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Heinrich Wagner (9 August 1888, Hamburg – 24 June 1959, Hamburg) was a German chess master.
In 1920/21, he won in Kiel. In 1921, he took 8th in Hamburg (the 21st DSB Congress, Erhardt Post won), and won in Hamburg (Quadrangular). In 1922 he tied for 3rd-5th in Oeynhausen (the 22nd DSB–Congress, Post won). In 1923 he tied for 2nd-3rd in Frankfurt (the 23rd DSB–Congress, Ernst Grünfeld won). In 1924, he won ahead of Albert Becker and Carl Carls, in Bremen. In 1925 he tied for 3rd-4th in Breslau (the 24th DSB–Congress, Efim Bogoljubow won).
He shared with Karl Gilg 1st place at Vienna 1926 (DSV Kongress), tied for 3rd-4th at Bremen 1927, won at Hamburg 1928 (Quadrangular), took 2nd behind Herbert Heinicke at Hamburg 1929, shared 4th at Duisburg (the 26th DSB Congress, Carl Ahues), and tied for 6-7th in Swinemünde (Friedrich Sämisch won). In 1932, he took 4th in Hamburg (Kurt Richter won).
He lost a match to Albert Becker (3 : 5) at Hamburg 1924, and won against Herbert Heinicke (8.5 : 3.5) at Hamburg 1930.
Wagner played for Germany in Chess Olympiads.
In 1927, at fourth board in 1st Chess Olympiad in London (+4 –3 =8);
In 1928, at first board in 2nd Chess Olympiad in The Hague (+3 –0 =13);
In 1930, at first reserve board in 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+8 –1 =5);
In 1931, at third board in 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague (+4 –1 =9).
He won team bronze medal at Hamburg 1930.
Wagner was awarded the International Master title in 1953.
References
German chess players
Chess International Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Sportspeople from Hamburg
1888 births
1959 deaths |
Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (, born 25 February 1927 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian Shia marja' and religious leader.
Biography
He was born in the city of Shiraz, Iran. According to his website, his father was Ali Mohammad, his grandfather was Mohammad Karim, his forefather was Mohammad Baqer, and his progenitor was Mohammad Sadeq. According to Parvaneh Vahidmanesh one of the opponents of the Iranian regime, he has Jewish ancestors. He finished his school in Shiraz.
He started formal Islamic studies at 14 in the Agha Babakhan Shirazi seminary.
After completing the introductory studies, he studied jurisprudence (fiqh) and its principles (usool al-fiqh).
He made rapid progress and finished studying the introductory and intermediate Islamic studies levels in approximately four years. During this time, he also taught at the Islamic seminary in Shiraz.
At the age of 18, he formally entered the theological seminary of Qom, and for the next five years, was present in the religious gatherings and classes of some of the leading Islamic teachers of those days, such as Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Burujerdi, & Ayatollah Seyyed Kazem Shariatmadari.
In Najaf
In 1950, he made his way to the seminary of Najaf, Iraq. Here, he was able to take part in classes of teachers such as Ayatollah Muhsin al-Hakim, Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei and Ayatollah Abdul Hadi ash-Shirazi.
At 24, two senior scholars in Najaf granted him complete ijtihad. Ayatollah Muhsin al-Hakim also wrote a short, comprehensive letter of commendation for him.
In 1951, he returned to Qom, since he did not have the means to survive and continue his studies in Najaf.
After returning to Iran, Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi began teaching the intermediate and higher level of studies in usul al-fiqh and fiqh. Also, he was a member of the editorial board of the first Islamic magazine published in Iran named "Maktab'e Eslam", next to Ayatollah Shariatmadari.
He has won the Iranian Royal Academy of Philosophy award for his essay "Filsuf-Namaha".
Fatwas (Rulings) and Statements
Women's attendance in stadia
In the aftermath of an attempt by President Ahmadinejad to allow women to attend soccer matches in stadiums (something they are not able to do now), Makarem issued a fatwa objecting to this.
Alternatives to stoning
Makarem's fatwa concerning stoning to death for adultery reads: "In certain circumstances, death by stoning can be replaced by other methods of punishment".
Smoking
Makarem issued a fatwa declaring smoking as forbidden (Haram).
Dogs and pets
In 2010, he responded to a request inquiring why a dog is considered unclean under shariah despite a lack of any prohibition on keeping dogs as pets in the Quran. In his fatwa, he emphasized that under shariah, dogs are indeed considered unclean based upon riwayahs, reliable narrations (hadith) handed down from the Prophet Muhammad and his household. Makarem described the current Iranian inclination toward dogs as "blindly imitating the West"; something that he believes will result in "evil outcomes."
Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance reacted to this fatwa by banning all advertisements for keeping, buying, and selling pets.
Holocaust
In September 2010, he was quoted by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) as saying, "The Holocaust is nothing but superstition, but Zionists say that people of the world should be forced to accept this. The truth about the Holocaust is not clear. When the researchers want to examine whether it is true or the Jews have created it to pose as victims, they jail the researchers".
Underage marriage
About the marriage of girls under 13 years of age, which is allowed in Iran under certain circumstances, he has stated that, although such marriages were permitted in the past, in modern times, it has been demonstrated that they are not in the best interest (maslahat) of the parties involved and should be considered invalid.
Gender Roles
On his official website, in a post about Men's Day, Makarem claims that the "key issue which is neglected by feminist movements" is that they "promote gender equality and they neglect the fact that the rights and responsibilities of human beings must suit their physical and psychological potentials and capabilities. When these capabilities are neglected, any law created to regulate human affairs will be sheer injustice."
Homosexuality
"Since the family is the building block of human society, such problems within the family can then extend to the society, creating social problems such as a decreased marriage rate, the spread of homosexuality, and sexual promiscuity."
Political career
Ayatollah Makarim Shirazi was active in the pre-revolution days, hence he was thrown in jail many times. He was even exiled on three separate occasions to three different locations-Chabahar, Mahabad and Anarak. After the Iranian revolution, he was appointed to the Assembly of Experts for construction and played a major role in writing the first constitution. He is no longer a member of the government, and resides in the city of Qom. On November 23, 2014 and after months of preparations, he finally managed to gather in over 600 religious scholars from around the world in a conference titled The International Congress on Extremist and Takfiri Movements in the Islamic Scholars’ View. It was a meeting for discussing controversial issues effecting the Muslim world, especially Takfiri movements. After the first successful hosting in which he condemned the inaction in the face of ISIL atrocities, he decided to reorganize another conference, Extremism and Takfiri Movements in Today’s World on 28 January 2016, to further focus on the responsibilities of the Muslim scholars regarding the unwelcome emergence of extremism. At the second congress same as the first one, scholars of more than 80 countries received invitations and about one thousand people participated.
Selected bibliography
Some of his publications include:"
"
the Message of Quran
OUR BELIEF
Khums the Fund of Independence of Bait Al Mal
Quran Translation and Commentary in Brief
Life under the Grace of Ethics
Universal Government of Mahdi
Islamic Law
sexual problems of the youth
Shia Answers
Commentary on the book Kifayatul Usul (at age 18)
The Manifestation of Truth
Commentary on the Quran (Tafsir Nemooneh)
The Message of the Quran
Anwar al-Fuqahah
al-Qawaidul Fiqhiyyah
The Limits of Azadari
They Will Ask You
50 Life Lessons from the Ahl al-Bayt (a)
See also
Grand Ayatollahs
List of current Maraji
Qom
Ijtihad
Marja
Ali al-Sistani
Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
Muhammad Hossein Naini
Muhammad Kazim Khurasani
Mirza Husayn Tehrani
Abdallah Mazandarani
Mirza Ali Aqa Tabrizi
Mirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai
Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani
References
External links
Online Quran Project includes the Qur'an translation by Naser Makarem Shirazi.
His books online
His website
Biography
Religious leaders from Shiraz
1927 births
Living people
Iranian grand ayatollahs
Iranian Holocaust deniers
Translators of the Quran into Persian
20th-century translators
Sex segregation and Islam
Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom members
Iranian people of Jewish descent
Members of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution
Grand ayatollahs
Critics of Wahhabism |
Oswald Lorenz (30 September 1806 – 22 April 1889) was a German musicologist and composer.
Life
Born in Johanngeorgenstadt, Lorenz was the son of the schoolmaster Christian Gottlob Lorenz and came from the Erzgebirge region of Saxony. As a music teacher and writer, he became a friend of Robert Schumann, whose music journal he edited from 1 July to 31 December 1844. He wrote numerous articles for the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik which had been published since 1834. In this journal, under the pseudonym "Hans Grobgedakt", he published in 1843 his review of Zehn Adagio in freiern Styl für die Orgel – Op. 11 of the organist Christian Gottlob Höpner at the Dresden Frauenkirche. At the end of 1844, Lorenz moved to Winterthur, where he worked as a singing teacher and organist from 1845 to 1872 and where he died at the age of 82 in 1889.
Schumann dedicated the song cycle Frauen-Liebe und Leben to Lorenz - probably also in allusion to the fact that Oswald remained unmarried his entire life.
In 1838, Lorenz set Mignons Lied to music. In 1849, he published the Schulgesangbuch für die Stadtschulen von Winterthur.
Further reading
Briefwechsel Robert und Clara Schumanns mit Korrespondenten in Leipzig 1830 bis 1894, edited by Annegret Rosenmüller and Ekaterina Smyka (, series II, volume 19), Cologne 2018,
References
External links
19th-century German composers
1806 births
1889 deaths
People from Johanngeorgenstadt
19th-century German musicologists |
The champions league round was the next stage from the regional stage of 2019 Thai League 4. The winners and runners-ups of each regions would qualified to this round to finding 4 clubs promoting to 2020 Thai League 3.
Teams
Note:
Group stage
Upper region
Lower region
Knockout stage
Winners, runners-up, third place, and fourth place of 2019 Thai League 4 would promoted to 2020 Thai League 3.
Third place play-off
Summary
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Matches
Muang Loei United won 7–3 on aggregate.
Final
Summary
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Matches
2–2 on aggregate. Wat Bot City won 6–5 on penalties.
Teams promoted to 2020 Thai League 3
Wat Bot City (champions)
Pattani (runners-up)
Muang Loei United (Third-placed)
Pathumthani University (Fourth-placed)
References
Thai League T4 seasons
4 |
"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. It was released on the 1972 album Honky Château. The lyrics conveyed Taupin's take on New York City after hearing a gun go off near his hotel window during his first visit to the city.
The song's lyrics were partly inspired by Ben E. King's "Spanish Harlem," written by Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector, in which he sings "There is a rose in Spanish Harlem."
The song was also released as the B-side of the "Harmony" UK single in 1980.
Reception
Allmusic critic Stewart Mason noted that the song is "less saccharine than many similar Elton John and Bernie Taupin ballads" and praised the "somewhat uncharacteristic emotional directness" of its lyrics.
Rolling Stone magazine's Jon Landau praised the song when it was released, writing:
Performances
Elton John himself called the song "one of my all-time favourites" when introducing it at his 60th-birthday concert in New York's Madison Square Garden, as he performed it more than a hundred times in concert.
John also delivered a heartfelt rendition of this song at The Concert for New York City at Madison Square Garden on 20 October 2001. The concert was meant primarily as a tribute for family members and fellow workers of New York's Fire and Police and Emergency Medical Services departments, who had been participating in the ongoing recovery efforts at the demolished World Trade Center complex following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. John dedicated the song to the emergency workers and their families, as well as to New York City.
In popular culture
The song was used in the film Almost Famous, in a scene in New York City, highlighting the loneliness of Kate Hudson's character, who overdoses on Quaaludes and champagne.
Sequel
A more upbeat sequel to the song called "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)" was recorded 16 years later for John's album Reg Strikes Back.
References
External links
Lyrics
1972 songs
Elton John songs
Pop ballads
Rock ballads
Songs about New York City
Songs with music by Elton John
Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Song recordings produced by Gus Dudgeon
1980 singles |
David Ure (1749 – 28 March 1798), was a Scottish geologist. He has been called "the father of Scottish palaeontology"; his book The History of Rutherglen and East-Kilbride contains the first illustrations of fossils in Scotland.
Life
Ure was born in Glasgow and baptised there on 30 March 1749; he was the eldest of nine children of Patrick Ure, a weaver, and his wife Isabell Malcolm. His father died while he was still young, and he worked as a weaver to support his mother. He resolved to enter the ministry, and obtained an education at Glasgow Grammar School, and afterwards at the University of Glasgow (while still a weaver), where he graduated M.A. in 1776; at the university the Greek professor, James Moor, turned his attention to the undeveloped science of geology. While a student in divinity he was for some time assistant schoolmaster at Stewarton, and afterwards he taught a subscription school in the neighbourhood of Dumbarton.
In 1783 he was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Glasgow, and became assistant to David Connell, minister of East Kilbride in Lanarkshire. During his residence in the parish he made researches into its history, and devoted himself particularly to the study of its mineral strata. In 1793 he published the results in The History of Rutherglen and East-Kilbride. The book was supported by public subscription; the geologists James Hutton and John Playfair were among the 700 subscribers. It contains the first scientific descriptions of many fossils, and the first illustrations of fossils in Scotland.
On the death of Connell in 1790, Ure had some expectation of being appointed his successor, but, finding the parish not unanimous, he set off for Newcastle-upon-Tyne on foot, and acted for some time as assistant in the presbyterian church there. He remained there until in Scotland he attracted the attention of Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet, who employed him in preparing the first sketches of the agricultural surveys of the counties of Roxburgh, Dumbarton and Kinross for his Statistical Account of Scotland. Ure's treatises were published separately by the Board of Agriculture, the first two in 1794 and the last in 1797. He oversaw the publication of several of the later volumes of the Statistical Account, and drew up the general indices.
In appreciation of his work in December 1795 he was presented by David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan to the parish of Uphall in Linlithgow. He was ordained in July 1796. On 28 March 1798 he died of dropsy at Uphall; he was buried in the Erskine family vault, at St Nicholas Kirk in the village.
References
Attribution
1741 births
1798 deaths
Scientists from Glasgow
Scottish geologists
Alumni of the University of Glasgow |
Yunior Kurgan () is a junior ice hockey team from Kurgan, farm-club of Zauralie Kurgan. They are members of the National Minor Hockey League (NMHL), the second-level of junior hockey in the country.
External links
Official Page
Ice hockey teams in Russia
Junior Hockey League (Russia) teams
2011 establishments in Russia
Ice hockey clubs established in 2011 |
Alderton may refer to:
Places
England
Alderton, Gloucestershire
Alderton, Northamptonshire
Alderton, Shropshire
Alderton, Suffolk
Alderton, Wiltshire
Alderton Tunnel, railway tunnel
United States
Alderton, Washington
People
Alderton (surname) |
Olena Fetisova is the European Documentary Network and Ukrainian Association of Cinematographers member, 2009 Ukrainian State Film Award Winner, 2009 EAVE Graduate. Olena was born in Kyiv, Ukraine to a family of filmmakers, in 1964. Still lives in Kyiv.
Career
She graduated from the Moscow Film School VGIK, 1987. She has been working in the film industry without interruption ever since. In 2001, she founded the Interfilm Production Studio. Fetisova refused the State Award of Armenia in 2014 in protest of Armenian recognition of the “referendum” in Crimea.
In 2013, she was director, screenwriter and producer in Paradjanov.
In 2019 Fetisova participated in the Trans-Atlantic Partners, a joint initiative between Germany’s Erich Pommer Institute, the Canadian Media Producers Association, Telefilm Canada and the Canada Media Fund.
Filmography
References
1964 births
Living people
Film people from Kyiv
Ukrainian women film producers |
Roncalli may refer to:
Circus Roncalli, German circus
Roncalli (TV series), Germany television series
Schools
Roncalli High School (disambiguation), list of schools with the name
Roncalli Catholic High School, school in Omaha, Nebraska
Roncalli College, a secondary school in Timaru, New Zealand,
Family name
Cristoforo Roncalli, Italian painter
Ludovico Roncalli, Italian composer
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Italian prelate, Pope John XXIII
Italian-language surnames |
The 2017 Intermediate League World Series took place from July 30–August 6 in Livermore, California, United States. Guayama, Puerto Rico defeated Freehold Township, New Jersey in the championship game.
Teams
Results
United States Bracket
International Bracket
Consolation Round
Elimination Round
References
Intermediate League World Series
Intermediate League World Series |
Daniel Wood Gatton Jr. (September 4, 1945 – October 4, 1994) was an American virtuoso guitarist who combined blues, rockabilly, jazz, and country to create a musical style he called "redneck jazz".
Career
Daniel Wood Gatton Jr. was born in Washington, D.C., in 1945. The son of a rhythm guitarist, Gatton started playing at the age of nine. From 1960–1964 he played jazz guitar with the Offbeats, then worked as a session musician in Nashville. When he returned to Washington, he drew attention in the 1970s as a member of Liz Meyer & Friends and other local bands. He recorded his debut album, American Music (1975), followed by Redneck Jazz (1978) with pedal steel guitarist Buddy Emmons appearing as a guest. He founded the band the Redneck Jazz Explosion.
Although Gatton could play most genres of music, including jazz, blues, bluegrass, and rock, he was known as a country and rockabilly guitarist. He toured with singers Roger Miller and Robert Gordon. He was sometimes called "The Telemaster" and "the world's greatest unknown guitarist". Guitarist Amos Garrett called him "The Humbler" for his ability to defeat other guitarists in "head-cutting" jam sessions. On this point, however, Gatton declared: “The biggest humbler to me, of all time, would be Lenny Breau. He was the best I have ever seen."
In 1987, nine years after his previous album, he released Unfinished Business, an eclectic collection of pop, rock, and country music that Guitar World magazine named the tenth best album of the 1980s. He got a contract with his first major record label and released another eclectic album, 88 Elmira Street (Elektra, 1991), which contained a cover version of the theme song from the animated TV series The Simpsons.
Gatton turned toward jazz for the albums New York Stories (Blue Note, 1992) and Relentless (1994) with Joey DeFrancesco.
Death
On October 4, 1994, Gatton locked himself in the garage on his farm in Newburg, Maryland, and committed suicide by gunshot. Although he left no note nor explanation, family members and close friends believe he suffered from depression for many years. Friend and drummer Dave Elliott said that he thought Gatton had suffered from depression since they met more than twenty years earlier.
Reception
When Rolling Stone magazine selected the 100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time in 2003, senior editor David Fricke ranked Gatton 63rd on his ballot. On May 26, 2010, Gibson.com ranked Gatton as the 27th best guitarist of all time.
Among his admirers are Buckethead, Joe Bonamassa, Lenny Breau, James Burton, Chris Cheney, Vince Gill, Johnny Hiland, Evan Johns, Bill Kirchen, Albert Lee, Les Paul, Arlen Roth, Paul Bechtoldt, Roy Buchanan, Darren Thiboutot Jr., Richie Sambora, Ricky Skaggs, Slash, Trey Anastasio, and Steve Vai.
Gatton has been described as possessing an extraordinary proficiency on his instrument, "a living treasury of American musical styles." In 2009, John Previti, who played bass guitar with Danny for eighteen years, stated, "You know, when he played country music, it sounded like all he played was country music. When he played jazz, it sounded like that's all he played, rockabilly, old rock and roll, soul music. You know, he called himself a Whitman sampler of music." Guitarist Steve Vai reckons Danny "comes closer than anyone else to being the best guitar player that ever lived." Guitarist Albert Lee said of Gatton, "Here's a guy who's got it all."
On January 10–12, 1995, Tramps nightclub in New York organized a three-night tribute to Gatton featuring dozens of Gatton's musical admirers, the highlight of which was a twenty-minute performance by Les Paul, James Burton, Arlen Roth, and Albert Lee. Those shows (with all musicians performing for free) raised $25,000 for Gatton's wife and daughter.
Blue Skies Calling (2011), an album by Boy Wells, includes nearly an hour of Gatton and Wells playing in his living room. "Danny called me before he died and asked me to put a vocal tape together for his label at the time. He needed a singer after his singer, Billy Windsor, had passed. He remained a friend, a good one all those years. This lesson was in the late '70s; it's me and Danny in the living room of his house on Holly Lane in Indian Head, Maryland. It's killer stuff."
Awards and honors
Grammy Award nomination, "Elmira Street Boogie", Best Rock Instrumental Performance, 1991
Danny Gatton Signature Telecaster
photo: Arlen Roth 1994
Discography
As leader
American Music (Aladdin, 1975)
Redneck Jazz (NRG, 1978)
Unfinished Business (NRG, 1987)
Blazing Telecasters with Tom Principato (Powerhouse, 1990)
88 Elmira St. (Elektra, 1991)
Cruisin' Deuces (Elektra, 1993)
Relentless with Joey DeFrancesco (Exile, 1994)
Redneck Jazz Explosion (NRG, 1995)
"The Humbler" with Robert Gordon (NRG, 1996)
In Concert 9/9/94 (Big Mo, 1996)
Untouchable (NRG, 1998)
Portraits (Big Mo, 1998)
Capitol Attack with Robert Gordon (Renegade, 1999)
Funhouse (Flying Deuces Music, 2004)
Showdown at the Hoedown with Evan Johns (Jellyroll, 2005)
Oh No! More Blazing Telecasters with Tom Principato (Powerhouse, 2005)
Redneck Jazz Explosion Volume Two (Flying Deuces Music, 2006)
Live in 1977: The Humbler Stakes His Claim (Powerhouse, 2007)
New York Stories with Joshua Redman, Roy Hargrove (EMI, 2009)
References
Further reading
External links
Danny Gatton website
Danny Gatton movie website
20th-century American guitarists
American blues guitarists
American jazz guitarists
American rockabilly guitarists
American male guitarists
Guitarists from Washington, D.C.
Suicides by firearm in Maryland
1945 births
1994 suicides
1994 deaths
20th-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians |
Jed Joseph Johnson Jr. (December 27, 1939 – December 16, 1993) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 6th congressional district from 1965 to 1967. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Early life and education
Born in Washington, D.C., the son of Jed J. Johnson and Beatrice Johnson (), Johnson attended public schools in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and Friends Seminary in New York City. He served as a congressional page and graduated from the Capitol Page School in Washington, D.C., in 1957. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1961.
Career
Johnson served as a delegate to the International Student Movement for the United Nations Conference at Lund, Sweden, in 1961, and as president of the United States Youth Council from 1962 to 1964. He led a delegation from the organization to West Africa in 1963, and served as a member of the United States National Commission for UNESCO. He served three years as a nongovernmental observer at the United Nations.
Elected at the age of twenty-four, Johnson was the second youngest person ever elected to the U.S. Congress, the youngest being William C. C. Claiborne. Taking his U.S. House seat just six days after his twenty-fifth birthday, he was the youngest House member to legally assume office. On November 15, 1964, twelve days after his election victory, Johnson appeared on the CBS Television Network quiz show What's My Line? featuring guest panelist Groucho Marx.
Johnson served as a Democrat to the 89th Congress from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1967. Johnson voted in favor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the 90th Congress. He served as special assistant to the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity from 1967 to 1968, and as a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1968 to 1972. He was also a consultant to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities in 1973.
Personal life
He resided in Alexandria, Virginia, and served as executive director of the United States Association of Former Members of Congress from 1974 until his death.
Johnson died in Falls Church, Virginia, on December 16, 1993, as the result of a cerebral aneurysm. He was survived by his wife, Sydney, and daughters Alice and Sydney.
References
External links
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Johnson, Jed Jr.
1939 births
1993 deaths
Politicians from Washington, D.C.
People from Chickasha, Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma alumni
Politicians from Alexandria, Virginia
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma
20th-century American politicians
Friends Seminary alumni |
Ankeena Networks was a US-based new media infrastructure technology company that was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2010 for US$100 million.
See also
List of acquisitions by Juniper Networks
References
Juniper Networks
Mass media companies established in 2008
Mass media companies disestablished in 2010
Software companies established in 2008
Software companies disestablished in 2010
Defunct software companies of the United States |
Dayadara is a village in Bharuch District, Gujarat, India. It has an area of about and a population in excess of 5000.
Two villages Dayadara and Bakroli amalgamated into one village called Dayadara.
Schools
The Dayadara Higher Secondary School
Dayadara Kumar (Boys) Shala
Dayadara Kanya (Girls) Shala
References
Villages in Bharuch district |
Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew is a documentary reality show that has been broadcasting on Sky1 since 29 January 2012.
Each episode follows a group of non-dancers as they learn a street dance routine in secret from Ashley with the help of two or more members of Diversity who act as mentors.
Each episode begins with Ashley meeting the group he will be choreographing for and teaching. After everyone has introduced themselves, Ashley invites a number of the members of Diversity to join him and gives the group a demonstration of what level of dance they are expected to reach by the end of their training. These routines are segments from Diversity's former routines. Ashley will then leave the group with tasks regarding fitness while he and Diversity choreograph the final routine for the group. At the end of each episode, the group surprise their family and friends with the polished performance at an event.
Episodes
Series 1 (2012)
Series 2 (2013)
Series 3 (2014)
On 14 March 2013, it was announced that Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew has been renewed for a third series. The series started airing on Sky 1 on 14 September 2014.
References
External links
2012 British television series debuts
2014 British television series endings
2010s British reality television series
2010s British documentary television series
English-language television shows
Sky UK original programming
Television series by Banijay |
Coimbatore Vizha is an annual festival of Coimbatore, India. The nine day event seeks to bring together all citizens to celebrate the perennial spirit of Coimbatore.
One of the key attractions is an open double decker bus that dons festival signage and offers free city tours. The bus ride covers popular locations and some heritage buildings in the city.
History
Coimbatore Vizha was initiated in 2009 by Shankar Vanavarayar. The event has grown in terms of supporting institutions, events and citizen participation. For the first edition, children from 30 schools accompanied by religious leaders visit various places of worship, promoting communal harmony and better understanding.
In 2016 the 8th edition took place from 29 January to 4 February. In 2017 the 9th edition began on 27 January, with 50 partner organisations and 90 events. Kovai Paatu, an audio visual tribute for Coimbatore and Chippy the Mascot of the Coimbatore Vizha were announced. A robofest and a helmet awareness rally were among the unique events for this edition. In 2018 the 10th edition was held from 5-12 January, presenting 120 events. Open double decker bus rides of the city were a unique addition. Seven main streets of Coimbatore were designated as "vizha streets" (festival streets). Unique events included an "Ovia Sandhai" (Drawing bazaar) featuring around 100 artists and a mass city cleaning programme.
The eleventh (2019) edition was held between 4-12 January. It featured 103 partners and 150 events. Key events include the Coimbatore Vizha parade, Eat street, Open quiz, heritage car show, movie festival, heritage walks, science and technology showcase, art and sporting events.
Mascot
Chippy the mascot represents the state bird of Tamil Nadu, the Common Emerald Dove. Chippy the mascot is also called the "Emerald princess".
References
External links
Coimbatore Vizha Website
Coimbatore |
Ambiorix's revolt was an episode during the Gallic Wars between 54 and 53 BC in which the Eburones tribe, under its leader, Ambiorix, rebelled against the Roman Republic.
Discontent among the subjugated Gauls prompted a major uprising amongst the Belgae against Julius Caesar in the winter of 54–53 BC, when the Eburones of north-eastern Gaul rose in rebellion under their leader Ambiorix. Fifteen Roman cohorts were wiped out at Atuatuca Tungrorum (modern Tongeren in Belgium) and a garrison commanded by Quintus Tullius Cicero narrowly survived after being relieved by Caesar in the nick of time. The rest of 53 BC was occupied with a punitive campaign against the Eburones and their allies, who were said to have been all but exterminated by the Romans.
Prelude
In 57 BC Julius Caesar conquered Gaul and also Belgica (modernday Northern France, Belgium and a southern section of The Netherlands to the Rhine River; and the north-western portion of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) In the battle of the Sabis Caesar defeated the Nervii, Viromandui and Atrebates. After this he turned against the Atuatuci, captured their stronghold, and sold the tribe into slavery.
The Eburones, who until Caesar's destruction of the Atuatuci had been vassals of that Belgic tribe, were ruled by Ambiorix and Catuvolcus. In 54 BC there was a poor harvest, and Caesar, whose practice was to commandeer a part of the food supply from the local tribes, was forced to split his legions up among a larger number of tribes. To the Eburones he sent Quintus Titurius Sabinus and Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta with the command of a recently levied 14th Legion from north of the Po and a detachment of five cohorts, a total strength of 9,000 men.
The Revolt of the Romans
First Attack and deception
According to Caesar, Ambiorix and his tribesmen were equal in number of combatants to Sabinus' and Cotta's men. They attacked and killed several Roman soldiers who were foraging for wood in the nearby vicinity. The survivors fled back to their camp, followed by Ambiorix and his men. When the Romans counterattacked, Ambiorix set up a parley with the Romans in which he admitted his debt to Caesar who had taken his side in certain disputes with other Gallic tribes but said that, despite the limited strength of the Eburones, he was compelled to take action by pressure from the other tribes who were determined to win their freedom from the yoke of Rome. He claimed that a huge force of Germans, greatly angered by Caesar’s successes against them and his defeat of Ariovistus, were about to cross the Rhine and offered to give the Romans safe passage to the fort of either of two nearby legions to better resist this Gallo-German force.
Debate
The Roman representatives, Quintus Junius and Gaius Arpineius, took the news back to the beleaguered fort. A council of war, attended by the leading officers and centurions, was formed. During this council, two opposing opinions took form. Speaking first, Cotta argued that they should not move without an order from Caesar. He pointed out that experience had shown them that Germans could be resisted from behind their fortifications, that they had plenty of supplies, were within easy reach of assistance from nearby legions and that they should not take at face value neither the news nor the advice of an enemy.
Denying that he was motivated by fear, Quintus Titurius Sabinus said that he believed that Caesar was on his way to Italy, that the Germans were about to add to the number of the besieging Eburones and that it seemed that they were about to face the combined wrath of grudge-ridden Germans and Gauls—for surely the militarily weak Eburones would not dare to face a Roman legion otherwise. Moreover, he said it would be better to make for a nearby legion and face the trouble with their comrades than to risk famine through a prolonged siege. The officers told their commanders that whichever view prevailed was not as important as coming to a unanimous decision. Cotta was finally forced to give way and Sabinus prevailed.
Roman defeat
The Romans spent the night in disarray, putting together their belongings and preparing to march out of the fort once morning came. The enemy heard the hubbub in the Fort and prepared an ambush. When dawn broke, the Romans, in marching order (long columns of soldiers with each unit following the other), more heavily burdened than usual left the Fort. When the greater part of the column had entered a ravine, the Gauls assaulted them from either side and sought to harry the rearguard and prevent the vanguard from leaving the ravine.
Caesar notes that Sabinus lost his mind, running from cohort to cohort and issuing ineffectual orders. Cotta, by contrast, kept his cool and did his duty as a commander, in action his duty as a soldier. Due to the length of the column, the commanders could not issue orders efficiently so they passed word along the line to the units to form into a square. The troops fought bravely though with fear and in clashes were successful. Thus, Ambiorix ordered his men to discharge their spears into the troops, to fall back if attacked by a group of Romans and chase back the Romans when they tried to fall into rank. During the engagement, Cotta was hit full in the face by a sling-shot.
Then Sabinus sent word to Ambiorix to treat for surrender, a proposal which was acceded to. Cotta refused to come to terms and remained steadfast in his refusal to surrender, while Sabinus followed through with his plan to surrender. However, Ambiorix, after promising Sabinus his life and the safety of his troops, distracted him with a long speech, all the while slowly surrounding him and his men and slaughtering them. The Gauls then charged down en masse onto the waiting Romans where they killed Cotta, still fighting, and the great majority of the troops. The remainder fell back to the fort where, despairing of help, they killed each other. Only a few men slipped away to inform Titus Labienus of the disaster. Overall, one legion and 5 cohorts, around 7500 Romans, were killed in the battle. Gallic casualties are unknown.
Aftermath
After defeating Cotta and Sabinus, Ambiorix tried to raise a general revolt in Belgica. A Belgic attack on Quintus Tullius Cicero (younger brother of the orator Cicero), then stationed with a legion in the territory of the Nervii, led to a siege of the Roman camp during which Ambiorix unsuccessfully tried to repeat his earlier bluff. The attack ultimately failed due to the timely appearance of Caesar.
Titus Labienus, the commander of the Fourth legion, which was stationed in the southern Ardennes, discovered that Indutiomarus and the Treveri were rebelling as well. The Treverian leader called for aid from the Senones and Germanic tribes east of the Rhine. The Fourth legion withstood the siege and Indutiomarus was killed after an unsuccessful attack. His relatives made their escape across the Rhine.
Before targeting the Eburones themselves, Caesar first attacked Ambiorix's allies, forcing them to promise that they would not help the tribe who had destroyed Cotta and Sabinus. The Nervii were the first victims of the Roman retaliation. During that winter a force of four legions laid waste the fields, took a great many cattle and prisoners. The Menapii were then attacked by five legions to deprive Ambiorix of potential help. Five legions were sent because, according to Caesar, they, alone of all the tribes of Gaul, had never sent ambassadors to him to discuss terms of peace, and had ties of hospitality with Ambiorix. A renewed campaign of devastation finally forced them to submit, and Caesar placed his ally Commius of the Atrebates in control of them.
After this Caesar built a bridge across the Rhine and campaigned in Germania to punish the German tribes who had aided the Treveri.
When the Roman Senate heard what happened, Caesar swore to put down all the Belgic tribes. The Roman campaigns against the Belgae took a few years, but eventually the Belgae were no match against 50,000 trained Roman soldiers. The tribes were slaughtered or driven out and their fields burned. The Eburones ceased to exist following the campaign.
The fate of the leaders of the revolt is different but neither was taken to walk in Caesar's triumphal parade. Cativolcus was now old, weak and unable to endure the hardships of flight. He solemnly cursed Ambiorix for instigating the conspiracy, and then committed suicide by poisoning himself with yew. Ambiorix and his men, however, managed to cross the Rhine and disappeared without a trace.
References
Cassius Dio xl. 7-11;
Gaius Julius Caesar, The Gallic War, Loeb Edition, 2004.
Delbrück, Hans. History of the Art of War Vol I.
Adrien Hock, Etudes sur quelques campagnes de Jules César dans la Gaule-Belgique. Vue d'après nature, carte et plans. Namur, publisher: Ad. Wesmael-Charlier, 1897. Pages 75–97. available on line
External links
Commentarii de Bello Gallico (in Latin, English, German & Italian)
The Last Battle and Death of Lucius Arunculeius Cotta (chapters 24-37) - Latin
The Last Battle and Death of Lucius Arunculeius Cotta (chapters 24-37) - English
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Robert Wanbon (16 November 1943 – 8 November 2022) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Aberavon RFC, as a number eight, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for St. Helens and Warrington, as a , or , i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.
Background
Wanbon was born in Port Talbot, Wales.
Playing career
International honours
Wanbon won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Aberavon in 1968 against England on Saturday 20 January 1968, scoring a try.
He was one of four Aberavon RFC players in the Welsh team that day, the others were Billy Mainwaring, Maxwell Lloyd Wiltshire and Paul James Wheeler.
He won caps for Wales (RL) while at Warrington in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against England, Australia, and New Zealand.
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Wanbon played right-, i.e. number 10, in Warrington's 24-9 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1974 Challenge Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1974, in front of a crowd of 77,400, and played right- in the 7-14 defeat by Widnes in the 1975 Challenge Cup Final during the 1974–75 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 10 May 1975, in front of a crowd of 85,998.
BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final appearances
Wanbon did not play (Dave Wright or Gilly Wright played right-) in Warrington's 0-0 draw with Salford in the 1974 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1974–75 season at The Willows, Salford on Tuesday 17 December 1974, and played right-, i.e. number 10, in the 5-10 defeat by Salford in the 1974 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final replay during the 1974–75 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Tuesday 28 January 1975.
Player's No.6 Trophy Final appearances
Wanbon played right-, i.e. number 12, in Warrington's 27-16 victory over Rochdale Hornets in the 1973–74 Player's No.6 Trophy Final during the 1973–74 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 9 February 1974.
Captain Morgan Trophy Final appearances
Wanbon played left-, i.e. number 11, in Warrington's 4-0 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1973–74 Captain Morgan Trophy Final during the 1973–74 season at The Willows, Salford on Saturday 26 January 1974, in front of a crowd of 5,259.
Club career
Wanbon signed for St. Helens (RL) from Aberavon (RU) nine-days after appearing for Wales (RU) against England (RU), for a signing-on fee of £4500 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £124,400 in 2013).
Death
Bobby Wanbon died on 8 November 2022 in Tenerife, Spain.
References
External links
Profile at saints.org.uk
(archived by web.archive.org) Beryl's Swinging Sixties
Warrington's World Cup heroes – Bobby Wanbon
Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk
1943 births
2022 deaths
Aberavon RFC players
Dual-code rugby internationals
Rugby league players from Port Talbot
Rugby league props
Rugby league second-rows
Rugby union number eights
Rugby union players from Port Talbot
St Helens R.F.C. players
Wales international rugby union players
Wales national rugby league team players
Warrington Wolves players
Welsh rugby league players
Welsh rugby union players |
Pamela Marshall may refer to:
Pam Marshall (born 1960), American athlete
Pamela J. Marshall (born 1954), American horn player and composer
Pamela Marshall (archaeologist), British archaeologist and historian specialising in the study of castles |
The Berkeley family is an ancient English noble family. It is one of only five families in Britain that can trace its patrilineal descent back to an Anglo-Saxon ancestor (the other four being the Arden family, the Swinton family, the Wentworth family, and the Grindlay family). The Berkeley family retains possession of much of the lands it held from the 11th and 12th centuries, centred on Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, which still belongs to the family.
History
The Berkeley family descends in the male line from Robert Fitzharding (d. 1170), 1st feudal baron of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, reputedly the son of Harding of Bristol, the son of Eadnoth the Constable (Alnod), a high official under King Edward the Confessor. His wife was Eva fitz Harding.
Berkeley Castle, the caput of the barony, and the adjoining town of Berkeley are located in the county of Gloucestershire and are situated about five miles west of Dursley and eighteen miles southwest of Gloucester, and northeast of Bristol. The location has conferred various titles on the family over the centuries, including Baron Berkeley (barony by writ), Earl of Berkeley, and Marquess of Berkeley.
The royal manor of Berkeley was originally granted by William the Conqueror to the Norman Roger de Berkeley under the feudal tenure of fee-farm. However, the royal manor was privatized by King Henry II (1154–1189) shortly before he became king. Most of the manor was then re-granted to his supporter and financier the Anglo-Saxon Robert Fitzharding (d. 1170), of Bristol, as a feudal barony. A second barony was also created for the original family who retained their own lands within Berkeley manor as the barony of Dursley.
Shortly afterwards, under the encouragement of Henry II, who had clearly regretted the effect of his dispossession of Roger, the two families were contracted to the intermarriage of the eldest son and heir of each to the other's eldest daughter. Though only the marriage of Maurice FitzHarding and Alice de Berkeley was completed, the heirs of Robert Fitzharding thus adopted the surname "de Berkeley" and established this line as the feudal barons of Berkeley Castle.
Both lines of Berkeleys therefore originated as cousins, but it was the line of the feudal barons of Berkeley, descended from Fitzharding in the male line, which was the more powerful. By both fair means and foul, they acquired the superiority of all the lands in Berkeley in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and would go on to play a prominent role in British history in the next several centuries. The original family became extinct in England, but the Scottish Clan Barclay are descended in the male line from the original family.
Bruton branch
This descends from Sir Maurice Berkeley (by 1514–81), a politician who rose rapidly in the Tudor court. He came from the Berkeleys of Stoke Gifford, a cadet branch of the main Berkeley family, as a descendant of Sir Maurice de Berkeley (14th century), younger son of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley. This Sir Maurice, before being killed at the Siege of Calais in 1347, had acquired Stoke Gifford in 1337, and founded the line of Berkeley of Stoke Gifford.
By now a remote cousin of the main line, in his career the Tudor Sir Maurice's initial advantage was his mother's second marriage to Sir John FitzJames, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 1526–1539. By 1538 this had brought him into the household of Thomas Cromwell, from which he passed into the royal household by 1539. He built a house on the site of Bruton Priory, a spoil of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, incorporating some of the buildings, but this was demolished in 1786. His "Bruton branch" of the family produced a number of notable figures until the 18th century, including five Barons Berkeley of Stratton (extinct in 1773), and four Viscount Fitzhardinges (extinct in 1712), as well as William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia. Berkeley Square in London derives its name from this branch.
See also
Anglo-Saxon lineage – the Arden family
Anglo-Saxon lineage – the Swinton family
Anglo-Saxon lineage – the Wentworth family
Anglo-Saxon lineage – the Grindlay family
Notes
References
Virgoe, Roger, BERKELEY, Sir Maurice I (bef. 1514–81), of Bruton, Som., History of Parliament Online, accessed 22 November 2015
Bibliography
Cokayne, G. E., The Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol. 2, pp. 118–149, Berkeley
Sanders, I. J. English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, p. 13, Berkeley
Smyth, John. The Lives of the Berkeleys, Lords of the Honour, Castle and Manor of Berkeley from 1066 to 1618, ed. Sir John Maclean, 3 vols., Gloucester, 1883-1885 (first published c. 1628)
Vol. 1, 1883
Vol. 2, 1883
Vol. 3, 1885
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English families
History of Gloucestershire
Berkeley, Gloucestershire |
Qods () is a village in Meyami Rural District, Meyami District, Shahrud County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 375, in 103 families.
References
Populated places in Shahrud County |
Klosters Platz railway station station (formerly Klosters railway station) is located in the municipality of Klosters-Serneus in the district of Prattigau/Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is the main Rhaetian station in the village of Klosters on the Landquart–Davos Platz railway (not to be confused with the second station in Klosters on this line, the smaller Klosters Dorf railway station) and is the northern end of the Vereina Tunnel. The Vereina car shuttle service operates from the nearby station of .
Services
The following services stop at Klosters Platz:
RegioExpress:
Hourly service between Disentis/Mustér and Scuol-Tarasp.
Hourly service between Landquart and St. Moritz.
Hourly service between Landquart and Davos Platz.
Regio:
Limited service to Scuol-Tarasp.
Limited service between Landquart and Davos Platz.
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Rhaetian Railway stations
Klosters-Serneus
Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1889 |
USS Merrimac, sometimes incorrectly spelt Merrimack, was a cargo steamship that was built in 1894 in England as Solveig for Norwegian owners, and renamed Merrimac when a US shipowner acquired her in 1897.
In 1898 Merrimac was commissioned into the United States Navy as a collier for the Spanish–American War. In June 1898 Spanish Navy ships sank her when she tried to trap them in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. Merrimac is the only US ship that the Spanish Navy sank in that war.
Solveig
CS Swan & Hunter built the ship in Wallsend on the River Tyne as yard number 194. She was launched on 29 September 1894 as Solveig, and completed her that November. Her registered length was , her beam was and her depth was . Her tonnages were and .
She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine built by North Eastern Marine Engineering of Wallsend. The engine was rated at 289 NHP and gave her a speed of .
Solveigs first owner was Christian Michelsen & Co, who registered her in Bergen, Norway.
Merrimac
On 9 December 1897 John N Robbins & co acquired Solveig, renamed her Merrimac, and registered her in New York. Ownership then passed to a Jefferson T Hogan, who on 12 April 1898 sold Merrimac to the United States Navy.
The ship was commissioned as USS Merrimac under the command of Cmdr JW Miller, fitted out at Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a naval collier. She joined the squadron of Commodore WS Schley off Cienfuegos, Cuba, on 20 May, and accompanied the squadron along the coast until it arrived off Santiago de Cuba on 26 May, where she bunkered several US warships.
Action in Santiago Harbor
A young Lieutenant, Richmond P. Hobson, devised a plan to scuttle Merrimac as a blockship to trap Spanish warships that were thought to be in Santiago harbor. Admiral William T. Sampson approved of his plan, and a skeleton crew of seven volunteers was selected: three from Merrimacs crew, three from the cruiser , and one from the battleship . Command of Merrimac was transferred from Cmdr Miller to Lieut Hobson.
It took two days of intense work to prepare Merrimac for her mission. An anchor was fitted to her stern to help to position her correctly to obstruct the harbor mouth. Ten improvised torpedoes were hung under her hull, to be electrically detonated simultaneously once Merrimac was in the correct position. Merrimac towed a dinghy, in which Hobson planned that he and his men would abandon ship. A launch from USS New York accompanied Merrimac as far as the harbor mouth, where it was to wait to pick up Hobson and his crew from the dinghy.
Merrimac reached the narrowest part of the channel, where he planned to scuttle her. But Spanish coastal artillery howitzers opened fire, and a shell disabled Merrimacs steering gear, which prevented Hobson and his crew from swinging her into position. Enemy fire also damaged some of the electric batteries that were meant to detonate the torpedoes. Hobson was able to detonate only three of the ten torpedoes, and these did not immediately sink her. A Spanish submarine mine tore a hole in her side, and she grounded on a promontory called Estrella Point. The American steamer was later sunk by the combined gunfire and the torpedoes of the protected cruiser Vizcaya, the unprotected cruiser Reina Mercedes, and the destroyer Pluton. She sank in a position that did not obstruct navigation. Hobson and all of his skeleton crew survived, and abandoned ship in the dinghy.
Spanish artillery fire drove off USS New Yorks launch, and at daybreak the Spanish Admiral, Pascual Cervera y Topete, came in his launch to rescue and capture Hobson and his crew. He congratulated his prisoners on their bravery. That afternoon Cervera sent his Chief of Staff, Captain Oviedo, under flag of truce to USS New York to tell Admiral Sampson that Hobson and all of his crew had been safely rescued and captured, that only two were wounded, and that Cervera admired their valor.
Hobson and his crew were held as prisoners of war first in Morro Castle, and then in Santiago. Hobson was kept prisoner in the barracks, andhis men were held in the hospital. A month later, on 3 July 1898, the US Navy destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. On 6 July, Hobson and his seven crewmen were all released in a prisoner exchange. Each was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Skeleton crew
The eight volunteer crewman of the Merrimac were:
Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson
Coxswain Claus K. R. Clausen (USS New York)
Coxswain Osborn W. Deignan (USS Merrimac)
Coxswain John E. Murphy (USS Iowa)
Chief Master-At-Arms Daniel Montague (USS New York)
Gunner's Mate First Class George Charette (USS New York)
Machinist First Class George F. Phillips (USS Merrimac)
Watertender Francis Kelly (USS Merrimac)
References
Bibliography
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Battles and conflicts without fatalities
Maritime incidents in 1898
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Ships sunk with no fatalities
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Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman, 1st Baron Mamhead (27 October 1871 – 2 November 1945), known as Sir Robert Newman, Bt, between 1892 and 1931, was a British politician. He was also a president of the Church of England Society for the Maintenance of the Faith.
Background
Newman was the son of Sir Lydston Newman, 3rd Baronet. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in December 1892, aged 23.
Political career
Newman was Member of Parliament for Exeter between 1918 and 1931. He sat as a Conservative from 1918 to 1927 and as an independent from 1927 to 1931. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Devon and a member of the Devon County Council. In the 1931 Dissolution Honours he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mamhead, of Exeter in the County of Devon.
Personal life
Lord Mamhead never married. He died in November 1945, aged 74, when the barony became extinct. The baronetcy was passed on to a cousin.
References
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1871 births
1945 deaths
Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Newman, Robert
Newman, Robert
Newman, Robert
Newman, Robert
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Newman, Robert
UK MPs who were granted peerages
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Deputy Lieutenants of Devon
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Da Nang University of Science and Technology (DUT; ), or UDN University of Science and Technology, is one of the most important universities of technology in Vietnam.
The university is a member of University of Da Nang system.
References
See also
University of Da Nang
Da Nang University of Economics
Universities in Da Nang |
Harold L. Brown (born August 21, 1946) is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
References
Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Living people
1946 births |
St Bride's Episcopal Church is situated in the Hyndland area of the West End of Glasgow, Scotland.
History
In the late nineteenth century, a number of temporary church buildings were erected in the new suburbs developing around the West End of Glasgow. St Bride's began its life as one of these. In 1891, a group of local businessman put forward a proposal to erect a church in the Kelvinside area, on land provided at Beaconsfield Road by the owner of the Kelvinside estate, J. B. Fleming, one of the group. Members of the group included James Parker Smith, Liberal Unionist MP for Partick and owner of the Jordanhill estate; Francis Newbery, director of the Glasgow School of Art; William Kennedy of Hugh Kennedy and Sons, railway and public work contractors; and R. W. Shanks, a Partick fishmonger. Fleming became one of the trustees of the new church, along with Robert Young Pickering, managing director of railway carriage-builders R Y Pickering & Co Ltd. The church building itself was a small wooden chapel the group had acquired from the grounds of Douglas Castle, family seat of the Earls of Home, and sat 114 people. It was dedicated to St Bride of Kildare, patron saint of the Douglas family.
From 1891 to 1893, the church in Beaconsfield Road was served by curates from nearby St Mary's Cathedral on Great Western Road. In 1893, Pickering and Fleming provided funds of £250 a year for the church to have its own priest-in-charge until the end of 1897, and the Revd Theodore Younghughes was subsequently appointed.
Hyndland Road
Due to a subsequent falling-out with Fleming, who owned the land on which the church stood, it became necessary for the congregation to move. In 1899, a site on the Hyndland estate at Hanover Terrace (now Kingsborough Gardens) and Hyndland Road was selected, and the church building transported there. The spire was temporarily removed from the building to prevent damage to telephone wires, and a timber frame slid under the building, while soaped wooden runners were placed in front of it leading to the road. The frame carrying the church was then dragged by a traction engine over the runners and into the road. Wheels were attached to the frame allowing it to be pulled the half-mile route to its new home in just one hour. The church was open for business the next morning: a Sunday.
In 1899, having established a permanent location, St Bride's was promoted to being an 'incumbency', entitling it to have a Rector, to which post Theodore Younghughes was appointed. A permanent church building was required, and the noted ecclesiastical architect, George Frederick Bodley, was commissioned to draw up plans. His recent work had included St Salvador's Church in Dundee (his only other building in Scotland), the Chapel at Queens' College, Cambridge, and St Mary's Church in Eccleston, Cheshire, which bears a strong resemblance to St Bride's. Through the generous aid of a wealthy benefactress, Sarah Mackie, husband of James Logan Mackie of Mackie and Co., creator of White Horse whisky, progress on the building was swift; the foundation stone of the chancel was laid on 9 May 1903, and the chancel dedicated upon its completion on 30 April 1904; the foundation stone of the nave was then laid on 5 May 1906, with dedication on 25 May 1907. However, Mrs Mackie suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after, and work on the building ceased. In 1910, the Revd Younghughes resigned as rector, and Revd Edward Reid was appointed in his place.
The Revd Reid was the son of the late James Reid, partner in Neilson, Reid and Co., and came from a wealthy family. He and his brothers were great philanthropists, and Edward's particular interest lay in churches. He guaranteed the debts of St Bride's of £2,390, however inspections of the church building revealed shoddy workmanship on the nave, which had to be torn down. The Reid Brothers then provided the funds for the building of the church in memory of their sister, Elizabeth, who had died in 1912. The work was completed between 1913–1914, and the new building consecrated on 1 February 1915. It is a Category B listed building
See also
Scottish Episcopal Church
St Mary's Cathedral (Episcopalian)
Other churches nearby:
St John's Renfield Church (Church of Scotland)
Jordanhill Parish Church (Church of Scotland)
Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church (Church of Scotland)
St Luke's Cathedral (Greek Orthodox)
Wellington Church (Church of Scotland)
References
External links
Official website
Churches completed in 1907
Bride
Listed churches in Glasgow
Category B listed buildings in Glasgow
George Frederick Bodley church buildings
1891 establishments in Scotland |
Vigo is a masculine given name and an Italian surname, the latter probably derived from the Latin word vicus (neighbourhood or settlement).
It may refer to:
People
Vigo Carlund (born 1946), Swedish businessman
V. A. Demant (1893–1983), English priest, theologian and social commentator
Vigo Madsen (1889–1979), Danish gymnast
Alex Vigo (born 1999), Argentine footballer
Élida Vigo (born 1944), Argentine politician
Esteban Vigo (born 1955), Spanish retired footballer and coach
Facundo Vigo (born 1999), Uruguayan footballer
Francis Vigo (1747–1836), Italian supporter of the American Revolution
Giovanni da Vigo (1450–1525), Italian surgeon
Green Vigo, South African former rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s
Íñigo Méndez de Vigo (born 1956), Spanish politician
Jean Vigo (1905–1934), French film director
Miriam Beizana Vigo (born 1990), Spanish writer and literary critic
Viggo Mortensen (born 1958), American actor, author, musician, photographer, poet, and painter.
Fictional characters
Vigo the Carpathian, villain of the film Ghostbusters II
Vigo, a villain in the Japanese manga series Psyren
Jason Vigo, in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Bloodlines"
See also
Viggo, a given name
Masculine given names |
300: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2007 film of the same name by Tyler Bates. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records on March 6, 2007, three days before the film opened for public viewing.
Production and composition
In July 2005, composer Tyler Bates began work on the film, describing the score as having "beautiful themes on the top and large choir," but "tempered with some extreme heaviness." The composer had scored for a test scene that the director wanted to show to Warner Bros. to illustrate the path of the project. Bates said that the score had "a lot of weight and intensity in the low end of the percussion" that Snyder found agreeable to the film. The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and features the vocals of Azam Ali (where she implements ethnic wailing). A standard edition and a special edition of the soundtrack containing 25 tracks was released on March 6, 2007, with the special edition containing a 16-page booklet and three two-sided trading cards.
The lyrics sung are in Bulgarian, Greek and Latin. The opening lines of the track "Come and Get Them" are "Ferto! – Parte to!" () translating as "bring it! – take it!". It is said that Leonidas exclaimed Molōn Labe! () when asked by Xerxes to surrender their weapons, which is translated into English as "Come and Get Them".
Track listing
Copyright issues
The score was criticized for its similarity to other then-recent soundtracks, including James Horner and Gabriel Yared's work for the film Troy. The heaviest borrowings were said to be from Elliot Goldenthal's 1999 score for Titus. "Remember Us," from 300, is identical in parts to the "Finale" from Titus, and "Returns a King" is similar to the cue "Victorius Titus". On August 3, 2007, Warner Bros. Pictures acknowledged in an official statement:
Reception
Upon its release, the 300 soundtrack received mostly negative reviews from film music reviewers, largely due to the Goldenthal plagiarism. Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks.com refused to review the album upon its release, later giving the album one star and quoting Bates as saying "I have as much respect for a garbage can lid as I do for the orchestra. Both of them can be entirely useful and important in the scope of a movie, if you look at them the right way." Clemmensen responds "That's a wise statement, but it's completely irrelevant unless you can actually use that garbage can lid in a manner that doesn't break the law.".
The soundtrack debuted at #74 on the Billboard Top 200 and rose to #52 in its second week. It has sold 37,638 copies to date.
References
2007 soundtrack albums
Warner Records soundtracks
Tyler Bates soundtracks
Action film soundtracks
Adaptations of works by Frank Miller
Albums involved in plagiarism controversies |
A chip race is an event that takes place in poker tournaments, especially those with an escalating blinds (such as Texas hold 'em), in which chips of denominations that are no longer needed (as the current and upcoming blinds are more easily played with larger chip values) are removed from play. This has the effect of reducing the number of physical chips in front of any player, and makes it easier for the players to count their stacks and their bets.
In a typical chip race:
All players color up their lesser-valued chips into greater denominations. For example, if the blinds have increased to a level where $5 chips are no longer needed to post blinds, each five $5 chips will be exchanged for a $25 chip. Players will temporarily keep any leftover chips that cannot be fully colored up to larger chips (less than 5 $5 chips in the above example).
All leftover chips are counted, and equivalent chips in the larger denomination are presented to the table. Continuing the example, if there are 15 $5 chips remaining among 6 players, 3 $25 chips are prepared. In the event the remaining smaller chips do not add up to a whole larger chip, an extra larger chip should be added as long as the leftover smaller chips total at least half a single larger chip.
Each player with leftover chips in the smaller denomination will receive one card for each chip. The cards are typically dealt face up, starting from seat one, to the dealer's left. Each player due to receive cards will receive all of his cards before the next player, rather than a "traditional" card deal; the player on the small blind, for example, who is due to receive three cards for his three chips, will receive all three of his cards before the big blind receives any.
The larger chips are issued to the players with the highest single cards showing (poker hands do not count). No player is issued more than one chip. Ties (cards of the same rank) are broken by suit, using the same bridge (ascending alphabetical) order of the suits: Spades are highest, followed by Hearts, Diamonds, and Clubs. All remaining lesser-value chips are removed from play.
A chip race cannot eliminate a player from the game. In the event a player's last smaller-denomination chips are removed from play as part of the chip race, he automatically gets one chip of the lowest value still in play.
To make it easier to manage the chip race, it is advised that one player at the table (normally the player who currently holds most of the chips that are about to be eliminated) buys up all the smaller chips from the other player's stacks and exchanges them with chips of equal value in higher denomination. Having all the chips in one stack makes it easier to count up and exchange.
References
Poker gameplay and terminology |
The 1947 Little League World Series took place from August 21 through August 23, when the first Little League Baseball championship tournament was played at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Maynard Midgets of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, defeated the Lock Haven All Stars of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 16–7 to win the championship. The event was called the National Little League Tournament, as the "World Series" naming was not adopted until .
In 1947, the board of directors for the original Little League decided to organize a tournament for the 17 known Little League programs. The fields on which the games were played are between the street and a levee built to protect the town from the West Branch Susquehanna River. That levee provided most of the seating for the inaugural series' attendees. Although the Little League World Series has now moved to a stadium in South Williamsport, it's still possible to play baseball on the original field.
The inaugural series was important in history in that it was integrated at a time when professional baseball was still integrating. More than 2,500 spectators enjoyed the final game, which helped to increase the League's overall publicity.
Teams
Williamsport Teams
Original League
Sunday School League
Brandon League
Maynard League
Lincoln League – Newberry, PA
Montoursville, PA
Montgomery, PA
Jersey Shore, PA
Milton, PA
Perry County, PA
Hammonton, NJ
Lock Haven, PA
Results
Rain on August 21 caused two first round games to be played on August 22.
Source:
Notable players
Jack Losch of the Maynard League championship team went on to play college football with the Miami Hurricanes, and was a first-round selection in the 1956 NFL draft. That year, with the Green Bay Packers, he became the first LLWS participant to play a professional sport. In 2004, the Team Sportsmanship Award at the LLWS was named in his honor.
References
External links
1947 Tournament Bracket via Wayback Machine
1947 Line Scores via Wayback Machine
Little League World Series
Little League World Series
Little League World Series |
The sixth season of the American comedy-drama television series Orange Is the New Black premiered on Netflix on July 27, 2018, at 12:00 am PDT in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 50 and 84 minutes. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan.
This season takes place in a maximum security prison, after the inmates incite a riot at Litchfield Penitentiary during the previous season, and the season deals with the fallout from the riot. The main story arc of the season involves a gang-like war between two cell blocks which is sparked by the feud between two sisters. Meanwhile, the guards play a fantasy sport game called "fantasy inmate". Several supporting characters who appeared throughout the first five seasons are absent in this season due to change in setting, but this season introduces several new characters featured in maximum security.
Episodes
Cast and characters
Main cast
Guest stars
Michael J. Harney as Sam Healy
Lea DeLaria as Carrie "Big Boo" Black
Alex Trebek as himself
Rosal Colon as Carmen "Ouija" Aziza
Francesca Curran as Helen "Skinhead Helen" Van Maele
Willie Casper Perry as Slide Orderly
Recurring cast
Inmates
Production
In February 2016, Netflix gave the series a three-season renewal, which included its sixth season. For the sixth season, Laura Gómez, Matt Peters and Dale Soules were promoted to series regulars.
Reception
Critical response
The sixth season received positive reviews from critics, with most critics noting its improvement over the previous season. On Metacritic, it has a score of 69 out of 100 based on 14 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an 83% rating with an average score of 7.3 out of 10 based on 35 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: "Brutality and humor continue to mesh effectively in a season of Orange Is the New Black that stands as a marked improvement from its predecessor, even if some arcs are more inspired than others."
Accolades
For the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, Laverne Cox received a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
References
External links
Orange Is the New Black
2018 American television seasons |
Evros Football Clubs Association or EPS Evros (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Έβρου, ΕΠΣ Έβρου) is a union representing the football teams from the Greek regional unit of Evros. Its headquarters are in Alexandroupoli.
Association football governing bodies in Greece
Evros (regional unit)
1980 establishments in Greece |
Peri Mirim is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.
The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.
See also
List of municipalities in Maranhão
References
Municipalities in Maranhão |
The Giblet Boys is a British comedy about three brothers, Pud, Kevin and Scurvy, and their adventures usually involving their devious Mum. The show was broadcast between 7 January 2005 and 1 December 2005.
Even though it only ran for two series, the show was still repeated frequently on the CITV channel between 2006 and March 2015.
Cast
Scurvy – Jack Bannon
Kevin – Michael Kosminsky
Pud – Scott Chisholm
Mum – Anna Mountford
Dad – Rupert Holliday-Evans
Miss. Cabin – Charlie Mudie
Jeweller – Barnaby Edwards
Mr Saunders – Ross O'Hennessy
External links
2005 British television series debuts
2005 British television series endings
2000s British children's television series
English-language television shows
ITV children's television shows |
The Circus Maximus is an album released under the name of American heavy metal band Manilla Road in 1992, after the band had first split up. The album contains the work of Manilla Road founder and frontman Mark Shelton who assembled a new band named Circus Maximus. However, Shelton's label, Black Dragon Records, added the Manilla Road logo. The sound and style is very different than the rest of Manilla Road material.
Production and reception
Manilla Road had dissolved during the sessions for The Courts of Chaos, and lead songwriter and vocalist and guitarist Mark Shelton began working on a new project. The recording process for the album involved his high school friends Andrew Coss and Aaron Brown, with the new band to be named Circus Maximus. However, his record label Black Dragon released the album as the work of Manilla Road and named it The Circus Maximus instead, despite the project having an entirely different sound. According to Allmusic, many of the tracks "showcased bassist/composer Coss's remarkably soulful, Glenn Hughes-styled pipes to perfection, while providing unprecedented dynamic space over which Shelton could expand his six-string soloing vocabulary." The group did insist on calling themselves Circus Maximus for live performances even after the album release as a Manilla Road work, but the group dissolved as Manilla Road was reformed several years later.
Track listing
"Throne of Blood" – 5:01
"Lux Aeterna" – 8:01
"Spider" – 7:15
"Murder by Degrees" – 4:28
"No Sign From Above" – 5:23
"In Gein We Trust" – 6:47
"Flesh and Fury" – 4:11
"No Touch" – 6:20
"Hack It Off" – 4:04
"Forbidden Zone" – 8:41
"She's Fading" – 8:00
Credits
Manilla Road
Mark Shelton – vocals, guitar
Andrew Coss – bass, keyboards on track 2, vocals
Aaron Brown – drums, vocals
Production
mixed at Miller Studio, North Newton, Kansas
Larry Funk – engineer
Aaron Brown – cover art
References
1992 albums
Manilla Road albums |
This list contains many notable near-Earth asteroids organised by their average distance from the Sun, and includes the planets and distances for comparability. It does not pretend to completeness.
References
Near-Earth Asteroids, distance |
Svimon or Simon Mukhranbatoni (; 17 August 1726 – 13 February 1785) was a Georgian nobleman of the House of Mukhrani, a collateral branch of the royal Bagrationi dynasty of Kartli. He was Prince (batoni) of Mukhrani and ex officio commander of the Banner of Shida Kartli and Grand Master of the Household (msakhurt-ukhutsesi) at the court of Kartli from 1756 to 1778.
Career
Svimon was a son of Levan, Prince of Mukhrani, and a certain Princess Elene. He acceded to the titles and possessions of his father in 1756, in the reign of King Teimuraz II of Kartli, succeeding on the death of his relative, Constantine III, Prince of Mukhrani, whose heirs were in their minority. He was further appointed by Teimuraz as nasakhchibashi, "Lord High Executioner", the office which gave rise to his moniker, Svimon the nasakhchibashi (სვიმონ ნასახჩიბაში).
During the 1768–74 war between the Russian and Ottoman empires, in which the Georgians allied themselves with the Russians, Prince Svimon contributed to the victory of Teimuraz II's son and successor, King Heraclius II of Georgia at Aspindza in April 1770. During the campaign, Heraclius was abandoned by his ally, the Russian general Count Totleben, and the Georgian forces had to confront a larger Turkish-Lesgian army. The night before the battle Prince Svimon led some two dozen men and clandestinely dismantled the only bridge across the river, stranding the enemy forces on the riverbank and allowing Heraclius to win a decisive victory. In 1778, a change in political climate forced Prince Svimon to abdicate in favor of his nephew, Ioane, and retire to Russia.
Family
Prince Svimon was married twice, first to a certain Tamar and secondly to Ana (1733–1823), probably a daughter of Prince Alexander of Kartli. He had the following children:
Prince Katsia (c. 1764 – 1826), who had two sons. His male-line progeny still survive in modern-day Georgia.
Prince Giorgi (1765–1825), who was married Princess Ekaterine Abashidze (died 1822) and had a daughter, Sophio (1809–1847), killed by peasants in a notorious incident along with her husband, Prince Alexander Sumbatashvili (Sumbatov), and two children. Ivan Sumbatov, a surviving child of the murdered couple, was the father of a Georgian–Russian actor, Alexander Yuzhin.
Prince Ermile (Ermia; 1780–1862), who was married to Princess Ketevan Vachnadze, with six children.
Prince Davit (died 1828), who was married, with three children.
Princess Salome (died 1820), who was married to Prince Davit Abashishvili, a Georgian courtier, with three children.
References
1726 births
1785 deaths
House of Mukhrani
18th-century people from Georgia (country) |
Maria Mestre de los Dolores Andreu (April 25, 1801after 1860) was an American known as the second US Coastguard female employee. A lighthouse keeper, she was the first Hispanic-American woman to command a federal shore installation. Marilyn Dykman said of her "Maria Andreu's leadership and perseverance as keeper of the lighthouse inspired generations of women to shine as female employees within federal service through her beacon of light."
Early life
Andreu was born on April 25, 1801, to parents Bartholomew Mestre and Marianna Lorenzo Mestre, and baptized on April 30 of the same year. She married Joseph Juan Andreu on May 6, 1822; Joseph Andreu served as keeper of the St. Augustine Lighthouse from 1854 to 1859. The couple had eight children.
Career
Andreu was the first Hispanic woman to serve in the Coast Guard and the first to command a federal shore installation. She became keeper of the lighthouse on January 7, 1860, after her husband Joseph, who had been the lighthouse keeper since 1854, died. According to a report in the St. Augustine Examiner on December 10, 1859, he was whitewashing the tower when the scaffolding collapsed and he fell about 60 feet onto the roof of the building where oil for the light was stored. Joseph Andreu was a cousin of the first St. Augustine lighthouse keeper, Juan Andreu, who served from 1824 to 1845. Joseph's father, Tomas, was the brother of Juan's father, Antonio.
Maria served as keeper at a salary of $400 a year until 1861, when the light was ordered darkened by the then Confederate States Secretary of the Navy, Stephen Mallory, and George C. Gibbs. She is believed to have left St. Augustine and moved to Georgia, where she spent the rest of her life in obscurity.
References
1801 births
Year of death unknown
United States Lighthouse Service personnel
Women lighthouse keepers |
Paramathi-Velur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India that was formed after constituency delimitations in 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 95. It consists of Paramathi-Velur taluk and portions of the Tiruchengodu and Namakkal taluks. It forms a part of the Namakkal parliamentary constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.
Election results
2021
2016
2011
References
Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu
Namakkal district |
Mount Lebanon Governorate () is one of the nine governorates of Lebanon. Its capital is Baabda.
This governorate is named after the mountainous region of Mount Lebanon and, except for the small Beirut Governorate which it surrounds, spans the stretch of the Mediterranean coast between Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate and South Governorate.
Geography
The Governorate of Mount Lebanon (except the area around Beirut) extends along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders the Northern Governorate in the northern part and the Southern Governorate in the southern part. On the eastern side, it borders the governorates of Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel.
The governorate's altitude ranges from zero to 3,000 meters above sea level. It has diverse geographical features, including urban areas, mixed rural areas and natural areas. It is crossed by 5 rivers (Nahr El Kalb, Nahr Beirut, Damour, Awali River and Nahr Ibrahim) and includes the Shabrouh Dam with a capacity of 8 million cubic meters of water.
Districts
The governorate is divided into four districts (, singular qaḍāʼ):
The districts of Jbeil and Keserwan were part of Mount Lebanon Governorate until 7 September 2017, when they were separated to form Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate.
Demographics
Mount Lebanon has a Christian majority with the presence of other religious groups such as Muslims. Maronites live in the Metn and Baabda districts (other Christian denominations such as Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Greek Catholics make up the rest of the population alongside Muslims). The Druze are the majority in the Aley district and a plurality in the Chouf district (nearly equal in numbers with Sunni Muslims and Christians). Shia minorities live in the Coast areas of Baabda District like Borj Al Barajneh, Haret Hreik, Ghobeiry and Chiyah.
Economy
The economy of Mount Lebanon Governorate depends mainly on industrial activities. The Governorate includes the highest percentage of industrial establishments in Lebanon (about 58% of the total Lebanese industrial establishments). Most of these establishments work in the food industries sector (17.93%), thus representing 34% of the total number of companies engaged in food industries. This sector is followed by paper and printing companies, which constitute 13.15% of the industrial establishments in Mount Lebanon. There are more than 12 industrial zones in Mount Lebanon, near the port of Beirut.
The Governorate of Mount Lebanon includes 5 tourist sites out of the nine most attractive sites for tourists. It also includes 260 hotels, which is the highest percentage among the governorates, with the exception of Beirut.
References
Governorates of Lebanon |
The Buso Renkin anime and manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The series takes place in the fictional Ginsei City, Japan, where a boy named Koshaku Chouno is creating alchemical monsters known as homunculi. During a night, Kazuki Muto, an ordinary boy, is killed by a homunculus, while trying to save Tokiko Tsumura. Feeling guilty, Tokiko, a member of the Alchemist Army, revives him by replacing his heart with an alchemical device called kakugane. The kakugane allows its wielder to form a buso renkin, a special weapon that is the only thing that can destroy a homunculus. With his own buso renkin, Kazuki decides to join Tokiko in the fight against the homunculi. Over the course of the series, they also must to defeat the L.X.E, a group consisting of human-type homunculi, as well as Victor, an entity most powerful than the homunculi.
While developing the series, Watsuki was influenced by his previous works, mostly by Rurouni Kenshin from which he drew references to the main characters; Kazuki and Tokiko were conceptualized after Makimachi Misao and Himura Kenshin, respectively. Films such as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Brotherhood of the Wolf also served as source of inspiration, as well as American comics. Reviewers called the characters generic and also criticized their designs. The main characters divided critics' opinion; Kazuki and Papillon have received both praise and criticism, while most of praise was towards Tokiko, who also was voted as the most popular character of the series by readers.
Creation and conception
Watsuki based Buso Renkins characters and fictional elements on his previous works. He conceptualized Kazuki while imagining Makimachi Misao, and Tokiko was designed as a feminized version of Himura Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin. From the same series, Yukishiro Enishi and Yukishiro Tomoe served as inspiration for the Hayasaka twins; Inui Banjin and Otowa Hyōko for the homunculi Kinjo and Jinnai. Shusui Hayasaka's buso renkin, "Sword Samurai X", refers to the English name of Rurouni Kenshin. Watsuki declared that Buster Baron is a "reincarnation" of the Armor Baron from Gun Blaze West. In addition, Victor's buso renkin is named after the X-Men storyline of the same name.
Watsuki has drawn many references from films. He choose the Kazuki's weapon as a lance because he watched A Knight's Tale, and thought it was "cool". Brotherhood of the Wolf served as the inspiration for Silver Skin, which is based on the main characters' outfit, and for Victor, which is based on a Native American. Moonface's replication ability is based in Matrixs Agent Smith. The name "League of Extraordinary Elects" was based on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The submarine buso renkin was inspired by the Nautilus from Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The term for the human followers of the homunculi, "familiars", comes from the human disciples of the vampires in Blade. Gekisen, the buso renkin of Genji Ikusabe was based on Hollow Man.
Characters
Main characters
A 16-year-old boy who was killed by a Homunculi when trying to save Tokiko Tsumura. When Tokiko replaces his heart with a Buso Renkin to revive him, he decides to help in the fight against the Homunculi and is later asked to be an Alchemist Warrior by Captain Bravo, which he accepts due to his will to protect his sister Mahiro and his friends. His Buso Renkin is , a spear-lance with a cloth that can turn into energy for either propulsion or as a blinding light.
A 17-year-old Alchemic Warrior. Seven year prior the series events, Tokiko's entire school was massacred by a Homunculi with only her surviving when Mamoru Sakimori came to the rescue. Due to the trauma of the event, she's extremely serious almost all the time. The incident also left her with a scar across the bridge of her nose which, although it could've been removed using alchemy, Tokiko decides to keep it as a reminder of her will to fight. Her Buso Renkin is , a set of bladed spider-like legs attached to her thighs controlled using her synapses.
A 19-year-old genius student, Chouno suffered from an unspecified disease but managed to save himself after learning how to make Homunculi through research notes left by his great-great-grandfather, initially experimenting with various animals. Later, he turns himself into a Human-type Homunculus and renames himself . He proceeds to murder his entire family, but is subsequently killed by Kazuki. He's later revived by L.X.E. and wishes to fight Kazuki again, but is prevented from doing so when his illness reemerges. Papillon then joins forces with Kazuki when he's being hunted by the Re-Extermination Squad and, in order to prevent his foe's death, re-creates the White Kakugane using Alexandra Powered's research. He and Kazuki finally have their showdown, which Papillon ultimately loses, but Kazuki refuses to kill him again. His Buso Renkin is , a mass of black gunpowder that he can manipulate to assume any form (usually a pair of butterfly wings) as well as remotely detonate at will.
The Alchemist Army
In the manga, with the exceptions of Kazuki and the Hayasaka Twins, all members of the Alchemist Army (including Tokiko) have their names annotated exclusively with katakana (e.g. ), while all other characters have theirs regularly with hiragana. Tokiko's family name, Tsumura, was annotated with hiragana (as ) for the first two volumes, however.
Real name is , Captain Bravo is Tokiko's commanding officer and a veteran Alchemic Warrior. He abandons his name after the incident as Tokiko's old school, feeling ashamed of himself for being unable to save more than one person. After receiving orders from the Alchemist Army, he attempts to kill Kazuki twice, failing during his first attempt and later defending Kazuki from Sekima Hiwatari, using his Buso Renkin to protect both of them. His Buso Renkin is , a protective outfit that covers his entire body, except for his eyes, and is capable of hardening into a special form of regenerating metal when struck.
A rookie Alchemic Warriors. Prior to the series start, he trained with Tokiko, developing a devotion to her. At first, he's jealous of the relationship Kazuki has with Tokiko, but slowly grows to admire him, eventually declaring him his "rivals in love". He cooperates with Kazuki and Tokiko as they try to escape from the Re-Extermination Squad, despite being first designate for this team. He also help Tokiko in their last mission to defeat Papillon. His Buso Renkin is a pair of gear-shaped chakrams that have a variety of applications, ranging from use as close-to-long range weaponry to increased mobility for Gota himself.
An Alchemic Warrior Chief and Captain Bravo's former teammates, he was there during the failed mission to stop a group of Homunculi from killing an entire school alongside Shosei Sakaguchi and Chitose Hateyama. Hiwatari is the leader of the Re-Extermination Squad, a team commissioned to kill Kazuki, and is composed of himself and six other subordinate Alchemic Warriors. Hiwatari's Buso Renkin is , a napalm bomb that allows him to manipulate flames.
The Great Warrior Chief of the Alchemist Army's Asian Branch and Captain Bravo's former teammates, he was there during the failed mission to stop a group of Homunculi from killing an entire school and Chitose Hateyama. He prevents Hiwatari from killing Kazuki, proclaiming that defeating Victor is the Alchemist Army's priority. Shosei's Buso Renkin is , a gigantic knight-like robot that can materialize a large-scale version of any Buso Renkin manifested inside it.
Re-Extermination Squad
The Re-Extermination Squad is a team led by Sekima Hiwatari and commissioned to kill Kazuki.
Another of Captain Bravo's former teammates, her Buso Renkin is called , a radar that also enables her to teleport objects.
A shy girl whose buso renkin, , is a gas mask capable of mixing all gas-type elements into either poisonous or explosive mixtures.
A combative man whose Buso Renkin, , is a spear that heals any wound it's wielder suffers.
An androgynous boy, his Buso Renkin is called , in the manga its a belt which can fire out balloons that shrink and seal people inside them, while in the anime, they multiply themselves when destroyed.
A quite yet stern man whose Buso Renkin, , is a ninjatō that creates pathways to another dimension when it cuts a solid object;
A man whose Buso Renkin, , summons a flute which commands a pair of mechanical military dogs.
L.X.E
Real name , Doktor Butterfly is Koshaku's great-great-grandfather as well as the non-declared leader of the League of Extraordinary Elects (or "L.X.E." or short), a group of Human-type Homunculus. Apart from Papillon, he's the only person shown to have the skill required to create Homunculi. However, despite this fact, Doktor Butterfly attributes the leadership of the L.X.E. to Victor. His vast knowledge of alchemy comes directly from Victor himself, who, in exchange of teaching him, requested his assistance in healing himself. His Buso Renkin is known as , a platinum-white colored chaff with different abilities based on whether its in its scattered or concentrated forms: In its scattered form, it has the ability to confuse a target's ability to determine things like direction and distance in addition to jamming electronics; meanwhile, in its concentrated form, it's capable of inducing hallucinations through simply looking at it.
His real name is and is the closest L.X.E. member to Dr. Butterfly. He finds the Hayasaka twins while walking along with Butterfly and is always talking to him. He is a moon-shaped-head man who possesses , a Buso Renkin that allows him to create up to 30 slightly different copies of himself (in imitation of the 30 different phases of the moon).
The former leader of the Alchemist Army and is the main antagonist of the series. A century prior to the series' events, he is severely injured by a homunculus, and his wife, Alexandria, creates the Black Kakugane to revive him. However, Victor loses his self-control and kills everyone in the lab, as well as injuring his wife, who becomes a brain in a vat. He escapes from both the Alchemist Army and the homunculi led by his daughter Victoria, who is forced to become a homunculus, and goes to Japan. There he is healed by Doktor Butterfly. Victor's Buso Renkin is , a gigantic battle axe that's capable of manipulating gravity.
The Hayasaka Twins
Twins who're members of the L.X.E., the Hayasaka's were kidnapped as children and abused inside of an apartment room by a woman they believed to be their mother. When she eventually died, they were taken to a hospital by the police but soon learned their birth parents didn't want them, leading the pair to run away and live on the street until they were found by the L.X.E. and taken in as "familiars". In exchange for their services, the twins asked to be turned into Homunculi themselves so they could stay together for eternity. Armed with Kakugane provided by the L.X.E., they fought against Kazuki and Tokio but were defeated and nearly killed by the latter before she was intersected by Kazuki. Following the fall of the L.X.E., Ouka and Shusui would team up with Papillon in order to keep Kazuki alive and later help in the fight against Victor as well as joining forces with the Alchemist Army in the last mission to defeat Papillon.
Ouka's Buso Renkin is , which consists of an autonomous robot named "Gozen", a bow and a gauntlet; the latter is capable of creating, loading and firing arrows for the user as well as producing a special arrow which can heal target's injury by absorbing and transfer them to wielder.
.Shusui is a kendo master, and his Buso Renkin is known as , a katana with a long cord attached to the pommel which is capable of absorbing and releasing energy.
Other characters
Kazuki's sister.
Victor's wife a century ago, who creates a black kakugane to revive her husband after he's severely injured by a homunculus. However, she ends up as a brain in a vat after being injured by Victor.
Victor's daughter a century ago, who was forced to become a homunculus and chases after him.
A character from the PlayStation 2 video game Buso Renkin: Yōkoso Papillon Park e. He is Kazuki and Tokiko's son, who as a teenager travels back in time to stop a plot by Moonface. His buso renkin is , a trident-like buso renkin.
Reception
Leigh Dragoon of Sequential Tart qualified the characters as "completely forgettable" and said they lack of personality, citing Mahiro "could be portrayed as a piece of paper". Dragoon said Kazuki "seems like a direct lift from 3x3 Eyess Yakumo [Fujii]", and Tokiko and "Rei Ayanami without the interesting attached", respectively. Similarly, Michael Aronson from Manga Life stated "all [the characters] fit familiar roles". Later, Aronson named the character's dialogue as the series "strongest suit", but criticized how Kazuki and Tokiko "only act as bland foils". Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network (ANN) qualified Kazuki "a non-entity", and the remaining characters "human-shaped gags". Writing for ANN, Luke Carroll said the character designs are "a rather uninspired affair". Kimlinger said the designs are "so generic that they'd shame a dating sim". A reviewer of The Star declared "the manga's antagonists are quite weak and one-dimensional" and that it is "difficult to take Papillon Mask seriously." In the same vein, Carlo Santos of ANN criticized the designs, mainly the villains who "slides right down into lame", saying "who would even want to cosplay Papillon?", and comparing Moonface to a scary McDonald's campaign. The "overblown" villains "soon start to become old hat" and "irritating", according to UK Anime Network's Andy Hanley. Although praised Papillon's backhistory, Mania's Chris Beveridge criticized his design and called him "a very quirky and weird character".
Conversely, Patti Martinson wrote for Sequential Tart that the characters "are distinctive and interesting", and The Star reviewer called the character Buso Renkins "saving grace". Kazuki was said to be a "very likeable hero" by Active Anime's Holly Ellingwood, who also stated Papillon is the "most memorable" villain of the series. Carroll said Tokiko "is the best of the bunch", while Kimlinger, who praised her "an oasis of feminine strength in a genre more remarkable for its monster-bait femmes", declared it is one of few characteristics that distinguish the series from other shōnen fighting series. Active Anime's Sandra Scholes praised the character's illustration as well as called Kazuki and Tokiko "wonderful couple". Hanley said he only "feel a little empathy" for Kazuki and Tokiko in later episodes, while Beveridge praised Papillon taking "an amusing role" in those episodes. The supporting cast was also praised; Aronson cited there are "interesting personalities", while Beveridge said they "help it out immensely", and Kimlinger stated that they "so clearly outclassed its main character." The addition of Re-Extermination Squad was praised by Holly Ellingwood of Active Anime who called they "interesting". At the end of the series, Ellingwood praised how Watsuki did "a fabulous job of covering [...] the various characters, juggling them effectively".
In the Buso Renkin official popularity poll conducted by Weekly Shōnen Jump, Tokiko was elected the most popular among the manga fanbase. Kazuki ranked second, Papillon ranked third, Bravo ranked fourth, Shusui ranked fifth, Mahiro ranked sixth, Gouta ranked seventh, Angel Gouzen ranked eight, Ouka ranked ninth, and Moonface ranked tenth. Two of the major villains, Victor and Dr. Butterfly, ranked 15th place and 19th place, respectively.
Notes
Notes
References
References
Bibliography
Buso Renkin manga volumes by Watsuki, Nobuhiro. Original Japanese version published by Shueisha. English translation published by Viz Media.
Note: The information is taken from the history itself as well as from the author's note.
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Museum of St. Maximilian Kolbe "There was a Man" (Polish: Muzeum św. Maksymiliana "Był człowiek") - is a museum, located in Niepokalanów monastery in central Poland. Dedicated to the life and work of its founder - father Maximilian Kolbe, evangelization activity of Niepokalanów, and the Franciscan missions throughout the world.
Founding of the museum
The museum is located in one of the old buildings in Niepokalanów, where there used to be a laundry and a carpenter's workshop. The exhibition, which spans three rooms, was created by the employees of the Museum of the town of Pabianice. Now it's opened to visitors every day from 8.00 to 18.00.
On 6 August 1998, two compartments of the museum were opened to the public and blessed by Cardinal Józef Glemp, who expressed his hope that the new exhibition will be a good catechesis, showing the visitors a shortest path to God. A month later, on 20 September 1998, the museum was extended and a third compartment (missionary) was opened by Franciscan bishop Jan Wilk, working in Brazil mission.
Exhibitions
In the first compartment visitors are welcomed by the statue of St. Maximilian, made of bronze by the Italian sculptor Roberto Joppolo of Viterbo. The statue was blessed by Pope John Paul II in October 1982 during the ceremony of canonization of St. Maximilian Kolbe.
In the second part a visitor can see pre-war photographs and exhibits with explanations concerning the life and activity of the founder of Niepokalanów - St. Maximilian - since his childhood, through youth, studies, Japan mission until building a large publishing monastery, called Niepokalanów. There is also a replica of his second flat in the monastery, where he lived since 1936 (after returning from Japan) till 1941 (when he was arrested). The third room presents collection from the Franciscan missions in the world, offered mostly by the missionaries working in Japan, Brazil, Zambia, Peru, Kenya or Tanzania.
There are some peculiar pieces in this collection:
- a portrait of St. Maximilian made from post stamps;
- dried piranhas and skin of exotic snake;
- an image of the Mother of God woven from cereal grains.
Photo gallery
References
Further reading
O. Mariusz Paczóski, 70 lat Niepokalanowa (Seventy years of Niepokalanów). Wydawnictwo Ojców Franciszkanów, Niepokalanów 1999, (book in Polish)
Saint Maximilian’s 'City of the Immaculata' - historical information
Miasto Niepokalanej (City of the Immaculate - article in Polish), p. 216-219, in: Rycerz Niepokalanej (The Knight of the Immaculate) nr 7-8/2010, Niepokalanów, ISSN 0208-8878 (article in Polish)
Museum of St. Maximilian Kolbe
Museum of St. Maximilian Kolbe
Museums established in 1998
Museums in Masovian Voivodeship
Religious museums in Poland
Biographical museums in Poland
20th-century religious buildings and structures in Poland |
Caterina Murino (born 15 September 1977) is an Italian actress. She began her acting career in the 1999 production of the play Richard III and later made her breakthrough with the 2004 film The Corsican File. She went on to appear in the 2006 film Casino Royale and received a European Golden Globe at the 2008 Italian Golden Globe Awards.
Life and career
Murino was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, and initially wanted to be a doctor. She finished fifth in the 1997 Miss Italy contest. She studied drama at the Scuola di Cinema e Teatro run by Francesca De Sapio, between 1999 and 2000. She then appeared in stage productions of Richard III and Italian-language plays. She began her career in television in 2002, and then gained international fame after playing Solange Dimitrios in the 2006 adaptation of the James Bond novel Casino Royale.
In early 2011, she co-starred with Rufus Sewell in the short-lived BBC One TV series Zen.
In 2011, she also appeared in Bob Sinclar's music video clip Far l'amore. She also starred in the video clip of the famous party band The Gypsy Queens' "l'Italiano".
In 2013, she starred as Penelope, Ulysses' wife for a TV production Odysseus.
In 2023, she hosted the 80th Venice International Film Festival from 30 August to 9 September.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
1977 births
Living people
People from Cagliari
Italian film actresses
Italian television actresses
21st-century Italian actresses
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Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga (; ), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac to the north, Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan to the east, Manila Bay to the central-south, Bataan to the southwest and Zambales to the west. Its capital is the City of San Fernando. Angeles City is the largest LGU, but while geographically within Pampanga, it is classified as a first-class, highly urbanized city and has been governed independently of the province since it received its charter in 1964.
The name La Pampanga was given by the Spaniards, who encountered natives living along the banks (pampáng) of the Pampanga River. Its creation in 1571 makes it the first Spanish province on Luzon Island (Cebu in Visayas is older as it was founded by the Spaniards in 1565). The town of Villa de Bacolor in the province briefly served as the Spanish colonial capital when Great Britain invaded Manila as part of the Seven Years' War. At the eve of the Philippine Revolution of 1896, Pampanga was one of eight provinces placed under martial law for rebellion against the Spanish Empire; it is thus represented on the Philippine national flag as one of the eight rays of the sun.
Pampanga is served by Clark International Airport (formerly Diosdado Macapagal International Airport), which is in Clark Freeport Zone, some north of the provincial capital. The province is home to two Philippine Air Force airbases: Basa Air Base in Floridablanca and the former United States Clark Air Base in Angeles. Due to its growing population and developments, the Clark Global City is now developed and is located in Clark Freeport Zone. In 2015, the province had 2,198,110 inhabitants, while it had 1,079,532 registered voters.
History
Spanish colonial era
Ancient Pampanga's Territorial area included portions of the modern provinces of Tarlac, Bataan, Zambales, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Aurora, Quezon (including Polillo Islands), and Rizal, i.e. covered almost the entire Central Luzon (Pampanga also included portion of Metro Manila, which is Valenzuela to be exact, which was formerly known as Polo, then a town in Bulacan). When the Spanish arrived at Luzon they found Pampanga to be thickly populated with several towns and that there were 3 castles or forts protecting Pamapanga. Pampanga was re-organized as a province by the Spaniards on December 11, 1571. For better administration and taxation purposes, the Spanish authorities subdivided Pampanga into pueblos, which were further subdivided into districts (barrios) and in some cases into royal and private estates (encomiendas).
Due to excessive abuses committed by some encomenderos, King Philip II of Spain in 1574 prohibited the further awarding of private estates, but this decree was not fully enforced until 1620. In a report of Philippine encomiendas on June 20, 1591, Governor-General Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas reported to the Crown that La Pampanga's encomiendas were Bataan, Betis y Lubao, Macabebe, Candaba, Apalit, Calumpit, Malolos, Binto, Guiguinto, Caluya, Bulacan and Mecabayan. The encomiendas of La Pampanga at that time had eighteen thousand six hundred and eighty whole tributes.
Pampanga, which is about in area and inhabited by more than 1.5 million people, had its present borders drawn in 1873. During the Spanish regime, it was one of the richest Philippine provinces. Manila and its surrounding region were then primarily dependent on Kapampangan agricultural, fishery and forestry products as well as on the supply of skilled workers. As other Luzon provinces were created due to increases in population, some well-established Pampanga towns were lost to new emerging provinces in Central Luzon.
During the 17th century, The Dutch recruited men from Pampanga as mercenaries who served the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, known as Papangers part of the larger Mardijkers community. Their legacy can be found in North Jakarta, however, there are few traces of their descendants, except for a small community in Kampung Tugu.
The historic province of Bataan which was founded in 1754 under the administration of Spanish Governor-General Pedro Manuel Arandia, absorbed from the province of Pampanga the municipalities of Abucay, Balanga (now a city), Dinalupihan, Llana Hermosa, Orani, Orion, Pilar, and Samal.
During the British occupation of Manila (1762–1764), Bacolor became the provisional Spanish colonial capital and military base.
The old Pampanga towns of Aliaga, Cabiao, Gapan, San Antonio and San Isidro were ceded to the province of Nueva Ecija in 1848 during the term of Spanish Governor-General Narciso Claveria y Zaldua. The municipality of San Miguel de Mayumo of Pampanga was yielded to the province of Bulacan in the same provincial boundary configuration in 1848.
In 1860, the northern towns of Bamban, Capas, Concepcion, Victoria, Tarlac, Mabalacat, Magalang, Porac and Floridablanca were separated from Pampanga and were placed under the jurisdiction of a military command called Comandancia Militar de Tarlac. However, in 1873, the four latter towns were returned to Pampanga and the other five became municipalities of the newly created Province of Tarlac.
Japanese invasion era
On December 8, 1941, Japanese planes bombed Clark Air Base marking the beginning of the invasion of Pampanga. Between 1941 and 1942, occupying Japanese forces began entering Pampanga.
During the counter-insurgencies under the Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1944, Kapampangan guerrilla fighters and the Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas fought side by side in the province of Pampanga, attacking and retreating the Japanese Imperial forces for over three years of fighting and invasion.
The establishment of the military general headquarters and military camp bases of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was active from 1935 to 1946. The Philippine Constabulary was active from 1935 to 1942 and 1944 to 1946 in the province of Pampanga. During the military engagements of the anti-Japanese Imperial military operations in central Luzon from 1942 to 1945 in the province of Bataan, Bulacan, Northern Tayabas (now Aurora), Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales, the local guerrilla resistance fighters and Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas, helped the U.S. military forces fight the Imperial Japanese armed forces.
In the 1945 liberation of Pampanga, Kapampangan guerrilla fighters and the Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas supported combat forces from Filipino and American ground troops in attacking Japanese Imperial forces during the Battle of Pampanga until the end of the Second World War. Local military operations soldiers and officers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army 2nd, 26th, 3rd, 32nd, 33rd, 35th, 36th and 37th Infantry Division and the Philippine Constabulary 3rd Constabulary Regiment recaptured and liberated the province of Pampanga and fought against the Japanese Imperial forces during the Battle of Pampanga.
Philippine independence
After the Second World War, operations in the main province of Pampanga was downfall insurgencies and conflicts between the Philippine Government forces and the Hukbalahap Communist rebels on 1946 to 1954 during the Hukbalahap Rebellion.
Contemporary
The June 15, 1991, eruption of Mount Pinatubo displaced a large number of people with the submersion of whole towns and villages by massive lahar floods. This led to a large-scale advancement in disaster preparation in government. In 2010, a Kapampangan, Benigno Aquino III, son of former President Corazon Aquino, was elected as president.
On April 22, 2019, the province suffered severe damage due to 6.1 magnitude earthquake which originated from Zambales and was the most affected area by the earthquake due to province sitting on soft sediment and alluvial soil. Several structures in the province were damaged by the quake, including a 4-story supermarket in Porac, the Bataan-Pampanga boundary arch and the main terminal of Clark International Airport, as well as old churches in Lubao and Porac, where the stone bell tower of the 19th-century Santa Catalina de Alejandria Church collapsed.
Geography
Pampanga covers a total area of occupying the south-central section of the Central Luzon region. When Angeles is included for geographical purposes, the province's area is . The province is bordered by Tarlac to the north, Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan to the east, Manila Bay to the central-south, Bataan to the southwest, and Zambales to the northwest.
Its terrain is relatively flat with one distinct mountain, Mount Arayat and the notable Pampanga River. Among its municipalities, Porac has the largest area with ; Candaba comes in second with ; followed by Floridablanca with . Santo Tomas, with an area of only , is the smallest.
Climate
The province of Pampanga has two distinct climates, rainy and dry. The rainy or wet season normally begins in May and runs through October, while the rest of the year is the dry season. The warmest period of the year occurs between March and April, while the coolest period is from December through February. The wet season will be from June to October and also dry season
will be from November to April in the province of Pampanga.
Administrative divisions
Pampanga comprises 19 municipalities and three cities (one highly urbanized and two component).
Demographics
Population
The population of Pampanga in the 2020 census was 2,437,709 people, with a density of . If Angeles is included for geographical purposes, the population is 2,900,637, with a density of . The native inhabitants of Pampanga are generally referred to as the Kapampangans (alternatively Pampangos or Pampangueños).
Languages
The whole population of Pampanga speak Kapampangan, which is one of the Central Luzon languages along with the Sambalic languages. English and Tagalog are rather spoken and used as secondary languages. There are a few Sambal speakers in the province, especially near the border of Zambales.
Religion
The province of Pampanga is composed of many religious groups, but it is predominantly Roman Catholic (88.92%).
According to 2010 Census, other prominent Christian groups include the Iglesia ni Cristo (3.84%), Evangelicals (1.34%), Aglipayan Church (0.60%), Jesus is Lord Church (0.48%), Baptist Church (0.39%), Jehovah’s Witnesses (0.27%), Church of Christ (0.23%), United Church of Christ in the Philippines (0.22%), Seventh-day Adventist Church (0.18%) and many others.
Islam (0.017%) is also present in the province, mainly due to migrants originating from the south, as well as Buddhism, which is practiced by a few people of Chinese descent.
Economy
Farming and fishing are the two main industries. Major products include rice, corn, sugarcane, and tilapia. Pampanga is the tilapia capital of the country because of its high production reaching 214,210.12 metric tons in 2015. In addition to farming and fishing, the province supports thriving cottage industries that specialize in wood carving, furniture making, guitars and handicrafts. Every Christmas season, the province of Pampanga, especially in the capital city of San Fernando becomes the center of a thriving industry centered on handcrafted lighted lanterns called parols that display a kaleidoscope of light and color. Other industries include its casket industry and the manufacturing of all-purpose vehicles in the municipality of Santo Tomas.
The province is famous for its sophisticated culinary work: it is called the “food capital” of the Philippines. Kapampangans are well known for their culinary creations. Famous food products range from the mundane to the exotic. Roel's Meat Products, Pampanga's Best and Mekeni Food are among the better known meat brands of the country producing Kapampangan favorites such as pork and chicken tocinos, beef tapa, hotdogs, longganizas (Philippine-style cured sausages) and chorizos.
Specialty foods such as the siopao, pandesal, tutong, lechon (roasted pig) and its sarsa (sauce) are popular specialty foods in the region. The more exotic betute tugak (stuffed frog), kamaru (mole crickets) cooked adobo, bulanglang (pork cooked in guava juice), lechon kawali and bringhe (a green sticky rice dish like paella) are a mainstay in Kapampangan feasts.
Native sweets and delicacies like pastillas, turonnes de casuy, buro, are the most sought after by Filipinos including a growing number of tourists who enjoy authentic Kapampangan cuisine. The famous cookie in Mexico, Pampanga, Panecillos de San Nicolas, which is known as the mother of all Philippine cookies, is made here, famously made by Lillian Borromeo. The cookies are made with arrowroot, sugar, coconut milk and butter and are blessed in Catholic parishes every year on the feast of San Nicolas Tolentino. The cookies are believed to have a healing power and bestow good luck and are sometimes crumbled into rice fields before planting.
Tourism is a growing industry in the province of Pampanga. Clark Freeport Zone is home to Clark International Airport, designated as the Philippines' future premier gateway. Other developing industries include semiconductor manufacturing for electronics and computers mostly located within the freeport.
Within the Clark Special Economic Zone are well-established hotels and resorts. Popular tourist destinations include St. Peter Shrine in Apalit, Mt. Arayat National Park in San Juan Bano, Mount Arayat, the Paskuhan Village in the City of San Fernando, the Casino Filipino in Angeles and, for nature and wildlife, "Paradise Ranch and Zoocobia Fun Zoo" in Clark. Well-known annual events include the Giant Lantern Festival in December, the hot air balloon festival in Clarkfield in February and in Lubao in April, the San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites celebrated two days before Easter, and the Aguman Sanduk in Minalin celebrated on the afternoon of New Year's Day.
Boat culture
There have been proposals to revitalize the karakoa shipbuilding tradition of the Kapampangan people in recent years. The karakoa was the warship of the Kapampangan from the classical eras (before 15th century) up to the 16th century. The production of the karakoa and its usage were stopped by the Spanish colonialists to establish the galleon ship-making tradition instead, as a sign of Spanish dominance over the Kapampangan.
Infrastructure
Telecommunication
Telephone services are provided by PLDT, Digitel, Converge Telecom, Datelcom, the Evangelista Telephone Company, and the Pampanga Telecom Company in the town of Macabebe. The province has 24 public telegraph offices distributed among its towns while the facilities of PT&T and RCPI were set up to serve the business centers in Angeles, San Fernando City and Guagua.
Several Internet Service provider are available. These include the Angeles Computer Network Specialist, Information Resources Network System, Inc., [Mosaic communications Inc., Net Asia Angeles, Phil World On Line and Comclark Network and Technology Corp.
United Parcel Service (UPS) and Federal Express (FedEx) provide international courier services. Their hubs are in the Clark Freeport Zone. They are complemented by four local couriers operating as the communication and baggage of the province. There are three postal district offices and 35 post office stations distributed in the 20 municipalities and two cities of the province.
Water and power
Potable water supply in the province reaches the populace through three levels namely: Level I (point source system), Level II (communal faucet system), and Level III (individual connections). A well or spring is the pinpointed water source in areas where houses are few as the system is only designed to serve 15 to 25 households. As of 1997, there were 128,571 Level I water system users in the province. The communal faucet system (Level II) serves the rural areas while the Level III system is managed by the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA). The system provides individual house connections to all second and first class private subdivisions.
Electric power is distributed to the majority of the towns through the distribution centers of the Pampanga Electric Cooperative (PELCO) which include PELCO I, II, III. Small parts of Candaba and Macabebe are also supplied by Manila Electric Company (Meralco). Angeles and small parts of Mabalacat are supplied by Angeles Electric Corporation (AEC) Villa de Bacolor, Guagua, Sta, Rita, Lubao, Sasmuan, Porac, Mabalacat and small part of Floridablanca are supplied by Pampanga Electric Cooperative II (PELCO II). City of San Fernando and Floridablanca is supplied by San Fernando Electric Company (SFELAPCO).
Power is also transmitted to the province through various transmission lines and substations located within the province, such as the Mexico and Clark substations, and Hermosa–Duhat–Balintawak, Mexico–Hermosa, Hermosa–San Jose transmission lines, etc., all of which are operated and maintained by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).
Transportation
The province of Pampanga is strategically located at the crossroads of central Luzon and is highly accessible by air and land. The province is home to two airstrips: Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, which is used by the military, and Clark International Airport in Clark Freeport Zone. Pampanga has five municipal ports that function as fish landing centers. These are in the municipalities of Guagua, Macabebe, Masantol, Minalin, and Sasmuan.
Road transport
Land travel to Pampanga is provided by highways and by buses. Buses that travel the routes of Manila-Bataan, Manila-Zambales, Manila-Tarlac, Manila-Nueva Ecija, Manila-Bulacan-Pampanga, and Manila-Pampanga-Dagupan serve as connections with the nearby provinces and Metro Manila.
The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) extends from Balintawak in Quezon City, Metro Manila, to Santa Ines in Mabalacat. It passes through the cities and municipalities of Apalit, San Simon, Santo Tomas, San Fernando, Mexico, Angeles City, and ends on Santa Ines in Mabalacat.
The four-lane Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) to date, is the longest toll expressway in the Philippines. Its southern terminus is in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone and passes through the Clark Freeport Zone in two interchanges: Clark North and Clark South. The expressway is linked to the North Luzon Expressway through the Mabalacat Interchange. Its northern terminus is located at the Central Techno Park in Tarlac City, Tarlac.
Aside from the expressways, national highways also serve the province. Two major national highways serves Pampanga, the MacArthur Highway (N2) and Jose Abad Santos Avenue (N3). Secondary and tertiary national roads, and provincial roads complement the highway backbone.
Schools
Colleges and universities
AIE College
AMA Computer College (Angeles)
AMA Computer College (City of San Fernando)
AMA Computer Learning Center (Angeles)
AMA Computer Learning Center (City of San Fernando)
AMA Computer Learning Center (Apalit)
Angeles University Foundation
Arayat Institute (Arayat)
Arayat National High School (Arayat)
Asian College of Science & Technology
Asian Institute of Computer Studies (Mabalacat City and City of San Fernando)
Center for Asian Culinary Studies
Central Luzon College of Science and Technology (CELTECH College),
City College of Angeles
Church Education System Seminary & Institute of Religion, in every chapels of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Colegio de San Lorenzo de Pampanga
Colegio de Sebastian
Computer System Specialist, Inc.
Dau Academy-Saint Muchen (Mabalacat City)
Dee Hwa Liong College Foundation (Mabalacat City)
Development for Advanced Technology Achievement (DATA) College
Don Honorio Ventura State University (Bacolor)
Don Honorio Ventura State University (Candaba)
Don Honorio Ventura State University (Lubao)
Don Honorio Ventura State University (Mexico)
Don Honorio Ventura State University (Porac)
Don Honorio Ventura State University (Santo Tomas)
East Central Colleges
Exact College of Asia (Arayat)
Gateway Institute of Science and Technology
Gonzalo Puyat School of Arts and Trades (San Luis)
Guagua National Colleges (Guagua)
Harvardian Colleges
Holy Angel University
Holy Cross College Pampanga (Santa Ana)
Infant Jesus Academy (IJA)
Information and Communication Technology High School
Integrated Computer School Foundation
International School for Culinary Arts and Hotel Management
Jocson College
Jose C. Feliciano College, Inc. (Mabalacat City)
La Plata Science and Technology, Inc.
La Verdad Christian College (Apalit)
Mabalacat College (Mabalacat City)
Mary Help of Christians School Inc. (Mabalacat City)
Mary the Queen College (Guagua)
Mega Computer College
Megabyte College of Science and Technology (Floridablanca and Guagua)
Mother of Good Counsel Major Seminary
Mother of Good Counsel Minor Seminary
Mother of Perpetual Help Institute School of Midwifery and Nursing Aide
Mount Carmel Colleges
New Era University
NorthPoint Academy for Culinary Arts
Our Lady of Fatima University
Pampanga Colleges (Macabebe)
Pampanga Institute (Masantol)
Pampanga State Agricultural University (Magalang)
Philippine State College of Aeronautics (Floridablanca)
Proverbsville School (Angeles City)
Proverbsville School (City of San Fernando)
Republic Central Colleges
Saint Anthony College of Technology (Mabalacat City)
Saint Mary's Angels College of Pampanga (Santa Ana)
Saint Michael's College (Guagua)
St. Nicolas College of Business and Technology (City of San Fernando)
San Lorenzo Ruiz Center of Studies and Schools
Santa Rita College Integrated School (Santa Rita)
Somascan Fathers Seminary (Lubao)
Saint Augustine School of Nursing
St. Scholastica’s Academy
STI College (Angeles City)
STI College
Systems Plus College Foundation, Inc.
Systems Plus College Foundation, Inc.
TESDA Training Center
The Metropolitan Academy of Arts & Beauty – Pampanga
University of the Assumption
University of the Philippines - Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga (Clark Freeport Zone)
Government and politics
Like other provinces in the Philippines, Pampanga is governed by a governor and vice governor who are elected to three-year terms. The governor is the executive head and leads the province's departments in executing the ordinances and improving public services. The vice governor heads a legislative council (Sangguniang Panlalawigan) consisting of board members from the districts.
Provincial government
Just as the national government, the provincial government is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judiciary. The judicial branch is administered solely by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The LGUs have control of the executive and legislative branches.
The executive branch is composed of the governor for the province, mayors for the cities and municipalities, and the barangay captains for the barangays. The provincial assembly for the provinces, Sangguniang Panlungsod (city assembly) for the cities, Sangguniang Bayan (town assembly) for the municipalities, Sangguniang Barangay (barangay council), and the Sangguniang Kabataan for the youth sector.
The seat of government is vested upon the governor and other elected officers who hold office at the Provincial Capitol building. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan is the center of legislation.
Court system
The Supreme Court of the Philippines recognizes Pampanga regional trial courts and metropolitan or municipal trial courts within the province and towns, that have an overall jurisdiction in the populace of the province and towns, respectively.
Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, "The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980", as amended, created Regional, Metropolitan, Municipal Trial and Circuit Courts. The Third Judicial Region includes RTCs in Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Palayan and San Jose, inter alia:
xxx. There shall be – (c) Seventy-five Regional Trial judges shall be commissioned for the Third Judicial Region: Twenty-two branches (Branches XLI to LXII) for the province of Pampanga and the city of Angeles, Branches XLI to XLVIII with seats at San Fernando, Branches XLIX to LIII at Guagua, Branches LIV and LV at Macabebe, and Branches LVI to LXII at Angeles;
The law also created Metropolitan Trial Court in each metropolitan area established by law, a Municipal Trial Court in each of the other cities or municipalities, and a Municipal Circuit Trial Court in each circuit comprising such cities and/or municipalities as are grouped together pursuant to law: three branches for Cabanatuan; in every city which does not form part of a metropolitan area, there shall be a Municipal Trial Court with one branch, except as hereunder provided: Three branches for Angeles;
In each of the municipalities that are not comprised within a metropolitan area and a municipal circuit there shall be a Municipal Trial Court which shall have one branch, except as hereunder provided: Four branches for San Fernando and two branches for Guagua, both of Pampanga.
Provincial Government
The Provincial government is composed of a Governor as the Local Chief Executive of the Province, Vice-Governor and Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
Governor
Governor Dennis "Delta" G. Pineda (NPC)
Vice-Governor
Vice-Governor Lilia Pineda (Kambilan)
Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Mayor
Notable people
National heroes and historical personalities
José Alejandrino - born in Arayat, Philippine Revolutionary General and former senator.
Mamerto Natividad - born in Bacolor, Philippine Revolutionary General.
Servillano Aquino - Philippine Revolutionary General and member of Malolos Congress for Samar
Nicolasa Dayrit Panlilio - Filipina non-combatant in the Philippine–American War known for helping to minister the sick and wounded Filipino combatants.
Práxedes Fajardo – Filipina revolutionary and head of the Pampangan section of the Philippine Red Cross during the anticolonial armed struggles against Spain and the United States.
José Abad Santos – born in San Fernando, Pampanga, the 5th chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Pedro Abad Santos – a former assemblyman and founder of the Aguman ding Talapagobra ning Pilipinas.
Luis Taruc – leader of the Hukbalahap group (from Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon) between 1942 and 1950.
Casto Alejandrino – peasant leader and commander of the Hukbalahap.
Vivencio Cuyugan – former mayor of San Fernando, and one of the founders of the guerrilla group Hukbalahap
Politics and Government
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal – 9th president of the Republic of the Philippines and a native of Lubao, Pampanga.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo – 14th president of the Republic of the Philippines. She is the daughter of the 9th president of the Republic Diosdado Macapagal.
Rogelio dela Rosa – former Philippine senator and actor, native of Lubao, Pampanga.
Pablo Ángeles y David – former Philippine senator and former Governor of Pampanga
Sotero Baluyut – former Philippine senator and former Governor of Pampanga
Antonio Villa-Real – 25th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Vicente Abad Santos – 96th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, 39th Secretary of the Department of Justice
Amando Tetangco, Jr. – born in Apalit, Pampanga is a Filipino banker, who served as the third Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). He was the first BSP governor to serve two terms.
Jose Lingad – former Governor of Pampanga and 15th Secretary of the Department of the Labor and Employment, native of Lubao, Pampanga.
Pedro Tongio Liongson – lawyer, judge, and politician; born on January 31, 1865, in Villa de Bacolor, Pampanga.
Eddie Panlilio – born in Minalin, Pampanga, was the first Filipino priest to be elected governor in Philippine history.
Satur Ocampo - politician, activist, journalist, and writer. Former Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Bayan Muna Partylist
Oscar Albayalde – A police officer, former chief of the Philippine National Police and former director of the National Capital Police Office, born in San Fernando.
Mercedes Arrastia-Tuason – Philippine diplomat and former ambassador to the Holy See
Culinary Arts
Lucia Cunanan – restaurateur best known for having invented or at least re-invented sisig, a popular Kapampangan dish in the Philippines and Filipino diasporas worldwide.
Larry Cruz – restaurateur who founded the LJC Restaurant Group, which operates several restaurants in the Philippines. Among the restaurants in the said group include Café Adriatico, Cafe Havana, Bistro Remedios, and Abe, which was named after his father, the writer E. Aguilar Cruz.
Journalism and Media
Amando G. Dayrit – pre-war columnist and journalist
Orly Punzalan – a veteran radio-TV broadcaster and former president of Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13), born and raised in Apalit.
Kristine Johnson – Filipino-American co-anchor at WCBS-TV, born in Clark Air Base.
Ivan Mayrina – broadcaster, journalist, reporter and news anchor.
Literature and arts
Aurelio Tolentino – original member of the Katipunan and nationalist playwright, born in Guagua.
Julian Manansala – film studio founder and director. Called the "Father of Philippine Nationalist Films."
Vicente Manansala – National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts – Painting, native of Macabebe.
Angela Manalang-Gloria - pioneer Filipina poet who wrote in English, born in Guagua.
Zoilo Galang - credited as one of the pioneering Filipino writers who worked with the English language. He is the author of the first Philippine novel written in the English language, A Child of Sorrow, published in 1921.
Galo Ocampo – modernist painter
Francisco Alonso Liongson – playwright. Born on July 1, 1896, in Villa de Bacolor, Pampanga.
Norma Belleza – painter
Danton Remoto – writer
Sciences
Alfredo C. Santos – National Scientist of the Philippines for Physical Chemistry, from Santo Tomas, Pampanga
Randy David – sociologist, and public intellectual
Religious leaders
Francisco Baluyot – born in Guagua, Pampanga broke barriers by becoming the 1st known indio priest, who, upon ordination in 1698, was assigned to the archdiocese of Cebu.
Rufino Jiao Santos – born in Guagua, Pampanga, Archbishop of Manila from 1953 to 1973. The first Filipino Cardinal.
Pedro Paulo Santos – born in Porac, Pampanga, First Parish Priest of Calulut, assigned as Parish Priest of Angeles City, appointed as bishop of Nueva Caceres in 1938 then as its first archbishop on 1951.
Eliseo Soriano – televangelist of Ang Dating Daan and the Over-all Servant of Members Church of God International which its main headquarters is located in Apalit, Pampanga.
Florentino Lavarias – born in Mabalacat, Pampanga, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando and formerly the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Iba, Zambales
Honesto Ongtioco – born in San Fernando, Pampanga, bishop of Balanga from June 18, 1998, to August 28, 2003, and Cubao since August 28, 2003.
Paciano Aniceto – born in Santa Ana, Pampanga, Archbishop Emeritus Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando and former second Bishop of the Diocese of Iba, Zambales
Roberto Mallari – born in Macabebe, Pampanga, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in Nueva Ecija
Pablo Virgilio David – born in Betis, Pampanga, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan
Victor Ocampo – born in Angeles, Pampanga, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Gumaca
Crisostomo Yalung – born in Angeles, Pampanga, Bishop Emeritus of Roman Catholic Diocese of Antipolo, Retired in 2002
Apollo C. Quiboloy – born in Davao City to Kapampangan parents from Lubao, Pampanga. Founder of a Christian religious group called Kingdom of Jesus Christ in 1985. Proclaiming himself as the "Appointed Son of God", he spent his early childhood in his parents' home province before returning to Davao.
Entertainment
Aljon Mendoza actor
Jaime dela Rosa – a matinee idol in the 1950s of Lubao, Pampanga.
Brillante Mendoza – Filipino film director from San Fernando, Pampanga.
Carlo J. Caparas Filipino film director
Jason Paul Laxamana – Filipino film director and writer
Petersen Vargas – Filipino film director and writer
Lea Salonga – singer and actress, spent the first six years of her childhood in Angeles before moving to Manila.
Pepe Smith – singer and member of Juan de la Cruz Band
Sheena Halili – model and actress from San Fernando.
Vanessa Minnillo – American television personality born in Clark Air Base, Angeles, and raised in the US.
Allan Pineda Lindo, also known as apl.de.ap – founding member of The Black Eyed Peas, born in Sapang Bato, Angeles.
Donita Rose – Filipino-American actress, lived in Angeles City for a few years.
Kelsey Merritt – Filipino-American model best known for being the first woman of Filipino descent to walk in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and to appear in the pages of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Ritz Azul - dramatic actress.
Baron Geisler - actor.
Hermes Bautista - actor.
Joey Marquez - ex politician, comedy actor.
Pageantry
Melanie Marquez – crowned Miss International 1979.
Abbygale Arenas - crowned Binibining Pilipinas - Universe 1997.
Carla Balingit - crowned Binibining Pilipinas - Universe 2003.
Laura Marie Dunlap - crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2003.
Angela Fernando - crowned Miss Eco Tourism Philippines 2010
Ann Colis – crowned Miss Globe 2015.
Nichole Marie Manalo - crowned Binibining Pilipinas - Globe 2016.
Emma Tiglao – crowned Binibining Pilipinas - Intercontinental 2019.
Michelle Dee – crowned Miss World Philippines 2019.
Cyrille Payumo – crowned Miss Tourism International 2019.
Francesca Taruc - crowned Miss Tourism World Intercontinental 2019
Sports
Ato Agustin – Filipino professional basketball player and coach, from Lubao, Pampanga.
Victonara Galang – Filipino volleyball athlete from Angeles.
Efren "Bata" Reyes – billiards player from Angeles.
Jayson Castro William – Filipino professional basketball player from Guagua, Pampanga.
Japeth Aguilar – Filipino professional basketball player from Sasmuan, Pampanga.
Arwind Santos – Filipino professional basketball player from Lubao, Pampanga.
Calvin Abueva – Filipino professional basketball player from Angeles.
Diana Mae Carlos – Filipino volleyball athlete from Lubao, Pampanga.
Mary Remy Joy Palma – Filipino volleyball athlete from Apalit, Pampanga
Michael Sudaria – Filipino volleyball athlete.
Jimmy Manansala – basketball player. Won Rookie of the Year and four PBA championships.
References
External links
Local Governance Performance Management System
Provinces of the Philippines
Provinces of Central Luzon
States and territories established in 1571
1571 establishments in the Philippines |
Spermospora avenae or red leather leaf is a fungal plant pathogen of Avena sativa.
The slender colourless hyphae that colonise oat plants become broader in the leaf epidermis and develop a layer of swollen, irregular shaped cells from which conidiophores arise. These penetrate to the exterior and a single conidium forms, ready for dispersal. The colourless conidia are substantially longer than they are wide, crescent shaped and have two or three septa.
The disease symptoms on the plant leaves are initially small blue and reddish discolorations that then become larger and extend along the length of the leaf blade. The affected areas are irregular in shape. These eventually darken to red-brown and become leathery in appearance.
Wet weather is conducive to infections. The spores can survive on seeds and stubble. Foliar fungicide application has been found helpful, although is not sufficient by itself.
References
Pezizomycotina |
```java
/*
*
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
*
* path_to_url
*/
package org.locationtech.jtstest.function;
import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Coordinate;
import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
public class OrientationFPFunctions {
public static int orientationIndex(Geometry segment, Geometry ptGeom) {
if (segment.getNumPoints() != 2 || ptGeom.getNumPoints() != 1) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("A must have two points and B must have one");
}
Coordinate[] segPt = segment.getCoordinates();
Coordinate p = ptGeom.getCoordinate();
int index = orientationIndex(segPt[0], segPt[1], p);
return index;
}
private static int orientationIndex(Coordinate p1, Coordinate p2, Coordinate q)
{
double dx1 = p2.x - p1.x;
double dy1 = p2.y - p1.y;
double dx2 = q.x - p2.x;
double dy2 = q.y - p2.y;
double det = dx1*dy2 - dx2*dy1;
if (det > 0.0) return 1;
if (det < 0.0) return -1;
return 0;
}
}
``` |
"You Don't Need to Move a Mountain" is a single by American country music artist Jeanne Pruett. Released in March 1974, it was the second single from the album Jeanne Pruett. The song reached #15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
Chart performance
References
1974 singles
Jeanne Pruett songs
Songs written by Wayland Holyfield
Songs written by Jim Rushing
MCA Records singles
1974 songs |
Goleniów (; ) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,844 inhabitants (2011). It is the capital of Goleniów County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Szczecin Voivodeship (1975–1998). Town area is , geographical situation 53°33'N and 14°49'E. It is situated in the centre of Goleniowska Forest on Goleniów Plain, near main roads numbers 3 and 6.
The international airport Szczecin-Goleniów "Solidarność" Airport is located just east of the town.
History
The settlement dates back to the 10th century. Together with Pomerania it formed part of medieval Poland until 1138 and as a result of the 12th-century fragmentation of Poland it became part of the separate Duchy of Pomerania, ruled by the House of Griffin. Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania granted the settlement Magdeburg town rights and additional privileges in 1264, yet Gollnow was rechartered with Lübeck Law, which favoured the local merchants, in 1314. The town grew by exploiting the vast timber reserves in the town-owned forests, and by trade. The town was connected to the Baltic Sea trade routes by the port of Ihnamünde at the mouth of the Ina river. Competition with nearby Stettin (Szczecin) led to a series of conflicts between the two towns, the differences were set aside only in 1615 when the towns signed a reconciling treaty. The town remained part of the Duchy of Pomerania until Sweden took over in 1630.
The Thirty Years' War devastated the town, and as a consequence of the post-war Peace of Westphalia (1648) and Treaty of Stettin (1653), the town remained with Sweden who had occupied the area since the Treaty of Stettin (1630). The border with Brandenburg-Prussian Pomerania now ran close to the town, and cut Gollnow off from its economic hinterland, which hindered recovery from the war. Between 1677 and 1683, Gollnow was occupied by Brandenburg-Prussia. In the years that followed, the number of craftsmen in the town grew steadily. In 1720, Sweden lost its possessions south of the Peene and east of the Peenestrom rivers, including Gollnow, to Prussia in the Treaty of Stockholm. In the 19th century, craft and trade were joined by industry – Gollnow hosted a coppersmith, a needle fabrication, several facilities for the manufacturing of furniture, three breweries, a distillery, and five water mills. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the town became an important railroad junction, when it was connected to Neudamm (Dębno) and Naugard (Nowogard) in 1882, to Cammin (Kamień Pomorski) and Wollin (Wolin) in 1892, and to Massow in 1903. Gollnow was part of the Prussian province of Pomerania from 1815 to 1945. With the unification of Germany in 1871, it became part of the German Reich. In 1919, the Germans operated a camp in the town, in which they imprisoned Poles arrested in Szubin during the Greater Poland uprising. During World War II, the Nazis operated a prison in the town, with multiple forced labour subcamps located in the region. Polish forced labourers were imprisoned in the town.
On 7 March 1945, the town was captured by the Red Army. After Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II, the area became part of Poland. The town's German population was expropriated and expelled. In 1954, town limits were expanded by including Helenów as Goleniów's new district.
Population
Sports
The running competition is held annually in the town to commemorate Poland's National Independence Day. It is one of the oldest competitions of its kind in Poland.
The local football team is . It competes in the lower leagues.
International relations
Goleniów is twinned with:
Former twin towns
Guryevsk, Russia
On 25 February 2022, Goleniów ended its partnership with the Russian city of Guryevsk as a reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Cities and towns near Goleniów
Szczecin (Poland)
Police, Poland
Stargard (Poland)
Maszewo (Poland)
Nowogard (Poland)
Kamień Pomorski (Poland)
Wolin (town) (Poland)
Golczewo (Poland)
Tourist villages near Goleniów
Jarszewko
Notable people
Johan Frederik Clemens (1749–1831), a Pomeranian-Danish printmaker in etching.
Werner Kollath (1892–1970), a German bacteriologist, hygienist and food scientist.
Günther Marks (1897–1978), a German church musician, organist and composer
Helga Paris (born 1938), German photographer
Marek Leśniak (born 1964), a retired Polish footballer, played over 500 pro games and 20 for Poland
Grzegorz Stępniak (born 1989) a Polish professional racing cyclist
Tom Swoon (born 1993), DJ, remixer and record producer
References
External links
Official town website
Jewish Community in Goleniów on Virtual Shtetl
Satellilte photo via Google Maps
Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Goleniów County |
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a dimorphic fungus and one of the two species that cause paracoccidioidomycosis (the other being Paracoccidioides lutzii). The fungus has been affiliated with the family Ajellomycetaceae (division Ascomycota) although a sexual state or teleomorph has not yet been found.
History
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis was first discovered by Adolfo Lutz in 1908 in Brazil. Although Lutz did not suggest a name for the disease caused by this fungus, he made note of structures he called "pseudococcidica" together with mycelium in cultures grown at 25 °C. In 1912, Alfonse Splendore proposed the name Zymonema brasiliense and described the features of the fungus in culture. Finally in 1930, Floriano de Almeida created the genus Paracoccidioides to accommodate the species, noting its distinction from Coccidioides immitis.
Physiology
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a nonphotosynthetic eukaryote with a rigid cell wall and organelles very similar to those of higher eukaryotes. Being a dimorphic fungus, it has the ability to grow an oval yeast-like form at 37 °C and an elongated mycelial form produced at room temperature. The mycelial and yeast phases differ in their morphology, biochemistry, and ultrastructure. The yeast form contains large amounts of α-(1,3)-linked glucan. The chitin content of the mycelial form is greater than that of the yeast form, but the lipid content of both phases is comparable.
The yeast reproduces by asexual budding, where daughter cells are borne asynchronously at multiple, random positions across the cell surface. Buds begin by layers of cell wall increasing in optical density at a point that eventually gives rise to the daughter cell. Once the bud has expanded, a cleavage plane develops between the nascent cell and the mother cell. Following dehiscence, the bud scar disappears. In tissue, budding occurs inside the granulomatous center of the disease lesion, as visualized by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining of histologic sections. Nonbudding cells measure 5–15 µm in diameter, whereas those with multiple spherical buds measure from 10–20 µm in diameter. In electron microscopy, cells with multiple buds have been found to have peripherally located nuclei and cytoplasm surrounding a large central vacuole. In the tissue form of P. brasiliensis, yeast cells are larger with thinner walls and a narrower bud base than those of the related dimorphic fungus, Blastomycosis dermatitidis. The yeast-like form of P. brasiliensis contains multiple nuclei, a porous two-layered nuclear membrane, and a thick cell wall rich in fibers, whereas the mycelial phase has thinner cell walls with a thin, electron-dense outer layer.
Dimorphism
The mycelial form of P. brasiliensis can be converted to the yeast form in vitro by growth on brain heart infusion agar or blood-glucose-cysteine agar when incubated for 10–20 days at 37 °C. Under these conditions, hyphal cells either die or convert to transitional forms measuring 6–30 µm in diameter, which ultimately detach or remain on the hyphal cells, yielding buds. New buds develop mesosomes and become multinucleated. In contrast, yeast-like cultures can be converted to the mycelial form by reducing the incubation temperature from 37 to 25 °C. Initially, nutritional requirements of both the yeast and mycelial phases of P. brasiliensis were thought to be identical; however, later studies demonstrated the yeast form to be auxotrophic, requiring exogenous sulfur-containing amino acids including cysteine and methionine for growth.
Ecology
Although the habitat of P. brasiliensis remains unknown, it is commonly associated with soils in which coffee is cultivated. It has also been associated with the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus. The disease caused by P. brasiliensis is mostly geographically restricted to Latin American countries such as Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela, with the greatest number of cases seen in Brazil. The endemic areas are characterized by hot, humid summers, dry temperate winters, average annual temperatures between 17 and 23 °C, and annual rainfall between 500 and 800 mm. However, the precise ecology regularities of the fungus remain elusive, and P. brasiliensis has rarely been encountered in nature outside the human host. One such rare example of environmental isolation was reported in 1971 by Maria B.de Albornoz and colleagues who isolated P. brasiliensis from samples of rural soil collected in Paracotos in the state of Miranda, Venezuela. In in vitro studies, the fungus has been shown to grow when inoculated into soil and sterile horse or cow excrement. The mycelial phase has also been shown to survive longer than the yeast phase in acidic soil. Despite a sexual state not having been documented, molecular investigations suggest the existence of recombining populations of P. brasiliensis, potentially by means of an undiscovered sexual state.
The existence of a sexual cycle in P. brasiliensis, is supported by both molecular and morphological data. A comparative genome analysis with other well-studied fungi demonstrated the presence of sex-related genes in both the yeast and mycelial phases of P. brasiliensis. Also crosses of isolates of different mating types led to the formation of young ascocarps (sexual structures) with constricted coiled hyphae related to the initial stage of mating.
Epidemiology
P. brasiliensis causes a disease known as paracoccidioidomycosis characterized by slow, progressive granulomatous changes in the head mucosa, notably the nose and sinuses or the skin. Uncommonly, the disease affects the lymphatic system, the central nervous system, the gastrointestinal tract, or the skeletal system. Due to the high proportion of cases affecting the oral mucosa, these tissues were originally thought to be the primary route of entry of fungus. However, strong evidence now indicates the respiratory tract is the chief point of entry and P. brasiliensis lung lesions occur in nearly a third of progressive cases. The disease is not contagious.
Paracoccidioidomycosis is more frequently seen in adult males than females. The hormone estrogen is thought to inhibit the transformation of the mycelial to the yeast form, as supported by in vitro experimental data, and this factor may account for the relative resistance of women to infection.
Detection and surveillance
A number of serologic tests have been employed for the diagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis. Double diffusion in agar gel and complement fixation test, are amongst the most commonly used tests in serodiagnosis. Culture extracts of the yeast or mycelia are exploited to produce effective, quick, and reproducible antigens. A study reported detection of 43 kD antigen in pooled sera of affected individuals, which might provide a basis for the development of a diagnostic test. Tests targeting the presence of serum antibodies to P. brasiliensis simultaneously detect both active and historical infections and cannot discriminate active infection. The evaluation of populations in endemic zones has shown roughly equal rates of seroconversion between men and women, suggesting equal rates of exposure, despite the strong male predominance shown by the clinical disease.
Clinical manifestations
P. brasiliensis causes mucous membrane ulceration of the mouth and nose with spreading through the lymphatic system. A hypothesis for entry of the fungus to the body is through periodontal membrane. The route of infection is assumed to be inhalation following which the infective propagule gives rise to the distinctive multipolar budding yeast forms in the lung resembling a "ship's wheel" seen in histological sections. Both immunologically normal and compromised people are at risk for infection.
The lungs, lymph nodes, and mucous membrane of the mouth are the most frequently infected tissues. The pathological features of paracoccidioidomycosis are similar to those seen in coccidioidomycosis and blastomycosis. However, in the former, the lesions first appear in the lymphoid tissue and then extend to mucous membranes, producing localized to diffusive tissue necrosis of the lymph nodes. The typically extensive involvement of lymphoid tissue and the limited occurrence of the gastrointestinal tract, bone and prostate set the clinical picture of paracoccidioidomycosis apart from that of blastomycosis.
References
External links
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jan2005.html
Fungi described in 1912
Onygenales
Fungal pathogens of humans |
John Wilson (born 1830, year of death unknown) was a politician in Scotland. He was member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh Central from 1885 to 1886, having been elected as an "Independent Liberal".
He lost his seat in 1886, standing as a Liberal Unionist.
References
External links
1830 births
UK MPs 1885–1886
Year of death unknown
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies
Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies
Independent politicians in Scotland
Independent members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom |
```go
// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
// This product includes software developed at Datadog (path_to_url
//go:build systemd
//nolint:revive // TODO(AML) Fix revive linter
package journald
import (
"github.com/coreos/go-systemd/sdjournal"
"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/core/tagger"
"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/core/tagger/types"
"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/containers"
"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/log"
)
// containerIDKey represents the key of the container identifier in a journal entry.
const containerIDKey = "CONTAINER_ID_FULL"
// isContainerEntry returns true if the entry comes from a docker container.
func (t *Tailer) isContainerEntry(entry *sdjournal.JournalEntry) bool {
_, exists := entry.Fields[containerIDKey]
return exists
}
// getContainerID returns the container identifier of the journal entry.
func (t *Tailer) getContainerID(entry *sdjournal.JournalEntry) string {
//nolint:gosimple // TODO(AML) Fix gosimple linter
containerID, _ := entry.Fields[containerIDKey]
return containerID
}
// getContainerTags returns all the tags of a given container.
func (t *Tailer) getContainerTags(containerID string) []string {
tags, err := tagger.Tag(containers.BuildTaggerEntityName(containerID), types.HighCardinality)
if err != nil {
log.Warn(err)
}
return tags
}
``` |
is a former Japanese footballer who played as a defender.
References
Living people
1979 births
Japanese men's footballers
Albirex Niigata Singapore FC players
Singapore Premier League players
Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
Men's association football defenders
Sportspeople from Niigata (city) |
Events from the year 1686 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Monarch: James II
Events
January 9 – Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, sworn as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Dublin.
March 22 – warrant issued by King James II of England for payments to Roman Catholic bishops.
April 6 – Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh) is replaced as Lord Chancellor of Ireland (after serving for twenty years) by Sir Charles Porter.
April 20–April 24 – three Roman Catholic judges are appointed to Ireland (but Charles Ingleby refuses to travel there).
June 5–October 26 – the Roman Catholic Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, serves in Ireland as commander in chief of the army.
October 26 – the Roman Catholic lawyer and politician Richard Nagle writes the 'Coventry letter' to Tyrconnell attacking land settlement in Ireland.
December – Sir Richard Nagle is appointed Attorney-General for Ireland.
Arts and literature
February – first known music printed in Ireland.
Jonathan Swift is granted his BA from Trinity College Dublin ex speciali gratia.
Births
March 22 – James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (d.1744)
December 23 – Samuel Madden, clergyman and writer (d.1765)
Chaworth Brabazon, 6th Earl of Meath (d.1763)
Deaths
April 6 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, royal statesman (b.1614)
References
Years of the 17th century in Ireland
1680s in Ireland
Ireland |
Dame Judith Marjorie Potter (born 23 August 1942) is a former High Court judge in New Zealand.
Early life
Potter was born in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert on 23 August 1942, the daughter of Winifred Marjorie Potter (née Hall) and Philip Ernest Potter, who served as mayor of Mount Roskill between 1950 and 1953. She spent much of her childhood in Mount Roskill and Epsom. She was educated at Epsom Girls' Grammar School, before studying at the University of Auckland from 1960 to 1964, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1965. In 1964, Potter joined the law firm Wallace, McLean, Bawden & Partners.
Career
Potter became a senior partner at law firm, Kensington Swan. She is the former President of the Auckland District Law Society and was the first woman president of the New Zealand Law Society, holding the position from 1991 to 1994.
On 20 March 1997 Potter was appointed as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand Potter has presided over several high-profile cases in her 15 years on the bench. One such case which prompted a rebuke from the United Nations Human Rights Committee was the criminal conviction of twelve-year-old Emelysifa Jessop for aggravated robbery. In 1998, Potter convicted and sentenced the girl to 4 years. When this conviction was overturned on grounds the judge had convicted Miss Jessop despite her not entering a plea, Potter presided over the retrial and sentenced the girl to 4 years and eight months.
Her previous roles include director of the Electricity Corporation, a director of the New Zealand Guardian Trust Company, chairwoman of the Broadcasting Standards Authority and a member of the Securities Commission.
In 2000 Potter issued an influential ruling balancing the rights of those alleging harassment and the rights of freedom of expression in Beadle v Allen. In 2007 Potter jailed website editor Vince Siemer for his continual breaches of a High Court injunction. Potter has been criticised in the media for sentences which were considered excessively lenient.
On 31 December 2012 Potter retired from the bench in New Zealand and accepted an appointment to the High Court of the Cook Islands. Potter was the second woman to become a judge in the Cook Islands following Christine Grice.
Honours
In 1990, Potter received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, and in 1993 she was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.
In the 1994 New Year Honours, Potter was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the legal profession, and became Judith Potter . On 20 March 1997, on her appointment to the High Court of New Zealand, she became The Honourable Justice Judith Potter . On 27 August 2012, Potter was granted the right to retain the title of "The Honourable" for life, in recognition of her service as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand.
In the 2013 New Year Honours, Potter was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the judiciary, and became The Honourable Justice Dame Judith Potter .
See also
First women lawyers around the world
References
1942 births
Living people
University of Auckland alumni
High Court of New Zealand judges
New Zealand women judges
Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
New Zealand judges on the courts of the Cook Islands
New Zealand women lawyers
Recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993
People educated at Epsom Girls' Grammar School
Lawyers from Auckland
High Court of the Cook Islands judges
20th-century New Zealand women lawyers
20th-century New Zealand lawyers |
Legacy Oscar is a term referring to an Academy Award perceived to have been given in recognition of the recipient's performances in prior films, rather than for the performance specifically nominated. The implication is that the winning performance was inferior to the recipient's prior performances and would not have won in its own right.
Examples
Best Actor for Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman (1993)
Best Actress for Kate Winslet in The Reader (2009)
Best Actor for Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour (2018)
Best Actress for Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2022)
Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2023)
References
External links
Academy Awards
Culture of Hollywood, Los Angeles
Film and video terminology |
```python
#
#
# 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.
# ==============================================================================
"""Wrappers for candidate sampling operations."""
from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function
from tensorflow.python.framework import random_seed
from tensorflow.python.ops import array_ops
from tensorflow.python.ops import gen_candidate_sampling_ops
from tensorflow.python.ops import math_ops
def uniform_candidate_sampler(true_classes, num_true, num_sampled, unique,
range_max, seed=None, name=None):
"""Samples a set of classes using a uniform base distribution.
This operation randomly samples a tensor of sampled classes
(`sampled_candidates`) from the range of integers `[0, range_max)`.
The elements of `sampled_candidates` are drawn without replacement
(if `unique=True`) or with replacement (if `unique=False`) from
the base distribution.
The base distribution for this operation is the uniform distribution
over the range of integers `[0, range_max)`.
In addition, this operation returns tensors `true_expected_count`
and `sampled_expected_count` representing the number of times each
of the target classes (`true_classes`) and the sampled
classes (`sampled_candidates`) is expected to occur in an average
tensor of sampled classes. These values correspond to `Q(y|x)`
defined in [this
document](path_to_url
If `unique=True`, then these are post-rejection probabilities and we
compute them approximately.
Args:
true_classes: A `Tensor` of type `int64` and shape `[batch_size,
num_true]`. The target classes.
num_true: An `int`. The number of target classes per training example.
num_sampled: An `int`. The number of classes to randomly sample per batch.
unique: A `bool`. Determines whether all sampled classes in a batch are
unique.
range_max: An `int`. The number of possible classes.
seed: An `int`. An operation-specific seed. Default is 0.
name: A name for the operation (optional).
Returns:
sampled_candidates: A tensor of type `int64` and shape `[num_sampled]`.
The sampled classes.
true_expected_count: A tensor of type `float`. Same shape as
`true_classes`. The expected counts under the sampling distribution
of each of `true_classes`.
sampled_expected_count: A tensor of type `float`. Same shape as
`sampled_candidates`. The expected counts under the sampling distribution
of each of `sampled_candidates`.
"""
seed1, seed2 = random_seed.get_seed(seed)
return gen_candidate_sampling_ops._uniform_candidate_sampler(
true_classes, num_true, num_sampled, unique, range_max, seed=seed1,
seed2=seed2, name=name)
def log_uniform_candidate_sampler(true_classes, num_true, num_sampled, unique,
range_max, seed=None, name=None):
"""Samples a set of classes using a log-uniform (Zipfian) base distribution.
This operation randomly samples a tensor of sampled classes
(`sampled_candidates`) from the range of integers `[0, range_max)`.
The elements of `sampled_candidates` are drawn without replacement
(if `unique=True`) or with replacement (if `unique=False`) from
the base distribution.
The base distribution for this operation is an approximately log-uniform
or Zipfian distribution:
`P(class) = (log(class + 2) - log(class + 1)) / log(range_max + 1)`
This sampler is useful when the target classes approximately follow such
a distribution - for example, if the classes represent words in a lexicon
sorted in decreasing order of frequency. If your classes are not ordered by
decreasing frequency, do not use this op.
In addition, this operation returns tensors `true_expected_count`
and `sampled_expected_count` representing the number of times each
of the target classes (`true_classes`) and the sampled
classes (`sampled_candidates`) is expected to occur in an average
tensor of sampled classes. These values correspond to `Q(y|x)`
defined in [this
document](path_to_url
If `unique=True`, then these are post-rejection probabilities and we
compute them approximately.
Args:
true_classes: A `Tensor` of type `int64` and shape `[batch_size,
num_true]`. The target classes.
num_true: An `int`. The number of target classes per training example.
num_sampled: An `int`. The number of classes to randomly sample per batch.
unique: A `bool`. Determines whether all sampled classes in a batch are
unique.
range_max: An `int`. The number of possible classes.
seed: An `int`. An operation-specific seed. Default is 0.
name: A name for the operation (optional).
Returns:
sampled_candidates: A tensor of type `int64` and shape `[num_sampled]`.
The sampled classes.
true_expected_count: A tensor of type `float`. Same shape as
`true_classes`. The expected counts under the sampling distribution
of each of `true_classes`.
sampled_expected_count: A tensor of type `float`. Same shape as
`sampled_candidates`. The expected counts under the sampling distribution
of each of `sampled_candidates`.
"""
seed1, seed2 = random_seed.get_seed(seed)
return gen_candidate_sampling_ops._log_uniform_candidate_sampler(
true_classes, num_true, num_sampled, unique, range_max, seed=seed1,
seed2=seed2, name=name)
def learned_unigram_candidate_sampler(true_classes, num_true, num_sampled,
unique, range_max, seed=None, name=None):
"""Samples a set of classes from a distribution learned during training.
This operation randomly samples a tensor of sampled classes
(`sampled_candidates`) from the range of integers `[0, range_max)`.
The elements of `sampled_candidates` are drawn without replacement
(if `unique=True`) or with replacement (if `unique=False`) from
the base distribution.
The base distribution for this operation is constructed on the fly
during training. It is a unigram distribution over the target
classes seen so far during training. Every integer in `[0, range_max)`
begins with a weight of 1, and is incremented by 1 each time it is
seen as a target class. The base distribution is not saved to checkpoints,
so it is reset when the model is reloaded.
In addition, this operation returns tensors `true_expected_count`
and `sampled_expected_count` representing the number of times each
of the target classes (`true_classes`) and the sampled
classes (`sampled_candidates`) is expected to occur in an average
tensor of sampled classes. These values correspond to `Q(y|x)`
defined in [this
document](path_to_url
If `unique=True`, then these are post-rejection probabilities and we
compute them approximately.
Args:
true_classes: A `Tensor` of type `int64` and shape `[batch_size,
num_true]`. The target classes.
num_true: An `int`. The number of target classes per training example.
num_sampled: An `int`. The number of classes to randomly sample per batch.
unique: A `bool`. Determines whether all sampled classes in a batch are
unique.
range_max: An `int`. The number of possible classes.
seed: An `int`. An operation-specific seed. Default is 0.
name: A name for the operation (optional).
Returns:
sampled_candidates: A tensor of type `int64` and shape `[num_sampled]`.
The sampled classes.
true_expected_count: A tensor of type `float`. Same shape as
`true_classes`. The expected counts under the sampling distribution
of each of `true_classes`.
sampled_expected_count: A tensor of type `float`. Same shape as
`sampled_candidates`. The expected counts under the sampling distribution
of each of `sampled_candidates`.
"""
seed1, seed2 = random_seed.get_seed(seed)
return gen_candidate_sampling_ops._learned_unigram_candidate_sampler(
true_classes, num_true, num_sampled, unique, range_max, seed=seed1,
seed2=seed2, name=name)
def fixed_unigram_candidate_sampler(true_classes,
num_true,
num_sampled,
unique,
range_max,
vocab_file='',
distortion=1.0,
num_reserved_ids=0,
num_shards=1,
shard=0,
unigrams=(),
seed=None,
name=None):
"""Samples a set of classes using the provided (fixed) base distribution.
This operation randomly samples a tensor of sampled classes
(`sampled_candidates`) from the range of integers `[0, range_max)`.
The elements of `sampled_candidates` are drawn without replacement
(if `unique=True`) or with replacement (if `unique=False`) from
the base distribution.
The base distribution is read from a file or passed in as an
in-memory array. There is also an option to skew the distribution by
applying a distortion power to the weights.
In addition, this operation returns tensors `true_expected_count`
and `sampled_expected_count` representing the number of times each
of the target classes (`true_classes`) and the sampled
classes (`sampled_candidates`) is expected to occur in an average
tensor of sampled classes. These values correspond to `Q(y|x)`
defined in [this
document](path_to_url
If `unique=True`, then these are post-rejection probabilities and we
compute them approximately.
Args:
true_classes: A `Tensor` of type `int64` and shape `[batch_size,
num_true]`. The target classes.
num_true: An `int`. The number of target classes per training example.
num_sampled: An `int`. The number of classes to randomly sample per batch.
unique: A `bool`. Determines whether all sampled classes in a batch are
unique.
range_max: An `int`. The number of possible classes.
vocab_file: Each valid line in this file (which should have a CSV-like
format) corresponds to a valid word ID. IDs are in sequential order,
starting from num_reserved_ids. The last entry in each line is expected
to be a value corresponding to the count or relative probability. Exactly
one of `vocab_file` and `unigrams` needs to be passed to this operation.
distortion: The distortion is used to skew the unigram probability
distribution. Each weight is first raised to the distortion's power
before adding to the internal unigram distribution. As a result,
`distortion = 1.0` gives regular unigram sampling (as defined by the vocab
file), and `distortion = 0.0` gives a uniform distribution.
num_reserved_ids: Optionally some reserved IDs can be added in the range
`[0, num_reserved_ids]` by the users. One use case is that a special
unknown word token is used as ID 0. These IDs will have a sampling
probability of 0.
num_shards: A sampler can be used to sample from a subset of the original
range in order to speed up the whole computation through parallelism. This
parameter (together with `shard`) indicates the number of partitions that
are being used in the overall computation.
shard: A sampler can be used to sample from a subset of the original range
in order to speed up the whole computation through parallelism. This
parameter (together with `num_shards`) indicates the particular partition
number of the operation, when partitioning is being used.
unigrams: A list of unigram counts or probabilities, one per ID in
sequential order. Exactly one of `vocab_file` and `unigrams` should be
passed to this operation.
seed: An `int`. An operation-specific seed. Default is 0.
name: A name for the operation (optional).
Returns:
sampled_candidates: A tensor of type `int64` and shape `[num_sampled]`.
The sampled classes.
true_expected_count: A tensor of type `float`. Same shape as
`true_classes`. The expected counts under the sampling distribution
of each of `true_classes`.
sampled_expected_count: A tensor of type `float`. Same shape as
`sampled_candidates`. The expected counts under the sampling distribution
of each of `sampled_candidates`.
"""
seed1, seed2 = random_seed.get_seed(seed)
return gen_candidate_sampling_ops._fixed_unigram_candidate_sampler(
true_classes, num_true, num_sampled, unique, range_max,
vocab_file=vocab_file, distortion=distortion,
num_reserved_ids=num_reserved_ids, num_shards=num_shards, shard=shard,
unigrams=unigrams, seed=seed1, seed2=seed2, name=name)
def all_candidate_sampler(true_classes, num_true, num_sampled, unique,
seed=None, name=None):
"""Generate the set of all classes.
Deterministically generates and returns the set of all possible classes.
For testing purposes. There is no need to use this, since you might as
well use full softmax or full logistic regression.
Args:
true_classes: A `Tensor` of type `int64` and shape `[batch_size,
num_true]`. The target classes.
num_true: An `int`. The number of target classes per training example.
num_sampled: An `int`. The number of possible classes.
unique: A `bool`. Ignored.
unique.
seed: An `int`. An operation-specific seed. Default is 0.
name: A name for the operation (optional).
Returns:
sampled_candidates: A tensor of type `int64` and shape `[num_sampled]`.
This operation deterministically returns the entire range
`[0, num_sampled]`.
true_expected_count: A tensor of type `float`. Same shape as
`true_classes`. The expected counts under the sampling distribution
of each of `true_classes`. All returned values are 1.0.
sampled_expected_count: A tensor of type `float`. Same shape as
`sampled_candidates`. The expected counts under the sampling distribution
of each of `sampled_candidates`. All returned values are 1.0.
"""
seed1, seed2 = random_seed.get_seed(seed)
return gen_candidate_sampling_ops._all_candidate_sampler(
true_classes, num_true, num_sampled, unique, seed=seed1, seed2=seed2,
name=name)
def compute_accidental_hits(true_classes, sampled_candidates, num_true,
seed=None, name=None):
"""Compute the position ids in `sampled_candidates` matching `true_classes`.
In Candidate Sampling, this operation facilitates virtually removing
sampled classes which happen to match target classes. This is done
in Sampled Softmax and Sampled Logistic.
See our [Candidate Sampling Algorithms
Reference](path_to_url
We presuppose that the `sampled_candidates` are unique.
We call it an 'accidental hit' when one of the target classes
matches one of the sampled classes. This operation reports
accidental hits as triples `(index, id, weight)`, where `index`
represents the row number in `true_classes`, `id` represents the
position in `sampled_candidates`, and weight is `-FLOAT_MAX`.
The result of this op should be passed through a `sparse_to_dense`
operation, then added to the logits of the sampled classes. This
removes the contradictory effect of accidentally sampling the true
target classes as noise classes for the same example.
Args:
true_classes: A `Tensor` of type `int64` and shape `[batch_size,
num_true]`. The target classes.
sampled_candidates: A tensor of type `int64` and shape `[num_sampled]`.
The sampled_candidates output of CandidateSampler.
num_true: An `int`. The number of target classes per training example.
seed: An `int`. An operation-specific seed. Default is 0.
name: A name for the operation (optional).
Returns:
indices: A `Tensor` of type `int32` and shape `[num_accidental_hits]`.
Values indicate rows in `true_classes`.
ids: A `Tensor` of type `int64` and shape `[num_accidental_hits]`.
Values indicate positions in `sampled_candidates`.
weights: A `Tensor` of type `float` and shape `[num_accidental_hits]`.
Each value is `-FLOAT_MAX`.
"""
seed1, seed2 = random_seed.get_seed(seed)
return gen_candidate_sampling_ops._compute_accidental_hits(
true_classes, sampled_candidates, num_true, seed=seed1, seed2=seed2,
name=name)
``` |
The sixth season of Medium, an American television series, began September 25, 2009, and ended on May 21, 2010. It is the first season to air on CBS after NBC canceled the show after 5 seasons. CBS screened Medium on Friday nights between Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs.
Production
After some ratings erosion during its fifth season, NBC renewed Medium for an abridged sixth season in early May 2009. However, within a week negotiations stalled over episode count and subsequently NBC decided not to renew the series despite the fact that it outperformed some of the network's renewed shows. Within 24 hours of NBC's cancellation, CBS, whose production arm produces the series, renewed the show for a full, 22-episode, sixth season, placing it in the Friday at 9:00 p.m. slot between fellow CBS in-house productions Ghost Whisperer (which had a similar theme to Medium) and Numb3rs.
The sixth season premiered on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 9pm. Throughout its sixth season, Medium and its lead-in Ghost Whisperer won their respective time slots on most Fridays, and each show took turns being the most-watched show of the night. As the season drew to a close, Ghost Whisperer was considered a definite renewal, whereas Medium was once again on the bubble for renewal. However, the network announced on May 18, 2010, that Medium was renewed for a seventh season, while seven other series, including Ghost Whisperer, were canceled by the network. TVbytheNumbers.com speculated that the decision was made because Medium is fully owned by CBS, while Ghost Whisperer was split between CBS and ABC. Upon its return in September 2010, Medium took over the Friday 8 p.m. slot vacated by Ghost Whisperer.
Plot
Allison is finally out of her coma after suffering from a brain tumor on her brain stem and at first she can barely use her right hand, but as the season progresses she gets better and better. For the first few episodes Mrs. DuBois walks with a cane and does physical therapy. She got to keep her gift because she delayed the surgery from season 5 at the very end to catch Oswaldo Castillo. Allison's friend who was in the hospital with her (played by Martha Plimpton) dies under mysterious circumstances and Allison realizes it was the doctor who saved her life. The Halloween episode Bite Me is a take on Night of the Living Dead where Allison uses her dream to catch a killer no one would never suspect. Another greedy doctor creates a vaccine hoping to make millions by infecting people, but the courageous guy that the doctor gave it to, killed himself. Joe had to resign from his San Diego job when Allison was in her coma. He gets a new job, but to his dismay he gets to work with a very eccentric leader played by Joel Moore. By now, all three girls are growing up with Ariel graduating high school. Allison learns a valuable lesson in one episode where she tries desperately to get Ariel to do the things she does, but soon realizes Ariel has to live her life and move on to college. She wants to attend Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Lee and Lynn have a baby and decide to get married in the final episode.
Cast and characters
Main cast
Patricia Arquette as Allison DuBois
Miguel Sandoval as Manuel Devalos
David Cubitt as Lee Scanlon
Sofia Vassilieva as Ariel DuBois
Maria Lark as Bridgette DuBois
Jake Weber as Joe DuBois
Recurring cast
Madison and Miranda Carabello as Marie DuBois
Bruce Gray as Joe's dad
Tina DiJoseph as Lynn DiNovi
Roxanne Hart as Lily Devalos
Dean Norris as Scanlon's brother
Joel Moore as Joe's boss
Episodes
References
External links
Medium (TV series) seasons
2010 American television seasons
2009 American television seasons |
Loch Lurgainn is a large remote and deep freshwater loch with a crescent shape with its concave side turned to the south. It is located in the Coigach peninsula in Lochbroom, Wester Ross. Loch Lurgainn is located 8 miles north of Ullapool and two miles south of Loch Sionascaig and is 3.5 miles southeast of Enard Bay. The scenic qualities of Coigach, along with neighbouring Assynt, have led to the area being designated as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland. The main settlement in the area, located directly to the north-west is Achiltibuie.
Geography
Loch Lurgainn is one of three lochs that extend on generally western direction and drains the loch in Enard Bay. The first of these is Loch Bad na h-Achlaise, a small lochan that drains into Loch Bad a' Ghaill in turn into the large Loch Osgaig, which drains through an unnamed river into the small Garvie Bay. To the north of Loch Lurgainn is the large loch of Loch Sionascaig.
The three lochs are contained in a long valley that is bounded by a series of peaks consisting of large hills and mountains with associated ridges. At the western edge of the loch is the mountain Cùl Beag at 769 m. At the southern, flanking the loch is Sgòrr Tuath, a hill at 587.5m. Moving west along the loch at its mid-section, and to the north is the mountain of Stac Pollaidh. As you move towards the sea, there is a ridge to the south with the small peak of Meall Doire an t-Sidhein at 181m, that gets progressively shallower as you approach Enard Bay.
Fishing and walking
Loch Lurgainn at four miles long, has excellent fishing, but is infrequently fished. Due to its exposed position and strong currents, a good boat with a strong engine is recommended. Wearing of a Lifejacket is recommended. Trout that weigh more than 5lb's have been landed. The best flies are Black Pennel, Greenwells Glory and Dunkeld.
Loch Lurgain has a large number of well established walks of different grades.
References
Freshwater lochs of Scotland
Lochs of Ross and Cromarty
Garvie Basin |
Tyrel Jackson Williams (born March 16, 1997) is an American actor, rapper and singer. He starred as Leo Dooley in the Disney XD series Lab Rats. Williams also co-starred in the 2014 Disney XD television film Pants on Fire. From 2017 to 2020 he co-starred in the comedy series Brockmire.
Early life
Williams was born in Westchester County, New York on March 16, 1997.
Career
Williams had roles in the feature films The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie in 2005, and Failure to Launch in 2006. He has also appeared in national commercials for companies such as Target, Verizon, McDonald's, Chex Mix and General Mills. Williams appeared in two episodes of the television series Everybody Hates Chris starting in 2005, as a younger version of Chris who was played by his older brother Tyler James Williams.
In 2011 Williams was cast in the Disney XD series Lab Rats which premiered in 2012, playing the main role of Leo who stumbles upon the existence of the titular bionic heroes. He had a starring role in the 2014 Disney XD television film Pants on Fire. He was also a singing actor for Tyrone in the Nickelodeon animated television series The Backyardigans.
In 2016 Williams was cast in the role of Charles, an internet whiz who has been hired to be the assistant to a minor league baseball team and its sports announcer (Hank Azaria), in the 2017 IFC comedy series Brockmire.
Williams, along with friends Coy Stewart and Jadagrace, formed the music collective "Grouptherapy". On April 1, 2020, the collective released their debut EP entitled this is not the album. and later released their debut mixtape, there goes the neighborhood. on October 30, 2020.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
1997 births
Living people
21st-century African-American people
African-American male actors
African-American male child actors
American child singers
American male child actors
American male television actors
Actors from Westchester County, New York |
```xml
import Link from 'next/link'
import { UpdateSearchParamsButton } from '../../components/UpdateSearchParamsButton'
export default function Home({ searchParams }) {
return (
<main>
<Link href="/dynamic-refresh/foo/login">
<button>Login button</button>
</Link>
<div>
Random # from Root Page: <span id="random-number">{Math.random()}</span>
</div>
<UpdateSearchParamsButton searchParams={searchParams} />
</main>
)
}
``` |
Kiwifruit was a New Zealand magazine style talk show series that dealt with gay and lesbian issues. It was produced by CreamTV and shown on Television New Zealand's TV2.
The show was commissioned for an original 10-episode run in 2005, to find a replacement to long-running QueerNation, which was coming to an end. It was set to compete with The OUTHouse. After showing both The OutHouse and Kiwifruit, it was decided that Kiwifruit would get the 40-episode contract.
Criticism
When the programme started airing in 2005, it was met with negative feedback from the gay community. This was confirmed when in a NZ on Air commissioned GLBT survey found that 70% of the respondents disliked the show. Some of the respondents found the show shallow, superficial and offensive.
Presenter Amanda Rees responded to the report, saying "We think that their criticism of the show being 'lightweight' was appropriate for the episode or two that screened around the time of the research." She also said that they receive a lot of positive feedback regarding the show, and when covering serious issues they get lower ratings than normal.
The show was renewed for a further series in 2006.
See also
Kiwifruit
LGBT New Zealand
New Zealand television
References
External links
Kiwifruit at Television New Zealand
2000s New Zealand television series
2005 New Zealand television series debuts
2006 New Zealand television series endings
LGBT culture in New Zealand
New Zealand LGBT-related television shows
New Zealand television talk shows
TVNZ 2 original programming
Television shows funded by NZ on Air
2000s LGBT-related television series |
Sault Ste. Marie is a provincial electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the City of Sault Ste. Marie.
History
The riding was created in 1902 from part of Algoma East, and originally consisted of a large section of Algoma District from the boundary of Thunder Bay District to the mouth of the Echo River. It has essentially had the same boundaries (that of the city of Sault Ste. Marie) since the 1966 redistribution.
Prior to 1996, Ontario was divided into the same electoral districts as those used for federal electoral purposes. They were redistributed whenever a readjustment took place at the federal level.
In 2005, legislation was passed by the Legislature to divide Ontario into 107 electoral districts, beginning with the next provincial election in 2007. The eleven northern electoral districts, including Sault Ste. Marie, are those defined for federal purposes in 1996, based on the 1991 census (except for a minor boundary adjustment). The 96 southern electoral districts are those defined for federal electoral purposes in 2003, based on the 2001 census. Without this legislation, the number of electoral districts in northern Ontario would have been reduced from eleven to ten.
As a result, the provincial electoral district consists solely of the City of Sault Ste. Marie, while the federal electoral district also includes Prince Township, the Rankin, Garden River, Goulais Bay and Obadjiwan reserves, and a portion of Unorganized North Algoma District extending north to the Montreal River.
Demographics
According to the Canada 2011 Census
Ethnic Groups: 89.2% White, 9.2% Aboriginal
Languages: 87.0% English, 4.9% Italian, 4.1% French
Religion: 74.4% Christian (40.6% Catholic, 9.7% United Church, 6.4% Anglican, 2.7% Lutheran, 1.8% Presbyterian, 1.7% Pentecostal, 1.6% Baptist, 9.8% Other Christian), 24.6% No religion.
Average household income: $69,456
Median household income: $56,051
Average individual income: $37,466
Median individual income: $30,118
Members of Provincial Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
Election results
^ Change from general election
2007 electoral reform referendum
References
Sources
Elections Ontario
1999 results
2003 results
2007 results
Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967
Map of riding for 2018 election
Ontario provincial electoral districts
Politics of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
The Proprietor is a 1996 film. It is a U.S.-French co-production Merchant Ivory film, directed by Ismail Merchant for Jeanne Moreau's request.
Cast
Starring
Jeanne Moreau as Adrienne Mark
Sean Young as Virginia Kelly
Sam Waterston as Harry Bancroft
Christopher Cazenove as Elliott Spencer
Nell Carter as Millie Jackson
Jean-Pierre Aumont as Franz Legendre
Austin Pendleton as Willy Kunst
Charlotte de Turckheim as Judith Mark
Pierre Vaneck as Raymond T.K
Marc Tissot as Patrice Legendre
Josh Hamilton as William O'Hara
New York
Joanna Adler as F. Freemder
James Naughton as Texans
J. Smith-Cameron as Texans
Michael Bergin as Bobby
John Dalton as Emilio
Jack Koenig as Apartment Doorman
Panther as Guardian Angels
Bull as Guardian Angels
Kim Gilmore as Guardian Angels
Falcon as Guardian Angels
Joan Audiberti as French Ladies
Katherine Argo as French Ladies
Judy Alanna as Woman in Park
Paris
Hubert St. Macary - Taxi Driver
Diane Nignan - Pedestrian
Guillemette Grobon - Suzanne T.K
The Apartment
Cherif Ezzeldin as French Couple
Valérie Tolédano as French Couple
Jorg Schnass as German Couple
Paula Klein as German Couple
Suzanna Pattoni asConcierge
The Auction
Alain Rimoux as Noraire
Humbert Balsan as Maître Vicks
Donald Rosenfeld as Maître Ertaud
French Television
Franck de la Personne as TV Moderator
Gilles Arbona as Politician
Henri Garcin as Interviewer
Jeanne-Marie Darblay as Journalist
Cannes
Kathryn Kinley as Entertainment Tonight presenter
Paris 1943, Maison Madeleine
Marjolaine DeGraeve as Young Adrienne
Carole Franck as Shop Assistants
Azmine Jaffer as Shop Assistants
Brigitte Catillon as Aristocratic Lady
Maxims Restaurant
Jean-Yves Dubois as Fan-Fan
Hervé Briaux as Aristocratic Man
Girl in the Nightclub
Sophie Camus as Girl in the Nightclub
'Je m'appelle France'
Éric Ruf as Theodore
Élodie Bouchez as Young Girl
Judith Rémy sa Nadine
'Call me French'
Sean Young as Sally
Wade Childress as Ben
Thomas Tomazewski as Franck
References
External links
Merchant Ivory Production
IMDb
1996 films
1996 drama films
American drama films
Films directed by Ismail Merchant
French drama films
English-language French films
1990s French-language films
Largo Entertainment films
Merchant Ivory Productions films
Warner Bros. films
1990s American films
1990s French films |
A human-to-computer user interface is said to be "reactive" if it has the following characteristics:
The user is immediately aware of the effect of each "gesture". Gestures can be keystrokes, mouse clicks, menu selections, or more esoteric inputs.
The user is always aware of the state of his/her data. Did I just save those changes? Did I just overwrite my backup by mistake? No data is hidden. In a figure-drawing program, the user can tell whether a line segment is composed of smaller segments.
The user always knows how to get help. Help may be context-sensitive or modal, but it is substantial. A program with a built-in help browser is not reactive if its content is just a collection of screen shots or menu item labels with no real explanation of what they do.
Reactivity was a major goal in the early user interface research at MIT and Xerox PARC.
A computer program which was not reactive would not be considered user friendly no matter how elaborate its presentation.
Early word-processing programs whose on-screen representations look nothing like their printer output could be reactive. The common example was WordStar on CP/M. On-screen, it looked like a markup language in a character cell display, but it had deep built-in help which was always available from an on-screen menu bar, and the effect of each keystroke was obvious.
User interfaces |
Lavars is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
Communes of the Isère department
References
Communes of Isère
Isère communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia |
This list of birds of the Sonoran Desert includes all bird species endemic to the Sonoran Desert, and related areas; (a few species listed are only "native" and have a larger continental range). They are retrieved from the List of birds of Yuma County, Arizona, though not exclusively.
Southwest region
The listed birds are based on the southern section of the Lower Colorado River Valley, from Yuma County and La Paz County, to the Bill Williams River, (and by extension to Needles, California/Topock, Arizona). The Colorado River borders the higher elevation Mojave Desert to the northwest (Needles and Las Vegas), the Colorado Desert–(extension of Sonoran Desert) on the southwest and west, and the deserts of the Sonoran Desert to the east, the Yuma Desert, Lechuguilla Desert, and the Tule Desert.
Bolded species are exclusive to the hottest deserts (southwestern Arizona; Baja California; northern Mexico; and the Carrizo Plain).
Costa's hummingbird, Calypte costae
Gambel's quail, Callipepla gambelii
Black rail, Laterallus jamaicensis
SW Ariz Sonoran desert, but also other locales.
Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus, (Extensive range beyond the Sonoran Desert)
Gila woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis
Gilded flicker, Colaptes chrysoides
Vermilion flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus
Brown-crested flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus
Black-tailed gnatcatcher, Polioptila melanura
Also ranges E and S into the Chihuahuan Desert, Texas and Mexico.
Crissal thrasher, Toxostoma crissale, ranges S into Central Mexico
Curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre
Le Conte's thrasher, Toxostoma lecontei, Sonoran, and ranges into S Nevada–(locally: the Carrizo Plain, N of Los Angeles)
Phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens
Also ranges into California's San Joaquin Valley.
Lucy's warbler, Oreothlypis luciae
Exclusive in Sonoran Desert, Summer Range, (includes the Colorado River Valley, the Grand Canyon, and S Nevada).
Abert's towhee, Melozone aberti, (–Sonoran Desert–)
Black-throated sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata
Permanent breeding range, (but ranges E to Texas, and also Summer ranges to very S Oregon, very S Idaho).
Yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Permanent in S Lower Colorado River Valley
Southeast region
The southeast Arizona region is defined by: 1–the mountains of eastern Arizona, extending into western and southwestern New Mexico; 2–the sky islands defined by the NW–to–SE trending mountain ranges (formerly of the Basin and Range geology), also called regionally the Madrean sky islands; and 3–the northernmost extension of the western spine mountain range of Mexico, the Sierra Madre Occidental (West). The result is a biome region particular to its: geographic locale, elevation, and proximity to flyways, namely for the mountains (of Mexico, the United States, and to Canada), and for the proximity to the Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific Ocean.
See also
List of birds of Arizona
'birds
Sonoran
Sonoran Desert
Birds |
Christopher Lee "Chris" Catalfo (born December 14, 1959 in Rochester, New York) is an American former wrestler who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Raised in Montvale, New Jersey he was a state champion prep wrestler at Pascack Hills High School before winning collegiate honors at Syracuse University.
References
1959 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for the United States
Pascack Hills High School alumni
People from Montvale, New Jersey
Sportspeople from Bergen County, New Jersey
Syracuse Orangemen wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers from New Jersey
American male sport wrestlers
Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Wrestlers at the 1987 Pan American Games
20th-century American people
21st-century American people |
Danny Lyon (born March 16, 1942) is an American photographer and filmmaker.
All of Lyon's publications work in the style of photographic New Journalism, meaning that the photographer has become immersed in, and is a participant of, the documented subject. He is the founding member of the publishing group Bleak Beauty.
After being accepted as the photographer for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Lyon was present at almost all of the major historical events during the Civil Rights Movement.
He has had solo exhibits at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Menil Collection, the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco and the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona. Lyon twice received a Guggenheim Fellowship; a Rockefeller Fellowship, Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism; and a Lucie Award.
Early life
Lyon was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York and is the son of Russian-Jewish mother Rebecca Henkin and German-Jewish father Dr. Ernst Fredrick Lyon. He was raised in Kew Gardens, Queens, and went on to study history and philosophy at the University of Chicago, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963.
Civil rights work
Lyon began his involvement in the civil rights movement in 1962 when he hitch-hiked to Cairo, Illinois during a summer break after his junior year at the University of Chicago. He was inspired by a speech John Lewis had given at a church on his first day in Cairo. After his speech Lewis left to go attend a sit-in, Lyon was impressed by this, Lewis was putting action behind his words. Lyon then decided to march to a nearby segregated swimming pool, the demonstrators knelt down to pray as the pool-goers heckled them. Soon a truck came, it went through the crowd in an attempt to break it up, a young black girl was hit by the truck and Lyon knew that he wanted to be a part of the movement. For a time after this, in the 1960s, Lewis and Lyon were roommates.
In September 1962, with a $300 donation by Harry Belafonte, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) flew Lyon to Jackson and the Mississippi Delta to cover voter registration workers. Shortly after, Lyon had a run-in with the police, one of whom threatened to kill him because when told they “didn’t mix the races down here”, Lyon claimed he had a Black grandfather. Lyon left town in order to keep all the pictures he had taken safe from being confiscated.
In 1963 Lyon returned, but the SNCC was reluctant to bring him aboard as their photographer. One job Lyon participated in was getting a picture of some high-school girls who were in prison at the Leesburg Stockade without any charges against them. He hid in the back of a car while someone else drove him to the prison, and the young man who drove distracted the guards while Lyon snuck in the back to get the photo.
After being accepted as the photographer for SNCC, Lyon was present at almost all of the major historical events during the movement capturing the moments with his camera.
His pictures appeared in The Movement: documentary of a struggle for equality, a documentary book about the Civil Rights Movement in the southern region of the United States.
Later work
Later, Lyon began creating his own books. His first was a study of outlaw motorcyclists in the collection The Bikeriders (1968), where Lyon photographed, traveled with and shared the lifestyle of bikers in the American Midwest from 1963 to 1967. Living in a rented apartment in Woodlawn, Chicago, Lyon followed the Chicago chapter of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club in an "attempt to record and glorify the life of the American bikerider". Seeking advice from Hunter S. Thompson, who spent a year with the Hells Angels for his own book, Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, Thompson warned Lyon that he should "get to hell out of that club unless it's absolutely necessary for photo action." Lyon said of Thompson's response: "He advised me not to join the Outlaws and to wear a helmet. I joined the club and seldom wore a helmet". He was a full-fledged member of the Outlaws between 1966 and 1967. On his time as an Outlaws member, Lyon said: "I was kind of horrified by the end. I remember I had a big disagreement with this guy who rolled out a huge Nazi flag as a picnic rug to put our beers on. By then I had realised that some of these guys were not so romantic after all".
The series was immensely popular and influential in the 1960s and 1970s. By 1967, Lyon was invited to join Magnum Photos. After The Bikeriders, he spent time documenting the lives of inmates in Texas prisons. During the 1970s, Lyon also contributed to the Environmental Protection Agency's DOCUMERICA project.
In 1969, when Lyon returned from his work in Texas to New York City, and had no place to live, the photographer Robert Frank, famous by then for his 1958 book The Americans, took him in. Lyon had met Frank two years earlier, at the end of a Happening that Lyon was part of, in New York City. Lyon lived with the Frank family for six months in the city, in an apartment on West 86th St.
The Destruction of Lower Manhattan (1969) was Lyon's next work, published by Macmillan Publishers in 1969. The book documents the large-scale demolition taking place throughout Lower Manhattan in 1967. Included are photographs of soon to be demolished streets and buildings, portraits of the neighborhood's last remaining stragglers and pictures from within the demolition sites themselves. The book was eventually remaindered for one dollar each, but soon attained the status of a collector's item. It was reprinted in 2005.
Conversations with the Dead (1971) was published with full cooperation of the Texas Department of Corrections. Lyon photographed in six prisons over a 14-month period in 1967-68. The series was printed in book form in 1971 by Holt publishing. The introduction points to a statement of purpose that the penal system of Texas is symbolic for incarceration everywhere. He states, "I tried with whatever power I had to make a picture of imprisonment as distressing as I knew it to be in reality."
Lyon befriended many of the prisoners. The book also includes texts taken from prison records, letters from convicts, and inmate artwork. In particular, the book focuses on the case of Billy McCune, a convicted rapist whose death sentence was eventually commuted to life in prison. In the foreword, Lyon describes McCune as a diagnosed psychotic, who one evening, while awaiting execution, "cut his penis off to the root and, placing it in a cup, passed it between the bars to the guard."
All of Lyon's publications work in the style of photographic New Journalism, meaning that the photographer has become immersed, and is a participant, of the documented subject.
He is the founding member of the publishing group Bleak Beauty. He was greatly encouraged in his photography by curator of the Art Institute of Chicago Hugh Edwards, who gave Lyon two solo exhibits as a young man.
Also a filmmaker and writer, Lyon's films and videos include Los Niños Abandonados, Born to Film, Willie, and Murderers. He has published the non-fiction book Like A Thief's Dream.
Publications
The Bikeriders.
London: Macmillan, 1968.
Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms, 1998. .
New York City: Aperture, 2014. . Facsimile edition.
Conversations With The Dead.
New York City: Henry Holt and Company, 1971. .
Conversations With The Dead: Photographs of Prison Life with the Letters and Drawings of Billy McCune #122054. . Digitally remastered facsimile edition with a new afterword by Lyon.
Pictures from the New World. New York City: Aperture, 1981.
I Like To Eat Right On The Dirt. Clintondale, NY: Bleak Beauty, 1989.
Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.
Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement. The Lyndhurst Series on the South. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University; University of North Carolina, 1992. . Edited by Alex Harris.
Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms, 2010. .
Indian Nations. Twin Palms, 2002.
The Destruction of Lower Manhattan. New York City: PowerHouse, 2005.
Like A Thief's Dream. New York City: PowerHouse, 2007.
Memories of Myself. London; New York City: Phaidon, 2009.
Deep Sea Diver. London; New York City: Phaidon, 2011.
The Seventh Dog. London; New York City: Phaidon, 2014.
Burn Zone. Albuquerque, NM: Bleak Beauty. . With texts by Josephine Ferorelli.
Awards
1969: Guggenheim Fellowship from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
1978: Guggenheim Fellowship from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
1980s: Fellowship in Film making from the Rockefeller Foundation
2011: Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2015: Lucie Awards, "Achievement in Documentary" category
2022: Induction into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum.
See also
List of photographers of the civil rights movement
References
External links
The films of Danny Lyon on Vimeo
SNCC Digital Gateway: Danny Lyon, Documentary website created by the SNCC Legacy Project and Duke University, telling the story of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and grassroots organizing from the inside-out
"Stubbornly Practicing His Principles of Photography," New York Times, April 26, 2009
"‘Danny Lyon: Message to the Future’ Review: From Civil Rights to Occupy", by Richard B. Woodward, The Wall Street Journal, July 27, 2016
An Interview with Filmmaker Danny Lyon Part I and Part II, Chicago Film Society, 2017
, at the Whitney Museum of American Art
1942 births
Living people
Jewish American artists
American photojournalists
Motorcycling writers
Outlaws Motorcycle Club
University of Chicago alumni
People from Brooklyn
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
American people of German-Jewish descent
Journalists from New York City
21st-century American Jews
People from New Mexico by occupation
Artists from New Mexico
20th-century American male artists |
Hirofumi Takinami is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.
Biography
He had attended The University of Tokyo, graduating in 1971, from The University of Chicago in 1998, and Wasdea University in 2021.
He had taught at Stanford University from 2009 to 2011.
References
Living people
1971 births
Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
University of Chicago alumni
Waseda University alumni
University of Tokyo alumni |
The GR 9 is a long-distance walking route of the Grande Randonnée network in France. The route connects Saint-Amour, Jura with Port Grimaud.
Along the way, the route passes through:
Saint-Amour, Jura
Lajoux
Culoz
Grenoble
Saillans, Drôme
Monieux
Trets
Rocbaron
Port Grimaud
References
Links
GR9 From Jura to Mediterranean (Full itinerary)
Hiking trails in France |
The Berryville Gymnasium is a historic school building, located in a large school complex on the west side of Berryville, Arkansas. It is a single-story stone masonry structure, with a gable-on-hip roof. It is taller to accommodate the height of the gymnasium within, and has a second row of windows across some facades to provide added illumination into that facility. The building was constructed in 1936–37 with funding assistance from the Works Progress Administration.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Carroll County, Arkansas
References
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Buildings and structures in Berryville, Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Arkansas |
Albert Moore (December 26, 1862 – September 14, 1916) was an American private serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.
Biography
Moore was born December 26, 1862, in Merced, California and enlisted into the Marine Corps from Mare island, California January 18, 1898. After entering the marines he was sent to fight in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion.
He received the Medal for his actions in Peking, China from July 21 – August 17, 1900, and it was presented to him July 19, 1901. He was discharged from the Marine Corps in San Francisco, California January 17, 1903, and died September 14, 1916. He is buried in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California and his grave can be found in the west plot, grave 1032A.
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 25 December 1862, Merced, Calif. Accredited to: California. G.O. No.:55, 19 July 1901.
Citation:
In the presence of the enemy during the battle of Peking, China, 21 July to 17 August 1900. Although under a heavy fire from the enemy, Moore assisted in the erection of barricades.
See also
List of Medal of Honor recipients
List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Boxer Rebellion
References
External links
1862 births
1916 deaths
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients
United States Marines
American military personnel of the Boxer Rebellion
People from Merced, California
Boxer Rebellion recipients of the Medal of Honor |
Martres-de-Rivière (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Population
See also
Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
References
Communes of Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia |
Ham Sab Chor Hain ( We are all Thieves) is a 1995 Hindi-language action film, produced by Hiren Bafna and Sangeeta Bafna under the Shree Durga Laxmi Enterprises banner and directed by Ambrish Sanghal. It stars Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Kamal Sadanah, Ritu Shivpuri and music composed by Bappi Lahiri.
Plot
ACP Ravi Varma & Kamal are siblings whose parents are slaughtered by 3 brutal Hunterwala, Bhothnath, and Naichand whose boss is Chakradhar, and escape from penal. Kamal wants to slay them whereas Ravi wants to arrest them and punish them through the judiciary. Vijay Kumar supplies servants to rich people as a profession and at night he turns into Robin Hood and rob's their illegal expenditure and gives it to the poor people. Ravi is appointed to arrest Robin Hood while Kamal, his lover Rithu and Ravi's lover Geeta joins Vijay's team. Vijay wants to take revenge on Chakradhar who killed his wife and send him to jail and at the climax Ravi, Vijay & Kamal joins to see the end of all the criminals.
Cast
Dharmendra as Vijay Kumar
Jeetendra as ACP Ravi Kumar D. Verma
Kamal Sadanah as Kamal D. Verma
Ritu Shivpuri as Ritu
Mohan Joshi as Chakradhar
Puneet Issar as Bhootnath
Girja Shankar as Nainsukh
Gajendra Chouhan as Police Commissioner
Aasif Sheikh as Rajrani
Ram Mohan as Vishwakarma
Vikas Anand as Inspector Dinanath Verma
Tiku Talsania as Mantri
Ram Sethi as Peter
Birbal as Bajrangi
Yunus Parvez
Sujata Mehta as Rashmi
Reema Lagoo as Ritu's mom
Upasna Singh as Sonia
Aparajita as Mrs. D. Verma
Shraddha Verma
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by Bappi Lahiri, and all songs are written by Nawab Arzoo. Notable singers Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Vinod Rathod, Sadhana Sargam, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Ila Arun, Sapna Mukherjee and Arun Bakshi rendered their voices in this album.
References
External links
1990s Hindi-language films
1995 films
Films scored by Bappi Lahiri
Cross-dressing in Indian films |
Mary Vail Andress (March 27, 1883 – May 15, 1964) was an American banker. She was "the first woman to become an officer of a major New York bank". She also did relief work during both World War I and World War II, and was "the first woman war worker to receive the Distinguished Service Medal".
Early life
Andress was born in Sparta, New Jersey, the daughter of Theophilus Hunt Andress and Sarah Cecelia Cutler Andress. Her father was a physician and a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War. Theodore Newton Vail was her cousin, and Alfred Vail was her great-uncle.
Andress graduated from Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Her mother and grandmother had also attended Moravian. She was captain of the basketball team as a student; later she served as a trustee of the college She attended the Summer School of Arts and Sciences at Yale University in 1905.
Career
In 1917 and 1918, Andress joined the Women's Overseas Service League and ran a canteen and later directed the American Red Cross rest station in Toul, France. "For a whilt it seemed as if I could never quite get down to the real job," she recalled later, "it seemed so often that something new broke loose and always just at the wrong time." For her wartime service she was the first woman awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in 1919, and the medal was presented to her by General John J. Pershing. She also received the Medal of French Gratitude from the French government. In 1919 she went to work with Armenian refugees in Turkey and Georgia, for Near East Relief, and directed an orphanage in Tbilisi. She spent two years in this work.
Andress began working at the Paris office of Bankers Trust Company in 1920. She was assistant cashier at the main office of Chase National Bank from 1924 to 1940. In this, she became the first woman to work as an officer at a major New York bank. In 1937, she helped open Chase's London office. Later she was the first woman to serve on the bank's board of directors. "The average woman can manage her own affairs very well," she declared in a 1924 profile. "I have found her competent, judicial, and unflurried."
In 1940, she was again active in war relief, working for British War Relief, United China Relief Drive, and the Red Cross War Fund Drive. She and Anne Morgan created the Friends of France, to raise funds for war relief. In her later years, she served on the board of trustees of the American Craftsmen's Educational Council.
Personal life
Mary Vail Andress died in 1964, in New York City, at age 81.
See also
References
1883 births
1964 deaths
American bankers
American Red Cross personnel
American women in World War I
American women civilians in World War II
Moravian University alumni
People from Sparta, New Jersey
Civilian recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States) |
The Annotated Hobbit: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is an edition of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit with a commentary by Douglas A. Anderson. It was first published in 1988 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first American publication of The Hobbit, and by Unwin Hyman of London.
Structure
The structure of The Annotated Hobbit is that of The Hobbit with its 19 chapters. The text is accompanied throughout with marginal notes beside the text and commenting on it by the Tolkien scholar Douglas A. Anderson. The edition includes more than 150 black-and-white illustrations from foreign editions and some that were drawn by Tolkien himself, and some rare poems written by Tolkien.
Reception
On its publication, The Annotated Hobbit was warmly welcomed in Mythlore by Glen GoodKnight, founder of the Mythopoeic Society. He began with the words "What a treasure trove; what a superb delight!" He was pleased by the annotations, from the briefest of definitions through to quotations from letters and entire poems. He specially liked the many illustrations and photographs, commenting that for some readers, the images of dust jackets and translations will be especially interesting. GoodKnight personally found "most of the foreign illustrations ... technically and artistically embarrassing", but even so the "cumulative effect" of the coverage of editions and translations was "rich and fascinating".
More recently, George W. Beahm has called The Annotated Hobbit "the most informative edition" of The Hobbit. The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey noted that the earliest version of Tolkien's poem "The Hoard" from 1923 was best accessible in this book. The Annotated Hobbit won the 1990 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in "Inkling studies" by the Mythopoeic Society.
Editions
In 2002, after the initial publication of The Annotated Hobbit, a "Revised and Expanded Edition" was published. This version included maps and colour paintings. It also provided newer sources and greater understanding of Tolkien's legendarium. The appendix includes a chapter "The Quest of Erebor" about Gandalf's motivation to join Bilbo to the dwarven company. Another British edition was published in 2003 by HarperCollins of London.
Translations
Translations into other languages include the following:
French:
German:
Italian:
Japanese:
Spanish:
Polish:
Hungarian:
Chinese:
See also
The History of The Hobbit
English-language editions of The Hobbit
References
The Hobbit
1988 British novels
Houghton Mifflin books |
Ribas de Campos is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain.
It is on the course of the Canal de Castilla.
According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 185 inhabitants.
See also
Monastery of Santa Cruz de Ribas
References
Municipalities in the Province of Palencia |
Amalda coenobium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.
Description
Distribution
References
coenobium
Gastropods described in 1991 |
Topaz is a Cold War suspense novel by Leon Uris, published in 1967 by McGraw-Hill. The novel spent one week atop The New York Times Best Seller List (on the list dated October 15, 1967), and was Uris's first New York Times number-one bestseller since Exodus in 1959. During its 52-week run on the list, Topaz set two records in two weeks; those for largest positional jump to number-one (9–1) and largest positional fall from number-one (1–5).
Overview
On the eve of the Cuban Missile Crisis, American and French intelligence agents are plunged into a maze of Cold War intrigue. In Paris, 1962, French intelligence chief André Devereaux and NATO intelligence chief Michael Nordstrom have uncovered Soviet plans to ship nuclear arms to Cuba. But when Devereaux reports his findings and nobody acts—and he is targeted in an assassination attempt—he soon realizes he’s tangled in a plot far greater than he first understood. The two agents, along with a small band of Cuban exiles and Soviet defectors, chase leads around the globe in a quest to save NATO, themselves, and perhaps the world itself.
Film adaptation
In 1969, Universal Pictures released Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz, based on the Uris novel. It was a critical and commercial failure.
Basis in fact
The events in Topaz are based to a limited degree on the Martel affair, which involved a Soviet defector, Anatoliy Golitsyn, who indicated there were deep KGB penetrations within the French establishment. This was taking place during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the actions of one French agent in gathering information in Cuba became swept up in the events. The agent became friends with Uris after moving to the US in 1963.
1967 American novels
American novels adapted into films
American thriller novels
Novels by Leon Uris
Novels set during the Cold War |
The Stately Home Tour was a 2000 concert tour by Elton John. After completing the Medusa Tour, Elton decided to tour some of the stately homes of Europe, mainly covering England and Germany. The tour started on 27 May 2000 in Bedfordshire and ended on 30 July 2000 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The tour continued in the same way as the previous two tours Medusa Tour and An Evening with Elton John in the respect that they were all solo performances.
Tour dates
Setlists
References
External links
Information Site with Tour Dates
Elton John concert tours
2000 concert tours |
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Marilyn Mims (born September 8, 1954) is an American operatic soprano who had an active career during the 1980s and 1990s. A regular performer at the Metropolitan Opera from 1988 to 1992, her singing career was cut short after being diagnosed with endometriosis in 1995. She notably sang the role of Ortlinde on the Met's 1987 recording of Die Walküre under James Levine for Deutsche Grammophon, which won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. She currently teaches on the voice faculty at Palm Beach Atlantic University.
Life and career
Born and raised in Collins, Mississippi, Mims earned a bachelor's degree in music from the University of Southern Mississippi and studied vocal performance at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. At IU she was a pupil of renowned soprano Virginia Zeani. Marilyn Mims also studied voice with Dr. Jay W. Wilkey.
In 1986 Mims won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She made her professional opera debut the following year at the New York City Opera as Violetta in Verdi's La traviata. In 1988 she sang the role of Isabelle in Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable with the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall. That same year she made her debut at the Met as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus opposite Thomas Allen as Eisenstein and Judith Blegen as Adele. She continued to sing roles at the Met annually through 1992, portraying Constanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Gilda in Rigoletto, Violetta in La traviata, and the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor.
In 1990 Mims made her debut at the San Francisco Opera as Nedda in Pagliacci. She returned to San Francisco in 1991 to portray Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. Other American companies she sang leading roles with included the Michigan Opera Theatre and the Santa Fe Opera.
References
Living people
American operatic sopranos
Jacobs School of Music alumni
Singers from Mississippi
Grammy Award winners
Palm Beach Atlantic University faculty
People from Collins, Mississippi
University of Mississippi alumni
Winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
20th-century American women opera singers
1954 births
American women academics
21st-century American women |
The men's freestyle 92 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 16 and 17 December 2020.
Medalists
Results
Legend
F — Won by fall
R — Retired
WO — Won by walkover
References
External links
Official website
Men's freestyle 92 kg |
Morris Bear Squire (November 5, 1923 – March 2014) was an American psychologist and hospital administrator who was known for his philanthropy and for a Medicare fraud case brought against him by the U.S. attorney's office in 1996 that involved a psychiatric hospital owned by Squire and administered by his son, Ari Squire. Morris Squire was the former owner and CEO of a national chain of 26 medical care facilities. He also founded several charitable organizations including the Forest Foundation, Moishe House and the Morris B. Squire Art Foundation. Squire's philanthropic endeavors were focused particularly on supporting Jewish causes.
Morris Bear Squire was born on November 5, 1923, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ukrainian immigrants. His father was a dentist and his mother was a pharmacist. Squire earned degrees in psychology from the University of Illinois and University of Chicago. In 1958, Squire purchased a Chicago psychiatric hospital and succeeded in administrating it. During the subsequent years, Squire purchased and administrated 25 more psychiatric treatment facilities.
In 1963, Squire established the Forest Foundation, a non-profit organization for funding psychology research. After retiring as chief executive officer and selling off his corporation, Squire founded Moishe House, an international non-profit organization based in Oakland, California, which supports and sponsors young Jewish leaders as they create vibrant communities for their peers from their homes.
Medicare fraud settlement
Squire was the owner of Forest Hospital in Des Plaines, Illinois in 1996 when the psychiatric hospital was accused by two former employees of Medicare fraud. The employees said that elderly residents of area nursing homes and assisted-living facilities were bused to a psychiatric program run by Squire's company in Elgin [Illinois]. There, they would play games or sleep for five or six hours, and were provided little, if any, psychiatric medical care.
Forest Hospital paid $4 million to settle the civil Medicare fraud case, the payment was made when the hospital was sold in 1997.
Personal life
His first wife was Eunice. They had three children, and at least three grandchildren.
In 1999, Squire married Lei The Dei of Cambodia. They renewed their marriage in 2003 at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Squire resided in Santa Barbara, California.
He died in March 2014.
Publications
Morris B Squire, (1970) Current administrative practices for psychiatric services, Springfield, Ill.:Thomas, OCLC 80733
Morris B Squire; Chris E Stout; Douglas H Ruben, (1993), Current advances in inpatient psychiatric care : a handbook, Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press
References
External links
Morris Squire, Founder profile at the Forest Foundation website
American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
American health care chief executives
People from Chicago
1923 births
2014 deaths
Philanthropists from Illinois
20th-century American philanthropists
University of Illinois alumni
University of Chicago alumni
21st-century American Jews |
The Middleweight class in the boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition is a class. Middleweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than .
27 boxers competed.
Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout.
Medalists
Tournament
Middleweight Bracket
References
Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games |
Basic knitted fabrics include stocking stitch, reverse stocking stitch, garter stitch, seed stitch, faggoting, and tricot. In some cases, these fabrics appear differently on the right side (as seen when making the stitch) than on the wrong side (as seen from the other side, when the work is turned).
Stockinette/stocking stitch and reverse stockinette stitch
Stocking stitch (in US, stockinette stitch) is the most basic knitted fabric; every stitch (as seen from the right side) is a knit stitch. In the round, stocking stitch is produced by knitting every stitch; by contrast, in the flat, stocking stitch is produced by knitting and purling alternate rows.
Stocking-stitch fabric is very smooth and each column ("wale") resembles a stacked set of "V"'s. It has a strong tendency to curl horizontally and vertically because of the asymmetry of its faces.
Reverse stocking stitch is produced in the same way as stocking, except that the purl stitches are done on the right side and the knit stitches on the wrong side. In the round, reverse stocking stitch is produced by purling every stitch.
Garter stitch
Garter stitch is the most basic form of welting (as seen from the right side). In the round, garter stitch is produced by knitting and purling alternate rounds. By contrast, in the flat, garter stitch is produced by knitting every stitch (or purling every stitch, though this is much less common, and often referred to as 'reverse garter stitch').
In garter-stitch fabrics, the "purl" rows stand out from the "knit" rows ( a similar effect is used in shadow knitting). Together, they form little horizontal ridges. Garter-stitch fabric has significant lengthwise elasticity and little tendency to curl, due to the symmetry of its faces.
Seed/moss stitch
Seed stitch is the most basic form of a basketweave pattern; knit and purl stitches alternate in every column ("wale") and every row ("course"). In other words, every knit stitch is flanked on all four sides (left and right, top and bottom) by purl stitches, and vice versa. Moss stitch (also called Irish/American moss stitch) is created by alternating between knit and purl stitches across every row as well. Here, however, there are always two knit stitches stacked upon each other in every column and they are flanked by two purl stitches on all four sides.
Seed/moss-stitch fabrics lie flat; the symmetry of their two faces prevents them from curling to one side or the other. Hence, it makes an excellent choice for edging, e.g., the central edges of a cardigan. However, seed stitch is "nubbly", not nearly as smooth as stockinette/stocking stitch.
Faggoting
Faggoting is a variation of lace knitting, in which every stitch is a yarn over or a decrease. There are several types of faggoting, but all are an extremely open lace similar to netting.
Like most lace fabrics, faggoting has little structural strength and deforms easily, so it has little tendency to curl despite being asymmetrical. Faggoting is stretchy and open, and most faggoting stitches look the same on both sides, making them ideal for garments like lacy scarves or stockings.
Tricot knitting
Tricot is a special case of warp knitting, in which the yarn zigzags vertically, following a single column ("wale") of knitting, rather than a single row ("course"), as is customary. Tricot and its relatives are very resistant to runs, and are commonly used in lingerie.
Other basic fabrics
Other classes of basic knitted fabrics include ribbing, welting, and cables.
See also
Pointelle
Ponte (Fabric)
References
June Hemmons Hiatt (1988) The Principles of Knitting, Simon and Schuster, pp. 18–20. .
Knitting stitches |
Gurwitch Products is a Houston, Texas-based subsidiary of Shiseido that produces, manages, and markets cosmetics and skincare products. Gurwitch produces and markets products under two brands, Laura Mercier Cosmetics and RéVive Skincare.
Company history
Gurwitch Products was founded by Janet Gurwitch, the former executive vice president of Neiman Marcus, and Gary M. Kusin in 1995. With makeup artist Laura Mercier, Gurwitch and Kusin licensed Laura Mercier's name and created the Laura Mercier Cosmetics brand in 1996. Gurwitch's former employer, the Neiman Marcus Group, purchased a 51 percent stake in the company in 1999.
In August 2006, Gurwitch Products, which was valued more than $120 million at that time, was acquired by and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Alticor. Laura mErcier 6 when it was sold. In 2008, the company acquired the premium anti-aging skincare products line RéVive Skincare, along with its parent company, Bays Brown Laboratories. Janet Gurwitch resigned in 2008. Shiseido acquired Gurwitch Products in 2016.
The company maintains corporate offices in Manhattan, Houston and London, and its products are sold in more than 1,000 stores across 27 countries.
References
External links
Gurwitch Products
Cosmetics companies of the United States
Manufacturing companies based in Houston |
William H. West (February 13, 1928 – August 22, 2016) was an American educator and politician.
West was born in Hornbeck, Vernon Parish, Louisiana and graduated from Leesville High School in Leesville, Louisiana. He received his bachelor's degree in biology from Northwestern State University. West served in the United States Army and was a medic instructor. He was a teacher, coach, and principal with the Vernon Parish school system. West also taught nursing at the Northwestern University, He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1978 to 1984 for two terms and was a Democrat. He died in Praireville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana.
References
1928 births
2016 deaths
People from Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Military personnel from Louisiana
Northwestern State University alumni
Educators from Louisiana
Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives |
Kevin Walsh (born 5 November 1969 in Galway) is an Irish Gaelic football coach, manager and former player. He won three All Stars and two All-Ireland Senior Football Championships while playing at senior level for the Galway county team.
Walsh served as manager of the senior Sligo county team from 2008 to 2013 and his native Galway from 2014 to 2019.
Playing career
An effective midfielder, Walsh played at club level with Killannin, winning intermediate county titles in 1991 and 2014 against near neighbours Moycullen at 45 years of age and at inter-county level with Galway. He was a key member of the latter team during the late 1990s and early 2000s and collected two All-Ireland titles and four Connacht titles during that time.
Coaching career
Club
Upon retirement from inter-county play, Walsh became involved in coaching. He had been in charge of the Aran Islands junior footballers in 2008.
Connacht
Walsh was a selector with the Connacht inter-provincial team for a number of seasons.
Sligo
Walsh volunteered to manage the Sligo senior football team, and was appointed in November 2008.
He led Sligo from Division 4 to Division 2 of the National Football League in his first two years in charge winning the Division 4 and 3 titles in the process. He also led Sligo to the Connacht Junior Football Championship and All-Ireland Junior Football Championship in 2010. In 2011, he led Sligo to a second Connacht Junior Football Championship.
In 2013, Walsh fell out with Eamonn O'Hara after O'Hara launched a stinging tirade at his former manager on national television and told him to resign. The incident occurred following Sligo's first round elimination from the Connacht Championship at the hands of London. O'Hara gave his inside view of the chaos affecting the county as Pat Spillane peered down his nose over O'Hara's right shoulder, baffled at the news that a county like Sligo could be in an even worse state than Kerry.
Then O'Hara called Walsh "crazy."
Former Armagh footballer Oisín McConville said O'Hara was out of line with his outburst and pointed out that most teams, apart from those to have played in that year's All-Ireland final, go back training in November. Following defeat to Derry in the next game and elimination from the Championship, Walsh resigned as Sligo boss.
Galway
After the resignation of Alan Mulholland, Walsh was selected as favourite to replace him as manager. Pete Warren was also in the race but withdrew soon afterwards. In September 2014, Walsh was appointed as the Galway Senior Football Manager. On 3 September 2019, Walsh stepped down as manager after five years in charge.
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Walsh set to the production of his autobiography, which he titled The Invisible Game, and was helped by another man to write it.
Cork
In November 2022, Walsh was announced as coach of the Cork senior footballers, working under the management of John Cleary.
See also
Brian Walsh (politician)
Joseph Walsh (archbishop of Tuam)
Martin Walsh (police officer)
References
1969 births
Living people
All Stars Awards winners (football)
Connacht inter-provincial Gaelic footballers
Cork county football team
Gaelic football coaches
Gaelic football managers
Gaelic football selectors
Galway inter-county Gaelic footballers
Garda Síochána officers
Killannin Gaelic footballers
Winners of two All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)
Police officers from County Galway |
PANOS is a discontinued computer operating system developed by Acorn Computers in the 1980s and released in 1985, which ran on the 32016 Second Processor for the BBC Micro and the Acorn Cambridge Workstation. These systems had essentially the same architecture, based on a 32-bit NS32016 CPU; the ACW having a BBC Micro-based "I/O processor". Access to the I/O processor was through a NS32016 firmware kernel called Pandora.
Panos ran on the NS32016 and was a rudimentary single-user operating system, written in Modula-2. It provided a simple command line interpreter, a text editor and access to DFS, ADFS or NFS file systems via the I/O processor. Targeted at the academic and scientific user community, it came bundled with compilers for the FORTRAN 77, C, Pascal and LISP programming languages.
Commands
The following list of commands is supported by the Panos command line interpreter.
.space
.Delete
.Help
.key
.NewCommand
.Obey
.pwd
.Quit
.Run
.Set
.swd
.wait
Access
Catalogue
Configure
Copy
Create
Delete
Echo
Logon
Rename
Set
Show
Star
References
Notes
Acorn Computers operating systems
Discontinued operating systems |
Marc Edward Wolfgang Miller (born in Lancaster, Ohio) is an American doctor of neuropsychology, explorer, and author. Dr Miller was chief of neuropsychology at Good Samaritan Hospital for 25 years and is currently in private practice. He has led over 30 expeditions around the world in search of rare or extinct animals with his friend Bill Cacciolfi. Jack Hanna once said that "Marc is an adventurer in the true sense of the word and among the great explorers of our times."
Explorations and other work
He is a Fellow member of the famed Explorers Club in New York City which is a "who's who" of extreme adventurers. His trips have resulted in many scientific findings which have helped form evidence for extinct animals. In 2005, the Walt Disney Corporation consulted with Miller on a new attraction called Expedition Everest and used photographs he took while on his journey in the Himalayas researching the Yeti. Dr. Miller is also the author of three books about his adventures in cryptozoology such as Chasing Legends and The Legend Continues, which are currently out of print. In 2011, Miller published his third book, Legends in Cryptozoology, about his adventures over the past 30 years. His most recent expedition was to a remote part of India searching for the buru and the Sacred Brass Plates. Marc is a lecturer and has made appearances on television and radio. He has written numerous magazine articles and scientific journals. He has travelled with the International Medical Corps to war torn countries. He is a founding member of Hospice Fairhope and current officer. Marc was also a founding member of A Special Wish Foundation and past president.
Books
Chasing Legends: An Adventurer's Diary, Adventures Unlimited Press (1990)
The Legends Continue: Adventures in Cryptozoology, Adventures Unlimited Press (1998). No ISBN.
Legends in Cryptozoology, 2011, Published by Nordenfjord World University - Denmark
References
Sources
Conversation for Exploration - Cryptozoology
The Yeti Hand
Dr. Millers Himalayan Yeti Expedition
Living people
American explorers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Cryptozoologists
People from Lancaster, Ohio |
Peshawar mosque attack may refer to:
2013 Peshawar mosque attack
2015 Peshawar mosque attack
2022 Peshawar mosque attack
2023 Peshawar mosque bombing |
The Tadhg Crowley Cup is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by divisional and university sides in the county of Cork in Ireland, deciding the competition winners through a double-elimination format.
Duhallow are the reigning champions, having beaten University College Cork by 2–14 to 0–14 in the 2023 final.
History
A restructuring process of the entire Cork football championship system had been underway since voted on by Cork County Board delegates in March 2019. From 2020, the participating divisions and colleges held their own series of games, designed to produce one team to advance to the quarter-final stages of the championship proper. In 2022, it was decided to award the Tadhg Crowley Cup to the winning team.
Qualification for subsequent competitions
The Tadhg Crowley Cup winners qualify for the quarter-final stage of the Cork Premier Senior Football Championship.
Managers
Managers in the Tadhg Crowley Cup are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players. Their influence varies from team to team. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and a backroom team consisting of various coaches.
Trophy
The winning team is presented with the Tadhg Crowley Cup. Tadhgo Crowley won seven Cork SFC titles with Clonakilty as well as captaining the Cork senior team to the 1945 All-Ireland Championship title.
List of finals
References
1
Senior Gaelic football county championships |
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The Goeng or Gureng were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. They lived in the area of the area of present-day Gladstone.
Country
The traditional tribal lands of the Goeng, according to Norman Tindale, stretched over an estimated , running from the southern end of Port Curtis to near mouth of Baffle Creek. Their inland extension went as far as the headwaters of the Kolan River, and took in the ManyPeaks Range. Their land also included Lowmead and one of their borders touched Miriam Vale.
Controversy
John Mathew identified the Goeng and the Goreng goreng as the same tribe, though the former is coastal and the latter an inland tribe. Tindale noted and criticised the conflation.
Alternative names
Goonine
Yungkono
Meeroni
Maroonee, Meerooni
Wide Bay tribe. (Palmer, 1884)
?Yamma
Notes
Citations
Sources
Aboriginal peoples of Queensland |
John Francis Smith, more commonly referred to as Ranger Smith (and known as Mr. Ranger by Yogi and Boo-Boo), is a fictional park ranger first appearing in the 1958 Yogi Bear cartoon series. The character is Yogi's main antagonist, and appears in other Yogi Bear series, including Yogi's Gang (1973), Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985), and Yo Yogi! (1991), as well as the 2010 live-action Yogi Bear film. The cartoon character has been primarily voiced by Don Messick and Greg Burson.
History
Character
A former US Army soldier, he is the serious and stern authority figure in Jellystone Park, in contrast to the antics of the troublesome Yogi, and he greatly disapproves of Yogi's picnic basket thievery, mainly because it repels parkgoers and creates extra work for him.
In the original Yogi Bear shorts on Huckleberry Hound, a different and unnamed character that would evolve into Ranger Smith had a much different appearance, looking older, and with a white mustache, though his voice was the same (this character model was eventually used for Smith's boss in later specials), and other rangers also served as the authority figures in early episodes. Even after his trademark appearance had been established, Ranger Smith's design was notably inconsistently drawn throughout each episode of The Yogi Bear Show. In one episode, he appears as his young self, but this may be his first actual encounter with Yogi, as he does not appear to recognize him and refers to Yogi as "that bear".
Ranger Smith is sometimes very friendly with Yogi. In other episodes, he wants nothing more than to send Yogi away to the zoo. The attitudes of the Ranger towards Yogi usually parallel Yogi's behavior; if Yogi is up to mischief, then Smith wants to be rid of him; if Yogi is trying to behave himself, the ranger is often supportive. He seems to have a deep-down, if not grudging, respect for Yogi. Although the two have a somewhat antagonistic relationship, if serious trouble were to befall one of them, the other usually attempts to rescue him. They also have a long-running, friendly rivalry.
Ranger Smith genuinely likes Boo-Boo, because Boo-Boo always tries to stay out of trouble, unlike Yogi. Some episodes have Ranger Smith answering to his superior, the park commissioner.
Reception and significance
Ranger Smith, together with similar children's characters such as Ranger Rick and Disney's Ranger Woodlore, has become a stereotype of the American park ranger. This had led to some complaints from the park rangers about their job being misunderstood and not treated seriously by the public, as these stereotypes fail to recognize some park rangers are law enforcement officers.
Other appearances
Ranger Smith has appeared in some episodes of Yogi's Gang, in which he is seen with blond hair instead of black.
Ranger Smith was a supporting character in Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
Ranger Smith appeared once (Quebec/Baghdad) in Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics.
Ranger Smith made a guest cameo in "The Story Stick" from A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
Ranger Smith appeared in two television films, which were part of the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 series: Yogi's Great Escape, and Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears.
In Yo Yogi!, Ranger Smith is shown as Officer Smith (voiced by Greg Burson), who is a security guard at Jellystone Mall and often arrests the bad guys upon their defeat.
Ranger Smith made a cameo appearance in I Am Weasel episode "I Am My Lifetime", being jailed.
Ranger Smith has become a starring character in parody shorts produced by the now-defunct animation company Spümcø, including Boo Boo Runs Wild, A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith, and Boo Boo and the Man. In those appearances, Ranger Smith was voiced by Corey Burton.
Various designs for Ranger Smith made nonspeaking appearances in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Identity Theft", referencing the noticeable inconsistencies the design experienced in the original cartoon.
Ranger Smith appeared in the Robot Chicken episode "President Evil", voiced by Seth Green. In a movie trailer segment that featured Yogi and Boo Boo, Ranger Smith tells the sheriff that the cops will not catch Yogi, since he is smarter than the average bear. He was later featured in the "Power Forest Rangers" sketch of the show's 100th episode "Fight Club Paradise", voiced by Jamie Kaler.
Ranger Smith is portrayed by actor Tom Cavanagh in the Yogi Bear feature film, released on December 17, 2010.
Ranger Smith can be briefly spotted in a Metlife commercial that aired in 2012.
Ranger Smith appears in the HBO Max series Jellystone!, voiced again by Jeff Bergman. He appears as the administrator of Jellystone Hospital.
Portrayers
From the time of the character's debut until 1994, Ranger Smith was voiced by Don Messick, using his natural voice. His last performance as the character was in Yogi the Easter Bear.
In Yo Yogi!, the character was known as Officer Smith and voiced by Greg Burson.
In the Spümcø shorts, Ranger Smith is voiced by Corey Burton.
Although more famous for his work in the Scooby-Doo franchise, Scott Innes briefly voiced Ranger Smith, as well.
In the Yogi Bear film, the character is portrayed by Tom Cavanagh.
Others
Daws Butler (1958-1959)
Frank Milano (1961, 1964; Songs of Yogi Bear and his Pals LP and Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! LP)
Mike Stewart (1962; How to Be a Better-Than-the Average Child Without Really Trying!)
Billy West (Cartoon Network, 1990s commercials)
Jeff Bergman (2001, 2018, 2021–present; Lullabye-Bye Bear, Yogi Bear slot machine, Jellystone!)
Seth Green (2008, 2013; Robot Chicken, Mad)
Tom Cavanagh (Yogi Bear: The Video Game)
Mikey Day (2011; Mad)
Jamie Kaler (2012; Robot Chicken)
Eric Bauza (Quicken Loans commercial)
Animated media
Television shows
The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958–1960)
The Yogi Bear Show (1961–1962)
Yogi's Gang (1973) (episodes "Mr. Prankster", "The Gossipy Witch", and "Lotta Litter")
Laff-A-Lympics (1977) (episode "Quebec, Canada and Baghdad, Iraq")
Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985–1986)
The New Yogi Bear Show (1988)
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988) (episode "The Story Stick")
A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera (1989)
Yo Yogi! (1991) (voiced by Greg Burson)
I Am Weasel (1998) (episode "I Am My Lifetime")
Boo Boo Runs Wild and A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith (1999) (voiced by Corey Burton)
Boo Boo and the Man (2000)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2002) (episode "Identity Theft")
Jellystone! (2021)
Films and specials
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (1964)
Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper (1982)
Yogi's Great Escape (1987)
Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears (1988)
Yogi the Easter Bear (1994)
Yogi Bear (2010) (portrayed by Tom Cavanagh)
Video games
Yogi Bear: Great Balloon Blast (2000)
Yogi Bear: The Video Game (2010)
See also
List of Hanna-Barbera characters
List of Yogi Bear characters
The Yogi Bear Show
The New Yogi Bear Show
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
References
Yogi Bear characters
Fictional United States Army personnel
Fictional park rangers
Television characters introduced in 1958
Hanna-Barbera characters
Animated human characters
Male characters in animation
Male characters in film
Male characters in television |
Time Cruise (known as Time Cruise II in Japan) is a science fiction themed pinball video game developed by Face for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 game system, released on November 8, 1991 in Japan and December 1992 in the United States.
Plot
Time Cruise's plot centers around Eric, a young scientific genius. Eric learns the secret of time travel by channeling with an intelligent extraterrestrial lifeform. After 8 years of hard work, Eric completes his time travel system (seven buildings with a time-travel pod moving between them at high speeds) and sets off in his shining silver time travel pod to explore the limits of time and space.
Gameplay
The Time Cruise playfield consists of seven screens and scrolls both horizontally and vertically. The player can nudge the table to influence the ball's path, but doing this too many times can cause a tilt condition, resulting in a lost ball. Scattered around the playfield are five different time travel switches. Hitting a switch with the ball activates its corresponding time travel mechanism, and landing the ball in an activated mechanism causes a time warp to take place. These alternate times range from a prehistoric sea floor in 460,000,000 B.C. to an orbiting Mars colony in 2054, and take the form of bonus stages where the player can earn points and extra balls. Occasionally, due to flaws in the time travel system the player will be brought to an alternate dimension (a sixth bonus stage) rather than the time period they intended to warp to. The game ends either when the player loses all of their balls, or when they attain a score of 99,999,999 which causes an ending cut-scene and the game's credits to be displayed.
Critical reception
In the United Kingdom, Time Cruise was the top-selling PC Engine game in November 1991.
In March 1993, the critic Otter Matic of GamePro magazine praised Time Cruise for its visuals and controls, but heavily criticized the game's audio and soundtrack as the weakest aspect of the game. The game received perfect scores of 5 out of 5 for graphics, control, and fun factor, but only 1.5 out of 5 for sound.
References
Face (company) games
1991 video games
Pinball video games
TurboGrafx-16 games
TurboGrafx-16-only games
Video games about time travel
Video games developed in Japan
Single-player video games
Turbo Technologies games |
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