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Samuel Trelawny (1630 – 1666) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1666.
Trelawny was the eldest surviving son of Robert Trelawny and was baptised on 31 March 1630. His father was a merchant of Ham and MP for Plymouth. Trelawny matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1647 and entered Gray's Inn in 1647.
In 1659, Trelawny was elected Member of Parliament for Bossiney for the Third Protectorate Parliament. In 1660 he was elected MP in double returns for both Camelford and for Plymouth and sat for Plymouth in the Convention Parliament. He became commissioner for assessment for Devon in August 1660. He was called to the bar in 1661 and became a commissioner for assessment for Cornwall. He also became J.P. for Devon and Cornwall. He was re-elected MP for Plymouth for the Cavalier Parliament in 1661 and sat until his death in 1666.
Trelawny died at Hengar and was buried at St Tudy on 26 April 1666.
Trelawny married Elizabeth Billing, daughter of John Billing of Hengar on 5 February 1651. He was the brother of John Trelawny.
References
1630 births
1666 deaths
Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall
Members of Gray's Inn
Place of birth unknown
17th-century English lawyers
Members of the Parliament of England for Plymouth
English MPs 1659
English MPs 1660
English MPs 1661–1679
Burials in Cornwall |
Morris Trewin is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender who was an All-American for Michigan Tech.
Career
Trewin made a splash in his first season as a starter for Michigan Tech, helping the team win the WCHA regular season title while allowing the fewest goals in conference. He was named to the All-WCHA first team and an All-American but could not stop 7th-place North Dakota from scoring 6 goals in the opening round of the conference tournament, ending the Huskies' season. MTU was expecting big things from their new starter in his second season, however, the team tumbled down the standings and Trewin allowed more than a goal per game more in 1972. Michigan Tech finished 7th in the standings but nearly upset Wisconsin in the tournament, losing 7–9 on aggregate.
Trewin continued to founder the next season, playing just 8 games before leaving the program when two other Huskies netminders began turning in better performances. Trewin made a few appearances for senior hockey teams over the next few years to see if he could recapture his form in 1971 but nothing came to fruition.
Statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Awards and honors
References
External links
Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Ice hockey people from Thunder Bay
Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey players
AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
Maria João Mira (born 18 September 1959 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese screenwriter who authored several successful telenovelas.
Biography
Mira was the first director of the Casa da Criação (House of Creation), a television writing company founded in 2001 by the production company Nicolau Breyner Produções. Her son, André Ramalho, is also a screenwriter. They have been working together on some occasions.
Television
Sonhos Traídos (2002)
Saber Amar (2003)
O Teu Olhar (2003–2004)
Queridas Feras (2003–2004)
Morangos com Açúcar (2003–2005)
Mistura Fina (2004–2005)
Fala-me de Amor (2006)
Ilha dos Amores (2007)
Flor do Mar (2008–2009)
Anjo Meu (2011–2012)
Doida Por Ti (2012–2013)
A Única Mulher (2015-2017)
A Herdeira (2017-2018)
External links
Photo portrait of Maria João Mira
Portuguese screenwriters
1959 births
Living people |
Hugh Alexander (July 10, 1917 – November 25, 2000) was an American professional baseball player and scout. He was an outfielder during his brief playing career, but after he suffered a career-ending injury at the age of 20 he became one of baseball's most celebrated scouts.
Born in Buffalo, Missouri, Alexander moved to Oklahoma with his family at the age of five. Alexander the player stood tall, weighed , and batted and threw right-handed. He spent 1936 and 1937 in the lower levels of the Cleveland Indians' farm system, and batted .348 and .344 in successive seasons. Called to the Majors, he appeared in seven games for the Indians in August, getting one hit in eleven at bats (.091) and striking out five times. He returned to the Indians for a single game in September as a pinch runner. That offseason, while working his family's oil fields in Oklahoma, he lost his left hand in a drilling accident, ending his playing career. Alexander then began a very short career as a bartender.
In the aftermath of the accident, Alexander was immediately named a scout for the Indians; at 20, he was unusually young for the assignment and scouting jobs were at a premium during the height of The Great Depression. But the first two players he signed for Cleveland became big-league All-Stars — pitcher Allie Reynolds and outfielder Dale Mitchell. Sportswriter Allen Barra praised him as a "superb judge of talent." During a 64-year scouting career, working for the Indians, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, Alexander earned the nickname "Uncle Hughie" and would sign other stars, including Steve Garvey, Frank Howard, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell and Don Sutton for the Dodgers alone.
In 1984 Alexander co-founded the "Scout of the Year Program", which recognised the best scouts in the country each year. Alexander was awarded "Scout of the Year" in 1996. He retired in 1998, and died on November 25, 2000.
References
External links
1917 births
2000 deaths
Baseball players from Missouri
Brooklyn Dodgers scouts
Chicago Cubs scouts
Chicago White Sox scouts
Cleveland Indians players
Cleveland Indians scouts
Fargo-Moorhead Twins players
Los Angeles Dodgers scouts
Major League Baseball outfielders
People from Buffalo, Missouri
Philadelphia Phillies scouts
Springfield Indians (baseball) players |
Poshekhonye () is a town and the administrative center of Poshekhonsky District in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the Sogozha River, northwest of Yaroslavl, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was previously known as Pertoma (until 1777), Poshekhonye (until 1918), Poshekhonye-Volodarsk (until 1992).
History
It was founded as the village of Pertoma () in the 17th century. In 1777, it was granted town status and renamed Poshekhonye. In 1918, the town was renamed Poshekhonye-Volodarsk (), after V. Volodarsky. It bore that name until 1992, when it regained its old name of Poshekhonye.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Poshekhonye serves as the administrative center of Poshekhonsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Poshekhonsky District as the town of district significance of Poshekhonye. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Poshekhonye is incorporated within Poshekhonsky Municipal District as Poshekhonye Urban Settlement.
Economy
A popular variety of mass-produced cheese in Russia is called "Poshekhonsky". The original cheese factory in the city is currently no longer operating, although plans were made in 2007 to re-open it.
References
Notes
Sources
Cities and towns in Yaroslavl Oblast
Poshekhonsky District
Poshekhonsky Uyezd |
Cicadas of the genus Neotibicen are large-bodied insects of the family Cicadidae that appear in summer or early fall in eastern North America and formerly Bermuda. Common names include cicada, harvestfly, jar fly, and the misnomer locust.
Taxonomy
In 2015, these species were moved from the genus Tibicen (now genus Lyristes Horvath, 1926), which was redefined in the twenty-first century to include only a few European species, while species from the Western United States and Mexico are now placed in a separate genus, Hadoa. In addition, several former Neotibicen species have been moved to the genus Megatibicen.
Species and subspecies
Neotibicen auriferus (Say, 1825) – Field cicada
Neotibicen canicularis (Harris, 1841) – Dog-day cicada or dog-day harvestfly
Neotibicen davisi
Neotibicen davisi davisi (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) – Davis's southeastern dog-day cicada
Neotibicen davisi harnedi (Davis, 1918)
Neotibicen latifasciatus (Davis, 1915) – Coastal scissor grinder cicada
Neotibicen linnei (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) – Linne's cicada
Neotibicen lyricen
Neotibicen lyricen engelhardti (Davis, 1910)
Neotibicen lyricen lyricen (De Geer, 1773) – Lyric cicada
Neotibicen lyricen virescens (Davis, 1935)
Neotibicen pruinosus
Neotibicen pruinosus fulvus (Beamer, 1924)
Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus (Say, 1825) – Scissor grinder cicada
Neotibicen robinsonianus (Davis, 1922) – Robinson's cicada
Neotibicen similaris
Neotibicen similaris apalachicola Marshall and Hill, 2017
Neotibicen similaris similaris (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) – Similar dog-day cicada
Neotibicen superbus (Fitch, 1855) – Superb southwestern cicada
Neotibicen tibicen
Neotibicen tibicen australis (Davis, 1912)
Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (= Tibicen chloromerus) (Linnaeus, 1758) – Swamp cicada
Neotibicen winnemanna (Davis, 1912) – Eastern scissor grinder cicada
Neotibicen bermudianus (Verrill, 1902) – Bermuda cicada (extinct)
Description
Neotibicen cicadas are long, with characteristic green, brown, and black markings on the top of the thorax, and tented, membranous wings extending past the abdomen. The fore wings are about twice the length of the hindwings. Adults feed using their beak to tap into the xylem of plants; nymphs feed from the xylem of roots.
Neotibicen species are the most commonly encountered cicadas in the eastern United States. Unlike periodical cicadas, whose appearances aboveground occur at 13- or 17-year intervals, Neotibicen species can be seen every year, hence their nickname "annual cicadas". Despite their annual appearances, Neotibicen probably take multiple years to develop underground, because all cicada species for which life cycle lengths have been measured do so, except when growing as agricultural pests. Their annual reappearance is presumably due to overlapping generations.
Communication
Like other members of the subfamily Cicadinae, Neotibicen species have loud, complex songs, even (in many cases) with distinct song phrases.
Males produce loud calls in the afternoon or evening (depending on the species) to attract females. These sounds, distinctive for each species, are produced by specialized tymbal organs on the abdomen as in most cicadas. These calls range from a loud buzz to a long rattling sound, sometimes with a pulsating quality.
Predators
Many animals feed on cicadas, which usually occurs during the final days when they become easy prey near the ground. One of the more notable predators is the cicada killer, a large wasp that catches the dog-day cicada. After catching and stinging the insect to paralyze it, the cicada killer carries it back to its hole and drags it underground to a chamber where it lays its eggs in the paralyzed cicada. When the eggs hatch, the wasp larvae feed on the paralyzed, but still living, cicada.
Gallery
References
External links
Massachusetts Cicadas
InsectSingers.com. - acoustic signaling insects
Cryptotympanini
Cicadidae genera |
George Henry Bateman (born 1865 – 1953) was an English footballer who played for Burslem Port Vale, Stoke, and Northwich Victoria in the 1880s and 1890s.
Career
Bateman was a key member of Burslem Port Vale, helping men such as Enoch Hood found the club. He was a member of the club's first recorded line-up on 9 December 1882, in a 5–1 defeat at Stoke. He was a member of the sides that lifted the North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup in 1883 and Burslem Challenge Cup in 1885 and also shared the former trophy in 1885.
In the summer of 1886 he left for neighbours Stoke, despite having contractual obligations for Vale. A court case went to Burslem County Court in November 1886, but the two clubs agreed that Bateman could play for Stoke until the summer of 1887, at which point he would return to Vale. He was a first team regular for the Burslem club from 1887 to 1890, but in the summer of 1890 he returned to Stoke.
He played once for the "Potters" in the Football Alliance in 1890–91 and featured five times in the Football League in 1891–92. He later played for Northwich Victoria. He had scored five goals in 146 games for the Vale, most of which were friendlies.
Career statistics
Source:
Honours
Burslem Port Vale
North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup: 1883, 1885 (shared)
Burslem Challenge Cup: 1885
References
People from Wolstanton
Footballers from Staffordshire
English men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Stoke City F.C. players
Port Vale F.C. players
Northwich Victoria F.C. players
Football Alliance players
English Football League players
1865 births
1953 deaths |
The Granby Predateurs were a semi-professional ice hockey team in Granby, Quebec. They played in the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League under three different names from 1996-2004.
The club was founded in 1996 as Waterloo 94, they then changed their name to the Granby Blitz in 1997, before becoming the Predateurs in 2002.
Notable players
James Desmarais
External links
The Internet Hockey Database
Ice hockey teams in Quebec
Ice hockey clubs established in 1997
Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2004
Sport in Granby, Quebec
Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League teams
1997 establishments in Quebec
2004 disestablishments in Quebec |
```go
package volume
import (
"io/ioutil"
"testing"
"github.com/docker/cli/cli/config/configfile"
"github.com/docker/cli/internal/test"
"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/filters"
volumetypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/volume"
"github.com/pkg/errors"
// Import builders to get the builder function as package function
. "github.com/docker/cli/internal/test/builders"
"gotest.tools/assert"
"gotest.tools/golden"
)
func TestVolumeListErrors(t *testing.T) {
testCases := []struct {
args []string
flags map[string]string
volumeListFunc func(filter filters.Args) (volumetypes.VolumeListOKBody, error)
expectedError string
}{
{
args: []string{"foo"},
expectedError: "accepts no argument",
},
{
volumeListFunc: func(filter filters.Args) (volumetypes.VolumeListOKBody, error) {
return volumetypes.VolumeListOKBody{}, errors.Errorf("error listing volumes")
},
expectedError: "error listing volumes",
},
}
for _, tc := range testCases {
cmd := newListCommand(
test.NewFakeCli(&fakeClient{
volumeListFunc: tc.volumeListFunc,
}),
)
cmd.SetArgs(tc.args)
for key, value := range tc.flags {
cmd.Flags().Set(key, value)
}
cmd.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
assert.ErrorContains(t, cmd.Execute(), tc.expectedError)
}
}
func TestVolumeListWithoutFormat(t *testing.T) {
cli := test.NewFakeCli(&fakeClient{
volumeListFunc: func(filter filters.Args) (volumetypes.VolumeListOKBody, error) {
return volumetypes.VolumeListOKBody{
Volumes: []*types.Volume{
Volume(),
Volume(VolumeName("foo"), VolumeDriver("bar")),
Volume(VolumeName("baz"), VolumeLabels(map[string]string{
"foo": "bar",
})),
},
}, nil
},
})
cmd := newListCommand(cli)
assert.NilError(t, cmd.Execute())
golden.Assert(t, cli.OutBuffer().String(), "volume-list-without-format.golden")
}
func TestVolumeListWithConfigFormat(t *testing.T) {
cli := test.NewFakeCli(&fakeClient{
volumeListFunc: func(filter filters.Args) (volumetypes.VolumeListOKBody, error) {
return volumetypes.VolumeListOKBody{
Volumes: []*types.Volume{
Volume(),
Volume(VolumeName("foo"), VolumeDriver("bar")),
Volume(VolumeName("baz"), VolumeLabels(map[string]string{
"foo": "bar",
})),
},
}, nil
},
})
cli.SetConfigFile(&configfile.ConfigFile{
VolumesFormat: "{{ .Name }} {{ .Driver }} {{ .Labels }}",
})
cmd := newListCommand(cli)
assert.NilError(t, cmd.Execute())
golden.Assert(t, cli.OutBuffer().String(), "volume-list-with-config-format.golden")
}
func TestVolumeListWithFormat(t *testing.T) {
cli := test.NewFakeCli(&fakeClient{
volumeListFunc: func(filter filters.Args) (volumetypes.VolumeListOKBody, error) {
return volumetypes.VolumeListOKBody{
Volumes: []*types.Volume{
Volume(),
Volume(VolumeName("foo"), VolumeDriver("bar")),
Volume(VolumeName("baz"), VolumeLabels(map[string]string{
"foo": "bar",
})),
},
}, nil
},
})
cmd := newListCommand(cli)
cmd.Flags().Set("format", "{{ .Name }} {{ .Driver }} {{ .Labels }}")
assert.NilError(t, cmd.Execute())
golden.Assert(t, cli.OutBuffer().String(), "volume-list-with-format.golden")
}
func TestVolumeListSortOrder(t *testing.T) {
cli := test.NewFakeCli(&fakeClient{
volumeListFunc: func(filter filters.Args) (volumetypes.VolumeListOKBody, error) {
return volumetypes.VolumeListOKBody{
Volumes: []*types.Volume{
Volume(VolumeName("volume-2-foo")),
Volume(VolumeName("volume-10-foo")),
Volume(VolumeName("volume-1-foo")),
},
}, nil
},
})
cmd := newListCommand(cli)
cmd.Flags().Set("format", "{{ .Name }}")
assert.NilError(t, cmd.Execute())
golden.Assert(t, cli.OutBuffer().String(), "volume-list-sort.golden")
}
``` |
```html
<div class="row">
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</div>
``` |
Timotheus Höttges (born 18 September 1962, Solingen) is a German businessman who has been serving as chief executive officer of Deutsche Telekom AG, the majority shareholder of T-Mobile US, since 2014.
Early life
He was born in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen). His father was an engineer, with three children.
He went to the August-Dicke-Schule (named after August Dicke) in Solingen, one of four gymnasium schools (similar to selective grammar schools) in Solingen. He then did his Zivildienst – compulsory community work.
Education
Höttges received a degree in Business (Betriebswirtschaftslehre) from the University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln).
Career
VIAG AG
Höttges worked for VIAG in Munich from 1992. VIAG merged with VEBA (Düsseldorf) in 2000 to form Düsseldorf-headquartered E.ON.
Deutsche Telekom AG
Höttges joined Deutsche Telekom in 2000. From 2006-09 he worked on the T-Home brand, for internet DSL customers, and developed the Telekom Entertain (former T-Home Entertain) internet TV service into a market leader. He joined the company's board of directors on 5 December 2006. On 1 March 2009 he became Finance Director of Deutsche Telekom.
He then became CEO of Deutsche Telekom on 1 January 2014, succeeding René Obermann in that role. Following BT Group's takeover of EE, formerly a joint venture of Deutsche Telekom and Orange, Höttges became a member of BT Group's board of directors.
Other activities
Corporate boards
T-Mobile US, Chairman Board of Directors
Daimler, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020)
FC Bayern Munich, Member of the Supervisory Board
BT Group, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (since 2016)
Henkel, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2016)
EE Limited, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (-2014)
OTE, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (2011-2013)
Non-profit organizations
Deutsche Telekom Stiftung, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), Member
European School of Management and Technology (ESMT), Member of the Board of Trustees
Federation of German Industries (BDI), Member of the Presidium (2017-2019)
Deutsche Sporthilfe, Member of the Foundation’s Council (since 2015)
Personal life
Höttges lives with his wife and two sons in the Bad Godesberg district of Bonn, in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia. The headquarters of T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom are in Bonn.
References
External links
LinkedIn Profile
Deutsche Telekom
Instagram Profile
1962 births
Deutsche Telekom
British Telecom people
FC Bayern Munich board members
German telecommunications industry businesspeople
German chief executives
Businesspeople from Bonn
People from Solingen
University of Cologne alumni
Living people |
Đặng Ngọc Tuấn (born 6 May 1995) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for V.League 1 club Hồ Chí Minh City.
M-150 Cup
Ngọc Tuấn was included in Vietnam U23 squad for the M-150 Cup at Thailand
Honours
Vietnam U23
AFC U-23 Championship Runners-up 2018
References
Vietnamese men's footballers
People from An Giang Province
1995 births
Living people
Men's association football goalkeepers
SHB Da Nang FC players
An Giang FC players |
Geoffrey Bocca (1924-1983) was an English novelist and historian who resided for many years in the United States.
Bocca wrote several biographies including studies of Winston Churchill, Harry Oakes and Diosdado Macapagal, and covered subjects as diverse as the French Riviera and the assassination of John F. Kennedy in his non-fiction. Bocca wrote two royal biographies on Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, and Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
He also wrote a series of Nazi sadomasochistic erotic novels featuring Commander Amanda Nightingale, an English spy.
Bocca wrote for an English newspaper before becoming a professional writer. He was survived by his son and daughter, George and Natalie.
Bibliography
Fiction
Resort to War (1972)
Commander Amanda Nightingale (1973)
Amanda's Castle (1973)
Amanda in France (1976)
Amanda in Germany (1976)
Amanda in Spain (1976)
Nadine (1976)
Giselle (1978)
Amanda in Berlin (1978)
Marpessa (1979)
The Fourth Horseman (1980)
Non-fiction
Biographies
Elizabeth and Philip (1953)
The Woman Who Would be Queen (1954)
The Adventurous Life of Winston Churchill (1955)
The Life and Death of Sir Harry Oakes (1959)
Macapagal: The Incorruptible (1965)
Criticism
Best Seller (1981)
Other
Kings Without Thrones: European Monarchy in the Twentieth Century (1959)
Bikini Beach: The Wicked Riviera: As It Was and Is (1962)
La Légion! (1964)
The Secret Army (1968)
The Great Resorts (1971)
Don't Cry, Wolf (1973)
The Philippines: America's Forgotten Friends (1974)
The Moscow Scene (1976)
Appointment in Dallas: The Final Solution to the Assassination of JFK (1975, with Hugh C. MacDonald)
You Can Write a Novel (1983)
References
1923 births
1983 deaths
English expatriates in the United States
English biographers
English historians
English male journalists
20th-century English novelists
20th-century British biographers
British male novelists
20th-century English male writers
Male biographers |
This is a list of notable schools located in Somalia by region.
Primary and secondary schools
(organized by the administrative divisions of Somalia)
Gedo or Upper Jubba
Amiir Nuur Secondary, Garbaharey
Tertiary schools
See also
Education in Somalia
Lists of schools
References
Schools
Schools
Somalia
Somalia
Schools |
This list of hyoliths is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be members of hyolitha, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomina dubia), or were not formally published (nomina nuda), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered hyoliths.
Naming conventions and terminology
Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Technical terms used include:
Junior synonym: A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name. If two or more genera are formally designated and the type specimens are later assigned to the same genus, the first to be published (in chronological order) is the senior synonym, and all other instances are junior synonyms. Senior synonyms are generally used, except by special decision of the ICZN, but junior synonyms cannot be used again, even if deprecated. Junior synonymy is often subjective, unless the genera described were both based on the same type specimen.
Nomen nudum (Latin for "naked name"): A name that has appeared in print but has not yet been formally published by the standards of the ICZN. Nomina nuda (the plural form) are invalid, and are therefore not italicized as a proper generic name would be. If the name is later formally published, that name is no longer a nomen nudum and will be italicized on this list. Often, the formally published name will differ from any nomina nuda that describe the same specimen.
Nomen oblitum (Latin for "forgotten name"): A name that has not been used in the scientific community for more than fifty years after its original proposal.
Preoccupied name: A name that is formally published, but which has already been used for another taxon. This second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced. As preoccupied names are not valid generic names, they will also go unitalicized on this list.
Nomen dubium (Latin for "dubious name"): A name describing a fossil with no unique diagnostic features. As this can be an extremely subjective and controversial designation, this term is not used on this list.
The list
See also
List of prehistoric brittle stars
List of prehistoric sea cucumbers
List of crinoid genera
References
Prehistoric protostomes |
Angaston may refer to:
Angaston, South Australia, a town on the eastern side of the Barossa Valley in South Australia
Angaston railway line, a former railway line which terminated in the town
Angaston railway station, the terminal station on the railway line
Angaston Power Station, a 50MW diesel-powered electricity generator outside the town
Angaston Football Club, Australian Rules football club based in the town |
The Yellowstone Main Post Office in Yellowstone National Park was built in Mammoth Hot Springs as part of a facilities improvement program by the United States Post Office Department (USPOD). The post office in Yellowstone was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as part of a thematic study comprising twelve Wyoming post offices built to standardized USPOD plans in the early twentieth century. The Yellowstone facility is an understated classical structure with a low hipped roof and rounded dormers that uses a plan and a basic design vocabulary similar to that used in other post offices in the program. However it also includes restrained French Renaissance Revival elements, the only post office in the western United States to merge these two styles. It is somewhat at odds with the prevailing design theme expressed in other buildings in the former Fort Yellowstone district. The Yellowstone Main Post Office is also a contributing property to the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District.
References
External links
Yellowstone Main Post Office at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
1936 establishments in Wyoming
Buildings and structures in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming
Government buildings completed in 1936
National Register of Historic Places in Park County, Wyoming
National Register of Historic Places in Yellowstone National Park
Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
Stripped Classical architecture in the United States |
Corallina elegans is a species of red algae in the family Corallinaceae from the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.
Another instance of the name, Corallina elegans Lenormand ex Areschoug, 1852 is accepted as Jania rubens var. corniculata (Linnaeus) Yendo, 1905.
References
External links
Corallina elegans at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Corallinaceae
Species described in 1849 |
Lev Nikolayevich Matveyev (; born 12 February 1971) is a former Russian professional footballer.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Gastello Ufa.
Honours
Soviet Top League champion: 1991.
Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.
References
1971 births
People from Ishimbay
Living people
Soviet men's footballers
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Soviet Top League players
Russian Premier League players
Liga Leumit players
FC Neftyanik Ufa players
PFC CSKA Moscow players
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny players
FC Amkar Perm players
Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C. players
Russian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
FC Zvezda Perm players
Sportspeople from Bashkortostan |
Nicholas Gould (1635–1691), of Lime Street, London and Upwey, Dorset, was an English politician.
Family
He had two sons and three daughters.
Career
He was Mayor of Dorchester from 1680 to 1681. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Dorchester in March and October 1679 and for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from 1690 to 1691.
References
1635 births
1691 deaths
English MPs 1679
Politicians from London
Members of the Parliament of England for Dorchester
People from Weymouth, Dorset
Mayors of Dorchester, Dorset
English MPs 1690–1695 |
Boyle Abbey () is a ruined Cistercian friary located in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. It was founded by Saint Malachy in the 12th century.
History
In the 12th century, Saint Malachy became aware of two new monastic orders in France, the Cistercians and the Augustinians, and he decided to introduce both orders to Ireland in an effort to reform the old Irish church which he felt had fallen out of line with much of the rest of Christian Europe.
The first Cistercian Abbey was founded at Mellifont, County Louth in 1142. St Malachy made arrangements that young aspirant Irish men who want to become Cistercians should be trained in St Bernard’s own monastery of Clairvaux or one of its daughter houses.
The Cistercians were invited to found an abbey in Moylurg as a daughter house of Mellifont. In 1148 Peter O’Mordha and twelve companions were sent to Connaught.<Annals of Boyle><1148> They tried Grellachdinach, Buniffi and Drumcunny before settling at Boyle. The monks being vegetarian required an amount of arable land adjacent to a monastery as well as the facility to be able to channel running water to the establishment. They were offered the Celtic monastery called Eas Mic NEirc or Assylin near a major river crossing called of Ath-Da-Larg or ‘the ford with two forks’, where roads leading north, south, east and west all converged. This monastery had either very few monks or none at all. Little is known of this monastery, beyond two references in the various annals and a visit by Saint Columba in 560.<Admmanan><Life of St Columba> So Taoiseach McGreevy, a local chieftain, negotiated and gave this Celtic monastery in "pure free and perpetual alms" (no strings attached) to the Cistercians. (Documentary evidence shows that the McGreevy's were still in this district one hundred years later, ca. 1258.)
The Cistercians were welcomed and over many years were given land grants of about 50,000 acres (200 km2) scattered west of the River Shannon in 27 out-farms called granges. The Cistercians found the site of Assylin unsuitable owing to its geography, it is a height above the river and eventually built on the present site a few kilometres to the east which was more conducive to their plans which dictated that running water should be on the site for cooking, washing and toilet requirements. It was also more suitable for essential ancillary facilities such as mills and fish ponds, one of which existed until relatively recent times.
Boyle Abbey was founded in 1161.
The monastery prospered in the initial period, they made two foundations: Knockmoy Abbey in County Galway, and Assaroe Abbey in County Donegal. It had been raised to the status of Abbey by 1174. <Annals of Lough Ce><1174> However the abbey buildings took much time and were not completed until ca. 1218 when the abbey was consecrated. This was due in part to the events of 1202 when during a war initiated over the succession to the kingship of Connaught, the abbey was occupied and very badly damaged. The evidence for this may be seen in the architecture, with differing styles in various parts of the church. The history continued to be full of incident, in the 1220s Boyle became involved in what was termed ‘The Conspiracy of Mellifont’ when that abbey and its various daughter houses attempted to break away from Norman control.<B.W. O'Dwyer><Letters from Ireland 1228-9> After that was resolved the abbey was attacked on a number of occasions such as 1235 <Annals of Connaught><1235> and 1284 <Annals of the Four Masters><1284>. However with the advent of the various orders of friars in Ireland, the Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustinians and others, who offered a different style of life, more in keeping with the local culture, the number of lay brothers, who worked the granges, declined and this resulted in many of the granges being leased out. The life of the abbey seems to have gone on as normal, in the late 13th and early 14th centuries its abbots were regularly made bishops of Elphin. However, by the end of the 15th century, the family of the local chieftains appear to have taken control of the abbey, one of their number regularly becoming abbot. <Annals of Lough Cé><1555>
When the abbey was suppressed under Queen Elizabeth and the remaining assets given away, the new owner allowed the Cistercians to remain. The last abbot Galisne O’Cuilleanain was executed in Dublin in 1584.<Hogan Flannan><Gelasius O’Cullenan O.Cist., Martyr—Abbot of Boyle>
Architecture
The monastery was laid out according to the usual Cistercian plan, a church on the north side of a roughly rectangular cloister, with a chapter house for meetings of the monks on the second side, a kitchen and a refectory on the third, and probably storehouses and dormitory above on the fourth. Only small parts of the cloister survive, as it was turned into a barracks by the Elizabethans in 1592, and again by the Cromwellians who besieged it in 1645.
This, along with possible later stone quarrying, resulted in little of the cloister-garth surviving. Despite this, the ruins are impressive, dominated by a squat square tower that was added above the crossing sometime in the thirteenth century. The church adheres to the Cistercian canon in having a nave with side aisles, a transept to the north and south of the crossing, each with a pair of chapels in the east wall, and a chancel, whose original windows were replaced in the thirteenth century. The design was influenced by styles from Burgundy, from whence the Cistercians came to Ireland, but much of the detailing of the nave and particularly the cylindrical piers of the south arcade has strong echoes of the West of England. The decorated corbels and capitals belonging to them were probably carved by local masons, some of them members of the so-called ‘School of the West’, creating some of the most inventive architectural sculpture of the early thirteenth century in the West of Ireland.
Today
The Abbey is now a national monument in state care. Admission is inexpensive, with a family pass costing only 16 euro. It is located in Boyle, County Roscommon.
Australian connection.
A small piece of stone from the Abbey was carried to the other side of the world. Being placed on the monumental headstone of an Irishman Bartholomew Higgins in the Rookwood Necropolis Sydney Australia.
References
Notes
Sources
Boyle Abbey at Ireland West
Annals of Boyle
Adammnan, Life of Columba.
Annals of Lough Cé.
Annals of Connaught
Annals of the Four Masters
Hogan Flannan, Gelasius O’Cullenan O.Cist., Martyr—Abbot of Boyle, From Hallel, A Review of Monastic Spirituality and Liturgy.
Morgan Conal, The history of the Cistercian Abbey of Boyle, 1161-1584 (Roscommon Library 2017)
O’Dwyer B W, Letters from Ireland 1228-1229 (Kalamazoo 1982).
Sharkey P.A., The Heart of Ireland (Boyle 1927)
See also
List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Roscommon)
Further reading
External links
Boyle Abbey - official site at Heritage Ireland
Buildings and structures in County Roscommon
Religion in County Roscommon
Cistercian monasteries in the Republic of Ireland
Ruins in the Republic of Ireland
National Monuments in County Roscommon
Religious museums in Ireland
Romanesque architecture in Ireland |
James David Raisbeck (September 29, 1936 – August 31, 2021) was an American aeronautical engineer, known for his entrepreneurship in developing products which enhance the performance of production aircraft.
Biography
Raisbeck grew up in Whitefish Bay, a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After high school, he entered Purdue University (1954), with the goal of studying mechanical engineering. However, he lasted only one semester before flunking out. Having to find a way to support a wife and daughter, he joined the US Air Force as an E-1. He served as a flight engineer on Convair B-36 bombers. After his four-year enlistment in the USAF, Raisbeck returned in 1958 to Purdue University. To help cover the costs of tuition and living expenses, he signed up for active reserve duty with the 434th Troop Carrier Wing at Bakalar AFB, Columbus, Indiana, as a flight engineer on Fairchild C-119s. He graduated in 1961 with a degree in aeronautical engineering, science and mathematics.
Raisbeck moved to Seattle, Washington and joined Boeing as a research aerodynamicist in 1961. His first boss was Louis "Bernie" Gratzer, head of Boeing's aerodynamics research group. (Gratzer would, after retirement, join forces with Joe Clark at Aviation Partners Inc., developing their blended winglets.) While at Boeing, Raisbeck and a team of engineers and flight crew designed and flight-tested an internally blown trailing edge flap system on the prototype 707, 367-80, known as the Dash 80. The Dash 80 first flew in December 1963, and soon demonstrated flight at speeds as slow as 60 knots, at gross weights exceeding 150,000 lbs. Raisbeck's later assignments at Boeing included liaison with the aeronautical laboratories at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and as a designer and program manager in preliminary design at Boeing.
Raisbeck had not used any of his allowed vacation time while working at Boeing. He eventually was forced by the payroll department to use his accumulated vacation time. While on vacation, he went to work for Robertson Aircraft, a Seattle-based small business that specialized in developing and certifying STOL kits for single- and twin-engine Cessna and Piper aircraft. In 1969 Raisbeck left Boeing to work full-time at Robertson Aircraft, where he soon became chairman, CEO, president and chief engineer.
At Robertson, Raisbeck participated in the development and construction of the University of Kansas Redhawk, a modified Cessna 177 Cardinal and the Advanced Technology Light Twin, a modified Piper PA-34 Seneca, both under contract to NASA. The Redhawk wing featured movable leading edge devices, Fowler flaps and spoilers for roll control. In 1970 he negotiated with Pierre Clostermann to have Reims Aviation install Robertson STOL kits onto production Reims F337 Skymasters.
In 1973 the expanded Robertson Aircraft Company was sold to an investment company, and Raisbeck left. He worked for one year for Allen E. Paulson at American Jet Industries in Los Angeles as vice president of technology. Deciding he wanted to start his own company, he founded Raisbeck Engineering in 1973, on his dining room table, with $500. His first project was the task of redesigning the wings of the Learjet for Gates Learjet. Clay Lacy had introduced Raisbeck to Dee Howard, founder of Howard Aero and The Dee Howard Company. Having problems with the wing redesign, Raisbeck became partners with Howard in February 1975, to enable him to complete the development of the Mark II system. The modification was intended to reduce the approach and takeoff speeds of the Learjet family. With Howard's help, he finished the program and Gates Learjet adopted the Mark II wing's principles in 1976. The system's enhancement of the low-speed Learjet flight characteristics and short runway performance led Gates Learjet to adopt the highly successful technology on new production aircraft, beginning in 1976.
In 1976 Rockwell contracted Raisbeck to redesign the wing of its Sabreliner series. All production Sabreliner 65 aircraft would be equipped with supercritical wings to be developed by Raisbeck, and Sabreliner models 60 and 80 would be retrofitted. The resulting Mark V wing was the first supercritical wing in service in the United States. Raisbeck built all 75 wing sets for the Sabre 65 in Seattle, and shipped them to Rockwell in El Segundo, California. His company now had 750 employees, most working on the supercritical wing program. Although the program was a technical success, by 1979, Raisbeck's company was in financial distress. Raisbeck declared bankruptcy in 1979.
On his own, in 1979 he developed the Mark IV Wing System for the Learjet 35/36 family of aircraft. This system reduced the aircraft's approach speeds, increased the level of operating safety.
Raisbeck regrouped and reformed his company in 1981, with five employees. His vice-president, Joe Clark, arranged a deal with Morrison-Knudsen and got Raisbeck started on developing the Mark VI system of performance enhancements for the Beech Super King Air. Clark would later go on to co-found Horizon Airlines and Aviation Partners Inc.
The Mark VI system included nacelle wing lockers, dual aft body strakes, exhaust stack fairings, engine inlet ram air recovery system, high-flotation landing gear doors and enhanced performance inboard wing leading edge. Raisbeck went on in 1983 to develop Quiet Turbofan Propellers for the King Air with Hartzell Propeller. The same propeller technology was later used by Raisbeck and Hartzell to develop a Quiet Turbofan Propeller for the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter. Installed on the King Air, the quiet propellers reduce the perceived noise levels enough to allow the airplanes to operate out of European airports with the most stringent noise requirements.
In 1994 Raisbeck introduced the aft fuselage locker for Learjet 35/36 aircraft, which allows the carriage of up to 11 cubic feet (0.31 m3) and 300 lb (136 kg) of cargo with easy external access to the watertight locker. The locker was also later certified for use on the Learjet 31.
Turning to airliners, in 1996 the Raisbeck Commercial Air Group completed recertification of the Boeing 727 to meet Stage 3 noise limits without weight and performance penalties. The Raisbeck Stage 3 Noise Reduction Systems for the Boeing 727 covered all models and weights. Aerodynamic innovation provided Stage 3 noise compliance without costly engine modifications, saving their operators several million dollars on each installation. American Airlines ordered and took delivery of 52 Raisbeck 727 Stage 3 systems. Other customers have included TWA, Pan Am, Air Algerie, TAME and many smaller airlines.
In August 2001 Raisbeck delivered a redesigned overhead bin system for JetBlue's fleet of Airbus A320s. Because of the design of enlarged bins, popular, 22-inch, upright bags carried by passengers could be stored crosswise, with the handle facing the door. The redesigned overhead door and extended bin floor almost double the usable overhead storage space, allowing for quick and easy baggage stowage. Raisbeck has now equipped all of JetBlue's Airbus fleet of more than 100 aircraft.
Raisbeck began developing bulletproof doors and bulkheads for Boeing 737s and 757s in 2000 (before the September 11-mandated FAA requirement). Four weeks after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the first of Raisbeck's prototype Hardened Cockpit Security System was installed. Alaska Airlines, American Trans Air and other airlines operating the Boeing 737 immediately ordered and took delivery of the cockpit doors. The doors included rapid decompression, emergency pilot egress and crash-crew cockpit ingress, bulletproof protection, cockpit-to-cabin visual identification and structural integrity. In March 2002 Raisbeck turned over its flight deck security business and customers to Boeing.
Returning to business aircraft in 2002–2005, Raisbeck developed the ZR LITE performance enhancement system for the Learjet 35/36 aircraft. The ZR LITE wing and flap system reduces cruise drag by almost 10 percent and increases the FAA-certified takeoff performance, allowing these airplanes to operate safely into and out of many previously unavailable airports. The Learjet 35/36 were first to be certified, in 2005, followed by the Learjet 31/31A in 2006. Bombardier Aviation Services and other independent Learjet maintenance facilities make these kit installations in the U.S. and internationally.
Work is currently underway at Raisbeck Engineering on developing an aft fuselage locker system for the Learjet 60 aircraft.
Raisbeck was a major donor to Highline School District's Aviation High School. Since moving to its new facility adjacent to Seattle's Museum of Flight it is now known as Raisbeck Aviation High School.
He died on August 31, 2021, at the age of 84.
Awards and honors
Raisbeck was a member of the board of the Museum of Flight, the Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Symphony Orchestra and The Seattle Arts Fund. Seattle's Hope Heart Institute honored Raisbeck and his wife, Sherry, an artist and former special education teacher, with its "Wings of Hope" 2003 annual award for their leadership in philanthropy. The Raisbecks were selected as the 2007 Seattle-King County First Citizens for their generous support of local arts, education and medical research organizations.
Purdue University honored Raisbeck with its Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award in 1979, and presented him with its Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award in 1999. In May 2005 he received Purdue University's highest recognition to engineers, an honorary doctorate in engineering.
In 2000, Professional Pilot Magazine named Raisbeck Aviation Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2002 the National Business Aviation Association awarded him its NBAA Meritorious Service to Aviation Award. Raisbeck was the recipient of the prestigious Pathfinder Award, bestowed by Seattle's Museum of Flight in October 2007. In January 2008 he received the Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Living Legends of Aviation award in honor of his contributions in the field of aviation and aeronautics spanning a 50-year period.
In 2011, Raisbeck was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.
References
External links
Raisbeck Engineering website
James and Sherry Raisbeck Foundation
1936 births
Living people
People from Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
American aerospace engineers |
Girardville is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the regional county municipality of Maria-Chapdelaine. The municipality had a population of 1,018 in the Canada 2021 Census. The municipality is named in honour of Joseph Girard, former federal deputy for Lac-St-Jean County.
Demographics
Population trend:
Population in 2021: 1018 (2016 to 2021 population change: 3%)
Population in 2016: 988
Population in 2011: 1100
Population in 2006: 1186
Population in 2001: 1285
Population in 1996: 1350
Population in 1991: 1391
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 470 (total dwellings: 511)
Mother tongue:
English as first language: 0.5%
French as first language: 99%
English and French as first language: 0%
Other as first language: 0.5%
References
External links
Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality |
The Early Germans is a book by archaeologist Malcolm Todd on the history and culture of the early Germanic peoples. It was published by Blackwell in 1992. The books was published as part of The Peoples of Europe series. A second revised edition was published in 2004. Translations have been published in numerous languages, including Italian, Czech, German and Russian.
See also
Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte
Early Germanic Literature and Culture
Germanische Altertumskunde Online
Language and history in the early Germanic world
Sources
External links
Publisher's website
1992 non-fiction books
Germanic studies |
The El Camino Real Derby is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race held in February at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California. The race is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) on Tapeta, a synthetic racing surface.
Northern California's premier Kentucky Derby prep, the El Camino Real Derby was first run in 1982. It was hosted by Bay Meadows racetrack until its closing in August 2008.
Originally a Grade III race, the event was downgraded in 2018 to listed status. It is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
Records
Stakes Record:
1:39.40 – Ruhlmann (1988)
Most wins by a jockey:
9 – Russell Baze (1984, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014)
Most wins by a trainer:
6 – Jerry Hollendorfer (1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014)
Most wins by an owner:
2 – Jenny Craig (2002, 2009)
Winners of the El Camino Real Derby since 1982
† filly
See also
Road to the Kentucky Derby
References
February 21, 1990 New York Times article on the creation of the Preview Stakes
The Holy Bull Stakes at Pedigree Query
History of the El Camino Real Derby (PDF)
The El Camino Real Derby at Pedigree Query
Bay Meadows Racetrack
Horse races in California
Golden Gate Fields
Flat horse races for three-year-olds
Triple Crown Prep Races
Graded stakes races in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 1982 |
Coston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is divided from nearby Runhall by the River Yare. In 1931 the parish had a population of 33.
History
Coston's name is of joint Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation from the Old English and Old Norse for Karr's farmstead or settlement.
Coston does not feature in the Domesday Book.
The principle building, now hidden by mature trees, is the mid-13th century church of St. Michael. Its dilapidated state was noticed in the 18th century, but subsequent repairs took place with some success. It is now under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust and is a stopping off point for the Barnham Broom and Upper Yare remembrance trail.
and the north eastern side of the bridge looks towards Coston Fen.
Two businesses that are accessible to the public operate in Coston. A booking only fishing venue (carp) at Coston Day Ticket Fishing Lake and the Coston Hall Dairy where raw milk can be purchased.
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Runhall.
Gallery
References
Villages in Norfolk
Former civil parishes in Norfolk
South Norfolk |
Walter Carringer (September 5, 1924 – October 22, 2006) was an American classical tenor who had an active career in operas, concerts, and recitals during the 1950s and 1960s. He was twice the recipient of the Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation award and was a winner of the American Federation of Music Clubs singing competition. He also was twice awarded the Orpheus Award by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia for “significant and lasting contributions to the cause of music in America.”
Biography
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Carringer grew up in Murphy, North Carolina and was highly active as a Boy Scout in his youth. He served for two and a half years in the United States Army during World War II from 1943 to 1946. During his time of service his superior officers noticed his singing abilities and arranged for him to perform in bond selling tours and in United Service Organizations shows to entertain his fellow troops. He served in Europe for a time and upon the conclusion of the war, entered the music school at Columbia University in 1947 where he earned a bachelor's degree in vocal performance in 1950.
In his senior year of college, Carringer began performing as a soloist on tour with the Robert Shaw Chorale. He became a member of the choir after graduating, often being chosen by Shaw to perform as a tenor soloist in addition to singing in the tenor section. After three and a half years with the ensemble, he left the choir to pursue a solo career in 1953.
Over the next two decades Carringer racked up an impressive list of performance credits as a concert soloist. During his career he assailed almost all of the major oratorio tenor roles. By 1970 he had performed in concerts in every state in the US, with the exception of Hawaii and Nevada. He found his chief successes in concert performances of Handel oratorios and works by Bach, often appearing as a soloist with the Oratorio Society of New York. Highlights of his career included appearances with the Pittsburgh Symphony (1962–1965), the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1963), and the Casals Festival (1964). He also made appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Bethlehem Bach Festival. He notably performed in a number of United States premieres, including Lukas Foss’ A Parable of Death, Gerald Finzi's Intimations of Immortality, Hector Berlioz's Lelio (Pittsburgh Symphony under William Steinberg), Dmitri Shostakovich’s Song of the Forests and Georg Frideric Handel's The Triumph of Time and Truth.
Although primarily a concert tenor, Carringer did occasionally appear in operas; most notably appearing at the New Orleans Opera in 1962. His biggest operatic successes were had in concert performances of operatic works. He appeared in several concert performances of operas at Carnegie Hall, most notably singing Mitrane in the American Opera Society's performance of Gioachino Rossini's Semiramide with Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne.
In 1964, Carringer was appointed to the vocal music faculty at Northwestern University. He worked there for 24 years, teaching several notable singers like Philip Kraus. He was honored with the title of professor emeritus upon his retirement in 1988.
Sources
Biography of Walter Carringer at bach-cantatas.com
1924 births
2006 deaths
American operatic tenors
Columbia University School of the Arts alumni
Northwestern University faculty
Musicians from Knoxville, Tennessee
United States Army personnel of World War II
United States Army soldiers
Singers from North Carolina
20th-century American male opera singers
People from Murphy, North Carolina |
Kwe Kwe River (known as Que Que River until 1983) is a small river that runs by the town of Kwekwe in Zimbabwe. It is a lesser tributary of the Sebakwe River and it joins the Sebakwe River north of the town. The water from the river is used by the steel industry that forms the backbone of the town of Kwekwe. The Sebakwe River joins Sanyati River which flows northwards and drains into the Zambezi River.
See also
Kwekwe
Kadoma
References
Kwekwe
Kwekwe District
Geography of Midlands Province
Rivers of Zimbabwe |
The Mitchell Park Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football club that was founded in 1968 by Edward McAvaney, currently playing in the South Australian Amateur Football League, that initially played in the Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association.
Mitchell Park remained in the Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association, later known as the Southern Metropolitan Football League, until the end of the 1985 season.
Mitchell Park joined the South Australian Football Association in 1986 and remained in that competition they transferred to the Southern Football League Division 1 competition in 1994. Mitchell Park lasted four seasons in the Division 1 competition before they were relegated to the Division 2 competition in 1998.
In 2001, Mitchell Park left the Southern Football League and joined the South Australian Amateur Football League Division 6 competition and have drifted between Divisions 5, 6 and 7 in the years since.
Mitchell Park also fields junior teams in the Metro South Junior Football League.
A-Grade Premierships
Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association A2 (2)
1970, 1980
Southern Metropolitan Football League A1 (1)
1984
South Australian Amateur Football League Division 6 (1)
2002
South Australian Amateur Football League Division 7 (2)
2012, 2015
References
External links
Australian rules football clubs in South Australia
1968 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs established in 1968
Adelaide Footy League clubs |
Adolfo Porrata Doria (born 10 May 1948) is a Puerto Rican basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1948 births
Living people
Puerto Rican men's basketball players
1967 FIBA World Championship players
Olympic basketball players for Puerto Rico
Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
20th-century Puerto Rican people |
Sawyl Penuchel or Ben Uchel ("high-head", "arrogant"), also known as Samuil Penisel ("low-head", "humble"), was a British king of the sub-Roman period, who appears in old Welsh genealogies and the Welsh Triads.
The genealogies, in which he appears under both epithets, make him the son of Pabo Post Prydain, a descendant of Coel Hen, the presumed king of the Old North. John Morris locates Sawyl in the south Pennines area (the modern Peak District, a name which may date from its settlement by the Anglian Pecset). He is listed as one of the "Three Arrogant Men of the Island of Britain" in the Welsh Triads.
Other genealogies say he was the father of St. Asaph. Elis Gruffydd's Chronicle says that his daughter married Maelgwn Gwynedd. An Irish genealogy says that a "Samuel Chendisel" married Deichter, daughter of Muiredach Muinderg, the king of Ulster, and they had two sons: Sanctan, who became bishop of Cil-dá-les and founded Kilnasantan in County Dublin, and Matóc Ailithir. The Irish Liber Hymnorum confirms that both Sanctan and Matóc came to Ireland from Britain.
According to the Welsh Life of Saint Cadoc, a king named Sawyl Penuchel held court at Allt Cunedda near Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire. Cadoc pursued Sawyl's warband after they stole food from Llancarfan Abbey. He found them sleeping under a tree and cut off their hair, before fleeing to a nearby bog. When Sawyl and his men gave chase, they all drowned in the bog. Whether this is the same king, having fled to Wales after his northern kingdom was overrun by the Angles, a different man of the same name, or simply an error by the composer of the Life, is unclear. This Sawyl was supposedly buried in a nearby mound known as Banc Benuchel.
When this mound was excavated in 1850, a large body covered with a hexagonal stone imitating a battle-shield was discovered, which people have presumed to have been the remains of Sawyl Penuchel. The skeleton was described as male and the age at death was estimated at 30 years on the basis of the teeth. Precise measurements which were supplied in report in the 1851 Archaeologia Cambrensis and a subsequent report in The Welshman stated that the skull "was 21½ ins in its horizontal circumference 6½ ins broad and 7½ ins long ... The thigh bones were perfect and 20½ ins long, and the fibula of the arm was 11 ins". According to this account, the remains were re-interred "apart from the teeth and two or three vertebra which were kept as souvenirs". Later inquiries made with local people who remembered the original excavation (the work was led by Mr Fitzwilliam, on whose land one of the tumuli stood, accompanied by Mr Fenton of Glynmel, Fishguard) recalled that "they came to a very large flat stone which gave them a lot of trouble to remove. When it was done the skeleton of a large, powerful man was discovered in a sitting position and facing south." The bones, especially the legs, were of "large size" and the skull "had a hole in it". Asked what became of the skeleton, the witnesses agreed that the landowner (Fitzwilliam) had them sent to London - but where precisely was not clear. A subsequent excavation in 1881 resulted in no body being found; this suggested that the 1851 report in Archaeologia Cambrensis, which stated that the bones were re-interred, may not have been entirely true. Inquiries made in 1937 about the whereabouts of the remains of Sawyl were inconclusive.
Geoffrey of Monmouth, in his History of the Kings of Britain (1136), uses the name Samuil Penessil for a legendary pre-Roman king of Britain, preceded by Redechius and succeeded by Pir.
References
Northern Brythonic monarchs
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown |
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The Levoy Theatre is a 696-seat operational performing arts center located in Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.
History
The First Levoy Theatre
The first Levoy Theatre filled a ten-year void left in Millville after the 1898 fire that destroyed the Wilson Opera House (once at High and Sassafras Sts.), Millville's largest theatre of the 19th century. By 1908 Millville needed a new source of entertainment, and William “Pop” Somers of Atlantic City and Somers Point fame came to Millville seeing the opportunity for his Levoy. On a side note, Somers was one of the early Ferris Wheel designers, even before Mr. Ferris himself. Only after a lengthy court battle between Ferris and Somers did the famous ride become known as the “Ferris” Wheel and not the “Somers” Wheel.
On January 9, 1908, Somer's first Levoy was opened. It was much smaller than today's structure; there were two floors—the theatre on the lower floor and a dance floor on the upper. The first admission prices were 5¢ for one ticket or 25¢ for six.
The early silent flickering films shown in the original Levoy were often accompanied by a vocalist or piano player in the background to follow the action.
The Second Levoy Theatre
Only four years after the first Levoy opened it was to be enlarged by Colonel Ellsworth Shaw, a job that took five months, 29 days to enlarge the theatre occupying two store widths and doubling its previous size.
The Levoy now had a larger stage, with a wrap around "horse-shoe" balcony. Its facade at this point slightly resembled the facade of the Levoy known today, at a somewhat smaller scale. Reopening ceremonies began on November 4, 1912, with William Somers’ renaming of his theatre as the “New Levoy”.
Handle & Rovner’s Theatre Beautiful
For the next fifteen years the Levoy was Millville's center of entertainment for silent films and Vaudeville; its main competition came from the Peoples’ Theatre just across the street, also operated by the Levoy's owners.
The famous Morris Handle and A.J. Rovner leased the theatres from Somers in April 1927 and soon decided that the Levoy was the one they were going to invest in. After several months of further enlargements and embellishments creating its current footprint and scale the “Theatre Beautiful” of Millville was ready for its grand reopening.
The Levoy was now at its full size: a 1,100 seat lower level, a 400-seat balcony, box seating, one of three $30,000 Lenoir pipe organs built specially for the Handel & Rovner Company (serial number #P304B), a stage-proscenium with full fly system, orchestra pit, a marble and chandelier filled lobby and mezzanine, and a very ornate classical facade that gave the impression of a theatre in a very large city.
Over 3,500 people turned out for opening night, September 19, 1927 with a bill of live Vaudeville acts as the main attraction.
Warner Brothers
As Vaudeville's popularity waned and film became the dominant entertainment medium, the Hollywood studios began to require exclusivity of their films to company-owned theatres. The Levoy was sold to Warner Brothers on May 28, 1930. The 1930s brought the first time in history that theatres were built solely for movie use, and Warner Brothers wanted to modernize the Levoy into one of these new movie palaces.
This brought about the third major renovation of the Levoy, in 1939. Different than the other renovations of the Levoy in 1912 and 1927, the 1939 renovation was not an enlargement. Instead, it was mostly a cosmetic renovation consistent with Warner Brothers’ view of what a modern theatre should be.
A new neon-heavy marquee was constructed; deco-styled front doors with half moon shaped windows replaced the solid wood ones; the lobby was remodeled to create a new “eye flow principle”; the auditorium had new wall tapestries with illustrations of the earth's eastern and western hemispheres on opposing walls; the whole theatre was now “scientifically air conditioned” for the comfort of all patrons; and movies were made ever grander by the enlargement of the movie screen and the utilization of the RCA Company's new “Sound Apex” system.
With its grand reopening on August 18, 1939, the Levoy had now officially entered the Golden Age of motion pictures.
The popularity of television in the 1950s brought the entertainment and news, previously exclusive to theatres, into everyone's living rooms for free. The TV competition, combined with the Federal Government antitrust crackdown on Hollywood's stranglehold on distribution, caused studio profits to drop significantly. In an effort to cut their losses, the Studios began divesting themselves of real estate and in 1952 Warner Brothers sold to Eugene Mori, owner of the Landis Theater in Vineland.
“Uncle” Simon Cherivtch
During the next six years the Levoy's slow but steady decline continued. The theatre was now a losing business, and the Levoy's ownership changed again, this time to Simon Cherivtch, businessman and former Millville Mayor. Simon took control on August 28, 1958, and quickly made his message clear on what he planned for the Levoy.
He stated that if attendance kept declining he would find another use for the building, possibly a supermarket or small shopping center. This was a serious threat to the Levoy, since everybody knew that Cherivtch had bought the Peoples’ Theatre in the early 1950s, closed it, and converted it into a modern store.
Cherivtch made several initial attempts to increase attendance, including an attempt to revive live performances with such acts as former Vaudevillians Olson & Johnson's “New Hellz-a-Poppin’ Yock and Roll Revue of 1959” and risking arrest for violating local "Blue Laws" by threatening to open on Sunday, February 22, 1959.
Throughout the 1960s Cherivtch tried many times to bolster Levoy crowds and revenues. He started parades complete with elephants!, gave silver dollars out to children at Saturday matinees, created hype that the Beatles would be at the theatre during the peak of Beatlemania in 1964, and had lottery drawings for ticket stub holders. Many of the matinee kids soon gave him the nickname “Uncle Simon” because of all of his generous schemes.
Tiring of trying to maintain an unprofitable business, in the early 1960s Cherivtch modified the front part of the building by removing most of the lobby, the south staircase and several rows of seats in the auditorium to create two retail shops.
Cherivtch tried several times to sell or lease the Levoy to groups like the Jaycees or even to regional theatre circuits, but all were unsuccessful in running the theatre and the title eventually went back to Simon.
The early 1970s brought a new round of problems to the Levoy. The general flight of patrons from the downtown to the new shopping mall combined with two Multiplex cinemas opening in Vineland was taking away much business. But worst of all, because of low revenues, basic maintenance and upkeep began to slide. The building and its systems started to deteriorate. In 1972 the Levoy closed for several months “for alterations” when the first major exterior alteration occurred.
The large wood eave façade that hung high above the marquee was hanging out some 10-12 inches from the building. This was ordered removed— and was, on July 7, 1972.
Soon afterward the four wooden pilasters were also taken down, leaving only wood beams to show where these decorative elements once stood. The 1972 shutdown and renovation were only temporary setbacks because the Levoy would soon reopen, but it was a sign of things to come.
Closure
The seats were old, the balcony was often closed, and movies were all second run, but it was still open for business, this time until July 1974. Once again problems with electric, wiring, heating, and the leaky roof were cited as problems.
For the next four months the Levoy's new leasee, Seymour “Sy” Siegal, planned an optimistic comeback for Millville's 66-year-old theatre. Improvements were made, promotions like the 5¢ movie were brought back, and the Levoy's occupancy permit was granted on November 13, 1974. This temporary reopening lasted for a month, and then an extra week was added on.
This stop and go game with City Hall came to an end on December 24, 1974, when the Levoy was permanently closed because of the lack of substantial improvements. This put an end to Sy Siegal's efforts, and once again the title went back to Simon Cherivtch.
The theatre was threatened with demolition in October, 1976 when The Levoy's leasee, Theatre VI Corporation of Long Island, was given 60 days to make minimum safety repairs on the building before the city would undertake demolition proceedings. Demolition never occurred, due to logistical, legal and financial issues.
Blaze Diegidio
Cherivtch met Blaze Diegidio of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and persuaded him to buy the old theatre in 1980.
At first Blaze had planned to renovate the Levoy into a mini-mall, but these plans never formulated and for several more years the Levoy was boarded up.
In the mid 1980s the store space on the ground floor was reopened for leasing, and the second floor mezzanine was torn out to create residential apartments.
On August 6, 1994, Blaze opened the Levoy for a tour to a group of interested citizens. It was this tour that convinced the group that there was enough of the theatre left to warrant the formation of a grass-roots organization to restore and reopen the theatre.
Levoy Theatre Preservation Society (LTPS)
In 1995, Joseph Pierce Jr., one of those who had been on Blaze's Levoy tour convinced his father Joseph Pierce Sr. and friend Jeffrey Page that something needed to be done to preserve the Levoy Theatre. The three formed the Levoy Theatre Preservation Society as a non-profit corporation.
When Blaze Diegidio was first contacted by the LTPS about selling the Levoy, Blaze was reluctant to deal with a non-profit organization—-probably fearing that he would not be able to recoup his expenses. For the next 3 years, Mr. Diegidio took the LTPS on a roller coaster ride of joy and despair with his capricious attitude regarding the sale of the Levoy, until his death in 1998. Eager to relieve themselves of a white elephant and gain some significant tax breaks in the process, Diegidio's survivors sold of the Levoy to the LTPS.
As new owners of the Levoy, the LTPS successfully applied to have the property listed on the State of New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places in August 1998 and began fundraising and stabilization efforts.
Joseph Pierce Jr., died in a swimming accident at Millville's Union Lake in July 2000 and the organization struggled for years to recover from the loss.
In 2008, a partnership was formed between the Levoy Theatre Preservation Society and a local community theatre group, The Off Broad Street Players, led by local attorneys and arts enthusiasts Phillip and (his daughter) Lauren Van Embden. Together these groups began a campaign entitled the Levoy Renaissance Project, which was to give fuel to the capital fundraising mission to salvage the dilapidated shell of a building and bring performing and screen arts back to downtown Millville. In spite of the economic downturn from the housing market collapse, there was enough public sentiment in favor of the project, and enough perseverance from the new leadership to accomplish what had been impossible for decades.
The next two years were spent simultaneously planning every detail of construction from seating layout and acoustics to carpet color and dressing room design, while assembling a highly complex multimillion-dollar financial package. Funding was sourced from a combination of tax credits, private and public funds and was finally completed in April 2010. Work on the restoration of the theatre began shortly thereafter.
Reconstruction
The renovation project suffered a setback on January 3, 2011. A section of the building's north wall collapsed, followed by the front wall, leaving most of the 100-year-old structure in rubble. One building nearby was deemed a total loss due to damage from the collapse. One firefighter, already on the scene investigating a gas leak prior to the incident, was struck and injured by falling debris.
The Levoy Theatre construction renovation project restarted in May 2011, five months after the partial collapse, and continued until August 2012. The facade and marquee of the theater was replicated to match an incarnation of the theater from the late 1920s, and much of the interior of the theater has been modeled and matched to the historic features of the century-old venue. Upon entering is a small lobby, followed by a larger ground-floor lobby and a grand staircase leading to a mezzanine lobby. The new theater seats about 700 patrons, has state-of-art sound and lighting, and a levitating orchestra pit.
Re-opening
The Levoy Theatre successfully re-opened on September 9, 2012 with a performance by the Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra underscoring the films of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, just like the original Levoy offered.
The Levoy Theatre's official grand opening gala took place on September 22, 2012. The gala began with a reception, followed by the premier of the play "Roundabout: A New Amusement," by Jim Cook Jr. which chronicled the history of the 1912 opening. A concert by resident theatre company, The Off Broad Street Players along with professional theater actors and singers closed the evening.
Removal From Historic Registers
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. A local group, which had issues with the building's tax exempt status as a historic place, petitioned the State of New Jersey to remove the property from its database following the 2011 collapse. Their argument that there was an insufficient portion left of the building remaining to qualify as a historic place, and any further construction was essentially a new building. On July 17, 2013 the Levoy Theatre was removed from the National Register after being previously removed from the New Jersey Register of Historic Places.
References
External links
The Levoy Theatre official website
Levoy Theatre - History
Millville, New Jersey
Neoclassical architecture in New Jersey
Gothic Revival architecture in New Jersey
Theatres completed in 1927
Buildings and structures in Cumberland County, New Jersey
1927 establishments in New Jersey |
Ernest Norman Johnson (May 9, 1915 – April 4, 2015) was an American politician in the state of North Dakota. He served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1959 to 1971, and as Speaker of the House in 1969. He died at the age of 99 in 2015.
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1915 births
2015 deaths |
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package types
import (
sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
)
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}
}
``` |
Hot Air Balloon is a rock opera written in 1998 by Jon Gutwillig, guitarist and founding member of The Disco Biscuits, a Philadelphia based trance fusion jam band.
Performance history
Hot Air Balloon was first performed on December 31, 1998 at the Silk City Lounge in Philadelphia. The debut was unannounced and fans attending the show were given a pamphlet containing accompanying stories for each of the songs.
The opera has been performed in its entirety nine times. It was also performed on April 1, 2002, but with "Aquatic Ape" replacing the title song, "Hot Air Balloon", as an April Fool's joke. However, "Hot Air Balloon" lyrics were sung during parts of "Aquatic Ape". In addition, the entire second act (and Eulogy) were played on February 3, 1999.
December 31, 1998 at Silk City Lounge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 24, 1999 at Center for the Arts, Natick, Massachusetts
March 4, 1999 at The Tractor, Seattle, Washington
May 11, 1999 at The Blue Terrapin, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
June 12, 1999 at The Music Farm, Charleston, South Carolina
October 23, 1999 at Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
April 1, 2002 at Bogart's, Cincinnati, Ohio
January 17, 2004 at the Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
October 31, 2007 at the Orpheum Theater, Boston, Massachusetts
December 31, 2018 at the Fillmore, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Character sketches
Corrinado
An unemployed wayward inventor who bounced aimlessly from idea to idea, until he invented the world's first aircraft, the hot air balloon. He was convinced by Morris Mulberry that the idea could be profitable and that the two of them should start a service shuttling people across the sea in hot air balloons. The business, called Hot Air Balloon Traveling, became successful and attracted the attention of Manilla Trane, the entrepreneur whose capital ran much of the town. Corrinado refused to sell Hot Air Balloon Traveling, and even worse, kindles a romance with Manilla's beautiful wife, Leora of the Sequoias. Manilla forcibly overtook the business and had Corrinado arrested and sentenced for building "the devil's flying machine."
Leora of the Sequioas
The young trophy wife of Manilla Trane, known throughout town as a terrific chef. She earned her nickname because of her height as well as the size of her hair, which, according to the townspeople, looked as if were held up by branches. Lack of attention from her husband turned her into an insomniac, and she was often seen late at night staring out the window of the high tower of Manilla's fortress.
Manilla Trane
Extraordinarily wealthy entrepreneur whose riches allows him to control the entire town. As a young man, he began to amass his fortune by peddling weapons. He possesses a small army of extremely loyal men who will do his every whim. An avid arts collector, he married Leora of the Sequoias on the steps of his brand new museum. He is known as an extremely demanding and unforgiving tyrant.
Morris Mulberry
A somewhat conniving, albeit benevolent, street hustler. He convinced Corrinado that the two of them could start a highly successful business by using Corrinado’s hot air balloon invention to shuttle people across the sea. He mysteriously vanished one month after Hot Air Balloon Travelling was destroyed and Corrinado was arrested.
Diamond Riggs
A well known loan-shark and old street friend of Morris Mulberry. He put up the initial capital to start Hot Air Balloon Traveling. A very aloof individual who, according to town rumor, possessed the prototype hot air balloon, which he was given as collateral for his initial investment.
Act I
Scene I - The Overture
High noon - townsfolk fill the center square for lunch. There is much commotion. Horse-drawn carriages line the outer streets. Merchants are yelling their pitches into the crowd. Street performers are miming and dancing in front of onlookers. The echoing sound of the street charmer's horn can be heard ricocheting off of the buildings.
Scene II - Once the Fiddler Paid
Corrinado sits alone in his prison cell, staring out the tiny barred window, over the jagged cliffs, and out to the sea beyond. The noon sun is high, the sky is clear and a comfortable summer wind blows through his cell. He thinks about Leora, his lost loved one, and he is plagued by the haunting vision of his fate.
Scene III - The Very Moon
The scene moves to Manilla's estate, before the arrest of Corrinado. We catch a glimpse of the relationship between Manilla and Leora. Manilla has reaped the rewards of many successful business enterprises. He works too hard to pay attention to his wife Leora, needing her only as a chef. Manilla invites Corrinado and Mulberry over for dinner in order to discuss the proposition of buying Hot Air Balloon Traveling. Corrinado and Mulberry are not willing to part with the business. As the scene ends, it becomes clear that Corrinado and Leora are enamored with one another, leaving Leora wondering whether Corrinado is the man to fly her far, far away.
Scene IV - Voices Insane
The scene shifts back to Corrinado's jail cell, the night before he is to be burned at the stake. Starved and beaten, he has given in to the demons which are living in his mind. He knows that there is little chance to escape his fate, yet he dares the audience to condemn him for what he has done. Half-crazy, he sits alone in his cell dreaming of Leora, laughing aloud at the world which had condemned him.
Scene V - Eulogy
The prison guards come to take Corrinado away to be executed. He walks defiantly through the crowd as they taunt and jeer at him. He remains calm and seems completely unmoved. His gaze is fixed on the sky.
Act II
Scene I - Bazaar Escape
Corrinado is strapped to a pole in the center of town. Manilla's troops are preparing the fire. Leora has arranged for his feet to be left untied. At the last moment, he pulls on his ropes with all his might, tearing himself free. He charges into the town bazaar as Manilla's troops pursue. His only chance of escaping is to make for the cliffs and jump into the sea. With a hoard of troops on his heels, he swan dives off the cliff into the sea far below.
Scene II - Mulberry's Dream
Corrinado swims through the sea, his only chance of survival is to make it to the island; hoping that Morris Mulberry will be waiting with the prototype hot air balloon, the only one left undestroyed by Manilla. As he swims, he gets delirious from pure physical exhaustion. He thinks back to his friend Mulberry and the beginning of Hot Air Balloon Traveling when Mulberry persuaded him to use his invention to start a successful business.
Scene III - Above the Waves
Mulberry stands alone on the island with the hot air balloon engine burning. He waits all night in hopes that Corrinado will make it. Eventually, he starts to despair, realizing that even if Corinado managed to escape his execution, there is no way that he could make the long swim across the ocean. He gives up all hope of Corrinado's survival, puts out the balloon engine, and sits there in the darkness. Out of the darkness, he hears someone shouting his name in a faint voice. He looks out but still he sees nothing. He thinks that his mind is playing tricks on him, and decides that it is time to move on and start his life anew. He is about to leave when Corrinado's soaking wet figure emerges from the darkness.
Scene IV - Hot Air Balloon
Corrinado embraces Mulberry. He stares in awe at the hot air balloon. The fantastic pipe dream that had become his greatest joy had also led to his persecution. He starts up the engine and takes off, flying over the sea to rescue his beloved Leora. Leora waits lying by the sea on the beach. She frets about whether or not Corrinado has survived. As dawn approaches, she sees a speck on the horizon: Corrinado has arrived. He sets his balloon down on the shore, and Leora climbs in with him. They take off together, never to be seen by anyone again, flying off into the sunrise.
Notes
References
Rock operas
Aviation operas |
Neoplasticism, known in Dutch as Nieuwe Beelding or the new image, is an avant-garde art theory that arose in 1917 and was employed mainly by Dutch De Stijl artists. The most notable advocates of the theory were the painters Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondriaan. Neoplasticism advocated for an abstract art that had been purified by applying the most elementary principles through plainly rational means. Thus, a painting that adhered to neoplastic theory would typically consist of only simple shapes and primary colors.
Origin
The term "plastic arts" has been used historically to denote visual art forms (painting, sculpture, and ceramics) as opposed to literature or music. The terms plasticity and plasticism became more widely used in the early 20th century by critics discussing modern painting, particularly the works of Paul Cézanne.
Assumptions
According to the neoplasticists, the painter, sculptor, architect, musician, writer, etc., are concerned with expressing or depicting all facets of life. However, this never happens by chance. Every painting, sculpture, building, piece of music, book, etc., is deliberately created. It is the maker's product and, to a lesser extent, what it represents. The events in this painting by Nicolas Poussin never took place. Even the body postures of the figures are not so common in real life. Yet it convinces and forms a harmonious whole. So every artist manipulates reality to produce an aesthetically pleasing, artfully pleasing whole: to create harmony. Even the most realistic painters, such as Johannes Vermeer or Rembrandt van Rijn, used all kinds of artistic means to achieve the greatest possible degree of harmony. The artists of De Stijl called these visual means. However, the artist determines to what extent he allows these visual means to dominate or to stay as close as possible to his subject. In painting and sculpture, and to a lesser extent in architecture, music, and literature, there is a duality between the idea of the artist and the matter of the world around us.
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Bonset, I.K. (July 1922) ‘Beeldende verskunst en hare verhouding tot de andere kunsten’, De Stijl, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 88–89.
Doesburg, Theo van (October 1917) ‘Ter inleiding’, De Stijl, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1–2.
Doesburg, Theo van (November 1918) ‘Aanteekeningen over monumentale kunst’, De Stijl, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 10–12.
Doesburg, Theo van (1919) Drie voordrachten over de nieuwe beeldende kunst, Amsterdam: Maatschappij voor goede en goedkoope lectuur.
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Doesburg, Theo van (February 1922) ‘Der Wille zum Stil (Neugestaltung von Leben, Kunst und Technik)’, De Stijl, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 23–32.
Doesburg, Theo van (March 1922) 'Von den neuen Ästhetik zur materiellen Verwirklichung', De Stijl, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 10–14.
Horst Richter. Geschichte der Malerei im 20. Jahrhundert. Köln. 1988
Engel, Henk (2009) "Theo van Doesburg & the destruction of architectural theory", in: Gladys Fabre en Doris Wintgens Hötte (red.), Van Doesburg & the international avant-garde. Constructing a new world, [London]: Tate Publishing, , pp. 36–45.
Fabre, Gladys (2009) "A universal language for the arts: interdisciplinarity as a practice, film as a model", in: Gladys Fabre en Doris Wintgens Hötte (red.), Van Doesburg & the international avant-garde. Constructing a new world, [London]: Tate Publishing, , pp. 46–57.
Frampton, Kenneth (1982) "Neoplasticisme en architectuur: formatie en transformatie", in Mildred Friedman (red.) De Stijl: 1917-1931, Amsterdam: Meulenhoff/Landshoff, .
Huszàr, Vilmos (March 1918) ‘Aesthetische beschouwingen III (bij bijlagen 9 en 10)’, De Stijl, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 54–57. See Digital Dada Archive.
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Overy, Paul ([1991] 2000) De Stijl, London: Thames and Hudson, .
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References
De Stijl
Art movements in Europe |
Sigrud Kummer is a West German sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1960s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in East Berlin.
References
West German female canoeists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak |
is a subway station in the Nihonbashi neighbourhood of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.
Lines
Kayabacho Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line.
Station layout
The Hibiya and Tozai lines cross perpendicularly at the station and so do their platforms. The Hibiya Line has two side platforms with southbound trains using track 1 and northbound trains using track 2. In contrast, the Tozai Line has a single island platform with tracks on either side; platform 3 serves eastbound trains whilst platform 4 serves westbound trains.
Platforms
History
The station opened on February 28, 1963, as part of the Hibiya line, which then ran between and (on the Tōbu Isesaki Line). The Tōzai Line platforms opened on September 14, 1967.
The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.
TH Liner services on the Hibiya Line between and commenced on 6 June 2020.
Surrounding area
Kayabachō Station is located at an intersection of two major streets in southern Nihonbashi (specifically Nihonbashi-Kayabachō), a neighbourhood in Chūō Ward renowned for its financial history and commercial development. The Tokyo Stock Exchange is only a few blocks west in Nihonbashi-Kabutochō.
Suitengūmae Station ( ) (approximately 10 minutes' walk)
See also
List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Kayabachō Station information (Tokyo Metro)
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1963
Stations of Tokyo Metro
Tokyo Metro Tozai Line
Railway stations in Tokyo
Nihonbashi, Tokyo |
Hosangadi is a village in the Kundapur taluk of Udupi district. As of 2011, Hosangadi has a total population of 4872 people consisting of 2488 male and 410 female residents. The village occupies a total area of 3541.88 hectares with a population density of 1.376 people per hectare. As of 2011, the total literacy rate was 75.9% which was higher than the national average of 59.5%.
As of 2011, Hosangadi has an employment rate of over 43.31%, 87.11% of whom are employed over 183 days in a year.
See also
Udupi
Kundapura
References
Villages in Udupi district |
Priscilla Beach Theatre ("PBT"), located in the Manomet section of Plymouth at Priscilla Beach, was one of the original barn theatres in America. It was founded in 1937 by Dr. Franklin Trask. His wife, Agnes, became PBT's first artistic director. In addition to the 240-seat barn theatre, the original complex included several cottages, residences, dormitories, a mansion, carriage house and athletic field. The unique "learn-by-doing" training at PBT offered thousands of young acting students the opportunity to learn nearly every aspect of theatre training from fencing, dance and directing to make-up, lighting and set design.
During the 1940s and 1950s, PBT featured well-known guest stars in student productions. These luminaries included Edward Everett Horton, Veronica Lake, Charlie Ruggles and Gloria Swanson. During this era, as many as 150 actors and actresses were in residence, usually performing in one play during the evening, while rehearsing another play during the day. Also, many famous students grew from a rising crop of young talent, including Paul Newman, Robert MacNeil, Estelle Parsons, Pat Carroll, Sandy Dennis, Mike Todd, Jr., Dan Blocker, Jean Seberg, poet Daisy Aldan and Jan Scott, Emmy Award-winning art director.
During the 1960s, James Lonigro (stage name Geronimo Sands), replaced Mrs. Trask, becoming PBT's new artistic director. During his tenure, a new breed of talent emerged from the rigorous summer-stock training ground at the famous theatre school. This group includes Rob Reiner, Al Brooks, André Bishop (founder of Playwrights Horizons and Artistic Director of Theatres at Lincoln Center), news legend Andy Lack (former president of NBC News, producer of "60 Minutes", former CEO of Sony BMG and current CEO of the Bloomberg LP multimedia group), Curtis Sliwa (founder of the Guardian Angels), Jennifer Coolidge, Kitty Winn and Corey Carrier. During the 1970s, PBT was leased to Tufts University and, under the direction of Tony Award-winning producer Mitch Maxwell, saw Peter Gallagher on the barn stage.
Author and composer Rick Besoyan wrote "Little Mary Sunshine" while at PBT. Entertainer Mickey Rooney cited PBT as being the inspiration for the story and motion picture of "Babes in Arms", in which he starred alongside Judy Garland. Robert MacNeil praises Priscilla Beach Theatre on the popular PBS program, "Do You Speak American?" for helping him manage his Canadian accent.
PBT alumni have won (at least): four Academy Awards (Oscars), nine Tony Awards, three SAG Awards, four Golden Globes, six Golden Laurel Awards, a People's Choice Award, three New York Film Critics' Circle Awards, two Cannes Film Festival Awards, 15 Emmy Awards and, is represented by five stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
In February 2013, the Priscilla Beach Theatre was purchased by Bob and Sandy Malone. In the following two years, the barn was renovated and restored, with the first production back in the barn in July 2015 (Fiddler on the Roof).
External links
Priscilla Beach Theatre website
Priscilla Beach Theatre Facebook page
http://manometcurrent.com/curtain-set-to-rise-on-priscilla-beach-theatres-next-act/
http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20140723/Entertainment/140728426
http://manometcurrent.com/priscilla-beach-theatre-barn-restored-and-ready-for-a-show/
Theatres in Massachusetts
Buildings and structures in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Tourist attractions in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Barn theatres |
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The Dong Feng-26 or DF-26 (; NATO reporting name: CH-SS-18) is an intermediate-range ballistic missile deployed by the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force and produced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
Chinese sources claim the DF-26 has a range of over and may conduct precision nuclear or conventional strikes against ground and naval targets. It is China's first conventionally-armed ballistic missile claimed to be capable of reaching Guam and the American military installations located there; this has led to the missile being referred to as the "Guam Express" or "Guam Killer".
The possibility that a DF-26 unit could have nuclear warheads makes it likely an adversary would target these missiles in a first strike.
The missile was officially revealed at the Chinese 2015 parade commemorating the end of the Second World War. In April 2018, it was officially confirmed that the DF-26 was in service with the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF). The United States believes the missile was first fielded in 2016, with 16 operational launchers in 2017.
Tests and deployments
On 26 August 2020, along with a DF-21D, a DF-26B was launched into an area of the South China Sea between Hainan and the Paracel Islands, one day after China said that an American U-2 spy plane entered a no-fly zone without its permission during a Chinese live-fire naval drill in the Bohai Sea off its north coast (the US confirmed a U-2 sortie but denied it was improper.) and came as Washington blacklisted 24 Chinese companies and targeted individuals it said were part of construction and military activities in the South China Sea. US officials subsequently claimed that the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) had fired four medium-range ballistic missiles in total. The missile tests drew criticism from Japan, the Pentagon and Taiwan and led to volatility in Asian markets. As of 2019, the DF-26 has not been tested against targets at sea.
Variants
DF-26
DF-26B
See also
Agni-IV
DF-21
DF-27
RSD-10 Pioneer
Notes and references
Citations
General bibliography
Ballistic missiles of the People's Republic of China
Intermediate-range ballistic missiles
Nuclear missiles of the People's Republic of China
Synthetic aperture radar
Military equipment introduced in the 2010s |
John Wesley Judd (18 February 1840 – 3 March 1916) was a British geologist.
Biography
He was born in Portsmouth the son of George and Jannette Judd. At the age of 8, he moved to London, and went to school in Camberwell. After leaving school, Judd became a school-teacher in Horncastle, Lincolnshire until 1863, when he became a student at the Royal School of Mines. From 1867 - 1870, Judd worked for the Geological Survey of England and Wales, mapping Rutland, before joining the Education Department, under Matthew Arnold, as an Inspector of Schools in 1871. In his spare time, Judd continued his geological studies in Scotland, and later in the volcanic districts of Italy. He returned to Imperial College in 1876, succeeding Sir Andrew Ramsey as Professor of Geology.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1877, having been nominated by Charles Darwin, George Julius Poulett Scrope, Nevil Maskelyne and Edward Hull, among others. He was President of the Geological Society between 1886 and 1888 and awarded their Wollaston Medal in 1891. He was later Dean of the Royal College of Science, and Vice-President of the Royal Society from 1902 to 1904. He retired from Imperial College in 1905.
Notable pupils of his include Edgeworth David, William Fraser Hume and Frederick Chapman.
He married in 1878 Jeannie Frances, daughter of John Jeyes.
Works
References
External links
JUDD, Professor John Wesley (1840-1916) at Archives in London and the M25 area.
John Wesley Judd C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. Biography, Pioneers of the British Geological Survey
1840 births
1916 deaths
Scientists from Portsmouth
Companions of the Order of the Bath
19th-century British geologists
Fellows of the Royal Society
Wollaston Medal winners
Fellows of the Geological Society of London |
Moods of Norway AS was a Norwegian clothing brand started by Stefan Dahlquist, Peder Børresen, and Simen Staalnacke in 2003. The company declared bankruptcy on 20 September 2017.
After the bankruptcy, the old owners bought back the rights to the Moods of Norway trademark.
Moods of Norway was relaunched in March 2019, now under the shorter brandname Moods.
History
The trio was featured in the July 2009 issue of Cliché Magazine, with a story of their growing brand. Dahlkvist and Staalnacke were studying at Hawaii Pacific University, when Børresen (who was an old friend of Staalnacke's) visited. A conversation at a late night party about a fashion brand with a Norwegian twist led to the group launching the first collection in 2003. After a handful of stores in Norway, Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, Moods of Norway opened a U.S. flagship store in May 2009 on Robertson Boulevard in Beverly Hills. but the company relocated that store to Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles.
The company sports the slogan "Happy Clothes for Happy People." In the midst of their fun and edgy designs, the designers were able to incorporate their sense of humor. "246.619" is embroidered in every one of the men's suits, referring to the number of tractors in Norway.
In 2010 the brand released their first fully electronic product, a waffle iron which made waffles shaped like tractors. However, on November 17, 2011, they asked customers via Facebook and other social media, to return their waffle irons, stating it could be a fire hazard.
In 2014 Moods of Norway was one of the official designers for the Norwegian Olympic team uniforms at the Sochi Olympics opening ceremony.
On 20 September 2017 Moods of Norway declared itself bankrupt. A month later Simen Staalnacke, Jan Egil Flo and some former employees bought the bankruptcy estate for 52.6 MNOK.
Brand stores
Moods of Norway operated stores in Norway, Iceland, Japan, and the United States:
Bodø, Norway
Tromsø, Northern Norway
Langevåg, Ålesund, Norway
Stryn, Norway
Flø, Norway
Oslo, Norway
Bergen, Norway
Trondheim, Norway
Stavanger, Norway
Geiranger, Norway
Tokyo, Japan
Reykjavík, Iceland
Los Angeles, United States
References
Clothing brands
Companies based in Sogn og Fjordane
2000s fashion
Clothing companies established in 2003
Clothing companies disestablished in 2017
Clothing companies of Norway
2003 establishments in Norway
2017 disestablishments in Norway |
Touko Tumanto (born 6 March 1982) is a Finnish professional football player.
Tumanto has played many places in different teams. He is known for his versatile style of playing. Midfielder is his strongest position.
References
Guardian Football
Finnish men's footballers
Veikkausliiga players
FC Inter Turku players
JJK Jyväskylä players
Living people
1982 births
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from Helsinki |
Bennie Lee Cunningham, Jr. (December 23, 1954 – April 23, 2018) was an American professional football player who was a tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). Cunningham was selected out of the Clemson University in the 1976 NFL Draft by the Steelers. During his career, he played in 118 games and caught 202 receptions for 2,879 yards and 20 touchdowns.
Cunningham's most famous play in the NFL was a game-winning touchdown in a Pittsburgh home game versus divisional rival Cleveland on September 24, 1978. It came on a flea-flicker play, culminating in a pass from Terry Bradshaw to Cunningham, who caught the ball in the back right corner of the end zone. It gave the Steelers a dramatic 15–9 victory over the Browns in sudden-death overtime.
On April 23, 2018, Cunningham died at age 63 at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where he had been fighting cancer for about three months.
References
External links
Cunningham's stats
1954 births
2018 deaths
American football tight ends
Clemson Tigers football players
Pittsburgh Steelers players
All-American college football players
People from Laurens, South Carolina
Players of American football from South Carolina |
```javascript
'use strict';
/*
* This test is a regression test for joyent/node#8900.
*/
const common = require('../common');
const TEST_DURATION = common.platformTimeout(1000);
let N = 3;
const keepOpen =
setTimeout(
common.mustNotCall('Test timed out. keepOpen was not canceled.'),
TEST_DURATION);
const timer = setInterval(common.mustCall(() => {
if (--N === 0) {
clearInterval(timer);
timer._onTimeout =
common.mustNotCall('Unrefd interval fired after being cleared');
clearTimeout(keepOpen);
}
}, N), 1);
timer.unref();
``` |
IraqComm is a speech translation system that performs two-way, speech-to-speech machine translation between English and colloquial Iraqi Arabic. SRI International in Menlo Park, California led development of the IraqComm system under the DARPA program Spoken Language Communication and Translation System for Tactical Use (TRANSTAC).
Vocabulary
IraqComm has a vocabulary of tens of thousands of words in English and in Iraqi Arabic. The system is designed to enable soldiers or medics to converse with civilians in settings such as military checkpoints, door-to-door searches, or first aid situations. The system is tailored to translate spoken interactions on topics on force protection, security, and basic medical services, and can be customized to include other topics as needed. Conversations can be logged for later review or archiving.
Users
After IraqComm demonstrated leading performance in competitive laboratory tests under Phase 1 of TRANSTAC, in Spring 2006 the U.S. military selected the IraqComm system for evaluation in real tactical operations in Iraq.
Design
IraqComm integrates three software technologies: automatic speech recognition (ASR), machine translation (MT), and text-to-speech synthesis (TTS). To start a dialog, the user speaks into the microphone and the system records his or her voice. The ASR module processes the recording and displays what it heard on the screen. The MT module translates the phrase into the target language (e.g., Iraqi Arabic). The TTS module then “speaks” this translation, which is also displayed on the screen.
To simplify and speed up communication, the IraqComm interface provides a shortcut menu of frequently used phrases. The user can change the phrase to be translated by editing it with the
keyboard or by selecting a similar-sounding phrase with a single press of a button.
SRI's DynaSpeak speech recognition engine is embedded in the IraqComm system. DynaSpeak speech recognition is also used in the Phraselator, a weatherproof handheld language translation device developed by VoxTec, a former division of the military contractor Marine Acoustics, located in Annapolis, MD.
References
External links
IraqComm official website
SRI's DynaSpeak web page
SRI International official website
DARPA TRANSTAC Program official website
Translation
SRI International |
The Community of Democratic Choice Youth Forum (CDC Youth Forum) is an international organisation registered in Riga, Latvia. It aims to promote partnership and dialogue among the youth of the region of the Community of Democratic Choice.
Founded under the name Youth Forum of Europe's New Democracies, it arose from a youth forum that was part of the Vilnius Conference 2006 of the Community of Democratic Choice. The youth forum consists of members from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and United Kingdom. The main task of the forum is the promotion of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
In March 2007 delegates of the forum met in Tallinn, Estonia to institutionalise the forum. By this the Forum was renamed into Community of Democratic Choice Youth Forum.
Foundation
For their meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania the head of states of the Community of Democratic Choice (CDC) added an intellectuals' forum, an NGO forum and a youth forum to their summit. The youth forum was composed by 27 young Europeans from 13 countries. In its resolution it declared the foundation of the "Youth Forum of Europe's New Democracies". Nine month after the first meeting delegates of the forum met in Tallinn, Estonia to institutionalize the forum and give it a legal basis. By this the forum changed its name to CDC Youth Forum to stress out the ties to the Community of Democratic Choice.
Targets
The Forum wants to inform about the CDC, its values and goals among a broader public. Thus it tries to promote and strengthen democratic values, human rights and civil society in the region of the CDC. Under the label of "Your Voice" it seeks comprehensive discussions about democracy and its values among youth via a dialogue among youth.
Meetings
May, 2006: Vilnius, Lithuania
March 2007: Tallinn, Estonia
April 2007: Lviv, Ukraine
March 2008: Nottingham, United Kingdom
See also
Community of Democratic Choice
External links
CDC Youth Forum
Community of Democratic Choice |
Parachlaena is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.There only one species from this genus are:
Parachlaena greenwoodi
References
Phytalmiinae
Tephritidae genera |
The Archambault Report was an influential study of the penitentiary system in Canada, published in 1938. It is widely recognized as Canada's preeminent document on prison reform in that it changed the focus in Canadian prisons from retributive justice to rehabilitation.
The report presented the findings of a four-year public inquiry by the Royal Commission to Investigate the Penal System of Canada, or the Archambault Commission, a royal commission chaired by Justice Joseph Archambault that ran from 1936 to 1938. The commission had been formed in response to a series of riots and strikes in Canadian prisons in the 1930s. Commissioners included Harry W. Anderson, Richard W. Craig, and James Chalmers McRuer.
The report proposed sweeping changes for Canadian penitentiaries, emphasizing crime prevention and the rehabilitation of prisoners. Included among the 88 recommendations were a complete revision of penitentiary regulations to provide "strict but humane discipline and the reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners." While the commission's recommendations were not immediately implemented due to the advent of World War II, much of the report's philosophy remains influential.
References
External links
Report of the Royal Commission to Investigate the Penal System of Canada
Royal commissions in Canada
Prisons in Canada |
Dyykan-Kyshtak () is a village in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Kara-Suu District. Its population was 13,406 in 2021. It is a western suburb of the city of Osh.
Population
References
Populated places in Osh Region |
Sasso Gordona is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps, located west of Lake Como. It lies in the Italian region of Lombardy, just north of the Swiss border with the canton of Ticino. It has an elevation of 1,410 metres above sea level. The Swiss border reaches a height of 1,200 metres, below Rifugio Prabello.
West of Sasso Gordona is the Rifugio Prabello, a mountain hut owned by the Italian Alpine Club.
References
External links
Sasso Gordona on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Lombardy
Mountains partially in Switzerland |
Cyphellostereum brasiliense is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in Brazil, it was formally described as a new species in 2010 by Norwegian mycologist Leif Ryvarden. The type specimen was collected in São Paulo, where it was found growing on dead mosses. The species has a rounded to slightly spoon-shaped cap, and club-shaped basidia measuring 18–25 by 5–6 μm with oblong to ellipsoid basidiospores measuring 7–8 by 3.5–4.5 μm.
References
Hygrophoraceae
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2010
Lichens of Southeast Brazil
Taxa named by Leif Ryvarden
Basidiolichens |
Stephen Schwartz is an American musical theater lyricist and composer. The following are a list of his wins and nominations for awards in film, music, and stage.
Schwartz has won three Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He has received six Tony Award nominations (also receiving the Isabelle Stevenson Award in 2015). He was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008. Inducted into both the American Theater Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009.
Major awards
Academy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Grammy Awards
Laurence Olivier Awards
Tony Awards
Miscellaneous awards
Annie Awards
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Drama Desk Awards
Gold Derby Awards
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Online Film & Television Association Awards
Outer Critics Circle Awards
Satellite Awards
Special honors
American Theater Hall of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame
Other Honors
Schwartz received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University in May 2015.
References
Schwartz, Stephen |
Winston William Wharton (May 14, 1872 – December 16, 1963) was an American football coach. He was the first head football coach at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and he held that position for the 1894 season. His coaching record at Drake was 2–2. He was a man of many talents, including baton twirling. At a church service in Tingley, Iowa a young Dan McGugin was intrigued. Wharton suggested he play football.
Head coaching record
References
External links
1872 births
1963 deaths
Drake Bulldogs athletic directors
Drake Bulldogs football coaches
Drake University alumni |
The Listing Rules (LR) are a set of regulations applicable to any company listed on a United Kingdom stock exchange, subject to the oversight of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The Listing Rules set out mandatory standards for any company wishing to list its shares or securities for sale to the public, including principles on executive pay and the requirement to comply or explain noncompliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, the requirements of information in a prospectus before an initial public offering of shares, new share offers, rights issues, disclosure of price sensitive information, or takeover bids for companies.
Overview
LR 1, Preliminary: All securities
LR 2, Requirements for listing: All securities
LR 3, Listing applications: All securities
LR 4, Listing particulars for professional securities market and certain other securities: All securities
LR 5, Suspending, cancelling and restoring listing: All securities
LR 6, Additional requirements for premium listing (commercial company)
LR 7, Listing principles: Premium listing
LR 8, Sponsors: Premium listing
LR 9, Continuing obligations
LR 10, Significant transactions: Premium listing
LR 11, Related party transactions: Premium listing
LR 12, Dealing in own securities and treasury shares: Premium listing
LR 13, Contents of circulars: Premium listing
LR 14, Standard listing (shares)
LR 15, Closed-ended investment funds: Premium listing
LR 16, Open-ended investment companies: Premium listing
LR 17, Debt and debt-like securities: Standard listing
LR 18, Certificates representing certain securities: Standard listing
LR 19, Securitised derivatives: Standard listing
LR 20, Miscellaneous securities: Standard listing
LR App 1, Relevant definitions
LR App 2, Fees and financial penalty income
LR App 3, List of regulatory information services
LR transchedule, Transitional Provisions
History
The London Stock Exchange has had a long tradition of self-regulation. Previous versions of the same kinds of rules were known as the rules on "Admission of Securities to Quotations" or "Admission of Securities to Listing".
In October 2010 the former UK Listing Authority operated as part of the Financial Services Authority, however after the FSA's abolition, it became part of the newly formed Financial Conduct Authority, and since 2017 the reference to the UKLA as a separate body has been phased out.
See also
UK company law
London Stock Exchange
US corporate law
NYSE Listed Company Manual (here)
Notes
External links
The Listing Rules, in the FSA Handbook
Historical Listing Rules at fsa.gov.uk
United Kingdom company law |
Calliopsis hesperia is a species of bee in the family Andrenidae. It is found in North America.
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Calliopsis hesperia:
Calliopsis hesperia equina (Cockerell, 1925)
Calliopsis hesperia hesperia
References
Further reading
Andrenidae
Articles created by Qbugbot
Insects described in 1907 |
Hammerwich is a small village and civil parish in the Lichfield District, in Staffordshire, England. It is southeast of Burntwood and northeast of Brownhills.
Name
The name may derive from hamor (Old English: a hammer) and wīc (Old English: a place of industry, specialist agriculture or trading), indicating a smithy or metal-working site.
Charcoal burning, nail making, agriculture and coal mining have all been prevalent in the village over the years.
Culture
Amenities in the village at present include a community centre, a Women's Institute hall and St John the Baptist Church. There are also numerous green lanes, footpaths and streams in the surrounding countryside.
Anglo-Saxon archaeology
In July 2009, the Staffordshire Hoard, a collection of over 3,500 items of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork, was found in a field south west of the village
See also
Listed buildings in Hammerwich
References
External links
Villages in Staffordshire
Civil parishes in Staffordshire
Archaeological sites in Staffordshire |
Malbranchea cinnamomea is a thermophilic fungus belonging to the order Onygenales. This ascomycete fungi is often isolated from higher-temperature environments. It is naturally found in composting soil and has the capability of degrading plant biomass.
M. cinnamonea has biochemical relevance, as it produces a quinone antibiotic (6-(1-acetylethyl)-2-methoxy-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione) named malbranicin, as well as thermostable enzymes, such as
alpha-glucosidases, xylanases, alpha-amylases, and glucanases.
The genome of M. cinnamomea was published in 2017 by Zoraide Granchi and coworkers from the OPTIBIOCAT project. The genome contains 24.96 million bases. The OPTIBIOCAT consortium estimates that there are 9,437 protein-coding genes. The sequencing was performed in Leiden, The Netherlands
References
Onygenales |
On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden announced that he would nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the position of associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to fill the vacancy by Stephen Breyer, who announced his retirement on January 27, 2022, at the age of 83. Jackson, a former law clerk of Breyer, was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, having been appointed by Biden in 2021. Jackson is the first Black woman in U.S. history to be nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Her nomination was sent to the Senate on February 28, and her confirmation hearings were held by the Senate Judiciary Committee from March 21 to 24, 2022. The Senate confirmed her on April 7, 2022, by a 53 to 47 vote. She took the oath of office on June 30, 2022.
Background
Under the Appointments Clause (Article II, Section 2) of the United States Constitution, judicial appointments are made by the president of the United States with the Advice and Consent of the United States Senate. Breyer was nominated to the Supreme Court by Bill Clinton on August 3, 1994, to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Harry Blackmun. Breyer was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 87–9. On the Supreme Court, Breyer was often a member of the court's liberal wing.
Retirement of Justice Breyer
On January 26, 2022, NBC News reported that Justice Breyer planned to retire at the end of the court's current term. In response to request for comment, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tweeted, "It has always been the decision of any Supreme Court Justice if and when they decide to retire, and how they want to announce it, and that remains the case today." President Biden cited his experience as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1987 to 1997 as the driving force in the process of finding a candidate similar to Justice Breyer. His retirement left Samuel Alito as the lone remaining military veteran on the U.S. Supreme Court.
In the wake of the impending Supreme Court vacancy, Democratic groups announced plans for a multi-million dollar campaign to promote Biden's eventual nominee. Demand Justice, a nonprofit led by Democratic strategists, said it would spend whatever it takes in order to get the nomination through the Senate.
Nomination
Potential candidates
On January 27, Biden reiterated his intention to keep his campaign promise to nominate a Black woman. An ABC News/Ipsos poll a few days after found that 76% of Americans believed Biden should consider all possible nominees, while a substantially smaller share of Democrats, at 54%, said the same. Only 23% said he should follow through on his pledge to consider only nominees who are Black women. A simultaneous Morning Consult/Politico poll found that 51% of Americans supported Biden's intention to nominate a Black woman, including 82% of Democrats and 47% of independents. A poll in early February by Data for Progress found that 64% of Americans (including 93% of Democrats and 59% of independents) supported Biden's decision to nominate a Black woman.
Some Republicans criticized Biden's pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the court as hypocritical, referencing his 2005 threat to filibuster Janice Rogers Brown, a conservative judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, if she was nominated to the Supreme Court.
Around February 22, 2022, it was reported that Biden had met with his top three contenders, Ketanji Brown Jackson, J. Michelle Childs, and Leondra Kruger.
Announcement
On February 25, 2022, it was announced that Biden would nominate Jackson. In his remarks on the announcement, Biden listed "traits of pragmatism, historical perspective, wisdom, [and] character" as criteria for the nomination, characterized Jackson's rulings as "carefully reasoned, tethered to precedent, and [demonstrating respect] for how the law impacts everyday people," and cited her experience as a public defender, trial court judge, and member of the Sentencing Commission.
Voting alignment
Analysis by FiveThirtyEight reported that Jackson would likely rule in similar ways to other Democratic appointees on the Court, with Judicial Common Space scores placing her as slightly more moderate than these justices and estimates from the Database of Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections placing her as slightly more liberal than them.
Responses to nomination
Support
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee including Dick Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Amy Klobuchar, and Patrick Leahy voiced their support for Jackson's nomination.
House majority whip Jim Clyburn, who had earlier lobbied Biden to nominate U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs, expressed his support for Jackson and called for "strong bipartisan support" in the confirmation process.
Jackson's nomination also received support from two former federal Circuit Court judges appointed by Republican presidents, Thomas B. Griffith and J. Michael Luttig. Clark M. Neily, senior vice president for legal studies at the CATO Institute, also endorsed Jackson's nomination.
In March, 83 former state attorneys general signed a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsing Jackson's nomination. Although not a formal endorsement, the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary unanimously rated Jackson "Well Qualified" to serve on the Supreme Court.
Opposition
Some Republican Party leaders and senators voiced early opposition, while many others stated that they would evaluate Jackson's nomination. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell characterized Jackson as "the favored choice of far-left dark-money groups that have spent years attacking the legitimacy and structure of the court itself". The Republican National Committee called Jackson "a radical, left-wing activist who would rubberstamp Biden's disastrous agenda". Republican senator Lindsey Graham, who had previously voted in favor of Jackson's confirmation to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals the previous year, stated that the nomination "means the radical Left has won President Biden over yet again". Former district court judge U. W. Clemon wrote to Biden urging him not to appoint Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Some Republican lawmakers, such as senators Marsha Blackburn, Josh Hawley, and Ted Cruz have criticized Brown's sentencing of child pornography offenders below the sentencing guideline and her support for reducing or removing mandatory minimums for such offenders while on the United States Sentencing Commission. Fact checks from the New York Times and Washington Post said these criticisms were misleading, a distortion of her record, and in part snipped out of context.
Polling
A poll of registered voters conducted by Politico and Morning Consult during February 25–27 found that 46% of respondents favored Jackson's confirmation, 17% opposed it, and 36% had no opinion. A Gallup poll conducted during March 1–18 found that 58% of respondents favored Jackson's confirmation, 30% opposed it, and 12% had no opinion. FiveThirtyEight collected a set of 14 polls conducted during February 25 to March 22 by various entities, which found that an average of 47% of Americans supported her confirmation, 23% opposed it, and 30% had no opinion.
Judiciary Committee review
Confirmation hearings
On March 2, Senate Democrats announced that they would schedule confirmation hearings for March 21 through March 24, intending to finish the process before the chamber's Easter recess in early April.
On March 21, Jackson delivered an opening statement to the committee acknowledging the confirmation process and her past, and thanking her mentors and family members.
Several members of the 22 person committee gave opening statements with Democrats speaking to Jackson's historic nomination, her qualifications and that her experience as a public defender "helps her to understand our justice system uniquely, through the eyes of people who couldn't afford a lawyer." Republicans expressed various concerns they intended to explore, including her sentencing record in child pornography convictions and as to "whether Judge Jackson is committed to the Constitution as originally understood." A question by Senator Ted Cruz, "Do you agree with this book that is being taught with kids that babies are racist?" prompted Jackson to say she never read the book, as well as disagreeing with making any child feel that they were racist, victims, or oppressors. The exchange also dramatically increased sales of the book Antiracist Baby.
On March 22, Jackson underwent the first round of questions from 20 senators of the Judiciary Committee for 13 hours. Jackson was asked questions related to critical race theory, dark money, abortion, gender identity, judicial activism, possible expansion of the Supreme Court (known as court-packing) and her sentencing record on child pornography cases. Jackson declined to answer when asked to provide the definition of a woman by Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), saying that she could not "in this context." and that "I'm not a biologist." Additionally, Cory Booker (D-NJ) inquired as to how she has been able to manage a work-life balance between motherhood with two daughters and her legal career. Other Republican senators accused her of being soft on crime.
On March 23, Jackson faced another round of questions for 10 hours, describing her judicial philosophy and defending her judgements on cases. She was grilled with a range of questions related to abortion, gun rights, and court-packing. Jackson, who sits on the Harvard Board of Overseers, stated that if confirmed, she would recuse herself from the Supreme Court's review of Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College.
On March 24, the committee heard witness testimony from representatives of the American Bar Association, Democratic representative Joyce Beatty, and the Republican Alabama Attorney General, Steve Marshall. During his testimony, Marshall refused to acknowledge Joe Biden as the "duly elected and lawfully serving" president of the United States, which was widely reported in the media.
Committee vote
On April 4, 2022, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a vote on whether to advance Jackson's nomination to the full Senate. The party-line vote resulted in a tie, with all 11 Democratic members voting in favor and all 11 Republican members voting against.
On the motion to report the nomination with a positive recommendation, the votes were as follows:
Yea Democrats: Dick Durbin, Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Chris Coons, Richard Blumenthal, Mazie Hirono, Cory Booker, Alex Padilla, Jon Ossoff.
Nay Republicans: Chuck Grassley, Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn, Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, Ben Sasse, Josh Hawley, Tom Cotton, John Kennedy, Thom Tillis, Marsha Blackburn.
Result: Tied, no recommendation.
Full Senate votes
Discharge from committee
On April 4, 2022, the Senate voted to discharge Jackson's nomination from the Judiciary Committee with a vote of 53–47, with three Republicans (Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitt Romney) joining all 50 members of the Democratic caucus to pass the motion. A discharge vote was necessary because of the tied vote in the Judiciary Committee. This was first time that the Senate has discharged the Judiciary Committee from consideration of a Supreme Court nomination since 1853.
Confirmation
On April 7, 2022, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 53–47 vote with the same senators voting "yea". She was subsequently confirmed by the same margin with once again the same senators voting "yea".
See also
Joe Biden Supreme Court candidates
List of federal judges appointed by Joe Biden
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William M. Nicholson (born November 18th, 1937) is a sound re-recording mixer at NBC Universal studios in Los Angeles, California. During his lengthy career, he has received numerous awards and nominations, including 5 Emmy awards, 22 Emmy nominations, 2 Cinema Audio Society nominations, and an Academy Award nomination for Martin Scorsese's 1980 film Raging Bull. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Biography
Nicholson was born in San Antonio, Texas and grew up in McLean County, Illinois. After serving in the Army in post-World War II Europe, he moved to Los Angeles and took a job as a rent boy, eventually working his way up to sound mixer. After working on feature films for Warner Hollywood Studios, he moved to Todd-AO/Glen Glenn in the early 1980s to do television post-production. In 1998, he began work on Dubbing stage 2 at Universal Studios. While there, aside from many other projects, he has mixed all but three of the shows in Dick Wolf's 18-year-old Law & Order franchise.
After moving away from full-length feature films to work in television, Nicholson's old job was taken by Kevin O'Connell, the person with the most Academy Award nominations (19) without a win.
He currently lives with his wife Barbara in Glendale, California.
Awards and nominations Cinema Audio Society
Oscars
1980 nomination, Best Sound, Raging Bull
Emmys
1982 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Individual Achievement - Children's Programming, Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982)
1982 Emmy award, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series, Hill Street Blues, for episode "Personal Foul"
1983 Emmy award, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series, Hill Street Blues, for episode "Trial By Fury"
1983 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series, Cagney & Lacey, for episode "Recreational Use"
1983 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series, St. Elsewhere, for episode "The Count"
1984 Emmy award, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series, Hill Street Blues, for episode "Parting is Such Sweep Sorrow"
1984 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series, Cagney & Lacey, for episode "Bounty Hunter"
1984 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series, Hill Street Blues, for episode "Praise Dilaudid"
1985 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series, St. Elsewhere, for episode "Sweet Dreams"
1985 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series, Hill Street Blues, for episode "Queen For a Day"
1985 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series, Hill Street Blues, for episode "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall"
1985 Emmy award, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series, Cagney & Lacey, for episode "Heat"
1986 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special, Newhart, for episode "Larry's Dead, Long Live Larry"
1986 Emmy award, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series, St. Elsewhere, for episode "Iced Coffey"
1986 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series, Hill Street Blues, for episode "Time Heals, part 2"
1987 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series, Crime Story, for pilot episode
1987 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series, Hill Street Blues, for episode "It Ain't Over Till it's Over"
1988 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Dramatic Miniseries or a Special, Foxfire
1997 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series, Law & Order, for episode "D-Girl"
1999 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series, Law & Order, for episode "Empire"
2000 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series, Law & Order, for episode "Gunshow"
2001 Emmy nomination, Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series, Law & Order, for episode "School Daze"
2001 Cinema Audio Society nomination, Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Series, Law & Order, for episode "Standoff"
2002 Cinema Audio Society nomination, Outstanding Sound Mixing for Television - Series, Law & Order, for episode "Soldier of Fortune"
List of films and television shows worked on http://www.filmmakersdestination.com/published/9.pdf filmmakersdestination.com
[incomplete listing]
Films
Being There (1979)
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
The Island (1980)
Xanadu (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Inside Moves (1980)
The Cannonball Run (1981)
Southern Comfort (1981)
Sharky's Machine (1981)
Death Valley (1982)
Jetsons: The Movie (1990)
A Guy Walks into a Bar (1997)
Television series
Hill Street Blues
St. Elsewhere
Cagney & Lacey
Remington Steele
Bay City Blues
Beverly Hills Cop
Father Dowling Mysteries
Jake and The Fatman
Murder She Wrote
Diagnosis Murder
Miami Vice
SeaQuest
Nasty Boys
New York Undercover
Law & Order
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Crime & Punishment
Conviction
Lipstick Jungle
Television films
Rascals & Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn (1982)
The Lightship (1986)
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin (1989)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (1992)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992)
Ladykiller (1992)
In the Company of Darkness (1993)
Blindsided (1993)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993)
For the Love of My Child: The Alissa Ayala Story (1993)
Caught in the Act (1993)
The Disappearance of Christina (1993)
Children of the Mist (1993)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993)
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994)
A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1994)
Don't Talk to Strangers (1994)
Out of Annie's Past (1995)
A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (1995)
Evil Has a Face (1996)
Exiled (1998)
Haley Wagner, Star (1999)
Horse Sense (1999)
References
External links
Oscar nomination
List of nominations and awards
Page at filmmakersdestination.com
Page at hollywood.com
1937 births
Living people
Primetime Emmy Award winners
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A concourse is a place where pathways or roads meet.
Concourse may also refer to:
Concourse, Bronx - a neighborhood in the West Bronx.
Concourse (newspaper), the student newspaper at Keele University
Concourse Program at MIT
Concourse at Landmark Center, in Atlanta
The Concourse, in Singapore
The Concourse, Chatswood
Concourse (software), a continuous integration tool
See also
Winter Street Concourse, in Boston
Music Concourse, in San Francisco
Concourse on High, Bahá'í concept
Grand Concourse (disambiguation)
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Notre-Dame du Taur is a Roman Catholic church located in Toulouse, France. According to legend, the edifice was built on the exact spot where the body of Saint Saturnin (Sernin), patron saint of Toulouse, became detached from the bull that dragged the martyr to his death. The church stands in the rue du Taur between the Capitole and the Basilica of St. Sernin. It has been classified as a historic monument since 1840.
Etymologies
Notre Dame, Our Lady, is one of the epithets given to Mary, the mother of Jesus, by some Christians, especially Catholics.
Sernin, as in Saint Sernin to whom Notre-Dame du Taur was originally dedicated, derives from the Latin name Saturninus.
Taur, bull, the instrument of the martyrdom of Saint Sernin, derives from Latin taurus, and is cognate with Standard French taureau.
History
The church of Notre-Dame du Taur occupies the site where, according to legend, the body of Saint Saturnin, first bishop of Toulouse, martyred in 250, became detached from the bull that had dragged him to his death. The body was buried where it fell, and an oratory was constructed.
Toulouse being an important stage on one of the main routes of pilgrimage to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela, pilgrims would pause to honor the saint at his tomb. Eventually, their numbers became so great that in the 11th century, a larger church was built to accommodate them, the present-day Basilica of Saint-Sernin, to which Saturnin's bones were also transferred.
The present building, originally Saint-Sernin du Taur, was constructed between the 14th and 16th centuries. In 1783 a gatehouse in Toulouse's city wall was demolished, and the statue of the Virgin Mary, which had been located in an oratory there was moved to Saint-Sernin du Taur, which accordingly then took the name Notre-Dame du Taur.
Building
The building is constructed of pinkish brick in the Southern French Gothic style, by choice more modest and less ornate than Northern Gothic. The facade takes the form known in the region as a clocher-mur, bell tower wall, and served as the model for many country churches in the area. Each end of the facade is topped with a small hexagonal tower, while across the upper level between the towers runs a row of crenelations.
The interior comprises a single aisle under a ribbed vault. This ends at a transept which opens into two apsidal chapels at the east end of the church. A pietà is located in the north chapel, and a statue of Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary in the south chapel. The wooden statue of Mary, Notre Dame, from which the church took its name, is displayed in the centre of the apse where it is immediately visible as one enters the church.
Decoration
Above the altar in the south chapel can be seen a painting by the 19th-century Toulouse artist Bernard Bénézet, the martyrdom of Saint Saturnin and the Glorification of the Virgin. In the north chapel, a Death of Saint Joseph is by the same artist. On the north wall of the nave another 19th-century painting representing the martyrdom of Saturninus is the work of Jean-Louis Bézard, while a 14th-century painting of the genealogy of Saint Joseph in 38 figures survives on the south wall. The wrought iron altar rail dates from 1778.
Organ
When it was built, the organ of Notre-Dame du Taur was considered "le plus novateur et le plus riche des orgues de Toulouse, mais aussi de tout le Sud de la France", (the most innovative and the richest of the organs of Toulouse but also of the whole South of France). It was built in 1880 by Eugène Puget, and has been classified as a historical monument since September 25, 1987. Recitals of the festival of Toulouse les Orgues take place there frequently.
References
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Raklitsa is a village in Karnobat Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.
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Frank John Wilson (May 19, 1887 – June 22, 1970) was best known as the Chief of the United States Secret Service and a former agent of the Treasury Department's Bureau of Internal Revenue, later known as the Internal Revenue Service. Wilson most notably contributed in the prosecution of Chicago mobster Al Capone in 1931, and as a federal representative in the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
Early life
Frank J. Wilson was born in Buffalo, New York, on May 19, 1887. During World War I Wilson served for the United States Army for a brief stint before being honorably discharged in 1919 due to poor eyesight. In the same year Wilson became the Chief New York State Investigator for the United States Food and Drug Administration. This was short lived as Wilson then worked for the Department of Justice Fair Price Commission in 1920. In the same year Wilson took the opportunity to work for the United States Department of the Treasury as part of the Internal Revenue Bureau's intelligence unit until 1936. During this time Wilson helped on the Al Capone investigation, the Lindbergh kidnapping, and the Huey Long assassination. Overall, not much is known about Wilson's early life other than his career due to lack of information.
Capone investigation
Upon joining the United States Treasury Department's Intelligence Unit in 1920, the former accountant Wilson would earn a reputation throughout Prohibition as a thorough, if not obsessive, investigator of tax returns and income."[Wilson] fears nothing that walks. He will sit quietly looking at books eighteen hours a day, seven days a week, forever, if he wants to find something in those books." - Elmer L. Irey"[Wilson] sweats ice water" - Suspect who was interrogated by Frank J. WilsonIn January 1929, an investigation conducted by Prohibition agents under Alexander Jamie (including Jamie's brother-in-law, Eliot Ness) into bootlegging in Chicago Heights uncovered evidence indicating that Al Capone's brother Ralph had not paid taxes on a sizable illegal income. The 1927 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Sullivan having already established that any criminal activities that yield an income are subject to income taxes, the Intelligence Unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue headed by Elmer L. Irey began to build tax evasion cases against leading figures in the Chicago Outfit, with the ultimate goal of convicting Al Capone. In April 1930, their efforts resulted in Ralph Capone's conviction for tax fraud, but the Intelligence Unit still lacked enough evidence to build a case against his brother Al.
In March 1930, attorney Frank J. Loesch of the Chicago Crime Commission asked President Herbert Hoover to take down Al Capone, adding additional impetus to the Intelligence Unit's efforts. Tax investigators in Chicago suspected that a large amount of Capone's income came from his interest in a race track for dogs, called the Hawthorne Kennel Club, in Cicero, run by a lawyer named E. J. O'Hare. In May 1930, Irey sent Frank J. Wilson, then 42, to lead the investigation into linking Capone to taxable income through his dealings with O'Hare.
From the time Wilson and his agents were put on the case, they examined over 2 million documents and evidence acquired in a number of raids on Capone's establishments over a six-year period. Their strategy was to show that Capone was spending a lot of money which would indicate to a jury that the money had to be coming from somewhere even though he did not have a formal job. Wilson and his men questioned merchants, real estate agents, proprietors, hotel clerks, bartenders, and accountants, many of whom were to afraid of what might happen to them if they gave information away about Capone. Wilson tried to extend some sort of protection to these individuals but they still refused to speak about their business with the gangster. The group of men continued to analyze phone records, investigating banks and credit card agencies. They found informers, seized books and searched for any weak point in Capone's operations.
One of the main issues that Wilson and his team faced was that not only did they have to find that Capone was making money, but they also had to find where the money was. Many leads turned up dead because of this, which caused the investigation to become frustrating. Capone himself was very smart about how he moved his money, and how he did business with his numerous establishments which made the investigation harder. However, Wilson was known for being exceptionally thorough and relentless in his search for information.
In attempting to find evidence of taxable income received by Capone ally Jake Guzik, Wilson and his agents found that someone going by the name of J.C. Dunbar purchased $300,000 worth of cashier's checks at a bank in Cicero. With help from informant O'Hare, Wilson was able to find out that Dunbar's real name was Fred Ries. The Intelligence Unit also discovered that he was on the run and was hiding in St. Louis. Wilson rushed to St. Louis and was able to find Ries with help from the postal inspectors. Wilson then arrested Ries and brought him back to Chicago. In Chicago, Wilson got Ries to testify that the cashiers checks represented gambling profits received by Guzik, and his testimony secured Guzik's conviction in late 1930. Intending to have Ries also testify against Capone, Wilson used funds from a group of wealthy Chicago businessmen, known as the "Secret Six," to send Ries on a boat trip to Uruguay and keep him safe until Capone's trial.
In the fall of 1930, working late in his office, Wilson discovered a ledger documenting financial records of a very large gambling operation. Every few pages there were calculations of net income that were to be divided to three individuals who were only referred to as A, R, and J in the ledgers. Wilson also found an entry that read:Frank paid $17,500 for Al.This was the best chance that Wilson had come across that linked Capone to income, but he still had to find where the money was being held in order to convince a jury that Capone was without a doubt guilty.
Now the goal was to track down the bookkeepers to get them to testify that "A" and "Al" were references to Capone in the ledgers. For over three weeks Wilson evaluated handwriting from every single one of Capone's associates. He checked voter registers, bank deposits, bail bonds certificates, and other documents. Informant E. J. O'Hare helped Wilson identify the bookkeeper as Leslie A. Shumway, who worked at a dog track in Miami. Wilson found Shumway there and persuaded him to testify against Capone. Shumway was to testify that the money was designated to go to Capone between the years of 1924 to 1926, first in front of a grand jury, then again at trial.
Around this time, Wilson's team found that between 1927 and 1928 there were monthly wire transfers from Capone to his family in Chicago. It was also found that Capone himself was receiving wire transfers in Miami under an assumed name. This was not just a coincidence as Shumway was tracked down at a dog track in Miami which also happened to be a big time interest of Capone.
In late 1930, O'Hare alerted the Intelligence Unit that Capone had hired killers from New York to assassinate Wilson, prosecutor George E. Q. Johnson, and other law-enforcement officials in Chicago. After federal officials moved to foil the plot, they heard that Capone had sent the killers back in hopes of not incriminating himself. However, the existence of these assassins was never substantiated, and some researchers have suggested that the tip about the contract was false, intended to confuse or misdirect federal investigators.
After the Treasury Department finally got all the evidence they needed to put an end to Capone, in March and June 1931 a grand jury met in court to decide his fate. The result was that Capone was indicted on 23 counts of tax evasion of over $250,000 of income from 1924 to 1929. Capone was proven guilty and was given an 11-year prison sentence and fined $300,000 in court costs. This was considered an astronomical price to pay for a tax evader at the time. Capone after serving his 11-year sentence at Alcatraz, was released and suffered from syphilis in the brain which led to his death in 1947 at age 48. Without the efforts of Wilson and his team Capone may never have been stopped, or his reign of terror could have gone on much longer.
Later career
Wilson was part of the team investigating the Lindbergh kidnapping. Some sources indicate that Wilson had insisted on tracking the serial numbers on the gold certificates used as ransom money (which ultimately led to the arrest and conviction of Bruno Richard Hauptmann). Other sources credit Elmer Irey.
In 1936, Wilson was named chief of the Secret Service and, resisting attempts by J. Edgar Hoover to transfer the Secret Service to the Justice Department under the jurisdiction of the FBI during the early 1940s, he had nearly eliminated the production and distribution of counterfeit money through a nationwide education program called "Know Your Money" by the time of his retirement in 1947. During his administration, he also initiated practices in presidential security which have since become standard procedure.
An article he wrote, Undercover Man: He Trapped Capone, was the basis for the 1949 film The Undercover Man. In the Brian De Palma 1987 film The Untouchables, the character Oscar Wallace (played by Charles Martin Smith) is loosely based upon Wilson.
On top of writing Undercover Man: He Trapped Capone in 1949, Wilson also wrote other books. In 1940 his first book was The Archives, and in 1945 he wrote Doubtful Dollars both of which have to do with his illustrious career.
Wilson died at the Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC on June 22, 1970, at the age of 83.
References
Further reading
Melanson, Philip H. and Peter F. Stevens. The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Enigmatic Agency. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003.
Roth, Mitchel P. Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2000.
Spiering, Frank. The Man Who Got Capone. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1976.
Wilson, Frank J. and Beth Day. Special Agent: A Quarter-Century with the Treasury Department and the Secret Service. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965.
Kelly, Robert J. Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2000.
Phillips, Charles and Alan Axelrod. Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists: An International Biographical Dictionary of Law Enforcement Updated Edition. New York: Checkmark Books, 2000.
Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005.
External links
Frank Wilson papers at the University of Wyoming - American Heritage Center
1887 births
1970 deaths
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The 1938–39 season was Colchester United's second season in their history and their second in the Southern League. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the Southern League Mid-Week Section and Southern League Cup. Colchester won the Southern League title after beating local rivals Chelmsford City to the top of the league by one point. They also reached the 1st round of the FA Cup, where they were eliminated by Folkestone, and finished as runners-up to Tunbridge Wells Rangers in the Mid-Week Section. They reached the semi-final of the Southern League Cup, but the competition could not be completed due to fixture congestion.
Season overview
Manager Ted Davis began strengthening his squad ready for a push to reach the Football League over the summer period. The public responded by turning out in force for a game against Gillingham, with 8,142 in attendance, and a week later, a visit from Arsenal 'A' saw 10,129 watch Colchester beat their counterparts 2–0. However, Davis securing a number of high-profile players came at a cost. Many were still contracted to the Football League clubs that they were signed from, meaning that if Colchester were to gain election to the Football League, the club would have very few contracted players.
Colchester made their first FA Cup outing during the 1938–39 season. They saw off Ilford 4–1 at Layer Road, but were defeated in the first round proper by Folkestone, watched by 8,160.
In a very successful season for the club, Colchester claimed the Southern League title by one point over Guildford City, scoring 110 goals in 44 games. They finished second in the Mid-Week Section, and reached the semi-final of the Southern League Cup, although due to fixture congestion, the game could not be played during the regular season and was postponed until the 1939–40 campaign.
Overall, Colchester scored 161 goals, with Arthur Pritchard netting 44 goals, George Wallis 24, and Alec Cheyne and Len Astill scoring 21 apiece.
The case for Football League election was presented to Football League members on 23 May 1938 by club director Walter Clark. With high hopes for election following a successful season, Colchester United failed to secure a single vote from the members, put down to the fact that there were so many League-registered players on the books that Davis had signed for Colchester.
Despite the League setback, the ownership of the Layer Road ground was passed to Colchester Borough Council, with club chairman Maurice Pye declaring:
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Goalscorers
Captains
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Clean sheets
Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.
Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.
See also
List of Colchester United F.C. seasons
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UnderWater World Guam is one of the longest tunnel-aquariums in the world and the only oceanarium in the United States territory of Guam.
The aquarium opened in 1999 and has more than 2,000 animals representing more than 80 different species. Many of the animals included in the aquarium are native to Guam and the surrounding Marianas Islands.
The aquarium is managed and partly owned by U.S. Aquarium Team (USAT) and is located in 1245 Pale San Vitores Road, Tumon, Guam 96911, Mariana Islands]. The main exhibit is a tunnel under an salt-water aquarium.
The aquarium is involved with many conservation efforts on Guam. UnderWater World Guam is a sponsor of the International Coastal Cleanup on Guam every year. The company also started a (now defunct) group known as the Blue Crew, which consists of employees and other individuals from the community focused on environmental education and restoration efforts.
Animals
Many of the animals at Underwater World Guam are found in the waters surrounding the island.
The main tank features many large animals, including Grey reef shark, green sea turtle, Blacktip reef shark, Zebra shark, and Whiptail stingray. There is also an exhibit featuring four giant Moray eels. The gallery exhibits at Underwater World Guam are home to many unique animals, including Corals and an exhibit featuring fish that can change gender.
Since it opened, the aquarium has featured live shark feeds throughout the week. Scuba divers feed whitetip reef sharks, nurse sharks and zebra sharks, as well as the whiptail stingray and giant groupers by hand inside the main tank of the aquarium. The divers wear three sets of gloves including one cotton pair, a chainmail glove and one layer of Kevlar. The grey reef shark and blacktip reef shark population is fed from a floating platform above the main tank, as they are too dangerous and unpredictable to be fed by hand.
Conservation efforts
The aquarium has supported conservation efforts on Guam since the facility opened. In addition to being one of the major sponsors of the International Coastal Cleanup the company also provides free presentations for schools regarding marine life and environmental issues on Guam. UnderWater World Guam also offers special rates for groups to attend field trips through the aquarium with a guided tour.
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External links
Aquaria in Guam
Companies of Guam
1999 establishments in Guam
Entertainment companies established in 1999
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Warwick Corvette is a line of bass guitars manufactured by the German Warwick bass company. The Corvette is one of the most popular Warwick basses. Among the more distinctive Corvette players are Erlend Caspersen and Hansford Rowe. Despite its similarity in woods and aesthetics to the Thumb bass, it has a drastically different feel, tone, and ergonomics. It is one of the most distinctive Warwick basses.
Corvette Proline
Initially produced from 1992 onwards the first Corvette models were called Corvette Proline and made in Germany. Later these configurations became the Corvette Standard. The early versions had strap locks that were recessed into the body and two strap locks on the bridge side of the body. The picture below shows a 5-String Corvette Proline (Ser.: G 000122 92) from 1992 (according to Warwick) with Wenge neck and fingerboard combined with a 2-piece ash body and passive electronics with MEC pickups. It features bronze frets and an adjustable brass nut.
Corvette Standard
First Corvette Standard were produced 1995. However, a recent rise in popularity for the Corvette Standard's variant, Corvette $$, has caused a very steep fall in popularity for the Corvette Standard models. The Corvette Standard is no longer made in Germany, but is now being made with the same specs in Korea since the company was losing money on each bass built. (The bass cost more to build than what they were selling it for.) Corvette Standard's distinctive sound is recognized as very raw and bright, especially being a favorite among rock/metal bass players.
Corvette $$, Corvette $$ NT Bubinga and Corvette $$ NT Ash
As an upgrade to Corvette Standard models, Warwick brought three new models: Corvette $$ (double Humbucker pickups) and Corvette $$ NT (Neck Through) (ash/bubinga). Even though they cosmetically resemble previous Corvette models, the Corvette $$ gets its identity from its unique pickup and electronics package that is different from its predecessor, the Corvette Standard.
Corvette $$ NT, Swamp Ash or Bubinga are available as a selection for the body wood. The durable Bubinga causes an aggressive sound with significant attack. In contrast, the Swamp Ash version delivers a growling rock sound, stable and with low-mid sustain. Both versions are equipped with the two separately configurable MM-style humbuckers by MEC with large open pole-pieces, thus being usable in a very flexible way.
Special Edition & LTD Corvettes
There are number of custom shop, limited, and special edition Corvette models, made from many different exotic woods mostly uncommon to the standard models. Some of the Limited and Special Edition basses come with Bartolini electronics/pickups or Seymour Duncan pickups instead of MEC, the Warwick's default. There are approximately 30 Special Edition Corvettes made and three Limited Edition Corvettes.
References
Electric bass guitars |
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse may refer to:
, an ocean liner
, a battleship
German Navy ship names |
The Switzerland cricket team toured Luxembourg in June 2022 to play two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches at the Pierre Werner Cricket Ground in Walferdange. A friendly match was played the following day after the T20Is. The series provided both sides with preparation for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe sub-regional qualifier tournaments.
Luxembourg won the first T20I by 18 runs, before Switzerland won the second game by 78 runs, with the series therefore shared 1–1.
Squads
T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
Associate international cricket competitions in 2022 |
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Hariyali Nepal Party (Green Nepal Party) is a political party in Nepal. The party is registered with the Election Commission of Nepal ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. It was established in 1997 and is a member of the Global Greens and the Asia-Pacific Green Network.
Kuber Sharma, the party's founding president, briefly held the post of Nepal's Minister for Culture and Civil Aviation in November 2004. Another notable founding member is Maita Lal Gurung.
History
The party was, according to its chairman Sharma, founded by persons previously associated with various political ideals.
The party got 6638 votes in the 1999 legislative election, but no seat.
The chairman of the party, Kuber Sharma, was named Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation minister by King Gyanendra in 2002.
References
External links
Green Nepal Party: web page hosted on an informal Green parties website
Green political parties
Political parties established in 1997
Political parties in Nepal
1996 establishments in Nepal |
The Navy Lark is a 1959 British comedy film based on The Navy Lark radio series broadcast on the BBC Light Programme. It featured Cecil Parker, Ronald Shiner and Leslie Phillips, Gordon Jackson and Hattie Jacques. It was filmed mainly at West Bay, Bridport, Dorset. Only Phillips had appeared on the radio version – all other parts were recast. The film was produced at Walton-on-Thames.
Plot
Captain Povey has built a reputation for shutting down redundant naval bases, and now has his eye on the minesweeping detachment on Boonsey (a fictional Channel Island, off Portsmouth). Arriving on inspection, he is told tales of finding many mines in the sea there and, not believing them, goes out in the minesweeper HMS Compton (played by HMS Reedham). The crew were supposed to find "Bessy", a mine-shaped object used to collect Lifeboat funds but found a real mine instead, which Pouter bashes about in an effort to take it apart. Released, it explodes nearby and this convinces Povey that the incompetents there are not up to the job and he decides on using a competent crew to do the job.
Chief Petty Officer Banyard uses his "Pullson's Fulminator Mark III" trick (it does not exist) to delay their decommissioning and what started off as a thin folder goes around the military offices and comes back to Povey's office as a mountain of paper work. He sees through it and goes back to the island only to be told there has been an outbreak of "Yellow Fever" there. He is taken in and leaves but decides to return and the trick is revealed as life is back to normal there. Now more than ever he is determined to shut them all down.
Gaston Higgins, a Frenchman, owns the local bar and when he gets drunk he talks of revolution and kicking the British off the island. They decide to use him and say they are under siege from revolutionaries. Povey knows this is another trick and officially gives them three days to leave the island, but his bosses and the government believe the story when they get reports from a reporter, Lieutenant Binns, who was sent there to take photographs. Questions are asked by the British and French governments and Povey's career is on the line as he is told to sort this out as the British do not run from the French.
Povey goes to the island and a fake attack on Gaston and his men is launched but Povey finds out it was all a hoax. Ready to hand out court martials all round, Povey is confronted with a picture Binns took of him leading an all-out attack on what is now known to be a hoax, which will be front-page news across the world tomorrow. Stanton talks him into seeing sense and Povey, with his career in tatters if it gets out, tears up his report. He leaves and life goes back to normal on the island. On the way back to Portsmouth, their boat hits another real sea mine and Povey, Binns and the others are left to swim back to base.
Cast
Cecil Parker as Commander Stanton
Ronald Shiner as Chief Petty Officer Banyard
Leslie Phillips as Lieutenant Pouter
Elvi Hale as Leading WREN Heather Stark
Nicholas Phipps as Captain Povey
Cardew Robinson as Lieutenant Binns
Gordon Jackson as Leading Seaman Johnson. Jackson actually was born in Glasgow, where his character in the film was born.
Harold Kasket as Gaston Higgins
Hattie Jacques as Fortune Teller
Reginald Beckwith as CNI
Kenneth J. Warren as Brown
Wanda Ventham as Mabel.
Richard Coleman as Lieutenant Bates
Llewellyn Rees as Admiral Troutbridge. This is a nod to the radio series where the ship is called HMS Troutbridge, the ship being named after the Admiral.
Clive Morton as Rear Admiral
Gordon Harris as Group Captain
Van Boolen as Fred
Gordon Whiting as Commander
Tom Gill as Naval Commander
Walter Hudd as Naval Captain. 12 months after the release of this film, he played the Admiral aboard HMS Hood in the film Sink the Bismarck (1960).
Relationship to Radio Series
According to Jon Pertwee's co-written memoir, published shortly after his death in 1996, the film was also supposed to star Pertwee and Dennis Price, both of whom were key members of the cast in the original radio series. However, according to Pertwee this did not happen as the film's producer Herbert Wilcox refused to employ Price "because he was gay." Pertwee stated that he was among those who objected to Price not being in the film and believed that this contributed to his own replacement in the cast by Shiner. Pertwee noted that the film "bombed" and believed that this was due to the fact that audiences did not consider the film to be The Navy Lark due to the absence of himself, Price and fellow radio series cast member Stephen Murray. A nod to the radio series appears during the fake revolution in the news headlines of The Daily Telegraph referring to "Admiral Troutbridge". The plot has similarities to the episode "The Multiple Mine" (Series 1, Episode 9).
References
External links
1959 films
1959 comedy films
British comedy films
Films directed by Gordon Parry
Films set on fictional islands
Military humor in film
CinemaScope films
Films with screenplays by Sid Colin
Films based on radio series
Films shot in Dorset
Films set in the Channel Islands
1950s English-language films
1950s British films |
A field camera is a view camera that can be folded in a compact size. Modern designs are little different from the first folding field cameras from the 19th century. In general they have more limited camera movements than monorail cameras, but when folded are relatively compact and portable.
Modern field cameras originate from the early interlocking box cameras of the 19th century. Rather than the wooden box used in 19th-century cameras, modern models substitute bellows to reduce the bulk of the cameras and make them easier to use outside the studio.
Although they have less flexibility than monorail cameras, modern field cameras tend to have most camera movements for the front standard, i.e. lens rise/fall/shift/tilt/swing, but are usually more limited in back movements, sometimes having only tilt/swing.
They usually use sheet film, in sizes from 6x9cm (2.4×3.6") to 20×24 inches (e.g., the Polaroid 20×24 camera), but the most popular "standard" sizes are 4×5 and 8×10 inches. They are usually used by photographers who need the larger negative sizes and the portability.
See also
Silvestri
Linhof
Deardorff
Vageeswari
External links
Field cameras of the United States an in depth look at field cameras from the 19th and 20th century.
Field camera |
Parel (ISO: Paraḷ, pronunciation: [pəɾəɭ]) is a neighbourhood of Mumbai. Parel used to have a number of textile mills, but these have been replaced by commercial office space development.
History
Originally, Parel was a separate island, one of the Seven Islands of Bombay.
The Parel Relief or (Parel Shiva) is an important monolithic relief of the Hindu god Shiva in seven forms that is dated to the late Gupta period, in the 5th or 6th century AD by the ASI. It was found in Parel when a road was being constructed in 1931, and moved to the nearby Baradevi Temple, where it remains in worship, in its own room. The name Parel has its roots from the Parali Vaijanath Mahadev temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.
An inscription dated 26 January 1187 (Paurnima of Magha, Saka 1108) is found there recording of a grant made by Shilahara king Aparaditya II out of the proceeds of an orchard in a village named Mahavali (close to Kurla) for a Vaidyanatha temple.
In 1771 William Hornby, the Governor of Bombay, moved into the former friary, which became known as Government House, and a number of mills were subsequently established nearby. In 1883, the Governor's wife died of cholera in the house and two years later, the Governor's Mansion was moved to Malabar Point. During the plague epidemics of the 1890s, the old Government House was leased to the newly founded Haffkine Institute.
It was a district in Girangaon, which was the focus of the Great Bombay textile strike of 1982.
Politics
It was a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Maharashtra from 1962 to 2004. It was constituted into Shivadi constituency by the Delimitation of Parliament and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008.
Gallery
References
Further reading
Michell, George (1990), The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India, Volume 1: Buddhist, Jain, Hindu, 1990, Penguin Books,
Star Track; Times of India Mumbai; pg-2; 21 April 2006
Neighbourhoods in Mumbai
Islands of India
Populated places in India |
The 1995 Scottish League Cup final was played on 26 November 1995, at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 50th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Aberdeen and Dundee. Aberdeen won the match 2–0 thanks to goals by Billy Dodds and Duncan Shearer.
Match details
External links
Soccerbase
The Independent - Match Report
1995 Man of the match
1995
League Cup Final
Scottish League Cup Final 1995
Scottish League Cup Final 1995
1990s in Glasgow |
The Green Party of Ontario (GPO; ) is a political party in Ontario, Canada. The party is led by Mike Schreiner. In 2018, Schreiner was elected as the party's first member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly. In the past, the party did see significant gains in the 2007 provincial election, earning 8% of the popular vote with some candidates placing second and third in their ridings. A milestone was reached in the 2018 provincial election, when Schreiner was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the riding of Guelph.
Elections Ontario records that in the 1999 provincial election, the GPO fielded 58 candidates, and became the fourth largest party in the province. In 2003, the party fielded its first nearly full slate, 102 out of 103 candidates, and received 2.8% of the vote. In 2007, in what many consider the breakthrough election for the GPO, the party fielded a full slate of 107 candidates, receiving over 8.0% and nearly 355,000 votes. The GPO had gained the most in the 2007 election and was one of only two parties that gained a significant amount of support. The rise in its political fortunes coincided with the national rise in support for the Green Party of Canada during the same period. Subsequently, the party's popularity declined in the 2011 and 2014 elections during tightly contested races between the Progressive Conservatives and ruling Liberals. In the 2018 election, the party received 4.6% of the vote.
History
Early years
The late 1960s is widely seen as the start of the global ecological movement, however it wasn't until the 1970s that this movement began to gain political and economic legitimacy, with advances such as the founding of the world's first green party (New Zealand's Values Party), and the entry of the West German Greens (Die Grünen) into that country's legislature. The tiny, short-lived Small Party, named after E. F. Schumacher's book Small Is Beautiful, formed in the Maritimes in the mid to late 1970s, and was the first party in the Western Hemisphere related to the green movement. This party was founded by Elizabeth May, now the leader of the Green Party of Canada.
By the early 1980s, the idea of organized Green politics began to gain in international popularity, and in 1983 the Green Party of Ontario was registered with Elections Ontario. Shortly after the GPO was registered it contested its first election, fielding nine candidates who collected a combined 5,300 votes or 0.14%. In the 1987 election the party again ran nine candidates who fared worse, collecting 3,400 votes or 0.09%. In 1990, to the surprise of many, the GPO captured a much higher result, with 40 candidates capturing 30,400 votes or 0.75%.
Frank de Jong years
It wasn't until 1993, however, that the party began to properly organize itself, electing Frank de Jong as its first official leader. The GPO and their newly selected leader ran in their first election as an organized party in the 1995 provincial election. However, even with a new leader and just three candidates less than 1990, the party lost more than half their support, falling to just 14,100 or 0.34%.
De Jong led the party through three election campaigns, gradually building party support from less than one percent in the early 1990s to just over 8% in the 2007 provincial election.
In the 1999 provincial election the party ran 57 candidates and collected 0.70% or 30,800 votes. With 17 more candidates the party fell 0.05% short of their 1990 result; however, this was a large increase compared to the previous election (1995). In addition, increased organization resulted in the addition of a Deputy Leader and a Shadow Cabinet. The first Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Ontario was Judy Greenwood-Speers. She served the party in this role from 1999 to 2002. Ms Greenwood-Speers was also the party's first Issue Advocate, continuously serving as the Advocate for Health and Long Term Care, and in the Senior's Secretariat from 1999 to today.
The 2003 provincial election was what many consider to be the first breakthrough for the Greens. Running 102 out of a possible 103 candidates the GPO was able to capture 126,700 votes, or 2.82%. The GPO placed ahead of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) in two ridings, and took fourth place in 92 others. Just eight candidates fared worse than fourth place.
De Jong announced his resignation as leader on 16 May 2009, at the Green Party of Ontario Annual General Meeting. A leadership and policy convention was held 13–15 November 2009 in London, Ontario.
Recent history
Throughout 2006 there was a move toward major constitutional changes in the party, led by Executive Council Member-at-Large (former GPO President) Ron Yurick. During the May Annual Policy Conference in Toronto, and the September 2006 AGM in Lion's Head, Ontario, sweeping changes were approved to the party's governance structures. It was described as "the culmination of hundreds of hours of work that evolved out of a directive passed at the 2004 (AGM) in Cambridge. Included in the changes were the formation of a much larger Provincial Executive, which included two gender paritied representatives from each of six regions, gender paritied Deputy Leaders, and the creation of multiple functionary roles (a quasi civil service) separated from the Provincial Executive.
At the Party's 2006 Annual General Meeting (AGM) the Party adopted further changes to the existing Constitution that, amongst other things, reduced the size of the Provincial Council and renamed it the Provincial Executive. One of the first acts of the new Provincial Executive was to strike a hiring committee to bring on a full-time campaign manager in response to mounting internal pressures to ensure the party was ready for the October 2007 provincial election.
In the run-up to the 2007 provincial election, the Greens' support climbed into the double-digits for the first time in party history. Although the party did not elect a member to the provincial legislature, they did increase their share of the popular vote to 8.1% (a gain of 5.3% from the 2003 election), placed second in one riding (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, with 33.1% compared to the PC incumbent winner's 46.7%), and took third place in a number of other ridings, ahead of candidates from previously elected parties. Shane Jolley, the Green candidate for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, earned more votes than any Green candidate in Canadian history at that time.
The party had its 2007 AGM at an Easter Seals camp near Perth on 23 November to the 25. It was the largest AGM in GPO history at that time with over 120 delegates and over 400 proxy votes. The GPO adopted changes to the constitution, many involving the provincial executive. A few directives to the executive also discussed at the AGM included party bilingualism and fundraising. The party voted in the new executive including a new president Lawson Hunter, while former president Ron Yurick was voted in as Northern male rep. Over 70% of the voting membership had also voted to re-elect party leader Frank de Jong for another two years.
De Jong resigned as leader in 2009 and was replaced by Toronto entrepreneur Mike Schreiner who was the sole candidate in the party's leadership race. The Greens won no seats in the 2011 and 2014 provincial elections.
2018 & 2022 Elections
In the 2018 provincial election, the party ran on a platform of investing in green jobs and clean energy, rolling out a universal basic income, shifting away from nuclear power, lowering payroll taxes for small businesses and implementing road tolls to fund transit infrastructure. The party ran a full slate of candidates including over 50% women for the first time. Mike Schreiner was excluded from the televised leaders debates, which led to an unsuccessful campaign by Fair Debates to encourage media to reverse the decisions. The GPO finally broke through on 7 June 2018, with leader Mike Schreiner winning a seat in Guelph and becoming the first Green MPP in Ontario history. He was sworn into the Ontario Legislature on 5 June 2018.
Schreiner was re-elected in the 2022 provincial election and was again the only Green candidate elected.
Policies
The Green Party of Ontario shares the values identified by the Global Greens. Although the party has generally been perceived as being left-wing, the party combines ecologically and socially reformist policies with support for the free market and entrepreneurship.
Several key members have been recruits from the former centre-right Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, including Elio Di Iorio, who was a protégé of former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark, and Peter Elgie, son of former Ontario Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Robert Elgie. The party's former Chief Financial Officer, David Scrymgeour, was the National Director of the former Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
Under Frank de Jong, the GPO emphasized policies typical of both left- and right-wing parties. In the words of de Jong, the GPO tends to favour policies that are "socially progressive, fiscally conservative, and environmentally aware". As such, policies in areas such as education, health, environmental protection and social equity are notably progressive, while policies on income & property taxation, market regulation, and industrial subsidization are more conservative in nature. Contrary to most other parties, the Greens prefer a model of decentralization, where administration of local programs/services (for example, local schools, hospitals, housing, and transport) are left to local government which is more responsive to local needs/realities, but where costs are not simply downloaded without the ability to raise local revenue (such as with previous Progressive Conservative governments). The party emphasizes interconnectivity between various policy areas (for example, health and the environment, or the environment and the economy).
Taxation
GPO policy proposes a concept known as green tax shifting, which it classifies under the broad context of ecological fiscal reform. In general, the party proposes gradual but significant reductions in all income and corporate taxes (or taxes on so-called "earned income"), funded by the introduction of new resource-based taxes applied at the point of entry into the economy (for example, carbon taxes). The Green Party also proposes introduction of a system of land value taxation, which would replace the current value assessment-based property tax system and would be meant to discourage urban sprawl and increase land use efficiency. Central to the GPO's tax policies is the concept of revenue neutrality, in which any new taxes (i.e., those on resources and consumption) are complemented by a reduction in other forms of taxation (generally income and corporate taxes).
This mixture of libertarian and free-market income tax policies with a shift towards consumption/resource taxation is one of the clear differences between the Ontario Greens and the three main provincial parties. For example, while the NDP and to a lesser extent the Liberals aim to create social equity through progressive taxation of already-earned income, and the Conservatives do not necessarily view social equity to be the role of government, the Greens prefer allowing individuals/businesses to contribute by paying more for what they use (resources, energy) and the pollution/side-effects that they create.
The GPO claims that this system is more fair and more economically desirable, because it only punishes individuals and businesses who operate without regard for society and the environment, while accentuating the ability of truly efficient and responsible businesses to prosper without hindrance. Critics of these policies, however, oppose these taxation methods because they view them as examples of regressive taxation due to the fact that they would have a bigger economic impact that would be felt in the everyday lives of lower-income groups.
Greens have historically supported tax relief for small businesses, generally funded by modest increases to the corporate tax rate. They have also proposed road pricing (including tolls, parking levies and land-value taxes near subways) to pay for public transit.
The party favours a revenue neutral carbon fee-and-dividend approach to pollution pricing. Under the scheme, emitters would be charged at the source of pollution and all revenues collected would be returned to citizens in the form of dividend cheques.
Health
The Greens base their health policies on prevention, and claim to consider health in areas such as organic agriculture, active transportation, urban planning, and education. In particular, party policy closely links the areas of disease prevention and environmental health, with policies such a ban on cosmetic pesticides, a Cancer Prevention Act, a Lyme Disease Strategy, and doubling funding for the Ministry of Health Promotion. Policies on health care include expanding the Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) system, increasing support for multidisciplinary clinics (those with doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, psychologists, dieticians, and other health care professionals), and increasing support for midwifery, along with a number of administrative reforms. GPO policy emphasizes a reduction in health care costs through avoidance of illness and expansion of alternative access models (such as CCACs), rather than simply closing facilities or increasing expenditures.
In its 2007 platform, the Green Party of Ontario advocated a full phasing-out of the Ontario Health Premium tax.
In its 2018 platform, the party proposed a major increase in funding for mental health services, a first step towards transitioning to full coverage under OHIP+.
Social programs
The Green Party of Ontario believes in modernizing the social safety net to account for present-day challenges. It has been an advocate for a universal Basic Income for all Ontarians, in order to provide economic security while at the same time cutting red tape and bureaucracy. In 2017, Ontario introduced a Basic Income pilot program, which the Greens wanted to see rolled out across the province.
Education
During the 2007 provincial election, education, and specifically the funding of religious schools, was a central issue. GPO policy calls for an end to the publicly funded Catholic school system, a merger that it claimed would save millions of dollars in duplicate administrative costs. Other items include giving local school boards a say in funding allocation, ending standardized testing of students, and encouraging programmes such as physical education, environmental education, and a mandatory course in world religions. At the post-secondary level, the GPO proposes a tuition cap of $3 000 per year for university studies and $700 per year for college and increased funding for apprenticeship programmes.
Electoral reform
The GPO is a strong supporter of electoral reform. It is in favour of the Mixed Member Proportional representation system recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform in May 2007 and defeated in the Ontario referendum in October 2007. This system would make the number of seats attributed to the party in a "members-at-large" section of the legislature approximately equal to the percentage of the vote won by the party in separate party vote.
Party leaders
Elected Greens
• 2018, 2022: Mike Schreiner, elected in Guelph
Election results
See also
Green Party of Ontario candidates in Ontario provincial elections
List of Green party leaders in Canada
List of Green Party of Ontario candidates
List of Green politicians who have held office in Canada
List of Ontario general elections
List of political parties in Ontario
Ontario Greens Shadow Cabinet
Politics of Ontario
References
External links
A History of the Green Party in Ontario, by Frank de Jong
1983 establishments in Ontario
Environmental organizations based in Ontario
Organizations based in Toronto
Political parties established in 1983
Political parties supporting universal basic income
Provincial political parties in Ontario |
Platycrinites are an extinct genus of Paleozoic stalked crinoids belonging to the family Platycrinitidae.
These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived during the Devonian, Permian and the Carboniferous periods, from 376.1 to 259.0 Ma.
Species
Platycrinites crokeri Campbell and Bein 1971
Platycrinites ellesmerense Broadhead and Strimple 1977
Platycrinites halos Webster and Jell 1999
Platycrinites hemisphaericus (Meek & Worthen)
Platycrinites nikondaense Broadhead and Strimple 1977
Platycrinites omanensis Webster and Sevastopulo 2007
Platycrinites testudo Campbell and Bein 1971
Platycrinites wachsmuthi Wanner 1916
Platycrinites wrighti Marez-Oyens 1940
Description
These moderate sized extinct crinoids had a columnar stem with a twisted pattern. On top of the stem was a calyx with a number of feather-like arms.
Distribution
Fossils of this genus have been found in the Devonian of Germany, in the Carboniferous of Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States. As well as in the Permian of Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Oman and United States.
References
Prehistoric crinoid genera
Prehistoric echinoderms of North America
Carboniferous crinoids
Fossils of Georgia (U.S. state)
Paleozoic life of Alberta
Paleozoic life of Nunavut |
The Gang of Seven refers to a group of freshmen Republican U.S. Representatives, elected to serve in the 102nd Congress in 1990. The group loudly condemned the House banking scandal and the Congressional Post Office scandal, forcing the congressional leadership to address the issues by ensuring the incidents stayed in the media and public eye. The group also criticized other Congressional perks, such as congressional subsidies for the Capitol Barbershop and Senate Restaurant.
Two members of this group, Jim Nussle and John Boehner, were also key drafters of the Contract with America, which along with the banking and post office scandals helped the Republicans take control of the House in the 1994 elections.
Primary activities
The House banking scandal broke in early 1992, when it was revealed that the United States House of Representatives allowed members to overdraw their House checking accounts without risk of being penalized by the House bank (actually a clearinghouse). The House banking scandal ultimately involved more than 450 representatives, most of whom did not break any laws. Twenty-two congressmen and -women were singled out by the House Ethics Committee for leaving their checking accounts overdrawn for at least eight months out of a sample of 39 months.
The Congressional Post Office scandal refers to the discovery of corruption among various Congressional Post Office employees and members of the United States House of Representatives, investigated from 1991–1995, climaxing in the conviction of House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL). The Republican charges were largely ignored until July 1993, when Congressional Postmaster Robert Rota pleaded guilty to three criminal charges, implicating Representatives Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL) and Joe Kolter (D-PA). They were accused of heading a conspiracy to launder Post Office money through stamps and postal vouchers. Rostenkowski was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison, in 1995.
Members
The seven Representatives were:
John Boehner (OH-08)
Rick Santorum (PA-18)
Charles H. Taylor (NC-11)
Frank Riggs (CA-01)
Jim Nussle (IA-02)
Scott Klug (WI-02)
John Doolittle (CA-04)
Subsequent careers
By 2015, none of the 'Gang' remained in Congress, following the retirement of Boehner. One of the seven successfully ran for higher office, one was defeated for re-election, and five retired.
Rick Santorum was once considered a rising star in the Republican Party. He was the first of the Gang of Seven to run for higher office, and the only one who was successful, becoming the junior U.S. senator from Pennsylvania in the Republican landslide of 1994. Santorum served two terms in the Senate and rose to the level of Senate Republican Conference chairman before being defeated by State Treasurer Bob Casey in 2006. He ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2012, where he did not win the nomination, and later ran in the 2016 Republican primary.
Charles Taylor remained in the House for eight terms. He was defeated in 2006, losing to former NFL quarterback Heath Shuler.
Two retired from the House to run for higher office. Frank Riggs left his House seat after three terms in 1998 to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate seat held by Barbara Boxer. Jim Nussle retired in 2006 after eight terms to run for the open Iowa governor's seat but lost to Democratic candidate Chet Culver. Nussle had served previously as chairman of the House Budget Committee and was then selected to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under President George W. Bush.
Klug, Doolittle, and Boehner have returned to private life. Scott Klug chose to keep his initial campaign promise of only serving four terms and to refocus on his business. John Doolittle's reputation was tainted by involvement in the Jack Abramoff scandal and retired at the end of his ninth term in 2008. John Boehner became the House Majority Leader in 2006, then House Minority Leader in 2007 and then Speaker in 2011 when Republicans won back majority control. He resigned from the position of Speaker October 31, 2015.
See also
References
External links
Rick Hendersen, "The House Republican freshmen: always aggressive, sometimes obnoxious, hardly mono lithic" Reason Online.
William McGurn, "Rubber congressmen - check bouncing scandal", National Review, April 13, 1992.
Republican Party (United States)
102nd United States Congress
1990 in American politics
1991 in American politics |
Luz Ríos (Guerrero) is a Mexican-born California-based American pop singer and songwriter.
Rios received world-wide recognition with her 4th studio album, "Aire" featuring the hit single "Aire". The song featured a duet with Mexican icon singer-songwriter Joan Sebastian. The album gained Rios nominations at the 2009 Latin Grammys for "Best New Artist" and "Best Female Pop Vocal Album" as well as nominations at the 2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards for "Hot Latin Song of the Year"- Vocal Event for her duet with Joan Sebastian and "Regional Mexican Airplay Song of the Year"- Female Category. The hit single "Aire" penned by Luz peaked at 32 on the Latin Billboard Charts.
Pre-solo career
One of ten siblings born into a musical family from Tlacotepec in Guerrero, Mexico, Latin pop singer Luz Rios grew up in Cuernavaca, in the Mexican state of Morelos. At the age of 16, Rios emigrated to the U.S. Later, a teenage Rios accompanied by four of her siblings formed the band, Morelos Show, where Rios played the drums and sang lead vocals. Rios and her family settled in the Ontario, CA area, where the group became so popular that they received steady work in area clubs.
Solo career
1999–2006
After two years with the group, Rios began her solo career and in 1999, debuted her first studio album, Ayer, Hoy y Siempre, a collection of pop ballads. Rios began to take vocal lessons with the renowned Seth Riggs, a veteran who has worked with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Kelly Clarkson, Faith Hill, and Julio Iglesias, to name a few.
By 2003, she had played in several venues in the U. S. and Spain and as a result of her talented skills as a songwriter, signed an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with music giant Warner Chappell.
In 2004 Luz entered the studio to work on her 2nd album, De Mi Corazón, which was composed of pop ballads that shift easily between Mexican regional styles like cumbia and ranchera, as well as incorporating a little salsa, samba, and rock and roll.
Rios wrote all of the songs on the album except, "Te Quiero," which was co-written with Luigi Giraldo and recorded in A.B. Quintanilla's McAllen studio and "Vivir con Peter Pan" which was written by world-renowned Carlo Toro Moro and produced by Christian Dewalden, whose credits include Marta Sánchez, Paulina Rubio, Paloma San Basilio, among others.
In 2006, Luz entered the studio once again for her 3rd self-titled album, Luz Rios, featuring the hit song "Llamame" written by the legendary Jorge Luis Borrego.
2008
In 2008, Rios releases her 4th and most successful studio album "Aire" distributed by Selecto Hits. The single "Aire", written by Rios, featuring a duet with Joan Sebastian peaks at 32 on the Latin Billboard Charts and marks Joan Sebastian's first appearance ever on a song not written by himself. The song also peaked at 24 on the Regional Mexican Songs Charts and 27 on the Latin Pop Charts.
2009
In 2009, Rios released her 5th studio album, Humano, featuring the hit single "Es Lo Que Das Que Cuenta" a translation and adaptation of Vince Gill's "What You Give Away". The album also included a DVD of behind the scenes footage for her video "Aire" ft. Joan Sebastian.
Rios performed live at the 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas in front of over 12 million viewers and received two Latin Grammy Nominations for "Best New Artist" and "Best Female Pop Vocal Album" for "Aire".
"Aire" also gained Rios Latin Billboard nominations for "Hot Latin Song of the Year"- Vocal Event for her duet with Joan Sebastian and "Regional Mexican Airplay Song of the Year"- Female Category.
She then toured with Joan Sebastian.
That same year she debuted her Mariachi show at the Los Angeles Theater Company and performed the National Anthem at the Dodger Stadium for Viva Los Dodgers Day.
2010
At the 2010 Premios Lo Nuestro Awards held at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, Rios received a nomination for "Best New Artist". Rios also received an industry award for BMI performing Rights Society.
Currently Luz Rios is working on her 6th Studio Album. The new album is set to release in its entirety by the end of 2011.
Miscellaneous
Formed part of the video "We Are The World for Haiti in Spanish"
"Humano" Longest playing single on the Latin BDS charts
Luz Rios records duet with JD "Tu Amor"
Philanthropy and humanitarian work
Beyond the music, Luz has contributed a lot to the Latino community and is involved with:
Loma Linda Hospital
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Musicares Hurricane Katrina Relief Concert
Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles
And community events like:
Chivas USA
City of Huntington Park Parade
Mexican Independence Parade Los Angeles
Discography
Albums
1999: Ayer, Hoy y Siempre
2004: De Mi Corazón
2005: Luz Ríos
2008: Aire
2009: Humano
2010: De Luz Con Amor
2013: México Te Llevo En El Alma
References
External links
Biography at www.latin-artists.com
The Latin Recording Academy
Living people
Mexican emigrants to the United States
Latin pop singers
Latin music musicians
Rios, Luz
Year of birth missing (living people) |
Charles John Ferguson (usually known as C. J. Ferguson) (1840 – 1 December 1904) was an English architect who practised mainly in Carlisle, Cumbria. He was the younger son of Joseph Ferguson of Carlisle, and was articled to the architect and surveyor John A. Cory. He spent some years in partnership with Cory, but most of his career was in single-handed practice. From about 1902 he also had an office in London.
Ferguson's output included new churches, restoration of existing churches, and work on country houses and public buildings. The architectural styles he used were mainly Gothic and Norman Revival. Almost all his works are in what is now Cumbria, with a few isolated commissions elsewhere. The latter were obtained through personal contacts, for example his work for William Armstrong at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, and for J. J. Bibby of the Bibby Line in Shropshire. In the Buildings of England series Ferguson is described as being "a resourceful as well as a sensitive architect".
See also
List of works by C. J. Ferguson
Notes and references
Notes
Citations
Sources
1840 births
1904 deaths
Architects from Cumbria |
"Autobiography of a Scalawag" appeared February 19, 1869, on the front page of The Native Virginian, Vol II No. 15.
It has been referenced in the book "White Trash: The 400-year Untold History of Class" by Nancy Isenberg where the author refers to it as "a brilliant piece of Democratic propaganda". It is a brief parody story of John Stubbs' rise to power by lying and cheating and switching sides any time it benefits him.
Text
The text of "Autobiography of a Scalawag" transcribed from the scanned image found at the Library of Congress:
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SCALAWAG.
I was born in Greene county, going on About forty-odd years ago, having Bin the younffest of 14 children, all of whitch was raised except 6 which dide of the meesles and things. When I was a smart chap my Parents moved to Shifflet's Holler, well known in Albemarle county for sum remarkable murders, in which so fur as I know and Beleav none of our Foax was mixed up.
I was as good a suthern man before the war as thar was in our county, and always voted the Democratic ticket as I noad the Whigs was not Sound about the niggers, and my political greed was founded on the Jeffersonian Republican printed by Mr. Alexander on Main st., in Charlottesville near about whar thar now is a very fine Juelry store, and opposite the Flannagin Bank. I jined of a artillery company about the first man, and fit until I lost all taiste for that arjuous life--say nigh on about 12 months. I was wun of the teamsturs, and had a very ruff time amoving from Manassas to Williamsburg, and particularly bak. About this time I got a detale and held a affice in the Confederit stables in Richmond under Mr. Davis during the balance of the Waw. I was in all the Battles around Richmond, working like a dog physiking and cleaning uv horses, and when we phinally got Gineral McClellan in them swormps, I visited some of the hardest fiting places along with my boss--and picked up a good many things.
About February, 1865, I became Phully satisfied in my own conshence that I smelt a rat. So wun tolerable clear morning I said, "Confederit stables, adu!" and struck out for the lower Jeems, when met a Yankee transpote. I giv them all the pints, and told them I was a Union man out of Castle Thunder, whar I had suffered for my principles nigh on two years--and having lived very thin--it was pretty rough in Richmond in them days, particularly the Artikkle of whiskey, my emashated condition give a very gud kind uv color to my story, and so they took me in. I noad a gud deal about the phix in Richmond, and so they took me to Ginral Butler whar give me some very good ale and five or six drinks, and axed me questions. I noad things was up, and told him putty much the truth, tho' bein brung up at Shiffllett's, I mout have lide in some things from the fose of habit, and without any particular intenshun uv telling uv a lie to my new friends.
Well, you know the final eend, and about that time I was putty sicdy in Washington, whar all the novelty had woan off uv me, except with Mr. Greeley, who always gave me ten cents and axed me for kruelties to the Federal prisoners, which uv course I gived him, some from real life, others hearn, and others to keep up the interest.
I cum back to Virginia in 1866, and jined the scalawags, and in 1867 I begun to attend the nigger meetings and tell 'em uv thar wrongs, and what we was gwine to do for them. I become a right good hand at nigger speeking, and went in strong for manhood suffrage, whar I was posted in the Tribune. Phoaxs phoolishly taxt me with being uv rekreunt to my own people, but I seed very plain it war no time to be centimental, a fuling about what was right, fur I noad we was in a revolution, and nobody was agwine to help him who wuddent help himself, so I sot my mind to help myself to sumthing, and if every dog has his day and the niggers was agwine to have theirs, I seed whar the path uv glory was open to John Stubbs.
And this is how I got to the kunvention--whar I waded in. We was obliged to stand by the niggers, for the white foax cut us and we wuts dispised until thar wus nuthen left but to fite it out on that line. It wur nesecerry to be more particular in Virginia than in the other States, because the white people was heavy in the majority, and so we shet down on 'em with the artikkle No. three excluding the most malignant rebbels from the ballot, wharby we killed about phifleen thousand uv the best kind uv votes. We cum at 'em then with fixin' uv the Legislature, and give the niggers a clean majority of 21 thar. And then we phixt the counties so as to git the moast of them, and we A lowed about two hundred officers to a county, so as to have enuff for All. But the worst thing they minded was when we give 'em the Test Oath--that was like a Senter shot, and I noad the dog was certinly Hit by the way he howled when we phixt it. It was a little ruff, but it was the only way we had to Kum at 'em.
I am now clerk of ---- county, worth, I suppose, by fair dealings $2,500 a year. I hav no Reeson to complain uv Fortune, for she has been a kind friend to me. I may have done some things--Eetin say my peck of dirt--some thing-whar under a more orspicious environsment I mout have not liked, but I never has been able to cee my way kleer without sum side cuts, and as for a life of inflecksible ackrawsy it's not a goin to woak, and I never cee it work. We is scinners, and we must leave a margin if we want to be practikkle. I never could sensher the Kummitty of Nine, because I know Jordan is a hard road to travel, and if they don't stop torking about Honnor, these Southern people will jes let the Yankees eat 'em up.--We mus bend; everything mus bend at times; and whar is thar any exemption for Conshence different from other artikkles, and settin up to fite against Sirkumstances and the Spirrit of the Age?
I winst a little at first when I becum a scalawag, meeting uv old acquaintances, but when a man gets up in the world, people is so tolerunt; and thar is so much rascallity now-a-days that particular cases does not ecsite so much Atentlon as wunst upon a time. My censibility, too, is less akute sents I have made the ackwaintance of the fratunity of carpet-baggers, the Right Bower of our party; I hav seed so much unblushing effrontery in these foax that I frekwently feels a glow of conshus virtue when me and they takes a drink. They makes no pertensions to a strict a course of life; but for the original talunt of smartness and getting all you ken I bows to 'em as my betters. They lets out sometimes a feeling for me that borders too near to my taste of contempt; they has indeed told me I was embarlssed by scrupils, which I am whar thar is smarl game, and I suppose is owing to my being born in this part of the world. But I must finish this chapter as I am called off to swar in--a good many is agwIne to jump that fence.--Enq. and Ex.
References
1869 documents
1869 in Virginia
Parodies |
Ashakara is a French-Swiss produced Burkinabé-Togolese dark comedy film directed by Gérard Louvin, starring James Campbell, Jean-Marc Pasquet, Willy Monshengwo and Bamela Nyanta. It was released in 1991 and entered into the 1992 Cognac International Film Festival, Solothurn Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival and Vevey International Funny Film Festival.
Plot
A traditional African remedy is discovered to be effective against a deadly virus, but a multinational pharmaceutical company does not want it to succeed.
References
External links
1991 films
Togolese comedy films
Togolese drama films
Burkinabé comedy films
Burkinabé drama films
Films set in Togo
Medical-themed films
1991 comedy-drama films |
The is a small science museum in the Meguro Ward in central Tokyo, Japan. The museum is devoted to parasites and the science of parasitology, and was founded in 1953 by Dr. Satoru Kamegai.
History
The museum rebuilt to its present location in 1993. Dr. Kamegai died in 2002 and Professor Akihiko Uchida took over operations of the museum adding the gift shop to help fund operations.
Museum
The two-story exhibition space provides an educational overview of the diversity of parasites in the natural world and their life cycles. The second floor exhibition space has an emphasis on parasites in humans and their effects (including the nematode, the trematode, and the tapeworm). On display are 300 preserved specimens, including an -long Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense tapeworm. The research library contains 60,000 parasite specimens, as well as 50,000 papers and 5,000 books on parasitology.
The museum has a gift counter on the second floor, where visitors can purchase a museum guidebook, postcards, T-shirts, or mobile-phone straps with actual parasites embedded in acrylic (either Nybelinia surmenicola or Oncomelania nosophora). The museum is free to visitors and relies on donations because it is private and does not receive government funds.
References
External links
Official site
Medical museums in Japan
Buildings and structures in Meguro
Museums in Tokyo
Museums established in 1953
1953 establishments in Japan
Parasitology |
Munsey Park is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Manhasset area, which is anchored by Manhasset. The population was 2,809 at the 2020 census.
The Incorporated Village of Munsey Park is located entirely within the Town of North Hempstead, and has been recognized as a Tree City USA since 1983.
History
Development and early years (1920s)
Munsey Park was first developed in the 1920s, on North Shore land previously owned by wealthy publisher Frank Andrew Munsey (1854–1925), as a commuter town and "model, restricted community", taking advantage of the Long Island Rail Road's Manhasset station, located immediately to the west of the development. The land on which the planned community now stands on was bequeathed by Munsey to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1925.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art sold the portion of the estate south of Northern Boulevard (NY 25A); that area would eventually become part of Strathmore. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Museum of Art retained ownership of the portion of Munsey's estate north of Northern Boulevard, and, with help from the Hassett Realty Company, developed the planned community on the land under the leadership of museum president Robert W. DeForest.
It was developed featuring Colonial-style houses and streets named for American artists. Much of the original landscaping in the planned community was designed by the Olmsted Brothers.
In 1928, Munsey Park's first model home opened. Like many of the other earliest homes to be constructed in the planned community, it was built in Section "A" – located at the western end of the development; Section "A" was the first section of Munsey Park to be constructed.
The name of the community was originally to be Munsey Meadows – but this name was changed to Munsey Park; it is named in honor of Frank Munsey.
Push for incorporation (1929 – 1930)
On January 27, 1930, Munsey Park residents voted 155-to-3 to incorporate their community as a village with its own municipal government and zoning ability; the incorporation would be made official 20 days after the vote.
Residents incorporated after learning about the creation of a sewer district serving Greater Manhasset in 1929; the proposal led to a significant amount of concern amongst many of the locals, who were opposed to sewering the area.
Village of Munsey Park (1930 – present)
Following the vote to incorporate Munsey Park as a village, the Village of Munsey Park held its first village election on March 1, 1930; this election saw residents of Munsey Park vote for the village's first elected officials. Herman Block was elected to sere as the village's first Mayor.
One of the first decisions made by the village's elected officials was to leave the Manhasset Sewer District – much to the delight of many village residents – in addition to a decision to leave the Manhasset Parking District.
In 1931, the Munsey Park Shopping Center opened at the northwestern corner of Northern Boulevard and Manhasset Woods Road; it was designed to conform to the architecture of the homes within the village.
On May 30, 1932, the 18-hole Munsey Park Golf Club opened at the eastern end of the village. Operated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the club closed on March 1, 1937, as a result of poor revenue and profits, in addition to rising deficits. The former club's land was subsequently redeveloped as additional housing – in addition to a business area at the former club's clubhouse, which was already zoned for commercial use.
Much of the residential development on the site of the former golf course was developed by the Callan Brothers.
In the late 1930s, the Manhasset Union Free School District built the Munsey Park Elementary School within the village. It was built to address the overcrowding in the district's existing schools which had from the large development boom in the Manhasset area and the resulting influx of residents – including in Munsey Park.
In May 1942, the Congregational Church of Manhasset purchased of land in Munsey Park, along the north side of Northern Boulevard. On this land, it would erect a large church building. The church's groundbreaking occurred on May 12, 1948, and it was completed the next year, in 1949. The Church of Our Savior, Lutheran, broke ground across Copley Road that same year, and was completed in 1950.
In 1956, New York City-based department store Bonwit Teller announced that it would erect a department store in Munsey Park, in the business area which had formerly been part of the Munsey Park Golf Club. The building was designed by Lanthrop Douglass and Charles Anderson, and the store opened in 1957.
On December 8, 1974, Munsey Park Village Hall opened. Located at 1777 Northern Boulevard at the southern end of Munsey Park, the structure was built to conform to the style of residential homes in the village, and was erected on land which it had purchased back in 1950.
In 1983, Munsey Park was designated as a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation for the first time.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, developers planned turning the Munsey Park Plaza shopping center at the village's southeast corner into a luxury shopping mall; this shopping center included Munsey Park's Bonwit Teller branch, which opened in 1957 and closed in 1990. The proposed shopping mall on the site would have featured two floors, multiple exterior designs, and a parking garage with three levels. The proposal, which was first made in 1988, was rejected by the village. After Munsey Park's rejection of the plans, the developers filed a lawsuit against the village. Ultimately, the lawsuit was unsuccessful, and the mall was never built; the property was eventually purchased in 1992 by TH Associates, which rehabilitated it and secured a new tenant for the former Bonwit Teller space.
In 2008, the Village of Munsey Park was ranked as the 13th (tied) Wealthiest Town in America by BusinessWeek.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it being land.
Munsey Park, in its entirety, uses the Manhasset 11030 postal code and is served by the Manhasset Post Office.
Topography
Like the rest of Long Island's North Shore, Munsey Park is situated on a terminal moraine, which is named the Harbor Hill Moraine. This moraine was formed by glaciers during the Wisconsin Glacial Episode, and is named for Harbor Hill in Roslyn; Harbor Hill is the highest geographic point in Nassau County.
Drainage
Munsey Park is split between two minor drainage areas: Leeds Pond and Whitney Pond. These two drainage areas are sub-watersheds of the larger Manhasset Bay Watershed, which in turn is part of the larger Long Island Sound/Atlantic Ocean Watershed, which covers all of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Economy
Munsey Park is a bedroom community of the City of New York, which is how the community was originally envisioned as being by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As such, a significant number of Munsey Park residents commute to/from New York for work.
The village itself is predominantly residential in character, with the heavy majority of lots within the village being zoned for single-family homes. The only businesses within Munsey Park are at three shopping centers along the north side of Northern Boulevard; these are the only areas of the Village zoned for commercial use. The largest of the shopping shopping centers in Munsey Park – Kimco Realty's Munsey Park Plaza – is located at the southeast corner of the village and houses tenants including Whole Foods and Benihana; it has also previously housed a Bonwit Teller and a Bed, Bath & Beyond. Developers unsuccessfully proposed rebuilding the shopping center as a luxury shopping mall in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
When originally planned, the intersection of Manhasset Woods Road and Park Avenue was to contain businesses, as well as near Locust Place (now Munsey Place); these plans were eventually amended in favor of additional single-family homes.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the census of 2020, there were 2,809 people residing in the village.
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 2,693 people residing in the village. The racial makeup of the village was 91.20% White, 0.41% African American, 6.46% Asian, 0.37% from other races, and 1.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.23% of the population.
Census 2000
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,632 people, 817 households, and 731 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 833 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 93.35% White, 0.34% African American, 5.66% Asian, 0.08% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.63% of the population.
There were 817 households, out of which 48.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.6% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.5% were non-families. 9.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.22 and the average family size was 3.43.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 30.8% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $149,100, and the median income for a family was $159,147. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $46,250 for females. The per capita income for the village was $66,772. About 1.6% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.5% of those under age 18 and 1.2% of those age 65 or over.
Government
Munsey Park's government is divided into three boards. All of the boards are non-partisan, and members do not get paid. The main organ of government is the Board of Trustees. This board functions as the equivalent of a city council. As of January 2023, the Mayor of Munsey Park is Lawrence Ceriello, the Deputy Mayor is Anthony D'Angelo, and the Village Trustees are Antonio D'Angelo, Regina Im, Gregory Licalzi, Jr., and Joseph Williams.
Munsey Park contains 2 election districts: AD 16 – ED 63 and AD 16 – ED 64. Both of these districts are located within New York's 16th State Assembly district (AD16) and are entirely within the village. The village is closely divided partisan-wise. In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won the village by a narrow margin of 50.1%, while Joe Biden (D) won 48.7% of the vote.
Representation in higher government
Munsey Park is represented in four levels of government: town government, county government, state government, and federal government.
On the town level, Munsey Park is located in the Town of North Hempstead's 6th council district, which as of January 2023 is represented on the North Hempstead Town Council by Mariann Dalimonte (D – Port Washington).
At the county level, the village is located in Nassau County's 9th Legislative district, which as of January 2023 is represented in the Nassau County Legislature by Richard Nicoello (R – New Hyde Park).
At the state level, Munsey Park is located within the New York State Assembly's 16th State Assembly district and the New York State Senate's 7th State Senate district. In the Assembly, Gina L. Sillitti (D–Manorhaven) represents the village. In the Senate, Jack M. Martins (R–Old Westbury).
At the federal level, the village is located in New York's 3rd congressional district, which as of January 2023 is represented in the United States Congress by George A. Santos (R). Like the rest of New York, Munsey Park is represented in the United States Senate by Charles Schumer (D) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D).
Education
School district
The Village of Munsey Park is located entirely within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the Manhasset Union Free School District. As such, all children who reside within Munsey Park and attend public schools go to Manhasset's schools.
As aforementioned, the Munsey Park Elementary School is located within the village.
Library district
Munsey Park is located within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the Manhasset Library District.
Media
Newspapers
The Manhasset Press is the newspaper of record for the Village of Munsey Park. It is owned by Anton Media Group.
Other major newspapers serving Munsey Park include Newsday, New York Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
Television
Munsey Park is one of North Shore TV's fourteen member villages. North Shore TV provides Munsey Park and the other member villages with public-access television programming, through Altice USA and Verizon Fios – the main cable television providers in the area.
Parks and recreation
Munsey Park owns and operates two municipal parks:
Copley Pond Park
Waldmann Memorial Park
Additionally, the short-lived, unsuccessful 18-hole Munsey Park Golf Club was formerly located at the eastern end of the village between 1932 and 1937, and the Munsey Park Elementary School also features a playground and recreational fields.
Park district
Munsey Park is wholly located within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the Manhasset Park District. This special park district owns and operates numerous parks and parking facilities throughout the Greater Manhasset area.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Roads
Munsey Park is served by two state roads, which also form portions of the village's boundaries. Northern Boulevard (NY 25A) forms the southern border of the village, while Port Washington Boulevard (NY 101) forms its eastern border.
Other major streets within the village include Park Avenue, Park Avenue North, and Manhasset Woods Road.
Many streets – such as Sargent Place, Eakins Road, ad Ryder Road – use a street naming convention based on famous artists.
Furthermore, the village maintains roughly of roads.
Rail
No rail lines pass through Munsey Park. The nearest Long Island Rail Road station to the village is Manhasset on the Port Washington Branch.
Bus
Munsey Park is served by the n20H, n21, and n23 bus routes – all three of which are operated by Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE). These three bus routes travel through the area via Northern Boulevard and Port Washington Boulevard.
Utilities
Natural gas
National Grid USA provides natural gas to homes and businesses that are hooked up to natural gas lines in Munsey Park.
Power
PSEG Long Island provides power to all homes and businesses within Munsey Park.
Sewage
Munsey Park is unsewered. As such, the entirety of the village relies on cesspools and septic systems, as opposed to being connected to sanitary sewers.
Water
Munsey Park is located within the boundaries of the Manhasset–Lakeville Water District, which provides the entirety of Munsey Park with water.
The Manhasset–Lakeville Water District also owns and operates a water tower within the village, known as the Munsey Park Water Tower.
Healthcare & emergency services
Healthcare
There are no hospitals located within Munsey Park. The nearest hospital to the village is St. Francis Hospital in Flower Hill.
Fire
Munsey Park is located entirely within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the Manhasset–Lakeville Fire Department.
Law Enforcement
The Village of Munsey Park is served by the 6th Precinct of the Nassau County Police Department, with RMP 609 assigned as the Munsey Park patrol car.
Policing is funded through village and county taxes.
Notable people
Arthur G. Elvin – Engineer, inventor, and the first Mayor of Flower Hill – as well as the former Mayor of Plandome; moved to Munsey Park after resigning, following the death of his wife.
Harry Goz – Actor; lived on Manhasset Woods Road within the village.
William E. Haugaard – Architect. Haugaard served as the State Architect for the State of New York between 1928 and 1944.
Elaine R. Phillips – Financial adviser and politician. Phillips had served as a Village Trustee before moving to adjacent Flower Hill, where she would serve as Mayor before being elected to the New York State Senate in 2016 and then as Nassau County Comptroller in 2021.
Madeline Singas – Associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals and former Nassau County District Attorney.
Jeanne Singer – Pianist and composer.
In popular culture
Over the years, scenes for shows and movies have been filmed within the village. These include scenes for the film The Good Shepherd, which were shot within Munsey Park in 2005, and scenes for the television series The Good Wife, which were shot within the village in 2009.
See also
List of Tree Cities USA
List of villages in New York
References
External links
Official website
Manhasset, New York
Villages in New York (state)
Villages in Nassau County, New York |
Finegold may refer to:
Finegold, California, former name of Fine Gold, California, community in Madera County
Barry Finegold (1971–), American politician
Ben Finegold (1969–), American chess International Grandmaster
Finegold Alexander Architects, American architecture firm
Gina Linn Finegold, Belgian and American chess player
Sydney M. Finegold (1921–2018), American physician and medical researcher
Surnames of Jewish origin
Yiddish-language surnames
Surnames from ornamental names |
Aron Strobel (born 26 January 1958, in Schwäbisch Gmünd, West Germany) is best known as the lead guitarist for Münchener Freiheit, who had several big hits throughout Europe.
Background
Aron has been a member of the group since their debut in 1982. Although musically well complemented with his fellow band member Stefan Zauner (the two have a writing partnership that continues to this day), Aron's stage presence contrasts the rest of the band, being significantly taller and often written about on fan sites as a 'blonde giant'.
Aron, alongside Zauner, contribute the majority of songs to Freiheit's albums and has co-written many of their well-known hits. Aron has contributed his own songs (sometimes with lyrics co-written with Zauner) which saw him move into an AOR sound, particularly on Wir sehen dieselbe Sonne (1992) and Du weißt es, Ich weiß es (1994).
Aron, along with Stefan Zauner, released the Freiheit offshoot Living in the Sun in 1991 under the name of Deuces Wild.
References
1958 births
Living people
People from Schwäbisch Gmünd
German male musicians
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Germany
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1993 |
Dream Art Project is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy and team started in São Paulo, Brazil by BJJ world champion Isaque Bahiense. The Dream Art Project as since expanded its academies to Spring, Texas; Conroe, Texas; and Fullerton, California.
Dream Art has produced numerous champions since its creation and is considered as one of the best jiu-jitsu teams in the world. Dream Art was the top scoring team for both male and female athletes at the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, and ranked first in the 2022-2023 IBJJF Academy Rankings.
History
The Dream Art Project was founded in São Paulo, Brazil in October 2018 by black belt world champion Isaque Bahiense with the support of Alliance Jiu Jitsu. It was started as a social project to support highly talented young jiu-jitsu athletes from low-income families, by providing them, in addition to BJJ training, with access to education, healthcare and English classes. Early on Alliance Manaus joined the Dream Art Project bringing grapplers such as Micael Galvao.
In September 2021 Dream Art announced their separation from Alliance. In 2022 Dream Art started collaborating with Aspire To Inspire in order to expand in the US. In July 2022, famed grappler Paulo Miyao became Dream Art's new head coach. In 2022 Dream Art athletes won a combined 154 gold medals, 70 silver medals and 42 bronze medals.
In 2023, Dream Art was the top scoring team for both male and female athletes at the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, and ranked No. 1 in the IBJJF 2022-2023 Grand Slam Academy Rankings.
Notable members
Dream Art current and former members include:
Fabricio Andrey
Isaque Bahiense
Nicholas Meregali
Bia Mesquita
Alex Munis
Anderson Munis
Erich Munis
Diego Pato
Anna Rodrigues
Yara Soares
References
Brazilian jiu-jitsu organizations |
Starhawk (Stakar Ogord) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Sal Buscema.
Stakar was fated to eventually re-inhabit his infant body, reliving his life over countless times. Because of the knowledge of things to come, he manipulated events to affect what he felt would be the best outcome, referring to himself as "One Who Knows". He made many enemies in doing so, but his tampering and guidance also led to the formation of the Guardians of the Galaxy in the 31st Century.
Sylvester Stallone played Stakar in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).
Publication history
A character called Starhawk appeared in an advertisement on the last page of Marvel Super-Heroes #20 (May, 1969) as the feature that would appear in the next issue. That next issue, though, and all subsequent issues of the title, were reprints of older Marvel material.
Writer Roy Thomas explained that publisher Martin Goodman "had no faith in science-fiction comics," especially three particular elements that were all included on artist Dan Adkins' cover. "Rockets, robots and ray-guns. By sheer accident, we hadn't missed a trick in including all three of the elements which Martin Goodman considered deadly. So he cancelled the book. Period. End of story."
The unused cover of the Starhawk feature from Marvel Super-Heroes was used as the cover of the third issue of Marvelmania, Marvel's in-house fanzine, and the first part of the unused story itself was printed in Marvelmania #6. Though the serialization was to continue in the next issue, the title was cancelled before that happened.
The in-continuity Starhawk first appeared in a cameo appearance in The Defenders #27 (Sep 1975), with his first full appearance in The Defenders #28 (Oct 1975). The character was created by Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema. It is unclear whether this Starhawk has any connection to the Marvel Super-Heroes character.
Starhawk appeared along with the rest of the original Guardians of the Galaxy team in the 2014 series Guardians 3000. Writer Dan Abnett described him as "the soul" of the team.
Fictional character biography
Origin
A male child was born to the superheroes Quasar and Kismet in about the year 2002 of the Earth-691 timeline. As such, he was half-human and half-artificially created being. Just as soon as he was born on the planet Vesper, he was kidnapped and deposited on the planet Arcturus IV. The baby was discovered by an Arcturan couple who were among the last of their planet's mutants; for much of his life, Stakar would believe that these mutants were his birth parents. The mutants were found and slain by the Reavers of Arcturus, Arcturan military cadres dedicated to eradicating the mutants of their race. The Reaver Ogord discovered the infant and, assuming him to be a normal Arcturan, adopted the child and raised him as his own with his wife Salaan, naming the boy Stakar.
Stakar cultivated an interest in science and archaeology and explored ruins containing the Hawk God. Around the year 2020, he and his adoptive sister Aleta Ogord reanimated the dormant deity and were physically transformed. They took turns occupying the same physical space, while the other stayed in a type of "limbo". They were given extraordinary power and left Arcturus IV for the stars; when dominant, Stakar adopted the costumed identity of Starhawk. Developing romantic feelings for one another, Stakar and Aleta petitioned the Hawk God to temporarily separate them. During this time, they had three children together: Sita, John and Tara. Upon receiving his power from the Hawk God, Starhawk identified himself and summarized his purpose by saying "I am the wisdom and the glory of your ancestors. I am the light and the giver of light. I am your heritage and your destiny! I am the POWER that was Arcturus!" After that, a creature who called himself Era, the son of Eon, revealed himself. It admitted having kidnapped Stakar at birth, along with other vile deeds.
With the encouragement of the Hawk God, Starhawk and Kismet dedicated themselves to locating and confronting Era.
Return
Using some technology from his timeline, Starhawk teleports himself into the 21st century of the Earth-616 timeline, to meet up with that era's equivalent of the Guardians of the Galaxy on Knowhere. Vance Astro, aka Major Victory, was found by this new squad of Guardians, and Starhawk fights him before teleporting away. Starhawk again ventures to Knowhere, but this time appears as a woman. Claiming that there is not meant to be a Guardians of the Galaxy at this point in the timeline, and that Major Victory's appearance there has put the entire future in flux, she again attempts to kill Astro and the Guardians. She is detained by the Guardians, and held captive for a time, until Moondragon released her. She discovers that the anomaly that is disturbing the time stream is not Astro or the Guardians, but instead Black Bolt activating a bomb that will cause time and space to collapse. Starhawk sacrifices her life to save the Guardians, and instructs Star-Lord to stop Black Bolt, at any cost.
Powers and abilities
The true extent of Starhawk's powers is unknown, but they are said to be immense in nature. He has an incredibly long lifespan, possibly inherited from his mother or due to his empowerment by the Hawk God.
Starhawk can manipulate light to create concussive force blasts of photonic energy, heat, and solid-light constructs. He can also fly at the speed of light by tapping anti-gravitons, and survive in the vacuum of space. By tapping into Aleta's powers (when merged with her), he can also generate solid constructs of light; it is unknown if he can do so since their separation. His natural senses, especially eyesight, are enhanced to a superhuman degree; in addition, his powers give him extrasensory sensitivity to energy patterns and fluctuations in his environment, and he can track energy trails across intergalactic distances.
He has superhuman strength and durability, and he can enhance these further by reinforcing his body with light energy; on one occasion, he was able to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the thunder god Thor. He has an immunity to most known diseases and radiation sickness.
He seemingly has precognition, designating himself as "One-Who-Knows", but this is actually an effect of remembering what happened in his previous life cycle. However, due to Starhawk's efforts to change events for the better in each cycle, as well as the manipulations of beings with greater understanding of the universe (such as Mephisto), these memories can become unreliable; the overall thrust of events may be the same, but vital details might differ from his previous incarnation.
When he forced Aleta to re-merge with him after their second separation, Starhawk's power changed from light to dark, and he was able to create constructs out of solid darkness, and fire blasts of shadowy force. Valentino had initially decided to call him Shadowhawk, but Tom DeFalco convinced him to save the name for a brand new character.
Stakar has knowledge of the archaeology of the planet Arcturus IV. He also has extensive knowledge of various civilizations throughout the Milky Way Galaxy.
His costume is made of alien materials, including a retracting transparent facemask and life support system, and retractable solar wind collector wings.
In other media
Film
Stakar Ogord / Starhawk appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. This version is the leader of a faction of Ravagers and is acquainted with Yondu Udonta, having saved him from being a Kree slave. Stakar and his second Martinex T'Naga run into Yondu on the planet Contraxia, where they remind him he is in exile for breaking the Ravagers' code of never trafficking children. After learning Yondu had sacrificed himself to save Peter Quill, the Ravagers attend the former's funeral in his honor. In a mid-credits scene, Stakar and Martinex reunite with their old teammates Charlie-27, Aleta Ogord, Mainframe, and Krugarr in Yondu's memory.
Stakar Ogord appears in the MCU film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, portrayed again by Sylvester Stallone. Stakar and his clan of Ravagers assisted the Guardians of the Galaxy in breaking into the High Evolutionary's Orgosphere.
Video games
The comic book and MCU incarnations of Starhawk appear as separate playable characters in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 via the "Classic Guardians of the Galaxy" DLC pack and the "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" DLC pack respectively.
References
External links
Starhawk (Stakar Ogord) at Marvel.com
Stakar Ogord (Earth-691) at the Marvel Database
Starhawk on ComicBookDB.com
Starhawk on Comic Vine
Characters created by Sal Buscema
Characters created by Steve Gerber
Comics characters introduced in 1975
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WOLE-DT (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, serving Mayagüez and the western part of the island as an affiliate of Univision and UniMás. It is a full-time satellite of San Juan–based WLII-DT (channel 11, licensed to Caguas), owned by Liberman Media Group. WOLE-DT's sales office is located in the Westernbank Building in downtown Mayagüez, and its transmitter is located at Monte del Estado in Maricao. Its parent station maintains studios on Calle Carazo in Guaynabo and has additional studios in Barrio Palmar in Aguadilla.
WOLE-DT operates a translator, W21CX-D (channel 21), licensed to Mayagüez.
History
WOLE-TV started broadcasting on May 10, 1960, as the second television station on Puerto Rico's west coast. The station was owned by Western Broadcasting Corporation of Puerto Rico, and served as a repeater for WAPA-TV from 1960 to 1979 and again from 1984 to 1994. During its early years, the station produced its own programming, but its schedule eventually shifted toward infomercials, possibly due to the lack of interest from local businesses in advertising on television. In 1979, the station entered a new affiliation agreement with WKAQ-TV (Telemundo) until 1984 and again from January 1, 1995, until December 31, 2014.
On October 15, 2014, Univision Communications announced that WOLE-DT would become a semi-satellite of then Univision station WLII-DT (now Teleonce). The programming change occurred on January 1, 2015. With the move, WOLE dropped all programming from WKAQ-TV and Telemundo, which quickly entered into negotiations with WLII's existing western Puerto Rico satellite, WORA-TV (channel 5).
On July 22, 2018, Univision Communications announced that it had purchased retransmission partner WOLE-DT from Western Broadcasting Corp. of Puerto Rico for $3,666,666.64, solidifying its Puerto Rico station line up. The sale was completed on December 5, 2018.
On February 25, 2020, investment firms ForgeLight (launched by founder & CEO & ex-Viacom CFO Wade Davis) and Searchlight Capital agreed to acquire the 64% controlling stake of Univision Communications which owned WLII-DT, while minority owner Televisa continued to hold its 36% stake with the company. However, both Searchlight and ForgeLight had a stake in Hemisphere Media Group, which owns WAPA-TV in San Juan (which also operates WNJX-TV, a repeater in the same area WOLE-DT operates). Because of this, Univision was required to divest WLII and its satellite stations (including WOLE-DT) in order to comply with ownership limits.
On August 27, 2020, Univision announced that WLII and its satellite stations (WOLE-DT and WSUR-DT) would be acquired by Liberman Media Group for $1 million each. The sale was completed on December 10, 2020. Univision retained WSTE-DT, WKAQ-AM and WKAQ-FM. It was also reported that WLII would bring back the TeleOnce branding, which the station used for 15 years from 1986 to 2002. On January 19, 2021, Liberman Media Group named Winter Horton as the new general manager for the station. WLII-DT (and its repeaters) aired as Univision Puerto Rico until February 18, 2021, when the on screen branding switched to TeleOnce at 8 p.m.
News operation
WOLE-DT formerly produced a local news operation called Edición Puerto Rico, similar to WKAQ-TV and WAPA-TV's news offerings. Aired weekdays at 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., the newscast concentrates on events happening in and around Puerto Rico, and interacts with others through social media platforms. The program was also aired on WLII, Facebook Live and the station's website. Currently, WOLE-DT produces news segments for Las Noticias TeleOnce, titled Las Noticias en el Oeste and seen across Puerto Rico.
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Logos
References
External links
Official website
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Television channels and stations established in 1960
1960 establishments in Puerto Rico
OLE-DT
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Valparaiso High School is a public high school in Valparaiso, Indiana.
History
Valparaiso High School opened in 1871 as Valparaiso City Public Graded School in a facility that had been built in 1861 by the local Presbyterian members as the Valparaiso Collegiate Institute on the site of the current Central Elementary School. The Institute closed by 1869 and the building was purchased that year by the city of Valparaiso for $10,069. A third story was added to the original building and an addition which doubled the available classroom space. In the first year, there were 400 students and 10 teachers. Three years later in 1874, the first graduation ceremonies were held for Valparaiso High School. As the community continued to grow in population, overcrowding became a common problem. In 1903, the building was condemned and demolished and replaced with a new building on the same site. During the period before the new facility was completed, classes were held at other locations in town, including the Armory. The new building cost around $80,000 and was designed by Charles Lembke, a local architect. The school faced towards the east and to allow for more attic space, was constructed with a Mansard roof, and also featured large chimneys and a tiered fountain. Although some sources report that the school included all grades, it was most likely used only as a high school.
Enrollment continued to rise so that by the 1920s, a construction of a new school was necessary. A new high school opened in 1927 at 605 North Campbell Street, with a gymnasium finished the following year. This building served as the high school until 1972, and continues to be used as Benjamin Franklin Middle School. The current high school building at 2727 North Campbell Street opened in 1972. In 1988 a field house was added to the west of the original building. A major renovation came in 1993, with a $19 million project adding classrooms to the north section of the building, a new and expanded kitchen and student cafeteria, and renovated administrative and guidance areas. In 1997 a roof was added and in 2004 work began on renovating the football stadium. In 2016, a major renovation was announced, with work to the exterior, classrooms, the auditorium, as well as a new engineering wing and natatorium.
On Wednesday, November 24, 2004, at approximately 7:50 a.m., five students were attacked in a classroom by a 15-year-old student who was armed with a machete and a tree saw. None of the students involved suffered major injuries, and all but one were treated and released from the hospital the same day.
In 2006 and again in 2014, Valparaiso Community Schools signed memoranda of understanding with the Department of Justice to improve race relations in the school.
Academics
In 2004, Valparaiso High School was one of 30 schools chosen nationwide as a model school by an initiative of the Council of Chief State School Officers, the International Center for Leadership in Education and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The initiative recognizes schools that are successful at providing quality education to all students. The high school's history of continuous improvement on benchmarks, service learning initiative commitments, as well as having offered diverse extracurricular programs were all cited in its achievement. The school also promotes leadership, a model of civility, and a connection to the greater Valparaiso community.
Valparaiso High School has offered the IB Diploma Program since August 1995. Students at VHS usually take IB exams in May. In the last session, students completed the following exams: Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, French, German, History, Information Technology in Global Society, Mathematics, Music, Physics, Spanish, Theory of Knowledge and Visual Arts.
Athletics
Athletic teams at Valparaiso High School play under the nickname "Vikings" and compete in the Duneland Athletic Conference. The Vikings have won 29 Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Championships, the 7th most of any Indiana high school.
Notable alumni
Mark Blane – American actor and director
Beulah Bondi – Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actress; appeared in It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mark N. Brown – former NASA astronaut and retired Colonel in the United States Air Force
Maria Astrologes Combs – professional golfer in the LPGA
Jon Costas – mayor of the city of Valparaiso, 2003–2020
Jim Crowell – professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB)
Fred Doelling – professional football player in the National Football League (NFL)
Bryce Drew – professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), college basketball head coach
Art Engstrom - professional football player in the NFL
Sam Ficken - professional football player in the NFL
Robbie Hummel – professional basketball player in the NBA and Lega Basket Serie A, college basketball analyst for Big Ten Network and ESPN
Patricia Ireland – former president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and prominent women's rights activist
S.S. McClure – publisher and influential person in the creation of investigative journalism
Mike Price – jazz trumpet player
Everett Ruess – poet and traveler
Jeff Samardzija – professional baseball player in MLB
See also
List of high schools in Indiana
References
External links
Valparaiso High School
Public high schools in Indiana
Educational institutions established in 1871
Buildings and structures in Valparaiso, Indiana
Schools in Porter County, Indiana
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Franciscan Friars established Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña (also Mission Concepción) in 1711 as Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais in East Texas. The mission was by the Domingo Ramón-St. Denis expedition and was originally meant to be a base for converting the Hasinai to Catholicism and teaching them what they needed to know to become Mexican citizens. The friars moved the mission in 1731 to San Antonio. After its relocation most of the people in the mission were Pajalats who spoke a Coahuiltecan language. Catholic Mass is still held at the mission every Sunday.
On October 28, 1835, Mexican troops under Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea and Texian insurgents led by James Bowie and James Fannin fought the Battle of Concepción here. Historian J.R. Edmondson describes the 30-minute engagement as "the first major engagement of the Texas Revolution."
Mission Concepción is the oldest unrestored stone church in America. it was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 15, 1970 and is part of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. In 2015, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization designated Concepción and four other San Antonio missions, including The Alamo, as a World Heritage Site, the first in Texas and one of twenty-three such establishments in the United States.
Mission Concepción consists of a sanctuary, nave, convento, and granary. When originally built, brightly painted frescos decorated both the exterior and interior of the building. Traces of the frescoes still exist on the weathered facade of the building. Experts restored some of the artwork on the interior ceilings and walls of the convento in 1988. The Archdiocese of San Antonio completed another restoration of the mission's interior in 2010 which exposed more frescoes in the sanctuary and nave.
Gallery
Solar alignment
The western entrance to the church is aligned to the sunset in such a way that an "annual double solar illumination event" occurs every year on or around August 15, the feast day of the Assumption of Mary.
See also
Spanish missions in Texas
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
Espada Acequia
References
External links
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Mission Conception parish
Mission Conception entry at Handbook of Texas Online
Concepcion
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
San Antonio Missions (World Heritage Site)
Buildings and structures in San Antonio
Roman Catholic churches completed in the 1730s
History of San Antonio
National Register of Historic Places in San Antonio
Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
Historic American Buildings Survey in Texas
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Spanish Colonial architecture in Texas
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is a Japanese character designer, manga artist, and one of the founding members of the Gainax anime studio.
Career
When Gainax was originally founded as Daicon Film, Sadamoto served as animator on the second animated project, the Daicon IV opening animation. His first assignment as a character designer for Gainax was the film Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise, released in 1987, he continued to design characters for Gainax with the series Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL, and Diebuster. The official manga adaptation of Evangelion, published between 1994 and 2013, was fully written and illustrated by Sadamoto. He also collaborated with director Mamoru Hosoda to provide character designs for the films The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, and Wolf Children.
According to Yasuo Otsuka, who guided Sadamoto as a newcomer, there are only three people whom he regarded as more skillful than himself that he has met during his career. One of them is Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. The other two are Sadao Tsukioka who became a visual creator, and award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki. When Otsuka met the three men, he seems to have felt that he was taking off his hat to them at once. However, he thinks that only Miyazaki completely mastered a genuinely superior animation technique at present. He guesses, "A too excellent person might despair in the group work".
In a 2013 interview with Japanese Entertainment website Nihongogo, it was revealed that Sadamoto is a stickler for details and wouldn't feel comfortable illustrating anything too unfamiliar to him. "In general, I don’t want to draw something that I have to study further in order to draw. For example, I could not draw a medical manga because it’s impossible for me to make a lie about medicine. Also things like Soccer and Baseball. I am unfamiliar with these worlds so it would be too difficult to show the actual plays." When asked about dream collaborations he revealed an interest in working with Robert Westall and Philip K. Dick but apologized "These are all deceased people, sorry."
Criticism
On August 9, 2019, Sadamoto criticized on Twitter a statue featured in the “After ‘Freedom of Expression’?” historical art exhibition at the Aichi Prefecture Museum of Art, Statue of Peace (2011), by Kim Seo-kyung and Kim Eun-sang memorializing comfort women, girls who worked in wartime brothels in World War II for the Japanese military. The statue was first installed by its creators in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul as a form of political protest. He also criticized a movie in the exhibition that showed a picture of the Emperor of Japan being burned and then stomped underfoot, he referred to it as "indistinguishable from a certain country's style of propaganda". Sadamoto said "I wanted it to be an art event with academic contemporary art at its core...Remove the crazy [propaganda]-affirming media and the exhibition could still be redeemed." he follows "I'm not going to completely reject the act of turning propaganda into art, but honestly speaking, it did not speak to me at all on an artistic level." His comments have been criticized by some Koreans and English speakers who replied to his tweet with displeasure of his views. According to Gainax co-founder Toshio Okada, Sadamoto's feelings towards Koreans were already a factor of animosity during the production of Nadia, during which he blamed outsourced Korean animators for oscillations of quality during the series' "Island Arc" and would go on angry tirades disparaging their work, leaving the studio on his motorcycle. Anno believed this was part of miscommunication in the production process, and Okada attributed it to cultural differences.
Works
Artbooks
Sadamoto Yoshiyuki Art Book ALPHA (Published April 1, 1993)
Sadamoto Yoshiyuki Art Book DER MOND [Limited Edition] (Published September 30, 1999)
Sadamoto Yoshiyuki Art Book DER MOND [Popular Edition] (Published January 31, 2000)
Sadamoto Yoshiyuki Art Book CARMINE [Limited Edition] (Published March 26, 2009)
Sadamoto Yoshiyuki Art Book CARMINE [Regular Edition] (Published August 26, 2010)
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto CD-ROM art collection (GAINAX sale in 1993)
References
Yuki, Masahiro. "The Official Art of .hack//Roots". (May 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 101–107.
External links
, translated in Animerica in Vol. 6, issue No. 8
in Der Mond
in Anime News Network
in a Twilight contest
Sadamoto interview, on eva.onegeek.org, firstly published on Animerica, vol. 6, n.8; eva.onegeek.org. (archived 4 November 2009)
Interview on Der Mond, on eva.onegeek.org.
Anti-Korean sentiment in Japan
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Living people
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Several species of fish share the name red scorpionfish:
Pontinus furcirhinus
Scorpaena scrofa |
The action of 29 February 1916 was a naval engagement fought during the First World War between the United Kingdom and the German Empire. , a German commerce raider, broke out into the North Sea and Admiral Sir John Jellicoe dispatched Royal Navy warships to intercept the raider. Four British vessels intercepted the commerce raider Greif. The armed merchant cruiser and Greif fought a brief engagement before British reinforcements arrived when both were severely damaged, both being sunk.
Background
In April 1915 the Admiralty requisitioned Alcantara and the other "A-series" ships , and as armed merchant cruisers. Alcantara was armed with six guns, anti-aircraft guns and depth charges. On 17 April at Liverpool she was commissioned into the 10th Cruiser Squadron as HMS Alcantara. Arlanza and Andes were also commissioned into the 10th Cruiser Squadron, which joined the Northern Patrol, part of the Blockade of Germany. The Squadron patrolled about of the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Arctic Ocean to prevent German ships from sailing to or leaving the North Atlantic.
Guben, a 4,962 gross register tons (GRT) German-Australian Line () freighter, was converted to a auxiliary cruiser and renamed . The cruiser was armed with four hidden guns, a gun and two torpedo tubes. Greif had a complement of around 360 officers and men and had orders to sail around the north of Iceland into the Atlantic via the Denmark Strait to operate as a commerce raider and then make for German East Africa, if it could not return to Germany.
Prelude
Greif departed its home port of Hamburg into the North Sea on 27 February; at noon on 28 February, the Admiralty warned Jellicoe that a ship, escorted by the submarine SM U-70 ahead until Lat. 59° 20' N, had left the Elbe. Admiral Sir John Jellicoe ordered two cruisers and four destroyers from Rosyth into the North Sea, to block the path of the ship if it sailed west and the light cruisers (Captain Alan Geoffrey Hotham), Calliope and Blanche with the destroyer HMS Munster, from Scapa Flow (Scapa), to sweep the Norwegian coast in case it sailed north. Just after midnight, British wireless direction-finders identified a German ship off Egersund on the south-west coast of Norway and the light cruisers from Scapa were ordered to search an arc radiating from Egersund. Columbella and Patia of the 10th Cruiser Squadron, part of the Northern Patrol, were sent to search from the north end of the Shetland Isles to the north-east. The auxiliary cruiser HMS Andes, 15,620 GRT, (Captain G. B. W. Young) was already there, having arrived to relieve , 16,034 GRT, (Captain Thomas Erskine Wardle), which was due to sail to Liverpool to re-coal. Wardle had arranged to meet the relief east of Shetland and was close to the meeting-point at 08:00, when a signal arrived ordering Alcantara to remain, because a disguised German auxiliary cruiser was expected to sail through the patrol line that day from the south.
Action
At about on 19 February, Alcantara was steaming north-north-east up its patrol line, when lookouts spotted smoke off the port beam; Wardle manoeuvred closer to identify the source of the smoke. Unbeknownst to him, the smoke was from SMS Greif. A few minutes later Andes signalled "Enemy in sight north-east 15 knots" []. Wardle ordered Alcantara to turn north at maximum speed and soon sighted a ship with one funnel, flying Norwegian flags. Another message from Andes described a two-funnelled ship and the identity of the ship in sight remained doubtful. A few minutes later, Andes was seen to starboard, apparently steaming north-east at speed, as if in pursuit. Before joining the chase, Wardle decided to examine the unknown ship, went to action stations and fired two blanks to force it heave to. By 09:20, Wardle had received a signal by Andes that it had altered course to the south-east, which only added to the ambiguity, because the ship hove to could not be the one being pursued. The lookouts on the Alcantara could see the Norwegian name Rena on the stern and that the ship looked authentic.
A boat was lowered from Alcantara when it was about astern to check the ship's particulars, as the voyage of the Rena had been notified to the Admiralty. Wardle signalled to the Andes of developments and Young replied with "This is the suspicious ship". As the message was being read, a gun at the stern of the "Rena" was unmasked and flaps fell down along the sides, revealing more guns. Greif opened fire, hitting the boat containing the boarding party and damaging Alcantara's telemotor steering gear before the British ship could reply. Alcantara's gunners opened fire and the ship closed with the raider as it began to get under way. For about fifteen minutes the ships exchanged fire; Andes opened fire as it arrived and Greif began to disappear in smoke. The German gunners ceased fire and boats full of survivors were seen pulling away from the smoke. Alcantara was badly damaged and also ceased fire, apparently torpedoed and listing to port; Wardle ordered an abandon ship and by the list had put Alcantara on its beam ends (on the brink of capsizing); it sank with 69 members of the crew.
Hotham in Comus, the most northern of the cruisers from Scapa, had seen the signals from Andes and sailed south in company with the destroyer Munster; he arrived as the action ended, beginning rescue work with the crew of the Alcantara as it sank. Andes had reported a submarine between it and the lifeboats and could not close; after several submarine alarms, Comus and Andes moved closer to the wreck of Greif and sank it with gunfire; about 220 men of its crew of 360 were rescued.
Aftermath
Analysis
Four British warships had encountered Greif which had been sunk; Wardle in Alcantara was later criticised for manoeuvring too close to the raider before properly identifying the ship, which out-gunned his ship. The mistake cost Wardle his vessel and several casualties but he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and eventually reached the rank of rear admiral. The swift end to the voyage of the Greif led to the German Admiralty suspending commerce raiding and renewing their emphasis on submarine warfare.
Order of battle
Royal Navy:
, light cruiser
HMS Alcantara, auxiliary cruiser, flagship
HMS Andes, auxiliary cruiser
, destroyer
German Navy:
, auxiliary cruiser
Footnotes
References
Further reading
External links
HMS Alcantara
Conflicts in 1916
Naval battles of World War I involving Germany
Naval battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom
North Sea operations of World War I
February 1916 events |
The Butlins Grand Masters was a former Major darts tournament organised by the British Darts Organisation and televised by ATV/Central between 1977 and 1986. The event was sponsored by the holiday and leisure company Butlins.
Butlins Grand Masters finals
Tournament records
Most wins 5: Eric Bristow.
Most Finals 6: Eric Bristow.
Most Semi Finals 7: Eric Bristow.
Most Quarter Finals 7: Eric Bristow.
Most Appearances 7: Eric Bristow.
Best winning average (99.27): Jocky Wilson v's Eric Bristow, Final, 1983.
Youngest Winner age 24: Eric Bristow.
Oldest Winner age 38: Leighton Rees.
References
External links
Dartsdatabase: Butlins Grand Masters results
Mastercaller Butlins Grand Masters
1977 establishments in the United Kingdom
1986 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
British Darts Organisation tournaments
Darts tournaments
National championships in the United Kingdom
Darts in the United Kingdom |
The Fujinon XF 23mm F1.4 R is an interchangeable camera lens announced by Fujifilm on September 5, 2013.
References
Camera lenses introduced in 2013
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Michelle Rojas (née Pennington; born December 16, 1987) is an American voice actress from Dallas, Texas. Affiliated with Funimation and Bang Zoom! Entertainment, some of her major roles are Tohka Yatogami in Date A Live, Zuikaku in Azur Lane, Kanade Sakurada in Castle Town Dandelion, Mikoto Sakuragawa in Gonna be the Twin-Tail!!, Kō Yagami in New Game!, Nashiro Yasuhisa in Tokyo Ghoul, Maya Sato in Classroom of the Elite, Toka Yada in Assassination Classroom, Shion in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Roxy Migurdia in Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, and Yamato in One Piece.
Personal life
Rojas married former Funimation social media manager Justin Rojas. Rojas is non-binary and uses she/her and they/them pronouns. Rojas has a son.
Filmography
Anime
Animation
Film
Video games
Notes
References
External links
1987 births
Living people
Actresses from Dallas
American television actresses
American video game actresses
American voice actresses
American voice directors
American non-binary actors
LGBT people from Texas
Navarro College alumni
Non-binary voice actors
People from Denton, Texas
People from Navarro County, Texas
University of North Texas alumni
21st-century American actors |
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