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Radio Kuka is a mockumentary style, reality TV spin-off from the show Deane Waretini: Now is the hour created by NZ based production company, Scotty Productions. On 7 November 2014, Radio Kuka aired its pilot for audiences of Māori Television with pleasing critical review.
Radio Kuka is produced by Orlando Stewart, who also stars in the pilot as a self-titled, clumsy Pākeha insensitive to the Māori language objective of the Avondale-based AM radio station. He is well known for similar antics featured in a similar styled show about Deane Waretini (aired in 2012) who rose to fame in 1981 with the Māori language hit "The Bridge". Stewart's comedic acting ability is also seen in the 2006 series about Manurewa based singer, Wayne Anderson titled "Wayne Anderson Singer of Songs".
Radio Kuka features veteran NZ actor, comedian and presenter Pio Terei, alongside broadcaster and teacher Marire Kuka as station manager, Tuhoe Tamaiparea as the intern and Katarina Gordon as the business manager. Radio Kuka is narrated by internationally acclaimed Aotearoa actress, Rachel House (Moana, White Lies, Boy).
In 2015, Radio Kuka is yet to produce a complete series for its fans.
References
New Zealand reality television series
Māori Television original programming |
Aline Reich Rincón (born 6 September 1974) is a Mexican former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is the sister of Ingrid Reich.
References
1974 births
Living people
Mexican synchronized swimmers
Olympic synchronized swimmers for Mexico
Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics |
The Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test ("ISNT") is a method for measuring the amount of Nitrogen in soil that is available for use by plants as a nutrient. The test predicts whether the addition of nitrogen fertilizer to agricultural land will result in increased crop yields.
Nitrogen is essential for plant development. Indeed, for crops that are destined to be food for farm animal or human consumption, incorporation of nitrogen into the crop is an important goal, since this forms the basis for protein in the human diet.
Nitrogen is commonly present in soils in many forms, and there are many ways to measure this nitrogen. None of these are completely satisfactory as a measure of the nitrogen that is available for use by crops. The ISNT is a new (2007) method for measuring nitrogen available for plant uptake.
ISNT estimates the amount of nitrogen present in the soil as amino sugar nitrogen. With respect to corn and soybeans, the optimal range for plant growth appears to be around 225 to 240 mg/Kg. Some form of nitrogen fertilizer is needed if levels are below this range. On the other hand, if levels are above this range, addition of nitrogen fertilizer will not increase crop yield.
In the corn belt, since about 1975, the predominant method of estimating the amount of nitrogen needed for corn has been the "yield-based" method. A farmer first estimates the yield of corn he intends to produce. He then applies 1.1 to 1.4 lbs of nitrogen per bushel of expected yield. ISNT represents an alternative approach to managing nitrogen application. However, ISNT does not offer a simple answer as to the amount of nitrogen fertilizer that is needed, or as to the optimal form of that fertilizer.
In field trials in Illinois, some fields have been found to be under-fertilized when managed according to the "yield-based" method, as judged by the ISNT. In the majority of trials, however, the yield-based method calls for the addition of nitrogen far in excess of the levels needed for optimal crop production. This nitrogen, which is applied by farmers at great cost, does not find its way into the crop, but is lost to the atmosphere or leaches into waterways.
Within the corn belt, stalks and other crop residues are left in the field with the intention of enhancing the amount of organic material in the soil. Excessive nitrogen application, however, appears to promote the rapid decomposition of organic matter in the soil, resulting in release of carbon dioxide. As a result, the amount of organic material in soils managed according to the yield-based method in the corn belt appears to be decreasing in spite of the large amounts of crop residues left in the fields.
See also
Agriculture
Agronomy
Soil science
References
Agricultural chemicals
Agricultural soil science
Agronomy
Nitrogen cycle
Soil chemistry |
Tow Valley Fault is a geological fault in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
See also
List of geological faults in Northern Ireland
References
Map sheet 44 (and accompanying memoir) of the series of 1:50,000 scale geological maps of Northern Ireland published by Geological Survey of Northern Ireland.
Lyle, P. 2003 Classic geology in Europe 5 The north of Ireland Terra Publishing, Harpenden
Geography of County Antrim
Seismic faults of Northern Ireland |
Caleana, commonly known as duck orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae that is found in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian species are found in all states but have not been recorded in the Northern Territory. Duck orchids have a single leaf and one or a few, dull-coloured, inconspicuous flowers. Most species are found in Western Australia but one species (C. major) occurs in eastern Australia and one (C. minor) occurs in eastern Australia and New Zealand. Orchids in this genus as well as the hammer orchids (Drakaea) are pollinated by male thynnid wasps.
Description
Orchids in the genus Caleana are terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, sympodial herbs usually with a few inconspicuous, fine roots and a dark red, oval-shaped, tuber. Replacement tubers called "droppers" form at the end of long root-like stolons. A single linear to egg-shaped leaf long develops near the base of the plant during the growing season and withers late in the flowering season. The leaf is folded lengthwise and often has purple markings. The flowering stem is wiry, dull brownish maroon and bears one to a few flowers each on a stalk long, each with a small leaf-like bract. The flowers are non-resupinate and glabrous. The dorsal sepal and the two lateral petals are similar in size and are narrow linear in shape with pointed or club-shaped ends. The dorsal sepal points downwards and is pressed against the column. The lateral sepals and two petals usually spread obliquely downwards and sideways. The dorsal sepal and petals are attached to the base of the column where it joins to the ovary. As is usual in orchids, one petal is highly modified as the central labellum. Duck orchids have an unusual, insect-like labellum which is attached to the rest of the flower by a sensitive stalk which holds the labellum above the flower in the "set" position. The labellum is attached to the column by a flexible "claw" which bends under the weight of a pollinating wasp. The column has broad wings and when the labellum is touched, it rapidly turns down, trapping a visiting insect between the labellum and column wings so that the insect comes into contact with the sexual parts of the column. The labellum is flask-shaped, narrowing near the end with the narrow end covered with small raised calli or glands which are usually black, but may be maroon or greenish. In some species the calli may cover a greater part, or even all of the labellum (as in P. minor). Glands on the labellum emit pheromones which are sexual attractants for male thynnid wasps. Flowering occurs in spring in most species and is followed by the fruit which is a non-fleshy, dehiscent capsule containing up to 500 seeds.
Taxonomy and naming
The genus Caleana was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. The name Caleana honours George Caley.
There has been disagreement about the classification of this genus and its relationship with Paracaleana. In 1989 Mark Clements noted that none of the characters used to separate Paracaleana from Caleana is "sufficiently significant" to maintain two genera. A recent (2014) paper reports that recent molecular studies suggest that Caleana and Paracaleana are congeneric. However, the Western Australian Herbarium and several recent field guides to the orchids of Western Australia accept Paracaleana.
Species list
The following is a list of the species of Caleana accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at April 2018.
Caleana alcockii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. – Alcock's duck orchid (Western Australia)
Caleana brockmanii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. – Brockman's duck orchid (Western Australia)
Caleana disjuncta (D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. – little duck orchid (Western Australia), South Australia, Victoria
Caleana dixonii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. – sandplain duck orchid (Western Australia)
Caleana gracilicordata (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. – slender-leafed duck orchid (Western Australia)
Caleana granitica (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. – granite duck orchid (Western Australia)
Caleana hortiorum (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. – Hort's duck orchid (Western Australia)
Caleana lyonsii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. – midget duck orchid (Western Australia)
Caleana major R.Br. – large duck orchid (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria)
Caleana minor R.Br. – small duck orchid (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, North Island of New Zealand)
Caleana nigrita J.Drumm. ex Lindl. – flying duck orchid (Western Australia)
Caleana parvula (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. – Esperance duck orchid (Western Australia)
Caleana terminalis (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. – smooth-billed duck orchid (Western Australia)
Caleana triens (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. – broad-billed duck orchid (Western Australia)
Distribution and habitat
The Western Australian duck orchids usually grow in sandy soil near areas that are swampy in winter where they often grow with hare orchids (Leporella), hammer orchids (Drakaea) and beak orchids (Pyrorchis). Caleana major which occurs in eastern Australia and C. minor which is found in both eastern Australia and New Zealand grow in woodland, damp heath shrubland and grassland, sometimes on rocky slopes or in gravelly soil or on road verges.
Ecology
Orchids in the genus Caleana are pollinated by male thynnid wasps which are attracted to the flower by pheromones. When a wasp lands on the labellum, in its attempt to copulate with it, the labellum is flipped downwards against the column. If the flower has not previously been visited, pollinia in the column will adhere to the insect's back. When that insect visits another duck orchid and the process is repeated, the transported pollinia will adhere to the stigma of the second flower and it will be pollinated.
References
External links
Diurideae genera
Orchids of Australia
Orchids of New Zealand
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) |
Denise Zimba (born 10 November 1988) is a South African actress, singer, dancer and presenter, most known for her role as Mary Gumede in the soap opera Generations: The Legacy. She also joined Vuzu's flagship daily entertainment show V-Entertainment in 2013.
Filmography
Discography
Studio EP
Rude
References
External links
1988 births
Living people
South African actresses
Place of birth missing (living people)
South African dancers |
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Communitas is a Latin noun commonly referring either to an unstructured community in which people are equal, or to the very spirit of community. It also has special significance as a loanword in cultural anthropology and the social sciences. Victor Turner, who defined the anthropological usage of communitas, was interested in the interplay between what he called social 'structure' and 'antistructure'; Liminality and Communitas are both components of antistructure.
Communitas refers to an unstructured state in which all members of a community are equal allowing them to share a common experience, usually through a rite of passage. Communitas is characteristic of people experiencing liminality together. This term is used to distinguish the modality of social relationship from an area of common living. There is more than one distinction between structure and communitas. The most familiar is the difference of secular and sacred. Every social position has something sacred about it. This sacred component is acquired during rites of passages, through the changing of positions. Part of this sacredness is achieved through the transient humility learned in these phases, this allows people to reach a higher position.
Victor and Edith Turner
Communitas is an acute point of community. It takes community to the next level and allows the whole of the community to share a common experience, usually through a rite of passage. This brings everyone onto an equal level: even if you are higher in position, you have been lower and you know what that is.
Turner (1969, Pg.132; see also ) distinguishes between:
existential or spontaneous communitas, the transient personal experience of togetherness; e.g. that which occurs during a counter-culture happening.
normative communitas, which occurs as communitas is transformed from its existential state to being organized into a permanent social system due to the need for social control.
ideological communitas, which can be applied to many utopian social models.
Communitas as a concept used by Victor Turner in his study of ritual has been criticized by anthropologists. See John Eade & Michael J. Sallnow's Contesting the Sacred (1991)
Edith Turner, Victor's widow and anthropologist in her own right, published in 2011 a definitive overview of the anthropology of communitas, outlining the concept in relation to the natural history of joy, including the nature of human experience and its narration, festivals, music and sports, work, disaster, the sacred, revolution and nonviolence, nature and spirit, and ritual and rites of passage.
Paul and Percival Goodman
Communitas is also the title of a book published in 1947 by the 20th-century American thinker and writer Paul Goodman and his brother, Percival Goodman. Their book examines three kinds of possible societies: a society centered on consumption, a society centered on artistic and creative pursuits, and a society which maximizes human liberty. The Goodmans emphasize freedom from both coercion by a government or church and from human necessities by providing these free of cost to all citizens who do a couple of years of conscripted labor as young adults.
Roberto Esposito
In 1998, Italian philosopher Roberto Esposito published a book under the name Communitas challenging the traditional understanding of this concept. It was translated in English in 2010 by Timothy Campbell. In this book, Esposito offers a very different interpretation of the concept of communitas based on a thorough etymological analysis of the word: "Community isn't a property, nor is it a territory to be separated and defended against those who do not belong to it. Rather, it is a void, a debt, a gift to the other that also reminds us of our constitutive alterity with respect to ourselves." He goes on with his "deconstruction" of the concept of communitas: "From here it emerges that communitas is the totality of persons united not by a "property" but precisely by an obligation or a debt; not by an "addition" but by a "subtraction": by a lack, a limit that is configured as an onus, or even as a defective modality for him who is "affected", unlike for him who is instead "exempt" or "exempted". Here we find the final and most characteristic of the oppositions associated with (or that dominate) the alternative between public and private, those in other words that contrast communitas to immunitas. If communis is he who is required to carry out the functions of an office ― or to the donation of a grace ― on the contrary, he is called immune who has to perform no office, and for that reason he remains ungrateful. He can completely preserve his own position through a vacatio muneris. Whereas the communitas is bound by the sacrifice of the compensatio, the immunitas implies the beneficiary of the dispensatio.""Therefore the community cannot be thought of as a body, as a corporation in which individuals are founded in a larger individual. Neither is community to be interpreted as a mutual, intersubjective "recognition" in which individuals are reflected in each other so as to confirm their initial identity; as a collective bond that comes at a certain point to connect individuals that before were separate. The community isn't a mode of being, much less a "making" of the individual subject. It isn't the subject's expansion or multiplication but its exposure to what interrupts the closing and turns it inside out: a dizziness, a syncope, a spasm in the continuity of the subject."
Others
For more on this perspective, see also Jean-Luc Nancy's paper "The Confronted Community" as well as his book The Inoperative Community. See also Maurice Blanchot's book The Unavowable Community (1983) which is an answer to Jean-Luc Nancy's Inoperative Community. Giorgio Agamben engages in a similar argument about the concept of community in his 1990 book The Coming Community (translated in English by Michael Hardt in 1993). Rémi Astruc, a French scholar, recently proposed in his essay Nous? L'aspiration à la Communauté et les arts (2015), to operate a distinction between Community with a capital C as the longing for communitas and communities (plural and small c) to name the numerous actualizations in human societies. Finally, on the American side, see The Community of Those Who Have Nothing in Common by Alphonso Lingis. Christian author Alan Hirsch used the term to describe a more active, tighter-knit community in his book "The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church."
References
Further reading
Read the introduction from Roberto Esposito's book Communitas. The Origin and Destiny of Community : Introduction: Nothing In Common
Turner, Victor. "Rituals and Communitas." Creative Resistance. 26 Nov. 2005
Eade & Sallnow, 'Contesting the Sacred' (1991)
Carse, James P. "The Religious Case Against Belief", Penguin, New York, 2008
Community
Spirituality
Latin words and phrases
es:Communitas |
Soma Records was an American record label, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and owned by wholesale record distributor Amos Heilicher. The Soma name was "Amos" spelled backwards. Heilicher, along with his brother Danny, was also in the jukebox and wholesale record distribution businesses, and owned the Musicland chain of retail music stores.
History
Started in 1954, Soma began mainly recording polka music, old-time country and western, and jazz groups. Its first hit was Bobby Vee's 1959 "Suzie Baby", which was a regional smash before Liberty Records bought the master and issued it nationally.
Among the hits released by Soma were "Mule Skinner Blues" by The Fendermen (purchased from Wisconsin's Cuca label), "Liar, Liar" by The Castaways, "Run, Run, Run" by The Gestures and "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen. The last record was distributed by Soma, but recorded on the Garrett Records label - George Garrett was an engineer who ran the recording/mixing console on many Soma recordings at their Kay Bank Studios. Soma/Kay Bank recorded many local and regional rock groups during the 1960s, including The Accents, Gregory Dee and The Avanties, The Underbeats, and The Del Counts, as well as distributing other smaller labels (such as Garrett, Bangar, Golden Ring and Studio City). Country singer Dave Dudley's first album, containing his biggest hit "Six Days on the Road", was released on Golden Ring Records in 1963, and distributed by Soma until Mercury Records bought the rights.
Heilicher had some ownership in the local Kay Bank Studios, where most of Soma's recordings were made.
Soma continued releasing recordings until 1967, when the co-owned record distributing company was merged into Pickwick Records. The Heilicher brothers exited the recorded music business in 1977.
Amos Heilicher died of pneumonia in August 2011, aged 90.
References
External links
Kay Bank logo
1962 Soma LP
American record labels
American independent record labels
Defunct record labels of the United States
Record labels established in 1957
Record labels disestablished in 1967
Independent record labels based in Minnesota |
Jean-François Hobler (Morges, February 1727 - Soho, London, 25 June 1794 ) was a Swiss-born, naturalised-English, watchmaker.
He migrated from Switzerland to London in the early to mid 18th century, John Francis Hobler (as he was commonly known) married Charlotte Elizabeth Claudon, circa 1753.
A watch and clock maker based in Soho Square, he worked with his son Jean Paul Hobler. The Hobler & Son workshop was based in Porter Street in Newport Market. Their watches were renowned for the blending of Huguenot silver techniques with traditional watchmaking. A popular middle class accessory, Hobler watches were also exported to America and the East Indies.
John Francis Hobler and wife Charlotte had four children of whom two were well known throughout London aristocracy. Youngest son, James Francis Helvetius Hobler was the Principal Clerk to the Lord Mayors of London for more than 50 years. James Francis Hobler is mentioned in the writings of Charles Dickens and George Augustus Sala. His eldest son, Jean Paul Hobler, was a respected alto tenor who gave grand performances at Westminster Abbey, the Drury Lane Theatre and Coleman's Theatre.
Jean Francis Hobler is buried at St Anne's Church, Soho, London, England.
References
The Clockmakers' Museum, Guildhall, Aldermanbury, London ENG.
Wakefield's Merchant and Tradesman's General Directory for London (1790)
Baillie, G. H. (1929) Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World; Hobler, Paul. London. 1770 CC. 1781-90. (gold striking watch); Hobler, Francis. London (Porter St.) an. 1761-90.
External links
Time Pieces made by Hobler & Son
1727 births
1794 deaths
People from Morges
Swiss emigrants to the United Kingdom
Burials at St Anne's Church, Soho |
```java
/*
* one or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
* with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
*/
package io.camunda.service.search.sort;
import io.camunda.util.ObjectBuilder;
import java.util.function.Function;
public final class SortOptionBuilders {
private SortOptionBuilders() {}
public static ProcessInstanceSort.Builder processInstance() {
return new ProcessInstanceSort.Builder();
}
public static UserTaskSort.Builder userTask() {
return new UserTaskSort.Builder();
}
public static VariableSort.Builder variable() {
return new VariableSort.Builder();
}
public static DecisionDefinitionSort.Builder decisionDefinition() {
return new DecisionDefinitionSort.Builder();
}
public static DecisionRequirementsSort.Builder decisionRequirements() {
return new DecisionRequirementsSort.Builder();
}
public static ProcessInstanceSort processInstance(
final Function<ProcessInstanceSort.Builder, ObjectBuilder<ProcessInstanceSort>> fn) {
return fn.apply(processInstance()).build();
}
public static UserTaskSort userTask(
final Function<UserTaskSort.Builder, ObjectBuilder<UserTaskSort>> fn) {
return fn.apply(userTask()).build();
}
public static VariableSort variable(
final Function<VariableSort.Builder, ObjectBuilder<VariableSort>> fn) {
return fn.apply(variable()).build();
}
public static DecisionDefinitionSort decisionDefinition(
final Function<DecisionDefinitionSort.Builder, ObjectBuilder<DecisionDefinitionSort>> fn) {
return fn.apply(decisionDefinition()).build();
}
public static DecisionRequirementsSort decisionRequirements(
final Function<DecisionRequirementsSort.Builder, ObjectBuilder<DecisionRequirementsSort>>
fn) {
return fn.apply(decisionRequirements()).build();
}
}
``` |
```kotlin
/**
* Neo4j Sweden AB [path_to_url
*
* This file is part of Neo4j.
*
*
* path_to_url
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
*/
package apoc.nlp
import org.hamcrest.Description
import org.neo4j.graphdb.Label
import org.neo4j.graphdb.Node
import java.util.stream.Collectors
data class NodeMatcher(private val labels: List<Label>, private val properties: Map<String, Any>) : org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher<Node>() {
companion object {
fun propertiesMatch(expected: Map<String, Any>?, actual: Map<String, Any>?) =
actual?.keys == expected?.keys && actual!!.all { entry -> expected?.containsKey(entry.key)!! && expected[entry.key] == entry.value }
fun nodeMatches(item: Node?, labels: List<String>?, properties: Map<String, Any>?): Boolean {
val labelsMatched = item?.labels!!.count() == labels?.size && item.labels!!.all { label -> labels?.contains(label.name()) }
val propertiesMatches = propertiesMatch(properties, item.allProperties)
return labelsMatched && propertiesMatches
}
}
constructor(node: Node) : this(node.labels.toList(), node.allProperties)
private val labelNames: List<String> = labels.stream().map { l -> l.name()}.collect(Collectors.toList())
override fun describeTo(description: Description?) {
description?.appendText("a node with labels ")?.appendValue(labelNames)?.appendText(" a node with properties ")?.appendValue(properties)
}
override fun matchesSafely(item: Node?, mismatchDescription: Description?): Boolean {
val nodeMatches = nodeMatches(item, labelNames, properties)
if(!nodeMatches) {
mismatchDescription!!
.appendText("got ").appendText("labels: ").appendValue(item?.labels?.map { l -> l.name() })
.appendText(", properties:").appendValue(item?.allProperties)
return false
}
return true
}
}
``` |
Atractus ecuadorensis, the Ecuadorean ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species can be found in Ecuador.
References
Atractus
Reptiles of Ecuador
Endemic fauna of Ecuador
Reptiles described in 1955
Taxa named by Jay M. Savage |
Denmark–Uganda relations are foreign relations between Denmark and Uganda. Denmark has an embassy in Kampala, and Uganda has an embassy in Copenhagen. Diplomatic relations were established on 1 April 1968. On 12 November 1971, Denmark and Uganda signed a treaty on a Danish Government loan to Uganda. Bilateral relations between Denmark and Uganda are described as strong.
After the signing of the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014, 50 million DKK a year of Danish subsidies were rerouted away from the Ugandan government and towards civil organizations, with plans to do the same for all 310 million.
Assistance
Uganda is a Danish programme country. From the 1990s to 2000s, Denmark has helped increased the quality of water in Uganda.
Denmark supports good governance and human development. The assistance began in 2001.
Controversy
The efficiency of the aid is under debate and the support through the European Union of the Democratic Governance Facility had to be stopped. Marco de Swart of DGF was declared Persona-non-Grata after the tried to set up support for election monitoring for the 14 January 2021 election. On 30 January 2023 the Danish ambassador Signe Albjerg visited the Ugandan Human Rights Commission, that has been accused of downplaying human rights abuses in Uganda, and was heavily criticked for this.
See also
Foreign relations of Denmark
Foreign relations of Uganda
References
External links
Agreement on Volunteers from Denmark to Uganda United Nations
Uganda
Bilateral relations of Uganda |
Ellen Jane Seligman (died March 25, 2016) was an American-Canadian editor and publisher. She was a member of the Order of Ontario, the highest honour in the Canadian province of Ontario, and twice won the Canadian Booksellers Association Editor of the Year Award.
Seligman was born in New York City and attended the University of Wisconsin, where she received a Bachelor of Arts. She moved to Canada in 1976, where she eventually took a job with McClelland and Stewart as a senior editor and became their editorial director of fiction by 1987. During this time she worked with authors such as Margaret Atwood, Leonard Cohen, Rohinton Mistry, Michael Ondaatje, Jane Urquhart and Alice Munro, and in 2012 became the vice-president of McClelland and Stewart. At the time of her death Seligman was seen as one of Canada's top literary editors. In 2009 Seligman became the president of PEN Canada, a position she held until 2011.
Seligman died in Toronto on March 25, 2016, and was survived by partner James Polk, sister Margaret Seligman and her extended family.
Editing
Childhood, André Alexis
Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood
Dead Girls, Nancy Lee
The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje
The Underpainter, Jane Urquhart
References
Further reading
Johnson, Jessica. "Mark Her Words" The Walrus (29 March 2016)
1952 births
2016 deaths
American book editors
20th-century American Jews
American emigrants to Canada
Canadian Jews
Members of the Order of Ontario
Writers from New York City
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
21st-century American Jews |
Alberton Oval is a sports oval located in Alberton, a north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It has been the home of the Port Adelaide Football Club since 1880. The ground is a public park and is exclusively leased to Port Adelaide for Australian rules football.
History
With the nearby Queenstown Oval built upon in 1876, the Alberton and Queenstown Council opted to construct a cricketing ground on the land adjacent Brougham Place in 1876. The land was donated by the former Mayor of Port Adelaide, John Formby. The Queen and Albert Oval was officially opened on 8 November 1877 for a game between the touring Tasmanian cricket team and a selected eleven of the Queen and Albert Cricket Association.
Port Adelaide Football Club
While several teams played at the Alberton Oval in the ground's early days, it is most famous for being the training and administration base for the Port Adelaide Football Club since it played its first game on 15 May 1880 and defeated the original, now-defunct Kensington Football Club 1-nil.
Port Adelaide has played all its South Australian National Football League (SANFL) home games at the ground since 1880. When the club commenced playing in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1997, it played home matches at Football Park in West Lakes, until 2014 when AFL matches were moved to the Adelaide Oval near the city. The club continued fielding a team in the SANFL after accession to the AFL, and continued to play home matches at Alberton Oval. Initially the SANFL team was legally separate from the club's AFL operations, until the two were re-unified in 2010. Since 2014 Port Adelaide's SANFL team has been a reserve team for the club. The club commenced fielding a women's team in the AFL Women's league in 2022, and play home matches at Alberton Oval.
All of the club's teams, including its AFL, AFLW and SANFL teams, conduct their principal trainings at the ground.
The Allan Scott Power Headquarters stands adjacent to the oval. So too does The Port Club, a social venue for the club's supporters and players, which was opened on 14 November 1954.
Alberton is regarded as the "spiritual home" of Port Adelaide due to the club (in the SANFL) playing almost all of their homes games there since commencing its tenancy. The club's AFL team usually plays one or two trial games at the ground during the pre-season.
Many notable Australian rules footballers have played for Port Adelaide on the ground, including 3 time Brownlow and Sandover Medalist Haydn Bunton Sr, four time SANFL Magarey Medal winner and club games record holder (392) Russell Ebert, nine time premiership coach Fos Williams, local junior and future Carlton player Craig Bradley, 1992 Best and Fairest winner Nathan Buckley, 1993 Brownlow Medallist Gavin Wanganeen and Port Adelaide's first ever AFL coach, John Cahill who also coached the club to 10 SANFL premierships.
Cheltenham cemetery curse
For a long time such was the Port Adelaide Football Club's dominance at Alberton Oval with a win percentage of 78% from its first year at the ground in 1880 to joining the AFL in 1997 there has been conjecture that opposition teams became cursed as they passed by Cheltenham cemetery on the way to the ground.
Malcolm Blight as coach for Woodville played up the curse for his players in the lead up to a match, parking the bus before the cemetery, and making his players walk past Cheltenham cemetery. Unfortunately it didn't work and Woodville still lost but Blight suggests his team would've lost by more if he didn't make everyone walk past.
Interstate pre-season matches
1888 September 17 – Port Adelaide vs. Broken Hill
1913 July 26 – Port Adelaide vs. North Fremantle
1925 August 25 – Port Adelaide vs. South Fremantle
1931 October 15 – Port Adelaide vs. Geelong
1968 – Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne
1968 – Port Adelaide vs. South Melbourne
1969 March 22 – Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne
1971 March 14 – Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne
1979 March 31 – Port Adelaide vs. Footscray
1981 March 14 – Port Adelaide vs. Richmond
1982 March 13 – Port Adelaide vs. Richmond
1997 February 9 – Port Adelaide vs. Richmond
2014 March 8 – Port Adelaide vs. St Kilda
2019 March 9 – Port Adelaide vs. North Melbourne
2022/23 redevelopment
In 2021, Port Adelaide club officials revealed plans for a redevelopment of the Alberton Oval and surrounding precinct, to include an additional indoor training and administration venue for football, which would feature two basketball courts and an adjacent outdoor soccer pitch. Upgrades to the existing change-rooms and training buildings for men's and women's players were also proposed, as well as spectator amenities and additional spaces for parked cars. The plans were opposed by several local residents who claimed it would exacerbate traffic and congestion issues, though club officials pointed to the expanded car-park spaces available for staff and players, and the opportunities available for local community sports groups to utilise the facilities. The proposal was granted approval by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council on 9 November 2021. The estimated cost of the redevelopment is $30 million, of which $15 million was financed from the federal government in an announcement made on 27 November 2021. The other half of the cost was raised by the South Australian government's Office for Recreation and Sport, the AFL and the club, and several undisclosed club benefactors.
The first completed component of the upgrades was The Precinct at Alberton, a multi-purpose events and administration centre attached to the Robert Quinn grandstand, which was completed in June 2022. The precinct includes the club museum, store, membership services, private event spaces and a large bar, restaurant and kitchen with views over Alberton Oval and toward the Adelaide Hills. Dedicated facilities for the women's team were completed prior to the August 2022 season. The women's football program is located within and along the length of the Fos Williams Stand, and includes expansive locker-rooms, player recovery and administration offices, a team meeting room and a lounge. The redevelopment of the Allan Scott HQ building and addition of the adjacent High Performance Centre and outdoor training/soccer field, located on the eastern side of the oval, commenced in October 2022. Four 39-metre LED light towers were installed in June 2023, allowing night matches to be broadcast on television. All upgrades are expected to be completed in late 2023.
Ground records
Highest score
33.24 (222) – Port Adelaide def. South Adelaide (1988).
Largest margin
160 – Port Adelaide def. West Adelaide (1903).
Most goals in a match
16 – Tim Evans, Port Adelaide (1980)
Longest winning streak
31 – Port Adelaide (1909, Round 9 → 1915, Round 7)
Cricket
Alberton Oval was used as a cricket ground during summer between 1877 and 1996. Following the opening game between Tasmania and the Queen and Albert Cricket Association in 1877, the ground became the home of the new Port Adelaide Cricket Club in 1897 and remained so until the end of 1996.
In the early years attention needed to be paid to the state of the outfield. An example of this need was when Port Adelaide batsman G.S.P. Jones was able to run 8 while making 143 not out against West Torrens in 1904-05 because the fieldsman could not find the ball amongst the weeds. Cricket and football shared the use of the oval for a century, until the Port Adelaide Football Club was elevated into the AFL in 1997 and required the full-year use of the ground.
The cricket club now plays games at the Port Reserve in Port Adelaide.
Grandstands
The grounds main stands and features are:
Fos Williams Family Stand
Opened in 1903. The oldest remaining structure at Alberton Oval, the Fos Williams stand houses the SANFL change rooms, coaching and media boxes. It also is the location of plaques commemorating members of the Williams family.
Robert B. Quinn MM Grandstand
Opened in 1964, the grandstand houses the Port Club bistro, Bob McLean sportsbar, Port Store and upstairs function room.
Allan Scott Power Headquarters
Built with donations provided by businessman Allan Scott, government grants and funding provided by the sale of personalised pavers laid around the Oval precinct, the Headquarters house the administration of the Port Adelaide Football Club along with the AFL training facilities. The Headquarters also have a balcony that overlooks the ground. In 2010 the HQ was upgraded, the cornerstone of which was the Mark Williams Facility, which allows players to train indoors during extreme weather conditions.
N.L. Williams Scoreboard
Named after Port Adelaide and South Australian cricketer Norman Williams, the scoreboard is located on the South East pocket.
Attendance records
Football
The attendance record at the ground for an Australian rules football match was 22,738 during a match against Norwood on 11 June 1977.
Concert
References and notes
External links
Official website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
Port Adelaide Cricket Club
Port Adelaide Football Club
Australian rules football grounds
Sports venues in Adelaide
Cricket grounds in Australia
Sports venues completed in 1877
1877 establishments in Australia |
Ravenea xerophila is a solitary medium-sized palm in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in southern Madagascar, and is threatened by habitat loss. Trees grow from 1.5–8 meters in height, and 13–30 cm in diameter.
References
External links
Ravenea xerophila. Palmpedia.
xerophila
Endemic flora of Madagascar
Vulnerable flora of Africa
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |
Het Leugenpaleis (English: The Palace of Lies) was a Flemish (Belgian) radio sketch comedy show by Hugo Matthysen and Bart Peeters, presented from 1988 until 1999 on radio station Studio Brussel. At the time it enjoyed a huge cult following.
The absurd comedy show proved popular enough to inspire two television spin-offs, "De Liegende Doos" (1995) and "Het Peulengaleis" (1999-2005).
Concept
"Het Leugenpaleis" was a completely improvised radio sketch show, presented by TV presenter Bart Peeters and writer Hugo Matthysen. Most of the comedy came from the hosts playing bizarre and silly characters who reappeared in every episode. The nonsensical atmosphere was highlighted by the fact that both Peeters and Matthysen often starting corpsing, sometimes to the point that they were unable to continue for a few minutes.
Each episode closed with The Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd and Lara's Theme by Maurice Jarre.
Characters
The show had a series of memorable characters, some of which were also used in the TV show adaptations. Apart from these recurring characters Peeters and Matthysen also enjoyed playing fictitious versions of real-life Flemish celebrities, such as The Paranoiacs, Daan Stuyven, Stef Kamil Carlens, Cas Goossens, Mark Coenen, Kathleen Cools and cardinal Godfried Danneels. They usually didn't bother with the accent or any sense of reality at all.
History
"Het Leugenpaleis" aired on Studio Brussel from 1988 to 1999. Right from the start it divided listeners in two camps: you either loved it or hated it. Peeters and Matthysen's unprofessional attitude often caused them to start laughing halfway their performances or made skits go on for so long that the musical interludes had to wait. Originally radio network chief Jan Schoukens planned to fire them, but since the airings had garnered a cult following by then the show was allowed to stay in the air.
In 1989 the show won the HA! van Humo, an annual prize for best Flemish TV show, awarded by the Flemish magazine Humo. It is still the only radio show so far to be awarded this TV prize.
The show ended in 1999, but in 2005 it returned for one final episode to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Belgian radio.
Television adaptations
In 1993 Bart Peeters appeared in Mark Uytterhoeven's popular TV talk show "Morgen Maandag", where he played BRTN network head Cas Goossens, whom he had imitated a lot in "Het Leugenpaleis". It was one of the most memorable moments of the show.
De (V)liegende doos
In 1995 Peeters and Matthysen tried to transfer the absurd Leugenpaleis comedy to television. Since the BRTN refused to give them their own show at the time they broadcast the format on the commercial network vtm. The shows, "De Vliegende Doos" and "De Liegende Doos" ("The Flying Box" and "The Lying Box") were broadcast in prime time at Sunday evenings. "De Vliegende Doos" was a big budget comedy musical spectacle show aimed at a family audience, with puppets and Ronny Mosuse playing an African warrior. "De Liegende Doos" was broadcast later at night and more adult in style. Both programs went live and were completely improvised. While the shows received a lot of media attention at the time the format didn't really catch on with the general public. "De Vliegende Doos" was perceived to be too infantile. "De Liegende Doos", which was more in line with the madcap style of the radio show, got a better reception, but was still too daft for the average viewer. Still, "De Vliegende Doos" was shown in repeats during vtm and its sister channel 2BE's matinée hours and a CD with music from the show was released later.
Het Peulengaleis
Four years later Peeters and Matthysen returned to the small screen with "Het Peulengaleis", a switcheroo of the radio show's title. This time the VRT did give them a chance to make a TV version of "Het Leugenpaleis" and it aired on Canvas late at night. Each episode was directed by Stijn Coninx and featured, apart from Peeters and Matthysen, guest actors among which Tine Embrechts was the most prominent.
The show was smaller in budget and pretense and reached its target audience much easier. It was an instant hit and popular enough to inspire six TV seasons.
Availability
In the 1980s and 1990s memorable moments from the radio show were compiled on cassette tapes and CDs. In 2006 a double compilation CD was released.
In popular culture
The Belgian comedy rock band The Clement Peerens Explosition is based on the character Clement Peerens. The band stars Hugo Matthysen as the character, with Bart Peeters and Ronny Mosuse as fellow band members.
A restaurant in Sint Niklaas was named after the show.
In 2007 the Leugenpaleis sketch "De Floeren Portemonee" was elected as the funniest radio comedy moment in Flemish radio history in a poll held by Radio 1.
Sources
Belgian comedy radio programs
1988 radio programme debuts
1999 radio programme endings
Radio programs adapted into television shows
Radio sketch shows
Surreal comedy radio series |
The 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa was an international rugby union tour that took place in South Africa in July and August 2021. The British & Irish Lions, a team selected from players eligible to represent England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales, played a three-match test series against South Africa, and tour matches against three of South Africa's four United Rugby Championship teams and South Africa A.
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted the tour, leading to numerous schedule changes and the matches in South Africa taking place without fans present. Before leaving for South Africa, the Lions beat Japan in a warm-up match at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. They won all of their matches against the South African franchises, but lost to South Africa A.
South Africa won the test series by two matches to one. The Lions won the first test 22–17 on 24 July, but South Africa won the second test 27–9 a week later before winning the third test 19–16 with a late penalty on 7 August.
Warren Gatland was the Lions' head coach, making him only the second coach to lead the team on three consecutive tours. Alun Wyn Jones of Wales was the Lions' tour captain, but was injured in the home match against Japan on 26 June; he initially withdrew from the squad before returning three weeks later. Ireland's Conor Murray took over as captain during Jones' absence.
Schedule
The eight-match schedule was announced on 4 December 2019, and confirmed on 14 May 2021. The Lions also scheduled a home match against Japan for 26 June, the first time the teams had met, and the first game to be hosted by the Lions since they played Argentina at the Millennium Stadium in 2005. Unlike recent tours, when the Lions played seven games against non-national teams, in 2021 there are only five.
Due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was reported in early 2021 that the tour could be held in Britain and Ireland instead of South Africa, postponed to 2022 or cancelled altogether. With the Lions traditionally being a touring side, thousands of fans signed a petition to put pressure on the Lions board to keep the tour in South Africa and postpone until 2022. In January 2021, Rugby Australia offered to host the tournament in Australia if it could not be held in South Africa, but this was rejected. In March 2021, it was confirmed that the tour would go ahead as planned.
Originally, the eight matches were to be played in the home stadiums of the Lions' opponents. Due to COVID, the schedule was changed so that all eight matches would be played in only four venues, all in Gauteng or Cape Town, to reduce the teams' travel requirements. A match against an SA Invitational team was replaced by one against the South African Lions franchise to reduce the risks associated with drawing a squad from around the country. The match against the Bulls was cancelled due to several positive COVID tests in the Bulls' camp, and a second match against the Sharks was added instead. On 20 July, it was announced that the second and third tests would be moved from Johannesburg to Cape Town.
Squads
Lions
Lions chairman Jason Leonard announced an initial squad of 37 on 6 May 2021, made up of 11 players from England, 10 from Wales, 8 from Ireland and 8 from Scotland.
Prop Andrew Porter withdrew from the squad on 5 June because of a toe injury; he was replaced by Kyle Sinckler.
Rónan Kelleher joined the pre-tour training camp in Jersey to cover for hookers Jamie George and Luke Cowan-Dickie, who had club commitments. Kelleher was not added to the touring squad at the time, but was called up to the squad on 14 July.
On 26 June, tour captain Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric withdrew from the tour after being injured against Japan; Adam Beard and Josh Navidi were called up as their replacements. On 14 July, Jones returned to the squad, having overcome his shoulder injury.
On 10 July, Marcus Smith was called up as Finn Russell was injured, with Russell remaining on the tour.
Notes: Ages listed are as of the first tour match on 26 June. Player positions are per the Lions' website. Bold denotes that the player was selected for a previous Lions squad. Italic denotes a player that withdrew from the squad following selection.
Management and staff
Reported candidates to coach the 2021 Lions included Warren Gatland, Eddie Jones, Gregor Townsend, Joe Schmidt, Dai Young and Mark McCall. Gatland was announced as the head coach on 12 June 2019.
On 13 April 2021, Gatland announced his coaching team, including Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend as attack coach, Scotland defence coach Steve Tandy, Leinster forwards coach Robin McBryde and Wales kicking coach Neil Jenkins. This was the sixth tour for Jenkins (two as a player, four as a coach), for Townsend, Tandy and McBryde this is their first Lions tour as coaches.
South Africa
On 5 June, South Africa named a 46-man squad for their two-test series against Georgia and the three tests against the British & Irish Lions.
On 10 July, Lizo Gqoboka and Fez Mbatha were added to the squad as COVID-19 cover.
Coaching team:
Head coach: Jacques Nienaber
Forwards coach: Deon Davids
Backs coach: Mzwandile Stick
Assistant coach: Felix Jones
Assistant coach: Daan Human
Note: Ages, caps and clubs as of first test match on 24 July 2021.
Matches
British & Irish Lions v Japan
The Lions began their 2021 tour with their first ever match in Scotland. Lions captain Alun Wyn Jones was substituted in the 7th minute after suffering a dislocated shoulder that seemed to rule him out of the tour. The Lions went 21–0 up in the first 23 minutes, through tries from Josh Adams, Duhan van der Merwe and Robbie Henshaw, all converted by Dan Biggar, but also lost flanker Justin Tipuric to a shoulder injury in the 21st minute. Tadhg Beirne added a fourth try after half-time, again converted by Biggar to make it 28–0. Japan responded with a try by Kazuki Himeno after 58 minutes, converted by Yu Tamura, who also kicked a penalty with 12 minutes to go to make the final score 28–10.
Lions v British & Irish Lions
Sharks v British & Irish Lions
Sharks v British & Irish Lions
South Africa A v British & Irish Lions
Stormers v British & Irish Lions
South Africa v British & Irish Lions (first test)
Notes:
Wyn Jones (British & Irish Lions) was originally named in the starting XV, but withdrew ahead of the game due to injury. He was replaced by Rory Sutherland, who was replaced by Mako Vunipola on the bench.
Tadhg Beirne, Dan Biggar, Tom Curry, Jack Conan, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Robbie Henshaw, Stuart Hogg, Ali Price, Rory Sutherland, Duhan van der Merwe and Hamish Watson all made their Lions test debuts.
Handré Pollard (South Africa) earned his 50th test cap.
With Stuart Hogg, Duhan van der Merwe, Ali Price and Rory Sutherland in the starting line-up, this match represented the first time since 2005 that any Scottish player started a British & Irish Lions test match, and the most Scottish players named in starting line-up since 1989.
South Africa v British & Irish Lions (second test)
Notes:
Steven Kitshoff (South Africa) earned his 50th test cap.
Chris Harris made his Lions test debut.
South Africa v British & Irish Lions (third test)
Notes:
Damian de Allende (South Africa) earned his 50th test cap.
Josh Adams, Bundee Aki, Adam Beard, Wyn Jones, Finn Russell and Sam Simmonds all made their Lions test debuts.
Notes
References
British and Irish Lions
British & Irish Lions tours of South Africa
British And Irish Lions
Lions
Lions |
John Patrick Connolly (born 29 August 1950) is an English businessman. He is the chairman of Eisner Advisory Group LLC, Interpath Advisory, Stonehage Fleming and Metric Capital Partners. He was chairman of two FTSE-100 companies, G4S and Amec Foster Wheeler. Prior to that he was senior partner and chief executive of Deloitte in the UK, and global managing partner and global chairman of Deloitte until his retirement from the firm in June 2011.
Early life
John Connolly was born on 29 August 1950. His father was John Connolly and his mother, Mary Morrison. He was educated at St Bede's College, Manchester.
Career
Connolly ran an office for Deloitte in the Middle East, was partner-in-charge of its Leeds office and a regional managing partner. He was also head of the London office and UK managing partner. He was also global managing partner and global chairman of Deloitte until mid 2011.
Connolly transformed Deloitte in UK – once the smallest of the Big Four accountants – after masterminding a merger with Arthur Andersen in 2002. Rivals predicted that Andersen, which collapsed because of its association with Enron, would be a bad fit with Deloitte. However, under Connolly’s stewardship, the two gradually merged and avoided mass defections. He has also insisted that the firm retains its consulting arm, the only big accountancy practice to do so, and plays a significant role in advising some of the firm’s biggest clients.
In 2008, Connolly was named at number 58 in the Times Power 100, the annually compiled list of men and women who hold sway over British business, ranking 34 places above Sir Richard Branson. Connolly was also named as the Personality of the Year in the Accountancy Age Awards 2008, described as “the accountancy world’s equivalent of Sir Alex Ferguson”.
Connolly steered Deloitte to a credit-crunch-busting 16 per cent jump in 2008 pre-tax profits to £654 million. Global revenues for the accounting and professional services giant were up by 12 per cent to £2.01 billion in the year to 31 May 2008, comfortably beating its £2 billion target for this financial year. Connolly cemented his status as Britain’s highest paid accountant in 2008, when his £5.7million pay packet was disclosed in the company’s annual results. In 2009, Connolly's pay was reported to have decreased slightly to £5.22million.
Connolly was previously the chairman for Hampshire-based debt recovery agency, Capquest. Capquest was one of the market leaders of the debt recovery industry until board changes took place in 2012.
Connolly became embroiled with the Barlow Clowes affair. He was heavily criticised by the accountancy profession in 1995 for his role when the report into the scandal was published.
Connolly served as the chairman of G4S from January 2012 until May 2021. He also served as the chairman of Amec Foster Wheeler.
In October 2016, Connolly founded Cogital (now Azets), a British multinational accounting and business services company, with the financial backing of the private equity firm Hg Capital. Accountancy Age has reported that Cogital and its private equity backers have big plans to challenge the dominance of the Big Four accounting firms.
Philanthropy and equine interests
Connolly served as the chairman of the Great Ormond Street Hospital until July 2019.
Connolly is also a racing fanatic, owning four horses at a stable near the South Coast. His horses are Crimson Monarch, Tungsten Strike, Night Crescendo and Gaia Prince. He also has an interest in others 'horses through the formation of the Green Dot Partnership, a racehorse syndicate that raised £630,000 from Deloitte partners to buy yearlings. The registered colours are blue, with a big green dot. Fellow partners have invested between £5,000 and £25,000.
Personal life
Connolly married Odile Lesley Griffith in 1992. He has a son and a daughter.
References
Living people
1950 births
People educated at St Bede's College, Manchester
English accountants
Deloitte people
British corporate directors
British chairpersons of corporations |
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*
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``` |
Mark Gordon (born March 14, 1957) is an American politician serving as the 33rd governor of Wyoming since January 7, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as state treasurer; then-governor Matt Mead appointed him to that position on October 26, 2012, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Joseph Meyer.
Early life and education
Gordon was born in New York City, the son of Catherine (née Andrews) and Crawford Gordon. Gordon’s father grew up on Drumlin Farm, in Lincoln, Massachusetts. His parents married on October 27, 1945, at the First Unitarian Church of Kennebunk, Maine, before settling at their ranch in Kaycee, Wyoming, in 1947.
Gordon’s paternal grandmother was the philanthropist Louise Ayer Hatheway. His paternal great-grandfather was the industrialist and mill magnate Frederick Ayer, founder of the American Woolen Company, and younger brother of the patent medicine tycoon James Cook Ayer, both of Lowell, Massachusetts.
He is a nephew of the socialite Jean Gordon. Gordon is also a great-nephew by marriage of General George S. Patton, and a first cousin once removed of Major General George Patton IV. He was raised on his family's ranch in Johnson County, Wyoming. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Middlebury College in 1979.
Career
2008 congressional run
In 2008, Gordon was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican primary for the United States House of Representatives for Wyoming's at-large congressional district seat held by Barbara Cubin, who was retiring. His main opponent was Cynthia Lummis, also a former state treasurer and the wife of a Democratic former state representative, Alvin Wiederspahn. Former U.S. senator Alan K. Simpson of Cody, considered a moderate Republican, defended Gordon's candidacy but stopped short of an outright endorsement because he was also friendly with Lummis. Former U.S. senator Malcolm Wallop endorsed Gordon, as did the late Joseph B. Meyer, who was serving as state treasurer at the time.
In the primary, Gordon garnered the endorsements of Wyoming's two most prominent statewide newspapers, The Casper Star-Tribune and the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Though polls and the financial advantage rested with Gordon in the primary campaign, he lost the nomination to Lummis.
Treasurer of Wyoming
Gordon was Treasurer of Wyoming from 2012 to 2019. He was sworn in as treasurer on November 1, 2012, by Wyoming Supreme Court Justice William Hill, after being selected by Governor Matt Mead.
Gordon was elected to a full term as treasurer in 2014.
Governor of Wyoming
2018 election
Gordon declined to run for Cynthia Lummis's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016, the one he ran for in 2008, and instead ran for governor of Wyoming in 2018. He won the Republican primary on August 21 and the general election on November 6, defeating Democratic state representative Mary Throne. Gordon was inaugurated on January 7, 2019.
2022 election
Gordon was reelected to a second term against Democratic nominee Theresa Livingston in the general election.
Tenure
Gordon was sworn in on January 7, 2019.
Amid a November 2020 spike in coronavirus cases, Gordon imposed some restrictions on indoor and outdoor public gatherings. He did not implement curfews, temporarily close any businesses or initially impose a statewide mask mandate. Gordon and his wife, Jennie Gordon, contracted COVID-19 later in the month. In December 2020, Gordon imposed a statewide mask mandate. In February 2021, he extended that order until the end of the month. On March 8, 2021, he announced that he would lift the mask mandate on March 16. On March 16, the mask mandate was lifted. As of March 30, Gordon has no plans to reinstate the mask mandate.
In November 2020, Gordon proposed $500 million in cuts to the Wyoming budget to account for declining revenue from the fossil fuel industry (particularly coal mining), which is crucial to Wyoming's economy. On April 2, 2021, he signed a budget passed by the Wyoming legislature that cut $430 million instead of the $500 million Gordon proposed, due to improved budget forecasts for the year of 2021 and supplemental money from the American Rescue Plan Act signed by President Biden. The budget Gordon signed decreases the amount cut to the University of Wyoming and the Wyoming Department of Health.
In 2021, a New York Times investigation revealed that Gordon had been targeted by hard-right conservatives, such as Susan Gore, the heiress to the Gore-Tex fortune. Gore funded secret operatives who targeted Gordon.
As of 2022, Gordon often polls as one of the nation's most popular governors.
Personal life
Gordon met his first wife, the former Sarah Hildreth Gilmore, at Middlebury College. They married on March 7, 1981, in the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield, Massachusetts, where her parents resided. In 1993, she died in an automobile accident. They had two daughters.
In 1998 Gordon met his current wife, the former Jennie Muir Young, and they married in 2000. Together they own the Merlin Ranch east of Buffalo in Johnson County, Wyoming. In 2009, their ranch received the Society for Range Management Wyoming Section "Excellence in Rangeland Stewardship" award.
On November 25, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gordon tested positive for the virus on the same day his office was to be reopened, after an employee of his had tested positive earlier. Gordon's office remained closed temporarily for deep-cleaning after his diagnosis.
Electoral history
References
External links
Wyoming State Treasurer's Office
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1957 births
21st-century American politicians
Living people
Middlebury College alumni
People from Buffalo, Wyoming
People from Kaycee, Wyoming
Politicians from Cheyenne, Wyoming
Ranchers from Wyoming
Republican Party governors of Wyoming
School board members in Wyoming
St. Paul's School (New Hampshire) alumni
State treasurers of Wyoming
Wyoming Republicans
Candidates in the 2008 United States elections |
Algeria has one of the lowest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Africa. In 2022, the United Nations estimated that there were 28, 000 adults and children living with the disease in the country, accounting for 0.1% of the total population. While overall prevalence rates are low, the number of new infections continues to rise. This has been attributed to different factors, including a lack of knowledge around transmission among Algerian citizens, alongside a greater public awareness of the disease itself.
Prevalence
HIV/AIDS was first identified in Sétif in 1986. Around 500 Algerians have died of AIDS-related complications since the epidemic began.
During the early years of the epidemic, national understanding of the disease was low, which led to a likely discrepancy in the number of Algerians contracting HIV/AIDS with the number of reported cases. The traditionally conservative culture often meant that discussing the disease, either publicly or privately, was considered a social taboo.
The World Health Organization has identified drug users, sex workers and men who have sex with men as being the key populations among whom the HIV/AIDS epidemic is concentrated.
The number of women infected with HIV/AIDS has sharply increased, with the ratio of men to women having contracted the disease changing from 5:1 at the beginning of the epidemic to 1:1 by 2004. This has been attributed to the prevalence of married Algerian men having extra-marital affairs, contracting HIV/AIDS and subsequently transmitting it to their wives.
Subtype B is the most common type of HIV in northern Algeria, accounting for 56% of cases. There is more variety of strains in southern Algeria, which has been linked to its closer proximity with sub-Saharan countries where HIV/AIDS is more prevalent.
National response
On 1 December 2003, then-President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika made a speech commemorating World AIDS Day, marking the first time he had extensively discussed HIV/AIDS. He stressed the importance of breaking the cultural taboo around discussing the disease, in addition to raising public awareness about HIV/AIDS, its transmission, symptoms, testing, and treatment; addressing women's social vulnerability to contacting the disease; the importance of maintaining confidentiality within the health service; and addressing the disease in a culturally appropriate way.
The Algerian government's subsequent response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been praised by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, which described the country as a "pioneer in the region" for its prioritisation of cross-sectoral action, community involvement, and innovative policies, which it said had led to a sustained low-level epidemic. Universal health care is enshrined in the Constitution of Algeria, and free antiviral therapy has been offered to patients since 1998.
In 2012, Algeria partnered with UNAIDS to build the first HIV/AIDS research centre in the Middle East and North Africa, to be based in Tamanrasset, close to the country's borders with several countries and on a popular route for migrants. As of 2016, all health centres in Algeria have HIV/AIDS testing facilities, with the Algiers Centre of Excellence for Research on Health and HIV/AIDS serving as a regional hub for research, training, and medicine production pertaining to HIV/AIDS.
In 2016, the Algiers Declaration was signed, vowing to eradicate HIV/AIDS in North Africa and the Middle East by promoting increased testing and treatment, particularly among drug users, sex workers, and men who have sex with men.
The role of non-governmental organisations such as Solidarité AIDS and El-Hayat have been attributed to Algeria's successful response to the epidemic. This has included completing outreach work with vulnerable groups, such as offering condoms and testing to sex workers.
Difficulties in treatment
While the overall prevalence of HIV/AIDS is low in Algeria, public understanding of the disease and how it is transmitted has been described as "mediocre" among the population, particularly among young people. While it is taught as part of secondary education, access to HIV/AIDS services like testing, treatment and advice is only available to people under 18 with parental consent. The stigmatisation of people with HIV/AIDS has led to some parents not consenting, as well as to adults with the disease declining testing or antiretroviral drugs.
References
Algeria
Algeria
Health in Algeria |
Sítio do Pica-pau Amarelo is a 1952 Brazilian children-family television series produced and aired by Rede Tupi, Sítio was scripted by Brazilian author Tatiana Belinky, based on the series of novels of same name. The series is the second live-action adaptation of the Sítio universe, after the feature film O Saci, released in the previous year. It was the first television adaptation of the homonymous work by Monteiro Lobato.
Sítio tells the story of the peaceful title site, the Yellow Woodpecker Ranch, where its unique dwellers live in fantasy and learning. It starred actress Lúcia Lambertini (occasionally replaced by Dulce Margarida) in the role of Emília, the living, smart and talkative doll of the farm. The Viscount of Sabugosa was played by Rúbens Molino, and Later In 1958 Molino was replaced by Luciano Maurício. The series premiered on 3 June 1952 and ran until 6 March 1963, being canceled after 360 episodes and several recastings. The cast needed to re-enact some episodes in 1963 for the show's "reruns", since episodes were originally broadcast live. Each episode was of 30 minutes duration.
Plot
At the peaceful Yellow Woodpecker ranch, an intelligent and tender old lady named Mrs. Benta lives with her grandsons Lúcia "Little Nose" and Pedrinho. The two kids have their respective living and thinking toys: the talkative rag doll, and the Viscount of Sabugosa, an incredibly intellectual man made of maize. Aunt Nastácia prepares her unique delicacies for the family, all of them living in magic, fantasy and discovery.
Cast
Sydnéia Rossi as Dona Benta (1952–1953)
Suzy Arruda as Dona Benta (1954–1957)
Leonor Lambertini as Dona Benta (1958–1963)
Zeni Pereira as Tia Nastácia
Lúcia Lambertini as Emília
Lidia Rosemberg as Narizinho (1952–1953)
Edy Cerri as Narizinho (1954–1963)
Sérgio Rosemberg as Pedrinho (1952)
Julinho Simões as Pedrinho (1953–1954)
David José as Pedrinho (1955–1963)
Rúbens Molino as Visconde de Sabugosa (1952–1957)
Luciano Maurício as Visconde de Sabugosa (1958–1963)
Júlio Silva as Rabicó (1952-1957)
Ricardo Gouveia as Rabicó (1958-1963)
Paulo Basco as Dr. Caramujo
Rio de Janeiro version
Between 1955 and 1956, as the original program was broadcast only in São Paulo, TV Tupi produced a version at its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro with a different cast. Only Lúcia Lambertini remained in the same role, traveling weekly to appear in both versions.
Iná Malagutti as Dona Benta (1955)
Wanda Hammel as Dona Benta (1956)
Benedita Rodrigues as Tia Nastácia
Lúcia Lambertini as Emília
Leny Vieira as Narizinho
André José Adler as Pedrinho
Elísio de Albuquerque as Visconde de Sabugosa (1955)
Hernê Lebon as Rabicó (1955); Visconde de Sabugosa (1956)
Daniel Filho as Dr. Caramujo
Production
The idea was first conceived by Tatiana Belinki's husband, psychiatrist Júlio Gouveia, after he asked some adults, at a children's birthday party, to improvise a stage play version of Peter Pan for their present and bored kids. This led him to write a thesis about children's theatre and its role on the youngers' education. His article impressed TV Tupi, the only television network in Brazil at that time. He was then hired by the channel and decided to adapt Monteiro Lobato's fantasy series of novels for the teleplay, and the pilot was broadcast live as a single presentation. The good rating forced Tupi to create a television series, with Júlio Gouveia's wife Tatiana Belinky as the screenwriter. Despite Sítio immediate repercussion, the budget was extremely limited and only one set (the site's gazebo) was available. Other sets required by the script would be hastily handmade by the crew. Since special effects were non-existent, the fantasy was highly improvised with available resources. For example, for the underwater scenes at the Clear Waters Kingdom, Tatiana Belinky put her own fish bowl in front of the camera. Salathiel Coelho's song "Dobrado" was the series' opening theme before Gilberto Gil composed the famous Sítio do Picapau Amarelo main title theme for Rede Globo's posterior versions.
The series was shown on Thursdays at 7:30 pm live, as there were no recording techniques yet for television. The scenes took place mostly in a single fixed setting, the balcony of the farm, since television in Brazil had only existed for a year and resources at the time were still precarious and simple. Scenes in different locations, such as in the woods or in the kitchen, were set up on specific days and the characters moved there abruptly. The stories had no interruption for the commercial break and, therefore, during the dialogues or scenes with the fixed actors, product announcements were introduced. The episodes began with images of Júlio Gouveia opening a book to tell a story. In the end, the episode ended with Júlio closing the Book. In 1963, with the creation of the videotape and the possibility of recording in advance, several old episodes were re-recorded.
Soundtrack
The LP of the soundtrack and the double compact of the series of the Sítio do Pica-pau Amarelo, released in 1954 by Odeon Records.
Tracks
A Pílula Falante
O Casamento da Emília
Notes and references
External links
Brazilian children's television series
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo |
See also
Namibia
Damara
Bantustans in South West Africa
Apartheid
Presidents of Namibia
Prime Ministers of Namibia
References
Apartheid in South West Africa
Namibia history-related lists |
Chionoreas is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Chionoreas euryochtha, which is found on Borneo.
References
Tineidae
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of Asia
Tineidae genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick |
A Society Scandal is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan, and starring Gloria Swanson and Rod La Rocque. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is based on a 1922 play The Laughing Lady, by Alfred Sutro which starred Ethel Barrymore in 1923 on Broadway and originally in 1922 with Edith Evans in UK.<ref>[http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SocietyScandal1924.html 'Progressive Silent Film List: 'A Society Scandal] at silentera.com</ref>
Paramount remade the story in 1929 as The Laughing Lady an early talkie for Ruth Chatterton.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Marjorie Colbert and her husband Hector disagree continually. She becomes compromised by an unconventional visit paid to her room by Harrison Peters. Hector sues and obtains a divorce, his success being due to the eloquent attack on Marjorie's reputation made by made by his lawyer, Daniel Farr. Marjorie plans a revenge on Daniel by vamping him and enticing him to her apartment, where she then screams for help. The lawyer's reputation suffers, but Marjorie suddenly repents of her scheme when she realizes that Daniel and her love each other. He forgives her and all ends well.
Cast
Preservation
With no copies of A Society Scandal'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film.
References
External links
Lobby poster
Several posters
Lobby card (archived)
1924 films
1924 drama films
Silent American drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
American films based on plays
Lost American drama films
Films directed by Allan Dwan
Paramount Pictures films
1924 lost films
1920s American films |
```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.
*/
#import "ZXAddressBookAUResultParser.h"
#import "ZXAddressBookParsedResult.h"
#import "ZXResult.h"
@implementation ZXAddressBookAUResultParser
- (ZXParsedResult *)parse:(ZXResult *)result {
NSString *rawText = [ZXResultParser massagedText:result];
if ([rawText rangeOfString:@"MEMORY"].location == NSNotFound ||
[rawText rangeOfString:@"\r\n"].location == NSNotFound) {
return nil;
}
NSString *name = [[self class] matchSinglePrefixedField:@"NAME1:" rawText:rawText endChar:'\r' trim:YES];
NSString *pronunciation = [[self class] matchSinglePrefixedField:@"NAME2:" rawText:rawText endChar:'\r' trim:YES];
NSArray *phoneNumbers = [self matchMultipleValuePrefix:@"TEL" max:3 rawText:rawText trim:YES];
NSArray *emails = [self matchMultipleValuePrefix:@"MAIL" max:3 rawText:rawText trim:YES];
NSString *note = [[self class] matchSinglePrefixedField:@"MEMORY:" rawText:rawText endChar:'\r' trim:NO];
NSString *address = [[self class] matchSinglePrefixedField:@"ADD:" rawText:rawText endChar:'\r' trim:YES];
NSArray *addresses = address == nil ? nil : @[address];
return [ZXAddressBookParsedResult addressBookParsedResultWithNames:[self maybeWrap:name]
nicknames:nil
pronunciation:pronunciation
phoneNumbers:phoneNumbers
phoneTypes:nil
emails:emails
emailTypes:nil
instantMessenger:nil
note:note
addresses:addresses
addressTypes:nil
org:nil
birthday:nil
title:nil
urls:nil
geo:nil];
}
- (NSArray *)matchMultipleValuePrefix:(NSString *)prefix max:(int)max rawText:(NSString *)rawText trim:(BOOL)trim {
NSMutableArray *values = nil;
for (int i = 1; i <= max; i++) {
NSString *value = [[self class] matchSinglePrefixedField:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%d:", prefix, i]
rawText:rawText
endChar:'\r'
trim:trim];
if (value == nil) {
break;
}
if (values == nil) {
values = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:max];
}
[values addObject:value];
}
if (values == nil) {
return nil;
}
return values;
}
@end
``` |
Little Weighton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is approximately south-west of Beverley and west of Cottingham and forms part of the civil parish of Rowley.
History
Domesday Book
Little Weighton was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Welton and the county of Yorkshire. It had a recorded population of 8.5 households in 1086, putting it in the smallest 40% of settlements recorded in Domesday (Nb: 8.5 households is an estimate, since multiple places are mentioned in the same entry). It is recorded:
16 villagers and 1 priest, 3 ploughlands, 2 lord's plough teams, 4 men's plough teams, 2 mills (value 16 shillings), 1 church. Annual value to lord was 2 pounds 10 shillings in 1086 and 2 pounds in 1066. The tenant-in-chief in 1086 was Hugh son of Baldric. The Lord in 1066 was Gamal, son of Osbert.
Later history
Little Weighton is supposed by some to have been the site of the famous battle of Brunanburh.
On 14 April 1702 Jeremiah Northend was buried, aged 78, in Rowley. Aged 14, he had emigrated to Massachusetts with his Uncle Robert and cousin Ezekiel, with the dissenting community led by Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, but returned to live in Little Weighton after nine years or so.
In 1823 Little Weighton was in the civil parish of Rowley and the Wapentake of Harthill. Occupations at the time included six farmers and yeomen, a shoemaker, a blacksmith, a tailor, a shopkeeper and the landlord of The Black Horse public house. A carrier operated between the village and Beverley and Hull once a week.
Village today
The village contains a small shop (which acts as a post office), a Church of England primary school, a church, a retirement home, village hall, playing fields, a garage and the Black Horse public house. The 180 bus connects Little Weighton to villages in the local area as well as Cottingham and Beverley.
The village was served by the Little Weighton railway station on the Hull and Barnsley Railway between 1885 and 1955.
Notable residents
Notable residents include former David Bowie bassist Trevor Bolder and former Hull City players Stan McEwan and Sam Ricketts.
References
External links
Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire |
Angélique is a 2013 French period drama and adventure film loosely based on the 1956 novel Angélique, the Marquise of the Angels by Anne Golon.
Cast
References
External links
Reviews of Angélique by film critics from different countries
Official website of Angélique in French
Official website of Angélique in English
2010s historical adventure films
French historical adventure films
Films based on French novels
Films based on adaptations
Films set in the 1650s
Films set in the 1660s
Remakes of French films
Films shot in Austria
Films shot in Belgium
Films shot in the Czech Republic
Films scored by Nathaniel Méchaly
Films directed by Ariel Zeitoun
French historical action films
2010s historical action films
2010s French-language films
2010s French films |
Coptorhynchus is a genus of weevils in the tribe Celeuthetini. Species are found in South-East Asia.
Coptorhynchus Desbrochers, 1892 is a synonym for Ithystenus.
References
External links
Coptorhynchus at insectoid.info
Entiminae
Curculionidae genera |
Jamilah Lemieux (July 22, 1984) is an American writer, cultural critic, and editor. She rose to prominence for her blog, The Beautiful Struggler. She has worked for Ebony, Cassius Magazine, and Interactive One, part of Radio One, Inc. Lemieux currently writes a parenting column for Slate, and co-hosts an accompanying podcast, Mom & Dad Are Fighting.
Early life
Lemieux was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Her father is David Lemieux, a former member of the Black Panther Party, who appeared in the 1973 film The Spook Who Sat by the Door. Her mother was active with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Lemieux received her bachelor's degree from Howard University. She is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Career
Writing
After graduating from Howard University, she began her writing career through blogging and mainstream media. Her blog, The Beautiful Struggler, primarily centered on the topics of race and romantic relationships. She is a three-time Black Weblog Awards winner.
In 2011, Lemieux became the news and lifestyle editor for Ebony.com. She was promoted to senior editor in 2014. In late 2015, she became the senior editor for the print magazine.
Lemieux's writing has appeared in publications such as Mic, Essence, The Nation, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Guardian. Her writing generally centers cultural issues from a feminist perspective.
Other work
In 2009, she penned An Open Letter to Tyler Perry for NPR’s All Things Considered. She also appears a TV commentator for networks such as CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and ABC, and she has been a guest on Comedy Central's The Nightly Show, MTV2's Uncommon Sense, Vice's Desus & Mero, as well as Revolt/Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club. She appeared as a commentator in the Surviving R. Kelly documentary series.
In 2016, she became the vice president of news and men's programming for Interactive One, part of Radio One, Inc. As a part of her work there she developed Cassius, a digital magazine for millennials of color.
Lemieux joined the Cynthia Nixon 2018 gubernatorial campaign as a communications advisor. In 2019, she worked as a consultant for Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign.
Personal life
Lemieux has one daughter, Naima (b. 2013).
Accolades
The Root, Root 100 (2014)
Planned Parenthood, PPFA Media Awards, Excellence in Commentary (2015)
BBC, 100 Women (2016)
References
External links
Official website
1984 births
African-American journalists
African-American women journalists
African-American women writers
Living people
Howard University alumni
American columnists
Journalists from Chicago
African-American writers
American women columnists
American feminist writers
21st-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women |
December Flower is a British single drama first broadcast at Christmas 1984. It featured the first acting appearance for 17 years by Bryan Forbes.
Plot synopsis
Newly widowed Etta Marsh goes to visit her elderly Aunt, Mary Grey, whom she has never met. (Mary and her sister, Etta's mother, had not seen each other for some 60 years - after Mary "stole" Etta's mother's boyfriend, Harry's father.) Etta finds her 85-year-old "Aunt M" being looked after by an inattentive, selfish cook-housekeeper called Mrs. Cullen. Aunt M herself is extremely inattentive and listless because Mrs. Cullen keeps her sedated with pills. Her son is too wrapped up in his own life to be interested and his wife is only waiting for the old woman to die so they will inherit her property. Her granddaughter Jill is the only one, besides Etta, who displays any genuine affection for the old woman.
On the last day of Etta's visit, she and Mrs. Cullen have a row over what the latter has been giving Mrs. Grey to eat - or, rather, what she has not been feeding Mrs. Grey but keeping for herself to eat on her own. Mrs. Cullen quits, cousin Harry is distraught, and Etta promises to stay until he can sort out a new cook-housekeeper or Mrs. Cullen agrees to return.
However, once Mrs. Cullen is gone and Aunt M is no longer being fed sleeping pills in place of food, the old woman begins to perk up. She and Etta strike up a tremendous friendship, and Aunt M takes revenge on her snooty daughter-in-law by inviting the family over to admire her new Mickey Mouse telephone and have tea and cakes - served on rotating musical cake stand.
Harry and Etta are both pleased for Etta to stay and look after his mother. Harry's wife is not and drops a vitriolic bombshell: "Mother and your mother were adopted. You're not really related. You can call her 'Aunt' if you want to but she isn't your aunt!"
There is some foundation for her concern. When Mary dies, Etta is shocked to learn that Aunt M had made a new will leaving everything to her instead of to her son. Etta receives assurances from Mary's attending physician that, her "Aunt died of a massive coronary that was coming in any case. If anything, what you did prolonged her life; and you certainly brightened the end of it beyond all recognition." Etta then arranges to put most of the money and other assets in trust for her niece, Aunt M's granddaughter, Jill.
The closing scene is in the cemetery where Aunt M is buried. A large white marble statue has been erected in her memory, and the caretaker has instructions to replenish its floral arrangements on a weekly basis. "Only orange flowers?" he asks. Etta smiles and replies, "Orange flowers, yes!".
Reception
In a positive review for The New York Times, John J. O'Connor wrote, "Jean Simmons and Mona Washbourne positively illuminate 'December Flower,'an hourlong tale about a newly widowed woman coming to take care of her bed-ridden, 85-year-old aunt. [...] 'December Flower,' written by Judy Allen from her own novel, skilfully manages to be amusing while never flinching from real problems. [...] Miss Simmons, whose film career has encompassed everything from Ophelia in Olivier's 'Hamlet' to Sister Sarah in 'Guys and Dolls,' has rarely been lovelier and more effective. Her Etta is an immensely appealing woman of sensitivity and authority. Miss Washbourne, the veteran character actress who started out professionally as a concert pianist, is an utter delight, whether trying on different sets of false teeth or squinting at the world around her with an unmistakable glint of mischief. 'December Flower' is small, lean and delightful."
References
1984 television films
1984 films
British television films
Films directed by Stephen Frears |
Henry C. Chipman (July 25, 1784 – May 31, 1867) was a judge of the Supreme Territorial Court of Michigan from 1827 until 1832.
Biography
Chipman was the son of Vermont senator Nathaniel Chipman. He studied with his father and Jeremiah Atwater in preparation for entering Middlebury College. He graduated from Middlebury in 1803, and then studied law with his father. In 1806 he received his Master of Arts degree from Middlebury. He moved to Jamaica because of ill health, and resided there for a year. Upon his return, he taught school in Barnwell, South Carolina, while studying law with Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and then practiced law in Walterboro, South Carolina. He served as adjutant of a South Carolina regiment stationed at Beaufort, South Carolina, during the War of 1812.
In 1823 Chipman and his wife decided to move to a state that did not allow slavery, and they settled in Detroit, Michigan. Chipman continued practicing law and was co-publisher of the Morning Herald newspaper. He also served as chief justice of the Wayne County Court from 1825 to 1827. In 1827 Chipman was appointed to the Supreme Court of Michigan Territory and served until 1832. From 1833 to 1835 he served as Detroit's city recorder. He returned to practicing law, and from 1840 to 1844 served as judge of the Wayne County Criminal Court. He then resumed his law practice and also contributed articles to newspapers, writing regularly until shortly before his death. In 1844 he was one of the vice presidents of the Whig National Convention. From 1827 until his death Chipman was the oldest living alumnus of Middlebury College, and Middlebury awarded him an honorary LL.D. in 1866. Chipman was an Episcopalian and served as a vestryman.
Chipman died in Detroit on May 31, 1867. He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Section A, Lot 166.
Family
In 1812 Chipman married Martha Mary Logan. Their children included Henry Logan (1814–1846), Catherine S. (b. 1816), Laura B. (1818–1896), Eliza C. (b. 1823), Emma (b. 1826), and John Logan (1830–1893).
Henry Logan Chipman was an officer in the United States Navy from 1833 until resigning shortly before his death.
Laura B. Chipman was the wife of Henry Laurens Chipman, an officer in the United States Army who attained the rank of brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Eliza Chipman was the wife of William L. Baby.
John Logan Chipman served in the United States House of Representatives.
Sources
Henry Chipman at Michigan Supreme Court History
Henry Chipman at American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men of Michigan. 1878. Western Biographical Publishing Company (Cincinnati, Ohio) publisher.
1784 births
1867 deaths
Middlebury College alumni
South Carolina lawyers
American militiamen in the War of 1812
Michigan lawyers
Michigan state court judges
Michigan Whigs
19th-century American politicians
Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit)
American militia officers
19th-century American judges
19th-century American lawyers
19th-century American Episcopalians
Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court |
```java
/*
* 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.
*
* 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.
*/
package net.runelite.client.plugins.runecraft;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.function.Predicate;
import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
import lombok.Getter;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.AIR_RUNE;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.BLOOD_RUNE;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.BODY_RUNE;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.CHAOS_RUNE;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.COSMIC_RUNE;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.DEATH_RUNE;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.EARTH_RUNE;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.FIRE_RUNE;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.LAW_RUNE;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.MIND_RUNE;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.NATURE_RUNE;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.SOUL_RUNE;
import static net.runelite.api.ItemID.WATER_RUNE;
import net.runelite.api.NullObjectID;
import net.runelite.api.ObjectID;
@AllArgsConstructor
enum AbyssRifts
{
AIR_RIFT(ObjectID.AIR_RIFT, AIR_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showAir),
BLOOD_RIFT(NullObjectID.NULL_43848, BLOOD_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showBlood),
BODY_RIFT(ObjectID.BODY_RIFT, BODY_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showBody),
CHAOS_RIFT(ObjectID.CHAOS_RIFT, CHAOS_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showChaos),
COSMIC_RIFT(ObjectID.COSMIC_RIFT, COSMIC_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showCosmic),
DEATH_RIFT(ObjectID.DEATH_RIFT, DEATH_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showDeath),
EARTH_RIFT(ObjectID.EARTH_RIFT, EARTH_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showEarth),
FIRE_RIFT(ObjectID.FIRE_RIFT, FIRE_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showFire),
LAW_RIFT(ObjectID.LAW_RIFT, LAW_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showLaw),
MIND_RIFT(ObjectID.MIND_RIFT, MIND_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showMind),
NATURE_RIFT(ObjectID.NATURE_RIFT, NATURE_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showNature),
SOUL_RIFT(ObjectID.SOUL_RIFT, SOUL_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showSoul),
WATER_RIFT(ObjectID.WATER_RIFT, WATER_RUNE, RunecraftConfig::showWater);
@Getter
private final int objectId;
@Getter
private final int itemId;
@Getter
private final Predicate<RunecraftConfig> configEnabled;
private static final Map<Integer, AbyssRifts> rifts;
static
{
ImmutableMap.Builder<Integer, AbyssRifts> builder = new ImmutableMap.Builder<>();
for (AbyssRifts s : values())
{
builder.put(s.getObjectId(), s);
}
rifts = builder.build();
}
static AbyssRifts getRift(int id)
{
return rifts.get(id);
}
}
``` |
Mamata Kishan Kanojia (also spelled "Mamta" and "Mamatha"; born 3 January 1984), is a cricketer who has played for the India national women's cricket team. She has played seven One Day Internationals and four Twenty20 Internationals. She comes from Hyderabad.
Kanojia holds the record for missing the most consecutive matches for a team between appearances in Women's ODI history (99 matches on the trot over more than 8 years). According to the coach of the Hyderabad women's cricket team, she worked her way back into the national team through "hard work and determination".
References
Living people
India women One Day International cricketers
Hyderabad women cricketers
Indian women cricketers
Assam women cricketers
Railways women cricketers
India women Twenty20 International cricketers
1984 births |
Obesity has been observed throughout human history. Many early depictions of the human form in art and sculpture appear obese. However, it was not until the 20th century that obesity became common — so much so that, in 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic and estimated that the worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2, and in June 2013 the American Medical Association classified it as a disease.
In countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), one child out of five is overweight or obese. Once considered a problem only of high-income countries, obesity rates are rising worldwide. In 2014, the mean BMI in 128 countries was above the threshold for overweight. Globally, there are now more people who are obese than who are underweight, a trend observed in every region over the world except parts of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. In 2013, an estimated 2.1 billion adults were overweight, as compared with 857 million in 1980. Of adults who are overweight, 31% are obese. Increases in obesity have been seen most in urban settings.
Since body fat can be measured in several ways, statistics on the epidemiology of obesity vary between sources. While BMI is the most basic and commonly used indicator of obesity, other measures include waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, skinfold thicknesses, and bioelectrical impedance. The rate of obesity increases with age at least up to 50 or 60 years old. Sex- and gender-based differences also influence the prevalence of obesity. Globally there are more obese women than men, but the numbers differ depending on how obesity is measured.
Africa
Obesity rates in Western Africa are estimated to be 10%. Rates of obesity among women are three times those found in men. In urban West Africa rates of obesity doubled between the 1990s and 2000s.
Egypt
In Egypt, according to data from the 2016 Global Burden of Disease study, overweight and obesity (as measured by high BMI) was the country's leading risk factor driving the most death and disability combined.
Asia
China
In the twenty first century, China faces challenges of obesity and chronic disease. This is believed to be primarily due to the rapid declines in physical activity and changing dietary habits which have occurred between the 1980s and the 2000s. The decline in physical activity is attributed to increasing technology in the workplace and changing leisure activities.
In 1989 65% of Chinese had jobs that required heavy labor. This decreased to 51% in the year 2000. Combined with this has been a change to a diet higher in meat and oil, and an increase in overall available calories. Available calories per person increased from per day in 1980 to per day in 2002. Rates of overweight and obese adults increased 12.9% in 1991 to 27.3% in 2004.
Overall rates of obesity are below 5% in China as a whole but are greater than 20% in some cities.
India
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in India in the 21st century, with morbid obesity affecting 5% of the country's population. Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and NGOs such as the Indian Heart Association have been raising awareness about this issue. Urbanization and modernization has been associated with obesity. In Northern India obesity was most prevalent in urban populations (male = 5.5%, female = 12.6%), followed by the urban slums (male = 1.9%, female = 7.2%). Obesity rates were the lowest in rural populations (male = 1.6%, female = 3.8%).
Socioeconomic class also had an effect on the rate of obesity. Women of high socioeconomic class had rates of 10.4% as opposed to 0.9% in women of low socioeconomic class. With people moving into urban centers and wealth increasing, concerns about an obesity epidemic in India are growing.
Iran
In Iran the prevalence of obesity was 26.3% in 2008. Prevalence of obesity was more among women (39.5%) than men (14.5%).
Japan
Using the WHO criteria Japan has the lowest rate of obesity among the OECD member countries at 3.2%. However, as Asian populations are particularly susceptible to the health risks of excess adipose tissue, the Japanese have redefined obesity as any BMI greater than 25. Using this cut off value the prevalence of obesity in Japan would be 20%, a threefold increase from 1962 to 2002. A 2008 report stated that 28.6% of men and 20.6% of women in Japan were considered to be obese.
Pakistan
Changing lifestyles, owing to urbanisation, as well as diet issues are the main reasons for obesity in Pakistan. According to a recent study, approximately one out of four Pakistani adults (or 22.2% of individuals) are classified as obese.
Taiwan
In 2002, 15% of children from 6 to 12 years of age were overweight; by gender, 15.5% of males and 14.4% of females were overweight. In the same age range, 12% of children were obese; by gender, 14.7% of males and 9.1% of females were categorized as obese. In 2005, 14.9% children from 6 to 12 years of age were overweight; by gender, 15.85% of males and 14.02% of females were overweight. 10.3% were categorized as obese; by gender, 10.92% of males and 9.73% of females were categorized as obese.
Based on these numbers, the trends were inconclusive, although with more than 10% of the age group being obese, obesity does appear to be a problem.
Europe
Between the 1970s and the 2000s, rates of obesity in most European countries have increased. During the 1990s and 2000s, the 27 countries making up the EU reported rates of obesity from 10–27% in men and from 10–38% in women.
The most recent combined Eurostat statistics, for 2009, show that, among the 19 EU Member States for which data are available, the proportion of obese people in the adult population varied in 2008/9 between 8.0% (Romania) and 23.9% (UK) for women and between 7.6% (Romania) and 24.7% (Malta) for men. Overall the UK had the highest proportions, and Romania the lowest. Men, the elderly and people with lower educations also have significantly higher obesity rates.
United Kingdom
In the UK the rate of obesity has increased about fourfold over the last 30 years, reaching levels of 22–24% in 2008/9.
North America
Epidemiological data show that, among high-income countries, obesity prevalence is highest in the United States and Mexico.
Canada
The number of Canadians who are obese has risen dramatically in recent years. In 2004, direct measurements of height and weight found 23.1% of Canadians older than 18 had a BMI greater than 30. When broken down into degrees of obesity, 15.2% were class I (BMI 30–34.9), 5.1% were class II (BMI 35–39.9), and 2.7%, class III (BMI ≥ 40). This is in contrast to self-reported data the previous year of 15.2% and in 1978/1979 of 13.8%. The greatest increases occurred among the more severe degrees of obesity; class III obesity increased from 0.9% to 2.7% from 1978/1979 to 2004. Obesity in Canada varies by ethnicity; people of Aboriginal origin have a significantly higher rate of obesity (37.6%) than the national average.
In children obesity has substantially increased between 1989 and 2004 with rates in boys increasing from 2% to 10% and rates among girls increasing from 2% to 9%.
Mexico
Mexico has one of the highest rates of obesity among OECD countries, second only to the United States. To combat the epidemic, in 2014 Mexico implemented new taxes levied on food with excessive energy content and on sugar-sweetened beverages.
United States
Obesity rates in the United States have nearly tripled since the 1960s. In 1962, about 13% of adult Americans were obese, and by 2002, obesity rates reached 33% of the adult population. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study collected between the 1970s and 2004, the prevalence of overweight and obesity increased steadily among all groups of Americans.
The numbers continue to rise; as of 2007, 33% of men and 36% of women were obese, and by 2015–2016, 39.6% of the total adult population (37.9% of men and 41.1% of women) had obesity. As of 2017-2018, 42.4% of U.S. adults aged 20 and over were obese (43% for men and 41.9% for women).
Obesity rates vary between diverse social groups, with some racial groups and low-income individuals more likely to be obese while other minorities show lower rates. As of 2014 the rates were as low as 12% for non-Hispanic Asian women and as high as 57% among African American women.
The incidence of obesity also varies with geography. The American South has been referred to as the "Stroke belt", "Obesity belt", or "Diabetes belt", to reflect the fact that residents of the region have high rates of these three conditions, compared to people of the same race/ethnicity elsewhere in the country.
Based on a study in 2008, estimates of obesity that rely on self-reported data arrive at a rate of 22% among non-Hispanic white females, whereas studies that involve direct measurement show that the rate was closer to 34% at that time.
The prevalence of class III (morbid) obesity (BMI ≥ 40) has increased the most dramatically, from 1.3% in the late 1970s, to 2.9% in 1988-94, to 4.7% in 2000, to 5.7% in 2008, and to 7.7% in 2014. Among African American women, its prevalence is estimated to be as high as 17%.
The rate of increase in the incidence of obesity began to slow in the 2000s, but as of 2014, obesity, severe obesity, and obesity in children continued to rise.
Obesity is one of the leading health issues in the United States, with some estimates suggesting that obesity results in about 300,000 excess deaths per year. However, in 2005 using different methodology, research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention produced a nationwide estimate of 129,000 excess deaths per year relative to individuals with a BMI of 21 to 25. In contrast, a 2013 review found that obesity was not associated with higher mortality than normal weight, and that overweight was associated with lower mortality than was normal weight.
South America and the Caribbean
Surveys in different Caribbean countries found that 7-20% of males and 22-48% of females over the age of 15 are obese. Trinidad and Tobago has the highest obesity in the Caribbean, with over 30% of its adult population overweight, ranking the country sixth in the world. The Bahamas have a major obesity epidemic: 48.6% of people between 15 and 64 years old are obese. A female adolescent from the Bahamas is more likely to be overweight than her male counterpart. In Jamaica, 7.2% of men over the age of 20 are obese, while 31.5% of women are obese.
Oceania and the Pacific
Australia
According to self-reported and measured results of the 2007–2008 National Health Survey, 61% of Australians were overweight (above a 25 BMI), with 24% falling into the "obese" category (above a 30 BMI). Men were more likely to be overweight (67.7%) and obese (25.5%) than women (30.9% and 23.4% respectively).
New Zealand
Obesity in New Zealand has become an important national health concern in recent years, with high numbers of people afflicted in every age and ethnic group. In 2011/12, 28.4% of New Zealand adults were obese, a number only surpassed in the English-speaking world by the United States.
South Pacific
Many of the island nations of the South Pacific have very high rates of obesity. Nauru has the highest rates of obesity in the world (94.5%) followed by Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the American Samoa. Being big has traditionally been associated with health, beauty, and status and many of these beliefs remain prevalent today.
See also
Consumer Goods Forum
Food industry
Food politics
Epidemiology of childhood obesity
Epidemiology of metabolic syndrome
Obesogen
Overnutrition
Sugar industry
Ultra-processed food
World Health Organization
References
External links
World Health Organisation Global Database on Body Mass Index
Obesity
Obesity |
Nexhip Trungu Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Cërrik, Elbasan County, Albania which is used as the home ground of local football club Turbina Cërrik.
In 2015, Turbina Cërrik were promoted to the Albanian First Division, the second tier of Albanian football, and Cërrik Municipality made minor improvements to the stadium which included the installation of 350 new seats in the main stand as well as a renovation of the changing rooms.
References
Football venues in Albania
Buildings and structures in Elbasan
Sport in Elbasan |
The Dunkirk Lighthouse, also known as the Point Gratiot Light, is an active lighthouse located at Point Gratiot on Lake Erie in New York state.
The lighthouse was established in 1826 and the current tower was first lit in 1875. The lighthouse was automated in 1960 and is still operational. The foundation is made out of dressed stone and the lighthouse is made out of rubblestone encased in brick. The tower is square-shaped with the upper two thirds in white and the lower third left natural and the lantern housing in red. The original lens is a third order Fresnel lens installed in 1857 and is still in operation. Its being still in use makes it a rarity. Only 70 such lenses are operational in the United States,16 being on the Great Lakes of which two are in New York. At the entrance to the park property is the South Buffalo North Side Light, formerly located in Buffalo Harbor. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Point Gratiot Lighthouse Complex in 1979.
History
In the 1868 Annual Report of the Lighthouse Board, approximate seven years before the rebuilding of the lighthouse, it was noted that the lighthouse was falling into disrepair: “The keeper’s dwelling leaks and the plastering is out of order. The roof leaks and the sills of the covered way which connects the dwelling with the tower are rotten. The main tower is cracked, and the fence enclosing a portion of the grounds is of indifferent quality. The beacon tower is decayed and leaks. The alterations and improvements in progress at Dunkirk, under the direction of the engineer department of the arm, afford an appropriate occasion for renovating and perfecting the aids to navigation at this station.”
Additionally, in 1874, the Annual Report of the Lighthouse board, again, noted the rapidly declining condition of the lighthouse: “The old tower is in a very precarious condition; large sections of the outer shell may fall off at any moment, thereby endangering not only the whole tower with the apparatus, but also the dwelling and its tenants. It is urgently recommended to rebuild the tower at the earliest possible time. An appropriation of $15,000 is required.”
The third order Fresnel lens added to the original lighthouse in 1857 was reused in the new 1875 lighthouse. It is currently valued at about $1.5 million.
In 1960, along with the automation of the lighthouse, the assistant keeper's house was demolished.
After the automation of the lighthouse, local residents banded together, bought the property and repaired the building, turning it into a lighthouse and veteran's museum run by volunteers.
In 2022, the Dunkirk Planning Board approved the addition of a pavilion to the property for hosting weddings and other outdoor events.
Assistant Keeper and Pier-head Light
The Dunkirk Lighthouse also worked in collaboration with the Dunkirk Pier-head light, guiding ships into the Dunkirk harbor. The assistant lighthouse keeper manned the pier-head light.
There have been five total towers that have served as the pier-head light. The first two were destroyed by ice from the lake. The third was removed in 1939, and replaced by a metal skeleton tower. The metal tower was then replaced by the current tower, and the skeleton tower now resides on the property of the Dunkirk Lighthouse.
Veteran's Museum
All four rooms of the second floor of the original keeper's house are part of the veteran's museum. There is one room devoted to each of the branches of the armed forces, with an additional building housing artifacts from the Coast Guard. Additionally, the hallway contains an exhibit on the Vietnam War. Almost all artifacts contained in the museum are donated by local residents or by the United States Coast Guard, due to their association with the lighthouse.
Cultural
The Dunkirk Lighthouse is open seasonally from May through October. The hours are 10:00am to 2:00pm in the spring and fall, and 10:00am to 4:00pm in the summer. Guided tours include a climb to the top of the lighthouse, a tour of the keeper's house, Veteran museums and gift shop. The lighthouse is also open to private ghost investigations, and runs public ones in the fall through local paranormal investigators.
The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Dunkirk (Point Gratiot) Lighthouse with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
References
Further reading
Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) .
Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006)
External links
Dunkirk Lighthouse and Veteran's Park Museum – official site
US-Lighthouses.com
Lighthouses completed in 1826
Lighthouses completed in 1875
Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Queen Anne architecture in New York (state)
Museums in Chautauqua County, New York
Lighthouse museums in New York (state)
Military and war museums in New York (state)
1826 establishments in New York (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Chautauqua County, New York
Transportation buildings and structures in Chautauqua County, New York
Lighthouses of the Great Lakes |
```xml
import { Subject } from "rxjs";
import { getCommand } from "./internal";
import { MessageSender } from "./message.sender";
import { Message, CommandDefinition } from "./types";
export class SubjectMessageSender implements MessageSender {
constructor(private readonly messagesSubject: Subject<Message<Record<string, unknown>>>) {}
send<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(
commandDefinition: string | CommandDefinition<T>,
payload: Record<string, unknown> | T = {},
): void {
const command = getCommand(commandDefinition);
this.messagesSubject.next(Object.assign(payload ?? {}, { command: command }));
}
}
``` |
Angel of Salvation is the eighth studio album by the Japanese power metal/neo-classical metal band Galneryus, released on October 10, 2012. The 10-song album featured two songs from the single "Hunting For Your Dream": the titular song and "Temptation Through the Night", the latter which was featured as a "work in progress" version. The full album version of the title track "Angel of Salvation", which interpolates "Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, is Galneryus' longest song to date at 14 minutes and 42 seconds long; twice as long as the song's music video. The song is also the first to feature a guest vocalist in a studio album by Galneryus in Akane Liv from the band LIV MOON. For the album and tour, Syu switched from a Hughes and Kettner amplifier to a Diezel Hagen amplifier and cabinet. This was also shown in the "Angel of Salvation" music video. Syu reverted to his ESP Crying Star Rebel signature guitar for the "Under the Promised Flag Tour" with modifications to the humbuckers. "Hunting for Your Dream" was used as the second closing theme for the new Hunter × Hunter anime adaptation.
Track listing
All songs arranged by Galneryus and Yorimasa Hisatake.
Credits
Syu - Guitar
Masatoshi Ono "Sho" - (Vocals)
Taka - (Bass)
Yuhki - (Keyboards, Hammond Organ)
Junichi Satoh - (Drums)
Additional credits
Yasuyuki "Buddy" Hirahara - (Instrumental Technician)
AKANE LIV (LIV MOON) - (Female Vocals on Tr. 9)
Syu, Sho, Yuhki, Yorimasa Hisatake - (Additional Chorus)
Yutaka Kuwase (LOGGIA) - (Art Direction and Design)
Shinya Omachi - (Photographer)
Chart performance
The album reached #15 and #17 on the Billboard Japan Top Albums and Oricon album charts, respectively; the highest of any of their studio albums.
References
2012 albums
Galneryus albums |
Totally Fun Company is a theme park design company started by Peter Alexander, former Disney Imagineer, Universal Studios creative executive and Six Flags executive producer, based in Tampa, Florida.
While at Walt Disney Imagineering (then WED Enterprises) Alexander served as Director of Project Management for EPCOT and Tokyo Disneyland. In 1982 he moved to Universal Studios where he became Executive Producer of Universal Studios Florida from the initial creation of the park through its opening in 1990. Working with Bob Ward, he created Kongfrontation, and E.T. Adventure and Back to the Future: The Ride with Steven Spielberg. Other rides included The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera with Mario Kamberg and Earthquake: The Big One. After the opening of Universal Studios, Alexander started the Totally Fun Company.
After leaving Universal in 1991, Alexander first created two TV pilots for Nickelodeon. The first, Go For It was a pilot only, but lead to his writing the treatment and doing concept illustrations for the long running Nick series Guts.
External links
Amusement park companies |
Anne Elise Thompson (born July 8, 1934) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. She was the first female and first African American federal judge in New Jersey.
Family
Anne is the daughter of Leroy H. Jenkins and Mary E. Jackson. Her father was a dentist and her mother was originally from Wilson, North Carolina, which was a town of strict segregation, but also was said to be "the bright leaf tobacco market for the East".
Education and career
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Thompson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University in 1955, a Master of Arts from Temple University in 1957, and a Bachelor of Laws from Howard University School of Law in 1964. She was an attorney in the Office of the Solicitor of the United States Department of Labor in Chicago, Illinois from 1964 to 1965. She was a grant writer for United Progress, Inc. from 1966 to 1967. She became an assistant deputy public defender for the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender in the Mercer-Somerset-Hunterdon Region of Trenton, New Jersey from 1967 to 1970. She was the Municipal Prosecutor for Lawrence Township in Lawrenceville, New Jersey from 1970 to 1972. She was a municipal court judge for the City of Trenton, New Jersey from 1972 to 1975. She was a prosecutor for Mercer County, New Jersey from 1975 to 1979.
Federal judicial service
On September 28, 1979, Thompson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey created by 92 Stat. 1629. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 31, 1979, and received her commission on November 2, 1979. Judge Thompson was the first woman to serve as a federal district court judge in the state of New Jersey. She was also the first African American federal judge to serve in the state of New Jersey. She served as Chief Judge from 1994 to 2001, and assumed senior status on June 1, 2001.
See also
List of African-American federal judges
List of African-American jurists
List of first women lawyers and judges in New Jersey
List of United States federal judges by longevity of service
References
Sources
1934 births
Living people
African-American judges
Judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
United States district court judges appointed by Jimmy Carter
20th-century American judges
Howard University alumni
Howard University School of Law alumni
Temple University alumni
Lawyers from Philadelphia
Public defenders
21st-century American judges
20th-century American women judges
21st-century American women judges |
A History of New York, subtitled From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, is an 1809 literary parody on the early history of New York City by Washington Irving. Originally published under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, later editions that acknowledged Irving's authorship were printed as Knickerbocker's History of New York.
The book is significant as early media describing what became modern Christmas traditions in the United States.
Background
Irving had previously published his compilation of sketches Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent. (1802) and headed a short-lived periodical called Salmagundi (1807–1808). He completed his satirical A History of New York in 1809 after the death of his 17-year-old fiancée Matilda Hoffman. It was his first major book and a satire on local history and contemporary politics. Before its publication, Irving started a hoax by placing a series of missing person advertisements in New York newspapers seeking information on Diedrich Knickerbocker, a Dutch historian who had allegedly gone missing from his hotel in New York City. As part of this guerilla marketing ruse he placed a notice from the hotel's proprietor informing readers that if Mr. Knickerbocker failed to return to the hotel to pay his bill he would publish a manuscript that Knickerbocker had left behind.
Unsuspecting readers followed the story of Knickerbocker and his manuscript with interest, and some New York city officials were concerned enough about the missing historian to offer a reward for his safe return. Irving then published A History of New York on December 6, 1809, under the Knickerbocker pseudonym, with immediate critical and popular success. "It took with the public", Irving remarked, "and gave me celebrity, as an original work was something remarkable and uncommon in America". The name Diedrich Knickerbocker became a nickname for Manhattan residents in general and was adopted by the New York Knickerbockers basketball team.
Reception
Contemporary critics of the book described it as "an attempt to annihilate the history of America".
The book loosely inspired the musical Knickerbocker Holiday.
In 2005, reviewer Christine Wade described the book as satire and not being a modern novel.
In the introduction to the 2008 edition, Elizabeth L. Bradley argues that the work is an unconventional novel; she notes that early readers were reminded of Sterne's Tristram Shandy, and that "the proto-postmodern innovations of the History" resemble "the same inventive qualities in such subsequent American writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo".
In 2012, reviewer Jerome McGann said that, despite the book being satire, it also contains useful historical facts and context.
References
Further reading
External links
Text at Project Gutenberg
Britannica
1809 novels
Parody history books
Works published under a pseudonym
Works by Washington Irving
Books about New York City
Novels set in the American colonial era
American comedy novels
American satirical novels
Metafictional novels |
Elder Revata was one of the Elders who took a prominent part in the Second Buddhist Council.
His other name was Soreyya Revata. He lived in Soreyya, and, on discovering (by means of his divine ear) that the orthodox monks, led by Sambhūta Sānavāsī and Yasa Kākandakaputta, were anxious to consult him, Revata left Soreyya, and, traveling through Sankassa, Kannakujja, Udumbara and Aggalapura, reached Sahajāti.
There the monks met Elder Revata and consulted him regarding the "Ten Points which were practiced by Vajjiputian monks."
Storing salt in a horn.
Eating after midday.
Eating once and then going again to a village for alms.
Holding the Uposatha Ceremony with monks dwelling in the same locality.
Carrying out official acts when the assembly was incomplete.
Following a certain practice because it was done by one's tutor or teacher.
Eating sour milk after one had his midday meal.
Consuming strong drink before it had been fermented.
Using a rug which was not the proper size.
Using gold and silver.
He enquired into these, and, after condemning them as wrong, decided to end the dispute. The Vajjiputtakas, too, had tried to win Revata over to their side, but on failing to do so, persuaded Revata's pupil, Uttara, to accept robes, etc., from them, and speak to his teacher on their behalf. Uttara did this, but was dismissed by Revata as an unworthy pupil. Revata suggested that the dispute should be settled in Vesāli, and the monks having agreed, he visited Sabbakāmī, who was the oldest monk then living and a pupil of Ānanda. Revata himself was a pupil of Ānanda and had seen the Buddha during the night, and talked to him on matters of doctrine. During the conversation, Sānavāsī arrived and questioned Sabbakāmī regarding the Ten Points, but the latter refused to express an opinion in private. On Revata's suggestion, a jury of eight, four from either side, was appointed to go into the question. Revata himself was a member of this jury, and he it was who questioned Sabbakāmī during the meeting, held in Vālikārāma, regarding the Ten Points. All the Ten Points were declared to be wrong, and, at the end of the questions, seven hundred monks – chosen from one hundred and twelve thousand, at the head of whom was Revata – held a recital of the Dhamma, which recital therefore came to be called Sattasatī ("Seven Hundred"). This recital lasted for eight months. It gives an account of this Council, which account differs in numerous details. In both accounts it is Revata who takes the most prominent part in settling the dispute. The introduces Kālāsoka as the patron of the Second Council. it would appear from the Dpv. account that the heretics refused to accept the decision of Revata's Council and separated off, to the number of ten thousand, forming a new body called the Mahāsanghikas.
Notes
References
Tr.Horner,IB.The Book of the Discipline vol-v (Culavagga)London:Luzac& Company Ltd,1952.
External links
Account of the Second Council from the Mahavamsa
Buddhist monks |
```php
<?php
/*
* This file is part of the Symfony package.
*
* (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
*
* For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
* file that was distributed with this source code.
*/
namespace Symfony\Component\Cache\Tests\Adapter;
use Psr\Cache\CacheItemPoolInterface;
use Symfony\Bridge\PhpUnit\ExpectDeprecationTrait;
use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\AbstractAdapter;
use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\CouchbaseBucketAdapter;
/**
* @requires extension couchbase <3.0.0
* @requires extension couchbase >=2.6.0
*
* @group legacy integration
*
* @author Antonio Jose Cerezo Aranda <aj.cerezo@gmail.com>
*/
class CouchbaseBucketAdapterTest extends AdapterTestCase
{
use ExpectDeprecationTrait;
protected $skippedTests = [
'testClearPrefix' => 'Couchbase cannot clear by prefix',
];
protected \CouchbaseBucket $client;
protected function setUp(): void
{
$this->expectDeprecation('Since symfony/cache 7.1: The "Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\CouchbaseBucketAdapter" class is deprecated, use "Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\CouchbaseCollectionAdapter" instead.');
$this->client = AbstractAdapter::createConnection('couchbase://'.getenv('COUCHBASE_HOST').'/cache',
['username' => getenv('COUCHBASE_USER'), 'password' => getenv('COUCHBASE_PASS')]
);
}
public function createCachePool($defaultLifetime = 0): CacheItemPoolInterface
{
$client = $defaultLifetime
? AbstractAdapter::createConnection('couchbase://'
.getenv('COUCHBASE_USER')
.':'.getenv('COUCHBASE_PASS')
.'@'.getenv('COUCHBASE_HOST')
.'/cache')
: $this->client;
return new CouchbaseBucketAdapter($client, str_replace('\\', '.', __CLASS__), $defaultLifetime);
}
}
``` |
Hockeyanlage is a field hockey venue located at Olympiapark in Munich, Germany. The venue hosted the field hockey competitions for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
The venue consisted of an area , including six playing fields of long by wide with one training venue of the same dimensions.
References
1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 192–3.
Venues of the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic field hockey venues
Sports venues in Bavaria
Buildings and structures in Munich |
```c++
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//
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// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
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// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#include <cmath>
#include "bignum-dtoa.h"
#include "bignum.h"
#include "ieee.h"
namespace double_conversion {
static int NormalizedExponent(uint64_t significand, int exponent) {
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(significand != 0);
while ((significand & Double::kHiddenBit) == 0) {
significand = significand << 1;
exponent = exponent - 1;
}
return exponent;
}
// Forward declarations:
// Returns an estimation of k such that 10^(k-1) <= v < 10^k.
static int EstimatePower(int exponent);
// Computes v / 10^estimated_power exactly, as a ratio of two bignums, numerator
// and denominator.
static void InitialScaledStartValues(uint64_t significand,
int exponent,
bool lower_boundary_is_closer,
int estimated_power,
bool need_boundary_deltas,
Bignum* numerator,
Bignum* denominator,
Bignum* delta_minus,
Bignum* delta_plus);
// Multiplies numerator/denominator so that its values lies in the range 1-10.
// Returns decimal_point s.t.
// v = numerator'/denominator' * 10^(decimal_point-1)
// where numerator' and denominator' are the values of numerator and
// denominator after the call to this function.
static void FixupMultiply10(int estimated_power, bool is_even,
int* decimal_point,
Bignum* numerator, Bignum* denominator,
Bignum* delta_minus, Bignum* delta_plus);
// Generates digits from the left to the right and stops when the generated
// digits yield the shortest decimal representation of v.
static void GenerateShortestDigits(Bignum* numerator, Bignum* denominator,
Bignum* delta_minus, Bignum* delta_plus,
bool is_even,
Vector<char> buffer, int* length);
// Generates 'requested_digits' after the decimal point.
static void BignumToFixed(int requested_digits, int* decimal_point,
Bignum* numerator, Bignum* denominator,
Vector<char> buffer, int* length);
// Generates 'count' digits of numerator/denominator.
// Once 'count' digits have been produced rounds the result depending on the
// remainder (remainders of exactly .5 round upwards). Might update the
// decimal_point when rounding up (for example for 0.9999).
static void GenerateCountedDigits(int count, int* decimal_point,
Bignum* numerator, Bignum* denominator,
Vector<char> buffer, int* length);
void BignumDtoa(double v, BignumDtoaMode mode, int requested_digits,
Vector<char> buffer, int* length, int* decimal_point) {
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(v > 0);
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(!Double(v).IsSpecial());
uint64_t significand;
int exponent;
bool lower_boundary_is_closer;
if (mode == BIGNUM_DTOA_SHORTEST_SINGLE) {
float f = static_cast<float>(v);
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(f == v);
significand = Single(f).Significand();
exponent = Single(f).Exponent();
lower_boundary_is_closer = Single(f).LowerBoundaryIsCloser();
} else {
significand = Double(v).Significand();
exponent = Double(v).Exponent();
lower_boundary_is_closer = Double(v).LowerBoundaryIsCloser();
}
bool need_boundary_deltas =
(mode == BIGNUM_DTOA_SHORTEST || mode == BIGNUM_DTOA_SHORTEST_SINGLE);
bool is_even = (significand & 1) == 0;
int normalized_exponent = NormalizedExponent(significand, exponent);
// estimated_power might be too low by 1.
int estimated_power = EstimatePower(normalized_exponent);
// Shortcut for Fixed.
// The requested digits correspond to the digits after the point. If the
// number is much too small, then there is no need in trying to get any
// digits.
if (mode == BIGNUM_DTOA_FIXED && -estimated_power - 1 > requested_digits) {
buffer[0] = '\0';
*length = 0;
// Set decimal-point to -requested_digits. This is what Gay does.
// Note that it should not have any effect anyways since the string is
// empty.
*decimal_point = -requested_digits;
return;
}
Bignum numerator;
Bignum denominator;
Bignum delta_minus;
Bignum delta_plus;
// Make sure the bignum can grow large enough. The smallest double equals
// 4e-324. In this case the denominator needs fewer than 324*4 binary digits.
// The maximum double is 1.7976931348623157e308 which needs fewer than
// 308*4 binary digits.
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(Bignum::kMaxSignificantBits >= 324*4);
InitialScaledStartValues(significand, exponent, lower_boundary_is_closer,
estimated_power, need_boundary_deltas,
&numerator, &denominator,
&delta_minus, &delta_plus);
// We now have v = (numerator / denominator) * 10^estimated_power.
FixupMultiply10(estimated_power, is_even, decimal_point,
&numerator, &denominator,
&delta_minus, &delta_plus);
// We now have v = (numerator / denominator) * 10^(decimal_point-1), and
// 1 <= (numerator + delta_plus) / denominator < 10
switch (mode) {
case BIGNUM_DTOA_SHORTEST:
case BIGNUM_DTOA_SHORTEST_SINGLE:
GenerateShortestDigits(&numerator, &denominator,
&delta_minus, &delta_plus,
is_even, buffer, length);
break;
case BIGNUM_DTOA_FIXED:
BignumToFixed(requested_digits, decimal_point,
&numerator, &denominator,
buffer, length);
break;
case BIGNUM_DTOA_PRECISION:
GenerateCountedDigits(requested_digits, decimal_point,
&numerator, &denominator,
buffer, length);
break;
default:
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_UNREACHABLE();
}
buffer[*length] = '\0';
}
// The procedure starts generating digits from the left to the right and stops
// when the generated digits yield the shortest decimal representation of v. A
// decimal representation of v is a number lying closer to v than to any other
// double, so it converts to v when read.
//
// This is true if d, the decimal representation, is between m- and m+, the
// upper and lower boundaries. d must be strictly between them if !is_even.
// m- := (numerator - delta_minus) / denominator
// m+ := (numerator + delta_plus) / denominator
//
// Precondition: 0 <= (numerator+delta_plus) / denominator < 10.
// If 1 <= (numerator+delta_plus) / denominator < 10 then no leading 0 digit
// will be produced. This should be the standard precondition.
static void GenerateShortestDigits(Bignum* numerator, Bignum* denominator,
Bignum* delta_minus, Bignum* delta_plus,
bool is_even,
Vector<char> buffer, int* length) {
// Small optimization: if delta_minus and delta_plus are the same just reuse
// one of the two bignums.
if (Bignum::Equal(*delta_minus, *delta_plus)) {
delta_plus = delta_minus;
}
*length = 0;
for (;;) {
uint16_t digit;
digit = numerator->DivideModuloIntBignum(*denominator);
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(digit <= 9); // digit is a uint16_t and therefore always positive.
// digit = numerator / denominator (integer division).
// numerator = numerator % denominator.
buffer[(*length)++] = static_cast<char>(digit + '0');
// Can we stop already?
// If the remainder of the division is less than the distance to the lower
// boundary we can stop. In this case we simply round down (discarding the
// remainder).
// Similarly we test if we can round up (using the upper boundary).
bool in_delta_room_minus;
bool in_delta_room_plus;
if (is_even) {
in_delta_room_minus = Bignum::LessEqual(*numerator, *delta_minus);
} else {
in_delta_room_minus = Bignum::Less(*numerator, *delta_minus);
}
if (is_even) {
in_delta_room_plus =
Bignum::PlusCompare(*numerator, *delta_plus, *denominator) >= 0;
} else {
in_delta_room_plus =
Bignum::PlusCompare(*numerator, *delta_plus, *denominator) > 0;
}
if (!in_delta_room_minus && !in_delta_room_plus) {
// Prepare for next iteration.
numerator->Times10();
delta_minus->Times10();
// We optimized delta_plus to be equal to delta_minus (if they share the
// same value). So don't multiply delta_plus if they point to the same
// object.
if (delta_minus != delta_plus) {
delta_plus->Times10();
}
} else if (in_delta_room_minus && in_delta_room_plus) {
// Let's see if 2*numerator < denominator.
// If yes, then the next digit would be < 5 and we can round down.
int compare = Bignum::PlusCompare(*numerator, *numerator, *denominator);
if (compare < 0) {
// Remaining digits are less than .5. -> Round down (== do nothing).
} else if (compare > 0) {
// Remaining digits are more than .5 of denominator. -> Round up.
// Note that the last digit could not be a '9' as otherwise the whole
// loop would have stopped earlier.
// We still have an assert here in case the preconditions were not
// satisfied.
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(buffer[(*length) - 1] != '9');
buffer[(*length) - 1]++;
} else {
// Halfway case.
// TODO(floitsch): need a way to solve half-way cases.
// For now let's round towards even (since this is what Gay seems to
// do).
if ((buffer[(*length) - 1] - '0') % 2 == 0) {
// Round down => Do nothing.
} else {
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(buffer[(*length) - 1] != '9');
buffer[(*length) - 1]++;
}
}
return;
} else if (in_delta_room_minus) {
// Round down (== do nothing).
return;
} else { // in_delta_room_plus
// Round up.
// Note again that the last digit could not be '9' since this would have
// stopped the loop earlier.
// We still have an DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT here, in case the preconditions were not
// satisfied.
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(buffer[(*length) -1] != '9');
buffer[(*length) - 1]++;
return;
}
}
}
// Let v = numerator / denominator < 10.
// Then we generate 'count' digits of d = x.xxxxx... (without the decimal point)
// from left to right. Once 'count' digits have been produced we decide whether
// to round up or down. Remainders of exactly .5 round upwards. Numbers such
// as 9.999999 propagate a carry all the way, and change the
// exponent (decimal_point), when rounding upwards.
static void GenerateCountedDigits(int count, int* decimal_point,
Bignum* numerator, Bignum* denominator,
Vector<char> buffer, int* length) {
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(count >= 0);
for (int i = 0; i < count - 1; ++i) {
uint16_t digit;
digit = numerator->DivideModuloIntBignum(*denominator);
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(digit <= 9); // digit is a uint16_t and therefore always positive.
// digit = numerator / denominator (integer division).
// numerator = numerator % denominator.
buffer[i] = static_cast<char>(digit + '0');
// Prepare for next iteration.
numerator->Times10();
}
// Generate the last digit.
uint16_t digit;
digit = numerator->DivideModuloIntBignum(*denominator);
if (Bignum::PlusCompare(*numerator, *numerator, *denominator) >= 0) {
digit++;
}
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(digit <= 10);
buffer[count - 1] = static_cast<char>(digit + '0');
// Correct bad digits (in case we had a sequence of '9's). Propagate the
// carry until we hat a non-'9' or til we reach the first digit.
for (int i = count - 1; i > 0; --i) {
if (buffer[i] != '0' + 10) break;
buffer[i] = '0';
buffer[i - 1]++;
}
if (buffer[0] == '0' + 10) {
// Propagate a carry past the top place.
buffer[0] = '1';
(*decimal_point)++;
}
*length = count;
}
// Generates 'requested_digits' after the decimal point. It might omit
// trailing '0's. If the input number is too small then no digits at all are
// generated (ex.: 2 fixed digits for 0.00001).
//
// Input verifies: 1 <= (numerator + delta) / denominator < 10.
static void BignumToFixed(int requested_digits, int* decimal_point,
Bignum* numerator, Bignum* denominator,
Vector<char> buffer, int* length) {
// Note that we have to look at more than just the requested_digits, since
// a number could be rounded up. Example: v=0.5 with requested_digits=0.
// Even though the power of v equals 0 we can't just stop here.
if (-(*decimal_point) > requested_digits) {
// The number is definitively too small.
// Ex: 0.001 with requested_digits == 1.
// Set decimal-point to -requested_digits. This is what Gay does.
// Note that it should not have any effect anyways since the string is
// empty.
*decimal_point = -requested_digits;
*length = 0;
return;
} else if (-(*decimal_point) == requested_digits) {
// We only need to verify if the number rounds down or up.
// Ex: 0.04 and 0.06 with requested_digits == 1.
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(*decimal_point == -requested_digits);
// Initially the fraction lies in range (1, 10]. Multiply the denominator
// by 10 so that we can compare more easily.
denominator->Times10();
if (Bignum::PlusCompare(*numerator, *numerator, *denominator) >= 0) {
// If the fraction is >= 0.5 then we have to include the rounded
// digit.
buffer[0] = '1';
*length = 1;
(*decimal_point)++;
} else {
// Note that we caught most of similar cases earlier.
*length = 0;
}
return;
} else {
// The requested digits correspond to the digits after the point.
// The variable 'needed_digits' includes the digits before the point.
int needed_digits = (*decimal_point) + requested_digits;
GenerateCountedDigits(needed_digits, decimal_point,
numerator, denominator,
buffer, length);
}
}
// Returns an estimation of k such that 10^(k-1) <= v < 10^k where
// v = f * 2^exponent and 2^52 <= f < 2^53.
// v is hence a normalized double with the given exponent. The output is an
// approximation for the exponent of the decimal approximation .digits * 10^k.
//
// The result might undershoot by 1 in which case 10^k <= v < 10^k+1.
// Note: this property holds for v's upper boundary m+ too.
// 10^k <= m+ < 10^k+1.
// (see explanation below).
//
// Examples:
// EstimatePower(0) => 16
// EstimatePower(-52) => 0
//
// Note: e >= 0 => EstimatedPower(e) > 0. No similar claim can be made for e<0.
static int EstimatePower(int exponent) {
// This function estimates log10 of v where v = f*2^e (with e == exponent).
// Note that 10^floor(log10(v)) <= v, but v <= 10^ceil(log10(v)).
// Note that f is bounded by its container size. Let p = 53 (the double's
// significand size). Then 2^(p-1) <= f < 2^p.
//
// Given that log10(v) == log2(v)/log2(10) and e+(len(f)-1) is quite close
// to log2(v) the function is simplified to (e+(len(f)-1)/log2(10)).
// The computed number undershoots by less than 0.631 (when we compute log3
// and not log10).
//
// Optimization: since we only need an approximated result this computation
// can be performed on 64 bit integers. On x86/x64 architecture the speedup is
// not really measurable, though.
//
// Since we want to avoid overshooting we decrement by 1e10 so that
// floating-point imprecisions don't affect us.
//
// Explanation for v's boundary m+: the computation takes advantage of
// the fact that 2^(p-1) <= f < 2^p. Boundaries still satisfy this requirement
// (even for denormals where the delta can be much more important).
const double k1Log10 = 0.30102999566398114; // 1/lg(10)
// For doubles len(f) == 53 (don't forget the hidden bit).
const int kSignificandSize = Double::kSignificandSize;
double estimate = ceil((exponent + kSignificandSize - 1) * k1Log10 - 1e-10);
return static_cast<int>(estimate);
}
// See comments for InitialScaledStartValues.
static void InitialScaledStartValuesPositiveExponent(
uint64_t significand, int exponent,
int estimated_power, bool need_boundary_deltas,
Bignum* numerator, Bignum* denominator,
Bignum* delta_minus, Bignum* delta_plus) {
// A positive exponent implies a positive power.
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(estimated_power >= 0);
// Since the estimated_power is positive we simply multiply the denominator
// by 10^estimated_power.
// numerator = v.
numerator->AssignUInt64(significand);
numerator->ShiftLeft(exponent);
// denominator = 10^estimated_power.
denominator->AssignPowerUInt16(10, estimated_power);
if (need_boundary_deltas) {
// Introduce a common denominator so that the deltas to the boundaries are
// integers.
denominator->ShiftLeft(1);
numerator->ShiftLeft(1);
// Let v = f * 2^e, then m+ - v = 1/2 * 2^e; With the common
// denominator (of 2) delta_plus equals 2^e.
delta_plus->AssignUInt16(1);
delta_plus->ShiftLeft(exponent);
// Same for delta_minus. The adjustments if f == 2^p-1 are done later.
delta_minus->AssignUInt16(1);
delta_minus->ShiftLeft(exponent);
}
}
// See comments for InitialScaledStartValues
static void InitialScaledStartValuesNegativeExponentPositivePower(
uint64_t significand, int exponent,
int estimated_power, bool need_boundary_deltas,
Bignum* numerator, Bignum* denominator,
Bignum* delta_minus, Bignum* delta_plus) {
// v = f * 2^e with e < 0, and with estimated_power >= 0.
// This means that e is close to 0 (have a look at how estimated_power is
// computed).
// numerator = significand
// since v = significand * 2^exponent this is equivalent to
// numerator = v * / 2^-exponent
numerator->AssignUInt64(significand);
// denominator = 10^estimated_power * 2^-exponent (with exponent < 0)
denominator->AssignPowerUInt16(10, estimated_power);
denominator->ShiftLeft(-exponent);
if (need_boundary_deltas) {
// Introduce a common denominator so that the deltas to the boundaries are
// integers.
denominator->ShiftLeft(1);
numerator->ShiftLeft(1);
// Let v = f * 2^e, then m+ - v = 1/2 * 2^e; With the common
// denominator (of 2) delta_plus equals 2^e.
// Given that the denominator already includes v's exponent the distance
// to the boundaries is simply 1.
delta_plus->AssignUInt16(1);
// Same for delta_minus. The adjustments if f == 2^p-1 are done later.
delta_minus->AssignUInt16(1);
}
}
// See comments for InitialScaledStartValues
static void InitialScaledStartValuesNegativeExponentNegativePower(
uint64_t significand, int exponent,
int estimated_power, bool need_boundary_deltas,
Bignum* numerator, Bignum* denominator,
Bignum* delta_minus, Bignum* delta_plus) {
// Instead of multiplying the denominator with 10^estimated_power we
// multiply all values (numerator and deltas) by 10^-estimated_power.
// Use numerator as temporary container for power_ten.
Bignum* power_ten = numerator;
power_ten->AssignPowerUInt16(10, -estimated_power);
if (need_boundary_deltas) {
// Since power_ten == numerator we must make a copy of 10^estimated_power
// before we complete the computation of the numerator.
// delta_plus = delta_minus = 10^estimated_power
delta_plus->AssignBignum(*power_ten);
delta_minus->AssignBignum(*power_ten);
}
// numerator = significand * 2 * 10^-estimated_power
// since v = significand * 2^exponent this is equivalent to
// numerator = v * 10^-estimated_power * 2 * 2^-exponent.
// Remember: numerator has been abused as power_ten. So no need to assign it
// to itself.
DOUBLE_CONVERSION_ASSERT(numerator == power_ten);
numerator->MultiplyByUInt64(significand);
// denominator = 2 * 2^-exponent with exponent < 0.
denominator->AssignUInt16(1);
denominator->ShiftLeft(-exponent);
if (need_boundary_deltas) {
// Introduce a common denominator so that the deltas to the boundaries are
// integers.
numerator->ShiftLeft(1);
denominator->ShiftLeft(1);
// With this shift the boundaries have their correct value, since
// delta_plus = 10^-estimated_power, and
// delta_minus = 10^-estimated_power.
// These assignments have been done earlier.
// The adjustments if f == 2^p-1 (lower boundary is closer) are done later.
}
}
// Let v = significand * 2^exponent.
// Computes v / 10^estimated_power exactly, as a ratio of two bignums, numerator
// and denominator. The functions GenerateShortestDigits and
// GenerateCountedDigits will then convert this ratio to its decimal
// representation d, with the required accuracy.
// Then d * 10^estimated_power is the representation of v.
// (Note: the fraction and the estimated_power might get adjusted before
// generating the decimal representation.)
//
// The initial start values consist of:
// - a scaled numerator: s.t. numerator/denominator == v / 10^estimated_power.
// - a scaled (common) denominator.
// optionally (used by GenerateShortestDigits to decide if it has the shortest
// decimal converting back to v):
// - v - m-: the distance to the lower boundary.
// - m+ - v: the distance to the upper boundary.
//
// v, m+, m-, and therefore v - m- and m+ - v all share the same denominator.
//
// Let ep == estimated_power, then the returned values will satisfy:
// v / 10^ep = numerator / denominator.
// v's boundaries m- and m+:
// m- / 10^ep == v / 10^ep - delta_minus / denominator
// m+ / 10^ep == v / 10^ep + delta_plus / denominator
// Or in other words:
// m- == v - delta_minus * 10^ep / denominator;
// m+ == v + delta_plus * 10^ep / denominator;
//
// Since 10^(k-1) <= v < 10^k (with k == estimated_power)
// or 10^k <= v < 10^(k+1)
// we then have 0.1 <= numerator/denominator < 1
// or 1 <= numerator/denominator < 10
//
// It is then easy to kickstart the digit-generation routine.
//
// The boundary-deltas are only filled if the mode equals BIGNUM_DTOA_SHORTEST
// or BIGNUM_DTOA_SHORTEST_SINGLE.
static void InitialScaledStartValues(uint64_t significand,
int exponent,
bool lower_boundary_is_closer,
int estimated_power,
bool need_boundary_deltas,
Bignum* numerator,
Bignum* denominator,
Bignum* delta_minus,
Bignum* delta_plus) {
if (exponent >= 0) {
InitialScaledStartValuesPositiveExponent(
significand, exponent, estimated_power, need_boundary_deltas,
numerator, denominator, delta_minus, delta_plus);
} else if (estimated_power >= 0) {
InitialScaledStartValuesNegativeExponentPositivePower(
significand, exponent, estimated_power, need_boundary_deltas,
numerator, denominator, delta_minus, delta_plus);
} else {
InitialScaledStartValuesNegativeExponentNegativePower(
significand, exponent, estimated_power, need_boundary_deltas,
numerator, denominator, delta_minus, delta_plus);
}
if (need_boundary_deltas && lower_boundary_is_closer) {
// The lower boundary is closer at half the distance of "normal" numbers.
// Increase the common denominator and adapt all but the delta_minus.
denominator->ShiftLeft(1); // *2
numerator->ShiftLeft(1); // *2
delta_plus->ShiftLeft(1); // *2
}
}
// This routine multiplies numerator/denominator so that its values lies in the
// range 1-10. That is after a call to this function we have:
// 1 <= (numerator + delta_plus) /denominator < 10.
// Let numerator the input before modification and numerator' the argument
// after modification, then the output-parameter decimal_point is such that
// numerator / denominator * 10^estimated_power ==
// numerator' / denominator' * 10^(decimal_point - 1)
// In some cases estimated_power was too low, and this is already the case. We
// then simply adjust the power so that 10^(k-1) <= v < 10^k (with k ==
// estimated_power) but do not touch the numerator or denominator.
// Otherwise the routine multiplies the numerator and the deltas by 10.
static void FixupMultiply10(int estimated_power, bool is_even,
int* decimal_point,
Bignum* numerator, Bignum* denominator,
Bignum* delta_minus, Bignum* delta_plus) {
bool in_range;
if (is_even) {
// For IEEE doubles half-way cases (in decimal system numbers ending with 5)
// are rounded to the closest floating-point number with even significand.
in_range = Bignum::PlusCompare(*numerator, *delta_plus, *denominator) >= 0;
} else {
in_range = Bignum::PlusCompare(*numerator, *delta_plus, *denominator) > 0;
}
if (in_range) {
// Since numerator + delta_plus >= denominator we already have
// 1 <= numerator/denominator < 10. Simply update the estimated_power.
*decimal_point = estimated_power + 1;
} else {
*decimal_point = estimated_power;
numerator->Times10();
if (Bignum::Equal(*delta_minus, *delta_plus)) {
delta_minus->Times10();
delta_plus->AssignBignum(*delta_minus);
} else {
delta_minus->Times10();
delta_plus->Times10();
}
}
}
} // namespace double_conversion
``` |
Charles Waiswa (born 29 December 1987) is an Ugandan cricketer who played in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland. He spent a short period of time in the Nottinghamshire Premier Cricket league at Killamarsh Juniors Cricket Club in England.
He has joined Newark based club Newark Ransome & Marles CC for the 2011 season as their overseas player.
In April 2018, he was named in Uganda's team for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Malaysia. In July 2018, he was part of Uganda's squad in the Eastern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament.
In September 2018, he was named in Uganda's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. The following month, he was named in Uganda's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman. He was the joint-leading wicket-taker for Uganda in the tournament, with six dismissals in five matches.
In May 2019, he was named in Uganda's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Uganda against Botswana on 20 May 2019. In July 2019, he was one of twenty-five players named in the Ugandan training squad, ahead of the Cricket World Cup Challenge League fixtures in Hong Kong. In November 2019, he was named in Uganda's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.
References
1982 births
Living people
Ugandan cricketers
Uganda Twenty20 International cricketers
Sportspeople from Eastern Region, Uganda |
Philatelic expertisation is the process whereby an authority is asked to give an opinion whether a philatelic item is genuine and whether it has been repaired or altered in any way.
Forging and faking, regumming and reperforating of stamps is common in the philatelic marketplace, and increasingly buyers demand an expert certificate before buying a valuable item. Some items are so often faked or altered that they may be almost unsaleable without a certificate.
The process of expertisation
Experts may be individuals or committees but they will all follow a similar process to determine whether an item is genuine. The opinions of experts differ and have evolved over time. Conflicting expert opinions, such as on colour shade or whether a stamp has been reperforated, can have a huge effect on a stamp's value.
Stamps
Experts will attempt to determine whether a questioned stamp is a genuine example of a particular stamp issue; that is, whether it was printed at the same time from the same plate or stone as that stamp issue. Among the factors they may consider are:
Is the stamp's design identical to those of genuine ones? Forged stamps almost invariably differ to a greater or lesser degree from genuine ones.
Is the size of the stamp correct?
Was the stamp printed using the same printing method, e.g., lithography, engraving, etc.?
Is the paper identical to the paper used for genuine stamps? Is the thickness, color, and type of paper (laid or wove) correct?
Does the stamp contain the correct watermark as do genuine ones?
Are the perforations correct, e.g., is the spacing of the perforations correct; are they of the same size, type, and shape as those on the genuine stamp?
Is the color of the stamp correct? Is it printed with the right inks? Some inks may react to ultraviolet light, for example.
Does the stamp have the correct tagging?
Does the stamp have the correct gum?
Even if the stamp was printed from the original plates or stone, is it a reprint made later, either officially or unofficially? There may be subtle differences in color, paper or design.
Experts also will ask whether the stamp been altered in any fashion:
Has the color of the stamp been changed? This sometimes can be done chemically.
Have perforations been added or removed to make it appear imperforate or coil?
Has the design been changed in any fashion? Sometimes, the denomination on a common stamp from a series has been changed to a rare denomination.
Has an overprint been added or removed?
Has a cancellation been added or removed? If the stamp is cancelled, is the cancellation genuine and of the proper period for the stamp?
Has a grill been pressed out? Used grills of the US 1869 Pictorial Issue can be pressed out to appear to be 1875 re-issues.
Have other changes been made? The common 4 annas bicolor stamp of India has been altered by cutting out the image of Queen Victoria and remounting it upside down, or by chemically erasing the image and reprinting it upside down, to make the stamp appear to be the rare invert.
Experts will also attempt to determine whether genuine stamps have been repaired or cleaned:
Has a tear been mended?
Has a missing piece been restored?
Has a thin spot or hole in the paper been repaired?
Has the stamp been cleaned?
Has the stamp been regummed?
Have short or missing perforations been repaired?
Has a crease been repaired?
Covers
Among the factors experts may consider for a cover are:
The cover itself:
Are there any repairs to the cover
Sealed tears
Stains removed by bleaching
Cutting down one side of the envelope to remove a torn edge where the envelope was opened
Erased pencil marks written by earlier stamp collectors
Is the cover faked:
Is the paper from the time period when the cover went through the mail?
The stamps on the cover:
Are the stamps genuine or forged?
Are the stamps correctly used? For example, using a stamp years after it is no longer valid for postage
Have the stamps been repaired (cleaned, bleached, reperforated)?
Have the stamps been removed from the cover and reglued to it? Usually done to identify rare varieties of the stamps
Have stamps been removed from the cover?
Have stamps been added to the cover which were not present when the cover passed through the mail? For example, adding a rarely used stamp to an existing cover to make an ordinary cover extremely valuable
Have the stamps been removed and replaced with different stamps? For example, removing a stamp in excellent condition and replacing it with one having damage to the back, giving that the damaged backside of the stamp will not be visible.
The postal markings on the cover
Are the postal markings genuine?
Are the postal markings appropriate from the time period used?
Have extra faked postal markings been added to the cover to make it more valuable?
Is the ink genuine and from the time period used?
The tools of expertisation
Experts will often maintain their own library of fakes and forgeries, and they also have access to the records of past genuine items that they have seen. They will usually have a large library of philatelic literature to refer to.
Scientific equipment is essential, including:
Binocular and comparison microscopes
Paper micrometers
Ultraviolet and infrared energy sources
Photometric colour determination equipment
X-ray fluorescence and spectro-photometry equipment.
Common sense and above all, experience, are also vital.
Expert certificates and marks
Once an item has been examined, the expert(s) will issue a certificate giving their findings which will include identification, genuineness or otherwise and comments about any alterations or unusual features. The certificate will normally feature a photograph of the item and be signed. It may also be embossed or have other security features. In the past it was common for experts to sign or add their mark to the back of stamps, however, this is nowadays uncommon as it is by some regarded as an undesired alteration. In Germany (BPP) it is still common practise to sign many items, but generally not the most valuable.
There have been instances where expert certificates have themselves been faked and in the "Blüm Case", a forger produced false expertizing marks that were applied to German colony stamps and others.
Finding experts
In the United States, the Philatelic Foundation, American Philatelic Society and numerous specialized stamp collecting organizations have committees who will perform expertisation for a fee. In Great Britain The Royal Philatelic Society London has a renowned expert committee which is also the oldest in the world, and of equal fame is the BPA expert committee. German experts usually belong to the Bund Philatelistischer Prüfer (BPP). Specialized in their countries issues are e.g. the expert committees of NVPH (Netherlands), COMEX (Spain), Isphila (Turkey). - In addition, the International Association of Philatelic Experts (AIEP) is a worldwide organisation for independent stamp experts.
The results of expertisation may be challenged, and in some cases further research has shown the genuineness of an item considered a forgery, or vice versa.
See also
Expertisation
Philatelic fakes and forgeries
References
External links
Aspects of Philatelic Expertising - Part I by Simon Dunkerley
Filatelia.fi list of philatelic experts (Includes more than 1700 experts, past and present, with their marks.)
Philatelic fakes and forgeries |
```javascript
const assert = require('assert');
const { bucketPut } = require('../../../lib/api/bucketPut');
const bucketPutWebsite = require('../../../lib/api/bucketPutWebsite');
const bucketDeleteWebsite = require('../../../lib/api/bucketDeleteWebsite');
const { cleanup,
DummyRequestLogger,
makeAuthInfo,
WebsiteConfig }
= require('../helpers');
const metadata = require('../../../lib/metadata/wrapper');
const log = new DummyRequestLogger();
const authInfo = makeAuthInfo('accessKey1');
const bucketName = 'bucketname';
const config = new WebsiteConfig('index.html', 'error.html');
config.addRoutingRule({ ReplaceKeyPrefixWith: 'documents/' },
{ KeyPrefixEquals: 'docs/' });
const testBucketPutRequest = {
bucketName,
headers: { host: `${bucketName}.s3.amazonaws.com` },
url: '/',
actionImplicitDenies: false,
};
const testBucketDeleteWebsiteRequest = {
bucketName,
headers: {
host: `${bucketName}.s3.amazonaws.com`,
},
url: '/?website',
query: { website: '' },
actionImplicitDenies: false,
};
const testBucketPutWebsiteRequest = Object.assign({ post: config.getXml() },
testBucketDeleteWebsiteRequest);
describe('deleteBucketWebsite API', () => {
beforeEach(done => {
cleanup();
bucketPut(authInfo, testBucketPutRequest, log, () => {
bucketPutWebsite(authInfo, testBucketPutWebsiteRequest, log, done);
});
});
afterEach(() => cleanup());
it('should delete a bucket\'s website configuration in metadata', done => {
bucketDeleteWebsite(authInfo, testBucketDeleteWebsiteRequest, log,
err => {
if (err) {
process.stdout.write(`Unexpected err ${err}`);
return done(err);
}
return metadata.getBucket(bucketName, log, (err, bucket) => {
if (err) {
process.stdout.write(`Err retrieving bucket MD ${err}`);
return done(err);
}
assert.strictEqual(bucket.getWebsiteConfiguration(),
null);
return done();
});
});
});
});
``` |
Discover Primary Science is a flagship project of the Irish Government’s Discover Science & Engineering (DSE) awareness programme.
It facilitates teacher training in general primary science and provides teachers with online resources and classroom activity packs which can also be used by parents and students.
In 2008, just over 3,100 primary schools and their teachers participated in activities which included hands-on induction days which were hosted throughout the country in colleges of education, institute of technology, universities and education centres.
Awards of Science Excellence
Discover Primary Science also manages the Awards of Science Excellence each year, as well as coordinating a series of Discover Science Centres across the country.
Schools registered on the Discover Primary Science project can opt to apply for an Award of Science Excellence after they have met certain criteria for science-related activities. In 2007 and 2008, more than 1,000 schools received awards nationwide.
External links
Discover Primary Science website
Discover Science & Engineering website
References
Science education in Ireland
Science and technology in the Republic of Ireland |
```java
package com.reactnativenavigation.views.component;
public interface Renderable {
boolean isRendered();
}
``` |
The 2001 Conference USA men's soccer tournament was the seventh edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by the University of South Florida and the games were played at the USF Soccer Stadium.
Bracket
Awards
Most Valuable Midfielder:
Brad Davis, Saint Louis
Most Valuable Forward:
Dipsy Selolwane, Saint Louis
Most Valuable Defender:
Marty Tappel, Saint Louis
Most Valuable Goalkeeper:
John Politis, Saint Louis
References
External links
Conference USA men's soccer tournament
Tournament
Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament |
Pravutina is a village in Croatia.
References
Populated places in Karlovac County |
Thomas William Appelquist is a theoretical particle physicist who is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics at Yale University.
He received his bachelor's degree from Illinois Benedictine College and his Ph.D. in 1968 from Cornell University under Donald R. Yennie with thesis Parametric Representations of Renormalized Feynman Amplitudes. In 1970, following a postdoctoral appointment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, he joined the faculty at Harvard University. In 1975, he moved to Yale and was appointed professor of physics in 1976. From 1983 until 1989, he served as chair of Yale's department of physics. He served as director of the division of physical sciences and engineering from 1990 to 1993. In 1991, he was named Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, and from 1993 to 1998 he served as dean of Yale's graduate school.
He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (elected in 1984), the recipient of a Senior U.S. Scientist award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1997, he was awarded the J.J. Sakurai Prize of the American Physical Society for his work on charmonium and the de-coupling of heavy particles.
From 1993 to 1996, he served as President of the Aspen Center for Physics. He has served on many advisory committees for the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy and the American Physical Society. From 1989 to 1993, he was a member of the Scientific Policy Committee of the Superconducting Supercollider (SSC) Laboratory. At Yale, during the 1992-1993 academic year, he served on the faculty/trustee Presidential Search Committee. From 1999-2001, he chaired the committee of the National Research Council that prepared an Overview of the field of physics as the culmination of the NRC survey “Physics in a New Era”. From 2001-2006, he served as chairman of the board of the Aspen Center for Physics. He chaired the Science Council of the Jefferson National Laboratory in Newport News, Virginia from 2007 to 2017.
His research has focused on the theory of elementary particles, including the strong interactions and electroweak unification.
References
Particle physicists
21st-century American physicists
J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics recipients
Benedictine University alumni
Cornell University alumni
Yale University faculty
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellows of the American Physical Society
Living people
1941 births
Aspen Center for Physics scholars |
Joseph Enakarhire (born 6 November 1982) is a Nigerian former professional footballer. He could play as either a right back or a central defender.
Club career
Born in Warri, Enakarhire impressed at a young age at Standard Liège before moving to Sporting Clube de Portugal in 2004–05, signing a four-year contract and eventually becoming first-choice. However, after just one season, he was sold to Russia's big spenders FC Dynamo Moscow.
Unsettled, Enakarhire was loaned, in August 2006, to Ligue 1 side Bordeaux, as another former Sporting defender, Beto, left for Recreativo de Huelva also on loan. He was relatively used during the campaign and after the French decided against signing him permanently, he joined Greece's Panathinaikos FC on a season-long loan.
In July 2009, Enakarhire had an unsuccessful trial with FC Metz. In the following year, he met the same fate at Odense Boldklub and FC Energie Cottbus.
In late June 2012, after four years out of football, Enakarhire was signed by S.P. La Fiorita to boost the Sammarinese club's first campaign in the UEFA Europa League. In March of the following year he changed teams and countries again, joining Latvian Higher League champions FC Daugava but being released after only four months.
International career
A Nigeria international since 2003, Enakarhire appeared with the Super Eagles at the 2004 and 2006 Africa Cup of Nations. He was an undisputed starter in the latter tournament as the country finished third, only conceding three goals.
References
External links
1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Warri
Nigerian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Belgian Pro League players
Standard Liège players
Primeira Liga players
Sporting CP footballers
Russian Premier League players
FC Dynamo Moscow players
Ligue 1 players
FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
Super League Greece players
Panathinaikos F.C. players
SP La Fiorita players
FC Daugava players
Nigeria men's international footballers
2004 African Cup of Nations players
2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in San Marino
Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia |
DXOC (1494 AM) Radyo Pilipino is a radio station owned and operated by Radyo Pilipino Media Group through its licensee Radio Audience Developers Integrated Organization (RADIO), Inc. The station's studio is located at Purok 3, Brgy. Manabay, Ozamiz. DXOC is one of the few stations of RadioCorp affiliated with Radio Mindanao Network.
History
DXOC is the pioneer station in Ozamiz, established in 1959 by Filipinas Broadcasting Network. In 1962, from its old location at the import-export compound in the middle of the rice field of Batjak, Inc. owned by Mr. & Mrs. Narciso Lim along Bernard St., the station transferred to its present location in Manabay, about 500 meters away from the Ozamiz City Hall. In 1983, DXOC was acquired by RADIO, Inc., a subsidiary of RadioCorp.
References
Radio stations in Misamis Occidental
News and talk radio stations in the Philippines
Radio stations established in 1959 |
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Mangoustine (foaled 30 March 2019) is a French Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2021 she was undefeated in three races including the Listed Criterum de Lyon and the Group 3 Prix Miesque. After sustaining her first defeat when running third on her three-year-old debut she returned to winning form to take the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches.
Background
Mangoustine is a grey (officially "bay") filly bred in France by Ecurie des Monceaux, Lordship Stud & Qatar Bloodstock. In September 2020 the yearling was consigned to the Arqana Deauville Select Sale and was bought for €46,000 by the bloodstock agent David Redvers. The filly was subsequently owned by Ecurie des Monceaux, Qatar Bloodstock and Tony Parker's Infinity Nine Horses. She was sent into training with Frederic Rossi.
She was from the eleventh crop of foals sired by Dark Angel, who won four races including the Mill Reef Stakes and the Middle Park Stakes as a two-year-old in 2007 before being retired to stud at the end of the year. Dark Angel's other offspring have included Lethal Force, Mecca's Angel, Battaash and Harry Angel. Mangoustine's dam Zotilla showed no racing ability, but was a half-sister to Flotilla, who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. She was descended from Miss Ribot, a mare whose wins included the Santa Ana Stakes in 1969 and who was the female line ancestor of Lethal Force.
Racing career
2021: two-year-old season
Mangoustine began her racing career in a maiden race over 1600 metres on good to soft ground at Deauville Racecourse on 22 August. Ridden by Christophe Soumillon she started the 2.4/1 favourite in a ten-runner field and won by half a length from Albea. A month later, with Soumillon again in the saddle, the filly was stepped up in class and matched against male opposition in the Listed Criterium de Lyon over 1600 metres at Lyons Parilly Racecourse. Racing on soft ground she started the 2.8/1 favourite she won by a length from the colt Toimy Son.
For her final run of the year Mangoustine was dropped back in distance but moved up in class to contest the Group 3 Prix Miesque over 1400 metres at Chantilly Racecourse on 26 October. Ridden by Maxime Guyon she started the 2.3/1 second favourite behind the Prix d'Aumale winner Fleur d'Iris in an eight-runner field which also included the Prix Francois Boutin winner Who Knows. Mangoustine led from the start, accelerated 400 metres from the finish and won by one and a quarter lengths from Txope. After the race Frederic Rossi said "I suppose I felt a bit of pressure because we've said publicly we feel she is a Group 1 filly so that meant she needed to win. I wanted to bring her back to 1400 metres and I think 1600 metres will be her limit next season... she was clearly very good when she arrived so we've thought a lot of her since last February. But you could see in the parade ring beforehand she still needs time and she will make a better three-year-old than a two-year-old."
2022: three-year-old season
For the 2022 season Mangoustine was transferred to the training stable of Mikel Delzangles after Frederic Rossi was reported to be under investigation on charges of doping. On her first appearance as a three-year-old she was partnered by Gerald Mosse when she started the 4.5/1 second favourite Prix de la Grotte on 17 April at Longchamp Racecourse. After racing in mid-division she stayed on well in the closing stages to finish third behind Rosacea and Daisy Maisy.
On 15 May Mangoustine, with Mosse in the saddle, went off at odds of 10.9/1 for the Group 1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches over 1600 metres at Longchamp. Rosacea started favourite while the other thirteen contenders included Cachet (winner of the 1000 Guineas), Who Knows, Daisy Maisy, Mqse de Sevigne (Prix Vanteaux), Jumbly (Radley Stakes) and Acer Alley (Prix de la Grotte). Mosse settled the filly behind the leader as Cachet set the pace, before moving up to take the lead 200 metres from the finish. Cachet rallied strongly but Mangoustine kept on well to win by a head, with Times Square a short head away in third. After the race Delzangles said "Everyone knew she was a good filly last year and I thought it was a very good comeback run in the Prix de la Grotte. I gave her a quiet build-up to that race and she came on a lot, although it was still a big ask to win the big one... At the end she was able to show her class. A mile looks like her trip... Logically the Coronation Stakes will be next.
Pedigree
Mangoustine is inbred 4 × 4 to Mr Prospector, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of her pedigree.
References
2019 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in France
Racehorses trained in France
Thoroughbred family 21-a |
```objective-c
//===- DWARFAddressRange.h --------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
//
// See path_to_url for license information.
//
//===your_sha256_hash------===//
#ifndef LLVM_DEBUGINFO_DWARF_DWARFADDRESSRANGE_H
#define LLVM_DEBUGINFO_DWARF_DWARFADDRESSRANGE_H
#include "llvm/DebugInfo/DIContext.h"
#include <cstdint>
#include <tuple>
#include <vector>
namespace llvm {
class raw_ostream;
class DWARFObject;
struct DWARFAddressRange {
uint64_t LowPC;
uint64_t HighPC;
uint64_t SectionIndex;
DWARFAddressRange() = default;
/// Used for unit testing.
DWARFAddressRange(
uint64_t LowPC, uint64_t HighPC,
uint64_t SectionIndex = object::SectionedAddress::UndefSection)
: LowPC(LowPC), HighPC(HighPC), SectionIndex(SectionIndex) {}
/// Returns true if LowPC is smaller or equal to HighPC. This accounts for
/// dead-stripped ranges.
bool valid() const { return LowPC <= HighPC; }
/// Returns true if [LowPC, HighPC) intersects with [RHS.LowPC, RHS.HighPC).
bool intersects(const DWARFAddressRange &RHS) const {
assert(valid() && RHS.valid());
// Empty ranges can't intersect.
if (LowPC == HighPC || RHS.LowPC == RHS.HighPC)
return false;
return LowPC < RHS.HighPC && RHS.LowPC < HighPC;
}
void dump(raw_ostream &OS, uint32_t AddressSize, DIDumpOptions DumpOpts = {},
const DWARFObject *Obj = nullptr) const;
};
inline bool operator<(const DWARFAddressRange &LHS,
const DWARFAddressRange &RHS) {
return std::tie(LHS.LowPC, LHS.HighPC) < std::tie(RHS.LowPC, RHS.HighPC);
}
inline bool operator==(const DWARFAddressRange &LHS,
const DWARFAddressRange &RHS) {
return std::tie(LHS.LowPC, LHS.HighPC) == std::tie(RHS.LowPC, RHS.HighPC);
}
raw_ostream &operator<<(raw_ostream &OS, const DWARFAddressRange &R);
/// DWARFAddressRangesVector - represents a set of absolute address ranges.
using DWARFAddressRangesVector = std::vector<DWARFAddressRange>;
} // end namespace llvm
#endif // LLVM_DEBUGINFO_DWARF_DWARFADDRESSRANGE_H
``` |
Now or Never is the second studio album by American rapper Tela. It was released on October 6, 1998 through Rap-A-Lot Records. Recording sessions took place at House Of Blues in Memphis and at Hippie House in Houston. Production was handled by Tela himself, together with DJ Jus Borne, Jazze Pha, Neal Jones, BJB, SMK and Sam Sneed. It features guest appearances from the Hoodlumz, Big Zach, Do or Die, Jazze Pha, Scarface, Too $hort and Max Julien. The album peaked at number 49 on the Billboard 200 and number 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Track listing
Personnel
Winston "Tela" Rogers – main artist, producer (tracks: 1-11, 15-18), mixing
Brad "Scarface" Jordan – featured artist (track 3)
Barry "O.C." Ware – featured artist (tracks: 3, 20)
Thomas "Low Key" McCollum – featured artist (tracks: 3, 20)
Todd "Too $hort" Shaw – featured artist (track 6)
Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander – featured artist (track 10), producer (tracks: 14, 15, 17)
Do Or Die – featured artists (track 17)
Max Julien – featured artist (track 18)
Big Zach – featured artist (track 19)
James "DJ Jus Borne" Blake – producer (tracks: 4, 7, 13)
Charles "BJ" Byrd – producer (track 12)
Samuel "Sam Sneed" Anderson – producer (track 12)
Neal Jones – producer (tracks: 17, 20), engineering, mixing
Sean "SMK" Pross – producer (track 19)
Kevin Haywood – engineering, mixing
Micah Harrison – engineering
Benny Quinn – mastering
James "J Prince" Smith – executive producer
Lisa Browne – artwork
Ray Blodget – artwork
Anzel "Red Boy" Jennings – artwork, production coordinator
Frederick Toma – photography
Cato Walker – production coordinator
Tony "Big Chief" Randle – supervisor
Charts
References
External links
Tela - Now Or Never - Goldhiphop
1998 albums
Tela (rapper) albums
Rap-A-Lot Records albums
Albums produced by Jazze Pha
Albums produced by Sam Sneed |
William Malcolm Dickey (June 6, 1907 – November 12, 1993) was an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees for 19 seasons. Dickey managed the Yankees as a player-manager in 1946 in his last season as a player.
Dickey played with the Yankees from 1928 through 1943. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Dickey returned to the Yankees in 1946 as a player and manager. He retired after the 1946 season, but returned in 1949 as a coach, where he taught Yogi Berra the finer points of catching.
During Dickey's playing career, the Yankees went to the World Series nine times, winning eight championships. He was named to 11 All-Star Games. He went on to briefly manage the Yankees as a player-manager, then contribute to another six Yankee World Series titles as a coach. Dickey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.
Early life
Dickey was born in Bastrop, Louisiana, on June 6, 1907. He was one of seven children born to John and Laura Dickey. The Dickeys moved to Kensett, Arkansas, where John Dickey worked as a brakeman for Missouri Pacific Railroad. John Dickey had played baseball for a semi-professional team based in Memphis, Tennessee. Bill's older brother, Gus, was a second baseman and pitcher in the East Arkansas Semipro League, while his younger brother, George, would go on to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher.
Dickey attended Searcy High School in Searcy, Arkansas. At Searcy, Dickey played for the school's baseball team as a pitcher and second baseman. He enrolled at Little Rock College, where he played guard for the school's American football team and pitcher for the baseball team. Dickey substituted for a friend on a semi-professional team based in Hot Springs, Arkansas as a catcher, impressing the team's manager with his throwing arm. Lena Blackburne, manager of the Little Rock Travelers, a minor league baseball team, noticed Dickey while scouting an outfielder on the Hot Springs team. Blackburne signed Dickey to play for his team.
Minor league career
Dickey made his professional debut at the age of 18 with the Little Rock Travelers of the Class A Southern Association in 1925. Little Rock had a working agreement with the Chicago White Sox of the American League, which involved sending players between Little Rock, the Muskogee Athletics of the Class C Western Association, and the Jackson Senators of the Class D Cotton States League. Dickey played in three games for Little Rock in 1925, then was assigned to Muskogee in 1926, where he had a .283 batting average in 61 games.
Dickey returned to Little Rock, and batted .391 in 17 games at the end of the season. Dickey played in 101 games for Jackson in 1927, batting .297 with three home runs. As a fielder, Dickey compiled a .989 fielding percentage and was credited with 84 assists while he committed only nine errors.
New York Yankees
Jackson waived Dickey after the 1927 season. Johnny Nee, a scout for the New York Yankees, wired his boss, Ed Barrow, the Yankees' general manager, that the Yankees should claim him. The Yankees purchased Dickey from Jackson for $12,500 ($ in current dollar terms). Though he suffered from influenza during spring training in 1928, Dickey impressed Yankees manager Miller Huggins. Dickey hit .300 in 60 games for Little Rock, receiving a promotion to the Buffalo Bisons of the Class AA International League. After appearing in three games for Buffalo, Dickey made his MLB debut with the Yankees on August 15, 1928. He recorded his first hit, a triple off George Blaeholder of the St. Louis Browns, on August 24.
Dickey played his first full season in MLB in . He replaced Benny Bengough as the Yankees' starting catcher, as Bengough experienced a recurrent shoulder injury, and Dickey outperformed Bengough and Johnny Grabowski. As a rookie, Dickey hit .324 with 10 home runs and 65 runs batted in (RBI). He led all catchers with 95 assists and 13 double plays. In 1930, Dickey hit .339. In 1931, Dickey made only three errors and batted .327 with 78 RBI. That year, he was named by The Sporting News to its All-Star Team.
Although his offensive production was overshadowed by Yankee greats Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio, Dickey posted some of the finest offensive seasons ever by a catcher during the late 1930s, hitting over 20 home runs with 100 RBI in four consecutive seasons from 1936 through 1939. His 1936 batting average of .362 was the highest single-season average ever recorded by a catcher, tied by Mike Piazza of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1997, until Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins hit .365 in 2009.
In 1932, Dickey broke the jaw of Carl Reynolds with one punch in a game after they collided at home plate, and received a 30-day suspension and $1,000 fine as punishment. That year, he hit .310, with 15 home runs and 84 RBI. In the 1932 World Series, he batted 7-for-16, with three walks, 4 RBI, and scored two runs.
In 1936, Dickey hit .362, finishing third in the AL behind Luke Appling (.388) and Earl Averill (.378). Dickey held out for an increase from his $14,500 salary in 1936, seeking a $25,000 salary. He ended the holdout by agreeing to a contract worth $17,500. Dickey earned $18,000 in 1939. Dickey signed a contract for 1940, receiving a $20,500 salary.
The 1941 season marked Dickey's thirteenth year in which he caught at least 100 games, an MLB record. He also set a double play record and led AL catchers with a .994 fielding percentage.
Dickey suffered a shoulder injury in 1942, ending his streak of catching at least 100 games in a season. When Dickey's backup, Buddy Rosar, left the team without permission to take examinations to join the Buffalo police force and to be with his wife who was about to have a baby, Yankees manager Joe McCarthy signed Rollie Hemsley to be the second string catcher, relegating Rosar to the third string position. Dickey saw his playing time decrease with the addition of Hemsley. He returned for the 1942 World Series, but was considered to be fading.
Dickey had a terrific season in 1943, batting .351 in 85 games and hitting the title-clinching home run in the 1943 World Series. After the season, the 36 year-old Dickey was honored as the player of the year by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Manager and coach
Dickey was rumored to be a candidate for the managerial position with the Philadelphia Phillies after the 1943 season.
Dickey entered the United States Navy on March 15, 1944, as he was categorized in Class 1-A, meaning fit for service, by the Selective Service System. He served at the Navy Hospital Area in Hawaii. He was discharged in January 1946 as a lieutenant senior grade; one of his main tasks had been to organize recreational activities in the Pacific.
Returning to the Yankees in 1946, Dickey became the player-manager of the Yankees in the middle of the season after Joe McCarthy resigned. The Yankees did fairly well under Dickey's watch, going 57–48. However, owner Larry MacPhail refused to give Dickey a new contract until after the season. Rather than face the possibility of being a lame-duck manager, the 39 year-old Dickey resigned on September 12, but remained as a player. He retired after the season, having compiled 202 home runs, 1,209 RBIs and a .313 batting average over his career.
In 1947, Dickey managed the Travelers. The team finished with a 51–103 record, last in the Southern Association. Dickey returned to the Yankees in 1949 as first base coach and catching instructor to aid Yogi Berra in playing the position. Already a good hitter, Berra became an excellent defensive catcher. With Berra having inherited his uniform number 8, Dickey wore number 33 until the 1960 season. Dickey later instructed Elston Howard on catching, when Berra moved to the outfield.
Managerial record
Film career
While still an active player in 1942, Dickey appeared as himself in the film The Pride of the Yankees, which starred Gary Cooper as the Yankee captain and first baseman Lou Gehrig. Late in the movie, when Gehrig was fading due to the disease that would eventually take his life, a younger Yankee grumbled in the locker room, "the old man on first needs crutches to get around!"—and Dickey, following the script, belted the younger player, after which he said the kid "talked out of turn."
Dickey also appeared as himself in the film The Stratton Story in 1949. In the film, Dickey was scripted to take a called third strike from Jimmy Stewart's character. Dickey objected, stating "I never took a third strike. I always swung", and asking the director, Sam Wood, to allow him to swing through the third strike; Wood insisted that Dickey take the third strike. After many takes, Dickey commented: "I've struck out more times this morning than I did throughout my entire baseball career."
Personal life
On October 5, 1932, Dickey married Violet Arnold, a New York showgirl, at St. Mark's Church in Jackson Heights, New York. The couple had one child, Lorraine, born in 1935.
At the time of Lou Gehrig's death, Dickey described Gehrig as his best friend.
Dickey was an excellent quail hunter. He spent part of his retirement in the 1970s and 1980s residing in the Yarborough Landing community on the shore of Millwood Lake in southwestern Arkansas. He died in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1993.
Legacy
Dickey was noted for his excellent hitting and his ability to handle pitchers. He was also known for his relentlessly competitive nature.
Dickey was inducted into the Hall of Fame in . In 1972, the Yankees retired the number 8 in honor of Dickey and Berra. On August 22, 1988, the Yankees honored both Dickey and Berra by hanging plaques honoring them in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium. Dickey opined that Berra was "An elementary Yankee" who is "considered the greatest catcher of all time."
Dickey was named in 1999 to The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players, ranking number 57, trailing Johnny Bench (16), Josh Gibson (18), Yogi Berra (40), and Roy Campanella (50) among catchers. Like those catchers, Dickey was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team, but the fan balloting chose Berra and Bench as the two catchers on the team.
In 2007, Dickey-Stephens Park opened in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The ballpark was named after Bill; his brother George; and two famous Arkansas businessmen, Jackson and Witt Stephens.
In 2013, the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award honored Dickey as one of 37 Baseball Hall of Fame members for his service in the United States Navy during World War II.
See also
List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders
List of Major League Baseball player-managers
List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise
References
External links
Bill Dickey at The Deadball Era
Bill Dickey Oral History Interview - National Baseball Hall of Fame Digital Collection
1907 births
1993 deaths
Baseball players from Louisiana
National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
American League All-Stars
Major League Baseball catchers
New York Yankees players
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New York Yankees coaches
Major League Baseball player-managers
Baseball players from Little Rock, Arkansas
Major League Baseball first base coaches
People from Bastrop, Louisiana
Major League Baseball players with retired numbers
Little Rock Travelers players
Muskogee Athletics players
Jackson Senators players
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Sletta is a rural linear village in the municipality of Alver in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies on the northern side of the island of Radøy about a 50-minute drive north of the city of Bergen. There are about 400 inhabitants in the Sletta area. It is the site of the Emigrant Church, Sletta.
Geography
The green island of Radøy is an elongated island with parallel fjords and valleys, which were created during the Devonian period. Sletta is not an exception, and has flower fields and the flat and steep landscape is excellent for sheep. The area is rich on spruce (especially sitka spruce), pine, and rowan.
History
As Radøy was historically divided amongst several municipalities, Sletta was a part of Lindås municipality until 1964. Since Sletta lies on a different side of Lurefjorden than the rest of Lindås, the easiest transport was by boat. It was even better than walking over the hills to Manger and the rest of Radøy. The people at Sletta actually felt more in common with the people on the other side of the fjord. As the car became an important travel method, almost all of Radøy was merged in 1964 and Manger became the hub, so Sletta and the surrounding area was transferred to the new municipality of Radøy.
Culture
Sletta has a primary school with approximately 50 pupils. In addition, the main football field at Radøy, is situated at Sletta. Radøy/Manger is the main football team. The local community hall Skogen Sletta, has arranged many parties, which was very popular in the 1980s.
References
Farms in Vestland
Villages in Vestland
Alver (municipality) |
Łukta is a village in Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łukta. It lies approximately north-east of Ostróda and west of the regional capital Olsztyn. The village lies on the river Łukta.
The village is the location of a local road junction, where three voivodeship roads meet: the 527, 530 and 531.
From 1975 to 1998 Łukta was in Olsztyn Voivodeship.
The village has a football club Warmiak Łukta, a regional development foundation Fundacja Rozwoju Regionu Łukta, a church with churchyard and tower, restaurants, groceries and a dairy.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1340, and given a charter (possibly not for the first time) in 1352. In 1414, at a time of wars, the village was destroyed by the Polish army. At that time four taverns, one mill and twelve households were burned down.
Historical buildings
A Gothic church (since World War II dedicated to the Black Madonna of Częstochowa) was built in 1407; the tower was added in 1700. In the main altar there is a triptych from about 1580, with a sculpture of the Madonna made of wood. The pulpit dates from the 16th century. The church contains two 17th-century gravestones: that of Achatius von Borcke and his wife.
References
Villages in Ostróda County |
An auditory brainstem implant (ABI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf, due to retrocochlear hearing impairment (due to illness or injury damaging the cochlea or auditory nerve, and so precluding the use of a cochlear implant). In Europe, ABIs have been used in children and adults, and in patients with neurofibromatosis type II.
History
The auditory brainstem implant was first developed in 1979 by William F. House, a neuro-otologist associated with the House Ear Institute, for patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). House's original ABI consisted of two ball electrodes that were implanted near the surface of the cochlear nucleus on the brainstem. In 1997, Robert Behr at the University of Wurzburg, Germany, performed an ABI implantation using a 12-electrode array implant with an audio processor based on the MED-EL C40+ cochlear implant. The first pediatric ABI implantation was performed by Vittorio Colletti from Verona, Italy, in 1999.
In contrast to cochlear implants, ABI implantation is relatively rare. By 2010, there were only 500 patients worldwide who had undergone implantation.
Parts
An ABI system consists of an internal part (the implant) and an external part (the audio processor or sound processor). It is similar in design and function to a cochlear implant.
The external audio processor is worn on or behind the ear. It contains at least one microphone, which picks up sound signals from the environment. The audio processor converts these signals into digital signals and sends them to the coil. The coil transmits the signals through the skin to the implant below.
The internal implant sends the signals to the electrode array. The design of the electrode array is the key difference between a cochlear implant and an ABI. Whereas the electrode array for a CI is wire-shaped and is inserted into the cochlea, the electrode array of an ABI is paddle-shaped and is placed on the cochlear nucleus of the brainstem. By stimulating the brainstem, the ABI sends the sound signals to the brain, allowing the patient to perceive sound.
Indications
Neurofibromatosis Type 2
Until 2018, ABI was only indicated for patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2). NF2 is a genetic disorder that is characterised by the development of non-cancerous tumours along the nervous system. These vestibular schwannomas (also known as acoustic neuromas) often form on the auditory nerve, and surgical removal of these NF2 tumours can damage the auditory nerve and limiting the patient's ability to hear.
NF2 generally presents in adolescence or young adulthood, so candidacy was previously limited to patients aged 15 years or older, with NF2 and bilateral non-functioning auditory nerves.
Other Indications
In Europe and other countries, ABI is CE-marked and approved for patients 12 months and older who cannot benefit from a cochlear implant due to non-functional auditory nerves. This includes both congenital and accrued etiologies, including:
Auditory nerve aplasia
Auditory nerve hypoplasia
Head trauma
Non-NF2 tumours
Severe cochlear ossification
The US FDA approved clinical trials of ABIs for children in 2013. A handful of medical centres, including New York University, are undergoing feasibility studies in the pediatric population.
Surgery
ABI implantation requires a craniotomy and is therefore much more complex than CI surgery. It is normally performed by both a neurosurgeon and an ENT surgeon together, who insert the electrode array through the fourth ventricle onto the surface of the cochlear nucleus.
For patients with NF2, the surgeon will spend a significant amount of time removing the acoustic neuroma tumours before inserting the implant. Depending upon the surgical approach, this may involve sacrificing the auditory nerve, thus rendering the patient deaf. Patients with NF2, who undergo both tumour removal and implantation in the same surgery, generally experience a longer post-op stay than patients without NF2.
Outcomes
Speech perception outcomes with an ABI are generally poorer than those reported in cochlear implant multichannel CI users. Most patients are able to detect the presence of environmental sounds and speech. Speech understanding gradually improves during the first three years after activation, and most patients experience better speech understanding using a combination of lip-reading and the ABI, as opposed to lip-reading alone. However, most patients are unable to understand speech using only their ABI.
There are two reasons that could explain the difference in outcomes between cochlear implants and ABIs. Firstly, non-auditory side-effects, such as vertigo, limit the overall number of electrodes that can deliver useful frequency information. Electrodes found to cause one of these side-effects are deactivated, resulting in fewer signals reaching the brain. In addition, the brainstem is unable to offer the same tonotopic range as the cochlea. With a cochlear implant, the electrodes positioned in the basal end of the cochlea elicit a higher pitch sensation than those positioned in the apical end. In contrast, the tonotopic map within the cochlear nucleus runs parallel and obliquely through the nucleus and the ABI positioned on the surface does not stimulate neural structures in such a clear, tonotopically ordered way. This makes it harder to achieve optimal results during fitting.
Patients without NF2 tend to experience better speech outcomes with an ABI than those with NF2. A study by Colletti found that a significant number of patients without NF2 were able to understand speech with an ABI, including effortless telephone use. It is believed that the tumours caused by the NF2 damage specialised cells in the cochlear nucleus important for speech perception.
There is some evidence to suggest that ABI can help to reduce the effect of tinnitus and improve quality of life. Better language outcomes are also expected with younger children implanted before the age of 2. Because of the wide range of possible outcomes, it is crucial that patients and/or their parents are counselled effectively about what they can realistically expect from an ABI. Parents are advised about additional communication modalities available, such as the use of sign language, as the ultimate goal is to facilitate language with the child.
See also
Brain implant
Cochlear implant
References
Further reading
Auditory Brainstem Implant
Implants (medicine)
Neuroprosthetics
Neurosurgery
Otology |
Khaled Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Raqi Al Amoudi (; born 10 September 1988) is an Emirati former professional footballer. He is the brother of footballers Mohamed Abdulrahman and Omar Abdulrahman.
References
External links
Emirati men's footballers
Al Ain FC players
Emirati people of Yemeni descent
1988 births
Living people
UAE Pro League players
Naturalized citizens of the United Arab Emirates
Men's association football fullbacks |
Fuy or FUY may refer to:
Fuy River, Chile
Fuyug language (ISO 639: fuy)
Puerto Fuy, Chile
See also
Fui (disambiguation) |
Conor Dooley (born 28 July 1993) is an Irish hurler who plays as a forward for Ballyboden St Enda's and formerly as a goalkeeper for the Dublin county hurling team.
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1993 births
Living people
Ballyboden St Enda's hurlers
Dublin inter-county hurlers
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St Augustine’s College in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom, was located within the precincts of St Augustine's Abbey about 0.2 miles (335 metres) ESE of Canterbury Cathedral. It served first as a missionary college of the Church of England (1848–1947) and later as the Central College of the Anglican Communion (1952–1967).
Missionary college
The mid-19th century witnessed a "mass-migration" from England to its colonies. In response, the Church of England sent clergy, but the demand for them to serve overseas exceeded supply. Colonial bishoprics were established, but the bishops were without clergy. The training of missionary clergy for the colonies was “notoriously difficult” because they were required to have not only “piety and desire”, they were required to have an education “equivalent to that of a university degree”. The founding of the missionary college of St Augustine’s provided a solution to this problem.
The Revd Edward Coleridge, a teacher at Eton College, envisioned establishing a college for the purpose of training clergy for service in the colonies: both as ministers for the colonists and as missionaries to the native populations.
Coleridge’s vision was supported by the “high church Anglican network”, but it aroused opposition in low church circles as too much like a Roman Catholic seminary. Coupling the establishment of the college with the restoration of the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury attracted sufficient support for the college to be established.
The abbey had "reached its lowest point of degradation". The gate was the entrance to a brewery, the kitchen was a public house, the grounds were used for dancing and fireworks. This condition was the culmination of the abbey's dismantling and sale of material that began in 1541 after its closure by the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the English Reformation.
Appalled by the abbey's condition, Alexander Beresford Hope MP (a devoted and wealthy layman) purchased the abbey’s ruins and ground plot in 1844. Inspired by Edward Coleridge's vision of a missionary college, the work of establishing the college soon commenced. Funds were raised with Hope as the principal donor along with many other contributors including Queen Victoria. "New buildings arose, a new life seemed to come out of the old shadows that lay so long over and around the ruins." Hope was determined to restore the ancient appearance as much as possible and, in accordance with Hope’s desires, “pains were taken to preserve as much as possible of the old work that seemed worth preserving.” The Great Gate was refurbished and the college library was built over the foundation of what had been the abbey’s refectory. Beneath the library, the remains of an abbey crypt were restored and used for teaching carpentry and other handicrafts needed when the missionary graduates ventured into primitive conditions. The dormitories comprised a range of new buildings designed to blend in with the old. The architect for the reconstruction was William Butterfield.
The new Missionary College was consecrated on 29 June 1848. Some 1,200 people came to Canterbury for the occasion. The Archbishop of Canterbury and his party travelled from London on a special train. By 1849, the college was advertising for students. Over time, hundreds of young men, mostly from humble homes, enrolled and attained high standards of education. Besides religious courses, students were taught practical medicine, Oriental languages, and handicrafts.
Activities and graduates
People’s Magazine (1 June 1870) described the college's daily activities as summarized in the table below.</ref>
Graduates of the college went to “remote, isolated, dangerous, and impoverished parts” of the British Empire. They faced shipwreck, wars, tempests, wild animals and fire. Their destinations and distinctions achieved are shown in the following table.
Global Majority Students
St Augustine's College admitted men of "any nation and rank in life". They included a noticeable number of students from around the world. Boggis discusses Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua, Mark Pitamber, Lambert McKenzie, Jeremiah Libupuoa Moshueshue, Samuel Lefulere Moroka, Arthur Waka Toise, Edward Dumisweni Kona, Nathaniel Cyril Mhala, Josiah Bennekazi, Stephen Mnyakama, Jonas Ntsiko, Ebenezer Hannie, Jacob Manelle, Cecil Majaliwa, Gregory Mpiwa Ngcobo, Anton Tien, Mahmoud Effendi, Johann Jerrom, Knanishu Moratkhan, Francis Bourezan, Stephen Garabedian, William Howell, and John Tsan Baw. Other Global Majority students from the early period include Shapurji Edalji and Framjee James Merwanjee. Photographic portraits of some of these students (together with photographs of some white students and additional information) have been published on the St Augustine's Foundation website.
Closure
On the night of 31 May 1942, a German air-raid so badly damaged the college that it could no longer operate and the few remaining students moved away. The air-raid spread shards of glass across the campus. Canon W. F. France, the last warden of the Missionary College, spent his days picking up the glass shards. France knew that if the shards were ground in, the soil would be forever contaminated by them.
Fyndon's Great Gate entrance to the college exemplified the devastating damage: it along with buildings inside and outside the college had to be rebuilt.
One factor in the college’s permanent closure was the extensive and costly repairs that would be required to make the buildings again usable. Another factor that led to closing the college as a school for missionaries was that an Archbishops' Commission recommended the closing of separate missionary colleges. Thus, St Augustine's College never reopened as a missionary college. During its century of operation the college sent around 800 men to many parts of the world.
Central college
Closing the Missionary College in 1947 left its buildings free for other uses. The next year, the 1948 Lambeth Conference of the Anglican Communion adopted the following resolution for a new use. "In the opinion of this Conference the establishment of a central college for the Anglican Communion is highly desirable and steps should immediately be taken to establish this college, if possible at St Augustine's College, Canterbury."
The wartime damage that contributed to closing the Missionary College created the possibility for a Central College on the site. However, the damage necessitated extensive reconstruction and modernization. This done, St Augustine's College was reopened in 1952 as the Central College of the Anglican Communion with accommodation for up to 50 students.
Purposes
The Missionary College sent clergy from England to other parts of the world. The Central College brought clergy to England from other parts of the world. This bringing together priests from across the worldwide Anglican Communion served two primary purposes. One purpose was further study and research. The other purpose was bonding the Anglican Communion more closely together by common worship and by knowing and learning from each other. The worship included every student's liturgy, often in their native language.
The student body was composed of about forty priests nominated by their bishops. They came from the United States, Nigeria, the West Indies, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, India, Pakistan, Japan and other parts of the Anglican Communion. Earning a diploma required at least two eight week terms in residence: at least three terms were encouraged. A diploma was also contingent on satisfactory academic work coupled with participation in the common life and faithfulness in worship.
The faculty was composed of scholars from various provinces of the Anglican Communion, including Japan, the Sudan, China, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. The first warden was the Revd Kenneth Sansbury, who served until 1961. The second warden was the Revd Kenneth Cragg who served until the college closed in 1967.
The 1958 Lambeth Conference's Resolution 95: Ministries and Manpower – St. Augustine's College, Canterbury said that "the Conference expresses its satisfaction at the establishment of progress of St Augustine's College, Canterbury, as a central college for the Anglican Communion. It approves of the way in which its work is developing and would encourage its continuance on the present line." In spite of this verbal support, before the next Lambeth Conference, the Central College closed because of lack of support from the provinces of the Anglican Communion. Resources for the college were "always precarious". For most of its operating costs, it had to compete with other causes for voluntary contributions from the various provinces of the Anglican Communion. By the mid-1960s, the college's finances were strained and contributions were decreasing. Lack of funds "effectively constituted the demise of the college". After the Central College closed in 1967, the first warden, by then the Bishop Sansbury, laid the basic reason for its closure on "a failure of some in positions of ultimate authority to keep fresh the vision of what the Central College was intended to be, and what in great measure it succeeded in being."
From 1969–1976 St Augustine's was used by King's College, London, for a fourth year of pastoral theological training for its ordinands. The Revd Anthony E. Harvey was the warden and the Revd Kenneth S. Mason was the sub-warden.
King's School
The King's School, Canterbury, has used the St Augustine's College site (excluding the abbey ruins) since 1976. The portion of the site used by the school was by lease until its purchase in 1994. Buildings used by the Missionary College and the Central College were renovated and new ones built for a total of five boarding houses, as well as the school library.
The ruins of the abbey are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the care of English Heritage.
Selected faculty and alumni of the Missionary College
Wardens
Rev. Canon Henry Bailey D.D. – 1850–1878
George Frederick Maclear, 1880–1902
Basil Colby Roberts, 1941–?
Lecturers
Vivian H. H. Green
Philip Arthur Micklem
Edward William Williamson
Council members
Joshua Watson – member of council on foundation
Alumni
George Appleton (1902–1993), Archdeacon of London (1962–1963) and Fourth Archbishop of Perth, Australia (1963–1969)
Nelson Wellesley Fogarty
William Godfrey
Laurie Green
Graeme Knowles
Bransby Lewis Key
Keith Newton
Stephen Oliver
William Cyprian Pinkham
Philipose Mar Chrysostom
Colin Slee
Gilbert Price Lloyd Turner
James Carter 1828–1909, student 1852–1853
Charles Marsden Betts, 1833–1857
Hutcheson Exhibitioner, student 1853–1855
Canon Arthur Margoschis, student 1875, who later become a notable SPG missionary to India
Selected staff members of the Central College
Wardens
Cyril Kenneth Sansbury – 1952–1961
Kenneth Cragg – 1961–1967
Alden D. Kelly, Sub-warden 1956–?
Fellows
George Francis Selby Gray, formerly a professor at Huachung University, Wuchang, China 1952–?
Edward Charles Chandler, Order of the Nile, formerly Traffic Manager, Sudan Railways
Richard Fredrick Hettlinger – 1953–59, formerly a professor at Wycliffe College, Toronto, Canada
Howard A. Johnson, Canon Theologian, Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York City, New York, United States – 1953–54
Reuel L. Howe, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia, United States – 1954
Charles W. F. Smith, Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, United States – 1955
William Enkichi Kan, Dean of Divinity, St Paul’s University, Tokyo, Japan – 1955–56
George Noel Lankester Hall – 1957–1960
Leonard M. Schiff – 1962
William H. Ralston Jr. – 1960–62
Visiting lecturers
A. O. Standen
B. J. Wigan
References
External links
“A Short Guide to the Abbey and College of St. Augustine, Canterbury” (1908) lists the College faculty and describes the program on the back cover.
Brochure about St Augustine’s as the Central College of the Anglican Communion
Booklet by Canon France, last warden of St Augustine’s Missionary College
College of S. Augustine Canterbury: Participants at the Consecration, S. Peter's Day, 1848, by Michael Blain (2007)
“Guide to St. Augustine's Monastery and Missionary College”
"Historic Canterbury: St. Augustine's Missionary College" pictures and documents.
Historical documents on St Augustine's, particularly its creation
People’s Magazine: An Illustrated Miscellany for Family Reading (London: June 1, 1870) contains an article about St. Augustine’s Missionary College, Canterbury, 244–248. Beginning with the coming of Augustine and companions to Kent in A.D.596 as missionaries, it tells the story of the Abbey from its greatness as a learning center to its dissolution, desecration, and restoration in the mid-nineteenth century as a missionary college.
Photo of Dormitory, Great Gate, and Refectory used since the Missionary College opened in 1848.
Anglican seminaries and theological colleges
Bible colleges, seminaries and theological colleges in England
Education in Kent
Former theological colleges in England
Educational institutions established in 1848
1848 establishments in England |
```scala
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package org.apache.spark.sql.util
import org.apache.log4j.Logger
import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.{CatalogTable, CatalogUtils}
import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.{DataSource, HadoopFsRelation}
import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SessionState
import org.apache.spark.sql.sources.BaseRelation
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType
object CreateTableCommonUtil {
/*
* Will create a new Catalog Table based on the datasourceSchema
*/
def getCatalogTable(sparkSession: SparkSession, sessionState: SessionState,
table: CatalogTable, LOGGER: Logger ): CatalogTable = {
// Create the relation to validate the arguments before writing the metadata to the metastore,
// and infer the table schema and partition if users didn't specify schema in CREATE TABLE.
val pathOption = table.storage.locationUri.map("path" -> CatalogUtils.URIToString(_))
// Fill in some default table options from the session conf
val tableWithDefaultOptions = table.copy(
identifier = table.identifier.copy(
database = Some(
table.identifier.database.getOrElse(sessionState.catalog.getCurrentDatabase))),
tracksPartitionsInCatalog = sessionState.conf.manageFilesourcePartitions)
val dataSource: BaseRelation =
DataSource(sparkSession = sparkSession, userSpecifiedSchema = if (table.schema.isEmpty) {
None
} else {
Some(table.schema)
},
partitionColumns = table.partitionColumnNames,
className = table.provider.get,
bucketSpec = table.bucketSpec,
options = table.storage.properties ++ pathOption,
// As discussed in SPARK-19583, we don't check if the location is existed
catalogTable = Some(tableWithDefaultOptions)).resolveRelation(checkFilesExist = false)
val partitionColumnNames = if (table.schema.nonEmpty) {
table.partitionColumnNames
} else {
// This is guaranteed in `PreprocessDDL`.
assert(table.partitionColumnNames.isEmpty)
dataSource match {
case r: HadoopFsRelation => r.partitionSchema.fieldNames.toSeq
case _ => Nil
}
}
val newTable = dataSource match {
// Since Spark 2.1, we store the inferred schema of data source in metastore, to avoid
// inferring the schema again at read path. However if the data source has overlapped columns
// between data and partition schema, we can't store it in metastore as it breaks the
// assumption of table schema. Here we fallback to the behavior of Spark prior to 2.1, store
// empty schema in metastore and infer it at runtime. Note that this also means the new
// scalable partitioning handling feature(introduced at Spark 2.1) is disabled in this case.
case r: HadoopFsRelation if r.overlappedPartCols.nonEmpty =>
LOGGER.warn("It is not recommended to create a table with overlapped data and partition " +
"columns, as Spark cannot store a valid table schema and has to infer it at " +
"runtime, which hurts performance. Please check your data files and remove " +
"the partition columns in it.")
table.copy(schema = new StructType(), partitionColumnNames = Nil)
case _ =>
table.copy(
schema = dataSource.schema,
partitionColumnNames = partitionColumnNames,
// If metastore partition management for file source tables is enabled, we start off with
// partition provider hive, but no partitions in the metastore. The user has to call
// `msck repair table` to populate the table partitions.
tracksPartitionsInCatalog = partitionColumnNames.nonEmpty &&
sessionState.conf.manageFilesourcePartitions)
}
newTable
}
}
``` |
José Felipe Beltran (born December 9, 1981) is an American bare-knuckle fighter and mixed martial artist. A professional mixed martial artist since 2007, he has competed for the UFC, Bellator, Strikeforce, and King of the Cage. He also competed in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship where he was the former BKFC Heavyweight Champion.
Background
Beltran was born in Oceanside, California and raised in Carlsbad, California by a single mother. He has an older sister. Beltran began boxing when he was 10 years old, and also was involved in street fighting from a young age. Beltran also began wrestling in middle school and was talented, but was initially not allowed to compete outside of practice because of poor grades and was eventually kicked out from the junior high. Beltran continued wrestling at Carlsbad High School during his sophomore year and picked up his grades, going on to compete on the varsity team as a Heavyweight for all three years and also became involved in Greco-Roman Wrestling. Beltran originally attended Palomar College, and after two years he academically transferred to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. During the first semester, Beltran was introduced to mixed martial arts at a local gym, Bulls Pen. After the semester, Beltran moved back to California, attending MiraCosta College for a spell before dropping out in pursuit of a career in mixed martial arts. When he began training, Beltran weighed 300 lbs.
Mixed martial arts career
Early career
Beltran made his professional debut on February 10, 2007 at Strikeforce: Young Guns and lost via unanimous decision. He went on to compile a record of 6–2 before being signed by Bellator.
Bellator
Beltran made his Bellator debut at Bellator 5 on May 1, 2009 against former UFC fighter Sherman Pendergarst. Beltran won the fight in the first round via TKO.
In his next appearance, under the King of the Cage banner, Beltran defeated Wes Combs via TKO only 25 seconds into the fight.
Beltran would go 1–1 before picking up another TKO win over another UFC veteran, Houston Alexander, and was subsequently signed by the UFC.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Beltran made his UFC debut at UFC 109 against Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Rolles Gracie. Beltran was stepping in as a last minute replacement for Gracie's original opponent, Mostapha Al-turk. Beltran upset the fatigued Gracie and was victorious via a second round TKO.
Beltran returned to action on May 8, 2010 at UFC 113. He was originally set to fight Chad Corvin, but after Corvin's paperwork was not approved by the Quebec Athletic Commission he was pulled from the card and replaced by Tim Hague. Beltran defeated Hague after three rounds, taking the unanimous decision.
Beltran next faced Matt Mitrione on September 25, 2010 at UFC 119. Beltran fought and lost to Mitrione via unanimous decision. Even though he lost, he still earned Fight of the Night honors.
Beltran then fought highly regarded kickboxer Pat Barry at UFC Fight for the Troops 2 on January 22, 2011, in Fort Hood, Texas. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. During the fight, Beltran received a high volume of leg kicks from Barry, a former K-1 kickboxing competitor, yet only collapsed at the end of the final round. Barry has since expressed his bewilderment at the level of punishment that Beltran was able to absorb.
Beltran was expected to face promotional newcomer Dave Herman on June 11, 2011 at UFC 131. However, after Herman was shuffled to the main card, Beltran instead faced another UFC newcomer in Aaron Rosa. After a back-and-forth first two rounds, Beltran defeated Rosa via TKO in the third round.
Beltran fought Stipe Miocic on October 8, 2011 at UFC 136, losing via unanimous decision.
Beltran faced former Strikeforce heavyweight Lavar Johnson on January 28, 2012 at UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis, where he was knocked out for the first time in his career in the first round. Following the loss, Beltran was released from the promotion.
Post-UFC
After being released, Beltran announced that he would be dropping down to compete in the Light heavyweight division. He officially made his Light heavyweight debut on April 28, 2012 at C3 Fights in Oklahoma, where he defeated Anton Talamantes via unanimous decision.
Return to the UFC
Beltran made his return to the UFC replacing Brandon Vera against Australian James Te Huna on July 11, 2012 at UFC on Fuel TV 4. Although Beltran lost via unanimous decision, the back and forth bout earned Fight of the Night honors.
Beltran was expected to face Anthony Perosh on December 15, 2012 at UFC on FX 6. However, Perosh was forced from the bout with a toe injury and replaced by Igor Pokrajac. He won the fight via unanimous decision. On January 10, 2013, it was announced that Beltran had failed his post fight drug test, testing positive for nandrolone. Beltran was subsequently suspended for 9 months, retroactive to December 14, 2012. His win over Pokrajac was changed to a No Contest.
Returning from his suspension, Beltran faced Fábio Maldonado on October 9, 2013 at UFC Fight Night 29 in Maldonado's home-country of Brazil. He lost the back-and-forth fight via split decision. He was subsequently released from the promotion.
Return to Bellator
On October 30, 2013, it was announced that Beltran had signed with Bellator MMA. He faced former UFC Light heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson on November 15, 2013 in the main event at Bellator 108. He lost the fight via TKO in the first round.
Beltran faced Vladimir Matyushenko at Bellator 116 on April 11, 2014, winning by third round submission, his first submission win since 2007.
Bellator title shot
Beltran challenged Emanuel Newton for the Bellator Light heavyweight Championship at Bellator 124 on September 12, 2014. He lost the fight via knockout in the third round.
Drop down to middleweight
Beltran made his Middleweight debut against Brian Rogers on April 10, 2015 at Bellator 136. He won the fight by majority decision.
Beltran next faced Kendall Grove at Bellator 143 on September 25, 2015. He lost the fight via TKO in the third round.
On September 21, 2016, it was announced that Beltran would be facing Alessio Sakara in the co-main event of Bellator 168 on December 10, 2016. He lost via knockout in the first round. He was subsequently released from the promotion.
Post-Bellator and rehab
After the latest loss and release, Beltran succumbed into alcohol and drug addiction and entered rehabilitation. Having already essentially retired after his latest fight, Beltran was lured to face Sergei Kharitonov at Russian Cagefighting Championship 1 on February 25, 2018. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.
He would take yet another fight in the Russian circuit against Dmitry Tebekin at S-70 event on August 14, 2019, winning the fight via unanimous decision.
Bare knuckle boxing
After having problems with getting fights in the regional circuit, an opportunity presented itself to compete in bare-knuckle boxing. In his debut Beltran faced Tony Lopez - who he had twice previously lost to in MMA - at the inaugural Bare Knuckle FC event held on June 2, 2018. The bout also served as an alternate bout for the BKFC Heavyweight Tournament. He won the brutal back-and-forth fight via unanimous decision.
BKFC World Heavyweight Championship
At BKFC 9 Beltran won a unanimous decision victory over Chase Sherman, becoming the BKFC World Heavyweight Champion, as well as the National Police Gazette Heavyweight American Champion.
Beltran was expected to defend his title against Mark Godbeer at BKFC 12 on April 11, 2020. However, the whole event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the bout was scrapped.
On October 10, 2020 at BKFC 13, Beltran became the first man to defend the BKFC World Heavyweight title by defeating former University of Alabama football linebacker Marcel Stamps via fourth round TKO. The outcome of this bout also resulted in Beltran retaining the Police Gazette Heavyweight World Championship, a title that had not been in the ring since 1899.
Beltran's second defense of the BKFC World Heavyweight Championship at BKFC 18 was against Sam Shewmaker. He won the bout via unanimous decision.
Beltran's next defense of the BKFC World Heavyweight Championship was against former BKFC World Heavyweight Champion Arnold Adams in a rematch on November 6, 2021 at BKFC Fight Night: New York. He lost by unanimous decision, ending his reign as champion.
Post-championship reign
Beltran then faced Frank Tate at BKFC Fight Night: Ft. Lauderdale on April 21, 2022. He was knocked out just 23 seconds into the bout.
He then headlined BKFC 33 on November 18, 2022, against Houston Alexander in a rematch of their MMA bout in 2010. He lost the bout via second-round knockout. A month later, BKFC President Dave Feldman stated that Beltran would not fight for the company anymore.
Personal life
Beltran is married to the BKFC Women's Strawweight Champion Britain Hart.
Championships and accomplishments
Bare-knuckle boxing
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
BKFC World Heavyweight Champion (one time; former)
Two successful title defenses
Police Gazette World Heavyweight Champion (one time; former)
Mixed martial arts
5150 Combat League / Xtreme Fighting League
5150 Combat League Heavyweight Championship (One time)
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Fight of the Night (Two times) vs. James Te Huna and Matt Mitrione
Mixed martial arts record
|-
| Win
| align=center| 18–15 (1)
| Dmitry Tebekin
| Decision (unanimous)
| S-70: Plotforma Cup 2019
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Sochi, Russia
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 17–15 (1)
| Sergei Kharitonov
| Decision (unanimous)
| Russian Cagefighting Championship
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Yekaterinburg, Russia
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 17–14 (1)
| Alessio Sakara
| KO (punches)
| Bellator 168
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:20
| Florence, Italy
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 17–13 (1)
| Chase Gormley
| Decision (split)
| Bellator 155
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Boise, Idaho, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 17–12 (1)
| Lamont Stafford
| TKO (punches)
| C3 Fights: Beltran vs Stafford
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 4:14
| Newkirk, Oklahoma, United States
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 16–12 (1)
| Kendall Grove
| TKO (punches)
| Bellator 143
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 2:27
| Hidalgo, Texas, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 16–11 (1)
| Brian Rogers
| Decision (majority)
| Bellator 136
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Irvine, California, United States
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 15–11 (1)
| Emanuel Newton
| KO (spinning back fist)
| Bellator 124
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 3:07
| Plymouth Township, Michigan, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 15–10 (1)
| Vladimir Matyushenko
| Submission (north-south choke)
| Bellator 116
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 3:06
| Temecula, California, United States
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 14–10 (1)
| Quinton Jackson
| KO (punches)
| Bellator 108
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 4:59
| Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 14–9 (1)
| Fábio Maldonado
| Decision (split)
| UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Barueri, Brazil
|
|-
| NC
| align=center| 14–8 (1)
| Igor Pokrajac
| NC (overturned)
| UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Gold Coast, Australia
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 14–8
| James Te Huna
| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC on Fuel TV: Munoz vs. Weidman
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| San Jose, California, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 14–7
| Anton Talamantes
| Decision (unanimous)
| C3 Fights
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Newkirk, Oklahoma, United States
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 13–7
| Lavar Johnson
| KO (punches)
| UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 4:24
| Chicago, Illinois, United States
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 13–6
| Stipe Miocic
| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 136
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Houston, Texas, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 13–5
| Aaron Rosa
| TKO (punches)
| UFC 131
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 1:26
| Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 12–5
| Pat Barry
| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC: Fight For The Troops 2
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Fort Hood, Texas, United States
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 12–4
| Matt Mitrione
| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 119
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 12–3
| Tim Hague
| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 113
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Montreal, Quebec, Canada
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 11–3
| Rolles Gracie Jr.
| TKO (punches)
| UFC 109
|
| align=center| 2
| align=center| 1:31
| Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 10–3
| Houston Alexander
| TKO (punches)
| 5150 Combat League / Xtreme Fighting League: New Year's Revolution
|
| align=center| 2
| align=center| 3:49
| Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 9–3
| Tony Lopez
| Decision (unanimous)
| KOTC: Distorted
|
| align=center| 5
| align=center| 5:00
| Highland, California, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 9–2
| Tracy Willis
| TKO (punches and elbows)
| 5150 Combat League: Rumble at the Rally
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 3:33
| Sparks, Oklahoma, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 8–2
| Wes Combs
| TKO (punches)
| KOTC: Legends
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:25
| Winterhaven, California, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 7–2
| Sherman Pendergarst
| TKO (punches)
| Bellator 5
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:24
| Dayton, Ohio, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 6–2
| Jacob Browy
| TKO (punches)
| Gladiator Challenge: Warriors
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:20
| Pauma Valley, California, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 5–2
| Wes Fenton
| TKO (punches)
| Total Combat 32
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:15
| El Cajon, California, United States
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 4–2
| Tony Lopez
| Submission (kimura)
| KOTC: Opposing Force
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 3:15
| Highland, California, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 4–1
| Phil Friedman
| TKO (punches)
| Total Combat 28
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:50
| San Diego, California, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 3–1
| Ray Seraile
| TKO (punches)
| TC 25: Fight Club
|
| align=center| 2
| align=center| 0:56
| San Diego, California, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 2–1
| Tony Velarde
| Submission (kimura)
| Total Combat 21
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:35
| San Diego, California, United States
|
|-
| Win
| align=center| 1–1
| Paul Ingrassia
| TKO (punches)
| Total Combat 20
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:54
| San Diego, California, United States
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 0–1
| Yohan Banks
| Decision (unanimous)
| Strikeforce: Young Guns
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 3:00
| San Jose, California, United States
|
Bare knuckle record
|-
|Loss
|align=center|5–4–1
|Houston Alexander
|KO (punches)
|BKFC 33
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|0:38
|Omaha, Nebraska, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|5–3–1
|Frank Tate
|KO (punches)
|BKFC Fight Night: Ft. Lauderdale
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:23
|Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|5–2–1
|Arnold Adams
|Decision (unanimous)
|BKFC Fight Night: New York
|
|align=center|5
|align=center|2:00
|Salamanca, New York, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|5–1–1
|Sam Shewmaker
|Decision (unanimous)
|BKFC 18: Beltran vs. Shewmaker
|
|align=center|5
|align=center|2:00
|Miami, Florida, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|4–1–1
|Marcel Stamps
|KO (punches)
|BKFC 13: Beltran vs. Stamps
|
|align=center|4
|align=center|1:55
|Salina, Kansas, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|3–1–1
|Chase Sherman
|Decision (unanimous)
|BKFC 9: Lobov vs. Knight 2
|
|align=center|5
|align=center|2:00
|Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|2–1–1
|Jamie Campbell
|TKO (punches)
|BKFC 6: Malignaggi vs. Lobov
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|1:50
|Tampa, Florida, United States
|
|-
|Draw
|align=center|1–1–1
|Tony Lopez
|Draw (split)
|BKFC 4: USA vs. Mexico
|
|align=center|5
|align=center|2:00
|Cancun, Mexico
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|1–1
|Arnold Adams
|TKO (doctor stoppage)
||BKFC 2: A New Era
|
|align=center|4
|align=center|0:09
|Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|1–0
|Tony Lopez
|Decision (unanimous)
|BKFC 1: The Beginning
|
|align=center|5
|align=center|2:00
|Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States
|
|-
See also
List of male mixed martial artists
List of Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners
List of current Bellator fighters
References
External links
Official UFC Profile
1981 births
American male mixed martial artists
American mixed martial artists of Mexican descent
American sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in mixed martial arts
Mixed martial artists from California
Heavyweight mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing
Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Mixed martial artists utilizing Greco-Roman wrestling
Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters
American male boxers
American boxers of Mexican descent
Bare-knuckle boxers
Boxers from San Diego
American male sport wrestlers
Amateur wrestlers
American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Sportspeople from Carlsbad, California
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni
People from Oceanside, California
Living people |
```xml
import { ComponentSlotStylesPrepared, ICSSInJSStyle } from '@fluentui/styles';
import { ListItemContentStylesProps } from '../../../../components/List/ListItemContent';
import { ListItemVariables } from './listItemVariables';
export const listItemContentStyles: ComponentSlotStylesPrepared<ListItemContentStylesProps, ListItemVariables> = {
root: ({ props: p, variables: v }): ICSSInJSStyle => ({
flexGrow: 1,
fontSize: v.contentFontSize,
lineHeight: v.contentLineHeight,
...(p.truncate && {
overflow: 'hidden',
textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
}),
...((!p.hasHeader || p.hasContentMedia) && {
marginRight: v.gap,
}),
}),
};
``` |
Phanogomphus sandrius, the Tennessee clubtail, is a species of clubtail dragonflies in the family Gomphidae. It is found in the United States, in nine locations of central Tennessee.
The IUCN conservation status of Phanogomphus sandrius is "VU", vulnerable. The species faces a high risk of endangerment in the medium term, with a decreasing population. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2018. Phanogomphus sandrius was assessed as "endangered" in 1996 and "vulnerable" in 2007.
Phanogomphus sandrius was recently considered a member of the genus Gomphus, but in 2017 it became a member of the genus Phanogomphus when Phanogomphus was elevated from subgenus to genus rank.
Sources
Insects of the United States
Gomphidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Insects described in 1983 |
The Ministry of Justice of the German Democratic Republic (German: Justizministerium der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was established in 1949 in East Germany and dissolved in 1990. Its duties were subsequently taken up by the federal Ministry of Justice of the united Germany, and the justice ministries of the six new federal states. The Ministry was housed at 93 Dorothea Street (Dorotheenstraße 93), the former offices of the Weimar and Nazi Interior Ministry. It published the journal Neue Justiz.
History
After the Second World War and the collapse of Nazism in May 1945, Germany was divided into four zones of occupation, with the area that would become East Germany occupied by the Soviet Union. It was governed by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany, (German: Sowjetische Militäradministration in Deutschland (SMA)). On 17 July 1945, the SMAD issued Order No. 17, which established a judicial system in the Soviet occupation zone. The German Central Administration for Justice (German: Deutsche Zentralverwaltung für Justiz (DJV)) was subsequently founded in November 1945, with the SMAD appointing Eugen Schiffer as their first DJV president, though he was dismissed and replaced in 1948 with Max Fechner. In 1949, with the founding of the German Democratic Republic as a nominally independent state, the DJV was transformed into the Ministry of Justice.
Max Fechner was appointed the first Minister of Justice. By this time, the judiciary had already been brought into line with communist policy. Though mentioned in the Constitution of East Germany, there was no guarantee of judicial independence. The use of Volksrichter (English People's Judges) also helped to bring the courts closer to the SED. In 1953, the Länder of the Eastern Zone were abolished, and their Justice Ministries became part of the central ministry. After speaking critically of the prosecution of strikers in the protests of June 1953 in an interview with Neues Deutschland, Fechner was removed from office, denounced as an "enemy of the state and the party" and spent three years in prison and Stasi internment. He was replaced by Hilde Benjamin, who had presided over the show trials of the 1950s.
In 1963, the power of the ministry was weakened by a decree which transferred responsibility for control of the courts to the Supreme Court of East Germany, which reported directly to the State Council.
After the fall of the Berlin wall, the Ministry of Justice oversaw the transfer of its powers back to the states and the drafting of the Unification treaty under the supervision of Kurt Wünsche.
List of Justice Ministers (1949–1990)
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Name
! In office
! Council of Ministers (Cabinet)
! Party
|-
| Max Fechner || 11 October 1949 – 15 July 1953 ||Provisional government1950-1954|| SED
|-
| Hilde Benjamin || 15 July 1953 – 14 July 1967 ||1954-19581958–19631963–1967|| SED
|-
| Kurt Wünsche || 14 July 1967 – 16 October 1972 ||1967–19711971–1976|| LDPD
|-
| Hans-Joachim Heusinger || 16 October 1972 – 12 January 1990 || 1971–19761976–19811981–19861986–1989Modrow || LDPD
|-
| Kurt Wünsche || 12 January 1990 – 16 August 1990 || Modrowde Maizière || LDPD →BFD → non-partisan
|-
| Manfred Walther || 16 August 1990 – 2 October 1990 || de Maizière || non-partisan
|}
See also
Council of Ministers of East Germany
References
East Germany
1949 establishments in East Germany
1990 disestablishments in East Germany
Justice |
Veniamin Romov (1881–1929) was a Russian Empire and Soviet cartoonist.
Biography
Veniamin Romov was born in 1881 in the village of Malaya Sila, Perm Governorate. His father was a priest.
In 1906, he entered the Medical Faculty of the Tomsk University. During this period he studied painting with Mikhail Shcheglov.
In December 1909, the artist became editor of the satirical magazine Silhouettes of Hometown Life.
In 1920, the artist was invited to the Sibgosteater in Novonikolayevsk (modern. Novosibirsk), and a year later he went to work with M. M. Basov in the regional publishing house. It was at that time that his cartoons under the pseudonym "Romov" began to appear in local newspapers. Romov's drawings, with witty captions, appeared in the newspaper Sovetskaya Sibir, and the magazines "Comrade" and "Siberia". The artist illustrated the magazine "Hunter and Fool of Siberia", according to contemporaries, increasing the circulation of this publication.
In 1922, the newspaper's employees came up with the idea of creating a satirical magazine Skorpion, which would criticize such phenomena as petty bourgeoisie, philistinism, formalism, and bureaucracy. The artists of Skorpion were A. Ivanov and V. Romov. Romov's cartoons, published in the headings "Nep Grimaces" and "Grimaces of life", reflected the characteristic types of that era: a smug Nepman and combine dealers who used "air" and "smoke" as profit.
The artist died in January 1929.
Gallery
Grimaces of NEP
Novonikolayevsk Types
In 1922, the artist created a series of drawings Novonikolaevsk Types, which were published by Sibkrayizdat as postcards.
References
1881 births
1929 deaths
Illustrators from the Russian Empire
Cartoonists from the Soviet Union
Artists from Novosibirsk |
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, sometimes abbreviated WDC&S, is an American anthology comic book series featuring characters from The Walt Disney Company's films and shorts, including Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Mickey Mouse, Chip 'n Dale, Li'l Bad Wolf, Scamp, Bucky Bug, Grandma Duck, Brer Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, and others. With more than 700 issues, Walt Disney's Comics & Stories is the longest-running Disney comic book in the United States, making it the flagship title, and is one of the best-selling comic books of all time.
The book was originally published by Dell Comics (1940–1962), and there have been many revivals over the years, continuing the same legacy numbering. The revivals have been published by Gold Key Comics (1962–1984), Gladstone Publishing (1986–1990), Disney Comics (1990–1993), back to Gladstone Publishing (1993–1999), Gemstone Publishing (2003–2008), Boom! Studios (2009–2011) and IDW Publishing (2015–2020).
Publication history
The precursor to WDC was Mickey Mouse Magazine, published in several incarnations from 1933 to 1940. WDC itself was launched in October 1940, and initially consisted of reprints taken from the Disney comic strips Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Silly Symphonies, reformatted for comic books and colored. The first original story created for WDC was an adaptation of The Flying Gauchito, illustrated by Walt Kelly, in issue No. 24 (August 1942).
To facilitate birthday and holiday gift giving to youngsters, Western Publishing offered to send subscription recipients illustrated letters that announced the gift. Various premiums were also offered for new subscribers, including a mini-poster attributed to Pogo creator Walt Kelly advertised on the back cover of issue No. 100 (Jan. 1949). Walt Kelly would do the cover art for many issues between No. 34 and No. 118 and provided interior art for issues # 34–41 and 43.
The anthology format usually began with a 10-page story featuring Donald Duck and for most of the run ended with a serial or single story featuring Mickey Mouse. The most popular issues featured the Donald Duck 10-pagers written and drawn by Carl Barks, who began the run with issue No. 31 (April 1943) and ended with original stories in issue No. 312 (September 1966), but have been continually reprinted. Almost all of these stories co-starred Donald's nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, with frequent guest appearances by Barks' most famous creation, Scrooge McDuck, as well as the Beagle Boys, Gyro Gearloose, and Gladstone Gander.
Many 1940s issues featured Mickey Mouse serials by Floyd Gottfredson which were reprinted from newspaper daily comic strips; later, Paul Murry took over drawing original Mickey Mouse serials, with stories written by Carl Fallberg and Don Christensen among others. The 1980s saw numerous Murry reprints; the 1990s and more recent times saw new Mickey Mouse stories by Noel Van Horn and (usually only drawn by) Cesar Ferioli, as well as some Gottfredson serials not previously anthologized in comic book format.
Li'l Bad Wolf stories began in issue No. 52 (January 1945) and remained a regular feature for more than ten years, continuing to appear in the majority of issues even after the continuous run stopped. Carl Buettner (1945–1946), Gil Turner (1948–1956), and Dick Matena (2005–2008) are generally regarded as the most notable Wolf creators featured in the title. In the 2000s, Big Bad Wolf often supplanted his son as title character of the stories.
Bucky Bug stories began in issue No. 20 (May 1942) with a series of newspaper reprints; original Bucky stories started a while later, in issue No. 39 (December 1943). Bucky stories were monthly through 1950, were not seen for several decades, then returned on an occasional basis from 1988 onwards, with a mixture of old and new material.
By the mid-1950s, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories was the best selling comic book in the United States, with a monthly circulation of over three million. Mark Evanier described the high circulation as the product of "an aggressive subscription push."
In many 1980s issues, as well as scattered issues from 2006 onward, new Donald Duck stories by Daan Jippes and/or Freddy Milton would lead off the title. Issues No. 523, 524, 526, 528, 531, and 547 (all 1987–1990) featured lead-off stories drawn (and usually written) by Don Rosa, while most issues published between 1993 and 2005 featured lead-offs by William Van Horn.
After reaching its 600th issue, the title converted to prestige format and remained that way until the end of Gemstone's run at issue No. 698.
In September 2009, with the publishing rights of the "core four" comics being moved to Boom! Studios, the comic was cut down to 24 pages per issue and began focusing on printing multi-part story arcs that would run for about four issues each, the first being the infamous Ultraheroes arc (which would be concluded in its own series that ran for eight issues). As with all of Boom!'s Disney comics, each issue had at least two different variant covers, though this was eventually stopped at issue No. 709. At the start of 2011, to celebrate the comic's 70th anniversary, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories returned to its original anthology format. However, due to The Incredibles comic book being cancelled on a cliffhanger the previous year, coupled with Disney having acquired Marvel Comics two years earlier, Disney opted not to renew their deal with Boom! Studios, forcing Boom! to abruptly end their run with the title at issue No. 720. It was later announced that their first issue of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories would be published on July 22, 2015. Similar to the Boom! issues, each of IDW's issues were published with at least two different variant covers, with at least one cover being based on Disney theme parks and attractions in the first year.
Under IDW, issue No. 726 featured the first appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in the series.
To make room for the inclusion of the localized Duck Avenger title in the line, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories switched to bimonthly publication in July 2016, alternating with Duck Avenger each month. Due to IDW's Disney line expanding to include Tangled and DuckTales in July 2017, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories switched to quarterly publication from that point onward. It switched back to monthly publication when its name was shortened to Disney Comics and Stories in September 2018.
Unlike the other three "core four" comics, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories retained its original numbering system when IDW launched its Disney line; however, when the book's title was shortened, IDW restarted the numbering system as if it were a new series, instead including the legacy numbering (#744–756) in the issues' indicia.
Publishing history
Notable stories
The following is a list of notable stories that had their first American printings in an issue of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories.
Numbering
While the issues are now referred to with sequential numbers, the format for the first ten years of the comic was to use the volume and number. Each volume contained 12 issues thus issue No. 13 (October 1941) was labeled "Vol. 2 No. 1" and included several stories about superstitions, especially about the number 13. The title started using whole numbers with issue No. 124, in January 1951.
Publishers
The publishers of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories have been:
Dell Comics (Oct 1940 – Aug 1962) #1–263
Gold Key Comics (Sept 1962 – 1984) #264–510
Gladstone Publishing (Oct 1986 – April 1990) #511–547
Disney Comics (June 1990 – July 1993) #548–585
Gladstone Publishing (Aug 1993 – Feb 1999) #586–633
Gemstone Publishing (June 2003 – November 2008) #634–698
Boom Kids! (Boom! Studios) (September 2009 – June 2011) #699–720
IDW Publishing (July 2015–July 2020) #721–756
Circulation
The first issue of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories sold 252,000 copies. By issue No. 23 (August 1942), the comic was printing 1,000,000 copies per issue. They reached 2 million copies by issue No. 66 (March 1946) and 3 million by issue No. 131 (August 1951). The magazine hit its peak at 3,115,000 copies of issue No. 144 (September 1952).
Collections
Between 1984 and 1990, Another Rainbow Publishing collected all of Carl Barks's Disney comics as The Carl Barks Library. Gladstone Publishing released further reprints of Barks's stories in the 1990s.
In 2011, KaBOOM! published the first volume of an Archives series collecting issues from the beginning of the comic's run. In 2018, IDW released an anthology of its stories.
See also
Other Disney comics titles in the US:
Mickey Mouse Magazine (1935–1940)
Donald Duck (1942–2017)
Mickey Mouse (1943–2017)
Uncle Scrooge (1952–2020)
Walt Disney Comics Digest (1968–1976)
Uncle Scrooge Adventures (1987–1997)
Mickey Mouse Adventures (1990–1991)
Donald Duck Adventures (1988–1998)
Walt Disney Giant (1995–1996)
References
External links
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories on Disney Comics Worldwide (DCW)
Cover of all issues of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories on outducks.org (click on issue numbers)
Gold Key Comics titles
Dell Comics titles
Gemstone Publishing titles
IDW Publishing titles
Disney Comics titles
Disney comics titles
Comics magazines published in the United States
Comics based on films
1940 comics debuts
Magazines established in 1940
Magazines disestablished in 2020 |
Wang Jiexin is a Chinese swimmer. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games. She competes in the Paralympic class S9. She also placed 4th in the Women's 100 backstroke S9 in Rio. In 2020, she was ranked in the top 10 in the world in multiple events in the S9 classification.
References
Paralympic swimmers for China
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic bronze medalists for China
Living people
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Year of birth missing (living people)
Chinese female freestyle swimmers
S9-classified para swimmers |
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Faraskur () is a city in Damietta Governorate, Egypt. Before the 1952 revolution it was a part of Dakahlia Governorate.
Notable people
Riad Al Sunbati
See also
Battle of Fariskur (1219), during the Fifth Crusade
Battle of Fariskur (1250), during the Seventh Crusade
References
Populated places in Damietta Governorate |
HomeVestors of America, Inc. is a privately owned, nationwide US real estate investing franchisor. It is independently owned and operated franchisees buy homes in need of repair and homes that owners need to sell more quickly than usually can be done through a realtor. Franchisees usually renovate and sell or rent the homes. The company operates in 45 states with over 1000 franchises and growing.
The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Currently David Hicks is CEO and President of HomeVestors.
History
Real estate agent Ken D'Angelo founded HomeVestors of America in 1996 and began franchising that same year. By the end of that year, it had 17 franchisees and generated about $800,000 in revenue. It also sold its 25,000th house, in Jonesboro, GA. Franchisees hold the homes for six months on average.
1997
In 1997, HomeVestors reached 30 franchises with $1.7 million in revenue.
2003
By 2003, HomeVestors had grown to 135 offices in 17 states. In February 2004, the company signed an agreement with The Home Depot, making the hardware company its official provider of building materials.
2004
In July 2004, the company launched a real estate-owned (REO) program. HomeVestors purchased single-family houses from its franchisees and called them "ugly notes". They were then sold to third party note purchasers. By the end of 2004 the firm had moved to a larger headquarters. A new mascot was launched, “UG” the Caveman. The company added an additional advertising slogan, "UG Buys Ugly Houses," and both mascot and slogan appeared on new billboards and TV commercials.
In 2004, Ken D'Angelo was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and in September 2004 national franchise consultant John Hayes took over as president and CEO. D'Angelo died on January 8, 2005.
2007-2009
After the slowdown in housing sales due to the United States sub-prime mortgage crisis, the firm marketed its services to financially distressed home owners who were facing foreclosures and looking for a quick sale. Holding company Franchise Brands LLC acquired majority interest of the firm on June 11, 2008.
2017
On February 7, 2018, HomeVestors purchased its 85,000th house since its incorporation in 1996. .
HomeVestors passed hands again on April 27, 2017, when it was purchased by the Los Angeles-based private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners and Management.
Proprietary Tools
The company provides franchisees with a proprietary software system, ValueChek, to evaluate single-family homes for repair costs and after-repair market value of a property.
The firm, in conjunction with Local Market Monitor, maintained a set of "Best Markets to Invest in Rental Property" rankings, to forecast expected performance of rental properties, particularly single-family homes.
Criticism
According to a 2023 investigation by Propublica, many HomeVestors franchisees "used deception and targeted the elderly, infirm and those so close to poverty that they feared homelessness would be a consequence of selling." The company said in response that such deals represent a small share of all transactions.
Awards
On October 15, 2018, Franchising Times again named HomeVestors the "third fastest-growing franchise in America."
References
External links
Official Company Website for buying houses
Official Company Website for franchising
Real estate companies established in 1989
Franchises
Real estate services companies of the United States
Companies based in Dallas
American companies established in 1989 |
The 2008 British Figure Skating Championships were held from 7 to 12 January 2008 in Sheffield. Skaters competed across the levels of senior (Olympic-level), junior, and novice, and across the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating. The event was used to help pick the British teams to the 2008 World Championships, the 2008 European Championships, and the 2008 World Junior Championships.
The senior compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka and the junior compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz. The first novice compulsory dance was the Rocker Foxtrot and the second one was the Paso Doble.
Senior results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Synchronized
Junior results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Novice results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Synchronized
External links
2008 John Wilson/MK British Ice Figure & Synchronized Skating Championships results
British Figure Skating Championships, 2008
British Figure Skating Championships
Figure Skating Championships |
Xiangtang may refer to the following locations in China:
Xiangtang, Hebei (响堂镇), town in Luan County
Xiangtang, Jiangxi (向塘镇), town in Nanchang County
Xiangtang Railway Station (向塘站), on the Beijing–Kowloon Railway
Xiangtang West Railway Station (向塘西站), on the Beijing–Kowloon and Zhejiang–Jiangxi Railways
Xiangtang Subdistrict (响堂街道), Haicheng, Liaoning |
Temptation () is a Faustian play written by Czech playwright Václav Havel in 1985 that premiered in Austria on 22 May 1986 in the Burgtheater in Vienna. The play premiered in Czechoslovakia on 27 October 1990, at the J. K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň. It premiered in the United Kingdom on 30 April 1987 at The Other Place Theatre, Stratford upon Avon. It premiered in the United States on 9 April 1989, at The Public Theater in New York City. In 1989, Temptation was translated to English by the Czech author and journalist Marie Winn.
Plot
Background
Temptation takes place at a science institute. The characters, having worked together at the Institute for an unspecified amount of time, are fairly familiar with one another. They have attended office parties together, and exist as a "community" of scholars tasked with the advancement of scientific (and strictly scientific) knowledge.
Synopsis
Scene 1: the play begins in a room in the Institute. Doctor Foustka, the main character and representation of the Faust character in the play, walks in on his associates, is welcomed and asked about his private studies. Foustka quickly rejects working on private studies, and the other characters smile at one another. The Deputy and Director (the primary antagonist and representation of Satan) walk in, and the Director explains to the group that the Institute, an institute of science, must prevail against the growing cult/fad of black magic.
Scene 2: in his apartment, the Doctor uses black magic to call upon a wizard named Fistula, a cripple, and clear representation of Mephistopheles in the play. After a number of odd exchanges, Fistula agrees to help Foustka with his study of black magic in exchange for a testimony that Fistula helped him.
Scene 3: at the office party later that night, the wizard demonstrates his powers by making Foustka's love interest, Marketa, fall in love with him and kiss him.
Scene 4: Foustka's girlfriend, Vilma, sees this. In her bedroom later that night, Vilma confronts Foustka about his interactions with Marketa. Foustka counters by bringing up the dancer, but they make up. When the dancer drops off flowers for Vilma, Foustka loses it and slaps her to the ground.
Scene 5: back in the original room, a replay of the opening scene occurs up until the Director's announcement. He accuses Foustka of betraying the Institute's noble cause of science by studying and even using black magic. Foustka is guaranteed an "innocent until proven guilty" trial.
Scene 6: returning to his study, Foustka again meets Fistula and they argue about the "stunt" pulled at the party. Fistula diagnoses Foustka with CDS, a syndrome of looking over one's past mistakes. Fistula tells Foustka that Vilma exposed him, among other things, and Foustka seems doubtful.
Scene 7: in the original room again, Doctor Foustka's "trial" begins. Foustka is able to convince everyone that his studies of dark magic were for scientific purposes, and is subsequently celebrated for his brilliance; the group's next party is revealed to be a costume party featuring witches, wizards, etc., planned in order to mock black magic and celebrate Dr. Foustka's research.
Scene 8: back in Vilma's bedroom, Foustka accuses Vilma of revealing his activities to the Director, to which Vilma responds with a breakup. Distraught and upset, Foustka attempts to strangle Vilma, but the Dancer arrives and is allowed in. The Dancer comes in and dances with Vilma while Foustka sits helplessly and watches.
Scene 9: back in Foustka's apartment, Houbova gives her concerns about Fistula to Foustka, all of which Foustka ignores. Fistula is let in and accuses Foustka of breaking their deal to keep their meetings secret. Foustka, resembling his earlier trial, convinces Fistula that he only revealed their meetings to gain the Director's trust and to further the interests of dark magic. Fistula, content, says that the devil himself wouldn't have tolerated a deal-breaking like that.
Scene 10: at the costume party, Foustka repeatedly fails to gain the Director's attention. When he finally does, the Director reveals that he was on to Foustka from the start; he also reveals that Fistula was his accomplice in finding out the truth. He states that you cannot serve two masters for your own interests. As the Director makes his speech, everyone from the institute surrounds Foustka, he is set on fire, smoke covers everything and the play ends.
Reviews and critiques
Reviews of the play and its elements have been mixed among critics. The repetition seen throughout Temptation, which is meant to mesmerize the audience and heighten the suspense of the play, has been described as both "meaningful" and "deadening because no new insights are revealed." Performances of Fistula have been praised, his character being described as "terrifyingly mysterious" and "quirky, outlandish and completely riveting." Walter Brandes has been praised for his performance of Doctor Foustka, as he "navigates the character's precarious duplicity with expertise" and endures the character's long-winded presence on stage.
Themes and motifs
Totalitarianism
Havel believed in the importance of allowing experience to dictate one’s approach to politics, society, and even morality. His approach to diplomacy inspired many schools of thought that are still prominent today. The programmatic style of government seen in Temptation discouraged the influence of personal experience leading to enslavement. Havel relied on "a ceaseless process of searching, demystification and penetration beneath the surface of phenomena." Havel suggested that an open-ended, constant journey for enlightenment was a better philosophy than simply accepting a system that enforced a thought.
Power and politics
Havel also believed in the initial good intentions of all politicians. Havel saw the concepts of politics and morality as inseparable, and trying to handle each one individually as a travesty. Havel was very popular among ordinary Americans for his idea of an inherent connection between religion and politics. He believed that good men are often corrupted by the trappings of power and eventually stray from their original goals of pursuing the common good. Havel also believed that people entered politics for one of three reasons. The first reason was that one perceived a better way of doing things. The second reason is the natural search for self-affirmation in human beings. The third reason is the obvious benefits that come along with being a political figure.
Foustka is a prime model of Havel’s principles in action. Throughout Temptation, Foustka is caught between self-preservation and personal benefit. Foustka is obviously interested in the benefits of the employment of ritual, but winds up getting caught trying to play both sides.
Faust legend
The Faust legend had a significant impact on Havel before he began writing Temptation. While in prison in May 1977, a copy of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust was delivered to his cell, followed by Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus, neither of which were requested. Of the time period, Vaclav himself said he "felt as though [he] were being, in a very physical way, tempted by the devil.
Havel wrote Temptation over ten nights one autumn at his farmhouse, Hrádeček. When he finished the play he was "physically and psychically drained". He fell down the stairs, he developed a fever, and stayed in bed with chills in a situation without medicine or food because he was snowed in. Upon returning to Prague, Havel "said that he had slipped away from the devil by the skin of his teeth".
The plot of Temptation is inspired heavily by the Faust legend—a man who sells his soul to the devil. Unlike the original Faust myths, Temptation's interpretation of the Mephistopheles (Devil) character, Fistula, is not a classically demonic figure; he is a small person who "gives off a distinctly unsavory impression." Fistula compounds the ambiguity of his character by stating to Foustka that "[Foustka doesn't] know if I'm a devil or only pretending to be... I might be, and then again I might not be."
Fistula strays farther from the Mephistopheles archetype by downplaying his role as tempter, offering Foustka the psychological explanation that Foustka only demonizes Fistula "to rid [himself, Foustka] of responsibility—and to ease [his] conscience." This modern approach to the character is also more personal and psychological than traditionally spiritual, as Faust expert Lorna Fitzsimmons even states that Havel uses Fistula to imply the Heisenberg uncertainty principle when he states that "the truth isn't merely what we believe, after all, but also why and to whom and under what circumstances we say it."
See also
Deal with the Devil
Faust
Works based on Faust
References
Sources
1985 plays
Plays by Václav Havel
Works based on the Faust legend |
```javascript
Deleting properties
Types of numbers
Using the double tilde `~~`
Counting the months from zero
Avoid using `with`
``` |
Marriage by Contract is a 1928 American drama film directed by James Flood and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, Lawrence Gray and Robert Edeson. It was one of the first sound films produced by Tiffany Pictures, one of the largest independent studios in Hollywood at the time, and was followed by Lucky Boy.
Cast
Patsy Ruth Miller as Margaret
Lawrence Gray as Don
Robert Edeson as Winters
Ralph Emerson as Arthur
Shirley Palmer as Molly
John St. Polis as Father
Claire McDowell as Mother
Ruby Lafayette as Grandma
Duke Martin as Dirke
Raymond Keane as Drury
See also
List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
Bibliography
Donald Crafton. The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
1928 films
1928 drama films
1920s English-language films
Silent American drama films
Films directed by James Flood
Tiffany Pictures films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
1920s American films
English-language drama films |
```javascript
import React from 'react';
import SvgIcon from '../../SvgIcon';
const AvVolumeMute = (props) => (
<SvgIcon {...props}>
<path d="M7 9v6h4l5 5V4l-5 5H7z"/>
</SvgIcon>
);
AvVolumeMute.displayName = 'AvVolumeMute';
AvVolumeMute.muiName = 'SvgIcon';
export default AvVolumeMute;
``` |
```c++
// Boost.Geometry (aka GGL, Generic Geometry Library)
// Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// path_to_url
#ifndef BOOST_GEOMETRY_ALGORITHMS_DETAIL_RING_IDENTIFIER_HPP
#define BOOST_GEOMETRY_ALGORITHMS_DETAIL_RING_IDENTIFIER_HPP
#if defined(BOOST_GEOMETRY_DEBUG_IDENTIFIER)
#include <iostream>
#endif
#include <boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/signed_size_type.hpp>
namespace boost { namespace geometry
{
// Ring Identifier. It is currently: source,multi,ring
struct ring_identifier
{
inline ring_identifier()
: source_index(-1)
, multi_index(-1)
, ring_index(-1)
{}
inline ring_identifier(signed_size_type src,
signed_size_type mul,
signed_size_type rin)
: source_index(src)
, multi_index(mul)
, ring_index(rin)
{}
inline bool operator<(ring_identifier const& other) const
{
return source_index != other.source_index ? source_index < other.source_index
: multi_index !=other.multi_index ? multi_index < other.multi_index
: ring_index < other.ring_index
;
}
inline bool operator==(ring_identifier const& other) const
{
return source_index == other.source_index
&& ring_index == other.ring_index
&& multi_index == other.multi_index
;
}
inline bool operator!=(ring_identifier const& other) const
{
return ! operator==(other);
}
#if defined(BOOST_GEOMETRY_DEBUG_IDENTIFIER)
friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &os, ring_identifier const& ring_id)
{
os << "(s:" << ring_id.source_index;
if (ring_id.ring_index >= 0) os << ", r:" << ring_id.ring_index;
if (ring_id.multi_index >= 0) os << ", m:" << ring_id.multi_index;
os << ")";
return os;
}
#endif
signed_size_type source_index;
signed_size_type multi_index;
signed_size_type ring_index;
};
}} // namespace boost::geometry
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Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror is a 2003 book by Jason Burke about the history and goals of Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda and a loose amalgam of related groups. Using first-hand descriptions of terrorist camps, Burke attempts to illustrate that the west's misunderstanding of the diversity of modern Islamic militancy undermines the response to terrorism. The author asserts that the United States' focus on Al-Qaida is ultimately a waste of time, saying that the west must instead "win the hearts and minds" of the Islamic world to effectively counter terrorism.
A revised edition was published as Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam ().
See also
List of books about Al-Qaeda
2003 non-fiction books
Books about al-Qaeda |
Hadley Bay (, ) is an Arctic waterway in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in western Viscount Melville Sound, by northern Victoria Island. It is east of Wynniatt Bay, and north of the community of Cambridge Bay.
Geography
The Nanook River flows north into Hadley Bay. The bay has several unnamed islands within it.
History
Its recent history has included mining exploration.
References
Victoria Island (Canada)
Bays of Kitikmeot Region |
Rascal Flatts was an American country music group founded in 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee. The group consisted of Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, background vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, background vocals). DeMarcus is LeVox's second cousin, a brother-in-law of country music singer James Otto, and a former member of the contemporary Christian music duo East to West. LeVox and DeMarcus are both natives of Columbus, Ohio.
From 2000 to 2010, they recorded for Disney Music Group's former Lyric Street Records division. While on that label, they released six studio albums, all of which have been certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The group's self-titled debut Rascal Flatts was released in 2000, and Melt (2002), netted their first number-one single, "These Days". Feels Like Today (2004), Me and My Gang (2006), Still Feels Good (2007), and Unstoppable (2009) all topped the US Billboard 200 upon release. After Lyric Street closed in 2010, they moved to Big Machine Records. During their tenure with that label, they recorded five more studio albums: Nothing Like This (2010), Changed (2012), Rewind (2014), a Christmas album entitled The Greatest Gift of All (2016), and their final studio album Back to Us (2017).
Rascal Flatts released more than forty singles, sixteen of which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, and/or Canada Country charts. Their longest-running number-one, a cover of Marcus Hummon's "Bless the Broken Road", spent five weeks at number one on Hot Country Songs in 2005. Through 2006–07, "What Hurts the Most" was number one on both the Hot Country Songs and Adult Contemporary charts, and garnered their highest peak on the Billboard Hot 100 at number six. The band also had commercial success with a cover of Tom Cochrane's "Life Is a Highway", which they recorded for the soundtrack of the Pixar animated film Cars (2006). Rascal Flatts' music is defined by country pop influences, as well as their distinct vocal harmonies. In addition to their own music, DeMarcus has produced albums for Chicago, Jennette McCurdy, and Brooks & Dunn member Kix Brooks.
On January 7, 2020, Rascal Flatts announced that they would be disbanding following a farewell tour after twenty years together. However, this farewell tour was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the group's disbandment was officially confirmed in October 2021.
Origins
Rascal Flatts' founding was at Fiddle and Steel Guitar Bar in Nashville, Tennessee. Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus are second cousins from a musical family based in Columbus, Ohio, where they were raised. DeMarcus moved to Nashville in 1992, earning his first record deal as part of a Christian group called East to West; his brother-in-law, James Otto, is also a country music singer. In 1997, DeMarcus called LeVox, and convinced him to come to Nashville and provide some harmonies on Michael English's album Gospel, which he was producing. They engineered the album together, and became English's backup band.
At the same time, DeMarcus had become the bandleader of Chely Wright's band, where he met Joe Don Rooney, the guitarist in that band. DeMarcus and LeVox were working in a Printer's Alley nightclub, and when their part-time guitarist could not make it one night, DeMarcus invited Rooney to join them. Jim Riley was the drummer and bandleader for the band. The group covered the hit Shenandoah single "The Church on Cumberland Road" that night. To the group's recollection, a bond was formed instantly.
Singer Mila Mason recommended the group to record producers Mark Bright and Marty Williams, who played Lyric Street Records A&R Doug Howard a three-song demo and Howard thought they were "just incredible." After he'd heard the demos, the band went into the Lyric Street offices the next day, sat down with acoustic guitars, and played a couple of songs. According to Howard in an interview with HitQuarters: "The vocals and harmonies, it was all there—I was just blown away. The lead singer has such a unique and compelling voice." The band was signed to Lyric Street in late 1999.
Career
2000–2005: Rascal Flatts, Melt, and Feels Like Today
In early 2000, the group made its debut with the single "Prayin' for Daylight". This song had been on the three-song demo that had gotten the band signed. The song, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard country charts, was the first single from their self-titled debut, which was issued in early 2000 on Lyric Street. Following "Prayin' for Daylight", the album's other three singles all made the Top 10 on that chart with "This Everyday Love", "While You Loved Me", and "I'm Movin' On", which respectively peaked at numbers 9, 7, and 4. "I'm Movin' On" was awarded Song of the Year by the Academy of Country Music in 2002. Stephen Thomas Erlewine reviewed the album with favor, calling it "a sunny, pleasing modern country-pop album".
Their second album, entitled Melt, was released in 2002. Unlike their previous album, Melt was co-produced by the band. The album's first single, "These Days", became the band's first number one hit on the U.S. country charts. The album included two more Top 10 hits with "Love You Out Loud" "I Melt", and "Mayberry". The latter became the band's second number one. The music video for "I Melt" featured partial nudity and was banned from the Great American Country network.
Rascal Flatts' third album, Feels Like Today, was released in late 2004. The album's title track was released as its first single. Following it was "Bless the Broken Road". The song was originally recorded by its co-writer, Marcus Hummon, and had also been recorded by Melodie Crittenden (whose version made the country chart in 1998), the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Sons of the Desert. In early 2005, Rascal Flatts's version became the band's third number one hit on the U.S. country charts and spent five weeks at that position. The third single, "Fast Cars and Freedom", hit number one as well. While the latter was climbing the charts, some radio stations began playing a hidden track on the album, titled "Skin". This airplay caused "Skin" to enter the top 40. The song was released as a single under the title "Skin (Sarabeth)" and officially added to the album's track list.
2005–2007: Me and My Gang and Still Feels Good
Rascal Flatts's thirteenth chart entry, "What Hurts the Most", was released in December 2005. This song had previously been recorded by Mark Wills in 2003. Rascal Flatts' version of that song was released as the first single from their fourth album Me and My Gang, which was released in 2006. For this album, the band worked with producer Dann Huff. They switched producers to create a more band-oriented album. Rascal Flatts' rendition of "What Hurts the Most" was a crossover hit for the band, reaching No. 1 on both the country and adult contemporary charts, as well as peaking with the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. After it, the album's title track was released as the second single and charted in the Top 10 at number 6. The third and fourth singles, "My Wish" and "Stand", both reached number one.
Also in 2006, the group charted in the top 10 of the Hot 100 with a cover of Tom Cochrane's "Life Is a Highway", which they recorded for the Pixar film Cars. Although "Life Is a Highway" was not released to country radio, many country stations began playing the song, causing it to chart within the top 20 of Hot Country Songs. Me and My Gang had the highest US debut of 2006, with 722,000 units in April. The album spent 15 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and was the second-best selling album of 2006 (behind High School Musical), with sales totaling to about 3.5 million by year's end. The album's success led the band to take the spot of top-selling artist for all genres of music, which had not been accomplished in 15 years by a country group.
Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts performed together at the 2007 Grammy Awards ceremony. Later the same year, the group released the single "Take Me There", a song which Kenny Chesney co-wrote and had initially planned to record himself. That song became a number-one country hit in September and served as the first single from the album Still Feels Good. It was followed by "Winner at a Losing Game", which was the first single which the band wrote themselves. Both it and its followup "Every Day" peaked at No. 2 on the country charts. The fourth single from the album, "Bob That Head", became the band's first single to miss the Top 10 on the chart. The fifth and final single, "Here", was released in August 2008 and became the band's ninth Number One hit on the chart week of January 3, 2009.
2008–2010: Greatest Hits Volume 1 and Unstoppable
Rascal Flatts released their first compilation album, Greatest Hits Volume 1, on October 28, 2008. The album contains 13 of their biggest songs, starting with "Prayin' for Daylight" and going through "Life Is a Highway". The limited edition of the album contains a second disc with three Christmas songs: "White Christmas", "Jingle Bell Rock", and "I'll Be Home for Christmas". A year later in October 2009, they released a second edition of their greatest hits collection, this time with a second disc containing live performances of "Take Me There", "Summer Nights", "Me & My Gang", and "Winner at a Losing Game".
In January 2009, Rascal Flatts released the song "Here Comes Goodbye" as the first single from the album Unstoppable, which was released on April 7 of that year. Co-written by American Idol season six finalist Chris Sligh, "Here Comes Goodbye" became the group's tenth number one hit. The second single form the Unstoppable album, "Summer Nights", which was co-written by Gary LeVox, was released in early May 2009. That song debuted at No. 57 and topped out at No. 2 on the country charts. The group performed "Summer Nights" at the CMT Music Awards, Oprahs Kickoff Party, and the finale of America's Got Talent. The third single off the album, "Why", peaked at No. 18 on the country charts. Rascal Flatts performed that song on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. The title track was released as the album's fourth single in January 2010.
A special release version of their album Unstoppable was sold at JCPenney stores nationwide. It features a special release song entitled "American Living" only available on the albums sold at JCPenney stores. JCPenney is an official sponsor of Rascal Flatts' Unstoppable American Living Tour in a two-year partnership and $1 of every CD sold at JCPenney will be donated to the JCPenney Afterschool Fund. On July 16, 2009, as part of the JCPenney American Living Tour, Rascal Flatts made history as the first country music group to play Chicago's Wrigley Field. The trio was joined by fellow artists Vince Gill and Darius Rucker for a near-sellout crowd.
2010–2011: Nothing Like This and The Best of Rascal Flatts Live
After the closure of Lyric Street in April 2010, Rascal Flatts signed to Big Machine Records in July of that year. The group's first single from the label was the song "Why Wait". The song was the first single from the album Nothing Like This, which was released November 16, 2010. In December 2010, "Why Wait" became the trio's eleventh number one hit on the U.S. country charts.
In March 2011, Rascal Flatts was featured on a remix of Justin Bieber's song "That Should Be Me". The second single from Nothing Like This was "I Won't Let Go". That song went to number 2 in early 2011. Following it was the band's first collaborative release to country radio, "Easy", which is a duet with British pop singer Natasha Bedingfield. "I Won't Let Go", and "Easy" peaked at numbers 2 and 3 respectively on the country charts. On November 8, 2011, Hollywood Records released The Best of Rascal Flatts Live.
2012–2013: Changed
Rascal Flatts' eighth studio album, Changed, was released on April 3, 2012. It was produced by Dann Huff and Rascal Flatts. The first single from that album, "Banjo", became their twelfth number one on the country charts. The second single off the album, "Come Wake Me Up", reached the top five on the Country Airplay chart. The third single from the album is the title track.
Band member Jay DeMarcus and his wife, CMT Insider correspondent Allison Alderson DeMarcus, welcomed the arrival of their second child, Dylan Jay DeMarcus, on July 20 in Nashville.
Rascal Flatts received the 2,480th star in the category of recording of the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 17, 2012. The star is located in front of the Sergeant Supply Store at 6664 Hollywood Boulevard. They became the second country artist with Oklahoma ties to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame that month after Vince Gill received his star the previous week.
On November 19, Rascal Flatts released their second DVD, All Access & Uncovered: The Making of Changed and Beyond, inviting the public into their inner circle. The DVD project reveals a more intimate side of Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus' lives during the making of their Changed album and more. The project made a one-night-only debut in movie theaters across the country in conjunction with the album release earlier that year, with the band celebrating with fans at the AMC Theater in New York City's Times Square. On November 20, the band made a guest appearance on NBC's The Voice to promote their new DVD. They performed "Changed" with Cody Belew and Cassadee Pope, contestants from the show.
In December 2012, Rascal Flatts and Nashville actress Hayden Panettiere hosted the third annual 2012 CMT Artists of the Year to honor the top country acts of the year. Rascal Flatts also hosted The 14th Annual A Home for the Holidays with Rascal Flatts. The show earned a 4.91(million) rating.
Rascal Flatts and Journey headlined the Super Bowl XLVII CMT Crossroads concert at the New Orleans Sugar Mill on February 2, 2013. This marked the second collaboration for Rascal Flatts and Journey. In June 2012, Rascal Flatts closed the CMT Music Awards by inviting Journey to perform their hit "Don't Stop Believin'" with them on stage. Rascal Flatts was nominated for International Artist of the Year and International Music Video of the Year (for "Banjo" and "Come Wake Me Up") at the 2013 CMC Music Awards.
2013–2016: Rewind and The Greatest Gift of All
On April 8, 2013, Jay DeMarcus tweeted that Rascal Flatts was working on a new album The lead single, "Rewind", was issued in January 2014 from the album of the same name, which was released on May 13, 2014. The band admitted they were lip-syncing to a recording of "Rewind" during the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards on April 6, 2014. In response to the controversy, Rascal Flatts communicated afterwards that LeVox had lost his voice and so they made a last-minute decision to lip-sync. "Rewind" became a Top 5 hit on the Country Airplay chart in 2014. Rewind produced three more singles with "Payback", which peaked at 21, "Riot", which reached 20, and "I Like the Sound of That", which was released to country radio on September 14, 2015. The latter song, co-written by Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay and pop musician Meghan Trainor, reached number 1 on the Country Airplay chart in April 2016. That year, Rascal Flatts were selected as one of 30 artists to perform on "Forever Country", a mash-up track of "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "On the Road Again" and "I Will Always Love You" which celebrates 50 years of the CMA Awards. The band released a Christmas album entitled The Greatest Gift of All in October 2016.
2017–2020: Back to Us, announced breakup, canceled farewell tour, How They Remember You EP and second greatest hits package
Rascal Flatts' next single, "Yours If You Want It", was released to country radio in early 2017. The track served as the lead single from their tenth studio album Back to Us, which was released on May 19 of the same year. It topped the Country Airplay charts in August 2017, marking the band's fourteenth number one on the chart. On September 28, 2018, Rascal Flatts released a new single titled "Back to Life". The band embarked on their Summer Playlist tour in summer 2019.
On January 7, 2020, Rascal Flatts appeared on CBS This Morning to announce a farewell tour, the "Rascal Flatts: Life Is a Highway Tour" to celebrate their twentieth anniversary. They also promised new music. On February 25, Gary LeVox posted on Instagram that the band was working on a new album. On May 1, the band released a cover of "Through the Years" as a tribute to the late Kenny Rogers. On May 19, the group announced on social media that their farewell tour had been indefinitely postponed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The band released a new single entitled "How They Remember You" on June 19. It appears on an EP of the same name, released on July 31. On September 18, the band announced a new greatest hits package, Twenty Years of Rascal Flatts: The Greatest Hits, released on October 2.
In November 2020, the band was forced to cancel their performance at the 54th Annual CMA Awards after one of its members tested positive for COVID-19. However, it was not specified which member.
2021-present: Confirmed breakup, solo projects and possible reunion
Appearing alongside LeVox and Rooney in what would be the band's final joint appearance together, DeMarcus told Access Hollywood in August 2020 regarding the resumption of the farewell tour: "I don't know what the tour's gonna look like. We don't know when it's gonna happen. But, I don't even know if it's gonna be a farewell tour."
LeVox released his first solo material, a Christmas song entitled "Christmas Will Be Different This Year", on November 13, 2020 and DeMarcus released a song entitled "Music Man" on January 29, 2021, as a tribute to his late father. LeVox released a Christian single entitled "The Distance" on March 19, 2021. In an interview for Billboard, LeVox revealed that Rascal Flatts would not tour at any point in 2021.
On April 27, 2021, DeMarcus stated in an interview with Taste of Country that the pandemic may have altered the band's plans for a farewell tour, and that they may stay together and perform 10-15 concerts annually. In July 2021, DeMarcus and Rooney attended the American Century Championship together. When asked if the band had broken up, Rooney said; "No, we're never going to be done. No way. For us now, we are just recalibrating things, taking some time off and waiting for things to open up the next couple of years. We have no set year yet even, but at some point we'll get back at it." DeMarcus himself said; "Rascal Flatts is bigger than the three of us. The time will come when we pass the torch. But first we have some unfinished business."
DeMarcus and Rooney appeared at the 2021 Academy of Country Music Honors show on August 25 to receive the Cliffie Stone Icon Award on behalf of the group, though LeVox was not present. Additionally, DeMarcus and Rooney did not mention him or address his absence. In October, LeVox revealed that the band decided to break up officially, citing that Rooney had quit the band. LeVox also revealed he had not spoken to Rooney since his DUI arrest on September 10 and that the band quietly disbanded after the cancellation of their farewell tour.
In 2020, DeMarcus formed a new band called Generation Radio alongside ex-Chicago vocalist Jason Scheff, Journey drummer Deen Castronovo, Scott Rodriguez and former Rascal Flatts live instrumenalist Tom Yankton. Their eponymous debut album, released on August 12, 2022, features a new rendition of Rascal Flatts' song "All Night to Get There," with DeMarcus on lead vocals.
LeVox released a new single titled "Get Down Like That" on August 19, 2022.
In a June 2023 appearance on Savannah Chrisley's podcast Unlocked with Savannah, DeMarcus further elaborated on the band's breakup and the possibility of a reunion: "I would want to say never say never. But we're in such different places right now and don't really communicate on a consistent basis. There are just so many steps that would have to take place in order for us to get back to even talking about it. It’s not too late, I just...I think the further we get away from it the harder it is to put it back together. For us, the thing that happened is we burnt the candle at both ends for so long. It was a never-ending cycle and it did work, but it's hard to put the machine down or put the brakes on when everything is cruising along and going full-speed ahead. For us, we should have taken a break at some point, just a year off to kind of collect ourselves, hit the reset button."
Rooney has been locked in a contentious divorce with his ex-wife Tiffany Fallon since January 2021. Fallon's filing states she is requesting alimony in futuro from Rooney on the grounds that Rascal Flatts will tour again. LeVox and DeMarcus have both testified that they are open to reuniting, provided that Rooney is as well. In his filing, however, Rooney states that the door is closed on the "now defunct" trio and "vehemently denies that the band has any plans to reunite." LeVox and DeMarcus both sat for depositions in June 2022, where DeMarcus asserted his contact with Rooney was "brief" and also refuted LeVox's previous claim that Rooney had quit the band; he claimed LeVox himself had attempted to depart from the band "three or four times over the last 15 years." LeVox said of Rooney's departure: "He didn't want to do it anymore and needed a break. He said, 'Look, I’m burnt out, so I just want to be home with Tiffany and the kids, and I just need to be home more.' It was disheartening, to make it 19 years and not get to 20 years when we'd already been planning it for a couple months."
Band members
Former members
Gary LeVox - lead vocals (1999-2021)
Jay DeMarcus - bass, backing vocals (1999-2021)
Joe Don Rooney - lead guitar, backing vocals (1999-2021)
Artistry
Rascal Flatts' music is defined primarily by country pop influences as well as their distinct vocal harmonies. Though the band was a vocal group, DeMarcus and Rooney played bass and lead guitar on the majority of the band's studio albums. While the band's contemporaries, namely Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney, originally incorporated a more neotraditional country approach to their sound, Rascal Flatts employed a crossover-friendly country pop sound as early as their debut album. This led to them often being derided as a country boy band, the genre's response to the wave of success seen by acts such as NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys. Brian Mansfield of USA Today explained: "Rascal Flatts—with clean-cut looks, showy vocals and pop-influenced arrangements—quickly found fans, as well as detractors willing to lump them with the boy-band knockoffs." DeMarcus recalled: "Randy Owen from Alabama grabbed me by the shoulders at the CMA Awards in New York. He said, 'I'm not going to BS you, buddy. Nobody likes you. Everybody hates you. You're just taking over the spot we were in 20 years ago.'"
The band has cited Alabama, the Eagles, Shenandoah, George Jones, Earl Thomas Conley, Keith Whitley, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Jeff Beck and Vince Gill as some of their most prominent musical influences. LeVox told Billboard: "Alabama was huge for us — the songs that they chose and the harmonies. Shenandoah — [lead singer] Marty Raybon, to this day, is the finest country singer on the planet. Shenandoah had a huge impact on me. Of course, George Jones and Earl Thomas Conley — just the tone of their voices and songs they’ve recorded. Keith Whitley and Stevie Wonder, too. [Stevie] is one of the best singers on the planet." Rooney said: "Being a guitar player… people like Eric Clapton. I love Jeff Beck’s playing and Chet Atkins and Vince Gill, those styles. I love technical players like Steve Vai and Larry Carlton. [I am a] huge Brent Mason fan. Dann Huff is one of my heroes, too. He always has been. He can do it all, the rock stuff, he can blues it up, too, and he can do some country chicken pickin’, which I think is incredible." DeMarcus said: "Some of my biggest commercial musical influences would be people like Merle Haggard, George Jones, of course, Johnny Cash. People that wrote and sang their own stuff, I really admired. I was an ’80s child, so I grew up loving all kinds of ’80s rock. I like R&B, too."
Among the artists who claim the group as an influence on their own music are Hunter Hayes and Dan + Shay.
Philanthropy
Rascal Flatts helped support music education in disadvantaged U.S. public schools by filming a PSA with Little Kids Rock. Through their encouragement for music education, giving the gift of "music" is possible in children's lives.
The band supported charities such as the Make A Wish Foundation. They helped raise one million dollars for the Central Ohio foundation. The event was Ohio State University's second annual "Big Wish Gala". Their chart-topping song, "My Wish" is also used on ESPN as the soundtrack for its series that follows the Make-a-Wish Foundation as they turn dreams into reality for children with life-threatening illnesses.
Since then, they have also contributed countable hours of their time—and $4 million—to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt which is among the nation's leading pediatric facilities, where the Rascal Flatts Pediatric Surgery Center was named in recognition of the trio's long-standing involvement.
They have raised and donated millions of dollars to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. They were also involved with the American Red Cross as members on the celebrity cabinet board.
Reception
The group had an uncommon youth demographic (18–25) for country music. In September 2007, Weekly Reader Research conducted a poll of more than 2,000 children and Rascal Flatts ranked as the sixth-most-popular act among ages 10–12.
Touring
Rascal Flatts enjoyed financial success as touring artists. Nielsen reported that the band was the top selling artist in 2006: "Rascal Flatts was the biggest selling artist, with nearly 5 million physical album sales and nearly 4 million digital track sales." They had their first headlining tour beginning in Fall 2002, and by 2005 they were among the top 25 tours of the year, grossing $26.3 million in 777,384 tickets sold, according to Billboard Boxscore. Their follow-up tour in 2006 grossed $46.2 million, drawing more than a million people to 79 shows. Rascal Flatts had the third-highest US country tour in 2007, grossing $34 million from 588,009 tickets sold. The group grossed $16.8 million from their summer tour.
Rascal Flatts' shows were heavy on special effects, including videos, pyrotechnics and laser lights.
In 2013, Rascal Flatts headed to Australia for the first time to headline CMC Rocks The Hunter 2013, which was a three-day festival from March 15 to 17. They closed the proceedings.
Between 2004 and 2012, Rascal Flatts sold over 7 million tickets, making them one of the top selling music acts in that time.
In 2012, Rascal Flatts began the year with their "Thaw Out 2012" tour adding 47 additional dates on the Farmers Insurance Presents "Changed Tour" to bring the 2012 year-end total to just over 60 concerts and 1 million fans attending shows in the year alone.
On April 9, 2013, the group announced that they would co-headline a show with Journey on August 1 at Hersheypark Stadium with The Band Perry and Cassadee Pope as openers.
In 2016, Rascal Flatts celebrated a career milestone of 10 million tickets sold.
As of 2020, Rascal Flatts had sold over 11 million concert tickets.
Tours
Headlining
2002–03: CMT Most Wanted Live/I Melt Tour
2004–05: Here's to You Tour
2006–07: Me & My Gang Tour
2007–08: Still Feels Good Tour
2008–09: Bob That Head Tour
2009–10: American Living Unstoppable Tour
2010–11: Nothing Like This Tour
2011: Flatts Fest Tour
2012: Thaw Out 2012 Tour
2012–13: Changed Tour
2013: Live & Loud Tour
2014: Rewind Tour
2015: Riot Tour
2016: Rhythm and Roots Tour
2018: Back To Us Tour
2019: Summer Playlist Tour
2020: Rascal Flatts Farewell – Life Is a Highway Tour (cancelled)
Supporting
2000–01: Burn Tour
2002: Alan Jackson's Drive Tour
2003: Neon Circus & Wild West Show
2004: Guitars, Tiki Bars & Whole Lotta Love Tour
Contributions for other artists
Rascal Flatts' members have also contributed to the work of other artists.
In 2006 they provided backing vocals on the song 'Love Will Come Back' by Chicago, from the album Chicago XXX. The album was produced by DeMarcus.
LeVox, along with Jason Sellers and Wendell Mobley, co-wrote Phil Stacey's 2008 debut single "If You Didn't Love Me".
DeMarcus has co-produced albums for several artists, including Chely Wright's 2002 album Never Love You Enough, Chicago's Chicago XXX, and James Otto's 2008 album Sunset Man, the last of which had John Rich of Big & Rich as a co-producer. He also produced New to This Town, the first solo album released by Kix Brooks following his split from Brooks & Dunn,
The group has also contributed portions of the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack, with acoustic versions of "Bless the Broken Road" and "Backwards".
In 2011, they did a remix of "That Should Be Me" by Justin Bieber on his remix album Never Say Never – The Remixes.
In the same year, Anna Wilson's Countrypolitan Duets album also included a song featuring Rascal Flatts and Ray Price, "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me".
Also in 2011, the band collaborated with Michael Bolton on his album Gems, on the song "Love Is Everything".
In 2012, Lionel Richie featured Rascal Flatts on his duet album, Tuskegee, on the song "Dancing on the Ceiling".
Also in 2012, Swedish country pop singer Jill Johnson featured Rascal Flatts on her album A Woman Can Change Her Mind, on a cover of their single "Come Wake Me Up".
The band appears on the track "Until Grace" by Tauren Wells, on his second studio album Citizen of Heaven.
Discography
Studio albums
Rascal Flatts (2000)
Melt (2002)
Feels Like Today (2004)
Me and My Gang (2006)
Still Feels Good (2007)
Unstoppable (2009)
Nothing Like This (2010)
Changed (2012)
Rewind (2014)
Back to Us (2017)
Awards
2000
ACM Top New Vocal Duo Or Group (presented 2001)
2002
CMA Horizon Award
ACM Song of the Year ("I'm Movin' On") (presented 2003)
ACM Top Vocal Group (presented 2003)
2003
CMT Flameworthy Video Music Award for Group/Duo of the Year ("These Days")
CMA Vocal Group of the Year
ACM Top Vocal Group (presented 2004)
2004
CMT Flameworthy Music Video Award for Group/Duo of the Year ("I Melt")
CMA Vocal Group
ACM Top Vocal Group (presented 2005)
2005
CMT Music Award for Group/Duo of the Year ("Feels Like Today")
CMA Vocal Group of the Year
ACM Top Vocal Group (presented 2006)
Radio Music Awards for Song of the Year/Country Radio ("Bless The Broken Road")
Billboard Roadworks '05 Touring Awards for Breakthrough Act
Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ("Bless the Broken Road")
2006
CMT Music Award for Group/Duo of the Year ("Skin (Sarabeth)")
CMA Vocal Group of the Year
AMA Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group
AMA T-Mobile Text-In Award
People's Choice Awards Favorite Song from a Movie ("Life Is A Highway")
People's Choice Awards Favorite Song Remake ("Life Is A Highway")
CMT Loaded Awards – Number One Digitally Active Group/Duo
CMT Loaded Awards – Number One Streamed Music Video ("What Hurts the Most")
Grammy Nomination: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ("What Hurts The Most")
2007
CMT Music Awards for Group Video of the Year ("What Hurts the Most")
ACM Top Vocal Group (presented 2008)
CMA Vocal Group of the Year
AMA Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group
BMI Song of The Year ("What Hurts The Most")
2008
People's Choice Awards Favorite Country Song ("Stand")
CMT Music Award for Group Video of the Year ("Take Me There")
ACM Top Vocal Group (presented 2009)
ACM Humanitarian Award
CMA Vocal Group of the Year
AMA Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group
Grammy Nomination: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ("Every Day")
2009
People's Choice Awards Favorite Group
CMT Music Award for Group Video of the Year ("Every Day")
AMA Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group
Grammy Nomination: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ("Here Comes Goodbye")
2010
Star on the Music City Walk of Fame
ACA Decade Artist award
2011
Tony Martell Lifetime Entertainment Achievement Award
CMT Music Award for Collaborative Video of the Year ("That Should Be Me")
Member of the Grand Ole Opry
2012
CRS 2012 Artist Humanitarian Award
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2013
ACM Jim Reeves International Award (presented 2014)
2021
CRS Artist Career Achievement Award
ACM Cliffie Stone Icon Award
Film and television appearances
The group appears as themselves in Hannah Montana: The Movie singing their song "Backwards" during the scene of Miley's grandma's birthday party, and then "Bless the Broken Road" in an evening scene on the front porch. They appeared as themselves, promoting Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution in Huntington, West Virginia.
The group appears as themselves on CSI (season 10 episode 14), in which they perform in concert. In the episode entitled "Unshockable", DeMarcus is electrocuted by what turned out to be their bass tech Travis Murray. On the commentary they said what a great opportunity it was to work with such fine actors who are so good at what they do, LeVox stated, "It's one of my favorite shows and it was an honor to add a little piece of Rascal Flatts to the episode."
On April 5, 2012, Rascal Flatts appeared on the television special Changed: One Night Exclusive Theater Event. The special in-theater concert hit movie screens nationwide for one night only. It included live performance footage, Q&A sessions, and welcome messages from the band. The event showcased many tracks from the upcoming studio album.
References
External links
1999 establishments in Ohio
2021 disestablishments in Ohio
American country music groups
American musical trios
Big Machine Records artists
Country pop groups
Grand Ole Opry members
Lyric Street Records artists
Musical groups established in 1999
Musical groups disestablished in 2021
Musical groups from Columbus, Ohio
Vocal trios |
Browns Canyon National Monument is a national monument in Chaffee County, Colorado, that was designated as such by President Barack Obama under the Antiquities Act on February 19, 2015. The site will be centered along the Arkansas River between Buena Vista and Salida. Browns Canyon is the most popular destination for whitewater rafting in the country, and is also known for its fishing and hiking. The monument will provide habitat protection for bighorn sheep, peregrine falcons, elk, and golden eagles.
Designation of the monument was requested by numerous Colorado lawmakers, including Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, Representative Joel Hefley and Governor John Hickenlooper. It was opposed by Representatives Ken Buck and Doug Lamborn, who objected to the president's use of executive action in declaring the monument. Lamborn also objected to the effect that the monument's creation would have on grazing, mineral and water rights; in response, the White House stated that the designation would honor "valid and existing rights, but withdraws the area from future mineral leasing."
The monument is run jointly by the Bureau of Land Management and United States Forest Service.
History
In 1972, the Forest Service completed the original Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE I), identifying Inventoried roadless areas. RARE I determined that all U.S. Forest Service lands within Browns Canyon and surrounding areas, tens of thousands of acres, were suitable to be designated as wilderness. In 1976, the BLM, as directed by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, proposed protection of Browns Canyon for primitive values, initiating a review for wilderness designation. In 1979, the Forest Service completed the RARE II process, identifying 23,500 acres of Forest Service land near Browns Canyon as roadless. Also in 1979, the BLM identified 6,614 acres in and around Browns Canyon as possessing wilderness characteristics. The BLM officially designated 7,451 acres as a wilderness study area in 1993.
The Colorado Wilderness Act of 1991, introduced by Representatives Wayne Allard and Dan Schaefer, would have named hundreds of thousands of acres in the state as wilderness, including the Browns Canyon area, but the bill never passed beyond the committee stage. In 2005, Joel Hefley and six other Colorado lawmakers introduced the Browns Canyon Wilderness Act; a companion bill was introduced in the Senate by Wayne Allard. The legislation failed due to the influence of the National Rifle Association, which claimed that a wilderness designation would limit hunting in Browns Canyon. An attempt to reintroduce the Act by Senator Ken Salazar once again failed to clear its committee. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet attempted to introduce legislation designating the canyon as a national monument in 2013, but it, too, failed. Udall's bill also contained over of wilderness protections, which are not included in the proclamation, as such protections may only be enacted by Congress. The monument as designated otherwise substantially follows the acreage designated in the bill.
See also
List of national monuments of the United States
References
External links
Bureau of Land Management.gov: official Browns Canyon National Monument website
U.S. Forest Service.gov: official Browns Canyon National Monument website
Friends of Browns Canyon
Pike & San Isabel National Forests, and Cimarron & Comanche National Grasslands — Homepage
Whitehouse.gov: Presidential proclamation establishing Browns Canyon National Monument
National Monuments in Colorado
Bureau of Land Management National Monuments
United States Forest Service National Monuments
Arkansas River
San Isabel National Forest
Bureau of Land Management areas in Colorado
Protected areas of Chaffee County, Colorado
2015 establishments in Colorado
Protected areas established in 2015
National Monuments designated by Barack Obama |
Nabis koelensis is a species of damsel bug in the family Nabidae. It is found in Oceania.
References
Further reading
Nabidae
Articles created by Qbugbot
Insects described in 1888
Hemiptera of Oceania |
```java
// 2016 and later: Unicode, Inc. and others.
/*
*******************************************************************************
* others. All Rights Reserved.
*******************************************************************************
*/
/**
* Port From: ICU4C v2.1 : Collate/CollationSpanishTest
* Source File: $ICU4CRoot/source/test/intltest/escoll.cpp
**/
package com.ibm.icu.dev.test.collator;
import java.util.Locale;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
import com.ibm.icu.dev.test.TestFmwk;
import com.ibm.icu.text.CollationKey;
import com.ibm.icu.text.Collator;
@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
public class CollationSpanishTest extends TestFmwk {
private static char[][] testSourceCases = {
{0x61, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x61, 0x73},
{0x45, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x6f, 0x74},
{0x48, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f},
{0x61, 0x63, 0x48, 0x63},
{0x61, 0x63, 0x63},
{0x61, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x61, 0x73},
{0x61, 0x63, 0x48, 0x63},
{0x61, 0x63, 0x63},
{0x48, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f},
};
private static char[][] testTargetCases = {
{0x61, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x61, 0x73},
{0x45, 0x6d, 0x69, 0x6f, 0x74},
{0x68, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x4f},
{0x61, 0x43, 0x48, 0x63},
{0x61, 0x43, 0x48, 0x63},
{0x61, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x61, 0x73},
{0x61, 0x43, 0x48, 0x63},
{0x61, 0x43, 0x48, 0x63},
{0x68, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x4f},
};
private static int[] results = {
-1,
-1,
1,
-1,
-1,
// test primary > 5
-1,
0,
-1,
0
};
//static public Collator myCollation = Collator.getInstance(new Locale("es", "ES"));
private Collator myCollation = null;
public CollationSpanishTest() {
}
@Before
public void init() throws Exception {
myCollation = Collator.getInstance(new Locale("es", "ES"));
}
@Test
public void TestTertiary(){
int i = 0;
myCollation.setStrength(Collator.TERTIARY);
for (i = 0; i < 5 ; i++) {
doTest(testSourceCases[i], testTargetCases[i], results[i]);
}
}
@Test
public void TestPrimary(){
int i;
myCollation.setStrength(Collator.PRIMARY);
for (i = 5; i < 9; i++) {
doTest(testSourceCases[i], testTargetCases[i], results[i]);
}
}
// amin test routine, tests rules specific to the spanish locale
private void doTest(char[] source, char[] target, int result) {
String s = new String(source);
String t = new String(target);
int compareResult = myCollation.compare(s, t);
CollationKey sortKey1, sortKey2;
sortKey1 = myCollation.getCollationKey(s);
sortKey2 = myCollation.getCollationKey(t);
int keyResult = sortKey1.compareTo(sortKey2);
reportCResult(s, t, sortKey1, sortKey2, compareResult, keyResult, compareResult, result);
}
private void reportCResult( String source, String target, CollationKey sourceKey, CollationKey targetKey,
int compareResult, int keyResult, int incResult, int expectedResult ) {
if (expectedResult < -1 || expectedResult > 1) {
errln("***** invalid call to reportCResult ****");
return;
}
boolean ok1 = (compareResult == expectedResult);
boolean ok2 = (keyResult == expectedResult);
boolean ok3 = (incResult == expectedResult);
if (ok1 && ok2 && ok3 && !isVerbose()) {
return;
} else {
String msg1 = ok1? "Ok: compare(\"" : "FAIL: compare(\"";
String msg2 = "\", \"";
String msg3 = "\") returned ";
String msg4 = "; expected ";
String sExpect = new String("");
String sResult = new String("");
sResult = CollationTest.appendCompareResult(compareResult, sResult);
sExpect = CollationTest.appendCompareResult(expectedResult, sExpect);
if (ok1) {
logln(msg1 + source + msg2 + target + msg3 + sResult);
} else {
errln(msg1 + source + msg2 + target + msg3 + sResult + msg4 + sExpect);
}
msg1 = ok2 ? "Ok: key(\"" : "FAIL: key(\"";
msg2 = "\").compareTo(key(\"";
msg3 = "\")) returned ";
sResult = CollationTest.appendCompareResult(keyResult, sResult);
if (ok2) {
logln(msg1 + source + msg2 + target + msg3 + sResult);
} else {
errln(msg1 + source + msg2 + target + msg3 + sResult + msg4 + sExpect);
msg1 = " ";
msg2 = " vs. ";
errln(msg1 + CollationTest.prettify(sourceKey) + msg2 + CollationTest.prettify(targetKey));
}
msg1 = ok3 ? "Ok: incCompare(\"" : "FAIL: incCompare(\"";
msg2 = "\", \"";
msg3 = "\") returned ";
sResult = CollationTest.appendCompareResult(incResult, sResult);
if (ok3) {
logln(msg1 + source + msg2 + target + msg3 + sResult);
} else {
errln(msg1 + source + msg2 + target + msg3 + sResult + msg4 + sExpect);
}
}
}
}
``` |
The Jewish Virtual Library (JVL, formerly known as JSOURCE) is an online encyclopedia published by the American foreign policy analyst Mitchell Bard's non-profit organization American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE). It is a website covering topics about Israel–United States relations, Jewish history, Israel, the Holocaust, antisemitism and Judaism.
The website includes the book Myths and Facts. The book was originally written by Leonard Davis and published in 1964. Later editions were written by Bard who describes it as "the pro-Israel activist's 'bible.
The JVL also includes the website stopbds.com which aims to combat the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
Overview
Sources
The Jewish Virtual Library relies on history books, scientific studies, various encyclopedias, archives, polls, maps, and material from museums for its bibliography, as well as Wikipedia articles. According to the JVL, it received permission to use materials from the Library of Congress, the American Jewish Historical Society, the Anti-Defamation League, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister's Office, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin and other resources. Mitchell G. Bard is the founder and Executive Director.
Sections, topics
The Library has 13 sections: Anti-Semitism, History, Myths and Facts, Women, The Holocaust, Travel, Maps, Politics, Biography, Israel, Israel Education, Religion, Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress, and Vital Statistics and Reference.
The JVL hosts more than 60,000 articles and nearly 10,000 photographs and maps related to Jewish history, Israel, Israel–United States relations, the Holocaust, antisemitism and Judaism, as well as various statistics, information about politics, biographies, travel guides, and a section on Jewish women throughout history. The website includes the complete text of the Tanakh and most of the Babylonian Talmud.
It contains information about Israel education in America, including information about Israel Studies. The website aims to document the relationship between Israel and each of the 50 states, and publish declassified documents from sources such as the CIA, State Department and British Foreign Service that reveal insights into those organizations' attitudes toward Jews and Israel.
Praise and criticism
The website has been praised for its accessible interface and balanced information. Librarian John Jaeger, in a 2002 article published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, wrote:
Also in 2002, Karen Evans of Indiana State University praised the online library for its "easily accessible, balanced information". J. Douglas Smith and Richard Jensen in their book World War II on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites with free CD-ROM published in 2002 also heaped praise on the website:
But the website and its book Myths and Facts have also been criticised for pro-Israel bias. In 1987, Clifford A. Wright, author of Facts and Fables: The Real Story Behind the Arab-Israeli Conflict, dismissed Myths and Facts 1985 (published 1984) in a Spring 1987 Journal of Palestine Studies review entitled Partisan "Facts" as Zionist propaganda:
American journalist Donald Neff in his Summer 2002 Journal of Palestine Studies review entitled Rewriting History of the 2001 edition was equally critical:
References
External links
Official YouTube page
Encyclopedias of culture and ethnicity
Jewish literature
Jewish charities based in the United States
American online encyclopedias
Jewish encyclopedias
Websites about Jews and Judaism
Internet properties established in 1998 |
Xavier Avila Bonastre (born 10 December 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.
Born in the Catalan city of Lleida, Avila made his only ATP Tour main draw appearance at the 1993 Torneo Godó in Barcelona. A wildcard in the singles draw, he lost his first round match to Juan Albert Viloca in three sets.
In 1995 he represented Spain at the Universiade in Fukuoka and won a bronze medal for doubles.
Avila played collegiate tennis for the University of Kansas, earning singles All-American honors in 1997.
References
External links
1973 births
Living people
Spanish male tennis players
Kansas Jayhawks athletes
College men's tennis players in the United States
Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
Universiade bronze medalists for Spain
Universiade medalists in tennis
Sportspeople from Lleida
20th-century Spanish people |
```groff
.TH "NPM\-TEST" "1" "August 2018" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-test\fR \- Test a package
.SH SYNOPSIS
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm test [\-\- <args>]
aliases: t, tst
.fi
.RE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.P
This runs a package's "test" script, if one was provided\.
.SH SEE ALSO
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
npm help run\-script
.IP \(bu 2
npm help 7 scripts
.IP \(bu 2
npm help start
.IP \(bu 2
npm help restart
.IP \(bu 2
npm help stop
.RE
``` |
Mary Nicole Corriero (born 27 October 1983) is a Canadian 3-time All-American ice hockey forward and former captain of the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team.
Corriero tied former Crimson player Jennifer Botterill's record for most points (10) in one NCAA game with on November 7, 2003, during the Union Dutchwomen vs. Harvard Crimson game. She continues to hold the NCAA Record for Goals Per Game in a Season with 1.64, set in the 2004–05 season where she scored 59 goals in 36 games.
Corriero was nominated for an ESPN 'ESPY' Award in 2005 for Best Female Collegiate Athlete.
Corriero became Premier Hockey Federation (PHF)'s Player Association Executive Director in 2022.
Education
Corriero graduated from Harvard in 2005 with a B.A. in Sociology.
Corriero attended Law School at the University of Detroit Mercy and the University of Windsor in their Joint JD/LLB Program and graduated with both her JD and LLB degrees in June 2008 in Toronto, Ontario. She has been a member of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association since 2008 and served two terms as Chair of the Women's Trial Lawyers Caucas.
After her articles, Corriero was called to the bar on 19 June 2009. She practiced Personal Injury Law and was a Partner with the law firm Lofranco-Corriero.
Playing career
Prior to attending Harvard, Corriero captained the North York Junior Aeros and the Scarborough Sharks.
Corriero represented Ontario at the 1999 Canada Winter Games in Corner Brook, Newfoundland where the team went on to win a Gold Medal.
Corriero served as Assistant Captain to Team Ontario 'Red' that took Gold at the 2001 National Women's Under-18 Championship.
NCAA
Corriero played at Harvard University on their Varsity Women's Ice Hockey Team from 2001 to 2005.
During the 2004-05 season, Corriero was the captain of the Harvard Crimson women’s ice hockey team. In that season she became the all-time women's collegiate record holder for goals in a single season by scoring her 52nd goal on 5 March 2005 breaking the previous record of 51, shared by Harvard's Tammy Shewchuk and Northeastern's Vicky Sunohara, both of whom are Canadian Olympic Gold Medalists.
On 27 March 2005, Corriero tied the all-time collegiate record of 59 goals in a season, set by Michigan State's Mike Donnelly in 1986, with her first goal against St. Lawrence in the Frozen Four.
International hockey
She was invited to Hockey Canada's National Women's Under 22 Development Camp in July 2003. Corriero was one of several players of Italian Canadian heritage that competed for the Italy women's national ball hockey team at the 2015 world championship. She would finish the tournament as Italy's leading scorer with eight points, ranking tenth overall, respectively.
Records
As of the 2020–21 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Season, Corriero holds the following NCAA Individual Records:
Points scored in a game – 10 points (7 November 2003, Harvard v. Union), tied with Jennifer Botterill
Goals scored in a game – 6 goals (7 November 2003, Harvard v. Union), tied with Jenny Schmidgall-Potter
Goals scored in a season – 59 goals (2004–05 season)
Goals per game (average) in a season – 1.64 goals per game (2004–05 season; 59 goals in 36 games)
Honors and awards
2002 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
Top-10 Finalist in 2004 and 2005 for the Patty Kazmaier Award.
In 2005, she was a nominee in ESPN's ESPY category of Best Female College Athlete.
She was the first Harvard Women's hockey player to be awarded the Sarah Devens Award
2005 ECAC Tournament Most Valuable Player
The Mary G. Paget Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Women's Athletics at Harvard University
In November 2005, Nicole was honoured in Toronto, Ontario, by the National Congress of Italian Canadians for their annual Youth Achievement Award, recognizing scholastic and athletic excellence as well as community involvement.
Inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame in 2012
References
1983 births
Canadian women's ice hockey forwards
Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Living people
People from Thornhill, Ontario
Sportspeople from the Regional Municipality of York
Place of birth missing (living people)
University of Detroit Mercy alumni |
Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) or Govt. Medical college Nalanda is a public medical college based in Patna, India. The institute was established in 1970 and is situated in Kankarbagh and joint hospital is in agamkuan . It had a capacity of 100 students in each batch until 2018. Since 2019 session the intake capacity has been increased to 120 students. Its session intake capacity is now increased from 120 to 150 for the year 2020.It has been proposed to increase it to 250 students per batch in coming years. Nalanda Medical College is a Government-funded institute affiliated to Bihar University of Health science, Patna. It is recognized by Medical Council of India. It offers undergraduate courses MBBS as well as post-graduate courses in medicine, surgery, gynaecology, anaesthesiology, pediatrics, dermatology, orthopedics, ENT, preventive and social medicine, pathology, pharmacology, forensic medicine and toxicology, microbiology, physiology, and biochemistry.
In March 2020 it was declared by the government as a coronavirus hospital.
History
Nalanda Medical College, Patna, was established in 1970 as a private medical college. It was established by Dr. Vijay Narayain Singh, Dr. Madhusudan Das and Dr. Shailendra Kumar Sinha, along with Shri Krishna Kant Singh, the ex-education minister of Bihar.
Overview
The hospital has about 750 normal beds and 200 emergency beds. It has two campuses spread over 100 acres. The college campus at Bhoothnath has an administrative building, UG hostels (for boys and girls), a college library, lecture theatre and buildings for non-clinical and para-clinical subjects and doctors' quarters. The hospital campus at Agamkuan beside RMRI has hospital buildings, a centre of excellence, vaccine house, and hostel for interns, Pgs, and nursing students.
Centre of excellence is located at hospital campus where all types of diagnostics and investigation services are done and a blood bank is also present there. It has two auditoriums, one at the college campus and another one at the hospital campus. It has a seminar hall which is fully air-conditioned with a multimedia projector and other audio-video aids.
At hospital campus the following services are provided:
OPD and IPD services
Counselling
Diagnostic and investigation services
Teaching for undergraduates and postgraduates
NMCH provides degree courses in MBBS, MS, MD and it also provides Bsc.nursing degree and ANM, GNM training.
The college offers the four-and-a-half-year M.B.B.S. course with a one-year compulsory rotating internship in affiliated hospitals. The undergraduate seats are filled through a single-window all-India medical test known as NEET-UG of which 85% admissions are done by the BCECE at the state level and 15% through NEET counselling at the national level.
The college offers more than 80 seats in postgraduate courses.
Connectivity
The college is situated at Kankarbagh Road near Bazar Samiti, and is easily reachable by autos. The hospital is situated in Agamkuan.
Distance from:
Patna Junction: 5–6 km
Airport: 13–14 km
Mithapur Bus Stand: 8–9 km
Staff
Principal: Dr. (Mr.) H. L. Mahto
Superintendent: Dr. Renu Rohatagi
Deputy Superintendent: Dr. Ajay Kumar Sinha
Coordinator, Medical Education Unit: Dr Amita Sinha
Notable alumni
Pranava Prakash, artist
See also
References
External links
www.bihareducation.net
NMCH official website
List of colleges teaching MBBS in India
Educational institutions established in 1970
Education in Patna
Medical colleges in Bihar
Hospitals in Patna
Colleges affiliated to Aryabhatta Knowledge University
1970 establishments in Bihar |
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