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Francis Chamberlain or Chamberlayne may refer to:
Francis Chamberlain (Australian politician), (1900–1984), Australian politician
Francis Chamberlain (governor), governor of Guernsey
Francis Chamberlayne, MP for New Shoreham
See also
Frances Chamberlain, First Lady of Maine
Frances Chamberlaine, playwright
Frank Chamberlain (disambiguation) |
This is a record of Colombia's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently takes place over the three years preceding the finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the finals. The current format of the finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.
Colombia has appeared in the FIFA World Cup on six occasions in 1962, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014 and 2018.
Overall record
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out
By match
By opponent
Colombia at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
In the 1962 qualifiers, they faced Peru in a two-game series and qualified for their first World Cup.
Colombia qualified.
At Chile 1962, Colombia lost 2–1 to South American champions Uruguay in their opening match. They then drew 4–4 with the reigning European champions Soviet Union in one of biggest shocks at Chile 1962. In this game, Colombia scored four goals against Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin, widely considered the best goalkeeper in football history. Also in that game, Marcos Coll scored the only Olympic goal in World Cup history. Additionally, in coming back from three goals down to draw the match, the Colombians completed the biggest comeback to draw in World Cup history. Unfortunately, their campaign ended with a 5–0 defeat to Euro 1960 runners-up Yugoslavia, so they went out in the group stage.
Group One
Colombia at the 1990 FIFA World Cup
At Italia '90, Colombia defeated United Arab Emirates 2–0, lost to Yugoslavia 1–0, and earned their place in the Round of Sixteen after a dramatic 1–1 draw with West Germany, which would later win the Cup.
Group D
During their Round of Sixteen match against Cameroon, the game went into extra time after a 0–0 draw. In an unfortunate moment, goalkeeper René Higuita failed to protect the ball from the goal line, enabling Cameroon striker Roger Milla to snatch it from him, and score Cameroon's decisive second goal. Milla struck twice, giving Cameroon a 2–0 lead in extra time. Colombia would score in the 115th minute, but were unable to get an equalizer.
Colombia at the 1994 FIFA World Cup
Qualification — CONMEBOL Group One
Colombia qualified. Argentina advanced to the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.
Colombia finished top of their qualifying group without having lost a match, which included a historic 5–0 win over Argentina in Buenos Aires. Expectations of the team were high, some even naming them as favourites to win the tournament.
The match between Colombia and Romania was the first game for either side in the group phase. Romania took the lead in the 16th minute with their first attack of the match when Raducioiu took on three defenders before firing home a low shot. On the half hour mark, Hagi made it 2–0 when he noticed Córdoba out of position and dipped a cross over his head into the net. Valencia pulled a goal back for the Colombians in the 43rd minute when he headed in a corner from Perez. In the second half, Raducioiu put the result beyond doubt with his second goal in the final few minutes.
The team went into their second group game against the United States knowing they had to win to have any chance of progressing. On the 35th minute Andrés Escobar attempted to cut out a cross but accidentally deflected the ball into his own net. Earnie Stewart took the US two goals in front after scoring in the 56th minute. Valencia scored a consolation goal for Colombia in the closing minutes of the match.
They did win their final group match 2–0 over Switzerland, but it was not enough to help them progress
Group A
Andrés Escobar
Six days after Colombia's last match against Switzerland, Andrés Escobar was shot in Medellín by known drug cartel criminals. Escobar had previously scored an own goal in the group stage match against the United States.
Colombia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
Colombia began their qualification rounds in South America well and ended in third place with 28 points, 2 points below Argentina who was in 1st place with 30 points. They ended in Group G with Tunisia, England, and Romania.
Qualification For France 98: A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. Brazil, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 4 spots open for competition between 9 teams.
Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia and Chile qualified.
Group G
In their opening match, Adrian Ilie of Valencia CF gave Romania a 1–0 victory over Colombia after he placed a magnificent chip shot in the 44th minute from some that sailed over goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón into the net.
Colombia's second match was against Tunisia. Colombia's Léider Preciado struck seven minutes from the end to give a 1–0 win.
Although England needed only a draw to guarantee a place in the final 16, Darren Anderton drove home a fiercely struck angled drive in the 20th minute. David Beckham curled in a free kick nine minutes later and England won the game 2–0. Colombia was thus eliminated.
Colombia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup
After 16 years out of the World Cup, Colombia won their first match against Greece by a score of 3–0, marking the country's best ever performance in FIFA World Cup. The first goal was scored by Pablo Armero five minutes after the kick-off, Teofilo Gutierrez scored the second goal from a corner shot, James Rodriguez made their final score during the three minutes overtime. Colombia went on to beat Ivory Coast 2-1 and Japan 4–1. For the first time in history, Colombia won their group in group stages at the Fifa World Cup. They defeated Uruguay 2–0 in the Round of 16, marking the deepest run in the World Cup ever for the Colombia national team. They met Brazil in the quarter-finals and were narrowly defeated 2–1, bringing to an end their most successful World Cup campaign to date.
Final Standings
Brazil (host), Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay qualified.
Group C
The two teams had met in one previous match, in a friendly in 1994, where Colombia won 2–0. Colombia midfielder Fredy Guarín was suspended for the match, after being sent off in the team's final qualifier against Paraguay.
Colombia took the lead within five minutes, Juan Cuadrado's cutback was converted by Pablo Armero via a deflection off Greek defender Kostas Manolas. Colombia extended the lead in the second half, when Abel Aguilar flicked on a corner kick from James Rodríguez and Teófilo Gutiérrez scored from close range.
Greece's best chance fell to Theofanis Gekas, who headed against the bar. In stoppage time, Cuadrado set up James to complete the scoring with a low shot.
The 3–0 scoreline was Colombia's biggest win to date in the World Cup.
The two teams had never met before.
After a goalless first half, Colombia scored first when James Rodríguez headed in Juan Cuadrado's corner.
The lead was extended six minutes later when Ivory Coast was caught in possession, and Teófilo Gutiérrez released substitute Juan Quintero to score. Ivory Coast reduced the deficit through Gervinho, who received a pass from Arthur Boka in the left wing, dribbled past three Colombian players and shot home.
The second goal of the tournament by James allowed him to join Bernardo Redín and Adolfo Valencia as the only Colombian players to score more than one goal in the World Cup.
The two teams had met in two previous matches, most recently in a friendly in 2007, and also in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup group stage, won by Colombia 1–0.
Colombia took the lead mid-way through the first half, with Juan Cuadrado taking a penalty kick, shooting low down the middle after Japan centre back Yasuyuki Konno fouled Colombia striker Adrián Ramos in the box.
Japan then equalised through Shinji Okazaki's headed goal from a cross from Keisuke Honda on the right in first half stoppage time. Colombia's James Rodríguez was introduced after the half time break, and was credited for providing two assists for two goals scored by Jackson Martínez, on 55 minutes when he shot low to the net with his left foot, and 82 minutes when he curled the ball in from the right of the penalty area with his left foot, before finishing off the scoring with a strike of his own, assisted by Ramos, where he beat the last man before clipping the ball over the goalkeeper. Colombia, which had already qualified for the knockout stage but needed a point to be certain of winning the group, finished as group winners with a perfect record of three wins out of three, while Japan, which had to win the match to have any chance to qualify, were eliminated.
Faryd Mondragón became the oldest player to make an appearance in the history of the World Cup, at the age of , when he came on for the last five minutes of the match, breaking the record of Roger Milla, who played at the 1994 World Cup at the age of 42. He also set the record for the longest time between World Cup appearances as 15 years and 363 days had passed since his last versus England at the 1998 World Cup, breaking Alfred Bickel's record of 12 years and 13 days between appearances (1938–1950).
Eighth-finals
The two teams had met in 38 previous matches, including in the 1962 FIFA World Cup group stage, won 2–1 by Uruguay. Their most recent meetings were in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with both teams winning at home, Colombia winning 4–0 and Uruguay winning 2–0. Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez was not in the line-up because of a nine-game ban imposed by FIFA due to a biting incident involving Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during their final group stage match.
Colombia won 2–0 with both goals from James Rodríguez, the first in the 28th minute, where he controlled Abel Aguilar's headed ball on his chest before volleying left-footed from 25 yards out with the ball going in off the underside of the crossbar, which won the 2014 FIFA Puskás Award later in the year.
The second goal, in the 50th minute, was a close-range shot from six yards out after receiving the ball from a header by Juan Cuadrado on the right.
Colombia progressed through to the quarter-finals for the first time in their history, where they would face Brazil.
Quarter-finals
The two teams had met in 25 previous matches, but never in the FIFA World Cup. This was the first time Colombia had reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Brazil midfielder Luiz Gustavo was suspended for the match due to accumulation of yellow cards.
Brazil took the lead in the 7th minute, when Neymar's corner from the left was turned in from close range by Thiago Silva.
They doubled the lead in the 69th minute when David Luiz scored directly from a long-range free kick, side-footing the ball over the wall and into the top-right corner. Colombia reduced the deficit with 10 minutes to go, when James Rodríguez converted a penalty kick low into the left corner and sent the goalkeeper the wrong way. The penalty was awarded after substitute Carlos Bacca was fouled by Brazil goalkeeper Júlio César. Neymar was kneed in the back by Colombia defender Juan Camilo Zúñiga in the 88th minute, which resulted in the striker's withdrawal from the match. Subsequent medical evaluation discovered a fractured vertebra, forcing the Brazilian to miss the remainder of the tournament. Brazil advanced to the semi-final, where they faced Germany.
James's sixth goal of the tournament was enough for him to win the Golden Boot award. He also became the first player to score in his first five career World Cup matches since Peru's Teófilo Cubillas (across the 1970 and 1978 tournaments).
Colombia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Final standings
Group stage
The two teams had met in three previous matches, most recently in a 2014 FIFA World Cup group stage game, won by Colombia 4–1.
In the third minute, Carlos Sánchez blocked Shinji Kagawa's 20-yard shot with his arm and the referee pointed to the penalty spot before showing the midfielder a straight red card. After lengthy protests, Sanchez eventually left the field and Kagawa slotted the penalty into the bottom right corner of the net. José Pékerman then replaced Juan Cuadrado with Wílmar Barrios at the half-hour mark, and an equaliser arrived nine minutes later, from a Juan Fernando Quintero free kick, shot low under the jumping wall which the goalkeeper failed to keep out. In the second half, David Ospina dived full length to his left to stop Takashi Inui's curling 20-yard shot. Yuya Osako then headed the ball into the far corner of the net from a Keisuke Honda corner from the left. With 13 minutes left, James Rodríguez's strike from inside the box was turned over the crossbar by the outstretched leg of Osako.
The two teams had met in five matches, most recently in a 2006 friendly, won by Colombia 2–1.
Abel Aguilar was taken from the field on a stretcher in the 32nd minute and was replaced by Mateus Uribe. Shortly after, a cross by James Rodríguez from the right was met by the head of Yerry Mina, who lost his marker to head over Wojciech Szczęsny's outstretched arms and into the net. Juan Fernando Quintero fired wide from 25 yards at the start of the second half. Cuadrado then squared to Radamel Falcao on the edge of the box who lifted his shot well over the crossbar. In the 58th minute, Robert Lewandowski controlled a long pass only to shoot straight into David Ospina's midriff as Poland attempted their first shot on target of the game. Quintero's slide-rule pass presented Falcao with a one-on-one situation and he guided the ball past Szczęsny with the outside of his right foot to double his side's lead. With 15 minutes left on the clock, James' pass from the left found Cuadrado in space through the middle and he took a touch before finishing it into the bottom-right corner of the net.
Poland were the first European nation to be eliminated from the 2018 World Cup. Including Colombia's victory against Poland, there were 14 World Cup goals scored on 24 June 2018 - the most on a single day of action in the competition (maximum 3 games) since 10 June 1990 (also 14).
The two teams had met only once, a 2014 friendly game which ended in a 2–2 draw.
The referee awarded Senegal a penalty in the 17th minute. After consulting VAR, he judged that defender Davinson Sánchez had won the ball before making any contact with Sadio Mané. After half an hour, James Rodríguez was substituted with what appeared to be a recurrence of the injury that kept him out of Colombia's 2–1 loss to Japan. Mané took a free-kick in the 64th minute which he shot off-target. Kalidou Koulibaly got a touch on a Luis Muriel drive to deflect the ball narrowly wide. And in the 74th minute Colombia scored the decisive goal of the game, Juan Quintero's corner from the right found Yerry Mina who rose and crashed home a header that went through goalkeeper Khadim N'Diaye.
With Senegal being the last African team to be knocked out of Russia 2018, there were no teams from Africa in the Round of 16 for the first time since the stage was introduced in 1986. Colombia were the only team to reach the knockout stages of Russia 2018 despite losing their opening match of the tournament. Senegal became the third team to be eliminated from Russia 2018 despite winning their opening game of the tournament (also Iran and Serbia); and even moreover, this was the first time Senegal got eliminated from the group stage, despite owning a huge advantage prior to the match against Colombia. The last time as many as three teams failed to get through the group stages despite winning their opener was in 2002 (Argentina, Costa Rica and Russia).
Eighth-finals
The teams had faced each other in five previous matches, including one World Cup group stage match in 1998, a 2–0 England win. Their most recent meeting came in a friendly in 2005, a 3–2 England win.
In the 16th minute, Harry Kane arrived beyond the back post to meet a Kieran Trippier cross, but was unable to direct his header on target. Wílmar Barrios was booked when he appeared to headbutt Jordan Henderson in the build-up to a free-kick Trippier bent narrowly wide. Colombia gave away a penalty early in the second half when Carlos Sánchez dragged Kane down in the box after a corner from the right. Kane scored from 12 yards, shooting down the middle to give England the lead. Colombia forced their way into extra-time, Yerry Mina scoring a downward header from a Juan Cuadrado corner from the right. Eric Dier scored the final penalty in the shoot-out, England came from 3–2 down after Mateus Uribe and Carlos Bacca failed to convert their spot-kicks.
This was the first time that England had won a penalty shoot-out at the FIFA World Cup, and only the second time they had won on penalties at any major tournament (the previous occasion being against Spain at Euro 1996). Kane became the first player to score in six consecutive England appearances since Tommy Lawton did so in 1939. England conceded in injury time at the end of the second half for the first time in World Cup history, with Mina's goal coming after 92 minutes and 33 seconds.
Squads
1962 World Cup
Head coach: Adolfo Pedernera
1990 World Cup
Head coach: Francisco Maturana
1994 World Cup
Head coach: Francisco Maturana
1998 World Cup
Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez
2014 World Cup
Head coach: José Pékerman
2018 FIFA World Cup
Head coach: José Pékerman
Record players
Current as of 03 July 2018 after the match v England
Goalscorers
Colombia's record World Cup scorer, James Rodríguez, has also won the Golden Boot when he scored 6 goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Own goals scored for opponents
Andrés Escobar (scored for the United States in 1994)
Current as of 3 July 2018 after the match v England
Awards and records
Team Awards
FIFA Fair Play Trophy 2014
Individual Awards
Golden Boot 2014: James Rodríguez
Records
Only tournament goal directly from a corner: Marcos Coll (1962 v USSR)
See also
Colombia at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
Colombia at the Copa América
South American nations at the FIFA World Cup
References
External links
Colombia World Cup Record
Countries at the FIFA World Cup |
PP-274 Muzaffargarh-III () is a Constituency of Provincial Assembly of Punjab.
General elections 2018
General elections 2013
General elections 2008
See also
PP-273 Muzaffargarh-II
PP-275 Muzaffargarh-IV
References
External links
Election commission Pakistan's official website
Awazoday.com check result
Official Website of Government of Punjab
Provincial constituencies of Punjab, Pakistan
PP-257
Constituencies of Muzaffargarh
Politics of Muzaffargarh
Constituencies of Pakistan |
The Dronino meteorite is a iron meteorite that was found in the Ryazan Oblast of Russia in July 2000. It is classified as an ataxite.
Mineralogy
The Dronino meteorite is a classified as an ataxite (iron meteorite). Most of the meteoric iron is kamacite with minor amounts of taenite. The kamacite chemistry contains 7.0% Ni and 0.75% Co, whereas the taenite has 26.5% Ni and 0.35% Co (% of total mass). About 10% of the volume of the meteorite are sulfides. Accessory minerals include chromite and an iron-phosphate, which could possibly be graftonite.
Impact
Because there are no historical descriptions of the impact event of the Meteorite it has been estimated that the fall would have to have occurred before the earliest settlements formed in that region in 1200.
From the distribution of the meteorite fragments it has been estimated that the meteorite formed a crater with a diameter of 30 m.
Naming and discovery
The meteorite is named after the village Dronino where it was found. The meteorite was discovered by Oleg Gus’kov in July 2000 on his way home from mushroom collecting near the village of Dronino (). He noticed a rusty piece of iron protruding from the ground. Suspecting it to be a meteorite but unable to exhume it, he returned the next day with a shovel and wheelbarrow. He brought the meteorite to his house, where it lay in his garden for the next two years. In this time the meteorite broke into three pieces. Gus’kov sawed one of the pieces apart upon which he realized that it was definitely a meteorite. After that he alerted different experts of his discovery. In early 2003, a piece was identified as a meteorite in Vernad (Vernad on Russian Wikipedia). Suspecting that Gus’kov had only found a fragment of a larger meteorite different search parties went to Dronino in summer 2003 and discovered more than 600 fragments with a total mass of about , the largest being .
References
See also
Glossary of meteoritics
Iron meteorites
Meteorites found in Russia |
```objective-c
function rfcn_build()
% rfcn_build()
% --------------------------------------------------------
% R-FCN implementation
% Modified from MATLAB Faster R-CNN (path_to_url
% --------------------------------------------------------
% Compile nms_mex
if ~exist('nms_mex', 'file')
fprintf('Compiling nms_mex\n');
mex -O -outdir bin ...
CXXFLAGS="\$CXXFLAGS -std=c++11" ...
-largeArrayDims ...
functions/nms/nms_mex.cpp ...
-output nms_mex;
end
if ~exist('nms_gpu_mex', 'file')
fprintf('Compiling nms_gpu_mex\n');
addpath(fullfile(pwd, 'functions', 'nms'));
nvmex('functions/nms/nms_gpu_mex.cu', 'bin');
delete('nms_gpu_mex.o');
end
``` |
Gmina Czarna Białostocka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Czarna Białostocka, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,692 (out of which the population of Czarna Białostocka amounts to 9,596, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,096).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Knyszyń Forest Landscape Park.
Villages
Apart from the town of Czarna Białostocka, Gmina Czarna Białostocka contains the villages and settlements of Brzozówka Koronna, Brzozówka Strzelecka, Brzozówka Ziemiańska, Budzisk, Burczak, Chmielnik, Czarna Wieś Kościelna, Czumażówka, Dworzysk, Horodnianka, Hutki, Jesienicha, Jezierzysk, Karczmisko, Klimki, Kosmaty Borek, Krzyżyki, Lacka Buda, Łapczyn, Łazarz, Machnacz, Niemczyn, Ogóły, Oleszkowo, Osierodek, Ośrodek, Podbrzozówka, Podratowiec, Podzamczysk, Ponure, Przewalanka, Ratowiec, Rogoziński Most, Ruda Rzeczka, Rudnia, Wilcza Jama, Wólka Ratowiecka, Zamczysk, Zdroje, Złota Wieś and Złotoria.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Czarna Białostocka is bordered by the gminas of Dobrzyniewo Duże, Janów, Jasionówka, Knyszyn, Korycin, Sokółka, Supraśl and Wasilków.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
Czarna Bialostocka
Białystok County |
David Bruce Smith (born 14 November 1943) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.
Playing career
Primarily a left sided midfielder, Smith started his playing career for Aberdeen and moved to Rangers in August 1966 for a fee of £50,000. During his time at Ibrox, he made 303 appearances winning the Scottish League Cup in 1971, the Scottish Cup in 1973 and, most notably, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1972. That year, he was voted the Scottish Football Writers' Association's Player of the year.
During his career he collected two Scotland caps, featuring twice in Friendly matches against the Netherlands
Coaching career
Smith left Ibrox in November 1974 for Arbroath, where he took up a player-coach role. He went on to become a player-manager at Berwick Rangers in 1976 and, while there, he transformed the club's fortunes, guiding them to the Scottish Second Division championship in 1979. He left Berwick in 1980 and subsequently managed Huntly, Gala Fairydean and Whitehill Welfare.
Smith spent one close season during his career playing for the Seattle Sounders and the Los Angeles Aztecs in the NASL and is also known to have played in South Africa.
Personal life
Smith had two brothers who were also professional footballers: Doug, who spent his entire career with Dundee United, and Hugh, who played for Forfar Athletic and Morton.
Career statistics
Club
International
Managerial record
References
External links
Rangers hall of fame
NASL stats
1943 births
Living people
Footballers from Aberdeen
Scottish men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Scotland men's international footballers
Scottish Football League representative players
Scotland men's under-23 international footballers
Aberdeen F.C. players
Rangers F.C. players
Arbroath F.C. players
Seattle Sounders (1974–1983) players
Los Angeles Aztecs players
Berwick Rangers F.C. players
Livingston F.C. players
Hamilton Academical F.C. players
Huntly F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Scottish football managers
Berwick Rangers F.C. managers
Peterhead F.C. managers
Scottish Football League managers
Scottish expatriate men's footballers
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Highland Football League managers |
Onix may refer to:
ONIX (publishing protocol), XML metadata formats for book publishers
Onix (Pokémon), a character in the Pokémon franchise
Chevrolet Onix, a subcompact car
Onix, a synonym of the legume genus Astragalus
People
Onix Cortés (born 1988), judoka from Cuba
Onix Concepción (born 1957), Puerto Rican Major League Baseball shortstop
See also
Onyx (disambiguation)
P-800 Oniks, a Russian/Soviet supersonic anti-ship cruise missile |
The 1977 2. divisjon was a Norway's second-tier football league season.
The league was contested by 30 teams, divided into a total of three groups; A and B (non-Northern Norwegian teams) and Group C, a district group which contained teams from Northern Norway. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1978 1. divisjon. The second placed teams in group A and B met the winner of group C in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom two teams inn all groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.
Skeid won group A with 25 points. Lyn won group B with 25 points. Both teams promoted to the 1978 1. divisjon. Mo won group C and qualified for and the promotion play-offs but was not promoted.
Tables
Group A
Group B
Group C
Promotion play-offs
Results
Mo – Odd 0–0
Steinkjer – Mo 0–0
Odd – Steinkjer 1–5
Play-off table
References
Norwegian First Division seasons
1977 in Norwegian football
Norway
Norway |
The Honolulu Catholic Cemetery (also known as the King Street Catholic Cemetery) is a cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii. The cemetery is for Roman Catholics and is located at 839-A South King Street, . It is maintained by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu and has been the final resting place for many Roman Catholics from Honolulu before 1930. The cemetery is closed to further burials by the Hawaii Department of Health.
The origins of the cemetery were two separate lots. The first lot was given by the Kingdom of Hawaii to the Roman Catholic mission during the 1840s and was identified by the title "Claim No. 4". The second lot was purchased by several wealthy Catholics and given to the Roman Catholic mission. Originally on the outskirts of the village of Honolulu, with the makai side consisting of estuarine wetlands and man-made ponds for the harvesting of sea salt (or paakai in Hawaiian). The Waikiki side of the cemetery was the old Plantation and rice paddies. In 1889, the cemetery consisted of scattered graves and overrunning paths. Wealthier Catholics ensured that their private plots were enclosed by wooden or iron fences and a tombstone. Msgr. Koeckemann erected the tall iron cross in the center of the cemetery. He was eventually laid to rest under the cross. Several other bishops of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, (Msgri. Gulstan Ropert, Libert H. Boeynaems, and Stephen Alencastre) were also buried next to Msgr. Koeckemann. Remains of some forty of the early members of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts also lay buried since 1853 in a common grave on site. Other notable people buried in this cemetery include: the native Hawaiian patriot and former delegate to the United States Congress, Robert William Wilcox; Princess Eugenie Ninito Sumner of Tahiti, wife of High Chief John Kapilikea Sumner, and friend of Queen Liliuokalani.
In 1889, shortly after his arrival in Honolulu, Father Valentin Franckx, SS.CC., former pastor of Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church in Waikīkī laid out a central road and side paths in the cemetery so that each lot could be reached without walking over neighboring lots.
Many trees were removed and in 1892, Father Valentin planted the stately royal palms that line the main lane to the cemetery. Father Valentin reported that a society was organized for the upkeep and improvement of the cemetery. Members paid an annual fee of five dollars.
A permanent sexton was appointed and anyone acquiring a lot paid ten dollars for a grave and another ten dollars for the digging. The makai portion of the cemetery was found to be unfit for digging to the six-foot depth required by the Board of Health.
To alleviate encountering ground water during burials, Father Valentin approved the importation of new soil from the nearby Armory.
After the closure of the cemetery by the Board of Health, the vicariate made arrangements for Catholic interments at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
As of 2004, the lots closest to King Street are watered and maintained better. Those plots further in (close to the Hawaiian Electric Company yard) appear to be minimally maintained, if at all. Several grave markers are sequestered at the corner of what appears to have been a chapel and tree roots from a Ficus have obscured the original plots.
Sources
"Old King Street Catholic Cemetery", by Father Valentin Franckx, in The Catholic Herald, June 3, 1938, Honolulu.
External links
Cemeteries in Hawaii
Roman Catholic cemeteries in the United States
Buildings and structures in Honolulu
1840s establishments in Hawaii |
West Coast vs. Wessex is a split album by the American punk rock band NOFX and the British folk punk artist Frank Turner. The split was released on July 31, 2020 by Fat Wreck Chords and it features covers of each other's songs, five by NOFX and five by Frank Turner.
Release
The collaboration and its title, cover art and the track listing was first publicly announced on June 1, 2020. Two songs of the album were made available for digital streaming, namely "Thatcher Fucked the Kids" by NOFX (originally by Frank Turner) and "Bob" by Frank Turner (originally by NOFX). Two accompanying music videos were also released. "Falling in Love" was made available for streaming at the end of the month, on June 29. The entire album was made available for streaming on July 30. West Coast vs. Wessex was officially released by Fat Wreck Chords on July 31.
West Coast vs. Wessex is the final Frank Turner release to feature longtime drummer Nigel Powell.
Background
The title of West Coast vs. Wessex respectively refers to the West Coast of the United States, where NOFX is from, and to Wessex, a region in the deep south of England where Frank Turner is from.
Frank Turner and NOFX's front man Fat Mike had already discussed the possibility of recording a split album over the course of previous years, including the approach they would take. On West Coast vs. Wessex both acts aimed to interpret each other's songs differently than they were originally performed. When the two decided to actually record the split album, they also decided not to discuss the collaboration with each other, so Frank Turner wouldn't have any input in NOFX's covers and vice versa. According to Frank Turner:
About the choice of the songs, Frank Turner noted that he picked the NOFX songs he thought he could play differently, noting that he also picked some lesser-known NOFX songs.
Fat Mike admitted taking a similar approach. Fat Mike also noted that since Frank Turner only chose to cover NOFX songs from the '90s, he would also cover some of Frank Turner's earlier work.
While "Perfect Government"' is a song mostly associated with NOFX, it was actually written by Mark Curry, a friend of the band who played a crucial role for El Hefe to join NOFX.
Track listing
"Substitute" (NOFX) - 2:45
"Worse Things Happen at Sea" (NOFX) - 3:19
"Thatcher Fucked the Kids" (NOFX) - 3:07
"Ballad of Me and My Friends" (NOFX) - 1:50
"Glory Hallelujah" (NOFX) - 3:27
"Scavenger Type" (Frank Turner) - 1:43
"Bob" (Frank Turner) - 3:08
"Eat the Meek" (Frank Turner) - 3:57
"Perfect Government" (Frank Turner) - 2:26
"Falling in Love" (Frank Turner) - 4:08
Personnel
Performers
NOFX
Fat Mike - vocals, bass
El Hefe - guitar, vocals
Eric Melvin - guitar, vocals
Erik Sandin - drums
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
Frank Turner - vocals, guitar
Ben Lloyd - guitar, vocals
Tarrant Anderson - bass
Matt Nasir - piano, keyboards, vocals
Nigel Powell - drums, percussion, vocals
Additional performers
Tim Brennan - accordion (track 10)
Production
Chris Hesse - mixing (tracks 1–5), mastering
Tristan Ivemy - mixing (tracks 6-10)
D-Composers - production (tracks 1–5)
References
2020 albums
Fat Wreck Chords albums
Frank Turner albums
NOFX albums
Split albums |
BE-4 or Blue Engine 4 is a rocket engine under development by Blue Origin.
Be-4 or Be4 may also refer to:
Beriev Be-4, a Soviet reconnaissance flying boat
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.4, a pre-World War I British biplane
Comandante Bauru (D-18, U-28, Be-4), a Brazilian destroyer escort warship previously known as |
The Großes Moor ("Great Bog") is the proper name for a contiguous region of raised bog between the towns of Damme, Lohne and Vechta and the village of Goldenstedt in the county of Vechta on the one hand, and the villages of Diepholz and Barnstorf in Diepholz and Bramsche in Osnabrück in Lower Saxony on the other, all within Germany.
Confusingly, there are two smaller bogs in this region also called Großes Moor; sources that use these name generally refer to be overall region as the "Great Bogs" (Große Moore). One of the two smaller bogs named Großes Moor lies south of Damme; the other east of Vechta. Both are linked by a chain of intermediate bogs east of Steinfeld and Lohne.
The entire region consists of partly near-natural areas, former agricultural peat cuttings and raise bog grassland.
Geography
Location
The Großes Moor lies in the southern part of the North German Plain along the boundary between the counties of Vechta and Diepholz. It is part of the natural region known as the "Ems-Hunte Geest and Dümmer Geest Lowland". To the north and west of the bog near Damme are the Damme Hills, whose spurs border the bog in the west in the region of the borough of Vechta.
The southern part of the Großes Moor extends into the Dümmer Nature Park, in which the lake of Dümmer is located. Not far south are the foothills of the Wiehen Hills, which are part of the North Teutoburg Forest-Wiehen Hills Nature Park. In front of this hill ridge and so near the Großes Moor a section of the Mittelland Canal runs from east to west by the boglands.
The northern part of the Großes Moor extends into the Wildeshausen Geest Nature Park.
to the east the bogland is adjoined by the Rehden Geest Moor; to the southeast rises the Kellenberg.
West of the Großes Moor runs the River Hase, east of that is the Hunte. Streams that flow into these rivers, drain the bog region.
References
External links
Radio Bremen: Widersprechen sich Torfabbau und Moorschutz im Dreieck Diepholz, Lohne, Vechta?. 20 February 2008
Bogs of Lower Saxony
BGrosses Moor Vechtadiepholz
BGrosses Moor Vechtadiepholz
North German Plain |
Edward A. "Ted" Irving, (27 May 1927 – 25 February 2014) was a geologist and scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada. His studies of paleomagnetism provided the first physical evidence of the theory of continental drift. His efforts contributed to our understanding of how mountain ranges, climate, and life have changed over the past millions of years.
Education
Irving was born on 25 May 1925 and raised in Colne in the Pennine Hills of east Lancashire, England. In 1945, he was conscripted into the British Army. Irving served in the Middle East infantry. In 1948, he began studying geology at the University of Cambridge and obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1951. He spent the next year at Cambridge as a research assistant with Keith Runcorn in the geology and geophysics department before entering the graduate program.
When Irving started his graduate studies, the history of the Earth's magnetic field was known for the few centuries since the first magnetic observatories had been established. With fellow students Ken Creer and Jan Hospers, he looked to extend this record back in time. Irving used a magnetometer, recently designed by Patrick Blackett, to analyze the magnetic directions imparted to rocks by their iron minerals. He found large discrepancies between the directions of the present magnetic field direction and those recorded in Precambrian rock in the highlands of Scotland. He surmised the only explanation could be that Scotland had shifted relative to the geomagnetic pole. Irving also determined that India had moved northward by 6000 km and rotated by more than . These results confirmed the predictions Alfred Wegener had put forth in his theory of continental drift in 1912.
In 1954, Irving attempted to obtain a PhD for his graduate work.
Unfortunately the field was so new that his doctoral examiners were not familiar enough with the subject matter to recognize his research achievements. They refused to give him the degree. Not having a PhD did not stop him from obtaining a position as a research fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Career
For the next ten years Irving studied Australia's ancient latitudes and published around 30 papers. He was able to demonstrate the continent's southward movement since the Permian period. In 1965, he submitted some of his papers to Cambridge and obtained a ScD, the highest earned degree at the time.
Irving met his wife Sheila while in Australia. She was a Canadian citizen. In 1964, they moved to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Irving began work as a research officer for Dominion Observatory with the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. In 1966, Irving returned to England to teach geophysics at the University of Leeds. He returned to Ottawa in 1967 to work as a research scientist in the Earth Physics Branch of the Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources. In 1981, Irving moved to Sidney, British Columbia, to establish a paleomagnetism laboratory at the Pacific Geoscience Centre with the Earth Physics Branch. The branch would later be incorporated into the Geological Survey of Canada. He mapped the movements of Vancouver Island and other parts of the Cordillera that have moved sideways and rotated relative to the Precambrian Canadian Shield.
In 2005, Irving was semi-retired, investigating the nature of the geomagnetic field in the Precambrian to understand how the crust was being deformed and how the latitudes varied. He and his wife Sheila had four children. He died during the night of 24 February 2014 in Saanich, British Columbia.
Selected works
Irving published a total of 205 papers, including:
In addition, he published the first book on paleomagnetism:
Honors and awards
Irving was awarded the Gondwanaland Gold Medal by the Mining, Geological, and Metallurgical Society of India, the Logan Medal by the Geological Association of Canada (1975), the Walter H. Bucher Medal by the American Geophysical Union (1979), the J. Tuzo Wilson Medal by the Canadian Geophysical Union (1984), the Arthur L. Day Medal by the Geological Society of America (1997), and the Wollaston Medal by the Geological Society of London (2005). He was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) in 1973 and of the Royal Society of London (FRS) in 1979. In 1998 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and in 2003 invited to be a Member of the Order of Canada. He received an honorary degree from the University of Victoria in 1999.
References
Further reading
1927 births
2014 deaths
British geophysicists
British geologists
Canadian geologists
Canadian geophysicists
Geological Survey of Canada personnel
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Wilson Medal recipients
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Fellows of the Royal Society
Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
Members of the Order of Canada
British Army soldiers
People from Colne
Logan Medal recipients
Wollaston Medal winners
Canadian Fellows of the Royal Society |
The halo effect is the tendency for positive impressions of a person, company, brand or product in one area to positively influence one's opinion or feelings in other areas.
The Halo Effect or Halo Effect may also refer to:
The Halo Effect (band), a Swedish melodic death metal band
The Halo Effect (book), a book by business academic Phil Rosenzweig
"Halo Effect", a song by Canadian rock band Rush on the 2012 album Clockwork Angels |
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Mary Veronica Hardy (14 October 1931 – 4 to 7 January 1985) was an Australian television and radio presenter, actress, writer and comedian. She was best known for her caustic wit, indifference to authority and tireless ability to ad lib. On receiving one of her many Logie Awards, she quipped: “In all sincerity I don’t want to thank anybody”.
Biography
Mary Hardy was born in Warrnambool and brought up in Bacchus Marsh. The youngest of eight children; her parents were Winifred Mary (née Bourke) and Thomas John Hardy; the author Frank Hardy was her brother. Her professional acting career began in 1950, when she was noticed by J. C. Williamson, where she worked for several years in various productions. In 1957, as Peter in the J. C. Williamson production of Peter Pan, Hardy first became known as a star, proving to be a huge success.
The following year, after Hardy's nomination for "Actress of the Year" for her role as Frankie in A Member of the Wedding, the recently formed Union Theatre Repertory Company offered Mary a permanent position joining actors such as Noel Ferrier, Frank Thring, Toni Lamond and Fred Parslow. She first appeared with UTRC as the cabin boy Pip in Moby Dick—Rehearsed.
The move from theatre to television came via the late night satirical revues for which Hardy wrote. Initially these were at the Arlen Theatre in St. Kilda with, amongst others, Noel Tovey. Later she would perform at the Phillip Theatre in Sydney with Jill Perryman, Gordon Chater and Judi Farr. In 1964 Noel Ferrier asked Hardy if she would return to Melbourne to join him on television in In Melbourne Tonight. At the same time she also began co-hosting a morning radio program on 3UZ, which was to become the most popular afternoon radio program for five years. Earlier, she had presented a program on 3XY and was later heard on 3AW for many years.
Both these live programs allowed Hardy to ad-lib. She was very successful and won seven Logie awards for Best Female Personality. Proving to be too successful, especially at the expense of male comedians, Hardy was sacked from GTV-9. She later said "Before I came on the scene, if you were a woman on television, you were barrel girl, a weather girl or a wheel spinner...".
Hardy returned to the theatre and in 1969 was awarded the Rosa Ribush Award for "Best Supporting Actress" for her role as Agnes in Mame.
In 1971 Hardy signed up with HSV-7 to co-host The Penthouse Club with Mike Williamson, where telecasts of harness racing, then known as "the trots", were interspersed with live variety. After Williamson left the show, Hardy's co-hosts included Ernie Sigley and Bill Collins She was suspended from the show in late 1974 for swearing, but was later reinstated.
In the 1970s she also worked at radio station 3AW.
The stress of her career in radio and television was considerable and in May 1977, Hardy collapsed on set. She was admitted to a private hospital for two weeks, and later gave several interviews about what the studio called a 'virus' which had officially struck her down. But she made no attempt to hide her perilous state saying "You're just hanging by a bit of a string and sometimes they let go of the string and you fall down".
Over the next two years, the 'rests' between shows, the live 'walkouts' on air and brief stays in hospital became more frequent and she left The Penthouse Club in late 1978. After winning her seventh and final Logie, knowing that her long-running command over variety television was coming to an end, she said "I really have to thank Graham Kennedy for this. If he hadn't got me the sack all those years ago, I would not have gone to Seven".
Death
Hardy committed suicide between 4 and 7 January 1985, and was buried in the Cheltenham Memorial Park.
Family and tributes
In 1987 Hardy's brother Frank wrote a play Mary Lives!, celebrating her life, which was staged in Melbourne at the Malthouse Theatre.
In February 2008 ABC TV broadcast a 30-minute documentary on Hardy's life entitled IOU: Mary Hardy.
Her grandniece is Australian writer and media personality Marieke Hardy.
References
Frank Hardy: Politics, Literature, Life, Jenny Hocking (South Melbourne: Lothian Books, 2005, )
External links
Remembering madcap Mary – article in The Age about the 2008 documentary
"Madcap Mary: A Hardy Life" in Newsletter of Friends of Cheltenham and Regional Cemeteries Inc.
Australian television actresses
Australian women comedians
Australian people of English descent
1931 births
1985 suicides
People from Bacchus Marsh
Suicides in Victoria (state)
20th-century Australian actresses
20th-century Australian comedians
1985 deaths
3AW presenters
Actresses from Victoria (state) |
Fusion3 is a Greensboro, North Carolina company which manufactures 3D printers for commercial and education use. Fusion3 3D Printers use fused deposition modeling to create three-dimensional solid or hollow objects from a digital model, which can be designed or produced from a scan.
History
Fusion3 was started by North Carolina State University Alumna Katelyn Padgett who after building several kit 3D printers, developed a proprietary linear motion process to improve upon the existing, open source 3D printer designs. The company began production in 2014 without any external investment. The company received a $25,000 grant from the Innovation Fund of North Carolina in 2014 to invest into patent activities and for marketing purposes.
Hardware products
EDGE
Fusion3 released EDGE, a next-generation 3D printer based on the company's patented 'F-Series' motion control system with a continued focus on fast 3D printing of large or many parts with higher temperature/high strength materials, but adding a focus on making their systems even more robust and durable, as well as a focus on ease of use by newer users. EDGE featured both the company's new ANVIL tube print head system, a new bed leveling system, and precision linear rails maintaining the company's fast speeds, but also improving print quality.
F410
Fusion3 debuted the F410, an update to the F400, in April 2018. The F410 maintained all the capabilities of the F400 with a number of new features including swappable print heads of different sizes (.4, .6, and .8MM), filament detection that pauses the F410 if you run out of material or encounter a print jam during a print, and a new conductive, automatic bed leveling system.
F400
In April 2016, Fusion3 introduced the F400. Available as either a single extruder (F400-S) or what it calls the 'high flow rate' (F400-HFR), the F400 is based the same Core XY framework (F-Series Platform) as its predecessor, the F306. The F400 includes a number of additional features, including an enclosed design, 32-bit controller that enables remote management, and automated bed leveling. The F400 build area can accommodate prints up to 14"x14"x12.6" (1.4 cubic feet).
F306
In 2013, Fusion3 introduced the F306 that came in two variants. Available as either a single extruder or dual extruder, the F306 is based on a Core XY framework with an open design, heated bed and E3Dv6 hotend. The F306 build area can accommodate prints up to 12"x12"x12" (1 cubic foot). The F306 line of printers was discontinued in December 2016.
Software product(s)
Fusion3 originally distributed the Simplify3D Creator software slicer software with its 3D printers. However, in October, 2020, it launched its REACTOR 3D printing software which it bundles as default with all its 3D printers.
Materials
Fusion3 printers can print with the following materials as of March, 2022:
Filament based
ABS
PLA including carbon fiber, ceramic and wood infused compounds
PET & PETG
Nylon
Carbon Fiber filled
Fiberglass filled
PCTPE
ASA
PC-ABS
Polycarbonate
Flexible (TPU / TPE)
Polyesters
Polypropylene
PVDF
Metal (316L SS)
Acrylic / PMMA
Soluble (PVA & HIPS)
Specifications
See also
3D printing or Rapid manufacturing
Additive manufacturing
Desktop manufacturing
Digital fabricator
Instant manufacturing, also known as "direct manufacturing" or "on-demand manufacturing"
List of 3D printer manufacturers
References
External links
Fusion3 Website
3D printer companies
Companies based in Greensboro, North Carolina
Manufacturing companies based in North Carolina
Manufacturing companies of the United States
Fused filament fabrication
Companies established in 2013 |
Kassiopi Castle () is a castle on the northeastern coast of Corfu overseeing the fishing village of Kassiopi. It was one of three Byzantine-period castles that defended the island before the Venetian era (1386–1797). The castles formed a defensive triangle, with Gardiki guarding the island's south, Kassiopi the northeast and Angelokastro the northwest.
Its position at the northeastern coast of Corfu overseeing the Corfu Channel that separates the island from the mainland gave the castle an important vantage point and an elevated strategic significance.
Kassiopi Castle is considered one of the most imposing architectural remains in the Ionian Islands, along with Angelokastro, Gardiki Castle and the two Venetian Fortresses of Corfu City, the Citadel and the New Fort.
Origins
The exact origins of the castle are not clear, with various theories being advanced, but they appear to be Byzantine. During excavations in the two towers adjacent to the main gate as well as in a third tower to the north side of the main gate, bronze coins from the reigns of Byzantine emperors Maurice (582–602 AD) and Basil II (976–1025) were discovered.
In addition ceramic ostraca dating from the early Byzantine period, the 4th–7th centuries AD, were also unearthed. This leads to the conclusion that a Byzantine castle may have been built in the area by the 6th century AD, a date which is several centuries earlier than the currently estimated date of the present castle's construction.
History
In 1081 Count Bohemund of Taranto conquered the castle at the start of the first Norman invasion of Greece.
In 1084 the fortress fell into the hands of Alexios I Komnenos after he defeated the Norman fleet following three naval battles in the Corfu Channel. In 1267 the Angevins took over the castle and in 1386 the castle fell to the Venetians after some initial resistance.
Destruction and neglect by the Venetians
The Venetians ordered the destruction of the castle because its defenders resisted their takeover of Corfu in 1386 and did not willingly surrender. The Venetians subsequently dismantled it, fearing it could be captured by their enemies, or by the locals, and used against them. Even in later times they did not repair or maintain it, in contrast to their efforts at strengthening Angelokastro and the Old Fortress of Corfu. The consequence of the Venetian action was that during the Turkish sieges of Corfu in 1537 and 1716 the local people who could not escape were slaughtered or enslaved.
There is also evidence provided by famous Venetian architects Michele Sanmicheli and his son Giangerolamo Sanmicheli that, while under contract to the Venetians to reinforce the Old Fortress of Corfu during the Ottoman inter-siege period of 1537–1558, they carried materials from Kassiopi Castle to the citadel for their repairs.
After the 1669 Venetian surrender of Candia in Crete to the Ottomans, Corfu became the last Venetian possession and bastion in the Levante. Consequently, the Venetians redoubled their efforts at strengthening the defences of the island. In 1671 a Venetian official by the name of Dona was sent to evaluate the defences of Corfu and submit a plan to the Venetian Senate.
Dona went in situ to Kassiopi to evaluate the castle and its prospects of defending Corfu from the Ottomans who were planning an invasion of the island from Epirus. Dona went along with Venetian special commander of the Adriatic, and future Doge of Venice, Mocenigo. Based on further advice by general St. Andrea and military engineer Verneda, Dona's report to the Venetian Senate supported the strengthening of the Kassiopi Fortress. Despite Dona's advice the Venetians abandoned all plans of defending Kassiopi.
A century after the castle's destruction, folk tales developed of fire-breathing dragons who had destroyed the castle and poisoned the people of the village. The genesis of these myths is attributed to the impression the use of black powder and explosions made to the area residents who were unfamiliar with these advances in military warfare.
Following the second great siege of Corfu in 1716, the Venetians finally decided to rebuild the castle, although the local population had already moved to other places including villages on the highlands of Mount Pantokrator.
Architecture
The main gate of the castle is protected by strong fore-walls (). This arrangement is similar to other castles and structures found in Epirus, such as the Castle of Riza and the Monastery of Kato Vassiliki.
The perimeter of the castle has a length of 1.073 km and is of a quadrilateral shape with 19 strong towers of alternating circular and rectangular cross sections guarding the walls and runs in the southwest to northeast direction. The interior of the castle has an area of 35,177 m2 and is empty of any structures although filled with olive trees. The central tower of the castle has disappeared but the main gate exists and is supported by two strong towers on either side.
Each of the gate towers has two floors and the gate features protective wall extensions which restrict access from the sides, a feature which is designed to prevent surprise ambush from an enemy hiding at the side of the gate. The ambush avoidance feature is further augmented by the terrain which slopes upward at the gate. The thickness of the wall at the gate is 1.9 m. There are ruins of a forewall in front of the gate which could have functioned as an installation of a large iron structure which would have secured the gate.
There are indications that both strong towers at each side of the gate had installations that facilitated the movement of the iron gate closure. The defence of the castle was mainly achieved through warfare from the battlements, although no battlement structures survive. The shape of the battlements is uncertain and although in artistic representations they look like the letter "M", it is still not known if that representation is simply the artist's imagination.
Since the walls of the castle are vertical, and not inclined so that cannon projectiles could bounce off them, the design was meant to repulse conventional siege machinery developed prior to the advent of artillery. Such conventional equipment would have included ladders, siege towers, and battering rams. The overall design of the castle is modest and characteristic of its provincial origin. The rectangular towers are older than the cylindrical ones and there are indications that the technology of the cylindrical towers may have been belatedly introduced to the fortress, given its rural and provincial location.
Since the castle was abandoned for a long time, its structure is in a state of ruin. The eastern side of the fort has disappeared and only a few traces of it remain. There are indications that castle stones have been used as building material for houses in the area. Access to the fortress is mainly from the southeast through a narrow walkway which includes passage from homes and backyards, since the castle is at the centre of the densely built area of the small village of Kassiopi.
References
History of Corfu
Buildings and structures in Corfu
Tourist attractions in the Ionian Islands (region)
Hill castles
Byzantine castles in Greece
Venetian fortifications in Greece |
Elisabeth of Bavaria (Elisabeth Gabriele Valérie Marie; 25 July 187623 November 1965) was Queen of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 to 17 February 1934 as the wife of King Albert I, and a duchess in Bavaria by birth. She was the mother of King Leopold III of Belgium and of Queen Marie-José of Italy, and grandmother of kings Baudouin and Albert II of Belgium, and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg.
Family
Born in Possenhofen Castle, her father was Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria, head of a cadet branch of the Bavarian royal family, and an ophthalmologist. She was named after her paternal aunt, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi. Her mother was Infanta Maria José of Portugal, daughter of exiled Miguel I of Portugal. Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Empress Zita, the last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, husband of Grand Duchess Charlotte and brother of Empress Zita, were among Elisabeth's first cousins.
An artist himself, Duke Karl-Theodor cultivated the artistic tastes of his family and Elisabeth was raised with a deep love for painting, music and sculpture. At her father's clinic, where her mother assisted her father as a nurse, Elisabeth obtained exposure to productive labor and to human suffering unusual at that time for a princess.
Married life and queenship
In Munich on 2 October 1900, Duchess Elisabeth married Prince Albert I, second-in-line to the throne of Belgium (after his father Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders). Upon her husband's accession to the Belgian throne in 1909, Elisabeth became queen. The Congolese city of Élisabethville, today Lubumbashi, was named in her honor.
They first met in 1897 at the funeral of Elisabeth's aunt Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, who was also the mother-in-law of Albert's sister Henriette. At the time, Prince Albert was the heir to his uncle Leopold II of Belgium. Albert was the second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, a sister of King Carol I of Romania.
At birth, Albert occupied the third place in the line of succession behind his father and elder brother, Prince Baudouin. The unexpected death of Baudouin in January 1891 immediately raised Albert to prominence within his country. A studious, quiet man, Albert was not the choice of heir that King Leopold II would have relished. As the only living male member of his generation, Albert was guaranteed the Crown of the Belgians upon the King's death. Albert had two sisters who survived into adulthood, Princess Henriette who married Prince Emmanuel of Orléans, and Princess Joséphine Caroline who married her cousin, Prince Karl-Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, brother of King Ferdinand I of Romania.
In December 1909, Albert and Elisabeth became King and Queen of the Belgians, following the death of Albert's uncle, King Leopold II. The new Queen took on a much more public role than her predecessors, getting involved with many charities and organizations, particularly those in the arts and social welfare. She often surrounded herself with famous authors and artists, as well as leading scientists of the day. Her friendly nature, and true care and concern for others, quickly endeared her to the people of Belgium.
When war broke out in 1914, Queen Elisabeth worked with the nurses on the front and helped establish the Symphony Orchestra of the field army. By the end of 1914, she gave Belgian King's Messenger Archibald A. Gordon alias Major Gordon the task to participate in the establishment of the Hospital L'Océan in La Panne. The Queen traveled frequently to the United Kingdom, under the pretext of visiting her children who were studying there. She was often bringing important messages and information to the British government from her husband and his forces. Following the war, the family made a triumphant return to Brussels and set about to rebuild the nation.
During the First World War, she and the King resided in De Panne. The Queen made herself beloved by visiting the front lines and by sponsoring a nursing unit. Despite her German background, she was a popular queen, perceived as eagerly supporting her adoptive country.
From 23 September to 13 November 1919, the Queen, together with the King and Prince Leopold, undertook an official visit to the United States of America. During a journey in the historic pueblo of Isleta in New Mexico, the King awarded the Order of Leopold to Father Anton Docher. As a memento, the King was given a turquoise cross mounted in silver made by the Tiwa people. Ten thousand people traveled to Isleta for the occasion.
Later years
On 17 February 1934, Albert I died in a mountain climbing accident in the Ardennes of Belgium, near Namur. He was succeeded by their elder son, King Leopold III. Elisabeth withdrew from public life, so as not to hinder the efforts of her daughter-in-law, now Queen Astrid. However, in August 1935, Queen Astrid was killed in a car crash in Küssnacht am Rigi, Switzerland. Queen Elisabeth returned to public life, doing her best to support her son and his family, and resuming her position as first lady of the land.
Elisabeth lived to see her son become king (but also go into exile and abdicate), her younger son become, effectively, regent of the realm, and her grandson mount the throne.
As queen dowager, she became a patron of the arts and was known for her friendship with such notable scientists as Albert Einstein.
During the German occupation of Belgium from 1940 to 1944, she used her influence as queen and her German connections to assist in the rescue of hundreds of Jewish children from deportation by the Nazis. When Brussels was liberated, she allowed her palace to be used for headquarters of the British XXX Corps, and presented its commander General Horrocks with its mascot, a young wild boar named 'Chewing Gum'. After the war she was awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations by the Israeli government.
During the 1950s, the Queen evoked controversy abroad by visiting the Soviet Union, China and Poland, trips that prompted some to label her as the "Red Queen". She became the first royal to pay a royal visit to Israel in 1959.
Death
Queen Elisabeth died in Brussels at the age of 89 on 23 November 1965 from a heart attack. She is interred in the royal vault at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken, Brussels. She was the 1,016th Dame of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa.
Legacy
The city of Lubumbashi in Congo (Kinshasa) was formerly known as "Élisabethville", and it was named in her honor when it was founded in 1910 in what was then the Belgian Congo. It adopted its current name in 1966 when, after six years of wrangling following independence, Belgium removed colonial names under the leadership of Joseph Desire Mobutu .
The Queen Elisabeth Competition, a longstanding international competition for career-starting classical musicians regularly held in Brussels, is named after her.
Belgian Egyptologist Jean Capart created the Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth in honor of her visit to Tutankhamun's tomb on 18 February 1923. The association is now called Association Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth.
Children
King Leopold III of Belgium, born 3 November 1901, and died at Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on 25 September 1983.
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, born Brussels 10 October 1903, and died at Ostend on 1 June 1983.
Marie-José, Queen of Italy, born Ostend 4 August 1906, and died in Thonex, Switzerland, on 27 January 2001.
Honours
National
Bavarian Royal Family: Dame of the Royal Order of Saint Elizabeth, 1st Class
: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
Foreign
Austrian Imperial Family: Grand Cross of the Imperial Austrian Order of Elizabeth, 1910
: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, 14 November 1918
: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown
: Dame of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
:
Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Queen Juliana Inauguration Medal
:
Dame of the Order of the White Eagle
Cross of Valour Medal, 1922
Romanian Royal Family: Honorary Grand Cross of the Order of Carol I
Spanish Royal Family: Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, 24 June 1910
: Member of the Decoration of the Royal Red Cross
Holy See: Dame of the Decoration of Honour
Awards
: Righteous Among the Nations
Arms
Ancestry
See also
Queen Elisabeth Competition
Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation
References
External links
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1965 deaths
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DAnCER (disease-annotated chromatin epigenetics resource) is a database for chromatin modifications and their relation to human disease.
It was developed by the Wodak Lab at the Hospital for Sick Children.
It has been developed to serve as the core bioinformatics resource for seven experimental and bioinformatics laboratories working together to unravel the mechanisms of chromatin modifications and their relation to human disease. Since molecular networks are essential to the understanding of biological processes, this research effort strives to explore CM-related genes in the full context of protein complexes, gene-expression regulation and pathways. To gain additional insights into the CM process in human cells, it also explores patterns of evolutionary conservation across model organisms - from sequence, domain composition and 3D structure, to interaction patterns and regulatory mechanisms.
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Epigenomics
chromatin
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Epigenetics |
John Rogerson (24 July 1874 - 7 May 1929) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Rogerson played rugby union for Kelvinside Academicals.
Provincial career
He played for West of Scotland District against East of Scotland District on 20 January 1894.
International career
He was capped once for Scotland, in 1894.
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1874 births
1929 deaths
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Rafael Obrador Burguera (born 18 November 2004) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Real Madrid Castilla.
Club career
Born in Campos, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Obrador began playing football at the youth academy of CE Campos at the age of four, and joined RCD Mallorca's youth setup in 2014, aged ten. On 10 October 2019, while still a youth, he signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a deal until 2024.
On 19 July 2020, before even having appeared with the reserves, Obrador made his first team – and La Liga – debut for the Bermellones, coming on as a late substitute for Iddrisu Baba in a 2–2 away draw against CA Osasuna, as his side was already relegated. On 5 October, he moved to Real Madrid and returned to youth football.
International career
Obrador represented the Spain under-16s in a 3–3 tie against Mexico on 4 December 2019, where he scored the equalizer.
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Club
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Footballers from Mallorca
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Maharero kaTjamuaha (Otjiherero: Maharero, son of Tjamuaha, short: Maharero; 1820 – 7 October 1890) was one of the most powerful paramount chiefs of the Herero people in South-West Africa, today's Namibia.
Early life
Maharero, was born about 1820 at Okahandja. In 1843 he went with his father Tjamuaha to Windhoek to stay with Jonker Afrikaner, Captain of the Oorlam Afrikaners. Tjamuaha was an ally of Jonker Afrikaner until his death in 1861, albeit in a subordinate position. Maharero a leader of Ovaherero community in (1861-1890) was born in ca 1820 at Otjikune near Okahandja and he was the son of Tjamuaha and his chief wife Tjorozumo. He had several brothers and half-brothers, amongst them were Kavezeri, Kariteova, Kavikunua and Rijarua.
Like his father, Maharero became an ally of Jonker Afrikaner in 1843. As from 1863 onwards, he refused to accept the dominance of the Afrikaners and was recognized by both Herero's and the European in the country as the representative of all the Hereros. Shortly afterwards he emerged as the first Herero paramount chief though his leadership was not uncontested. He sought to consolidate his position by marrying into all the important Hereros families and he apparently had over 60 wives by the time he was old.
In 1885 he signed a treaty accepting German protection over the country. When he died on October 5, 1890, a serious dispute about his succession erupted. Maharero's brother Kavezeri, who was born in 1845, became custodian of the sacred fire. His other brother Kavikunua, who had already died in 1858, had a son named Nikodemus (Kambahahiza). Owing to Nikodemus powerful personality he had been in a strong position to become paramount chief of Hereroland but had not been successful. As a result, Maharero requested his son Samuel Maharero to succeed as chief of the Hereros living in the east and Ovambanderu under Kahimemua and Tjetjoo. His request was supported by the German governor, who subsequently appointed Nikodemus in his new position. This brought so many arguments on this leadership style, which finally led to both Nikodemus and Kahimemua being captured and executed in Okahandja in 1896.
Herero-Orlam hostilities
When Jonker Afrikaner died, he was succeeded by Christian Afrikaner. Due to this, Maharero rebelled against the Afrikaners. They subsequently attacked Maharero's men at Otjimbingwe on 15 June 1863, a battle in which Christian Afrikaner was killed.
Christian's successor, Jan Jonker Afrikaner did not want to allow the Hereros to escape from his overlordship, and so hostilities continued for several years.
Some traders at Otjimbingwe, notably C.J. Andersson and Frederick Green, considered that the war was bad for trade, and took a hand in organising and leading the Herero army. Green led a force that captured most of the Oorlams cattle, and on 22 June 1864 there was a decisive battle in which Jan Jonker Afrikaner's forces were defeated.
Dispensing with the services of the traders, Maharero won more battles, and took control of Damaraland, and even sent his forces into Namaqualand. Eventually in 1870 a peace was brokered by missionary Carl Hugo Hahn of the Rhenish Missionary Society.
In the decade that followed, many more white traders entered Damaraland, mostly from the Cape Colony. More serious still were the Boer incursions into the Herero lands from the Boer republics to the east. Maharero complained to the governor of the Cape Colony about Boers entering the eastern part of the territory. The Cape government sent the Palgrave Commission, and later annexed Walvis Bay in 1878, though this was not actually part of Maharero's territory.
In 1880, there were renewed hostilities between Maharero and Jan Jonker Afrikaner. What was originally a dispute over grazing escalated into a pogrom against all Nama living in Maharero's territory, and over 200 were killed. One who escaped with his life was Hendrik Witbooi, who thereafter led the opposition to Maharero.
Also faced with repeated attacks by the ǀKhowesin, a subtribe of the Khoikhoi under Hendrik Witbooi, Maharero signed a protection treaty with Imperial Germany's colonial governor Göring on 21 October 1885 but did not cede the land of the Herero. Due to lack of German support against Witbooi, Maharero renounced this treaty in 1888 and reopened negotiations with the government of the Cape Colony. But by that time the Scramble for Africa was under way, and the Cape Colony government was powerless to intervene, even if it had wanted to. The European powers had by then recognised South West Africa as a German sphere of influence. Maharero reaffirmed the treaty with the Germans in May 1890.
Maharero died on 7 October 1890 in Okahandja. Historian Heinrich Vedder claims that his main wife Kataree poisoned him in order to prevent him from changing his mind on who his successor should be. His eldest son Samuel Maharero succeeded him as chief of the Herero.
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Richard Neal (September 2, 1947 - April 5, 1983) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints and the New York Jets. Neal played college football at Southern University. He was traded along with Delles Howell from the Saints to the Jets for a pair of 1973 picks in the second and third rounds (51st and 66th overall–Steve Baumgartner and Pete Van Valkenburg respectively) on January 29, 1973. He died of heart failure at the age of 35 in St. Louis. He was on a business trip for his company at his death.
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Besides referring to the language of the dominant people groups in Botswana, Setswana is the adjective used to describe the rich cultural traditions of the Batswana - whether construed as members of the Setswana ethnic groups or of all citizens of Botswana. the Batswana believe in the rich culture of Botho-Ubuntu, ‘‘People are not individuals, living in a state of independence, but part of a community, living in relationships and interdependence.’ Batswana believe in working together and in being united.
The name Batswana is used as a nationality for the people of Botswana and as an ethnicity for people who practice the same culture and speak the same language in neighbouring South Africa.There are different ethnic groups in the country Botswana among them are the Tswana (Barolong, Bakwena, Bangwato, Batlokwa, Bakgatla, Baphuthing, Bataung, Bangwaketse, Batawana, Bahurutshe, Balete); BaKalanga (BaLilima, Baperi, BaWumbe, BaNambya); Ovaherero (Baherero, Ovambanderu); Wayei, Bambukushu; Veekuhane (Basubiya in Setswana); Khoe & San groups; Batswapong and Batshweneng. All these tribes believe in different customs however because of living together & inter-marrying for more than a century, they have now developed some similarities which are seen in the changing or developing languages in the country as well as shared cultures . The languages differ significantly from one area to the other or by the ethnic dialects but they are all regarded as Botswana languages. Some Tswana people are based in the Northwest Province of the Republic of South Africa, and Botswana.
Literature
Alexander McCall Smith
Botswana forms the setting for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, a series of popular mystery novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Their protagonist, Precious Ramotswe, lives in Gaborone. The first novel in the series, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, appeared in 1998 in the UK (and 2001 in the US). The light-hearted books are appreciated for their human interest and local color. A BBC Television series adaption of the same name has been shot with a pilot appearing on 23 March 2008 in the United Kingdom, and the full series starting on 15 March 2009.
Norman Rush
Norman Rush, who served as a Peace Corps director in Botswana from 1978 to 1983, uses the country as the setting of all of his published books, which generally focus on the expatriate community.
Unity Dow
Unity Dow (born 1959) is a judge, human rights activist, and writer from Botswana. She came from a rural background that tended toward traditional values of the African kind. Her mother could not read English, and in most cases decision-making was done by men. She went on to become a lawyer with much of her education being done in the West. Her Western education caused a mixture of respect and suspicion.[citation needed]
As a lawyer she earned acclaim most for her stances on women's rights. She was the plaintiff in a case that allowed the children of women by foreign nationals to be considered Batswana. The tradition and law before this stated nationality only descended from the father. She later became Botswana's first female High Court judge.
As a novelist she has had three books. These books often concern the issues concerning the struggle between Western and traditional values. They also involve her interest in gender issues and her nation's poverty.
Bessie Head
Bessie Head is a writer well known in Southern Africa. In 1964 she fled the apartheid regime in South Africa to live in and wrote about Botswana. She lived there from 1964 (when it was still the Bechuanaland Protectorate) until her death at the age of 49 in 1986. She lived in Serowe, and her most famous books, When Rain Clouds Gather, Maru, and A Question of Power are set there.
Susan Williams
British author and historian Susan Williams' book, Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation, tells the story of the interracial marriage and resulting struggles of Sir Seretse Khama and Lady Ruth Williams Khama.
A collection of humorous true short stories, "Whatever You Do, Don't Run" (released in the United Kingdom and South Africa as "Don't Run, Whatever You Do"), contains many stories from Botswana written by a safari guide, Peter Allison.
Michael Stanley
In 2008 a mystery novel ("A Carrion Death") by Michael Stanley introduced Detective David "Kubu" Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department. The memorable Kubu lives in Gaborone. The novel is a police procedural which also provides an excellent introduction to today's Botswana.
Other writers
Caitlin Davies, born in Britain
Unity Dow
Bessie Head, born in South Africa
Moteane Melamu
Barolong Seboni, poet
Andrew Sesinyi
Media
Visual arts
In the northern part of Botswana, the Wayeyi and Hambukushu women in the villages of Etsha and Gumare are noted for their skill at crafting baskets (baskets from Botswana) from Mokola Palm and local dyes. The baskets are generally woven into three types: large, lidded baskets used for storage, large, open baskets for carrying objects on the head or for winnowing threshed grain, and smaller plates for winnowing pounded grain. The artistry of these baskets is being steadily enhanced through color use and improved designs as they are increasingly produced for commercial use.
Other notable artistic communities include Thamaga Pottery or Botswelelo and Oodi Weavers, both located in the southeastern part of Botswana.
The oldest paintings from both Botswana and South Africa depict hunting, both animal and human figures, and were made by the Khoisan (Kung San!/Bushmen) over 20,000 years ago within the Kalahari desert.
Music
Botswana is made up of numerous ethnic groups, though the Batswana are the most numerous. Music is an omnipresent part of Botswana culture, and include popular and folk forms. Church choirs are common across the country. Music education is an integral part of the educational system. Children of all ages are taught traditional songs and dances.
Folk music
Tswana music is mostly vocal and performed without drums; it also makes heavy use of string instruments. Tswana folk music has got instruments such as Setinkane, Segankure/Segaba and for the last few decades, a guitar has been celebrated as a versatile music instrument for Tswana music. The guitar was originally played in a manner similar to Segaba but with a better rhythm due to plucking, almost completely replacing the violin-like Segaba until such prodigies of Segaba as Ratsie Setlhako re-popularised Segaba in the 80s with the help of radio. In the absence of instruments a clapping rhythm is used in music with the typical chant and answer manner of singing. The absence of drumming is predominant and is peculiar of an African tribe.
Styles
Borankana
Chesa
Huru
Mokomoto
Ndazola
Phathisi
Selete
Setapa
Stibikoko
Tsutsube
Folk musicians
Culture Spears
Dikakapa
George Swabi
Jonny Kobedi
Kwataeshele
Machesa Traditional Troupe
Matsieng
Mokorwana
Ratsie Setlhako
Shirley
Shumba Ratshega
Speech Madimabe
Stampore
Stikasola
Popular music
Like many African countries, much of the popular music there is called Jazz, though it has little resemblance to the African American genre of that name. There has been a push in recent years to focus on revitalizing the Botswana music industry instead of purchasing foreign releases. Most popular music in Botswana still comes from South Africa, United States, Europe or elsewhere in Africa. Gumba-gumba is a form of modernized Zulu and Tswana music, mixed with traditional jazz; the word gumba comes from township slang for party.
Hip hop
Botswana hip hop crews include The Wizards, a long-standing crew that fuses hip hop with ragga and R&B. The television show Strictly Hip Hop, hosted by Draztik and Slim (both of the Cashless Society Crew and co-founders of Unreleased Records), has done much for the Botswana scene. The record label Phat Boy is also very important.
Kwasa Kwasa
An African version of Rhumba popularised in Central Africa has taken a strong following in Botswana and has produced highly acclaimed musicians such as Frank Lesokwane of Franco and Afro Musica, Jeff Matheatau, Chris Manto 7 and Alfredo Mos and Les Africa sounds. It has a slower Rhythm than the original type and predictably tends to get a rapid rhythm in the middle of the song. It is still not as hectic as its parent Afro Rhumba. Unlike Rhumba, Kwasa Kwasa has a simple leg routine, focusing more on an erotic movement of hips and buttocks.
Some artists have attempted to speed it up and made it more Danceable to breakdance with great success. Artist Vee is one of them and his version is known as Kwaito Kwasa, from a combination of Kwaito music with a Kwasa Kwasa rhythm and guitar.
Rock
The development of rock as a genre in Botswana has been a slow one. The music has however started to gain some momentum, partly due to the youth's exposure to mainstream media like MTV, Channel O and the internet. Metal Orizon, the country's first heavy metal band, was formed in the early 1990s. The native Batswana have since showed appreciation for this genre. Ever since the year 2000, a lot of bands have been formed. Most these have played locally and a few have toured southern Africa. Fans keep up to date with the music through word of mouth, tape trading and social networks, and there is a 50-minute show broadcast on national radio which plays metal music. The rock culture is now evidently recognised, with bands coming together to fight AIDS under a tour titled "Rock Against AIDS".
Notable bands include:
Wrust - one album (Soulless Machine): the most popular metal band in Botswana, they have toured South Africa and have supported Sepultura
Metal Orizon - one album (Miopic Illusion)
Nosey Road - several albums
Stealth
Stane
Skinflint - Massive Destruction (2009), IKLWA (2010), Gauna (2011)
Music institutions
The National Music Eisteddfod is held annually in Selebi-Phikwe.
See also
Religion in Botswana
References |
Fiorenzo Carpi (19 October 1918 – 21 May 1997) was an Italian composer and pianist, probably best known for the "Pinocchio" theme.
Biography
Born in Milan as Fiorenzo Carpi De Resmini, in 1945 he graduated at the Milan Conservatory, pupil of Arrigo Pedrollo and Giorgio Federico Ghedini; then he was a stable member of Piccolo Teatro di Milano since its founding (1947). He also collaborated with the Nobel laureate playwright Dario Fo on all his plays between 1953 and 1967, then sporadically until Carpi's death in 1997. Fo's 1997 play Il diavolo con le zinne (The Devil with Boobs) featured an homage to Carpi following his death.
Carpi was a prolific film score composer, well known for his long collaboration with the director Luigi Comencini. In 1981 he won the David di Donatello for Best Score for Comencini's Voltati Eugenio. He also composed numerous pop songs, television scores, commercial jingles, symphonic and chamber opera works.
Selected filmography
Fugitive in Trieste (1951)
Zazie dans le Métro (1960)
Leoni al sole (1961)
A Very Private Affair (1962)
Parigi o cara (1962)
I cuori infranti (1963)
I 4 tassisti (1963)
Misunderstood (1966)
Death on the Run (1967)
Italian Secret Service (1968)
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
The Howl (1970)
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale (1970)
Million Dollar Eel (1971)
Without Family (1972)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)
A White Dress for Marialé (1972)
Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974)
Simona (1974)
La Chair de l'orchidée (1975)
The First Time on the Grass (1975)
Salon Kitty (1976)
Traffic Jam (1979)
Voltati Eugenio (1980)
Piso pisello (1981)
The Wounded Man (1983)
Cuori nella tormenta (1984)
La Storia (1986)
Italian Night (1987)
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (1989)
The Amusements of Private Life (1990)
The End Is Known (1993)
Further reading
References
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Fiorenzo Carpi at Discogs
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World War II for Écouché culminated with several days of street fighting by Free French forces under General Philippe Leclerc. This engagement was part of the encirclement of the remaining German army in the final engagement of the Battle of Normandy. This final carnage of the German army was later called the Falaise Pocket, the Argentan-Falaise Pocket or Couloir de la Mort (Corridor of Death) as the local French named it.
During World War II Écouché’s buildings and homes suffered 15% heavy damage from aerial bombing and street fighting during the liberation. Most of the destruction followed the heavy bombing of the targeted railroad tracks, although the targets were never hit during two attempts.
Local residents think of the war years as divided into three phases:
The Phony war () –1 September 1939 to June 1940
General mobilisation
The "Phony war"
The exodus or "Exode"
German occupation – June 1940 to August 1944
Military control, requisitions, restrictions
Local and national upheaval
Problems of supply shortages
Liberation – summer 1944
Aerial bombing and the Allied Landing on D-day, 6 June 1944
Battles for Liberation – 13–15 August 1944
The Phony war
According to the census of 1936 there were 1179 residents (Ecubéens) in Ecouché. By June 1940 this figure had been considerably reduced. There were so many young men missing. Five soldiers from Ecouché were killed in action, adding to the 100,000 French soldiers who perished in three weeks of fighting during the disastrous spring of 1940.
Another thirty were taken prisoner, but were expected to return after the armistice with Germany. Marshal Philippe Pétain, the "hero who dedicated himself to France", had inspired confidence that all would be well. Disillusionment came all too soon. The French soldiers were prisoners of war in German camps. The women who sent parcels to their husbands were considered fortunate. At least they knew their men were alive.
The citizens were resigned to a life of survival; the economy had collapsed, there were frequent requisitions, and shortages of virtually everything, especially in town.
Ecouché is surrounded by farmland, thus farm produce was distributed, either exchanged in complex negotiations, or given freely through networks of families and friends.
German military occupation
Generally the various groups of soldiers were divided up amongst the hotels and the bigger houses. For example:The large house at no. 5 place Lefevre Lemercier, known at the time as the ‘place du Fourneau’, housed about 20 soldiers. An officer would conduct a drill every morning in the square out front.
The officers were quartered in private houses and met up at the Kommandantur, an office which changed premises several times eventually remaining at number 3 Grande Rue.
Écouché housed a cavalry unit; stables and horses had also been requisitioned from the locals. It consisted of about 100 men aged between 18 and 45 years. The German Army depended enormously on horse drawn transportation.
Officially there was no interaction between residents of Ecouché and the occupiers. Citizens kept their doors and shutters closed when soldiers marched by in goose-step. Nevertheless, at the hotel, relationships developed.
Apart from patrol duties, the soldiers spent a lot of time making music, even giving concerts from time to time.
"There was not a single shot fired, ever."
Daily life
From sunset to dawn a curfew was enforced. No lights were supposed to be visible. Windows which couldn’t be obscured with thick double curtains or full shutters, had to be blacked out.
During the daytime, certain vehicles, such as doctors’ cars were allowed on the roads, but fuel was scarce. Some shop-keepers used vans running on gasogene to transport supplies, but the engines were weak. Even horses for wagons and carriages were difficult to find, as many had been requisitioned for use by the German Army.
There were steam trains in limited circulation. People walked or used bicycles with solid tyres, since it was impossible to find any inner tubes. Therefore, there was, very little traffic on the roads.
Even walking posed problems, as shoes were rationed. However, anyone could get hold of shoes with wooden soles without using a ration ticket. These were uncomfortable, fragile and certainly not waterproof.
A shortage of fabrics made prices soar. Clothes were patched up. Knitting was unpicked to reknit other garments. A red sweater became two or three pairs of long red socks. Reduced wardrobes meant people rarely changed clothes, but those aspiring to elegance painted false stockings on their legs with liquid chicory.
Washing clothes was not easy. Washing powder was eventually replaced by ashes or by using infusions of plants such as soapwort, which lathers like soap. Ivy was used for black garments, worn by the numerous women in mourning.
The tubes taken from redundant bicycle pumps were used as moulds for the manufacture of candles made with lard, the wicks made from cotton, which itself was recycled from old hand-crocheted curtains.
There was electricity, but power cuts were often and after the June 44 bombings there was no electricity at all for nearly two years. Otherwise, rationing, implemented by a system of tickets, went on for several years after the war.
The only source of heat in the home was the wood stove in the kitchen. This was supposed to heat the whole house, but was seldom efficient enough to do more than cooking and hot water.
With an abundant countryside nearby, the problem of finding enough food was manageable, compared to some of the larger towns. As a result, the young women’s boarding school was filled with children from the towns, sent by parents who were desperate to find a way to feed them. Eggs, milk, butter, meat, vegetables, cereals were not really in short supply and everyone had a garden.
Apart from that, as everywhere, there were shortages of things like sugar, flour, oil, chocolate, coffee and bread, which was grey because it was made with bran.
Resistance and collaboration
In the early spring of 1944, resistance operations intensified rapidly. The sabotage of telephone lines, plus frequent parachute drops of weapons and supplies created a demand for suitable hiding places. The recovery of airmen rescued from crashes increased as well as the need to find secure escape routes for vulnerable Resistants.
In reprisal, the requisitioning of men for the surveillance of the railway lines was widespread (sabotage of an assigned line meant a firing squad), effected by threats of arrest and deportation. Direct denunciations were made, sometimes by French people influenced by Nazi propaganda, sometimes by anonymous letters, ending in the arrest of men and women who were to experience imprisonment, interrogation, torture and deportation.
On the other hand, summary executions, sometimes ill-informed, were carried out by the Resistance, contributing to the stress and confusion preceding the Allied Landing. The mayor of the adjacent commune of Joué du Plain and a Belgian interpreter used by the Germans were both assassinated by the Resistance.
The secretary of the town hall produced false ration cards to access ration tickets. She was denounced and deported to Germany, to a concentration camp, she came back, but was never fully recovered. Locals recall German military trucks, or lorries, setting out with their cargoes of requisitioned hostages. They rarely came back.
Locals learned that M. Leguerney, a resistant, was machine-gunned in his car in the Joué du Plain. Shot on 27 April, he died on 5 May and was buried on the 9th at Francheville.
Parachute drops took place generally near Brûlevain wood towards Rânes, ground with the code name Levite Ouest 136, and also in the valley near the Château de la Motte at Joué du Plain. At Sentilly, aircraft landed and took off straight away after collecting or dropping off a passenger, who quickly vanished into the darkness. These operations never took place in Ecouché proper, but always in the nearby countryside.
The bombing of Écouché, 6 June 1944
On 6 June, Ecouché was bombed by two consecutive formations of planes at high altitude: in less than a minute, more than a fifteen percent of the town was destroyed. A third formation flew on to bomb nearby Argentan.
Rescue teams, mobilized by municipality and civil defense organizations, recovered the bodies and took them to the church of Notre Dame where there were kept overnight.
This bombing destroyed several businesses: two hotels, one garage, and three grocery stores. The boys’ school was leveled and the railway station was badly damaged; the tree allies of the fairground had their treetops lopped and blown to bits. The target for the bombers, the railroad tracks, was undamaged.
A second bombing in July 1944 destroyed a block of houses at the end of rue Notre Dame near the main road, consisting of some businesses and the post office ; there were no victims as the inhabitants had vacated their dwellings.
Amidst all these sufferings, three stories could be mentioned:
The Trévin family of the main hotel in town, destroyed on 6 June. Buried under the rubble were: Madame Trévin and her daughter Jeanne. On the same day at Caen, their son was killed by the Germans, for suspected Résistance activity.
The Daulny family were cobblers and shoe merchants. The father, mother, one young son, an employee, the grandfather, the grandmother and an aunt were buried in the rubble of the house, and when the two sons came back from Germany, where they had been sent to work by the Germans, they found only ruins and wooden crosses in the cemetery.
M. Claude Beauchef, prisoner of war, on his return found neither his wife, nor his baby, nor his business premises.
In total, 356 people from 118 families were killed in the two bombings.
A shower of bombs
"I remember, we were at the table eating chips in spite of it being 1:45 according to the German clock. This had become the official time, but, for us it was only a quarter to one, as we were still keeping the old time. A powerful roar of aircraft engines made us rush out into the courtyard, eyes straining into the clear sky of early summer. A wave of about a dozen planes came across from the west. Some objects were falling from the planes. 'They’re dropping leaflets,' said my grandmother. 'No, they’re bombs,' exclaimed my father. We rushed back to the house and into a small passage of two square metres, chosen a long time ago as a shelter because it had very thick walls. We didn’t have a cellar."
"When it stopped, the respite was only for a short time. A second wave came across. We held our breath, but it passed on towards Argentan. A third bombardment followed, just as intense, the terrible noise blotting out the sound of the women praying. We were waiting for a fourth wave, which never arrived. When we emerged from our shelter, our breath still shaking, a cloud of dust smothered the courtyard and all the neighbouring streets."….
"We were unscathed, the house hardly touched, but we were hemmed in by the rubble from the buildings on the main road. Just 50 metres away, some German ammunition lorries, concealed under the shade of the horse chestnuts in the fairground, had also been hit, and were blowing up one after the other. The trees were shredded, with reddened trunks encrusted with bits of metal. They had lost all their leaves and were framing the mangled chassis, carcasses of the German lorries."
See article Strategic bombing during World War II
Battle of Écouché
On 12 August 1944, the 2nd Free French Armored Division of General Leclerc left Alençon. Its objective was to cut off the Granville–Paris trunk road from the German units which were retreating towards the Seine after their setback at failed counter-attack at Mortain.
In the north, as the Canadians were holding Falaise, the German units under artillery and aircraft fire were forced to use the minor roads linking Putanges-Trun-Vimoutiers. This hindered their progress and made it possible to surround them, a situation which became known as the Falaise pocket.
The tactical group Warabiot was given the mission to reach Ecouché via St. Christophe Le Jajolet and Fleuré, with the order going to sub-group Putz to cover Ecouché on the west flank by going through Boucé. In the east, the Americans were given the task of capturing Argentan.
Approach, 12 August 1944
At Sées, at 1300 hours, the order was given to push on towards Ecouché. Roger de Normandie, a resistance member and retired officer from Macé, volunteered to lead the Warabiot column. This was penetrate deep into the enemy lines by way of country lanes and the Cance river bed.
At St. Christophe Le Jajolet, the French Sherman tank, Keren, was disabled (3 fatalities) by a German tank, but the others were able to carry on. Reaching Fleuré by the evening, the column destroyed a German convoy retreating towards Ecouché.
Capture, 13 August 1944
At sunrise, an advance force, jeeps and half-tracks, followed closely by the tanks of Captain Buis and the motorised convoys, reached the level crossing at Ecouché and made a surprise attack.
The 2nd French Armored Division (2nd DB) of General Leclerc entered Ecouché, blocking the German retreat on the main road, the current D924.
In the centre of Écouché surprised a German motorised column which was in the process of retreating towards the north (Mortgaroult). The Germans were trapped in a tremendous bottleneck in the narrow streets of the village. It was a carnage.
A rearguard Panther tank delayed the French advance. The shell exchanges came to an end to the advantage of the French, who established a bridgehead on the farside bank, but the Germans remained in command of the heights north of the village for the whole week.
Udon, a village slightly west of Ecouché and defended by the German SS, had to be taken house by house. The French set up their position at the Udon crossroads. Their aim was to resist the pressure of the German troops as they retreated west.
In the east, the Americans were delayed. They had not succeeded in taking Argentan and they needed to hold Meheudin and Fontenai, both small villages between Argentan and Ecouché.
The objective was achieved. The 116 Panzer Division(German tank division) was cut in two and suffered heavy losses compared with the 2nd DB, whose losses in men and equipment were minimized. Colonel Warabiot’s command post moved into the presbytery of the "good Abbé Verger".
Defense
Nevertheless, the position remained fragile. There was only the small Branet detachment which arrived towards mid-day to reinforce them, after some successful exploits in the Boucé area.
The bulk of the Putz troops, held in reserve in the Ecouves forest, was a long time delayed. The French numbered only 130 compared to the enemy, but they had a lot of equipment, which led the Germans into making an error of judgement. Furthermore, the connivance of civilians was relied upon to inflate statistics, should they be interrogated by the Germans.
On 14 August, help came from the sky as the American airforce attacked German positions. The attack hit some of the French units by mistake. Thus, on the western side of town, at "Udon's" crossing, the French tank Bir Hakeim was destroyed along with its crew and four nearby civilians.
In the south, it was only on 17 August that a clearing operation (1 fatality) at Joué du Plain was able to relieve the prolonged pressure caused by an isolated group the SS.In the west, on 18 August, the 5th American armoured division finally arrived from Rânes. In the east, Argentan was finally captured by the 80th American Infantry Division on 20 August.
Final liberation
Under pressure from the Americans in the south and the British in the west, the German troops threw themselves against the Ecouché stranglehold. Ferocious confrontations pitted German armoured vehicles and infantry against the French position, which had to resist them in order to retain the Udon junction.
From Goulet and Montgaroult in the north, the salvoes of shells from hidden Panther tanks rained down on the Shermans, piercing the armour of some of them -
one of them the Massaouah -, and heavily damaging many village houses.
On 16 August, the Germans launched a counter offensive against a group of infantry and tanks. A rain of French shells hindered their progress and an attack by the « Nueve » infantry soon moved into close combat, resulting in casualties on both sides, though the Germans were stopped.
On the afternoon of 17 August, an attack by foot soldiers of the German SS 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich on the banks of the Orne became a rout.
At the same time, some other Allied attacks were successful. The most notorious was the one carried out by baroudeurs Campos (Spaniad) and Reiter (German anti-nazi) who with some daring men and FFI, infiltrated German lines as far as the Mesnil Glaise castle. There, they wiped out the SS garrison, capturing 129 rather compliant German prisoners, 60 of them injured, and liberating 8 American prisoners.
On 20 August, the battle was over for the 2nd DB. They were able to attend to their wounded, replenish their numbers and wait for the order to liberate Paris.
References
External links
3rd Armored Division's History
French language website on the battle for Rânes, south of Écouché.
French Resistance
France in World War II
French Resistance members
Military history of Normandy |
Farma 7: All-Stars (English: The Farm 7) is the 7th season of the Slovak version of The Farm reality television show based on the Swedish television series of the same name. The show was filmed from February 2016 to April 2016 and premiered on February 26, 2016, on Markíza. For the first time, former players from past seasons will play again.
Format
Twelve contestants are chosen from the outside world. Each week one contestant is selected as Farmer of the Week. In the first week, the contestants chose the Farmer. Since week 2, the Farmer is chosen by the contestant evicted in the previous week.
Nomination process
The Farmer of the Week nominates two people (a man and a woman) as the Butlers. The others must decide which Butler is the first to go to the Battle. That person then chooses the second person (from the same sex) for the Battle and also the type of battle (a quiz, extrusion, endurance, sleight). The Battle winner must win two duels. The Battle loser is evicted from the game.
Guest appearance
During All-Stars season former winners Andrea Járová from Farma 1, Mário Drobný from Farma 3, Pavol Styk from Farma 4,Lenka Švaralová from Farma 5 and Tomáš Mayer from Farma 6 visited the farm.
Contestants
Ages stated are at time of contest.
Nominations
The game
External links
http://farma.markiza.sk
Farma Markíza
The Farm (franchise)
2016 Slovak television seasons |
Teen Angel was an American fantasy sitcom that aired as part of ABC's TGIF Friday night lineup from September 26, 1997, to February 13, 1998. It stars Corbin Allred as a high school student whose recently deceased best friend, played by Mike Damus, returns to earth as his guardian angel. The series was created by Simpsons alumni Al Jean and Mike Reiss.
Synopsis
Teen Angel follows a high school boy, Steve Beauchamp (Corbin Allred), and his recently deceased best friend, Marty DePolo (Mike Damus), who dies from eating a six-month-old hamburger from under Steve's bed on a dare and is then sent back to Earth as Steve's guardian angel. Marty's guide is a large disembodied head named Rod (Ron Glass), who identifies himself as God's cousin – a running gag throughout the series is that Rod is mistaken for God himself.
Marty, as a supernatural being, would frequently break the fourth wall. For instance, prior to the opening credits of the episode "Grumpy Young Men", Marty explains the absence of Steve's mother and the return of his father to the viewers.
Reception and cancellation
The series was created and placed in the TGIF lineup by ABC in an attempt to capitalize on the success of another ABC supernatural series, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Along with Sabrina and the also-new You Wish, Teen Angel was one of three supernatural-themed sitcoms on the TGIF block that season.
At the time of the series airing, TGIF had already begun to decline (as a result of direct competition against the CBS Block Party during that season and the new Disney ownership). You Wish was canceled after only 13 episodes, and while Teen Angel lasted more or less a full season, it was also canceled after 17 episodes.
Cast
Mike Damus as Marty DePolo
Corbin Allred as Steve Beauchamp
Ron Glass as Rod, God's Cousin
Maureen McCormick as Judy Beauchamp
Tommy Hinkley as Casey Beauchamp
Katie Volding as Katie Beauchamp
Jordan Brower as Jorden Lubell
Conchata Ferrell as Aunt Pam
Jerry Van Dyke as Grandpa Jerry Beauchamp
Episodes
Awards and nominations
See also
Out of the Blue (1979 TV series) – one of many spin-off sitcoms connected to the sitcom Happy Days.
Teen Angel (1989 TV series) – teen drama, aired by The Disney Channel.
References
External links
1990s American high school television series
1990s American teen sitcoms
1997 American television series debuts
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William McFarland, also known as "the Mexican", is a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary. He was a leading figure in the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), he had served as head of the North Antrim and Londonderry East Tyrone Brigade of the group.
Early years
McFarland joined the UDA in the 1970s and for a time was active in a series of bomb attacks on Catholic-owned businesses in the North Antrim and County Londonderry area, activities for which he was eventually imprisoned. Around this time he was given the nickname "the Mexican" on account of his swarthy appearance and his thick moustache.
Brigadier
Following his release from prison, McFarland, who also maintained legitimate business interests in the construction industry, was appointed brigadier for the North Antrim and Londonderry area, a brigade that was only sporadically active compared to those in Belfast. McFarland's brigade published its own magazine, Warrior, that spoke out against gangsterism and drug dealing and which also invited readers to send in their own ideas for the future of Northern Ireland which the magazine would then publish, something of a departure for the usually dogmatic UDA.
McFarland's brigade was responsible for the Castlerock killings of 25 March 1993 in which four Catholics were killed. The Greysteel massacre of 30 October 1993 also happened within McFarland's brigade area and he was widely suspected of having ordered the attack, although suspicion also fell on West Belfast brigadier Johnny Adair who, even at this stage, was seeking to extend his influence beyond his own area. Although McFarland's brigade was fairly active during this period, Adair had little respect for his fellow brigadier, considering him to be a "redneck" due to his rural origins. Adair was also critical of McFarland for the latter's alleged paranoia over the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) as that group was highly active in McFarland's area of command. Nevertheless, court documents released in late 2013 named McFarland as the brains behind the attack.
In early 1994, the UDA's Inner Council, which was in charge of directing operations, was made up of its six brigadiers – McFarland, Adair, Alex Kerr of the South Belfast Brigade, Tom Reid for North Belfast, Gary Matthews for East Belfast, and Joe English for Southeast Antrim who served as chairman. English was an advocate of a Combined Loyalist Military Command (CLMC) ceasefire and sought to win support from his fellow brigadiers. Whilst Reid and Matthews were supportive of this initiative and Adair wholly opposed, McFarland represented, along with Kerr, a middle ground that, whilst largely sympathetic to English also felt that Adair's main argument, that a recent upturn in UDA activity was defeating the Provisional IRA, had some merit.
In 1996, following the end of the IRA ceasefire, McFarland converted to the Ulster nationalism previously advocated by the late South Belfast brigadier John McMichael. He called for the United Kingdom to be radically altered into a "British family of nations" in which Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England would all become fully self-governing and only loosely linked. Acknowledging that his independent "Ulster" would face the problem of an "Irish minority" McFarland argued that those who did not accept the new arrangement would be expected to move to the Republic of Ireland.
Power struggle
Along with fellow brigadiers and Inner Council members Jackie McDonald (who had regained his former position as South Belfast brigadier) and John Gregg, McFarland was unenthusiastic about the Belfast Agreement, with the three especially irked by the prospect of Sinn Féin entering the proposed power-sharing executive. Surprisingly Johnny Adair, under the influence of John White, became for a time a supporter of the Northern Ireland peace process and in December 1999, after a meeting with Independent International Commission on Decommissioning chairman General John de Chastelain, announced that he felt the UDA should unilaterally decommission part of its arsenal. McFarland criticised the proposal and the Inner Council vote produced a three votes to three tie. At a second meeting the following day, called at Adair's behest, the West Belfast brigadier did not attend but rather sent John White to read out a statement in which Adair attacked the other five brigadiers, denouncing McFarland as "a dinosaur with no forward thinking". McFarland then refused to attend a press conference that Adair had called to announce decommissioning, telling White "I'm going back to Jurassic Park".
McFarland was one of those to caution against any UDA involvement in the feud between the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) and he feared that Adair's open support of the LVF would provoke an unwanted war between the UVF and the UDA. Nonetheless he was not keen to antagonise the widely feared Adair and so, along with Gregg, McDonald and North Belfast brigadier Jimbo Simpson, attended Adair's "Loyalist Day of Culture" on the Lower Shankill on 19 August 2000. Unbeknownst to McFarland and the others, Adair would use this day to launch his assault on the UVF with members of Adair's C Company attacking the UVF's Rex Bar stronghold before forcing UVF members and their families out of the Lower Shankill and initiating a loyalist feud between the UVF and the UDA West Belfast Brigade. McFarland had known that trouble was brewing as soon as the UDA march began that day, as a west Belfast band asked to march with his brigade but he refused after noticing an LVF flag amongst their banners.
Despite the earlier troubles McFarland, after a request from White, accompanied the other four brigadiers to publicly meet and greet Adair on the Shankill after he had been released from Maghaberry on 15 May 2002. McFarland later stated that he didn't want to go but had only agreed after the other brigadiers accepted White's argument that it was important to show unity publicly after a series of press reports about splits in the UDA. In the subsequent fall-out, McFarland backed McDonald in his move against Adair.
Subsequent activity
During February 2003 various reports appeared in the press regarding McFarland's status as brigadier. It was firstly claimed that McFarland was to be replaced as brigadier by Torrens Knight before being subsequently claimed that McFarland faced replacement by an anonymous figure as the UDA wished to end the practice of making its leaders public. Ultimately neither story proved true, not least because Knight had left the UDA, and McFarland remained as brigadier. In 2006, McFarland was one of three leading UDA men, the others being Jackie McDonald and Ihab Shoukri, to meet with Martin McAleese in Belfast to discuss decommissioning.
In 2009 McFarland was at the centre of reports about a split in the UDA over the issue of decommissioning. The Belfast brigadiers met with General de Chastelaine in a separate meeting to one conducted with McFarland. This came after the Ulster Political Research Group in McFarland's area announced unilaterally that it was abandoning its previous support for the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Assembly. McFarland subsequently told the other brigadiers at an Inner Council meeting that he could not deliver decommissioning as the strength of feeling within his brigade was too set against the move.
During Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Republic of Ireland in 2011 McFarland was part of a delegation of UDA brigadiers who laid a wreath at the National War Memorial in Dublin.
Removal as Brigadier
In May 2013 McFarland was removed from his position within the UDA and is no longer a brigadier. McFarland reportedly was summoned to the Waterside area of Derry and informed of numerous complaints made against him and his leadership. The complaints included mismanagement of UDA funds, dealings with Irish republicans and accepting protection money from expelled members from the UDA. The Coleraine commander of the brigade was alleged to have been instrumental in having McFarland removed from power. The brigade area had garnered a reputation for growing criminality; the Ballymoney UDA were heavily involved in the selling of illegal cigarettes and tobacco, whilst the Derry UDA were reported in the Sunday World as being involved with local drug dealers by accepting bribes in order to turn a blind eye to the dealers' activities.
In contrast to a number of similar dismissals within the UDA, McFarland accepted the decision and was allowed to continue to live in the area and to remain as an ordinary member of the UDA. However subsequent to his removal, the Brigade split into several factions, with no new brigadier nominated.
In 2015 it was reported that there was a call for McFarland to return as Brigadier. Disillusioned members in the North Antrim and Londonderry brigade reportedly had become dismayed with a growing criminal element within the organisation and believed the return of McFarland would stabilise the group. Alleged activity which prompted this included extortion of drug dealers, members previously expelled for criminality returning to the UDA and the killing of a man in Ballymoney which was only intended to be a punishment beating. However powerlifter Kyle Vauls, formerly the commander of the UDA in Coleraine, has subsequently emerged as brigadier; both remain in charge as of 2017.
See also
Directory of the Northern Ireland Troubles
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Loyalists imprisoned during the Northern Ireland conflict
Ulster Defence Association members
Ulster nationalists |
Murray is a masculine given name. It may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Acting
F. Murray Abraham (born 1939), American actor
Murray Alper (1904–1984), American actor
Murray Bartlett (born 1971), Australian actor
Murray Hamilton (1923–1986), American actor
Murray Head (born 1946), English singer and actor
Murray Cruchley, Canadian actor and radio personality active 1979–1995
Murray Langston (born 1944), Canadian/American actor and comedian known as The Unknown Comic
Music
Murray Adaskin (1906–2002), Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and teacher
Murray C. Anderson, South African composer, recording engineer and producer
Murray Attaway (born 1957), American musician
Murray Bernthal (1911–2010), American musician and producer
Murray Boren (born 1950), American composer
Murray Cook (born 1960), Australian vocalist, songwriter and guitarist with The Wiggles
Murray Gold (born 1969), English composer, known for composing music for Doctor Who
Murray Head (born 1946), English singer and actor
Murray Kaufman a.k.a. Murray the K (1922–1982), American disc jockey
Murray Perahia (born 1947), American conductor and pianist
Murray Cutter (1902–1983), French-American orchestrator
Other arts and entertainment
Murray Ball (1939–2017), New Zealand cartoonist
Murray Lerner (1927–2017), American documentary filmmaker
Murray SawChuck (born 1973), magician on America's Got Talent (season 5) and magic expert for Pawn Stars
Murray Smith (writer) (1940–2003), British TV writer and producer
Murray Chercover (1929–2010), Canadian television producer and executive
Murray Cohl (1929–2008), Canadian film producer
Murray (escapologist), born Norman Murray Walters (1901–1988), Australian escapologist
Business
Murray M. Baker (1872–1964), American businessman
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Education
Murray Bowen (1913–1990), American psychiatrist and professor
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Murray S Smith, British professor of film studies and philosopher at the University of Kent
Murray A. Straus (1926–2016), American professor of sociology
Murray C. Wells (born 1936), New Zealand economist and professor
Murray Clarke, Canadian Philosophy professor
Politics
Murray Biggar, Canadian politician in office 1895
Murray Bourchier (1881–1937), Australian soldier and politician
Murray Bourchier (diplomat) (1925–1981), Australian public servant and diplomat
Murray Byrne (1928–2012), Australian politician
Murray Calder (born 1951), Canadian politician
Murray Gaunt (1935–2009), Canadian politician, 1962–1981
Murray McBride (born 1935), Canadian politician and author
Murray McCully (born 1953), New Zealand politician
Murray Schwartz (Queens politician) (1919–2001), American politician
Murray Smith (Alberta politician), Canadian lawyer and politician, 1993–2004
Murray Smith (Canadian politician) (1930–2010), MP for Winnipeg North, 1958–1962
Murray Smith (New Zealand politician), in office 2002–2005
Murray Robert Smith (1941–2009), New Zealand Labour Party politician & MP
Robert Murray Smith (1831–1921), known as Murray Smith, politician in colonial Victoria, Australia
Murray Cardiff (1934–2013), Canadian MP in office 1980–1993
Murray Chotiner (1909–1974), American political strategist, attorney, and government official
Murray Clark (1899–1973), Canadian parliament member in office 1935–1957
Murray Coell (born 1955 or 1954), Canadian politician in office 1996–2013
Murray Cowper (born 1960), Australian politician in office 2005–2017
Murray Criddle (born 1943), Australian politician in office 1993–2008
Murray Van Wagoner (1898–1986), American politician from Michigan
Science and medicine
Murray Banks (1917–2008), American psychologist
Murray Barr (1908–1995), Canadian physician and medical researcher
Murray Batchelor (born 1961), Australian mathematical physicist
Murray Bornstein (1917–1995), American neuroscientist
Murray Bowen (1913–1990), American psychiatrist and professor
Murray Brennan (born 1940), New Zealand surgeon, oncologist, cancer researcher, and academic
Ian Brooker (1934–2016), Australian botanist
Murray Campbell, Canadian computer scientist involved with IBM Deep Blue
Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019), Nobel prize–winning theoretical physicist
Murray Goldberg (born 1962), Canadian eLearning pioneer
Murray Feingold (1930-2015), American pediatrician and geneticist, founder of the National Birth Defects Center (now Feingold Center for Children)
Sports
Association football
Murray Archibald (1917–2006), Scottish footballer
Murray Barnes (1954–2011), Australian soccer player
Murray Brodie (born 1950), Scottish footballer
Cricket
Murray Bennett (born 1956), Australian cricketer
Murray Bisset (1876–1931), South African cricketer
Murray Brown (umpire) (born 1966), South African cricket umpire
Murray Chapple (1930–1985), New Zealand cricketer
Murray Child (born 1953), New Zealand cricketer
Murray Commins (born 1997), South African cricketer
Murray Creed (born 1979), South African cricketer active 1997–2002
Ice hockey
Murray Anderson (ice hockey) (born 1949), Canadian player
Murray Armstrong (1916–2010), Canadian player and coach
Murray Balagus (born 1929), Canadian player
Murray Balfour (1936–1965), American player
Murray Bannerman (born 1957), Canadian player
Murray Baron (born 1967), Canadian player
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Murray McIntosh (born 1967), Canadian player
Murray Costello (born 1934), Canadian player, executive, administrator, and builder
Murray Craven (born 1964), Canadian centre
Other sports
Murray Anderson (field hockey) (born 1968), South African field hockey player
Murray Arnold (1938–2012), American basketball coach
Murray Ashby (1931–1990), New Zealand rower
Murray Bedel, Canadian para–alpine skier at the 1984 Winter Paralympics
Murray Browne (born 1963), Australian rules football player
Murray Buchan (born 1991), Scottish freestyle skier
Murray Burdan (born 1975), New Zealand swimmer
Murray Buswell (born 1962), English swimmer
Murray Carter (born 1931), Australian racing driver
Murray Cheater (1947–2020), New Zealand hammer thrower
Murray Chessell (born 1944), Australian lawyer and gymnast
Murray Clapham (1939–2011), Australian rules footballer
Murray Cockburn (born 1933), Canadian sprinter
Murray Cook (baseball) (born 1940), Canadian scout and general manager
Murray Couper (born 1948), Australian rules football player
Murray Craig, Scottish rugby union player active in the 1990s and 2000s
Murray Deaker, New Zealand sports broadcaster
Murray Mexted (born 1953), New Zealand rugby union player
Murray Walker (1923–2021), English motorsport commentator and pundit
Writing
Murray Bail (born 1941), Australian author
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Murray Leinster (1896–1975), American author
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Murray Sayle (1926–2010), Australian journalist
Other
Murray Adams-Acton (1886–1971), English historian and interior designer
Murray Angus, Canadian First Nations activist
Murray Arbeid (1935–2011), British fashion designer
Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans (born 1939)
Murray Bookchin (1921–2006), American political theorist, creator of the theory of social ecology
Murray Chandler (born 1960), New Zealand chess grandmaster
Murray Chatlain (born 1963), Canadian clergyman
Murray Cotterill (1913–1995), Canadian trade union activist
Murray Coutts-Trotter (1874–1929), British barrister and Chief Justice of the Madras High Court
Murray Gerstenhaber (born 1927), American mathematician and lawyer
Murray A. Hansen, American military officer
Murray Beresford Roberts (1919–1974), Australian–New Zealand confidence trickster and thief
Murray Merle Schwartz (1931–2013), American federal judge from Delaware
Murray J. Shubin (1917–1956), American World War II flying ace
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Samochód pancerny wz. 34 ("armored car, year 1934 model"), was a standard light armored car used by the Polish Army during the September Campaign of 1939.
Design
The vehicle was based on the earlier half-track samochód pancerny wz. 28, which entered service in 1928. The original vehicle proved to be unpopular with its crews who were unhappy with its handling, low maximum speed, as well as poor cross-country capabilities, and it was decided to rebuild it as a wheeled vehicle. The tracks were replaced by the rear axle from Fiat trucks.
The cars were built in a number of versions with different engines and slightly different armored plates. They were armed with either 7.92 mm Ckm wz. 25 Hotchkiss machine gun or the short-barreled 37 mm Puteaux SA 18 gun. Production ended in 1938.
Versions
Wz. 34: original version.
Wz. 34-I: version with a 23 hp engine.
Wz 34-II: version with a 25 hp engine and other improvements. Most produced version.
Service
The new version of the armored car was accepted for service in 1935.
By 1939, at the outbreak of the Second World War, the car was obsolete but was still in use. All Polish cavalry brigades had organic armored company made of 8 armored cars and 13 tankettes. In 10 out of 11 Polish cavalry brigades, the very armored car, wz.34, had been used. They saw action against both the Germans and the Soviets.
Some wz. 34 captured by the Germans were handed over to the Independent State of Croatia.
References
External links
Wz.34 armoured car at Polish Armour 1918-1939 website
Armoured cars of the interwar period
World War II armoured fighting vehicles of Poland
Armoured cars of Poland
Military vehicles introduced in the 1930s |
Sergeant John P. Schnitzer (1854 – October 26, 1904) was an American soldier and wagoner in the U.S. Army who served with both the 23rd U.S. Infantry and 6th U.S. Cavalry in the New Mexico Territory during the Apache Wars. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, along with First Lieutenant Wilber Wilder, for rescuing a fellow soldier under heavy fire while fighting the Apache at Horseshoe Canyon on April 23, 1882, which he received fourteen years later.
Biography
John P. Schnitzer was born in Kempten, Bavaria in 1854. He later emigrated to the United States and lived in New York City, New York before joining the United States Army from St. Louis, Missouri in February 1882. Taking part in the military campaigns against the Plains Indians, he saw considerable action with the 4th U.S. Cavalry, in which he was also a wagoneer for Troop G, during the Apache Wars in the New Mexico Territory. On April 23, 1882, his patrol came under attack by a hostile band of Apache Indians at Horseshoe Canyon. When one of his comrades, Private Edward Leonard, was wounded in the fight he and First Lieutenant Wilber Wilder risked their lives under heavy enemy fire to rescue him. Both men were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions, Schnitzer being awarded his fourteen years after the incident.
On June 8, 1885, while serving with the 23rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, Schnitzer was again cited for heroism in a battle with the Chiricahua Apache in Guadeloupe Canyon on the New Mexico-Arizona territorial border. He and several other members of the 23rd Infantry's H Company were attacked while guarding a U.S. Army supply train. Three men were killed in the fighting and the Apache succeeded in seizing much ammunition and army rations. Schnitzer managed to escape carrying his mortally wounded sergeant out of the canyon while "under heavy fire within a short distance of the hostile Indians concealed in the rocks". Schnitzer remained in the New Mexico Territory until his death from tuberculosis at Fort Bayard on October 26, 1904, at the age 50. Some sources list his date of death as 1906, although the former date is on his tombstone. He and fellow Apache War veteran Alonzo Bowman are the only two MOH recipients buried at Fort Bayard National Cemetery.
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Wagoner, Troop G, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Horseshoe Canyon, N. Mex., 23 April 1882. Entered service at:--. Birth: Bavaria. Date of issue: 17 August 1896.
Citation:
Assisted, under a heavy fire, to rescue a wounded comrade.
See also
List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars
References
Further reading
Articles
Walker, Henry P., ed. "The Reluctant Corporal: The Autobiography of William Bladen Jett". Journal of Arizona History. Vol. XII. No. 1. (Spring 1971)
Books
Greene, Jerome A., ed. Indian War Veterans: Memories of Army Life and Campaigns in the West, 1864-1898. New York: Savas Beatie, 2007.
Wilson, D. Ray. Terror on the Plains: A Clash of Cultures. Dundee, Illinois: Crossroads Communications, 1999.
External links
Retrieved on December 29, 2010
Indian War Campaigns Medal of Honor Recipients for the United States Army at Army Knowledge Online
1854 births
1904 deaths
American military personnel of the Indian Wars
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
Military personnel from New York City
United States Army soldiers
German-born Medal of Honor recipients
Bavarian emigrants to the United States
American Indian Wars recipients of the Medal of Honor |
In the run up to the 2015 Finnish legislative election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Finland. Results of such polls are displayed in this article.
The date range for these opinion polls are from the previous general election, held on 17 April 2011, to the day the next election was held, on 19 April 2015.
Graphical summary
Poll results
Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The table uses the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if that date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.
Seats
Opinion polls showing seat projections are displayed in the table below. The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. 101 seats are required for an absolute majority in the Finnish Parliament.
Notes
2015
Finland |
Coenosia testacea is a species of fly in the family Muscidae. It is found in the Palearctic .
References
Muscidae
Insects described in 1830
Brachyceran flies of Europe |
The Mid-Central Conference was a short-lived IHSAA-sanctioned conference based in Northwest-Central Indiana. Formed in 1966, and based in Boone, Carroll, Clinton, and Tippecanoe counties, the conference was hit hard by the consolidation of smaller Tippecanoe County schools into Harrison and McCutcheon high schools. The consolidation of the latter left the conference with three schools, effectively ending it. The same three schools would form the Hoosier Heartland Conference 15 years later, which is another small-school conference with a similar geographic footprint.
Membership
Carroll and Clinton Prairie played concurrently in the HAC and MCC during the MCC's entire duration.
References
Indiana high school athletic conferences
High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States
Indiana High School Athletic Association disestablished conferences |
FK Zemun is a professional football club based in Zemun, Serbia.
Managers
References
External links
Zemun |
The Gymnasium Eppendorf is a grammar school in Hamburg, Germany, established in 1904.
History
The school was established in 1904 as a school for boys, Realschule in Eppendorf, in new buildings erected on the corner of Hegestraße and Hegestieg. Seven years later, it was renamed Oberrealschule Eppendorf, and in 1938 it was renamed Oberschule für Jungen in Eppendorf, and in 1957 Gymnasium für Jungen in Eppendorf. In 1969, it had female teaching staff for the first time, and in 1971 it turned coeducational and was given its current name.
From 1973 to 1974, John Dunston was an English language assistant at the school.
In 2000, the organisation Hegemalige e.V. was founded for former students and teaching staff of the school.
Notable alumni
Dirk Bielefeldt
Christoph M. Ohrt
Peter Tamm
Ernst Uhrlau
See also
Heiner Eggert, 100 Jahre Gymnasium Eppendorf 1904-2004 : Die Schule, der Stadtteil, die Menschen, Hamburg, Germany, Publisher: Schulverein Gymnasium Eppendorf e. V.,
References
External links
Gymnasium Eppendorf website
Hegemalige e.V. Organisation for people formerly at Gymnasium Eppendorf
Gymnasium Eppendorf group, Facebook
Schools in Hamburg
Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Nord
Gymnasiums in Germany
Educational institutions established in 1904
1904 establishments in Germany |
Return to Pepperland is the name given to an unfinished recording project by English musician Paul McCartney with American record producer Phil Ramone. The songs recorded during these sessions have been the basis of bootleg albums usually titled Return to Pepperland.
Background
While promoting the release of Press To Play in New York City in August 1986, McCartney hooked up with Billy Joel's producer Phil Ramone, who had first worked with him the previous year on the titular song of the movie soundtrack for Spies Like Us. Using Joel's backing band players, they recorded two songs, “Beautiful Night” and “Loveliest Thing”. Further songs were recorded at McCartney's Hog Hill Studios which included: “Atlantic Ocean”, “Big Day”, “This One” and "Love Come Tumbling Down". During these sessions, the song "Return To Pepperland" was produced as a tribute to the 20th anniversary of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as well as the mash-up of Lennon–McCartney-written songs "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You".
Aftermath
In the end, only two songs from the sessions; "Once Upon a Long Ago" and "Back On My Feet" were released at the time. "Once Upon a Long Ago" and "Beautiful Night" were originally submitted to director Rob Reiner for the 1987 film The Princess Bride, but were rejected for being 'too sentimental'. In January 1988, McCartney took the remaining songs from the Ramone sessions and compiled a cassette, along with other songs he had been working on since the early 80s; this was the source of many of the bootlegs associated with the Phil Ramone sessions. McCartney continued to work with other producers, the results of which would eventually become the 1989 album Flowers In The Dirt. "Beautiful Night" would be re-recorded and released on the 1997 album Flaming Pie. Other songs from his work with Ramone would be released as B-sides and included on his Archive Collection releases in the following years.
Songs associated with Return To Pepperland
All songs written by Paul McCartney, except where noted.
Songs with producer Phil Ramone (1986-1987)
"Beautiful Night" – 6:13
Recorded with Phil Ramone in 1987; this track was later re-recorded for release on Flaming Pie, 1997. This version also appeared as a B-side of some CD versions of the "Beautiful Night" single, embedded in the longer track "Oobu Joobu (Part 5)". In 2020, the 1987 version was released as a free stand alone download track on McCartney’s website.
"Loveliest Thing" – 3:58
Released as a B-side to "Figure of Eight", 1989.
"Atlantic Ocean" – 6:47
Released as a B-side to "Young Boy", 1997, embedded in the longer track "Oobu Joobu (Part 2)".
"P.S. Love Me Do" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:47
Released on the Japanese edition of Flowers in the Dirt, 1989. A live version appeared on the CD single version of “Birthday”.
"This One" – 3:26
Demo version, finished for Flowers in the Dirt, 1989.
"Love Come Tumbling Down" – 4:22
Released as a B-side to "Beautiful Night", 1997.
"Once Upon A Long Ago" – 4:06
Released as a single in 1987 along with McCartney's best-of compilation All the Best!.
"Back On My Feet" – 4:25
Released as the b-side to "Once Upon A Long Ago"
"Return to Pepperland" – 4:53
Never officially released. Originally planned as a 12" single release.
"Big Day" – 5:36
Never officially released.
"Peacocks" – 3:47
Never officially released. Aired on Oobu Joobu episode 9.
"Love Mix" – 3:01
Released as a B-side to "Beautiful Night", 1997, embedded in the longer track "Oobu Joobu (Part 6)".
Other songs associated with Return To Pepperland
David Foster sessions at Hog Hill Studios (1984)
"Lindiana" – 5:48
Never officially released.
"I Love This House" – 3:44
Released as a B-side to "Young Boy", 1997, embedded in the longer track "Oobu Joobu (Part 1)".
"We Got Married" – 5:10
Early/demo version; re-recorded for release on Flowers in the Dirt, 1989.
Paul McCartney produced songs (1981-1989)
"Squid" – 6:25
Recorded December 12, 1986 at Hog Hill Studio. Released as a B-side to "The World Tonight", 1997, embedded in the longer track "Oobu Joobu (Part 3)".
"Christian Bop" – 2:21
Recorded January 11, 1981 at I.C.C Studios. The melody from “Christian Bop” has been used for the track entitled “Dance“, from “Movement III – Crypt”, of McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, released in 1991. Released as a bonus track on the 2015 remastered edition of Pipes of Peace, 1983.
"Same Love" – 3:55
Recorded at Hog Hill Studios June 1, 1988. Released as a B-side to "Beautiful Night", 1997.
"Don't Break the Promise (McCartney, Eric Stewart) – 3:38
Recorded at Hog Hill Studio June 9, 1988. Released as a B-side to "The World Tonight", 1997, embedded in the longer track "Oobu Joobu (Part 4)".
Compilation cassette tracklisting
A studio compilation cassette was made, on January 21, 1988, of songs recorded between 1981 and 1988. Two of these tracks, "Rough Ride" and "Figure of Eight", were from the initial sessions with Trevor Horn and Steve Lipson that were the beginnings of Flowers In The Dirt. This cassette is one of the sources to the bootlegs of Return to Pepperland.
Side A
Side B
References
Paul McCartney albums
Bootleg recordings
Unreleased albums |
Bancorex was the largest bank in Romania during the 1990s, accounting for more than a fourth of the banking market share when it was closed down in 1999. The bank failed due to non-performing loans that were related to political corruption, especially behind-the-scenes political dealings. The bank was bailed out by the Romanian state, its good assets being then merged with the more solvent Banca Comercială Română.
It was founded as the Banca Română de Comerț Exterior ("Romanian Bank for Foreign Trade") in 1968 and for decades it was the bank through which much of Romania's foreign trade was conducted.
Bailout and merger
Toward the end of 1997, Bancorex received a sum of $600 million from the government, representing 2% of Romania's GDP. The recapitalization was followed by a management change in April 1998, but not by a restructuring, and the situation of the bank further deteriorated. It was only in late 1998, when a crisis hit Bancorex again, that the government considered restructuring the bank, eyeing a privatization procedure.
By 1999, it became clear that a recapitalization of the bank would require $2 billion (almost 6% of Romania's GDP), which couldn't have been afforded by the government. A February 1999 estimate said that $1.7 billion (or 85-90% of its loan portfolio), much of it in foreign currency, was non-performing. This sum represented 5% of Romania's GDP at the time.
In April 1999, Bancorex collapsed as depositors lined up to get their savings out of the bank. In order to prevent further bank runs, the Romanian authorities decided upon a fast liquidation, transferring bad assets to a newly created Asset Recovery Agency, while deposits and most of the structure of Bancorex were absorbed by another state-owned bank, Banca Comercială Română. The banking license was withdrawn on 31 July 1999, effective from 2 August 1999. The Romanian government compensated Banca Comercială Română for the liabilities transferred from Bancorex and it gave the right to refuse any assets of Bancorex.
Cost of the bailout
In 1999, the government took into public debt from Bancorex a sum of $1.5 billion, or 4.5% of GDP, in addition to the 1997 recapitalization of $600 million and the assumption of some off-balance-sheet items and legal liabilities that have not been disclosed.
Notes
References
Khaled Sherif, Michael S. Borish, Alexandra Gross, State-owned Banks in the Transition: Origins, Evolution, and Policy Responses, World Bank Publications, 2003,
Defunct banks of Romania
Bank failures
Banks established in 1968
Banks disestablished in 1999
History of Romania (1989–present)
1968 establishments in Romania
Corruption in Romania
Companies based in Bucharest |
Simon Douglas Sulliman (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1979–80 until 1989–90.
Playing career
Sulliman was drafted 13th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft, after a standout junior career with the Kitchener Rangers. He played 631 career NHL games, scoring 160 goals and 168 assists for 328 points.
In 1981–82, Sulliman enjoyed a career year for the Hartford Whalers, establishing career highs in goals (29), assists (40), points (69), PIM (39) and games played (77). Following the 1986–87 season, he received several team awards from the New Jersey Devils, including the Players’ MVP, Fan Club MVP, Good Guy Award, and was the team's Masterton Trophy nominee, awarded to the player who best exemplifies "perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication" to hockey. He also won the team's Three Star award in 1984–85.
Coaching career
Upon retirement, Sulliman served as an assistant coach with the Devils from 1990–1993, including one season as an assistant under Herb Brooks during the 1992–93 season. During Sulliman's tenure as a coach with the Devils, the team posted a regular season record of 110-101-33 and qualified for the playoffs each year.
After coaching for the Devils, Sulliman spent the next decade and a half working on Wall Street and in the insurance industry. He also worked with Mike Emrick from 1995 to 1996 as a broadcast analyst with the New Jersey Devils. On July 10, 2008, Phoenix Coyotes announced that Sulliman had been hired by the Coyotes as an assistant coach for Head Coach Wayne Gretzky's staff.
Career statistics
References
External links
1959 births
Arizona Coyotes coaches
Canadian ice hockey forwards
Hartford Whalers players
Ice hockey people from Nova Scotia
Kitchener Rangers players
Living people
National Hockey League assistant coaches
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
New Jersey Devils coaches
New Jersey Devils players
New York Rangers draft picks
New York Rangers players
People from Glace Bay
Philadelphia Flyers players
Sportspeople from the Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Canadian ice hockey coaches |
Doris Lilian Jørns (9 February 1915 – 15 July 2013) was a Norwegian serial and romantic pulp writer.
She was a prolific writer in the magazine Romantikk, both short stories and feuilletons. Several feuilletons were issued as books, many of them in the Star Series of the publishing house Bladkompaniet, but also two books in the Doris Jørns Series of the publishing house Falcon, issued in 1989.
From the 1960s she also worked in a fabric printing plant. She resided in Fredrikstad and died at the age of 98.
References
1915 births
2013 deaths
Writers from Fredrikstad
Norwegian novelists
Pulp fiction writers
Norwegian women writers |
Haji Nasim Ur Rehman is an industrialist and politician from Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He is a member of the Awami National Party. In the 1997 general election for the National Assembly, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for NA-6 Mardan-I constituency. He is the director of the Saleem Group of Industries and holds a membership in the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry.
Rehman ran in the February 18, 2008 general election for the seat from NA-11 Mardan 3 constituency, his first attempt to be elected from a constituency outside his home constituency of NA-6 Mardan 1. He lost to Abdul Akbar Khan of the Pakistan People's Party.
See also
Awami National Party
Mardan
Notes and references
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/feb2005-daily/11-02-2005/metro/i2.htm
http://www.fpcci.com.pk/life.asp
People from Mardan District
Awami National Party politicians
Pashtun people
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
Krasinek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Młynary, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
References
Krasinek |
Muskets are an English rock band formed in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 2014, by Alex Cheung, Daniel Mckenna, Dan Smith and Joe Philips. They have released two EP's, 'Pollyseed' in 2014 and 'SPIN' in 2015. Their debut album 'CHEW' was released via No Sleep Records in 2017. Mckenna left the band in late 2017 and was replaced by Harry Steel of the band Rain. Smith therefore moved to guitar and Steel opted to play bass for the group.
Discography
Albums
EPs
Singles
"You're So Cool" (2017)
Musical style
Muskets have cited influences such as Surfer Rosa-era Pixies, Bleach-era Nirvana and '90s post-hardcore acts such as Fugazi and At the Drive-In, leading to them being described as emo, grunge, alternative rock, shoegaze, post-punk, post-hardcore and punk rock.
Members
Current line-up
Alex Cheung - guitar, vocals (2014–present)
Dan Smith - guitar, vocals (2017–present), bass (2014-2017)
Harry Steel - bass (2017–present)
Joe Phillips - drums (2014–present)
Former members
Daniel Mckenna - guitar, vocals (2014-2017)
References
British emo musical groups
British grunge groups
British alternative rock groups
British post-hardcore musical groups
Musical groups from Brighton and Hove
No Sleep Records artists |
Amdro is a trade name for a hydramethylnon-based hydrazone insecticide, commonly used in the southern United States for fire ant control. Amdro was patented in 1978 by the American Cyanamid company, now Ambrands, and was conditionally approved for use by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in August, 1980. It is a delayed-toxicity food chain killer, in which soldier ants carry the bait into the mound and feed it to the queen, killing her and decimating the mound. Amdro uses a corn grit and soybean oil base, and must be used within three months after opening to be effective. Amdro has several drawbacks: (1) when it rains, or the bait is moisturized, Amdro loses its effectiveness entirely; (2) insecticide baits tend to be slow working, and take up to a month to be effective; and (3) Amdro cannot be used on food crops.
External links
Chemical Fact Sheet
Insecticide brands |
```objective-c
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.
#pragma once
#include "paddle/fluid/framework/ir/fuse_pass_base.h"
namespace paddle {
namespace framework {
namespace ir {
class Graph;
class ConstantFoldingPass : public FusePassBase {
public:
ConstantFoldingPass();
virtual ~ConstantFoldingPass() {}
protected:
void ApplyImpl(ir::Graph* graph) const override;
};
} // namespace ir
} // namespace framework
} // namespace paddle
``` |
Steven Mark Edgington is an Australian politician from the Northern Territory.
Edgington moved to Darwin in 1988 to join the police force. In his time in the Territory he has lived and worked in a number of locations including senior police roles in Tennant Creek.
|}
Edgington became mayor of Barkly Regional Council, a position he held at the time of the election. He took the controversial and legal grey position that he could run for parliament while concurrently holding the position of mayor.
Edgington was a candidate in the 2020 Northern Territory general election for the seat of Barkly for the Country Liberal Party. While he was behind for most of the count after the election, he made up ground due to the postal votes, and won the seat by a margin of 5 votes.
References
Living people
Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Country Liberal Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
21st-century Australian politicians
Year of birth missing (living people) |
The women's U23 individual time trial at the 2008 European Road Championships took place on 3 July. The championships were hosted by the Italian city of Pettenasco. The course was 28.1 km long, started in Pettenasco and finished in Stresa.
Dutchwoman Ellen van Dijk won the time trial. Van Dijk completed the 25-kilometre course in a time of 32:33, beating Svitlana Halyuk and Lesya Kalytovska, both from Ukraine.
Final classification
References
2008 European Road Championships
European Road Championships – Women's U23 time trial
2008 in women's road cycling |
Yeşilyayla is a village in the Yapraklı District of Çankırı Province in Turkey. Its population is 34 (2021).
References
Villages in Yapraklı District |
Great Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, located near the hamlets of Rosthwaite and Stonethwaite in Borrowdale.
Topography
The higher slopes are heather-covered and quite rocky, while the lower steep slopes on the Borrowdale side are covered by a mature oak wood. Half a kilometre south-east of the summit lies the attractive Dock Tarn which is often visited by walkers on their way to or from Great Crag.
At 440 metres (1,444 ft), Great Crag is not high by Lake District standards, and its small topographic prominence means that it is essentially a minor summit on the broad north-western slopes of Ullscarf. However, its rocky summit stands out amid the relatively featureless moorland and is the culmination of a steep slope rising out of Borrowdale; this ensures that it is considered a fell in its own right, and it is given this status in Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells.
Geology
The summit area is composed of the plagioclase-phyric andesite lavas of the Birker Fell Formation with the andesitic lapilli-tuff of the Wet Side Edge Member outcropping to the south. Small intrusions of dolerite are also present.
Ascents
Ascents of Great Crag can be started from the hamlets of Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite or Watendlath. The Rosthwaite route uses the bridleway to Watendlath until the highest point is reached then goes southerly over boggy moorland and then more firmer rocky ground to reach the summit. The Stonethwaite path climbs steeply through woodland before reaching Dock Tarn; it is then a short ascent from the tarn north-westwards to the summit. These two routes can be combined to make a circular walk starting and finishing in Rosthwaite. The ascent from Watendlath utilises the popular path to Dock Tarn which has been diverted by signposts to avoid the worst of the boggy ground to the north of the fell; this path takes the walker very close to the summit and it is a simple climb through heather to attain the highest point.
Summit
The highest point of the fell is difficult to ascertain as there are two tops of very similar height marked by cairns. The view from the top is not extensive but there is a good prospect of Borrowdale with the higher fells behind.
References
Fells of the Lake District
Allerdale |
is a Japanese actress, model and former rhythmic gymnast.
Life and career
Hanai was born in Tokyo, Japan on September 30, 1987. She began training in rhythmic gymnastics at age three in the school of Hiroko Yamasaki, who represented Japan in the sport at the 1984 Olympics. Hanai remained in rhythmic gymnastics and participated in a number of tournaments including the All Japan Championship series in 2007 and 2008, until she was twenty-one, when a serious injury forced her to retire.
While in the hospital recuperating from her injury, friends brought her fashion magazines and she was inspired to try modeling. With her gymnastics career ended, Hanai spent two years as a race queen, becoming a member of the "ZENT Sweeties" for 2010 and 2011. In 2011, she entered the Kobe Collection "One Life Model Audition" where she won the Special Jury Prize, cheered on by her teammates from the "ZENT Sweeties".
Hanai participated in the audition for the two starring roles in the movie Jellyfish in 2013 and was chosen for one of the parts from a field of more than two thousand applicants. The movie, co-starring Mio Otani, about two teenaged lesbian girls and their troubled love affair, was directed by Shusuke Kaneko and was screened at the Okinawa International Movie Festival in March 2013. The R18+ rated film was released theatrically in Japan in August 2013. When interviewed about the nudity in the film, Hanai responded "Naked is not a big deal if I want to be an actress. If I take off my clothes and can communicate something to the audience, I should do it." She also posed for the Japanese magazine Weekly Playboy as a gravure (swimsuit) model in September 2013.
Hanai's second featured movie role was also with director Shusuke Kaneko, starring as Arisa in the science fiction action film Danger Dolls, released theatrically in Japan in September 2014. Also in late 2014, she was a cast member in the Edo period TV costume drama broadcast as a miniseries on NHK from August to September 2014.
Filmography
(2013)
Danger Dolls (2014)
References
External links
Japanese female models
Japanese rhythmic gymnasts
Living people
1987 births
21st-century Japanese actresses
Japanese film actresses
Japanese television actresses
Actresses from Tokyo
Gymnasts from Tokyo |
Jaume Comas Font (born August 2, 1974, in Premià de Mar, Spain) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player.
Player profile
At a height of 1.86 m height, Comas was an explosive point guard, with a good 3 point shot, and good passing ability. He was also good at getting steals. He played five seasons in the top division Spanish ACB League, and spent the rest of his career in the second division Spanish LEB League.
Spain national team
As a member of the senior Spain men's national basketball team, Comas played at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Teams
1992-93 Joventut Badalona (youth team)
1993-94 Premià
1994-95 Mataró
1995-97 Pineda
1997-98 Melilla
1998-99 Badajoz
1999-00 Lleida Bàsquet
1999-00 Cantabria Lobos
2000-08 Lleida Bàsquet
2008-09 Sant Josep
2009-11 Prat
Honors
Lleida Bàsquet
Spanish Second Division Champion: 1
2001
ACB Catalan Cup Champion: 2
2002, 2003
LEB Catalan Cup Champion: 1
2007
External links
FIBA Profile
Spanish League Profile
1974 births
Living people
Basketball players from Catalonia
CB Girona players
CB Prat players
Liga ACB players
Melilla Baloncesto players
Spanish men's basketball players
Spanish men's 3x3 basketball players
Point guards |
Grant Greenham (20 July 1954 – 27 August 2018) was an Australian archer. He competed in the men's individual and team events at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1954 births
2018 deaths
Australian male archers
Olympic archers for Australia
Archers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia
Sportsmen from Western Australia |
Henrik Rohmann (4 August 1910, Bátaapáti – 13 October 1978, Budapest) was a Hungarian harpist and harp teacher.
Biography
He was born in Bátaapáti, in Tolna County, which was mainly inhabited by Germans. This may have had an effect on his choice of musical instruments as the harp was very popular with the German people in his community. Many wanderer harpists lived in the counties south of Lake Balaton.
Between 1926-34 Rohmann studied at the Academy of Music in Budapest as a student of Otto Mosshammer. In 1938, he was a scholar of the Hungarian Opera House. After the war, in 1945 he became a professional musician with the Opera House and remained the harpist of this institution until his retirement in 1971.
From 1948 he was a harp teacher at the Béla Bartók Music Institute in Budapest. He had many disciples who became famous later; for example, Erzsébet Gaál, Andrea Kocsis, Anna Lelkes, Éva Maros, Andrea Vigh and Aristid von Würtzler.
Rohmann was also involved in the international music scene. Würtzler invited him to the USA repeatedly, where he gave master classes at the University of Hartford in 1964 and 1969. There he met the French professor, Pierre Jamet, founder of the first World Harp Congress. He attended several international harp competitions as a member of the jury. He was a friend of Jakob Müller the Russian violinist, with whom he toured in 1958. Also in 1958 he gave a concert with contrabassist Zoltán Tibay, which was recorded for television in Paris.
In 1965 Rohmann performed at the Hungarian premiere of Ernő Dohnányi’s 'Harp competition', conducted by Pál Varga. He played this composition again with the
Saint Stephen Symphony Orchestra at the Academy of Music on 10 November 1975. In 1962, as a member of the Hungarian quintet with János Szebenyi, Zoltán Dőry, József Iványi and Eszter Isépy he presented László Lajtha's composition, which was written for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp and marked II. Quintet, Op. 46.
Memory
Harold Schiffman, an American composer and former pupil of Dohnányi, dedicated his composition called 'Suite for Two Harps' to Henrik Rohmann. This piece was composed in 2005, at the request of the Hungarian Harp Duo (Adél Bélyei and Mária Gogolyák). The parts of the eight-minute piece are: 1. Moto Perpetuo, 2. Dialogue, 3. Scherzino, 4. Canonic Intermezzo, 5. Toccata. In 2006 Schiffman prepared a transcript for Imre Rohmann and Tünde Kurucz, titled 'Suite for Two Pianos'.
Bibliography
Rohmann Henrik: The Harp. In: Parlando: Music Pedagogic Journal, ISSN 0133-2767, 1973 (vol. 15) no. 2, pp. 16–18.
Előd Juhász - István Kaposi Kis: Beszélő hárfa. Aristid von Würtzler. Idegenforgalmi Propaganda és Kiadó Vállalat, Budapest, 1990.
External links
Hungarian Biographical Lexicon 1000-1990
First Hungarian Harpblog
Elizabeth Gaál harpist's website
Harold Schiffman's website
Hungarian-German people
Hungarian harpists
1910 births
1978 deaths |
Günther Haase (born 11 June 1925) is a German retired diver. Competing in the 10 m platform he won a gold medal at the 1950 European Championships and a bronze at the 1952 Olympics. He was married to the national diving champion Paula Tatarek.
References
1925 births
Living people
German male divers
Olympic divers for Germany
Divers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Sportspeople from Hamburg
Olympic medalists in diving
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
20th-century German people |
State Line Slough may refer to:
State Line Slough (Missouri), in Atchison County, Missouri
State Line Slough (Iowa), in Clayton County, Iowa |
Chachiot was one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. It was also part of Mandi Lok Sabha constituency.
Member of Legislative Assembly
1951: Krishna Chandar, Indian National Congress
1951: Piru, Indian National Congress
1967: Karam Singh, Indian National Congress
1972: Karam Singh, Indian National Congress
1977: Moti Ram, Janata Party
1982: Moti Ram, Independent
1985: Shivlal Sharma, Indian National Congress
1990: Moti Ram, Janata Dal
1993: Moti Ram, Indian National Congress
Election results
2007
See also
List of constituencies of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
References
External links
HP official website of the Chief Electoral Officer
Former assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh
Mandi district |
All Hallows Church in Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.
The Bardsey Millennium Tapestry, created by many people from the village, is hung at the west end of the north wall of the church. The tapestry took nearly five years to complete and was officially unveiled in October 2001.
History
The church was built in the 9th century; its tower is the oldest surviving part from between 850 and 950 AD. The latest restoration was carried out by Charles R. Chorley and Son of Leeds in 1909. The lower parts of the tower and the central nave walls date from the 9th century while the upper parts of the tower date from the 10th century. Between 1000 and 1400 saw the addition of a north and south aisle and the Norman doorway being moved to its present position, however a porch has since been added obscuring much of this doorway.
A north chapel which now serves as a vestry was constructed in 1521 by request of Edmund Mauleverer of Wothersome and he and his son Robert are interred beneath it. A pipe organ was installed in this part of the church in 1868. The south chapel was added during the 19th century for Lord Bingley (after whom the adjacent pub is named after).
There is a war memorial to the Great War and the 'World War'.
Architectural style
The church has an Anglo-Saxon west tower and the aisles are from the Norman era. The aisles were widened in the 14th century. The north chapel of 1520 is now the vestry and the south chapel of 1724, which was built for the Bayley family, is the choir vestry. The church is built of red sandstone with a coursed rubble tower and harrier-dressed gritstone to the chancel and south transept. The porch is ashlar and the roof of stone slate.
The church has a lychgate to Church Lane.
See also
Grade I listed churches in West Yorkshire
List of places of worship in the City of Leeds
Listed buildings in Bardsey cum Rigton
References
External links
All Hallows Church Bardsey
The Parish of Bardsey
The Parish of Bardsey History
Grade I listed churches in Leeds
Anglican Diocese of Leeds
Church of England church buildings in West Yorkshire |
```makefile
################################################################################
#
# xlib_libXcursor
#
################################################################################
XLIB_LIBXCURSOR_VERSION = 1.1.14
XLIB_LIBXCURSOR_SOURCE = libXcursor-$(XLIB_LIBXCURSOR_VERSION).tar.bz2
XLIB_LIBXCURSOR_SITE = path_to_url
XLIB_LIBXCURSOR_LICENSE = MIT
XLIB_LIBXCURSOR_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
XLIB_LIBXCURSOR_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
XLIB_LIBXCURSOR_DEPENDENCIES = xlib_libX11 xlib_libXfixes xlib_libXrender xproto_xproto
$(eval $(autotools-package))
$(eval $(host-autotools-package))
``` |
Rotherham United Women Football Club is an English women's football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The club currently play in the .
History
The club was formed in 1969 as Kilnhurst Shooting Stars. The club has played in the Women's FA Cup on several occasions.
Season by season record
Stadium
Rotherham United Ladies play at Roundwood Sports Complex in Rawmarsh, the home of Parkgate F.C.
Honours
Midland Combination Women's Football League:
Winners (1): 2006–07
References
Women's football clubs in England
Rotherham United F.C.
Football clubs in South Yorkshire
Sport in Rotherham
1969 establishments in England
FA Women's National League teams
Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA members |
Lunistice is a 3D platforming video game developed by A Grumpy Fox and published by Deck13 in 2022.
Gameplay
Gameplay follows the format of a 3D platformer. The player controls Hana, an anthropomorphic tanuki, and must guide her to the goal at the end of each stage while avoiding enemies and obstacles. Hana can run, jump, double jump, and perform a spinning attack to destroy enemies and extend their jumps. The game tracks number of falls, number of items collected, and time taken to score the player. Level design is based on linear progression, with branching paths containing secret items.
Development
Lunistice was made by developer A Grumpy Fox, and was initially titled Eversleep. The game was initially intended to be developed in 30 days, though development took over a year. The first iteration of the game was a 2D platformer, with an intermediate version being a 3D rail shooter. Speedrunners were considered during development. Graphics were inspired by games found on the Sega Saturn and the PlayStation.
Following delays in launching, Deck13 published Lunistice on November 10, 2022.
Reception
Metacritic indicated the Nintendo Switch version received "generally favorable reviews".
Nintendo Life praised the game for its combination of retro inspired aesthetics and level design with contemporary controls, camera, and overall polish. Touch Arcade expressed similar positive sentiment regarding the gameplay, though it noted that some levels could feel too lengthy, and that the overall game was not long.
References
2022 video games
3D platform games
Deck13 games
Fantasy video games
Indie games
Nintendo Switch games
Retro-style video games
Single-player video games
Video games about animals
Video games developed in Germany
Video games featuring female protagonists
Windows games
Works about yōkai |
Operation Dost (Operation Friend) was the search and rescue operation initiated by the Government of India to aid Syria and Turkey, after the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake devastated both countries on 6 February 2023. The epicenter was 37 km west of Gaziantep, Turkey.
Etymology
'Dost' means 'friend' in both Hindi and Turkish.
Responses
The morning of the earthquake, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief and solidarity with Turkey, saying:
A few hours later, Modi sent additional condolences and offers of assistance to Syria:
Prime Minister Modi's Principal Secretary P.K. Mishra held a meeting in the South Block of the Secretariat Building to determine what immediate relief measures would be offered to Turkey. In attendance were the cabinet secretary, the National Disaster Management Authority, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and representatives of the ministries of Home Affairs, Defence, External Affairs, Civil Aviation, and Health and Family Welfare.
India's Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar shared condolences to Turkey and Syria. He named existing humanitarian efforts in Turkey and Syria after his meeting with Turkish envoy Firat Sunel.
Turkish Ambassador to India Firat Sunel thanked New Delhi for their assistance and support, adding "Dost kara günde belli olur (a friend in need is a friend indeed). Thank you very much India".
Turkish pro-government daily newspaper Daily Sabah praised India's efforts and help to Türkiye.
Operations
India has sent around ₹7 crore-worth (700,00,000 Rupee; 845,590 USD) of relief material to both Syria and Turkey. The Indian Army prepared its rescue teams with relief materials within 12 hours after disaster struck.
Turkey
India was among the first countries to help earthquake-hit Turkey, according to Turkish envoy Firat Sunel. India immediately sent NDRF squads for rescue operations in affected areas of Turkey on the evening of 6 February 2023. The Indian Air Force sent a C-17 to Adana with 47 personnel from the NDRF, 3 senior officers, and a specially trained dog squad. Accompanying personnel were necessary equipment, including medical supplies, drilling machines and other equipment required for the aid efforts.
India provided Garuda Aerospace's Droni drones to the most affected areas to identify those trapped under rubble, along with modified Kisan drones carrying medications, food, and supplies.
The NDRF teams possess chip and stone cutters- tools that break through concrete slabs and other building materials to free victims, as well as radar for detecting heartbeats.
On 7 February 2023, the Indian Air Force sent two more C-17 aircraft to Turkey. These two flights contained relief supplies, a mobile hospital, and additional specialized search-and-rescue teams. Along with NDRF personnel, the Agra-based Army Field Hospital dispatched 89 medical staff. The medical team includes both critical care specialists and general physicians, with access to X-ray machines, ventilators, an oxygen generation plant, cardiac monitors, and associated equipment to set up a 30 bedded medical facility.
As of 9 February 2023, India has sent a total of six C-17 aircraft.
The 7th flight from the IAF arrived at the Adana Airport in Turkey on 12 February 2023. This flight carried medical equipment like patient monitors, and ECG machines. It also carried disaster relief material and supplies for rescue teams on the ground.
In addition to the supplies delivered by aircraft, India is using a system known as "SANCHAR". Developed by Captain Karan Singh and Sub PG Sapre of the Indian Army, this network-independent tracking and messaging system can help track both team members and assets as they operate in earthquake-hit areas.
Indian Medical personnel team returned to India on 20 February 2023 after successfully built and ran field hospital in İskenderun.
Syria
Despite concerns of aid not reaching Syria due to the current crisis and the subsequent sanctions, India has remained firm in its stance to assist those who need aid. Sanjay Verma, the Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, said "I think what should be uppermost in the mind is the G20 mantra, 'One Earth, One Family, One Future' and in all of this, the present becomes a testing ground on how we as humans come together… sanctions don't cover such humanitarian challenges".
On 8 February 2023, over 6 tons of emergency relief assistance was received at the Damascus Airport by Deputy Minister of Local Administration & Environment Moutaz Douaji- included were 3 truck-loads of protective gear, emergency medications, ECG machines, and other medical supplies.
On 12 February 2023, the 7th IAF flight landed at the Damascus Airport in Syria and was received by Moutaz Douaji. It contained over 23 tons of relief material, including gensets, solar lamps, emergency & critical care medicines, & disaster relief consumables.
See also
Humanitarian response to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
Operation Maitri – similar mission by the Indian government in Nepal during the April 2015 Nepal earthquake
India–Turkey relations
India–Syria relations
References
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
India–Turkey relations
India–Syria relations
Rescue |
```python
#! /usr/bin/env python
#
# SCons - a Software Constructor
#
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
# the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
# in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
# KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
'''Show or convert the configuration of an SCons cache directory.
A cache of derived files is stored by file signature.
The files are split into directories named by the first few
digits of the signature. The prefix length used for directory
names can be changed by this script.
'''
from __future__ import print_function
import argparse
import glob
import json
import os
__revision__ = "src/script/scons-configure-cache.py bee7caf9defd6e108fc2998a2520ddb36a967691 2019-12-17 02:07:09 bdeegan"
__version__ = "3.1.2"
__build__ = "bee7caf9defd6e108fc2998a2520ddb36a967691"
__buildsys__ = "octodog"
__date__ = "2019-12-17 02:07:09"
__developer__ = "bdeegan"
def rearrange_cache_entries(current_prefix_len, new_prefix_len):
'''Move cache files if prefix length changed.
Move the existing cache files to new directories of the
appropriate name length and clean up the old directories.
'''
print('Changing prefix length from', current_prefix_len,
'to', new_prefix_len)
dirs = set()
old_dirs = set()
for file in glob.iglob(os.path.join('*', '*')):
name = os.path.basename(file)
dname = name[:current_prefix_len].upper()
if dname not in old_dirs:
print('Migrating', dname)
old_dirs.add(dname)
dname = name[:new_prefix_len].upper()
if dname not in dirs:
os.mkdir(dname)
dirs.add(dname)
os.rename(file, os.path.join(dname, name))
# Now delete the original directories
for dname in old_dirs:
os.rmdir(dname)
# The configuration dictionary should have one entry per entry in the
# cache config. The value of each entry should include the following:
# implicit - (optional) This is to allow adding a new config entry and also
# changing the behaviour of the system at the same time. This
# indicates the value the config entry would have had if it had
# been specified.
# default - The value the config entry should have if it wasn't previously
# specified
# command-line - parameters to pass to ArgumentParser.add_argument
# converter - (optional) Function to call if conversion is required
# if this configuration entry changes
config_entries = {
'prefix_len': {
'implicit': 1,
'default': 2,
'command-line': {
'help': 'Length of cache file name used as subdirectory prefix',
'metavar': '<number>',
'type': int
},
'converter': rearrange_cache_entries
}
}
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description='Modify the configuration of an scons cache directory',
epilog='''
Unspecified options will not be changed unless they are not
set at all, in which case they are set to an appropriate default.
''')
parser.add_argument('cache-dir', help='Path to scons cache directory')
for param in config_entries:
parser.add_argument('--' + param.replace('_', '-'),
**config_entries[param]['command-line'])
parser.add_argument('--version',
action='version',
version='%(prog)s 1.0')
parser.add_argument('--show',
action="store_true",
help="show current configuration")
# Get the command line as a dict without any of the unspecified entries.
args = dict([x for x in vars(parser.parse_args()).items() if x[1]])
# It seems somewhat strange to me, but positional arguments don't get the -
# in the name changed to _, whereas optional arguments do...
cache = args['cache-dir']
if not os.path.isdir(cache):
raise RuntimeError("There is no cache directory named %s" % cache)
os.chdir(cache)
del args['cache-dir']
if not os.path.exists('config'):
# old config dirs did not have a 'config' file. Try to update.
# Validate the only files in the directory are directories 0-9, a-f
expected = ['{:X}'.format(x) for x in range(0, 16)]
if not set(os.listdir('.')).issubset(expected):
raise RuntimeError(
"%s does not look like a valid version 1 cache directory" % cache)
config = dict()
else:
with open('config') as conf:
config = json.load(conf)
if args.get('show', None):
print("Current configuration in '%s':" % cache)
print(json.dumps(config, sort_keys=True,
indent=4, separators=(',', ': ')))
# in case of the show argument, emit some stats as well
file_count = 0
for _, _, files in os.walk('.'):
file_count += len(files)
if file_count: # skip config file if it exists
file_count -= 1
print("Cache contains %s files" % file_count)
del args['show']
# Find any keys that are not currently set but should be
for key in config_entries:
if key not in config:
if 'implicit' in config_entries[key]:
config[key] = config_entries[key]['implicit']
else:
config[key] = config_entries[key]['default']
if key not in args:
args[key] = config_entries[key]['default']
# Now go through each entry in args to see if it changes an existing config
# setting.
for key in args:
if args[key] != config[key]:
if 'converter' in config_entries[key]:
config_entries[key]['converter'](config[key], args[key])
config[key] = args[key]
# and write the updated config file
with open('config', 'w') as conf:
json.dump(config, conf)
``` |
```javascript
/*
* Wire
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
*
* along with this program. If not, see path_to_url
*
*/
const pkg = require('./package.json');
const appConfigPkg = require('./app-config/package.json');
const {execSync} = require('child_process');
require('dotenv').config();
/**
* Selects configuration based on current branch and tagged commits
* @returns {string} the configuration name
*/
const selectConfiguration = () => {
const distribution = process.env.DISTRIBUTION !== 'wire' && process.env.DISTRIBUTION;
if (distribution) {
console.log(`Selecting configuration "${distribution}" (reason: custom distribution)`);
return distribution;
}
let currentTag = '';
try {
currentTag = execSync('git tag -l --points-at HEAD').toString().trim();
} catch (error) {}
if (currentTag.includes('staging') || currentTag.includes('production')) {
console.log(`Selecting configuration "master" (reason: tag "${currentTag}")`);
return 'master';
}
console.log('Selecting configuration "staging" (reason: default)');
return 'staging';
};
let repositoryUrl;
const forcedConfigUrl = process.env.FORCED_CONFIG_URL;
if (forcedConfigUrl) {
console.log(`Selecting configuration "${forcedConfigUrl}" (reason: forced config URL)`);
repositoryUrl = forcedConfigUrl;
} else {
const configurationEntry = `wire-web-config-default-${selectConfiguration()}`;
repositoryUrl = appConfigPkg.dependencies[configurationEntry];
}
console.log('Repo URL', repositoryUrl);
module.exports = {
files: {
[`${pkg.name}/content/**`]: 'resource/',
[`${pkg.name}/.env.defaults`]: `${__dirname}/.env.defaults`,
},
repositoryUrl,
};
``` |
The area that is now the American state of Iowa was part of New France when first settled by Europeans. As such, it was governed by its slavery laws. French settlers first brought African slaves into Upper Louisiana from Saint-Domingue around 1720 under the legal terms of the Code Noir, which defined the conditions of slavery in the French empire and restricted the activities of free Black persons.
At the time, nine hundred slaves lived in Upper Louisiana, as well as at least three hundred slaves the French took with them as they left for the lands west of the Mississippi River, including modern-day Iowa. The institution of slavery continued after Britain acquired the Illinois Country in 1763 following the French and Indian War.
In the 1840 United States census 16 enslaved people were recorded in Iowa Territory, all living in Dubuque County. Other sporadic accounts of slavery occurred in Iowa Territory; the only recorded slave sale occurred in 1841, when O. H. W. Stull, the Iowa territorial secretary, purchased an enslaved boy in Iowa City. Slavery was outlawed in Iowa when it obtained statehood in 1846. In the years leading up to the Civil War, many Iowans became involved in the Underground Railroad, and famed abolitionist John Brown used Iowa as a base for his anti-slavery campaigns, 1856-1859. The state of Iowa played a significant role during the American Civil War in providing food, supplies, troops and officers for the Union army.
See also
Slavery in New France
Slavery in the United States
History of Iowa
References
Iowa
History of racism in Iowa |
Geoffrey Bird may refer to:
Geoff Bird, musician
Geoffrey Bird of the Bird baronets
See also
Jeffrey Byrd (disambiguation) |
Shah Suleman Noori Hazoori (also known as "Sakhi Badshah") was a 16th-century scholar, saint and Sufi of Qadiriyya silsila (lineage) in the subcontinent that became modern day Pakistan. His spiritual teacher (murshid) was Shah Maroof Khushabi.
Early life and education
Shah Suleman father's name was Abdullah who was a follower of Shah Maroof Khushabi. His mother's name was Bhaag Bhari. Suleman was born on 9th Rabi ul Awal 1508. His family lineage belongs to Quraysh
He was educated by his parents.
He received his spiritual teachings from Shah Maroof Khushabi. The recorded story is that Shah Maroof used to visit Abdullah's house. One day Shah Maroof Khushabi visited Shah Suleman's house. At that time Shah Suleman was 4 years old. Shah Suleman was playing in the front yard. He identified Suleman as his successor and the cause for which he was sent to the town. He called Suleman and kissed his forehead. He then asked his father to keep the boy safe as he would be his entrustment.
Shah Suleman had two wives: Romal Khatun and Jaurana Khatun, and two sons: Raheem Dad and Taj Mehmood.
Spiritual lineage
He belonged to the lineage Silsila e Qadriyya as below:
Muhammad
Ali
Hasan al-Basri
Habib al-Ajami
Dawud Tai
Maruf Karkhi
Sirri Saqti
Junayd of Baghdad
Abu Bakr Shibli
Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi
Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi
Mohammad Yousuf Abu al-Farah Tartusi
Abul Hasan Hankari
Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi
Abdul Qadir Gilani
Syed Abdul Wahab Gilani
Syed Abdul Salam Gilani
Syed Ahmad Gilani
Syed Masood Gilani
Syed Ali Gilani
Syed Shahmeer Gilani
Shams Uddin Gilani
Shah Muhammad Ghoas Gilani
Syed Mubarak Haqani Gilani Uch Sharif
Shah Maroof Farooqi Chisti Qadri
Sakhi Shah Suleman Noori Hazoori
Travel and successor
Shah Suleman Noori was ordered by his teacher (murshid) to travel to different places, so he travelled to Shahpur, Khushab, Chawa, Deowal, Jukali, Takht Hazaara, Kashmir and Gujrat, preaching Islam. Afterwards his teacher(murshid) ordered him to reside in Purana Bhalwal.
Due to his generosity he earned a honorific title "Sakhi".
He was succeeded by Muhammad Qadiri who founded the Qadria Naushahia silsila.
Death and shrine
Shah Suleman Noori Hazoori died on the night of Friday the 27th Ramzan ul Mubaraik 1604 at the age of 96 years. His shrine in located in Purana Bhalwal. The large central grave is of Shah Suleman while the first grave on the right side is of his grandson Abdul Wahid. The 2nd grave on the right side is of his son Raheem Dad. On the left hand, the 1st grave is of his grandson Abdul Wahab while the 2nd grave is of his other son Taj Mahmood.
References
Sufism in Pakistan
Qadiri order
Sufi literature |
The 1985–86 Scottish Cup was the 101st staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Aberdeen who defeated Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) in the final.
First round
Replay
Second round
Replays
Third round
Replays
Second Replay
Fourth round
Replays
Quarter-finals
Replay
Semi-finals
Final
See also
1985–86 in Scottish football
1985–86 Scottish League Cup
Scottish Cup seasons
Scottish Cup, 1985-86
Scot |
```c
/* $OpenBSD: hack.tty.c,v 1.16 2019/06/28 13:32:52 deraadt Exp $ */
/*-
* The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
* may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
* without specific prior written permission.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
* ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
* ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
* FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
* DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
* OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
* HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
* LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
* OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
* SUCH DAMAGE.
*/
/*
* Amsterdam
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
* met:
*
* - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
* this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
*
* - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
*
* - Neither the name of the Stichting Centrum voor Wiskunde en
* Informatica, nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or
* promote products derived from this software without specific prior
* written permission.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
* IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
* TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
* PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER
* OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
* EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
* PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
* PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
* NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
* SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*/
/*
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
* derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
* INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
* AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL
* THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
* EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
* PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
* OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
* WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
* OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
* ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*/
/* hack.tty.c - version 1.0.3 */
/* With thanks to the people who sent code for SYSV - hpscdi!jon,
arnold@ucsf-cgl, wcs@bo95b, cbcephus!pds and others. */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include "hack.h"
static char erase_char, kill_char;
static boolean settty_needed = FALSE;
struct termios inittyb, curttyb;
static void setctty(void);
/*
* Get initial state of terminal,
* and switch off tab expansion if necessary.
* Called by startup() in termcap.c and after returning from ! or ^Z
*/
void
gettty(void)
{
if(tcgetattr(0, &inittyb) == -1)
perror("Hack (gettty)");
curttyb = inittyb;
erase_char = inittyb.c_cc[VERASE];
kill_char = inittyb.c_cc[VKILL];
getioctls();
/* do not expand tabs - they might be needed inside a cm sequence */
if(curttyb.c_oflag & OXTABS) {
curttyb.c_oflag &= ~OXTABS;
setctty();
}
settty_needed = TRUE;
}
/* reset terminal to original state */
void
settty(char *s)
{
clr_screen();
end_screen();
if(s) printf("%s", s);
(void) fflush(stdout);
if(tcsetattr(0, TCSADRAIN, &inittyb) == -1)
perror("Hack (settty)");
flags.echo = (inittyb.c_lflag & ECHO) ? ON : OFF;
flags.cbreak = (inittyb.c_lflag & ICANON) ? OFF : ON;
setioctls();
}
static void
setctty(void)
{
if(tcsetattr(0, TCSADRAIN, &curttyb) == -1)
perror("Hack (setctty)");
}
void
setftty(void)
{
int change = 0;
flags.cbreak = ON;
flags.echo = OFF;
/* Should use (ECHO|CRMOD) here instead of ECHO */
if(curttyb.c_lflag & ECHO){
curttyb.c_lflag &= ~ECHO;
change++;
}
if(curttyb.c_lflag & ICANON){
curttyb.c_lflag &= ~ICANON;
/* be satisfied with one character; no timeout */
curttyb.c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
curttyb.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
/* we need to be able to read ^Z */
curttyb.c_cc[VSUSP] = _POSIX_VDISABLE;
change++;
}
if(change){
setctty();
}
start_screen();
}
/* fatal error */
void
error(const char *s, ...)
{
va_list ap;
if(settty_needed)
settty(NULL);
va_start(ap, s);
vprintf(s, ap);
va_end(ap);
putchar('\n');
exit(1);
}
/*
* Read a line closed with '\n' into the array char bufp[BUFSZ].
* (The '\n' is not stored. The string is closed with a '\0'.)
* Reading can be interrupted by an escape ('\033') - now the
* resulting string is "\033".
*/
void
getlin(char *bufp)
{
char *obufp = bufp;
int c;
flags.toplin = 2; /* nonempty, no --More-- required */
for(;;) {
(void) fflush(stdout);
if((c = getchar()) == EOF) {
*bufp = 0;
return;
}
if(c == '\033') {
*obufp = c;
obufp[1] = 0;
return;
}
if(c == erase_char || c == '\b') {
if(bufp != obufp) {
bufp--;
putstr("\b \b"); /* putsym converts \b */
} else hackbell();
} else if(c == '\n') {
*bufp = 0;
return;
} else if(' ' <= c && c < '\177') {
/* avoid isprint() - some people don't have it
' ' is not always a printing char */
*bufp = c;
bufp[1] = 0;
putstr(bufp);
if(bufp-obufp < BUFSZ-1 && bufp-obufp < COLNO)
bufp++;
} else if(c == kill_char || c == '\177') { /* Robert Viduya */
/* this test last - @ might be the kill_char */
while(bufp != obufp) {
bufp--;
putstr("\b \b");
}
} else
hackbell();
}
}
void
getret(void)
{
cgetret("");
}
void
cgetret(char *s)
{
putsym('\n');
if(flags.standout)
standoutbeg();
putstr("Hit ");
putstr(flags.cbreak ? "space" : "return");
putstr(" to continue: ");
if(flags.standout)
standoutend();
xwaitforspace(s);
}
char morc; /* tell the outside world what char he used */
/* s: chars allowed besides space or return */
void
xwaitforspace(char *s)
{
int c;
morc = 0;
while((c = readchar()) != '\n') {
if(flags.cbreak) {
if(c == ' ') break;
if(s && strchr(s,c)) {
morc = c;
break;
}
hackbell();
}
}
}
char *
parse(void)
{
static char inputline[COLNO];
int foo;
flags.move = 1;
if(!Invisible) curs_on_u(); else home();
while((foo = readchar()) >= '0' && foo <= '9')
multi = 10*multi+foo-'0';
if(multi) {
multi--;
save_cm = inputline;
}
inputline[0] = foo;
inputline[1] = 0;
if(foo == 'f' || foo == 'F'){
inputline[1] = getchar();
#ifdef QUEST
if(inputline[1] == foo) inputline[2] = getchar(); else
#endif /* QUEST */
inputline[2] = 0;
}
if(foo == 'm' || foo == 'M'){
inputline[1] = getchar();
inputline[2] = 0;
}
clrlin();
return(inputline);
}
char
readchar(void)
{
int sym;
(void) fflush(stdout);
if((sym = getchar()) == EOF)
end_of_input();
if(flags.toplin == 1)
flags.toplin = 2;
return((char) sym);
}
void
end_of_input(void)
{
settty("End of input?\n");
clearlocks();
exit(0);
}
``` |
A print-disabled person is "a person who cannot effectively read print because of a visual, physical, perceptual, developmental, cognitive, or learning disability". A print disability prevents a person from gaining information from printed material in the standard way, and requires them to utilize alternative methods to access that information. Print disabilities include visual impairments, learning disabilities, or physical disabilities that impede the ability to manipulate a book. The term was coined by George Kerscher, a pioneer in digital talking books. DAISY is used by libraries as a means of making complex books accessible via audio.
A conference organised by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Marrakesh, Morocco, in June 2013 adopted a special treaty called "A Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities" (briefly Marrakesh VIP Treaty).
The Marrakesh Treaty represents an important change in how law makers balance the demands of copyright owners against the interests of people with disabilities in particular, and a potential point of inflection in global copyright politics more generally.
Initiatives
The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC), launched in 2014, was conceived as "one possible initiative, among others, to concretely achieve the goals of the Marrakesh Treaty ". ABC aims to increase the number of books worldwide in accessible formats – such as braille, audio and large print – and to make them available to people who are blind, have low vision or are otherwise print disabled.
References
Accessibility
Reading (process) |
Trent Park Cemetery is a cemetery run by the Islington and Camden Cemetery Services located in Cockfosters Road, Cockfosters, north London. It is adjacent to Cockfosters tube station and Trent Park.
Style
The cemetery is of a lawn style with only bronze or granite memorial plaques laid flat allowed.
History
Trent Park Cemetery was opened in 1960. It was built on land in agricultural use within Trent Park that originally formed part of Enfield Chase hunting park.
References
External links
Map of Trent Park Cemetery.
Cemeteries in London
Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Islington
1960 establishments in England
Cockfosters
Trent Park |
My Best Friend's Breakfast () is a 2022 Taiwanese romantic comedy film written and directed by Ryan Tu in his directorial debut. The film stars Moon Lee and Eric Chou, and is based on a bestselling novel by Misa which has been published in many languages. The novel, in turn, was inspired by a shared story that first appeared on social media platform Dcard in 2015. The film was released in theaters on January 28, 2022.
Cast
Moon Lee as Xiang Wei-xin
Eric Chou as Tao You-quan
Edison Song as Chang Yuan-shuo
Jean Ho as Fang Qi-ran
Lou Jun-shuo as Guan Hao-wei
Lin He-syuan as Tang Zhong-xian
Ko Cheng as He Bao-long
Hung Yu-ching as Ye Ke-ya
Chen Shu-fang as Grandma
Sara Yu as Mom
Patty Lee as Older Xiang Wei-xin
Austin Lin as Older Tao You-quan
Darren Chiu as Xiang Yi-da
Esther Liu as Sun Li-qing
Alex Chou as Class union president
Beatrice Fang as Food outlet owner
Bella Wu as Young Xiang Wei-xin
Andy Chen as Swimming teammate
Aaron Hong as Noodle store customer
Reception
James Marsh of South China Morning Post gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and described it as a "high-school romcom populated by awkward, inarticulate teens and stuffed with misunderstandings and misconceptions that could be remedied by a single conversation", and which "has very limited appeal" and "only young fans of its fresh-faced cast are likely to enjoy [the film]".
Awards and nominations
References
External links
2022 films
2022 romantic comedy films
Taiwanese romantic comedy films
2020s Mandarin-language films
Taiwanese-language films
Films based on Taiwanese novels
Taiwanese high school films
2022 directorial debut films
2020s Taiwanese films |
Sergei Andreyevich Chepchugov (; born 15 July 1985) is a Russian former professional footballer.
Career
He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2004 for FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk. On 23 December 2009 PFC CSKA Moscow have signed the goalkeeper from FC Sibir Novosibirsk until 2011.
Honours
Club
CSKA
Russian Premier League (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
Russian Cup (2): 2010–11, 2012–13
Russian Super Cup (2): 2013, 2014
Individual
Russian First Division best goalkeeper (1): 2009
Russian Second Division Zone East best goalkeeper (2): 2005, 2007
References
1985 births
Footballers from Krasnoyarsk
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Russian expatriate men's footballers
FC Sibir Novosibirsk players
PFC CSKA Moscow players
Russian Premier League players
FK Rīga players
Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players
FC Sibiryak Bratsk players |
Hungry Beach is situated beside Cowan Creek and the Hawkesbury River in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park in the northern part of Sydney, Australia.
The north facing beach is about one kilometre from the ruins of the Flint & Steel Guesthouse. The beach is protected by steep cliffs. Above the beach are caves and middens, and a small densely vegetated gully with a fresh water stream. Access to the beach is by private boat; there is no formal bushwalking track but the beach can be reached by foot from Flint and Steel Bay.
Hungry Beach was known as a fishing area, particularly for shark, turtle and mulloway. In 1936, The Sydney Mail reported that an indigenous man was shot dead by shark fishermen at Hungry Beach. The newspaper says he was the last surviving member of the Barrenjoey people. In 1899, the wreckage of the steam launch "Hatte", lying on Hungry Beach was sold for £25.
The beach allegedly gets its name from a fisherman who became hungry, waiting for three days for a large shark to leave the area. Previously, the shark attacked his rowboat while fishing.
Royal Australian Navy in World War Two
Offshore and nearby, are concrete and brick relics of Indicator Loop & Controlled Mining Station number 285, constructed by the Royal Australian Navy during world war two. Mines were laid in this area. An indicator loop was an electrically charged cable, used to indicate shipping movements. In this case, the cable was situated from Hungry Beach to Juno Point at Patonga, two kilometres distant on the opposite side of the Hawkesbury River. The cable was used in the detection of Japanese submarines and to protect the railway bridge. An infra red photo electric beam shone 2.6 kilometres from Hungry Point to the Central Coast, in order to detect enemy shipping.
A government auction sale was held in August 1945 for building related articles at Hungry Beach. Items included a 61 foot long mess hut, a 42 foot long sleeping hut, hot water boiler, 1,000 gallon tank, 300 gallon tank and stand, fuel range with double oven, doors, windows and linings. As well as fittings from the brick power hut, a latrine, moorings and a 25 by 7 foot boat.
References
Beaches of New South Wales
Sydney localities
History of Indigenous Australians
Military history of Sydney during World War II |
Studies in the Psychology of Sex Vol. 2 is a book published in 1900 written by Havelock Ellis (1859–1939), an English physician, writer and social reformer. The book deals with the phenomenon of sexual inversion, an outdated term for homosexuality. It is part of Ellis' seven-volume series Studies in the psychology of sex. The book has seven chapters describing the prevalence, nature and theories in the 19th century about sexual inversion in men and women. Various case studies are presented and discussed. Ellis recognised a need to address the topic of sexual inversion especially in England:
However, the publication of the book was suppressed in England at first and it was published in the United States instead.
Historical context
"Homosexual practices in private, between two consenting parties, are absolutely unpunished [...]" in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and other European countries.
In the 18th century sex between men was a topic that was discussed publicly. Sodomy, any form of sexual activity that does not involve penile penetration of a vagina, was long criminalised. It was decriminalised in France during the French Revolution. Other countries also adopted this forcefully or by choice, including Austria, Russia and Brazil.
In England, anal penetration of men and women as well as mutual masturbation for man was still sentenced even when it occurred privately, with consent and no involvement of minors. Ellis proposes making homosexual practices legal. He rejects the fear of the state that the legalisation of homosexuality will increase its prevalence. The book was the first major work on the topic in England and also breaks with previous works on homosexuality because it contains middle-class characters as protagonists and regards most cases of sexual inversion as congenital. This challenged the conception of the inverted identity as a bad character with a lack of self-control.
Publication
For the book Ellis worked together with John Addington Symonds. Symonds was a secret homosexual who lived abroad. Their correspondence happened via letters and after Symonds' death, Ellis was not able to find a publisher for his book in England because they all feared prosecution. Therefore, his book Studies in the psychology of Sex Vol. 1 was first published in (Germany) as Das konträre Geschlechtsgefühl in 1896. Later, an American company published the book in English. However, the book was suppressed by many British authorities who made sure that copies would not be sold in Britain. A bookseller who sold copies of the book in Britain was charged and pleaded guilty. Symonds' family also wished to suppress the book to protect their reputation.
Content
Introduction
The prevalence of homosexuality is investigated as well as several observations of homosexual costumes from different cultures. In the Montana Indian culture, for example, men that are attracted to other men are called boté. An observation by Dr. Holder describes these men as dressing and acting like women from childhood on, followed by sexual practices after puberty. Also, some men of great intellect, as the author describes it, like the Roman Emperor Caesar or the French Humanist Muretus are known to have had some homosexual tendencies. The author concludes that all these cases suggest a form of sexual inversion which is congenital but there is no evidence for it.
Chapter II, the study of sexual inversion
Chapter II deals with various scholars who had previously studied homosexuality. Among them is Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal a German psychiatrist from Berlin who proposed that sexual inversion is something innate and not acquired and is not necessarily a sign of insanity. Attempts to classify forms of sexual inversion are also discussed for example one proposal by Richard Krafft-Ebbing a psychiatrist and author of Psychopathia Sexualis.
Chapter III, sexual inversion in men
Chapter III describes how sexual inversion may manifest in men and presents various case studies. An undifferentiated sexual feeling toward men is considered normal until puberty. The cases are classified into the following: simple sexual inversion with or without intercourse, cases that practice masochism, prisoners and men integrated in society and psychosexual hermaphrodite. The cases are reported either by the men themselves or by doctors.
Chapter IV, sexual inversion in women
Ellis notes that homosexuality is as common in women as in men. However, it is little known about sexual inversion in women, which is also reflected in the presence of only four case studies in this chapter. The true sexual invert is described and an inverted woman is distinguished from an actively inverted woman who appears to be more masculine. A genuine criterion seems to be the indifference of inverted women toward men which is returned by them. Furthermore, the author suspects that the prevalence of homosexuality among women is increasing which he explains by emancipation and equal rights movements. In the last part the high prevalence of homosexuality among prostitutes is addressed.
Chapter V, the nature of sexual inversion
This chapter is an analysis and summary of the earlier case studies. Sexual inversion in the cases presented seems not to be heritable. Records of inversion or other abnormalities are not conspicuously frequent among the case studies. Most of the subjects have good general health. In most of the subjects the homosexual instinct appeared in early life without a previous affection for the opposite sex. Ellis associates precocious puberty with sexual inversion. Ellis excludes suggestion as a cause of sexual inversion. Also, masturbation in male cases is reported as predisposing to inversion whereas there was no such relationship observed for the female cases. Most of the subjects are adverse towards sexual relationships with the opposite sex. However, there are close and genuine friendships between sexual inverts and members of the opposite sex. Many subjects investigated by Ellis show artistic talent. Lastly, most of the subjects regard their sexual inversion as being equal to heterosexuality so they do not think that their sexual instinct is immoral.
Chapter VII, the theory of sexual inversion
Ellis attempts to define several terms and clarify the terminology around the topic of sexual inversion. The definition of sexual inversion itself is according to Ellis highly dependent on context. Ellis clarifies that although sexual inversion might be both acquired and congenital, it is primarily congenital. The normal sexual instinct is inborn and not acquired, and sexual inversion is a natural variety of sexual instinct. It is also compared to color-blindness and color hearing, all of these phenomena being classified as abnormalities. It is also stressed that abnormality need not imply morbidity or disease; it is a mere variation of the normal. Three types of inversion are distinguished: congenital predisposition to sexual inversion which remains latent, very strong predisposition and a weaker predisposition that can be excited by a powerful cause. Suggested causes include the co-education of boys and girls, the seduction by an older person and disappointment in normal love. However, Ellis also stresses that in most of the cases sexual inversion was present from childhood on and was more of the strong predisposed type.
Chapter VIII, conclusions
In the conclusion Ellis first examines the treatment of Dr. von Schrenck-Notzing who was a German physician, psychiatrist and notable psychical researcher in the field of paranormal events. The cure included 150 sessions of hypnosis for one year as well as frequent drunken visits of the brothel. Ellis qualifies this treatment as not successful and concludes: “[...] the remedy seems to me worse than the disease [...]." It seems to Ellis that it is not possible to "cure" the sexual invert but that there should be an effort made to help them being healthy, self-restrained and self-respecting to be functional members of society. The legal situation of homosexual practices is also described.
The book contains the following appendices:
A Homosexuality among Tramps by Josiah Flynt
B Ulrich’s View by "Z”
D Countess Sarolta V
E A note on sexual inversion by Dr. K
Influence and reception
The studies in the psychology of sex vol.1 is an example of a more diverse view of sexuality from the Victorian era. The article by Historyextra concludes that
The book was not published in England because it was noted that homosexual practices increase in Europe and as a consequence. Canadian-born British feminist, socialist, sex radical, and birth control campaigner Stella Browne, in her review of Volume II, says "England has already impoverished herself intellectually and covered herself with ridicule by the persecution of the original edition of this psychological classic.". It is even said that the social system in Britain is a cause that artificially stimulated sexual inversion because it is a system that suppresses the normal sexual instinct.
In the scientific community Ellis' book was well received. Ellis' contribution to the study of sexual inversion is recognised as relevant and useful. Although the conclusions due to a lack of data they already lead to an understanding of the fact that it does not make sense to try to change the instinct of sexual inverted people. It was also recognised that inversion is not necessarily linked with physical or mental disease. Moreover, the cases presented by Ellis possess great intellect and are therefore an important part of society. Browne desires the legalization of homosexuality as in France and Latin Europe. To others however, Ellis suggestion of a more relaxed law concerning homosexuality is not convincing because of the reported efficacy of the present law. Browne criticises the lack of examples of female sexual inversion as well as the hypothesis that in bisexuals homosexual tendencies are stronger than heterosexual tendencies. The importance of publishing a book about sexual inversion is acknowledged. The lack of understanding of the topic had adverse consequences on the life of homosexual people. Homosexuality was heavily stigmatized and illegal in English society at the time. Ellis "has collected new data, and undoubtedly done a service to pathological psychology." Reading is regarded as necessary for teachers, people working with criminals and parents to prevent sexual inversion from occurring.
See also
Studies in the Psychology of Sex Vol. 7
References
External links
Psychology books
Non-fiction books about sexuality
1900 non-fiction books |
Elmo's ABCs is a 1999 educational Game Boy Color video game based on the Sesame Street franchise. The game was developed by Bonsai Entertainment and published by NewKidCo in North America in March 1999. Like Elmo's 123s, it was also released in Europe on April 6, 2001.
Gameplay
The player must help Elmo with the letters by pressing the "A" button on the Game Boy Color, which can put a letter in a slot. Elmo can go faster, so the player would need to press faster. There are six stages.
See also
Sesame Street video games
References
1999 video games
Children's educational video games
Game Boy Color games
Game Boy Color-only games
Sesame Street video games
Video games developed in the United States
NewKidCo games
Single-player video games |
A pop-up hotel is a hotel which is temporary, being at a location for a short time before being moved. Such hotels may be built from pre-fabricated modules which are plugged together on site or from collapsible structures such as tents or they may be fully mobile, being built on a large vehicle. Often seen as an alternative to glamping, pop-up hotels provide accommodation for seasonal or unique events such as large outdoors music festivals, retreats, weddings or sporting events.
Description
The pop-up hotel trend is part of a global approach of the hospitality industry to create authentic, ultra-local and transient experiences.
Marriott Hotels & Resorts partnered with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to offer pop-up accommodations on the grounds of the festival.
Companies such as Flash Camp and Collective Retreats are specialised in pop-up hotel offers. Snoozebox is a pop-up hotel brand that follows festivals in the UK. IceHotel in Sweden was created in 1989 and offers a seasonal fully hand-carved ice resort along the Torne River, carved fresh each year. The Pop-Up Hotel, which launched during the 2011 Glastonbury Festival, specialises in luxury pop-up hotel offers, and partnered with Historic England in 2013 for an event at the Osborne House. The Copenhagen-based architecture firm Pink Cloud worked on a new pop-up hotel concept that would capitalise on vacant office spaces. Poshtel PopUp is also a stylish brand. The London-based company Black Tomato has a service for its customers to create a pop-up hotel anywhere they want (for prices ranging from $20,000 to $160,000).
The concept of pop-up hotels is also being reused by consumer brands and pop-up retail operations. Nutella opened a hazelnut spread-themed pop-up hotel in the Napa Valley in January 2020 (Hotella Nutella).
See also
Pop-up retail
Glamping
Escapism
Nap pods
References
External links
Pop-Up hotel revolution, 2017
Go-PopUp magazine
Hotel types |
District 13 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849-1851).
The district has been represented by Republican Angelia Orr since January 10, 2023, upon her initial election to the Texas House.
As a result of redistricting after the 2020 Federal census, from the 2022 elections the district encompasses all of Bosque, Falls, Freestone, Hill, Leon, and Limestone, Counties, and the eastern portion of McLennan County. Major cities in the district include Centerville, Clifton, Fairfield, Groesbeck, Hillsboro, Marlin, and Navasota. Fairfield Lake State Park, the center of a long-running controversy over its closure and attempts to repurchase the land, is in the district, along with Lake Whitney.
References
013
Bosque County, Texas
Falls County, Texas
Freestone County, Texas
Hill County, Texas
Leon County, Texas
Limestone County, Texas
McLennan County, Texas |
Storks is a baseball and softball team based in The Hague, The Netherlands. Storks' baseball team plays in the Honkbal Heren Hoofdklasse, the top level of baseball in the Netherlands. The club has also won three consecutive Dutch softball titles, winning the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Holland Series.
History
The club was founded with 12 members on one team in 1952. By 1956, the club was fielding 3 men's baseball teams and that year added its first woman's softball team. From 1970 to 1974, Wim Remmerswaal played for the Storks. In 1975, the team moved to its current field at the Kijkduincomplex. The Storks have played in the Hoofdklasse since 2018.
References
External links
Official website
Baseball teams in the Netherlands
Softball teams in the Netherlands
Sports clubs and teams in The Hague
1952 establishments in the Netherlands
Baseball teams established in 1952 |
A Dialogue Concerning Oratorical Partitions (also called De Partitione Oratoria Dialogus, Partitiones Oratoriae, or De Partitionbus Oratoriae, translated to be "On the subdivisions of oratory") is a rhetorical treatise, written by Cicero. According to the method of the Middle Academy, the treatise is sometimes described as a "catechism of rhetoric," for it is presented in the form of questions and answers. Cicero wrote it as a handbook for his young son, Marcus, and structured the text as a dialogue between the two of them.
Historical reception of the text
Scholars debate exactly when the text was written, presumably in 54 BCE or in 46 BCE.
Around 54 BCE, Cicero was extremely interested in his son Marcus’ education, and he was not satisfied with the boy's teacher. He expressed interest in teaching Marcus himself. At this time, Marcus was eleven years of age; the simple structure of the treatise of questions and answers would have been very appropriate for this age. Furthermore, Cicero relates in his letters at this earlier point that he is very interested in Marcus’ education.
However, some scholars believe boys of this age were too young to be taught rhetoric. Thus, the treatise would have been written in 46 BCE, just before then 19-year-old Marcus left for Athens to study rhetoric. By this time in his life (from the year 56 onwards), Cicero could no longer voice his political principles without the risk of exile. “He had lost his freedom of speech and speech was his life.” A Dialogue Concerning Oratorical Partitions would thus be one of Cicero's treatises in this period of his life, written after his most famous dialogue on rhetoric, De oratore.
Summary of the text
The treatise begins when Cicero's son asks his father, “I wish…to hear the rules concerning the principles of speaking…Into how many parts is the whole system of speaking divided?”
His father replies, “Is there anything, my Cicero, which I can be more desirous of than that you should be as learned as possible?”
Cicero then undertakes a systematic discussion of eloquence. He says rhetoric is arranged under three headings – “first of all, the power of the orator; secondly, the speech; thirdly, the subject of the speech.” The power of the orator consists of ideas and words, which must be “discovered and arranged.” “To discover” applies mostly to ideas and “to be eloquent” applies more to language. There are five “companions of eloquence” - “voice, gesture, expression of countenance,…action,…and memory.”. There are four parts of a speech: two of them explain a subject – “narration” and “confirmation;” two of them excite the minds of the hearers – “the opening” and “the peroration” (the conclusion). The narration and confirmation add credibility to the speech while the opening and conclusion should produce feelings.
He then goes on to say the “cause” or subject of a speech is “divided according to the divisions of hearers.” There are three kinds of subjects: embellishment, aimed to give pleasure; judicial, aimed to either make a judge punish or forgive; and deliberation, aimed to persuade the assembly to either hope or fear (see Aristotle on rhetorical genre). Of these causes, Cicero goes deepest into judicial oratory, therefore emphasizing “the desirableness of maintaining the laws, and the danger with which all public and private affairs are threatened."
Cicero ends his treatise with a humanistic view of rhetoric that praises expansive education.
“And without a knowledge of these most important arts how can an orator have either energy or variety in his discourse, so as to speak properly of things good or bad, just or unjust, useful or useless, honourable or base?”
Significance
The text may show the first sign of Cicero's mature view of rhetoric, later expanded in De Oratore. In De Inventione, Cicero had outlined a technical idea of rhetoric based on the handbooks of his era. But as he aged, his view changed to an “all-encompassing” ideal modeled on Philo’s rhetorical teachings. Previous to and during Cicero’s lifetime, there was a quarrel between rhetoricians and philosophers over whether rhetoric was restricted to only the forensic and technical sphere, or if it included the abstract and philosophical realm. “Specifically, Cicero suggest[s] ascending from the [restrictive] to the [general] in a speech.”
This work thus merges rhetoric as a more simplistic, teachable art with the themes of De Oratore, praising the ideal orator who appreciates and utilizes expansive education and training.
References
External links
A free, online edition of the text
Rhetoric works
Works by Cicero on oratory |
The Yacoubian Building (, transliterated: ʿImārat Yaʿqūbīān or Omaret Yakobean) is a 2006 Egyptian film based on the novel of the same title by author Alaa Al Aswany. It has been reported to be the highest-budgeted film in the history of Egyptian cinema.
Background
Like the novel ostensibly set in 1990 at about the time of the first Gulf War, the film is a scathing portrayal of modern Egyptian society since the coup d'état of 1952. The setting is downtown Cairo, with the titular apartment building (which actually exists) serving as both a metaphor for contemporary Egypt and a unifying location in which most of the primary characters either live or work and in which much of the action takes place.
The actual namesake Yacoubian building, constructed in the Art Deco style, still stands in downtown Cairo at the address given in the novel: 34 Talaat Harb Street (referred to by its old name, Suleiman Basha Street, by both native Cairenes and the novel's characters). As in the novel, the film's version of the building is "in the high classical European style, the balconies decorated with Greek faces carved in stone."
After premiering at the Berlin Film Festival in 2006, the film opened in Egypt in June.
The Yacoubian Building was Egypt's official submission to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
Plot summary
The film opens with a luff tracing the building's history, as wealthy expatriate and Egyptian residents give way, after the 1952 coup that overthrew King Farouk and eventually resulted in the installation of Gamal Abdel Nasser as President of Egypt, to new families, and as the rooftop storage rooms are converted into living space for lower-class families. The rooftop community, effectively a slum neighborhood, is symbolic of the urbanization of Egypt and of the burgeoning population growth in its large cities in recent decades, especially among the poor and working classes. In the faded apartments of the main floors and on the building's teeming roof, the film's principal characters are introduced:
Zaki Pasha el Dessouki (Adel Emam) – a wealthy and elderly foreign-educated engineer who spends most of his time pursuing women and who maintains an office in the Yacoubian, he personifies the ruling class prior to the Revolution: cosmopolitan, cultured, western in outlook, and not particularly observant of Islam
Taha el Shazli (Mohamed Imam) – the son of the building doorman, he excelled in school and hoped to be admitted to the Police Academy but found that his father's profession, considered too lowly by the generals conducting his character interview, was an obstacle to admission; disaffected, he enrolls at the University and eventually joins a militant Islamist organization modeled upon the Jamaa Islamya
Buthayna el Sayed (Hend Sabry) – initially Taha's childhood sweetheart, she is forced to find a job to help support her family after her father dies and is disillusioned to find that her male employer expects sexual favors from her and her female coworkers in exchange for additional money and gifts on the side, and that her mother expects her to preserve her virginity while not refusing her boss's sexual advances outright; embittered, she eventually comes to use her beauty as a tool to advance her own interests but finds herself falling in love with Zaki Bey el Dessouki, whom she'd been planning with Malak to swindle out of his apartment
Malak (Ahmed Bedeir) – a shirtmaker and petty schemer seeking to open a shop on the Yacoubian's roof and then to insinuate himself into one of the more posh apartments downstairs
Hatim Rasheed (Khaled El Sawy) – the son of an Egyptian father who was a noted legal scholar and a French mother, he is the editor of Le Caire, a French-language daily newspaper; more attention is paid to his private life, for he is a fairly open homosexual in a society which either looks the other way or openly condemns such behavior and inclinations
Hagg Muhammad Azzam (Nour El Sherif) – one of Egypt's wealthiest men and a migrant to Cairo from the countryside, in the space of thirty years he has gone from shoeshiner to self-made millionaire; he seeks an acceptable and legal outlet for his (temporarily) resurgent libido in a secret, second marriage to an attractive young widow, and also realizes his goal of serving in the People's Assembly (Parliament), but comes face to face with the enormous corruption, graft, and bribery of contemporary Egyptian politics.
Christine (Yousra) – a world-weary chanteuse who advises Zaki Bey on his love life and whose poignant singing of European songs like "La Vie en Rose" punctuates the film.
The stories of each of the primary characters are intertwined, at times colliding or converging with one another. Together, they give a biting condemnation of a nation that has squandered its promise and which has been forced to compromise its own principles, resulting in a corrupt and undemocratic political system dominated by a single party (the fictitious "Patriotic Party", a thinly-veiled version of Egypt's National Democratic Party). The unlikely pairing of the elderly roué and the disillusioned young girl that ends the film provides a closing grace note that can be seen as a ray of hope against the death and unhappiness that has befallen the other characters.
Cast
Adel Emam .. Zaki Pasha
Nour El-Sherif .. Haj Azzam
Yousra.. Christine
Hend Sabri.. Bosaina
Somaya El Khashab
Khaled El Sawy .. Hatem Rasheed
Issad Younis .. Dawlat
Ahmed Bedeir.. Malak
Ahmed Rateb
Khaled Saleh
Bassem Samra
Mohamed Emam .. Taha El-Shazli
Youssef Daoud
Commercial and critical reception
Having received the Adults Only seal from the board of censors in Egypt, the film debuted on June 25 to box office returns of over LE 6,000,000 in its first week, according to Al Ahram daily, giving it the record for the biggest debut ever for a theatrical film in Egypt. It went on to gross LE 20 million during its initial theatrical run.
TV series
After the success of the film in 2006, a television series under the same name of Yacoubian Building was launched in 2007 with a major difference – the gay character in the film and the source novel was excised from the TV series adaptation of the novel because of its controversial nature.
References
Further reading
Selvick, Stephanie. "Queer (Im)possibilities: Alaa Al-Aswany's and Wahid Hamed's The Yacoubian Building" (Chapter 8). In: Pullen, Christopher. LGBT Transnational Identity and the Media. Palgrave Macmillan. 29 February 2012. , 9780230353510.
External links
BBC News: Egypt debates controversial film
Egyptian LGBT-related films
2000s Arabic-language films
Films set in Cairo
Films based on Egyptian novels
Films directed by Marwan Hamed
2006 drama films
2006 films
Egyptian drama films
LGBT-related drama films
2006 LGBT-related films |
Lukáš Vorlický (born 18 January 2002) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a winger for Atalanta U23 on Loan from Atalanta.
Club career
A youth product of the Czech clubs Boskovice and Zbrojovka Brno, Vorlický moved to the youth academy of the Italian club Atalanta in 2017. On 23 July 2020, he signed a professional contract with the club until 2025. He made his professional debut with Atalanta as a late substitute in a 2–1 Serie A loss to Lecce on 19 February 2023.
International career
Vorlický is a youth international for the Czech Republic, having played up to the Czech Republic U17s.
Personal life
Vorlický is the son of the Czech football manager and former player Jiří Vorlický.
Playing style
Vorlický is a strong and powerful forward, with an unpredictable style of play and a strong shot. He has earned comparisons to Josip Iličić.
References
External links
2002 births
Living people
People from Boskovice
Czech men's footballers
Czech Republic men's youth international footballers
Serie A players
Atalanta BC players
Men's association football wingers
Czech expatriate men's footballers
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy |
Nemichthys is a genus of eels in the snipe-eel family Nemichthyidae. It currently contains the following species:
Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896) (boxer snipe-eel)
Nemichthys larseni J. G. Nielsen & D. G. Smith, 1978
Nemichthys scolopaceus J. Richardson, 1848 (slender snipe-eel)
References
Nemichthyidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
Taxa named by John A. Ryder |
Ayttm (pronounced "item" or "A-Y-T-T-M") is a multi-protocol instant messaging client. It is the heir of the EveryBuddy project.
Features
Services
Ayttm primarily supports one-to-one and group chatting on MSN, Yahoo!, ICQ, AIM, XMPP and IRC. It also has support for sending rudimentary emails via SMTP, which may be used to send SMS via email to SMS gateways. Ayttm also supports webcams on Yahoo! Messenger, and voice chatting over MSN using Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting).
Service summary:
OSCAR (AIM/ICQ)
IRC
XMPP
SMTP (SMS via email to SMS gateway)
MSNP (Microsoft Messenger service, commonly known as MSN, .NET, or Live)
YMSG (YIM with webcam support)
Fallback messaging
When contacts belonging to the same person - but in different protocols - are grouped together, Ayttm can automatically continue the conversation using another protocol, when the original protocol connection fails. It is known as fallback messaging to its developers.
Autotranslation
When a contact is tied to a particular language, messages can be automatically translated using Babelfish. As with most electronic translators, its accuracy can be dubious.
Aycryption
Aycryption is a filter that facilitates encrypted chat using GPG keys. All outgoing text is encrypted using the remote contact's public key, and incoming encrypted text is decrypted using the local private key.
Plugins
Ayttm's plugin architecture makes it possible for new protocol support to be added without modifying the core application. Plugins must be compiled against a version of the core and will only work with core versions that are binary-compatible with the core version that the plugin was built against.
Five types of plugins are supported:
Service plugins - for protocol support. e.g.: MSN.
Filter plugins - to modify incoming and outgoing messages. e.g.: Auto translation, aycryption
Importers - to import contacts and accounts from other messengers.
Smileys - a smiley pack
Utility - to add functionality. e.g.: Video capture, notes.
History
Towards the end of 2002, the everybuddy project started to stagnate and suffered from two major problems: Instability and a complicated set of preferences. The development team split into two to fix the problem. One group, led by Meredydd Luff started on a rewrite that was to be the long-term solution. This resulted in the eb-lite project. The other group led by Colin Leroy decided to fix all of the primary issues of everybuddy and work on features only after stabilising the core. The result was Ayttm.
Ayttm first made it into savannah's CVS repository on December 21, 2002, and almost daily developer releases were made: It was first announced on Freshmeat on December 27, 2002.
On March 31, 2003, citing availability issues with Savannah, the project was moved to SourceForge where it remains to date. Version 0.2.2 of Ayttm was released on April 1, 2003.
The latest release of Ayttm is 0.6.3 and was made on July 10, 2010.
The name
"Yattm" was originally to be the name, but was misspelt by Colin Leroy when he registered the project on Savannah. The CVS log on Savannah shows that the executable name was changed from "yattm" to "ayttm" on January 16, 2003. No expansion for Ayttm was provided at this time. Several expansions of the name were attempted, and the one settled on was "Are You Talking To Me?". The question mark is part of the name. The name Ayttm is a backronym and credit for coining this term goes to Natasha Sharma.
Platforms
It runs on:
Linux
FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
Several ports use the GTK+ graphical widget toolkit.
Copyright & Licence
The software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License and is Copyright the Ayttm team.
See also
List of XMPP client software
Comparison of instant messaging clients
References
General references
Frederick Noronha, A Netizens 'item', The Tribune, May 19, 2003
Frederick Noronha, Indian helps make seamless instant messaging possible, Express Computer, 2 June 2003
Christopher Saunders, IMPlanet's Linux IM Client Bonanza, InstantMessagingPlanet.com, May 21, 2003
R. Pratap, Instant messaging with Linux, Deccan Herald, March 11, 2004
Marcel Gagné, Instant Messaging Clients. A comparative review, UnixReview.com, June 2003
Edward Haletky, Deploying Linux on the desktop, Elsevier, 2005, , p. 104
External links
Free XMPP clients
AIM (software) clients
Free instant messaging clients
Instant messaging clients for Linux
MacOS instant messaging clients
Windows instant messaging clients
Internet Relay Chat clients
Free Internet Relay Chat clients
MacOS Internet Relay Chat clients
Unix Internet Relay Chat clients
Windows Internet Relay Chat clients
Portable software
Cross-platform software
Free software programmed in C
Free software programmed in C++
Instant messaging clients that use GTK |
is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Gunma Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one per election.
Between 1947 and 2007 Gunma was represented by four Councillors, electing two at a time by single non-transferable vote. Like most two-member districts Gunma often split seats between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) despite being a conservative stronghold and home to the families of Prime Ministers Fukuda, Nakasone and Obuchi. Councillors from Gunma include Fukuda's brother Hiroichi and Nakasone's son Hirofumi.
Current Councillors
As of 24 January 2023, the district is currently represented by 2 Councillors, both of the Liberal Democratic Party. They are, in order of election year:
Masato Shimizu (LDP) - Class of 2019
Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP) - Class of 2022
Elected Councillors
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
References
Districts of the House of Councillors (Japan) |
Anne Bascove (born 1946), commonly credited by the mononym Bascove, is an American artist. She's a painter, printmaker, and creates collages.
Biography
Bascove was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She currently resides in New York City.
Bascove has also worked with many literary figures, among them Robertson Davies, Jerome Charyn, and T. Coraghessan Boyle. Her covers for Vintage Books in the 1980s included the novel Jakob von Gunten and Selected Stories by Robert Walser, and she illustrated the cover for William Goyen's Had I A Hundred Mouths for Clarkson N. Potter in a similar style.
She has edited three collections of her paintings with related writings Sustenance and Desire: A Food Lover's Anthology of Sensuality and Humor (2004, ), Where Books Fall Open: A Reader's Anthology of Wit & Passion (2001, ) and Stone and Steel: Paintings and Writings Celebrating the Bridges of New York City (1998, ).
Work
Bascove has shown work in solo exhibitions at the Museum of the City of New York, the Anita Shapolsky Gallery in New York, the Arsenal in Central Park, the Municipal Art Society, the Hudson River Museum, NYU Fales Library, and The National Arts Club.
Bascove is also well known for her series of painting and drawings of the bridges of New York City. She makes a point of learning about the history of the bridges that she paints or draws and she works from photographic references. She and her husband, architect Michael Avramides, drove around the bridges and took pictures of as many different angles as possible. Her paintings of bridges are full of vivid colors and have been called "jewel-toned."
Bascove has worked with The New York, Brooklyn, and Roosevelt Island Historical Societies, and has lectured and arranged events with the Museum of the City of New York, the Central Park Conservancy, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the Municipal Art Society, NYU Fales Library, and the Hudson River Museum.
Bascove's work can be found in numerous private and public collections, including: the Museum of the City of New York, the MTA Arts for Transit, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Rachofsky Collection, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the Noble Maritime Collection, the Harry Ransom Collection, University of Texas at Austin, The New York Public Library, Berg Collection, the Norwalk Transit District, Time Warner, the Oresman Collection, Wittliff Collections, Texas State University and the Musée of Cherbourg.
References
External links
http://www.acagalleries.com/
1946 births
Living people
20th-century American painters
20th-century American printmakers
20th-century American women artists
21st-century American painters
21st-century American printmakers
21st-century American women artists
American women painters
American women printmakers
Artists from Philadelphia
American illustrators
American collage artists
University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni |
Neyduleh-ye Sofla (, also Romanized as Neydūleh-ye Soflá; also known as Neydūleh) is a village in Bijnavand Rural District, in the Zagros District of Chardavol County, Ilam Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 74, in 15 families. The village is populated by Kurds.
References
Populated places in Chardavol County
Kurdish settlements in Ilam Province |
Line Friends (stylized as LINE FRIENDS) are featured characters, invented by South Korean designer Kang Byeong Mok, based on the stickers from diverse applications of the South Korean internet search giant Naver Corporation and the Japanese messaging app Line. Released in 2015, the characters are used in various products, animations, games, cafes, hotels and theme parks. In addition to its online presence, physical stores featuring Line Friends have opened in cities around the world. The brand is currently managed by its subsidiary Line Friends Corporation since 2015.
Characters
Brown and Friends
The original Line characters were created by South Korean designer Kang Byeongmok, also known as "Mogi" in 2011.
Cony, Brown, Moon and James (added in 2011)
Boss, Jessica and Sally (added in 2013)
Leonard and Edward (added in 2014)
Brown's younger sister Choco and her best friend Pangyo (added in 2016)
Sally's friends Elly, Louie and Ari (added in 2020)
Character information
Brown: Silent but has a warm heart. His expressionless face is charming, as a friend of everyone who expresses his mind more than words. He seems he doesn't care much. But, he has a shoulder to share and has a big heart to hear you. He loves Cony who is full of energy, and always there for his little sister Choco.
Cony: She is bright, cheerful, and full of passion. She gets super excited when she's with her beloved Brown. Cony's always curious and likes challenging new things, so she often makes her friends surprised.
Sally: With her unexpected charm, cute little Sally brings joy to her friends full of bright and wild ideas. Don't be fooled by her cuteness, she might reveal the other side of her you've never expected!
Choco: Sweet, lovely Choco who loves fashion and sweets. She is shy like her brother Brown, but once you get to know her, she gets along well even with Brown's friends.
Moon: A funny guy whose face looks just like the full moon. No one knows where he came from, but he brings cheerful laughter to his friends with his wit and great humor.
Leonard: Sentimental Leonard likes to sing along with the sound of rain. He also loves to hang out with Sally and Edward, the so-called tiny little trio.
James: Beautiful blonde-haired James who loves himself the most. He may seem cool and chic, but to tell the truth, he's delicate and fragile.
Boss: Loud and wild Boss is an ordinary salaryman. He shows up out of nowhere and gives good laughs to people.
Edward: Edward is brilliant and always curious. He's also a racer who has a thirst for speed and an adventurer who dreams of the day becoming a butterfly!
Jessica: Smart and sassy Jessica. She always gives clear and punchy answers to friends who want to chat about things.
Pangyo: Our sluggish friend Pangyo, who likes to think and make interesting stuff. He is always content and has a smile on his face.
BT21
BT21 is the first presentation from FRIENDS CREATORS, a project formed to create new characters for the Line Friends series. South Korean boy group BTS was the first artist of this project, and the main theme of the project is to show the connection between BTS and Line Friends in terms of popularity in the world. It comprises eight special characters created by South Korean boy group BTS. The character designs were based on original ideas and sketches by the group's members. Videos of BTS designing BT21 were uploaded to the official BT21 channel on YouTube.
The name "BT21" is a combination of the group's name BTS and the 21st century. Member Suga commented that the name should represent both BTS and the 21st century, so they would live for the next 100 years.
BT21 was officially launched by Line Friends in October 2017.
Character information
Koya was created by RM. He is a baby blue koala with a violet nose and removable ears that fall off when he is shocked. Described as a deep thinker, Koya lives in the Eucalyptus forest and is always asleep.
RJ was created by Jin. He is a kind, loving, and compassionate white alpaca who always wears a red scarf. When it is cold, he sometimes puts on a light gray parka. RJ originated from Machu Picchu, hates shaving his fur, and loves cooking and eating.
Shooky was created by Suga. His character is an extremely savage, mischievous, little chocolate chip cookie who is afraid of milk. He leads a cookie team called the Crunchy Squad.
Mang was created by J-Hope. He is a baby purple chipmunk that keeps his face concealed in the horse-faced mask with a heart-shaped nose that he always wears. Mang loves to dance.
Chimmy was created by Jimin. His character has been described as a "passionate" puppy whose tongue is always hanging out. Chimmy wears a yellow hoodie and loves to play the harmonica. He does not remember his past.
Tata was created by V. He is a curious crown prince from Planet BT who spreads love across the universe. He has supernatural powers; a stretchy, hyper-elastic body; a red heart-shaped head atop a blue body with yellow polka-dots.
Cooky was created by Jungkook. His character is a cute, but tough pink bunny with one bold eyebrow and a white heart-shaped tail who wants to be strong and loves his body "like a temple". He loves boxing.
Van is Tata's AI robot. Half of his body is gray with an "X" eye, and the other half is white with an "O" eye. He is BT21's protector and was created by RM to represent BTS' fandom, A.R.M.Y.
ROY6
ROY6 is a character brand created by Chinese Millennial idol Roy Wang, in collaboration with the global character brand, Line Friends. China's first and world's second FRIENDS CREATORS project, Roy Wang participated in every step, starting from initial sketches and storytelling to product planning. Videos of Roy Wang designing ROY6 are uploaded on the ROY6 YouTube Channel.
ROY6 was officially released by Line Friends in November 2018.
Character information
Royan is a lion-looking sun that descended upon the earth from the sky, gives splendid sunlight to the people with his shiny mane.
Eddy is a cheerful Samoyed dog who simply loves being next to someone who needs courage and gives them a surprise hug.
Long Long is a young and small dragon with an iridescent fin, Long Long brings luck to people and summons meteor showers with his magic wand.
Loudy is a chatty cloud, that admires the earth more than the sky.
T-2000 is a clumsy but adorable robot, T-2000 shows people the future, which they hope to see on the screen.
Baobao Tree is a mysterious wish-bearing tree, Baobao provides a place of rest for everyone.
ChiChi
Blackpink member Jisoo designed the new character named ChiChi, in collaboration with Nexon's kart racing game KartRider Rush+ and Line Friends. ChiChi is a rabbit character based on Jisoo's nickname "Tuttle Rabbit Kim," which is well-known by fans.
Anime
Two anime series, LINE OFFLINE and LINE TOWN, were produced in 2013, picturing the Line Friends as employees for the fictional Line Corporation.
LINE Offline
Line Offline is an animated series created by Shogakukan Productions, based on salaryman characters working at "Line Corporation". All 114 episodes last about three minutes. The series was aired from January 8, 2013, to October 1, 2013.
The episodes of Line Offline are not connected to each other. The idea behind the series is to represent the ordinary life of company employees (in this case Line's employees, hence the name "Line Offline"), in which every small problem could lead to awkward and hilarious situations that require some effort to restore the status quo.
Most characters from Line Offline are part of Line's universe (the characters who are shown in the animated series are also Line Friends, and can be seen by users in Line Messaging App and used as emoticons).
Episodes
LINE Town
Characters
Cony (voiced by Aki Kanada in the Japanese dub and Sarah Hauser in the English dub) is a rabbit with a pleasant personality. She likes to go on a diet.
Brown is a Canadian bear who likes salmon a lot. He is silent, and has a crush on Cony. He becomes scary when he gets angry, and notes appears when he feels good.
Moon (voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa in the Japanese dub and Michael Pizzuto in the English dub) is a manjū-shaped-headed man who loves the moon. His interest is playing video games. He sometimes tricks his friends when he is bored. His father is an adventurer.
James (voiced by Yūto Kazama in the Japanese dub and Daniel Garcia in the English dub) is a narcissist with long, blonde hair. He is obsessed with his appearance, and is afraid of high places.
Jessica (voice by Sachi Kokuryu in the Japanese dub and Catherine Fu in the English dub) is a cat who is knowledgeable about fashion and loves to cook a lot. She is Cony's best friend.
Sally (voiced by Atsuko Enomoto in the Japanese dub and Catherine Fu in the English dub) is a chick who usually helps her friends. She often stays in the windmill tree hollow in the park. She likes karaoke.
Boss/Mister (voiced by Nobuo Tobita in the Japanese dub and Michael Pizzuto in the English dub) is an almost completely bald middle-aged man with glasses. He appears as many different identities in every episode.
Leonard (voiced by Megumi Han in the Japanese dub and Jesse McCartney in the English dub) is a little frog boy that looks up to Moon. He refers to Moon as an "elder brother". ("Longing For")
Edward is a green caterpillar with a cap who often stays by Sally's side.
Cob Taro (voiced by Nobuo Tobita) is a cobra with a Mohawk hairstyle and an eye patch that escaped from the zoo and now has a part-time job at the burger shop.
Dorothy (voiced by Chie Kōjiro) is a hen who likes to take gossips. Cony fears her.
Mr. Kinoko (voiced by Mitsuru Ogata) is a beaver who owns a mushroom dish restaurant and can cook mushroom dishes very well. Kinoko is the Japanese word for mushrooms.
Episodes
Theme songs
Opening theme
"AIUEOngaku" by Greeeen
Ending theme
"Millefeuille Nights" by Shōko Nakagawa
"Marshmallow" by Kerakera
LINE Rangers
Line Rangers is an animated miniseries created to tie-in with the Line Rangers mobile game, which featured the Line Friends characters. It originally premiered as shorts on the Line Global YouTube Channel in 2015. It was aired as a miniseries on Cartoon Network Korea in July 2018. An English dubbed version went up on Amazon Prime in North America on July 20, 2018.
Brown & Friends
On December 12, 2019, Netflix collaborated with Line Friends to create an original animated series based on the characters from Brown & Friends. All the episodes from the first season, including 3 special episodes based on seasonal occasions, such as Halloween and Christmas, released on December 29, 2022.
Unnamed anime television series
On May 15, 2023, it was announced that the fourth generation of the LINE Creators Support Program would inspire an anime television series adaptation that would premiere on CBC TV in 2024.
Products
Friends (smart speaker) – with Brown and Sally as the speaker's appearance
LINE FRIENDS x Sailor (fountain pens) – Sailor Pens produces fountain pens of Brown and Sally in their Pro Gear Slim size with 14K gold nib choices of EF, F, MF, M, and B. The pens are exclusive to the North America market and were announced in July 2022.
Physical stores
Apart from its online store, physical stores have been opened in Hong Kong (Hysan Place), Chengdu (Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li), Nanjing (Katherine Park), and New York City (Times Square).
The popularity of Line Friends in China surged in 2016. During that one year, six physical storefronts were opened. At one time, there were as many as twelve of them in different cities in China. As their segment of the market became increasingly crowded, however, Line Friends began to phase out its physical presence in China by closing down shops. As of May 2021, only the Chengdu and Nanjing stores remained open.
Collaborations
On November 21, 2019, it was announced on the official Brawl Stars YouTube channel that Brawl Stars would collaborate with Line Friends, adding new skins based on Line Friends characters.
See also
Line
KakaoTalk
Kakao Friends
References
External links
Official website
Online store
BT21 official website
Naver Corporation
2013 anime television series debuts
Advertising characters
Emoticons
Fictional characters introduced in 2011
Mascots introduced in 2011
South Korean brands
Toy brands |
Three the Hard Way is a 1974 action blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks Jr., written by Eric Bercovici and Jerrold L. Ludwig and starring Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, and Jim Kelly.
Plot
Jimmy Lait (Brown) and his girlfriend, Wendy, come across Jimmy's friend, House, wounded and dying. Lait learns from House that he had escaped from a secret medical experimentation facility. Later in the hospital, a delirious House tells Lait that there is someone who aims to "kill us all" and that they have a way of doing it. However, Lait has to return to the studio to supervise a recording session with a group he is producing, The Impressions. He leaves Wendy in the hospital.
While Wendy talks to Jimmy on the phone outside of the room, two men climb through the window, murder House and kidnap Wendy. After finding out about her kidnapping, Jimmy begins a quest to find the whereabouts of his girlfriend, but a group of attackers ambush him. Lait survives with the help of his friend, Jagger Daniels (Williamson). Lait and Daniels join up with Mister Keyes (Kelly, named "Mister" by his mother so people would be forced to show him respect) after he wins a fist fight with several police officers attempting to plant drugs in his car.
Lait is shot as they capture a member of Feather's gang, but are unable to force him to give up his secrets. Jagger calls three dominatrixes: The Countess (Pamela Serpe), The Empress (Irene Tsu), and The Princess (Marie O'Henry). The eager women ask Jagger if they can go all the way, meaning, torturing the captured man to death. Jagger tells them, only after the prisoner gives him the information he seeks. They agree and proceed to go upstairs to torture the tied up man. The three women at first excite the captive by baring their breasts, but they torture him while Keyes and Daniels wait. After some time the women emerge, and say the captive is ready to talk. He informs them of Feather's plot and dies from his torture.
There is a secret plot of black genocide concocted by the nefarious Monroe Feather (Jay Robinson), the leader of a secret Neo-Nazi, white supremacist organization. Their chief scientist, Dr. Fortrero (Richard Angarola), has developed a lethal poison that only affects African Americans. They plan to deploy the serum into the water systems of Washington, D.C., Detroit, and Los Angeles, in order to wipe out their black populations.
The three heroes reunite as Lait is leaving the hospital, and decide to stop the poisoning of the water supplies. "Three the hard way, three cities, the three of us."
Lait returns to Los Angeles. Mister Keyes stops the poisoning in Washington, D.C., as Jagger does in Detroit. They reunite again to stop Feather and arm themselves to the teeth. They raid Feather's compound and rescue Wendy after a huge shootout, leaving Dr. Fortrero burned alive, and Feather and many white supremacists dead.
Cast
Jim Brown as Jimmy Lait, Record Producer
Fred Williamson as Jagger Daniels, Chicago Businessman
Jim Kelly as Mr. Keyes, Martial Artist
Sheila Frazier as Wendy Kane, Kidnapped Girlfriend of Jimmy Lait
Jay Robinson as Monroe Feather, Head of White Supremacist Group
Charles McGregor as Charlie
Howard Platt as "Keep"
Richard Angarola as Dr. Fortero
David Chow as "Link"
Marian Collier as Eva
Jean Bell as Polly
Junero Jennings as "House"
Alex Rocco as Lieutenant Di Nisco
Corbin Bernsen as Boy
Renie Radich as Girl
Janice Carrol as Nurse
Irene Tsu as The Empress
Effects on popular culture
The plot of Three The Hard Way has been copied and parodied. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) includes a gag where Jim Brown, in a supporting role, never reloads his gun, same as the characters he and Williamson play in Three the Hard Way. In Undercover Brother (2002), Eddie Griffin portrays a soulful crime-fighting vigilante who must stop the white-run "Man" before he destroys the black population of the United States through an ingested toxin. Also, the Man's second in command (Chris Kattan) is named Mr. Feathers after Monroe Feather from Three The Hard Way.
Soundtrack
Performed by Curtis Mayfield's former group The Impressions, the soundtrack featured the songs "That's What Love Can Do" and "Three the Hard Way" plus "Make a Resolution".
See also
List of American films of 1974
References
External links
1974 films
1970s action thriller films
American action thriller films
Allied Artists films
Films about race and ethnicity
Films directed by Gordon Parks Jr.
1970s English-language films
Blaxploitation films
American vigilante films
1970s American films |
The 1996 Badminton Asian Cup was the fourth edition of Badminton Asian Cup. It was held in Seoul, South Korea from 19 to 23 June with total prize money of US$130,000. Host South Korea dominated by winning all the doubles disciplines, while Singles titles were shared between China and Malaysia.
Medalists
Medal table
Results
Semifinals
Finals
Sources
References
1996 in badminton
1996 in South Korean sport
International sports competitions hosted by South Korea
Asian Cup |
Ivan Dresser (Ivan Chandler Dresser; July 3, 1896 – December 27, 1956) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team. He was a 1919 graduate of Cornell University and a member of the Sphinx Head Society. He competed for the United States in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 3000 metre team where he won the gold medal with his team mates Horace Brown and Arlie Schardt.
He was born in Flandreau, South Dakota and died in New York City. His granddaughter is renowned Mexican political analyst and researcher Denise Dresser.
References
External links
Ivan Dresser at databaseOlympics.com
1896 births
1956 deaths
People from Flandreau, South Dakota
Track and field athletes from South Dakota
American male long-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Cornell University alumni
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics |
Sudās Paijavana was an Indo-Aryan tribal king of the Bharatas, during the main or middle Rigvedic period (c. 14th century BCE). He led his tribe to victory in the Battle of the Ten Kings near the Paruṣṇī (modern Ravi River) in Punjab, defeating an alliance of the powerful Puru tribe with other tribes, for which he was eulogised by his purohita Vashistha in a hymn of the Rigveda. His victory established the ascendency of the Bhārata clan, allowing them to move eastwards and settle in Kurukshetra, paving the way for the emergence of the Kuru "super-tribe" or tribal union, which dominated northern India in the subsequent period.
Family
Sudās' ancestors include Pijavana, Divodāsa Atithigva, and Devavant, although scholars disagree regarding the order of these ancestors chronologically. According to Witzel, Divodāsa was the father of Sudās, but he includes Pijavana on the grid of Bharata descent as a possible ancestor between Divodāsa and Sudās. Palihawadana also places Pijavana on his grid of Bharata descent between Divodāsa and Sudas, but only states that Sudās was a descendant of Pijavana.
He was married to Sudevī, who is stated to have been given to Sudās by the Ashvins.
Mention in Rigveda
Sudas is mentioned in Rigveda as the chief of Bharatas who conquered the ten-kings confederacy. It is further mentioned that the king replaced Vashistha
with Visvamitra as his priest,
thereby creating a rivalry between the two. The ten-kings, viz. Puru, Yadu, Turvasu, Anu, Druhyu, Alina, Paktha, Bhalanas, Siva and Vishanin, then revolted against Sudas but were defeated by him. He also fought Ajas,
Sigrus and Yakshus soon after.
See also
Divodasa
Parikshit
Sudakshina
Krishna
References
Citations
Sources
Rigveda
14th-century BC Indian monarchs |
Richard Panek is an American popular science writer, columnist, and journalist who specializes in the topics of space, the universe, and gravity. He has published several books and has written articles for a number of news outlets and scientific organizations, including Scientific American, WIRED, New Scientist, and Discover.
Education and career
Born in Chicago, Panek received his Bachelor's of Science in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and then a Master of Fine Arts in fiction from the University of Iowa's Iowa Writers' Workshop. His writing career began with his short fiction publications in papers like the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times. He went on to be a faculty adviser for Goddard College for their Master's Creative Writing program and also taught creative writing classes at Barnard College. He is also a frequent speaker and presenter at writing seminars for Johns Hopkins University.
In 2003, Panek donated the writing material for his first book, Waterloo Diamonds, to be a special collection at the University of Northern Iowa. He was one of three screenwriters for the giant-screen 2015 film Robots.
The Last Word On Nothing
Panek first joined the multi-author blog known as The Last Word On Nothing after being invited as a contributor by Ann Finkbeiner.
Awards and grants
For his early short fiction work in various newspapers, Panek was given the PEN Award for Syndicated Fiction in 1989, leading to him delivering readings of his work at the Library of Congress. In 2007, he received a Fellowship for science writing from the New York Foundation for the Arts. It was in 2008 that he received an additional fellowship for the same, but from the Guggenheim Foundation, along with a grant from the Antarctic Artists and Writers Program as awarded by the National Science Foundation. The American Institute of Physics gave Panek the 2012 Science Communication Award for Journalism after the publication of his book The 4 Percent Universe. The Goodreads Choice Awards for 2013 in Nonfiction was given to Panek and his co-author Temple Grandin for their book The Autistic Brain.
Bibliography
References
Living people
Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni
Medill School of Journalism alumni
Johns Hopkins University people
American science writers
American science journalists
21st-century American non-fiction writers
Discover (magazine) people
Scientific American people
Wired (magazine) people
Science bloggers
Writers from Chicago
Year of birth missing (living people) |
East Stratton is an estate village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Micheldever, in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is at the entrance to the landscaped grounds of Stratton Park, some 8 miles northeast of Winchester Both park and village demonstrate the evolution of a landscape directed by three eminent families - Wriothesley, Russell and Baring - during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. In 1931 the parish had a population of 230.
In East Stratton can clearly be seen a sequence of village development stretching over four centuries. At the north end, thatched cottages dating from the 17th and 18th centuries border the lane which sweeps down to the entrance of the Park. Around the village cross-roads and War Memorial are grouped other cottages and the 'new' 19th-century church, All Saints, East Stratton and farm. Further south are five pairs of early 19th-century estate cottages and the 19th-century Plough Inn (now renamed the Northbrook Arms). A dozen houses erected in this century by the Rural District and Forestry Commission now extend the village as far as Cold Harbour, once a small separate hamlet.
The name Stratton comes from Old English and means farmstead or village on a Roman road.
History
The Manor of East Stratton was granted to the New Minster (Hyde Abbey) about AD900 by King Edward the Elder and remained in the Abbey's hands until the Dissolution. In 1564 the manor was purchased for £1,318 by Sir Thomas Wriothesley, later Earl of Southampton (d.1550). The last earl, Thomas (d.1667), made "the house at Stratton Park one of his chief seats in the Country." He was probably responsible for first enclosing the park.
In 1667 the manor passed to Thomas's daughter Lady Rachel and her husband William, Lord Russell who is said to have "pulled down part of the town or hamlet of Stratton and laid it into his Dear Park". Lord and Lady Russell improved the estate and house, laying out "orchards, gardens and avenues, planted groves, wildernesses and other ornaments to adorn and accommodate this beautiful and pleasant scene". Lord Russell was executed in 1683 for complicity in the Rye House Plot but Lady Russell continued to look after the estate until her death in 1723.
In 1723 the estate passed to Lady Russell's grandson Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford. He is generally credited with the demolition of "a great part of the ancient mansion at Stratton Park lest it should cause the magnificent residence at Woburn Abbey to be neglected ..."
In 1801 Sir Francis Baring purchased the estate for £150,000 and the Baring family have owned the Stratton estate ever since. Sir Francis immediately started improving the estate. The old house was removed and remodelled in the classic style by George Dance Jnr who designed the 'new cottages'. The House became The Vyne Stratton School in the 1920s, but not for long.
Open fields round the village were closed in 1800–1850, the park was twice extended south and new cottages and the Plough Inn were erected at the south end of the village. East Stratton Farm lay in the middle of the new road to the New Farm. By the middle of the century much of the old village had been knocked down for improvements to the park.
Opposite where the old church had stood a new school was built, to replace the old one which had burnt down, by Sir Thomas Baring in 1846, he described it as 'a neat Elizabethan style' and it still stand in the park today. The school could accommodate 150 children but its average attendance was 60. It was closed in the 1960s
The old church which had been largely rebuilt in 1810 was demolished and a cross was built in its place. The new church, All Saints, was built in the village and was opened in 1888.
On 1 April 1932 the civil parish was abolished and merged with Micheldever.
References
External links
Website: www.eaststratton.org.uk
Villages in Hampshire
Former civil parishes in Hampshire
Micheldever |
"Jim Dandy" (sometimes known as "Jim Dandy to the Rescue") is a song written by Lincoln Chase, and was first recorded by American R&B singer LaVern Baker on December 21, 1955. It reached the top of the R&B chart and #17 on the pop charts in the United States. It was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and was ranked #352 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song is about a man (Jim Dandy) who rescues women from improbable or impossible predicaments. It proved popular enough that Chase wrote a second song for Baker entitled "Jim Dandy Got Married."
The American English term jim-dandy for an outstanding person or thing predates the song; first attested in 1844, it may itself come from the title of an old song, "Dandy Jim of Caroline".
The tenor saxophone solo is by Sam "The Man" Taylor The drummer on the session was veteran Panama Francis. The backing vocals are provided by Atlantic's in-house backing group at the time, the Cues (credited as the Gliders), consisting of first tenor Abel DeCosta, second tenor Ollie Jones (formerly of the Ravens), bass Edward Barnes, and baritone Winfield Scott.
Ann-Margret recorded a version on her 1962 album The Vivacious One.
The song is the B-side to James Reyne's 1989 single, "One More River".
The song was featured in the 1972 John Waters film Pink Flamingos.
Black Oak Arkansas cover
In 1973 the song was covered by southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas. It hit #25 on the pop chart and featured Jim Mangrum (who had already been using "Jim Dandy" as a stage name before they covered the song) and female vocalist Ruby Starr trading off vocals. It was the first single from their 1973 album High on the Hog, the band's most commercially successful album. In Canada, the song reached #13, and was #131 in the year-end top 200.
This version of the song was used in the 1993 film Dazed and Confused. A version by the Wright Brothers Band was used in the 1987 film Overboard. In the early-to-mid 2000s, a used car lot called J. D. Byrider produced a version replacing "Jim Dandy" with "JD" to advertise that they would "rescue" buyers with bad credit.
References
1957 singles
1973 singles
LaVern Baker songs
Songs written by Lincoln Chase
1957 songs
Atlantic Records singles
Atco Records singles
Songs about fictional male characters |
Radio Hill (Finnish: Radiomäki) is a hill located in the city centre of Lahti, Finland. It is part of the Salpausselkä ridge system, with its peak at an elevation of .
The hill's earlier name was Selänmäki ('Ridge Hill'). After a cemetery was established there in the 1890s, the hill became known as Hautausmaanmäki ('Cemetery Hill'). The cemetery, known today as ('Old Cemetery'), is closed to new interments.
The hill gets its present name from the Lahti longwave transmitter station established there in 1927–1928, and operated by the country's public broadcaster, Yle, until its decommissioning in 1993. The Finnish Radio and TV Museum, known as Mastola, is now located on the site, operated as part of the City of Lahti municipal museums.
As a highly visible reminder of the radio station, the twin radio masts remain, standing high and apart, forming a well-known landmark of Lahti.
The hilltop milieu surrounding the earlier radio station has been designated by the Finnish Heritage Agency as a nationally important built cultural environment (Valtakunnallisesti merkittävä rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö).
The city's oldest track and field venue (converted in winter to an open-air ice rink), opened in 1922, is also located on the hill by the foot of the radio masts.
References
Hills of Finland
Lahti
Geography of Päijät-Häme
Landforms of Päijät-Häme
Radio in Finland |
```c++
/*=============================================================================
file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at path_to_url
==============================================================================*/
#if !defined(FUSION_IS_SEQUENCE_05052005_1002)
#define FUSION_IS_SEQUENCE_05052005_1002
#include <boost/fusion/support/sequence_base.hpp>
#include <boost/fusion/support/tag_of.hpp>
#include <boost/mpl/is_sequence.hpp>
#include <boost/mpl/or.hpp>
#include <boost/mpl/bool.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_convertible.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_same.hpp>
namespace boost { namespace fusion
{
// Special tags:
struct non_fusion_tag;
struct boost_tuple_tag; // boost::tuples::tuple tag
struct boost_array_tag; // boost::array tag
struct mpl_sequence_tag; // mpl sequence tag
struct std_pair_tag; // std::pair tag
namespace extension
{
template <typename T>
struct is_sequence_impl
{
template <typename Sequence>
struct apply
: is_convertible<Sequence, detail::from_sequence_convertible_type>
{};
};
template <>
struct is_sequence_impl<non_fusion_tag>
{
template <typename T>
struct apply : mpl::false_ {};
};
template <>
struct is_sequence_impl<boost_tuple_tag>;
template <>
struct is_sequence_impl<boost_array_tag>;
template <>
struct is_sequence_impl<mpl_sequence_tag>;
template <>
struct is_sequence_impl<std_pair_tag>;
}
namespace traits
{
template <typename T>
struct is_sequence
: mpl::bool_<
(bool)extension::is_sequence_impl<
typename fusion::detail::tag_of<T>::type
>::template apply<T>::type::value
>
{};
template <typename Sequence, typename Enable = void>
struct is_native_fusion_sequence
: is_convertible<Sequence, detail::from_sequence_convertible_type>
{};
}
}}
#endif
``` |
Integrin alpha-9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ITGA9 gene. Cytogenetic location: 3p22.2
Function
This gene encodes an alpha integrin. Integrins are heterodimeric integral membrane glycoproteins composed of an alpha chain and a beta chain that mediate cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion. The protein encoded by this gene, when bound to the beta 1 chain, forms an integrin that is a receptor for tenascin-C, VCAM1 and osteopontin. Expression of this gene has been found to be upregulated in small cell lung cancers.
Interactions
The α9 subunit forms a heterodimeric complex with a β1 subunit to form the α9β1 integrin. This integrin participates in cell adhesion with various ligands in the extracellular matrix (ECM), including extra domain A (EDA) fibronectin, tenascin-C, ADAMs, EMELIN1, osteopontin, and VEGF. α9β1 binding is independent of the RGD peptide sequence.
References
Further reading
External links
ITGA9 Info with links in the Cell Migration Gateway
Integrins |
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