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Hauwert is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 7 km north of Hoorn.
History
Hauwert is thought to have been founded between 950 and 1050. It was first mentioned around 1312 as Oudeboxwoude. The etymology is unknown. In the past Oude (old) was added to distinguish from Nibbixwoud.
The Dutch Reformed church was first mentioned in 1395. The current church dates from the 15th century. The tower is from the 16th century and has been enlarged during the 17th century.
Hauwert was home to 301 people in 1840. From 1816 to 1979, it was part of the municipality of Nibbixwoud and from 1979 to 2007 it was part of the municipality of Noorder-Koggenland.
Most of the population lives outside the centre, along the road between Nibbixwoud and Wervershoof.
Gallery
References
Populated places in North Holland
Medemblik | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauwert |
An Ethernet extender (also network extender or LAN extender) is any device used to extend an Ethernet or network segment beyond its inherent distance limitation which is approximately for most common forms of twisted pair Ethernet. These devices employ a variety of transmission technologies and physical media (wireless, copper wire, fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable).
The extender forwards traffic between LANs transparent to higher network-layer protocols over distances that far exceed the limitations of standard Ethernet.
Options
Extenders that use copper wire include 2- and 4-wire variants using unconditioned copper wiring to extend a LAN. Network extenders use various methods (line encodings), such as TC-PAM, 2B1Q or DMT, to transmit information. While transmitting over copper wire does not allow for the speeds that fiber-optic transmission does, it allows the use of existing voice-grade copper or CCTV coaxial cable wiring. Copper-based Ethernet extenders must be used on unconditioned wire (without load coils), such as unused twisted pairs and alarm circuits.
Connecting a private LAN between buildings or more distant locations is a challenge. Wi-Fi requires a clear line-of-sight, special antennas, and is subject to weather. If the buildings are within 100m, a normal Ethernet cable segment can be used, with due consideration of potential grounding problems between the locations. Up to 200m, it may be possible to set up an ordinary Ethernet bridge or router in the middle, if power and weather protection can be arranged.
Fiber optic connection is ideal, allowing connections of over a km and high speeds with no electrical shock or surge issues, but is technically specialized and expensive for both the end equipment interfaces and the cable. Damage to the cable requires special skills to repair or total replacement.
Specialized equipment can inter-connect two LANs over a single twisted pair of wires, such as the Moxa IEX Series, Cisco LRE (Long Reach Ethernet), Enable-IT Ethernet Extender Experts VDSL2, Patton CopperLink or EtherWAN Ethernet Extenders using VDSL technology. Distances of 300 m (1000 feet) at 50 Mbit/s up to at 128 kbit/s is possible. Westermo DDW products are capable of 10 miles at 30.3Mbit/s using SHDSL technology. Coaxial cable are often permitting higher speeds and larger distances than twisted pair wires. The equipment is mostly simple to operate, and the connection wire is common, cheap and maintainable.
Ordinary ADSL modems cannot be connected back-to-back, because the ATU-R (ADSL Termination Unit - Remote) units that are used by customers require specialized ATU-C (Central Office) support provided by phone company equipment, usually by a complex and expensive DSLAM (DSL access multiplexer). However some symmetric digital subscriber line (SDSL) modems such as the SpeedStream 5851 can be connected back-to-back, allowing upload and download speeds of about 2Mbit/s over substantial distances, using a simple twisted pair of wires.
Back-to-back operation may also be possible with single-pair high-speed digital subscriber line (G.SHDSL) modems.
Similar technologies were standardized as Ethernet in the first mile:
2BASE-TL Full-duplex long reach point-to-point link over voice-grade copper wiring. 2BASE-TL PHY can deliver a minimum of 2 Mbit/s and a maximum of 5.69 Mbit/s over distances of up to 2700 m (9,000 ft), using ITU-T G.991.2 (G.SHDSL.bis) technology over a single copper pair.
10PASS-TS Full-duplex short reach Point-to-Point link over voice-grade copper wiring. 10PASS-TS PHY can deliver a minimum of 10 Mbit/s over distances of up to 750 m (2460 ft), using ITU-T G.993.1 (VDSL) technology over a single copper pair.
References
Local loop
Extender | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet%20extender |
Athgarvan is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Athgarvan, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, which played a significant role in the development of the GAA in the 1890s.
Gaelic football
Athgarvan competed in the first junior C final in 1975, winning the competition in 1977.
Kildare county player David Butler. Youngest ever senior debut for the club was made by starlet prospect Rory (Rozza) O’Donnell at the age of 16 in 2019. Asked about the honour, a delighted Rory said : "It's a real privilege to play for this great club. Hopefully it will be the first of many appearances with the Seniors and I can go on to emulate Club legend Gary "The Mighty" Quinn in having a long and distinguished career."
Unfortunately, this was to be Rory's final contribution to the Athgarvan Seniors, as he was soon dropped due to his extreme lack of footballing ability.
Hurling
Eyrefield competed in the hurling championships in the 1910s.
Ladies football
Athgarvan went to the All Ireland junior club final in 2005, losing to Mourneabbey of Cork by 2–11 to 2–7.
Honours
Kildare Senior Football Championship Semi-finalists 1895
Kildare Junior Football Championship: Winners (2) 1927, 1956
Kildare Junior Football League (1) 1961
Kildare Junior C Football Championship: (3) 1976, 1989, 2009
Kildare Under-14 Football Division 5: Finalists 2014
Kildare Under-15 Football Division 5: Finalists 2015
Kildare Under-13 Football Division 4: Winners 2016
Kildare Under-16 Football Division 4: Winners 2016
Kildare Under-16 Football Division 4: Winners 2017
Kildare Under-17 Football Division 4: Winners 2017
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Athgarvan GAA site
Facebook page
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athgarvan%20GAA |
Sofiya Vasilyevna Kalistratova (), also known as Sofia Kallistratova (; , Rylsk – 5 December 1989, Moscow) was a public defense lawyer in the Soviet Union. She defended various Soviet dissidents and from 1977 was a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), distributing information about human rights violations in the Soviet Union.
Biography
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Born in the town of Rylsk, she graduated from the Moscow State University, specializing in the field of law. Unable to find a position in prosecutor's office, she began her activity as public defender at the Moscow College of Advocates (Московская Коллегия адвокатов). According to rumors, in the 1960s, the officer who was issuing her with a new passport, misspelled the last name "Kallistratova" as "Kalistratova". Sofiya did not make a big deal out of it and signed the documents as Kalistratova ever since.
She joined the Moscow Helsinki Group as a legal consultant. The KGB searched Kalistratova's apartment several times and confiscated typewriters and documents. Some of Kalistratova's friends were arrested. The activity of the Moscow Helsinki Group became nearly impossible when Yuri Andropov started his campaign of repression against dissidents. Supporters claim that all their work defending the human right to obtain, discuss, and distribute information was legal.
As many other human rights defenders, she was accused of Anti-Sovietism; the charges were later dropped. In 1987, she tried to initiate a campaign for amnesty for political prisoners.
During perestroika and glasnost, material regarding violations of the law between 1917 and 1985 were published in the mass media. The popular question of correspondents of newspapers was: "In your family, how have your views on the politics of the Soviet Union changed since Glasnost?", and the relatives of Kalistratova could answer: Our point of view did not change during this glasnost. That time, various literators used to say "We did not know" about the period 1917–1986, and, especially, about the Brezhnev stagnation (1966–1985). She usually replied: "You are lying. You do not look like an idiot. You DID know, but you were afraid to talk about it."
Yuly Kim dedicated her a song.
Death
Kalistratova died in 1989 and was interred in Vostryakovskoye Cemetery in Moscow. For her activism, she was awarded the medal of the Guild of Russian Advocates. In 2003, a book about her life was published.
Works
References
External links
New York Times article, 29 July 1985
Moscow Helsinki Group website (in Russian)
Софья Васильевна Каллистратова (in Russian)
1907 births
1989 deaths
People from Kursk Oblast
People from Rylsky Uyezd
Soviet dissidents
Soviet political activists
Soviet lawyers
Soviet women lawyers
Moscow Helsinki Group
Soviet human rights activists
Women human rights activists
Public defenders
Moscow State University alumni
20th-century women lawyers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofiya%20Kalistratova |
In agriculture, a field is an area of land, enclosed or otherwise, used for agricultural purposes such as cultivating crops or as a paddock or other enclosure for livestock. A field may also be an area left to lie fallow or as arable land.
Many farms have a field border, usually composed of a strip of shrubs and vegetation, used to provide food and cover necessary for the survival of wildlife. It has been found that these borders may lead to an increased variety of animals and plants in the area, but also in some cases a decreased yield of crops.
Paddock
In Australian and New Zealand English, any agricultural field may be called a paddock, especially if for keeping sheep or cattle. If stock are grazed there, the space may be called a run, e.g. sheep run; cattle run. The term paddock is used more specifically in animal husbandry for a system in which grazing land is divided into small areas, paddocks, and the stock graze each paddock in turn for a short period. Paddock grazing systems may be designed with, for example, 6 or 11 paddocks used in rotation.
A paddock is normally fenced, usually by wire, and often defined by its natural boundaries, or is otherwise considered distinct. A back paddock is a smaller field that is situated away from the farm house; possibly land of lesser quality. The equivalent concept in North America and the UK is a pasture.
In Australia the word seems to have had its current meaning since at least 1807 and in New Zealand since at least 1842. However, the English meaning of "field" was used earlier in Australia and is still occasionally used. Similarly, meadow was in early use and has appeared later, for example, in 2004. Field remains in regular use in Australasia in expressions such as football field, Field Day and field trip.
In a new style of intensive farming developed in North America, a paddock is a small (perhaps 1 acre) temporary subdivision of a pasture made with electric fencing, which is intensely grazed for a day and then left to rest for perhaps 80 days or more.
Image gallery
See also
Acre
Coastal plain
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Flood-meadow
Grassland
Hectare
Meadow
Morgen
Paddy field
Pasture
Plain
Plateau
Prairie
Savanna
Steppe
Veld
Vineyard
Water-meadow
Wet meadow
References
Agricultural land | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field%20%28agriculture%29 |
Payerne Priory (also known as Payerne Abbey, Abbey of Our Lady of Payerne or Peterlingen Priory; Latin: monasterium Paterniacense) was a Cluniac monastery at Payerne, in Vaud, Switzerland. The monastery is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
History
It was founded between 950 and 960 by the Burgundy royal family and especially by Queen Bertha of Burgundy. In 965, the Empress Adelaide placed the priory under Cluny Abbey.
On 2 February 1033, Emperor Conrad II held an assembly, was elected, and crowned King of Burgundy at the abbey.
In the first half of the 12th century, the monks falsified a number of documents as "Testament of Queen Bertha". With the fake documents they appropriated a number rights that they were not entitled to exercise.
The priory was first directly managed by the two abbots from Cluny, Odilo and Maiolus, both of whom lived several times in Payerne. Starting in 1050, Cluny pulled back slightly from directly administering the priory, and the local prior led the monastery with increasing independence. The monks tried, based on the forged documents to gain the freedom to choose their own priors. Although this project failed, they loosened their ties to Cluny Abbey.
The reforming Cluniac, Saint Ulrich of Zell, was prior here in the later 11th century.
From the end of the 13th century, the monastery was in conflict with the city. While the city formally recognized the sovereignty of the prior after the receipt of the town charter in 1348, in fact, he possessed no real power.
Beginning in 1444, the antipope Felix V raised the priory to an abbey. However, this new status was only recognized at the local level and not by their religious superiors or the Roman Curia. This elevation brought no benefits to the monastery. Starting in 1445, it was administered by the Commandry Abbot, who was under the vicar general of Payerne. In 1512 it was brought under the dean of the monastery of Sainte-Chapelle in Chambéry.
The monastery was under the protection of the kings of Burgundy and the Holy Roman Emperor, but the Abbot of Cluny retained the right to choose the kastvogt or ecclesiastical bailiff. The office of kastvogt was first held by the Counts of Burgundy, whose last representative, William IV, was murdered in 1127 in Payerne. After that, it was held by the Zähringers in the early 12th century, followed by the Montagny family, then the Savoys starting in 1240 and after 1282 by the emperor. In 1314 the office of the kastvogt went again to the Savoy family who held the office until the Protestant Reformation. After the reformation, the bailiff was appointed by the Canton of Vaud and a local governor.
The Reformation and the weakening of Savoy power led to the dissolution of the monastery. The nearby cities of Bern and Fribourg began to exercise influence in Payerne and on the priory. The Protestant Bern supported a small community of Reformed citizens, while the catholic Fribourg declared itself the guardian of the monastery. After the Bernese conquest of Vaud, Bern won the upper hand. In 1536 they dissolved the priory and acquired the building of the monastery as well as a portion of its rights and property. Fribourg took in the monks and other catholic believers from Payerne. At the priory, some of the buildings were demolished, the remainder put to various secular uses: a bell foundry in the 17th century, a grain store in the 18th and later as a prison and barracks.
At the end of the 19th century it was placed under protection because of its exceptional cultural value. At the beginning of the 20th century restoration began on the buildings and in 1926 a preservation society was founded to support this work.
Priory buildings
Archaeological excavations have led to new insights into the first church, which was built in the 10th century. In 960 it was expanded following the model of the Church of Cluny and the entrance hall was extended. A second building phase began in the middle of the 11th century, which brought the church to approximately its current appearance. A new nave was added around 1070-80.
Later, the church received four turrets and a ring of gables around the Gothic bell tower. The interior of the church was decorated with paintings around the entrance in 1200, and to the choir by 1454. Several of the columns are decorated with roman capitals.
When convent buildings became the seat of the Bernese bailiff in the 16th century, they were converted and renovated on a large scale. Again in the 19th century, they were converted when the buildings were used by the school administration.
References
External links
Cluniac monasteries in Switzerland
Buildings and structures in the canton of Vaud
Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Vaud
Payerne
Tourist attractions in the canton of Vaud | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payerne%20Priory |
Patrick W. Welch (July 1, 1965October 16, 2008) was an English painter, illustrator, cartoonist, and art professor who lived in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He billed himself as "Patrick W. Welch, Painter of Hate," a spoof/homage to Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light.
Career
Welch was born a king in Billericay, England, and attended state schools. He earned a BA in graphic design from the Norwich School of Art in 1987 and an MA in illustration from the Royal College of Art in 1991. In 1993 Welch gained cult status for "The Hippogryph Files," a series of graphic short stories that appeared in The Baffler, Pulse!, and numerous comics anthologies, as well as being printed as postcards. Welch shared a London studio with illustrator Mikey Georgeson, better known as The Vessel from the indie-pop band David Devant & His Spirit Wife.
In 1995 Welch moved to the United States with his American wife, Carrie Golus. During the 1990s Welch and Golus co-edited a short-lived comics anthology, Thurn & Taxis.
Welch taught sequential art at Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, from 1995 to 1998. In 1998 Welch moved to Chicago, where he became a professor of media arts and animation at the Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago. Beginning in 1998, Welch collaborated with Golus on a series of non-fiction political/social comics for the alternative weekly newspaper Newcity as well as a comic strip, "Alternator," which ran in The Stranger, UR Chicago, and other alternative weeklies.
Beginning in 2001, Welch began to gain recognition for his painting. His solo painting exhibitions at Gescheidle Gallery in Chicago, where he was represented from 2002 until his death in 2008, included Revenge: The Miniature Hate Paintings of Patrick W. Welch (2002), Patrick W. Welch versus The Village of Schaumburg: Miniature Redemption Paintings (2004), Art Destroys: More Miniature Hate Paintings and Mini-Insult Blocks from Patrick W. Welch (2005), and I now know more than you ever will (2008), which was his final exhibition.
Welch's paintings were often autobiographical, combining violent subject matter with black humour. He is perhaps best known for his "Miniature Hate Paintings," which evoke a strange combination of childhood nightmare and adult neurosis, drawing on references from contemporary fine art, comic books, and science fiction. His "Miniature Insult Blocks," painted on blocks of wood, detailed English playground childhood insults in, according to Welch's description, "the saccahrine colours of boiled sweets."
Commenting in Chicago's Newcity critic Michael Workman writes:
"Welch has been on a ride into the infinite regress of his distaste for human existence for years now, and it's a testament to his obduration that he's managed to keep lively each self-reference as the fecal discharge of famous mainstream artists. Most successful, however, are the grid of even tinier acrylic panels, "Mini Insult Blocks" as he calls them, each emblazoned with an insulting word such as plonker or bumbandit. Every time I encounter these paintings, it's never the frothy sense of loathing that wins me over, but the undeniable, laugh-out-loud funny humor of them all, an aspect of the work that no doubt has the capacity to elevate them even further into that stratosphere of the imaginary world beyond."
Sporting career
Though not a naturally gifted sportsman, Patrick determined in the 1990s to not only learn the game of soccer but become, for a short time, one of its most feared and respected exponents on the London amateur scene. From 1991 to 1995, initially shod with Wellington boots, but progressing to professional-level footwear, he was a battling midfielder noted for aggression rather than celerity, appearing for the Sao Paolo XI at Hurlingham Park. After his transfer to the States it is believed he never played again.
Animation instructor
As a teacher at the Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago, Welch was well known, liked and respected as one of the most notable teachers in the Animation department. Classes he had taught included Acting for Animation, Story-boarding, Drawing and Characterization, Character Design, Advanced Life Drawing (occasionally) and Portfolio classes. Welch taught alongside Lindsay Grace at the school.
Part of his popularity may have been due to his delightfully morose personality quirks. He was known for his self-deprecating humor and detached, bleak outlook on the world, while maintaining a generally positive disposition in spite of it. While generally portraying himself as a pessimist in regard to society at large, he was undeniably an optimist in regard to the ability and potential of his students. Welch was in the habit of indicating an imminent break to the students attending his lectures with the words "Come on everyone, these cigarettes are not going to smoke themselves".
Micromentalists
In 2006, Welch started an art movement collectively known as the Micromentalists. The general philosophy of the group was that art need not be "monumental" in scale to be important, and has been described as "pseudo-Marxist". Welch's purpose in putting together the Micromentalists was to start an art movement based on this philosophy. Founding members included artists Bill Drummond, Steve Keene, Paul Nudd, James J. Peterson, and Eric Doeringer.
The group became known not only for its premise of small art, but also for its commercial practice of selling art at lower prices, adjusted for the income of the buyer. Their first shows were mentioned in Chicago and national art media for these reasons and for the participation of notable artists such as Drummond and Keene.
Publications and reviews
2007
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
Stabler, Bert. Giving it All Away, The Chicago Reader
Waxman, Lori. The Micromentalists, artforum.com, March 13
Austin, Jake. Let's Get Small, Chicago Journal
Kelly, Dan. Micromentalism and Patrick Welch, Gapers Block. http://www.gapersblock.com/detour/micromentalism_and_patrick_welch/
Kaufman, Justin. Hello Fellow, Hello Beautiful. WBEZ Chicago. https://web.archive.org/web/20080420075319/http://www.wbez.org/content.aspx?audioID=13454
2005
Workman, Michael. Eye Exam, Border Patrol, Newcity, December
The Basil H. Alkazzi Foundation: a celebration of twenty years association between the Foundation and the Royal College of Art, Royal College of Art Press, illustrations pages 60 and 61
2004
Sill, Robert. think small!, Illinois State Museum Society, (catalogue), page 17, 64, illustration page 52
2002
Camper, Fred. Hated/ Liberated, Chicago Reader, Section 1, page 26, September 20
Sanders, Seth. An Artist's Revenge, Chicago Reader, Section 1, page 9, September 13
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
Smith, Ulysses. Chicago Reader, interview, Section 1, page 30, January 18
2001
Keller, Julia. 9/11 adds new urgency to strips, Chicago Tribune, review/interview with illustrations, Tempo, Section 5, December 27
Crouse, Charity. Exhibit Explores America's Fascination with Guns, Streetwise, Street Scene,
December 17
Hawkins, Margaret. Gallery Glance, Chicago Sun-Times, Section N5, June 15
Keller, Julia, Sketchy Reports, Chicago Tribune, review/interview with illustrations, Tempo, Section 5, pages 8–9, June 20
Green, Nick. For the Love of Comics, Chicago Social, interview with illustration, page 30, June
2000
Mason, Robert. A Digital Dolly?, Norwich: Norwich School of Art and Design Press, Norwich, Eng., pp. 44–45, 54; illustration 22
1998
Vengas, Margarita. Georgia Guardian, review/interview with illustration, May 21
References
http://www.gapersblock.com/detour/micromentalism_and_patrick_welch/
https://web.archive.org/web/20060212145911/http://www.dnr.state.il.us/pubaffairs/2005/March/thinksmall.htm
http://www.newcitychicago.com/chicago/4942.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20060518090107/http://www.eichgallery.dabsol.co.uk/04robmason/pw1.html
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_7_92/ai_n6183875/pg_10
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20100716172113/http://patrickwwelch.com/
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=26217
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2008/10/patrick-w-welch-untimely-death-in.html
1965 births
2008 deaths
English cartoonists
English illustrators
People from Billericay
Alumni of Norwich University of the Arts | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20W.%20Welch |
Dompfeil is a name given in 1952 to an express train connection operated by Deutsche Bundesbahn (German Federal Rail) in route Cologne - Essen - Hamm - Hannover - Braunschweig and vice versa. While the name of the pair of trains remained the same, the route has been changed several times and in 1979 "Dompfeil" was put in service in route Dortmund - Wuppertal - Cologne - Mainz - Mannheim - Stuttgart - München. "Dompfeil" was one of the several trains of the so-called Blaues Netz or 'blue network' of express trains in Western Germany in the 1950s and 1960s.
The train operated with only three coaches, all 2nd class and with one of them being half restaurant. One of the coaches was nominally a split 1st-class and 2nd-class coach, but the train actually ran only as a 2nd-class service.
Named passenger trains of Germany | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dompfeil |
Sadler's Wells (11 April 1981 – 26 April 2011) was an American-bred, Irish-trained champion Thoroughbred racehorse and outstanding sire. He was the 1984 European Champion miler after winning the Irish 2,000 Guineas, Eclipse Stakes and Phoenix Champion Stakes in that year. He also finished second in the French Derby and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Despite his success as a runner, it is as a sire that Sadler's Wells is best known. He was the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland a record-setting 14 times, including 13 titles in a row. At the time of his death, he had sired 323 stakes winners. Only Danehill, who was operational across both hemispheres, sired more. Sadler's Wells was also a notable sire of sires, including Galileo and Montjeu in Europe, and El Prado in the United States. He helped reverse a trend from the middle of the twentieth century where many of Europe's most successful racehorses were exported to stand in the United States and later Japan.
Background
Sadler's Wells was a bay horse with a broad white blaze and white socks on his hind legs. He was bred in the United States by Robert Sangster's Swettenham Stud and raced under Sangster's name. His owner was part of the original Coolmore partnership team with Tim Vigors and trainer Vincent O'Brien, later joined by John Magnier. They became active in the North American yearling auctions starting in the mid-1970s, purchasing and part-breeding notable horses like The Minstrel, Alleged, Golden Fleece and El Gran Senor, and creating a high demand for the offspring of Northern Dancer and Nijinsky. By the early 1980s, they were noted for paying millions of dollars for the right yearling, entering in bidding duels with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai
In 1976, Sangster, O'Brien and Magnier made one of their most important purchases for only $40,000 ($,000 inflation adjusted)—a yearling filly by the little-known stallion Bold Reason. She was named Fairy Bridge and trained by O'Brien in Ireland, where she became the champion two-year-old filly of 1977. Fairy Bridge was closely related to a number of outstanding horses previously trained by O'Brien, including Thatch, Marinsky, Lisadell and Apalachee. In 1980, Fairy Bridge was sent back to America and bred to Northern Dancer, the most successful sire of his era. Sadler's Wells was her first foal. She would later also produce National Stakes winner Tate Gallery and successful breeding stallion Fairy King.
The colt was sent into training with Vincent O'Brien at Ballydoyle. Throughout his racing career, Sadler's Wells had a characteristic running style, galloping with his head at an unusually high angle. He was a well-balanced horse with good tactical speed standing high. Even as a sire, he was noted for his laid-back, good-natured temperament, a trait he passed on to many of his offspring.
Racing career
1983: two-year-old season
Sadler's Wells made his first appearance in September at Leopardstown Racecourse in a seven-furlong maiden race. Ridden by Pat Eddery, the colt started the 1/2 favourite in a field of sixteen runners and won by six lengths from Cyrano. Three weeks later, he was moved up in class for the Group Three Beresford Stakes at the Curragh over one mile on soft ground. The horse led from the start and won by six lengths from Cerussite. In the International Classification, he was given a rating of 78, ten pounds behind the top-rated two-year-old, his stable-mate El Gran Senor.
1984: three-year-old season
Sadler's Wells met El Gran Senor on the racecourse for the only time when he finished second to him in the seven-furlong Gladness Stakes at the Curragh. Frank McNulty, head of BBA Ireland, later commented: "I remember seeing him at the Gladness Stakes—when he walked into the ring I thought he looked absolutely magnificent, even though he was only the second string." Sadler's Wells next won the ten-furlong Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial and was then brought back in distance for the Irish 2,000 Guineas over one mile, where he was ridden by George McGrath. In a closely contested finish, he won from the French-trained Procida and the favourite Secreto. The O'Brien-trained Capture Him, whom Eddery chose to ride in preference to Sadler's Wells, finished fourth.
Instead of going for the one-mile St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, the colt was moved up in distance for the French Derby, a race O'Brien had won the previous year with Caerleon. Sadler's Wells took the lead in the straight but was overtaken in the closing stages and beaten one and a half lengths by Darshaan, with Rainbow Quest in third. In July, Sadler's Wells was the only three-year-old in a field of nine runners for the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park. He held off the challenge of the mare Time Charter to win by a neck. The winner was praised for his "battling" and "determined" performance against more-experienced rivals. Later that month, Sadler's Wells ran a strong second to Teenoso in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.
Sadler's Wells failed to reproduce his best form when fourth in the Benson and Hedges Gold Cup at York. Two weeks later he ran in the inaugural Phoenix Champion Stakes, the most valuable race ever in Ireland. The colt held off a late challenge from Seattle Song to win by three-quarters of a length. That success took his prize money for the season to £384,114. At the time, this was the fourth-highest single-season total for any horse trained in Britain or Ireland, behind Troy (£408,424 in 1979), Tolomeo (£400,000 in 1983) and Shergar (£386,410 in 1981). On his last appearance, Sadler's Wells was sent to Longchamp in October for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, where he finished eighth behind Sagace.
Assessment
Sadler's Wells was given a rating of 90 by the International Classification, making him the sixth-best European horse in 1984. He earned a Timeform rating of 132 for his victory in the Eclipse Stakes. British breeder Bob McCreery would later say, "I was absolutely convinced Sadler's Wells was the real deal. I always admired his guts. He was a very tough horse, and that's one thing I've really always tried to go for, courage. He was absolutely ideal, the ideal horse."
Stud record
In 1985, Sadler's Wells was syndicated by Coolmore for €800,000 a share (total value of €32m) and stood for an initial fee of IR£125,000. He was an immediate success when his first crop reached racing age in 1988, led by In the Wings and Old Vic. Two other colts from that crop, Scenic and Prince of Dance, dead-heated in the 1988 Dewhurst Stakes. In 1989 with only two crops of racing age, he set a world record by having 11 stakes winners in one year, an exceptional achievement at a time when foal crops were much smaller than today. For 1990, his stud fee increased to £150,000 with a book of 65 mares. Eamonn Phelan of Coolmore commented, "Very few stallions get offspring like themselves, but this fellow does. He's so tough and very well bred as well as being very sound."
In 1990, his daughter Salsabil won the 1000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and Irish Derby, which helped propel Sadler's Wells to his first champion sire title. He went on to be Champion Sire in Great Britain & Ireland a record 14 times, including 13 years in a row from 1992 to 2004. The previous record of 13 titles was set by Highflyer in the 18th century.
Sadler's Wells has been called one of the most influential sires of all times, especially based on his record in the English Classic Races. He is the sire of 12 English Classic winners, a number comparable with leading sires Stockwell and St Simon from the 19th century. His English Classic winners are: Salsabil (1000 Guineas, Oaks), Intrepidity (Oaks), Moonshell (Oaks), Entrepreneur (2000 Guineas), King of Kings (2000 Guineas), Imagine (Oaks), Galileo (Derby), Milan (St Leger), High Chaparral (Derby), Brian Boru (St Leger), Refuse to Bend (2000 Guineas) and Alexandrova (Oaks). In 2001, his daughters swept the top three positions in the Oaks. He also sired 14 winners of the Irish Classics. In 1999, his sons finished one-two-three in the Irish Derby.
By 2001, his stud fee had increased to £200,000 with a book of roughly 200 mares each year. With the increased number of offspring each year, his number of stakes winners began to rapidly accelerate. Sadler's Wells briefly held the all-time record for the number of stakes winners when Roman Saddle become his 177th stakes winner in July 2001. Mr. Prospector had held the previous record with 176 stakes winners. Sadler's Wells sired his 200th stakes winner in 2002, becoming the first stallion to achieve that landmark. However, Danehill then passed him, reaching the 300 stakes winner mark in 2005, a level Sadler's Wells would achieve in 2008. At the time of his death in 2011, Sadler's Wells had sired 323 stakes winners, including 73 individual Group 1/Grade I winners on the flat. He also sired several National Hunt winners, most notably Istabraq.
Notable progeny
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Sadler's Wells was also a highly successful broodmare sire, leading that category in Great Britain and Ireland from 2005 to 2010, and the United States from 2008 to 2010. By 2010, his daughters had produced more than 250 stakes winners, including 30 in 2010 alone. He is the maternal grandsire of such notable horses as Workforce (Epsom Derby, Arc de Triomphe), Sakhee (Arc de Triomphe), Henrythenavigator (2000 Guineas), Taghrooda (Epsom Oaks), Peeping Fawn (Champion Filly), and Conduit (St Leger).
In November 2007, a Sadler's Wells daughter, Playful Act, out of the mare Magnificient Style, was sold at the Keeneland breeding stock sale for a world-record price of US$10.5 million.
Sire of sires
Sadler's Wells was originally considered a disappointment as a sire of sires, despite some early success by In the Wings in particular. This assessment was decisively overturned by the performance of several sons from his later crops. Sadler's Wells eventually sired 32 sons who themselves sired at least one group I or grade I winner, with 10 of them becoming the leading sire in nine different countries. Most notably, Galileo became the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 2008, then won 11 titles in succession from 2010 to 2020. Montjeu was the leading sire in France for 2005, El Prado became Leading sire in North America in 2002, Fort Wood was a leading sire in South Africa, Opera House achieved success in Japan and High Chaparral became a notable sire in New Zealand and Australia.
His sons have already produced important sires themselves, ensuring Sadler's Wells legacy will continue for years to come. Galileo's sire sons include Frankel, Teofilo, New Approach and Nathaniel (sire of two time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Enable). Montjeu sired Motivator (sire of two time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Treve) and Camelot (the leading 2nd Crop sire in Europe in 2018 and 3rd Crop Sire in Europe in 2019). El Prado sired Medaglia d'Oro (sire of American Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra) and Kitten's Joy, the leading sire in North America in 2013 and 2018.
Retirement
On 13 May 2008 Coolmore announced that Sadler's Wells was retiring from breeding due to declining fertility. Bill Oppenheim, a columnist with Thoroughbred Daily News, wrote that Sadler's Wells "singlehandedly restored the reputation of Europe as a place where you could stand world-class stallions after European stallion ranks had been decimated by the Americans in the 1970s and 1980s." In 2009, Sadler's Wells was the first horse to be entered into the Irish Thoroughbred Breeder Association's Hall of Fame.
Sadler's Wells died peacefully on 26 April 2011 due to natural causes at the age of 30 at Coolmore Stud. Breeding industry expert Andrew Caulfield stated: "Superlatives are greatly overused in the world of sport, but no-one could begrudge their being used about Sadler's Wells, with his phenomenal record of 14 sires' championships in the space of 15 years. No stallion has come close to such dominance in Britain and Ireland – not even the legendary stallions which operated during the much less competitive eras of the 18th and 19th centuries. He was also dominant in that it was usually easy to spot one of his progeny. A dominant bay who sometimes passed on his prominent blaze and a sock or two, he also became synonymous with soundness and dependability."
The horse's skeleton is on display in Fethard Horse Country Experience museum, which is located not far from Coolmore Stud.
Pedigree
Sadler's Wells was sired by Northern Dancer, who has been called the dominant progenitor of the breed in the twentieth century. In his second crop foaled in 1967, Northern Dancer sired Nijinsky, who would win the English Triple Crown and become an outstanding sire. This made Northern Dancer the focus of a bloodstock boom in the 1970s and 1980s, where his progeny would sell for millions of dollars. Northern Dancer's other important offspring included Derby winners The Minstrel and Secreto and the brilliant El Gran Senor and Nureyev.
Sadler's Wells was out of Fairy Bridge, who was sold as a yearling in 1976 at the Keeneland Sales to Sangster for $40,000 and became the Irish champion two-year-old filly of 1977. Sadler's Wells was her first live foal, followed by his full siblings Fairy King (who also became a successful sire despite injuring himself in his only race) and stakes winners Tate Gallery, Fairy Gold and Puppet Dance. Her final foal was Perugino, by Danzig, who became a sire in Australia. Fairy Bridge was the second foal of the mare Special, a full sister to European champion sprinter/miler Thatch and Lisadell, who won the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, and a half-sister to Grade 1 winner, King Pellinore, and the brilliant but ill-fated Marinsky, who finished first in the 1977 July Cup at Newmarket. Special later produced Nureyev, the 1980 French champion miler and an outstanding sire, and the stakes winning fillies Number and Bound, who would themselves became successful producers.
See also
List of racehorses
References
1981 racehorse births
2011 racehorse deaths
British Champion Thoroughbred Sires
Champion Thoroughbred Sires of France
Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Racehorses trained in Ireland
United States Champion Thoroughbred Sires
American Champion Thoroughbred broodmare sires
British Champion Thoroughbred broodmare sires
Irish Classic Race winners
Thoroughbred family 5-h
Chefs-de-Race | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadler%27s%20Wells%20%28horse%29 |
Dockery Plantation was a cotton plantation and sawmill in Dockery, Mississippi, on the Sunflower River between Ruleville and Cleveland, Mississippi. It is widely regarded as the place where Delta blues music was born. Blues musicians resident at Dockery included Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
History
The plantation was started in 1895 by Will Dockery (1865–1936), a graduate of the University of Mississippi who originally bought the land for its timber but soon recognized the richness of its soil. At the time, much of the Delta area was still a wilderness of cypress and gum trees, roamed by panthers and wolves and plagued with mosquitoes. The land was gradually cleared and drained for cotton cultivation, which encouraged an influx of black labourers. Some became settled sharecroppers, who would work a portion of the land in return for a share of the crop, while others were itinerant workers. Dockery earned a good reputation for treating his workers and sharecroppers fairly and thus attracted workers from throughout the South.
Dockery's land was relatively remote, but was opened up for development by a new branch of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, known as the Yellow Dog. Around 1900, Dockery had a rail terminal built on his plantation, so connecting his land with the main rail system at Rosedale. Because of its circuitous route, this local line was known as the "Pea Vine".
Dockery Plantation eventually supported over 2,000 workers, who were paid in the plantation's own coins. In addition to the railroad terminal, it had its own general store, post office, school, doctor, and churches. The workers’ quarters included boardinghouses, where they lived, socialized and played music, particularly guitars, which had been introduced to the area by Mexican workers in the 1890s. Dockery took no interest in his workers' music, but he made it easy for them to travel and to spend their leisure time as they pleased.
Charley Patton and his family are believed to have moved around 1900 to the Dockery Plantation, where he came under the influence of an older musician, Henry Sloan. In turn, Patton became the central figure of a group of blues musicians including Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson, and Eddie "Son" House, who played around the local area. Because of its location, central to Sunflower County’s black population of some 35,000 in 1920, the plantation became known as a centre for informal musical entertainment. By the mid-1920s, the group widened to include a younger generation of musicians, including Robert Johnson, Chester "Howlin’ Wolf" Burnett, Roebuck "Pops" Staples, and David "Honeyboy" Edwards. Some of these were itinerant workers, while others lived more permanently on the farms.
In 1936, the plantation was inherited by Joe Rice Dockery (1906–1982). With agricultural mechanisation and the employment attractions of the larger cities further north, the plantation settlements gradually disappeared, although some of the historic buildings remain. The farm later diversified to produce corn, rice and soybeans. Later members of the Dockery family have established a foundation to fund research into the Delta blues.
The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Today the site hosts a small number of private tours, lectures, and events in partnership with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, Delta State University, and other academic and cultural institutions.
Historical marker
A marker designating Dockery Plantation as a site on the Mississippi Blues Trail is an acknowledgment of the important contribution of the plantation to the development of the blues in Mississippi.
The marker was placed in Cleveland, Mississippi. Governor Haley Barbour stated
References
Houses completed in 1930
Mississippi Blues Trail
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
1895 establishments in Mississippi
Houses in Bolivar County, Mississippi
Houses in Sunflower County, Mississippi
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
National Register of Historic Places in Bolivar County, Mississippi
National Register of Historic Places in Sunflower County, Mississippi
Cotton plantations in Mississippi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dockery%20Plantation |
The Lichtscheid is the highest hill of the German city of Wuppertal.
It has an elevation of .
See also
List of mountains and hills in North Rhine-Westphalia
Mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtscheid |
Ardclough is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Ardclough, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, whose biggest achievements include winning the Kildare County Senior Football Championship after a replayed final against the Army in 1949, winning 13 Kildare County Senior Hurling Championships, the latest in 2017 beating Naas in the final, defeating Buffer's Alley in the 1976 Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship and winning the Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship in 2006. Five Ardclough players featured on the Kildare hurling team of the millennium: Richie Cullen, Tommy Christian, Bobby Burke, Johnny Walsh and Mick Dwane. Bridget Cushen was selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century. Current (2011) Kildare senior hurling panellists are Richie Hoban and Martin Fitzgerald.
History
RIC records from 1890 show that Hazlehatch Irish Harpers, based on Lord Concurry's field near Skeagh, had 70 members with officers listed as Ambrose Dwyer, Christy Fitzsimons, Michael Saunders and John Cantwell. John Buggle is listed as an officer with Kilteel King O'Tooles club. Thomas Kenny from Ardclough bore the nickname "The Harper" Kenny all his life. An Ardclough club competed in the 1924–27 championships. The current club was founded at a meeting in Mick Treacy's workshop in 1936, growing out of an under-14 team organised by Fr O'Brien at Ardclough national school, and the hurling club founded by Mick Houlihan in 1949.
Gaelic Football
Ardclough were the smallest community to win the Kildare Senior Football Championship when Dan Graham's team beat a star-studded Army team in the replay of the 1949 county final, drawing a record attendance of 10,035 to the replay in St Conleth's Park. Goalkeeper Jim Nolan was the star of the drawn match, Christy Burke was the star of the replay, when a Dick McKenna goal before half-time and a series of points from the "Butcher" Graham and Jimmy Butler gave Ardclough a 1-11 to 2–6 victory. They lost the 1953 semi-final by a point and beat both the Army and Sarsfields in Leader Cup finals before being regraded in 1958. Their rivalry with Sarsfields exploded into controversy in the 1950 county semi-final before a record 7,730 attendance. Ardclough's 1968 Jack Higgins Cup winners merged with the survivors of Kills' 1962 semi-final team to create area team Wolfe Tones which went to the 1971 semi-final and a three-point defeat to Carbury. Ardclough won the Junior A and Jack Higgins Cup in championship in 2000.
Ardclough forms St Edward's along with Rathcoffey and Straffan for underage purposes and St Edward's fields teams at all levels from Under 9 to Under 21.
Hurling
Ardclough contested 20 county finals in success between 1963 and 1985, including a notorious battle with Éire Óg in 1973. The club beat Buffer's Alley in the 1976 Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship and was the first from Kildare to win an All Ireland Feile Division 4 in 1993. Ardclough regarded senior for the second time after winning the 1959 Junior championship and a morale-boost by the victory of their minors in 1956, inspired by Tim Gleeson and Kieran O'Malley. The careers of Tommy Christian, Mick Duane, Colm O'Malley and Bobby Burke spanned all twenty years. The 16-year-old Richie Cullen played his first final at centre field in 1966 and afterwards at full-back. Wexford born Ned Walsh came in 1967 and was joined by his brother, free-scoring Johnny Walsh in 1970. Ardclough contested nine successive finals against Éire Óg between 1965 and 1974, a record for any grade in football and hurling, including their first title in 1968 when one of their minors, Richie Cullen, captained the team. Der Connor, John Cummins and Mick Duane contributed to the 2–12 total against 3–3 for Éire Óg. Counting semi-finals the sides met for 14 years in a row. Even though it took 19 years to win their next senior title Ardclough played a prominent role in Kildare hurling, losing the 1998 final by a point to Colm Byrne's late free for Coill Dubh. Ardclough returned to beat Coill Dubh 2–12 to 0–11 in the 2004 county final with goals from Andy Whelan and Padraig O'Malley. Ardclough regained the title in 2006 with a crushing win over Confey. They then went on to make history winning the Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship beating Ratharney of Westmeath in the final.
Camogie
Ardclough camogie club was founded in 1962 by Mick Houlihan, Patrick O’Connor and Ann Johnson, the original colours were brown and yellow, now black, red and yellow,. Josie O’Connor captained the team that won the championship in 1968.
Honours
Kildare GAA Club of the Year 2006.
Hurling
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship Winners (13): 1968, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 2004, 2006, 2017
Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Winners (1): 2006
Kildare Senior Hurling League Champions (15): 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 2005, 2013
Centenary Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1984
Kildare Junior Hurling Championship Winners (3):1949, 1954, 1959
Kildare Under-21 Hurling Championship Winners (4): 1964, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2010* (Killard)
Kildare Minor Hurling Championship Winners (6): 1956, 1968, 1995, 1996, 2006, 2008
Kildare Minor Hurling B Championship Champions (2): 2004, 2005
Football
Kildare Senior Football Championship Winners (1) 1949
Kildare Senior Football League Champions (2): 1949, 1950
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship Winners (1) 1943
Kildare Junior Football Championship: Winners (4) 1941, 1959, 1968, 2000
Kildare Intermediate Football League Champions (1): 1959
Kildare Junior Football League Champions (4):1940, 1943, 1944, 1951
Kildare Senior Football League Division 3 Champions (1): 1976
The Leinster Leader Junior Club Cup 2003.
Camogie
Kildare Senior Camogie Championship 1968
Kildare Intermediate Camogie Champions 1988
Kildare Junior Camogie Champions 1983, 2000, 2020
Kildare Camogie Senior League Runners-up 1967, 1969, 1971
Kildare Intermediate Camogie League 1988
References
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000– in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904–2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Ardclough GAA Website
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Hurling clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardclough%20GAA |
Paul Peart (also known as Paul Peart-Smith) is a British comics artist who has done some work for 2000 AD, Nelson, H.P Lovecraft, and many other publications.
Bibliography
Judge Hershey: "Down Time" (with Dave Stone, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.09 1992)
Slaughterbowl (with John Smith, in 2000 AD #842-849, 1993)
Judge Dredd:
"Do the Wrong Thing" (with Gordon Rennie, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.49 1994)
"Under Siege" (with Mark Millar, in 2000 AD #880, 1994)
"Dredd Has Been Murdered" (with Alan McKenzie 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1995, 1995)
"Sponts A-Go-Go" (with Chris Standley and Roger Langridge, Judge Dredd Lawman of the Future #14, 1996)
"Medusa" (with Alan Barnes and Roger Langridge, Judge Dredd Lawman of the Future #19-20, 1996)
"Control" (with Robbie Morrison, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.18 1996)
Harke & Burr: "Secret Origin" (with Si Spencer, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.83 1995)
Tharg's Future Shocks: "Brush With Fate" (with Win Wiacek, in 2000 AD #949, 1995)
Tracer (with Dave Stone, in 2000 AD #948-949, 1995)
"Horrible History" comic book artist/cartoonist, published by Eaglemoss 2003 -2005
"Jackie Chan Adventures" illustrator, published by Eaglemoss 2003-2005
"Horrible Science" comic book artist/cartoonist, published by Eaglemoss 2002 -2006
"Wallace and Gromit" comic published by Titan 2006 - 2007
"One Plus One" written and drawn by Paul Peart Smith, published online as a web comic on the Activate website, http://www.activatecomix.com, 2009 - 2010
"Black Power" a history of black comics exhibition at the Swiss Cottage Gallery, London, 2010. Curated by Paul Peart Smith and George Nelson.
"1979" in "Nelson" published by Blank Slate in 2011, coloured by Rob Davis, edited by Woodrow Phoenix and Rob Davis.
"Erotic Fantasy Now" edited by Paul Peart Smith, published by Ilex, 2011
"He" in "H.P Lovecraft Anthology 2 "published by Self Made Hero in 2012, written by Dwight L. Macpherson
Design Manager for Home Fundraising Ltd.
"Edge of Extinction" Comics Artist, published by Eighth Continent, written by Baden Mellonie
Lead Animation Background Artist on "Fanshaw and Crudnut" for Blue Rocket Productions, appearing on Australian Channel 9 and GOtv. 2015-2016
"Graveyard Song" self published, 2016
Lead Background Artist on Bikey Face an Animated short.
Comics Artist on Edge Of Extinction 2, Cast No Shadow Exhibition, Cover illustrator for Freedom City Comics, Self published A-OK manga style comic.
Notes
References
Paul Peart at Barney
External links
Older blog
Paul Peart at Act-i-vate
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British comics artists | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Peart |
Ernest Alfred Bourne (1 August 1926 – 21 January 2009) was an English Australian actor, entertainer, comedian and puppeteer, whose career locally spanned 50 years, having started his career in theatre in his native England, he became known for his regular roles in theatre and television in Australia, particularly in character roles, Bourne was probably best known locally and internationally for his role as prison chef Mervin Pringle, in the TV series Prisoner and as mechanic Rob Lewis in Neighbours
Biography
Bourne was born in Dorset, England and raised in Yeovil, Somerset where his mother ran a boarding house following the early death of his father. Leaving school and home at the age of 14, Bourne worked in a cafe before joining the British Merchant Navy during World War II, where he became interested in acting after appearing in a pantomime, he would appear regularly in English pantomime and in many stage productions in Bristol, before migrating to Australia.
He emigrated to Australia in 1952, initially settling in Geelong joining the Geelong Musical Comedy Company, he appeared in numerous stage roles starting from 1955 and later moving to Melbourne. In the 1960s, he was loved (and booed) as a series of pantomime-style villains on Australian television such as Sir Jasper Crookley (in Magic Circle Club), and multiple similar baddies in Adventure Island including Sir Cedric Sneak, Captain Crook, Chummy Chums and Miser Meanie's sidekick Fester Fumble.
Throughout the early-to-mid 1970s he was a staple of Crawford Productions police dramas in a variety of character roles. In the 1980s he played prison chef Mervin Pringle in Prisoner (having earlier played two other minor roles) and garage mechanic Rob Lewis in Neighbours.
He also appeared in a series of television commercials for a retail sportsgear outlet (Sportsmart) as an older man (playing golf and tennis) who is perpetually laughed at by a young blonde man for spending too much money on his gear elsewhere. He has a daughter Sally Bourne who is also an actress and is best known for appearing in the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Bourne was married to Claire Bourne (formerly Smith) and he died on 21 January 2009, aged 82, at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.
Filmography (selected)
External links
References
1926 births
2009 deaths
Australian male film actors
Australian male soap opera actors
English emigrants to Australia
British Merchant Navy personnel of World War II
Male actors from Dorset
People from Yeovil
20th-century Australian male actors
21st-century Australian male actors
Military personnel from Somerset | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie%20Bourne |
Conflict management is the process of handling disputes and disagreements between two or more parties. Managing conflict is said to decrease the amount of tension; if a conflict is poorly managed, it can create more issues than the original conflict.
Conflict can be defined as an encounter between individuals or groups of people who have differing aims, values, expectations, purposes, ideas, etc. Five modes are offered as solutions to managing a conflict, with each mode ranked on scales of assertiveness and cooperativeness. Assertiveness is the extent to which an individual attempts to satisfy their concerns, while cooperativeness is their willingness to satisfy other parties. Studies have been conducted on the modes of conflict management and their effects on relationships.
A model called the "Thomas-Kilmann model" was designed by two psychologists, Kenneth Thomas and Ralph Kilmann. It demonstrates how individuals choose conflict management styles when they handle disagreement. The Thomas-Kilmann model suggests five modes that guide individuals in resolving conflicts. These are collaborating, competing, compromising, accommodating, and avoiding.
Collaborating means both sides are willing to cooperate and listen to others.
Competing means standing up for one's rights and defending what one believes is correct.
Compromising means the parties seek a better, mutually-acceptable solution, finding "a middle ground".
Accommodating means that one yields to another's point of view.
Avoiding is where a solution is delayed or avoided altogether.
Background
Conflict is usually found in an individualistic culture, where competition and individual achievement is stressed over interdependence. Communication is often seen as crucial to maintaining a healthy relationship, and the way one resolves conflict is important to maintaining healthy relationships.
Thomas and Kilmann proposed five modes of conflict management, developed from 1960 to 1975, which can be used to handle particular conflicts. The United States Institute for Peace has published a free modified version of the Thomas-Kilmann test. In that test collaborating is called problem solving.
Conflict modes
According to Thomas and Kilmann, there are five modes that are used to resolve conflicts when they arise. These modes can be assessed based on scales of assertiveness and cooperativeness.
Collaborating
According to Thomas and Kilmann, collaborating is mutual problem solving that aims to satisfy the needs of all parties. This mode ranks high on both the assertiveness and cooperativeness scales. This mode can be facilitated when personal relationships are close, because such individuals are apt to dig deeper to find the root of the conflict and alternate solutions. One learns the other party's insights to try and find a creative solution to the conflict. This mode is best used when one needs an integrative solution, because all parties needs are too important to not be addressed, and because one wants to join together insights, or work through hard feelings in the relationship. However, if time or scale is concerned, collaborative conflict management can be both time-consuming and emotionally draining, due to its intensive nature. Furthermore, to obtain effective results, parties should be well experienced and capable of discussing their needs and wants. This conflict style is not good for solving smaller, more trivial issues due to its in-depth nature.
Competing
The competing mode is one in which each individual prioritizes their own position; it is assertive and often results in one-sided communication. In this mode the individual will be standing up for their rights, defending their position, or simply trying to win. Competitiveness can exacerbate the initial conflict and potentially harm a close relationship. This mode is typically used when a quick decision needs to be made, when someone needs to protect themselves, or when someone believes their point of view is wholly correct. Participants in this mode may be closed off to accepting others' ideas, and use of this mode does not always arrive at a permanent solution, in fact, it can escalate the issues instead.
Compromising
Compromising requires making concessions; both parties will give up a goal or need in order to resolve the conflict. This mode is intermediate in terms of assertiveness and cooperativeness. Compromising is similar to collaborating, in that one finds a mutually beneficial solution to the problem. The difference is that compromising does address the issue, but it doesn't seek the root of the conflict, as is done in collaborating. Compromising is used when issues are important but not worth taking an assertive approach, one wants a temporary fix, or when collaboration or competing fail. Some pros of compromising as a mode of conflict management include: all parties can get some form of satisfaction, it facilitates constructive communication, helps maintain relationships, and the group's power dynamics remain the same. On the other hand if there are no boundaries and an unbalanced power dynamic it can be difficult to find a solution. Some negatives of this method may include: if someone is not willing to compromise it does not work, no party is fully satisfied, outcomes are less creative, less passion and effort is involved ("easy way out"), and is more likely a temporary solution.
Accommodating
Rather than trying to impose one's own point of view, in the accommodating mode an individual satisfies the other parties goals while being unassertive and cooperative. When accommodating, an individual sacrifices their own needs in order to leave the other party content. This can be good in a relational sense, but can also lead to the party that is making sacrifices becoming burnt out. Accommodation can be appropriate when the accommodator knows they are wrong, possibly needs to build up credit for a later situation that may be more important to them, or would rather just keep the peace. Accommodators seek to preserve personal relationships with others. Accommodation often leads to an imbalance in the power dynamic of a relationship, where the person accommodating has less power and their needs are not met. Accommodating can be useful for settling inconsequential and trivial conflicts. Resentment is a possible outcome when accommodation is used to settle conflicts frequently, due to needs consistently not being met. Resulting resentment could be internal, towards the other party, or between parties.
Avoiding
The avoiding mode simply averts conflict by postponing or steering clear of it. Often this style is viewed as having low regard for both the issue at hand and your relationship with the other party. This style is unassertive and uncooperative. Avoiding is stepping out of the way, delaying, or simply avoiding a situation. This mode can be beneficial in moderation, but, eventually, ignoring conflicts could lead to a build up of tension and unhealthy relationships. This mode tends to be adopted when one finds an issue unimportant, the issue could resolve itself in time, or another problem is more pressing. This mode can also be beneficial when emotions are running high, and one or both parties needs time to calm down before addressing the conflict at hand.
Studies on conflict management
Cross-cultural studies
In a study written in the Management International Review different subcultures in Turkey were studied with regard to the modes of conflict management they prefer to use. Although this study took place in Turkey, it opened up the door for cross-cultural research into conflict management. The study defined each of the five modes as to how it scored with regard to assertiveness and competitiveness: competing is high in assertiveness, collaborating is high in both, accommodating is high in cooperativeness, avoiding is low in both, and compromise is the mid-point. Researchers studied the choice of mode and what influenced that choice, using Schwartz's inventory of value. What they found was that the traditional main culture used the avoiding style, the power-seeking culture preferred competing, and egalitarians chose accommodation. This study shows that there is a correlation between cultures and their chosen modes of conflict management, and not every culture uses only one mode.
First conflict as a relationship milestone
Relationship theorists study relationships in terms of stages of their development. The first time those in a close relationship encounter conflict and come out of it is a breakthrough in many of those relationships. John Siegert and Glen Stamp write about the "FBF", or First Big Fight, as an episode of conflict where for the first time feelings that may include doubt or disappointment about the relationship are discussed. This event becomes memorable because of its intensity or timing. The intensity of the conflict may put the relationship at risk, and the timing may occur after a couple officially enters a relationship or are clarifying what the relationship is to them. This study was given to over 250 undergraduate communication students at a university, who were split into three categories based upon if they had survived a FBF with their partner, individuals who had not yet had a FBF with their partner, and individuals who had ended a relationship due to the FBF. Interviews of 50 participants were conducted, and those participants were asked open-ended questions about their first FBF, such as where it happened how it could be classified. The results were divided according to the relational circumstance, outcomes and effects of the fight on the relationship, and the difference between those who stayed in the relationships and those who did not. Researchers found that the FBF is a significant turning point that impacted the future of the relationship, either positively or negatively depending on the preliminary circumstances and feelings about the relationship.
Avoiding conflict in marriage
Conflicts arise frequently in marriages, and a study was conducted on the effect of relational power and an individual's decision to withhold their complaints in order to avoid a conflict. According to Solomon, et al., the first step is deciding whether to voice a complaint or not; this decision is based on the amount of power one's spouse holds over the complaining partner. This is determined by interpersonal power, or the degree of influence one exerts over the other in a relationship through the ability to influence costs and rewards for the partner. Marital schemas are cognitive structures that contain organized knowledge about marriage relationships. This research was conducted by having communication students present a questionnaire, to a married individual, that used six different types of power as independent variables. The dependent variables were the conflicts that were not brought to the spouse's attention. There were a few different results from the findings: the first being that partners felt more comfortable expressing concerns in a relationship where they had more power; the second being that when a spouse shows aggression, more information that could cause conflicts is withheld from them. Marital schemas can foresee what information will be withheld and shapes individuals' decisions on what to express to their spouses.
Application
The most widely used tool for this is a conflict-type inventory, typically a short questionnaire filled out by a user, with interpretation of the scores given in writing or by an instructor. The point is not to categorize the user, but rather to give him or her a framework in which to assess responses and options. Conflict mode inventories include the Thomas Kilmann and Style Matters: The Kraybill Conflict Style Inventory
References
Dispute resolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict%20management%20style |
Schurr High School is a public high school in Montebello, California, United States, a suburb in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Part of the Montebello Unified School District, it has an enrollment of approximately 3,500 students in grades 9-12. The majority of students attending this school live in the Montebello and Monterey Park area, while some also come from neighboring cities and communities such as Commerce, East Los Angeles, South El Monte and Rosemead. Schurr was established as a high school in 1971, with the campus having previously been the site of a junior high school.
Overview
The school, which sits atop a hillside just east of the border with Monterey Park, was named for George Miller Schurr, a former board member of the Montebello Unified School District. The school previously served as Schurr Junior High School, but due to the growing population of students in the area and the significant distance from the two local public high schools at the time Montebello High School and Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra, California the school became a high school in 1971. The first principal was Walter Wohlheter.
Most of the students who attend Schurr come from either Jack F. Macy Intermediate School, which is located in the city of Monterey Park, or Eastmont Intermediate School, which is located in East Los Angeles, just a few blocks from the Montebello city border. Due to Schurr sitting atop a hill, it is said that Macy students simply "climb the hill" upon graduation from middle school. While Macy and Eastmont students maintain a rivalry both academically and athletically, their differences are generally considered to be put to rest once they become acclimated to Schurr and one another.
Schurr High School was originally built to accommodate 1,700 students. Schurr's population has nearly doubled, and school officials expect that during the 2015-2018 school years, the population will increase to around 3,700 students.
The Alma Mater is based on the National Anthem of Russia and the words were written by music and history/government teacher David A. Lebow (1971-2003). Band director, Barry Ulrich (1973–86) composed the fight song, "Taco Mambo", which is played by the Spartan Legion at home athletic events and school rallies.
The Schurr High School mascot is known as Sammy the Spartan, and the school's students and alumni are referred to as Spartans.
During the 2017–2018 school year, solar panels were added to portions of both the teacher and student parking lots.
In August 2021 the school was closed due to a rat infestation.
Extracurricular activities
Schurr High School offers and encourage students to participate in a variety of sports, clubs, and after school programs that foster critical thinking and problems solving skills. Schurr High School students take part in more than 30 clubs and activities, including Astronomy Club, Green Earth Club, Plant Posse, Drama, National Honor Society, and Youth Community Service.
Schurr High School also has a competing marching band, color guard, and drill team.
Athletics
The sports teams are referred to as the "Schurr High Spartans." The school official colors are green and white, with gold being an unofficial accent color. The school has an athletic rivalry with nearby Montebello High School. The rivalry is intensified by several geographical reasons, such as the fact that both schools are located on N. Wilcox Ave. and are separated by only a few blocks, so close in fact that depending on where someone stands on either campus, the other school is visible.
The campus is divided into two levels, with the upstairs level serving as the home for the physical education department as well as the home of all the athletic venues, such as Ken Davis field (football, soccer, track and field), two separate gymnasiums for basketball and volleyball which are shared between both sports, the baseball field, the softball field, enclosed tennis courts, and the outdoor aquatics center that was built in 2012 and has an Olympic sized pool.
The school's most noteworthy athletic organizations are the football, wrestling, cross country, and track and field teams.
The Spartans football team won the California Interscholastic Federation championship in Division 5A in 1980, and 2006, with the later win coming against Santa Fe High School. The 2006 game was played in Fullerton, CA. During the 2016–2017 school year, the girl's water polo team won the CIF title by defeating Riverside Poly High School 6–4.
A scoreboard for the baseball field was added in for the 2014 school year. In the year 2015, the football field began undergoing long-awaited renovations to transition to an artificial turf surface.
Notable alumni
Government and politics
Todd Spitzer, 1978: Orange County, California politician
Arts, sciences, and education
Catherine J. K. Sandoval, 1980: first Latina Rhodes Scholar and Associate Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law.
Sports and entertainment
Bobby Logan, 1973: writer, producer and director of TV and films, including Meatballs 4 and Repossessed, starring Leslie Nielsen and Linda Blair
Lorin Sklamberg, 1974: member of The Klezmatics and winner of a Grammy Award
Ada Maris, 1975: actress
Daryn Okada, 1978: cinematographer and director of photography
Ramona Pagel, 1979: American record holder in the shot put
Rodney Eastman, 1985: Canadian actor best known for playing Joey Crusel in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Vanessa Marquez, 1986: actress best known for playing Wendy Goldman in ER and Ana Delgado in Stand and Deliver
Myles Kovacs, 1991: founder/president of DUB Magazine
Jay Hernandez, 1996: actor best known for his roles as Brian Chavez in the film Friday Night Lights and Chato Santana / El Diablo in the film Suicide SquadSergio Mora, 1997: winner of television boxing show The Contender and former WBC light middleweight champion
Pablo Castillo, 2002: bass guitarist for Brandy, Beyoncé Knowles, Brian McKnight, Sin Bandera, and Joseph Cabanilla
Jason Chung, 2003: aka Nosaj Thing, a Korean American electronic musician based in Los Angeles County, California; self-released his first EP Views/Octopus in 2006, and released his debut LP, Drift, on Alpha Pup Records in 2009
Alex Estrada, 2003: A musician and record producer who has worked with bands such as Touché amoré, and Joyce Manor
Aaron H. Aceves, 2011: author of the young adult novel This Is Why They Hate Us''
References
External links
Official Homepage
Schurr High Spartan Legion
Schurr Wrestling
Newsweek Top 1000 Public Schools, 2003
High schools in Los Angeles County, California
Educational institutions established in 1971
Public high schools in California
Montebello, California
1971 establishments in California | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schurr%20High%20School |
Eggert Ólafsson (1 December 1726 – 30 May 1768) was an Icelandic explorer, writer and conservator of the Icelandic language. He also worked to revive the Icelandic culture and economy.
Background
He was the son of a farmer from Svefneyjar in Breiðafjörður. He studied natural sciences, Classics, Grammar, Law, and Agriculture at the University of Copenhagen. He obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Copenhagen. In 1772 he posthumously published Reise igiennem Island (Travels in Iceland), an account of the scientific and cultural survey he conducted between 1752 and 1757. The book remains a seminal work on Iceland and its people.
Eggert wrote on a wide range of topics. His writing has made him known for his pro-conservation stance on the Icelandic language, which has undergone significant change since the 18th century.
Eggert was a devout patriot, and his literary works, chiefly his poems, burn with this fervor. He used his writings to stir up patriotism, which he felt were waning. He hoped to revive Icelandic culturally and politically, so that it would rise once again to its former glory.
He went on a research trip around Iceland with Bjarni Pálsson (who later became Iceland's Director of Health) between 1752 and 1757. During this trip, they visited a great number of Icelandic natural sites and proposed geographical and infrastructural improvements to the regions they visited.
Eggert and his wife, Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir, drowned in 1768 when going back home from a winter sojourn in Sauðlauksdalur. Their boat capsized in Breiðafjörður off the north-west coast of Iceland. Matthías Jochumsson wrote a commemorative poem titled "Eggert Ólafsson" in his honour. Icelandic romantic poet Jónas Hallgrímsson also wrote a poem for Ólafsson; entitled "Hulduljóð", it was never finished.
According to the historian Guðmundur Hálfdanarson, Eggert "is often regarded as the precursor of Icelandic nationalism."
References
Further reading
Travels in Iceland (Internet Archive) in English.
Halldór Hermannsson. Eggert Ólafsson, A Biographical Sketch. Islandica; an annual relating to Iceland and the Fiske Icelandic collection in Cornell university library, vol. 16. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell university library, 1925.
There is a short, helpful biography of Eggert in Jónas Hallgrímsson, 'Selected Poetry and Prose', <http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Jonas>, tr. and ed. Dick Ringler (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin–Madison General Library System, 1999), specifically at .
External links
The poem "Eggert Ólafsson" by Matthías Jochumsson
The poem "Hestasæla" by Eggert Ólafsson with links to other poems by him
1726 births
1768 deaths
Icelandic explorers
Icelandic writers
18th-century Icelandic people | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggert%20%C3%93lafsson |
Colin Banks (16 January 1932 – 9 March 2002) was a British designer who co-founded Banks & Miles, designers and typographers, in London in 1958 with John Miles. Major clients of the partnership included the Consumers' Association, the Post Office, British Telecom and London Transport, for whom they redesigned Edward Johnston's famous "Underground Sans" typeface, as New Johnston.
Early life
Banks was born in Ruislip, England, and grew up in Margate. He went to Rochester and Maidstone schools of art (both became Kent Institute of Art & Design then eventually the University for the Creative Arts), and met John Miles at Maidstone.
Career
With John Miles, he was the Production Editor of Which?, and associated magazines, from 1964 to 1993.
Typography
Banks was an influential designer, and his Telecom (T) identity, created for British Telecommunications when it was instituted in 1981, spawned many imitators. Its replacement by Wolff Olins' BT "piper" was received with much derision in 1991. Banks received a prestigious RSA/BBC Design Award in 1990, for the paper-saving redesign of the UK's Phonebook. Miles and Banks designed the Royal Mail's and the UK Post Office's distinctive "double-line" alphabet in 1972 and New Johnston, a revival of Edward Johnston's "Underground Sans", for London Transport. They also designed the logo of Lancaster University.
Banks was President of the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) from 1988 to 1993 and 2000 to 2002.
Publications
His approach is described by David Jury in the book About Face: "For Banks, it was important to respect the spirit of Johnston rather than adhere mechanically to the construction rules which would have made any further development of the design impossible." Banks would later design a limited-edition book for the organisation as a tribute to Edward Johnston.
Personal life
He was married since 1961 to zoologist Dr Caroline Grigson (daughter of the poet Geoffrey Grigson and his first wife). They had a daughter, Frances, who was killed in a road accident in 1978, and a son, Joe.
In 2002 Banks died of cancer in Blackheath, London, aged 70.
Notes
References
Banks's article "Pleasures of design" for Linotype, co-written with John Miles:
John Miles, Design for Desktop Publishing, Chronicle Books, 1987. .
Monty Shaw, Banks and Miles: Thirty Years of Design Evolution. London: Lund Humphries (February 1993),
David Jury, About Face, Reviving the Rules of Typography. Switzerland: Rotovision, Mies (pp. 60–61),
External links
James Alexander, Colin Banks obituary, The Guardian, 4 April 2002.
Jeremy Myerson, "Colin Banks", The Independent, 16 March 2002.
TDC Archive
MyFonts
John Miles Biography
London Transport Museum, archive artworks for New Johnston Typeface design
1932 births
2002 deaths
People from Margate
English typographers and type designers
Royal Mail people
English graphic designers
Alumni of the University for the Creative Arts | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin%20Banks |
Ballykelly Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football based Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, north of Monasterevin. They field teams from U6 to senior in both ladies' and men's football.
History
Football Club
The present-day club was founded in 1953, and immediately began fundraising and training in Banderra.
Ladies' Football
The Ballykelly girls' Under 14 team was registered in the spring of 1994 and contained 21 players. In 1997, after a few years of success, Ballykelly and Athgarvan GAA arranged to have players represent both teams.
In 1999 saw the formation of an Under 12 team and the reformation of the Under 14 team; in 2001 a Senior Ladies' team was formed.
Grounds
The club purchased its first pitch in 1982 next to the Highbridge. The pitch and club rooms were opened on 16 October 1983 by Hugh Campion, former Chairman of Kildare County Board. The facilities were updated after that with the addition of new dressing rooms and showers.
In 2005 the club purchased in the townland of Ballykelly. This new development was completed and officially opened on 16 May 2010. The facility was named as Kildare Grounds of the Year for 2010.
Honours
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship Winners (3) 1955, 1960, 1975
Kildare Junior Football Championship: Winners (2) 1974, 2007
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Official Ballykelly GFC site
Kildare GAA site
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballykelly%20GFC |
Oostwoud is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 8 km north of Hoorn.
History
The village was first mentioned around 1312 as Oestenwoude, and means "eastern forest". Oost (east) has been added to distinguish from Midwoud and Nibbixwoud. Oostwoud developed in the Late Middle Ages as a peat excavation settlement. A large part of the village burnt down in 1710 due to arson.
The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled church with wooden ridge turret built in 1753. The church was expanded around 1875.
Oostwoud was home to 310 people in 1840. In 1878, a joint railway station with Midwoud opened on the Hoorn to Medemblik railway line. The line closed in 1941.
Gallery
References
Populated places in North Holland
Medemblik | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oostwoud |
Ohio's 1st congressional district is represented by Democrat Greg Landsman. The district includes the city of Cincinnati, all of Warren County and borders the state of Kentucky. This district was once represented by President William Henry Harrison. After redistricting in 2010, the district was widely seen as heavily gerrymandered by state Republicans to protect the incumbent, Steve Chabot. Chabot lost the seat in 2022 to Landsman, after redistricting unified the city of Cincinnati into the district. The city was previously split between the 1st and 2nd districts.
The district includes all of Warren County, a much more heavily Republican area. Previous iterations of the district (before 2013) did not include Warren County.
Demographics
According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 551,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 74% are White and 21% are Black. Immigrants make up 4% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $64,000, while 11% of households live below the poverty line. 8% of those 25 and older have not earned a high school degree, while 34% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.
Cities
Cincinnati
Springboro (partial)
Franklin
Indian Hill
St. Bernard
Mason
Lebanon
Sharonville (partial)
Middletown (partial)
Carlisle (partial)
Blue Ash
Norwood
Kenwood
Dehli
Madeira
Milford (partial)
Sycamore
Loveland
Harveysburg
Blanchester
Clearkcreek Township
Wayne Township
Turtlecreek Township
Hamilton Township
Harlan Township
Deerfield Township
Symmes Township
Montgomery
Dry Run
Anderson Township
List of members representing the district
Recent election results
2010
Source:
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
Recent statewide election results
Results under current lines (since 2023)
Historical district boundaries
See also
Ohio's congressional districts
List of United States congressional districts
References
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
Further reading
01
Constituencies established in 1813
1813 establishments in Ohio | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%27s%201st%20congressional%20district |
Charles Leonard Kunz (August 18, 1896 – March 16, 1958) was an American-born pianist and band leader who worked in Great Britain during the British dance band era, eventually becoming a well-known solo pianist.
Life and career
Kunz was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States, the only son of Margaret T. (Wehr) and Leonard Kunz, a master baker who played the French horn. He made his debut aged six and made his first appearance as a prodigy aged seven. During World War I he led his own resident band, while working in a munitions factory.
He came to the United Kingdom in 1922 as a pianist in a small dance band. He was to remain there until his death from a heart attack in 1958. He is buried in Streatham Vale Cemetery. He was such a distinctive and popular pianist that he abandoned his orchestra to concentrate on his piano playing, both at music hall venues and on the BBC. Two of Britain's most famous female vocalists were with his orchestra in the 1930s: Vera Lynn and Welsh songstress Dorothy Squires. His best known crooner was George Barclay.
Kunz was the pianist in a dance band which was led by the drummer, Ed Krick. The band came to London in 1922 to play a residency in the London Trocadero. The band returned without Kunz to Pennsylvania after a successful run at the 'Troc' and, until 1998, still got together for sessions for retirement homes, renamed as 'The B Flats'.
His debut as a soloist came in 1934 at the Holborn Empire, London followed by countless variety theatres in Britain and the Continent, after playing in hotels, restaurants and ballrooms. The same year saw the beginning of what was to become a continuous output of solo records of "Charlie Kunz Medleys". His signature tune was "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie", and his closing theme was "Pink Elephants".
He became the highest paid pianist in the world, earning up to £1,000 a week. His piano transcriptions sold widely in the teaching of piano-playing. Kunz's playing style was a relaxed flowing interpretation of popular melodies played with subtle soft and loud accents, which he called "melody and rhythm with expression".
He was married three times:
1) Amanda Dysher (died) (one son Joseph)
2) Eva Dorothy "Nin" Lloyd, a fashion model (1923–1939) (two sons Peter and Gerald) In 1939 he was living with Eva in Elmer Road, Chichester Area.
3) Pat Sparkes (1942–1958)
He is buried in Streatham Park Cemetery in London.
References
External links
Charlie Kunz
Charlie Kunz Discography
Charlie Kunz Biography - AllMusic
1896 births
1958 deaths
British bandleaders
Dance band bandleaders
20th-century British conductors (music)
20th-century pianists
Burials at Streatham Park Cemetery
American emigrants to the United Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Kunz |
The San Francisco Patrol Special Police (SFPSP) is a private special police agency in San Francisco, California. Per current city code, the SFPSP patrols the streets of San Francisco and fixed locations, and also provides a range of other safety services as requested by private clients. The SFPSP is authorized in the San Francisco City Charter, but is not part of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD).
The SFPSP is one of the oldest law enforcement agencies in the United States, having been founded in 1847 shortly before the California Gold Rush. The SFPSP is credited for the first modern U.S. adaption of the community policing concept.
The SFPSP employs non-sworn private patrol officers, appointed and regulated by the San Francisco Police Commission after an initial background review by the SFPD. As of 2011, they employed approximately 40 officers, known as "Patrol Special Police Officers" or simply "Patrol Specials".
Services
The SFPSP provide a variety of services for private clients pursuant to a negotiated contract, including unlocking or securing doors to a business, conducting checks of residences or businesses, securing perimeters at burglar alarms, providing physical security, and security consultations. Patrol Specials concentrate on order maintenance, rapid response, and early intervention in quality-of-life matters. Their goal is to prevent disturbances from becoming expensive and serious crimes, and to relieve pressure on the public police.
Since 1994, Patrol Specials have operated with citizen's arrest powers. They have access to SFPD radio feeds and are trained annually for 24 hours of classroom instruction and twice on a shooting range, according to standards set by the Police Chief. Patrol Specials are not SFPD employees, nor do they earn city benefits or pensions; however, courts may consider them to be employees for specified purposes such as SFPD employment records.
Patrol Specials are assigned to patrol a district in a neighborhood. Patrol Specials are required, by tradition and practice, to respect and consider the distinct tenor and character of the neighborhood they are assigned to. They often attend merchant and resident meetings to listen to concerns or offer advice. Patrol Specials are intended to become trusted and valued members of neighborhoods, interacting with local residents and business owners.
SFPSP clients include merchants, professionals, homeowners' associations, residents, street fair organizers, non-profit organizations, and occasionally, government agencies who may outsource security. The typical hourly rate in 2010 for patrols averaged $50–60, including a patrol car. Additional services or more intense policing may entail an additional cost negotiated with each client.
SFPSP clients and the public are protected from negligent or intentional harm, because rules governing program rules require each beat owner to carry liability insurance that protects against potential negligence or injury by an officer. In addition, rules require each beat owner to carry workers' compensation insurance for employees. Each beat owner determines if they will fund a health and/or retirement plan for Assistant Patrol Special Police Officers.
The SFPSP has its own professional association. The force also has a professional support group, Special Neighborhood Policing, which operates a community outreach website.
History
The SFPSP was established as a citizen- and merchant-sponsored neighborhood police force in 1847, two years before the city established the SFPD, with the swearing-in of two police constables. In 1851, the city increased the force to 50 sworn officers. In 1857, the SFPSP was formalized in the City Charter. Presently, Section 4.127 of the City Charter governs the Patrol Special Police.
SFPSP and SFPD officers have historically cooperated in emergencies. Patrol Specials were called upon to assist SFPD officers during earthquakes such as the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. However, in 1994, with backing from the SFPD and the Police Officers Association, the Police Commission "stripped the Patrol Specials of their status as peace officers with the ability to issue citations and book their own arrests." The SFPSP's numbers plummeted from approximately 250 Patrol Specials to just 18, employing fewer than two dozen assistants. "They're killing us by attrition," said Jane Warner, president of the association that represents the specials.
A fall 2009 survey of SFPSP clients, conducted by San Jose State University Associate Professor of Economics Dr. Edward P. Stringham, found that clients consistently approved of Patrol Specials, stating they felt they improved their neighborhoods and made them safer. Clients reported Patrol Specials were consistently professional and courteous, understood residential life and the neighborhood, and responded quickly and effectively to concerns that the SFPD was unlikely to address.
Logs of daily activities were introduced in 2010 on the officers' support group website, as a form of increased transparency between the SFPSP and the public.
Appointment and program regulation
Patrol Special Police Officers and Assistant Officers are duly appointed by the San Francisco Police Commission, an appointed body of seven civilians which has oversight responsibility for the SFPD and SFPSP.
The Interim Rules and Procedures for Patrol Special Officers and Their Assistants ("The Rules"), promulgated by the Police Commission in December 2008, require that Patrol Specials pass an initial background check conducted by the SFPD. Officers receive 24 hours of annual training in the classroom and twice on the range according to standards determined by the Police Chief. Before going on patrol, Patrol Specials check in with the duty watch commander in their police district.
The Rules authorize their uniform and patch, which are distinct from that of the SFPD. Patrol Specials wear a patch on their uniform that identifies their force by name on a band at the top, as shown above. The lettering and trim of the patch is embroidered in silver thread. Officers wear a silver-toned six-point star with the words "San Francisco Patrol Special Police". A Patrol Special's uniform, firearm, baton, and patrol car are not paid for with taxpayer funds and must be purchased privately.
In popular culture
The 1992 film Kuffs, starring Christian Slater, details the fictional story of a Patrol Special who takes over his late brother's patrol district and comes into conflict with a criminal businessman. A novel written by John Lescroart, The First Law, also weaves a story line around the Patrol Specials.
See also
Security police
Illinois Police Reserves
References
External links
San Francisco Patrol Special Police
San Francisco Patrol Special neighborhood policing
San Francisco Patrol Special Information
Law enforcement in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Police Department | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Francisco%20Patrol%20Special%20Police |
Lois June Ramsey (; 18 June 1922 – 22 January 2016) also billed as Lois Ramsay, was an Australian actress, best known for her regular roles on television series The Box and Prisoner as two different characters. As a character actress of both drama and comic roles in numerous serials, she often played quirky, eccentric old ladies on television soap operas.
Career
The Box and Prisoner
She was a major cast member of the 1970s soap opera The Box as tea lady Mrs. Hopkins, appearing for the entire run of the serial. She also had 2 prominent stints in Prisoner—firstly as dotty social worker Agnes Forster in 1980 in 1985 as an elderly inmate Ettie Parslow, who thought that the Second World War was still going on.
Television and film roles
She had numerous roles in TV soap opera/serials including Crawford Productions serials Homicide, The Sullivans, Cop Shop, as well as A Country Practice, E Street, Home and Away, and Blue Heelers, Always Greener and All Saints and the films Crackerjack and BoyTown.
AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series for a performance in the television series Grass Roots.
Stage roles
Also a stage actress, she was one of the founders of the Flinders Street Revue Company in 1961 and appeared later she appeared in numerous productions with both the Sydney Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company.
Personal life
Born to Bill and Maud Dickson, she married Cuthbert Ward Ramsey on 25 September 1943. They had two children: writer/director Stephen Ramsey and the late actress Penny Ramsey.
Filmography
FILM
TELEVISION
References
External links
1922 births
2016 deaths
AACTA Award winners
Actresses from Adelaide
Australian film actresses
Australian soap opera actresses
Australian stage actresses
20th-century Australian actresses
21st-century Australian actresses | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois%20Ramsey |
Ballyteague GFC is a Gaelic football club in Kilmeage, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, club of the year in 1980, winners of junior, and intermediate in successive years 1972-1973 and senior finalists in 1974.
History
RIC records from 1890 show that Boherkill and Kilmoney club had 50 members with officers listed as Edward Delaney, Edward Loughlin, and John Flynn senior and junior listed as officers. Ballyteague affiliated 1927–51, founded by Mick Behan, Paddy Nugent and Jack Gilligan while Dinny Dunny, father of Pat, was one of the original players. The original colours were vertical stripes of red and green.
Gaelic football
After re-affiliating in 1951, Ballyteague won Junior B in 1962. Joe McTeague, Seamus Brennan, Martin Nugent, John Jacob and later Tommy Herbert spearheaded their from junior to senior in three years. Their introduction to senior football was an eight-point win over Round Towers and they then eliminated Clane and played a memorable three-game semi-final saga against area side St. Wolstan's. At half time in the 1974 county final they were 0-5 to 0-1 ahead against Carbury, but failed to score in the second half and lost 2-9 to 0–5. When they were promoted to senior again after 1991 they beat Sarsfields and Round Towers in the championship. The club stages the popular Herbert Cup tournament. Famous supporters include Pat Nevin (former Everton Great) and Tom Doyle who once quoted "Are you bringin on a sub or what?"
Kildare Senior Football Championship Finalists 1974
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: 1973, 1991, 2022
Kildare Junior A Football Championship 1972, 1988
Kildare Junior B Football Championship: (1) 1962
Kildare Intermediate Football League: (1) 1967
Kildare Football League Division 2: (1) 1972
Kildare Football League Division 3: Winners (3) 2002, 2015, 2018
Kildare Junior Football League: (2) 1928, 1979
Kildare Minor Football League: (1) 1981
Kildare Under 14 Division 2 Football Championship: (1) 2004
Kildare Under 14 Kildare Football Feile B: (1) 2004
Kildare Intermediate B Football Championship: (2) 2005, 2007
Kildare Under 12 Football Championship: (1) 2007
Kildare Reserve E Football Championship: (2) 2017, 2022
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballyteague%20GFC |
Kigali International Airport , formerly known as Kanombe International Airport, is the primary airport serving Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Currently, there is an ongoing project to build another mega-airport in Bugesera District, Eastern Province, which will be the biggest and the main air gateway for all destinations in the country, in addition to serving as a transit airport for Goma and Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. There are 4 airlines based in Kigali: RwandAir, the flag carrier airline of Rwanda; Akagera Aviation, a Rwandan heli-company; Tempus Jet, an American airline providing charter flights; and Nexus Aero, a Saudi VIP airline.
Location
The airport is located in the suburb of Kanombe Sector, at the eastern edge of Kigali, approximately , by road, east of the central business district of the city of Kigali.
History
During the Rwandan Civil War, Kigali airport was a major strategic point. Since Rwanda is a landlocked nation, this represented the only easy way in and out of the country. The airport had two runways, but after the Arusha Accords, one runway was closed down after a request from the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). Later, in April 1994, President Habyarimana's plane was shot down. It is disputed whether the RPF or the Rwandan Defence Forces (FAR) shot down the plane. This event triggered a renewal of the civil war and the beginning of the Rwandan genocide.
Passenger traffic
In 2008, the airport served 145,189 passengers, and about 290,000 passengers in 2010. In May 2011, the Rwanda CAA announced that Kigali airport will be upgraded to meet the strong demand. Works started in October 2012 and will be completed in May 2014. In 2012, data from Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority shows that passenger traffic through Kigali International Airport grew by 30 per cent to 488,903 last year, up from 377,327 in 2011. The airport handled over 300 flights a week. The airport is designed to handle 400,000 passengers per year. International and domestic passenger numbers were nearly 600,000 in 2013, while there were about 400 weekly flights. International and domestic passenger numbers totaled 710,000 in 2016.
Facilities
There are three terminals at Kigali. The main two-story terminal was built to replace the single-story building, now housing the VIP terminal. The main terminal can handle 6 small-to-midsized aircraft, but also up to a Boeing 747 jet. The south side of the runway has two helicopter pads with access to the main runway, used by military helicopters. A cargo terminal is also located at the airport. The latest upgrades to tarmac and support systems were made in 2002. There is free Wi-Fi in the airport waiting area. In 2014, Kigali Airport ranked as the seventh-best regional airport in Africa, because of its capacity to respond to disaster, through its fire department (Category Nine), the second-best according to International Aviation Organisation standards.
Rwandair has its head office on the top floor of the airport main building. The airline previously had its head office in Centenary House in Kigali. The airline began moving its operations from Centenary House to the airport on Friday 14 May 2010. The airline was scheduled to be moved in by Monday 17 May 2010.
In addition, Akagera Aviation and the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority have their offices at the airport.
New Kigali (Bugesera) International Airport
There are plans to replace the current airport with a new one located south of Kigali on the south side of the Nyabarongo River in Bugesera. A new airport location is needed as the existing airport does not allow for upgrades such as additional runways and other facilities. The new airport will have one runway, with provisions for a second one to be added later. Construction activities for this airport started in 2017 and are planned to be completed in 2022.
In September 2016, a contract between the Rwandan government and Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção África, S.A., a Portuguese firm, was signed. The company will construct the airport in two phases with works on the first phase now scheduled to begin in June 2017. After finishing the first phase by December 2018, Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção África, S.A. will subsequently operate the airport for 25 years. The airport will have a capacity of 1.7 million passengers per year. A second phase that is planned to be built after that is supposed to raise the capacity of the airport to 4.5 million passengers per year. Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção África, S.A. will cover the costs of US$418 million for the first phase and US$400 million for the second phase, leading to a total investment of US$818 million. As compensation, the company has the right to keep the profits from operating the airport. Under the agreement, the Rwandan government won't have to contribute to the costs of construction and operation.
In March 2019, the government confirmed that some works were temporarily put on hold in order for a redesign to take place. The redesign will ensure that the airport is up to international standards.
In December 2019, Qatar's state-owned airline, Qatar Airways, collaborated with the Rwanda Development Board to purchase a 60% stake in the Bugesera International Airport. Infrastructure minister Claver Gatete said, “We are looking for a bigger sized airport. That's why we are looking for a bigger investor.”
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Incidents and accidents
6 April 1994 – A Falcon 50 owned by and carrying then-president of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana was shot down while approaching the airport, killing all 12 aboard including Habyarimana and then-president of Burundi, Cyprien Ntaryamira, who were returning from a meeting to end the Rwandan civil war. The wreckage landed in front of the presidential palace. The attack was blamed on Tutsi rebels, and, as a result, within one hour of the crash Interahamwe militias began the Rwandan genocide. There is no consensus on who actually shot down or ordered the attack on the plane.
1 June 2004 – An Antonov 32 owned by Sun Air (9XR-SN), reportedly suffered some problems with the left main undercarriage after takeoff from Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The airplane was headed for Goma, but diverted to Kigali for an emergency landing. The aircraft crashed on landing, causing the Russian pilots and Congolese passengers to sustain serious injuries. The An-32 involved in the accident had been detained in Goma mid-July 2003 because it carried a shipment of armaments destined for a Rwanda-backed militia in the Congolese Kasai region.
12 November 2009, RwandAir Flight 205, a Bombardier CRJ-100 crashed into a VIP terminal shortly after an emergency landing; out of the 10 passengers and 5 crew, 1 passenger died.
References
External links
Information on the airport from WINNE
The A-Z World Airports page on Kigali International
An interview with John Nkongoli, Managing Director of Rwanda Airports Authority
Airports in Rwanda
Airport
Airports | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigali%20International%20Airport |
Ohio is divided into 15 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2010 census, Ohio lost two House seats due to slow population growth compared to the national average, and a new map was signed into law on September 26, 2011. Starting in the 2022 midterms, per the 2020 United States census, Ohio will lose a congressional seat.
Current districts and representatives
The following table is a list of members of the United States House delegation from Ohio, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation in the 118th United States Congress has a total of 15 members, with 10 Republicans and 5 Democrats.
Historical district boundaries
Obsolete districts
Ohio's at-large congressional district
Ohio's 16th congressional district
Ohio's 17th congressional district
Ohio's 18th congressional district
Ohio's 19th congressional district
Ohio's 20th congressional district
Ohio's 21st congressional district
Ohio's 22nd congressional district
Ohio's 23rd congressional district
Ohio's 24th congressional district
Redistricting challenges
2019 challenge
On May 3, 2019, a three-judge panel from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio declared Ohio's 2012 district map contrary to Article One of the United States Constitution, as "an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander" and ordered "the enactment of a constitutionally viable replacement" prior to the 2020 elections. An appeal made to the U.S. Supreme Court resulted in the order to redraw the map being nullified.
2022 redistricting
On November 17, 2021, after lengthy discussions, a new map was passed by the Ohio House of Representatives 55-36, along party lines, with no Democrat voting in favor of the map. The map was sent to Governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine, where he accepted it 3 days later on November 20.
The map has been controversial, as Democrats accuse the map of being purposefully designed to benefit Republicans. By December 7, 2021, six lawsuits had been filed against the new 15-seat congressional map, citing it as "racially discriminatory". The proposed map favors Republican to Democratic districts by a 12-3 margin.
On January 14, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court declared the map a partisan gerrymander, violating Article XIX of the Constitution of Ohio, in a 4-3 decision. The Ohio General Assembly had 30 days to draw a new map.
On March 16, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the new proposed state legislative district map for the third time. In spite of the decision, the primary elections scheduled to take place on May 3 were held using the second set of districts. Even though the maps were struck down, the state’s constitution allows for the second version to be used for the primary elections because a third proposal won’t be ready until after the May 3 primary.
See also
List of United States congressional districts
United States congressional delegations from Ohio
History of 19th-century congressional redistricting in Ohio
References
External links | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%27s%20congressional%20districts |
is a Japanese shōjo manga artist, best known for the manga Saint Tail, which was also adapted into an anime series. She made her manga debut in 1992 with 16-sai no Tiara, which was nominated for the 'New Face' manga award.
Works
The Wildcat Constellation (one-shot)
16-sai no Tiara (16歳のティアラ) (one-shot)
Asagao no Portrait (one-shot)
Haru wo Yobu Orugoru (one-shot)
Kujira ga Tonda Hi (one-shot)
Hi~ Fu~ Mi~ (one-shot)
Manatsu ni Just Meet (one-shot)
Hot Typhoon (熱烈台風娘 read ホットタイフーン Hotto Taifūn)
Yumekui Annainin (夢食案内人) subtitled: "The Dream-Eating Guidance Girl"
Saint Tail (怪盗セイント・テール Kaitou Saint Tail)
Dream Saga (夢幻伝説 タカマガハラ Mugen Densetsu Takamagahara, subtitled Dream Saga)
Cyber Idol Mink (電脳少女☆Mink Dennō Shōjo Mink)
Delivery Boy ~ The Legendary House Keeper ("Delivery Boy ~ Densetsu no House Keeper")
References
Ultimate Manga Guide page on Tachikawa
External links
MEGUMI-YA Tachikawa's specialty publishing site
Living people
Women manga artists
Manga artists from Tokyo
Japanese female comics artists
Year of birth missing (living people) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megumi%20Tachikawa |
Broadford is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Ireland, winners of two senior hurling and 16 senior camogie titles. It enlists players from a radius of twenty miles from the Boyne bridge in Edenderry, Leinster bridge in Clonard, Blackwater bridge in Enfield and Barney Bridge in Allenwood. Mick Moore was selected at full-forward on the Kildare hurling team of the millennium.
History
Balyna (described in 1908 as the only purely hurling club in the county) and Moyvalley were affiliated in 1907. Garriskar also competed in the 1910s and Johnstownbridge in the 1920s and 1930s. Broadford affiliated in 1923 but had been in existence for three years beforehand, winning a gold medal tournament in Meath with seven Bourkes on the team. Patsy Loughrey was one of the founding fathers, and Father James organised a house to house collection that yielded IR£2 10s. for the club's first set of jerseys. Dermot Bourke, brother of dual All Ireland medalist Frank, was responsible for re-organising the club after it regarded junior in 1950. Bourke played for 34 years before collecting a county medal in 1960, scoring one of Broadford’s goals in the final.
Gaelic Football
Broadford hurlers play Gaelic football with Clogherinkoe, Johnstownbridge or Carbury.
Hurling
The club were beaten in 11 county finals before they won the double in 1960 and 1961 defeating Military College on home ground in Thomastown. Fourteen Carbury natives fielded with Broadford while Military College had five inter-county players and no Kildare natives. Broadford won by 3-2 to 1-5. Joe Costigan, Pat and John Cummins, Ted Duffy and John Ennis were all participants in the victory. Broadford repeated the act a year later, when they beat their predecessors as county champions, Athy, by three points.
Camogie
Founded in 1967, the club dominated camogie in Kildare between 1978 and 1993, beating Carbury 10-15 to nil in the 1991 final and winning Leinster junior club title in 1987. In all they won 16 senior and two junior championships. Miriam Malone-Miggin is considered the county’s greatest camogie player.
Honours
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship Winners (2) 1960, 1961
Kildare Senior Hurling League: (1) 1988
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship Finalists 1925, 1936, 1934, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1969
Kildare Junior/Intermediate Hurling Championship (6) 1939, 1956, 1976, 1981, 1987, 2002
Kildare Junior Hurling Championship Finalists (9) 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1987
Kildare Junior Hurling League (3) 1974, 1976, 1981
Leinster Junior Camogie Championship (1) 1987
Kildare Senior Camogie Championship 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1993..
Kildare Junior Camogie Championship (1) 1967
Kildare Senior Camogie League (14) 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993
Kildare girls Junior champions (1) 2008
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Broadford GAA on GaelicGames.In
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Hurling clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadford%20GAA |
Cappagh is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. It was the Kildare club of the year in 1998.
History
Cappagh was founded by Paddy Butler and John Murray in the aftermath of the Easter Rising. Their grounds in Ballyvauneen, southwest of Cappagh, were purchased in 1971 and their dressing room complex opened in 1995.
Gaelic Football
Kerryman Tadhg Downey played at corner forward on the 1939 Kildare championship team. At Downey's behest, Cappagh adopted the red jerseys of the Dingle club, worn by Kerry in the 1938 All Ireland final. They amalgamated with Kilcock 1938-41 and 1955-62 Jim Daly and Pat Lyons played on the Kildare team in 1950.
Hurling
Under 15's down to Nursery.
Hurling was introduced at Nursery level in 2010 by current hurling coordinator Tom Murray. They won their first hurling trophy with their u12 div 4 in 2015. On the same day their u12 team in Div 2 narrowly lost to Kilcock in their final. They were also named hurling club of the year by Kildare north Board. This was followed up with the u12 winning div 2 in 2016 and being promoted to div 1 for the following year. In 2016 Cappagh amalgamated with Broadford at u14, under the name Northern Gaels. They played in Féile and lost to Celbridge in the final and went on to win the shield final in the shield again against Celbridge. The Northern Gaels followed this up with winning the shield final in the u15 in the autumn 2016.
Camogie
Founded on 5 October March 1972 by Molly O’Donoghue and Lena Downey winners of 20 titles at under-age level and are the only camogie club to have their own pitch. The original club colours were grey and white, now grey red and white. Cappagh hosted the National League Division 2 final of 1980. In 1978 they became the first club in Kildare to achieve the Kildare Senior Camogie Championship- Kildare Junior Camogie Championship double.
Honours
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship (1) 1946 Finalists 1944
Leinster Leader Cup Finalists 1946
Kildare Junior B Football Championship (2) 1975, 1990 Finalists 1978
Kildare Junior Football Championship Finalists 1942
Kildare Senior Football League Division 3: Champions (1) 1977
Kildare Junior C Football Championship (1) 1975
Kildare Junior 7-A-Side Championship (1) 2005
The Leinster Leader Junior Club Cup (2) 1997, 2006
Bord na nÓg Football Under 13s Div4 League Champions (1) 2009
Bord na nOg Football under 14 Div 4 League Champions 2010.
Féile DivC Football Champions 2011
Kildare Ladies football Under 13's Div3 Championship (1) 2014
Kildare Under-12 Div. Championship (1) 2015
Kildare Camogie Under-21 Championship (1) 2015
Kildare Camogie senior shield Championship (1) 2015.
Kildare Under-12 Hurling Div. 2 Championship (1) 2016
Kildare Under-12 Shield Championship - Northern Gaels (Cappagh & Broadford amalgamation) Spring 2016.
Kildare Under-15 Shield Championship Northern Gaels Autumn 2016
Kildare Camogie Under-12 Championship (1) 2017
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappagh%20GAA |
Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport is a public airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, owned by the city of Bridgeport. It is three miles (6 km) southeast of downtown, in the town of Stratford. It was formerly Bridgeport Municipal Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a general aviation facility. It has three fixed-base operators (FBOs) and several private hangars.
In 2016 Tailwind Air Service started seaplane flights between Sikorsky and the New York Skyports Seaplane Base in central Manhattan.
History
The airport was originally Avon Field, a racetrack where aircraft landed on the grass infield. It was the site of the country's first air show held in 1911, on the grounds of what is now St. Michaels Cemetery. It became known as Mollison Field after Captain Jim Mollison's crash landing there in 1933 during an attempt to fly across the Atlantic. The City of Bridgeport purchased the airport in 1937, after which it became Bridgeport Municipal Airport.
In 1972 it was rededicated as the Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport, honoring its most famous tenant, Igor Sikorsky, who selected Stratford as the site for his Sikorsky Aviation Corporation in 1929.
In the 1950s American Airlines stopped at Bridgeport, one Convair a day; American left in 1960. Allegheny Airlines then provided service until 1976.
In the 1980s the airport was served by five carriers or their regional affiliates: Business Express Airlines, Continental Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, US Air and United Express. In 1992 airlines flew from Bridgeport to several cities in the northeast, including Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Boston and Newark.
The airport has been the subject of heated debate in Stratford and Bridgeport. While the City of Bridgeport owns the airport, the whole property is in the Town of Stratford. Before the end of World War II little more than salt marshes surrounded the airport, but in the 1950s and 1960s Stratford permitted extensive residential development in the Lordship area near the airfield. Bridgeport has pushed for runway and terminal expansion, hoping to attract new service to the airport, arguing that service to the airport is necessary for the growth of Bridgeport's economy. Stratford has opposed terminal expansion and runway lengthening that would interfere with existing roads. Even when the airport was served by major carriers, Stratford advocated for limits on flights because of noise in the Lordship and South End neighborhoods. In 2003 the Federal Aviation Administration mandated the lengthening of the two runways with unpaved safety overruns at each end. Stratford and Connecticut officials have resisted the FAA effort to install the overruns, but the FAA has notified Stratford, Bridgeport and state officials that it may obtain a federal court order to use eminent domain to complete the overruns.
In June 2006 US Helicopter began scheduled flights to New York's Downtown Manhattan Heliport, continuing to John F. Kennedy International Airport. This was the first airline service since 1999. On September 25, 2009 US Helicopter suddenly shut down.
In February 2007 state legislators from Bridgeport, in an effort to force expansion, introduced legislation allowing the State of Connecticut to take over the airport. Officials from Stratford would prefer the town take ownership of the airport and oppose the proposed state takeover.
In October 2016 runway 6-24 re-opened after closing in late 2014 so a 300-foot length of engineered materials arrestor system (EMAS) could be installed at its east end.
Facilities
The airport covers 800 acres (324 ha) at an elevation of 9 feet (3 m). It has two asphalt runways: 11/29 is 4,761 by 150 feet (1,451 x 46 m) and 6/24 is 4,677 by 100 feet (1,426 x 30 m).
Each runway has a runway safety area that does not meet FAA requirements. Both are wide enough, but 6/24 is 10% and 11-29 is 25% of the required length.
In the year ending February 28, 2019, the airport averaged 136 aircraft operations per day: 94% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and <1% military. 155 aircraft were based at the airport: 107 single-engine, 32 jet, 10 multi-engine, 5 helicopter, and one glider.
Airships
At over 800 acres, the airport has room for a number of airships, usually moored south of the 11-29 runway. Often blimps use Sikorsky as a base for flyovers of regional sporting events because of lack of space at other airports, security concerns, and avoiding controlled airspace around cities and larger airports. Approximately 20 dockings are made per year.
Visitors have included the Ameriquest, Fuji, Hood,. Metlife, and Monster.Com airships.
Helicopters
Connecticut Airpad 37 (CT 37) is a private-use heliport active since November 1960, featuring two asphalt helipad landing facilities called H1 and H2.
Stratford Eagles Composite Squadron
The Stratford Eagles Composite Squadron is a member group of the non-profit and all-volunteer Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol, which is an official auxiliary of the United States Air Force, carrying the designation NER-CT-022. It performs various duties such as pilot training, search and rescue, disaster relief, and fire watch.
Formed in 1963, the group moved to its present World War II era barracks on west side of the airport at 1100 Stratford Road in 1972. A predecessor group of the same name had been active in spotting German U-boats and air-sea rescue operations during the war from the airfield.
In September 2016 Major Kenneth Fortes was named squadron commander, and was the first African-American to lead a Connecticut Wing squadron. As of May 2018, the current squadron commander is Captain Robert Talley.
Curtiss and Sikorsky hangars
A historically important structure on the airport's grounds is the Curtiss Hangar, built in 1928 by Glenn Curtiss. The hangar served as the home of a branch of the Curtiss Flying School for several years. In 1930, Sikorsky began flying boat production next to the hangar including the Pan AM Clipper. Early Sikorsky helicopter development, including the first practical helicopter, the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 occurred on the grounds.
The Curtiss hangar was referred to as "Hangar 1", while the Sikorsky hangar was referred to as "Hangar 2".
Howard Hughes kept aircraft in the hangar, Amelia Earhart visited, and Charles Lindbergh test piloted the Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" in the 1940s. During World War II 8000 Chance-Vought F4U Corsair fighter-bombers were produced across the street and flown from the hangar for the war in the Pacific. The XF4U prototype was stored in the hangar.
In 2018 the Connecticut Air and Space Center announced that the hangar is being restored into a museum of flight focusing on locally manufactured aircraft including a Chance-Vought F4U Corsair, a replica of the Gustave Whitehead 1901 flyer and a Sikorsky S-60 helicopter.
Airlines and destinations
Cargo
There are no cargo operators at BDR at this time.
Notable events
In October 2018 an emergency landing was made by a L-39 Albatros, a Czechoslovakian-made jet trainer, after it lost a piece of its landing gear. There were no injuries.
In May 2017 the World War II B-17 bomber Yankee Lady visited the airport. It was then one of nine operational B-17 bombers in the world.
On 27 September 2013 the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics named the airport and the former Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Plant as an aerospace historic landmark.
In 1999, scheduled air service was halted.
On July 3, 1995 an experimental single-engine turbofan aircraft was written off when the pilot, 28-year-old Grace Easterby, lost visual contact with the ground and struck the BJ's Wholesale Club water tower in Bridgeport after taking off from Sikorsky Memorial. Easterby suffered only cosmetic injuries.
On April 27, 1994, a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftan, registration N990RA, operated by Action Air Charters, overshot the 6-24 runway and struck a fence, killing eight of the nine aboard.
On November 1, 1992 President George H. W. Bush gave a speech at this airport.
On October 17, 1962 President John F. Kennedy gave a speech at the airport.
In June 1933 a de Havilland Dragon named "Seafarer" flown by Jim Mollison and Amy Johnson crashed-landed. The aviators survived but the plane was a complete loss.
In 1919 a Curtiss JN-4 crashed.
See also
Connecticut World War II Army Airfields
List of airports in Connecticut
Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge
Sikorsky Aircraft
References
External links
Sikorsky Memorial Airport at City of Bridgeport website
Lordship aviation history
Aerial image as of April 1991 from USGS The National Map
Airports established in 1911
Airports in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Buildings and structures in Stratford, Connecticut
Transportation in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Connecticut
1911 establishments in Connecticut | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky%20Memorial%20Airport |
Lew McCreary (born September 21, 1947) is an American author, editor, and speaker.
McCreary was born on September 21, 1947. He has authored three novels to sparse but positive reviews; in the New York Times book review of 1991's The Minus Man, acclaimed author Anne Rice said, "This is a challenging, disturbing and deeply memorable novel." In 1999 The Minus Man was made into an independent film starring Owen Wilson, Brian Cox, Janeane Garofalo, Mercedes Ruehl and several other notable actors, as well as Sheryl Crow and Dwight Yoakam.
In addition to his novels, McCreary has worked as a Senior Editor for the Harvard Business Review and previously as editorial director of CXO Media, Inc., founding the security publication CSO Magazine and frequently serving a source for media outlets on issues of technology and security. He has served as a technology consultant for The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press and has appeared on syndicated radio shows such as Marketplace as well as Bloomberg Radio, UPI Radio, Wall Street Journal Radio and USA Radio. McCreary's broadcast credits also include appearances on CNN and CNBC as well as WBZ-TV (Boston), WGBH-TV (Boston), and New England Cable News.
He has also written a number of unpublished novels.
McCreary graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in English, and lives in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Novels
Mount's Mistake 1987
The Minus Man 1991
The Houseguest 2001
References
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/20/books/crime-mystery-poetry-and-poison.html
http://imdb.com/name/nm0566974/
https://web.archive.org/web/20060329081124/http://www.newenglandfilm.com/news/archives/99august/mcceary.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20060114183924/http://www.cio.com/info/expert.html?ID=10017
1947 births
Living people
Harvard University staff
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
Wesleyan University alumni
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew%20McCreary |
Castledermot GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of three senior hurling championships, first winners of the intermediate football and senior camogie championships, Kildare Club of the year in 2004 and home club of All Ireland football finalist of 1935 Pat Byrne, who played for the club 1925-1942. Jimmy Curran was goalkeeper on the Kildare hurling team of the millennium.
History
Castledermot GAA was founded at a meeting attended by a dozen people and chaired by Fr Ryan CC on February 17, 1889. RIC records from 1890 show four clubs in the area. Castledermot had 40 members with officers listed as J Lyon, Matt Lawlor, Pat Byrne and Richard Germane. Ballyhade Pallatine had 70 members with Michael Malone, Pat Doyle and John Hoel recorded as officers. Graney club had 50 members, with P McLaughlin, Peter Byrne, Michael Kavanagh and James Murray recorded as officers. Kilkea Geraldines had 40 members with PJ Kennedy, William Farrell, John B Ryan and Martin Lawlor recorded as officers. The club played at Barnhill, moved to Abbeyland and to their current grounds at Woodlands in 1970.
Gaelic Football
Pat Byrne played in two All Ireland finals and won three Railway Cup medals for Leinster. The club won three intermediate championships, but only after the 1932 Intermediate football final against Newbridge was abandoned after a ferocious fight brought it to a premature end and the fight exploded on to the streets of Athy. “Not since the elections of 1927 has a baton been drawn in Athy until last Sunday when owing to the behaviour of the followers of the visiting football teams it became imperative to use force’ the Carlow Nationalist reported. Castledermot won Intermediate championships in 1963 and 1985. In 2007 the Ladies Football Team Won Division 4. It was a great success for the Ladies team.
Hurling
St Dermot’s hurling club was founded by Tipperary natives Tony Ryan and Dermot McKenna in 1958. Martin Duffy, Jack Hanlon and Pat ‘The Barber’ Byrne. Andy Byrne, Jim Curran and Frank Deering features on Kildare’s successful hurling teams of the 1960s and 1970s and Greg Deering spearheaded a team which went to the 1983 senior final. A minor three-in-a-row 1978–80 managed by R.E. Byrne laid the foundation for three senior successes in the 1990s.
Camogie
Founded in 1932 by Cork woman Bridie McCarthy, Castledermot beat Athy and Carbury to win the 1933 and 1934 senior championships. Nine of the eleven Kildare girls to play Wicklow in 1934 came from the club.
Honours
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship (3) 1988, 1989, 1992
Kildare Junior Hurling Championship (1) 1982
Kildare Minor Hurling Championship (3) 1978, 1979, 1980
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship (5) 1928, 1932, 1963, 1985, 2015
Kildare Junior Football Championship: (3) 1957, 1979. 2004
Kildare Junior B Football Championship (1) 1956
Kildare Senior Football League Division 4 (1) 2004
Keogh Cup Winners (1) 2004
Kildare Division 4 Junior Football League (1) 2005
Kildare Senior Camogie Championship (2) 1933, 1934
Kildare Division 2 Camogie League (1) 2012
Bibliography
Carbury Gaelic Football Club: A History by John Cummins, Cumann Peile Cairbre Ua gCiardha,. 1984 256pp.
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare
Hurling clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castledermot%20GAA |
BDR may refer to:
Technology
BD-R or Blu-ray Disc recordable
Backup Designated Router, the router interfaced used in the Open Shortest Path First protocol if the designated router fails
Backcountry Discovery Routes, US-base non-profit organization that creates off-highway routes for dual-sport and adventure motorcycle travel
Backup and Disaster Recovery appliance
PostgreSQL Bi Directional Replication
Other uses
Bangladesh Rifles, now Border Guard Bangladesh
Belajar dari Rumah, an Indonesian television block
Big Dad Ritch, lead vocalist for American heavy metal band Texas Hippie Coalition
Bilateral Digit Reduction, in fossil birds
Bill Davis Racing, a NASCAR team
German Cycling Federation (Bund Deutscher Radfahrer)
Sikorsky Memorial Airport (FAA and IATA codes) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDR |
Benningbroek is a village in the northwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Medemblik, North Holland about 40 km north of Amsterdam. On the western side, Benningbroek has merged with Sijbekarspel.
The village was first mentioned around 1338 as Bennenbroech, and means "swampy land of the people of Benne (person)". Bennebroek developed in the 11th century as a peat excavation settlement.
The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled church with a tall spire from the 16th century. The choir was demolished at the end of the 18th century.
Benningbroek was home to 461 people in 1840. In 1887, a joint railway station with Sijbekarspel opened on the Hoorn to Medemblik railway line. The line closed in 1941.
Gallery
References
Populated places in North Holland
Medemblik | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benningbroek |
Celbridge is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. They were awarded Kildare GAA club of the year in 2008, winners of the Kildare senior football championship of 2008, finalists in the senior football league of 1923, 1988 and 2008 and won the Kildare senior hurling and camogie championships in 2005. The club has also won several honours at underage levels in all three codes, qualifying for national finals in football, hurling and camogie at the 2008 Féile.
History
Celbridge GAA club was formed in July 1885. In the early 1990s, a new executive committee began the task of raising funds to build the present club house.
Gaelic football
Barney Rock managed the Celbridge team when they won their first ever Kildare Senior Football Championship in 2008, defeating Newbridge Sarsfields by 1–10 to 0–11. Celbridge won the 1922 Junior F final and first played in the final of the Leinster Leader Cup of 1923, played in 1924. Owen 'Skipper' Murphy captained the team which won the Intermediate championship in 1936. Martin Byrne was selected for Kildare after that win. Celbridge played senior football again in the late 1980s after a victory in the 1987 Intermediate championship and reached the 1989 county semi-final by a point to Clane. Area side with Celbridge, St Wolstan's fought a semi-final battle with Ballyteague in 1974 that took three matches to decide and another in 1975 with Clane that took two matches. They also lost the 1976 quarter-final in a replay. Shelbourne F.C.'s youth international soccer player Vincent McKenna lined out with St. Wolstan's, and scored an equaliser in that first semi-final against Ballyteague. Celbridge contested the 2008 SFL Division One final for the first time in two decades, losing only one game throughout the series, winning twelve and drawing three.
Former Clare manager Micheál McDermott was appointed in November 2022.
Hurling
Celbridge has won eight senior hurling Championships in Kildare. On 2 October 2011, Celbridge completed a three-in-a-row of championship titles when they beat local rivals Confey 2–16 to 0–15. In 2009 and 2010, they beat Coill Dubh in both finals. Their previous successes dates back to 1921 and then again in 2005, with Jimmy Doyle as team manager in 2005. In the interim, between 2005 and 2009, the team missed out narrowly in three county semi-finals. The club have had three Kildare "hurler of the year" winners, Donal Moloney (2005), Tony Murphy (2009) and Mark Moloney (2010). In previous years, Billy White, Tony Murphy, Mattie O' Dowd and Niall O' Muineachain have won Christy Ring all-star awards. Billy White was nominated for Christy Ring Hurler of the Year in 2007. The senior hurlers were also crowned All-Ireland Intermediate Elevens Champions in 2011. Celbridge went on to win senior county titles in 2013, 2016, and 2018. The club's first minor title was won in 2000. Celbridge were named Kildare Hurling Club of the year 2010.
Camogie
Celbridge's camogie team was formed by Fr Val Martin in 1953 but lapsed 1972-1977 and 1989–1995. The club joined with Straffan in 1961, and won the 1962 junior championship. In 1977, the club revived and won the junior league in 1978 and junior championship and league double in 1985. St Wolstan's play in Dublin colleges competition. Bridget Cushen was selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century. Senior and u-21 championship winners 2005. Celbridge won the 2006 senior championship and narrowly missed out on a "three-in-a-row" after defeat in the 2007 decider to St Laurences.
Susan O'Carroll and Deirdre Corcoran have been nominated for national All-Stars while O'Carroll was named on the Ashbourne Cup All-Stars, while playing for the University College Dublin team in 2007 and 2008.
Honours
Kildare Senior Football Championship: (1) 2008
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship: (8) 1921, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 2013, 2016, 2018
Kildare Senior Football League Division 1: (1) 2014
Kildare Senior Football League Division 2: (1) 2002
Kildare Senior Hurling League 2003, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: (2) 1987, 2002
Kildare Intermediate Hurling Championship (3) 2007, 2008, 2013
Kildare Intermediate Hurling League (8) 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014
Kildare Senior Football league Div.7 (1) 2008
Kildare Under 21 Football Championship: (3) 2005, 2012, 2014
Kildare U-21 Hurling Championship (5) 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2015
Kildare Minor Hurling Champions (7) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012
Kildare Minor Hurling League (1) 2012
Kildare Minor Football Championship (2) 2011,2020
Kildare Minor Football League Div. 1 (3) 2010, 2011 & 2012
Kildare Junior Football Championship (3) 1923, 1958, 1986
Kildare Junior Hurling Championship (2) 1991, 2002
Kildare Junior Camogie championship (4) 1962, 2000 (combined with Straffan), 1985, 2001,
Kildare Junior Camogie League(2) 1985, 2000
Kildare Senior Camogie League (4) 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014
Kildare Minor Camogie Championship (3) 2012, 2013, 2014
Kildare U-21 Camogie Championship (6) 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013
Kildare Senior Camogie Championship (5) 2005, 2006, 2010, 2020, 2021
Bibliography
Celbridge GAA by Darragh MacIntyre (Celbridge GAA 1984)
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000– in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904–2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
Celbridge GAA Millennium Yearbook 2000, by John Moriarity
Celbridge GAA Yearbook, by Niall Lanigan 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
References
External links
Celbridge GAA site
Celbridge
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Hurling clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celbridge%20GAA |
Sikorsky Airport can refer to:
Sikorsky Memorial Airport, public airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport, international airport in Kyiv, Ukraine | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky%20Airport |
Child labour in Botswana is defined as the exploitation of children through any form of work which is harmful to their physical, mental, social and moral development. Child labour in Botswana is characterised by the type of forced work at an associated age, as a result of reasons such as poverty and household-resource allocations. child labour in Botswana is not of higher percentage according to studies. The United States Department of Labor states that due to the gaps in the national frameworks, scarce economy, and lack of initiatives, “children in Botswana engage in the worst forms of child labour”. The International Labour Organization is a body of the United Nations which engages to develop labour policies and promote social justice issues. The International Labour Organization (ILO) in convention 138 states the minimum required age for employment to act as the method for "effective abolition of child labour" through establishing minimum age requirements and policies for countries when ratified. Botswana ratified the Minimum Age Convention in 1995, establishing a national policy allowing children at least fourteen-years old to work in specified conditions. Botswana further ratified the ILO's Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, convention 182, in 2000.
The ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) funded the country in regard to the Towards the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour programme (TECL) in Botswana. In 2004 the Programme Advisory Committee on Child Labour (PACC) was founded to overlook the Towards the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (TECL) in Botswana . Some studies have argumentative stances upon the dealing of child labour in Botswana. As stated by Eva Procek in her 2006 Discussion document on Child Labour in Botswana "explicit time-bound strategies to address child labour and worst forms of child labour specifically have not been developed".
Current findings of child labour in Botswana
The United States of Labour has carried out a study into the issue of child labour in Botswana and has reported findings. The United States Department of Labor in their 2018 Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports, for Botswana, has stated that “Botswana has made minimal advancement towards eliminating child labour in 2018”. The United States Department of Labor further states that "Botswana engages in the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor in cattle herding, and forced domestic work, each sometimes as a result of human trafficking". Gaps in the legal system alongside poorly directed social initiatives, as stated by The United States Department of Labor have resulted in contemporary accounts of child labour in Botswana.
Causes
The International Labour Organization accounts that Children "work for survival" and for other reasons which have repressed their ability to act freely. Underlying factors such as geographic location, demographics and poverty are some causes of child labour in Botswana.
Geographic
Botswana is a landlocked country situated in the south-west division of Africa. Sonia Bhalotra in her OECD SOCIAL, EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION WORKING PAPERS study states that due to "stagnated economic growth, HIV/AIDS, conflict, famine and poor hygiene has escalated the issue of child labour in Sub-Saharan Africa". The 2016 Global Estimates of Child Labour ILO report states that "one in five African Children face child labour". The report states that in the continent 72.1 million children work as labourers and 31.5 million work in hazardous conditions, with this being more than-twice the amount in comparison to other regions. Findings from the 2016 Global Estimates of Child Labour ILO report show that the agriculture sector across the continent accounts for 85% of child labourers, of many working in family enterprises and farms, primarily engaging in commercial farming or livestock herding. Further, traditional approaches in African communities have seen children leaving schooling to enter the workforce. This is seen in an African context to promote the development of life and physical skills contrary to western methodologies . An example of this can be seen through the rural Pare people of Tanzania, Sub-Saharan Africa, involving 5 year olds to tend crops.
Transmission to Botswana
A transmission of the child labour issues from an overall African context can be seen in Botswana. The United States Department of Labor states in their 2010 Worst Forms of Child Labour Report that a poor economic outlook for families and resource allocations influences the integration of Children in the labour force in many instances such where "parents from rural areas send their children to the city to live with wealthier families and to work as domestic servants". The report further establishes that many children are heavily engaged in hazardous forms of agriculture, where children "manage herds of livestock in isolated areas for days without proper food and shelter". Botswana is a key source and destination for commercial sexual exploitation of children. Impoverished children are forced as workers and trafficked to clientele through high-ways and truck drivers.
Communities
Botswana is home to many ethnic groups such to the San people and the Okavango Delta people. Matyas Baan in his article Realising Children's Rights in Botswana states that these communities are "disadvantaged and vulnerable due to being displaced remotely or considered as outcasts". The San community is a minority ethnic group, which is remotely located, distant from main-land services, which has led to social-protection issues in regards to children. Children of these communities have reduced access to services such as education and are open to take upon roles primarily in family enterprises and farms or to be exploited into sexual exploitation and trafficking.
Changing Demographics
Changes in demographics reflect changing social behaviours and actions of people to satisfy specific circumstances. Changes in demographics through intra-household resource allocation, parental investment and household requirements in Botswana has seen children work for individual and household needs, being excluded from schooling and uptaking “small scale entrepreneurship”. The Caldwell theory of wealth (1982), reflects how countries with upward net flow wealth, such through peasant farmers, are inclined for higher rates of reproduction to satisfy for old age care and political status. Higher reproduction rates greatly influence the investment of parents towards their children and their activities such as schooling. The limited distribution for household resources and wealth towards children gives rise to child labour. The impact of intra-household resource allocation can be investigated in the Okavango Delta People of Botswana. A 1992 study into five ethnic groups of the community reflect that out of 122 children 20 attended school, of which 15 had to travel 30 km or further, resulting in trade-offs to the local economies of herding, milking and graining. A study by John Bock in his Evolutionary demography and intra-household time allocation, has resulted in findings for the correlation of time and resource allocation in relation to Children education and participation in labour. The study shows how changing parental investment, marital status, availability of alternative productivity tasks, birth order and sex of children "have implications to understand child labour and time allocations and consequent welfare".
Poverty
Poverty is the condition where a community or individuals lack the access to basic necessities and financial resources to sustain a minimum standard of living. Botswana accounts for 36.7% of families living under the poverty datum line, which has seen the youth to be vulnerable. In 2012 the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Peter Siele, visited and talked to a 12 year old out-of-school worker about not attending school. The response recorded was “lehuma ke lone le le ntireleng gore ke tlogele sekolo, ke bolawa ke tlala” (poverty forced me out of school, I suffer from hunger). Negative macroeconomic indicators have influenced the inefficiencies of budget allocations towards children-based initiatives. Eva Procek in her 2006 Discussion document on child labour in Botswana investigates that children in rural and remote area's are vulnerable. Procek states that children of rural groups such as from the San community experience high levels of poverty due to high illiteracy rates, being prone to join the labour force early to support their households as they are "caught between conflicting cultural expectations". Issues of debt and financial constrains also result in children to uptake roles in the labour force.
Extent and Scope
The United States Department of State in their 2017 Botswana Human Rights report states that the widespread scale of the issue sees "children within the country engaging in the worst forms of labour" including: commercial sexual exploitation, agriculture and forced domestic work. The Ministry of Labour and Health accounts for 25000 Children under the age of 15 working on farms. A further 1500 are accounted for domestic work in wealthy households. Botswana further engages to be a source and destination for commercial trafficking of children, specifically through truck and highway clientele.
2005/2006 Labour Force Survey
The 2005/2006 labour force survey from the Central Statistics Office is an early study analysing the trends of the labour force in relation to children employment status in Botswana. The survey of 415,751 children saw that 72.4 percent were engaged in full time schooling, 21.2 percent were involved in the labour force alongside schooling and 2.6 percent were primarily working. A gender based analysis in the study shows that only 69.2% of males at the time were participating in schooling in comparison to the 75.1% of females. 39,170 children explicitly stated the reason for their employment with the two most prevalent reasons accounting for family assistance (62.8%), and personal financial needs (12.8%).
Source: Authors’ calculations based on CSO Labour Force Survey (2005/06)
Impacts
The impacts of child labour can be seen interlinked in affecting the welfare of many involved children . Impacts are seen through education and the consequents of poverty.
Education
In Botswana child labour "shares a negative correlation with education", as established by the Determinants of Child Labour and Schooling in Botswana report through the analysis of the labour force survey findings in 2005/2006. Further, 2016 UNICEF findings account for 9% of the child population of Botswana to be engaged in child labour, further showing that 16% of primary school aged kids are not attending school. Demographic impacts such as parental investment and location of residence further impact the ability to engage in schooling of children. School attendance is affected as secondary education rates are declining due to the tuition costs. For example, this is seen through a 35.7% net attendance out of 56.7% enrolled males.
Consequents of Poverty
The transmission of intergenerational poverty through the degraded economic outlook of Botswana, sees 2 out of 3 children missing secondary school. Emmanuel Bothale in his The Case for Children's Budgeting in Botswana uses The Poverty Map (Moseki, 2009) and UNDP Human development Reports (2009,2010) to account for a high cumulative poverty index of 22.9% in Botswana. Sexual exploitation and hygiene issues are a consequent of long-term poverty, as seen in the 2010 findings from the Botswana Press Agency. The agency carried out a ‘sex-study’ which established that girls resort to prostitution out of economic need and “to put food on the table. Further, communal poverty, has resulted in poor hygiene and health; for example, under 5 youth mortality, has increased by 0.5% (1990-2012). The prevalence of the poor hygiene has further seen the spread of diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Poor preventative measures sees a 15.7% prevalence rate of HIV in 0-18 year old orphans.
Dynamics
There are government body and frameworks alongside social initiatives in place to address the issue.
Government Outlook
Between 2006 and 2008 the country had been in the process of formulating the National Action Programme towards the Elimination of Child Labour in Botswana, which was nationally endorsed in February 2008. This was drafted with the assistance of the International Labour Organization's (ILO) programme, Towards the Elimination of the worst forms of Child Labour. A Programme Advisory Committee on Child Labour (PACC), representing government departments, organised labour and business, and civil society, guides the development and implementation of the programme. The national government has developed policies in order to coordinate their response to the issue. The National Action Programme towards the Elimination of Child Labour in Botswana outline the governments approach to create legislation and policies around the issue to create awareness. The Ministry of Labor and Home Affairs sustainability plan is another policy which sees volunteers and government affiliates work as labour inspectors to report accounts of child labour to social workers and school teachers to better understand school attendance trends and employment status.
The government has established mechanisms to coordinate their response to the issue. The Human Trafficking Committee was established by the 2014 Anti-trafficking bill and is led by the Ministry of Defence, Justice, and Security (MDJS) to act as a reporting and referral mechanism. The Advisory Committee on Child Labour is another mechanism involving NGO volunteers and government officials to report issues to the government. The United States Department of State in their 2017 Botswana Human Rights report presents an argument that the mechanisms "have lacked efficacy due to scarce resources and inability to target rural areas".
Legal Framework
Botswana ratified the ILO Minimum Age Convention in 1995 (C138) and the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (C182) in 2000. In addition, the country also ratified both the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in 1995. Botswana's Employment Act is the principal law governing employment-related matters in Botswana. It aims to protect children against exploitation and hazardous employment, defined as any work that is dangerous to the child's health, development and morals. The United States Department of Labor in the 2018 Child Labour and Forced Labour Reports, for Botswana, states that "gaps exist in Botswana's legal framework to adequately protect children from child labor" as there is no compulsory age of education legislation, inconsistent to the standards set by the ILO.
Enforcement
The government has a framework to assist for the enforcement of law in through criminal and labour laws. The Ministry of Employment, Labour Productivity and Skills Development enforces child labour law's and policies and is further authorised by the Employment Act to conduct labour inspections. Findings from the United States Department of Labor account for 2335 labour investigations in Botswana for 2017, which had reduced from 4999 accounts in 2016. The Ministry of Defence, Justice, and Security facilitates the enforcement of criminal law in approach to child labour. In 2017 the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) accounted for 7 convictions in the ill-treatment of children but did not explicitly link causation to child labour.
Social Initiatives
Government funds social initiatives to address the issue of child labour are part of the framework aimed at the issue. In conjunction with resources from non-governmental organization's, these programs cater to create awareness for the issue and provide resources available to the community. The government funded Orphan Care Program subsidises school fees and provides meals to children to promote educational participation. Another program is the Needy Children and Needy Students program facilitated by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in aim to provide essential resources and meals to poor families.
Recommendations
Recommendations from government agencies and other bodies convey possible solutions to address the issue. The United States Department of Labor in their 2018 Worst Forms of Child Labour report states that amendment to the Employment Act will "reduce the gap between bodies and enforcement agencies to cater towards eliminating the issue alongside a minimum-age requirement for schooling. Eva Procek in her 2006 Discussion Document on Child Labour in Botswana states possible strategies to alleviate causes, such as poverty, through National Youth Policy grants and reviews in the literacy programmes "to prevent children falling into detrimental work". Emmanuel Bothale in his The Case for Children's Budgeting in Botswana states that budget allocations towards children and socially based initiatives are a "critical argument to improve upon the negative macroeconomic indicators". Further, more studies are required to enable full engagement to understand the true scope and extent of the issue.
References
Botswana
Labour
Labour in Botswana
Human rights abuses in Botswana | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%20labour%20in%20Botswana |
Ann Corio (born Ann Coiro; November 29, 1909 – March 1, 1999) was a prominent American burlesque stripper and actress. Her original surname was Coiro, changing it to Corio for stage purposes and because some family members did not approve of her profession.
Biography
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, she was one of twelve children of Italian immigrant parents. While still in her teens, Corio's good looks and shapely physique landed her showgirl roles that led to her becoming a hugely popular striptease artist. Her rise to stardom as a featured performer began on the Mutual burlesque circuit in 1925. She later worked at Minsky's Burlesque in New York City and Boston's Old Howard Theatre.
Career
After Mayor Fiorello La Guardia closed down New York City's burlesque houses in 1939, Corio made her way to Los Angeles. Between 1941 and 1944 she appeared in several Hollywood "B" motion pictures which featured her in scanty costumes (beginning with 1941 Swamp Woman), the best known of which was perhaps 1942's Jungle Siren opposite Buster Crabbe. In 1944 she made Call of the Jungle and Sarong Girl. A year earlier Corio was guest armchair detective on radio's The Adventures of Ellery Queen, on the January seventh episode entitled, "The Adventure of the Singing Rat". With the Second World War on, she became one of the volunteer pin-up girls for YANK magazine, appearing in the September 3, 1943, issue of the weekly U.S. Army publication. Corio visited the USS Yorktown, and a certified technician, Edward Hoegerman, said his favorite memory aboard the ship during the war is when she visited the radio shack. Corio appeared in "The Ghost in the Sea Blue Dress," the January 23, 1955 episode of NBC's Adventures of the Archers radio show,
Corio had a long successful career dancing on stage. In 1962 she put together the nostalgic off-Broadway show This Was Burlesque which she directed and in which also performed. In 1968, she wrote a book with the same title. Her fame was enduring enough that in the 1970s—when Corio was long retired and in her sixties—she twice was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. During this same period, she took This Was Burlesque out on the summer stock circuit for several seasons. In 1981, the show played Broadway at the old Latin Quarter, which was then known as the Princess Theatre, and tried to compete with Sugar Babies which was running just a few blocks up the street. In 1985, she mounted the show for the second to last time in downtown Los Angeles, at the Variety Arts Theatre, where it did not have a good run. A year or so later, the show played a dinner theatre in Florida, where it closed for good.
Death
A resident of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, Corio died at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey, on March 1, 1999, aged 89.
Legacy
Corio is a member of the Hall of Fame at the Exotic World Burlesque Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada.
See also
Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly
References
External links
Ann Corio collection
Charles H. McCaghy collection of exotic dance from burlesque to clubs
1909 births
1999 deaths
American female erotic dancers
American erotic dancers
American film actresses
American stage actresses
American vedettes
American burlesque performers
Actresses from Hartford, Connecticut
People from Cliffside Park, New Jersey
Deaths from pneumonia in New Jersey
Burials in Connecticut
20th-century American actresses
20th-century American dancers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann%20Corio |
Clogherinkoe GFC is a Gaelic football club in County Kildare, Ireland, the first junior C champions to qualify for the Jack Higgins Cup final. They formed an area team with Johnstownbridge, St John's, which reached the semi-final of the senior football championship in 1978. Padraig Gravin was corner-forward on the 1998 Kildare All Ireland final team. Pat Tyrrell was a noted Kildare forward in the 1960s. John Lowry and John Donoghue were major players for the team throughout the 80's and 90's. Both played on the Kildare senior team for several seasons. These days the club now includes well known names such Aedan Boyle and Jack Robinson. Won an intermediate final v Kilcock in 2020 under the management of Ronan Quinn, Seamus Galligan and Jim Kelly. Currently competing at senior level under the new management of Mark Murnaghan. Facebook page at Clogherinkoe Gaa. Amalgamated at underage with Jtb to form Balyna Juvenile Club.
History
Clogherinkoe was founded in 1954 by Jimmy Donoghue and Davey Doran and won a Junior B championship within three years. They played in McKeever's field in Broadford until 1980, when they combined with Broadford hurlers to purchase a field, located in Balrinnet townland, 2 km southwest of Clogharinka village.
Gaelic football
Clogherinkoe were the first junior C champions to qualify for the Jack Higgins Cup final in 1977 when they beat Clane's Junior B team in the semi-final, having previously been the second team to lose the Jack Higgins Cup final as Junior A champions, and lost the final again in 1984 as Junior A champions before eventually succeeding at the fourth attempt in 1998. They won an Intermediate League double in 1962-'63. Won a Junior championship in 2012 and won an Intermediate Championship in 2020.
Hurling
Clogherinkoe players play hurling with Broadford.
Honours
Jack Higgins Cup Winners 1998
Kildare Junior A Football Championship: 1963, 1984, 1998. 2012
Kildare Junior B Football Championship (1) 1957
Kildare Intermediate Football League Winners 1962, 1963
‘’’Kildare Junior Football Winners’’’ 2012
‘’’Kildare Intermediate Football Winners’’’ 2020
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Kildare GAA site
Honourable Players
Padraig Gravin
Pat Tyrrell
Cein McMonagle
Jack Robinson
Aedan Boyle
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clogherinkoe%20GFC |
Rumia railway station is the main railway station serving the town of Rumia, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened in 1880 and is located on the Gdańsk–Stargard railway and the parallel Gdańsk Śródmieście–Rumia railway. The train services are operated by PKP, Przewozy Regionalne and SKM Tricity.
Train services
The station is served by the following services:
Intercity services (IC) Łódź Fabryczna — Warszawa — Gdańsk Glowny — Kołobrzeg
Intercity services (IC) Szczecin - Koszalin - Słupsk - Gdynia - Gdańsk
Intercity services (IC) Szczecin - Koszalin - Słupsk - Gdynia - Gdańsk - Elbląg/Iława - Olsztyn
Intercity services (IC) Szczecin - Koszalin - Słupsk - Gdynia - Gdańsk - Elbląg - Olsztyn - Białystok
Intercity services (TLK) Kołobrzeg — Gdynia Główna — Warszawa Wschodnia — Kraków Główny
Regional services (R) Tczew — Słupsk
Regional services (R) Malbork — Słupsk
Regional services (R) Elbląg — Słupsk
Regional services (R) Słupsk — Bydgoszcz Główna
Regional services (R) Władysławowo - Reda - Gdynia Główna
Regional services (R) Hel - Władysławowo - Reda - Gdynia Główna
Regional services (R) Luzino — Gdynia Główna
Regional services (R) Słupsk — Gdynia Główna
Szybka Kolej Miejska services (SKM) (Lębork -) Wejherowo - Reda - Rumia - Gdynia - Sopot - Gdansk
References
External links
Railway stations served by Szybka Kolej Miejska (Tricity)
Railway stations served by Przewozy Regionalne InterRegio
Railway stations in Pomeranian Voivodeship
Wejherowo County
Railway stations in Poland opened in 1880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumia%20railway%20station |
Coill Dubh Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Ireland, winner of eleven senior hurling championships. Three Coill Dubh players, Seamus Malone, Tony Carew and Tommy Carew were chosen on the Kildare hurling team of the millennium. The club played in every county final between 1990 and 2005 with the exception of 1992. Colm Byrne was selected on the Leinster hurling squad in 1997.
History
Timahoe participated in the reorganization of 1894. Coill Dubh was the largest Bord na Móna village built in Ireland and the only one on a green field site, and shortly after construction the GAA club was established in 1957 by Tom Murtagh from Longford and Vinny O’Rourke from Leitrim. The club almost went out of existence in the early 1980s but came to dominate hurling in Kildare in the 1990s. From 1990 to 2005 the club contest the senior hurling final on every occasion bar 1992.
In 1993 they won an All Ireland under-16 competition, beating Offaly's Kilcormac-Killoughey in the final.
Gaelic Football
The Gaelic football wing of the club lasted very few years. Local players now play with St. Kevin's, Allenwood, Caragh and Ballyteague.
Hurling
The first championship was won by the under-15s in 1961, led by Tony and Tommy Carew and Willie Percival. Morris Dee, Richie Hayden, Larry Kelly and Tony Carew, who featured on the team that won the Junior Hurling championship in 1968, were on the team that won its first senior hurling championship 19 years later.
Camogie
In 2013, Coill Dubh re-launched their Camogie Club. This was re-launched by Mairead and Eamon Dwyer.
Honours
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship: (11) 1987, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2014, 2015
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship: Finalists 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007
Kildare Junior Hurling Championship (1) 1968
Kildare Junior A Hurling Championship (2) 2015, 2016
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Hurling clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coill%20Dubh%20HC |
Confey GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club based in Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland and won Kildare's Club of the Year award in 2004.
History
On 19 January 1989, a meeting was held in the home of Michael Divilly for those who were interested in creating a separate GAA club for the northern half of Leixlip in the parish of Confey. At this meeting it was agreed to hold a public meeting to gain further support for the foundation of a new club, which was subsequently held in the local school on 30 January. Following this meeting a formal approach was made to the Kildare County board, and Confey was formally registered as a club on 27 February 1989. The club's first official match came in March, with the men's football team losing to Cappagh on a scoreline of 2–3 to 2–2. The club acquired six and a half acres at Cope Bridge in 1990, followed by a further three and a half acres the following year. The club's first chairman was Pat Sweeney. In 1998 the club opened a new clubhouse, with a bar, sportshall, and several dressing rooms. The club's facilities at Cope Bridge are named Creaton Park in memory of Jimmy Creaton who was one of the founding members of the club and club chairman in 1990 and 1991.
Gaelic football
Confey's first title at adult football level came in 1995 when the Confey under 21 footballers beat Maynooth to claim the 1995 Kildare Under 21 Football B Championship. Confey footballers were promoted to Kildare Senior Football League Division – 2 in 1999 and gained promotion to division 1 in 2001. 2002 saw Confey minor (Under 18) footballers winning the 2002 Kildare Minor Football Championship beating Celbridge in a replayed final after a drawn first game, the senior footballer also claimed the club first title at that level by winning the 2002 Kildare Junior Football "Keogh" Cup. Confey won the Kildare Junior Football Championship in 2003 beating Nurney in the final which made up for being relegated from the division 1 league. Confey won the 2004 Senior Football League Division – 2 beating Rathangan 0–7 v 0–6 in Clane. In 2006 Confey won the Kildare Intermediate Football Championship v St. Kevin's and went on to beat Tubber (Offaly) in the 2006 Leinster GAA Intermediate Club Championship Final. Confey won the 2008 Kildare Senior Football "Aldridge" Cup beating Sarsfields in the final. 2009 saw the footballers relegated from the senior to intermediate grade after a one-point loss to Naas in a relegation playoff. 2012 saw the team return to the senior grade as a result of winning the 2011 Kildare Intermediate Football Championship, beating Ellistown in the final. In 2013 the senior footballers reached the final of the 2013 Kildare Senior Football League Division 1 only to lose out on the day to Moorefield.
In 2016 Confey Senior Footballers won the Kildare Senior Division 1 League beating Athy 1-08 to 0-8.
They currently compete in Division 1.
Confey players that have represented Kildare GAA;
Senior Footballer's; Colm Quinn (2001–2002). Hugh Lynch (2006, 2010–2015). James Gately (2011, 2014). David Slattery 2015- 2020
Junior Footballer's; Daragh Nolan (2001). Frank Ryder (2002–2004). Colm Quinn & John Malone (2004). Frank Barry (2009). Hugh Lynch (2009–2010). James Gately (2011). Joe Kehoe, Conor Feeney & Tomás McCann (2012).
Under 21 Footballer's; Frank Ryder (2001). Hugh Lynch (2004–2005). Tomás McCann (2009).
Minor Footballer's; Ciarán Ganley (2000). Hugh Lynch (2001–2002). Conor Hughes (2004). Patrick Griffin (2002-2003). Brian Corscadden (2002-2003).
Bainisteoir:
Tony Kelly 1993–1998
Mick Marron 1999–2002
Stephen Kinneavy 2003–2005
David Lambert 2006–2007
Leo Turley 2008–2009
Ronan Quinn 2010–2013
Mark Byrne 2014–2015
David Burke 2016–2017
Fergal Foran 2018
Kiersey O'Neill 2019-2020
Joe Keogh 2021-
County Players
David Slattery – Kildare footballer & Hurler
Paul Divilly – Kildare hurler
Paul Feerick - Kildare Hurler
Colm Chan - Kildare Hurler
Frank Bass - Kildare Hurler
Hurling
The club formed its first adult team in March 1993. In its first year the adult men's team reached the junior hurling league semi-final and captured the Junior 'B' hurling championship, defeating Moorefield on a scoreline of 0–13 to 1–5. In 1997 the club won the S.H.L. Div. 2 title, defeating Clane 3–11 to 1–7. The club had to wait until 2002 to capture its next adult hurling titles when the club, led by captain Alfie Keenahan, won both the Intermediate League and Championship. The club has competed in the Senior Hurling championship ever since. In 2005 Confey lost to Celbridge in the semi-final, the furthest the team had reached in the competition to that point. The following year they were finalists, but were defeated by Ardclough. The club won its first Senior County Hurling Title in 2007, defeating Coill Dubh 3–8 to 0–10. The team was captained by Kieran Divilly, and man of the match was Oisin Lynch who scored 0–5 on the day. The team in 2007 was managed by Liam Dowd, who was aided by selectors Tony Hoare and Eamon Fennelly and 'special advisors' Davy Fitzgerald and Bertie Sherlock. Confey added a second Kildare Senior Hurling Championship in 2008 beating Coill Dubh in the final while also adding their first senior hurling league division 1 title. Confey won the 2012 Kildare Senior Hurling Championship, their third, beating Celbridge in the final avenging the previous years final defeat to the same team. 2014 saw Confey beat Éire Óg-Chorrachoill in the Senior Hurling League Final. The club fielded a second adult team for the first time in 2004 and in their first year they captured the Junior hurling league and championship. Since then the club's second team play in the Intermediate league and championship.
Confey players that have represented Kildare as Senior Hurlers;
Daragh Nolan (2002–2003, 2007). Kieran Divilly (2003–2014). Paul Keegan (2003, 2011). Robert Connolly (2003, 2011). Michael Divilly (2005, 2008–2011). Oisin Lynch (2006–2009). Kevin Chan (2007–2009, 2011-2012). Paul Divilly (2006–2009, 2012–2021). Colm Chan (2015) Luke Quinn (2017) Frank Bass (2018, 2022, 2023)
Kildare Under 21 Hurlers; Adrian Kinsella (1999-2000), Kieran Divilly & Daragh Nolan (2001). Kevin Chan , Patrick Nolan, Michael Divilly & Mark Fennelly (2005). Oisin Lynch (2005–2007). Paul Divilly (2005–2006). Philip Quigley (2006–2007). Eoin Fitzpatrick & Cillian MacSuibhne (2007). John O'Neill, Padraig Keegan, David Slattery (2009). Colm Chan (2009–2010) Luke Quinn (2016) Frank Bass (2015-2017)
Kildare Minor Hurlers; Adrian Kinsella (1997-1998), Michael Divilly & Shane Doyle (2002), Conor Feeney, Oisin Lynch, Cillian MacSuibhne, Paul Divilly, Eoin Fitzpatrick & Philip Quigley (2004). Colm Chan, David O'Neill & Padraig Keegan (2007). Daire Casey (2013). Frank Bass (2014)
Camogie
Confey fielded their first under-12 team in 1994 and have participated at most under-age level..Their facility at Cope Bridge was opened on 16 May 1998.
Ladies Football
Confey qualified for the All Ireland intermediate club final in 2000, losing to Rockchapel of Cork. They won two Kildare club championships in succession.
Honours
Kildare GAA Club of the Year 2004
Adult Football
Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship: Winners: 2006
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: Winners: 2006, 2011
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: Runner-up: 2004, 2010
Junior `A` Football Championship Winners: 2003 Runner-Up 2001
Kildare Senior Football League Division 1 Winners: 2016 Runners-Up 2013
Kildare Senior Football League Division 2 Winners: 2004 Runner Up: 2001, 2010
Kildare Senior Football League Division 3 Runner-up: 1996
Kildare Senior Football "Aldridge" Cup Winners (1) 2008
Kildare Junior Football "Keogh" Cup Winners (1) 2002
Jack Higgins Cup Winners (1) 2003
Kildare Senior Football Reserve – B Championship: (1) 2015
Kildare Senior Football Reserve – B Championship Runner Up: 2016
Kildare Senior Football Reserve – C Championship: (1) 2014
Kildare Intermediate Football B Championship Winners: 2006
Kildare Intermediate Football B Championship Runner-up: 2006
Kildare Senior Football League Division 4 Winners: 2007, 2012
Kildare Senior Football League Division 4 (North) Winners: 2012
Kildare Senior Football League Division 4 (North) Runner Up: 2015
Kildare Senior Football League Division 4 Runner Up: 2008,
Kildare Junior Football League Division 2 Winners: 1998
Kildare Junior Football C Championship: (1) 2004
Under 21 Football A Championship Runner-up: 2001 2003 2004
Kildare Under-21 Football B Championship Winners: 1995
Kildare Minor `A` Football Championship Winners: 2002
Kildare Minor `B` Football Championship Runner Up: 1992, 2013
Kildare Minor Football League Division – 1 Winners: 2002, 2003
Kildare Minor Football League Division – 4 Winners: 1994, 1996
Kildare Minor Football League Div. 4 Winners: 1994
Adult Hurling
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship Winners; 2007, 2008, 2012
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship: Runner-up: 2006 2011
Kildare Senior Hurling League Division 1 Winners; 2008, 2014, 2018, 2021
Kildare Senior Hurling League Division 2 Winners; 1997
Kildare Intermediate Hurling Championship (1) 2002
Kildare Intermediate Hurling B Championship: (1) 2013
Kildare Intermediate Hurling League Championship: (2) 2002, 2013
Kildare Junior Hurling Championship (1) 2004
Kildare Junior Hurling League (1) 2004
Kildare Under 21 Hurling Championship (2) 2004, 2008
Kildare Minor Hurling Championship Winners; 2003
Kildare Minor Hurling Championship Runner-up: 2011
Kildare Minor Hurling B Championship Winners; 1998
Kildare Minor Hurling B Championship Runner Up; 2016 (St. Columba's (Confey & Leixlip))
Kildare Minor Hurling League Division 1 Winners; 2002, 2003, 2004
Kildare Minor Hurling League Division – 2 Winners; 2013 (St. Columba's (Confey & Leixlip))
Ladies Football
Leinster Club Ladies Intermediate Football Championship: (1) 2000
Kildare Ladies Junior Football Championship: (1) 1999
Kildare Ladies Senior Football Championship: (2) 2009, 2012
Kildare Ladies Intermediate Football Championship: (2) 2000, 2005
Kildare Ladies Junior Football Championship: (1) 1999
Kildare Ladies Senior Football League Division 1 Winners (2) 2012, 2016
Kildare Ladies Minor Football League Division 1 Winners (3) 2000, 2001, 2002
See also
Davy Burke
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000– in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904–2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
References
External links
Confey GAA Website
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare
Hurling clubs in County Kildare
Sport in Leixlip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confey%20GAA |
Mayann Elizabeth Francis, (born February 18, 1946) was the 31st Lieutenant Governor of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Early life and education
Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and raised in Whitney Pier, she is the daughter of George A. Francis, an Archpriest and Vicar General of the African Orthodox Church, and Thelma D. Francis. She is a graduate of Saint Mary's University and completed graduate studies at New York University.
Career
She was the director and CEO of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission from 1999-2006. She also served as Nova Scotia's provincial ombudsman from December 2000 until December 2003, the first woman to be appointed to that post. Previously, she served in senior positions with the Government of Ontario, Dalhousie University and the District Attorney's office in Kings County, New York.
Community involvement
She is a past member of United Way/Centraide, the Mascoll Foundation, the board of governors at University College of Cape Breton (now Cape Breton University), the general council of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and she sat on Nova Scotia's Voluntary Planning Board. Francis has been recognized for her outstanding achievements with a Harry Jerome Award, an award from the Multicultural Education Council of Nova Scotia and a Golden Jubilee Medal. She is a member of the African Orthodox Church, a church formed in the late 19th century mainly for the African American community in the United States.
As Lieutenant Governor
On June 20, 2006, she was appointed by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, to the office of Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia; she assumed office on September 7, 2006. Francis is the first Black Nova Scotian and the second woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
In May 2008, Lieutenant Governor Francis was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Mount Saint Vincent University.
On February 16, 2012, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the appointment of Brigadier General (Retired) John James Grant, CMM, CD as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Francis was succeeded on April 12, 2012.
After serving
In 2016, Francis spoke out in response to a recent case of racial profiling in a retail setting in Nova Scotia. She validated the complaint, stating that she herself was the target of racial profiling while shopping at least once a month.
Arms
References
External links
Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia
Living people
Canadian activists
Black Nova Scotians
Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia
People from Sydney, Nova Scotia
Women in Nova Scotia politics
Black Canadian politicians
1946 births
Canadian women viceroys
Saint Mary's University (Halifax) alumni
New York University alumni
Black Canadian women
Members of the African Orthodox Church | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayann%20Francis |
Byun Chun-sa (Hangul: 변천사; born November 23, 1987, in Seoul) is a South Korean short track speed skater who won gold in the 3000m relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
References
External links
1987 births
Living people
South Korean female short track speed skaters
Olympic short track speed skaters for South Korea
Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
Short track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating
Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Short track speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Speed skaters from Seoul
Korea National Sport University alumni
South Korean Buddhists
21st-century South Korean women | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byun%20Chun-sa |
Hey Monie! is an American animated sitcom produced by Soup2Nuts. It features heavily improvised dialogue by the Second City cast, similarly to Soup2Nuts animated sitcom Home Movies.
Its creator and executive producer was Dorothea Gillim, creator of WordGirl, who also produced animated series Curious George, Pinkalicious & Peterrific, Molly of Denali, and Time Warp Trio.
The show began as 5-minute shorts that were part of Oxygen Network's animation series X-Chromosome. It achieved 11-minute episodes Hey Monie! aired on BET and, afterward, on the Oxygen in 2003. It was BET's first animated series; BET stated that it followed "the tradition of entertaining and satirical animated programming like The Simpsons, The Critic, and Daria."
In 2003, Seattle PI described the series as "smart, and at times wickedly funny."
It is one of the only adult animated series to feature a Black woman as its protagonist.
Plot
Simone a.k.a. "Monie" (Angela V. Shelton), is a publicist at a PR agency in Chicago. She lives in an apartment building with her best friend, Yvette (Frances Callier). The show chronicles her life living as a single career woman in the big city.
Cast
The series protagonists are voiced by the improv comedy Frangela duo, who are real-life best friends.
Angela V. Shelton as Monie
Frances Callier as Yvette
Melissa Bardin Galsky as Robin
Dean Edwards
Sam Seder
H. Jon Benjamin as a self-defense instructor
Oprah Winfrey as herself
Legacy
Hey Monie! was not released on DVD; this may explain its multiple half-hour lost episodes. This also may explain why Hey Monie! did not amass a fandom as numerous as that of Home Movies; creator Brendon Small has attributed Home Movies' DVD release "for its increased popularity and cult following."
A 2004 SFGate article lamented the previous year's cancellation of Hey Monie!, as the show positively impacted diversity on television. That year, the show was recommended in self-help book Beautylicious!
In 2006, television scholar Amanda D. Lotz praised the show's cast for bringing "an authentic feel to the show's language and dialogue."
In 2016, Bustle described the show as a feminist cartoon "way before its time and gone way too soon." That year, the show was listed in Vibe's "Forgotten Laughs: 9 Black Shows You Missed Out On."
In 2018, Flood Magazine interviewed show creators and stars about the show, although series creator Gillim "was astonished that she was contacted for an interview for this piece, based on how little updated information about the show is available online." Once it was cancelled, Shelton and Callier stated "the show's momentum halted when executives got involved, hiring a white writer—without consulting either of them—to pen the final episodes." These episodes are now lost due to a lack of DVD release.
In 2019, Tuca & Bertie creator Lisa Hanawalt mentioned the show while compiling a list of adult animated shows created by women.
See also
Insecure, a comparable 2016 TV series with an African-American woman as its protagonist
O'Grady, a teen-oriented animated sitcom also by Soup2Nutz
References
External links
2003 American television series debuts
2003 American television series endings
2000s American adult animated television series
2000s American black cartoons
2000s American black sitcoms
American adult animated comedy television series
American animated sitcoms
American flash adult animated television series
English-language television shows
BET original programming
Oxygen (TV channel) original programming
Television series by Soup2Nuts
Television series created by Dorothea Gillim
Television shows set in Chicago | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey%20Monie%21 |
Raheens is a Gaelic football club based in Caragh, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of the Leinster senior club championship in 1981, 10 county senior football championships, first winners of the Kildare club of the year in 1973 and winners again in 1976. The separate hurling club, formerly known as Éire Óg, has now amalgamated to become Éire Óg-Corrachoill.
History
Raheens won the first of ten Kildare titles in 1935 with a massive 6-3 to 1-0 win over Kildare St. Brigid's. They won their second in 1936. They climbed back onto the winner's podium with the help of Pat Dunny in 1964. A 1981 win led to Leinster club championship honours. In 2017, Raheens beat Kilcock to win the Intermediate Championship Final. Feather Thompson is a renowned figure within the club - Known for speed & technical ability on the field, he now spends his time praising the vast majority of the current senior team.
Camogie
Geraldine Dwyer, Teresa Lynch, Nuala Malone, Eileen Reilly and Marianne Johnson were selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century in 2000.
Honours Raheens
Leinster Senior Club Football Championship: Winners 1981
Kildare Senior Football Championship: Winners (10) 1935, 1936, 1943, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: Winners (2) 1958, 2017
Kildare Junior Football Championship: Winners (2) 1928, 1974* (1974 Won Junior B Championship and defeated Junior A Championship winners)
Honours Éire Óg
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship Winners (8) 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Honours Prosperous
Kildare Senor Camogie Championship (8) 1954, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981
Kildare Junior Camogie Championship (1) 1939
Kildare Senor Camogie League (8) 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
Kildare Senior Football Championship Finalists 1901
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Raheens GAA website
Facebook page
Kildare GAA website
Kildare GAA clubs' website
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare
Hurling clubs in County Kildare
1925 establishments in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raheens%20GAA |
Irchester is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, two miles (3 km) south-east of Wellingborough and two miles south-west of Rushden. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was 5,706 and estimated in 2019 at 5,767. Little Irchester and Knuston also lie in the parish.
Toponym
Irchester was spelt Yranceaster in 973 and Irencestre in the 1086 Domesday Book. A. D. Mills wrote that name was formed from the Old English personal name Ira or *Yra with the suffix ceaster denoting a Roman station, but another theory is that Iren Ceastre was an Anglo-Saxon name meaning "iron fortress". In the 11th century, it was spelt Erncestre or Archester and had evolved to Erchester by the 12th century.
History
Chester Farm is one mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Irchester, with the A45 road to its south and the River Nene to the north. It "represents a unique piece of historic landscape of high importance... preserving in a small area a wide range of historic features spanning several thousand years." It is a scheduled monument protected by law. Mesolithic flints have been found, with signs of later prehistoric settlement and a "nationally important" walled Roman town.
The Roman name of the settlement has been lost, but there is evidence of buildings, a cemetery, occupation outside the town walls and a causeway across the Nene floodplain. A Romano-Celtic temple was recorded inside the town boundary. Square-shaped, it faced south-east; its outer portico measured 38 feet (11.5 m) square and the inner cella about 17 feet (5 m) square. The walls were around two feet (0.6 m) thick. The tombstone of a Strator Consularis – 'a transportation officer of the consular governor' – was also found. An inscription at Irchester offers evidence of organised horse-breeding.
A road running north–south through the site and three oblong buildings to the west of the road have been identified. As only one Roman road has been found leading south, it is thought highly likely that the river served as a means of communication with other Roman settlements at Duston to the south-west and Thrapston to the north-east.
Next to the Roman town are remains of a medieval hamlet, Chester by the Water, which may have arisen in Anglo-Saxon times. The later Chester House and Farm had gardens and parkland. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ironstone quarrying took place to the south-west, but most of the hamlet escaped serious alteration. Tramways and other artifacts have since become "historically important" in their own right.
In 2004, Northamptonshire County Council received a grant of £1.2 million from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (now the Department for Communities and Local Government) and purchased Chester Farm, including the walled Roman town and the deserted medieval village of Chester on the Water. Wellingborough's Local Plan states that "planning permission will be granted for a heritage park in association with the archaeological remains of the Chester camp ancient monument." as part of the planned River Nene Regional Park. The aims in developing the park are to make Chester Farm accessible to the public and provide opportunities for education, leisure and recreation. However, the park plan stalled for want of "a viable business plan and subsequent pressure on resources". A county council report of November 2007 stated, "In order to safeguard the heritage asset, Cabinet is asked to... declare Chester Farm surplus to the operational requirements of the Council and to approve its sale." However, in 2010, the 17th-century farmhouse was gutted by fire.
In 2013, the Chester Farm site owned by Northamptonshire County Council received £4 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to open to the public. The project was to include an archaeological resource centre. When the farmhouse on the site was badly damaged by the fire, the council received a £1.9 million insurance pay-out for repairs. Lottery monies were used to build a classroom, a conference space and an archaeological resource centre. The site is partly open to the public, with parking to the west of it.
Possible medieval identification
The 12th-century English historian Henry of Huntingdon mentions a Roman "town on the river (Nene), in Huntingdonshire, which is entirely destroyed" as one of his interpretations of the 28 cities of Britain. The town is mentioned also by William Lambarde in Dictionarium Angliae Topographicum & Historicum.
Henry names the town Dormchester, which he translates from the Celtic as Kair-Dorm. The "-Dorm" element may denote water (Dwr in modern Welsh and a common place-name root throughout England). If so, the name may have continued in English as Chester-on-the-Water. Currently no modern study has wholly rejected or accepted this hypothesis.
Governance
Irchester Parish Council meets monthly at the village hall. Since local government changes in 2021 the area is covered by North Northamptonshire Council. It was represented on Borough of Wellingborough Council by three councillors for the ward of Irchester, and on Northamptonshire County Council by one councillor. It is in the parliamentary constituency of Wellingborough, with Peter Bone MP (Conservative) as its current member.
Geography
Irchester lies to the south-east of Wellingborough and to the south-west of Rushden, in the east of the county of Northamptonshire. It is north-east of the county town of Northampton and a beeline north-west of central London. The border of the parish is formed by the River Nene in the north and west; adjacent parishes are Wellingborough (north-west), Great Doddington (south-west), Wollaston (south), Podington in Bedfordshire (south-east), and Rushden (east). The height above sea level ranges from 40 metres (131 feet) in the river valley to 91 metres (298 feet) south of Irchester village.
Demography
At the 2001 census, the population of Irchester parish was 4,807 in 2,020 households: 2,397 male and 2,410 female, with a mean age of 41 years. Of those aged 16–74 and economically active, 2,352 were employed and 80 unemployed. Most of the employed (1,930) travelled to work by private transport; 126 used public transport. The population at the 2011 Census had fallen to 4,745. The mean distance travelled to a fixed place of work was . In 1851, the parish population was 960 and in 1861, 1,168; writing in 1872, John Marius Wilson ascribed the increase to "the opening of the railway and... discovery of iron stone."
Transport
The nearest motorway is the M1 at junction 15, 13 miles (21 km) away. The nearest railway station is at Wellingborough, 2 miles (3.2 km) from the village. Places served by East Midlands Railway trains include London, Luton, Bedford, Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield. Irchester had a station to its east until 1965. The Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) and some locals argue for reopening it. (See Rushden Parkway.)
The main bus service is Stagecoach Group's X46, which connects with Wellingborough, Rushden, Northampton, Earls Barton, Higham Ferrers and Raunds. Luton Airport, 30 miles (48 km) south, is the nearest passenger airport, although there is an aerodrome at Sywell 10 miles north-west.
Education
A playgroup meets at the village hall in School Road. Irchester Primary School in nearby School Lane has some 330 pupils aged 4–11. The nearest secondary school is in Wollaston.
Amenities
The village has a health centre, car repairs, a car sales garage, a pharmacy, a library and a post office. Shops include a Co-operative supermarket. A former gift shop and estate agent have closed. There is a fish and chip shop and Chinese and Indian takeaways. Of the two village pubs, the Red Lion closed a few years ago, leaving only the Carpenters Arms.
Sport and leisure
The local football team, Irchester United, known as The Romans, plays in the United Counties League Premier. The ground is in Alfred Street. Irchester Bowls Club on the High Street, also known as The Romans, has a county-standard class "A" Green. Irchester Cricket Club was founded in 1897 and plays at Alfred Street, in the Northamptonshire Cricket League.
Irchester Players is an amateur dramatic society. It puts on plays, shows, musicals and pantomimes, at Parsons Hall in the village.
Country park
The village has a large country park managed by Northamptonshire County Council, created after local open-cast ironstone quarries were allowed to revert to the wild, having been worked out some decades after the war. The removal of the ironstone and some limestone that overlaid it has lowered the land around the working face by several metres, though this is not apparent except near the vehicle entrance. The park has an unusual ridge-and-furrow topography with several metres' relief, marking the movement patterns of the machines that stripped the overburden to expose the ironstone. The park offers maturing woodlands (planted about 1965) and grassy meadows with surrounding trails. There is also a children's play area and a café.
Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in the country park shows working steam and diesel locomotives among more than 40 items of rolling stock. A 250-metre demonstration track can be seen.
Since November 2019, Irchester Country Park has hosted a free, weekly parkrun timed 5-km run/walk, every Saturday morning at 9 a.m.
Notable residents
In order of birth:
Thomas Allen (1681–1755), a religious writer, served as Vicar of Irchester in 1705–1715.
Phil Neal (born 1951), footballer, played for Liverpool F.C. and other major clubs. His son Ashley (born 1974) is also a footballer.
Giovanni Di Stefano (born 1955), a notable convicted fraudster, grew up in Irchester.
References
External links
Irchester Parish Historical Society
Irchester's entry on Vision of Britain website
Irchester Live Weather Station - Weather station located in Irchester
Villages in Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire
Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
Scheduled monuments in Northamptonshire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irchester |
The Elk City Reservoir is a reservoir located east of Elk City, Kansas. The dam that forms the lake was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It has approximately 4,500 acres (18 km2) of water, and 12,000 acres (49 km2) of wildlife, and a total of over 50 miles (80 km) of shoreline.
There are six hiking trails at the Elk City Reservoir, two of which are notable for receiving a National Trails designation. The scenic Elk River hiking trail is 15 miles (24 km) long, and goes from the west edge of the dam westward to the bridge on Elk River. The Table Mound hiking trail is 2.75 miles long and runs along the east side of the lake from a scenic overlook at the dam to the Timber Road campground. Other trails include the 2/3 miles long Post Oak Self-Guided Nature Trail at the scenic overlook, the 1 mile long Green Thumb Nature Trail at the Timber Road campground, the paved and handicapped accessible 3.3 miles long South Squaw Multipurpose trail, and the 2.33 miles long Timber Ridge Hiking Trail southwest of the lake. There is also a four miles long Eagle Rock Mountain Biking Trail which begins along the Elk River just north of the reservoir outlet.
See also
List of Kansas state parks
List of lakes, reservoirs, and dams in Kansas
List of rivers of Kansas
References
Reservoirs in Kansas
Protected areas of Montgomery County, Kansas
Bodies of water of Montgomery County, Kansas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk%20City%20Lake |
Grangenolvin G.F.C. is a Gaelic football (GFC) club based in southern County Kildare, Ireland. The club competes in the County Kildare GAA board league and cup system. Grangenolvin are a former AIB club of the year winner in 1985. Mick Carolan was chosen on the Kildare football team of the millennium and was a Cuchulainn All Stars Award winner in 1966.
History
The 1890 RIC files show Kilkea Geraldines had 40 members with P. J. Kennedy, William Farrell, John B. Ryan and Martin Lawlor recorded as officers. Grangenolvin GFC was founded in 1955 and purchased its grounds at Ardree in 1971. Murphy Memorial park was officially opened in 1985.
Gaelic football
The arrival of Johnny Morrissey and Johnny Miller in 1963 transformed the club. They won Junior B championship in 1964, the Junior A championship and Jack Higgins Cup in 1965. Kevin Wynne and Martin Mannion played inter-county from that team. Niall Connolly and Paul Doyle were on the Grange teams that won Junior B in 1985, Junior A in 1987 and were beaten Intermediate finalists in 1991.
Honours
Jack Higgins Cup Winners (3) 1965, 1987, 2005
Kildare Junior A Football Championship (3) 1965, 1987, 2005
Kildare Junior B Football Championship (2) 1964, 1985
Kildare Minor Football League (2) 1981, 1984
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Facebook page
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grangenolvin%20G.F.C. |
Cerasi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Angelo Cerasi (1643–1728), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
Tiberio Cerasi (1544–1601), Italian jurist and papal treasurer-general
Italian-language surnames | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerasi |
Nield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Basil Nield (1903–1996), British politician
George C. Nield, US government regulator, Office of Commercial Space
Herbert Nield (1862–1932), British politician
Lawrence Nield, Australian architect
Wallace E. Nield (1889–1950), American politician
See also
Nields (disambiguation)
Neild | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nield |
Sijbekarspel is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 10 km northwest of Hoorn.
Sijbekarsel consists of one long road, with a ribbon of buildings around it. On the east, it is connected to Benningbroek.
History
The village was first mentioned around 1312 as Siboutskerspel, and means "parish of Sybout (person)." Sijbekarspel developed in the 11th century as a peat excavation settlement.
The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled church with ridge turret. The nave dates from 1547. The wooden ridge turret was added in 1861 after the tower was demolished.
Sijbekarspel was home to 372 people in 1840. In 1887, a joint railway station with Benningbroek opened on the Hoorn to Medemblik railway line. The line closed in 1941.
It was a separate municipality until 1979. On 1 January 1979 it merged with the municipalities of Abbekerk, Midwoud, Opperdoes and Twisk and the village of Hauwert into the new municipality of Noorder-Koggenland. On 1 January 2007 Noorder-Koggenland merged with the municipalities of Medemblik and Wognum into Medemblik.
Gallery
References
External links
Municipality of Medemblik
Former municipalities of North Holland
Populated places in North Holland
Medemblik | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sijbekarspel |
Kilcullen is an Intermediate Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland, which played a leading role in developing the games in the county.
History
Kilcullen town sports predate the GAA. The club was founded in 1889, and at first wore green and gold. They changed to black and white to honour the New Zealand national rugby union team ("All Blacks"), who played in Dublin in 1905. Their nickname, "The Rags", comes from a friendly game against Isles of the Sea where the Dubliners insulted the Kilcullen team's shabby kit.
The club crest depicts the round tower of Old Kilcullen, with its distinctive uneven top.
Gaelic football
Kilcullen were beaten by Clane in the 1892 county final. They lost to Moorefield 0-2 to 2-11 in the 1962 final.
Ladies Gaelic football
Kilcullen Ladies won their first ever Championship at senior level on 3 September 2016. They defeated Celbridge in the final of the Junior B Championship with a final scoreline of 5-17 to 2-05.
Kilcullen Line-Up: Aoife Molyneaux; Laura McMahon, Karen Bell, Amy Moran; Katie Willis, Dáire Smyth, Bróna Dooley; Lisa Aspell, Lorraine Schwer(Capt); Kate Timmons, Jayne Peacocke(0-6,5f), Sinéad Maher; Clare Kelly(0-1), Nanci Murphy(3-4), Ciara Pembroke(1-5).
Subs used: Ellie O'Toole(1-1), Sarah Doherty(0-1), Emily Vaughan, Rachel Hovenden-Keane, Avril Glendon.
Other subs: Amy Barker, Sinéad Jones
The Ladies section of the club had a year of unprecedented success in 2018, the club won at Division 1 level in all age groups from U13, U14, U15, U16 and Minor. The U14s won the All Ireland B Feile. And, to round off the success, the Senior side added the club's second ever Ladies Senior championship by defeating Na Fianna in the Ladies Junior A final.
The Ladies now compete at Senior level with a huge pool of talent running through the underage system in the club including a number of players lining out for Kildare at various levels. Three 'Ragettes' were on the successful Kildare Minor Ladies All Ireland B Championship winning side of 2018: Nanci Murphy, Brona Dooley and Molly Aspell. Molly Aspell captained the Kildare minors in 2019.
In 2023, Molly Aspell and Molly O'Loughlin were part of the Kildare panel which won the All Ireland Intermediate Championship.
Camogie
Michelle Aspell was selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century.
Honours
Kildare Senior Football Championship: Finalists 1892. 1917. 1962.
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: (5) 1945, 1956, 1961, 1976, 1998
Kildare Junior Football Championship: (7) 1914, 1943, 1953, 1971, 1997, 2016, 2021
Leinster Junior Club Football Championship: (1) 1997 (Runner-Up 2021)
Kildare Ladies Junior A Championship (1) 2018
Kildare Ladies Junior B Championship (1) 2016
Kildare Minor Ladies Division 1 (1) 2018
Jack Higgins Cup (3) 1953, 1971, 1997
Kildare Under-21 B Football Championship (1) 2003
Kildare Under-21 D Football Championship (1) 2015
Keogh Cup Champions (1) 2010
Kildare Intermediate 'B' Football Championship (1) 2010
Kildare Junior 'B' Football Championship (1) 1970
Kildare Under 16 B Championship (2) 2008, 2014
All Ireland Feile B Girls Championship (1) 2018
Bibliography
Kilcullen Gaelic Athletic Association 1889 1984 by Arty Aspell. Kilcullen GAA Nd, 75pp.
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
References
External links
Kilcullen GAA Club
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Kilcullen
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilcullen%20GAA |
Waccamaw Corp. was a home furnishings business that started in 1977 as Waccamaw Pottery, a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina based pottery company founded by George Bishop that sold pottery and crafts.
Waccamaw Pottery
The original store on U.S. Route 501 at one point had 6 million shoppers and in 1983 was named "the state’s most outstanding commercial attraction."
Expansion beyond its original location, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, began in 1982, when the company opened a Burlington, North Carolina location. Next came Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1983, followed by Rolling Meadows, Illinois (outside Chicago) in 1984 and Dale City, Virginia (a Washington, D.C. suburb) in 1985.
It grew into the home furnishings business in the early 1990s and operated stores throughout the South and Midwest, selling housewares, bedding, cookware, china, and furniture.
In the face of heavy competition from direct competitors Bed Bath & Beyond, Linens 'n Things and Old Time Pottery; as well as discount stores like Walmart and Target, the company merged with the primarily Northeastern HomePlace and grew to over 100 stores by 2001. Waccamaw stores were renamed "Waccamaw's HomePlace", and were planning to phase out the Waccamaw name altogether when the company filed for bankruptcy. The company ceased operations in June 2001.
Waccamaw Factory Shoppes
The original Waccamaw Pottery building in Myrtle Beach is still standing, part of the Waccamaw Factory Shoppes complex, once the nation's third-largest outlet shopping complex with more than 100 stores in 750,000 square feet of space on 80 acres. A fourth section was added in 1998 and a renovation of the entire complex was announced in October 2000. Competition from Myrtle Beach Factory Stores, however, was hurting the complex. Also, in December 2000, American International Life Insurance Co. foreclosed on owner Outlet Park RPFIV Associates LLC after a missed payment on a loan. A planned bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway was expected to help the area, along with turning a section of U.S. 501 into a freeway. Some believed the complex could make a comeback, with help. But additional competition was coming from Tanger Factory Outlets as well as a conventional mall nearby. In December 2001, American International Group (AIG) bought the property at auction. Talk of a theme park began, though some believed the mall could remain. In August 2003 Horry County Council voted to rezone land for the theme park, and by 2005 Hard Rock Park, a now-defunct music-themed amusement park, appeared likely to become a reality. But the mall had two stores, the upgrading of U.S. 501 had decreased interest in an area that became hard to reach, and AIG had its own problems. The bridge that was supposed to help the area had no funding, though work on extending Harrelson Boulevard past an interchange on U.S. 17 Bypass was set to begin. One of the Waccamaw facility's buildings was used seasonally as a rehearsal location for the Radio City Rockettes.
By 2008, a development called Paradise City was planned on part of the site by the developers of Hard Rock Park, which made Mall 3 its headquarters. The plans fell-through when the park shut down, and the property became neglected. A few businesses still operated in the shopping center, and some considered themselves successful.
On December 30, 2011, according to Horry County property records, 3W LLC bought 52 acres and 600,000 square feet from General Electric Credit Equities (a unit of General Electric) for $7.5 million (~$ in ). Alain Wizman of Keller Williams, which represented 3W in the transaction and would handle leasing, said $1 million would be spent on improvements and the complex would get a new name that included Waccamaw. Property manager Martin Durham said spaces on the outside would be filled first, followed by the interiors of the two malls. By the end of June 2012, one business had moved in.
Waccamaw Center, as it was later called, attracted a number of businesses of different types as well as a branch of NewSpring Church. One reason is the location on a major highway without the cost normally associated with this benefit. In October 2014, work was supposed to start on a half million dollars worth of landscaping. Other improvements were planned, and it was predicted that 25 stores would be located in the mall.
As of July 2018, Waccamaw Center had 25 tenants, and 3W LLC stated their goal was to establish an Asian-oriented multicultural center. Cultural events had been held over the previous several years. In 2023, the complex included Asher Theatre and NewSpring Church.
References
External links
Pictures of the nearly abandoned Myrtle Beach location
Sun News gallery of the Myrtle Beach site
Defunct retail companies of the United States
Companies based in South Carolina
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
American companies established in 1977
Retail companies established in 1977
Retail companies disestablished in 2001
Defunct companies based in South Carolina | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waccamaw%20Corp. |
Amix World is the first remix album of Japanese singer Ami Suzuki, released in March 2006.
Information
Most of the DJs that participated on this album are well known in Japan, and some are known in Europe and the United States, such as Jonathan Peters and Ferry Corsten.
The album was originally supposed to include only songs from Suzuki's first album under Avex, Around the World, but it was later decided to also include a remix of her single "Fantastic", which was released the same time as this album.
The album contains mainly trance and house music mixes, including seven remixes of the song "Around the World", plus remixes of Suzuki's previous singles "Delightful", "Eventful" and "Negaigoto".
The remix of "Eventful" made by Bulldozzer was only previously released online by Avex and this is the first time that this remix appeared on an official disc.
Chart performance
The album had little promotion and charted poorly, debuting at the number 83 position on the Oricon charts. In its first week of sales, only 2,662 copies were sold. In the second week, only 894 copies were sold and the album then slipped to 240th place.
Track listing
Charts
Ami Suzuki albums
2006 remix albums
Avex Group remix albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amix%20World |
Kill GAA (An Chill GAA) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. They combined with Ardclough to form area side Wolfe Tones in the 1970s.
History
RIC records from 1890 show that Kilteel King O'Tooles club had 30 members with officers listed as John Lennon, John Buggle, William Walsh and William Dowling.
Gaelic Football
Kill won the Junior A & B Championship on the same day in 1992, and won the Higgins Cup final against Eadestown. As a result, Kill was named 1992 Kildare Club Of The Year. In Intermediate ranks the following year they lost to Rathcoffey in the Northern final. They maintained their Intermediate status since 1993, having close calls in 2012 (v. Straffan), 2013 (v. Kilcullen) 2014 (v. Robertstown) & 2015 (v. Caragh) where they won all four relegation finals in a row, before finally being relegated in the Junior championship in 2019 against Ellistown.
In the 1962 Kildare Senior Football Championship Kill reached the semi-final stage, their best finish to date. Olly Harrington scored their goal as they went down to Kilcullen, 1-7 to 1-5. Area side Wolfe Tones qualified for the 1971 senior football semi-final and a three-point defeat to Carbury. The current players have improved greatly over the last few years, but have been suffering dearly at the hands of bigger clubs in recent history.
Hurling
Kill hurlers began contesting the Junior Championship in the 1950s. They won the Division 3 Hurling League in 2001, followed by the Division 2 Hurling league in 2002.
Kill also contested the Junior championship finals of 2002, 2003, 2004, before finally winning it in 2005 with a last second goal by Brian McMahon, winning by a point over Leixlip. They followed this by reaching the Intermediate Championship Final in 2006, losing narrowly to Ardclough.
By reaching the Intermediate final, they then went on to represent Kildare in the 2006 Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship against Our Lady's Island from Wexford. More silverware followed in 2011, when they again went on to win the Intermediate B Championship by one point, beating a heavily fancied Confey team on a scoreline of 1-8 to 2-6.
Kill amalginated with Ardclough to form Killard for minor in 2008, winning the 2008 Kildare Minor 'A' Hurling Championship beating Naas in Leixlip 0-12 to 0-8. Also winning the Kildare under 16 'B' in 2009 beating Maynooth in Clane.
Camogie
Kill Camogie team have the club's sole Senior Championship title, winning the 1957 championship. They completed a league & championship double in 2018, winning the Division 2 League final versus Cappagh GAA & Intermediate Championship final versus a Rathcoffey/Straffan amalgamation.
Kill hosted the 1939 Leinster final in a field behind the church where the dual carriageway now runs.
Honours
Champions
1957 Camogie Senior Championship
2018 Camogie Intermediate Camogie Championship
2018 Camogie Senior Division 2 League Champions
2017 Camogie Junior League 2 Champions
2009 Camogie Junior B Champions
2008 Camogie Junior B Champions
1960, 1979, 1992 Football Junior A Championship
1992 Football Junior B Championship
2007 Football Div. 3 Champions
2018 LGFA Junior Championship
2011 Hurling Intermediate B Hurling Championship
2005 Hurling Junior Championship (1)
2021 Football Reserve League Div. 5 Champions
2021 Football Reserve E Football Championship Champions
Underage
2009 Hurling Under-16 B Championship (with Ardclough as Killard)* 2004 Football U10 A, North Board Spring League
2006 Hurling Minor A Championship (with Ardclough as Killard)
2006 Camogie U12 Camogie Winners
2005 Football U14 Feile B
2004 Football U11 North Board Spring League
2003 Football U9 B, North Board Spring League
2003 Football Minor B Championship (with Eadestown as CillEide)
2004 Football U21 B Championship (with Eadestown as CillEide)
2021 Football Minor D Championship
2022 Football Minor Div. 4 Champions
2022 Football Minor D Championship
Finalist
1962 Football Senior Championship Semi-finalists
2001 Hurling Div. 3 League
2002 Hurling Div. 2 League
2006 Hurling Intermediate Championship Runner-Up
2007 Football U14 Feile B
2016 Camogie U15 Div 2 Finalist
2016 Camogie U13 Shield Finalist
2017 Camogie Intermediate Finalists
2017 Football Minor D Championship Runner Up 2017 (with Ardclough as Killard)
2017 Camogie U15 Shield Finalist
2018 Football U12 Shield Finalist
2021 Football Senior Football League Division 4 Finalist
2022 Football U17 Div. 3 Finalists
2022 Football Junior Championship Finalist
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Kill GAA Website
Kill GAA on Facebook
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill%20GAA%20%28County%20Kildare%29 |
Leixlip GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland. They were senior football finalists in 1986, club of the year 1979, and home club of Matt Goff who featured on the Kildare millennium football team at full-back.
Geography
The Leixlip club was first affiliated to the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. For the following few years progress was slow and club activity was haphazard. However, in 1912 a meeting was convened in the local school for the purpose of re-forming the club. John J Radley, a local school-master agreed to act as Honorary Secretary and another teacher, P Mullaney – then a member of the Leinster Council of the GAA – was appointed as his assistant. A committee was formed and, due to the influence of a local priest, Fr. Dooley, permission was given by the late William Mooney of Leixlip Castle, for the use of a field for matches and practice.
In 1939 a clubhouse was opened in the Main Street and was the centre of activities until the 1950s when a premises, now Tuthills Shop, was purchased on the Captains Hill and converted to a hall at a cost in excess of IR£600. It was named the "Joe Fox Memorial Hall" as a tribute to Joe’s many years of endeavour in promoting the ideals of Cumann Luthchleas Gael in Leixlip and County Kildare. In 1954, £1,200 was spent on the purchase of out present grounds. The initial development cost £600 and the official opening took place on 3 October 1954. The above amount of money was a large investment in those days as Leixlip was then a very small village community.
On 6 June 1975, the President of Ireland, Mr. Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, laid the foundation stone for the complex and on the 1 October 1978, the official opening was performed by then President of the GAA, Mr. Con Murphy. The Centenary Year of the GAA 1984 was marked by a special Club Day - ‘Lá na gClub'. The Club’s Centenary was celebrated in 1987 and proved to be a gala occasion, the centrepiece being a special Banquet at which the guest of honour was the Association's former President, Dr. Michael Loftus. The young members of the club put on a striking pageant – depicting the history of the club. It was an impressive performance and is now recorded for posterity on Video.
Radley Park was re-opened on 12 May 1991 by the then President of the GAA, Mr. Peter Quinn. 16 May 2004 saw the culmination of years of endeavour by the members and the financial and moral support of the local community when the Minister of Finance and TD, Mr. Charlie McCreevy officiated at the opening the club’s new facilities.
Football
Six years after their foundation St Mary's lost a replayed junior final to Paul Doyle's Maddenstown team. Leixlip's team led by Tom Farrell and Ned Malone were defeated in the 1924 Kildare junior final by Roseberry, won the Intermediate championship in 1929 and played two Leader Cup finals in 1937, beating Carbury in a replay in Kilcock, and 1940, losing to Carbury in Rathcoffey.
Matt Goff played on the Ireland Tailteann Games team of 1928 and won two All Ireland medals with Kildare.
Andy Walsh was an inter-county goalkeeper in the 1930s.
Donegal inter-county goalkeeper Seamus Hoare played for the club and was also a selector.
Kerry All Star Jack O'Shea played with Leixlip in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Ronan Quinn and Enda Murphy represented Kildare, while Enda played for Ireland in International Rules Series.
Tommy Moolick captained Kildare U21s to their 10th Leinster crown in April 2013.
The club's last success at senior level was in 2021, when they won the Senior B Reserve Championship. They beat Raheens GAA in the final.
Leixlip were relegated to intermediate status in 2018. A year later in 2019 the senior football team reached the intermediate football county final where they play Monasterevin on 13 October.
Hurling
Hurling was played sporadically in the early 1900s and revived in 1931. One of the clubs' greatest hurling achievements occurred in 1986 when it won the Kildare Senior Hurling Championship. Christy Timmins was the sides then manager.
Ladies' football
Leixlip are one of three original Ladies' Football clubs in County Kildare. They initially played in the Dublin leagues, affiliating to Kildare on the foundation of the county board in 1992.
They were Kildare junior champions in 2004 and intermediate champions in 2005.
They went on to win the Kildare Senior title in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2015
Honours
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship: 1986
Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship: 2023
Kildare Senior Football League Division 1: 1937, 1998, 1999
Kildare Senior Football Reserve A Championship: 1999, 2003
Kildare Senior Football Reserve B Championship: 2021
Kildare Senior Football Reserve D Championship: 2012
Kildare Senior Football Reserve E Championship: 2009
Kildare Senior Football Reserve A League: 2014
Kildare Senior Football Reserve D League: 2021
Kildare Under-21 A Football Championship: 1996
Kildare Under-21 A Shield Football Championship: 2012
Kildare Minor Football Championship: 1987, 1988,1990, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: 1929, 1934
Kildare Junior Football Championship: 1954, 1980
Kildare Junior Hurling Championship: 1962, 1971, 1977
See also
Brendan Hackett, who managed the club between 1983 and 1985
Bibliography
St Mary's GAA Club Leixlip 1887-1978 by Pat Burke (Leixlip 1978) 104pp
St Mary's GAA Club, Leixlip - A History by Pat Burke And Colette McCormack (Leixlip GAA 1984), 232pp
Matt Goff Commemorative Booklet by Eoghan Corry (2005)
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
References
External links
Leixlip GAA site
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare
Hurling clubs in County Kildare
Sport in Leixlip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leixlip%20GAA |
Hans Olof Ragnemalm (30 March 1940 – 7 August 2016) was a Swedish lawyer, judge, and professor emeritus of public law.
Ragnemalm became professor of public law at Lund University, and later professor of public law and dean of the law faculty at the University of Stockholm. He served as Parliamentary Ombudsman between 1987 and 1992, and from 1992 to 1995 as judge at the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden.
In 1995 Ragnemalm became Sweden's first judge at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. In 2000 he returned to Sweden to serve as president of the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden until his retirement in 2005.
See also
List of members of the European Court of Justice
References
1940 births
2016 deaths
Justices of the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden
European Court of Justice judges
Academic staff of Lund University
Academic staff of Stockholm University
20th-century Swedish judges
Swedish judges of international courts and tribunals
People from Laholm Municipality | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Ragnemalm |
The Waccamaw were a Native American tribe of South Carolina.
Waccamaw may also refer to:
Waccamaw Siouan Indians, a Native American Tribe of North Carolina
Waccamaw Corp., a former home furnishings retailer
Waccamaw River, which drains the lake
Lake Waccamaw, a lake in North Carolina
, a United States Navy vessel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waccamaw%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Lambertschaag is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 12 km north of Hoorn.
The village of Lambertschaag is built along one road, going from Abbekerk on the south to the Wieringermeer polder on the north.
History
The village was first mentioned around 1312 as Lambrechtscoch, and is a combination of "land on water" and Lambert of Maastricht, the patron saint of the village. Lambertschaag developed in the late-11th century as a peat excavation village of Abbekerk. It used to have a little fishing harbour until the Wieringermeer was poldered between 1929 and 1930.
The former Dutch Reformed church which is colloquially called the green church is a single aisled with a wooden ridge turret. It dates from around 1500. The ridge turret was added around 1740. The church is nowadays used for cultural activities, expositions and concerts.
Lambertschaag was home to 226 people in 1840. In 1887, a combined railway station with Abbekerk opened on the Hoorn to Medemblik railway line. The railway line closed in 1941.
Gallery
References
Populated places in North Holland
Medemblik | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambertschaag |
Pyrometric devices gauge heatwork (the combined effect of both time and temperature) when firing materials inside a kiln. Pyrometric devices do not measure temperature, but can report temperature equivalents. In principle, a pyrometric device relates the amount of heat work on ware to a measurable shrinkage or deformation of a regular shape.
Care should be taken with the interpretation, as some naively assume they are a measure of temperature alone.
Types
Rings
Rings are flat, hollow centred discs whose contraction is proportional to the heat work experienced. A micrometer or gauge measures the fired ring, with the difference being an arbitrary number that is used to describe the firing regime experienced. Various grades of ring, each of slightly different compositions, are available to cover all firing conditions and temperature equivalents likely to be encountered. Examples of pyrometric rings include Bullers Rings, PTCR Rings and Thermorings.
Bars
Bars are square sectioned, and mounted horizontally across two fixed distance supports. During firing the softening of the material results in sagging at the centre. Pyrometric Bars have found popularity in Kiln Sitters, which uses the described deformation to act as a triggering element, thus turning off the kiln at a desired point of maturity. Examples of pyrometric Bars include Holdcroft Bars and "Orton Bars".
Cones
Cones are slender, three sided pyramids that are made from a range of compositions, each composition with a reference number corresponding to a certain heat work. Rather than shrink as rings do, a cone's tip will bend forward to the same level as the base at the time of maturity. Other deformations of a cone, such as bloating, cracking or bending backward, can be appropriately interpreted to troubleshoot activity inside the kiln.
Discs
Are calibrated ceramic disc-shaped devices. Examples include Bullers Process Control Discs and TempCHEKS.
History
In 1782, Josiah Wedgwood created accurately scaled pyrometric device, with details published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London in 1782 (Vol. LXXII, part 2). This led him to be elected a fellow of the Royal Society.
The modern form of the pyrometric cone was developed by the German ceramics technologist Hermann Seger and first used to control the firing of porcelain wares at the Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur (Royal Porcelain Works) in Berlin, in 1886. Seger cones are still made by a small number of companies and the term is often used as a synonym for pyrometric cones.
Holdcroft Bars were developed in 1898 by Holdcroft & Co.
Bullers rings have been in continuous production for over 80 years, and are currently in use in over 45 countries. Originally developed by the company named Bullers, the current manufacturers, Taylor Tunnicliff Limited, were founded in 1867.
The Standard Pyrometric Cone Company was founded by Edward J. Orton, Jr. in 1896.
PTCR rings (Process Temperature Control Rings) were originally called "Phillips Temperature Control Rings" and developed by Phillips Electronics in Uden, Netherlands. The plant is now owned by Ferro and moved to its current location in St Dizier, France in 2010.
References
Further reading
External links
Temperature equivalents table & description of Bullers Rings.
Temperature equivalents table & description of Nimra Cerglass pyrometric cones.
Temperature equivalents table for Orton pyrometric cones.
Temperature equivalents table of Seger pyrometric cones.
description of TempTABs.
Pottery | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrometric%20device |
Ohio's 3rd congressional district is located entirely in Franklin County and includes most of the city of Columbus. The current district lines were drawn in 2022, following the redistricting based on the 2020 census. It is currently represented by Democrat Joyce Beatty.
It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map due to alleged unconstitutional gerrymandering. According to the lawsuit, the 3rd was "shaped like a snowflake" that was designed to "fracture" Columbus. The plaintiffs focused on the 3rd in part because the 2013-2023 version of the district was barely contiguous. In some portions, it was almost, but not quite, split in two by the neighboring 12th and 15th districts which split the rest of Columbus between them.
The 2013-2023 map, drawn in private by Republican lawmakers in a Columbus hotel room, drew most of the heavily Democratic portions of Columbus into the 3rd, with much of the rest of Columbus split into the more Republican 12th and 15th districts. An alternative plan was to split Columbus between four districts, creating 13 safe Republican seats. In May 2019, the U.S. District Court in Cincinnati deemed the map unconstitutional, as intentionally drawn to keep Republicans in power and disenfranchise Democratic voters. The U.S. Supreme Court discarded the district court ruling in October 2019.
In 2018, Ohio voters approved a ballot measure known as Issue 1, which grants the minority party oversight on redistricting, requiring 50 percent minority party approval for district maps. The process will only take place after the 2020 census and presidential election.
For most of the time from 1887 to 2003, the 3rd was a Dayton-based district; much of that territory is now the 10th district.
Election results from statewide races
List of members representing the district
Recent election results
The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.
1951 special election
*In 1951, after Breen's resignation for ill health, Schenck was elected in a special election to complete Breen's term.
2002
In 2002, when then-U.S. Rep. Tony P. Hall decided to accept an appointment as a U.N. ambassador, Richard Alan Carne took his place as the Democratic nominee for the congressional seat. Carne lost the race to former Dayton mayor Michael R. Turner.
2006 election
On August 13, 2006, Democratic candidate Stephanie Studebaker— who was the party's nominee to run against the incumbent Republican— was arrested, alongside her husband, on charges of domestic violence. Two days later, she withdrew from the race, leaving the Ohio Democratic Party without a candidate in the district. A Special primary election to select a new Democratic candidate was held on 15 September 2006. Richard Chema won that election with nearly 75% of the vote, but lost to Republican Michael R. Turner in the general election.
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
Historical district boundaries
See also
Ohio's congressional districts
List of United States congressional districts
Notes
References
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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Constituencies established in 1813
1813 establishments in Ohio | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%27s%203rd%20congressional%20district |
Reda railway station is a railway station serving the town of Reda, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened in 1870 and is located on the Gdańsk–Stargard railway, the parallel Gdańsk Śródmieście–Rumia railway and Reda–Hel railway. The train services are operated by Przewozy Regionalne and SKM Tricity.
Train services
The station is served by the following services:
Regional services (R) Tczew — Słupsk
Regional services (R) Malbork — Słupsk
Regional services (R) Elbląg — Słupsk
Regional services (R) Słupsk — Bydgoszcz Główna
Regional services (R) Władysławowo - Reda - Gdynia Główna
Regional services (R) Hel - Władysławowo - Reda - Gdynia Główna
Regional services (R) Luzino — Gdynia Główna
Regional services (R) Słupsk — Gdynia Główna
Szybka Kolej Miejska services (SKM) ''(Lębork -) Wejherowo - Reda - Rumia - Gdynia - Sopot - Gdansk'
References
External links
Railway stations served by Szybka Kolej Miejska (Tricity)
Railway stations served by Przewozy Regionalne InterRegio
Reda
Wejherowo County
Railway stations in Poland opened in 1870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reda%20railway%20station |
Nurney is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Nurney, County Kildare, Ireland. The club won Kildare Junior Football Championship and Kildare Senior Football League Division 3 titles in 2006.
History
Gaelic football
The earliest recorded history of GAA in the area goes back to the turn of the 20th century, when a club was formed in Nurney in 1912 or 1913. It lasted just 3 years, in a period that coincided with World War I. In 1915, another club was formed in the area called Kildoon. This team also lasted about 2 or 3 years.
In the early 1930s, another team was formed and played their games on the Balkinstown road in Hanley's field. After the break-up of this team in 1940, many players played with a Kildangan team and in 1942 this Kildangan team won the Junior championship by beating Cappagh in the final. In 1943, they reached the Intermediate final which they lost to Ardclough.
In 1944, Kildoon were again reformed, with a number of players returning from Kildangan. They again broke up in 1950, reforming again in 1956.
In 1964, a meeting was held to discuss the amalgamation of the Kildoon & Kildangan clubs to form Nurney GAA Club. In 1968, the new club purchased a field from the Land Commission for £800. The ownership was vested in a number of local trustees, and later in the GAA at Croke Park.
1975 saw the commencement of the GAA centre and dressing rooms, with this complex being officially opened in 1978, marked by a game between Kildare and Offaly.
The first Junior final was reached in 1980 when Nurney were beaten by 2 points in a replay to an Eadestown team. In 1982, another final was reached in which Celbridge beat Nurney by a single point. Several tournaments were won during this period, including a league title in 1980 with Nurney beating Eadestown.
In 1984, Nurney won the Junior final by beating the favourites Straffan by 13 points. That year, Nurney also beat Clogherinkoe in the final of the Jack Higgins Cup by 2 points after a replay.
Nurney were now an Intermediate side, and 1985 saw them reach the semi-final of this championship only to be beaten by Suncroft after a replay. The club continued in the Intermediate championship up to 1989 without success and in 1990 they returned to Junior ranks.
Several Nurney players have worn the white jersey of Kildare over the years, with Pat Deering winning a Leinster U-21 medal in 1972. Syl Merrins won a Leinster U-21 medal in 1983, a Leinster Junior Medal in 1989, and an O'Byrne Cup medal with the Seniors in 1989. In 2004, William Heffernan won an Leinster Under 21 title. Eddie Molloy and Seamus Deering have won All-Ireland medals with the over 40s team in 1990 and 1991. Others to represent the county have been John Conway, Pat Burke, Pat Smullen, Francis Byrne, and Darren Byrne, Patrick Hannon, Neil Houlihan and Andrew Behan. For several years, Michael Conway and William Heffernan were present on the Kildare senior football panel, helping Kildare to an All Ireland Quarter Final, Semi Final and Leinster final.
In 2006, the men's senior team won the Kildare Junior Football Championship title and Kildare Senior Football League Division 3 title beating Straffan and Grange respectively.
Nurney also won the 2014 Division 3 league title while also gaining promotion to Division 2. They beat Suncroft in the 2014 final by 0-13 to 1-6 in St Conleth's Park, Newbridge.
Hurling
Nurney were one of the first participants in the Junior B hurling championship.
Camogie
In the early days of Nurney camogie, the club was known as St Judes, a set of accounts (one page) exists for a year in the 1930s.
Margaret Deering (later Sexton) of Nurney scored 1-1 for Kildare in the Leinster Junior/Smyco Cup final victory over Meath in 1967.
In 2001, Nurney Camogie Club was reformed and grew to have almost 100 members catering for girls from under 9 to under 14. In 2005, a junior camogie team entered competition for the first time in 30 years and in 2005 also Under 11 Camogie titles in both club and schools competitions. Since then a number of underage competitions have been secured including Senior Schools titles in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the club won the Junior C Championship, Under 21 B & Minor B Championship (amalgamation with Moorefield).
Ladies football
In 2007, a ladies football club was formed - Kildangan/Nurney. The club has teams from Under 10 to Senior level. The club's senior ladies team won the Junior D Championship in 2012 and a league title in 2013. The club have been represented at county level at all grades.
Handball
Nurney is one of the few clubs where handball has been played continuously. The first alley in Nurney was erected in Kildoon, beside a road that no longer exists; joining Kildoon to Nurney via the Sweeps Lane. It is believed that the Kildoon handball alley was built in the late 1700s and local folklore has it that it was built by men involved with the United Irishmen movement and its erection was used as a front for meetings, a practice that was banned at the time. In the middle of the 1930s, a new alley was built on the Nurney end of this lane, in front of Nurney school. The building was of mass concrete and the builders were the young men of the area among whom were Tommy O'Brien, Ned Hyland, P Boland Tim Kelly and Pat Delaney Tommy O'Brien was an athlete and was a well known handballer. He represented Kildare at junior level as an individual and with Ned Hyland as his doubles partner won a number of intercounty matches.
Further reading
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
References
External links
Nurney GAA Facebook page
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurney%20GAA |
Per Ivar Moe (born 11 November 1944, in Ålesund) is a former speed skater from Norway.
Biography
In 1963, 18-year-old Per Ivar Moe won bronze at the European Allround Championships, an achievement he would repeat the following year (1964). In addition, in 1964, he became the first in 8 years to beat Knut Johannesen at the Norwegian Championships. That year, he also participated in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and won a silver medal on the 5,000 m in a time of 7:38.6, a mere 0.2 seconds behind Johannesen. At first, it seemed that Moe had won gold when 7:38.7 was displayed as Johannesen's time, but this was quickly corrected to 7:38.4.
In 1965, Moe won silver at the European Championships and two weeks later he became World Allround Champion. For his achievements, he received the 1965 Oscar Mathisen Award and was elected Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year that same year. Moe retired in 1966 to complete his university degree. Per Ivar Moe was in banking business in his professional life. He was Vice President in Nordea, one of the biggest banks in Norway.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Moe at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Moe skated his personal records.
Moe was number one on the Adelskalender, the all-time allround speed skating ranking, from 26 January 1964 to 13 February 1965 and for 4 more days in January 1966 – a total of 388 days. He has an Adelskalender score of 177.150 points.
References
Notes
Bibliography
Eng, Trond. All Time International Championships, Complete Results: 1889 - 2002. Askim, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2002.
Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild and Teigen, Magne. Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 1999 (6. utgave). Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1999.
Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild; Teigen, Magne and Teigen, Thorleiv. Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 2004 (7. utgave). Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli/Hokksund, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2004.
Eng, Trond and Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater fra offisielle Norske Mesterskap på skøyter, 1894 - 2005. Askim/Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2005.
Moe, Per Ivar. Ung på isen. Oslo, Norway: Aschehoug, 1965.
Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater Norske Mesterskap På Skøyter, 1887 - 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.
Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater Internasjonale Mesterskap 1889 - 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior, allround/sprint. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.
External links
Per Ivar Moe at SkateResults.com
Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages
1944 births
Living people
Norwegian male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters for Norway
Olympic silver medalists for Norway
Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Ålesund | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per%20Ivar%20Moe |
Chicken Cottage Limited is a UK-based fast food chain. The company is the master franchisor and owner of the "Chicken Cottage" brand. Its taste is modelled on a blend of the South Asian and Southern United States flavours using halal ingredients. It currently operates through 115 outlets in the UK.
History
Chicken Cottage was established in 1983 as a partnership and incorporated in February 2001. The first Chicken Cottage store was opened in 1983 in Wembley, London.
In February 2012, TI Global Food Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Terengganu Incorporated Sdn Bhd (Terengganu Inc), which is the main investment arm of the State of Terengganu, Malaysia, acquired a 22% stake in the company. The remaining 30% was at that point owned by Ri-Yaz Global Food Brands Inc, a subsidiary of Ri-Yaz Holdings, whose main focuses include hospitality, franchise business & development. On 26 February 2019, the company was no longer administration under Terengganu Incorporated after reported sold his warehouse to UK company
Health and safety
On 4 September 2003, the BBC consumer affairs TV programme Rogue Restaurants identified extremely serious environmental health problems with two London outlets of Chicken Cottage where raw chicken was not kept refrigerated for long periods and products were used after their use by dates. The programme did report that the Chicken Cottage headquarters promised to take remedial action once the BBC had informed them of the problems.
International expansion
Malaysia's first branch opened in Ladang Tok Pelam, Kuala Terengganu in December 2015 and Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur (both branches are closed). There are plans to have 50 more outlets, including 15 in Terengganu . Other outlets are in Iraq, Pakistan, Nigeria, Belgium and Italy.
References
External links
Chicken chains of the United Kingdom
Fast-food chains of the United Kingdom
Fast-food poultry restaurants
Fast-food franchises
Halal restaurants
Restaurants established in 1983
1983 establishments in England
Indian restaurants in the United Kingdom
Pakistani cuisine in the United Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken%20Cottage |
Patrick Cramer (born 3 February 1969 in Stuttgart, West Germany) is a German chemist, structural biologist, and molecular systems biologist. In 2020, he was honoured to be an international member of the National Academy of Sciences. He became president of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
Life
Cramer studied chemistry at the Universities of Stuttgart and Heidelberg (Germany) from 1989 until 1995. He completed a part of his studies as ERASMUS scholar at the University of Bristol in the UK. As a research student he also worked in the lab of Sir Alan Fersht in Cambridge, UK at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology (LMB) site. In 1995 until 1998 he worked as a PhD student in laboratory of Christoph W. Müller at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble, France. He obtained his PhD in natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) from the University of Heidelberg in 1998. From 1999 until 2001 Cramer worked as postdoctoral researcher and fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the laboratory of the later Nobel Prize laureate Roger D. Kornberg at Stanford University, USA.
In 2001 Patrick Cramer returned to Germany, where he obtained a tenure-track professorship for biochemistry at the Gene Center of the University of Munich (Ludwig Maximilians University, LMU where he was later, in 2004, appointed full professor of biochemistry. Patrick Cramer headed the Gene Center of the University of Munich for 10 years, from 2004 until 2013. He also served as Dean of the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy from 2007 to 2009, and as Director of the Department of Biochemistry from 2010 to 2013. Cramer also was a member of the University Research Board from 2007 to 2013 and speaker of the research network grant SFB464 of the German Research Council (DFG).
On 1 January 2014 Patrick Cramer was appointed Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany.
From 2016 to 2022 he was a member of the Editorial Board for Cell.
From 22 June 2023, he has served as president of the Max Planck Society.
Achievements
Patrick Cramer conducts basic research as the head of the Department of Molecular Biology at the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen. He also works as a science manager and an honorary professor at the University of Göttingen. During his postdoctoral research with Roger Kornberg, Cramer determined the atomic, three-dimensional structure of RNA polymerase II, one of the biggest enzymes in the cell nucleus. This work played a decisive role when the Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Roger Kornberg in 2006 for studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription.
The laboratory of Patrick Cramer investigates the molecular mechanisms and systemic principles of gene transcription in eukaryotic cells. The laboratory uses integrated structural biology methods, including X-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy, and biochemical tools. The Cramer laboratory also uses functional genomics and computational biology approaches to study the principles of transcription in living cells.
The group of Patrick Cramer created the first molecular movie of transcription initiation and elongation. Moreover, Patrick Cramer developed methods to analyze fundamental aspects of RNA metabolism in cells by integrating aspects of both molecular and systems biology. His long-term goal is to understand the expression and the regulation of the genome. The laboratory thus pioneers an approach that combines structural and genome-wide methods and may be referred to as molecular systems biology.
In April 2020, Dr Cramer's team at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry created the first "3D structure of the corona polymerase" for the COVID-19 virus. Their model will allow researchers "to investigate how antiviral drugs such as remdesivir – which blocks the polymerase – work, and to search for new inhibitory substances."
Patrick Cramer also commits himself to the further development of life sciences in Germany and Europe. He was one of the founders of the national cluster of excellence "Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM)" and initiated the construction of the new research building, the "Munich Research Center for Molecular Biosystems (BioSysM)". In addition, Cramer was one of the members of the scientific and technical advisory board of the Bavarian state government and worked on bioethics within the institute TTN. Patrick Cramer also serves as an organizer of international conferences, and on several scientific committees and advisory boards. Since 2016 Cramer chairs the Council of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Publications
Original research articles (selection)
Review articles (selection)
Other publications (selection)
Aufbruch in die molekulare Systembiology. - Essay for the anniversary edition "20 Jahre Laborjournal", Published in Laborjournal on 11 July 2014.
Entwicklungen in der Biomedizin: Genom-Sequenzierung in Diagnose, Prävention und Therape; Systembiologie und Medizin. In: T. Rendtorff (Hrsg.): Zukunft der biomedizinischen Wissenschaften. Nomos, 2013, .
O. Primavesi, P. Cramer, R. Hickel, T. O. Höllmann; W. Schön: Lob der Promotion. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on 19 July 2013.
J. Hacker, T. Rendtorff, P. Cramer, M. Hallek, K. Hilpert, C. Kupatt, M. Lohse, A. Müller, U Schroth, F. Voigt, M. Zichy. Biomedizinische Eingriffe am Menschen – Ein Stufenmodell zur ethischen Bewertung von Gen- und Zelltherapie. Water de Gruyter, Berlin. (2009).
Awards and honours (selection)
2000 EMBO Young Investigator Award
2000 MSC Future Investigator Award
2002 GlaxoSmithKline Science Award
2004 10th Eppendorf Award for Young European Researchers
2006 Leibniz Prize
2008 Bijvoet Medal, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University
2009 Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine
2009 Familie-Hansen-Award, Bayer Science & Education Foundation
2009 Member, German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)
2009 Member, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
2010 Advanced Grant of the European Research Council ('TRANSIT')
2010 Medal of Honour, Robert Koch Institute
2011 Feldberg Foundation Prize
2012 Vallee Foundation Visiting Professorship
2012 Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2012 Paula und Richard von Hertwig Preis
2015 Arthur Burkhardt Preis
2015 Guest Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2016 Advanced Grant of the European Research Council ('TRANSREGULON')
2016 Centenary Award of the British Biochemical Society
2017 Elected Member, Academia Europaea
2017 Honorary Professor, Georg August University of Göttingen
2017 Weigle Lectureship, University of Geneva
2018 Inaugural George William Jourdian Lectureship, University of Michigan
2019 Ernst Schering Prize
2020 Otto Warburg Medal
2021 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
2023 Shaw Prize in Life Sciences
References
External links
Patrick Cramer at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen
List of publications
Cramer at the Gene Center Munich
Porträt at the Deutschen Forschungsgesellschaft
1969 births
Living people
German biochemists
21st-century German biologists
Stanford University alumni
Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Science teachers
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners
European Research Council grantees
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Bijvoet Medal recipients
Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
Max Planck Institute directors | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Cramer |
Aviv Kohavi (; born 23 April 1964) was the 22nd Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, having taken the oath of office on January 15, 2019. Before becoming Lieutenant General (Rav-Aluf), he was commander of the Gaza Division, commander of the Northern Command, commander of the Paratroopers Brigade and Military Intelligence Director.
Early life and education
Kohavi was one of three children born to Shaul and Riva Kohavi. His father was a shop owner and his mother was a physical education teacher. His maternal grandfather and some of his brothers immigrated to Israel from Russia before World War II. His paternal grandfather's family lived in Kraków, Poland. His grandfather, Romek-Abraham, immigrated to Israel in the 1920s, and was one of the pioneers of Highway 75 and one of the founders of Kiryat Haim.
He grew up in Kiryat Bialik in the Haifa District, and was a member of the HaMahanot HaOlim Labour Zionist youth movement. He studied at the Habonim school and ORT Kiryat Bialik school.
Kohavi has a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University and a master's degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University.
Military career
Kohavi was drafted into the IDF in 1982. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade and was placed in the 890th Battalion. He served as a soldier and a squad leader. In 1985 he became an infantry officer after completing Officer Candidate School and returned to the Paratroopers Brigade as a platoon leader. During his career Kohavi led the Brigade's Anti-tank company.
Between 1993 and 1994, he led the 101st "Peten" (Elapidae) paratroop battalion in counter-guerrilla operations in South Lebanon. Afterwards he commanded a Regional Brigade in South Lebanon and a reserve Paratrooper Brigade. Later he commanded the training base of the brigade, was deputy commander of the brigade and commander of the reservist paratrooper 551 brigade.
Commander of the Paratroopers Brigade
In 2001, he was appointed commander of the Paratroopers Brigade, a position he held until 2003. Together with a group of other commanders from the field units, including Moshe Tamir, Yair Golan, Gal Hirsch and Noam Tibon, he was one of the pushers to act against the sources of Palestinian militancy during the Second Intifada in the kasbahs and refugee camps, despite being crowded and complicated urban areas, and despite the hesitations of the IDF senior command. He successfully led the brigade in a takeover of the Balata refugee camp in Nablus in February 2002.
He then led the brigade in Operation Defensive Shield, and in other operations throughout the West Bank against Palestinian militant infrastructure, among them, the conquest of Bethlehem and the imposition of a siege on the Church of the Nativity, in which fifty armed wanted men fortified themselves, held about 200 hostages and waged gun battles against the IDF.
In 2002 during the Second Intifada while on the battlefield, Kohavi developed the use of a 5 kg hammer to break down walls and cross through homes in refugee camps to prevent his soldiers from being shot by snipers. This tactic has been copied by other armies, including the United States military.
Brigadier general roles
In 2003, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and appointed commander of the 98th Paratroopers Division, and served until November 2004. On November 30, 2004, he was appointed commander of the Gaza Division, and led the division in operations against Qassam rocket launches and Palestinian militants infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, including Operation Summer Rains. During his service as division commander, two significant events occurred: the disengagement plan in September 2005 and the abduction of Gilad Shalit in June 2006.
In 2007, he was appointed head of the Operations Division of the IDF's Operations Directorate, a position he held until January 2010, during which time he participated in the planning of Operation Cast Lead. After that, he served as a project manager in the Planning Directorate.
Major general roles
He received the role of the chief of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate on November 22, 2010. During his tenure, he took part in the planning of Operation Pillar of Defense, Operation Full Disclosure, Operation Brother's Keeper and Operation Protective Edge.
In November 2014 he was appointed as the commander of the Northern Command. During his tenure, the barrier against Hezbollah on the border with Lebanon was built, at the same time the command forces conducted activities to thwart militant infrastructure from Syrian territory, along with promoting a good neighborhood project called Operation Good Neighbor on the Syrian border.
On May 11, 2017, he was appointed as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. He served in this position until December 13, 2018.
Chief of the General Staff
On October 26, 2018, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman recommended his appointment as the 22nd IDF Chief of Staff, with the consent of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On November 25, the government approved his appointment. On January 15, 2019, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and began his service as Chief of Staff.
In November 2019 Kohavi commanded the IDF in Operation Black Belt, when it fought against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), following the targeted killing of senior PIJ commander Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza. He also led Israel's military during Operation Guardian of the Walls in May 2021.
Later in May, Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced that he will request from the government to approve extending his tenure as IDF Chief of Staff by an additional year. In July, the government approved the extension of term. In August 2022, Kohavi led Israeli forces during Operation Breaking Dawn. On January 16, 2023, Kohavi handed over his role to Herzi Halevi and officially finished his active military service.
Personal life
Kohavi is vegetarian, is married and is the father of three daughters. He lives in Adi in northern Israel.
Kohavi's brother is Dr. Zohar Kohavi, Head of Research at Zulat for Equality and Human Rights Institute.
Awards and decorations
Aviv Kohavi was awarded three campaign ribbons for his service during three conflicts.
References
External links
Israeli army officer cancels UK trip to avoid war charges, The Daily Telegraph
"Ma'asei Aman": Permanent Change in a Changing Reality
Aviv Kohavi, To Be a Military Leader, The Dado Center for Interdisciplinary Military Studies, June 22, 2022
1964 births
Living people
Directors of the Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Israeli generals
People from Kiryat Bialik
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies alumni
Harvard Kennedy School alumni
Jewish military personnel
Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent
Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviv%20Kohavi |
Rathcoffey is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Ireland. Teresa Lynch, Nuala Malone and Eileen Reilly were selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century. Rathcoffey are currently a junior team in Kildare and are competing in the third league division of Kildare.
Rathcoffey forms St Edward's along with Straffan for underage purposes and St Edward's fields teams at all levels from Under 9 to Under 21.
Honours
Kildare Junior Hurling Championship 1935
Kildare Junior Football Championship: 1969, 1990
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
References
External links
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare
Hurling clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathcoffey%20GAA |
Robertstown is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Robertstown, County Kildare, Ireland, affiliated to Kildare GAA.
Gaelic football
Tom Donoghue, a boat-man from Robertstown, played for Kildare in the 1926 All Ireland final. Frank "Sambo" Dowling played for Kildare in the 1935 All Ireland final against Cavan. John Dalton played with Kildare in the 1960s.
Honours
Kildare Junior Football Championship: (2) 1989, 2011
Kildare Junior B Football Championship (2) 1980, 1983
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Official site
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertstown%20GFC |
Area code 269 is the telephone area code serving the southwest portion of Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
History
269 was created as a split of area code 616 on July 13, 2002. The 269 area covers roughly the lower third of 616 before the split. Frontier and AT&T are the predominant local telephone carriers.
Service area
Communities using 269 include Decatur, Dowagiac, Allegan, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo,
Buchanan, Paw Paw, Portage, Otsego, Plainwell, St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, Marshall, Niles, Three Rivers, Sturgis, South Haven, Berrien Springs, and Bridgman.
See also
List of NANP area codes
References
External links
Planning letter 294, which detailed the plan of 269's creation (PDF file)
List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 269 Area Code
Telecommunications-related introductions in 2002
269
269
West Michigan
Central Michigan | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area%20code%20269 |
Sallins is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Sallins, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of Kildare club of the year in 2001.
Honours
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: (2) 1968, 2003
Kildare Junior Football Championship: (2) 1967, 2001
Leinster Junior Club Football Championship: (1) 2000
Jack Higgins Cup Winners (1) 2001
The Niall Smullen Cup (5) 1925, 1946, 1954, 1971, 1985
Conneff Cup winners 2002
LGFA Junior C Championship winners 2021
History
In 2009 & 2010 Sallins Minors won the B championship
Hurling
Sallins also has a separate hurling club. While juvenile hurling is part of the main Sallins GAA club, their men’s team has been set up as a separate club due to a conflict of interest for some footballers.
After a break of over 30 years, Sallins started juvenile hurling in 2002 and fielded an adult team in 2003 and has been competing ever since.
The current hurling side play in the Junior League and Championship. In 2009, the hurlers made both league and championship semi finals.
Ladies football
After many years playing as an amalgamated team with players from the nearby village of Carragh, Sallins had their first adult ladies football team in 2018. They have had several successes since then, winning a division 7 league title in 2018, and a junior c championship cup in 2021. In 2021 the ladies footballers fielded two minor teams.
Camogie
The club fields camogie teams up to U17 level as of 2021
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904–2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Official site
Facebook page
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallins%20GAA |
Food and Catering (Ships' Crews) Convention, 1946 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1946, with the preamble stating:
Ratifications
As of 2013, the convention has been ratified by 25 states. Of the ratifying states, 19 have subsequently denounced the treaty.
External links
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1946 in labor relations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20and%20Catering%20%28Ships%27%20Crews%29%20Convention%2C%201946 |
St Kevin's is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in the Kildare GAA based in Staplestown in North County Kildare, Ireland.
History
The club was founded in 1945 under the name Staplestown GFC. The original colours were green white and gold and remained so until 1963 when the club added St. Kevin's to the Staplestown name and changed their colour to black and red. The name refers to Saint Kevin of Glendalough. Various locations were used for matches until the present grounds were acquired in 1961. The dressing rooms were built in 1982 and the ground was named the Jack Casey Memorial Park in memory of the club secretary who had been so instrumental in purchasing the pitch originally. The bar and hall were added in recent years.
The first official match played by the club was a junior league game against Caragh in Prosperous in March 1946 losing out by 3–4 to 1–3. It took until the third round of the league to gain the first win, defeating another newly formed club Firmount 1–3 to 1–2 which was played in Allen. In their first ever championship match they defeated Rathcoffey 1–2 to 1–1 but lost to Straffan in the second round.
A lean few years followed until 1966 when they contested the junior league final, the first ever final contested by the club, but were beaten by a point by Milltown.
The seventies proved to be the most successful decade for the club when they went from Junior B to Senior. In that period the club contested two Junior B finals, two Jack Higgins Cup finals, a division 3 senior league final, a division 2 senior league final and two junior league division 2 finals. The Junior B championship was won in 1972 when they defeated Raheens, the first ever championship win for the club. The Junior A championship was won in 1976 when they defeated Leixlip. The intermediate final was contested for the first time in 1978 but was lost by a point. The intermediate championship crown was secured in 1979 when they defeated St. Laurence's in the final. The senior league division 3 crown was also won in 1973 by going through the entire campaign unbeaten. Although they lost the division 2 final, promotion to division 1 was won for the first time in 1980. Another Division 2 final defeat came in 1982. The club played in the senior championship from 1980 to 1990, reaching the semi-final in 1984 where they were beaten by five points by eventual winners Clane.
The nineties were to prove a frustrating period for the club. The club would go one to contest four intermediate final from 1995 to 1999. In 1995, managed by Joe Fox they lost to local rivals Caragh. They came back again the following year with Tommy Carew in charge only to lose the final after a replay by a point to Eadestown. Two years later it was the turn of Brian O'Keefe to lead them to an intermediate final again only to lose to Kilcullen this time. O'Keefe would lead them to final again the following year only to lose to Maynooth by a point, yet again after a replay. Some consolidation could be taken during the nineties as the division 3 title was won in 1997.
Recent years have proved to be a mixed bag for the club. The division 3 title was secured again in 2004. However two more intermediate final defeats came in 2004 and 2005. Brian O'Keefe was back at the helm in 2004 when they lost to Maynooth again in the final. The following year Confey beat them in the intermediate final. After a great start that day they lead Confey by 1–2 to 0–0 after 10 minutes but faded badly and Confey won by two points. Confey went on to win the Leinster intermediate championship.
A monkey was finally got off their back when they beat bogey team Maynooth in the Division 2 final by 0–15 to 0–7 in 2008. The holy grail of the intermediate championship was finally achieved in 2008 but it was done the hard way. They played Monasterevan in the final having lost in the group stage already to Monasterevan in the group stage. The first final was to prove a tense affair with Monaterevan leading throughout. With one minute left Kevin's were down by 4 points but a goal was scored before they equalised deep into injury time. It finished 1–8 apiece. The replay was to prove a rather one sided affair with Kevin's winning out 2–9 to 0–6
All of the players who play hurling play for Coill Dubh as they are in the same parish. Coill Dubh in return provides a lot of players for St. Kevin's.
Honours
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: (2) 1979, 2008
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: Runner-up 2006, 2005, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1995, 1978
Kildare Junior A Football Championship: (1) 1976
Kildare Junior B Football Championship (1) 1972
Kildare Senior Football League Division 2: 2008, 2017
Kildare Senior Football League Division 3: (2) 1997, 2004
Kildare Senior Football Championship: Semi-finalists 1984
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000– in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904–2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Saint Kevin's GFC site
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Kevin%27s%20GAA |
St Laurence's GAA [CLG Naomh Lorcán] is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in south County Kildare, Ireland.
History
St. Laurence's G.A.A. Gaelic Athletic Association Club, Oldgrange, Narraghmore, County Kildare is based in the parish of Narraghmore, encompassing villages of Narraghmore, Kilmead, Booley, Calverstown, Kilgowan, Brewel, Ballymount, Crookstown, Ballitore and Mullaghmast.
St. Laurence’s G.A.A. club grounds in Oldgrange, Narraghmore were purchased in 1975 and the clubhouse dressing rooms opened in 1992 and 1999 respectively.
St. Laurence's offers activities such as Senior Men’s Football, Ladies Football, Hurling, Camogie, Basketball, Badminton & Bowls teams for all ages.
St. Laurence's also have a Community Complex with Bar, Sports Hall, a gated and fenced off Outdoor Playground and a dedicated 0.75kM Walking/Jogging/Running track around our playing pitches.
Gaelic Football [Peil Ghaelach]
In 2009 St. Laurence's GAA Club won their first ever Kildare Senior Football Championship.
Hurling [Iomáint]
St. Laurence's GAA started fielding hurling teams at Underage in 1998 and continues to do so. St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club consistently provide players to the Kildare Development Squads. In 2017, St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club had two representatives on the Kildare Under 17 Celtic Challenge Team.
In 2005 St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club fielded its first ever Adult Team, which went on to win a Kildare Adult Hurling League Title in 2008. St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club won the Kildare Junior Hurling Championship in 2011, followed by winning the Kildare Intermediate League in 2012. St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club has had three Players represent Kildare at Senior Hurling Level.
St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club is the only hurling club in South Kildare to field teams at both Underage and Adult Level.
Camogie [Camógaíocht]
Sheila Norton founded the Ballitore camogie club in March 1934 with the Kilkenny colours, black and amber. The club was a junior finalist in 1940.
Revived in 1980 and using the St. Laurence's colours and name, the club won the junior championship and league. The club went on to win the Intermediate championship in 1989, with a victory over Broadford, which prevented Broadford from winning 11 in-a-row. Eight of the Laurence's team were under 18, including 14-year-old twins Ruth and Naomi Treacy.
Patricia Keatley, Melanie Treacy and Michelle Aspell and were selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century.
Ladies Gaelic Football [Peil Ghaelach na mBan]
St. Laurence's Ladies Gaelic Football provides Gaelic football for women of all ages.
Honours
Kildare Minor A Football Champions 1974, 2006
Kildare Junior B Football Championship (1) 1975 (In 1947 Narraghmore were champions)
Kildare Junior Football Championship: (1) 1978
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: Winners 1980
Kildare Junior Camogie Championship (1) 1980
Kildare Senior Football Championship Finalists 1982, 1992, 2004, 2005, 2009
Kildare Intermediate Camogie Championship (1) 1989
Kildare Minor B Football Champions 1991, 1994, 2000
Kildare Senior Camogie Championship: (15) 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Kildare U16A Football Championship 1995, 2004, 2018
Kildare Senior Camogie League (13) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Leinster Junior Camogie Club Championship (2) 1996, 2004
Kildare Senior Football League Division 1 'Leinster Leader Cup Champions' 2000, 2005, 2009
Kildare U14 Féile Football Champions / All Ireland Silver Medialists 2000
Kildare U21A Football Champions 2004
Kildare Junior C Football Championship 2005
Kildare Ladies Junior C Football Championship 2006
Aldridge Cup 2007
Kildare Senior Club Football Championship: (1) 2009
Kildare Junior Hurling Championship 2011
KWETB Féile Peile na nÓg Boys B Champions 2018
John West Féile Peile na nÓg Boys Div 5 Shield Champions 2018
Kildare U17 Div 1 Summer Football League Winners 2018
Kildare Minor Div 1 Football League Winners 2019
GAA Healthy Club
At the 2017 AGM St Laurence's GAA nominated the very first ever Healthy Club Officer, Mary Mulryan. The club went from there and applied to officially become a GAA Healthy Club.
On 16 February 2018 St. Laurence's GAA officially got conformation from Croke Park that they were selected to participate in Phase 3 of the GAA's Healthy Club Project.
The GAA Healthy Club project aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. GAA clubs already contribute to the health and wellbeing of their members by providing opportunities to develop their physical, social, emotional, and psychological health.
The project aims to help GAA clubs identify what they are already doing well, identify areas where they can or would like to improve, and empower them to ensure that everyone who engages with their club benefits from the experience in a health-enhancing way, be they players, officers, coaches, parents, supporters, or members of their local community.
The healthy club model, which is based on best national and international practice, also aims to embed a healthy philosophy in a club while integrating health into the day-to-day club activities in a sustainable way. It also aims to place the local GAA club at the heart of the community, making it a beacon for health in the locale.
Badminton
St. Laurence's Badminton Club was established in 2006 and offers both Junior and Adult Badminton clubs.
Badminton Ireland is the national governing body for the sport on the island of Ireland.
Badminton Ireland was founded in 1899, took part in the first international badminton match against England in 1903 and was founding member of the World Badminton Federation in 1934.
Today, our sporting proposition is as valid as ever, Badminton is truly a sport for life.
Ireland has one of the largest badminton memberships per capita in the world with deep roots in the local community with over 400 clubs nationwide.
Badminton Ireland believe that supporting the badminton community is essential and have placed great emphasis on providing excellent support to its members, and as a result they have an increasing membership with over 16,000 registered players in Ireland and an estimated 100,000 playing the game regularly.
Badminton Irelands' high performance centre is based at the Marino campus of Trinity University, Dublin.
Basketball [Cispheile]
St. Laurence's Basketball Club 'LARRIE BIRDS' was established in 2015.
Basketball Ireland (B.I.) is the national governing body for the sport on the island of Ireland.
Part of FIBA, the World Governing body, B.I. is responsible for the promotion and administration of basketball throughout Ireland and for Irish international participation.
History was made in on Sunday 1 November 2015 with a new Basketball Club 'LARRIE BIRDS' hosting their first ever competitive matches.
Athlone Basketball made the journey to play our U12 & U14 girls teams who were the first teams to represent our club at any grade.
'LARRIE BIRDS' Founding Members: Sinead Ryan, Regina Byrne, Teresa O'Loughlin and Laura Becton.
St. Laurence's Basketball Club aim to grow to make the LARRIE BIRDS a recognised name in Irish basketball.
Indoor Bowls
St. Laurence's Bowls Club is run out of St. Laurence's Complex Hall every Monday evening from 8-10pm during the Indoor Bowls Season [August - April].
St. Laurence's Bowls Club are always looking for NEW MEMBERS so please do call down any Monday evening should you be interested in learning how to play, whether it be socially or even competitively. St. Laurence's Bowls Club fields a mixed team where all abilities are catered for and all ages welcome.
If you would like more information about the St. Laurence's Bowls Club please just call in any Monday evening from 8-10PM.
St. Laurence's Bowls Club currently competes in the First Division of the Kildare West Wicklow Indoor Bowling Association – KWWIBA league.
Kildare West Wicklow Indoor Bowling Association [KWWIBA]:
KWWIBA has a membership of 31 clubs, 4 in West Wicklow, 26 in Kildare and 1 in County Laois.
CLUBS:
Abbey Bowls, Allen, Allenwood, Ardclough, Athy, Ballymore Eustace, Baltinglass/kiltegan, Balyna, Blessington, Brownstown, Caragh, Castlemitchell, Celbridge, Clane/Staplestown, CoillDubh, Donard/Glen, Hollywood, Kilcullen, Kildangan, Kildare, Kill, Kill CBC, Monasterevin, Naas, Prosperous, Rathangan, Rathcoffey, Rathmore, Ryston Newbridge, St. Laurence's and Straffan.
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
Ní neart go cur le chéile : The history of St Laurence's GAA 1957-2007 by Daragh Ó Conchúir.
External links
St Laurence’s GAA site
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
http://www.gaa.ie/
http://www.camogie.ie/
http://ladiesgaelic.ie/
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Laurence%27s%20GAA |
Straffan Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football club in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland.
History
A revival occurred with the appointment of Billy Farrell as first team manager in 1999, and the team won the Junior B championship in 2001. In 2005 the first team won promotion to division 2 of the Kildare Senior Football League, while the second team also won promotion to division 2 of the Junior Football League. Straffan began to gather momentum ever since promotion to division 2. priority for the club was to win the Junior football championship which had been a scorn for the club over the years. A junior final appearance was made in 2006 but Straffan were narrowly beaten by Nurney GFC. Numerous semi final appearances were made after that but with little success. However, in 2009 under the management of Liam McLoughlin Straffan finally broke the hoodoo and won the Junior football championship with a last minute goal by Andy O'Neill. Straffan fields 2 adult teams at the moment and forms St Edward’s along with Ardclough and Rathcoffey for underage purposes and St Edwards fields teams at all levels from Under 9 to Under 21.
Honours
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship 1966
Kildare Junior Football Championship (2) 1946, 2022
Jack Higgins Cup (1) 1964
Kildare Junior A Football Championship: 1964
Kildare Junior B F Championship (4) 1959, 1986, 2001, 2008
Kildare Intermediate Football League (3) 1937, 1960, 1964
Kildare Junior Football League 1929, 1937
Kildare Junior Camogie Championship 1962 (combined with Straffan),
Kildare Junior Camogie Championship 1994
Kildare Junior Camogie League (2) 1993, 1994
As St Wolstan’s F team with Celbridge
Kildare Senior Football Championship Semi-finalists 1972 and 1975 (beaten in replays on both occasions)
Kildare Under–21 Football Championship 1985
The Leinster Leader Junior Club Cup 2004
Kildare Junior A Football Championship Winners 2009
Dowling Cup Champions 2007, 2009
Kildare Under 21-B Football Championship 2009 (St.Edwards)
Kildare Minor C Football Championship (1) 2009
Bibliography
Cradle Days And Winning Ways - A Centenary History Of Straffan GFC 1886–1986 by Hilary Allen:. (Maynooth, Published By Straffan GFC 1986), 76pp.
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Sports clubs and teams established in 1885
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straffan%20GFC |
Stuart Bingham (born 21 May 1976) is an English professional snooker player who is a former World Champion and Masters winner.
Bingham won the 1996 World Amateur Championship but enjoyed little sustained success in the early part of his professional career. His form improved in his mid-thirties: at age 35, he won his first ranking title at the 2011 Australian Goldfields Open, which helped him enter the top 16 in the rankings for the first time.
At 38, Bingham won the 2015 World Championship, defeating Shaun Murphy 18–15 in the final. The oldest first-time world champion in snooker history, he was the second player, after Ken Doherty, to have won world titles at both amateur and professional levels. His world title took him to a career-high number two in the world rankings, a spot he held until March 2017. He won his second Triple Crown title at the 2020 Masters, defeating Ali Carter 10–8 in the final. Aged 43 years and 243 days, he superseded Ray Reardon as the oldest Masters' champion. In 2017, Bingham received a six month competition ban for breaching rules concerning betting on matches involving himself and other players.
A prolific break-builder, Bingham has compiled over 550 century breaks during his career. He has scored nine career maximum breaks, the fourth most of any player, behind only Ronnie O'Sullivan (15), John Higgins (12), and Stephen Hendry (11).
Career
Early career (1995–2010)
In 1996, Bingham won both the English Amateur and the World Amateur Championships. The following season, he reached the final of the 1997 World Amateur Championship but lost in a to Marco Fu. Bingham played professionally on the World Snooker Tour in 1999 and reached the quarter-final stage of the Welsh Open, defeating the world champion John Higgins along the way. Later in the season, he defeated defending champion Stephen Hendry 10–7 in the first round of the 2000 World Championship, whilst ranked 97th in the world. Jimmy White defeated him in the second round. In 2002, he qualified again for the tournament by beating Nigel Bond in the final qualifying round. Bingham played Ken Doherty in the first round. He attempted a maximum break but missed the final . The break would have been worth £167,000. He lost the match 8–10.
In the 2004–05 season his best runs were two last 16 places in ranking events, including losing a deciding frame to Ding Junhui in the China Open. Bingham had one of his most consistent seasons in 2005–06. He reached the quarter-finals of the Grand Prix, beating then world champion Shaun Murphy along the way. Bingham got to the same stage of the UK Championship, losing in a deciding frame to Joe Perry. Bingham also won the qualifying tournament for the 2006 Masters, where he made his first maximum break. He then beat Steve Davis in the preliminary round, before losing to Peter Ebdon 4–6 in the first round. Bingham finished the season by qualifying for the 2006 World Snooker Championship, where he lost to Ryan Day. He finished in the top 32 of the world rankings for the first time in his career. At the Masters' qualifying tournament for the 2007 event, Bingham won for a second successive season, defeating Mark Selby 6–2 in the final. He lost 5–6 in the preliminary round to Ali Carter. He lost in qualifying for the 2007 World Snooker Championship in the final round, 5–10 to Fergal O'Brien.
He reached the quarter-finals of the 2007 Shanghai Masters, but Selby defeated him 0–5. At the UK Championship, Bingham reached the last 16, losing to Murphy 3–9, after victories over Fergal O'Brien and Davis. He qualified for the 2008 World Snooker Championship with a 10–3 win over Adrian Gunnell in the final qualifying round. In the opening round of the event, he beat Davis 10–8 but lost in the second round 9–13 to Perry. Bingham lost in the first round in four of the eight events of the 2008–09 season. He was drawn against world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan in the first round of the 2009 World Championship, losing 5–10. Bingham reached the quarter-final stages of the 2010 UK Championship having defeated O'Sullivan 9–6 and Marco Fu 9–2 before losing 7–9 to Mark Allen. Later that season, Bingham qualified for the 2011 World Snooker Championship and beat former champion Ebdon 10–8 in the first round. In the second round he led Ding 12–9 but lost 12–13; had he won, Bingham would have finished in the top 16 in the world rankings for the first time.
First ranking event victory (2011–14)
At the 2011 Australian Goldfields Open, Bingham defeated Ding 5–3 in the opening round, completed a whitewash over Tom Ford, then secured victories over Allen and Murphy to reach the final. Trailing 5–8 to Mark Williams, Bingham won four frames to win 9–8 and collect $60,000 for the first prize. This, the first ranking event win of his 16-year professional career, was enough to put Bingham up to 11th in the world rankings, and secure a place in the 2012 Masters. He drew Judd Trump in the first round and led 3–2 before losing four frames in a row to exit the tournament 3–6. Bingham could not recapture the form he showed in Australia in the remaining seven ranking events, failing to get past the second round in any of them. A 4–10 loss to Stephen Hendry in the first round of the World Championship ended the 2012 season. Despite the defeat, Bingham finished 16th in the world rankings.
Bingham won the 2012 Premier League Snooker tournament and contested two ranking event finals in the 2012–13 snooker season.
He won the first two non-ranking tournaments beginning with the Pink Ribbon Pro-Am charity tournament where he whitewashed Peter Lines 4–0 in the final. Bingham followed this up by claiming the first Asian Players Tour Championship with a 4–3 victory over Stephen Lee. Bingham won deciding frames in each of his matches to reach the final of the Wuxi Classic, overcoming Peter Ebdon, Ken Doherty, world number one Mark Selby and Mark Davis. He played Ricky Walden but trailed 1–7 at the conclusion of the afternoon's play, before eventually losing 4–10. This ended Bingham's winning start to the season, which had seen him take 16 matches in a row. He was unable to defend his Australian Goldfields Open title losing to Matthew Selt in the first round 4–5.
Bingham won the third event of the Asian Players Tour Championship with a 4–3 victory over Li Hang in the final. He also won the Premier League, defeating Judd Trump 7–2 in the final. At the UK Championship, he reached the quarter-finals but lost 4–6 to Carter. He reached the final 2013 Welsh Open, and led Stephen Maguire 7–5 but eventually lost 8–9. At the 2013 World Snooker Championship, Bingham played world number 83 Sam Baird in the first round, winning 10–2, and Mark Davis in the second round, winning 13–10. Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated him 4–13 in the quarter-finals. He climbed 10 places in the rankings during the season, ending it ranked world number six.
As the 2012 Premier League Snooker winner, Bingham was one of 16 players invited to compete in the 2013 Champion of Champions tournament. He defeated Walden 4–0 in the first round, Trump 6–2 in the quarter-finals, and Selby 6–4 in the semi-finals before losing 8–10 in the final to O'Sullivan. He defeated Jimmy White 6–2, Anthony McGill 6–2, David Morris 6–1, and O'Sullivan 6–4 to reach the semi-finals of the 2013 UK Championship. Robertson led Bingham 8–3 in the semi-final, before Bingham won five frames to force a deciding frame. Robertson took the frame to clinch a 9–8 victory. He reached the final of the Shoot-Out but lost to Dominic Dale. Bingham travelled to China and won the minor-ranking Dongguan Open by seeing off Liang Wenbo 4–1 in the final. Ken Doherty defeated Bingham in the 2014 World Snooker Championship 10–5.
World Snooker Champion (2014–18)
Bingham defeated Li Hang, Dominic Dale, Alan McManus and Ding at the 2014 Shanghai Masters to reach the final. From 5–3 ahead against Allen, Bingham took five unanswered frames to claim his second ranking title with a 10–3 win. In October, he won the Haining Open by defeating Oliver Lines 4–0 in the final. Bingham reached the semi-final of the UK Championship again in the 2014 event. Though he made a 137 break to establish a 4–1 lead over O'Sullivan he lost 6–5. Bingham won the non-ranking Championship League by beating Mark Davis 3–2. O'Sullivan was again the winner when the pair met in the semi-finals of the inaugural World Grand Prix, whitewashing Bingham 6–0. A further semi-final followed at the PTC Grand Final, but he lost 4–1 to eventual champion Joe Perry.
At the 2015 World Snooker Championship, Bingham defeated Robbie Williams 10–7, Graeme Dott 13–5 and O'Sullivan 13–9 to reach the semi-finals. Bingham led Trump 16–14, and despite Trump winning the next two frames, Bingham won the match 17–16 to reach his first Triple Crown final. Facing Murphy in the final, Bingham recovered from 3–0 and 8–4 down to win 18–15. He commented, "To beat Shaun in the final tops everything off. Twenty years as professional – blood, sweat and tears on the road." After the event, Bingham climbed to world number two, the highest ranking of his career.
Bingham progressed to the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters but lost 6–3 to Judd Trump. At the 2016 Masters, he beat Ding Junhui 6–4 and John Higgins 6–3 to face Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semi-finals and was defeated 6–3. He overcame a 3–0 deficit to eliminate Joe Perry in the semi-finals 6–5 at the World Grand Prix and reached his first final of the year. In the final, Murphy won 10–9. Bingham lost 5–1 in the quarter-finals of the China Open to Ricky Walden. Defending his title at the 2016 World Snooker Championship, he lost in the opening round 9–10 to Carter.
Bingham made it to the final of the Six-red World Championship against Ding. It was decided on the final , which Ding won. Bingham conceded just three frames as he progressed through to the semi-finals of the 2016 Shanghai Masters. He led Selby 5–3 but lost the next three frames 5–6. Bingham lost by the same scoreline in the semi-finals of the English Open, this time to Liang Wenbo. A third ranking event semi-final of the season arrived at the International Championship, but Selby defeated Bingham 9–3 after he had been 2–0 ahead. He reached the invitational China Championship final and was 7–7 with John Higgins, who made three century breaks in a row to beat him 10–7. Bingham exited the Masters in the first round, losing 6–1 to eventual finalist Joe Perry; he lost in the semi-finals of the German Masters 6–4 to Anthony Hamilton.
Bingham reached the final of the 2017 Welsh Open, where he played Trump. He won the first four frames but trailed 8–7. Bingham then won the two frames he needed to claim his fourth ranking title and first since winning the world title. In the second round of the World Championship, he lost the first five frames against Kyren Wilson, who beat him 13–10. Bingham said he would be working with Terry Griffiths for the following season and would be playing with a new cue.
However, on 24 October 2017, Bingham was found guilty of breaking World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association rules concerning betting on matches involving himself and other players. He received a six-month ban for betting breaches and was ordered to pay £20,000 in costs. The ban expired at the end of January 2018.
Return from ban and Masters champion (2018–present)
On returning from the ban, Bingham won the 2018 English Open with a 9–7 win over veteran Mark Davis in the final. He reached the semi-finals of the UK Championship in December 2018, losing in a deciding frame to Mark Allen. At the 2019 Welsh Open, Bingham reached the final but lost 7–9 to Neil Robertson. The following month, he won his second ranking title of the season, the Gibraltar Open, beating defending champion Ryan Day 4–1 in the final.
Bingham reached his first Masters final at the 2020 event. He defeated Williams, Wilson and David Gilbert to meet Carter in the final. Despite trailing after the first session, Bingham won the match 10–8 to win his second Triple Crown. In winning the event, he became the tournament's 24th and oldest winner, superseding Ray Reardon, who was five months younger when he won the 1976 Masters. He earned £250,000 in prize money.
In November 2020, Bingham made the seventh maximum break of his career in the first round of the 2020 UK Championship, beating Zak Surety by 6–2. However, he lost to Dott in the last 32. Despite being Masters champion, Bingham was no longer ranked in the top 16, so had to qualify for the 2021 World Snooker Championship. He defeated Luca Brecel 10–5 in the final qualifying round to reach the mainstages. He drew Ding Junhui in the first round, and beat him 10–9. In the second round, he defeated Jamie Jones 13–6, and then Anthony McGill in the quarter-finals. He played Selby in the semi-final but lost 15–17, accusing Selby of possible gamesmanship.
Legacy
Bingham has compiled over 550 century breaks in professional competition, putting him eleventh on the all-time list. Having made nine maximum breaks, he has made the fourth most of any player behind O'Sullivan (15), Higgins (12) and Hendry (11). Doherty and Bingham are the only players to have won both the amateur and professional world snooker championships.
Personal life
Bingham married Michelle Shabi in 2013 in a ceremony held in Cyprus. He moved the date of his wedding and cancelled his bachelor's party to make sure he could play in snooker competitions. The couple have a son, Shae, born in 2011; a daughter, Marnie Rose, born in January 2017; and Michelle's daughter Tegan, born in 2003. Bingham was once a keen amateur golfer, but made the decision to play less golf so that he could focus on snooker.
Bingham is nicknamed "ball run", given to him during his amateur career as he was perceived to have more luck than other players.
Performance and rankings timeline
Career finals
Ranking finals: 11 (6 titles)
Minor-ranking finals: 4 (4 titles)
Non-ranking finals: 16 (8 titles)
Pro-am finals: 13 (11 titles)
Amateur finals: 4 (2 titles)
References
External links
Media Appearance requests
English snooker players
Sportspeople from Basildon
1976 births
Living people
Winners of the professional snooker world championship | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart%20Bingham |
Suncroft is a Gaelic football club in Suncroft, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of the day Senior Hurling championship in 1974 and the Senior Football League in 1952. Paul Doyle was selected on the Kildare Gaelic football team of the millennium. Anthony Rainbow was an All Stars Award winner in 2000.
History
In 2009, Suncroft completed one of the biggest shocks in the Kildare Senior Football Championship by beating the highly fancied Sarsfields by 2-12 to 0-15 on All Ireland Sunday morning in glorious sunshine at St Conleths Park.
Notable players
Fionn Dowling
Honours
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship: Winners 1974.
Kildare Senior Football League (1) 1952
Kildare Senior Football Championship Semi-finalists 1995, 2009
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship (4) 1944, 1950, 1989, 2007
Kildare Junior A Football Championship: 1977
Kildare Junior Football Championship: 1930, 1962
Kildare Minor B Football Championship 2015
Kildare Minor Football Championship (3) 1944, 1948, 1949
Keogh Cup Champions 2003
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Hurling clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suncroft%20GFC |
Martha Raddatz (; born February 14, 1953) is an American reporter with ABC News. She is the network's Chief Global Affairs Correspondent reporting for ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir, Nightline, and other network broadcasts. In addition to her work for ABC News, Raddatz has written for The New Republic and is a frequent guest on PBS's Washington Week. Raddatz is the co-anchor and primary fill-in anchor on This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
Early life
Raddatz was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Her family later moved to Salt Lake City. She attended the University of Utah but dropped out to work at a local station.
Career
Prior to 1993, Raddatz was the chief correspondent at the ABC News Boston affiliate WCVB-TV. From 1993 to 1998, Raddatz covered the Pentagon for National Public Radio.
Raddatz began her tenure at ABC News in 1999 as the network's State Department correspondent and became ABC's senior national security correspondent in May 2003, reporting extensively from Iraq. On June 8, 2006, Raddatz received a tip that terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been located and killed. This tip allowed Raddatz and ABC News to become the first news organization in the world to break the news shortly after 2:30 a.m. EST.
In a March 24, 2008, extended interview with Dick Cheney conducted in Ankara, Turkey, on the fifth anniversary of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Raddatz posed a question about public opinion polls showing that Americans had lost confidence in the war, a question to which Cheney responded by saying "So?" Raddatz appeared taken aback by the response, and Cheney's remark prompted widespread criticism, including a Washington Post op-ed by former Republican Congressman and Cheney friend Mickey Edwards.
Raddatz is also the author of the New York Times bestseller The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family, a book about the Siege of Sadr City, Iraq. A TV mini series based on the book aired on NatGeo in late 2017.
After the national security beat, Raddatz became the network's chief White House correspondent for the last term of the George W. Bush administration. On January 9, 2007, Raddatz's mobile phone went off during a White House press briefing with Tony Snow. Of particular humor was her musical ring tone, Chamillionaire's "Ridin'." The press corps and Tony Snow enjoyed a few moments of laughter.
Raddatz was appointed to her current position as ABC's Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent in November 2008.
Raddatz served as the moderator of the Vice-Presidential debate on October 11, 2012, between Paul Ryan and Joe Biden at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Raddatz also served alongside Anderson Cooper as co-moderator for the second presidential debate in 2016, between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at Washington University in St. Louis. Cooper and Raddatz were reviewed and some commentators noted their "no-nonsense approach" and "aggressive style", though Raddatz was criticized for a challenge to one of Trump's statements, which some journalists felt "fell outside of her mandate as moderator".
The Guardian said in 2014 that Raddatz "is known for having well-cultivated sources inside the Defense Department."
Raddatz appeared as a reporter interviewing the President-elect of the United States in the 2017 episode "Imminent Risk" of the Showtime series Homeland.
Personal life
Raddatz resides in Arlington, Virginia, with her third husband, journalist Tom Gjelten. She has two children from two previous marriages: a daughter, Greta Bradlee, and a son, Jake Genachowski. Her first husband was Ben Bradlee Jr., a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor for The Boston Globe, biographer, and son of former Washington Post executive editor Benjamin C. Bradlee. Her second husband was Julius Genachowski, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission under the Obama administration. President Barack Obama attended their wedding in 1991, when he and Genachowski were students at Harvard Law School.
References
External links
Profile at ABC News
Martha Raddatz on NPR
C-SPAN Q&A interview with Raddatz, September 17, 2006
C-SPAN Q&A interview with Raddatz, January 9, 2011
Interview on The Long Road Home at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
American television reporters and correspondents
American radio reporters and correspondents
American war correspondents
1953 births
Living people
ABC News personalities
News & Documentary Emmy Award winners
Peabody Award winners
Women war correspondents
Women military writers
American military writers
Television anchors from Boston
Journalists from Arlington County, Virginia
People from Idaho Falls, Idaho
Writers from Salt Lake City
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
20th-century American journalists
21st-century American journalists
American women television journalists
American women radio journalists | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha%20Raddatz |
Ohio's 4th congressional district spans sections of the central part of the state. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Jordan, the current chair of the House Judiciary Committee, who has represented the district since 2007.
As part of the 2010 redistricting process, it was redrawn from the previous district to stretch from Lima, to include the northwestern suburbs of Columbus, up to Tiffin and Elyria on the shores of Lake Erie.
In May 2019, a panel of three federal judges ruled that Ohio's congressional district map was unconstitutional and based on gerrymandering. A new map was expected ahead of the 2020 election. However, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Rucho v. Common Cause that courts could not review allegations of gerrymandering, the district boundaries would not change until congressional district maps were redrawn in 2022.
Geography
Counties
Allen
Ashland
Auglaize
Champaign
Delaware (partial)
Logan
Hardin
Marion
Morrow
Richland
Shelby (partial)
Union
Wyandot (partial)
Cities within the district
Ashland
Bellefontaine
Columbus (partial)
Delaware
Dublin (partial)
Lima
Mansfield
Marion
Marysville
Westerville (partial)
List of members representing the district
Recent election results
Election results from statewide races
Historical district boundaries
From 2003 to 2013 the district included the counties of Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Shelby, and part of Wyandot.
See also
List of United States congressional districts
References
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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Constituencies established in 1813
1813 establishments in Ohio | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%27s%204th%20congressional%20district |
Two Mile House is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Ireland. The club grounds are located on The Commons, just off the Dunlavin Road in Two Mile House parish. Eircode is W91 RF84. The parish of Two Mile House is surrounded by the towns of Naas, Newbridge and Kilcullen.
Two Mile House won the 2014 All Ireland JFC Champions after defeating Fuerty of Roscommon 5-7 to 1-11 on 9 February 2014.
Gaelic football
Underage development only really began in earnest in the early 1980s thereby making Two Mile House a relatively young club in real terms. From the late 1990s until recently the focus of the club had been exclusively on Gaelic football. The club men's senior football team is currently playing in the Intermediate Championship and League Division 2.
Some of the notable achievements of TMH players at county level include:
Jimmy O'Connor won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal with Kildare in 1919.
Maurice Colbert (also won a Leinster minor medal), Shane Darcy and Christopher Burke are all holders of Leinster Under-21 Football Championship medals. Adam Conneely won a Leinster u20 medal in 2022.
Peter Kelly won an All Star for the corner back position in 2010.
Mark Sherry, Chris Healy, Adam Burke & Richard Drumgoole Maguire won a Leinster minor championship with Kildare in 2013. Mark Sherry captained the side and Chris Healy won the Man of the Match Award in the Leinster final.
Hurling
The club now fields teams at several levels in underage hurling and this is an area which continues to grow and develop.
Camogie
The camogie club competed in the 1950s and 1960s, beating Caragh 5-0 to 4-2 to win the 1967 county championship. The team got to the Leinster in the 1956 inter-provincial final, and also being selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century. Two Mile House camogie club revived briefly in 1991 and enjoyed many years of underage success until the late 1990s.
Honours
Kildare Intermediate Football Champions 2018.
Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship 2018.
Leinster Junior Club Football Championship 2013
All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship: 2014
Kildare Junior A Championship: 1994, 2013
Kildare Junior C Football Championship 1979
Kildare Junior Football League 1935, 1979
Kildare Senior Camogie Championship: 1967
The Leinster Leader Junior Club Cup 2000
Kildare Junior B Football Championship and League 2004
Kildare Minor Football League Div 4 2005.
Kildare Minor B Football Championship 2006, 2017
Kildare Senior Football League Division 3: 2008, 2013, 2017
Dowling Cup 2013
Jack Higgins Cup 2013
Underage Hurling
Kildare Under-14 Div 3 League Winners 2016
Kildare Under-12 Div 4 League Winners 2016
Kildare Under-12 Div 3 League Winners 2017
Kildare Under-13 Div 3 Shield Winners 2017
Kildare Under-14 Feile C Winners 2018
Kildare Under-16 League Winners 2020
Kildare Under-17 Div 3 League Winners 2021
Notable players
Peter Kelly
References
Bibliography
Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, hb pb
Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
External links
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Club website
Kildare on Hoganstand.com
Two Mile House GAA
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%20Mile%20House%20GAA |
Bureya may refer to:
Bureya (river), a tributary of the Amur in Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Bureya, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Amur Oblast, Russia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureya |
The Bernam River () is located between the Malaysian states of Perak and Selangor, demarcating the border of the two states. The Bernam River flows from Mount Liang Timur (Mount Liang East) in the east on the Titiwangsa Mountains to the Straits of Malacca in the west. The peak of Mount Liang Timur itself marks the tripoint where Pahang, Perak and Selangor meet.
The eastern part of the river is suitable for palm oil and rubber tree plantation, while swamps fill the western areas. A percentage of the swampy areas have been reclaimed and dried up by a drainage system. Some has been converted into paddy fields.
Archeologists have discovered several archaeological sites along the river, where ancient artifacts were found. Excavation works had been carried out by experts from various local universities and Muzium Sultan Alam Shah.
Towns along the river basin
Tanjong Malim
Ulu Bernam
Behrang
Slim River
Sabak
Sungai Ayer Tawar
Bagan Nakhoda Omar
Hutan Melintang
Bagan Datoh
See also
List of rivers of Malaysia
References
Rivers of Selangor
Rivers of Perak
Borders of Malaysia
Rivers of Malaysia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernam%20River |
The 4th Discover Screenwriting Award, given by the American Screenwriters Association, honored the best screenwriter(s) of 2004.
Winner and nominees
Paul Haggis – Million Dollar Baby
Terry George and Keir Pearson – Hotel Rwanda
David Magee – Finding Neverland
Patrick Marber – Closer
José Rivera – The Motorcycle Diaries
American Screenwriters Association Awards
2004 film awards | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discover%20Screenwriting%20Award%202004 |
The Concorde District is a high school district in the state of Virginia that includes public schools from Fairfax County. It is widely regarded as one of the most competitive districts in the Virginia High School League (VHSL).
History
The Concorde District was founded in 1993 as part the realignment of the Northern Region. The charter members of the district, which began playing in the 1994-1995 school year, were Centreville, Chantilly, Herndon, Thomas Jefferson, Oakton, South Lakes, and W.T. Woodson, all of Fairfax County. All seven schools were among the largest schools in the Northern Region at the time, playing Division 6 football.
1997–1999
In 1997, Potomac Falls High School of Loudoun County opened and joined the Concorde District due to its proximity to its member schools. It was not competitive because its size which was well below the AA/AAA cutoff, and also because it was new. Potomac Falls moved to the Northwestern District in 1999, and W.T. Woodson moved to the Liberty District This reunited it with crosstown rival Fairfax which dropped the Concorde to six schools.
2000–present
In 2000, Westfield opened and joined the Concorde, making it the second newly established school to join the district. South Lakes left the Concorde in 2003 to the Liberty due to declining enrollment, and Thomas Jefferson was allowed to play in the National District for football while remaining in the Concorde for other sports.
In 2005, Thomas Jefferson moved to the Liberty, while Fairfax moved to the Concorde, and Robinson moved from the Patriot to the Concorde District. In 2009, Fairfax returned to the Liberty. In 2017 as part of a realignment by the VHSL, Robinson and founding member Herndon left the Concorde District as Robinson returned the Patriot District and Herndon moved to the Liberty District. James Madison, a long-standing member of the Liberty District, was added to the district.
In 2021 South Lakes left the Liberty District to re-join the Concorde District.
Membership history
Current members
Centreville Wildcats of Clifton
Chantilly Chargers of Chantilly
James Madison Warhawks of Vienna
Oakton Cougars of Oakton
South Lakes Seahawks of Reston
Westfield Bulldogs of Chantilly
Former members
Fairfax Rebels of Fairfax (2005-2009)
Herndon Hornets of Herndon (1993-2017)
Potomac Falls Panthers of Sterling (1997-1999)
Robinson Rams of Fairfax (2005-2017)
Thomas Jefferson Colonials of Alexandria (1993-2005)
W.T. Woodson Cavaliers of Fairfax (1993-1999)
Current Athletic Concorde District Champions
Fall '23 Sports Champions
Cheerleading: Centreville
Boys Cross Country:
Girls Cross County:
Field Hockey:
Football:
Golf:
Volleyball: Chantilly
Winter '23-24 Sports Champions
Boys Basketball:
Girls Basketball:
Girls Gymnastics:
Boys Swimming:
Girls Swimming:
Boys Indoor Track:
Girls Indoor Track:
Wrestling:
Spring '24 Sports Champions
Baseball:
Boys Lacrosse:
Girls Lacrosse:
Boys Soccer:
Girls Soccer:
Softball:
Boys Tennis:
Girls Tennis:
Boys Track:
Girls Track:
Northern Region championships won by Concorde District schools
Boys Basketball: Centreville (2020, 2021), Westfield (2015, 2016), Chantilly (1992?), South Lakes (2022, 2023)
Football: Madison (2020, 2021, 2022), Westfield (2003, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), Centreville (1998, 1999, 2000, 2011, 2013, 2014), Oakton (2012), Chantilly (1996, 2006)
Softball: Centreville (2000)
Girls Soccer: Centreville (2006, 2007)
Field Hockey: Madison (2020), Centreville (2000, 2001)
Golf: Centreville (1995, 1996, 2001, 2002)
Boys Indoor Track and Field: Centreville (2002)
Baseball: Madison (2020, 2021), Westfield (2004, 2019, 2023), Chantilly (2016), Oakton (2007)
Girls Basketball: Madison (2020, 2021, 2022), Oakton (2012)
Boys Basketball: Westfield (2015, 2016)
Volleyball: Chantilly (2022)
Cheerleading: Chantilly (2022, 2023)
State championships won by Concorde District schools
References
https://www.district1va.org/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=1167
Virginia High School League | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde%20District |
Significant levels of child labour exist in Lesotho. The 1997 Lesotho Labour Force Survey found that 4.6% of males who were working full-time, 14.1% of males who were working part-time and 1.3% of male job seekers in Lesotho were aged between 10 and 15 years. Many of these would have been involved in herding and those with part-time work were not necessarily earning an income but may well have been working on family land in subsistence agriculture (i.e. they were economically active but not earning an income).
Boys are most likely to be engaged in paid work, usually herding as reported in the U.S. Department of Labor's List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor. Girls who are paid are primarily engaged in domestic work. It is likely that both boys and girls are engaged in seasonal agricultural work across the border in South Africa, but no data on the extent of this phenomenon is available.
Lesotho is in the process of formulating an Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (APEC), with the assistance of the International Labour Organization's (ILO) programme Towards the Elimination of the worst forms of Child Labour.
A Programme Advisory Committee on Child Labour (PACC), representing government departments, organised labour and business, and civil society guides the development and implementation of the programme.
The different elements of process are described in this article.
Lesotho ratified both the ILO Minimum Age Convention (C138) and the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (C182) in 2001. In addition, the country has also ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1992 and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (in 1990).
Lesotho’s Labour Code is the principal law governing employment-related matters in Lesotho. This law defines a “child” as a person under the age of 15, and a “young person” as a person over the age of 15 but under the age of 18.
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Blood Omen 2 is an action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows and GameCube. It is the fourth title in the Legacy of Kain series and is the sequel to the first game in the series, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, with Blood Omen'''s protagonist, the vampire Kain, returning as the central character.Blood Omen 2 chronologically bridges the stories of the original Blood Omen and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, but it takes place in an alternate timeline created by the events of Soul Reaver 2. Centuries after Blood Omen, Kain is opposed by traitorous vampires and the minions of The Sarafan Lord, and sets out to continue his ascent to power.
While Crystal Dynamics' Soul Reaver team began to produce Soul Reaver 2, a secondary crew started work on Blood Omen 2 in 1999. They sought to create a more action-focused entry in contrast to the Soul Reaver games' emphasis on puzzle-solving. The final product was a commercial success, becoming a Sony's "Greatest Hits" title, but received average reception, with critics citing its lower production values and lack of innovation relative to the Soul Reaver games as flaws.
Gameplay
Gameplay is presented in 3D and is a combination of combat and puzzle solving. Health is represented by two vials - a red vial symbolizing total hit points, and a blue vial which is an indicator as to how long it will take to increase overall health. Lost health can be regained by draining the blood of a downed enemy or civilian. As progression is made throughout the game, several weapons can be attained, such as a broadsword or staff. Weapons have limited durability and will eventually break if used for excessive blocking. If no weapons are selected, claws can be used to attack, as well as abilities, which are gained by killing bosses. These skills help in advancing through sections of the game, as well as puzzles. Most of the abilities - named Dark Gifts in the game - can only be used once the "Rage Meter" has been filled by defeating opponents.
Plot
Setting
The vampire, Kain, refused to sacrifice himself to restore the Pillars of Nosgoth at the end of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, thus damning the Pillars and the world of Nosgoth to an eternity of depravity and decay. Following his refusal, Kain built a vampire army with Vorador's help and attempted to conquer the world.
Four hundred years after the events of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Kain awakes in Meridian, Nosgoth's industrial capital city. He remembers very little, and is lacking much of his former power. He is greeted by a vampire called Umah, who informs Kain that he has been asleep for two hundred years.
Two hundred years before, Kain's conquest of Nosgoth had been opposed by an army of vampire hunters called the Sarafan Order. The Sarafan Order destroyed Kain's army, and Kain himself was defeated in combat by their leader, the Sarafan Lord who then claimed the Soul Reaver from Kain. In the years since, the Sarafan have imposed harsh martial law on Nosgoth's human population, and started an industrial revolution. Employing 'Glyph magic' - a new kind of magic, deadly to vampires - they have hunted the remaining vampires to near extinction: as a result, several vampires have agreed to serve the Sarafan out of self-preservation. Umah is a member of the Cabal, an underground resistance movement formed of vampires and working to undermine the Sarafan at every turn. The Cabal hopes that Kain will destroy the Sarafan Lord, and the traitorous vampires that protect him.
Kain sets out to get his revenge, reclaim the Soul Reaver sword from the Sarafan Lord, and continue his ascent to power.
Story
The story is a paradox in Nosgoth's history. Because Raziel's soul was not absorbed into the physical Soul Reaver, an alternate history was introduced into Blood Omen 2. This history places Kain at the threshold of gaining his empire, but because of the weakened state of the Pillars, the Hylden race was able to re-enter Nosgoth. The Hylden masquerade as the defunct Sarafan army to exploit Nosgoth. With their arrival they created an Industrial Age, hunted the Vampire race to near extinction, and domesticated humanity through harsh martial laws and overbearing taxation. Their Glyph magic is used to power Nosgoth's industrial revolution. The surviving vampires serve the Hylden through espionage.
The Cabal, an underground resistance working to topple the Sarafan's plans, are led by Vorador - resurrected in this alternate timeline. They plan to use Kain as the unseen hand that will destroy the Sarafan's operation from the inside. However Kain plans to use this position to reclaim his place as Nosgoth's ruler. Kain was defeated by the Sarafan Lord through the betrayal of his lieutenants. He finds and kills them, absorbing their dark arts.
During reconnaissance of the Sarafan's position one of Vorador's lieutenants, Umah, discovers the location of an amulet called the Nexus Stone. Umah informs Kain that the Nexus Stone is what the Sarafan Lord used to defeat him in their battle. Afterward Vorador tells Kain of a secret weapon, The Device, that will wipe away all life in Nosgoth that is not Hylden. Kain is then told to seek out the Seer, a witch that lives on the outskirts of Meridian.
The Seer explains to Kain that the glyph magic that is supplying Meridian with power is also being used to power The Device. He also drinks her blood to receive telekinesis. As they talk the Sarafan Lord, secretly tracking Kain, sets fire to her house. Sacrificing her safety, the Seer then teleports Kain to the Eternal Prison.
Kain is able to find the Builder, who confesses he built The Device out of arrogance, and wishes to make amends by helping Kain destroy his creation. He tells Kain the Device is powered by a massive life-form called the Mass. The Mass has powerful psychic abilities but is harmless if there is no way to channel the creature's power. Kain is told the Mass is weak against the blood of an Ancient, and the Builder asks Kain to drain him of his blood, and to feed it to the Mass, ensuring its destruction. Kain does so, and faces his last lieutenant (Magnus) before leaving the Eternal Prison.
Kain finds out that Magnus never betrayed him, and only wanted to be his champion. He tried to confront the Sarafan Lord himself, but lost and was then cast into the Eternal Prison, where he lost his mind. Kain destroys the Mass and, leaving the Hylden's lair, meets Janos Audron who has regained his true form. Kain does not know Janos yet, but learns he is the last true ancient vampire.
After Janos explains to Kain part of the history concerning the Hylden, their lord/general and Kain's own involvement in them (unwittingly allowing the Hylden Lord to slip into Nosgoth from the Demon Realm as the pillars were ruined and dimensional barriers weakened), Janos transports Kain and Himself to sanctuary where Vorador and Umah are waiting. Janos explains to the gathered vampires the nature of the Hylden and their plan to invade Nosgoth via a Hylden Gate, located in the ancient Hylden city across the Great Southern Sea from Meridian. However, Janos cannot transport the vampires there immediately as the city is protected by a magical barrier. It is agreed that Kain and Umah are to infiltrate a ship heading to the city from the Wharves and neutralize the barrier when on site.
Umah starts to question Kain's plans for Nosgoth, wondering how his stern rule would be better than that of the Sarafan. She steals the Nexus Stone from Kain and sets off to defeat the Hylden Lord herself. Not long after that, Kain finds Umah mortally wounded, though he has a chance to save her, he refuses, unable to trust her due to the earlier treachery. Kain kills Umah but regrets it, noting that "now you have left me alone". Kain then proceeds to board a vessel heading out to sea.
Kain encounters the Hylden Lord waiting at the docks of the Hylden City. The two exchange words and the Hylden Lord attempts to strike Kain down with the Soul Reaver, but is stopped by the Nexus Stone that protected him from Kain's similar attack 200 years ago. The Hylden Lord teleports away and Kain proceeds to explore the Hylden city. After destroying the generator powering the magical barrier, Vorador and Janos warp in. Vorador asks Kain about Umah, being unable to sense her, and Kain tells him that she is dead and openly declares that he killed her for treason, even though he could have saved her. Vorador is horrified at Kain's ruthlessness and the two seem to be on the verge of fighting, but Janos urges them to put aside their conflict. Just as Kain agrees to settle affairs with Vorador later, the Sarafan Lord ambushes the trio and wounds Vorador and Janos, depriving Kain of their help. Janos teleports Kain nearer to the gate and stays behind to tend to Vorador.
Having finally reached the Hylden Gate Kain finds the Hylden Lord. Kain and the Hylden Lord speak, Kain offers the Hylden Lord a choice of exile or annihilation as he destroys the Hylden Gate, while the Hylden Lord berates Kain for his petty lust for power and dominion over Nosgoth, akin to a petty noble who gained too much power and can never be sated. Kain denounces the Hylden Lord, boasting how all of his spies and traitors have fallen before him, even Umah. Surprised, the Hylden Lord claims that he has no spy named Umah, at which Kain angrily attacks him.
After a brief struggle Kain knocks the Hylden Lord off the platform, but he reappears, gloating how Kain cannot slay him while the Hylden Gate is active. Kain then casts the Nexus Stone into the gate, which begins to implode. Janos arrives at that moment and exchanges hateful words with the Hylden Lord. The Hylden Lord grabs Janos and throws him into the imploding vortex and turns to Kain, who is now in possession of the Soul Reaver.
The Hylden Lord and Kain battle one final time, but armed with the Soul Reaver and with the Nexus Stone gone, Kain easily defeats the Hylden Lord. The Hylden Lord, in his dying breath, assures Kain that the war between Vampires and Hylden will never be over, as the Demon Realm ensures the immortality of the Hylden race. Kain states that should the Hylden ever return, he will be waiting and kills the Hylden Lord.
As the Hylden City is slowly destroyed by the collapsing gate, Kain is seen slowly walking away, pondering his plans for Nosgoth.
DevelopmentBlood Omen 2 was not produced with the involvement of the Soul Reaver crew, instead being created by a new team at Crystal Dynamics under the direction of Glen Schofield. A key point of focus for the developers was the main character, Kain; Crystal Dynamics had "a huge investment in Kain as a character".
Reception
The Xbox version received "generally favorable reviews", while the other console versions received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
AllGame gave the PS2 and Xbox versions three stars out of five, saying of the former, "Even with the ordinary combat and rather tedious puzzles, Blood Omen 2'' still manages to be compelling enough to keep you playing to the end, which is a testament to the overall presentation and varied locales"; and of the latter, "Less demanding players will be more tolerant of the game's repetitive nature, while others will yearn for something juicier to sink their teeth into."
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Francisco José may refer to:
Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona
Francisco José Borja Cevallos
Francisco José Caeiro
Francisco José Camarasa
Francisco José Carrasco
Francisco José Cox
Francisco José Cróquer
Francisco José Debali
Francisco José Fernandes Costa
Francisco José Fernández Mas
Francisco José Freire
Francisco José Furtado
Francisco José Garanito Sousa
Francisco José Jattin Safar
Francisco José Lara
Francisco José Lloreda Mera
Francisco José Lombardi
Francisco José López Fernández
Francisco José Madero González
Francisco José Maldonado
Francisco José Martínez
Francisco José Millán Mon
Francisco José Monagas
Francisco José Múgica
Francisco José Nicolás González
Francisco José Pacheco
Francisco José Pinheiro
Francisco José Pérez
Francisco José Ribas
Francisco José Rodríguez Gaitán
Francisco José Sánchez Rodríguez
Francisco José Tenreiro
Francisco José Urrutia Holguín
Francisco José Urrutia Olano
Francisco José Ynduráin
Francisco José de Almeida Lopes
Francisco José de Caldas
Francisco José de Ovando, 1st Marquis of Brindisi
See also | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco%20Jos%C3%A9 |
The 5th Discover Screenwriting Award, given by the American Screenwriters Association on March 9, 2006, honored the best screenwriter(s) of 2005.
Winner and nominees
Dan Futterman – Capote
George Clooney and Grant Heslov – Good Night, and Good Luck.
Dan Futterman – Capote
Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know
Angus MacLachlan – Junebug
Josh Olson – A History of Violence
American Screenwriters Association Awards
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Atomic Knight is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC comics, and was briefly a member of the Outsiders team. He is sometimes depicted as one of a group of Atomic Knights, which first appeared in Strange Adventures #117 (June 1960) and ran quarterly in that monthly comic up through #160 (January 1964).
Sergeant Gardner Grayle was portrayed by Boone Platt in the live action Arrowverse series Black Lightning in the third season.
Development
During an interview, co-creator John Broome discussed the genesis for the idea. "I remember, in the beginning, we both got the feeling that it had something to do with King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. We thought if we could make a modern version of that spirit and the feeling, that would be a new kind of comic that hadn't been done and we would enjoy doing it. So we worked out a third World War where life was almost destroyed and crime was all over. And the Atomic Knights stand for justice and faith and all that. So that is the way the story began."
The original Atomic Knights
The Atomic Knights appeared in every third issue of Strange Adventures in the early 1960s, beginning with #117 (June 1960) and running through #160 (January 1964). In all there were 15 early-1960s Atomic Knights stories created by writer John Broome and artist Murphy Anderson; they were a band of heroes living in and protecting the post-apocalyptic future of 1992.
Following the catastrophic Hydrogen War of 1986, a petty tyrant named the Black Baron ruled a small section of the Midwestern United States with an iron fist. He was opposed by Sgt. Gardner Grayle and the Atomic Knights, who wore medieval suits of armor that were impervious to the Baron's energy weapons, the armor having been irradiated in the war. The other Knights were twins Wayne and Hollis Hobard, Bryndon Smith, the last scientist left on Earth, and brother and sister Douglas and Marene Herald. The group became a symbol of hope to the survivors of the cataclysm.
The 15 Atomic Knights stories in Strange Adventures took place in "real time" (three months usually passed between the events of each story as well as in the real world) and generally dealt with post-holocaust recovery, as the Knights would fend off menaces and attempt to rebuild the area around their home base of Durvale, though they also managed to travel to Los Angeles, Detroit, New Orleans, New York, and Washington, D.C.
The Atomic Knights concept then lay dormant for more than a decade, until Cary Bates used the Knights as guest-stars in the mid-1970s series Hercules Unbound, beginning with #10 (April–May 1977). Hercules, Kamandi, and the Atomic Knights all inhabited the same comics universe, one in which the Great Disaster had taken place (references to 1986 became less and less frequent as that date actually approached). Crisis on Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition had two Great Disaster realities: Earth-86 (where the Great Disaster was an atomic war) and Earth-295 (where the Great Disaster was natural). Since the Great Disaster on Earth-295 was natural that reality had no Atomic Knights.
The entire Great Disaster concept has since been declared to be out-of-continuity in the current DC Universe, although one of the Post-52 alternate Earths (Earth-17) does feature the world of the Great Disaster. DC Comics Presents #57 attempted to retcon the Atomic Knights by 'revealing' them to be the dream of Gardner Grayle in a state of suspended animation (during which dream Superman attempts to prevent Grayle from causing a nuclear war). This story is not held to be canon in terms of the Earth of the Great Disaster, and little reference has been made to it after publication.
The 15 Atomic Knights stories were reprinted in Strange Adventures #217-231. In 2010 they were collected into a single DC hardcover volume; their appearances in Hercules Unbound and DC Comics Presents had not been reprinted until a 2014 volume entitled Showcase Presents The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights.
Fictional character biography
Gardner Grayle
On Earth-One, Gardner Grayle was a sergeant in the army. His platoon was the infamous Platoon 13 and its symbol was a knight. Feverishly opposed to nuclear war, Grayle volunteered for a virtual reality experiment to see how people would react to a post-atomic war world. Within this experiment, Grayle believed that the adventures of the Atomic Knights were only a dream. After emerging from the experiment, Grayle donned a S.T.A.R. Labs battle suit and declared himself a modern knight in shining armor, briefly becoming the second Shining Knight and serving with the Seven Soldiers of Victory.
After a mildly successful career as a superhero, Grayle took a job at S.T.A.R. When he received a premonition from the goddess Cassandra, Grayle proceeded to use his new technical know-how to build his atomic armor. He then participated in the Crisis on Infinite Earths as one of the Forgotten Heroes who contacted Darkseid to enlist his help against the Anti-Monitor.
Afterward, he appeared in the Outsiders (vol. 1), a team he joined and stayed with until its disbanding. The Outsiders would later reform (in vol. 2) but were considered fugitives after being framed for the slaughter of a Markovian village (home country to Outsider Geo-Force). At first, he hunted the team down but was ultimately convinced of their innocence and was able to clear their name to the rest of the world. He also helps the Outsiders battle a vampiric infestation of the underground nation of Abyssia. With the Outsiders, he also fell in love with fellow Outsider Windfall and they were seen together at Geo-Force's wedding.
Beyond just his Atomic Knight armor, Gardner also had the power to see the future.
In the post-Infinite Crisis mini-series The Battle for Blüdhaven that takes place One Year Later, Gardner Grayle is the leader of an underground band of new Atomic Knights operating within the destroyed city of Blüdhaven, working with an organization named the Roundtable towards helping citizens harassed by the organization known as S.H.A.D.E. and the new Black Baron (a former pimp and drug dealer who gains metahuman powers after the Blüdhaven destruction and is later defeated by the golem known as Monolith). There are roughly 125 Atomic Knights, with the main Knights being Grayle, Marene and Doug Herald, Bryndon, and Wayne and Hollis Hobard (based on the original group from the 1960s), who are shown posing as refugees with the help of advanced cloaking technology, and using armor with numerous powers including the ability to record and analyze complex data and fire powerful ballistic and nuclear blasts. At the end of the series, Captain Atom obliterates the remains of Blüdhaven, making way for the departure of S.H.A.D.E. operatives. After this, the Knights are seen entering an underground lush environment through a bunker named Command-D, reminiscent of their access to the post-nuclear world of their original incarnation. Command-D is the bunker in which Kamandi and his grandfather, the original OMAC, lived.
In the second issue of Final Crisis, Dan Turpin travels to Blüdhaven and briefly sees the Atomic Knights, riding atop giant dogs in the ruined city. Afterwards, he visits the Command-D bunker.
In the third issue, the Knights accompany Wonder Woman into the city, where they go up against an evil Mary Marvel who has had her body augmented by their technology, who chops Marene Herald in half.
In the fourth issue, the Atomic Knights among those in the Blüdhaven Strike Force are eventually killed in battle, when Darkseid's forces showed their hand at Blüdhaven.
Powers and abilities
Gardner Grayle has precognition.
Equipment
Gardner Grayle wears a suit of armor that grants him enhanced strength, speed, endurance and blasts of energy, as well as being adaptable to other technology.
Other versions
In the out-of-continuity maxi-series Justice, the Atom wears a suit of armor that resembles the Earth-One Atomic Knight.
In 52, the existence of a new Multiverse is revealed. These Earths are originally carbon copies of the New Earth created at the end of Infinite Crisis.
Earth-17
One of the Earths, designated Earth-17 by Rip Hunter, is heavily altered by Mister Mind in his Hyperfly form, and his effects on the Earth have turned it into a copy of the home of the original version of the Atomic Knights, the version from their original stories.
Based on comments by Grant Morrison, this alternate universe is not the original setting of the 1960s stories.
Earth-38
In Countdown: Arena #2 (2007) an alternate version of Captain Atom appears who is the leader of that world's Atomic Knights.
Collected editions
The Atomic Knights (collects Strange Adventures #117, 120, 123, 126, 129, 132, 135, 138, 141, 144, 147, 150, 153, 156 and 160, )
In other media
A variation of Gardner Grayle appears in the third season of the live-action television series Black Lightning, portrayed by Boone Platt. This version is an A.S.A. sergeant. Following a minor appearance in the episode "The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two: Henderson's Opus", in the episode "The Book of Resistance: Chapter Three: The Battle of Franklin Terrace", Grayle allows Lynn Stewart to escape when the A.S.A.'s headquarters, the Pit, is locked down following Black Lightning's duel with Commander Carson Williams. In the episode "The Book of Markovia: Chapter One: Blessings and Curses Reborn", Major Sara Grey tasks Grayle and fellow operative Specialist Travis with bringing Jennifer Pierce to high-ranking agent Odell. However, Grayle allows her to escape after incapacitating Travis. In the episode "The Book of Markovia: Chapter Two: Lynn's Addiction", Grayle pre-records a message for anyone to find if anything happens to him before helping Lynn sneak Tobias Whale out of the Pit before they are attacked by a Markovian operative and teleported to Markovia by the teleporting mercenary Instant. In the episode "The Book of Markovia: Chapter Three: Motherless Id", Grayle contacts Black Lightning about what happened to Lynn and arranges a parley with Major Grey for a temporary truce to handle the matter. In the episode "The Book of Markovia: Chapter Four: Grab the Strap", Grayle assists Black Lightning and his allies in rescuing Lynn from the Markovians. Along the way, he stops Brandon Marshall from killing Dr. Helga Jace and evacuated them. In the season three finale "The Book of War: Chapter Three: Liberation", Grayle assisted in evacuating metahumans out of the Pit, only to be stopped by Gravedigger.
References
External links
DCU Guide entry
The Atomic Knights at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on August 31, 2015.
The Earth-One Index: The Atomic Knights (fan site)
Writeups.org: Original 1960 Atomic Knights
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Thomas Carell (born 1966) is a German biochemist.
Carell was born in 1966 in Herford Germany, he studied chemistry from 1985 till 1990 at the University of Münster finishing with a diploma thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Heidelberg. After his PhD thesis on Porphyrin chemistry at the same institute, he did his postdoctoral at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993. He finished his habilitation on DNA repair proteins at the Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule Zürich in 1998. From 2000 till 2004 he was Professor for organic chemistry at the University of Marburg until he became Professor for organic chemistry at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His main interest is still the DNA repair system.
In 2004, he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research. In 2008, he was awarded the for his work on the DNA repair systems. In 2008 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
Since 2010, Professor Carell has been an Associate Editor of Chemical Science, the flagship general chemistry journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry
References
Portrait at the Deutschen Forschungs Gesellschaft
Homepage at the LMU Munich
Interview with Thomas Carell on the website of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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University of Münster alumni
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners
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Garnant is a mining village in the valley of the River Amman in Carmarthenshire, Wales, north of Swansea. Like the neighbouring village of Glanamman it experienced a coal-mining boom in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but the last big colliery closed in 1936 and coal has been extracted fitfully since then. The village has the only Commissioners' church built in southwest Wales, traditionally a Methodist region.
History
The location of Garnant and Glanamman was known as Cwmamman ("Amman valley") before coal was discovered; until the 18th century it was a remote wilderness with just a few farms and rough mountain roads. Mining appears to have started at Brynlloi in Glanamman in 1757 and small coal workings proliferated in the first half of the 19th century. The lease to "Garnant Colliery" was offered in an advert of 1830, which was probably at the border of Garnant and Gwaun-cae-gurwen near the main road.
The arrival of the Llanelly Railway in 1840 meant that coal could be exported on an industrial scale through Llanelli docks. The railway's decision to build two stations at Garnant (originally called Amman Valley) and Glanamman encouraged the two halves of Cwmamman to develop their own identity, as did the construction of Christchurch in Garnant at about the same time. Taking its name from the emblem of the Dynevor family, the "Raven" colliery in Garnant was operating by 1854 and opened a new shaft in 1907. By World War I, it was employing 450 men. However, the mines were very dependent on the railway for transporting the coal, and when in the early 1920s there was a rail strike this caused mass unemployment (at a time when no work meant no pay), as is recorded by Arthur Bullock who was recruited to work at the Labour Exchange.
The Raven colliery eventually closed in 1936 after an industrial dispute. The site is now the Raven Industrial Park. Coal mining has continued sporadically since then, most notably at an open-cast mine which extracted 2,000 tons per week between 1988 and 1992. The site is now the Garnant Park golf club.
Government
Cwmamman, the old name for the location of Glanamman and Garnant, was revived for the modern urban community covering the two villages, which now have much smaller populations than in their heyday at the turn of the 20th century. Garnant is the name of the Carmarthenshire County Council electoral ward, represented by one county councillor.
Rhodri Glyn Thomas of Plaid Cymru currently represents the village at the Welsh Assembly in the constituency of Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. He had a majority of 8,000 votes over Labour's Kevin Madge in the Welsh Assembly Elections 2007.
Geography
The village is about 12 miles north of Swansea on the edge of the Black Mountain, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. It lies at the junction of three rivers, where the Rivers Garnant and Pedol meet the River Amman. Garnant lies in the western part of the South Wales Coalfield, where the coal is particularly high-quality anthracite.
Demography
The effect of the mining boom can be seen in the expansion of Cwmamman parish (including Glanamman and surrounding villages) from just over 3,000 in 1851 to over 11,000 in the early 20th century. The population of Garnant ward was 1,965 people at the 2001 census, increasing to 2,139 at the 2011 census. Glanamman is a similar size.
Economy
Traditionally the economy was based on coal-mining with some dairy farming, but the mines have closed and farms have moved from milk production to beef-farming. Other industries sprang up in the valley during the 19th century, including the Amman Tinplate Works between 1883 and 1932 which was turned into Parc Golwg Yr Aman.
Culture and community
Since 1988 Cwmamman has been twinned with the village of Pouldergat, in Brittany. The community is a stronghold of the Welsh language, with 58.5% of people speaking it in the 2011 census.
Landmarks
The valley has been shaped by coal workings and their waste, but little remains above ground. Christchurch and the chapels (see below) are the main landmarks, along with the new school.
Transport
A turnpike road (now the A474) was constructed along the valley in 1817. The Llanelly Railway and Dock Company built the Llanelly Railway to Garnant in 1840. It was taken over by the GWR on amalgamation in 1923, and closed to passenger services by British Railways on 18 August 1958. Freight traffic continued until the closure of the Abernant Colliery in 1988. The Amman Valley Railway Society are seeking to restore the Abernant branch line as part of the Swansea 9 Lines project.
Education
Three local schools, Ysgol y Twyn, Ysgol Gynradd y Garnant and Ysgol Gynradd Glanaman, were merged to form Ysgol y Bedol (the Horseshoe School) at the confluence of the three rivers in Twyn. This primary school for ages 2–11 was opened in 2005. Ysgol y Bedol is a category A, or Welsh medium school. The nearest secondary school is Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford.
Religious sites
The Welsh valleys were a stronghold of Nonconformism. Old Bethel Chapel, also known as The Old Meeting House, was built in 1773 high on the north side of the valley between Glanamman and Garnant. Pevsner describes the pulpit on a wine-glass stem as an "exceptional rarity". In 1875 it was superseded by the New Bethel Chapel on the main road at the west end of village.
Christchurch, the only Commissioners' church in southwest Wales was built above the river junction in 1839–42. The interior was refitted in 1888 and it is surrounded by a large graveyard. Ammanford, a few miles down the valley, was a centre of the 1904–1905 Welsh Revival which saw thousands of new converts. The revival affected Garnant and it was said that young men abandoned gambling and burnt their playing cards.
Sport
Garnant Park (formerly Cwmamman Recreation Ground) was part of Lord Dynevor's Glanrafon Farm estate. It is home to Amman United RFC which was founded in 1903 and is a feeder club for the Scarlets regional team. Players who have gone on to rugby at international level include Claude Davey, Tom Day and Trevor Evans of the British Lions.
It is across the river from the old Amman Tinplate Works. In 1996 Cwmamman Town Council bought the site of the works and turned it into Parc Golwg Yr Aman (Amman View Park), with a basketball area, rugby field, skateboard park and fishing platforms. The opencast coalmine on the south side of the valley has been turned into Garnant Park golf club.
Notable people
See :Category:People from Garnant
Roger Thomas (1925–1994), a British politician and MP for Carmarthen from 1979 to 1987
John Cale OBE (born 1942), musician, songwriter, record producer and founding member of rock band the Velvet Underground
Hywel Bennett (1944–2017), Welsh film and TV actor
Dafydd Hywel (born 1945), a Welsh TV and movies actor
Gary Pickford-Hopkins (1948–2013), singer, composer and guitarist
Sport
Guy Morgan (1907–1973), Wales international rugby player
Claude Davey (1908–2001), Wales international rugby player
Jim Lang (1909–1991), Wales international rugby player
Ted Ward (1917–1988), a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer where he scored over 1000 points
Jack 'Tex' Evans (1928–1996), ice hockey player and coach in the NHL
See also
Glanamman - neighbouring village which shares much of Garnant's history
References
External links
Cwmamman History with photos of the area
Rick O'Shea visits Shane Williams's home club – TV segment showing the area around the rugby ground
Villages in Carmarthenshire
Amman Valley | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnant |
Child labour in Eswatini is a controversial issue that affects a large portion of the country's population. Child labour is often seen as a human rights concern because it is "work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development," as defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO). Additionally, child labour is harmful in that it restricts a child's ability to attend school or receive an education. The ILO recognizes that not all forms of children working are harmful, but this article will focus on the type of child labour that is generally accepted as harmful to the child involved.
Origin
During the colonial period between 1914 and 1947, child labour played an important role in the British government's control of Eswatini. Swazi labour history has previously failed to acknowledge the contributions children made to the labour industry during the colonial period, perhaps because children are often seen as extensions of their parents rather than as individuals. At the beginning, children usually performed unpaid labour, but beginning in the 1930s paid labour became more common. Like today, agriculture and farming was one of the largest sectors of child labour.
Demographics
Many of the children in Eswatini subjected to harsh work conditions are victims of human trafficking. Despite the Eswatini government's attempts to reduce child labour, victims of human trafficking have historically worked in the most severe types of child labour jobs. AIDS orphans are also at a greater risk to be exploited for cheap labour. In 2006, half of all children engaged in Eswatini's sex trade were orphans.
Causes
Poverty is one of the most common determinants of child labour, and 69% of Swazis were living in poverty as of 2006. Because child labour interferes with schooling, an individual's ability to escape poverty is significantly reduced. This can create child-labour traps, in which the next generation is also forced into child labour because their family is still in poverty. Specifically, the cost of transportation is a barrier that prevents poor children from attending school in many African countries. According to Hannie Dlamini, the chairman of the Eswatini Aids Support Organisation (EASO), "the extended family system is breaking down and there is no-one to look after orphans," meaning that "fifteen year olds are responsible for homes."
Eswatini is a lower middle-income country, and yet serious poverty exists because there is a very unequal distribution of wealth. The richest 10% control nearly half of the country's wealth, with the bottom 43% living in chronic poverty. In 1999, UNICEF found that many children initially went to work because their parents were unemployed, and the family needed a source of income.
Orphaned children are at increased risk, and many orphans have lost their parents to AIDS. Eswatini has the highest HIV prevalence rate in the world, with nearly a quarter of the total population infected.
Number of children in a household also affects child labour vulnerability. Because perceived quality of a child tends to decrease as the quantity of children in a family rise, parents and others are less concerned with protecting children that are from large families. In addition, large families have more people to share their income and resources between, consequently increasing their risk of poverty.
Controversy over morality
Although child labour is often seen as inherently bad because it has been found to be linked with adolescent mortality, some also argue that it should not be banned. For example, should a child be permitted to work after voluntarily signing a labour contract? Eswatini's growing poverty causes a need for children to work, particularly in rural areas. Also, 66% of the country's population is unable to meet basic food needs so sometimes, child labour may be the only solution for a family.
The ILO also recognizes that some types of child labour may be permissible and makes the distinction between "child labour" and "hazardous work." In 2012, the organization reported that 168 million children aged 5–17 are subjected to child labour worldwide, with 85 million of these cases considered to be hazardous work.
Efforts to reduce child labour
Globally, efforts to reduce child labour have been successful in recent years. The ILO reports that both child labour and hazardous work have decreased since 2000.
Continental efforts
In 1963, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed, with Eswatini joining in 1968. Its purpose was to agree upon a list of human rights and enforce them continentally. The group produced the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights in 1981, which included an article on the protection of children. In 2002, the OAU was replaced by the African Union (AU), whose vision is that of "an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in global arena."
1980 Employment Act
The government of Eswatini has also made several independent efforts to reduce child labour. In 1980, the Employment Act was passed, mandating that children not be employed for any industrial work, unless the child was a direct family member of the employer, or the work was primarily educational. The Employment Act defines a child as a person under the age of 15. For non-industrial labour, the Act made it illegal to employ children during school hours, for night shifts, for more than 6 hours a day or 33 hours a week, or for more than four hours continuously without an hour-long break.
Additionally, the Employment Act outlines restrictions for hiring "young persons," defined as those over the age of 15 but under 18. Again, educational value is the main exception to the restrictions, as apprenticeship or vocational training may be approved by the Minister. Both children and young people are prohibited from work that is underground, involves selling alcohol, or is dangerous to their physical or emotional wellbeing.
RECLISA Project
In 2004, the RECLISA (Reducing Exploitative Child Labour in Southern Africa) Project was launched in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini. Targeting both those already involved in exploitative labour and those at risk for it, the project supported 2,000 children in Eswatini. In addition to ensuring that children were enrolled in primary and secondary schools, the project worked to raise public awareness of exploitative child labour. For the first four years, the RECLISA Project was funded by Khulisa Management Services. Since, the Swazi government has taken over funding to continue to support children. In 2014, the Swazi government assisted orphans and other vulnerable children by paying their school fees and made plans to help pay for the final year of primary school for more children. However, because Eswatini does not have a compulsory education age, this was difficult to enforce and was only partially successful.
Ratifications and agreements
Eswatini ratified both the ILO Minimum Age Convention (C138) and the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (C182) in 2002. It also signed the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in 1992, but has not yet ratified it.
Types of child labour
Agriculture
Globally, 58.6% of child labourers work in agriculture. In Eswatini, 84% of the country's poor population lives in rural areas, and nearly three-quarters of the total population relies on subsistence farming for survival. As a result, child labour in Eswatini is dominated by agricultural work. Specifically, the country's top three products are sugar cane, maize, and roots and tubers. Wood pulp, citrus and other fruit, cotton, and meat are also important to Eswatini's agricultural sector. Livestock herding, a type of agricultural work, is considered to be one of the most severe forms of child labour.
Industry
Industry jobs are the third most common type of child labour worldwide, at 7.2%. Several international companies such as Coca-Cola and Cadbury have invested in Eswatini, building factories there. Coal and diamond mining have historically been major industries, but their importance has significantly declined since the 1960s. Eswatini also exports textiles, but thousands of textile workers lost their jobs in 2015 when the country was removed from the U.S. fair trade agreement, due to human rights concerns.
Sex work
Commercial sexual exploitation is one of the most severe forms of child labour, with orphans being particularly vulnerable. The majority of children involved in sex work in Eswatini live away from their place of birth. Young girls are trafficked to South Africa, trading sex for food. High rates of prostitution and other forms of sex work spread infectious diseases, perpetuating the issue of HIV in Eswatini.
Tourism
During the second half of the 20th century, Eswatini tourism industry benefited from the lack of war and relative peace within the country. In order to entertain tourists, however, children are sometimes employed and made to wear traditional attire. Along the scenic highway in Piggs Peak, for example, costumed children dance for tourists for a fee.
See also
Child labour in Africa
Human rights in Eswatini
References
Eswatini
Labour in Eswatini
Human rights abuses in Eswatini
Childhood in Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%20labour%20in%20Eswatini |
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan.
The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanese newspapers (Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun and Nihon Keizai Shinbun) as well as the Japanese Associated Press withdrew their support for the Blue Ribbon Awards and established the , (which were held a mere six times).
In 1967, the awards were cancelled following a series of demoralizing national political scandals that became known as "The Black Mist" and eventually enveloped Japan's baseball industry. In 1975, the awards were revived, and have continued until the present day. The annual award ceremony is held in a variety of places in Tokyo every February.
Although the award is not acclaimed highly on an international level, the Blue Ribbon Awards have become one of the most prestigious national cinema awards in Japan, along with the and the . Winning one of these awards is considered to be a great honour.
In addition, the winning films themselves have a tendency to receive high distinctions in other film festivals around the world. Recent acclaimed nominations include films like Nobody Knows (2004), Tasogare Seibei (2002), Spirited Away (2001), and Battle Royale (2001).
Categories
There are following categories:
Best Film
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Director
Best Foreign Film
Best Newcomer
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Special Award
References
External links
Blue Ribbon Awards at imdb.com
Blue Ribbon Awards Official Homepage at web.archive.org
Blue Ribbon Awards at allcinema.net
Awards established in 1950
Recurring events established in 1950
1950 establishments in Japan | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Ribbon%20Awards |
Richard Heimberg (born December 21, 1950) is a researcher, psychotherapist, and current professor at Temple University.
Early life
Heimberg graduated magna cum laude from the University of Tennessee in 1972, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. He earned a Master of Science in 1974 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1977, both from Florida State University.
Career
Cognitive behaviour group therapy was founded on principles developed by Heimberg at the University of Albany's Centre for Stress and Anxiety Disorders. His focus lies on anxiety disorders, specifically social phobia. He has published more than 400 articles and books.
In 1983, he became the first researcher to receive National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funding to study psychosocial treatments for social phobia after the term first appeared in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1980.
See also
Cognitive therapy
External links
Homepage at Temple University
1950 births
Living people
21st-century American psychologists
Cognitive therapy
Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapists
20th-century American psychologists | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Heimberg |
Chelcheragh (Chandelier in English) is a weekly social and news magazine printed in Tehran, Iran.
History and profile
Chelcheragh was established in 2002. The magazine is published on a weekly basis on Saturdays and targets younger readers and provides cultural and societal news. The headquarters of the weekly is in Tehran. It has a reformist stance and reformist figures such as Mohammad Khatami. Fereidoon Amouzadeh Khalili is the managing editor and actress Bahareh Rahnama is among the contributors of the magazine. In November 2010 the weekly was temporarily folded. It was restarted in January 2011.
The weekly organizes cultural events and one in January 2014 was cancelled by the Iranian authorities. It also publishes interviews with politicians such as Hassan Rouhani which was published following his election as president in June 2013. The weekly were locked up several times due to some of their columns such as "Assansorchi" (in English means "elevator man" .
During these many years there were talented Iranian working in this weekly magazine such as Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour, Touka Neyestani, Amir Mehdi Jule, Arash Khoshkhoo, Mansour Zabetian, Ali Mirmirani, Nima Akbarpour, Jalal Saeedi, Afshin Sadeghizadeh, Shermin Naderi, Pouria Alami, Siavash Zamiran, Mina Einifar, Negar Mofid, Niloufar Hajirahimi, Parichehr Bagheri, Naznin Matinnia, etc.
References and notes
External links
Official Website of Chelcheragh Magazine
The Man with the Chocolate Robe in Chelcheragh's web site
2002 establishments in Iran
Magazines established in 2002
Magazines published in Tehran
News magazines published in Asia
Persian-language magazines
Weekly news magazines | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelcheragh |
Child labour in Namibia is not always reported. This involved cases of child prostitution as well as voluntary and forced agricultural labour, cattle herding and vending.
Background
Namibia ratified both the ILO Minimum Age Convention (C138) and the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (C182) in 2000. In addition, the country also ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990. Namibia signed the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in 1999, but has not ratified it as yet.
Surveys
According to the 1999 Namibian Child Activities Survey child labour exists in the country, predominantly in the agricultural sector. The results of a follow-up survey conducted in December 2005 have not been made publicly available.
A 2013 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report indicates that particularly in livestock herding, child labour is prevalent in Namibia, and children work from a very young age, although the extent of the work varies per child. Additional hazards that arise from children herding animals are "disrupted physical, mental, moral and social development", the danger of being bitten, extreme weather conditions, and the infection with animal-borne diseases.
Legislative intervention
Between 2006 and 2008 the country has been in the process of formulating the Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour in Namibia, which was nationally endorsed in February 2008. This was done with the assistance of the International Labour Organization's (ILO) programme Towards the Elimination of the worst forms of Child Labour. A Programme Advisory Committee on Child Labour (PACC), representing government departments, organised labour and business, and civil society guides the development and implementation of the programme.
References
Notes
Further reading
Namibia
Labour in Namibia
Childhood in Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%20labour%20in%20Namibia |
Ohio's 5th congressional district is in northwestern and north central Ohio and borders Indiana. The district is currently represented by Republican Bob Latta.
Geography
Counties
Crawford
Hancock
Henry
Huron
Lorain
Mercer
Paulding
Putnam
Seneca
Van Wert
Wood (partial)
Wyandot (partial)
List of largest municipalities
The largest municipalities represented in this district include:
Lorain, population 65,211
Elyria, population 52,656
Findlay, population 40,313
North Ridgeville, population 35,280
Bowling Green, population 30,808
Avon Lake, population 25,206
Avon, population 24,847
Tiffin, population 17,706
Norwalk, population 17,068
Fostoria(*), population 13,046
Amherst, population 12,681
Bucyrus, population 11,684
Van Wert, population 11,092
Celina, population 10,935
Galion(*), population 10,453
(*) Denotes that area of the city is located in another congressional district.
Election results from statewide races
List of members representing the district
Election results
The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
Historical district boundaries
See also
Ohio's congressional districts
List of United States congressional districts
Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007
References
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
05
Constituencies established in 1813
1813 establishments in Ohio | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%27s%205th%20congressional%20district |
Blue Jay (Jay Abrams) is a DC Comics superhero and a former member of the Champions of Angor, also known as the Justifiers. He has the ability to shrink to tall and grow blue wings that allow him to fly. Blue Jay is a homage to the Marvel Comics character Yellowjacket. He first appeared in Justice League of America #87 (February 1971).
Fictional character biography
The three primary members of the Champions of Angor who survive the trip to Earth were Blue Jay, Silver Sorceress (an homage to the Scarlet Witch), and Wandjina (an homage to Thor). The creation of these characters is a corollary to Roy Thomas' characters within the Squadron Supreme (a Marvel homage to DC's Justice League of America at the time).
After surviving the destruction of his home world of Angor, Blue Jay and his allies come to Earth, in an attempt to disarm its nuclear arsenal and save it from a similar fate. Wandjina seemingly sacrifices his life in a successful attempt to protect the country of Bialya from a pnuclear meltdown (he would return, briefly, a shell of his former self). Blue Jay and the Sorceress are imprisoned by Russian officials. Sorceress escapes back to her homeworld through magic. Blue Jay escapes into the Russian wilderness. He evades multiple Russian patrols and ends up with the League.
The Extremist Vector
While with the League, they confront the Extremists, robotic duplicates of the entities who had destroyed their world. The robots almost do the same to Earth, but are stopped by a combined effort of both teams. It is revealed that Mitch Wacky, a revered member of Blue Jay's world, had created the robotic Extremists but they had gotten out of control. Mitch ran a highly advanced theme park, where the robot Extremists were attractions. Mitch's technological resources had allowed him to survive the nuclear holocaust and he soon makes his way to Earth and a new life. Mitch's subsequent time travel adventure with Kilowog would showcase Blue Jay's old friends and teammates, all analogues of Marvel Comics superheroes.
It turns out that Dreamslayer, one of the Extremists, is not a robotic duplicate, but the real thing.
Leader for a mission
Blue Jay becomes a member of the Justice League under the command of Catherine Cobert. During his tenure in Justice League Europe he spends most of his time wracked with self-doubt.
He is one of the many to fall victim to Starro, but Ice stops this current invasion. He is eventually made the leader of the European branch of the League. He is assigned such by Ambassador Rolf Heimlich, who had been placed in charge of the League by the people of the United Nations. Blue Jay's first mission is to bring back Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Ice, and Elongated Man. They had all been fired by Heimlich and had teamed together to illegally invade Bialya to uncover the truth behind recent incidents. Inspector Camus discovers the truth behind Heimlich, that he is a mole sent by Queen Bee, the ruler of Biayla. On the flight over, Blue Jay is given valuable leadership advice by Martian Manhunter. The League uncovers the Queen Bee's brainwashing plots in an explosion set by Sumaan Harjavti, who then kills the Queen. The explosion itself also almost kills the League but Ice saves the lives of every superhero and the brainwashing victims by forming an ice shield, but she is not able to save all of the local Bialyans, many of whom die. Blue Jay and the League stay long enough to participate in rescue and relief efforts.
Losing friends
Dreamslayer eventually returns to take over the mind of the Justice League financier, Maxwell Lord. Dreamslayer enhances Max's persuasion power and takes over the populated, sentient, mobile island of Kooey Kooey Kooey. Mitch Wacky is kidnapped to recreate the Extremists, but dies shortly thereafter. During the Justice League raid on the island, the Sorceress takes an arrow in the stomach, fired by a brainwashed native. She dies, but not before neutralizing Dreamslayer. All the Justice League take this hard, but none more so than Blue Jay, for he is now truly the only survivor of his world.
Post-JLE activities
Later, Blue Jay, as a JLE Reserve, becomes involved in power struggles involving the Rocket Reds and the villain known as Sonar.
He is kidnapped by acquisitive aliens, along with dozens of other superhumans. The stowaways, Nightwing and Firestorm, work to release Superman. Their efforts free the hero, along with a few others imprisoned in his specific energy cage. This group includes the hero-for-hire Skyrocket, the mildly mentally unstable Livewire, the invulnerable strategist called the Veteran, and Aquaman II. Doubts about Superman's identity cause a schism in the makeshift team, but they work together to restore their powers, damage the facilities of their alien captors, and free everyone and everything that had been taken. This destroys the effort of an alien entity that calls itself the 'Auctioneer' that had wished to sell off the entities of Earth for a profit.
Due to a mistake by Livewire and the intentional transmissions of the aliens themselves, Blue Jay's efforts, along with the rest of his temporary allies, were broadcast to every television on Earth and to many alien worlds beyond. This makes them intergalactically famous.
Justice League of America
Blue Jay was recently seen again in the pages of Justice League. He was apparently killed by a mysterious unknown villain while attempting to warn the Justice League of a plot against them. However, author James Robinson has suggested that the character is not in fact dead and that he will play a bigger role in the future.
This was confirmed later on, when it was revealed Blue Jay was alive, and held captive by New Gods doppelganger Doctor Impossible. It was later revealed that Doctor Impossible and his team had captured Blue Jay in order to use him as a component in a Multiversal machine that they had planned to use to resurrect Darkseid. This plot went awry when the machine instead gave birth to a new villain calling himself Omega Man. During the subsequent battle between the JLA and Omega Man, Blue Jay was rescued from his prison by Supergirl, who humorously stated to have never heard of him. Once freed, Blue Jay attacked and defeated Owlman, one of his former captors. After the Syndicate members were defeated and sent back to their home universe, Blue Jay chose to fly off into the Multiverse, telling Batman that while he was never respected or considered useful on that world, there might be another Earth out there where he could finally become a true hero.
Heroes in Crisis
During the Heroes in Crisis storyline, Blue Jay checked into Sanctuary to regain his powers. He was among the heroes killed in a blast caused by Savitar and his corpse was found being eaten by crows. In The Flash #791, it was revealed that the hero Goldbug has replaced all of the dead heroes with clones from the 31st Century and that they were all actually alive.
Powers and abilities
Through unspecified means, Blue Jay is able to shrink himself down to seven inches high. He also grows a pair of bird-like wings while shrinking, allowing him to fly.
Other versions
Earth-8 Blue Jay
The Lord Havok and The Extremists series (2007) features another universe's versions of the Extremists and Champions on Earth-8. The Champions are now part of a group called the Meta-Militia with Tin Man as president of Angor and Americommando as vice president. When Tin Man is killed by Lord Havok, Americommando becomes president with Blue Jay as his vice president. Disgusted by the president's corruption, Blue Jay assists the Extremists in defeating the Meta-Militia, and takes Americommando to stand trial for his crimes.
In his previous identity of Massive Man, the Earth-8 version of Blue Jay was able to increase his height to over 20 feet. It is not known whether this was also true for the main timeline/New Earth Blue Jay.
Justice League Europe
A biologically ten years older Blue Jay is tossed into the far future by a time-based accident. He ends up in the middle of a Legion of Super Heroes recruitment drive. He is rejected but still given a flight ring. He is recruited for the Legion of Substitute Heroes by Polar Boy and taken to their first meeting, where absolutely nothing is planned to happen.
See also
Justice League Europe
List of DC Comics characters
References
Characters created by Dick Dillin
Characters created by Mike Friedrich
Comics characters introduced in 1971
DC Comics superheroes
DC Comics characters who are shapeshifters
Fictional characters who can change size
DC Comics characters with superhuman senses | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Jay%20%28character%29 |
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