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Yang Fangjie (1911 — 5 January 1967), better known by his pen name Xing Ying, Yang Shoumo and by various other pen names including Gongsun Ze, Liqi and Aiyusheng, was a pioneering writer and prominent editor of several Chinese-language literary supplements in Singapore. Early life and education Yang was born in 1911 in Jianyang, Sichuan. His father was Yang Caoxian, a prominent calligrapher. His father brought him to Tokyo, where he completed his secondary and tertiary education. While in Japan, he became proficient in Mandarin, English and Japanese. Career Yang moved to Chongqing in 1936, and began publishing articles and translations. In 1941, he moved to India, where he met several writers, including Li Rulin. While there, he published in non-fiction prose in several Chinese-language newspapers. After the end of World War II, he moved to Singapore along with several of the writers that he had met while in India, including Li. In 1947, he was employed at the Nanyang Siang Pau as a translator. In 1949, he became a teacher of the The Chinese High School. He published his works in several magazines, including the Saturday Review, the Nanyang Weekly, the The Ranks of Literature and Arts, as well as in the literary supplements of the Nanyang Siang Pau. From 1954 to 1967, he served as the editor of the newspaper's supplements. He was also an editor of several literary supplements, including Literary Wind, New Sprouts, Nanyang Park and Youth Literature and Arts. He strongly encouraged younger writers to write more, and several writers later claimed that they had persisted in writing due to his guidance. Among his published works were Reading and Writing, While You Are Still Young, Books and People, The Century of Fools and Random Thoughts and Writings. Death Yang died at the Singapore General Hospital on 5 January 1967. Following his death, the publication of the literary supplement Youth Literature and Arts ceased. In 1973, the Literary Wind Series book series was published to commemorate him. References 1911 births 1967 deaths Singaporean writers
The 2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida, United States, from February 22 through February 28, 2010. Unseeded Ernests Gulbis won the singles title. ATP entrants Seeds Rankings as of February 15, 2010. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Tommy Haas Sébastien Grosjean Vincent Spadea The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Kevin Anderson Ryan Harrison Robert Kendrick Nick Lindahl Finals Singles Ernests Gulbis defeated Ivo Karlović, 6–2, 6–3. It was Gulbis' first singles title of his career. Doubles Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Philipp Marx / Igor Zelenay, 6–3, 7–6(7–3). References External links Official website Delray Beach Delray Beach Open Delray Beach International Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
Tibetan Music Awards were founded in 2003 by Lobsang Wangyal and are held every two years in Dharamshala, in northern India. Winners are chosen through online voting. In 2003, Techung won the best modern and traditional music award. Rangzen Shonu won "Best Album". In 2005, Ama Dachung, Tibetan artist, 81 years, received the award for her lifetime work for Tibetan music. In 2007, a special recognition award was given to Nawang Khechog for his album "Tibetan Meditation Music". Namgyal Lhamo won the Best Female Artist. Amalia Rubin won the Best International Artist for Tibet her album of Tibetan folk songs. In 2009, Chthonic was named "Best International Artist". Tibetan Music Awards 2013 were held on 12 October 2013, in Dharamsala. References External links Tibetan Music Awards, official site Tibetan Meditation Music: Sogyal Rinpoche - Rest In Natural Great Peace Tibetan Meditation Music: Sogyal Rinpoche - We Are What We Think Tibetan Music Channel Asian music awards Tibetan music Dharamshala
Haunted Hollow is a turn-based strategy game, developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K for iOS. It originally briefly made its appearance on April 23, 2013, before it was pulled from the iOS App Store. 2K Games commented in a statement: "Some of our fans may have noticed our latest mobile title, Haunted Hollow, pre-maturely appearing on the App Store this morning as a result of a testing error. We have removed this build to add a few final updates, so the game can be as polished as possible when it launches globally. But fans won't have to wait long – Haunted Hollow will be available for free to download from the App Store next Thursday, May 2, 2013!" Reception The game received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. References External links 2013 video games 2K games Firaxis Games games IOS games IOS-only games Turn-based strategy video games Video games developed in the United States
Andijan Region (Uzbek: Andijon viloyati/Андижон вилояти, ئەندىجان ۋىلايەتى, ) is a region of Uzbekistan, located in the eastern part of the Fergana Valley in far eastern Uzbekistan. It borders with Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad and Osh Regions), Fergana Region and Namangan Region. It covers an area of 4,300 km2. The population is estimated to be around 3,253,528 (2022) thus making Andijan Region the most densely populated region of Uzbekistan. The name Andijan has originated from the Persian word of Andakan. The traditional etymology connects the name with the Turk, ethnonym Gandhi (Gandhi Turks), known from pre-Islamic period. Andijan Region is divided into 14 administrative districts. The capital is the city of Andijan. The climate is a typically continental climate with extreme differences between winter and summer temperatures. Natural resources include deposits of petroleum, natural gas, ozokerite and limestone. As with other regions of Uzbekistan, it is famous for its very sweet melons and watermelons, but cultivation of crops can be accomplished exclusively on irrigated lands. Main agriculture includes cotton, cereal, viticulture, cattle raising and vegetable gardening. Industry includes metal processing, chemical industry, light industry, food processing. The first automobile assembly plant in Central Asia was opened in Asaka in Andijan Region by the Uzbek-Korean joint venture, UzDaewoo, which produces Nexia and Tico cars and the Damas minibus. Administrative divisions The Andijan Region consists of 14 districts (listed below) and two district-level cities: Andijan and Xonobod. There are 11 cities (Andijan, Xonobod, Jalaquduq, Poytugʻ, Qoʻrgʻontepa, Qorasuv, Asaka, Marhamat, Shahrixon, Paxtaobod, Xoʻjaobod) and 79 urban-type settlements in the Andijan Region. References Regions of Uzbekistan
Huando District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (53.49%) learnt to speak in childhood, 46.10% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). References
Ann Elizabeth Kitchen is an American politician and former member of the Texas House of Representatives who currently serves as the District 5 City Council member for Austin, Texas. She is affiliated with the Democratic Party. Political career Kitchen also served as a policy adviser to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. She began her career in the Texas Attorney General's consumer protection division. Texas House of Representatives Ann Kitchen was elected to the Texas State House of Representatives, District 48, in the election of 2000. She was defeated for reelection in 2002 by Republican Todd Baxter following the 2000 redistricting in Texas. In the legislature, she is best remembered for her contributions to House Bill 1156, which expanded women's access to health care, and Senate Bill 11, the Medical Records Privacy Act. After leaving the legislature, Ann Kitchen was Executive Director of the Indigent Care Collaboration (ICC) a regional collaboration of public and private hospitals, clinics, MHMR, public health departments, university medical departments, and medical society responsible for providing care for uninsured individuals. Austin City Council Ann Kitchen is currently Vice Chair of the City of Austin Charter Revision Committee and is City Councilmember for District 5. Kitchen was elected to Austin City Council District 5 on November 4, 2014. She garnered 54% of the vote in a field of seven candidates and avoided a runoff election. She was sworn in on January 6, 2015. In 2015, Kitchen proposed regulations on ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. These regulations were presented as necessary for public safety, such as a requirement for fingerprinting rideshare drivers. Opponents, noting that Kitchen received campaign contributions from taxi companies, claimed that the gross receipts tax, rules on fares, and other regulations included in the proposal threatened to drive those companies out of Austin. On May 9, Kitchen's proposed regulations went into effect after a ballot proposition to alter them, backed by an $8 million Uber/Lyft-funded PAC, was defeated in a special election. In response, Uber and Lyft ceased services in Austin. In May 2017, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 100, which overruled local ride-share regulations and removed the fingerprint-screening requirement. The non-profit Texans for Public Justice reports that Uber and Lyft spent up to $2.3 million in support of the statewide legislation. In 2018, Ann Kitchen was elected to her second term in City Council after running unopposed. Recall efforts In January 2016, a recall petition against Kitchen was circulated and submitted to the City Clerk in February 2016 by the Austin4All PAC. Austin4All was criticized by city leaders and many Austinites for its purported lack of transparency and multiple ethics complaints were filed against the PAC, claiming Austin4All violated state election law by knowingly accepting political contributions and making political expenditure over $500 without filing a campaign treasurer appointment. Groups supporting Councilwoman Kitchen were formed as well in order to oppose Austin4All's petition. In February 2016, Austin4All submitted 5,289 signatures to the city clerk's office. City Clerk Jannette Goodall rejected the recall petition shortly after, citing the group's failure to sign petition sheets in the presence of a notary. Personal life Kitchen is married to Mark Yznaga, a lobbyist with the City of Austin. Prior to her election to the State Legislature, Kitchen was an attorney, and later managed the health care regulatory group of Price Waterhouse Coopers. References Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives Austin City Council members
Henry Tasman Lovell ( - ) was an Australian psychologist. He was born at East Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia. References Further reading Biography at Encyclopedia of Australian Science 1878 births 1958 deaths Australian psychologists People from Kempsey, New South Wales
Troupe may refer to: General Comedy troupe, a group of comedians Dance troupe, a group of dancers Fire troupe, a group of fire dancers Troupe system, a method of playing role-playing games Theatrical troupe, a group of theatrical performers People with the surname Troupe Ben Troupe (born 1982), American football player Quincy Troupe (born 1939), American poet and journalist Ron Troupe, a fictional journalist in the Superman comics Tom Troupe (born 1928), American actor and journalist See also List of dance companies List of improvisational theatre companies Troup (disambiguation)
This article gives a list of current and former municipalities of the Dutch province of Limburg. Limburg has 33 municipalities. Current municipalities Former municipalities Geography of Limburg (Netherlands)
David Louis Pear (born June 1, 1953) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He was the first Tampa Bay Buccaneers player to be selected to a Pro Bowl and played in Super Bowl XV for the winning Oakland Raiders. Pear played college football for the Washington Huskies football in Seattle under longtime head coach Jim Owens. He was selected in the third round of the 1975 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts with the 56th overall pick. Through his football career, Pear suffered a number of injuries which required spinal surgery and hip replacement and have resulted in vertigo, memory loss, and speech impairment. He has also been quoted saying, "Don't let your kids play football. Never." See also Washington Huskies football statistical leaders References External links Oakland Raiders – All-time roster – Dave Pear 1953 births Living people American football defensive tackles Washington Huskies football players Baltimore Colts players Tampa Bay Buccaneers players Oakland Raiders players National Conference Pro Bowl players Sportspeople from Vancouver, Washington
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yantai/ Chefoo/ Zhifou/ Yentai (, ) is a diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Jinan in eastern China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its episcopal seat is in the city of Yantai (Shandong). No statistics are available. History Established on February 22, 1894 as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Shantung 山東東境, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shantung 山東北境 December 3, 1924: renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Zhifou 芝罘 Lost territory twice : on 1931.06.16 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Yiduxian 益都縣and on 1931.06.18 to establish Mission sui juris of Weihai 威海 Promoted on April 11, 1946 as Diocese of Yantai 煙台 Episcopal ordinaries (all Roman Rite) Apostolic Vicars of Eastern Shantung 山東東境 Césaire Shang, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (May 6, 1894 – death September 9, 1911), Titular Bishop of Vaga (1894.05.22 – 1911.09.09) Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner, O.F.M. (September 9, 1911 – 3 December 1924), Titular Bishop of Miletus (1907.04.28 – 1936.12.01), succeeding as former Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Eastern Shantung 山東東境 (China) (1907.04.28 – 1911.09.09) Apostolic Vicars of Zhifou 芝罘 Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner, O.F.M. (3 December 1924 – death 1 December 1936) Louis Prosper Durand, O.F.M. (14 June 1938 – 11 April 1946), Titular Bishop of Sebela (1938.06.14 – 1946.04.11 see below) Suffragan Bishops of Yantai 煙台 Louis Prosper Durand, O.F.M. (see above April 11, 1946 – retired January 20, 1950), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Girus (1950.01.20 – death 1972.08.07) Alphonsus Zong Huai-mo, O.F.M. (宗懷謨) (June 14, 1951 – death 1978) Zhang Ri-jin (張日進) (1960 – death 1970?▼) no papal mandate Apostolic Administrator John Gao Ke-xian (高可賢) (1997 – death 2005.01.24) while (clandestine) Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (1993 – 2005.01.24) (Apostolic Administrator 2012.02.15 – ... not possessed) John Fang Xing-yao (房興耀) while Bishop of Yizhou 沂州 (China) (1997 – ...) See also List of Catholic dioceses in China References Sources and external links GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all section Catholic Hierarchy Roman Catholic dioceses in China Religious organizations established in 1894 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century Religion in Shandong Yantai
```kotlin package mega.privacy.android.domain.usecase.videosection import mega.privacy.android.domain.repository.PhotosRepository import javax.inject.Inject /** * Use case to get the camera uploads and media uploads folder ids / class GetSyncUploadsFolderIdsUseCase @Inject constructor( private val photosRepository: PhotosRepository, ) { /* * Get the camera uploads and media uploads folder ids */ suspend operator fun invoke() = listOfNotNull( photosRepository.getCameraUploadFolderId(), photosRepository.getMediaUploadFolderId() ) } ```
Sparkle is the 1998 debut album by American singer Sparkle. It was released on May 19, 1998, through Rockland Records and was entirely produced by her former mentor R. Kelly. The album was a success in large part to the Sparkle–R. Kelly duet lead single "Be Careful", which peaked at number three on the US Rhythmic Top 40 and topped the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. The album itself peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA on December 7, 2000. Further singles "Time to Move On" and "Lovin' You" were also released as singles, but did not make any Billboard charts. Critical reception Entertainment Weekly gave the album a grade of B+, writing: "Unlike her wannabe-diva peers, this R. Kelly protegee remembers what the 'B' in R&B stands for....R. Kelly surrounds her with blaxploitation-vintage wah-wah guitars, haunting strings, and blue-collar blues; the resulting soul digs far deeper than Kelly's usual bump'n' grind". Track listing All track written, produced and arranged by R. Kelly. Samples "Time to Move On" samples from "Intimate Friends" by Eddie Kendricks. "Lovin' You" is a cover of "Loving You" by Minnie Riperton. "Good Life" samples from "Good Times" by Chic. Credits Jason Bacher – assistant engineer Percy Bady – keyboards Rick Behrens – assistant engineer, engineer, mixing assistant Chris Brickley – assistant engineer, engineer, mixing assistant, programming Cam'ron – rap vocals Lafayette Carthon, Jr. – keyboards Trey Fratt – assistant engineer Stephen George – engineer, mixing, programming Keith Henderson – guitar Cynthia Jernigan – backing vocals Mark Johnson – mixing assistant R. Kelly – arranger, executive producer, mixing, producer, vocals Jeff Lane – mixing assistant Ron Lowe – assistant engineer, engineer, mixing assistant Mr. Lee – mixing, programming Peter Mokran – head engineer, mixing, programmer Nature – rap vocals Joshua Shapera – engineer Sparkle – vocals Martin Stebbing – engineer, programming Ed Tinley – assistant engineer Poke & Tone – mixing Jeff Vereb – assistant engineer, mixing assistant Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References 1998 debut albums Interscope Records albums Sparkle (singer) albums
The Battle of Charleroi () or the Battle of the Sambre, was fought on 21 August 1914, by the French Fifth Army and the German 2nd and 3rd armies, during the Battle of the Frontiers. The French were planning an attack across the Sambre River, when the Germans attacked first, forced back the French from the river and nearly cut off the French retreat by crossing the Meuse River around Dinant and getting behind the French right flank. The French were saved by a counter-attack at Dinant and the re-direction of the 3rd Army to the north-west in support of the 2nd Army, rather than south-west. Battle By 20 August, the Fifth Army (General Charles Lanrezac) had begun to concentrate on a front along the Sambre, centred on Charleroi and extending east to the Belgian fortress of Namur. The Cavalry Corps (General André Sordet) covered the Fifth Army's left flank and the concentration of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) at Mons. The French had 15 divisions, after transfers of troops to Lorraine, facing 18 German divisions from the 2nd Army (General Karl von Bülow) and 3rd Army (Colonel-General Max von Hausen) moving south-west from Luxembourg towards the Meuse. 21 August On the morning of the 21st, the French Commander-in-Chief, the head of (GQG), Joseph Joffre, communicated to Lanrezac and to the BEF that German troops were moving west. In accordance with Plan XVII, the Third and Fourth armies further south were to move towards, respectively, Arlon and Neufchâteau, then attack German forces in Belgian Luxembourg. The Fifth Army was ordered to cover the Meuse up to Namur and the British were to conform by moving in the general direction of Soignies, north-east of Mons. Lanrezac positioned the Fifth Army on the Sambre and reported his actions to Joffre later in the day, around 12:30. Unbeknownst to him, German elements had clashed with his vanguards between Namur and Charleroi. Lanrezac was informed by General Augustin Michel, the commander at Namur, at 14:00. Lanrezac was told by GQG around 16:00 that the Germans were still moving west and ordered his aviation to reconnoitre German troop movements and told his subordinates that they should "be ready to launch an attack [...] by crossing the Sambre, towards Namur and Nivelles". At 20:00, having reported only minor action on the X Corps front to Joffre at 19:00, Lanrezac was instructed by the latter that he had discretion to decide of the appropriate moment to start his offensive. By the evening, vanguards from the 19th Division, between Floriffoux and Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, had pushed back German assaults. Reports from prisoners indicated that there was a strong German presence. Further west, Arsimont, guarded initially by a battalion and then reinforced by a regiment from the 20th Division, was abandoned by 21:00 and the easternmost elements were ordered to retreat by the corps commander, Defforges, who organized positions around Fosse in coordination with I Corps and III Corps. The Germans had crossed the Sambre. On the III Corps front, outposts of the 5th Division were attacked around 15:00. Despite initial failures, the Germans continued with their attacks and forced a passage at Tamines, Roselies and Aiseau. A French counter-attack retook Aiseau but failed in pushing the Germans back from any other bridgehead. At 23:00, the corps commander Sauret reported to Lanrezac that the 5th Division was continuing efforts to retake the bridges. 22 August In a report the following morning, Lanrezac confirmed to Joffre the violence on the German attack on Namur. Reporting the actions of X and III Corps, he requested that the Fourth Army "makes itself felt as soon as possible". On the French right flank, General d'Espèrey ordered I Corps troops to make movements in preparation of an offensive action. At the same time, he hastened the relief of the 2nd Division by the 51st Reserve Division. The offensive movements were stopped by an attack of the XII Saxon Corps, which attacked advanced elements of the Dinant and Anseremme bridges. Although this attack did not prevent the relief of his own troops, Espèrey reported that he would be unable to reinforce the Sambre because of it around 13:00. Authorization to blow all Meuse bridges except those at Givet, Hastière and Dinant was asked for and granted by Lanrezac at 14:15. Attacks were also launched by the Germans on the remainder of the Fifth Army front. 23 August Fighting continued on 23 August when the French centre around Charleroi began to fall back. The 3rd Army crossed the Meuse and attacked the French right flank, held by I Corps. The attack threatened to cut the line of retreat of the Fifth Army but I Corps stopped the German advance with a counter-attack. With the evacuation of Namur and news of the Fourth Army retreat from the Ardennes, Lanrezac ordered the Fifth Army to withdraw, lest he be encircled and cut off from the rest of the French army. The German army was victorious. Aftermath Analysis The Fifth Army retreat after the Battle of Charleroi, arguably saved the French army from decisive defeat, as it prevented the much sought envelopment of the Schlieffen plan. After fighting another defensive action in the Battle of St Quentin, the French were pushed to within miles of Paris. Lanrezac was sacked by Joffre on 3 September (four days after General Pierre Ruffey, the Third Army commander) and replaced by d'Espèrey. The 1934 work by the French Fascist and writer Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, The Comedy of Charleroi, explores the author's role in the battle. Casualties In 2001, Eric Dorn Brose recorded Army casualties and Edward Spears in the 1999 edition of Liaison 1914 (1930) recorded 11,000 German 2nd Army casualties and its capture of prisoners and In 2009, Holger Herwig wrote that the 3rd Army suffered at Dinant. Orders of battle French Details taken from the French official history unless specified. Cavalry Corps, commanded by André Sordet 1st Cavalry Division 3rd Cavalry Division 5th Cavalry Division 8th Infantry Brigade Fifth Army, commanded by Charles Lanrezac 1st Army Corps, commanded by General Louis Franchet d'Espèrey 1st Infantry Division 2nd Infantry Division 3rd Army Corps, commanded by General Sauret 5th Infantry Division 6th Infantry Division 10th Army Corps, commanded by General Defforges 19th Infantry Division 20th Infantry Division 37th Infantry Division 18th Army Corps German Details from the British official history and Cron (2002) unless otherwise indicated. II Cavalry Corps 2/HKK 2) – preceding 1st and 2nd Armies (General der Kavallerie Georg von der Marwitz the Senior Cavalry Commander []) 2nd Cavalry Division 4th Cavalry Division 9th Cavalry Division Each Cavalry Division consisted of 3 Brigades, each of 2 Cavalry Regiments (24 squadrons total), 3 horse artillery batteries (4 guns each) and an MG detachment (6 MGs). 1st Army, commanded by Alexander von Kluck. II Corps ( Alexander von Linsingen) 3rd Division 4th Division III Corps ( Ewald von Lochow) 5th Division 6th Division IV Corps ( Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin) 7th Division 8th Division IX Corps ( Ferdinand von Quast) 17th Division 18th Division III Reserve Corps ( Hans von Beseler) 5th Reserve Division 6th Reserve Division IV Reserve Corps ( Hans von Gronau) 7th Reserve Division 22nd Reserve Division IX Reserve Corps ( Max von Boehn) (Originally held back in Schleswig in case of British landings; moved up in late August.) 17th Reserve Division 18th Reserve Division 10th Mixed Brigade 11th Mixed Brigade 27th Mixed Brigade Regiment (expansion of pre-war 18th Bn) 2nd Army, commanded by Karl von Bülow Guards Corps ( Karl von Plettenberg) 1st Guards Infantry Division 2nd Guards Infantry Division VII Corps ( Karl von Einem) 13th Division 14th Division X Corps ( Otto von Emmich) 19th Division 20th Division Guards Reserve Corps ( Max von Gallwitz) 3rd Guards Infantry Division 1st Guards Reserve Division VII Reserve Corps ( Hans von Zwehl) 13th Reserve Division 14th Reserve Division X Reserve Corps ( Günther Graf von Kirchbach) 2nd Guards Reserve Division 19th Reserve Division 25th Mixed Brigade 29th Mixed Brigade 4 Mortar Battalions (II & III Bns, 4th Foot Regt; I & II Bns, 9th Foot Regt) 10-cm Gun Battalion (II Bn, 9th Reserve Foot Regt) 2 Heavy Coastal Mortar Batteries (1st & 5th Btys) 2 Pionier Regiments (expansion of pre-war 24th & 25th Bns) I Cavalry Corps – preceding 3rd Army (HKK 1, Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen) Guards Cavalry Division 5th Cavalry Division 3rd Army, commanded by Max von Hausen XI Corps ( Otto von Plüskow) 22nd Division 38th Division XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps ( Karl d'Elsa) 23rd Division 32nd Division XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps ( Maximilian von Laffert) 24th Division 40th Division XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps ( Hans von Kirchbach) 23rd Reserve Division 24th Reserve Division 47th Mixed Brigade Mortar Battalion (III Bn, 1st Foot Regt) Pionier Regiment (expansion of pre-war 23rd Bn) Footnotes References Further reading External links First World War.com Erwan Le Gall: Charleroi, Battle of, in: 1914–1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Battles of the Western Front (World War I) Battles of World War I involving France Battles of World War I involving Germany Conflicts in 1914 1914 in Belgium August 1914 events France–Germany military relations Battle
Khojewali is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located from Kapurthala, which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Khojewali. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch, who is an elected representative. Demography According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Khojewali has total number of 258 houses and population of 1,308 of which include 685 males and 623 females. Literacy rate of Khojewali is 84.40%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 135 which is 10.32% of total population of Khojewali, and child sex ratio is approximately 1077, higher than state average of 846. Population data Air travel connectivity The closest airport to the village is Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport. Villages in Kapurthala References External links Villages in Kapurthala Kapurthala Villages List Villages in Kapurthala district
The 2006–07 NLA season was the 69th regular season of the Nationalliga A (NLA), the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland. New Rules There are a few changes of rules for the new season. 3-Point System For the first time an NLA season is run with a 3-point system. A team gets now 3 points for a win after 60 minutes, instead of 2. Overtime A tied game after 60 minutes results in an overtime of 5 minutes, which is played 4 vs. 4 (this is not a rule change). But now, if a team scores a goal it gets two points while the other team also gets a point. Penalty Shootout If the game still remains tied after the overtime, there will be a penalty shootout with 3 shots per team. The winner team will get two points and the other team one point. Regular season Final standings Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes Relegation (Playout) After the conclusion of the regular season, the bottom 4 teams will compete in a 4-team elimination playoff, with the losing team advancing to determine which team will face the champions of the National League B. The winner of the best-of-7 series will play in the National League A next season, while the losing team will play in the National League B. Semifinals Finals League Qualification References sehv.ch Results from Puck.ch LNA Regular Season 2006-2007 External links hockeyfans.ch 1 Swiss
Alan Kingsbery (born July 23, 1954) is an American former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. References 1954 births Living people American male cyclists Olympic cyclists for the United States Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lima, Ohio
is a train station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. The station was established in 1904. Lines Keikyu Main Line Layout This elevated station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. History Keikyu introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Tachiaigawa was assigned station number KK06. References Railway stations in Japan opened in 1904 Railway stations in Tokyo
Łukasz Podolski (born 21 May 1980) is a Polish former professional road cyclist. He most notably won the 2006 Tour du Sénégal. Major results 2002 1st Stage 7 Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour 5th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines 2003 5th Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego 2004 1st Memoriał Romana Siemińskiego 3rd Miedzynarodowy 3-Majow Wyscig 5th Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques 2005 5th Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala 2006 1st Overall Tour du Sénégal 1st Prologue & Stages 2, 3, 6 & 9 1st Stage 5 Dookoła Mazowsza 4th Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej 7th Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala 7th GP Kooperativa 2007 1st Mountains classification, Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques 3rd Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego 5th Tartu GP References External links 1980 births Living people Polish male cyclists People from Skierniewice Sportspeople from Łódź Voivodeship
Peter Bebjak (born 1970 in Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak actor, director, producer and writer. In 2001, and along with Rastislav Šesták, he established DNA Production company. Filmography Cinema Notes A Also credited as writer. Television See also List of Slovak submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References General Specific External links 1970 births Living people People from Partizánske 20th-century Slovak male actors Slovak film directors Slovak male film actors 21st-century Slovak male actors Slovak male television actors Date of birth missing (living people)
Pristimantis diadematus is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru, and possibly Brazil and Colombia. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. References diadematus Amphibians of Ecuador Amphibians of Peru Taxa named by Marcos Jiménez de la Espada Amphibians described in 1875 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Dębowa Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Boronów, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Boronów, east of Lubliniec, and north of the regional capital Katowice. References Villages in Lubliniec County
Lincoln Theological College was a theological college in Lincoln, United Kingdom. History Founded by Edward White Benson, when he was Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, the college opened on 25 January 1874. It was also known as Scholae Cancellarii. The building it occupied on Drury Lane, which was originally the county infirmary, closed in 1995 after having its permit as a college recognised for ordination training withdrawn by the Church of England owing to reduced numbers of residential ordination candidates nationally, with an increasing number training on part-time non-residential courses. The college had wanted to remain open, developing itself as a research institution, possibly affiliated to a nearby university. The buildings are now owned by the Lincoln Theological Institute for the Study of Religion and Society (a registered charity), based at the University of Manchester, established in 1997 by Martyn Percy. Once Lincoln Theological College had closed, the only Anglican theological college in the East Midlands offering training for those entering stipendiary ministry was St John's College, Nottingham, in Bramcote. Curriculum At the time of closure the Scholae Cancellarii offered training leading to externally validated and conferred BTh and MA degrees. Affiliations Lincoln Theological College worked closely with the then-named Bishop Grossteste College, which at the time was a Church of England teacher training college, and shared courses. It also worked with the University of Nottingham, which validated the BEd degrees of BGC. In 2009 a School of Theology and Ministry Studies was formed following the signing, in Lincoln Cathedral, of an agreement between the University of Lincoln, Bishop Grosseteste University College, the Diocese of Lincoln and Lincoln Cathedral on 14 November 2009. Current situation The college's former building on Drury Lane was renamed Chad Varah House, in honour of the Samaritans' founder, who was educated at the college and served his title in Lincoln. The building itself is a Grade II Listed building. The original County Hospital was built 1776–77, designed by John Carr of York and William Lumby. The Chapel was added in 1906, by architect Temple Moore. At some point in the late 19th century a large house and water tower were added, and in 1962 the building was extended at the rear. Notable alumni Hugh Edward Ashdown Henry R.T. Brandreth Antony Bridge Edwin Boston Richard Chartres – former Bishop of London John Dudley Davies Patrick Evans John Frewer John Gibbs (bishop) John Green - Royal Navy chaplain & Chaplain of the Fleet John Grindrod Lemprière Durell Hammond Alfred Jowett Charles John Klyberg John Moses (dean) Edward Norman Michael John Nott Regin Prenter Gerald Sharp John Shone Ulrich Ernst Simon Mark Strange – current Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church Richard Henry McPhail Third Kenneth George Thompson Mark Tully – later BBC correspondent Chad Varah – founder of Samaritans Jeremy Walsh (Bishop) Ambrose Walter Marcus Weekes Alan Peter Winton – current Bishop of Thetford John Yates (bishop) Notable staff Former Sub-Wardens Michael Ramsey from 1930–6 – later Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961–74 Eric Lionel Mascall from 1937–45 Basil Stanley Moss from 1946–51 Thomas George Adames Baker from 1954–60 David Lunn from 1966–70 - later Bishop of Sheffield Former Wardens Walter Julius Carey from 1919–21 Eric Symes Abbott from 1936–45 Cyril Kenneth Sansbury from 1945–52 Oliver Stratford Tomkins from 1953–9 Alan Brunskill Webster from 1959–70 Andrew Graham from 1970–77 Bill Jacob from 1985-96 References External links Lincoln Theological Institute – based in Manchester Anglican seminaries and theological colleges Former theological colleges in England Educational institutions established in 1874 Educational institutions disestablished in 1995 University of Lincoln 1874 establishments in England 1995 disestablishments in England Bible colleges, seminaries and theological colleges in England Alumni of Lincoln Theological College Lincoln Theological College
Brian Patrick Victor Pezzutti, (; born 6 January 1947) is a former Australian politician and Australian Army officer. Born in Casino, New South Wales, he was the son of Victor Dominic Pezzutti and Helena Hilda Bazzo. He was an army reservist in 1965 and later became active in the armed forces; he received the National Medal in 1978. On 23 February 1976 he married Christine Jillian Spence, with whom he has two daughters and two sons. Pezzutti was trained as a medical practitioner and is a specialist anaesthetist. He joined the Liberal Party and was the foundation president of the Lismore Branch, serving from 1983 until 1990. He has been vice-president since this time. In 1988, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council, on which he served until his retirement in 2003. While an MLC, he served in the Gulf War (1991), Bougainville (1995, 1998) and East Timor (1999). He was also Brigadier Assistant Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Forces from 2000 to 2004. Honours and awards Additional awards: New South Wales Government Meritorious Award for Tsunami Assistance (2005) Paul Harris Fellow – Rotary International (2006) References 1947 births Living people Military personnel from New South Wales Australian brigadiers Australian military personnel of the International Force for East Timor Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Recipients of the Conspicuous Service Cross (Australia) Australian politicians of Italian descent 21st-century Australian politicians 20th-century Australian politicians People from Casino, New South Wales
Peter Arnold Cronjé (21 September 1949 – 4 September 2020) was a South African rugby union player. Playing career Cronjé played provincial rugby for and made his test debut for the Springboks against on 12 June 1971 at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein. He toured with the Springboks to Australia in 1971 and played in all three test matches. In 1972 he toured with the Gazelles, a South African under 24 team to Argentina. He then played in the last two test matches in the series against the 1974 British Lions, scoring his third test try in the final test against the Lions. Cronjé also played in eight tour matches, scoring two tries. Test history See also List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 447 Peter attended Wynberg Boys High School as a boarder from Junior School matriculating in the Class of '66 References 1949 births 2020 deaths Afrikaner people South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Golden Lions players Alumni of Parktown Boys' High School Rugby union players from Johannesburg Rugby union centres
Suevia Films was a Spanish film production and distribution company, founded in 1940 by entrepreneur Cesáreo González with his brother Arturo Gonzalez. During the 1940s–1960s they were one of Spain biggest studios and were responsible for more than 130 films, averaging five per year. Beginning in 1951 with the dancer Lola Flores, who was hired for five films at a cost of 6 million pesetas, Suevia signed many of Spain's leading actors to exclusive contracts. These included Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Carmen Sánchez, Ángel de Andrés, Rafael Durán, Antonio Casal, Amparo Rivelles, Conrado San Martín Sara Montiel, Carmen Sevilla, Paquita Rico, Joselito and Marisol. Suevia also participated in many international co-productions which helped them open up the lucrative Latin American market. Suevia Films ceased film production within six years of Cesáreo González' death in 1968 but continued as distributors until 1983, when they finally closed down for good. Production Polizón a bordo (1940) El abanderado (1943) El rey de las finanzas (1944) Bambú (1945) El crimen de Pepe Conde (1946) La pródiga (1946) Mar abierto (1946) La nao Capitana (1947) La dama del armiño (1947) La fe (1947) Reina santa (1947) La calle sin sol (1948) ¡Olé torero! (1948) Mare Nostrum (1948) Botón de ancla (1948) Una mujer cualquiera (1949) Yo no soy la Mata Hari (1950) Teatro Apolo (1950) La Señora de Fátima (1951) La niña de la venta (1951) Estrella of the Sierra Morena (1952) Maldición gitana (1953) Gitana tenías que ser (1953) El seductor de Granada (1953) ¡Ay, pena, penita, pena! (1953) El pórtico de la gloria (1953) La alegre caravana (1953) Nadie lo sabrá (1953) ¡Che, qué loco! (1953) Siempre Carmen (1953) Camelia (1953) La bella Otero (1954) Morena Clara (1954) Los peces rojos (1955) La otra vida del capitán Contreras (1955) Muerte de un ciclista (1955) Historias de la radio (1955). La Faraona (1955). Limosna de amores (1955). Fedra (1956). Faustina (1956). Calle Mayor (1956) El pequeño ruiseñor (1956) La guerra empieza en Cuba (1957) El ruiseñor de las cumbres (1958) La venganza (1958) Saeta del ruiseñor (1959) Carmen la de Ronda (1959) Escucha mi canción (1959) Aventuras de Joselito y Pulgarcito (1960) Mi último tango (1960) El indulto (1961) Ha llegado un ángel (1961) El balcón de la luna (1962) Tierra de todos (1962) El caballo blanco (1962) La reina del Chantecler (1963) Chantaje a un torero (1963) La verbena de la Paloma (1963) La nueva vida de Pedrito Andía (1965) Los pianos mecánicos (1965) Amor en el aire (1967) Del amor y otras soledades (1969) ¡Vivan los novios! (1970) Distribution Ambitious (1976) Film production companies of Spain Castilian cinema
Rajshri Media (P) Limited is a digital entertainment and new media arm of Rajshri Group. The Rajshri.com portal was launched in November 2006 by releasing online Barjatya-produced Hindi movie Vivah, followed by Hattrick, Life in a Metro and Blue Umbrella, among others. The company plans to reach its audience through all the four screens: Cinema, PC, Mobile, TV. History of Rajshri On 15 August 1947, Tarachand Barjatya established Rajshri Pictures (P) Ltd., the film distribution division of Rajshri Group. Its first release was Aarti which was followed by the release of Dosti, a non star-cast film. Dosti was presented the National Award for the Best Hindi Film of the Year (1964) and it also won 5 Filmfare Awards. Category Web and Mobile TV Shows Rajshri Media has taken initiatives in creating shows for both web and mobile. Akbar Birbal Remixed is India's 1st show for the Web and Mobile. It has in total 90 episodes. 'Akbar Birbal Remixed' episodes are three minutes in length and are available in SMS, MMS, video and audio formats. The content will be released initially on web and mobile and subsequently formatted for TV, home video and Radio. Video on Demand Rajshri Media is also offering Video on demand (VOD) services containing both streaming video and downloadable content to a devices such as a computer, digital video recorder, personal video recorder or portable media player for viewing at any time. The company offers a wide range of genres like Animation, TV Shows, TV Channels and Movies. References External links Film distributors of India Hindi cinema Film production companies based in Mumbai Mass media companies established in 2006
Turritopsis is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Oceaniidae. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species, this genus includes the following species: Turritopsis chevalense – species inquirenda Turritopsis dohrnii also known as the "Benjamin Button jellyfish", or the "immortal jellyfish". It can reverse its life cycle and transform itself back to a polyp. Turritopsis fascicularis Turritopsis lata Turritopsis minor Turritopsis nutricula (several species, including the "immortal jellyfish", were formerly classified as T. nutricula) Turritopsis pacifica Turritopsis pleurostoma – species inquirenda Turritopsis polycirrha Turritopsis rubra References Oceaniidae Hydrozoan genera
Stenocrepis is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following 31 species: Stenocrepis aeruginea (Laferte-Senectere, 1851) Stenocrepis angustipennis Chaudoir in Oberthür, 1883 Stenocrepis cayennensis (Buquet, 1834) Stenocrepis cuprea (Chaudoir, 1843) Stenocrepis duodecimstriata (Chevrolat, 1835) Stenocrepis elegans (Leconte, 1851) Stenocrepis flavicrus (Laferte-Senectere, 1851) Stenocrepis fuscipes (Laferte-Senectere, 1851) Stenocrepis gilvipes Chaudoir in Oberthür, 1883 Stenocrepis gratiosa (Bates, 1882) Stenocrepis guerini Chaudoir In Oberthür, 1883 Stenocrepis insulana (Jacquelin Du Val, 1857) Stenocrepis laevigata (Dejean, 1831) Stenocrepis leprieurii (Buquet, 1834) Stenocrepis marginella (Perty, 1830) Stenocrepis metallica (Dejean, 1826) Stenocrepis mexicana (Chevrolat, 1835) Stenocrepis nigricornis (Laferte-Senectere, 1851) Stenocrepis olivacea (Bates, 1878) Stenocrepis pallipes (Brulle, 1838) Stenocrepis palustris Darlington, 1935 Stenocrepis pauper Chaudoir, 1857 Stenocrepis punctatostriata (Brulle, 1838) Stenocrepis quatuordecimsulcata Emden, 1949 Stenocrepis robusta (Brulle, 1838) Stenocrepis sahlbergii Chaudoir, 1857 Stenocrepis sinuata Chaudoir in Oberthür, 1883 Stenocrepis subdepressa Darlington, 1934 Stenocrepis tibialis (Chevrolat, 1834) Stenocrepis triaria Chaudoir in Oberthür, 1883 Stenocrepis viridula Chaudoir, 1857 References Licininae
Gary Gillette is a baseball writer, author, and editor. He is co-editor of both the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia and the ESPN Football Encyclopedia. For both series of books, he partnered with noted statistician Pete Palmer, as well as writers Sean Lahman and Matt Silverman. He has been featured as a baseball commentator and analyst for several NPR radio stations, including WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, WKAR in East Lansing, Michigan, and Minnesota Public Radio. He also contributed to NBC Sports 1988 postseason baseball coverage. Gillette served in the role of team leader and lead reporter for Total Sports for the first-ever live pitch-by-pitch baseball Webcasts at the College World Series (1997), at the World Series (1997), and at the MLB All-Star Game (1998). Gillette works as an expert witness on baseball-related litigation, as a consultant to insurance companies on player contract issues, and as an adviser to player agents on salary arbitration cases. From 1992 to 1997, Gillette was the president and owner of The Baseball Workshop, which operated a national stringer network covering Major League Baseball while producing and maintaining a unique set of baseball databases. In 1997, the Baseball Workshop merged with Koz Sports and Baseball Ink to form Total Sports. Gillette served as vice president of Total Sports from 1997 to 1999. Beginning in 2005, Gillette has held the title of president for Hidden Game Sports/24-7 Baseball, a sports data research and management agency that represents the proprietors of comprehensive databases for Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Professional Football, Professional Basketball, and Professional Hockey. (24-7 Baseball, L.L.C., became part of Hidden Game Sports in 2012.) These professional-grade sports databases have been licensed to many clients, including major media organizations like ESPN, Sports-Reference.com, SportRadar US, STATS LLC, and SportsTicker. Other clients include tech companies, sports game publishers, professional sports agents, insurance companies, university business schools and medical schools, and nonprofit organizations. Published works As an editor Editor-in-chief and designer: The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia (five editions from Sterling Publishing, 2004–2008) Editor-in-chief and designer: The Baseball Encyclopedia (Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2004) The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia (two editions from Sterling, 2006–2007) Editor and creator of the annual Emerald Guide to Baseball, 2007–2015 (nine editions) Executive editor and contributor: Calling the Game:Baseball Broadcasting, 1920 to the Present ( Society for American Baseball Research, 2015) Editor and contributor: Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues, second edition (to be published in 2021) 61atFifty.com Web site publisher and editor, 2011 Editor of Baseball-Reference.com’s Baseball Early Bird daily newsletter, 2008–2009 Editor and contributing author: Total Baseball Companion series (30 MLB team booklets for Total Sports Publishing, 2000) Executive editor of and contributor to Total Baseball Daily, 1996–1999 Editor of the Baseball Workshop Online on AOL, 1996 Baseball editor of Motley Fool’s online sports community, 1996 Editor, The Scouting Report: 1995 and 1996 (HarperCollins) Editor, The Great American Baseball Stat Book 1992, 1993, and 1994 editions (HarperCollins) Editor and co-author, 1992 Fantasy League Baseball (Publications International) Contributing editor, Bill James Presents The Great American Baseball Stat Book (1986 and 1987 editions) As an author Lead author, Big League Ballparks: The Complete Illustrated History of Major-League Baseball Parks (Metro Books, 2009) Baseball columnist for ESPN.com’s MLB Insider, 2005–2006 Contributor to third through eighth editions of Total Baseball encyclopedia, 1993–2004. (Total Baseball was the official encyclopedia of Major League Baseball from 1995–2003) Co-author of "The Changing Game" in the seventh and eighth editions of Total Baseball, 2001 and 2004 Author of “Going, Going, Gone,”a groundbreaking piece on the history of the home run in the sixth edition of Total Baseball, 1999 Contributing author, SABR Bio Project (SABR.org) Contributing author, Puerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies (SABR, 2017) Contributing author, Detroit the Unconquerable (SABR, 2014) Contributing author, Bridging Two Dynasties: The 1947 Yankees (University of Nebraska Press, 2013) Contributing author, Detroit Tigers 1984: What a Start! What a Finish! (SABR, 2013) Contributing author, Sweet ’60: The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates (SABR, 2013) Co-author, “Not Chiseled in Stone: Baseball’s Enduring Records and the SABR Era” in the Baseball Research Journal, Fall 2011 Contributing editor to SABR.org’s “History of SABR” update, 2011 Co-author, “Interleague Attendance Boost Mostly a Mirage” in SABR’s Baseball Research Journal, 2006 Contributing author, Baseball . . . The Perfect Game: An All-Star Anthology Celebrating the Games’ Greatest Players, Teams, and Moments (Voyageur Press, 2005) Contributing author, Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia (Total Sports Publishing, 2000) Contributor to the best-selling annual Baseball Prospectus book and BaseballProspectus.com (2002–2008) Contributor to annual editions of the Baseball Weekly Almanac (1992–2000) Co-author, Baseball Weekly Insider 1999 & 2000 (Total Sports) Author, The Spy: Baseball '98 (Total Sports) Contributor to Sports Illustrated Online, 1996–1999 As a book consultant Ballparks consultant on Roger Kahn’s book Rickey & Robinson, 2014 Baseball preservation efforts In 2012, Gillette founded Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium, a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring and preserving historic Hamtramck Stadium, ensuring its future through educational, cultural, and recreational programming honoring the history of Negro league baseball and amateur sports in Hamtramck and Detroit. Gillette has served in the role of president/chair. He led the effort to have Hamtramck Stadium listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 and to have a State of Michigan Historic Marker placed at the site in 2014. Currently, the organization is raising money for renovation of Hamtramck Stadium. Hamtramck Stadium was the recipient of a 2017 National Park Service African American Civil Rights Grant and a 2020 African American Cultural Heritage grant, both based upon detailed historical research undertaken by Gillette. From 2007-2017, he served as an officer and director of the nonprofit Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy. At first, the nonprofit organization was involved in the struggle to save Tiger Stadium, and then shifted its efforts to the redevelopment of the site of the historic field at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull in Detroit. Other distinctions Gillette organized, hosted, and served as a panelist at the Detroit Negro Leagues Centennial Symposium, held in 2020. He is honored as an elector on the Sports Panel of the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame, a service he has performed since 2006. References External links Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame Living people American sportswriters Baseball writers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)
Jon Larsen (born 7 January 1959) is a gypsy jazz guitarist, record producer, painter, and amateur scientific researcher. He is the founder of the group Hot Club de Norvège. In 2007 he received the Buddy Award for his lifelong contribution to jazz. Career When he was in his early teens, he learned rock and soul songs on an acoustic steel-string guitar. Through friends, he learned about blues, jazz, flamenco, and classical guitar. After he heard "Tears" by Django Reinhardt on the radio, he decided that this is how he wanted his guitar to sound. At seventeen he formed a string trio and had his first professional job. In the 1970s, Larsen worked mainly as a painter. He started the Hot Club de Norvege in 1980 with guitarists Per Frydenlund and bassist Svein Aarbostad. They had a hit record when they performed with pop singer Lillebjørn Nilsen. Larsen started the label Zonic Entertainment to record musicians who have been influenced by Frank Zappa. He has worked with Chet Baker, Philip Catherine, Stéphane Grappelli, Warne Marsh, Biréli Lagrène, Babik Reinhardt and Jimmy Rosenberg. He has produced more than 450 jazz records for the label he founded, Hot Club Records. He has led a group of musicians who played with Zappa, including Arthur Barrow, Jimmy Carl Black, Bruce Fowler, Bunk Gardner, Tommy Mars, and Don Preston. They recorded the album Strange News from Mars. Symphonic Django was released in 2008 by Storm Films, which also produced a documentary about Larsen and guitar virtuoso Jimmy Rosenberg titled Jon & Jimmy. In 2012, the documentary won the Dutch Edison Award. After eight years of research, his book on cosmic dust in urban environments – In Search of Stardust: Amazing Micro-Meteorites and Their Terrestrial Imposters – was published in 2017. In 2020, he appeared in Werner Herzog's documentary film Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds where he demonstrated the methods of sampling micro-meteorites from urban environments. Discography As leader Guitar Sax Guitar & Bass (Hot Club, 1985) Superstrings (Hot Club, 1992) Jon Larsen & Pascal De Loutchek (Hot Club, 1994) Guitaresque with Pascal De Loutchek, Stian Mevik (Hot Club, 1994) The Swinging Guitar of Jon Larsen (Hot Club, 1995) The Next Step (Hot Club, 2003) Vertavo Live in Concert (Hot Club, 2006) Short Stories from Catalonia (Hot Club, 2006) Strange News from Mars (Zonic, 2007) The Jimmy Carl Black Story (Zonic, 2008) Willie Nickersons Egg (Hot Club, 2009) With Hot Club de Norvege String Swing (Herman, 1981) Old, New, Borrowed & Blue (Hot Club, 1982) Gloomy (Hot Club, 1984) Swing de Paris (Hot Club, 1986) La Roue Fleurie (Hot Club, 1992) Vertavo (Hot Club, 1995) Moreno (Hot Club, 1999) Swinging with Vertavo, Angelo & Jimmy (Hot Club, 2001) White Night Stories (Hot Club, 2002) A Stranger in Town (Hot Club, 2003) Django Music (Hot Club, 2008) A Portrait of Jon Larsen (2009) As sideman Lillebjorn Nilsen, Original Nilsen (Studio B, 1982) Lillebjorn Nilsen, Hilsen Nilsen (Grappa, 1985) Ole Paus, Pausposten Extra! (Norsk 1996) Jimmy Rosenberg, Django's Tiger (Hot Club, 2003) Volbeat, 8 PM Tonight Live 2007 SOLD OUT (Mascot, 2008) Volbeat, Heaven Nor Hell (Vertigo, 2010) Books Maler I Solnedgang (Painter in the Sunset) – 2009 Norske Meteoritter – 2014 Zappa I Norge – 2015 In Search of Stardust – 2016 Robert Normann - Tusenkunstneren fra Sundløkka – 2016 Hot Club de Norvège 1979-2019 – 2019 On the Trail of Stardust – 2019 Atlas of Micrometeorites – 2020 Film Symphonic Django – Storm Studio – 2007 Jon & Jimmy – Storm Studio – 2010, Winner of the Dutch Edison Award 2010 References External links Norwegian guitarists Norwegian male guitarists 20th-century Norwegian painters 21st-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters Norwegian record producers Hot Club Records artists Gypsy jazz guitarists Musicians from Bærum 1959 births Living people Male jazz musicians 20th-century Norwegian male artists 21st-century Norwegian male artists
Keith Burns (born 25 November 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Burns, a rover, was recruited to Collingwood from Preston. He kicked 25 goals in 1960, three of them in a match winning performance against Fitzroy in the Preliminary Final. Burns was then in the forward pocket when Collingwood were comprehensively beaten by Melbourne in the Grand Final. He joined Sandringham in 1962 and won the J. J. Liston Trophy that season. Burns however missed the Grand Final, where Sandringham beat Moorabbin by a single point. He captained the Victorian Football Association in the 1966 Hobart Carnival, by which time he had become captain-coach of Brunswick. Burns later coached Collingwood's Under-19s football team. References Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. 1939 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players J. J. Liston Trophy winners Sandringham Football Club players Brunswick Football Club players Brunswick Football Club coaches Living people
Eben Fiske Ostby (born February 24, 1955) is a pioneer computer graphics software developer, animator, and technical director for motion pictures. Ostby was born in Hampton, Connecticut, United States. He graduated from Pomfret School and Vassar College, where he was its "first computer science major". He joined Pixar when the company was a garage start-up, as one of the first four employees of its animation department along with John Lasseter. There, he worked on early breakthrough animation shorts such as Luxo Jr., Red's Dream, Tin Toy, Knick Knack, and For the Birds. He became Vice President for Software. In 1998, he shared the Academy Award, Scientific and Engineering with three other people for the development of the Marionette 3-D Computer Animation System. He has served as Computer Animation, Technical and Modeling Director on Cars 2005, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Young Sherlock Holmes and many other motion pictures. Computer Animation André and Wally B. (1984) 3-D animation programmer Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) computer animation: Industrial Light & Magic Luxo, Jr. (1986) animation software/modeler/rendering Red's Dream (1987) modeling and animation software/models/technical director Tin Toy (1988) additional animator/modeler/technical director Knick Knack (1989) animator/technical director Toy Story (1995) modeling & animation system development/associate technical director A Bug's Life (1998) supervising technical director Toy Story 2 (1999) modeling supervisor For the Birds (2000) modeling supervisor Monsters, Inc. (2001) modeling supervisor Cars (2006) supervising technical director Up (2009) senior technology team: Pixar Brave (2012) senior technology team: Pixar Monsters University (2013) film production resources: Pixar Studio Team Inside Out (2015) production senior manager: Pixar Piper (2016) special thanks Coco (2017) production department head: Pixar Incredibles 2 (2018) production department head: Pixar Bao (2018) special thanks Purl (2018) special thanks Smash and Grab (2019) special thanks Kitbull (2019) special thanks References External links A Chat with Pixar's Eben Ostby on Geekdelphia 1955 births American animators Animators from Los Angeles Living people Vassar College alumni Pomfret School alumni Pixar people
Madrasa Hamzia () is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis. It was built in the 20th century by a rich bourgeois in order to host the University of Ez-Zitouna students coming from Mahdia, Tunisia. Location The madrasa is located in Souk El Attarine, between the Khaldounia and the madrasa Asfouria. It is very close to the Al-Zaytuna Mosque. History It was built in 1929 by Hassan Ben El Haj Hamza, a wealthy bourgeois from Mahdia, Tunisia. It is the only madrasa in the medina of Tunis to host not only students but also teachers. Evolution Nowadays, the madrasa is managed by the Tunisian Ministry of Culture. References Hamzia
The Meeting House of First Parish of Westwood is a Meeting House in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The church celebrated its 200 year of its Meeting House on September 27, 2009. Meeting House timeline The following is a timeline for the meeting house. 1807 - Deacon Ellis’ Rock voted for the location of the new meeting house for the Third Parish of Dedham (Clapboard Trees Parish) 1808 – the frame was raised. 1809 - the new meeting house was completed at a cost of around $5,500 and dedicated on March 1 with a central pulpit, room for fifty-three oblong box pews on the lower floor and with galleries on three sides. 1817 – stoves were installed making it usable year round. 1826 – A Sunday School was started; an innovation greatly opposed. 1828 – voted that people of color have the southeast pew in the gallery. 1855 – remodeling included raising the floor two feet; new semi-circular pews and a rosewood pulpit with much of the funds contributed by the Ladies Benevolent Society. 1857- an organ was purchased from First Parish of Dedham. 1869 – the first break came in the two services held every Sunday at 10:30 am and 2 pm. 1866 – oil lamps were installed. 1883 – a lightning strike of unusual power and force struck the church forcing pieces of rock through the floor. 1890 – women of the parish were allowed the same right to vote as the men. 1900 - the budget for the church was $2045.83 with some income still coming from the rent of pews. 1944 – formal federation of the First Parish, Unitarian and First Parish Church, Congregational 1947 – electric lights and oil heat installed. 1969 – with $185,000 in pledges, a thirty-five foot addition was added along with new pews, a raised chancel, bathrooms as well as rooms for choir and minister. 2004 - removing the central pulpit and railing opens the chancel. On Sunday, September 27, 2009, First Parish’s “Meeting House on the Rock” celebrated its 200th birthday, the oldest Meeting House in continuous use in Norfolk County, Massachusetts References External links First Parish of Westwood Churches completed in 1809 19th-century United Church of Christ church buildings United Church of Christ churches in Massachusetts Churches in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Westwood, Massachusetts
Michael Kent Hooper (born 29 October 1991) is an Australian professional rugby union player who is the former captain of the Australia national team, the Wallabies. His primary position is openside flanker. Hooper is one of Australia's most-capped players of all time and currently plays for the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby. Hooper has previously represented the Brumbies and Toyota Verblitz in his professional career. Early life Hooper was born on 29 October 1991 in Sydney, and played his junior rugby at the Manly Roos like other former Wallabies such as George Smith. Hooper represented Australia under 20 at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship where he captained the side at times and was named International Player of the Tournament. Professional career Super Rugby Hooper made his Brumbies debut in 2010, as stand-in for the injured George Smith. After a breakout season for the Brumbies in 2012, he was signed by the New South Wales Waratahs for the 2013 season. 2012 had been a standout year for Hooper who won numerous accolades including Best Forward (for the Brumbies), the ARU's Rookie of Year and placing third for the John Eales Medal after playing less than half of the polling games. In 2013, Hooper played every Waratahs Super Rugby game of the season and he won the Australian Super 15 Player of the Year award, as well as the Waratahs' Player of the Year award. On 1 March 2014, Hooper was named captain for the Waratahs' clash with the Queensland Reds after team regular Dave Dennis was ruled out due to injury received in the Waratahs' first game of 2014 against the Western Force. Hooper led the Waratahs to a 32–5 win over the Reds at ANZ Stadium and went on to play all the remaining games of the 2014 season including the Grand Final against the Crusaders in which he captained the side to a 33–32 win at ANZ Stadium. Top League In August 2020 it was announced that Hooper had signed to play for the Japanese Top League club Toyota Verblitz for the 2020–21 season, marking his first serious move to play domestic rugby outside the Super Rugby since starting his career with the Brumbies in 2010. International On 5 June 2012, Hooper made his international debut for Australia, coming off the bench (in the 65th minute) against Scotland in Newcastle. Following a knee injury to regular flanker and captain David Pocock, Hooper started in every Test game until the final Spring-Tour game (and Nathan Sharpe's final Wallabies game) against Wales in Cardiff, where he started from the bench to make-way for David Pocock. Hooper won Wallabies 'Rookie of the year' award at the annual John Eales Medal awards evening event. In 2013, when David Pocock suffered a season-ending knee injury; Hooper played in all of the Wallabies Test matches and had an outstanding year, winning the John Eales Medal as 'Wallabies player of the year'. In 2014, Pocock suffered another season-ending knee injury and in Ewen McKenzie's second year as Wallabies coach, McKenzie named Hooper as vice-captain with his Waratahs team-mate Adam Ashley-Cooper and his former Brumbies team-mate Stephen Moore was named as Australia captain for the 2014 three-test June series against France. However, when captain Stephen Moore left the field with a knee injury in the 5th minute, Hooper took over the captaincy for the rest of the game. During the game, he scored a try in the first half and he had a strong performance against France in the Wallabies' 50–23 win at Suncorp Stadium. Hooper was rated was one of the best players on the field during the game by Iain Payten of foxsports.com.au and was also labelled 'the Energizer Bunny of world rugby'. Following the season-ending injury to Stephen Moore during the first test of 2014 against France in Brisbane, Hooper was named as Wallabies captain for the rest of the 2014 Test-season, meaning that he was the Wallabies 82nd Test captain and the youngest player (age 23, 233 days) to captain the side since Ken Catchpole (age 21, 354 days) in 1961. Following another strong 2015 Super Rugby season, Hooper was awarded the Peoples Choice – Wallaby of the Year at the John Eales Medal awards night for the second year in a row. He also kept his starting position safe, forcing David Pocock into Number 8 after returning from injury. He was also selected in the 31-man 2015 Rugby World Cup squad. In 2016 Hooper was again awarded the John Eales Medal, the 4th player to have won it a second time. Hooper became the full-time Wallabies captain for the 2017 Rugby Championship, following Stephen Moore announcing that the 2017 season would be his final year of test rugby. His very rough playing style has led Hooper to collect nine yellow cards in his international career, matched in this unenviable record only by the Georgian Viktor Kolelishvili. In 2020, Hooper played his 100th test for Australia, becoming the fastest Wallaby to reach 100 tests. He also became the youngest-ever player to reach 100 tests for his country, although his record was later broken by Wales' centre, George North. Hooper's 100th test was a 16–16 draw with New Zealand, at the Wellington Regional Stadium. He went on to play all 6 of Australia's tests in 2020, under the new Head Coach, Dave Rennie. In 2021, Hooper surpassed George Gregan's record for the most caps as Wallabies captain, 60. Statistics Honours Waratahs Super Rugby Champions: 2014 Australian Conference Champions (3): 2014, 2015, 2018 Play-off Appearances (4): 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018 Australia Rugby Championship Champions: 2015 Mandela Challenge Plate (6): 2012,2015–2018,2021 Rugby World Cup Runners Up: 2015 Personal life His father is from Kent, England. Hooper grew up in Collaroy on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. References External links Michael Hooper at Wallabies Wallabies profile Waratahs profile 1991 births Australia international rugby union players Rugby union players from Sydney Australian rugby union captains ACT Brumbies players New South Wales Waratahs players Rugby union flankers Living people Australian people of English descent People educated at St Pius X College, Sydney Sydney (NRC team) players Toyota Verblitz players 2015 Rugby World Cup players 2019 Rugby World Cup players Manly RUFC players
The Hálslón Reservoir () is a storage reservoir in Eastern Iceland on the Jökulsá á Dal River. The reservoir stores water for use in hydroelectricity production with the Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant. The reservoir was formed by three different concrete-faced, rock-filled embankment dams: the Kárahnjúkastífla Dam, the Desjarárstífla Dam and the Sauðárdalsstífla Dam . Dams The Kárahnjúkastífla Dam is 193m tall, 730m long and straddles the river. It is made of 8.5 million cubic meters of material, making it the largest dam of its type in Europe. Construction on the dam began in April 2003 and was completed in November 2006. The Kárahnjúkastífla Dam does not create the reservoir alone, as the dam is higher in elevation than the two valleys that flank the river valley. To create the desired level, auxiliary or saddle dams were built. The 60m tall and 1,000m long Desjarárstífla Dam is adjacent and to the east of the Kárahnjúkastífla Dam. The Sauðárdalsstífla Dam is 4 km to the southwest, 25m tall and 1,100m long. Both auxiliary dams were built between April 2004 and October 2006. The reservoir began to fill in September 2006. Water used for hydroelectricity production in the reservoir is discharged in the Jökulsá í Fljótsdal river to the northeast. Conservation In January 2005, the Icelandic parliament voted to give a large area around the dam park status, thereby protecting it. The area covers one-tenth of Iceland's surface area. References External links Hálslón Reservoir and Dams Kárahnjúkar HEP - Landsvirkjun - September 2009 Lakes of Iceland
"Follow the Leader" is a song by Puerto Rican duo Wisin & Yandel and American singer Jennifer Lopez. They performed the song during the American Idol season eleven finale. The song went on to sell over 500,000 copies in pure sales in the United States earning a gold certification. Background and composition On January 24, 2012, Lopez teased a collaboration between her and Wisin and Yandel by posting a picture online. "Follow the Leader" contains South American rhythms. "'Wisin sings in the style of Yandel and Yandel in that of Wisin', referring to the more powerful tone of the former and the lighter vocal touch of the latter." The song was produced by Jonas Saeed and Niclas Kings for Cave Music, a Swedish company of producers, and written by the Jamaican writing team Bloodline (Nyanda, Nailah, Tasha and Candace Thorbourne). Music video The music video for "Follow the Leader" was shot in Acapulco, Mexico by director Jessy Terrero and Lopez's partner Casper Smart. For the first shot, Lopez wore a pair of tight latex leggings with a silver and black long-sleeved shirt with tornado sirens blaring in the background. The singer paired the look with metallic makeup, nude lips and a "funky" hairstyle, which included cornrows. For the second shoot in Mexico, Lopez wore a sparkly silver vest and tight white jeans. During the shooting of the video, the Government of Acapulco gave additional police cars, ambulance and helicopter services to the team working with the duo and López, with the goal to promote the city among "all the young people who will watch the clip". The Tourism secretary, Graciela Báez Ricardez, commented that the clip "will help reshape the image of the port city". She also said that "the music video will be watched in many countries, millions of times mainly by young people who will soon choose their vacation destination". The video premiered on Thursday May 3 on both Twitter and official VEVO channel of Wisin & Yandel. Jordan Zakarin from The Hollywood Reporter described the video's plot: "Set in Mexico, the video features Lopez dancing on a rooftop with the reggaeton stars, shaking her hips and writhing with alluring fervor and seductive purpose; traipsing through the city while being chased by her friends (and crashing through windows and making massive jumps all the while); and bare-skinned, with the word "lidere," [sic] Spanish for leader, tattooed to her chest and a giant ink spot on her back." Sarah Anne Hughes of The Washington Post noted the product placement in the video, including a Dodge truck and BlackBerry phones. It was further nominated for Video of the Year at the Premio Lo Nuestro 2013. The music video for the song as of 2019 has garnered 528 million views and when translated into streaming sales equivalents, it generated an additional 77,000 single sales equivalents. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history See also List of Billboard number-one Latin songs of 2012 References 2012 singles Wisin & Yandel songs Jennifer Lopez songs Music videos directed by Jessy Terrero Songs written by Wisin Songs written by Yandel Songs written by Jennifer Lopez Songs written by Niclas Kings 2012 songs Machete Music singles Songs written by Jonas Saeed Macaronic songs
, is a former Japanese AV Idol, gravure idol and erotic dancer who has been described as a "real AV Queen", the "top Japanese AV idol of the mid-1990s" and the "biggest star" in AV in 1992. She has also appeared widely in mainstream films and videos and on TV. Life and career Rui Sakuragi was born on March 8, 1970. After having previously been a "gravure" (non-sex) model, she made her adult video (AV) debut for the VIP label in April 1989 under the name Masako Ichinose but took the name Rui Sakuragi the following year. She sometimes worked for other studios but VIP (and its successor Atlas21) was her main label for the next two years. Her work for them included a seven-man orgy in Golden Pavilion Temple 2 and cosplay in The Uniform Connection Special. Sakuragi announced that her April 1992 release for VIP, The Last of Rui Sakuragi would be her final work and left with a tearful farewell. According to a 1992 article, whereas an attractive leading lady in AV could command 1.5 to 2 million yen (about $10,000 to $15,000) for a video, "Sakuragi, the biggest star at present" made 3 million yen (more than $20,000) per project. Although Sakuragi had married just before her retirement, she became bored with her new lifestyle and started working as a stripper in clubs throughout Japan. Almost four years later, divorced, and in need of money, Sakuragi returned to AV with a contract with Atlas21 for three videos beginning with Phoenix Once Again in March 1996. After the third video, Super AV Idol Legend, fan response convinced her to do a fourth and final film, Good Bye Rui Sakuragi. Since her retirement, Atlas21, Kuki, and Alice Japan have all released compilations of her earlier videos. During her AV career and after her retirement, Sakuragi also worked extensively in mainstream movies and softcore pink film and V-Cinema productions. In February 1992 she appeared in Sakuragi Rui: Gushonure Kahanshin, directed by the noted pink film woman director Sachi Hamano. Another early movie was the March 1992 , a drama of romance and revenge set in the Parisian fashion industry where she co-starred with Kayo Matsuo. She also had a leading role in an episode of the long-running TV drama Kaseifu ha mita (家政婦は見た!) broadcast by TV-Asahi on December 4, 1997. Later, she was a regular on the NTV love story/suspense drama Tsumetai tsuki (冷たい月) which ran in 10 episodes from January to March 1998. In 2002, she had a voice role in the anime erotic-horror film Youjuu Kyoushitsu Chapter 2 (Demon Beast Invasion Chapter 2) with another former AV Idol, Riria Yoshikawa. Notes Sources 1970 births Japanese pornographic film actresses Japanese female adult models Pink film actors Living people
"Mad Woman" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, from her eighth studio album Folklore, which was released on July 24, 2020, through Republic Records. The song was written by Swift and its producer, Aaron Dessner. "Mad Woman" is a ballad that confronts gaslighting and the sexist taboo regarding women's anger. Inspired by Swift's masters dispute with American businessman Scooter Braun in 2019, "Mad Woman" incorporates satire and a witch hunt trope, depicting an old widow scorned by her town. Critics appreciated the song's restrained feminist message, which they contrasted to that of the humor in Swift's 2019 song "The Man" and the vengeful tone of "Look What You Made Me Do" (2017). "Mad Woman" peaked at number 47 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and in the top 40 of single charts in Australia, Canada, and Singapore. In April 2023, Swift performed "Mad Woman" for the first time as a "surprise song" with Dessner on her sixth headlining concert tour, the Eras Tour. Background and release Taylor Swift surprise-released her eighth studio album, Folklore, on July 24, 2020, through Republic Records. The album eschews the upbeat pop production of Swift's previous three releases and adapts indie folk and alternative styles, brought about by collaborations with Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. Dessner has sole production credits on ten tracks, including "Mad Woman". Like most tracks that Dessner produced for Folklore, "Mad Woman" was developed on "melodic and emotional" piano tunes. Swift described Dessner's piano and string sounds as "ominous", which prompted her to write and sing about "female rage"—a theme she thought would complement with the production. In the primer that preceded the album's release, Swift teased imageries of various tracks, with "Mad Woman" being about "a misfit widow getting gleeful revenge on the town that cast her out." In an interview with Entertainment Weekly in December 2020, Swift implied that the song was inspired by the events that followed her public 2019 dispute with talent manager Scooter Braun, who purchased the masters of her back catalog after she signed a new recording contract. Though Swift never explicitly name-checked Braun, in the documentary Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, she spoke to Dessner about "Mad Woman": "... I was thinking the most rage-provoking element of being a female is the gaslighting. There have been instances of this recently with someone who is very guilty of this in my life, and it's a person who tries to make me feel like I'm the offender by having any kind of defense. I feel like I have no right to respond, or I'm crazy, or I'm angry. How do I say why this feels so bad?" Composition and lyrics "Mad Woman" incorporates a prominent piano, which NME Hannah Mylrea found reminiscent of the National's 2019 album I Am Easy to Find. Lyrically, critics interpreted the song as Swift's critique of sexism, dealing with the social taboo regarding female anger. She addresses gender double standards through lines such as, "You poke that bear til the claws come out / And you find something to wrap your noose around." The lyric "And women like hunting witches too" evokes imagery of a witch hunt, such as those described in Swift's 2017 track "I Did Something Bad". Publications interpreted this part as Swift's response to the reactions from other women against her following the masters dispute. Entertainment Weekly commented that the song reflected the social perception of female anger: "if a woman is emotional or angry, she gets labeled as 'crazy' ", especially through the lyrics "And there's nothing like a mad woman / What a shame she went mad / No one likes a mad woman / You made her like that." The magazine also compared the message of "Mad Woman" to that of "The Man", Swift's previous single from her 2019 album Lover: "Both songs tackle the ways in which women are defined, but where 'The Man' is broad in its complaints, 'Mad Woman' is more specific. Where 'The Man' is cheeky, 'Mad Woman' is dark, cynical, and angry." Critical reception The song was met with critical acclaim from music critics. In the Dallas Observer, Alexandra Lang complimented Swift for singing about social issues in "Mad Woman", writing: "The contrast of the softer melody with the biting lyrics illustrates the fine line that women are expected to tread with their emotions. Swift may have grown up, but she’s showing her ability to use her music to criticize systemic social issues — not just an ex-boyfriend." Slant Magazine Eric Mason felt that "Mad Woman", while a good song message-wise, lacks the sophistication that other Folklore songs display. Some media publications drew parallels between the song's narrative to that of Daenerys Targaryen's character arc in Game of Thrones, in which Targaryen is a powerful female character who goes "crazy" for the throne and has another female character as her greatest enemy. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone said that "Mad Woman" sharpens the feminist rage of "The Man" (2019). The Sydney Morning Herald critic Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen opined that "Mad Woman" depicts the "feeling of expectations falling away" with Swift dropping the first-ever F-bomb "in her decade-plus career", which she interpreted as, despite the soft texture of Folklore, Swift is "developing her own steel". Maura Johnston of Entertainment Weekly termed the song is an "extra hell-borne dread" with Swift's swirling vocals and an anchoring piano. According to The Independent critic Roisin O'Connor, "Mad Woman" continues Swift's "vengeful streak", but unlike "Look What You Made Me Do" (2017), her anger "now doesn't sound so brittle", comparing the character to a witch from William Shakespeare's Macbeth. New Statesman critic Anna Leszkiewicz defined "Mad Woman" as an "a melancholic ballad juxtaposed with lyrics that brim with ire", acknowledging the "sublimated rage of women who swallow their anger to avoid appearing 'mad' in both senses." Credits and personnel Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Taylor Swift – vocals, songwriting Aaron Dessner – songwriting, production, recording, drum programming, percussion, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, synthesizer Bryce Dessner – orchestration Serban Ghenea – mixing John Hanes – engineering Clarice Jensen – cello, cello recording Jonatham Low – recording James McAlister – beat programming, synthesizers, hand percussion, drums, recording Randy Merrill – mastering Yuki Numata Resnick – viola, violin Kyle Resnick – viola recording, violin recording Charts Weekly charts Year-end chart References 2020 songs Taylor Swift songs Songs written by Taylor Swift Songs written by Aaron Dessner Song recordings produced by Aaron Dessner Songs with feminist themes
Donald Hunt is an American sportswriter for the Philadelphia Tribune. He became the first African-American sportswriter to enter the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame. Career After graduating from Lincoln University, Hunt began his journalism career in the 1980s where he wrote for the News of Delaware County. He was eventually recruited by Herm Rogul to join the Philadelphia Tribune in 1983. In 2008, Hunt led a campaign to earn Wilt Chamberlain his own commemorative U.S. postage stamp. As part of his campaign, Hunt dedicated a section in the Tribune for Chamberlain and started a petition. A few years later, Hunt was named the 2011 “Journalist of the Year” by the National Association of Black Journalists in honor of his sportswriting career. In 2016, Hunt was inducted into the Philadelphia Black Basketball Hall of Fame for his contributions to the game of basketball in Philadelphia. The following year he became the first African-American sportswriter to enter the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame. Personal life Hunt and his wife Patricia have a daughter together who was named a Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleader in 2019. References Living people Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) alumni Male non-fiction writers Writers from Pennsylvania Sportswriters from Pennsylvania Year of birth missing (living people)
Octavian Alexandru Popescu (born 5 November 1985) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, mainly for CS Mioveni and FC Argeș Pitești. First match Liga I was played for CS Mioveni, against ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș. External links 1985 births Living people Footballers from Pitești Romanian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Liga I players Liga II players LPS HD Clinceni players CS Mioveni players FC Argeș Pitești players
Alfsen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Edin Cornelius Alfsen (1896–1966), Norwegian-American Lutheran missionary Ellen Alfsen (born 1965), Norwegian politician Erik Alfsen (1930–2019), Norwegian mathematician Martin Alfsen (born 1959), Norwegian musician
Algutsboda is a community in Kalmar County, Sweden. Author Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973) was born and grew up in Algutsboda, which is in the region called Småland. Sister cities Chisago City - Minnesota, USA Populated places in Kalmar County
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Charnock Richard is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. The parish contains 12 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Apart from the village of Charnock Richard, the parish is rural. Most of the listed buildings are, or originated as, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings consist of a church, a bridge, a school and schoolmaster's house, and almshouses with associated buildings. Key Buildings References Citations Sources Lists of listed buildings in Lancashire Buildings and structures in the Borough of Chorley
The Robert P. Lamont House is a historic house at 810 S. Ridge Road in Lake Forest, Illinois. The house was built in 1924–25 for Robert P. Lamont, the president of American Steel Foundries; Lamont later became the United States secretary of commerce under Herbert Hoover. Prominent Chicago architect Howard Van Doren Shaw designed the Tudor Revival style country house, which was one of the many homes he designed for Lake Forest's wealthy residents in the early twentieth century. While Tudor Revival was one of the many revival styles popular for country houses at the time, the style is unusual among Shaw's work in Lake Forest. The house's design features a long front facade with a brick exterior, oriel and casement windows, wood and stone details, a complex roof structure with gabled and hipped sections, and multiple stone chimneys. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1993. References National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Illinois Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Tudor Revival architecture in Illinois Houses completed in 1925 Lake Forest, Illinois
Maître Péronilla is an opéra bouffe in three acts of 1878 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by the composer with Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Paul Ferrier. The sub-title was La femme à deux maris; the working title during the preparation of the libretto and composition had been Frimouskino, which Offenbach had drafted in the late 1860s. Composed in Nice, Offenbach asked Nuitter and Ferrier to help him with the song lyrics as his regular collaborators, Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy had distanced themselves in order to concentrate on other projects, including work with Charles Lecocq. Premiered at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, the piece was taken off after less than two months, and Le timbale d’argent returned to the Bouffes. Reflecting on his many previous successes, when the opera failed to run more than 50 performances, Offenbach wrote to Ludovic Halévy that ‘Offenbach’ was not to be found on the billboards for the 1878 Exhibition. The work is one of several by Offenbach with Spanish connections: Pépito, La Duchesse d’Albe and Les bavards. The malagueña was inserted as an additional song for Fiorella in the Christmas Day revival of Les brigands at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in 1878. Two lawsuits concerning the subject of the opera were brought - against Offenbach and after his death against the theatre manager Charles Comte - alleging that the subject matter had been plagiarized from a stage work by Oswald and Lévy. Roles Synopsis Act 1 The gardens of Péronilla The daughter of Péronilla, the leading chocolate maker in Madrid, the young and beautiful Manoëla, is to be married to old Don Guardona, to the displeasure of Ripardos, a soldier, and Frimouskino, a notary’s clerk. Léona, the sister of Péronilla, has arranged the wedding in order to thwart the attentions of the handsome music master Alvarès. He, having been dismissed by Léona, returns to Péronilla’s house. The marriage contract has already been signed, but Ripardos and Frimouskino in the dim light of the chapel manage to get Alvarès, not Don Guardona into religious union with Manoëla – thus giving her two husbands. Act 2 In the palace of the Marquis Don Henrique de Rio Grande A group of servants sing of the futility of thwarting true young love. The newly-weds – or rather Manoëla and Alvarès – sit down to dine, joined next by all the wedding guests, including the other husband. Alvarès sings a malagueña. It is agreed to leave explanations to the next day, especially as Péronilla is ashamed of the business and cannot decide between the two new sons-in-law. All retire to bed. Manoëla and Alvarès, with the complicity of Ripardos and Frimouskino (and Péronilla turning a blind eye) are allowed to flee the house but are caught by the alguazils and Manoëla is forced to reside in a convent until the matter has been properly settled. Act 3 In court, a crowd has gathered to watch the case. Witnesses are summoned in turn, and Péronilla resumes his old profession of lawyer and defends the suit of Alvarès. When the judge Brid’oison demands to see the marriage contract it emerges that the name Léona appears instead of Manoëla (a ruse of Frimouskino). The older woman is not unhappy at the prospect of wedding Don Guardona, so Alvarès becomes the only husband of Manoëla. Recording Issued 2020. With Véronique Gens, Éric Huchet, Loïc Félix, others, Choeur de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, cond. Markus Poschner. CD: Bru Zane Cat:BZ1039 References Operas by Jacques Offenbach French-language operas Operas 1878 operas Operas set in Spain
Anamaria Nesteriuc (born 29 November 1993) is a Romanian athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. Born in Cluj-Napoca, she represented her country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships without reaching the semifinals. Her personal bests are 13.19 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (+1.5 m/s, Novi Pazar 2017) and 8.17 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Istanbul 2018). International competitions References 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Cluj-Napoca Romanian female hurdlers Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy alumni Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Romania Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade European Games competitors for Romania Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games 21st-century Romanian women 21st-century Romanian people Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
Neutering, from the Latin neuter ('of neither sex'), is the removal of a non-human animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part. The male-specific term is castration, while spaying is usually reserved for female animals. Colloquially, both terms are often referred to as fixing. In male horses, castrating is referred to as gelding. An animal that has not been neutered is sometimes referred to as entire or intact. Neutering is the most common method for animal sterilization. Humane societies, animal shelters, and rescue groups urge pet owners to have their pets neutered to prevent the births of unwanted litters, which contribute to the overpopulation of unwanted animals in the rescue system. Many countries require that all adopted cats and dogs be sterilized before going to their new homes. Methods of sterilization Females (spaying) Spaying is the surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus in female animals. It is commonly performed as a method of birth control and behavior modification. In non-human animals, the technical term is an ovo-hysterectomy or ovariohysterectomy; while in humans, this is called a hystero-oophorectomy. One form of spaying is to remove only the ovaries (oophorectomy or ovariectomy), which is mainly done in cats and young dogs. Another, less commonly performed method is an "ovary-sparing spay" in which the uterus is removed but one (or both) ovaries are left. A complete ovariohysterectomy may involve removal of the ovaries, uterus, oviducts, and uterine horns. The surgery can be performed using a traditional open approach or by laparoscopic "keyhole" surgery. Open surgery is more widely available, as laparoscopic surgical equipment costs are expensive. Traditional open surgery is usually performed through a ventral midline incision below the umbilicus. The incision size varies depending upon the surgeon and the size of the animal. The uterine horns are identified and the ovaries are found by following the horns to their ends. There is a ligament that attaches the ovaries to the body wall, which may need to be broken down so the ovaries can be identified. The ovarian arteries are then ligated with resorbable suture material and then the arteries transected. The uterine body (which is very short in litter-bearing species) and related arteries are also tied off just in front of the cervix (leaving the cervix as a natural barrier). The entire uterus and ovaries are then removed. The abdomen is checked for bleeding and then closed with a three-layer closure. The linea alba and then the subcutaneous layer are closed with resorbable suture material. The skin is then stapled, sutured, or glued closed. For suturing the feline linea alba, the most appropriate suture bite and stitch interval size was suggested to be 5 mm. Laparoscopic surgery is performed using a camera and instruments placed through small incisions (ports) in the body wall. The patient is under anaesthesia and lying on the back. The incisions are between and the number varies according to the equipment and technique used. The surgeon watches on a screen during the operation. The first port is made just behind the umbilicus and the camera is inserted. The abdomen is inflated with carbon dioxide gas to create a space in which to operate. A second port is introduced a few centimeters in front of the navel and a long grasping instrument called a Babcock forceps is inserted. The surgeon finds the ovary with the instrument and uses it to suspend the ovary from a needle placed through the abdominal wall. This lifts the ovary and uterus safely away from other organs. The surgeon then removes the grasping instrument and replaces it with an instrument that cauterizes and cuts tissue. This instrument uses electricity to heat the blood vessels to seal them and to cut them. No sutures are placed inside. The ovary is separated from the uterus and round ligament. The cautery instrument is removed and replaced by the grasping instrument, which is used to pull the ovary out through the small abdominal incision (port). This is repeated on the other side and the small holes are closed with a few sutures. Another method uses ligatures and even the uterus is removed. In female dogs only removing the ovaries and not the uterus is not state of the art because this way the risk of pyometra persists. The benefits of laparoscopic surgery are less pain, faster recovery, and smaller wounds to heal. A study has shown that patients are 70% more active in the first three days post-surgery compared to open surgery. The reason open surgery is more painful is that larger incisions are required, and the ovary needs to be pulled out of the body, which stretches and tears tissue in the abdomen (it is not uncommon for patients to react under anaesthesia by breathing faster at this point). Spaying in female dogs removes the production of progesterone, which is a natural calming hormone and a serotonin uplifter. Spaying may therefore escalate any observable aggressive behaviour, either to humans or other dogs. The risk of infections, bleeding, ruptures, inflammation and reactions to the drugs given to the animal as part of the procedure are all possibilities that should be considered. Males (castration) In male animals, castration involves the removal of the testes (testicles), and is commonly practiced on both household pets (for birth control and behaviour modification) and on livestock (for birth control, as well as to improve commercial value). Often the term neuter[ing] is used to specifically mean castration, e.g. in phrases like "spay and neuter". Surgical alternatives (vasectomy, tubal ligation, "gomerization") Vasectomy: In a more delicate procedure than castration, the vasa deferentia – ducts that run from the testes to the penis – are cut then tied or sealed, to prevent sperm from entering into the urethra. Failure rates are insignificantly small. Breeders routinely have this procedure carried out on male ferrets and sheep to manipulate the estrus cycles of in-contact females. It is uncommon in other animal species. Because a vasectomy is usually a more expensive procedure, among pet-keepers it is more often performed on show animals, to cosmetically preserve their appearance (though depending upon the fancier organization, the procedure may invalidate the animal's candidacy for certain awards, or relegate it to a non-pedigree, generic "household pet" competition division, just as with full castration). Tubal ligation: Snipping and tying of fallopian tubes as a sterilization measure can be performed on female cats, dogs, and other species; it is essentially the female equivalent of vasectomy, but a more invasive procedure. Risk of unwanted pregnancies is insignificantly small. Only a few veterinarians perform the procedure. Like other forms of neutering, vasectomy and tubal ligation eliminate the ability to produce offspring. They differ from neutering in that they leave the animal's levels and patterns of sex hormone unchanged. Both sexes will retain their normal reproductive behavior, and other than birth control, none of the advantages and disadvantages listed above apply. This method is favored by some people who seek minimal infringement on the natural state of companion animals to achieve the desired reduction of unwanted births of cats and dogs. "" is breeders' informal term for surgical techniques by which male livestock, such as bulls, retain their full libido (and related effects like sex pheromones that would be lost through castration), but are rendered incapable of copulation. This is done to stimulate and identify estrous females without the risk of transmitting venereal diseases or causing a pregnancy by a male other than the one intended for selective breeding. Animals altered for this purpose are referred to as teasers (teaser bulls, etc.), or gomers. Several methods are used. Penile translocation surgically alters the penis to point far enough away from its normal direction that it cannot manage vaginal penetration. Penile fixation permanently attaches the penis to the abdomen so that it cannot be lowered for penetration. Penectomy is the partial or complete removal of the penis. Nonsurgical alternatives Injectable Male dogs – Two intratesticular injectable formulations are known to sterilize male dogs. Zeuterin was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for permanent sterilization of male dogs ages three months and older by causing necrosis of the testicle. It is not currently available commercially. Calcium chloride dissolved in a variety of diluents have also been studied, with the majority of research and most promising results using calcium chloride dissolved in ethyl alcohol. Calcium chloride formulations can be purchased for use in animals from compounding pharmacies, but the use of calcium chloride for sterilization of males is not approved by the FDA or any other international regulatory agency. Male cats – Calcium chloride formulations have also been studied in male cats. Male rats – Adjudin (analogue of indazole-carboxylic acid), induces reversible germ cell loss from the seminiferous epithelium by disrupting cell adhesion function between nurse cells and immature sperm cells, preventing maturation. Male mice – injection of a solution of the JQ1 molecule to bind to a pocket of BRDT necessary for chromatin remodeling, which gives the proteins that regulate how genes act access to the genetic material Male sheep and pigs – Wireless Microvalve. A proposed non-chemical, reversible sterilization method using a piezoelectric polymer that will deform when exposed to a specific electric field broadcast from an emitter. The valve will then open or close, preventing the passage of sperm, but not seminal fluid. Located in a section of the vas deferens that occurs just after the epididymis, the implantation can be carried out by use of a hypodermic needle. Female mammals – Vaccine of antigens (derived from purified porcine zona pellucida) encapsulated in liposomes (cholesterol and lecithin) with an adjuvant, latest US patent RE37,224 (as of 2006-06-06), CA patent 2137263 (issued 1999-06-15). Product commercially known as SpayVac, a single injection causes a treated female mammal to produce antibodies that bind to ZP3 on the surface of her ovum, blocking sperm from fertilizing it for periods from 22 months up to 7 years (depending on the animal). This will not prevent the animal from going into heat (ovulating) and other than birth control, none of the above-mentioned advantages or disadvantages apply. Other Male mice – reversible regulation of the KATNAL1 gene in the Sertoli cell microtubule dynamics of the testes. Female mammals – orally administered phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitor ORG 9935 daily before and during ovulation, which blocks the resumption of meiosis resulting in ovulation of a non-fertilizable, immature oocyte without rupturing the follicle. Early-age neutering Early-age neutering, also known as pediatric spaying or prepubertal gonadectomy, is the removal of the ovaries or testes before the onset of puberty. It is used mainly in animal sheltering and rescue where puppies and kittens can be neutered before being adopted out, eliminating non-compliance with sterilization agreement, which is typically above 40%. The American Veterinary Medical Association, American Animal Hospital Association and the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association support the procedure for population control, provided that the veterinarian uses their best knowledge when making the decision about the age at neutering. A task force recommends that cats are spayed–neutered prior to 5 months of age. While the age-unrelated risks and benefits cited above also apply to early-age neutering, various studies have indicated that the procedure is safe and not associated with increased mortality or serious health and behavioral problems when compared to conventional age neutering. Anesthesia recovery in young animals is usually more rapid and there are fewer complications. One study found that in female dogs there is an increasing risk of urinary incontinence the earlier the procedure is carried out; the study recommended that female dogs be spayed no earlier than 3 to 4 months of age. A later study comparing female dogs spayed between 4 and 6 months and after 6 months showed no increased risk. One study showed the incidence of hip dysplasia increased to 6.7% for dogs neutered before 5.5 months compared to 4.7% for dogs neutered after 5.5 months, although the cases associated with early age neutering seems to be of a less severe form. There was no association between age of neutering and arthritis or long-bone fractures. Another study showed no correlation between age of neutering and musculoskeletal problems. A study of large breed dogs with cranial cruciate ligament rupture associated early-age neutering with the development of an excessive tibial plateau angle. Of particular note are two recent studies from Lynette Hart's lab at UC Davis. The first study from 2013, published in a well-known interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal demonstrated "no cases of CCL (cruciate ligament tear) diagnosed in intact males or females, but in early-neutered males and females the occurrences were 5 percent and 8 percent, respectively. Almost 10 percent of early-neutered males were diagnosed with LSA (lymphosarcoma), 3 times more than intact males. The percentage of HSA (hemangiosarcoma) cases in late-neutered females (about 8 percent) was 4 times more than intact and early-neutered females. There were no cases of MCT (mast cell tumor) in intact females, but the occurrence was nearly 6 percent in late-neutered females". The second study from 2014 highlighted significant difference in closely related breeds (retrievers), suggesting that inter-breed variability is quite high and that sweeping legal measures and surgical mandates are not the best solutions to canine welfare and health. Specifically the study states: "In Labrador Retrievers, where about 5 percent of gonadally intact males and females had one or more joint disorders, neutering at 6 months doubled the incidence of one or more joint disorders in both sexes. In male and female Golden Retrievers, with the same 5 percent rate of joint disorders in intact dogs, neutering at 6 months increased the incidence of a joint disorder to 4–5 times that of intact dogs. The incidence of one or more cancers in female Labrador Retrievers increased slightly above the 3 percent level of intact females with neutering. In contrast, in female Golden Retrievers, with the same 3 percent rate of one or more cancers in intact females, neutering at all periods through 8 years of age increased the rate of at least one of the cancers by 3–4 times. In male Golden and Labrador Retrievers neutering had relatively minor effects in increasing the occurrence of cancers." In terms of behavior in dogs, separation anxiety, aggression, escape behavior and inappropriate elimination are reduced while noise phobia and sexual behavior was increased. In males with aggression issues, earlier neutering may increase barking. In cats, asthma, gingivitis, and hyperactivity were decreased, while shyness was increased. In male cats, occurrence of abscesses, aggression toward veterinarians, sexual behaviors, and urine spraying was decreased, while hiding was increased. Health and behavioral effects Advantages Besides being a birth control method, and being convenient to many owners, castrating/spaying has the following health benefits: Sexually dimorphic behaviors such as mounting and urine spraying are reduced due to the decrease in hormone levels brought about by neutering. In species other than dogs, certain forms of male aggression are also reduced. Sexual behavior in cats seems to make them especially undesirable to pet owners. Early spaying significantly reduces the risk of development of mammary tumours in female dogs. The incidence of mammary tumours in un-spayed female dogs is 71% (of which approximately 50% will be malignant and 50% will be benign), but if a dog is spayed before its first heat cycle, the risk of developing a mammary tumour is reduced to 0.35%—a 99.5% reduction. The positive effects of spaying on reduction of later mammary tumours decreases with each heat the dog has (backing up the contention that the greatest benefit to reduce future mammary tumour development is to spay before the first heat), and there is no added benefit to spaying to reduce recurrence of a mammary tumour once it has been diagnosed. Neutering increases life expectancy in cats: one study found castrated male cats live twice as long as intact males, while spayed female cats live 62% longer than intact females. Non-neutered cats in the U.S. are three times more likely to require treatment for an animal bite. Having a cat neutered confers health benefits, because castrated males cannot develop testicular cancer, spayed females cannot develop uterine, cervical or ovarian cancer, and both have a reduced risk of mammary cancer. Without the ability to reproduce, a female necessarily has zero risk of pregnancy complications, such as spotting and false pregnancy, the latter of which can occur in more than 50% of unspayed female dogs. Pyometra, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, and testicular cancer are prevented, as the susceptible organs are removed, though stump pyometra may still occur in spayed females. Pyometra (or a pus filled womb) ('Pyo' = pus; 'metra' = uterus or womb) is a life-threatening condition that requires emergency veterinary treatment. The risk of a non-spayed female dog developing pyometra by age 10 is 25% across all breeds, but can be as high as 54% in some breeds. The treatment of choice for a closed-pyometra (where the cervix is closed and the pus cannot drain) is admission to hospital, commencement on intravenous fluids and appropriate antibiotics and, once stable enough for the anaesthetic and surgery, emergency removal of the infected pus-filled uterus. Medical management can be attempted if the animal's condition allows (for example in the case of an 'open' pyometra where the pus drains per-vaginum from the uterus via the open cervix) or dictates (where the animal is too old or otherwise unwell to withstand surgery), if the owner wishes to keep the dog entire to breed or if the owner is unable to afford the veterinary fees associated with surgery. Emergency removal of the infected uterus carries a much higher degree of risk of death than a routine 'spay' operation. The risk of death from in dogs undergoing surgical treatment for pyometra is up to 17%. Thus the risk of death in entire female dogs from a pyometra, even if given correct veterinary attention can be up to 9% by 10 years of age (17% of 54%). This risk is reduced to virtually zero if spayed. Disadvantages As with any surgical procedure, immediate complications of neutering include the usual anesthetic and surgical complications, such as bleeding, infection, and death. These risks are relatively low in routine neutering; however, they may be increased for some animals due to other pre-existing health factors. In one study the risk of anesthetic-related death (not limited to neutering procedures) was estimated at 0.05% for healthy dogs and 0.11% for healthy cats. The risks for sick animals were 1.33% for dogs and 1.40% for cats. Spaying and castrating cats and dogs may increase the risk of obesity if nutritional intake is not reduced to reflect the lower metabolic requirements of neutered animals. In cats, a decrease in sex hormone levels seems to be associated with an increase in food intake. In dogs, the effects of neutering as a risk factor for obesity vary among breeds. Neutered dogs of both sexes are at a twofold excess risk to develop osteosarcoma (bone cancer) as compared to intact dogs. The risk of osteosarcoma increases with increasing breed size and especially height. Studies of cardiac tumors in dogs showed that there was a 5 times greater risk of hemangiosarcoma (cancer of blood vessel lining), one of the three most common cancers in dogs, in spayed females than intact females and a 2.4 times greater risk of hemangiosarcoma in castrated dogs as compared to intact males. Spaying and castrating is associated with an increase in urinary tract cancers in dogs, however the risk is still less than 1%. Neutered dogs of both sexes have a 27% to 38% increased risk of adverse reactions to vaccinations. However, the incidence of adverse reactions for neutered and intact dogs combined is only 0.32%. Neutered dogs have been known to develop hormone-responsive alopecia (hair loss). A 2004 study found that neutered dogs had a higher incidence of cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) rupture, a form of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. A study of golden retrievers found that castrated males were 3 times more likely than intact males to be diagnosed with lymphoma and 2 times more likely to have hip dysplasia. Castration and spaying can increase the risk of geriatric cognitive impairment. About 2% of castrated male dogs eventually develop prostate cancer, compared to less than 0.6% of intact males. The evidence is most conclusive for Bouviers. In a study of 29 intact male dogs and 47 castrated males aged 11–14, the neutered males were significantly more likely to progress from one geriatric cognitive impairment condition (out of the four conditions – disorientation in the house or outdoors, changes in social interactions with human family members, loss of house training, and changes in the sleep-wake cycle) to two or more conditions. Testosterone in intact males is thought to slow the progression of cognitive impairment, at least in dogs that already have mild impairment. As compared to intact males, castrated cats are at an increased risk for certain problems associated with feline lower urinary tract disease. They are much more likely to suffer from feline cystitis which can escalate into a life-threatening urethral blockage. Neutering has been associated with an increased likelihood of urethral sphincter incontinence in male dogs. There is evidence that spaying can increase the risk of urinary incontinence in dogs, especially when done before the age of three months. Up until 12 months of age, the risk decreases as the age at spaying increases. Urinary incontinence can affect up to one out of five spayed female dogs, and develops an average of 2.9 years after the dog has been spayed. Spayed female dogs are at an increased risk of hypothyroidism. Current research Various studies of the effects neutering has overall on male and female dog aggression have been unable to arrive at a consensus. A possible reason for this according to two studies is changes to other factors have more of an effect than neutering. One study reported results of aggression towards familiar and strange people and other dogs reduced between 10 and 60 percent of cases, while other studies reported increases in possessive aggression and aggression towards familiar and strange people, and more studies reported there was no significant difference in aggression risk between neutered and non-neutered males. For females with existing aggression, many studies reported increases in aggressive behavior and some found increased separation anxiety behavior. A report from the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation reported significantly more behavioral problems in castrated dogs. The most commonly observed behavioral problem in spayed females was fearful behavior and the most common problem in males was aggression. Early age gonadectomy is associated with an increased incidence of noise phobias and . Terminology for neutered animals A specialized vocabulary is used in animal husbandry and animal fancy for neutered (castrated) animals: Religious views Islam There are differing views in Islam with regard to neutering animals, with some Islamic associations stating that when done to maintain the health and welfare of both the animals and the community, neutering is allowed on the basis of being in the interest of 'maslaha' (general good) or "choosing the lesser of two evils". Judaism Orthodox Judaism forbids the castration of both humans and non-human animals by Jews, except in lifesaving situations. In 2007, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Shlomo Amar issued a ruling stating that it is permissible to have companion animals neutered on the basis of the Jewish mandate to prevent cruelty to animals. See also Animal population control Animal shelter Cruelty to animals Hysterectomy Oophorectomy Overpopulation in companion animals Wildlife contraceptive World Spay Day References External links DVM Article on health effects of spay/neuter: Long-Term Health Risks and Benefits Associated with Spay / Neuter in Dogs Determining the optimal age for gonadectomy of dogs and cats, AVMA (pdf) Canine Spay Photos and Description Castration Veterinary castration Dog health Surgical removal procedures Cat health Animal welfare
Thomas Ivory (1709–1779) was an English builder and architect, active in Norwich. Life Ivory was born in 1709. His early years and education remain obscure. His earliest recorded large commission was in his capacity as a builder and timber merchant at Thrigby Hall in 1735. He bought the freedom of Norwich in 1745 and was appointed carpenter the Great Hospital in the city in 1751. In May 1750 he had put his house in the parish of St Martin-at-Oak for sale. He then leased a piece of land on the west forecourt of the Great Hospital on which he built a substantial residence for himself, into which he moved in 1756. It is now known as St Helen's House. He went on to build the Assembly House (1754), the neighbouring theatre (1757, since destroyed), the Methodist meeting-house in Bishopsgate Street (1752–3), the Octagon Chapel in Colegate (1754–6) and the artillery barracks (1771). He was also responsible for various houses in the city. Between 1767 and 1779, along with two members of his family, his son William and his nephew John Ivory, he built a new range at Blickling Hall, closing in the open courtyard in a style sympathetic to the existing Jacobean house. In addition to work as a builder and architect, Ivory carried on an extensive trade importing timber, with his own yard in Bishopsgate. He also operated the Norwich Theatre, and is recorded as having obtained a licence for his company of actors, the Norwich Company of Comedians, to perform in Norwich in 1768. Ivory died at Norwich on 28 August 1779 and was buried in Norwich Cathedral, where he is commemorated by a wall monument made by his nephew John Ivory. In his will he is described as ‘builder and timber merchant. Family Ivory married Hannah Lacey (who died in 1787) on 22 December 1735. They had two sons: William, who assisted his father as an architect, and died in King Edward VI Almshouses, Saffron Walden, on 11 December 1837, aged 90, and Thomas, who emigrated to India, where he worked in the revenue office at Fort William. They also had a daughter, Sarah. Works His own house at the Great Hospital, Norwich (1752), now known as St Helen's House. Norwich Theatre (1757). Destroyed. Methodist meeting-house in Bishopsgate Street, Norwich (1752–3), later known as the "Tabernacle". Demolished 1953. Assembly House, Norwich (1754). There is evidence that the interiors of the Assembly House were by the Cambridge academic James Burrough. Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich (1754–6). Houses at 29-35 Surrey Street (1761-2) and 25-27 Surrey Street (c1771). The later pair of houses have been demolished. Artillery barracks, Norwich (1771). Now known as Ivory House . Additions to Blickling Hall, Norfolk (1767–79). St Catherine's House, All Saints Green, Norwich, possibly completed by his son, William Ivory. References Sources Attribution 1709 births 1779 deaths 18th-century English architects Architects from Norwich
Scroggie Creek is a tributary of the Stewart River in Yukon, Canada. Every February, it forms part of the trail for the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest sled dog race. The creek has some placer gold deposits being actively mined. See also List of rivers of Yukon References Rivers of Yukon
The Hale Solar Laboratory is a historic astronomical observatory in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, United States. Built in 1923, it was the laboratory of astronomer George Ellery Hale (1868-1938), a pioneering figure in the development of the discipline of astrophysics in the United States. The building, a distinctive blend of Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989. Description The Hale Solar Laboratory is located in a residential area on private property south of the campus of the California Institute of Technology, on the east side of Holladay Road between Lombardy and Orlando Roads. It is set well back from the street, down a narrow tree-lined lane. It is a roughly T-shaped concrete structure, with a tile roof. The stem of the T consists of the telescope tower and Hale's library/office and living area, while the top portion of the T historically housed electrical and ventilation equipment. The main entrance is at the base of the tower, set in an arch above which is an incised bas-relief tribute to Akhenaten, the Egyptian pharaoh who worshipped the sun god Aten. History The observatory was designed by Reginald Davis Johnson (1882 - 1952), Gordon Kaufmann (1888–1949), and Roland Coate (1890-1958) and was completed in 1923. The site's landscape master plan and gardens were designed by Beatrix Farrand. After retiring as director at the Mount Wilson Observatory, George Ellery Hale built the Hale Solar Laboratory as his office and workshop, pursuing his interest in the sun. The observatory was where Hale refined the spectrohelioscope, making it possible to perform detailed observations of the surface of the Sun. Hale's other wide-ranging contributions to the sciences include the founding of the International Astronomical Union, the Astrophysical Journal, and instrumental contributions to the founding of the California Institute of Technology. Landmark The Hale Solar Laboratory was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989. See also History of Pasadena, California List of National Historic Landmarks in California National Register of Historic Places listings in Pasadena, California References External links National Park Service summary: Hale Solar Laboratory Palomar Skies: "A Visit to the Hale Solar Laboratory" - (2009 article) Solar telescopes Astronomical observatories in California Buildings and structures in Pasadena, California History of Los Angeles County, California Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pasadena, California National Historic Landmarks in California Mission Revival architecture in California Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in California
The Batang Ai Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam in Batang Ai National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia. The power station comprises four turbines, totalling the installed capacity to . The station is operated by Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation. Preparations for the dam began as early as 1975, before the design was published in 1977. Construction started in 1982 with the river diversion work and the last turbine completed in 1985. The Batang Ai project, a relatively modest dam financed by the Asian Development Bank, caused the displacement of approximately 3,000 people from 26 longhouses. These people have since been accommodated in the Batang Ai Resettlement Scheme to cultivate cocoa and rubber but the programme has not been successful. See also List of power stations in Malaysia National Grid, Malaysia References Notes . Page 14 Table 2-1 Batang Ai Dam. Kaur, Amarhit. "A History of Forestry in Sarawak." Modern Asian Studies 32.1 (1998): 117–47. External links Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation Hydroelectric power stations in Malaysia Dams in Sarawak Concrete-face rock-fill dams Dams completed in 1985
Almost Cured of Sadness is a 2003 album by British singer-songwriter Stephen Jones. Track listing References External links Almost Cured of Sadness official download page on Bandcamp. 2003 albums Sanctuary Records albums
The Aboitiz Football Cup is an annual football tournament held in the Philippines. The tournament consists of 10 categories, from players eight up to the men's open. It was originally established in Cebu and it served as the province's most prestigious football tournament until its move to Lipa, Batangas in 2019. It serves as the Cebu F.A.'s selection process for the Philippine Football Federation (PFF), which organizes national competitions. History The Aboitiz Football Cup was established in Cebu. The second edition of the competition in 1997 only featured a men's division which saw the participation of alumni and club teams such as M. Lhuillier. The women's open and youth divisions were later added to the competition. Later, additional youth divisions for both boys and girls were added to the Aboitiz Football Cup program. The competition underwent a rebrand for the 19th edition in 2017. Plans to make the scope of the tournament nationwide in the 20th edition in 2018 has been announced. In the 2018 edition, the first tournament was held in Luzon at the Aboitiz Pitch in Lipa, Batangas. The Luzon tournament was simultaneously held with the Visayas tournament in Cebu. By 2019, the tournament has moved to Lipa. The 21st edition which started in August 2019, was disrupted and postponed indefinitely due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2022, it was decided that the leading teams in their respective age-group division tournaments to be awarded as champions. The succeeding edition is set to start in November 2022. Venues Four venues are used for football matches of the Aboitiz Football Cup as of the 19th edition (2017). Cebu City Sports Center Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu Don Bosco Technical College PAREF Springdale Since 2018, the tournament has used the Aboitiz Pitch in Lipa, Batangas. References https://web.archive.org/web/20100106113320/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/aboitiz-football-cup-kicks-today External links Official Website Football cup competitions in the Philippines Sports in Cebu
The John Minor Crawford House, also known as Building 301, is an historic American home that is located in Monongahela Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. History and architectural features Built circa 1878, this historic structure is a -story, four-bay, brick Italianate-style dwelling, and has a shallow pitched roof and tall, narrow windows. It was converted to a health center during the 1970s and was used as such until 1988. The house was possibly built as part of the "New Geneva Glass Works Lot." It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1878 Houses in Greene County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Pennsylvania
Plopsaland De Panne is a theme park located in Adinkerke, Belgium - part of the municipality De Panne - owned and operated by Plopsa. The park reopened on 20 April 2000, before that the park was known as Meli Park from 1935 until 1999. History Meli Park In 1935, Alberic-Joseph Florizoone opened Meli Park, a place where he could sell his own produced honey, but also teach the visitors about the process and the bee itself. Over the years - to keep up with competition - the park opened several attractions, turning it into a theme park. Plopsaland The family Florizoone sold the park in 1999 to Studio 100 and VMMa. The park received a make-over during the following winter season, to reopen as Plopsaland on 20 April 2000. During the renovation several characters from Studio 100 were used - such as Samson en Gert and Kabouter Plop - to theme new and old attractions. The new park had some issues at the reopening with parking capacity and catering, these issues were fixed in the following years. Studio 100/Plopsa bought out the shares of VVMa in 2005 and became sole owner of the park, with plans to turn it into a multi-day, all-weather resort. In that same year, Plopsa opened Plopsa Indoor Hasselt and bought Telecoo, to avoid confusion with the other parks Plopsaland was renamed to Plopsaland De Panne. Besides expanding the site into a resort, Plopsa also kept expanding the theme park with Anubis the Ride (2009), Vic the Vicking-land (2013), Heidi the Ride (2017) and The Ride to Happiness (2021) in order to appeal to a wider demographic and become a destination not just for families with younger children. Attractions The park consists of 52 attractions, including 6 rollercoasters. Rollercoasters Other attractions Mayaland Indoor Mayaland indoor is an indoor theme park that during the winterseason can be visited separately when the rest of the park is closed. De Panne resort The theme park is part of the larger Plopsa resort that consist of an indoor theme park (2011), the Proximus Theater (2013), Plopsaqua De Panne (2015), a hotel (2021) and a camping (2021/2022). The resort also houses the headquarters of the Plopsa-group. Visitor numbers Below is an overview of the development of Plopsaland visitor numbers, as stated in the annual report. Future In 2022, Plopsaland will open Circus Bumba, an indoor hall that will house a dark ride, theater and several carnival type attractions. Trivia The name Plopsaland is an aggregation of the first two Studio 100 characters Plop and Samson. Another name that the new owners thought of was Pannadine after the town De Panne, this name was abandoned after the new owners discovered it was a medical creme. From 2000 until 2012 the park - and the other parks of the group - had Koning Plopsa as icon. In recent years the character was taken out of the logo's, parkshows and as a walk-around character. At various places around the resort the icon can still be found. References External links Plopsaland Official Website Amusement parks in Belgium 2000 establishments in Belgium Buildings and structures in West Flanders Tourist attractions in West Flanders De Panne Amusement parks opened in 2000 21st-century architecture in Belgium
Geoethics is the branch of ethics which relates to the interaction of human activity with our physical world in general, and with the practice of the Earth sciences in particular. It may also have relevance to planetary sciences. It is described as an emerging scientific and philosophical discipline, consisted of research and reflection on the values that serve as the bases of behaviors and practices wherever human activities interact with the Earth system. Moreover, geoethics promotes the ethical and social roles of geoscientists in conducting scientific and technological research and practice. For these reasons, geoethics pursues recognition of humankind's duties and responsibility towards the Earth system. A more specialized use emerged as the term came to deal with the ethical, social, and cultural implications of the behavior and professional activities of geologists. Some scholars also cited that it provides a point of intersection for geosciences, sociology, economics and philosophy. The International Association for Promoting Geoethics also known as the IUGS Commission on Geoethics, is the leading organization that is carrying out studies to develop the geoethical thought and to promote geoethics outcomes worldwide. References Environmental ethics
Jimoh Ibrahim (born 24 February 1967) is a Nigerian lawyer, politician, businessman and philanthropist who is the senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District since 2023. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Global Fleet Group, a diversified conglomerate based in Nigeria, with business interests and subsidiaries in neighboring West African countries. In July 2022, he was awarded a professional Business Doctorate (BusD) by the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Background Ibrahim traces his origins to Ondo State, in southwestern Nigeria. He studied law at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB). Subsequently, he obtained the degree of Master of Public Administration (MPA), also from Obafemi Awolowo University. Later, he attended Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, graduating with a combined Master of Laws (LLM) and Master's In International Taxation degree. His investments include the following sectors, among others: oil & gas distribution, hotels, resorts, airlines, banking, real estate, insurance, publishing and investments. Business interests Global Fleet Group has the following subsidiary companies, among others: Air Nigeria - Lagos, Nigeria - Formerly Virgin Nigeria NICON Insurance - Lagos, Nigeria Nigeria Reinsurance Corporation - Lagos, Nigeria NICON Luxury Hotel - Abuja, Nigeria - Formerly Le' Meridien Hotel Global Fleet Oil & Gas - A chain of gasoline stations (estimated at about 200 in 2011), across Nigeria The NICON Group - Lagos, Nigeria - Holdings include investment companies, schools, real estate holdings, transport companies and others Global Fleet Building - Lagos, Nigeria - Formerly Allied Bank Building Meidan Hotel - Lagos, Nigeria Global Fleet Industries - Lagos, Nigeria - Formerly HFP Industries Limited Energy Bank - Accra, Ghana - A new commercial bank in Ghana, started operations in February 2011 Oceanic Bank São Tomé - São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe - Commercial bank purchased from Oceanic Bank in May 2011. Newswatch Magazine - Lagos, Nigeria Other responsibilities In 2003, Jimoh Ibrahim mounted an unsuccessful bid to become the governor of Ondo State, on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) ticket. He has authored three books. He is married to Mrs Modupe Jimoh Ibrahim and is the father of four children. He is also the publisher of the National Mirror Newspaper in Nigeria. Controversy Sahara Reports published a number of articles making allegations of substantial misconduct during 2013–15. On Wednesday 11 November 2020, it was reported that the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) had obtained a court order to freeze bank accounts and seize assets belonging to Jimoh Ibrahim over unpaid NGN69.4 billion debts. See also Global Fleet Group Air Nigeria Energy Bank References https:// "www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/akeredolu-hails-jimoh-ibrahim-after-obtaining-cambridge-varsitys-business-doctorate-degree/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwj22fD7re_5AhX5wgIHHRr9A-cQFnoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1OQ6BjlESEn2vU1d4LJaSw External links Interview With Jimoh Ibrahim 1967 births Living people People from Ondo State Nigerian chief executives Harvard Law School alumni Obafemi Awolowo University alumni 21st-century Nigerian businesspeople Nigerian chairpersons of corporations
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (born 1975 in Brooklyn, NY) is an American bassist and oud player who has recorded and performed extensively with Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits, Daniel Zamir's Satlah, Rashanim, Pharaoh's Daughter, and John Zorn. Blumenkranz studied at the Manhattan School of Music, the Rimon School of Music in Israel, and holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 2012 he released the first album under his leadership Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19 featuring compositions by John Zorn. Discography As leader Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19 (Tzadik, 2013) Psychomagia (Tzadik, 2014) with Abraxas With others With Aram Bajakian Aram Bajakian's Kef (Tzadik, 2011) With Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits Banquet of the Spirits (Tzadik, 2008) Infinito (Tzadik, 2009) Caym: Book of Angels Volume 17 (Tzadik, 2011) With Christina Courtin Christina Courtin (Nonesuch, 2009) With Eyal Maoz Peasant Songs (Piadrum, 2002) - with Lemon Juice Quartet Hope and Destruction (Tzadik, 2009) With Ravish Momin's Trio Tarana Climbing the Banyan Tree (Cleanfeed, 2005) With Jon Madof Rashanim (Tzadik, 2003) Masada Rock (Tzadik, 2005) as Rashanim Shalosh (Tzadik, 2006) as Rashanim The Gathering (Tzadik, 2009) as Rashanim Zion80 (Tzadik, 2013) Adramelech: Book of Angels Volume 22 (Tzadik, 2014) With Sean Noonan's Brewed by Noon Set the Hammer Free (2010) With Pharaoh's Daughter Haran (OY, 2007) With Pitom Blasphemy and Other Serious Crimes (Tzadik, 2011) With Jamie Saft A Bag of Shells (Tzadik, 2010) With Basya Schechter Queen's Dominion (Tzadik, 2004) Songs of Wonder (Tzadik, 2011) With Daniel Zamir's Satlah Satlah (Tzadik, 2000) Exodus (Tzadik, 2001) Children of Israel (Tzadik, 2002) With John Zorn Voices in the Wilderness (Tzadik, 2003) The Unknown Masada (Tzadik, 2003) Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion (Tzadik, 2005) Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death (Tzadik, 2005) Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls (Tzadik, 2006) Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment (Tzadik, 2006) Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum (Tzadik, 2008) In Search of the Miraculous (Tzadik, 2010) Mount Analogue (Tzadik, 2012) With dálava dálava (dalavamusic.com, 2014) References American male bass guitarists 1975 births Living people Musicians from Brooklyn Avant-garde jazz bass guitarists Manhattan School of Music alumni Berklee College of Music alumni Pharaoh's Daughter members Guitarists from New York (state) American oud players 21st-century American bass guitarists 21st-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians
George Hugh Niederauer (June 14, 1936 – May 2, 2017) was an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of San Francisco. Before that, Niederauer served as Bishop of Salt Lake City from 1994 to 2005. Biography George Niederauer was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child of George and Elaine Niederauer. He attended St. Catherine's Military School and then St. Anthony High School; he was a classmate of Cardinal William Levada. After graduating in 1954, he attended Stanford University. During his freshman year Niederauer changed course and decided to enter St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, from where in 1959 he earned a Bachelor of Philosophy degree. He further completed his studies with a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and a Master of Arts degree in English literature from Loyola University, Los Angeles, in 1962. Niederauer also earned a Ph.D. in English Literature at USC. Niederauer was ordained to the priesthood on April 30, 1962. He was raised to the rank of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness in 1984. Niederauer served as Rector of St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo from 1987 to 1992. He was appointed the eighth Bishop of Salt Lake City by Pope John Paul II on November 3, 1994. Niederauer received his episcopal consecration on January 25, 1995, from Cardinal Roger Mahony, with Archbishop William Levada and Bishop Tod David Brown serving as co-consecrators. As bishop he was seen as "the most approachable of persons and one whose homilies were almost magical in their ability to make potentially difficult Scripture passages and theological concepts comprehensible and applicable – even inspiring – in our daily lives." On December 15, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI named him to succeed William Levada as the eighth Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco, following Levada's appointment to Pope Benedict's former post of Prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith in the Roman Curia. Archbishop Niederauer was the chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Communication, and a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. On August 29, 2011, Niederauer underwent emergency double by-pass heart surgery. On July 27, 2012, the apostolic nuncio to the United States announced that the Holy See had accepted Niederauer's letter of resignation, and Salvatore J. Cordileone was appointed the Archbishop-elect of San Francisco. On that day, the see of San Francisco became vacant, and Niederauer attained the title Archbishop Emeritus. Views Support of Proposition 8 In 2008, Archbishop Niederauer campaigned in favor of California's Proposition 8, a ballot measure to recognize heterosexual marriage as the only valid marriage within California. Niederauer claims to have been instrumental in forging alliances between Catholics and Mormons to support the measure. Wrote the San Francisco Chronicle, "Niederauer drew in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and proved to be a critical move in building a multi-religious coalition—the backbone of the fundraising, organizing and voting support for the successful ballot measure. By bringing together Mormons and Catholics, Niederauer would align the two most powerful religious institutions in the Prop. 8 battle." Films The archbishop said that he had seen Brokeback Mountain, making him the first senior American cleric to state that he has viewed the film. When asked for his reaction he said that "I thought it was very powerful, and I probably had a different take on it than a lot of people did.... It was a story not only about the relationship between the two principal characters, but very much a cluster of relationships... And I think in all of that one of the lessons is the destructiveness of not being honest with yourself, and not being honest with other people – and not being faithful, trying to live a double life, and what that does to each of the lives you try to live." Abstinence "Our belief is that we have to hold up the standard of abstinence, and we do that in all of our teaching about sexuality by saying that sexual activity outside of marriage is wrong. Now that's a very high bar to set and I understand that. And I don't regret that – I subscribe to it and I teach it. I understand why people find it difficult and disagree with it. I understand why they do. I don't agree with them.... What I would say is that people who disagree with us can disagree without being disagreeable." Moral teaching "Authentic moral teaching is based on objective truth, not polling." See also Catholic Church hierarchy Catholic Church in the United States Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States List of Catholic bishops of the United States Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops Sources Salt Lake Diocese press release of Niederauer's appointment as archbishop References External links Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco Official Site Episcopal succession 1936 births 2017 deaths Clergy from Los Angeles Roman Catholic bishops of Salt Lake City 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the United States Roman Catholic archbishops of San Francisco Catholic University of America alumni Catholics from California
Propero, an extension of Pearson Education, is a collection of self-paced, student-directed online courses offered to colleges and universities as an additional tool to help students complete their certificates or degrees. Propero courses are equipped with an eTextbook, downloadable audio podcasts, assessments, live tutoring, student coaching and live 24/7 technical support. Since they are not an accredited institution, Pearson partners with the American Council on Education, which determined that Propero courses are recommended for college level credit at over 1,600 academic institutions in North America. Upon completion and passing of the Propero courses, online learners can apply for an ACE transcript to submit to their institution for credit. Academic courses Propero provides courses in areas of Arts & Humanities, Communication Arts, Professional & Career, Science & Mathematics, Social & Behavioral Sciences. Along with access to live online tutoring, Propero provides access to live technical assistance through Pearson's Help Desk & Technical Support services. Recognition Propero was recognized as a finalist at the 2014 CODie awards for the Best Postsecondary Personalized Learning Solution. References External links Official website American educational websites Educational publishing companies Pearson plc
Critical Stage is the 1994 debut album by the Belgian electro-industrial act Suicide Commando. Track listing All songs written by Johan Van Roy, except where noted References Critical Stage at Discogs 1994 debut albums Suicide Commando albums
Vadapadimangalam estate was a mirasdari estate in the Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu, India. It was owned by a Mudaliar family of the Vellalar caste. The estate originated as a grant of land to the family who operated as Pattakdars or revenue collectors on behalf of the Thanjavur Maratha ruler Thuljaji. Vadapadimangalam estate covered a total area of 8,004 acres in 1951 and was one of the largest estates in the erstwhile Tanjore district of Madras Presidency, British India alongside Poondi, Ukkadai and Kunniyur. References Tiruvarur district
Dimitri Gutas (; born 1945, in Cairo) is an American Arabist and Hellenist specialized in medieval Islamic philosophy, who serves as professor emeritus of Arabic and Islamic Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University. Biography Gutas studied classical philology, religion, history, Arabic and Islamic studies at Yale University, where he received his doctorate in 1974. His main research interests are the classical Arabic and the intellectual tradition of the Middle Ages in the Islamic culture, especially Avicenna, and the Graeco-Arabica, which is the reception and the tradition of Greek works on medicine, science and philosophy in the Arab-Islamic world (especially from the 8th to the 10th century in Baghdad ). In this field he is considered one of the leading experts. He is a co-editor in Yale's Project Theophrastus. He worked with Professor Gerhard Endress of Ruhr University Bochum in Germany to create the Greek and Arabic Lexicon. Gutas is a member of the advisory board of numerous journals, including the leading journal Arabic Sciences and Philosophy (Cambridge University Press) and co-editor and contributors to the revision of the Ueberweg, a comprehensive history of philosophy. In 2011, the festschrift titled Islamic philosophy, science, culture, and religion: Studies in honor of Dimitri Gutas was published by Brill Publishers with articles by friends, colleagues, and students. Publications Monographs Greek Wisdom Literature in Arabic Translation. A Study of the Graeco-Arabic Gnomologia. (New Haven 1975) Avicenna and the Aristotelian tradition. Introduction to Reading Avicenna's Philosophical Works. (Leiden 1988; second revised and expanded edition 2014) Greek Thought, Arabic Culture. The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early 'Abbasid Society. (2nd-4th / 8th-10th centuries) (London and New York, 1998) (translated into seven languages) Greek Philosophers in the Arabic Tradition (Aldershot, Ashgate 2000) Philosophy, Theology and Mysticism in Medieval Islam, Dimitri Gutas & Richard M. Frank (London: Routledge, 2005) Orientations of Avicenna's Philosophy: Essays on his Life, Method, Heritage (Aldershot, Ashgate 2014) Books edited Theophrastus of Eresus. Sources for his Life, Writings, Thought and Influence. 2 volumes edited by WW Fortenbaugh, PM Huby, RW Sharples, and D. Gutas (Leiden 1992) Theophrastus, On First Principles (transmitted as his Metaphysics). Greek text and Medieval Arabic translation, edited and translated, with Excursus on Graeco-Arabic Editorial Technique. Leiden 2010 (With Gerhard Endress): A Greek and Arabic Lexicon (GALEX): Materials for a Dictionary of Medieval Translations from Greek into Arabic. Brill 1992 - (Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section One: The Near and Middle East, Vol 11) Aristotle Poetics / editio maior of the Greek text with historical introductions and philological commentaries by Leonardo Tarán (Greek and Latin, and edition of the Greek text) and Dimitri Gutas (Arabic and Syriac). Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum; v. 338. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2012. Articles The Study of Arabic Philosophy in the Twentieth Century. An Essay on the Historiography of Arabic Philosophy. In: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 29 (2002) 5-25 The Heritage of Avicenna: The Golden Age of Arabic Philosophy, 1000 - 1350. In: J. Janssen, D. De Smet (eds.): Avicenna and His Heritage (Leuven 2002), 81-97. References 1945 births American Arabists American Islamic studies scholars 21st-century American philosophers 20th-century American philosophers Hellenists Living people Scholars of medieval Islamic philosophy Yale University faculty
Samir Shakir Mahmoud Sumayda'ie (Samir Sumaidaie) is an Iraqi politician and was the Iraqi ambassador to the United States. He was born in Baghdad in 1944 and left Iraq in 1960 to study in the United Kingdom where he obtained a degree in electrical engineering from Durham University in 1965 and a postgraduate diploma in 1966. He returned to Iraq in 1966 but left again for the UK in 1973 after Saddam Hussein seized power. He returned to Baghdad and was appointed member of the Iraq Governing Council in July 2003. He was appointed as Iraq's Ambassador to the United States in April 2006, after previously serving as the Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (from August 2004), and prior to that, as Baghdad's Interior Minister. He is secular and rejects any sectarian label. During his years of exile, based in London, and traveling in the Mid- and Far- East, He was a leading figure in the opposition to Saddam's regime and helped form a number of political groups. In July 2005 Sumaidaie demanded an inquiry into the fatal shooting (which he has described as "cold-blooded") of his cousin during a routine house to house search by US Marines in Iraq. In November 2007 he visited The Fletcher School at Tufts University where he gave a speech on the history and current situation in Iraq. In March 2010 he visited the renowned Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University References External links The Washington Diplomat Newspaper - Ambassador profile Official bio BBC News: Iraq envoy accuses US of killing, July 2005 CNN interview with Sumaidaie: Marines shot my cousin, May 2006 1944 births Living people Politicians from Baghdad Alumni of Durham University Iraqi diplomats Government ministers of Iraq Ambassadors of Iraq to the United States Permanent Representatives of Iraq to the United Nations Interior ministers of Iraq
The 2011–12 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, coached by Agnus Berenato, were a member of the Big East Conference and played their home games at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Previous season An unusual distribution of players by academic class, with five seniors and six freshman, but with no juniors or sophomores, and three new assistant coaches resulted in some growing pains for the 2010-11 Pitt women's basketball team which went 14–17, suffering their first losing season since 2004-05. In the Big East, the team finished with a 5–11 record finishing with the 12th seed in the Big East tournament, the Panthers won their first round of the tournament to South Florida, but exited the tournament with a 61–65 loss to Marquette leaving the Panthers without a post-season tournament invitation for the first time since 2005. Offseason The Panthers lost their top four scorers, seniors Taneisha Harrison, Jania Sims, Chelsea Cole, and Shayla Scott, and return only one starters, Ashlee Anderson, along with five letter winners while welcoming seven newcomers. Composed of six sophomores and six freshman, with no seniors or juniors, Pitt is the youngest team in NCAA Division 1 for the 2010-11 season. Pitt looks to help replace 74.6% of its scoring, 64.1% of its rebounds, and 75.8% of its assists with its best ever recruiting class, ranked 18th by ESPN's Hoopgurlz, along with redshirt sophomore Abby Dowd, who begins play with the team after transferring from Buffalo during last season. Staff moves included moving Meghan Bielich to Director of Basketball Operations and adding David Scarborough as the team's Video Coordinator. Assistant coach Patty Coyle was promoted to associate head coach. The women's basketball team enters the season with modest expectations due to their inexperience and was picked to finish 12th in the Big East Conference in a preseason poll of conference coaches. Recruiting Pitt's 2011 Women's Recruiting Class was ranked 18th by ESPN's Hoopgurlz and 23rd by All-Star Girls Report. Roster Schedule Pitt's 2011-12 women's basketball schedule. \|- !colspan=9\| Exhibition \|- !colspan=9\| Regular Season \|- !colspan=9\| PostseasonBig East Women's Basketball Championship \|- \|- Rankings Awards and honors The team won the Caribbean Classic at the Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort in Cancún, Mexico with victories over Indiana and Michigan State. See also Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball 2011–12 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team Pittsburgh Panthers University of Pittsburgh Big East Conference References External links Official Site Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball seasons Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
Sis () was the capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The massive fortified complex is just to the southwest of the modern Turkish town of Kozan in Adana Province. History In the 3rd millennium B.C. Sis was one of the Hittite settlements on the Cilician plain between the mountains and the Mediterranean coast. During the 1st century B.C. Sis appears to have been an unfortified village in the Roman province of Cilicia Secunda. The names Sisan or Sisia are first mentioned in the 5th and 6th centuries in Greek and Latin sources. In 703-04 A.D. the Byzantine settlers repulsed an Arab attack, but were soon forced to abandon the town, which became a frontier post for the Abbasid Caliphate. The Caliph Al-Mutawakkil reconstructed the Byzantine defenses in the mid-9th century. The Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas recaptured Sis in 962 from the Abbasids, only to have it become an Armenian possession in 1113, when it was occupied by Rubenid Baron T‛oros I and repaired. From the late 12th through the 13th centuries the castle was significantly enlarged during the reigns of King Levon I and King Het‛um I with a "palace," residential buildings, churches, and gardens. Wilbrand von Oldenburg, a Teutonic monk who visited Sis in 1212, found a complete and well-established capital. Het‛um's wife, Zapēl, is credited with building a hospital there in 1241. A fragment of a dedicatory inscription still in situ within the castle mentions "Het‛um." After Hromkla was conquered by the Egyptian Mamluks, Sis became the Catholicos' residence. In 1266 the Mamluks looted and burnt the city. In 1275 the Mamluks again surrounded the city, but were defeated by Armenian forces. A century later, in 1369 the Mamluks again conquered the city, but were forced to leave. Finally, in 1375 the Mamluks took the city, looted and burnt it, and captured the king and many lords. With Sis fallen, the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia also fell and its territory was annexed into the Mamluk Sultanate. According to Gregory of Akner, Into the early 20th century Armenians continued to inhabit the town where several late medieval residential structures were preserved. The castle at Sis is one of the largest fortified sites in the Levant. If laid from end to end, the circuit walls would measure almost 3 kilometers in length. The walls, towers, vaulted undercrofts, cisterns, and residential buildings are carefully adapted into the folds of the lofty outcrop of limestone. The vast majority of these constructions are built with well-cut rusticated ashlar, a masonry typical of Armenian fortifications. There are fragments of Byzantine walls as well as an entrance corridor at the southeast which was built during the Mamluk occupation and has an inscription in Arabic. Because of its strategic location, Sis has indivisibility with the castles at Andıl, Anazarbus, and Tumlu. Directly below the castle outcrop at the southeast is a large terrace which has the remains of several important churches and chapels in the Compound of the Patriarchs, including the basilica of St. Sophia, built by King Het‛um I, and the 18th-century church of St. Gregory the Illuminator. One of the chapels, Kara Kilise, still preserves the apse and the pointed vault over the nave. References See also Kozan, Adana Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Carefully documented photographic survey and plan of Sis Castle / Kozan Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia 6th century BC in Greece
Allantide (, meaning first day of winter, or Nos Kalan Gwav, meaning eve of the first day of winter and Dy' Halan Gwav, meaning day of the first day of winter), also known as Saint Allan's Day or the Feast of Saint Allan, is a Cornish festival that was traditionally celebrated on the night of 31 October, as well as the following day time, and known elsewhere as Allhallowtide. The festival in Cornwall is the liturgical feast day of St Allan (also spelled St Allen or St Arlan), who was the bishop of Quimper in the sixth century. As such, Allantide is also known as Allan Night and Allan Day. The origins of the name Allantide also probably stem from the same sources as Hollantide (Wales and the Isle of Man) and Hallowe'en itself. The Cornish language name for the festival is found in the Exeter Consistory Court depositions for the year 1572. It was reported in the court case that an altercation occurred upon Dew Whallan Gwa Metten in Eglos De Lalant, viz. upon all hallow day ... in the parish church of Lalant. This being Dy'Halan Gwav, from Kalan Gwav, with dy (day) causing an aspirate mutation to kalan. Kalan Gwav, like the Welsh Calan Gaeaf, meaning the first day of winter. As with the start of the celebration of Allhallowtide in the rest of Christendom, church bells were rung in order to comfort Christian souls in the intermediate state. Another important part of this festival was the giving of Allan apples, large glossy red apples that were highly polished, to family and friends as tokens of good luck. Allan apple markets used to be held throughout West Cornwall in the run up to the feast. The following is a description of the festival as it was celebrated in Penzance at the turn of the 19th century: In his book Popular Romances of the West of England, Robert Hunt describes Allantide in St Ives: There are a number of divination games recorded including the throwing of walnuts in fires to predict the fidelity of partners, and the pouring of molten lead into cold water as a way of predicting the occupation of future husbands, the shape of the solidified lead somehow indicating this. In some parts of Cornwall "Tindle" fires were lit similar in nature to the Coel Coth (Coel Certh) of Wales. Before the 20th century the parish feast of St Just in Penwith was known as Allantide. See also Calan Gaeaf - Wales Dziady Hop-tu-Naa - Isle of Man Nickanan Night St Allen Winter Nights References Cornish culture October observances Halloween Autumn festivals Festivals in Cornwall Apples Cornish festivals Traditions involving fire Autumn events in England
The Michael Billmeyer House, aka the Bensell-Billmeyer House, is an historic, American twin house that is located in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is a contributing property of the Colonial Germantown Historic District. History and architectural features Built circa 1730 by John George Bensell, it was purchased in 1789 by Michael Billmeyer, the noted printer of Germantown. It is said that it was from this house that General George Washington directed the Continental forces in the Battle of Germantown against the British stronghold at Cliveden. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is a contributing property of the Colonial Germantown Historic District. The Daniel Billmeyer House, located across the street, was built by Michael for his son in 1793 and is also listed on the NRHP. References Houses completed in 1730 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania Mount Airy, Philadelphia 1730 establishments in Pennsylvania
Sheldon F. Sackett (August 2, 1902 – September 5, 1968) was an American businessman, journalist and newspaper publisher. Sackett owned several media properties in Oregon and California, including The World in Coos Bay, KVAN in Portland, and KROW in Oakland. He was responsible for renaming The Coos Bay Times to The World in the 1960s. Personal life Sackett married Beatrice Walton in Salem in December 1931; they had two children, Marcia and John. Sackett and Walton moved to Coos Bay in 1936 to run The Coos Bay Times. Walton died of cancer in May 1947. Sackett married Elizabeth Worthington on January 30, 1950, in Piedmont, California. Worthington later sued for divorce, citing Sackett's "extreme cruelty." In the divorce, Worthington sought custody of an 8-year-old son and a portion of Sackett's estimated $3.6 million in properties. She also requested an order to prevent Sackett from selling any more of his properties. Sacket died September 5, 1968, in San Francisco and is buried at the Albany Masonic Cemetery in Albany, Oregon. Business In 1928, Sackett and Earl F. Brownlee bought the Salem Statesman Journal. Sackett was managing editor of the paper. Later, he was publisher of The World and continued buying and selling media properties. In December 1944, Sackett was publisher of the Oakland, California-based Olympic Press. That same year, he purchased KROW for $250,000. In 1947, Sackett bought the Vancouver, Washington Sun, the Seattle Star, a weekly Portland newspaper, and a million dollar printing plant in Portland. Sackett ran out of money a few months later and subsequently sold the Portland and Seattle papers. Sackett tried to buy the Los Angeles Daily News for $1,525,000 in 1954 but allegedly could not come up with the money. In 1959, Sackett reportedly sold KVAN and KROW to Star Broadcasting, Inc. and Don W. Burden of Omaha, Nebraska for $1.9 million. References Further reading American newspaper publishers (people) American media executives People from Coos Bay, Oregon Businesspeople from Oregon 1968 deaths 1902 births People from Salem, Oregon 20th-century American businesspeople
W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium (usually called Spry Stadium) is a soccer-specific stadium located on the campus of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina where it is home to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer and women's soccer teams. Opened in 1996, W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium is home to the Wake Forest men's and women's soccer programs. Considered one of the top soccer facilities in the country, the 3,000-seat stadium is considered a jewel in Wake Forest's family of athletic facilities and gives the Demon Deacons a true home field advantage. The Spry Stadium complex features a fully lit natural grass playing field along with two lit natural grass practice fields. The facility also includes a state-of-the-art scoreboard and sound system, locker rooms for both the men's and women's teams, a pressbox with rooftop observation deck and concession stands. The Deacons regularly play in front of packed crowds, as the campus and local communities support the men's and women's teams. A strong contingent of students can always be found on the hill overlooking the north side of the stadium. Spry Stadium has hosted several major soccer events. The ACC Tournament has been contested four times at Spry: the women's tournament was held there in 1997, while the men's event was held at the venue for three straight years from 1998 to 2000. In March 2001, Spry Stadium hosted a Major League Soccer exhibition match between the Miami Fusion and D.C. United and an exhibition match between Wake Forest and the United States U-17 National Team. Spry Stadium will be one of the hosts for the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament and the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament. References External links Information at Wake Forest athletics Sports venues completed in 1996 Wake Forest Demon Deacons soccer Soccer venues in North Carolina Sports venues in Winston-Salem, North Carolina College soccer venues in the United States 1996 establishments in North Carolina
Jawaharlal Institute of Technology (JIT) is an educational institute located in Borawan, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh, India. The college have been approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, and is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya. History Jawaharlal Institute of Technology was established by Subhash ji Yadav in the year of 1997. Under Jawaharlal Nehru Education and Charitable Trust in Borawan. The colleges offers 6 undergraduate and five postgraduate courses. Courses offered Under Graduate Courses B.E. - Civil Engineering B.E. - Computer Science and Engineering B.E. - Electrical and Electronics Engineering B.E. - Electronics and Communication Engineering B.E. - Mechanical Engineering B.E. - Information Technology Post Graduate Courses M.E. - Computer Science MCA - Master of Computer Applications M.E. - Transportation Engineering M.E. - Power Electronics M.E. - Industrial Engineering References External links Official website Engineering colleges in Madhya Pradesh Khargone district Educational institutions established in 1997 1997 establishments in Madhya Pradesh
James Michael Popil (November 5, 1909 – August 14, 1978) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1948 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. Political career Popil first ran for public office as a Social Credit candidate in the 1935 Alberta general election. He defeated incumbent cabinet minister John Love and four other candidates on ballot transfers in the electoral district of Sturgeon. After Sturgeon was abolished in the 1940 boundary redistribution, Popil ran for a second term in office in the new Redwater electoral district in the election held that year. He won with a substantial first ballot majority over two other candidates. Popil ran for his third and final term in office in the 1944 general election. He marginally increased his popular vote and won a big majority to hold his seat. He retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1948. References External links Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs 1978 deaths 1909 births
Mark Meer is a Canadian actor, writer and improvisor, based in Edmonton, Alberta. He is known for his role in the Mass Effect trilogy, in which he stars as the voice of the player character, Commander Shepard. His voice is featured in a number of other games from BioWare Corp., notably the Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age series. Meer stars as the voice of the player character William Mackenzie in The Long Dark from Hinterland Studio. He also works in animation, providing the voice for several characters in a series of cartoon shorts produced by Rantdog Animation Studios, and the voice of Horse in the Captain Canuck web series starring Kris Holden-Ried and Tatiana Maslany. Career Meer starred as the male voice of the main player character, Commander Shepard, in the Mass Effect trilogy. His voice is featured in a number of other games from BioWare Corp., notably the Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age series. Meer starred as the voice of the player character William Mackenzie in The Long Dark from Hinterland Studio, which also features his Mass Effect counterpart, Jennifer Hale. Meer is a core company member of the Canadian Comedy Award-winning live improvised soap opera Die-Nasty, and was the first performer to complete the annual 53-hour long Die-Nasty Soap-A-Thon without sleep. He is a longtime member of Rapid Fire Theatre, a founder of the sketch comedy/improv troupe Gordon's Big Bald Head, and performs regularly at Edmonton's Varscona Theatre. He is a performer and writer on CBC Radio's sketch comedy program The Irrelevant Show and APTN's Caution: May Contain Nuts, and is a co-creator, writer and star of Super Channel's Tiny Plastic Men. In 2005, Meer was nominated for an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for co-writing the surreal sketch comedy show, Lobster Telephone (in which he also played Salvador Dalí), with the ladies of Panties Productions. In 2006, he was honored with the Sterling Award for Outstanding Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role for playing multiple roles in Helen's Necklace, produced by Shadow Theatre. In 2011, he was nominated for five Canadian Comedy Awards, including Best Male Improvisor, for which he was also nominated in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. In December 2012, Mark Meer was voted Edmontonian of the Year in an online poll held by Gig City, an Edmonton arts and entertainment website. Tiny Plastic Men, which Meer co-created and writes for Canada's Super Channel, has been nominated at the Canadian Screen Awards for Best Comedy Series in 2014, 2015, and 2016, and Meer himself was nominated for the CSA for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role in 2015 for his work on the show. In 2016, Meer won the AMPIA Award for Best Performance by an Actor for the Tiny Plastic Men episode "Crisis on Infinite Octobers". Meer appeared at Dragon*Con 2012 cosplaying as Commander Shepard, his most famous character. Though his attendance was not publicly advertised, some fans immediately recognized him. In 2021, Meer became a player in The Black Dice Society, a Ravenloft themed Dungeons & Dragons actual play show on the official Wizards of the Coast channels. Personal life Meer is married to Belinda Cornish, an actress who has done work in BioWare games as well, most notably voicing Rana Thanoptis in the Mass Effect series, and Goldanna and The Baroness in the Dragon Age series. Cornish also co-stars with Meer in Tiny Plastic Men, and been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for her work on the show. Filmography Video games All roles listed are voice roles and for the English versions where applicable. Web shows and series References External links Living people Actual play performers Canadian male comedians Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male video game actors Canadian male voice actors Male actors from Edmonton 20th-century Canadian male actors 20th-century Canadian comedians 21st-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian comedians Comedians from Alberta 1971 births
Chilopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Chilopsis linearis. It is known commonly as desert willow or desert-willow because of its willow-like leaves, but it is not a true willow being instead a member of the catalpa family. It is a shrub or tree native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is commonly seen in washes and along riverbanks. Description Ranging from 1.5 to as much as 8 meters in height, it can take the form of a shrub or small tree. The linear, curved, deciduous leaves are 10 to 26 cm long and just a few millimeters wide. The generic name is derived from the Greek words χεῖλος, (cheilos), meaning "lip," and ὄψις (opsis), meaning "resembling," referring to the flowers. They occur in a terminal panicle or raceme, blooming in May through September. About two to four flowers at a time are open in each inflorescence. The calyx is about 8–14 mm, slightly inflated, and varying shades of purple, while the corolla is 2–5 cm, and with colors ranging from lavender to light pink. The throat and lower lip has a pattern of yellow ridges and purple lines, and the margins are crinkled. It is pollinated primarily by large bees in the family Apidae, such as carpenter bees, bumblebees, Anthophora, and Centris. The fruit is a linear pod up to 35 cm (14 in) long, containing numerous winged seeds. There are two subspecies: Chilopsis linearis subsp. linearis. Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, Mexico. Chilopsis linearis subsp. arcuata. Nevada, California, Baja California. Distribution and habitat As a phreatophyte, it is well adapted to ephemeral desert washes and sandy streams. It can be found through much of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is usually found below . Cultivation and uses Chilopsis linearis is cultivated for its large, showy flowers, and tolerance of hot, dry climates. Although the natural growth is a very irregular shape, it can be readily pruned into a conventional tree shape. A number of cultivars have been selected. Some, such as 'Rio Salado', have dark purple or magenta flowers. Chilopsis may survive temperatures as low as 10 degrees F (-12 °C). Chilopsis is closely related to the genus Catalpa and hybrids can be made between the two genera. The nothogeneric hybrid between Chilopsis linearis and Catalpa bignonioides has been named × Chitalpa tashkentensis. It originated in a botanic garden at Tashkent in Uzbekistan. Parts of the plant have been used in traditional medicine. It has been used to treat fungal infections such as candidiasis and athlete's foot, as well as wounds and cough. The wood was used to make bows and baskets. Gallery References External links Jepson Flora Project: Chilopsis linearis Bignoniaceae Bignoniaceae genera Monotypic Lamiales genera North American desert flora Trees of Northeastern Mexico Trees of Northwestern Mexico Trees of the Southwestern United States Trees of the South-Central United States Trees of the Southern United States Flora of the California desert regions Flora of the Rio Grande valleys Garden plants of North America Drought-tolerant trees Ornamental trees
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 28 August. Summary Brianna Rollins of the United States entered the competition as the defending champion. Coming into this meet, on paper, this was an American event as eight of the top ten athletes in the world were Americans, but even with the returning champion, only four could compete here. The returning silver medalist, reigning Olympic Champion and two-time winner Sally Pearson could not return due to a tragic accident in Rome, so the best the world could offer was returning bronze medalist Tiffany Porter. But the hurdles require execution. Two of the Americans disappeared in the semi-finals, Kendra Harrison by false start, 2008 Olympic Champion Dawn Harper-Nelson falling flat at the second hurdle. Making the finals were Rollins, after a tight battle with Andrea Ivančević and world #1 Sharika Nelvis, along with Porter and Jamaica's version of the Williams sisters, Danielle and Shermaine. Danielle along with Alina Talay and Cindy Roleder had to run personal bests just to make it into the finals. In the final, Rollins was clearly the first to the first hurdle, however when she got to the first hurdle she didn't lift her lead leg high enough to clear it instead firmly hitting it with her foot and riding it down. That slight delay gave Danielle the narrow lead, chased by Porter and Nelvis. Porter started to move ahead and Rollins started to come back. At the ninth hurdle, Porter began to lose her balance putting Williams back in the lead. Bracketing the field, Talay in lane 2 and Roleder in lane 8 were running error free races away from the fireworks in the middle of the track. By the sixth hurdle, Talay was almost even with Rollins, while Roleder, last over the first hurdle, was steadily gaining. Coming over the final barrier, Roleder clearly took it the smoothest and had the strongest run to the finish. A perfectly timed lean almost caught Williams. In contrast, the off balance Porter lunged at Rollins way too early and tumbled to the track with a full somersault, while Talay efficiently out leaned Rollins for bronze. It was again a significant personal best for all three medalists with Talay's being a new National Record. Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: Qualification standards Schedule Results Heats Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals. Wind: Heat 1: -1.8 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.0 m/s, Heat 4: -0.4 m/s, Heat 5: -1.1 m/s. Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final. Wind: Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.4 m/s, Heat 3: -0.8 m/s Final The final was held at 21:35. Wind: -0.3 m/s References 100 metres hurdles Sprint hurdles at the World Athletics Championships 2015 in women's athletics
Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German: ) (7 September 1811 – 2 June 1885) was the last prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen before the territory was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1849. Afterwards he continued to be titular prince of his house and, with the death of the last prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen in 1869, of the entire House of Hohenzollern. He served as Minister President of Prussia from 1858 to 1862, the only Hohenzollern prince to hold the post. His second son, Karl, became king of Romania. The offer of the throne of Spain to his eldest son, Leopold, was one of the causes of the Franco-Prussian War, which led to the unification of Germany and the creation of the German Empire. Family and studies Karl Anton was born at Krauchenwies Castle in Sigmaringen, the second child of Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1785–1853) and the French princess Marie Antoinette Murat (1793–1847). Karl Anton studied law in Geneva, at the Universities of Tübingen and Göttingen, and at the Humboldt University of Berlin. After finishing school he was active in the Estates Assembly (a form of parliament) and in the administration of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. On 31 October 1834 he married Princess Josephine of Baden (21 October 1813 – 19 June 1900), daughter of Grand Duke Carl of Baden. They had six children: Leopold (22 September 1835 – 8 June 1905) – was offered but did not take the throne of Spain Stephanie (15 July 1837 – 17 July 1859) – married Peter V of Portugal Karl (20 April 1839 – 10 October 1914) – King of Romania Anton (7 October 1841 – 6 August 1866) – died in battle during the Austro-Prussian War Friedrich (25 June 1843 – 2 December 1904) Marie (17 November 1845 – 26 November 1912) – married Prince Philippe of Belgium and became the mother of King Albert I of Belgium. Princeship and abdication On 27 August 1848, in the face of the events surrounding the German revolutions of 1848–1849, Prince Karl resigned in favor of his son, Karl Anton, who originally intended to renounce the sovereign rights of the state. He negotiated with the provisional government () of the Frankfurt Parliament, but the negotiations did not lead to any results. Within the principality, the revolutionary movement became increasingly radicalized, leading to a dispute with the estates over the princely domains that forced Karl Anton to temporarily leave Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. In the spring of 1849, the situation in Sigmaringen again came to a head. Prince Karl Anton had to consent to the new Frankfurt Constitution that attempted to set up a German constitutional monarchy under King Frederick Wilhelm IV of Prussia. On 3 June a people's assembly was held calling for the unification of the military and the citizen army, the free election of officers, and the transfer of the princely domains to the state. At Karl Anton's request, Prussian troops entered Sigmaringen and all of Hohenzollern on 3 August. Beginning in the spring of 1848, Karl Anton conducted secret negotiations with Frederick William IV on the annexation of the principality to the Kingdom of Prussia. On 7 December 1849, Prince Karl Anton signed the state treaty with Prussia, and the solemn handover of the principality took place on 6 April 1850. After abdicating as sovereign in favor of Prussia, Karl Anton became commander of the 14th Division of the Prussian Army on 15 April 1852. He lived with his family in Jägerhof Palace in Düsseldorf. On 22 March 1853 he was promoted to lieutenant general. At the beginning of the Crimean War, he was sent as an envoy to Paris to try to prevent the anti-Russian coalition that France and Great Britain ultimately formed. Minister President of Prussia Karl Anton had good relations with Prince Wilhelm of Prussia. After Wilhelm assumed the regency on 5 November 1858, he entrusted Karl Anton with office of Minister President of Prussia and asked him to submit his proposal for building a ministry. The appointment made him head of the government during the "New Era", a period of attempted reform following the conservative reaction against the 1848 revolutions. Politically Karl Anton was close to the moderate liberalism of the Party, an association of Prussian liberal-conservative politicians led by August von Bethmann-Hollweg. In domestic politics, Karl Anton attempted to implement liberal reforms and initially cooperated with the liberals who were in the majority in the Prussian House of Representatives. In the conflict over military reform that pitted King Wilhelm I against the parliament, Karl Anton supported the King and the plans of Minister of War Albrecht von Roon, but he also advocated a greater opening of an officer's career to the middle classes. In foreign policy, he supported the liberal reform plans that had the goal of unifying the German states. The European crisis resulting from the Second Italian War of Independence caused his plans for German policy to fail. Between 22 November 1858 and 28 June 1860, Karl Anton served as commanding general of the VII Army Corps; on 31 May 1859 he attained the rank of general of infantry. The parliamentary election of 1861 ended with the victory of the German Progress Party, which rejected Roon's military plans. As a result, Karl Anton lost political support in the chamber. Within the cabinet, he had difficulty asserting himself between the liberal members around August von der Heydt and the conservatives around Roon. His time as Minister President ended on 12 March 1862. Final years After leaving the Prussian government, Karl Anton largely resigned from active politics and focused on his role as head of the Catholic branch of the Hohenzollern family, a position that was accentuated by the extinction of the Hohenzollern-Hechingen line in 1869. In 1866 his son Karl was elected Prince of Romania. When in February 1870 his other son Leopold was offered the Spanish throne, German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck urged Karl Anton to accept the offer, which he did after a period of hesitation. In view of his kinship with the French houses of Murat and Bonaparte, the approval of the French emperor Napoleon III seemed possible. When the candidacy threatened to ignite a European crisis, Karl Anton withdrew his son's name on 12 July 1870, but it was not enough to prevent the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. The Ems Dispatch, which incited France to declare war on Prussia, was issued one day later. During the war, Karl Anton did not hold a frontline command. He was military governor of the Rhine Province and the Province of Westphalia, with the rank of commanding general. In 1871 Sigmaringen again became Karl Anton's permanent residence. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1884 with a thirteen-course meal. The prince was an avid hunter and a collector of art, books and guns, as well as an enthusiastic amateur antiquarian who offered guided tours of his collections and art treasures in Sigmaringen Castle. He spent the last years of his life burdened by a paralysis of the legs. Karl Anton died on 2 June 1885. Honors German decorations Foreign decorations Ancestry References 1811 births 1885 deaths People from Sigmaringen Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Princes of Hohenzollern Members of the Prussian House of Lords Prime Ministers of Prussia Colonel generals of Prussia 19th-century Prussian military personnel German landowners Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class) Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia) Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Grand Crosses of the Order of the Star of Romania Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Romania) Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint-Charles Royal reburials
The Arabic script is the writing system used for Arabic and several other languages of Asia and Africa. It is the second-most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world (after the Latin script), the second-most widely used writing system in the world by number of countries using it, and the third-most by number of users (after the Latin and Chinese scripts). The script was first used to write texts in Arabic, most notably the Quran, the holy book of Islam. With the religion's spread, it came to be used as the primary script for many language families, leading to the addition of new letters and other symbols. Such languages still using it are: Persian (Farsi), Malay (Jawi), Uyghur, Kurdish, Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Sindhi, Balti, Balochi, Pashto, Lurish, Urdu, Kashmiri, Rohingya, Somali, Mandinka, and Mooré, among others. Until the 16th century, it was also used for some Spanish texts, and—prior to the language reform in 1928—it was the writing system of Turkish. The script is written from right to left in a cursive style, in which most of the letters are written in slightly different forms according to whether they stand alone or are joined to a following or preceding letter. However, the basic letter form remains unchanged. The script does not have capital letters. In most cases, the letters transcribe consonants, or consonants and a few vowels, so most Arabic alphabets are abjads, with the versions used for some languages, such as Sorani, Uyghur, Mandarin, and Serbo-Croatian, being alphabets. It is also the basis for the tradition of Arabic calligraphy. History The Arabic alphabet is derived either from the Nabataean alphabet or (less widely believed) directly from the Syriac alphabet, which are both derived from the Aramaic alphabet (which also gave rise to the Hebrew alphabet), which, in turn, descended from the Phoenician alphabet. In addition to the Aramaic script (and, therefore, the Arabic and Hebrew scripts), the Phoenician script also gave rise to the Greek alphabet (and, therefore, both the Cyrillic alphabet and the Latin alphabet used to write this article). Origins In the 6th and 5th centuries BCE, northern Arab tribes emigrated and founded a kingdom centred around Petra, Jordan. These people (now named Nabataeans from the name of one of the tribes, Nabatu) spoke Nabataean Arabic, a dialect of the Arabic language. In the 2nd or 1st centuries BCE, the first known records of the Nabataean alphabet were written in the Aramaic language (which was the language of communication and trade), but included some Arabic language features: the Nabataeans did not write the language which they spoke. They wrote in a form of the Aramaic alphabet, which continued to evolve; it separated into two forms: one intended for inscriptions (known as "monumental Nabataean") and the other, more cursive and hurriedly written and with joined letters, for writing on papyrus. This cursive form influenced the monumental form more and more and gradually changed into the Arabic alphabet. Overview The Arabic script has been adapted for use in a wide variety of languages besides Arabic, including Persian, Malay and Urdu, which are not Semitic. Such adaptations may feature altered or new characters to represent phonemes that do not appear in Arabic phonology. For example, the Arabic language lacks a voiceless bilabial plosive (the sound), therefore many languages add their own letter to represent in the script, though the specific letter used varies from language to language. These modifications tend to fall into groups: Indian and Turkic languages written in the Arabic script tend to use the Persian modified letters, whereas the languages of Indonesia tend to imitate those of Jawi. The modified version of the Arabic script originally devised for use with Persian is known as the Perso-Arabic script by scholars. When the Arabic script is used to write Serbo-Croatian, Sorani, Kashmiri, Mandarin Chinese, or Uyghur, vowels are mandatory. The Arabic script can, therefore, be used as a true alphabet as well as an abjad, although it is often strongly, if erroneously, connected to the latter due to it being originally used only for Arabic. Use of the Arabic script in West African languages, especially in the Sahel, developed with the spread of Islam. To a certain degree the style and usage tends to follow those of the Maghreb (for instance the position of the dots in the letters and ). Additional diacritics have come into use to facilitate the writing of sounds not represented in the Arabic language. The term , which comes from the Arabic root for "foreign", has been applied to Arabic-based orthographies of African languages. Table of writing styles Table of alphabets Current use Today Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and China are the main non-Arabic speaking states using the Arabic alphabet to write one or more official national languages, including Azerbaijani, Baluchi, Brahui, Persian, Pashto, Central Kurdish, Urdu, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Punjabi and Uyghur. An Arabic alphabet is currently used for the following languages: Middle East and Central Asia Arabic Garshuni (or Karshuni) originated in the 7th century, when Arabic became the dominant spoken language in the Fertile Crescent, but Arabic script was not yet fully developed or widely read, and so the Syriac alphabet was used. There is evidence that writing Arabic in this other set of letters (known as Garshuni) influenced the style of modern Arabic script. After this initial period, Garshuni writing has continued to the present day among some Syriac Christian communities in the Arabic-speaking regions of the Levant and Mesopotamia. Kazakh in Kazakhstan, China, Iran and Afghanistan Kurdish in Northern Iraq and Northwest Iran. (In Turkey and Syria the Latin script is used for Kurdish) Kyrgyz by its 150,000 speakers in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan Turkmen in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Iran Uzbek in Uzbekistan and Afghanistan Persian in Iranian Persian and Dari in Afghanistan. It had former use in Tajikistan but is no longer used in Standard Tajik Baluchi in Iran, in Pakistan's Balochistan region, Afghanistan and Oman Southwestern Iranian languages as Lori dialects and Bakhtiari language Pashto in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Tajikistan Uyghur changed to Latin script in 1969 and back to a simplified, fully voweled Arabic script in 1983 Judeo-Arabic languages Judeo-Tunisian Arabic Azerbaijani language in Iran Talysh language in Iran Mazanderani language in Iran Shughni language in Afghanistan East Asia The Chinese language is written by some Hui in the Arabic-derived Xiao'erjing alphabet (see also Sini (script)) The Turkic Salar language is written by some Salar in the Arabic alphabet Uyghur alphabet South Asia Balochi in Pakistan and Iran Dari in Afghanistan Kashmiri in India and Pakistan (also written in Sharada and Devanagari although Kashmiri is more commonly written in Perso-Arabic Script) Pashto in Afghanistan and Pakistan Khowar in Northern Pakistan, also uses the Latin script Punjabi (Shahmukhi) in Pakistan, also written in the Brahmic script known as Gurmukhi in India Saraiki, written with a modified Arabic script – that has 45 letters Sindhi, a British commissioner in Sindh on August 29, 1857, ordered to change Arabic script, also written in Devanagari in India Aer language Bhadrawahi language Ladakhi (India), although it is more commonly written using the Tibetan script Balti (a Sino-Tibetan language), also rarely written in the Tibetan script Brahui language in Pakistan and Afghanistan Burushaski or Burusho language, a language isolated to Pakistan. Urdu in Pakistan (and historically several other Hindustani languages). Urdu is one of several official languages in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Telangana. Dogri, spoken by about five million people in India and Pakistan, chiefly in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir and in Himachal Pradesh, but also in northern Punjab, although Dogri is more commonly written in Devanagari Arwi language (a mixture of Arabic and Tamil) uses the Arabic script together with the addition of 13 letters. It is mainly used in Sri Lanka and the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu for religious purposes. Arwi language is the language of Tamil Muslims Arabi Malayalam is Malayalam written in the Arabic script. The script has particular letters to represent the peculiar sounds of Malayalam. This script is mainly used in madrasas of the South Indian state of Kerala and of Lakshadweep. Rohingya language (Ruáingga) is a language spoken by the Rohingya people of Rakhine State, formerly known as Arakan (Rakhine), Burma (Myanmar). It is similar to Chittagonian language in neighboring Bangladesh and sometimes written using the Roman script, or an Arabic-derived script known as Hanifi Ishkashimi language (Ishkashimi) in Afghanistan Southeast Asia Malay in the Arabic script known as Jawi. In some cases it can be seen in the signboards of shops and market stalls. Particularly in Brunei, Jawi is used in terms of writing or reading for Islamic religious educational programs in primary school, secondary school, college, or even higher educational institutes such as universities. In addition, some television programming uses Jawi, such as announcements, advertisements, news, social programs or Islamic programs co-official in Brunei Malaysia but co-official in Kelantan and Kedah, Islamic states in Malaysia Indonesia, Jawi script is co-used with Latin in provinces of Aceh, Riau, Riau Islands and Jambi. The Javanese, Madurese and Sundanese also use another Arabic variant, the Pegon in Islamic writings and pesantren community. Southern Thailand Predominantly Muslim areas of the Philippines (especially Tausug language) Ida'an language (also Idahan) a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Ida'an people of Sabah, Malaysia Cham language in Cambodia besides Western Cham script. Africa North Africa Arabic Berber languages have often been written in an adaptation of the Arabic alphabet. The use of the Arabic alphabet, as well as the competing Latin and Tifinagh scripts, has political connotations Tuareg language, (sometimes called Tamasheq) which is also a Berber language Coptic language of Egyptians as Coptic text written in Arabic letters Northeast Africa Bedawi or Beja, mainly in northeastern Sudan Wadaad's writing, used in Somalia Nubian languages Dongolawi language or Andaandi language of Nubia, in the Nile Vale of northern Sudan Nobiin language, the largest Nubian language (previously known by the geographic terms Mahas and Fadicca/Fiadicca) is not yet standardized, being written variously in both Latinized and Arabic scripts; also, there have been recent efforts to revive the Old Nubian alphabet. Fur language of Darfur, Sudan Southeast Africa Comorian, in the Comoros, currently side by side with the Latin alphabet (neither is official) Swahili, was originally written in Arabic alphabet, Swahili orthography is now based on the Latin alphabet that was introduced by Christian missionaries and colonial administrators West Africa Zarma language of the Songhay family. It is the language of the southwestern lobe of the West African nation of Niger, and it is the second leading language of Niger, after Hausa, which is spoken in south central Niger Tadaksahak is a Songhay language spoken by the pastoralist Idaksahak of the Ménaka area of Mali Hausa language uses an adaptation of the Arabic script known as Ajami, for many purposes, especially religious, but including newspapers, mass mobilization posters and public information Dyula language is a Mandé language spoken in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali. Jola-Fonyi language of the Casamance region of Senegal Balanta language a Bak language of west Africa spoken by the Balanta people and Balanta-Ganja dialect in Senegal Mandinka, widely but unofficially (known as Ajami), (another non-Latin script used is the N'Ko script) Fula, especially the Pular of Guinea (known as Ajami) Wolof (at zaouia schools), known as Wolofal. Yoruba, earliest attested history of use since 17th Century, however earliest verifiable history of use dates to the 19th Century. Yoruba Ajami used in Muslim praise verse, poetry, personal and esoteric use Arabic script outside Africa In writings of African American slaves Writings of by Omar Ibn Said (1770–1864) of Senegal The Bilali Document also known as Bilali Muhammad Document is a handwritten, Arabic manuscript on West African Islamic law. It was written by Bilali Mohammet in the 19th century. The document is currently housed in the library at the University of Georgia Letter written by Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701–1773) Arabic Text From 1768 Letter written by Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (1762–1829) Former use With the establishment of Muslim rule in the subcontinent, one or more forms of the Arabic script were incorporated among the assortment of scripts used for writing native languages. In the 20th century, the Arabic script was generally replaced by the Latin alphabet in the Balkans, parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia, while in the Soviet Union, after a brief period of Latinisation, use of Cyrillic was mandated. Turkey changed to the Latin alphabet in 1928 as part of an internal Westernizing revolution. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, many of the Turkic languages of the ex-USSR attempted to follow Turkey's lead and convert to a Turkish-style Latin alphabet. However, renewed use of the Arabic alphabet has occurred to a limited extent in Tajikistan, whose language's close resemblance to Persian allows direct use of publications from Afghanistan and Iran. Africa Afrikaans (as it was first written among the "Cape Malays", see Arabic Afrikaans) Berber in North Africa, particularly Shilha in Morocco (still being considered, along with Tifinagh and Latin, for Central Atlas Tamazight) French by the Arabs and Berbers in Algeria and other parts of North Africa during the French colonial period Harari, by the Harari people of the Harari Region in Ethiopia. Now uses the Geʻez and Latin alphabets For the West African languages—Hausa, Fula, Mandinka, Wolof and some more (e.g. Yoruba)—the Latin alphabet has officially replaced Arabic transcriptions for use in literacy and education Kinyarwanda in Rwanda Kirundi in Burundi Malagasy in Madagascar (script known as Sorabe) Nubian Shona in Zimbabwe Somali (see wadaad's Arabic) has mostly used the Latin alphabet since 1972 Songhay in West Africa, particularly in Timbuktu Swahili (has used the Latin alphabet since the 19th century) Yoruba in West Africa Europe Albanian called Elifbaja shqip Aljamiado (Mozarabic, Berber, Aragonese, Portuguese, Ladino, and Spanish, during and residually after the Muslim rule in the Iberian peninsula) Belarusian (among ethnic Tatars; see Belarusian Arabic alphabet) Bosnian (only for literary purposes; currently written in the Latin alphabet; Text example: = Molimo se tebi, Bože (We pray to you, O God); see Arebica) Crimean Tatar Greek in certain areas in Greece and Anatolia. In particular, Cappadocian Greek written in Perso-Arabic Polish (among ethnic Lipka Tatars) Central Asia and Caucasus Adyghe language also known as West Circassian, is an official languages of the Republic of Adygea in the Russian Federation. It used Arabic alphabet before 1927 Avar as well as other languages of Daghestan: Nogai, Kumyk, Lezgian, Lak and Dargwa Azeri in Azerbaijan (now written in the Latin alphabet and Cyrillic script in Azerbaijan) Bashkir (officially for some years from the October Revolution of 1917 until 1928, changed to Latin, now uses the Cyrillic script) Chaghatay across Central Asia Chechen (sporadically from the adoption of Islam; officially from 1917 until 1928) Circassian and some other members of the Abkhaz–Adyghe family in the western Caucasus and sporadically – in the countries of Middle East, like Syria Ingush Karachay-Balkar in the central Caucasus Karakalpak Kazakh in Kazakhstan (until the 1930s, changed to Latin, currently using Cyrillic, phasing in Latin) Kyrgyz in Kyrgyzstan (until the 1930s, changed to Latin, now uses the Cyrillic script) Mandarin Chinese and Dungan, among the Hui people (script known as Xiao'erjing) Ottoman Turkish Tat in South-Eastern Caucasus Tatar before 1928 (changed to Latin Yañalif), reformed in the 1880s (İske imlâ), 1918 (Yaña imlâ – with the omission of some letters) Turkmen in Turkmenistan (changed to Latin in 1929, then to the Cyrillic script, then back to Latin in 1991) Uzbek in Uzbekistan (changed to Latin, then to the Cyrillic script, then back to Latin in 1991) Some Northeast Caucasian languages of the Muslim peoples of the USSR between 1918 and 1928 (many also earlier), including Chechen, Lak, etc. After 1928, their script became Latin, then later Cyrillic South and Southeast Asia Acehnese in Sumatra, Indonesia Assamese in Assam, India Banjarese in Kalimantan, Indonesia Bengali in Bengal, Arabic scripts have been used historically in places like Chittagong and West Bengal among other places. See Dobhashi for further information. Maguindanaon in the Philippines Malay in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Although Malay speakers in Brunei and Southern Thailand still use the script on a daily basis Minangkabau in Sumatra, Indonesia Pegon script of Javanese, Madurese and Sundanese in Indonesia, used only in Islamic schools and institutions Tausug in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia it can be used in Islamic schools in the Philippines Maranao in the Philippines Rakhine in Burma and Bangladesh Mongolian in Afghanistan There is also a language in the Mongolic family that spoken in the Afghanistan it is called Mogholi language Tagalog in the Philippines Yakan in Basilan Aslian in Malaysia Ternate in Indonesia by the Muslims Tidore in Indonesia Meitei in Bangladesh Shughni in Afghanistan Thai in Malaysia Sylheti in Arakan, Bengal, Chittagong, and Tripura Kedah Malay in Myanmar, Malaysia, and Thailand Uab Meto in Indonesia Molbog in Sabah used by the Muslims even though in Palawan Bonggi in Sabah by the Muslims Kadazan in Malaysia is a Muslim language Dusun used in Brunei, and Malaysia Sama used in Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia Bajau is in Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia Sarawak Bisaya used in Malaysia, and Brunei Sabah Bisaya is used in Sabah Lotud spoken in Malaysia only Lun Bawang in Sarawak, Sabah, Temburong and Kalimantan Tiruray in the Bangsamoro Chavacano in Cotabato, Zamboanga Peninsula, Sulu, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi, Sabah, and Kalimantan Maranao has Arabic script in Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, and Sabah Iranun used in Islamic schools in Mindanao,and Malaysia Middle East Hebrew was written in Arabic letters in a number of places in the past Northern Kurdish in Turkey and Syria was written in Arabic script until 1932, when a modified Kurdish Latin alphabet was introduced by Jaladat Ali Badirkhan in Syria Turkish in the Ottoman Empire was written in Arabic script until Mustafa Kemal Atatürk declared the change to Latin script in 1928. This form of Turkish is now known as Ottoman Turkish and is held by many to be a different language, due to its much higher percentage of Persian and Arabic loanwords (Ottoman Turkish alphabet) Unicode As of Unicode , the following ranges encode Arabic characters: Arabic (0600–06FF) Arabic Supplement (0750–077F) Arabic Extended-A (08A0–08FF) Arabic Extended-B (0870–089F) Arabic Extended-C (10EC0–10EFF) Arabic Presentation Forms-A (FB50–FDFF) Arabic Presentation Forms-B (FE70–FEFF) Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols (1EE00–1EEFF) Rumi Numeral Symbols (10E60–10E7F) Indic Siyaq Numbers (1EC70–1ECBF) Ottoman Siyaq Numbers (1ED00–1ED4F) Additional letters used in other languages Assignment of phonemes to graphemes {\| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center \|+ Table of additional letters in other languages \|- ! rowspan=2 colspan=4 \| Letter or Digraph ! rowspan=2 class="nowrap" style="" \| Use & Pronunciation ! rowspan=1 \| Unicode ! rowspan=1 colspan=4 \| i'jam & other additions ! rowspan=2 \| Shape ! rowspan=2 \| Similar Arabic Letter(s) \|- ! U+ ! ! ! above ! below \|- \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Pe, used to represent the phoneme in Persian, Pashto, Punjabi, Khowar, Sindhi, Urdu, Kurdish, Kashmiri; it can be used in Arabic to describe the phoneme otherwise it is normalized to ب e.g. پول Paul also written بول \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+067E \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 3 dots \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used to represent the equivalent of the Latin letter Ƴ (palatalized glottal stop ) in some African languages such as Fulfulde. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0750 \| colspan=2 class="nowrap" style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 3 dots (horizontal) \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| B̤ē, used to represent a voiced bilabial implosive in Hausa, Sindhi and Saraiki. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+067B \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 2 dots (vertically) \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents an aspirated voiced bilabial plosive in Sindhi. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0680 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 4 dots \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ṭhē, represents the aspirated voiceless retroflex plosive in Sindhi. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+067A \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 2 dots (vertically) \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ṭē, used to represent the phoneme in Pashto. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+067C \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 2 dots \| ring \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ṭe, used to represent the phoneme (a voiceless retroflex plosive ) in Sindhi \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+067D \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 3 dots (inverted) \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ṭe, used to represent Ṭ (a voiceless retroflex plosive ) in Punjabi, Kashmiri, Urdu. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0679 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| small \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Teheh, used in Sindhi and Rajasthani (when written in Sindhi alphabet); used to represent the phoneme (pinyin q) in Chinese Xiao'erjing. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+067F \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 4 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents the "c" voiceless dental affricate phoneme in Bosnian. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0684 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 2 dots (vertically) \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents the "ć" voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate phoneme in Bosnian. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0683 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 2 dots \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Che, used to represent ("ch"). It is used in Persian, Pashto, Punjabi, Urdu, Kashmiri and Kurdish. in Egypt. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0686 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 3 dots \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ce, used to represent the phoneme in Pashto. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0685 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 3 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents the "đ" voiced alveolo-palatal affricate phoneme in Bosnian. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0757 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 2 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Źim, used to represent the phoneme in Pashto. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0681 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| Hamza \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used in Saraiki to represent a Voiced alveolar implosive . \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0759 \| class="nowrap" style="font-size:150%;" \| \| class="nowrap" style="font-size:150%;" \| \| small \| 2 dots (vertically) \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used in Saraiki to represent a voiced retroflex implosive . \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+068A \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 1 dot \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ḍal, used to represent a Ḍ (a voiced retroflex plosive ) in Punjabi, Kashmiri and Urdu. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0688 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| small \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Dhal, used to represent the phoneme in Sindhi \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+068C \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 2 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ḍal, used to represent the phoneme in Pashto. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0689 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| ring \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ṛe, represents a retroflex flap in Punjabi and Urdu. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0691 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| small \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ṛe, used to represent a retroflex lateral flap in Pashto. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0693 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| ring \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used in Ormuri to represent a voiced alveolo-palatal fricative , as well as in Torwali. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+076B \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 2 dots (vertically) \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Že / zhe, used to represent the voiced postalveolar fricative in, Persian, Pashto, Kurdish, Urdu, Punjabi and Uyghur. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0698 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 3 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ǵe / ẓ̌e, used to represent the phoneme in Pashto. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0696 \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 1 dot \| 1 dot \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used in Kurdish to represent rr in Soranî dialect. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0695 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| V pointing down \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used in Kalami to represent a voiceless retroflex fricative , and in Ormuri to represent a voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative /ɕ/. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+076D \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 2 dots vertically \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used in Shina to represent a voiceless retroflex fricative . \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+075C \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 4 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| X̌īn / ṣ̌īn, used to represent the phoneme in Pashto. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+069A \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 1 dot \| 1 dot \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Unofficially used to represent Spanish words with in Morocco. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+069C \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 3 dots \| 3 dots \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ga, used to represent the voiced velar plosive in Algerian and Tunisian. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06A8 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 3 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Gaf, represents a voiced velar plosive in Persian, Pashto, Punjabi, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Kurdish, Uyghur, Mesopotamian Arabic, Urdu and Ottoman Turkish. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06AF \| colspan=2 \| line \| horizontal line \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Gaf, used to represent the phoneme in Pashto. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06AB \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| ring \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Gaf, represents a voiced velar plosive in the Jawi script of Malay. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0762 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 1 dot \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06AC \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 1 dot \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Gaf, represents a voiced velar plosive in the Pegon script of Indonesian. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+08B4 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 3 dots \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ng, used to represent the phone in Ottoman Turkish, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Uyghur, and to unofficially represent the in Morocco and in many dialects of Algerian. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06AD \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 3 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ee, used to represent the phoneme in Somali. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0623 U+064A \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| Hamza \| 2 dots \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| class="nowrap" \| + \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| E, used to represent the phoneme in Somali. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0626 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| Hamza \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| class="nowrap" style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ii, used to represent the phoneme in Somali and Saraiki. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0649 U+0653 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| Madda \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| O, used to represent the phoneme in Somali. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0624 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| Hamza \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \|style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ö, used to represent the phoneme in Kyrgyz. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0624 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| Strikethrough \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Pasta Ye, used to represent the phoneme in Pashto and Uyghur. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06D0 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 2 dots vertical \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Nārīna Ye, used to represent the phoneme [ɑj] and phoneme in Pashto. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06CC \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 2 dots (start + mid) \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=1 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| colspan=2 class="nowrap" style="font-size:85%;" \| end only \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| X̌əźīna ye Ye, used to represent the phoneme [əi] in Pashto. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06CD \| colspan=2 \| line \| horizontal line \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Fāiliya Ye, used to represent the phoneme [əi] and in Pashto, Punjabi, Saraiki and Urdu \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0626 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| Hamza \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Oo, used to represent the phoneme in Somali. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0623 U+0648 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| Hamza \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| + \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Uu, used to represent the phoneme in Somali. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| + U+0648 U+0653 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| Madda \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| + \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents a voiced velar implosive in Sindhi and Saraiki \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06B1 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| horizontal line \| 2 dots \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents the Velar nasal phoneme in Sindhi. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06B1 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 2 dots + horizontal line \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Khē, represents in Sindhi. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06A9 \| colspan=2 \| none \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 style="font-size:120%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| "Swash kāf" is a stylistic variant of in Arabic, but represents un- aspirated in Sindhi. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06AA \| colspan=2 \| none \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| or \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used to represent the phoneme (pinyin ng) in Chinese. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0763 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 3 dots \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents the retroflex nasal phoneme in Pashto. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06BC \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 1 dot \| ring \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents the retroflex nasal phoneme in Sindhi. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06BB \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| small \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used in Punjabi to represent and Saraiki to represent . \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0768 \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 1 dot + small \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Nya in the Jawi script. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06BD \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 3 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Nya in the Pegon script. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06D1 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 3 dots \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Nga in the Jawi script and Pegon script. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06A0 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 3 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used in Marwari to represent a retroflex lateral flap , and in Kalami to represent a voiceless lateral fricative . \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+076A \| colspan=2 \| line \| horizontal line \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:100%;" \| \| colspan=3 style="font-size:100%;" \| \| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| – or alternately typeset as – is used in Punjabi to represent voiced retroflex lateral approximant /ɭ/ \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+08C7 \| rowspan=2 colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| rowspan=2 \| small \| rowspan=2 style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| rowspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| rowspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 style="font-size:120%;" \| \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0644 U+0615 \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Vi, used in Algerian Arabic and Tunisian Arabic when written in Arabic script to represent the sound (unofficial). \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06A5 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| 3 dots \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ve, used in by some Arabic speakers to represent the phoneme /v/ in loanwords, and in the Kurdish language when written in Arabic script to represent the sound . Also used as pa in the Jawi script and Pegon script. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06A4 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 3 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Va in the Jawi script. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06CF \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 1 dot \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents a voiced labiodental fricative in Kyrgyz, Uyghur, and Old Tatar; and in Kazakh; also formerly used in Nogai. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06CB \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 3 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents "O" in Kurdish, and in Uyghur it represents the sound similar to the French eu and œu sound. It represents the "у" close back rounded vowel phoneme in Bosnian. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06C6 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| V pointing down \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| U, used to represents the Close back rounded vowel phoneme in Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Uyghur. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06C7 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| Damma \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents Ê or É in Kurdish. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06CE \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| V pointing down \| 2 dots (start + mid) \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:130%;" \| \| colspan=3 style="font-size:130%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Do-chashmi he (two-eyed hāʼ), used in digraphs for aspiration and breathy voice in Punjabi and Urdu. Also used to represent in Kazakh, Sorani and Uyghur. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06BE \| colspan=2 \| none \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:130%;" \| \| colspan=3 style="font-size:130%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Ae, used represent and in Kazakh, Sorani and Uyghur. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06D5 \| colspan=2 \| none \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=1 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| colspan=2 style="font-size:85%;" \| end only \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| Baṛī ye ('big yāʼ), is a stylistic variant of ي in Arabic, but represents "ai" or "e" , in Urdu and Punjabi. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06D2 \| colspan=2 \| none \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used to represent the phoneme (pinyin c) in Chinese. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+069E \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 3 dots \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used to represent the phoneme (pinyin z) in Chinese. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0637 \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents the "o" open-mid back rounded vowel phoneme in Bosnian. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06C9 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| V pointing up \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents the "nj" palatal nasal phoneme in Bosnian. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0769 \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| 1 dot V pointing down \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| used in Kurdish to represent ll in Soranî dialect. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06B5 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| V pointing down \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents the "lj" palatal lateral approximant phoneme in Bosnian. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+06B5 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| V pointing down \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \|- \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| colspan=3 class="nowrap" style="font-size:140%;" \| \| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;" \| represents the "i" close front unrounded vowel phoneme in Bosnian. \| style="font-size:85%;" \| U+0627 U+0656 U+0649 \| colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;" \| \| Alef \| style=color:#E2E5EA; \| none \| style="font-size:150%;" \| \| + \|- \|} Footnotes:''' Letter construction Most languages that use alphabets based on the Arabic alphabet use the same base shapes. Most additional letters in languages that use alphabets based on the Arabic alphabet are built by adding (or removing) diacritics to existing Arabic letters. Some stylistic variants in Arabic have distinct meanings in other languages. For example, variant forms of kāf are used in some languages and sometimes have specific usages. In Urdu and some neighbouring languages, the letter Hā has diverged into two forms dō-čašmī hē and gōl hē, while a variant form of yā referred to as baṛī yē is used at the end of some words. Table of Letter Components See also Arabic (Unicode block) Eastern Arabic numerals (digit shapes commonly used with Arabic script) History of the Arabic alphabet Transliteration of Arabic Xiao'erjing References External links Unicode collation charts—including Arabic letters, sorted by shape "Why the right side of your brain doesn't like Arabic" Arabic fonts by SIL's Non-Roman Script Initiative Alexis Neme and Sébastien Paumier (2019), "Restoring Arabic vowels through omission-tolerant dictionary lookup", Lang Resources & Evaluation'', Vol. 53, pp. 1–65. ; Arabic orthography Right-to-left writing systems Abjad writing systems
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Samuel McIntire Taylor was a Republican politician in the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Secretary of State from 1893 to 1897. Samuel Taylor was born July 24, 1856, in Champaign County, Ohio. He attended country schools and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1882, where he was Phi Gamma Delta, and the Cincinnati Law School, where he graduated in 1884. He located in Urbana, Ohio, where he practiced. He was elected in 1887 to represent Champaign County in the 68th General Assembly, and re-elected 1889 and 1891 to the 69th and 70th, from which he resigned. He resigned when elected in 1892 to Ohio Secretary of State, and then was re-elected in 1894. After leaving office in 1897, Taylor was appointed consul to Glasgow, Scotland, by President McKinley. He was transferred to Callao, Peru in 1906, and served there until 1910. He was appointed consul to Birmingham, England, in 1913, and served there until his death from influenza in that city, December 7, 1916. He was buried at Oak Dale Cemetery in Urbana. Notes References Secretaries of State of Ohio People from Champaign County, Ohio Ohio lawyers 1856 births Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Ohio Wesleyan University alumni American diplomats 1916 deaths University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni 19th-century American politicians People from Urbana, Ohio 19th-century American lawyers
Ajalpan is a city in the southeastern part of the state of Puebla in Mexico. It has come to fame recently for lynching two pollsters in October, 2015, when townspeople mistook them for kidnappers and burned them alive. At a Latitude of 18.370003 and a Longitude of -97.2499466, Ajalpan lies near the northern border of the adjacent state of Oaxaca, and is the municipal seat of the Ajalpan Municipality, which surrounds it. This small city lies in the desert valley south east of the city of Tehuacan between Altepexi and Coxcatlan. One of the products commonly associated with Ajalpan are the red clay roofing shingles or tiles known as 'tejas'. For this reason many of the inhabitants jokingly refer to it as "Ajalpan da las tejas" (meaning: Ajalpan makes shingles) but when spoken sounds like "Ajalpan Day Laws Tayhaws" or "Ajalpan Dallas, Texas". The region around Ajalpan is fairly arid and there are many types of cactus growing round about. The prickly pear (or 'tuna'/'pitajaya' (in Nahuatl: nōchtli )) grows naturally in the area and is harvested by the inhabitants who eat the fruit or use the sweet juice in drinks. References Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática Puebla Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México "As Frustrations with Mexico's Government Rise, So Do Lynchings" New York Times, January 23, 2016 Populated places in Puebla
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Jules François Archibald, known as J. F. Archibald, baptised John Feltham Archibald, (14 January 1856 – 10 September 1919), Australian journalist and publisher, was co-owner and editor of The Bulletin during the days of its greatest influence in Australian politics and literary life. He was also the founder and namesake of the annual Archibald Prize art award. Biography Born to an Irish Catholic family in Kildare, now known as Geelong West, Victoria, he was baptised John Feltham Archibald, but changed his forenames in later life "when he became an enthusiast in everything French". Contemporary associates affectionately knew him as "Archie" and expressed admiration for his journalistic flair, literary perspicacity and culinary talents. He was also a target of humour because of his pretentious name change (pronounced "Jules Frankwa") and false pretensions to having a part-Scottish father and a French Jewish mother. After working as an accountant, journalist (with the Melbourne Daily Telegraph), public servant and miner in Victoria and Queensland, Archibald arrived in Sydney in 1878, where he formed a partnership with John Haynes and William Macleod, and on 31 January 1880 they launched The Bulletin as a weekly paper of political, business and literary news. William Henry Traill became a partner in 1882, and the following year Archibald left for two years in London. When he returned in 1886, the magazine was struggling, and Archibald bought out the other partners. Under Archibald's sole control, and with A. G. Stephens as his literary editor, The Bulletin became Australia's leading outlet for poets, cartoonists, and authors of fiction and humour. Archibald had no life outside the magazine and devoted his every waking hour to it. It was his decision to open The Bulletin'''s pages to contributions from readers, and his brand of radical, republican, xenophobic politics that the magazine reflected for the 16 years he controlled its content. In 1902, Archibald's health broke down and he resigned the editorship, though retaining overall control. Unable to rest, he launched a new monthly magazine, The Lone Hand. But soon afterwards, he had a complete collapse and spent several years in the Callan Park Hospital for the Insane. Even from there, he kept writing, and in 1907 published The Genesis of The Bulletin, an important source for the history of the magazine. Archibald's health never really recovered, and, in 1914, he sold his interest in The Bulletin''. He died in Sydney on 10 September 1919 and is buried in Waverley Cemetery. In his will, he made the two bequests by which he is best remembered by the general public: funds for the Archibald Fountain in Sydney's Hyde Park, which he specified must be designed by a French sculptor, and the Archibald Prize for portraiture, now Australia's most prestigious art prize. References External links 1856 births 1919 deaths Australian magazine publishers (people) Australian magazine editors Australian people of Scottish descent Burials at Waverley Cemetery People from Geelong People from Warrnambool Australian magazine founders 19th-century Australian journalists 19th-century Australian male writers Australian people of Irish descent Australian accountants 19th-century Australian businesspeople Australian male journalists
Akiva Librecht () (1876 – March 3, 1958) was a founding member of Petah Tikva, Israel, and a member of its first council, which he headed in 1912–13. He was also a member of the Kfar Saba council. Librecht was born in 1876 in Jerusalem, then in the Ottoman Empire. His father made Aliyah in the 1840s, and was one of the builders of the new Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem outside the Old City's walls. Akiva Librecht received a religious education, and also studied in Germany and Austria. Librecht managed the winery in Petah Tikva, and built the first modern artificial beehives in the Land of Israel. He was married to Shoshana Levit Gotlieb, with two children, David and Leah. References 1876 births 1958 deaths People from Petah Tikva
Graffiti Soul is the fifteenth studio album (of original material) by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released in May 2009. On 31 May 2009, the album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 10, becoming Simple Minds' first UK top ten album in 14 years, since the release of their 1995 album Good News from the Next World. In early April 2009, the video for the single "Rockets" was made available via the band's official website. Overview Graffiti Soul was released on 25 May 2009 and continued Simple Minds return to the top, charting at #10. During the recording of Graffiti Soul, Jim Kerr stated: «We really are flowing with ideas at the moment and [...] I do feel that we are possibly writing two albums simultaneously at present.» Several tracks were omitted from Graffiti Soul so that the album had more focus. Possible candidates include "Six Degrees Of Separation", "Lotus Effect" and "Shaman". At the time of the album release, Charlie Burchill stated about the new album: «We would create ideas and work on those ideas for hours. That's the way we worked upon Graffiti Soul'''s tracks; we worked upon ideas and just let them evolve over long periods of time.» Recording An e-mail announcement by Simple Minds stated that Graffiti Soul was initially written on location in Rome (Italy), Sicily, Antwerp (Belgium) and Glasgow (Scotland). The band then returned for the first time in almost three decades to Rockfield Studios, near Monmouth in Wales, where the group originally recorded their earlier albums Real to Real Cacophony, Empires and Dance and New Gold Dream. The album was mixed in Los Angeles by Bob Clearmountain. Release Graffiti Soul is also available as a vinyl LP and a 2-CD deluxe edition, both including a second album called Searching for the Lost Boys, actually a covers studio album made up of songs by Neil Young, Massive Attack, Magazine, The Stranglers, Thin Lizzy, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Call and The Beach Boys. Reception The album received generally mixed reviews upon release. Metacritic gives it a score of 58 out of 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The NME's John Doran was underwhelmed, describing it as, "easily the best thing they've done since the mid-’80s...but it's still not enough. If Simple Minds had stopped the second "Don't You (Forget About Me)" was released then they’d still be remembered as a truly great band. As it is, this is not enough on its own to restore their tarnished reputation." In The Telegraph, Thomas H. Green noted the album's production as being, "polished to a US radio-friendly sheen", whilst offering that the album is, "not a sudden, flawless comeback, by any means, but for fans who've been waiting for Simple Minds to relocate their previous form, Graffiti Soul is well worth a listen." Track listing Standard edition Deluxe Edition bonus tracks Vinyl LP / 2-CD Deluxe Editions – Bonus album Searching for the Lost Boys Personnel Simple Minds Jim Kerr – vocals Charlie Burchill – guitars, keyboards Mel Gaynor – drums Eddie Duffy – bass Additional musicians Gordy Goudie – guitar and keyboards (2), backing vocals (1-3, 5–8) Jez Coad – backing vocals (1-3, 5–8), timpani (3), additional keyboards (4, 5, 7), additional drums (4) Katie Kissoon – backing vocals (2-6, 8) Sonia Jones – backing vocals (2-6, 8) Tom Hooper – percussion (3, 5–8) Andy Gillespie – additional keyboards (5) Technical Jez Coad – producer, mixing (7, 9) Simple Minds – producer Arjen Mesinga – engineer Simon Dawson – engineer Mark Bishop – engineer Ben Cunningham – assistant engineer Gordy Goudie – additional pre-production Andy Gillespie – additional pre-production Kevin Burleigh – additional pre-production Bob Clearmountain – mixing (1-6, 8, 10) Brandon Duncan – mixing assistant (1-6, 8, 10) Bob Ludwig – mastering Joe Blake – design Chris Gallagher– design Ryan MacDonald – design Mark Seager – photography Sven Hoogerhuis – photography Hilko Nackaerts – photography Left-overs At least, four other tracks, "Six Degrees of Separation", "Lotus Effect", "Shaman" and "Angel Under My Skin" were demoed for Graffiti Soul. Originally written by Mark Kerr and Erikah Karst during the Cry period (2002), "Angel Under My Skin" was previously worked on for Black & White 050505 (2005) before the song was finally recorded and released as a Deluxe edition bonus track on Walk Between Worlds'' (2018). Live performances Many of the songs have been played live: "Moscow Underground", "Rockets" and "Stars Will Lead the Way": during the 2009 "30 Years Live European", 2009 "Graffiti Soul", 2010 "Australian", 2010 "Festival Show" and 2010 "Final Shows" tours. "Moscow Underground": also during the 2011 "Greatest Hits Forest", 2011 "Greatest Hits +", 2012 "Festival", 2012 "Australia" tours and at the 2011 "Australia" "600 Sounds" Festival show. "Stars Will Lead the Way": also during the 2011 "Greatest Hits +" and 2012 "Festival" tours. "Light Travels": only one time as an encore (in Rome, Italy) and another time as a soundcheck (in Ancona, Italy) during the 2009 "Graffiti Soul" tour. "Kiss and Fly": only one time as a soundcheck (in Birmingham, UK) during the 2009 "Graffiti Soul" tour. "Graffiti Soul": during the 2009 "Graffiti Soul" and 2010 "Festival Show" tours. "This Is It": during the 2009 "30 Years Live European", 2009 "Graffiti Soul", 2010 "Festival Show" and 2010 "Final Shows" tours. "Rockin' In The Free World": only one time as a spontaneous improvisation launched by Jim during the 2009 "30 Years Live European" tour and another time as a soundcheck (in Birmingham, UK) during the 2009 "Graffiti Soul" tour. "Teardrop" only four times: (as an encore) during the Lostboy! AKA's 2010 "Electroset Radio" tour and only one time (as an encore) during the Lostboy! AKA's 2010 "Electroset" tour. "Whiskey In The Jar": only one time (in Cork, Ireland) during the 2009 "30 Years Live European" tour. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References Sources Official Simple Minds web site Dream Giver Redux 2009 albums Simple Minds albums Sanctuary Records albums Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios
El Golobar is a mountain spot located in the north of the province of Palencia, Spain. It is located in a region of great ecological richness, the Montaña Palentina, in the municipality of Brañosera, the oldest municipality in Spain. At the end of the 1960s, there were plans to build a ski resort in the vicinity, and several ski lifts and a large building at the top of the mountain to be used as a Parador de Turismo, but the project was stopped and the facilities were abandoned. The road that gives access to the enclave reaches 1840 m.a.s.l. and is the highest in the province. From the parking lot, you can easily reach the peaks of Valdecebollas and Sestil, as well as other important points of the Sierra de Híjar, such as Sel de la Fuente, where the Pisuerga River rises. Access The road that ascends to Golobar starts from the PP-2204 that joins Brañosera with Reinosa, in Cantabria (from the Cantabrian limit it is called CA-280) going up the Sierra de Híjar. Shortly before reaching Salcedillo, take a detour to the left where the road begins, called PP-2203, and which after 6.5 km reaches the mountain refuge. History The history of Golobar is linked to the ski resort project that the Provincial Council of Palencia carried out in that place at the end of the 1960s, which also included the construction of a Parador de Turismo at its summit. The tourist boom in mountain sports, backed by the success of the nearby Alto Campoo ski resort, led to the idea of locating the facility in this privileged environment. After the completion of the road leading to the parador, whose construction was practically finished on an esplanade in front of a spectacular valley, the first ski lifts were built a few kilometers below and close to a large parking lot with a capacity for 250 vehicles. In 1973, the economic crisis shook the budgets, and the works, which were very close to completion, were left unfinished and abandoned. Since then, the facilities have suffered progressive deterioration: the ski lifts were removed because of the risk they posed and the hotel building was first used as a shelter and then as a livestock corral, which is the use it is currently assigned. The access road lacks maintenance and has suffered some landslides in recent years. In 2016, a project was presented to recover the building, transforming it into a high-performance sports center, which in 2017 was transferred to the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training. Use The privileged location of Golobar has turned its surroundings into an ideal place for various sports, especially skiing, hiking from its summit and cycling. It is the starting point for routes through the most visited places in the area, such as Valdecebollas, El Sestil, Sel de la Fuente, Covarrés and Fuente del Cobre. It also provides privileged views over the valley of Santullán and the Somahoz hill. The most important cycling competitions that take place in El Golobar are the Vuelta a Castilla y León, which included a stage finish in its 2008 edition with a victory for Alberto Contador, and the Vuelta a Palencia, where it has become its most emblematic stage. References External links Cantabrian Mountains Mountain passes of Spain Green Spain Mountain passes of Cantabria
Business US Highway 41 (Bus. US 41) was a state trunkline highway that served as a business loop off US 41 and M-28 in Marquette, Michigan, along Washington and Front streets. The streets serve the downtown area of Marquette and are bordered by several commercial properties and businesses. Those two streets originate with the early founding of the city in the middle of the 19th century. Jurisdiction over them was transferred to the city as part of a highway swap that resulted in the decommissioning of the trunkline in 2005. It was also previously co-designated Bus. M-28, mirroring the Bus. US 41/Bus. M-28 designation previously used along Bus. M-28 in Ishpeming and Negaunee. Washington and Front streets had been a part of the state highway system since the 1910s, and a part of the United States Numbered Highway System since 1926. The business loop designation dates back to the 1960s and was removed in 2005. Route description The western terminus of Bus. US 41 was the west end of Washington Street at the intersection with US 41/M-28 near the western Marquette city limits. The intersection features a stoplight to allow traffic from eastbound US 41/M-28 to cross the westbound lanes of the main highway to access Washington Street; the remaining connections are made through stop-sign-controlled access lanes. Running eastward, Washington Street is four lanes, divided by a center median for about before a center turn lane replaces the median. The street is bordered by several commercial developments. There is a stoplight for the intersection with McClellan Avenue as the business loop runs uphill toward downtown. A few blocks east past other businesses and restaurants, Washington intersects the southern end of Lincoln Avenue at another stoplight. East of this junction, the roadway narrows to one lane in each direction with a center turn lane. Washington Street turns to the southeast and heads downhill in the next block, which is bordered by some houses on the north side. The turn lane drops by Seventh Street as the street passes Harlow Park. From the park east, the business loop entered the downtown area. Each side of the street is bordered by retail shops, restaurants and other service providers. Washington Street passes the federal building containing the post office and federal courthouse at the intersection with Third Street. At Front Street, Bus. US 41 turned south one block away from Lake Superior; Front Street is also a commercial section of downtown. The street passes Father Marquette Park which is named for the city's namesake, Jacques Marquette. The roadway climbs a hill headed southbound next to the park. Bus. US 41 ended where US 41 turns south along Front Street at the east end of the Marquette Bypass. At the time the business loop was still under state control, it was maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) as a segment of the State Trunkline Highway System. As a part of these maintenance responsibilities, the department tracked the volume of traffic that used Bus. US 41. These volumes were expressed using a metric called annual average daily traffic, which is a statistical calculation of the average daily number of vehicles on a segment of roadway. In the department's last survey, conducted in 2004, there were 10,272 vehicles per day using Washington Street between Lincoln Avenue and Front Street, the lowest traffic count for the trunkline. The highest volume was 19,036 vehicles between McClellan and Lincoln Avenues, while the Front Street section received 16,309 vehicles on an average day. The former business loop has not been listed on the National Highway System, a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. History Marquette's founding settlers arrived in the area on May 18, 1849, to establish the community, and the original thoroughfares were platted by 1855, including Washington and Front streets. The widest street in the city at , Baraga Avenue was intended to be the Marquette's main street when the downtown area was originally laid out, but businesses centered their locations along Washington Street instead. The community was incorporated as a village in 1859, and it was later reincorporated as a city on February 21, 1871. The original city hall was built in 1895 on Washington Street, and in 1910, the city started paving its streets, replacing wooden planks with asphalt. A state highway was routed through downtown starting on May 13, 1913, when the system was created. It was first a part of M-15 when the highway system was signed in 1919, and then later as US 41/M-28 after the creation of the United States Numbered Highway System in 1926. (Under the original 1925 draft plan for the U.S. Highway System, US 102 was the number assigned to run through Marquette.) The streets have been paved since at least the 1920s. The Marquette Bypass opened on November 21, 1963, and the business loop was marked for the first time on the 1964 state highway map. A Bus. M-28 designation was added to the route for the 1975 state map, marking it similar to the Bus. US 41/Bus. M-28 designation that was previously assigned along Bus. M-28 in Ishpeming and Negaunee. This second designation was removed by 1981. In April 2005, the City of Marquette agreed to exchange jurisdiction over a number of roadways with MDOT. These transfers placed Bus. US 41 and the unsigned M-554 under city jurisdiction; at the same time, the state would take over a section of McClellan Avenue to extend M-553 to its current northern terminus at the Marquette Bypass. Negotiations regarding the transfer centered on MDOT deferring to city zoning ordinances along McClellan Avenue regarding driveway and snowmobile access and the city's assumption of expenses and liabilities related to the business loop. The transfers were made official on October 10, 2005, when MDOT and the city finalized the paperwork. As a result, Bus. US 41 was decommissioned when the city took control over Washington and Front streets; signage was removed on November 9, 2005, to complete the process. Some local maps continue to label Bus. US 41 through downtown Marquette, even years after the decommissioning of the designation, and some local businesses and organizations continued to use it in their advertising. Marquette received $2.5 million (equivalent to $ in ) in state funding for improvements to Washington Street near downtown as a part of the transfer agreement. The city also assumed responsibility for maintaining the stoplights installed along the former highway. These improvements rebuilt Washington Street from 5th Street westward during 2007. The roadway was narrowed from four lanes to two with a center turn lane between Lincoln Avenue and 7th Street. The speed limit was reduced from along the street to deal with the traffic that turns into and out of businesses. In 2010, the intersection between Front Street and the eastern end of the Marquette Bypass was converted into a roundabout configuration, opening to traffic on August 19. Major intersections See also Bus. M-28 in Ishpeming and Negaunee, formerly also Bus. US 41 Bus. US 41 in Baraga, another former business loop Notes References External links Former Bus. US 41 at Michigan Highways 41 Business (Marquette, Michigan) 41 Business (Marquette) Business (Marquette, Michigan) Transportation in Marquette County, Michigan
Assos (; , ) was an ancient Greek city near today's Behramkale () or Behram for short, which most people still call by its ancient name of Assos. It is located on the Aegean coast in the Ayvacık district of Çanakkale province, Turkey. It is on the southern side of Biga Peninsula (better known by its ancient name of the Troad). Assos sits on the coast of the Adramyttian Gulf (Turkish: Edremit Körfezi) and used to offer the only good harbour along the of coast which made it very important for shipping in the Troad. During Pliny the Elder's lifetime (1st century AD), the city was also known as Apollonia (Ἀπολλωνία). Assos' most famous resident was the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Assos is also the birthplace of Cleanthes, who later was to succeed Zeno of Citium as head of the Stoic school of philosophy. The Acts of the Apostles also refers to visits to the city by Luke the Evangelist and Paul the Apostle. Today, Assos is a holiday retreat amid ancient ruins. In 2017 it was inscribed on the UNESCO Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey. History The city was founded from 1000 to 900 BC by Aeolian colonists from Lesbos, who are said to have come from Methymna. The settlers built a Doric Temple to Athena on top of the dominant crag in 530 BC. From this temple Hermias of Atarneus, a student of Plato, ruled Assos, the Troad and Lesbos during the town's greatest period of prosperity. (Strangely, Hermias was actually the slave of the ruler of Atarneus.) Hermias encouraged philosophers to move to the city and one of those who answered the call was Aristotle, who came here in 348 BC and married Hermeias's niece, Pythia. Aristotle founded an Academy in Assos where he became chief amongst a group of philosophers, and together with them, made innovative observations on zoology and biology. Assos' 'golden period' ended several years later when the Persians arrived and tortured Hermias to death. Aristotle then fled to Macedonia, which was ruled by his friend King Philip II of Macedon and where he became tutor to Philip's son, Alexander the Great. A modern statue of Aristotle greets visitors at the entrance to Assos. The Persians were driven out by Alexander the Great in 334 BC. Not long afterwards Assos became the birthplace of Cleanthes, who later succeeded Zeno of Citium as head of the Stoic school of philosophy in Athens. Between 241 and 133 BC, the city was ruled by the Kings of Pergamon. However, in 133 BC, the Pergamons lost control of the city and it was absorbed into the Roman empire. According to Christian tradition, St. Paul visited the city during his third missionary journey (53-57 AD) through Asia Minor on his way to Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Acts 20 records that Luke the Evangelist and his companions ('we') "went ahead to the ship and sailed [from Troas] to Assos, there intending to take Paul on board ... and when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene". From this period onwards, Assos shrunk to the small village it has remained ever since. From the Middle Ages the only relics are the Hüdavendigar Mosque and Bridge dating back to the second half of the 14th century. The mosque is on the hilltop near the ruined temple while the bridge is off the road to Ayvacık. Modern archaeological discoveries The ruins of ancient Assos continue to be excavated. In 2018, archaeologists discovered an undamaged Hellenistic family grave with the name "Aristios" written on its cover. The grave contained the remains of a family of twenty-one. One of the family members was buried, while the remaining twenty were cremated and their ashes placed inside urn-like vases. The lids had been sealed with cement to prevent any foreign substance getting inside the urns. In 2018, archaeologists also discovered many strigils, some of them iron, but most of them bronze. Archaeologists also uncovered a 2,200-year-old Hellenistic lion sculpture and a 1,500-year-old stone oven dating to the Byzantine period. The sculpture was unearthed from a structure used as an inn at that time, and one of the Byzantine period findings contained a cooking stove with three pots. The pillars from the ancient port lay in the harbour for over a millennia. Eventually they were probably sold. Attractions On the acropolis 238 m above sea level stand the remains of the only Doric order temple in Asia Minor, which was dedicated to Athena and dates to 530 BC. Six of the original 38 columns remain. In the early 1900s sculptures of the Temple of Athena were moved to museums like the Louvre. The view from the temple extends to nearby Lesbos in the south, to Pergamum in the southeast and to Mount Ida in the east. To the northwest, two massive Hellenic columns still mark the entrance to the city. West of the acropolis stands the well preserved 4th century BC city wall and main gate with towers. An ancient paved road leads northeast through the gate to the ruins of a large 2nd-century BC gymnasium, a 2nd-century BC agora and a bouleuterion. Further south toward the seashore is a 3rd-century BC theatre built for 5,000 spectators. Also on the hillside are the remains of a cemetery full of broken sarcophagi which were "able to eat flesh", according to Pliny, hence their name. Lower Assos has is a small pebbly beach. Although the narrow road to İskele, the ex-fishing harbour, is steep and with sheer drops, a constant stream of cars and minibuses passes up and down it from dawn to dusk. Notes References Nurettin Arslan - Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan, Living in the Rocks Assos an Archaeological Guide, Istanbul 2010. . Haiko Türk: Die Mauer als Spiegel der Stadt. Neue Forschungen zu den Befestigungsanlagen in Assos, in: A. Kuhrmann - L. Schmidt (Ed.), Forschen, Bauen & Erhalten. Jahrbuch 2009/2010 (Berlin/Bonn 2009) p. 30-41, . External links Official website Aeolian colonies Former populated places in Turkey Buildings and structures in Çanakkale Province History of Çanakkale Province Tourist attractions in Çanakkale Province Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Fishing communities in Turkey Geography of Çanakkale Province Greek city-states Populated places in ancient Mysia Populated places in ancient Troad New Testament places World Heritage Tentative List for Turkey
Cristopher Benjamín Toselli Ríos (, born 15 June 1988) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Universidad de Chile. Toselli is best known for beating Cláudio Taffarel's clean sheet record of 484 minutes during 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup of Canada, surpassing him by eight minutes and completing 492 minutes in total, helping Chilean youth squad to a third-place finish. In 2009, he was a member of Ivo Basay's 23-man squad who won the Toulon Tournament, a tournament that Cristopher lost in 2008 against Italy under Marcelo Bielsa as coach. Club career Universidad Católica Early career Born in Antofagasta, Toselli joined Universidad Católica youth ranks in 2001. He was promoted to first-team by coach Jorge Pellicer in 2006 for the Torneo Apertura, due to the departure of second-choice keeper Rainer Wirth to Deportes Temuco. The following year, after a notable performance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, he made his club debut on 25 November, during a 3–0 home win to Coquimbo Unido played at San Carlos. The next season, he was challenging the goal with record-man José María Buljubasich, becoming the first-choice keeper, after their mistakes and its departure to Olimpia. In 2009, he participated in the Toulon Tournament final against France, which Chile won 1–0. Toselli suffered a bad injury that side-lined him for six months. This angered Univeridad Católica's coach, Marco Antonio Figueroa, after risking and losing his first-choice keeper. During his recovery time, second-choice keeper Paulo Garcés broke into the first team, relegating Toselli to the bench. 2010 season On 5 December 2010, Toselli played in the Primera División final match against Everton. Where his club was crowned champion after defeating the Viña del Mar based–team, 5–0 at home. 2011 season On 11 May 2011, he regained the starting position under orders of Juan Antonio Pizzi, after a terrible mistake of Garcés in a Copa Libertadores quarterfinals match against Peñarol at Montevideo. In this match, Garcés inexplicably dropped the ball and Peñarol's Alejandro Martinuccio took the opportunity to score, sealing the victory with a score of 2–0, in the 90th minute. After losing the playoffs finals of the Torneo Apertura against Universidad de Chile, was reinstated as the starting keeper by new coach Mario Lepe, after the departures of Pizzi and Garcés. On 16 November, Toselli won the Copa Chile final against Magallanes. This was his second title at Católica, and it qualified his team to the 2012 Copa Sudamericana, in which Los Cruzados were eliminated at the semifinal stage, against Brazilian side São Paulo after two draws, where Toselli had incredible performances. Loans On 15 December 2017, Toselli joined Liga MX side Atlas on loan for the remainder of the 2017–18 season. On 30 April 2018, the club announced that Toselli's loan would not be extended due to his poor performances. On 13 July 2018, Toselli returned to Chile, joining Everton on loan, as an emergency replacement for recently departed Eduardo Lobos, and injured Franco Torgnascioli. On 18 February 2021, Toselli joined fellow Primera División club Palestino, on a one-year loan. He also extended his contract with La Católica until the end of the 2022 season. On 6 January 2022, Toselli joined Argentine Primera División side Central Córdoba SdE on loan, after the club lost their two keepers Andrés Mehring (ACL rupture) and César Rigamonti (three broken ribs) to injuries. Universidad de Chile On 9 January 2023, Toselli returned to Chile, joining Universidad de Chile on a free transfer. International career During his early career, Toselli represented Chile U17 at the 2005 South American U–17 Championship, playing in four matches. Later, Toselli was called up to the Chile U20 national team for the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay. He started in the national team as second goalkeeper until the third game of tournament, in where he relegated Colo-Colo's player Richard Leyton, to the bench. Chile finished in fourth place of the final stages of the tournament tied at six points with Paraguay. However the Guaraníes had a lower goal difference than Chile, thus Chile classified to the 2007 FIFA U–20 World Cup celebrated in Canada. In the U–20 World Cup, Toselli's performance with Chile was outstanding, with the team finishing in third–place of the tournament, after beating Austria 1–0. In addition, he broke Brazilian goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel's record of 484 minutes without conceding goals in a Youth World Cup, achieving 495 minutes in total. After his U–20 World Cup performances, he was called-up to the Toulon Tournament in France, for three years consecutively (2008–2010). In 2008 (U23 squad), Toselli was called-up by coach Marcelo Bielsa and after another great performance, Chile finished as runner-up of the tournament, after a 1–0 defeat against Italy. In 2009 (U21 squad), he was once again called-up to play the Toulon Tournament, which Chile would win beating France 1–0 with a Gerson Martínez goal at the 86th minute. In the final, he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture that sidelined him for six-months. In 2010 (U22 squad), Chile finished fourth place in the Toulon Tournament, after losing the thrid-place match against France. In addition, Toselli played in a friendly match against Mexico U22 in San Luis Potosí, Mexico on September 3, 2011. The squad only included under-25 players and resulted in 3–1 win. Toselli was called up by Bielsa to play his first senior international game for his country against Panama, match that ended in a 2–1 win. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification process, he was frequently called-up by Bielsa as third goalkeeper. But for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, it was Luis Marín was who called-up, with Nery Veloso as a stand in. Toselli would be called up by Bielsa's successors, Claudio Borghi and Jorge Sampaoli, during the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. He was eventually included in the 23-man squad that played the World Cup. Career statistics Club International Honours Universidad Católica Primera División: 2010, 2016–C, 2016–A, 2019, 2020 Copa Chile: 2011 Supercopa de Chile: 2016, 2019 Friendlies: Torneo de Verano Fox Sports 2019 Chile U20 FIFA U-20 World Cup: Third Place 2007 Chile U21 Toulon Tournament: 2009 Chile Copa del Pacífico: 2012 Copa América: 2016 Confederations Cup: Runner-up 2017 China Cup: 2017 Individual Best goalkeeper of Toulon Tournament: 2009 Chilean Footballer of the Year: 2013 References External links 1988 births Living people Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Sportspeople from Antofagasta Chilean people of Italian descent Men's association football goalkeepers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Chile men's youth international footballers Chile men's international footballers 2014 FIFA World Cup players Copa América Centenario players 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players Copa América-winning players Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Atlas F.C. footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero footballers Chilean Primera División players Liga MX players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
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