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Tatyana Gennadievna Lysova (, born 18 March 1968) is a Russian journalist and media manager. Former editor-in-chief of the Vedomosti newspaper (2002—2007, 2010–2017) and former first deputy chief editor of the Meduza newspaper. Laureate of the 8th prize "Media Manager of Russia — 2008" (nomination "Print media. Newspapers").
Biography
Tatyana Lysova was born on 18 March 1968 in Moscow, Soviet Union. In 1991 she graduated from the Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (specialty "Applied Mathematics").
After graduation, Lysova worked as a system programmer at a research and development centre for the defence industry. From 1994 to 1995 she was a correspondent for the Kommersant newspaper. From 1995 to 1999 she was the editor of the companies department of the Expert magazine.
Since 1999 she worked as the editor of the Energoresursy () department of the Vedomosti newspaper. From January 2000 to December 2002 she held the position of deputy editor-in-chief, and then – first deputy editor-in-chief, from spring to December 2002 – chief editor, and from December 2002 to 2007 – editor-in-chief of Vedomosti.
Since April 2007 Tatyana was the editorial director and headed the development strategy of the company Business News Media, which published Vedomosti.
From March 2010 to May 2017 she was the editor-in-chief of Vedomosti. From April 2013 she was responsible for the website vedomosti.ru. She was one of the authors of the internal rules of Vedomosti, those rules as a textbook on journalism was studied by employees of dozens of Russian media outlets.
From January 2018 to December 2019 she worked as deputy chief editor of the Interfax political information service.
In January 2020, she became the first deputy chief editor of the Meduza newspaper. In August 2021, it became known that Lysova left Meduza and began working as the head of the investment department of Alfa-Bank.
Notes
References
External links
«Заранее понятно, что на тебя все равно обидятся» ("It is clear in advance that they will be offended by you anyway") // Meduza
1968 births
Echo of Moscow radio presenters
Living people
Media executives
Russian women editors
Russian women journalists
Meduza |
Robert S. Mendelsohn (July 13, 1926 – April 5, 1988) was an American pediatrician, anti-vaccinationist and critic of medical paternalism. He denounced unnecessary and radical surgical procedures and dangerous medications, reminding his readers of public health failures such as the 1976 swine flu outbreak and the damage caused to daughters of women who took the drug Diethylstilbestrol during pregnancy. He portrayed doctors as powerful priests of a primitive religion, with dishonesty as its central ethic. His mild manner appealed to the public, while his message infuriated his medical colleagues.
Mendelsohn wrote a syndicated newspaper column called The People's Doctor, and also produced a newsletter with the same name (the newsletter continued after his death until 1992, under the name The Doctor's People.) He published five books, including Confessions of a Medical Heretic, Mal(e) Practice: How Doctors Manipulate Women, and How to Raise a Healthy Child…In Spite of Your Doctor. He appeared on over 500 television and radio talk shows.
Education and career
Mendelsohn was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received his medical degree from the University of Chicago in 1951. He was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Mendelsohn had a full-time private pediatric practice from 1956 to 1967, and continued to see patients of all ages on a consultancy basis until his death in 1988.
For 12 years, Mendelsohn was an instructor at Northwestern University Medical College, and was associate professor of pediatrics and community health and preventive medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine for another 12 years.
Mendelsohn served as National Director of Project Head Start's Medical Consultation Service, a position he was later forced to resign after criticizing the “deadening atmosphere” of regular public schools. He served as Chairman of the Medical Licensing Committee of Illinois. He was president of the alternative medicine National Health Federation (NHF) between 1981 and 1982.
Views and reception
Mendelsohn said that the greatest danger to American women's health was often their own doctors, and contended that chauvinistic physicians subjected female patients to degrading, unnecessary and often dangerous medical procedures. Cancer treatments like hysterectomy and radical mastectomy, according to Mendelsohn, were among the most indiscriminately recommended surgical procedures.
In an era in which the side effects of medications and the risks of medical treatments were hardly known except to doctors, Mendelsohn insisted that patients, too, had the right to such information. In the first of his books to attract widespread publicity, Confessions of a Medical Heretic (Contemporary Books 1979), he describes his efforts to make the Physician's Desk Reference, the authoritative guide to medications and medical treatments, available to the public.
In Confessions, Mendelsohn argued that the methods of modern medicine were often more dangerous than the diseases they were designed to diagnose and treat. He advised consumers to be suspicious of their doctors. “One of the unwritten rules in Modern Medicine is always to write a prescription for a new drug quickly, before all its side effects have come to the surface.” (Confessions of a Medical Heretic, p. 32)
Mendelsohn opposed vaccinations for children, claiming the shots are dangerous and worthless. He was an anti-vaccination activist, an opinion widely rejected by the medical community.
His book Confessions of a Medical Heretic was negatively reviewed in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the reviewer noted that "the technique of describing one specific situation or case history and then generalizing to all situations or all case histories is a dangerous one, and such extrapolations are carefully avoided by all responsible scientists. However, this approach of Mendelsohn's supplies the grist for his mill— and its faulty."
Quackwatch has noted that Mendelsohn "engaged in irresponsible criticism of the medical profession and science-based health care during most of his medical career."
Nutritionist Kurt Butler described Mendelsohn as a "Whiney-voiced crackpot who made himself rich and famous by leading the bash-doctors movements now in vogue. Mendelsohn, now deceased, made a career of telling Americans that their doctors are out to rob and kill them. He urged everyone to avoid doctors and go instead to chiropractors, naturopaths and health fraud store clerks for their health care."
Death
He died April 5, 1988, at his home in Evanston, Illinois.
Publications
1982, Male Practice: How Doctors Manipulate Women,
1987, How To Raise a Healthy Child In Spite of Your Doctor, NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company,
1991, Confessions of a Medical Heretic, (This book was first published in 1979)
1985, Dissent in Medicine…Nine Doctors Speak Out, Contemporary Books, Inc.
1988, But Doctor, About That Shot: The Risks of Immunizations and How to Avoid Them, by Robert S. Mendelsohn, M.D., edited by Vera Chatz and published by The People's Doctor, Inc.
The People’s Doctor Newsletter - published monthly from 1980 to 1988.
References
External links
http://thepeoplesdoctor.net/ - website about Robert S. Mendelsohn
Quackwatch.org - 'A Few Notes on Robert Mendelsohn, M.D., Quackwatch (A critique of Mendelsohn)
Robert Mendelsohn – The First Anti-Vaccine Pediatrician - Vaxopedia
1926 births
1988 deaths
American pediatricians
American anti-vaccination activists
University of Chicago alumni
Writers from Chicago |
The Sierra Juárez and San Pedro Mártir pine–oak forests is a Nearctic temperate coniferous forests ecoregion that covers the higher elevations of the Sierra Juárez and Sierra San Pedro Mártir ranges of the Peninsular Ranges, of the northern Baja California Peninsula of Mexico. The pine–oak forests extend throughout the central portion of the Mexican state of Baja California and terminate near the border with the U.S. state of California.
Setting
The pine–oak forests cover an area of , bounded by the southern extent of the California chaparral and woodlands to the west, by the Baja California desert to the southwest, and by the Sonoran Desert to the east. It lies at the southeastern extent of the Mediterranean climate region that covers much of California and the northwestern corner of Baja California, and the climate is temperate with winter rains. It is one of the southernmost ecoregions of the temperate coniferous forest biome in North America, and the only instance of this biome in Mexico.
Flora
These forests are predominantly pine, juniper, fir, and oak. Ten pine species can be found in the ranges, including Tamarack Pine (Pinus contorta subsp. murrayana), Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana), Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jefferyi) Parry Pinyon (Pinus quadrifolia), along with White Fir (Abies concolor subsp. lowiana), and California Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens). Oak species include Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia), Engelmann Oak (Quercus engelmannii), Canyon Live Oak (Quercus chrysolepis), Baja Oak (Quercus peninsularis), and Island Oak (Quercus tomentella). There are also several isolated strands of aspens (Populus tremuloides) on the higher altitudes.
Tecate Cypress (Cupressus forbesii) and San Pedro Martir Cypress (Cupressus arizonica subsp. Montana) are found in scattered groves across the range. The Sierra Juárez and San Pedro Mártir pine–oak forests are near the southern limit of the distribution of the California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera). The higher portions of these Peninsular Ranges harbor many rare and endemic species.
See also
List of ecoregions in Mexico
References
Ecoregions of Mexico
Forests of Mexico
Natural history of Baja California
Montane forests
Nearctic ecoregions
Temperate coniferous forests |
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See also
History of Albania
References
G42
1954 establishments in Albania
Albania |
The 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic was the 37th running of the Breeders' Cup Classic, part of the 2020 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships program. It was run on November 7, 2020 at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky with a purse of $6,000,000. It was won by Authentic in a track record time of 1:59.60.
The Classic is run on dirt at one mile and one-quarter (approximately 2000 m). It is run under weight-for-age conditions, with entrants carrying the following weights:
Northern Hemisphere three-year-olds: 122 lb
Southern Hemisphere three-year-olds: 117 lb
Four-year-olds and up: 126 lb
Any fillies or mares receive a 3 lb allowance
The race was broadcast on NBC.
Contenders
The Breeders' Cup Classic is open to up to 14 starters, with automatic berths for horses that win one of the designated "Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Challenge races. Other horses are ranked by their performances in graded stakes races and by the judgement of a panel of racing experts.
Entries were taken on November 2. The leading contenders were:
Authentic – winner of the 2020 Kentucky Derby, and automatically qualified by winning the Haskell Invitational
Improbable – automatically qualified by winning both the Whitney Stakes and Awesome Again Stakes. He also won the Hollywood Gold Cup
Tiz the Law – winner of the Belmont Stakes, Travers Stakes, and Florida Derby
Maximum Security – automatically qualified by winning the Pacific Classic. He also won the Saudi Cup and San Diego Handicap.
Tom's d'Etat – automatically qualified by winning the Stephen Foster Handicap. He also defeated Improbable in the Oaklawn Mile
By My Standards – winner of the Oaklawn Handicap and Alysheba, along with three second place finishes in graded stakes races.
The filly Swiss Skydiver qualified for both the Classic and Distaff by winning the Preakness Stakes and Alabama Stakes respectively. Her connections decided to enter her in the Distaff.
Race description
On a very fast track that appeared to favor front runners, Authentic went to the early lead, followed by Maximum Security. Tiz the Law also broke well but was taken back and was never a factor. Improbable broke to the inside, bumping into several horses to his inside. He then rated in midpack until the final turn, moving to within a length of Authentic as they entered the stretch. Authentic responded to the challenge and drew away down the stretch to win by lengths.
It was the fourth classic win for Authentic's trainer Bob Baffert, and the first for veteran jockey John Velazquez. Baffert had sharpened up Authentic's training after being defeated in the Preakness, telling Velazquez, "The horse you're riding this week is the horse that you rode in the Derby. You can ride him with confidence. You can be aggressive. You can do what you want. And he's just a really top horse."
Authentic became the fourth Kentucky Derby winner to also take the Classic in their three-year-old campaign, after Sunday Silence in 1989, Unbridled in 1990, and American Pharoah in 2015. Derby winners Ferdinand and Alysheba won the Classic in their four-year-old campaign. Authentic was subsequently named the 2020 American Horse of the Year.
Authentic broke the track record set by American Pharoah five years ago in the same race. The teletimer did not function properly so the race was hand-timed, initially in 1:59.16 based on the video and then in 1:59.60 using additional camera angles. Note that races in North America typically have a "run-up" between where the stating gate is placed until the official starting point at which the timer starts (50 feet in this case), which complicates hand timing.
Results
Times: – 23.20; – 46.84; – 1:10.32; mile – 1:34.64; final – 1:59.60.
Splits for each quarter-mile: (23.20) (23.64) (23.48) (24.32) (24.96)
Source: Revised Equibase Chart
Payout
Payout Schedule:
$1 Exacta (9-8) Paid $22.70
$0.50 Trifecta (9-8-7) Paid $167.95
$0.10 Superfecta (9-8-7-1) Paid $335.55
Notes
References
Breeders' Cup
Breeders' Cup Classic
Breeders' Cup Classic
Breeders' Cup Classic
Breeders Cup Classic |
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Peter Borgelt (20 September 1927 – 18 March 1994) was a German television actor.
Borgelt was best known for playing the character of Hauptmann Fuchs in the long-running series Polizeiruf 110 between 1971 and 1991. As with this series he often played detectives.
Filmography
The Adventures of Werner Holt (1965)
Die Toten bleiben jung (1968), as Triebel
Nebelnacht (1969)
Drei von der K (1 episode, 1969), as Herr Klapper
Sudba rezidenta (1970), as Police Commissar
Verspielte Heimat (1971), as Herbert Bendlin
Polizeiruf 110 (84 episodes, 1971–1991), as Hauptmann Fuchs
Herbstzeit (1979, TV), as Oberleutnant Peter Fuchs
Die lieben Luder (1983, TV), as Hauptmann Peter Fuchs
Familie Neumann (1984, TV Series)
Ferienheim Bergkristall (1 episode, 1985), as Ehrengast
Die Wildschweinjagd (1987, TV)
Spreepiraten (1989, TV Series), as Eddi der Eisbrecher
Tatort (1 episode, 1990), as Kriminalhauptkommissar Peter Fuchs
Drei reizende Schwestern (1 episode, 1991)
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1927 births
1994 deaths
German male television actors
Actors from Rostock
Deaths from cancer in Germany
20th-century German male actors |
Om 3D is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by debutant Sunil Reddy. The film stars Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Karthik and Sampath Raj in the lead roles, alongside Kriti Kharbanda and Nikesha Patel. The soundtrack was composed by Achu Rajamani and Sai Karthik.
The film is touted to be the first Indian action film in 3D and had been shot in 5K resolution. Hollywood technicians such as David Taylor, who worked for Avatar and Final Destination 5, and Ian Markus, known for The Amazing Spiderman, have also worked for this film. The shooting was completed in 110 days, but the post production took another year.
Om 3D was theatrically released in 2D and 3D formats on 19 July 2013 and received mixed reviews from critics and became a box-office bomb.
Plot
Arjun is the son of Harischandra Prasad who saves his father from an attack orchestrated by a minister named Byrreddy. Enraged, Byrreddy hires a recently released convict named Bhavani to finish Harishchandra Prasad. Arjun meets a girl named Anjali and they fall in love with each other. After dropping Anjali at the railway station, Arjun is attacked by Bhavani and his goons, but is rescued by his uncle Lakshman. Harischandra reveals that Bhavani was adopted by his father Vishnu Prasad, but he betrayed him by doing arms trafficking, following which his father got him arrested. Bhavani killed his father and Harischandra gets him arrested.
Meanwhile, Arjun's marriage is fixed with Harischandra's brother Ajay's daughter Riya. On the day of Holi, Arjun invites Anjali to meet his parents, but she leaves upon listening about his marriage. Ajay is killed by Bhavani's henchman, which prompts Arjun to fight Byreddy's goons and make him arrange for a meeting with Bhavani. They meet at a railway crossing and Bhavani is found holding Anjali hostage, where Arjun learns that Anjali had been sent undercover by Bhavani. In front of Bhavani, Anjali confesses her love for Arjun. Harischandra tells Riya to get closer to Arjun. Lakshman is revealed to be embroiled in the illegal arms trafficking. Bhavani decides to tell Arjun about Harischandra's involvement in arms trafficking. Anjali meets Arjun and apologizes, where she confesses her love for him.
Arjun realizes her true emotions and convinces Harischandra of their marriage. It is later revealed that Lakshman is embroiled in the illegal arms trafficking and had introduced Riya to trap Arjun. Riya gives a lift to Anjali where she reveals her intentions and gets her injured in a car accident. Anjali is admitted to the hospital, where Byreddy tells Arjun that it was Bhavani who got her attacked. Lakshman and Harischandra convince Arjun to kill Bhavani, following which he attacks his goons but is knocked unconscious. A car chase ensues between Lakshman and Bhavani. Upon gaining consciousness, Arjun manages to crash the car on a bridge, but is rescued by Bhavani, who then reveals that he is his father and not Harischandra, who has lied to him about everything.
It is also revealed that Bhavani never tried to attack Arjun and did not even told Anjali about Arjun being his son. Consumed by the thirst for wealth, Harischandra killed Vishnu Prasad and Arjun's mother, where Bhavani got framed for crimes. Bhavani runs towards Lakshman and his men with a bomb, causing everyone's death in an explosion. Arjun is rescued by Bhavani's brother Kaali who reveals that Vishnu Prasad's three sons: Harischandra, Ajay and Lakshman were jealous of Bhavani, due to which they framed and imprisoned Bhavani. They also killed Vishnu Prasad and Arjun's mother. Upon returning from prison, Bhavani was forced to take the blame for their crimes in order to save Arjun and Harischandra raised Arjun as his own son.
Realizing the truth, Arjun decides to exact revenge, where he contacts Riya and tells her to meet him in the mountains outside the city and finishes Riya and the henchman. Learning that Arjun is alive, Byrreddy tries to escape along with his goons, but Arjun kills him in a car chase. Later, Harischandra holds Kaali hostage at a warehouse, where Arjun arrives, and a shootout ensues, resulting in Harischandra's death.
Cast
Nandamuri Kalyan Ram as Arjun
Kriti Kharbanda as Anjali
Nikesha Patel as Riya
Karthik as Harischandra Prasad
Rao Ramesh as Byrreddy
Sampath Raj as Bhavani
Sithara as Jyothi
Suresh as Lakshman
Ahuti Prasad as Ajay
Raghu Karumanchi as Chandu
Vijay Sai
Soundtrack
Achu and Sai Karthik Composed three and two songs, respectively, with Achu's work being praised. The audio was released by Mayuri Audio.
Reception
Jeevi of idlebrain gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "one should pat the back of Kalyan Ram for making Om 3D film with uncompromising passion and first-class 3D technology!!".
References
External links
2013 films
2010s Telugu-language films
2013 action thriller films
Indian action thriller films
Indian nonlinear narrative films
2013 3D films
Indian 3D films
Films scored by Achu Rajamani
Indian films about revenge
Gun fu films
Films scored by Sai Karthik |
The Breckenridge–Gordon House is located at 3611 Jackson Street in Midtown Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1905, the house was designed by Thomas Rogers Kimball for a prominent local attorney. Designated as an Omaha Landmark in 1982, the residence is located in the Gold Coast Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Designed in the Georgian Revival style, the brick structure has three stories, an elegant front porch with a pediment and embellished Ionic columns. When the original owner was killed in an automobile accident, his daughter's new husband moved into the home. The Gordons sold it in 1947, and it was converted to apartments soon afterward.
References
Houses completed in 1905
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha Landmarks
1905 establishments in Nebraska |
The North City Historic District is a U.S. historic district in St. Augustine, Florida. The district is bordered by Castillo Dr. north to Old Mission Ave., N. Ponce de Leon Blvd. on the west and San Marco Avenue on
the east.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 2009.
References
National Register of Historic Places in St. Johns County, Florida
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
St. Augustine, Florida |
KZCO-LD (channel 7.2) is a low-power dual Ion Mystery/Laff owned-and-operated television station in Denver, Colorado, United States. It relays the second and third digital subchannels of ABC affiliate KMGH-TV (channel 7) which is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company; it is also sister to Sterling-licensed independent station KCDO-TV, channel 3 (and its Denver-licensed translator KSBS-CD, channel 10). KZCO-LD's transmitter is located atop Lookout Mountain, near Golden; its parent station maintains studios on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Congress Park neighborhood.
History
The station first signed on the air in 2003 as KCIN-LP, an Azteca América affiliate, and was founded by McGraw-Hill. In 2005, the station changed its call letters to KZCO-LP. On October 3, 2011, McGraw-Hill announced that it would exit from broadcasting and sell KMGH-TV, KZCO-LP and its other television stations to the E. W. Scripps Company. The sale was completed on December 30, 2011.
In 2013, KZCO signed on a digital signal on UHF channel 17 to serve as a fill-in translator of KMGH-TV, which has experienced issues with signal reception in portions of the Denver market since the digital television transition on June 12, 2009, due to that station operating its digital signal on VHF channel 7, which is prone to signal interference.
On August 11, 2014, the FCC canceled the KZCO-LP license, being replaced by KZCO-LD.
In early 2021, the simulcast of KMGH-TV's main channel moved to a subchannel of KSBS-CD, a translator of KCDO-TV.
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
References
External links
Ion Mystery affiliates
Laff (TV network) affiliates
ZCO-LD
ZCO-LD
E. W. Scripps Company television stations
Television channels and stations established in 2003
2003 establishments in Colorado |
Me. You. He. She (; ) is a 2018 Ukrainian romantic comedy directed by Volodymyr Zelenskyy and David Dodson. The film stars Anastasiya Korotkaya and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It was produced by the creative association Kvartal 95 Studio.
Plot
Maxim and Yana have been married for 10 years. Their relationship has become a union, love has become respect, and passion has become a duty. And when tempting prospects appear on the horizon, the couple decides to divorce. However, the court, not having heard weighty reasons for divorce, according to the legislation of Ukraine, gives the spouses a month for reconciliation. Husband and wife decide during this time to explore their most daring dreams and fantasies that they had refused themselves for ten years of marriage.
Cast
In the main roles were Yevhen Koshovy, Nastya Korotka, Nadia Dorofeeva and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Further roles were cast with the actors Stas Baklan, Olga Sumska, Sergei Babkin, Yuri Tkach and Olga Polyakova.
Production
The film was originally shot in Russian and later dubbed into Ukrainian.
During the premiere press conference of the producers, Volodymyr Zelenskyy assured journalists that "initially the script of the film was written in Ukrainian" and only "later it had to be translated into Russian for Lithuanian actress Agne Grudite who was to play the lead role of Yana and who did not speak Ukrainian". At the last minute, Grudite refused to participate in the film. The role of Yana was then cast with Ukrainian actress Anastasiya Korotkaya, but the movie was still produced in Russian. Filming took place in late summer 2018 in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Lviv.
Budget
The project project became one of the winners of the 10th State Cinema Competition. The total cost of the film was set at ₴36.9 million (approx. US$1.3 million). The film was shot with the support of the State Cinema and 49% of the film's budget was financed by the state.
Release
The film premiered in Ukraine on December 27, 2018, and achieved a record in the collection of Ukrainian films, raising more than ₴71 million (approx. US$2.5 million). The film was watched by almost 800,000 viewers and was also released abroad. In Kazakhstan the tape was released on January 10, 2019, in Latvia on January 11, 2019, under the title "Es, tu, viņš, viņa", in Lithuania on January 11, 2019, under the title "Aš, tu, jis ir ji" and in Estonia on January 18, 2019, under the title "Lahuta, et armastada".
In March 2019, the film became available with Ukrainian dubbing on the VOD platform Megogo. Later, on April 17, the premiere of the film with Ukrainian dubbing took place on television on the 1 + 1 TV channel. After that, on April 18, 2019, the creators released a film with Ukrainian dubbing in the public domain on the platform "1 + 1 video".
Reviews
The film received negative reviews from some Ukrainian viewers and critics due to the fact that, contrary to the promises of the head of Kvartal 95 Studio, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the film was shot not in Ukrainian but in Russian, and dubbed into Ukrainian only in post-production.
References
External links
Kino Teatr - "Me, You, He, She"
Studio Kvartal 95 - "Me, You, He, She"
YouTube - Official trailer of "Я, Ти, Він, Вона"
2018 films
2010s Russian-language films
Russian-language Ukrainian films
2018 romantic comedy films
Ukrainian romantic comedy films |
USS Ash (AN-7/YN-2) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve U.S. Navy ships and harbors during World War II with her protective anti-submarine nets.
Career
Ash (YN-2) was launched on 15 February 1941 at Houghton, Washington, by the Lake Washington Shipyards, Inc., and was placed in service on 1 July 1941. The net layer served briefly in San Francisco Bay laying out net buoys and tending nets until 20 August when she headed for the Hawaiian Islands and duty in the 14th Naval District.
Ash arrived at the section base at Bishop's Point on the island of Oahu on 28 August and began working on the nets that protected Pearl Harbor. She was at the Bishop's Point section base when the Japanese attacked American warships and installations at Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941. Though she fired sporadically at some of the enemy planes during the two hours of the attack, she claimed no kills and suffered neither casualties nor damage. Following the attack, the ship served at Pearl Harbor through the end of the war. Redesignated AN-7 on 20 December 1942, she was placed in full commission that same day.
Ash continued to operate in the Pearl Harbor area until 11 May 1946, when she got underway for San Francisco, California. The net layer was moored at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard until 1 November when she got underway for Vancouver, Washington. She was placed out of commission there on 13 December 1946, and remained in reserve until 1 September 1962, when her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register. She was then transferred to the U.S. Maritime Administration for lay up with the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Olympia, Washington. She stayed there until sold on 14 May 1971 to I. D. Logan for scrapping.
References
NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - YN-2 / AN-7 Ash
Aloe-class net laying ships
1941 ships
World War II net laying ships of the United States
Ships present during the attack on Pearl Harbor
Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyard |
Marine Fighting Squadron 514 (VMF-514) was a short-lived fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Flying the Vought F4U Corsair, the squadron was originally commissioned to be part of the ill-fated Project Danny, a plan for carrier based Marine Corps aircraft to interdict German V-1 flying bomb launch sites. The squadron did not participate in combat action during the war and was decommissioned on December 9, 1945. No other Marine Corps squadron has carried VMF-514's lineage and honors since that time.
History
Marine Fighting Squadron 471 (VMF-514) was commissioned on February 20, 1944, at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina by authority of Bureau of Aeronautics Directive 30-KV-43. The squadron originally fell under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 51.
In June 1944, Navy planners devised a plan for Marine F4U Corsair squadrons of MAG-51 (including VMF-511, VMF-512, and VMF-513) to attack V-1 flying bomb launch sites from escort carriers in the North Sea with Tiny Tim rockets. Project Danny was ultimately disapproved, a victim of the intense interservice rivalry that existed in the US armed forces during World War II; Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall stood up and walked out of the briefing: "That's the end of this briefing. As long as I'm in charge there'll never be a Marine in Europe."
In June 1945, VMF-514 embarked on the USS Salerno Bay along with VMSB-144 as part of Marine Carrier Air Group 5 (MCVG-5) to train off southern California. Two days after Japan's mid-August capitulation, the group sailed west conducting further training operations, including night qualification of her Marine air group, in Hawaiian waters.
The squadron returned to Marine Corps Air Depot Miramar, California and was decommissioned on December 9, 1945.
Accidents
April 8, 1944 – An F4U-1A from VMF-514 crashed near Morehead City, North Carolina. The pilot, 2ndLt Olin Dilworth Cooksey, was killed in the crash.
Commanding Officers
The following naval aviators served as commanding officers of VMF-514 during its existence:
Maj James W. Merritt – February 20, 1944 – April 1, 1945
Maj Darrell D. Irwin – April 2, 1945 – July 27, 1945
Maj William V. Brooks – July 28, 1945 –
Unit awards
A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. VMF-514 was presented with the following awards:
See also
United States Marine Corps Aviation
List of active United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons
List of decommissioned United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons
Citations
References
Bibliography
Fighting514
Inactive units of the United States Marine Corps
Military units and formations established in 1944
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 |
XEB-AM (branded as La B Grande) is a radio station on AM frequency 1220 kHz, serving Mexico City and surrounding areas in Mexico. It airs a Spanish language classic contemporary format with music from the 1940s to the 1970s. It has been owned by the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (IMER), a Mexican government public broadcaster, since IMER's founding in 1983.
History
Launch
On June 16, 1923, the first test transmissions were launched of a radio station then known as CYB, as part of the First International Radio Fair. It was launched by a cigarette company, the Compañía Cigarrera del Buen Tono, S.A., as a promotional activity; at the same time, it launched a cigarette brand "Radio". Its first complete transmission occurred on September 14, 1923, live commentary of the fight between Jack Dempsey and Luis Ángel Firpo from New York. José Velasco captured the New York station's signal at Pachuca and relayed the information to Enrique W. Curtiss, who broadcast it over CYB. The next day, the station held its inaugural concert, which included a message from Spanish king Alfonso XIII. From October 1923, CYB broadcast on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 8-9pm. At the end of 1923, CYB broadcast a bullfight for the first time ever; the next year, it did so live from the El Toreo ring in Condesa, its first remote broadcast.
While the CYB callsign had been used since the station signed on, it was formally awarded to the station the next year at an international convention in Bern, where Mexico received callsigns CYA to CZZ. In Washington in 1929, Mexico moved to the XE callsign range and the station became XEB.
Setting the pace
XEB was notable as a station where many important personalities and genres in Mexican radio got their start. In 1929, actress Pura Córdoba founded a drama group devoted to performing radio plays, which laid down the foundation for the genre's success in Mexico. Jorge Marrón, Julio Sotelo, Enrique W. Curtiss and others all started at XEB, which at this time was located at 665 kHz.
In August 1933, XEB debuted on shortwave as XEBT on 6 MHz; the next year, in October 1934, its medium wave station moved to 1030 kHz. Walter Cross Buchanan was the chief engineer from the mid-1930s, also working at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional where he created the electronic engineering program. He later became the Secretary of Communications and Transport.
Wartime
From 1942 to 1946, XEB broadcast two prominent newscasts, the "Noticiero Mundial" and "El oído del mundo", important as conflict broke out in Europe and Asia. World War II brought with it a competition among radio stations to be first with the latest developments.
On October 12, 1942, XEB inaugurated its new facilities with five studios, two theaters for concerts and a United Press newswire, and also boasted of its creation of a 40-transmitter network to reach all Mexico. The station also jumped to 100 kW of power, but it had trouble maintaining the transmitter as the war effort made finding replacement parts impossible.
In April 1945, XEB was the first station to inform Mexican listeners of the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, four minutes before the competition. That same year, it created a sports radio network featuring such personalities as Julio Sotelo, Fernando Marcos and Cristino Lorenzo.
After the war
From 1946 on, XEB's live musical programming was steadily supplanted by recordings, which was more economical, but high-profile stars like Miguel Prado, Blanca Estela Pavón and Raquel Moreno remained on the air.
By 1950, XEB was branded as "La Emisora de las Américas" (The Station of the Americas). On AM, it was already broadcasting at 1220 kHz, its current frequency. On shortwave, XEBT was at 9.625 MHz.
In 1952, XEB was sold to Luis Martínez Vértiz. During this time, sports announcers like Óscar Esquivel and Ángel Fernandez joined the station, which became known as "Voz y expresión de México" the next year. The format consisted of news, romance music and programs for ranchera music.
Sistema Radiópolis
In 1957, Emilio Azcárraga acquired XEB and incorporated it into the Radiópolis network. The next year, XEB moved to be alongside XEQ-AM 940 and XEDF-AM 970. During this era, Alejandro Rodríguez Morán, known as "El Sheriff", devised XEB's longtime slogan "El B grande de México" and its popular nighttime program "Serenata XEB", which debuted in 1960.
In 1962, XEBT was closed, and the Radiópolis stations were branded as the "three points of gold", XEB alongside XEQ and XEDF. This later rose to four, with the integration of XERPM-AM 660, and then to five with XEMP-AM 710 brought into the fold.
Radio Fórmula
Rogerio Azcárraga Madero bought XEB in 1967, forming Grupo ORO. The station moved to another building, and in 1975, the owner became known as Radio Fórmula. The station was branded as Radio 3, as it was the highest of Fórmula's three stations on the dial after XERPM and XEMP-AM 710.
Government ownership and IMER
On December 21, 1978, the ownership of XEB, XERPM and XEMP was taken by the federal government. From then until the formation of the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio in 1983, it was operated by the state-owned concessionaire Compañía Nacional de Radiodifusión, S. A.
References
External links
XEB La B grande — official site
Mexico Radio... Station Pictures from the 60's — pictures of XEB and other Mexico City stations in 1963 by a former intern at Organización Radio Centro
FCC information on XEB
Radio stations established in 1923
Radio stations in Mexico City
Clear-channel radio stations |
Harle Airfield, German: Flugplatz Harle , is a small airfield in Wangerland in the district of Friesland in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 700 meters from Harlesiel. However, the airfield has an address of the city of Wittmund, as its only access from Harlesiel is possible, which belongs to the Wittmund district Carolinensiel.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Harle Airfield:
References
External links
Buildings and structures in Lower Saxony
Airports in Lower Saxony
Wittmund (district) |
Susan Jane Cunningham (March 23, 1842 – January 24, 1921) was an American mathematician instrumental in the founding and development of Swarthmore College. She was born in Maryland, and studied mathematics and astronomy with Maria Mitchell at Vassar College as a special student during 1866–67. She also studied those subjects during several summers at Harvard University, Princeton University, Newnham College, Cambridge, the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and Williams College.
Early life and education
Mary Jane Cunningham was born in Harford County, Maryland, March 23, 1842. On her mother's side she was of Quaker descent. Her mother died in 1845, and Susan was left to the care of her grandparents.
She attended a Friends' school until she was fifteen years old, when it was decided that she should prepare for the work of teaching. She was sent to a Friends' boarding-school in Montgomery County, Maryland for a year, when family cares required her to return home, and she continued her studies in the school near by.
At nineteen, she became a teacher, and she has taught thereafter, with the exception of two years, one of which she spent in the Friends' school in Leghorne, or Attleboro, and the other in Vassar College. She spent her summer vacations in study. She studied in Harvard College Observatory in the summers of 1874 and 1876, in Princeton observatory in 1881, in Williamstown in 1883 and 1884, under Prof. Truman Henry Safford, and in Cambridge, England, in 1877, in 1878, in 1879 and in 1882, under a private tutor. In 1887, she studied in the Cambridge Observatory, England, and in 1891, she spent the summer in the Greenwich, England, observatory.
Career
In 1869, she became one of the founders of the mathematics and astronomy departments at Swarthmore, and she headed both those divisions until her retirement in 1906. She was Swarthmore's first professor of astronomy, and was professor of mathematics at the college beginning in 1871. By 1888, she was Mathematics Department Chair, and that year she was given permission to plan and equip the first observatory in Swarthmore, which housed the astronomy department, and in which she lived in until her retirement; it was known as Cunningham Observatory. The building still exists on the campus although it is no longer used as an observatory, and is now simply known as the Cunningham Building. In 1888, Cunningham was given the first honorary doctorate of science ever given by Swarthmore. In 1891, she became one of the first six women to join the New York Mathematical Society, which later became the American Mathematical Society. The very first was Charlotte Angas Scott, and the other four were Mary E. Byrd of Smith College, Mary Watson Whitney of Vassar, Ellen Hayes of Wellesley, and Amy Rayson, who taught mathematics and physics at a private school in New York City. Cunningham was also a member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific as early as 1891. She was also a founder member of the British Astronomical Association in 1890, resigned 1908 September.
She was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1901.
Death
Cunningham died on January 24, 1921, from heart failure. Her funeral service was held on-campus in the Swarthmore College Meeting House, and was attended by many notable figures such as then-Pennsylvania governor William C. Sproul and Pennsylvania State Commissioner of Health Edward Martin.
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1842 births
1921 deaths
19th-century American mathematicians
20th-century American mathematicians
American women mathematicians
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People from Harford County, Maryland
Vassar College alumni
Harvard University alumni
Princeton University alumni
Newnham College, Cambridge
Williams College alumni
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19th-century American women |
Louis Mazetier (born February 17, 1960, Paris) is a French stride pianist.
Career
Mazetier began playing jazz at age 14 and by age 18 was performing at jazz clubs in Paris. In addition to his career as a musician, he works full-time as a radiologist. He plays with Paris Washboard and has worked on record with Dick Hyman, Francois Rilhac, Alain Marquet, and Neville Dickie, among others, and has released multiple albums as a leader or co-leader. Although he is influenced by earlier jazz pianists, such as Eubie Blake, James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, Don Ewell, Johnny Guarnieri, Dick Wellstood, and Art Tatum, his greatest influence appears to be American stride pianist, Donald Lambert.
Discography
Echoes of Carolina (Stomp Off, 1991)
If Dreams Come True (Stomp Off, 1996)
Harlem Strut (Stomp Off, 1996)
Tributes, Portraits and Other Stories (Arbors, 2008)
References
French jazz pianists
French male pianists
1960 births
Living people
21st-century pianists
21st-century French male musicians
French male jazz musicians
Stomp Off artists
Arbors Records artists |
Ilias Fyntanis (; born 21 May 1962) is a Greek professional football manager.
He holds an UEFA Pro Coaching Licence.
References
External links
http://www.onsports.gr/tag/2185/fyntanis-hlias onsports.gr (in Greek)
http://www.thessaliatv.gr/news/49202/apekthse-kai-bohtho-o-hlias-fyntanhs/ thessaliatv.gr (in Greek)
http://www.rodiaki.gr/article/348329/poios-einai-o-hlias-fyntanhs-poy-analambanei-to-timoni-toy-ialysoy rodiaki.gr (in Greek)
http://www.sport24.gr/sport24radio/fyntanhs-kanenas-den-mporei-na-piasei-koroido-ton-kougia.4901643.html sport24.gr (in Greek)
1962 births
Living people
Footballers from Kalamata
Greek football managers
Super League Greece managers
Ilioupoli F.C. managers
Panachaiki F.C. managers
Vyzas F.C. managers
Paniliakos F.C. managers
Iraklis Psachna F.C. managers
G.A.E. Ialysos managers
Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. managers |
Pimpadelic was a Fort Worth, Texas–based rock band.
History
Pimpadelic was founded in 1992 in Fort Worth, Texas by vocalist Donnie Franks (aka "Easy Jesus") and drummer Charles Winchell (aka "Madison"), both of whom had grown up in the nearby town of Blue Mound. The band's lineup changed multiple times over the next four years before eventually stabilizing as Sean "D.J.-M.I.A." Baker, Brandon Kord "Dirty K" Murphy (vocalist), and E.J. "Cha-Chi R.Cola" Cernosek Jr (bass). Their debut album, Barely Legal, was released on the local label Crystal Clear Sound in 1996, followed by Statutory Rap on the same label in 1998.
In April 2000, their third studio album and major-label debut, Southern Devils, was released by Tommy Boy Records, after previously having been released locally. The band promoted the album by posing in fur suits and fedoras.
Soon after the album's release, Murphy violated the terms of his probation (he had previously pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony charge for his role in a robbery in 1996). This prompted the band to announce that they were looking for a replacement for him for their upcoming tour, where they performed with the Kottonmouth Kings and Corporate Avenger. Murphy subsequently left the band. In 2002, it was reported that Pimpadelic had been dropped from Tommy Boy's roster; Zac Crain of the Dallas Observer wrote that "From the looks of it, it's a you're-fired-no-screw-you-I-quit situation, though it's unclear who decided to walk out first." Crain also reported that Pimpadelic was still working on their next album and talking to other labels about releasing it.
Murphy was found dead in a rehearsal space in 2011. Also that year, the band released a new album entitled Drink! Drugs! Sex!, which Anthony Mariani of Fort Worth Weekly described as "...a widget from an assembly line manned grudgingly by David Allan Coe, GG Allin’s ghost, and Mötley Crüe (yes, the whole band)." It was followed by the 2015 double album Greatest Tits.
Critical reception
Southern Devils received an unfavorable review from Orlando Weekly, which described the band's style as "...Southern rock that doesn't boogie, metal that wouldn't scare an 'N Sync fan, and witless, flowless rhyme schemes that make Bloodhound Gang sound like the Wu-Tang Clan." Robert Christgau also reviewed the album unfavorably, giving it a D+ grade and describing the band as "been-and-gone scumbags". Multiple critics compared the album's sound unfavorably to that of Kid Rock's music. The Austin Chronicles Christopher Gray was more favorable in his review of the album, giving it 3 stars (out of 4) and writing that the band's "...constant t&a references, plus allusions to such savory subjects as gonorrhea, crystal meth, and the Trenchcoat Mafia, would probably be best appreciated by those who can't get enough of Dolemite and the Diceman's comic stylings."
Discography
Barely Legal (1996)
Statutory Rap (1998)
Southern Devils (1999)
For Music! For Video! For Porn! (1999)
Southern Devils (2000)
Reb De Ville (2003)
Do Unto Others (2004)
Texas Hold'em Up (2005)
Rebelution - Two Thousand Six Sixx Sixxx (2006)
She's Dead (2008)
Drink! Drugs! Sex! (2010)
Greatest Tits: The Very Worst of Pimpadelic (2015)
References
1992 establishments in Texas
American rap metal musical groups
American rap rock groups
American southern rock musical groups
Musical groups established in 1992
Rock music groups from Texas
Tommy Boy Records artists |
Colin Bonitto (1918 – July 1974) was a Jamaican cricketer. He played in seven first-class matches for the Jamaican cricket team from 1946 and 1953.
See also
List of Jamaican representative cricketers
References
External links
1918 births
1974 deaths
Jamaican cricketers
Jamaica cricketers
Place of birth missing |
St. Mary's High School is located in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the Education Authority (Southern) area.
History
The school was established in 1961.
Notable alumni
Sinéad Bradley, (b. 1972) - politician
References
External links
Catholic secondary schools in Northern Ireland
Education in Newry
Girls' schools in Northern Ireland
Schools in County Down
Secondary schools in County Down
Educational institutions established in 1961 |
John E. Carrigan (August 25, 1910 – February 21, 1984) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from his appointment on July 13, 1971 to December 31, 1972.
Born in Sherrard, West Virginia, Carrigan graduated from West Virginia University and served in the United States Navy. He was elected as a Republican to the West Virginia Senate in 1950, and became Senate Minority Leader in 1955, serving in that position until 1971. On July 13, 1971, Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. appointed Carrigan to a seat on the West Virginia Supreme Court vacated by the death of Chauncey Browning Sr.; Moore and Carrigan had grown up in the same town, and known each other since youth, as well as serving in the state senate together. Moore's appointment of Carrigan as the only Republican on the court "brought praise from Democrats and Republicans", and Moore indicated that he would run for election to the seat the following year. However, he was defeated in that bid by Democrat James Marshall Sprouse.
Governor Moore then named Carrigan as his liaison to the 1973 state legislature. In 1976, Carrigan represented Moore in an unsuccessful lawsuit to allow Moore to run for a third consecutive term as governor, despite the existence of a two-term limit in the state constitution.
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1910 births
1984 deaths
Justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
West Virginia state senators
West Virginia University alumni
20th-century American politicians
20th-century American judges |
The Bancu (in its upper course: Băncușor) is a left tributary of the river Teșna in Romania. It flows into the Teșna in Românești. Its length is and its basin size is .
References
Rivers of Romania
Rivers of Suceava County |
Crystalized is the fifteenth season of the computer-animated Ninjago television series (titled Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu before the eleventh season). The series was created by Michael Hegner and Tommy Andreasen. The season aired in two parts: the first in May 2022, and the other from September to October 2022. Following the passing of Kirby Morrow, the season is the first and only in the series to feature Andrew Francis as the new voice actor of Cole.
The storyline of the fifteenth season directly follows on from the preceding season, Seabound, which involved the ninja character Nya becoming one with the sea and being lost to the ninja team. The first part of Crystalized focuses on the ninja attempting to save Nya by restoring her to her human form, breaking the law and becoming wanted fugitives in the process. The rest of the season centers around the return of the ninja's greatest enemy, the Overlord, under a new alias called the Crystal King, as he assembles some of the greatest adversaries from the ninja's past to defeat them once and for all and conquer Ninjago.
A sequel series to support the continuation of the Lego Ninjago brand titled Ninjago: Dragons Rising premiered in June 2023 exclusively on Netflix.
Voice cast
Main
Sam Vincent as Lloyd Garmadon, the Green Ninja
Vincent Tong as Kai, the red ninja and Elemental Master of Fire and Nya's brother.
Michael Adamthwaite as Jay, the blue ninja, Elemental Master of Lightning and Nya's yang/boyfriend
Brent Miller as Zane, the white ninja and Elemental Master of Ice
Andrew Francis as Cole, the black ninja and Elemental Master of Earth
Kelly Metzger as Nya, the Elemental Master of Water, Kai's sister and Jay's yin/girlfriend
Paul Dobson as Sensei Wu, the wise teacher of the ninja
Jennifer Hayward as P.I.X.A.L. a female nindroid, and Zane's love interest.
Mark Oliver as Garmadon
Supporting
Erin Mathews as Miss Demeanor
Kelly Sheridan as Gayle Gossip
Michael Donovan as Police Commissioner
Alan Marriott as Dareth
Michael Dobson as Pythor P. Chumsworth
Heather Doerksen as Skylor
Paul Dobson as Warden Noble
Adrian Petriw as Fugi-Dove
Michael Antonakos as The Mechanic
Brian Drummond as Twitchy Tim
Deven Mack as King Vangelis
Britt McKillip as Harumi
Lee Tockar as Cyrus Borg
David Raynolds as Nelson
Shannon Chan Kent as Racer Seven
Gavin Langelo as Vinny
Sharon Alexander as Ultra Violet
Nicholas Holmes as Jake
Tabitha St. Germain as Sammy
Brynna Drummond as Antonia
Brian Dobson as Ronin
Casting
The season features the return of the main cast, who have voiced the ninja characters across the series, excluding Kirby Morrow as the character Cole. Crystalized was the first season to feature Andrew Francis as the character's voice actor. Francis was cast in the role following the loss of Morrow, who had previously voiced the character since the beginning of the series. Series co-creator Tommy Andreasen released an open letter to fans explaining the decision to recast the part of Cole. He stated that several options had been considered regarding the character's future, including retiring the character, using existing dialogue from previous seasons to retain Morrow's voice in the series, creating a story where Cole does not speak, or recasting. The Ninjago team made the ultimate decision to recast the part. Andreasen explained, "We must remain true to the character Kirby shaped. Cole is crucial in the 2022 story and the World and Ninjago need Cole. So, recasting it was! And a very hard and emotional one at that."
Andreasen revealed on Twitter that a new actor voicing a new character would be introduced in the season, which he described as, "one of the weirdest and wonderful ones [the writers] have ever come up with." He also revealed that the character Jake would return in the season, voiced by Nicholas Holmes, and that the character Kai would have, "much love and romance in the year to come."
Release
In January 2021, Tommy Andreasen mentioned the script for the season on Twitter and said that fans would have to wait until 2022 for the season to be released. The Lego Group released several preview clips on its official YouTube channel leading up to the season's premiere, including an official teaser on 29 April 2022, and an official trailer on 20 May 2022. In a France TV Pro press release for the season, which was released in May 2022, an official season poster was revealed that drew comparisons to the design of the theatrical release poster for Avengers: Endgame. The season was scheduled to premiere in France on 6 June 2022. The first twelve English episodes were released online on The Lego Group's YouTube channel on 20 May 2022, with viewing restricted by region but were removed three days later with no explanation, but were made public again on 1 June 2022. On the same day, they were also released on Netflix. It also debuted on CITV in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2022.
A trailer for the second half of the season was revealed during the Lego Con 2022 live show on 18 June 2022. At Comic Con 2022, it was announced that the second half of the season will be released in early October on Netflix. The 13th and 14th episodes, titled A Sinister Shadow and The Spider's Design, respectively, were released earlier on Sky Go in New Zealand on 18 September 2022. Netflix Australia later confirmed the second half of the season would be released on 1 October 2022.
Plot
A group called the New Ninja appear in Ninjago City, fighting vengestone smugglers. The ninja team has lost faith and broken up. Nya roams the Endless Sea as a water dragon but begins to recover her memories. She meets a water elemental named Nyad, who helps her to find her way back home. The ninja reunite and uncover a secret shipment of vengestone in a subway tunnel. They are forced to fight Miss Demeanor and her thugs, but are humiliated when the New Ninja defeat the villains.
Nya returns to the monastery in her aqueous form and Zane freezes her to maintain her shape. The team decide to break Aspheera out of Kryptarium prison to steal her staff so that Aspheera can drain Nya's elemental power and return her back to her human form. Skylor helps to keep Nya frozen while they retrieve Aspheera and the staff. During their mission, the ninja are forced to fight the New Ninja and Kai accidentally reveals their identities, making them fugitives. Aspheera agrees to help them in exchange for her freedom and returns Nya to her human form. The New Ninja arrive at the monastery and arrest the entire ninja team except for Nya. Aspheera escapes and is recruited by a stranger known as the Crystal King.
The ninja are sentenced to five years in Kryptarium prison. They find themselves surrounded by their old enemies, including Pythor. Lloyd is visited by the Crystal King's messenger, who warns him that the Crystal King is gathering Lloyd's enemies against him. When Pythor is recruited by the messenger and broken out of prison, the ninja try to stop him, but fail. The ninja eventually escape with the help of Nya, disguised as Samurai X, and Dareth, but find themselves wandering the desert while pursued by sheriff HoundDog McBrag. On the road they are picked up by a young singer who is making her way to Ninjago City and Zane learns the benefits of emotions. The ninja reunite at Twitchy Tim's gas station, where Fugi-Dove helps them escape from McBrag. They confront The Mechanic in his lair and subdue him, allowing Lloyd to impersonate him at the Council of the Crystal King. There he meets the other members, who are Aspheera, Pythor, King Vangelis, and Mr. F, but his identity is discovered and he is captured. The Crystal King's messenger reveals herself to be Harumi, whom Lloyd believed to be dead.
Harumi explains that, after her death, she was resurrected by the Crystal King and agreed to serve him, even after learning his true identity as the Overlord. Using vengestone bought from Vangelis prior to his defeat by the ninja, Harumi built an army that can negate the ninja's elemental powers. Harumi reveals her plan to steal the Golden Weapons from the monastery and Lloyd vows to stop her. Kai, Jay, Zane, and Cole are attacked by explosive Crystal Spiders, trapping them underground. This enrages Lloyd, who believes his friends to be dead, and awakens his previously dormant Oni powers. The Crystal Council (now joined by the Mechanic) attack the monastery, destroying it and taking the Golden Weapons. Wu, Skylor, and P.I.X.A.L. are saved by MiniPix 7, one of P.I.X.A.L.'s miniature robot assistants, while Nya escapes in her Samurai X armour. As Nya rescues the trapped ninja, Aspheera performs a ritual that corrupts the Golden Weapons and allows the Overlord to take physical form once again.
The Overlord uses his powers to grant the Crystal Council new abilities, bring the Crystal Army to life, and make the Oni Temple airborne. Lloyd refuses to join him and escapes, taking Harumi with him, and they both fall off the temple into the jungle. The ninja head to Primeval's Eye to rescue Lloyd, just as he and Harumi are found by the Crystal Council. Lloyd is forced to abandon Harumi and escape with his friends, informing them of the Overlord's return. The Crystal Army begins marching towards Ninjago City, corrupting everyone in their path. The ninja try to stop them, but find that their vehicles are being drained by the crystals. Wu and Lloyd track down Garmadon living in an apartment in Ninjago City. Garmadon reveals that since his departure, he has started a journey of self-improvement, by caring for a potted plant he named Christofern. He agrees to help the ninja after the Crystal Army destroys his apartment and damages Christofern.
Wu theorizes that the powers of Creation and Destruction are the only things that can harm the Overlord, and reaches out to Misako for research on a powerful Dragon form. Meanwhile, Garmadon tries to teach Lloyd how to master his Oni powers, but he is reluctant to give into his negative emotions. After P.I.X.A.L. upgrades the ninja's vehicles to be powered by the crystals instead, they again fight the Crystal Army while Wu confronts the Overlord. The Overlord defeats Wu and unleashes a powerful weapon that crystalizes all of Ninjago City, destroying the ninja's vehicles. Wu takes shelter with a group of paperkids and he broadcasts a message to inspire others. Nya reawakens her elemental powers to save herself and Jay, and they set out to find help. HoundDog McBrag finds Garmadon and Lloyd and tries to arrest the latter, but is left speechless after Lloyd saves him from a crystalized Serpentine. P.I.X.A.L. finds a broken Zane (who has been returned to his Ice Emperor persona) and brings him to Borg Tower. Kai and Cole are rescued by Skylor and join Wu and other refugees at the newspaper warehouse, while Lloyd and Garmadon search for the missing Serpentine. Wu re-establishes a communication link with the ninja and they decide to reach out to all their allies for help. Cyrus Borg provides Ronin and his fugitives with mechs and fixes Zane before P.I.X.A.L. restores his memory with an emotional outreach. Nya uses her powers to contact the Merlopians, while Racer 7 escorts Cole across Ninjago City to broadcast a distress call to Shintaro.
The ninja regroup at the warehouse and make their final stand against the Crystal Army, while Lloyd and Garmadon confront the Overlord. Kai, Jay, Zane, and Cole unlock their Dragon forms, defeat the Crystal Council, and restore the Golden Weapons to their original form. The Overlord reveals that he corrupted the Great Devourer in order to make Garmadon evil, causing Harumi to switch sides to help Lloyd and Garmadon. Garmadon is seemingly killed, triggering Lloyd's Oni form, but he resists using his rage to win. The ninja combine the Golden Weapons, releasing their elemental powers to form a four-headed dragon to prevent the Overlord from stealing, corrupting and absorbing the powers of creation while corrupting the ninja. Lloyd rides the dragon and defeats the Overlord before escaping the crumbling Oni Temple with Harumi and Garmadon, who faked his death. In the aftermath, the ninja's elemental powers return to their source of origin, Garmadon plants Christofern atop a mountain, and the ninja rebuild the monastery alongside their friends and allies.
Episodes
See also
Lego Ninjago
Notes
References
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2022 Canadian television seasons
2022 Danish television seasons |
Restless on the Farm is the seventh solo album by dobro player Jerry Douglas, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music).
Guest musicians include Maura O'Connell, Steve Earle, Béla Fleck, Sam Bush and Tim O'Brien.
Track listing
"Things in Life" (Don Stover) – 3:04
"Turkish Taffee" (Jerry Douglas) – 3:53
"Passing the Bar" (Douglas) – 3:45
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (Johnny Cash) – 5:29
"A Tribute to Peader O'Donnell" (Dónal Lunny) – 3:13
"Takarasaka" (Douglas) – 3:49
"Follow On" (Paul Brady) – 5:19
"Like It Is" (Erroll Garner) – 3:40
"The Ride" (Douglas, Fleck) – 2:46
"TV Doctor" (Johnny Winter) – 5:04
"For Those Who've Gone Clear" (Douglas) – 4:35
Personnel
Jerry Douglas – dobro
Sam Bush – mandolin
Béla Fleck – banjo
John Cowan – vocals
John Gardner – drums
Maura O'Connell – vocals
Viktor Krauss – bass
Sonny Landreth – dobro, slide guitar
Edgar Meyer – bass
Russ Barenberg – guitar
Bryan Sutton – guitar
Tim O'Brien – vocals
Steve Earle - vocals, guitar
Production notes:
Jerry Douglas – producer
Bradley Hartman – engineer
Bil VornDick – engineer, mixing
Randy LeRoy – mastering
Chris Scherbak – assistant engineer
Senor McGuire – photography
Sue Meyer – design, illustrations
References
1998 albums
Jerry Douglas albums
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Ansonia spinulifer, also known as spiny slender toad or Kina Balu stream toad, is a species of true toad in the family Bufonidae.
It is found in Sarawak and Sabah, northern Borneo (Malaysia), and presumably also in Kalimantan on the Indonesian part of the island.
Description
Ansonia spinulifer males measure and females up to in snout–vent length. Tympanum is visible. Dorsum has big spinose warts and usually a light spot between the shoulders. The warts are large and have keratinized projections, hence the species name. Tadpoles have the typical sucker mouth of rheophilous Ansonia tadpoles.
Habitat and conservation
Its natural habitats are lowland rainforests at elevations of asl. Adults range widely over the floor and herb stratum in areas of steep terrain, but breeding requires small, clear, rocky-bottomed streams. Males call at night, sitting in low vegetation close to streams. The tadpoles live in torrents; they cling to rocks and feed on lithophytes.
Ansonia spinulifer is common in Sarawak, but it seems not to adapt to habitat modification. It is threatened by habitat loss (deforestation and the associated siltation of streams; plantations).
References
spinulifer
Endemic fauna of Borneo
Endemic fauna of Malaysia
Amphibians of Malaysia
Taxa named by François Mocquard
Amphibians described in 1890
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians of Borneo
Fauna of the Borneo lowland rain forests |
The Cavan Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the third-tier Cavan Gaelic football clubs. It was first competed for in 1913. The winner qualifies to represent their county in the Ulster Club Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship. The current champions are Laragh United, who defeated Mountnugent in the 2012 decider on a scoreline of 0–10 to 2–03.
Format
10 teams will contest the Hotel Kilmore Junior Championship in 2013.
Teams have been drawn into 3 groups, one 4 team (Group 1) and two 3 teams, (Group 2 & 3). The group stages will be played on a league basis. Where teams finish on equal points group placings will be decided in accordance with rule 6.20 of the GAA Official Guide 2013.
The top team in each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The runner up in group 2 and 3 will play off (Round 4(a)), with the winner qualifying to play in a further play off against the runner up in group 1 (Round 4(b)). The winner of this play off will qualify for the semi-final.
Semi-final pairings will be based on an open draw.
2013 Championship
Group A
Group B
Group C
Semi Final play-offs
Semi finals
Final
References
External links
Cavan at ClubGAA
Official Cavan GAA Website
Cavan Junior Football Championship
Cavan GAA Football championships |
The Order of Newfoundland and Labrador () is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Instituted in 2001, when Lieutenant Governor Arthur Maxwell House granted Royal Assent to the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador Act, the order is administered by the Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour current or former Newfoundland and Labrador residents for conspicuous achievements in any field, being thus described as the highest honour amongst all others conferred by the Newfoundland and Labrador Crown.
Structure and appointment
The Order of Newfoundland and Labrador is intended to honour any current or former longtime resident of Newfoundland and Labrador who has demonstrated a high level of individual excellence and achievement in any field, having "demonstrated excellence and achievement in any field of endeavour benefiting in an outstanding manner Newfoundland and Labrador and its residents." There are no limits on how many can belong to the order, though inductions are limited to eight per year; Canadian citizenship is a requirement, and those who are elected or appointed members of a governmental body are ineligible as long as they hold office.
The process of finding qualified individuals begins with submissions from the public to the Secretary of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador Advisory Council, which consists of the Clerk of the Executive Council and five persons appointed by the lieutenant governor: two Members of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador and four other individuals. This committee then meets at least once annually to make its selected recommendations to the Executive Council and works with that body in narrowing down the potential appointees to a list that will be submitted to the lieutenant governor; posthumous nominations are not accepted, though an individual who dies after his or her name was submitted to the Advisory Council can still be retroactively made a Member of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador. Further, anyone not meeting the requirements of admission may be invested as an honorary Member. The lieutenant governor, ex officio a Member and the Chancellor of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador, then makes all appointments into the fellowship's single grade of membership by an Order in Council that bears the viceroyal sign-manual and the Great Seal of the province; thereafter, the new Members are entitled to use the post-nominal letters ONL.
Insignia
Upon admission into the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador, usually in a ceremony held at Government House in St. John's, new Members are presented with the order's insignia. The main badge consists of a gold medallion in the form of a stylized sarracenia purpurea (or purple pitcher plant)—the official provincial flower—with the obverse in marbleized green enamel with gold edging, and bearing at its centre the escutcheon of the arms of Newfoundland and Labrador, all surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown symbolizing the Canadian monarch's role as the fount of honour. The ribbon is patterned with vertical stripes in blue, white, and two shades of green; men wear the medallion suspended from this ribbon at the collar, while women carry theirs on a ribbon bow at the left chest. Members also receive a lapel pin that can be worn during less formal occasions.
Inductees
The following are some notable appointees of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador:
Michael B. Adam , gold medal Olympian, appointed 2006
Edgar Albert Baird , businessman, appointed 2004
Tom Dawe , writer, appointed 2012
Donald B. Dingwell , scientist, appointed 2021
Jane Green, geneticist, appointed 2013
Gary Graham , musician, appointed 2004
Bradley Raymond Gushue , gold medal Olympian, appointed 2006
Russell W. Howard , gold medal Olympian, appointed 2006
Paul Jolliffe Johnson , businessman and philanthropist, appointed 2004
Jamie A. Korab , gold medal Olympian, appointed 2006
Hazel Newhook, politician, appointed 2009
Mark Nichols , gold medal Olympian, appointed 2006
Paul O'Neill , author and producer, appointed 2007
Kaetlyn Osmond , Olympic and World Champion figure skater, appointed 2019.
Lanier W. Phillips, (honorary) for his work opposing discrimination and oppression, appointed 2011. (In 1942 local residents rescued Lanier from a shipwreck on the Newfoundland coast.)
Christopher Pratt , artist, appointed 2018
Philip Riteman , an Auschwitz survivor, appointed 2016
Edward Moxon Roberts , former Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, appointed 2004
Geoff Stirling, businessman, appointed 2009
James A. Tuck , archaeologist, appointed 2004
Otto Tucker , cultural historian, appointed 2004
Clyde Wells , fifth Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, appointed 2016
Tom Cahill , playwright, songwriter and television producer for CBC Television, appointed 2005
See also
Canadian order of precedence (decorations and medals)
Symbols of Newfoundland and Labrador
State decoration
References
External links
Order of Newfoundland and Labrador webpage
Provincial and territorial orders of Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador awards
Provincial symbols of Newfoundland and Labrador |
John Adrian Pienaar (born 2 October 1956) is a British journalist who currently works for Times Radio, previously rising to prominence as deputy political editor for BBC News.
Early life
Pienaar was born in Middlesex. His parents, Eric and Johanna Pienaar, were both born in South Africa. He was educated at Bromley Technical High School, in Keston, Bromley, London, as one of just two black boys at his local technical college. He then obtained his NCTJ training at Highbury College, Portsmouth.
Career
Pienaar began his career in journalism at the South London Press, before becoming an Old Bailey correspondent. He was then a political correspondent at The Independent, the Press Association, and from 1992 the BBC, on a range of TV and radio news and current affairs programmes.
In 2002, he became chief political correspondent at Radio 5 Live, and presented a Sunday morning programme, Pienaar's Politics. He also hosted Question Time Extra Time (a radio supplement to BBC One's Question Time) alongside Stephen Nolan and served as a stand-in host on BBC Two's Daily Politics. From 2015 to 2020 he was BBC News' deputy political editor.
Pienaar started presenting the drivetime programme on the new Times Radio station in June 2020.
Personal life
Pienaar married Denise Walsh in 1980 and they had a son and a daughter. They divorced and Pienaar married Penny Davies, with whom he has two daughters.
He is a fan of Crystal Palace Football Club.
References
External links
1956 births
Living people
People from Middlesex
BBC newsreaders and journalists
Alumni of the University of Bradford
British political commentators
BBC Radio 5 Live presenters
Black British journalists
English people of South African descent |
Samuel Fischer, later Samuel von Fischer (24 December 1859 – 15 October 1934), was a Hungarian-born German publisher, the founder of S. Fischer Verlag. Fischer was born in Liptau-Sankt-Nikolaus/Liptószentmiklós (now Liptovský Mikuláš), Liptau/Liptó megye, northern Hungary.
Biography
After training as a booksellerr in Vienna; Fisher moved to Berlin where he joined the bookseller and publisher Hugo Steinitz. Fischer took on increasing responsibility for new publishing endeavours and launched his own firm in 1886, the S. Fischer, Verlag.
The Fischer publishing house first became known by introducing the works of Ibsen to German stages and by supporting the naturalist circle in Berlin. Samuel Fischer founded the theatre society Freie Bühne with Otto Brahm to avoid censorship.
Art collector
Fischer collected artworks, including Pissarro's La Quai Malaquai, Printemps, Cézanne's Still Life with Commode, Max Liebermann's Two Riders on the Beach to the left and El Greco’s “Veil of Veronica.
Nazi-persecution of Fischer's family
When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, Fischer and his family were persecuted because of their Jewish heritage. The S. Fischer Verlag was "Aryanized" that is transfered to non-Jews.
Fischer died in Berlin, Germany in 1934. He was survived by his wife Hedwig, and his children His granddaughter was the actress Gisela Fischer. Restitution claims for property seized by the Nazis or lost through forced or duress sales were filed by his heirs.
See also
S. Fischer Verlag
List of Claims for Restitution for Nazi-looted art
Bruno Lohse
Websites
Judentum-projekt.de
References
External links
1859 births
1934 deaths
People from Liptovský Mikuláš
Hungarian Jews
Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Germany
German people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
German people of Slovak-Jewish descent
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20th-century German people
19th-century Austrian people
20th-century Austrian people
19th-century Hungarian people
20th-century Hungarian people
19th-century publishers (people)
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Stangeland is a borough of the city of Sandnes in the west part of the large municipality of Sandnes in Rogaland county, Norway. The small, borough has a population (2016) of 7,560. The borough is located just southwest of downtown Sandnes.
References
Boroughs and neighbourhoods of Sandnes |
Tunisia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September, 2024.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Athletics
Tunisian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).
Track & road events
Field events
Boccia
Tunisia entered three athletes into the Paralympics games, by virtue of their result as the highest rank nation's in the BC1/BC2 team event, at the 2023 Africa Regional Championship in Cairo, marking the country debut at the sport.
See also
Tunisia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Tunisia at the Paralympics
References
Nations at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
2024
2024 in Tunisian sport |
This is a list of cases reported in volume 65 (24 How.) of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1860 and 1861.
Nominative reports
In 1874, the U.S. government created the United States Reports, and retroactively numbered older privately-published case reports as part of the new series. As a result, cases appearing in volumes 1–90 of U.S. Reports have dual citation forms; one for the volume number of U.S. Reports, and one for the volume number of the reports named for the relevant reporter of decisions (these are called "nominative reports").
Benjamin Chew Howard
Starting with the 42nd volume of U.S. Reports, the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was Benjamin Chew Howard. Howard was Reporter of Decisions from 1843 to 1860, covering volumes 42 through 65 of United States Reports which correspond to volumes 1 through 24 of his Howard's Reports. As such, the dual form of citation to, for example, Christ Church v. Philadelphia County is 65 U.S. (24 How.) 300 (1861).
Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of 65 U.S. (24 How.)
The Supreme Court is established by Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which says: "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court . . .". The size of the Court is not specified; the Constitution leaves it to Congress to set the number of justices. Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 Congress originally fixed the number of justices at six (one chief justice and five associate justices). Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices (always including one chief justice).
Due to an unfilled vacancy, when the cases in 65 U.S. (24 How.) were decided the Court comprised only these eight members:
Citation style
Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 the federal court structure at the time comprised District Courts, which had general trial jurisdiction; Circuit Courts, which had mixed trial and appellate (from the US District Courts) jurisdiction; and the United States Supreme Court, which had appellate jurisdiction over the federal District and Circuit courts—and for certain issues over state courts. The Supreme Court also had limited original jurisdiction (i.e., in which cases could be filed directly with the Supreme Court without first having been heard by a lower federal or state court). There were one or more federal District Courts and/or Circuit Courts in each state, territory, or other geographical region.
Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.
"C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . .
e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
"D." = United States District Court for the District of . . .
e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
"E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western
e.g.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
"Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims
The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time.
e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
List of cases in 65 U.S. (24 How.)
Notes and references
See also
certificate of division
External links
Case reports in volume 65 (24 How.) from Library of Congress
Case reports in volume 65 (24 How.) from Court Listener
Case reports in volume 65 (24 How.) from the Caselaw Access Project of Harvard Law School
Case reports in volume 65 (24 How.) from Google Scholar
Case reports in volume 65 (24 How.) from Justia
Case reports in volume 65 (24 How.) from Open Jurist
Website of the United States Supreme Court
United States Courts website about the Supreme Court
National Archives, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States
American Bar Association, How Does the Supreme Court Work?
The Supreme Court Historical Society
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Łazy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kobiele Wielkie, within Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.
References
Villages in Radomsko County |
Bas Lansdorp (born 5 March 1977) is a Dutch entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the defunct Mars One.
Mars One
Lansdorp became determined to establish the first permanent human colony on Mars during his studies at the University of Twente. His primary focus was not on overcoming the technological challenges, rather the business model.
Until 2013, he allegedly financed almost the entire project himself. There are two entities to the Mars One: Mars One Foundation and Mars One Ventures. Mars One is non-profit and funded by donations. Mars One implements and manages the mission, trains astronauts, owns the hardware, etc. Mars One Ventures is a for-profit entity of Mars One and holds exclusive monetization rights around the mission. Revenue from the monetization is expected to increase as the venture progresses.
On 28 December 2013, Lansdorp did an "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit and had to face much criticism and skepticism about Mars One. He responded to the criticism positively, he said “Since we started Mars One in March 2011, we received support from scientists, engineers, businessmen and – women and aerospace companies from all over the world. The announcement of our plan in May 2012 resulted in the engagement of the general public, and the support from sponsors and investors. To see our mission evolve this way feels like my dream is becoming a reality."
Two scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sydney Do and Andrew Owens, produced a study claiming that Mars One’s proposal as it stood would see its astronauts die in 68 days. In order to regain credibility, Lansdorp agreed to a debate with Do and Owens on the feasibility of the Mars One project.
The debate was held in April 2015 at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and was titled “Is Mars One Feasible?”. It also included Barry Finger, VP of Engineering at the Paragon Space Development Corporation and one of the key people involved in the Mars One project. During the debate, Finger conceded that the technical analysis from MIT was mostly correct, while Mars One's CEO Bas Lansdorp admitted that their 12-year plan for landing humans on Mars by 2027 was "mostly fiction".
On January 15, 2019, Mars One filed for bankruptcy.
Ampyx Power
In 2008, Lansdorp founded Ampyx Power with Richard Ruiterkamp in order to create a more modern and efficient way to harvest wind energy. He was involved in the design process of new aircraft and project overview from 2008 to 2011. In 2011, he sold his shares in the company in order to found Mars One.
See also
Mars One
NASA
References
Living people
1977 births
University of Twente alumni
21st-century Dutch engineers
Mars One
21st-century Dutch businesspeople
Place of birth missing (living people) |
The Redstone Coke Oven Historic District is located at the intersection of State Highway 133 and Chair Mountain Stables Road outside Redstone, Colorado, United States. It consists of the remaining coke ovens built at the end of the 19th century by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. In 1990, it was recognized as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Two hundred were built, because the coal in the surrounding mountains was ideal for refining into coke. At their peak, they were producing almost 6 million tons a year. The development was the beginning of the modern settlement of Redstone. There are very few coke ovens of their type remaining in the West; the ovens are themselves the only remnant of the sizable coking operation in the area, the largest at the time in Colorado.
Within ten years of their construction the ovens fell into disuse when the mines closed. Their support steel was removed during the scrap metal drives of World War II, and later they were used as living space by hippies who moved into Redstone. The possibility that some might be demolished to build a gas station eventually led Pitkin County to acquire the land in the mid-2000s, and since then some have been restored.
Geography
The remaining 90 coke ovens are arranged in a 600-foot–long () arc over a area along the west side of Highway 133 south of Coal Creek just opposite where Redstone Boulevard crosses the Crystal River into downtown Redstone. There is a small parking area and interpretive plaque, the only contributing resource in the district other than the ovens. In the middle is a gate leading to the current facility of Mid-Continent Coal & Coke, which now owns the property.
Most of the structures are freestanding beehive ovens made of stone, their rounded tops covered with hardened brown earth. Some retain their original integrity; many have decayed visibly over the years. Four have been restored to their original appearance. A set in the middle, just north of the parking area and entrance, is within a stone retaining wall added in the mid-20th century (due to this, neither it nor the ovens it protects are considered to be contributing to the historic district). Wooden guardrails and fences keep visitors from getting too close.
History
The history of the coke ovens is the history of Redstone. They went online during the town's peak period of population, and were shut down less than a decade later, never to be used again. They were left to decay throughout much of the rest of the century, as Redstone itself nearly became a ghost town. A century after their construction, as the village turned around, they were restored as a historic attraction.
1700s–1860: European settlement of the Crystal River Valley
The isolation of the Crystal Valley allowed the native Ute people to avoid contact with European colonists until they encountered the Spanish in the late 18th century. By the 1830s, traders and fur trappers were working in the region. The Astor family began supporting the latter during the next decade, and John C. Frémont led the first American expedition to the valley in 1843, returning two years later.
Prospectors looking for gold in 1860 were disappointed, but named the Mount Sopris that dominates the valley after their leader. After the American Civil War, the federal government concluded treaties with the Utes and otherwise began to encourage settlement in the region, that its rich mineral resources might be exploited. The surveys of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden in 1873 gave names to many other mountains and streams in the region and suggested the Crystal Valley might well be rich in coal.
1880–1900: Early mine development
Silver and lead strikes led to the establishment of now-abandoned settlements like Crystal and Schofield further up the valley, along the river's upper forks in what is now Gunnison County. In 1880 the Ute ceded the area to European settlement, in preparation for their relocation to reservations elsewhere in Colorado and Utah the following year. Prospectors swarmed into the area, looking for all types of mineral deposits.
In 1882, one of them, John Cleveland Osgood, was sent by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQRR), which bought some of its coal from his employer, the White Breast Coal Company. His visit was part of a general survey of the state's coal resources, and he found them desirable enough that he set up the Colorado Fuel Company the following year to supply the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, a CBQRR subsidiary, with coal. He had also found the Crystal River Valley's deposits ideal for coking, and bought land there.
Four years later, he and his associates at Colorado Fuel set up both a toll road company and a railroad to make the valley accessible. Some surveying was done over the next two years, but no construction began. In 1888, the rival Colorado Coal and Iron Company built the Aspen and Western Railway to Willow Park, west of Carbondale, to exploit coal deposits there. The coal was found to be of poor quality, so plans for a coking facility there were canceled and the rail line abandoned the next year. Similarly, another rail line along the Crystal was surveyed and graded, but no actual tracks were ever laid.
Afterwards, another Colorado Fuel subsidiary, Elk Mountain Fuel, was formed to buy land near the present site of Redstone in the area known as Coal Basin. It eventually merged with the parent, and in 1892, Colorado Fuel and its rival Colorado Coal and Iron merged to become Colorado Fuel and Iron (CF&I), controlling two-thirds of the state's coal mining and becoming the largest coal company in the West, headed by Osgood. The combined company was finally in a position to realize the transportation plans made over the past decade.
Osgood planned to build a mining town, Coalbasin, high up the Coal Creek valley, where coal desirable for coking due to its purity and low ash content was abundant. From there, a narrow gauge railway would descend and to Redstone on the river, where coal could be both coked and transferred to standard gauge cars bound for Carbondale and other destinations via the Denver and Rio Grande Western and Colorado Midland. The Panic of 1893 delayed those plans, due to the failure of many of the state's banks and the ensuing difficulty in finding financing, to the end of the decade.
1900–1925: Peak mining years and collapse
By the end of 1899, 249 ovens, the largest coking facility in the state, had been built by contractors from Denver. They were operated by a work force that accounted for 10% of all Colorado's workers at the time. Coking workers were predominantly immigrants from Eastern Europe, whom the company had recruited from the East. Another mine was opened in Placita, to the south, and by 1902, the ovens had produced almost 5.7 million tons (5.2 million tonnes) of coke. Osgood developed the village of Redstone personally, at a cost of $5 million ($ in modern dollars) as a planned community so that workers would have quality housing, frequently an issue in strikes of the era. Further up the valley, he built an estate he called Cleveholm but would later be known as Osgood Castle.
The large work force was often restive, and their strikes hobbled CF&I at a time when it was making major investments in its Pueblo steel plant. Osgood turned to Eastern investors for help; by 1903, interests indirectly controlled by George Gould and John D. Rockefeller had gained control of CF&I. Osgood started the Victor American Fuel Company, which soon became CF&I's biggest competitor.
CF&I's Pueblo plant became the state's largest coke buyer by the end of the decade. It was unprofitable to ship the fuel there from the Crystal River Valley, and by 1909 all mining and coking operations ended. Redstone was abandoned, with only a few residents remaining. Osgood, who had largely retreated to New York City, returned to his estate in 1924 to attempt to redevelop the area as a resort. He died the following year, and his wife Lucille completed transforming the estate into a hotel. However, it failed due to the onset of the Great Depression shortly afterwards.
1926–present: Neglect and restoration
At the outset of World War II, the community's population was down to 14. During the war, the ovens' steel supports were removed during the scrap metal drives, leaving them vulnerable to structural decay. In 1953, some of the ovens near the center of the group were stabilized with a stone retaining wall, when another company, Mid-Continent, began working the coal seams in the creek valley again.
The other ovens suffered some decay, but were still structurally sound enough to avoid collapse. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, many of the young hippies and other countercultural youth of the time were drawn to the Colorado mountains, among other places, where they believed they could live lives closer to nature. Many came to Pitkin County to settle in its seat, Aspen, but some found the smaller and quieter Redstone more desirable instead. Some used the ovens as short- or long-term living quarters.
Eventually the hippies left or settled in more traditional housing. Residents continued to pillage brick and stone from the ovens for occasional small jobs, even after they were listed on the Register. While none collapsed, a real threat emerged at the end of the 20th century, when Mid-Continent went bankrupt. As part of the division of its assets, it was proposed that a convenience store and gas station be built in the middle of the ovens, since the only one that had been on the 60-mile (100 km) stretch of Highway 133 between Carbondale and Paonia had closed.
Residents, led by a member of the local historical society who called the ovens "the soul of Redstone", began working to save them. Initially, a state grant would have covered the cost, but it would have required an expansion of the historic district, which the landowner did not want, as they would not be able to further develop the site if the deal collapsed. As property values in the area increased in the early 21st century, the grant no longer would have covered the costs.
The historical society needed someone to loan them the purchase price without any term or guarantee of repayment. In 2003, the Aspen Valley Land Trust was able to acquire the property under these conditions. A year later, it sold it at cost to the historical society, which then transferred the land to the county. It made up the difference between the $290,000 purchase price and the original state grant, and the including the ovens was finally protected.
Later in the decade, the county began funding restoration efforts. The plan by the Aspen landscape architecture firm Bluegreen called for rebuilding part of the original wharf used to load and unload the ovens from adjacent railcars. In 2009, it won an Honor Award for Research and Communication from the Colorado chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Work commenced in 2011, once the county had managed to procure the $800,000 required from a variety of state and federal sources. To stabilize the ovens, all vegetation around them will be removed and the masonry retaining wall partially rebuilt (although the ovens behind them will not be restored, as they were substantially altered when the wall was built). Four of the others will be restored to their original form, to the point that they could actually be used for coking again, save for the mortar being insufficiently heat-resistant. Another 56 will be stabilized without any reconstruction, and the remnant will be left as is to show the effects of time's passage. Workers have found some relics of possible archeological interest inside the ovens, such as a pickaxe blade, though it is not known whether they came from the original mining era or the hippie years.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Pitkin County, Colorado
References
External links
Pitkin County site on coke ovens, with updates on progress of restoration
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
Industrial buildings completed in 1899
Redstone, Colorado
Coke ovens
1899 establishments in Colorado
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
National Register of Historic Places in Pitkin County, Colorado |
Acacia stricta (hop wattle, straight wattle) is a perennial tree. The plant is adaptable to most soils, tolerating full sun or partial to complete shade. Tolerates drought conditions and moderately salty winds. The shrub is useful in planting, as it is not too dense and can be used for screening other plants. The plant grows up to 2-4m depending on conditions.
See also
Penambol Conservation Park
References
stricta
Flora of Victoria (state)
Fabales of Australia
Taxa named by Henry Cranke Andrews |
Tangier-Tétouan (Berber: Tanja-Tiṭṭawin, ⵜⴰⵏⵊⴰ-ⵜⵉⵟⵟⴰⵡⵉⵏ; ) was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It covered an area of 11,570 km² and had a population of 3,157,075. The capital was Tangier. In 2015, Al Hoceïma Province from Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate was added to it to form the region of Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma.
Geography
The region has a coastline on the west formed by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Strait of Gibraltar and on the east by the Mediterranean Sea. It borders the regions of Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen and Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate to the south, and also has a border with the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.
Administrative divisions
The region is made up into the following provinces and prefectures:
Tangier Sub-Region
Prefecture of Tangier-Assilah
Fahs-Anjra Province
Tétouan Sub-Region
Prefecture of M'diq-Fnideq
Chefchaouen Province
Larache Province
Ouezzane Province
Tétouan Province
References
Former regions of Morocco |
The siege of Hainburg were two sieges of Hainburg conducted by Matthias I, King of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian War (1477–88). The first siege was broken in July 1482 by the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire. Corvinus laid siege to the town again in August 1482, this time with better preparations, and took Hainburg in September 1482.
Background
Matthias I assisted Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, during the Bohemian Wars. Subsequently, relations deteriorated when Frederick III formed a Holy-Roman-Czech-Polish alliance in Nürnberg on 11 March 1474 against Hungary.
A period of rearmament and mobilization in 1477, followed by a short war, resulted in the Treaty of Korneoburg-Gmunden; the treaty required the Holy Roman Empire to pay 100,000 florins of reparations to Hungary. However, the sum was never paid despite several warnings and delays. As tensions rose, both countries began looking for allies amongst the other's nobility.
The situation was further inflamed by the defection of Johann Beckensloer, Archbishop of Esztergom in Hungary, to the Holy Roman Empire where he laid claim to the Archbishopry of Salzburg. He left Hungary on a feigned pilgrimage to Aachen; the real reason was he was not in favor with the Gabriel Rangoni of Verona, the Bishop of Gyulafehérvár. Beckensloer took with him part of the Hungarian treasury he had access to, and lent it to Frederick III in exchange for Salzburg. The incumbent, Bernard II of Rohr, was convinced to step down, but Bernard II recanted and reasserted his claim the same year. The emperor had the canons of Salzburg ignore Bernard II's claim, who in turn sought the protection of Matthias I of Hungary on 18 November. On Bernard II's behalf, Hungary seized the properties of the archdiocese of Salzburg in Styria and Carinthia by the end of the year. Since the archdiocese was a secular-independent principality with holdings spread across the secular provinces, this did not mean war with the Empire.
The Hungarian army confronted Imperial troops several times during the seizures. The ambiguous state of conflict led the Hungarians to occupy some Imperial castles, including Radkersburg, and resulted in the siege of Graz. Frederick III declared this a breach of the peace, but Matthias I replied Hungarian troops were entering territories belonging to Archbishop Bernard II, and were there on the archbishop's invitation. Furthermore, the Hungarian king reminded the Emperor of the outstanding reparations payment from the Treaty of Korneoburg-Gmunden, which entitled Hungary to collect the debt by other means. Finally, Matthias I accused the Empire of taking advantage of Hungary during the then-ongoing Ottoman–Hungarian Wars, using the southern deployment of the Hungarian army to violate Hungarian territory, including an attack on Győr that killed 800 civilians.
In the spring of 1482, Matthias I sent 4,000 cavalry, led by Captain Johann Zeleny of Schonau, to plunder Austrian territory along the Danube up to Passau. The incursion was stopped by the intervention of Cardinal Antonio Caffarelli, Bishop of Ascoli, who organized a truce. Nonetheless, war was inevitable as both sides continued to strengthen their forces.
First siege
On 4 July, Matthias I assembled an army at Köpcsény and departed for Hainburg. The castle was sited on a hilltop surrounded by the Danube; the siege proceeded slowly due to the lack of siege weapons. The Empire deployed an army of 4,000 troops, led by Ruprecht von Reichenberg, to lift the siege. Matthias I dispatched troops to determine the size and location of the relief force. The Hungarian scouts ran into the Imperial army at Rohrau, and launched a cavalry assault but were unable to break through the enemy's quadratic defense formation. The stiff resistance caused the Hungarians to begin retreating in disorder; Hungarian captains Wilhelm Tettauer and Stephen Zápolya attempted to hold the line but were trapped with 70 other nobles by Imperial pursuers.
The advance of the Imperial army forced Matthias I to lift the siege. The Hungarians abandoned their equipment and supplies as they retreated with all haste to Presburg. Zápolya was taken prisoner but managed to escape after drawing the sword of a custodian and using it to kill the custodian; he rejoined the army at Presburg. The King of Hungary appealed to the nobility for reinforcements to join him at Presburg. Urban Dóczi, Bishop of Győr, raised 5,000 troops in 50 days at his own expense. The Raci horsemen of Slavonia also responded. Learning from the first experience, siege engines were also added, including the "Varga-mortar" which required 80 horses to move.
Second siege
The quick regeneration of the Hungarian army at Presburg allowed the Hungarians to seize the initiative and march against Hainburg. On 20 September, the Imperial army, now expanded to 10,000 troops, began the march back to lift the siege. Matthias I took 8,000 troops to attack the relief army, leaving the rest to maintain the siege. The Hungarians dug in after seeing the size of the enemy army, while the Imperial army prepared to send supplies into the town. During the lull both sides bombarded the other's outposts. An attempt by the Empire to sneak 42 wagons into Hainburg was foiled by Hungarian sentries.
On 23 September, Prior Bartholomew Beriszló launched a surprise, and unauthorized, cavalry attack on Imperial positions; this caused Imperial forces to abandon their fortifications and retreat with their wagons towards Bruck. Matthias I declined to pursue despite the urgings of several subordinates. Nonetheless, Francis Haraszti and Moses of Buzla led an unauthorized cavalry assault on the Imperial remnants; Haraszti died from a shoulder cut and Moses was also wounded. All other attempts were forbidden.
Matthias I returned to Hainburg to prosecute the siege. The town fell after a week of heavy bombardment. The defenders, led by Wolfgang Fuchs, agreed to surrender in exchange for 3000 florins and free passage. Taking the town had cost the King of Hungary 200.000 florins.
References
Conflicts in 1482
1480s in the Holy Roman Empire
1482 in Europe
Hainburg
Hainburg
Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–1488)
History of Lower Austria |
Yellow Banana () is the first studio album from Hang on the Box.
Track listing
Personnel
Wang Yue – vocals
Yang Fan – guitar
Yilina – bass
Shen Jing – drums
References
Extracts on MySpace.com
Sister Benten Records Online
[ Allmusic Listing]
2001 debut albums
Hang on the Box albums |
Constance Mary Katherine Applebee (June 4, 1873 – January 26, 1981) is best known for introducing field hockey in the United States. She was a co-founder of the American Field Hockey Association and served as its head for 20 years. She also founded Sportswoman magazine and was the athletic director at Bryn Mawr College for 24 years.
Applebee graduated from the British College of Physical Education in 1899. In 1901, she came to America and took a course in anthropometry at Dudley Allen Sargent's Summer School of Physical Training at Harvard University. After a discussion among her classmates and instructors regarding the British sport of field hockey, she took them to a courtyard behind the Harvard gymnasium and gave a demonstration of the game.
In the autumn of 1901 she embarked on a tour of women's colleges in the northeastern United States, introducing field hockey and giving coaching and instruction regarding the sport to the students and faculty at each stop. She was invited to Vassar College by Harriet Ballintine, the school's athletic director, and also visited Wellesley College, Bryn Mawr College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College and Radcliffe College, and Wheaton Female Seminary. She made return visits to each of those schools and the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics to coach field hockey through the spring of 1904. In 1904 she was hired as full-time athletic director at Bryn Mawr College, where she served in that capacity through 1928.
In September 1922, Applebee established an annual three-week camp for intensive field hockey instruction at Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, on the grounds of Camp Tegawitha. The camp was in business for more than 70 years before finally closing after the 1994 season.
In 1924 she founded The Sportswoman, initially a field hockey magazine that eventually focused on all women's sports
She was more commonly known by her nickname, "The Apple", and on January 26, 1981, she died at 107 at a New Milton, Hampshire, England nursing home. She is buried at St John the Baptist Church at Burley in the New Forest. As well as a grave she is commemorated within the church in one of the stained glass windows.
She was also active in establishing lacrosse as a women's sport in the United States of America. The U. S. Women's Lacrosse Association was founded at her camp in the summer of 1931. The USWLA governed the sport on the collegiate and club levels until 1981, when the NCAA inaugurated its national championship tournament for women.
Applebee was inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.
References
Further reading
Schiot, Molly. Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History. 2016.
1873 births
1981 deaths
English emigrants to the United States
American centenarians
American female field hockey players
People from Chigwell
Women centenarians |
Aurel Șelaru (born 15 March 1935, Bucharest - died 3 February 2020, Bucharest) was a Romanian racing cyclist, part of the "golden generation" of Romanian cycling from the 50s to the 60s. He competed for Dinamo Bucharest and for the national team of Romania, where he had colleagues, among others: Ion Cosma, Gabriel Moiceanu, Marcel Voinea, Ludovic Zanoni, Gheorghe Calcișcă, Walter Siegler, Constantin Dumitrescu and his good friend Dumitru Constantin.
He obtained 11 national titles in the velodrome and road events, being the holder of the title of Master of Sport.
He was winner in the individual standings of the Scânteii Race, the Stalin Region Cycling Race and multiple stage winner in the Tour of Romania.
He participated in the 1960 Olympics, from Rome (Italy), where he obtained the 6th place together with the national team of Romania (of which Ion Cosma, Gabriel Moiceanu and Ludovic Zanoni also participated) in the team 100 km race.
He placed on the podium, with the national team of Romania, in the Tours of Yugoslavia and Egypt. He participated with the national team of Romania in the World Championships and the Peace Race.
He won with the Dinamo team: Tour of Romania, Cycling Tour of the Stalin Region, Race of the Mountains, UCECOM Cup etc.
He remained in history as the only Romanian cyclist to win an edition of the Romanian-Bulgarian Friendship Race (Bucharest-Sofia stage race in 1957).
Career results
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1954
two 1st places in the distance events;
1st place in the Australian race;
1st place in the race with the addition of points (75 km);
2nd place in the elimination race;
two 2nd places in the distance events (75 km);
3rd place in the race with the addition of points (75 km).
1955
national champion of the velodrome in the distance event;
national champion of the velodrome in the race with the addition of points;
3rd place at the national velodrome championships in the team track trial;
5th place at the national championships in the 1000m race, starting from the spot;
1st place, on teams, in the 16 February Cup (road race);
3rd place in the Constructorul cycling race (road race, 100 km).
9th place stage I in the Victory Race (road race, in stages);
4th place stage III in the Victory Race;
2nd place stage IV in the Victory Race;
7th place overall, individually, and 4th place overall, on teams, in the Victory Race.
1956
1st place stage I of the 7 November Cup;
1st place stage II of the 7 November Cup;
1st place overall, both individually and in teams, in the 7 November Cup;
3rd place overall, individually, in the Stalin City Cycling Race (race in stages);
1st place stage I in Harvest Cup;
5th place overall, individually, and 1st place overall, in teams, in the Harvest Cup;
1st place stage I in the Victory Race;
2nd place stage IV in the Race of the Mountains;
3rd place stage II in the Spark Race;
5th place in the Sportul Popular cyclocross race (Bucharest).
1957
He obtains the title of Master of Sport, overcoming the barrier of 44 km / h hourly average on the sixth stage of the Tour of Egypt (Suef-ElGizeh).
national championship runner-up in the distance road race;
1st place stage I in the Romanian-Bulgarian Friendship Race, Bucharest-Sofia (stage with arrival in Brăila);
1st place overall, individually, in the Romanian-Bulgarian Friendship Race, Bucharest-Sofia;
2nd place stage II in the Stalin Region Cycling Circuit;
2nd place stage III in the Stalin Region Cycling Circuit;
1st place overall, both individually and in teams, in the Stalin Region Cycling Circuit. 2nd place, overall, in the climbers ranking;
3rd place in the 16 February Cup;
2nd place XI stage of the Tour of Egypt;
17th place overall, individually, and 4th place overall, in teams, on the Tour of Egypt;
2nd place stage II in the Victory Race;
2nd place stage IV in the Victory Race;
3rd place stage II in the Scânteii Race;
10th place, overall, individually, in the Race of the Mountains (race with international participation).
1958
He participates with the national team of Romania in the Peace Race (see photo)
double national champion in the road events;
4th place stage IV of the Tour of Egypt;Aurel Șelaru – Muzeul ciclismului românesc
3rd place stage V of the Tour of Egypt;
4th place stage VIII of the Tour of Egypt;
3rd place stage XI of the Tour of Egypt;
3rd place stage XIII of the Tour of Egypt;
9th place overall, individually, and 3rd place overall, in teams, on the Tour of Egypt;
2nd place stage III in the Race of the Mountains;
2nd place overall, individually, and 1st place overall, in teams, in the Race of the Mountains;
1st place stage I in the Scânteii Race;
3rd place overall, individually, in the Scânteii Race;
32nd place, overall, individually, and 2nd place, overall, in teams, on the Tour of Yugoslavia;
1st place stage IV (Cluj-Sibiu) of the Tour of the Romanian People's Republic;
4th place overall, individually, and 1st place overall, in teams, on the RPR Tour; 2nd place overall in the climber rankings and 5th overall in the sprinter rankings;
3rd place in the RPR-RDG cycling race;
1st place stage IV of the Stalin Region Cycling Tour;
5th place overall, individually, and 1st place overall, in teams, on the Stalin Region Cycling Tour;
1st place stage IV of the Race of the Mountains;
3rd place overall, both individually and in teams, in the Race of the Mountains;
6th place stage VI of the Tour of Yugoslavia;
9th place overall, individually, and 3rd place overall, in teams, on the Tour of Yugoslavia.
1959
double national champion in the road events;
national champion on the track in the team track trial;
sets a new national record at the national track championships in the team track trial (4m50.9s);
Bucharest City Champion on the velodrome;
2nd place stage I of the RPR Tour;
4th place stage II of the RPR Tour;
7th place overall, individually, and 1st place overall, in teams, on the RPR Tour;
1st place in Bucharest-Câmpina road race;
1st place stage I of the UCFS District Council Cup I.V. Stalin.
1960
double national champion in the road events, individually and in teams;
6th place in the team race (100 km) at the Rome Olympics (Italy);Aurel Selaru - Comitetul Olimpic si Sportiv Roman
3rd place overall, individually, in the FRC Cup;
4th place overall, individually, and 1st place overall, in teams, in the UCECOM Cup.
1961
national champion in the road event;
1st place stage I of the Scânteii Race;
1st place overall, individually, in the Scânteii Race;
1st place in the Arad stage of the RPR Tour (see photo);
7th place overall, individually, on the RPR Tour.
1962
national champion in the road event;
38th place in the individual race at the World Championships in Salo (Italy);
7th place, in teams, at the World Championships in Salò (Italy);
9th place stage III of the Peace Race;
6th place overall in teams, with the national team of Romania, in the Peace Race
1963
national champion in the road event;
national championship runner-up in the road event.
1964
national champion in the road event.
Other notable results
winner of the Dinamo Cup;
winner of the Voința Cup ;
winner of the Spring Cup.
References
1935 births
2020 deaths
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Romania
Romanian male cyclists
Sportspeople from Bucharest |
Not to be confused with Felice Antonio Casoni (1559-1634)
Felice Cassone (5 May 1815 Pontestura - 22 October 1854 Torino), was an Italian botanist and physician from the Piedmont region, notable for being the author of "Flora medico-farmaceutica", a 6-volume work published in Torino with typography by Giuseppe Cassone between 1847 and 1852.
Felice Cassone also published "Iconografia Vegetale" in 2 volumes between 1847-49.
Download site
"Flora medico-farmaceutica"
References
1815 births
1854 deaths
Botanical illustrators
19th-century Italian botanists |
Farmersville High School is a public high school located in Farmersville, Texas, United States. It is part of the Farmersville Independent School District located in eastern Collin County and, as of the 2018-2020 realignment, is classified as a 4A school by the UIL. The school is located on the northwest side of the city of Farmersville. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
Athletics
The Farmersville Farmers compete in the following sports:
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Powerlifting
Softball
Soccer
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
State Titles
Football
2007(2A/D1)
One Act Play
1975(1A)
Notable alumni
Jim Hess, former college coach and NFL scout
Tex Watson, murderer and member of the Manson Family; Watson was an honor student, captain of the football team, and set a state record for high hurdles
References
External links
High schools in Collin County, Texas
Public high schools in Texas |
```turing
Some macros treat ':' as an argument delimiter but others do not. A consequence
of this is macro arguments which intentionally include a ':' character may look
like a sequence of multiple arguments but are treated as a single argument by
macros that don't split their argument on ':'. This tests that we maintain this
behaviour as we change the way that macros are implemented.
This test installs a binary whose name contains a ':' character and then checks
that we can look up the binary with the `bin` macro which does not split its
arguments on ':'.
$ cat > dune-project <<EOF
> (lang dune 3.0)
> (package (name foo))
> EOF
$ cat > foo.sh <<EOF
> #!/usr/bin/env sh
> echo foo
> EOF
$ chmod +x foo.sh
$ cat >dune <<EOF
> ; Use an install stanza to rename the script to "foo:bar"
> (install
> (section bin)
> (files (foo.sh as foo:bar)))
>
> ; Generate out.txt by running the script now named "foo:bar"
> (rule
> (target out.txt)
> (action
> (with-stdout-to %{target}
> (run %{bin:foo:bar}))))
> EOF
$ dune build out.txt
$ cat _build/default/out.txt
foo
``` |
Graytown is a locality in central Victoria, Australia. Originally known as Spring Creek, Graytown was named after Moses Wilson Gray, who represented the electoral district of Rodney in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1860 to 1862.
Graytown is located just outside the northern edge of the Puckapunyal Military Area.
References
Towns in Victoria (state)
Shire of Strathbogie |
Lyudmila Leonidovna Dmitriadi (born 24 September 1969) is an Uzbekistani sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Her personal best time is 11.44 seconds, achieved in June 2001 in Bishkek.
Achievements
References
1969 births
Living people
Uzbekistani female sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Uzbekistan
Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games
Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan
Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Olympic female sprinters
20th-century Uzbekistani women
21st-century Uzbekistani women |
Deakins is a surname, and may refer to:
James Deakins, fictional character on Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Joanne Deakins (born 1972), British backstroke swimmer
Lucy Deakins (born 1971), American actress
Peter Deakins, British architect
Roger Deakins (born 1949), British cinematographer
See also
Deakin (surname) |
```objective-c
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
#ifndef UI_EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_EXPORT_H_
#define UI_EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_EXPORT_H_
#if defined(COMPONENT_BUILD)
#if defined(WIN32)
#if defined(EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_IMPLEMENTATION)
#define EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
#endif // defined(EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_IMPLEMENTATION)
#else // defined(WIN32)
#if defined(EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_IMPLEMENTATION)
#define EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_EXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
#else
#define EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_EXPORT
#endif
#endif
#else // defined(COMPONENT_BUILD)
#define EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_EXPORT
#endif
#endif // UI_EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_EVENTS_OZONE_EVDEV_EXPORT_H_
``` |
Jeverson Wilson Walter Balbino (born 20 June 1979), known as China Balbino, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current manager of São Paulo-RS.
Honours
Player
Ulbra
Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2: 2002
Notes
External links
1979 births
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Esporte Clube São Luiz players
Canoas Sport Club players
Porto Alegre Futebol Clube players
Futebol Clube Santa Cruz players
Grêmio Esportivo Bagé players
Clube Esportivo Lajeadense players
Ypiranga Futebol Clube players
Iraty Sport Club players
Brazilian football managers
Esporte Clube São José managers
Grêmio Esportivo Glória managers
Esporte Clube Avenida managers
Sport Club São Paulo managers
Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (state)
People from Itaboraí |
The Lord Nelson Hotel is a heritage-listed pub and hotel located at 19 Kent Street, Millers Point, an inner-city Sydney suburb, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built by James Dempsey around 1814 to 1815. James Dempsey was originally a stonemason born in Ireland. It is the oldest working licensed hotel in Sydney. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
History
Millers Point was originally named by Europeans as Cockle Bay Point but was renamed Miller's Point after an ex-convict, John "Jack the Miller" Leighton. The area at the north end of Kent Street and the western end of Windmill Street was known as "The Quarries" and supplied a large part of the early stone for Sydney. The land on which the hotel is situated was part of two Crown Grants: to the plasterer Wells dated 14 May 1836 and (in trust) to Richard Drier dated 30 November 1840. A census of 1834, however, indicates that there were three William Wells living in Kent and Argyle Streets in the 1830s.
The Lord Nelson was constructed during the late 1830s by William Wells. Records indicate that Wells may have been a plasterer by trade, but that cannot be confirmed by contemporaneous directories. The architect was Michael Lehane.
Wells is believed to have lived on the opposite corner to the Sailor's Return in the present day Lord Nelson until 1842, when the liquor licence for the hotel was granted. The sandstone blocks are believed to have been quarried from the area at the base of Observatory Hill. The Lord Nelson is the oldest working licensed hotel in Sydney from the time of licence, in June 1842.
Sands Directories dating back to 1858 indicate that the Lord Nelson Hotel was occupied on and off by Charles J Sounders between 1860 and 1866. In 1867, it appears that the property was repurchased by William Wells, who had occupied the building from the time of its construction until 1858. He remained in the building until 1870 before John Henwood and Alfred C. Wells, possibly a son or relative of William, took over. In the following years leading up to the turn of the century, the building was occupied by numerous people. Most notable for their lengthy occupation were Robert Drysdale, John H. Ferguson, William Adams and Patrick Powell.
The property was transferred to the Sydney Storage Company in 1891, and part of it was leased back to Patrick Powell in 1893. A further lease took place in 1900 by the Sydney Storage Company to L. H. G. Oswald. The Oswalds were to construct the Oswald Bond Stores on either side of the building.
The property was resumed by the Minister for Public Works in 1901 and vested in the Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners in 1911 There were numerous proprietors of the hotel after the turn of the century, particularly during the period from 1901 to 1911. From 1911 to 1917, Michael Lehane occupied the building, followed by Terence O'Brien from 1918 to 1928.
On March 15, 1922, approval was given for further alterations to the building. The name of the architect of the modifications cannot be ascertained. It is possible, however, that the work included a remodelling of the second-floor accommodation spaces.
In 1931, Tooth and Co. Ltd, leasing the hotel, reported considerable losses in trade from the high rent payable to the Sydney Harbour Trust. The general manager of Tooth and Co. wrote to the Solicitor for the Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners and stated that for the last 12 months, trade had been continuing to decline. As a result, the terms of the lease were renegotiated.
In 1932, the premises were inspected by District Licensing Inspector Edward G. Allen. The following alterations were required to bring the premises up to the requirements of the Liquor Act No. 42 of 1912: the kitchen and dining rooms to be made fly-proof, the floor covering to be replaced in some rooms, electric lights to be repaired to working order and maintained and certain beds and blinds to be replaced.
In 1936, the property had been registered in the name of the Maritime Services Board of New South Wales. The property consisted of Allotment 15, Section 92, of the City of Sydney, Parish of St. Phillip, County of Cumberland.
In October 1937, the District Licensing Inspector, Mr Sharples, specified for extensive remodelling of the interior to be carried out on the building to bring it into compliance with the Liquor Act of 1912. On March 11, 1938, alterations were undertaken, designed by Copeman, Lemont and Keesing architects. The MSB authorised the alterations and granted Tooth and Co. Ltd a 20-year lease of the premises from the date of completion of the remodelling.
In August 1938, bulk and bottled beer refrigeration equipment was installed. In 1947, the refrigeration system was to be replaced and again in 1956.
In 1941, part of the cellar was partitioned off to form a spirit room. The architect was Mr Dalziel.
In 1955 and 1956, work was required to the interior, exterior and services to achieve a reasonable state of repair prior to transfer of Licence between Mr Pearce and Mr Crannery. The work involved general repairs to internal and external surfaces and repairs to services, as recommended by Richard Simpson, architect. In January 1957, the issue of the creation of a saloon bar partition was again raised. It appears that no such partition was constructed. In August, the keg slide was constructed fronting Kent Street.
In August 1958, the architect Ian Smalpage prepared a Schedule of Painting and Repairs to make good defects from fair wear and tear on interiors, exteriors and services at the Lord Nelson Hotel for Tooth and Co Ltd.
In 1963, the MSB leased the property to Percy Cheers for five years. The lease took place after the MSB submitted the property to public tender. From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, the hotel was leased to a number of people.
In the early 1980s, alterations to the value of $100,000 were conducted by the MSB, overseen by Mackay and Taylor. The works most probably involved the restoration of the external facades of the building and may have included the removal of external tiling and render and suspended metal awning.
In 1986, a development application for the hotel was prepared by architect Saxon Rudduck of Adelaide. The application was approved by council and involved the incorporation of the brewery into the hotel on both the basement and the ground floors. Other work included the creation of several openings in the walls of the first floor to provide a large open plan area for the restaurant. The bar was incorporated into the brasserie the following year. The timber-framed roof over the rear deck and service stair was also constructed.
On 1 July 1988, the lue from the ground floor fireplace caused a fire in the building, which affected part of the second-floor accommodation area. One room was severely damaged, and others were affected by pollution and heat.
In 1990, a new exhaust flue was installed in the kitchen. In the 1990s, the hotel was voted "Best Pub" by Great Pubs of Sydney, Best Tourist Hotel by the Australian Hotels Association and Best Pub by the Australian Weekend Magazine.
Description
The Lord Nelson Hotel is a smooth faced, three storey sandstone building in the Old Colonial Regency style. The building has a hipped, corrugated asbestos cement roof, following the "L-shaped" form of the building. The roof cladding is not original and is partially concealed by a decorative parapet and moulded capping, which extends around both facades along the full length of the building.
The building has a splay corner, featuring a central arched doorway with paired timber doors and a fanlight at ground level. A second such arched doorway is situated near the centre of Argyle Street facade. A third door with a flat arch is located in the northern end of the eastern facade.
The street facades on the first and second levels feature regular, multi-paned timber double hung windows. The ground level facades to both Kent and Argyle Streets contain a large, fixed, timber paned window on either side of the splayed corner respectively. The Argyle Street elevation also contains two timber framed sash windows similar to those on the upper levels. The Kent Street elevation contains one such window as well as a deeply recessed set of three tall, narrow, fixed windows. All window openings feature simple, projecting sandstone sills.
A rendered string course at ground level on the Argyle Street facade is continued along the Kent Street facade, below which the sandstone wall has been rendered and painted. A "kegslide" is located in the rendered area of the eastern facade. This is a service hatch allowing beer kegs to be directly loaded from the street to the basement and vice versa.
Internally the building contains five storeys, including a basement level, ground, first and second levels and an attic. The ground floor largely comprises the public bar. The first floor can be described as having two distinct "halves". The southern half of the floor comprises the restaurant seating area, extending from the western wall through to the eastern. The north eastern section, comprising part of the original "L-shaped" plan contains the main stair, a small store and male and female w/cs. The north western infill section contains the galley kitchen and bar, opening to the restaurant, and a sheltered deck area/landing area leading to the service stair.
The second floor contains eight rooms, two bathrooms, two storerooms, a single w/c and a small kitchenette.
The attic space is an open "L-shaped" plan with timber floor and many exposed rafters.
Modifications and dates
: hotel built.
1842–1845: possible extensions to the north and west.
1922: remodelling of second floor accommodation.
1930s: kitchen and WC.
1938: ground floor bar altered, new internal stairs and remodelling of second floor accommodation.
1957: keg slide constructed.
1960: ground floor bar altered.
1980s: general exterior fully restored.
1986: brewery incorporated into hotel.
1987: deck and service stair enclosed, first floor bar installed.
1988: fire due to flue causes damage.
Heritage listing
The Lord Nelson Hotel is highly significant as the oldest working licensed hotel in the city. It was only one of only two hotels in the immediate area to be retained by the Sydney Harbour Trust when Millers Point was resumed during the time of the plague in 1900. The Lord Nelson Hotel is also significant as one of three hotel buildings in the Old Colonial Regency style in the city. The other two include the Hero of Waterloo Hotel and a commercial terrace at 246 George Street. The Lord Nelson is the finest example of the three. It is also significant as it provides a strong contribution to the urban character of the immediate area. The building provides a rare surviving working example of an early hotel from the 19th century. It also has significance as part of a network of corner hotels in the northern end of the city that provided social and recreational venues and budget accommodation. The site may have scientific significance because of the age of the building and its continual use since the early days of European settlement.
Lord Nelson Hotel was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 since it satisfied the following criteria:
The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales.
The Lord Nelson Hotel is historically significant as part of the network of corner hotels constructed in Millers Point and the Rocks in the nineteenth century. The building predates most of the hotels in the area and is one of the few which was not demolished in the aftermath of the plague at the turn of the century. The Lord nelson is the earliest surviving, continuously trading hotel in Sydney.
The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.
The Lord Nelson Hotel is aesthetically significant as a largely externally intact example of the Old Colonial Regency style, used as a corner hotel. The building also provides a strong contribution to the character of the immediate area.
The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.
The Lord Nelson Hotel is socially significant as part of the network of corner hotels which provided social/recreational venues and budget accommodation in the northern end of the city. It is also significant for its long term associations with the hotel trade.
The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.
The Lord Nelson Hotel has significance as a possible site for scientific investigation due to the age of the building and the continual use of the site from early years of European occupation.
The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.
The building is highly significant as a rare surviving example of the Old Colonial Regency style.
The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales.
The building is representative of the prominent corner hotels which held an important place in the social structure of the city, and particularly in the Millers Point and waterfront area.
See also
List of pubs in Sydney
Australian non-residential architectural styles
References
Bibliography
Attribution
New South Wales State Heritage Register sites located in Millers Point
Millers Point, New South Wales
Pubs in Sydney
1835 establishments in Australia
Australian companies established in 1835
Commercial buildings completed in 1835
Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register |
Narre Warren South College is a school in Narre Warren South, Victoria, Australia. Narre Warren South P-12 College commenced operations in 2002 but was not officially opened until 2007. The prep to twelve college actually began as a prep to year seven school in 2002 and it was not until 2007 (when it was officially opened) that the college went to year 12.
The college is broken up into two sections, primary years (prep to grade 6), secondary years (7-12). Each sub-school has a coordinator and a leader's council that deals with the day-to-day workings of each year.
As well as VCE, the school is also a strong endorsee of VCAL and provides that option for all students entering year 12. The college is recognized for its outstanding VCE results, having attained median VCE study scores of 33 in 2020, and 32 in the years previously. It has also won 30 VCAL State Achievement Awards. In 2016, the college placed second in the state in the Junior Division of Battle of the Bands. Since 2017, the college has been recognized as a DET "Influence" school because of its consistently outstanding performance. In 2018, the college was awarded the Lindsay Thompson Fellowship at the Victorian Education Excellence Awards, and in 2019 was recognized by The Age newspaper as the top Government School in Southern Melbourne.
Principals
2002–2008 - Ross Miller
2008–2014 - Rob Casamento
2015–2020 - Rob Duncan
2021–present - Peter Thatcher
Layout
The school comprises seven main buildings:
A-block - Administration, sickbay, library, year 7 office and classrooms [Classrooms are hard to locate at first as a new student because of the layout of each classroom. These classrooms in A-block tend to stink because there are no windows in some of the classrooms so there is no fresh air.]
B-block - Food technology, visual art, media, drama, music (Also includes Performing Arts Centre)
C-block - Later years (Years 10–12) classrooms and later years reception.
D-block - Science, technology, engineering, digital technology, year 10 locker bay.
E-block - School gym including weights room for year 9-12 students, year 7-9 reception, year 7 and 8 locker bay, primary performing arts.
F-block - Years 8-9 offices and classrooms, year 9 locker bay.
G-block - Grades prep-6 classroom and reception.
See also
Education in Australia
List of high schools in Victoria
External links
Narre Warren South P-12 College Extranet
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/schools-that-excel-how-the-southern-stars-shine-20200405-p54h8l.html
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/classrooms/Pages/celebratingveea2018.aspx
Public high schools in Melbourne
Public primary schools in Melbourne
2002 establishments in Australia
Educational institutions established in 2002
Buildings and structures in the City of Casey |
The 1977 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fourth-year head coach Pepper Rodgers, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta.
Schedule
Roster
Freeman Colbert
PK Mike Dassel
Drew Hill
QB Gary Lanier
Reggie Wilkes
References
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football seasons
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football |
The Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building was built in 1928 and for many years housed one of Los Angeles's most successful African American-owned businesses, the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company. The building is located in the heart of the city's Central Avenue commercial district that was a center of the jazz world in the 1930s and 1940s. The two-story building was designed by architect James H. Garrott and constructed by Louis Blodgett (both African Americans) in the Mission Revival style. The company occupied the second floor, while the first floor was rented out to local merchants. The noted Dunbar Hotel is located on the next block to the north.
In 1949, the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company moved to its new headquarters at 1999 West Adams, now also an historic building. The structure was later converted into a child development center known as the Dunbar Child Development Center. In 1998, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
See also
List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in South Los Angeles
Central Avenue
Notes
External links
Blackartdepot.com: "Save the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company's Collection of African American Art" — Woodruff Alston murals.
Office buildings in Los Angeles
Insurance company headquarters in the United States
African-American historic places
African-American history in Los Angeles
South Los Angeles
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Commercial buildings completed in 1928
1928 establishments in California
1920s architecture in the United States |
Thirteen is a 1974 Hong Kong coming-of-age film directed by Sung Tsun-shou and produced by Shaw Brothers Studio. It was based on the novel Zaoshu ("matured early") by Taiwanese novelist Kuo Liang-hui.
Cast and characters
Chin Han as Lu Tao-jan, a newspaper publisher.
Hsia Ping as Lan Chin, Lu's wife. The marriage is unhappy, and she spends most of her time playing mahjong. She treats her daughters rudely, but spoils her son.
Ku Chiu-chin as Lu Yun-pai, Lu Tao-jan's oldest daughter. She is married, pregnant and hardworking.
Chen I-ling as Lu Chin-pai, Lu Tao-jan's second daughter. She spends most of her time dressing up and hanging out with her boyfriend.
Tien Niu as Lu Chih-pai, Lu Tao-jan's third daughter and the protagonist of the film. She is 13 and does not like to study. She also does not get along with Chin-pai, with whom she shares a room.
Yuan Man-tzu as Lu Hsiu-pai, Lu Tao-jan's fourth daughter.
Chiang Ko-ai as Lu Li-pai, Lu Tao-jan's fifth daughter.
Hsu Chia-lin as Lu Sheng-pai, Lu Tao-jan's son and the youngest child.
Ling Yun as Shih Hsin-chiao, a 30-year-old journalist who trained under Lu Tao-jan.
Huang Shu-yi as Shih Hsin-ju, Shih Hsin-chiao's cousin in Macau. Her husband is in America, living with another woman.
Wong Yue as Hung Sen, a playboy 2 grades higher than Chih-pai.
Wang Ching-ho as the gynecologist.
Plot
Shih Hsin-chiao, a journalist who trained under mentor Lu Tao-jan, is a family friend of the Lus and well-liked by the children. Lu's 13-year-old daughter Chih-pai is infatuated with "Uncle Shih", but Shih sees her only as a child. Lu Tao-jan is transferred to Macau, where he has an affair with Shih's cousin. When Shih returns after a trip to Japan, he finds Chih-pai an attractive young woman. After repeatedly being rejected by Shih, Chih-pai has a relationship with a rich playboy Hung Sen, which leaves her pregnant. Desperate, she goes to the only man who can help her: Shih.
References
External links
Trailer with English subtitles
1974 films
Hong Kong drama films
Shaw Brothers Studio films
Films based on Taiwanese novels
Films directed by Sung Tsun-shou
1970s Hong Kong films |
The Clausura 2012 season was the 28th edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán headed into this tournament as the defending champions. The season began on January 8, 2012 and concluded in mid-year. Like previous years, the league consisted of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams by the end of the regular season took part in the playoffs.
Stadia and locations
Personnel and sponsoring
Managerial changes
Before the start of the season
During the regular season
League table
Positions by round
Results
Playoffs
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Isidro Metapán won 3-2 on aggregate.
Águila won 5-2 on aggregate.
Final
Player statistics
Top scorers
Updated to games played on April 15, 2012.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.
Bookings
Updated to games played on April 15, 2012.
Goalkeepers
Updated to games played on April 15, 2012.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.
Hat-tricks
Individual awards
Season statistics
Scoring
First goal of the season: José Otoniel Salinas for Vista Hermosa against FAS, 4 minutes (January 7, 2012)
Fastest goal in a match:2 minutes - José Lemus for Atlético Marte against Alianza (March 4, 2012)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+10 minutes Alexander Larin for Atlético Marte against FAS (January 21, 2012)
First penalty Kick of the season: Anel Canales for Luis Ángel Firpo against Atlético Marte, 48 minutes (January 8, 2012)
Widest winning margin: 5 Goals
Once Municipal 5–0 FAS (January 25, 2012)
Águila 5–0 Atlético Marte (March 8, 2012)
Juventud Independiente 5–0 UES (April 4, 2012)
Águila 5–0 Vista Hermosa (April 4, 2012)
First hat-trick of the season: Marvin Monterrosa for Isidro Metapán against Vista Hermosa (March 28, 2012)
First own goal of the season: Carlos Arévalo (Alianza) for UES, 37 minutes (January 7, 2012)
Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Goals
Once Municipal 5–0 FAS (January 25, 2012)
Águila 5–0 Atlético Marte (March 8, 2012)
Juventud Independiente 5–0 UES (April 4, 2012)
Águila 5–0 Vista Hermosa (April 4, 2012)
Most goals in one half by one team:
Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Goals
UES 3–4 Luis Ángel Firpo (April 15, 2012)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
Marvin Monterrosa for Isidro Metapán against Vista Hermosa (March 28, 2012)
Juan Carlos Reyes for Juventud Independiente against UES (April 4, 2012)
Discipline
First yellow card of the season: Nelson Bonilla for Alianza against UES, 5 minutes (January 7, 2012)
First red card of the season: Nelson Bonilla for Alianza against UES, 9 minutes (January 7, 2012)
Card given at latest point in a game: Red José Enrique Rodríguez for Juventud Independiente, 90+3 minutes against UES (February 11, 2012)
Aggregate table
List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2012. The following players:
have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.
C.D. Águila
Glaúber da Silva
Rómulo
TBA
Alianza F.C.
Yaikel Pérez
Sean Fraser
Willer Souza
Atlético Marte
James Owusu-Ansah
Alcides Bandera
Garrick Gordon
Juventud Independiente
Juan Carlos Reyes
Cristian Adolfo González
Maximiliano Alexis Villega
C.D. FAS
Alejandro Bentos
Rodolfo Rodríguez (footballer)
Marcio Teruel
(player released mid season)
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Anel Canales
Luis Torres
Ederson Buendía
A.D. Isidro Metapán
Ernesto Aquino
Allan Kardeck
Leonardo Da Silva
Once Municipal
Pablo Hütt
Andrés Medina
Anthony Basile
UES
John Castillo
Gustavo Peña
TBA
Vista Hermosa
Bonel Ávila
Juan Camilo Mejía
Pompilio Cacho Valerio
Hugo Sarmiento
References
External links
El Grafico League Coverage
elsalvadorfc.com
culebritamacheteada.com
Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura seasons
El
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es:Torneo Apertura 2011 (El Salvador)
fr:Tournoi d'ouverture du championnat du Salvador de football 2011 |
Corythoxestis praeustella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Java, Indonesia. The hostplants for the species include Nauclea orientalis.
References
Phyllocnistinae
Moths of Indonesia
Endemic fauna of Indonesia
Moths described in 1904 |
Articles related to the Sun include:
Corona
Solar wind
Coronal mass ejection(CME)
Solar eclipse
total eclipse
annular eclipse
hybrid eclipse
partial eclipse
Magnitude of eclipse
Saros (astronomy)
Sunspot, where most solar flares and coronal mass ejections originate
Wolf number, counts sunspots
Maunder Minimum, the period roughly spanning 1645 to 1715 when sunspots became exceedingly rare
Solar flare
Solar cycle, periodic change in the amount of irradiation from the Sun that is experienced on Earth
List of solar cycles
Solar maximum - large numbers of sunspots appear
Solar minimum - sunspot and solar flare activity diminishes
Homeric Minimum
Dalton Minimum, lasting from about 1790 to 1830
Modern Maximum, period of relatively high solar activity that began circa 1900
Solar physics, study of all related physical processes
Solar variation, change in the amount of solar radiation emitted
Solar System
Solar and celestial effects on climate (Earth's climate, that is)
Redirects
Sunlight
Solar radiation
Solar output - Direct measurements of solar irradiance, or solar output, have been available from satellites only since the late 1970s. These measurements show a very small peak-to-peak variation in solar irradiance (roughly 0.1 percent of the 1,366 watts per square metre received at the top of the atmosphere, for approximately 0.12 watt per square metre). Encyclopædia Britannica
Solar brightness => solar luminosity
Solar flux => Radiant flux
Solar disk => Photosphere
Aurora borealis => Aurora (astronomy)
See also
The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star
Solar irradiance
Sunlight, including the visible spectrum, infrared, ultraviolet, and any other wavelength of electromagnetic radiation the Sun gives off
Insolation, solar radiation energy received on a given surface area during a given time
Direct insolation, solar irradiance which reaches a location on the Earth after absorption and scattering in the atmosphere
Total solar irradiance => Solar cycle
Solar variation
Sunspots
Solar flares
Solar wind
Solar storm
Solar flare, a large explosion in the Sun's atmosphere
Coronal mass ejection (CME), a massive burst of solar wind associated with solar flares
Geomagnetic storm, the interaction of the Sun's outburst with Earth's magnetic field
Solar variability (disambiguation)
Sun |
Eupithecia kama is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in southern India (the Palni Hills).
The wingspan is about 25 mm.
References
Moths described in 2010
kama
Moths of Asia |
Gisela Williams Camet Bekker (born 15 March 1972) is an Argentine sailor. She competed in the Europe event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
References
1972 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Argentine female sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for Argentina
Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Europe |
Asaph Clayton Vanderwater Elston (September 9, 1845 – July 28, 1914) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He was born on September 9, 1845, in Unionville, Orange County, New York. Occupations he held include banker and merchant. He died on July 28, 1914, in Muscoda, Wisconsin. He was elected to the Assembly in 1888 as a Republican.
References
External links
1845 births
1914 deaths
Politicians from Orange County, New York
People from Grant County, Wisconsin
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
American bankers
19th-century American merchants |
Yeşilköy is a village in the Kargı District of Çorum Province in Turkey. Its population is 462 (2022).
References
Villages in Kargı District |
Jerry Daanen is a former player in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1968–1970 as a wide receiver. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Miami.
Biography
Daanen was born Jerome Theodore Daanen on December 15, 1944 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
References
1944 births
St. Louis Cardinals (football) players
Players of American football from Green Bay, Wisconsin
Living people
Miami Hurricanes football players |
The Asian Baseball Championship was the first continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia, from 18 to 26 December. The tournament was held in Manila, Philippines, and was won by the host nation. 17,000 people attended the final game at Rizal Stadium to see Philippines defeat Japan 8–1. As of 2019, it is the only time that the Philippines have won the tournament. South Korea (3rd) and Taiwan (4th) were the other participants.
See also
Japan–South Korea baseball rivalry
References
Bibliography
Asian Baseball Championship
International baseball competitions hosted by the Philippines
1954 in Philippine sport
Asian Baseball Championship
Sports competitions in Manila
20th century in Manila |
Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School (KMLHS) is a four-year Lutheran high school in the Town of Jackson, Wisconsin, located approximately 20 miles northwest of Milwaukee. The school is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).
The high school educates students from a large geographic area including Grafton, Mequon, West Bend, Hartford, and Menomonee Falls. As of the 2019-2020 school year, KMLHS has an enrollment of 508 students. This was the first time the high school saw its student population surpass 500. For the 2017-2018 school year, KMLHS received an Overall Accountability Rating of "Significantly Exceeds Expectations" from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
History
KMLHS opened in 1974 with an enrollment of 35 students in grades nine and ten. The high school was temporarily located at Christ Lutheran Church in the village of Jackson. In 1976, KMLHS broke ground on its 48 acre campus on Division Road in Jackson. The high school has expanded through additions in 1980, 1993, 2001, and 2012.
Construction is currently underway on a $4.7 million expansion that will include new classrooms and science labs.
Academics
Advanced mathematics classes include statistics, pre-calculus, and AP calculus, as well as calculus 1, 2, and 3 offered as CAPP dual-credit courses through the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. Advanced science classes include anatomy, honors anatomy, physics, chemistry, honors chemistry, and AP chemistry. Foreign languages offered are German, Spanish, and Latin.
Accreditation
Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School is accredited by the Wisconsin Religious and Independent Schools Accreditation (WRISA), and by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation (WELSSA).
Infrastructure
Performing Arts Center
The school's performing arts center is used for musical performances, community events, and chapel. The construction of the 750-seat Performing Arts Center was the final step in the four-phase facility plan that began in 2001.
Waste Water Treatment
In 2001, the school built an artificial wetland for waste water management. In March 2003, a grant from Toyota Motor Sales allowed the school to install a windmill to aerate the wetlands, potentially increasing the facility's effectiveness. The experimental facility is the first of its kind among schools of the upper Midwest. The school calls the system "The Green Machine" and uses it for environmental education, allowing the school's Ecology Club to assist in its development and maintenance.
Solar Energy System
In 2009, the school built a solar panel array consisting of 16 panels mounted on four solar trackers to generate electricity that will help power the school's facilities. This system was built in partnership with We Energies, a Power company serving Wisconsin. In 2010, phase 2 of the "Let the Sun Shine...Let the Son Shine" solar project was completed, adding 112 more panels on seven trackers. In 2011, phase 3, a ground mounted solar array was installed on a hill overlooking the school. These solar arrays provide 10-15% of the school's power.
Weather Station
The school maintains a weather station as part of the SMART Weathernet on WITI Fox 6 TV in Milwaukee.
Extracurricular Activities
KMLHS has clubs for chess, ecology, the fine arts, German, yearbook, math competitions, and sound and lighting work. Those interested in drama can participate in children's theater, forensics, and musicals. The school cultivates student leadership through student council, Cross Trainers, National Honor Society, Taste of Ministry programs and Musical Clubs.
Videography Club
The Videography club is responsible for recording athletic and music events as well as live streaming them.
Music
The KML choirs consist of Traveling Choir (open to grades 10-12 through auditions), Kantorei Choir (grade 9), Concert Choir (tryout choir), and The Echoes (Show Choir).
The bands of KML consist of the Concert Band (lower band) and The Wind Symphony (tryout band). Other extracurricular bands include Jazz Band, Jazz Combo, Pep Band, and Percussion Ensemble. The Percussion Ensemble has played in venues such as the Wisconsin state capitol rotunda in Madison. Private instrumental and vocal lessons are also available. Students have also formed their own student-led groups such as brass ensembles and flute choirs.
Athletics
Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School offers basketball, cross-country, cheerleading, chess, soccer, fast-pitch softball, track, and volleyball for girls; and baseball, basketball, chess, cross country, football, golf, soccer, wrestling, and track for boys.
Football
The football program was started in 2001. In 2007 the Chargers entered the playoffs for the first time, progressing to the championship game, which they lost to West Salem High School.
Basketball
The girls' basketball team won consecutive Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association (WISAA) Class B girls championships in 1990 and 1991. The girls' basketball team also won the WIAA Division 3 championship in 2014
Volleyball
The girls' volleyball team won the 1988 Wisconsin independent schools Class B championship, taking the round robin competition with a 4-2 record to end Marinette Catholic Central's streak of four consecutive championships. The girls' volleyball team won consecutive Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state championships in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007. That made the team one of only five in the state to have won consecutive championships in three years. The girls' volleyball team also won the 2012 WIAA Division 2 State Championship.
Cheer Team
The KMLHS cheer program is one of the most successful programs in Wisconsin. The varsity cheer team won the program's 12th state championship at the WACPC (Wisconsin Association of Cheer/Pom Coaches) State Championships in March 2019. The KML Cheer Team was named 2019 State Champions in the All-Girl Large division. The team was also the fourth highest overall scoring team, regardless of division (school size or team size).
Girls' Soccer
The girls' soccer won WIAA Division 3 state championships in 2009 and 2011.
Chess Team
The chess team plays at a state Division 1 level. Individual members have taken a variety of high-placing awards at a state level, including first place reserve and first place reserve unrated at the Wisconsin Junior Open. The chess team has played competitive in a variety of local leagues, including the Scenic Moraine conference and the Milwaukee league
References
External links
Private high schools in Wisconsin
Lutheran schools in Wisconsin
Educational institutions established in 1974
Schools in Washington County, Wisconsin
Secondary schools affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
1974 establishments in Wisconsin |
The Public Service Commission, West Bengal or PSCWB (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ জনসেবা আয়োগ) is the state agency authorized to conduct the Civil Services Examination for entry-level appointments to the various Civil Services of state of West Bengal in India.
Constitutional status
Articles 315 to 323 of Part XIV of the constitution, titled as Services Under the Union and the States, provide for a Public Service Commission for the Union and for each state.
Appointment
As per Article 316 of the Constitution of India provides that the chairman and other members of the commission shall be appointed by the Governor of West Bengal.
As per Article 319, a person who holds office as Chairman shall, on the expiration of his term of office, be ineligible for re-appointment to that office. But, a member other than the Chairman shall be eligible for appointment as the Chairman of the Commission.
Removal and suspension
As per Article 317, the Chairman or any other member of a Public Service Commission shall only be removed from their office by order of the President on the ground of "misbehaviour" after the Supreme Court, on reference being made to it by the President, has, on inquiry reported that the Chairman or such other member ought to be removed. The President may suspend the Chairman or other member of the Commission until report of the Supreme Court is received.
The President may also remove the Chairman or any other member of the commission if they:
is adjudged an insolvent; or
engages during their term of office in any paid employment outside the duties of their office; or
is, in the opinion of the President, unfit to continue in office by reason of infirmity of mind or body.
The Chairman or any other member cannot hold an office of profit or otherwise they shall be deemed to be guilty of misbehaviour.
Functions
As per Article 320, it shall be the duty of the State Public Service Commissions to conduct examinations for appointments to the services of the respective states. It shall also assist two or more States, if requested so, in framing and operating schemes of joint recruitment for any services.
The State Public Service Commission shall be consulted:
on all matters relating to
methods of recruitment to civil services and for civil posts
making appointments to civil services and posts
making promotions and transfers from one service to another
the suitability of candidates for such appointments, promotions or transfers
Expenses
As per Article 322, the expenses of the State Public Service Commission, including any salaries, allowances and pensions payable to or in respect of the members or staff of the Commission, shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of the respective state.
Reporting
As per Article 323, it will be the duty of a State Commission to present annually to the Governor of the State a report as to the work done by the Commission, and it shall be the duty of a Joint Commission to present annually to the Governor of each of the States the needs of which are served by the Joint Commission a report as to the work done by the Commission in relation to that State, and in either case the Governor, shall, on receipt of such report, cause a copy thereof together with a memorandum explaining, as respects the cases, if any, where the advice of the Commission was not accepted, the reasons for such nonacceptance to be laid before the Legislature of the State.
Members
Location
The office of the Public Service Commission, West Bengal is situated in Mudiali, Tollygunge area, Kolkata. The official address is 161A Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road, Kolkata 700026.
Rabindra Sarobar metro station of Kolkata Metro Line 1 is the nearest metro station while Tollygunge railway station is the nearest railway station.
Services
Only candidates who have pursued a law degree are eligible to appear in the exam.
Candidates who hold a bachelor's degree in commerce are eligible to apply for this exam.
Candidates who possess a bachelor's degree in some selected science streams are eligible to apply for this exam.
See also
Civil Services of India
Public service commissions in India
Union Public Service Commission
West Bengal Civil Service
List of Public service commissions in India
References
External links
Annual Report 2018-19
Annual Report 2019-20
Government agencies established in 1937
State agencies of West Bengal
State public service commissions of India
1937 establishments in India |
Kaliyuga Pandavulu () is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language masala film produced by D. Ramanaidu under Suresh Productions, and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Ramanaidu's son Venkatesh and Khushbu (making their cinematic debut), with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was a box office hit, and was remade in Kannada in 1989 as Poli Huduga. Venkatesh won the Nandi Special Jury Award for his Debut acting.
Plot
Vijay, son of Chakrapani, a multimillionaire, has a lot of arrogance and pride, he plays a lot of mischief in college with his three friends. Bharathi, a middle-class girl studies in the same college. Even though Vijay teases Bharathi many times, even then she protects his life once, which changes his entire lifestyle and he falls in love with her. He wants to marry Bharathi, but his father doesn't agree, he traps Bharathi and proves her as a prostitute in the court with the help of a gang: MLA Eekambaram, Dr. Vaayunandan Rao, S. I. Aagreya Murthy, Lawyer Jalandhar, Bhudevi along with Bharathi's brother-in-law Bhairava Murthy who wants to marry her, on that reason Bharathi's father Jaganatham commits suicide and Bharathi goes away. Vijay quarrels with his father, leaves the house, and searches for Bharathi, he learns that Bharathi is with her elder sister Krishnaveni and they are under the protection of Retired Army Officer Bhishmanarayan and he also discovers that Krishnaveni is also cheated by Dr. Vaayunandan Rao and sent to jail by MLA Eekambaram and gang only.
Bhishmanarayan inspires Vijay, with his inspiration Vijay and his three friends, along with Bharathi form a revolutionary team in the name of Kaliyuga Pandavulu and fight against all anti-social elements and illegal activities in the society. Finally, Vijay catches all the real criminals and presents them in an open court, Chakrapani also realizes and admits his mistake. Vijay proves that Bharathi is innocent and they all continue their mission Kaliyuga Pandavulu.
Cast
Venkatesh as Vijay
Khushbu as Bharathi
Surya as Bhatha
Chitti Babu as Bhaskar
Saritha as Krishnaveni
Aswini as Meku
Rao Gopal Rao as Chakrapani
Nutan Prasad as MLA Eekambaram
Ranganath as Bhishmanarayan
Rallapalli as Chakrapani's brother-in-law
Shakti Kapoor as Karamchand
Radha Ravi as Bhairava Murthy
Rajeev as Dr.Vaayunandan Rao
Narra Venkateswara Rao as Lawyer Jalandhar
Chalapathi Rao as S. I. Aagreya Murthy
J. V. Somayajulu as Judge
P. J. Sarma as I.G.
P. L. Narayana as Jaganatham
Mikkilineni as D.I.G.
K.K.Sarma as Compounder Narayana
Chidatala Appa Rao as Hotel Manager
Mada Venkateswara Rao
Jayanthi as Rajeswari
Rama Prabha as Chakrapani's sister
Kalpana Rai
Y. Vijaya as Bhudevi
Soundtrack
Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics written by Veturi.
References
External links
1980s masala films
1980s Telugu-language films
1986 films
Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao
Films scored by K. Chakravarthy
Films with screenplays by the Paruchuri brothers
Suresh Productions films
Telugu films remade in other languages |
Palashi or Plassey (, , ) is a town on the east bank of Bhagirathi River, located approximately 50 kilometres north of the city of Krishnanagar in Kaliganj CD Block in the Nadia District of West Bengal, India. The nearest major town is Beldanga. It has its own two local gram panchayat.
It is particularly well known due to the Battle of Plassey fought there in June 1757, between the private army of the British East India Company and the army of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal.
Etymology
The name Palashi is derived from the Bengali word for the red-flowered tree (ISO: , , or ). The Bengali word is ultimately derived from . The British East India Company referred to it as ‘Plassey’.
History
Palashi achieved historical significance when, on 23 June 1757, the Battle of Plassey was fought between the forces of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the last reigning Nawab of Bengal (and his French support troops), and the troops of the British East India Company, led by Robert Clive. This event, part of the Seven Years' War, ultimately led to the establishment of British rule in Bengal and, eventually, the whole Indian subcontinent. During British rule Plassey became part of Nadia District of Bengal.
Geography
Location
Palashi is located in West Bengal, India at . It has an average elevation of .
Area overview
Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision, presented in the map alongside, has the Bhagirathi on the west, with Purba Bardhaman district lying across the river. The long stretch along the Bhagirathi has many swamps. The area between the Bhagirathi and the Jalangi, which flows through the middle of the subdivision, is known as Kalantar, a low-lying tract of black clay soil. A big part of the subdivision forms the Krishnanagar-Santipur Plain, which occupies the central part of the district. The Jalangi, after flowing through the middle of the subdivision, turns right and joins the Bhagirathi. On the south-east, the Churni separates the Krishnanagar-Santipur Plain from the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain. The east forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The subdivision is moderately urbanized. 20.795% of the population lives in urban areas and 79.205% lives in rural areas.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.
Demographics
As per the 2011 Census of India, Palashi had a total population of 19,984, of which 10,288 (51%) were males and 9,696 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 2,700. The total number of literates in Palashi was 11,462 (66.32% of the population over 6 years).
Transportation
Palashi is connected with Kolkata by railway and bus services. Lalgola passengers and few express trains stop in Plassey railway station. National highway no 34 also passes through the Palashi.
Culture and memorials
There is a Monument, commonly known as Palashi Monument established in memoirs of the martyrs of the battle. The Monument is protected and supervised by the Archaeological Survey of India. The grounds where the historic Battle of Plassey was fought is today marked with shrines, obelisks and memorials to the fallen generals and soldiers of Siraj-ud-Daulah. A set of three obelisks marks homage to the spot where Bakshi Mir Madan (the chief of the Nawab's artillery), Bahadur Ali Khan (Commander of Musketeers) and Nauwe Singh Hazari (the Captain of Artillery) were killed in the battle.
A plaque indicates that they fell here at 14:00 on 23 June 1757 and were leaders of Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, at the head of the charge ordered by Mir Madan. Almost 5 km north from the Plassey battlefield, there is a Tomb of Farid Shah in Faridpur village, Dead body of Mir Madan was buried there.
A gold coloured statue of Siraj ud-Daulah lies next to the Palashi Monument, in a clearing amidst mango orchards and fields. The tombs of Siraj ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, their wives and a number of generals in Siraj's army lie close by around Murshidabad. Mausoleums built around the tombs of Siraj Ud-Daula, Azimunessa begum and other soldiers who fell in the war can be found close by at Khosh Bag and Jafarganj cemetery.
In County Clare, Ireland, an estate owned by Major-General Robert Clive, was renamed Plassey in order to commemorate the Battle of Plassey and his successful part in it. At the nearby University of Limerick, the original office of the president was named Plassey House in the late 18th century, also to commemorate a family connection to the battle, and the building still serves as an important administrative centre of the university.
References
Villages in Nadia district
Historic sites in India |
The 2003–04 NBA season was the Warriors' 58th season in the National Basketball Association, and 42nd season in the San Francisco Bay Area. During the offseason, the Warriors acquired Nick Van Exel from the Dallas Mavericks, and Clifford Robinson from the Detroit Pistons while signing free agents Calbert Cheaney and Speedy Claxton. The Warriors began to show they were turning the corner as they got off to a 14–13 start. However, as the New Year began, they went on a 7-game losing streak. Despite a nine-game losing streak between February and March, the Warriors would then win seven straight games. However, they yet again missed the playoffs by finishing fifth in the Pacific Division with a 37–45 record tied with the Seattle SuperSonics. Despite their record, the Warriors were very successful at home posting a 27–14 record at The Arena in Oakland. Following the season, head coach Eric Musselman was fired, Van Exel was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, and Erick Dampier was traded to the Dallas Mavericks as the Warriors could not re-sign him.
Draft
Roster
Roster Notes
Center Evan Eschmeyer missed the entire season due to a knee injury.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Game log
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 1
| October 29
| Dallas
| L 87–95
| Clifford Robinson (18)
| Erick Dampier (17)
| Avery Johnson (6)
| The Arena in Oakland15,816
| 0–1
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 2
| November 1
| Philadelphia
| W 104–90
| Mike Dunleavy Jr. (32)
| Mike Dunleavy Jr. (11)
| Avery Johnson (5)
| The Arena in Oakland16,594
| 1–1
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 3
| November 2
| @ L.A. Lakers
| L 72–87
| Clifford Robinson (19)
| Erick Dampier (23)
| Clifford Robinson (7)
| Staples Center18,997
| 1–2
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 4
| November 5
| Atlanta
| W 90–72
| Jason Richardson (16)
| Erick Dampier (18)
| Nick Van Exel (6)
| The Arena in Oakland10,453
| 2–2
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 5
| November 7
| Utah
| W 95–89
| Jason Richardson (21)
| Erick Dampier (11)
| Nick Van Exel (9)
| The Arena in Oakland11,642
| 3–2
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 6
| November 10
| Phoenix
| L 96–99
| Jason Richardson (22)
| Mike Dunleavy Jr. (10)
| Van Exel, Dunleavy Jr. (6)
| The Arena in Oakland13,278
| 3–3
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 7
| November 12
| Detroit
| W 87–85
| Calbert Cheaney (24)
| Erick Dampier (14)
| Nick Van Exel (9)
| The Arena in Oakland14,382
| 4–3
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 8
| November 14
| L.A. Clippers
| L 98–104
| Brian Cardinal (24)
| Erick Dampier (16)
| Nick Van Exel (10)
| The Arena in Oakland13,122
| 4–4
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 9
| November 16
| @ Sacramento
| L 104–106
| Jason Richardson (31)
| Erick Dampier (15)
| Speedy Claxton (7)
| ARCO Arena17,317
| 4–5
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 10
| November 18
| @ San Antonio
| L 81–94
| Erick Dampier (17)
| Erick Dampier (11)
| Van Exel, Claxton (4)
| SBC Center17,098
| 4–6
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 11
| November 19
| @ Houston
| L 83–85
| Clifford Robinson (23)
| Erick Dampier (12)
| Speedy Claxton (8)
| Toyota Center10,888
| 4–7
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 12
| November 21
| Miami
| W 110–91
| Jason Richardson (29)
| Mike Dunleavy Jr. (14)
| Jason Richardson (6)
| The Arena in Oakland12,869
| 5–7
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 13
| November 23
| Portland
| W 78–72
| Jason Richardson (21)
| Erick Dampier (17)
| Cardinal, Claxton (4)
| The Arena in Oakland14,332
| 6–7
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 14
| November 28
| @ Phoenix
| W 92–83
| Jason Richardson (25)
| Jason Richardson (13)
| Clifford Robinson (5)
| The Arena in Oakland15,826
| 7–7
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 15
| November 29
| San Antonio
| W 91–89
| Nick Van Exel (29)
| Erick Dampier (16)
| 4 players tied (2)
| The Arena in Oakland17,680
| 8–7
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 16
| December 3
| Denver
| L 109–117
| Speedy Claxton (21)
| Erick Dampier (18)
| Nick Van Exel (8)
| The Arena in Oakland16,147
| 8–8
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 17
| December 5
| @ Denver
| L 91–98
| Mike Dunleavy Jr. (19)
| Erick Dampier (11)
| Nick Van Exel (9)
| Pepsi Center17,512
| 8–9
|- style="background:
| 18
| December 6
| New York
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| The Arena in Oakland
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|- style="background:
| 19
| December 9
| @ Minnesota
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| Target Center
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|- style="background:
| 20
| December 10
| @ Milwaukee
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| Bradley Center
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|- style="background:
| 21
| December 12
| New Orleans
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| The Arena in Oakland
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|- style="background:
| 22
| December 16
| @ New York
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| Madison Square Garden
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|- style="background:
| 23
| December 17
| @ Atlanta
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| Philips Arena
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|- style="background:
| 24
| December 19
| @ Orlando
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| TD Waterhouse Centre
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|- style="background:
| 25
| December 21
| @ Miami
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| American Airlines Arena
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|- style="background:
| 26
| December 23
| L.A. Lakers
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| The Arena in Oakland
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|- style="background:
| 27
| December 26
| Sacramento
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| The Arena in Oakland
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|- style="background:
| 28
| December 28
| @ Denver
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| Pepsi Center
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|- style="background:
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| December 29
| Boston
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| The Arena in Oakland
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| December 31
| @ New Jersey
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| Continental Airlines Arena
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Player statistics
Player stats
Transactions
Trades
Free agents
References
Golden State Warriors seasons
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors |
The Congregation of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux also known as Little Flower Congregation CST is the first religious brothers' congregation founded in the Syro-Malabar Church in India, and the first congregation in the name of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in India. The congregation was founded by Thomas Panat, a priest from the Archdiocese of Ernakulam, who was later known as Fr. Basilius CST. The congregation was later bifurcated to congregations for brotherhood and priesthood.
Fr Basilius translated Navamalika, the autobiography of St.Therese of Child Jesus.
The congregation of St. Theresa, CST was founded on 19 March 1931 in a small village called Mookkannur by Thomas Panat with the permission of Mar Augustine Kandathil, Bishop of Ernakulam.
On 27 December 1945 Archbishop Mar Augustine Kandathil upon request of the founder Fr. Basilius permitted to admit seminarians for priestly vocation.
The Constitution of reorganised Little Flower Congregation was written by Fr. Basilius and approved by Archbishop Mar Augustine Kandathil on 8 October 1947.
Fr. Basilius was appointed in 1955 as the first Superior General of Little Flower Congregation (C. S. T) by the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Rome. As requested by the Congregation of Oriental Churches the Constitution was revised by Fr. Basilius Panat according to the New Oriental Code of Canon Law. The new Constitution was approved on 19 April 1963 by Archbishop Mar Joseph Parecattil who later was made Cardinal of Ernakulam Archdiocese.
Fr. Basilius Panat founded the Little Flower Seminary, a major seminary to form future priests, in 1960, having started a formation house in 1958 and started the construction of the present seminary at Aluva as early as in 1944. The Little Flower Seminary was blessed and inaugurated on 12th August 1961 by Archbishop Joseph Parekattil. Fr. Basilius had sent several seminarians to the Papal Seminary, Pune and priests to Rome.
Pope John Paul II raised Little Flower Congregation (CST Fathers) to the status of a Religious Institute of Pontifical Right on 21 December 1995. The decree was signed officially on 2 February 1996 by Achille Cardinal Silvestrini, the prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches. The papal decree was given to The Superior General Little Flower Congregation on 10 February 1996 at the Major Archiepiscopal Curia of the Syro-Malabar Church on the visit of Achille Cardinal Silvestrini for the centenary celebration of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam.
Further reading
Catholic orders and societies
Catholic teaching orders
Christian organizations established in 1931
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Discalced Carmelite Order |
is a railway station on the Hidaka Main Line in Niikappu, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).
Services on the 116 km section of the line between and have been suspended indefinitely since January 2015 due to storm damage.
History
The station opened on 7 December 1926, named . It was renamed Niikappu on 1 August 1948. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.
See also
List of railway stations in Japan
References
Railway stations in Hokkaido Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926
Railway stations closed in 2021 |
Appledore II is a traditional two-masted wooden schooner, currently privately owned and operated out of Camden, Maine and Key West, Florida.
Construction
Launched on August 22, 1978, Appledore II is the largest of her four sister ships, Appledore I, III, IV, and V. Appledore II was the last schooner custom built by the Harvey Gamage Shipyard in South Bristol, Maine, which had previously built the tall ships Mary Day, Harvey Gamage, Shenandoah, Bowdoin and Spirit of Massachusetts, among others. Designed by Bud McIntosh, she was structured to endure heavy weather and the open ocean.
Appledore II is gaff rigged on both her masts, with a hull speed of 10.5 knots and a length of overall.
Maiden voyage
Her maiden voyage was an 18-month circumnavigation, which commenced in November 1978 from Portsmouth, New Hampshire and concluded there after the Appledore II visited many ports of call around the world. This voyage has been chronicled in two books, Dreams of Natural Places, A New England Schooner Odyssey and Sailing Three Oceans, both authored by Herbert Smith.
Today
Since that time, Appledore II has sailed extensively throughout the Caribbean, conducting educational and private tourism. For a number of years she served as the SEAmester vessel for marine biology majors from Southampton College. For the past 20 years she has been offering day sails from her home ports of Camden, Maine and Key West, Florida. Twice a year, Appledore II makes a offshore voyage between these destinations. As a prime example of a historical wooden schooner, the Appledore II is regularly featured in books, movies, advertisements, and post cards evoking traditional coastal Maine sailing. The Appledore II regularly participates in the Key West Wrecker's Cup Race (a regatta she has won on numerous occasions) and is a mainstay of the annual Windjammer Weekend in Camden, Maine.
References
External links
The Schooner Appledores Website
Schooners of the United States
Tall ships of the United States
Transportation buildings and structures in Knox County, Maine
Individual sailing vessels
1978 ships
Ships built in South Bristol, Maine |
Stowe is a civil parish and former village about northwest of Buckingham in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Boycott, Dadford and Lamport.
Stowe House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish and is occupied by Stowe School.
History
Stowe's toponym probably refers to an ancient holy place of great significance in Anglo-Saxon times. The manor of Stowe predates the Norman conquest of England. The Domesday Book of 1086 assessed the manor at five hides. It listed William the Conqueror's half-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux as the manor's feudal overlord and the Norman brothers-in-arms Robert D'Oyly and Roger d'Ivry as his tenants. D'Oyly founded Oxford Castle and he and d'Ivry founded a college of secular canons there. Not long after 1086 the manor of Stowe was transferred to the college's endowment, confirmed by a charter of Henry I in 1130.
By 1150 the Augustinians of Osney Abbey had absorbed the college, and in 1278–79 it held three hides at Stowe. Osney Abbey retained Stowe until it was forced to surrender its estates to the Crown in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. In 1542 the Diocese of Oxford was instituted and Osney Abbey was consecrated as its first cathedral. The abbey's former estates, including Stowe, formed the bishopric's endowment.
In 1590 John Underhill, Bishop of Oxford, conveyed Stowe to Elizabeth I, who in the same year granted it to new secular owners. They sold it to John Temple of Burton Dasset in Warwickshire, whose grandson Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Baronet enclosed a deer park in 1651. The village was probably abandoned at this time. The estate remained with the Temple-Grenville family until 1921, when it was sold by the Reverend Luis C.F.T. Morgan-Grenville (1889–1944). Stowe School was founded here in 1923.
Parish church
The earliest mention of the parish church of the Assumption of the Blessèd Virgin Mary is in Henry I's charter of 1130. The oldest part of the building is the late 13th-century three-bay arcade between the nave and the north aisle. The west tower was added in the first half of the 13th century, followed by the chancel in about 1350 and the south aisle and arcade in the latter part of the 14th century. Late in the 15th century both aisles were rebuilt and the Perpendicular Gothic nave clerestory and south porch were added. In the 16th century the Perpendicular Gothic north chapel was added, with an arcade of two bays between it and the chancel. The church was altered in the 18th century and is now a Grade II* listed building.
In the late 17th century a ring of five bells was hung in the bell tower. James Keene, who had foundries at Woodstock, Oxfordshire and Bedford, cast the second, fourth and fifth bells in 1654. Richard Keene cast the third bell in 1660 and the tenor in 1665. In 1988 John Taylor & Co of Loughborough cast a new treble bell, increasing the ring to six. The church has a Sanctus bell that was cast in about 1799.
Stowe House
Formerly the country seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos, Stowe House is now occupied by Stowe School. The landscaped gardens and its many monuments were acquired by the National Trust in 1990, and are open to the public. The National Trust is overseeing a restoration programme of the grounds, temples and follies.
Stowe in film
Because of its picturesque surroundings Stowe has been the setting for many films, including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Bollywood film Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Proof of Life, Stardust (2007), and The World Is Not Enough in the James Bond series.
Notable people
The teacher, author and murder victim Peter Farquhar taught at Stowe School and worshipped and preached at Stowe Parish Church.
Notes
Sources and further reading
External links
Abandoned Communities ... the deserted village of Stowe
Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire
Former populated places in Buckinghamshire
Villages in Buckinghamshire |
The Crew Motorfest is a 2023 racing video game developed by Ubisoft Ivory Tower and published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It is the sequel to 2018's The Crew 2 and the third game in The Crew series, and was released on September 14, 2023. The game is set in an open world environment; a scaled-down version of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It received generally positive reviews from critics and is considered an improvement over its predecessors.
Gameplay
The Crew Motorfest is set in a scaled-down version of the island of Oahu in Hawaii. It is themed around a festival that will serve as the main area for accessing the various events in the game, which is similar to that of the Forza Horizon series of games. Its gameplay is similar to that of the previous games in the series, featuring online multiplayer features referred to in game as a "crew", as well as being able to control vehicles other than cars such as planes and boats.
The main part of the game is "The Playlists", as of September 2023, there are 15 playlists, each with a different theme such as Vintage cars, Lamborghini and collaborations with influencers such as Supercar Blondie, and Donut Media.
Another popular mode is the Grand Race, a long race which is approximately 10 minutes long with 28 players online which is split up into 3 sections for 3 tiers of racing, the sections and tiers for each race is chosen by random and swaps every 30 minutes, while the race route is random for every race.
The Main Stage contains a monthly theme, with unique limited time rewards, with each week of each month, which involves filling up the Revisit, Racing, or Explore timeline, after filing up one of the main stage timelines, the player unlocks the "Legend" timeline, filled with limited time rewards.
Every week a sub theme of the main stage theme will be used for the "Summit Contest", a weekly themed contest where players compete in 9 challenges to earn points, the top 10.000 players with the most points can receieve an exclusive prize including limited time summit exclusive vehicles or titles to display on the name of the player in-game, and the person in 1st position for each week can have their player name carved into a star for all players to see in Festival Tent, where every player loads into when loading into the game every time.
The "Custom Show" is a weekly contest where players can customize their vehicle to the weekly "Summit Contest" theme and let players vote for which vehicle they like, at the end of the week the players with the most votes gets rewards.
Development and release
Motorfest is being developed by Ubisoft Ivory Tower. It started life as a DLC expansion for The Crew 2, although that changed when several ideas for changes in progression structure weren't compatible with the current game engine.
It was internally known as Project Orlando during development until October 2022 when the title and setting of the game were leaked. Before the Motorfest name was decided, it was tentatively entitled The Crew Motorcamp.
It was announced with a teaser trailer released on January 31, 2023. A closed testing period for Motorfest on PC began on February 1, 2023, with testing for consoles coming at a later date. The game was released on September 14, 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Journalists noted the similarities between Motorfest and the first two Test Drive Unlimited games (2006 and 2011), which several developers from Ivory Tower worked on previously and also share Oʻahu as a main setting.
Reception
According to review aggregator Metacritic, The Crew Motorfest received generally favorable reviews from critics.
It debuted at the second best-selling game of the week in retail the United Kingdom. It also became the fastest-selling entry in the series.
Notes
References
External links
2023 video games
Open-world video games
Persistent worlds
PlayStation 4 games
PlayStation 4 Pro enhanced games
PlayStation 5 games
Racing video games
Ubisoft games
Video games developed in France
Video games set in Hawaii
Video game sequels
Windows games
Xbox One games
Xbox One X enhanced games
Xbox Series X and Series S games
Multiplayer and single-player video games |
Selwyn Gerald Maister (born 24 May 1946) is a former New Zealand field hockey player, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Maister was awarded the Queen's Service Medal in the 2012 New Year Honours, for services to hockey. Maister earned a DPhil in inorganic chemistry from Magdalen College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar, arriving in 1969.
He is a brother of hockey player Barry Maister.
References
External links
1946 births
Living people
Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
New Zealand field hockey coaches
New Zealand male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand
Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
Field hockey players from Christchurch
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Recipients of the Queen's Service Medal
New Zealand Rhodes Scholars
Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
20th-century New Zealand people
21st-century New Zealand people |
Hollerith is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Herman Hollerith (1860–1929), German-American statistician, inventor, and businessman
Herman Hollerith IV (born 1955), American Episcopal bishop
Randolph Hollerith (born 1963), American Episcopal priest |
```go
/*
path_to_url
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
*/
package providers
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"go.uber.org/zap"
kubermaticv1 "k8c.io/kubermatic/v2/pkg/apis/kubermatic/v1"
"k8c.io/kubermatic/v2/pkg/resources/cloudcontroller"
"k8c.io/kubermatic/v2/pkg/test/e2e/jig"
appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
ctrlruntimeclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
)
const (
osCCMDeploymentName = cloudcontroller.OpenstackCCMDeploymentName
)
type OpenstackScenario struct {
commonScenario
credentials jig.OpenstackCredentials
}
var (
_ TestScenario = &OpenstackScenario{}
)
func NewOpenstackScenario(log *zap.SugaredLogger, seedClient ctrlruntimeclient.Client, credentials jig.OpenstackCredentials) *OpenstackScenario {
return &OpenstackScenario{
commonScenario: commonScenario{
seedClient: seedClient,
testJig: jig.NewOpenstackCluster(seedClient, log, credentials, 1),
},
credentials: credentials,
}
}
func (c *OpenstackScenario) CheckComponents(ctx context.Context, cluster *kubermaticv1.Cluster, userClient ctrlruntimeclient.Client) (bool, error) {
ccmDeploy := &appsv1.Deployment{}
if err := c.seedClient.Get(ctx, ctrlruntimeclient.ObjectKey{Namespace: fmt.Sprintf("cluster-%s", cluster.Name), Name: osCCMDeploymentName}, ccmDeploy); err != nil {
return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to get %s deployment: %w", osCCMDeploymentName, err)
}
if ccmDeploy.Status.AvailableReplicas == 1 {
return true, nil
}
return false, nil
}
``` |
Veselin Sarbakov (Bulgarian: Веселин Сърбаков; born 8 August 1975) is a former Bulgarian footballer who is currently U-12 coach at Levski Sofia.
Biography
Sarbakov spent the majority of his career in the top flight of Bulgarian football, most notably representing Levski Sofia almost continuously between the 1993/1994 and 1998/1999 seasons, making 35 league appearances and scoring two goals for the "bluemen". He also played for Litex Lovech, Pirin, Akademik Sofia, Kaliakra, Vihren, and Hebar. Following Sarbakov's retirement, he became coach of Levski Sofia youth teams, obtaining a UEFA "A" license.
References
1975 births
Living people
Men's association football midfielders
Bulgarian men's footballers
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
PFC Levski Sofia players
Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players
PFC Litex Lovech players
FC Hebar Pazardzhik players
OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players
PFC Akademik Sofia players
FC Kaliakra Kavarna players
OFC Vihren Sandanski players |
Testify For My Victims is sixth full-length album by the Swedish band Carnal Forge.
Track listing
"Testify for My Victims" - 4:03
"Burning Eden" - 4:15
"Numb (The Dead)" - 2:52
"Godsend Gods End" - 4:53
"End Game" - 4:13
"Questions Pertaining the Ownership of My Mind" - 4:14
"Freedom by Mutilation" - 3:48
"Subhuman" - 3:49
"No Longer Bleeding" - 4:17
"Biological Waste Matter" - 3:35
"Lost Legion" - 3:01
"Ante Mori" - 5:13
Line-up
Jens C. Mortensen - Vocals
Stefan Westerberg - Drums
Jari Kuusisto - Guitar
Petri Kuusisto - Guitar
Lars Lindén - Bass
Notes
2007 albums |
In broadcasting, channel playout is the generation of the source signal of a radio or television channel produced by a broadcaster, coupled with the transmission of this signal for primary distribution or direct-to-audience distribution via any network. Such radio or television distribution networks include terrestrial broadcasting (analogue or digital radio), cable networks, satellites (either for primary distribution intended for cable television headends or for direct reception, DTH / DBS), IPTV, OTT Video, point-to-point transport over managed networks or the public Internet, etc.
The television channel playout happens in master control room (MCR) in a playout area, which can be either situated in the central apparatus room or in purposely built playout centres, which can be owned by a broadcaster or run by an independent specialist company that has been contracted to handle the playout for a number of channels from different broadcasters.
Some of the larger playout centres in Europe, Southeast Asia and the United States handle well in excess of 50 radio and television "feeds". Feeds will often consist of several different versions of a core service, often different language versions or with separately scheduled content, such as local opt outs for news or promotions.
Playout systems
Centralcasting is multi-channel playout that generally uses broadcast automation systems with broadcast programming applications. These systems generally work in a similar way, controlling video servers, video tape recorder (VTR) devices, Flexicarts, audio mixing consoles, vision mixers and video routers, and other devices using a serial communications 9-Pin Protocol (RS-232 or RS-422). This provides deterministic control, enabling frame accurate playback, Instant replay or video switching. Many systems consist of a front end operator interface on a separate platform to the controllers – e.g. a Windows GUI will present a friendly easy to use method of editing a playlist, but actual control would be done on a platform with a real-time operating system such that any large-scale playlist amendments do not cause delays to device control.
Most broadcast automation systems will have a series of common device drivers built in, for example Sony VTR control (aka Sony Serial), Louth Video Disk Control Protocol (VDCP, a proprietary communications protocol), General Purpose Interface (GPI), or Grass Valley Group M21 Master Control. This ensures that a broadcast automation system bought "off the shelf" will at least be able to ingest and playout content, although may not be able to take advantage of more efficient methods of control. Most server, and especially most digital on-screen graphic and character generator (CG) manufacturers will have a specific device driver for their device, with increasing degrees of complexity, and different automation companies will include these drivers to enhance their product or to fit a customers need.
This is the "traditional" method of playout automation, where there are multiple devices. Some modern automation systems use a unified playout method, where the broadcast server fulfills the functions of multiple devices as a self-contained system, like the PlayBox Technology channel-in-a-box.
Playout devices
Playout will usually involve an airchain of devices which begin with content, typically stored on video servers, and ultimately an output, either as an (Asynchronous serial interface) (ASI) / IP or (Serial Digital Interface) (SDI) for on pass to a distribution company.
The devices in the chain depend on the service required under the contract with the Channel. Typically a standard television channel would require a Master Control, Video switcher, and/or a Video router to allow switching of live sources. This video switcher may include other functions such as keying (graphics) (also known as Down Stream Keyers), Audio Overs for mixing in voice overs (VO) or announcements, and facilitate transitions between events, such as a fade through black or crossfade (also known as mix).
Other devices include:
Graphics inserters – At least one Graphics inserter, or one with several layers. This allows for Station identification/Logo/Digital on-screen graphic (Dog or Bug) insertion, and can also be used for end credits sequences, coming next graphics or programme information straps
Subtitling inserters – This can be either closed or open – i.e. in vision as a graphic for all to see, or closed either as an MPEG stream item, Closed Captioning or World System Teletext.
Audio servers – An audio playout system would provide scheduled voiceovers
Aspect Ratio Converters – These alter the picture shape or send an embedded signal to allow the material format to be displayed correctly on a particular feed (e.g. Widescreen on a standard non-widescreen Analogue terrestrial feed)
Some of these more advanced devices require information from the playlist, and so do not tend to use an RS422/232 driver, but a complex XML based system which allows for more complex metadata to be passed, e.g. a "Now" or "Next" Graphic can be created from a template using text information from the playlist.
Channel-in-a-box concept
With the "softwarization" of the various functions required to generate the channel signal in a playout system, the possibility to gather all of them into a single piece of equipment became possible. Such all-in-one video playout servers are known as channel-in-a-box systems.
Playout Centers
Playout is one of the basic infrastructure of a playout center. Mostly called as channel in a box server, but basically composed of playout servers with integrated graphics and IP or ASI output. Aim of playout centers is mostly to serve customers a simple file based television facility. Up-link and TV Channel in a box servers simply provide the facility.
Scheduling
The playout system execute a scheduled and time-accurate playlist of content to generate a linear radio or television signal (or "feed"). Within that playlist, there is the content that goes "on-air": live or recorded shows/programs, ad breaks, auto-promo clips, etc.
Workflow
A common workflow is for the broadcast automation system to have a recording schedule to ingest material from a satellite or line feed source and then time-shift that material based on a playlist or schedule.
The playout schedule will have been created in the customer's broadcast programming scheduling system and exported into a format suitable to be used in the Playout system. There is a move to SMPTE-22, known as Broadcast Exchange Format (BXF) to try to standardise the messaging involved in this interaction.
The resulting playlist is "loaded" into the appropriate channel of the broadcast automation system in advance of the transmission time. Various processes will take place to ensure the content is available on the correct servers for playout at the right time, typically this involves advance requests to move material from deep storage such as Tape Archives or FTP Clusters to Broadcast Video servers, often using FTP.
On playing out the material, the audio and video signals are usually transported from the playout area to the network via a studio/transmitter link (STL), which may be fibre backlink, microwave or satellite uplink.
Playout is often referred to as Presentation or Transmission (TX), and is under control of an automatic transmission system.
See also
Broadcast
References
Broadcast engineering
Television terminology
it:Emissione |
The 2016 King's Cup is an international football tournament that is currently being held in Thailand from 3 to 6 June 2016. The 4 national teams involved in the tournament are required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament.
Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 30 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 23 May 2016. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the tournament, including all FIFA-recognized pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament.
Thailand
The following 23 players were called up to the squad for 2016 King's Cup
United Arab Emirates
The following 23 players were called up to the squad for 2016 King's Cup
Jordan
The following players were called up for the 2016 King's Cup
Caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2016 after the game against Thailand.
Syria
Squad selected for the 2016 King's Cup.
Caps and goals as of 31 May 2016 after the match against Vietnam.
External links
King's Cup
Football in Thailand
2016 in Thai football cups
King's Cup |
Antonio Pergreffi (born 6 May 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club Modena.
Club career
On 16 July 2015, he joined Serie D club Lecco.
After one year in Lecco, on 7 July 2016 Pergreffi signed with Serie C club Piacenza. He played four seasons on Serie C for the club, he was also the team captain.
On 6 June 2020, he signed with Modena.
References
External links
2001 births
Living people
Footballers from Bergamo
Italian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Serie C players
Serie D players
AC Ponte San Pietro SSD players
Calcio Lecco 1912 players
Piacenza Calcio 1919 players
Modena FC 2018 players |
New Milford station is a former railroad station on Railroad Street in New Milford, Connecticut. Built in 1886 by the Housatonic Railroad Company, it cemented the town's importance as a regional tourist and business center. It served passenger service until 1971, and is now home to the Greater New Milford chamber of commerce. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
History
The station was built in 1886 by the Housatonic Railroad, then at the height of its operations. New Milford was also going through an economic boom, both as a center of regional tourism, and as the principal location for the processing and packing of tobacco in the Housatonic River valley. The railroad was later acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Passenger service, particularly tourist-related summer business, continued into the 1950s, but declined thereafter, and was ended in 1970. The station building, closed in the late 1960s, stood vacant for a time, but has since been rehabilitated and is now occupied by the New Milford chamber of commerce.
The station is located on the west side of New Milford's downtown business district, with Railroad Street to its east and the tracks of the Housatonic Railroad to the west. It is a long and narrow wood-frame building with a gable roof and clapboarded exterior. The street facade is regular, with windows and doors alternating, and a central projecting bay. Opposite this bay on the track side is a similar projection, which historically housed the ticketing office. The gabled roof has extended eaves, supported by large triangular brackets with decorative jigsawn woodwork on their interior. The track side eave is further extended to provide shelter over the passenger platform, with original cast iron supporting posts.
Proposed service
The Metro-North Railroad, operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), has proposed the extension of the Danbury Branch to New Milford Station along with possible electrification. There is no set timeline yet.
In September 2020, due to an increase in demand for expansion of commuter rail service to Greater Danbury and Litchfield County, the United States Department of Transportation awarded a $400,000 grant to the Western Connecticut Council of Governments to study improvements along the Danbury Branch line and develop a plan for expanding service north. This would include the construction of a North Danbury, Brookfield and New Milford station.
References
External links
New Milford, Connecticut
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1886
Transportation buildings and structures in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad stations
National Register of Historic Places in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Railroad stations in Litchfield County, Connecticut
1886 establishments in Connecticut
Former railway stations in Connecticut
Transportation in Litchfield County, Connecticut |
```jsx
/**
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
*
* along with this program. If not, see <path_to_url
*
*/
import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react'
import ToolbarButton from './ToolbarButton'
class ToolbarButtonGroup extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.state = {}
}
render() {
// Normalize to array and filter falsy children
const normalized = React.Children.toArray(this.props.children).filter(child => child)
const childCount = normalized.length
const clonedChildren = normalized.map((child, i) => {
if (!child) return
const isActive = this.props.activeIndexes[i] === true
let groupPosition
if (childCount === 1) {
groupPosition = ToolbarButton.GROUP_POSITION.NONE
} else {
switch (i) {
case 0:
groupPosition = ToolbarButton.GROUP_POSITION.LEFT
break
case childCount - 1:
groupPosition = ToolbarButton.GROUP_POSITION.RIGHT
break
default:
groupPosition = ToolbarButton.GROUP_POSITION.CENTER
break
}
}
return React.cloneElement(child, {
buttonState: isActive ? ToolbarButton.BUTTON_STATE.ACTIVE :
ToolbarButton.BUTTON_STATE.DEFAULT,
groupPosition: groupPosition,
theme: this.props.theme,
})
})
const style = Object.assign({}, {
display: 'flex',
flexDirection: 'row',
}, this.props.style)
return (
<div style={style}>
{clonedChildren}
</div>
)
}
}
ToolbarButtonGroup.THEME = ToolbarButton.THEME
ToolbarButtonGroup.propTypes = {
activeIndexes: PropTypes.array,
theme: PropTypes.number,
}
ToolbarButtonGroup.defaultProps = {
activeIndexes: [],
theme: ToolbarButtonGroup.THEME.LIGHT,
}
export default ToolbarButtonGroup
``` |
The British Library contains a wide range of fine and historic bookbindings; however, books in the Library are organised primarily by subject rather than by binding so the Library has produced a guide to enable researchers to identity bindings of interest. The collection includes the oldest intact Western bookbinding, the leather binding of the 7th century St Cuthbert Gospel.
Some gifts by, or purchases from, collectors of bindings are registered and kept together. A small number of bindings are always displayed in the Ritblat Gallery at the St Pancras site in London, and others can be examined in the reading rooms. There is also a display of the stamps and tools used for the books of George III near the entrance to the Conservation Centre.
Gallery
See also
John Jaffray (bookbinder)
Howard Nixon, scholar of bookbinding and deputy keeper, British Museum
References
Further reading
Marks, P. J. M. (2011) Beautiful Bookbindings: a thousand years of the bookbinder's art. London: British Library.
Marks, P. J. M. (1998) The British Library Guide to Bookbinding: history and techniques. London: British Library.
Marks, P.J.M, and David Grinyer. "The Trials of Going Online: The Image Database of British Library Bookbindings." New Library World, no. 9 (2002): 328–35.
Francis, Sir Frank, ed. (1971) Treasures of the British Museum. London: Thames & Hudson; pp. 318–22
External links
British Library Binding Index
Bookbinding
British Library collections |
Mutab Al-Najrani (, born 23 February 1991) is a Saudi Arabian football player who plays for Al-Washm as a forward.
External links
Living people
1991 births
Men's association football forwards
Saudi Arabian men's footballers
Najran SC players
Al Qadsiah FC players
Al-Khaleej FC players
Al-Fayha FC players
Al-Kawkab FC players
Al-Ansar FC (Medina) players
Al-Okhdood Club players
Al-Washm Club players
Saudi Pro League players
Saudi First Division League players
Saudi Second Division players
Place of birth missing (living people) |
Improv for the People (IFTP) is an improvisational theatre studio based in Los Angeles, California. Matthew Moore founded IFTP in 2009. Before Moore founded Improv for the People, he studied improvational theatre and comedy in Los Angeles. IFTP moved to their current location in Culver City in 2012. IFTP offers courses ranging from advanced improv to beginners seeking to improve their communication skills and confidence through Improv. Moore also leads corporate workshops through Improv for the People. Galyn Görg studied at Improv for the People.
See also
List of improvisational theatre companies
List of improvisational theater festivals
References
External links
Improv for the People with Matthew Moore via YouTube
Improvisational theatre
Theatre companies in Los Angeles
Companies based in Culver City, California |
Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English-American actor. He gained international fame by playing the fictional secret agent James Bond for five installments in the film series, from Casino Royale (2006) up to No Time to Die (2021).
After training at the National Youth Theatre in London and graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1991, Craig began his career on stage. He began acting with the drama The Power of One (1992), and had his breakthrough role in the drama serial Our Friends in the North (1996). He gained prominence for his supporting roles in films such as Elizabeth (1998), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Road to Perdition (2002), Layer Cake (2004), and Munich (2005).
In 2006, Craig played Bond in Casino Royale, a reboot of the Bond franchise which was favourably received by critics and earned Craig a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. His non-Bond appearances since then include roles in the fantasy film The Golden Compass (2007), the drama Defiance (2008), the science fiction Western Cowboys & Aliens (2011), the mystery thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and the heist film Logan Lucky (2017). For his performance as Detective Benoit Blanc in the comedy mystery films Knives Out (2019) and Glass Onion (2022), he received two Golden Globe Award nominations.
In 2011, Craig made his Broadway debut in the revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal opposite his wife, the actress Rachel Weisz. In 2016, he starred in the New York Theatre Workshop production of Othello as Iago. In 2022, he returned to Broadway in the title role of Macbeth with Ruth Negga.
Early life
Daniel Wroughton Craig was born in Chester, Cheshire on 2 March 1968, the son of an art teacher, Carol Olivia (née Williams), and Timothy John Wroughton Craig, a midshipman in the Merchant Navy and steel erector. His father later became the landlord of two Cheshire pubs: the Ring o' Bells in Frodsham and the Boot Inn in Tarporley. Craig has an older sister named Lea (born 1965). He is of part Welsh and distant French descent, counting the French Huguenot minister Daniel Chamier and Sir William Burnaby, 1st Baronet among his ancestors. His middle name, Wroughton, comes from his great-great-grandmother, Grace Matilda Wroughton.
When Craig's parents divorced in 1972, he and his sister moved to the Wirral Peninsula with their mother, where he attended primary school in Hoylake as well as school in Frodsham. He attended Hilbre High School in West Kirby. Upon leaving there at the age of 16, he attended Calday Grange Grammar School as a sixth form student. He played rugby union for Hoylake RFC.
Craig began acting in school plays at the age of six, making his debut in the Frodsham Primary School production of Oliver! He became interested in serious acting by attending Liverpool's Everyman Theatre with his mother. At the age of 14 in 1982, he played roles in Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella at Hilbre High School. In 1984, he was accepted into the National Youth Theatre and moved to London, where he worked part-time in restaurants to finance his education. His parents watched his stage debut as Agamemnon in Troilus And Cressida. He performed with the National Youth Theatre on tours to Valencia and Moscow under the leadership of director Edward Wilson. He entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1988, and graduated in 1991 after a three-year course under the tutelage of Colin McCormack, an actor from the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Career
1992–2005: Early roles and breakthrough
Craig appeared in his first screen role in 1992, playing an Afrikaner in The Power of One. Having played minor roles in the miniseries Anglo-Saxon Attitudes and the shows Covington Cross and Boon, he appeared in November 1993 as Joe in the Royal National Theatre's production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America. Also in 1993, Craig was featured in two episodes of the American television shows Zorro and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and British shows Heartbeat, in which he played Peter Begg; Between the Lines; Drop the Dead Donkey and Sharpe's Eagle. In 1994, Craig appeared in The Rover, a filmed stage production and Les Grandes Horizontales, a stage production at the National Theatre Studio, where he first met Rachel Weisz, who would become his second wife. Craig was featured in the poorly received Disney film A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995). In 1996, Craig starred in the BBC drama serial Our Friends in the North as the troubled George 'Geordie' Peacock. Appearing alongside Christopher Eccleston, Gina McKee and Mark Strong, Craig's part in the series is considered his breakthrough role.
In the same year, Craig guest-starred in an episode of the HBO horror anthology series Tales from the Crypt and was featured in the BBC television film Saint-Ex. Craig gave a lead performance in the Franco-German drama Obsession in 1997, about a love triangle between Craig's character and a couple. The same year, he played a leading role in Hurlyburly, a play performed in the West End at the Old Vic.
Craig appeared in three films in 1998: the independent drama Love and Rage, the biographical drama Elizabeth, in which he played Jesuit priest John Ballard, who was executed for being involved in the Babington Plot, an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the BBC television film Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998), in which Craig played small-time thief George Dyer who becomes the lover and muse of painter Francis Bacon, who was portrayed by Derek Jacobi. The following year, Craig starred in a television drama called Shockers: The Visitor and as Sergeant Telford Winter in the independent war film The Trench, which takes place in the confines of the trenches in the First World War during the 48 hours leading up to the Battle of the Somme.
Craig played a schizophrenic man who falls in love with a woman (played by Kelly Macdonald) after being discharged from psychiatric hospital in the drama Some Voices (2000). Also in 2000, Craig co-starred alongside Toni Collette in the dark comedy Hotel Splendide and was featured in I Dreamed of Africa, based on the life of Kuki Gallmann (played by Kim Basinger). Craig played the love interest of Angelina Jolie's character Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), based on the video game series Tomb Raider. He later admitted to having taken on the role in the poorly-reviewed yet commercially successful film only for the money. In 2001, Craig also starred in the four-part Channel 4 drama Sword of Honour, based on the trilogy of novels of the same. Craig appeared in the anthology film Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002), starring in the segment "Addicted to the Stars", directed by Michael Radford.
His second release of 2002 was Sam Mendes' crime film Road to Perdition with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, in which he played Irish mobster Connor Rooney, the son of the crime organisation's boss. Craig then portrayed German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg in the BBC television drama Copenhagen (2002), which depicts Heisenberg's involvement in the German nuclear weapon project during World War II. On stage, Craig starred opposite Michael Gambon in the original production of Caryl Churchill's play A Number from September to November 2002 at the Royal Court Theatre. Craig received a London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor nomination for his role as a man who is cloned twice by his father. The next year, he starred as poet Ted Hughes opposite Gwyneth Paltrow as Sylvia Plath in the biographical film Sylvia (2003), which depicts the romance between the two poets. In the same year, he appeared in The Mother as a man who engages in an affair with the much older mother (played by Anne Reid) of his lover and best friend.
The crime thriller Layer Cake, directed by Matthew Vaughn, starred Craig as an unnamed London-based cocaine supplier known only as "XXXX" in the film's credits. Kevin Crust, writing for the Los Angeles Times, praised Craig's "stunningly suave performance", while Roger Ebert thought he was "fascinating" in the film. Craig next starred as a man who is stalked by a stranger (played by Rhys Ifans) after they witness a deadly accident together in Enduring Love (2004).
Craig appeared in three theatrical films in 2005, all of which were supporting roles. His first release of the year, was the thriller The Jacket starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley. He then made a brief appearance in the Hungarian film Fateless as a United States Army Sergeant who takes a liking to a teenage boy who survives life in concentration camps. Craig's third and final role of the year was in Munich, directed by Steven Spielberg, as a South African driver who is a part of a covert Israeli government assassination mission against 11 Palestinians allegedly involved in the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Also in 2005, Craig starred in the BBC television film Archangel – based on Robert Harris' novel – as an English academic who stumbles upon a notebook believed to have belonged to Joseph Stalin.
2006–2021: James Bond and worldwide recognition
In 2005, Craig was contacted by Eon Productions to portray James Bond. Initially, he was unsure about the role and was resistant to the producers' overtures. "There was a period of trying to woo him" longtime Bond co-producer Barbara Broccoli later commented in 2012. During this period, he sought advice from colleagues and friends, of whom "most of us said to him...'there is life after Bond'.". He stated he "was aware of the challenges" of the Bond franchise, which he considered "a big machine that makes a lot of money". He aimed at bringing more "emotional depth" to the character. Born in 1968, Craig is the first actor to portray James Bond to have been born after the Bond series started and after the death of Ian Fleming, the novels' writer.
Craig's casting as Bond caused some controversy due to his physical appearance. Some fans considered the blond-haired, 5-foot-10-inch (1.78-metre) tall Craig to not fit the image of the taller, dark-haired Bond portrayed by the previous actors. Throughout the entire production period, Internet campaigns expressed their dissatisfaction and threatened to boycott the film in protest. Although the choice of Craig was controversial, numerous actors publicly voiced their support. Most notably four of the five actors who had previously portrayed Bond – Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan and Timothy Dalton – called his casting a good decision. Connery notably shared his thoughts on Craig's casting as Bond in 2008, describing him as "fantastic, marvelous in the part". The other actor to have previously played Bond, George Lazenby, has since voiced his approval of Craig, as well. Clive Owen, who had been linked to the role, also spoke in defence of Craig.
The first film, Casino Royale, premiered on 14 November 2006, and grossed US$594,239,066 worldwide, which made it the highest-grossing Bond film until the release of Skyfall. After the film was released, Craig's performance garnered critical acclaim. Craig lent his voice and likeness as James Bond for both the Wii game GoldenEye 007, an enhanced remake of the 1997 game for the Nintendo 64, and James Bond 007: Blood Stone. In addition to Casino Royale, Craig also appeared in two more films in 2006: the drama Infamous as mass murderer Perry Edward Smith and as the voice of the lead character in the English-language version of the French animated film Renaissance. In 2006, Craig was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Craig starred opposite Nicole Kidman in the science fiction horror film The Invasion in 2007, the fourth film adaptation of the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, which was met with a negative reception. He portrayed Lord Asriel in The Golden Compass, the 2007 film adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel. In March 2007, Craig made a cameo appearance as himself in a sketch with Catherine Tate who appeared in the guise of her character Elaine Figgis from The Catherine Tate Show. The sketch was made for the BBC Red Nose Day 2007 fundraising programme. In 2008, in addition to Quantum of Solace and its accompanying video game, Craig starred in the drama Flashbacks of a Fool alongside Emilia Fox, as a washed-up Hollywood actor who reflects on his life; although the film was received negatively, Craig's performance was praised. In his final release of 2008, the war film Defiance, Craig starred as Tuvia Bielski, the leader of the Bielski partisans, fighting in the forests of Belarus during World War II, saving 1,200 people.
He co-starred with Hugh Jackman in a limited engagement of the drama A Steady Rain, on Broadway, which played in autumn 2009 at the Schoenfeld Theatre, for which he gained positive reviews. In August 2010, Craig starred as crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist in David Fincher's 2011 adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The next year, he took up a leading role in Dream House, a psychological thriller directed by Jim Sheridan and co-starring Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts and Marton Csokas. It garnered mostly negative reviews and low box office results. Craig then co-starred with Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde in Cowboys & Aliens, an American science fiction Western film, based on Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's 2006 graphic novel of the same name. The same year, Craig provided his voice to Steven Spielberg's animated film The Adventures of Tintin in 2011, playing the villainous pirate Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine and his ancestor Red Rackham in a dual role.
The planned 19 April 2010 release of Craig's third Bond film was delayed, because of financial troubles; the film, titled Skyfall, was eventually released on 23 October 2012. The same year, he appeared as James Bond in the short film Happy and Glorious, in which he escorted Queen Elizabeth II to the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. He and his wife Weisz starred in a Broadway play titled Betrayal, which ran from October 2013 to January 2014. Despite mixed reviews, it grossed $17.5 million, becoming the second highest earning Broadway play of 2013. Craig's fourth Bond film, Spectre, began filming in December 2014 and was released on 26 October 2015. His first four Bond films have grossed $3.5 billion globally, after adjusting for inflation.
Prior to the inaugural Invictus Games held in London in September 2014, Craig, along with other entertainers and athletes, read the poem "Invictus" in a promotional video. He made an uncredited cameo appearance as a stormtrooper in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Craig appeared in a modern production of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello at the Off-Broadway New York Theatre Workshop throughout late 2016 and early 2017. The production starred David Oyelowo as the titular character and Craig as the main antagonist, Iago. Diane Snyder of The Daily Telegraph praised his "chilling" portrayal of Iago in the play.
In 2017, Craig co-starred in Steven Soderbergh's comedy Logan Lucky, about two brothers who pull off a heist during a NASCAR race. Craig starred alongside Halle Berry in the drama Kings set during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The film premiered in September 2017 and was distributed by the Orchard the following year. In 2019, Craig starred in Rian Johnson's black comedy murder-mystery Knives Out as Benoit Blanc, a detective investigating the sudden death of a family patriarch. It premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and was theatrically released that November. Knives Out earned critical praise and found success at the box office.
After experiencing delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Craig's fifth Bond film, No Time to Die, was released in September 2021, receiving favourable reviews. Craig says No Time to Die was his last film as James Bond. Two days before the film's release in the US, Craig was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame which is located at 7007 Hollywood Boulevard (a reference to Bond's code number "007"), and next to the star of fellow Bond actor Roger Moore.
2022–present: Post-Bond work
In 2022, Craig starred in a contemporary revival of Macbeth opposite Ruth Negga on Broadway. Variety described his performance writing "Craig has some strong moments but does not capture the transformation of Macbeth into a power-hungry tyrant." The Guardian Alexis Soloski rated the production 3/5, stating, "...Craig's burly Macbeth, clad handsomely in Suttirat Larlab's modern dress costumes, is every inch a man of action and a soldier, even in a silky bathrobe, entirely convincing in motion, less persuasive when zipping through Macbeth's equivocations."
Craig also starred in Glass Onion, a sequel to Knives Out. He has reportedly signed on for a third film, with Rian Johnson to direct again.
Charity and humanitarian work
In 2007, Craig and British Prime Minister Tony Blair took part in the United Kingdom's Comic Relief charity fundraiser, ultimately raising more than USD $90 million. Craig made a cameo appearance as himself in a sketch with Catherine Tate who appeared in the guise of her character Elaine Figgis from The Catherine Tate Show, for the BBC Red Nose Day 2007 fundraising programme. Craig participated in the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fundraising 8 December 2009, raising $1,549,953 in the 21st annual Gypsy of the Year competition, from six weeks of curtain appeals at their hit Broadway drama, A Steady Rain. Craig starred in 2011 in a short film narrated by Judi Dench, which was produced for International Woman's Day. The next year, Craig worked with Orbis International in Mongolia to raise support and awareness of the Orbis medical team and their Flying Eye Hospital.
He is involved with multiple charities including S.A.F.E. Kenya, which uses street theatre to address social issues. He is also involved with the Opportunity Network, which provides access to education for low-income students in New York. In 2011, he collaborated with Dame Judi Dench to highlight gender inequality for International Women's Day. In August 2014, he added his name to a letter to British broadcasters calling for better representation of ethnic minorities. In 2015, Craig appeared in the film Comic Relief: Behind the Bond for the BBC Red Nose Day 2015 fundraising programme.
In April 2015, the United Nations appointed Craig the first global advocate for the elimination of mines and explosive hazards. The role involves raising awareness for the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), and political and financial support for the cause. Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Craig: "You have been given a licence to kill, I'm now giving you a licence to save." In 2019, Craig appeared in a video with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and launched the UNMAS Safe Ground campaign to turn minefields into playing fields.
Politics
In 2012, Craig expressed a dislike and distrust for politics and politicians in general, being quoted as saying "Politicians are shitheads. That's how they become politicians, even the good ones. We're actors, we're artists, we're very nice to each other. They'll turn around and stab you in the fucking back". He has been particularly scathing about Tony Blair, going as far as comparing Blair's penchant for befriending celebrities to the book Mephisto. He also expressed a reluctance to involve himself with politicians, arguing that by doing so "you immediately are aligning yourself with a political party."
Craig supported Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 US presidential elections. He was outspoken about his opposition to Brexit before the 2016 EU membership referendum. In 2016, he was pictured wearing a "Vote Remain" t-shirt which was adorned with the words, "No man is an island. No country by itself."
Personal life
In 1992, Craig married actress Fiona Loudon; they had a daughter before divorcing in 1994. He later began a relationship with German actress Heike Makatsch, which lasted for seven years. He subsequently dated film producer Satsuki Mitchell.
Craig and actress Rachel Weisz had known each other since working together on Les Grandes Horizontales (1994). They began dating in December 2010, and were married in a private ceremony in New York City on 22 June 2011 with only four guests in attendance, including Craig's daughter and Weisz's son. It was reported on 1 September 2018 that their first child together, a daughter, had been born.
In January 2018, Craig purchased a house in Brooklyn, New York, for an amount in excess of $6 million. He is an avid fan of Liverpool F.C., and is also a fan of rugby, having travelled to Australia in 2013 to watch the British and Irish Lions tour.
In 2019, Craig announced he had obtained American citizenship.
Craig was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to film and theatre.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Video games
Commercials
Awards and nominations
See also
Outline of James Bond
References
Further reading
External links
Daniel Craig at GQ Magazine
Detailed biography from Tiscali Film & TV
Official James Bond 007 Website
1968 births
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
20th-century English male actors
21st-century English male actors
Actors from Chester
Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Audiobook narrators
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
English agnostics
English feminists
English male film actors
English male models
English male radio actors
English male stage actors
English male television actors
English male video game actors
English male voice actors
English people of French descent
English people of Welsh descent
Living people
Male actors from Cheshire
Male feminists
National Youth Theatre members
People educated at Calday Grange Grammar School
People from the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Royal Navy officers |
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Take Me to the Land of Hell is the 2013 album by Yoko Ono's band Plastic Ono Band. It is her fifteenth solo album overall and Ono's third since reforming the Plastic Ono Band in 2009 with her son Sean Lennon. It features guests Yuka C Honda, Keigo "Cornelius" Oyamada, Hirotaka "Shimmy" Shimizu, Yuko Araki, Nels Cline, Tune-Yards, Questlove, Ad-Rock & Mike D, Michael Leonhart, Bill Dobrow, Jared Samuel, Shahzad Ismaily, Lenny Kravitz, Andrew Wyatt, Erik Friedlander, Lois Martin, Joyce Hammann, Thomas Bartlett, Douglas Wieselman, Julian Lage, Toyoaki Mishima, Toru Takayama, Christopher Sean Powell, Christopher Allen, Andre Kellman, Michael H. Brauer, Bob Ludwig, Kevin Harper, Mark Bengston, Geoff Thorpe and Greg Kadel.
Background
The album was produced by Sean Lennon. Throughout the fall of 2012 he posted on social media about recording the album with Cline, Lage, Cornelius, tUnE-yArDs and Kravitz. In early 2013 Lennon announced the album was ready to be mixed, and that it would be released that year to tie in with Ono's 80th birthday. In June 2013 the lead single "Moonbeams" was released as a free download for pre-order customers. Every Monday an additional new track was streamed for free starting in August, leading up to its 17 September 2013 release.
Reception
British newspaper The Sunday Times gave a positive review of the album, stating that over her career Yoko has "ruthlessly [pursued] her own vision" and on this album "no one outshines Yoko" from the guest list. The paper additionally noted the "stunning chorus" of "7th Floor" and felt that Yoko was a "pretty balladeer" on "There's No Goodbye Between Us".
Track listing
Personnel
Yoko Ono – vocals (all tracks except 13)
Sean Ono Lennon – acoustic guitar (8), bass (1, 2, 6, 7, 14), conductor (11), drum machine (5), drum programming (1), electric guitar (2, 3), guitar (1, 9, 14), kalimba (5), keyboards (14), percussion (8, 12, 14), piano (3, 6, 9, 10), shakers (5), sound design (14), synthesizer (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), vocals (6)
Adam Horowitz – additional beats, programming and "other curve balls" (4)
Andrew Wyatt – Rhodes (8)
Bill Dubrow – drums (11), percussion (1, 7, 11)
Christopher Sean Powell – percussion (1)
Erik Friedlander – cello (9, 10), string arrangement (10)
Hirotaka "Shimmy" Shimizu – electric guitar (1, 6, 7, 8, 12), guitars (14)
Jared Samuel – B3 (7, 8), percussion (8), synthesizer (7)
Joyce Hammann – violin (10)
Julian Lage – acoustic guitar (11)
Keigo Oyamada – bass (12), electric guitar (7, 12), iPad (14), Kaoss synthesizer (1), synthesizer (12)
Kevin Harper – bottle (3)
Lenny Kravitz – drums (2), Clavinet (2)
Lois Martin – viola (10)
Merrill Garbus – bottle (3), drums (3, 5), percussion (3, 5), Rhodes (5), voice (3, 5)
Michael Leonhart – Mellophones (6), percussion (8)
Mike D – additional beats, programming and "other curve balls" (4)
Nate Brenner – bass (3, 5), bottle (3), percussion (3), voice (5)
Nels Cline – electric guitar (1, 6, 7, 8), guitars (14), lap steel (8), loops (6), percussion (8)
Questlove – drums (7)
Shahzad Ismaily – acoustic guitar (8), bass (8), guitar (14), percussion (8), sound design (14)
Thomas Bartlett – piano (11)
Toyoaki Mishima – manipulator (12)
Yuka C. Honda – BW piano loops (6), keyboards (8, 14), Rhodes (1, 6), sampler (1, 5), sound design (14), synthesizer (5, 6), additional drum programming (14)
Yuko Araki – drums (1, 6, 8, 12, 14), percussion (12, 14), synthesizer (3)
"Bad Dancer" remixed by Adam Horowitz and Mike D
"Shine, Shine" remixed by Cornelius
Technical personnel
Recorded at Sear Sound by Christopher Allen
Mixed by Michael H. Brauer for MHB Prods
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering
Kevin Harper – Assistant Engineer
Mark Bengston – Pro Tools Engineer and Assistant
Geoff Thorpe – Art Director
Greg Kadel – Cover Photography
Sean Ono Lennon – Studio Photos
Yoko Ono – Drawings
Andre Kellman – Mix Engineer at Oscilloscope Laboratories (4)
Toru Takayama – Additional Engineer (12)
Release history
References
External links
Yoko Ono albums
2013 albums
Plastic Ono Band albums |
The Coalition for the Defense of Sharia, which is also known as the Get United Coalition, and the Islamic Sharia Application Coalition is an Islamist political alliance in Egypt designed to ensure the development of a constitution that is compatible with Sharia. The coalition reportedly includes 30 political parties and movements altogether. Another article by the Egypt Independent states that there are 13 parties and groups involved.
Affiliated parties
Freedom and Justice Party
Al-Nour Party
Islamic Party
Building and Development Party
Authenticity Party
People Party
Independent Azharite conservative front
Azhar Scholars Front
Egyptian Reform Party
References
Islamism in Egypt
2012 establishments in Egypt
Political party alliances in Egypt |
Quantum Monte Carlo encompasses a large family of computational methods whose common aim is the study of complex quantum systems. One of the major goals of these approaches is to provide a reliable solution (or an accurate approximation) of the quantum many-body problem. The diverse flavors of quantum Monte Carlo approaches all share the common use of the Monte Carlo method to handle the multi-dimensional integrals that arise in the different formulations of the many-body problem.
Quantum Monte Carlo methods allow for a direct treatment and description of complex many-body effects encoded in the wave function, going beyond mean-field theory. In particular, there exist numerically exact and polynomially-scaling algorithms to exactly study static properties of boson systems without geometrical frustration. For fermions, there exist very good approximations to their static properties and numerically exact exponentially scaling quantum Monte Carlo algorithms, but none that are both.
Background
In principle, any physical system can be described by the many-body Schrödinger equation as long as the constituent particles are not moving "too" fast; that is, they are not moving at a speed comparable to that of light, and relativistic effects can be neglected. This is true for a wide range of electronic problems in condensed matter physics, in Bose–Einstein condensates and superfluids such as liquid helium. The ability to solve the Schrödinger equation for a given system allows prediction of its behavior, with important applications ranging from materials science to complex biological systems.
The difficulty is however that solving the Schrödinger equation requires the knowledge of the many-body wave function in the many-body Hilbert space, which typically has an exponentially large size in the number of particles. Its solution for a reasonably large number of particles is therefore typically impossible, even for modern parallel computing technology in a reasonable amount of time. Traditionally, approximations for the many-body wave function as an antisymmetric function of one-body orbitals have been used, in order to have a manageable treatment of the Schrödinger equation. However, this kind of formulation has several drawbacks, either limiting the effect of quantum many-body correlations, as in the case of the Hartree–Fock (HF) approximation, or converging very slowly, as in configuration interaction applications in quantum chemistry.
Quantum Monte Carlo is a way to directly study the many-body problem and the many-body wave function beyond these approximations. The most advanced quantum Monte Carlo approaches provide an exact solution to the many-body problem for non-frustrated interacting boson systems, while providing an approximate description of interacting fermion systems. Most methods aim at computing the ground state wavefunction of the system, with the exception of path integral Monte Carlo and finite-temperature auxiliary-field Monte Carlo, which calculate the density matrix. In addition to static properties, the time-dependent Schrödinger equation can also be solved, albeit only approximately, restricting the functional form of the time-evolved wave function, as done in the time-dependent variational Monte Carlo.
From a probabilistic point of view, the computation of the top eigenvalues and the corresponding ground state eigenfunctions associated with the Schrödinger equation relies on the numerical solving of Feynman–Kac path integration problems.
Quantum Monte Carlo methods
There are several quantum Monte Carlo methods, each of which uses Monte Carlo in different ways to solve the many-body problem.
Zero-temperature (only ground state)
Variational Monte Carlo: A good place to start; it is commonly used in many sorts of quantum problems.
Diffusion Monte Carlo: The most common high-accuracy method for electrons (that is, chemical problems), since it comes quite close to the exact ground-state energy fairly efficiently. Also used for simulating the quantum behavior of atoms, etc.
Reptation Monte Carlo: Recent zero-temperature method related to path integral Monte Carlo, with applications similar to diffusion Monte Carlo but with some different tradeoffs.
Gaussian quantum Monte Carlo
Path integral ground state: Mainly used for boson systems; for those it allows calculation of physical observables exactly, i.e. with arbitrary accuracy
Finite-temperature (thermodynamic)
Auxiliary-field Monte Carlo: Usually applied to lattice problems, although there has been recent work on applying it to electrons in chemical systems.
Continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo
Determinant quantum Monte Carlo or Hirsch–Fye quantum Monte Carlo
Hybrid quantum Monte Carlo
Path integral Monte Carlo: Finite-temperature technique mostly applied to bosons where temperature is very important, especially superfluid helium.
Stochastic Green function algorithm: An algorithm designed for bosons that can simulate any complicated lattice Hamiltonian that does not have a sign problem.
World-line quantum Monte Carlo
Real-time dynamics (closed quantum systems)
Time-dependent variational Monte Carlo: An extension of the variational Monte Carlo to study the dynamics of pure quantum states.
See also
Monte Carlo method
QMC@Home
Quantum chemistry
Quantum Markov chain
Density matrix renormalization group
Time-evolving block decimation
Metropolis–Hastings algorithm
Wavefunction optimization
Monte Carlo molecular modeling
Quantum chemistry computer programs
Numerical analytic continuation
Notes
References
External links
QMC in Cambridge and around the world Large amount of general information about QMC with links.
Quantum Monte Carlo simulator (Qwalk)
Quantum chemistry
Electronic structure methods |
Tarkanovo () is a rural locality (a village) in Nifantovskoye Rural Settlement, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 35 as of 2002. There are 3 streets.
Geography
Tarkanovo is located 8 km west of Sheksna (the district's administrative centre) by road. Kochino is the nearest rural locality.
References
Rural localities in Sheksninsky District |
Negresco is a Brazilian sandwich cookie brand created by Nestlé, originally being sold by its now defunct subsidiary Biscoitos São Luiz in 1987. The product was created as a competitor to the Oreo brand, consisting of two chocolate biscuits with a filling usually in vanilla flavor. After the end of São Luiz in 2002, the cookies began to be sold under the Nestlé label. It came onto the Brazilian market and is still only sold there as Biscoitos Recheados (double biscuits) and Biscoitos Wafer (wafer biscuits).
In addition to the sandwich cookies, the brand has also been sold in the form of wafers and ice cream.
Flavors
Negresco is mostly sold in vanilla flavor for the cream and chocolate for the biscuits. However, there are also other flavors for the cream such as chocolate (being sold under the name Eclipse) and strawberry (under the name Sorvete de Morango, lit. "Strawberry Ice Cream").
References
Sandwich cookies
Brazilian brands
Products introduced in 1987
Nestlé brands |
Victoria Park (known colloquially as Vicky Park or the People's Park) is a park in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England.
It is the largest park in Tower Hamlets and one of London's most visited green spaces with approximately 9 million visitors every year. The park spans of open space and opened to the public in 1845.
Park
Facilities
There are two cafes in the park, The Pavilion Cafe in the west and The Hub in the east. There are two playgrounds, one on either side of the park, as well as sporting facilities and a skatepark in the east. The park is home to many historic artifacts and features and has decorative gardens and wilder natural areas as well as open grass lands. It also hosts a lawn bowls club.
Victoria Park is used as a concert venue and hosts many festivals each year. The park is approximately a mile away from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Owing to its proximity to the Olympic park, it became a venue for the BT London Live event along with Hyde Park during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The park underwent a £12 million refurbishment in 2011 and 2012, and many of the park's old features have been reinstated or repaired. It has won the Green Flag People's Choice Award for the most popular public green space in 2012, 2014 and 2015, the only park in the UK to have won the award three times.
The park is Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
History
Origins
A mass petition to the Queen, in support of a recommendation by epidemiologist William Farr, led to the creation of the park. The Crown Estate purchased which were laid out by notable London planner and architect Sir James Pennethorne between 1842 and 1846. A part of the area was known as Bonner Fields, after Bishop Bonner, the last lord of the manor of Stepney. Bonner's Hall, also known as Bonner's Palace, served as a residence of the Bishops of London, and was pulled down in 1845 to make way for Victoria Park. The land had originally been parkland, associated with the Bishop's Palace, but by the mid-1800s had been spoiled by the extraction of gravel, and clay for bricks.
The park was opened to the public in 1845. It is reminiscent of Regent's Park, having been designed by Pennethorne's teacher John Nash, and is considered by some as the finest park in the East End. It is bounded on two sides by canals: the Regent's Canal lies to the west, while its branch, once known as the Hertford Union Canal, runs along the southern edge of the park. There is a gate named after Edmund Bonner, and guarding the main entrance at Sewardstone Road are replica statues of the Dogs of Alcibiades, the originals of which stood here from 1912 to 2009 until vandalism led to their being removed, restored and rehoused elsewhere in the park.
Two pedestrian alcoves are located at the east end of the park near the Hackney Wick war memorial where they were placed in 1860. They are surviving fragments of the old London Bridge, demolished in 1831, and were part of the 1760 refurbishment of the 600-year-old bridge, by Sir Robert Taylor and George Dance the Younger. They provided protection for pedestrians on the narrow carriageway. The insignia of Bridge House Estates can be seen inside these alcoves, which have been Grade II listed since 1951.
The Lido opened in 1936 and reopened in 1952 following damage during the Second World War; it was closed in 1986 and demolished in 1990.
The People's Park
In the latter half of the 19th Century, Victoria Park became an essential amenity for the working classes of the East End. For some East End children in the 1880s, this may have been the only large stretch of uninterrupted greenery they ever encountered. Facilities like the Bathing Pond (picture right) —later superseded by the park lido—would have introduced many to swimming in an era when many public baths (like that at Shacklewell) were still simply communal washing facilities.
Victoria Park's reputation as the 'People's Park' grew as it became a centre for political meetings and rallies, perhaps exceeding in importance than the more well-known Hyde Park in this regard. The park occupies much of the space between Tower Hamlets — experiencing poverty in the 19th century and with a tradition of socialist and revolutionary agitation — and Hackney, more genteel, but heir to a legacy of religious dissent and non-conformism that led to its own brand of reformism. So there was a lot of activity at Speaker's Corners.
Although any one could set up their own soapbox, the biggest crowds were usually drawn to 'star' socialist speakers such as William Morris and Annie Besant.
This description by J. H. Rosney, correspondent for Harper's Magazine (February 1888) evokes a scene:
The tradition of public speaking in the park continued until well after the Second World War, and was still later reflected in politically oriented rock concerts, such as those held by Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League in the 1970s and 1980s. And it is still not uncommon for marches or demonstrations to begin or end in Victoria Park.
On 26 June 2014, a campaign to revive the Speakers' Corner at Victoria Park was launched at a democratic theatre event held in Shoreditch Town Hall. Hosted by The People Speak, a participatory campaign and events group, 66 audience members deliberated over how to use the pooled cash revenue from their tickets, and eventually voted to recreate the well-known tradition of free speech and debate in Hyde Park in East London's Victoria Park. The campaign was to formally launch in July 2014.
Second World War
During the Second World War, Victoria Park was largely closed to the public and effectively became one huge Ack-Ack (anti-aircraft) site. The gun emplacements conveniently straddled the path of German Luftwaffe bombers looping north west after attacking the docks and warehouses further south in what is now Tower Hamlets, and so the park was of some strategic importance.
Prisoner of war camps were erected along the north eastern edge parallel to Victoria Park Road and were used to house both Germans and Italians. An air raid shelter was built underground just inside St Marks Gate. On 15 October 1940 a bomb made a direct hit, trapping around a hundred inside and killing fifteen. Much of the park was taken to be used as part of the war effort, which much of the earth being used for allotments, military stations and barrage balloon sites, even the park railings were melted down to be re-used.
More controversially, anti-aircraft activity in the park has been implicated in the crowd panic that caused the Bethnal Green tube disaster of 1943. Some eyewitness accounts have led to the suggestion that, after several air raid alerts, the panic run for shelter was caused by a gigantic explosion of noise from the direction of the park. A BBC documentary on the event suggests that this was due to the first firing of the new Z-Battery anti-aircraft rockets. The UK Ministry of Defence, however, disputes this account.
The war destroyed many of the park's beautiful early features: three lodges including the Bonner Lodge were completely reduced to rubble, the palm house was shattered, St Augustine's Church collapsed in on itself and the pagoda, moorish shelter and lido were all damaged. With finances tight after the war ended, most were torn down rather than repaired.
Modern
In 1986 the Greater London Council transferred responsibility for the park to the London borough of Tower Hamlets and the London Borough of Hackney, through a joint management board. Since 1994 Tower Hamlets has run the park alone.
In recent times, Victoria Park became noted for its open-air music festivals, often linked with a political cause. In 1978, Rock Against Racism organised a protest event against growth of far-right organisations such as the National Front. The concert was played by The Clash, Steel Pulse, X-Ray Spex, The Ruts, Sham 69, Generation X, and the Tom Robinson Band. The 1980 rock docudrama Rude Boy features The Clash playing at an Anti-Nazi League event in the park. London International Festival of Theatre presented pyrotechnics company Group F in 2001 and again in 2004, led by acclaimed pyrotechnician Christophe Berthonneau. In 2006 through to 2010, Paradise Gardens, a free community festival, produced by Remarkable Productions working in partnership with Tower Hamlets Council's Arts and Events department, re-imagined Victorian pleasure gardens for the modern era, before moving in 2012 to London Pleasure Gardens in Newham. Radiohead played two concerts in the park on 24–25 June 2008. Madness celebrated their 30th year with a fifth Madstock festival there on 17 July 2009. The park has also become very popular amongst dance music's biggest names; Dutch DJ Tiësto played at Victoria Park in 2009 and again in 2010.
On 24–25 July 2010, Victoria Park was the site of the first High Voltage Festival. Victoria Park has also hosted Field Day, The Apple Cart, Underage Festival, Lovebox Festival, and All Points East.
For children, Victoria Park is host to: a One O'Clock Club for under-fives and a programme of summer activities and a children's play park including a paddling pool that runs from 1-5pm in the summer months.
The oldest model boat club in the world, the Victoria Model Steam Boat Club, founded in the Park on 15 July 1904, is still active today and holds up to 17 of their Sunday regattas a year. The VMSB Club runs straight-running boats just as they did 100 years ago but have also progressed to radio controlled boats and hydroplanes. The first Regatta is traditionally held on Easter Sunday and the Steam Regatta is always held on the first Sunday in July.
The Park is also the home of Tower Hamlets Football Club and Victoria Park United Football club, Tower Hamlets Cricket Club, Victoria Park Harriers & Tower Hamlets Athletics Club, which has its headquarters at St. Augustine's Hall located at the north-east corner of the Park. The Club celebrated its 80th Anniversary in 2006.
During the summer cricket is played every evening on the park's three all-weather wickets, organised by the Victoria Park Community Cricket League. The park also has a popular three-lane cricket net, free to use at all times. It was refurbished to a high standard at the end of 2005, paid for by a grant from the England and Wales Cricket Board.
The park is open daily from 7:00am to dusk.
In 2010 the National Lottery Big Lottery Fund awarded the London Borough of Tower Hamlets a £4.5 million grant towards a £12 million programme of major improvements to Victoria Park. Plans included a new building, the Eastern Hub, comprising a cafe, public toilets, community rooms and adult play facilities to promote healthy living.
The landscape has been restored in many places, and the Old English gardens restored to include new water features. In 1842 a pagoda was put in London's Hyde Park as an entrance to its Chinese Exhibition, and when the exhibition finished it was moved to Victoria Park's island in the west boating lake for ornamental purposes. The original architect for the park, Pennethorne, designed a bridge to the island that matched the style of the pagoda; this was never built, however, and during WW2 the pagoda suffered much damage.
The pagoda was eventually demolished in the 1950s and all but forgotten, while the water surrounding the island was filled in, shrinking the lake and making what was the island part of the park landscape. With the park's refurbishments that began in 2010 it was decided to restore the island to its former glory; the lake was extended back around the original area, the pagoda was replicated through the use of many photographs and eye-witness information and then, to complete Pennethorne's unfinished vision, the plans for his original bridge were discovered and the bridge built after over 100 years. As a finishing touch, pedalos and row boats were brought back on to the West lake, a feature which had been missing from the park for decades.
The Burdett-Coutts fountain (named after the Victorian philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts) had a partial restoration of its intricate granite carvings and sculptures. In recent years the fountain had been fenced off due to graffiti and vandalism, but along with the restoration the fences were removed, and four symmetrical mirror pools were placed around the fountain along with decorative flower beds. The area is now a public space, with many benches offering an attractive place to sit.
A modern addition to the park is the Memoryscape trail, an audio trail winding through the park that visitors listen to using headphones. The trail consists of many historical facts and tidbits of information, and includes accounts from people who grew up in and around the park, with one person for example reminiscing about the prisoner of war camp in the park during World War 2. Visitors can either download the tracks from the council's website and put them on their own device, or they can get a pair of pre-loaded headphones from the hub in exchange for a small refundable deposit.
As part of the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Romanian Cultural Institute commissioned artist Ernö Bartha to produce two sculptures Bird and Skyscraper in the West Lake. Despite both being made of hay enforced with steel frames they still remain in the park and have become a prominent feature of the lake receiving their own plaques in 2015.
Transport
London Buses Routes 277, 425 serve the heart of the park, 8, 339, D6, and Night Route N8 on Roman Road. 309 and D3 at London Chest Hospital via Approach Road. 388 (westbound) on Victoria Park Road.
Mile End tube station for the Central line, District line, Hammersmith & City line services to Stratford, Upminster, Barking or Central London is 10min via Grove Road, you can take the 277 or 425 to Mile End which is 5min away. Cambridge Heath station for National Rail services to Liverpool Street and Enfield or Chingford is 5mins away via Bishops Way. Victoria Park had its own rather grand station Victoria Park railway station (London), on the North London Railway, closed in 1943. The station survived into the 1960s, but when the line to Stratford reopened, it was replaced by Hackney Wick railway station, which is also a short walk from the eastern end of the Park.
The Regent's Canal borders the west side of the park, while Hertford Union Canal borders the south side of the park; this offers access to walking or cycling on their towpaths. The National Cycle Route 1 (NCR1) passes here on the Hertford Union Canal. Mare Street or Mile End or Hackney Wick can easily be reached from here.
The northern end of the Greenway walk/cycle path to Beckton, via Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Newham General Hospital, starts nearby on the eastern side of Victoria Park.
Awards
In summer 2008, the park was voted London's best local park by Time Out magazine.
In 2011 it won its first Green Flag award (which it has won every year since,) and it was again voted London's favourite park, this time in the national People's Choice Award, a UK wide competition. In 2013 Victoria Park was also certified a Green Heritage Site by English Heritage and Keep Britain Tidy, an award given in recognition of achieving the required standard in the management and interpretation of a site with local or national historic importance.
In 2013 the park came second in a national vote to find the public's favourite Green Flag Awarded park, beaten only by Margam Country Park in south Wales from a field of 1,448 qualifying open spaces.
In 2014 Victoria Park reinstated itself as the most popular park in the UK, with over 13,000 votes in the Green Flag Peoples Choice Awards. The park also was once again rewarded both Green Flag and Green Heritage status.
In August 2015 it was revealed that the park had retained its Green Flag People's Choice Award, winning the most votes for a park in the whole of the UK.
In popular culture
The denouement of Sarah Waters' 1998 debut novel Tipping the Velvet plays out at a "Workers' Rally" held at the park in 1895.
Appears in the 2004 film Spivs by Colin Teague, starring Rita Ora.
The song Sat in Vicky Park features in Apologies, I Have None's 2012 album London.
Appears in the 2013 music video Paper Heart, by Chlöe Howl.
Appears in the 2014 film Pride starring Imelda Staunton, Bill Nighy and Dominic West.
Appears in the 2014 film Good People starring James Franco and Kate Hudson.
Appears in the 2014 John Lewis Christmas advert: Monty the Penguin can be seen around the West Boating Lake.
References
Further reading
A Pictorial History of Victoria Park, London E3. Published by the East London History Society,
External links
Victoria Park at Green Flag Awards website
Pavilion Cafe (West Side)
The Hub (East side)
Tower Hamlets Football Club
Victoria Park Community Cricket League
Victoria Park Harriers & Tower Hamlets Athletics Club
1845 establishments in England
Grade II* listed parks and gardens in London
History of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Urban public parks in the United Kingdom
Bow, London |
USS LST-766 was an LST-542-class Landing Ship, Tank in the United States Navy during World War II that took part in the amphibious landings during the war in the Far East.
Ship history
Under an agreement made between the Commandant and the Chief of Naval Operations, the US Coast Guard supplied officers and crewmen for a number of LSTs. Even with Coast Guard crews all LSTs were commissioned US Navy vessels. Like most LSTs, LST-766 did not receive a name and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
LST-766 was laid down by the American Bridge Co., in Ambridge, Pa on 13 July 1944. The ship was launched on 30 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. C. E. Egeler. She made her way down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico through New Orleans. On 25 September 1944, she was commissioned under the command of LT Lester W. Newton, USCGR.
During early October 1944, she underwent sea trials then proceeded to Gulfport, Mississippi for outfitting. She passed through the Panama Canal to San Diego and then on to Pearl Harbor arriving on 10 December 1944. After training in amphibious operations near the Hawaiian islands she joined the Pacific invasion forces off Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945. After completing operations at Iwo Jima she returned to Hawaii.
After further training exercises she set out for Okinawa (via Eniwetok, Guam and Saipan) in April, arriving on 14 July 1945. Between mid-August and late September 1945, LST-766 was engaged in transportation duties between Saipan and Guam, From Okinawa she was deployed to Qingdao, China. There she broke free of her anchor, and was grounded but freed without damage. She returned to Guam and then, in November 1945 after the end of the war, returned to the United States, via Pearl Harbor, arriving in San Francisco on 16 December 1945. The majority of her Coastguard Crew was discharged, and she was decommissioned there on 19 March 1946 and ultimately sold for commercial use.
LST-766 was awarded one battle star for her service during World War II.
References
Notes
Bibliography
External links
Naval Historical Center
Unofficial Website of USS LST-766 Includes photos of ship and crew members, and discussion board.
LST-542-class tank landing ships
World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Ships built in Ambridge, Pennsylvania
1944 ships |
Nina Hemmer (born 16 February 1993) is a German freestyle wrestler. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's freestyle 53 kg division. She finished in 14th place after losing to Zhong Xuechun of China in the first round. In 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.
In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2022, she lost her bronze medal match in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy. She competed in the 55 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.
References
External links
1993 births
Living people
German female sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic wrestlers for Germany
Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
European Games medalists in wrestling
European Games bronze medalists for Germany
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Cologne
21st-century German women |
A by-election for the Islamic Consultative Assembly's constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis was held on 18 June 2021, to fill the vacancy caused by death of Fatemeh Rahbar. The voters cast their ballots along with the 2021 Iranian presidential election, the election for the City Council of Tehran, as well as another by-election for the Assembly of Experts.
It was won by Esmaeil Kousari, a brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who had recently resigned from his office, and was officially supported by the conservative alliance Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces. Two former MPs for the constituency, conservative Hamid Rasaei and Alireza Mahjoub of the Worker House ended up in the second and third place respectively.
The by-election had a low turnout, and is thought to have had an unprecedented number of invalid votes.
Results
The top ten candidates out of 202 who ran for the seat, were:
References
By-elections in Iran
Parliamentary elections in Tehran
2020s in Tehran |
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