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Sayxunobod is a district of Sirdaryo Region in Uzbekistan. The capital is the town Sayxun. It has an area of and its population is 78,500 (2021 est.). The district consists of 4 urban-type settlements (Sayxun, Sohil, Shoʻroʻzak, Paxtakon) and 7 rural communities. References Districts of Uzbekistan Sirdaryo Region
is a Japanese video game designer who spent much of his career working for Namco. He is best known as the creator of the arcade game Pac-Man (1980). Early life Iwatani was born in the Meguro ward of Tokyo, Japan on January 25, 1955. While in kindergarten, he and his family moved to the Tōhoku region of Japan after his father got a job as an engineer for the Japan Broadcasting Corporation. After becoming a junior high student, Iwatani returned to Tokyo and graduated from the Tokyo Metropolitan University High School, before graduating from the Tokai University Faculty of Engineering. Iwatani was self-taught in computers without any formal training in programming or graphic design. He often filled his school textbooks with scattered manga, which he claims had a major influence on the character designs of his games. Career At the age of 22, Iwatani joined the Japanese video game publisher Namco in 1977. Before he had joined, Namco had acquired the rights to the Japanese division of Atari, Inc. from Nolan Bushnell, giving them the rights to distribute many of the company's games, such as Breakout, across the country. This became an unprecedented success for Namco, and made them interested in producing their own video games in-house instead of relying on other companies to make games for them. Iwatani was assigned to the video game development division of the company upon arrival. He originally wanted to create pinball machines, however Namco executives declined the idea due to patent-related issues. As a sort-of compromise, Iwatani was allowed to create a video game based on the concept of pinball. With the assistance of programmer Shigeichi Ishimura, Iwatani created Gee Bee, released in 1978. While not as successful as the company hoped, Gee Bee helped Namco get a foothold in the gradually-expanding video game market. Two sequels were released in 1979, Bomb Bee and Cutie Q, which Iwatani worked on as a designer. Towards the end of 1979, Iwatani grew disappointed towards the video game industry, thinking that the market only appealed to men through its usage of violent "war" games, such as Space Invaders, and sports games reminiscent of Pong. He decided to create a video game that appealed to women, with cute, colorful character design and easy-to-understand gameplay, based around the concept of eating. Working with a small team of nine employees, Iwatani created Pac-Man, test-marketed on May 22, 1980, and released in Japan in July and in North America in October. While it proved to be only a moderate success in Japan, being outperformed by Namco's own Galaxian, Pac-Man was an astronomical success in North America, quickly selling over 100,000 arcade units and becoming the best-selling and highest-grossing arcade game of all time. Pac-Man has since become Namco's most-successful video game of all time and the company's signature title. After its release, Iwatani was promoted within the ranks of Namco, eventually becoming responsible for overseeing the administration of the company. Despite the success of Pac-Man, Iwatani did not receive any kind of bonus or change of salary. An often-repeated story is that Iwatani left Namco furious at the lack of any recognition or additions to his pay, which he has claimed to be false. Iwatani went on to design Libble Rabble in 1983, a twin-stick puzzler based on a game he had played in his childhood. Iwatani claims Libble Rabble to be his favorite game. He also worked as a producer for many of Namco's arcade games, including Rally-X, Galaga, Pole Position, Ridge Racer and Time Crisis. From April 2005, he taught the subject of Character Design Studies at Osaka University of Arts as visiting professor. Iwatani left Namco in March 2007 to become a full-time lecturer at Tokyo Polytechnic University. Iwatani returned to his Pac-Man roots in 2007 when he developed Pac-Man Championship Edition for the Xbox 360, which he states is the final game he will develop. On June 3, 2010, at the Festival of Games, Iwatani received a certificate from Guinness World Records for Pac-Man having the most "coin-operated arcade machines" installed worldwide: 293,822. The record was set and recognized in 2005, and recorded in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008. He was portrayed in the Adam Sandler sci-fi comedy adventure Pixels by actor Denis Akiyama, while Iwatani himself has a cameo as an arcade repairman. Works Writings References External links Detailed Toru Iwatani biography at PAC-MAN Museum Q&A: Pac-Man Creator Reflects on 30 Years of Dot-Eating at Wired.com 1955 births People from Meguro Living people Japanese video game designers Namco Pac-Man
Szava is a village in Baranya county, Hungary. External links Street map Populated places in Baranya County
The Duchy of Lubusz was a short-lived feudal district duchy in the Lubusz Land in Central Europe. Its capital was Lebus. It was formed in 1241 from the portion of the territory of the Duchy of Silesia, and existed until 1242, when it was incorporated back into it. Its only ruler was Duke Mieszko of Lubusz of the Silesian Piast dynasty. History The Duchy of Lubusz was created in 1241, from the portion of the territory of the Duchy of Silesia, with Duke Mieszko of Lubusz becoming its ruler. He was given its territory following the death of his father Henry II the Pious, ruler of Silesia, on 9 April 1241. Mieszko was at the time probably about 14 years old and received those lands temporarily until he would reached adulthood to rule the rest of the Duchy of Silesia together with his older brothers. He died in 1242, and the Duchy of Lubusz was incorporated back into the Duchy of Silesia. List of rulers 1241–1242: Mieszko of Lubusz Notes References Former countries in Europe Former monarchies of Europe Fiefdoms of Poland History of Poland during the Piast dynasty Duchies of Silesia Duchy of Lubusz 12th-century establishments in Poland States and territories established in 1241 States and territories disestablished in 1242 Former duchies
The Wishing Well Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid January at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. Open to fillies and mare age four and older, it is raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of six furlongs. First run in 1983, the race is named in honor of Wishing Well, a winner of twelve races and the dam of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee, Sunday Silence. References Sprint category horse races for fillies and mares Ungraded stakes races in the United States Recurring sporting events established in 1983 Turfway Park horse races 1983 establishments in Kentucky
Rodolfo Aricò (3 June 1930 – 22 June 2002) was an Italian painter and theatre set designer. Biography Rodolfo Aricò was born in Milan on 3 June 1930. He attended the Brera Liceo artistico from 1946 to 1950, where famed art critic and curator Guido Ballo was one of his professors. He then studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan. In 1957 he held his first solo exhibition at the Galleria Bergamini in Milan, which was followed shortly thereafter by another solo show at the Salone Annunciata in Milan in 1959. At the XXXII Venice Biennale in 1964, Aricò exhibited the work Trittico dellaistenza. The Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Roma became one of the first institutions to add his work to their collection when they acquired Le “simultanee forme” di Delaunay in 1965. He was invited again to present at the Venice Biennale in 1968. The following year, Deson-Zacks Gallery in Chicago hosted a solo exhibition of Aricò's work. He continued to exhibit extensively and expand his oeuvre. In the early 1970s, Aricò explored reinterpretations of traditional art history concepts and architectural archetypes. He began using thin layers of spray paint, superimposed in drops of color to create a final monochrome result. During the 1980s, Aricò was invited to exhibit at the Venice Biennale, both in 1980 and 1986. The artist's solo exhibitions during the 1990s reflect more on the relationship with space, understood as "drama" and an element of materiality in the making. Along with his artworks, Aricò also intensified his theoretical activity, combining the writings inherent to his work with visionary and fantastic tales of an autobiographical nature. From 1979 to 2000 Aricò was professor of theatre and set design at the Brera Academy in Milan. Aricò died in Milan on 22 June 2002. In 2005, the Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt held a major retrospective of his work. Aricò's works have been collected by Irish Museum of Modern Art and Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Solo exhibitions (selection) Rodolfo Aricò, Galleria Bergamini, Milan, 1957. Rodolfo Aricò, Salone Annunciata, Milan, 1959. Aricò, Salone Annunciata, Milan, 1966. Aricò 67, Galleria L’Attico, Rome, 1967. Rodolfo Aricò. XXXIV Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte La Biennale di Venezia (Sala Personale), Padiglione Centrale, Venice, 1968. Pondus. Mostra personale di Rodolfo Aricò, Salone Annunciata, Milan, 1969. Rodolfo Aricò, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, 1969. Aricò, Deson-Zaks Gallery, Chicago, 1969. Aricò, Salone Annunciata, Studio Marconi, Milan. 1970. Rodolfo Aricò, Studio La Città, Verona, 1972. Rodolfo Aricò. La casa, Salone Annunciata, Milan, 1972. Rodolfo Aricò, Palazzo Grassi, Centro Internazionale delle Arti e del Costume, Venice, 1974. Aricò, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea - Parco Massari, Ferrara, 1977. Rodolfo Aricò. Mito e architettura, Casa del Mantegna, Mantova, 1980. Rodolfo Aricò, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan (with Gianni Colombo), 1984. Rodolfo Aricò, Galleria Turchetto/Plurima, Milan, 1989. Rodolfo Aricò. Carte Recenti, Galleria d’Arte Plurima, Udine, 1990. Aricò ’70. Carte, progetti, tele. Anni ’60 e ’70, Studio Carlo Grossetti, Milan, 1991. Rodolfo Aricò. Opere recenti, Galleria Turchetto/plurima, Milan, 1991. Aricò. Pitture recenti, Lorenzelli Arte, Milan, 1993. Rodolfo Aricò, Galleria Turchetto/Plurima, Milan, 1994. Rodolfo Aricò, Galleria Corraini, Mantua, 1994. Rodolfo Aricò. Sere, A arte Studio Invernizzi, Milan, 1997. Aricò, Spazio Annunciata, Milan, 2001. Im Element. Die Kraft des Kosmischen und des Irdischen im Werk von Rodolfo Aricò und Rudi Wach, Kaiserliche Hofburg Innsbruck, Innsbruck; Palazzo Trivulzio, Melzo, 2003. La pittura come procedimento attivo di Rodolfo Aricò, A arte Studio Invernizzi, Milan, 2004. Rodolfo Aricò. Anti-form. Works 1958–1975, Barbara Behan Contemporary Art, London, 2005. Rodolfo Aricò. Annäherungen an das Absolute, Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 2005. Rodolfo Aricò. Un erotico germinante. L’opera di Rodolfo Aricò negli anni Ottanta, A arte Studio Invernizzi, Milan, 2009. Rodolfo Aricò, in Postwar. Protagonisti italiani, Collezione Peggy Guggenheim, Venice, 2013. Rodolfo Aricò. Pittura inquieta. Gli anni Novanta, Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza della Scala, Milan, 2014. Rodolfo Aricò. Uno sguardo senza soggezione, A arte Invernizzi, Milan, 2014. Rodolfo Aricò. Uno sguardo senza soggezione, Lorenzelli Arte, Milan, 2014. Rodolfo Aricò. 1965–1972, Germinazione di un’idea, Galleria Il Ponte, Florence, 2014. Rodolfo Aricò. Icona nuda opere dal 1985 al 2001, Annunciata Galleria d’Arte, Milan, 2014. Omaggio a Rodolfo Aricò, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, 2014. Rodolfo Aricò, Grossetti arte contemporanea, Milan, 2015. Rodolfo Aricò. Line of Demarcation, Luxembourg&Dayan, London, 2016. References Guggenheim Venice: Rodolfo Aricò 1930 births 2002 deaths Artists from Milan Polytechnic University of Milan alumni 20th-century Italian painters Academic staff of Brera Academy Italian contemporary artists
The New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council (PSTC) is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The council is responsible for establishing minimum hiring and educational standards as well as the certification process for police and state corrections officers. The council also provides mandatory basic training and in-service training to all police and state corrections officers within New Hampshire. The council was established by the New Hampshire General Court (state legislature) in 1971. The council is headquartered at 17 Institute Drive in Concord, and is led by a director who is responsible for all administrative operations. The 14-member council consists of: two town police chiefs two city police chiefs two county sheriffs two judges of courts with criminal jurisdiction the Chancellor of the Community College System of New Hampshire (or designee) the Director of the State Police (or designee) the Attorney General (or designee) the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections (or designee) two members of the public References External links Police Standards Government agencies established in 1971 1971 establishments in New Hampshire
Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones), subtitled "an improvised urban psychodrama in eight parts", is an album by saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lytton. It was recorded in April 1972 at the Standard Essence Co, a small loft space in London, and was released later that year by Incus Records. The album was reissued on CD by Psi Records in 2002. Reception In a review for AllMusic, François Couture wrote that the album "was filled with amazing sounds that remain puzzling to this day... The pair explores the very quiet and very loud, unveiling new sounds and textures... the tracks... form a succession of sharp contrasts, with each side of the original LP ending with a short drone piece that leaves the listener clueless. Decades after the fact, Collective Calls still packs an artistic punch." The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars, and stated: "these are riveting performances, intensely concentrated and very faithfully captured... the whole has admirable coherence and consistency." Writing for Bells, Henry Kuntz commented: "the main focus of much of the music is harmonic. Parker's work tends to be in long areas of sound, more defined by timbre than by pitch which, by utilizing rapid changes of embouchure, he is able to surround with several seemingly independent sound sources. There are obvious similarities to some types of electronic music... but while Parker's range is necessarily more limited than most electronic instruments, he is able to move about with greater ease and to impart to his work a greater urgency." Track listing "Peradam" – 5:09 "Cat's Flux 2" – 5:45 "Shaker" – 13:00 "Left of the Neo-Left" – 1:12 "Lytton Perdu" – 13:25 "Voice Fragment" – 0:21 "Some Mother Blues" – 8:30 "What's Left of the Neo-Left" – 1:55 Personnel Evan Parker – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, home made instruments, cassette recorder Paul Lytton – percussion, electronics, sounds, noises References 1972 albums Evan Parker albums Paul Lytton albums Incus Records albums Psi Records albums
Transitions is a DJ mix compilation album by John Digweed released on Renaissance Records in 2006. Track listing Partial Arts - "Cruising" (6:13) Every - "Feelin'" (5:26) Popnoname - On The Run (5:52) Margot Meets The Melody Maker - "Torch (Extrawelt Remix)" (4:45) Tigerskin - Neontrance (5:23) Catwash - "Plastic Rubberband" (5:18) David K - "Beautiful Dead" (4:00) Diringer - "Flake Escape" (4:05) Rocco* - "Roots 4 Acid" (5:46) Trick & Kubic - "Easy (John Digweed Edit)" (3:56) On Spec - "Knights Of Columbos (Original Mix)" (4:55) John Digweed - "Warung Beach (Lützenkirchen Remix)" (5:17) Michel De Hey - "Jetchi (John Digweed Edit)" (4:02) Dana Bergquist - "McEnroe" (4:17) Paul Kalkbrenner - "Gebrünn Gebrünn" (5:38) References External links John Digweed albums 2006 compilation albums
John Erik Kaada (born 28 July 1975), also known by the mononym Kaada, is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, producer, film score composer and multi-instrumentalist. Kaada's career spans a string of solo albums, motion picture soundtracks, high-profile collaborations with key players such as Mike Patton, as well as numerous live appearances at home and abroad. Discography Kaada Recordings is a Norwegian label dedicated to releasing or licensing out the music of composer John Erik Kaada. Solo albums Thank You for Giving Me Your Valuable Time (2001 – re-released in 2003) MECD (2004) Music for Moviebikers (2006) Junkyard Nostalgias (2009) Kaada and the Late Bloomers in Concert (2012) Closing Statements (2018) Kaada´s debut in a recorded format came with his 2001 solo album Thank You for Giving Me Your Valuable Time. A musical blend of woo-wop, show tunes and jungle rhythms into a coherent mix of live instrumentation and electronic elements, fusing elements of five decades of popular music. Thank You for Giving Me Your Valuable Time firmly established Kaada as a key voice on Norway´s blossoming music scene. The album was named as one of the ten most important releases of the year by Billboard. 2006 saw the release of Music for Moviebikers (Ipecac Recordings), a collection of lush arrangements set as soundtracks for imaginary films. The album features an evocative quality as it sets out to bring the two musical worlds of Kaada together; the one of the recording artist with the cinematic film music one. The albums´s 22-strong ensemble consists of traditional instrumentation with strings, vocals and electric guitars as well as homemade instruments and some exotic folk music performers hailing from various corners of Europe. The strings were recorded in the Vigeland mausoleum in Oslo. 2009's outing Junkyard Nostalgias with its myriad sounds and instruments. The album was conceived as a self-proclaimed homage to the thousands of Polish workers that have come to Norway to earn a better living and to fuel the country´s economy with cheap labour. Junkyard Nostalgias featured Kaada playing all of the instruments on the album, solidifying his personal universe of sound. Kaada have said about the album that he made it to justify buying hundreds of instruments on eBay Kaada/Patton albums Romances (2004) Bacteria Cult (2016) A milestone in Kaada´s career came in 2004 with the release of the album Romances – a joint effort with Faith No More and Tomahawk vocalist Mike Patton An eerily addicting work with inspirations from classical music, Romances features the two composers working in tandem to create a slow-moving large piece based in late romanticism which again is made up of nine smaller pieces, resembling a symphony's compositional structure. In many ways, 'Romances' pays homage to Kaada's musical upbringing that included classical training from age six to 20 and a repertoire spanning form Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Béla Bartók. The titles are lifted from old pieces from the Romantic period. 2007 saw the release of Kaada/Patton's Kaada/Patton Live DVD (Ipecac Recordings) – a live recording from the 2005 Roskilde Festival featuring a seven-piece ensemble playing mostly the repertoire of Romances . The outing features the full festival set as well as behind the scenes from the key event. Kaada and Patton have maintained their musical bond over the last decade. Spring 2016 sees the release of their new joint effort ´Bacteria Cult´. Cloroform albums Deconstruction (Kaada Records, 1998) All-Scars (Kaada Records, 1998) Do the Crawl (Kaada Records, 2000) Scrawl (Kaada Records, 2001) Hey You Let's Kiss (Kaada Records, 2003) Cracked Wide Open (Kaada Records, 2005) Clean (Kaada Records, 2007) Grrr (Kaada Records, 2016) Another key arena for Kaada´s compositional as well as improvisational output has been the exploratory trio Cloroform. Highly active from 1998 to 2006, the trio released six critically acclaimed albums and toured extensively. Double bass, drums, keys and distorted vocals form the frame for Cloroform's highly-charged live sets and studio recordings. The trio made the transition from an underground act on the domestic scene to a live favourite on European stages, earning them a loyal following all over Europe. DVD releases 2007 – Kaada/Patton Live – Live performance DVD Kaada/Patton Live is a DVD of the collaboration between Mike Patton and John Kaada that was released on 20 November 2007. The DVD features a live performance of the music from the album Romances from Roskilde Festival 2005. The entire concert is in black & white. 2008 – O' Horten DVD – interview together with director Bent Hamer 2012 – 'Kaada and the Late Bloomers in Concert – live DVD Film music A core component of Kaada´s career has been composing film scores, beginning with 2000s low-budget domestic success Mongoland which generated considerable demand for his compositional skills. 2002 saw Kaada being bestowed with "the Golden Clapboard Prize" at the Amanda Award – the Norwegian equivalent to The Oscars at the time being the youngest film worker to receive the prestigious award. In the ensuing decade, Kaada went on to compose scores for some of the most successful domestic films as well as several international productions, earning him numerous awards for his distinct compositional style. One of Kaada´s most notable international film score successes came in 2014 with the French blockbuster La liste de mes envies. The motion picture, which featured a cast of major French actors, was box office hit in France and Belgium and resulted in a successful soundtrack released through Pathé. Composing for films was something that I took up rather coincidentally, relates Kaada. – "I had not intended to pursue that direction and had no formal training, but at some point, writing film scores was what I did. In the beginning it was quite stressful and made me nervous, but now I'm enjoying the work much more, thinking of it as a compositional playground. Orchestration and sonorous experimentation are the fields that I really enjoy delving into these days. Working on film scores enables me to create unconventional instrument ensembles. I'm also doing music for documentaries and television scores in between film scores. TV gigs is a great composers' workshop, because you have the opportunity to experiment with small ensembles and develop composing and arranging skills." Kaada´s TV-music works has been heard on CNN, CBS, Fox and in relation to shows such as Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Oprah, The Super Bowl, Jay Leno, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, 60 Minutes and NBA Tonight. Selected film scores Soundtrack releases Music from the motionpicture Natural Born Star (2007) Music from the motionpicture O'Horten (2008) La liste de mes envies (2014) Diving into the unknown (Original motion picture soundtrack) (2016) See also Mike Patton Ipecac Recordings Cloroform Kaada/Patton References External links Cloroform – Kaadas rockband Kaada at Ipecac Recordings Soundcloud.com/kaada 1975 births Living people Norwegian pop musicians Musicians from Stavanger Norwegian film score composers Male film score composers Norwegian multi-instrumentalists Ipecac Recordings artists
Hounsdown School is a secondary school in Totton, near Southampton, Hampshire, England The school has 1,215 pupils, spanning ages 11 to 16. Classes are held in renovated 1960s buildings and new specialist blocks built since 2000. Science College and Academy status Hounsdown gained Science College status in 2005, and the school changed its official title to 'Hounsdown School – A Science College'. With the new title came a new logo, new uniform and a £500,000 government grant to be spent on science equipment. However, rather than spending all the money on science equipment, part was spent to buy a new sports hall. On 1 August 2011, Hounsdown School officially gained academy status. Ofsted The school's most recent Ofsted inspection judgement, in 2017, was Outstanding. Department for Education Investment In May 2013, Hounsdown School was successful in achieving approximately £1.3 million for essential Capital refurbishments/decorating works. Structure Pupils begin at the school in year seven, most having attended one of the three feeder primary schools: Abbotswood Junior School (majority), Bartley Junior School or Foxhills Junior School. Until KS3 SATs were abandoned nationally, pupils studied the Key Stage 3 syllabus until the SATs. In 2005, instead of taking SATs in year nine, the decision was taken that students would take them in year 8 to give students an extra year of GCSE help. They then pick a cycle of three subjects at the end of year 8 (e.g. drama, music, history) and a language to carry on into year nine. Students then try out these subjects and pick their final GCSE options at the end of year nine, which they could drop at any time during year 10. Many schools in Scotland and Wales use a more traditional system, which, in year nine, has pupils consolidating their learning from primary school and KS3. GCSE courses start for all subjects in year 10, with the examinations held during the summer term of year 11. Pupils can then enter employment, or continue their education at 6th Form College. Colleges which most students go onto from Hounsdown are Totton, and Brockenhurst. Key Stage Four Unlike most schools, pupils at Hounsdown start studying for their GCSE in year nine, rather than year 10. The pupils choose their GCSE options at the start of year nine, but they can be changed at the start of year 10 at the pupil's behest. Compulsory subjects including Science, Mathematics, English, ICT and Religious Education (also known as Applied Ethics) although this may be subject to change. Students were previously required to take one foreign language as well as a course from the Design and Technology category but these are no longer compulsory. Most students take their final GCSE exams in Year 11 but some students take them in Year 10 for particular subjects. Coursework, commonly associated with subjects such as Art and Design and Technology, is also accounted towards their final GCSE grades. Resource centre The Resources Centre provides a wide range of materials for pupils to use for their coursework in different subjects. The Resources Centre is involved with the Hampshire Book Award, and pupils regularly review new books for the school's library service. The library keeps audio tapes, CDs, and computers, the latter of which include word-processing programs. Photocopying and document-production is also available at the library. The Library has movie editing facilities and has a range of Technical Resources. Facilities/ Sport The school provides for hire a swimming pool (although this has been block booked by the Swim School Academy for the last couple of years and is no longer available for other clubs), two rugby pitches, two football pitches, their classrooms, the sports hall and the Library (Resources Centre). The Main hall provides a large and flexible staging area where concerts and productions are regularly performed, and is also equipped with lighting and PA theatre equipment. The School provides 6 ICT suites and in early 2013, the school applied for funding for an Apple Mac suite, now situated in the Art block. The Library (Resources Centre) was recently refurbished in 2009 and provides a vast array of books, as well as 50 Networked computers, and a number of Apple Macs. The school has 10 science laboratories, a sports hall and 3 Drama studios and a brand new dance studio, each fitted with multi-fixture lighting rigs and PA systems, also used for lower scale productions. In 2014, the East Block was completed of Re-cladding, a brand-new purpose built Dance Studio was built next to the Sports Hall and the Music areas were refurbished with the inclusion of a new recording studio for GCSE work and professional standard compositions. In 2005, the year 10 team reached the National Cup Semi-Finals losing to Bayhouse in Fareham, Matt Ritchie, who now plays for Newcastle scored 2 goals. In 2018, The year 9 football team successfully reached the national cup quarter finals after defeating Steyning grammar school (Worthing, Sussex) with goals from Harvey Hughes, Joseph “Jando” Stevens, Callum Stratton and Billy Lightfoot. In 2020 a new history block was established and has now been completed, no temporary classrooms were needed as the new state-of-the-art block was built in a different area of the school grounds. Hounsdown Eco-School status Hounsdown has an eco-school system that consists of 72 representatives (2 from each tutor group). There is an eco-school club that runs every Monday at lunchtime, which is led by the science department's community links class teacher and is run mainly by the lead team that consists of pupils from all years that have shown a high interest in Eco schools. The school has won the bronze and silver awards and achieved the green flag which was raised on 22 October 2009. Organic garden project The Organic Garden Project is a project funded by the Young Roots Lottery fund. The project is a pupil-led, fully functional organic garden behind the drama and sports hall it was opened by Chris Packham in 2009. BBC School Report Hounsdown is part of the Annual BBC Project – BBC School Report – during the time in which the school has been running the project, they have created many Reports which can be viewed on the school website, including a report on the Closure of the Southampton General Heart Unit, which was broadcast on live BBC South Today on 25 March 2011. Drink spike scandal The school was in the news in 2015 due to an incident that took place in a Year 11 class. A pupil's drink was spiked with hydrochloric acid. Two students were suspended over the incident pending investigation. These students were then allowed to return to the school on an isolated basis. References External links Secondary schools in Hampshire Academies in Hampshire
The Advanced Structures and Composites Center is an independent research unit at the University of Maine that provides research, education, and economic development encompassing material sciences, manufacturing and engineering of composites and structures. The center was founded in 1996 with support from the National Science Foundation by Dr. Habib Dagher, P.E. Annually, the center employs a staff of 180, inclusive of 140 undergraduate and graduate students from a range of academic backgrounds. The center is housed in a , ISO 17025 testing laboratory accredited by the International Accreditation Service. In 2014, the center was designated as a "Signature Research Area" of the University of Maine. The center has gained national and international recognition for major research and development projects such as the VolturnUS 1:8, the first grid-connected floating offshore wind turbine in the US and the first in the world made out of concrete and composite materials, the inflatable composite arch bridges "Bridge-in-a-Backpack" technology now approved in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Code, the first Modular Ballistic Protection System (MBPS) approved by the US Army to protect troops in tents from blast and ballistic threats, development of coated wood technology for blast and hurricane resistant wood buildings, and the longest carbon-fiber composite vessel built for the US Navy. Dr. Habib Dagher, P.E. Habib Dagher is the founding Executive Director of the Advanced Structures & Composites Center at the University of Maine. Dr. Dagher is an advocate for developing advanced structural systems which simultaneously optimize structures, materials, and construction. Dagher holds 25 U.S. and international patents with 8 additional patents pending, and has received numerous awards including the 2015 White House Transportation Champion of Change, awarded for the development of composite arch bridge system technology; the Carnegie Foundation Maine Professor of the Year; the Distinguished Maine Professor Award, the highest award given to a faculty member at UMaine; and the American Society of Civil Engineers Charles Pankow Innovation Award. Dagher earned his Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as well as two master's degrees in structural engineering and engineering mechanics, and joined the University of Maine faculty in 1985. Research and Development Projects VolturnUS 1:8 In Summer 2013, the center deployed the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine in the United States and the only floating turbine with a concrete hull in the world. The patented VolturnUS technology is the culmination of collaborative research and development conducted by the University of Maine-led DeepCwind Consortium. VolturnUS 1:8 is a tall floating turbine prototype; 1:8th the scale of a 6 megawatt (MW), rotor diameter design. Funding for this research was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and others. Maine Aqua Ventus, I, GP, LLC, is pursuing a 12 MW demonstration project off the coast of Monhegan Island, ME, using the VolturnUS floating platform technology. DeepCLiDAR DeepCLiDAR is an advanced metocean buoy outfitted with LIDAR, created with funding from the US Department of Energy and the Maine Technology Institute. DeepCLiDAR can be used in remote marine environments to provide high quality, low-cost offshore wind resource data, metocean monitoring, and ecological characterization capabilities. It was developed in partnership with Dr. Neal Pettigrew of the UMaine Physical Oceanography Group, AWS Truepower, and NRG Renewable Systems. Composite Arch Bridge System The Composite Arch Bridge System, commonly known as Bridge-in-a-Backpack, is a lightweight, corrosion resistant system for short to medium span bridge construction using composite arch tubes that act as reinforcement and formwork for cast-in-place concrete. The center's innovative composite bridge system is American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved, lowers construction costs, extends structural lifespan up to 100 years, and is a greener alternative to concrete and steel construction. Advanced Infrastructure Technologies is a privately held company licensed by the University of Maine to produce these bridges. In January 2017, Advanced Infrastructure Technologies signed a distribution and marketing agreement for North America with Terre Armee Group/Reinforced Earth Company, which aims to expand adoption of the composite arch bridge system technology. Longest composite bridge in the world Longterm durability of bridges is a major concern for transportation departments across the country. In response to this concern, the UMaine Composites Center validated a hybrid composite beam designed by HC Bridge Company, LLC, that was fabricated by Harbor Technologies in Brunswick, Maine. The hybrid composite beam, made of fiber-reinforced polymer, is lightweight, corrosion-resistant, and strong enough to be used for bridge construction. The Knickerbocker Bridge, over Back River in Boothbay, ME, is the longest composite bridge in the world at long and is wide. The bridge opened to traffic in 2011. MAKO Designed in partnership with Hodgdon Defense Composites and Maine Marine Manufacturing, the UMaine Composites Center performed testing on a special operations boat with a fully composite hull to replace the aluminum hull craft currently used by US Navy SEALs. This long, impact-resistant prototype is the result of a $15 million research and development project that resulted in the first all-composites hull for the US Navy. Secure Hybrid Composite Shipping Container Funded by the Department of Homeland Security, the UMaine Composites Center developed a patent-pending shipping container that mitigates security risks associated with marine cargo. Georgia Tech Research Institute designed the security system for the container, featuring embedded sensors to detect intrusions, door opening sensors to monitor access to the container, and a communication system capable of reporting the security status from anywhere in the world. This technology is now in field trials toward commercialization. Modular Ballistic Protection System (MBPS) MBPS, developed in partnership with the US Army Natick Soldier RD&E Center, provides soldiers with enhanced ballistic protection in the field. The patent-pending MBPS is a quickly erectable, re-deployable, and lightweight ballistic protection system. MBPS provides ballistic protection for personnel and equipment in expeditionary base camps where mobility and rapid deployment requirements prevent the immediate use of heavyweight systems like sandbags and concrete barriers. MBPS requires no tools to up-armor a standard issue tent and can be deployed in less than 30 minutes by 4 soldiers. Blast Resistant Structures In partnership with the US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC, the UMaine Composites Center developed blast-resistant structures with coated wood framing members, panels and subassemblies. These blast-resistant materials are economically coated to enhance the construction material's ductility and energy dissipation capacity. In addition to superior blast resistance, benefits of these structures include: cost-efficiencies, ease of assembly, environmental durability, rapid deployment, high strength to weight ratios, and protection from moisture absorption, termites, ants and biodegradation. Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (AEWC) Center In 1996, the center was opened as the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center. In 2012, the organization formally underwent a name change as approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees to the Advanced Structures and Composites Center. This name change was a reflection of research foci expanded beyond wood composites to include other areas such as: ocean energy, defense and aerospace composites, civil infrastructure, and nanocomposites. Notable Awards 2000 - 2015 On October 13, 2015, Dr. Habib Dagher, founding Director of the University of Maine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was recognized as a "2015 White House Transportation Champion of Change." Dr. Dagher is the primary inventor of the composite arch bridge system. American Society of Civil Engineers Pankow Award for Innovation, presented to the Advanced Structures and Composites Center for its development of Bridge-in-a-Backpack, March 31, 2011. American Composites Manufacturers Association, Most Creative Product Award to the Advanced Structures and Composites Center's Bridge-in-a-Backpack™, February 2010. American Composites Manufacturers Association, Most Creative Product to the Advanced Structures and Composites Center's blast resistant panels, January 16, 2009. American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) People's Choice Award for exhibiting the highest degree of design, innovation, creativity and the best use of composite materials to Modular Ballistic Protection System. Oct 15, 2007. American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) Best of Show Award, recognized as the highest composites industry award, for being the year's finest product, to Modular Ballistic Protection System. Oct 15, 2007. References University of Maine
Lorin Ranier (born June 26, 1965), is an American businessman. He is best known as the former owner of the NASCAR team Ranier Racing with MDM and for currently serving as the head of Chevrolet's driver development with the Drivers Edge Development program and Pinnacle Racing Group. He is the son of former NASCAR team owner Harry Ranier. Racing career Ranier started spotting for various teams across NASCAR's top 3 divisions in 1995. By 2010 he was spotting for David Ragan in the No. 6 for Roush-Fenway Racing. In 2015 Ranier had started back up his fathers team, Ranier-Lundy Racing in partnership with Mike Hillman. The next year in 2016 Ranier in partnership with MDM Motorsports would reopen their NASCAR Camping World Truck Series program which had closed in 1997. When Ranier reopened his race team in 2015 he created along with it a driver development program called Ranier Racing Development which is still in use today as it serves as Chevrolet program for their driver development. Others in the Chevrolet camp in NASCAR have also used his services in recent years including JR Motorsports and GMS Racing through their Drivers Edge Development program which Ranier spearheaded from 2019 to 2022 and most recently Pinnacle Racing Group in 2023. Personal life Ranier graduated Lafayette Senior High School in 1983. Ranier is the son of the late Harry Ranier who most famously owned the No. 28 for Cale Yarborough in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series from 1983 to 1986. References External links 1965 births Living people NASCAR team owners Businesspeople from Kentucky People from Davidson, North Carolina Driver's education Racing schools
The Brooks Woodland Preserve is a open space preserve located in Petersham, Massachusetts. The property, named after industrialist and diplomat James Wilson Brooks, is managed by the land conservation non-profit organization The Trustees of Reservations and offers of trails and primitive woods roads available for hiking, horseback riding, and cross country skiing. Second growth forest, overgrown farm fields, granite ledges, historic stone walls, creeks, and rolling hills characterize the preserve. The property is divided into three contiguous parcels, the Roaring Brook Tract, Swift River Tract, and Connor's Pond Tract. Trailheads are located off Massachusetts Route 32, East Street, Oliver Street and Quaker Drive in Petersham. A network of trails runs between the tracts and abutting conservation land. Moccasin Brook and the East Branch of the Swift River pass through the center of the preserve. History and conservation The Preserve is named for Aaron Brooks, Jr's son, James Wilson Brooks, lawyer, diplomat, and co-founder of the United Shoe Machinery Company. Acquired in 1975, the property was formerly farmland, now overgrown with forest following the migration of agricultural interests to the midwest in the late 19th century. Cellar holes and old stone walls indicative of this former use dot the property. The Brooks Woodland Preserve is part of an area of over of protected open space including The Trustees of the Reservation's North Common Meadow and Swift River Reservation, Harvard University's Harvard Forest, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Rutland Brook Sanctuary. References External links Map of Brooks Woodland Preserve The Trustees of Reservations Harvard Forest Rutland Brook Sanctuary The Trustees of Reservations Protected areas of Worcester County, Massachusetts Open space reserves of Massachusetts Protected areas established in 1975 1975 establishments in Massachusetts
Vilas Tare is an ex Shiv Sena politician from now in BJP Palghar district. He was a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing Boisar Vidhan Sabha constituency from 2009 ro 2019. Vilas Tare belongs to Bahujan Vikas Aghadi Party before joining Shiv Sena. About his childhood life he belongs from a Poor and Aadivasi family, as he is a very helpful person, he think to make changes in Maharashtra.Just to make changes he decided to join Politics and he succeed also. He was a Aamdar in Bahujan Vikas Aghadi Party. Positions held 2009: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 2014: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly References External links The Shivsena Shiv Sena politicians Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Marathi politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Bahujan Vikas Aghadi politicians
The Conlara River is a river of Argentina. See also List of rivers of Argentina References Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. GEOnet Names Server Rivers of Argentina Rivers of San Luis Province Rivers of Córdoba Province, Argentina
Mirny () is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Mirninskoye Rural Settlement, Gordeyevsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia. The population was 1,452 as of 2010. There are 15 streets. Geography Mirny is located 25 km southwest of Gordeyevka (the district's administrative centre) by road. Kozhany is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Gordeyevsky District Former urban-type settlements of Bryansk Oblast
Specialist in All Styles is an album by the Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab, released in 2002. After the success of the Pirates Choice reissue, the band decided to record a reunion album. It was Orchestra Baobab's first album in 15 years. The album title was taken from a sign hanging outside a barbershop. The band supported the album with a world tour. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Contemporary World Music Album" category. Production Recorded over 10 days in London, Specialist in All Styles was produced by Nick Gold and Youssou N'Dour; ironically, N'Dour's rise in popularity in the 1980s led in part to Orchestra Baobab's disbandment. Among the returning members were singers Balla Sidibe and Rudy Gomis, guitarist Barthelemy Atisso, and saxophonist Issa Cissoko. Attiso had barely played guitar in 15 years, and had to relearn after Gold and the band's singers sent one to him. A new singer, Assane Mboup, contributed to the album. Like previous Baobab albums, Specialist was influenced by Cuban music; it also made use of mbalax and reggae sounds. Ibrahim Ferrer and N'Dour sang on "Hommage à Tonton Ferrer". Many songs are remakes of the band's earlier hits, although "Bul Ma Miin" was written for the album. "Ndongoy Daara", about malfeasance in Qur'anic educational institutions, was written by the band's first singer, Laye Mboup. The vocals are in Wolof, Mandinka, Spanish, and French. Critical reception Robert Christgau called the album "the ideal introduction to Baobab's relaxed mastery of American instruments, Cuban rhythms, and Senegalese form-and-content." The Guardian deemed it "one of the great comeback albums," writing that "many of the songs offer a relaxed, rolling blend of Cuban salsa, African rhythms and boisterous pop melodies, dressed up with uplifting harmony singing and strong saxophone work." The Toronto Star labeled it "a rich and groovy brew of African salsa, with lyrics that track mostly familiar social concerns." Rolling Stone wrote that "this is groove music at once relaxed and unyielding, insistent enough for the dance floor, trance-y enough to lull an infant." Financial Times stated that "Attiso is on fine, fluid form, throwing out rippling, jazzy solos against Issa Cissokho's saxophone." Newsweek determined that "though the music retains its unique fusion of Latin and African sounds, the new album is blessed with the added benefit of state-of-the-art production quality and professional sound engineering." The New York Times concluded that "the great surprise on Specialist is Mr. Attiso's haunted, expressive performance." The San Diego Union-Tribune opined: "More nuanced and sophisticated than its predecessor, Specialist features nine intoxicating songs that showcase the group's ebullient call-and-response vocals, swaying rhythms and pinpoint instrumental work." AllMusic wrote that "Attisso is all over this record, offering beautiful, inventive solos and playing whose fluidity, especially on 'Gnawe' and 'Dee Moo Wor', is wonderfully atmospheric." The Chicago Tribune listed Specialist in All Styles as the 16th best album of 2002; the Los Angeles Daily News considered it the 4th best. Track listing References 2002 albums World Circuit (record label) albums Nonesuch Records albums Albums by Senegalese artists
Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley (1833–1904) was an English antiquarian, author, and painter known for her work in Bristol and south-east Wales. She was a governor of the Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls and the mother of nine children. Background Mary Ellen Bagnall, eldest daughter and heiress of John Bagnall and his wife Mary Ann Robbins, was born in 1833 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Her father John Bagnall (1794–1840), eldest son of John Bagnall, had become the senior member of John Bagnall and Sons, upon the death of his father in 1829. The firm had been established by his father, who had brought five of his sons into partnership with him in 1828, the year before his death. The company had extensive collieries and ironworks. Mary Ellen's father John died on 4 February 1840. In 1841, Mary Ellen lived in West Bromwich with her mother, younger sisters Jane and Kate, and seven servants. By 1851, the family had moved to Monmouth in Wales, where she resided with her widowed mother, two sisters, and staff of six. Mary Ellen Bagnall married William Oakeley (1822–1912), son of Thomas and Elizabeth Oakeley, on 31 August 1853 in Monmouth. Their marriage was registered in Monmouth in the third quarter of 1853. Mary Ellen and her husband resided in the village of Penallt, near Monmouth, with their family and household servants, at the time of the 1861 and 1871 census enumerations. She was the mother of nine children, James Bagnall, William Ralph, Mary Beatrice, John Lewis, Jane Parnel, Elizabeth Blanche, Alexandra Ethel, Kemeys Leoline, and, the archer, Richard Henry. Clifton Antiquarian Club Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley was a member of or associated with a number of societies in England and Wales. She took an interest in antiquarianism and numismatics, and penned numerous articles and pamphlets on antiquarian topics for societies. These included the 1902 '"Monnow Bridge Tower: Description of the Tower and Its History, with Copy of Old Documents in Connection Therewith" (Volume 1 of Monmouthshire pamphlets). On 8 January 1891, her husband Reverend William Oakeley was elected to membership of the Clifton Antiquarian Club that was based in Bristol. As a woman, Mary Ellen was excluded from membership in that society. However, she was still able to submit learned papers to the society. In addition, the historian was able to participate in the day excursions that the club sponsored. On 20 July 1889, the club undertook an excursion to Tintern Abbey and Monmouth. Bagnall-Oakeley and her husband served as guides for the Monmouth portion of the excursion. The group visited St. Thomas Church, the gatehouse on the Monnow Bridge (pictured), the ruins of Monmouth Castle, the Church of St. Mary, and "Geoffrey's" Window. All of the papers submitted to the Clifton Antiquarian Club are maintained in the seven leather-bound volumes of the Proceedings and cover the years 1884 to 1912. The five papers that Mary Ellen submitted to the Proceedings of the Clifton Antiquarian Club cover the period from 1887–1888 (in Volume 1 of the Proceedings) to 1895 (in Volume 3 of the Proceedings). In chronological order, they include: "Notes on the Stitches Employed in the Embroidery of the Copes." (Read on 20 December 1887, appeared in Volume 1) "Notes on Round Towers." (Read on 12 October 1891, appeared in Volume 2) "Early Christian Settlements in Ireland." (Read on 20 November 1893, appeared in Volume 3) "A Week in the Aran Islands." (Read on 22 November 1894, appeared in Volume 3) "On a Great Hoard of Roman Coins." (Read on 28 January 1896, appeared in Volume 3) Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Bagnall-Oakeley was a member of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, where she gave presentations on a variety of antiquarian subjects. The society was founded in 1876 and, like the Clifton Antiquarian Club, offered a programme of lectures and excursions. In 1889, she presented a paper entitled "Sanctuary knockers" (or "hagodays") which detailed the history of 12th to 14th century church door knockers, the use of which allowed anyone to claim sanctuary at any hour. All of the papers that she submitted were published in the Society's Transactions. She submitted sixteen papers over a period of twenty years, from 1881–1882 (Volume 6 of the Transactions) to 1902 (Volume 25). Her topics included: "On Roman Coins found in the Forest of Dean" (Volume 6, 1881–1882) "On Some Sculptured Effigies of Ecclesiastics in Gloucestershire" (Volume 9, 1884–1885) "Ancient Church Embroidery in Gloucestershire" (Volume 11, 1886–1887) "Ancient Church Embroidery in Gloucestershire (addendum)." (Volume 11, 1886–1887) "Sanctuary Knockers" (Volume 14, 1889–1890) "On the Monumental Effigies of the Family of Berkeley" (Volume 15, 1890–1891) "Ancient Sculptures in the South Porch of Malmesbury Abbey Church" (Volume 16, 1891–1892) "Ladies' Costume in the Middle Ages as represented on Monumental Effigies and Brasses" (Volume 16, 1891–1892) "On Some Pre-Roman Sculptured Slabs At Daglingworth Church" (Volume 17, 1892–1893) "The Dress of Civilians in the Middle Ages, from Monumental Effigies" (Volume 18, 1893–1894) "Notes on a great Hoard of Roman Coins found at Bishop's Wood" (Volume 19, 1894–1895) "Grosmont Castle (pictured), Skenfrith Castle (pictured) and Church, Pembridge Castle" (Volume 20, 1895–1897) "Monumental Effigies in Bristol and Gloucestershire" (Volume 25, 1902) "Rural Deanery of South Forest" (Volume 25, 1902) "Rural Deanery of Bitton" (Volume 25, 1902) "Rural Deanery of Cheltenham" (Volume 25, 1902) Illustrations for research papers In addition to her antiquarian interests, Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley was also an accomplished artist. While she is most known for her watercolours, she also produced drawings to accompany some of her research papers. While some were artistic illustrations, others were more technical, and did not necessarily accompany only her own research. As mentioned above, women were allowed to join the excursions of the Clifton Antiquarian Club. However, Bagnall-Oakeley not only accompanied men on the day trips; she actively participated in the investigations. An example of this is the excursion sponsored jointly by the Clifton Antiquarian Club and the Monmouthshire and Caerleon Antiquarian Association on 22 August 1888. The excursion is described in the postscript to the 1888 paper authored by the Reverend William Oakeley, "The Chambered Tumulus at Heston Brake, Monmouthshire," found in Volume 2 of the Proceedings of the Clifton Antiquarian Club. On that day, the tumulus at the site Heston Brake in Portskewett was opened and examined under the direction of the members of the two associations. There was evidence that the tumulus had been previously disturbed. The few relics which remained, fragments of pottery and human bones and teeth, are now in the Caerleon Museum, the National Roman Legion Museum. At the time of that 1888 excavation, Bagnall-Oakeley made measurements of all the components of the tumulus. Her illustration (pictured), which accompanies her husband's paper, is entitled, "Plan of Chambered Tumulus at Heston Brake, nr Portskewett, Mon." Illustrations also accompanied some of her own research papers. An example is "Notes on Round Towers" which was read on 12 October 1891 and appeared in Volume 2 of the Proceedings of the Clifton Antiquarian Club. The author examined the topic of round towers in Ireland, Scotland, Germany, France, and Italy. Bagnall-Oakeley's drawing of the Church of San Lorenzo in Verona, Italy (pictured) is included with that research paper. Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls The Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls (pictured) was founded in 1892 by The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers. The school was established courtesy of the charity founded by the haberdasher William Jones prior to his 1615 death. Jones made The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers the trustee of his foundation. The William Jones Foundation funded a number of schools and alms houses, including the Monmouth School and the Monmouth Alms Houses. At the time that the Monmouth School for Girls was established, Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley was appointed as a governor, along with three other women, and was responsible for managing the school. The structure of Divisions was introduced in 1913, with matriculating girls assigned randomly to Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, or Wagner. Divisions were later replaced by Houses, with each House named in honour of one of the four original school governors, and students assigned on a geographical basis, rather than randomly. One of the Houses is named Bagnall-Oakeley in honour of the former governor who served the school. Students in her House may receive a Certificate of Bagnall Endeavours for a special accomplishment or an Order of Bagnall Excellence for an outstanding accomplishment. Watercolour paintings A book of Bagnall-Oakeley's watercolours, entitled Nooks and corners of old Monmouthshire: A catalogue of watercolour paintings by Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley (1833–1904), is held by the Monmouth Museum. Her collection of paintings is also at the Monmouth Museum at Market Hall on Priory Street. They include the watercolour, "Forge" (pictured). Later family life Among the responsibilities of her husband, the Reverend William Oakeley, was the spiritual welfare of those in the William Jones Newland Alms Houses in Newland, Gloucestershire. The bequest from William Jones to the town of Newland had also created a lectureship, which was held by Reverend Oakeley. Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley was a staunch supporter of women's suffrage. Her husband William may have been ahead of his time. He periodically used Mary Ellen's conjoined surname Bagnall-Oakeley as his own. Examples include his probate records, the 1911 Wales Census, and the paper "The Chambered Tumulus at Heston Brake, Monmouthshire" (Volume 2, 1888 – 1889) submitted to the Clifton Antiquarian Club. At the time of the 1881 and 1891 census enumerations, Mary Ellen lived in Newland with her family and servants. By 1901, the family had moved to Monmouth, where the antiquarian resided with her clergyman husband William, single daughter Mary, and household staff of five. Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley died on 26 May 1904 in Monmouth. After her death, her widowed husband and daughter Mary continued to reside in Monmouth, where William died in 1912. Mary Ellen and her husband were both interred in Monmouth Cemetery. References 1833 births 1904 deaths 19th-century English painters 20th-century English painters English watercolourists English antiquarians 19th-century antiquarians 20th-century antiquarians People from West Bromwich Date of birth unknown 19th-century English historians 20th-century English historians
Novorzhevsky Uyezd (Новоржевский уезд) was one of the subdivisions of the Pskov Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Novorzhev. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Novorzhevsky Uyezd had a population of 113,769. Of these, 97.9% spoke Russian, 0.7% Latvian, 0.4% Yiddish, 0.4% Estonian, 0.2% Finnish, 0.1% German, 0.1% Polish and 0.1% Romani as their native language. References Uezds of Pskov Governorate Pskov Governorate
Mileh (, also Romanized as Mīleh) is a village in Dasht-e Sar Rural District, Dabudasht District, Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 589, in 231 families. During the Abbasid period, Mileh served as a garrison town. It was the first stage on the road heading east from Amol to Sari, with the town of Barji being the next one. References Populated places in Amol County
Edgar Bravo (né Cano; born May 15, 1970) is an American martial arts instructor, podcaster, stand-up comedian, and musician. After earning a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2003, Bravo began teaching his own self-developed style of jiu-jitsu and founded 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu. He is also the creator of the Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI) grappling competition and the EBI ruleset. He is a recurring guest on The Joe Rogan Experience and the Tin Foil Hat Podcast. Early life and education Edgar A. Cano was born on May 15, 1970. He later legally changed his surname to Bravo, the name of his stepfather. Both of his biological parents are Mexican. Growing up, Bravo took to music and started to play the drums and guitar. He formed several bands with aspirations of becoming a famous musician. Bravo also developed an interest in athletics playing American football and joining his high school's wrestling team. In 1991, Bravo moved to Hollywood, California to pursue a music career, and formed a band titled Blackened Kill Symphony. He got a gym membership as he wanted to avoid "looking like a slob" while performing but only visited twice. Bravo then began taking karate classes. In 1994, after watching Royce Gracie win an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event, Bravo decided to become a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, which he began under the tutelage of Jean Jacques Machado. Bravo also attended a Jeet Kune Do academy from 1996 to 1998. Brazilian jiu-jitsu In 1998, Bravo decided to stop attending other martial arts schools to focus solely on Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Around this time, he received a blue belt and started developing ways to finish opponents with a "Twister", a specific spinal lock submission hold. In 1999, Bravo earned a purple belt and began developing his signature guard, the rubber guard. In 2003, Bravo entered the 145 lbs/66 kg division of the Abu-Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) Submission Wrestling World Championship as a brown belt after winning the North American trials. Bravo defeated Gustavo Dantas in the elimination round by rear naked choke in what was considered an upset. Bravo then faced four-time world champion and three-time ADCC champion Royler Gracie in the quarter-finals. Bravo traded comfortably top positions with Gracie throughout the match before deploying his game of rubber guard, and eventually winning via a triangle choke after just under 9 minutes. Bravo would then lose to eventual-tournament champion Léo Vieira in the semi-finals. Upon his return to the United States after the competition, he was awarded a black belt by Jean Jacques Machado and subsequently opened his first 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu school in Los Angeles, California, a no-gi jiu-jitsu system. In 2014, after having both retired from competition for years, Bravo and Royler Gracie agreed to have another grappling contest. It was a twenty-minute submission-only match which took place at Metamoris III. The contest started with Bravo pulling quarter guard and defending Royler's top attacks before reversing to an offensive attack around the eight-minute mark. After a few reversals from both competitors, Bravo was able to deploy a series of techniques from half guard, and put Gracie into an "electric chair" maneuver. In the closing minutes, Bravo had Gracie in a calf slicer but Gracie declined to tap as time ran out and, thus, the match was ruled a draw. Promoting grappling Also in 2014, Bravo founded the Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI), a no-gi submission-only grappling tournament. In 2016, it was announced that the EBI and UFC partnered together to feature EBI events on the UFC's streaming service Fight Pass. Later, Bravo also introduced Combat Jiu-Jitsu to his events; an altered form of submission grappling which allows open-hand strikes while on the ground. After EBI 17 on September 29, 2018, Bravo took a break from running the organization and instead devoted his time to developing Combat Jiu-Jitsu. It was then that he began holding the Combat Jiu-Jitsu World Championships and continues to do so today. After several editions of the CJJ World Championship, Bravo announced that the Eddie Bravo Invitational would be returning in 2022 for the first event in almost four years. At the same time, Bravo embarked on a new project that would combine both the EBI and CJJ rulesets into a single event that would be available exclusively to female competitors. The result was Medusa Female-Only Jiu-Jitsu, which ran their first successful event on October 2, 2021, featuring an EBI Strawweight tournament and a CJJ Bantamweight tournament. Instructor lineage Mitsuyo Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr. → Carlos Gracie Jr. → Jean Jacques Machado → Eddie Bravo Submission grappling record {\| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:80%; text-align:left;" \|- \| colspan=8 style="text-align:center;" \| 7 Matches, 5 Wins (3 Submissions), 1 Loss, 1 Draw \|- ! Result ! style="text-align:center;"\| Rec. ! Opponent ! Method ! Event ! Division ! Date ! Location \|- \|Draw\|\|style="text-align:center;"\|5–1–1\|\| Royler Gracie \|\| Draw \|\| Metamoris 3 \|\|Catchweight \|\| March 29, 2014 \|\| Los Angeles, CA \|- \|Loss\|\|style="text-align:center;"\|5–1\|\| Leo Vieira \|\| Points \|\| rowspan=3\|ADCC World Championship\|\|rowspan=3\|-66 kg\|\| May 18, 2003 \|\|rowspan=3\| São Paulo \|- \|Win\|\|style="text-align:center;"\|5–0\|\| Royler Gracie \|\| Submission (triangle choke) \|\|rowspan=2\|May 17, 2003 \|- \|Win\|\|style="text-align:center;"\|4–0\|\|Gustavo Dantas \|\| Submission (rear-naked choke) \|- \|Win\|\|style="text-align:center;"\|3–0\|\|Alan Teo \|\| Points \|\| rowspan=3\|ADCC North American Championship\|\|rowspan=3\|-66 kg\|\| rowspan=3\|October 5, 2002 \|\| rowspan=3\|Los Angeles, CA \|- \|Win\|\|style="text-align:center;"\|2–0\|\|Shawn Krysa \|\| Points \|- \|Win\|\|style="text-align:center;"\|1–0\|\|Mark Ashton \|\| Submission (rear-naked choke) \|- Personal life Bravo has one son born in 2012. Bravo is an outspoken marijuana advocate, crediting in 2006 some of his early success, like his invention of the Rubber Guard, with his regular marijuana usage. A provocateur and Joe Rogan podcast regular, he has been known to be a fan of conspiracy theories, such as flat Earth, one world government, and 9/11 controlled demolition conspiracy theories. He also has his own podcast called Look Into It, where he talks with "red pilled" martial arts stars, comedians, rock stars and conspiracy theorists. Media Books Jiu Jitsu Unleashed (2005) Mastering the Rubber Guard (2006) Mastering the Twister (2007) Advanced Rubber Guard (2014) DVDs The Twister Mastering the Rubber Guard Mastering the Twister Filmography See also List of Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners Notes References Sources External links 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu – Official website for Eddie Bravo & 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu 1970 births 9/11 conspiracy theorists American cannabis activists American conspiracy theorists American podcasters American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu American sportspeople of Mexican descent Brazilian jiu-jitsu trainers Flat Earth proponents Martial arts school founders Living people People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu People from Santa Ana, California 20th-century American philanthropists
St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy (SMTCA, St. Mother Teresa, SMT, Mother Teresa, or Teresa for short); also known as by its former names Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School before 2016 and Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School in its inception is a Catholic secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It serves the Malvern neighbourhood of Scarborough. History The founder of Missionaries of Charity The school is named after Mother Teresa of Calcutta founded the Roman Catholic religious congregation, Missionaries of Charity, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. Her beatification by Pope John Paul II in 2003 following her death gave her the title "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta". Foundings After the construction of several subdivisions in the Malvern area in the 1970s, Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute, the high school in that area, was opened in 1978. In its conception, on September 3, 1985, a new school in the Scarborough area of Toronto was to be named Mary Ward. Then trustee Harold Adams advocated for the new school to be named Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School. Another school was built later, and that received the name Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School. The ideals of the school's patroness and namesake, Mother Teresa, became the inspiration for the school's motto. The first principal was George Iantorno, and the school initially had approximately 150 grade 9 students. The first four years were known as the "Tin Can" experience because the school was housed in relocatables and a port-o-pac located on Invergordon Avenue, close to the then newly opened St. Elizabeth Seton Elementary School. The expansionist era began with year five in 1989-90. A school filled with 650 students left the port-o-pac rooms and soon moved into the new structure of 984 pupils and doubled its enrolment. Mother Teresa's new facility was officially opened and blessed on April 29, 1990. As a result of the beatification, the board changed the school's name to Blessed Mother Teresa in 2003. Her subsequent canonization and enrolment increase attempt led the board to rebrand the school as St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy in October 2016. Location and community 54 Ethnic minorities are represented in its student population, reflecting the diverse Malvern community that the school serves. SMT stands at the corner of Sewells Road and McLevin Road, off Neilson Road between Sheppard Avenue East and Finch Avenue East. It is beside the Malvern Community and Recreational Centre, which also houses the Malvern Branch of the Toronto Public Library. Academics Courses taught at the school follow the Ontario Curriculum for Grades 9 through 12. Athletics Junior Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Senior Boys Basketball - 2nd place at the AAAA OFSAA championship in 2005, and 1st at the AAAA OFSAA championship in 2006 Junior Girls Volleyball Senior Girls Volleyball Junior Boys Volleyball Senior Boys Volleyball Junior Boys Soccer Senior Boys Soccer Badminton Table Tennis Track and Field Cross Country See also List of high schools in Ontario References External links St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy TCDSB Portal Toronto Catholic District School Board Educational institutions established in 1985 High schools in Toronto Education in Scarborough, Toronto Catholic secondary schools in Ontario 1985 establishments in Ontario Memorials to Mother Teresa
Carlotta Giovannini (born 5 July 1990) is an Italian artistic gymnast who competed at her first international competition in 2003. Career Giovannini has had considerable success at the European Level. She was a member of the historic Gold Medal-winning Italian team at the 2006 European Championships in Volos, Greece. She followed this success by winning an individual Gold in the Vault Final at the 2007 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands as well as a silver in the 2008 European Vault Final. Giovannini competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a member of the Italian Olympic Team. Whilst the Italian team failed to progress to the final due to a number of mistakes in qualifications, Giovannini progressed to the individual Vault Final, where she placed sixth. Eponymous skill Giovanni has one eponymous uneven bars dismount listed in the Code of Points. References External links 1990 births Living people Italian female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Italy Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics European champions in gymnastics 21st-century Italian women People from Castel San Pietro Terme
In the run up to the 2021 Japanese general election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous general election, held on 22 October 2017 to 31 October 2021. Graphical summary The charts below depict party identification polling for the next Japanese general election using a 15-poll moving average. Party identification 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Voting intention (party vote) 2021 2020 Voting intention (District vote) 2021 Preferred outcome 2021 Seat projections 2021 Preferred Prime Minister Note: Polls phrase this question as "Who should be leader of the LDP for the next term?" or "Who should be Prime Minister for the next term?", including Opposition Leader Yukio Edano only in the latter case. Because of this, some polls excluded Shinzō Abe (even while he was the incumbent), as he had already been elected as LDP leader three times, the maximum presently allowed under party rules. 2021 2020 Cabinet approval/disapproval ratings Graphical summary 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Notes References Next
Yma o Hyd (English: "Still Here") is a Welsh language folk song by Dafydd Iwan. The song was released during Iwan and Ar Log's 'Taith Macsen' ("Macsen's Journey") tour in 1983. Since then it has continued to gain popularity at cultural and sporting events. Background Iwan was described by Ned Thomas as "the master" of the popular songs that accompanied the growth of Welsh nationalism in the 1960s. These songs were often characterised by both satirical and political themes as well as historical references. Indeed, Iwan became a key figure in Welsh culture as a well known television personality, recording artist and an outspoken member of Welsh nationalist organisations. Iwan's early career has been described as playing a major role "in mobilising the Welsh popular music scene in a nationalist linguistic direction." However, by the time Iwan wrote Yma o Hyd, his life and career was much more troubled, having been imprisoned four times for his activism and also in the middle of a "terrible divorce". Iwan was also "feeling demoralised" by recent political events; including the rejection of a devolved Welsh government in a 1979 referendum, the political ideology of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and the Libertarian economic policies that were soon to cause the 1984 Miners' Strike. It was against this background that Iwan was looking to write a song that would "raise the spirits". During a conversation with his friend, the historian and Plaid Cymru MP Gwynfor Evans Iwan is said to have been given the initial idea for the song, which draws parallels between what he saw as the contemporary threats to Wales and the historical threats the Welsh people had suffered, confronted, and survived since Magnus Maximus withdrew the Legions at the de facto end of Roman rule. As such, Iwan hoped the song would "remind people we still speak Welsh against all odds. To show we are still here". Composition The song consists of three verses and a repeated chorus, with the opening and closing verses reference Macsen Wledig. Macsen is a prominent figure in Medieval Welsh literature, recorded in the sixth century by Gildas and in the ninth century work, Historia Brittonum where Macsen is said to have transferred authority back to British rulers. As such, Macsen is the common progenerator listed in the earliest Welsh genealogies and on the Pillar of Eliseg, erected by a Welsh king who was still claiming Macsen as an ancestor nearly 500 years after he left Britain. He was considered the founding father of several medieval Welsh dynasties, including those of the Kingdom of Powys and the Kingdom of Gwent, and he figures in lists of the Fifteen Tribes of Wales. In Welsh legend, Macsen appears in stories such as Breuddwyd Macsen Wledig (English: The Dream of Emperor Maximus) which features in the White Book of Rhydderch. In Yma o Hyd, Iwan uses the still common knowledge of Macsen to show that the memory and culture of the Ancient Britons is still here, with the Welsh language being a Brythonic language that the ancient Britons would have spoken. The third verse references Macsen alongside the eighteenth century caricature Dic Siôn Dafydd and the contemporary figure of Margaret Thatcher. Iwan hoped to parallel the troubles of ancient Wales with the more modern threats to the nation, to demonstrate the fortitude and survival of the Welsh culture at a time he felt it was most threatened. Cultural impact Iwan debuted the song on his 1983 tour with the folk band Ar Log. The "Macsen tour" (named for Yma o Hyd's references to Macsen Wledig) was a great success, with Iwan and Ar Log deciding to release a joint album of the new music later in the year. As a response to Thatcherism During the 1984-85 miners' strike, Iwan would sing Yma o Hyd on the picket lines on numerous occasions, as well as performing it for quarry workers and farmers. Iwan stated that "the effects of Thatcherism were so blatant, so far-reaching. And Welshness was in turmoil. Yma o Hyd was a deliberate antidote to that." It has been suggested that the song played a "not insignificant" role in raising the morale of Welsh nationalists during Margaret Thatcher's 1980s tenure as Prime Minister of the UK. The original version of the song refers to Thatcher, "Er gwaetha hen Fagi a'i chriw" ("Despite old Maggie and her crew”). Following Thatcher's ordered closure of Welsh mines, fewer than 40% of Welsh households were headed by someone in full-time employment by 1986 and "two-thirds of Welsh miners would become redundant". Impact on education and language The song also inspired a resurgence of support for Welsh medium education and (amongst other factors) contributed to the delivery of the Education Reform Act of 1988. The song also contributed to support for the Welsh language, namely the Welsh Language Act 1993, which placed Welsh on equal footing with English in Wales for the first time in UK history. Impact on devolution and nationalism The song contributed to support for a National Assembly for Wales (later renamed Senedd) and in 1998 the Welsh electorate voted in favour of Welsh devolution. In January 2020, the song reached number one in the UK iTunes chart, spurred on by purchases by supporters of Welsh independence group YesCymru. The campaign mirrored the success of the Wolfe Tones song "Come Out, Ye Black and Tans" earlier that month. In sport Even before the release of Yma o Hyd, Iwan's music had a long association with Llanelli RFC. Most notably, Ray Gravell would sing Iwan's songs for his Llanelli, Wales and British and Irish Lions team mates. The song would become a more official team anthem in the 1990s when Gravell became president of the club and arranged for the song to be played everytime Llanelli and the Scarlets scored. Since the Parc y Scarlets stadium was opened in 2008, the words "Yma o Hyd" has been displayed above the players tunnel. In more recent years has been sung by supporters of Wrexham A.F.C and Cardiff City FC and has also become an unofficial anthem for the Wales national football team. The players requested that Dafydd Iwan perform the song live before kick off of the penultimate game of the FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign against Austria, winning 2–1. The song was also sung live by Iwan in the final match of the campaign that saw Wales qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1958 after defeating Ukraine 1–0. Gareth Bale, the Welsh captain, also led the Welsh team in singing along with Iwan after the final whistle. Wales national football team coach, Rob Page, said about the song, "Yma o Hyd, that's a massive anthem for us now. Chris Gunter started it. We played it every day before training and on the coach, and that's something we've got now as our anthem. It's a big part of what we're all about." The song reached No.1 in the iTunes charts once again in June 2022 following a campaign by Welsh football supporters. A new version of the song was used for the official soundtrack and music video for Wales at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, featuring voices of y Wal Goch (Red Wall) of Wales fans. Dafydd Iwan said of the new remix, “It's an impossible dream come true and the incredible sound of The Red Wall on this track is exciting and inspiring to hear ...No other nation will have anything like this to inspire their team on the grandest stage of them all.” The official video includes highlights and low points of Welsh football history and significant cultural moments. Some moments featured include the miners' strike, Iwan being released from prison following his arrest for vandalising road signs as part of a campaign for the Welsh language and Michael Sheen's speech to the Wales squad. In 2022, a poll found that 35% of the people of Wales knew some of the words to Yma o Hyd. Use in media A chapter on the history of the song and its context appears in Siôn Jobbins's book The Phenomenon of Welshness, or 'How many aircraft carriers would an independent Wales need?' . A version of the song appears in the Welsh black comedy film The Toll, released in the UK in 2021. The song was sampled in a bilingual rap song as part of Wales' FIFA World Cup campaign by rap artist Sage Todz, titled "O HYD". Episode 10 of season 2 of Welcome to Wrexham covers the Gresford disaster and closes the episode with a subtitled rendition of Yma o Hyd. References Welsh patriotic songs Welsh folk songs Welsh traditions 1981 songs Wales national football team
Pichincha is a stratovolcano in Ecuador. The capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes. The two highest peaks of the mountain are Wawa Pichincha (Kichwa wawa child, baby / small, Spanish spelling Guagua Pichincha) () and Ruku Pichincha (Kichwa ruku old person, Spanish Rucu Pichincha) (). The active caldera is in Wawa Pichincha on the western side of the mountain. Description Both peaks are visible from the city of Quito and both are popular acclimatization climbs. Wawa Pichincha is usually accessed from the village of Lloa outside of Quito. Ruku is typically accessed from the TelefériQo on the western side of Quito. In October 1999, the volcano erupted and covered the city with several inches of ash. Before that, the last major eruptions were in 1553 and in 1660, when about of ash fell on the city. The province in which it is located was named for the mountain. This is also the case for many of the other provinces in Ecuador (including Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, and Imbabura). Geography and geology It is also where you can find the Dracula vampira plant that can be found on the volcano between 1900m and 2200m above sea level Eruptions In 1660, Pichincha underwent a Plinian eruption, spreading ash over , with over of ash falling on Quito. The most recent significant eruption began in August 1998. On March 12, 2000, a phreatic eruption killed two volcanologists who were working on the lava dome. History The volcano was considered sacred to numerous cultures of the indigenous peoples who lived in this region for thousands of years before encounter with Spanish and other Europeans. The first recorded ascent of Guagua Pichincha was in 1582 by a group of locals led by José Ortiguera. In 1737 several members of the French Geodesic Mission to the equator, including Charles-Marie de La Condamine, Pierre Bouguer and Antonio de Ulloa, spent 23 days on the summit of Rucu Pichincha as part of their triangulation work to calculate the length of a degree of latitude. On 17 June 1742, during the same mission, La Condamine and Bouguer made an ascent of Guagua Pichincha and looked down into the crater of the volcano, which had last erupted in 1660. La Condamine compared what he saw to the underworld. In the summer season of 1802, Alexander von Humboldt climbed and measured the altitude of this mountain and several other volcanoes in the region. Humboldt's writings inspired artist Frederic Edwin Church to visit and paint Pichincha and other Andean peaks. On May 24, 1822, General Sucre's southern campaign in the Spanish–American War of independence came to a climax when his forces defeated the Spanish colonial army on the southeast slopes of this volcano. The engagement, known as the Battle of Pichincha, secured the independence from Spain of the territories of present-day Ecuador. See also Lists of volcanoes List of volcanoes in Ecuador List of stratovolcanoes References External links CVO Website - Ecuador Volcanoes and Volcanics Photographs of the Andes "Eruptions of Guagua Pichincha (1999)" NOAA Operational Significant Event Imagery Stratovolcanoes of Ecuador Active volcanoes Andean Volcanic Belt Geography of Pichincha Province Quito Canton Four-thousanders of the Andes
Patty Fendick and Ann Henricksson were the defending doubles tennis champions at the 1989 Taipei Women's Championships, but only Henricksson competed that year, with Beth Herr. They lost in the first round to Cecilia Dahlman and Nana Miyagi. Maria Lindström and Heather Ludloff won the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 against Dahlman and Miyagi. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. Ann Henricksson / Beth Herr (first round) Lea Antonoplis / Cammy MacGregor (semifinals) n/a Maria Lindström / Heather Ludloff (champions) Draw References External links 1989 Taipei Women's Championship Doubles draw sheet at ITFTennis.com 1989 Doubles 1989 WTA Tour 1989 in Taiwanese tennis
Nadine Schmutzler (born 27 April 1984 in Herdecke) is a German rower. References 1984 births Living people German female rowers People from Herdecke Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) Olympic rowers for Germany Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century German women 21st-century German women
Bartella (; ) is a town that is located in the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq, about east of Mosul. Bartella was liberated from ISIL control on October 20, 2016 by Iraqi Special Operations Forces along with the Nineveh Plain Protection Units and PMF Brigade 30, who both currently control and run the city's security. The town is populated by Assyrian Christians and Shabaks. The town had an Assyrian majority prior to the Northern Iraq offensive of ISIL, while the Shabak population has risen to at least 35% of the population or a majority. History Early history The earliest known mention of Bartella was by Father Potrus Qasha in 1153, where he talked about Ignatius Elia'azar (1143-1164), the maphiryan of Ashur, making Bartella his home and see. Elia'azar reported directly to the Patriarch in Antioch, Syria. The congregation was upset with Elia'azar for changing the see location from the traditional Mor Mattai Monastery. An agreement was reached to return to Mar Mattai, with the tradition to visit Bartella regularly. Other maphiryans who made their see Bartella include: Dyonosius Saliba II (1222–1231) Gregorius Barsuma (1288–1308) Gregorius Mattai I (1317–1345) Gregorius Bar Qeenaya (d. 1361) Athinasius Abraham II (1365–1379) Cyril Joseph III (1458–1470) In 1171, the Kurds attacked Bartella, as well as the Mor Mattai Monastery. When the people of Nineveh heard this, they joined forced to fight back and succeeded. However, the monks at the monastery learned of another encroaching attack and agreed to sign a peace treaty with the Kurds to avoid more bloodshed. They paid the Kurds 30 golden dinariis with the agreement. As soon as the Kurds received the gold, they gathered a larger army of 1,500 people and attacked the monastery, causing a crack in its wall. They entered and killed 15 monks, while the others escaped. In 1201, a Christian priest and Muslim cleric in Bartella had a quarrel. The people in the town complained to the mayor, who punished the Muslim cleric with a beating. The cleric went to Mosul and gathered a large crowd by the main mosque, and later marched toward Bartella to destroy it. When they reached the town, the gates were closed and they couldn't enter. On their way back to Mosul, the mob broke into a church called MarZena and took all the valuables. Today, this church is the al-Khallal mosque. Between 1261 and 1369, the Mor Mattai Monastery was attacked by Kurds again, which impacted Bartella. In 1745, Nader Shah, a Persian, attacked Bartella, killed many men and took many young men, girls and women away. From 1756 to 1758, Bartella experienced great famine, which promoted more travel of the people of the town to purchase their needs. They suffered many robberies and attacks during these travels. In 1789, Jolu Beg bin Bdagh, the Emir of Shikhan, exhausted Bartella of their goods while at war with the Arab Emir Mohammad bin Hasan al-Taa'i. In the 18th century, Catholicism entered the city when Latin and Dominican monks opened a center to offer educational and medical services. In 1778, the Assyrians of Bakhdida were leaning towards Catholicism, which influenced some family members of the Aal Makrooh family in Bartella to convert. In 1780, Father Zakariya Kindo converted along with 40 other families. While there were some quarrels about using the church in Bartella between the Catholic and Orthodox priests in, they came a common understanding and accepted each other's choice of denomination. Today, about one third of the town is Catholic, while the other two-thirds remain Orthodox. Latest events On August 31, 2004, three girls from Bartella were slaughtered while returning home from their work at a hospital in Mosul where they worked. On November 19, 2004, two brothers from Bartella were killed while at work when a mortar shell fell on the shop they worked at in Mosul market. On December 8, 2004, Dr. Ra'ad Augustine Qoryaqos, one of Bartella's notables and a successful surgeon who worked as a professor at the College of Medicine in University of Anbar, was murdered in Ramadi. A group of three terrorists stormed his clinic while he was checking on his patients, shot and left him bleeding. An operation later failed to save his life. Dr. Qoryaqos left behind his wife and two children. On August 10, 2009, a pair of large flatbed trucks packed with bombs exploded simultaneously shortly after dawn, destroying a Shabak village known as Khazna, about east of Mosul and a few kilometres away from Bartella. The blast shattered windows at many homes in Bartella. On March 28, 2013, and during the passion week of Easter, a car bomb parked downtown not far from street of Bartella went off in the early hours of that day killing one local resident. On August 3, 2014, many families from Bartella left the city to Erbil, Ankawa and Shekhan due to attacks by ISIL fighters. The Peshmerga forces were fighting them to retake ISIL-controlled Gogjali district west of Bartella. On August 6, 2014, Peshmerga forces guarding the city ordered the remaining residents to leave, and pulled back to Erbil at around 8:30 pm. Over the night, the city was almost completely empty of its predominately Christian Assyrian residents. At around 4:30 am on August 7, the whole city was totally taken by ISIL militants in a bullet-less fall. On August 8, they burned liquor stores, looted houses and food stores, hung their flags on the church walls, pulled down the crosses and demanded the few remaining Christian locals of either converting to Islam, staying in the city and paying a yearly tax of $200, or facing "death by the sword" if refused to convert or pay. In late August and early September 2014, it was reported that three residents of the few remaining Christian Assyrians, died. One was disabled, the other due to illness and old age and the third one was tortured then killed after he refused to convert to Islam. In mid-September 2014, the 12 remaining residents managed to escape by faking conversion. On October 20, 2016, as part of the Iraqi government offensive to retake Mosul, the Assyrian Nineveh Plain Protection Units and Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) liberated Bartella from ISIL control. On December 24, 2016, the first post-liberation Christmas Eve mass was held at Mart Shmony Church. Churches of Bartella Bartella and its vicinity has six churches, two partially demolished, one abandoned, one new, and two very old: Mar Aho Dama Church This church was in existence in 1153 when was expanded by Maphrian Ignatius II La'Azer. It was in use till 1386. Excavation in its ruins found the remains of three bishops which were moved to Mart Shmony Church. Mart Shmony Church It's unknown when this church was first built, however, it was reinvigorated for the first time in 1807, It was rebuilt again completely in 1869, and It was reinvigorated again in 1971. Mar Giwargis Church There are two churches with this name. The first is in ruins (recently renovated and reused) and is believed to be a monastery for St. Jerjis who built it around 1701. The second church was completed in 1939. Church of the Virgin This church was built in 1890 at the time of Qorlos Elias al-Mosuli who died in 1911. However, an inscription dating 16th century mentions the name of the Church of the Virgin which contradicts the date of 1890 and assumes that this church was standing at that time. The gate and part of the church were destroyed by ISIS sometime between August 2014 and October 2016. Al-Sayida Church The complete demolition of Al-Sayida Church came in 1934 as its bricks were used to build the new Mar Giwargis Church. Ber Nagara Monastery This monastery is named after Yohanan bit Nagara (St John Bar Nagaré) meaning "Yohanan of the Carpenters" since all his family were working as carpenters. It's believed that he used to worship pagans, and after converting to Christianity he was killed by his father and was buried in the village of Ba Agre. When this village was destroyed in 1282, his grave which was visited heavily by the locals was destroyed with it. That forced Maphrian Gregarious bin al-Ebry to build a temple for the martyr Yohanan in Bartella and was completed in 1285. On November 23, 1285, the remains of St. Yohanan, monks from Syria, and the 40 martyrs killed by the Persians were moved and reburied in this temple. Unfortunately, this monastery was destroyed in 1653 and again the remains were moved to St. Shmony church. Currently, all what exist of this monastery is a small room built recently as a reminder to its existence. The Monastery of the Forty Martyrs This monastery is still frequented by parishioners, while a part of it is demolished. It dates back to 1269. Mar Youhanna Monastery This monastery is ancient without a known date of construction. It sits on the side of the main road north of Bartella. Mar Daniel Monastery Mar Daniel is on a small hill near Bartella. It is named after Mar Daniel the Hermit, who ventured to Nineveh from Diyar Bakir with Mar Mattai in the year 363. This monastery is also known locally as the "Monastery of the Beetles" due to the large numbers of small beetles that appeared during the three-day festival on October 20. Forty minutes by foot from the "upper monastery" is a "lower monastery", which is commonly where the monks lived. Arab historians have called it al-Khalidi, al-Shabishti and Yaqut. Population In early August 2014, Bartella was overrun by ISIL Islamic extremists. The Christian population of the town fled, mostly to Erbil, joining thousands of other Iraqi Christians fleeing ISIL terror. Before the ISIL invasion, the population was around 30,000, with the majority being ethnic Assyrian Syriac Christians, including Syriac Catholics and Syriac Orthodox Christians. Bartella was Christianized in the 2nd century. With the emergence of the Christological controversies, the people and their church came under the dominion of the Church of the East (historically known as the Nestorian Church); however, it switched to the Syriac Orthodox Church (historically known as Jacobite) around 610. On November 23–24, 2013 during the 2-day "Bartella Friends" conference held in Erbil to discuss the demographic change due to the Shabak exodus fleeing Mosul and the surrounding villages towards Bartella from 2003. It was announced that the percentage of Christians has dropped dramatically from 99% to 40%. Industry Bartella was known in Nineveh to have some of the best goldsmiths. Tahini is one of the main food products in the town. Weddings and festivals also inspire various craftsmanship in the town. Culture Every Sunday or festival day (holy feast days) between the engagement and the marriage, the groom's mother hosts the women and girls in her home, where they prepare trays of treats including seeds, sweets and dried fruit. The plates are covered with colorful fabric and taken to the bride's home to be presented to her. A few days prior to the wedding, the wall above the front of door of the couple's future home is painted with beautiful colors and decorated with various flowers. The walls of the couple's room are newly painted as well, since they typically became darkened with smoke from the indoor fires used for heat in the winter. Christian symbols were also painted on the walls to protect from bad spirits. Gallery See also Assyrian homeland Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq Assyrians in Iraq List of Assyrian settlements Bakhdida Karemlesh References External links baretly.net Assyrian communities in Iraq Populated places in Nineveh Governorate Shabak communities Nineveh Plains
Stawki Landscape Park (Park Krajobrazowy Stawki) is a protected area (Landscape Park) in southern Poland, established in 1982, covering an area of . The Park lies within Silesian Voivodeship. A characteristic feature of the park is the presence of numerous streams, ponds and swamps. In these conditions, alder, low hornbeam and riparian forests developed. The most valuable forest areas are under protection as the Wielki Las nature reserve. In addition to forests, peat bogs and mid-forest meadows have developed in the park. Some of the most interesting plants found in this area include: yellow iris, impatiens cress, lilac, juniper clubmoss, white thornbuckle, forest nest, mountain abacus. Due to the humid areas and favorable living environment in the park, there are such animals as: marsh harrier, black stork, crane, newt, common toad, sand lizard, live lizard, slow worm. References Stawki Parks in Silesian Voivodeship
The Bosnia and Herzegovina national handball team represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international handball matches. Championship record World Championship European Championship Team Current squad Coaching history Senad Fetahagić (21 June 1993 – 1999) Sead Hasanefendić (2 June 2000 – 24 September 2002) Abaz Arslanagić (24 September 2002 – 23 October 2003) Jasmin Mrkonja (23 October 2003 – 2 July 2004) Kasim Kamenica (2 July 2004 – 9 November 2005) Vojislav Rađa (9 November 2005 – 20 April 2006) Halid Demirović (6 October 2006 – 31 August 2009) Vojislav Rađa (8 September 2009 – 21 June 2011) Dragan Marković (26 October 2011 – 16 June 2016) Bilal Šuman (20 August 2016 – 17 February 2021) Ivica Obrvan (17 February 2021 – 11 March 2022) Toni Čolina (14.3.2022-) Irfan Smajlagić (30 September 2022 – present) Player statistics Kit References External links IHF profile Handball in Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's national handball teams handball
VTR (Vía Trans Radio Comunicaciones SpA) is a Chilean telecommunications company. It is the country's largest provider of subscription television, with 1,065,675 subscribers (32.8% market share, as of September 2017), and of fixed broadband Internet access (38.0% share, as of September 2017). It is also the second largest provider of fixed telephone service (20.0%, as of September 2017), behind Telefónica. It also has a small but growing participation (0.90%, as of September 2017) in the mobile phone business. It is wholly owned by Liberty Latin America following the split of Liberty Latin America from Liberty Global effective December 29, 2017; Grupo Saieh's CorpGroup previously owned 20% until March 2014 when Liberty Global acquired the remaining 20% it did not own. VTR also owned Bazuca.com, a now-defunct video rental services company, and —together with Turner Broadcasting System— CNN Chile, a 24-hour news channel based in Santiago, until 2016, when it was bought entirely by WarnerMedia Latin America. References External links Telecommunications companies of Chile Internet service providers Cable television companies Liberty Global Companies based in Santiago Telecommunications companies established in 1928 Chilean companies established in 1928
Alexey Viktorovich Kuzmichev or Kousmichoff (Russian: Алексей Викторович Кузьмичёв) is a Russian businessman. He is one of the founders of the LetterOne Group (LetterOne) and the Alfa Group. Kuzmichev was a stakeholder in VimpelCom, Alfa-Bank, and X5 Retail Group. In March 2013, Kuzmichev sold his stake in energy venture TNK-BP to state-run oil company Rosneft for $2.5 billion. Forbes magazine rated Kuzmichev as the 138th world's richest person in 2013 with a fortune estimated at $8.8 billion. In March 2023, Kuzmichev sold his 16.32% stake in Alfa Bank and left the shareholders. Early life and career Kuzmichev was born in 1962 in Kirov, Russia. Between 1980 and 1982 he served in the army on the Soviet-Chinese border as a radio operator. During this time he joined the Communist party. In 1983, he enrolled in the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys where he met his future business partners, Mikhail Fridman and German Khan. In 1988 Kuzmichev, Fridman and Khan, along with Mikhail Alfimov, founded Alfa Photo, which specialized in the import of photo chemicals. Later, Kuzmichev convinced his partners to diversify into the export business. Thus in 1998 Alfa Eco was founded. This venture would become the basis of Alfa Group Consortium. (In 2005, Alfa Eco was rebranded as A1). Alfa Group Alfa Group's portfolio includes the largest commercial bank in Russia, Alfa-Bank, (with affiliates in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and the Netherlands/Amsterdam Trade Bank); international telecom company VimpelCom (the sixth largest mobile network operator in the world by subscribers as of April, 2012); as well as holding shares in Turkish telecommunications company Turkcell. Until April 2012, Alfa Group owned 25 percent of Russian cell phone operator MegaFon; it sold its share for $5.2 billion. Alfa also has stakes in Russian retailer X5 Retail Group, Rosvodokanal Group; and insurance company, Alfa-Strakhovanie Group. Kuzmichev owns over 18 percent of the consortium's joint assets and is a member of the board of directors of Alfa Finance Holdings. The Group's major transactions include TNK oil company privatization, which later became a part of TNK-BP venture, Russia's third-largest oil producer. In March 2013 Alfa Group and its joint partners AAR Consortium sold 50 percent of TNK-BP to Russian oil company Rosneft. Kuzmichev is responsible for overseeing Alfa Group’s international trading operations. Sinking of The Prestige Crown Resources, a European oil and commodity trading arm of Alfa Group, of which Kuzmichev is chairman, was the owner of the oil cargo on The Prestige vessel, which sank near the coast of Galicia, Spain in 2002. The case concerning The Prestige centred on the negligence of the vessel's owner and was completed in July 2013. No accusations or financial claims were brought against Crown Resources. LetterOne Group Kuzmichev is one of the original founders of the LetterOne Group. The LetterOne Group (LetterOne) is an international investment business based in Luxembourg. Its investments are focused on the telecoms, technology and energy sectors through its two main business units, L1 Energy and L1 Technology. Despite recently being required by the Government to sell their North Sea oil and gas fields, LetterOne have reportedly been told in a letter from a senior UK official that this 'is not a judgement on the suitability of LetterOne's owners to control these or any other assets in the UK. Kuzmichev is married to Svetlana Kuzmicheva-Uspenskaya. In 2016, he bought a US$42 million mansion in New York City. Sanctions Sanctioned by the European Union, Australia, Canada and the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. In August 2023, United States imposed financial sanctions on Kuzmichev pursuant to Executive Order 14024, placing him on OFAC's SDN List for "operating or having operated in the financial services sector of the Russian Federation economy." Two of Kuzmichev's yachts have been seized by France due the sanctions against Russian billionaires after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia but were returned on appeal. Arrest On October 30, 2023, French police detained Kuzmichev and also conducted searches in the businessman’s Parisian mansion and his villa in Saint-Tropez. Kuzmichev is suspected of tax crimes and violation of sanctions. See also List of billionaires List of Russian billionaires References External links Alfa-Group Global https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3496659-how-the-sussmann-trial-revealed-hillary-clintons-role-in-the-alfa-bank-scandal/ Alfa Group National University of Science and Technology MISiS alumni 1963 births Living people Russian venture capitalists Russian billionaires Russian individuals subject to European Union sanctions Russian businesspeople in Cyprus Russian activists against the Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
Freddy Rodriguez (February 9, 1931 – March 25, 2020) was an American jazz alto and tenor saxophonist and composer. Biography Rodriguez learned to play the clarinet at Baker Junior High School in his native Denver in 1942. He was influenced by Artie Shaw, Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young and switched to alto and tenor saxes at West High School. He attended concerts by the visiting jazz greats in the Rainbow Ballroom and began a career as a professional musician. In 1948 he became a regular soldier and played in a military band near Seattle. He also performed with numerous musicians who were on tour. In 1958, he moved to New York City with his family, but was not able to quickly gain a foothold in the jazz scene there, and in 1960 moved again, to Los Angeles. In 1962 and 1963, he played alongside Charles Lloyd in Gerald Wilson's big band. He worked with Horace Tapscott and Harold Land and accompanied Nancy Wilson. Then he was part of Tommy Peltier's Jazz Corps, performing at Hermosa Beach's Lighthouse Café; with him he released records on the Pacific Jazz Records label, most recently with Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Tom Lord lists four recordings by Rodriguez between 1963 and 1965. In 1968, Tommy Peltier suffered a hernia that ended his jazz career and his Jazz Corps disbanded. In 1973, Rodriguez returned to Denver with his family, where he worked other jobs, but also continued as a musician. For 40 years he performed in clubs there every Wednesday, and for 20 years in jazz club El Chapultepec, most recently three weeks before his death. Rodriguez wrote the chorale We Lift Our Hands. After being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 corona virus, he was admitted to hospital, where he died ten days later as a result of COVID-19. References External links 1931 births 2020 deaths 20th-century American saxophonists 21st-century American saxophonists American jazz alto saxophonists American jazz tenor saxophonists American male jazz musicians Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado Musicians from Denver
Elvitegravir (EVG) is an integrase inhibitor used to treat HIV infection. It was developed by the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, which licensed EVG from Japan Tobacco in March 2008. The drug gained approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on August 27, 2012 for use in adult patients starting HIV treatment for the first time as part of the fixed dose combination known as Stribild. On September 24, 2014 the FDA approved Elvitegravir as a single pill formulation under the trade name Vitekta. On November 5, 2015 the FDA approved the drug for use in patients affected with HIV-1 as a part of a second fixed dose combination pill known as Genvoya. According to the results of the phase II clinical trial, patients taking once-daily elvitegravir boosted by ritonavir had greater reductions in viral load after 24 weeks compared to individuals randomized to receive a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor. Medical uses In the United States, elvitegravir can be obtained either as part of the combination pills Stribild or Genvoya, or as the single pill formulation Vitekta. Vitekta is FDA approved to be used for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults who have previous treatment experience with antiretroviral therapy. It must be used in combination with a protease inhibitor that is coadministered with ritonavir as well as additional antiretroviral drug(s). Adverse effects The most common side effects of taking elvitegravir are diarrhea (in 7% of patients) and nausea (4%). Other side effects that occurred in more than 1% of people are headache, tiredness, rashes, and vomiting. Interactions and contraindications Elvitegravir is metabolised via the liver enzyme CYP3A. Substances that induce this enzyme can reduce elvitegravir concentrations in the body, potentially triggering the development of resistant virus strains. Consequently, co-administration of strong CYP3A inducers is contraindicated; examples are rifampicin, the anticonvulsants carbamazepine, phenobarbital and phenytoin, as well as St John's wort. Glucuronidation of elvitegravir is facilitated by the enzymes UGT1A1 and 3, resulting in increased blood plasma levels when taken together with strong UGT1A inhibitors such as ritonavir and other HIV protease inhibitors. (But ritonavir also increases elvitegravir levels by inhibiting CYP3A.) Furthermore, elvitegravir is a weak to medium inducer of CYP1A2, CYP2C19, CYP2C9, CYP3A, and a number of UGTs; the clinical relevance of these findings is however unclear. Pharmacology Mechanism of action Elvitegravir inhibits the enzyme integrase of HIV-1, and of HIV-2 to a lesser extent. The virus needs this enzyme to integrate its genetic code into the host's DNA. Pharmacokinetics The drug is taken by mouth. When taken together with ritonavir and a meal, it reaches highest blood plasma concentrations after four hours. Bioavailability is better with fatty meals. In the bloodstream, 98–99% of the substance are bound to plasma proteins. It is metabolized mainly by CYP3A oxidation, and secondly by UGT1A1 and 3 glucuronidation. Nearly 95% are excreted via the feces, and the rest via urine. Plasma half-life when combined with ritonavir is 8.7 to 13.7 hours. References External links Integrase inhibitors Quinolines Chloroarenes Fluoroarenes Japan Tobacco
Sir Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker (5 July 1909 – 13 September 2006) was a British imperial administrator, a wartime soldier involved in irregular warfare, and Conservative politician. Between the wars, he served in the Sudan, in the prestigious Sudan Political Service. Once the war broke out, he joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE), but was returned to the Sudan to serve in the famous Gideon Force during the liberation of Ethiopia. After the East African campaign, he served on SOE's planning staff in London, before taking command roles in the Mediterranean Theatre. In political life, he served twice as a Member of Parliament (MP). He was MP for Banbury from 1945 to 1959, holding three junior ministerial positions from 1953 to 1957. In particular, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs through the Suez Crisis in 1956. Unlike Sir Anthony Nutting, who resigned as Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Dodds-Parker considered it his duty to remain in office even though he did not support the plan for Britain and France to invade Egypt under the pretext of separating the Egyptians from a prearranged invasion by Israel; he was, however, sacked from government in the following year. He stood down from his seat in the House of Commons in 1959, but returned to Parliament as MP for Cheltenham from 1964 to 1974. Early life Dodds-Parker was born in Oxford, the eldest son of a surgeon. His maternal uncle, Fredric Wise, was MP for Ilford; another relation, John Parker, was Joint Secretary to the Treasury from 1846 to 1849; and the Parkers had been iron founders since the 15th century. He was educated at Winchester College and then read modern history at Magdalen College, Oxford. He joined the elite Sudan Political Service (SPS) in 1930. The size of territory allotted to each young graduate, just starting their career, was immense and the SPS needed to, and was able to, choose only the pick of each year's crop. He spent three years in Kordofan, the two years in the secretariat in Khartoum, as private secretary to the Governor-General, Sir Stewart Symes. In 1935, the Italian invasion of Ethiopia prompted some soul-searching about the defence of the British territories in the vicinity. The Sudan was the missing 'bridge' between Italian East Africa and Italian North Africa, so the issue was taken very seriously in Khartoum. Accordingly, some young SPS were allowed to join the reserve of the Sudan Defence Force (SDF). This was to prove useful when the war did break out later, as most administrators had to remain in post for some time, until older men could be recalled to replace them. The Sudan was not a British colony, as it was officially a condominium with the formal title was the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Though Egyptian control was rather nominal it did mean the territory fell to the Foreign Office, not the Colonial Office, and, by definition, the Colonial Administrative Service could not operate there either. The result was the SPS, which stood at the top of the imperial tree alongside the Indian Political Service. The SPS was very selective in recruitment but favoured champion sportsmen rather than scholars, leading to the popular adage of the time was that Sudan was a country of 'blacks ruled by Blues', after the colours awarded to sports teams captains at Oxbridge. War service After the war broke out in 1939, Dodds-Parker left Sudan to join the Grenadier Guards, but was seconded to the Special Operations Executive when it was formed in July 1940. He served in the field as an officer in Gideon Force, under Orde Wingate, organising "ungentlemanly warfare" against Italy in Ethiopia and helping Emperor Haile Selassie to return to Addis Ababa in May 1941. As well as Wingate, he served with (Sir) Wilfred Thesiger and (Sir) Laurens van der Post. He returned to London soon afterwards, to become a mission planner under Colin Gubbins, using his newly gained practical experience to organise guerrilla warfare and 'Set Europe Ablaze', by infiltrating Special Operations teams into occupied Europe. Dodds-Parker was finally sent in late 1942 to Algiers, where he assisted with the negotiations for the armistice with Italy, and then in Apulia to command SOE operations in the Western and Central Mediterranean, in charge of operations in Italy and along the Adriatic, but also to Poland and Eastern Europe. He then had a spell in Athens. He ended the war at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force in Paris, with the rank of colonel. He was awarded the Légion d'honneur and Croix de Guerre for his efforts, and Mentioned in Dispatches. He married Aileen Coster in 1946, the American widow of his second cousin. They had one son, Peter. Political career Dodds-Parker left the army to pursue a political career as soon as the war in Europe was over, and was elected MP for Banbury in the 1945 general election. He continued as MP for Banbury until he stood down at the 1959 general election. He declined an invitation to become Winston Churchill's Parliamentary Private Secretary, or to become a Conservative whip, preferring to serve on Parliamentary committees, but served on the executive of the 1922 Committee from 1951 to 1953. He was a junior Foreign Office minister from November 1953 to 1954, as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, then a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Commonwealth Relations Office from 1954 to 1955, before resuming his junior ministerial position at the Foreign Office in December 1955. He was one of the hosts of Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev when they visited the UK in April 1956, and was in office during the Suez Crisis in October 1956. He opposed the plan for Britain and France to invade Egypt, under the pretext of separating the Egyptians from a prearranged invasion by Israel, but felt it his duty to remain in office, unlike Sir Anthony Nutting, who resigned as Minister of State at the Foreign Office. The Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd was often absent from the House of Commons, and Dodds-Parker was forced to answer questions, unconvincingly, in his stead. After Anthony Eden was replaced as Prime Minister by Harold Macmillan, Dodds-Parker was sacked in January 1957. He did not contest his seat in the 1959 general election. After a period in business, as a director of Head Wrightson and of British Empire Steel Products, Dodds-Parker returned to Parliament as MP for Cheltenham in the 1964 general election. Edward Heath took up the leadership of the Conservative Party after its 1964 election defeat, and Dodds-Parker returned to a degree of favour with the party leadership. He was a vice-chairman of the Conservative Party from 1964 to 1970. He was a delegate to the Council of Europe in 1965, and also to the North Atlantic Assembly and the Western European Union Assembly. He led a delegation of MPs to China in 1972, the first visit organised since the Communist Revolution. According to the 1970 BBC Election broadcast, he was the tallest MP in the House of Commons at the time. He was knighted in 1973, after Edward Heath sent him to Strasbourg as part of the first British delegation in the European Parliament. He left the House of Commons at the October 1974 general election, but remained a Member of the European Parliament until 1975. Later life Dodds-Parker published two memoirs in his retirement. Setting Europe Ablaze, an account of his exploits with SOE in the Second World War, was published in 1983, taking its title from a Churchill quotation on the role of SOE. It was followed by Political Eunuch, an account of his political career, in 1986. He gave his political and personal papers to Magdalen College, Oxford in 1997. He died in London aged 97, and is survived by his wife, a son, and a stepson. External links Obituary, The Times, 15 September 2006 Obituary, The Independent, 21 September 2006 Obituary, The Guardian, 26 October 2006 1909 births 2006 deaths Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War II British Special Operations Executive personnel Conservative Party (UK) MEPs Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Grenadier Guards officers Dodds-Parker, Douglas MEPs for the United Kingdom 1973–1979 Ministers in the Eden government, 1955–1957 Ministers in the third Churchill government, 1951–1955 People educated at Winchester College Politics of Cheltenham Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Recipients of the Legion of Honour Sudan Political Service officers UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974
George F. Bryant (February 10, 1857 – June 12, 1907) was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played in one game on August 6, 1885 for the Detroit Wolverines and failed to record a hit in four at-bats. Sources Major League Baseball second basemen Detroit Wolverines players 1857 births 1907 deaths Salem Witches players Baseball players from Bridgeport, Connecticut 19th-century baseball players
The list of most wanted fugitives in Italy is a most wanted list published by the Italian Interior Ministry. It includes criminals who are considered extremely dangerous by the Polizia di Stato. The list was started in July 1992. There are also lists of 100 and 500 most wanted fugitives of lesser importance. When a fugitive is caught, they are promptly removed from the list and replaced by another individual. The list Anonima sarda Attilio Cubeddu, wanted since 1997 Camorra Renato Cinquegranella, wanted since 2002 Cosa Nostra Giovanni Motisi, wanted since 1998 Removed from the list 1992 Giuseppe "Piddu" Madonia (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 6 September 1992. Raffaele Stolder (Camorra), wanted since 1989, arrested on 10 September 1992. Carmine Alfieri (Camorra), arrested on 11 September 1992. Domenico Libri ('Ndrangheta), arrested on 17 September 1992. Matteo Nicolò Boe (Sardinian banditry) arrested on 13 October 1992. 1993 Salvatore Riina (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1969, arrested on 15 January 1993, in Palermo (Sicily). Rosetta Cutolo (Camorra), sister of Raffaele Cutolo, arrested on 8 February 1993. Umberto Bellocco ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1988, arrested on 18 February 1993. Mario Umberto Imparato (Camorra), killed by the police on 15 March 1993. Pasquale Condello ('Ndrangheta), arrested on 23 March 1993. Antonio Imerti ('Ndrangheta), arrested on 23 March 1993. Umberto Ammaturo (Camorra), wanted since 1990, arrested on 3 May 1993, in Lima (Peru). Nitto Santapaola (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 18 May 1993, in Catania (Sicily). Giuseppe Pulvirenti (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1982, arrested on 2 June 1993. Vincenzo Milazzo (Cosa Nostra), body found on 14 December 1993, killed by the Mafia. 1994 Giuseppe Graviano (Cosa Nostra), arrested 27 January 1994. Santo Araniti ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1983, arrested on 24 May 1994. Lorenzo Tinnirello (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1989, arrested on 27 August 1994. Michelangelo La Barbera (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 3 December 1994. 1995 Eugenio Galea (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 13 January 1995. Leoluca Bagarella (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1991, arrested on 24 June 1995. Antonio Strangio ('Ndrangheta), arrested on 26 August 1995. Salvatore Cristaldi (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 7 October 1995. 1996 Salvatore Cucuzza (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 5 May 1996. Giovanni Brusca (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1991, arrested on 20 May 1996. Giorgio De Stefano ('Ndrangheta), arrested on 1 July 1996. Nicola Arena ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 6 July 1996. Carlo Greco (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1989, arrested on 26 July 1996. Marzio Sepe (Camorra), wanted since 1992, arrested on 6 September 1996. 1997 Mariano Asaro (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1991, arrested on 18 April 1997. Michele Mercadante (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 18 April 1997. Giuseppe Polverino (Camorra), wanted since 1992, arrested on 21 May 1997. Pietro Aglieri (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1989, arrested on 6 June 1997. Giuseppe La Mattina (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 6 June 1997. Girolamo Molè ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 12 July 1997. Mario Fabbrocino (Camorra), wanted since 1988, arrested on 3 September 1997, in Buenos Aires (Argentina). 1998 Vito Vitale (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1995, arrested on 14 April 1998. Pino Guastella (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 24 May 1998. Francesco Schiavone "Sandokan" (Camorra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 11 July 1998. Mariano Tullio Troia (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1992, arrested on 15 September 1998. Diego Burzotta (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1994, arrested on 14 October 1998. Francesco Messina Denaro (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1990, died of natural causes, body found on 30 November 1998. Pino Cammarata (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1991, arrested on 4 December 1998. 1999 Salvatore Di Ganci (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 29 January 1999. Giuseppe Piromalli ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 11 March 1999. Bachisio Franco Goddi (Sardinian banditry), arrested on 13 July 1999. 2000 Francesco Mallardo (Camorra), arrested on 14 April 2000. Gennaro Sacco (Camorra), wanted since 1999, arrested on 19 April 2000. Antonio Libri ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1994, arrested on 23 May 2000. Ferdinando Cesarano (Camorra), wanted since 1998, arrested on 10 June 2000. Salvatore Genovese (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 12 October 2000. Francesco Prudentino (Sacra Corona Unita), wanted since 1995, arrested on 22 December 2000. Erminia Giuliano (Camorra), sister of Luigi Giuliano wanted since 2000, arrested on 24 December 2000. 2001 Benedetto Spera (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1971, arrested on 30 January 2001. Vincenzo Virga (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1994, arrested on 21 February 2001. Angelo Nuvoletta (Camorra), wanted since 1995, arrested on 17 May 2001. Gaetano Santaiti ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 20 May 2001. Vito Di Emidio (Sacra Corona Unita), wanted since 1995, arrested on 29 May 2001. Maria Licciardi (Camorra), wanted since 1999, arrested on 14 June 2001. Carmine De Stefano ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1994, arrested on 9 December 2001. Giuseppe Barbaro ('Ndrangheta), arrested on 10 December 2001. 2002 Antonino Giuffrè (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 16 April 2002. Giuseppe Balsano (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 21 May 2002. Luigi Facchineri ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1987, arrested on 31 August 2002, in Cannes (France). 2003 Andrea Manciaracina (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1992, arrested on 31 January 2003. Salvatore Rinella (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1995, arrested on March 6, 2003. Filippo Cerfeda (Sacra Corona Unita), wanted since 2001, arrested on 12 March 2003, in Ridderkerk (Netherlands). Francesco Mallardo (Camorra), re-arrested on 28 August 2003. Giovanni Bonomo (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1996, arrested on 14 November 2003. 2004 Giuseppe Morabito ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1992, arrested on 18 February 2004. Orazio De Stefano ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1988, arrested on 22 February 2004. Francesco Schiavone "Cicciariello" (Camorra), wanted since 2002, arrested on 13 March 2004, in Poland. Roberto Pannunzi ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1999, arrested on 5 April 2004, in Madrid (Spain) with his son Alessandro Pannunzi. Vito Roberto Palazzolo (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1986, removed from the list on 23 April 2004, when his arrest warrant was revoked. On July 5, 2006, he was convicted and sentenced to 9 years in prison for Mafia association, but he has not been re-instated on the list of most wanted fugitives. Palazzolo was arrested on 30 March 2012 in Bangkok (Thailand) and extradited to Italy on 19 December 2013. Vito Bigione (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1995, arrested on 27 May 2004, in Caracas (Venezuela). Pasquale Tegano ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1994, arrested on 6 August 2004. Andrea Ghira, wanted since 1975, found dead on 9 September 2004. 2005 Raffaele Antonio Ligato (Camorra), wanted since 2003, arrested in Germany on 26 January 2005. Gregorio Bellocco ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1997, arrested on 16 February 2005. Giuseppe Iamonte ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 14 May 2005. Antonio Commisso ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2004, arrested on 28 June 2005, near Toronto (Canada). Vincenzo Iamonte ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 30 July 2005. Luigi Putrone (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1998, arrested on 12 August 2005 in Ústí nad Labem (Czech Republic). Paolo Di Lauro (Camorra), wanted since 2002, arrested on 16 September 2005. Umberto Di Fazio (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 2000, arrested on 23 October 2005 2006 Rose Ann Scrocco, an insurrectionary anarchist, arrested on 16 January 2006, in Amsterdam (Netherlands). Giuseppe D'Agostino ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1996, arrested on 23 March 2006. Bernardo Provenzano (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1963, arrested on 11 April 2006, in Corleone (Sicily). Maurizio Di Gati (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1994, arrested on 25 November 2006. 2007 Salvatore Pelle ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1991, arrested on 10 March 2007 Giuseppe Bellocco ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1997, arrested on 16 July 2007. Andrea Adamo (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 2001, arrested on 5 November 2007. Salvatore Lo Piccolo (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1998, arrested on 5 November 2007. Sandro Lo Piccolo (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1998, arrested on 5 November 2007. Daniele Emmanuello (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1996, killed by police on 3 December 2007. Edoardo Contini (Camorra), wanted since 2001, arrested on 14 December 2007. 2008 Vincenzo Licciardi (Camorra), wanted since 2004, arrested on 7 February 2008. Pasquale Condello, ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1990, arrested on 18 February 2008. Giuseppe Coluccio, ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2005, arrested on 7 August 2008, in Toronto (Canada). Patrizio Bosti, (Camorra), wanted since 2005, arrested on 10 August 2008, in Girona (Spain). Giuseppe De Stefano, ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2003, arrested on 10 December 2008. Pietro Criaco, ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1997, arrested on 28 December 2008. 2009 Giuseppe Setola (Camorra), wanted since 2008, arrested on 14 January 2009, in Mignano Monte Lungo (Campania). Giovanni Strangio ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2007, arrested on 12 March 2009, in Amsterdam (Netherlands). Raffaele Diana (Camorra), wanted since 2004, arrested on 3 May 2009, in Casal di Principe (Campania). Salvatore Coluccio ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2005, arrested on 10 May 2009, in Marina di Gioiosa Ionica (Calabria). Antonio Pelle Gambazza ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2000, arrested on 12 June 2009, in Polistena (Calabria). Salvatore Miceli (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 2001, arrested on 20 June 2009, in Caracas (Venezuela). Paolo Rosario De Stefano ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2005, arrested on 18 August 2009, in Taormina (Sicily). Carmelo Barbaro ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2001, arrested on 12 September 2009, in Reggio Calabria (Calabria). Santo La Causa (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 2007, arrested on 8 October 2009. Michele Labate ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2007, surrendered to the police on 22 October 2009, in Rome (Lazio). Salvatore Russo (Camorra), wanted since 1995, arrested on 31 October 2009. Pasquale Russo (Camorra), wanted since 1995, arrested on 1 November 2009, in Sperone (Campania). Luigi Esposito (Camorra), wanted since 2003, arrested on 7 November 2009, in Posillipo (Campania). Domenico Raccuglia (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1996, arrested on 15 November 2009, in Calatafimi (Sicily). Gaetano Fidanzati (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 2008, arrested on 5 December 2009, in Milan (Lombardy). Giovanni Nicchi (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 2006, arrested on 5 December 2009, in Palermo (Sicily). Raffaele Arzu, wanted since 2002, arrested on 9 December 2009, in Sardinia. 2010 Paolo Di Mauro (Camorra), wanted since 2003, arrested on 27 January 2010, in Barcelona (Spain). Nicola Panaro (Camorra), wanted since 2003, arrested on 14 April 2010, in Lusciano (Campania). Giovanni Tegano ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 26 April 2010, in Reggio Calabria (Calabria). Giuseppe Falsone (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1999, arrested on 25 June 2010, in Marseille (France). Cesare Pagano (Camorra), wanted since 2009, arrested on 8 July 2010, in Licola (Campania). Franco Li Bergolis (Mafia garganica), wanted since 2009, arrested on 26 September 2010, in Monte Sant'Angelo (Apulia). Gerlandino Messina (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1999, arrested on 23 October 2010, in Favara (Sicily). Antonio Iovine (Camorra), wanted since 1996, arrested on 17 November 2010, in Casal di Principe (Campania). 2011 Mario Caterino (Camorra), wanted since 2005, arrested on 2 May 2011, in Casal di Principe (Campania). Giuseppe Pacilli (Mafia garganica), wanted since 2009, arrested on 13 May 2011, in Monte Sant'Angelo (Apulia). Giuseppe Dell'Aquila (Camorra), wanted since 2002, arrested on 25 May 2011, in Varcaturo Licola (Campania). Giovanni Arena (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 26 October 2011, in Catania (Sicily). Sebastiano Pelle ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1995, arrested on 10 November 2011, in Reggio Calabria (Calabria). Michele Zagaria (Camorra), wanted since 1995, arrested on 7 December 2011, in Casapesenna (Campania). 2012 Vito Badalamenti (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1995, statute of limitations declared expired on 29 March 2012. Francesco Matrone (Camorra), wanted since 2007, arrested on 17 August 2012, in Battipaglia (Campania). Domenico Condello ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 10 October 2012, in Reggio Calabria (Calabria). 2013 Michele Antonio Varano ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2000, arrested on 12 May 2009, in Gandria (Switzerland), but released on 8 July 2009 by Swiss police. Varano was removed from the list in June 2013 and finally surrendered to the police on 2 December 2014 in Genoa. Francesco Nirta ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2007, arrested on 20 September 2013, in Nieuwegein (Netherlands). 2015 Pasquale Scotti (Camorra), wanted since 1984, arrested on 26 May 2015, in Recife (Brazil). 2016 Ernesto Fazzalari ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1996, arrested on 26 June 2016, near Molochio (Calabria). 2017 Giuseppe Giorgi ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1994, arrested on 2 June 2017, in San Luca (Calabria). 2019 Marco Di Lauro (Camorra), wanted since 2004, arrested on 2 March 2019, in Naples (Campania). 2021 Francesco Pelle ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2019, arrested on 29 March 2021, in Lisbon (Portugal). Rocco Morabito ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1994, arrested on 24 May 2021, in João Pessoa (Brazil). Raffaele Imperiale (Camorra), wanted since 2016, arrested on 4 August 2021, in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Graziano Mesina (Anonima sarda), wanted since 2021, arrested on 18 December 2021, in Desulo (Sardinia). 2023 Matteo Messina Denaro (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 16 January 2023, in Palermo. Pasquale Bonavota ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2018, arrested on 27 April 2023, in Genoa. References External links I latitanti di mafia List of most wanted fugitives in Italy most wanted fugitives in Italy, List of Italy, List of most wanted fugitives in Italy, List of most wanted fugitives in Organized crime-related lists
Theodore Arthur Burrows (August 15, 1857 – January 18, 1929) was a politician and office-holder in Manitoba, Canada. He served as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of the province from October 6, 1926 until his death. Burrows was born in Ottawa, Canada West (now Ontario), where his grandfather had been a pioneer settler. He moved to Manitoba in 1875, and was subsequently educated at Manitoba College. In 1877, Burrows became the first law student in Winnipeg history, working in the office of one Frederick Mackenzie. He entered the lumber business in 1879, and subsequently played a major role in developing the industry in Manitoba's northwest. Burrows entered politics in 1892, winning election to the provincial legislature in the riding of Dauphin. Although he described himself as a Liberal-Conservative, he was nevertheless a supporter of Liberal Premier Thomas Greenway. Burrows defeated his Conservative opponent Glenlyon Campbell by 317 votes to 308. Burrows defeated Campbell a second time in 1896, by 589 votes to 577. By this time, he was identifying himself as a Liberal. He was also (like Greenway) a Methodist, and was a strong supporter of Canada's growing prohibition movement. In addition to his political career, he was also appointed a land commissioner of the Canadian Northern Railway in 1896, holding the position until 1904 and overseeing increased settlement in the Dauphin region. Perhaps curiously, he was never appointed to Greenway's cabinet. The Liberals lost the election of 1899, although Burrows actually increased his majority significantly—defeating Conservative R. Hunt by 1203 votes to 779. It may be assumed that the new settlers brought by Burrows to the region were instrumental in his victory. Burrows did not seek re-election in 1903, but campaigned for the federal House of Commons the following year. Running as a Liberal in the federal riding of Dauphin, he was elected unopposed, and supported Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier in parliament for the next four years. He was upset by his old rival Glenlyon Campbell, 3206 votes to 2989, in the election of 1908, and did not re-enter political life thereafter. In 1926, Burrows was appointed Lt. Governor of Manitoba (a position that was largely ceremonial by this time). A talented singer, he often displayed his baritone voice to visitors at Government House. He died in office, in 1929. The north-end Winnipeg neighbourhood of Burrows and Burrows Ave. is named after him. References 1857 births 1929 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Lieutenant Governors of Manitoba Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba People from Dauphin, Manitoba Politicians from Ottawa
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WVLZ may refer to: WVLZ (FM), a radio station (106.1 FM) licensed to serve Oliver Springs, Tennessee, United States WTLT, a radio station (1120 AM) licensed to serve Maryville, Tennessee, which held the call sign WVLZ from 2018 to 2020 WKCE (AM), a radio station (1180 AM) licensed to serve Knoxville, Tennessee, which held the call sign WVLZ from 2002 to 2018
Wang Yifu (, born December 4, 1960 in Liaoyang, Liaoning) is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times, and was the first shooter with six individual Olympic medals. He specializes in the 50 m Pistol and 10 m Air Pistol events. He is the only shooter to have won two gold medals in men's 10 metre air pistol. Wang won his first Olympic medal in the Los Angeles games at the age of 23. After this, the Air Pistol event was added to the program, and this is where he has achieved his greatest accomplishments. He won the 1992 gold medal only days after a new medal in the 50 m event. His three attempts to repeat the victory have provided impressive results and very tight duels: In 1996, Wang had a two-point pre-final lead over Roberto Di Donna (Italy), and seemed to be the clear winner until in the last shot he got only 6.5 (at a level where anything below 9.0 is considered a very bad shot), and lost the gold medal by the closest possible margin, 0.1 point. Related to this was a collapse due to medical issues coupled with the extreme heat in Atlanta that day. In 2000, both Wang and Franck Dumoulin (France) scored 590 points and tied for a new Olympic record. Wang lost by two points in the final. In the 2004 competition, Wang scored 590 once more, but lost the Olympic record to Mikhail Nestruev (Russia) who achieved 591. However, the Chinese managed to erase the small gap and eventually won by a margin of 0.2 points to get his second Olympic gold. Also in the ISSF World Shooting Championships, Wang has won both 50 m Pistol (in 1994) and 10 m Air Pistol (in 1998). Wang Yifu is married to sport shooter Zhang Qiuping. See also List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists References External links Wang's profile at ISSF NEWS 1960 births Living people ISSF pistol shooters Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic shooters for China Olympic silver medalists for China Sportspeople from Liaoyang Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Sport shooters from Liaoning Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1982 Asian Games Shooters at the 1986 Asian Games Shooters at the 1990 Asian Games Shooters at the 1994 Asian Games Shooters at the 1998 Asian Games Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games Chinese male sport shooters Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Eric Ross Komitee (born December 21, 1970) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Education Komitee earned his Bachelor of Arts, with high honors, from Emory University in 1992, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the New York University School of Law in 1995, where he served as the senior notes and comments editor of the New York University Law Review. Legal career After graduating from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge James Larry Edmondson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from 1995 to 1996. He has practiced from 1996 to 2000 as an associate in the Government Enforcement and White Collar Crime group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and as an associate in the corporate practice group of Cravath Swaine & Moore. He previously served for eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 2000 to 2008, rising to serve as Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section from 2006 to 2008. From 2008 to 2019, he served as General Counsel of Viking Global Investors in New York City. Federal judicial service In August 2017, Komitee was one of several candidates pitched to New York senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand by the White House as judicial candidates for vacancies on the federal courts in New York. On May 10, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Komitee to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. On May 15, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. He was nominated to the seat that was vacated by Judge Eric N. Vitaliano, who assumed senior status on February 28, 2017. On August 1, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On September 13, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 21–0 vote. On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On April 8, 2019, President Trump announced the renomination of Komitee to the district court. On May 21, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. On June 20, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 21–1 vote. On December 2, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 81–5 vote. On December 3, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a 86–4 vote. He received his judicial commission on December 5, 2019. See also List of Jewish American jurists References External links 1970 births Living people 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American judges 21st-century American lawyers Assistant United States Attorneys Cravath, Swaine & Moore associates Emory University alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York New York (state) lawyers New York University School of Law alumni People from Freeport, New York Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom people United States district court judges appointed by Donald Trump
The Autonomy Party or The Autonomy Movement (Danish: Selvstyrepartiet or Selvstyrebevægelsen) was a Danish party in Southern Jutland which was founded in 1926 by Cornelius Petersen. The party wanted to abolish democracy and establish a Schleswigian republic with a national dictatorship based on The 10 commandments and the Code of Jutland of the Codex Holmiensis. The party ran in the 1926 general election in Haderslev-Aabenraa-Sønderborg-Tønder county constituency without first collecting any voter declarations, as the party used a rule in the Danish Parliamentary Election Act of 1920 stating that political parties from Southern Jutland could stand without the usual requirement for voter declarations. In the election, the party received 2,117 out of 66,843 valid votes in the constituency, corresponding to 3.2% of the votes in the county constituency, or 0.16% of the votes in all of Denmark. The party later joined the National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark. References "Cornelius Petersen og "Selvstyrebevægelsen"". Historisk Samfund for Sønderjylland. July 27, 2016. Kaare R. Skou (2007). "selvstyrepartiet". Dansk Politik A – Å (2. udgave). Lindhardt og Ringhof. "Selvstyrebevægelsen". Grænseforeningen. June 5, 2019. "Folketingsvalget den 2. december 1926". Statistiske Meddelelser. Danmarks Statistik. Rk. 4, Bd. 77, Hft. 1: 15. 1927. "Folketingsvalget den 2. december 1926". Statistiske Meddelelser. Danmarks Statistik. Rk. 4, Bd. 77, Hft. 1: 82. 1927. Political parties in Denmark 1926 establishments in Denmark
Harold Johnstone was an English footballer who played on the left-wing for Port Vale between 1921 and 1923. He was the brother of John Johnstone. Career Johnstone joined Port Vale in March 1921 and made his debut on 25 March in a 1–1 draw with Barnsley at The Old Recreation Ground. His brother John joined him the next month and the pair played two Second Division games together during the season. He scored his first and only senior goal in a 1–1 draw with West Ham United at Upton Park on 23 April. However, Harry lost his first team place in August 1921 and was released at the end of the 1922–23 season, without having played since May 1921. Career statistics Source: References Year of birth missing Year of death missing Footballers from Manchester English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Port Vale F.C. players English Football League players
Karin Kessow (born 8 January 1954, married name Drbal) is a retired German speed skater who won the World All-Round Speed Skating Championships in 1975. Next year she competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in the 1500 m and 3000 m and finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively. After marrying Karl-Heinz Drbal she changed her last name to Drbal. She works as a speed skating coach in Berlin. Personal bests: 500 m – 44.2 (1976) 1000 m – 1:27.2 (1976) 1500 m – 2:13.1 (1976) 3000 m – 4:39.1 (1976) 5000 m – 8:20.4 (1976) References External links 1954 births Living people Sportspeople from Rostock People from Bezirk Rostock German female speed skaters Speed skating coaches Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for East Germany World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century German women
Eccremocarpus is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to western South America in Chile, western Argentina, and Peru. The species are evergreen semi-woody vines growing to 1–7 m tall. It is also in Tribe Tourrettieae. Selected species Eccremocarpus longiflorus Humb. & Bonpl. Peru. Eccremocarpus scaber Ruiz & Pav. (Chilean glory flower) Chile, western Argentina. Eccremocarpus vargasianus Sandwith. Peru. Cultivation and uses Eccremocarpus scaber is grown as an ornamental plant for its attractive tubular flowers. In cool temperate regions it is not winter hardy, and is often grown as an annual plant. References Bignoniaceae Bignoniaceae genera
The Mammaliferous Crag Formation is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils. See also List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England References Geology of England
Boxing competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 18 to 25 at the General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre) in Oshawa. Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games. A total of thirteen boxing events will be held: ten for men and three for women. Venue The competitions will take place at the General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre) located about in the city of Oshawa, about 60 kilometers from the athletes village. The arena will have a reduced capacity (from its normal of about 5,500) of about 3,000 people per session. The venue will also host weightlifting competitions earlier during the games. New rules To harmonise with the rules of amateur boxing decided by the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA), Pan Am Boxing will feature new rules. There will be an introduction of the "10-point must" scoring system used in the pro game, where the winner of each round must be awarded 10 points and the loser a lesser amount, and the elimination of the padded headgear. AIBA new rules want to take away the focus on the head as the key scoring location. The AIBA, boxing's world body, said removing the headgear would actually make things safer by reducing concussions, and the jury is out on that. Now, the boxer will have to concentrate on the whole body and proper ring tactics. The International Olympic Committee has not as yet decided whether to permit boxing without headgear for Rio in 2016. How thing go in Toronto this year may go a long way to a final decision. AIBA officials are also waiting to see how things go in the men's game before making a decision to take headgear off women fighters. Competition schedule The following is the competition schedule for the boxing competitions: Medal table Medalists Men's events Women's events Participating nations A total of 24 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country. Qualification A total of 120 boxers (96 male and 24 women) will qualify to compete at the games. The top three boxers in each men's category at the 2015 World Series of Boxing will qualify. The rest of the quotas (including all the women's quotas) will be awarded at a qualification tournament in June 2015. Canada as host nation has an automatic berth in one women's and five men's categories, and will need to qualify in all other categories. See also Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics References Boxing at the Pan American Games Events at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games
Tortricodes is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae. Species Tortricodes alternella ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775) Tortricodes selma Kocak, 1991 See also List of Tortricidae genera References External links tortricidae.com Cnephasiini Tortricidae genera
Chareh (, also Romanized as Chāreh; also known as Chārī) is a village in Ganjafruz Rural District, in the Central District of Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,812, in 713 families. References Populated places in Babol County
Rõngu Parish was a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia. Estonian artist Konrad Mägi (1878-1925) was born in Rõngu Parish. Settlements Small boroughs Käärdi - Rõngu Villages Kalme - Käo - Kirepi - Kõduküla - Koruste - Lapetukme - Lossimäe - Piigandi - Raigaste - Rannaküla - Tammiste - Teedla - Tilga - Uderna - Valguta Gallery Twinnings Laukaa Municipality, Finland References External links Former municipalities of Estonia Populated places in Tartu County
David Black (born May 29, 1928) is an American sculptor known for both, his pioneering, avant-garde use of plastics and his monumental, aluminum, large scale public sculptures. Early life and artistic career David Black was born in 1928 on the island of Gloucester, Massachusetts, whose ocean seascape, rough granite shoreline and iconic white lighthouses, white oceanside hotels, white churches and ships were to dominate his work his entire career. He later revealed that a near death experience as a very young child where he was not expected to live after falling from a tree, was a driving force in his lifelong obsession with archaic, spiritual forms and architecture. He left Cape Ann in 1946 to study science at Wesleyan University. During the summers he returned to work as a lifeguard on Gloucester's Wingaersheek Beach where he met sculptor George Aarons, who had a studio in the sand dunes nearby. The experience made such an impression, that two years into college, he changed his major to art, embarking on a career as a sculptor. The summer of 1949 Black attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, which solidified his choice to pursue art. For the first 12 years, he made exclusively ceramic pottery and sculptures, winning the First Prize for Ceramics at the American Crafts Museum in New York in 1957. Later he received fellowships that took him to other countries and ancient cultures. A Fulbright fellowship grant in 1962 allowed him to live a year and a half in Florence, Italy, investigating ancient Etruscan art, making sculptures(in the former studio of Leonardo da Vinci) and having them cast in bronze in nearby Pistoia. While further investigating the monumental structures, this time of ancient Meso-America, he set up a temporary studio in Mexico in 1966, casting in aluminum and designing wall-hangings to be woven in wool by local, Indigenous weavers. Black's first breakthrough came with his pioneering, avant-garde use of plastic as a complete and significant art form with his “receptors of light”. Naum Gabo had previously investigated transparency through glass a half century before and a few artists had used plastics inadvertently, but Black is widely credited as being the first to use the commonplace, industrial material to its full potential in “fully imaginative forms”, a “pure plastic esthetic” building his own vacu-form machines to mold and shape sheets of Plexiglas, later through the lamination of layers of Plexiglas with epoxy resin, which added the quality of refracted light, and lastly, in his transparent Black Edge Series. In 1970, he received the two-year Artist in Residence grant from DAAD, the German Academic Exchange, to live in then West-Berlin, Germany. There, the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), commissioned the monumental sculpture, Skypiece, for its courtyard fountain and held an exhibition of his sculpture at the Amerika Haus, Berlin. He returned again in 1977 for a one-man-exhibition in the Neue Nationalgalerie. This exhibition was shown as well at the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg, Germany. Returning to the United States, Black received an “Individual Artist Grant” from the National Endowment of the Arts while being awarded a full professorship at the Ohio State University. It was at this time, around 1980, that he began producing monumental, abstract public sculpture, working again in metal, this time with massive plates of industrial aluminum. Public sculpture More than 40 major sculptures, most the result of winning open competitions, are installed throughout the US, as well as in Germany, Japan and Canada. Black describes his work as “proto-architecture,” a reference to his fusion of archetypal architectural motifs, such as columns, pillars, arches, and the use of light with the energy and references of sculpture. His community landmarks engage their environments and the viewer spatially, as well as culturally, strongly connecting with the viewer as they move through and around the work. THE SACRED: In spite of an early, successful, lucrative relationship with private art galleries, particularly with the sale of his woven wool tapestries, he came to increasingly disassociate from commercial art galleries in particular and lament the commercialization of art in general, choosing instead to work almost exclusively in the public realm, preferring to regard art, not as a commodity, but as an expression of the sacred. Like much of Black's plastic period, his large monumental works have been called “kinetic without movement”, where the public is “invited” to circle and enter within the work, which changes and engages with the viewer as they move within. In essence, it is the movement of the viewer which completes the sculpture. Hidden in plain sight, many also include what Black termed, “Spirit Houses”. “Black has created a kind of perfect modernist public sculpture, at once a pure articulation of abstract space in a personally inhabitable public space in which we are invited to invest our dreams.” The New York art critic Donald Kuspit contrasted the public work of David Black, whose public sculpture Kuspit described as “friendly”, “inviting” and “participatory” creating “sacred space”, as the antithesis of the work of his colleague Richard Serra. “There is a curious kind of caring in Black’s sculpture, even in the way it wraps itself around you implicitly.” Over the last two decades of the last century, David Black became one of the most prolific public sculptors in America. Some examples of his most important work include: Black's monumental sculpture Wind Point won the Shikanai, First Prize in the Henry Moore International Sculpture Competition in Nagano, Japan in 1985. It is permanently installed atop a mountain at the entrance to the Utsukushi-ga-hara Art Museum. His Flyover in Dayton, a stainless steel “flight path” arch 46 meters long (150 feet) and five stories tall, commemorating the Wright Brothers’ first flight in 1903, won an international competition and was awarded the “Meritorious Structure Award” from the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations in 1999. In 2010–2011 David Black finished two major public sculptures: Liftoff in Downtown Washington D.C and Fire Dance in Fort Myers. Black's sculpture Skypiece has recently been restored and rebuilt as the permanent fountain centerpiece for the reopening of Mies van der Rohe's New National Gallery in Berlin in the summer of 2021. Recognition Recognition for monumental public sculpture New York art critic Donald Kuspit, writes in a printed essay about Black's public sculptures: "They are remarkable for their sense of elation – a novelty in public space-and dynamics, which makes them an exciting environment unto themselves, even as they anchor the environment they inhabit, humanizing it in the process…" Of all the artists now that I know of, who make works that are meant for public space, David Black is, to my mind, unequivocally the most important. Hilton Kramer writes in a New York Times review: "his forms have an admirable definition, almost a simplicity, which is yet the result of a certain metaphorical development and resolution (...). It is as a sculptor, with a real feeling for his craft, that Mr. Black makes an impression.” Thalia Gouma-Petyerson writes in the magazine Sculpture Outdoors about Black's predilection for the color white: "he is ‘enamored of white objects partly because of their commonness and partly because of a sacred quality. With his sculptures, he tries to create a bridge between the common and the sacred." Robert A. Malone, former Dean of The Pratt Institute, also comments on the spiritual quality of Black's work: "His sculpture is transcendent in the same way that good music can be transcendent, not in the religious sense of being parochial." “With grace, wit and no small measure of style, David Black acknowledges that maturity has enriched his art and liberated his working procedures. The constraints of career building are now behind him and a new sense of freedom has unleashed creative powers that are driving him toward more ambitious projects. A recent outpouring of ideas has led to a series of monumentally scaled, publicly destined sculptures that are startling in originality, but intimately integrated as a body of work…” - Ruth K. Myer, Director of the Taft Museum. Recognition for the use of plastics in sculpture Critics in the 1970s, celebrated Black as a pioneer for the use of plastics in sculpture. For example, Heinz Ohff in “Das Kunstwerk” magazine considered it a highly significant coincidence, that Black's Berlin exhibition, in the New National Gallery, was shown parallel to the first large retrospective of Naum Gabo since the war: “Gabo was the first to produce –out of glass–transparent sculpture. Now it is evident that Black, although by no means in direct succession, has carried transparent sculpture to its aesthetic and technical perfection with the help of modern materials and techniques. One can see through them. The entire effect becomes unreal, because the colored sheets and bands which make up the sculptures, transform them, by their reflections and refractions, into a kind of transparent, translucent light-painting…”. And the magazine Das Bild-Berlin wrote “The American sculptor David Black is the first artist in the world to build his Plexiglas works in fully imaginative forms. With his sculpture “Stack”, which reminds one of a modern skyscraper, and his work “Turn”, he draws attention to the modern form-making issues of the 20th century.” “Plastics, relatively recent universal commodities, have become effective materials for the contemporary sculptor. Within the last few years, Nevelson and Judd have included plastics as appropriate materials for tri-dimensional expression sculpture. ...However, it has been David Black’s contribution to fully demonstrate the 20th century potential of plastics as fundamental, sculptural materials.” „The American artist, David Black, chose an unusual material for his works: Acrylic Plexiglas. Plexiglas is considered cold, impersonal, technical. What the American makes out of it, however, is anything but. Even his large spaces lose nothing of their lightness and buoyancy. His work seems to be attuned to light, which only gains in transparency and liveliness. The colors, discreetly chosen, often shine like crystals.“ Success outside the United States also furthered recognition within his home country: „The transparency of the medium (Plexiglas) gives those monumental sculptures a deceptively delicate appearance. And the transparent surfaces toy with light in such a way that the pieces seem endowed with a strange and fascinating inner motion”, wrote Jaqueline Hall in the Columbus Monthly in 1982, “The Germans were so impressed by his work that they commissioned a 20-foot sculpture for the reflecting pool of the West Berlin Museum of Modern Art, Die Neue Nationalgalerie. It is a striking piece which does great credit to the artist and through him to American art.“ David Black's works have been exhibited in the U.S. at the Contemporaries Gallery and PS One, the Gilman Gallery, the Taft Museum, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum of Art, the University of Iowa Art Museum, the Dayton Art Institute, and in Germany at the Neue Nationalgalerie, the Amerika Haus and the Lehmbruck Museum . Public works This is a list of artworks by David Black that are available to the public. United States Alaska Open Skies, 2005, Hutchison Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska Arizona Sonora, 1991, Plaza, main library, Tucson, Arizona California Jetty, 1990, Island Park, Belmont, California Florida Fire Dance, 2011, Edison Circle, Centennial Park, Ft. Myers, FL Indiana Crossings, 1984, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana Rotunda Fountain, 2000, Hammond, Indiana Iowa Rapids, 1999, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Michigan New Arcadia, 1987, College Park, Kalamazoo, Michigan Quadrant, 1988, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan New York Portside, 1984, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York Ohio Breaker, 1982, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Coastline, 1983, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio Ottawa Gate, 1994, Ottawa Park, Toledo, Ohio Euclid's Circle, 1995, University Circle, Euclid Ave. at Mayfield, Cleveland, Ohio Flyover, 1996, Dayton, Ohio Inner Circles, 1996, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio Viewpoint , 1997, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Columbus, Ohio Turning Points, 1998, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio Outlook, 2007, Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, Ohio Washington D.C. Lift Off, 2009, City Vista Plaza, K St. at 5th St., Washington, D.C. International Japan Windpoint, 1985, Utsukushi-ga-Hara Museum, Nagano, Japan Germany Skypiece, 1972 and rebuilt in 2021, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin References See also List of public works by David Black Lift Off (sculpture) Breaker (Black) 20th-century American sculptors 21st-century American sculptors 21st-century American male artists American male sculptors 1928 births Living people Sculptors from Massachusetts 20th-century American male artists
"Rain" is a song by British rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer AJ Tracey and British rapper Aitch, featuring production credits from Tay Keith. The song was released on 6 March 2020 peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was nominated for the Brit Award for Song of the Year at the 2021 ceremony. Music video The music video was filmed in Los Angeles and was shot by acclaimed director Arrad. Release The song was premiered on BBC Radio 1 as Annie Mac's 'Hottest Record in the World' and on BBC 1Xtra as DJ Target's 'Target Embargo'. AJ Tracey also dropped the hook for the song on the social platform Triller prior to the radio premiere. Chart performance "Rain" reached number 3 on its first week of release, becoming the highest new entry behind "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd and "Roses" by Saint Jhn. It also topped the Official UK Trending Chart on its release week, reflecting the songs that were popular online, on the radio and other media. The song went on to spend 3 weeks in the top ten and a total of 14 weeks in the top 40. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References 2020 singles 2020 songs Aitch (rapper) songs AJ Tracey songs Songs written by AJ Tracey
Euglandina cuneus is a species of large predatory air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Spiraxidae. References Spiraxidae Gastropods described in 1891
The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Picture is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting in 2002. While the award's title has changed several time within this period, the recipient has always been a visual effects-heavy feature film; film's with more background effects work have their own category, the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture. Winners and nominees 2000s Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture 2010s Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature 2020s External links Visual Effects Society References Visual Effects Society Awards Awards established in 2002
Mick Ryan is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for Canterbury-Bankstown, Newtown and Eastern Suburbs as a centre and occasionally as a winger. Early life Ryan was born and raised at Tweed Heads on the New South Wales North Coast. Ryan played his junior rugby league in the region before gaining the attention of Canterbury-Bankstown who signed him in 1974. Ryan is the son of former Newtown player Peter Ryan who played for the club in the 1950s. Playing career Ryan made his first grade debut against St George in 1975. Ryan made 57 appearances for the club over 4 years with Canterbury regularly making the finals. In 1979, Ryan joined Newtown. Under coach Warren Ryan, Newtown went from strugglers and easy beats of the competition to title contenders and in 1981 made their first grand final in 26 years against Parramatta. Ryan played at centre in the match as Newtown took a shock lead going into the second half before Parramatta stormed home to win their first premiership 20-10. Ryan spent one further season before joining Eastern Suburbs in 1983. Ryan played one season with Eastern Suburbs for retiring. In 2004, Ryan was nominated for the Berries to Bulldogs 70 Year Team of Champions. References 1953 births Living people Australian rugby league players Newtown Jets players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players Sydney Roosters players Rugby league wingers Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Buhayra or Buhaira may refer to: Bahira, a monk who, according to Islamic tradition, foretold to Muhammad his future as a prophet Buhaira Gardens, a 12th-century garden and palace in Seville, Spain
Santa Margherita or Santa Margherita Vergine e Martire is a Roman Catholic church Fidenza, Province of Parma, Italy. A church at the site is documented since 1172 in a papal document sent from Pope Celestine III to the head of the nearby church of San Donnino. By 1477, it was a parish church. The structure today was based on a Romanesque 15th century building with later refurbishments. Including chapels added in the 17th century. References Churches in the province of Parma Roman Catholic churches in Emilia-Romagna Romanesque architecture in Fidenza
R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airships completed in 1929 as part of the Imperial Airship Scheme, a British government programme to develop civil airships capable of service on long-distance routes within the British Empire. It was designed and built by an Air Ministry–appointed team and was effectively in competition with the government-funded but privately designed and built R100. When built, it was the world's largest flying craft at in length, and it was not surpassed by another hydrogen-filled rigid airship until the LZ 129 Hindenburg was launched seven years later. After trial flights and subsequent modifications to increase lifting capacity, which included lengthening the ship by to add another gasbag, the R101 crashed in France during its maiden overseas voyage on 5 October 1930, killing 48 of the 54 people on board. Among the passengers killed were Lord Thomson, the Air Minister who had initiated the programme, senior government officials, and almost all the dirigible's designers from the Royal Airship Works. The crash of R101 effectively ended British airship development, and was one of the worst airship accidents of the 1930s. The loss of 48 lives was more than the 36 killed in the much better-known Hindenburg disaster of 1937, though fewer than the 52 killed in the French military Dixmude in 1923 and the 73 killed when the USS Akron crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey in 1933. Background R101 was built as part of a British government initiative to develop airships to provide passenger and mail transport from Britain to the most distant parts of the British Empire, including India, Australia and Canada, since the distances were then too great for heavier-than-air aircraft. The Burney Scheme of 1922 had proposed a civil airship development programme to be carried out by a specially-established subsidiary of Vickers with the support of the British government. The scheme drew support from the Air Ministry, which sought more airships and a base in India. The Admiralty added that it would forgo some light cruisers of which it was very short. However, Prime Minister Lloyd George's government decided it could not afford to support the Burney Scheme. When the 1923 general election brought Ramsay MacDonald’s Labour administration to power, the new Air Minister, Lord Thomson, formulated the Imperial Airship Scheme in place of the Burney Scheme. It called for the building of two experimental airships: one, R101, to be designed and constructed under the direction of the Air Ministry, and the other, R100, to be built by a Vickers subsidiary, the Airship Guarantee Company, under a fixed-price contract. They were nicknamed the "Socialist Airship" and the "Capitalist Airship", respectively. In addition to the building of the two airships, the Imperial Airship Scheme involved the establishment of the necessary infrastructure for airship operations; for example, the mooring masts used at Cardington, Ismalia, Karachi and Montreal had to be designed and built, and the meteorological forecasting network extended and improved. Specifications for the airships were drawn up by an Air Ministry committee, whose members included Squadron Leader Reginald Colmore and Lieutenant-Colonel V.C. Richmond, both of whom had extensive experience with airships, most of them non-rigid. They called for airships of not less than five million cubic feet (140,000 m³) capacity and a fixed structural weight not to exceed 90 tons, giving a "disposable lift" of nearly 62 tons. With the necessary allowance of about 20 tons for the service load consisting of a crew of approximately 40, as well as stores and water ballast, this allowed a possible fuel and passenger load of 42 tons. Accommodation for 100 passengers and tankage for 57 hours' flight was to be provided, and a sustainable cruise speed of and maximum speed of were called for. In wartime, the airships would be expected to carry 200 troops or possibly five parasite fighter aircraft. Vickers' design team was led by Barnes Wallis, who had extensive experience of rigid airship design and later became famous for the geodetic framework of the Wellington bomber and for the bouncing bomb. His principal assistant (the "Chief Calculator"), Nevil Shute Norway, later well known as the novelist Nevil Shute, later gave his account of the design and construction of the two airships in his 1954 autobiography, Slide Rule: Autobiography of an Engineer. Shute Norway's book characterises R100 as a pragmatic and conservative design, and R101 as extravagant and overambitious, but one purpose of having two design teams was to test different approaches, with R101 deliberately intended to extend the limits of existing technology. Shute Norway later admitted that many of his criticisms of the R101 team were unjustified. An extremely-optimistic timetable was drawn up, with construction of the government-built R101 to begin in July 1925 and be complete by the following July, with a trial flight to India planned for January 1927. In the event, the extensive experimentation that was necessary delayed the start of construction of R101 until early 1927. R100 was also delayed, and neither flew until late 1929. Design and development The entire airship programme was under the direction of the Director of Airship Development (DAD), Group Captain Peregrine Fellowes, with Colmore acting as his deputy. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond was appointed Director of Design: later he was credited as "Assistant Director of Airship Development (Technical)" with Squadron Leader Michael Rope as his assistant. The Director for Flying and Training, responsible for all operational matters for both airships, was Major G.H. Scott, who had developed the design of the mooring masts that were to be built. Work was based at the Royal Airship Works at Cardington, Bedfordshire, which had been built by Short Brothers during the First World War and had been employed by the Admiralty to copy and improve on the latest German designs from captured rigid airships. The Works had been nationalised in 1919, but after the loss of the R38 (then in the process of being transferred to the US as ZR2), naval airship development was stopped and it had been placed on a care and maintenance basis. R101 was to be built only after completion of an extensive research and test programme by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). As part of this programme, the Air Ministry funded the costs of refurbishing and flying R33 in order to gather data about structural loads and the airflow around a large airship. This data was also made available to Vickers; both airships had the same elongated tear-drop shape, unlike previous designs. Hilda Lyon, who was responsible for the aerodynamic development, found that this shape produced the minimum amount of drag. Safety was a primary concern and this would have an important influence on the choice of engines. An early decision had been made to construct the primary structure largely from stainless steel rather than lightweight alloys such as duralumin. The design of the primary structure was shared between Cardington and the aircraft manufacturer Boulton and Paul, who had extensive experience in the use of steel and had developed innovative techniques for forming steel strip into structural sections. Working to an outline design prepared with the help of data supplied by the NPL, the stress calculations were performed by Cardington. This information was then supplied to J.D. North and his team at Boulton and Paul, who designed the metalwork. The individual girders were fabricated by Boulton and Paul in Norwich, and transported to Cardington where they were bolted together. This scheme for a prefabricated structure entailed demanding manufacturing tolerances and was entirely successful, as the ease with which R101 was eventually extended bears witness. Before any contracts for the metalwork were signed, an entire bay consisting of a pair of the 15-sided transverse ring frames and the connecting longitudinal girders was assembled at Cardington. After the assembly had passed loading tests, the individual girders were then tested to destruction. The structure of the airframe was innovative: the ring-shaped transverse frames of previous airships had been braced by radial wires meeting at a central hub, but no such bracing was used in R101, the frames being stiff enough in themselves. However, this resulted in the structure extending further into the envelope, thereby limiting the size of the gasbags. The specifications drawn up in 1924 by the Committee for the Safety of Airships had based weight estimates on the then-existing rules for airframe strengths. However, the Air Ministry Inspectorate introduced a new set of rules for airship safety standards in late 1924 and compliance with these as-yet unformulated rules had been explicitly mentioned in the individual specifications for each airship. These new rules called for all lifting loads to be transmitted directly to the transverse frames rather than being taken via the longitudinal girders. The intention behind this ruling was to enable the stressing of the framework to be fully calculated, rather than relying on empirically accumulated data, as was contemporary practice at the Zeppelin design office. Apart from the implications for the airframe weight, one effect of these regulations was to force both teams to contrive a new system of harnessing the gasbags. R101's patented "parachute" gasbag harnessing, designed by Michael Rope, proved less than satisfactory, permitting the bags to surge unduly, particularly in rough weather. This caused the gasbags to chafe against the structure, tearing holes in the fabric. Another effect was that both R100 and R101 had a relatively small number of longitudinal girders in order to simplify the stress calculations. R101 used pre-doped linen panels for much of its covering, rather than lacing undoped fabric into place and then applying dope to shrink it. In order to reduce the area of unsupported fabric in the covering, the design alternated the main longitudinals with non-structural "reefing booms" mounted on kingposts which were adjustable using screw-jacks in order to tension the covering. The pre-doped fabric proved unsatisfactory from the start, with panels splitting because of humidity changes before the airship had even left its shed. There were other innovative design features. Previously, ballast containers had been made in the form of leather "trousers", and one or other leg could be opened at the bottom by a cable-release from the control car. In R101, the extreme forward and aft ballast bags were of this type, and were locally operated, but the main ballast was held in tanks connected by pipes so that ballast could be transferred from one to another to alter the airship's trim using compressed air. The arrangement for ventilating the interior of the envelope, necessary both to prevent any build-up of escaped hydrogen and also to equalise pressure between the outside and inside, was also innovative. A series of flap-valves were situated at the nose and stern of the airship cover (those at the nose are clearly visible in photographs) to allow air to enter when the airship was descending, while a series of vents was arranged around the circumference amidships to allow air to exit during ascent. Engines Heavy oil (diesel) engines were specified by the Air Ministry because the airship was intended for use on the India route, where it was thought that high temperatures would make petrol an unacceptable fire hazard because of its low flash point. A petrol explosion had been a major cause of fatalities in the loss of R38 in 1921. Initial calculations were based on the use of seven Beardmore Typhoon six-cylinder heavy-oil engines which were expected to weigh and deliver each. When the development of this engine proved impractical, the use of the eight-cylinder Beardmore Tornado was proposed instead. This was an engine being developed by Beardmore, combining two four-cylinder engines which had originally been developed for railway use. In March 1925 these were expected to weigh and deliver each. Because of the increased weight of each engine, it was decided to use five, resulting in overall power being reduced from to . Severe torsional resonance of the crankshaft was encountered above 950 rpm, limiting the engine to a maximum of 935 rpm, giving an output of only with a continuous power rating at 890 rpm of . The engine was also considerably above estimated weight, at , over double the initial estimate. Some of this excess weight was the result of the failure to manufacture a satisfactory lightweight aluminium crankcase. The original intention had been to fit two of the engines with variable-pitch propellers in order to provide reverse thrust for manoeuvring during docking. The torsional resonance caused the hollow metal blades of the reversing propellers to develop cracks near the hubs, and as a short-term measure, one of the engines was fitted with a fixed-pitch reverse propeller, consequently becoming dead weight under normal flight conditions. For the airship's final flight, two of the engines were adapted to be capable of running in reverse by a simple modification of the camshaft. Each engine car also contained a Ricardo petrol engine for use as a starter motor. Three of these also drove generators to provide electricity when the airship was at rest or flying at low speeds: at normal flight speeds the generators were driven by constant-speed variable-pitch windmills. The other two auxiliary engines drove compressors for the compressed air fuel and ballast transfer system. Before the final flight, one of the petrol engines was replaced by a Beverly heavy oil engine; to lessen the risk of fire, the petrol tanks could be jettisoned. Diesel fuel was contained in tanks in the transverse frames, the majority of the tanks having a capacity of . A mechanism was provided for dumping fuel directly from the tanks in an emergency. By the use of tankage provided for weight compensation, when travelling with a light passenger load a total fuel load of could be carried. Crewing and control In normal service, R101 carried a crew of 42. This consisted of two watches of 13 men under the officer of the watch, this duty being divided among the three principal ship's officers. In addition there were the chief navigator, the meteorological officer, the chief coxswain, the chief engineer, the chief wireless officer and the chief steward, who were not assigned to watches but were on duty as necessary, and four supernumeraries (three engineers and a radio operator) who were available to provide relief watch keeping if necessary, and an assistant steward, a cook and a galley boy who were on duty as required between 06:30 and 21:30. The minimum crew requirement, as specified in the airship's Certificate of Airworthiness, was 15 men. The control car was occupied by the duty officer of the watch and the steering and altitude coxswains, who respectively controlled the rudder and elevators using wheels similar to a ship's wheel. The engines were individually controlled by an engineer in each of the engine cars, orders being given by an individual telegraph to each car. These moved an indicator in the engine car to signal the desired throttle setting and also rang a bell to draw attention to the fact that an order had been transmitted. Accommodation The passenger accommodation was spread over two decks within the envelope and as first designed included 50 passenger cabins for one, two, or four people, a dining room for 60 people, two promenade decks with windows down the sides of the airship, a spacious lounge of and an asbestos-lined smoking room for 24 people. Most of the passenger space was on the upper deck, with the smoking room, kitchen and washrooms, crew accommodation, as well as the chart room and radio cabin on the lower deck. The control car was immediately under the forward section of the lower deck and was reached by a ladder from the chart room. Walls were made of doped linen painted in white and gold. Weight-saving measures included wicker furniture and aluminium cutlery. The promenade windows were lightweight "Cellon" instead of the intended glass, and one set was removed as part of later weight-saving measures. Operational history Testing 1929 The lengthy process of inflating the R101's hydrogen gasbags began on 11 July 1929 and was complete by 21 September. With the airship now airborne and loosely tethered within the shed, it was now possible to carry out lift and trim trials. These were disappointing. A design conference held on 17 June 1929 had estimated a gross lift of 151.8 tons and a total airframe weight, including the power installation, of 105 tons. The actual figures proved to be a gross lift of 148.46 tons and a weight of 113.6 tons. Moreover, the airship was tail-heavy, a result of the tail surfaces being considerably above estimated weight. In this form, a flight to India was out of the question. Airship operations under tropical conditions were made more difficult by the loss of lift in high air temperatures: the loss of lift in Karachi (then part of British India) was estimated to be as much as 11 tons for an airship the size of R101. On 2 October the press were invited to Cardington to view the finished airship. However, weather conditions made it impossible to take it out of the shed until 12 October, when it was walked out by a ground-handling party of 400. The event attracted a huge number of spectators, with surrounding roads a solid line of cars. The moored airship continued to attract spectators, and it was estimated that more than a million people had made the trip to Cardington to see R101 at the mast by the end of November. The flying programme was influenced by the Air Ministry's need to generate favourable publicity, illustrating the political pressures which weighed upon the programme. Noël Atherstone, the first officer, commented in his diary on 6 November: "All these window-dressing stunts and joy-rides before she has got an Airworthiness Certificate are quite wrong, but there is no-one in the RAW [Royal Airship Works] executive who has got the guts to put their foot down and insist on trials being free of joy-rides". Atherstone's remarks were occasioned by a lunch held on the airship for delegates to a conference on empire legislation, but there were several similar occasions. R101 made its first flight on 14 October. After a short circuit over Bedford, course was set for London, where it passed over the Palace of Westminster, St Paul's Cathedral and the City, returning to Cardington after a flight lasting five hours 40 minutes. During this flight the servos were not used, without any difficulty being experienced in controlling the airship. A second flight lasting nine hours 38 minutes followed on 18 October, with Lord Thomson among the passengers, after which R101 was briefly returned to the shed to enable some modifications to be made to the starting engines. A third flight lasting seven hours 15 minutes was made on 1 November, during which it was flown at full power for the first time, recording a speed of : even at full speed it was not found necessary to use the control servos. During this flight, it circled over Sandringham House, observed by King George V and Queen Mary, flew on to the previous Secretary of State for Air's country house near Cromer, then to Norwich over Boulton & Paul's works and aerodrome before returning by Newmarket and Cambridge. On 2 November the first night flight was made, slipping the mast at 20:12 before heading south to fly over London and Portsmouth before attempting a speed trial over a circuit over the Solent and the Isle of Wight. These trials were frustrated by pipe breakages in the cooling systems of two of the engines, a problem later solved by replacing the aluminium piping with copper. It returned to Cardington around 09:00, the mooring operation ending in a minor accident, damaging one of the reefing booms at the bow. On 8 November, a short flight – purely for public relations purposes – was made, carrying 40 passengers, including the Mayor of Bedford and various officials. To accommodate this load, the airship was flown with only a partial fuel and ballast load and was inflated to a pressure height of . In Atherstone's words, it "staggered round the vicinity of Bedford for a couple of hours" before returning to the mast. Two days later, the wind began to rise and gales were forecast. On 11 November, the wind touched , with a maximum gust speed of . Although the ship's behaviour at the mast gave cause for a good deal of satisfaction, there was nevertheless some cause for concern. The movement of the ship had caused considerable movement of the gasbags, the surging being described by Coxswain "Sky" Hunt as being around four inches (ten cm) from side to side and "considerably more" longitudinally. This caused the gasbags to foul the framework, and the resulting chafing caused the gasbags to be holed in many places. A sixth flight was made on 14 November, to test the modifications that had been made to the cooling system and the repairs to the gasbags, carrying a load of 32 passengers, including 10 MPs with a special interest in aviation and a party of Air Ministry officials headed by Sir Sefton Brancker, the Director of Civil Aviation. On 16 November, it had been planned to carry out a demonstration flight for a party of 100 MPs, a scheme that had been suggested by Lord Thomson in the expectation that few would wish to take advantage of the offer; in the event, it was oversubscribed. The weather on the day was unfavourable, and the flight was rescheduled. The weather then cleared, and on the following day, R101 slipped the mast at 10:33 to carry out an endurance trial, planned to last at least thirty hours. R101 passed over York and Durham before crossing the coast and flying over the North Sea as far north as Edinburgh, where it turned west towards Glasgow. During the night, a series of turning trials were made over the Irish Sea, after which the airship was flown south to fly over Dublin (the home town of R101's Captain, Carmichael Irwin) before returning to Cardington via Anglesey and Chester. After some delay in finding Cardington owing to fog, R101 was secured to the mast at 17:14, after a flight lasting 30 hours 41 minutes. The only technical problem encountered during the flight was with the pump for transferring fuel, which broke down several times, although subsequent examination of the engines showed that one was on the point of suffering a failure of a big end bearing. The flight for the MPs had been rescheduled for 23 November. With the barometric pressure low, R101 lacked sufficient lift to carry 100 passengers, even though all but a bare minimum of fuel was drained off and the ship lightened by removing all unnecessary stores. The flight was cancelled because of the weather, but not before the politicians had arrived at Cardington: they accordingly embarked and had lunch while the ship rode at the mast, only kept in the air by dynamic lift produced by the wind. Following this, R101 remained at the mast until 30 November, when the wind had dropped enough for it to be walked back into the shed. While the initial flight trials were being carried out, the design team examined the lift problem. Studies identified possible weight savings of 3.16 tons. The weight-saving measures included deleting twelve of the double-berth cabins, removing the reefing booms from the nose to frame 1 and between frames 13 to 15 at the tail, replacing the glass windows of the observation decks with Cellon, removing two water ballast tanks, and removing the servo mechanism for the rudder and elevators. Letting the gasbags out would gain 3.18 tons extra lift, although Michael Rope considered this unwise, since there were thousands of exposed fixings protruding from the girders; chafing of the gasbags would have to be prevented by wrapping these in strips of cloth. To further increase lift, an extra bay of capacity could be installed. This would deliver an extra nine tons disposable lift. After much consultation, all these proposed measures were approved in December. Letting out the gasbags and the weight-saving measures were begun. Delivery by Boulton & Paul of the metalwork for the extra bay was expected to take place in June. 1930 R101's outer cover was also giving cause for concern. An inspection on 20 January 1930 by Michael Rope and J. W. W. Dyer, head of the Fabric Section at Cardington, revealed serious deterioration of the fabric on the top of the airship in areas where rainwater had accumulated, and a decision was made to add reinforcement bands along the whole length of the envelope. Further tests undertaken by Rope had shown that its strength had deteriorated alarmingly. The original specified strength for the cover was a breaking strain of 700 lb per foot run (10 kN/m): the actual strength of samples was at best 85 lb (1.24 kN/m). The calculated load at a speed of was 143 lb per foot run (2.09 kN/m). A further inspection of the cover on 2 June found many small tears had developed. An immediate decision was taken to replace the pre-doped cover with a new cover which would be doped after fitting. This would take place following the flights which had been planned for June with the purpose of displaying R101 to the public at the Hendon Air Show; for these flights, the cover would be further reinforced. Confirmation of the poor state of the cover came on the morning of 23 June, when R101 was walked out of the shed. It had been at the mast for less than an hour in a moderate wind when an alarming rippling movement was observed and shortly afterwards, a split in the cover appeared on the starboard side of the airship. It was decided to repair this at the mast and to add more strengthening bands. This was done by the end of the day, but the next day a second, shorter, split occurred. This was dealt with in the same way, and it was decided that if the reinforcing bands were added to the repaired area the scheduled appearance at the Hendon Air Show could be made. R101 made three flights in June, totalling 29 hours 34 minutes duration. On 26 June, a short proving flight was made, the controls – no longer servo-operated – being described as "powerful and fully adequate". At the end of this flight, the R101 was found to be "flying heavy" and two tons of fuel oil had to be jettisoned in order to lighten the airship for mooring. This was initially attributed to changes in air temperature during the flight. On the following two days, R101 made two flights, the first to take part in the rehearsal for the RAF display at Hendon and the second to take place in the display itself. These flights revealed a problem with lift, considerable jettisoning of ballast being necessary. During this time, Atherstone was replaced by Captain G.F. Meager, who was normally the first officer on R100. Meager was "alarmed" by the heaviness of R101, as after 10 hours of flight, R100 would have been considerably light due to fuel consumption. Meager observed that it was the first time he had "the wind up" in an airship. Meager had dropped a ton of ballast, and in order to weigh off the R101 for mooring, Flight Lieutenant Irwin was required to dump 10 tons of water and fuel oil. An inspection of the gasbags revealed a large number of holes, a result of the letting-out of the gasbags which allowed them to foul projections on the girders of the framework. When the gas bag restraints were loosened to allow more gas capacity (R101B) it came to the attention of Dr. Eckener. His concern was conveyed to Willy von Meister, the Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei representative in the US, who was visiting Luftschiffbau Zeppelin at Lake Constance. Dr. Eckener was concerned that the gas bags would be holed by wearing upon the structure and loss of gas would occur. Von Meister stopped on his way back to the US to visit his mother and met Lord Thompson to convey Dr. Eckener's offer of technical help. Lord Thompson listened cordially, thanked von Meister, and informed him that padding was being installed and British designers felt that would suffice. Concern was also raised over the possibility of loss of gas through the valves, which were of an innovative design by Michael Rope. Airship valves are intended primarily to vent gas automatically if pressure in the cells rises to the point that the bag might rupture; they are also used to adjust lift for handling. It was suspected that valves could open when the airship rolled heavily or when flapping of the outer cover caused localised low pressure, but after an examination of their operation, F. W. McWade, the Air Inspectorate Department inspector at Cardington, concluded that their operation was satisfactory and they were not likely to have been the cause of any significant loss of gas. As an experimental aircraft, R101 had been operating under a temporary "Permit to Fly", the responsibility of McWade. On 3 July, bypassing his immediate superior, McWade wrote a letter to the Director of Aeronautical Inspection, Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. S. Outram, expressing his unwillingness to recommend either an extension to the permit or the granting of the full Certificate of Airworthiness which would be necessary before the airship could fly in the airspace of other countries. His concern was that the padding on the framework was inadequate to protect the gasbags from chafing, the harnessing having been let out so that they were "hard up against the longitudinal girders", and that any surging of the gasbags would tend to loosen the padding, rendering it ineffective. He also expressed doubts about the use of padding, considering that it made inspection of the airframe more difficult and would also tend to trap moisture, making problems with corrosion more likely. Outram, who knew little about airships, reacted to this by consulting Colmore, now Director of Airship Development, from whom he received a reassuring reply. The matter was taken no further. R101 entered its shed for the extension on 29 June. At the same time, the gasbags were given a complete overhaul, two of the engines were replaced by the adapted engines capable of running in reverse, and most of the cover was replaced. The original cover was left in place between frames 3 and 5 and in two of the bays at the tail. These parts of the cover had been doped after fitting and were therefore thought to be satisfactory, even though an inspection by McWade had found that some areas where reinforcements had been stuck on with a rubber solution were seriously weakened; these areas were further reinforced, using dope as an adhesive. A schedule was drawn up by the Air Ministry for R101 to undertake the flight to India in early October, in order that the flight would be made during the Imperial Conference which was to be held in London. The entire programme was intended to improve communication with the Empire, and it was hoped that the flight would generate favourable publicity for the airship programme. The final trial flight of R101 was originally scheduled for 26 September 1930, but high winds delayed the move from the shed until 1 October. That evening, R101 slipped the mast for its only trial flight before setting off for India. This lasted 16 hours 51 minutes and was undertaken under near-ideal weather conditions; because of the failure of the oil cooler in one engine, it was not possible to carry out full-speed trials. The flight was curtailed in order to prepare the airship for the flight to India. Despite the lack of full endurance and speed trials, and the fact that a proper investigation of the aerodynamic consequences of the extension had not been fully completed by the NPL, a Certificate of Airworthiness was issued on 2 October, the Inspectorate expressing their complete satisfaction with the condition of R101 and the standards to which the remedial work had been carried out. The certificate was handed over to H. C. Irwin, the ship's captain, on the day of its flight to India. Final flight R101 departed from Cardington on the evening of 4 October 1930 for its intended destination of Karachi, via a refuelling stop at Ismaïlia in Egypt, under the command of Flight Lieutenant Carmichael Irwin. Lord Thomson, Secretary of State for Air; Sir Sefton Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation; Squadron Leader William Palstra, RAAF Air Liaison Officer (ALO) to the British Air Ministry; Director of Airship Development Reginald Colmore; and both Lt. Col. V. C. Richmond and Michael Rope were passengers. The weather forecast on the morning of 4 October was generally favourable, predicting south to south-westerly winds of between 20 and 30 m.p.h. (32 and 48 km/h) at over northern France, with conditions improving over southern France and the Mediterranean Sea. Although the mid-day forecast indicated some deterioration in the situation, this was not considered to be alarming enough to cancel the planned voyage. A course was planned which would take R101 over London, Paris and Toulouse, crossing the French coast near Narbonne. Fine rain was beginning to fall when, at dusk, with all the crew and passengers aboard, R101 readied for departure. Under the illuminating spotlights, the jettisoning of water ballast to bring the airship into trim was clearly visible. Squadron Leader Booth, the commander of R100, was watching the departure from the tower's observation gallery and estimated that two tons had been discharged from the nose and a further ton from the midships tanks. R101 cast off from the mast at 18:36 GMT to a cheer from the crowd which had gathered to witness the event, gently backed from the tower, and, as another ton of ballast was jettisoned, the engines were opened up to about half power and the airship slowly began to climb away, initially heading northeast to fly over Bedford before making a 180° turn to port to pass north of Cardington. At about 19:06 the duty engineer in the aft engine car reported an apparent oil pressure problem. At 19:16, he shut the engine down, and after a short discussion with the chief engineer, work began to replace the oil gauge, since there was nothing apparently wrong with the engine. With one engine stopped, airspeed was reduced by around to At 19:19, having flown but still only from Cardington, a course was set for London. At 20:01, R101, by now over Potters Bar, made its second report to Cardington, confirming the intention to proceed via London, Paris and Narbonne, but making no mention of the engine problem. By that point, the weather had deteriorated, and it was raining heavily. Flying around above the ground, the airship passed over Alexandra Palace before changing course slightly at the landmark clock tower of the Metropolitan Cattle Market north of Islington, and thence over Shoreditch to cross the Thames in the vicinity of the Isle of Dogs, passing over the Royal Naval College at Greenwich at 20:28. The airship's progress, flying with its nose pointing some 30 degrees to the right of its track, was observed by many who braved the rain to watch it pass overhead. An update of the meteorological situation was received at 20:40. The forecast had deteriorated severely, south-westerly winds of up to with low cloud and rain being predicted for northern France, and similar conditions over central France. That this caused concern on board is demonstrated by the request for more detailed information, which was transmitted at 21:19, by which time R101 was near Hawkhurst, Kent. It is possible that an alternative course was being considered. At 21:35 R101 crossed the English coast near Hastings and at 21:40 transmitted a progress report back to Cardington, mentioning that recovery of rainwater into the ballast tanks was taking place but again not reporting the engine problem. At 22:56 the aft engine was restarted. By now the wind had risen to about with strong gusts, but a further meteorological report received shortly after the airship had crossed the coast had been encouraging about weather conditions south of Paris. The French coast was crossed at the Point de St Quentin at 23:36 GMT, around east of the intended landfall. A new course was set to bring R101 over Orly, based on an estimated wind direction of 245 degrees and speed of . The intended course would have taken R101 four miles west of Beauvais, but the estimated wind speed and direction were inaccurate, as a result of which the R101's track was to the east of its intended course. This error would have become apparent when, at about 01:00, R101 passed over Poix-de-Picardie, a distinctive hilltop town that would have been readily recognisable to the navigation officer, Squadron Leader E.L. Johnston. Accordingly, R101 changed course: the new course would take it directly over the Beauvais Ridge, an area notorious for turbulent wind conditions. At 02:00 the watch was changed, Second Officer Maurice Steff taking over the command from Irwin. R101 was at this point "flying heavy", relying on dynamic lift generated by forward airspeed to maintain altitude, estimated by the Board of Inquiry as at least above the ground. At about 02:07 R101 went into a dive from which it slowly recovered, probably losing around . As it did so Rigger S. Church, who was returning to the crew quarters to come off duty, was sent forward to release the forward emergency ballast bags, which were locally controlled. This first dive was steep enough to cause A. H. Leech, the foreman engineer from Cardington, to be thrown from his seat in the smoking room and to wake Chief Electrician Arthur Disley, who was dozing in the switch room next to the chart cabin. As the airship recovered, Disley was roused by Chief Coxswain G. W. Hunt, who then went to the crew quarters, calling out, "We're down, lads" in warning. As this happened the airship went into a second dive and orders to reduce speed to slow (450 rpm) were received in the engine cars. Before Engineer A. J. Cook, on duty in the left-hand midships engine car, could respond, the airship hit the ground at the edge of a wood outside Allonne, southeast of Beauvais, and immediately caught fire. The reason for the order to reduce speed is a matter for conjecture because this would have caused the airship to lose dynamic lift and adopt a nose-down attitude. The subsequent inquiry estimated the impact speed at around , with the airship between 15° and 25° nose down. Forty-six of the fifty-four passengers and crew were killed immediately. Church and Rigger W. G. Radcliffe survived the crash but later died in hospital in Beauvais, bringing the total of dead to 48. Of the six eventual survivors, four (including Cook) were engineers in the engine cars outside the hull; Leech and Disley were the only survivors from within the main cabin. Memorials The bodies were returned to England, and on Friday 10 October a memorial service took place at St Paul's Cathedral while the bodies lay in state in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster. Nearly 90,000 people queued to pay their respects: at one time the queue was half a mile long, and the hall was kept open until 00:35 to admit them all. The following day, a funeral procession transferred the bodies to Euston station through streets crowded with mourners. The bodies were then taken to Cardington village for burial in a common grave in the cemetery of St Mary's Church. A monument was later erected, and the scorched Royal Air Force roundel which R101 had flown on its tail is on display, along with a memorial tablet, in the church's nave. On 1 October 1933, the Sunday before the third anniversary of the crash, a memorial to the dead near the crash site was unveiled by the side of Route nationale 1 near Allonne. There is also a memorial marker on the actual crash site. The Church of the Holy Family and St Michael, a Roman Catholic church in Kesgrave, Suffolk, was built in 1931 in memory of Squadron Leader Michael Rope, who was a Catholic. Suspended from the nave roof is a model of R101. Official inquiry The Court of Inquiry was led by the Liberal politician Sir John Simon, assisted by Lieutenant-Colonel John Moore-Brabazon and Professor C.E. Inglis. The inquiry, held in public, opened on 28 October and spent 10 days taking evidence from witnesses, including Professor Leonard Bairstow and Dr. Hugo Eckener of the Zeppelin company, before adjourning in order to allow Bairstow and the NPL to perform more detailed calculations based on wind-tunnel tests on a specially made model of R101 in its final form. This evidence was presented over three days ending on 5 December 1930. The final report was presented on 27 March 1931. The inquiry examined most aspects of the design and construction of R101 in detail, with particular emphasis on the gasbags and the associated harnessing and valves, although very little examination of the problems that had been encountered with the cover was made. All the technical witnesses provided unhesitating endorsement of the airworthiness of the airship prior to its flight to India. An examination was also made of the various operational decisions that had been made before the airship undertook its final voyage. The possibility of the crash having been the result of a prolonged loss of gas caused by leakage or loss through the valves was discounted since this explanation did not explain the airship's behaviour during its last moments: moreover the fact that the officers on duty had changed watch routinely implied that there had been no particular cause for alarm a few minutes before the crash. The recent change of watch was considered to be a possible contributory factor to the accident, since the new crew would not have had time to get the feel of the airship. It was also considered most unlikely that the accident had been solely caused by a sudden downdraught. A sudden and catastrophic failure was seen as the only explanation. The inquiry discounted the possibility of structural failure of the airframe. The only major fracture found in the wreckage was at the rear of the new framework extension but it was considered that this had either occurred on impact or more probably been caused by the intense heat of the subsequent fire. The inquiry came to the conclusion that a tear had probably developed in the forward cover, this in turn causing one or more of the forward gasbags to fail. Evidence presented by Professor Bairstow showed that this would cause the R101 to become too nose-heavy for the elevators to correct. The want of sufficient altitude was considered by the R101 Enquiry and must be considered given that the aircraft was flying in an area of reducing atmospheric pressure. The same evening, the Graf Zeppelin at Frankfurt was reading 400 feet high. A similar error over France would have put the R101 400 feet lower than her intended height. The altimeter could have been corrected while flying across the channel by timing the flare drop before ignition, but over France there was no way to determine altimeter correction. Sightings by observers reporting very low altitudes across France and the belief by the crew that they were at a safe altitude according to the altimeter could both be true. The question of sufficient altitude was considered by the R101 Enquiry but not the attendant issue of altimeter correction. The cause of the fire was not established. Several hydrogen airships had crashed in similar circumstances without catching fire. The inquiry thought that it was most probable that a spark from the airship's electrics had ignited escaping hydrogen, causing an explosion. Other suggestions put forward included the ignition of the calcium flares carried in the control car on contact with water, electrostatic discharge or a fire in one of the engine cars, which carried petrol for the starter engines. All that is certain is that it caught fire almost at once and burned fiercely. In the extreme heat, the fuel oil from the wreck soaked into the ground and caught fire; it was still burning when the first party of officials arrived by air the next day. The inquiry considered that it was "impossible to avoid the conclusion that the R101 would not have started for India on the evening of October 4th if it had not been that matters of public policy were considered as making it highly desirable that she should do so", but considered this to be the result of all concerned being eager to prove the worth of R101, rather than direct interference from above. Aftermath The crash of R101 ended British interest in dirigibles during the pre-war period. Thos W Ward Ltd of Sheffield salvaged what they could of the wreckage, the work continuing through 1931. Although it was stipulated that none of the wreckage should be kept for souvenirs, Wards made small dishes impressed with the words "Metal from R101", as they frequently did with the metal from ships or industrial structures on which they had worked. The Zeppelin Company purchased five tons of duralumin from the wreck. The airship's competitor, R100, despite a more successful development programme and a satisfactory, although not entirely trouble-free, transatlantic trial flight, was grounded immediately after R101 crashed. The R100 remained in its hangar at Cardington for a year whilst the fate of the Imperial Airship programme was decided. In December 1931, the R100 was broken up and sold for scrap. At the time, the Imperial Airship Scheme was a controversial project because of the large sums of public money involved and because some doubted the utility of airships. Subsequently, there has been controversy about the R101's merits. The extremely poor relationship between the R100 team and both Cardington and the Air Ministry created a climate of resentment and jealousy that may have rankled. Nevil Shute Norway's autobiography was serialised by the Sunday Graphic on its publication in 1954 and was misleadingly promoted as containing sensational revelations, and the accuracy of his account is a cause of contention among airship historians. Barnes Wallis later expressed scathing criticism of the design although they may in part reflect personal animosities. Nevertheless, his listing of Richmond's "overweening vanity" as a major cause of the debacle and the fact that he had not designed it as another say little for his objectivity. On 27 November 2014, 84 years after the disaster, Baroness Smith of Basildon, together with members of the Airship Heritage Trust, unveiled a memorial plaque to the R101 in St Stephens Hall in the Palace of Westminster. In popular culture The Doctor Who audio play Storm Warning is set aboard R101 during its voyage, with the Eighth Doctor's new companion Charley Pollard being a passenger on the airship; her time with the Doctor leaves him conflicted when he realises that historical records suggest that Charley was meant to die on R101 if he had not saved her. R101 figured prominently in the book The Airmen Who Would Not Die by John G. Fuller (), which tells of a purported psychic vision of the disaster years before by medium Eileen J. Garrett, and a seance with the deceased officers after the disaster. R101 is the subject of the rock opera ("songstory") Curly's Airships (2000) by Judge Smith. R101 has been featured in the TV series, Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie on the National Geographic Channel. The Iron Maiden song "Empire of the Clouds" composed by Bruce Dickinson and featured on the 2015 album The Book of Souls, is about the R101 and its final flight. The Monty Python sketch "Historical Impersonations" features Napoleon (Terry Jones) as the R101 disaster. In John Crowley's 1991 novella "Great Work of Time," the destruction (or non-destruction) of R101 is one of the linchpin events whose occurrence (or non-occurrence) marks a particular branching point of the possible timestream which ends the novel. The progressive rock band Lifesigns' 2017 album Cardington features both the R101 and its hangar, both on the artwork and on the title track. Specifications (R101 after extension) See also List of airship accidents RAF Cardington References Notes Citations Bibliography Chamberlain, Geoffrey. Airships: Cardington. Lavenham, Suffolk, UK: Terence Dalton Ltd., 1984. . Fuller, John G. The Airman Who Would Not Die. New York: Putnam & Sons, 1979. . Gilbert, James. The World's Worst Aircraft. Walton-on-Thames, UK: Michael Joseph, Third Edition 1975. . Grimwood, Terry. "R101: The Kesgrave Connection" (Essay). kesgrave.org.uk. Retrieved: 27 August 2010. Higham, Robin. The British Rigid Airship, 1908-1931. G.T. Foulis & Co Ltd, London, UK 1961. Masefield, Peter. To Ride The Storm: The Story of the Airship R101. London: William Kimber, 1982. . Meager, Captain George F. My Airship Flights 1915–1930. London: William Kimber, 1970. . Morpurgo, J.E. Barnes Wallis: A Biography. London: Longman, 1982 (2nd edition). . Meyer, Henry Cord. Airshipmen Businessmen and Politics 1890–1940, Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington D.C. and London, 1991. . "Report of the R101 Inquiry." London: HMSO, 1931. via www.bedfordraob.org.uk Shute, Nevil. Slide Rule: Autobiography of an Engineer. London: William Heinemann, 1954. . Sprigg, C. The Airship: Its Design, History, Operation and Future. London: Samson Low, Marston & Co, 1931. Swinfield, John. Airship: Design Development and Disaster. London: Conway, 2012. Venty, Arthur Frederick and Eugene M. Kolesnik. Airship Saga. Poole, Dorset, UK: Blandford Press, 1982. . Wintringham, T. H. "The Crime of R101." Labour Monthly, December 1930. Further reading External links The Airship Heritage Trust Britain's Million-Pound Monster Comes to London – Newsreel footage of the R101, probably of the test flight on 12 October 1929. List of documents held at the National Archives Airships of the United Kingdom Rigid airships 1930 in France 1930 in the United Kingdom Aviation accidents and incidents in 1930 Accidents and incidents involving balloons and airships
Francisco Dall'(born 1960) have been Attorney-Gen of the Rica. Biography Dall'Anese attended the University of Costa Rica, where he studied law. He later taught criminal law at the University, and is co-author of five books and over 20 academic papers on topics of criminal, judicial and procedural law. In 2004, he was presented with an honorary doctorate by the Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho ('University Free School of Law') of Costa Rica. Dall'Anese became Attorney-General of Costa Rica in 2003. In this position, he led efforts against narco-trafficking, organised crime and corruption, including investigations of two former presidents. In 2005, the National Values Commission awarded Dall'Anese the National Values Prize in recognition of his actions to combat organised crime. He served as alternate magistrate in the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica and, as of 2010, is President pro tempore of the Central American Public Ministries Council. On 30 June 2010, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named Dall'Anese as Carlos Castresana's replacement as chief of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). References 1960 births Living people Attorneys general 20th-century Costa Rican lawyers University of Costa Rica alumni Academic staff of the University of Costa Rica Government ministers of Costa Rica Costa Rican people of Italian descent 21st-century Costa Rican judges Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica judges People from Grecia (canton)
Porferio Tirador "Gopher" Armstrong (May 8, 1935 – March 17, 2010), sometimes called Theodore Armstrong, was a Cheyenne-Caddo painter from Clinton, Oklahoma. Armstrong had a keen interest in art since elementary school. He studied at the Concho Indian School and has exhibited his work across the country. Some of his works are in the permanent collection of institutions including the Oklahoma Historical Society Museum and the Joslyn Art Museum. Armstrong served in the United States Marine Corps for three years during WWII. He married Dola Jean Tartsah (from the Kiowa tribe) in 1961. He died on March 17, 2010, and is buried in the Concho Cemetery, Concho, Oklahoma. References 1935 births 2010 deaths 20th-century American painters 20th-century indigenous painters of the Americas Native American painters Painters from Oklahoma Cheyenne people Caddoan peoples
Shannon Bennett (born 23 November 1975) is an Australian chef and author. He is best known as the head chef of restaurant Vue de Monde at Melbourne's Rialto Tower. Bennett currently serves as the creative director at the restaurant and its parent company Vue Groups, having previously been the executive chef. He has made many appearances as a guest judge on the popular cooking show MasterChef Australia. Bennett also owns and operates several other hospitality venues in Melbourne – Vue Events at Rialto, The Lui Bar, Bistro Vue, Benny Burger and Café Vue in two locations - and has written six books. He has appeared on a number of Australian food television shows and he is a brand ambassador for Miele and Audi and Nespresso. Biography Bennett was raised in Westmeadows, Victoria. He attended Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School. Together with classmate Curtis Stone, Bennett realised a passion for cooking and he was subsequently introduced to the restaurant trade by his uncle Tom. Bennett completed his apprenticeship at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne before working overseas and then returning to Melbourne to open Vue de monde. Bennett was in a relationship with Australian actress Madeleine West from 2005 to 2018. The couple have six children. Career Bennett trained at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne for 3 years as an apprentice before working for John Burton Race for 2 years, Marco Pierre White for over 2 years, and Alain Ducasse at Hotel de Paris for a year. In 2003, he was awarded Gourmet Traveller Magazine's inaugural Best New Talent title. Bennett relocated the restaurant in 2005 to Melbourne's CBD. Bennett was invited to be the first Australian member of the associations Jeunes Restaurateurs D’Europe and Le Grand Tables Du Monde. In 2007 Bennett was a guest chef at New York's Star Chefs Congress. Vue de monde was awarded Restaurant of the Year in The Age Good Food Guide, 2013 and 2014. Bennett's current projects include the complete redevelopment of the Burnham Beeches property while the Vietnamese/French-twist food establishment, "Jardin Tan" opened in July 2014 in Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens. Controversy In 2018, Bennett received considerable attention in the media over a series of unpaid bills including the alleged underpayment and overworking of his staff at the Vue-de-Monde restaurant. Further media attention was also given as to his refusal to pay a long outstanding debt over the installation of a $10,000 crayfish tank at his restaurant, although the matter was resolved in early 2018 with details of the settlement hidden within a confidentiality agreement. A national current affairs television program also ran a story with more examples of unpaid bills to local builders involved in the building of Bennett's multimillion-dollar South Yarra mansion in Melbourne. The story also covered concerns raised by residents regarding the current state of disrepair of the Norris building, the proposed removal of the National Trust listed Beech trees and other issues surrounding Bennett's proposed new development of the Burnham Beeches Estate in the Yarra Valley. Books 28 days in Provence Cooking All Over the World My French Vue - Bistro cooking at Home My Vue Modern French Cookery Shannon Bennett’s France Shannon Bennett’s London Shannon Bennett’s Paris Shannon Bennett’s New York Accolades 2003 Australian Gourmet Traveller, Inaugural award 'Best New Talent' 2004 San Pellegrino Cooking Cup, Venice, Italy 2004, Overall winner & winner best dish 2012 Eat-Drink-Design Awards Best Bar Design Best Restaurant Design 2013 The Age Good Food Guide 2013 Bistro Vue, Top 10 French restaurants 2012 Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide 2012 The Age Good Bar Guide -The Lui bar - winner best restaurant bar - two glasses And Bistro vue - 1 glass Australian interior design awards Hospitality Design Sustainability Advancement Award 2011 Wine spectator Gourmet traveller fine wine partners References 1975 births Living people Australian restaurateurs Australian food writers People educated at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School People from the City of Hume Writers from Melbourne
Totie Fields (born Sophie Feldman; May 7, 1930 – August 2, 1978) was an American comedian. Early life Fields was born Sophie Feldman in Hartford, Connecticut. She started singing in Boston clubs while still in high school, taking the stage name of Totie Fields. She was Jewish. Career Fields gained fame during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. After years of Fields' successful appearances in nightclubs, Ed Sullivan gave Fields her first big break when he booked her on his show after seeing her perform at the Copacabana in New York in March 1964. She made multiple appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. She also appeared in a 1971 episode of The Carol Burnett Show (Season 4, Episode 21) and a 1972 episode of Here's Lucy (Season 5, Episode 7) starring Lucille Ball. It was on Mike Douglas in 1974 that Totie met the band Kiss, who were making their first national TV appearance. Fields joked that it would be funny if bassist Gene Simmons, under the makeup, turned out to be "just a nice Jewish boy." Simmons (who is not only Jewish but was born in Israel) responded "You should only know", to which Fields said, "I do! You can’t hide the hook!" (Simmons and Fields became friends and corresponded until her death.) Fields also appeared on various television game shows in the late 1960s and 1970s, including multiple episodes of both Hollywood Squares and Tattletales with her husband George Johnston. In 1972, Fields wrote a humorous diet book titled I Think I'll Start on Monday: The Official 8½ Oz. Mashed Potato Diet. Health problems Fields was plagued with health problems in the last years of her life. She suffered from diabetes and in March 1976 she had surgery to remove a blood clot, but it failed and she developed phlebitis. In April 1976, Fields' left leg was amputated above the knee. This caused her to use a scooter for mobility and file a $2 million lawsuit against the hospital and doctors who had initially treated her. While still recovering from the amputation, Fields suffered two heart attacks. Fields' last television appearance before her surgery was in a rare straight dramatic guest-starring role on the CBS-TV drama series Medical Center, which aired on February 23, 1976. In that episode, "Life, Death, and Mrs. Armbruster", Fields played Phoebe Armbruster, a hospital janitor plagued by heart problems. In June 1977, a much-thinner Fields starred in the Home Box Office special series Standing Room Only, beginning her show seated in a wheelchair. As the audience welcomed her, she stood up, causing the cheering audience to stand with her. Said Fields: "I've waited all my life to say this ... I weigh less than Elizabeth Taylor!" At the time, Taylor had gained over 50 pounds during her marriage to Senator John Warner. Rather than avoid the subject of her amputation, Totie used it as material in her touring comedy act at theaters around the country. In October 1977, Fields was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy to remove her right breast and also had an eye operation. However, Fields continued to perform, incorporating her health problems into her act. As a result, this changed the tone of her humor. Actor Van Johnson, who was a friend of Fields, was said to have remarked, "When Totie lost weight, she wasn't funny anymore." Nevertheless, in 1978, during the last year of her life, Fields was voted "Entertainer of the Year" and "Female Comedy Star of the Year" by the American Guild of Variety Artists. Death On August 2, 1978, Fields was scheduled to begin a two-week engagement at Las Vegas’ Sahara Hotel when, on the eve of the opening, she was stricken at home by a blood clot, suffering a fatal pulmonary embolism. She was rushed to nearby Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, but was pronounced dead soon after. Her ashes were interred in Las Vegas; however, after her husband George Johnston's death in January 1995, her remains were moved to the Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles to be interred with his. See also References External links Lessons in Laughter - Totie Fields in Comedy College 1930 births 1978 deaths 20th-century American comedians 20th-century American Jews 20th-century American women Actresses from Hartford, Connecticut American amputees American television actresses American women comedians Burials at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery Comedians from Connecticut Deaths from pulmonary embolism Jewish American actresses Jewish American comedians Jewish American female comedians
Pseudoromicia is a genus of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. All species in this genus are native to sub-Saharan Africa. It contains the following species: Dark-brown serotine, Pseudoromicia brunnea Isabelline serotine, Pseudoromicia isabella Kityo's serotine, Pseudoromicia kityoi Mbam Minkom Serotine, Pseudoromicia mbamminkom Nyanza serotine, Pseudoromicia nyanza Rendall's serotine, Pseudoromicia rendalli Rosevear's serotine, Pseudoromicia roseveari White-winged serotine, Pseudoromicia tenuipinnis All species in this genus were previously classified in the genus Neoromicia until a 2020 study found them to form a distinct genus sister to Afronycteris, and they were thus reclassified in the new genus Pseudoromicia. References Pseudoromicia Bat genera
The 1999–2000 Belgian Hockey League season was the 80th season of the Belgian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Belgium. Seven teams participated in the league, and Phantoms Deurne won the championship. Regular season Playoffs Semifinals Phantoms Deurne - HYC Herentals 5:4/3:1 IHC Leuven - Griffoens Geel 7:1/8:5 3rd place Griffoens Geel - HYC Herentals 3:8/2:9 Final Phantoms Deurne - IHC Leuven 9:7/5:6 References Season on hockeyarchives.info Belgian Hockey League Belgian Hockey League seasons Bel
The 1941 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its eighth and final season under head coach Pat Hanley, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 77 to 51. The team played its home games at the original Nickerson Field in Weston, Massachusetts. Tackle George Radulski was the team captain. The team's backfield stars were Pete Lamanna, Frank Provinzano, and Walter Williams. Boston University was ranked at No. 129 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941. After the December 7 Attack on Pearl Harbor, Boston University's coach Pat Hanley was commissioned as a major in the United States Marine Corps. He was the first head coach to join the military after the declaration of war. Schedule References Boston University Boston University Terriers football seasons Boston University Terriers football
```smalltalk using UnityEngine; using UnityEngine.Events; namespace Microsoft.MixedReality.Toolkit.Experimental.InteractiveElement { /// <summary> /// The event configuration for the ToggleOn InteractionState. /// </summary> public class ToggleOnEvents : BaseInteractionEventConfiguration { [SerializeField] [Tooltip("Whether on not the toggle is selected when the application starts.")] private bool isSelectedOnStart = false; /// <summary> /// Whether on not the toggle is selected when the application starts. /// </summary> public bool IsSelectedOnStart { get => isSelectedOnStart; set => isSelectedOnStart = value; } /// <summary> /// A Unity event that is fired when the ToggleOff state is active. /// </summary> public UnityEvent OnToggleOn = new UnityEvent(); } } ```
Four One Five Two is the debut album of Chicago Illinois's Sundowner, the acoustic side-project from Chris McCaughan, singer guitarist of The Lawrence Arms. The album was released on March 13, 2007, after many months of playing coffee shops and touring alongside The Lawrence Arms. The album consists of twelve songs, ten of which were previously unreleased in any form and two of which (My Boatless Booze Cruise, One Hundred Resolutions) are remakes of Lawrence Arms songs. The album takes its name from McCaughan's childhood home address. Its cover artwork was designed by artist Heather Hannoura, best known for designing merchandise for many punk rock bands, including Green Day, Alkaline Trio, AFI, and Rancid. Track listing "Steal Your Words" – 2:16 "This War Is Noise" – 2:49 "The Sea of Lights" – 2:37 "Traffic Haze" – 2:50 "Midsummer Classic" – 3:46 "My Boatless Booze Cruise" - 3:10 "Your Self Portrait" – 2:07 "Jackson Underground" – 3:20 "Endless Miles" – 4:21 "Cold White North" – 2:35 "One Hundred Resolutions" – 4:29 "Audio Geography" – 3:11 While the album has no singles, a video for "This War Is Noise" was posted on YouTube, directed by Brendan Kelly (fellow Lawrence Arms member). Personnel Chris McCaughan (vocals, acoustic guitars) Jenny Choi (cello, piano, background vocals) Neil Hennessy (acoustic bass) External links This War Is Noise video. My Boatless Booze Cruise live video. Sea of Lights live video. Review of the album by Constantine Koutsoutis. Sundowner on Myspace 2007 debut albums Red Scare Industries albums
Tabebuia cassinoides (Portuguese common name caixeta) is a tree native to Central and South America. It is used as a timber tree to make pencils. References cassinoides Flora of Central America Flora of Southern America Flora of the Atlantic Forest Trees of Brazil Vulnerable flora of South America Plants described in 1845 Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
Beginish () is one of the Blasket Islands of County Kerry, Ireland. Geography It is a low-lying island (14 metres high) with an area of 13.8 hectares in Blasket Sound, between Great Blasket Island and the mainland. It has a large colony of Arctic terns. The island is also the main birthing site for grey seals. There is at least one other island in County Kerry called Beginish: it lies at the mouth of the River Ferta about 1 km from Valentia Island. The Island lies to the north of Valentia Harbour. See also Beginish Island References Blasket Islands Uninhabited islands of Ireland de:Blasket Islands
Gerhard Ferdinand Otto Raht (6 June 1920 – 11 January 1977) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a night fighter ace credited with 58 aerial victories claimed in 171 combat missions making him the tenth most successful night fighter pilot in the history of aerial warfare. All of his victories were claimed over the Western Front in Defense of the Reich missions against the Royal Air Force's (RAF) Bomber Command. Born in Reinfeld, Schleswig-Holstein, Raht grew up in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. Following graduation from school, he joined the military service in 1939 and was trained as a pilot. In early-1941, he transferred to Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing) where he became a night fighter pilot and claimed his first aerial victory on the night of 26/27 July 1942. In Oktober 1943, Raht was appointed Staffelkapitän. Following his 34th aerial victory, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 June 1944 and was appointed Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of I. Gruppe (1st group) of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (NJG 2—2nd Night Fighter Wing). He claimed his last five aerial victories on 15/16 March 1945 and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves on 15 April 1945. Raht, who later served as a Hauptmann der Reserve (captain of the reserves) in the German Air Force, died on 11 January 1977 in Reinfeld, Schleswig-Holstein. Early life and career Gerhard Raht was born on 6 June 1920 in Reinfeld, Schleswig-Holstein near Bad Oldesloe, in Weimar Germany. He was born into a family of carpenters who ran a furniture making business. After attending school and passing his Abitur (School Leaving Certificate) he opted to join the Luftwaffe as a Fahnenjunker (Officer candidate) on 1 October 1939, one month after the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which began World War II in Europe. On the 1 February 1941, as an officer candidate, he advanced to the rank of Leutnant. In early 1942 he was assigned to 4. Staffel (Squadron) of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (NJG 3—Night Fighter Wing 3). World War II Following the 1939 aerial Battle of the Heligoland Bight, Royal Air Force (RAF) attacks shifted to the cover of darkness, initiating the Defence of the Reich campaign. By mid-1940, Generalmajor (Brigadier General) Josef Kammhuber had established a night air defense system dubbed the Kammhuber Line. It consisted of a series of control sectors equipped with radars and searchlights and an associated night fighter. Each sector named a Himmelbett (canopy bed) would direct the night fighter into visual range with target bombers. In 1941, the Luftwaffe started equipping night fighters with airborne radar such as the Lichtenstein radar. This airborne radar did not come into general use until early 1942. NJG 3 was initially based at Stade, defending northern Germany. On 3 April 1942 Raht was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class () for his service. It is not clear whether Raht had claimed any aerial successes prior to the award. 4./NJG 3 received credit for the destruction of three bombers on the night of the 1/2 April 1942, between 00:20 and 01:28. The names of the claiming crews are not listed and the type of enemy aircraft and location is also omitted from German records. Raht's first official victory was recorded on the night of the 26/27 July 1942 when he shot down a Royal Air Force (RAF) Handley Page Halifax southwest of Pellworm at 01:019. This night, Air Marshal Arthur Harris, Air Officer Commanding (AOC) RAF Bomber Command sent a force of 181 Vickers Wellingtons, 77 Avro Lancaster, 73 Halifax, 39 Short Stirling and 33 Handley Page Hampdens against Hamburg, in one of the first raids against the city, before Operation Gomorrah, exactly a year later. By the date of this first victory, Raht had transferred to 5. Staffel. Raht's second victory occurred on 17 January 1943 when he claimed a Lancaster over Hademarschen at 21:59. The victory was recorded with 4. Staffel, indicating he had returned to his original unit. Raht was promoted to Oberleutnant on 1 February 1943. Ruhr and Baltic The night war escalated dramatically in 1943. Harris felt that Bomber Command has amassed sufficient resources to attack and destroy the Ruhr where large concentrations of German war industry was located, and particularly the steel producing centres of Germany. Harris had 53 squadrons available, of which 17 were medium bomber units. Harris also had pathfinder units equipped with H2S radar which mapped the terrain and could penetrate through haze and smoke for greater bombing accuracy. Bomber Command also utilised "window" to confound German ground radar in July. The attacks were dubbed the Battle of the Ruhr (March–July 1943). Raht and NJG 3 were heavily involved in countering Bomber Command's operations. On the night of 10/11 March 1943, Raht claimed his third victory. At 22:12 south of Middelfart, Denmark. This victory report suggests Raht had once again returned to 5. Staffel. He was also the only German night fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe to claim a victory this night. Bomber Command reported the loss of two Lancasters on mine-laying operations this night. The bomber was identified as Lancaster I ED305, KM-S, No. 44 Squadron RAF crashed into Lille Bælt. Pilot Sergeant Brian T. C. Smith, Flight Engineer Sergeant Gordon R. Black RCAF, navigator Flying Officer Robert H. Carr, Bombardier Sergeant Charles H. D. Cook, wireless operator Geoffrey S. Love, air gunners Sergeant Charles V. Brown and Alfred Healey were killed in action. On 13 March Raht was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class () and appointed Staffelkapitän of 1./NJG 3. On 30 March at 00:50, over Welmbüttel, Raht shot down a Halifax. Raht became a night fighter ace on 21/22 June when he claimed a Stirling west of Antwerp, Belgium, at 01:32. His victim was claimed out of a 705-strong force that bombed Krefeld. 262 Lancaster, 209 Halifax, 117 Stirling, 105 Wellington bombers, supported by 12 de Havilland Mosquitos took part. Bomber Command lost 44; 17 Halifax and exactly nine each of the Lancaster, Stirling, and Wellington types were lost. On the night of 29/30 July 1943 Raht achieved his most successful night to date, downing four bombers. Over Hanover at 23:10 and southeast Heide at 00:23 he claimed an unidentified heavy bomber and a Lancaster to increase his personal telly to 8. Hovering in the same sector he downed a Halifax southeast of Heide at 00:40 and then northeast of the town that Raht caught and shot down another Halifax at 00:52 for his 10th victory. One of the bombers was No. 158 Squadron RAF Halifax II, JD277 NP-G. Flying Officer A. H. Boyle survived but pilot Flight Sergeant N. R. McDonald and five others were killed. The other may have been Halifax II JB956, KN-O of No. 77 Squadron RAF flown by Flight Sergeant George Henry Sutton. All eight men were killed on their 11th operation. Raht was flying a Dornier Do 217 on this operation. On 17/18 August 1943, Harris ordered Operation Hydra, a series of attacks against the Peenemünde Army Research Center producing V-weapons. Raht scrambled to intercept but only caught one Lancaster with his radar operator east of Flensburg at 02:57. Raht spotted the bomber caught in searchlights and fired off an identification flare to force the anti-aircraft batteries to cease-fire against the bomber. Raht swiftly dispatched the bomber, identified as ED725 PM-P. It belonged to No. 103 Squadron RAF and P. J. O'Donnell and his crew were killed. On 23/24 August Raht claimed his 12th victory southeast of Thomsdorf at 00:58. Raht did not score a victory again until 27/28 September 1943, when he accounted for a Lancaster over Hanover. The report lists Raht as belonging to 4./NJG 3 at this time. Raht claimed his 14th victory northeast of Stendal. The report described the enemy aircraft as a four engine bomber but did not specify the type. The 15th claim was filed that same night, when he reported a Lancaster shot down over Haguenau. Berlin and North Sea On 18 November 1943 Harris began his Berlin offensive. Stab./NJG 3 under Helmut Lent was based at Stade, I./NJG 3 under Hauptmann Walter Milius, based at Vechta, II./NJG 3 under Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, at Schleswig, III./NJG 3 under Major Bart, also at Stade, and IV./NJG 3 under Major Simon at Grove, prepared to meet the offensive. II./NJG 3, to which Raht's most recent unit, 4. Staffel, belonged was equipped with an assortment of Junkers Ju 88C, Messerschmitt Bf 110G and Dornier Do 217 night fighters. Raht's 16th and first success in the defence of Berlin occurred in the early evening of the 1 December 1943, when he claimed a Stirling shot down over the Frisian Islands at 15:54. It was one of only two claims submitted by a German night fighter pilot on this night. The other was reported shot down by a Feldwebel Wielding north of Aschaffenburg at 21:15. Bomber Command sent 19 Stirling and 12 Halifax aircraft to the Frisians and to the east coast of Denmark on mine-laying operations. Two Stirlings were reported missing. Stirling III EH880 of No. 75 Squadron RAF, piloted by Warrant Officer G. J. S. Kerr was one of the missing aircraft. All the crew perished when it crashed after reaching base. It hit a house at the end of the airfield and five children were killed. Stirling III, EF191, WP-H, of No. 90 Squadron RAF also crashed near Esbjerg in Denmark. Sergeant J. L. Blackwood, E. Draper, J. H. Flack, Warrant Officer J. E. Nixon, Flight Sergeant C. E. Quickfall, Sergeants H. E. Steele and R. G. Whitmarsh were killed. On 28/29 January 1944 Raht scrambled with 4. Staffel and shot down a Halifax and Lancaster at 02:34 and 02:37. The location of these successes are not recorded. Seventeen days later he accounted for victory number 19 northeast of "Hallersleben" (possibly Fallersleben) at 20:03. On this date, Raht was awarded the German Cross in Gold (). Raht reached the 20-mark on 24/25 February 1944 when he shot down a heavy bomber at 22:02 between Metz and Baden-Baden. Bomber Command switched their effort to Augsburg on 25/26 February 1944. Harris committed 594 bombers, including 461 Lancasters and 123 Halifax bombers supported by 10 Mosquitos. South of Augsburg he accounted for his 21st victory at 22:43. On 15/16 March Raht gained a 22nd victory on 23:12 southwest of Stuttgart. On the night of the 22/23 March Raht achieved two victories at 21:28 near Hanover and two north and northwest of Frankfurt at 21:48 and 21:54 to reach 25. Raht scored again at 22:14, his fourth bomber of the night. North of Berlin scored again on 24/25 March at 22:28 as the Berlin offensive came to an end. On the night of the 30/31 March 1944, Bomber Command suffered heavy losses on a raid to Nüremberg. The British dispatched 795 aircraft, including 572 Lancasters, 214 Halifaxes and nine Mosquitos. A further 49 Halifax aircraft were sent on minelaying operations in the Heligoland area, 13 Mosquito night fighters were sent to German night-fighter airfields, 34 Mosquitos flew on diversions to Aachen, Cologne and Kassel. 95 bombers were lost: 64 Lancasters and 31 Halifaxes which amounted to 11.9 per cent of the force. It was the largest Bomber Command loss of the war. Some German night fighter pilots scored heavily this night but Hauptmann Raht accounted for just a single claim—a Lancaster—southwest of Bonn at 00:26. Pointblank and Normandy In April 1944 Bomber Command turned to support the American United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Pointblank directive with greater regularity. Against the wishes of Harris, Bomber Command now turned to attacking rail yards, bridges and communications to facilitate Operation Overlord and the D-Day landings when they occurred. II./NJG 3 was based at Vechta on 1 April 1944, at the outset of the offensive. On night of the 22/23 April 1944 Bomber Command attacked targets throughout Germany. Raht caught a Halifax south west of Düsseldorf at 01:23 and another northwest of the city at 01:44 for his 30th victory. One of Raht's victims was Avro Lancaster I DV394, KC-M, from the famous No. 617 Squadron RAF "Dambusters". Flight Lieutenant J. L. Cooper DFC was taken prisoner with all but one of crew—G. J. Harden DFC was the only member of the crew killed. 24/25 April Raht downed a Lancaster south of Echterdingen. The next night over Schweinfurt at 02:15 Raht claimed another Lancaster. On 1 May 1944 Raht was promoted to Hauptmann. Raht did not score again until the Allied invasion had begun on 6 June 1944. The month he transferred to Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (NJG 2) as Gruppenkommandeur of I./NJG 2 in France. Raht's combat claim for the night of the 11/12 June 1944 simply stated he shot down a four-engine bomber over the French coast at 00:53. Another unidentified bomber was claimed southeast of Compiègne at 01:01 on 23 June. His 34th victory was one of 11 claims made by German night fighter crews on this night. The main thrust of Bomber Command operations this night had been inland. 221 aircraft—111 Lancaster and 100 Halifax bombers, supported by 10 Mosquitos from No. 1, 4 and 8 Groups attacked railway yards at Laon and Reims. Four Halifax were lost from the Laon raid and four Lancaster bombers from the Reims raid were reported missing. Minelaying sorties around French ports did not incur losses from German defences. Raht was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross () on 24 June 1944 for 34 night victories. A Lancaster over Bailleau-le-Pin at 01:44 on 1 July and another three at 01:04, 01:11 and sector "TD-TE" at 01:29 on 8 July brought his tall to 38. Another double claim at 02:07 and 02:17 over Coulommiers and Gien took him to 40. On the night of the 28/29 July 1944 494 Lancasters and two Mosquitos of No. 1, 3, 5 and 8 Groups attacked Stuttgart. German fighters intercepted the bomber stream while over France on the outward flight; there was a full moon and 39 Lancaster bombers were shot down, 19 per cent of the force. 307 aircraft (187 Halifax, 106 Lancaster, 14 Mosquitos from No. 1, 6 and 8 Groups) raided Hamburg. German fighters again appeared, this time on the homeward flight, and 18 Halifax and four Lancaster bombers were lost, 12 per cent of the force. The bombing was judged ineffective in the later attack. 119 aircraft of No. 1, 4 and 8 Groups also attacked the flying bomb stores area at Forêt De Nieppe without loss. 95 training aircraft flew on a diversionary sweep over the North Sea, and 13 Mosquitos flew to Frankfurt, 50 Mosquito mounted night fighter patrols while five Halifax bombers carried out minelaying in the river Elbe without loss. The conditions and size of the attack saw the Luftwaffe mount a considerable response. This night German night fighters claimed 87 bombers shot down. Raht claimed a bomber shot down his 41st victory over France at 00:45. On 25/26 August 1944 Raht downed his last of the campaign at 01:38 at an unknown location. Defence of the Reich In southern Germany, Raht commanded the Gruppe against night intrusions. On 2/3 February 1945, he accounted for a Halifax and on 3/4 February a Lancaster. Southwest of Mannheim, he claimed a Halifax at 23:49 on the first night and on the second a Lancaster at 20:00 over an unreported location. On the night of 7/8 February 1945, Raht became an "ace-in-a-day" after he claimed six four-engined bombers of unknown type. His victories were claimed at 22:22, at 22:41, at 23:00, at 00:08, at 00:16 and at 00:23 respectively: his 46th to 51st victories. On the night of the 3/4 March 1945 Raht took part in Operation Gisela, an intruder mission over England. At 23:00 Raht took off leading I./NJG 2 from their base in Twente to intercept a homeward bound Bomber Command raid. Over England, at 01:04 and 01:26 he claimed two four-engine bombers. According to Heinz Rökker, one of Raht's pilots in the group, they flew the Junkers Ju 88G-6 on the mission. The Ju 88s were loaded with bombs and crews were ordered to attack the airfields as well as attack bombers. The group was ordered to fly to the Grimsby–Lincoln area. Rökker was not successful and stated that he believed Raht to be the only successful pilot of the group that night. On 15/16 March 1945 Bomber Command sent a force of 267 aircraft (134 Lancaster and 122 Halifax bombers plus 11 Mosquitos) of 4, 6 and 8 Groups to bomb Hagen. Six Lancaster and four Halifax bombers were lost. This area attack took place in clear visibility and caused severe damage. The main attack fell in the centre and eastern districts. Another 257 Lancasters and eight Mosquitos of 1 and 8 Groups attacked the refinery at Misburg, on the outskirts of Hannover. Four Lancasters were lost. Ten aircraft—seven four-engine bombers, a B-25 Mitchell, a Mosquito and a Lancaster were claimed shot down by German night fighter pilots this night. Rökker claimed two heavy bombers, the B-25 and Mosquito. Wilhelm Johnen scored his 34th victory against a Lancaster. Raht claimed the other five between 20:49 and 21:20. The locations for each claim are not recorded. Raht had claimed his 54th to 58th, and last victories, of the war. Raht remained in command of I./NJG 2 until the end of the war. On 15 April 1945, Raht was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves () as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./NJG 2, the 833rd officer or soldier of the Wehrmacht so honored. He was taken prisoner when the German forces surrendered on 8/9 May 1945. He joined the German Air Force as a reservist and died on 11 January 1977. Summary of career Aerial victory claims According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Raht was credited with 58 aerial victories. Foreman, Parry and Mathews, authors of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 – 1945, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 58 nocturnal victory claims. Mathews and Foreman also published Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, listing Raht with 59 aerial victories. Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 05 Ost KH-57". The Luftwaffe grid map () covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about . These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area in size. Awards Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (3 April 1942) 1st Class (13 March 1943) Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 6 September 1943 as Oberleutnant and pilot German Cross in Gold on 28 January 1944 as Oberleutnant in the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 24 June 1944 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 1./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 833rd Oak Leaves on 15 April 1945 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Promotions Notes References Citations Bibliography 1920 births 1977 deaths Luftwaffe pilots German World War II flying aces Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Military personnel from Schleswig-Holstein People from Stormarn (district)
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1999. In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost in the first round competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2000. Participating nations Draw and relegated to Group II in 2000. , , , and advance to World Group qualifying round. First round Ukraine vs. Belarus Second round Romania vs. Croatia Austria vs. Portugal Finland vs. Israel South Africa vs. Belarus Second round relegation play-offs Croatia vs. Portugal Ukraine vs. Israel References External links Davis Cup official website Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Europe Africa Zone Group I
Semyonovka () is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. History The village was founded in 1845 by Molokan settlers from Russia (sectarian Pryguny and Subbotniki), who escaped oppression in Russia. References External links Populated places in Gegharkunik Province Populated places established in 1845
We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll is a 2001 documentary by Penelope Spheeris. It was filmed at the 1999 Ozzfest and won an award for "Most Popular Documentary" at the 2001 Melbourne International Film Festival. Legal issues delayed the release. The documentary received mixed reviews. Cast Black Sabbath Buckethead Deftones Fear Factory Godsmack Ozzy Osbourne Primus Rob Zombie Slayer Slipknot Static-X System of A Down References External links 2001 films American documentary films Films directed by Penelope Spheeris Documentary films about heavy metal music and musicians 2000s English-language films 2000s American films
Juan Báez (April 14, 1935 – January 26, 2022), also known as "Johnny" and "El Indio de la Vía", was a Puerto Rican basketball player. He played from 1953 to 1969 in Puerto Rico's Superior Basketball League and from 1957 to 1961 with the Real Madrid basketball Spanish basketball team in Europe. In 1957, Báez was named the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) and points leader. In 2007, Báez was awarded Puerto Rico's top sports award, the Puerto Rico Olympic Medal of Honor. Báez was also inducted into Puerto Rico's Sports Hall of Fame. Early life Báez (birth name: Juan Ramón Báez Mauriño ) was the sixth child of nine children born to Andrés Báez and Sisa Mariño in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He received his primary education at the University of Puerto Rico Model Elementary School. It was in Modelo School where he would learn to play basketball under the guidance of his physical education teacher Lilliam Colberg. During his high school years, he would frequently attend the local Superior Leagues basketball games and participated as a basketball player in minor leagues where he continued to learn the discipline of the game. Río Piedras Cardinals basketball team In 1953, the "Cardenales de Río Piedras" (Río Piedras Cardinals) basketball team of Puerto Rico's Superior Basketball League selected him. Even though his active participation was minimal, Báez was promoted to the team's starting lineup in his third game. From 1955 to 1957, the Cardinals won three consecutive championships. In 1957, Báez was named the league's MVP (Most Valuable Player) and points leader. He scored a total of 394 points in 16 games. His participation in the island's local basketball league was very limited in 1958 and 1959 because he continued to pursue his education in Madrid, Spain. During his stay in Spain, he played from 1957 to 1961 for the Real Madrid basketball team that won the "Generalísimo" Cup, now known as the King's Cup. While playing in Spain, he caught the eye of a young royal whose grandfather was the owner of the Real Madrid team. This royal, now known as King Juan Carlos, would become one of his best-known fans and fostered a relationship that extended past his playing days with King Juan Carlos corresponding with Báez in 2006 to wish him a speedy recovery from his illness. Báez represented Puerto Rico in the 1959 Pan American Games, celebrated in Chicago, Illinois. In the tournament which included American basketball stars Oscar Robertson and Jerry West, Báez was the top scorer. Báez and fellow Puerto Rican Juan "Pachín" Vicéns were named to the All-Star team. In 1962 he withdrew from Spanish basketball. One year later, in 1963, Báez led the Cardinals to another championship and was once again named MVP. On June 13, 1969, the same year that he retired, he scored his 5000th point during a game against the Piratas de Quebradillas (The Pirates of Quebradillas) with a "jump shot" in the beginning of the game's first quarter. After retiring Báez dedicated most of his time as coach of several local teams. Puerto Rico Olympic Medal of Honor On January 20, 2007, several top International Basketball Federation (FIBA) officials traveled to the island to honor Báez. A high-profile ceremony ensued, attended by the likes of the Mayor of San Juan Jorge Santini, Puerto Rico Senate President Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rico Olympic Committee President Hector Cardona, PR Sports and Recreation Secretary David "Kike" Bernier. Additionally, his wife Irma and his son and daughter, Carlos and Irma, were present. They bestowed upon Báez Puerto Rico's top sports award, the Puerto Rico Olympic Medal of Honor. Báez was also inducted into Puerto Rico's Sports Hall of Fame. Personal life and death Báez was married to Irma Hernáiz, his wife of 44 years with whom he had three children. On March 8, 2006, he had an accident and suffered from a delicate neurological condition which left him paralyzed from the waist-down. Báez died from a heart attack on January 26, 2022, at the age of 86. Honors See also List of Puerto Ricans Sports in Puerto Rico BSN Most Valuable Player Award Notes References External links El Nuevo Dia Juntos por El Indio BALONCESTO SUPERIOR NACIONAL 1935 births 2022 deaths Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1959 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 1963 Pan American Games Centers (basketball) Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games Olympic basketball players for Puerto Rico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games medalists in basketball Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Spain Puerto Rican men's basketball players 1959 FIBA World Championship players Sportspeople from Santurce, Puerto Rico Real Madrid Baloncesto players 1963 FIBA World Championship players 20th-century Puerto Rican people
Hamidreza Aliasgari (, born 25 May 1990) is an Iranian football midfielder. His uncle is Abdulali Ali-Asgari. In 2022, Aliasgari was arrested during the Mahsa Amini protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran and was taken to a detention center. He was later released on bail. Club career Persepolis (first period) 2007–2008 He made his debut for Persepolis when he got subbed into the Hazfi Cup in the 2007–08 season. He failed to make a league appearance while he was part of the champion team. 2008–2009 Aliasgari made his first appearance in the Iran Pro League against Zob Ahan as a starter and played 58th minute in right winger position. He scored his first goal for Persepolis in the Hazfi Cup against Sanaye Talaei Semnan. He finished the season with 14 appearances and one goal. 2009–2010 He started the season in Zlatko Kranjčar's line-up while he was used as a defensive midfielder. He was benched for most of the season and whenever he subbed in, he played in winger role. He replaced Alireza Mohammad (who suspend before Sorkhabi derby) in the line up and showed his versatility in the right back position and gave the assist for Persepolis equalizing goal in a game where they went on to win 2–1. At 19 years and 242 days he became the youngest player to play in the Sorkhabi derby. He scored in the 2010 Hazfi Cup Final against Gostaresh Foulad and finished the season with 18 appearances and one goal. 2010–2011 In the 2010–11 season he started all of the games until being suspended, playing as a left back. He scored a double against Ittihad in 2011 Asian Champions League in 3–1 home win. In his best season in Persepolis, he made 35 appearances and scored 4 times. 2011–2012 He was injured in Team Melli's training camp before the season start and lost the pre-season and a part of the first mid-season. He was given #7 that was worn by club legend Ali Parvin for many years. He played in all 6 games for Persepolis in the 2012 Asian Champions League. Aliasgari finished the season with 22 appearances while he failed in netting. 2012–2013 He extended his contract for another three seasons at season starts. He played in the season debut against Sanat Naft as a substitute for Afshin Esmaeilzadeh. He benched in the first mid-season and made 7 appearances (five as substitute). After problems with Manuel José, the club disciplinary committee decided to send him to Persepolis B trainings. But they canceled their decision after his official apologies. Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. In December 2012 he was listed in Yahya Golmohammadi's surplus list and forced to depart from Persepolis. He was loaned to Rah Ahan, where he worked under his former coach Ali Daei for six months. He made 11 appearances for Rah Ahan before returning to Persepolis. Persepolis (second period) 2013–2014 He returned to Persepolis after a mid-season and re-united with his former coach, Ali Daei. He missed most of the season because of injuries. He made 18 appearances and scored 2 times for Persepolis in this season. 2014–2015 He changed his jersey number from 7 to 26, the number he wore when he joined Persepolis in 2007. He was named in Ali Daei's line-up in the season debut against Naft Tehran where he was used as a left back. After 3 matches he injured from hamstring muscle and missed 3 matches. On June 28, 2015, he officially announced that he will not be part of the Persepolis squad in 2015–16 season. Aliasgari made 141 appearances and scored 8 times in 8 seasons for Persepolis F.C. International career U-20 Hamidreza Aliasgari played in all four games for Iran in the AFC Youth Championship 2006. U-23 He was part of Iran U23 in Guangzhou 2010 and 2012 Summer Olympic Qualifications. He reached 4th place with Iran U23 in Guangzhou 2010 while he scored the winning goal against Oman in the quarter-final match. Senior team He reached the Team Melli at the end of the 2010–11 season and made his debut in a match against Armenia. Honours Persepolis Iran Pro League (1): 2007–08 Iran Pro League: 2013–14 (Runner-up) Hazfi Cup (2): 2009–10, 2010–11 References External links Hamidreza Ali Asgari at PersianLeague.com Hamidreza Ali Asgari at TeamMelli.com 1990 births Living people Iranian men's footballers People from Ray, Iran Sportspeople from Tehran province Persepolis F.C. players Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Men's association football fullbacks Asian Games competitors for Iran Iran men's international footballers
Saensatharn P.K. Saenchai Muaythai Gym (; born August 21, 1993), also known as Saensatharn Sor Suradej, is a Thai Muay Thai fighter from the Khon Kaen province of Thailand. He is a former Lumpinee Stadium Light Welterweight Champion and World Muaythai Council World Welterweight Champion. Saensatharn currently competes for the Thai Fight promotion, with whom he has won a title in 2017. Muay Thai career On May 19, 2016, Saensatharn defeated Dylan Salvador in Paris by decision to win the WMC World Welterweight Championship. 2017 Saensatharn made his Thai Fight debut at THAI FIGHT Samui 2017 on April 29, 2017, facing Isuzu Cup Tournament winner Aroondej Petsupapan in the 2017 Isuzu Cup Superfight. He went on to win a three-round decision, landing himself a multi-fight deal with the Thai Fight promotion. On December 23, 2017, Saensatharn defeated Walid Otmane at THAI FIGHT Chiang Mai in the semi-finals of the 2017 Thai Fight 70 kg King's Cup Tournament. On January 27, 2018, Saensatharn defeated Naimjon Tuhtaboyev at THAI FIGHT Bangkok 2017 to become the 2017 THAI FIGHT 70kg Champion. 2018 Saensatharn continued his run of dominance in 2018, winning 6 of his 7 fights in the 2018 Thai Fight schedule by knockout. One of his highlights included a brutal one-punch knockout of Hosein Nasiri at THAI FIGHT Chiang Rai on October 27, 2018. He would later be entered into his second consecutive Thai Fight King's Cup Tournament, this time the 2018 Thai Fight 70 kg Kard Chuek King's Cup Tournament. On November 24, 2018, Saensatharn defeated Ruslan Ataev by second-round knockout at THAI FIGHT Saraburi in the Thai Fight 70 kg Kard Chuek Tournament Semi-Final. He was set to face Sasha Moisa in the 2018 Thai Fight 70 kg Kard Chuek Tournament Final at THAI FIGHT Nakhon Ratchasima on December 22, 2018. However, Saensatharn was forced to withdraw from the fight due to an injury, resulting in Moisa winning the tournament via forfeit. He began his THAI FIGHT career undefeated at 15–0 (9 KOs), including going 6–0 (3 KOs) in 2017 and 8–0 (5 KOs) in 2018. 2019 After opening 2019 with a first-round KO victory over Kurtis Allen, Saensatharn suffered his first loss in THAI FIGHT to Sasha Moisa at THAI FIGHT Mueang Khon 2019 on March 30, 2019, losing by first-round KO. He returned on June 29, 2019 at THAI FIGHT Betong to face David McCarthy, where he won via second-round technical knockout via doctor stoppage. 2020 Following a 15-month hiatus, Saensatharn returned to action on September 19, 2020 at THAI FIGHT New Normal, facing Andi Uustalu. He was able to win via third-round technical knockout via doctor stoppage. On October 17, 2020, he defeated Iranian Thai Fight veteran Mohammad Hossein Doroudian at THAI FIGHT Begins by second-round knockout with a knee to the body. On November 7, 2020, Saensatharn defeated Herbert Kinscher by first-round technical knockout at THAI FIGHT Korat 2020. On November 28, 2020, he defeated Ruslan Ataev at THAI FIGHT Pluak Daeng by second-round knockout via right elbow. On April 3, 2021, Saensatharn faced Nicolas Mendes at THAI FIGHT Nan. After getting dropped early by a right uppercut from Mendes, he would be knocked out in the first round with a right knee from the clinch. Titles and accomplishments THAI FIGHT 2017 THAI FIGHT King's Cup Champion (70 kg / 154 lb) 2017 Isuzu Cup Superfight Champion (70 kg / 154 lb) 20–2 record World Muaythai Council (WMC) 2016 WMC Muay Thai World Welterweight Champion (67 kg / 147 lb) Lumpinee Stadium 2014 Lumpinee Stadium Light Welterweight Champion (63.5 kg / 140 lb) Professional Boxing Association of Thailand (PAT) 2014 Thailand (PAT) Light Welterweight Champion (63.5 kg / 140 lb) Muay Thai record \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2021-04-03\|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Nicolas Mendes \|\| THAI FIGHT Nan \|\| Nan, Thailand \|\| KO (Knee) \|\| 1 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2020-11-28\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Ruslan Ataev \|\| THAI FIGHT Pluak Daeng \|\| Rayong, Thailand \|\| KO (Right Elbow) \|\| 2 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2020-11-07\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Herbert Kinscher \|\| THAI FIGHT Korat 2020 \|\| Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand \|\| TKO (3 Knockdowns) \|\| 1 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2020-10-17\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Mohammad Hossein Doroudian \|\| THAI FIGHT Begins \|\| Nonthaburi, Thailand \|\| KO (Knee) \|\| 2 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2020-09-19\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Andi Uustalu \|\| THAI FIGHT New Normal \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| TKO (Doctor stoppage) \|\| 3 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2019-06-29\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| David McCarthy \|\| THAI FIGHT Betong \|\| Betong, Thailand \|\| TKO (Doctor stoppage) \|\| 2 \|\| \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2019-03-30\|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Sasha Moisa \|\| THAI FIGHT Mueang Khon 2019 \|\| Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand \|\| KO \|\| 1 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2019-02-23\|\| Win\|\|align=left\| Kurtis Allen \|\| THAI FIGHT Phuket 2019 \|\| Phuket, Thailand \|\| KO \|\| 1 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2018-11-24\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Ruslan Ataev \|\| THAI Saraburi 2018 \|\| Saraburi, Thailand \|\| KO \|\| 2 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2018-10-27\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Hosein Nasiri \|\| THAI FIGHT Chiangrai 2018 \|\| Chiang Rai, Thailand \|\| KO \|\| 1 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2018-08-25\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Fabian Hundt \|\| THAI FIGHT Rayong 2018 \|\| Rayong, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 3 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2018-07-07\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Pascal Schroth \|\| THAI FIGHT Hat Yai 2018 \|\| Hat Yai, Thailand \|\| KO \|\| 1 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2018-05-12\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Mostafa Ashouri \|\| THAI FIGHT Samui 2018 \|\| Ko Samui, Thailand \|\| KO \|\| 1 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2018-04-21\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Luca Tagliarno \|\| THAI FIGHT Rome \|\| Rome, Italy \|\| TKO (Doctor stoppage) \|\| 3 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2018-03-24\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Long Sovandoeun \|\| THAI FIGHT Mueang Khon 2018 \|\| Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand \|\| KO \|\| 1 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2018-01-27\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Naimjon Tuhtaboyev \|\| THAI FIGHT Bangkok 2017 \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 3 \|\| 3:00 \|- ! style=background:white colspan=9 \| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2017-12-23\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Walid Otmane \|\| THAI FIGHT Chiang Mai \|\| Chiang Mai, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 3 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2017-11-25\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Thiago Goulate\|\| THAI FIGHT Khmer \|\| Phnom Penh, Cambodia \|\| Decision \|\| 3 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2017-09-30\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Killian Gimenez \|\| THAI FIGHT Barcelona \|\| Barcelona, Spain \|\| KO \|\| 3 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2017-07-15\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Long Sophy \|\| THAI FIGHT: We Love Yala \|\| Yala, Thailand \|\| TKO (Referee stoppage) \|\| 1 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2017-05-27\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Johny Tancray\|\| THAI FIGHT Italy \|\| Turin, Italy \|\| KO \|\| 1 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2017-04-29\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Aroondej Petchsupapan \|\| THAI FIGHT Samui 2017 \|\| Ko Samui, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 3 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2017-01-14\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Raphael Rayepin \|\| Topking World Series - TK12 \|\| Hohhot, China \|\| KO\|\| 1 \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2016-12-17\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Capitan Petchyindee Academy \|\| Omnoi Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2016-08-23\|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Manasak Sitniwat \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2016-07-03 \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Lek EiwaSportsGym \|\| BOM12 - The Battle Of Muay Thai 12 - \|\| Yokohama, Japan \|\| Decision (Unanimous) \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- ! style=background:white colspan=9\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2016-05-19 \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Dylan Salvador \|\| Capital Fights \|\| Paris, France \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- ! style=background:white colspan=9\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2016-05-10 \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Nontakit Sor.Jor.Lekmuangnont \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2016-04-06 \|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Littewada Sitthikul \|\| \|\| Chiang Mai, Thailand \|\| KO \|\| 4 \|\| \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2015-10-05 \|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Yodwicha Por Boonsit \|\| Rajadamnern Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2015-06-30 \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Yodwicha Por Boonsit \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2015-04-29\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Manasak Sitniwat \|\| Rajadamnern Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2014-12-24\|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Yodwicha Por Boonsit \|\| Rajadamnern Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#c5d2ea;" \| 2014-11-15\|\| Draw \|\|align=left\| Dylan Salvador \|\| Topking World Series \|\| Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France \|\| Decision \|\| 3 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2014-09-05\|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Singdam Kiatmuu9 \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- ! style=background:white colspan=9\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2014-07-08\|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Petchboonchu FA Group \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2014-06- \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Chamuaktong Fightermuaythai \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- ! style=background:white colspan=9 \| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2014-03-15 \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Yutachai Kiatpatarapan \|\| Ladprao Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| KO (Knees)\|\| \|\| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2013-11-26 \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Aranchai Pran26 \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2013- \|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Saksongkram Popteeratham \|\| Omnoi Stadium, Weber Tournament \|\| Samut Sakhon, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2013-11-02 \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Phetmongkon Sor.Khamsing \|\| Omnoi Stadium, Weber Tournament \|\| Samut Sakhon, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2013- \|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Chamophet Phetkasem \|\| Omnoi Stadium, Weber Tournament \|\| Samut Sakhon, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2013- \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Daoprakay Nor.Siriphung \|\| Omnoi Stadium, Weber Tournament \|\| Samut Sakhon, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2013- \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Manasak Sitniwat \|\| Omnoi Stadium, Weber Tournament \|\| Samut Sakhon, Thailand \|\| KO \|\| \|\| \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2013-03-26 \|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Tuantong Phumpanmuang \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| TKO (Doctor Stoppage)\|\| 3 \|\| \|- ! style=background:white colspan=9 \| \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2013-02-26 \|\| Win\|\|align=left\| Petchsanguan Sor.Yupinda \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2013-01-25 \|\| Win\|\|align=left\| Seansak Phetbancha \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2012-11-16 \|\| Win\|\|align=left\| Manasak Sitniwat \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| KO (Left Knee) \|\| \|\| \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2012-08-17 \|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Wacharachai Rachanon \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2012-07-10 \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Tanachai Chor. Pradit \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2012-06-13 \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Playnoy Porpaoin \|\| Rajadamnern Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2011-10-14 \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Yodphet Wor. Sangprapai \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#cfc;" \| 2011-06-17 \|\| Win \|\|align=left\| Tewalith Sitsongpeenong \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| TKO (Knees)\|\| 4 \|\| \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2011-01-14 \|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Kwanaik Kiatkamphon \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2010-12-09 \|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Thepnimit Sitmonchai \|\| Rajadamnern Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| KO (Left Hook)\|\| 2 \|\| \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2010-02-07 \|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Petnabee Sevenfarm \|\| Aswindam stadium \|\| Thailand \|\| Decision \|\| 5 \|\| 3:00 \|- style="background:#fbb;" \| 2009-06-12\|\| Loss \|\|align=left\| Yardfa Wor. Kaewkraison \|\| Lumpinee Stadium \|\| Bangkok, Thailand \|\| TKO \|\| 3 \|\| \|- \| colspan=9 \| Legend: References External links Saensatharn P.K. Saenchai Muaythai Gym at THAI FIGHT 1993 births Living people Middleweight kickboxers Welterweight kickboxers Saensatharn P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym Saensatharn P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym
Slaughtercult is the second full-length studio album by American death metal band Exhumed. It contained backup vocals from Henke Forss from Dawn and guest lead guitars on one song by Mieszko Talarczyk of Nasum. Overview Founding member Matt Harvey said that Slaughtercult was "the album where we came closest to achieving our goal – just a brutal, simple, direct group of songs that were very up-front and live sounding." He further noted the band's pride over the lack of double bass on the album, in contrast to contemporary death metal trends. Slaughtercult also reduced the quantity of sound effects and samples in comparison to Gore Metal; Harvey attributed this to the departure of Ross Sewage, who had taken a leading role in the implementation of these sound elements in the past. Harvey said, "We didn't feel like they [the sound effects and samples] fit in with the overall direction of the material and the feel of the album and we just wanted to make something 100% over-the-top and in-your-face." In support of Slaughtercult, the band toured the US three times, and embarked on their first proper European tour, including co-headlining festivals like Fuck the Commerce and Obscene Extreme. The band also appeared at the Wacken Open Air festival. Track listing All songs written by Matt Harvey, except where noted. Personnel Exhumed Matt Harvey – guitars, bass, vocals Col Jones – drums Mike Beams – guitars, vocals Guest musicians Mieszko Talarczyk – lead guitar ("Fester Forever"), engineering, mixing, mastering Juan Urteaga – additional vocals Leon del Müerte – additional vocals Sean McGrath – additional vocals Henke Forss – additional vocals Jason Balsells – additional vocals Production Jonathan Canady – design Julio Sánchez – photography Juan Urteaga – assistant engineering Matthew F. Jacobson – executive production References Exhumed (band) albums 2000 albums Relapse Records albums
Histerinae is a subfamily of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 140 genera and 2,000 described species in Histerinae. See also List of Histerinae genera References Further reading External links Histeridae
Kalimantan Institute of Technology (, abbreviated as ITK) is a technological-focused public university based in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. History ITK was created in 2012 as part of the Master Plan for Acceleration and Expansion on Indonesia's Economic Development (MP3EI). At the time, East Kalimantan had one university, Mulawarman University. ITK started collaborating with Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology. with the latter also providing ITK’s first campuses. Despite that, ITK had already started accepting students in 2012, with 100 students from East Kalimantan exclusively as its first-year batch. Originally, only five majors were available to the students: Electrical Engineering, Machine Engineering, Naval Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Civil Engineering. By 2013, the number of majors available increased, and ITK started accepting students from outside East Kalimantan. In 2014, ITK officially became a public university, and, by 2015, ITK started operating from its Balikpapan campus. Logo The logo of the university consists of two aspects, each with their own meaning: Two hornbills refers to balance and consistency in creating a generation of achieving students that can contribute to society. Two hands holding an opened book refers to the importance of scientific knowledge. Academics ITK has a total of 21 programs across five faculties and all of them are at the undergraduate level: Mathematics and Information Technology; Science, Food, and Maritime Technology; Industrial Technology and Processes; Civil Engineering and Planning; Earth Science and Environment. According to Webometrics’ 2021 report, ITK is ranked at 292 amongst all university in Indonesia. References Universities in Indonesia
The Brisbane Heat are an Australian professional franchise men's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). The Heat are the successors of the Queensland Bulls who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The Heat wear a teal uniform and are based in Brisbane in the Australian state Queensland. Their home ground is the Brisbane Cricket Ground, also known as The Gabba. The inaugural coach was Darren Lehmann who is now an assistant to current head coach Wade Seccombe. The Heat's inaugural captain was Australian ODI batter Peter Forrest. Usman Khawaja, Chris Lynn, Brendon McCullum and Daniel Vettori have also captained the team. In their second season (BBL02) they won the Big Bash League for the first time and so qualified for the Champions League Twenty20. Seasons Big Bash League 2011/12 After losing their first four matches of the season, the Heat finished strong, winning their final three games. They finished in 5th place, one place below the semi-final qualification. James Hopes was supposed to captain the team, but missed the whole tournament due to injury. Peter Forrest led the team instead. Brendon McCullum missed some matches while playing in the HRV Cup in New Zealand simultaneously. Fellow New Zealander Daniel Vettori missed a few games because of injury. Big Bash League 2012/13 Heat won four matches and lost four matches in the league stage, sneaking into the semi-finals thanks to net run-rate. In the semi-final, the Heat met the Renegades, who finished the league in first place. Luke Pomersbach scored 112* to help the Heat upset the Renegades. Final Brisbane Heat defeated the Perth Scorchers in the 2012/13 Big Bash League final. The match was played at the WACA Ground on 19 January 2013. Captain James Hopes was unable to play due to injury, so Chris Hartley led the team instead and won the toss, choosing to bat first. Joe Burns top scored for Brisbane with 43 runs off 27 balls, in a total of 167. Jason Behrendorff took 2 wickets for the Scorchers. In reply, Perth Scorchers scored 133 for the loss of nine wickets from their 20 overs, losing by 34 runs. Adam Voges was the highest scorer with 49 runs from 32 deliveries. Barbadian Kemar Roach took 3 wickets for 18 runs. Nathan Hauritz was named man of the match after bowling three overs for 11 runs and taking three catches. Big Bash League 2013/14 The team started well, winning their first game against the Perth Scorchers, but then lost the next three games. However, the Heat finished well, winning two of their last three games. They lost the Do-or-die match against Hobart Hurricanes by 40 runs, so giving the Hurricanes the last qualifying spot, leaving the Heat to finish in 5th place. There were good signs for the Heat as Cameron Gannon was the leading wicket-taker in the Big Bash, snaring 18 wickets at an average of less than 12 – with best bowling of 4–10. Daniel Vettori was economical with the ball, going for just above six an over and picking up 7 wickets. Chris Lynn was the Heat's highest run scorer, with 198 runs in the season, closely followed by Dan Christian who made 186 runs at an average of 46.5. Big Bash League 2014/15 Brisbane Heat lost their first match against Thunder but bounced back to defeat the Melbourne Stars by one run in a thrilling contest. The Heat then lost five consecutive games but beat the Hurricanes by 18 runs in their final match of the season. Brisbane Heat finished in last place, winning only two of eight games. Consequently, Stuart Law resigned as coach and James Hopes as captain. Brisbane Heat won the wooden spoon off the Sydney Thunder, who finished last in each of the first 3 seasons of the BBL. Big Bash League 2015/16 After retiring from playing, Daniel Vettori signed a 3-year contract to be coach of the franchise. Chris Lynn became the captain for the tournament following the resignation of James Hopes. The Heat signed Josh Lalor, Andrew Fekete (cricketer), Alex Doolan, as well as snapping up West Indian pair Samuel Badree and Lendl Simmons. Rookies Jack Wildermuth and Mitchell Swepson also joined the Heat. They lost their first four matches, before beating the Thunder. The Heat then lost to Strikers, but finished well, beating the Sixers and Stars in their last two matches. The Heat finished 6th in the table with 3 wins and 5 losses. Captain Chris Lynn was the tournament's leading run-scorer and was also named Player of the Tournament. He smashed 378 runs in 8 matches, including a century against Hobart Hurricanes in a losing cause. Big Bash League 2016/17 Following Brendon McCullum's international retirement, he returned to the Heat to captain the side. He took no part in the previous season due to BBL coinciding with the final matches of his international career. James Hopes retired from cricket. Heat signed local player Marnus Labuschagne and Alex Ross from Adelaide Strikers. English fast bowler Tymal Mills joined as an international player. The Heat started well, winning their first three matches, but then lost to the Sixers by 3 wickets. The Heat won 2 of their next 3 matches. They lost their last game of the season to the Renegades in a thrilling 1-run loss. The Heat finished 2nd in the table with 5 wins and 3 losses. This was their best performance in the league stage. In a thrilling semi-final, they lost to the Sydney Sixers in a super over. Chris Lynn was again named Player of the Tournament, after scoring 305 runs in 6 matches at an average of 154.5. Big Bash League 2017-18 The Heat signed Test opener Matt Renshaw. Pakistani leg break bowler Shadab Khan was signed before the season as an international player, and Yasir Shah was later signed as his replacement. The Heat started off well by defeating Melbourne Stars but lost to Renegades in the next match. They won one of their next two matches and then beat the Stars and Scorchers. However, the Brisbane Heat lost their four remaining matches including a Do-or-die last match against the Renegades, ending their season. Big Bash League 2018-19 The Heat signed Australian fast bowler James Pattinson and Afghan off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Youth signings included Max Bryant and Jack Prestwidge. The Heat faced Adelaide Strikers in their first game of the season and lost by 6 wickets. They lost their next two matches against Hurricanes and Sixers but then beat the Scorchers and the Thunder. The next two matches were against the Renegades, the Heat lost the first but won the second. The next match against the Thunder was abandoned after a power cut. Heat lost their next three matches, but won their last three matches. The Heat finished fifth in the standings with 6 wins and 7 losses with one match abandoned. After the season, Brendon McCullum announced his retirement from the BBL. Big Bash League 2019-20 Before the season started Brendon McCullum retired and Daniel Vettori resigned as coach. Darren Lehmann re-joined the team as the Head Coach. In BBL\|02, he guided the Heat to their maiden BBL Title. The Heat signed AB de Villiers, as well as Afghan left-arm wrist spinner Zahir Khan and young English opener Tom Banton. In the season opener, the Heat lost to the Thunder by 29 runs and then lost the next match to the Stars by 22 runs. In the third match of the season, the Heat beat the Sixers by 48 runs, with Chris Lynn smashing 94 off 35 deliveries, including 11 sixes. They then lost to the Scorchers by 40 runs. They won their next three matches, including a match against the Thunder where Banton hit Arjun Nair for five consecutive sixes. After losing to the Scorchers by 34 runs, the Heat won their next match against the Strikers by 6 wickets, where AB de Villiers made his Big Bash debut. The ghosts of BBL\|07 returned, as the Heat lost their next three matches. In the second of these defeats, the Heat collapsed against the Renegades, losing 10 wickets for 36 runs in 55 balls. A 71-run victory over the Stars, meant the Heat could qualify for the playoffs by beating the Renegades in their last match. However, they lost by 7 wickets with Jack Prestwidge dropping some important opportunities, and so were eliminated. Big Bash League 2020-21 (BBL\|10) Before the season, Jack Wildermuth re-joined Heat and Tom Cooper was signed by the Heat. Morné Morkel joined the club as a local player after gaining permanent residency in Australia. Overseas signings included Lewis Gregory and Dan Lawrence. Local Signings included James Bazley, a former Rookie player in BBL\|04, who joined the Heat after 6 seasons, this time having a full contract. Ben Cutting, Matt Renshaw, James Pattinson, Josh Lalor and Jack Prestwidge left the club. Tom Banton left due to bio-bubble fatigue and was later replaced by Joe Denly. Big Bash League 2021-22 Brisbane Heat finished 7th and missed the finals for the fourth time in five years. The side was heavily hit by COVID-19 and was forced to field a team almost completely devoid of its squad. Honours Big Bash League: Champions (1): 2012–13 Runners-Up (1): 2022–23 Finals series appearances (4): 2012–13, 2016–17, 2020–21, 2022–23 Result summary v. Opponent Source: CricInfo Squad The squad of the Brisbane Heat for the 2023–24 Big Bash League season as of 26 September 2023. Players with international caps are listed in bold. Administration and support staff List of captains Overseas players += Did not play a game that season See also Queensland Cricket Queensland cricket team References External links Big Bash League teams Cricket in Queensland Sports clubs and teams in Brisbane Cricket clubs established in 2011 2011 establishments in Australia
Fully automatic time (abbreviated FAT) is a form of race timing in which the clock is automatically activated by the starting device, and the finish time is either automatically recorded, or timed by analysis of a photo finish. The system is commonly used in track and field as well as athletic performance testing, horse racing, dog racing, bicycle racing, rowing and auto racing. In these fields a photo finish is used. It is also used in competitive swimming, for which the swimmers themselves record a finish time by touching a touchpad at the end of a race. In order to verify the equipment, or in case of failure, a backup system (typically manual) is usually used in addition to FAT. Technology In races started by a starting pistol, a sensor is typically attached to the gun which sends an electronic signal to the timing system when fired. An alternative starting light or sound which is electronically triggered, such as a horn, is typically also wired to the timing system. In sports that involve a finish line that is crossed (rather than a touch finish, as in swimming), the current finishing system is a photo finish which is then analysed by judges. Line-scan cameras The current photo-finish system used in Olympic competition, as well as other top-level events uses a digital line-scan camera aimed straight along the finish line. TimeTronics, FinishLynx, and Omega are examples of commercial timing systems commonly used in athletic competitions. These cameras have an image field only a few pixels wide, with a single frame forming a narrow image only of the finish line, and anything which is crossing it. During a race, the camera takes images at an extremely high frame rate (the exact rate depends on the system, but can be in the thousands of lines per second). Computer software then arranges these frames horizontally to form a panoramic image which effectively displays a graph of the finish line (and anything crossing it) as time passes, with time denoted on the horizontal axis. Before the advent of digital photography (and still available as an alternative), a similar film-based system was used, consisting of a slit which a strip of film is advanced past at a constant rate to produce a similar panoramic image to the digital system. A flashing LED embedded the time calibration to the film. Full-frame cameras Recently, there have been significant advances in full-frame video timing which utilizes a full sensor array rather than a single line. This has followed from the advent of low-cost machine vision technologies which has made possible systems that surpass 1/100 second time resolution. Previously, the NTSC television standard limited most VHS and SVHS, and digital frame rates to 59.94 frames per second (limiting the timing resolution to .016 seconds). Many modern systems, such as those manufactured by FlashTiming, are capable of frame rates of 120 frames per second at higher spatial resolution and in a purely digital regime. The addition of computer based analysis tools has greatly simplified and made efficient the process of timing races, as well as automated some portions of timing labor such with features such as motion detection and bookmarking of finish times. Owing to these developments and the lower cost compared with line-scan systems, video timing has seen some limited level of adoption at a few high-school and collegiate events. The inability of these systems to perform what is known as a "zero control test" means that they do not comply with the requirements of the IAAF or other national governing bodies to be classified as fully automatic timing (FAT). Break-beam timing systems There are also similar timing systems that use the process of breaking a beam of light. Such systems are frequently used when athletes are tested individually. The nature of this technology does not recognize who is breaking the beam, but instead when the beam was broken (allowing it to be used in many applications outside of athletics). These systems provide instant results which can be very beneficial when there is a large group of athletes (such as a combine) or if coaches are wanting to quickly time their athletes. This type of FAT technology is used widely in the world of sports performance and movement research and can be much more affordable and easy to use when compared to the camera based systems. Break-beam timing systems have manufacturers worldwide including: Dashr (USA), Brower (USA), Zybek (USA), Fusion Sport (Australia), BeamTrainer (Slovenia), and Microgate (Italy). Use in athletics According to the IAAF, any record in athletics (world, Olympic, or national) or qualifying time for Olympic Games or World Championships set in a sprint event must be timed by a FAT system to be valid. Hand times, i.e. those with humans operating the stopping and/or starting mechanisms, are highly prone to error. By rule, they are only accurate to a tenth (.1) of a second, so all 100ths of a second beyond zero must be rounded to the next highest tenth. Many track and field statisticians use a conversion factor estimate of 0.24 seconds added to any hand-timed mark in the 100 m or 200 m event, and 0.14 seconds to any hand-timed mark in the 400 m or longer event: these conversion factors are only applicable for comparing marks from a variety of sources, and are not acceptable for record purposes. In the case of comparing an adjusted manual time to FAT timing with an original FAT time being equivalent, the FAT time will be considered more accurate, and thus the athlete will be given the higher seed, or comparison ranking. This method of converting times dates back to when FAT systems were much less common. Hand times are increasingly less acceptable, even at low level meets, and are no longer acceptable at the upper level of the sport. Fully automatic timing did not become mandatory for world records until 1 January 1977. History The first known time with an auto timing device in the Olympic Games was in the steeplechase in 1928, won by Toivo Loukola in 9:21.60 (9:21 4/5 official hand time). The device used was the Löbner camera-timer. In 1932 three systems were used: official hand timing, hand started photo-finish times, and the Gustavus Town Kirby timing device, which was designed by Kirby to determine the correct order of finish in horse races. The official report for 1932 Olympics states: "In addition to hand timing, two auxiliary electrical timing devices were used. Both were started by an attachment to the starters gun. One was stopped by hand at the time the runners hit the tape. The other was provided with a motion picture camera which photographed the runner at the tape and the dial of the time indicator simultaneously." Kirby's system was also used at the 1932 US. Olympic Trials, where Ralph Metcalfe's winning time of 10.62 in the 100 meters is considered possibly the first automatically timed world record. FAT was also used in 1936, but very few times have been found. In 1948, Bulova began developing the Phototimer, a unique combination of photo-finish camera and precision electronic timing instrument. The Phototimer was the first automatic timing device to be used in competitive sports. It was used extensively in North America, including at the 1948 US Olympic trials. The Bulova device was activated by the sound of the starting gun firing, rather than by a direct connection, which means that the times were around 0.02 seconds faster than reality. The 1948 Olympics, however, continued to use Omega timing with a device called the 'Magic Eye', developed by British Race Finish Recording Co. Ltd. The automatic times produced in the 1948 Olympics have never been released, but examination of the photos at the finish means that margins have been calculated to 1/100 second accuracy. In 1952 the Omega Time Recorder was the first to use a quartz clock and print out results, earning the company a prestigious Cross of Merit from the Olympic Committee. Clocks were added to slit cameras for automatic time-stamping, accurate to the 100th of a second. Despite these improvements, the overall system was similar to that used in London in 1948 (the Racend Omega Timer). The average difference between the FAT and manual times for the men's 100 meters was 0.24 seconds, although this ranged from 0.05 seconds to 0.45 seconds; for example, the average difference for the six runners in the men's 100 meter final was 0.41 seconds; while the average difference in the women's 100 meters was also 0.24, but only 0.22 in the final. In the men's 200 meters, the average difference was 0.21 seconds, and in the men's 400 meters the average difference was 0.16 seconds. In 1956 the average difference between the FAT and manual times for the men's 100 meters was 0.19 seconds, ranging from -0.05 to 0.34 seconds. In the men's 200 meters, the average difference was 0.16 seconds, and in the men's 400 meters the average difference was 0.11 seconds. In 1960 the average difference between the FAT and manual times for the men's 100 meters was 0.15 seconds, ranging from -0.05 to 0.26 seconds. In the men's 200 meters, the average difference was 0.13 seconds, and in the men's 400 meters the average difference was 0.14 seconds. In 1964, although manual timing was also used at the Olympics, the official times were measured with a FAT system but were given the appearance of hand times. For example, Bob Hayes won the 100 meters in a FAT time of 10.06 seconds, which was converted to an official time of 10.0 seconds: the FAT systems in 1964 and 1968 had a built-in 0.05 second delay, meaning Hayes' FAT time was measured as 10.01 seconds, which was rounded to 10.0 seconds for official purposes (despite the fact that officials with stopwatches had timed Hayes at 9.9 seconds). The currently understood time of 10.06 has been determined by adding the 0.05 seconds delay back in. The same adjustment has been made to the 1968 Olympics FAT times; Jim Hines' winning time for the 100 meters was measured as 9.89 seconds, which was subsequently adjusted to 9.95 seconds. In 1972, having provided the official timing equipment since 1932, Omega lost the right to be the official timer for the Olympics to Longines. Omega returned for the 1976 Olympics. This was the first Olympics where official results were given to the nearest 1/100 seconds. Later iterations of photo finish system began using film to record and display times, including AccuTrack that used slit technology to record images over time at the finish line to Polaroid Instant Film. Accutrack was the most popular photo-finish camera in the United States in the late 1980s and into the early 1990s, but there were some limitations to the film based cameras (the film was advanced on a carriage that would sometimes jam, the width of film limited the amount of data—and thus times that could be captured, etc.) and this led to occasional failures during use. References Sports officiating technology Timekeeping Sport of athletics terminology
Adventure Consultants, formerly Hall and Ball Adventure Consultants, is a New Zealand-based adventure company that brings trekking and climbing groups to various locations. Founded by Rob Hall and Gary Ball in 1991, it is known for its pioneering role in the commercialisation of Mount Everest and the 1996 Mount Everest climb during which eight people died, including Hall, a guide, and two Adventure Consultant clients. Prior to starting Adventure Consultants, Hall and Ball climbed the Seven Summits in a seven-month time frame. Heavily covered by the media, they became celebrities in New Zealand. They undertook 47 expeditions together; their friendship was noted in the mountaineering world. Following the deaths of Ball and Hall, the company was purchased by Guy Cotter, who continued to operate the business. History Gary Ball and Rob Hall founded Adventure Consultants in 1991, based out of New Zealand. They were famous New Zealand climbers that got attention for offering commercial trips to Mount Everest's summit. However, Gary died in 1993, and Hall in 1996, leaving the company to Guy Cotter. By the time of Rob's death, Rob had led 39 people to the summit of Mount Everest. Rob Hall's friend and climbing partner Gary Ball died in his arms on 8,167m Dhaulagiri in October 1993. Ball had come down with a case of high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) at six and a half kilometres altitude. Despite this loss, Hall went on to lead a highly successful expedition to Mount Everest in 1994 with Ed Viesturs. This was Hall's fourth summit of Everest. In 1995 Hall's expedition had to turn back because of bad weather as they neared the summit. In May 1996 Hall and a group of climbers made it to the summit of Mount Everest, but he and several other members of his party died on the way down. This event had a noted impact on media, appearing in various books and films. The disaster became very well known, with ten million people reading about it in the book Into Thin Air, written by Jon Krakauer (who was actually on the expedition) and hearing it referenced in a highly acclaimed IMAX film, shot during the same disastrous climbing season, although the filmmakers summitted later in the season. In 1996, Hall also employed two Sherpa people, Ang Dorje Sherpa and Ngawang Norbu Sherpa who managed to survive. (see also List of people who died climbing Mount Everest) Despite the disaster in the spring 1996 and the death of Rob Hall, the company already had clients for a Cho Oyu expedition. Rather than cancel, Guy Cotter took over and successfully led the Cho Oyu expedition in the autumn of 1996. The company guided a climb on the Matterhorn. Another peak they have offered guided climbs on is Carstensz Pyramid. The pyramid has noted difficulties that have to be navigated when getting to the mountain. One route is through jungle, although some have tried to go through a nearby mine only to be taken prisoner, caged in a metal box, and escaping only after paying a bribe. By 2013 the company had led 19 expeditions to Mount Everest. Cotter suggested an "Everest ID" for each climber at this time, basically like a snow-pass for Mount Everest. Adventure Consultants was contacted for information about hurt climbers during the 2015 Mount Everest avalanche, and they reported that people had been evacuated, including one Sherpa who was sent to Kathmandu Medical College. In the aftermath of the avalanche, Adventure Consultants worked to collect and donate to the victims of the disaster. Adventure Consultants experienced a great tragedy in the 2015 Avalanche, in which six Nepali employees died and another nine were injured. In response the company coordinated aid to both its employees and other aid organisations in Nepal (because of widespread damage from the 2015 Nepal earthquake). Some of the victims: Dawa Tsering Sherpa Pema Yishi Sherpa Chhimi Dawa Sherpa Pemba Sherpa Maila Rai Also: Jangbu Sherpa died of injuries night of 1 to 2 May 2015 at a Hospital in Kathmandu. The AC team attended his funeral days later noting, "..he will be greatly missed." One of the charities Adventure Consultants set up was the Adventure Consultants Sherpa Future Fund, which helps provide education and other benefits to the children of those killed. Everest area See also List of Mount Everest guides List of people who died climbing Mount Everest Himex Asian Trekking Mountain Madness References Adventure travel Climbing organizations Ecotourism Mountain guides Mount Everest Mountaineering in New Zealand
DarwinTunes was a research project into the use of natural selection to create music led by Bob MacCallum and Armand Leroi, scientists at Imperial College London. The project asks volunteers on the Internet to listen to automatically generated sound loops and rate them based on aesthetic preference. After the volunteers rate the loops on a five-point scale, software permits the highest rated loops to 'reproduce sexually' and populate the next generation of musical loops. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the DarwinTunes developers describe how their first experimental population derived from two randomly generated founding loops, allowed 100 generations of loops to evolve without any selection pressure before asking members of the public to rate the loops. The paper found that for the first 500 to 600 generations, aesthetic quality of the loops dramatically improved before reaching a stable equilibrium. They tested this using ratings by listeners and also by using sampling techniques used by music information retrieval technology—namely the Chordino and Rhythm Patterns algorithms, which measure the presence of chords used in Western music and the presence of rhythm respectively. See also Evolutionary music References External links Official web page Evolutionary algorithms Artificial life models Computer music software
Törmänen is a village in the municipality of Inari along Finnish national road 4, approximately 7 km south of Ivalo. At the end of 2005, 351 people lived in the village. Road 9691, which leads to Ivalo Airport, branches off national road 4 at Törmänen. References Villages in Inari, Finland
```java package eta.runtime.stm; public class InvariantCheck { public AtomicInvariant invariant; public TransactionRecord myExecution; public InvariantCheck(AtomicInvariant invariant) { this.invariant = invariant; } } ```
```c++ // // Boost.Pointer Container // // 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at // path_to_url // // For more information, see path_to_url // #ifndef BOOST_PTR_CONTAINER_MAP_ITERATOR_HPP #define BOOST_PTR_CONTAINER_MAP_ITERATOR_HPP #if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1200) # pragma once #endif #include <boost/config.hpp> #include <boost/iterator/iterator_adaptor.hpp> #include <boost/utility/compare_pointees.hpp> #include <utility> #if defined(BOOST_MSVC) # pragma warning(push) # pragma warning(disable:4512) // Assignment operator could not be generated. #endif namespace boost { namespace ptr_container_detail { template< class F, class S > struct ref_pair { typedef F first_type; typedef S second_type; const F& first; S second; template< class F2, class S2 > ref_pair( const std::pair<F2,S2>& p ) : first(p.first), second(static_cast<S>(p.second)) { } template< class RP > ref_pair( const RP* rp ) : first(rp->first), second(rp->second) { } const ref_pair* operator->() const { return this; } friend inline bool operator==( ref_pair l, ref_pair r ) { return l.first == r.first && boost::equal_pointees( l.second, r.second ); } friend inline bool operator!=( ref_pair l, ref_pair r ) { return !( l == r ); } friend inline bool operator<( ref_pair l, ref_pair r ) { if( l.first == r.first ) return boost::less_pointees( l.second, r.second ); else return l.first < r.first; } friend inline bool operator>( ref_pair l, ref_pair r ) { return r < l; } friend inline bool operator<=( ref_pair l, ref_pair r ) { return !(r < l); } friend inline bool operator>=( ref_pair l, ref_pair r ) { return !(l < r); } }; } template< class I, // base iterator class F, // first type, key type class S // second type, mapped type > class ptr_map_iterator : public boost::iterator_adaptor< ptr_map_iterator<I,F,S>, I, ptr_container_detail::ref_pair<F,S>, use_default, ptr_container_detail::ref_pair<F,S> > { typedef boost::iterator_adaptor< ptr_map_iterator<I,F,S>, I, ptr_container_detail::ref_pair<F,S>, use_default, ptr_container_detail::ref_pair<F,S> > base_type; public: ptr_map_iterator() : base_type() { } explicit ptr_map_iterator( const I& i ) : base_type(i) { } template< class I2, class F2, class S2 > ptr_map_iterator( const ptr_map_iterator<I2,F2,S2>& r ) : base_type(r.base()) { } }; // class 'ptr_map_iterator' } #if defined(BOOST_MSVC) # pragma warning(pop) #endif #endif ```
King Rollo is a children's character, created by David McKee in 1980. He is the main character in a series of books, animations narrated by Ray Brooks, and a comic strip in the magazine Buttons. Thirteen episodes of the animation were produced in 1980 by McKee's own King Rollo Films, where the character is the company's mascot and namesake, and were originally shown as part of the pre-school 'See-Saw' strand. Rollo himself is a childlike king who is always in need of advice and assistance from his friends. Among these are The Magician (a father figure); Cook (the king's cook, a mother figure, who was arguably the real ruler of the kingdom); his neighbour and girlfriend, Queen Gwen; King Frank; and Rollo's cat, Hamlet, who was generally portrayed as wiser than Rollo himself. The animations used the same colourful cut-out paper look as McKee's other works, such as Mr Benn. The 2D animation style saved on production costs. The characters' legs would rotate outwards when walking until they were at right-angles to the sides of their body. Episodes Books King Rollo and the New Shoes (1979) King Rollo and the Bread (1979) King Rollo and the Birthday (1979) King Rollo and the Balloons (1980) King Rollo and the Tree (1980) King Rollo and the Dishes (1980) King Rollo and the Bath (1981) King Rollo and King Frank (1981) King Rollo and the Search (1981) King Rollo and the Playroom (1982) King Rollo and the Breakfast (1982) King Rollo and the Dog (1982) King Rollo and the Mask (1982) King Rollo's Letter and Other Stories (1984): collection containing: King Rollo and the Letter; King Rollo and the Bush; King Rollo and the Present; King Rollo and the Tent King Rollo's Winter (1986): board book King Rollo's Spring (1987): board book King Rollo's Summer (1988): board book King Rollo's Autumn (1988): board book King Rollo and Santa's Beard (1990): also published as King Rollo's Christmas King Rollo and the New Stockings (2001) Collections The Adventures of King Rollo (1982): King Rollo and the New Shoes; King Rollo and the Birthday; King Rollo and the Bread; King Rollo and the Tree The Further Adventures of King Rollo (1983): King Rollo and the Dishes; King Rollo and the Balloons; King Rollo and King Frank; King Rollo and the Search King Rollo's Playroom and Other Stories (1984): King Rollo and the Playroom; King Rollo and the Breakfast; King Rollo and the Dog; King Rollo and the Mask The Adventures of King Rollo (2016): collection of separate hardback books containing: King Rollo and the New Shoes; King Rollo and the Bread; King Rollo and the Birthday; King Rollo and King Frank References External links Toonhound 1980s British children's television series 1980 British television series debuts 1980 British television series endings British children's animated adventure television series King Rollo Characters in British novels of the 20th century King Rollo King Rollo Rollo, King King Rollo Television shows based on children's books English-language television shows 1980s British animated television series
Mount Hawthorne () is a prominent mountain in the Walker Mountains, rising directly south of the base of Noville Peninsula on Thurston Island, Antarctica. It was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in a flight from the Bear on February 27, 1940, and was named by Byrd for Roger Hawthorne, a field representative for the USAS in the years 1939–41. See also Mountains in Antarctica Maps Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated. References Mountains of Ellsworth Land
The Art of Destruction is a BBC Books original novel written by Stephen Cole and based on the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was published on 21 September 2006 alongside The Nightmare of Black Island and The Price of Paradise. It features the Tenth Doctor and Rose. Synopsis The TARDIS arrives in 22nd century Africa, where agri-teams are growing food in the rich soil around a dormant volcano to feed the hungry millions of Earth. However, the time travellers detect an alien signal nearby. As something moves in the volcanic tunnels, the Doctor realises an ancient trap has been triggered. The Doctor and Rose meet Solomon Nabarr and Basel who explain that the Time travellers have just landed right by Mount Tarsus in Chad. Audio book An abridged audio book version of The Art of Destruction read by Don Warrington (President in "Rise of the Cybermen") was released in November 2006 () by BBC Audiobooks. Also included was a "behind-the-scenes" discussion between the author and reader. See also Whoniverse External links The Cloister Library - The Art of Destruction 2006 British novels 2006 science fiction novels Tenth Doctor novels Novels by Stephen Cole Novels set in Africa
Myopsyche ochsenheimeri is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1829. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and Nigeria. References Arctiinae Moths described in 1829
The 1992–93 Primeira Divisão was the 59th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 30 August 1992 with a match between Vitória de Guimarães and Beira-Mar, and ended on 13 June 1993. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions. Porto qualified for the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League first round, Benfica qualified for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and Marítimo qualified for the 1993–94 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Tirsense, Espinho and Chaves were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Jorge Cadete was the top scorer with 17 goals. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Torreense Penafiel União da Madeira Torreense, Penafiel, and União da Madeira were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1991-92 season. Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Espinho Belenenses Tirsense The other three teams were replaced by Espinho, Belenenses, and Tirsense from the Liga de Honra. Teams Stadia and locations Managerial changes League table Results Top goalscorers Source: Foradejogo Footnotes External links Portugal 1992-93 – RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portuguese League 1992/93 – footballzz.co.uk Portugal – Table of Honor – Soccer Library Primeira Liga seasons Port 1992–93 in Portuguese football
Spirotropis agamedea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. Grant & Gale (1931) put this species in the genus Spirotropis Description The length of the shell attains 10.5 mm, its diameter 5 mm. (Original description) The small, white shell is covered with an olivaceous periostracum. It contains more than five whorls. The apex is eroded. The periphery shows a rounded keel. The spiral sculpture consists of a thickened flattish ridge in front of the channeled suture, and obscure spiral threading on the impressed anal fasciole and base. The siphonal canal is smooth. The axial sculpture consists of fine incremental lines more or less reticulating the spirals and arcuate over the fasciole. The peripheral keel on the spire is nearer the succeeding than the preceding suture. The aperture is elongate. The outer lip is thin and smooth within and arcuately produced in front of the fasciole. The inner lip is erased. The straight columella is short, solid and obliquely attenuated in front. Distribution This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Cape San Quentin, Lower California at a depth of 650 m. References agamedea Gastropods described in 1919
Sphaerodactylus is a genus of geckos from the Americas that are distinguished from other Gekkota by their small size, by their round, rather than vertical, eye pupils, and by each digit terminating in a single, round adhesive pad or scale, from which their name (Sphaero = round, dactylus = finger) is derived. All species in this genus are rather small, but two species, S. ariasae and S. parthenopion, are tiny, and – with a snout-vent length of about – the smallest reptiles in the world. Fossil record Fossil remains referred to Sphaerodactylus have been recovered from Dominican amber. Species The following 108 species are recognized as being valid. Sphaerodactylus alphus - Guanaja large-scaled geckolet Sphaerodactylus altavelensis - Alto Velo least gecko, Alto Velo sphaero Sphaerodactylus argivus - Cayman least gecko Sphaerodactylus argus - ocellated gecko, ocellated sphaero, stippled sphaero Sphaerodactylus ariasae - Jaragua sphaero, Jaragua dwarf gecko Sphaerodactylus armasi - Guantanamo least gecko, Guantanamo coastal gecko Sphaerodactylus armstrongi - Armstrong's least gecko, southern forest geckolet Sphaerodactylus asterulus - Haitian least gecko Sphaerodactylus beattyi - Saint Croix's sphaero, Beatty's least gecko Sphaerodactylus becki - Beck's least gecko Sphaerodactylus bromeliarum - El Yunque least gecko Sphaerodactylus caicosensis - Caicos banded sphaero, Caicos least gecko Sphaerodactylus callocricus - rough-banded sphaero, callous least gecko Sphaerodactylus celicara - Baracoan eyespot sphaero Sphaerodactylus cinereus - gray gecko Sphaerodactylus clenchi - peninsula least gecko Sphaerodactylus cochranae - Cochran's least gecko Sphaerodactylus continentalis - upper Central American geckolet Sphaerodactylus copei - Cope's least gecko Sphaerodactylus corticola - central Bahamas sphaero, Rum Cay least gecko Sphaerodactylus cricoderus - Turquino collared sphaero Sphaerodactylus cryphius - Bakoruco least gecko Sphaerodactylus dacnicolor - Jamaican tailspot sphaero, eastern Jamaican sharpnosed sphaero Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni - Darlington's least gecko Sphaerodactylus difficilis - Hispaniolan eyespot sphaero, difficult least gecko Sphaerodactylus dimorphicus - Santiago de Cuba geckolet Sphaerodactylus docimus - Cabo Cruz banded sphaero Sphaerodactylus dunni - Dunn's least gecko Sphaerodactylus elasmorhynchus - Marche Leon least gecko, snout-shield sphaero Sphaerodactylus elegans - ashy gecko Sphaerodactylus elegantulus - Antigua least gecko Sphaerodactylus epiurus - Hispaniolan tailspot sphaero Sphaerodactylus exsul - Swan Islands geckolet Sphaerodactylus fantasticus - fantastic least gecko Sphaerodactylus gaigeae -chevronated sphaero, Gaige's least gecko Sphaerodactylus gilvitorques - Jamaican collared sphaero, Jamaican least gecko Sphaerodactylus glaucus - collared dwarf gecko, least gecko Sphaerodactylus goniorhynchus - Jamaican forest sphaero, Cakoarita least gecko Sphaerodactylus grandisquamis - big-scaled least gecko, big-scaled dwarf gecko, cotton ginner Sphaerodactylus graptolaemus - Costa Rica least gecko Sphaerodactylus guanajae - Guanaja head-spotted geckolet Sphaerodactylus heliconiae Sphaerodactylus homolepis - Caribbean least gecko Sphaerodactylus inaguae - Inagua sphaero, Inagua least gecko Sphaerodactylus inigoi - Isla Vieques dwarf gecko Sphaerodactylus intermedius - Mantanzas least gecko Sphaerodactylus kirbyi - Bequia dwarf gecko, Bequia sphaero, Grenadines sphaero Sphaerodactylus klauberi - Klauber's dwarf gecko, Klauber's least gecko, Puerto Rican highland sphaero Sphaerodactylus ladae - Martin Garcia least gecko Sphaerodactylus lazelli - Cap-Haitien least gecko Sphaerodactylus leonardovaldesi Sphaerodactylus leucaster - eastern least gecko Sphaerodactylus levinsi - Desecheo gecko, Isla Desecheo least gecko Sphaerodactylus lineolatus - Panama least gecko Sphaerodactylus macrolepis - big-scaled least gecko, big-scaled dwarf gecko, cotton ginner Sphaerodactylus mariguanae - southern Bahamas sphaero, Mayaguana least gecko Sphaerodactylus microlepis - little-scaled least gecko Sphaerodactylus micropithecus - Monito gecko Sphaerodactylus millepunctatus - spotted least gecko Sphaerodactylus molei - Tobago least gecko Sphaerodactylus monensis - Mona least gecko Sphaerodactylus nicholsi - Nichols least gecko, Nichol's dwarf sphaero, Puerto Rican crescent sphaero Sphaerodactylus nigropunctatus - black-spotted least gecko, three-banded sphaero Sphaerodactylus notatus - reef gecko, brown-speckled sphaero Sphaerodactylus nycteropus - Morne Dubois least gecko Sphaerodactylus ocoae - Peravia least gecko Sphaerodactylus oliveri - Juventud least gecko Sphaerodactylus omoglaux - Fond Parisien least gecko Sphaerodactylus oxyrhinus - Jamaican sharpnosed sphaero Sphaerodactylus pacificus - Pacific least gecko Sphaerodactylus parkeri - Parker's least gecko, southern Jamaica banded sphaero Sphaerodactylus parthenopion - Virgin Islands dwarf sphaero, Virgin Gorda least gecko, Virgin Islands dwarf gecko Sphaerodactylus parvus - Anguilla Bank geckolet Sphaerodactylus perissodactylius - Dominican least gecko Sphaerodactylus phyzacinus - Les Saintes geckolet Sphaerodactylus pimienta - pepper sphaero, Cuban pepper sphaero Sphaerodactylus plummeri - Barahona big-scaled sphaero Sphaerodactylus poindexteri - Utila small-scaled geckolet Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni - Ramsden's least gecko Sphaerodactylus randi - Pedernales least gecko Sphaerodactylus rhabdotus - two-striped sphaero, Vallede Neiba least gecko Sphaerodactylus richardi - Richard's banded sphaero, Zapata big-scaled sphaero Sphaerodactylus richardsonii - Richardson's least gecko, northern Jamaica banded sphaero Sphaerodactylus roosevelti - Roosevelt's beige sphaero, Roosevelt's least gecko Sphaerodactylus rosaurae - Bay Island least gecko Sphaerodactylus ruibali - Ruibal's least gecko Sphaerodactylus sabanus - Saba least gecko Sphaerodactylus samanensis - Samana least gecko Sphaerodactylus savagei - Altagracia speckled sphaero, Savage's least gecko Sphaerodactylus scaber - double-collared sphaero, Camaguey least gecko Sphaerodactylus scapularis - Boulenger's least gecko Sphaerodactylus schuberti - Neiba agave geckolet, Neiba agave sphaero, Schubert's least gecko Sphaerodactylus schwartzi - Guantanamo collared sphaero, Monitongas collared geckolet, Schwartz's dwarf gecko Sphaerodactylus semasiops - Cockpit eyespot sphaero, Cockpit least gecko Sphaerodactylus shrevei - Shreve's least gecko Sphaerodactylus siboney - Siboney gray-headed geckolet Sphaerodactylus sommeri - TerreNueve least gecko, Terre-Neuve least gecko, northwest Haitian banded geckolet Sphaerodactylus sputator - island least gecko Sphaerodactylus storeyae - Isle of Pines sphaero, Los Canarreos sphaero Sphaerodactylus streptophorus - Hispaniola least gecko, Hispaniolan small-eared sphaero Sphaerodactylus thompsoni - Thompson's least gecko, Barahona limestone sphaero Sphaerodactylus torrei - Barbour's least gecko, Cuban broad-banded geckolet Sphaerodactylus townsendi - Townsend's least gecko, Townsend's dwarf sphaero, Puerto Rican sandy geckolet Sphaerodactylus underwoodi - Underwood's least gecko, Turks Islands geckolet Sphaerodactylus verdeluzicola - Puerto Rican karst gecko Sphaerodactylus vincenti - Vincent's least gecko, Central Lesser Antillean sphaero, Windward geckolet Sphaerodactylus williamsi - Williams's least gecko, Haitian striped geckolet Sphaerodactylus zygaena - Dame-Marie least gecko, Tiburon coastal geckolet Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Sphaerodactylus. References Further reading Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Sphaerodactylus, pp. 142–164). Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Sphaerodactylus, new genus, p. 143). (in German and Latin). External links Lizard genera Lizards of North America Lizards of South America Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler
```java package ohi.andre.consolelauncher.commands.main.raw; import ohi.andre.consolelauncher.R; import ohi.andre.consolelauncher.commands.CommandAbstraction; import ohi.andre.consolelauncher.commands.ExecutePack; import ohi.andre.consolelauncher.commands.main.MainPack; import ohi.andre.consolelauncher.commands.main.specific.ParamCommand; import ohi.andre.consolelauncher.managers.music.MusicManager2; import ohi.andre.consolelauncher.managers.music.Song; import ohi.andre.consolelauncher.tuils.Tuils; import ohi.andre.consolelauncher.tuils.libsuperuser.Shell; public class music extends ParamCommand { private enum Param implements ohi.andre.consolelauncher.commands.main.Param { next { @Override public String exec(ExecutePack pack) { if(((MainPack) pack).player == null) { execute("NEXT"); return null; } String title = ((MainPack) pack).player.playNext(); if(title != null) return pack.context.getString(R.string.output_playing) + Tuils.SPACE + title; return null; } }, previous { @Override public String exec(ExecutePack pack) { if(((MainPack) pack).player == null) { execute("PREVIOUS"); return null; } String title = ((MainPack) pack).player.playPrev(); if(title != null) return pack.context.getString(R.string.output_playing) + Tuils.SPACE + title; return null; } }, ls { @Override public String exec(ExecutePack pack) { if(((MainPack) pack).player == null) return pack.context.getString(R.string.output_musicdisabled); return ((MainPack) pack).player.lsSongs(); } }, play { @Override public String exec(ExecutePack pack) { if(((MainPack) pack).player == null) { execute("PLAY_PAUSE"); return null; } String title = ((MainPack) pack).player.play(); if(title == null) return null; return pack.context.getString(R.string.output_playing) + Tuils.SPACE + title; } }, stop { @Override public String exec(ExecutePack pack) { if(((MainPack) pack).player == null) { execute("CLOSE"); return null; } ((MainPack) pack).player.stop(); return null; } }, select { @Override public int[] args() { return new int[] {CommandAbstraction.SONG}; } @Override public String exec(ExecutePack pack) { if(((MainPack) pack).player == null) return pack.context.getString(R.string.output_musicdisabled); String s = pack.getString(); ((MainPack) pack).player.select(s); return null; } @Override public String onArgNotFound(ExecutePack pack, int indexNotFound) { return pack.context.getString(R.string.output_songnotfound); } }, info { @Override public String exec(ExecutePack pack) { if(((MainPack) pack).player == null) return pack.context.getString(R.string.output_musicdisabled); StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); MusicManager2 m = ((MainPack) pack).player; Song song = m.get(m.getSongIndex()); if(song == null) return pack.context.getString(R.string.output_songnotfound); builder.append("Name: ").append(song.getTitle()).append(Tuils.NEWLINE); if(song.getID() == -1) builder.append("Path: ").append(song.getPath()).append(Tuils.NEWLINE); builder.append(Tuils.NEWLINE); int curS = m.getCurrentPosition() / 1000; int curMin = 0; if(curS >= 60) { curMin = curS / 60; curS = curS % 60; } int s = m.getDuration() / 1000; int min = 0; if(s >= 60) { min = s / 60; s = s % 60; } builder.append(curMin > 0 ? curMin + "." + curS : curS + "s").append(" of ").append(min > 0 ? min + "." + s : s + "s").append(" (").append(Tuils.percentage(m.getCurrentPosition(), m.getDuration())).append("%)"); return builder.toString(); } }, seekto { @Override public int[] args() { return new int[] {CommandAbstraction.INT}; } @Override public String exec(ExecutePack pack) { if(((MainPack) pack).player == null) return pack.context.getString(R.string.output_musicdisabled); ((MainPack) pack).player.seekTo(pack.getInt() * 1000); return null; } @Override public String onArgNotFound(ExecutePack pack, int indexNotFound) { return pack.context.getString(R.string.invalid_integer); } }; static Param get(String p) { p = p.toLowerCase(); Param[] ps = values(); for (Param p1 : ps) if (p.endsWith(p1.label())) return p1; return null; } static String[] labels() { Param[] ps = values(); String[] ss = new String[ps.length]; for (int count = 0; count < ps.length; count++) { ss[count] = ps[count].label(); } return ss; } @Override public String label() { return Tuils.MINUS + name(); } @Override public String onArgNotFound(ExecutePack pack, int indexNotFound) { return null; } @Override public String onNotArgEnough(ExecutePack pack, int n) { return pack.context.getString(R.string.help_music); } @Override public int[] args() { return new int[0]; } } private static void execute(String code) { Shell.SH.run("input keyevent KEYCODE_MEDIA_" + code); } @Override protected ohi.andre.consolelauncher.commands.main.Param paramForString(MainPack pack, String param) { return Param.get(param); } @Override public int priority() { return 4; } @Override public int helpRes() { return R.string.help_music; } @Override public String[] params() { return Param.labels(); } @Override protected String doThings(ExecutePack pack) { return null; } } ```
Henri Morel (July 21, 1867 – 1934\|) was an Ontario butcher and political figure. He represented Nipissing in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1919 and from 1923 to 1930 as a Conservative member. His name also appears as Henry Morel. He was born in Rimouski, Quebec, the son of Xavier Morel, and educated in Arnprior, Ontario. In 1890, he married Alexina Bangs. He lived in Mattawa. Morel ran unsuccessfully for the Nipissing seat in the House of Commons in 1930. He died in 1934. References 1867 births 1934 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Franco-Ontarian people People from Rimouski People from Mattawa, Ontario
The Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge is a horseshoe-shaped island and National Wildlife Refuge in Potagannissing Bay north of Drummond Island in the U.S. state of Michigan. The island was acquired in 1983 by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from its previous owner, The Nature Conservancy, and set aside as a refuge. It is located in Drummond Township, in Chippewa County. Ecology and use Potagannissing Bay is rich in freshwater fish, including lake trout and whitefish. The island itself contains balsam, paper birch, cedar, sugar maple, and red oak. There are no bridges to Harbor Island, and visitors arrive by boat. The protected harbor is a well-known anchorage for small craft. The island and refuge are staffed from the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, also in northern Michigan. References External links National Wildlife Refuges in Michigan Protected areas of Chippewa County, Michigan Protected areas established in 1983
"Impatient" is a song by Finnish singer Anna Abreu from her third studio album, Just a Pretty Face? (2009). Abreu co-wrote the song with longtime collaborator Rauli Eskolin (known professionally as Rake), and Patric Sarin. Eskolin also produced the song, while Sarin provided additional backing vocals. "Impatient" is a Pop ballad. The song was released on 9 November 2009 in Finland, as the album's second single. Lyrical content "Impatient" is a pop ballad that explores the theme of difficult relationships, where one feels emotionally neglected but sticks around because they still have very strong feelings towards their partner. Abreu sings 'you say you listen but you never do' and 'you make me sad when I'm happy'. However, rather than be deluded, she is fully aware of the negativity the relationship is causing, but is unable to break away due to her love for her partner: 'still I go weak when you just look at me'. The song ends with Abreu providing a clear ultimatum: 'let me love...or let me be free'. Chart performance Released only to radio in order to promote the album from which it was lifted, "Impatient" did not chart on the Finnish Top 20 or the Download Chart. It did, however, reach number twenty-one on the Airplay Chart. Music video The music video for "Impatient" was directed by Mikko Harma, who had previously directed the video for the lead single from Just a Pretty Face?, "Music Everywhere". The video is shot at night in downtown Helsinki, with Abreu (dressed in a glittering black jumpsuit) entering what appears to be her partner's apartment and reminiscing about their relationship. Inside she finds two empty champagne glasses, the bed covered in rose petals and another woman's clothing in the wardrobe, insinuating that her partner has been cheating on her. Abreu tears up the clothes, draws a loveheart on the mirror and takes her jewellery from the bedroom, escaping out of the window just as the man returns. She then makes her way down the street as the song ends. Track listing "Impatient" – 3:45 Credits and personnel Songwriting – Rauli Eskolin, Patric Sarin, Anna Abreu Production - Rauli Eskolin Engineering - Rauli Eskolin (at Inkfish Studios: Helsinki, Finland) Instruments - Rauli Eskolin Lead vocals - Anna Abreu Backing vocals - Anna Abreu, Patric Sarin Mixing - Rauli Eskolin Release history References 2009 singles 2009 songs Anna Abreu songs Songs written by Patric Sarin Songs written by Rauli Eskolin RCA Records singles

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