.S. Senator Bob Dole (played by David Herman) who transformed himself into a "twisted" version of the 1970s blaxploitation icon Dolemite. Gaither played one of Dole's "Dolemite girls."
Gaither officially joined the cast of MADtv in 2003, seven years after her initial appearance on the series, as a featured performer for the ninth season. She became the second black female cast member in the show's history when she replaced Debra Wilson. Gaither was promoted to repertory performer status the following season. Some of her characters were only seen once on the discussion show Real Mother****ing Talk. Other notable characters included senior citizen Dilly Mae Jackson, Taco Hell boss Loretta, and Yvoone Criddle. Criddle is a middle-aged woman who openly acknowledges her own sociopathic behavior yet simultaneously appears to be oblivious to its perversity.
Gaither portrayed offbeat impersonations of celebrities, which included Lawanda Page, Condoleezza Rice, Eve, La La Vasquez, and Tyra Banks.
Gaither was released from MADtv by FOX in June 2006.
Characters
Dellie Mae Jackson (7 A.M. Condo Report)
Loretta (Taco Hell)
Mrs. Conkling (Holly Meadow Estates)
Renee (QVC Quacker Factory)
Shatrice (The B.S.)
Yvonne Criddle
Impressions
Aisha Tyler
Alicia Keys
Bonnie Franklin (as Ann Romano from One Day at a Time)
Beyoncé Knowles
Brittany Murphy
Chandra Wilson
Condoleezza Rice
Eve
Fantasia
Helen Martin (as Pearl Shay from 227)
Isabel Sanford (as Louise Jefferson from The Jeffersons)
Jackée Harry
Jada Pinkett Smith
Janet Jackson (as Charlene from Diff'rent Strokes)
Jully Black
Lark Voorhees (as Lisa Turtle from Saved by the Bell)
Kim Fields (as Tootie Ramsey in The Facts of Life)
La La Vasquez
LaWanda Page (as Aunt Esther from Sanford & Son)
Lil' Kim
Marla Gibbs (as Florence Johnston from The Jeffersons)
Mary J. Blige
Mo'Nique
Mýa
Omarosa Manigault
Oprah Winfrey
Patti LaBelle
Raven-Symoné
Regina Taylor
Star Jones
Tyra Banks
Vanessa Minnillo
Wanda Sykes
PETA involvement
Gaither is a lifelong vegetarian and animal lover. She was one of the 180 celebrities nominated for PETA’s 2004 "World’s Sexiest Vegetarians", which Alicia Silverstone won. She also co-hosted the "2003 Rotten Jellyfish Awards" with fellow Groundling Jennifer Coolidge.
Trivia
Gaither appeared on Hype with fellow MADtv cast member Frank Caliendo and The Rerun Show with Paul Vogt.
Catch Phrases
"I’m in Jimmy Choo Boots M***** F*****!" - Eve (Hollywood Squares)
"I got Herpes.... The End" - Loretta (Taco Hell)
"Yes I did" - Yvonne Criddle (Stolen Parking Spot)
"Oh well, don't worry baby, you can be just like Angelina Jolie and adopt a couple little yellow babies"- Beyoncé Knowles (MadTV)
"Nobody asked you to talk! You better get to work! Do a better job cleanin' then you did wit' singin'! That ol' jive duet with Nelly, ain't nobody wanna hear that, nobody buyin' yo' album!"- Beyoncé Knowles (MadTV)
"President Kickbutt out"- Super President Kickbutt (The Thundermans)
”They want Sextina Aquafina baby!” - Sextina Aquafina (Bojack Horseman)
Television appearancesReno 911! (2003, 2005) as ChandraA Mine Is A Terrible Thing To Waste (2017) as ViennettaThe Rerun Show (2002) as Series RegularHype (2000) as Various CharactersMADtv (1996, 2003–06) as Various CharactersTyler Perry's House of Payne (2007) as SmokeyThe Thundermans (2014–2018) as Super President KickbuttThe Haunted Hathaways (2014) as Super President Kickbutt - Crossover: "The Haunted Thundermans"BoJack Horseman (2016-2020) as Sextina Aquafina and Biscuits BraxbyThe Great North (2021-2022) as Various Characters
Filmography
No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie (2013)
Necessary Evil (2008)
Lincoln's Eyes (2005)
Caught'' (2002)
References
External links
Living people
African-American actresses
African-American female comedians
American television actresses
American film actresses
American impressionists (entertainers)
Actresses from Saint Paul, Minnesota
American women comedians
American sketch comedians
21st-century American comedians
21st-century American actresses
21st-century African-American women
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
Year of birth missing (living people) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniele%20Gaither |
William Franklin "Birdie" Cree (October 23, 1882 – November 8, 1942) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He spent his entire 8-year career (1908-1915) with the New York Highlanders, which became the New York Yankees.
Life
Born in Khedive, Pennsylvania, Cree was a small man at and 150 pounds. He threw and batted right-handed, and he also attended Penn State University.
Prior to the major leagues, Cree played in the High Hat League, then went to play ball in Burlington, Vermont and Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Cree made his major league debut on September 17, 1908 at the age of 25. He was a solid outfielder until 1911, when he had an extraordinary season. He had or tied career highs in every major category, with the highlights being 22 triples (which tied him for 32nd all-time in a season and the most in a season for a right-hander in the American League), 48 stolen bases and a .348 batting average. He was third in the league in stolen bases and because of his great performance, he was tied with Hall of Famer Tris Speaker for 6th highest in the voting for Most Valuable Player, and was the only non-Hall of Fame player in the top six in the voting. He also hit his only career grand slam in 1911.
Cree was on pace for a similar season in 1912, but it was cut short by a wrist injury from a Buck O'Brien pitch, and he played in only 50 games. He hit .332 during that time. On April 22, 1910 Cree was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Walter Johnson.
Cree never again lived up to his 1911 season, playing over 100 games only once in the remaining four years of his career. Rejecting baseball disdainfully, he ended his career early on September 21, 1915 with a .292 career batting average, 132 stolen bases and 62 triples. In the field, Cree had a career .962 fielding percentage. Cree retired from baseball because, "I had no intention of going to the bush leagues". After baseball, he entered the world of banking. Jack Warhop and Ed Sweeney had been teammates of Cree for eight seasons, longer than any other teammates.
On November 8, 1942 at the age of 60, Cree died in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, after fighting a long illness. He was laid to rest in Pomfret Manor Cemetery in Sunbury, PA. At the time of his death, he was a cashier at the First National Bank of Sunbury.
On July 6, 1914, the Yankees sent Bill Holden and cash to Baltimore of the International League for Cree.
References
External links
Pennsylvania State University alumni
Penn State Nittany Lions baseball players
Sportspeople from Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Baseball players from Pennsylvania
New York Highlanders players
New York Yankees players
1882 births
1942 deaths
Major League Baseball left fielders
Williamsport Millionaires players
Baltimore Orioles (International League) players | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdie%20Cree |
The Cormorant was a tailsitter project under development at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works research facility until 2008 when its contract for development was cancelled. It is named after a species of diving bird in reference to its intended role as a submarine-launched UAV.
Development
The U.S. Navy's s, feature large, , , tubes to launch Trident missiles. Researchers at Skunk Works had the idea of creating a drone aircraft that can be stored in those missile tubes.
DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) provided funding for tests of models and some of the systems on board the Cormorant. The tests were completed by September 2006. After the tests were complete, DARPA was to determine whether it will fund a flying prototype. While achieving goals and capabilities during tests, DARPA cancelled the contract due to budget cuts in FY08.
Design
While in the tube, the aircraft's wings are folded around itself. The Cormorant, while floating to the surface, unfolds its wings and prepares itself for launch. Rockets then assist the aircraft with lifting off from the water's surface.
A normal aircraft would never survive the pressures that are encountered at a launch depth of 150 ft (46 m). To prevent corrosion, the Cormorant was made from titanium, and to resist crushing, empty spaces were taken up with plastic foam. The interior of the craft was filled with a pressurized inert gas. To keep the Cormorant watertight, the doors, inlets, and any covers required inflatable seals.
One principal means of defense for a submarine is the ability to remain hidden underwater. Thus having an aircraft lift off near the submarine or come directly back to the submarine after its objective is complete would give away the submarine's position. To combat this, the submarine was to slip away while the Cormorant is floating to the surface. After its objective has been completed, the submarine was to transmit rendezvous coordinates to the Cormorant. A robotic retrieval vehicle was then to fetch the drone after it has landed on the surface of the water.
External links
DARPA page on project archived version
Popular Science article: Navy's swimming spy plane
2000s United States experimental aircraft
Cormorant
Unmanned military aircraft of the United States
Tailsitter aircraft | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed%20Martin%20Cormorant |
Paul Barrere (July 3, 1948 – October 26, 2019) was an American musician most prominent as a member of the band Little Feat, which he joined in 1972 some three years after the band was created by Lowell George.
Career
Barrere recorded and performed with Taj Mahal, Jack Bruce, Chicken Legs, Blues Busters, Valerie Carter, Helen Watson, Chico Hamilton, Robert Palmer, Eikichi Yazawa, and Carly Simon. He can be seen in the 1979 Nicolette Larson Warner Brothers promotional video of "Lotta Love".
Barrere's best known contributions to Little Feat as a songwriter include "Skin It Back", and "Feats Don't Fail Me Now" from the album Feats Don't Fail Me Now, "All That You Dream" from The Last Record Album, "Time Loves a Hero" from Time Loves a Hero, and "Down on the Farm" from Down on the Farm.
Barrere could play a wide variety of styles of music including blues, rock, jazz, and cajun music and was proficient as a slide guitarist.
Barrere also recorded and toured as an acoustic duo with fellow Little Feat member Fred Tackett.
Barrere played several concerts with Phil Lesh and Friends in October 1999 and from March to June 2000. He also toured with Bob Dylan, and had most recently been writing and recording with Roger Cole.
Personal life
Born on July 3, 1948, in Burbank, California, he was the son of the Hollywood actors Paul Bryar and Claudia Bryar. Barrere contracted Hepatitis C in 1994, but had managed to keep it under control. In 2015, he was diagnosed with liver cancer.
Paul Barrere died on October 26, 2019, at the age of 71 in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
Discography
Solo
1983 On My Own Two Feet (Mirage)
1984 Real Lies (Atlantic)
1995 If the Phone Don't Ring (Zoo)
Bluesbusters
1984 Merry Christmas (Tower)
1986 Accept No Substitutes (Landslide)
1987 This Time (Landslide)
Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett
2001 Live from North Cafe (Relix)
2009 Live in the UK 2008 (Stonehenge)
Collaborations
2013 Plays Well with Others - by Greg Koch - Tracks: 4,7,9,10
With Bonnie Raitt
Takin' My Time (Columbia Records, 2013)
With Pat McGee
Pat McGee (Pat McGee, 2015)
With Valerie Carter
Just a Stone's Throw Away (Columbia Records, 1977)
With Robert Palmer
Pressure Drop (Island Records, 1975)
Some People Can Do What They Like (Island Records, 1976)
Double Fun (Island Records, 1978)
With Sanne Salomonsen
Language of the Heart (Virgin Records, 1994)
With Nicolette Larson
Nicolette (Warner Bros. Records, 1978)
In the Nick of Time (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
Radioland (Warner Bros. Records, 1981)
With The Oak Ridge Boys
American Dreams (MCA Records, 1988)
With Tom Johnston
Everything You've Heard Is True (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
With Taj Mahal
Like Never Before (Private Music, 1991)
With Carly Simon
Another Passenger (Elektra Records, 1976)
References
External links
Paul Barrere biography
Complete sessionography at the official Little Feat website (archived 2012)
Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett Acoustic Duo collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
Band announcement of Barrere's death.
1948 births
2019 deaths
20th-century American guitarists
21st-century American guitarists
Musicians from Burbank, California
Slide guitarists
American rock guitarists
Little Feat members
Rhythm guitarists
American male singer-songwriters
American session musicians
American blues guitarists
American rhythm and blues guitarists
American rock songwriters
American rock singers
American funk guitarists
American male guitarists
Guitarists from California
Deaths from liver cancer
Deaths from cancer in California
Relix Records artists
Singer-songwriters from California | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Barrere |
SuperFetch was a show on Animal Planet that stars Zak George. He instructs and advises on how to train dogs to perform tricks.
Episodes
Season one (2009)
References
TVGuide episode guide
External links
Animal Planet original programming
2009 American television series debuts
2009 American television series endings
Television shows about dogs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperFetch%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Rycroft is a village in northern Alberta, Canada. It is approximately north of Grande Prairie and east of Spirit River. Dunvegan Provincial Park is located 20 km north of the community.
The post office was originally known as Spirit River. The name was changed to Roycroft in 1920 to honour R.H. Roycroft, a prominent local citizen, and was altered to Rycroft in 1933.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Rycroft had a population of 550 living in 243 of its 299 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 612. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Rycroft recorded a population of 612 living in 274 of its 316 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 628. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
See also
List of communities in Alberta
List of villages in Alberta
Peace Country
References
External links
1944 establishments in Alberta
Municipal District of Spirit River No. 133
Villages in Alberta | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rycroft%2C%20Alberta |
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School is a private college-preparatory school for girls located in the historic Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Georgetown. Founded in 1799 by the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (also known as the Visitation Sisters), it is one of the oldest continuously-operating schools for girls in the country and the city as well as the oldest Catholic school for girls in the original Thirteen Colonies. It is located within the Archdiocese of Washington.
History
Georgetown Visitation was founded in 1799. It is the oldest Catholic school for girls in the original 13 colonies. The school opened near Georgetown College because its fourth President, Father Leonard Neale, S.J., (later Bishop and Archbishop) co-founded the Academy and Convent. He invited Alice Lalor, Maria McDermott and Maria Sharpe to join him; these founders would come to be called "The Three Pious Ladies."
Rome recognized the Georgetown Visitation Order in 1816; on May 24, 1828, the Sisters were incorporated by Congress, an act signed by President John Quincy Adams, who, a few months later, handed out awards at the commencement exercises. By this time, students were learning geography, history, mythology, astronomy, chemistry, French, Spanish, and vocal & instrumental music.
From 1800 to 1862, Georgetown Visitation subsidized its mission by the forced labor and sale of enslaved people, 121 of whom have been identified, either by name or brief description. Primary sources tell of manumissions, self-emancipations, and the freeing of all people whom Visitation enslaved with the District of Columbia Emancipation Act on April 16, 1862.
The school continued to grow and evolve in the 20th century, focusing on high school and Junior College students. Beloved traditions such as Marshmallow Roast, a good-natured class competition with skits that "roast" faculty, and Gold-White, a school-wide intramural athletic competition, began in the early decades of this century. By the mid-sixties, the school started seeing a decline in the number of resident students and Junior College students; the Junior College was closed in 1964 and the boarding school was closed in 1975.
Fire and rebuilding
On July 8–9, 1993, a fire destroyed the historic main academic building of the campus, the Starkweather Academy Building, causing an initially estimated $3.5 million in damages. Trailers were brought in to serve as temporary classrooms in time for the start of the 1993–1994 academic year. The building was restored and rededicated as Founders Hall on May 5, 1995. Since then, the campus has been revitalized with the Catharine E. Nolan Center for the Performing Arts and the Sarah and Charles T. Fisher Athletic Center completed for the bicentennial of the school in 1999, and the renovation of both St. Joseph's Hall and the St. Bernard Library in 2002 and 2003. In 2019 ,the school opened Berchmans Hall, named for Sister Mary Berchmans Hannan, VHM, '48 & '50, a two-story addition to St. Joseph's Hall with classrooms, science labs, and an art studio. The covered walkway between St. Bernard Library and St. Joseph’s Hall became the Saints Connector, with common areas and the McNabb Innovation Lab, named for Sister Mary de Sales McNabb, VHM, '48. Modern facilities are located side-by-side with historic buildings boasting a myriad of architectural styles, ranging from Victorian to Neo-Gothic.
Traditions
Visitation traditionally held its graduation ceremonies in the Odeon, an auditorium where John Quincy Adams addressed the graduates of 1828. After the Odeon was destroyed in the fire of Founder's Hall, graduation ceremonies were moved to Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall.
Notable alumnae
Cayetana Aljovín, Peruvian lawyer, journalist and public administrator
Emily Bratti, ice dancer
Caitlin Brunell, Miss Alabama
Bay Buchanan, treasurer of the United States
Marian Canney (1921–2019), faculty member and Korean War widow
Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, author, suffragist
Ella Loraine Dorsey (1853–1935), author, journalist, translator
Jennifer Dougherty, first female mayor of Frederick, Maryland
Margaret Durante, country music artist (see Maggie Rose)
Mary Early, sculptor
Angela Gillespie, religious sister, Abbess
Ida Marie Honoré, socialite and philanthropist
Eleanor Mercein Kelly, author, four stories adapted to film and one to theatre on Broaday
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, judge
Harriet Lane, U.S. first lady
Laura Mako, interior designer
Francine Mathews, mystery writer
Liz McCartney, cofounder of the St. Bernard Project, 2008 CNN Hero of the Year
Harriet Monroe, founder and editor of Poetry magazine
Bertha Honore Palmer, (1849–1918), impressionist art collector, entrepreneuse, philanthropist
Emily Warren Roebling, known for her contribution to the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge
Maggie Rose, singer (see Margaret Durante)
Evan Ryan, assistant for intergovernmental affairs and public liaison for vice president Joe Biden
Alice Smith, singer
Mary Logan Tucker, political activist
Barbara Walsh, American musical theater actor
Other notable figures
Mary Paulina Finn
Leola Isabel Freeman
Elizabeth Hesselblad
Juana de Iturbide y Huarte
Marie Louise Kirkland
Teresa Lalor
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Sister Margarita of Jesus, Princess of Mexico; daughter of Agustin de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico
Sarah Moormann Scharper
Popular culture
In 1850, John H. Hewitt wrote the Grand Promenade March and dedicated it to the "Sisters of the Academy of Visitation, Georgetown."
References
External links
Visitation schools
1799 establishments in Washington, D.C.
Preparatory schools in Washington, D.C.
Educational institutions established in 1799
Visitation Preparatory School
Private high schools in Washington, D.C.
Independent School League
Girls' schools in Washington, D.C.
Catholic secondary schools in Washington, D.C.
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
Italianate architecture in Washington, D.C.
Colonial Revival architecture in Washington, D.C.
Federal architecture in Washington, D.C.
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown%20Visitation%20Preparatory%20School |
Marco Júlio Castanheira Afonso Alves Ferreira (born 12 March 1978) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 127 games and 15 goals over the course of eight seasons, representing mainly in the competition Vitória de Setúbal and Porto. He also played professionally in Spain, Japan, England and Greece.
Club career
Primarily known for his speed, Ferreira was born in Vimioso in the Bragança District, and started his career at F.C. Tirsense in the second division. In 1998 he moved to Atlético Madrid B, but only lasted a few months in Spain, finishing the season at Yokohama Flügels in the J1 League.
Ferreira would go on to represent F.C. Paços de Ferreira – also in his country's second level – where he was a key player, spending the following three-and-a-half seasons at Primeira Liga club Vitória de Setúbal. In January 2003 he joined FC Porto, being part of the José Mourinho-led squad that defeated Celtic in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup final, coming on as a substitute for Capucho in the 98th minute. He also featured in several UEFA Champions League matches in the following campaign, but was not selected for the team that won the decisive match, and also added two consecutive league championships during his time with the northerners, wearing jersey No. 78 due to his birthyear.
After that, Ferreira was loaned to Vitória de Guimarães for 2004–05. In the following year he made the same move, now to F.C. Penafiel, but was released in January 2006 and promptly signed with S.L. Benfica, until June 2009; while in Lisbon he was unable to establish himself as a first-team player, and was placed on the transfer list.
On 31 August 2007, Ferreira joined English side Leicester City on loan until the end of the year, but his contract was terminated in December after becoming unsettled in the country, making no senior appearances for the club(he was an unused substitute in a 3–2 League Cup win over Nottingham Forest on 18 September). Subsequently, he finished the campaign with C.F. Os Belenenses, also appearing very rarely.
In August 2008, Ferreira signed with modest Ethnikos Piraeus FC. He spent 18 months at the Greek second division team, being released and retiring at the age of 32.
International career
Ferreira's debut for Portugal came in a friendly with Tunisia on 12 October 2002, playing six minutes after taking the place of Luís Figo. He went on to earn a further two caps during that year.
Honours
Porto
Primeira Liga: 2002–03, 2003–04
Taça de Portugal: 2002–03
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2003
UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
UEFA Cup: 2002–03
References
External links
1978 births
Living people
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
F.C. Tirsense players
F.C. Paços de Ferreira players
Vitória F.C. players
FC Porto players
UEFA Champions League winning players
UEFA Cup winning players
Vitória S.C. players
F.C. Penafiel players
S.L. Benfica footballers
C.F. Os Belenenses players
Segunda División players
Atlético Madrid B players
J1 League players
Yokohama Flügels players
Leicester City F.C. players
Football League (Greece) players
Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players
Portugal men's international footballers
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Sportspeople from Bragança District | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco%20Ferreira |
Richard Garnet Rowland (born February 25, 1964) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a backup catcher for the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox from 1990 to 1995. In addition to catching, he also played sparsely as a designated hitter, first baseman, third baseman, and pinch runner (although appearing only as a pinch runner in a game does not count as a game played). Prior to playing professional baseball, Rowland attended Mendocino College in nearby Ukiah, California. He also had a longer career in minor league baseball on and off from 1988 to 1997, where he even served as a pitcher in three games.
Minor leagues
Born in Cloverdale, California, Rowland played for minor league baseball for a total of nine seasons from 1988 to 1997; he did not play in the minor leagues in 1994. He played for the minor leagues during the same seasons that he also played in the Major Leagues. He debuted in the minor leagues on the Bristol Tigers (now the Bristol Pirates) in 1988— a rookie-class Appalachian League team formerly owned by the Detroit Tigers. That season, he played 56 games for a .274 batting average in 186 at-bats as catcher. In 1989, he advanced to the Tigers' A-class Fayetteville Generals of the South Atlantic League, where he had a .272 batting average, 102 hits, and nine home runs. He also recorded two games pitched, pitching a total of two innings and allowing one run. Continuing through the Tigers' farm system, he advanced to the AA-class London Tigers of the Eastern League in 1990. He played for London for the first half of the season, where he statistics were impressive enough for a mid-season promotion to the AAA-class Toledo Mud Hens of the International League. For London, he batted .286 with 46 hits in 47 games with 161 at-bats. For Toledo, he batted .260 with 50 hits and 192 at-bats.
For his efforts, he was called up to the Detroit Tigers on September 7, 1990 and played seven games with them during the 1990 season. From 1991 to 1993, he played the majority of time with Toledo, while being called up on occasion to play for the Tigers as catcher. His statistic in the Major Leagues were unimpressive due to his limited time on the Tigers' roster, but his statistics with Toledo were far more impressive. When he was not called up to play for the Tigers, he was a consistently solid hitting full-time catcher with Toledo reaching 136 games in 1992. His minor league playing time in 1993 was shorter, as he played more time on the Tigers. That season with Toledo, he batted .268 but hit 21 home runs in 325 at-bats— a relatively high home run ratio of 15.48. His slugging percentage of .548 ranked fourth in the International League in 1993.
At the start of the 1994 season, Rowland was traded from the Detroit Tigers to the Boston Red Sox for John Flaherty and did not play in the minor leagues for Boston that year. In 1995, he played for Boston's AAA affiliate Pawtucket Red Sox, but he played little time for Pawtucket since he played more for Boston. With Pawtucket, he batted .258 in 34 games and 124 at-bats. At the end of the 1995 season, Rowland was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays, where he played on their AAA affiliate Syracuse Chiefs of the International League in 1996. He played 96 games with 288 at-bats but only had a .226 batting average (his lowest minor league batting average). While on the Chiefs, he was never called up to play for the Blue Jays and was traded to the San Francisco Giants for the start of 1997. He never played for the Giants but instead played on their AAA affiliate Phoenix Firebirds of the Pacific Coast League during the 1997 season. His time on the Chiefs was short, and he only played in 19 games before retiring.
Major leagues
Detroit Tigers
He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in round 17 of the June 1988 draft. He played on various minor league teams before he made his professional debut late into the 1990 Detroit Tigers season on September 7, 1990 at the age of 26 as part of the team's late season expanded roster. While playing in the Major Leagues for the Detroit Tigers, Rowland also played intermittently on their Toledo Mud Hens minor league team and was occasionally called up to the Tigers when needed . In 1990, he played in only seven games, accumulating only three hits in 19 at bats for a .158 batting average. He returned for the Tigers in 1991 as a backup catcher to Mickey Tettleton, who rarely missed a game. Because of that, Rowland saw very little playing time with two other backup catchers— Andy Allanson and Mark Salas— on the roster as well. That season, he played in only four games, accumulating only four at-bats, one hit, one run batted in, and a .250 batting average. Rowland saw similar playing time in 1992; he only played in six games, batting 14 times with three hits for a .214 batting average. Despite very little playing time, he was contracted for the league-minimum $120,000 that season but spent most of his time on assignment with minor league Toledo. In 1993, Rowland saw his most playing time on the Detroit Tigers. That year, primary catcher Mickey Tettleton played more time as a first baseman and outfielder, giving Rowland and fellow backup catcher Chad Kreuter more playing time. That year, Rowland played 21 games, accumulating 10 hits in 46 at-bats for a .217 batting average.
Boston Red Sox
On April 1, just prior to the start of the 1994 season, Rich Rowland was traded to the Boston Red Sox for catcher John Flaherty. The strike-shortened 1994 season would prove to be by far Rowland's best season. He played in 46 games, accumulating 118 at-bats, 27 hits, nine home runs (hitting his first Major League home run this year), 20 runs batted in, and a .229 batting average. He also posted a career high .483 slugging percentage, among other career highs this season. In 1995, Rowland played again on the Red Sox, who won American League East division that year. He played in only 14 games, accumulating 29 at-bats with five hits and a low .172 batting average. He played his final Major League game on June 15, 1995. He was sent back full-time to the Pawtucket Red Sox minor league team for the duration of the season. During the off-season, Rowland was granted free agency from the Red Sox and was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays and later the San Francisco Giants— though he never played in the Major Leagues again.
Personal life
Rowland's sons, Robbie and Richie, are both professional baseball players.
References
External links
Rich Rowland at Baseball Almanac
Rich Rowland at Fanbase
1964 births
Living people
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Boston Red Sox players
Bristol Tigers players
Detroit Tigers players
Fayetteville Generals players
London Tigers players
Major League Baseball catchers
Mendocino Eagles baseball players
Pawtucket Red Sox players
People from Cloverdale, California
Baseball players from Sonoma County, California
Phoenix Firebirds players
Syracuse Chiefs players
Toledo Mud Hens players | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich%20Rowland |
James Douglas Williams (January 16, 1808November 20, 1880), nicknamed Blue Jeans Bill, was an American farmer and Democratic politician who held public office in Indiana for four decades, and was the only farmer elected as the governor of Indiana, serving from 1877 to 1880. He also spent twenty-eight years in the Indiana General Assembly, and was well known for his frugality and advocacy of agricultural development.
Early life
Family and background
James Douglas Williams was born on January 16, 1808, in Pickaway County, Ohio, the son of George and Sarah Cavendar Williams. He moved with his family to Knox County, Indiana at the age of 10, and his family moved and settled near Monroe City, Indiana where he remained much of the rest of his life. He received little schooling, but did occasionally attend the log schoolhouse near his home, only attending until the fifth grade. Williams' father died in 1828, and being the oldest son, Williams became the caretaker of his family, continuing to run his father's farm. In 1831 Williams married Nancy Huffman, and together they had seven children. With Williams regularly in public service, she ran the family farm for much of her life—a three thousand acre spread in the central part of Indiana.
Throughout his life, Williams was known for his farm dress, earning him the nickname Blue Jeans Bill, because he so often wore denim. He used the nickname and the reputation that came with it to cast himself as a man of the people, and a countryman in his public elections. As he became more wealthy, he began to have suits made of denim and lined with silk. Besides being a farmer, Williams was active in studies and experimentation in trying to produce superior crops. He was a member of several local and regional farm organizations and regularly won first place in many of the Indiana State Fair competitions.
Legislator
In 1839 Williams first entered public service serving as justice of the peace of Vincennes, Indiana until he resigned in 1843. The same year he was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives and served until 1860, moving to the Indiana Senate where he served until 1872. Williams was responsible for the authorship of many bills, including laws that permitted widows to inherit the estate of their husbands. He wrote the bill that established the state's first sinking fund and also encouraged the development of the State Board of Agriculture and served as a member for sixteen years.
During the American Civil War, Williams was accused of being a Copperhead when he attempted to interfere with the war effort and submitted legislation to require Governor Oliver Morton to show what the money in the state emergency fund was being spent on. One of Williams's primary concerns in the Assembly was state spending. He supported the Greenback political movement that began in the 1870s, making paper money more readily available to the public through inflationary measures. His long term membership in the party led them to attempt to send him to Congress as a Senator in 1872, but was defeated by Oliver Morton. Williams was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Indiana in October, 1874 and served from 1875 to 1876. During this time he served as chairman of the committee on accounts and was responsible for considerable reform, and significant saving by cutting business costs. "A more destructive besom of economy could not have been selected from all the ranks of the democracy, or from either party, for that matter,"one observer wrote. "Lank, for all the world like Lincoln, and as tall, with a face which might be photographed for Lincoln's, and a shambling gait and a carelessness of dress exactly like the dead president's, Williams is a figure that never fades from the minds of the thousands who have once seen him," a reporter wrote. "Dressed always in the plainest of plain Kentucky blue jeans, he is a standing reproach to the more luxurious livers of his own party." While still in Washington he was informed that his party had nominated him to run for governor, a nomination he was not a candidate for. Instead of declining, he decided to not seek re-election to Congress, but instead returned to Indiana to campaign for governor.
Governor
Williams owed his nomination for governor to a deadlocked Democratic convention and he ran against future Republican President Benjamin Harrison and Greenback candidate Anson Wolcott. The campaign focused predominantly on federal financial positions that had caused a financial downturn. Williams changed his position on the Greenback movement, and came out against the inflationary practices. But the campaign was also centered around personality, and there Williams had a tremendous advantage. "Blue Jeans Williams would never think that it was necessary to set about his day's work with his hair parted in the middle and his beard trimmed like a row of tree box," a reporter gibed; "the other emerges from his toilet with the appearance of one who used considerably the hairbrush and the oil bottle. Harrison dresses in Broadway fashion; Williams in 'blue jeans.' Harrison is a smart lawyer, to whom Governor Hendricks gave the best part of his practice. Williams is an honest old farmer, who has earned every cent he owns by the sweat of his brow. Harrison is a cold, reserved, chicken-broth order of man. Williams is an open, warm-hearted, horny-handed farmer, with broad acres to which he can point as the result of long years of patient struggling with nature." Williams won in a close election by about 5,000 votes. Williams became the only person whose primary source of income came from farming to be elected Governor of Indiana. He was inaugurated on January 9, 1877.
He was instrumental in finding the funds for Purdue University and was a women's rights activist, championing the right for women to own property. He fought for budgetary constraint and was known for his thrift, most evident in the construction of the new Indiana Statehouse. During his administration he sought and acquired funds for the construction of a new state capitol building. He was able to have the building built for about 20% less than was initially expected, and returned the saving to the treasury. Although he wanted to run the government with economy, he sought increased funding for the state assistance programs for war veterans.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began during Williams' term. Strikers in Indianapolis attempted to block all rail traffic in the city. City and business leaders demanded that Williams call out the militia and end the strike by force, but he refused, fearing it would hurt his standing in the Democratic party. Since Williams refused to engage the workers, Benjamin Harrison and Walter Q. Gresham, the state's leading Republicans, formed a commission to meet with business leaders and end the strike. The situation caused considerable harm to Williams' public popularity. In addition, many parts of the nation were experiencing rapid industrial growth during Williams' term, but he did little to emulate their success in Indiana, leading to some criticism.
Death and legacy
Williams' wife suffered a fall in January, 1880, and died on June 27, 1880. Starting in late October 1880, Williams developed a kidney infection. His health steadily deteriorated and he died shortly before the end of his term as governor in Indianapolis, on November 20, 1880. His bier was held in the Marion County Courthouse before his body was moved to Vincennes for a funeral ceremony. Williams is buried in the Walnut Grove Cemetery near Monroe City, Indiana cemetery on ground he donated to establish Walnut Grove Methodist Church near his home. His family purchased a large obelisk for his grave which was unveiled on July 4, 1883, that still stands above the tiny Bedford Stone church. Many of the members of the church are Williams descendants.
Electoral history
See also
List of governors of Indiana
References
Notes
Bibliography
External links
Biography and portrait from the Indiana Historical Bureau
1808 births
1880 deaths
Democratic Party governors of Indiana
People from Pickaway County, Ohio
Methodists from Indiana
Democratic Party Indiana state senators
Democratic Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
19th-century American politicians
People from Knox County, Indiana
19th-century Methodists | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20D.%20Williams |
Hélio José Lopes Roque (born 20 July 1985) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Huambo, Angola to Portuguese settlers, Roque returned to his parents' country and started his football career at Atlético Clube Arrentela and Amora FC, moving at age 17 to S.L. Benfica. He appeared with the main squad in the 2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, a 1–0 win against Vitória de Setúbal on 13 August in which he came on as a 68th-minute substitute for Geovanni; also from the bench, he took the field in three Primeira Liga matches.
Roque went on loan twice in the following months: in January 2006 he signed for top-flight Vitória Setúbal, and spent the entire 2006–07 season with Lisbon neighbours C.D. Olivais e Moscavide of the Segunda Liga, being released on 30 June 2007.
Subsequently, Roque joined Cypriot club AEL Limassol. After a rather poor debut campaign, his form improved and he began appearing regularly in the starting XI; in spite of being naturally right-footed, he featured mainly on the left wing.
In 2009–10, an injury meant Roque only resumed training in late January 2010. In the 2011 off-season, due to the fact AEL had too many foreign players, he was loaned to fellow First Division side Nea Salamis Famagusta FC, and the move was made permanent for the 2012–13 season.
From 2015, Roque played in the Girabola of his birth country, with S.L. Benfica (Luanda) and C.R.D. Libolo. Afterwards, he had a brief second stint at Nea Salamina.
In August 2018, Roque returned to Portugal after 11 years away, signing for third-tier team Clube Olímpico do Montijo. He then joined Clube Oriental de Lisboa in the same league.
Honours
Benfica
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2005
References
External links
1985 births
Living people
People from Huambo
Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
S.L. Benfica B players
S.L. Benfica footballers
Vitória F.C. players
C.D. Olivais e Moscavide players
Clube Olímpico do Montijo players
Clube Oriental de Lisboa players
Cypriot First Division players
AEL Limassol players
Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players
Girabola players
S.L. Benfica (Luanda) players
C.R.D. Libolo players
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9lio%20Roque |
Isaac Pusey Gray (October 18, 1828 – February 14, 1895) was the 18th and 20th governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1880 to 1881 and from 1885 to 1889. Originally a Republican, he oversaw the forceful passage of the post-American Civil War constitutional amendments while he was a member of the Indiana Senate. He became a Democrat following the corruption of the Administration of Ulysses S. Grant but was regularly stymied by his Democratic adversaries who constantly referred to his tactics while a Republican, earning him the nickname "Sisyphus of the Wabash."
Early life
Family and background
Isaac Pusey Gray was born on October 18, 1828, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of John and Hannah Worthington Gray, two Quaker innkeepers. At age eight, his family moved to Urbana, Ohio and in 1842 to New Madison, Ohio. In New Madison, Gray first attended common school and obtained some formal education. After school he became a clerk in a dry-goods store, and later became the owner of the store after purchasing it from his former boss. He married Eliza Jaqua on September 8, 1850, and the couple had four sons. Two of them died in infancy, but the other two grew up to become lawyers.
Gray and his family moved to Union City, Indiana in 1855 where he opened a new store. He soon became involved in local politics and became prominent in his community. He began to study law on his own in his spare time and was admitted to the bar in 1861. He later said that he studied law to further his political career, which was very important in Indiana politics at that time.
American Civil War
Only a month after he opened a law office the American Civil War began, and Gray set out to raise a company of volunteers. He entered the Union army as a Colonel and given command of the 4th Regiment Indiana Cavalry in the fall of 1862. He led his regiment against forces under Confederate General John Hunt Morgan near Munfordville, Kentucky in December 1862. He served for about a year before resigning from the army after being denied a promotion.
When Morgan's Raid into Indiana in July 1863 occurred, Gray was given command of a regiment of the Indiana Legion to help repel the invasion. His unit was disbanded after about a week, once Morgan was forced to flee the state. Gray remained in the militia after the raid, taking a command role in his region, but saw no action. After the war he returned to his law practice.
Republican
Early political career
Gray began to become moderately wealthy and expanded his business interest into grain processing and banking. He was one of the founding members of the Citizens Bank in Union City in 1865. He continued to be interested in politics, and decided to run for public office. He had been a Whig before the party collapsed in the mid-1850s, and decided to become a Republican following the war. In his first run for office, he competed against George Washington Julian in the Republican primary, hoping to become a candidate for Congress, but was defeated in 1866.
Senator
In 1870, he ran as a Republican candidate for the Indiana Senate. He won the election and represented Randolph County. He was elected Senate President pro tempore. He took an active role in helping to push through the senate the ratification of the post-war amendments to ban slavery, grant blacks the right to vote, and revoke the right to vote from many southerners.
When the final amendment was submitted for ratification, the Democrats attempted to leave the Senate to deny the body quorum. Gray had predicted the maneuver, and had already run to the door, barred it shut, and locked it. The Democrats demanded to know who had locked them in, and under whose authority. Gray promptly responded that it was he, causing an uproar. The Democrats then crowded into a small cloak room and refused to vote on the measure. After some time passed, and they refused to return to the floor, Gray ordered the clerks to record the Democrats present, but abstaining from voting. The Republicans then proceeded to pass the ratification, over the loud objections of the Democrats. The event would come to cause Gray considerable problems in the future.
Gray was appointed by President Ulysses Grant and confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as consul to St. Thomas the same year, but he declined the office and wrote a letter to President Grant saying he was repulsed by the corruption of his administration. Along with many other Republicans, he decided to leave the party over the situation, and joined the newly formed Liberal Republican Party. He attended its national convention in 1876, but after the party made no gains at the polls that year, he decided to become a Democrat.
Democrat
Lieutenant governor
In 1876, Gray was nominated to run for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on the ticket with James D. Williams in hope of gaining the vote of disaffected Republicans. The ploy worked, and they won the election. Despite the success, he was disliked by a large number of Democrats, who recalled his treatment of them in the Senate. When he sought the nomination for governor in the 1880 convention, he was overwhelmingly defeated, but nominated to run again as Lieutenant Governor, this time with Franklin Landers. Only a month later, Governor Williams died and Gray was elevated to his position.
During his time as governor, Gray accomplished very little, as there were only three months remaining in the term. Gray and Landers lost the election, and Gray attempted one last move to stay in public office. He was able to use his friends in the Senate to have his name entered as the Democratic candidate for Senator in 1881, but was defeated in the vote 81–62. He then returned to his law practice, but attempted a run for governor again in 1884 at the Democratic convention. By then, resistance to him had dissipated somewhat, and he won the nomination.
Governor
Gray's campaigned focused primarily on the issues of the day, his position on currency and inflation. Gray was elected governor for his own four-year term in 1884. During his term he oversaw the redistricting of the entire state for the Indiana General Assembly elections. He was widely criticized by the minority party for creating gerrymandered districts to weaken their electoral base. All of the redistricting was eventually overturned by the state supreme court.
His term was marked by what came to be called the Black Day of the General Assembly. The assembly was split with Democrats controlling the Senate 31–19, while the House of Representatives was split 52–44–4, with Republicans holding the majority, and Greenbacks holding four seats. In a joint session, it would split the vote 75 Democrat, 71 Republican, with the 4 Greenbacks holding the deciding votes. Knowing that he could probably sway one of the Greenbacks to vote for his bid for the United States Senate, Gray began to attempt to have his name entered as a candidate. Some Democratic leaders were still upset over his actions while he was a Republican, and decided to do whatever it took to prevent him from going any higher in office.
They convinced Lieutenant Governor Mahlon Manson to resign from office, thereby removing anyone to easily take over the governorship should Gray have to resign. They used the issue to prevent his name from being entered as a candidate. Gray decided to have a Lieutenant Governor elected in the mid-term election to fill the seat, removing the issue, and allowing him to resign and accept the candidacy. The election was held and Republican Robert S. Robertson was elected. The Democrats in the Senate refused to accept the election, and declared it unconstitutional and elected Democrat Alonzo Green Smith to serve as Lieutenant Governor. The Senate Republicans were furious and began making a commotion in the opening prayer of the session. They went ahead and had Robertson sworn in but the Democrats filed a court suit to prevent him from being seated.
The situation continued to escalate as a superior court ruled that neither Alonzo or Robertson should be seated until situation was resolved. They then forwarded the case to the Indiana Supreme Court who ruled in favor of Robertson. On the morning of February 24, Robertson entered the Senate chamber to take his seat, but as soon as he walked through the door, he was attacked by several Democratic Senators who rushed him and beat him to the floor. The Senate leader ordered him removed from the chamber by guards, who then locked him out. The Republicans immediately went wild, attacking their nearest Democrat. The fight continued for several minutes until one Democrat pulled a gun and fired it into the ceiling threatening to start killing Republicans, ending the fight but making the rest of the building aware of it. The brawl soon spread to the House of Representatives and throughout the building as Republicans began to attack Democrats. Unlike the Senate, the rest of the building had a strong Republican majority, and the Democrats were soon overwhelmed. Six-hundred Republicans then beat down the door of the Senate Chamber and dragged out the Democratic Senators, threatening to kill them. Gray ordered police and other officials to break up the fight, which ended after nearly a full four hours of fighting.
The Republicans refused to return to the Senate, and the House refused to continue communications with the Senate, effectively ending the legislative session. Despite all the fighting, Robertson was not seated. Gray dropped his attempt to be elected to the Senate, and the situation fueled the public's support of an amendment to make senators elected by popular vote. Gray only achieved three of his campaign goals while governor. He was able to have funds appropriated to begin construction of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. He also successfully advocated the switch from a short ballot to a long ballot following several years of high voter fraud. He also successfully had the White Caps, a group involved in vigilantism in the southern part of the state, investigated and broken up.
Barred by the Constitution of Indiana from serving a consecutive term, Gray retired from office and returned to his law practice.
Sisyphus of the Wabash
Gray was one of the Democratic Vice Presidential candidates in 1888, but he lost the nomination to Allen G. Thurman, primarily because his enemies again brought up his actions while a Republican. He returned to his law practice, and because of all of the situations he found himself in, he gained the derisive nickname "Sisyphus of the Wabash." He was again almost nominated to run for vice president again in 1892, but was defeated again after his opponent ascended the podium to retell the story of his actions in the amendment ratification twenty years earlier.
President Grover Cleveland nominated Gray to serve as Minister to Mexico in 1893. He remained at the post until his death from double pneumonia in Mexico City on February 14, 1895. The President of Mexico ordered all the flags flown at half staff in Gray's honor and a full division of the Mexican Army escorted Gray's body back to the border where he was transferred to Indianapolis to lie in state. His funeral was held in Union City and was buried in a nearby cemetery.
Electoral history
See also
List of governors of Indiana
References
Notes
Bibliography
External links
Biography and portrait from Indiana Historical Bureau
Isaac Gray at FindAGrave
American Quakers
Governors of Indiana
Indiana Democrats
Indiana Republicans
Indiana state senators
People of Indiana in the American Civil War
Ambassadors of the United States to Mexico
1888 United States vice-presidential candidates
1828 births
1895 deaths
Indiana Whigs
19th-century American politicians
Indiana Liberal Republicans
Democratic Party governors of Indiana
19th-century American diplomats
Politicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania
People from New Madison, Ohio
People from Union City, Indiana
People from Urbana, Ohio | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac%20P.%20Gray |
The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by 12 women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA Tour), Ladies European Tour, Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan (LPGA of Japan Tour), Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA of Korea Tour), WPGA Tour of Australasia, Epson Tour, China Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour, the Ladies European Tour Access Series, Taiwan LPGA Tour, JLPGA Step Up Tour (JSU), KLPGA Dream Tour (KDT), and Thai LPGA Tour and also by The R&A, which administers the Women's British Open and the United States Golf Association which conducts the U.S. Women's Open.
The idea of introducing a set of women's rankings similar to the Official World Golf Ranking was developed at the May 2004 World Congress of Women's Golf, and was first planned for 2005, but then put back to 2006.
Calculation of the rankings
The rankings are based on performances on the eight major tours (LPGA, JLPGA, KLPGA, LET, ALPG, Epson Tour, LETAS, CLPGA) over a two-year period. Amateur players are eligible. The system for calculating the rankings is similar to that for the men's Official World Golf Ranking. Players receive points for each good finish on the relevant tours, with the number of points available in each event depending on the strength of the field, as determined by the competitors' existing rankings (when the rankings were introduced rankings were calculated for earlier periods; the first ever set showed notional changes since the previous week). The only exceptions are the five LPGA majors and all Epson Tour, CLPGA and LETAS events which have a fixed-point allocation, presently 100 points for the majors. Rankings are weighted as to the time elapsed over the two years, making the recent results more important.
Original formula
When the rankings were first introduced in February 2006, a player's ranking as calculated in the above description was divided by the number of events played, with a minimum required events of 15 over the previous two years. In addition, players were required to play in a minimum of 15 eligible events over the previous two-year period to be included in the rankings.
Formula revisions
On August 2, 2006, the Rolex Rankings Board and Technical Committee announced following its bi-annual meeting two changes to the ranking formula.
The elimination of the minimum event requirement. Players would no longer be required to participate in 15 qualifying events to be included in the rankings and could be included after playing in as few as one qualifying event. This change would also have the effect of permitting amateurs who had played well in one event to be ranked (e.g., Morgan Pressel, who finished second in the 2005 U.S. Women's Open, or Michelle Wie from age 13).
The introduction of a minimum divisor. Where previously a player's point total was divided by the number of events she played over the previous 104 weeks, now the player's point total would be divided by the greater of (i) the number of events played or (ii) 35. Thus, players with 35 or more events over the previous 104 weeks would continue to use the actual number of events played as the divisor, but players with fewer than 35 events would use 35 as the divisor.
Many commentators saw the latter change as directed at Michelle Wie, who at the time was ranked second in the world despite having competed in only 16 women's professional events in the two-year period. However, the chairman of the Rolex Rankings Technical Committee defended the change as one designed to make the women's rankings more comparable to the Official World Golf Ranking for men, which use a minimum divisor of 40 events.
On April 16, 2007, another modification in the formula was introduced. Instead of points being awarded on an accumulated 104-week rolling period, with the points awarded in the most recent 13-week period carrying a higher value, points began to be reduced in 91 equal decrements following week 13 for the remaining 91 weeks of the two-year Rolex Ranking period rather than the seven equal 13-week decrements previously used. This modification did not have an immediate impact on the rankings.
2019 event table
The events with the highest "Event rating" in 2019 are shown in the following table.
Criticisms
When they were introduced the rankings attracted considerable criticism on two grounds. First, it was widely felt that members of the LPGA of Japan Tour were ranked too high, since few of them had competed successfully outside Japan. Second, the minimum of 15 events needed to qualify for a ranking was widely seen as having been selected purely to enable Michelle Wie to be highly ranked because she had played exactly that number in the preceding two years, while every other highly ranked player had played many more events. If the women's rankings used the same system used for the men's rankings – that is a minimum number of events of one but a minimum denominator of 40 to calculate the average points per tournament – Wie would have been just outside the top 10. But under the women's ranking system where only players who had played a minimum number of events were included, if the minimum number of events had been set higher than 15, Wie would not have been ranked at all.
The August 2006 revised formula addressed the second criticism. The technical committee that administers the rankings urged patience with regard to the first criticism, since the continuing "strength of the field" weighting of tournaments may correct the issue without any technical changes being made.
Significance of the rankings
The rankings are used by each of the sponsoring tours to determine eligibility criteria for certain events. For example, 40 of the 144 places in the Women's British Open are currently awarded on the basis of the rankings—10 to LET members and 30 to LPGA members. Four of the 12 places in the European Solheim Cup team are allocated on the basis of the rankings. For the U.S. Solheim Cup team, the top two players on the rankings not already qualified make the team.
Since 2013, the rankings at the end of each LPGA Tour season in odd-numbered years have determined the eight countries that will compete in the following year's International Crown, a LPGA-sponsored team event scheduled in even-numbered years and first held in 2014. More specifically, the countries whose top four players have the highest cumulative rankings are invited to compete. The individual participants from each qualified country are determined by the rankings immediately prior to the ANA Inspiration (known before 2015 as the Kraft Nabisco Championship) in the year of the event.
Current top ten
As of 30 October 2023
Change column indicates change in rank from previous week.
Notes
World number ones
Total weeks at No. 1
Year end No. 1
Weeks at No. 1 by country
Players who have reached No. 1 without having won a major title
Year-end world top 10 players
★ indicates player's highest year-end ranking
Historical rankings
Annika Sörenstam of Sweden topped the first set of rankings, which was released on Tuesday 21 February 2006. Paula Creamer (United States); Michelle Wie (United States); Yuri Fudoh (Japan); and Cristie Kerr (United States) took the other places in the top 5. The top one hundred players in the initial rankings came from the following countries:
25: South Korea
23: Japan
21: United States
6: Australia, Sweden
5: United Kingdom (England 3; Scotland 2)
4: Taiwan
2: France
1: Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Philippines
Breakdown by nationality
A breakdown of the year-end top-100 by nationality.
See also
Official World Golf Ranking – for male professional golfers
List of World Number One male golfers
World Amateur Golf Ranking – for male and female amateur golfers
References
External links
Official site with full list of all ranked players
Official site with historical rankings of all players
Golf terminology
Women's golf
Golf
Golf rankings
2006 introductions
Rolex sponsorships | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s%20World%20Golf%20Rankings |
Fredrick O. Tackett (born August 30, 1945) is an American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Originally a session player on guitar, mandolin, and trumpet, he is best known as a member of the band Little Feat.
In addition to his work with Little Feat, Tackett has played and recorded with many notable artists, Bob Dylan and Jimmy Webb among them. He had an additional side project with another member of Little Feat; he performed as part of a duo with Paul Barrere, as Paul and Fred.
Association with Little Feat
Tackett's association with Little Feat goes back to a friendship with the founder of the band, Lowell George, at the time of its inception. Working as a session player for other musicians, he continued his friendship with the bandmates, and contributed a song "Fool Yourself" to their third album Dixie Chicken as well as acoustic guitar. He also contributed guitar to their sixth album Time Loves a Hero.
In 1979 he co-wrote songs with Lowell George for both George's first (and only) solo project Thanks, I'll Eat It Here, and Little Feat's album Down on the Farm. It was during work on the latter that the group's break-up was announced. Lowell George died shortly afterwards.
In 1983, he performed on the Antilles Records release Swingrass '83.
Joining Little Feat
In 1988 Little Feat reformed despite the absence of their former front man, and prolific singer, songwriter, and slide guitarist, Lowell George. The regrouped Little Feat included former members Paul Barrere, Richie Hayward, Bill Payne, Kenny Gradney, and Sam Clayton, with the addition of Tackett and Craig Fuller. All had been former members of Little Feat, except Fuller and Tackett, who had previously made songwriting contributions and session work for the band. Fuller left in 1993, to be replaced by female vocalist Shaun Murphy who remained with the group until 2009. Tackett has remained with Little Feat since the day he joined, and has become an integral member of the band.
Fred Tackett has played a pivotal role in Little Feat's music. In addition to his guitar work, he plays trumpet and mandolin and has co-written several of their songs, forging an active and regular writing partnership with Paul Barrere which has produced such songs as "Marginal Creatures" and "Night On The Town". The 2003 album Kickin' It at the Barn featured Tackett's debut as a lead vocalist on his own song "In A Town Like This" which was also the title track from his solo debut album released that year.
Paul and Fred
Tackett's writing partnership with Barrere has developed into a separate act where the two performed as a duo. This has produced two live albums and a DVD. They have also spent time between gigs when touring to perform in local radio stations, playing songs that do not require a lot of changing of instruments, to travel as lightly as possible.
Discography
As Little Feat session musician
Dixie Chicken 1973
Time Loves a Hero 1977
Down on the Farm 1979
As Little Feat group member
Let It Roll 1988
Representing the Mambo 1990
Shake Me Up 1991
Ain't Had Enough Fun 1995
Under the Radar 1998
Chinese Work Songs 2000
Kickin' It at the Barn 2003
Rooster Rag 2012
Little Feat Live albums
Live From Neon Park 1996
Live at the Rams Head 2002
Down Upon the Suwannee River 2003
Highwire Act Live in St. Louis 2003 2004
Barnstormin' Live 2005
Rocky Mountain Jam 2007
Little Feat Live compilations
Ripe Tomatos Volume One 2002
Raw Tomatos Volume One 2002
Paul and Fred
Live from North Cafe 2001
Sights and Sounds DVD 2005
Live in the UK 2008 2009
Solo
In a Town Like This 2003
Silver Strings 2010
Collaborations
With Peter Allen
I Could Have Been a Sailor (A&M Records, 1979)
Not the Boy Next Door (Arista Records, 1983)
With Deborah Allen
Cheat the Night (RCA Records, 1983)
With Paul Anka
The Music Man (United Artists Records, 1977)
Headlines (RCA Victor, 1979)
With Joan Baez
Recently (Gold Castle, 1987)
With Russ Ballard
At the Third Stroke (Epic Records, 1978)
With Carole Bayer Sager
Sometimes Late at Night (The Broadwark Entertainment, 1981)
With Clint Black
Looking for Christmas (RCA Records, 1995)
Nothin' but the Taillights (RCA Records, 1997)
Christmas with You (Equity, 2004)
With Alfie Boe
Trust (Decca Records, 2013)
With Debby Boone
Surrender (Sparrow Records, 1983)
With Elkie Brooks
Live and Learn (A&M Records, 1979)
With Jackson Browne
The Pretender (Asylum Records, 1976)
With Glen Campbell
Rhinestone Cowboy (Capitol Records, 1975)
Bloodline (Capitol Records, 1976)
Southern Nights (Capitol Records, 1977)
Basic (Capitol Records, 1978)
Highwayman (Capitol Records, 1979)
It's the World Gone Crazy (Capitol Records, 1981)
With Eric Carmen
Change of Heart (Arista Records, 1978)
Tonight You're Mine (Arista Records, 1980)
With Valerie Carter
Just a Stone's Throw Away (Columbia Records, 1977)
Wild Child (ARC, 1978)
With Cher
Stars (Warner Bros. Records, 1975)
With Cher and Gregg Allman
Two the Hard Way (Warner Bros. Records, 1977)
With Rita Coolidge
It's Only Love (A&M Records, 1975)
Satisfied (A&M Records, 1979)
Heartbreak Radio (A&M Records, 1981)
Dancing with an Angel (Attic, 1991)
With Judy Collins
Hard Times for Lovers (Elektra Records, 1979)
With A. J. Croce
A. J. Croce (Private Music, 1993)
With Patti Dahlstrom
Your Place or Mine (20th Century Records, 1975)
With Joe Dassin
Blue Country (CBS, 1979)
With Neil Diamond
Heartlight (Columbia Records, 1982)
With The 5th Dimension
Portrait (Bell, 1970)
Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes (Bell, 1971)
Individually & Collectively (Bell, 1972)
Living Together, Growing Together (Bell, 1973)
Earthbound (ABC Records, 1975)
With Bob Dylan
Saved (Columbia Records, 1980)
Shot of Love (Columbia Records, 1981)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 (Columbia Records, 2017)
With Fleetwood Mac
Time (Warner Bros. Records, 1995)
With Ted Gärdestad
Blue Virgin Isles (Polar, 1978)
With Lowell George
Thanks, I'll Eat It Here (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
With Vince Gill
When I Call Your Name (MCA Records, 1989)
With Arlo Guthrie
Power of Love (Warner Bros. Records, 1981)
With Danniebelle Hall
This Moment (Light Records, 1975)
He Is King (Light Records, 1976)
Let Me Have a Dream (Light Records, 1977)
With Steve Harley
Hobo with a Grin (EMI, 1978)
With Richard Harris
The Yard Went On Forever (Dunhill Records, 1968)
With Marcia Hines
Ooh Child (Miracle Records, 1979)
With Thelma Houston
Sunshower (Dunhill Records, 1969)
Breakwater Cat (RCA Records, 1980)
With Janis Ian
Restless Eyes (Columbia Records, 1981)
With Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
With Christine Lakeland
Veranda (Comet Records, 1984)
With Nicolette Larson
Nicolette (Warner Bros. Records, 1978)
In the Nick of Time (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
Radioland (Warner Bros. Records, 1981)
All Dressed Up and No Place to Go (Warner Bros. Records, 1982)
With Lori Lieberman
A Piece of Time (Capitol Records, 1974)
With Kenny Loggins
Keep the Fire (Columbia Records, 1979)
The Unimaginable Life (Columbia Records, 1997)
With Mary MacGregor
...In Your Eyes (Ariola Records, 1978)
With Barry Manilow
Barry (Arista Records, 1980)
With Jeane Manson
Stand by Me (CBS Records, 1980)
With Clair Marlo
Let it Go (Sheffield Lab, 1989)
With Michael McDonald
Blink of an Eye (Reprise Records, 1993)
With Mephistopheles
In Frustration I Hear Singing (Reprise Records, 1969)
With Bette Midler
Broken Blossom (Atlantic Records, 1977)
With Adam Mitchell
Redhead in Trouble (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
With Tim Moore
White Shadows (Asylum Records, 1977)
With Anne Murray
The Hottest Night of the Year (Capitol Records, 1982)
With Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey (Liberty Records, 1982)
With Willie Nelson
Across the Borderline (Columbia Records, 1993)
With Aaron Neville
The Grand Tour (A&M Records, 1993)
With Juice Newton
Well Kept Secret (Capitol Records, 1978)
Take Heart (Capitol Records, 1979)
Juice (Capitol Records, 1981)
Quiet Lies (Capitol Records, 1982)
Dirty Looks (Capitol Records, 1983)
Can't Wait All Night (RCA Records, 1984)
Old Flame (RCA Records, 1985)
With Harry Nilsson
Sandman (RCA Victor, 1976)
...That's The Way It Is (RCA Victor, 1976)
Flash Harry (Mercury Records, 1980)
With The Oak Ridge Boys
American Dreams (MCA Records, 1988)
With Van Dyke Parks
Jump! (Warner Bros. Records, 1984)
With Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson
Orange Crate Art (Warner Bros. Records, 1995)
With Dolly Parton
Heartbreak Express (RCA Records, 1982)
With Michel Polnareff
Michel Polnareff (Atlantic Records, 1975)
With Eddie Rabbitt
Rabbitt Trax (RCA Records, 1986)
With Bonnie Raitt
Home Plate (Warner Bros. Records, 1975)
Sweet Forgiveness (Warner Bros. Records, 1977)
With Collin Raye
All I Can Be (Epic Records, 1991)
With Helen Reddy
Music, Music (Capitol Records, 1976)
With Johnny Rivers
Outside Help (Big Tree Records, 1977)
With Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie (Motown Records, 1982)
Can't Slow Down (Motown Records, 1983)
With Bruce Roberts
Bruce Roberts (Elektra Records, 1977)
With Kenny Rogers
Share Your Love (Liberty Records, 1981)
Love Will Turn You Around (Liberty Records, 1982)
We've Got Tonight (Liberty Records, 1983)
Eyes That See in the Dark (RCA Records, 1983)
What About Me? (RCA Records, 1984)
The Heart of the Matter (RCA Records, 1985)
I Prefer the Moonlight (RCA Records, 1987)
With Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
Once Upon a Christmas (RCA Records, 1984)
With Linda Ronstadt
We Ran (Elektra Records, 1998)
With Brenda Russell
Brenda Russell (Horizon Records, 1979)
With Sanne Salomonsen
Language of the Heart (Virgin Records, 1994)
With Sanford & Townsend
Duo-Glide (Warner Bros. Records, 1977)
With Leo Sayer
Thunder in My Heart (Chrysalis Records, 1977)
Leo Sayer (Chrysalis Records, 1978)
Here (Chrysalis Records, 1979)
With Boz Scaggs
Silk Degrees (Columbia Records, 1976)
Some Change (Virgin Records, 1994)
Fade into Light (MVP Japan, 1996)
Come on Home (Virgin Records, 1997)
With Bob Seger
Like a Rock (Capitol Records, 1986)
The Fire Inside (Capitol Records, 1991)
It's a Mystery (Capitol Records, 1995)
With Carly Simon
Another Passenger (Elektra Records, 1976)
With Tom Snow
Tom Snow (Capitol Records, 1976)
With J. D. Souther
You're Only Lonely (Columbia Records, 1979)
With Ringo Starr
Stop and Smell the Roses (RCA Records, 1981)
With Rod Stewart
Atlantic Crossing (Warner Bros. Records, 1975)
A Night on the Town (Warner Bros. Records, 1976)
Foot Loose & Fancy Free (Warner Bros. Records, 1977)
Blondes Have More Fun (Warner Bros. Records, 1978)
With Barbra Streisand
Wet (Columbia Records, 1979)
With Livingston Taylor
Three Way Mirror (Epic Records, 1978)
With Captain & Tennille
Make Your Move (Casablanca Records, 1979)
With Richard Thompson
Amnesia (Capitol Records, 1988)
With Tanya Tucker
Should I Do It (MCA Records, 1981)
With Valdy
See How the Years Have Gone By (A&M Records, 1975)
With Tom Waits
Swordfishtrombones (Island Records, 1983)
With The Wallflowers
Bringing Down the Horse (Interscope Records, 1996)
With Jennifer Warnes
Famous Blue Raincoat (Cypress Records, 1986)
With Jimmy Webb
Words and Music (Reprise Records, 1970)
And So: On (Reprise Records, 1971)
Letters (Reprise Records, 1972)
Land's End (Asylum Records, 1974)
El Mirage (Atlantic Records, 1977)
Angel Heart (Real West, 1982)
With Lauren Wood
Lauren Wood (Capitol Records, 1979)
With Jesse Colin Young
The Perfect Stranger (Elektra Records, 1982)
References
External links
http://www.littlefeat.net/ Little Feat official
Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett Acoustic Duo collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
1945 births
Living people
Musicians from Little Rock, Arkansas
Guitarists from Arkansas
American rock guitarists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Little Feat members
American session musicians
American male songwriters
American male singers
Lead guitarists
Rhythm guitarists
American blues guitarists
American male guitarists
American mandolinists
American trumpeters
American male trumpeters
Oklahoma City University alumni
20th-century American guitarists
Relix Records artists | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20Tackett |
Leonardo di Piero Dati (1360 – 16 March 1425) was an Italian friar and humanist. He was Master General of the Dominican Order from 1414 to his death.
He was a Prior of Santa Maria Novella from 1401, and took part in the Council of Pisa of 1409. Dati was the head of the Dominicans belonging to the Roman obedience during the Great Schism. At the time of the Council of Constance, Dati became Master General of a reunited Dominican Order. Dati then focused on the internal reform of the order, authoring the tract Lamentationes de regularibus observantiis lapsis, in which he expressed strong dissatisfaction with the laxity and confusion of the order. His sermons at Pisa and Constance include references to literary texts, and he was well known as an author of commentaries on Aristotle. Leonardo also gave financial aid to his brother Gregorio, a Florentine merchant and diarist.
Both Leonardo and Gregorio Dati are attributed authorship of La Sfera ("The Sphere"), an astronomical-geographic poemetto in ottave, written in the second half of the 14th century, and a work much popular in its time. This work in verse gives information about the world, the marinaresche compass and other things, adding observations, notes about travel and designs. In some manuscripts of La Sfera there are designs representing ports, headlands, islands, linked by many lines.
Dati's sermons on the feast of St. Francis (October 1416) and the feast of the Circumcision of Jesus (January 1417) advocated respect for papal power and reform within the context of the established order. The earlier sermon touched off an exchange of polemical memoranda between Dati and supporters of conciliar supremacy. Dati then addressed issues raised in this exchange in the later sermon. Dati's discussion of circumcision was traditional for his time, describing the Jewish rite as superseded by baptism.
He is buried in the Cappella Rucellai at Santa Maria Novella. His tombstone is attributed to Lorenzo Ghiberti.
Works
La Sfera
Trophaeum Anglaricum
References
Sources
Hillenbrand, Eugen. "Die Observantenbewegung in der deutschen Ordensprovinz der Dominikaner," in Elm, Kaspar, ed. Reformbemühungen und Observanzbestrebungen im spätmittelalterlichen Ordenswesen. Berliner Historische Studien, 14, Ordensstudien 6. Berlin, Duncker and Humblot, 1989: 232–233.
External links
The manuscript of La Sphera, digital copy of the manuscript in the collections of The National Library of Finland
The text and commentary of Trophaeum Anglaricum (in German)
1360 births
1425 deaths
Italian Dominicans
Italian Renaissance humanists
Masters of the Order of Preachers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%20Dati |
Carlitos is a Spanish or Portuguese nickname (usually a diminutive for Carlos). It may refer to:
Persons
Carlitos (footballer, born 1921) (1921–2001), Brazilian former football striker
Carlitos (footballer, born 1976), full name Carlos Domínguez Domínguez, Spanish former football forward
Carlitos (footballer, born 1977), full name Carlos Manuel da Silva Cunha, Portuguese former football winger
Carlitos (footballer, born 1981), full name Carlos Pereira Rodrigues, Portuguese former football defender
Carlitos (footballer, born 1982), full name Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia, Portuguese former football winger
Carlitos (footballer, born March 1985), full name Juan Carlos Moreno Rojo, Spanish former football midfielder
Carlitos (footballer, born April 1985), full name Carlos Emanuel Soares Tavares, Cape Verdean former football defender
Carlitos (footballer, born July 1985), full name João Carlos Dias Correia, Portuguese football forward
Carlitos (footballer, born 1988), full name Carlos Miguel Gomes de Almeida, Angolan football winger
Carlitos (footballer, born 1990), full name Carlos Daniel López Huesca, Spanish football forward
Carlitos (footballer, born 1993), full name Carlos Miguel Tavares Oliveira, Portuguese football winger
Carlos Arroyo (born 1979), Puerto Rican basketball player
Carlos Balá (1925–2022), Argentine actor who specialized in children's entertainment
Carlos Chimomole (born 1984), Mozambican football midfielder
Carlos Colón Sr. (born 1948), Puerto Rican professional wrestler
Carlos Gardel (1890–1935), Argentine Tango singer
Carlos Páez Rodríguez (born 1953), survivor in the "Cordillera de los Andes" disaster
Carlos Tevez (born 1984), Argentine football striker
Carlos Alcaraz (born 2003), Spanish tennis player
Carlos Sainz Jr. (born 1994), Formula 1 driver — nicknamed by family and friends
Fictional
The Tramp, a Charlie Chaplin character
Carlitos Casagrande, a character from the animated series The Casagrandes
See also
Carlito (name)
Callitos Lopez | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlitos |
The Albany James H. Gray Sr. Civic Center (Albany Civic Center for short) is a 10,240-seat multi-purpose arena in Albany, Georgia, United States.
History
With the opening of the Albany Mall in 1976, most long-established firms closed their stores in downtown Albany. Mayor James H. Gray Sr. led an effort to revitalize the downtown area by constructing a 10,240-seat civic center. The arena was named in honor of Gray after his sudden death in 1986.
The Albany Civic Center was also designed to be an arena and a convention center; as a result the arena features of exhibit space plus an additional of meeting room space. As a rodeo arena it can seat 7,782; for Disney on Ice the arena can seat 6,570; as a basketball arena the center holds 8,436; for Sesame Street Live the arena seats 9,082; and for boxing and wrestling the arena seats 9,013. For concerts the arena seats 5,728 in a half-house configuration, 10,297 end-stage and 10,711 for a center-stage show. Up to 1,932 seats can be accommodated on the arena floor; there are only 905 retractable seats in addition to 7,794 permanent seats.
The arena is a part of the Flint River Entertainment Complex, a group of entertainment venues located in downtown Albany that also includes the Albany Municipal Auditorium and the Veterans Park Amphitheater.
Featured events
The Albany Civic Center was the home arena for the Georgia Firebirds indoor football team, last playing in the National Arena League in 2017.
From 1987 to 1992, the Albany Civic Center hosted The SEC women's basketball tournament.
Run-DMC music video for the song, "Mary, Mary", was filmed at the Albany Civic Center in 1988.
The Albany Civic Center hosted several professional wrestling events. This included National Wrestling Alliance's Clash of the Champions III: Fall Brawl (which aired live September 7, 1988, on TBS). It hosted World Championship Wrestling's pay-per-views Great American Bash (1992) and SuperBrawl IV, in addition to three episodes of WCW Monday Nitro on TNT (October 16, 1995, April 22, 1996, and April 29, 1996).
The Albany Civic Center is also the former home arena of the Albany Panthers indoor football team from 2010 to 2013, last playing in the Professional Indoor Football League, the South Georgia Wildcats of the now defunct af2 indoor football league, the Albany Shockwave of the American Basketball Association, Albany State University Golden Rams basketball (after the Flood of '94) and the Albany Sharp Shooters/South GA Blues of the defunct Global Basketball Association.
References
External links
Official website
Basketball venues in Georgia (U.S. state)
Buildings and structures in Albany, Georgia
Convention centers in Georgia (U.S. state)
Indoor arenas in Georgia (U.S. state)
Sports venues in Georgia (U.S. state)
Tourist attractions in Albany, Georgia
Sports in Albany, Georgia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany%20Civic%20Center |
Government House, Auckland is the secondary official residence of the governor-general of New Zealand located in Auckland, New Zealand. The property is situated in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden on Mountain Road.
The building was erected in the 1920s as a private residence for Frank Mappin. Its construction required the demolition of another structure from the late-19th century. The Mappin family continued to own the residence until 1962, when they gave it to the Crown. The property has served as the official residence of the governor-general since 1969, following the departure of the Mappin family from property.
Government House, Auckland is the not the first property to serve as viceregal official residence in Auckland. The first Government House built in Auckland was completed in 1841, and was used as the residence for the governor of New Zealand until it burned down in 1848. Several other residences in Auckland were used to house the governor before Old Government House was completed in 1856. The present Government House replaced Old Government House as the governor-general's residence in Auckland in 1969.
History
Earlier Government Houses
The first Government House of Auckland was a prefabricated structure brought out by William Hobson in 1841. It was erected in Waterloo Quadrant and burned down in 1848 during George Grey's first period as governor. The decision to rebuild was delayed, probably due to the possibility of the capital being moved to Wellington (which is what transpired in 1864). During the interim period other houses acted as Government House; the Nathan Residence on Karangahape Road, Colonel Wynyard's house in Official Bay and Hulme Court in Parnell.
The replacement Government House by William Mason was not completed until 1856. It served as the Governor's Auckland residence until 1969, when it was superseded by Birchlands in Mount Eden. Now known as Old Government House, the 1856 Italianate Mansion is now part of the University of Auckland City Campus and has been converted into lecture theatres and a common room for faculty. the building was in a poor state of repair.
Present Government House
Private residence
The site was probably first built upon in the 1880s or 1890s, although some of the trees may be slightly older, dating from the 1870s. Sir Frank Mappin, 6th Baronet and his wife Lady Mappin bought the Mount Eden property in 1921. They replaced the existing 19th century house completely, and spent the next 45 years developing and landscaping the grounds. They called the house Birchlands after a previous residence in Britain.
The Mappins decided to present the residence to the Crown to act as the new Government House. The recent Royal Tour in 1953 had highlighted many deficiencies in the Waterloo Quadrant building; the mid-Victorian structure was showing its age, and it felt increasingly hemmed in by the growing city and University and thus a possible security risk.
Acquisition by the Crown
The Mount Eden property was given to the Crown in 1962, although the Mappins did not depart until 1969. The deed of gift, signed by Sir Frank, and Prime Minister Keith Holyoake on 23 May that year declares that "the donor [was] moved by his duty and loyalty to Her Majesty and by a desire to benefit her present and future subjects in New Zealand by the provision of a site of dignity and beauty for the residence in Auckland for Her Majesty's Representative in New Zealand". The deed states the property is given "upon trust for Her Majesty her heirs and successors according to law as a site for Government House in Auckland for ever ..". Republican Brian Rudman suggested that the House would have to be returned to the descendants of Sir Frank should New Zealand become a republic.
See also
Government Houses of New Zealand
Government Houses of the British Empire and Commonwealth
References
External links
Official residences in New Zealand
Buildings and structures in Auckland
Government Houses of the British Empire and Commonwealth
1920s architecture in New Zealand
1920s establishments in New Zealand
Albert-Eden Local Board Area | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20House%2C%20Auckland |
Bruno João Morais Aguiar (born 24 February 1981) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central midfielder.
After an unsuccessful spell with Benfica, although he contributed to the team's first Primeira Liga title in over one decade, he left the club in 2005, going on to play professionally in Scotland and Cyprus.
Club career
Benfica
Born in Lisbon, Aguiar grew in local S.L. Benfica's youth system, but spent the vast majority of his spell as a senior with their reserves. Additionally, he also served two loans, at Gil Vicente FC – six months – and F.C. Alverca, helping the former farm team return to the Primeira Liga in the second of his two full seasons, after which he returned to his alma mater.
Under Giovanni Trapattoni, hired for the 2004–05 campaign, Aguiar would make all of his appearances for Benfica's main squad, his first being a UEFA Champions League third qualifying round against R.S.C. Anderlecht on 10 August 2004 (1–0 home win, 1–3 aggregate loss). He also contributed with 19 matches (840 minutes) as they won the domestic league for the first time since 1994; after the Italian was replaced by Ronald Koeman, however, he fell out of favour and was released from contract.
Hearts
In January 2006, Aguiar signed for FBK Kaunas, who immediately loaned him to Heart of Midlothian, both clubs being owned by Vladimir Romanov. He made his competitive debut in a 1–2 defeat to Aberdeen in February, and made a further 11 appearances before the end of the season, helping the side finish in second place in the Scottish Premier League and adding the Scottish Cup.
2006–07 did not start so well for Aguiar, as he was sent off in the first leg of Hearts' Champions League third round qualifier against AEK Athens FC, after receiving a second yellow card for throwing the ball away with a 1–0 lead – the Greek utilised their subsequent one-man advantage to win it 2–1. A lengthy eighteen-month injury layoff soon followed for the player, and he made his return to first-team action in October 2008, in the Edinburgh Derby where he scored a free-kick to earn his team a draw; on 9 December he was awarded the Clydesdale Bank Premier League Player of the Month award for the previous month, and ended the 2008–09 season as top scorer in the squad with seven goals.
On 1 June 2009, Hearts confirmed Aguiar's departure following the expiration of his contract, leaving him free to sign with another club. He stated that he had enjoyed his time at the Tynecastle Stadium, with the Scottish Cup victory and second-place finish in the league in 2006 being personal highlights, as well as wishing them the best for the future.
Omonia
A free agent, Aguiar signed for AC Omonia from Cyprus in June 2009. He left five years later at the age of 33 after helping the Nicosia club to five major titles, including the 2009–10 edition of the First Division championship where he appeared in 15 games, scoring once; he subsequently returned to his homeland, and joined Clube Oriental de Lisboa.
In November 2016, shortly after his last team's relegation from the Segunda Liga, Aguiar announced his retirement.
International career
Aguiar was a member of the Portugal under-21 team that finished third at the 2004 UEFA European Championship and qualified for the Athens Olympics, along with several future full internationals such as Hugo Almeida, Bruno Alves, José Bosingwa, Danny, Raul Meireles and Hugo Viana. He did not make, however, the final cut for the latter competition.
Statistics
Club
Honours
Club
Benfica
Primeira Liga: 2004–05
Taça de Portugal: Runner-up: 2004–05
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: Runner-up 2004
Hearts
Scottish Cup: 2005–06
Omonia
Cypriot First Division: 2009–10
Cypriot Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12
Cypriot Super Cup: 2010, 2012
Individual
Scottish Premier League: Player of the Month November 2008
References
External links
London Hearts profile
1981 births
Living people
Footballers from Lisbon
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
S.L. Benfica B players
S.L. Benfica footballers
Gil Vicente F.C. players
F.C. Alverca players
Clube Oriental de Lisboa players
Scottish Premier League players
Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Cypriot First Division players
AC Omonia players
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Portugal men's B international footballers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno%20Aguiar%20%28Portuguese%20footballer%29 |
This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 1956. This listing is the complete, 40 items, "Partial Dataset" as listed on www.legislation.gov.uk (as at March 2014).
Statutory Instruments
The Coal Industry (Superannuation Scheme) (Winding Up, No. 10) Regulations 1956 SI 1956/248
The Airways Corporations (General Staff Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 SI 1956/305
The Pupils' Registration Regulations 1956 SI 1956/357
The Prevention of Damage by Pests (Application to Shipping) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1956 SI 1956/420
The Sheriffs' Fees (Amendment) Order 1956 SI 1956/502 (L. 5)
The Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) Order 1956 SI 1956/619
The Civil Service Commission (Fees) Order 1956 SI 1956/674
The National Insurance (Modification of the London Transport and Railway Pension Schemes) Regulations 1956 SI 1956/732
The Seal Fisheries (Crown Colonies and Protectorates) (Amendment) Order in Council 1956 SI 1956/838
The Foreign Compensation Commission Rules 1956 SI 1956/962
The Double Taxation Relief (Estate Duty) (India) Order 1956 SI 1956/998
The Administration of Justice Act (Commencement) Order, 1956 SI 1956/1065
The Navy and Marines (Property of Deceased) Order 1956 SI 1956/1217
The Visiting Forces (Designation) (Colonies) (Amendment) Order, 1956 SI 1956/1368
The Mines and Quarries Act, 1954 (Commencement) Order, 1956 SI 1956/1530
The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Refugees) Order 1956 SI 1956/1698
The Governors' Pensions (Commutation) Order 1956 SI 1956/1736
The Coal and Other Mines (General Duties and Conduct) Order 1956 SI 1956/1761
The Coal and Other Mines (Ventilation) Order 1956 SI 1956/1764
The Coal and Other Mines (Safety-Lamps and Lighting) Order 1956 SI 1956/1765
The Coal and Other Mines (Fire and Rescue) Order 1956 SI 1956/1768
The Coal Mines (Precautions against Inflammable Dust) Order 1956 SI 1956/1769
The Coal and Other Mines (Locomotives) Order 1956 SI 1956/1771
The Coal and Other Mines (Sidings) Order 1956 SI 1956/1773
The Coal and Other Mines (Sanitary Conveniences) Order 1956 SI 1956/1776
The Coal and Other Mines (Horses) Order 1956 SI 1956/1777
The Miscellaneous Mines Order 1956 SI 1956/1778
The Miscellaneous Mines (Electricity) Order 1956 SI 1956/1779
The Quarries Order 1956 SI 1956/1780
The Quarries (Electricity) Order 1956 SI 1956/1781
The Census of Distribution (1958) (Restriction on Disclosure) Order, 1956 SI 1956/1860
The Greenwich Hospital School (Regulations) (Amendment) Order, 1956 SI 1956/1894
The Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency as A.B.) (New Zealand) Order 1956 SI 1956/1895
The Coal Mines (Cardox and Hydrox) Regulations 1956 SI 1956/1942
The Stratified Ironstone, Shale and Fireclay Mines (Explosives) Regulations 1956 SI 1956/1943
The Mines (Manner of Search for Smoking Materials) Order 1956 SI 1956/2016
The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1956 SI 1956/2041
The Visiting Forces (Military Courts-Martial) (Amendment) Order 1956 SI 1956/2043
The Visiting Forces (Royal New Zealand Air Force) (Amendment) Order 1956 SI 1956/2044
The Sheriffs' Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order 1956 SI 1956/2081 (L. 24)
Unreferenced Listings
The following 11 items were previously listed on this article, however are unreferenced on the authorities site, included here for a "no loss" approach.
Police Pensions Regulations 1956 SI 1956/385
Police Pensions (Scotland) Regulations 1956 SI 1956/434
Board of Inquiry (Air Force) Rules 1956 SI 1956/579
Board of Inquiry (Army) Rules 1956 SI 1956/630
Sheffield Water Order 1956 SI 1956/1454
Sheffield Water (Charges etc.) Order 1956 SI 1956/1455
Post Office Register (Trustee Savings Banks) (Amendment) Regulations 1956 SI 1956/1670
Coal and Other Mines (Surveyors and Plans) Regulations 1956 SI 1956/1760
Coal and Other Mines (Electricity) Order 1956 SI 1956/1766
Coal and Other Mines (Steam Boilers) Order 1956 SI 1956/1772
National Library of Wales (Delivery of Books) (Amendment) Regulations 1956 SI 1956/1978
References
External links
Legislation.gov.uk delivered by the UK National Archive
UK SI's on legislation.gov.uk
UK Draft SI's on legislation.gov.uk
See also
List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom
Lists of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom
Statutory Instruments | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%201956 |
Edward Francis Lynch (born February 25, 1956) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and executive who played in Major League Baseball. He attended Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, Florida. During his career, he pitched and batted right-handed, and his pitch selection included a fastball, slider, changeup and slurve.
MLB career
Lynch was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 22nd round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft. After three years in their farm system, in which he compiled a 22–27 record and 3.89 earned run average, the Rangers sent him to the New York Mets on September 18, as part of an earlier deal in which the Mets sent Willie Montañez to the Rangers for two players to be named later. The other player the Rangers sent the Mets was first baseman Mike Jorgensen.
Lynch debuted with the Mets on August 31, against the San Francisco Giants, and gave up four earned runs in just 1.1 inning out of the bullpen. He won his first major league start on September 13 against the Chicago Cubs, snapping a thirteen-game losing streak for his club. For the season, Lynch was 1–1 with a 5.12 ERA in four starts.
The Mets and Cubs were perennially the bottom two teams in the National League East for the early part of Lynch's career, however, they had evolved into division rivals at the top of the N.L. East by the time Lynch took the mound in the second game of a double header on August 7, . The first game was won by the Cubs, 8–6, on the strength of a six-run fifth inning, which included a three-run home run by Keith Moreland. During a five-run fourth inning in the second game, Lynch hit Moreland with a pitch, inciting a bench clearing brawl. The Cubs won the second game, 8–4.
In 1985 Lynch went 10–8 with a 3.44 ERA in a career high 191 innings pitched. Baseball writer Bill James said at that time that Lynch had the best control of any National League pitcher other than LaMarr Hoyt. Lynch made only one appearance for the Mets in , pitching 1.2 innings in relief in the third game of the season, when he went on the disabled list with torn cartilage in his left knee. By the time he was ready to return, he'd lost his spot in the starting rotation to the young pitchers on the World Champion squad. The Mets traded him to the Cubs for Dave Liddell and Dave Lenderman. He remained with the Cubs through before retiring.
As an executive
After his career ended, he attended the University of Miami School of Law, and graduated in 1990. Using his Juris Doctor degree and prior baseball experience, he was named director of player development of The San Diego Padres. He was named assistant general manager of the New York Mets in 1994 and was named general manager of the Chicago Cubs on October 10,1994. Ed then became a Major League scout for 16 years for the Cubs and Toronto Blue Jays. Ed currently resides in Scottsdale Arizona]] with his wife Kristin and specializes in real estate with The Key Team at KMF Realty in Scottsdale Arizona.
As a coach
Lynch was announced as the new pitching coach for the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball for the 2019 season. However, he resigned just two months into the season on June 25, 2019, in order to spend more time with his family.
References
External links
Ed Lynch at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
Ed Lynch at Baseball Almanac
Ed Lynch at Ultimate Mets Database
1956 births
Living people
Chicago Cubs players
Chicago Cubs executives
Chicago Cubs scouts
Major League Baseball pitchers
Major League Baseball general managers
New York Mets players
Toronto Blue Jays scouts
Baseball players from Brooklyn
Baseball players from New York (state)
South Carolina Gamecocks baseball players
Asheville Tourists players
Gulf Coast Rangers players
Christopher Columbus High School (Miami-Dade County, Florida) alumni
Miami Marlins (FSL) players
Phoenix Firebirds players
Tidewater Tides players
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Salvatore "Totò" Cuffaro (born 21 February 1958) is a former Italian politician and former President of Sicily. He has served an almost 5-year jail sentence for aiding Cosa Nostra. He has earned the nickname Vasa Vasa (Sicilian for "Kiss Kiss") for his tendency to kiss all and sundry; he says that he has kissed a quarter of all the people on the island.
Biography
Christian democrat
A graduate of medicine and surgery at the University of Palermo, with a specialization in radiology, Cuffaro was expelled from the medical order for indignity. He joined the Christian Democrat (DC) party during his student days. Then, after having served as City Councillor in his native city, Raffadali, and Palermo, Cuffaro was first elected Member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly in 1991. In 1996, he served as Regional Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.
His political career began under the wing of former minister Calogero Mannino, who in the past was suspected of having ties with the Mafia. Following the demise of the DC, he became a member of ex-DC splinter parties before joining the party Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC). He first became known nationally in September 1991, when he defended his political patron Mannino, accused of being a witness at a Mafia wedding, live on television in a joint broadcasting of the Maurizio Costanzo show and Michele Santoro's Samarcanda, accusing the presenters that their journalism was Mafia journalism. Later, Mannino was absolved. For many years it was falsely told that: "In the presence of Antimafia judge Giovanni Falcone he (Cuffaro) accused the Sicilian prosecutors of manipulating state witnesses (pentiti). In october 2009, Cuffaro denounced for "defamation and threats" the 5000 and above YouTube users who commented the video of the TV show. But, with judgment number 1742 of 2013, the Civil Court of Palermo has ordered compensation in favor of Cuffaro by Antonio Di Pietro, who had linked on its website the video of Cuffaro in Samarcanda under the title "Costanzo show: Totò Cuffaro attacks Giovanni Falcone. "In its judgment the Court found that "there is no evidence of a direct attack from Cuffaro against Prosecutor Falcone," and that Cuffaro himself, if anything, had criticized an investigation that was declared unfounded a few days later. In any case, the prosecutor criticized by Cuffaro was another one, not Falcone.
In 2001, after having joined the UDC, Cuffaro was endorsed by the House of Freedoms as presidential candidate for Sicily. He won the election, with 59.1% of the vote, defeating Leoluca Orlando. Cuffaro was elected as part of Silvio Berlusconi's sensational clean sweep of the island, when his coalition won all 61 of its parliamentary seats.
On 26 June 2003, it was revealed that Cuffaro was being investigated for Mafia-related crimes, after Domenico Miceli, a fellow UDC politician, was arrested for allegedly acting as a link between a Mafia chief and top Sicilian politicians, including Cuffaro. A few months later he was committed for trial. Despite all this, Cuffaro stood for the 2004 European Parliament election. Later that year, Cuffaro was appointed national vice-secretary of UDC, the party headed by Pier Ferdinando Casini. Until 2008 he was also President of COPPEM.
Re-elected
In the 2006 Italian general election, he was elected senator for his party, UDC. In the 2006 regional election, he was successively re-elected President of Sicily with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Rita Borsellino, the Union candidate and sister of the late judge Paolo Borsellino, killed by the mafia in 1992.
Cuffaro and the Italian Minister of Justice, Clemente Mastella were involved in a scandal when it was found that they had been best men of Francesco Campanella, a former member of the Mafia and town councilor of Villabate, who helped the boss Bernardo Provenzano during his absconding. In 2001 Campanella used his official position to supply Cosa Nostra's top "godfather" with an identity card so he could travel abroad for medical treatment. In July 2000 Mastella and Cuffaro had been witnesses at Campanella's wedding.
In the year 2005, he was the object of media attention thanks to the television reportage La Mafia è Bianca (The Mafia is White) by investigative journalists Stefano Maria Bianchi and Alberto Nerazzini, which aimed to expose rife corruption in the Sicilian Health service and shows a clip of police film footage of Cuffaro meeting with a known mafioso. Cuffaro tried unsuccessfully to prevent the publishers from broadcasting their reportage on the grounds of its allegedly "defamatory" contents but in January 2006 the Civil Court in Bergamo rejected his request, stating that both text and video, including the audio commentary by the journalists, were not defamatory. Following later investigations and trial Cuffaro has been jailed for seven years after losing a final appeal against a mafia conviction and being banned for life from holding public office.
Mafia indictment and conviction
On 15 October 2007, assistant public prosecutor Giuseppe Pignatone requested eight years' imprisonment for Cuffaro charged with aiding and abetting Cosa Nostra and passing confidential information about the trial to the so-called moles in the Palermo Antimafia directorate.
Cuffaro's indictment emerged from an inquiry set up to trace leaks during an inquiry into a local doctor, Giuseppe Guttadauro, accused of being the Cosa Nostra boss in its Palermo stronghold Brancaccio. Guttadauro learned that his home was being "bugged" from another doctor. The colleague alleged that he, in turn, had been tipped off by Cuffaro. Guttadauro was recorded describing how the Mafia had funded Cuffaro's 2001 election campaign. According to a transcript, he told that Cuffaro was handed packages of cash "in the least elegant, but most tangible way possible".
On 18 January 2008, Cuffaro was found guilty of having helped the Mafia and was given a five-year sentence, during which time he will be suspended from all public offices. Cuffaro was not found guilty of outright collusion with Cosa Nostra but the court concluded he acted in favour of several people sentenced for Mafia crimes and committed breaches of confidentiality. By Italian law, both the sentence and suspension from public office can only begin after the automatic appeals process is concluded. The prosecution had asked that Cuffaro be given an eight-year sentence but judges concluded that while he had helped the Mafia, there had been neither conspiracy nor willful intent. He has denied all wrongdoing and refused to step down, despite that he has also been banned from public office. "I knew I didn't do anything to willfully help the Mafia and tomorrow morning I intend to be back at my desk," Cuffaro said after the court adjourned.
The day after, Cuffaro handed out cannoli, a Sicilian pastry, as if celebrating the sentence, which he considered positive as he was not convicted for ties to the Mafia. The ricotta sweets have become "instrumentalized," he told the daily Corriere della Sera. Adding that he "never celebrated" and fully understands the weight of the charges brought against him. He didn't bring the celebratory cannoli with him, but one of his many well-wishers did.
Resignation
Cuffaro resigned on 26 January 2008. His resignation followed reports that the national government was planning a move to oust him. The announcement represents a reversal for Cuffaro, who earlier said he would hang on to his post and appeal his five-year prison sentence of 18 January. Many, including some politicians from allied parties, were angry that he celebrated not being convicted of a more serious accusation – helping the Mafia as an organization. The head of Italy's politically influential industrial lobby, Confindustria, lamented that Cuffaro remained in office while Sicilian businessmen were defying the Mafia by increasingly refusing to pay systematic "protection" money. A widely published photo of him offering his aides a tray of cannoli pastries to celebrate fuelled the outrage.
Re-election and appeals trial
While Cuffaro was undergoing his appeals trial, the Union of the Centre nominated him in the 2008 general election and he was re-elected senator. On 23 January 2010 the Palermo Appeals Court confirmed his two previous convictions and added the aggravation of favoring the Mafia, sentencing him to seven years in prison. He subsequently announced his intention to appeal the sentence before the Supreme Court and to resign from all party offices.
Supreme Court Final conviction
On 22 January 2011, the Italian Supreme Court definitively confirmed the seven-year prison sentence and the perpetual ban from holding public office.
Seven years of prison
Salvatore Cuffaro served his time in jail at the Roman prison of Rebibbia. He was taken to Rome's Rebbibia prison the same day the Supreme Court confirmed the mafia conviction. As a result of his conviction, he lost his seat in the senate. Under the term of the sentencing as a mafia convict, Cuffaro is also barred in perpetuity from holding public office. He served his sentence and was released on 13 December 2015.
References
External links
Official website
Intercettazione ambientale: Boss Guttadauro parla di Cuffaro from La Mafia è Bianca on YouTube
Cosi il boss scoprì la "cimice", Antimafia Duemila, December 2007
1958 births
Living people
People from Raffadali
Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians
Italian People's Party (1994) politicians
United Christian Democrats politicians
Democratic Union for the Republic politicians
Union of Democrats for Europe politicians
Union of the Centre (2002) politicians
The Populars of Italy Tomorrow politicians
Senators of Legislature XV of Italy
Senators of Legislature XVI of Italy
Presidents of Sicily
Members of the Sicilian Regional Assembly
University of Palermo alumni
Sapienza University of Rome alumni
Sicilian mafiosi
Italian politicians convicted of crimes
Heads of government who were later imprisoned
Politicians from the Province of Agrigento | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore%20Cuffaro |
Cambridge '99 Rowing Club, generally referred to as 'Nines', is based on Kimberley Road in the historic City of Cambridge, UK.
Club history
Cambridge '99 Rowing Club was formed in 1899 and is the third oldest of the 'Town' clubs in Cambridge. The club was named in recognition of the Cambridge University Blue Boat which beat Oxford in The Boat Race in 1899 after a period of Oxford domination.
It was founded as a spin-off from the YMCA Boat Club after some members decided they wanted the freedom to smoke, drink and row on Sundays.
Club colours
The blade colours are sky blue with dark green and "yellow" bands; kit: sky blue, old gold and dark green.
The boathouse
Nines boathouse is one of the best-equipped in Cambridge, with large training areas for ergs and weights in addition to a considerable fleet of boats across all classes. There are also changing rooms, showers, fully equipped kitchen and well-stocked bar for social activities.
The current three-storey boathouse was built to the design of a Swiss chalet, the previous boathouse on the site having been destroyed in an arson attack in August 1983.
Members
Nines welcomes all levels of rower from the complete novice to those with national experience. The club has men's, women's and junior squads and has a strong record of developing rowers, with a number of members having competed at GB level and within the Cambridge University Blue squad for The Boat Race.
Club events
Nines organise two regattas each year. The Spring Regatta is an Eights event and is raced to a large extent by local Cambridge University College crews preparing for May Bumps in addition to the local Town Clubs.
The Autumn Regatta is a much larger event, attracting Clubs from throughout the UK, and is the only Regatta in Cambridge run under the auspices of British Rowing.
The Club organise many social events throughout the year as a key part of rowing life in Cambridge and members are regularly involved in fundraising for a range of charities.
Rowing events and achievements
The biggest race in the local calendar is the Cambridgeshire Rowing Association Bumps in which all club members participate. The men's First boat currently hold the Headship position, while the women's First boat currently hold sixth place. In 2019, a Club record 17 crews were entered for Bumps (9 Women's Eights and 8 Men's Eights) and in addition to Men's Headship, were awarded the John Jenner trophy for most successful Club and the Stephen Allen Bowl for best-performing Juniors. The 2020 Bumping races were cancelled due to the Covid pandemic.
In the 1990 CRA Bumping Races, the club was the first to hold the 'Head of the River' position simultaneously in both the Men's and Women's events, and in 2006 became the first Club to hold both first and second places on the river simultaneously in the Women's event.
On the Thames, 1993 saw the Men's squad win the Jackson Trophy at the Head of the River Race (HoRR), finishing in 13th position overall.
Nines compete at all the local Cambridge events and also travel extensively throughout the UK (and overseas) to challenge at major events. In 2019, several Nines crews competed in the Head of the Charles Race in the US, while a Men's 4+ travelled to Belgium to compete in the Ghent International Regatta, winning a silver medal.
Henley Royal Regatta is a key event for the club, with crews entered most years, in addition to the Henley Women's event. Most-recently, two Men's crews successfully qualified and competed in the Wyfold Challenge Cup in 2019.
Honours
British champions
References
External links
Official Site
Cambridgeshire Rowing Association
Cambridge town rowing clubs
Rowing clubs in Cambridgeshire
Rowing clubs in England
Rowing clubs of the River Cam | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge%20%2799%20Rowing%20Club |
Rui Miguel Nereu de Branco Batista (born 4 February 1986), known as Nereu, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Nereu was born in Alcanena, Santarém District. A product of S.L. Benfica's youth system he made his senior debut on 18 October 2005 during a UEFA Champions League group stage game at Villarreal CF, after an early injury to Quim. Four days later he first appeared in the Primeira Liga, as the same thing happened in a 2–0 home win against C.F. Estrela da Amadora; additionally, he again featured against the Spaniards in the Champions League group phase, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 home loss.
As habitual backup José Moreira was also injured Nereu, who had also played with the club's reserves before their extinction, went on to appear in another two matches. In 2007, he was sold to Académica de Coimbra, backing up veteran Pedro Roma in his first season. However, after the purchase of Slovak Boris Peškovič, he was further demoted to third choice.
From January 2011-June 2012, Nereu represented F.C. Arouca of the second division, playing 14 games in his only full campaign. He subsequently alternated between his country's second and third tiers.
References
External links
National team data
1986 births
Living people
People from Alcanena
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SC Mirandela players
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Portugal men's youth international footballers
Footballers from Santarém District | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui%20Nereu |
Abbenbroek is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Nissewaard, and lies about 6 km west of Spijkenisse.
In 2001, the village of Abbenbroek had 971 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.22 km², and contained 390 residences. The wider statistical district of Abbenbroek, covering the town and the "Polder Abbenbroek", has a population of around 1350.
Until 1980, Abbenbroek was a separate municipality, when it became part of Bernisse.
The municipal coat of arms is attested in the Beyeren Armorial (c. 1405, fol. 39v). It shows a pair of breeches, reflecting the popular interpretation of the element broek (properly "brook, marshland").
References
Populated places in South Holland
Former municipalities of South Holland
Nissewaard | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbenbroek |
Alliant Energy PowerHouse (formerly Five Seasons Center and later U.S. Cellular Center) is a multi-purpose arena located in the downtown area of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was financed by the approval of a voter referendum to allocate special municipal capital improvement bond monies, after several prior bond referendums to build a civic center failed between 1965 and 1977. The initial construction cost was approximately $7 million for the arena and facilities. The city approved an additional $1 million to build an adjacent multi-level parking facility connected to the center by a skywalk. The center is adjoined by a 16-story DoubleTree hotel facility built directly above the arena.
About the venue
The center hosts local sporting events and concerts, most notably the Iowa State High School Girls Volleyball Tournament and the Iowa High School Team Dual Wrestling Championships. It was opened in 1979 as the Five Seasons Center and hosted the English progressive-rock band Yes as its first official concert event on April 25, 1979. The arena has a basketball capacity of about 6,900 and can seat up to 8,600 for concerts. It served as the primary sports and entertainment venue in Eastern Iowa until the completion of Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City four years later. Former professional tenants include the Cedar Rapids River Raiders of the United States Basketball League, the Cedar Rapids Sharpshooters of the Global Basketball Association and the Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets of the Continental Basketball Association. Numerous commencement ceremonies are held at the arena.
The venue hosted the initial World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Souled Out event in 1997. It also hosted WCW's Clash of the Champions XXVIII event in 1994 and a WCW Monday Nitro event in 1999. As the Five Seasons Center, it was the site of two early Ultimate Fighting Championship events: UFC 21 in 1999, and UFC 26 the following year. One notable wrestling match in 1989 had Andre the Giant arrested by police after attacking a KCRG-TV photographer filming the match. He was charged with assault and later acquitted, though he was still fined for criminal mischief and damage to KCRG's equipment.
In early June 2008, the U.S. Cellular Center was flooded with water from the Iowa flood of 2008.
The arena closed in July 2011 to undergo renovations as part of a larger project to build a convention complex around the site, which also includes renovations to the new DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. Events were diverted to other venues in the area, including the ImOn Ice Arena (also managed by VenuWorks) and Carver-Hawkeye Arena, during that time. The complex was re-opened for a concert by Lady Antebellum on June 1, 2013. It was selected as the host arena for the NCAA Division II National Volleyball tournament December 12–14, 2013.
It was home to the Cedar Rapids Titans/River Kings of the Indoor Football League from 2014 to 2019.
On October 17, 2014, US Cellular Center held an NBA preseason game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Minnesota Timberwolves.
The City of Cedar Rapids announced on October 23, 2020, that it had reached a naming rights agreement with Alliant Energy, the region's electricity provider, that took effect July 1 and lasts twelve years.
Naming history
Five Seasons Center
U.S. Cellular Center
Alliant Energy PowerHouse
Noted performers
AC/DC
Alan Jackson
Barry Manilow
Dierks Bentley
Elton John
Eric Clapton
Flyleaf
Godsmack
Grateful Dead
John Denver
John Mellencamp
Keith Urban
Kenny Chesney
Kenny Rogers
Kid Rock
KISS
Korn
Metallica
Nickelback
The Oak Ridge Boys
Ozzy Osbourne
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tesla
Toby Keith
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Van Halen
Widespread Panic
Yes
ZZ Top
Sources:
External links
The Concert Database
References
1979 establishments in Iowa
Basketball venues in Iowa
Buildings and structures in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids River Kings
Sports in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Sports venues completed in 1979
Tourist attractions in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Indoor arenas in Iowa
Indoor soccer venues in the United States | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliant%20Energy%20PowerHouse |
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