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Prologue is a grey market album by Elton John featuring music publishing demonstration recordings made in the 1960s. It features four songs with Linda Peters on vocals, who would later marry musician Richard Thompson. John sings the remaining titles. The CD is a copy of a promotional 1970 vinyl demo album for producer Joe Boyd's Warlock label. Only 100 of the original vinyl albums are purported to have been made, of which six are known to exist today. The CD is a poor quality copy of a damaged vinyl record. Stylistically, it is very similar to Tumbleweed Connection. The songs are all written by artists signed to Warlock, including Nick Drake and John Martyn. Track listing "Saturday Sun" "Sweet Honesty" "Stormbringer" "Way to Blue" "Go Out and Get It" "The Day Is Done" "Time Has Told Me" "You Get Brighter" "This Moment" "I Don't Mind" "Pied Pauper" 2001 compilation albums Elton John compilation albums
The dewaniya or diwaniya was the reception area where a Middle Eastern man received his business colleagues and male guests. Today the term refers both to a reception hall and the gathering held in it, and visiting or hosting a dewaniya is an important feature in the culture of Eastern Arabia. The word is first attested in Sumerian as dub, found in clay tablet. It is comparable to the diwan-khane of Persian households, and derives from the word divan, meaning a formal council room in Persian and other regional languages. Dewaniya became a fundamental part of Kuwaiti life. Hence, it has become a mark in their traditional daily life. Origin Dewaniya derives from the Persian divan, which itself is derived from Sumerian dub, in clay tablet, which meant a formal room for sitting and negotiation, and is used to designate a royal court, a high government ministry, or a council of state. The contemporary form has come to mean a well-known place where people, traditionally men only, can meet to discuss political issues and other sociopolitical issues. One well-known Dewan is the Prime Minister of India's Dewan. Additionally, Dewan is an Arabic term of Persian origin. The original meaning may refer to a "bundle (of written sheets)", hence "book", especially "book of accounts," and hence "office of accounts," "custom house," "council chamber". The meaning divan "long, cushioned seat" is due to such seats having been found along the walls in Middle Eastern council chambers. Purposes The Dewaniya served an important purpose in the development of Kuwait over the last 250 years by facilitating quick communication and consensus building among other things. There are many type of Dewaniyas that have evolved from the original archetype and they differ only in terms of the groups they serve and the level of formality. The Dewaniyas are the core of Kuwait's social, business and political life, the places where topics of interest are discussed, associates introduced, alliances formed, and similar networking activities undertaken. Formal Dewaniyas may be convened to discuss particular topics, sometimes with invited guest speakers. They are also called for particular purposes, such as election campaigns. Formal Dewaniyas are the root of Kuwait's consensual political system. Elections The influence of visiting Dewaniyas by the National Assembly Candidates is very visible. Being a direct communication mean between the Electors (Voters) and the Candidates in all the different districts in Kuwait. A list of Dewaniyas in the different areas is prepared from day 1 of Elections, and the Candidates schedules appointments to visit the influential Dewaniyas before the Election day trying to maximize their reach in one of the most powerful tools in Elections. Business Many people were wondering how does major deals are closed or initiated in Dewaniya, and why does that happens in Kuwait specifically. Basically, as Dewaniya being place where prominent people in the Government from Ministers, Chairmen of Public companies, prominent people in Oil sector, to undersecretaries. And Businessmen, Banks chairmen, CEO's of multinational corporations, they all receive their guests weekly or monthly in their family dewan or private dewaniya. People who visits a decision maker in his dewaniya, it force him by tradition to gently listen and be open to what they say. Which gives a big chance for people who has a good proposal to deliver a proper value proposition in the offering, which then ends up with another formal meeting at the decision maker office to do the formalities. And also considering the place to be the best to build connections. As a conclusion, Dewaniya is a place where communication is done with a very proper attention from the decision maker. Types Dewaniya has several types, private, public and family. The private is just for close friends who usually gather daily and public are fixed with a weekly timing where anyone can visit, while family dewaniya, is an official gathering of prominent family, where all people can come and meet the family members. Family dewan or dewaniya This was the original form of the Dewaniya that started when each family (only a handful in the 18th century) very known as the Family Dewan would set up an extension to their main home to host guests and discuss important issues. This would also be the place that wedding ceremonies and funeral rites would be held for the male side of the family. The elders of the family are usually in attendance and sit at the head of what is usually a U-shaped hall to welcome guests and lead the discussions. Political dewaniya These Dewaniyas are a relatively recent development of the 20th century when Kuwaitis started seeking political rights and more representation in a system that had become more skewed towards an absolutist rule by the Emir in contrast to the more participatory consensual system that existed earlier. It is considered as a public Dewaniya. Casual dewaniya These Dewaniyas are usually organized by groups of friends of the same age group on one member's property. This type is usually the most relaxed with participants playing cards Janjifa like Koutbo6, smoking Shisha (sometimes called the Hookah), watching football games and other sports, or playing video games. It is considered as a private Dewaniya. Times Most Dewaniyas start after the sunset till midnight the whole year round and recently it started having a break in summer. Janjifa In Dewaniya, many cards games are played. To mention some of for reference: Business and technology usage Because most Kuwaiti men and youth are tied-up with a Dewaniya, it was a must from large corporations and multinationals to introduce services like Dewaniya SMS from Zain Kuwait. The idea is to keep the Dewaniya members in-touch with each other using the SMS, and keeping everyone up-to-date with the activities going on in the group. Other companies are packaging its products to be sold for Dewaniyas specially food & beverage companies Because these are a big market that they can tap in by their offers. The more technology advances, we see Dewaniya members getting in touch with each other by creating a micro version of their Dewaniya on BlackBerry Messenger groups, WhatsApp groups, Beluga, private Facebook groups, and Twitter. To share what needs an instant update for all the Dewaniya members like invitations, or funerals. Food and beverages Every Dewaniya has its own offers of Food and Beverages, yet they all commonly offer tea and coffee (Arabian) for its guests. Depending on the occasions, you will find some Dewaniyas offering dinner based on specific occasions (newborn, graduations, new job, Hajj). Coffee and tea You can't find any Dewaniya which do not offer regular tea. Arabian coffee is another important beverage in any Dewaniya. Yet the different types of tea (Green tea, White tea) is an option, depending on the Dewaniya owners wish to serve. In modern Dewaniyas, you would find the luxury of the espresso machines, cappuccino and mocha for more convenience visitors. Dessert Starting from dates (fruit) that you find most Dewaniyas offer, till sweets. Is something that many Dewaniya owners assure to offer for attendees specially for Dewaniyas that open their doors for more than 6 hours a day. Dinner On occasions, or sometimes weekly, you find Dewaniya owners inviting guests for dinner or even for the Dewaniya regular attendees. Dinner in Dewaniya is more popular on occasions like elections, newborn, graduations, new job, or Hajj. See also Divan Diwan-khane, a room which serves a similar function in Persian households Divan (Mughal architecture) - the dewaniya as used in Mughal architecture References Works cited External links Kuwaiti Dewaniya e-Guide Kuwait Travel Guide About Kuwait explaining the dewaniya Kuwait Government Description about Dewaniya Dewaniya Information in Kuwait Kuwaiti culture Society of Kuwait Arab culture Executive ministers Heads of government Heads of state Rooms
Gustavo Henrique Ferrareis (born 2 January 1996), known as Gustavo Ferrareis or just Ferrareis, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger and full-back for Liga MX club Puebla. Club career Born in Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo, Ferrareis is a youth exponent from Internacional. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 29 November 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute for goalscorer Taiberson in a 3–1 home win against Palmeiras. Ferrareis was definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2016 season, and scored his first senior goal on 8 May of that year in a 3–0 Campeonato Gaúcho home success over Juventude. His first top tier goal came on 25 September, but in a 3–1 away loss against Atlético Mineiro; he finished the year with two goals in 24 league appearances, as his side was relegated for the first time ever. Honours Internacional Campeonato Gaúcho: 2016 Figueirense Campeonato Catarinense: 2018 References External links 1996 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo (state) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Sport Club Internacional players Esporte Clube Bahia players Figueirense FC players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Avaí FC players Atlético Clube Goianiense players Club Puebla players
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Umurlu may refer to the following places in Turkey: Umurlu, Aydın Umurlu, Otlukbeli Umurlu, Sason
Bijvard (, also Romanized as Bījvard; also known as Bījvar, Bijwar, Bīzhvard, and Borjak) is a village in Kuhpayeh Rural District Rural District, in the Central District of Bardaskan County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 455, in 144 families. Bijvard in the region of Razavi Khorasan is located in Iran - some 372 mi (or 598 km) East of Tehran, the country's capital. References Populated places in Bardaskan County
Catherine A. Merriman (born in 1949) is a British novelist, short-story writer and editor who has published five novels and three short-story collections. Her work often addresses the experiences of women. Her first novel, Leaving the Light On (1992), won the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award; her other works include the novels Fatal Observations (1993) and State of Desire (1996); the short-story collections Silly Mothers (1991), shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year, and Getting a Life (2001); and the edited collection Laughing, Not Laughing: Women Writing on 'My Experience of Sex (2004), which won an Erotic Award. Born in London, she has lived in Wales since 1973, and is often considered to be a Welsh author. Biography Catherine Merriman was born in 1949 in London, where she spent her childhood. Her parents both worked in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. She attended the University of Kent at Canterbury. She moved to Abergavenny with her husband in 1973, and has remained in South East Wales; in 1994 she was living in Brynmawr, Gwent. She said in an interview in around 2000 that she considers herself both English and Welsh, commenting: "I think living in no man's land is quite a good place for a writer. You can see in both directions." Before becoming a writer, she worked as a statistician and a Women's Studies lecturer, and spent eleven years as a volunteer for the charity Women's Aid in Abergavenny. She started writing in 1985, after leaving work to raise her two children. Merriman taught writing for ten years at the University of Glamorgan (now part of the University of South Wales). She is a fellow of the Welsh Academy and co-chaired their members' committee. She has judged short-story competitions. Writing Merriman has published five novels and three short-story collections (as of 2008). Her writing often addresses women's experiences. Diana Wallace classes her in a group of Welsh women fiction authors writing after 1968 whose work in some way tackles the "changes brought by feminism", together with Glenda Beagan, Alice Thomas Ellis, Siân James, Mary Jones, Clare Morgan and Bernice Rubens. Merriman was one of seven Welsh women authors to be included in Linden Peach's 2007 book, Contemporary Irish and Welsh Women's Fiction: Gender, Desire and Power; Peach comments that "her career as a writer is inseparable from Wales". Novels Leaving the Light On won the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award for first novels in 1992. Merriman states that it focuses on domestic power and has its foundation in her experience volunteering for the charity Women's Aid. Lucasta Miller, in a review for The Times, praises the novel's "tact and sensitivity" in handling a "sad, convincing" plot. A later review for the same newspaper describes it as an "observant first novel", whose "sinister" atmosphere is enhanced by its "determinedly unromantic" seaside setting. Max Davidson, in a short review of the paperback edition for The Daily Telegraph, describes it as "One of the strongest first novels of recent years". David Robson, in a mixed review for The Sunday Telegraph, calls the novel a "highly assured début" which is "sharply observed"; he praises the beginning, but notes that the symmetrical set-up slows down the plot, leading to "too much navel-watching and not enough action." In her second novel, Fatal Observations – which she has said also stems from her Women's Aid experience – Merriman tackles the subject of domestic violence. Peter Matthews, writing in The Observer, describes the novel as a "simple and sometimes simplistic" portrayal of urban violence, but within its limited perspective, "uncannily exact in conveying that mixture of fear, rage, nausea and shame that every embattled city-dweller feels". Robin Blake, in a broadly positive short review of the novel in The Independent, criticises the "too in-your-face...character analysis". A review for The Times characterises the theme as the relationship between the sexes, describing the story as evolving from "sharply funny" to an ending that is "very nasty indeed". The protagonist of State of Desire, her third novel, is recently bereaved widow from South Wales who protests about opencast mining and has an affair with a much-younger man. The novel addresses reawakening sexuality after bereavement and also tackles environmental issues. Helen Dunmore, in a review for The Times, writes that "Merriman creates an atmosphere of risk-taking sexuality and of desire without an ounce of romance in it." She praises the novel's depiction of the Welsh scenery "without sentimentality or caricature", noting parallels between the widowed protagonist's changed life and the threat that mining poses to the landscape. Davidson, in a short review for The Telegraph, praises the novel's "crisp writing, sharp dialogue and shrewd characterisation", and describes parts as having "real pathos". The academic Jane Aaron comments that the novel depicts a woman appealing to "traditional Welsh values of community and respect for nature" to fight for modern environmental causes. Stephen Knight assesses State of Desire within the tradition of industrial novels; he comments that it envisages a "modern world where women can resist modern industrial blight" and that the "commitment and resistance of the industrial novel can continue in the present." State of Desire has also been noted as an early example of a Welsh novel that features a minor character who is lesbian. Her next novel, Broken Glass, depicts a relationship disrupted by the diagnosis of cancer. A review in the Liverpool Echo describes it as "[h]arrowing and heartening by turns". Short stories Merriman's first collection of stories, Silly Mothers, was shortlisted for 1992 Wales Book of the Year, and her short fiction has twice won a Rhys Davies short-story award, in 1991 and 1998. Her stories have appeared in anthologies, including The Second Penguin Book of Welsh Short Stories (1994) and the Library of Wales' Story II (2014), and many have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Linden Peach includes Merriman in a list of twenty-two "key" 20th-century women writers of short fiction in English. Her short-story collections, together with those of the other Welsh authors Leonora Brito, Clare Morgan, Siân James and Glenda Beagan, have been described by Michelle Deininger as having "changed the direction of the form further, exploring issues such as race, female identity, ageing, and Welsh-language learning." Jude Brigley suggests her collection "Silly Mothers" as a text for teaching creative writing. Peach analyses her short stories and particularly her third collection, Getting a Life (2001), in the context of a trope he terms the "blind spot", a "space of danger outside of what is normally in our field of vision", covering perceived threat or actual potential for violence ("Eating Sugar", "One Step Away from Trouble") as well as real violence ("Delivery"), and compares her with the Irish author, Mary Morrissy. Malcolm Ballin characterises "Delivery" as a "characteristic example of south Wales noir", describing the story as a "powerful piece that maintains suspense right to the end." Andy Beckett describes "Barbecue", Merriman's contribution to the Penguin anthology, as "contemporary picaresque" and compares it with the work of the Scottish author, Duncan McLean. David Lloyd considers Merriman's "One Day" among the highlights of the anthology Mama's Baby (Papa's Maybe) & Other Stories: New Welsh Short Fiction (1999), commenting that its "language sparkles and delights". Editor For several years Merriman was the fiction editor of the New Welsh Review. She edited Laughing, Not Laughing: Women Writing on 'My Experience of Sex''', an anthology of Welsh women writing frankly about their sexual experiences, which won the publications category of the 2004 Erotic Awards. Merriman said in an interview that "All I wanted was honesty, for women to try and express on paper their experiences of sex, good or bad" and that she was surprised at the range of stories she received, commenting that "A lot of women clearly feel very separate and alone in their sexual lives." Publications Source: NovelsLeaving the Light On (Weidenfield & Nicolson; 1992)Fatal Observations (Weidenfield & Nicolson; 1993)State of Desire (Pan Macmillan; 1996)Broken Glass (Pan; 1998)Brotherhood (Parthian; 2003) Short story collectionsSilly Mothers (Honno; 1991)Of Sons and Stars (Honno; 1997)Getting a Life (Honno; 2001) EditorLaughing, Not Laughing: Women Writing on 'My Experience of Sex (Honno; 2004) References Further readingCriticism M. Wynn Thomas (ed.). Welsh Writing in English (University of Wales Press; 2003)Reviews'Geraldine Brennan (8 November 1992). Seductive voices of Ireland past. The Observer p. 61 [Leaving The Light On] Deborah Singmaster (11 December 1992). A Share of Care – Leaving the Light On by Catherine Merriman. The Times Literary Supplement'' (4680) p. 20 External links University of Glamorgan: MPhil tutors 'Mammary orgasmic potential -- a case study' & 'Learning to speak Klingon' (two short stories available online) Living people 1949 births 20th-century English novelists 21st-century English novelists English short story writers Academics of the University of Glamorgan 20th-century British short story writers 21st-century British short story writers
Eduard Neumann may refer to: Eduard Neumann (philologist) (1903–1985), German philologist Eduard Neumann (fighter pilot) (1911-2004), German fighter pilot
Matthew James Lohr (born August 28, 1971) is an American politician. On January 15, 2022 Lohr was sworn in by Governor Glenn Youngkin as Virginia's 5th Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry. In this role, he will serve in the governor's cabinet and oversee the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Virginia Department of Forestry, and the Virginia Racing Commission. December 3, 2018 he was appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue as the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, he served until January 20, 2021. Lohr served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2006–2010, representing the 26th district in the Shenandoah Valley, made up of the city of Harrisonburg and part of Rockingham County. From December 2013 until June 2017, Lohr worked for Farm Credit of the Virginias as director of the Knowledge Center. In this position he facilitated the sharing of knowledge and resources for the betterment of all farmers. Lohr is a member of the Republican Party. While in the House, Lohr served on the committees of Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources; Counties, Cities and Towns; and Finance. He also served as chairman of the Agriculture Subcommittee. During his time in office, he was presented "Legislator of the Year" awards from the Virginia Career and Technical Education Association and the Virginia Economic Development Association. In 2003 he won the American Farm Bureau "Excellence in Agriculture" Award as well as numerous farming and environmental stewardship honors. Electoral history Notes External links 1971 births Living people State cabinet secretaries of Virginia United States Department of Agriculture officials Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates Virginia Tech alumni People from Harrisonburg, Virginia 21st-century American politicians People from Broadway, Virginia
SN 1572 (Tycho's Supernova, Tycho's Nova), or B Cassiopeiae (B Cas), was a supernova of Type Ia in the constellation Cassiopeia, one of eight supernovae visible to the naked eye in historical records. It appeared in early November 1572 and was independently discovered by many individuals. Its supernova remnant has been observed optically but was first detected at radio wavelengths; it is often known as 3C 10, a radio-source designation, although increasingly as Tycho's supernova remnant. Historic description The appearance of the Milky Way supernova of 1572 belongs among the most important observation events in the history of astronomy. The appearance of the "new star" helped to revise ancient models of the heavens and to speed on a revolution in astronomy that began with the realisation of the need to produce better astrometric star catalogues (and thus the need for more precise astronomical observing instruments). It also challenged the Aristotelian dogma of the unchangeability of the realm of stars. The supernova of 1572 is often called "Tycho's supernova", because of Tycho Brahe's extensive work De nova et nullius aevi memoria prius visa stella ("Concerning the Star, new and never before seen in the life or memory of anyone", published in 1573 with reprints overseen by Johannes Kepler in 1602 and 1610), a work containing both Brahe's own observations and the analysis of sightings from many other observers. Comparisons between Brahe's observations and those of Spanish scientist Jerónimo Muñoz revealed that the object was more distant than the Moon. This would lead Brahe to approach the Great Comet of 1577 as an astronomical body as well. Other Europeans to sight the supernova included Wolfgang Schuler, Christopher Clavius, Thomas Digges, John Dee, Francesco Maurolico, Tadeáš Hájek, and Bartholomäus Reisacher. In England, Queen Elizabeth had the mathematician and astrologer Thomas Allen come and visit "to have his advice about the new star that appeared in the Swan or Cassiopeia ... to which he gave his judgement very learnedly", as the antiquary John Aubrey recorded in his memoranda a century later. In Ming dynasty China, the star became an issue between Zhang Juzheng and the young Wanli Emperor: in accordance with the cosmological tradition, the emperor was warned to consider his misbehavior, since the new star was interpreted as an evil omen. The more reliable contemporary reports state that the new star itself burst forth soon after November 2, and by November 11 it was already brighter than Jupiter. Around November 16, 1572, it reached its peak brightness at about magnitude −4.0, with some descriptions giving it as equal to Venus when that planet was at its brightest. Contrarily, Brahe described the supernova as "brighter than Venus". The supernova remained visible to the naked eye into early 1574, gradually fading until it disappeared from view. The supernova The supernova was classified as type I on the basis of its historical light curve soon after type I and type II supernovae were first defined on the basis of their spectra. The X-ray spectrum of the remnant showed that it was almost certainly of type Ia, but its detailed classification within the type Ia class continued to be debated until the spectrum of its light at peak luminosity was measured in a light echo in 2008. This gave final confirmation that it was a normal type Ia. The classification as a type Ia supernova of normal luminosity allows an accurate measure of the distance to SN 1572. The peak absolute magnitude can be calculated from the B-band decline rate to be . Given estimates of the peak apparent magnitude and the known extinction of magnitudes, the distance is kpc. Supernova remnant The distance to the supernova remnant has been estimated to between 2 and 5 kpc (approx. 6,500 and 16,300 light-years), with recent studies suggesting a narrower range of 2.5 and 3 kpc (approx. 8,000 and 9,800 light-years). Tycho's SNR has a roughly spherical morphology and spreads over an angular diameter of about 8 arcmin. Its physical size corresponds to radius of the order of a few parsecs. Its measured expansion rate is about 11–12%/year in radio and X-ray. The average forward shock speed is between 4000 and 5000 km/s, dropping to lower speed when encountering local interstellar clouds. Older source list the gas shell has reached an apparent diameter of 3.7 arc minutes. Initial radio detection The search for a supernova remnant was negative until 1952, when Robert Hanbury Brown and Cyril Hazard reported a radio detection at 158.5 MHz, obtained at the Jodrell Bank Observatory. This was confirmed, and its position more accurately measured in 1957 by Baldwin and Edge using the Cambridge Radio Telescope working at a wavelength of . The remnant was also identified tentatively in the second Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources as object "2C 34", and more firmly as "3C 10" in the third Cambridge list (Edge et al. 1959). There is no dispute that 3C 10 is the remnant of the supernova observed in 1572–1573. Following a 1964 review article by Minkowski, the designation 3C 10 appears to be that most commonly used in the literature when referring to the radio remnant of B Cas, although some authors use the tabulated Galactic designation G120.7+2.1 and many authors commonly refer to it as Tycho's supernova remnant. Because the radio remnant was reported before the optical supernova-remnant wisps were discovered, the designation 3C 10 is used by some to signify the remnant at all wavelengths. The X-ray observation An X-ray source designated Cepheus X-1 (or Cep X-1) was detected by the Uhuru X-ray observatory at 4U 0022+63. Earlier catalog designations are X120+2 and XRS 00224+638. Cepheus X-1 is actually in the constellation Cassiopeia, and it is SN 1572, the Tycho SNR. Optical detection The supernova remnant of B Cas was discovered in the 1960s by scientists with a Palomar Mountain telescope as a very faint nebula. It was later photographed by a telescope on the international ROSAT spacecraft. The supernova has been confirmed as Type Ia, in which a white dwarf star has accreted matter from a companion until it approaches the Chandrasekhar limit and explodes. This type of supernova does not typically create the spectacular nebula more typical of Type II supernovas, such as SN 1054 which created the Crab Nebula. A shell of gas is still expanding from its center at about 9,000 km/s. A recent study indicates a rate of expansion below 5,000 km/s. The companion star In October 2004, a letter in Nature reported the discovery of a G2 star, similar in type to our own Sun and named Tycho G. It is thought to be the companion star that contributed mass to the white dwarf that ultimately resulted in the supernova. A subsequent study, published in March 2005, revealed further details about this star: Tycho G was probably a main-sequence star or subgiant before the explosion, but some of its mass was stripped away and its outer layers were shock-heated by the supernova. Tycho G's current velocity is perhaps the strongest evidence that it was the companion star to the white dwarf, as it is traveling at a rate of 136 km/s, which is more than four times faster than the mean velocity of other stars in its stellar neighbourhood. This find has been challenged in recent years. The star is relatively far away from the center and does not show rotation which might be expected of a companion star. In Gaia DR2, the star was calculated to be light-years away, on the lower end of SN 1572's possible range of distances, which in turn lowered the calculated velocity from 136 km/s to only 56 km/s. In literature In the ninth episode of James Joyce's Ulysses, Stephen Dedalus associates the appearance of the supernova with the youthful William Shakespeare, and in the November 1998 issue of Sky & Telescope, three researchers from Southwest Texas State University, Don Olson and Russell Doescher of the Physics Department and Marilynn Olson of the English Department, argued that this supernova is described in Shakespeare's Hamlet, specifically by Bernardo in Act I, Scene i. The supernova inspired the poem "Al Aaraaf" by Edgar Allan Poe. The protagonist in Arthur C. Clarke's 1955 short story "The Star" casually mentions the supernova. It is a major element in Frederik Pohl's spoof science article, "The Martian Star-Gazers", first published in Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in 1962. See also List of supernova remnants References External links Light curve and spectrum of Tycho's Supernova solstation.com: Tycho's Star The Search for the Companion Star of Tycho Brahe's 1572 Supernova cnn.com: Important days in history of universe Historical supernovae Supernova remnants 1572 1572 in science Tycho Brahe Cassiopeia (constellation) Articles containing video clips 15721104 Cassiopeiae, B 0092 Durchmusterung objects 10
Karl Maria Prosper Laurenz Brandi (20 May 1868 – 9 March 1946) was a German historian. In 1890–91, he wrote his dissertation on the Reichenauer documents: Die Reichenauer Urkundenfälschungen, which served as Volume 1 of Quellen und Forschungen zur Geschichte der Abtei Reichenau. He followed his teacher to Berlin in 1891–95. The Munich Historical Commission directed him to complete the posthumous works on August von Druffel's contributions to imperial history and the Council of Trent, Monumenta Tridentina. In 1895 he completed his own habilitation in Göttingen. From 1902 until his retirement in 1936, and again, from the outbreak of World War II until shortly before his death, he held a professorship for German History at the University of Göttingen. His study of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor represented a ground breaking shift in the study of the importance of Charles's reign. According to Brandi, Charles V was the last monarch of Germany to have attempted the establishment of the medieval universal christian monarchy: in this, the Emperor was influenced by the legacy of his predecessors dating back to Charlemagne and by the amalgamation of Burgundian, Spanish, and Austrian court traditions. Works Mittelalterliche weltanschauung, humanismus und nationale bildung: Vortrag gehalten in der versammlung der Vereinigung der freunde des humanistischen gymnasiums in Berlin und der provinz Brandenburg am 23. Januar 1925. Weidmann, 1925 – Medieval worldview, humanism and national education. Geschichte der Geschichtswissenschaft, Universitäts-Verlag, 1947 – History of historical science. The emperor Charles V; the growth and destiny of a man and of a world empire, English translation published in 1939. This book is mentioned in Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, who, while hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam, read and enjoyed the book. References Citations Bibliography 1868 births 1946 deaths 19th-century German historians 20th-century German historians Academic staff of the University of Göttingen Academic staff of the University of Marburg Members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences German People's Party politicians National Liberal Party (Germany) politicians People from Meppen Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Barbeque Dog is an album by Ronald Shannon Jackson and The Decoding Society, recorded in 1983 for the Antilles label. The album cover was designed by Eiko Ishioka. In 2020, Jackson issued a remastered edition (subtitled "The Live Album VS The Original") on his Bandcamp page, featuring a "Live Jam" plus versions of "Gossip," "Barbecue Dog," and "Trials of Honest John" alternating with the original versions. Reception The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick stated: "Barbecue Dog doesn't quite reach the explosive heights of its predecessor (Mandance), but is arguably the next best item in Jackson's discography. The band strikes a comfortable balance between the horns and the electric instruments, allowing each to surface when needed, and also complements the required barnburners with more contemplative pieces." Track listing All compositions by Ronald Shannon Jackson except where noted. "Barbeque Dog" - 4:21 "Trials of an Honest John" - 3:23 "Yugo Boy" - 3:09 "Say What You Will" (Vernon Reid) - 3:14 "Mystery at Dawn" - 4:38 "Gossip" - 5:48 "When Cherry Trees Bloom in Winter, You Can Smell Last Summer" - 5:28 "Harlem Opera" - 9:02 Personnel Ronald Shannon Jackson – drums, flute, bass flute, Bertoia sound sculpture, voice Henry Scott – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, voice Zane Massey – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, percussion, voice Vernon Reid – electric guitar, steel guitar, Roland guitar synthesizer, banjo, percussion, voice Melvin Gibbs – electric bass, percussion, voice Reverend Bruce Johnson – fretless electric bass, electric bass, piccolo bass, percussion, voice References 1983 albums Ronald Shannon Jackson albums Antilles Records albums
María de la Paz Quiñones Cornejo (born 24 February 1956) is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. From 2009 to 2012 she served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the Federal District. References 1956 births Living people Politicians from Mexico City Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians Members of the Congress of Mexico City Deputies of the LXI Legislature of Mexico Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Mexico City
The Waterside building in Harmondsworth, Greater London, is the international head office of British Airways; it also houses the operational head office of BA's parent company, International Airlines Group (IAG). The building and landscaping, which cost £200 million, is on Harmondsworth Moor, northwest of Heathrow Airport, between the M4 and the M25 motorways in the linear Colne Valley regional park. Waterside is on the western edge of Greater London, near West Drayton and Uxbridge, in the Borough of Hillingdon The building is likely to be demolished as part of the controversial construction of a third runway at Heathrow. History Construction British Airways originally submitted a planning application to the London Borough of Hillingdon in 1990 to build what was then called "Prospect Park" on Harmondsworth Moor. This was withdrawn as the airline believed it would be declined on environmental grounds. An alternative plan was drawn up, promising that the moor would be redeveloped and much of the greenspace conserved, which was accepted. Construction started in September 1995. The project also involved clearing and landscaping the site which was derelict to create a large public park and nature reserve, with a visitor centre. The building was progressively opened between December 1997 and May 1998. The first section of the public park was opened in June 1998, with the remainder in 1999. The architects were Niels Torp, supported by RHWL. The Building Services Engineers were Cundall, the Structural Engineers were Buro Happold, the Construction Managers were Mace and the Landscape Architects were LUC. The building was completed in June 1998. The official opening was held that year. Post-construction Around 2004 British Airways consolidated several offices into Waterside. Waterside's employee population increased to about 4,000. To deal with the parking situation, British Airways began limiting on-site parking to four days per week, and a Commuter Centre was established. In 2020 the majority of the employees at Waterside stopped working there. As part of a cost reduction programme British Airways chose to keep the building unoccupied indefinitely, with its top level employees working at Technical Block C at Heathrow Airport. Simon Calder of The Independent wrote that Waterside "is expected to be demolished if the third runway at Heathrow airport goes ahead." Composition Nonie Niesewand of The Independent wrote that the site is roughly as big as Regent's Park and that Waterside itself is "the size of a small town" and that it was an attempt by the airline to have a more international and less formal image. The building includes six sections backing onto a glazed atrium street; each section represents a continent served by British Airways. Each section has a different theme based on the continent. For instance, Cherry trees are planted in the Asia-themed section, Eucalyptus trees are planted in the Australia-themed section, Birch saplings were planted in the Europe section, and Hardwood saplings are planted in the North America-themed section. Nonie Niesewand of The Independent said that the head office site is "the size of a small town, but on a site as big as Regent's Park". The building was nicknamed "Ayling Island", after BA chief executive Bob Ayling, by local taxi drivers. The design includes comprising six limestone-clad four-storey horseshoe-shaped sections which all back on to an internal 'street' that runs inside an atrium. The street is paved in granite slabs and cobblestones, has bridges which cross it overhead, linking the individual buildings, and is looked over by balconies which lead off the bridges. The street houses a health centre, hairdressing and beauty salon, travel centre, Sainsbury's supermarket, restaurants and cafés and a 400-seater auditorium. Jeremy Myerson, author of "After modernism: the contemporary office environment", wrote that the design of Waterside was intended to "both facilitate a change in the way BA staff behave at work and to support a more customer-led culture". The gross internal area is mostly open plan offices; no personal space is assigned, although enclosed areas are available for meetings and study. (Although initially no personal places were assigned, in practice, departments have specific locations in the buildings with seat allocations, the overwhelming majority of people sit at the same desks everyday and those desks, and the surroundings, contain their personal ephemera just as in any conventional office. "Hot Desks" - those specifically not allocated for an individual - are infrequent and clearly marked.) Contents An office of American Airlines is located at the Orient House (HAA3) within Waterside. Awards Civic Trust Awards 2000, Winner National Lighting Design Awards of Excellence 2000, Winner RIBA Best of British Awards 1999, Winner British Council for Offices 1999, Winner British Construction Industry Award 1998, Winner See also SAS Frösundavik Office Building Cathay City (Cathay Pacific head office at Hong Kong Airport) CAL Park (China Airlines head office in Taoyuan, Taiwan) References External links British Airways Headquarters - Niels Torp Case study on BA Waterside at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) – accessed November 2006. Duffy, Francis. "Working at Waterside - conduciveness as a workplace of the British Airways' headquarters in Harmondsworth, England." The Architectural Review. August 1998. "BA Waterside." Buro Happold. Office buildings completed in 1998 British Airways Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hillingdon Airline headquarters 1998 establishments in England
James Carpenter may refer to: James Carpenter (actor) (fl. 1980s–2010s), Shakespearean actor in the San Francisco Bay Area James Carpenter (architect) (born 1949), American light artist and designer James Carpenter (astronomer) (1840–1899), British astronomer James Carpenter (American football) (born 1989), American football offensive lineman James Carpenter (cricketer) (born 1975), former English cricketer James Carpenter (fencer) (born 1962), American fencer James C. Carpenter, American engineer; covered-bridge builder James Edward Carpenter (1841–1901), United States Army officer James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr. (1867–1932), American architect James Henry Carpenter (1846–1898), American engineer and industrialist James Madison Carpenter (1888–1983), American Methodist minister and musicologist James R. Carpenter (1867–1943), member of the Wyoming Senate Jimmy Carpenter, American electric blues saxophonist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer
"Lucky Days" is South Korean boy band SS501's third Japanese maxi single. It was released on June 18, 2008, by Pony Canyon. The album consists of three songs, "Lucky Days", "Summer Blue", and "Hoshizora" and an instrumental version of each track. Track listing NOTE: For the limited editions, "Hoshizora" track is not available. Music videos "Lucky Days" Release history References External links SS501 songs 2008 singles 2008 songs Pony Canyon singles Song articles with missing songwriters
House Arrest is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Ariel Pink, under Pink's "Haunted Graffiti" musical project. It is the fifth album in the eponymous series of albums, as subtitled. It was self-released in September 2002 under the imprint, Demonstration Bootleg, as a double CD set with his follow-up album, Lover Boy. On January 24, 2006, the album was reissued by Paw Tracks and Ballbearings Pinatas. Track listing "Hardcore Pops Are Fun" "Interesting Results" "West Coast Calamities" "Flying Circles" "Gettin' High in the Morning" "Helen" "Every Night I Die at Miyagis" "House Arrest" "Alisa" "The People I'm Not" "Almost Waiting" "Oceans of Weep" "Netherlands" "Higher and Higher" coL Drums on "Interesting Results" All songs written, performed and recorded by Ariel Pink at 1245 Norton ave. Los Angeles California Oct. 01 - July 2 on MT8X Yamaha 8 Track cassette. References 2002 albums Ariel Pink albums Hypnagogic pop albums Albums recorded in a home studio Self-released albums
Eyawomano Doreen Amata (born 6 May 1988 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria who specialises in the high jump event. Amata represented Nigeria at the 2008 Olympic Games, finishing in 16th place in the overall-rankings. She claimed a gold medal for her native West African country at the 2007 All-Africa Games. Amata competed for Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but she did not qualify for the finals. She was the flag bearer for Nigeria during the closing ceremony. Her personal bests in the event are 1.95 metres outdoors (Abuja 2008, Daegu 2011) and 1.93 metres (Banska Bystrica 2016). Competition record References External links 1988 births Living people Athletes from Lagos Nigerian female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Nigeria African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games silver medalists for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Nigeria
Uresha Ravihari Wickremasinghe, (born 26 June 1977; as උරේෂා රවිහාරී [Sinhala]), is a Sri Lankan songstress. Considered one of the leading female playback singers in Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema, Ravihari has won numerous awards at local film and television festivals including Sarasaviya Awards for Best Vocalist in three consecutive years. Personal life She was born on 26 June 1977 in Nugegoda. Her father Dharmasri Wickremasinghe is a renowned announcer at Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC). Her mother is Chandra Wickremasinghe. Ravihari has one brother, Navod who is two years younger. She completed education from Samudradevi Balika Vidyalaya, Nugegoda and then at St. Paul's Girls School, Milagiriya. She was also clever at music as well as dancing. She is married to Ruchira Nadeera, who is a doctor at Panadura Hospital. Wedding was celebrated in January 2012 at Galle Face Hotel. The couple has one son, Sasen Pravivek. Career Her career begins at very little age where she used to listen music classes conducted by veteran singer Dr.Sujatha Attanayake at a neighbor house. Then she started to learn music and vocal train by attending to her classes. At the age of 8, she made her maiden playback singing with the film Shakthiya Obai Amme with her teacher Dr.Sujatha Attanayake and Tony Hassan. At the age of 9, she released her first album, titled Surathal Nangiye. She continued perform many occasion with both Sinhala and Hindi songs and released Hindi- Sinhala mix CD/cassette at the age of 13 as her second album. She got the opportunity to sing Hindi songs in a musical program telecast on ITN on every Tuesday. Her third album, Kasun Tharaka was released when she was 16 years old. At the age of 13, Ravihari made her debut acting in the film Malsara Doni produced by her father. In the film, her song Unna Eka Gangavaka became highly popularized. However she selected music industry as her pathway and completed 'Prathama' and the Diploma in Hindustani music under Sujatha Attanayaka and late Austin Munasinghe. She also completed 'Bharatha Natyam' under Preethi Ganegoda and Vasuki Shanmugampilla. In 1996, Ravihari won the award for the best selling CD/cassette at Rasa Awards Festival for her album Sithin Man Aaderai. Then in 1998 she won the award for the best singer at Sumathi Awards for the song in the television serial Sasala Ruwa. In 2005, she won the best singer award at Raigam Tele'es for the song in serial Idorayaka Mal Pipila. Apart from music and dancing, Ravihari completed a diploma in beauty culture under Suwineetha Kotalawala. In 2006, she won the Best singer award at both Signis OCIC Award Festival and Presidential Film Festival for the film Anjalika. Television shows Awards Best selling CD/cassette at Rasa Awards Festival 1996 - album Sithin Man Aaderai Best Vocalist at Sumathi Awards 1998 - television serial Sonduru Wasanthe Best Vocalist at Raigam Tele'es 2005 - television serial Idorayaka Mal Pipila Best Vocalist at Signis OCIC Award Festival 2006 - film Anjalika Best Vocalist at Presidential Film Festival 2006 - film Anjalika Best Vocalist at Sarasaviya Awards 2007 - film Rosa Kale Best Vocalist at Sarasaviya Awards 2008 - film Asai Man Piyabanna Best Vocalist at Derana Film Festival 2015 - film WarigaPojja Best Vocalist at Hiru Golden Film Festival 2018 - film Sarigama Playback singing Playback film tracks References External links Uresha Ravihari songs පුතාට දැන් මාස දහයක්‌ - උරේෂා Uresha Ravihari sings sensitive song for a former LTTE member No any competition with Nirosha නිරෝෂාගේ විවාහය ගැන කතා කරන්න කැමැති නෑ ඒ සුන්දර අත්දැකීම් මාත් දැන් විදිනවා - Uresha Ravihari රැල්ලට යන්නෑ - Chat with Uresha Ravihari Living people 21st-century Sri Lankan women singers Sinhalese singers 1982 births 20th-century Sri Lankan women singers
Michelle Garza Cervera (born September 27, 1987) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. She is best known by her directorial debut film Huesera: The Bone Woman which was awarded the Best New Narrative Director and the Nora Ephron Award at the Tribeca Festival. Career Michelle Garza Cervera is a graduate of the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City. Garza obtained the Chevening scholarship to pursue a master's degree in Film Direction at Goldsmiths, University of London, in the United Kingdom. Her short films have been selected in more than 100 international film festivals, such as Fantastic Fest, the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival, the Havana Film Festival, among others. Garza also directed three episodes for the series Marea alta, which premiered in September 2020 on Vix+. In 2022, Michelle Garza Cervera released her directorial debut film: Huesera: The Bone Woman, a supernatural body horror film. The film tells the story of a woman who, after becoming pregnant, is attacked by a sinister entity. In March 2023, the Sundance Institute announced Michelle Garza as a fifth-generation recipient of the Momentum Fellowship, which offers support to filmmakers from underrepresented groups. Personal life Garza Cervera is bisexual. Accolades Huesera: The Bone Woman premiered at the Tribeca Festival in New York, USA, where the director won the award for Best New Narrative Direction and the Nora Ephron Award, which recognizes filmmakers with a unique voice. At the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Spain, the film won the award for Best Ibero-American Film, while Michelle Garza won the Citizen Kane award for new director. In 2022, Garza Cervera also won Best Director at the Feratum International Fantastic Film Festival, where the film won the Audience Award and the Feratum Tower for Best Horror Feature Film in the Ibero-American Section. At the 20th Morelia International Film Festival, Huesera won the Audience Award for Best Mexican Feature Film. It also won Best Film in the Crazies section of the Torino Film Festival, reaching 35 awards during its time at festivals. References External links 1987 births Living people Film directors from Mexico City Writers from Mexico City Mexican screenwriters Bisexual people Mexican women film directors
Prem Tinsulanonda (, , ; 26 August 1920 – 26 May 2019) was a Thai military officer, politician, and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Thailand from 3 March 1980 to 4 August 1988, during which time he was credited with ending a communist insurgency and presiding over accelerating economic growth. As president of the Privy Council, he served as Regent of Thailand from the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on 13 October 2016 until 1 December 2016, when Vajiralongkorn was proclaimed King. At the age of 98, Prem was the longest-living Thai Prime Minister. He is also the oldest regent of any country, surpassing Bavarian Prince Regent Luitpold's record, when he became the regent for king Rama X. During the Thai political crisis of the mid-2000s, he was accused by deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his supporters of masterminding the 2006 coup, as well as in the appointment of the post-coup legislature and interim government of Surayud Chulanont. The military junta that ousted Thaksin denied that Prem had any important political role. Prem, as the President of the Privy Council, promoted King Bhumibol's ideologies and royal projects, though he sometimes represented himself as being the voice of the king. He urged Thai society to follow the king's advice and himself founded several welfare projects related to education, drug suppression, poverty, and national unity. A southerner, Prem had also dealt personally with trying to resolve the South Thailand insurgency. Education, military, and political career Born in Songkhla Province in south Thailand, Prem was the son of Luang Winittantagum (Bueng Tinsulanonda) and Odd Tinsulanonda and had seven siblings. His father was the warden of Songkhla prison, and Prem jokingly claimed to have spent most of his childhood in prison. Prem attended Maha Vajiravudh Secondary School in Songkhla, followed by Suankularb Wittayalai School in Bangkok. He entered the Royal Thai Army Academy (now Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy) in 1941. A distinguished army officer, he entered politics in 1959, as a member of the Constitution Drafting Committee. From 1968 to 1971 he was a Senator, in 1972–73 was a Member of Parliament, and in 1976 was appointed to the Advisory Council of Prime Minister Thanin Kraivichien. Under Prime Minister Kriangsak Chamanan, he was Deputy Interior Minister in 1977–78 and Minister of Defence from 1979 to 1986. General Prem is known for initiating the negotiations with the members of the Communist Party of Thailand. Consequently, an amnesty was declared and many communist members — including former student protesters — returned home. This helped end the fighting between the government and communist guerrillas in the 1980s. Prime Minister of Thailand (1980–88) After Kriangsak retired in 1980, Prem was chosen as Prime Minister. Prem led three administrations and often shifted coalition partners. 42nd Administration (13 March 1980 – 19 March 1983) 1st Cabinet (3 March 1980 – 11 March 1981) Coalition partners: Social Action Party, Chart Thai, Democrat, Chart Prachachon and Siam Democrat Major opposition: Thai Citizens' Party 2nd Prem Cabinet (11 March 1981 – 8 December 1981) Coalition Partners: Democrat, Chart Thai and a number of smaller parties including Siam Democrat, Ruam Thai and Social Democrat Major opposition: Social Action and Prachakorn Thai 3rd Prem Cabinet (9 Dec 1981 – 30 April 1983) Coalition Partners: Social Action, Democrat, Chart Thai and a number of smaller parties Major opposition: Prachakorn Thai 43rd Administration (30 April 1983 – 5 August 1986) 4th Prem Cabinet (30 April 1983 – 11 August 1986) Coalition partners: Social Action, Democrat, Prachakorn Thai and National Democrat (replaced by the Progressive party in Sept. 1985) Major opposition: Chart Thai 44th Administration (5 August 1986 – 28 April 1988) 5th Prem Cabinet (11 August 1986 – 28 April 1988) Coalition partners: Democrat, Chart Thai, Social Action, Rasadorn Major opposition: Prachakorn Thai, United Democratic, Ruam Thai, Community Action, Progressive Overcoming coup attempts From 1–3 April 1981, a group of army colonels known as "The Young Turks" launched a coup attempt in Bangkok. Prem escorted the King and Queen to Nakhon Ratchasima, and began negotiating with the coup leaders. On 3 April, major leaders agreed to end their "April Fool's Day" coup attempt. Some were allowed to take refuge abroad. Another coup attempt took place on 9 September 1985. Its leaders had been involved in the previous coup four years earlier. The attempt became violent when rebel soldiers fired at the government's information centres, killing an Australian journalist and his American sound man. The coup attempt was supported by Ekkayuth Anchanbutr, a businessman who had fled the country after Prem's government issued new legislation against financial crime. By late afternoon of the same day, the rebels surrendered to the government. Most of its leaders, including Ekayuth, fled abroad. Assassination attempts Prem was the target of at least four assassination attempts in 1982. The investigation implicated military officers who were among the 1981 coup's leaders and former communists who opposed Prem's amnesty policy. This became one of the pretexts claimed by the coup leaders of 1991. Negotiation with communist insurgents Communist insurgents in Thailand, mainly led by the Communist Party of Thailand, began their armed struggle in the 1960s. After the crackdown of a students' rally at Thammasat University in October 1976, many students fled to Thailand's northeastern region to join the party. In the 1980s, Prem began changing his policy towards the communist insurgents. Previously Prem sent his men to China, persuading it to stop supporting the Communist Party of Thailand. China agreed. Prem's new policy offered amnesty to all insurgents, legally called "the communist terrorists". As a result, thousands of former students who had fled to the jungle left the communist strongholds. Privy councillor and statesman (1988–2019) Due to political unrest in 1988, Prem dissolved parliament and called for a general election. Following the election, leaders of the winning political parties asked Prem to continue his premiership, but Prem stepped down. Consequently, Chatichai Choonhavan, head of Chart Thai Party, was chosen to be the new prime minister. On 29 August 1988, Prem received honored as a statesman by being the second person from Pridi Banomyong. On 4 September 1998, Prem was appointed to head King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Privy Council, becoming the successor to Sanya Dharmasakti. During the Black May, bloody political crisis in May 1992, Prem was said to have played a crucial role in ending the military suppression of the demonstrations, consulting with King Bhumibol to end the violence and bloodshed. March 2006 blast: Prem-Thaksin antagonism Prem's conflicts with Thaksin's government were apparent from 2005, although he had never mentioned Thaksin. Prem, still influential with the armed forces, became a critic of Thaksin's choice of military commanders, especially when Thaksin named his first cousin, general Chaiyasith Shinawatra, as army chief. Thaksin and his supporters immediately reacted against what they called an "out of constitutional" individual (Prem) "meddling" in Thai politics. Amid the tensions between Thaksin and an "unconstitutional figure", on 9 March 2006, a small bomb exploded outside Prem's residence in Bangkok. Two people were slightly injured, including a passing British tourist. Police said the device had been hidden beneath a stone bench near an unoccupied security booth at the entrance to the residence. The guards were inside the residence at the time. Three cars parked nearby were damaged by the blast. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra denied being involved in the attack. Role in political crisis and 2006 coup Prem found himself a leading player in the Thailand political crisis of 2005-2006. In a number of public lectures, he had criticised the attempts of politicians to tighten their grip on the army, urging the public to resist corruption and vested interests. Some commentators inferred that Prem was criticizing Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his administration. In June 2006, Thaksin gave a controversial speech to officials claiming "the intervention of an extra-constitutional power, or figure" was seeking to damage his government. Thaksin's supporters presumed Prem was that figure, though Thaksin himself mentioned no names. Following the September 2006 military coup, Thaksin's supporters blamed Prem, whom they decided must have been the mastermind behind the coup against Thaksin. Prem did help secure the appointment of Surayud Chulanont, another member of the King's Privy Council, as Premier, and allegedly had a say in the appointment of Surayud's Cabinet. Critics claimed the cabinet was full of "Prem's boys". In an interview published in early-2006, Prem explained his vision of a distinctive Thai-style democracy in which the monarch remains the ultimate defender of the public interest and retains control of the armed forces. Prem used an equestrian metaphor to describe the relative roles of monarch, prime minister, and the army: "In horse racing they have the stable and the owner of the stable owns the horse. The jockey comes and rides the horse during the race, but the jockey does not own the horse. It's very easy [to comprehend]." The issue of Prem's responsibility for the coup and the subsequent junta has been hotly contested. A ruling Military Council spokesman stated that Prem was not behind the coup. Thai police Lieutenant-General Theeradech Rodphot-hong, head of the Special Branch, cautioned that any legal proceedings would be improper as these could involve the king in a political conflict. He also urged the activists to drop their campaign as it could create conflict within the country. On 22 July 2007, thousands of protesters, mostly Thaksin supporters, demonstrated in front of Prem's house, calling for him to resign. When the demonstration exploded into violence, police cracked down and arrested several protest leaders, including an interim National Human Rights Commissioner and a former judge, both being former members of deposed prime minister Thaksin's political party. Afterwards, junta chief Sonthi Boonyaratklin visited Prem to apologize for the protests on behalf of the government. A day later, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, along with 34 members of his Cabinet, went to Prem's house to apologize to Prem for failing to ensure peace. Surayud accused the protestors of trying to bring down the highest institution of the country. Government spokesman Yongyuth Mayalap said Prem categorically denied the protestors' allegations that he was behind the military coup. According to Yongyuth, Prem said that the charges were repetitive, baseless and provocative. Prem considered taking legal action against the pro-Thai Rak Thai United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship for defamation. A source close to him said Gen Prem compiled evidence and might file defamation charges against nine key anti-coup figures. Prem continued to wield considerable influence over the military. Interior Minister Aree Wongarya and his deputy, Banyat Chansena, held talks with Prem at his residence on 1 August 2007. During the meeting, Prem gave advice on resolving the South Thailand insurgency and on providing assistance for family members of the victims in accordance with the government's Sarn Jai Thai Su Jai Tai campaign. In summing up Prem's legacy, a Nation editorial entitled, "Prem was no friend of the people", wrote that, "Prem's legacy will be to inspire military top brass to maintain their strong influence in politics, to the diminishment of democracy in Thailand." Prem and April 2009 protest of Thaksin's supporters Before and during the mass protests of Thaksin's supporters, the UDD, Thaksin started mentioning Prem's name publicly. UDD leaders harshly blasted Prem for meddling in politics, calling him an , or 'royal puppet', or 'aristocrat', and a threat to democracy as he had never been democratically elected but had been appointed by the king. Prem did not respond to these attacks. Regency (2016) Upon the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Prem, at age 96, became regent of Thailand as Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn asked for period of mourning before being proclaimed king. For the duration of Prem's regency the Privy Council appointed Thanin Kraivichien as its interim president. At the age of 96, Prem was the oldest regent in the history of any nation. Personal life Prem never married and once declared himself to be "married" to the army. Prem's adoptive godson is the commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Min Aung Hlaing, whose father personally knew Prem. Educational activities Prem was actively involved in many charities, including the Prem Foundation. He established the Prem Tinsulanonda International School, which opened in August 2001 in Chiang Mai Province. The campus covers ; the student body numbers over 400, with more than 36 nationalities represented. Death and funeral Prem died of heart failure at Phramongkutklao Hospital on 26 May 2019, aged 98. King Vajiralongkorn ordered a period of mourning at the royal court for 21 days from 27 May to 17 June 2019, except for 3 June, which is the birthday of Queen Suthida. On 8 December 2019, after the corpse was kept in the Song Tham Thorne Hall, Wat Benchamabophit, for 100 days, it was cremated at Wat Debsirindrawas Ratchaworawiharn. King Vajiralongkorn held a royal funeral procession by the Cavalry Division towards Wat Debsirindrawas. King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida, along with Princess Royal Sirindhorn and Princess Bajrakitiyabha, went to the cremation and presided over the funeral ceremony. On 9 December 2019, King Vajiralongkorn sent the acting President of the Privy Council, Surayud Chulanont, as a royal representative to collect the crematory relics at Wat Debsirindrawas. Tributes and legacy The Tinsulanonda Bridge, located in Mueang Songkhla District and Singhanakhon District, was built in honour of Prem, connecting Koh Yo on both sides between Mueang Songkhla District and Singhanakhon District. The length of the bridges is 940 meters and 1,700 meters, respectively, for a total of 2,640 meters. People in Songkhla province favor this bridge as "Pa Prem Bridge" "Tin Bridge" or "Prem Bridge" and is considered as one of the famous tourist attractions of the province. Prem offered to build Prem Tinsulanonda Public Library in front of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, Prem Tinsulanonda Camp at Nam Phong District, Khon Kaen Province to provide services to people and officers in the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, Prem Tinsulanonda Camp and interested people. A statue of Prem is located in front of the 2nd Army Military Museum, beside the 2nd Army Headquarters, in Suranaree Camp, Muang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. The area beneath the statue has a message that says "Born to repay the land". The signature is written in gold of General Prem Tinsulanonda. Another statue of Prem located at General Prem Tinsulanonda Historical Park, Muang District, Songkhla Province which is his birthplace. Honours Prem has received the following decorations and awards in the Honours System of Thailand: 1988 - Knight of the Ancient and Auspicious Order of the Nine Gems 1982 - Knight Grand Cross of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao 1990 - Knight Grand Commander of the Honourable Order of Rama 1978 - Knight Grand Cordon of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant 1975 - Knight Grand Cordon of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand 1996 - Knight Grand Cross of the Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn 1988 - Member of the Order of Symbolic Propitiousness Ramkeerati Boy Scout Citation Medal (Special Class) Medals 1941 - Victory Medal - Franco-Thai War 1962 - Victory Medal - World War II 1978 - Freemen Safeguarding Medal (First Class) 1933 - Safeguarding the Constitution Medal () 1955 - Chakra Mala Medal (15 years military/police service) 1982 - King Rama IX Royal Cypher Medal, 1st Class 2019 - King Rama X Royal Cypher Medal, 1st Class 1980 - Red Cross Medal of Appreciation () 1950 - King Rama IX Coronation Medal 1957 - 25th Buddhist Century Celebration Medal Foreign honours : Commander Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (K.m.s.t.k.N.O.) (2003) : Honorary Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (S.M.N.) (1984) : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (2003) : Grand Collar of the Order of Sikatuna (G.C.S.) : Grand Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984) : Order of National Security Merit, Tongil Medal : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun : Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (O.M.R.I.) : Hilal-e-Quaid-e-Azam : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (gcYC) : link=https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%8C:AUT%20Honour%20for%20Services%20to%20the%20Republic%20of%20Austria%20-%203rd%20Class%20BAR.svg\|70x70px Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria with Sash References Further reading External links General Prem Tinsulanonda Home Page Prem Tinsulanonda International School News article about his recent activity \|- \|- \|- \|- Prem Tinsulanonda Prem Tinsulanonda Prem Tinsulanonda Prem Tinsulanonda Prem Tinsulanonda Prem Tinsulanonda Prem Tinsulanonda Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Prem Tinsulanonda Prem Tinsulanonda Prem Tinsulanonda Prem Tinsulanonda Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Prem Tinsulanonda 1920 births 2019 deaths Prem Tinsulanonda 21st-century regents
Central do Brasil () is a major train station in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. It is the last stop of Rio's railway network, as well as a hub for connection with the city subway and a bus station. Central do Brasil was also a preeminent stop in the interstate Central do Brasil railroad, which linked Rio de Janeiro with São Paulo and Minas Gerais, though the railroad is now deactivated. The station is located in downtown Rio de Janeiro, along the Avenida Presidente Vargas and across from the Campo de Santana park. It was built in the Art Deco style. References External links Photo Album of the Brazilian Railroads Line 1 (Rio de Janeiro) Metrô Rio stations SuperVia stations Art Deco architecture in Brazil Transport infrastructure completed in 1937 National heritage sites of Rio de Janeiro (state)
The blind swamp eel (Ophisternon infernale) is a species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It is endemic to Mexico where it lives in cave systems and is known in Spanish as the . The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated this cavefish as "endangered". Taxonomy The blind swamp eel was first described by the American ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs in 1938, the holotype having been collected two years earlier by A.S.Pearse. Hubbs named the fish Pluto infernalis because he liked to associate creatures living underground with the devil, who supposedly dwelt underground, and gave diabolical names to cave fishes; infernale comes from the Latin for Hell. The fish was later transferred to the genus Ophisternon, the swamp eels. The genus name is derived from the Greek, "ophis", meaning a serpent, and "sternon", meaning chest. Synonyms for this species include Furmastix infernalis and Synbranchus infernalis. Description The blind swamp eel is an elongated, wormlike fish with no pigment, no scales and no visible eyes. It seems likely that it is derived from the marbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus) and became adapted for life underground. It grows to a standard length of and the bulbous head bears numerous sensory pores. Distribution The blind swamp eel is endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico where it inhabits freshwater in sinkholes and limestone caves. It lives in shallow water in the muddy substrate or under stones. It has only been found in 7% of the caves investigated, and where it is found, it coexists with the Mexican blind brotula (Typhliasina pearsei), and often with the catfish Rhamdia guatemalensis. Ecology The blind swamp eel feeds on the faeces of bats and swallows and on shrimps. The male swamp eel excavates a mucus-lined burrow in which the eggs are laid, and the male guards the nest. Status The chief threats faced by this swamp eel is from pollution from untreated sewage and waste water which may seep into the aquifer, and from human disturbance. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated this eel as being an "endangered species". This is on the basis that the area occupied by this species is limited in extent, and the number of individuals is thought to have declined drastically over the last ten years, and is likely to continue doing so, due to a decrease in the quantity and quality of suitable habitat. References Cave fish Ophisternon Endemic fish of Mexico Taxa named by Carl Leavitt Hubbs Fish described in 1938 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Robert Niels Jaspert (born 26 February 1960) is a German professional football coach and former player. Playing career Jaspert represented SF Kladow, Hertha Zehlendorf, SC Wacker 04 Berlin, , SC Rapide Wedding, Weddinger FC, SC Westend 1901, NSC Marathon 02 and Tennis Borussia Berlin II during an amateur playing career based solely in Berlin. Managerial career In 1996, Jaspert became manager of Tennis Borussia's reserve team, and was later promoted to the role of head coach of the first team on 16 November 2000. After a run of seven straight defeats in the Regionalliga Nord, Jaspert was replaced in March 2001 by Friedhelm Haebermann. During the 2001–02 season, Jaspert was assistant manager to Pierre Littbarski at MSV Duisburg—a role in which he also functioned from 2004 until 2005 under Jo Bonfrere for the South Korea national team. After a short break from football, Jaspert took over the reins of Lebanese Premier League team Ahed. In June 2007, Jaspert survived a bombing at the hotel he was staying at in Beirut as he was not home at the time. The bombing killed the politician Walid Eido, and two footballers of Al Ahed's rivals Nejmeh. Jaspert became Littbarski's assistant again in 2008, this time in Iran for Saipa and later for Liechtenstein's Vaduz. In January 2012, Jaspert was announced as a joint manager of Croatian club Karlovac alongside Krešimir Ganjto after the club was taken over by German company Haag Sportmanagement, but the deal never took place. Ansar On 22 March 2021, Jaspert was appointed head coach of Ansar, following the dismissal of Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail. He helped his team win their first league title since 2007, and 14th overall, by beating rivals Nejmeh in the Beirut derby in the last matchday of the 2020–21 season. also helped Ansar win the double, beating Nejmeh in the 2020–21 Lebanese FA Cup final on penalty shoot-outs. The two titles were Jaspert's first. Jaspert's contract was renewed on 4 July 2021. After a series of negative results in the first half of the 2021–22 season, Jaspert submitted his resignation. Honours Ansar Lebanese Premier League: 2020–21 Lebanese FA Cup: 2020–21 Lebanese Super Cup: 2021 References External links 1960 births Living people Soccer players from Sydney German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Hertha Zehlendorf players Wacker 04 Berlin players Tennis Borussia Berlin players German football managers Tennis Borussia Berlin managers Al Ahed FC managers FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin managers Al-Muharraq SC managers Al Ansar FC managers Safa SC managers Regionalliga managers Lebanese Premier League managers Bahraini Premier League managers German expatriate football managers German expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon German expatriate sportspeople in Iran German expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Expatriate football managers in Lebanon Expatriate football managers in Iran Expatriate football managers in Bahrain
Diplotaxis truncatula is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Central America and North America. References Further reading Melolonthinae Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 1856
Staig is a municipality in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The community belongs to the Gemeindeverwaltungsverband-Kirchberg Weihungstal with headquarter in Illerkirchberg. Geography Staig is located on the plateau between the Danube and Iller south of Ulm. The districts Steinberg and Altheim lying on the ridge of both sides of Weihung valley. The other districts are in the valley of the Weihungon or in a side valley. The community thus belongs to the landscape of the Holzstöcke. Neighboring communities The municipality is bordering to the north to district Unterweiler of Ulm, on the east to Illerkirchberg, in the southeast to Illerrieden, on the south to Schnürpflingen and on the west to Hüttisheim . Municipality arrangement The municipality Staig consists of the six districts Altheim, Essendorf, Harthausen, Staig, Steinberg and Weinstetten. History Staig was first mentioned as "Steiga" in 1127, Altheim followed in 1194. The eldest district however is Harthausen, which appeared in a document already 1093. The other districts followed in the 14th century. On April 1, 1972, the municipality of Steinberg was incorporated into Weinstetten, which was renamed Staig on October 9, 1972. On January 1, 1976 Altheim ob Weihung was being added. References Alb-Donau-Kreis Württemberg Municipalities in Baden-Württemberg
Naghdi () is a of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy serving in the Southern Fleet. Launched in 1963 and commissioned into the fleet in 1964, Naghdi was transferred to Iran by the United States under the Mutual Assistance Program. Service history Naghdi and her sister ship arrived at The Ship Repair Facility in Guam on 10 April 1970 for an overhaul that took six months and costed Iran $1–1.5m. In the way home, the two made port calls to Subie Bay, Singapore, Colombo, Sri Lanka and Cochin, India. An alleged dump of 50,000 gallons of fuel in the sea by the ships prior to the repair stirred a local controversy. The two undergone another major repair in the same base in 1978. During the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), her home port was in Bushehr Naval Base along with her three sister ships. Naghdi, her sister Bayandor and the amphibious ship of the 50th naval group decked at Colombo, Sri Lanka and Mumbai, India during a multi-purpose anti-piracy, flag and training mission that started on 30 January 2018 and ended on 17 March 2018. See also List of Imperial Iranian Navy vessels in 1979 List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy References External links Profile at Navsource Naval History 1963 ships Bayandor-class corvettes Active corvettes of Iran Ships built in Orange, Texas Iran–Iraq War naval ships of Iran
Vaiņode (formerly ; ) is a village in Vaiņode Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The village developed around a railway station after 1871 between Liepāja and Mažeikiai. History Vaiņode (Bāta) was first mentioned in historical sources in 1253. The settlement was formed on the land of the Vaiņode Manor () after construction of the Libau–Romny Railway in 1871. A summer cottage village Bāta was formed on the land of Lielbāta manor. Starting in 1916 the Imperial German Navy built north of the village a military compound with an airship yard called Luftschiffhafen Wainoden with two large airship hangars which were later transferred and used as pavilions of the Riga Central Market. The base was used after World War I by the Latvian Army, then later in World War II again by the Germans. Afterwards, during the Soviet occupation of Latvia, it was a Soviet Army compound and an important military airport in the Baltic region including ballistic missiles with a nuclear warheads. See also Vaiņode Air Base References External links Towns and villages in Latvia South Kurzeme Municipality Aizpute County Courland
Florin Șerban (; born 21 January 1975 in Reșița) is a Romanian film director whose film If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle won the Jury Grand Prix and the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 2010 Berlin Film festival. The film was also selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist. His second movie, Box (2015) premiered at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Award. It was also presented at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015 and at other 10 national and international festivals. His third film - Love 1. Dog (2018) opens The Trilogy of Love, three films about three ways of loving. It won the Cineuropa Prize and Art Cinema Prize at 2018 Sarajevo International Film Festival. His fourth movie is Love 2. America (2020), the second part of The Trilogy of Love. Filmography Mecano - coproducer 2001 (short film) Jumătate de oraş face dragoste cu cealaltă jumătate - short film - 2002 Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier - 2010 Box - (2015) The man who didn't say a thing - 2016 Love 1. Dog - 2018 Love 2. America - 2020 Awards and nominations Berlin International Film Festival - 2010 - Silver Bear Berlin International Film Festival - 2010 - Alfred Bauer Award Festival International du Film Européen Cinedays - 2010 - Best producer Cleveland International Festival - Central and Eastern European Competition - 2010 - Best Eastern European Movie Santa Barbara International Film Festival - Eastern Bloc Competition - 2010 - Best Eastern European Movie Annonay International Film Festival - 2010 - Best debut Zlin International Film Festival - 2010 - Best debut Beaune International Thriller Festival - 2010 - New Blood Award Transilvania International Film Festival - 2010 - Best Romanian Movie Gopo Awards - 2011 - Best producer Gopo Awards - 2011 - Best debut Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - 2015 - Fipresci Award Sarajevo International Film Festival - 2018 - Cineuropa Award Sarajevo International Film Festival - 2018 - Art Cinema Award See also Cinema of Romania Romanian New Wave References External links Florin Șerban on Cinemagia Florin Șerban on All About Romanian Cinema Romanian film directors People from Reșița 1975 births Living people
The 1988–89 season was Manchester City's second consecutive season in the second tier of English football, the Football League Second Division. Final league table Results summary Results Manchester City's score comes first Legend Football League Second Division Football League Cup FA Cup Full Members' Cup Squad References Manchester City F.C. seasons Man
Paul Lacoste may refer to: Paul Lacoste (academic) (1923–2009), Canadian academic Paul Lacoste (Canadian football) (born 1974), former CFL player
Calpurnus verrucosus, the Umbilical Egg Shell or Warty/Little Egg Cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the cowries. Distribution This species is mainly distributed in the tropical South East Africa and in the Western Pacific Ocean, in the waters along Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Red Sea, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines. Description The shells of this species reach of length. This cowry is pure white, smooth and ovate, the base is flat and wide. The anterior and posterior extremities have a slight purple coloration, with a yellow circle at the edge of a depressed pustule (hence the Latin name of this species, verrucosus ). The mantle of the living cowries is white and completely covered by small brown spots. Also the foot is white with dark dots and can be extended widely around the base of the shell. Habitat Living cowries can mainly be encountered in daylight under soft corals, sponges and rocks in shallow to deep waters at a depth of 20–50 m. They primarily feed on the polyps of Leather Corals (Sacrophyton and Lobophytum species, Alcyoniidae). At night they spread their mantles on the top of the soft coral and start grazing on the polyps. References Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). The Living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of Allied Cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany Cate, C. N. 1973 - A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae - Veliger 15: 1-117 External links Biolib C. verrucosus Marine species Calpurnus species Ovulidae Gastropods described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Owen Wilson is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Wilson is known for his career as an onscreen comedian and member of the Frat Pack, having starred in such comedies as Zoolander (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), and You, Me and Dupree (2006). He is also known for the family films Marley and Me (2008), and the Night at the Museum film series (2005-2014). Among his notable voice acting credits are Lightning McQueen in the Cars film series (2006–present) and Coach Skip in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). Wilson currently stars as Mobius M. Mobius in the Disney+ limited series Loki (2021). Wilson has collaborated on multiple occasions with independent filmmaker Wes Anderson, the two jointly having been nominated for an Academy Award and British Academy Film Award for their screenplay The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). In 2011, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in the Woody Allen time traveling romantic comedy Midnight in Paris (2011). He also received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture for Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011), and Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). In 2014, he received the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award along with the cast of Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice (2014). Major associations Academy Awards British Academy Film Awards Golden Globe Award Screen Actors Guild Award Independent Spirit Awards Writers Guild of America Awards Critics awards Miscellaneous awards Notes References Wilson, Owen
The hypothalamic–pituitary–somatotropic axis (HPS axis), or hypothalamic–pituitary–somatic axis, also known as the hypothalamic–pituitary–growth axis, is a hypothalamic–pituitary axis which includes the secretion of growth hormone (GH; somatotropin) from the somatotropes of the pituitary gland into the circulation and the subsequent stimulation of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1; somatomedin-1) production by GH in tissues such as, namely, the liver. Other hypothalamic–pituitary hormones such as growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH; somatocrinin), growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GHIH; somatostatin), and ghrelin () are involved in the control of GH secretion from the pituitary gland. The HPS axis is involved in postnatal human growth. Individuals with growth hormone deficiency or Laron syndrome ( insensitivity) show symptoms like short stature, dwarfism and obesity, but are also protected from some forms of cancer. Conversely, acromegaly and gigantism are conditions of GH and IGF-1 excess usually due to a pituitary tumor, and are characterized by overgrowth and tall stature. See also Somatopause References Growth hormones Hormones of the somatotropic axis Neuroendocrinology
Jack B. Sowards (March 18, 1929 - July 8, 2007) was an American screenwriter who wrote Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and the 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Where Silence Has Lease". Sowards created the term Kobayashi Maru (a simulation test in The Wrath of Khan), naming it for his next-door neighbors in Hancock Park. A native of Texarkana, Texas, Sowards had numerous writing credits which extended from episodes of The Bold Ones: The Lawyers in 1969 to an installment of B. L. Stryker in 1990. He was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland", the September 26, 1971 episode of The Bold Ones: The Lawyers. He also received a Saturn Award nomination for his work on The Wrath of Khan and shared a Hugo Award nomination for it as well. He wrote episodes for Daniel Boone, High Chaparall, and Bonanza, where he also served as a story editor. He wrote several Movies of the Week for the Spelling/Goldberg Company, including Deliver Us From Evil (1973 film) with George Kennedy, Jan Michael Vincent, and Jack Weston, Cry Panic with John Forsythe and Anne Francis, and Death Cruise with Richard Long, Kate Jackson, and Tom Bosley. His long career with Quinn Martin Productions resulted in several episodes of The Streets of San Francisco and Barnaby Jones. He served as the Executive Story Consultant for multiple seasons in the mid-70s. Sowards died in the Valley Village suburb of Los Angeles at the age of 78, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. References External links 1929 births 2007 deaths American male screenwriters Writers from Arkansas Screenwriters from Arkansas 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters
Sir James Anderson (28 November 1800 – 8 May 1864) was a British politician and manufacturer. Born at Stirling, he was the son of the merchant John Anderson and his wife Christian Wright. Aged fifteen, he moved to Glasgow to accompany his older brother David. Working in a manufactury, he rose through the city's civic dignities. Anderson served as a Councillor from 1841 to 1854 and was appointed Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1848 and was created a Knight Bachelor on Queen Victoria's visit in the following year. He held this post until 1851 and entered the British House of Commons in the next year, sitting for Stirling Burghs until 1859. In 1850 he was living at 3 Blythswood Square. He married Janet, the only daughter and heiress of Robert Hood, a fellow Bailie of Glasgow Council. The couple had three sons and a daughter. Anderson died, aged 63, at his mansion in Blairvadick in Dumbartonshire. References External links 1800 births 1864 deaths Knights Bachelor Lord Provosts of Glasgow Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stirling constituencies
The 1962 Chattanooga Moccasins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chattanooga (now known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. In their 32nd year under head coach Scrappy Moore, the team compiled a 5–5 record. Schedule References Chattanooga Chattanooga Mocs football seasons Chattanooga Moccasins football
Wehib Pasha also known as Vehip Pasha, Mehmed Wehib Pasha, Mehmet Vehip Pasha (modern Turkish: Kaçı Vehip Paşa or Mehmet Vehip (Kaçı), 1877–1940), was a general in the Ottoman Army. He fought in the Balkan Wars and in several theatres of World War I. In his later years, Pasha volunteered to serve as a military advisor to the Ethiopian Army against Fascist Italy during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. He served as the chief of staff to Nasibu Zeamanuel, the Ethiopian Commander-in-Chief on the southern front. Biography Vehib was born in 1877 in Yanya (present day: Ioannina), then part of the Ottoman Empire. Coming from a prominent family of the city his father, Mehmet Emin Efendi, had served as its mayor. He was an Albanian. His elder brother Esad Pasha defended Gallipoli in 1915, and Kâzım Taşkent was the founder of Yapı Kredi, the first nationwide private bank in Turkey. Vehib himself graduated from the Imperial School of Military Engineering (Mühendishane-i Berrî-i Hümâyûn) in 1899, then from the Ottoman Military College (Staff College, Mekteb-i Erkân-ı Harbiye-i Şâhâne) as a staff captain and joined the Fourth Army, which was then stationed in Yemen. In 1909, after the 31 March Incident, Vehib was called to Constantinople, where he began to work at the Ministry of War. Shortly afterwards Mahmud Shevket Pasha appointed Vehib as the Commander of the Cadet School (Military high school, Askerî İdadi). He reached the rank of Major. Balkan wars During the First Balkan War, Vehib defended the Fortress of Yanya with his brother Esad Pasha who was the commander of the Yanya Corps, until 20 February 1913. The Ottoman forces eventually surrendered to the Greeks under Crown Prince Constantine. After his release as a prisoner of war, Vehib was made a Colonel in the 22nd Infantry Division. He was sent to Hejaz in Arabia. First World War The Ottoman Empire entered World War I and Vehib participated in the Gallipoli Campaign, commanding the XV Army Corps, and later the Second Army. His successes led to his being made commander of the Third Army during the Caucasus Campaign. His army defended against attacks by the Russians but was defeated in the battle of Erzinjan. In 1918, Vehib's Third Army regained the offensive and took back Trabzon on 24 February, Hopa in March, as well as Batumi on 26 March. With the Armistice of Mudros, Vehib returned to Constantinople. Armenian Genocide Wehib Pasha repeatedly condemned the Armenian genocide and gave testimony confirming that it happened. He gave evidence to the Mazhar Commission for the Istanbul trials."The massacre and destruction of the Armenians and the plunder and pillage of their goods were the results of decision reached by Ittihad's [the Young Turks] Central Committee ... The atrocities were carried out under a program that was determined upon and involved a definite case of premeditation. It was [also] ascertained that these atrocities and crimes were encouraged by the district attorneys whose dereliction of judicial duties in face of their occurrence and especially their remaining indifferent renders them accessories to these crimes.""In summary, here are my convictions. The Armenian deportations were carried out in a manner entirely unbecoming to humanity, civilization, and government. The massacre and annihilation of the Armenians, and the looting and plunder of their properties were the result of the decision of the Central Committee of Ittihad and Terakki. The butchers of human beings, who operated in the command zone of the Third Army, were procured and engaged by Dr. Bahaeddin Şakir. The high ranking governmental officials did submit to his directives and order ... He stopped by at all major centers where he orally transmitted his instructions to the party's local bodies and to the governmental authorities."In 1916, Vehib noticed that a labor battalion of 2,000 Turkish Armenian soldier had gone missing. He later discovered that the entire battalion had been executed, with the men being tied together in fours and shot. Outraged, he ordered the arrests of Kör Nuri, the gendarmerie commander in charge of the labor battalions, and Çerkez Kadir, the brigand chief who carried out the killings. Vehib had both men court-martialed and hanged for the massacre, and warned his troops not to commit atrocities. Vehib also attempted to have Bahaeddin Şakir and Provincial Governor Ahmed Muammer Bey, who had issued the orders to carry out the massacre, court-martialed. However, Şakir fled and Muammer was transferred out of Vehib's jurisdiction. Şakir was later assassinated by Armenian vigilantes as part of Operation Nemesis. War of Independence Vehib did not participate in the Turkish War of Independence. After his return to Constantinople at the end of World War I, he was prosecuted for misuse of his office and jailed in Bekirağa prison. He escaped to Italy. His citizenship was revoked by the new government of Turkey. He spent some time in Italy, Germany, Romania, Greece and Egypt. His dislike of Mustafa Kemal was well known and he never hid his contempt for the new leader of Turkey who had once fought under his command at Gallipoli. He did not return to Istanbul until 1940. Abyssinia Vehib participated in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War where he was known as Wehib Pasha. He served as the Chief-of-Staff to Ras Nasibu, the Ethiopian Commander-in-Chief on the southern front. Vehib designed a strong defensive line for the Ethiopians which was known as the "Hindenburg Wall", in reference to the famous German defensive line of World War I, the Hindenburg Line. However, the Italians broke through these defenses during the Battle of the Ogaden in April 1936. After the war was lost, Vehib left Ethiopia and returned to Istanbul. Death He died in 1940 and was buried at Karacaahmet Cemetery in Istanbul. See also Witnesses and testimonies of the Armenian genocide Sources External links Who is who 1877 births 1940 deaths Military personnel from Ioannina Ottoman Imperial School of Military Engineering alumni Ottoman Military College alumni Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars Ottoman prisoners of war Balkan Wars prisoners of war held by Greece Ottoman Army generals Pashas Turkish people of Albanian descent Ottoman military personnel of World War I Burials at Karacaahmet Cemetery Albanian people from the Ottoman Empire Witnesses of the Armenian genocide Massacres of Armenians Massacres in 1916
Kvamsøy is a small island in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies in the Sognefjorden, just off the coast of the village of Kvamme. The island lies about off the coast. The village of Vikøyri lies about to the southeast and the village of Balestrand lies about to the north. The island is notable because it is home to the historic Kvamsøy Church which was built around the year 1300. It was the centre of the Kvamsøy parish for hundreds of years, serving the southern part of the present-day Balestrand municipality. The church was used until 1903 when it was closed down and replaced by the newly built Sæle Church, a short distance away on the mainland. See also List of islands of Norway References Islands of Vestland Sogndal
Frederick Villiers may refer to: Frederic Villiers (1851–1922), British war artist and correspondent Frederick Villiers Meynell (1801–1872), British Whig politician, initially known as Frederick Villiers Frederick Child Villiers (1815–1871), British Conservative politician
Calgary Wildfire were a W-League club based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Year-by-year Women's soccer clubs in Canada W United Soccer League teams based in Canada Defunct USL W-League (1995–2015) teams
Afrasura hieroglyphica is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Guinea, Nigeria and Uganda. References Moths described in 1911 hieroglyphica Insects of Cameroon Insects of Uganda Insects of Angola Insects of West Africa Moths of Africa
Soyuz TMA-05M was the 114th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. It was launched on 15 July 2012, transporting three members of the Expedition 32 crew to the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz remained docked to the ISS throughout the mission to serve as an emergency escape vehicle. The launch also coincided with the 37th anniversary of the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project. Soyuz TMA-05M successfully returned to Earth on 19 November 2012. Crew Backup crew Launch Soyuz TMA-05M was launched atop of a Soyuz FG rocket at 2:40 GMT on July 15, 2012 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Following the flawless launch, the Soyuz spacecraft successfully achieved orbital insertion 9 minutes later and began its 34-orbit journey to the Space Station. Docking As part of its phasing maneuvers to catch up with the ISS, 3.5 and 4.5 hours into the mission, the Soyuz Spacecraft performed two large SKD Main Propulsion System Burns changing the vehicle's speed by 41.5 m/s and 23.9 m/s, respectively. These burns were followed by a minor maneuver on July 16 for a velocity change of two m/s. The on time automated docking sequence began at 2:31 GMT on July 17, 2012. The Crew activated the KURS Navigation System that provides accurate range and velocity data for the spacecraft's on-board computers. The station crew of Padalka, Revin and Acaba got up early changing their sleep cycles to support the rendezvous and docking operations of the Soyuz. Although the rendezvous and docking sequence is fully automated, cosmonaut Malenchenko and Russian mission controllers in Korolev, Moscow monitored the systems as well. As Soyuz TMA-05M approached the ISS, the spacecraft completed a series of trajectory correction maneuvers. At a range of 8 Kilometers to the space station, the Soyuz activated its TV system needed for automated operation monitoring. At a distance of 300 meters to the space station, Russian flight controllers issued a "GO" for the Flyaround to align Soyuz TMA-05M with the docking port on the Rassvet Module. With the Flyaround completed, a short period of Stationkeeping was initiated at a range of 190 meters. The opportunity gave the flight controllers a chance to check the Soyuz systems and the alignment with the docking port. The crew was given a "GO" and the final approach commenced at 4:40 GMT. Soyuz TMA-05M completed a successful docking at 4:51 GMT while the space station was flying high above North-East Kazakhstan: one minute earlier than planned. Shortly after, the docking probe was retracted and hooks started closing to establish the hard mate. The hard mate was followed by the standard one-hour leak check operations. After leak checks were completed, the crew opened the hatches and floated into the ISS. The arrival of Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide on board Soyuz TMA-05M restored the space station's crew to full strength at six. Return to Earth Soyuz TMA-05M undocked from the ISS on 18 November 2012 at 10:26 PM (GMT), carrying Hoshide, Malenchenko and Williams, and landed safely at 1:53:30 AM (GMT) the following day. A source at Energia told the Novosti news agency that the location was 51°.05 N, 67°.16 E in Kazakhstan, about 4.7 km from the aim point. Confusion during the NASA TV broadcast of the event led to some, including NASA's own Media Services, recording the landing time incorrectly as 01:56. The spacecraft's departure marked the end of Expedition 33 and the start of Expedition 34. Gallery References Crewed Soyuz missions Spacecraft launched in 2012 Spacecraft which reentered in 2012 Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-FG rockets
Shankar Pokharel was sworn in as Chief Minister of Lumbini Province on 14 February 2018. Here is the list of ministers. This government has been at to fall till 11 August 2021 as ruling party of federal level, Nepali Congress and third largest party in assembly, CPN(Maoist centre) collision has reached majority with a common understanding. Shankar Pokharel resigned on 11 August 2021. Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers Final arrangement Till August Till March 2021 Dispute with opposition Kul Prasad KC was proposed as the second Chief-minister of Lumbini Province after Shankar Pokhrel had resigned from the post by the support of NC, PSP-N and Rastriya Janamorcha as a part of National level opposition alliance with majority signatures. Still the proposal was unanimously disapproved by Governor of the province and showed an unlawful manner by appointing Pokharel in minority using CPN(UML) letter pad. Pokharel took oath by calling governor to his official residence than going to governor's which is was against the practice till date. On 5 July 2021, one sitting state minister from Shankar Pokharel cabinet resigned to bring back majority in opposition side led my main opposition party Nepali Congress. KC has previously worked as Minister for Internal Affairs and Law in Shankar Pokharel Cabinet while resigned on 6 Baishakh 2078 when he was already proposed as the next Chief minister. On 15 July 2021, Pokharel and other sitting ministers left the house meeting when they had no chance of getting the budget bill passed. This was claimed a very un-democratic by opposition and they again claimed Pokharel should give a resignation than disturbing the assembly with minority. They are demanding the incumbent Chief-minister to take vote of confidence to check if he's in majority else resign from post. References External links Office of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers of Lumbini Province Provincial cabinets of Nepal History of Lumbini Province 2018 establishments in Nepal
Nicole Rangel Mendes is an American former college softball player and current member of Mexico women's national softball team. She played college softball for the Oklahoma Sooners where she helped lead the Sooners to four consecutive Women's College World Series appearances from 2017 to 2021, and won the national championship as a freshman in 2017 and redshirt senior in 2021. She represented Team Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics. College career During her freshman year in 2017, she played in 60 games with 52 starts, and posted a .408 batting average with 75 hits, 24 run batted in (RBI) and seven home runs. She led the team in batting average and stolen bases and tied for the lead in triples. She made her collegiate debut on February 9, 2017, with a pinch hit single and scored a run in a 7–1 victory over BYU. During the College Preview Tournament, she hit .429 with five runs scored and a .467 on-base percentage, and led the Sooners in triples (1), home runs (2), total bases (15) and slugging percentage (1.071) and tied for the team lead in RBI (4). She was subsequently named Big 12 Player of the Week for the week ending March 28, 2017. During the regular season, she recorded a .452 batting average along with a conference-best .622 slugging percentage, 21 runs and 28 hits, and ranked fourth in stolen bases per game (0.39) and runs per game (0.86) and fifth in on-base percentage (.476). Following the season she was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year, first team All-Big 12, All-Big 12 freshman team, and All-Region first team. During the championship series at the 2017 Women's College World Series, she homered in both games against Florida, to help the Sooners win the national championship. She was subsequently named to the All-Tournament team. During her sophomore year in 2018, she appeared in 60 games with 57 starts, and made five appearances in the circle, totaling 6.0 innings pitched with a 1–0 record. She led the team with five triples, ranking 24th nationally and tying for ninth-most in a single season in program history. Following the season she was named All-Region third team. During the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament, she went 5-for-7 and scored five runs at the Super Regional to help the Sooners advance to the Women's College World Series. During her junior year in 2019, she played in 60 games with 52 starts and posted a .348 batting average with 48 hits, 39 RBIs and six home runs. She also made nine appearances in the circle, totaling innings pitched. She finished the season tied for third in program history with 12 triples. During the postseason, she recorded a .306 batting average and a .316 average in the WCWS, both ranking second on the team, to help the Sooners reach the championship series at the 2019 Women's College World Series, where she was named to the All-Tournament team. Mendes missed the start of the 2020 season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Following her return from knee surgery she finished the year going 3-for-6, before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two of her three hits were home runs. During her redshirt senior in 2021, she posted a .364 batting average, with 38 RBI and 10 home runs. Following the season she was named All-Region second team. During the Norman Regional at the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament, Mendes broke the program record for RBIs in a postseason game with seven. She also hit two home runs to tie the program record for homers in an NCAA regional game. She helped the Sooners advance to the 2021 Women's College World Series where she won the national championship and was named to the All-Tournament team. Team Mexico Mendes represented Mexico at the 2019 USA Softball International Cup. She represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Personal life Mendes was born to Paul and Nina Mendes and has one sister, Brittany. She was home schooled and played travel ball for Diamond Sports Hotshots. References Living people Oklahoma Sooners softball players Sportspeople from Houston Softball players from Texas Mexican softball players Olympic softball players for Mexico Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 1997 births
Hewlett House is a historic home located at Cold Spring Harbor in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is a two-story, gable roofed dwelling built about 1815 and enlarged in the 1870s. It features a one-story, shed roof front porch with a bracketed cornice and square columns. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1815 Houses in Suffolk County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York
Marko Kavčič (born 8 July 1949) is a Slovenian alpine skier. He competed in two events at the 1972 Winter Olympics, representing Yugoslavia. References External links 1949 births Living people Slovenian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Yugoslavia Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Skiers from Ljubljana
James Finley (born May 30, 1943) is an American author, clinical psychologist and former Trappist monk at the Abbey of Gethsemane, under the spiritual direction of Thomas Merton. Finley is the author of several popular books on spirituality and Christian mysticism including Merton's Palace of Nowhere, The Contemplative Heart, and Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God. Along with founder Richard Rohr, he is a core faculty member at the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition to hosting online and in-person retreats, Finley is the host of the podcast, Turning to the Mystics, which explores the teachings of medieval Catholic mystics such as Meister Eckhart, Julian of Norwich, Teresa of Avila, and John of the Cross. Life Finley was born in Akron, Ohio on May 30, 1943. He experienced childhood trauma since his father was an alcoholic, often violent towards he and his mother. In the midst of this chaos, Finley was impressed by his mother's Roman Catholic faith and immersed himself in it. At age 14, he discovered a book by Thomas Merton called The Sign of Jonas, and felt called to the monastic life. Finley entered the Trappist order at the Abbey of Gethsemane "the day after graduation" from high school in 1961. His monastic name was Br. Mary Einbar, and Merton became his novice director in 1962. In addition to Christian mysticism, Finley learned from Merton about the Buddhist, Hindu, and Islamic mystical traditions. He remained at the monastery until January 1967, when he left abruptly after being sexually abused by one of the monks. After leaving the monastery, Finley pursued bachelor's and master's degrees in English education and taught at a number of Catholic schools in the Cleveland, Ohio area. During this time, he wrote Merton's Palace of Nowhere and was first invited to lead retreats on Thomas Merton and contemplative spirituality. At one of these retreats, he was persuaded to pursue a Ph.D. in psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary. He integrated his psychological knowledge into his spiritual teaching and writing, and worked as a therapist in private practice with his wife for thirty years. He worked as a therapist Monday-Wednesday, wrote Thursday-Friday, and gave a retreat somewhere in the United States or Canada about once a month. Today, Finley is a core faculty member at the Living School at the Center for Action and Contemplation in New Mexico along with Richard Rohr, Brian McLaren, Cynthia Bourgeault and Barabara Homes. He continues to write, lead retreats, teach online courses and hosts a podcast called Turning to the Mystics. His memoir, The Healing Path was published in 2022. Published works Books Merton's Palace of Nowhere, foreword by Henri Nouwen (1978, new edition 2018, Ave Maria Press), The Awakening Call: Fostering Intimacy With God (1984, Ave Maria Press), The Contemplative Heart (2000, Sorin Books), Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God (2003, HarperCollins; new editions 2005, 2009), The Healing Path: A Memoir and Invitation (2022, Orbis Books), Audio programs Meditation for Christians: Entering the Mind of Christ (2003, SoundsTrue), Thomas Merton’s Path to the Palace of Nowhere (2004, SoundsTrue) Jesus and Buddha: Paths to Awakening, with Richard Rohr (2008, Center for Action and Contemplation) Transforming Trauma: A Seven Step Process for Spiritual Healing, with Caroline Myss (2009, SoundsTrue) Meister Eckhart's Living Wisdom: Indestructible Joy and the Path of Letting Go (2014, SoundsTrue) References External links James Finley at the Center for Action and Contemplation Turning to the Mystics Podcast at the Center for Action and Contemplation Books by James Finley at Goodreads 1943 births Living people American spiritual writers 20th-century Christian mystics 21st-century Christian mystics American religious writers American people of Irish descent People from Ohio Buddhist and Christian interfaith dialogue Christian and Hindu interfaith dialogue
Frederick Jesse Hopkins (1876 – 1934) was a British minister of religion and socialist activist. Born in Alderney, Dorset, Hopkins began working in a brickyard at the age of twelve. He then attended Hartley College in Manchester, and in 1900 became a Primitive Methodist minister, responsible for various churches. He became very interested in rural life and conditions, and joined the Labour Party. In 1919, he left the ministry to focus on political work. In 1921, he became the general secretary of the East Dorset District Labour Party, and in 1922 he began working full-time for the party as a propagandist in South West England. Hopkins stood for Labour in Bournemouth at the 1918 UK general election, East Dorset at the 1922 and 1923 UK general elections, in Penryn and Falmouth at the 1924 and 1929 UK general elections, and in the 1928 St Ives by-election, but was never elected. In 1928, Hopkins was appointed as the Labour Party's regional organiser for the Eastern Counties, taking over from Bill Holmes. He died in 1934. References 1876 births 1934 deaths Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates People from Poole British Methodists
IQ is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by GLB Srinivas and produced by Kayagurala Lakshmipathi under K.L.P Movies. The main lead cast is Sai Charan, Pallavi and Trancy. Supporting characters are played by Suman, K. Lakshmipathi, Banerjee, Satya Prakash, Surya, Geetha Singh, Shaking Seshu, Abba TV Hari Prasad and Sathipandu. The movie was released theatrically on 2 June 2023. Cast Soundtrack Reception A critic from Sakshi Post wrote that "A good movie with a good message has been made without compromises. 'IQ (Power of Students)' is laced with thrills and entertainment". References 2023 films Indian romantic drama films 2020s Telugu-language films
Bill G. Porter (born September 18, 1959) is an American professional golfer. Porter was born in Moses Lake, Washington. He played one year of college golf at the University of Oregon before turning professional in 1980. Porter worked as a club pro and played on mini-tours until earning his Ben Hogan Tour card (now Nationwide Tour) in the 1991 Q School. He played on the Nationwide Tour and PGA Tour from 1992 to 1996. On the Nationwide Tour (1992–94, 1996), he won once at the 1994 Nike Louisiana Open. On the PGA Tour (1995), his best finish was T-11 at the Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic. He also won several events in the Pacific Northwest. Porter has been the head golf professional at The Links at Moses Pointe in Moses Lake since 2003. Professional wins (9) Nike Tour wins (1) Other wins (8) 1997 Oregon Open, Northwest Open 1998 Oregon Open, Northwest Open 2000 Oregon Open, Northwest Open 2001 Pacific Northwest PGA Championship 2002 Washington Open Results in major championships CUT = missed the half-way cut WD = withdrew "T" = tied Note: Porter never played in the Masters Tournament or The Open Championship. See also 1994 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates References External links American male golfers Oregon Ducks men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Golfers from Washington (state) People from Moses Lake, Washington 1959 births Living people
Sega Gopher (also known as Sega Genesis Arcade Ultimate Portable Player) is a portable version of the Sega Genesis manufactured by AtGames (Taiwan) since 2007. There is also an analogue adapted into Russia called "Sega Gopher Wireless", with the connection of wireless "Fire Joy" joysticks. Firstly it was planned to be only in Taiwan, but it expanded to USA, Europe and Russia. The complete set of Sega Gopher (Sega Gopher Wireless): Console USB adapter USB cable AV cable Headphones Console case Hand strap Instructions Characteristics Processor: Motorola 68000, 7.8 MHz, 16 bit The amount of memory (ROM): 5MB The amount of memory (RAM): 64 KB Video memory capacity: 64 KB Display: LCD display with high brightness technology Firecore, 2.8", 65000 colors. Resolution: 320x240 pixels. Sound: Speaker (mono)/earphones (mono)/processor generates stereo (Yamaha 2612 + PSG). Power supply: 3.7 V 350mAh Li-ion rechargeable battery (NP 60-2) / 220V USB adapter Battery life: 5 to 16 hours Dimensions: 149x62x19 mm SD card slot (max 8GB card capacity) Socket for connection to TV via AV cable IrDA port for connecting FireJoy wireless joysticks (Sega Gopher Wireless only) Other features The memory card used by the console must have strictly 9 pins and sizes up to 8GB. FAT or FAT32 file system, SD, SDHC, MiniSD (adapter), MicroSD (adapter), MicroSDHC (adapter) memory cards are supported, the console may not read a memory card with FAT file system. The USB adapter should not be included in the console if it is already connected to the TV. To do this, first, without turning off the console, remove the AV cable, turn on the charging and turn the AV cable back on. Otherwise, the charge burns. Switching between TV and Portable modes occurs once when the console is turned on and when the MENU button is pressed (image output is reinitialized). You cannot change the mode in real time. In portable mode, the console operates at 60 Hz as Standard Sega Genesis. In TV mode your console will work at a frequency of 50 Hz, as in the European\Australian Sega Mega Drive. The console does not support SaveRAM, and games such as Light Crusader or Mega Man: The Wily Wars will not work correctly. Most games are working correctly, and have been fixed to work on the console. There is no Mode button in console management. In portable mode, it is always pressed, so some games using the 6-button control do not work correctly. The whole fault is the architecture of the console because some tracks are used simultaneously for different signals. When you connect the wireless joysticks, the Mode button will no longer be pressed. This problem has been to manually correct and add the button Mode. Processors in the console have different timings with the standard Sega Mega Drive and Sega Genesis. Namely, the main processor runs at a higher frequency, which affects some games in better performance, and the coprocessor at a lower frequency, which affects the worst sound quality and playback speed of audio samples. Image in different game modes can be stretched. This is due to the fact that in portable mode, the console responds to the program that the video uses the NTSC signal, but actually uses the PAL signal, in this connection, in portable mode, the picture with a resolution of 320x224 stretched to 320x240. In TV mode, this is not observed, as the console to make full use PAL. However, in games with a picture with a resolution of 256x224, it will be stretched horizontally to 320 in both modes. The sound is slightly understated by 4 semitones in the Yamaha 2612 and 7 semitones in the PSG. Also the DAC sound is a bit muffled and sounds in some games so quietly that it seems as if it is not at all. Standard sound in Sega Gopher is stereo, but due to the negligence of the manufacturer outputs are mixed, and as a result, we have only mono. This problem could be corrected manually. Due to different processor frequencies, some games that use interrupts to transfer music data to the coprocessor memory may hang or have a distorted or missing sound. There is a kind of console in black-and-black housing, where a set of built-in games, added the ability to adjust the backlight (4 brightness) and the ability to select a level in the built-in games of the first page, these settings will be saved in Serial EEPROM. There is a possibility to add images to custom games menu select the game from the SD card using the program MDB_Edit, or with a free analogue - ScreenGopher. If you have a large number of games on the map, you can avoid scanning them when you turn them on for the first time. To do this, simply turn on the console and immediately press the menu button. However, you cannot do this if you have downloaded a new game or deleted an old one. The console menu uses full-color mode. Unlike the standard (9-bit), it transmits the entire 24-bit color spectrum. Pre-installed games Alex Kidd Alien Storm Altered Beast Arrow Flash Columns 3 Crack Down Decap Attack Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine Ecco the Dolphin Ecco Jr. ESWAT: City Under Siege Flicky Gain Ground Golden Axe Jewel Master Kid Chameleon Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master Sonic & Knuckles Sonic Spinball These games are included with the black-colored version of the console (there are also green, orange and blue that use standard included games): Alex Kidd Alien Storm Altered Beast Arrow Flash Bonanza Brothers Columns Comix Zone Crack Down Decap Attack Fatal Labyrinth Flicky Gain Ground Golden Axe Jewel Master Ristar Shadow Dancer Streets of Rage Streets of Rage 2 Sonic Spinball Vectorman References Sega Genesis Products introduced in 2007
Schoenfeld is a hamlet in Saskatchewan. Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan Swift Current No. 137, Saskatchewan
Ludovico Simoneta (c, 1500–1568) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Simoneta was born in Milan ca. 1500, the son of Palatine Count Alessandro Simoneta and Antonia Castiglioni. He was the nephew of Cardinal Giacomo Simoneta. He studied at Milan, becoming a doctor of both laws. He was admitted to the Collegio degli Avvocati of Milan in 1533, and practiced law in Milan and Pavia. On 19 December 1537, following the resignation of his uncle Giacomo, Ludovico Simoneta was elected Bishop of Pesaro. He subsequently participated in the Council of Trent 1545-47. In 1549, he moved to Rome, becoming a lawyer of the Apostolic Signatura. On 17 May 1560 he was appointed a datary. Pope Pius IV made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 26 February 1561. He received the red hat and the titular church of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane on 10 March 1561. He resigned the government of the Diocese of Pesaro sometime before 9 May 1561. On 10 November 1561 the pope named him papal legate to the Council of Trent. He became prefect of the Apostolic Signatura on 8 June 1563. He was a participant in the papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected Pope Pius V. He opted for the titular church of Sant'Anastasia on 15 November 1566. He died in Rome on 30 April 1568. He was buried in Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri. See also His portrait on Getty Images References 1568 deaths 16th-century Italian cardinals Year of birth unknown Year of birth uncertain Bishops and archbishops of Pesaro 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
The 1916 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the National Hockey Association (NHA) champion Montreal Canadiens and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Portland Rosebuds. This was the first time that a best-of-five Cup championship went the distance. Also, the Rosebuds were the first team based in the United States to play for the Cup. The Canadiens defeated the Rosebuds three games to two in the best-of-five-game series. This was the Canadiens' first Stanley Cup championship. Paths to the Finals Montreal won the NHA title after finishing the 1915–16 regular season in first place with a 16–7–1 record. Meanwhile, Portland clinched the 1915–16 PCHA title with a 13–5 record. Game summaries The games of the series were played at Montreal's Montreal Arena as it was the turn of the NHA champions to host the series. Games one, three and five were played under NHA rules; Games two and four were played under PCHA rules. Ernie Johnson's share of series revenues was by court order to be paid to the Montreal Wanderers, whom he had left while under contract to go to the PCHA. For the entire series, future Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Georges Vezina aided Montreal by posting a 2.60 goals-against average. Didier Pitre led the Canadiens in scoring with 4 goals. Montreal Canadiens NHA champions Roster - Georges Veznia goalie, Howard McNamara (Captain) point, Bert Corbeau cover point, Didier Pitre center-rover, Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde (Playing-Coach) center, George "Goldie" Prodgers right wing-left wing, Jack Laviolettte left wing, Amous Arbour left wing, Louis Berlinguette left wing, Georges "Skinner" Poulin center, Eskene “Skene” Ronan center right wing, spare Jack Fournier right wing-left wing - U.P. Boudier (President), George "Kennedy", Kendall (Manager-owner). Portland Rosebuds PCAH champions Roster - Tommy Murray goalie, Del Irvine point, Ernie "Moose" Johnson cover point, Fred "Smokey" Harrius rover-left wing, Tommy Dunderdale center, Eddie Oatman light wing, Charles Tobin left wing-right wing, Charlie Uksilla left wing, Alf Barbour center, C.D. Doherty (President), Edward Savage (Manager-Coach). Game one Portland arrived by train the day before the game but showed no weariness, recording a shutout despite game one being played under Eastern Rules (6 a side). It was noted that Portland's speedy backchecking limited Montreal to only 6 chances. Game two Despite missing Newsy Lalonde (bad cold) and Jack Laviolette (broken jaw), Montreal behind some heavy checking defeated Portland 2–1 to tie the series under Western PCHA rules (7 a side). Game three Lalonde and Laviolette played in game three. Lalonde got into a fight with Ernie Johnson, requiring the police to break up the fight. Lalonde and Laviolette were ejected for the game and Eddie Oatman received a major penalty. Pitre was the scoring star, scoring three goals to lead the Canadiens to a 6–3 victory. Eastern rules were used. Game four The Rosebuds then evened the series with a 6–5 victory in game four. The Rosebuds took a 3–0 lead, only to see the Canadiens tie it and take a 4–3 lead. In the third period Portland's Fred Harris scored twice and Charlie Uksilla scored once to take a 6–4 lead until the last minute when Lalonde scored to make it closer. Western rules were used. Game five In game five, Portland's Tommy Dunderdale gave his team a 1–0 lead before Skene Ronan tied the game. The seldom-used George Prodgers then scored the game and series-winning goal to clinch the Cup for the Canadiens. Eastern rules were used. Stanley Cup engraving The 1916 Stanley Cup was presented by the trophy's trustee William Foran. The Canadiens never did engrave their name on the Cup for their championship season. The following Canadiens players and staff were members of the Stanley Cup winning team. 1915–16 Montreal Canadiens References See also 1915–16 Montreal Canadiens season 1915–16 NHA season 1915–16 PCHA season List of Stanley Cup champions Stanley Cup Finals Stan Stan Stan Stan Montreal Canadiens games Stan March 1916 sports events Ice hockey competitions in Montreal 1910s in Montreal 1916 in Quebec
Andronovo () is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Andronovsky Selsoviet, Tyumentsevsky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 471 as of 2013. It was founded in 1726. There are 9 streets. Geography Andronovo is located near the Kulunda River 22 km west of Tyumentsevo (the district's administrative centre) by road. Gryaznovo is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Tyumentsevsky District
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Ivor Donald Dean (21 December 1917 – 10 August 1974) was a British stage, film and television actor. Biography With his lugubrious demeanour he was often cast as world-weary police officers or butlers, and it is for the role of Chief Inspector Claud Eustace Teal in the 1960s series The Saint, opposite Roger Moore, that he is best known. Dean played Teal for almost the entire run of the series, except three instances in early episodes where other actors were used. It was on the third occasion, in an episode called Starring The Saint which featured Dean in another role, that the producers saw the ideal actor for the part. Dean proved the ideal foil for Moore's Simon Templar, invariably one step behind and allegedly hoping for the day when he could pin something on Templar. Dean's character however seemed to have a respect for his adversary nonetheless. Dean reprised the role in all but name in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1968–69) in which he played Inspector Large, who had an even more adversarial relationship with (the much less suave) Jeff Randall. Dean also appeared in one off roles in several other ITC series, including Jason King and The Persuaders!, he appeared as a butler in 3 episodes of the long-running LWT sitcom Doctor at Large and featured in three episodes of The Avengers. In 1964 he played estate agent Alfred Wormold in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street, selling No. 13 Coronation Street to Stan Ogden and his wife Hilda. Dean also portrayed Long John Silver in a Franco-German television adaptation of Treasure Island, entitled Die Schatzinsel / L' île au Tresor (1966). He contributed to a follow-up script with Saint producer Robert S. Baker, but it never materialised before his death. Baker continued to develop the project and it was finally made as the 10 part serial Return to Treasure Island in 1986. It was scripted by John Goldsmith and the part of Long John Silver was played by Brian Blessed. His other film appearances include Theatre of Death and the 'Pride' segment of The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins. In 1949 Dean married British actress Patricia Hamilton with whom he had three daughters. He died in Truro, Cornwall. Selected filmography Cloak Without Dagger (1956) – Night club proprietor Gaolbreak (1962) – Barrington Danger by My Side (1962) – Balding Detective at Quarry The Sicilians (1963) – Burford Becket (1964) – Monk (uncredited) Bindle (One of Them Days) (1966) – Mr. Fawcett Treasure Island (Die Schatzinsel) (1966) - Long John Silver Stranger in the House (1967) – Insp. Colder The Sorcerers (1967) – Insp. Matalon The Magnificent Two (1967) – Adviser (uncredited) Theatre of Death (1967) – Inspector Micheaud Robbery (1967) – Postal Worker on Train (uncredited) Prudence and the Pill (1968) – City Banker in Taxi Cab (uncredited) Salt and Pepper (1968) – Police Commissioner Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968) – Old Bailey Policeman Where Eagles Dare (1968) – German Officer No. 2 (uncredited) Crooks and Coronets (1969) – Bellows The File of the Golden Goose (1969) – Reynolds The Oblong Box (1969) – Hawthorne Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) – William Burke The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) – Policeman (segment "Pride") Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1973) – Bishop Rourke References External links 1917 births 1974 deaths Male actors from London English male film actors English male television actors 20th-century English male actors
The is a two-line suspended monorail system located in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is owned and operated by , a so-called "third-sector" company established on March 20, 1979. Investors include the city of Chiba. The first segment (Line 2 from Sports Center Station to Chishirodai Station) opened on March 28, 1988, also the rest by March 24, 1999. The PASMO contactless smart card can be used to purchase fares. It is the world's longest suspended monorail system with a track length of . Routes Line 1 Line 1 connects Chiba-Minato Station and Kenchō-mae Station by a multiple-track route. Operating at 1,500 V DC, trains make four intermediate stops. Station list Line 2 Line 2 connects Chiba-Minato Station and Chishiro-dai Station. Operating at 1,500 V DC, trains make 13 intermediate stops on the multiple-track route. Station list Extension plans Extensions of Line 1 had been proposed, notably a five-station, extension from Kenchō-mae Station to Chiba Municipal Aoba Hospital. However, in 2004 an evaluation committee found that there was no need for the extension, and proposed closing the underused segment from Chiba Station to Kencho-mae Station. There was also a plan to extend the line from Anagawa Station to Inage and Inage-kaigan Station. On 4 September 2019, Chiba City announced that it had decided to discontinue plans to extend the monorail hospital route, and not to introduce a monorail on the Inage route. History 1979/03/20 – The company was established. 1988/03/28 – Line 2 between Sports Center Station and Chishirodai Station opened. 1990/09/18 – The total number of passengers reached 10 million. 1991/06/12 – Line 2 opened between Chiba Station and Sports Center Station. 1994/03/07 – The total number of passengers reached 50 million. 1995/08/01 – Line 1 between Chiba Minato Station and Chiba Station opened. 1997/06/17 – The total number of passengers reached 100 million. 1999/03/24 – Line 1 between Chiba Station and Kencho-mae Station opened. At the same time, the running time for Line 2 was shortened by about 10%, and automatic ticket machines were installed at all stations. 2006 – Chiba Prefecture pulls out from funding the monorail due to unsatisfactory ridership numbers. 2006/06/21 – A train collided with the arm of a crane truck working on a sewer line between Sakusabe Station and Chiba-Koen Station on Line 2. 2007/03/19 – The four-car trains that had been in service were discontinued. 2009/03/14 – PASMO introduced. 2012/07/08 – The new trains "Urban Flyer 0-type" began operating. 2019/02/20 – Announced the introduction of station numbering at all stations in anticipation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. 2020/09/09 – A fire broke out when a contractor accidentally cut a cable during substation renewal work, temporarily disrupting service on all lines. 2021/05/31 – The total number of passengers reached 500 million. Special tickets Holiday Free Pass (ホリデーフリーきっぷ) Available: Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Cost: Adults 630 yen, children 320 yen Valid: All day on the day of purchase. 2-Day Free Pass (2-DAYフリーきっぷ) Available: Two consecutive days. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Cost: Adults 1050 yen, children 530 yen Valid: All day on the day of purchase. Lunchtime Free Pass (お昼のお出かけフリーきっぷ) Available: From 10AM to 6PM on weekdays. Cost: Adults 620 yen, children 310 yen Valid: From 10AM to 6PM on day purchased. See also Monorails in Japan List of rapid transit systems Skybus Metro References External links Company website in English Company website in Japanese Monorails Suspended monorails SAFEGE people movers Railway lines opened in 1988 Monorails in Japan Transport in Chiba (city) Companies based in Chiba Prefecture Japanese third-sector railway lines 1988 establishments in Japan 1500 V DC railway electrification
Markovo () is a rural locality (a village) in Markovskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 13 as of 2002. Geography The distance to Vologda is 26 km, to Vasilyevskoye is 4 km. Redkino is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Vologodsky District
Samuel Amory (1784–1857) was an English lawyer and one of the founding partners of the law firm now known as Travers Smith. London-born Amory married Ann Heathcoat, the daughter of the well-known and highly successful industrialist John Heathcoat (born 1783), known for inventing lace-making machinery in Nottingham. Amory qualified as a lawyer in London in 1810, and went into partnership with John Coles, which lasted until 1839 when John became ill, and he was paid out his capital in installments. A short partnership with Isaac Sewell and Samuel Moores lasted only for eleven years. Samuel and Ann had two children, John (1829-1914) and Ann (1827–69). John, who took the surname Heathcoat-Amory, became a very eminent landowner in Somerset and the owner of a rather splendid estate in Devon known as Knighthayes. He was made a baronet in 1876. Ann married John Travers, a member of the most famous produce family in the City of London, which remained a client of her father's legal practice for over fifty years. Following marriage into the Smith family, Joseph Travers Smith joined Amory's practice in 1851, later becoming the senior partner and giving his name to the firm, which is still practicing today. Samuel Amory died in 1857. External links Travers Smith Lawyers from London Place of death missing 1784 births 1857 deaths 19th-century English lawyers
Jarrett Walker (born 1962) is an American transit consultant and author. He has a consulting firm based in Portland, Oregon, that has worked on projects across North America, Europe, and Oceania. Walker is the author of the blog Human Transit and book of the same name. Career In the 1970s, Walker became interested in transit issues while using Portland's TriMet bus system. He later worked as a planning intern at TriMet. Walker is the president of Jarrett Walker + Associates, a consultancy that contracts with public transit agencies. He and his firm have completed transit redesign projects in dozens of cities throughout the world, including Houston, Moscow, Auckland, and Dublin. The author has written several peer-reviewed papers, including "To Predict with Confidence", published in the Journal of Public Transportation in 2018, and "Purpose-Driven Public Transport," published in the Journal of Transport Geography in 2008. He has also been published in the peer-reviewed Shakespeare Quarterly. He has also written for Bloomberg CityLab and The Atlantic. In December 2017, Walker attracted media attention after publicly feuding with billionaire Elon Musk. The Tesla CEO expressed his disdain for public transit and reiterated his preference for individual transportation in response to a conference audience question. Walker criticized him on Twitter, stating that "Musk's hatred of sharing space with strangers is a luxury (or pathology) that only the rich can afford." Musk responded with "You're an idiot", before saying: "Sorry... meant to say 'sanctimonious idiot.'" The dispute led to a broader debate about Musk's opinions on transit. Walker's planning philosophy Walker frames discussions about public transportation in terms of an area's geometry and how it influences a transit network's ridership and coverage (also known as the "ridership-coverage trade-off"). He argued that an area's physical features (for example, the Bay Area's bay) significantly impact a transit network's ideal design and potential ridership. Walker has argued that transit agencies' focus on predictions and new technologies distracts from necessary improvements to existing transportation systems. However, he has also stated that when working as a consulting planner, he views his role as "only stating geometric facts", or presenting potential designs for the agency employing him to consider. He typically presents a variety of designs, with some more heavily focused on increasing ridership and others more centered around increasing coverage. In Houston, Walker proposed creating a grid of bus routes with frequent service instead of focusing on expanding physical coverage, and the city ultimately implemented his recommendations, reporting an 11% increase in ridership on weekdays and a 30% increase on weekends a year later. Walker has often asserted that "frequency is freedom" – frequent transit service helps people better access their communities, and that buses are often the most affordable way to expand transit service. To highlight the importance of service frequency, he said that a bus frequency of 15 minutes is as useless as a car that could only leave its home every 15 minutes. In his book Human Transit, he lists seven requirements for a good public transit network: It takes me where I want to go – coverage It takes me when I want to go – span It's a good use of my time – frequency It's a good use of my money – price It respects me – cleanliness and safety I can trust it – reliability It gives me the freedom to change my plans – frequency again Walker has criticized claims that modern ride-share services like Lyft and Uber are equivalent to or a potential replacement for public transit, arguing that rideshare services are much less efficient than even a relatively low-density bus service. As lockdowns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic caused sharp reductions in ridership on transit, Walker was featured in a New York Times article as saying that transit is "not a business. And nowhere has that been more obvious than now. The sensible fiduciary thing to do would be to shut things down as quickly as possible, furlough the entire staff and wait. They’re not doing that because they’re expected to provide an essential service." Walker's proposed redesigns have sometimes faced criticism from city residents, advocacy groups, or news agencies. In Dublin, Walker proposed consolidating the complex bus network into central "spines" with more frequent bus service. The public transit authority received over 72,000 comments from the public, of which a large portion criticized the proposal as service cuts, despite overall increases to both service frequency and geographic coverage. In addition, libertarian Randal O'Toole, a noted transit skeptic, has been a vocal critic of the implications of Jarrett Walker's work. Personal life Walker, who is gay, was raised in Portland, Oregon in the 1970s. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Pomona College in 1980 and received his PhD in theater arts and humanities from Stanford University in 1996. Bibliography References External links Human Transit blog Jarrett Walker + Associates Walker's writing on JSTOR To Predict with Confidence, Plan for Freedom Living people Transportation planning American transportation businesspeople Writers from Portland, Oregon Stanford University alumni Pomona College alumni Shakespearean scholars 1962 births
Suncoast may refer to: Florida Suncoast, a local marketing term for peninsular Florida's Gulf of Mexico coastal counties Suncoast Estates, Florida, census-designated place in Lee County, southwest Florida Suncoast Suns, former ice hockey team in St. Petersburg, Florida Suncoast (film), upcoming film starring Woody Harrelson Suncoast Casino and Entertainment World, hotel and casino complex situated on the beach in Durban, South Africa Suncoast Chapter of NATAS (Emmy Awards) which serves Florida and some other places Suncoast Christian College, on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia Suncoast Classic, golf tournament in Durban, South Africa Suncoast Community High School, public high school in Riviera Beach, Florida, on the Atlantic coast Suncoast Hotel and Casino, hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada Suncoast Motion Picture Company, a U.S. chain of stores specializing in movies and related gift items See also Gulf Coast (disambiguation)
Isaác Brizuela Muñoz (; born 28 August 1990), also known as El Conejo, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Guadalajara. Born in the United States, he played for the Mexico national team. Brizuela was born in the United States to Mexican parents who worked in California at the time. His family returned to their hometown of Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, when he was two years old. He began playing football in his town until he was scouted to play for Toluca's youth squad in Guadalajara. Brizuela was promoted to the club's first-team squad in 2009 after good performances with the club's farm team, Atlético Mexiquense, from the second division. He also had a brief loan-spell with Atlas in 2013. Club career Toluca Brizuela debuted with Toluca on July 26 2009, in the 2009 Apertura against Guadalajara. He won the 2010 Bicentenario tournament with Toluca, his first professional championship. In January 2013 Brizuela was loaned to Atlas for six months in order to get more playing time. His successful campaign at Atlas, where he was crucial for the team finishing the 2013 Clausura in third place, entering the quarterfinals and avoiding relegation, prompted Toluca coach José Cardozo to include him in the club's squad once again. International career In May 2013, Brizuela revealed that he was born in San Jose, California, to Mexican parents even though he had initially reported to the FMF (Mexican Football Federation) that he was born in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco. Therefore, he was eligible to play for either the United States and Mexico. Mexico head coach José Manuel de la Torre listed Brizuela in Mexico's 35-man preliminary squad for the Gold Cup due to his good performances with Atlas. He was subsequently included in the final 23-player squad. Brizuela made his first competitive appearance for Mexico with the senior squad in a 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Panama that also, given his dual US-Mexican citizenship, cap-tied him to Mexico. He was included in Miguel Herrera 23-man world cup squad, but didn't appear in any matches. Career statistics International Honours Toluca Mexican Primera División: Bicentenario 2010 Guadalajara Liga MX: Clausura 2017 Copa MX: Apertura 2015, Clausura 2017 Supercopa MX: 2016 CONCACAF Champions League: 2018 Mexico U23 Pan American Games: 2011 Individual CONCACAF Champions League Best XI: 2018 References External links Isaác Brizuela at Univision Deportes 1990 births Living people Soccer players from California Men's association football forwards Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers American sportspeople of Mexican descent Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Deportivo Toluca F.C. Reserves and Academy footballers Atlas F.C. footballers C.D. Guadalajara footballers Liga MX players 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2014 FIFA World Cup players Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in football Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Fantasy Gardens, also known as Fantasy Garden World, was a former amusement park in Richmond, British Columbia that was located at the corner of Steveston Highway and No. 5 Road. The park was called Fantasy Gardens because it was surrounded by a series of stone buildings that were designed to resemble structures built during the Middle Ages. The buildings had been used as a backdrop in numerous music videos, television productions, and movies (it stood in for Halloweentown in Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge). Behind the stone buildings were the Biblical Gardens. These gardens were filled with numerous religious icons, including a hedge that had been carved into the shape of a Bible. History As garden centre Fantasy Gardens was home to a massive plant store in the Art Knapp's chain, owned by Frank Van Hest (1932-2005) in 1965. Bill Vander Zalm's son Wim owned several other stores in the Art Knapp's chain. Many people visited the store to get a glimpse of its turtle-filled pond. This plant store closed its location at Fantasy Gardens, moving to a vacant nursery one mile west along Alderbridge Way and Minoru Boulevard. The Art Knapp's Nursery stores were founded by Arthur William Knapp, a longtime resident of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. As amusement park During the 1970s and early 1990s, there was a small-scale amusement park at Fantasy Gardens. The biggest attraction was a miniature railroad that visitors could ride throughout the park and the gardens. When the fair closed down, most of the miniature railroad tracks were ripped up. Before being closed, this miniature railroad was filmed and it appeared in The X-Files episode "The Calusari." In 1984, the gardens were bought by Bill Vander Zalm, who established the Christian theme of much of the park. Then a provincial MLA, Vander Zalm went on to be Premier of British Columbia. His later sale of the park led to charges of conflict of interest, which in turn led to his resignation in 1991 and the defeat of the Social Credit government. Decline, closure and residential re-development Vander Zalm sold the property in the early 1990s to Chinese-born Filipino-Taiwanese businessman Tan Yu for $16 million, whose AsiaWorld then sold it to local developer firm Townline in 2007 that redeveloped into retail property named The Gardens. On 7 September 2010, Fantasy Gardens was torn down, but the Dutch Castle, now a community landmark, was saved. The castle is a replica of Coevorden Castle, possibly the ancestral home of Captain George Vancouver in the Netherlands. The castle was donated to the people of Vancouver by the city of Coevorden for Expo 86. The castle was used as sales centre for the Gardens, a planned residential development. The southern portion is now a condo complex with a Loblaws supermarket, but the former amusement park will become a 12 acres public park for the further residential buildings. The former Dutch/Coevorden Castle will become a City of Richmond-owned day care centre. Filming on site The site was also used as the primary set of the "Revisions" episode of the TV series Stargate SG-1, the "Irresponsible" episode of Stargate Atlantis, the "Monster Movie" episode of Supernatural and in the episodes "Shadows" and "Blackmail" episodes from Highlander: The Series. It was also featured in the Sliders episode "Into The Mystic", the Psych episode "Christmas Joy" and the movie I'll Be Home for Christmas as well as The Boy Who Cried Werewolf. Gallery References External links Chronology: Fantasy Gardens and Bill Vander Zalm, Vancouver Sun Sept 1991 Fantasy Gardens/Fantasy Gardens World, Coaster Enthusiasts of Canada: Closed Canadian Parks Buildings and structures in Richmond, British Columbia British Columbia political scandals Demolished buildings and structures in British Columbia Defunct amusement parks in Canada 2010 disestablishments in British Columbia Amusement parks closed in 2010
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Wigmore Abbey was an abbey of Canons Regular with a grange, from 1179 to 1530, situated about a mile (2 km) north of the village of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England: grid reference SO 410713. Only ruins of the abbey now remain and on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register their condition is listed as 'very bad'. History of the abbey The founding of the abbey was contemplated by Ranulph de Mortimer in the reign of Henry I, but only brought to fruition by his son, Hugh de Mortimer, who had the abbey consecrated at Wigmore in 1179 in the parish of Leintwardine by Robert Foliot, the Bishop of Hereford. The construction of the abbey was also assisted by other local landowners, especially Brian de Brampton and his John, who contributed building materials from their woods and quarries. The abbey community had been some thirty years in moving through various sites in northern Herefordshire before this final consecration. In this it was one of the most moved foundations in the country, having been settled during these years occasionally at Shobdon, Llanthony Priory and Lye or Eye as it has been written. At the time it has been suggested that this was the largest monastery in the county, followed by Abbey Dore and Leominster Priory. The first abbot was Simon Merlymond. Andrew of St Victor (–1175) was abbot from 1148–1155 and 1162–1175. The abbey church, like the church at Wigmore, was dedicated to St James. As they were the principal patrons of the abbey, many members of the Mortimer family were buried there, among them five Earls of March. The abbey continued to flourish until the period of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1530, when it was destroyed. The remains of the building were given to Sir T. Palmer. Wigmore Abbey is thought to be the place of origin of a manuscript outlining its own history and founding, as well as the lineage of Roger Mortimer, whose father Edmund petitioned Parliament (successfully) to be named heir to the throne in 1374. His claim was superseded by King Henry IV's accession to the throne. The manuscript concerning the Mortimers and the foundation of Wigmore Abbey is now housed at the University of Chicago. Another chronicle has been lost, but copies of the beginning and the end of this have survived in Manchester and Dublin. Burials Ranulph de Mortimer Stephen of Aumale and his wife, Hawise de Mortimer d'Aumale Roger Mortimer of Wigmore Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March Edmund Mortimer (1302–1331) Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March Hugh de Mortimer and his wife, Maud le Meschin Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer Margaret Mortimer, Baroness Mortimer Ralph de Mortimer Recent history of the remains The land encompassing the abbey remains was owned by the Powell family, and later by the Brierley family. Several fields have been purchased by local farmers. The ruins themselves were sold to British actor John Challis (best known as Boycie from Only Fools and Horses), who lived in the abbot's lodging from 1998 until his death in 2021. The Green Green Grass, starring John Challis, was filmed at Wigmore Abbey along with other locations in the area. References Challis, John, (2016). Wigmore Abbey: The Treasure of Mortimer, Wigmore Books Ltd. () Remfry, P.M., The Mortimers of Wigmore, 1066 to 1181. Part 1: Wigmore Castle () Remfry, P.M., The Wigmore Chronicle, 1066 to 1377:A Translation of John Rylands Manuscript 215 and Trinity College, Dublin, MS.488, ff. 295-9 () External links Guide to Wigmore Abbey chronicle and Brut chronicle. Manuscript, 14th and 15th centuries at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center 1179 establishments in England Grade I listed buildings in Herefordshire Monasteries in Herefordshire Burial sites of the Mortimer family
Sir Benjamin Dawson, 1st Baronet (26 September 1878 – 25 September 1966) was a British textile manufacturer. He was the son of a textile manufacturer Joseph Dawson of Bradford, West Yorkshire and was educated at Bradford Grammar School. At 15 he worked for his father in the family textile business. He became chairman of Joseph Dawson (Holdings) Ltd. and of Joseph Dawson Ltd., cashmere dehairers, of Cashmere Works, Bradford. He bought Stackhouse Farm near Settle, where he pioneered the new technique of silage making as a method of animal fodder production. He bought the 1200 acre Nun Appleton estate near York in 1920 and moved into Nun Appleton Hall. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding, created a Baronet of Appleton Roebuck on 2 July 1929 and was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1951–52. He was a Commissioner of the Boy Scouts Association, a member of the Council of Bradford Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Federation of British Industries. He was also active in politics as a Conservative. He was elected vice-commodore of the Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club and was formerly a Member of the York and Ainsty Hunt. He had married Annie Ellen Saville and was succeeded by their son Sir Lawrence Saville Dawson, 2nd Baronet. Their daughter Joan continued to live at Nun Appleton Hall before selling it. References 1878 births 1966 deaths Businesspeople from Bradford People educated at Bradford Grammar School Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High Sheriffs of Yorkshire Place of birth missing Place of death missing
Cristina Casandra, née Iloc (born 1 February 1977 in Zalău) is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She took up the event in 2000, having initially specialized in the 5000 metres. She was the bronze medallist at the Balkan Cross Country Championships in March 2011. She finished 5th at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but did not reach the final at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Achievements Personal bests 3000 metres - 9:02.94 min (2001) 3000 metres steeplechase - 9:16.85 min (2008) 5000 metres - 15:22.64 min (1999) References 1977 births Living people People from Zalău Romanian female long-distance runners World record setters in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Romania Romanian female steeplechase runners Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Romania Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Sălaj County
Nobody Dies Twice (Spanish: Nadie muere dos veces) is a 1953 Mexican thriller film directed by Luis Spota and starring Abel Salazar, Luis Aguilar and Lilia del Valle. Cast Abel Salazar as Raúl García / Ricardo Luis Aguilar as Alberto Lilia del Valle as Irma Ramón Gay as Arturo Robles Pedro Vargas as Cantante Fernando Fernández as Fernando Enedina Díaz de León as Enedina Salvador Quiroz as Don Antonio References Bibliography María Luisa Amador. Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950-1959. UNAM, 1985. External links 1953 films 1950s thriller films Mexican thriller films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films
"Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce" is a 2022 punk rock single by The Kunts, a band created by the dark comedy singer Kunt and the Gang. The song is directed at Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and references his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of child sex offences; the word "nonce" is British slang for a paedophile. The song reached No. 20 in the UK Singles Chart, and No. 1 in the UK Independent Singles Chart and UK Singles Sales Chart. The song is a follow-up to the band's previous tracks "Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt" from 2020, and "Boris Johnson Is Still a Fucking Cunt" from 2021. History In May 2022, Kunt announced in a newsletter that The Kunts would release "Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce" on 27 May, to coincide with the charts at the time of the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II on 3 June. As with the previous chart attempts, multiple versions of the song and 24-hour streams were released. Versions have been made by Ricardo Autobahn and Rob Manuel. The tracks were released by the band's independent Radical Rudeness label. In the newsletter, Kunt said that the song was: "our attempt for the Jubilee chart Number 2 (let's face it, even if we did sell enough they'd never let it be Number 1 anyway!)" This references the Sex Pistols song "God Save the Queen", which reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart during Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee (1977), leading to claims that the song was deliberately kept off No. 1. In a press note, Kunt said the single was intended to reopen the conversation around Prince Andrew at a time the establishment wanted to hide it, and in particular Prince Andrew's relationships with Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre. The song's lyrics and promotion exploit the poorly received 2019 Newsnight interview in which Prince Andrew alleged an inability to sweat to refute one accusation and a trip to PizzaExpress in Woking as an alibi for another. It also refers to Andrew's out-of-court settlement of Giuffre's lawsuit, for an undisclosed amount reported at £12 million by some news sources. The song features a satirical reworking of the nursery rhyme "The Grand Old Duke of York", which includes the following lyrics: The grand old Duke of York He said he didn't sweat So why did he pay 12 million quid To a girl he'd never met? A video for the song was to be released on Kunt's YouTube channel on 20 May, but on 19 May the channel was taken down before he was able to post it. Within half-an-hour he appealed, but this was turned down. Kunt criticised the channel's removal saying it was "most unusual" for it to be taken down the day before the video's debut. He also said it was annoying that unlike "Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt", which was not played on radio due to the swearing, "Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce" has no swearing, and the only explicit content is at the end when a man playing Prince Andrew has his naked buttocks censored by a PizzaExpress logo (though with the words "Pizza Express" replaced by "Sweaty Nonce"). He thus encouraged his followers to download the video from the song's website princeandrew.info and post it on as many YouTube channels as possible. The song peaked at No. 1 on the UK iTunes charts on 2 June 2022, with another version of the song peaking at #7 on the same day. The song also achieved #74 on the Worldwide iTunes charts. At 4:06 PM, the song achieved No. 1 on the Amazon Charts for Music. On 2 June 2022, the song reached #3 on the Trending Page of YouTube Music. Kunt attacked media outlets for not playing the song, complaining about being denied freedom of speech. Promotion To promote the song, Kunt hosted a flash mob on 29 May at the Woking PizzaExpress. The band also put out a video of the "Randy Andy's Memory Loss Remix" via the website Chortle, which uses footage from the Newsnight interview. In the mid-week Singles Chart update on 30 May, "Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce" reached No. 36. The song's cover image shows a drawing of a smiling and sweating Prince Andrew, underneath bunting made from Union Jack pennants, with one section replaced with a slice of pizza. The prince also holds a slice of pizza. Reception Before the song was released, Andy Malt at Complete Music Update compared the song to "God Save the Queen", saying that The Kunts make the Sex Pistols track "seem a bit twee". On 31 May 2022, the Official Charts Twitter account announced it was one of the 'highest trending' songs in the UK. In June 2022, at the Glastonbury Festival, graffiti of the words 'Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce' appeared. Kunt responded to the news saying that it was: "Nice to see the good folk at Glastonbury are ready to welcome Prince Andrew back into public life." On 6 April 2023, the Kunts announced they would be releasing a follow-up song under the new name the Krown Jewels. The song, "Scrap The Monarchy", was released on 5 May 2023, the day before the coronation of Charles III and Camilla. Personnel The performers on the track are: Kunt – vocals Carsehole – lead guitar Rubber Johnny – bass guitar Fucksticks – drums Charts References External links 2022 singles 2022 songs British monarchy British punk rock songs Songs about princes Cultural depictions of the British Royal Family Jeffrey Epstein Obscenity controversies in music Prince Andrew, Duke of York Protest songs Republicanism in the United Kingdom Satirical songs Songs banned by the BBC Songs based on children's songs UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles Works about monarchy Works based on nursery rhymes
Reece Crowther (born 28 November 1988) is an Australian goalkeeper. Club career Crowther played all his junior football at Mulgoa who play in the Nepean Competition in Sydney before moving onto Representative football with the Marconi Stallions and Parramatta Eagles. He was part of the Parramatta Eagles side from which James Holland and Adam Biddle also graduated. At 16 he was given the opportunity to move to England to pursue a professional career in football. He spent the next three years in England, learning his trade, firstly with Crystal Palace and then with Queens Park Rangers. Wellington Phoenix On 26 May 2009, he was signed on a one-year deal by Wellington Phoenix FC after trialling with the club and impressing the coaching staff. On 30 August 2009, Crowther made his senior debut, starting for the Phoenix in a 2–0 loss against Sydney FC at the Sydney Football Stadium. On 1 November 2009, Crowther made his second A-League appearance for Wellington Phoenix against Sydney FC after Mark Paston received a suspected hip injury which later proved to be a fractured leg. Crowther continued to start for the Phoenix until Liam Reddy arrived from Brisbane Roar as injury cover for Paston. On 19 January 2010, Crowther re-signed with the Wellington Phoenix to keep him at the club until the end of the 2010/2011 season. Fellow Phoenix players Troy Hearfield and Mark Paston also re-signed with the team. Crowther spent the off season as the first choice goalkeeper on loan to Finnish team EIF Ekenas where he made 25 appearances. The start to the 2010–11 season was not pleasant for Crowther, being ruled out for the opening eight weeks with a cracked rib which he suffered at training. References External links Wellington Phoenix profile Living people 1988 births Men's association football goalkeepers Crystal Palace F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Wealdstone F.C. players English Football League players Australian men's soccer players Parramatta FC players Wellington Phoenix FC players A-League Men players Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Ekenäs IF players Sportspeople from Rockhampton Soccer players from Queensland
Campbell R. Bridges (1937 – 11 August 2009) was a Scottish-born Kenyan gemologist. Bridges, originally from Scotland, lived in Kenya with his family and regularly mined for rare gemstones with his son Bruce Bridges. The discovery of the green variety of garnet known as tsavorite and the importation of tanzanite into the west solidified his reputation and led to a consultancy with Tiffany & Co. in 1973. Bridges was attacked by a gang of 20 men armed with clubs, spears, bows and arrows in the town of Voi and died of his injuries on arrival at hospital. He was 71. Kenyan police made an arrest for the murder on 19 August 2009. As of late 2012, the trial of the eight people charged in the crime continues. As of December 2014, murderers Mohammed Dadi Kokane, Alfred Njuruka Makoko, Samuel Mwagainia and James Mwita are sentenced to a total of 160 years in prison by Judge Maureen Odero. References External links Campbell Bridges - Daily Telegraph obituary Gemologists Scottish emigrants to Kenya People murdered in Kenya Scottish murder victims British people murdered abroad 1937 births 2009 deaths White Kenyan people 20th-century Scottish scientists 21st-century Scottish scientists
Hadwen Carlton Fuller (August 28, 1895 – January 29, 1990) was a United States representative from New York. Biography He was born on August 28, 1895, in West Monroe, Oswego County, New York. He attended the public schools and Central Square High School. He worked as a bank clerk, and was assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Central Square from 1912 to 1918. During the First World War he served in the United States Army; in 1919 he organized the State Bank of Parish and served as a director. He was organizer of the Parish Oil Co. Inc. in 1926, serving as president since 1937, and was Chairman of the Oswego County Republican Committee in 1942. Fuller was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oswego Co.) in 1943. He was elected as a Republican to the 78th United States Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis D. Culkin. He was re-elected to the 79th and 80th United States Congresses, holding office from November 2, 1943 to January 3, 1949. He was a delegate to the 1948 Republican National Convention. Afterwards he resumed his former business pursuits. He died on January 29, 1990, in Parish, New York. References 1895 births 1990 deaths People from Oswego County, New York American bankers Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 20th-century American politicians
Grannis is a city in Polk County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 554 at the 2010 census. Near Grannis is the Boggs Springs Youth Encampment of the American Baptist Association, a retreat of Missionary Baptist churches. Geography Grannis is located at (34.238884, -94.328404). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 496 people, 259 households, and 184 families residing in the city. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 575 people, 210 households, and 164 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 254 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 78.78% White, 0.52% Black or African American, 4.35% Native American, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 14.09% from other races, and 2.09% from two or more races. 16.52% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 210 households, out of which 37.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.1% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.10. In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.6% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $29,083, and the median income for a family was $30,893. Males had a median income of $22,500 versus $17,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,642. About 15.1% of families and 15.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.7% of those under age 18 and 19.4% of those age 65 or over. Education It is in the Cossatot River School District. Grannis, in the 1950s, was assigned to Gillham(?) schools in Sevier County. At a later point it was in the Wickes School District, which consolidated into the Cossatot River district on July 1, 2010. References Cities in Arkansas Cities in Polk County, Arkansas
Tyler Austin Hall is an American professional soccer player who plays for MLS Next Pro club Inter Miami CF II. Club career Inter Miami CF II Hall made his debut in the 2022 MLS Next Pro season against Columbus Crew 2, becoming the youngest starter in the league in its first week, being 16, on an academy contract. Hall later signed with Inter Miami II in March 2023. Hall scored his first goal for Inter Miami II on August 27, 2023, against Huntsville City FC. In 2023 Hall was selected to become an all-star for MLS NEXT. International On September 1, 2023, Hall got called up for the U.S. U-17 MYNT for the Václav Ježek Cup matches against Ukraine, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. References 2001 births Living people
Hal G. Evarts (August 24, 1887 - October 18, 1934) was an American short story writer and novelist. Born in Kansas, he explored the West extensively soaking up everything about the natural world. Hal eventually wrote about his experiences and knowledge in his best-selling Western novels and magazine short stories. Several of his books were adapted to film. Early Life Named Harry at birth, he was quickly nicknamed Hal. His father, George, died of typhoid fever when he was 12 days old. His mother, Emma, and sister, Nellie, were left to raise the restless boy. From an early age, Hal was much more interested in exploring the thick forests and creeks around Topeka than spending time in the classroom. He spent much of his free time studying the ways of the varied wildlife and their environment. He dropped out of school in the 9th grade. Hal was a teenager when his mother married a wealthy man from Hutchinson, Kansas. Emma and her new husband departed on a 3-year-long trip around the world, leaving Hal in Hutchinson with his strait-laced aunt and uncle. Hal's guns, animal traps, duck decoys, and life style appalled his no-nonsense aunt and uncle. So, at age 16, he left town and headed south to Oklahoma. "Gypsy around the country" For months, Hal and a friend camped along the Arkansas River hunting ducks and trapping muskrats, raccoons, and mink. In early 1904, he spent seven months on a Santa Fe railroad survey crew in Indian Territory of Oklahoma. That summer Hal took off with another friend to follow the harvest north to the Dakotas, working 18 hour days on threshing and haying crews until winter set in and he returned to the Arkansas River to hunt and trap. During the next three years, Hal said he was a "gypsy around the country" traveling on foot, sometimes with team and wagon, but always with "gun, blanket, a pot and frying pan, a little bacon, salt and flour and baking soda, with a fishline wound round my hat." He explored much of the West during this time, learning the ways of wild creatures and the ways of nature. Hal gravitated to the Colorado Rockies, where deer, bear, and beaver were plentiful. Near the Absaroka Range and Yellowstone National Park, Hal befriended two local ranchers who were beginning a business to take tourists into Yellowstone. Fred Richards and Ned Frost incorporated Hal into their burgeoning guide business. Young Hal's knowledge of history, of the land, flora and fauna, and his natural storytelling abilities made him a favorite with the tourists. Marriage, Family, and a Skunk Ranch As he approached his 20th birthday, Hal settled for a time into what he called a "normal business career." Back with his family in Kansas, Hal did basic office and maintenance work at the Hutchinson Daily Gazette. After six months, he was lured back to the Rockies to strike it rich in the Montana and Idaho real estate boom. But the bubble burst shortly after he arrived and he returned to Kansas. His mother's new husband, Leander Bigger, gave him a job maintaining a large estate he owned on the flanks of Pike's Peak in Colorado. It was there in the summer of 1909 that Hal met and fell in love with Sylvia Abraham. Hal opened a shoe store in Hutchinson and after three years of courtship, Hal and Sylvia were married on New Year's Eve of 1912. A little over a year later, Hal took Sylvia on a "honeymoon" trip to Cody, Wyoming. The trip rekindled Hal's love of the mountains and when they returned to Hutchinson he sold the store andretired from city life at age 26. Hal went back to Wyoming, leaving Sylvia behind, and bought 120 acres outside of Cody. It was sagebrush and meadowland land with a creek running through it. The ramshackle small house had no electricity, no plumbing, and was in dire need of repair. Hal thought it was the perfect place to raise animals for their fur, then a valued commodity used in women's clothing. He ordered 250 6-month old surgically-sanitized star skunks and 250 red and silver fox pups from a breeder in the East. After patching up the house and building pens for his animals, he went to back to Hutchinson in early 1915 for the birth of his son, officially named Hal, then packed his family up for the trip to their new home in Wapiti. It was a primitive life for the new mother and baby. Sylvia had to haul water in buckets from the creek in order to boil huge pots of cornmeal mush laced with elk liver on the wood stove. Hal had to feed his growing stock of skunks and foxes. The family stayed until the severe winter of 1916-1917 when Sylvia was convinced to escape to the warm climate in Los Angeles with their son. Hal stayed on alone to keep the skunks and foxes alive. Stricken with boredom during the harsh winter, he read and re-read western short-stories and history in magazines a friend had left in the cabin. He decided he might be able to tell a better story himself. Storytelling Skills Lead to a Writing Life Hal passed the time by writing about his adventures in the wild onto any scraps of paper he could find, then discarded them in stacks around the room. He had little thought about doing anything with them but enjoyed creating them. Shortly after the Spring thaw began in 1917, Hal's sister's husband, Ted Fox, visited Wapiti during his travels as an insurance salesman. A storyteller himself, Ted was fascinated when Hal told him he'd been scribbling stories based on his experiences. Ted wanted to read them and thought Nellie would be interested as well, so he gathered the stacks up and took them away when he left for home in New Jersey. Nellie was an aspiring poet and thought some of Hal's stories had the potential to be published. Unbeknownst to him, she sent some selected stories to an agent whose advertisement she'd seen in the newspaper. Hal had signed up for the Army but the war ended and he was discharged in New York after a short period of training. About that time, he received word that the person he hired back in Wyoming to kill, skin, and preserve the pelts of all his skunks and foxes did not properly secured their storage. Rodents got in and the furs were ruined. Three years of effort and investment with nothing to show for it. Now he was without any source of income. Less than two weeks after learning of the disaster that befell his venture in Wyoming and wondering how he was going to support his wife and son, a letter from the literary agent arrived saying that two of his stories had sold to magazines for a total of $150, less the 10% commission and $7 reading fee of course. Inspired, Hal dashed off another story entitled "What Next" and sent it to the agent who sold it to Country Gentleman, a magazine in the Curtis Publishing Company family. Headed by George Lorimer, Curtis was the premier magazine publisher at the time with other well-known periodicals, or "Big Slicks," such as the Saturday Evening Post. "...the mass circulation magazines were the television screens of...the first half of [the 1900s]. The 'big slicks' were then the central fixture of American culture...virtually created it, perpetuated it and expanded its influence." - W.H. HutchinsonIt opened the flood gates for Hal as the Saturday Evening Post published a short story called "The Big Bull of Shoshone" in the November 1, 1919, then "The Bald Face" in the November 15, 1919, issue, followed by "The Cross Pull" serialized in the next four weekly issues starting November 22, 1919. Hal had quickly joined the likes of Joseph Conrad, O. Henry, Rudyard Kipling, Ring Lardner, Jack London, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Edith Wharton, and Owen Wister whose stories were read in the Post by millions each week. At that time it was common for authors to contract with a book publisher expanding the serialized version in the Big Slicks. Hal’s first full-length book came out in 1921. All but one of his 15 novels were serialized in magazines prior to being in published in book form. Wanderlust, Hollywood, and Family Hollywood was eager to adapt The Cross Pull into a film. The movie, retitled The Silent Call, was the first to feature a dog as the main character. Strongheart (the dog) became wildly popular with the public, starring later in other movies like Jack London's White Fang in 1925. As filming began, he and Sylvia headed to Canada's Northwest Territories and the Mackenzie River, a long trip that he detailed in a two-part story called "End of Steel" published in the Saturday Evening Post. Over the years Hal was always on the go, sometimes alone and sometimes with Sylvia and young Hal. He frequently went hunting. He took a 3-month voyage with his son to many islands in the South Pacific via Honolulu and Australia. The family moved to the Florida Keys for several months but had to return to Los Angeles. Hal was entranced with the California desert, taking many trips to Death Valley and around the Mojave Desert. And he traveled north to Kodiak Island and other parts of Alaska. Automobile travel was still in its infancy. But Hal was not deterred by rough travel and lack of amenities. The three of them found their way in a seven passenger Buick throughout the West to Vancouver, Canada, then back through the Cascades and Mt. Rainier, Idaho, Lake Tahoe, to Las Vegas and back to Los Angeles with a minimum of breakdowns and misadventures. All the while, these were escapes from the Hollywood life he had no interest in but had to tolerate. Hollywood was paying many of the bills. In 1930, Hal's book The Shaggy Legion was under film studio development with a $2 million budget, one of the largest since Birth of a Nation in 1915. Raoul Walsh was the director. Renamed The Big Trail, it was the first starring role for a handsome young man named Marion Morrison. When the studio asked Walsh to suggest a new name for the actor, Walsh asked Hal for ideas. The name John Wayne emerged from that discussion. Legacy of His Work Hal's writings had a significant influence on the public's view regarding many environmental and conservation issues of the times: In 1922, Stephen Mather and Horace Albright, directors at the fledgling National Park Service, were trying to promote public awareness of parks and supported the Post's George Lorimer's assigning Hal to write about them. Some two dozen articles appeared in 1923 and 1924 with Hal's observations, opinions, and recommendations regarding places such as Sequoia Park and Kings Canyon in California's High Sierra, Glacier in Montana, plus Zion and the Grand Canyon in the Southwest. Albright, who would remain a life-long friend, wrote Hal "...you have done a great thing for the American people and made things easier for us. We are all grateful to you and appreciate your fine public-spirted stand on our policies and principles." Many of Hal's articles advocated conservation programs that were controversial in the 1920s but have subsequently become standard practice in public land management. Those included measures regarding soil erosion control, controlled burning, controlled game harvesting, controls on timber cutting and mining, establishment of wilderness areas, and development of more tourist facilities within public lands. For example, a 1928 article argued that government regulation was necessary to prevent the fur trade from "committing suicide" since fur-bearing animals were being taken faster than they could regenerate their populations. In that article, Hal extended that argument to fishing, lumbering, and other industries that use formerly abundant natural resources. He recommended the expansion of Yellowstone into the Tetons and General Grant into King's Canyon by requiring the Forest Service to turn over some of its land, permanently closing it to private enterprise. Long after his death both expansions were achieved. Although not an eager public speaker, Hal actively crusaded against a government agency and Stockgrower's Association lobby who were promoting the use of poisons to control the wild "nuisance" animals such as coyotes and ground squirrels. He gave a keynote speech in Philadelphia to a group of conservation-minded people. He submitted a long, passionate piece to the Post laying out his first-hand observations of the many negative impacts of the use of poisons. Unfortunately Lorimer rejected the manuscript as too long and too controversial. His words were noted by government officials at the time. Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace asked him to serve on a committee formed to study problems with Kaibab deer in Arizona and the Isaac Walton League urged him to become a member of a conservation advisory board formed by President Calvin Coolidge. Death In the fall of 1934, Hal boarded a passenger ship for a six-week cruise around South America. Off the coast of Brazil on October 18, Hal died of a massive heart attack and was buried at sea. Many public and personal tributes were received similar to the following:"Hal G. Evarts ranks with Ambrose Bierce, Joaquin Miller, John Muir, and Henry David Thoreau. Those five contributed more to virile literature than any other group of men in the United States. Some day he'll take his rightful place among American writers. It will be a high one." - Jim Kjelgaard author of Big Red "Evarts's writing career was a logical extension of his occupational pre-occupation with the out-of-doors West and the wildlife it held. His articles on wild animals and natural resources conservation entitle him to recognition as forerunner of today's concern with the natural environment." - Eugene Manlove Rhodes, author of Paso Por Aqui considered by many as one of the finest western's ever written. Novels and Other Publications The Cross Pull. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1920. (Serialized first in the Saturday Evening Post, 4 parts: November 22, 1919-December 13, 1919. Illustrated by Frank B. Hoffman) The Bald Face. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1921. (Short story first published in the Saturday Evening Post: November 15, 1919) The Yellow Horde. Boston: Little, Brown, 1921. (Serialized first in the The Redbook, 3 parts: August-October 1920. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull.) The Settling of the Sage. Boston: Little, Brown, 1922. (Serialized first in the The Redbook, 5 parts: October 1921-February 1922. Illustrated by Douglas Duer.) Fur Sign. Boston: Little, Brown, 1922. (Short story first published in the The Country Gentleman: December 17, 1921) The Passing of the Old West. Boston: Little, Brown, 1923. Tumbleweeds. Boston: Little, Brown, 1923. (Serialized first in the Saturday Evening Post, 4 parts: September 2, 1922-September 23, 1922. Illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner.) Spanish Acres. Boston: Little, Brown, 1925. (Serialized first in the Saturday Evening Post, 5 parts: June 27, 1925-July 25, 1925. Illustrated by J. Clinton Shepherd.) The Painted Stallion. Boston: Little, Brown, 1926. (Serialized first in the Saturday Evening Post, 3 parts: September 26, 1925-October 10, 1925. Illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner.) The Moccasin Telegraph. Boston: Little, Brown, 1927. (Serialized first in the Saturday Evening Post, 5 parts:July 23, 1927-August 20, 1927. Illustrated by Albin Henning.) Fur Brigade. Boston: Little, Brown, 1928. (Serialized first in the Saturday Evening Post, 6 parts: April 21, 1928-May 26,1928. Illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner.) Tomahawk Rights. Boston: Little, Brown, 1929. (Serialized first in the Saturday Evening Post, 4 parts: April 6, 1929-April 27, 1929. Illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner.) The Shaggy Legion. Boston: Little, Brown, 1930. (Serialized first in the Saturday Evening Post, 6 parts: November 30, 1929-January 4, 1930. Illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner.) Shortgrass. Boston: Little, Brown, 1932. (Serialized first in the Saturday Evening Post, 5 parts: May 21, 1932-June 18, 1932. Illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner.) Wolf Dog. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1935. (Serialized first in the Saturday Evening Post, 6 parts: July 14, 1934-August 18, 1934. Illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner.) Special 4 Book Animal Series Jerbo the Jumper; Kobi of the Sea; Phantom the White Mink; Swift the Kit Fox. Whitman Publishing Co., 1930. All illustrated by Don Nelson. Magazine Articles From 1919 through 1935, in addition to those listed above, Hal had nearly 100 other stories or articles appear in magazines such as The Red Book, Collier's, Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman, and Outdoor Life. Film Adaptations and Screenplays The Silent Call, 1921. Based on The Cross Pull. Directed by Laurence Trimble. Starring Strongheart the Dog, John Bowers, and Kathryn McGuire. Tumbleweeds, 1925. Based on Tumbleweeds. Directed by King Baggot. Starring William S. Hart in his last movie. The Big Trail, 1930. Based on The Shaggy Legion. Directed by Raoul Walsh. Starring John Wayne in his first lead role, Marguerite Churchill, and El Brendel. The Santa Fe Trail, 1930. Based on Spanish Acres. Directed by Otto Brower. Starring Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno, and Eugene Pallette. Born to Fight, 1932. Directed by Walter Mayo. Starring El Brendel, Janet Chandler, and Onslow Stevens. References External links 1887 births 1934 deaths American military personnel of World War I American short story writers Novelists from Kansas Novelists from Los Angeles Writers from Topeka, Kansas 20th-century American novelists Western (genre) Naturalists Magazine articles
Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar is an album released in 2010. It won a Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album. It reached number fifteen on the Billboard Top World Music Albums chart. It featured Owana Salazar. References Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album Hawaiian music 2010 albums
Frederick George Rumball (December 8, 1853 – October 1, 1940) was a Canadian lumber merchant and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of London, Ontario from 1900 to 1901. The son of Benjamin Rumball and Mary Johnson, both natives of England, he was born in Clinton, Huron County, Canada West. Rumball was educated there and apprenticed as a carpenter, later working as a general contractor and then entering the lumber business. He moved to London in 1881. Rumball was president of the Columbia Handle Company, the Southwestern Traction Company, the Monarch Fire Insurance Company of Canada and the Hourde Manufacturing Company. He was first elected to London city council in 1897, serving for two years. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the London seat in the Ontario Legislative Assembly in 1905. Rumball was married twice: first to Agnes Aikenhead in 1878 and then to A. A. Perdue in 1902. Rumball died in London at the Victoria Hospital at the age of 86. His great-great-grandson is Rick Nicholls, a politician for the provincial riding of Chatham-Kent—Leamington (formerly Chatham-Kent-Essex), who served as the Deputy Speaker of the House from June 2018 – 2021. References 1853 births 1940 deaths Mayors of London, Ontario
Shavatk (, also Romanized as Shāvātk) is a village in Irandegan Rural District, Irandegan District, Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 18, in 5 families. References Populated places in Khash County
Vincenzo Santopadre (born 11 August 1971) is an Italian former professional tennis player and a coach. Coaching career Since 2011, he has been the coach of Matteo Berrettini, who has been ranked number 6 ATP, runner-up at Wimbledon, semifinalist at the US Open and the third Italian tennis player in history to have qualified for the ATP Finals. Tennis Career Santopadre reached a career high World No. 100 on 3 May 1999. He won one doubles title and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world no. 103 on 24 August 1998. At the Rome Masters, Santopadre achieved victories over 10th seed Karol Kucera in 1998 and defending champion Magnus Norman in 2001. He reached the semifinals of Bournemouth in 1998 and the quarterfinals of Chennai and Munich in 1999, defeating Gustavo Kuerten in the latter. He is the son-in-law of former Poland international footballer Zbigniew Boniek. Career finals Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up) References External links 1971 births Living people Italian male tennis players Tennis players from Rome Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Schumann Nunatak () is a nunatak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Salvador Nunatak, at the southwest end of Freyberg Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Edward A. Schumann, cosmic ray researcher at McMurdo Station in 1967. Nunataks of Victoria Land Pennell Coast
The Leica M4 is a 35 mm rangefinder camera produced by Ernst Leitz GmbH. Leica M4 The M4 started production in November 1966, as the direct successor of the M3 and M2, featuring framelines for 35 mm, 50 mm, 90 mm and 135 mm lenses in a 0.72 magnification viewfinder. It has the frame counter of the M3, with automatic reset after reloading. The M4 was the last Leica rangefinder of this era to be predominantly hand-built. Three ergonomic modifications were introduced in the M4: an articulating film advance lever, modernised self-timer and frame selection levers an angled crank for rewinding the film that replaced the slow to use telescopic knob of the M3 a faster loading system that does not require use of a removable spool Production of the Leica M4 ceased in 1975. An olive coloured Leica M4, originally designed for the West German Army, sold at auction in 2009 for €87,600. Leica MDa A scientific version without a viewfinder was made as the Leica MDa (similar to the Leica M1). Leica M4-2, Leica M4-P Production of the M4 stopped briefly in 1972. Its successor, the M5 had been introduced in 1971. However, the relatively bulky and expensive M5 met with a cool reception, and sales did not live up to Leica's expectations. Production of the M4 was therefore restarted quickly until 1975. In the year 1975, a special edition was made for Leica's 50th Anniversary, and in 1977 the company launched the updated M4-2, which was based on the M4's body, but with a streamlined production process that reduced manufacturing cost. The M4-2 added a hot shoe and motor drive compatibility as standard, but removed the self-timer. The M4-2 was followed in 1981 by the M4-P, which added framelines for 28 mm and 75 mm lenses. The range continued with the Leica M6 in 1984, which was essentially an M4-P with through-the-lens (TTL) light metering. The M4-P finally ceased production in 1986 References External links M4 Leica rangefinder cameras de:Leica M4
Banzhang Mountain is a mountain that rises up 300 meters above sea level. The geographical feature separates Ningxi of New Xiangzhou from Gongbei, both inside the city of Zhuhai, China. References Mountains of China Geography of Zhuhai
Ciquaire Cirou (c. 1700–1751) was a French industrialist and porcelain manufacturer. He was originally a member of the Saint-Cloud manufactory, where he was a painter, specializing in soft-paste porcelain. By a letter dated 5 October 1735, Louis XV (reg 1715–1774) allowed Ciquaire Cirou to make porcelain "in imitation of Japanese porcelain" for 20 years. The Chantilly manufactory itself had already been established since c.1725 however. Ciquaire Cirou thus became the director of the Chantilly manufactory until his death, under the protection of Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon. Through his tenure, the style of the Chantilly manufactory, described as the "First period" (1725–1751), almost entirely focused on imitations of Chinese and Japanese wares, such as the Kakiemon style. See also French porcelain Notes Porcelain of France French potters
Macroscelides micus (common name Etendeka round-eared sengi or Etendeka round-eared elephant shrew) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is only found in gravel plains in the Etendeka formation of north-west Namibia. Measuring about long and weighing less than an ounce (28 grams), the species is the smallest in the elephant shrew family. Description Macroscelides micus is the smallest known elephant shrew. Its body shape resembles that of a long-nosed mouse. However, as a member of the superorder Afrotheria, it is actually more closely related to elephants and manatees than mice. It has pink skin and red fur which helps it camouflage itself against the volcanic rocks of its environment. It weighs less than one ounce (28 grams) and is long, including the tail, when fully grown. M. micus has long, thin legs relative to its body. M. micus does not burrow, instead sleeping in bushes. It uses its long nose to hunt for ground insects. Some elephant shrew species are known to be monogamous and mate for life. It is unknown if this is the case for M. micus. The young of M. micus, which are often born as twins, are capable of running from birth. Discovery and identification Macroscelides micus was first spotted as an unusual sample (collected in 2006) among a collection of elephant shrews stored at the California Academy of Sciences, its red fur distinguishing it from other specimens. Genetic testing suggested it was a distinct species, but additional evidence was needed to confirm the finding. Dumbacher et al. traveled to the Namib Desert nine times over a number of years where they set traps baited with peanut butter, oats, and Marmite. A total of 21 elephant shrew specimens were obtained, 15 of which belonged to the new species. In 2014, Dumbacher et al. formally described M. micus as a new species. The specific name comes from the Greek mikros, meaning small. The "Etendeka" in the common name is the native word for the mountain range where M. micus lives. The scientific team speculated the species had not previously been identified because it has a small range in a remote area that is hard to reach. Related species Macroscelides micus is sympatric with Macroscelides flavicaudatus, but remains physically and genetically distinguishable from it. The study which first identified M. micus did not find evidence of gene flow or interbreeding between the populations. Additionally, the species live in different habitats. M. micus is found among the gravel at the bases of hills and mountains in low-lying areas of the Etendeka geological formation; M. flavicaudatus is found among sedimentary deposits in the Awahab Outliers and river valleys. M. micus does not overlap Macroscelides proboscideus geographically. A maximum likelihood analysis of four genes by computational phylogenetics indicated that M. proboscideus and M. flavicaudatus are sister species, with M. micus being less closely related. The authors also explained several limitations and confusions involving an enigmatic report of Macroscelides melanotis (Ogleby 1838), whose type specimen was not available for destructive DNA testing and had an "unnatural" appearance. Recommending M. melanotis be treated as a nomen dubium, they expressed doubt that the described characteristics were consistent with M. micus: "The reported pale, reddish brown chest color is not visible on the specimen, nor is the dunnish white abdomen or throat." References Elephant shrews Mammals of Namibia Endemic fauna of Namibia Mammals described in 2014
4-Methyl-2-pentanol (IUPAC name: 4-methylpentan-2-ol) or methyl isobutyl carbinol (MIBC) is an organic chemical compound used primarily as a frother in mineral flotation and in the production of lubricant oil additives such as Zinc dithiophosphate. It is also used as a solvent, in organic synthesis, and in the manufacture of brake fluid and as a precursor to some plasticizers. It is an acetone derivative in liquid state, with limited solubility in water but generally miscible with most organic solvents. References Hexanols
Benson was launched at Quebec in 1811. She entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813. She was condemned at Mauritius in 1817 and her loss gave rise to a notable court case. Career Lloyd's Register in 1813 listed Bensons master as Thatcher, her owner as Benson, and her trade London transport. On 5 July 1817 Captain "Botham" wrote from Île de France that Benson, which had been sailing from Madras to London, had had to put into port leaky and with the crew mutinous. He thought that she would be condemned. A later report stated that Benson had been surveyed and the cost of her repairs was estimated at less than 8000 dollars. A week after this report, on 20 January 1818, Lloyd's List reported that Benson had been condemned and sold. She had been surveyed, condemned, and finally sold on 21 July. The Register General's letter dated 29 June 1819 stated that she had been condemned in the Isle of France in 1818. Colvin vs. Newberry Before Captain George Betham left England, bound for Bengal, Thomas Starling Benson, as Bensons managing owner, on 7 June 1816 chartered Benson to Betham. At Bengal, Betham took on board on 11 March 1817 2171 bags of sugar and 191 chests of indigo for delivery to England for Colvin & Co. Betham also took on board a large quantity of wheat that during the voyage fermented, disabling Benson. Benson put into Île de France where she was surveyed and condemned. Much of her cargo of sugar, and part of the cargo of indigo, had been lost. At Île de France and took on the undamaged cargo from Benson: 500 bags of sugar and 179 chests of indigo. Colvin and Co., the plaintiffs, sued Bensons owners for 1651 bags of sugar and 12 chests of indigo, the amount of their cargo that had been lost. Bensons owners, the defendants, argued that they had discharged themselves of all liability when they had chartered Benson to Betham, the charter being known to the plaintiffs. The Court of King's Bench ruled on 19 January 1827 for the plaintiffs that their suit could proceed and that the charter to Betham had not absolved the owners of their liability. Citations References 1811 ships Ships built in Quebec Age of Sail merchant ships of England Maritime incidents in 1817
Aleksey Vladimirovich Kochetkov (; born 8 September 1971). Aleksey Kochetkov is a former engineer and political analyst well known for his closeness to official Russian policy under President Putin. He has often written in support Russia's occupation of Georgia, and also in support of pro-Moscow conspiracy theories in his book Neo-nazis and Maidan. He is a Russian political scientist, publicist. He was the general director of Commonwealth of the Independent States - Election Monitoring Organization set up with Russian government backing as an alternative to the OSCE from 2003 till 2013. He is the researcher and the author of some modern methodologies of election monitoring processes and election campaigns. In 2013 he headed the Foundation for Development Civil Society Institutions "Public Diplomacy". Biography Aleksey Kochetkov was born in 1971 in Moscow. 1989-1994 – Moscow Power Engineering Institute. In October 1993 he participated in the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis. He was arrested and during 5 months stayed in Lefortovo prison. He was released by to the State Duma political amnesty, for participants of 1993 Russian constitutional crisis on February 23, 1994. Beginning from 1996 he participated in PR projects as a PR manager throughout the country-Leningrad, Pskov, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Kemerovo, Primorsky krai and others. He worked in the State Duma as a consultant. 1999-2002 was a head of the news agency ‘Kamenny Ostrov’ in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, he founded International Monitoring Organization CIS-EMO. CIS-EMO played a minor role as an observer during the 2004 election campaign in Ukraine around the time of the Orange Revolution. There, Kochetkov was beaten by violent supporters of the "orange revolution", a circumstance which went largely unnoticed in the Western press and even led to him being accused by certain newsagencies of having staged it In 2005, during monitoring the Chişinău mayor elections, Kochetkov was suddenly arrested by the Information and Security Service of the Republic of Moldova , and jailed but released some days later in the absence of any formal charge. In August 2008, he was an organizer of the international Press-Center ‘Tskhinval-2008’. Later this center was given to the Ministry of Communication of the Republic of South Ossetia. In 2008, he became the chief of the Centre for Monitoring of Democratic Processes ‘Quorum’. The organization was set up as a counterweight to the OSCE. Aleksey Kochetkov was a participant of a number of international conferences, including in EUP, OSCE. As a head of the international election monitoring mission of CIS-EMO participated in more than 50 missions in countries of CIS and EU. Writings He is the author of books and monographs like: South Ossetia: Armed Aggression and Peacekeeping War Transnistrian Moldavian Republic: Law Bases of Independence’ Recognition In the Center of Echo: Elections in Ukraine, 2010 Dynamics in the developing of the democratic institutions in the Republic of South Ossetia in the first year after having been recognized Abkhazian presidential elections, 2011 S. Byshok, A. Kochetkov. «Neonazis & Euromaidan: From Democracy to Dictatorship». Awards and honors In 2008 Aleksey Kochetkov was awarded a Medal ‘For Serving the Peace in South Ossetia’ by the President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity. In 2009 he was honored by the ‘Friendship Order’ of the Republic of South Ossetia by the President of South Ossetia. In 2010 he was presented with the ‘Letter of Thanks’ by the Head of the President Administration of the Russian Federation, Sergey Naryshkin, for strengthening of friendship and co-operation with foreign countries. In 2007 he received ‘Letter of Thanks’ from the Head of the Central Election Commission of Russia, Vladimir Churov for participation in organization of elections to State Duma of the Russian Federation. In 2008 he received ‘Letter of Thanks’ from the Head of the Central Election Commission of Russia, Vladimir Churov for participation in organization of President elections of the Russian Federation. In 2009 he received ‘Letter of Thanks’ from the Head of the Central Election Commission of Russia, Vladimir Churov for participation in organization of the United Day of Voting (regional elections in Russia). See also Election monitoring CIS-EMO References External links Official CIS-EMO website Foundation for Development Civil Society Institutions "Public Diplomacy" 'Quorum' website S. Byshok, A. Kochetkov. «Neonazis & Euromaidan: From Democracy to Dictatorship». Russian political scientists 1971 births Living people Russian political consultants Writers from Moscow Russian male journalists Russian political writers Inmates of Lefortovo Prison
The men's freestyle lightweight competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 1 August to 3 August at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Nations were limited to one competitor. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 66kg. This freestyle wrestling competition did not use the single-elimination bracket format previously used for Olympic freestyle wrestling but instead followed the format that was introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman wrestling, using an elimination system based on the accumulation of points. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated. Schedule Results Round 1 Kárpáti was the only winner by fall and therefore the only wrestler to advance with 0 points. The other three winners each received 1 point for wins by decision. The four losers each received 3 points. Bouts Points Round 2 Klarén against Clodfelter was a bout between two first-round winners, each of whom were safe from elimination. Klarén won by fall to stay at 1 point; Clodfelter's loss took him to 4 points. Both bouts pitting a 1–0 wrestler against an 0–1 wrestler ended in the first-round winner winning again (Pacôme staying at 1 point with a win by fall, Kárpáti picking up his first point via win by decision) and the first-round loser eliminated. The bout between two first-round losers resulted in Thomas being the man eliminated and Pihlajamäki holding on at 4 points. Bouts Points Round 3 Pacôme had a bye this round, staying at 1 point. The two contested bouts each featured a 1-point wrestler against a 4-point wrestler; in both cases, the 4-point wrestler won. Clodfelter initially won by fall, which would have resulted in his staying in the competition, but the officials declared a rematch. This time, Clodfelter won by decision. Pihlajamäki also won by decision. Both winners, therefore, picked up their fifth point and were the only wrestlers eliminated in the round despite each winning. Bouts Points Round 4 Pacôme defeated Klarén to eliminate the latter, who received the bronze medal. Pacôme and Kárpáti (who had a bye) advanced to the final. Bouts Points Final round Pacôme defeated Kárpáti in the final to take the gold medal. Bouts Points References Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics
John Dodd (1863–1881) was an Australian jockey who died following an accident during the 1881 Melbourne Cup. Early life John Dodd was born in 1863 at Avoca, Victoria, Australia. His father was Aaron Dodd, a native of Leicestershire, England, who was convicted of burglary and transported for life to Van Diemens Land in 1828. In 1840 Aaron married Mary Jane White. Some time after he gained his conditional pardon in 1846, they emigrated to Victoria, settling in Avoca around 1850. John was the 13th of possibly 15 children. John Dodd was apprenticed as a jockey to Robert Howie, a Ballarat horse trainer. Melbourne Cup, 1881 During the running of the race a dog ran onto the race track causing one of the horses, Wheatear, to fall. Shortly after that Dodd's horse, Suwarrow, was forced into the rails. Dodd suffered a broken leg and internal injuries. He died two weeks later (14 Nov 1881) in the Melbourne Hospital. His death was widely reported in local and international newspapers at the time. An inquest on his body found that he died of complications from a compound fracture caused when his leg was twisted between the rail and the post. The coroner recommended paling the fence to avoid similar accidents in the future. The Avoca Mail set up a fund in support of his 'aged mother and helpless sister' to which the Victoria Racing Club contributed 50 pounds from the Jockeys Fund. A cricket match was organised between amateur and professional jockeys at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 6 January 1882 which raised about 200 pounds for the fund. The legend of George Dodd Many sources report that the jockey who died in the 1881 Melbourne Cup was George Dodd and that he was one of Australia's most famous jockeys at the time. The Australian Jockeys Association memorial at Caulfield Racecourse records a G. Dodd but no J. Dodd. This story dates back at least to a 1949 article by "The Storyteller" in a Victorian regional newspaper which adds that Dodd bred Dalmatian dogs, one of which ran away a week before the race. Dodd saw this as an omen and, according to "The Storyteller", the dog that ran onto the racetrack was Dodd's missing dog. The final part of the legend is that Dodd was riding Wheatear, and died on the track, killed by his own faithful dog. Wannan and others point out that Dodd was in fact riding Suwarrow and that this accident was unrelated to the one caused by the dog. However they maintain the fiction of his first name. Notes Australian jockeys 1881 deaths 1863 births Jockeys who died while racing Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
Yindam is a village in Chipwi Township in Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma. References Populated places in Kachin State Chipwi Township
John Mercer Thorp, Jr. (born 1957 or 1958) is an American obstetrician-gynecologist a Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center, and the Hugh McAllister Distinguished Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), where he directs the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology and serves as Vice Chair of Research. Education Originally from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Thorp attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. He went on to complete his residency and fellowship training at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Academic career In addition to his positions at UNC, Thorp is also the medical director of Reply OB/GYN & Fertility in Cary, North Carolina. At UNC, he has helped the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology establish a clinical training program in Lilongwe, Malawi. Research Thorp's research interests include preterm birth and cervical insufficiency. He also serves as the principal investigator for UNC in the National Institutes of Health's Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. He has researched the ability of progestins to prevent preterm births, and the neuroprotective effects of magnesium in premature infants. He was also a principal investigator in the clinical trials conducted on flibanserin in the United States. Testimony in abortion cases Thorp has testified on behalf of Alabama and Wisconsin in court cases regarding admitting-privileges laws enacted in those states. In Wisconsin, Thorp testified that there were no reliable data regarding maternal deaths from abortion in the United States, to which judge William M. Conley replied by invoking Mark Twain's quote that there are "lies, damn lies and statistics". Conley later struck down Wisconsin's admitting-privileges law, writing in his decision that it had little, if any, benefit to women's health. His decision also stated, "In light of the deep flaws in his analysis and his testimony, which often came off more as advocacy then expert opinion, the court finds little to credit in Dr. Thorp’s opinions of the relative risks of abortions to child birth or comparable invasive procedures." In 2014, U.S. district judge Myron H. Thompson rejected two of Thorp's arguments in an Alabama case regarding an admitting privileges requirement for abortion providers. Personal life Thorp and his wife, Joe Carol, live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They have four children and two grandchildren. References External links Biography at Carolina Population Center Living people 1950s births American obstetricians University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni East Carolina University alumni People from Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Antonio Sánchez Valdés, also known as Antón, was a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward. He´s the fourth highest scorer in Real Oviedo history in Primera División. References External links 1914 births 2005 deaths People from Oviedo Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Asturias Men's association football forwards La Liga players Real Oviedo players Real Zaragoza players Real Oviedo Vetusta managers Real Oviedo managers Spanish football managers
Leszek Herdegen (28 May 1929 – 15 January 1980) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 20 films and television shows between 1957 and 1980. Selected filmography Rok pierwszy (1960) Kwiecień (1961) Nieznany (1964) Stawka większa niż życie (1967) Copernicus (1973) References External links 1929 births 1980 deaths Polish male film actors Actors from Poznań People from Poznań Voivodeship (1921–1939) Polish male stage actors Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1944–1989) Warsaw Uprising insurgents Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery Recipient of the Meritorious Activist of Culture badge
Sandipan Bhagwan Thorat (6 December 1932 – 31 March 2023) was an Indian National Congress politician who was elected to the Lower House of Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha from Pandharpur, Maharashtra in 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996 and 1998. References External links Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website 1932 births 2023 deaths India MPs 1977–1979 India MPs 1980–1984 India MPs 1984–1989 India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1998–1999 Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Marathi politicians People from Solapur district Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra
Canadian Football News in 1888 Final regular season standings Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points League Champions Playoffs QRFU Final ORFU Final Dominion Championship References Canadian Football League seasons
Serge Jean Maury (born 24 July 1946) is a French sailor. He competed in the finn class at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1972. He won the Finn Gold Cup in 1973 and placed third in 1971. References External links 1946 births Living people French male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Finn Olympic sailors for France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Finn class world champions World champions in sailing for France
Susanne Ayoub (born 1956 in Baghdad) is an Austrian-Iraqi writer, journalist and filmmaker. She is known primarily for her crime novels, such as Engelsgift (2004), published by Hoffmann und Campe in Hamburg, which became an international success. The substance of her work often draws upon real experiences of women and then processed as fiction. In 2014, Ayoub won the Karl Renner Prize in radio for the "Hörbild" presentation of "Prinzessin Vukobrankovics. Die drei Leben der Elisabeth Thury". References Austrian women writers 1956 births Living people Writers from Baghdad Iraqi women writers Iraqi writers
Poo () is one of nine in Cabrales, a municipality of the autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. It has an area of 10.28 km², and a population of 214 (INE 2015) all in the same settlement. Poo is located 158 meters above sea level. It lies 1.5 km from Carreña, the capital of Cabrales. References Parishes in Cabrales

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