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William Smith (1730 – 13 September 1819), known as "Gentleman Smith", was a celebrated English actor of the 18th century who worked with David Garrick, and was the original creator of the role of Charles Surface in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal. Biography Early life William Smith was born in London in 1730. His father, intending that he should enter the church, sent him to Eton College in 1737 and then to St John's College, Cambridge in 1748. The vivacious spirit for which he was well known at Eton led him into problems at Cambridge. One evening he drank too freely with some friends and, being pursued by a proctor, he unwisely snapped an unloaded pistol at him. He refused the punishment that was imposed, and quit the university to avoid expulsion. Covent Garden 1753–1774 Smith was inclined towards the stage: upon arrival in London, he applied to John Rich at the original Covent Garden Theatre, where he first appeared in January 1753 in the role of Theodosius (in Nathaniel Lee's tragedy of The Force of Love), a performance attended by many of his college friends in a spirit of solidarity. He next appeared as Polydore in Thomas Otway's The Orphan, Southampton in The Earl of Essex, and Dolabella in John Dryden's All for Love. Having taken various subordinate roles in casts led by Mrs. Cibber and Spranger Barry (whose pupil he had effectively become), on Barry's retirement he took on many of that actor's principal parts. If he had defects, they were generally overlooked by his audiences, who admired his upright and independent private life. The poet Charles Churchill, in his "Rosciad" satire of 1761, said of him: "Smith the genteel, the airy, and the smart; Smith was just gone to school to say his part." Smith was at Covent Garden for 22 years. Drury Lane 1774–1788 At the end of season in 1774 he and the actress Elizabeth Hartley, who played his on-stage lover in Henry II or The Fall of Rosamond, caused a scandal when they absconded to France. They travelled on to Cork, Ireland where they acted together. They both returned to London for the autumn season, Hartley to continue at Covent Garden and Smith to Drury Lane. Garrick having engaged him for Drury Lane, he remained there until retirement in 1788. Though for a long time he played lead roles in tragedy, for which he had a suitably tall and well-proportioned figure, his facial features lacked the flexibility and expressiveness, and his vocal delivery was somewhat too harsh and monotonous, to be considered ideal. However, he won popularity as Richard III, Hotspur, and Hastings, and was also admired in the roles of Kitely (Every Man in his Humour, in which he was preferred to Garrick), Archer, and Oakly. It was said that he prided himself on the reflection that he was never called upon to perform in an after-piece, or to pass through a trapdoor in any entrance or exit on the stage. Charles Surface Smith's masterpiece was his impersonation of Charles Surface in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, which won the highest praise for originality, boldness of conception, truth, freedom, ease, and gracefulness of action and manner. He is mentioned favourably in Charles Lamb's Essays of Elia:"...it was then the fashion to cry down John Kemble, who took the part after Smith; but, I thought, very unjustly. Smith, I fancy, was more airy, and took the eye with a certain gaiety of person. He brought with him no sombre recollections of tragedy. He had not to expiate the fault of having pleased beforehand in lofty declamation. He had no sins of Hamlet or of Richard to atone for. His failure in these parts was a passport to success in one of so opposite a tendency." On 9 March 1788, after a performance of Hamlet, Smith announced his intention to retire and "resign the sprightly Charles to abler hands and younger heads". After a performance of the role on 9 June 1788, he gave his farewell speech, though he did appear once more in 1798 in a benefit performance for his friend Thomas King, when, 'having grown very lusty, he went through the character with that spirit, ease, and elegance, for which he was unequalled.' Personal life and retirement In his early days, Smith was often distracted from his professional work by his love of fox-hunting. He first married the sister of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Mrs Kelland Courtnay (a widow), who died in 1762. His elopement to Ireland with Elizabeth Hartley followed. In later life he was remarried, to Miss Newson of Leiston in Suffolk. (Through the second marriage in the Newson family is traced a relationship to Hamlet Watling, whose brother Edwin also married a daughter of Smith's). Smith died at Bury St Edmunds on 13 September 1819 in his 89th year. There his elegant figure was remembered as always wearing a white hat edged with green, a blue coat, figured waistcoat, fustian coloured breeches, and gaiters to match, and carrying a gold-headed cane. He was loved by the youngsters of Bury whom he often obliged with sweets from the candy-shop. Sources Encyclopœdia Britannica 1911. External links William Smith Papers. James Marshall and Marie Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. English male stage actors 1730 births 1819 deaths 18th-century English male actors Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
"Nowhere girls" or "Mei Nu" () is a neologism coined to describe women who have no money, no job, no education, no prospects, no looks, no friends and no sophistication. The pinyin and pronunciation of "nowhere girls" is the same as that of "beautiful girls" in Putonghua. The term is used to characterise those women who refuse to conform to male expectations and are therefore thought to be unattractive by men, and has strong pejorative connotations. A calque of a South Korean term, it spread to Hong Kong via China, and became popularised through its use in a reality show called Nowhere Girls, which was broadcast by Television Broadcasts Limited. This show has aroused much public discussion on this topic. Description In the TV programme Nowhere Girls, women are called "nowhere girls" because they are lazy, selfish, short-tempered, rude to others, unfashionable and self-deluded. Characteristics Don't conform to traditional expectations of beauty Unemployed or have low income Lack social competence Tend to escape reality Self-centered, deny any problems of themselves Emotional or short-tempered Dependent Causes Family As nowhere girls experience distinct family affairs, leaving them psychologically hurt. Moreover, Hong Kong has low birth rates from time to time, leading to single-child families. They become the treasure of their parents. They are pampered and spoiled, which results in weakened coping abilities. In addition, children nowadays engage in less communication with their parents who are always out for work, and thus children receive less parental mental support. Societal Nowhere girls do not conform to traditional notions of beauty. In addition, they are self-centered and short-tempered. It is difficult for them to engage in the society with appropriate communication and to cooperate with others. As they are spoiled by their parents, they lack essential skills like problem-solving skills. Therefore, they do not appeal to employers and thus cannot find a job, while they insist that it is a social discrimination. Effects Low self-esteem Nowhere girls become less confident and inferior in front of their friends and families because they are not appreciated. For instance, the participants in the Nowhere Girls show cried frequently in front of the camera. They were being teased in the cyber world. in which their background informations were being disclosed in the public. In severe cases, they may suffer from depression or psychological illnesses. Socially withdrawn Nowhere girls are less willing to engage in social activities. They prefer being alone instead of participating in social gatherings to avoid any embarrassment. They have low sense of connection with their social circles. Moreover, they may undergo difficulties in meeting new friends as they are not being recognised. High family pressure Most of the nowhere girls are either single or unmarried. Their parents will be anxious about their marital status as Chinese people values marriage. They will be pressurised to find their partners as soon as possible. This brings them great pressure in fulfilling their parents' expectations, and also deteriorates their family relationships. Pessimistic attitude towards life Nowhere girls hold negative attitudes towards their futures. They perceive their life as unfortunate. Therefore, they always think pessimistically since they consider their lives as hopeless. Lacking of security in their family will further result in their inclination into pessimism. Media TV programme Nowhere Girls () is a reality show produced by Television Broadcasts Limited. It was broadcast in August 2014 and there are 20 episodes in total. The show focuses on seven women who are described as "have nots" and each of them is said to represent one of "seven deadly sins", including laziness, selfishness, ugliness and being a recent mainland immigrant etc. This programme stirred up much controversy since it discriminated against so-called "Mei Nu" and brought out wrong messages – "makeovers, working with fitness trainers and life coaches can lead to better lives" to the audience. There were also suspicions that seven women got paid to act and some incidents were staged. Moreover, the show hurt the professional image of psychologists in Hong Kong because Wong Hoi-man, who is a clinical psychologist and the guest counsellor of Nowhere Girls, handled cases in improper ways. It led to misunderstandings towards therapeutic techniques of qualified psychologists. See also Chinese ideals of female beauty References Culture-bound syndromes Culture of Hong Kong Taiwanese culture Chinese culture South Korean culture Pejorative terms for women Stereotypes of women Women in Hong Kong Women in China
OXR may refer to: OpenXR, an open-source, royalty-free standard for access to virtual reality and augmented reality platforms and devices Oxiana Limited (ASX: OXR), a defunct Australian copper and gold miner and exploration company Oxnard Airport (IATA: OXR), a county-owned, public airport a mile west of downtown Oxnard, in Ventura County, California
Pocahontas High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Pocahontas, Arkansas, United States. The school provides secondary education for students in grades 10 through 12. It is one of two public high schools in Randolph County, Arkansas and the sole high school administered by the Pocahontas School District. Curriculum The assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), which requires students complete 22 units prior to graduation (24 for Honors or Student of Distinction). Students complete regular coursework and exams and may take Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exam with the opportunity to receive college credit. In addition, PHS has a concurrent credit agreement with Black River Technical College (BRTC) for students taking selected instructor-led and online courses. The school is accredited by the ADE and has been accredited by AdvancED since 1936. Extracurricular activities The Pocahontas High School mascot is the Redskins with red and white serving as the school colors. It is notable that the community continues to use a controversial epithet as its mascot even as the NFL football team that once shared the name, as well as nearby Arkansas State University, have discontinued their use of what are believed by some to be harmful slurs and stereotypes against American Indians. Athletics The Pocahontas Redskins compete in interscholastic activities within the 4A Classification—the state's fourth largest classification—via the 4A Region 2 Conference administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. The Redskins field teams in football, golf (boys/girls), volleyball, tennis (boys/girls), basketball (boys/girls), track and field (boys/girls), baseball, softball, competitive cheer and dance, and swim (boys/girls). Notable people Ed Bethune (1953)—Politician; member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–85). Wear Schoonover (1928)—Athlete; inductee to College Football Hall of Fame; charter inductee to Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. Trey Steimel, member of the Alabama House of Representatives See also Native American mascot controversy Sports teams named Redskins References External links Public high schools in Arkansas Schools in Randolph County, Arkansas
Aloys Elloy (born in 1829 in Servigny-les-Raville) was a French clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tonga. He was appointed bishop in 1863. He died in 1878. References 1829 births 1878 deaths French Roman Catholic bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Tonga
The San Antonio Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area centered on San Antonio Valley, California in southern Monterey County, California. The AVA was approved in July 2006 by the United States Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The area has one of the longest grape growing traditions in the present day United States, when the Mission San Antonio de Padua was established in 1771 with a small vineyard, in Spanish colonial Las Californias. The AVA is bordered to the east by the Salinas Valley, and on west by the Santa Lucia Mountains, with its typical warm climate benefiting from the cooling effects of nearby Lake San Antonio and the Pacific Ocean. Overall, the AVA is similar in climate to the Paso Robles AVA and is likewise known for its Bordeaux and Rhône varietals. References American Viticultural Areas of California Geography of Monterey County, California Santa Lucia Range American Viticultural Areas 2006 establishments in California
Fabio Staibano (born 20 April 1983) is an Italian rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop. Staibano was born in Eboli. He played at a youth level at Battipaglia Rugby, moving to Overmach Rugby Parma F.C., aged 18, where he would stay from 2001/02 to 2007/08. Staibano represented the French team of Castres Olympique for the 2008/09 and 2009/10 seasons. Fabio joined Aironi for the 2010/2011 season. Staibano has 11 caps for Italy, having yet to score his first points. The Italian prop's first cap came at 11 June 2006, in a 52-6 win over Japan, in Tokyo. He played two games during the 2007 Six Nations Championship. He had been called as Carlo Del Fava replacement for the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, but he was ruled out too, due an injury. Del Fava was ruled fit soon and took his place. Staibano was originally called up for the 2009 Six Nations Championship but he was left out of the final team. References External links Fabio Staibano International Statistics 1983 births Living people People from Eboli Italian rugby union players Rugby union props Italy international rugby union players Sportspeople from the Province of Salerno
The Mechanical Man (Italian: L'uomo meccanico) is a 1921 Italian science fiction film directed by André Deed (who also starred in the film as the comedic character Saltarello). It was produced in 1920 and released in November 1921. It is one of the first science fiction films produced in Italy, and the first film showing a battle between two robots. The cinematographer was Alberto Chentrens. For many years, the original film, about 80 minutes in length, was regarded as lost until some reels of the Portuguese version were discovered at the Cinemateca Brasileira in Brazil. About 26 minutes (740 meters) remains lost. The DVD release by Alpha Video uses the incomplete Brazilian print, with new English intertitles. Film critic Christopher Workman has theorized that the film influenced Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927). Director Deed began his acting career in France, then moved to Italy where he continued his slapstick style of acting. After finishing The Mechanical Man, he returned to France, where his acting career slightly declined in popularity. He did, however, direct around 40 films, and acted in over 200, before he died in 1940. Plot The story begins with a scientist creating a device shaped like a man that can be remote-controlled by a machine. The mechanical man possesses super-human speed and strength. The scientist is killed however by a gang of criminals, led by a woman named Mado, who wish to obtain his secret of building a mechanical man. The criminals are captured before they are able to get them, and are brought to trial and condemned. Mado manages to escape and kidnaps the scientist's niece, forcing her to give her the blueprints which she uses to build a mechanical man. The mechanical man is used to commit a variety of crimes including murder, all controlled by Mado. The scientist's brother (Gabriel Moreau) however is successful in creating a second mechanical man which he uses to combat the original. The two mechanical men fight each other in an opera house and end up destroying each other as well as the opera house. During the final battle, Mado frantically attempts to control the mechanical man and is electrocuted at the control panel by a short circuit. Cast André Deed: Modestino D'Ara, or Saltarello Valentina Frascaroli: Margherita Donadieff, or Mado Mathilde Lambert: Elena D'Ara Gabriel Moreau: Professor D'Ara Ferdinando Vivas-May Giulia Costa Lost footage Most of the lost footage consists of the beginning third of the film. Also lost are the cast credits, so some characters are unidentifiable. Gallery See also List of films in the public domain in the United States List of incomplete or partially lost films References Information is referenced from the DVD release by Alpha Video. External links 1921 films Italian science fiction films Italian silent feature films Italian black-and-white films Lost Italian films Robot films Articles containing video clips 1920s science fiction films Films shot in Italy 1920s Italian films Silent science fiction films 1920s Italian-language films
The 2012–13 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team represented Mount St. Mary's University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by first year head coach Jamion Christian, played their home games at Knott Arena and were members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 18–14, 11–7 in NEC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the championship game of the Northeast Conference tournament where they lost to Long Island. Despite the 18 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament. Roster Schedule \|- !colspan=9\| Regular season \|- !colspan=9\| 2013 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament References Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball seasons Mount St. Mary's
The men's 62 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 8 and 9 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Schedule Medalists Records Results References Results 2014 World Weightlifting Championships
Fitch may refer to: Family name Fitch (surname), family name of English origin Places In Antarctica: Fitch Glacier In Australia: Mount Fitch, Northern Territory, former uranium mining site In the United States: Fitch Creek, Pennsylvania Fitch, North Carolina, unincorporated community Fitch H. Beach Airport, Charlotte, Michigan Fitch Senior High School, Groton, Connecticut Mount Fitch (Massachusetts), third-highest summit in Massachusetts YMCA Camp Fitch on Lake Erie, in Springfield, Pennsylvania; named after John H. Fitch Businesses Abercrombie & Fitch, clothiers Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, Chicago's oldest law firm Fitch Ratings Inc., international credit rating agency Fitch, a label launched by Madonna (studio) in 2007; with a special focus on the bakunyū niche Ships USS Fitch (DD-462), US Navy destroyer USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34), U.S. naval ship Heraldry Fitch (or cross fitchy), a cross in heraldry where the lower part is shaped like a sword blade Mathematics, logic and technology Fitch-style calculus, method for constructing formal mathematical proofs Fitch's paradox of knowability, logical paradox which asserts that the existence of an unknown truth is unknowable Fitch Barrier, sand-filled plastic barrier used to cushion impacts on highways Fitch-Margoliash method, weighted least squares method for clustering Animals and plants Fitch, the European polecat (Mustela putorius), a ferret-like predatory mammal Fitch, a name for the spice kalonji, the seed of Nigella sativa (used in the King James's Version of the Bible) See also Fitchburg (disambiguation) Fitchville, Connecticut
Al-Riyad (), or Riyadh, is one of the neighbourhoods of Khartoum, Sudan, located in the southern side of Khartoum. The affluent neighbourhood host Osama bin Laden's house in Khartoum. History In 1991, Osama bin Laden purchased a house in the affluent Riyadh neighbourhood of the city and another in Soba. He lived there until 1996, when he was banished from the country. Following the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, the United States accused bin Laden's al-Qaeda group and, on 20 August, launched cruise missile attacks on the al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum North. The factory's destruction created diplomatic tension between the U.S. and Sudan. The factory ruins are now a tourist attraction. The University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST) was built the Riyadh district of Khartoum. It first opened its doors in 1995 with a student body of only forty students and two faculties. In 2017 it had become home to 5,000-6,000 students and costs US$15,000 for the school of medicine in 2018. Riyadh is also home to the Riyadh Park. References
Sićevo () is a village in the administrative area of the city of Niš in southern Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 772 people. It lies on a hilltop above the entrance of the Sićevo Gorge of the Nišava River. It is located in Nišava district. It has a total population of about 772 inhabitants during the 2011 census References Populated places in Nišava District
The Ward Valley (California) is a lengthy almost true N-S trending valley of far eastern San Bernardino County, California. The south end of the valley expands slightly northwest-by-southeast, and contains Danby Dry Lake, a 13-mi (21 km) long dry lake, or playa. Mountain ranges surround the valley on all sides. The neighboring valleys eastward over the mountain ranges, Chemehuevi Valley, Vidal Valley, and Rice Valley are all western tributary valleys to the south-flowing Colorado River along the Lower Colorado River Valley corridor. The center of the valley is approximately just east of the Oro Plata Mine at the east of the Old Woman Mountains. The Iron Mountains with the Iron Mountain Pump Plant of the Colorado River Aqueduct lie on the southwest margin of the valley. Geography The map of California showing the location of Ward Valley, also shows the low elevation green, low valleys, south of the 'map location point'. The northwest-by-southeast section, contains the three dry lake beds, from west to east: Bristol Lake, Cadiz Dry Lake, and Danby Lake. Geographically, the entire region of Ward Valley is a transition from higher elevation bajadas and mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert, to lower elevation sections of Mojave Desert, and the northwest region of the Sonoran Desert in southeast California, called the Colorado Desert. The region has mostly arid mountain ranges, bajadas, flatlands, sand dune fields (from prevailing, seasonal winds), and playas (salt-flats). The lengthy north section of Ward Valley is drained by one major wash, named Homer Wash. Its outfall end, due to scant rainfall, and distance from Danby Lake, ends about 5-mi from the north side of the lake (ground infiltration). See also Rice Valley Danby Lake Valleys of San Bernardino County References External links Approximately valley center (N-S), at western foothills of mountains, Topoquest.com, the Oro Plata Mine Endorheic basins of the United States Valleys of the Mojave Desert Valleys of San Bernardino County, California
Pinske is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andrea Pollack (later Pinske; 1961–2019), German swimmer Bastian Pinske (born 1978), German football player Michael Pinske (born 1985), German judoka, son of Andrea See also Pinsker German-language surnames
The Machmell River, also spelled Machmel River, is a river in the Pacific Ranges of the southern Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It flows west into Owikeno Lake. References Rivers of the Central Coast of British Columbia Rivers of the Pacific Ranges
Cuando llega el amor ("When love arrives") is a special album from the telenovela of the same name, starred by Lucero and Omar Fierro. This album consists of three previously released songs and a new song "Cuando llega el amor", theme from the soap opera. It was released in 1990. Track listing Cuando Llega El Amor Vete Con Ella Cuéntame Millones Mejor Que Tú Singles References 1990 albums Lucero (entertainer) soundtracks
Nasser Beydoun is an American business executive and political candidate. He is the former chief executive officer of the Qatar-based Wataniya Restaurants group. Beydoun was the executive director of the Arab American Chamber of Commerce and chair of the Arab American Civil Rights League. He was the first Arab American liaison to the Arab League. Beydoun is currently a Democratic candidate in the 2024 United States Senate election in Michigan. Early life Beydoun was born in Beirut to Najla and Mohamed Beydoun. His family was from Bint Jbeil and his grandfather represented the town in Lebanon's parliament. Beydoun's great-grandfather had already immigrated to the United States and worked for Ford Motor Company in Highland Park, Michigan. Beydoun's grandfather remained in Lebanon but his father, Mohamed, immigrated to Detroit in 1969 when Beydoun was five years old. Mohamed worked at Ford and raised six children. Education In 1987, he moved to California. Beydoun completed a bachelor's and master's degree in business administration at the University of San Diego. He tried opening several business including a tortilla factory. He returned to Michigan in 1999 and in 2000, be became the executive director of the Arab American Chamber of Commerce. In 2001, he was appointed by Amr Moussa as the first Arab American liaison to the Arab League. Career By 2005, he was a construction company executive based in Wayne County, Michigan. In 2005, he considered running as a GOP candidate in the 2006 United States Senate election in Michigan. He has a history of political donations to both Republican and Democratic officeholders. In 2007, he was hired by Wataniya Restaurants group as its chief executive officer and moved to Qatar. He worked on expanding outlets of Caribou Coffee, Rainforest Cafe, and Sbarro in Qatar, Dubai, and Egypt. He resigned in November 2009. He was later stuck in the country for 15 months after his employer and sponsor denied his exit permit. Beydoun has served as chair of the Arab American Civil Rights League. He is a former trustee of the Henry Ford College foundation. Beydoun was co-chair of BRIDGES, a federal law enforcement partnership with the Arab American and Middle Eastern communities in Metro Detroit. In December 2022, Beydoun established an exploratory committee ahead of the 2024 United States Senate election in Michigan. He formally announced his candidacy in April 2023. Personal life Beydoun married Maysa Beydoun, a Canadian of Lebanese descent and had three children. He later married Nancy Jaafar. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Politicians from Beirut 21st-century American businesspeople University of San Diego alumni American chief executives Lebanese emigrants to the United States 21st-century American politicians Michigan Democrats People from Bint Jbeil District Businesspeople from Michigan Businesspeople from Beirut Arab League people
Takahashi Shōtei (高橋松亭), born Hiroaki (1871 – 11 February 1945) was a 20th-century Japanese woodblock artist in the shinsaku-hanga and later shin-hanga art movements. Biography Hiroaki Takahashi was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1871. As a young artist he was given the artistic name Shotei by his uncle, Matsumoto Fuko, under whose tutelage he was apprenticing. When he was 16 years old, he started a job with the Imperial Household Department of Foreign Affairs, where he copied the designs of foreign ceremonial objects. As with many Japanese woodblock artists over his lifetime he signed his work with various names and worked for several publishing companies. After studying art, Shotei and Terazaki Kogyo founded the Japan Youth Painting Society in 1889. In 1907, as a successful artist, he was recruited by Watanabe Shōzaburō to contribute shinsaku-hanga (souvenir prints) in Japan. Watanabe helped to fulfill the Western demand for newly-styled ukiyo-e woodblock prints which would be similar to familiar historical masters of that genre, especially Hiroshige. In about 1921 Shotei added the artistic name of Hiroaki. In 1923 the Great Kanto earthquake (and subsequent fire) destroyed Watanabe's facilities; this included all woodblocks. Thus, Shotei recreated prior designs destroyed in the Great Kanto earthquake and produced new woodblocks in the shin-hanga style. Shotei died of pneumonia on February 11, 1945. There is a persistent rumor that he died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima but this is incorrect. His works are held in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide, including the British Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the National Museum of Asian Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Arizona State University Art Museum, the Brunnier Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, and the Saint Louis Art Museum. See also Hasui Kawase References Further reading Shimizu, Hisao The Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo and the Birth of Shin-Hanga in Water and Shadow: Kawase Hasui and Japanese Landscape Prints edited by Kendall Brown, Hotei Publishing, 2014. Shimizu, Hisao Syotei (Hiroaki) Takahashi: His Life and Works, Folk Museum of Ota City, Tokyo, 2005. Smith, Lawrence. The Japanese Print Since 1900, Harper & Row Publishers Inc., New York 1983, Smith, Lawrence. Modern Japanese Prints 1912–1989. New York, London, Paris: Cross River Press, 1994. Till, Barry. The New Print Movement in Japan. Pomegranate Communications, Reprint 2007, External links Shotei's Cats MFA.org Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA, Search on Shotei Shotei.com Continuing analysis of Shotei's Catalogue with emphasis on pre and post Great Kanto Earthquake versions. Shin hanga — Viewing Japanese Prints, by John Fiorillo Hiroaki Takahashi Shotei's Cats Shotei's works in the collection of the National Gallery of Art Japanese printmakers 1871 births 1945 deaths Shin hanga artists Artists from Tokyo 19th-century Japanese artists 20th-century Japanese artists 19th-century printmakers 20th-century printmakers
Soshimsa Zen Center ( Hangul: 소심사 Hanja: 少心寺) is a U.S. Buddhist organization in New Jersey, affiliated with the Taego Order of Korean Seon. History The organization was founded in May 2009, and is currently a 501(c)3 non profit charitable organization. Since 1975, when founder Ven. Il-Cho Dosanim (일초 도사님) came to United States, his mission has been to develop a temple in order to foster the teachings of Buddhism. Today, three of Ven. Il-Cho's disciples are the pillars that support So Shim Sa. Ven. Duhk-Song Sunim (덕성 스님) has studied under Ven. Il-Cho for over three decades and serves as the director of the center's outreach program, 1000 Hands. Elected as Director of Wellness Programs, and with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Ven. Mooh-Sang Sunim (무상 스님) coordinates education and wellness programs offered at So Shim Sa. A disciple of Ven. Il-Cho since 1997 and ordained as a Buddhist monk in 2003, Ven. Myong-Ahn Sunim (명안 스님) serves as the appointed Abbot. Soshimsa Buddhist Fellowship Fellowship Chapters Soshimsa Buddhist Fellowship opened its first chapter as a campus chaplaincy at Rutgers University in September 2010. (Currently on pause). Ven. Myong-Ahn serves as the Chapter President. References External links Buddhist temples in New Jersey Zen centers in the United States Zen Buddhist monasteries Korean-American culture in New Jersey 2009 establishments in New Jersey
Vidyodaya Vibhushana Sahithya Kala Shiromani Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne Kuruwita Bandara (සුනිල් ආරියරත්න; born 28 July 1949), popularly as Sunil Ariyaratne, is a Sri Lankan scholar, film director, author, poet and a lyricist. One of the most popular filmmakers and lyricists in Sri Lankan cinema, Ariyaratne has won six Sarasaviya awards, four Presidential awards from the year 1981 as a film lyricist and then won three awards as a teledrama lyricists. Personal life He was born on 28 July 1949 in Nugegodaas the fourth child of the family with 6 siblings. He completed education from St. John's College, Nugegoda. He has three brothers and two sisters. His brothers, Nimal Kuruwita Bandara is a lawyer and Thilakaratne Kuruwita Bandara is a journalist and editor. He sat for General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level in 1963. After passing senior examination, he was selected to Vidyodaya Pirivena (currently known as University of Sri Jayewardenepura) for higher studies. In 1971, he obtained a Sinhala honours degree with a first class. He worked as a temporary lecturer at University of Kelaniya in 1972. Then he served as a Part time lecturer at The Department of Aesthetics studies at Kelaniya university from 1975 to 1976. He moved to University of Jaffna as a Lecturer of Sinhala in 1976 and worked as a lecturer for three years. Then he returned to Kelaniya as a permanent Assistant lecturer. In 1985, Ariyaratne joined the academic staff at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura where he was promoted as an Assistant Professor and became a professor in 1994. In 1989 he traveled to Madras to study Tamil. In 2000, he was promoted as a Senior Professor of Sinhala Language and Mass Media in the Communication Faculty, becoming the youngest to achieve the feat in Sri Lanka university system. In 2011, he was awarded Doctorate in Literature from Kelaniya University. In 2015, he was honored with second Doctorate in Literature in recognition of his contributions in the field of literature and the arts. Career At the age of 11, he wrote a school play named Amal Biso. Then, in 1961 at the age of 16, Ariyaratne published a collection of short stories called Ähinsakayo. Then in 1963, he wrote a poetry collection called Api Okkoma, historical novel Alakeshwara in 1964 and a poetic tale Siyothunta Rekawal in 1965. He produced the play Deyyo which was written by his elder brother Thilakaratne Kuruwita Bandara. While as an undergraduate at Vidyodaya, Ariyaratne polished his ability where he wrote a novel Jeewithaya Geethayak Wewa in 1969. After graduating in 1971, he published a poetry book, Dolosmahe Pahana along with closest friends Buddadasa Galappaththi and Jayalath Manoratne. He wrote several lyrics such as Pahan Kanda (1983), Yathra (1984), Pembara lanka (1990), Madhu Badun (1994), Adaheraya (2004) and Shwetha Rathriya (2012). He is an accomplished lyricist who wrote several songs for popular artists such as Nanda Malini, W.D. Amaradeva and Victor Rathnayake. Some popular lyrics made by Ariyaratne include: Me guru pare, Podiduwage sina welai, Buddhanu Bhawena, Oba themei kiya bayyai, Api ethata ethata pa nagala, Viyo ge gayana, Yalu bala sande and Ane kurulu kooduwata gahanna ape. In 1970, Ariyaratne excelled his career towards cinema direction by producing first short film Sara Gee and then Dushkara Kriya in 1976. His maiden cinema direction came through 1978 full-length feature film Anupama. With the help of Ranjith Palansuriya, Ariyaratne produced two blockbuster films, Sarungale (1979) and Siribo Aiya (1980). As an author, he won a State literary award for the book on Baila and Kapirigngna. In 1985, he wrote several research papers and publications on "Gramophone Era", "Kerol Pasam Kantharu", "Mahinda Prabanda", "Manawasinghe Geetha Prabanda", "Purana Sinhala Nadagam", "Gandarwa Apadana", "Sinhala Chithrapati Geethawali". In 1991, he wrote book Demala Sahithya Ithihasaya and then translated Tamil folktales Ramayanaya in 1994. He also translated the Garcia Lorca's play Yerma along with Ediriweera Sarachchandra. In 2002, he directed the dramatic movie Sudu Sewaneli. The film won the Sarasaviya award for the Best Director and President's Medal for the Best Script of that year. In 2008, he released a volume Visithuruya Re Ahasa which contained all his lyrics written for films, teleplays, social events such as the Tsunami devastation, light songs for radio, cassettes and CDs. He directed the film Uppalavanna in 2008 which was based on a reinterpreted Buddhist story similar to a Theri gatha story. The film was a blockbuster of that year and won several awards at local film festivals including Most popular actress, best actress and music direction. However, the movie received primarily negative reviews. Many criticized the various unnecessary characters in the movie which do not have any role in the plot, the editing, and the acting. In 2012, he directed the film Kusa Pabha based on the 523rd story "Kusa Jataka" in the Jataka story series. The film won 12 awards at 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival including popular actor, actress, movie, music direction, and singer. In 2018, Ariyarante directed a historical story of Bimba Devi Alias Yashodara. It was screened on 26 April, at 85 cinema halls becoming the biggest number of the simultaneous screening in Sri Lanka. The film received mostly positive reviews from the critics. In 2019, he directed the blockbuster film Vijayaba Kollaya which was released on 1 August in 80 cinema halls across the island. The film was an adaptation of W.A. Silva's novel of the same name. The film received positive reviews. On 17 March 2020, he launched the second volume of Gandharwa Apadana where 06 books written on 12 musicians. Awards and accolades 1996 Sumathi Awards – Best Television Lyrics award for Sankranthi Samaya 2002 Sarasaviya Awards – Best Film award for Sudu Sewaneli 2004 Sumathi Awards – Best Television Lyrics award for Ramya Suramya 2010 Sumathi Awards – U.W. Sumathipala memorial award 2011 Raigam Tele'es – Best Television Lyrics award 2018 Hiru Golden Film Awards – Best Lyrics award for Paththini 2019 Derana Sunsilk Film Awards – Blockbuster Movie of the Year award for Bimba Devi Alias Yashodhara Filmography As director As lyricist References Sinhala articles කලා සයුර කිමිද ජීවිතය සොයා ගිය ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය සුනිල් ආරියරත්න සැරද සුලකළ’කුරු මියුරු තෙපලෙන් රඳනා මගේ ප්‍රේම ගීත කලාව මා ඇතුලු අප කිසිම කෙනෙක් පරම පාරිශුද්ධ මිනිසුන් නොවේ විජයබා කොල්ලය කියන්නේ මහාර්ඝ මාණික්‍යයක් විජය බා කොල්ලය ආයෝජනයක් දොළොස් මහේ පහන දල්වා 49 වසරකට පසු සුනිල් ආරියරත්න ආරණ්‍යවාසී මුනිවරයෙක් නොවන ශාස්ත්‍රවන්තයා කලාත්මක චිත්‍රපට කිරීම සියදිවි නසා ගැනීමක් “පිළිමනෙලා නැති” වැනි ගීත ලිව්වේ 71 පරපුරට – සුනිල් ආරියරත්න වසර තුනක් මේ පිටපත කපාකොටා සකස් කළා තිස්ස අබේසේකරගේ සුනිල් ආරියරත්න External links Sunil Ariyaratne: Sooriya Records Kavsilumina or Guttila Kaavya? University students evince artistic and literary skills Eagle Excellence Awards 2008 From Bimba Devi to Wijayaba Kollaya Curtain comes down on Sinhala Cinema? ‘ House full’ for ‘Yashodhara ’ 1949 births Living people Sri Lankan poets Sri Lankan lyricists Sri Lankan film directors Sinhalese writers Alumni of St. John's College, Nugegoda Alumni of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura Academic staff of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Stephen W. Keckler is an American computer scientist and the current Vice President of Architecture Research at NVIDIA. Keckler received a BS in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1990 and an MS and PhD in computer science from MIT in 1992 and 1998, respectively. He then joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where he served from 1998 to 2012. He joined NVIDIA in 2009. In 2003, he received the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award for his work in leading the TRIPS architecture research group. He became an ACM Senior Member in 2006 and an ACM Fellow in 2011. References Living people Stanford University School of Engineering alumni MIT School of Engineering alumni Grace Murray Hopper Award laureates Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery Fellow Members of the IEEE University of Texas at Austin faculty Nvidia people Year of birth missing (living people)
LeDock is a proprietary, flexible molecular docking software designed for the purpose of docking ligands with target proteins. It is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It can be ran as a standalone program or entirely from Jupyter notebook. It supports only the Tripos Mol2 file format - which is a file format commonly used in computational chemistry and molecular modeling. Introduction Methodology: LeDock utilizes a simulated annealing and genetic algorithm approach for facilitating the docking process of ligands with protein targets. The software employs a knowledge-based scoring scheme that is derived from extensive prospective virtual screening campaigns. It is categorized as using a flexible docking method. Performance Performance: In a comprehensive study involving 2002 protein-ligand complexes, LeDock demonstrated a notable level of accuracy in predicting molecular poses. Moreover, the Linux version offers command line tools to run high-throughput virtual screening of different large molecular libraries in the cloud. In a computational study screening for inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA gyrase B, LeDock demonstrated better performance than AutoDock Vina at reproducing experimental binding affinity data. When benchmarked on a set of 140 known gyrase inhibitors, the predicted binding energies from LeDock docking experiments showed a significantly higher correlation to experimental inhibition constant (pKi) values compared to Vina. Docking software efficacy varies by target site, so running experimental benchmarks when choosing a docking software is advised. A 2017 review evaluated the accuracy of different docking software on a diverse set of protein-ligand complexes. LeDock was able to effectively sample ligand conformational space and identify near-native binding poses for a significant proportion of the test cases. Its flexible docking protocol was pointed out as a key factor for accurate docking. See also Drug design Macromolecular docking Molecular mechanics Molecular modelling Protein structure Protein design Software for molecular mechanics modeling List of protein-ligand docking software Molecular design software Lead Finder Virtual screening Scoring functions for docking References External links Official website Medicinal chemistry Drug discovery Molecular modelling software
The Walnut Street Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2019. At the time of its nomination the district consisted of 111 resources, including 91 contributing buildings and 20 non-contributing buildings. The district is largely a residential area located between the central business district and the former location of the Illinois Central Railroad round house and shops. The neighborhood was originally platted as the Railroad Addition in 1860 and as the Cooley Addition in 1865. Buildings date from c. 1880 to 1981. Single-family houses are largely wood-frame construction with a few brick. Architectural styles include Queen Anne, Italianate, Shingle, Bungalow, variations on the American Foursquare, and those in a vernacular mode. Multi-family dwellings include double houses, identical houses, and apartment buildings. There are also a few commercial buildings on East Fourth Street and two churches. Walnut Street Baptist Church (1908) is individually listed on the NRHP. Two local architects, Mortimer Cleveland and Clinton Shockley have buildings in the district. The district is significant as an early residential neighborhood outside of the original riverfront town. It was initially a middle to upper-middle-class single-family residential neighborhood. During a period of rapid growth and industrialization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with an influx of immigrants that required low-cost housing close to factories and streetcar routes, the neighborhood's fortunes changed. The multi-family dwellings and the commercial buildings were constructed from this time and into the mid-20th century. Urban Renewal projects in the 1960s sought to revitalize the area by widening U.S. Route 63 and removing dilapidated houses. As a result, there are several vacant lots. References Victorian architecture in Iowa Buildings and structures in Waterloo, Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Black Hawk County, Iowa Historic districts in Black Hawk County, Iowa Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
Leshukonskoye () is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Leshukonsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vashka River. It also serves as the administrative center of Leshukonsky Selsoviet, one of the seven selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Leshukonskoye Rural Settlement. Population: Etymology The name of Leshukonskoye is apparently derived from the Russian les, which means the forest. History The area was originally populated by speakers of Uralic languages and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic. After the fall of Novgorod, the area became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. First Russian settlements on the Mezen River are mentioned under 16th century: Yuroma (1513) and Koynas (1554). Leshukonskoye is known since 1641 and was the administrative center of Ust-Vazhskaya Volost. The middle course of the Mezen was the area where Russian and Komi mixed the most. In the course of the administrative reform performed in 1708 by Peter the Great the area was included into Archangelgorod Governorate. In 1780, the Governorate was abolished and transformed into Vologda Viceroyalty. In 1796, the area moved into the Arkhangelsk Governorate. The current territory of the district was included into the Mezensky Uyezd. December 28, 1917, a new Ust-Vashsky Uyezd with the center of Ust-Vashka (currently Leshukonskoye) was established, however, in 1925 it was merged back into the Mezensky Uyezd. In 1929, several governorates were merged into Northern Krai. July 15, 1929 the uyezds were abolished, and Leshukonsky District was established. Geography Leshukonskoye is located on the left bank of the Vashka River, several kilometers upstream from its confluence with the Mezen River. Since the roads on the left bank of the Mezen are not connected with the road network of Arkhangelsk Oblast, the only land connection with the outside world is via ferry boat to the village of Smolyanets, on the opposite (right) bank of the Mezen. Economy Industry Timber industry, including resin production, is present in and around Leshukonskoye. Transportation The Mezen River and the Vashka River are both navigable, however, there is no passenger navigation in Leshukonskoye except for the ferry boat to the village of Smolenets. In Summer, the ferry connects to the all-seasonal road to Arkhangelsk, only completed in 2008. In winter, temporary roads (zimniks) were built in snow and the river is frozen over; in Spring and Fall when the river ice is thin, air transport is the only means for passenger connections to Arkhangelsk and the rest of the world. There is an airport in Leshukonskoye, with weekly flights to Arkhangelsk on Tuesdays. Education There is a modern school with all 12 grades and 350 students. References Notes Sources Rural localities in Leshukonsky District Former cities in Russia Mezensky Uyezd Leshukonsky District
The archiepiscopal seminary of Milan is the Catholic seminary of the Archdiocese of Milan. It has three seats: in Venegono Inferiore (Varese province), Seveso (Monza e Brianza Province) and in Milan. The latter also hosts the Istituto sacerdotale Maria Immacolata, that trains priests during the first five years following ordination, and the Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose; other diocesan activities have taken place there. In the other two sites seminarist theology training is conducted: in Seveso I and II theology with the corso propedeutico, in Venegono from III to VI theology. History The first seminary dates to the times of Charles Borromeo, opening in 1564. Under the bishopric of Federico Borromeo the Seminary of Porta Orientale took final form. St. Charles built several locations in the diocese. From 1638 to 1784 three operated in Milan (the Seminary of Porta Orientale, the Seminary of Canonica, the Collegio Elvetico), along with four minor seminaries in Monza, Arona, Celana and Pollegio. First reform school and then the presence of Napoleon's troops radically transformed the seminary: the diocesan seminaries Celana, Collegio Elvetico, Seminary of Canonica and later Arona closed; a structure in Castello above Lecco opened instead. In 1839 that seat transferred to the Dominican convent of St. Peter Martyr in Seveso. With this step the configuration seminary route became simplified: ginnasio in Seveso, liceo in Monza and theology in Milan. In the second part of the nineteenth century a seminary for poor students opened in Monza, entrusted to Barnabite Luigi Villoresi: training became more flexible and open according to inspiration from Antonio Rosmini. The resulting clergy were visibly different from the traditional way: this led to tensions. In 1900 a seminary opened near the Duomo that took the name Seminarietto, aimed at training those who were intended for liturgical service in the cathedral. Following the apostolic visitation of abbot Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, then Archbishop of Milan, the site of Venegono Inferiore was built with the intention to move the center of the seminary there. Construction began in 1928 and the facility was solemnly inaugurated in 1935. In the following decades, when the liceo classico and the last three years of theology were placed in Venegono, several locations were used: Seveso (medie-ginnasio), Masnago (elementari-medie), Arcore (medie), Merate (medie), Seminarietto del Duomo (ginnasio-liceo), Saronno (biennium theological and comunità propedeutica), Milano (adult vocations). In 1966 Cardinal Giovanni Colombo decided to transfer the theological faculty (built by Pope Leo XIII in 1892) from Venegono Inferiore to Milan, thus forming the Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Settentrionale. The vocational crisis in subsequent years forced a reorganization of the community and led to the closure of many facilities. In 1985 the site was closed in Seveso: the ginnasio was transferred to Venegono and after a few years began restructuring. When construction ended in 1998 the community since then living in Saronno was transferred in Seveso. With the gradual extinction of the minor Seminary (closed in 2002 after several attempts for renewal and revitalization), the comunità propedeutica was added to the biennium seminary in Seveso. The restoration of the permanent diaconate wanted by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini in 1986 found a place in the headquarters of the Seminary. Seminarists, professors and educators Popes: Pius XI Bishops and cardinals Giacomo Biffi Franco Giulio Brambilla Gabriele Giordano Caccia Adriano Caprioli Bernardo Citterio Francesco Coccopalmerio Diego Coletti Carlo Colombo Giovanni Colombo Renato Corti Mario Delpini Erminio De Scalzi Marco Ferrari Gervasio Gestori Giovanni Giudici Alessandro Maggiolini Angelo Mascheroni Attilio Nicora Giulio Oggioni Gianfranco Ravasi Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli Giovanni Saldarini Luigi Stucchi Dionigi Tettamanzi Theologians Giuseppe Colombo Franco Manzi Giovanni Moioli Pierangelo Sequeri Luigi Serenthà Sergio Ubbiali Sources Il Seminario di Venegono 1935-1985. Pagine d'un cammino, a cura di Cesare Pasini - Mario Spezzibottiani, NED, Milano 1985. Mario Panizza, «Seminario Maggiore», in Dizionario della Chiesa ambrosiana, NED, Milano 1992, vol. V, 3310-3323. La formazione del presbitero diocesano. Linee educative del Seminario di Milano, Centro Ambrosiano, Milano 1995. Dionigi Tettamanzi, San Carlo e il seminario. La formazione dei futuri presbiteri in un mondo che cambia, Centro Ambrosiano, Milano 2006. External links Seminario Arcivescovile di Milano website Permanent diaconate of Diocese of Milan Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose of Milan Seminaries and theological colleges in Italy
The Presbytery of Boston is the regional governing body for congregations located in the Greater Boston area affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Established in 1745 and with an office in Clinton, Massachusetts, the Presbytery of Boston currently includes 24 member churches located in Worcester, Norfolk, and Suffolk counties, and parts of Essex County. The Presbytery of Boston is one of 22 presbyteries that comprise the Synod of the Northeast, which oversees 1,130 churches in New Jersey, New York, and the New England states. History In the mid-18th century, the Presbytery of Londonderry was the sole presbytery in New England. On 16 April 1745, the Presbytery of Boston was established by three local ministers. In 1748, the Rev. Jonathan Parsons, minister of Salem Presbyterian Church, joined the presbytery. By 1768, the presbytery had 12 ministers. Demographics In 2002, the Presbytery of Boston had 3,103 members and 23 congregations. By 2010, there were 2,993 members, a 3% decline, and 25 churches. In 2010, the Presbytery of Boston was 61% White, 21% Asian, 13% African American, 4% Hispanic, .3% Native American and .3% Middle Eastern. Member churches There are 23 chartered congregations and 6 new worshiping communities in the Presbytery of Boston. Beverly Pilgrim Church Gateway Church Boston Church of the Covenant, Downtown Boston Fourth Presbyterian Church, South Boston Hyde Park Presbyterian Church, Hyde Park Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Hispana de Boston, Jamaica Plain Roxbury Presbyterian Church, Roxbury Brockton Shekinah Presbyterian Church in Brockton Brookline First Presbyterian Church Korean Church of Boston Burlington Burlington Presbyterian Church Cambridge First United Presbyterian Church Clinton Clinton Presbyterian Church Easton Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church Natick Hartford Street Presbyterian Church Shekinah Presbyterian Church in Natick Needham Needham Presbyterian Church Newton Newton Presbyterian Church Taiwan Presbyterian Church of Greater Boston Norwood Shekinah Presbyterian Church in Norwood Quincy First Presbyterian Church Quincy Young Sang Presbyterian Church Somerville Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church Sudbury Sudbury Presbyterian Church Waltham First Presbyterian Church Whitinsville United Presbyterian Church of Whitinsville Worcester First Presbyterian Church Christaller Presbyterian Fellowship Former churches Federal Street Church, Downtown Boston (became Congregationalist in 1786) First Presbyterian Church, Boston (founded 1853, now closed) First Presbyterian Church, East Boston (founded 1853, closed 1996) First United Presbyterian Church, Boston (founded 1846, now closed) Fort Square Presbyterian Church, Quincy (joined the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (ECO) in 2016) Hanover Street Church, Boston Second Presbyterian Church, Boston Third Presbyterian Church, Boston (founded 1870, now closed) Notable clergy Lyman Beecher (1775-1863) was pastor at Hanover Street Church in Boston from 1826 to 1833 Jonathan Parsons (1705-1776) was pastor of the Presbyterian church in Newburyport and a supporter of the American Revolution (at the time Newburyport was part of the Presbytery of Boston) See also Presbytery of Northern New England References Presbyterian organizations established in the 18th century 1745 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay Religious organizations established in 1745 Presbyterianism in Massachusetts Presbyterian Church (USA) presbyteries
Mak Sa'moa is an informal Rotuman dance form derived from Samoan movement styles (Mak Sa'moa meaning "Samoan dance" in Rotuman), including the style of hand movements between man and woman, and the shuffling/twisting of the feet in and out, as in the Siva Samoa. Although considered a traditional Rotuman dance style, and having been used informally for some time, it wasn't until recent contact with Samoans (such as missionaries for the London Missionary Society or the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma) that Rotumans realised the art form was in fact borrowed from early Samoan ancestors, such as Raho, to whom Rotumans attribute as the "founders" of the islands. Mak Sa'moa is generally more popular nowadays amongst older generations of Rotuman people, who appreciate its varying but generally slower pace, and the style of music and lyric as being more Rotuman than the popular Mak Rarotoga whose borrowed tunes emulate the fastpaced Tahitian and Rarotongan dances of otea and tamure, and are commonly danced at the Rotuman festivity of the av' mane'a season, the Rotuman fara. References Sources Rotuman Music and Dance Fijian dance Rotuma
Arun Bhardwaj (born 24 February 1969) is an ultramarathon runner from New Delhi, India. He is one of the first internationally acclaimed endurance racers from India. In 2009, he won the 567 km George Archer 6 day race in South Africa and received international recognition for the same. In December 2010, he ran in 24 hours in Kolkata, India and thus beat his previous best of running 177 km in 24 hours. 10568 kilometres covered so far in Int’l Races. Badwater Ultramarathon 2011 participation After completing the George Archer 6 day race in South Africa, he was invited to race in the Badwater Ultramarathon in Death Valley, California, USA, which has been deemed by National Geographic as the toughest organised race in the world. He participated in the 34th edition of the Badwater Ultramarathon between 11 July and 13 July. On 13 July, he completed the race in his first attempt with a time of 41 hours 6 minutes and 1 second. Personal life Born in Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, this ultramarathoner has been running for over 17 official years. He now quietly lives in Uttarkashi with his wife, 2 daughters (Arunima and Sofia) & a son (Arjun). Arun is a vegetarian & teetotaller. He thrives on honey, fruit juices & sugarcane. Arun Shares a great bond with his children and ventured into ultra marathon running to set an example for them. Run Arun Run (official website) Achievements in international ultramarathon events •138.172 km in IAU Asia 24 hr Track Championships in Taiwan on 2–3 March 2002 (9th place). First Indian representative in any 24 hr Ultra Marathon °516 km in Self-Transcendence 6-Days race, New York 27 April-3 May 2003 and became the first Indian to cross 500 km in a 6-Days race (7th Place) °Finished IAU 100 km World Cup 2003, Taiwan 16.11.2003. Became first ever Indian to participate and finish any 100 km World Cup ° 155 km in 24hr Commonwealth Ultramarathon Championships, Wales (2011) References Living people 1969 births Indian ultramarathon runners Indian male long-distance runners Male ultramarathon runners Athletes from Delhi
Shitlist may refer to: Albums Shitlist, a 1987 album by Macabre (band) Songs "Shitlist," by L7 from their 1992 album Bricks Are Heavy "Shitlist," by Unit:187 from their 1996 album Unit:187 "Shitlist," by DevilDriver from their 2011 album Beast
Joseph Buckner Killebrew (1831–1906) was an American planter and geologist. Biography Early life Joseph Buckner Killebrew was born in Montgomery County, Tennessee on May 29, 1831. When he was four years old, his mother died, and he was raised by a succession of relatives. He attended college and was deeply interested in education, agriculture, and geology. In 1851, he entered Franklin College in middle Tennessee, but soon exhausted his funds. He accepted a position teaching mathematics at the Clarksville school of John D. Tyler. In 1853, a family friend offered to finance his college education at the institution of his choice. He chose the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated second in his class in June 1857. He was a member of the Philanthropic Society while at UNC. He married Mary Catherine Wimberly on December 3, 1857, and they had six children. Career As a young man, he took charge of the family farm. He was opposed to the secession attitudes of his fellow southerners, and he searched for ways to improve the situation of his slaves as well as his farm. During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he knew that if slaves were able to survive emancipation, they must be trained in business. He started by paying his slaves wages for their labor, and he began to teach his slaves the skills necessary to function as free men: reading, writing, and math. He was a progressive in the South during Reconstruction, realizing that his fellow Tennesseans needed to possess greater agriculture knowledge and skills if the South was to ever truly rebuild. He realized that a new South could only truly arise from the foundation of an education system that sought to offer equal education to all of its citizens. He authored the education reform bill in Tennessee. This innovative law dared to make education available to rich and poor alike. Death He died in Nashville, Tennessee on March 17, 1906. References External links 1831 births 1906 deaths People from Montgomery County, Tennessee American planters American slave owners
Peter Andersson (born March 20, 1973 in Boxholm, Sweden) is a music composer within the ambient, noise, industrial, electronic and experimental genre. His projects are Raison D'être, Stratvm Terror, Necrophorus, Atomine Elektrine, Yantra Atmospheres, Panzar, Bocksholm, Svasti-ayanam, Cataclyst, Grismannen. Besides his music activities he is mostly interested in film, art, Tibetan Buddhism and meditation. Stratvm Terror Stratvm Terror is an industrial noise project of Peter Andersson, first appearing in 1993. For the project, he was joined by Tobias Larsson. After a few tapes and four CD releases this project has almost reached the same acclaimed status as Raison d'être. Stratvm Terror offers harsh, droning, aggressive and loud frequencies, though it could be considered more musical in earlier albums. References External links Interview with Peter Andersson 1973 births Ambient musicians Industrial musicians Living people Noise musicians Ragtime composers Swedish electronic musicians Experimental musicians Power electronics musicians
The 2020–21 NBL season was the 32nd season for the Sydney Kings in the NBL. Roster Squad Pre-season Ladder Game log \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 1 \| 20 December \| The Hawks \| W 98–89 \| Shaun Bruce (14) \| Craig Moller (8) \| Casper Ware (4) \| Qudos Bank Arenaclosed event \| 1–0 Regular season Ladder Game log \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 1 \| 16 January \| @ Cairns \| L 87–86 \| Casper Ware (18) \| Jarell Martin (8) \| Shaun Bruce (4) \| Cairns Pop-Up Arena1,919 \| 0–1 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 2 \| 23 January \| @ Cairns \| W 91–99 \| Martin, Ware (22) \| Jarell Martin (10) \| Bruce, Moller (4) \| Cairns Pop-Up Arena1,930 \| 1–1 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 3 \| 26 January \| @ Brisbane \| L 90–87 \| Jarell Martin (26) \| Jarell Martin (11) \| Bruce, Louzada, Moller, Ware (3) \| Nissan Arena3,406 \| 1–2 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 4 \| 30 January \| @ Adelaide \| L 85–80 \| Dejan Vasiljevic (28) \| Craig Moller (9) \| Casper Ware (6) \| Adelaide Entertainment Centre7,087 \| 1–3 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 5 \| 6 February \| @ Adelaide \| W 75–94 \| Casper Ware (27) \| Jordan Hunter (11) \| Shaun Bruce (7) \| Adelaide Entertainment Centre7,317 \| 2–3 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 6 \| 12 February \| New Zealand \| W 84–74 \| Casper Ware (22) \| Martin, Newley (6) \| Shaun Bruce (4) \| Qudos Bank Arena5,833 \| 3–3 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 7 \| 14 February \| Illawarra \| L 82–85 \| Casper Ware (21) \| Craig Moller (8) \| Shaun Bruce (9) \| Qudos Bank Arena6,534 \| 3–4 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 8 \| 21 February \| Adelaide \| W 94–77 \| Casper Ware (23) \| Jordan Hunter (9) \| Brad Newley (4) \| John Cain Arena2,566 \| 4–4 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 9 \| 23 February \| Perth \| L 106–113 \| Casper Ware (34) \| Casper Ware (5) \| Casper Ware (4) \| John Cain Arena1,079 \| 4–5 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 10 \| 25 February \| New Zealand \| 96–78 \| Jordan Hunter (24) \| Dejan Vasiljevic (10) \| Casper Ware (5) \| John Cain Arena1,991 \| 5–5 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 11 \| 27 February \| @ Melbourne \| L 83–80 \| Dejan Vasiljevic (22) \| Brad Newley (8) \| Casper Ware (5) \| John Cain Arena4,206 \| 5–6 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 12 \| 4 March \| @ Cairns \| L 96–92 \| Dejan Vasiljevic (32) \| Jordan Hunter (6) \| Moller, Ware (4) \| State Basketball Centre1,355 \| 5–7 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 13 \| 6 March \| @ South East Melbourne \| W 85–91 \| Dejan Vasiljevic (19) \| Casper Ware (10) \| Casper Ware (6) \| John Cain Arena3,708 \| 6–7 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 14 \| 11 March \| Illawarra \| L 69–89 \| Dejan Vasiljevic (12) \| Craig Moller (6) \| Bruce, Moller (4) \| John Cain Arena997 \| 6–8 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 15 \| 13 March \| @ Brisbane \| W 108–119 \| Casper Ware (25) \| Jordan Hunter (8) \| Casper Ware (10) \| John Cain Arena4,183 \| 7–8 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 16 \| 19 March \| Melbourne \| W 103–75 \| Jordan Hunter (18) \| Martin, Moller (6) \| Moller, Ware (6) \| Qudos Bank Arena5,089 \| 8–8 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 17 \| 21 March \| Cairns \| W 75–73 \| Martin, Ware (16) \| Craig Moller (8) \| Louzada, Martin, Moller, Vasiljevic, Ware (2) \| Qudos Bank Arena5,187 \| 9–8 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 18 \| 28 March \| Perth \| L 65–89 \| Jarell Martin (18) \| Craig Moller (7) \| Casper Ware (6) \| Qudos Bank Arena5,067 \| 9–9 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 19 \| 1 April \| @ Perth \| L 95–89 \| Jarell Martin (27) \| Jarell Martin (11) \| Didi Louzada (4) \| RAC Arena10,123 \| 9–10 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 20 \| 3 April \| Brisbane \| W 90–71 \| Craig Moller (20) \| Jarell Martin (10) \| Casper Ware (9) \| Qudos Bank Arena5,439 \| 10–10 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 21 \| 8 April \| Perth \| L 69–73 \| Casper Ware (20) \| Jordan Hunter (13) \| Bruce, Ware (3) \| Qudos Bank Arena4,115 \| 10–11 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 22 \| 11 April \| South East Melbourne \| L 84–98 \| Jarell Martin (23) \| Jordan Hunter (9) \| Didi Louzada (7) \| Qudos Bank Arena4,236 \| 10–12 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 23 \| 15 April \| South East Melbourne \| W 97–90 \| Didi Louzada (28) \| Didi Louzada (8) \| Casper Ware (6) \| Qudos Bank Arena4,476 \| 11–12 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 24 \| 17 April \| Cairns \| W 89–84 \| Casper Ware (40) \| Jordan Hunter (8) \| Shaun Bruce (4) \| Qudos Bank Arena5,214 \| 12–12 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 25 \| 22 April \| @ South East Melbourne \| W 81–101 \| Hunter, Ware (19) \| Jordan Hunter (10) \| Casper Ware (5) \| John Cain Arena1,268 \| 13–12 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 26 \| 24 April \| @ Illawarra \| W 75–79 (OT) \| Casper Ware (18) \| Shaun Bruce (13) \| Casper Ware (4) \| WIN Entertainment Centre3,724 \| 14–12 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 27 \| 2 May \| @ Melbourne \| L 103–78 \| Casper Ware (25) \| Craig Moller (11) \| Shaun Bruce (5) \| John Cain Arena2,214 \| 14–13 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 28 \| 9 May \| Adelaide \| L 88–97 (OT) \| Jarell Martin (25) \| Jordan Hunter (9) \| Casper Ware (8) \| Qudos Bank Arena4,063 \| 14–14 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 29 \| 13 May \| @ Brisbane \| L 93–70 \| Jordan Hunter (15) \| Hunter, Moller (11) \| Casper Ware (3) \| Nissan Arena1,374 \| 14–15 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 30 \| 16 May \| Adelaide \| W 85–75 \| Jarell Martin (20) \| Craig Moller (11) \| Casper Ware (12) \| Qudos Bank Arena5,078 \| 15–15 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 31 \| 20 May \| @ New Zealand \| L 89–81 \| Casper Ware (20) \| Jarell Martin (6) \| Bruce, Ware (3) \| The Trusts Arena3,800 \| 15–16 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 32 \| 22 May \| @ New Zealand \| W 76–81 \| Jarell Martin (29) \| Jarell Martin (9) \| Shaun Bruce (5) \| TSB Stadium2,066 \| 16–16 \|-style="background:#fcc;" \| 33 \| 27 May \| @ Perth \| L 81–67 \| Jarell Martin (20) \| Jordan Hunter (9) \| Xavier Cooks (3) \| RAC Arena10,650 \| 16–17 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 34 \| 29 May \| Melbourne \| W 100–98 (2OT) \| Shaun Bruce (21) \| Craig Moller (12) \| Shaun Bruce (7) \| Qudos Bank Arena6,238 \| 17–17 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 35 \| 3 June \| @ Illawarra \| W 73–79 \| Jarell Martin (23) \| Cooks, Martin (10) \| Casper Ware (8) \| WIN Entertainment Centre3,217 \| 18–17 \|-style="background:#cfc;" \| 36 \| 5 June \| Brisbane \| W 83–82 \| Jarell Martin (28) \| Xavier Cooks (7) \| Xavier Cooks (5) \| Qudos Bank Arena9,267 \| 19–17 Transactions Re-signed Additions Subtractions Awards Player of the Week Round 15, Jordan Hunter See also 2020–21 NBL season Sydney Kings References External links Official Website Sydney Kings Sydney Kings seasons Sydney Kings season
Porto Walter ( or ) is a municipality located in the west of the Brazilian state of Acre. Its population is 12,241 and its area is 6,136 km². The municipality contains 27% of the Serra do Divisor National Park, created in 1989. References Municipalities in Acre (state)
Coptops nigropunctata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Fairmaire in 1871, originally as C. nigropunctatus. It is known from Comoros. References nigropunctata Beetles described in 1871
Will Harries (born 30 March 1987) is a Welsh former international rugby union player. A wing or fullback, he played for the Northampton Saints, Bedford Blues, Newport Gwent Dragons, and most recently Ealing Trailfinders. Professional career Harries was educated at The Cathedral School, Llandaff and Millfield, a school known for its rugby tradition. Harries was part of the Northampton Saints Senior Academy, and made his first competitive appearance against Saracens on 18 November 2006. He featured in the Premiership A league, and five fixtures in the following season, while the Saints were relegated to League 1. For the 2008–09 season, Harries was loaned to Bedford Blues to gain further experience. Harries was released at the end of the season. In 2008, Harries was first selected for the Wales national rugby sevens team squad, appearing in the IRB Sevens. On 1 July 2009, it was announced that Harries would join the Newport Gwent Dragons. He appeared in a LV Cup game against the Saracens for the Dragons in January 2010, in which he scored 2 tries and was named Man of the Match. During his first season with the Dragons, Harries scored eight tries, including a hat trick against Edinburgh. In May 2010 he was added to the Wales national rugby union team standby list for the summer matches and subsequently called into the full squad due to injury to Shane Williams. He made his international debut against New Zealand in Hamilton on 26 June 2010. Following on from his debut, Harries was named in the squad for the 2010 end-of-year rugby union internationals. On 6 November 2010 he made his first international start, against Australia. This was his only appearance of the autumn, Wales opting to give George North his international debut the following week. Harries was not selected in the squad for the 2011 Six Nations Championship. At the end of the season, Harries suffered a substantial knee injury, ruling him out of remainder of the season, as well as the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Harries returned to the Welsh squad in May 2012, and came off the bench in a capped match against the Barbarians. Harries did not travel with the squad to Australia, and this was to be his last cap for Wales. He left Newport Gwent Dragons at the end of the 2013–14 season and was selected in the Wales Sevens squad for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as they fell just short of a semi finals appearance. After finishing the Commonwealth Games, Harries joined Championship team Ealing Trailfinders, where he spent five seasons. In 2019, he retired from professional rugby and alongside work, joined semi professional Chinnor RFC. References External links Wales profile Newport Gwent Dragons profile Northampton Saints profile Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2023 Rugby union players from Cardiff Welsh rugby union players Wales international rugby union players Living people Northampton Saints players Dragons RFC players 1987 births Loughborough Students RUFC players People educated at Millfield People educated at The Cathedral School, Llandaff Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Wales Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union wings
The Ykkönen Finnish football club's 2010 season began on 18 April 2010 and ended on 16 October 2010. The winner team will qualify directly for promotion to Veikkausliiga, the second has to play a play-off against the 13th from Veikkausliiga to decide who plays in Veikkausliiga 2011. The bottom 3 teams will qualify directly for relegation to Kakkonen. Overview League table Relegation play-offs The 13th placed team of 2010 Veikkausliiga and the runners-up of the 2010 Ykkönen will compete in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in the 2011 Veikkausliiga. JJK won the playoffs by 3-1 and remained again in Veikkausliiga. Statistics Top goalscorers Source: miestenykkonen.fi 16 goals Irakli Sirbiladze (KPV) 13 goals Nchimunya Mweetwa (RoPS) Fidan Seferi (FC Espoo) 11 goals Olli Lehtimäki (FC Hämeenlinna) 10 goals Pavle Khorguashvili (RoPS) Samu-Petteri Mäkelä (PoPa) 9 goals Chileshe Chibwe (RoPS) Eero Peltonen (Viikingit) Denis Santos (PS Kemi) References Official site Ykkönen seasons 2010 in Finnish football leagues Fin Fin
The Standard Point Location Code® (SPLC™) is a 9 digit geographic code used by North American transportation industries, especially rail. SPLC is owned and maintained by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association. SPLC exist for terminals within the United States, Canada, and Mexico. For the US and Canada, the first two digits refer to a state, province or territory. The second two digits refer to a county or its equivalent. The third two digits refer to a city or municipal region. The remaining three digits refer to a specific location within the city. For Mexican SPLC, the first three digits refer to the state and the second three digits refer to a municipal region within the state. Like the US and Canadian SPLC, the last three digits refer to a specific location within the city. If the last three digits are "000" then the SPLC is not defined beyond city. External links Official Website References Transport in North America
The Aiguille d'Argentière () is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif on the border between France and Switzerland. The first ascent of the mountain was by a British party comprising Edward Whymper and A. Reilly with guides Michel Croz, M. Payot, H. Charlet on 15 July 1864. The route they took was via the west flank and the north-west ridge. See also Argentière List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m List of mountains of Switzerland References External links The Aiguille d'Argentière on SummitPost The Aiguille d'Argentière on Hikr Mountains of the Graian Alps Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of Valais France–Switzerland border International mountains of Europe Mountains of Haute-Savoie Mountains of Switzerland Three-thousanders of Switzerland Mont Blanc massif
Lady Nelson, was launched in Bermuda in 1801. Lady Nelson traded between London and Curacoa until 1803. She then became a whaler for J. Atkins and was valued at £6,500 in 1802. Under Captain James Lindsey (or Linsey) she sailed for the Galapagos. She was lost there on 15 November 1804. At the time of her loss she had 100 tons of oil. Her crew were saved. Citations References Clayton, Jane M. (2014) Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775-1815: An alphabetical list of ships. (Berforts Group). 1801 ships Ships built in Bermuda Whaling ships Maritime incidents in 1804 Shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean
Hubert Krains (1862–1934) was a Belgian author. Life Born in Brussels, Krains became a member of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique. He wrote essays and became famous with Portraits d'écrivains belges (1930), a collection of essays on Belgian writers. Krains died in a train accident. A prize is named in his honour. Works "Le pain noir" – short story anthologized in À la gloire de la Belgique, edited by Jan Greshoff (1915), pp. 237–241. (Available on dbnl.org) Honours 1924: Commander in the Order of the Crown. References 1862 births 1934 deaths 19th-century Belgian writers 20th-century Belgian writers Commanders of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Members of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique Railway accident deaths in Belgium
Summerville is a city and the county seat of Chattooga County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,534 at the 2010 census. History Summerville was founded in 1838 as the seat of the newly formed Chattooga County. It was incorporated as a town in 1839 and as a city in 1909. Summerville was named from the fact it was a popular summer resort. The city thrived in the late 1880s with the construction of the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad (later part of the Central of Georgia system). The Chattooga County Courthouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was completed in 1909. The Summerville Depot, completed by the Central of Georgia in 1918, is also listed on the National Register, and is home to several annual festivals. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. The city lies along the Chattooga River at the western base of the Taylor Ridge. U.S. Route 27 connects Summerville with Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the north, and Rome to the southeast. Georgia State Route 114 connects the city with Lyerly to the south, and Georgia State Route 48 connects the city with Menlo near the Alabama state line to the west. Climate Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,435 people, 1,769 households, and 997 families residing in the city. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 4,556 people, 1,823 households, and 1,141 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 2,092 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 72.06% White, 25.31% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.90% from other races, and 1.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.58% of the population. There were 1,823 households, out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.8% were married couples living together, 17.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.4% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.04. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was $24,911, and the median income for a family was $35,579. Males had a median income of $26,707 versus $20,222 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,090. About 18.1% of families and 20.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.5% of those under age 18 and 20.3% of those age 65 or over. Education Public education in Summerville is administered by the Chattooga County School District. The district operates four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. The district has 184 full-time teachers and over 2,834 students. Leroy Massey Elementary School Lyerly Elementary School Menlo Elementary School Summerville Elementary School Summerville Middle School Chattooga County High School Notable people Bobby Lee Cook, noted trial attorney Edna Cain Daniel, journalist and publisher Howard Finster, folk artist Brody Malone, artistic gymnast Senorise Perry, NFL player See also J.R. Dick Dowdy Park Paradise Garden References External links Official site Cities in Chattooga County, Georgia Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Micropolitan areas of Georgia (U.S. state) County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)
Amata trifascia is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1976. It is found on Borneo. References trifascia Moths described in 1976 Moths of Borneo
Kling Klang (also spelled as Klingklang) is the private music studio of the band Kraftwerk. The name is taken from the first song on the Kraftwerk 2 album. The studio was originally located at Mintropstraße 16 in Düsseldorf, Germany, adjacent to Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, but in mid-2009 moved to Meerbusch-Osterath, around 10 kilometers west of Düsseldorf. The band also operate a record label named Kling Klang, which they use to release their music. Background Kling Klang (an onomatopœia; in English: ding dong) began as a studio in 1970; the band marked this as the real beginning of Kraftwerk. The studio began as an empty room in a workshop premises located in an industrial part of Düsseldorf. The building exterior was clad in yellow tiles with a large electric shuttered doorway leading to an enclosed courtyard. On the right was a loading stage used by an electrical installation company that used the upper floor. The studio was accessed through a small anteroom. The main studio room was fitted with sound insulation and measured about sixty square feet. Later on other adjoining rooms were used for things like making instruments such as home made oscillators. The basement of the studio was used to store old instruments and machines. The band never threw anything away, and subsequently used the older equipment to recreate sounds. When first using the studio, the band recorded with stereo tape machines and cassette recorders. These master tapes were then taken to a commercial recording studio for the final mix down. Part of the reason for this was so the band could self-produce their albums. The PA equipment at this time was self constructed and consisted of plywood bass horns and cast aluminium mid range horns. In 1971 Kraftwerk was still without a drummer, so the group purchased a cheap drum machine. By treating the sounds with echo and filtering they used the drum machine to record rhythm tracks for their second album. During the making of their third album, they purchased their first commercial synthesisers for the studio, the Minimoog and EMS Synthi AKS. Other equipment at this time included an Echolette Tape Echo. Wolfgang Flür had joined the band at this time and was using a custom built electronic drum system. At the time of his first visit, a small acoustic drum kit was in the studio. It was in 1973 that the studio was christened Kling Klang. After Karl Bartos joined the band, more studio equipment was designed by all four band members. A full-time engineer was employed to assist with the designs and new equipment purchases. In 1976 Kraftwerk began recording Trans-Europe Express at Kling Klang studio. Hütter and Schneider had commissioned Matten & Wiechers, the Bonn based synthesizer studio, to design and build two "Synthanorma" (32-step music sequencers). The "Synthanorma" controlled the band's Minimoog creating the album's rhythmic sound. The band members had begun spending eight to ten hours a day in the studio, regarding themselves as "musical workers". That time was spent designing a complete portable studio setup, including stage backdrops, curtains, lighting, staging and a stereo PA system. Portable nineteen inch equipment frames were designed and linked to other equipment using custom made wiring looms used for quick dismantling while touring. This new system of mobile equipment was designed for the Computer World tour and replaced the previous "messy" system. Kraftwerk spent three years designing the newer system. The newer studio could be set up in about two hours and was far easier to transport whilst touring. The Kling Klang 12k PA system was also designed to be portable and matched the grey colour of the equipment frames. Studio relocation In September 2007, the Neuss-Grevenbroicher Zeitung reported that Ralf Hütter had purchased property space in a proposed new commercial property development ("Mollsfeld") in Meerbusch-Osterath, about 10 kilometers west of Düsseldorf, with the intention of building a new sound studio and office there, so that Kraftwerk's recording, merchandise, and administration can be managed from a single location. The move to the new premises was completed in mid-2009 and, as well as sound recording, the new Kling Klang includes a rehearsal space for the preparation of concert performances. Kling Klang as a record label and music publishing rights Starting in 1975, Kraftwerk released its records on the vanity label Kling Klang Schallplatten. Later and current releases are credited to Kling Klang Produkt, or simply Klingklang. EMI and Warner Music Group, along with their subsidiaries, have promoted and distributed the records in various territories. Kling Klang Music and No Hassle Music existed as music-publishing companies for a small period of time in the US, being associated with ASCAP. In 1999, the band signed a new worldwide deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. In 2013, the band's entire recorded catalogue went to Warner Music; a rare example, given that the catalogue of Kraftwerk's German label, EMI Electrola, was consolidated when EMI was sold to Universal Music. Kling Klang Konsumprodukt GmbH Kraftwerk also sells all of its band merchandise through Kling Klang Konsumprodukt. External links Klingklang Konsumprodukt GmbH Footnotes Kraftwerk German record labels 1970 establishments in West Germany 1975 establishments in West Germany Record labels established in 1975 Pop record labels Vanity record labels EMI Recording studios in Germany Buildings and structures in Düsseldorf Buildings and structures in Rhein-Kreis Neuss
The 1983 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the ninth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States. Held during March 1983, the field included 32 teams and the final championship rounds were contested at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Scranton defeated Wittenberg, 64–63, to claim their second national title. Bracket Regionals National finals See also 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 1983 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 1983 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 1983 NAIA men's basketball tournament References NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Ncaa Tournament NCAA Division III basketball tournament
The Australian Mist (formerly known as Spotted Mist) is a breed of cat developed in Australia. It is a cross between the Abyssinian cat, the Burmese cat, and the Australian Tabby cat. History This breed was developed in Australia beginning in 1975, by crossing the Burmese, Abyssinian, and miscellaneous domestic short-haired cats to create a short-haired cat with a spotted coat. The name was changed from "Spotted Mist" to "Australian Mist" in 1998, when cats with marbled coats, rather than spots, were accepted as part of the breed. Physical characteristics Australian Mists are medium-sized short-haired cats, with a round head and large eyes. The coat is very short and lacks an undercoat. The coat patterns have three aspects: the ground color, which is paler than the pattern; the pattern; and the appearance of wearing a misted veil, caused by random ticking in solid color areas. The legs and tail are ringed or barred, and the face and neck also have lines of color. Their life expectancy is 15–18 years. Distribution Most Australian Mist breeders are in Australia; however, there are a few in the UK and USA. Breeding cats have also been sent to Norway and Germany. Breed acceptance status The breed is accepted for championship status by the World Cat Federation. It was accepted at championship status in TICA (The International Cat Association) on 1 May 2014. It gained championship status with the UK's Governing Council of the Cat Fancy in February 2017. The breed is not yet recognized by the Fédération Internationale Féline. References External links Australian Mist from Breed Founder's Nintu Cattery Australian Mists International. TICA Australian Mist breeder alliance. Info, advice, kitten/stud/breeder list Australian Mists in TICA (The International Cat Association) Australian Mist Cat Society Cat Breeds with Pictures Directory: Australian Mist UK - The Governing Council of the Cat Fancy Abyssinian Experimental domestic Cat breeds Cat breeds originating in Australia
Tess Gallagher is a fictional character in the Australian television series Blue Heelers, portrayed by Caroline Craig from 2000 to 2003. She arrived after Maggie Doyle's death. She arrives as the new Sergeant at Mount Thomas, taking Ben Stewart (Blue Heelers)'s assumed the position. This and her emotionally withdrawn and critical character initially fuels animosity between her and her colleagues. She eventually earns the department's respect, particularly by her colleague Senior Detective P.J. Hasham and her boss Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon. Tess' family is pictured to be disjointed and hectic and leads her to adopt a survivalist attitude. Her mother is portrayed as an ignorant and misguided individual who cared little for her five children. Tess mentions that she has three brothers (although this is never confirmed) and one sister named Bridie, all of whom she supposedly raised throughout her own childhood. Tess' upbringing served to mould her into a determined and successful individual both attaining a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and the role of Senior Detective at Shepparton in Regional Victoria. Tess' emotional withdrawal eventuates in a number of a failed relationships throughout the series. Her initial love interest, Probationary Constable Jack Lawson, although significantly younger than her manages to win her trust and convinces her to momentarily dispose of her cynical outlook toward men and committed relationship. This trust is soon destroyed as Jack is charged for the murder of a suspect and is seen to show no remorse for his action. Jack is replaced by Constable Evan Jones to whom Tess takes an immediate interest but is also taken aback by his relentless foolhardiness. As the Constable's interest in his Sergeant grows from an initial admiration to love, Tess is cautious with her relationship to the Constable and often harshly although reluctantly dismisses any form of affection from Jones that could potentially endanger her pseudo stable existence. The potential of a relationship with Jones scares Tess into marrying the rogue Doctor Josh Carmicheal. Josh's concealed homosexuality and criminal habit of stealing pethidine for a former schoolboy lover results in Tess' decision to divorce her husband. Jones is seen to support Tess both through her divorce with her husband and effective pregnancy with Josh's child by offering to marry her. Tess' history of failed relationship deemed this unwise but Tess does hold a firm friendship with Jones throughout her pregnancy until her final departure due to her contraction of pre-eclampsia. Although Tess is originally seen as a volatile character there are instances during the series that showcase her vulnerability as a human being. Her empathy toward a truant child Hayley who also suffers a tormenting childhood see Tess foster the child and consider her adoption although this doesn't eventuate. Tess' eventual pregnancy also portrays her vulnerability as she faces the decision to either terminate her unborn child or potentially die. Tess departs from the series due to the risk of untreated pre-eclampsia. Her departure effectively resulted in her reconciliation with her longtime estranged mother Denise. Ironically, this bond would fall into effect with Gallagher's long term decision of leaving the police force and going onto raise her ' unborn ' child alone. She is the Tenth Longest serving character behind Tom Croydon, Chris Riley, P.J. Hasham, Maggie Doyle, Ben Stewart, Nick Schultz, Jo Parrish, Evan Jones and Adam Cooper. Blue Heelers characters Fictional police sergeants Television characters introduced in 2000
Tebul Sign Language is a village sign language of the village of Uluban in the Dogon region of Mali, among speakers of Tebul Dogon. See also Bamako Sign Language References Village sign languages Sign languages of Mali
"Promise Me" is a song written by Amanda Espinet and Victor Franco and is the first single from the album Life Goes On, released by freestyle singer Lil Suzy on October 10, 1994. It is Lil Suzy's most successful song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 62. This song was launched by Empress Music label, which belonged to Lil Suzy and who at the time she was 16 years old. Track listing US CD/12" single Charts References Lil Suzy songs 1994 singles 1994 songs
Muta may refer to: Acronyms MUTA, an acronym for the Mechanics' Union of Trade Associations MUTA, an acronym for Male Urogenital Teaching Associate, in medical education MUTA, an abbreviation in the United States Army Reserve for a "Multiple Unit Training Assembly" (multiple refers not to multiple units but the multiple pay periods (usually four) for which reserve component soldiers receive credit for attending Battle Assembly) MUTA, an abbreviation for Murray Bridge Training Area in South Australia, used by the Australian Army Places Municipality of Muta, in Slovenia Muta, Muta, a settlement in Slovenia Mu'tah, a town in Jordan and site of the 7th-century Battle of Mu'tah Pagoda of Fogong Temple, known as Muta, a wooden pagoda in Shanxi Province, China People Muta (surname) (including a list of people with the name) Muta of Daylam (died 640s), an Iranian king Keiji Mutoh (born 1962), Japanese wrestler known as The Great Muta Miroslav Nikolić (born 1956), Serbian professional basketball coach Twitch streamer known as itsMuta Other uses Muta (deity), the personification of silence in Roman mythology Muta, the short-name of the unit type Mutalisk from the video game StarCraft Nikah mut'ah, a temporary marriage in Islam Mut'ah of Hajj, relaxation between the lesser and greater Hajj Muta, a character in The Cat Returns Muta, a 1930s slang term for marijuana Muta, an informal unit for measuring blood loss in wrestling
Henley-in-Arden is a railway station serving the town of Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England. It is on the North Warwickshire Line between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon. History First station and branch line The first railway station at Henley was opened to passengers on 6 June 1894 (and to goods on 2 July 1894) at the end of a short branch line, in length, running from Rowington Junction, near (then known as Kingswood) on the Great Western Railway (GWR) main line from London to Birmingham. Construction of the branch line began in 1860, but was not finished because of a lack of funding. Construction was begun again in the 1890s by a new company, the Birmingham and Henley in Arden Railway, and completed in June 1894. The branch came under the control of the GWR in 1900. On 9 December 1907 the North Warwickshire Line was opened for goods traffic; it opened to passengers on 1 July 1908. This connected Henley with a new station, and made the branch line superfluous. A short spur, in length, was constructed to allow branch line trains to enter the new station, but the old one continued to be used for goods. The branch continued in operation until 1915, when it was closed as a wartime economy measure, and its tracks were taken up to be used for the First World War war effort. Official closure of the between Rowington Junction and the old station took place on 1 January 1917. The short spur to the old station continued to be used for goods until December 1962. Current station The current station was opened in 1908 with the North Warwickshire Line, which then was an important main line connecting Birmingham with Cheltenham via Stratford-upon-Avon. The new station was one of the most prestigious on the new line, and was provided with three platforms. One of which was for trains terminating from Birmingham, and for a short period, trains terminating from the old branch line, until it closed. The station today is unstaffed, and only two of the three original platforms are in use. The original station building and canopy is still extant on one platform, but is now boarded up. A modern lift-equipped footbridge was installed at the station in 2014, the original footbridge was dismantled and donated to the heritage Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway where it was re-erected at Broadway. Services The station is served by hourly local trains in each direction, between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon, run by West Midlands Trains. Most Birmingham trains continue to . On Sundays, trains run to/from on the same hourly frequency. Accidents Several accidents have taken place at both the original and present stations at Henley: On 4 September 1899, at the original branch line station, a passenger train with four passengers on board, was approaching the station on the descending gradient, it failed to slow down, and crashed through the buffers at the end of the station; the locomotive and first coach then came to rest in a nearby meadow. The engine crew jumped off before the accident, the four passengers were on board the other coaches and were unhurt. The driver stated that the brakes failed to operate when he applied them. Just after midnight on 25 June 1911, at the present station, an accident occurred when the signalman at Henley mistakenly believed that a train approaching the station was a local terminating train, and so set the points for the bay platform: in fact the train was the Wolverhampton to Bristol express. The express entered the bay at around 30 mph, despite the driver applying the emergency brakes, the train smashed through the buffers and overturned onto the up main line, demolishing a signal. The first two coaches were smashed, but were empty; nine of the 33 passengers on board were slightly injured. The driver and fireman were scalded when they returned to shut off the steam on the locomotive to prevent a boiler explosion. References External links Henley-in-Arden Gateway Website Warwickshire's Railways: Historical photographs of Henley in Arden station Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Henley-in-Arden station Railway stations in Warwickshire DfT Category F1 stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908 Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains 1908 establishments in England Henley-in-Arden
Immanuel Benveniste (also Manuel Benveniste) (1608 in Venice – c. 1660 in Amsterdam) was an Italian Jewish printer in Amsterdam who printed many Hebrew works including an edition of the Talmud from 1644-48. He was one of a number of notable Portuguese Jewish printers at Amsterdam in the seventeenth century, including Manasseh ben Israel, David de Castro Tartas, and Joseph and Immanuel Athias. Benveniste also published the sermons of Saul Levi Morteira in 1652. Benveniste’s printer’s device (which may have been the family escutcheon) showed an upright lion facing a tower with a star above. Apparently, later printers often “borrowed” this mark for various reasons. The first to do so were Ben Judah ben Mordecai of Posen and Samuel ben Moses ha-Levi, Ashkenazic printers who had previously worked for Benveniste. In their case, Benveniste presumably allowed them to use the mark, perhaps as a show of support for his former employees. References 1608 births 1660 deaths 17th-century printers 17th-century Sephardi Jews Dutch Sephardi Jews Dutch printers Jewish printing and publishing Businesspeople from Amsterdam Republic of Venice printers 17th-century Dutch businesspeople
Thiruda Thirudi ( Male Thief and Female Thief) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Subramaniam Siva. The film stars Dhanush, Chaya Singh, Karunas, Manikka Vinayagam, and Krishna. This film was a low-budget production, and the soundtrack was composed by Dhina. The film released on 5 September 2003. It was remade in Telugu as Donga Dongadi and in Kannada as Sakha Sakhi. The film was a commercial success. Plot Vasudevan aka Vasu belongs to a middle-class family and is irresponsible and untrustworthy. Vijayalakshmi aka Viji is from a traditional Telugu family and is an ambitious and career-oriented girl. Vasu and Viji meet up, and one day, he follows her on her two-wheeler. She is so bugged by him that she fails to notice a vehicle ahead. Though he cautions her, she ends up having an accident. Vasu admits her in the hospital, but Viji holds him responsible for her accident. Both of them are at loggerheads and bicker constantly. Vasu leaves for Chennai in order to prove himself to his father, who is constantly criticising his irresponsibility. Meanwhile, Viji gets a job at Chennai and moves into the same apartment complex as Vasu. The rest of the story follows Vasu's progress and deals with relationship between Vasu and Viji and whether or not their attitude for each other changed. Viji falls in love with Vasu, but he acts to hate her because she made him and his whole family separated. So in the middle, something happens, and they both end up loving each other. Vasu also got back together with his family. Cast Dhanush as Vasudevan aka Vasu Chaya Singh as Vijayalakshmi aka Viji (Voice dubbed by Mahalakshmi Kannan) Karunas as 'Rockfort' Chandru Manikka Vinayagam as Vasu's father Krishna as Ganesh, Vasu's brother Meghna Nair as Omanakutty Delhi Ganesh as Vasudevan's Boss (guest appearance) Sujee as Pooja Kousalya Senthamarai as Vasu's mother Kambar Jayaraman as Narayanasamy Naidu Viji's father Sri Vidhya as Chandru's sister Harish Adhithya as Kumar (Chandru's friend) Master Udayaraj as a naughty boy Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Dhina.The track "Manmadha Rasa" became popular. Release A critic from Screen noted "it was an offbeat love story marked by good performance by Dhanush which makes it a breezy entertainer." The low-budget film was the second most successful film of the year. It was later remade in Telugu as Donga Dongadi, where Manikka Vinayagam would reprise his role as the male protagonist's father. It was also remade in Kannada as Sakha Sakhi. References External links 2003 films Films shot in Tiruchirappalli Tamil films remade in other languages 2000s Tamil-language films Films set in Tiruchirappalli 2003 directorial debut films Films directed by Subramaniam Siva
Shan Ha (), also referred to as Shan Ha (Pa Mei) (), Pa Mei New Village () or simply Pa Mei () is a village in Tung Chung on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Administration Shan Ha (Pa Mei) () is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Pa Mei was 46. The number of males was 27. See also Ma Wan New Village, adjacent to Shan Ha References External links Delineation of area of existing village Pa Mei (Tung Chung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Villages in Islands District, Hong Kong Tung Chung
North American gambling treatment centers are intended to treat gambling addiction. In general, gambling addiction treatment is considered an add-on to other addiction treatments. All three treatment centers that offer gambling addiction treatment in North America treat gambling in addition to alcohol addiction and other substances addictions. Inpatient Centers offering care There are not many in-patient centers offering care for compulsive gambling, even though neurological research indicates the treatment is not significantly different from other substance abuse addictions. In general the treatment of gamblers is not a significant in-patient percentage compared to the number of alcoholics and drug addictions treated. This is largely due to the financial realities: in-patient addiction rehabilitation costs an average of $24,000 per person, and when compulsive gamblers seek help, they are usually broke. Outpatient Care Gamblers Anonymous is the most common outpatient care program. It cites less than 8% retention/abstention rate over the first year of treatment. See also Problem gambling Alcoholism Drug rehabilitation Williamsville Wellness Gamblers Anonymous References Problem gambling organizations
Papilliconus radulfivillensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Distribution Fossils of this marine species were found in France. References Tracey S., Craig B., Belliard L. & Gain O. (2017). One, four or forty species? - early Conidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) that led to a radiation and biodiversity peak in the late Lutetian Eocene of the Cotentin, NW France. Carnets de Voyages Paléontologiques dans le Bassin Anglo-Parisien. 3: 1-38 radulfivillensis Gastropods described in 2017
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Philip Geipel (born 9 December 1986 in Plauen) is a German auto racing driver. In 2004 he entered the German Toyota Yaris Cup, winning the championship in 2005. He has competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2006 and 2007. Both times he raced in two rounds at Brno for the Yaco Racing Team in a Toyota Corolla. He raced a Toyota Auris in the 2008 German ADAC Procar Series, winning the championship in what was his third year in the series. He returned to the WTCC in 2009 for Engstler Motorsport. Racing record Complete WTCC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) References External links 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Plauen Racing drivers from Saxony German racing drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers European Touring Car Cup drivers Engstler Motorsport drivers
CANWARN, acronym for CANadian Weather Amateur Radio Network, is an organized severe weather spotting and reporting program organized and run by the Meteorological Services Division of Environment Canada. What CANWARN members do is called ground truthing, they confirm and add information to the remote sensing observations of satellites and radar as well as provide information not observable by these technologies. The program was first theorized by members of the Windsor Amateur Radio Club in Windsor, Ontario in 1986. Randy Mawson VE3TRW, Paul Robertson VE3HFQ, Jerry Beneteau VE3EXT and Bill Leal VE3ES established the original parameters and processes at that time with the first training session held in Windsor during the winter of 1986/1987 at the Windsor Airport, home at the time of the Windsor Weather Office of Environment Canada. Paul VE3HFQ and Bill VE3ES were literally putting the final touches on the station (VE3YQG) located at the Windsor Weather Office in early April 1987 when the very first CANWARN net was called to order. A report of a tornado in south east Michigan on a path towards Essex County was relayed to Environment Canada's severe weather desk in Toronto, Ontario. Later that year, after the Edmonton tornado and at the request of the Hage Report CANWARN was expanded beyond the initial program run out of the Windsor (Ontario) Weather Office. Organized storm spotting in Canada had existed prior but operated independently of Environment Canada and never fully achieved the success that the CANWARN program did. Initially, CANWARN was predominantly based in southern Ontario and central Alberta but eventually grew to encompass the entire country by the early 1990s. The United States began a national storm spotting program in the 1950s. Prior to that, it too had only local spotting programs. In the 1970s, it increased spotting efforts and launched its Skywarn program, which partly inspired CANWARN. In the 2000s, Europe also began organized spotting efforts under the auspices of Skywarn Europe, which consists of autonomous branches in about a dozen countries. See also Amateur Radio Emergency Service References External links Canwarn homepage Radio Amateurs of Canada CANWARN Page 1987 in Canada Meteorological Service of Canada Emergency communication Meteorological data and networks Amateur radio emergency communications organizations Emergency management in Canada Amateur radio in Canada
RAF Caistor is a former Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground located south east of Brigg, Lincolnshire and north west of Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England, the site is now used for farming. History Second World War Satellite of No. 1 Air Armament School RAF (December 1942 - June 1943) Relief Landing Ground for No. 15 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (June - September 1942) No. 53 Operational Training Unit RAF (1943-44) A detachment of No. 85 Squadron RAF Sub site for No. 93 Maintenance Unit RAF (December 1948 - December 1950) Sub site for No. 233 Maintenance Unit RAF (February 1945 - ?) Relief Landing Ground for RAF College SFTS (June 1943 - March 1944) became Relief Landing Ground for No. 17 Service Flying Training School RAF (March 1944 - February 1945) Cold War No. 269 Squadron RAF with PGM-17 Thors Current use The site has now returned to agricultural use, and little remains of the military facilities. References Citations Bibliography External links Royal Air Force stations in Lincolnshire RAF
St. Stephen's Mausoleum is a memorial building to Stephen I of Hungary in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. It was built in the late 1930s behind the excavated ruins of the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary where Stephen had been originally buried, and contains the 11th-century sarcophagus of the deceased king. Building and decoration The mausoleum building was designed in 1936 by archaeologist in collaboration with his father , and completed in 1938. On the exterior are relief sculptures by . The interior walls are decorated with frescoes by Vilmos Aba-Novák representing themes related to St. Stephen, interpreted in the Hungarian political context of 1938. The main scenes are the "Holy Dexter" or Stephen's right hand, a relic that is now kept in St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, on the northern wall; and the Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as the Crown of St. Stephen) on the southern wall, together with a procession of rulers of Hungary and dignitaries, all the way to Miklós Horthy and his former minister Bálint Hóman. Smaller scenes depict St. Gellért baptizing the Hungarians and the foundation of the church on the western (entrance) wall, and the legend of the dream of Sylvester II and St. Stephen's coronation on the Eastern side. The frescoes' religious and political themes led to their whitewashing in the Communist post-war era, which ironically contributed to their preservation. They were restored in 1996. The large stained glass window of the eastern wall was created by Lili Árkayné Sztehló and depicted episodes of St. Stephen's life. It was destroyed during World War II and recreated in 1996-97 using the artist's original patterns. Sarcophagus The sarcophagus of St. Stephen is a re-employed antique marble sarcophagus, which was recarved in the 11th century, most likely on the occasion of Stephen's canonization in 1083. It is decorated with cherubs, rosettes and flowers on the long sides, and with an angel on one of the short sides (the other is left uncarved). The sarcophagus is now empty. It was found in 1814 and kept from then in the Hungarian National Museum, but was only identified as St. Stephen's in 1930. As a consequence, it was transferred to Székesfehérvár and placed in the newly built mausoleum in 1938. August 1938 celebrations The mausoleum was a focal point of the 1938 celebration of the 900th anniversary of St. Stephen's death. A series of events that year culminated on August 18 with a special session of both houses of the Hungarian Parliament that made August 20, the day of the deceased king's canonization in 1083, into a national holiday (hu). The event was celebrated in 1941 by another fresco of Aba-Novák in Székesfehérvár City Hall, where the parliamentary session had taken place. The same day, Miklós Horthy and accompanying dignitaries visited the mausoleum, with the frescoes still a work in progress presented to them by Aba-Novák, and went on to inaugurate the statue of St. Stephen by . The parliamentary session had originally been planned for August 21, but was brought forward because of an appointment of Horthy with Adolf Hitler that was scheduled that day. Gallery Notes Buildings and structures in Székesfehérvár 1938 establishments in Hungary Mausoleums
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Yūzō Asahara. References 2008 films Films directed by Yūzou Asahara 2000s Japanese-language films 19 Films set in Ōita Prefecture 2000s Japanese films
The Past of the Future is the third studio album by Slovak musician Karol Mikloš, released on May 20, 2008. Issued by Deadred Records, the set was distributed in the neighboring Czech Republic through Starcastic Records, and virtually by Music Kickup. As such, the work followed the pattern of his previous release Vis-à-vis (2002), in which Mikloš began his gradual transition into the electronic circles. Unlike its predecessor, The Past of the Future featured a live instrumentation. Mikloš reprised his collaboration with Andrej Monček for one song, "You Never Listen", promoted also on a single, which became his highest charting outcome on the SK Rádio Top 50 to date, debuting and peaking at number twenty-six. The rest of the compositions were written mostly by Mikloš himself and entered the top-forty of the component airplay list, with the exception of "Insane" from 2006. As a result, the album received two nominations for the annual Radio Head Awards, presented by Rádio FM. Upon release, The Past of the Future earned from favorable to positive reviews from music journalists, with many of them rating the work as the finest full-length effort recorded by Mikloš, or rather his most mature album until then. Although the set itself didn't enter the record charts, Czech Radio Wave listed the title as the Album of the Week for the week beginning June 2, 2008. Reception Critical response The Past of the Future generated mainly positive music critics with the earliest being published by the Czech media. Independent web portal SpaceBoss.net, introduced the final result as "more mature, more colorful and more genuine than anything [he] recorded so far." Along with complimenting Mikloš for lyrical and vocal contributions, the website attributed much of his album's sound potential to those by Matúš Homola and Andrej Gmuca. Tadeáš Haager from alternative Radio Wave station, acknowledged singer for managing to learn from mistakes in the past, referring to a monotonous sound of his previous outputs as observed by local journalists once upon a time. While stressing artist's credibility to perform also in English, Haager concluded that "listening to Mikloš doesn't mean to hear some sonic boom of a pioneer and trailblazer, it is more likely an incredibly skilled tribute to [his] foreign models with no need to be ashamed for and to dissociate self from them." A similar opinion was shared by Boris Filantrop of EXITmusic.org, an SK music-based web. "In terms of musical arrangement, no revolution can take place", he wrote. In contrast to Haager though, Filantrop himself reproached Mikloš for a somewhat awkward English pronunciation, summarizing his notes with: "The Past of the Future with no export intentions, thus, has been quite obviously meant for audiences located in Central Europe, preferably in there, where the world music could be forty years seen only from behind the Iron Curtain. And it's a good album." Also Pavel Zelinka from Czech UNI that covers local culture life on a monthly basis, cited Mikloš'es wording as the weakest spot whereas pointing out on his, more or less, remarkable lyrics. American freelancer Darrell Jónsson who interviewed musician for The Prague Post, would find shocking, for a change, finding out "[he] is not British". Describing his production "distinct and elegant", Jónsson saw his native limits beneficial in fact. Juraj Cagáň from Hudba.sk, part of search engine Zoznam.sk, commended singer's language skills. Yet, on the other hand, Cagáň also declared that his songs work better when they are sung in his mother tongue, appealing on "[his] very intimate and distinctive vocal". According to Jaroslav Špulák of Rock & Pop magazine, an otherwise "interesting work" is good enough to be praised for, but it lacks an identity as whole. "At the same time [it] quickly runs into an all out interchangeability", stated the music expert. Oliver Rehák from mainstream periodical SME graded the overall endeavor to be standard of his own, and so did economical Profit actually. In addition, the latter branded the set as "way well done". Maxim Horovic of streaming server FreeMusic.cz, he considered impossible as well unimportant to classify Mikloš'es format on the local scene and paid attention to the album's composition instead. Dan Hájek from MusicServer.cz, labelled the product as "a fair option for pop", adding "[it] is a worked out sculpture of [his] talent." Zuzana Husárová from now ceased Žurnál weekly with focus on social and political issues in SK, was most impressed by depth of the album's testimony, comparing his songs to "leaves [he] throws down off himself. Leaves falling from the past to the future and pouring these lands into one." Commercial performance The album release didn't enter Top 50 Prodejní, an official chart effective for both Czechia and Slovakia, formerly the countries of a common federal state. However four out of five promotional recordings covered by some of the SK radio stations, appeared on the local component Rádio Top 50 chart, such as "Leaving for England" at number thirty-three, "You Never Listen" at position twenty-six, "In the Bubble" at number forty and "Apocalyptical" peaking at number thirty. Track listings Credits and personnel Management Recording studio – Garage One , Trenčín, Slovakia Publishing – Deadred Records • Starcastic Records • Music Kickup Distribution – Fluidum Design, Trenčín, SK • Starcastic, Prague, CZ Production Writers – Mikloš • Andrej Monček • Alan Dykstra Mastering – Soundshine, Myjava, SK Production and mixing – Matúš Homola and Mikloš • Andrej Gmuca Personnel Vocals – Mikloš Musical instruments – Mikloš, Gmuca, Homola Photography – Slávka S. Cover art – Ria Bobotová, Art Frame, Trenčín, SK • Fluidum Design, Trenčín, SK Graphic design – Tomáš Brousil, Suitcase Type Foundry, Prague, CZ Chart performance Singles Awards Footnotes References External links The Past of the Future (Official website) The Past of the Future on Bandcamp The Past of the Future on Discogs The Past of the Future on iTunes The Past of the Future at Deadred Records The Past of the Future at Starcastic Records Karol Mikloš albums 2008 albums Deadred Records albums
Nesiocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus Nesiocypraea include: Nesiocypraea aenigma Lorenz, 2002 Nesiocypraea lisetae Kilburn, 1975 Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 Nesiocypraea midwayensis kontiki Lorenz, 2012 Nesiocypraea midwayensis midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 Nesiocypraea teramachii (Kuroda, 1938) Nesiocypraea teramachii neocaledonica Lorenz, 2002 Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemus Lorenz, 2002 Nesiocypraea thachi F. Huber, 2020 Species brought into synonymy Nesiocypraea axelhuberti Lorenz & Hubert, 2000: synonym of Austrasiatica alexhuberti Lorenz and Huber, 2000 Nesiocypraea axelhuberti Lorenz & Huber, 2000: synonym of Austrasiatica alexhuberti (Lorenz & Huber, 2000) Nesiocypraea deforgesi Lorenz, 2002: synonym of Austrasiatica deforgesi Lorenz, 2002 Nesiocypraea hirasei (Roberts, 1913) synonym of Austrasiatica hirasei (Roberts, 1913) Nesiocypraea langfordi(Kuroda, 1938): synonym of Austrasiatica langfordi (Kuroda, 1938) Nesiocypraea maricola Cate, 1976: synonym of Nesiocypraea lisetae Kilburn, 1975 Nesiocypraea sakurai Habe, 1970: synonym of Austrasiatica sakurai (Habe, 1970) Nesiocypraea sakuraii (Habe, 1970): synonym of Austrasiatica sakurai (Habe, 1970) References Cypraeidae
Decadent () was a South Korean indie rock band. The band formed in 2016 and disbanded in 2019. Their only studio album, Decadent (2018), was nominated for the Best Modern Rock Album at the 2019 Korean Music Awards. History Decadent was formed in Hyehwa-dong, Seoul in May 2016 by high school alumni. They released an EP É (ㅔ) on 4 May 2017. Weiv's Na Wonyoung described the band as "A group that "crossover" the world in their own way." They won the Penta Super Rookie hosted at the Pentaport Rock Festival in 2017, and performed at the festival. Their debut self-title studio album was released in 2018, and held an exhibition. They made it to the final round of the 2018 EBS Hello Rookie Contest with KOCCA hosted by Educational Broadcasting System and Korea Creative Content Agency, and won third place. The album was nominated for the Best Modern Rock Album at the 2019 Korean Music Awards. Decadent announced their disbandment in 2019, and were scheduled to give their final performance at the 2019 Jisan Rock Festival, but it did not happen as the festival was cancelled. The vocalist Jin Dongwook later debuted as a solo musician and released his first studio album DFMO in 2019. The member of the selection committee for the Korean Music Awards Lee Kyeongjoon described the band as "For those who loved indie rock, Decadent was irreplaceable, and more than anyone else, I regret the dissolution of Decadent and look forward to the music each of the four members will create.", and nominated their single Lingu for the 2020 Korean Music Awards for Best Modern Rock Song. Discography Studio albums Decadent (2018) EPs É (ㅔ) (2017) Lingu / Talus (2019) References South Korean blues rock musical groups Musical groups established in 2016 Musical groups disestablished in 2019 2016 establishments in South Korea 2019 disestablishments in South Korea
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Osor () is a village and a small port on the Croatian island of Cres, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar. Administratively, it is part of the town of Mali Lošinj. As of 2021, it had a population 26. Osor lies at a narrow channel that separates the islands of Cres and Lošinj. The channel was built in Roman times to make sailing possible. Now the islands are connected with a rotating bridge. Originally, Cres and Lošinj were one island, Osor, before the channel was cut. History The first settlements of the area date in the prehistoric times. In Roman times, Osor, then called Apsoros (), also used to refer to the whole island of Lošinj, was an important center of trade on the route to the ports of Northern Adriatic. After the fall of Roman Empire, Osor became a part of Byzantine Empire and was a seat of diocese since the 6th century. In 840 it was burned down by Saracens, in the 10th century, it came under Croatian rule. In the 14th century it was under the rule of the Republic of Venice. From the 15th century on, Osor lost its strategic and commercial importance. Due to malaria, it was ultimately abandoned as the administrative center of the island in favor of the town of Cres. In the 19th century the island was under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and after First World War part of the Kingdom of Italy. After World War II Osor-Ossero was a part of the Republic of Yugoslavia. Today, Osor is a tourist-oriented town in Croatia, with sculptures of Ivan Meštrović and others scattered around the center. Several camping sites are located in the surroundings. Ecclesiastical history Residential bishopric The bishopric of what was called in Latin Absorus was founded circa 600, maybe as early as the 6th century, as a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Late Roman province Dalmatia Inferior's capital Salona (later of Split), but the first bishop of the see whose name is known was Dominicus in the last third of the 9th century. It has also been called Absor and Lusin. The diocese was from 1146 a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zadar/Zara. Its cathedral, the Church of the Assumption, was built from 1463 until 1497. The area was taken by the Ottoman Empire in 1621 and held for a short time, during which its Christians travelled to Šibenik to fulfil their Easter duty of Confession and Communion. Absorus ceased in 1828 to be a residential see, when its territory was added to that of the Croatian diocese of Krk. Suffragan Bishops of Osor (all Roman Rite; ''very incomplete : first centuries unavailable) ... Lovro (1042? – 1059), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Salona (Croatia) (1059 – 1099) Michele, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1290? – ?) Giacomo (? – ?) Angelo, O.F.M. (2 October 1295 – 1300?) Bonifacio (1315? – ?) Guglielmo (1325? – ?) Cipriano (1335? – death 1337?) Crisogono (6 January 1343 – ?) Martino (8 March 1346 – ?) Matteo Cernota (29 October 1347 – 19 July 1357), later Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia) (1357.07.19 – ?) Bonifacio (19 July 1357 – ?), previously Bishop of Trebinje (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (? – 6 February 1344), Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia) (6 February 1344 – 19 July 1357) Michele da Zara, O.F.M. (17 June 1374 – ?) Tommaso (? – ?) Pactius (1390? – ?) Mauro Rassoli (17 May 1399 – death 1410?) Isidoro, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (19 November 1410 – 1411) Vito da Cherso, O.F.M. (24 October 1412 – ?) Pietro Leon (6 February 1436 – 4 June 1445), later Bishop of Ceneda (Italy) (4 June 1445 – 1474) Simone de Valle (9 June 1445 – ?), was an auditor in the case of John Myssenden Vicar of Leatherhead against the Priory of Leeds near Maidstone in 1446. The Register of Letters to England, Scotland and Ireland reports the case Domenico (28 July 1449 – ?) Antonio di Pago (12 January 1451 – 29 March 1471), later Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro) (29 March 1471 – ?) Marco Negro (29 March 1471 – death 20 July 1485), previously Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro) (7 November 1459 – 29 March 1471) Giovanni Robobello (5 November 1485 – 6 January 1491), later Bishop of Feltre (Italy) (6 January 1491 – 19 December 1494), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zadar (Zara) (Croatia) (19 December 1494 – 1503) Giovanni Giusto (6 January 1491 – ?) Andrea Corner (6 November 1512 – death 1514) Giovanni Battista Garzoni (1514 – death 1516) Andrea Peveraro (24 July 1517 – death 1527) Antonio de Cappo (26 December 1527 – death 1553) Marco Fedeli-Gonzaga (1553 – 1 December 1574), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Osor (? – 1553); later Bishop of Mantova (Mantua)) (Italy) (1 December 1574 – death 29 September 1583) Coriolano Garzadoro (19 January 1575 – 1614) Ottaviano Garzadoro (17 March 1614 – death 1633) Marc'Antonio Verità (18 July 1633 – death 15 October 1650) Giovanni de Rossi (10 November 1653 – death 1667), previously Bishop of Kefalonia–Zakynthos (insular Greece; 3 December 1640 – 10 July 1645), Bishop of Chiron (10 July 1645 – 10 November 1653) Matteo Scrivanelli (3 August 1667 – death December 1672) Simone Gaudenti (30 January 1673 – death September 1719) Nicolò Drasich (16 September 1720 – death December 1737) Giovanni Ferro (19 December 1738 – death 27 May 1742) Mate Karaman (9 July 1742 – 22 November 1745), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Zadar (Zara) (Croatia) (22 November 1745 – death 7 May 1771) Niccolò Dinarico (Dinarić) (22 November 1745 – 3 January 1757), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Salona (Croatia) (3 January 1757 – 1764) Bonaventura Bernardi (3 January 1757 – death 21 February 1781) Simone Spalatin (25 June 1781 – death 10 February 1798), previously Bishop of Korcula (13 March 1775 – 25 June 1781) Francesco Pietro Raccamarich (20 July 1801 – 21 January 1815), previously Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro) (27 June 1796 – death 20 July 1801) Titular see It is today listed by the Catholic Church as a since 1933, when the diocese was nominally restored as a titular bishopric Osor, also named Absorus in Latin and Ossore in Curiate Italian. It has had the following incumbents of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank : Titular Bishop Karl Moser (9 July 1969 – 29 September 1991), as Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Vienna) (Austria) (9 July 1969 – 29 June 1991) Titular Bishop Peter Henrici (4 March 1993 – ...), Jesuits (S.J.), Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chur (Switzerland) References Sources and external links GCatholic with incumbent bio links Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Seaside resorts in Croatia Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Croatia Cres Illyrian Croatia
Yokoyama Station may refer to either of the following train stations in Japan: Yokoyama Station (Hyōgo) of Kobe Electric Railway Yokoyama Station (Ishikawa) of JR West Shima-Yokoyama Station of Kintetsu Rikuzen-Yokoyama Station of JR East
M67, M-67, or M.67 may refer to: M-67 (Michigan highway), a state highway in Michigan in the United States M67 grenade, a fragmentation hand grenade M67 motorway, a motorway in Greater Manchester, England M67 recoilless rifle, an anti-tank weapon The M-67 submachine gun; see MEMS M-52/60 M67 Zippo, a flamethrower tank variant of the M48 Patton tank BMW M67, a 1998 turbodiesel automobile engine Mauser M67, a rifle made by Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk based on M/98k actions, which again were based on captured Karabiner 98k (K98k) actions Macchi M.67, an Italian racing floatplane of 1929 Messier 67, an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer
County routes in Genesee County, New York, are not posted on route markers. However, the number is given, along with house numbers, often on intersection blade signs. There is no apparent numbering pattern. County routes generally comprise one or more named roads, or portions thereof, strung together to form a single continuous unit. These usually extend for some distance, connecting primary highways in two or more towns. The majority of the county's roads are assigned to the towns. Nowhere does any county route wholly enter either a village or the city of Batavia. Routes 1–25A Routes 26–151 See also County routes in New York Highways in Genesee County, New York References External links Genesee County Highways – Empire State Roads.com County routes
Gwynedd Is Conwy (Welsh, meaning Gwynedd Below the Conwy) was the portion of the former Kingdom of Gwynedd lying between the River Conwy and River Dee. This area was also known as Y Berfeddwlad ('The Middle Land') as it lay between and was contested by the rival realms of Gwynedd and Powys. Today the area is mostly contained within the unitary authorities of Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire. Medieval Wales cy:Y Berfeddwlad
The House of Sand () is a 2005 Brazilian film directed by Andrucha Waddington. It stars real life mother and daughter Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres. The House of Sand was filmed entirely on the coast of northern Brazil, inside Lençóis Maranhenses National Park. Plot In 1910, pregnant Áurea (Torres) along with her mother, Maria (Montenegro) arrive at a remote, desert-like part of the Brazilian state of Maranhão—called the Lençóis Maranhenses—where her fanatical husband Vasco de Sá (Ruy Guerra) has relocated the family from the state's capital, São Luís, to start a farm. Soon the white settlers realize that they are not alone: a group of descendants of runaway slaves live in the area, in a settlement—generally known as a quilombo—they call "The Island" because it is the only permanently fertile spot in a sea of sand where it rains only during the rainy season. Due to the madness of Vasco, Maria seeks to bribe the black settlers to take her and her daughter away, but they, while taking her money (it is basically useless in the local barter economy), do no such thing. However, soon enough Vasco's workers abandon the farm. Vasco, enraged over this betrayal, dies when he accidentally buries himself under a heap of construction material for the half-finished house. This leaves the two women with no way of returning to the city. Left to their own devices, they venture out to explore the area. They find a fishing hut on the shores of the ocean and notice that Massu (Seu Jorge), the fisherman, has salt which he regularly obtains from his father on the nearby Island. Massu takes them there, as they seek to follow the salt trail out of the desert. However, Massu's father does not know where the salt comes from since he is the grandson of a runaway slave; he already had been born in the sanctuary; he does not know the world beyond the Island. Yet soon they establish contact with the itinerant trader who brings the salt (fittingly called Chico do Sal), but he too does not offer any viable connection back to the civilization. Unable to return for now, Áurea and Maria get settled and with the help of Massu start a small farming operation. Nine years after their arrival, Áurea still longs to return to her former life while her mother seems quite content since she feels she does not have anything worthwhile to return to. Aurea has been purchasing beasts of burden to venture out of the sandy trap. When the old trader dies, Áurea, following a fresh trail in the sand by herself, sets out to return her family to civilization. She finds an international scientific expedition that, for the purpose of observing the solar eclipse of May 29, 1919, had come to the remote desert to verify claims made by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity concerning the curvature of space. Áurea falls in love with Luiz, a young soldier escorting the expedition, whom she also asks to request permission for her and her family to return home with the scientists. Áurea hurries back home to bring her mother and daughter to the expedition. However, when she returns to her "house of sand", the dunes have further encroached upon her house; the mother has died, the daughter (also named Maria) has found refuge with Massu—but precious time is lost: they miss the expedition. Luiz had not only told her that he wanted to join the newly established Brazilian Air Force; he had also told her that the scientists would come back in a few months to continue their studies. She and her daughter check back regularly where the expedition had established a geodesic marker since Áurea does not want to stay in the desert mainly because, as she confides to her daughter, she misses "real music", that is, the classical music she played on the piano when she was younger. The expedition returns but Áurea misses it. Massu, who saw it with his son, did not tell her about it. When Aurea realizes that she had missed her lifeline back to her world, she resigns herself to her fate and links up with Massu. As young Maria grows older, Áurea is troubled by the fact that she, out of boredom, has become a drunk and cheap prostitute for the young men of the Island, aborting her pregnancies. Their fate is fundamentally altered when, in 1942 (the year Brazil declared war on the Axis powers), a Brazilian military plane crashes in the ocean nearby. A search party is sent out that is commanded by Luiz, now a high-ranking officer with the Brazilian Air Force. Luiz, who is married, first sees Maria and is reminded by her of her mother Áurea (in fact, Maria now is played by Fernanda Torres, who first played young Áurea; Áurea now is played by Fernanda Montenegro who first played Áurea's mother, Maria). Eventually, he meets Áurea in person who begs him to take Maria with him. This he does, promising to look after her, while Áurea contently stays with Massu in the desert. About three decades later, Maria finally returns to the house she grew up in. She finds her gray-haired mother, sitting by herself at their old kitchen table. They happily reunite, and Maria brings deep joy to Áurea when she plays a tape-recording of "real music", Frédéric Chopin's Prélude "Raindrops", op. 28, no. 15. Contemplating the moon together, Maria tells her mother that man had landed on the moon (in 1969). Áurea, remembering a conversation she had with Luiz fifty years earlier concerning Einstein's theory of Special Relativity, asks her daughter whether the astronauts, travelling at high speed in a rocket, returned younger than they left. Maria, unlike her seemingly isolated mother not acquainted with the twin paradox (that Luiz attempted to explain to Áurea in 1919, and the latter did not entirely understand), states that they returned older. When asked what they found on the moon, Maria replies: Nothing but sand. Cast Fernanda Montenegro as Dona Maria/Áurea/Maria Fernanda Torres as Áurea/Maria Ruy Guerra as Vasco de Sá Seu Jorge as Massu – 1910–1919 Stênio Garcia as Luiz – 1942 Luiz Melodia as Massu – 1942 Enrique Díaz as Luiz – 1919 Emiliano Queiroz as Chico do Sal João Acaiabe as Massu's father Camilla Facundes as Maria – 1919 Production In this movie Andrucha Waddington directs his wife Fernanda Torres in a sex scene with Seu Jorge. He said the couple was afraid that scene would really end their marriage. Awards This film won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Footnotes External links Sundance Film Festival award-winning films Alfred P. Sloan Prize winners Brazilian drama films 2005 films Films directed by Andrucha Waddington Sony Pictures Classics films Films set in Brazil Films shot in Brazil
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Trinity United Church of Christ is a predominantly African-American church with more than 8,500 members. It is located in the Washington Heights community on the South Side of Chicago. It is the largest church affiliated with the United Church of Christ, a predominantly white Christian denomination with roots in Congregationalism, which historically branched from early American Puritanism. The church's early history coincided with the American civil rights movement, subsequent murder of Martin Luther King Jr., and the tumultuous period that engulfed the civil rights movement after King's death due to intense competition among actors over who would carry King's mantle. During that tumultuous period, an influx of radical Black Muslim groups had begun to headquarter in Chicago, and Trinity sought to recontextualize Christianity through black theology in order to counter the influence of radical Black Muslim leaders, who taught that it was impossible to be both Black and Christian. In early 2008, as part of their presidential election coverage, news media outlets and political commentators brought Trinity to national attention when controversial excerpts of sermons by the church's longtime former pastor Jeremiah Wright were broadcast to highlight Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's pastoral relationship with Wright and the church. Obama responded with a speech, A More Perfect Union, which addressed the criticisms and largely alleviated them from popular political criticisms at the time. Trinity is best known today for its national and international social programs on behalf of the disadvantaged, although in its earliest days such outreach did not figure into its mission. Background and history Social and religious context Patterns of migration among both Blacks during the Great Migration of African Americans between 1910 and 1940, and among whites, are an important part of the social context in which Trinity was founded. Another is the threat that radical Black nationalism and Black Islam posed to Christianity's influence among Chicago Blacks, as well as to Blacks nationwide. As these movements gained ground among Chicago Blacks, Trinity sought to turn the attention of Blacks back to Christianity. 1910 through 1940s Beginning around 1910, the Great Migration of African Americans occurred as many thousands of Blacks migrated northward from the south. A great many settled on Chicago's southside. When they arrived, they brought with them the forms of Christianity they had practiced in the South. As elsewhere in the United States, Chicago Blacks of the time faced serious discrimination in typically every area of their existence. In the early 1930s, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad moved his embroiled religion's headquarters from Detroit to Chicago. Mixing elements of the Bible and the Qur'an, Elijah Muhammad taught that Africans were the Earth's first and most important people. He prophesied that a time was coming when African Americans would be fully vindicated, released from their various oppressions, and brought into full freedom within their own geographical state. For this to actualize, however, Elijah Muhammad taught that Blacks had to radically separate from all whites. In addition, he proclaimed that Blacks needed to live a moral life. By the 1940s, the Nation of Islam's radical message had drawn in thousands of Chicago's Blacks, many who had converted from one of the forms of Christianity their forebears brought northward to Chicago (see Trinity in comparative perspective, below, for a discussion of the various forms). 1950s through 1960 Another of the contextual backdrops of Trinity is a pattern of migration that occurred in Chicago during the 1950s and 1960s, when middle-class whites began vacating urban areas for surrounding suburbs. As whites in southern Chicago migrated in large numbers to suburbs, upwardly mobile Blacks from the "Black Belt" of Chicago's South Side migrated in, while non-mobile Blacks remained in the South Side. Meanwhile, by 1960, the Nation of Islam national spokesperson Malcolm X had founded Mr. Muhammad Speaks in Chicago to help the continued spread of the Nation of Islam message. The newspaper achieved a circulation of over 600,000, making it one of the most prominent Black American newspapers of the time. By this time, Nation of Islam ideology held a quite significant sway over Chicago Blacks. Founding It was within the above social context that Trinity came into being. 1961 through 1966: under Kenneth B. Smith Trinity marks its beginning on December 3, 1961, when twelve middle-class Black families, most of whom were descendants of migrants to Chicago during The Great Migration of African Americans, met for worship in a Chicago elementary school gymnasium. Prior to the recent migration of whites to the suburbs, Blacks had found it extremely difficult to move into middle-class surroundings in Chicago due to segregated housing patterns and homeownership discrimination (also see Racial steering). At the time of the 3 December meeting, Chicago's Halsted Street marked "the color line". Trinity's first pastor, Kenneth B. Smith, had been appointed by the Chicago Congregational Christian Association of the United Church of Christ (formed only in 1957) to expand the denomination toward southern Chicago, where Blacks had recently begun to migrate from the "Black Belt" of Chicago's South Side to the more southerly urban areas whites had recently abandoned for the suburbs. The expressed vision of the Association was to raise up a church for middle-class Blacks, who would later merge with a congregation of suburban whites and have white and Black co-pastors; in other words, an explicitly integrationist aim. Two successful African-American Congregational churches, Good Shepherd and Park Manor, had been started earlier in the 20th century some distance to the north in the older South Side neighborhoods, so officials were probably expecting Trinity to emulate those previous developments. Smith came to the new church project, in fact, from an associate pastorate at Park Manor. Although the vision was bold for the time, and although a similar vision had been followed by other pockets of Blacks both inside and outside of Chicago, it at the same time produced apprehension within Trinity's upwardly mobile Blacks, since some Blacks in Chicago had had their homes burned for transgressing the color line. Moreover, the vision failed to address the many Blacks who were still unable to reach upward mobility—those still on the South Side, those in the projects on the other side of Halsted Street, Blacks who did not figure into the Association's vision because they were not considered "the right kind of black people". Considerably later, the first African American conference minister of the United Church of Christ, the Rev. Dr. W. Sterling Cary, discussed the Association's disinterest in more detail. He explained, "Historically, the Association made special efforts to seek out 'high potential' churches within the Black community," which he said were understood as groups of Blacks likely willing to be culturally assimilated into the forms and functions of worship of the Chicago Congregational Christian Association, with its strong Puritan heritage. American religion historian Julia Speller summarizes, "It was this racial reality that informed the planting of Trinity on the South Side of Chicago." With the church's vision still maturing, Kenneth B. Smith remained as pastor and led the still growing congregation, while noting two things. Firstly, he said the church's affiliation with a white denomination provided his congregants with a sense of unity and purpose within the mainline religious tradition of America (see Origins of the United Church of Christ). Secondly, the congregation began to find a kindred spirit with the denomination's commitment to justice and equality, as congregant activism began to emerge. Smith pointed to the march from Montgomery to Selma in 1965 under Martin Luther King Jr. as an event that fueled that activism, noting how his congregants made picket signs and joined a Chicago area march in symbolic solidarity with southern Blacks. However, Speller notes that the congregation's concern for the voting rights of southern Blacks "stood in stark contrast to their obvious blind spot of the Association's position on church growth among African Americans in Chicago—one that supported only middle-class churches". This period of the church culminated when plans to merge with a white congregation fell through—"whites were not much interested in integration" at the time, as Jason Byassee notes—and the Black congregation moved into its first church building in 1966. Seating two-hundred, it was located among the growing community of southern Chicago's middle-class Blacks, east of the color line. Meanwhile, the Association continued its push for the church to focus ministry toward middle-class Blacks. After leaving Trinity, Smith would go on to become pastor of Good Shepherd Church (above) and president of Chicago Theological Seminary. 1966 to 1971: under Willie J. Jamerson Trinity's second pastor arrived a short time later, just as the Civil Rights Movement reached its peak. The Rev. Willie J. Jamerson, who came from Howard Congregational Church (UCC) in Nashville, Tennessee (a church founded by the American Missionary Association), brought "a desire to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable", while "perhaps being more drawn to the role of prophet than that of priest", as he said, although Jamerson wound up doing much more comforting as a priest than afflicting as a prophet. As Jamerson recounted, the church continued its decline in membership, due to the constriction of vision that resulted from what he described as the church's continued major purpose to affirm the middle-class Congregationalism of its members. According to Speller, this foundational focus experienced another significant crack when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, which subsequently brought many changes within Black communities—another of Trinity's contextual backdrops. As Speller explains, "The failure of the civil rights movement to usher in an era of genuine integration and harmony between the races turned into a search for an alternative experience of purpose and belonging for many African Americans." Corresponding with this search, a small rift began to form among Trinity's congregants, one that was also occurring in other predominantly Black churches in the U.S. at the time. As the influence of the civil rights movement began to diminish in wake of King's assassination, the Black Power movement rushed in to fill the void, and some Blacks, including a few at Trinity, became attracted to the validation the movement gave to their life and religious experiences. Other Blacks, however, including most at Trinity, felt that a strategy of gradualism would eventuate in an America that honored achievements regardless of race. According to Speller, the majority of Trinity's congregants sided with gradualist notions, and "held tenaciously to their Congregational tradition, finding unity in their connection to American Protestantism and purpose in the lifestyle of black 'middle-classness'." (sic) By 1972, however, Trinity's membership had dwindled from its peak of 341 (in 1968–69) down to 259 members (perhaps 100 of them active), and no one could pinpoint the cause. Jamerson soon resigned to take a position as a schoolteacher, and Trinity was faced with possibly closing its doors. 1971 to 1972: under Reuben A. Sheares II The church instead opted to bring on the Rev. Reuben A. Sheares II as interim pastor. According to Speller, Sheares's brief tenure with Trinity marked an important shift in the congregation's sense of purpose. Together with Trinity's remaining leaders, Sheares sought to discover the reasons behind Trinity's dramatic decline in membership and then work a remedy. As recounted by a key Trinity lay leader at the time, Vallmer E. Jordan, the small core of leaders concluded that "for years we had prided ourselves on being a middle-class congregation within a mainline denomination, but suddenly the values within the Black community had shifted. Aspirations for integration and assimilation were being replaced by those of Black pride and separation." Byassee fills in details by pointing out that Chicago had long since become an organizing center for militant Black religious groups like The Nation of Islam and The Black Hebrew Israelites, who strenuously argued that "Black" and "Christian" were contradictory terms. Many Blacks had been leaving Christianity as a result. Trinity's leaders had thus discovered the reasons for its decline in membership. As a congregation, Trinity would thus need to inaugurate a "shift" in how it viewed both itself and its mission—they needed to let Blacks know, both those inside and outside its walls, that Christianity was not at all just a religion for whites. To begin this change, Sheares coined the motto "Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian". Contextualizing the motto, Speller, herself Black, informs that shame about being Black has been "part and parcel of the black experience in America" (sic), and that Blacks have historically hid their shame behind a variety of coping strategies and behaviors. Martin E. Marty, an emeritus professor of religious history, further explains, "For Trinity, being 'unashamedly black' does not mean being 'anti-white.' [...] Think of the concept of 'unashamedly': tucked into it is the word 'shame'." (sic) Underlying the idea, according to Marty, is a diagnosis "of 'shame', 'being shamed', and 'being ashamed' as debilitating legacies of slavery and segregation in society and church." Marty also explains that the Afrocentrism contained in the statement "should not be more offensive than that synagogues should be 'Judeo-centric' or that Chicago's Irish parishes be 'Celtic-centric'." Speller informs that the motto "has remained as a reminder of not only who [Trinitarians] are but Whose they are, continuing to emphasize both meaning and belonging". In addition to Sheares's new motto, Jordan crafted a new mission statement that encapsulated the church's new vision to be a source of spiritual sustenance, security, and inspiration; that those participating in our spiritual-social process [may] be strengthened in their commitment...to serve as instruments of God and church in our communities and the world, confronting, transforming and eliminating those things in our culture that lead to the dehumanization of persons and tend to perpetuate their psychological enslavement. As Trinity sought a new pastor to lead growth, they gave the mission statement to each applicant. 1972 to early 2008: under Jeremiah Wright Jeremiah Wright, the son of a long-tenured Philadelphia Baptist minister, interviewed for the Trinity pastorate on December 31, 1971. Jordan recalls that Wright exuded excitement and vision for the church's new mission statement, and that Wright's response to the question "How do you see the role of the Black Church in the black struggle?" (sic) indicated he was the only possible candidate for Trinity. With the church also impressed with Wright's educational credentials—Wright held graduate degrees in English studies and Divinity and was studying for a doctorate in religious history—he was shortly confirmed as the new pastor. Context and challenges Speller points out that Wright's arrival at Trinity coincided with the height of the U.S. Black Consciousness Revolution (also see South African Black Consciousness Movement) and additionally contends that Wright was keenly aware of the challenges that this deeply racialized context presented to Trinity. During graduate school Wright, as Bayassee notes, argued strenuously against radical Black Islamic groups who had been drawing Blacks away from Christianity by asserting that the religion was inherently racist and only for whites. To recontextualize the Christian message for the new context and time in which Wright perceived the church itself to be within, Wright, the author claims, anticipated that he would need to co-opt the positive elements of the Black Power message, while rejecting its philosophies of separation and Black superiority—an idea around which a larger Christian theological movement had been forming, as evidenced by a full-page New York Times ad entitled "Black Power" run in November 1967 by the National Committee of Negro Churchmen, and Black Theology and Black Power published in 1969 by James H. Cone. Youth choir The first change occurred in late 1972 when Trinity's youth lobbied for a greater role in the church. Under a new choir director the youth brought in, they led musical worship using gospel music (also see Urban contemporary gospel) for the first time, while incorporating dramatic visual props. As Speller describes it, the youth choir "ushered in a new day at Trinity Church, and through their music they ignited the flame that would burn off the dross of Black shame to reveal the refined gem of self-love." However, with call and response increasing and the Pilgrim Hymnal no longer in favor, some of Trinity's congregants left because of what Wright described as "fear of change—change in the style of worship but, more importantly, change in the kind of members that would desire to join our church." From social enhancement to God-consciousness As Wright philosophized of this period some thirty years later, 'Having a witness among the poor and having a ministry to the poor is one thing, but making the poor folks members of your congregation is something else altogether." Wright further explained, "Failure to have the black poor at the table with you as equals means you are doing missionary work," (sic) while having "poor black folks" (sic) who "sit down at the table as equals" means you are "serious about talking or doing [...] Black theology." As Speller explains, Trinity's congregants "began to slowly move away from the concept of church as a place to enhance and validate their social position to one that appreciated the church as a place for spiritual formation." In sum, Trinity began to more fully move away from its earlier purpose surrounding "middle-classness" to one where devotion to God and the poor took much greater prominence. God has smiled on us and freed us up to be God's people—unshackled by stereotypes and the barriers of assimilation, unshackled by the fear of joining in the struggle for liberation, and unshackled by the stigmas, defeats, or victories of the past. [God] has freed us to be the Church in the world—[God's] Children! Black, Christian and proud of being created in [God's] image and being called by [God's] name. Speller asserts that the statement indicates that Trinity had journeyed "from assimilation and fear to liberation and courage", and argues how the freedom expressed concerns a freedom to be black as a matter of cultural identity (also see Ethnic identity), and to be Christian as a matter of purpose and belonging to God. (sic) From 1972 to early 2008, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was pastor of Trinity UCC. In February 2008, Wright retired, and the Rev. Otis Moss III became Trinity's pastor. Among the importantant contemporary media features highlighting Wright and Trinity is that by correspondent Roger Wilkins in a Sherry Jones' documentary entitled "Keeping the Faith," broadcast as the June 16, 1987 episode of the PBS series Frontline with Judy Woodruff. Since 2008: under Reverend Otis Moss III Reverend Dr. Otis Moss III has been Trinity's senior pastor since 2008. He is a graduate of Morehouse College, Yale Divinity School, and Chicago Theological Seminary. His father, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr., was also an acclaimed preacher before him. Moss' sermons are video streamed live online internationally through the church's website and some sermons can also be found on YouTube. Weekly broadcasts of the church's Sunday service are also carried across the US on TV One on Sundays at 7:30 a.m. EST. Trinity in comparative perspective Byassee argues that "African Americans have generated distinctly Black forms of Christianity since they arrived on these [American] shores" and asserts that "the significance of these forms has been appreciated in mainline seminaries and churches for at least two generations." Speller has discussed the major interpretive frameworks into which Black churches have been historically categorized by scholars, as well as several later ones. She does this to place Trinity within a broader understanding of the Black church, and all Christian churches, and to trace Trinity's history of movement within several of the frameworks, while also discussing numerous of Trinity's ongoing struggles. Byassee asserts that Trinity is well within the mainstream of the Black church, and is remarkable in the mainline Protestant world only for its size and influence." Speller summarizes several interpretive models of Black churches that have predominated in scholarly literature from especially prior the 1960s: The Assimilation Model Black churches that have been explained as within The Assimilation Model are those primarily composed of middle-class Blacks motivated by a racially integrated society and who are willing to disassociate themselves from their ethnic identity to achieve this, as well as to avoid the stereotyped labels sometimes assigned to Blacks by whites. This model has been described as the "demise of the Black church for the public good of Blacks." The Isolation Model The Isolation Model category has been assigned to those Black churches composed of primarily lower-class Blacks who lack the optimism of middle-class Blacks about societal integration between the races. Churches described as within this model hold to theologies that emphasize "other worldliness" and deemphasize social action within "this world." The Compensatory Model The Compensatory Model has been a designation of Black churches where congregants find acceptance, appreciation, and applause often denied them within dominant society. Motivation stems from a promise of achieving personal empowerment and recognition, i.e., congregants are "compensated" with improved self-esteem as their peers affirm their successes. The Ethnic Community-prophetic Model Speller, following the research of Nelson and Nelson in the 1970s, notes how each of the above three models placed Black churches within a reactive rather than a proactive mode. Finding that problematic, and unsatisfied that previous interpretive models accurately depicted Black churches that emerged in the 1960s, Nelson and Nelson developed a fourth model, The Ethnic Community-prophetic Model. Black churches that have been categorized as such are those that have been marked by Blacks who spoke out and undertook activism against economic and political injustices from a heightened awareness of Black pride and power. The Dialectical Model In her discussion about Trinity, Speller argues for an additional model of the Black church, The Dialectical Model, developed by Duke University sociologist C. Eric Lincoln to explain certain Black churches. Corrective to the earlier models by which Black churches were susceptible to being rigidly stereotyped, and that barred them from being seen as societal change agents, Lincoln and Mamiya describe the model as holding in "dialectical tension" "the priestly and the prophetic; other-worldly versus this-worldly; universalism and particularism; communalism and privatism; the charismatic versus the bureaucratic and resistance versus accommodation." Speller additionally argues that The Dialectical Model is mirrored in W. E. B. Du Bois's concept of "double consciousness". Du Bois explained this dichotomy: The evolution of Trinity Speller asserts that Trinity in its history has evolved from the Assimilation Model under its pastors Kenneth B. Smith and Willie J. Jamerson, to the Compensatory Model under Reuben A. Sheares II and during the early years of Jeremiah Wright's tenure, and into the Ethnic Community-prophetic Model under Wright to embrace the Dialectical Model also under Wright. She states, however, that the church continues to struggle in varying degrees to balance the dialectic polarities described by Lincoln and Mamiya (see The Dialectical Model, just above), and that the church's greatest challenge has been "mediating the tension between being black and Christian." (sic) References Sources This article is based on the article "Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, the Real Story—Without all the Bias and Political Hype" by Stephen Ewen, available at http://knol.google.com/k/stephen-ewen/trinity-united-church-of-christ-chicago/, and is licensed under the Creative Common Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License. Attribution on face of article is required. External links Official website Official YouTube channel United Church of Christ churches in Illinois Churches in Chicago 1961 establishments in the United States Presidential churches in the United States
Max Purcell and Luke Saville were the defending champions but only Saville chose to defend his title, partnering Li Tu. Saville lost in the quarterfinals to Toshihide Matsui and Kaito Uesugi. Ray Ho and Matthew Romios won the title after defeating Francis Alcantara and Sun Fajing 6–3, 6–4 in the final. Seeds Draw References External links Main draw International Challenger Zhangjiagang - Doubles 2023 Doubles
Džigolj is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 276 people. References Populated places in Toplica District
James Warren (February 24, 1913 – March 28, 2001) was an American film actor and artist. Early life Born James Pringle Wittlig in Marietta, Ohio, he was the son of Walter Wittlig, a watchmaker, and Florence Ione Pringle. He had two brothers, the oldest Laurence Pringle Wittlig and a younger brother, David Pringle Wittlig. The Wittligs had emigrated from Langenthal, Switzerland in the 1860s. However, James did not follow in the family watchmaking tradition. His first love was art, which took him to the Pratt Art Institute of New York where he became a watercolorist and an illustrator for various magazines. Film career Warren was sighted by an MGM talent scout, who offered him a contract. Changing his name to James Warren, he, his wife, Felice, and their six-week-old son moved to Hollywood, where over the course of several years he appeared in more than 30 movies. When his MGM contract expired, he moved to RKO. His first picture at RKO, filmed in the spring of 1945, was Ding Dong Williams, a low-budget musical comedy with a Hollywood theme. He played a slow-witted movie cowboy alongside a palomino horse, Star Dust. RKO had been making Zane Grey westerns with Robert Mitchum in the leading roles, and with Mitchum now advancing to dramatic features, RKO producer Herman Schlom (who had made Ding Dong Williams) remembered how well James Warren photographed in western gear. James Warren (and Star Dust) took over RKO's Zane Grey series, starring in such films as Sunset Pass. His co-stars were Nan Leslie and Jane Greer. The previous Sunset Pass was made in 1933. Warren's tenure as RKO's cowboy star was brief; the studio's resident star Tim Holt returned from military service and resumed his starring series. Warren returned to character roles. In 1952, he co-starred with Gloria Swanson in the comedy film Three for Bedroom "C". During all his time in Hollywood, James had never lost his passion for painting. He produced several one-man shows throughout the US and found a patron in Vincent Price. At one of these shows, Katharine Hepburn purchased seven of Warren's large watercolor paintings which she kept in her private collection. In 1968 an art commission from Ford Motor Company took him to Hawaii. where he quickly settled into island life and became a highly respected member of the art community. He maintained an art gallery in Honolulu, as well as Maui. Warren specialized in whimsical interpretations of the Hawaiian Tutus (Grandmothers) and Kikis (Grandchildren) as well as many local images. He was a well-respected member of the Lahaina Art Society and always was a very willing and gracious participant in all art shows. He continued his one-man shows throughout his later life until his 70s when he chose to remain near his beloved Hawaii. He died, aged 88, in Kihei, Hawaii leaving four children and several grandchildren. Filmography References External links 1913 births 2001 deaths American male film actors Male Western (genre) film actors People from Marietta, Ohio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players RKO Pictures contract players 20th-century American male actors
Evander Holyfield vs. Bert Cooper, billed as "The Homecoming", was a professional boxing match contested on November 23, 1991, for the WBA and IBF heavyweight championships. Background Holyfield was coming off a successful defense of his Undisputed Heavyweight Championship after defeating 42-year-old former Heavyweight champion George Foreman. Meanwhile, Mike Tyson had twice defeated Donvan "Razor" Ruddock to become the number one contender to Holyfield's titles. However, the two sides had trouble working out a deal and both men's camps began to look into having their respective fighter instead face Foreman. In July 1991, it was reported that a Holyfield–Foreman rematch was agreed upon, but only a day later it was announced that Holyfield and Tyson's promoters, Dan Duva and Don King had agreed to a blockbuster deal that would see Holyfield and Tyson meet on November 8, 1991, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In addition, Holyfield and Tyson were expected to split a then-record $45 million purse with the champion Holyfield reportedly to earn $30 million, while the challenger Tyson would net $15 million. Unfortunately, a rib injury that Tyson had suffered, as well as his arrest and conviction for the alleged rape of Desiree Washington shortly after led to the fight being postponed and eventually cancelled. With Holyfield in need of an opponent, a match between Holyfield and former WBO Heavyweight champion Francesco Damiani was announced, with the bout to take place on November 23 in Holyfield's native Atlanta. Only days before the Holyfield–Damiani fight was to take place, it was announced that Damiani would be force to pull out of the match due to a foot injury he received while training. It was then announced that journeyman Bert Cooper would be Damiani's replacement to challenge Holyfield. As Cooper was unranked by the WBC, the organization refused to sanction the match, thus Holyfield's WBC title was not on the line. The fight Though Cooper was given little chance to defeat Holyfield, he nevertheless put on a decent showing against the champion. In the first round, Holyfield used his speed to take advantage of Cooper, consistently hitting him with several quick combinations. A little past midway through the round, Holyfield hit Cooper with a left hook to the body that dropped him to the canvas, though Cooper quickly got up and survived the rest of the round. After a solid second round from both fighters, Holyfield came out strong in the opening seconds of round 3, staggering Cooper with a left hook to the side of the head. As the first minute of the round was coming to a close, Cooper landed a right hand to Holyfield's head that staggered the champ. Cooper then got Holyfield against the ropes and landed a combination that included a right hand to the back of Holyfield's head. Before Holyfield could fall to the canvas, he grabbed the top rope to keep himself up. Despite not hitting the floor, referee Mills Lane called it a knockdown, the first of Holyfield's professional career. Cooper continued his attack on Holyfield, landing several powerful punches and nearly knocking him down again, but Holyfield held on to Cooper just as he was about to go down. As the second minute passed, Holyfield regained his form and proceeded to land a powerful combination of his own. The two men traded punches for nearly the entire final minute of the round, but both men survived without any further knockdowns. After three more rounds, Holyfield ended the fight late in round 7. With 20 seconds to go in the round, Holyfield hit Cooper with a long combination. Though Cooper never went down, he could no longer defend himself, causing Lane to stop the fight with two seconds left in the round and award Holyfield the victory via technical knockout. References 1991 in boxing Boxing matches in Atlanta 1991 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Cooper World Boxing Council heavyweight championship matches World Boxing Association heavyweight championship matches International Boxing Federation heavyweight championship matches November 1991 sports events in the United States
Let It Come Down is the third and final studio album by American alternative rock band St. Johnny. Reception Editors at AllMusic Guide rated this album four out of five stars, with critic Tim DiGravina comparing this music unfavorably to Mercury Rev and Pavement, claiming that there is "not much innovation or improvement when the songs are compared to the band's peers". In an overview of the band's career for Trouser Press, Deborah Sprague considers the change from Tom Leonard to Jim Roberts a step down for the band's sound and considers Let It Come Down "the aural equivalent of trying to cross the Atlantic in a Volvo". Cherly Botchick of CMJ New Music Monthly noted the band's unique style and sound, opining that they had been underappreciated, but now have an opportunity to get a larger audience with this release. Track listing "Scuba Diving" (Jim Elliott, Dave Fridmann, Tom Goss, Jim Roberts, and Bill Whitten) – 3:36 "Just When I Had It Under Control" (Whitten) – 4:54 "Bluebird" (Elliott, Goss, Roberts, and Whitten) – 3:02 "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" (Whitten) – 6:16 "Hey Teenager!" (Whitten) – 3:52 "Rip Off" (Roberts and Whitten) – 1:37 "Deliver Me" (Roberts and Whitten) – 4:14 "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control" (Roberts and Whitten) – 4:00 "After Dark" (Whitten) – 2:41 "Wild Goose Chasing" (Whitten) – 3:03 "Do You Wanna Go Out?" (Roberts and Whitten) – 5:04 "Million Dollar Bet" (Whitten) – 4:23 "Salvation Arm" (Whitten) – 3:56 Personnel St. Johnny Jim Elliott – bass guitar, organ, piano, backing vocals Tommy Goss – drums, percussion, backing vocals Jim Roberts – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals Bill Whitten – guitar, whistling, vocals, production Additional personnel Julie Baker – violin, backing vocals Dave Fridmann – castanets, choir/chorus, clavinet, engineering, Fender Rhodes, mastering, Mellotron, piano, production, vocals Grasshopper – glass, oboe, sampling, saxophone, vocals, backing vocals, assistant engineering Micky Mercurio – vocals Frank Olinsky – design Joe Roberts – harmonica, slide guitar Billy Schmidt – assistant engineering, vocals Nitin Vadukul – photography See also List of 1995 albums References External links 1995 albums DGC Records albums Albums produced by Dave Fridmann
Frans Heesen Stadion is a multi-use stadium in the city of Oss, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for association football matches and is the home stadium of TOP Oss. The stadium is able to hold 4,561 spectators. History Founded in 1928, TOP Oss was given its own sports park for the first time in 1930, namely on Molenstraat. In 1946, the club moved to the Heescheweg. Since then, TOP has been playing at the same ground. Due to municipal redevelopment of the area, the address later became the Mondriaanlaan and is now located on the Nelson Mandelaboulevard. As the club achieved increasing success, so did public interest also grow. As a result, the main ground was gradually expanded with stands. For example, during the club's first professional adventure in the 1950s, TOP attracted an average of more than 5,000 spectators. Before the first major renovation, the club had a covered main grandstand as well as terracing which was covered on the sides. At the late 1990s, a major renovation project started, which first replaced the main stand and later two other stands. During this period, the stadium became known as first TOP Oss Stadion and later Heesen Yachts Stadion. From 1 August 2011, it was named after Frans Heesen, the founder of the former main sponsor Heesen Yachts, as a tribute to the company, who at their own request no longer wanted to tie their name to the TOP Oss Stadion. In 2010, a new renovation plan was started under the name Talentencampus Oss. This project was finalised in 2016. The result of this was that a school was built on the site of the "missing" grandstand. In addition, the main building and the surrounding sports park were thoroughly renovated. The natural grass of the pitch was also replaced by an artificial turf surface during this renovation. Structure and facilities The stadium consists of three stands, with one part behind the goal being "open". The site of a secondary school, Hooghuis Stadion, is located on this spot. The stadium has undergone several changes over the years. This makes has made it a multi-functional complex with a swimming pool, fitness center, indoor sports arena, restaurant and hotel, a business club, and 6 sky boxes. Under the stand on the short side is also the supporter home Dikke Piet. This grandstand also houses the club building of the amateur branch of TOP Oss (SV TOP), which was completed in 2016. Matches Frans Heesen Stadion has once been used as home ground for the Netherlands national under-21 team: References Football venues in the Netherlands Sports venues in North Brabant TOP Oss
Mary Lawrence (Tonetti) (1868–1945) was an American sculptor. She designed the Christopher Columbus sculpture at the World's Columbian Exposition. Life Lawrence was born in New York City into a prominent New York family whose ancestors included John Lawrence, mayor of New York City from 1673 to 1675 and 1691–1692, and the War of 1812 patriot, Captain James Lawrence who died after uttering the words, "Tell the men to fire faster! Don't give up the ship!" While in Chicago preparing for the World's Columbian Exposition, sculptor Augustus St. Gaudens recommended Lawrence, who had been his pupil at the Art Students League of New York for the previous five years, for the creation of the monumental statue of Christopher Columbus to be placed at the entrance of the Administration Building. Like many of the buildings at the Exposition, the statue was made of staff, a temporary building material, and no longer exists. Although some critics claimed that St. Gaudens, or his brother Louis, had in fact modelled the work, St. Gaudens himself debunked this by stating in his Reminiscences that Lawrence, "modeled and executed it and to her goes all the credit for the vitality and breadth of treatment which it revealed." St Gaudens biographer Bruce Wilkens relates that Millet objected to the prominent placement of the statue and arranged to have it moved to a spot near the train station. The architect Charles Follen McKim, a founding member of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead and White and a widower, who had fallen in love with Lawrence in New York, had enough sway in Chicago to get the statue of Columbus returned to its former place. Lawrence never forgave Millet and is quoted as saying, "I could stamp on his face and grind it into the gravel until it bled." Following the end of the Exposition Lawrence served as an assistant to St Gaudens, helping him in the creation of the General John A. Logan monument that was bound for Grant Park in Chicago. Thereafter, she moved to Paris where she studied at the Académie Julian. There, in 1893, she met a young assistant to Frederick William Macmonnies, Francois ML Tonetti. They were married in 1900 in New York City. Saint Gaudens, when he heard about the wedding "broke down and wept" and bemoaned the loss of her artistic ability to a much less talented sculptor, saying that she would likely have "lots of festive children," but would produce no more significant art. Her first child, a son named Oliver, died at the age of thirteen days. Lawrence did produce a few more works after her marriage, such as two fountains she created with her husband for the Pan-American Exposition held in Buffalo, New York in 1901. In 1907, she contributed two statues, Venice and Spain - again in collaboration with her husband - to the parade of statues on the cornice of Cass Gilbert's US Customs House. Lawrence Tonetti was one of the founders of New York's Cosmopolitan Club. As a supporter of the arts, she helped form an artists' colony at her ancestral home of Sneden's Landing, New York, now called Palisades, New York. References Sources Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY 1986 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer, American Women Sculptors. G.K.Hall & CO., Boston 1990 Saint-Gaudens, Homer, editor, The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Published by The Century, New York 1913 New York Times. "MRS. MARY L. TONETTI; Sculptor, Ex-Aide to St. Gaudens, Made Statue for Fair of '93," March 15, 1945, Section, p. 23. External links Jeanne Rejaunier (granddaughter of Mary Lawrence Tonetti) 1868 births 1945 deaths People from Palisades, New York 19th-century American sculptors 20th-century American sculptors Académie Julian alumni Art Students League of New York alumni Sculptors from New York City 20th-century American women artists Sculptors from New York (state) 20th-century American women sculptors 19th-century American women sculptors
John Miller (1878 – unknown) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a winger. References 1878 births Year of death unknown Scottish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Burnley F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Glasgow People from Maryhill
Strzeszyn is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Debrzno, within Człuchów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. References Strzeszyn
Edappalam is a small village located in the western part of Palakkad district, Kerala, India (Palakkad - Malappuram border) situated along the banks of famous river Kunthippuzha. A feature of Edappalam is the traditional festivals like 'Kalarikkal Aaratu' and the annual 'Rayiranallur Malakayattam' which has long historical beliefs. Several ancient and historical temples and mosques are located here. For more details visit www.edappalam.info References Villages in Palakkad district
```go /* path_to_url Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. / // Code generated by lister-gen. DO NOT EDIT. package v1beta1 import ( v1beta1 "k8s.io/api/storage/v1beta1" "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors" "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels" "k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache" ) // StorageClassLister helps list StorageClasses. type StorageClassLister interface { // List lists all StorageClasses in the indexer. List(selector labels.Selector) (ret []v1beta1.StorageClass, err error) // Get retrieves the StorageClass from the index for a given name. Get(name string) (v1beta1.StorageClass, error) StorageClassListerExpansion } // storageClassLister implements the StorageClassLister interface. type storageClassLister struct { indexer cache.Indexer } // NewStorageClassLister returns a new StorageClassLister. func NewStorageClassLister(indexer cache.Indexer) StorageClassLister { return &storageClassLister{indexer: indexer} } // List lists all StorageClasses in the indexer. func (s storageClassLister) List(selector labels.Selector) (ret []v1beta1.StorageClass, err error) { err = cache.ListAll(s.indexer, selector, func(m interface{}) { ret = append(ret, m.(v1beta1.StorageClass)) }) return ret, err } // Get retrieves the StorageClass from the index for a given name. func (s storageClassLister) Get(name string) (v1beta1.StorageClass, error) { obj, exists, err := s.indexer.GetByKey(name) if err != nil { return nil, err } if !exists { return nil, errors.NewNotFound(v1beta1.Resource("storageclass"), name) } return obj.(*v1beta1.StorageClass), nil } ```
Breachwood Green Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at King's Walden, Hertfordshire, England which has been converted to residential accommodation. History A windmill was recorded at Kings Walden in 1329. Another is mentioned in 1762. The first mention of the mill was in 1861 when William Dellow was the miller. His son William had been born at Kings Walden in 1859. Dellow was succeeded at the mill by his son, who worked the mill until 1900. The mill had lost its sails by 1930, and the cap was a bare frame by 1936. The mill was converted to residential accommodation in 1998. Recent photographs of the mill show that the brick tower has been clad in weatherboarding with the result that the mill now resembles a many-sided smock mill. Description Breachwood Green Mill is a five-storey tower mill. The tower is outside diameter at the base with brickwork thick. It is high to curb level. The dome shaped cap was winded by a fantail and there were four Patent sails. The great spur wheel was of cast iron and the mill drove two pairs of millstones. Millers William Dellow 1859- William Dellow Jr -1900 Reference for above:- References External links Windmill World webpage on Breachwood Green Mill. Towers completed in 1859 Windmills completed in 1859 Industrial buildings completed in 1859 Windmills in Hertfordshire Tower mills in the United Kingdom Grinding mills in the United Kingdom Grade II listed buildings in Hertfordshire Grade II listed windmills
Jack “Casey” Coulter or Jock Coulter was the main goal scorer within the great Westminster Royals side, winning three national titles between 1928 and 1936, scoring in eight of the nine final games he played. Club career Jock Coulter started his footballing career within the ranks of Garrison, who participated in the Victoria Wednesday League. In an unfinished total, Jock scored 21 goals in 16 official games for Garrison, but was swiftly signed by Victoria United Services. Coulter continued his prolific goalscoring feats for Services and in two years scored 47 goals in 17 official games. Westminster Royals Jock Coulter moved to New Westminster in the summer of 1927, he took up a job in the New West Fire Department and on weekends, he would consistently play for the Westminster Royals. In his first season for Westminster Royals, Jock scored 50 official goals across all competitions, in 31 games. The 1927-28 Westminster Royals side were an immense team that became a legendary figure in Canadian soccer history and is regarded as one of the strongest ever to grace a Canadian pitch. Among the many championships the Royals won included the 1928 Vancouver and District First Division league championship, Teacher's Shield, Mainland Cup, Vancouver Exhibition Cup, Province Cup, and OB Allan Cup. The Royals side would continue their incredible form into the succeeding season as well as Jock Coulter. He totalled 52 goals in 29 games at an average of 1.79 per game. The strong Westminster Royals side commanded the British Columbia. scene in 1928–29 as they did in 1927–28, winning all the major trophies except the main one, the national championship. This season they were surprisingly beaten by Vancouver St. Saviours in the B.C. semi-final by a score of 3–1. The Royals appealed on a technicality. A second semi-final game was played. This time the score was 5–3, again in favour of St. Saviours. Again, Westminster Royals made their way to the national championship in 1930 and despite losing 5–2 over the course of three games against Montréal CNR they managed to win the championship. This was due to Montréal CNR losing the first game 1–0, then won 5-0 and in the third game the Royals again won 1–0. Until 1936, Jock Coulter and Westminster Royals went into hiding as they did not win anything major until then. In the national championship they triumphed over United Weston from Winnipeg 6–1 in the first game, but lost the second match 2–1, before going on to win the trophy in the third game 3–0. International career Despite not representing Canada, Coulter did represent Victoria against various club selects and more famously against the English FA side that toured Canada in 1926, where he scored the lone goal in a 5–1 loss. Career statistics References 1902 births 1960 deaths
Cello Metal! is the sixth studio album by Tina Guo. It featured John 5 and Al Di Meola and was released on 4 August 2015. Track listing Release history References External links Cello Metal Tina Guo – Cello Metal Cello Metal Tina Guo 2015 albums Tina Guo albums Sony Music albums Groove metal albums Symphonic metal albums Thrash metal albums
Middle Point is an unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. References Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Unincorporated communities in Doddridge County, West Virginia
Jeffrey Barker (16 October 1915 in Scunthorpe, England – 1985 in Scunthorpe) was a professional footballer. He started his career at Goole Town, before joining Scunthorpe and Lindsey United in 1935. After a year in the Midland League, his exceptional skills got him signed up by Aston Villa for a fee of £400 in November 1936. He remained at Villa for ten years but only managed three league appearances, before his career was interrupted by World War II. He continued to play for Villa in the wartime leagues, making six appearances and also guested for Blackpool, Rochdale, Walsall, Watford and Huddersfield Town. In August 1942, he made a single guest appearance for Dundee United in Scotland. After the war, he joined Huddersfield Town in November 1945, where he made 67 appearances before returning to Scunthorpe United in August 1948. In 1974, he was in charge of "the Iron" for three games while a new manager was being approached. He died in 1985 in Scunthorpe. His son John also played for Scunthorpe United. References External links Aston Villa career details 1915 births 1985 deaths Footballers from Scunthorpe Men's association football fullbacks English men's footballers Scunthorpe United F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. wartime guest players Watford F.C. wartime guest players Scunthorpe United F.C. managers Dundee United F.C. wartime guest players English football managers
iPhone Touch is a mistaken reference to one of two touchscreen devices by Apple Inc.: the iPhone, which has cell phone features, or the iPod Touch, which does not.
Charleroi-Central railway station (, ), officially Charleroi-Central, is the main railway station serving Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS). It was formerly called Charleroi-South railway station (, ) until December 2022. Charleroi-Central is also the main TEC bus station in Charleroi, and a station of the Charleroi Metro. History Early history The first railway connection to Charleroi was inaugurated in 1843, when the Belgian State Railways (Chemins de fer de l'État Belge) opened an indirect line from Brussels to Charleroi (via Braine-le-Comte), continuing to Namur. On 23 October 1843, a train stopped for the first time in Charleroi. At this time, the station is not more than a temporary building along the rails at the north-west of the actual site. In 1848, the to Walcourt and Morialmé opened, to support local extractive industries. In 1852, the opened to connect Charleroi with its northern French network, via Erquelinnes. In 1855, the to Ottignies also opened. The opening of the current more direct line to Brussels, via Nivelles and Luttre, took place in 1874. The current station building was inaugurated in October the same year after nine years of works. The building is in neoclassical style and the use of innovative materials such as iron and glass at the time gave it an avant-garde style. The building is a continuation of the work of A.P.J. Lambeau, principal engineer for the Ministry of Railways, who also designed the stations at Namur (1864), Liège-Guillemins (1870), and Mons (1870). In 1949, the line to Brussels was electrified, making the second railway line in Belgium to be electrified after the Brussels–Antwerp line in 1935. 21st century The station was served by a daily Thalys high-speed rail service to Paris between 1998 and 31 March 2015. In June 2011, after seven years of work, the renovated station was inaugurated. Renovation included the exterior of the 1874 building, the interior (including a new shopping gallery), tunnels, as well as the square in front of the station. In 2021, work began to improve accessibility to the station. It will include the installation of lifts to access each platform. The station will now be fully accessible to persons with reduced mobility. New ticket offices will be installed, the platform shelters will be modernised and a brand new corridor will be built under the tracks. Train services The station is served by the following services: Intercity services (IC-05) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays) Intercity services (IC-19) Lille - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur Intercity services (IC-24) Charleroi - Walcourt - Mariembourg - Couvin Intercity services (IC-25) Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege (weekdays) Intercity services (IC-25) Mouscron - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege - Liers (weekends) Intercity services (IC-27) Brussels Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays) Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekends) Intercity services (K82) Maubeuge - Charleroi - Namur Local services (L-06) Luttre - Manage - La Louvière - Charleroi (weekdays) Local services (L-06) Manage - La Louvière - Charleroi (weekends) Local services (L-06A) Manage - Luttre - Charleroi (weekends) Local services (L-07) Erquelinnes - Lobbes - Charleroi Local services (L-14) Ottignies - Fleurus - Charleroi - Tamines - Namur - Jambes In addition to the above services, additional peak time trains are scheduled on weekdays (mornings and end of afternoons). Metro station Charleroi-South metro station, simply known as South () on network maps, was opened in 1976. Along with Vilette, Sud was the first station to enter service on the Charleroi Metro. Located at street level, Sud was a terminus station until the opening of the last section of the central loop of the Charleroi Metro, on 27 February 2012. The station features a balloon loop from the times it was a terminus, allowing vehicles entering it from the west to reverse. It is unused since the central loop's completion. Bus station Charleroi-South bus station is the main TEC bus transfer point in Charleroi. An express bus line (line A) serves the Brussels South Charleroi Airport. See also List of railway stations in Belgium Rail transport in Belgium References External links Official station page at the SNCB website Real time departures Real time arrivals Railway stations in Hainaut (province) Buildings and structures in Charleroi Public transport in Charleroi Railway stations in Belgium opened in 1843 1843 establishments in Belgium Railway stations in Belgium opened in 1976 1976 establishments in Belgium
Skederid Church () is a medieval church, which belongs to the Lutheran Archdiocese of Uppsala. It lies just outside Norrtälje in Stockholm County, Sweden. It was built by Birger Persson, father of Saint Bridget of Sweden, and it is probably the church where she was baptised. History The oldest parts of Skederid Church date from the end of the 13th century, and was built by lawspeaker Birger Persson, a man closely connected to King Birger of Sweden and the father of Saint Bridget of Sweden. The area surrounding the church is rich in cultural heritage, having been the site of continuous population since at least the Bronze Age. A runestone is immured in the church. The church was originally built as a private church belonging to Birger Persson's farmstead. The original church was very small, the size of the choir of the presently visible building, but still consciously built, displaying influences from French church building traditions. The church was ravaged by fire some time during the 14th century, and the original wooden ceiling destroyed. The young Saint Bridget had some of her earliest religious visions here. After she was proclaimed a saint in 1391, the church became a pilgrimage site. In connection with this, the church was expanded and rebuilt. By the mid-15th century it acquired the size and form it still largely has. In 1748, the former choir was turned into a vestry, and in 1880 the old vestry was demolished. The medieval gate entrance to the cemetery was transformed into a bell tower in 1775. A memorial stone dedicated to Saint Bridget was erected outside the church in 1930. Architecture The church is built of granite blocks, with some details in brick. The oldest parts of the church is the choir and vestry. A substantial enlargement of the church was carried out in the 15th century, when the present-day nave and interior vault were constructed. The church was originally decorated with frescos but only fragments remain of these. The church has housed a number of medieval furnishings, most now in the Swedish History Museum, and possibly also relics (now lost) of Saint Bridget. A wooden sculpture depicting the same saint is still displayed in the church, while a triumphal cross, a processional cross and another wooden saint, all medieval, now are on displayed in the aforementioned museum. A number of carved wooden epitaphs belonging to various aristocratic families adorn the walls of the church. References External links Official site (in Swedish) Buildings and structures in Stockholm County 13th-century churches in Sweden Churches in the Diocese of Uppsala Churches converted from the Roman Catholic Church to the Church of Sweden
Ralf Rudolf Moeller (born Möller; ; 12 January 1959) is a German actor and former competitive bodybuilder. He is known for his roles of Brick Bardo in Cyborg, Kjartan in The Viking Sagas, the title character in the television show Conan the Adventurer, Hagen in Gladiator, Thorak in The Scorpion King, and Ulfar in Pathfinder. Career Moeller began bodybuilding at age 17 and was the German national champion by 1984. He is one of the tallest bodybuilding champions to date, standing at and weighing 131 kilos (288 lbs) in 1988. He entered his movie career in 1989 with the film Cyborg. In 1992, he appeared in Universal Soldier with Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme. In 1993, he played the villain Brakus opposite Phillip Rhee and Eric Roberts in Best of the Best 2. His two biggest mainstream film roles to date are Ridley Scott's Gladiator, and 2002's The Scorpion King. Besides these two movies, he has played the leading character in The Viking Sagas, and Conan the Barbarian in the TV series Conan. The show aired in 1997–1998 with the premise that Conan, and his three sidekicks, were chosen by the god Crom to fight and vanquish the evil Hissah Zul and become king. In both The Bad Pack (1997) and Gladiator (2000), Moeller appeared alongside fellow bodybuilder Sven-Ole Thorsen. In 2003, he had a cameo appearance in the music video of "Maria (I Like it Loud)", by Scooter, a German techno music band. Moeller went on to appear in El padrino (2004), sequel to The Bad Pack, once again playing Special Agent Kurt Mayers. He played Hammacher in the 2006 film Beerfest. Filmography Films and televisions References External links 1959 births Living people People from Recklinghausen German bodybuilders 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors German male film actors German male television actors German male voice actors Members of the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
The Grand Circus Park Historic District contains the Grand Circus Park in Downtown Detroit, Michigan that connects the theatre district with its financial district. It is bisected by Woodward Avenue, four blocks north of Campus Martius Park, and is roughly bounded by Clifford, John R. and Adams Streets. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building at 25 West Elizabeth Street was added to the district in 2000, and additional structures located within the district, but built between 1932 and 1960, were approved for inclusion in 2012. History A part of Augustus Woodward's plan to rebuild the city after the fire of 1805, the city established the park in 1850. Woodward's original plan called for the park to be a full circle, but after construction began, property owners north of Adams Street were reluctant to sell due to rising land values. The Detroit Opera House overlooks the eastern edge of the park and the grounds include statuary and large fountains. Near this historic site, General George Armstrong Custer delivered a eulogy for thousands gathered to mourn the death of President Abraham Lincoln. Architect Henry Bacon designed the Russell Alger Memorial Fountain (1921) in Grand Circus Park. Bacon's other projects include the Lincoln Memorial (1915–1922) in Washington, D.C. The fountain contains a classic Roman figure symbolizing Michigan by American sculptor Daniel French who sculpted the figure of Lincoln for the Memorial. In 1957, the City of Detroit constructed a parking garage under the two halves of the park. The eastern portion houses space for 250 cars and the western portion accommodates 540. The half-moon shaped park is divided down its center by Woodward Avenue, the city's main thoroughfare. The Alger Fountain anchors the eastern half and is capped on its north western edge with a statue of mayor William Cotter Maybury. Its western half is anchored by the Edison Fountain and capped on its north eastern edge with a statue of mayor Hazen Pingree. The Maybury and Pingree monuments have been relocated several times. The Pingree statue was erected in 1904 near Woodward and Park Avenues facing south, while his rival, Maybury, occupied a site in the eastern half of the park facing Pingree across Woodward Avenue. After the 1957 garage construction, Pingree was returned to his original site while Maybury was placed at the north boundary of the park with his back to his foe. In the 1990s, both statues moved once again to their current locations. Among the notable buildings encircling the park are the David Broderick Tower and David Whitney Building on the south, Kales Building, and Central United Methodist Church on the north, and Comerica Park and Detroit Opera House on the East. Development On November 12, 2007, Quicken Loans announced its development agreement with the city to move its headquarters to downtown Detroit, consolidating about 4,000 of its suburban employees in a move considered to be a high importance to city planners to reestablish the historic downtown. The construction sites reserved for development under the agreement include the location of the former Statler on Grand Circus Park and the former Hudson's location. (The western edge of the park was formerly home to the now demolished Statler and Tuller hotels). Grand Circus is serviced by a People Mover station. East necklace The Detroit Opera House is located at Broadway and Grand Circus. The east necklace of downtown links Grand Circus and the stadium area to Greektown along Broadway. The east necklace contains a sub-district sometimes called the Harmonie Park District, which has taken on the renowned legacy of Detroit's music from 1930s through the 1950s to the present. Near the Opera House, and emanating from Grand Circus along the east necklace are other venues including the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts and the Gem Theatre and Century Club. The historic Harmonie Club and Harmonie Centre are located along Broadway. The Harmonie Park area ends near Gratiot and Randolph. The Detroit Athletic Club stands in view of center field at Comerica Park. Part of the east necklace, the area contains architecturally notable buildings planned for renovation as high-rise residential condominiums such as the Gothic Revival Metropolitan Building at 33 John R Street. The Hilton Garden Inn is also in the Harmonie Park area. The east necklace area is serviced by the People Mover at the Cadillac and Broadway Stations. Gallery See also Campus Martius Park Detroit International Riverfront Grand Circus Park People Mover station Theatre in Detroit References Further reading External links Motor City District Regains Its Luster - slideshow by The New York Times Historic districts in Detroit Downtown Detroit Parks in Detroit Woodward Avenue Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Detroit Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan Culture of Detroit
Setanaxib (development code GKT-831) is an experimental orally bioavailable dual inhibitor of NADPH oxidase isoforms NOX4 and NOX1. Setanaxib is a member of the pyrazolopyridine dione chemical series. The compound is the only specific NOX inhibitor that has entered into clinical trials. Setanaxib has demonstrated biological activity in a number of in vitro and in vivo animal pharmacological models including squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy, atherosclerosis, liver fibrosis, osteoporosis, pulmonary hypertension, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. This drug candidate has been investigated in humans in a Phase 2 proof-of-concept trial in primary biliary cholangitis and a Phase 2 proof-of-concept trial in diabetic nephropathy. Setanaxib was developed by Genkyotex, a French biotech company based in Archamps. In 2020, Calliditas Therapeutics AB acquired a controlling interest in Genkyotex, which was delisted and became a fully owned subsidiary of Calliditas in October 2021. Calliditas, a commercial stage biotech company headquartered in Stockholm, is currently developing setanaxib in two clinical trials in human patients. Development The strategy of development of setanaxib was initially focused on the treatment of fibrosis and particularly idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Setanaxib obtained orphan drug designation from regulatory agencies in the US and EU in early 2010. It was later granted FDA Fast Track Designation in PBC in August 2021. Genkyotex first initiated a phase 2 proof-of-concept study in diabetic nephropathy in 2014. However, the trial did not reach the primary clinical endpoint of reduction in albuminuria. Following this, the company conducted a Phase 2 trial in patients with primary biliary cholangitis, reporting out data in 2019. The 111-patient study tested two doses of setanaxib, 400 mg once daily and 400 mg twice daily, versus placebo. The primary endpoint was percentage change in serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) at 24 weeks; the study did not meet this endpoint. However, the study did show promising data in post-hoc analysis, achieving significance in the secondary endpoint of reduction in alkaline phosphatase (ALP). The higher dose of setanaxib demonstrated a 12.9% reduction of ALP over the 24-week treatment period, with a p-value of p<0.002 vs placebo. Genkyotex then carried out further analysis of a subgroup of the patient population with elevated liver stiffness levels. Liver stiffness, which was measured using noninvasive transient elastography, is an indicator of fibrosis. The study found that patients in stage 3 fibrosis, aka those with baseline liver stiffness levels of 9.6kPa or greater, who were dosed with setanaxib had a 22% reduction in liver stiffness; meanwhile, the patients in this subgroup who received placebo had a 4% increase in liver stiffness. The study also investigated the impact of setanaxib treatment on quality of life outcomes using the PBC-40 questionnaire, a profile measure covering six PBC specific quality of life domains (cognitive, social, emotional function, fatigue, itch, and other symptoms). Treatment with the twice-daily dose of setanaxib resulted in positive effects on emotional function and social quality of life domains, as well as a statistically significant improvement in fatigue. Fatigue is a common problem in PBC, one which has been characterised by patient reports as ‘dramatically impairing’ quality of life. Setanaxib is now being developed by Calliditas Therapeutics, which is running two clinical trials with this drug candidate. The TRANSFORM study is a Phase 2b/3 study with an adaptive design. The study is investigating the effect of setanaxib in PBC patients who have an intolerance or inadequate response to ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), and liver stiffness of ≥8.8 kilopascals (kPa).The primary endpoint is reduction in alkaline phosphatase (ALP). The first part of the trial will have three arms – a placebo arm and two dosing arms, with setanaxib 1200 mg/day and 1600 mg/day. Calliditas will conduct an interim analysis after the 99th patient has completed 24 weeks of treatment. Following this analysis, one dose of setanaxib will be selected to move forward with for the remaining, Phase 3, portion of the trial. The trial will also investigate the change in liver stiffness and the effect of setanaxib on fatigue in patients. Calliditas is also conducting a Phase 2 proof-of-concept trial in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and who have moderate or high cancer associated fibroblast (CAF) density tumours. This trial follows on from promising pre-clinical data from Professor Gareth Thomas at the University of Southampton, which demonstrated that setanaxib reversed CAF differentiation and overcame CD8 T-cell exclusion in vivo and improved survival in a relevant mouse tumour model. The Calliditas Phase 2 trial will investigate the effect of setanaxib 800 mg twice daily in conjunction with 200mg of pembrolizumab, administered IV. As is standard for this immunotherapy, pembrolizumab will be administered every 3 weeks until unacceptable toxicity or progression. A tumour biopsy will be taken prior to treatment and then again after 9 weeks of treatment. Setanaxib is also being evaluated in investigator led trials in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and diabetic kidney disease (DKD). The trial in DKD is being funded by JDRF and is investigating a twice-daily 400mg dose of setanaxib across 48 weeks of treatment. The study in IPF is fully funded by an $8.9 million grant awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is being led by Professor Victor Thannickal at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of 400mg BID setanaxib in 60 IPF patients who will also be receiving pirfenidone or nintedanib, the standard of care in this disease. History Setanaxib was discovered in the early 2000s by scientists at Genkyotex and was patented in 2007. Setanaxib was initially developed for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and obtained orphan drug designation both by FDA and EMEA by end of 2010. Setanaxib was developed by rational drug design following a campaign of high-throughput screening on several NOX isoforms. The initial lead compound GKT136901, a pyrazolopyridine dione derivative was further structurally modified in order to enhance its binding affinity and improve its pharmacokinetic properties, resulting in the discovery of setanaxib. Toxicity and potential risks Setanaxib did not show any signs of toxicity in a phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers. A study with high-dose setanaxib assessed the safety and pharmacokinetics of the drug in 46 healthy subjects. The study had two parts: a single ascending dose (SAD) part and a multiple ascending dose (MAD) part with dosing up to 1600mg/day. This trial demonstrated a that setanaxib had a favourable safety and pharmacokinetic profile even at high doses. References Pyrazolopyridines Anilines Chloroarenes Dimethylamino compounds Orphan drugs
Gadhimai is a municipality in Rautahat district of Narayani zone, Nepal. It lies at the border of Rautahat district that links Sarlahi District over Bagmati River. It was formed by merging former 6 Village development committees Gamhariya, samanpur, Sangrampur, Bahuwa Madanpur, Dharampur and Bariyarpur just before 2017 Nepalese local elections. The current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rautahat District Constituency 4(B) Pradesh Sabha and former VDC chairman Sheikh Abul Kalam Azad better known by his nickname Phool Babu is a resident. Geography Gadhimai Municipality lies in plain of Terai region of Nepal.The land, here is fertile and humus containing. Climate The Gadhimai Municipality has a humid, tropical climate. The mean annual rainfall at the Gadhimai Municipality was between 1995 and 2006. More than 80% of the total annual rainfall occurs during the monsoon season from June to September. Average temperatures ranged from in January to in June. In the past, the inner and outer Terai were a formidable barrier between Nepal and potential invaders from India because marshes and forests were infested by anopheline mosquitos that transmitted virulent strains of malaria, especially during the hot spring and rainy summer monsoon. There are several differences between the climate on the eastern edge of the Terai at Biratnagar in Nepal and on the western edge of the Terai at Nepaljung in Nepal to that of Gadhimai Municipality in Nepal although they lies in same plain of Terai. Moving inland and away from monsoon sources in the Bay of Bengal, the climate becomes more continental with a greater difference between summer and winter. In the far western Terai, which is five degrees latitude further north, the coldest months' average is cooler. Total rainfall markedly diminishes from east to west. The monsoon arrives later, is much less intense and ends sooner. However, winters are wetter in the west.au in Nepal near the central edge although both lies in Terai. Moving inland and away from monsoon sources in the Bay of Bengal, the climate becomes more continental with a greater difference between summer and winter. In the far western Terai, which is five degrees latitude further north, the coldest months' average is cooler. Total rainfall markedly diminishes from east to west. The monsoon arrives later, is much less intense and ends sooner. However, winters are wetter in the west. Education Shree Shankar Gudar Campus, Samanpur The origin of this campus goes back to its former "Shree Shankar Gudar Higher Secondary School" and further "Shree Shankar Gudar Secondary School", one of the oldest school in Nepal inaugurated when Samanpur was once limelight of whole Rautahat district. The institution has about 1000 students. Shree Shankar Gudar Campus offers bachelor courses like Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Arts at the moment while its former entities "Shree Shankar Gudar Higher Secondary School" offers 10+2 courses of Higher Secondary Education Board and "Shree Shankar Gudar Secondary School" offers up to 10th class of School Leaving Certificate (Nepal). Shree Saraswati Higher Secondary School, Malahi Tola Chilmiliya This school offers education up to 12th class and follow the curriculum of Government School of Nepal. Madrasa Islahul Muslemeen, Gamhariya The eldest Islamic school of Nepal "Madrasa Islahul Muslemeen" is situated in Gamhariya which was founded by "Sheikh Hajee Alibaksh". Later his son "Sheikh Hajee Sujaeet" added some more infrastructures. The great-grand son, Phool Babu, of the founder of this Madrasa is currently the chief of this Islamic School. The Madrasa has around 700 students. Among them around 100 are boarders mostly from Rautahat District, Sarlahi District and Bihar (India).The curriculum of study is not only Islamic study like "Deene Taleem" but also Mathematics and Languages like English, Arabic, Persian (Farsi), Urdu, Hindi and Nepali are taught. It is said that there is no single family in this village who don't have at least one Mawlānā (Graduate of religious Institution) and also boast for highest number of Mawlānā in one VDC in whole Nepal. There are some other schools in this municipality which offer education up to 10th class and follow the curriculum of Government School of Nepal. Transport This municipality lies in the middle of Rautahat District and bordering Sarlahi District and is the center of oldest highway of Rautahat district called "Rajaiya Sadak" which still connects Rautahat District headquarters Gaur and East-West Highway terminal Chandrapur. East side it is connected to Sarlahi District via several sub localities over Bagmati River whereas on the west side It is connected with new Highway called "Gaur-Chandranigahpur Highway" through Garuda Municipality that links this municipality to capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, and other major cities like Birgunj, Janakpurdham, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Nepalgunj, Bharatpur, etc. via East-West Highway. As it is connected to Rautahat District headquarters Gaur via "Rajaiya Sadak" as well as via "Gaur-Chandranigahpur Highway" and Gaur is also border of Nepal that links India via Bairgania, one can reach to all major cities of India using Indian Railways available at Bairgania. Land transportation like Tanga, Rickshaw, Jeep, Bus is available to reach Garuda Municipality. The nearest domestic airport, Simara Airport, is in Simra while nearest International airport, Nijgadh International Airport , is under construction in Nijgadh. Currently passengers use Tribhuvan International Airport located in capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, for International flight. it is 20 km north of Gaur and 20 km south of Chandrapur. Economy Its one locality Samanpur was major financial center in Rauthat district. The others were Gaur, Pipara, Kathariya and Chandranigahpur. Due to flooding problem from Bagmati River as well as creation of new highway "Gaur-Chandranigahpur Highway" and lack of attention from central government its status got degraded day by day. There is another emerging market in Bariyarpur(Malahi Bazar). The major economy of this municipality is farming. Sugarcane, Paddy, Wheat, Mustard, Dal, Vegetables, Fruits, etc. are the major production of this municipality. The other economy is the remittance from the people working mostly in Kathmandu, India and Gulf Countries. Culture The culture of this Municipality is the mix of Muslim as well as Hindu community. The municipality got its name from one of the Mela held in its locality Sangrampur(Sundarpur). Communication Nepal Telecom ,Smart and Ncell have network coverage. Ncell has a 4G network for a long time there but now Nepal Telecom also has a 4G network. References Populated places in Rautahat District Transit and customs posts along the India–Nepal border Populated places in Mithila, Nepal Nepal municipalities established in 2014 Municipalities in Madhesh Province
Okome is an unincorporated community located in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. References Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
```python # # # path_to_url # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # ============================================================================== """A smoke test for VGGish. This is a simple smoke test of a local install of VGGish and its associated downloaded files. We create a synthetic sound, extract log mel spectrogram features, run them through VGGish, post-process the embedding ouputs, and check some simple statistics of the results, allowing for variations that might occur due to platform/version differences in the libraries we use. Usage: - Download the VGGish checkpoint and PCA parameters into the same directory as the VGGish source code. If you keep them elsewhere, update the checkpoint_path and pca_params_path variables below. - Run: $ python vggish_smoke_test.py """ from __future__ import print_function import numpy as np import resampy # pylint: disable=import-error import tensorflow.compat.v1 as tf import vggish_input import vggish_params import vggish_postprocess import vggish_slim print('\nTesting your install of VGGish\n') # Paths to downloaded VGGish files. checkpoint_path = 'vggish_model.ckpt' pca_params_path = 'vggish_pca_params.npz' # Relative tolerance of errors in mean and standard deviation of embeddings. rel_error = 0.1 # Up to 10% # Generate a 1 kHz sine wave at 16 kHz, the preferred sample rate of VGGish. num_secs = 3 freq = 1000 sr = 16000 t = np.arange(0, num_secs, 1 / sr) x = np.sin(2 * np.pi * freq * t) # Check that we can resample a signal. Don't use the resampled signal to # produce an embedding where we check the results because we don't want # to depend on the resampler never changing too much. resampled_x = resampy.resample(x, sr, sr * 0.75) print('Resampling via resampy works!') # Produce a batch of log mel spectrogram examples. input_batch = vggish_input.waveform_to_examples(x, sr) print('Log Mel Spectrogram example: ', input_batch[0]) np.testing.assert_equal( input_batch.shape, [num_secs, vggish_params.NUM_FRAMES, vggish_params.NUM_BANDS]) # Define VGGish, load the checkpoint, and run the batch through the model to # produce embeddings. with tf.Graph().as_default(), tf.Session() as sess: vggish_slim.define_vggish_slim() vggish_slim.load_vggish_slim_checkpoint(sess, checkpoint_path) features_tensor = sess.graph.get_tensor_by_name( vggish_params.INPUT_TENSOR_NAME) embedding_tensor = sess.graph.get_tensor_by_name( vggish_params.OUTPUT_TENSOR_NAME) [embedding_batch] = sess.run([embedding_tensor], feed_dict={features_tensor: input_batch}) print('VGGish embedding: ', embedding_batch[0]) print('embedding mean/stddev', np.mean(embedding_batch), np.std(embedding_batch)) # Postprocess the results to produce whitened quantized embeddings. pproc = vggish_postprocess.Postprocessor(pca_params_path) postprocessed_batch = pproc.postprocess(embedding_batch) print('Postprocessed VGGish embedding: ', postprocessed_batch[0]) print('postproc embedding mean/stddev', np.mean(postprocessed_batch), np.std(postprocessed_batch)) # Expected mean/stddev were measured to 3 significant places on 07/25/23 with # NumPy 1.21.6 / TF 2.8.2 (dating to Apr-May 2022) # NumPy 1.24.3 / TF 2.13.0 (representative of July 2023) # with Python 3.10 on a Debian-like Linux system. Both configs produced # identical results. expected_embedding_mean = 0.000657 expected_embedding_std = 0.343 np.testing.assert_allclose( [np.mean(embedding_batch), np.std(embedding_batch)], [expected_embedding_mean, expected_embedding_std], rtol=rel_error) expected_postprocessed_mean = 126.0 expected_postprocessed_std = 89.3 np.testing.assert_allclose( [np.mean(postprocessed_batch), np.std(postprocessed_batch)], [expected_postprocessed_mean, expected_postprocessed_std], rtol=rel_error) print('\nLooks Good To Me!\n') ```

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