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The 1957 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. The team was coached by Rip Engle and played its home games in New Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.
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Penn State
Penn State Nittany Lions football seasons
Penn State Nittany Lions football |
Common mode is a term in engineering with at least two independent meanings.
Of electrical signals,
Common-mode signal, a component of an analog signal with the same sign on two signal leads
Common-mode interference, interference that appears on both signal leads, or coherent interference that affects two or more elements of a network
Common-mode rejection ratio, the ratio of rejection of common mode signals to differential signals
Common mode failure is when one event causes multiple systems to fail |
Callechelys springeri, the ridgefin eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Isaac Ginsburg in 1951, originally under the genus Gordiichthys. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern Gulf of Mexico, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of . Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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Ophichthidae
Fish described in 1951 |
Pseudocatharylla ugandica is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1964. It is found in Uganda.
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Crambinae
Moths described in 1964 |
The Princes' Concordat () was an agreement concluded in January 1447 between Pope Eugenius IV and the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire. It outlined generous concessions on the part of the Pope, particularly covering the appointment of Church positions, in exchange for the support of the German princes.
Terms
In the concordat, which is a term used for a treaty between the popes and secular powers, Eugenius IV agreed to acknowledge the Basle decrees and the position of the General Council as superior to the Pope's person in religious matters. It also restored the Archbishops of Trier and Mainz, who were earlier deposed by the Pope for supporting Anti Pope Felix V, who was elected by the Council of Basle in 1439. In exchange, the German Princes acknowledged Eugenius IV as legitimate Pope. The Emperor Frederick III was given the right to appoint some of the Bishops throughout the empire without need for Papal approval.
Much of the negotiations for the Concordat was done through the efforts of the Emperor Frederick III's secretary Enea Silvio Piccolomini, future Pope Pius II.
The terms of the agreement were repeated in the Concordat of Vienna concluded the next year.
The terms of the agreement were not to Eugenius IV's liking, but he felt compelled to make the concessions to the Emperor as he needed his assistance against the Council of Basle and the Catholic reform movements of that time. Already in February 1447, in the Bull Salvatoria, he proclaimed his successors to be free to annul the terms of the agreement. This action has clouded the validity of the concordat so that it was only concluded during the time of his successor, Nicholas V.
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Treaties of the Holy See (754–1870)
Treaties of the Holy Roman Empire |
HMAS Glenelg (ACPB 96), named for the city of Glenelg, South Australia was an Armidale-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Design and construction
The Armidale-class patrol boats are long, with a beam of , a draught of , and a standard displacement of 270 tons. The semi-displacement vee hull is fabricated from aluminium alloy, and each vessel is built to a combination of Det Norske Veritas standards for high-speed light craft and RAN requirements. The Armidales can travel at a maximum speed of , and are driven by two propeller shafts, each connected to an MTU 16V M70 diesel. The ships have a range of at , allowing them to patrol the waters around the distant territories of Australia, and are designed for standard patrols of 21 days, with a maximum endurance of 42 days.
The main armament of the Armidale class is a Rafael Typhoon stabilised gun mount fitted with an M242 Bushmaster autocannon. Two machine guns are also carried. Boarding operations are performed by two , waterjet propelled rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIBs). Each RHIB is stored in a dedicated cradle and davit, and is capable of operating independently from the patrol boat as it carries its own communications, navigation, and safety equipment.
Each patrol boat has a standard ship's company of 21 personnel, with a maximum of 29. The Armidales do not have a permanently assigned ship's company; instead, they are assigned to divisions at a ratio of two vessels to three companies, which rotate through the vessels and allow the Armidales to spend more time at sea, without compromising sailors' rest time or training requirements. A 20-berth auxiliary accommodation compartment was included in the design for the transportation of soldiers, illegal fishermen, or unauthorised arrivals; in the latter two cases, the compartment could be secured from the outside. However, a malfunction in the sewerage treatment facilities aboard in August 2006 pumped hydrogen sulphide and carbon monoxide into the compartment, non-fatally poisoning four sailors working inside, after which use of the compartment for accommodation was banned across the class.
Glenelg was one of two patrol boats ordered in 2005, following an 2004 federal election promise that the Coalition would provide a dedicated patrol force for the oil and gas producing facilities located off the north-west coast of Australia. Glenelg was constructed by Austal in Henderson, Western Australia. She was the last ship of the class to be commissioned, on 22 February 2008.
Operational history
She was based at HMAS Coonawarra, assigned to the Aware Division, and performs border protection duties.
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References
Books
The chapter is available separately as Semaphore, Issue 4, 2006 in PDF and HTML formats.
Journal and news articles
Websites and other media
External links
Royal Australian Navy webpage for HMAS Glenelg
Armidale-class patrol boats
Naval ships of Australia |
Hartington is a small village in South Frontenac Township, located about 14.5 miles (23.3 km) north of Kingston, Ontario, Canada on Provincial Route 38 (previously Highway 38). It was formerly a stop on the Kingston and Pembroke Railway. It is notable as being close to the Holleford meteor crater.
Services
The Ontario Provincial Police operate the Frontenac Detachment at 5282 Hinchinbrooke Rd.
Fire Hall #4, a part of South Frontenac Fire Services is located at 4808 Holleford Rd.
The Hartington Branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library is located at 5598 Rd 38.
Communities in Frontenac County |
Estádio Zequinha Roriz is a stadium in Luziânia, Brazil. It has a capacity of 22,000 spectators. It is the home of Associação Atlética Luziânia.
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Zequinha |
KBVO (channel 14) is a television station licensed to Llano, Texas, United States, serving the Austin area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside NBC affiliate KXAN-TV (channel 36); Nexstar also provides certain services to KNVA (channel 54), a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW, under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Vaughan Media. The stations share studios on West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and San Gabriel Street (between the Old West Austin section of Austin and the University of Texas at Austin campus), while KBVO's transmitter is located near the intersection of TX 71 and Llano County Road 307 in unincorporated Llano County ( southeast of Llano).
KBVO-CD (channel 31) in Austin operates as a low-power, Class A ATSC 3.0 lighthouse of KXAN-TV, KNVA, and KEYE-TV; this station's transmitter is located at the West Austin Antenna Farm on Mount Larson (near Loop 360 and Westlake Drive, north of West Lake Hills).
History
As a semi-satellite of KXAN
On November 5, 1985, the Llano Broadcasting Co. (owned by Round Mountain-based judge A.W. Mousund and his wife, Mary Mousund, who later renamed the licensee Horseshoe Bay Centex Broadcasting Co.) filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a license and construction permit to operate a commercial television station on UHF channel 14. On July 10, 1986, the Mousunds received approval to assign KLNO (in reference to its city of license, Llano) for use as the television station's call letters.
Although KXAN-TV (then known as KTVV) increased its transmitting power in 1973, the station found it difficult to adequately compete against CBS affiliate KTBC-TV (channel 7, now a Fox owned-and-operated station), ABC affiliate KVUE (channel 24) and, later, [the original] KBVO-TV (channel 42, now CBS affiliate KEYE-TV) largely because of the difficulties that UHF television stations experienced with signal propagation in areas of rugged terrain. The station's analog signal on UHF channel 36 provided an inadequate over-the-air signal to the western part of the Hill Country and was marginal to basically unviewable in Llano, Fredericksburg, Blanco and surrounding areas, with some parts of the region only being able to receive a clear signal from channel 36 once cable television became established in the Austin market in the late 1970s.
To solve this coverage gap problem, in 1989, KXAN rolled out plans to launch a network of UHF repeater stations to serve areas that had fair to no reception of its main signal, which was to have included five low-power television stations serving Llano, Blanco, San Marcos and Burnet as well as a fill-in translator in Austin. On May 9, 1989, LIN Broadcasting – through an indirect subsidiary, Kingstip Communications Inc., which LIN acquired as part of its 1979 purchase of channel 36 – filed an application to acquire the dormant KLNO license from Horseshoe Bay Centex Broadcasting Co. (which was unable to complete construction of the KLNO transmitter) for $100,000; LIN intended to launch KLNO as a semi-satellite of KXAN to reach viewers in the western Hill Country who could not adequately receive the channel 36 signal. On December 6, 1990, the FCC granted LIN/Kingstip's application to acquire the construction permit for KLNO, conditioned upon the payment to Horseshoe Centex Broadcasting not exceeding $100,000.
Channel 14 first signed on the air as a KXAN semi-satellite on September 6, 1991; it was the first (and only) full-power television station ever built and signed-on by the LIN TV Corporation (which operated at the time as the television broadcasting unit of original parent LIN Broadcasting). While the station was intended to improve KXAN's over-the-air reception in eleven Central Texas counties (especially in Llano, Burnet, Blanco, Gillespie, Mason, San Saba and Lampasas Counties), some viewers in this part of the Hill Country initially complained that the KLNO signal created interference issues (including, among others, signal shadowing and double-imaging) with other Austin-area television stations. In an Austin American-Statesman report on these issues published three weeks after KLNO's sign-on, KXAN chief engineer Dave Daniel cited that signal amplifiers installed onto the home antennas of many Hill Country residents to enhance reception of other Austin-area stations had the side effect of strengthening the Channel 14 signal to levels that interfered with those stations; to remedy this problem, the KXAN engineering staff developed amplifier filters to be distributed to affected area residents.
After only one month on the air, in order to match its parent station, LIN changed the Llano station's call letters to KXAM-TV on October 14, 1991. (For ratings purposes, Nielsen identified the two stations collectively as "KXAN+" in its local ratings tabulation diaries.) The station simulcast KXAN-TV's programming for most of the broadcast day, with the exception of breakaways for local news inserts produced from a bureau facility in Llano (which was equipped with a microwave truck and a live microwave link to a relay tower in Round Mountain) that were placed into channel 36's newscasts. KLNO/KXAM's existence was primarily acknowledged only in KXAN's legal station identifications, with a variant of channel 36's logo being utilized for disambiguation purposes in channel 14's own station IDs and periodically during KXAN's newscasts until February 2007. Along with other improvements to the station's news operations, the expanded signal coverage provided by Channel 14 helped boost KXAN's profile in the market, helping it vie for first place with KVUE (as KTBC's own news viewership declined following that station's July 1995 switch to Fox) in the late 1990s.
On January 14, 2002, KBVO-CA converted into a Spanish language station, when it became a charter affiliate of TeleFutura (now UniMás); in January 2009, that station converted into a full-time simulcast of primary CW/secondary MyNetworkTV-affiliated sister station KNVA (channel 54), after Univision Communications acquired the local affiliation rights to TeleFutura and migrated its programming to Class-A low-power station KTFO-CA (channel 31), which the company had previously operated as a repeater of Univision owned-and-operated station KAKW-TV (channel 62).
As a separate entertainment-based station; MyNetworkTV affiliation
On August 3, 2009, Channel 14's call letters were changed to KBVO, named after the University of Texas at Austin's mascot, "Bevo". (Prior to being reassigned for use by Channel 14 repeater station KBVO-CA in 1995, the callsign had originally been used on UHF channel 42 from its December 1983 sign-on as an independent station until it became a CBS affiliate, accordingly adopting the KEYE-TV call letters, in July 1995.) Subsequently, on October 21, KBVO took over as the Austin-area affiliate of MyNetworkTV, assuming the programming rights from KNVA, which had carried it on a tape delayed basis since the network-turned-programming service launched in September 2006 (initially airing from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. after CW prime time programming, before temporarily being shifted one hour later after KNVA debuted a KXAN-produced 9:00 p.m. newscast on September 21, 2009). Until fellow charter MyNetworkTV affiliate WKTC in Columbia, South Carolina added a primary affiliation with The CW in August 2014, KNVA was one of two American television stations (not counting a handful of others that carry both networks on separate subchannels) that carried programming from both The CW and MyNetworkTV. (The other, KWKB in Iowa City, Iowa, continued to carry the full schedules of both netlets/programming services for another two years until it also chose to disaffiliate from MyNetworkTV and become an exclusive CW affiliate in 2016.)
KBVO – which originally branded as "MyAustinTV" under the service's branding conventions, before identifying solely by its call letters starting in September 2014 – also adopted a separate program schedule (consisting mainly of first-run syndicated talk and court shows, recent off-network sitcoms and drama series), with a partial emphasis on professional, high school and college sports events. LIN and KXAN management cited the conversion into a separate station as an effort to provide unique program offerings to differentiate KBVO amid a decrease in the number of Hill Country households that received KXAN over-the-air since Channel 14 signed on (declining from 60% in 1991 to less than 15% in 2009). Rather than offering a market-wide simulcast feed on a subchannel of either KXAN or KNVA, the full-power KBVO converted low-power station KBVO-CA into a translator to extend its reach into metropolitan Austin; however, its 75-watt signal barely covered Austin proper and did not cover surrounding towns such as San Marcos and Georgetown. As such, most viewers living in Austin and surrounding areas originally had to relay on cable or satellite in order to receive the station (in Austin, subscribers of Time Warner Cable [which ceded its local cable franchise rights to Charter Communications as a result of Time Warner Cable's 2016 merger with Charter] could only receive KBVO via its high-definition channel tier until July 2011, when it began carrying a standard definition feed of the station on channel 7).
On March 21, 2014, Richmond, Virginia-based Media General announced that it would purchase the LIN Media stations, including KXAN-TV, KBVO, and the LMA with KNVA, in a $1.6 billion merger. Despite the fact that KBVO no longer acted as a simulcast of KXAN, Media General filed to renew an existing satellite relay waiver to allow KBVO to continue under the same ownership as KXAN to comply with FCC rules in effect at the time that prohibited legal duopolies in media markets where there were fewer than eight independent owners of full-power television stations. The FCC approved the merger on December 12, 2014, with the deal being consummated on December 19.
On March 9, 2015, the KBVO-CD translator – which concurrently moved from UHF channel 51 to UHF 31 – increased its effective radiated power (ERP) to the maximum 15,000 watts (15kW), which allowed it to cover the entirety of the Austin metropolitan area. Furthermore, on September 23, 2016, the main KBVO signal increased its ERP from 75 watts to 15,000 watts, which expanded the station's signal contour to a radius that includes San Marcos and Georgetown, among other Central Texas cities.
On January 27, 2016, after terminating the planned $2.4-billion acquisition of the Des Moines, Iowa-based Meredith Corporation it announced the previous September, Media General announced it had signed an agreement to sell its assets to the Irving-based Nexstar Broadcasting Group – which had a previous $14.50-per-share offer for the group be rejected by Media General two months earlier – for an evaluation of $4.6 billion in cash and stock plus the assumption of $2.3 billion in Media General-held debt. The transaction was approved by the FCC on January 11, 2017; the sale was completed six days later on January 17, at which point the existing Nexstar stations and the former Media General outlets that were not subject to divestiture to address ownership conflicts in certain overlapping markets became part of the renamed Nexstar Media Group. The deal marked Nexstar's re-entry into the Austin market, as the group had previously operated KEYE-TV under a local marketing agreement with Four Points Media Group from 2009 to 2011, concluding after Sinclair Broadcast Group acquired the KEYE and the other Four Points stations; it also resulted in KBVO becoming the fourth Nexstar station to have originated as a part- or full-time satellite station prior to converting into an independently programmed outlet (along with NBC affiliate KNWA-TV in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and MyNetworkTV affiliates WCIX in Champaign, Illinois, and KYLE-TV in Bryan).
Subchannel history
KBVO-DT2
KBVO-DT2 is the Bounce TV-affiliated second digital subchannel of KBVO, broadcasting in standard definition on UHF channel 27.2 (or virtual channel 14.2).
On November 16, 2015, Media General announced that it had entered into an agreement with Katz Broadcasting to affiliate 16 stations owned and/or operated by the group — including KBVO and KNVA — with one or more of Katz's four digital multicast networks, Escape (now Ion Mystery), Laff, Grit and Bounce TV (the latter of which is owned by Bounce Media LLC, whose COO Jonathan Katz serves as Katz Broadcasting's president and CEO). As part of that agreement, KBVO-DT2 was originally tapped to serve as an affiliate of Laff; however, that affiliation would subsequently be passed over to KNVA-DT3 shortly after the group's Austin virtual triopoly came under the stewardship of Nexstar Media Group. On October 13, 2017, as part of a June 2016 agreement between Nexstar Media Group and Katz Broadcasting to affiliate 81 stations with one or more of Katz's four multicast networks (which amended the previous Media General agreement to shift the local rightsholders of the Bounce and Laff affiliations in Austin), KBVO launched a digital subchannel on virtual channel 14.2 to serve as an affiliate of Bounce TV.
KBVO-DT3
KBVO-DT3 is the Antenna TV-owned-and-operated third digital subchannel of KBVO, broadcasting in standard definition on UHF channel 27.3 (or virtual channel 14.3). On October 29, 2018, KBVO launched a digital subchannel on virtual channel 14.3 to serve as an affiliate of Heroes & Icons under an agreement with network parent Weigel Broadcasting.
KBVO-DT4
KBVO-DT4 is the Defy TV-affiliated fourth digital subchannel of KBVO, broadcasting in standard definition on UHF channel 27.4 (or virtual channel 14.4). Defy TV is owned by the Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company.
Programming
KBVO carries the entire nighttime-exclusive MyNetworkTV programming schedule; however, the station may timeshift the MyNetworkTV schedule to late evening and/or overnight timeslots to accommodate local or regional sporting events and fulfill advertising commitments for commercials sold for carriage during local ad breaks within the service's prime time lineup. In addition, KBVO may take on the responsibility of running NBC network programs in the event that sister station KXAN-TV is unable to carry them because of extended breaking news or severe weather coverage.
Syndicated programs broadcast by KBVO () includes The Doctors, Justice for All with Judge Cristina Pérez, Mike & Molly, Family Guy, Judge Mathis, Live PD: Police Patrol and Chicago P.D. The station also serves as an alternate local carrier of the Xploration Station educational program block, offering certain programs preempted by Fox owned-and-operated station KTBC due to Fox Sports programming commitments on Sunday mornings in lieu of those programs being tape-delayed to air in an open timeslot within that station's weekend daytime schedule. From the station's conversion into a MyNetworkTV affiliate in 2009 until September 2014, KBVO aired a night-behind rebroadcast of sister station KXAN's 10:00 p.m. newscast on Tuesday through Saturday mornings.
Sports programming
Since adopting a standalone programming schedule in October 2009, channel 14 has carried various local and syndicated sporting events:
High school and college sports
The station began carrying high school football "games-of-the-week" involving teams from Central Texas high schools on Thursday nights in the fall of 2009, which are selected based on the most competitive matchups scheduled to take each week during the season; KBVO aired 11 high school football games during the 2009 and 2010 seasons, increasing to 22 matchups (with eleven aired live on Thursday nights and eleven additional Friday games held that aired on a day-behind tape delay on Saturdays) beginning in 2011. The game schedule was relegated to encompass only the live Thursday games beginning with the 2015 fall academic sports season. (The website of parent station KXAN also provides live streams of the Thursday evening games and previously carried delayed streams of the Friday games each Saturday.)
Since October 2009, KBVO has served as the official television partner of the Texas Longhorns, holding rights to air various team-related programs during the regular season (including the weekly analysis program Longhorn Sports Center Weekly and postseason team reviews) as well as some men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball games that are not televised nationally on broadcast or cable television. (Outside of those carried by KBVO via the University of Texas' in-house syndication network, most Longhorns sporting events are carried locally by Fox Sports Southwest.) From 2009 to 2014, channel 14 also aired college basketball games from the Big 12 Conference (of which the University of Texas is a member) that were syndicated by ESPN Plus; KBVO aired between 10 and 12 regular season games each year as well as games from the first three rounds of the Big 12 men's basketball tournament. Most college basketball telecasts aired on the station on Saturday afternoons, although it also occasionally carried prime time games on weeknights, specifically during the Big 12 men's tournament. In addition, the station carries college football and basketball games from the Southland Conference.
In 2009, KBVO assumed the local rights to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) syndication package distributed by the ESPN Plus-managed SEC TV service, carrying regular season college football and basketball games as well as the first three rounds of the SEC men's basketball tournament; these broadcasts continued to air until 2014, when the conference made its sports events pay TV-exclusive to the SEC Network venture between the SEC and ESPN.) The station also carried select college football and basketball games involving the Texas State Bobcats beginning with the 2009–10 academic season.
Professional and semi-professional sports
Since the 2009–10 season, KBVO has served as the local over-the-air television carrier of NBA games involving the San Antonio Spurs (via Fox Sports Southwest). Since the team's incorporation in 2010, the station has also carried American Hockey League (AHL) games involving the Cedar Park-based Texas Stars. Since 2010, KBVO has also held the local broadcast rights to NFL preseason games from the Houston Texans distributed by the team's regional syndication service; the station, which assumed the preseason telecast rights to the Texans from KNVA, carries roughly between three and five prime time game telecasts annually.
Since 2010, the station has held the local syndication rights to broadcast Major League Baseball (MLB) games involving the Texas Rangers (which were distributed by the team's in-house regional syndication service). In 2011, KBVO obtained partial television rights to Minor League Baseball games involving the Round Rock Express, carrying the Pacific Coast League team's Saturday home games as part of a package it shared with local cable news channel YNN Austin (now Spectrum News Austin), which held rights to the Express's Friday home games as well as a weekly team analysis program. (Longtime KXAN sports director Roger Wallace handled play-by-play duties for the Express's KBVO game telecasts, alongside former MLB pitchers Kelly Wunsch and Kirk Dressendorfer as color commentators.)
Beginning in 2019, KBVO began carrying Austin Bold FC matches played at home.
Beginning in 2021, KBVO became the over-the-air home of the Austin Gilgronis of Major League Rugby. Also that year, KBVO began carrying select Austin FC matches.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Analog-to-digital conversion
KBVO shut down its analog signal on June 12, 2009, as part of the FCC-mandated transition to digital television for full-power stations. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 27, using PSIP to display KBVO's virtual channel as 14 on digital television receivers.
KBVO-CD ATSC 3.0 lighthouse
KBVO-CD (RF channel 31) transitioned to ATSC 3.0 on October 7, 2020, and is simulcasting KXAN, KEYE and KNVA programming. The main KBVO station continues with its existing ATSC 1.0 programming. The previous ATSC 1.0 programming moved to KXAN (RF channel 21), KEYE (RF channel 34) and KNVA (RF channel 23), but maintains the same virtual channels (via PSIP) as follows:
The following ATSC 3.0 subchannels broadcast on RF channel 31:
References
External links
MyNetworkTV affiliates
Bounce TV affiliates
Heroes & Icons affiliates
Antenna TV affiliates
BVO (TV)
Television channels and stations established in 1991
1991 establishments in Texas
Nexstar Media Group |
Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 (MWSS-171) is an aviation ground support unit of the United States Marine Corps. Known as "The Sentinels", they are based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The squadron is part of Marine Aircraft Group 12 and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.
Mission
Provide all essential Aviation Ground Support requirements to a designated fixed wing component of an Aviation Combat Element and all supporting or attached elements of the Marine Air Control Group. Additionally, the Squadron has the implied mission to supplement airbase facilities and services at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, with support routed through MAG-12 for tasking.
History
Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 began as Detachment "C" of Marine Wing Support Group 17, activated 16 April 1979. Formed from elements of Wing Engineer Squadron 17, Wing Transportation Squadron 17, and Headquarters Squadron 17. Having absorbed personnel and equipment from Marine Air Base Squadrons 12 and 15, Detachment "C" was re-designated Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 on 16 June 1986.
The 1990s
In June 1991, Mount Pinatubo on the island of Luzon (Republic of the Philippines) catastrophically erupted. In 1992, elements of Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 assisted in the final retrograde of personnel and equipment from Subic Bay Naval Base and Cubi Point Naval Air Station, located just 40 km to the southwest of the volcano.
Elements of MWSS-171 served among the almost 30,000 US military personnel that participated in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia in 1992, returning home to MCAS Iwakuni in May 1993.
Global War on Terror
Elements of the squadron continue to participate in Operation Enduring Freedom, in Afghanistan, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, in Iraq, from September 2001 to the present.
Operation Tomodachi
After the 2011 tsunami hit Japan, the squadron provided support for the transport of supplies to victims of the tsunami. A small detachment was also sent to Sendai to assist in cleanup, as well as provide shower support for refugees.
Exercise Forager Fury
MWSS-171 has conducted multiple exercises in the Pacific, showcasing its ability to support Marine Aircraft Groups in expeditionary environments and conditions.
See also
List of United States Marine Corps aviation support units
Organization of the United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps Aviation
External links
MWSS 171's official website
MWSS171 |
The Motherpeace Tarot is a deck of tarot cards inspired by the Goddess movement and second-wave feminism. Created by Karen Vogel and Vicki Noble in the 1970s, it has never been out of print, and in 2017 was the subject of a Christian Dior fashion collection.
Background
At the time this deck was created, the feminist movement was experiencing a surge in popularity. Women were empowering themselves in a variety of ways, but a great deal of attention was placed on feminist art and the relationships forged between the artist, the work, and the viewer. This period is often viewed as one of the most progressive eras of feminist artwork. Although the mood of the 1970s was reported to be somewhat dark and uncertain, particularly in the Berkeley area where Vogel and Noble resided, the empowerment that many women gained through exploring their spirituality and artistic selves helped to push them through the decade.
Artistic creation
Motherpeace was created by two women from Berkeley, California, Karen Vogel, and Vicki Noble, friends who had studied anthropology, women's studies and history. In the late 1970s, Vogel and Noble were roommates who shared common interests in Goddess spirituality, psychic studies, and the occult. One night in 1978, inspiration struck in an event where "Karen felt our room literally tilt, and Vicki proceeded to have a life-changing vision of Goddess energy and transmission of ancient wisdom." Shortly afterwards, they began devising a feminist deck based on their knowledge of history, alternative healing, and psychic studies.
The book Motherpeace: A Way to the Goddess Through Myth, Art and Tarot was written by Vicki Noble to accompany the deck.
Symbolism
According to A Cultural History of Tarot, Motherpeace was designed to "fulfil a feminist agenda", with round cards to represent the Moon, "long associated with female energies and the Mother Goddess", and symbology was drawn from cultures across the world.
Vogel and Noble's artwork is a departure from more traditional tarot iconography such as the Rider–Waite–Smith deck, as it features predominantly female figures. Inspiration for the deck comes from myth and literature by and about women, including Greek and Roman mythology, and contemporary writers such as Alice Walker. Vogel and Noble explored feminism on each continent. They followed traditions back to their origins, finding out how important women were in indigenous cultures. The Goddess was a very important figure in ancient cultures. All of the scenes depicted are centered on women. The images are meant to focus on the importance of ritual, artistic expression, uniqueness and the idea of a culture whose members support one another.
The round shape of the cards is unprecedented and symbolically significant. The departure from the usual rectangular shape is meant to represent the fertility of women. This draws from classic feminist artwork which also uses many different symbols of fertility and femininity. The cards are hard to shuffle because of their shape but skilled hands can handle them deftly.
Cultural legacy
Motherpeace was so influential in one strand of lesbian culture of the 1980s that it serves as a chapter title in the memoir of New Zealand academic Aorewa McLeod, and a shorthand for the lesbian feminist experience in London.
In 2017, Christian Dior, the fashion house, approached Vogel and Noble for permission to design clothing based on the pair's 1970s artwork. This was one of the first shows since Maria Grazia Chiuri became creative director. The Vogue review of the "Resort" collection picked out the dress using the motif from the Death card. According to Vogel, rather than being about physical death, the death card conveys the beauty of shedding skin that a snake does and symbolizes transformation and renewal. This marked the first time that Vogel and Noble had allowed any use of their images, saying that the time felt right.
Following the release of the "ethereal" haute couture dresses, sales of Motherpeace Tarot doubled in a few months, and sales of other tarot decks increased as well.
Differences
There are some differences between the Motherpeace deck and more traditional tarot decks.
Major Arcana
IX is The Crone as opposed to The Hermit
XII is The Hanged One as opposed to The Hanged Man
Minor Arcana
The changes in the Motherpeace's Minor Arcana are seen in the Court Cards
Daughter replaces the Page
Son replaces the Knight
Priestess replaces the Queen
Shaman replaces the King
These changes call to mind family rather than monarchy. By having these characters instead of the originals, the Motherpeace deck suggests that we can make our own future.
References
Feminism and spirituality
Feminist spirituality
Feminist art
Lesbian feminism
Divination Tarot decks |
Langarika is a town located in the municipality of Iruraiz-Gauna, in the province of Álava (Araba), in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.
External links
LANGARIKA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
Towns in Álava |
Duccio di Buoninsegna ( , ; – ), commonly known as just Duccio, was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th century. He was hired throughout his life to complete many important works in government and religious buildings around Italy. Duccio is considered one of the greatest Italian painters of the Middle Ages, and is credited with creating the painting styles of Trecento and the Sienese school. He also contributed significantly to the Sienese Gothic style.
Biography
Although much is still unconfirmed about Duccio and his life, there is more documentation of him and his life than of other Italian painters of his time. It is known that he was born and died in the city of Siena, and was also mostly active in the surrounding region of Tuscany. Other details of his early life and family are as uncertain, as much else in his history.
One avenue to reconstructing Duccio's biography are the traces of him in archives that list when he ran up debts or incurred fines. Some records say he was married with seven children. The relative abundance of archival mentions has led historians to believe that he had difficulties managing his life and his money. Due to his debts, Duccio's family dissociated themselves from him after his death.
Another route to filling in Duccio's biography is by analyzing the works that can be attributed to him with certainty. Information can be obtained by analyzing his style, the date and location of the works, and more. Due to gaps where Duccio's name goes unmentioned in the Sienese records for years at a time, scholars speculate he may have traveled to Paris, Assisi and Rome.
Nevertheless, his artistic talents were enough to overshadow his lack of organization as a citizen, and he became famous in his own lifetime. In the 14th century Duccio became one of the most favored and radical painters in Siena.
Artistic career
Where Duccio studied, and with whom, is still a matter of great debate, but by analyzing his style and technique art historians have been able to limit the field. Many believe that he studied under Cimabue, while others think that maybe he had actually traveled to Constantinople himself and learned directly from a Byzantine master.
Little is known of his painting career prior to 1278, when at the age of 23 he is recorded as having painted twelve account book cases. Although Duccio was active from 1268 to about 1311 only approximately 13 of his works survive today.
Of Duccio's surviving works, only two can be definitively dated. Both were major public commissions: the "Rucellai Madonna" (Galleria degli Uffizi), commissioned in April 1285 by the Compagnia del Laudesi di Maria Vergine for a chapel in Santa Maria Novella in Florence; and the Maestà commissioned for the high altar of Siena Cathedral in 1308, which Duccio completed by June 1311.
Style
Duccio's known works are on wood panel, painted in egg tempera and embellished with gold leaf. Differently from his contemporaries and artists before him, Duccio was a master of tempera and managed to conquer the medium with delicacy and precision. There is no clear evidence that Duccio painted frescoes.
Duccio's style was similar to Byzantine art in some ways, with its gold backgrounds and familiar religious scenes; however, it was also different and more experimental. Duccio began to break down the sharp lines of Byzantine art, and soften the figures. He used modeling (playing with light and dark colors) to reveal the figures underneath the heavy drapery; hands, faces, and feet became more rounded and three-dimensional. Duccio's paintings are inviting and warm with color. His pieces consisted of many delicate details and were sometimes inlaid with jewels or ornamental fabrics. Duccio was also noted for his complex organization of space. He organized his characters specifically and purposefully. In his "Rucellai Madonna" () the viewer can see all of these qualities at play.
Duccio was also one of the first painters to put figures in architectural settings, as he began to explore and investigate depth and space. He also had a refined attention to emotion not seen in other painters at this time. The characters interact tenderly with each other; it is no longer Christ and the Virgin, it is mother and child. He flirts with naturalism, but his paintings are still awe inspiring. Duccio's figures seem to be otherworldly or heavenly, consisting of beautiful colors, soft hair, gracefulness and fabrics not available to mere humans.
He influenced many other painters, most notably Simone Martini, and the brothers Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti.
Followers
In the course of his life, Duccio had many pupils even if it is not known if they were true pupils who were formed and matured artistically within his workshop, or they were simply painters who imitated his style. Many of the artists are anonymous, and their connection to Duccio has emerged only from analysis of a body of work with common stylistic traits. The first pupils, who can be referred to as a group as first-generation followers, were active between about 1290 and 1320 and include the Master of Badia a Isola, the Master of Città di Castello, the Aringhieri Master, the Master of the Collazioni dei Santi Padri and the Master of San Polo in Rosso.
Another group of followers, who could be termed followers of the second generation, were active between about 1300 and 1335 and include Segna di Bonaventura, Ugolino di Nerio, the Master of the Gondi Maestà, the Master of Monte Oliveto and the Master of Monterotondo. It should, however, be said that Segna di Bonaventura was already active prior to 1300 and so he overlaps as to period both the first and second generation of followers.
A third group followed Duccio only several years after his death, which shows the impact his painting had on Siena and on Tuscany as a whole. The artists of this third group, active between about 1330 and 1350, include Segna di Bonaventura's sons, that is, Niccolò di Segna and Francesco di Segna, and a pupil of Ugolino di Nerio: the Master of Chianciano.
Some of the artists were influenced by Duccio alone to the point of creating a decided affinity or kinship between their works and his. Among them was the Master of Badia a Isola, and Ugolino di Nerio, along with Segna di Bonaventura and their sons. Other artists were influenced also by other schools, and these include the Aringhieri Master (think of the massive volumes of Giotto), and the Master of the Gondi Maestà (who shows the influence also of Simone Martini).
The case of Simone Martini and Pietro Lorenzetti is somewhat different. Both artists painted works that have affinities with Duccio: for Simone from about 1305, and Pietro from about 1310 onwards. However, from the outset their work showed distinctive individual features, as can be seen in Simone's Madonna and Child no. 583 (1305–1310) and in Pietro's Orsini Triptych, painted at Assisi (about 1310–1315). Later the two developed styles with completely independent characteristics such that they acquired an artistic standing that elevates them well beyond being labelled simply as followers of Duccio.
Gallery
Known surviving works
Madonna with Child – Tempera and gold on wood, Museo d'Arte Sacra della Val d'Arbia, Buonconvento, near Siena
Gualino Madonna – Tempera and gold on wood, Galleria Sabauda, Turin
Madonna with Child and two Angels (Also known as the Crevole Madonna; c. 1280) – Tempera and gold on wood, Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana, Siena
Madonna with Child enthroned and six Angels () – Also known as the Rucellai Madonna / Madonna Rucellai – Tempera and gold on wood, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy (on deposit from Santa Maria Novella)
Crucifix – Tempera on wood, Odescalchi Collection, Rome, formerly in the Castello Orsini at Bracciano
Crucifix (Grosseto) (1289) – Church of San Francesco, Grosseto
Madonna of the Franciscans (c. 1300) – Tempera and gold on wood, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
Triptych: Crucifixion and other Scenes c. 1302–08 Royal Collection Trust
Assumption and Crowning of the Virgin – Stained glass window, Siena Cathedral
Maestà – Tempera and gold on wood, Museum of Fine Arts Bern, Switzerland
Madonna and Child – Tempera and gold on wood, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (formerly in the Stoclet Collection, Brussels, Belgium)
Madonna with Child and six Angels – Tempera and gold on wood, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia, Italy
Polyptych: Madonna and Child with Saints Augustine, Paul, Peter, Dominic, four angels and Christ blessing (also known as Dossale no. 28; c. 1305) – Tempera and gold on wood, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
Polyptych no. 47: Madonna and Child with Saints Agnes, John the Evangelist, John the Baptist, and Mary Magdalene; ten Patriarchs and Prophets, with Christ blessing – Tempera and gold on wood, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
The Surrender of the Castle of Giuncarico – Fresco, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
Maestà with Episodes from Christ's Passion – Tempera and gold on wood – Massa Marittima Cathedral, Italy
Small Triptych: Flagellation of Christ; Crucifixion with Angels; Deposition in the Tomb – Tempera and gold on wood, Società di Esecutori di Pie Deposizioni, Siena
Small Triptych: Madonna and Child with four Angels, Saints Dominic, Agnes and seven Prophets / Madonna con Bambino e con quattro angeli, i santi Domenico, Agnese, e sette profeti – Tempera and gold on wood – The National Gallery, London, England
Portable Altarpiece: Crucifixion with Christ blessing; St Nicholas; St Gregory – Tempera and gold on wood, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States
Small Triptych: Crucifixion with Angels; Annunciation and Madonna with Child and Angels; Stigmata of St Francis with Madonna and Christ enthroned – Tempera and gold on wood, UK Royal Collection
Maestá (Madonna with Child Enthroned and Twenty Angels and Nineteen Saints) – Tempera and gold on wood, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Maestà (The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain) – Tempera and gold on wood – The Frick Collection, New York
The Crucifixion (c.1315)– Tempera and gold on wood – New-York Historical Society, New York
References
Sources
Further reading
Bellosi, Luciano (1999). Duccio: The Maestà. New York: Thames and Hudson. .
Bellosi, Luciano; Ragionieri, Giovanna (2003). Duccio di Buoninsegna. Giunti Editore. .
Deuchler, Florens (1984). Duccio. Milan: Electa. .
Jannella, Cecilia (1991). Duccio di Buoninsegna. Scala/Riverside. .
External links
www.DuccioDiBuoninsegna.org 130 works by Duccio
"The Missing Madonna: The story behind the Met's most expensive acquisition" The New Yorker Magazine, July 11 & 18, 2005, by Calvin Tomkins
Duccio in Panopticon Virtual Art Gallery
Duccio di Buoninsegna at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Carl Brandon Strehlke, "Archangel by the Workshop of Duccio di Buoninsegna (cat. 88)" in The John G. Johnson Collection: A History and Selected Works, a Philadelphia Museum of Art free digital publication.
Gothic painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Siena
Trecento painters
1310s deaths
13th-century births
13th-century Italian painters
14th-century Italian painters
Catholic painters |
Algeria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Athletics
Algerian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).
Track & road events
Field events
Men
Women
Paracanoeing
Algeria earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.
See also
Algeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Algeria at the Paralympics
References
Nations at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
2024
2024 in Algerian sport |
John King was president of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council—the legislative arm of that city— effective June 1, 1868. He replaced Murray Morrison, who resigned. In 1865 he served a term on the county grand jury.
His terms of service on the council were:
May 10, 1866, to May 8, 1867. Reinstated August 8, 1867.
August 8, 1867, to December 7, 1868.
December 9, 1868, to December 9, 1869. He was chosen as president by the drawing of lots.
December 9, 1869, to December 9, 1870.
Political party
He was a Democrat, but King was also a delegate to an Unconditional Union county convention in Los Angeles on August 5, 1861, "for the purpose of selecting, nominating, and adopting such measures as will secure the election of Union candidates for County offices."
Bella Union Hotel
King was at one time the manager of the historic Bella Union Hotel, and in 1862, he formed a partnership with Henry Hammill to lease and again operate the hostelry. A June 4, 1862, article in the Semi-Weekly Southern News said of the affair that: "We are pleased to notice the fact that a large American flag has been hoisted over the house, and we hope that the stigma which has been attached to [it] . . . will be removed, as the present proprietors, though fully realizing their duties as landlords are sound Unionists."
The partnership was dissolved in February 1865, with King retaining ownership on his own.
References
Notes
Data is from Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials, 1850-1938, compiled under direction of Municipal Reference Library, City Hall, Los Angeles (March 1938, reprinted 1966). "Prepared ... as a report on Project No. SA 3123-5703-6077-8121-9900 conducted under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration."
Los Angeles Common Council (1850–1889) members
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
19th-century American politicians |
The Mexico women's national beach handball team is the national team of Mexico. It takes part in international beach handball competitions.
World Championships results
2018 – 12th place
2022 – 15th place
Other competitions results
2022 Central American and Caribbean Beach Games –
2023 IHF Beach Handball Global Tour Round 1 - 4th
References
External links
Official website
IHF profile
Women's national beach handball teams
Beach handball |
The 2018 Lombard regional election took place on 4 March 2018.
The election took place concurrently with the Italian general election and the Lazio regional election.
Electoral system
Since 2012, Lombardy has adopted its legislation to elect its Council, very similar to the national Tatarella Law of 1995.
While the President of Lombardy and the leader of the opposition are still elected at-large, 78 councilors are elected by party lists under a form of semi-proportional representation. The winning coalition receives a jackpot of at least 45 seats, which are divided between all majority parties using the D'Hondt method, as it happens between the losing lists. Each party then distributes its seats to its provincial lists, where candidates are openly selected.
According to the Law 17 February 1968, no. 108, the Regional Council is elected every five years. The election can take place on the fourth Sunday before the completion of five years period.
Campaign
On 1 March 2016, President Maroni announced his intention to run for re-election as president. Nonetheless, on 8 January 2018 he announced he'd not seek a re-election as president, citing personal reasons and launching former mayor of Varese Attilio Fontana as a candidate of the center-right coalition.
On 1 June 2017 Giorgio Gori, the incumbent mayor of Bergamo, announced his decision to run for the presidency for the center-left coalition.
On 15 January 2018, Fontana stated that the white race and the Western culture were in danger due to the migration flows from Africa. This created lot of protests and criticisms from the centre-left Democratic Party and also the anti-establishment Five Star Movement.
Parties and candidates
Results
According to the final results, Attilio Fontana was the new President of Lombardy with more than 49% of the votes, obtaining the greater bonus given by the electoral law.
Results by province
Results by capital city
Seats by province
References
2018 elections in Italy
21st century in Lombardy
Regional elections in Lombardy
March 2018 events in Italy |
Xyleutes persona is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, south-east Asia, Sundaland, Sulawesi, New Guinea and Queensland. The habitat consists of lowland forests.
Description
The head and abdomen of the male is black. The thorax is covered with erect white scales. The forewings are blackish. The reticulations (net-like pattern) are not so close. The inner marginal area with irregular white conjoined patches. White patches on the costa towards the apex. A black streak beyond the cell. Hindwings are blackish with black reticulations. A white patch on outer margin towards anal angle present. In the female, a large white patch sometimes developed at the center of the costa of forewing and those towards apex more developed.
Larvae bore Casuarina trees and have also been recorded feeding on Durio and Premna species.
References
Moths described in 1841
Xyleutes |
Erbessa avara is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1899. It is found in Ecuador.
The larvae feed on Miconia species.
References
Moths described in 1899
Notodontidae of South America |
The Indigenous Law Centre (ILC), formerly the Aboriginal Law Research Unit and Aboriginal Law Centre, is part of the Law Faculty at the University of New South Wales. It develops and coordinates research, teaching and information services in the multi-disciplinary area of Indigenous peoples and the law, and publishes two major journals: the Australian Indigenous Law Review (formerly Australian Indigenous Law Reporter) and the Indigenous Law Bulletin (formerly Aboriginal Law Bulletin). It is the only Indigenous law research centre in Australia.
History
In early 1970, when the first Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) was established, Hal Wootten, professor of law, was its first President. He operated the ALS from the UNSW Law School in its early years. When the Whitlam government funded the ALS, staff found their time taken up with criminal representation, and had no time for law reform advocacy, so they carried on contacting the UNSW Faculty of Law members for advice on legal issues such as land rights claims, environmental law and other legal matters.
The Aboriginal Law Research Unit was established at UNSW on 23 April 1981. A small group of academics – Professor Garth Nettheim, Richard Chisholm, Pat O'Shane and Neil Rees – established a "back-up centre" or legal research centre that could assist the frontline ALS as well as and Aboriginal Land Councils. In 1986 the Aboriginal Law Research Unit became the Aboriginal Law Centre, and was later renamed Indigenous Law Centre.
The ILC has worked with the Indigenous community and has been involved in High Court cases such as Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen (1982), Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992), and international indigenous rights advocacy such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
21st century
Since 2010 much work has been focussed on the development of reform of the Constitution of Australia. In recent years, the ILC has been assisting with the reforms proposed by the Uluru Statement from the Heart, in particular a First Nations Voice to Parliament enshrined in the Constitution and a Makarrata Commission to coordinate and facilitate the making of agreements and a truth-telling process.
The Balnaves Chair in Constitutional Law was established by the Balnaves Foundation in 2020, to allow Professor Megan Davis to continue the work of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. The chair was named in honour of Alexandra Balnaves, daughter of Neil Balnaves, who died in 2019. The foundation has had a long relationship with UNSW since its establishment in 2006, by 2020 having given almost A$5.5 million, which included allocations for Indigenous medical scholarships and for funding the UNSW Indigenous Law Centre. Davis a former Director of the Indigenous Law Centre, and also holds the office of Pro Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous.
Core research areas
, the ILC focuses on six core research areas:
Uluru Statement from the Heart
Violence against Indigenous women and children (including sexual assault)
Constitutional reform and Indigenous peoples of Australia
Indigenous land reform (land tenure reform, covering land rights and native title in Australia)
Remote Indigenous housing and home ownership
Legal regulation of alcohol consumption in the Northern Territory
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
Publications
The Indigenous Legal Centre publishes two journals:
The Australian Indigenous Law Review (1996–) was known as the Australian Indigenous Law Reporter from 1996 to 2007. It is a peer-reviewed which publishes research on legal issues which affect Indigenous peoples both in Australia and around the world.
The Indigenous Law Bulletin (April 1981–) was formerly the Aboriginal Law Bulletin, which was issued with the Legal Service Bulletin from 1981 to 1991 and with Alternative Law Journal from 1992 to 1995, includes articles and commentary from people from diverse backgrounds on issues relating to Indigenous peoples and Australian law.
See also
Indigenous Australian customary law
Australian Aboriginal Sovereignty
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Native American studies
Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas
Journals on related topics
AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
American Indian Quarterly
Journal of Aboriginal Health
Journal of Indigenous Studies
Oceania
References
Further reading
External links
Law schools in Australia
University of New South Wales |
Alexander Aubert FRS FSA, (1730–1805), was an eminent English amateur astronomer and businessman.
Life
He was born at Austin Friars, London, 11 May 1730. The appearance of the Great Comet of 1744 gave him, then a schoolboy at Geneva, a permanent bias towards astronomy; but he diligently prepared for a mercantile career in counting-houses at Geneva, Leghorn, and Genoa, and visited Rome in the jubilee year (1750). Returning to London in 1751, he was in the following year taken into partnership by his father. In 1753 he became a director, and some years later governor, of the London Assurance Company. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1772, and of the Society of Antiquaries in 1784.
In 1793 he received a diploma of admission to the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He observed the transit of Venus of 3 June 1769 at Austin Friars, and that of Mercury, 4 May 1786 at an observatory built by him at Loampit Hill, near Deptford, and furnished
with the best instruments by Short, Bird, Ramsden, and Dollond. Except that of Count Brühl, it was at that period the only well-equipped private establishment of the kind in England. In 1788 he purchased Highbury House, Islington, for 6,000 guineas, and erected on the grounds, with the assistance of his friend John Smeaton, the celebrated engineer, a new observatory on improved plans of his own.
His mechanical knowledge caused him to be appointed chairman of the trustees for the completion of Ramsgate Harbour, and his energy contributed materially to the ultimate success of Smeaton's designs. In 1792 Aubert headed a society for the suppression of sedition, and in 1797 he organised, and was appointed lieutenant-colonel of, the 'Loyal Islington Volunteers.' While staying in the house of Mr. John Lloyd, of Wygfair, St. Asaph, he was struck with apoplexy, and died 19 October 1805, at the age of 75, highly esteemed both in scientific and commercial circles, and widely popular, owing to his genial manners and unstinted hospitality. His valuable astronomical library and instruments were sold and dispersed after his death. Amongst the latter were a Dollond 46-inch achromatic, aperture 3¾ inches, and the one Cassegrain reflector constructed by Short, of 24 inches focus and 6 aperture, known among opticians as 'Short's Dumpy.' Both had been originally made for Topham Beauclerk.
Works
Two slight papers by Aubert appeared in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society:
A New Method of finding Time by Equal Altitudes (lxvi 92-8)
An Account of the Meteors of 18 Aug and 4 Oct 1783 (lxxiv, 112-15).
References
(references are cited in the DNB and have not been independently consulted)
European Magazine xxxiv. 291.
European Magazine xxxvi.79
The Gentleman's Magazine lxxv.982
Daniel Lysons, The Environs of London 'The Environs of London (1795), iii.135
Samuel Lewis, History of Islington (1842), 185
Kitchiner's Practical Observations on Telescopes (3rd ed. 1818), pp. 16, 108
Watt's Bib. Brit.'' i.54
18th-century English businesspeople
Fellows of the Royal Society
Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
18th-century British astronomers
1730 births
1805 deaths
Businesspeople from London |
30th National Board of Review Awards
Late December, 1958
The 30th National Board of Review Awards were announced in late December, 1958.
Top Ten Films
The Old Man and the Sea
Separate Tables
The Last Hurrah
The Long, Hot Summer
Windjammer
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Goddess
The Brothers Karamazov
Me and the Colonel
Gigi
Top Foreign Films
Pather Panchali
Rouge et noir
The Horse's Mouth
Mon Oncle
A Night to Remember
Winners
Best Film: The Old Man and the Sea
Best Foreign Film: Pather Panchali
Best Actor: Spencer Tracy (The Old Man and the Sea, The Last Hurrah)
Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman (The Inn of the Sixth Happiness)
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Salmi (The Brothers Karamazov, The Bravados)
Best Supporting Actress: Kay Walsh (The Horse's Mouth)
Best Director: John Ford (The Last Hurrah)
Special Citation: Robert Donat (The Inn of the Sixth Happiness)
External links
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1958
1958
National Board of Review Awards
National Board of Review Awards
National Board of Review Awards
National Board of Review Awards |
```java
/*
* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* file, You can obtain one at path_to_url
*/
package com.vaticle.typedb.core.test.behaviour.query.language.fetch;
import io.cucumber.junit.Cucumber;
import io.cucumber.junit.CucumberOptions;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(
strict = true,
plugin = "pretty",
glue = "com.vaticle.typedb.core.test.behaviour",
features = "external/vaticle_typedb_behaviour/query/language/fetch.feature",
tags = "not @ignore and not @ignore-typedb"
)
public class FetchTest {
// ATTENTION:
// When you click RUN from within this class through Intellij IDE, it will fail.
// You can fix it by doing:
//
// 1) Go to 'Run'
// 2) Select 'Edit Configurations...'
// 3) Select 'Bazel test GetTest'
//
// 4) Ensure 'Target Expression' is set correctly:
// a) Use '//<this>/<package>/<name>:test-core' to test against typedb
// b) Use '//<this>/<package>/<name>:test-kgms' to test against typedb-cluster
//
// 5) Update 'Bazel Flags':
// a) Remove the line that says: '--test_filter=com.vaticle.typedb.core.*'
// b) Use the following Bazel flags:
// --cache_test_results=no : to make sure you're not using cache
// --test_output=streamed : to make sure all output is printed
// --subcommands : to print the low-level commands and execution paths
// --sandbox_debug : to keep the sandbox not deleted after test runs
// --spawn_strategy=standalone : if you're on Mac, tests need permission to access filesystem (to run TypeDB)
//
// 6) Hit the RUN button by selecting the test from the dropdown menu on the top bar
}
``` |
Skybolt is a single stage space rocket designed and assembled by Starchaser Industries. It functions effectively as a scale model of Starchaser Industries' proposed Space Tourism Vehicle, "Thunderstar". Designed and built over 7 months and unveiled in 2006, Skybolt has yet to perform a full-scale test launch. Since 2007, Skybolt has been fitted to a custom mobile platform and tours the country with Starchaser's Educational Outreach Team.
History
The original development of Skybolt was to serve a dual purpose; To field test a new engine and to further the development of the "Thunderstar" tourism rocket project. Between 2002 and 2004 Starchaser had been working on a series of liquid propellant engine designs, all dubbed Churchill and in 2004 when the Churchill MkIII was completed and operational, there became a need to adapt the design into a practical engine that could be used within a rocket system. The new engine that was to be designed and build became the Storm engine. Accompanying this decision to produce a new engine came the issue of what rocket to install it into, with all of Starchaser's other rockets unsuitable or requiring massive alterations. So the decision was made to design a new rocket system from the ground up to full realise Storm's potential.
Skybolt was officially unveiled on 28 September 2006 at the University of Salford and was billed to be the first British space launch since 1971. It toured around the country alongside another of Starchaser's rockets, NOVA 1 to promote the company. As of 2011, Skybolt has yet to be fired in a full-scale test. The Storm engine has test fired on two separate occasions, however issues with the design are holding back a launch schedule.
Propulsion
Skybolt is a single stage ballistic rocket system powered by one Storm engine with a potential to generate an average trust of 68 kN, or around 7 tonnes. Storm utilises a bi-liquid combination of Liquid Oxygen (LOX) and Kerosene, and is effectively a practical, rocket-mountable successor to the Churchill engines developed before it. Though never flown, it is predicted that Skybolt with a fully fuelled Storm engine could reach the limit of space and beyond, and reach a top speed of nearly Mach 5. Practically, however, Storm is still not completely ready for field testing. There have been problems with the fuel injection plate amongst other smaller issues, and until these are resolved it will be unlikely that Skybolt will fly.
Capabilities
The rocket was envisioned as a sounding rocket in preparation for Starchaser's ultimate goal, Thunderstar. In this respect, the design had to allow for acceleration speeds that organisms can tolerate, as other Starchaser rockets have ignored this factor. The thrust that is generated from Skybolt's engine allows for acceleration forces at around 6-7G. This is within the limits of what humans can reasonably tolerate and so was essential if this new rocket is to be the fore-runner to a bigger, manned rocket. It will take Skybolt approximately five and a half minutes to go from launch pad to the 100 km (62mile) Edge of space, and continuing upwards to a maximum apogee of 83.52 miles. Skybolt is fully reusable, with both the airframe and nosecone containing parachutes for safe landing and recovery. A maximum payload capacity of 20 kg is limited, however as it is not intended for commercial use, this is not an issue.
Current Use
Due to the ongoing problems associated with the engine, Skybolt is used in Starchaser's educational outreach program. Starchaser built a mobile launch rail specifically for Skybolt, allowing for transportation to and from events.
See also
Starchaser Industries
X Prize
UK Space Agency
References
External links
www.starchaser.co.uk
www.space4schools.co.uk
Single-stage-to-orbit
Space launch vehicles of the United Kingdom
Cancelled space launch vehicles
Space programme of the United Kingdom |
Michael Frimkess (born January 8, 1937) is an American ceramic artist who lives in Venice, California. In the 1950s and 60s, he was a pupil of Peter Voulkos, a prominent figure in the California Clay Movement. Frimkess' pottery is noted for its classical style, employing forms from Greek, Chinese, and Indigenous American antiquity. His wife and collaborator, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, paints his ceramic pieces, often using anachronistic, contemporary images like Minnie Mouse or Condorito. He is also well-known for his innovative wheel-throwing and firing techniques.
Early life and education
Frimkess was born on January 8, 1937 in East Los Angeles, California. He grew up largely in the neighborhood of Boyle Heights and claimed (inaccurately) to have been among the last Jewish families in the area. His father, Lou Frimkess, was an artist and graphic designer. He was exposed to fine art early in his childhood, receiving drawing and sculpting lessons, and being taken to numerous museum exhibitions. Frimkess learned how to play the saxophone and piano in his youth and aspired to become a jazz musician. At age 15, his family moved to Hollywood and he would graduate from Hollywood High School two years later in 1955. In high school, he took up sculpture, which led him to seek out art schools after graduation. At the age of 17 he became the youngest person to receive a scholarship from the Otis College of Art and Design (then known as the Los Angeles County Art Institute).
After a year at the college, Frimkess switched his focus to ceramics, a move that he attributes to a peyote-induced vision of himself throwing a perfectly-shaped vessel. In the ceramics department, he studied under Peter Voulkos, perhaps the most notable figure in the California Clay Movement. He also worked alongside sculptors and ceramists like Billy Al Bengston, John Mason, Kenneth Price, Paul Soldner, and others. In 1956, he was one of 10 young artists to open and display work at a gallery on Sunset Boulevard. In 1957, Frimkess worked in a small ceramics factory while on a trip with his family in Italy, where he received additional training in throwing a very hard type of clay.
Career
In the early 1960s, Frimkess went to Berkeley, California where Peter Voulkos was then teaching at the University of California, Berkeley. While there, he studied bronze and aluminum casting with Voulkos. In 1963, his piece "Hooker No. 1" (a bronze sculpture of a television) was displayed at the San Francisco Art Institute's Annual exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Also that year at the behest of Voulkos, Frimkess took an internship at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York. It was there that he met his future wife and frequent collaborator, Magdalena Suarez, who had come to the Art Center from Venezuela as part of a fellowship program. While on the east coast, Frimkess was instructed to visit museums in New York and Boston to study Greek and Chinese forms of pottery. He also began learning the technique of "dry throwing" clay rather than using water. Much of his work after 1965 replicated classical forms like Greek volute kraters, Zuni pots, and Chinese ginger jars.
In 1966, his work was featured in the Abstract Expressionist Ceramics exhibition, which was displayed at several locations including in the art gallery of the University of California, Irvine and, later, the San Francisco Museum of Art. In 1970, his work was featured alongside Robert Arneson, Ron Nagle, and David Gilhooly's in an exhibit at the Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1971, Frimkess was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. His subsequent focus on rehab and physical therapy took time away from his ceramic work and limited his output. He continues to throw the pots, and his wife Magdalena Suarez Frimkess would glaze and decorate them.
In 1976, Frimkess' work was featured at the Clay: The Medium and the Method exhibition held at the art gallery of the University of California, Santa Barbara. A year later, his work was displayed at the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art for their exhibition entitled Foundations in Clay. The latter exhibition was considered an update of the Abstract Expressionist Ceramics exhibition from 1966 with five of the six artists returning, including Peter Voulkos, Ron Nagle, Kenneth Price, and John Mason. That year, the James Willis Gallery in San Francisco also displayed a 17-year retrospective of Frimkess' work. Another retrospective of his solo and collaborative work was held in 1982 at the Garth Clark Gallery in Los Angeles.
By 1988, Frimkess' work could be found in the Smithsonian Institution, American Craft Museum, and the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan. That year, his work was also featured as part of an exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology called Extended Visions which displayed work from artists with multiple sclerosis. In 2000, Frimkess and his wife held an exhibition of their work at Louis Stern Fine Arts entitled, Vessels of Satire: The Art of Magdalena and Michael Frimkess. In 2001, the two provided an official oral history of their lives and work to the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art. In 2003, they displayed some of their work at Little Tokyo Clayworks in Los Angeles. Beginning in 2012, their work started being displayed at South Willard, a menswear shop also in Los Angeles.
In 2013, some of Frimkess' early work was displayed at an exhibition called Grapevine at the David Kordansky Gallery in Culver City, California. In March 2014, the Frimkesses' collaborative work was on display at White Columns in New York. Their work was again featured at the Hammer Museum's biennial exhibition, Made in L.A. in August 2014. The couple was also honored with the Made in L.A. Mohn Career Achievement Award. In 2016, their work was featured at an exhibition called Routine Pleasures at the MAK Center in West Hollywood, California.
In addition to exhibitions, Frimkess' work has appeared in numerous publications, including Ceramics Monthly, American Ceramics, and Craft Horizons magazines. In 1966 Frimkess wrote an article for Craft Horizons entitled, "The Importance of Being Classical," and he was later featured in its December 1973 issue ("Michael Frimkess and the Cultured Pot"). More recently, Michael and Magdalena have been profiled in both the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times.
Artistic style
Frimkess' early work included a variety of both ceramics and bronze or aluminum sculptures. These early pieces were often more free-form and less utilitarian, taking a cue from his mentor and teacher, Peter Voulkos. His interest and skill in making classical pottery forms began to increase in the mid-1960s. Examples of his work include Greek volute kraters, Zuni pots, and Chinese ginger jars. He also learned the technique of dry throwing hard clay with no water to make his vessels, resulting in walls that are remarkably light and thin. In addition, through his expertise and efforts in kiln design and construction, he developed a method of firing stoneware in as little as 55 minutes.
Prior to his multiple sclerosis diagnosis, Frimkess would glaze and paint all of his ceramics, decorating them with contemporary scenes and pop art. The images were often "vernacular or historical" and employed the use of cartoon sequences or word balloons that often satirized problems related to corruption, segregation, and hypocrisy. His work frequently dealt with racial strife, and he often drew on his childhood growing up in a predominately Chicano, Japanese, and Black neighborhood. His pots were meant to symbolize an ideal "melting pot."
Since his multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 1971, most of the art painted on his pots has been done by his wife, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess. While her art has similar themes, it evokes a different cultural experience. Her glazes and paintings feature pop art icons like Minnie Mouse and Condorito, but they also employ folk art combined with a variety of historical references. In general, neither of the two has any input on the other's work. Both continue to work and reside in Venice, California.
References
1937 births
Living people
American ceramists
Artists from Los Angeles
Otis College of Art and Design alumni |
Colorado's 25th Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Colorado Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Faith Winter since 2023. Prior to redistricting the district was represented by Democrats Kevin Priola (who was elected twice as a Republican before switching parties) and Mary Hodge.
Geography
District 25 is based in eastern Adams County in the suburbs of Denver, including parts of Thornton, Brighton, Bennett, Todd Creek, Strasburg, and the northern reaches of Aurora.
The district overlaps with Colorado's 4th, 6th, and 7th congressional districts, and with the 30th, 31st, 34th, and 56th districts of the Colorado House of Representatives.
Recent election results
Colorado state senators are elected to staggered four-year terms. The old 25th district held elections in presidential years, but the new district drawn following the 2020 Census will hold elections in midterm years, starting in 2022.
2022
The 2022 election will be the first one held under the state's new district lines. Incumbent Republican Senator Kevin Priola was redistricted to the 13th district, which won't be up until 2024. In 2022, Democratic 24th district Senator Faith Winter is running for the 25th district instead, against Republican Melody Peotter and Libertarian Jeremiah Johnson.
Historical election results
2020
2016
2012
Federal and statewide results in District 25
References
25
Adams County, Colorado |
Johann Lafer (born September 27, 1957, in Sankt Stefan im Rosental, Styria, Austria) is an Austrian chef living in Germany.
Johann Lafer became well known through his TV cooking show and his numerous cookbooks. His television show is self-produced.
He was a regular guest of the television host Markus Lanz, in whose show he regularly prepared meals in front of an audience.
He lives with his wife Silvia and two children Jennifer and Jonathan in a little village called Guldental. He also operates a cooking school in Guldental.
Lafer acts as a pilot in his Helicopter dining program.
Achievements
In 1997 Johann was named "Chef of the Year" by "Gault Millau"
In 2006 he was given a star by "Guide Michelin".
Produces his own cooking show on television.
Started a pilot project for healthy eating in schools (food@ucation)
Runs his cooking school in Guldental
References
External links
Homepage of Johann Lafer (in German)
Who´s Who of Chefs (in German)
Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! (TV Show)
Johann Lafer Infos (in German)
1957 births
Living people
Austrian chefs
German chefs
German television chefs
Austrian expatriates in Germany
ZDF people |
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* OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*
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namespace Doctrine\Common\Cache;
/**
* Base class for cache provider implementations.
*
* @since 2.2
* @author Benjamin Eberlei <kontakt@beberlei.de>
* @author Guilherme Blanco <guilhermeblanco@hotmail.com>
* @author Jonathan Wage <jonwage@gmail.com>
* @author Roman Borschel <roman@code-factory.org>
* @author Fabio B. Silva <fabio.bat.silva@gmail.com>
*/
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{
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protected function doFetchMultiple(array $keys)
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abstract protected function doFetch($id);
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*
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*
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abstract protected function doContains($id);
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The Tip of the Mitt AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in the northern Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. This Michigan wine region is approximately in extent. It includes all or part of Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, and Presque Isle counties. These are counties that are located at the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula, north of the established winemaking AVAs grouped around Traverse City. Active TOTM wineries are grouped around Petoskey. The Tip of the Mitt AVA was established in August 2016. The major wine trail in the area, The 'Petoskey Area Wine Region', was formerly known as 'The Bay View Wine Trail'.
Detail
The Tip of the Mitt AVA was created by the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau by petition from the Straits Area Grape Growers Association. The petition to create the AVA noted that the area was suited for the cultivation of cold-weather varietals such as Marquette and Frontenac. The Straits Area Grape Growers Association has announced its intent to specialize in cold-hardy vines.
References
American Viticultural Areas
Michigan wine
2016 establishments in Michigan |
Robat-e Sar Push (, also Romanized as Robāţ-e Sar Pūsh; also known as Robāţ-e Sar Pūshīdeh and Robāţī-ye Shāzdeh) is a village in Robat Rural District of the Central District of Sabzevar County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,111 in 297 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,192 people in 321 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,360 people in 425 households; it was the largest village in its rural district.
References
Sabzevar County
Populated places in Sabzevar County |
Anderson Timoteo Paredes López (born 20 March 1995 in Puerto Ayacucho) is a Venezuelan cyclist, who rides for Venezuelan amateur team Ángeles Hernandez–Orgullo Andino–Distribuidora Rairos.
Major results
2013
National Junior Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
2015
1st Young rider classification Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
2nd Overall Vuelta a Trujillo
National Road Championships
3rd Under-23 time trial
6th Time trial
6th Overall Vuelta a Venezuela
2016
National Road Championships
1st Under-23 road race
1st Under-23 time trial
3rd Time trial
5th Road race
2nd Overall Vuelta a Trujillo
1st Stage 5
7th Overall Vuelta a Venezuela
1st Young rider classification
10th Road race, Pan American Under-23 Road Championships
2017
National Road Championships
1st Under-23 road race
2nd Under-23 time trial
3rd Road race
6th Time trial
2nd Road race, Bolivarian Games
2nd Overall Vuelta a Venezuela
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
1st Young rider classification
2018
3rd Overall Vuelta a Venezuela
5th Time trial, South American Games
2019
6th Overall Vuelta al Táchira
7th Overall Vuelta a Venezuela
2020
5th Overall Vuelta al Ecuador
2021
Vuelta al Táchira
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 6
2nd Overall Vuelta al Ecuador
2022
10th Overall Vuelta al Táchira
References
External links
1995 births
Living people
Venezuelan male cyclists
21st-century Venezuelan people |
The African smoky mouse or smokey heimyscus (Heimyscus fumosus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Heimyscus.
It is native to Central Africa, where it occurs in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. It is a habitat specialist, living only in primary lowland forest. It is threatened by deforestation.
Notes
References
Old World rats and mice
Rodents of Africa
Mammals described in 1965
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Henri Heim de Balsac |
Brock McPherson (born July 24, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played for the Braehead Clan and the Dundee Stars in the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom between 2011 and 2014. McPherson had previously played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League for the Brampton Battalion and the Belleville Bulls and then spent six years at Lakehead University before signing his first professional contract with Braehead in 2011.
External links
1985 births
Living people
Belleville Bulls players
Dundee Stars players
Braehead Clan players
Brampton Battalion players
Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Ice hockey people from Toronto
Lakehead University alumni |
Jolen Daimary is an Indian politician and member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Tamulpur. Daimary is member of the United People's Party Liberal. He won 2021 elections by elections for Tamulpur after Leho Ram Boro died of COVID-19 in 2021.
References
5. UPPL declares candidates for Gossaigaon and Tamulpur Guwahati Times.
United People's Party Liberal politicians
Living people
People from Baksa district
Assam MLAs 2021–2026
Year of birth missing (living people) |
The Plantation Covenant of Guilford, Connecticut, sometimes called the Guilford Covenant, was a covenant signed by the English colonists as the founding document of Quinnipiac (modern New Haven) on 1 June 1639.
The Plantation Covenant was signed on board ship and the names were ordered according to the social and other rankings within the first Guilford company led by Rev. Henry Whitfield. There were twenty-five immigrants, which included the two children of William and Esther Hall. Most of these were young men and women adventurers from Surrey and Kent, who eventually settled at Guilford as farmers.
The covenant stated:
We whose names are herein written, intending by God's gracious permission, to plant ourselves in New England, and if it may be in the southerly part, about Quinpisac [Quinnipiac], we do faithfully promise each for ourselves and families and those that belong to us, that we will, the Lord assisting us, sit down and join ourselves together in one entire plantation and to be helpful to the other in any common work, according to every man's ability and as need shall require, and we promise not to desert or leave each other on the plantation but with the consent of the rest, or the greater part of the company, who have entered into this engagement. As for our gathering together into a church way and the choice officers and members to be joined together in that way, we do refer ourselves until such time as it shall please God to settle us in our plantation.In witness whereof we subscribe our hands, this first day of June 1639
Notes
History of Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut |
Nautical tourism, also called water tourism, is tourism that combines sailing and boating with vacation and holiday activities. It can be travelling from port to port in a cruise ship, or joining boat-centered events such as regattas or landing a small boat for lunch or other day recreation at specially prepared day boat-landings. It is a form of tourism that is generally more popular in the summertime.
First defined as an industry segment in Europe and South America, it has since caught on in the United States and the Pacific Rim.
About
Many tourists who enjoy sailing combine water travel with other activities. Supplying the equipment and accessories for those activities has spawned businesses for those purposes. With many nautical enthusiasts living on board their vessels even in port, nautical tourists bring demand for a variety of goods and services. Marinas developed especially for nautical tourists have been built in Europe, South America and Australia.
Services
Tourist services available at marinas catering to nautical tourists include:
Leasing of berths for sailing vessels and nautical tourists who live on board.
Leasing of sailing vessels for holiday and recreational use (charter, cruising and similar),
Reception, safe-guarding and maintenance of sailing vessels.
Provision of stock (water, fuel, supplies, spare parts, equipment and similar).
Preparation and keeping sailing vessels in order.
Providing information to nautical enthusiasts (weather forecasts, nautical guides etc.)
Leasing of water scooters, jet skis, and other water equipment.
By region
Europe
Among the more interesting locations frequented by nautical tourists, Greek islands and the Croatian coast offers services at more than 50 ports, touting it as Mediterranean as it once was. Croatia's Greece's efforts have been so successful they have been offered to the tourism industry as a model for sustainable nautical tourism. During this year's Adriatic Boat Show the official ceremony of opening the construction site of marina for mega-yachts has been held. Marina Mandalina & Yacht Club, situated in Šibenik, in 2011 will be able to accept 79 yachts up to 100 meters in length and provide them a complete service. Italy has gone to great lengths to attract boating tourists to its ports as well.
Netherlands
Water travel used to be the only form of transportation between cities in the Netherlands. Since improvements in the road and rail structure, less and less commercial freight water traffic is using the water. In the latter half of the 20th century the growth of water tourism exceeded the amount of freight traffic, and older cities whose ports were long disused refurbished them for water tourists. Water tourists are a strong lobby for protecting old water routes from being closed or filled. Both refurnished antique canal boats ("salonboten") and modern tour boats ("rondvaartboten") are available for tourist day trips in most Dutch cities. A steady tourist industry has kept both the old canals of Amsterdam and their canal mansions open for water traffic. Their popularity has introduced water traffic safety laws to ensure that the commercial passenger boats have right-of-way over private skiffs and low yachts, while preventing fatal accidents.
To reduce the less desired side-effects of popular watertourist spots, the public awards stimulate sustainable tourist innovations, such as the EDEN award for the electricity-propelled tourist boats in De Weerribben-Wieden National Park.
Czech Republic
River tourism is exceptionally popular among the Czech people, who sail by canoes, rafts or other boats downstream major Bohemian rivers as Vltava, Sázava, Lužnice, Ohře and Otava. The most popular and frequented river section is the Vltava from Vyšší Brod via Rožmberk nad Vltavou and Český Krumlov to Zlatá Koruna, which is annually visited by as many as hundreds of thousands paddlers (in Czech called vodáci, sg. vodák). The lowest section of the Sázava (downstream from Týnec nad Sázavou) is also very frequented, for its fine rapids, scenic landscape, and proximity to Prague. In peak season, "traffic jams" can be regularly seen on the busiest rivers, mainly at weirs. The most popular river sections are plentifully equipped with camps, stands, pubs, and boat rental services. There has even some "paddlers' culture" developed, with peculiar slang, songs, traditions etc., related to the Czech tramping movement.
Pacific
Australia has invested $1.5 billion in facilities designed to attract nautical tourists and promote development of nautical tourism as a segment of the tourist trade. In 2016/17 saw the industry's total national economic contribution in Australia grow by 15.4% and contributed A$5.3 billion to the Australian economy. Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne accounted for 65% of the total passenger onshore visit days.
South America
A growing worldwide industry segment, nautical tourism has become popular in South America. The Brazilian Ministry of Tourism has a website devoted to the subject. Puerto Rico has seen its share of growth in nautical tourism as well. Not to be outdone, the Chilean Economic Development Agency has launched the Chilean Patagonia Nautical Tourism Program to develop and attract nautical tourists to the Chilean coast.
United States
Nautical tourism is big business, even in the United States. In the Southeast, the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway, a meandering river and canal system that traverses Alabama and Mississippi linking the Tennessee River with the Gulf of Mexico, has become a favorite boating trail for nautical tourists who want a diverse route with a scenic view. Originally conceived as an alternate shipping route for barges destined for the Midwest, the route proved too awkward for large tows. However, boating enthusiasts discovered it as a great way to see Middle-America. Stops along the way include Mobile, Alabama, Demopolis, Alabama, and Amory and Columbus in Mississippi. Travelling north from the Gulf, boaters can follow the Tennessee River its intersection with the Ohio and travel a circuitous route back to the Gulf by way of New Orleans.
Likewise, the Intracoastal Waterway system, which stretches from Texas to New Jersey, has long provided nautical tourists with a well-marked channel and an inside passage that allows boaters to travel from southern Texas up the eastern seaboard without having to venture onto the high seas. Using this route, boaters can stop at Galveston, Texas, any number of towns in southern Louisiana, including New Orleans. Farther west, Apalachicola, Florida provides a glimpse of Florida the way it used to be.
Gallery
References
Further reading
Types of tourism
Boating |
Yeison Javier Devoz Anaya (born 4 April 1989) is a Colombian football forward. He is currently free agent.
Titles
References
Living people
Colombian men's footballers
1989 births
Atlético Nacional footballers
Alianza Petrolera F.C. players
Real Cartagena footballers
Águilas Doradas Rionegro players
Men's association football forwards
Footballers from Cartagena, Colombia |
Cambridge is a locality in the Shire of Richmond, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cambridge had a population of 42 people.
Geography
The Flinders River forms the southern boundary of the locality and Express Creek forms the eastern part of the northern boundary.
The land use is predominantly cattle grazing.
The Richmond–Croydon Road runs along the north-eastern boundary.
References
Shire of Richmond
Localities in Queensland |
Christopher Patrick Lambert (born 6 April 1981 in Dulwich, London) is a former professional sprinter from England.
He grew up on Southampton Way Estate in Peckham, London, attending to school at Oliver Goldsmith's Primary School in Camberwell and Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, before attending Harvard University, where he was a member of The Phoenix – S K Club.
As a junior athlete in 1999, Lambert finished 3rd at the European Junior Championships and ran the fastest time in the world over 200m for an U20 athlete. Named captain of the Great British Junior team in 2000, he was unable to compete for the majority of the season due to a hamstring injury but left the age group ranked 3rd on the national all-time list. At Harvard, Lambert broke 5 college and 3 Ivy League records (for the 60m, 100m and 200m), winning 6 Ivy League titles and finishing 4th in the 2003 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship, becoming an NCAA All-American.
On graduating and beginning a professional career, Lambert won gold in a championship record time at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships. He then became an Olympian, securing selection to TeamGB for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, but due to injury he surrendered his place on the 4x100m relay team that went on to win the gold medal. He claimed a silver medal at the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships then in an injury-plagued career he was also selected for but had to withdraw from the 2002 European Athletics Championships, 2005 IAAF World Championships in Athletics and 2006 Commonwealth Games.
He finally retired in 2008 due to complications resulting from suffering several stress fractures to the right tibia.
Lambert remains a keen sports fan, focusing on athletics, football (lifelong Arsenal supporter), and golf.
International competitions
References
1981 births
Living people
Athletes from London
English male sprinters
British male sprinters
Olympic male sprinters
Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Harvard Crimson men's track and field athletes
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain
Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain
Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade |
```go
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package datareq
import (
"math"
"runtime"
"sort"
"time"
"github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/v8/lib/go-tc"
"github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/v8/lib/go-util"
"github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/v8/traffic_monitor/config"
"github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/v8/traffic_monitor/peer"
"github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/v8/traffic_monitor/threadsafe"
"github.com/json-iterator/go"
)
type JSONStats struct {
Stats Stats `json:"stats"`
}
// Stats contains statistics data about this running app. Designed to be returned via an API endpoint.
type Stats struct {
MaxMemoryMB uint64 `json:"Max Memory (MB),string"`
GitRevision string `json:"git-revision"`
ErrorCount uint64 `json:"Error Count,string"`
Uptime uint64 `json:"uptime,string"`
FreeMemoryMB uint64 `json:"Free Memory (MB),string"`
TotalMemoryMB uint64 `json:"Total Memory (MB),string"`
Version string `json:"version"`
DeployDir string `json:"deploy-dir"`
FetchCount uint64 `json:"Fetch Count,string"`
QueryIntervalDelta int `json:"Query Interval Delta,string"`
IterationCount uint64 `json:"Iteration Count,string"`
Name string `json:"name"`
BuildTimestamp string `json:"buildTimestamp"`
QueryIntervalTarget int `json:"Query Interval Target,string"`
QueryIntervalActual int `json:"Query Interval Actual,string"`
SlowestCache string `json:"Slowest Cache"`
LastQueryInterval int `json:"Last Query Interval,string"`
Microthreads int `json:"Goroutines"`
LastGC string `json:"Last Garbage Collection"`
MemAllocBytes uint64 `json:"Memory Bytes Allocated"`
MemTotalBytes uint64 `json:"Total Bytes Allocated"`
MemSysBytes uint64 `json:"System Bytes Allocated"`
OldestPolledPeer string `json:"Oldest Polled Peer"`
OldestPolledPeerMs int64 `json:"Oldest Polled Peer Time (ms)"`
QueryInterval95thPercentile int64 `json:"Query Interval 95th Percentile (ms)"`
GCCPUFraction float64 `json:"gc-cpu-fraction"`
}
func srvStats(staticAppData config.StaticAppData, healthPollInterval time.Duration, lastHealthDurations threadsafe.DurationMap, fetchCount threadsafe.Uint, healthIteration threadsafe.Uint, errorCount threadsafe.Uint, peerStates peer.CRStatesPeersThreadsafe) ([]byte, error) {
return getStats(staticAppData, healthPollInterval, lastHealthDurations.Get(), fetchCount.Get(), healthIteration.Get(), errorCount.Get(), peerStates)
}
func getStats(staticAppData config.StaticAppData, pollingInterval time.Duration, lastHealthTimes map[tc.CacheName]time.Duration, fetchCount uint64, healthIteration uint64, errorCount uint64, peerStates peer.CRStatesPeersThreadsafe) ([]byte, error) {
longestPollCache, longestPollTime := getLongestPoll(lastHealthTimes)
var memStats runtime.MemStats
runtime.ReadMemStats(&memStats)
var s Stats
s.MaxMemoryMB = memStats.TotalAlloc / (1024 * 1024)
s.GitRevision = staticAppData.GitRevision
s.ErrorCount = errorCount
s.Uptime = uint64(time.Since(staticAppData.StartTime) / time.Second)
s.FreeMemoryMB = staticAppData.FreeMemoryMB
s.TotalMemoryMB = memStats.Alloc / (1024 * 1024) // TODO rename to "used memory" if/when nothing is using the JSON entry
s.Version = staticAppData.Version
s.DeployDir = staticAppData.WorkingDir
s.FetchCount = fetchCount
s.SlowestCache = string(longestPollCache)
s.IterationCount = healthIteration
s.Name = staticAppData.Name
s.BuildTimestamp = staticAppData.BuildTimestamp
s.QueryIntervalTarget = int(pollingInterval / time.Millisecond)
s.QueryIntervalActual = int(longestPollTime / time.Millisecond)
s.QueryIntervalDelta = s.QueryIntervalActual - s.QueryIntervalTarget
s.LastQueryInterval = int(math.Max(float64(s.QueryIntervalActual), float64(s.QueryIntervalTarget)))
s.Microthreads = runtime.NumGoroutine()
s.LastGC = time.Unix(0, int64(memStats.LastGC)).String()
s.MemAllocBytes = memStats.Alloc
s.MemTotalBytes = memStats.TotalAlloc
s.MemSysBytes = memStats.Sys
s.GCCPUFraction = memStats.GCCPUFraction
oldestPolledPeer, oldestPolledPeerTime := oldestPeerPollTime(peerStates.GetQueryTimes(), peerStates.GetPeersOnline())
s.OldestPolledPeer = string(oldestPolledPeer)
s.OldestPolledPeerMs = time.Now().Sub((oldestPolledPeerTime)).Nanoseconds() / util.MSPerNS
s.QueryInterval95thPercentile = getCacheTimePercentile(lastHealthTimes, 0.95).Nanoseconds() / util.MSPerNS
json := jsoniter.ConfigDefault
return json.Marshal(JSONStats{Stats: s})
}
func getLongestPoll(lastHealthTimes map[tc.CacheName]time.Duration) (tc.CacheName, time.Duration) {
var longestCache tc.CacheName
var longestTime time.Duration
for cache, time := range lastHealthTimes {
if time > longestTime {
longestTime = time
longestCache = cache
}
}
return longestCache, longestTime
}
type Durations []time.Duration
func (s Durations) Len() int {
return len(s)
}
func (s Durations) Less(i, j int) bool {
return s[i] < s[j]
}
func (s Durations) Swap(i, j int) {
s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i]
}
// getCacheTimePercentile returns the given percentile of cache result times. The `percentile` should be a decimal percent, for example, for the 95th percentile pass 0.95
func getCacheTimePercentile(lastHealthTimes map[tc.CacheName]time.Duration, percentile float64) time.Duration {
times := make([]time.Duration, 0, len(lastHealthTimes))
for _, t := range lastHealthTimes {
times = append(times, t)
}
sort.Sort(Durations(times))
n := int(float64(len(lastHealthTimes)) * percentile)
return times[n]
}
func oldestPeerPollTime(peerTimes map[tc.TrafficMonitorName]time.Time, peerOnline map[tc.TrafficMonitorName]bool) (tc.TrafficMonitorName, time.Time) {
now := time.Now()
oldestTime := now
oldestPeer := tc.TrafficMonitorName("")
for p, t := range peerTimes {
if !peerOnline[p] {
continue
}
if oldestTime.After(t) {
oldestTime = t
oldestPeer = p
}
}
if oldestTime == now {
oldestTime = time.Time{}
}
return oldestPeer, oldestTime
}
``` |
```objective-c
function single_layer_classification_hw()
% This file is associated with the book
% "Machine Learning Refined", Cambridge University Press, 2016.
% by Jeremy Watt, Reza Borhani, and Aggelos Katsaggelos.
minx = -1;
maxx = 1;
% load/make function to approximate
num_its = 1;
[X,y] = load_data(num_its);
M = 4; % number of hidden units
%%% Main: perform gradient descent to fit tanh basis sum %%%
for j = 1:num_its
subplot(1,num_its,j)
[b,w,c,V] = tanh_softmax(X',y,M);
% plot resulting fit
hold on
plot_separator(b,w,c,V,X,y);
end
%%%%%%%%%%%% subfunctions %%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%% gradient descent for single layer tanh nn %%%
function [b,w,c,V] = tanh_softmax(X,y,M)
% initializations
[N,P] = size(X);
b = randn(1);
w = randn(M,1);
c = randn(M,1);
V = randn(N,M);
l_P = ones(P,1);
% stoppers
max_its = 10000;
grad = 1;
count = 1;
%%% main %%%
while count <= max_its && norm(grad) > 10^-5
F = obj(c,V,X);
% calculate gradients
% ---> grad_b =
% ---> grad_w =
% ---> grad_c =
% ---> grad_V =
% determine steplength
% alpha = adaptive_step();
alpha = 10^-2;
% take gradient steps
b = b - alpha*grad_b;
w = w - alpha*grad_w;
c = c - alpha*grad_c;
V = V - alpha*grad_V;
% update stoppers
count = count + 1;
end
norm(grad)
function p = adaptive_step()
g_n = norm(grad)^2;
step_l = 1;
step_r = 0;
u = 1;
p = 1;
while step_l > step_r && u < 30
p = p*0.7;
% left
F = obj(c - p*grad_c,V - p*grad_V,X);
o2 = sum(log(1 + exp(-y.*((b - p*grad_b) + F'*(w - p*grad_w)))));
step_l = o2 - o;
% right
step_r = -(p*g_n)/2;
u = u + 1;
end
end
end
function y = sigmoid(z)
y = 1./(1+exp(-z));
end
function F = obj(z,H,A)
F = zeros(M,size(A,2));
for p = 1:size(A,2)
F(:,p) = tanh(z + H'*A(:,p));
end
end
% load data
function [A,b] = load_data(num_its)
data = csvread('genreg_data.csv');
A = data(:,1:end - 1);
b = data(:,end);
for j = 1:num_its
subplot(1,num_its,j)
% plot data
hold on
ind = find(b == 1);
red = [ 1 0 .4];
scatter(A(ind,1),A(ind,2),'Linewidth',2,'Markeredgecolor',red,'markerFacecolor','none')
hold on
ind = find(b == -1);
blue = [ 0 .4 1];
scatter(A(ind,1),A(ind,2),'Linewidth',2,'Markeredgecolor',blue,'markerFacecolor','none')
end
end
% plot the seprator + surface
function plot_separator(b,w,c,V,X,y)
% plot determined surface in 3d space
s = [minx:0.01:maxx];
[s1,s2] = meshgrid(s,s);
s1 = reshape(s1,numel(s1),1);
s2 = reshape(s2,numel(s2),1);
g = zeros(length(s1),1);
for i = 1:length(s1)
t = [s1(i);s2(i)];
F = obj(c,V,t);
g(i) = tanh(b + F'*w);
end
s1 = reshape(s1,[length(s),length(s)]);
s2 = reshape(s2,[length(s),length(s)]);
g = reshape(g,[length(s),length(s)]); % divide by # for visualization purposes only!
alpha(0.4)
% plot contour in original space
hold on
contour(s1,s2,g,[0,0],'Color','k','LineWidth',2)
axis([0 1 0 1])
% graph info labels
xlabel('x_1','Fontsize',16)
ylabel('x_2 ','Fontsize',16)
set(get(gca,'YLabel'),'Rotation',0)
axis square
set(gcf,'color','w');
end
end
``` |
Frida Scarpa (born 6 September 1976) is a former Italian fencer who won the World Championships with the national foil team in 2001, and two medals (a bronze individual in 1996 and silver with the team in 2003) at the European Championships.
Biography
Genoese by birth but Venetian by adoption, world champion in Nimes 2001 with the azzurro dream foil team: Valentina Vezzali, Giovanna Trillini and Diana Bianchedi (in that circumstance she replaced the injured Margherita Granbassi), after her sports career she got married with the teammate and Olympic champion with the team foil at Athens 2004 Salvatore Sanzo, the couple had two children, Virginia (born 2005) and Alessandro (born 2007).
She embarked on a career as attorney in law and then, once separated from her husband, she continued to live in Pisa, city of Salvatore Sanzo and where her children lives. In her city of residence, Pisa, in 2021 she was the protagonist of the TV show of the Italian television Real Time , winning the episode's competition.
Achievements
References
External links
Frida Scarpa at Italian Fencing Federation (FIS)
Frida Scarpa at The Sports
1976 births
Living people
Italian female fencers
Italian foil fencers
Sportspeople from Genoa
Fencers of Gruppo Sportivo Forestale
20th-century Italian women
Fencers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy |
Desantne (; ) is a village in Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Vylkove urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 1816
Until 18 July 2020, Desantne belonged to Kiliia Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Kiliia Raion was merged into Izmail Raion.
References
Villages in Izmail Raion
Vylkove urban hromada |
Fontana Dam (also known as Fontana Village) is a town in Graham County, North Carolina, United States. Fontana Dam is located on North Carolina Highway 28 near the Fontana Dam and the Little Tennessee River. The town incorporated in 2011 and has a full-time population of 33.
History
The town is based around the village built to support the dam construction from 1942 to 1944, so that the dam could produce electricity to power the ALCOA (Aluminum Company Of America) in nearby Alcoa, Tennessee which is south of Knoxville. The company was producing aluminum to make military aircraft during World War II. The cottages now rented out for visitors were employee houses. The dining hall is now a cafeteria and the commissary is now the village store. The old lodge was once a hospital and a school was also on the grounds. The children who grew up there during the dam construction times now have an association called "Dam Kids" and they keep in touch and have reunions.
The property was transferred to Guest Services of America (GSA) then sold to Peppertree Corporation of Asheville NC in 1987. The CEO, Wayne Kinzer was later convicted of a felony and the property changed hands several times thereafter. Police services were once handled by village company police of the resort, but with Kinzer's felony conviction, the agency disbanded. The TVA police also patrolled the property which was part of a 100-year ground lease from TVA. With the disbanding of TVA police in 2012, the Graham County Sheriff Department and the NC Highway Patrol are the only police services to the area now.
Incorporation
Fontana Dam incorporated as a Town in June 2011.
Demographics
Economy
The town's main employer is the Fontana Village Resort, which serves 100,000 visitors annually. Fontana Dam has a post office with ZIP code 28733. In addition to residents and resort guests, the post office also serves hikers on the Appalachian Trail, which crosses the Fontana Dam; it is the first post office on the trail north of its southern end in Georgia. The Fontana Dam post office was one of several scheduled to be closed in 2011, though the closings have since been postponed.
References
Towns in Graham County, North Carolina
Towns in North Carolina
Communities of the Great Smoky Mountains |
Agnimrigam is a 1971 Indian Malayalam film, directed by M. Krishnan Nair. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sathyan, Sheela and K. P. Ummer in the lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan. It is based on The Hound of the Baskervilles. It was a commercial success.
Cast
Prem Nazir as Ramesh
Sathyan as Mukundan
Sheela as Bhanumathi
K. P. Ummer as Raveendran
Ravichandran as Vijayan
Adoor Bhasi as P. C. Pillai
Adoor Pankajam as Karthyayini
Alummoodan as Dominic
G. K. Pillai as Jayapalan
Jayakumari as Valli
Joshiy as Murderer
Kottayam Chellappan as Kailasanathan
S. P. Pillai as Shankunni
Plot
The movie was an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by G. Devarajan and the lyrics were written by Vayalar Ramavarma.
References
External links
1971 films
1970s Malayalam-language films
Films directed by M. Krishnan Nair |
Gaspar Méndez de Haro, 7th Marquess of Carpio, Gaspar Méndez de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba, or Gaspar de Haro y Guzmán(1 June 1629 – 16 November 1687), 3 times a Grandee of Spain including the Carpio Marquisate since 10 May 1640 by king Philip IV of Spain, Governor of Flanders, Ambassador in Rome, 1677–1682, Viceroy of Naples, 1683 - died in office there in 1687, 2nd Duke of Montoro since November 1661, and many other high nobility titles, was a Spanish political figure and art collector.
In full, ).
The family background of Don Gaspar, the 7th Marquis of Carpio and 2nd Duke of Montoro
He was the first son of powerful valido of Spain Luis de Haro, a.k.a. Luis Méndez de Haro y Guzman, a.k.a. Luis de Haro y Guzmán, 6th marquis of Carpio, 1st Duke of Montoro since 12 April 1660, Great Commander of the military Order of Alcántara. His mother was Catalina Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón, the youngest daughter of Enrique Fernández de Córdoba Cardona y Aragón, a Grandee of Spain, 5th Duke of Segorbe, 6th Duke of Cardona, 4th Marquis of Comares, 6th Marquis of Pallars, 36th Count of Ampurias, 11th Count of Prades and many other lesser titles, and Catalina Fernández de Córdoba y Figueroa.
The Carpio Marquisate was a title first awarded by King Philip II of Spain, to his ancestor Luis Méndez de Haro y Sotomayor, 1st Marquis of Carpio on 20 October 1559.
Coat of Arms of the Basque "de Haro" family, as well as the Galician "de Sotomayor" branch connected to the lords of, and later, Marquisses of, since 1559, of Carpio, province of Córdoba. Sometimes, the Marquess title, 2nd and 4th, had been transmitted by the family females and inheritors under the jure uxoris principle to other "de Haro" untitled males, their male sons from such marriages carrying thus the title forwards through the new male line. The two wolves eating lambs are typical Basque-Navarre lore, the St. Andrews golden crosses indicating their pertinence to the Basque-Navarrese families intervening in the conquests of Úbeda and Baeza, Province of Jaén, during the first third of the 13th century.
Gaspar Méndez de Haro, (1629–1687), as a politician
His father Luis Mendez de Haro had succeeded his uncle, Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares as Valido of Spain.
Gaspar had the ambition to follow in his father's footsteps, but was frustrated in his ambitions. He was then suspected to be behind a plan to kill the King by blowing up the Buen Retiro Palace. As a punishment, he was sent to Portugal to fight the insurgents, where he was made prisoner after the defeat at Montes Claros. In 1677, he was rehabilitated and sent to Rome as ambassador, until July 1682. He then became Viceroy of Naples, then a Spanish possession, until his death in 1687.
Gaspar Méndez de Haro, (1629–1687), as an art collector
Gaspar Mendez de Haro was a renowned art collector. During his stay in Rome his agent, Antonio Saurer negotiated in Venice the acquisition of important works of art. When he died in 1687, he had a collection of an estimated 3000 paintings, 1200 in Spain and the rest in Naples.
In this collection were :
the Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez
the Magdalene by Titian
several paintings by Tintoretto
Christ Crowned with Thorns by Antonello da Messina (now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
He also engaged Bernini to make a copy of his famous fountain on the Piazza Navona in Rome, to be placed in Naples.
Some paintings from his collection
The succession to the titles
He first married Antonia de la Cerda Enríquez de Ribera y Portocarrero, deceased January 1670, daughter of Antonio de la Cerda, 7th Duke of Medinaceli; and after her death he married on 11 June 1671 Teresa Enriquez de Cabrera, deceased 1716.
She was the daughter of Juan Gaspar Enríquez de Cabrera, 6th Duke of Medina de Río Seco, 10th Admiral of Castile, 10th Count of Melgar, 10th Count of Rueda, Count of Modica and a Grandee of Spain, (* Madrid, Spain, 1625 – Madrid, Spain, 15 September 1691).
They had one daughter, Catalina de Haro, 8th Marchioness of Carpio, 5th duchess of Olivares, who later married Francisco Álvarez de Toledo, 10th Duke of Alba, taking much of his art collection into the Alba collection.
Gaspar de Haro is buried in the pantheon of the Count-Dukes of San Lúcar and Olivares at Loeches near Madrid.
Gaspar's second wife Teresa Enríquez de Cabrera y Alvarez de Toledo, a widow since 1687, married again on 20 June 1688 Joaquín Ponce de León Lencastre, 7th Duke of Arcos since 1693, deceased 1729, but there was no issue from this marriage.
References
Sources
El Marqués del Carpio
Beatrice Cacciotti, 'La collezione del VII marchese del Carpio tra Roma e Madrid', in: Boletino d'Arte 86-87 (1994), pp. 133–196. (On Haro y Guzman's art collection)
1629 births
1687 deaths
Viceroys of Naples
Marquesses of Spain
Dukes of Olivares
Counts of Olivares
Dukes of Montoro
Spanish politicians
Spanish art collectors
Gaspar Mendez
Grandees of Spain
Marquesses of Carpio |
The 1982 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Tennis Sporthalle Filderstadt in Filderstadt in West Germany. The event was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1982 Toyota Series. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 18 October through 24 October 1982. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles event and the accompanying $22,000 first-prize money.
Finals
Singles
Martina Navratilova defeated Tracy Austin 6–3, 6–3
It was Navratilova's 12th singles title of the year and the 67th of her career.
Doubles
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Candy Reynolds / Anne Smith 6–2, 6–3
Prize money
Notes
References
External links
International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament event details
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
1982 in German tennis
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
1980s in Baden-Württemberg
Porsch |
The Shrewsbury Flower Show is an annual event held in mid-August over two days (in recent times the second Friday and Saturday of the month) at The Quarry, the main park in the town of Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The show is organised by the Shropshire Horticultural Society.
It was featured in the 2005 Guinness Book of Records as the "longest-running flower show" in the world.
Post World War II
The show, not held during the Second World War, was revived in 1946, with the organising support of Percy Thrower who was Shrewsbury's Parks Superintendent from that year until 1975, and acted as horticultural advisor and eventually chairman of the Shropshire Horticultural Society. After the show made severe losses due to bad weather in 1970, Thrower and Doug Whittingham both stood as financial guarantors to enable the show, which made a profit in better conditions in 1971, to continue staging.
Show features
The show is set out under a large number of marquees over the land area of The Quarry and notable features include: the display of flowers, fruit and vegetables; the sale of arts and crafts and three military bands, show jumping, various forms of music and entertainment, which includes a large firework display on both evenings. The show typically attracts around 60,000 visitors over two days.
Chef celebrities, such as James Martin and 'The Hairy Bikers', annually practice demonstrations to the public.
References
External links
Official Shrewsbury Flower Show website
Tourist attractions in Shropshire
Shrewsbury
Flower shows
Gardening in England
August events
Events in Shropshire |
Omar Mahmood Fateh ( ; ), is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 62, which includes parts of south Minneapolis in Hennepin County. Fateh is the first Somali American and Muslim to serve in the Minnesota Senate.
Early life and education
Fateh was born in Washington, D.C., and is the son of immigrants from Somalia. He graduated from Falls Church High School and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from George Mason University.
Minnesota Senate
Fateh was an unsuccessful candidate for District 62A of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018. In 2020, he announced a primary challenge to incumbent Senator Jeff Hayden. A self-declared democratic socialist, Fateh received support from groups such as the Democratic Socialists of America and the Sunrise Movement. He also received the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's endorsement. Fateh defeated Hayden in the August primary, 54% to 45%, and was elected to the Minnesota Senate with 88.99% of the vote in the general election.
First Senate term
Fateh was sworn into the Minnesota legislature on Jan 5, 2021. During his first term, the Senate was under Republican control, while the DFL controlled the House and governor's office. Fateh authored 54 bills during the 2021-22 session, including a bill to exempt fentanyl test strips from being considered drug paraphernalia, which was passed and signed into law despite the divided government. In January 2023, the Star Tribune reported that since legalization, community organizations and nonprofits have given away more than 100,000 strips, and cited evidence from surveys demonstrating that the use of the strips changed user behavior, including that 89% of users "took overdose-prevention measures once they discovered fentanyl".
Political accomplishments
In 2022, Fateh defeated a challenger in the August 9 DFL primary, winning every precinct. He then defeated Republican nominee Andrew Schmitz in the November general election with over 90% of the vote. In 2022, Democrats won a "trifecta", taking control of the Senate, House, and governor's office. Fateh was appointed chair of the Senate Higher Education committee and vice-chair of the Senate Human Services Committee.
Fateh's higher education bill included tuition-free public colleges and universities and tribal colleges for students from families whose income is less than $80,000 a year. It also included an increase to Hunger Free Campus grants, emergency assistance grants.
Fateh was chief author in the Senate of a bill to provide minimum wages and worker protections for drivers for rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft. The Minnesota Uber and Lyft Drivers Association (MULDA) supported the bill. It had bipartisan support, and passed the House and Senate, but was vetoed by Governor Walz. The veto sparked outrage from MULDA drivers, union groups, and progressive activists nationwide.
Investigations
Since Fateh took office, local media have reported his ties to two controversies. The first occurred when it was revealed that Feeding Our Future and its subsidiaries were stealing money from federal nutrition programs. When the scandal broke, Fateh condemned the fraudulent activities and returned $11,000 in contributions from cultural restaurant owners and employees connected to Feeding Our Future programs.
The second incident stemmed from a State Senate Ethics investigation. Fateh failed to disclose $1,000 his campaign paid to Somali TV Minnesota, which he corrected once he was made aware of the mistake. A second complaint was related to the perjury conviction of Muse Mohamed, Fateh's brother-in-law and a volunteer on his 2020 campaign. A federal jury convicted Muse in May of lying to a federal grand jury about his handling of three absentee ballots for Fateh's campaign. The Republican-led ethics committee unanimously dismissed all the allegations against Fateh except for the undisclosed advertising expense, which was deemed outside the ethics committee's scope and referred to the campaign finance board.
Personal life
Fateh lives in Minneapolis's Phillips neighborhood.
See also
List of Democratic Socialists of America who have held office in the United States
References
American politicians of Somalian descent
Minnesota socialists
Members of the Democratic Socialists of America from Minnesota
Democratic Party Minnesota state senators
Living people
Politicians from Minneapolis
Politicians from Washington, D.C.
1990 births
African-American Muslims |
Belarusian Hajun () is an OSINT project, monitoring military activity of Russian and Belarusian troops on the territory of Belarus. The monitoring group was created before the start of the Russian-Ukrainian War by activist Anton Motolko. The project was named after the Belarusian mythical character, forest spirit Hajun. The Lithuanian National Radio and Television stated that the information published by the monitoring project was frequently referenced by major Ukrainian media outlets, helping Ukrainian civilians and military to better understand threats posed by Russian troops deployed on the territory of Belarus.
History
Belarusian Hajun was created in early January 2022 as a monitoring initiative to track movements of Russian military equipment and troops on the territory of Belarus. The project had the task of monitoring the amount of equipment transported into the country and withdrawn, and where a new Russian military base could potentially emerge. The project was created so that Belarusians would understand what was happening on the territory of Belarus. On February 20, 2022, the Telegram channel of Hajun was created, in which the team began publishing information about detected Russian troops and their movements. For the first two months of the war, the team had to work 24/7. In February and March, an average of 1500 people a day wrote to the project. At the peak, this figure reached up to 2000 people. In March 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus recognized the project's Telegram channel as an extremist formation. In April 2022, more than 360 thousand people subscribed to the channel. At that time, 90% were subscribers from Ukraine, and the rest were Belarusians. As of February 25, 2023, more than half a million people were subscribed to the project's Telegram channel.
Operating principle
The main source of information is the subscribers of the Telegram channel. They send messages to a special chatbot. As of April 11, 2022, more than 33 thousand messages from 10 thousand people were sent to the bot. Also, part of the information is received from social networks such as Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki. 90% of the information received from social networks at the time of the beginning of the war was from TikTok. In addition, messengers and publications of various media outlets are monitored. The information is structured and conclusions are drawn based on it.
The project has developed a system of fact-checking and verification, but it is not disclosed so that it is harder for third parties to suggest publishing disinformation. Sometimes, when the team was not completely sure of the veracity of information, they published it with a note «not verified.»
Team
Details about the team are kept secret. As of April 11, 2022, the majority of the team worked outside Belarus. Most of them are residents of Belarus who had to flee the country due to criminal prosecution. By February 25, 2023, the team's composition almost didn't change.
Reaction of the Belarusian government
On March 16, 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus recognized the Telegram channel and chat of Belarusian Hajun as an extremist formation. A record that Hajun performs extremist activities appeared in the list of extremist organizations and formations on the ministry's website.
In December 2022, Belarusian security services under the guise of observers of Belarusian Hajun tried to find out personal data and create dossiers on the project's subscribers. They did it with the help of dating chatbots. In the messages, they asked to provide full name, date of birth and place of residence, as well as other personal data.
As of September 8, 2023, the project's founder was aware of 10 arrests for interacting with Belarusian Hajun. Anton Motolko said that some people were identified through street video surveillance, and some after finding a Telegram bot in their phones.
In April 2023, Belarusian state TV showed a story about the arrest of IT specialist Dmitry Mastavy. The authors of the movie accused him of organizing a live streaming at Machulishchy airfield. They claimed that Hajun's chatbot was controlled by Belarusian law enforcement agencies. The Zerkalo media outlet noted that there was no evidence of these claims on the air of state TV, and the authors used computer graphics instead of screenshots of the messages. The administration of Hajun stated that the detained programmer didn't organize live streaming for them, and that the claims about the control of their chatbot by law enforcement agencies are «nonsense.»
External links
Official website
Belarusian Hajun on Twitter
Belarusian Hajun on Telegram
References
Non-profit organizations based in Belarus
Belarus in the Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Guards of the North is a 10-minute 1941 Canadian documentary film, made by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the wartime Canada Carries On series. The film, directed by Raymond Spottiswoode, documented the defences of Iceland during the Second World War. The film's French version title is Avant-garde du Nord.
Synopsis
After the fall of Denmark and Norway in 1940, Nazi Germany looked at Iceland as its next conquest. The island nation could control the North Atlantic sea lanes and was seen as a staging point to also occupy nearby Greenland. In setting up bases at Iceland and Greenland, Luftwaffe bombers could threaten Canada with Newfoundland only three hours flight time away, Halifax, five hours away and even the industrial heartland of Canada was only seven hours from Greenland.
To fortify the island defences, British and Canadian troops secured Iceland in May 1940. Convoys rapidly unloaded troops and supplies to support a Canadian mission. The troops brought all the matériel to become completely independent, including trucks, coal, lumber and massive coastal guns to be erected at the island's coastline to guard the approaches to Iceland. After setting up tents, the Canadian troops built more permanent Nissen huts, and established bases on the island.
With the Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm providing naval resources and Canadian troops stationed at the strategic outpost, Iceland no longer posed a danger to the convoys of the North Atlantic.
Production
Typical of the NFB's Second World War documentary short films in the Canada Carries On series, Guards of the North, in association with Audio Pictures, Toronto, was made in cooperation with the Director of Public Information, Herbert Lash. The film was created as a morale boosting propaganda film. Guards of the North was a compilation documentary that relied heavily on newsreel material including "enemy" footage, in order to provide the background to the dialogue. On location photography came from the team of cinematographer Tennyson D'Eyncourt and sound recording by Ross Robinson.
The deep baritone voice of stage actor Lorne Greene was featured in the narration of Guards of the North. Greene, known for his work on both radio broadcasts as a news announcer at CBC as well as narrating many of the Canada Carries On series. His sonorous recitation led to his nickname, "The Voice of Canada", and to some observers, the "voice-of-God". When reading grim battle statistics or narrating a particularly serious topic, he was known as "The Voice of Doom".
Reception
Guards of the North was produced in 35 mm for the theatrical market. Each film was shown over a six-month period as part of the shorts or newsreel segments in approximately 800 theatres across Canada. The NFB had an arrangement with Famous Players theatres to ensure that Canadians from coast-to-coast could see them, with further distribution by Columbia Pictures.
After the six-month theatrical tour ended, individual films were made available on 16 mm to schools, libraries, churches and factories, extending the life of these films for another year or two. They were also made available to film libraries operated by university and provincial authorities. A total of 199 films were produced before the series was canceled in 1959.
See also
Invasion of Iceland in the Second World War
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
Bennett, Linda Greene. My Father's Voice: The Biography of Lorne Greene. Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse, Inc., 2004. .
Ellis, Jack C. and Betsy A. McLane. New History of Documentary Film. London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005. .
Lerner, Loren. Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. .
Rist, Peter. Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001. .
External links
Guards of the North NFB Collections page
Guards of the North at Imperial War Museum
1941 films
Canadian aviation films
Canadian black-and-white films
Canadian short documentary films
Canadian World War II propaganda films
Documentary films about military aviation
English-language Canadian films
National Film Board of Canada documentaries
1941 documentary films
Black-and-white documentary films
Iceland in World War II
Films scored by Lucio Agostini
Canada Carries On
Quebec films
Columbia Pictures short films
1940s Canadian films |
Marlon Rodrigues Xavier (born 20 May 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Cruzeiro.
Professional career
Marlon made his professional debut for Criciúma in a 1-0 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B win over Botafogo on 7 November 2015. After spending his early career in Brazil with Criciúma and Fluminense, Marlon joined Boavista F.C. on loan on 5 August 2019.
Career statistics
Honours
Trabzonspor
Turkish Super Cup: 2020
References
External links
Marlon Xavier at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br)
1997 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Cascavel
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Trabzonspor footballers
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
Boavista F.C. players
Fluminense FC players
Criciúma Esporte Clube players
MKE Ankaragücü footballers
Süper Lig players
Primeira Liga players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Men's association football fullbacks
Brazilian expatriates in Portugal
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Footballers from Paraná (state) |
Exaeretia liupanshana is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in China (Ningxia).
References
Moths described in 2010
Exaeretia
Moths of Asia |
Collinsiella is a genus of green algae in the order Ulotrichales.
The genus name of Collinsiella is in honour of Frank Shipley Collins (1848–1920) was an American botanist and algologist specializing in the study of marine algae.
The genus was circumscribed by William Albert Setchell in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. Vol.1 on page 204 in 1903.
References
External links
Ulvophyceae genera
Ulotrichales |
George Harrison Ivey (29 October 1923 – November 1979) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for York City and in non-League football for Horden Colliery Welfare, West Stanley, South Shields and Easington Colliery Welfare.
References
1923 births
People from Stanley, County Durham
Footballers from County Durham
1979 deaths
English men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Darlington Town F.C. players
West Stanley F.C. players
York City F.C. players
Gateshead United F.C. players
Easington Colliery A.F.C. players
English Football League players |
William H. Brown III (born January 19, 1928) is an American attorney. In 1963, he became a partner at the law firm of Norris Schmidt Green Harris Higginbotham & Brown, Philadelphia's first black-owned law firm. Brown was appointed to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968 and named its Chairman by President Richard Nixon in 1969. He was the fourth Chairman of the EEOC, serving from May 5, 1969, to December 23, 1973. Today, he is senior counsel to Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP.
Education and early career
Born in Philadelphia, Brown graduated from Temple University in 1952, and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1955. He began working in private practice after graduating, during a time when African-Americans had few, if any, options to practice in established law firms. He joined with a group of several other African American lawyers formed what is considered by many to be Philadelphia's first African-American law firm, Norris Schmidt Green Harris Higginbotham & Brown. Brown also served for some time as the Chief of the Fraud unit and as a Deputy District Attorney for the City of Philadelphia.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Brown was appointed to the EEOC by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968 and named the Commission's Chairman by President Richard Nixon in 1969. He was the fourth Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). He served in that role until December 23, 1973.
During his time as Chairman, the EEOC took significant steps in establishing its role in American life and in fighting discrimination, including seeking to intercede in a telephone rate case being presented by AT&T to the Federal Communications Commission (asserting that because of discriminatory practices, costs for telephone services were higher than they would have been otherwise), securing the enforcement powers granted to the EEOC, and the establishment of five regional litigating centers in Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Denver, each staffed with 30 lawyers.
Later career
After his time as Chairman of the EEOC, Brown returned to the private practice of law, and is still practicing at the Philadelphia-based law firm of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP. He is nationally known in the field of employment discrimination, and has also developed extensive experience with alternative dispute resolution. He has served as a mediator for Federal District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania and as an arbitrator for American Arbitration Association.
A notable recognition came when in 1985, he was chosen to chair the Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission investigating the 1985 MOVE bombing.
References
External links
His professional biography on the Schnader web page.
A biography of Brown published on the 35th anniversary of the EEOC.
Letter Brown wrote at the end of his tenure with the EEOC, published on the 35th anniversary of the organization.
An article from the July 20, 2007 edition of The Legal Intelligencer on the law firm of Norris Schmidt Green Harris Higginbotham & Brown.
Records from Temple University's Urban Archives on the Philadelphia Special Investigation (MOVE) Commission.
1928 births
Chairs of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Living people
Lyndon B. Johnson administration personnel
Pennsylvania lawyers
Central High School (Philadelphia) alumni
Temple University alumni
University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
Nixon administration personnel |
The 2019 Auckland local elections took place between September and October 2019 by postal vote as part of nation-wide local elections. The elections were the fourth since the merger of seven councils into the Auckland Council, which is composed of the mayor and 20 councillors, and 149 members of 21 local boards. Twenty-one district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected.
Mayoral election
The incumbent mayor, Phil Goff, sought a second term and was re-elected ahead of second highest polling candidate John Tamihere.
Governing body elections
Twenty members were elected to the Auckland Council, across thirteen wards, using the first past the post vote system.
The Auckland Future ticket, holding four local body seats since 2016, announced in March 2019 that it would not field candidates.
Mike Lee, sitting councillor for Waitemata and Gulf ward, announced in late-June 2019 that he would run again. The City Vision ticket, which had endorsed Lee since 1998, had selected Pippa Coom as its candidate in March 2019.
The final candidate list was released on 19 August.
Rodney ward (1)
Incumbent Greg Sayers was the only nomination.
Albany ward (2)
Incumbents Walker and Watson both ran for re-election under the ticket "Putting People First".
North Shore ward (2)
Incumbents Darby and Hills both sought re-election.
Waitākere Ward (2)
Of the two incumbents, Linda Cooper sought re-election and Penny Hulse retired.
Waitemata and Gulf ward (1)
Incumbent Mike Lee sought re-election.
Whau ward (1)
Incumbent Ross Clow sought re-election.
Albert-Eden-Roskill ward (2)
Incumbents Casey and Fletcher both sought re-election.
Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward (1)
Incumbent Josephine Bartley sought re-election.
Manukau ward (2)
Incumbents Collins and Filipaina both sought re-election.
Manurewa-Papakura ward (2)
Of the two incumbents, Daniel Newman sought re-election and John Walker retired.
Franklin ward (1)
Incumbent Bill Cashmore was the only nomination.
Ōrākei ward (1)
Incumbent Desley Simpson sought re-election.
Howick ward (2)
Incumbents Stewart and Young both sought re-election.
Licensing Trust elections
35 Members were elected to 5 licensing trusts across Auckland.
Birkenhead Licensing Trust (6)
Mt Wellington Licensing Trust (6)
Portage Licensing Trust
Ward No 1 – Auckland City (3)
{| class="wikitable" style="width:51%;"
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|-
|bgcolor=| || City Vision (Auckland political ticket)|City Vision||Catherine Farmer|| 5074|-
|bgcolor=| || City Vision (Auckland political ticket)|City Vision||Margi Watson||4734
|-
|bgcolor=| ||City Vision||Kurt Taogaga|| 3646
|-
|bgcolor=| || Community First || Kathryn Davie|| 3631
|-
|bgcolor=| || Community First || Paul Davie|| 3366
|-
|bgcolor=| || Trusts Action Group || Sam Learmonth|| 3080
|-
|bgcolor=| ||Communities & Residents|| Shefali Mehta || 2946
|-
| || || Informal/blank || -
|}
Ward No 2 – New Lynn (2)
Ward No 3 – Glen Eden (2)
Ward No 4 – Titirangi / Green Bay (2)
Ward No 5 – Kelston West (1)
Waitakere Licensing Trust
Ward No 1 – Te Atatū (2)
Ward No 2 –Lincoln (3)
Ward No 3 – Waitakere (1)
Ward No 4 – Henderson (1)
Wiri Licensing Trust (6)
Term-end performance assessment
Bernard Orsman and Simon Wilson, the local government reporters from The New Zealand Herald, both assessed the performance of each elected member at the end of the term. Their ratings, from 1 to 10 (worst to best), were compiled without them comparing notes. Orsman and Wilson are known to be at opposing end of the political spectrum. Seven out of their twenty-one ratings are identical. Orsman assigned rates from 3 to 8, while Wilson had councillors rated from 1 to 10.
References
Politics of the Auckland Region
Mayoral elections in Auckland
Auckland |
Unique Sweets is an American television series on Cooking Channel about various eating establishments across the United States and their signature or most popular desserts. The series features interviews with guest pastry chefs and food critics who give commentary about their favorite dessert dishes. Each episode features a different restaurant, bakery or specialty sweet shop, focusing on one theme, such as ice-cream, cakes or pies.
Regular cast
The Unique Sweets cast is made up of food industry professionals; such as pastry chefs, bakers, cookbook authors, cooking show hosts and food writers who all describe their favorite desserts at eating establishments featured in each episode.
List of episodes
Season 1 (2011)
Season 2 (2011-2012)
Season 3 (2012-2013)
Season 4 (2013-2014)
Season 5 (2014)
Season 6 (2015)
Season 7 (2016)
References
External links
Cooking Channel original programming
2011 American television series debuts |
Trechus alpicola is a species in the beetle family Carabidae. It is found in Europe.
This species is sometimes placed under the genus Epaphius .
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Trechus alpicola:
Trechus alpicola acutangulus Apfelbeck, 1902 (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Trechus alpicola alpicola Sturm, 1825 (Germany, Austria, Czechia, Poland, and Slovenia)
References
Trechus |
```sqlpl
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alter table ACT_RU_SUSPENDED_JOB add column CATEGORY_ varchar(255);
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``` |
Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd is an instrumental album of Pink Floyd songs. The album was arranged by Jaz Coleman, produced by Youth and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes.
The album cover was painted by Roger Dean who is known for his organic paintings. He also designed albums for Asia, Uriah Heep, and Yes.
The album, which features six songs taken from The Dark Side of the Moon released in 1973 and three from The Wall released in 1979, peaked at number one in the Billboard Magazine Top Classical Crossover Albums chart.
Track listing
Since the songs are performed by an orchestra, they are somewhat different from the original. They were, however, composed by the original artist, and all of the songs are arranged by Jaz Coleman.
Chart position
References
Tributes to The Dark Side of the Moon
Tributes to The Wall
Albums with cover art by Roger Dean (artist)
Albums produced by Youth (musician)
London Philharmonic Orchestra albums |
Enoplopteron is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Species
Enoplopteron hieroglyphicum
Enoplopteron occulatum
Enoplopteron reticulatum
References
Trypetinae
Tephritidae genera |
The Fletcher Hills are a low mountain range in the Peninsular Ranges, in southwestern San Diego County, California.
The name Fletcher Hills also refers to a neighborhood near San Diego, California which lies primarily in the city of El Cajon and partially in La Mesa. The area was developed in 1927–1928 by San Diego developer Ed Fletcher.
See also
Ed Fletcher, namesake of Fletcher Hills
References
Mountain ranges of San Diego County, California
Peninsular Ranges
Hills of California
El Cajon, California
La Mesa, California
Mountain ranges of Southern California |
James Hazlett may refer to:
James M. Hazlett (1864–1941), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Jim Hazlett (1926–2010), college baseball and football head coach
See also
Jim Haslett (born 1955), NFL coach and former player |
All Together (, literally "And If We All Lived Together?") is a 2011 French-German comedy film written and directed by Stéphane Robelin, and starring Jane Fonda and Geraldine Chaplin as participants of an alternate living experiment, that is observed by a graduate student played by Daniel Brühl. The film marks Fonda's first French-speaking role since starring in Jean-Luc Godard's film Tout Va Bien (1972).
Filming took place over two months in Paris in the summer of 2010. The film premiered on the closing night of the Locarno International Film Festival on 13 August 2011. It was released on DVD on 19 March 2013.
Plot
Jean (Bedos) is a romantic revolutionary, yet enjoys the spoils of a bourgeois lifestyle with his wife, Annie (Chaplin). Annie is a retired psychologist, who complains about not being able to see enough of her children and assorted grandchildren. Albert (Richard) is showing increasing signs of dementia; his energetic American wife Jeanne (Fonda) is a former university lecturer who is suffering from cancer but who assures her husband that she is cured, yet shops for a brightly-colored coffin.
Widower Claude (Rich) is an aging womanizer with an appetite for pursuits with prostitutes. Knowing how lonely he is at home alone after a previous heart attack, Jean suggests that the five friends should live together in their house, an idea that appalls Annie. Claude suffers another heart attack from walking up too many flights of stairs, on the way to visiting one of his lady friends. Albert is also hospitalized after his beloved dog knocks him down during a walk, though he claims he slipped on the sidewalk. Unable to see his dog be given away, Jeanne and Albert hire Dirk (Brühl), a German ethnology student, to walk him instead.
After seeing the sad conditions of Claude's retirement home, the friends decide to move in together on Jean's suggestion. Dirk, who has changed his thesis to reflect the condition of France's aging population, moves in with them as a caregiver. Meanwhile, Annie prepares to build a pool on her property in the hopes that it will attract her grandchildren. Jeanne becomes frustrated at Albert's worsening condition as he begins to forget that he is living with his friends instead of at his own home. Albert also speaks with Jeanne's doctor, who informs him that Jeanne's latest tests indicate that her cancer is not cured, but is worsening.
Jeanne strikes up a friendship with Dirk, giving him advice on troubles with his girlfriend and telling him that life is short and that he should be with someone who is more his type. She also reveals that she had a lover in the past, but is still good friends with him. One day she tells Albert that she is going out to walk the dog with him. Albert acknowledges this, yet forgets and goes off to find her, leaving the bath running. He finds them in a park together and accuses her of starting a relationship with him, angering her; he also forgets who Dirk is and why he hired him. The water overflows from the tub, ruining Annie's precious furniture, yet Albert does not know why she's upset.
Later, Albert brings Dirk along to help him with opening some old trunks. Accidentally finding Claude's things instead, Albert discovers that Claude had been having an affair with both Annie and Jeanne forty years earlier. He reveals this to Jean, who doesn't believe him until he accuses Annie and she confesses. Jean confronts Claude in the unfinished pool during dinner and threatens him with a knife, and Jeanne faints when she hears that Claude had also been having an affair with Annie. The friends make up that night while Jeanne is bedridden.
The next morning, the friends drink champagne and Jeanne succumbs to her illness shortly after. She is buried in a bright pink coffin, and, as per her requests, the surviving friends leave their champagne glasses on it. The pool is filled shortly after and Annie's grandchildren are finally spending time with her and Jean. Claude finds Dirk having sex with a new part-time caregiver, a girl Jeanne hired who is more of Dirk's type. Before they can toast to the new assistant, a confused Albert wanders in, asking after Jeanne; he still believes her to be alive. The film ends on a melancholy note as the friends and Dirk wander through the streets with Albert, calling Jeanne's name.
Cast
Jane Fonda as Jeanne
Daniel Brühl as Dirk
Geraldine Chaplin as Annie
Pierre Richard as Albert
Claude Rich as Claude
Guy Bedos as Jean
Camino Texeira as Maria
Gustave Kervern as The seller of funeral pumps
References
External links
2011 films
2011 comedy films
French comedy films
German comedy films
Films set in Paris
Films shot in Paris
Films about old age
2010s French films
2010s German films |
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export default CustomLink;
``` |
The midcarpal joint is formed by the scaphoid, lunate, and triquetral bones in the proximal row, and the trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate bones in the distal row. The distal pole of the scaphoid articulates with two trapezial bones as a gliding type of joint. The proximal end of the scaphoid combines with the lunate and triquetrum to form a deep concavity that articulates with the convexity of the combined capitate and hamate in a form of diarthrodial, almost condyloid joint.
Description
The cavity of the midcarpal joint is very extensive and irregular. The major portion of the cavity is located between the distal surfaces of the scaphoid, lunate, and triquetrum and proximal surfaces of the four bones of the distal row. Proximal prolongations of the cavity occur between the scaphoid and lunate and between the lunate and triquetrum. These extensions reach almost to the proximal surface of the bones in the proximal row and are separated from the cavity of the radiocarpal joint by the thin interosseous ligaments. There are three distal prolongations of the midcarpal joint cavity between the four bones of the distal row. The joint space between trapezium and trapezoid, or that between trapezoid and capitate, may communicate with cavities of the carpometacarpal joints, most commonly the second and third. The cavity between the first metacarpal and carpus is always separate from the midcarpal joint; the joint cavity between the hamate and fourth and fifth metacarpals is a separate cavity more often than not, but it may communicate normally with the midcarpal joint.
The Wrist
The wrist is perhaps the most complicated joint in the body. It permits movements in two planes - extension/flexion, ulnar deviation/radial deviation - and allows complex patterns of motion under significant strain.
Optimal wrist function requires stability of the carpal components in all joint positions under static and dynamic conditions.
Stability is achieved by a sophisticated geometry of articular surfaces and intricate system of ligaments, retinacula, and tendons, which also determine the relative motion of the carpal bones.
Ligaments
Ligamentous Apparatus of the Wrist
The carpal bones are not interlocked solely by their shapes; rather, they are held together by interosseous ligaments and by volar, dorsal, radial, and ulnar ligaments. The ligaments holding the carpal bones to each other, to the distal radius and ulna, and to the proximal ends of the metacarpals can be described as extrinsic, or capsular, and intrinsic, or interosseous (intercarpal). The function of the ligamentous system is guiding and constraining certain patterns of motion. Some portion of the ligaments are under tension in every position of the hand in relation to the forearm.
References
External links
Google Books: Anatomy and human movement, Palastanga et al, p 180
In Vivo Three-Dimensional Kinematics of the Midcarpal Joint of the Wrist. Moritomo et al
Wrist
Upper limb anatomy |
is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Ehime Prefecture, located in the Shikoku region of Japan. He succeeded Moriyuki Kato in the 2010 Ehime gubernatorial election. Nakamura has previously served as the mayor of Matsuyama, the largest city in Ehime and Shikoku, from 1999 to 2010. He has also represented Ehime in the national House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996 and before that in the Ehime Prefectural Assembly from 1987 to 1990.
After graduating from Keio University with a degree in law in 1982, he briefly entered Mitsubishi Corporation before commencing his political career, following in the footsteps of his father Tokio Nakamura, who also served in the House of Representatives from 1953 until 1960 and from 1963 until 1969 and then as mayor of Matsuyama from 1975 until 1991.
Championships and accomplishments
DDT Pro-Wrestling
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
References
1960 births
Living people
Keio University alumni
Governors of Ehime Prefecture
Politicians from Ehime Prefecture |
Chaos A.D. is the fifth studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, released in 1993 by Roadrunner Records. The album saw a stylistic departure from the band's earlier thrash metal style, by featuring a new groove metal sound. Chaos A.D. is also Sepultura's only album on Epic Records, who handled its release for North American distribution, as well as the first album to feature Paulo Jr. on bass after having played with the band in a live capacity since 1984.
Production
The band considered a number of producers, including avant-garde jazz composer John Zorn and Al Jourgensen of industrial metal pioneers Ministry. They ultimately chose Andy Wallace, who had previously mixed Arise. Sepultura wanted isolation, and for that Andy Wallace suggested Rockfield Studios, located in South Wales. The recording sessions marked the first time Sepultura had recorded as a quartet as opposed to a trio, which saw Andreas Kisser handling both bass and guitar duties on their previous three albums; as such, Chaos A.D. was the first album to include Paulo Jr., who had been playing live with the band since joining in 1984.
"Kaiowas" was recorded live among the ruins of the medieval castle of Chepstow. It was an entirely acoustic track, with Kisser and Max Cavalera on the guitars and drummer Igor Cavalera and Paulo Jr. on percussion. When they recorded "Kaiowas", the quartet never even considered playing the track live, because they thought it would be too difficult to recreate the drumming on stage. They changed their minds after seeing a video of the American band Neurosis: "We saw in that live video that the Neurosis guys put down their guitars and everybody started to play the drums on stage", lead guitarist Andreas remembers. "We decided to try the same thing. We rehearsed it once and it was wonderful. We haven't stopped playing the song live since."
During recording sessions, Sepultura recorded a number of covers: "The Hunt", from New Model Army, "Polícia", from Titãs, "Inhuman Nature", from the American hardcore punk band Final Conflict, and "Crucificados pelo Sistema", from Brazilian Ratos de Porão. Igor, a New Model Army fan, convinced the other band members to include "The Hunt" on the record. Paulo joked that the money of the LP would go straight to new dentures for Justin Sullivan, the toothless singer of New Model Army. The latter 3 covers would be included as B-sides and also on the compilation Blood-Rooted. "Polícia" is also included as a bonus track on the Brazilian edition of the album. Up until the time the album was due, the title was originally Propaganda after track 6, but Max Cavalera changed it to Chaos A.D. after the Misfits' Earth A.D.
Musical style
Out of the boredom of playing the Arise songs for two years straight and concerned about the threat of musically stagnating, Sepultura pushed the envelope on Chaos A.D. The first track, "Refuse/Resist", revealed the band's new musical direction: slower, with more emphasis on groove than speed. The song starts with the heartbeat of Max's then-unborn first son, Zyon, followed by some Afro-Brazilian drumming reminiscent of Salvador, Bahia samba-reggae group Olodum. About the track's introductory guitar riff, Max acknowledged that it "could have been created by a death metal band." Chaos A.D. was their first record to utilize some lower guitar tunings. Half of the songs in the album are tuned down to D standard, except for "Kaiowas", which is in drop C tuning.
Diversity was the key to Chaos A.D., revealed Max Cavalera. "Biotech Is Godzilla" was "pure hardcore", according to the elder Cavalera. "Nomad", with its characteristically slow riffs, was described by lead guitarist Andreas Kisser as their answer to Metallica's "Sad but True". The album also featured Sepultura's first all-acoustic incursion, "Kaiowas". "It's like a mixture of Led Zeppelin, Sonic Youth and Olodum", said Max of that particular song. Dazed & Confused magazine stated the album "signalled a move away from the [Sepultura]'s thrash roots, focusing on slower, industrial grooves." Decibel also acknowledged the departure from Sepultura's thrash metal style on Chaos A.D. In the book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists, author Joel McIver stated the album showed a "movement away from extreme metal to a more punk sound" with a stronger focus on "feel and groove". McIver went on to state that the album showed the first signs of the groove metal genre that Sepultura would apply by the mid-1990s. In Ian Christe's book Sound of the Beast, he credits Chaos A.D, along with American heavy metal band Pantera, for developing the death metal-influenced music of groove metal that would later influence other artists in the '90s.
Themes
The lyrics of "Refuse/Resist" mention "tanks on the streets, confronting police, bleeding the plebs." Its chorus ("Refuse! Resist!") resembles a protest march slogan, and when released as a single featured a photograph of a South Korean student rushing at Seoul's riot police contingent while holding a Molotov cocktail. The next song, "Territory", dealt with the conflict between the Palestinian and Israeli peoples. "Slave New World" — with its lyrics co-written by Biohazard bassist Evan Seinfeld — was a protest against censorship.
Massacres were a major part of Chaos A.D.s overall theme. "Amen" tackled the massacre of David Koresh's followers in Waco, Texas. "Manifest" had a faux-radio report of the Carandiru massacre, and "Kaiowas" was made in honor of a Brazilian Indian tribe that committed collective suicide in protest against the government that wanted to drive them off the land of their ancestors. "Nomad", written by Andreas, talked about people expelled from their homelands.
In 2008, speaking to Kerrang!, Max Cavalera remembered: "This certainly got in touch with the dark side of Sepultura. "Refuse/Resist" is an anti-police song – a real piece of anarchy. You could call the album riot music. It was full of heavy shit and some of it was risky, but it was just where we were coming from at the time. "Manifest" is also very close to me. That's about a massacre of prisoners by police at a jail in São Paulo. One hundred and eleven prisoners were killed, and one of my friends was there and took pictures of it all, one of which we used in the artwork."
On Chaos A.D., Sepultura honored one of their biggest idols, Jello Biafra. Max had called Biafra asking him to contribute to the album with a song about the growing neo-Nazi movement. "I asked for something like 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off - Part 2'", remembers Max, referring to the anti-Nazi song "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" by the Dead Kennedys. But Biafra wasn't interested in recycling old ideas and he suggested a song called "Biotech Is Godzilla", that he had written during his visit to Eco '92, a world conference about ecology organized in Rio de Janeiro. "Jello spent ten minutes explaining me his crazy theories", said Max to Anamaria G. of Bizz magazine, "he said that George Bush had sent a group of scientists to Brazil to test germs and bacteria on human beings and use them as guinea pigs. The lyrics claim that biotechnology created AIDS. But they don't say that technology is bad, just that it's in the wrong hands."
Touring and promotion
By the time Chaos A.D. arrived, Sepultura were the biggest act of Roadrunner's roster. Aware of the band's increasing popularity, the label spent nearly $1 million on a "marketing blitz" which quickly guaranteed them silver and gold records in Belgium, France and the UK. The group also signed an exclusive distribution deal with a major label, Epic Records, home of Pearl Jam and Rage Against the Machine. This deal eventually went sour: Epic paid little attention to Sepultura, preferring to invest in Fight and Prong, groups that were, in the long run, less successful than the Brazilians.
The Chaos A.D. tour launched on October 23, 1993, with British doom metal band Paradise Lost as the opening act. The tour went well, except for an incident where Berlin's police received a false tip claiming that Sepultura's tour bus was loaded with a major cocaine shipment. Enraged by the unjust search and seizure procedure, Max re-wrote "Antichrist", from their 1985 Bestial Devastation EP, as "Anti-Cop", and then the band proceeded in playing the song live throughout the tour (a recorded version is available on the combined re-release of Bestial Devastation/Morbid Visions and The Roots of Sepultura albums).
While touring Europe, rumors floated around that Sepultura would be part of the latest edition of Brazil's Hollywood Rock music festival, taking place in January 1994. The event would happen simultaneously on São Paulo and in Rio de Janeiro. Chaos A.D. has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.
The North American leg, which was co-headlined by Pantera, coincided with the 1994 FIFA World Cup, with the concert in Irvine, California, taking place on July 17, a few hours after the tournament final, in nearby Pasadena. Sepultura, whose members attended the match, took to the stage decorated in the Brazilian colors in celebration of the national team's triumph in the tournament.
Critical reception
Chaos A.D. received positive reviews from music critics, with many commending the album's experimentation and sense of the band coming into their own. AllMusic declared it one of the best heavy metal albums of all time, calling it "a remarkable achievement not only in its concentrated power and originality, but also in the degree to which Sepultura eclipsed their idols in offering a vision of heavy metal's future." Entertainment Weekly proclaimed that "Sepultura will separate casual headbangers from rabid addicts fast... even nonmetalheads will be impressed by the variety in [Chaos A.D.]: they're not averse to slowing things down."
In 2017, it was ranked 29th on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".
Track listing
Notes
The original release contained a hidden track (laughter outtakes from "We Who Are Not as Others") after "Clenched Fist".
"Territory" and "Amen/Inner Self" were recorded live in Minneapolis in March 1994.
Personnel
Max Cavalera – vocals, rhythm guitar, 4-string guitar, nylon string guitar
Igor Cavalera – drums, percussion
Paulo Jr. – bass, floor tom
Andreas Kisser – lead guitar, 12-strings viola, steel-string acoustic guitar
Silvio Bibika – studio roadie
Simon Dawson – assistant engineer
Alex Newport – guitar sound, feedback advisor
Dave Somers – assistant engineer
Andy Wallace – producer, mixing
George Marino – mastering
Steve Remote - recording engineer
Michael Whelan – cover artwork ("Cacophony")
Gary Monroe – photography
Recorded at Rockfield Studios, South Wales (though the liner notes incorrectly state "South Wales, England")
"Kaiowas" recorded at Chepstow Castle, Wales
Mixed at The Wool Hall Recording Studios, Bath, England
Charts
Certifications
Notes
References
Works cited
Korolenk, Jason (2014), Relentless: Thirty Years of Sepultura. Rocket 88.
Barcinski, André & Gomes, Silvio (1999). Sepultura: Toda a História. São Paulo: Ed. 34.
McIver, Joel (2008). The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists. Jawbone Press.
Lemos, Anamaria (1993). Caos Desencanado. Bizz, 98, 40–45.
Mudrian, Albert (2004). Choosing Death: the Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore. Los Angeles, CA: Feral House.
Sepultura (1993). Chaos A.D. [CD]. New York, NY: Roadrunner Records.
Sepultura Chaos A.D. (1994). Port Chester, NY: Cherry Lane Music.
Sepultura albums
Roadrunner Records albums
Epic Records albums
Albums produced by Andy Wallace (producer)
1993 albums
Albums with cover art by Michael Whelan
Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios |
Roszkowa Wola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rzeczyca, within Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of Rzeczyca, east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and east of the regional capital Łódź.
References
External links
Map of Roszkowa Wola, Poland (from nona.net)
Roszkowa Wola |
The FIA WTCC Race of San Marino was a round of the World Touring Car Championship, which was held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari near Imola in Italy during the 2005 season.
In addition to the Race of Italy at Monza, a round at Imola was held during the 2005 season. As Imola held the San Marino Grand Prix despite being located in Italy, the Imola round of the WTCC was called the Race of San Marino. Imola also held an additional round in 2008, although this was called the Race of Europe.
Winners
San Marino
Race of San Marino
Imola Circuit |
The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1991 Pan American Games took place on 18 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Katie Welch of US.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.
Heats
Final
The final was held on August 18.
References
Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games
Pan |
A ping pong show () is a form of stage entertainment that takes place in strip clubs. It is a type of sex show in which women use their pelvic muscles to either hold, eject, or blow objects from their vaginal cavity. Ping pong balls are the most iconic objects used. The show has been popular in Southeast Asia (particularly Bangkok, Thailand) for several decades, and is primarily performed for foreign tourists. The show is in many cases associated with sex tourism and human rights concerns have been raised regarding the performers.
Description
The show typically takes place on a stage or dance platform and often involves a single performer. Usually she performs while lying on her back, although some variations involve a standing performer. The performer is commonly bottomless, dressed only in a bikini top or bra and with her pubic hair shaven. Items can be inserted into the vagina either on stage as part of the performance or beforehand in preparation. As an alternative to ejecting the items using the pelvic muscles, objects are sometimes pulled out by hand. The earliest versions of the show involved ping pong balls, but other diverse objects have since been used in the performance. They include eggs, bananas, long strings or ribbons, whistles, horns, pens, cigarettes, candles, darts, spinning tops, bottles, firecrackers, razor blades, eels and chopsticks. Another activity is the shooting of goldfish into a bowl, or stuffing a large frog inside to see how long she can keep it in. A male member of the audience may be brought onto the dance platform to hold a balloon while a dart is shot at it, or the performer may do a shoot around the table at balloons tied to each customer's chair. Another example of audience participation involves the performer filling her vagina with beer, expelling it into a glass and inviting an audience member to drink it.
In Thailand
The popularity of ping pong shows in Thailand dates back to the mid 1970s and a show is featured in the 1976 sexploitation film Emanuelle in Bangkok. The shows are officially prohibited under the obscenity legislation of Thai law, and in 2004 the government further limited what is permitted. Nevertheless, demand from foreign tourists and local police corruption usually results in the practice being implicitly condoned by Thai officials. There are instances of women performing at ping pong shows also working as prostitutes, but in many ping pong show bars performers do not sell sex to customers. Although prostitution in Thailand is not strictly illegal, publicly soliciting and creating a nuisance is.
The focus of most live sex shows in Thailand is on feats of the vagina. Stage shows featuring penetrative sex between men and women only happen very occasionally in the country, in contrast to sex shows in cities such as Amsterdam. Locations like Patpong in Bangkok, Walking Street, Pattaya, Bangla Road in Phuket and Ta Pae Gate in Chiang Mai have numerous venues hosting ping-pong shows. Customers are brought in by employees working for the ping-pong shows. They approach tourists and passers-by in streets such as Bangkok's Khaosan Road during the late evening and ask them if they want to see a show. They are frequently shown pictures of the show in a booklet. The shows take place on the upper floors of bars and strip clubs in locations such as Bangkok's entertainment district Patpong, while bikini-clad women dance in the ground floor bars. An entry fee is usually charged, often equivalent to around , though typically nearer in Bangkok. In some cases, instead of a cover charge, the drinks are priced 3–4 times higher than usual and a purchase is required. It is the sale of drinks that is the primary source of income for many of these sexualised venues. Other possible charges can include show fees and exit charges. In addition, performers often go around asking for tips after they have finished their acts.
In Laos
The Laotian capital Vientiane was once famous for its brothels and ping-pong-show bars during the 1960s and 1970s as a result of the country's involvement in the Vietnam War. Travel writer Paul Theroux described a bar in 1973 Vientiane thus: “Your eyes get accustomed to the dark and you see the waitress is naked. Without warning she jumps on the chair, pokes a cigarette into her vagina and lights it, puffing it by contracting her uterine lungs." British journalist Christopher Robbins wrote that The White Rose, a famous Vientiane bar during the war, featured floor shows in which women used their vaginas to smoke cigarettes and fling ping pong balls. Such shows have since disappeared and brothels are now prohibited by Laotian law.
In Europe
In the red light district of De Wallen in Amsterdam the Moulin Rouge and Casa Rosso theatres feature on-stage sex shows including variations on the ping pong show. The acts performed include writing with a pen held inside the vagina and pulling long pieces of string out of the vagina.
Human rights concerns
The ping pong show is designed to get people talking about it so that people will come to the bar to see it. Often customers come only to see the show and leave when it is over. This is good business for the bar, which makes much of its profits from drinks. However, the majority of the bar workers do not participate in the show. Research published in 2002 indicated that most bar workers regard the show as bad for business and do not like it. Many bar workers consider the show to be low-class and in bad taste, boring as it is the same every night, and liable to take attention away from the bar workers by focussing on the acts.
An article in 2009 described an example of the working conditions of women at ping pong shows. The employees arrived at 18:00 and left at daybreak. They stamped a time card and were penalized 5 baht (US$0.14) for every minute they were late. Each month, they received two nights of leave and, if they did not miss any additional nights, they earned a salary of 6,000 baht (US$181), supplemented by tips. In 2015 the average monthly income in Thailand was $489, according to the International Labour Organization.
Some human rights organizations (such as Not For Sale) have denounced ping pong shows as inherently misogynistic. Taina Bien-Aimé of Equality Now commented that: "The attitude that [sex work in places like ping pong shows] is empowering gives a green light to traffickers. We're trying to fight the commercial sex trade, not empower the sex trade." Some of the performers in ping pong shows in Thailand come from poorer neighbouring countries such as Myanmar, Cambodia, or Laos. The closure of factories in Thailand during the Great Recession in the late 2000s led to an increase in unemployment in the country. Some women formerly engaged in factory work moved to Thailand's red-light districts and ended up working in ping pong shows. Bien-Aime commented: "Working 14 hours [a day] in a factory or blowing ping pong balls out of your vagina should not be a person's only choices in life." Although no pain or suffering is generally experienced by female performers during the show, there have been rare accidents in which performers have been seriously and irreparably injured. The inclusion of a ping pong show scene in the film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert led to the film being criticised on the grounds of sexism and racism.
See also
Donkey show
Prostitution in Laos
References
Further reading
Leon, Harmon. "Life is Like a Ping-Pong Ball in a Bangkok Strip Club". nthWORD, Issue 2 (Spring/Summer 2009), pp. 29–36, archived at the Wayback Machine, 25 Sep 2009.
Sex industry
Strip clubs
Sex industry in Thailand |
Telostylus is a genus of flies in the family Neriidae.
Species
Telostylus babiensis Meijere, 1916
Telostylus binotatus Bigot, 1859
Telostylus decemnotatus Hendel, 1913
Telostylus inversus Hennig, 1937
Telostylus latibrachium Enderlein, 1922
Telostylus maccus Osten Sacken, 1882
Telostylus marshalli Sepúlveda & Carvalho, 2019
Telostylus niger Bezzi, 1914
Telostylus philippinensis Cresson, 1926
Telostylus remipes (Walker, 1860)
Telostylus trilineatus Meijere, 1910
Telostylus whitmorei Sepúlveda & Carvalho, 2019
References
Brachycera genera
Neriidae
Taxa named by Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot
Diptera of Asia |
August Blom (26 December 1869 – 10 January 1947) was a Danish film director, producer, and pioneer of silent films during the "golden age" of Danish filmmaking from 1910 to 1914.
Career
Blom began his acting career in 1893 in Kolding, and was employed as a company actor for the Folketeatret from 1907 to 1910. During that period, Blom also began performing in films for the Nordisk Film Kompangni. He debuted there as a director in 1910 with his film Livets Storme (Storms of Life). That same year he was made the Head of Production for Nordisk Film and given the title of Director. Blom was a prolific filmmaker and during the golden age of Danish silent films, 1910 to 1914, he directed 78 movies. Before he retired from Nordisk Film and filmmaking in 1925, Blom directed more than 100 titles. Blom's volume of work is the largest of any Danish film director.
Blom is credited as a pioneer in silent filmmaking. In 1911, Blom was instrumental in the development of the erotic melodrama with his film Ved Faengslets Port, the story of a young man in debt to a moneylender while in love with the moneylender's daughter. Blom refined this genre during the following years, and this became the most profitable trademark for Nordisk company films. Blom also is credited with developing the use of cross-cutting as well as using mirrors to expand the drama. In 1913, Blom made his most ambitious effort: the film Atlantis based on the 1912 novel by Gerhart Hauptmann. The film, which depicted the sinking of an ocean liner only one year after the sinking the RMS Titanic, drew an enormous public response. With a complicated plot and several main characters, Atlantis became the first multi-reel feature film from Denmark. Harald Engberg of the Politiken newspaper later wrote in an obituary that Blom "knew that he wasn't some directorial genius, but he proved that he was the cleverest and most tasteful scene creator of his day."
Blom retired from filmmaking in 1924. He opened the Kinografen movie theater (later renamed the Bristol Theater) and managed the theater from 1934 to 1947.
Personal life
August Blom was born on 26 December 1869 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Blom was first married at the age of 39 in 1908 to Agnete von Prangen. After they divorced, he married a second time in 1917 to the actress Johanne Fritz-Petersen, the widow of Theater Director Fritz Petersen. He died on 10 January 1947, aged 77.
Filmography
Pre war years
1910
Livets Storme (Storms of Life)
Robinson Crusoe
Den hvide Slavehandel (The White Slave Trade)
Spinonen fra Tokio (The Red Light)
Den skaebnesvangre Opfindelse (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
Jagten paa Gentlemanrøveren (Hunt for the Gentleman Thief)
Singaree
Spøgelset i Gravkaelderen (The Ghost of the Variety)
Den dø des Halsbaand (The Necklace of the Dead)
1911
Hamlet
Den hvide Slavehandel II (In the Hands of Impostors)
Den farlige Alder (The Price of Beauty)
Ved Faengslets Port (Temptations of a Great City)
Vildledt Elskov (The Bank Book)
Potifars Hustru (The Victim of a Character)
Politimesteren (Convicts No. 10 and No. 13)
Den blaa Natviol (The Daughter of the Fortune Teller)
Damernes Blad (The Ladies' Journal)
Balletdanserinden (The Ballet Dancer)
Jernbanens Datter (The Daughter of the Railway)
Den naadige Frøken (Lady Mary's Love)
En Lektion (Aviatikeren og Journalistens Hustru; The Aviator and the Journalist's Wife)
Ekspeditricen (Ungdom og Letsind; In the Prime of Life)
Desdemona (?)
Fader og Søn (?)
Dødsdrømmen (A Dream of Death)
Min første Monocle (His First Monocle)
Fru Potifar (Den skaebnesvangre Løgn; A Fatal Lie)
Kaerlighedens Styrke (The Power of Love)
Mormonens offer (A Victim of the Mormons)
Haevnet (Det bødes der for; Vengeance)
Det mørke Punkt (Mamie Rose; Annie Bell)
Eventyr paa Fodrejsen (Den udbrudte Slave; The Two Convicts)
Ungdommens Ret (The Right of Youth)
Tropisk Kaerlighed (Love in the Tropics)
Vampyrdanserinden (The Vampire Dancer)
Det gamle Købmandshus (Midsommer; Midsummer-Time)
Dødens Brud Gadeoriginalen (A Bride of Death)
1912
En Opfinders Skaebne (The Aeroplane Inventor)
[[:da:Onkel og Nevø|Onkel og Nevø]] (A Poisonous Love)
Brillantstjernen (For Her Sister's Sake)
Guvernørens Datter (The Governor's Daughter)
Kaerlighed gør blind (Love Is Blind)
Dyrekøbt Venskab (Dearly Purchased Friendship)
Den sorte Kansler (The Black Chancellor)
Hjertets Guld (Et Hjerte af Guld; Faithful unto Death)
Direktørens Datter (Caught in His Own Trap)
Det første Honorar (Hans første Honorar; His First Patient)
Elskovs Magt (Gøgleren; Man's Great Adversary)
Historien om en Moder (En Moders Kaerlighed; The Life of a Mother)
De tre Kammerater (The Three Comrades)
Operabranden (Bedstemoders Vuggevise) The Song Which Grandmother Sang Den første Kaerlighed (Her First Love Affair)
Hjerternes Kamp (A High Stake)
Hans vanskeligste Rolle (His Most Difficult Part)
Den tredie Magt (The Secret Treaty)
Fodselsdagsgaven (Gaven; The Birthday Gift)
En Hofintrige (A Court Intrigue)
Den sande Kaerlighed (Flugten gennem Skyerne; The Fugitives)
Hvem var Forbryderen? (Samvittighedsnag; At the Eleventh Hour)
Alt paa ét Kort (Guldmønten; Gold from the Gutter)
1913
Pressens Magt (Et Bankrun; A Harvest of Tears)
Troløs (Gøglerblod, Artists)
Højt Spil (Et forfejlet Spring; A Dash for Liberty)
Naar Fruen gaar paa Eventyr (Pompadourtasken; The Lost Bag)
Bristet Lykke (A Paradise Lost)
Fem Kopier (Five Copies)
Atlantis En farlig Forbryder (Knivstikkeren; A Modern Jack the Ripper)
Af Elskovs Naade (Acquitted)
Elskovsleg (Love's Devotee)
Vasens Hemmelighed (Den kinesiske Vase; The Chinese Vase)
Years 1914–1918
Note: Denmark during World War I was neutral
1914
Sønnen (Her Son)
Den store Middag (The Guestless Dinner Party)
Tugthusfange No. 97 (En Gaest fra en anden Verden; The Outcast's Return)
Faedrenes Synd (Nemesis)
Aegteskab og Pigesjov (Mr. King paa Eventyr; A Surprise Packet)
Aeventyrersken (Exiled)
En ensom Kvinde (Hvem er han?; The Doctor's Legacy)
Revolutionsbryllup (A Revolution Marriage)
Et Laereaar (The Reformation)
Den lille Chauffør (The Little Chauffeur)
Den største Kaerlighed (En Moders Kaerlighed; "Escaped the Law, But . . . ")
Pro Patria Kaerligheds-Vaeddemaalet (The Wager)
1915
Du skal elske din Naeste (For de Andre; The Samaritan)
Giftpilen (The Poisonous Arrow)
Hjertestorme Kaerligheds Laengsel (Den Pukkelryggede; The Cripple Girl)
Lotteriseddel No. 22152 (Den blinde Skaebne; Blind Fate)
Syndig Kaerlighed (Eremitten; The Hermit)
For sit Lands Aere (For His Country's Honor)
1916
Truet Lykke (Et Skud i Mørket; The Evil Genius) (Flammesvaerdet; The Flaming Sword) (?)
Rovedderkoppen (Den røde Enke) (?)
Syndens Datter (Nobody's Daughter)
Den mystiske Selskabsdame (The Mysterious Companion)
Gillekop Verdens Undergang (The End of the World)
1918
Grevindens Aere (Kniplinger; Lace)
Maharadjaens Yndlingshustru II (The Favorite Wife of the Maharaja II; A Daughter of Brahma)
Via CrucisLater years
1919
Prometheus (Bonds of Hate)
1920
Hans gode Genius (His Guardian Angel)
Praesten i Vejlby (The Vicar of Vejlby)
1924
Det store Hjerte (Lights from Circus Life; Side Lights of the Sawdust Ring)
Den store Magt1925
Hendes Naade Dragonen''
References
Further reading
August Blom -- Film Reference Encyclopedia
Silent film directors
Danish film directors
1869 births
1947 deaths |
This article show all participating team squads at the 2008 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Grand Prix, played by twelve countries with the final round held in Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan.
Head Coach: José Roberto Guimarães
Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe
Head Coach: Antonio Perdomo
Head Coach: Marcos Kwiek
Head Coach: Giovanni Guidetti
Head Coach: Massimo Barbolini
Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto
Head Coach: Viktor Zhuravlev
Head Coach: Marco Bonitta
Head Coach: Nataphon Srisamutnak
Head Coach: Alessandro Chiappini
Head Coach: Lang Ping
References
FIVB
2008
2008 in volleyball |
Nettles or Nettle is a locational surname of British origin, which means a person from a place overgrown with nettles. The name may refer to:
Bea Nettles (born 1946), American photographer
Bill Nettles (born 1961), American lawyer
Bob Nettle (1924–2019), American politician
Bonnie Nettles (1928–1985), American cult founder
Clem Nettles (1930-2010), American farmer and politician
Doug Nettles (born 1951), American football player
Geoffrey Nettle (born 1950), Australian judge
Graig Nettles (born 1944), American baseball player
Jennifer Nettles (born 1974), American singer
Jim Nettles (born 1947), American baseball player
Jim Nettles (football player) (born 1942), American football player
John Nettles (born 1943), British actor
Kerry Nettle (born 1973), Australian politician
Morris Nettles (1952–2017), American baseball player
Ray Nettles (1949–2009), American football player
Stephen Nettles (1595–1647), British Anglican priest
See also
Kopřiva, a Czech surname meaning nettle
References
English-language surnames
Surnames of British Isles origin |
Septoria aciculosa is a fungal plant pathogen infecting strawberries. This pathogen primarily affects coniferous trees, particularly those in the pine family (Pinaceae). This fungus is known to cause a specific disease called "needle cast" or "Septoria needle cast."
References
External links
Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database
aciculosa
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Qualifying for the 2023 Rugby World Cup for North and South America began in June 2021, with seven teams competing for two direct qualification spots into the final tournament and for one place in the Final Qualification Tournament.
For the first time since 2003 the Americas qualification process combined both North and South America to determine who qualifies as Americas. This is in different to past years where Americas 1 was a default winner between a play-off series between Canada and USA.
Format
Qualifying began with two elimination matches between the bottom four ranked teams in South Americas; Brazil and Paraguay, and Chile and Colombia. The winners of this round moved on to join Uruguay in Round 2 in the 2021 South American Rugby Championship.
Round 2 was used to decide the winners of the North American region, a Canada vs USA play-off series, and the winners of the South American region, the 2021 Americas Rugby Championship. The winning sides, USA and Uruguay, then progressed to an Americas 1 decider to earn the right to qualify for the World Cup as Americas 1.
The runner-ups of the Regional matches then advanced to an Americas 2 repechage match with the winner of the repechage play-off matches, progressing to an Americas 2 play-off series against the loser of the Americas 1 play-off series.
The winner of this final match qualified as Americas 2, while the loser moved on to the Final Qualification Tournament as Americas 3.
Entrants
Seven teams competed during the Americas qualifiers for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
The Rugby Americas North entrants were reduced to just the United States and Canada, as holding the RAN Championship in 2020 and 2021 was not possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Team World rankings taken prior to the first Americas qualifying match.
Teams in bold have previously competed in a Rugby World Cup.
Round 1: South American qualifiers
Round 1 saw the four bottom-ranked teams in South America play-off for a qualification spot in the South American Championship to advance to Round 3 or 4 to earn the right to qualify as Americas 1 or 2. Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Paraguay were seeded 1–4 (based on their World Rugby Rankings), where seed 1 would face seed 4 and seed 2 would face seed 3. Brazil (26) were seeded as 1, Chile (29) as 2, Colombia (33) as 3, and Paraguay (46) as 4. Brazil and Chile as the higher-ranked teams got home advantage.
The two winners from this round advanced to Round 2.
Game 1
Game 2
Game cancelled on 2 July 2021 due to COVID-19 cases in the Colombian team. Chile progressed to the next round as a result.
Round 2: Regional Deciders
Round 2A: 2021 South American Championship
Round 2A saw the South American winner decided and advanced to Round 3 to earn the right to qualify for the World Cup as Americas 1 whilst the runners-up progress to Round 4 for an Americas 2 repechage play-off series to advance to Round 5 to earn the right to compete for a position as Americas 2.
All South American qualifying matches were held in Montevideo due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Round 2B: Canada v United States play-off series
Round 2B decided North America 1 and advanced the United States to Round 3 to earn the right to compete for Americas 1. The runner-up (Canada as North America 2) progresses to an Americas 2 Repechage play-off match to face South America 2, Chile to decide who advances to the final stage of the Americas qualification process to earn the right to qualify as Americas 2.
This round saw the United States and Canada face off in a home-and-away play-off series, with the United States winning on aggregate 59–50.
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Mason Flesch, Jason Higgins, Spencer Jones, and Brock Webster (all Canada) and Tavite Lopeti (United States) made their international debuts.
Canada defeated the United States for the first time since their 13–11 win in 2013.
Round 3: Americas 1 decider
Round 3 saw Americas 1 decided, where North America 1 faced South America 1 in a home-and-away play-off series to earn the top spot from the Americas region. The runner-up by default got a second chance at qualification by moving to Round 5: Americas 2 play-off. On 9 October 2021, Uruguay qualified as Americas 1, winning the series 50–34 on aggregate.
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Moni Tonga’uiha (United States) made his international debut.
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Uruguay qualify for the Rugby World Cup as Americas 1 for the first time.
This was Uruguay's biggest winning margin over the United States.
Benjamín Bonasso (United States) made his international debut.
Round 4: Americas 2 Repechage
Round 4 saw the runner-up of Round 2A (South America 2) play-off against the loser of Round 2B (North America 2) in a home and away play-off series to decide who progresses to the Americas 2 qualifier. On 9 October 2021, Chile progressed to the next round, beating Canada 54–46 on aggregate. As a result, Canada failed to reach a Rugby World Cup for the first time in history.
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This was Chile's first ever victory over Canada.
Round 5: Americas 2 qualifier
The winner of Round 5, Chile, qualified for the World Cup as Americas 2. The loser, United States, advanced to the Final Qualification Tournament as Americas 3.
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Diego Escobar (Chile) and Jason Damm (United States) made their international debuts.
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Chile qualify for their first Rugby World Cup on aggregate score, 52–51.
This was Chile's first away win over the United States and their first since 2002.
See also
2023 Rugby World Cup – Regional play-off and Final Qualification Tournament
South American Rugby Championship
Rugby Americas North Championship
Rugby Americas North
Sudamerica Rugby
References
Notes
External links
Rugby World Cup Official Site
Americas qualification
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The China Cultural Industry Association is an umbrella trade association and cultural institution led by Zhang Bin.
Description
The China Cultural Industry Association is a Chinese umbrella media organisation that also works to build “the soft power of Chinese culture.”
Organisation
The China Cultural Industry Association website states that it is an independent organisation registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
The organisation is led by billionaire political strategist and business person Zhang Bin and is noted for is proximity to the Government of China.
History
The China Cultural Industry Association website states that it was founded on Jun 29, 2013. The organisation previously operated as a media company. Established in 2003, the Liaoning Folk Art Ensemble later became the Bensham Media Company before being renamed as the China Cultural Industry Association in 2011.
From 2011, the company became very profitable as it delivered media in Northeast China.
In 2014, the association funded the erection of a statue of Norman Bethune located at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. In 2016, the association stated that it had created the Trudeau Education Fund at the Universite de Montreal. In 2023, the university was considering returning the $750,000 donation to Zhang.
In 2022, on behalf of various Chinese technology companies, the association published a fourteen-page “self-discipline initiative", a corporate self-governance model for trading in non-fungible tokens. The rules centred around transparency and discouraging anonymous trading.
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Baruj Salinas (born July 6, 1935) is a Cuban-American contemporary visual artist and architect. He is recognized as a central figure in the establishment of the modern Latin American art market in South Florida.
Background
Salinas' family is of Sephardic Jewish origins. His ancestors came from a small salt mining town in northern Spain and they derive their name from these origins with "sal" meaning salt in Spanish. They resettled to Silibria, Turkey, another small town, following the 1492 expulsion of the Jews in Spain. They remained in Turkey until the Greco-Turkish Wars of the early 20th century, after which they emigrated first to Marseilles, France in 1918 and then to Cuba in 1920, within the area of Old Havana, which had a substantial Jewish community.
Early life
Upbringing in Cuba
Salinas was born in Havana, Cuba on July 6, 1935. He began painting early in life and was influenced and supported in the arts by his mother. Regina was a painter whose work consisted of still life scenes of flowers as her main subject in oil paint. This was Salinas’ first exposure to art and by the age of six he began to assist with his mother's painting. Salinas would also draw and sketch, such as tracing newspaper comics. His early sketches included Tarzan, Dick Tracy, and Superman.
By age eleven, Salinas had begun painting landscapes based on his observations of scenery in Cuba. This was followed by scenes of life and people in Havana such as fish salesmen, ice cream salesmen, and children on buses. These evolved into busier market scenes that he would sketch in person and apply paint to afterwards. His early works were made in his childhood bedroom as he did not have a studio at the time and he first exhibited his works at his school. At fourteen, he attended the Círculo de Bellas Artes behind the National Capitol Building in Havana and was the only teenager in attendance, surrounded by older professional painters.
Kent State and architecture
His mother encouraged his progression as a self-taught artist and he continued developing in this way (“unrestrained”) until he received a scholarship to study painting in Kent State University. Upon attending, he felt socio-economically excluded from the fine art world due to his background, though he remained strongly dedicated to design. Therefore, he followed in his father's footsteps and switched his major to architecture, continuing to paint as a personal hobby and minor income source.
While in America, he had begun painting portraits to supplement his income. His subjects were largely his friends and their family and they continued in his early realist vein. Salinas later admitted that in these commissions he would idealize his subject's likeness for a more flattering representation and overall did not enjoy painting portraits. In his personal painting, however, his style had begun to evolve away from realism and representational imagery as his architecture studies impacted him creatively. During this period he became exposed to the Abstract Expressionist movement, which would influence his later art. He began to explore facades and structures and gradually dabble into abstraction, which would become his most identifiable style later in his career. He began by depicting buildings around him in America and eventually delved into depicting imagined buildings, which would take him further into three dimensional representation and the conceptual.
After he received his degree in architecture from Kent State in 1958, Salinas pursued architecture professionally in different cities, identifying as a Modernist, while also continuing to paint and exhibit his work. For the remainder of the decade he would work as an architect while residing in Mexico City (1957–59) and San Antonio, Texas (1959–61). In 1959 he participated in an exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana. In 1960 he exhibited at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Havana as well as the Witte Museum in San Antonio and was well received. During this period of the early 1960s Salinas began winning awards for his art and also began feeling restrained by the rigidity and form of architecture. This combination led him to stray from architecture and embrace the arts more directly, a process that would continue into the 1960s.
Art career
First Miami period
Having emigrated from Cuba in 1959, Salinas joined the Cuban diaspora in exile as a result of Fidel Castro's rise to power in the Cuban Revolution, joining them in Miami after his stays in Mexico City and San Antonio. Once in Miami, he first mainly worked professionally as an architect to sustain himself but also continued to paint. Salinas had the advantage of being already fluent in English by that point, but still struggled economically as most early exiles had, particularly in the arts. By 1963-64 he was selling his works for as little as $25 (about $200 in 2020, adjusted for inflation), during the period well before the establishment of an organized market for Cuban art in South Florida. As a result, even those relatively low rates were often paid in installments, such as five dollars a week or month. Some buyers were previous collectors of Cuban art in Cuba looking to restart their collection after losing their paintings to the Castro regime. Others were new collectors.
Throughout the 1960s Salinas was increasingly active in exhibiting his painting in art venues throughout the United States (Florida, Texas, Missouri) as well as internationally in Mexico and Guatemala. His artwork continued his self-imposed evolution away from architectural influences and saw him directly embrace abstraction for the first time. He drew inspiration from the Space Race and Apollo XIII and painted pieces inspired by outer space and astronomy, such as nebulas and constellations.
Salinas was also increasingly active in the Cuban and Latin American art market in Miami. A significant development came in the mid-1960s when Salinas co-founded (with Enrique Riveron) and subsequently led the Grupo GALA (an acronym for Grupo de Artistas Latino Americanos), the first formal professional organization of Latin American artists established is South Florida. GALA members (Salinas, Enrique Riveron, Rafael Soriano, José María Mijares, Roxanna McAllister, and Osvaldo Gutiérrez) would gather bi-monthly to discuss their individual art projects, sponsorships, and organize bi-annual group exhibitions.
Through most of the 1960s, while he continued to deepen his commitment to art, Salinas still worked in architecture as his main profession. This would change by the turn of the decade as he received increasing recognition for his art. In 1968, Salinas won a First Prize award for Watercolor from the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art. In 1969 he received the Cintas Fellowship for art and then for a second time in 1970, which Salinas has credited in interviews with giving him the initiative to ultimately quit architecture as his main profession and fully dedicate himself to fine art in the 1970s. In 1971, Salinas had a solo exhibition in Washington D.C. at the B.I.D. Gallery.
During this period Salinas was neighbors with fellow prominent Cuban artist Juan Gonzalez and taught him the airbrush painting technique González used to achieve the large-scale hyperrealism style that would soon gain him recognition by leading art institutions in following decade. Salinas also introduced González to Jesus and Marta Permuy, in 1969. This facilitated the launch of Permuy Gallery in 1972 as Gonzalez relocated permanently to New York City and the Permuys assumed the lease to González's Coral Gables art studio and converted it into one of the first Cuban art galleries in the United States. Salinas and the individual Grupo GALA members would be active participants in the gallery's activities as well as in other early Latin American art events and activities, which contributed to the gradual growth of that market in the region during the late 1960s and 1970s.
Spanish period
In 1974, Salinas relocated from Miami to Barcelona, Spain where he would remain for the following two decades. The move signaled the end of the GALA group and a new phase of Salinas’ career. In Spain, Salinas became associated with leading art dealer Juana Mordó, who was an essential contact for Salinas and opened her vast network to him within Madrid and Barcelona. This critical exposure helped him become established in Spain and develop a regular stream of collectors there. Salinas also became associated with prominent Spanish painters, including Joan Miró, Antoní Tàpies, as well as American Alexander Calder. He also became immersed in Spain's literary community and developed close friendships with several writers including María Zambrano, José Angel Valente, Vahe Godel, Ramon Dachs, Pere Gimferrer, and Michel Butor.
This period saw Salinas venture further into total abstraction and free form styles. It also saw his color palette shift toward more subtle and neutral tones with a strong emphasis on whites and grays, often inspired by and symbolizing clouds. Salinas would call this concept “The Language of the Clouds,” which became a series of works exploring this color palette and approach to abstraction.
During his Spain period, Salinas would also explore the pictographs of China and Japan as well as foreign alphabets including Greek, Iberian, and Hebrew. These alphabets reflected the influence of the writers he was exposed to and his interest in reducing patterns to fundamentals and abstracting them with his palette of white, which he associated with purity and cleanliness, particularly in the context of its prevalence in Barcelona.
Collaborations
Collaborations were a significant mark of this phase of Salinas’ career, particularly interdisciplinary collaborations, and several won awards.
In the 1980s, Salinas actively worked with several writers, particularly poets. In 1980 Salinas partnered with José Ángel Valente on Tres lecciones de Tinieblas (Three Lessons of Darkness), a book inspired by the Jewish mysticism of the Kabbalah and utilized fourteen Hebrew letters along with Valente's poetic interpretation of each. The first letter (Aleph) was called "first blood", while "Beth" corresponded with the concept of home or dwelling. The book won Spain's National Prize of Poetry for its year.
He also did two books with María Zambrano, one of which, Antes de la ocultación: los mares (1983), was noteworthy for its four lithographs by Salinas that involved a complex double process: the first being the lithographic process while the second was the incorporation of texture into the book. The pair had a long-running collaboration that would grow to include a second book, Arbol (Tree), in 1985 as well as a number of other projects through editor and gallerist Orlando Blanco. In 1988 Salinas worked with Michel Butor on the book Trois enfants dans la fournaise. The book featured etchings by Salinas and accompanying poetry by Butor and was shown in the Museum of Bayeux in France.
Salinas also established long-running creative relationships with Barcelona printmakers and artists. One was Rufino Tamayo, who specialized in lithographs and engravings. He also worked with Japanese artist and printmaker Masafumi Yamamoto for 15 years, during which time Salinas refined his own printmaking processes. The collaboration would also impact the development of his paintings as he would factor in more closely the etching and printmaking process that would follow in replicating his artworks. A poet associate of Salinas at the time described this influence as his being “yamamotisized,” and Salinas would in turn influence Yamamoto's work while in Barcelona.
Second Miami period and later career
Salinas returned to Miami in 1992 and would reside in Coral Gables, Florida. Since returning to the United States, he has exhibited in New York City, Chicago, Spain, France, Switzerland, Japan, Egypt, Panama, Venezuela, and elsewhere.
His style since his second Miami period has seen Salinas gradually re-embrace color. He attributed the widening of his color palette and increased use of contrast and saturation to the difference in light between Spain and Miami, as well as the cultural differences between how each city uses color. Upon his return to the United States in 1992, Salinas also met his second wife Marilyn C. Fonts, who was then employed in a South Florida fine art gallery; the couple would wed in 2004.
From 1993 to 1998, and again in 2000 and 2002–03, Salinas served as the Arts Coordinator for the International Committee for Human Rights in Miami. He is currently a fine art professor at Miami Dade College and began teaching in the MDC Interamerican campus in 2001. In that role, he has been active in curating and facilitating student exhibitions of art there.
From 2015 to 2017 Salinas was recruited to be part of The Torah Project which was then compiled in the book The Torah Project Humash. The book featured 27 images of his work. The book was presented in 2017 to Pope Francis at a ceremony in the Vatican with Salinas in attendance.
Style
Salinas’ artwork and architecture design have their foundation in mid-century movements which he has interpreted and updated with a number of personal influences and themes. As an architect, Salinas is part of the Modernist tradition and before his retirement had prominently utilized concrete-heavy designs that drew influence from Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, Le Corbusier, and Erich Mendelsohn. Architecture had also influenced his early art.
Salinas’ art is noted for its spiritual, philosophical, cultural, and symbolic layerings. He is identified with the Abstract Expressionism movement, having first been exposed to the work of its leading members (Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Zao Wou-Ki) while at Kent State University. Salinas has occasionally taken to forays of figurative and representational abstraction. His various artistic periods are generally marked by gradual rather than radical style shifts, often incorporating many degrees of subtlety. His art is also noted for its collaborative nature and the occasional influence of other artists. Salinas described abstract painters Albert Rafols Casamada and Tàpies as influences on his work in Barcelona and also considered Miró a mentor while maintaining that they each had differing styles and approaches.
A core theme of Salinas' body of artwork has been the exploration of personal identity and the various cultural identities he embraces. One is his Cuban identity and he is considered part of the original wave of the La Vieja Guardia (the Old Guard) generation of Cuban artists that followed the Vanguardia movement in Cuba. His “Penca de Palma Triste” (Leaf of a Sad Palm) series of the late 1980s expressed his Cuban identity in exile as Salinas depicts a single leaf of a palm tree, a longtime quintessential symbol of Cuba, as symbolic of a piece removed from the whole, while also using his abstract method to create ambiguous images that can also be interpreted as waterfalls or the tail feathers of an exotic bird. Salinas also described color is a key acknowledgment of his Cuban identity.
Another identity he explores is his Jewish heritage. His expression of Jewish identity are seen in his themes and concepts of solitude, individuality, movement (diaspora), as well as his exploration of Jewish mysticism through the Kabbalah. Key Jewish-inspired series' of Salinas work include his award-winning collaboration with José Angel Valente, Tres Lecciones de Tinieblas, as well as his paintings for the Torah Project in 2015.
In regards to his interpretation of the cross-cultural themes of globalism in Contemporary art, Salinas has stated "Art has become a universal language and the modern artist attempts to embrace the idea of a language that has no barriers."
In describing Salinas' style, art critic Carlos M. Luis stated: "Baruj uses color and all its intense chromatism as a channel or filter (in the manner of alchemists) to distill a world of a romantic nature, but of a Romanticism closer to Turner than to Corot. That which Novalis called 'the adoration of chaos' was based in his belief that 'the more impenetrable was the chaos, so much more splendid was the star that would come out of it'." Luis believes Salinas' early experiments with color and abstraction were in the general vein of Kandinsky and that Salinas later developed a style akin to the "calculated spontaneity of Zen brushwork." In her 2004 book Cuban American Art in Miami: Exile, Identity, and the Neo-Baroque, SUNY art historian Lynette Bosch wrote that technique and emotion are both central to Salinas' body of work, as well as the development of "an integral aesthetic language of gesture, color, form, space, and movement."
Speaking on his own approach to art, Salinas has said “I strive to find a language that people can recognize in me by the work and not by my signature.“ He elaborated: “To me, painting is not work. It is something that transcends labor [...] like a meditation. I enjoy seeing a wide blank space being developed into something that has life.”
Gallery
Exhibitions and publications
Salinas has had over 100 solo exhibitions of his artwork and has exhibited in over 20 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. These include multiple exhibitions in Cuba, the United States, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Argentina, and elsewhere.
Salinas has been covered by several media outlets, including Art Now, Arte Al Día Internacional Magazine, Art in America, Art News, The Washington Post, The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald. His artwork has also been discussed and featured on several books of Contemporary American art, Cuban, Latin American, and Jewish art.
He was the subject of the book BARUJ SALINAS, first published in Spanish in 1979 and republished in 1988, when it was translated into English and French.
In 2000, his career was the subject of the film Baruj Salinas, 21st Century Master.
In 2019 he participated in the second “Art + Architecture” exhibition in Coral Gables, Florida, where he was the main featured artist alongside his late fellow Grupo GALA member José Mijares.
In 2022, The American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora hosted a 50-year retrospective of Salinas' career from May to August. The exhibition, titled Baruj Salinas: 1972-2022, included works from several of Salinas' most high-profile series, including The Language of the Clouds and The Torah Project. The retrospective was produced by the Cuban Legacy Gallery, MDC Special Collections at Miami Dade College, and the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora. Originally intended to be held at the Miami Freedom Tower, Salinas stated that the retrospective was "the best and most comprehensive exhibition of my career” noting that, in comparing the venues, the Museum allowed for considerably more work to be featured.
Awards and reputation
Throughout his career, Salinas has received numerous international fine art awards for his paintings. They include: Best Transparent Watercolor award from the Texas Watercolor Society (San Antonio, 1964), First Prize for Watercolor in the Hortt Memorial Exhibition at the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art (1968), the Cintas Fellowship (twice; 1969, 1970), the Prize to Excellency at the VII Grand Prix International de Peinture in Cannes (1971), First Prize at the IV Pan American Exhibition in Miami, First Prize in the VI Latin American Print Biennial (Puerto Rico, 1983), and the National Prize of Engraving from the National Calcography of Madrid (1996).
Salinas' artwork has been sold on fine art brokerage institutions including Sotheby's, Artnet, and others.
Contemporary art collector Dr. Arturo F. Mosquera, stated to the Miami Herald that Salinas is “one of the most prolific and important painters of the third generation [La Vieja Guardia] of Cuban artists.” while Cuban art critic Carlos Luis considers Salinas to be "one of the finest Cuban exponents of Abstract Expressionism."
In 2021, Salinas was awarded the 2021 Premio Amelia Pelaez by the Cuban Cultural Center of New York. The award presentation event was co-sponsored by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Collections
Salinas' work is featured in several international fine art collections including:
The Americas Collection Coral Gables, Florida
The Art Institute of Chicago
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
The Vatican Secret Archives, Vatican City
The Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
The Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.
The Villa du Parc Center for Contemporary Art, Annemasse, France
The National Museum of Catalonia - Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art, Alicante, Spain
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain
The National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico
The Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
Institute of International Education, New York
Museo del Barrio, New York
Villa de Montecatini Collection, Italy
Cabinet des Estampes, Geneva, Switzerland
The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland
The Beit Uri and Rami Nehoshtan Museum, Israel
The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
The Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Latinoamericano (MACLA), La Plata, Argentina
The Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, Hungary
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
The NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The Bacardi Collection, Coral Gables, Florida
The Permuy Collection, Coral Gables, Florida
The Pinedo Collection, Miami, Florida
The Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
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Anthony Adverse is a 1933 novel by American author Hervey Allen. It was published by Farrar & Rinehart.
The novel contains three volumes: The Roots of the Tree, The Other Bronze Boy and The Lonely Twin, and each volume contains three "books", making for nine books in total.
Plot
The story follows the eponymous protagonist, Anthony Adverse, through several adventures around the world. This includes slave trading in Africa, his business dealings as a plantation owner in New Orleans, and his incarceration and eventual death in Mexico.
Reception
Fanny Butcher of the Chicago Daily Tribune and Peter Monro Jack of The New York Times both gave the novel glowing reviews. Butcher wrote: "It is a thriller de luxe, but it is more than a melodrama of the most intricate happenings. It is the fantastic tale of a fantastic period, and it is the highest expression of the art of the picaresque which our generation has offered." Similarly, Jack wrote: "Anthony Adverse is essentially a story and a very great story, but it gathers up so much wit and wisdom by the way that Mr. Allen is revealed on every page as that rare thing nowadays, a creative humanist [...] We should not be surprised and we could not be anything but pleased if his Anthony Adverse became the best-loved book of our time."
The novel was the Publishers Weekly best-selling novel in the United States for two consecutive years: 1933 and 1934.
Film adaptation
In 1936, the book received a loose movie adaptation, drawing from the first eight books.
See also
Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1930s
References
External links
Complete book on the Internet Archive
1933 American novels
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The 2009–10 Bundesliga season was the 111th in Hoffenheim's history and second consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They finished in eleventh, accumulating a total of 42 points over 34 games.
First-team squad
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Out
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Out
Competitions
Overview
Bundesliga
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TSG 1899 Hoffenheim seasons
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Benzofluoranthene
Benzo[a]fluoranthene
Benzo[b]fluoranthene (Benz[e]acephenanthrylene)
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S-One is a Japanese robot made by Tokyo-based company Schaft to compete in the Robotics Challenge, a DARPA-organized competition with an aim to "discover" the most up-to-date humanoid robots.
S-One won the competition with 27 points out of 32 by completing tasks such as clearing the ground of objects and passing through debris without difficulty. The S-One lost points when it was unable to exit from a vehicle.
Characteristics
S-One is 130 cm (4 feet 17⁄64 inches) high and weighs 95 kg (209 lbs).
References
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The Australian Professional Rodeo Association (APRA) is the national governing body for professional rodeo in Australia. Founded in 1944, APRA has been setting the standards for rodeo in Australia for over 60 years. The Australian Rodeo consists of many events some of which are junior and ladies' (open) barrel racing, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, bareback bronc riding, rope and tie, steer wrestling, team roping and the steer ride. Men, women and children are involved in the Australian rodeo circuit.
National Finals Rodeo
The premier event for Australian Rodeo is the Australia National Finals Rodeo. It was first held in 1960 in Queensland.
Controversy over animal welfare
Controversy currently surrounds the rodeo industry in Australia. As the APRA is a self-regulating body, concerns have been raised by animal welfare groups and the Australian Veterinary Association regarding the ethical treatment of animals used in rodeo events. These concerns include the lack of animal welfare policing at events and the non-mandatory attendance of veterinary professionals. Cattle prods and shocking devices have been seen to be used gratuitously despite this practice being in opposition to the APRA code.
Rodeo events are banned in the Australian Capital Territory.
See also
Australian Polo Federation
Australian Racing Board
Equestrian Australia
References
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Génova () is a municipality in the southern part of the department of Quindío, Colombia. It's located 52 km south of the departmental capital Armenia.
Located within the Colombian coffee growing axis, the municipality was made part of the "Coffee Cultural Landscape" UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011. In 2023 Génova had an estimated population of 7,726.
History
Génova was founded by Segundo Henao Patiño, who had founded Calarcá in 1886. During the Thousand Day War, Henao was told by mule drivers arriving from Antioquia and Tolima that the government war ministry was executing liberal guerrillas, with or without trial. In order to hide from these potential reprisals, he organized a group of liberals from Calarcá to explore the mountains to the south.
The expedition, headed by Henao, included the families Patiño, Ossa, Ospina, Restrepo, Aria, Herrera, Aguilar, Cardona, González, Orozco and Giraldo. The group planted out land along the Gris and Azul rivers. There were already several settlers living in the region, near the Gris River.
Henao was well known throughout the region for his role in the foundation of Calarcá, and all of the settlers enthusiastically supported him when he announced his intention to form a new town. He was placed in charge of choosing a site and designing the street plans. Henao chose a site near the joining of the Gris and San Juan rivers, on the land of Luis Ossa.
The official foundation took place on October 12, 1903. Génova became a corregimiento of Calarcá in 1906, and was later included in the municipality of Pijao when this was created in 1927. In 1937 the town became a separate municipality, with Fución Londoño the first mayor.
Climate
Génova has a subtropical highland climate with an average of 21°C.
Notable people
Luis Garavito (born 1957), prolific serial killer
Manuel Marulanda (c.1930-2008), FARC-EP leader
References
Loaiza Piedrahita, Oscar (2004), Los corredores del tiempo: Guía turística por la historia del Quindío. . Book in Spanish on the history of the municipalities of Quindío until the foundation of the department in 1966. The local history is placed in the context of wider events in Colombia.
Municipalities of Quindío Department |
Jamalvi-ye Jadid (, also Romanized as Jamālvī-ye Jadīd) is a village in Zayandeh Rud-e Jonubi Rural District, Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 57, in 13 families. The village is populated by Turkic people.
References
Populated places in Ben County |
Colwyn Bay Rugby Football Club () is a rugby union team from the town of Colwyn Bay, North Wales. Colwyn Bay RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for RGC 1404.
History
The first record of a match played in Colwyn Bay took place on the Rhos Preparatory School ground on New Year’s Day, 1923, when the opponents were a Chester XV. There were frequent changes in playing locations and changing rooms and consequently the game did not prosper after the promising start of the first few seasons.
One success at that time was Wilf Wooler, a Club member who went on to represent Sale RFC, Cambridge University, Cardiff RFC and then Wales, starring in the 1935 Welsh victory over the All Blacks. In 1936 it was decided that the Club could not continue and players who were keen joined Rhyl and District RFC, who were also recipients of the goal posts. The princely bank balance of £15 was handed to the North Wales Rugby Union.
In 1953 rugby football became more firmly established in North Wales and a meeting was called at the Queens Hotel, Old Colwyn, at which 12 people attended. Led by a very active Secretary, Tom Bellis, aided by Rydal School (now Rydal Penrhos) masters and old players of the school, the foundations were laid for today’s successful club. A settled "home" was a long time coming but the local Council were most helpful in 1965 in providing us with a pitch at Glan-y-Don, Old Colwyn, and cow sheds which were part of Glan-y-Don Home Farm. The cowsheds were converted into adequate changing rooms and a licensed bar was also applied for and set up.
Unfortunately, there was a further hitch in the late 1960s when the new Police H.Q. required part of the field and the Highway Authority acquired the other half of the pitch for the slip road from the A55 Expressway to Old Colwyn. The council came to our rescue once more and provided us with a long lease on our present ground at Brookfield Drive, which was donated, to the Council by the late Victor Wilde for recreational purposes.
The ground consists of three flat adjoining pitches, training area, car park and Clubhouse. In September, 1975, the present Club House was officially opened by Mike Roberts, a Club member, Welsh International and a British Lion, and additional facilities of a lounge bar and gymnasium have been added since.
The early nineties saw Colwyn Bay Rugby win the north Wales Championship twice prior to promotion to the National Leagues. Colwyn Bay Rugby currently fields a 1st XV that play in WRU Division Two (North). We also run second XV, Women's and Youth XV's as well as a vibrant and growing Mini & Junior Section.
In 2008, Colwyn Bay were losing finalist against Ruthin in the North Wales Cup.
Notable former players
Wilfred Wooller (18 caps)
Mike Roberts - Wales (8 caps) British Lions, London Welsh,
Rachel C Taylor (45 caps) Wales Women
References
Rugby clubs established in 1923
Rugby union teams in Wales
Colwyn Bay |
General Fane may refer to:
Henry Fane (British Army officer) (1778–1840), British Indian Army general
Mildmay Fane (British Army officer) (1795–1868), British Army general
Vere Bonamy Fane (1863–1924), British Indian Army major general
Walter Fane (1828–1885), British Indian Army major general
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland (1784–1859), British Army general
John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland (1685–1762), British Army general |
Subic Bay is a bay on the west coast of the island of Luzon in the Philippines, about northwest of Manila Bay. An extension of the South China Sea, its shores were formerly the site of a major United States Navy facility, U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, now an industrial and commercial area known as the Subic Bay Freeport Zone under the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
Today, water as well as the towns and establishments surrounding the bay are collectively known as Subic Bay. This includes the former naval base, Hanjin shipyard, Olongapo city, the municipal town of Subic, and the erstwhile US defense housing areas of Binictican and Kalayan housing, up to Morong, Bataan.
The bay was long recognized for its deep and protected waters, but development was slow due to lack of level terrain around the bay.
History
In 1542, Spanish conquistador Juan de Salcedo sailed into Subic Bay but no port developed there because the main Spanish naval base would be established in the nearby Manila Bay. When the British captured this base in 1762, the Spanish were forced to find an alternate location and Subic Bay was found to be a strategic and superb port location. In 1884, King Alfonso XII of Spain decreed that Subic was to become "a naval port and the property appertaining thereto set aside for naval purposes."
The Americans captured the Spanish base in 1899 during the Philippine–American War, and controlled the bay until 1991. During this period, the naval facilities were greatly built up and expanded, including a new naval air station that was built in the early 1950s by slicing the top half from a mountain and moving the soil to reclaim a part of Subic Bay. In 1979, the area under American control was reduced from to when the Philippines claimed sovereign rule over the base.
After the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption, the Americans closed the base, and the area was transformed into the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
In 2012, controversy arose when a contracted shipping firm was accused of dumping toxic waste into Subic Bay. MT Glenn Guardian, one of the vessels owned by a Malaysian firm, had collected of domestic waste and about of bilge water from , a US Navy ship. Since the Malaysian firm was contracted by the US Navy, albeit with Philippine approval, the incident ignited anti-American sentiments in the Philippines from a militant group.
Pamulaklakin Nature Park
The Pamulaklakin Nature Park is a reserve area of Binictican. Part of the 11,000 hectares of forest is at Subic Bay. The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority created the park to supplement the income of the indigenous people. The term "Pamulaklakin" derives from a word for an herbal vine in the native Ambala language.
Shipwrecks of Subic Bay
The majority of the wrecks in Subic Bay are a result of either the Spanish–American War in 1898 or of World War II, when American aircraft sank a number of Japanese vessels.
El Capitan (former USS Majaba) was a freighter of nearly 3,000 tons just under long. In 1946, she sank in Subic Bay where she rests on a sloping bottom.
Hell ship Oryoku Maru: On 15 December 1944, she had 1,619 American, British and Czech prisoners of war on board when she was sunk under heavy bombardment by American fighters while on her way from Subic Bay to Japan. She was less than half a kilometer off the Alava Pier when attacked. About 300 prisoners died during the short voyage from Manila and during the attack.
Seian Maru: During an air raid on Subic Bay, the 3,712-ton freighter Seian Maru was bombed and sunk. This was only four days after the sinking of Oryoku Maru on 19 December 1944.
Landing Ship, Tank LST-559: She was scuttled in the middle of Subic Bay between the runway's southern tip and Grande Island.
The old , which had been renamed USS Rochester in 1917. At the onset of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, this ship was acting as a floating workshop and storehouse. The decommissioned cruiser's armored hull was considered too valuable to allow Japanese forces to capture it, so American forces scuttled the ship in December 1941.
San Quentin: During the Spanish–American War in 1898, the Spanish scuttled their San Quintín (now often called San Quentin) in hopes of blocking the passage between Grande Island and Chiquita Islands near the mouth of Subic Bay.
USS Lanikai, a schooner-rigged diesel powered yacht that served in the U.S. Navy during both World War I and World War II before being transferred to the Royal Australian Navy.
Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Banshu Maru No. 52
Japanese subchaser Kyo Maru No. 11
Unidentified Japanese patrol boat: although some sources identify this wreck as the Japanese converted gunboat Aso Maru, Japanese and American naval sources indicate that the Aso Maru was torpedoed and sunk on 9 May 1943 by the US submarine USS Gar off Negros Island's south-west coast.
The USS Frank E. Evans was decommissioned at Subic Bay and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 July 1969 after a collision with HMAS Melbourne. The stern section was sunk as a target in Subic Bay on 10 October 1969.
See also
Port of Subic
Subic Bay International Airport
Subic, Zambales
References
External links
The Official Tourism Website for Subic Bay, contains visitor and accommodation information (Authorized by SBMA)
Official website of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (Govt)
News Source
Bays of the Philippines
Landforms of Zambales
Landforms of Bataan
Underwater diving sites in the Philippines
Olongapo
Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone |
Just One Time may refer to:
Film
Just One Time (film), 1999 comedy film directed by Lane Janger.
Just One Time (short film), a 1998 short also directed by Lane Janger and on which the 1999 long feature is based on
Just This Once, 1952 film directed by Don Weis
Just One More Time, 1974 British comedy film directed by Maurice Hamblin
Music
Just One Time (album), an album by American country music artist, Connie Smith
"Just One Time" (song), a single by American country music artist Don Gibson, also covered by Connie Smith in her album of same title |
The Type DT4 is a four-car electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Hamburger Hochbahn AG on the Hamburg U-Bahn system since 1988.
Formation
Every DT4 train consists of four cars, which are formed as two articulated half-sets with two cars each. The cars don't have gangways, but feature windows in the inner car ends.
Interior
The interior consists of transverse seating bays. Widescreen passenger information displays are to be fitted to the whole DT4 fleet, with works scheduled to be completed in 2022.
Technical specifications
The trains have steel car bodies and a three-phase propulsion system. Thyristor inverters are used in the DT4.1 and DT4.2 trains, and the DT4.3 through DT4.5 trains use GTO-pulse inverters. The DT4.56 and DT4.6 trains use IGBT-pulse inverters.
Each four-car set has four powered bogies and two non-motored jacobs bogies. The powered bogies are equipped with water cooled three-phase asynchronous motors.
History
The development of the DT4 began in 1986, and the first unit was completed on May 30, 1988. Passenger service began on October 17 of the same year.
The DT4 trains are being refurbished since 2011. They receive a newer interior appearance, similar to the interior of the DT5 trains. One car of set 140 was refurbished for testing purposes in summer 2010. Regular refurbishment started in 2011.
References
External links
Hochbahn fleet information
Hamburg U-Bahn
Electric multiple units of Germany
750 V DC multiple units
ABB multiple units |
The Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution is an off-road competition car based on the Mitsubishi Pajero. It was specially designed to take part in the rally raids with the main objective of winning the Dakar Rally. In addition to those produced for competition use only, a road-legal version was manufactured by Mitsubishi from 1997 to 1999 in order to homologate the Pajero Evolution for the Dakar Rally's T2 class. Approximately 2500 road-legal examples were produced.
Street version (V55W)
The road-legal version of the Pajero Evolution was produced between 1997 and 1999. It was based on the second generation Pajero but had many features unique to the model. Approximately 2693 units were produced in order to homologate the type for the Dakar Rally's production-based T2 class. It was equipped with a 3.5-litre 24-valve DOHC V6 6G74 engine with MIVEC and a dual plenum variable intake. This engine produced a claimed 275 bhp at 6500 rpm. The two-door body incorporated large fender flares, two fin-like rear spoilers, a hood scoop, and various other racing-inspired styling elements. Skid plates and mudflaps were included for additional off-road protection. Double wishbone independent suspension was used on the front and the rear used a multi-link independent suspension unique to the Pajero Evolution. 4WD was standard, with front and rear Torsen differentials.
Competition history
In January 1983, the first Pajero Evolution debuted at the Paris Dakar Rally, taking first place in 1985 at only the third attempt. Other wins followed, at events such as the Australasian Safari and Northern Forest.
With 12 victories from 1985 to 2007, it is the car that has won the Dakar Rally the most times.
Dakar victories
A Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution, driven by Andrew Cowan, finished the 1984 Paris–Alger–Dakar as the third ranked winner in overall class after covering more than 11,000 km. Mitsubishi dominated with multiple first, second and third place podium finishes until their final wins in 2007. From 2001-2005, with the introduction of their third generation Pajero with monocoque chassis and fully independent suspension, Mitsubishi had 5 consecutive first-place finishes and 12 of all 15 podium finishes in the same time period. Their overall record was 12 total overall wins (1st place) in the "Cars Class" and 150 stage wins (the second best being Peugeot with only 78 stage wins in comparison). Mitsubishi earned the title of ‘Most Dakar Rally Wins by A Manufacturer’ from the Guinness World Records.
See also
Mitsubishi Pajero
References
External links
Pajero: la regina della Dakar
Rally cars
Rally raid cars
Dakar Rally winning cars
Pajero Evolution
Cars introduced in 1997 |
Nipponotrophon echinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
Distribution
References
Gastropods described in 1918
Nipponotrophon |
Cycles Peugeot, founded in 1882, is a manufacturer of bicycles based in Sochaux, France and currently a part of Cycleurope, a subsidiary of Sweden-based firm Grimaldi Industri.
History
Peugeot is a French manufacturer founded by Jean Pequignot Peugeot, a 19th-century manufacturer of water mills. Using the mills' profits, Peugeot expanded with a steelworks in Montbéliard, which Jean Peugeot ran with a colleague and his two brothers. The company's trademark, a lion, was created in 1858 by an engraver, Justin Blazer, who lived near the factory. The company turned their steel into knives and forks, hydraulic equipment and, from 1882, bicycles, sold as Cycles Peugeot. In Beaulieu-sur-Doubs (in Mandeure, Doubs) that year, the first Peugeot bicycle, a penny-farthing called Le Grand Bi, was hand-built by Armand Peugeot.
During World War I, Peugeot built nearly 63,000 bicycles per year. It also manufactured 9,000 cars and trucks, 1,000 motorcycles, 10,000 plane engines, and 6 million artillery shells.
In 1926, the auto and bicycle manufacturing divisions at Peugeot were divided. Automobiles were constructed at Automobiles Peugeot, while bicycles were made at Cycles Peugeot. In 1930, bicycle production reached 162,000 units per year at the Beaulieu factory.
By 1955, the factory at Beaulieu was turning out 220,000 bicycles a year, employing nearly 3,500 workers, while Automobiles Peugeot completed its 100,000th automobile. During the 1950s, European interest in cycling as a means of transportation virtually disappeared, and by 1956, bicycle production at Cycles Peugeot was cut in half.
In 1958, Peugeot diversified into manufacturing components for the auto industry to augment declining sales of bicycles. As consumer interest in bicycling returned in the 1960s, Peugeot gradually increased its production of sport, racing, and touring road bicycles.
Racing heritage
Early on, the Peugeot family saw the value of publicity in sponsoring racing cyclists. Paul Bourillon became the world sprint champion in Copenhagen in 1896 on a Peugeot bicycle. The family also backed riders in numerous road races and in 1905 sponsored its first Tour de France winner, Louis Trousselier.
After the first Tour de France win, the Peugeot cycling team remained active in the Tour and other European cycle races. Peugeot would go on to become the most successful factory team of all time in the Tour de France, winning the race a record ten times. Like some other large European bicycle manufacturers, Peugeot was not above purchasing handcrafted team racing bicycles, fabricated by small independent craftsmen such as Masi, which were then painted and outfitted to resemble standard Peugeot factory production models.
Peugeot and rival marque Mercier were among the last bicycle factories to continue team sponsorship. Rising costs had forced other brands to surrender control of their teams to backers from outside the bicycle industry. Even as most other teams were using Italian Campagnolo components, Peugeot continued to use French ones. Stronglight cranksets, Simplex derailleurs, and Mafac brakes were standard. The last yellow jersey worn by a Peugeot factory rider was in 1983, when Pascal Simon took the lead in the Tour de France until he was forced to drop out due to injury.
By the time of the 1986 racing season, costs in a period of inflation triggered by an oil crisis meant Peugeot's entire racing budget of 1.06 million francs ran out before the season had ended. William Desazar de Montgaillard, director-general of Peugeot, announced that due to lack of financial support, there would no longer be a fully sponsored Peugeot team.
Production bicycles
During the first half of the 20th century, the vast majority of Peugeot bicycles came from the factories in Beaulieu (Mandeure), France. Other Peugeot bicycles were built in Spain and, after 1978 or so, in Canada.
The Peugeot UO-8, a low-end 'ten-speed' sports/touring bicycle with a mild steel frame, was introduced into the U.S. market in the 1960s and sold through to 1980. Equipped with Simplex derailleurs, the 28-lb. UO-8 of 1974 was considered to be an inexpensive 'all-round' derailleur-geared bicycle and had the characteristic long wheelbase of French bicycles, which provided stability and a soft ride on city streets and rough French rural roads. As a competitor to the heavier Schwinn Continental, the UO-8 was the most popular model distributed by Cycles Peugeot USA from its inception in 1974; it was sold in large numbers during the bike boom of 1972-1975. During the peak bike boom years (1972–1974), French bicycles were produced in numbers so large that quality control became an issue and parts were often substituted, swapped or otherwise thrown together to meet high production demands, sometimes resulting in an amalgamation of different models. In the case of Peugeot, problems included paint and weld issues, along with occasional frame misalignment.
In the United States, the AO-8 was the entry-level Peugeot 'ten-speed' bicycle, which competed directly against the Schwinn Varsity, the Raleigh Record, and Nishiki's Custom Sport. Equipped with fenders and a luggage rack, it was designated the AE-8.
The UE-8 was similar to the UO-8 but was equipped with fenders, a luggage rack, and generator lights. The AO-18, UO-18/18C, and UE-18 were mixte versions of the AO-8, UO-8 and UE-8, respectively. In France, these models were roughly equivalent to the P-, PL-, and PX-8-series Peugeot road bicycles.
First introduced as a model in 1953, the PX-10E was traditionally Peugeot's high-end bicycle. By the early 1970s, the 21 lb PX-10E used a frame made with Reynolds 531 manganese-molybdenum (MnMo) double-butted steel tubing and was fitted with lightweight aluminum alloy (Stronglite, Mafac, and Simplex) components, though by the mid-1980s it was upgraded to Campagnolo Nuovo Record crankset/pedals, derailleurs, and headset. The PX-10E was sold in the U.S. from 1975 to 1988 but it continued to be produced for sale in European markets through the early 1990s. Peugeot also produced lower cost bicycles with the PX-10's frame geometry: the PR-10 was made with three Reynolds 531 main tubes, and the PA-10 was made with hi-tensile tubing.
In 1974, Peugeot opened a custom bicycle frame shop (the Atelier Prestige) which specialized in the production of custom Reynolds-tubed framesets using thin-gauge butted steel tubing. These custom frames were designated PY-10. Similar to a PX-10 in design and styling, a PY-10 could be ordered to customers' individual specifications. Options included, but were not limited to, geometry and frame size, color, components, and braze-ons.
In 1977, the UO-10 was introduced, followed the next year by a slightly heavier road model, the UO-9. The UO-10 was largely the same as the UO-8 but with aluminum alloy cotterless crankset and aluminium alloy rims. The UO-9 was essentially the same as the UO-10 but had cheaper and heavier steel rims. In 1980, the PH-8 displaced the UO-8 as the entry-level Peugeot road bicycle.
In later years, the Peugeot race team switched to carbon fiber tubed bikes which were referred to as the PY10FC. During this time Peugeot continued to offer a custom steel-framed road bicycle, the PZ10. PZ and PY bicycles were imported to the U.S. until Cycles Peugeot's withdrawal from the North American market in 1990.
Factory and production changes
In 1974, Cycles Peugeot acquired the factory of Romilly-sur-Seine, which was converted to produce bicycles. In 1978, Procycle Group of Canada signed an agreement to manufacture and distribute Peugeots in Canada, while French-built Peugeots continued to be sold in the US.
During the bicycle sales 'boom' of 1972-75, Peugeot sales increased dramatically. Aided by the racing heritage of the brand, demand for low- and mid-level Peugeot sport/touring or "ten speed" bicycles surged, particularly in the United States, and frequently exceeded supply. The aging Peugeot factory had difficulty supplying sufficient bicycles, and quality control occasionally suffered. Peugeot's reliance on French part suppliers began to impact sales after it became clear that Japanese firms were able to supply derailleurs and other components using more advanced designs and superior quality. By the mid-1980s, Peugeot bicycles had begun utilizing Japanese derailleurs on some of their lower end models.
By 1983, ProCycle was exporting Canadian-made Peugeots to the U.S.
In 1987, Cycles Peugeot merged with AOP (Acier et Outillages Peugeot) to form ECIA (Equipment et Composants pour I'Industrie Automobile), and the Romilly factory began producing all Peugeot bicycles. That same year, ProCycle of Canada acquired rights to distribute French-made Peugeots. In 1990, Cycles Peugeot sold the North American rights to market bicycles under the Peugeot name to the Canadian firm ProCycle.
In 2001, ProCycle discontinued the Peugeot bicycle brand. In Europe, the license to produce Peugeot-branded bicycles was granted to Cycleurope, a company making bicycles under different names. The licence was not renewed in 2004, though production of bicycles for export continued for another year.
Today
As of 2011 Peugeot-branded cycles are sold in Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Switzerland, Poland, Canada and Turkey.
The license to manufacture Peugeot branded bicycles was first granted to Cycleurope in 1992, but was not renewed in 2004. A new license to manufacture and to distribute worldwide was again granted in 2010 and the brand was revamped and relaunched in 2011.
Current models
Road bikes
R01
R02
R11
R12
R13
R14
R14C
R15
R16
R17
Mountain bikes
VTT - Filou
VTT - Filou FS
VTT - RC
VTT - RC FS
VTT - Hoggar
M11
M12
M13
M14
M15
M16
M17
M18
M19
JM241
JM242
JM244
JM245
JM246
JM247
JM248
JM249
Hybrid bikes
VTC - Black & Silver (Men's)
VTC - Black & Silver (Mixed)
VTC - Roland Garros
VTC - 1007
URBANITE 2.0
URBANITE 6.0
City Shopper bikes
Ville - Venice (Mixed)
Ville - Venice (Men's)
Ville - Dutch Lion (Mixed)
Ville - Dutch Lion (Men's)
C02
C13
C14
Folding bikes
F13
Children's bikes
Hoggar Junior
Black & Silver Junior
Harmonie Junior
Color Line Junior
J20
J16
JM20
Discontinued models
Mountain bikes
Fun - Ladies MTB (VT1 FW)
US Express
Canyon Express (VTT 2GW)
Alpine Express (VTT 4BW) or (VTT 4L)
Europe Express (VTT 6BW)
Mont Blanc (VTT 2)
Orient Express (unknown model number)
Montreal Express (unknown model number)
South Pacific 21
Ranger (VTT24)
Touring bikes
Carbolite (103)
Cassis (PE 15TW)
Chambord (Ladies)(PH 46W)
Dordogne (PX531)
Provence (P6GP)
Provencelle (Ladies version of the Provence)
Randonneur (PX 50)
Savoie (PX531S)
Road bikes
Aubisque (PE 10DW)
Aspin (PE10 LS)
Avoriaz (PE 10SW)
Bordeaux (P 10DW)
Carbon Pro
Carbon Team Line
Cologne
Comete (A400)
Corbier (P4)
Cosmic (A300)
Course (PB12)
Fibre de Carbone (PY10FC)
Galaxie (A500)
Galibier (PGN10)
Gentelmen (PR 60)
Iseran (P6)
Isoard (PX10)
Izoard PE400
Offensiv T500
Lautaret (PE10 B)
Leader 24 (C47CX) Junior racer
Leader 20 (C38CX)
LX 10
Mont Blanc (PHE 20)
Mont Cenis (PSN10)
Perthus (PZ SIS)
Premiere (P10N)
Sports 10 (P4)
Sports 5 (P4M5)
Touraine
Tourmalet (PH10)
Triathlon (PSN10T)
Tristar (PH501T)
Ventoux (PH501)
Ventoux - 2nd model line (PE300)
Versailles (PE10 W)
P8
P0
PA 10
PC 10
PL 50
PSV 10
PX 10
PY 10
PZ 10
UE 8
UO 8
UO 9
X80 Series
Small-wheel bicycles
“BH” "Iberia"[actual model designation needed]
D 22 Week-End
D 40 Week-End
R 22 Week-End
R 40 Week-End
Nouveau Style NS 22
Nouveau Style NS 40
Nouveau Style NSA 22
Nouveau Style NSA 40
Nouveau Style NSB 22
Nouveau Style NSB 40
Nouveau Style NSL 22
Nouveau Style NSL 40
Nouveau Style NSM 22
Nouveau Style NSM 40
Nouveau Style PNS 22
Nouveau Style PNS 40
Nouveau Style PNSA 22
Nouveau Style PNSA 40
Nouveau Style PNSL 22
Nouveau Style PNSL 40
Nouveau Style PNSM 22
Nouveau Style PNSM 40
Nouveau Style PNS 55 S
Nouveau Style NS 522
Nouveau Style NS 540
Nouveau Style NS 622
Nouveau Style NS 640
Nouveau Style UNS 40
Nouveau Style Juniors NC
Nouveau Style Juniors NJ
Nouveau Style Juniors NJD
Nouveau Style Juniors NJM
Nouveau Style Juniors PNC
Nouveau Style Juniors PNJ
Nouveau Style Juniors PNJD
Nouveau Style Juniors PNJM
P20/Round-A-Bout
P500
Week-End DA 22 (E designation added to exported variant)
Week-End DA 40 (E designation added to exported variant)
Week-End HR 22 (DA 22 detachable frame marketed under “Helium” brand)
Week-End HP 22 (DA 22 foldable frame marketed under “Helium” brand)
Week-End PA 22
Week-End PA 40
Week-End RA 22
Week-End RA 40
Week-End Juniors RJ (two variants)
Week-End Juniors PJ (two variants)
Week-End Juniors RM
Week-End Juniors RML (possibly two variants)
Week-End Juniors PML
Week-End Juniors RC
Week-End Juniors PC
-- HTR Home Training Stand (converts detachable frame into an exercise cycle)
See also
Peugeot
Peugeot (cycling team)
Notes
External links
Retro Peugeot (Bike-boom Peugeot)
Classic Rendezvous: Peugeot
Peugeot Bisiklet's 2021 Catalog (Turkey)
Mountain bike manufacturers
Cycle manufacturers of France
Companies based in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
French brands
Cycles
Grimaldi Industri |
Bear was a wooden-hulled, stern-wheel steamship that served as a snagboat for the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
History
Bear was a stern-wheeled, shallow draft steamship ordered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers) to serve as a snagboat on the Sacramento, the Mokelumne, and the San Joaquin Rivers. Her namesake was the Bear River, a tributary of the Mokelumne River. She was designed to replace the first snagboat on the Sacramento River, Seizer (240 GRT) operating since 1881. In 1919, a contract was awarded to Schultz & Schultz of San Francisco who won with a bid of $117,000. She was completed in 1921. She was damaged on the Sacramento River after striking an obstacle in 1926 and sank in 4 feet of water. As the more powerful snagboat Yuba (410 GRT) had been completed in 1925, it was decided to not retain her in her former role. Her equipment was sold, and she was ultimately refloated and repaired at a cost of $15,059 to serve as a quarter boat.
References
1921 ships
Ships built in San Francisco
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A Scott schedule is a document submitted to a court in the United Kingdom detailing the complaints regarding a third party which the court is being asked to consider. Such schedules are often used in court cases where there are several complaints of poor workmanship, for example in building work. This type of document takes its name from George Alexander Scott, an Official Referee in the tribunal which is now the Technology and Construction Court, who originally developed the idea.
The schedule uses a table, usually set out on A4 paper in landscape format. In the first column after the item number, the claimant would be expected to set out each complaint separately and in the next column to identify what it will cost to put the item right. Further columns allow the respondent to reply on each item.
Scott schedules are also used in child care cases. Part 12J of the Family Procedure Rules states that the Family Court or the High Court when dealing with family proceedings should consider:
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Frederick George Dutton, 5th Baron Sherborne (28 May 1840 – 2 January 1920), was a British peer and clergyman. He was born in Bibury, and died in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Background
Sherborne was the son of James Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne, of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard (1803–1845), daughter of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, and Hon. Elizabeth Jane Dutton.
Career
Barrister, Lincoln's Inn 1867; ordained 1869; Curate, Sonning 1869–70; Vicar of Sherborne 1870–74 and of Bibury 1874–1916; Honorary Canon, Gloucester Cathedral 1901–1920.
Ornithology
A keen ornithologist, he was President of the Avicultural Society from 1895 to 1920. He is best known in the aviary world for the notes he provided for W.T. Greene's book Parrots in Captivity, published in three volumes between 1884 and 1887. At his home in Bibury he had a large collection of parrots. He was also an adjudicator for British and foreign birds, at many exhibitions held at the Crystal Palace in south London. He contributed to issues of the Avicultural Magazine, under the heading "Parrot Notes".
Family
Sherborne never married and died on 2 January 1920, aged 79. He was succeeded in the barony by his nephew, James Dutton, 6th Baron Sherborne, son of Colonel Hon. Charles Dutton (1842–1909), the younger (and by then deceased) brother of Edward and Frederick.
He donated several pieces to the British Museum.
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