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Glyptostrobus is a small genus of conifers in the family Cupressaceae (formerly in the family Taxodiaceae). The sole living species, Glyptostrobus pensilis, is native to subtropical southeastern China, from Fujian west to southeast Yunnan, and also very locally in northern Vietnam and Borikhamxai Province of eastern Laos near the Vietnam border.
The genus formerly had a much wider range, covering most of the Northern Hemisphere, including the high Arctic in the Paleocene and Eocene. The oldest known fossils are late Cretaceous in age, found in North America. It contributed greatly to the coal swamps of the Cenozoic era. It was reduced to its current range before and during the Pleistocene ice ages.
G. pensilis is a medium-sized to large tree, reaching tall and with a trunk diameter of up to , possibly more. The leaves are deciduous, spirally arranged but twisted at the base to lie in two horizontal ranks, long and broad, but long and scale-like on shoots in the upper crown. The cones are green maturing yellow-brown, pear-shaped, long and diameter, broadest near the apex. They open when mature to release the small, long, winged seeds.
It typically grows in river banks, ponds and swamps, growing in water up to deep. Like the related genus Taxodium, it produces 'cypress knees' when growing in water, thought to help transport oxygen to the roots.
The species is nearly extinct in the wild due to overcutting for its valuable decay-resistant, scented wood, but it is also fairly widely planted along the banks of rice paddies where its roots help to stabilise the banks by reducing soil erosion.
References
External links
Gymnosperm Database: Glyptostrobus
Arboretum de Villardebelle: photo of cone
Cupressaceae
Conifer genera
Deciduous conifers |
Qilaibi Lighthouse () is a lighthouse in Qilaibi, Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. Today the lighthouse is overseen by the Customs Administration of the Ministry of Finance. The lighthouse is built between the Central Mountain Range and the Pacific Ocean. The lighthouse is not open to the public all year around.
Name origin
The lighthouse takes its name from Kiray, a former name of Hualien City and a name used in the Hualien area that refers to the Sakiraya people.
History
Japanese rule period
The original lighthouse was built by the Japanese in 1931. The building is 7.6 meters high, concrete and white. The acetylene flashing light once used in this lighthouse utilized pressure-regulated acetylene and a timing device, to flash once at a regular 3-second interval. During World War II, the lighthouse was seriously damaged by Allied bombing.
Present
In 1963, in order to help nearby Hualien Harbor become an international port, a new lighthouse, consisting of a white pentagon concrete building, was built on the original lighthouse base. The newly built Qilaibi Lighthouse used a 4th class white light electric lamp, the light flashing 3 seconds and dimming 3 seconds at a regular 6 second intervals, and the luminous intensity is 28,000 cd. In 1973, a non-directional beacon pole was added, with output power 100 watts and range 100 nms, to function in coordination with the Lyudao Lighthouse, also a non-directional beacon pole, for the ships mutual positioning. In 1985, a radar beacon pole was set. Then finally, in 1992, the communication systems were comprehensively changed into a dual-frequency radar beacon pole.
See also
List of lighthouses in Taiwan
References
Sources
Su-fang Li, "The Lighthouses in Taiwan", Yuan-zu Culture Publ. Inc., Taipei county, Taiwan, 2002, pp. 138–141.
Lun-hui Yue, "Ocean Navigator-The Fair of Taiwan Lighthouses", Kaoshiung History Museum, Kaoshiung, 2000, pp. 74–77.
Customs, Ministry of Finance of Taiwan, "The Concise History of the Republic of China Customs", Taipei, 1998.
External links
Maritime and Port Bureau MOTC
Cilaibi Lighthouse(Taiwan)
1931 establishments in Taiwan
Buildings and structures in Hualien County
Lighthouses completed in 1931
Lighthouses in Taiwan |
Mill Road Halt railway station was a station between Elsenham and Henham in Essex. It was located from Elsenham station. It closed in 1952.
References
External links
Mill Road Halt station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in Essex
Former Great Eastern Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1922
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952
Henham |
Ilex macrocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the holly family Aquifoliaceae, native to central and southern China, and Vietnam. A deciduous tree typically tall, it is found in a wide variety of temperate habitats, including roadsides, from above sea level. It differs from other hollies by its large black fruit. It is used as a street tree in Hefei, China.
Subtaxa
The following varieties are accepted:
Ilex macrocarpa var. longipedunculata – southern China
Ilex macrocarpa var. macrocarpa – entire range
Ilex macrocarpa var. reevesiae – central China
References
macrocarpa
Flora of North-Central China
Flora of South-Central China
Flora of Southeast China
Flora of Vietnam
Plants described in 1888 |
Drug-induced amnesia is amnesia caused by drugs. Amnesia may be therapeutic for medical treatment or for medical procedures, or it may be a side-effect of a drug, such as alcohol, or certain medications for psychiatric disorders, such as benzodiazepines. It is seen also with slow acting parenteral general anaesthetics.
Medical usage
Amnesia is desirable during surgery, so general anaesthesia procedures are designed to induce it for the duration of the operation. Sedatives such as benzodiazepines, which are commonly used for anxiety disorders, can reduce the encoding of new memories, particularly in high doses (for example, prior to surgery in order for a person not to recall the surgery). Amnestic drugs can be used to induce a coma for a child breathing using mechanical ventilation, or to help reduce intracranial pressure after head trauma.
Researchers are currently experimenting with drugs which induce amnesia in order to improve understanding of human memory, and develop better drugs to treat psychiatric disorders and memory-related disorders. People with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia are likely to benefit. By understanding the ways in which amnesia-inducing drugs interact with the brain, researchers hope to better understand the ways in which neurotransmitters aid in the formation of memory. By stimulating rather than depressing these neurotransmitters, memory may improve.
Holmes et al. (2010) commented that the media misrepresented two recent studies as research on "erasing" traumatic memories, but showed the fear response associated with stressful memory could be greatly reduced whilst the factual memory of the trauma remained intact. Similarly, Brunet et al. (2008) found that the people with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder who were treated with propranolol for a single day had a reduced response to existing trauma while retaining memory of the trauma. In the process of remembering, the memory needs to be restored in the brain. By introducing an amnesia-inducing drug during this process, the memory can be disrupted. While the memory remains intact, the emotional reaction is damped, making the memory less overwhelming. Researchers believe this drug will help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder be able to better process the trauma without reliving the trauma emotionally. This has raised legal and ethical concerns should drugs be found to have altered the memory of traumatic events that occur in victims of crimes (e.g. murder attempt), and whether it is therapeutically desirable to do so.
Non-medical drug-induced amnesia
Amnesia can result from a side-effect of prescription or non-prescription drugs. Both substance use and alcohol can cause both long-term and short-term memory loss, resulting in blackouts.
The most commonly used group of prescription drugs which can produce amnesia are benzodiazepines, especially if combined with alcohol, however, in limited quantities, triazolam (Halcion) is not associated with amnesia or memory impairment.
In popular culture
In the 1970 science fiction TV series UFO, amnesia drugs were given to anyone who had contact with SHADO operatives, or witnessed their covert activities.
In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) decides to forget his former lover Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet) after she erases her memories of him.
The characters in The Hangover (2009) deal with the aftermath of amnesia after taking roofies.
An episode of Arrested Development called Forget-Me-Now discusses the use of drug-induced amnesia for those who have seen how magicians' tricks are performed.
In the PC Game Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010), the player character, Daniel, wakes up with amnesia in the terrifying Castle Brennenburg, and must discover the truth about his memories.
In the book Allegiant (2013) a "memory serum" is used to wipe people's memories.
The SCP Foundation has referenced amnesia-inducing drugs in many of its articles since its conception, under the name "amnestics", usually as a means of ensuring secrecy from the public.
In the teen fiction novel The Maze Runner, the teen characters wake up in a drug induced amnesia, which is one of the main factors that drive the plot.
In the series 3 episode of Doctor Who, Gridlock, drugs that induce amnesia are sold in patch form with the name "forget."
In the TV series Blindspot, the memory of the main character, Jane, was totally wiped using a drug called ZIP.
In the 2018 Swedish film The Unthinkable, a chemical that induces memory loss, spread via rain, is used as a prelude to an invasion of Sweden.
In Andy Weir's novel Project Hail Mary, main character Ryland Grace wakes up from a coma to drug-induced amnesia.
In mythology
Nepenthe, literally named anti-sorrow, is a substance mentioned in the Odyssey given to Helen of Troy, said to originate from Egypt. Consumption causes sorrowful memories to be forgotten.
References
Clinical pharmacology
Anesthesia
Drug-induced diseases |
Chelapur is a village and gram panchayat in Chandpur tehsil, Bijnor District, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Demographics
As of census 2001, Chelapur had a population of 644. Males are 354, and females are 290.
The location code or village code of Chelapur village is 114473. There are about 121 houses in Chelapur village.
Location
It is situated on the Noorpur-Moradabad road, from its sub-district headquarters at Chandpur and from the district headquarters at Bijnor.
The post office serving the village lies in the nearby village of Nangli Pathwari and the designated police station is in Noorpur, the nearest town, which is around distant.
Education
Chelapur village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chelapur village was 71.58% compared to 67.68% of Uttar Pradesh. In Chelapur Male literacy stands at 81.76% while female literacy rate was 60.00%. Yogesh Vikal, one of the village resident is a writer on wiki how and wikipedia and also an Engineer in computer science.
There is only one primary school in the village, therefore the parents send their children to nearby towns and cities like Noorpur, Dhampur.
Culture
There is an old holy Peepal tree in the village commonly known as 'Dada Devta'. Nearby this holy tree a Shiv Temple is also present. The people of village are aware of importance of education and send their children to nearby schools in town.
Some of the villages near Chelapur are Gohawar, Askaripur, Abdullapur Dahana, Doondhli, Saidpur Mafi, Nangla and others.
Political and social environment
The village forms a part of the Noorpur Vidhan Sabha constituency.
References
Yogesh Vikal योगेश विकल writer
जाम लगाने पर 80 के खिलाफ रिपोर्ट - Amar Ujala, Sunday 30 September 2012
- बेटा चला गया, सम्मान भी नहीं मिला - Amar Ujala
तीन की हत्या कर सरिये से लदा ट्रक लूटा - Desh Localnews — LiveHindustan.com
चेलापुर में किसान के घर डाका 2016
Shree Kuber Filling Station Chelapur श्री कुबेर फिलिंग स्टेशन चेलापुर
Villages in Bijnor district |
Thaddeus Holownia (born July 2, 1949) is a British-born Canadian artist and professor. He taught photography at Mount Allison University and served as the head of the Fine Arts Department, retiring in 2018.
Career
Born in England, the family of Thaddeus Holownia immigrated to Canada when he was five. He attended the University of Windsor, studying printmaking and communications and graduated in 1972. Initially, part of Toronto’s art scene, he began working at the National Film Board of Canada, and joined the faculty of the Mount Allison University Fine Arts Department in 1977.
Art Work
In Holownia’s large-scale photographs, he uses the idea of heightened perception to explore the traces humankind leaves on the landscape. About his work, he echoes Thoreau’s observation, “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see”. He favours a large-format banquet camera.
His photographs have been the subject of numerous exhibitions, including a forty-year retrospective, The Nature of Nature, The Photographs of Thaddeus Holownia 1976–2016, at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; The Terra Nova Suite, a 25 year survey of his work in Newfoundland & Labrador at the Provincial Gallery (The Rooms) in St. John's, Newfoundland; 24 Tree Studies for Henry David Thoreau at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and the Heckscher Museum in Huntington, New York. His 1998 retrospective exhibition, Extended Vision: Photographs by Thaddeus Holownia 1978–1997, organized by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, traveled across Canada and to the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City. His photographs have been included in numerous group exhibitions, including Monet’s Legacy: Series, Order and Obsession at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, and Car Culture at the Heckscher Museum in Huntington, New York. In 2020, his photographs of the stone lintels in Paris were exhibited at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. The show titled Thaddeus Holownia: Lintels of Paris accompanied a book about the lintels published at the same time.
Holownia`s photographs are in public collections such as the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa and many eastern Canadian galleries, such as the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax (27 works).
Honours
In 2000, Holownia was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and in 2001, he received a Fulbright Fellowship. Holownia has been the recipient of grants and awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. In 2015, he was named to the Order of New Brunswick. In 2018, he was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada.
Thaddeus Holownia now lives in Jolicure, New Brunswick.
References
Bibliography
External links
Official website
Canadian photographers
1949 births
Living people
Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
University of Windsor alumni
Academic staff of Mount Allison University
English emigrants to Canada |
Oxyurichthys mindanensis is a species of goby found in the western Pacific (Japan and the Philippines). This species reaches a length of .
References
Nakabo, T., 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition I. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp v-866.
mindanensis
Fish of the Pacific Ocean
Fish of the Philippines
Fish of Japan
Taxa named by Albert William Herre
Fish described in 1927 |
Enel Americas is a conglomerate of electric energy companies operating in South America and Central America countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala. Through its affiliates it generates, transmits and distributes electric power.
Enel Américas has a total of 16,116 MW of net installed capacity, delivering energy to more than 23.3 million customers, by the end of 2022 Its controlling shareholder is the Italian company Enel S.p.A., a global energy company and one of the largest integrated operators in the energy in the world.
Enel Américas is one of the largest private companies in Latin America, totaling 15,965 MW of installed capacity and delivering energy to more than 26.3 million customers, as of March 2022.
In January 2023, Enel Américas was once again confirmed in The Sustainability Yearbook, an annual study that compares the sustainability performance of listed companies, based on a demanding and competitive evaluation. The company has been part of this selection since 2019 and this year was distinguished for the first time within the Top 5% S&P Global ESG Score category, placing it among the most sustainable companies in the electricity industry worldwide.
History
On June 19, 1981, Compañía Chilena de Electricidad S.A. was reorganized into a parent company and three subsidiaries. One of these was Compañía Chilena Metropolitana de Distribución Eléctrica S.A. In 1985, under the Chilean government's privatization policy, the process of transferring the share capital of Compañía Chilena Metropolitana de Distribución Eléctrica S.A. to the private sector was begun, ending finally on August 10, 1987.
In this process, the pension fund management companies (AFPs), company employees, institutional investors, and thousands of small shareholders joined the company. Its organizational structure was based on activities or operative functions whose results were evaluated functionally and its profitability was limited by a tariff structure as a result of the company's exclusive dedication to the electricity distribution business.
Restructuring and diversification (1987–2014)
In 1987, the company's board proposed forming a division for each of the parent company's activities. Four subsidiaries were therefore created to be managed as business units each with its own objectives, thus expanding the company's activities toward other non-regulated activities but linked to the main business. This division was approved by the extraordinary shareholders meeting of November 25, 1987, which defined its new corporate objects. Compañía Chilena Metropolitana de Distribución Eléctrica S.A. thus became an investment holding company.
On August 1, 1988, by virtue of that agreed at the General Extraordinary Shareholder's Meeting of April 12, 1988, one of the corporations born out of the division changed its company name to Enersis S.A. The same year, and with the purpose of successfully facing the challenge of development and growth, the company was divided into five business units, which gave rise to five affiliates.
Of these, Chilectra and Río Maipo took charge of electric power distribution; Manso de Velasco concentrated upon engineering and electric construction services, as well as real estate administration; Synapsis took care of the information technologies and data processing area; while Diprel focused upon lending electric product supply and marketing services.
In the General Extraordinary Shareholder's Meeting of April 11, 2002, the corporate purpose of the company was modified, introducing the activities of telecommunications and the investment in and administration of companies having telecommunications and information technologies and business intermediation through the Internet as corporate purposes.
Acquisition by Enel (2014–present)
In October 2014, after Endesa was acquired by Enel, Enersis S.A became controlled by Enel. The company underwent a corporate restructuring process that began in April 2015 and ended in December 2016. The restructuring consisted in separating the electric power generation and distribution activities developed in Chile, from the rest of the countries. In this way, Enel Americas S.A. was created, a company continuing Enersis with activities in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru, and Enel Chile S.A.
Today, Enel Americas S.A. is one of the largest private electric power companies in Latin America, in terms of consolidated assets and operational income, which has been achieved through a stable and balanced growth in its electric power businesses: generation, transmission and distribution.
The merger by absorption of the subsidiaries Emgesa S.A. ESP (Absorbing company), Codensa S.A. ESP, Enel Green Power Colombia S.A.S. ESP y ESSA2 SpA (Absorbed companies) took place on March 1, 2022. The new corporate name of the merged company is Enel Colombia S.A. ESP, a company in which Enel Américas holds a 57.345% stake as a result of this operation.
Main milestones
Capital increase
In April 2019, the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting approved a US$ 3 billion capital increase. The proceeds were used to conclude the purchase of AES Eletropaulo – the biggest distribution company of South America, with 7.2 million clients, in the city of São Paulo, Brazil – and to restructure Enel Brasil's pension fund liabilities related to the aforementioned purchase.
In September 2019, the capital increase was successfully concluded with a subscription of approximately 99.5% of the total shares.
Integration of non-conventional renewable energy business
On December 18, 2020, the Company's Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting approved the Merger by incorporation of EGP Américas into Enel Américas by a large majority, allowing the latter to control and consolidate the ownership of the renewable energy business and generation assets that Enel Green Power develops and owns in Central and South America (except Chile).
The merger was effective as of April 1, 2021. Delisting on the New York Stock Exchange and Deregistration with the SEC. On May 31, 2022, the intention to delist the stock from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and deregister Enel Américas with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was announced. The ADRs were delisted on June 20 from the NYSE and after a month of trading on the Over the Counter (OTC) market, the ADR program was officially cancelled on July 21, 2022. On November 2, 2022, a Form 15F was filed with the SEC, formally requesting the deregistration of the company from the SEC. This process was completed and was informed through an essential fact on February 1, 2023.
Asset rotation policy
On June 9, 2022, a share purchase agreement was signed with ENEVA S.A., through which Enel Brasil sold 100% of the shares issued by CGTF - Central Geradora Thermoeléctrica Fortaleza S.A. ("Termofortaleza"), a gas-fired generating subsidiary. On August 23, the sale of the asset was completed. This sale was part of the Company's decarbonization policy.
On July 28, 2022, it was announced that Enel Brasil S.A. (a subsidiary of Enel Américas) was receiving expressions of interest for the acquisition of its stake in Enel Distribución Goiás. On September 23, 2022, a purchase and sale agreement was signed with Equatorial Energia S.A., to sell 99.9% of the shares of Enel Distribución Goiás. On December 29, 2022, the disposal of the asset was materialized.
On November 22, 2022, the controller, Enel SpA, published its Strategic Plan 2023-25, where it indicated its intention to sell all its operations in Argentina and Peru, and to sell the distribution company Enel Ceará in Brazil.
To date (March 2023), the sale of Central Costanera and Central Dock Sud, both generating companies in Argentina, has been completed, leaving pending the last generating company El Chocón, and for the distribution business, the company Edesur. The processes of expressions of interest for the assets in the generation and distribution business in Peru have already been initiated, together with the process of Enel Ceará in Brazil.
Stock market information
In Chile, the stock is traded on the following stock exchanges: the Santiago Stock Exchange or "BCS" (Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago) and the Chilean Electronic Stock Exchange or "BEC" (Bolsa Electrónica de Chile). As of December 31, 2022, the BCS and BEC accounted for 93% and 7%, respectively, of the total equity traded in Chile. The market cap as of december 2022 was US$ 14,230 billions.
In the United States, during 2022, 302,209,504 ADSs were traded (through July 20, 2022), equivalent to 15,110,475,200 ordinary shares (1 ADS represented 50 shares).
Enel X
In 2018, it formed Enel X Colombia S.A.S. (“Enel X Colombia”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Codensa. The primary purpose of Enel X Colombia is to focus on public lighting tenders, supplementing the activities of Codensa. They also changed the name of Enel Soluçoes S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enel Brasil, to Enel X Brasil S.A. (“Enel X Brasil”). These companies will develop, implement, and sell products and services that incorporate innovation and cutting-edge technology and are different from selling energy or energy distribution and associated services. These Enel X companies expect to offer turnkey projects for municipalities and other public and governmental entities, industrial or residential customer appliances such as photovoltaic systems, heating ventilation air conditioning, led lighting, projects related to energy efficiency, and the development of public and private electric mobility, and charging infrastructure, in all cases including customers outside of the concession areas.
Sustainability in the core
In December 2022, Enel Américas was once again recognized to integrate the three categories of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index: Emerging Markets, Integrated Market of the Pacific Alliance (MILA) and Chile, having obtained the highest score of 87/100, since its participation. Enel Américas was also highlighted in the FTSE4Good Emerging Index and the FTSE4Good Latin America Markets Index. These indexes are part of the FTSE4Good series and incorporate companies listed on stock exchanges around the world that meet high environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards based on the principles of responsible investment.
Enel Américas achieved its highest score since participating in the global non-profit environmental platform Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), made up of companies from around the world that have been identified as world leaders in their corporate response to climate change. This recognition, obtained with an A- score, acknowledges its actions to reduce emissions, mitigate climate risks and develop a low-carbon economy.
Electric power generation affiliates
Enel Américas has a total installed capacity of 16,116 MW as of December 31, 2022.
In Brazil, Enel Américas participates in electric power generation through Enel Brasil and its affiliates Cachoeira Dourada, Volta Grande and EGP Brazil.
In Colombia, Enel Américas participates in electric power generation through its affiliate Enel Colombia.
In Perú, Enel Américas controls Enel Generación Peru and Enel Generación Piura through Enel Peru S.A.C.
Electric power distribution affiliates
Enel Américas participates in the electric power distribution business in Latin America through the following affiliates:
: Edesur
: Enel Distribución Rio, Enel Distribución Ceará, and Enel Distribución São Paulo
: Enel Colombia
: Enel Distribución Perú
Electric power transmission affiliates
Enel Américas participates in the electric power transmission business through the interconnecting line between Argentina and Brazil. This takes place through Enel Cien, an affiliate of Enel Brasil.
References
1889 establishments in Chile
Companies based in Santiago
Electric power companies of Chile
Enel
Information technology companies of Chile
Energy companies established in 1889
Holding companies established in 1988
Non-renewable resource companies established in 1988
1988 establishments in Chile
Companies listed on the Santiago Stock Exchange
Companies listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange
Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange |
The mimic honeyeater (Microptilotis analogus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
It is widely spread throughout New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
mimic honeyeater
Birds of New Guinea
mimic honeyeater
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach |
Direct-to-garment printing (DTG) is a process of printing on textiles using specialized aqueous ink jet technology. DTG printers typically have a platen designed to hold the garment in a fixed position, and the printer inks are jetted or sprayed onto the textile by the print head.
DTG typically requires that the garment be pre-treated with a PTM or pre-treatment machine, allowing for the following:
Stronger bond between garment fibers and the pigmented inks
Lay down loose fibers to provide a smoother substrate
Chemically reacts with the inks to promote drying and curing
Since this is a digital process, the print is sharper and has a higher resolution, or DPI, than traditional printing methods such as screen printing. However, unlike screen printing, there is no long setup or clean-up process, and DTG has the ability to print just one single shirt for minimal cost.
Printing process
DTG printers use aqueous textile inks (water-based chemistry) that require a unique curing process. Since D2 inks are water-based, they work best for printing on natural fibers such as cotton, bamboo, hemp, and linen. In addition, pre-treatment is typically applied to the garment before printing. The pre-treatment is heat-pressed into the custom t-shirt causing the fibers of the shirt to lay down. The pre-treatment also allows the water-based inks to bond more fully to the garment. This is especially important when using white ink on dark garments.
Once the custom garment -for instance a t-shirt- has been properly pre-treated, the shirt (or garment) is then positioned onto a platten system designed to hold the shirt in place. The shirt is then digitally printed according to the design in the printer queue.
History
Direct-to-garment printing in the United States began in 1996 with the introduction of the first commercially available DTG printer named "Revolution", developed by DIS of Bradenton, Florida, and based on an invention of Matthew Rhome. Rhome had been working on the DTG project for some years and applied for a patent in July 1996. This patent was granted by the US patent office in August 2000 making it the first DTG patent.
The Revolution printer was offered for sale until 1998 when Rhome left the company to start development of the first Brother DTG printer, which came to market in 2005.
After the release of the Revolution printer, there was a lot of development but not much sales activity in the market until 2004 when Mimaki introduced their printer at the ISS show in Chicago, Illinois and, later that year, when Kornit and US Screen displayed their offerings at the SGIA show in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2005, at the ISS Atlantic City show, Brother International introduced the GT-541 Garment Printer to the market making it the first “ground up” DTG printer offered. This printer had print heads, ink, and electronics developed specifically for DTG printing.
At the Chicago PRINT 2013 show Epson introduced the F2000 printer. The release of this printer was notable as it addressed many of the issues prevalent in DTG printing at the time. One of the most important features of the Epson F2000 was its ink set as it had a two-year shelf life and did not have the settling or clogging issues of previously introduced DTG inks.
By May 2019, the North American DTG market was currently valued at over $2.5 billion with a compound annual growth rate of 10.5% through 2021.
References
Textile printing |
Les Cabannes is a railway station in Les Cabannes, Occitanie, France. The station is on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway. The station is served by TER (local) and Intercités de nuit (night) services operated by the SNCF.
Train services
The following services currently call at Les Cabannes:
night service Paris-Pamiers-Foix–Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg
local service (TER Occitanie) Toulouse–Foix–Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg
Bus Services
Bus services depart from the town centre of Les Cabannes towards Ax-les-Thermes, Luzenac, Ussat-les-Bains, Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Mercus-Garrabet, Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat, Montgaillard, Foix, Saint-Jean-de-Verges, Varilhes and Pamiers.
References
Railway stations in Ariège (department)
Railway stations in France opened in 1888 |
In number theory, Glaisher's theorem is an identity useful to the study of integer partitions. Proved in 1883 by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, it states that the number of partitions of an integer into parts not divisible by is equal to the number of partitions in which no part is repeated or more times. This generalizes a result established in 1748 by Leonhard Euler for the case .
Statement
It states that the number of partitions of an integer into parts not divisible by is equal to the number of partitions in which no part is repeated d or more times, which can be written formally as partitions of the form where and .
When this becomes the special case known as Euler's theorem, that the number of partitions of into distinct parts is equal to the number of partitions of into odd parts.
In the following examples, we use the multiplicity notation of partitions. For example, is a notation for the partition 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 3.
Example for d=2 (Euler's theorem case)
Among the 15 partitions of the number 7, there are 5, shown in bold below, that contain only odd parts (i.e. only odd numbers):
If we count now the partitions of 7 with distinct parts (i.e. where no number is repeated), we also obtain 5:
The partitions in bold in the first and second case are not the same, and it is not obvious why their number is the same.
Example for d=3
Among the 11 partitions of the number 6, there are 7, shown in bold below, that contain only parts not divisible by 3:
And if we count the partitions of 6 with no part that repeats more than 2 times, we also obtain 7:
Proof
A proof of the theorem can be obtained with generating functions. If we note the number of partitions with no parts divisible by d and the number of partitions with no parts repeated more than d-1 times, then the theorem means that for all n . The uniqueness of ordinary generating functions implies that instead of proving that for all n, it suffices to prove that the generating functions of and are equal, i.e. that .
Each generating function can be rewritten as infinite products (with a method similar to the infinite product of the partition function) :
(i.e. the product of terms where n is not divisible by d).
If we expand the infinite product for :
we see that each term in the numerator cancels with the corresponding multiple of d in the denominator. What remains after canceling all the numerator terms is exactly the infinite product for .
Hence the generating functions for and are equal.
Rogers-Ramanujan identities
If instead of counting the number of partitions with distinct parts we count the number of partitions with parts differing by at least 2, a further generalization is possible. It was first discovered by Leonard James Rogers in 1894, and then independently by Ramanujan in 1913 and Schur in 1917, in what are now known as the Rogers-Ramanujan identities. It states that:
1) The number of partitions whose parts differ by at least 2 is equal to the number of partitions involving only numbers congruent to 1 or 4 (mod 5).
2) The number of partitions whose parts differ by at least 2 and with the smallest part at least 2 is equal to the number of partitions involving only numbers congruent to 2 or 3 (mod 5).
Example 1
For example, there are only 3 partitions of 7, shown in bold below, into parts differing by at least 2 (note: if a number is repeated in a partition, it means a difference of 0 between two parts, hence the partition is not counted):
And there are also only 3 partitions of 7 involving only the parts 1, 4, 6:
Example 2
For an example of the second statement of the Rogers-Ramanujan identities, we consider partitions of 7 with the further restriction of the smallest part at least 2, and there are only 2, shown in bold below:
And there are also only 2 partitions of 7 involving only the parts 2, 3, 7:
Notes
References
Theorems in number theory
Glaisher family
Integer partitions |
Helmets in cricket were developed in the 20th century.
History
There are recorded instances of cricketers using scarves and padded caps to protect themselves throughout cricket history. Patsy Hendren was one of the first to use a self-designed protective hat in the 1930s. Helmets were not in common use until the 1970s. The first helmets were seen in World Series Cricket, with Dennis Amiss being the first player to consistently wear a helmet which was a customised motorcycle helmet.
Mike Brearley was another player who wore his own design. Tony Greig was of the opinion that they would make cricket more dangerous by encouraging bowlers to bounce the batsmen. Graham Yallop of Australia was the first to wear a protective helmet to a test match on 17 March 1978, when playing against West Indies at Bridgetown. Later Dennis Amiss of England popularised it in Test cricket.
Helmets began to be widely worn thereafter.
The last batsmen at the highest (Test match) level to never wear a helmet throughout his career was Viv Richards, who retired from the international game in 1991. A number of career ending injuries including to Craig Spearman and Craig Kieswetter and research from the England and Wales Cricket Board led to the current improvements seen in modern day helmets.
Modern day cricket helmets
Modern day cricket helmets are made in compliance with the recent safety standards of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and have to conform to the British Standard BS7928:2013.
Materials used for making cricket helmets are impact resistance materials like ABS Plastic, Fibreglass, carbon fibre, titanium, steel and high density foam etc. Main parts of a cricket helmets are grill (made with steel, titanium or carbon fibre), chin strap, inner foam material, outer impact resistant shell etc.
In 2019 new standards for helmets were published British Standards BS7928:2013+A1:2019 This provided the introduction of standards for neck protectors to be worn as part of the head protector. The development, testing, manufacturer and accredited standard was brought in expediently as an additional safety feature, following the tragic death of the Australian international batsmen Phillip Hughes. Neck protectors are worn as an attachment to modern helmets and grilles and cover a vulnerable area at the base of the skull. As of October 2022, England and Wales Cricket Board mandated the use of the additional neck protectors in all instance of batting and close fielding.
Legislation
As of 2023, the ICC has made wearing Of Helmets a must For High-Risk Positions which are: (a) batting against fast or medium faced bowling; (b) wicket-keeping up to the stumps; and (c) fielding in a position closer than seven metres from the batter’s position on the popping crease on a middle stump line (such as short leg or silly point), with the exception of any fielding position behind square of the wicket on the off side.
In all cricket, as of 2016, England requires all batsmen, wicketkeepers and fielders closer than 8 yards from the wicket to wear helmets. This is mandatory even when facing medium-pace and spin bowling.
New Zealand and India do not require batsmen to wear helmets.
Australia requires helmets to be worn by batsmen if facing fast or medium-paced bowling; wicketkeepers if keeping up to the stumps; and all fielders in positions within 7 metres of the batsman, with the exception of any fielding position behind square of the wicket on the off side.
Opposition from players
Many players refused to wear helmets, either believing that they obstructed their vision when batting, or, just as in the similar debate in ice hockey, feeling helmets were unmanly, a view held by many spectators. Englishman Dennis Amiss was the first player to wear a helmet in the modern game, during a World Series Cricket match, for which both the crowd and other players mocked him. Australian captain Graham Yallop was booed when he wore one in a 1978 match against the West Indies (the first time a helmet was worn in a test match) and West Indian captain Viv Richards viewed such protection as cowardly. India captain Sunil Gavaskar believed that helmets slowed down a batsman's reflexes and refused to wear one.
In more recent times, many batsmen have felt that modern helmet designs have become increasingly obstructive. Most notably, England captain Alastair Cook for a time refused to wear a new helmet complying with ICC safety regulations since he felt it was distracting and uncomfortable. His England teammate Jonathan Trott also refused for similar reasons, and teammate Nick Compton (a close friend of Phillip Hughes) felt that the new regulations were overzealous.
Cricket helmet manufacturers
There are a number of cricket helmet manufacturers and brands available. Some of them are Gunn & Moore, Sanspareils Greenlands, and Sareen Sports Industries.
Many professional cricket players choose to wear the Masuri cricket helmet with the brand being worn by approximately 70% of players competing in the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Masuri are also the original inventors of the first neck protector, an additional piece of protective equipment that attaches to the back of the cricket helmet, when they launched their Stem Guard in 2015.
See also
Batting helmet for Baseball or Softball
References
Cricket equipment
Helmets |
The following is a list of mayors of Accra, Ghana.
E. C. Quaye (1958–1962)
Benjamin N. O. Addison (1963 - ?)
G. W. Amarteifio (1970-1972)
S. J. A Mark Okai
A. K. Konuah (1979)
Nat Ashalley-Anthony (1979–1981)
Triumvirate (Enoch T. Mensah, C.S. Botchway, Daniel Osabu-Kle) (1982–1983)
Enoch Teye Mensah (1983–1991)
Nat Nunoo Amarteifio (1994–1998)
Samuel Adoquaye Addo (1998–2000)
Solomon Ofei Darko (2001–2003)
Stanley Nii Adjiri Blankson (2004–2009)
Alfred Oko Vanderpuije (2009–2017)
Mohammed Adjei Sowah (2017–present)
Accra |
```swift
import Envoy
import UIKit
private let kCellID = "cell-id"
private let kRequestAuthority = "api.lyft.com"
private let kRequestPath = "/ping"
private let kRequestScheme = "https"
private let kFilteredHeaders =
["server", "filter-demo", "async-filter-demo", "x-envoy-upstream-service-time"]
final class ViewController: UITableViewController {
private var results = [Result<Response, RequestError>]()
private var timer: Foundation.Timer?
private var streamClient: StreamClient?
private var pulseClient: PulseClient?
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let engine = EngineBuilder()
.setLogLevel(.debug)
.addPlatformFilter(DemoFilter.init)
.addPlatformFilter(BufferDemoFilter.init)
.addPlatformFilter(AsyncDemoFilter.init)
.respectSystemProxySettings(true)
.addNativeFilter(
name: "envoy.filters.http.buffer",
// swiftlint:disable:next line_length
typedConfig: "[type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.buffer.v3.Buffer] { max_request_bytes: { value: 5242880 } }"
)
.setOnEngineRunning { NSLog("Envoy async internal setup completed") }
.addStringAccessor(name: "demo-accessor", accessor: { return "PlatformString" })
.setEventTracker { NSLog("Envoy event emitted: \($0)") }
.build()
self.streamClient = engine.streamClient()
self.pulseClient = engine.pulseClient()
NSLog("started Envoy, beginning requests...")
self.startRequests()
}
deinit {
self.timer?.invalidate()
}
// MARK: - Requests
private func startRequests() {
self.timer = .scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: 1.0, repeats: true) { [weak self] _ in
self?.performRequest()
self?.recordStats()
}
}
private func performRequest() {
guard let streamClient = self.streamClient else {
NSLog("failed to start request - Envoy is not running")
return
}
NSLog("starting request to '\(kRequestPath)'")
// Note: this request should use h2 over TLS for the upstream request.
// The Objective-C example uses http/1.1 over cleartext. This is done on purpose to test
// both paths in end-to-end tests in CI.
let headers = RequestHeadersBuilder(method: .get, scheme: kRequestScheme,
authority: kRequestAuthority, path: kRequestPath)
.build()
streamClient
.newStreamPrototype()
.setOnResponseHeaders { [weak self] headers, _, _ in
let statusCode = headers.httpStatus.map(String.init) ?? "nil"
let message = "received headers with status \(statusCode)"
let headerMessage = headers.caseSensitiveHeaders()
.filter { kFilteredHeaders.contains($0.key) }
.map { "\($0.key): \($0.value.joined(separator: ", "))" }
.joined(separator: "\n")
NSLog(message)
if let filterDemoValue = headers.value(forName: "filter-demo")?.first {
NSLog("filter-demo: \(filterDemoValue)")
}
if let asyncFilterDemoValue = headers.value(forName: "async-filter-demo")?.first {
NSLog("async-filter-demo: \(asyncFilterDemoValue)")
}
let response = Response(message: message,
headerMessage: headerMessage)
self?.add(result: .success(response))
}
.setOnError { [weak self] error, _ in
let message: String
if let attemptCount = error.attemptCount {
message = "failed within Envoy library after \(attemptCount) attempts: \(error.message)"
} else {
message = "failed within Envoy library: \(error.message)"
}
NSLog(message)
self?.add(result: .failure(RequestError(message: message)))
}
.start()
.sendHeaders(headers, endStream: true)
}
private func add(result: Result<Response, RequestError>) {
self.results.insert(result, at: 0)
self.tableView.reloadData()
}
private func recordStats() {
guard let pulseClient = self.pulseClient else {
NSLog("failed to send stats - Envoy is not running")
return
}
let counter = pulseClient.counter(elements: ["foo", "bar", "counter"])
counter.increment()
counter.increment(count: 5)
}
// MARK: - UITableView
override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return self.results.count
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath)
-> UITableViewCell
{
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: kCellID) ??
UITableViewCell(style: .subtitle, reuseIdentifier: kCellID)
let result = self.results[indexPath.row]
switch result {
case .success(let response):
cell.textLabel?.text = response.message
cell.detailTextLabel?.text = response.headerMessage
cell.textLabel?.textColor = .black
cell.detailTextLabel?.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping
cell.detailTextLabel?.numberOfLines = 0
cell.detailTextLabel?.textColor = .black
cell.contentView.backgroundColor = .white
case .failure(let error):
cell.textLabel?.text = error.message
cell.detailTextLabel?.text = nil
cell.textLabel?.textColor = .white
cell.detailTextLabel?.textColor = .white
cell.contentView.backgroundColor = .red
}
return cell
}
}
``` |
The 2015 Christchurch Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Christchurch Borough Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
Background
After the last election in 2011 the Conservatives had a majority on the council with 21 seats, while independents had two seats and there was one Liberal Democrat. However the only Liberal Democrat councillor, Peter Hall of Town Cente ward, defected to the Conservatives in June 2011.
69 candidates stood in 2015 for the 24 seats on the council, including a full slate of 24 from the Conservatives. Labour had 20 candidates and the UK Independence Party 16, up from 11 and 6 respectively in 2011. Other candidates were six from the Green party and three independents, including the two sitting councillors in Jumpers ward, Colin Bungey and Fred Neale. After the Liberal Democrats stood 11 candidates in 2011 they had no candidates in 2015, with the party's candidate for the Christchurch parliamentary constituency saying that the local party "wanted to concentrate on the general election campaign".
Three Conservative councillors, Mike Duckworth, Gillian Geary and Myra Mawbey, stood down at the election. Meanwhile, the election in North Highcliffe and Walkford ward was delayed until June 2015 after the death of one of the candidates.
Election result
The Conservatives remained in control of the council after winning 19 of the 22 seats contested in May. They lost one seat to the UK Independence Party, but retained all of the other seats they had been defending, including both seats in Town Centre ward where Peter Hall held his seat as a Conservative after his defection from the Liberal Democrats in 2011. The UK Independence Party gain came in Grange ward where Janet Abbott was elected and the party got an increased vote share across the council. Meanwhile, the only other seats not won by the Conservatives came in Jumpers where the two independent councillors, Colin Bungey and Fred Neale, held their seats.
The Conservatives also won both seats at the June delayed election in North Highcliffe and Walkford ward.
The above totals include the delayed election in North Highcliffe and Walkford.
Ward results
North Highcliffe and Walkford delayed election
The election in North Highcliffe and Walkford ward take place on 18 June 2015, delayed from 7 May when the rest of the council voted, after the death of Labour candidate Richard Walls. The two seats were won by Conservatives Sally Derham Wilkes and Nick Geary.
References
2015
Christchurch
May 2015 events in the United Kingdom |
James Wilson Aiken (May 26, 1899 – October 31, 1961) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Akron (1936–1938), the University of Nevada (1939–1946), and the University of Oregon (1947–1950), compiling a career college football record of 78–53–5. Aiken was also the head basketball coach at Nevada for a season in 1944–45, tallying a mark of 8–9.
Early years
The son of a farmer, Aiken was born near Wheeling, West Virginia, and later moved to nearby Tiltonsville, Ohio. He attended Martins Ferry High School and was a standout athlete.
Following the First World War, Aiken enrolled at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, and earned four letters in football as an end for the Presidents. He was a senior on the 1921 team under head coach Greasy Neale which played California to a scoreless tie in the Rose Bowl.
High school coach
After graduation from college in 1922, Aiken was a successful high school football coach in Pennsylvania and Ohio, at Findlay High School in Findlay, Ohio, where he won a state championship in 1925, Scott in Toledo (1926–1931), and McKinley in Canton (1932–1935).
College coach
From 1936 to 1938 at Akron, Aiken's teams posted a 19–7–1 record, which is the best mark in school history. From 1939 to 1946, at Nevada in Reno, he posted a 38–26–3 record. He moved to Oregon in 1947, and compiled a 21–20 record. In his first year in Eugene, he led the Ducks to a 7–3 record, followed by an undefeated conference record in 1948 and an appearance in the Cotton Bowl. In those first two seasons, the team was led on the field by quarterback Norm Van Brocklin, a future member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Halfback John McKay, future head coach at USC and the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, transferred from Purdue and was a key member of the 1948 and 1949 teams.
After coaching
After four seasons in Eugene, Aiken resigned as head coach at Oregon in June 1951, and entered the lumber business in Roseburg. Aiken had several mild heart attacks in the late 1950s and was later the athletic director at Roseburg High School. After giving a speech at a sports dinner in 1961 in Medford, he suffered a heart attack and died at age 62.
Head coaching record
College football
Notes
References
External links
1899 births
1961 deaths
Akron Zips football coaches
American football ends
Nevada Wolf Pack athletic directors
Nevada Wolf Pack football coaches
Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball coaches
Oregon Ducks football coaches
Washington & Jefferson Presidents football players
High school football coaches in Ohio
High school football coaches in Pennsylvania
People from Jefferson County, Ohio
People from Martins Ferry, Ohio
Sportspeople from Wheeling, West Virginia
Basketball coaches from Ohio
Coaches of American football from Ohio
Players of American football from Ohio |
Greenside House is an 18th-century residence located in Hackenthorpe, Sheffield, England. The building is estimated to have been built around 1825 and is a Grade II listed building.
History
Prior to the 1930s, Hackenthorpe was a village in north Derbyshire county, however following the war, the city of Sheffield experienced a population boom and the village was incorporated into the city, and in the process moving into the county of South Yorkshire.
Historically the building was the residence of the Staniforth family who operated the Thomas Staniforth & Co Scytheworks between the 1740s and early 20th century. The business was operated out of the workshops next to the residence. The building stayed in the family through to the early 20th century. John Hibbard and his wife Louisa (nee Staniforth) lived in the house in the early 20th century. The house is notable for its unique style with curved frontal brickwork and the evidence of a side workshop.
During the 20th Century the house was the residence of the Waddington family, and later Dr George Pagdin, the village doctor, who was a cousin of the artist Charles Mozley.
See also
Listed buildings in Sheffield
References
Houses completed in 1700
Grade II listed buildings in Sheffield
Country houses in South Yorkshire |
The 2003 Chinese Football Super Cup () was the 9th Chinese Football Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Super League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played at the Wuhu Olympic Park Stadium on 18 January 2004, and contested by league champions Shanghai Shenhua and cup winners Beijing Hyundai. Beijing Hyundai won the title 4–3.
Match details
See also
Chinese Jia-A League 2003
2003 Chinese FA Cup
References
2003 in Chinese football
2003 |
Sylvie Kauffmann (born 30 October 1955) is a French journalist for Agence France-Presse (AFP) and the newspaper Le Monde. She worked for AFP in France in 1979 and as a foreign correspondent from 1980 to 1988. Kauffmann joined Le Monde as Moscow correspondent in 1988 and later Eastern and Central Europe correspondent from 1989 to 1993. She worked in the United States from 1993 to 2001 and Latin America in 2002 and 2003. Kauffman was appointed deputy chief editor of Le Monde in 2003 and covering Southeast Asia as reporter-in-large from 2006 to 2009. In 2010, she was appointed the newspaper's first woman editor-in-chief, serving in the role until 2011.
Early life and education
Kauffmann was born on 30 October 1955 in Marseille, France, to a military doctor. She earned degrees from the Centre de Formation des Journalistes (English: Training Centre for Journalists) in Paris, the Instituts d'études politiques, the Sciences Po Aix, the University of Provence and a degree in Spanish from Bilbao's University of Deusto.
Career
AFP, 1979–1988
In 1979, Kauffmann began her career in journalism as the French desk for the French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP). One year later, she was made a foreign correspondent for the agency, spending 1980 to 1984 in London and 1984 from 1985 in Warsaw, Nouméa in 1985, and then in Moscow between 1986 and 1988, during the period of Glasnost and Perestroika.
Le Monde, 1988–present
Kauffmann joined Le Monde as its Moscow correspondent in 1988. The following year, she was made Eastern and Central Europe correspondent, covering the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the political changes of Eastern Europe's new democracies converting to a market economy.
Kauffmann was moved by Le Monde to the United States in 1993, serving as Washington correspondent, until she was made New York Bureau Chief in 1996, serving in the position until 2001. According to The New York Times, Kauffman's "coverage of the United States was considered particularly objective and admirable, given the ambivalent relationship France has often had with the United States", observing the Presidency of Bill Clinton and the emergence of the Internet. In 1998 and 1999, she participated in the French-American Foundation's Young Leaders programme. She returned to Paris in 2001 but was sent back to New York later in the year to cover the Aftermath of the September 11 attacks as reporter-as-large. Kauffman's article collection of the attacks entitled Chronicle of America at War earned her the Prix AFRI-Thucydide international journalism award. From 2002 to 2003, she travelled to Latin America to cover the Argentine financial crisis, the election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as President of Brazil and Hugo Chávez's presidency in Venezuela.
In 2003, Kauffmann returned to Le Monde's Paris headquarters and became part of the editorial team when she was appointed deputy chief editor, becoming responsible for the newspaper's major reporters, and leading its in-depth reporting section. She continued in the role until 2004, when she was made managing editor of the newspaper until 2006. Kauffman was then made correspondent and reporter-at-large for Le Monde based in Singapore, covering Southeast Asia, Burma, the Philippines, China and India with a weekly column.
Éric Fottorino asked her in late 2009 to consider an improved articulation of information for the newspaper and its website. Kauffmann was appointed editor-in-chief of Le Monde by Fottorino on 18 January 2010, succeeding Alain Frachon whose two-year term in the position had ended in 2009 and becoming the first woman to hold the post. During her tenure as executive director, she indicated her desire to improve the print newspaper and website, transforming Le Monde into “the paper that never sleeps.” Kauffmann also oversaw the collaboration of WikiLeaks with El Pais, The Guardian and The New York Times. In 2011, she was one of 13 candidates to apply for the position of director of Le Monde. Although the newspaper staff supported Kauffmann's candidacy, the owners Pierre Bergé, Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse and a selection committee rejected her and appointed Érik Izraelewicz as director of Le Monde.
Kauffmann left the post of editor-in-chief soon after, but remained at Le Monde as an editor. Kauffmann contributes to the opinion pages of The New York Times International Edition, the Financial Times, and regularly appears on the France Culture radio programme L'Esprit public.
Other activities
Corporate boards
Google, Member of the Advisory Council
Non-profit organizations
Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Member of the Strategic Committee
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Member of the Advisory Board
AFP Foundation, Member of the Board
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member of the Council
European Press Prize, Member of the Panel of Judges
Transatlantic Leadership Network, Member of the Council of Advisors
Trilateral Commission, Member of the European Group
Personal life
Kauffmann is married to the ambassador Pierre Buhler.
References
External links
1955 births
Writers from Marseille
Sciences Po Aix alumni
University of Provence alumni
University of Deusto alumni
20th-century French journalists
21st-century French journalists
20th-century French women writers
21st-century French women writers
Agence France-Presse journalists
Le Monde writers
The New York Times columnists
American women columnists
French newspaper editors
Living people
21st-century American women |
"Street Runner" is a song by American rapper Rod Wave, released on March 10, 2021 as the lead single from his third studio album SoulFly (2021). It was produced by Karltin Bankz, LondnBlue and TnTXD, and samples "Mixed Signals" by Ruth B. The song peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Street Runner" inspired the design of a video game of the same name, which Rod Wave launched in a collaboration with Krool Toys to promote the song on March 17, 2021. According to Wave, "Street Runner" is a personal song about the sacrifices I made to pursue this career that I have now. All while never forgetting about the family and loved ones I'm doing it for. This video game brings my story to life beyond the music."
Composition
In the song, Rod Wave reflects on a relationship that he did not have time for, and the "success and chaos" his career has brought him. He sings about having achieved his dreams but still missing someone. The song ends with a voicemail message from a woman “Mallary B.” who tells Wave that she loves and misses him.
Critical reception
Erika Marie of HotNewHipHop called the song "an introspective single that shows the rapper is more focused on building his brands than having a good time".
Music video
The music video was released alongside the single, and was directed and shot by Rod Wave, Yawn Rico and Eye 4 Production. It starts with the announcement of the release date of his then-upcoming album SoulFly before showing Wave's life of touring, taking flights, performing concerts, and filming music videos, while missing the woman he likes.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
2021 singles
2021 songs
Rod Wave songs
Songs written by Rod Wave |
Dan Demole (born 1979) is an American entrepreneur, co-founder and Co-CEO of the music company Slip.stream. He is the former co-founder and COO of Jingle Punks Music. He has been featured in Billboard, Variety, and Business Week.
Prior to starting his first company Jingle Punks Music, he spent two years traveling in Africa, Asia, Australia and Central America before landing in New York city. Originally from Florida, Demole worked for L-3 Communications and Electronic Arts and was a graduate of the University of Central Florida, receiving a BS degree in computer science.
Jingle Punks
Dan Demole started Jingle Punks Music with musician and television editor Jared Gutstadt after meeting at a Black Keys concert in Brooklyn, New York. Within months of launching the company, they released their platform, "The Jingle Player". Developed by Demole with industry knowledge input from Gutstadt, it helped them differentiate themselves quickly from their competitors. The web-based music player was built on proprietary, patented technology that provided targeted music selections for licensing purposes. With a catalog of nearly 500k songs, it forms one of the largest publishing libraries in the world.
In late 2012, talent agency William Morris Endeavor acquired a majority stake in Jingle Punks, aiming to cultivate synergies across their music and entertainment verticals. Only two years later, the company was again sold to ole Music Publishing (now Anthem Entertainment) in March 2015, after growing its revenue from $5 million in 2011 to more than $18 million in 2014. Demole served as the Managing Director of Jingle Punks in their Tribeca office in New York City before being promoted to Global President, Anthem Production Music Group in 2019.
Slip.stream
In 2021, he founded a new music licensing business, Slip.stream, along with co-founders David Carson and Jesse Korwin. The company raised $3.25m of venture funding from Third Prime Capital, LightShed Ventures, Operator Partners, and Dash Fund. Six time grammy winning artist and producer T-Pain joined the Slip.stream Advisory board and also released his collection of royalty free music, The Pizzle Pack 3, through the company in October 2021.
Slip.stream raised $7.5m in May 2022 from investors Sony Music Entertainment, Third Prime, and Lightshed Ventures. “We’ve long believed that the music industry was ready to explore innovative models addressing creators and streamers’ need for quality music in their content. This funding round along with our new partners is validation of this belief. It’s a win and a step in the right direction for creators and musicians everywhere," Dan was quoted as saying in Music Business Worldwide.
Slip.stream currently has a library of 65,000 royalty free tracks for complimentary personal use.
References
External links
Slip.stream
Anthem Entertainment
Jingle Punks Music
1979 births
Living people
American entertainment industry businesspeople
University of Central Florida alumni
American chief executives |
Borowe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Narewka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-east of Narewka, north-east of Hajnówka, and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.
It is in one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish.
References
Borowe |
Thomas Edward Ishee (born 1965) is a United States Navy vice admiral who serves as the commander of the United States Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO. He previously served as the director of operations of the United States Strategic Command from August 3, 2020 to July 2022.
Military career
In May 2022, Ishee was nominated for promotion to vice admiral and assignment as commander of the United States Sixth Fleet.
References
External links
|-
1965 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
University of Georgia alumni
Cockrell School of Engineering alumni
United States submarine commanders
Air War College alumni
United States Navy admirals |
Yvan Martel (born January 5, 1970) is a French mathematician.
Education and career
Martel matriculated in 1989 at the École Polytechnique and graduated there in 1992 with an undergraduate degree and in 1993 with a Diplôme d'études approfondies (DEA) in nonlinear analysis and numerical analysis. At Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) he graduated in 1996 with Thèse de Doctorat (PhD) under the supervision of Thierry Cazenave. At the Cergy-Pontoise University, Martel habilitated in 2000 with advisor Jean Ginibre.
Martel's research deals with partial differential equations from mathematical physics, especially solitons. He has collaborated extensively with Frank Merle.
Martel was a Maître de conférences at Cergy-Pontoise University from 1997 to 2004, on leave at École Polytechnique as a full-time associate professor (Professeur chargé de cours à temps complet) from 2002 to 2004. From 2004 to 2012 he was a part-time associate professor (Professeur chargé de cours à temps incomplet) at École Polytechnique and a professor at Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University. He was the director of the laboratoire de mathématiques de Versailles (UVSQ/CNRS UMR8100) from 2008 to 2012 and the director of the Centre de mathématiques Laurent-Schwartz (CMLS) from 2012 to 2017. Since 2012 he is a professor at École Polytechnique at CMLS.
In 2008 Martel was an invited speaker at the European Congress of Mathematics in Amsterdam. From 2008 to 2012, he was a junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. In 2011 he gave a one-hour lecture at the Rivière-Fabes symposium in Minneapolis. In 2018 he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro.
Selected publications
References
External links
Yvan Martel, CNRS home page
1970 births
Living people
20th-century French mathematicians
21st-century French mathematicians
École Polytechnique alumni
Pierre and Marie Curie University alumni
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The True Adventures of Wolfboy is a 2019 American coming-of-age film directed by Martin Krejčí and written by Olivia Dufault. The film stars Jaeden Martell, Chris Messina, Eve Hewson, Chloë Sevigny, John Turturro, Nick Pulinski, and introduces Sophie Giannamore as Artistiana. It tells the story of a teenage boy with hypertrichosis who leaves home to find his mother while befriending a "mermaid" transgender girl.
It had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on July 2, 2019, and was released on October 30, 2020, by Vertical Entertainment.
Premise
A teenage boy named Paul Harker (Jaeden Martell) has a skin condition that causes his skin to grow werewolf-like fur and hair all around it. He runs away from home and his father Denny (Chris Messina) in the search for his estranged mother. After a brief stint with the exploiting amusement park owner Mr. Silk (John Turturro) in order to fund his travels, Paul befriends a "mermaid" transgender girl and an aspiring singer named Aristiana (Sophie Giannamore) who becomes his companion as Denny, Mr. Silk, and Detective Pollok (Michelle Wilson) each pursue him.
Cast
Jaeden Martell as Paul Harker, a boy with hypertrichosis.
Sophie Giannamore as Aristiana, a "mermaid" transgender girl and aspiring singer who befriends Paul.
Chris Messina as Denny Harker, Paul's father who sets out to find his son when he goes missing.
Eve Hewson as Rose, a bar patron in an eyepatch who knows Aristiana and later joins Paul in his journey.
Chloë Sevigny as Jen, Paul's estranged mother.
John Turturro as Mr. Silk, an amusement park owner who exploits Paul's condition for money and later tracks him across the country.
Nick Pulinski as Percy, the leader of Paul's bullies from school.
Michelle Wilson as Pollok, a detective who helps Denny find Paul.
Stephen McKinley Henderson as Nicholas, Paul's estranged grandfather who lives with Jen and also suffers from hypertrichosis.
Melissa Mandisa as Aristiana's Mother, an ignorant yet concerned parent.
JJ Alfieri as Gas Station Clerk
Bill Smith and Joshua R. Aragon as the Carnival Patrons
Bob Rusch and Greg Hinaman as the Clowns
Margo Davis as Mom
Kristy Nolen as Percy's Mom
Sheri Fairchild as Jezebel the Laughing Clown
Mikey Tenerelli as Hairy Larry
Colin Patrick Farrell as Buck, one of Paul's bullies who serves as Percy's yes-men.
Production
Principal photography for the film began in mid-September 2017 in the Buffalo Niagara Region.
Release
It had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on July 2, 2019. In September 2020, Vertical Entertainment acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film. They released it on October 30, 2020.
Critical reception
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's critics' consensus reads, "The True Adventures of Wolfboy can be frustratingly uneven, but a worthy story and compassion for its characters help make this coming-of-age story's flaws easy to forgive." Albert Nowicki of Filmawka called the film "charming", and believed it should be applauded for its inclusion of both the transgender character (Aristiana) and trans actress (Sophie Giannamore).
Accolades
The True Adventures of Wolfboy was nominated for the 2021 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film (Limited Release).
References
External links
2010s coming-of-age films
2019 films
American coming-of-age films
American teen LGBT-related films
Films about trans women
2010s English-language films
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Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung GBS CBE JP (, born 26 January 1952 in Tokyo, Japan), also known as Raymond Ch'ien, is a Hong Kong businessman and former politician. "Ch'ien Kuo-fung" literally translates to "money + fruit + abundance" in Chinese.
Career
He is director of The Wharf Ltd. and HSBC; former non-executive chairman of MTR Corporation Limited until 2015 and chairman of CDC Corporation. He was a director of HSBC Holdings until 2007, when he became Chairman of Hang Seng Bank.
He chairs the Advisory Committee on Corruption of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Chairman of the Hong Kong/European Union Business Cooperation Committee, and is a Hong Kong member of the APEC Business Advisory Council. He was also a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 1992 to June 2002 under both British Administration and HKSAR. He was the chairman of St Stephen's College Council.
In January 2013, he was re-appointed MTR Corporation Chairman. He held this position until December 2015.
Honours
He was appointed the Justice of the Peace in 1993; named Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1994 and awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star Medal in 1999.
References
External links
http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/investrelation/governance.php
1952 births
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
Hong Kong bankers
Hong Kong chief executives
Hang Seng Bank
HSBC people
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The Wharf (Holdings)
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Rachel Lee Brand (born May 1, 1973) is an American lawyer, academic, and former government official. She served as the United States Associate Attorney General from May 22, 2017, until February 20, 2018, when she resigned to take a job as head of global corporate governance at Walmart. Brand was the first woman to serve as Associate Attorney General. She also served as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy in the George W. Bush administration and was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Prior to becoming Associate Attorney General, Brand was an associate professor at Antonin Scalia Law School.
Early life and education
Brand was born in Muskegon, Michigan, and raised in Pella, Iowa, where she attended Pella Christian High School. Brand studied at the University of Minnesota Morris from 1991 to 1995, graduating with high distinction and honors with a Bachelor of Arts in political science.
She then attended Harvard Law School, where she was deputy editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. She graduated in 1998 with a J.D. cum laude. After graduating, Brand clerked for Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Charles Fried in 1998–1999 and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in 2002–2003. In 1999, she also served as General Counsel for Elizabeth Dole's presidential exploratory committee. From 1999 to 2000, Brand worked at the firm Cooper, Carvin, & Rosenthal, now known as Cooper & Kirk.
Career
Bush administration (2000–2007)
Brand was part of the legal team representing George W. Bush during the 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida, and also served briefly as associate counsel in Bush's transition team. Brand later served as President Bush's assistant counsel and associate counsel. Beginning in 2003, she served as an Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy in the George W. Bush administration where she helped shepherd the Supreme Court nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Brand's portfolio also included shaping the administration's position on reauthorization of the Patriot Act, in which capacity she testified before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the benefits of using administrative subpoenas in terrorism investigations.
During her tenure at the Justice Department, Brand was tangentially involved in the controversy surrounding Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's dismissal of several United States Attorneys. She was floated by the department's leadership as a top candidate to replace Margaret Chiara, who was ousted as part of the purge. Brand ultimately declined the position, however, and resigned from the Department of Justice in June 2007.
After leaving the Justice Department, Brand worked for three years at WilmerHale. In 2008, John McCain, then a candidate for the Republican Party's presidential nomination, named Brand to his Justice Advisory Committee, which would have recommended judicial nominees to McCain were he elected.
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (2012–2017)
In 2012, Brand was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB). She was confirmed on August 2, 2012 to a term ending January 29, 2017.
Brand dissented from several recommendations included in the PCLOB's 2014 report on NSA's bulk metadata collection program under section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. She declined to join in the Board's view that the program was illegal as a statutory matter and argued that, in policy terms, it struck a justifiable balance between privacy and national security and, as such, should not be discontinued. The Board, for its part, had recommended the program's termination.
Associate Attorney General (2017–2018)
On February 1, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Brand to be United States Associate Attorney General. Her appointment was confirmed 52–46 by the U.S. Senate on May 18, 2017, and she was sworn in on May 22, 2017.
The reauthorization of the 702 section of the surveillance law was a job assignment of the subject according to CNN. Combating human trafficking was one of Brand's stated priorities as Associate Attorney General. At the Department of Justice, Brand authored a memorandum entitled "Limiting Use of Agency Guidance Documents In Affirmative Civil Enforcement Cases," which was called the "Brand memo". The document forbade DOJ litigators from bringing enforcement actions based on unenforceable guidance documents.
On February 9, 2018, The New York Times reported that Brand, along with her assistant Currie Gunn, had resigned from the Justice Department. The New York Times reported that Brand oversaw "a wide swath of the Justice Department" and helped lead the department's effort to extend Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act that "authorizes the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program."
Walmart
On February 12, 2018, NBC News reported that Brand quit the Justice Department over fear she might be asked to oversee the Russia probe and had taken a position with Walmart as executive vice president of global governance and corporate secretary. As executive vice president of global governance, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary, Brand is in charge of the legal department, global ethics, compliance, and investigations.
Other professional activities
Brand has served as Chief Counsel for Regulatory Litigation at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. As Chief Counsel with the Chamber, Brand was on the brief for respondent Noel Canning in the landmark Supreme Court decision NLRB v. Noel Canning.
Brand formerly served as the chairman of the Federalist Society's Litigation Practice Group and as co-chair of the American Bar Association Administrative Law Section's Government Information and Right to Privacy Committee.
Policy positions
In 2015, Brand expressed support for revised guidelines issued by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, arguing that they represented a welcome shift in the intelligence community away from what she termed its historical "reflexive secrecy." She has also suggested that the National Security Agency ought to develop a set of guidelines beyond the Fair Information Practice Principles, which she alleges are insufficient in the intelligence-gathering context, to govern its own approach to privacy.
In a 2008 publication for The Heritage Foundation, Brand argued against, and proposed various solutions to, what she termed the "over-federalization" of criminal law in the United States.
See also
List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 1)
References
External links
US Department of Justice biography
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Ahmed Majan (born 1963) is an Emirati inventor. He has been called the "Emirati Edison" by Gulf News, Jahangir’s World Times, Mena Report, Emirates 24/7, and the Emirati government. Majan is a retired army major in the UAE Armed Forces who obtained an engineering degree in Greece.
One of his inventions, a "smart saddle" for racehorse training, contains solar-powered electronic devices that measure the heart rate of the animal being trained, the rider's weight, a compass and a location tracker, a device to cool the animal's body temperature during exercise in warm climates, and a hidden camera.
, his inventions have won a total of fourteen awards at the British Invention Show (British Inventors Society) in London (2013, six medals), the International Trade Fair for Ideas, Inventions and New Products (IENA) in Nuremberg (2014, four medals), and the International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva (2015, four medals). He is in the Guinness Book of World Records for building the world's largest bicycle.
He was one of 43 people to be awarded the Medal of Top Emiratis by the Vice President of the UAE in 2014.
References
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Living people
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Rosocha is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Będków, within Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of Będków, north-west of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and south-east of the regional capital Łódź.
References
Villages in Tomaszów Mazowiecki County |
Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans can refer to:
A 2003 Horrible Histories book
Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans (video game), a 2009 video game
Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans (stage show), a 2013 stage show |
Calliandra foliolosa is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae.
References
Germplasm Resources Information Network: Calliandra
foliolosa |
Hull is a city in Madison County, Georgia, United States. The population was 230 at the 2020 census, up from 198 in 2010.
History
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Hull as a town in 1905. The community most likely was named after Reverend Hope Hull, a Methodist Church leader.
Geography
Hull is located in southwestern Madison County at (34.013201, -83.294470). It is bordered to the southwest by Clarke County (the city of Athens).
Georgia State Route 72 passes through the center of town, leading southwest to the center of Athens and east-northeast to Colbert.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.31%, are water. The city sits on a ridge which is drained to the north by South Creek and to the south by Sulphur Spring Branch, both part of the watershed of the South Fork of the Broad River and of the Savannah River basin.
Hull is known as "The Well City", from a long-standing water well in the center of town.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 160 people, 70 households, and 42 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 78 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 86.88% White, 8.12% African American, 0.62% Native American, 4.38% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.00% of the population.
There were 70 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.6% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.84.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $30,417. Males had a median income of $25,625 versus $19,792 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,942. About 18.9% of families and 20.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 33.3% of those 65 or over.
References
Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cities in Madison County, Georgia
Athens – Clarke County metropolitan area |
Islington was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London, England. It was an ancient parish within the county of Middlesex, and formed part of The Metropolis from 1855. The parish was transferred to the County of London in 1889 and became a metropolitan borough in 1900. It was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury to form the London Borough of Islington in Greater London in 1965.
Geography
The borough comprised the districts of Pentonville (also partly in Clerkenwell/Finsbury), Islington (also partly in Clerkenwell/Finsbury), Barnsbury, Lower Holloway, Holloway, Tufnell Park (also partly in St Pancras), Archway, Highbury, and Canonbury.
The neighbouring boroughs were Finsbury, Hackney, Stoke Newington, Shoreditch, St Pancras.
Governance
The parish of St Mary Islington operated as an open vestry. It was added to the bills of mortality area in 1636. The vestry was incorporated by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 as an administrative vestry in the metropolitan area managed by Metropolitan Board of Works. On 21 March 1889 the MBW was abolished and the parish was transferred from the County of Middlesex to the newly formed County of London. Because of the reforms directed by the London Government Act 1899, on 1 November 1900 the old parish was abolished and replaced by the Metropolitan Borough of Islington. The act allowed for the London County Council (1889-1965) and the metropolitan boroughs to transfer powers to and from each other, if both the county council and a majority of the boroughs agreed. Unlike municipal boroughs which received a grant of a charter of incorporation, the London metropolitan boroughs had no charters, being created by act of parliament.
The first election of councillors was set for 1 November 1900, with a third of the councillors going out of office each year. The borough was divided into wards, with three councillors for each ward. There were aldermen at a ratio of one to every six councillors. The chairman of the council received the title of mayor.
Services
The vestry started work on an electricity supply service at Eden Grove in 1894, which became operational in 1896. New streets were lit with electric light from 1906. In 1936 electricity showrooms were opened at the corner of Holloway Road and Camden Road. The electric supply service became part of the London Electricity Board following the Electricity Act 1947.
Poor law
It was a local act parish so it did not come under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 and the vestry continued to be responsible for poor relief, instead of a separately elected board of guardians. This anomaly was rectified by the Metropolitan Poor Act 1867. The parish was large enough in terms of population to avoid being grouped into a poor law union and remained a single parish for this purpose.
Town Hall
Islington Town Hall on Upper Street was the headquarters of Metropolitan Borough of Islington and remains the headquarters of its successor body, Islington London Borough Council.
Population and area
The metropolitan borough was conterminous with the Vestry authority, when it was formed in 1900. Statistics compiled by the London County Council, in 1901 show the population growth in London, over the preceding century.
The area of the borough in 1901 was . The populations recorded in National Censuses were:
Islington Vestry 1801–1899
Metropolitan Borough 1900–1961
By comparison, after amalgamation with Finsbury, to form the modern London Borough of Islington, the combined area became ; in 2005, this had a population of 182,600, or a population density of 12,288/km2. In 1901 Islington the population density was 26,778/km2.
Archival records
Islington Local History Centre holds records of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, including council and committee minutes, rate books and publications.
Politics
Under the Metropolis Management Act 1855 any parish that exceeded 2,000 ratepayers was to be divided into wards; as such the incorporated vestry of St Mary Islington was divided into six wards (electing vestrymen): No. 1 or Upper Holloway (9), No. 2 or Lower Holloway (12), No. 3 or Highbury (15), No. 4 or Thornhill (18), No. 5 or Barnsbury (18), No. 6 or St Mary's (15), No. 7 or Canonbury (15) and No. 8 or St Peter's (18).
In 1896 as its population had increased the incorporated vestry was re-divided into eleven wards (electing vestrymen): No. 1 or Tufnell (12), No. 2 or Upper Holloway (12), No. 3 or Tollington (9), No. 4 or Lower Holloway (15), No. 5 or West Highbury (15), No. 6 or East Highbury (12), No. 7 or Thornhill (9), No. 8 or Barnsbury (6), No. 9 or St Mary's (9), No. 10 or Canonbury (9) and No. 11 or St Peter's (12).
The metropolitan borough was divided into eleven wards for elections: Barnsbury, Canonbury, Highbury, Lower Holloway, Mildmay, St Mary, St Peter, Thornhill, Tollington, Tufnell and Upper Holloway.
Borough council
Parliament constituency
For elections to Parliament, the borough was divided into four constituencies:
Islington East
Islington North
Islington South
Islington West
In 1950 the borough's representation was reduced to three seats:
Islington East
Islington North
Islington South West
See also
Finsbury Town Hall
Metropolis Management Act 1855
London Government Act 1899
London Government Act 1963
London Borough of Islington
References
Further reading
Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London
History of the London Borough of Islington
Politics of the London Borough of Islington
1900 establishments in the United Kingdom
1965 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
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Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa (24 July 1935 – 23 November 2011) worked for Goldman Sachs International as an international advisor. He also served on the boards of directors of Interbolsa, S.A., Gerdau-Dicao, S.A. and Trident Gold SAS.
His distinguished political career in Colombia included terms as vice president, Minister of Public Works and Transport, minister for economic development, minister of mining and energy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and minister of the interior. He also served as the 22nd Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, in New York.
Jaramillo earned a civil engineering degree from National University of Colombia in Medellin and also studied at the London School of Economics.
Personal life
He was born on 24 July 1935 in Barranquilla, the first-born son of Mario Jaramillo Echaverria and Helvia Correa Mejía. In 1966, he married Gladys Corredor Morales in Bogotá, and together they had three children: Luis, Mario, and Mónica.
He died on 23 November 2011 in Bogota.
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Wendell Eugene (October 12, 1923 – November 7, 2017) was an American jazz musician from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a popular trombonist on the New Orleans jazz scene and recorded with artists such as Lionel Ferbos, Harold Dejan, and Kermit Ruffins. He was for a time the oldest active jazz musician in New Orleans.
Early life
Eugene was born to Homer and Apha Eugene on October 12, 1923, and is the youngest of five brothers. He grew up in a family of musicians including his brother Homer Eugene, his cousin Clement Tervalon, and uncle Albert Burbank. His curiosity about music began at the age of 10 when his parents bought him a graphanola. He said he would wind it up and play The Peanut Vendor and Ramona. He received his first trombone at the age of 13 from his brother Homer after mentioning that he wanted to start playing an instrument. As a kid he learned from other New Orleans musicians, but also listened and learned from Big Band Music as well as trombonist J. J. Johnson. While still in high school, he joined the musician's union at 15 and began playing with a variety of New Orleans Jazz Legends. As a teenager, Eugene performed with Avery "Kid" Howard as well as performers and band leaders such as Papa Celestin, George Lewis, Papa French, Paul Barbarin, Louis Cottrell Jr., Willie Humphrey, Don Albert, and Kid Thomas Valentine.
Military career
Eugene joined the United States Navy during World War II and was recruited to play with the U.S. Navy Marching and Concert Band while stationed at Port Chicago, California. He played with the band throughout his four-year enlistment and also played with Louis Armstrong during a 1943 USO event. At the time, Armstrong was short a trombonist and asked Eugene to fill in. Eugene was quoted in The Times-Picayune as saying, "I got up there and did the best I could. I'll never forget it."
Music career
Eugene returned to New Orleans after his military career. He began playing with famous bands from New York City and Chicago and also toured with Lucky Millender and Buddy Johnson. Instead of leaving his family to tour, Eugene stayed close to home, working at the United States Post Office. During that time he continued playing with local band leaders such as Papa Celestin and Papa French. Eugene traveled and toured when he could, sometimes joining the Olympia Brass Band, the Tuxedo Brass Band, and the Onward Brass Band. Although limited in travel due to work obligations, Eugene was still able to sit with several renowned musical groups such as Lionel Hampton and The Temptations. He retired from the Post Office in 1979 and began to pursue his music career full-time.
Eugene is also a writer and composer. In 1978, he wrote, produced, and recorded the album West Indies Blues which was initially released by 504 Records and re-released by the Louisiana Music Factory in 2005. Eugene has played and taught music for more than 72 years, including teaching trombone and dance orchestra instruments at the Grunewald School of Music. Some of his most notable performances include playing at Super Bowl IV in New Orleans in 1970 with the Onward Brass Band. He also played at the first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 1970. In 2012 he played with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for their 50th anniversary performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, He also played at 2012 New Orleans Jazz Festival with then 100-year-old Lionel Ferbos.
Wendell Eugene died on 7 November 2017.
Discography
Personal life
Eugene has four daughters, one grandchild, and three great grandchildren.
References
External links
Wendell Eugene album credits at AllMusic.com
1923 births
2017 deaths
American jazz trombonists
Male trombonists
Jazz musicians from New Orleans
American male jazz musicians
Olympia Brass Band members |
Oliver Tree Nickell (born June 29, 1993) is an American musician. Born in Santa Cruz, California, Tree signed to Atlantic Records in 2017 after his song "When I'm Down" went viral and released his debut studio album Ugly Is Beautiful in 2020. He achieved international recognition with his songs "Life Goes On" in 2021, and "Miss You" in 2022. He released his second studio album Cowboy Tears on February 18, 2022, and his third studio album Alone in a Crowd was released on September 29, 2023.
Early life
Tree was born on June 29, 1993, in Santa Cruz, California. He has said he took "piano lessons at three years old, [began] songwriting the next year, and [had] an album written by age six."
Tree studied business at San Francisco State University for two years.
Career
2010–2016: Early career and hiatus
Tree launched his solo recording career as "Tree" in 2010. By then, he had made presentations for performances such as Skrillex and Zeds Dead. He initially self-released his music, releasing an album called "Splitting Branches" in early 2013, but signed with R&S Records later that year. He sang and played guitar in a ska band called Irony, which was his first experience performing. Under the pseudonym "Kryph" he released his second album of the same name in 2014, and produced dubstep for a brief period of time, as well as performing at music festivals such as Wobbleland 2011 in San Francisco. He mainly released music under the pseudonym "Tree".
At age 20, Tree signed up with the London-based R&S Records and released his debut EP, Demons in August 2013. The EP gained some recognition after Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke approved of his cover of their song "Karma Police". Tree eventually found himself on hiatus as he went back to school, studying music technology at the California Institute of the Arts.
2016–2018: Return to music and Alien Boy
In March 2016, Tree returned to music, being featured on the song “Forget It” by Getter, a part of his EP, Radical Dude!
In November of that year, he made his first television debut, performing with Getter on Last Call with Carson Daly.
Shortly after the release of "When I'm Down" by Whethan featuring Oliver in October 2016, Tree signed to Atlantic Records and a month later, graduated from the California Institute of the Arts.
Tree often writes, acts, and directs sketches in comedy videos, and has worked with companies such as Fuck Jerry.
He released his debut single as Oliver Tree “Welcome to LA” on May 26, 2017, accompanied by another single, “All I Got”.
In February 2018, Tree released his major-label debut EP, Alien Boy, along with the double music video for "All That x Alien Boy". Tree wrote and directed the debut, which took over nine months to create. He spent five months practicing freestyle monster truck jumping at the Perris Auto Speedway and performed all his stunts in the music video.
Tree has played at major festivals such as Lollapalooza and Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, and performed as a special guest at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival where he was subsequently named on LA Weeklys "The Best (and Weirdest) Fashion at Coachella" list in 2017.
He was the supporting act on Louis the Child's Last to Leave Tour (2017) and Skizzy Mars' Are You OK? Tour (2018), and was scheduled to join Lil Dicky and DJ Mustard on the Life Lessons Tour Fall 2018 before it was canceled. Tree toured North America and Europe with Hobo Johnson in 2018.
2018–2020: Ugly Is Beautiful and singles
Throughout 2018 and 2019, Tree released singles that would make an appearance on his debut album, Ugly Is Beautiful. On December 7, 2018, Tree released his second music video, "Hurt", a single from the album. He travelled to Ukraine to film the video, which he wrote and co-directed with Brendan Vaughan, an up-and-coming music video director. On April 11, 2019, Tree released a standalone single, "Fuck", with the music video being released on the same day.
His fourth music video and single, "Miracle Man", was released on June 7, 2019, with the video reaching 1.3 million views on the first day of release. Tree released his second EP, Do You Feel Me? on August 2, 2019, in which the song “Introspective” would make an appearance on the album. The EP gained generally positive reviews.
On December 6, 2019, Tree released "Cash Machine", a single accompanied by a music video. Together with the single, Tree announced his debut album, Ugly Is Beautiful, and announced that the album would be released on March 27, 2020. On March 25, 2020, Tree posted a message to his Twitter page, stating that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ugly Is Beautiful would not be released on time. However, on May 19, the album's official release date was revealed to be June 12.
On April 7, 2020, he released a sixth song from the album, “Let Me Down” along with a music video.
On May 16, 2020, Tree set the Guinness World Record for the world's largest kick scooter, which he later uploaded a video of himself riding on in July 2020. 10 days later, he released his last single before the album, titled “Bury Me Alive” having a music video as well.
On June 8, 2020, Tree announced his decision to delay Ugly Is Beautiful yet again, this time to July 17. He stated that, because of the issues of racism and police violence against black people going on during that time after the murder of George Floyd, he "did not believe it was an appropriate time" to release the album when "much bigger things" deserved attention. On July 17, 2020, Ugly Is Beautiful was released.
2021–2022: Deluxe version of Ugly Is Beautiful, collaboration with Little Big, Cowboy Tears, critical recognition and Cowboy Tears Deluxe
Despite claiming that he was retired, he released the single "Out of Ordinary" on February 4, 2021, announcing the deluxe edition of Ugly Is Beautiful.
On May 28, 2021, Tree released a deluxe version of his debut album named Ugly Is Beautiful: Shorter, Thicker & Uglier, from which the song “Life Goes On” gained notable popularity.
He would later collaborate with Russian rave band Little Big and release the single "Turn It Up", featuring Estonian rapper Tommy Cash, from their collaborative EP Welcome to the Internet, which was later released on September 30, 2021.
On January 12, 2022, Tree released the single "Cowboys Don't Cry" and the single “Freaks & Geeks” on February 4, both from his second album, Cowboy Tears. Cowboy Tears was released on February 18, 2022. On May 20, 2022, Tree released a single, "I Hate You" followed up by another single “Placeholder" on July 15. He would also announce a tour to accompany the album Cowboy Tears. On August 5, 2022, he followed up the release of Cowboy Tears with a non-album single titled “Miss You” a collaboration with German music producer Robin Schulz and a remix of the song “Jerk” from Ugly is Beautiful. A month later, Tree collaborated with DJ and producer “TWISTED” for “WORTH NOTHING”, another remix of the song Jerk, but in the Phonk genre. This song would go on to become the “Sigma” theme song in the meme industry. On October 28, 2022, the music video of Miss You was uploaded, and the song started to gain as much popularity as Life Goes On did in 2021. He then released a deluxe version of Cowboy Tears titled "Cowboy Tears: Drown the World in a Swimming Pool of Sorrow” on December 23, 2022.
2023–present: Alone in a Crowd and World Tour
On March 3, 2023, Tree released his first single of 2023, "Here We Go Again" with DJ and music producer David Guetta. He followed up this release with a single titled "Bounce" released on June 20. The same day, he played a show at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado and announced that this song was the first single released that would be featured on his third studio album, Alone in a Crowd. On July 17, Tree announced that his Alone in a Crowd World Tour would occur from October 2023 to February 2024. He would be scheduled to perform in Australia with American rapper Sueco, Europe and the United Kingdom with Tommy Cash, and the United States with rock band Fidlar. On July 21, he released his second single from the album, "One & Only". He collaborated with upcoming underground dance music group Super Computer for his third single, "Essence" released on September 1, 2023. On September 15, a fourth single was released, "Fairweather Friends". Alone in a Crowd was then released two weeks later on September 29, 2023.
Discography
Studio albums
Independent albums
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Filmography
Television
Awards and nominations
Notes
References
External links
1993 births
Living people
People from Santa Cruz, California
Musicians from Santa Cruz, California
American alternative rock musicians
American dance musicians
Singers from California
Comedians from California
American sketch comedians
Dance-pop musicians
San Francisco State University alumni
21st-century American singers
21st-century American comedians
21st-century American rappers
21st-century American male singers |
The Collegiate Church of Saint-Vulfran () is a collegiate church located in Abbeville, France. The church, dedicated to Saint Vulfran is of Flamboyant Gothic style.
History
The construction of the church was started on 7 June 1488. From 31 August it was clear that funding would be an issue and thus the construction was ceased for some time. On 4 April 1520 Jean Crétel of Tours-en-Vimeu was commissioned to lead the work. The nave would be under construction until 1539. Construction resumed 120 years later when the choir was built in two years, from 1661 to 1663 in a more simplified style.
As the French Revolution took place, the church became a Temple of Reason and a feast was celebrated in honor of the Supreme Being on 8 June 1794. Catholic worship in the church resumed in 1803. The church was listed as a Monument historique in 1840.
Damages during World War II
The church was heavily damaged on 20 May 1940 by German bombings as part of the Battle of France in World War II. The restoration of the church was not completed until 1998.
References
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1663
17th-century churches in France
Collegiate churches in France
Abbeville |
The 2018 Carlisle City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained in no overall control.
Overall result
Ward results
Belah
Belle Vue
Botcherby
Brampton
Castle
Currock
Dalston
Denton Holme
Harraby
Longtown and Rockcliffe
Morton
St Aidans
Stanwix Rural
Stanwix Urban
Upperby
Wetheral
Yewdale
By-elections between 2018 and 2019
References
Carlisle City Council elections
Carlisle |
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package geom
import (
"errors"
)
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type LineStringZS struct {
Srid uint32
Lsz LineStringZ
}
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Srid uint32
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}
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return
}
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func (lszs LineStringZS) LineStringZ() LineStringZ {
return lszs.Lsz
}
``` |
Jacatra is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There is at least one described species in Jacatra, J. typica.
References
Further reading
Prasiini
Cicadidae genera |
Fardel may refer to:
Shakespearean word meaning "traveller's bundle", as used in The Winter's Tale
Shakespearean word meaning "burden", as used in Hamlet's To be, or not to be speech
Scots word, also spelled "Farl", quadrant-shaped flatbread or cake
the omasum, third compartment of the stomach in ruminants
Fardel Manor, medieval manor and house in South Hams, Devon |
Bay High School is an accredited comprehensive public high school located in Bay, Arkansas, United States. The school provides secondary education for students in grades 7 through 12. It is one of six public high schools in Craighead County, Arkansas and the sole high school administered by the Bay School District.
Academics
Bay High School is a Title I school that is accredited by the ADE and has been accredited by AdvancED since 1997.
Annually, the College of Agriculture & Technology (COAT) at Arkansas State University (ASU) administers the Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Holmes Memorial Scholarship for an incoming freshman majoring in agriculture with preference to students from Bay, Arkansas.
Curriculum
The assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), which requires students complete at least 22 units prior to graduation. Students complete regular coursework and exams and may take Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exam with the opportunity to receive college credit.
Athletics
The Bay High School mascot is the Yellowjacket, with purple and gold serving as the school colors.
The Bay Yellowjackets compete in interscholastic activities within the 1A Classification, the state's smallest classification, and within the 1A Region 3 East Conference administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. The Yellowjackets field junior varsity and varsity teams in golf (boys/girls), volleyball, basketball (boys/girls), track and field (boys/girls), baseball, and softball, along with cheer and dance.
The Bay Yellowjackets have enjoyed success on the basketball court and baseball field:
Basketball: The Yellowjackets boys' basketball team is a three-time state basketball champion (1965, 2011, 2013).
Baseball: In 1956, the Bay High School baseball went undefeated with a record of 10–0.
Notable alumni
Wally Moon - MLB Player (STL, LAD)
References
External links
Public high schools in Arkansas
Public middle schools in Arkansas
Schools in Craighead County, Arkansas
1897 establishments in Arkansas |
Bath is a constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom represented by Wera Hobhouse of the Liberal Democrats.
Perhaps its best-known representatives have been the two with international profiles: William Pitt the Elder (Prime Minister 1766–1768) and Chris Patten, the last Governor of Hong Kong (1992-1997).
It has the joint shortest name of any constituency in the current Parliament, with 4 letters, the same as Hove.
Constituency profile
The seat is tightly drawn around the historic city including the University of Bath campus. Compared to UK averages residents are wealthier and house prices are higher.
History
Bath is an ancient constituency which has been constantly represented in Parliament since boroughs were first summoned to send members in the 13th century.
Unreformed constituency before 1832
Bath was one of the cities summoned to send members in 1295 and represented ever since, although Parliaments in early years were sporadic. Like almost all English constituencies before the Great Reform Act of 1832, it originally returned two members to each Parliament.
The precise way in which Bath's MPs were chosen in the Middle Ages is unknown. It is recorded that "election was by the Mayor and three citizens being sent from thence to the county court who in the name of the whole community, and by the assent of the community, returned their representatives"; but whether the "assent of the community" was real or what form it took is unrecorded, even assuming it was not a completely dead letter. By the 17th century, elections had become more competitive, as the means of election in Bath had become a franchise restricted to the Mayor, Aldermen, and members of the Common Council (the City Corporation), a total of thirty voters. The freemen of the city challenged this state of affairs in 1661 and again in 1705, claiming the right to vote and petitioning against the election of the candidates chosen by the corporation, but on both occasions the House of Commons, which at the time was still the final arbiter of such disputes, decided against them. The Commons resolution of 27 January 1708, "That the right of election of citizens to serve in Parliament for this city is in the mayor, aldermen and common-council only", settled the matter until 1832.
Bath was the most populous of the English boroughs where the right to vote was restricted to the corporation. At the time of the 1801 census, it was one of the ten largest towns or cities in England by population, and was almost unique in that the voters generally exercised their powers independently. As was the case elsewhere, the Common Council was not popularly elected, all vacancies being filled by co-option by the existing members, so that once a united interest had gained majority control it was easy to retain it. Most corporation boroughs quickly became pocket boroughs in this way, the nomination of their members of parliament being entirely decided by a patron who may have given some large benefaction to the area or simply used bribery to ensure only his supporters or croneys became members of the corporation. But in Bath, the Common Council retained its independence in most periods and took pride in electing two suitable members of parliament who had either strong local connections or else a national reputation. Nor was there any suggestion of bribery or other corruption, prolific in other "independent" constituencies. Pitt the Elder wrote to the corporation in 1761, on the occasion of his re-election as one of Bath's members, to pay tribute to "a city ranked among the most ancient and most considerable in the kingdom, and justly famed for its integrity, independence, and zeal for the public good".
But even in Bath the limited electorate who voted for its members of parliament expected them to work to procure favours for their constituents and enterprises to a degree that would be considered corrupt today. By exercising efforts successfully in this direction, the representatives could in return expect a degree of influence over the voters that differed little from patronage in the pocket boroughs, except that its duration was limited. Thus the lawyer Robert Henley, a Bath MP from 1747 and also Recorder of Bath from 1751, seems to have been assumed to have control over both seats while he held one of them and immediately after; yet when he gained a peerage and thus a seat in the House of Lords, Pitt replaced him on the understanding of being independently chosen. Pitt himself then acquired similar influence: the Council vetoed Viscount Ligonier's suggestion that he should be succeeded by his nephew when he was elevated the Lords in 1763, but instead allowed Pitt to nominate a candidate to be his new colleague, and voted overwhelmingly for him when he was opposed by a local man. But Pitt's influence also waned when he fell out with the Council over the Treaty of Paris later in 1763.
In the final years before the Reform Act, however, local magnates exerted a more controlling influence in Bath. Oldfield, writing early in the 19th century, stated that at that time the Marquess of Bath nominated one member and John Palmer the other; both were former members of parliament for the city (Lord Bath having sat as Viscount Weymouth, before his father's death took him to the Lords), but neither was then in the Commons – each had a relation sitting as one of the members for Bath. Palmer had succeeded Earl Camden who held one of the two seats before 1802. At the time of the Reform Act, the Lord Bath was still being listed as influencing one of the seats, although the second was considered independent once more.
Reformed constituency (1832–1918)
The Great Reform Act opened up the franchise to all resident (male) householders whose houses had a value of at least £10 a year and imposed uniform voting provisions for all the boroughs. Bath was one of the boroughs which continued to elect two members. Given the city's medium size and its generally high property values, its electorate increased by a factor of almost 100, from 30 in 1831 to 2,853 in 1832, and created a competitive and generally marginal constituency which swung between Whig and Tory (later Liberal and Conservative) control. The parliamentary borough's boundaries were also slightly extended, but only to take in those areas into which the built-up area of the city had expanded. Bath's most notable member during this period was probably the Conservative social reformer Lord Ashley, better remembered under his eventual title of 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, for the Factory Acts, the first of which came into effect while he was one of the MPs for Bath.
The franchise was further reformed in 1867 and 1885 with only minor boundary changes. Bath was lucky to retain its two-member representation in the 1885 reforms, as its electorate of under 7,000 was near the lower limit, and this situation lasted until the 1918 reforms. The continued Liberal strength was unusual for a prosperous and predominantly middle-class town, and the seats could until 1918 not be considered safe for the Conservatives.
Modern single-member constituency (since 1918)
Bath's representation was reduced to a single member in 1918. The Conservatives held the seat continuously until 1992, except in the 1923 Parliament, and until World War II generally won comfortably – the Liberals retained such strength that the non-Conservative vote was split, and Labour could not rise above third place until the landslide of 1945, when the Conservative James Pitman achieved a very marginal majority. From 1945 to 1970, Labour presented the main challenge, and came within 800 votes of taking the seat in 1966.
The Liberal revival in the 1970s saw the two more left-wing parties swap places, helped by the adoption of a nationally known candidate, Christopher Mayhew, who had defected from the Labour Party. The formation of the SDP–Liberal Alliance made Bath a realistic target. The SDP came 1500 votes from winning in 1987 under Malcolm Dean. In 1992, Conservative Chris Patten was ousted by Liberal Democrat Don Foster in a narrow defeat widely blamed on Patten's strategising, campaign leading and communicating as Conservative Party chairman rather than canvassing his own constituents. At each election from 1992 to 2015, a different Conservative candidate contested the constituency.
The boundary changes implemented in 1997 took Bathampton, Batheaston, Bathford, Charlcombe and Freshford from the Wansdyke district, containing about 7,000 voters; these were moved elsewhere in 2010. Nominally, these areas had a slightly higher tendency to prefer a Conservative candidate but, the national government suffering from sleaze, in 1997 Don Foster more than doubled his almost 4,000 vote majority to over 9,000 votes. After winning two intervening elections, in 2010 Foster achieved his highest majority of 11,883 votes.
In the 2015 general election, following the national Liberal Democrat collapse and Foster standing down, the seat was regained by the Conservatives under Ben Howlett with a 3,833-vote majority.
Bath is estimated to have voted to remain in the European Union by 68.3% in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
In the 2017 general election, the constituency was regained by the Liberal Democrats' Wera Hobhouse, with the second-highest Liberal Democrat vote share increase nationally (after Richmond Park).
Boundaries
Bath is one of only two UK Parliament constituencies to be surrounded by another constituency. Bath is entirely surrounded by the North East Somerset constituency. The other constituency, York Central, is entirely surrounded by York Outer.
Current boundaries
Following the review of the constituencies in the former county of Avon carried out by the Boundary Commission for England, as of the 2010 general election the constituency covers only the city of Bath, and none of the surrounding rural area. Between 1997 and 2010, it also included some outlying villages such as Southstoke and Freshford now in the North East Somerset constituency. The changes in 2010 also resulted in Bath becoming a borough constituency, instead of a county constituency as it was before.
In 2019, taking effect at that year's local elections, boundary changes to the wards took place, which included the abolition of Abbey ward, the merger of Lyncombe and Widcombe wards, the creation of Moorlands ward, and the replacement of Oldfield with Oldfield Park. These ward changes did not change the parliamentary constituency boundary.
The constituency's electoral wards are:
Bathwick, Combe Down, Kingsmead, Lambridge, Lansdown, Moorlands, Newbridge, Odd Down, Oldfield Park, Southdown, Twerton, Walcot, Westmoreland, Weston and Widcombe & Lyncombe.
Historic boundaries
Before 1832: The parishes of St James (Bath), St Peter and St Paul (Bath), and St Michael (Bath), and part of the parish of Walcot
1832–1867: As above, plus the parishes of Bathwick and Lyncombe & Widcombe, and a further part of the parish of Walcot
1867–1918: As above, plus part of the parish of Twerton
1918–1983: The county borough of Bath (boundary changes in 1955)
1983–1997: The City of Bath (no boundary changes)
1997–2010: The City of Bath, and the District of Wansdyke wards of Bathampton, Batheaston, Bathford, Charlcombe, and Freshford
Members of Parliament
The current Member of Parliament is Wera Hobhouse of the Liberal Democrats.
From 30 July to 4 August 1766, Bath was the constituency of the Prime Minister: William Pitt the Elder represented the constituency until he was raised to the peerage as Earl of Chatham shortly after becoming Prime Minister.
Members of Parliament 1295–1640
Constituency created (1295)
Members of Parliament 1640–1918
Members of Parliament since 1918
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
Election in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Conservative: Lord Ronaldshay
Liberal: Philip William Hopkins
Labour: George Gilbert Desmond
A minority of Bath Conservatives, led by the town Mayor, Adrian Hopkins objected to Ronaldshay who had no link with the town. Hopkins was considering running as an Independent. Desmond was under pressure to withdraw in favour of the Liberal candidate fighting on a Popular Front programme
Election in the 1920s
Election in the 1910s
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Unionist: Charles Hunter, Lord Alexander Thynne
Liberal: Harry Geen, J.C. Meggott
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1880s
Caused by Hayter's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
Elections in the 1870s
Caused by Dalrymple's death.
Caused by Cadogan's elevation to the peerage, becoming Earl Cadogan.
Caused by Tite's death.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1850s
Caused by Phinn's resignation after his appointment as Assistant Secretary to the Admiralty
Caused by Ashley-Cooper's succession to the peerage, becoming 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1830s
Notes
References
Sources
The BBC/ITN Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services, 1983)
D Brunton & DH Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
FWS Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
FWS Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949 (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969)
Lewis Namier & John Brooke, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754–1790 (London: HMSO, 1964)
THB Oldfield, The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland (London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1816)
Henry Pelling, Social Geography of British Elections 1885–1910 (London: Macmillan, 1967)
J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
Edward Porritt and Annie G Porritt, The Unreformed House of Commons (Cambridge University Press, 1903)
Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher (eds), Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (London: BBC/ITN/PA News/Sky, 1995)
Robert Walcott, English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956)
Robert Waller, The Almanac of British Politics (1st edition, London: Croom Helm, 1983)
Frederic A Youngs, Jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979)
External links
Election 2005 - Bath BBC News, 23 May 2005
Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295
Politics of Bath, Somerset
Geography of Bath, Somerset |
"Remember When the Music" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin, from the album Sequel. The song is the next chronological single from his hit single, "Sequel" from the same album. It reached the top 50 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and spent five weeks on the chart.
Background
The song was written as a tribute to Allard K. Lowenstein, a former New York congressman who was shot and killed in 1980. Chapin stated that the song became more apparent when John Lennon was killed the same year.
Chart performance
Different versions
The song has three different versions. It consists of a reprise, which is an acoustic take on the song. The second version is the regular song, that was released as a single. The third version is very similar to the second version, with only minor differences.
Other uses
Bruce Springsteen sang the song at the Harry Chapin Tribute concert.
References
1980 songs
Harry Chapin songs
Songs written by Harry Chapin
Commemoration songs |
This is a list of Dutch television related events from 2006.
Events
11 March - Raffaëla Paton wins the third series of Idols, becoming the show's first female winner.
12 March - Treble are selected to represent Netherlands at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Amambanda". They are selected to be the forty-seventh Dutch Eurovision entry during Nationaal Songfestival held at Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam.
14 May - Speed skater Barbara de Loor and her partner Marcus van Teijlingen win the second series of Dancing with the Stars.
28 October - Launch of the Dutch version of The X Factor.
27 November - Jeroen Visser wins the sixth and final series of Big Brother.
Debuts
28 October - X Factor (2006–present)
Television shows
1950s
NOS Journaal (1956–present)
1970s
Sesamstraat (1976–present)
1980s
Jeugdjournaal (1981–present)
Het Klokhuis (1988–present)
1990s
Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990–present)
De Club van Sinterklaas (1999-2009)
2000s
Idols (2002-2008, 2016–present)
Dancing with the Stars (2005-2009)
Ending this year
Big Brother (1999-2006)
Births
Deaths
See also
2006 in the Netherlands
References |
Carolina Place Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 337 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Wilmington. The district developed as Wilmington's first planned streetcar suburb between about 1906 and 1941 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina
Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
Buildings and structures in Wilmington, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in New Hanover County, North Carolina
Houses in New Hanover County, North Carolina |
Nevio Devide (born 2 December 1966) is an Italian manager and a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Biography
Tennis career
Devidè, a right-handed player, was born in Saronno and based out of Solaro. Playing on the professional tour in the late 1980s, he won four Challenger titles, all in doubles. He competed in several Grand Prix doubles tournaments, most notably at Bordeaux in 1987, where he and partner Bernhard Pils were semi-finalists. In singles his best performance was a runner-up finish at the 1989 Modena Challenger, with wins over Cristiano Caratti, Bruce Derlin and Menno Oosting.
Management activities
Devidè now works in the sport marketing industry. After working in the field of sporting events, and having been in Media Partners (now Infront Sport), he takes on the role of the Marketing Director for the 2006 Winter Olympics's organising committee. After this experience he assumes the role of CEO and CFO of a leading company in the field of information technologies solutions within the government’s intelligence sector. Now he is the Marketing, Licensing and Events Director for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Organising Committee
Challenger titles
Doubles: (4)
References
External links
1966 births
Living people
Italian male tennis players
Sportspeople from the Province of Varese
People from Saronno |
Sharur or Şərur, the capital town and most populous municipality of Sharur Rayon in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan
It may also refer to:
Sharur District or Sharur Rayon, a rayon of Azerbaijan in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Sharur-Daralagezsky Uyezd, an uyezd of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire
Sharur, Iran, a village in Bizineh Rud Rural District, Bizineh Rud District, Khodabandeh County, Zanjan Province, Iran
Sharur (mythological weapon), mythological weapon wielded by the Akkadian god Ninurta
See also
Sharur Turkish High School
Sharu (disambiguation) |
Manasiloru Manimuthu () is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by J. Sasikumar and written by S. L. Puram Sadanandan from a story by Sasikumar, produced by Royal Achankunju. The film stars Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Urvashi and Sankaradi. The film's songs were composed by Shyam, while the background score was provided by Johnson.
Plot
Cast
Mohanlal
Suresh Gopi
Urvashi
Sankaradi
Jagathy Sreekumar
Vijayaraghavan
K. P. Ummer
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Meena
Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Babitha
Baby Adheena
Devi
Raji
Mythili
Soundtrack
Release
References
External links
1986 films
1980s Malayalam-language films
Indian drama films |
Gorno Konjare (, ) is a village in the municipality of Kumanovo, North Macedonia.
Demographics
According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900 the settlement is recorded as Kojnare Gorno as having 224 inhabitants, all Christian Bulgarians. According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1136 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
Macedonians 555
Serbs 324
Albanians 255
Others 2
References
External links
Villages in Kumanovo Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia |
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is a gonadotropin, a glycoprotein polypeptide hormone. FSH is synthesized and secreted by the gonadotropic cells of the anterior pituitary gland and regulates the development, growth, pubertal maturation, and reproductive processes of the body. FSH and luteinizing hormone (LH) work together in the reproductive system.
Structure
FSH is a 35.5 kDa glycoprotein heterodimer, consisting of two polypeptide units, alpha and beta. Its structure is similar to those of luteinizing hormone (LH), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). The alpha subunits of the glycoproteins LH, FSH, TSH, and hCG are identical and consist of 96 amino acids, while the beta subunits vary. Both subunits are required for biological activity. FSH has a beta subunit of 111 amino acids (FSH β), which confers its specific biologic action, and is responsible for interaction with the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor. The sugar portion of the hormone is covalently bonded to asparagine, and is composed of N-acetylgalactosamine, mannose, N-acetylglucosamine, galactose, and sialic acid.
Genes
In humans, the gene for the alpha subunit is located at cytogenetic location 6q14.3. It is expressed in two cell types, most notably the basophils of the anterior pituitary. The gene for the FSH beta subunit is located on chromosome 11p13, and is expressed in gonadotropes of the pituitary cells, controlled by GnRH, inhibited by inhibin, and enhanced by activin.
Activity/functions
FSH regulates the development, growth, pubertal maturation and reproductive processes of the human body.
In both males and females, FSH stimulates the maturation of primordial germ cells.
In males, FSH induces Sertoli cells to secrete androgen-binding proteins (ABPs), regulated by inhibin's negative feedback mechanism on the anterior pituitary. Specifically, activation of Sertoli cells by FSH sustains spermatogenesis and stimulates inhibin B secretion.
In females, FSH initiates follicular growth, specifically affecting granulosa cells. With the concomitant rise in inhibin B, FSH levels then decline in the late follicular phase. This seems to be critical in selecting only the most advanced follicle to proceed to ovulation. At the end of the luteal phase, there is a slight rise in FSH that seems to be of importance to start the next ovulatory cycle.
Control of FSH release from the pituitary gland is unknown. Low frequency gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) pulses increase FSH mRNA levels in the rat, but is not directly correlated with an increase in circulating FSH. GnRH has been shown to play an important role in the secretion of FSH, with hypothalamic-pituitary disconnection leading to a cessation of FSH. GnRH administration leads to a return of FSH secretion. FSH is subject to oestrogen feed-back from the gonads via the hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis.
Effects in females
FSH stimulates the growth and recruitment of immature ovarian follicles in the ovary. In early (small) antral follicles, FSH is the major survival factor that rescues the small antral follicles (2–5 mm in diameter for humans) from apoptosis (programmed death of the somatic cells of the follicle and oocyte). In the luteal-follicle phase transition period the serum levels of progesterone and estrogen (primarily estradiol) decrease and no longer suppress the release of FSH, consequently FSH peaks at about day three (day one is the first day of menstrual flow). The cohort of small antral follicles is normally sufficient in number to produce enough Inhibin B to lower FSH serum levels.
In addition, there is evidence that gonadotropin surge-attenuating factor produced by small follicles during the first half of the follicle phase also exerts a negative feedback on pulsatile luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion amplitude, thus allowing a more favorable environment for follicle growth and preventing premature luteinization.
As a woman nears perimenopause, the number of small antral follicles recruited in each cycle diminishes and consequently insufficient Inhibin B is produced to fully lower FSH and the serum level of FSH begins to rise. Eventually, the FSH level becomes so high that downregulation of FSH receptors occurs and by postmenopause any remaining small secondary follicles no longer have FSH nor LH receptors.
When the follicle matures and reaches 8–10 mm in diameter it starts to secrete significant amounts of estradiol. Normally in humans only one follicle becomes dominant and survives to grow to 18–30 mm in size and ovulate, the remaining follicles in the cohort undergo atresia. The sharp increase in estradiol production by the dominant follicle (possibly along with a decrease in gonadotrophin surge-attenuating factor) cause a positive effect on the hypothalamus and pituitary and rapid GnRH pulses occur and an LH surge results.
The increase in serum estradiol levels cause a decrease in FSH production by inhibiting GnRH production in the hypothalamus.
The decrease in serum FSH level causes the smaller follicles in the current cohort to undergo atresia as they lack sufficient sensitivity to FSH to survive. Occasionally two follicles reach the 10 mm stage at the same time by chance and as both are equally sensitive to FSH both survive and grow in the low FSH environment and thus two ovulations can occur in one cycle possibly leading to non-identical (dizygotic) twins.
Effects in males
FSH stimulates primary spermatocytes to undergo the first division of meiosis, to form secondary spermatocytes.
FSH enhances the production of androgen-binding protein by the Sertoli cells of the testes by binding to FSH receptors on their basolateral membranes, and is critical for the initiation of spermatogenesis.
Measurement
Follicle stimulating hormone is typically measured in the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, typically day three to five, counted from last menstruation. At this time, the levels of estradiol (E2) and progesterone are at the lowest point of the menstrual cycle. FSH levels in this time is often called basal FSH levels, to distinguish from the increased levels when approaching ovulation.
FSH is measured in International Units (IU). For Human Urinary FSH, one IU is defined as the amount of FSH that has an activity corresponding to 0.11388 mg of pure Human Urinary FSH. For recombinant FSH, one IU corresponds to approximately 0.065 to 0.075 µg of a "fill-by-mass" product.
The mean values for women before ovulation are around (3.8-8.8) IU/L. After ovulation these levels drop to between (1.8-5.1) IU/L. At the mid of the menstrual cycle it reaches its highest value, between (4.5-22.5) IU/L. During menopause, the values goes up even more, between (16.74-113.59) IU/L.
For men, the mean values are around (16.74-113.59) IU/L.
Disease states
FSH levels are normally low during childhood and, in females, high after menopause.
High FSH levels
The most common reason for high serum FSH concentration is in a female who is undergoing or has recently undergone menopause. High levels of FSH indicate that the normal restricting feedback from the gonad is absent, leading to an unrestricted pituitary FSH production. FSH may contribute to postmenopausal osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease.
If high FSH levels occur during the reproductive years, it is abnormal. Conditions with high FSH levels include:
Premature menopause also known as Premature Ovarian Failure
Poor ovarian reserve also known as Premature Ovarian Aging
Gonadal dysgenesis, Turner syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome
Castration
Swyer syndrome
Certain forms of CAH
Testicular failure
Lupus
Most of these conditions are associated with subfertility and/or infertility. Therefore, high FSH levels are an indication of subfertility and/or infertility.
Low FSH levels
Diminished secretion of FSH can result in failure of gonadal function (hypogonadism). This condition is typically manifested in males as failure in production of normal numbers of sperm. In females, cessation of reproductive cycles is commonly observed.
Conditions with very low FSH secretions are:
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome + Obesity + Hirsutism + Infertility
Kallmann syndrome
Aromatase excess syndrome
Hypothalamic suppression
Hypopituitarism
Hyperprolactinemia
Gonadotropin deficiency
Gonadal suppression therapy
GnRH antagonist
GnRH agonist (downregulation).
Isolated FSH deficiency due to mutations in the gene for β-subunit of FSH is rare with 13 cases reported in the literature up to 2019.
Use as therapy
FSH is used commonly in infertility therapy, mainly for ovarian hyperstimulation as part of IVF. In some cases, it is used in ovulation induction for reversal of anovulation as well.
FSH is available mixed with LH activity in various menotropins including more purified forms of urinary gonadotropins such as Menopur, as well as without LH activity as recombinant FSH (Gonapure, Gonal F, Follistim, Follitropin alpha).
Potential role in vascularization of solid tumors
Elevated FSH receptor levels have been detected in the endothelia of tumor vasculature in a very wide range of solid tumors. FSH binding is thought to upregulate neovascularization via at least two mechanisms – one in the VEGF pathway, and the other VEGF independent – related to the development of umbilical vasculature when physiological. This presents possible use of FSH and FSH-receptor antagonists as an anti-tumor angiogenesis therapy (cf. avastin for current anti-VEGF approaches).
See also
EFSH, a follicle-stimulating hormone obtained from equine species
References
External links
FSH - Lab Tests Online
Recombinant proteins
Glycoproteins
Gynaecological endocrinology
Peptide hormones
Sex hormones
Human hormones
In vitro fertilisation
Hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis
Anterior pituitary hormones
Human female endocrine system |
Hayden McLean (born 20 January 1999) is an Australian rules footballer playing for in the Australian Football League (AFL). A 1.97-metre tall who can play as a ruckman or key forward, McLean began his career in the TAC Cup before a season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was recruited by Sydney on the eve of the 2019 season as a pre-season supplemental selection, and made his AFL debut later that year.
Junior career
McLean attended St. Bede’s College in Mentone. He played junior football for the Beaumaris Sharks before joining the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup. He also was a member of the AFL Academy – spending time at the Sydney Swans as part of the development program – and represented Vic Metro at the AFL Under 18 Championships. In 2017, McLean became Sandringham's captain and Vic Metro's vice-captain, but was overlooked in the 2017 AFL draft.
He began playing in the VFL for the Sandringham Zebras, who were affiliated with AFL club St Kilda. McLean played 13 matches in 2018, averaging 5.2 marks, 10.3 hit-outs and 13.2 disposals and rucking against AFL-listed players including Matthew Leuenberger, Braydon Preuss and Zac Smith. He was also named the club's best first-year player for 2018. McLean trained with St Kilda in November, hoping to be selected in the 2018 AFL draft, and was named by Fox Sports, which considered him similar to Adelaide ruck/forward Josh Jenkins, as a likely mature-age recruit. However, he was again overlooked and moved to Adelaide to play with South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club South Adelaide in 2019.
AFL career
McLean was recruited by Sydney in March 2019 as a pre-season supplemental selection to cover the loss of defender Jack Maibaum to a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury. His recruitment also increased the club's depth of tall players after Kurt Tippett's retirement. McLean's selection was criticised by SANFL officials, as it deprived South Adelaide of an important recruit only a fortnight before their 2019 season began, leaving them unable to find a replacement in time. McLean spent most of his first season in Sydney's North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) side, before a call-up to the AFL team in round 18 – a challenging match-up rucking alongside Robbie Fox against veteran Aaron Sandilands. He played three more matches to finish the season and extended his contract with Sydney to 2020.McLean signed a 4 year contract extension to stay with the swans until 2027
2021
He kicked a career-high four goals in the Round 7 win against Geelong.
Statistics
Updated to the end of the 2022 season.
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| 2019 || || 41
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 23 || 20 || 43 || 12 || 19 || 53 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 5.8 || 5.0 || 10.8 || 3.0 || 4.8 || 13.3 || 0
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| 2020 || || 41
| 6 || 5 || 1 || 24 || 14 || 38 || 13 || 15 || 14 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 4.0 || 2.3 || 6.3 || 2.2 || 2.5 || 2.3 || 0
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| 2021 || || 41
| 12 || 11 || 6 || 67 || 35 || 102 || 53 || 23 || 30 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 5.6 || 2.9 || 8.5 || 4.4 || 1.9 || 2.5 || 1
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| 2022 || || 2
| 9 || 11 || 3 || 47 || 34 || 81 || 28 || 14 || 38 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 5.2 || 3.8 || 9.0 || 3.1 || 1.6 || 4.2 || 0
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! 31 !! 27 !! 11 !! 161 !! 103 !! 264 !! 106 !! 71 !! 135 !! 0.9 !! 0.4 !! 5.2 !! 3.3 !! 8.5 !! 3.4 !! 2.3 !! 4.4 !! 1
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The Blind Boys of Alabama, also billed as The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, and Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama, is an American gospel group. The group was founded in 1939 in Talladega, Alabama, and has featured a changing roster of musicians over its history, the majority of whom are or were vision impaired.
The Blind Boys found mainstream success following their appearance in the 1983 Obie Award-winning musical The Gospel at Colonus. Since then, the group has toured internationally and has performed and recorded with such artists as Prince, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt, Ben Harper, Bon Iver, and Amadou & Mariam. The group's cover of the Tom Waits song "Way Down in the Hole" was used as the theme song for the first season of the HBO series The Wire.
The Blind Boys have won five Grammy Awards in addition to being presented with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. They were endowed with a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1994, they were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2003, and they were inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 2010. The group was also invited to the White House during the Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama administrations.
Group member Ricky McKinnie said in a 2011 interview with the magazine Mother Jones: "Our disability doesn't have to be a handicap. It's not about what you can't do. It's about what you do. And what we do is sing good gospel music."
History
1930s and 1940s
The Blind Boys of Alabama first sang together in 1939 as part of the school chorus at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Deaf and Blind in Talladega, Alabama. The founding members were Clarence Fountain (19292018), George Scott (19292005), Velma Bozman Traylor (19231947), Johnny Fields (19272009), Olice Thomas (b. 1926, d. unknown), and the only sighted member, J. T. Hutton (2012.)
Early influences of the Blind Boys include the Golden Gate Quartet, The Soul Stirrers and The Heavenly Gospel Singers. While the boys were not allowed to sing black gospel music at their school (which was run by an all-white faculty), they were able to hear it on the radio.
The earliest version of the group was known as The Happy Land Jubilee Singers and their first performances were for World War II soldiers at nearby encampments, where the boys sung for pocket change. The group's first professional performance was on June 10, 1944, during a broadcast from radio station WSGN (currently WAGG) in Birmingham, Alabama. The following year, the members dropped out of school and began touring the gospel circuit. In 1947, lead vocalist Traylor died in a gun accident.
In 1948, a Newark, New Jersey promoter booked the Happy Land Jubilee Singers along with a gospel act from Mississippi known as the Jackson Harmoneers, whose members were also visually impaired, and advertised the program as the "Battle of the Blind Boys." The two acts soon changed their names to the Five Blind Boys of Alabama and the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi and often toured together. The Blind Boys' early sound was also influenced by the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi who were singing in the "hard gospel" style that was becoming popular at the time. Hard gospel often involved a shrieking and screaming style of singing and during performances some audience members reportedly would get so excited that some would have to be sent to the hospital.
The Blind Boys made their first recordings in 1948 on the Coleman label and their first national hit was "I Can See Everybody's Mother But Mine" released in 1949. Their success led to a series of recordings on various record labels.
Reverend Paul Exkano of the King Solomon Baptist Church in New Orleans joined the group shortly after they changed their name to Five Blind Boys of Alabama and was present during the group's first recordings in 1948 and 1949, but he left the group after two years and was replaced by Percell Perkins of the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, later replaced by Joe Watson.
1950s
During the 1950s, black gospel music was popular and the Blind Boys were one of the better known groups. Artists from pop and rock genres began to include aspects of black gospel music in their arrangements and black gospel artists such as Ray Charles and Sam Cooke began crossing over to pop and rock music. Ray Charles's manager offered the Blind Boys a big touring deal if they would cross over to other genres, but the group decided to stick to their gospel roots. They signed with Specialty Records in 1953, but left five years later, after again being pressured to sing secular music.
While the Blind Boys were selling records in the 1950s, they did not make much money. In an interview with Ebony magazine in 2003, Fountain stated that they signed contracts that took advantage of them and that they were each paid $50 per album side and the record company kept the rest. By 1953, each member made $100 per side and, as per Fountain, "That was good money in that day. We didn't know what we were worth."
1960s and 1970s
Into the 1960s the popularity of traditional gospel music was on the decline and soul music gained favor as a new type of secular black music. At the same time, rhythm and blues and rock musicians began to incorporate traditional gospel sounds into their music. The term soul was originally used by gospel musicians in the 1950s to identify the spiritual nature of their music. By the late 1960s, the term being used more commonly to describe all popular music by African Americans.
During the 1960s, the Blind Boys performed at benefits for Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. They continued to resist offers to sing more secular music. Fountain attributed their resistance to selling out to their lack of need, noting that they were happy and well-fed as they were and wanted to enjoy performing the music they sought to perform, as opposed to recording popular music solely for a paycheck.
In 1969, Fountain left the group in order to pursue a solo career. Neither the Blind Boys nor Fountain found much success into the 1970s. In 1972, guitarist Samuel Butler Jr. (son of the guitarist of the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi) joined the group. Fountain returned to the group in 1977.
1980s and 1990s
During their first 40 years, the Blind Boys had primarily played for black gospel audiences, mainly in churches and school auditoriums. The 1980s would mark the group's exposure to a wider audience.
By the early 1980s, singer Clarence Fountain had taken the role as the group's frontman. It was at this time that the group was joined by vocalist Jimmy Carter, whose first recording with the group was on their 1982 record I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord. Carter sang with the Dixieland Blind Boys, as well as the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, prior to his work with The Blind Boys of Alabama. Carter was a student of the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind when the group was originally formed, but was too young to join the group when they began touring.
In 1983, the group (billed as Clarence Fountain and The Five Blind Boys of Alabama) was cast in the theatrical production The Gospel at Colonus, an African-American musical version of Sophocles' tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus. In the play, the Blind Boys collectively played the part of blinded Oedipus. The cast included Morgan Freeman as well as members of The Soul Stirrers. The Gospel at Colonus won an Obie for Best Musical in 1984 and the production moved to Broadway in 1988. The play's success led to the Blind Boys' exposure to a wider mainstream audience and marked a turning point for the group.
In 1990, vocalist and percussionist Ricky McKinnie was invited by Fountain to join the Blind Boys. McKinnie had actually met the Blind Boys when he was about five years old. McKinnie's mother, Sarah McKinnie Shivers, was a singer who would often cross paths with the Blind Boys while she was on tour. McKinnie lost his sight due to glaucoma at age 23, but had been playing drums for over a decade prior.
The Blind Boys released Deep River in 1992, which was nominated for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards. The album was produced by Booker T. Jones, and featured a version of Bob Dylan's "I Believe In You." In 1993, they appeared as musical guests on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
In 1994, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded a National Heritage Fellowship to Clarence Fountain and the Five Blind Boys of Alabama. The award was presented to the Blind Boys by First Lady Hillary Clinton.
In 1995, the Blind Boys became the first artists to be signed to the new House of Blues gospel label, for which they recorded their first live album I Brought Him with Me. The album featured appearances from blues singers Koko Taylor and Solomon Burke. In December 1996, the group appeared in the Christmas episode of TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 titled "Gift Wrapped". The Blind Boys continued experimenting with contemporary popular music on their 1997 release Holding On, also released on the House of Blues label. The album contained elements of funk and reggae.
2000s
The Blind Boys of Alabama enjoyed further exposure and success in the 2000s and 2010s, including collaborations with many high-profile musical artists. Their songs were featured on soundtracks of television series, such as Boston Public, Lost, and Criminal Minds, as well as films, such as Madea Goes to Jail, Alpha and Omega, and Hop. The Blind Boys made an appearance in the film The Fighting Temptations and were featured on such television series as 60 Minutes II and The Colbert Report, as well as on multiple episodes of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman. They were invited to perform at the White House in both 2002 during the presidency of George W. Bush for a celebration of gospel music, and in 2010 during the presidency of Barack Obama for a celebration of music from the civil rights movement.
In 2001, the Blind Boys released Spirit of the Century on Peter Gabriel's Real World Records. The album won the award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards. The album included a version of "I Just Want to See His Face" by The Rolling Stones as well as a version of the song "Amazing Grace" arranged to the tune of "The House of the Rising Sun".
In 2002, they released Higher Ground, an album that combines traditional gospel lyrics with the music of other artists. The title song is a rendition of the Stevie Wonder hit, but some of the lyrics were changed to make it a gospel song—for example, the line "Lovers, keep on lovin'" became "Prayers, keep on prayin." Other songs covered on the album include "People Get Ready" by Curtis Mayfield, "Spirit in the Dark" by Aretha Franklin, "The Cross" by Prince, and "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks" by Funkadelic. The album won the Blind Boys another Grammy for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album and also won them a GMA Dove Award for Traditional Gospel Album of the Year. The Blind Boys also performed on the steps of the Library of Congress in 2002.
In 2003, the Blind Boys released Go Tell It on the Mountain. The album contains renditions of mostly Christmas-related gospel songs and features guest artists Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, Michael Franti, Chrissie Hynde, Richard Thompson, Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples, Shelby Lynne, George Clinton, Robert Randolph, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Les McCann. The album went on to win the Grammy for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album.
The Blind Boys performed live twice with Lou Reed: In 2004, they performed together at a private concert on the floor of the UN General Assembly for the Landmine Survivors Network and in 2010, they appeared on Late Night with David Letterman and performed "Jesus", a song originally released by The Velvet Underground on their eponymous album.
The Blind Boys collaborated several times with Ben Harper: Harper played guitar on the Blind Boys' albums Higher Ground and Spirit of the Century. The Blind Boys again collaborated with Harper on his 2004 album There Will Be a Light and toured with him throughout Europe that year. The majority of the songs were Harper originals, but the album also included a cover of Bob Dylan and Danny O'Keefe's "Well, Well, Well." There Will Be a Light also won the Grammy for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album. The following year, Harper and the Blind Boys released Live at the Apollo, a recording of their live performance from the Apollo Theater in October 2004.
The Blind Boys released the album Atom Bomb in 2005. The album features cover versions of songs such as "Demons" by Fatboy Slim and Macy Gray, (a track that also featured a guest appearance by rapper Gift of Gab); Blind Faith's "Presence of the Lord," featuring soul musician Billy Preston; and a cover of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky," featuring David Hidalgo of Los Lobos and blues musician Charlie Musselwhite. The album was awarded the prize for Traditional Gospel Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards.
On March 9, 2005, at the age of 75, vocalist George Scott died of complications from diabetes and a heart condition. In 2006, vocalist Ben Moore was invited to join the group by Carter. Moore had previously performed under the name "Bobby Purify" as part of the R&B duo James & Bobby Purify and continued to use the name as a solo artist after the duo broke up in the 1980s. In 2007, Fountain stopped touring with the group due to complications from diabetes.
In 2008, the Blind Boys released the album Down in New Orleans. The album was recorded in New Orleans, which was a first for the group, and includes songs written by or made famous by New Orleans musicians along with updated gospel standards. Many tracks also feature guest musicians from the city. Tracks include a jazzy version of the popular gospel song "Uncloudy Day", backed by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band; blues song "Make a Better World" written by musician Earl King), backed by the Hot 8 Brass Band; as well as a bluesy version of "If I Could Help Somebody" by Mahalia Jackson with Allen Toussaint on piano. The album also won the GMA Dove Award for Traditional Gospel Album of the Year.
The Blind Boys released their album Duets in 2009. Each song features a duet between the Blind Boys and another artist; some of these artists include Susan Tedeschi, Bonnie Raitt, and John Hammond. Earlier that same year, the group was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.
2010s
In 2010, the Blind Boys were inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
In 2011, the group appeared in the live-action/animated feature film Hop.
Vocalist Billy Bowers left the group in 2011 when he was injured and underwent back surgery. Bowers' role as vocalist was filled by Ricky McKinnie, who was also the groups' percussionist for many years. Bowers died July 2, 2013, of heart failure in Montgomery, Alabama at the age of 71.
In 2013, the Blind Boys released I'll Find a Way, produced by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. The album also features guest appearances by Sam Amidon and Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards. The following year, the Blind Boys released Talkin' Christmas! in collaboration with blues musician Taj Mahal.
In 2016, the Blind Boys contributed to God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson, a tribute album recorded in honor of gospel musician Blind Willie Johnson. The Blind Boys performed the song "Mother's Children Have a Hard Time", a performance that was nominated for Best American Roots Performance at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. The album was also nominated in the category of Best Roots Gospel Album.
In 2017, the Blind Boys released the album Almost Home on BBOA Records in collaboration with Amazon Music. Fountain also rejoined the group for the album's recording. The songs on the album were written for the Blind Boys by writers including Marc Cohn, Phil Cook, John Leventhal, and Valerie June. The Blind Boys' manager, Charles Driebe, recorded interviews with the members of the group then shared them with the songwriters who wrote songs reflecting the Blind Boys' personal stories. The song "Let My Mother Live" from the album was nominated for Best American Roots Performance at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. Written by Leventhal, the song is about Carter as a young boy at the Alabama Institute and "how scared I was, and that I wanted my mother to live until I got grown." On August 28, 2020, Single Lock Records released the Blind Boys' album Almost Home to all platforms, including a bonus track: previously unreleased Bob Dylan song, "See By Faith."
On June 3, 2018, Clarence Fountain died of complications from diabetes at the age of 88 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His final performance with the Blind Boys of Alabama was on May 16, 2018, at the Manship Theatre there.
September 2018 saw the release of the Muscle Shoals tribute album, Small Town, Big Sound. The Blind Boys, along with blues musician Mike Farris, performed a cover of the song "Respect Yourself." The album also featured cover songs by such artists as Steven Tyler, Willie Nelson, Grace Potter, Chris Stapleton, and Kid Rock.
In January 2019, the Blind Boys performed with Marc Cohn at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center. The performance was broadcast on the PBS live music series The Kate that spring.
Over the summer of 2019, the Blind Boys toured Europe with blind Afro-pop duo Amadou & Mariam. Similar to the Blind Boys, the husband-and-wife duo originally met in 1975 at the Bamako Institute for the Blind in Mali. During the tour, the two groups of vocalists would provide vocal accompaniment to performances of each group's songs. They would also perform original material that they had created together, such as the songs "Bamako to Birmingham" and "Two Cultures, One Beat."
In August of that same year, the Blind Boys released a collaborative album with Marc Cohn titled Work To Do. The album features Cohn and the Blind Boys performing new and older material by Cohn in addition to renditions of traditional gospel songs. Seven of the tracks are recordings from their performance on The Kate earlier that same year, including Cohn's hit "Walking in Memphis", as well the Blind Boys' version of "Amazing Grace" to the melody of "The House of the Rising Sun". On October 15, 2019, the group appeared on Today to perform the title track alongside Marc Cohn.
Music blog UDiscoverMusic named Blind Boys the longest standing music group, as they are still touring and writing/recording music after being founded in 1939. In 2019, Jason Isbell selected the Blind Boys to join him for his October residency at the Ryman Auditorium. Shortly after, they were featured with Irish TV host Hector Ó hEochagáin for his show Hector USA. The Blind Boys' 2019 Christmas Tour earned the praise of The New Yorker, which commented "The beloved gospel ensemble the Blind Boys of Alabama...remains perennially fresh, whether it's interjecting godliness into unexpected songs or, as in this case, saluting Christmas."
2020s
In March 2020, the group toured Australia and New Zealand, performing at the Womadelaide and Womad NZ festivals. In May 2020, Woodstock legend Wavy Gravy included the Blind Boys in his virtual music festival celebrating his 84th birthday.
To kick off 2021, the Recording Academy featured the Blind Boys performing 'If I Had a Hammer' on their "Positive Vibes Only" series. Later that year, the Blind Boys teamed up with Béla Fleck to release a new version of "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" for Record Store Day. The song went on to be nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best American Roots Performance category.
Singer Ben Moore (Benjamin Moore, Jr.) died of natural causes on May 12, 2022. He was 80 years old. In July 2022, the Blind Boys were featured as performers at the closing ceremonies of the World Games at the Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. They performed with Jamey Johnson and a 75-piece orchestra led by Dr. Henry Panion on a bill headlined by Lionel Richie.
In September 2022, the Blind Boys released two collaborative tracks with Black Violin titled "We Are One" and "The Message", the latter of which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Americana Performance. The View featured the Blind Boys on Martin Luther King Jr Day 2023, including an interview and multiple performances.
Tenor Paul Beasley died on March 13, 2023 at the age of 78. Beasley was previously a member of such groups as Gospel Keynotes and the Mighty Clouds of Joy. He joined the Blind Boys in 2013 after losing his eyesight.
Awards and nominations
Other honors
Members
Current members
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Discography
As main artists
1949 – I Can See Everybody's Mother But Mine – Coleman Records
1950 – Sweet Honey in the Rocks – Palda Records
1950 – Livin' On Mother's Prayers – Palda Records
1950 – Come Over Here The Table Spread – Palda Records
1953 – The Sermon
1953 – When I Lost My Mother – Specialty Records
1954 – Marching Up To Zion – Specialty Records
1954 – Oh Lord, Stand By Me – Specialty Records
1958 – My Mother's Train – Vee-Jay Records
1959 – God is On the Throne – Savoy Records
1959 – The Original Blind Boys – Savoy Records
1963 – (1957) You'll Never Walk Alone – HOB Records
1963 – Old Time Religion – HOB Records
1963 – True Convictions – HOB Records
1965 – Can I Get a Witness? – HOB Records
1967 – Church Concert in New Orleans (Live) – HOB Records
1969 – Fix it Jesus Like You Said You Would – Keen Records
1969 – Jesus Will Be Waiting
1970 – In the Gospel Light
1970 – The Five Blind Boys From Alabama
1970 – The Soul of Clarence Fountain
1973 – Best of Five Blind Boys of Alabama
1974 – Precious Memories
1974 – There's a God Somewhere – ABC Records
1978 – The Soldier Album – PIR Records
1981 – Faith Moves Mountains – Messiah Records
1982 – I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord
1987 – In the Hands of the Lord
1989 – I'm a Changed Man – Wajji Records
1989 – The Five Blind Boys of Alabama
1990 – Brand New – Wajji Records
1990 – I'm Not That Way Anymore – Atlanta International Records
1991 – I am a Soldier
1991 – Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up to Zion
1991 – The Best of the Five Blind Boys
1992 – Deep River – Elektra/Nonesuch Records
1993 – Bridge Over Troubled Waters
1994 – Alive in Person
1994 – Blessed Assurance
1994 – Don't Forget To Pray
1994 – In the Gospel Light
1994 – Soul Gospel
1994 – Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
1995 – 1948–51
1995 – I Brought Him With Me – House of Blues Music Company
1996 – All Things Are Possible
1996 – Golden Moments in Gospel
1997 – Holdin' On – House of Blues Music Company
1998 – Have Faith: The Very Best of the Five Blind Boys of Alabama
1999 – Best of Clarence Fountain and the Five Blind Boys of Alabama
1999 – Hallelujah: A Collection of Their Finest
2000 – My Lord What a Morning
2001 – Spirit of the Century – Real World Records
2001 – You'll Never Walk Alone / True Convictions (reissue)
2002 – Higher Ground – Real World Records
2003 – Amazing Grace
2003 – Go Tell It on the Mountain – Real World Records
2004 – There Will Be a Light (with Ben Harper) – Virgin Records
2005 – Live at the Apollo (with Ben Harper)
2005 – Atom Bomb – Real World Records
2006 – Just a Closer Walk with Thee, a compilation of work ranging from the years 1963–1965
2008 – Down in New Orleans – Time Life – Grammy winner
2009 – Enlightenment – The Great American Music Co. (2 CDs)
2009 – Duets (compilation of collaborations with other artists) – Saguaro Road Records
2010 – Faith Moves Mountains (reissue)
2011 – Take the High Road – Saguaro Road Records
2013 – I'll Find a Way – Sony Masterworks
2014 – Talkin' Christmas! (with Taj Mahal) – Sony Masterworks
2017 – Almost Home – BBOA Records/Single Lock Records
2019 – Work To Do (with Marc Cohn) – BMG Records
2021 – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (with Bela Fleck) – Single Lock Records
As featured or guest artists
2002 – Up by Peter Gabriel on his song "Sky Blue"
2002 – Lifted: Songs of the Spirit – "Freedom Road"
2002 – WYEP Live and Direct: Volume 4 – On Air Performances – "Amazing Grace"
2002 – Don't Give Up on Me by Solomon Burke on his song "None of Us Are Free"
2003 – Brother Bear: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack – "Welcome" with Phil Collins and Oren Waters
2005 – Redemption Songs – "Nothing But The Blood"
2007 – Song of America – "Let Us Break Bread Together"
2014 – Songs from a Stolen Spring – "Freedom"
2016 – God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson – "Mother's Children Have a Hard Time"
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Real World Records artists
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National Heritage Fellowship winners
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners
Proper Records artists
American blind people
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Chopticon High School is a public high school located in Morganza, Maryland, United States. The school serves students in grades 9–12. It offers college preparatory programs and programs that prepare students for business and technical occupations. It serves the community in the northern portion of St. Mary's County, Maryland, between the Potomac River and Patuxent River. The area is mainly rural communities, with a recent rise in suburban development. Many of the families are employed by NAS Patuxent River, government contractors, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St Mary's County government, and traditional agriculture and water-related businesses.
Chopticon High School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Maryland State Department of Education. Chopticon also offers the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA) and the Academy of Finance (AOF). Chopticon High School belongs to the St. Mary's County Public School System (or SMCPS) and is associated with two other county high schools: Great Mills High School and Leonardtown High School.
The high school made news in 2015 when, on May 20, several students broke in at 3:40 am and released 72,000 ladybugs throughout the school. The four students, who were seniors at the school, were charged with 4th degree burglary, property destruction under $1,000 and disruption of school activities.
Chopticon High School was founded in 1965, as a replacement to Margaret Brent High School (founded in 1921 – now Margaret Brent Middle School).
Music
The Chopticon marching band, also known as "The Showband of Southern Maryland," won 7 consecutive USBands Maryland State Championships from 2009 to 2015 and their 8th in 2018. Under the direction of former director Todd Burroughs, the Chopticon marching band also won the USBands 2A National Championships in 2012.
Sports
Chopticon High School Athletics belongs to the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference, and competes in Maryland Division 4A in state competitions. On March 24, 2014 the Chopticon varsity softball team ended the Northern varsity softball team's state record 77-game winning streak by a score of 5–3. The baseball team won the 2015 3A State Championship by defeating Mt. Hebron High School 1–0 in the championship game. The pitcher in that game, LJay Newsome, ended up being drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2015 MLB Draft. In 2016, the softball program made their first state championship since 1985, however they lost 7–2 to Sherwood High School.
On June 12, 2017 Chopticon saw another alumnus get selected in the MLB Draft. Former Catcher Robby Kidwell was drafted in the 36th round by the New York Mets.
Notable alumni
Jerome Adams, Class of 1992, 20th Surgeon General of the United States.
James Kilpatrick
Elisa Rae Shupe
Ljay Newsome
References
External links
Chopticon High School
Educational institutions established in 1965
Public high schools in Maryland
Schools in St. Mary's County, Maryland
1965 establishments in Maryland |
Kollam Metropolitan Area is the 4th largest Metropolis in Kerala and 14th largest urban agglomeration in South India. It is one of the 10 fastest growing cities in the world covering an area of 364.51 km2 (2015) with a 31.1% urban growth between 2015 and 2020 as per the survey conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) based on urban area growth during January 2020.
The metropolitan area, constituted on the basis of 2011 census data, consists of Kollam Municipal Corporation (Quilon), 2 municipalities, 22 Panchayaths and parts of 2 Panchayaths. The two municipalities are Paravur and Karunagappalli. The 21 Panchayaths are Adichanalloor, Adinad, Ayanivelikulangara, Chavara, Elampalloor, Kallelibhagom, Kottamkara, Kulasekharapuram, Mayyanad, Meenad, Nedumpana, Oachira, Panayam, Panmana, Perinad, Poothakkulam, Thazhuthala, Thodiyoor, Thazhava, Thrikkaruva, Thrikkovilvattom, and Vadakkumthala. Outgrowth of Neendakara, Eravipuram and Thrikkadavoor panchayaths are also included in the Kollam metropolitan area.
Constituents of the urban agglomeration
See also
List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India
List of most populous urban agglomerations in Kerala
List of cities and towns in Kerala
References
Government of Kollam
Metropolitan areas of India
Populated coastal places in India |
Charles Alfred Lee (13 November 1842 – 16 August 1926) was an Australian shopkeeper and conservative parliamentarian who served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 35 years. Serving from 1884 for Tenterfield, he entered the Free Trade Party cabinet of George Reid in 1898 as Minister for Justice and briefly as Secretary for Public Works in 1899 until he returned to opposition in late 1899. Following Federation and the change of focus of the old party system in 1901, Lee was elected as the compromise leader of the new Liberal Reform Party and consequently the first official Leader of the Opposition. After leading the party to electoral defeat in 1901, he resigned owing to ill health in 1902. When the Liberal Reformers won office under Sir Joseph Carruthers in 1904, he was made Secretary for Public Works. He served with distinction, overseeing the expansion of rural infrastructure, under Carruthers and his successor Charles Wade, until the government lost office to the Labor Party in 1910. He thereafter served in the backbenches until his retirement to Tenterfield in 1920, where he died six years later.
Early years and background
Charles Alfred Lee was born in Parramatta, New South Wales in 1842, the son of Benjamin Lee, a Waterloo veteran, publican and landowner, and Lucy Ann Poulton, who had emigrated to New South Wales in 1829. His elder brother, Benjamin Lee, was also to become a NSW politician and civil servant. Educated at West Maitland Grammar School, Charles entered a Maitland store, rising to become partner. On 18 July 1865 in Penrith he married Clara Jane Tindale. They were to have six sons, Walter Lee (1868–1925), Lieutenant Colonel Charles Arthur Lee (1874–1918), Captain Frederick Edward Lee (1875–?), Reginald Lee (1878–?), Sergeant Lionel Kenneth Lee (1882–1919) and Cecil Lee (1885–1895); and four daughters, Clara Isabel Stuart (1870–1953), Constance Maude Addison (1872–1949), Emilie Mabel Lee (1877–?) and Ruby Violet Lee (1880–1881).
In 1869, Lee moved with his family to Tenterfield, in northern New South Wales, "for the sake of the bracing climate of New England", where he purchased Maryland Stores. Lee eventually rose to hold various prominent positions within Tenterfield society, being appointed a Postmaster in 1872 and as the district Coroner from 1873 to 1876. Lee entered local politics when he was elected as an Alderman on the first Tenterfield Municipal Council in 1872–1876 and was Mayor from September 1875, to February 1876. Settling in his large pastoral property, 'Claremont', Lee became President of the Prince Albert Memorial Hospital Board, the Tenterfield Railway League, and the School of Arts.
Political career
Retiring from his business, Lee was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Tenterfield uncontested on 20 November 1884, when the previous member, Henry Parkes, resigned. Joining the Free Trade Party in 1887, Lee aligned himself with rural issues and rights of landowners, eventually joining the Farmers and Settlers Association. Australian Town and Country reported: "In his electorate he has been always associated with the progress of local institutions. He is a not frequent speaker in Parliament; but when he does speak, he is brief, effective and to the point."
On 7 December 1893 Lee carried an adjournment motion in Parliament which censured the Attorney General Edmund Barton and the Minister for Justice Richard O'Connor for their acceptance of private legal briefs to act against New South Wales Government Railways, leading to their resignation and the prorogation of the parliament. On 27 August 1898, Lee rose to become Minister of Justice in the Free Trader government of George Reid, introducing prison libraries, lights in prison cells and nightdresses for female prisoners. He served in this capacity until his promotion on 3 July 1899 as the Secretary for Public Works. He served in this capacity only briefly when on 13 September 1899, Reid's government fell to William Lyne's Protectionists. He sat on the royal commission on city railway extension in 1897.
In April 1901 Lee was elected as the compromise leader of the new Liberal Reform Party of New South Wales, which had emerged from the former Free Trade Party, and consequently the first official Leader of the Opposition, after the withdrawal of the favoured candidate Joseph Carruthers. Lee's party was divided and unprepared for the elections ten weeks later, at which they were defeated. Although respected as an MP, Lee's genial and quiet manner proved highly unsuited for leadership and he eventually resigned on 17 September 1902 in favour of Carruthers.
When the Liberal Reform Party under Carruthers won the 1904 election, Lee was appointed as Secretary for Public Works on 30 August 1904. Serving through Carruther's successor, Charles Wade, to the government's fall on 20 October 1910, Lee presided over an extensive public works programme. Among the projects he helped to develop were the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, Cataract Dam for the Sydney water supply, rail infrastructure expansion, the construction of the Burrinjuck Dam, and the creation of the town of Leeton, which was named after him.
During his later years in parliament he remained an advocate for small landowners and rural affairs and served until his retirement from parliament on 18 February 1920, after thirty-six years as an MP. Thereafter, Lee lived in quiet retirement at Claremont, Tenterfield, until his death on 16 August 1926. He was buried in the Tenterfield cemetery, survived by three daughters and two sons. Two of his sons were killed in World War I: Lieutenant Colonel Charles Arthur Lee (1874–1918) had died after returning home of complications arising from shell shock, and Sergeant Lionel Kenneth Lee (1882–1919) from Typhus while in Egypt. The Tenterfield Star's obituary for Lee said his death brought to an end a "long and eventful chapter in the history of Tenterfield and northern NSW."
References
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1926 deaths
Australian Anglicans
Australian businesspeople
Australian people of English descent
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Leaders of the Opposition in New South Wales
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PS Gracie Fields built in 1936, was the last paddle steamer built for Red Funnel as a ferry and excursion steamer. She ran on the Southampton-Cowes route until the outbreak of World War II, when she was requisitioned and served as HMS Gracie Fields as a minesweeper. After successfully evacuating troops from the Dunkirk beaches, she was seriously damaged by an aircraft bomb on 29 May 1940, and sank the following morning.
Design and construction
Laid down as Yard No.1149 by John I. Thornycroft & Company at Woolston for The Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited, known as Red Funnel, the paddle steamer Gracie Fields had a tonnage of 396 GRT. Her length overall was , breadth and depth . The ship was propelled by a diagonal compound steam engine of 137 nhp, also made by Thornycroft and giving a service speed of . To increase manouverability when going astern, she was fitted with a bow rudder. Accommodation for cars was provided on the fore deck.
Operation
She was launched by her namesake, the singer Gracie Fields, on 8 April 1936. After a cruise for invited guests on 9 May, she entered revenue service the following day. During the rest of 1936, she undertook a couple of special cruises in conjunction with her sponsor.
Royal Navy service
At the beginning of the Second World War she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and served as a minesweeper. On 29 May 1940, the ship took part in the Dunkirk evacuation, rescuing 280 troops on the first trip. However, on the second trip, with 750 men on board, she was attacked by German aircraft resulting in the loss of eight on board, the survivors having been picked up by warships. HMS Pangbourne attempted to tow the damaged vessel back to England but Gracie Fields sank in the night.
References
External links
Simplon postcards
1936 ships
Dunkirk evacuation
Ferry transport on the Isle of Wight
Little Ships of Dunkirk
Maritime incidents in May 1940
Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom
Ships sunk by German aircraft
World War II shipwrecks in the English Channel |
Benjamín Moreno Márquez (17 April 1955 – 1 May 2020) was a Spanish footballer who played as striker.
Career
Born in Guarromán, his family emigrated to Madrid. He started playing football in Murcia and Valdepeñas. In 1980 he joined CD Leganés, then in Tercera División where he spent his best years (1980–1985). In five seasons he played 168 matches and scored 52 goals. He was the first legend of modern football in CD Leganés.
After leaving that club, he played in CD Móstoles, CF Fuenlabrada and CD Sonseca.
He worked in Metro de Madrid, where he retired. Benjamín died on 1 May 2020 in Madrid.
He is considered the first legend of modern CD Leganés.
References
External links
Moreno in bdfútbol
1955 births
2020 deaths
Footballers from Jaén, Spain
Tercera División players
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Extremadura
CD Leganés players
Men's association football forwards |
Willbriggie is a community in the central part of the Riverina nearby to the city of Griffith. It is situated by road, about 16 kilometres north from Darlington Point and 17 kilometres south from Hanwood. At the , Willbriggie had a population of 127.
Darlington Point Railway Station Post Office opened on 16 November 1881, was renamed Darlington Railway Station office in 1882, Willbriggie in 1909 and closed in 1975.
Notes and references
Towns in the Riverina
Towns in New South Wales |
Dracula’s Widow is a 1988 vampire thriller film directed by Christopher Coppola, written by Tom Blomquist as Kathryn Ann Thomas, and starring Sylvia Kristel, Josef Sommer and Lenny von Dohlen. Kristel, in the title role, goes on a killing spree in a seedy 1980s Hollywood, while in search of her husband.
Plot
The film, situated in Hollywood, or Tinsel Town as the narrator (Lt. Lannon) calls it, opens with Raymond Everett (the owner of the Hollywood House of Wax) receiving delivery of some valuable antiques from Poenari, Romania. He anxiously takes delivery of a sixth crate even though he was only expecting five. Later that evening, at a Jazz bar called The Blue Angel, a sleazy but lonely patron hits on a mysterious dark-haired woman who wanders in. Soon after, they leave together and travel to a secluded park where this peculiar woman kills the man.
More shenanigans ensue that night when two thieves break into the wax museum while Raymond is upstairs watching Nosferatu. During the robbery, a creature with webbed hands and dagger-like nails attacks one of the thieves. The thief’s throat is ripped open, and his blood is drained by a long tentacle emitted from the creature’s mouth. The other man escapes. Following this attack, the mysterious brunette from earlier enters the room where Raymond sits unsuspectingly. After a very short battle of wills, Raymond is taken possession of (with a bite) and forced to renounce his girlfriend, Jenny Harker.
The next day, Lt. Lannon and his partner Citrano are called to the crime scene at the park. A clue left in the grass leads them to The Blue Angel, in which witnesses are unable to contribute much. Meanwhile, Raymond tries to free himself from the vampire’s hold but fails; instead, he cleans up her mess before Jenny arrives. Raymond’s girlfriend, who also works at the museum, observes his distress. She tries to comfort him, but instead, Raymond tries to bite her, unsuccessfully. As night falls, the creature attacks again. This time it is a night watchman ironically watching a news report about the park murder at the onset of his death.
Summoned by the vampire, Raymond picks her up in his car. She tells him that he must return her to Romania to her husband, Count Dracula. However, Raymond informs her of Count Dracula’s death and that Van Helsing is responsible. At this moment, Raymond’s girlfriend, Jenny, glimpses him in the car with the other woman. The police receive a valuable part of the puzzle from the frazzled burglar who witnessed his accomplice’s death at the wax museum the previous night. Later, through Van Helsing’s aged grandson, we learn that all vampires were destroyed with the exception of Vanessa, who is the true wife of Dracula. She is described as both a beauty and a beast. In a sleazier part of town, Vanessa and Raymond encounter a group of hardcore occultists who seem to sense Vanessa’s evilness and welcome her. She surprises them, though, when she transforms into the beast and slaughters all save Raymond.
The next morning, Jenny angrily confronts Raymond over the phone and then abruptly hangs up. Distressed, Raymond writes a letter confessing his predicament, hoping she will forgive him. Back at the wax museum, Raymond is met by Lt. Lannon, who casually searches the premises. The lieutenant confronts Raymond with the burglar’s admission, which he denies. However, their meeting is cut short when Lannon is called to another of Vanessa’s massacres. There, Lannon meets Van Helsing’s elderly grandson, who tells him that vampires, not devil worshippers are to blame. To establish his theory, they journey to the morgue where Vanessa’s first victim is located. With a wooden stake and mallet, Helsing makes Lannon a believer as the victim is briefly reanimated at the moment of his true death. Later, Lannon visits Jenny hoping to discover more information about Raymond and gain her trust. Jenny afterwards meets up with Raymond, and he gives her a cross to protect her. Night arrives, and more murders follow as Vanessa slays Citrano and Helsing. Consequentially, Raymond is arrested, and his wax museum searched for evidence, which police discover.
While in custody, officers try to elicit a confession from Raymond that does not involve a beautiful vampire monster. However, the only cop who believes him is Lt. Lannon. He and Jenny eventually collaborate to locate Vanessa and exonerate Raymond. As night approaches, Raymond is taken to a vacant warehouse by a few officers for a bit of police brutality. Vanessa intervenes, hoping to eliminate Raymond herself. Jenny, via supernatural intervention, discovers the warehouse. Both she and Lannon are able to distract Vanessa, while Raymond takes the opportunity to kill her, thus regaining his humanity.
Characters
Sylvia Kristel as Vanessa
Josef Sommer as Lieutenant Hap Lannon
Lenny von Dohlen as Raymond Everett
Marc Coppola as Brad
Stefan Schnabel as Helsing
Rachel Jones as Jenny Harker
Duke Ernsberger as Bart
G.F. Rowe as Lou
Richard K. Olsen as The Drunk (as Richard Olsen)
Lucius Houghton as Willie
J. Michael Hunter as Dave
Traber Burns as Citrano
Dick Langdon as Night Watchman
Adrienne Stout as Babs
Tracy Tanen as Juliet
References
External links
1988 films
1988 directorial debut films
1988 comedy horror films
1988 thriller films
American comedy horror films
Dracula films
Films about Hollywood, Los Angeles
Films shot in North Carolina
American vampire films
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
Films set in wax museums
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King Zhending of Zhou (), personal name Ji Jie, was the twenty-eighth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the sixteenth of Eastern Zhou. He ruled between 468 BC and 441 BC.
Family
King Zhending had four sons:
First son, Prince Quji (; d. 441 BC), ruled as King Ai of Zhou in 441 BC
Prince Shuxi (; d. 441 BC), ruled as King Si of Zhou in 441 BC
Prince Wei (; d. 426 BC), ruled as King Kao of Zhou from 440–426 BC
Prince Jie (; d. 415 BC), ruled as Duke Huan of Western Zhou () from 440–415 BC
Ancestry
See also
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
Sources
441 BC deaths
Zhou dynasty kings
5th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Year of birth unknown |
The Johannesburg Roads Agency is a department of the Government of Gauteng. JRA began on business on 1 January 2001 with the City of Johannesburg being the main shareholder. The JRA's plans, designs, constructs, operates, controls, rehabilitates and maintains the roads and stormwater infrastructure in Johannesburg. This Extends to constructing and maintaining of bridges, culverts, traffic Lights, pathways, road signs and markings.
Background
Facilities
Asphalt Plant
The JRA operates and manages an asphalt plant in Johannesburg. The plant opened due to a shortage in asphalt and the ongoing problem of potholes in Johannesburg. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the plant shut down temporarily and reopened April 2021.
See also
Government of Gauteng
Department of Transport (South Africa)
Department of Public Works (South Africa)
SANRAL
Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
References
External links
JRA Website
Roads Agency
Gauteng
Gauteng
Transport in Gauteng
Transport organisations based in South Africa |
The Welaka National Fish Hatchery, operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is a warmwater hatchery. The only national fish hatchery in Florida, it has two units, both of which are near the town of Welaka.
History
The state of Florida built the hatchery in 1926, running it for over a decade. The facilities were turned over to the U.S. government in 1938, who have been in charge since then.
The hatchery
The headquarters for the hatchery is called the Welaka Unit. A nearby aquarium is operated by the Unit, with samples of fish that the hatchery raises.
Approximately three miles to the south is the Beecher Unit, named after the spring that provides water for the fish ponds there. It has an observation tower with interpretive information, as well as a small picnic area and nature trail.
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Landmarks in Florida
National Fish Hatcheries of the United States
Buildings and structures in Putnam County, Florida
Tourist attractions in Putnam County, Florida
Agricultural buildings and structures in Florida
1926 establishments in Florida |
Port Weller Dry Docks was a shipbuilder on the Welland Canal at the Lake Ontario entrance. The shipbuilder was founded in 1946 and the site was initially owned by the Government of Canada for storage purchases. The shipyard expanded to include ship repair, and reconstruction work. In 1956, the drydock was sold to the Upper Lakes Shipping Company, which began the construction of vessels at the site. The shipyard twice went insolvent, most recently in 2015. Port Weller Dry Docks was used to build, refit and repair cargo vessels.
History
Following the boom of shipbuilding on the Great Lakes during the Second World War, the Muir Dry Dock was closed down at Port Dalhousie, Ontario and operations were moved to the east side of the Welland Canal at Port Weller, Ontario in 1946. The drydock, opened in 1947, was initially owned by the Government of Canada and was used to store gates, lock valves, and gate-lifting vessels. The new site was considered an improvement over the Muir Dry Dock due to its location above Lock 1, which eliminated the need for pumps to fill or empty the dry dock. The yard was expanded to include ship repair and reconstruction work and employed 500 by 1950. In 1956, the yard was sold to the Upper Lakes Shipping Company. Under their management, the shipyard began to construct vessels of different types, such as bulk carriers, tankers, tugboats, scows, barges, car ferries and icebreakers. The Port Weller Dry Docks expanded its activities with the opening of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in the late 1950s. By the 1990s, the Port Weller Dry Docks was the lone Great Lakes shipyard in operation in Canada.
It was sold to Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. but later became insolvent. The shipyard was reacquired by Upper Lakes Group in 2007, along with a dockyard in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The company reorganized the shipyards, and other endeavours in Hamilton and Port Colborne, Ontario into a new division named Seaway Marine & Industrial Incorporated. They renamed the facility Seaway Marine and Industrial Limited, but the firm went bankrupt in 2013, resulting in the closure of the shipyard and loss of jobs. The yard was used briefly in 2015 by Algoma Central to perform maintenance work on self-unloading bulk carrier and was leased by Saint Lawrence Seaway (current owner of the facility). The site is operated by Heddle Marine on behalf of St. Lawrence Seaway. In 2017, arrived to overwinter at the site.
Ships
Ships built at this facility include:
Refits
Port Weller Dry Docks also refitted existing ships. In 1980, the Upper Lakes Group had their bulk carrier St. Lawrence Navigator extensively rebuilt by the shipyard, giving the vessel a new bow section, a new bow thruster and expanding the vessel to seawaymax dimensions. In 2003, the yard refitted the museum ship . In 2012–2013, the refits of the Canadian Coast Guard ship and the destroyer were also done by the yard.
References
Shipbuilding companies of Canada
Drydocks |
This is a list of public art by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, also termed their "large scale projects". Oldenburg (1929-2022) and van Bruggen (1942–2009) were married Swedish-American and American-Dutch sculptors (respectively), best known for their Installation art typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. This list does not include all other types of artistic works by the artists (for example drawings and "happenings") and other sculptural works which are not public art (for example soft sculptures such as "Giant BLT").
With the exception of the earliest works, Lipstick, Three-Way Plug and Clothespin, all works listed are signed by both artists. Unless specified, dimensions are listed as height × width × depth.
Images may be missing from this list, due to no freedom of panorama provisions for copyrighted three-dimensional artworks in the copyright laws of countries where the affected artworks are located.
Public art
Public art
Oldenburg and van Bruggen
es:Claes Oldenburg#Claes Oldenburg y su etapa junto a Coosje van Bruggen |
Tobler may refer to:
Tobler (name), a surname originating in Germany (and list of people with the name)
Tom Brownlees or Tobler, an Australian rules football player
Tobler hyperelliptical projection, a family of map projections
Chocolat Tobler, a chocolate more commonly known as Toblerone
Villa Tobler, a listed building in Zürich, Switzerland
See also
Tobler's crow (Euploea tobleri), a species of nymphalid butterfly
Tobler's first law of geography, according to Waldo Tobler |
The Château de Montbillon is a château in Saint-Sornin in the Allier department in the Auvergne region of France.
History
The château is a building of the 17th and 19th centuries, with a chapel and bell tower, and an ancient dovecote. The domaine de Montbillon (the lands, now a large farm, of which the château was the centre) also included the Étang du lion ("Lion's Pond") now in the commune of Rocles. The Thonier family built some parts of the château and owned it for many years .
External links
Summed up and translated from the equivalent article at the French Wikipedia, 1 November 2007
Houses completed in the 17th century
Houses completed in the 19th century
Châteaux in Allier
19th-century architecture in France |
Czermin is a village in Mielec County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Czermin. It lies approximately north-west of Mielec and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.
The village was first mentioned in 1190. After the First Partition of Poland in a part of the village, in the course of Josephine colonization, ethnic Germans, dominationally mixed (Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Calvinist) settled here in 1783.
References
Czermin |
Adam Kelly Ward (August 11, 1982 – March 22, 2016) was an American convicted murderer executed by the U.S. state of Texas by lethal injection.
Early life
Ward was born in the North Texas city of Commerce, TX, located just under an hour from Dallas, TX to Dr. Ralph Ward, an industrial engineer, and Nancy Ward, who worked in banking. Adam Ward attended the public schools in Commerce and was diagnosed from an early age of having behavior disorders as well as learning disabilities such as dyslexia. Both his parents and teachers noted that while Ward was intelligent when it came to problem solving, his behavioral issues were a detriment to his education. After high school, Ward briefly attended Paris Junior College, but dropped out. In the few days preceding the murder, Ward had lost a job that according to his father, he very much enjoyed and was hoping to turn into a career.
Murder
On June 13, 2005, while washing his car, Adam Ward encountered Michael Walker, a 44-year-old code enforcement officer, taking photographs of Ward's home in Commerce, Texas. Ward's home had been frequently cited by the City of Commerce for numerous code violations over the previous five years. Walker taking pictures agitated Ward, according to testimony. Walker then had a brief encounter with Ward, who advised him to leave the area.
Walker went to his truck, moved it to the opposite side of the street and called the police, while Ward ran to his bedroom and returned outside with a handgun, and started to fire at Walker. He chased Walker while he retreated behind his truck according to witnesses, and tried to hide behind and under it. When Walker tried to run down the street, Ward shot him again, making for a total of nine shots fired at Walker. Walker's father, Dick Walker, was serving with the Commerce Emergency Corps and arrived on the scene shortly before his son died.
Victim
The victim was 44-year-old Michael "Pee Wee" Walker. Walker had been a construction worker before being hired by the City of Commerce as a code enforcement officer. Walker lived with his father, Dick Walker, a funeral director who owned and operated a funeral home in Commerce. Walker also had two children, a son Donavon and a daughter Marissa who lived with him and his father in Commerce.
Trial
Ward was charged with murder in obstruction/retaliation, making him eligible for the death penalty. While a pretrial inmate, Ward was held in the Hunt County Jail. His capital murder trial began in June 2007 under District Attorney F. Duncan Thomas. Ward's attorneys plead not guilty and Ward claimed he acted in self defense as he claimed Walker was a threat to him. His attorneys presented information to the court that claimed that Ward was mentally ill and had delusions. Hunt County prosecutors alleged Ralph Ward instilled paranoia in his son against governmental institutions in the Commerce area, including the city government, the Commerce Independent School District, and the Commerce Police Department. Ralph Ward had previously been involved in a public feud with Commerce ISD over the education methods used to teach Adam and he sometimes appeared at his schools unexpectedly. There was a history of confrontations between Walker and the Wards, and Adam said he felt afraid for his safety. Walker was unarmed when Ward killed him. After the trial, Ward was convicted and sentenced to death.
Execution
Ward, Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) 999525, was held on men's death row at the Polunsky Unit near Livingston, Texas. He was executed on March 22, 2016, at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. Ward stated: "This is wrong what's happening," he said. "This is not a capital case; it never was a capital case; I had never intended to do anything. A lot of injustice is happening in all this. I'm sorry things didn't work out. May God forgive us all." A spiritual adviser and three friends of his attended his execution; his parents did not attend it. Ward was pronounced dead at 6:34 CT, 12 minutes after the drugs started to flow.
Aftermath and Reaction
Numerous anti-death penalty advocates condemned the execution, citing it as unconstitutional due to claims that Ward was mentally ill. Commerce police Chief Kerry Crews, who attended the execution, said it was a tragedy for both families, and that hopefully the execution could "provide closure so that they can move on." Dick Walker later filed a civil suit against the City of Commerce and The Ward Family for wrongful death, and settled out of court. The City of Commerce then sued Ralph Ward in an attempt to gain permission to demolish the home, as it had already been declared condemned. In the fall of 2019, The City of Commerce had the Ward house demolished and the property lot cleared.
See also
List of people executed in Texas, 2010–2019
List of people executed in the United States in 2016
References
External links
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 14-70015 ADAM KELLY WARD v. WILLIAM STEPHENS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION
1982 births
2016 deaths
American people executed for murdering police officers
People convicted of murder by Texas
People executed by Texas by lethal injection
2005 murders in the United States
People from Commerce, Texas
History of Texas
21st-century executions by Texas
American male criminals |
John M. Darby (September 3 or September 27, 1804 – September 18, 1877) was an American botanist, chemist, and academic. He created the first systematic catalogue of flora in the southeastern United States.
Biography
Darby was born in North Adams, Massachusetts in 1804. At the age of ten, his father died, and he was apprenticed to a fuller. At the age of 23, he entered Williams College, and graduating with an Artium Magister degree from that institution in 1831. After graduation, he was an instructor at Williamstown Academy, and later at Barhamville Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1841, he published the first compilation of the botany of the southern United States in his A manual of botany, a companion work to Amos Eaton's Manual of Botany for the Northern States. He was named professor of natural sciences at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia in 1842. In 1845, Darby returned to Williams College as Professor of Mathematics, but returned South a year later to teach again at Barhamville. In 1848, he became principal of the Sigourney Institute in Culloden, Georgia, a school he helped found.
In 1855, he became president and professor of natural science of the Auburn Masonic Female College—today Auburn High School—in Auburn, Alabama. While at Auburn, he expanded his A manual of botany to the more comprehensive Botany of the Southern States, and published a textbook on chemistry. In addition, he began producing and selling a patent medicine disinfectant known as "Darby's Prophylactic Fluid", which gained wide use throughout the Southeast. In 1856, he helped found East Alabama Male College in Auburn, which is today Auburn University. When the East Alabama College opened in 1859, he was appointed professor of natural science at that school, a position he held concurrently with his position at the Auburn Female College.
Darby remained professor at Auburn until 1869, when he was elected president of Kentucky Wesleyan College in Millersburg, Kentucky. In 1875, he resigned that position and moved to New York, where he died in 1877.
See also
List of Auburn University people
References
Williams College alumni
Auburn University faculty
American botanists
People from Auburn, Alabama
Auburn High School (Alabama) people
People from North Adams, Massachusetts
1804 births
1877 deaths |
This is the Jake Gosling discography, giving an overview of the albums, EPs and singles that Gosling produced.
Studio albums
Anthems For Doomed Youth - The Libertines
x - Ed Sheeran
Midnight Memories - One Direction
Head or Heart - Christina Perri
Peroxide - Nina Nesbitt
All We Are - ORB
Take Me Home - One Direction
Fire Within - Birdy
Up All Night - One Direction
Fall to Grace - Paloma Faith
This Life - The Original Rudeboys
+ - Ed Sheeran
See Clear Now - Wiley
Illuminate - Shawn Mendes
Now - Shania Twain
Dancing Shadows - Mario
Extended plays
Loose Change - Ed Sheeran
Songs I Wrote with Amy - Ed Sheeran
Live at the Bedford - Ed Sheeran
No. 5 Collaborations Project - Ed Sheeran
The Slumdon Bridge- Ed Sheeran (with Yelawolf)
Apple Tree EP - Nina Nesbitt
Singles produced
Mercy - Shawn Mendes
Smile - Gorgon City Feat Elderbrook
Little Things - One Direction
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
The A Team - Ed Sheeran
Lego House - Ed Sheeran
Give Me Love - Ed Sheeran
You Need Me, I Don't Need You - Ed Sheeran
Drunk - Ed Sheeran
Small Bump - Ed Sheeran
Picking Up The Pieces - Paloma Faith
Just Be - Paloma Faith
Black and Blue - Paloma Faith
30 Minute Love Affair - Paloma Faith
Tattoo - Hilary Duff
The Apple Tree - Nina Nesbitt
Boy - Nina Nesbitt
Stay Out - Nina Nesbitt
Way In The World - Nina Nesbitt
Summertime - Wiley
Cash In My Pocket - Wiley
See Clear Now - Wiley
Long May They Roll - James Jay Picton
The Message - Nate James
Dirty Rider - Mikill Pane
Chairman Of The Bored - Mikill Pane
Summer In The City - Mikill Pane
Play It Loud - Giggs
Old School Love - Lupe Ft Ed Sheeran
Fire - Jeluzz ft Jake Gosling
Its My Time - Scorcher
Songwriting credits
Smile - Gorgon City Feat Elderbrook
Drunk - Ed Sheeran
Give Me Love - Ed Sheeran
Lego House - Ed Sheeran
The City - Ed Sheeran
The Parting Glass - Ed Sheeran
U.N.I - Ed Sheeran
Wake Me Up - Ed Sheeran
Autumn Leaves - Ed Sheeran
Lately - Ed Sheeran
You - Ed Sheeran
Family - Ed Sheeran
Radio - Ed Sheeran
Drown Me Out - Ed Sheeran
Nightmares - Ed Sheeran
Goodbye To You - Ed Sheeran
Summertime - Wiley
See Clear Now - Wiley
I Need To Be - Wiley
5am - Wiley
Turn It Up - Wiley
Can't Stop Thinking - Wiley
No Interest - Nina Nesbitt
Way In The World - Nina Nesbitt
Align - Nina Nesbitt
18 Candles - Nina Nesbitt
Tough Luck - Nina Nesbitt
The Apple Tree - Nina Nesbitt
Some You Win - Nina Nesbitt
Unhappy Ending - Jenna Andrews
Tattoo - Hilary Duff
Dirty Rider - Mikill Pane
The Craig Bang - Mikill Pane
Chairman of Bored - Mikill Pane
Summer in the City - Mikill Pane
Straight to the Bottom - Mikill Pane
Play It Loud - Giggs ft. Ed Sheeran
Blank Page -Jezzabell Doran
Home - Birdy
Planes Fly - Angle Haze
What If - The ORB
Never Alone - ORB
Can't Let Go - ORB
Travelling Man - ORB
Blue Eyes - ORB
Written Songs - ORB
Holiday - KSI
References
Production discographies |
The Balsam Branch Wildlife Area is a tract of protected land in central Polk County, Wisconsin, managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). The wildlife area is characterized by marshland, prairie fields, and a pond set in the center of the property.
Overview
In 1967, the entire plot of land was donated to the WDNR to be conserved, with a focus on the stock of turkey, deer, and various waterfowl native to Wisconsin. The property is frequented by birdwatchers.
The lake at the center of the property is unnamed, and has an area of .
References
External links
U.S. Geological Survey Map at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
Balsam Branch Wildlife Area Map at the WDNR Website. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
State Wildlife Area
Protected areas of Wisconsin
Geography of Polk County, Wisconsin
Protected areas established in 1967
IUCN Category V |
Ivan Nikolov may refer to:
Ivan Nikolov (basketball), Bulgarian basketball player
Ivan Nikolov (footballer), Macedonian footballer
Ivan Kostov Nikolov, Bulgarian geologist, mineralogist and crystallographer |
Curubis erratica is a species of spider of the genus Curubis. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
References
Salticidae
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Spiders of Asia
Spiders described in 1902 |
Circle theorem may refer to:
Any of many theorems related to the circle; often taught as a group in GCSE mathematics. These include:
Inscribed angle theorem.
Thales' theorem, if A, B and C are points on a circle where the line AC is a diameter of the circle, then the angle ∠ABC is a right angle.
Alternate segment theorem.
Ptolemy's theorem.
The Milne-Thomson circle theorem in fluid dynamics.
Five circles theorem
Six circles theorem
Seven circles theorem
Gershgorin circle theorem
See also
Clifford's circle theorems
Descartes' theorem also known as 'kissing circles' or 'Soddy circles' theorem
List of circle topics |
Gwrgi, brother of Peredur, is a figure of medieval British legend.
Gwrgi may also refer to:
Gwrgi Severi, a huntsman mentioned in Culhwch ac Olwen who helps King Arthur track the boar Twrch Trwyth
Gwrgi Garwlwyd ("Rough grey"), a figure in one of the Welsh Triads
See also
Gurgi, character in Lloyd Alexander's series from the 1960s, The Chronicles of Prydain |
Just Wailin is an album recorded by flautist Herbie Mann, tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, guitarist Kenny Burrell and pianist Mal Waldron in 1958 for the New Jazz label.
Reception
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "The straight-ahead jam session has its strong moments, and as long as one doesn't let their expectations get out of hand, the music will be enjoyable despite the lack of wild sparks".
Track listing
All compositions by Mal Waldron, except as indicated
"Minor Groove" - 7:34
"Blue Echo" - 4:15
"Blue Dip" (Kenny Burrell) - 9:23
"Gospel Truth" - 10:43
"Jumpin' With Symphony Sid" (Lester Young) - 3:29
"Trinidad" (Cal Massey) - 4:28
Personnel
Herbie Mann - flute
Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
Mal Waldron - piano
Kenny Burrell - guitar
George Joyner - bass
Art Taylor - drums
References
1958 albums
Herbie Mann albums
Charlie Rouse albums
Kenny Burrell albums
Mal Waldron albums
New Jazz Records albums
Albums produced by Bob Weinstock
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums recorded in a home studio |
The communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are administrative divisions of both cities and territories. They are led by government appointed burgomasters (fr. bourgmestres) and are further divided into quarters (fr. quartiers) and embedded groupings (fr. groupements incorporé).
List of city and territory communes
City communes
The 33 cities of DR Congo are divided into 137 communes:
Territory communes
There are 174 communes in the 145 territories of DR Congo. Each administrative center of a territory is a commune and in most cases has the same name as the territory.
References
Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congo, Democratic Republic of 3
Communes, Congo Democratic Republic of
Democratic Republic of the Congo geography-related lists |
Miquelets or Micalets (; ) were irregular Catalan and Valencian mountain light troops. They enjoyed a certain prominence in the wars in the Iberian Peninsula during the 17th and 18th centuries, and in peace seem to have on occasion plundered travellers.
Overview
The name is a diminutive of Michael; it is claimed it comes from Miquel or Miquelot de Prats, a Catalan mercenary captain in the service of Cesare Borgia. The term was used for many unconnected groups of Catalans who took up arms in many wars, as well as in banditry. The Miquelets were maintained at the parish level, not by the central or the provincial governments, and as they had to turn out for duty on sound of the village alarm-bell (someten) they are frequently called sometents.
In specific wars
The Miquelets were active during the Catalan secessionist revolt of 1640 (, "War of the Reapers")
In the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714), most of the Miquelets fought on the Austriacist side; they became part of the Army of Catalonia, in 1713, and continued the struggle against the French claimant Philip, Duke of Anjou (Philip V) until long after the peace.
During the Peninsular War, the Miquelets successfully harassed the French occupiers in the mountains of Catalonia, sometimes even participating in operations in large bodies, such as in the Siege of Girona (1809) and other operations around Girona in 1808 and 1809.
Miquelet was a sobriquet used by Catalan soldiers on both sides of these and other wars; the French raised Catalan troops in 1689 in the Revolt of the Barretines, as well as in 1808 in the Peninsular War.
Miquelets in the Americas
Regiments of Miquelets were also integrated in the Spanish army and fought in other places of the Spanish Empire, outside Spain. Fray Junipero Serra's expedition to establish Catholic missions along the California coast was accompanied by detachments of Migueletes in 1769. The First Free Company of Volunteers of Catalonia, which was composed of Catalan Miquelets, was destined in New Spain. From there, the Company played a crucial role in the Spanish colonization of the Pacific Northwest, building Fort San Miguel, the first formal European settlement in British Columbia, from 1790 to 1792. Its captain, Pere d'Alberní i Teixidor, received military decorations and even was appointed Interim Governor of California in 1800.
Miquelet police in the Basque region
The police forces of the autonomous governments of Biscay (1784–1877) and Gipuzkoa (1796–1936) were known as Miqueletes. Their homologous police forces in Álava and Navarre, called Miñones and Policía foral, managed to survive beyond the Spanish Civil War due to the siding of these provinces with the military uprising.
See also
Battle of Montjuïc (1641)
Battle of Cambrils
Guerrilla warfare in the Peninsular War
History of Catalonia
Free Company of Volunteers of Catalonia
Notes
References
Attribution
Military units and formations of the Early Modern period
Military units and formations of Spain
Military history of Catalonia
Thirty Years' War |
In enzymology, a 2-hydroxyquinoline 5,6-dioxygenase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
quinolin-2-ol + NADH + H+ + O2 2,5,6-trihydroxy-5,6-dihydroquinoline + NAD+
The 4 substrates of this enzyme are quinolin-2-ol, NADH, H+, and O2, whereas its two products are 2,5,6-trihydroxy-5,6-dihydroquinoline and NAD+.
This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on paired donors, with O2 as oxidant and incorporation or reduction of oxygen. The oxygen incorporated need not be derived from O2 with NADH or NADPH as one donor, and incorporation of two atoms o oxygen into the other donor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is quinolin-2-ol,NADH:oxygen oxidoreductase (5,6-hydroxylating). Other names in common use include 2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline 5,6-dioxygenase, quinolin-2-ol 5,6-dioxygenase, and quinolin-2(1H)-one 5,6-dioxygenase.
References
EC 1.14.12
NADPH-dependent enzymes
NADH-dependent enzymes
Enzymes of unknown structure |
Pombeiros were African and sometimes mulatto agents who purchased slaves in the African interior on behalf of the Portuguese crown or private Portuguese traders for the Atlantic slave trade. The term pombeiro comes from Pumbe, a market located by the Malebo Pool.
In general, the Portuguese government did not want Portuguese slave traders going into the interior. It preferred them to stay at its colonies of Benguela and Luanda on the coast, while the native pombeiros led caravans into the interior to buy slaves. During their trips into the interior, the pombeiros resided at fortified marketplaces called feiras, to which Africans from beyond the frontier would come to sell produce, wares and slaves. According to one account from 1700, the pombeiros would set out with their own slaves, who in turn had slaves under them to act as porters. A slaving expedition could last a whole year and bring in between 400 and 600 slaves.
The most distant feira from the coast was at Kasanje (founded by the Imbangala c. 1620), and the pombeiros rarely ventured further than that. Through the pombeiros, Portugal made indirect contact with the kingdoms beyond the Kingdom of Kongo, such as Lunda and Kazembe. Slaves from Kazembe could be traded to the Lunda, who in turn sold them to the Imbangala, who brought them to the pombeiros at Kasanje. This way the human capital of Kazembe made its way to the Atlantic, whereas the ivory of the kingdom was sent east to the Portuguese feira at Tete for the Indian Ocean trade. In 1806, two pombeiros named Pedro João Baptista and Amaro José travelled from Luanda as far as Tete and back, but the journey took them over four years.
References
Portuguese Angola
Kingdom of Kongo
African slave trade
Portuguese slave trade |
Gabriel López Zapiain (22 April 1943 – 18 August 2018) was a Mexican footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Born in Irapuato, López Zapiain played for Irapuato and Guadalajara.
He earned one international cap for Mexico in 1971.
He later worked for Guadalajara as a coach and scout.
References
1943 births
2018 deaths
Mexican men's footballers
Mexico men's international footballers
C.D. Irapuato footballers
C.D. Guadalajara footballers
Liga MX players
People from Irapuato
Footballers from Guanajuato
Men's association football defenders |
Metro 2035 () is a 2015 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. Glukhovsky's third book in the core Metro series, it serves as a sequel to Metro 2033 and Metro 2034. Like previous novels in the series, Metro 2035 is primarily set in the Moscow Metro and the ruins of Moscow itself in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse. 2035 follows Artyom, the protagonist of Metro 2033, as he attempts to make contact with other survivors in the world. Metro 2035 is partially inspired by the video game Metro: Last Light. In turn, Metro Exodus is a game loosely based on Metro 2035.
Plot
Two years after Metro 2033, Artyom has left the Spartan Order and now lives at his home station, VDNKh, with his wife Anya. Claiming to have heard a radio message in Ostankino Tower, Artyom attempts to make contact with other survivors in the world by broadcasting radio messages on the highly irradiated surface, but never receives any response. Anya considers Artyom's efforts fruitless, and his refusal to have children with her causes their relationship to deteriorate. Homer, a major character in Metro 2034, arrives at the station, wanting to learn more about Artyom's conflict with the Dark Ones so that he can write a book about it. Artyom initially refuses to help Homer, but changes his mind after Homer claims that he met a man at Teatralnaya who made radio contact with Polar Dawns, a city on the Kola Peninsula. Artyom and Homer set out towards Teatralnaya. Lyokha, a dung broker from Rizhskaya, helps them cross the border of Hansa, a capitalist faction controlling the Koltsevaya Line. The three men eventually reach Tsvetnoy Bulvar, where Artyom gets drunk and blacks out at a local brothel. Artyom, Lyokha, and Homer arrive at Tverskaya, renamed “Darwin” by the neo-Nazi Fourth Reich, and are arrested shortly afterward. A Reich officer threatens to kill Homer if Artyom refuses to bomb the passageway leading from neutral Teatralnaya to Okhotny Ryad, which is controlled by the communist Red Line. At Teatralnaya, Artyom finds the radio operator that Homer mentioned, but Red Line soldiers take the man away before Artyom can speak to him. Artyom goes to Okhotny Ryad, where the radio operator is executed, but other prisoners tell Artyom that people from outside of Moscow allegedly came to the Metro. Artyom escapes to the surface and experiences a strange vision of a fantasy Moscow.
Artyom arrives at Polis, a union of four stations and the headquarters of the Spartan Order. There, he meets with Letyaga, a Spartan friend of his, and Miller, leader of the Order and Anya's father. Miller tasks Letyaga and Artyom with delivering a message to the Reich's Führer. Artyom is allowed into the Reich after Letyaga says that the letter is actually from someone named “Bessolov”. Artyom is taken to Schiller (formerly Pushkinskaya), where he is forced to do manual labor with other Reich captives, including Homer and Lyokha. Artyom tells Homer about his visions of an alternate Moscow; Homer reveals that the visions are how Sasha, a young girl who seemingly died at the end of 2034, envisioned pre-war life. Artyom realizes that he saw a girl fitting Homer's description of Sasha at the brothel in Tsvetnoy Bulvar. One of the prisoners at Schiller reveals that a base supposedly exists on the surface at Balashikha. Artyom and Lyokha escape and return to Tsvetnoy Bulvar, where a heavily irradiated Artyom meets Sasha, now a prostitute in the service of “Bessolov”. Sasha and Artyom have a brief affair; she tells him that he likely only has three weeks to live because of his exposure to radiation. Accompanied by Lyokha and a surface explorer named Savelii, Artyom discovers the Balashikha outpost and kills the men inside. He sees what he assumes is radio equipment, but is unable to operate it and damages it in frustration. Shortly afterward, however, Savelii's car radio starts playing radio messages from around the world, revealing that the outpost contained a jammer that was blocking radio signals from being heard in Moscow. A group of men arrive at the outpost, claiming to be from Murom, where the air is breathable and crops can grow on the surface. Letyaga arrives and executes the Muromers, saying that they were spies and that the war between Russia and the West is still going on. Miller reveals that the jammer is a joint Spartan-Hansa operation, allegedly intended to prevent enemy forces from discovering that Moscow still has people living in it.
Miller accepts Artyom, Lyokha, and Savelii into the Order and tasks them with delivering ammunition to Hansa. As he is delivering the ammo, however, Artyom recognizes one of the “Hansa” men as a Red Line officer from Okhotny Ryad. The Red Line soldiers promptly use the ammo to massacre a crowd of refugees. Letyaga reveals that Miller asked him to kill Artyom, but he changes his mind and helps Artyom escape; Savelii, however, is trampled to death by the crowd. Increasingly suspicious of the role of “Bessolov”, Artyom goes to Tsvetnoy Bulvar to kill him but passes out in Sasha's room. He awakens in Tagansky Protected Command Point, a former government bunker, and has received treatment for his radiation. He speaks with Bessolov, who is a high-ranking official in the remnants of the Russian government. Bessolov reveals that he and the other members of the bunker secretly control the Metro's main factions from behind the scenes and keep people in the Metro to preserve civilization. Disgusted, Artyom asks to be taken back to the Metro, where he is informed by Sasha that the Order has captured his allies. Sasha refuses to accompany Artyom, stating that she loves Bessolov. Artyom is arrested by the Order upon his arrival in Polis. Miller arranges a comrades’ court to judge Artyom, Lyokha, and Letyaga, with Homer serving as a witness. At the court, Letyaga criticizes Miller and is shot and killed, sparking a fight. In the chaos, Artyom attempts to escape, but stays behind after Miller's men threaten to kill Anya. Homer supposedly heads to the Reich to print pamphlets telling the truth about the Metro while Lyokha travels to Tsvetnoy Bulvar to capture Bessolov. A meeting is called at Polis; the leader of Polis reveals to the people that other survivors have been detected but claims that the war is still going on, necessitating cooperation between the Metro's major factions. Lyokha arrives with Bessolov but reveals to Artyom that he has accepted an offer from Bessolov to join the bunker group. Artyom sees Homer, who admits that he never went to the Reich to print pamphlets and has instead decided to settle in Polis. Artyom and Anya escape to the surface, where they use Savelii's car to travel to VDNKh. Artyom offers to lead the people onto the surface and go to Murom, but nobody but Anya agrees to leave. Artyom and Anya leave the Metro and set off for Vladivostok, the childhood home of Anya's mother. In the afterword, Lyokha sees Artyom and Anya leaving Moscow, but Bessolov tells him to let them go.
History
Joystiq first mentioned the name of the book in an article posted on 1 March 2013. The article claimed that the book will be written by Dmitry Glukhovsky and will also be available outside of Russia. On 23 March 2013, during PAX East 2013, Glukhovsky himself detailed some of the story aspects of the video game Metro: Last Light and also revealed that he was writing a new book set in the Metro universe, titled Metro 2035, confirming the news at Joystiq. The novel was described as telling the same story as Metro: Last Light – thus once again casting Artyom as the protagonist – but in greater detail and length than the game itself. The writer stated that while writing the plot and dialogues for the game, the story outgrew the framework of a video game so he decided to write a book about it. In April 2014, Glukhovsky stated via Twitter: "The time has come to admit: Metro 2035 is in works and could be released in Russian later this year", however the book was not published in 2014 and the final release date was only to be revealed the following year. In March 2015, Glukhovsky posted an image on Instagram of working cover art for Metro 2035 and told his followers that the full print version of the novel was going to arrive in June 2015. Two months later, Glukhovsky posted the final version of the cover art on Instagram and announced that the novel is finally complete.
Starting in March 2015, chapters of Metro 2035 were published daily in the free newspaper Metro distributed in subways of the seven biggest Russian cities – starting with Saint Petersburg. On 12 June 2015 (when the book was finally published in Russia), the official website for Polish readers of Uniwersum Metro 2033 revealed that work on the Polish translation of the book was already at a very advanced stage. Insignis, the Polish publisher, aimed to release the translated version in autumn of 2015 and made good on its promise when Metro 2035 hit the shelves of Polish bookshops on 4 November 2015 – like Piter, the novel was translated from Russian to Polish by Paweł Podmiotko. By the end of the same month, a Hungarian translation by József Goretity was printed by Európa Könyvkiadó. Shortly thereafter, the author stated that an English language version of the book will not be out until 2016 at the earliest (this was later confirmed by an English cover reveal and announcement of plans to publish the translation by Christmas of 2016). The English edition finally arrived in early December 2016.
Reception
References
2015 science fiction novels
Fiction set in 2035
2015 Russian novels
Metro 2033
Novels based on video games
Novels set in Moscow
Post-apocalyptic novels
Russian science fiction novels
Sequel novels |
An erg (also sand sea or dune sea, or sand sheet if it lacks dunes) is a broad, flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with little or no vegetative cover. The word is derived from the Arabic word ʿarq (), meaning "dune field". Strictly speaking, an erg is defined as a desert area that contains more than of aeolian or wind-blown sand and where sand covers more than 20% of the surface. Smaller areas are known as "dune fields". The largest hot desert in the world, the Sahara, covers and contains several ergs, such as the Chech Erg and the Issaouane Erg in Algeria. Approximately 85% of all the Earth's mobile sand is found in ergs that are greater than . Ergs are also found on other celestial bodies, such as Venus, Mars, and Saturn's moon Titan.
Geography
Sand seas and dune fields generally occur in regions downwind of copious sources of dry, loose sand, such as dry riverbeds and deltas, floodplains, glacial outwash plains, dry lakes, and beaches. Ergs are concentrated in two broad belts between 20° to 40°N and 20° to 40°S latitudes, which include regions crossed by the dry, subsiding air of the trade winds. Active ergs are limited to regions that receive, on average, no more than 150 mm of annual precipitation. The largest are in northern and southern Africa, central and western Asia, and Central Australia.
In South America, ergs are limited by the Andes Mountains, but they do contain extremely large dunes in coastal Peru and northwestern Argentina. They are also found in several parts of the northeast coast of Brazil. The only active erg in North America is in the Gran Desierto de Altar that extends from the Sonoran Desert in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora to the Yuma Desert of Arizona and the Algodones Dunes of southeastern California. An erg that has been fixed by vegetation forms the Nebraska Sandhills.
Description
Almost all major ergs are located downwind from river beds in areas that are too dry to support extensive vegetative cover and are thus subject to long-continued wind erosion. Sand from these abundant sources migrates downwind and builds up into very large dunes where its movement is halted or slowed by topographic barriers to windflow or by convergence of windflow.
Entire ergs and dune fields tend to migrate downwind as far as hundreds of kilometers from their sources of sand. Such accumulation requires long periods of time. At least one million years is required to build ergs with very large dunes, such as those on the Arabian Peninsula, in North Africa, and in central Asia. Sand seas that have accumulated in subsiding structural and topographic basins, such as the Murzuk Sand Sea of Libya, may attain great thicknesses (more than 1000 m) but others, such as the ergs of linear dunes in the Simpson Desert and Great Sandy Desert of Australia, may be no thicker than the individual dunes superposed on the alluvial plain. Within sand seas in a given area, the dunes tend to be of a single type. For example, there are ergs or fields of linear dunes, of crescentic dunes, of star dunes, and of parabolic dunes, and these dune arrays tend to have consistent orientations and sizes.
By nature, ergs are very active. Smaller dunes form and migrate along the flanks of the larger dunes and sand ridges. Occasional precipitation fills basins formed by the dunes; as the water evaporates, salt deposits are left behind.
Individual dunes in ergs typically have widths, lengths, or both dimensions greater than . Both the regional extent of their sand cover and the complexity and great size of their dunes distinguish ergs from dune fields. The depth of sand in ergs varies widely around the world, ranging from only a few centimeters deep in the Selima Sand Sheet of Southern Egypt, to approximately in the Simpson Desert, and in the Sahara. This is far shallower than ergs in prehistoric times were. Evidence in the geological record indicates that some Mesozoic and Paleozoic ergs reached a mean depth of several hundred meters.
Extraterrestrial ergs
Ergs are a geological feature that can be found on planets where an atmosphere capable of significant wind erosion acts on the surface for a significant period of time, creating sand and allowing it to accumulate.
Today at least three bodies in the Solar System, apart from Earth, are known to feature ergs on their surface: Venus, Mars and Titan.
Venus
At least two ergs have been recognized by the Magellan probe on Venus: the Aglaonice dune field, which covers approximately , and the Meshkenet dune field (~). These seem to be mostly transverse dune fields (with dune crests perpendicular to prevailing winds).
Mars
Mars shows very large ergs, especially next to the polar caps, where dunes can reach a considerable size. Ergs on Mars can exhibit strange shapes and patterns, due to complex interaction with the underlying surface and wind direction.
Titan
Radar images captured by the Cassini spacecraft as it flew by Titan in October 2005 show sand dunes at Titan's equator much like those in deserts of Earth. One erg was observed to be more than long. Dunes are a dominant landform on Titan. Approximately 15-20% of the surface is covered by ergs with an estimated total area of 12–18 million km2 making it the largest dune field coverage in the Solar System identified to date.
The sand dunes are believed to be formed by wind generated as a result of tidal forces from Saturn on Titan's atmosphere. The images are evidence that these dunes were built from winds that blow in one direction before switching to another and then back to the first direction and so on, causing the sand dunes to build up in long parallel lines. These tidal winds combined with Titan's west-to-east zonal winds create dunes aligned west-to-east nearly everywhere except close to mountains, which alter wind direction.
The sand on Titan might have formed when liquid methane rained and eroded the ice bedrock, possibly in the form of flash floods. Alternatively, the sand could also have come from organic solids produced by photochemical reactions in Titan's atmosphere.
See also
References
Dunes
Aeolian landforms
Erosion landforms |
Kim Hyun-sik (7 January 1958 – 1 November 1990) was a South Korean musician, active during the 1980s. He debuted in 1980, releasing his first album, Spring Summer Fall Winter, along with his band of the same name. He died at the age of 32 from cirrhosis. He is recognized as one of the most popular and notable musicians of the 1980s in Korea, well known for his unique, husky, emotional vocal style. Kim released five albums while alive, with his sixth album—Kim Hyun-sik VI, popularly known by the title of its lead single, "My Love By My Side"—being released posthumously. Kim broke out of the hospital to finish the vocal recordings for his last album, showing his dedication to his profession. He won the Disc Daesang (Album of the Year) award at the 1991 Golden Disc Awards, the Korean approximation of the Grammy Awards, for his posthumous sixth album, Kim Hyun-sik VI. Kim was also honored by having three episodes of the popular singing competition show Immortal Songs 2 dedicated to his music.
Early life
Kim Hyun-sik was born in Inhyeon-dong, Seoul, South Korea on January 7, 1958. He attended MyongJi High School but dropped out in 1974 to pursue his life as a singer. It is known that the reason for this was a fight with several upperclassmen and many say that the fight was caused because Kim touched his band member's instrument without permission. After dropping out of high school, he passed the 1975 Korean school qualification exam and begin his musical career in the downtown area, preparing for his 1978 album.
Career
First album: Spring Summer Fall Winter
In 1976, Kim began to work with Jang-hee Lee on his first album, Spring Summer Fall Winter. However, after the recordings were finished in 1978, the album was cancelled due to Jang-hee Lee's sudden move to the United States. Additionally, Kim was arrested for his use of marijuana, which had devastating effects on his public image. In 1980, Kim was finally able to publish his album with Seorabul Records (서라벌레코드사) two years laters. The result did not go well and Kim spent most of his music career at this time in the underground.
Second album: I Loved You
After the restaurant he owned went out of business, Kim returned to music and recorded his second album in 1984. The album, I Loved You, became a success and helped Kim stabilize his career as a singer. During this time, Kim became the lead singer of several underground bands, including The Eastern Light (동방의 빛), Black Butterfly (검은 나비), and the Messengers (메신저스).
Third album: Spring Summer Fall Winter – Like Rain, Like Music
It was not until 1985 when Kim decided to create a band of his own. The band took the same name as his first album, Spring Summer Fall Winter (SSaW). The members were Kim Jong-jin, Jeon Tae-guan, Jang Gi-ho, Yoo Jae-ha, and Kim. This was the first band that Kim officially lead. During this time, Kim's parents and sister immigrated to Canada, and his wife began to live separately from him. The band's album, titled Like Rain, Like Music, sold over 300,000 copies, becoming an instant success. However, the band quickly disbanded due to differences in music styles.
Personal life
Marriage and family
Kim met his wife at a clothes shop in Sinchon County. The couple married in 1982. In 1983, his son, Travis Kim, was born. Kim and his family lived in Dongbu Ichon-dong where they opened a pizza place in 1983. In the documentary produced by MBC for the 20th anniversary of Kim's death, it is mentioned that Kim referred to this time as the happiest time of his life. The pizza place soon went out of business after one year in 1984.
Drugs and alcohol
Jeon In-kwon, Heo Seong-wook, Kim, and a number of others were arrested in October 1987 for drug use. Kim was also known for his addiction to alcohol and cigarettes which highly affected his health status. In February 1988, Kim opened a concert at the 63 Building for his fans. As an apology, Kim performed on stage after shaving his head bald. Later on, Kim mentioned that this concert was the most memorable concert of his life as he was so deeply moved by how many fans had come to see him.
Later life
In 1989, Kim collaborated with SinChon Blues on their second album, helping write the song "Alley". Kim's fourth album, published in 1988, contained songs related to his struggle with alcohol. Kim continued to rely on alcohol through 1989, and he was hospitalized several times. In 1989, Kim recorded the soundtrack of the movie Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day, along with its title song. In 1990, Kim released his fifth album and the third SinChon Blues album at the same time. Even as his health declined, Kim continued to tour South Korea.
Death
Kim was found dead in his house on 1 November 1990. His death was caused by cirrhosis. Kim's funeral was held on November 3, at 10:00 in the morning.
Discography
Spring Summer Fall Winter (1집 봄여름가을겨울) (1980)
I Loved You (2집 사랑했어요) (1984)
Like Rain, Like Music (3집 비처럼 음악처럼) (1986)
Kim Hyun-sik VOL. 4 (4집 김현식 VOL. 4) (1988)
KIM HYUN SIK (5집 KIM HYUN SIK) (1990)
KIM HYUN SIK VOL. 6 (6집 KIM HYUN SIK VOL. 6) (1991)
References
20th-century South Korean male singers
South Korean folk rock singers
Singers from Seoul
1958 births
1990 deaths
Deaths from cirrhosis
South Korean male singer-songwriters |
The 2017 Japanese Regional Leagues were a competition between parallel association football leagues ranking at the bottom of the Japan Football League.
Champions list
Qualified for the Japan Regional Football Champions League 2017
Along them, also Matsue City FC and FC TIAMO Hirakata qualified for the final tournament as they featured in the Top 4 of 2017 All Japan Senior Football Championship. To complete the scenario, also FC Kariya were picked to participate.
Hokkaido
Tohoku
Division 1
Division 2 North
Division 2 South
Kantō
Division 1
Division 2
Hokushinetsu
Division 1
Division 2
Tokai
Division 1
Division 2
Kansai
Division 1
Division 2
Chūgoku
Shikoku
Kyushu
See also
Japanese Regional Leagues
References
2017
Regional Leagues |
Captain François Mingaud (sometimes spelled Mingot, Mengaud or Minguad, and often referred to simply as M. Mingaud; 4 January 1771 in Le Cailar, Nîmes, France – 23 December 1847, in Rotterdam, Netherlands) was an infantry officer in the French army and a carom billiards player. He is credited as the inventor of the leather for a billiards cue, a "possibly not original idea" that he perfected while imprisoned in Bicêtre (now Bicêtre Hospital) for political outspokenness. This revolutionized the game of billiards, allowing the cue ball to be finely manipulated by the application of .
In 1807 he was released from prison and began to demonstrate his invention and spin technique in Paris. Part of his showmanship involved feigning extreme horror as the cue ball recoiled towards him after striking the object ball, and then persuading the audience that the balls should be seized and condemned because they were "tormented by a devil". Mingaud is also credited with the discovery that by raising the cue vertically he could perform what is now known as a shot.
Personal life
Mingaud was born in 1771 in Le Cailar near Nîmes in the Département of the Gard in France. He joined the army under Napoleon and served as a captain.
After his release from prison in Paris during 1807 he toured France and Europe demonstrating his 'trick shot' prowess.
In 1822 Mingaud settled on the Hoogstraat in Rotterdam and by 1835, when he was 64, he had remarried.
Billiards
French archives show Mingaud was arrested in the Netherlands for "involvement in the conspiracy of Cadoudal," (referring to Georges Cadoudal) and labeled an "adventurer whose presence in society can only be dangerous." He was imprisoned in Bicêtre, a men's prison in Paris which is now the site of Bicêtre Hospital. (Many internet sources incorrectly report the Bastille as the site of Mingaud's imprisonment, but this is impossible. The Bastille was destroyed in 1789 during the French Revolution prior to Mingaud's incarceration.)
In prison, Mingaud had access to a billiard-table and so studied the game of billiards. In this age of simple wooden cues, others had experimented with leather tips, but it was Mingaud who perfected both the design and the appropriate playing technique. In or about 1790 a new practice of rounding off the entire tip further decreased slippage. Some publications credit Mingaud with not just the invention of the leather cue tip but with the practice of rounding off a cue's terminus, while other publications ascribe the practice to no particular author. Regardless, application of spin remained a hit or miss affair, with no fine control yet possible, and miscues still "unavoidable where hard wood came in contact with slippery ivory." Application of or "twist" (sometimes called "English", especially in North America) was at the time an unknown artform.
Impact on the game
In 1807, Mingaud was released from Bicêtre. Mingaud then began to demonstrate his invention and technique in the cafés of Paris. He reportedly developed a repertoire of 40 shots, including glancing blows, side-spin, backspin, topspin and the raised cue 'massé' shots.
The patrons of the cafes were astonished by the displays of control and manipulation of the cue ball that they had never seen nor imagined possible. In a short time Mingaud's cue tip innovation became the norm and rapid improvements in the game followed in its wake. In 1823 cue tips from Europe were introduced into the United States, but as their fame had long since preceded them, some of domestic make were already in use. Soon after the introduction of cue tips in France Carom billiards, requiring heavy manipulation of spin, became popular and the scoring by way of "hazards" or pockets was gradually abolished.
Reputation
Mingaud's reputation grew rapidly and he became known as the 'great master of the game'. According to Roberts on Billiards published in 1893 by John Roberts :
A few years later [after 1807] he became known as the great master of the game. He could nurse a break, screw, and cause his ball to follow with the utmost nicety and certainty.
Mingaud quietly advanced, took up [the cue] and struck the white ball, which, after contact with the red, recoiled upon him. Affecting extreme horror, he dropped the cue, and summoned the waiter, to whom he explained that when he had pushed a ball forward it ran backwards. The spectators were incredulous, and, in reply to their entreaties, Mingaud attempted another stroke, but with the same result. The balls were seized and condemned as "tormented by a devil",
Invention of the Massé shot
Mingaud is also credited with the discovery that by raising the cue vertically, to the position adopted by the mace (The forerunner of the cue, similar to a light-weight golf club, with a square-fronted foot that was generally used to shove rather than strike the cue ball.), he could perform what is now known as a shot.
Book - Noble Jeu de Billard
In 1827, Mingaud published a book in Paris titled Noble Jeu de Billiard - Coups extraordinaires et surprenans. (The Noble Game of Billiards. Extraordinary and surprising strokes) It contained 43 copper-plate images and precise instructions for performing 70 strokes.
Circa 1830, this book was translated and published in English by the Billiards table Manufacturer John Thurston of 14 Catherine Street, The Strand. It was published in English as :
The Noble Game of Billiards
Extraordinary and surprising strokes which have excited the admiration of most of the Sovereigns of Europe.
Robert Byrne's 1982 book Byrne's Treasury of Trick Shots in Pool and Billiards indicated only two copies of the original work were known to exist in the USA: one in the Library of Congress, and one at University of Notre Dame. However, a digitized version of the 1831 second edition of Thurston's translation is now freely available.
Death and commemoration
He died in 1847 and his grave is in the churchyard at Kralingen-Crooswijk, a suburb of Rotterdam.
In Spanish, "Mingo" is slang for the red ball used in carom billiards. It is named after Mingaud.
In the 1990s, Cees Sprangers, Dongen, The Netherlands, began to research the 'lost mystery' that Mingaud had become. His results were for a first time published in the Dutch monthly magazine 'Biljart' in May 1991 and November 1992, later on in essay form in 1994 in Victor Stein and Paul Rubino's Billiard Encyclopedia. He revealed many details of Mingaud's life, including his first name, fleshed out his personal history, and to a large extent, clarified the details on his role in the invention of the leather cue tip.
Notes
References
Sources
Roberts on Billiards by John Roberts (Senior) published 1869
Treasury of Trick Shots in Pool & Billiards by Robert Byrne, published 1983
Zoektocht naar François Mingaud - Belangrijke Pionier in de Biljartsport biography (259 pages) by Cees Sprangers, published 2019
External links
Description of the manuscript of Mingaud's 1827 book Noble jeu de billard - Coups extraordinaires et surprenans. (French)
1771 births
1847 deaths
Cue sports inventors and innovators
French Army officers
French carom billiards players
Sportspeople from Nîmes
Trick shot artists |
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Fraternitas Baltica was a Baltic-German fraternity founded in Riga. Its motto was Freundschaft, Frohsinn, Tugend, Wissen - soll man nie bei den Balten missen. (Friendship, Happiness, Virtue and Knowledge, these are the things that none of Balts should miss.) and In Treuen fest (Strong in confidence).
History
Fraternitas Baltica was founded in Rīga Polytechnic Institute, as Fraternitas Polytechnici Baltici. In 1867 Fraternitas Baltica with students founded General Polytechnic Convention (APC), which led the social life in Polytechnic Institute. In 1869 after disagreements, many students left the fraternity and founded Concordia Rigensis, which is still working today. At the time of WWI, when RPI evacuated to Moscow, fraternity suspended activity.
After World War I, in 1918 Fraternitas Baltica restored operations as a part of Baltic Technical College. Later that year, a decision was made that all of the active members have to join Baltic-German military units.
In 1920 F-B was registered as a fraternity of University of Latvia, and it was admitted in Fraternity Presidium Convent (P!K!), which Fraternitas Baltica left in 1932, as a protest for decision to use only Latvian language in their meetings. In 1932 after U.L.'s decision it was closed as a fraternity, but still existed as a society, keeping the name "fraternity". In 1938 Fraternitas Baltica ceased active operations, but in 1939 was closed completely with all of the members going to Germany.
In 1959, Fraternitas Baltica and other Baltic-German fraternity philisters participated in founding of Curonia Goettingensis, which is later declared as a Baltic fraternity traditions continuation.
External links
Fraternitas Baltica (1865 — 1965)
Baltic fraternities and sororities
International student societies
Baltic-German people
Student organizations established in 1867
1867 establishments in the Russian Empire |
Weiherbach is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Talbach near Menningen.
See also
List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg
References
Rivers of Baden-Württemberg
Rivers of Germany |
The qualifying for the 2015 Women's World Floorball Championships was played in January and February 2015. A total of 23 teams competed for fifteen spots. The final tournament will be organized by Finland in December 2015.
Overview
Numbers in brackets show the ranking before the qualification started, which is based on results from the last two World Championships.
* Teams listed without a ranking are participating in their first Women´s World Floorball Championships and will receive a ranking after the final round event is played.
Europe
The qualification rules are as follows:
The three best teams from each qualification group will qualify
The two best fourth placed teams will qualify
The classification of the fourth teams will follow this order:
1. Average number of points
2. Average goal difference
3. Average scored goals
4. Lottery drawing
European Qualification 1
Dates: 4 – 8 February 2015
Venue: Hala UAM Morasko, Poznań, Poland
European Qualification 2
Dates: 3 – 7 February 2015
Venue: Vidzeme´s Olympic Centre, Valmiera, Latvia
European Qualification 3
Dates: 4 – 8 February 2015
Venue: Arena Klokocina, Nitra, Slovakia
Ranking of fourth-placed teams
Since the number of teams between the qualification groups differ, the group sizes will be equalised by removing the results from the matches against the lowest placed teams in the larger-sized group before comparing the average results. The calculation of the fourth-placed teams will follow this order: 1. Average number of points 2. Average goal difference 3. Average scored goals 4. Lottery drawing.
Asia–Oceania
The qualification rules are as follows:
The three best teams from the qualification group will qualify
Dates: 23 – 25 January 2015
Venue: Cardinia Life Arena, Pakenham, Australia
Americas
The qualification rules are as follows:
The best team from the qualification group will qualify
The calculation of the best team will follow this order: 1. Average number of points 2. Average goal difference 3. Average scored goals 4. Extra time + penalty shots.
Dates: 6 – 7 February 2015
Venue: Cornell Community Center, Markham, Canada
References
2015 Women's Qualifying
Women's World Floorball Championships qualifying
Women's World Floorball Championships qualifying
Women's World Floorball Championships qualifying
Women's World Floorball Championships qualifying
Women's World Floorball Championships qualifying
2015 in floorball |
Figleaves.com is a UK-based online lingerie retailer established by Daniel Nabarro and former McKinsey & Co manager Michael Ross in 1998 and purchased by N Brown Group in 2010.
Company history
Figleaves was founded in 1998 by entrepreneur Daniel Nabarro and former McKinsey & Co manager Michael Ross. At launch, it was the first internet retailer to specialise in lingerie, and one of the first to target a female-only market. In 2002 the company started selling in the US. In 2005 the private equity group Balderton Capital bought an almost 40% stake, and in 2010 the company was purchased by N Brown Group in 2010 for £11.5 million. The company did not turn a profit in the UK until 2012, 14 years after it launched and two years after it was acquired by N Brown Group.
In Feb 2021 Figleaves.com announced the website would close and be absorbed into SimplyBe.co.uk.
Management
Julia Reynolds, a former Tesco executive who had previously started Tesco's clothing brand F&F, was the chief executive from 2008 until 2011 when she left to join Blacks. Initially, she was not replaced, but her responsibilities were divided between the commercial director, operations director, and product and brand director. Since 2016 the company CEO has been Miriam Lahage, who had previously built and led a number of multi-channel businesses in the US and Europe.
Operations
Lingerie makes up 50% of sales, swimwear 40% and nightwear 10%. Figleaves also sells its own-brand clothing through JD Williams, part of the N Brown Group, as well as on Amazon and eBay. Figleaves' head office is in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. They also have a warehouse and customer service centre in Haverhill, Suffolk.
References
External links
FigLeaves.com
Clothing retailers of the United Kingdom
Online retailers of the United Kingdom
Companies based in Welwyn Hatfield
British companies established in 1998
Clothing companies established in 1998
Retail companies established in 1998
Internet properties established in 1998
1998 establishments in the United Kingdom
Lingerie retailers |
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Alamosa County, Colorado.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
There are 15 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.
Current listings
|}
See also
List of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado
List of National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
Bibliography of Colorado
Geography of Colorado
History of Colorado
Index of Colorado-related articles
List of Colorado-related lists
Outline of Colorado
References
External links
State of Colorado
History Colorado
Alamosa County, Colorado
Lists of National Register of Historic Places in Colorado by county
National Register of Historic Places listings in Alamosa County, Colorado |
New London is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It lies within Fort Walker, 6 miles north-northeast of Bowling Green, Virginia.
References
Unincorporated communities in Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Caroline County, Virginia |
Nicholas Leverett (born January 11, 1997) is an American football guard for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at NC Central and Rice.
Personal life and high school
Nicholas Leverett was born on January 11, 1997, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended Concord High School and played football, baseball, and track and field while there. He was chosen to play in the North Carolina Shrine Bowl while at Concord High School.
College career
After finishing high school, Leverett attended North Carolina Central University. During his freshman year, Leverett chose to redshirt. In his redshirt freshman year, Leverett started all 12 games and earned 3rd team All-MEAC in that year. In his redshirt sophomore year, he started all 11 games and earned 2nd team All-MEAC. During his redshirt junior year, he again started all 11 games and earned 2nd team All-MEAC. He was also a distinguished recipient of the 2018 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team award, one of only 22 players to be recognized. Leverett transferred to Rice University and while there as a graduate transfer in his senior year was an All-Conference USA honorable mention. Also while at Rice, Leverett was selected to play in the College Gridiron All-Star Showcase.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2020 NFL Draft, Leverett was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on May 5, 2020. He continued to be a member of the team, predominantly on the practice squad, until January 27, 2021. Leverett was briefly waived and later resigned onto the practice squad on February 10, 2021. However, this caused Leverett not to be a part of the team that won Super Bowl LV, which was on February 7. Leverett was activated onto the active roster at the outset of the Buccaneers week 1 game against the Dallas Cowboys due to linebacker Cam Gill being placed on injured reserve.
References
Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
American football offensive guards
North Carolina Central Eagles football players
Rice Owls football players
1997 births
Living people |
The Museo della figurina (Collectible Card Museum) is a museum dedicated to collectible cards. Opened on December 15, 2006, it is located inside Palazzo Santa Margherita, in Modena, Italy.
History
The Collectible cards museum was born for the collector's will and passion by Giuseppe Panini, the founder of the Panini Group and the creator of the renewal of the collectible cards in the modern sense, who wanted to support his product through a small print story gathering, since the beginning of his business, hundreds of thousands of small prints from all over the world, similar to the figurine for technique or function.
The collection expanded to such an extent as to become, in 1986, a museum located within the company itself. In 1992 Giuseppe Panini decided, in agreement with the company and the Municipality of Modena, to donate the collection, which has become one of the most important in the world in its city, the world's capital of the collectible cards, a museum that could document its origins and development to the most modern production techniques.
Over the years to follow, the museum's activities focused on the cataloging of the collection, consisting of about 500,000 cards, on its expansion and its dissemination through publications and thematic exhibitions.
The rooms
The layout includes a permanent section divided into the following main areas:
The antecedents: recurring iconographic themes;
Chromolithography: the advent of chromolithographic printing and the path from the sketch to the card;
The birth and spread: from the dawn of the card in the second half of the nineteenth century in France until the prizes in Italy in the thirties of the twentieth century;
Liebig: the world's most famous collection of cards;
Not just collectible cards: barber calendar, cigarette cards, placemarks, menus, sealing stamps, hotel labels and other smaller collections;
The modern collectible cards: the cards dedicated to the world of sport, especially to football, and the spread of albums in the post-war period.
The museum is set up in a large exhibition hall, where there are six cabinets, corresponding to six large albums to browse. In them, the whole story of cards has been traced back to the most innovative production techniques. Each wardrobe corresponds to a precise path, marked by original prints and objects, for a total of 2,500 pieces, which are part of the museum's heritage (about 500,000 cards in total). In addition to the real cards that represent the main part of the collection, Giuseppe Panini wanted to represent the whole world of small color prints: English cigarettes cards, cigar cords, boxes matches, menus and hotel labels, candy papers, barber calendar, and 80,000 stamp stamps.
For the exhibition purpose, the Museum usually organizes temporary exhibitions, which propose a specific theme. There is also a workshop for didactic activities and a specialized library in the Museum.
See also
Panini Group
External links
Trading cards
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Steven Scott Clevenger (born April 5, 1986) is a former American professional baseball catcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, and Seattle Mariners.
Early life
Clevenger was raised in Glen Burnie, Maryland, attended Overlook Elementary and graduated from Mount Saint Joseph High School in 2004. He was the starting shortstop on the school's varsity baseball team which won the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) A conference championship in his senior year.
He hit .347 as a first-team All-Southland Conference shortstop in his only year at Southeastern Louisiana University in 2005. After transferring to Chipola College, he led the Indians with a .395 batting average and 77 hits.
Professional career
Draft and minor leagues
He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the seventh round (209th overall) of the 2006 MLB Draft. After signing with the Cubs on June 14, he began his professional career as the starting second baseman with the Boise Hawks. He started making the transition to catcher the following season after Hawks manager Steve McFarland convinced him that a left-handed batter at the position had a better chance of a faster promotion to the majors.
During the 2011 season Clevenger played for the Tennessee Smokies where he batted .295 and hit 5 home runs. He also played for the Iowa Cubs where in 86 at bats he batted .407 and hit 3 home runs.
Chicago Cubs
Clevenger was called up to the Cubs from the expanded 40-man roster. He made his major league debut September 26, 2011, however he only played in two games during the 2011 season.
Clevenger made the opening day roster during the 2012 season. However, on April 28, Clevenger was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right oblique. Clevenger finished the 2012 season with a .201 batting average, one home run, and 16 RBIs.
Baltimore Orioles
On July 2, 2013, Clevenger was traded to the Baltimore Orioles with Scott Feldman for pitchers Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop. He was optioned to the Triple-A Norfolk Tides after the trade. He was recalled on September 1, but did not play for the Orioles until September 13 against the Toronto Blue Jays. On August 17, 2015, he became the first Baltimore native to hit a home run for the Orioles at Camden Yards.
Clevenger batted .225/.289/.337 for the 2014 season. Showalter was dissatisfied with Clevenger's defense (he caught 3 of 20 attempted base-stealers), and the team had problems with his conditioning. Clevenger as of December 2014 had one minor league option remaining.
Clevenger was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk Tides on April 7, 2015, and on April 24, was placed on the DL with a left thumb contusion. He was recalled to Baltimore on May 26, and made his season debut two days later. He went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the game. Clevenger played in four games before being optioned back to Norfolk on June 5. Clevenger would end up making the IL All-Star team. After several roster moves by the Orioles, Clevenger was once again recalled by Baltimore on August 14. Two days later, he set a new career-high in hits, going 4-for-6 with a double and an RBI in an 18-2 rout over the Oakland Athletics. In 2015 he batted .287/.314/.426 in 101 at bats.
Seattle Mariners
On December 2, 2015, the Orioles traded Clevenger to the Seattle Mariners for Mark Trumbo and C. J. Riefenhauser. Clevenger had a poor 2016, appearing in only 20 games at catcher for the Mariners and batting .221/.303/.309 and caught 5 of 16 attempted base stealers before sustaining a broken hand on June 29 in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, an injury that proved season-ending. On November 2, 2016, Clevenger was outrighted to the minors. He elected free agency on November 4.
Suspension
On September 22, 2016, Clevenger tweeted that he thought it was ironic that black people were beating white people after a black man had been shot dead by a black policeman and that Black Lives Matter protestors as well as President Obama and all Black Lives Matter supporters should be "locked behind bars like animals," prompting an official response from Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto disavowing those remarks. The next day, Dipoto announced that Clevenger was suspended without pay for the remainder of the season.
Lancaster Barnstormers
On July 21, 2017, Clevenger signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. In 2017 he batted .293/.357/.366. He became a free agent after the 2017 season.
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Universidad de Dagupan (formerly Colegio de Dagupan, Computronix College) is a private non-sectarian research college located in Dagupan, Philippines.
Computronix College
December 22, 1992: the school obtained college status registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and began offering Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering.
1993: with the continuing increase of enrollment, the college opened the Felisa Arzadon Memorial Extension to provide more classrooms for the growing student population. It also offered BS Accountancy, BS Commerce major in Management Information Systems, AB Major in Computer Teaching and BS Aeronautics Engineering.
1994: The Science Centrum was inaugurated, it housed all laboratories and computer facilities of the College. It was recognized as a virtual landmark in Dagupan. During this year the Liberal Arts, Commerce and Accountancy (LCA) building was also opened.
1995: the Engineering building located behind the Science Centrum was built.
1996: located beside the Science Centrum, a new school campus came into being. Among the facilities added to the College were the Campus Quadrangle, a basketball/volleyball court, brickyard park, the College Printing Press and the Administration Building.
In recognition of the noble achievements of this institution, Colegio de Dagupan was hailed as Champion in the search for the Cleanest and Greenest Higher Educational Institution (City Level).
1998: the VPA-CS building was built. It houses spacious rooms complete with Monaco student chairs, electric fans, cinema scope, chalkboards and tiled lobby areas. It also opened a new and bigger library equipped with air conditioners, Internet Terminals, video library, CD-ROM equipped computers and other innovative facilities located at the Administration Building.
1999: with the exceptional cooperation shown by the Administration and students, the College was proclaimed First Place in the entire Region I for its Traffic Alleviation Program (Pila System). The competition participated in was "The Search for the Most Outstanding School Project" undertaken through the spirit of Voluntarism, and the judges included heads of the different government regional offices i.e., NEDA and CHED. In the same year, Ronald Bautista, a BSECE student, was the National Grand Champion in RPN 9 Battle of the Brains Year 7 defeating the bets from UP-Diliman and PUP- Sta. Mesa.
2000: The new LCA Building was inaugurated. This building had an air-conditioned Chapel, a Clinic, a bigger Audio-Visual Room (AVR), HRM Laboratory, Offices and a number of classrooms.
2001: installed an elevator in the LCA Building.
Colegio de Dagupan
2002: Colegio de Dagupan was given Level 1 accreditation by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) for its BS Accountancy and BS Electronics and Communications Engineering courses.
2003: accredited Level I by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) for its Bachelor of Elementary Education, Bachelor of Secondary Education, Bachelor in Science in Commerce with majors in Banking and Finance, Managerial Accounting and Management, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. It began offering Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and the course Caregiving.
2004: Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) granted Level II accreditation to the College of Education for its Bachelor of Elementary and Secondary Education courses.
2005: Colegio de Dagupan as named now, was granted Level II Formal Accreditation Status by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) in Bachelor of Science in Commerce Major in Management, Managerial Accounting and Banking and Finance Program.
2006: Colegio de Dagupan underwent CHED’s Institutional Quality Assurance Monitoring and Evaluation (IQUAME). Consequently, on November 14, 2007, Colegio de Dagupan was classified by the CHED as Category A (t) pursuant to CMO No. 15 s. 2005, the highest in the said category.
2007: The College of Information and Computing Studies was awarded Center of Development (COD) in Information Technology, a testament of the school’s commitment to providing quality instruction, advanced research and relevant outreach and extension programs in this field.
2009: The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Granted Full Deregualated Status of the Institution.
2010: Recognized as a Center of Development (COD) in Teacher Education for exhibiting potential in providing quality instruction and research and extension services in its teacher education program.
2011: Level III Formal accredited status in its BS in Computer Science program and Level II 2nd re-accredited status in its BS in Business Administration program after undergoing and successfully hurdling the stringent accreditation process administered by PACUCOA, last August 11–12, 2011.
2012: Just recently, the Commission on Higher Education granted a permit to Colegio de Dagupan to offer the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP).
2012: The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Granted Full Autonomous Status of the Institution.
2022: The college was granted university status and was renamed the Universidad de Dagupan.
Admissions
Colegio de Dagupan currently has an open admissions policy to all those who wish to pursue a college education. Admission is based on the agreed academic and ethical standards as well as the student's willingness to abide by the rules, regulations and policies set by the College.
Admission of transferees from other colleges and universities shall be subject to the careful review of the credentials submitted to the College.
Research Unit
The Research and Planning Unit, headed by the Research Director under the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, is a service unit that assists Colegio De Dagupan faculty, staff, and students in their research endeavors. The office is responsible for coordinating and stimulating research and development activities in the college. It is working with the faculty and staff to increase external funding and to provide opportunities for professional growth that is critical to the overall health of the institution.
The Research Director and staff provide assistance with the processing of proposals, including administrative review and sign-off, and assist with the negotiation of external agreements in coordination with the Office of External Affairs. Assistance with the development of the proposal narrative and budget is also available. The Research Unit post-award responsibilities include institutional financial management of grants, contracts, and other externally funded agreements beginning immediately after the award.
Financial aid
Policy statement
Implementation and effectivity period
This policy takes effect upon approval of the Academic Council and after every semester.
Rules and procedures
Academic scholars are selected every semester. Students who are enrolled in degree courses are eligible to qualify. The Registrar determines the students who qualify as Academic Scholars for the semester based on the computation of the final grades submitted to the office. After careful evaluation of the records of all students who qualify, the Registrar will post the list on the bulletin boards around the campus.
Since this program is highly selective, only the top three students who excel in the five colleges, in every level, will be awarded the prestigious academic scholarship. Students who top the list will enjoy the benefits of free matriculation and miscellaneous fees for the semester. The second and third students in the list will be entitled to a discount amounting to half the matriculation fee.
To qualify as an Academic Scholar, a student should have a minimum load of 18 units for the semester.
Also, the student should maintain a minimum grade of 88% for all academic subjects and a minimum of 85% for non-academic subjects (P.E. and ROTC). Moreover, a student should not have any dropped subjects.
Aid
Colegio de Dagupan provides financial assistance to all qualified students. This is some of the aid that the college grants.
Special grants for Valedictorian and Salutatorians
Academic entrance Scholarship Grants for High School students
The Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA)
The Study-Now-Pay-Later Plan (SNPLP)
The Dagupan City-Illinois Association Scholarship Grants
The Fidel S. Arzadon Scholarship Grant
The Felisa P. Arzadon Scholarship Grant
The US Veterans Administration Financial Assistance Program
The Philippine Veterans Administration Financial Assistance Program
The GSIS Financial Assistance Program
Philippine National Police (PNP) Dagupan City Scholarship
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Scholarship
Likewise, government financial grants-in-aid (instituted by the CHED Regional Office 1, San Fernando, LU) are available:
The National Integration Study Grant Program (NISGP)
The State Scholarship Program (SSP)
The Selected Ethnics Group Educational Assistance Program (SEGEAP)
Student life
Student organizations
Students are given the chance to earn seats in the local political scene of the college through joining Colegio de Dagupan's Supreme Student Council (SSC) and various other accredited student organizations.
Athletics
Each College is informally represented by each team names and mascots:
College of Information and Computing Studies: Silver Knights
College of Engineering: (To be Updated)
College of Health and Science: Green and Gold WildCats
College of Arts Sciences and Education: Yellow Tigers
College of Hotel and Restaurant Management: Red Dragons
Colegio de Dagupan one of the highly anticipated teams in the Yearly Celebrated Inter Collegiate Olympics where every school in Pangasinan and other neighboring schools battle it off for the best teams in different sporting events.
The women's teams are called the Lady Stallions, the men's teams are called Blue Stallions.
The College Chorus is called Koro Colegio.
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